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    THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, ERIDAI, AUGUST 13 1897.
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MEREDITH NUGENT IN
While In Paris a few years ago I
was surprised to see In one of Uip mu
seums there an egg of such gigantic
proportions that I could haidly believe
It to bo a real egg until the descriptive
card, lying at Its base, cured me of rriy
skepticism. "That." I exclaimed to
my friend, "must be the egg of the roc,"
for so large wae It that I could not
think of It aB belonging to any bird
other than that of the fabled ciant In
the tales of the "Arabian Nights."
There was no fable about this, egs,
however; its history was well known,
and there It lay before us, under the
protection of n strong glasi case, one
of tho prized treasures of the most
renowned museum of the world, "Uut
what an enormous egg!" "Look at the
size of It!" my friend kept on remark
ing. "Why, It Is a very mammoth
among eggs!" Perhapa some of my
leaders may think we were unduly
elated over our find, but let mo tell
them that this great esse measured
three feet a yard In circumference!
Realize If you can for a moment an
egg so large that It mpasuies a yard
around. Not less startling was the In
formation that It held more than two
gallons! night quarts of egg! In ii
any wonder we were surprised?
he contents of a common hen's egg
fill nbont one-third of an oidlnary tea
cup; compare this to an egg the con
tents of which are something more than
eight quarts; why It would require a
large-sized wash bowl to break such an
egg In and not lose any of it. In ca
pacity It equaled one hundred nnd fif
ty hens' eggs! or seventeen of those
of the cassowary a bird almost as
large as an ostrich or six eggs of the
great ostrich Itself! If, again, we com
pare it with the egg of our Jeweled
humming bird, for Instance. It would
take two thousand of these tiny eggs to
equal In bulk the giant I saw in Paris.
With such an egg one could give a
breakfast on Easter morn to seventy
five persons and to each serve enough
of the feast equaling two hens' eggs'
Why, a native of Madagascar tho
country In which these eggs were dis
covered could have entertained n
whole band of savnges after such a
find, nor were such finds rare, indeed;
to the contrary, they were apparently
quite plentiful.
It was not, however, the contents
alone of those eggs which caused the
HUNTING
natives to prize them so highly, but
the shell itbolf, which was very thick,
furnished them with strong vessels
useful for a number of domestic pur
poses. They served ndmirabiy for
carrying wnter; in fact, the first knowl
edge of these eggs gained by the civil
ized world was when some natives of
Madagascar came to Mauritius to buy
rum, and brought with tbcm these huge
empty shells to hold the liquor. It
fortunntely happened that some
French officers passing by spied these
ttrange vessels, nnd gladly gave the
owners of them nil tho rum they
wished and means to carry it, in ex
change for their egg shell curios. The
jrrlval of these eggs in Paris created
n genuine sensation. Many people wero
now ready to believe that the egg of
tho roc had actually been found, und
that tho fabled bird was a fable no
longer. They cited the fact that tho
famous Venetian traveler, Marco Polo,
had located the roc upon this very is
land of Madagascar and Insisted upon
It that further Investigation would lead
to tho finding of eggs equaling In slzo
tho Imaginative ones they had read of
in tho flowery dayB of their youth. It
certainly was a curious colncldnnco
that such enormous egg3 should have
been found In the Identical country
whero tho giant bird of the Arabian
Tales was supposed to have had Its
home.
