HATE'S OWN TRAGEDY
THE AFFAIR AT BUNKER HULL
AS A MORAL LESSON.
k TrH|^<ly In thr HtWfl Tollnwfd 1 h«»
M^rtliiK of Two Mori hI I firm tv*
Minor him! KdlliM • Ua(wl tint'll Other
for >» Woni.Hi,
WOMAN Is "at the
bottom" of the kill
ing in Hunker Hill.
111., recently of
Mayor John R.
Richards by F. CJ.
Hedley, editor of
the Hunker Hill
(Janette. Richard*
kd , as has been stated
muMAUiL S9UV/. ln the newB dl„.
patches, was shot
down In the main street of Hunker Hill.
The cause, though Innocent, was Helen
Alice Hrown. Hoth men were, besides,
sirung partisans and aimed at local
republican leadership. In this Rich
ards was successful and Hedley used
the paper he conducted to retaliate.
The Misses Lizzie and Clara Kenyon,
also second cousins of Richards, were
his housekeepers. They were madly
Jealous of the attentions paid if? Miss
Hrown hy their cousin, and helped to
increase the bitterness of the quarrel.
Kvery Inhabitant of Hunker Hill fln
ully became arrayed on one side or
the other and every other question, so
cial or political, was subordinated to
the feud. At last a public meeting was
called to arrange u compromise or a
truce. It was held May 4 in a public
hall. A number of hot speeches were
made and a riot was narrowly averted.
Finally a committee of three leading
citizens was appointed with full power
to act, so as to "preserve the peace
and dignity of the village, and save
from further attacks the character of
those Interested," They brought forth
* the following:
“We, the undersigned, do all agree
to the conditions Imposed and that
we will faithfully carry them out. John
R. Richards and F. Y. Hedley will
speak to one another when they meet
on the street and will conduct them
selves toward one another as good cit
izens should. Helen Alice Brown will
abstain from holding any conversation
with F. Y. Hedley."
Mayor Richards and ("apt. Hedley
signed this, but Miss Hrown laughed at
It. and said she would speak to whom
she pleased.
For several years Capt. Hedley was
organist of the Hunker Hill Congre
gational church. He was occupying
this position when Miss Hrown became
the soprano. Hoth Interested ln the
world of melody, they grew to he In
terested In one another, and a warm
attachment was the result. That this
existed is admitted hy the prisoner,
hy relatives and friends, and hy those
who were Intimate with the mayor and
hy the father and mother of the young
woman. The latter say it was akin to
ihe relationship of father and child,
that the editor was as Interested In
their daughter's welfare as he was In
that of his own children.
It was about a year ago that gossips
of the village first began to hint that
wealthy Mr. Richards was in love with
CAPT. MEDLEY.
• the young woman, who had just ac
cepted the pos.t'on of stenographer in
his office. The next story the gossips
had to relate was to the effect that Mr.
Richards was jealous of Mr. Medley.
ThlH talk grew until It was on every
body's tongues. Finally a story was
circulated that was traced directly to
tlie wealthy bachelor. He was charg
ed with its origin, aud acknowledged
be was the author.
The text day this was in November
of U>t year he made a public state
y m*nt that reflected greatly upon the
' editor of the Oaxettr, ami also upon
bis cousin. Mu* lirown. The matter
thus brought to a crisis, the trustees of
the Countegattonal church ordered an
investigation. It did not go as far as
a church trial, for Mr. Medley resigned
bis position as organist aud Miss
IIIoa n left Ihe choir The tdllor joined
the Metl odist church a month later,
and Is still a member. This Is w hero
the trouble between the * mgrrgatIons
tomes. The uiemtiers of the church to
• which Mr Medley formerly belonged
believed the charge* made by Mr
Hit hards nr the majority of them did.
while lh> »e of the new Ibicli that wel
c«med the organist sided with hr man
tu whom the 1 opened then arms and
the K|d*iopallana (nisei them With
Mr Medley's tesgnallwu there sprang
up a bitter enmity between the two
Mien. they hated rote another tordl
ally, and did not hewp the fact from
their friends. After November they
did hot apeak as they met Matter*
went tut thus wut if Ju*t alter the
^ t'hrt* h 1st* when »fN»
or met the edi
tor on the mil* street The fotmer
•aa a tall heavy set man in marked
saute with hw enemy diepping gp
i* Mr Hedbty and without a word •*#
• wwiag th* htg man Mtugh him in
the fare with hi* palm Mr Medley
reeled and fell afalnst the wall of a
■L< re. Ills as->ulfj..it walked on.
