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TRAPPING A TIGER.
HOW A YANKEE WITH A YANKEE
IDEA SOLVED A PROBLEM
.Ami Incidentally Knrneil I'umr of
300 and n Niuun n 'ln- -llnw
the. Tiger I'rrparr rur sin Attmk
Carried OH the Trap.
(Special Letter.)
There nro no InttH along tho hlgtt
tvojs of India, as thu u vertigo reador
has probably been tolil beforo, but tho
traveler seeking rest and refreshment
turns Into ono of the frco bungalows
provided by the gocrnmcnt. Ho
tlnds cooking utensils, dishes and n
bunk, anil there la generally n native
aretnker. Tho rule of thn road Is
that no traveler stops longer than over
ntght except In case of sickness or ac
cident. Few of the bungalow h havo
loors or windows, and unless In the
height of the rainy season no blankets
-ire hung up nt the openings.
It waB in a bungalow on the high
way between tho towpa of Rainporo
and Dagrah, in the province of Bengal,
( that Sir Edward Potter, nn English
tourist doing India, met it tragic fato.
A party of nix had arrived nt the bun
galow an hour beforo dark. When
supper had been prepared and talon,
the gentlemen smoked and chatted
for u couplo of homo and then by
down on the veranda to sleep that In.
live of them did, vhll HI.- Edward
had a bed made up for him In tho
Luge room. The ncare ! jungle wab
a tnilo away, and a3 the r: omuls had
liern beaten pver for serpents no one
felt any fwtrs aa he made iHtdy for
vloep. It was a ftarllght night, with
every thlug quiet, and all the party fell
Into u Bound sleep. They were awak
ened at midnight or u little lator by a
hlnlek for help, and ns they i;ot to
their fret they behold an enormous,
tiaer trotting off with Sir Edward In
ills grip.
Tlsor Vreparit fur Attack.
Tho ti?er had stolen out of the nor-
&t rover and taken a thorough survey
of the bungalow before seizing tho
"tUtlm. Any ono of tho five uleppcro
ottered him an easy victim, but ho
p:usf.d them by. He rondo hla way
IiotActti two of them and entered tho
i mom by a window and nclzod Sir Ed-
ward by the shoulder. The shouts of
i!io Gtuer.t did not rattlo tho beast in
'a least. With a twist of his head ho
Hirer.' the man over on hla back und
BOTH STOOD STILL AND STARED.
went off at a leisurely pace, and ho
wa.i neither fired on nor pursued. No
ono dared shoot for fear of killing tho
man. and to have pursued tho tiger
Into tho Jungle would have been fool
!shnc6B. Aa none of the purty was a
'lilgcr hunter, thero was nothing to do
lint resume their journey and give no
ih'Q at tho next post of what had oc--utred.
Thsy had scarcely left tho
bungalow when a man "named Hood
nrrtved there. He war. an American
ami whet the English call a "cute
Yankee." Ho had gono out to India
from New York after tiger skins. In
Ltcail of taking rifles and cartridges
he had taken beartraps. Lauding in
Calcutta with no less than two dozen
monster ht'ol traps, he was making
his way up to tho tiger country to do
'justness. Ho wasn't blowing his horn
xory much a3 he knew that cveiy Hug
t!jhman in India would look upon him
v.'lth contempt, hut as thero wah no
lviv against trapping tigers ho meant
to pend homo n sh'pload of skins If
Jio could.
Auierlrmi Halt Mi Trap.
Uccd had no sooner heard of tho
tragedy of tho night before than ho
halted his trap for his first tlgor. lie
traced the beast Into the Jungle for
UOO yards and then set ono of his
trapi on a path mid baited it by tying
'u kid to a stake Just in tho rear of It.
Thin was done early In tho morning,
hut with no hope that tho tlgor would
iJenve his lair until lato In tho evening.