After taking a long look nt this mu
seum specimen, wo began to wonilor
whnt could havo been tho slzo of tho
bird that laid It, this prove:', too much
for our Imagination, nnd wo- eagerly
sought rof'ige In tho opinions as ex
pressed by tho Frtnch naturallsts.who,
nt tho tlmo of tho first discovery, had
uch an exalted Idea as to tho creature's
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NEW YORK LEDGER-
bulk that they named It Aeplornls
Maxlmus, which means "the bird as
big i's a mountain,"
As large as these birds undoubtedly
were, they were far from attaining the
gigantic proportions of a bird which
used to Inhabit New Zealand not so
very long ago, and which still exists
there today, If any reliance Is to be
plaord upon statements made by the
natives. This bird was known us the
Mon, nnd had the distinction of being
the large3t bird that ever exbted. It
was taller thati the tallest elepluiut,
and proudly carried Its head as high as
tho towering giraffe. It measured IS
teet In height and was possessed of
herculean strength. Its thigh bones
were larger than those of a horse, and
none of tho beasts of the field could
succcfsfully coin- with it. By tho side
of this giant the ostrich Is a small
bird. Like so many of the great mon
sters, however, that inhabited the earth
In ages past, the moas were sluggish
nnd stupid anlmals.aud their great bulk
availed them nothing against the
ccaFeless warfare made upon them by
the siriall, puny, but extremely active
snvnges. They were eagerly hunted
by the Mnorl. In spite of the fact that
the latter were exceedingly ufrald of
them. The natives know only too wall
from the tragic ending of many of their
tribe that a kick from one of those
birds meant lustaut deatli to (he most
powerful of the braves. Hefore tho
hunt began, and In the light of the rur
ly dawn, the savages were wont to en
gage In their weird Incantation, Im
ploring the spirits to whom they at
tributed the power of sending good or
evil to assist them In their perilous
enterprise?. They supplicated the
morning mists rising from between the
hills to bring them success. They In
voked the god of silence to keep free
from fright and aprehenslou the giant
birds they wished to capture, and con
cluded their barbaric rites, which, for
the greater part, consisted of the most
unearthly shrieking, with a wild dance,
indicative of approaching triumph. The
real work of the day began by forming
the natives Into two bunds, one body
of men to steal cautiously along until
they reached the scrub, which lined the
well worn moa path, and there care
fully conceal themselves, the others to
make their way as best they could to
the edge of a neighboring lake, from
THE MOA.
where they wero to start tho birds.
All thase movements had to bo mado
without so much as the cracking of a
twig, for tho slightest noise before tho
proper time arrived would so alarm
the game as to make all hopes of suc
cess futile, for that hunt, ut least. The
natives whoso duty It was to drive tho
birds, after having spread themselves
over quite a largo extent of territory,
would! at a prearranged signal, set up
a most frightful shouting. So great
was tho din they made that tho torri
11 ed mons would run as fast as they
could straight into the ambush special
ly prepared for them. Notice of their
approach was given to tho men in hid
ing by tho noise which the unwieldy
birds made crashing through tho
bushes; nearer and nearer they camo
with the forco of a whirlwind, until
suddenly, amid a cloud of dust and
accompanied with deafening roar, a
great feathered giant loomed high up
In tho air, and was Instantly spoared by
the agllo but half-frightened native.
Ah tho terrorized bird madly dashed
by this ambushed band It was attacked
with all the fury the savages could
muster, so that when tho end of tho
gauntlet was reached tho giant was
bleeding from a score of wounds. Now
tho snvages ran In hot pursuit of their
prey, for the battle was not over by
I any means, but the tell tale blood
I tracks sufficed to Inform them that
I tho day would eventually bo theirs.
I It became simply a que3t!on of keeping
up tho chaso until they closed with tho
exhausted bird, when, amid tho tri
umphant shouts of a combined attack,
tho giant was finally dispatched by his
tiny ndvrsaries
Groat wes the Joy on tho monster's
death, nan thanksgiving In rude splen
dor was offered up to tho flreat Spirit,
who had thus enabled them to conquer.
Whr.t imagination can picture the In
describable weird scenes ns the dusky
nnd tattooed savnges gathered about
tho lurid light of their midnight Urea
to feast ou the flesh of the moa, or to
partnko of the giant eggs? New York
Ledger.
MACHINES FOR BREATHING.
Hut few sightseers at the national
capital And the patent ofllco the mo3t
Interesting point to visit, yet there is
probably no public building in Wash
ington about which have centered so
'many high hopes, so much ambition,
keon research and hard study. Tho
patent office, indeed. Is a sort of Mec
ca for the Inventive genius of the
I'nltt-il StuUM.
At the time Will 's written tiC2,i;s
patents are here recorded, and an c.v
amluation of the models of them, pre
served lu the cases, would occupy the
student for at least a year. Among
the oddest of recent patented devices
ate two "breathing machines," one by
c man lu Buffalo, and the other by a
Brooklyn physician.
A machine for breathing may at first
thought appear to be superfluous, and
even ildlculous. yet both of these con
trivances are of benign Intent. They
are designed to preserve life, or to
tcuscitnte suspended animation, as In
cases of drowning, choking, or a sud
den fatiuie of the heart's action.
Phyulclnnn, ns In well known, often
attempt to product- artificial respira
tion by extending the unforunatc per
son on the ground or on the door, and
alternately raising or lowering tho
aims. At best this method Is unprom
IMr.g, and It Is to render such nitlflclal
lesplratlon moie effectual that the two
Inventions above-mentioned have been
sought.