Then everybodP said the affair would
end in a tragedy. 'Hie editor is known
as a peaeeabb - itlzen generally, but a
desperate man when aroused. I.ater on
n second assa'dt was made. It was a
repetition of the Prat. The big man
krooked hls: enemy down, and the lat
ter made no attempt of revenge. Then
some one said the editor’s bravery had
evidently left him. and still others in
si1 ted thili he would take anything If
it was necessary in order to shield Miss
Brown’s name. Later friends patched
up an agreement by which the men
were to speak when they met, and
which has already been given In this
article.
The coroner’s Jury verdict neither
Incriminated nor Justified Medley. At
the preliminary hearing It developed
that Richards had several times
threatened to kill Medley. The latt»r
.van admitted to comparatively light
ball and Is now engaged in his editorial
work, awaiting the action of the grand
jury In September. The funeral of
Richards was attended by thousands.
Both men were popular, and while
deploring the death of the mayor, there
are many who side wilh Ills slayer.
The woman In the case, Miss Helen
Alice Brown, Is not what one would
call pretty, but she has an extremely
Interesting face and her manners arc
most entertaining. She dresses well,
and her clothing, which (Its like a
glove, outlines un utmost perfect fig
ure. She is a brunette, and weighs
probably 145 pounds. There Is some
dispute as to her age. She declares she
JOHN R. RICHARDS,
is 20; her mother says she Is between
25 and 27.
Spaniard* Hell dirt*.
A sale of Cuban girls has been re
ported at a small town In Pinar del
Rio, where there Is a garrison of 400
troops. The soldiers seized a paclflco
camp recently, capturing eight men
and fifteen girls and women. Seven
of the girls, 15 to 20 years old, were
put on the block and sold under the
most revolting circumstances to the
highest bidder, the soldiers sacrificing
their aims and equipments to their
more fortunate fellow soldiers for cash
to purchase a girl. One of the ser
geants acted as auctioneer. Two of
the prettiest girls, one 15, the other 17,
were sold to one man, a mule driver.
As he had no means some curiosity
was expressed as for whom he was act
ing. It was discovered afterward that
the girls were in the quarters of Col.
Jesus del Monte and Capt. Arizor, the
commanding officers of the fort.
Color* of Criminal*' Hye*.
One of the most curious results of I lu
investigations made by doctors In the
Russian jail Is the statement that eat I
group of criminals has Its own peculiar
color of eye. A legal Journal at Odesst
states that it has been found that
thieves and murderers usually posse.,>
"chestnut brown" eyes. Robbers—that
is to say, thieves in a large and violent
line of business' have slate eolorec
eyes, and the same is stated of crim
inals convicted of swindling. The
vagabond classes have eyes of azure
blue tint. The color most observed
among minor criminals anil those con
victed of slight offenses Is "chestnut
brown green.”
Wm. Term a Mr Mahon Ahrll.
San Francisco papers say it all de
pends upon Mrs. Teresa McMahon
Abell, widow of Dr. Abell, whether or
not the will of Den. W. H. Diamond Is
permitted to stand. Den. Diamond was
one of the best known men on the Pa
cific coast. The young woman, still
beautiful and accomplished. It Is said,
may attack the will on the ground that
she is the widow of the general. At
any rate she is now suing In the fed
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UK!* IKKM\ \t*KM»
•Ml turn* to < ull«t.l a pul tv) u» in •Ul -
an. »• ua hi* Ilf*.
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l«a« lag aa **• .!« iato«.| a* »'»*#.«*.