Ho did leave It, however, much earlier
than that. Strangely enough, ho ron
teuted himself with sinking his fnngs
Into Sir Edward and killing hlin. but
did not mutilate the body In the slight
est. Tho bleating of tho kid called
him from his lair about 3 o'clock In
the afternoon, and at tho same hour
tho bcartrap man went forth to seo If
his trap was all right. As ho wan ad
vancing nlong tho path in ono direc
tion tho tiger was earning up from an
other, and the result was that as Heed
halted within five feet of the bloating
mid frlghtenod kid tho tiger looked
him In tho eyes from n dlstanco of
about forty feet. Doth stood still and
t.tarcd for a minute. Reed had a rifle
but ho was a poor shot and dared not
tjtko tho risk of firing. Tho tiger was
no doubt astonished and puzzled, and
perhaps a yell would havo frightened
him off, but as no yell came ho bogan
to work ap his temper. For two or
thren minutes ho switched his tnll and
growled nnd then of a sudden roso In
the air like a bird. Ho had divided
tho forty feet Into two leapt., hut tho
"Ulcond was never made. As ho touch
ed tho earth after his met lie fell upon
tho pan of the trap, nnd tho Jaws
closed around both forelegs.
Tiger llreah thn Chiiln.
The trap was secured by n chain
stout rnuugh to draw n ntiwlog, but
caught as ho was tho beast soon broko
the chain nnd went oft Into tho jungle
with tho trap. It was whllo ho was
being followed that tho body of Sir
Eduatd was found. It Booms hardly
credible, but that tiger gave Reed and
his native assistants a two days' hunt.
Ho dragged tho monster trap through
thlckoU nnd up hillsides and across
ground where n man could hardly
make his way, and when finally como
up with nnd killed he hud traveled a
distance of eighteen mlleo und had
bitten one of his legs off In hope to
got clear of tho trap. Not only that,
but utt hour beforo he was coma up
with and flnlahed off, tho beast, fet
tered as ho was, and covered with his
own blood, hobbled Into a small vil
lage and tried to m:Uc n small child
In Its teeth.
It was Reed's first oxpcrlcnce with
IiIh Yankee Idea for thinning out tho
dangerous beasts of India and making
a few dollars at the aamo time, and he
found that It worked very well.
Though much abused nftcrward for
his scrub way of downing the royal
Bengal, he was made n hero of in this
case, and frlendn of the Inmented Sir
Ednard presented him with purso
of ?G00.
HUSBAND'S FAULTS CURED.
tly "liMInc tltv HtntiR" Ilrimkoii Men
Are lHi'lillnml.
In some portions of tho world tho
customs of the "good old days" still
obtain. The method pursued In tho
treatment of drunken hunlmudn In thr
north of England is a survival from,
tho time when thero wero no ninglflj
trates convenient beforo whom tho orrj
Ing husband might bo haled. Thlj
method is known a.s "Riding thj
Stang." and though a very old prnctlcJ
quite recently two casen of Its belrg
enforced wore brought before tho pui
lle notice. The erring husbands wro
tied astride long poles und carried In
thl.H ridiculous and uncomfortable peti
tion through tho streets of their tovn,
and followed by a Jeering crowd of
men, women and children, who did not
hesitate to pelt them with refuse, ac
cording to tho time honored image on
these occasions. Thcro aro variations
of the methods of riding the Hang,
however, that mentioned above being
perhaps tho severest form. In parts
of Yorkshire and other northern coun
ties, for instance, "riding the fctang"
la practiced more as a vicarious pun
ishment for any frailty on tho part of
man or wife than u direct and personal
punishment, aa in the cases instanced
above. Needless to say, In tho cases In
which tho ceremony Is pei formed vi
cariously, the poison who rides tho
xtung is not subjected to bodily ill
treatment at tho liandtt of those who
pciftirm it. It 1b usually some gopd
naturcd friend who ia selected for'bo
ttridlng tho stang. Ho Is carried
through tho stteets in the iltfek of tho
etcniitg on the shoulder ' two men,
preceded by another carrying a. Inn
torn. At every fifty yards or so tho
procession makes a halt, during which
tho accommodating stang rider rccltca
this verso:
5oofl nelGti!orn attrnd while I you liur-
iuikih.
'Tin neither lor your mIp, nor for my
That I rttln the stunpr.
lint it Ix lor tha wifn ot John Hmltli
Thut I tide thn Ktunc.
In the fullness ot time the procession
finds itself outside the house ot the
guilty husband, where It disperses
after a few choruses of hoots and jeers.