The Brooklyn doctor's devlca con
sists of an alr-tlght chamber, or box,
lu which the sufferer from suspended
respiration can be placed, all save bis
nostrils and mouth, which are open to
the external air. By means of an air
pump, contacted with the chamber and
worked rapidly by a rotary shaft and
crank, the air is by turns exhausted
and admitted, thus causing, by pneu
matic pressure, the lungs to be alter
nately dilated with air and compressed
at the ordlnnry Intervuls of breathing.
The Buffalo Inventor seeks to ac
complish the same ends by means of
a bellows and tube accurately applied
over tho nostrils and mouth of the
person. Alternate Inspiration and ex
haustion of air in the lungs are thus
brought about. The air-tubo before
entering tho nostrils passes through a
small heating apparatus. This raises
the nlr to the temperature which It
would reach naturally In the alr-pas-bjges
of a healthy person.
Tower of the l'rn.
Wendell Phillips once, when he was
Interrupted by an unfriendly audience,
stooped down and began talking In a
low voice ta the men nt the reporters'
table. Seme of tho auditors becoming
curious called "Louder!" whereupon
Phillips straightened himself up and
exclaimed: "Go right on, gentlemen,
with your noise. Through these pen
cils," pointing to the reporters, "J
speak to 10,000,000 people."
IIIn I'lillnro.
Tourtlst (In Oklahoma) Did young
Mr. Eastman, who came out here about
a year ago to grow up with tho coun
try, ever attain Ms ambition? Alkali
Ike Wal, no; wo planted him all right
but he never sprouted.
ow Nhofkln,
Cholly Yaas, old chap, death actuuT.
ly stared mo In tho face. Algy How
venvy wude!
THE TENDER PASSION.
He I love you better than my life.
She Considering tho llfo you lead, 1
cannot say that I am surprised. In
dlannpolls Journal.
Mr. Spratts If there ore microbes In
kisses, whnt dlsenso do they produce?
Miss Kllluff Palpitation of tho heart.
ljAlladclphla Press.
Bello Why did you reject him last
evening when ho was willing to wait
till to-day for hlu answer? Blanche
Bccauso I saw he meant to Btay until
he got it. Spare Moments.
She Did you havo nny troublo In
getting pnpa to listen to you? Ho
Not a bit. I began by telling him I
know of a plan whereby ho could savo
money. Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Cruel and unnatural!" moaned
Trlckly. "Her own father has broken
our engagement." "Forbidden your
marriage?" "No, but didn't you see
by the papers that ho had failed?"
Detroit Free Press.
Madgo I think Jack Is going to pro.
poso to mo soon, mamma. Her Moth
erWhy do you say that? Made
Ho took mo out to look nt some fan
dem wheels last evening. Phlladol
phla North American.
Amelia Swear not b tho moon, the
inconstant moon. Augustus Then
what shall I owear by? Amelia
Swear by that which you hold Invalu
able; something that you ennnot llvo
without. Augustus Then Amelia, I
love you! I swear It by my bicycle
TId Bits.
He They say that wpddlng rings are
going out of fashion. She Oh, I don't
care. If you wish to dlspcnso with
tho ring, denr, it will mako no differ
ence to mo. But why didn't you give
mo some warning of what you were
about to say? This is so sudden. Then
ho thought of homo nnd mother, but It
wao too late. Cleveland Lead
HOUSE IS ACCUHSEI).
TV. BELL MANSION IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
IT
is ivn:itnviNi:i with maxv
or -i hi: si.ni'cs tisaciiuhi:.
Wii to lt I'ort ill Hint sriiiitur
liiirmi I'lrM llroiiulit Siinili A. Hill -he
KIIIIiik of Mllllnliulrn Mill mill
mlge Terry tterullt-il.
mm' HE House of Mys-
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x-v Mil niiitmlnu oti llie
''$A went side of Octinlu
I V J street, between
Sutter and Hush,
Sun Fraud' eo, l
ilwmt ffi i-liit mi
',n,T''v.V Us secrets. For a
VV VuJc quaiter of a cm-
llir) llllb "I" liuwr''
jr Its tenants have been mixed up In
almost every herniation that has stirred
the Pacific coast. It bus always bun
the House of Mystery.
Just now It Is iiiled by an old negro
woman, who sometimes exercises ty
mnnlcnl pnwr over the widow of the
man who owned It and his ihlldien.