II* l«H a« aMu» aa lar aa Ik* guMt*
I* a4«l**4 Hal Umi ka »*• aa **#•••
alaliit ul Mr* AMI la kauwa |i k
«|4 aka kuKla a «4ttlia>
aa4 tkai Ik* ■*«*»*» r'*>i*alli ao
aau*i«4|Mi k»» an fci* ail* ua ui«m
a» h»a» ky »•#!***«ia« fc*i Uat at
U.«*#'» min ifct* HU*
DEVOOi THEIR KIM).
BLOODTHIRSTY HUMAN LEO- !
PARDS OF AFRICA.
Demon far I'anatir* of the «In?i£lr* Who
Kill and Their Dearent Kel»- t
tlv«** will* Nut.tide \trtwitieH -In illiml
frivdktiu'ff lo Cruel Will of h Soreerer
CURIOl’S and ah
norma lly blood
thirsty sect of Wort
Afr'-can aborigines
has existed for the
ast two decades on
the hdnnd of Sher
lio In the Sierra
Is-one colony. l>r.
Oscar Baumann,
the celebrated ex
ploit r of the dark
continent, who next to l)r. I’o.ers has
contributed more than any other Ger
man-Afrtcan traveler in shedding the
light of civilization on the still numer
ous unknown regions bordering the
Atlantic ocean, furnishes the current
Berlin illustrated weekly Filer Allc
Welt, with an Interesting description
of what are known as the "Human
Leopards," who abound hack of the
Gold coast.
The explorer asserts that despite the
efforts of the British government to
oipprcss this most fanatic of religious
silts these horrid, Satanic atrocities
-continue as a curse on the earth.
From time to time news of their fiend
ish murders and cannibalism has
teached European cjpitals. hut the de
pit tlon of the way they mutilated the
bodies of their victims, which they
subsequently devoured in their canni
balistic feats appeared so Incredible
that the European press treated these
accounts as untrustworthy exaggera
tions. The "Human Leopards" were
>.<■; would *>e given posses: Ion of thl. !
fcli.h.
The fita'h consists of the root of
Kassava brush and Is called Haffima.
The root is hollowed out clean and i
filled with vegetable and stb ky matter, i
the composition of which is known on
ly to the sorcerer. The latter ordered
that lhe possessors of the god Bafil
ma must pour goat fat over the fetich
In order to Insure the realization of
their fondest wishes.
As soon as the Imperi natives heard
of the wonderful Bafllma they were
anxious to Join the newly founded se
cret sect, to the great delight of their
enemies, the Talamanlans, for the
leaders knew very well that the sor
cerer hud a plan of terrible revenge
In store for them. No sooner had the
sect worked its way successfully
among the Imperl when it was found
that the. Bafllma fetich <ild not always
giant the yearnings of its possessors.
Whenever the sorcerer was approach
ed by these complaints he commanded
that human fat Instead of goat fat j
could alone aei as propitiation to their
fetich. In order to procure the con- i
tinned aid of the supernatural power j
all the members of the we. were com
manded to bring their dearest friend
or relative as sacrifice. The sect had
already been divided into three parts
the chiefs or kings, the executioners
and the lay members. The chiefs and
executioners were, of course, selected
mostly from the Talamanlans.
The name "Human Leopards.” say
the natives was suggested to the sor
i i icer by a real leopard, who had en
dowed the wise man with I hr* cunning
dexterity and strength to ixrcute his
plan of revenge. That he had plenty
of craftiness was evidenced from the t
fad that the presents of the applicants
for admission into the sect soon made
him the richest man among the na
tives.
Their murderous atrocities are not
identic.a punishment whiei’ arc 1 >ei.'ia
tried on the natives may, in course of
t.ir.e. tend to r.*ot out the evil. Many
have been brought to Free Town of
late and sentenced to death.
This sect is totally different from
the leopard-spotted youths of the Uni
tata tritie of Southern Africa. These
do not assume the skins of leopards,
nor Is their vocation altogether mur
derous. They are simply separated
from their families for a year to harden
thorn for South African warrlorahlp.