Tho vocal discord, however, U aoldom
deemed sufficiently soul-stlrrlng, a sup
plementary pandemonium produced
from pots, pans and kettles usually be
ing employed ngalust the offender,
New York Press.
i:nirrur Wlltiniii Tnel 11123,000.
William tho Only (no relation to the
Ouly William of New York) is a be
llocr in real cstuto as a means of salt
ing away money, and Is tho greatest
propei ty owner In CSermnny. He has
no less than eighty-three estates, upon
which he had to pay taxei to the
amount or $123,000. Next to tho Em
peror, the Pilncc of I'lcs? lu tho largest
real estate owner In the empire, he
having .seventy-five estates, upon which
ho pay3 nearly ae much in taxes us
docs the War Lord. After theso two,
tho latgest lauded proprietor In Qer
mauy Is tho Duko of UJcbt, who owns
fifty-two cstnteH and pays JCO,000 taxes
on them. The Duke of Ratlbor pos
sesses flfty-ono estates in Germany, bo
sldca his enormous holdings In Bo
hemia, and is tho fourth largest tax
payer on real estate In the empire.
Among tho other largo landed proprie
tors of the German Empire Is tho King
of Saxony, who Is the owner of fifty
estates, most of them provided with
castles or fluo manor houses. New
York Press.
Ktihlrt Am llecotttluc Nearer.
Ruble ate growing scarcer. The
most beautiful como from Ceylon,
India, and China. Tho mines of Pegu
are neaily exhausted or but llttlo
worked to-day. Thq regions where
they are situated are dangerous of ap
proach; besides, In the states of tho
Grand Mogul the cxpoitntlon of rubles
Is forbidden until they havo been ex
hibited to the sovereign, who retains
tho most beautiful. Tho ruby of 81am
is distinguished by Its deep red color,
somewha resembling the garnet. Cnr
bunclcs, i' which the ancients at
tributed fantastic property, were In
reality iiihica. Chicago Journal.
liiclo Kph'm.
"Some men' said Undo Eph'm, "Is
llko fish. Doy don' novor como to do
top ontell dey die." Chicago Tribune
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! PRESENCE
14 ;; BY A
CC?CC0CC00GCCCC( ; HEROIC ARIZONA
OF MIND
(Special Letter.)
Ilccuso Mrs, Douglas Cnrtor had a
lariat liandy and possessed tho skill
and oiirnge to use It, sho Micceodod
tho oner day In performing a highly
hcroljffcat. Sho dragged from death
by silfocntlnn In tho troachorous Arl
zonaiulckaands her husband, and also
a, hlAwayman who had robbed her of
all do money iihe nnd her husband
hud the sum of $2,500 which sho was
carving to Tempo.
TB-ce wooka previously Mr. Douglas
Cmr ha1 folded tho hard-earned
now Into u wallet. Thoro was great
rejnctng on thn Carter cattle ranch,
foat least tho mortgage on tho land
wild bo lifted. Ou tho appointed day
fcf taking tho money Into town Mrs.
cjrtcr and her Bister, Miss Watsou,
MRS. DOUGLAS CARTER,
started for Tempo In a huckboard. Mrs.
Carter hud tho money tucked In nor
bosom. Mr. Carter wn& to overtnko
thorn on horseback, ho tho two womcu
drovo leisurely along tho dusty road.
Mrs. Carter's own saddlo horso was
hitched behind. It was it thirty-mile
drive from their cattle rango Into
Tompe. Thoy had drlvon about, ton
miles nlong the desort when tho Bound
ot fast-approaching hoofs came down
tho road. Thinking It was Mr. Carter,
they pulled up their horses nnd wait
ed for him. But it was a Btrango
horso nnd rider who swung around
tho curve. A blnck shadow Boomed to
lie on thu man's face and thoy could
not distinguish his features. When
ho came a little ncnicr thoy naw that
tho shadow was a black Bilk hand
kerchief tied over hla face. Mrs. Car
ter lashed her horses down the road,
but' the race was too unoven. "Here,"
ydld the man, lingering his revolver,
""I don't, like to hurt you, ladles, but I
know you have some money with you.
Hand It over; lively, now."
"You're mistaken," said Mrs. Car
ter as firmly as she could., "My hus
band has the money at tho ranch."