Tills woman whs once u slave, the
storj goes. She Is now on her death
bed, and possibly that fact giws
courage to the eldest son of the dead
man to bring suit against his niothe
that the darkness of that houehold
may be dissipated uud the old hug he
forced to loosen her grip upon the di
vided family and Its fortune. Kveij
bc.'dy in the west knows this tiegto wo
man, who has trailed through the
couits like a black shadow In ene
after case Involving the richest fam
ilies on the Pacific coast. Mamm
Pleasant Is the uame they all know
her by. How sho came to California
is lost in the mazes of the tangled
stories that arc told of euily days on
the coast. It Is enough to date her back
to the time when Senator William
Sharon was In the flush of his fortune,
squandering millions in his evil pleas
ures. It was boom time on the cjast
The Comstocks hnd yielded up their
half a billion dollnis' worth of bullion,
and it was his share of this that en
abled old Sharon, tho most vicious
probably of a circle of rich men, tho
like of which had not existed bIiicc the
ancient regime, to defy every law and
conventionality. James G. Fair was
another of this ilk. Thomas Bell, who
owned the House of Mystery, was an
other. Sharon had started Mammy Pleasant
as the housekeeper of a magnificent
bachelors' boarding house. The men
who frequented this pluce could pay
fortunes for discretion, und though
Mammy Pleasant has been twenty
times upon the witness stnnd only In u
single case bai she betrayed what went
en In this house. Had she gono in for
blackmailing the old woman could
have drained the richest pockets In
California, but there was a strain of
loyalty in her mixed blood thnt held
her true. She could afford it. It was in
this house that the saddest and most
drnmatlc romance cf the west began.
Senator Sharon brought to the house a
Leaiitlful, delicate, refined young south
ern woman, who was then known as
Sarah Altlien Hill. Long afterward
this girl claimed Sharon as her hus
band produced the contract of mar
riage that tho California courts, de
cided was written by him. It was In
this hcusc nccording to the testimony,
tl at the contract waB drawn up, and
Mammy Pleasant was a witness to It.
There was consternation when Sarah
Althea Hill proclaimed hot self William
Scroll's wife and sued him In the
courts for divorce. Ho was a milllou
nlie twenty times over. She had noth
ing with which to oppose tills fortune
until Mummy Pleasnnt threw all her
wicked savings into the i-calo against
the millionaire. That trial stands out
SARAH A. HILL.
even among the thousands of strange
and sensational cases that tho Califor
nia courts havo had to deal with, Mora
than onco during its bitter prugriss
wero tho hnnds of tho attorneys the
Hading practionecrs nt tho bar swung
nround with pistolB. The nlr was
murky with threat and bribery. lie
fore it wns done lawyers whose stand
ing nt tho bar had never been ques
tioned wero driven from tho courts.
Morn than ono witness found himself
in tho penitentiary for perjury, and
mnny others who ought to lmvo gone
there escaped. Tho lawyers ceased to
be mere hired fighters and the enmitlet
among them engenderd In this case
endure ntil this day. There is a well
authenticated story of n blank check
which passed from hand to hand and
finally came to tho Judgo who tried the
case. Ho could havo filled It out for n
million and ho was a poor man. Ik
spurned tho bribe nrd decided the case
against tho millionaire. This Judge
v as young nble brilliant nnd nrnbltlom.
The enmity of Shnron has followed
him ever since. All California appluud
ed lilm, but his public career stopped
right there. So tho Bell mansion cime
into California politics. There Is much
JSH
more of this fhnrni tttry, and it has
to do with the patnc on Octnvla street.
Among the woman's lawyers wt ex
Supr'me Judge l)ald S. Terry, a man
of strength and hi art nnd brains; a
M.utlurner and a fighter, a duellist
who bad klllul .1 Fnlttd States bcihi
toi on the field of honor; a violent man
and a brave one. lie married the plain
till, and nltir that the man who spoke
a word npnlnst lit t fame had to reckon,
not with the dl-ardtd compnnlon of
a tlre-d, rich man, but with David S.
Terry. Shnron claimed n residence In
Nevada, where hi had not lived for
years, and got th lase Into the United
States courts, and there, before It wns
done, Supreme Justice of the Fnlted
States Omit SU'phui J. Field decided
flatly agalnn tlu Judgment of the Cali
fornia (ourt and proclaimed the wo
man no wife.