During that time the Abakwetas, as
they are called, smear white clay over
their hodies, rubbing it on in spots to
give themselves the appearance of
leopards. Long bands of straw are
wrapped around their waists and heads,
weighing hundreds of pounds, and as
they are sharp edged they intlirt ter
rible tortures during their ecstatic war
dances. Their efficiency for the army
is measured by the sang froid with
which they endure the tortures of the
dances during the year of probation.
<;i»l Carrie* the Mall.
Miss Fffle Cronker of Port Washing
ton is the only woman mail can '1 • of
whom Ismg Island can boast, says tile
New York Herald. She is 2'.', years old,
plucky and pretty, Six days of the
week she goes sturdily about from
Great Neck, L. I., around Manhaaset to
Port Washington and return. This
does not mean the transportation of a
few letters, but the dally carriage of a
very considerable quantity > f mall of
all kinds. Miss ('looker s father Is an
oyster fisherman ami works in the
waters of Manhas.it bay. When the
young mall carrier was a lluie girl
she learned the wisdom of being able
to care for one's self. When she v, . .
10 years old she <ould pull a bout
well as any boy that ever saw Great
Neck. II or father taught her ail In1
knew about, oyster dredging and Ash
ing, and that was a good deal. The
section of I/ing Island around about
I
HUMAN LEOPARD POUNCING UPON HIS PREY.
1 I
simply regarded an a land nr robber*,
murderers and cannibals. That they
are. however, a thoroughly organised
religious met, who honestly believe
that they can appease the wrath of
their god* only h.v demoniacal deeds
of the most eccentric cruelty, Is u rev
elation to geographers nud the public,
On May 7 came a repay; from the
American missionaries at Vltnpauy,
Sierra Ijord, that the whit* Inhabit
ants of the district we»e wrought up
to auch a pitch of veugeauce over a
m rlr* of outrages, that eleven natives
were burned alive In one day on th*
charge of witchcraft.
As to the origin and superstitious
beliefs of this sect, Kuer All* Welt
•ays dome twenty year* ago the
village of Tatania sent Ms warriors to
overpower and destroy th* army of a
neighboring enemy. On the way the
entire Tala at* fore* was surprised by
the warrior* of it,# ytllage import and
annihilated to a man l**pm«d of
th*if defenders th* TalamamaiM sent
luesseiiger* lu a famous sorcerer for
<■« unset a# to th* heat way in which
the) (>utd revenge Iheatselve* «a the
Impert inhabitants
The sort ever promised hi* counsel
and asautane* on coaditon that th*y
•
f* uad and of whose they would ap
point hint as th* head and lender lie
Mdlvslesf • fetish th* P uses stun of
which was supposed to treat th* most
•id*nl desire* id th* individual and
>h* inbt t*ni» members of th* secret
practiced on native* only. i nwnry
traveler* are frequently robbed and
k'lled. Though their vocation 1* Aral
of nil murder, they will not hesitate
to Kical and rob whenever the oppor
tunity present* Uaell. The see; has
grown ii -itch large proportion* that
they have become a terror to the nu
tlvaa and Millers, the latter until late
ly not knowing their murder* most
ly were the exponent of thair religion*
dalle*.
This I* the way the sorcerer rum
lulled lb' bringing ot human sacriftre
j (111 un Uppotllte I day the oue who di -
alled to be or remain a nu mber of the
j octet sect w*» to decoy or bring by
i force if ntersaary hi* dearest relative
I tu a certain lonely spot In the wood*.
W hen be arrived there He him.elf was
i to ruu away aed leave the vlcaai to
1 I he mrny of the eXeCtfllMer*. THe.e
i to the Human luupunU," the bold
atl and ilnatinl men of the secret
i tgaalsstlon They are dressed from
head to f-u>l la the shin of a leopard,
ihelr human feat area being bar* ly via
i Ifcla la evch hand they hotd a three
pruuged weapon With Peadtah ra
l •* ■» th* hum *n i • sprig* on
> the form Sf ihelr kelpie** and an
atoned vtetom *bd utmost tear him
limb frunt limb then they drag the
hurthly mut lived *sd *1111 pattering
isstv to the * it* f for farther d is pest
t ea As a rata W to vat tala smalt
»'«.*s and divided am-'** 'he vtiis* -•
who are all rnenibato.