"I nln't much on 'rithmetlc, mut
tered the robber, "but I'll count ten,
nnd If you don't hand over tho stuff
bcfoin I get through I'll try shooting.
That's more In my line."
He counted as far as five then Miss
Watson,, with a terrified shriek, toro
open her sister's dress and pulled out
tho wallet. Mrs. Carter put forth a
powerlcsB hand to save It, and tho
highwayman, wlth',d smllo, put spurs
to his horse.
Miss Watson foil forward In n faint,
and Mrs. Carter tried to bring her to
consciousness. Sho wnt. still limp and
dazed when Mrs. Carter hoard the
sound of galloping hoots. Passing tho
reins around her sister's hands, sho
reached under tho scat for the. pistol
that sho had tried to got when the
robber surprised them. Colled tinder
there was a lariat, which sho uleo
took. i
When Mr. Carter reached them hlB
wife was In the saddle and ready to
tako up tho man hunt with him. Tell
ing MIeb Watson to drive to Tempo
and inform the authorities to bo on
tho lookout, Mr. nnd Mrs. Carter
started in pursuit of tho highwayman.
His trackB wore plnlnly perceptible
but the man had had a good half
hour's Btart. Tho Carters had ridden
about flvo mllefl when they reined up
at a water hole. They wero coming
upon Irrigated land now and signs of
habitation. Tracks around the holo
proved thnt tho robber had also stop
ped thero to water his horse. Bits of
ropo and leather scattered around
showed thut he had been mending
Eomo part of his saddle. This fact In
spired thorn with fresh courago, n&
that delay made the highwayman's
chances of escape less likely. A few
miles further on they again found
scrapB of leather. Ho was evldontly
tinkering with Ills bridle and was
unuware that he was being pursuod.
Then thoy saw tracks that showed
plainly where tho highwayman had
turned and struck across country, nnd
the dlfllcult task of trailing him com
menced. Suddenly they saw a flutter
ing black object tho silk handker
chief with two holes cut for tho eyes
Til'.. i yjP'TVy'YWir.
to poor through and spuried their
horses to greater speed. Thoy heard
tho clatter of hoofs beforo thoy caught
n glimpse ot their quarry. He, too,
had heaid hoof-boats and with digging
his spurs Into his horse. They wero
too far away to shoot, nnd tho high
wayman evidently did not mean to
got within range, for he lashed his
horso aciosH the marsh, heading for
a stream. Tho Carters gained on him.
"Don't shoot him," urged Mrs. Car
ter. "He can't hold out much longer."
Thu highwayman was hut a few foot
In tho lead when suddenly his horso
stopped. Covering him with hla pis
tol, Mr. Cm tor galloped up shouting,
"Throw up your hands, or I'll Bhoot."
Then something happened that Mrs.
Carter, a few paces In tho rear, could
not understand. Roth horses wero
floundering in the sand, their rldcra
tugging at tho reins.
"For (lod'H Bake, don't move. We're
In tho quicksand!" shouted her hus
band. For a few seconds Mrs. Carter sat
In dumb agony: then she cried to her
husband, begging him to tell her what
to do,
"Don't como any neater. You'll go
down, too."
Despite thu desprrate efforts of
horsed anil men. thoy wenf steadily
sinking. The horses woio already en
gulfed above their knees.
Uke u flash of light u plan sudden
ly crossed Mrs. Carter's brain. With
u nair-chokcd cry biio unwound mo
data she had taken from the buck
board. Tho hoarse, terror-stricken
crlos of tho doomed men fell upon her
cars, while- every fibre In her body
wan working In unlaon with tho
strong, steady aim thut threw tho
rlata. It cut keen and quick through
the air. circled abnvo her husband's
hoad and caught him fast around tho
waist.
Then she gnvo tho lasso n deft turn
around tho pommel. Tho horse an
swered with it straining ot muscle. A
moment more and Mr. Carter lay out
of danger.
Without waiting for her husband to
recover from his fright nnd assist her
Mrs. Carter, prepared to reflate tho
robber. Sho found It haider to steady
her ncrvo for tho second throw. Tho
lariat whipped through the air, hut
THE RESCUE,
fell short. Again she throw it and
again she missed him. There was llt
tlo time to waste now, for tho horsed
wero sinking tapldly nnd the hlgh-
,waymai was1 wildly crying to her to
save him. Thcro must In no mistake
this time.
