FINE OLD HISTORIC PITCHER.
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Possession of New Yorker and
Bear Good Likeness of larly
Hostelry on Lake George.
Huston. Charles II. Sherman of
Glens Fulls, N. Y., U tho fortunate pos
sessor of a fine old ongllsb. pitcher
made ninny yoars ago, which Is of es
pecial Interest Just at this time own
ing to Chumpluln centennial.
The pitcher, which is In perfect con
dition, was produced at the MliMIos
boro pottery In Yorkshire, and bears
a remarkably good likeness of the old
Lake house, one of the most famous
A Gl&CVmTANTIAL EVIDENCE
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AUTHOR'S NOTE.
The material facts In this
story of circumstantial evidence
are drawn
corded case.
of names
made as
ine ciassincation or legal re
ports to that of fiction. All the
essential points of evidence,
however, are retained.
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I IB story I have selected to
relate," began Judge Hun
ter at the weekly meeting
of the Culf Skin club, "Is
not ono lying within my
own experience, which as
you all know ha dealt
with the chancery und pro
bate rather than the crim
inal law. For Huh reason
I nlmoRt felt like asking
our president to release
me when I recalled a case which you
will find of record lh Vol. 4, Western
I-aw Journal (Oct. 1846). Reference
Ss also made to ir In Wharton's Ameri
can Criminal law, I believe. I remem
ber, however, hearing the story from
my elders, as Judge Dennett will also,
perhaps, as we come from the same
part of the state, so I trust the club
will admit it in this list of personal
exjporiences, and with your Indulgence
I will give it."
, This permission was granted viva
'voce and laying down his pipe Judge
Hunter began:
"In the year 1811 there lived, at
different points in the state or Illinois,
three bnrthers by the names of Trallor.
Archibald resided at Springfield, then
as now the capital. He was a sober,
retiring and industrious man of about
30 years of age; a carpenter by trade
:and a bachelor, boarding with his part-
rner in business a Mr. Myers. Henry,
a year or two older, was a man of like
retiring and industrious habits; had
a family, and resided on a farm at
Clary's Grove, about 20 miles north
west from Springfield. William, still
older, and with similar habits, resided
on a farm in Warren county, distant
Ifrom Springfield something more than
hundred miles In the same north
westerly direction. He was a widower
with several children.
"In May of the year mentioned Wil
liam determined to visit his brothers,
and taking his hired man, Fisher, with
him they set out In a buggy with a
single horse. Although a farm hand
Fisher was a frugal, thrifty soul and
lhad laid by a considerable amount of
money.
"They reached Henry's residence
first and staid over night and the next
day. accompanied by Henry on horse
hack, they went on to Springfield
here they took up lodgings with
Archibald at his boarding house.
"After dinner, the three Trailors
and Fisher left the boarding house in
company. At supper the Trailors had
all returned, but Fisher was missing,
and some Inquiry was made about
him. After supper the Trailors went
nut professedly In search of him. One
ly ono they returned, (he last coming
Bn after late tea time, and each stating
that he had been unable to discover
anything of Fisher. ."The next day,
both before and after breakfast, they
went professedly In search again, and
returned at noon, still unsuccessful.
Dinner again being had, William and
Henry expressed a determination to
Hive up the search, and start for their
homes. This was remonstrated against
by some of the boarders, but the re
monstrance was disregarded, and they
departed for their homes.
"Vp to .this time the knowledge of
Fisher's mysterious disappearance had
spread very little and excited no con
siderable Interest. After the lapse of
three or four days Henry returned to
Springfield for the ostensible purpose
of making further search for Fisher.
Procuring some of the boarders, he,
together with them and Archibald,
spent anoiher day In ineffectual
search, when It was agnln abandoned,
and he returned home.
"No general Interest was yet ex
cited. On tho Friday week after Fish
ers disappearance the postmaster at
Springfield received a letter from tho
postmaster nearest Wlllinm's resi
dence, in. Warren county, stating that
William had returned homo without
Fisher, and was saying, rather boast
fully, that Fisher was dead, and had
willed him bis money, and that he had
got about $1,1500 by It. Tho postmas
ter at Springfield made the letter pub
lic, and at onco excitement became
universal and Intense.
".Springfield, at that time, had a
population of about 3,500, with a city
organization. The attorney general of
the state resided there. A purpose
was forthwith formed to ferret out
tho mystery, In putting which Into
execution the mayor of the city and
the uttorney general took the lead.