It ts p-ssibte that the waaptf to* of
2tiannaHt<ct and uroat Mvk gets It* man
hy meuiiH of a system of currying th*
mall In which the railroads take n
imrt. (ireat section of the country
are allotted to the lowest bidder by th
postottlcc department. It was one ol
these routes that Miss t'rooker wanted
j to travel over, and so she put In u bid
to the contractor, When It came Mint
to open the tdds Miss ('ranker'a wa,
j found to he the lowest, and therefore
I she was awarded the contract. Hh>
! took the necessary steps to give the re
| (tutred bond for the faithful perform
; ante of the duties, amt April I wit
nessed the Inaugural of the new mat1
carrier. Home sixteen years ago Mis.
Husle Brunner secured ih» rnntraet.
One night, when she was on the road
to Ureal Neck, a man seised th. bridle
' of her horse Hhe Jumped from her
i buggy n#4 r fobbed him with the han
dle of her whip so severely that he
afterward died
bt ItiVisisx
l>urtng an unusual thunder storm at
Walla Walla, lire, ( laud* t'Mtiu. |,
j years old returning from risking was
struck hy lightning while • umhing *
lew**, kn-s hed senseless. sad seriously
injured, his body betas burned in
slr-abs. sa If by a hot gridiron. .% p.
> altar freah of the else trie Pant i» |g4l
It a rapped the heft tlna around the
kuy • tteek In **t*h a wav aa to chon*
him. and Ml had lo be cut to aave at*
life The hoy wee found, apparently
life lane, partly paralysed, with hi*
yMrthea Ml Are
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON IV. JULY 25. PAUL.
PHEACHING IN ATHENS.
, Holden Text: “4iotl I* s« *p'.rlt anil
They That Worship lllm Must
Worship lllm lu Spirit ami In Truth'*—
John IV. 44.
O-DAY'S lesion In
clude* verses 22 to 34
of the 17th chapter
of the Book or Acte.
The event* recorded
therein took place
in 52 A. D., soon uf
ter last lesson.
Place. Mars Hill In
At liens.
It ha hare, rugged
rock, approached at
t h e southeastern
corner by steps, of
which sixteen s*dl
remain perfect. Its are t at the top
tmrsuns sixty paces by twenty-four,
within a quadrangle sixteen paces square
Is excavated and leveled for the court.
The Judges seem to have sat on benches
tier above tier on the rising rock In tho
north side of the quadrangle Here tho
most ancient and reverent court known
in Uroece the court of the Areopagltes
—held Its solemn session-. Among other
objects of Its Jurisdiction it had particu
lar cognizance of all blasphemies against
the heathen gods. Four hundred and lif
ty year* before this Socrates was ar
raigned lu this eourt for Introducing
strange and foreign gods While tho
Acropolis was the renter of tin* religion
of Athens, the Areopagus was th*- altar
of Justice. The court acted not only as
a criminal court for f apital cases, but as
a guardian of the laws, manners, and
morals of the people. This hill lies quite
out of the modern city and ha- but one
building on it a little whitewashed stone
church which bears the name of Dio
nysius the Areopagite."