A third time the whir of tho lariat
sounded through tho air. This tlmo
It caught him fast and to drag him
back to life and fcafety waB brief work.
Then bravo Mrs. Carter toppled off
her horso and when ahe opened her
eyes her husband'H arms held her closo
and tho highwayman had disappeared.
"I didn't want to hold him," said
Mr. Carter. 'T think this will Mtako
him up into lcadhig a different sort of
life. Ho gave mo the monoy and
struck out on foot, for both tho poor
bcaEts are gono."
Koihl tin In Chitmiiagur,
Tho coming fashion in chnmpagno
If It may be bo called, seems to have
been unmistakably fixed by the war
rant which tho king granted to one
of the oldest firms in the chnmpagno
district, says the Court Journal. Of
course, coronation year will bo a chnm
pagno year, during which most mer
chants will rocoup themselves for the
heavy loss thoy havo unstained during
the past twclvo months, and naturally
tho wlno that peoplo will ordor will
be that ot tho firm which has been
selected by the king for tho honor ot
a royal warrant. Chicago Journal.
iJick of Voott Make's Stolen.
Dr. Felix U Oswald, writing about
the scanty diet ot Italian peasants In
What to Eat, makes tiso ot tho follow
ing simile: "What makes that dog ot
youro look bo long logged and light?"
Inquired tho visitor of a Sicilian farm
er. "He hardly oats anything." "How
do yoit account for that?" "Wo don't
glvo him anything." "What! Why
don't you, then?" "Wo get nothing."
That all-Including reason fills Italy
with dietetic stoics who can find solace
In tho reflection that a good nap Is
almost as good as n tifnl.
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DEADlVOOD GIMMES.
SOUTH DAKOTA CITY STIRRED
RECENT EVENTS.
BY
W, II. Wunl. .ot t'txlor Arrot, ('linrKi'l
with Mrtiiy Mnnlrri- Kirk unil !.t
Hliiiphurtl. llrolluTi, Acil 111 mill '10,
AIWkviI II" HI Mimt Id'ccitt htlnn.
(l)eudwood Letter.)
The story of tho Ward murders, that
have been perpetrated near 1'luma, a
town three miles from Doadwood, 1h n
ghastly tale. W. II. Waul, who la now
closely watched In an Iron caRo In tho
Dead wood Jail, Is unquestionably u
tuuiderer at henrt. How many doeds
ho will have to answer for will prob
ably never be known. Whether ho la
crazy and committed his crimes under
n .spell ot Insanity will ho determined
ut his coming trial.
Twii Hrotticr MlMlng.
Some eight weeks ngo two brothers
named Kirk and Lee Shephnrd, who
resided with their mother near l'luma,
suddenly disappeared. Kirk was 16,
nnd U'o was 20 years old. Thero was n
third brother named Hnrley, aged 18.
Harley had neon adopted by W. II.
Ward, familiarly known ns "Ilcaelierw."
Ah Harley grew older hu grow tired of
Ward's place. This la supposed to havo
commenced tho trouble between Ward
nnd tho other brother. When Ward
found out that Leo Shcphard was ad
vising his youngest brother, Harley, to
quit the old man and como back to
his own home to live, It Is nuppohod
that Ward Immediately began to lay
plans for tho extermination of both of
tho hrothei s. At any rato Leo and
Klik suddenly disappeared, and u few
days later, when the searching parties
got pretty clono, Ward disappeared too.
Things got very Interesting when, n
few days later, one of the torching
parties unearthed tho decomposed body
of a man, which talllod In every way
with that of Leo Hhcphunl, one of tho
missing brothers. Tho body waH found
In an old witter ditch, covered over
with about two foot ot dirt und some
willow briiRh. The body was beyond
lecognttlou, a quantity of quick llmo
having been placed beneath and on top
of the body to hasten tho decomposi
tion. Thu body was (treated In u milt
"of underclothes und tho hair on tho
head waK red. which corresponded with
that of Leo Shcphard.
llnpurthlng llml).