All tie bltti'iiHSH that had come out
lu the state trial appeared lu the na
tional court. To.-ry, tleice nnd des
perate, charged the highest officer In
the land with being the bribed und per
jured servant of a millionaire. There
weie scenes uppi (inching a riot lu this
oidlnurlly the Most sedate ourt In the
land. Once Terry, bowle knife In hand,
was uverpoweru! by oilier rs as he
sought to savo his wife from the con
sequences of cue of her outbursts. For
this, husband und wife, he an ex-Su-pieme
Justice of California, were sent
to jrtlhtin. They s rved their terms.
Some time after they were released
they we Judge Field at n inllroad eat
ing station. Judge Terry shipped the
f.ice of the Supieme Justice of the
Fnlted States. Ills hand had hardly
touched Field's face when a shot rung
out nnd Tetry fell dying at Ills wife's
ft et. David Nngle, desperado und gun
lighter. Imported from the frontier for
the purpose, secretly commissioned
Deputy Unite il States Marshal, was
the 10 as Field's body guard. Ills was
the bullet that killed Judge Terry and
the Fnlted Suites court took Nngle
awn" '-Jin the state courts thnt would
FRED BELL.
have prosecuted him ns a murderer and
Justified his dcid.
For a while tho Sharon-Terry-Field
ravelling must be dropped, for it
leads far from the Bell house, and In
cidents more Immediate to It press for
attention, but the thread comes buck
to the storied mansion before It ends
In the most pathetic incident of nil.
One morning in October, 18U2, Thomas
Bell was found lying at the foot of the
great staircase, Somehow he had fallen
over the baluster rail at the head of the
btulrs. He died without telling how
It hnppcncd. It seemed Impossible that
it should Irave been an nccldent, yet
Bell was reputed to bo worth twelve
millions, nnd obody could understand
why he might have thrown himself
over the railing to the marble lloor.
There wero dark whispers of a still
more terrible explanation, but nobody
knew and nobody dared voice an ac
cusation. Mammy Pleasant had long been
lJell'a housekeeper. Though lie had a
wife and grown children they never
seemed to have a voice in the govern
ment of tho home. It was Mammy
Pleasant, shrewd, spotlessly nproned,
suspicious und watchful, who guarded
the great glass doors. No visitor ever
passed that portal without first coming
under hor Inspection. Her word wub
law. Her ostensible master or mistress
rn!y;ht bo In plilu sight nt a window,
but thin Impcturahlc old damo would
tell the visitor nobody was at home.
If the visitor was a stranger nnd asked
for any member of the family ho hnd
fust to tell Mammy Pleasant his busi
ness there before his card even went
lu. But if there wns anything to hide
nobody knew It. To this dny nobody
has told why this city mansion was
guarded like a beleaguered castle.
Mammy Pleasnnt will nover tell. Sho
lr more thnn SO years old now, and re
ported on her death bed, but she still
holds the reins over thnt household.
Four yearn had pasfed since the mys
teiious denth of the millionaire,
'1 homns Bell. Much hnd happened in
the interim, but this story cannot bo
tolel In nntunl sequence.
Four years after old Thomas Dell so
strangely fell to his death, his oldest
se,n, Fred Bell, went over the tame hnl
iifcter rail u tho third story and fell
to the hall be'.ow, where his futher was
ltlllnd. Fred Bell did not die, but
luoken limbs nnd bruised Jolntu kept
him n cripple for eight months. He fin
ally recovered, but he never explnlnoi'
the accident.
There wns a btory of n midnight
hunt for burglars, during which tho
young man stumbled over tho railing,
lut the Bells never told nny details.
'I he fall is ns much a mystery ni tho
1 either 0110 four years before, thougr
Fred Bell Is not naturally a close
n.cutlied young fellow. Nobody knew
tl ut there was strife In tho big house
until the other day, when Fred Hell
filed a petition In the Superior Court
prnylug for tho removal of his rncthci
us tho guardian of tho person.! and es
tates of her children. He nsked to ho
appointed In her Btend, and charged
his raqther with "drunkenness nnd in
decency." Ilo had much to any about
the domination of tho old ncgrcAs Ibj
the household. But to go back to the
case of Sarah Allliea Hill Terry. When
her husband was shot dead, oho re
turned to their home In Fresno, nnd
lived alone In a pretty cottage her hus
band hnd furnished for her. Judge
Terry was n inun of culture nnd taste,
nnd had wealth enough to glvo hid
wife almost anything sho wished. lint
tho widow began to do eccentric tlilnpi,
nnd one day she wub missed from
Fresno. They broke Into the cottage
nnd found a wreck. Mrs, Terry had
been mud there alone for nobody knew
how long. He" haiidcome dresses, lnrc
nnd ribbons were twisted around the
chandeliers, pictures wero torn down
and brlc-n-brnc and household Hllvcr
bung nlmle.ssly in grotesque places.