Men were formed Into large parties,
and marched abreast In all direct nnH,
no hs to let no Inch of ftroun'dK.ithp
vicinity remain unsearched. lyuuiilna
tlsns were, mada of cellars,' wells and
JOOO
hi
from an actual re- 0
only such change O
and local color beina X
to remove them from S
pits of all descriptions, where It was
thought possible tho body might be
concealed.
"This search continued until Satur
day afternoon without success, when
It was determined to dispatch officers
to arrest William and Henry at their
residences. The officers started on
Sunday morning. Meanwhile, tho
search for the body was continued,
and rumors got afloat of the Trailors
having passed, at different times and
places, several gold pieces, which were
readily supposed to have belonged to
Fisher. On Monday, the officers sent
for Henry, having arrested him, ar
rived with him. The mayor and at
torney general took charge of him, and
set their wits to work to elicit a dis
covery from him. He denied, and de
nied, and persisted In denying.
"They still piled him In every con-
Ip 1 1 1!
celvable way, till Wednesday, when
protesting his own Innocence, he
stated that his brothers, William and
Archibald had murdered Fisher; that
they had killed him, without his
(Henry's) knowledge at the time, and
made a temporary concealment of his
body; that, immediately preceding his
and William's departure from Spring
field for homo, on Tuesday, the day
after FlBher's disappearance, William
and Archibald communicated the fact
to him, and engaged his assistance In
making a permanent concealment of
the body; that, at the time ho and
William left professedly for homo,
they did not take the road directly,
but, meandering their way through
the streets, entered the woods at the
northwest of the city, 200 or 300 yards
to the right of where the road they
should have traveled, entered them;
that, penetrating the woods some few
hundred yards, they halted, and Arch
ibald came a somewhat different route,
on foot, and Joined them; .that Wil
liam and Archibald then stationed him
(Henry) on an old and disused road
that ran near by, as a Rentinel, to give
warning of the approach of any In
truder; that William and Archibald
then removed tho buggy to tho edge of
a dense brush thicket, about 40 yards
distant from his (Henry's) position,
where, leaving the buggy, they entered
the thicket, and In a few minutes re
turned with tho body, and placed It in
the buggy; that from his Btatlon he
could and did distinctly see that the
object placed In the buggy was a dead
man, of the general appearance and
size of Fisher; that William and Arch
ibald then moved off with the buggy
In tho direction of Hlckox's mill pond,
and after an nbsence of half an hour,
returned, saying they had put him In a
safe place; that Archibald then left
for town, and he and William found
their way to the road, and made for
their homes.
"At this disclosure, all lingering
credulity was broken down, and ex
citement rose to an almost Inconceiv
able height. Up to this time, the well
known character of Archibald had re
pelled and put down alf suspicions as
to him. Hut now, ho was seized and
thrown into jail; and Indeed, It was
tho safest place for him.
"And now came tho search for the
brush and thicket, and the search of
the mill pond. Tho thicket was found,
and the buggy tracks at the point In
dicated. At a point within the thicket,
the signs of n struggle were discov
ered, and a trail from thence to the
buggy trnck was traced. In attempt
ing to follow the track of the buggy
fiom tho thicket. It whs found to pro
ceed la the direction of the mill pond,
but could not be traced all the way. Ik n
W& ,U the Vni however, It was found A VA. JAl0JfS.
that a b"Bgy nad been backe' down Jz-cttt
Uft to, and partially Into the water's edge. U mM' P
'?3v Search was to be made In the pond; frjf vS) M t2Spl'Ty : L.
Vff and It was made in every Imaginable 1 frti4JCL A
rJuU, way- Hundreds and hundreds were lpM II y&h Jfafa'
VW engaged in raking, fishing and drala- fhA WK- it Jrjji- MA Y'
V-W lng' After much frutt'ess effort In this 'SiU QLr Jifhf
dam was cut dowh. anrthe wate o bgSA flffl " JXFM ST
the pond partially drawn off, and the
same processes of search again gone
through with.