When tho body was unearthed thorn
was tho greatest oxcltement In the old
THE WARD HOUSE,
town of Dcadwood nnd at Lead, nnd
tho entire population turned out to
hunt for the man, who was suspected
of committing the crime. Hundreds of
L people wont over the little gardeu
patch with Iron bars, thrusting them
down a foot or more, In hopen of strik
ing the soft burial place of the second
brother, who whs ntllt missing. But
Ward had made good his escape. The
scarchtpg partle went through the old
man's' house, peeked Into every old
well nnd tunnel for n mile around tho
plnce. plowed the potato garden aud
tore up the rotting floor. They found
every day somo clue, not only to tho
crime ot tho murder ot Lee Shcphard,
whose body had been unearthed, but
to other inurdorn thut are believed to
have been committed by nipt.
All of the clothes, worn by I.ca Shop-
hard were found In tho house, except
ing a suit of underclothes, which wero
on tho dead body when found. In nu
old barrel, wiapped in a dirty cloth,
was also discovered tho suit ot clothea
last worn by Kirk Shephnrd, tho sec
ond mlsBlng brother. But whoro the
body of Kirk had been Inld by Ward
Ih still a mystery. Bones wero found a
few dnyB ago In a natural cave near
tho house, mid a sack of fish aud bones
was dug up In the garden, but tho
coroner has thus far been ttnablo to
toll for n certainty whether they nro
humun or nulmal, Somo of the bones
found In thu cave looked llko the arm
and leg bones of a man. Tho sack ot
Mesh la claimed by n brother of Ward
to havo been hurled whoro it wob
found by a butcher from Dcadwood.
Cupturo of Ward.
Ward was captured near tho DovII'b
tower, 80 miles northwest of Dcad
wood. Ho had gono thcro to look utter
a ranch, so ho states, which ho owned
In- part with another man. Ho was
found asleep In the bushes early In tho
morning aud was taken without any
resistance. He feigned surprise at be
ing taken into custody. Ho stated that
he had not read any of the nowspapers
containing reports of his dlsappoaranco
and that of the Shophard brother!), nnd
ho did not boo why ho should be taken
to Jail.
Ward went totho Black Hills about
II ycara ago. Ho built a house at tho
mouth of Llttlo Strawberry gulch,
south ot Deadwood, and but little has
been known ot his dally life, Ho was
not filcndly to visitors, who might
chanco to call on him at his house,
but on tho Btreet or anywhere off from
his premises ho was sociability Itself.
lie was a Btrong Odd Fellow, and wna
known ns n friend to tho sick brothers,
How ho lived Is a mystery. He nover
worked for npy one. but owned somo
mining ground of his own. Frequently
fliihiU
Iff NW '111' ' 'i PHilh'
iav" qfgsg jap
he Milt out ropnrU to his frlendn thai
he had made n salo of his ground, but
tho recorda did not show nny trannfont.
Ho kept Harley Shophard docllo by
promising him f'.OOO, which ho stated
he had tecelveil from tho sale of n
mine. Wnrd now says that Leo Shep
hard stole tho $5,000 nnd ran away
with It anil that Instead of being dead
ho Ik In hiding with Wurd'n roll. Tho
records do not dlsclosn any transfer
nindo by Ward In which fG.OOO, or even
$r, was paid hint for ground,
WrltM ii Drniy l.ettrr.
Just before Lee nnd Kirk Shcphard
disappeared, Harley, the third brother,
went to Sheridan, Wyo., to work.
Whllo thoro ho received n letter ap
parently written by his hrothor Leo,
which stated that Wnrd had given Lee
tho $.',000 and that as soon na he, Hnr
ley, could como homo ho could have It.
The lotter was received five dayn after
It had beon sent from Dcadwood. Aa
soon ns Harley tccolved It he started
for bin home. Whcu ho arrived he
found that his two brothera had boen
gone sevoral dayn nnd Ward had also
disappeared. Tho letter wats not writ
ten by Loo ut all, but by Ward, who
had Imitated Leo'ti handwriting. It In
now supposed thnt Ward Intended to
gt Harley back homo nnd then kill
him, too.
Thn house occupied by Ward Is n
robbers' root. Everything Imaginable
Ia to ha found there. There Is uo proof
that Wnrd wan a. thief, only that be
Iiuh ncuttniulated boxes nnd barrola ot
things that belonged to Homebody else.