The walls worn covered with craxy
writings, zigzags, splrnlH. The woman
had disappeared. She turned up In Kan
Francisco und wandered In the streeltt
with a bunch of wire In her hnml,
through which she thought sho wax
tcleplonlng to her dead husband, A
geod mnny people begun to get wor
ried. Mrs. Terry hnd wrongs enough,
Heaven knows. Supposo she should
start In to square them, ns crazy folks
sometimes do, with pistol or knife.
The police were nsked to restrain her,
but she had disappeared. Tho prem
took up the senrch. But tho dcmonteil
woman hnd vanished off tho face of the
earth apparently.
Two weeks passed nnd then a clever
young reporter called at tho Boll house.
At first Mammy Pleasnnt denied all
knowledge of Mrs. Terry's wherea
bouts, but at last she confessed. For
fourteen dayB Him hud watched over
the poor raving muninc. Somehow tibc
found the Hell house, and Mammy
Pleasnnt took her In nnd kept her
fiom the lnw, which sought to put tier
In an I limine asylum.
There1 Is plenty to he said to Mammy'
Pleasaut's discredit, hut her euro for
this wrecked woman stnnds out white
und elenr. Mummy was true to her
from first to Inst, and sho nursed her in
the Bell bouse as tenderly as a mother
would her child, nnd to this dny, when
the onee beautiful, accomplished wo
man Is a hopeless lunatic In one of the
stuto insane asylums, forgotten by
everybody else, Mammy Plcnsant still,
keeps track of her.
A young law pnrtner of Judgo Terry
was Porter Ashe, the turfman, him
self a figure lu a sensational marriage
nnd a more sensntlonnl divorce. When
the widow went crnzy Porter Asho wa
made the guardian of her estate. Mam
my Pleasant was his friend and he
knew the Inside of the Bell house.
After n tlmo "Tom" Williams, &
young millionaire, who hnd bcon a
close friend of Judge Terry's, charge
that the estate had been wasted. An
investigation followed, nnil little
enough of the estate was found. Noth
ing wrong could be discovered ia
Ashe's accounts, but he wlthdrow from
the administratorship and Williams
became Mrn. Terry's guardian. Anhe
and Williams have been fierce enemies
ever Blnce. They wero both race horse
men, and in a sense rivals, nnd tho bit
terness between them has often led
San Francisco to expect n tragic ending
to their misery. There arc other storied'
connected with tho old plnco, tales of
extraordinary orgies thnt mado tho big
bouse Infamous twenty yearn ago.
Mammy Pleasant knows thorn all, but
Mammy Pleasnnt docs not tell.
Tim King of J'orjtoni.
Daniel D, Noblo, who was at ono time
tho leader of tho most notnblo and at
the same tlmo most dangerous band of
forgers and bank burglars In tho world,
wan arrested last week in New York.
Thousands upon thousands of spurious
f notes wore mado by Noblo and his
gang und they cut n wldo swath
through Germnny, Belgium and Swit
zerland in 1880. In 18GG ho was the
leading spirit In tho Lord bond rob
bery, which netted hfcn, "Frank"
Knapp, James Griffin nnd "Llttlo",Pet
tinglll ulmost 11,700,000. Ho was Im-
"DAN" NOBLE.
plicated In tho robbery of Leonard
Jeromo In 18C7. Mr. Jerome's loss was
well nigh $100,000. Noblo served six
teen years In Mllbank prison nnd was
serving a term of five years In Auburn
prison when he esenped. Ho will preb
ably have to finish that sentence now.
Murtlrrcr CrtiiRtit 1 14 n Lumber Cuiop.
Scrnnton pollco ware notified tho oth
er day of tho capture of Georgo Van
Horn, who murdered Mrs. Josephine
Westcott in Scrnnton Inst August, ut a
lumbering camp in Illinois, known as
Wadena. Van Horn had boarded with
Mm. Westcott and wns in iovo with hor
but sho repulsed him nnd finally or
dered him away. Ho secured entrance
to the cellar by an outside door, and
when sho camo down to got edibles for
supper sprang upon her and cut her
throat with u razor.
Ktplcilou of it 1'owiler Home,
Tho drying houso of tho St. Clair
powder mill nt Wetherell Junction
caught fire and blow up a few days
ngo. Tho fire started outsldo the build
ing. No ono was Injured. The origin
of tin fire Is unknown.
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