"About noon of this day, 'the officer
sent for William, returned, having him
In custody; and a man calling himself
Dr. Gllmore, came In company with
them. It seems that the officer arrest
ed William at his own house, early In
the day on Tuesday, and Btarted to
Springfield with him; that after dark
awhile, they reached Lewiston, in Ful
ton county, where they stopped for
the night; that late la the night this
Dr. Gllmore arrived, stating that Fish
er was alive at his house. On reaching
Springfield, the doctor reasserted that
Usher was alive, and at his house.
At this, the multitude for a time was
utterly confounded.
"Gilmore's story was communicated
to Henry Trallor, who without falter
ing, reaffirmed his own story about
Fisher's murder. Henry's adherence
to his own story was communicated to
the crowd, and at once the Idea start
ed, and became nearly, if not quite
universal, that Gllmore was a con
federate of the Trailors, and had in
vented the tale he was telling, to se
cure their release and escape.
"Excitement was again at Its zenith.
About three o'clock the same evening
Myers, Archibald's partner, started
with a two-horse carriage, for the
purpose of ascertaining whether Fish
er was alive, and If so, of bringing
him back to Springfield with him. On
Friday a legal examination was gone
Into before two Justices, on the charge
of murder against William and Archi
bald. Henry was Introduced as a
witness by the prosecution, and on
oath reaffirmed his statements, as
heretofore detailed, and at the end of
which he bore a thorough and rigid
cross-examination without faltering or
exposure. Tho prosecution also
proved by a respectable lady, that on
tho Monday evening of Fisher's dis
appearance she Baw Archibald, whom
she well knew, and another man whom
she did not know, but whom she be
lleved at the time of testifying to be
William (then present), and still an
other, answering the description of
Fisher, all enter the timber at the
northwest of town (the point Indi
cated by Henry), and after one or two
hours, saw William and Archibald re
turn without Fisher.
Several other witnesses testified,
that on Tuesday, at tho time William
and Henry professedly gave up the
search for Fisher's body, and started
for home, they did not tafce the road
directly, but did go Into the woods,
as stated by Henry, Ry others, also,
It as proved, that since Fisher's dis
appearance, William and Archibald
had passed rather an unusual number
of -gold pieces. Tho statements here
tofore made about the thicket, the
signs of a struggle, the buggy tracks,
etc., were fully proven by numerous
witnesses. At this the prosecution
rested.
"Dr. Gllmore was then Introduced
by tho defendants. Ho stated that he
resided In Warren county, about seven
miles distant from William's resi
dence; that on the morning of 'Wil
liam's arrest, ho was out from home,
and heard of tho arrest, and of lis
being on the charge of tho murder of
Fisher; that on returning to his Own
house, he found Fisher there; that
Fisher wa3 in very feeble health, and
could give no rational accounts as to
whero he had been during his ab
sence; that he (Gllmore) then start
ed In pursuit of the officer, as before
stated;, and that he should have taken
Fisher with him, only that tho stato
of his health did not permit.
"There was about Dr. Gllmore so
much of the air and manner of truth,
that bis statement prevailed In the
minds of the audience and of the
court, and the Trailors were dis
charged, although they attempted no
explanation of the circumstances
proven by the other witnesses. On
the next Monday, Myers arrived In
Springfield, bringing with him the
famed Flukcr, in full life and proper
New and Cheap llluminant
"Blue Gas," Originating in Germany,
Has Found a Ready Welcome
Everywhere.
"IUuo gas" is the name of a new
Jllunilnant introduced In Germany. It
Is described as follows: "The gas Is
delivered In liquid form, In surh
shape that It may. be used In closed
rooms In hanging burners, giving from
fiO to 1,000 candle power. To use the
gas, all that Is necessary Is to pour
the liquid from the steel cylinders, In
which it Is delivered, Into tho gas
ometer. This Is almost ns conveni
ent as huvlng one's own gas plant, for
one can protect himself against acci
dents at tho factory or delays In
transit by always having on hand sev
eral filled cylinders. A cylinder con
tains 22 pounds of the gas, and cojjl,i
about $2.86. This quantity will Sup
ply, a Go-candle-power burner for 480
person. Thus ended this strange af
fair; and while It Is readily conceived
that a writer of novels could bring a
story to a more perfect climax, It may
well be doubted whether a stranger
affair ever occurred. Tho matter re
mains a mystery to this day, and I
leave It to you what would have been
the fate of Archibald and William
Trallor had Fisher not been found
nllve? Even If his body had not been
found the evidence of Henry that he
had seen Fisher's dead body doubtless
would have been held ample proof.