There are. n dozen trunks full of flour,
sugar, dried meats, coffoca nnd nil aorta
ot eatables. Ho hud been taking sil
verware from rtvituurnnta at which he
had eaten for years past. A large box
wan found filled with Hllver knives und
forks, butter dlsher., sugar bowls and
everything thnt had a value In the sil
ver line. Ho hud enough mlnont' toolu
stored nwny to run a large mine. Home
ot them had private mnrkii on, show
ing thnt they belonged to miners In
that vicinity. In the loft of tits house
were found u number ut bridge tim
bers, which tin had stolen from rail
road near by. His Itotino contains
good stock of Bccond-hnnd goods.
Other Crime Alleged.
Thero are now a good many utorlca
afloat about former sudden dlsup'pcar
auros, whoro men and women sudden
ly dropped out of Bight. About a year
ago n man named George flutters ar
rived In Dcadwood from tho Ennt for
tho purposo of making nn Investment.
It Is now remembered that ho met
Ward and thut ho was Inst Boon with
him near bin house. Rutgers 'had about
800 in money on his person. Thruo
months hgo n farmer found u body lit
u decomposed condition twelve mile
below Deadwood, In Whltcwood creek.
Tho nrniB unit lega had beon cut off.
Thero wan uo clue to this ghastly find,
but Ward now gets tho credit for It.
Who tho man was that wbb found re
mains a t-omplcto mystery. About nine
months ago an unknown man entered
the houso of it minor named Herdmnit,
In Garden City mining camp, nt mid
night, and killed tho dofcnuetcBa wlfo
with nn nx. Her head wob cut open.
Nobody was found who could glvo any
light on tho affair. Somo peoplo think
now Uint Ward did somo of hie cute
work on that night ut tho Herdmait
house. Three yearr ago Wnrd had a
miner working for him named Notion
fcldt. Ward flnnlly owed htm several
hundred dollars In back wages. One
day tho miner was found lying .under
n pilo of dirt in the tunnel where be
had been nt work, and Ward stated
that ho had been killed by a cave-In.
hut thoro are dark rumors that the
fall of earth wua nnytlitng but acci
dental, t
Ward a Simple Appearing- fellow. '
Ward Is an Innocent, Inoffensive
looking man. He doen not carry tho
face of a criminal, Ho denies his guilt
and claims that the Shephnrd boys will
yet appear to clear hl name. But the
evidence is growing stronger every day
against thn man. A Btrong thing that
will go against him Is what he said to
Harley Shophard, whcu one at tho
searching parties was on tho premlnoB.
He said: "Harley, If these men And tho
bodies of your brothera on my ground
you will bo to blame for It. You ought
not to havo run uwuy."
Mujtceitttil a Cure for Cwiuliltiet,
In 30 far aa our present trusts depend
upon public or prlwtto privilege nud
favors there can certainly bo no ex
cuse for delay. It the largest of all
trusts Ih exacting monopoly charges
from domestic consumers, and selling
Its productn lu foreign markets ut
lower rntca nnd who can doubt that
this Is the case? we havo only our
selves to blamo If wo fall to apply the
fllmplo remedy of placing iron nnd steel
upon the froe list. And this trust Is
only ono of many, tho powers of which
could be curbed by this couracof ac
tion. If railroad rates aro fo manipu
lated that thoy sometimes favor tho
localities In which tho plants owned
by trusts are situated and what dis
interested student can deny this? why
fihould wo hesitate, In season and out
ot season, to agitato the question of
tho control of the national highways?
If patent luwn are another reliance of.
tho trusts, why should we hesitate to
throw opon to general use, in rotiirn
for a reasonable compensation, every
patent that is employed hereafter for
monopolistic ends? Those remedies
would nt least moderate tbo exaction
of many of tho trust. Atlantic
Monthly. ':,-
At Her Ijut l'lacv,
Mistress I'm nfrnld you will not
suit. Honoru. And yet Mrs. Ranger
said that you always gave ported sat
isfaction -at her houso,
Tho Cook Yes, mem, wo always got
nlong first rate, me nnd Mre. Ranger,
Mlstresa But did yoii havo a great
deal of cooking to do there?
Tho Cook Didn't havo any; lived on
can Btuff. Thought that was ttte way
all real ladles did, Chicago Journal.
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