Connecting Link*. Intelligence of
Paul's success in Berea soon reached tho
•lews lu Thessalonica, who, true to their
character, immediately started thither to
stir .ip commotion. The brethren, un
willing to expose Paul to further risks,
sent him away in the direction of tho
three ‘lays’ null from JJlum. on the coast,
brought him to Athens. In many ways
till* was the most notable place lie hud
yet VIs!ted, No elty in the world could
houst In such a short spate of time such
a number of truly illustrious < ttlzens;
armpig warriors, Mlltladcs. vtai 'smen,
Solon and Pericles; philosophers. Socrat* s
and Plato; orators, Demosthenes; writ
ers, Xenophon ami Kuripidcs; artists,
Phidias. These were names enough to
crown any city with enduring fame. Tho
greatneHs and beauty could not blind
Paul to the deadly earn * r which was r at
ing out the spiritual life of the people,
nor make him forget that, in* was a mls
, alonary. Oil the Hahbath da> he rea
soned with the Jews, and on other days
In the market with merchants, states
men, orators, and philosophers. He en
countered the disciples of three schools
of thought—the Htolcs, or pantheists of
the ancient world, the Kplciirc*ur.<, its
materialists, and the Academicians, Us
agnostics. They had curiosity to k„«w If
Christianity could possibly he u new
school of thought. In response to their
polite request Paul wa.< induced to go
from the crowd*), market pint' to tho
quiet Areopagus, where In delivered his
celebrated address. It is one of the most
beautiful gems that have descended from
ancient to modern times. Noting the
extreme religious scrupulousness which
bad led the Athenians to rals* an altar
to an unknown god. the apostle declares
to them the God whom alone they ought
to worship, and whom as yet they did
not know-. This God was the Maker and
Preserver of all things ami the Father
of all men, and he desired to bring ail to
ii knowledge of himself. Athenian poets
had spoken of tills Fatherhood of God.
Such a God is not fitly represented by
graven images; and Paul would have
men cease from such ignorant worship,
for he will be tin* Judge as well a Fath
er of men, and lias given proof of the
Judgment ami of the world iu - in. • by
tin- resurrccthion of Jesus Christ.
Lesson Hymn— #
Jesus, where’er thy people meet, there
they behold thy nierey seat;
Where’er they seek th<-e, thou art found,
and every place is hallowed ground.
For thou, within no wails confined, dost
dwell with those of humble mind;
Such over bring thee where they come,
and, going, take thee to their home.
Here may we prove the power of prayer
to strengthen faith and avveeten
Co re;
To teach our faint desires to iisc, and
bring all heaven before our eyes.
—William Cow per.
I list ruction* to Teacher*.
I. The Place. It is Athens, the most
illustrious city of the ancient world—a
city which In Its prime sent forth more
great men in one hundred years than all
the rest of the world could show' in five
hundred; a city of temples and palaces
and statues and libraries and philoso
phers; “the eye of Greece,’’ und the glory
of the ancient world. In Athens we are
called to Mars’ Hill, the Areopagus, an
ancient tribunal of veneruted citizens.
II. The Man. Who Is that taan stand
ing yonder In the center of the semicir
cle of stone seats, where sit the Judges
of the court? It Is the same man whom
we saw at Philippi in the prison, and be
side the river, and at Troas, gazing out
over the sea. How conies he here at
Athens? Narrate Ills Journey, and not ice
what was Puut’s estimate of those stat
ues that we admire so greatly. Notice
that his soul was so filled with tine
thought that he had no mind for tower
thoughts, of history, IKeratui*. or art.
III. The Audience. It was composed of
Judges of the court of Areopagus, pint
o*u|>h«r», iioth til me I'.plcureun Altu Hto
le »ehool», curium, t-ynlcAl *paelalura,
with lure ami Itaar. an lulereAUd ami
thoughtful luarer. I low different rruni
hta amllenea of one hearer tu the priaou
at I'hlllppl! Vei the#* wira alniiera. only
lhe> Wi le not awakened to Ilia couaclou*
him uf alii, lluw many like them ara m
our eu.tgieguttun* ami elaaaea'
IV, The Tnl bvgry preacher to ha.a
a good tail. ami 1‘aul round hi* In an oh
Jee I l*«**jn an altar WlUt an Ina. Upturn,
Tu Ik* unknown ilutl." Mhow bow »u« n
au altar I ama to ha aravlad In Alban*,
ami whal waa Ha purpoaa Not lee ill,
aae a huh faui mate uf ilita lUmlralmu
I 4a not .oraa to hrlug to you ant iww
Hod. hut on* whom you hat* wor*hlp*,i,
though too known hUu WM H r* m*n
.m.e t'aol ahowtul hta l*.t In hla an w|
pt, t vt.irng unweh oat* truth bat *. eg
nho him in wiaHom,
CHUNKS or WISDOM.
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