That, gentlemen. Is my story."
"Hut what, Judge, 1h your explana
tion?" asked Judge Grower from the
chair.
"As I said." returned Judge Hunter,"
the criminal law has not been my
specialty and I believe Judge Den
nett's opinion would bo more valuable
than mine. Are you not familiar with
the case, judge?"
"I recall quite well the discussion
of It In my youth," returned Judge
Dennett; :''and the most reasonable
explanation I have heard Is that the
murder ,Avas committed exactly as de
scribed "by Henry , Trallor, but that
William and Archibald failed In their
Intention of killing Fisher who recov
ered and wandered home but was
unable to recall any of the events
leading up to the attempted murder
or subsequent to It. Hut this of course
was Incapable of proof."
CopyriKlit.'by W. i. Cliiipinun.)
hours, so that this llluminant appears
to be cheaper than petroleum.
"This 'blue gas' can, of course, bo
used for heating and cooking as well
as for forging, hardening and temper
ing, and other Industrial processes. U
Is a hydrocarbon compound, free from
carbon monoxide, and Is not poison
ous; Its heating effect Is three and
one-half times that of ordinary coal
gas-
"Almost any apparatus that Is ar
ranged to burn ordinary coal gas or
acetylene gaB can be altered without
much difficulty to burn this; and In
such cases all that Is necessary Is to
make tho connection between the cyl
inder and the house pipes through a
reducing vulve."
l'eace has dawned In the hearts of
men throughout the whole world; an
unparalelled era of International good
will has arrived.
The Lake George Pitcher.
hostelrles of earlier days, on the edgo
of historic lake George.
Lake George Is connected with lake
Champlnln, nnd Is one of the most
beautiful sheets of water In the
United States.
As seen on tho pitcher, one not only
obtains a view of the lake, but of
Trospect mountain, which looms largo
ly In the background.
The picture is done In various col
ors and It Is further decorated In gold
and white. Tho pitcher Is 11 Inches
high.
So far as known, It Is the only spec
imen In existence, for at the time It
was nia.Ie, only two were ordored by
Mr. Tucker, the owner and manager
of the Lake houso. Ono of thorn was
given to a friend by Mr. Tucker, Im
mediately following Its arrival from
England, but to whom has never been
discovered. The other Mr. Sherman
obtained not long ago, from one of Mr.
Tucker's relatives.
In Its early days the Lak ' iiiso
could bo reached only by means of tho
stage route from Glens Falls. The
building was torn down nine years
ago, and while thero are other hotels
on the lake, there is none on the Lnke
house site, which Is not far from old
fort Goorge.
Tho ruins of fort Tlcondereroga are
on tho waterway connecting the two
lakes.
STATUE OF AMERICAN INDIAN.
Cyrus Dallin's Work Awarded the Gold
Medal for Sculpture at the
Paris Salon This Year,
Hoston. The accompanying Illustra
tion Is ft reproduction, enlarged from
a photo taken In Paris recently of the
statuo that won the salon gold medal
for sculpture, the only one awarded
an American artist at this exhibition.
This success of Mr. Dallin's Is one of
the roost notable of his career. The
statue has been seen by few Hoston
people, only those having bad that
privilege who called at hla studio ajT,
Dallin's "The Appeal to the Great
Spirit."
rllngton Heights. It was exposed at
the Natlonol Sculpture society's ex-
h(Ktl.n nt t)nllltii.ii Inn J
iiuiiiviii a i i iuiiiiiit'1 u ttini jcai, null
was taken by Mr. Dallln when he went
:o Paris last September to complete
111 hugo Soldiers' and Sailors' monu
aient for Syracuse, N. Y. It suggests
vastly more than It directly depicts,
nd herein, perhaps, lies Its power
Had Cyrus Dallln done nothing else
lie would have deserved well of the
American people
Scientific Note of Interest.
' The readiness with which low forma
of lu accommodate themselves to al
tered environment, shows that thej
Hre -capable of being trained or edu
cafrd to a certain extent Stahl has
shown, thnt a certain Plasmodium flees
when Rprlnkled with salt, but if the
nrilt tin added to the medium crroim!
- - - B.uuunt'
ly.tho organism accommodates Itself
Ia llin in, m.lrltltm Iln.nn,..l
tlun Is manifested by plants as well us
by animals, and by both unicellular
multicellular.
