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, St. Louls.-The violent Ileath of
Robert 1\1. Snyder , n Kansas City m11.
Ilona Ire , has written finis after the
world's most remarkable crusalle
against bribery. The Ileath of Snyder
\s .the climax of a series f mlsfor.
tunes anll trngellies that has pursuell
BO relentlessly the men who were
caught In the boollle trap sprung by
Joseph W. Folk four years ago , that
the question h s been asked whether
fate } tns not jolnell hanlls with the
law to heap punlshm nt upon thefr
healls.
Twent . .two men were indlctell by
St. Louis grand juries for participation
tn three great briberies , in whl h more
than $300,000 was palll 'for 'Uie votes
Df assemblymen. l\lIsfOl'tune of some
Itlnll-eath , Insanity , want or loss of
'fortune-has visited the families of 16
= > f them. Three of them are deall.
Snyller , whose case was probably
the most celebratell or all , was under
Inll tm nt In'st. Louis' when he was
thrown out of his automobile within
II. few blocks of his magnificent home ,
Dn Inllependence' boulevarll , Kansas
City , on he nl'ght of October 27 , anll
kill ell. When the circuit attorney of
St. Louis a few dnys later entered a
nolle prosequi in thl ) case the doclet of
the criminal courts was cleared of all
the boollle cases which Folk instltutell
during the two years that he hall brib.
ery unller Investfgatlon.
But seven men wmtJ scnt to the pen.
Itentlary for bribery. One other is
under sentence , but his case is pondlng'
In the supreme court. But not one of
the men-even those who escaped the
venitentiary by tuming state's evl.
( tonco-woulll pass through the experiences -
periences of the last ! pur years for all
. the bribe money that the wealthiest
corporation of the country could put
up to buy votes. The la wmalter who
is tempted to sell his vote may learn
something to Ms advantas. ) by study.
Ing carefully the unpleasant experi.
ences of the men who gave anll re. I
celved bribes in St. Louis.
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Began Boodle Crus3de. I
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If the St. Louis boodlers sowed the
t wind they reaped tIte torna o. Next
. to Snyder , Charles H. Turner , who
died broleen-hoarted In New York last
summer , a virtual outcast from St.
Louis , where he made a fortune
amounting to millions of dollars , was
the most Ia.vlsh brlbo giver exposed
during the fight agal'nt ? corruption.
Ho was the first man caught. 'When
the late "Red" Galvin , a veternn news.
paper reporter , wallwd Into the offic
. of Foil ; : early In January. 1902 , and
told him that Charles H. Turner nnd
Philip Stock , his leglslatlvo agent ,
had placed $147liOO In escrow In two
trust companies' vaults to bribe the
municipal assembly to pass a fran.
chlse bl11 for the Suburban Street Rnll. :
way company , the boodle crusade be.
gan. Two days lato'r Turner was vir.
tually on his lenees before the circuit
attorney begging for mercy. The only
alternative to the penitentiary wns to
go on the witness stand and toll the .
whole corrupt and shameful story. He
I chose the alternative. At. the time of I
, .hls exposure he was president of a big
\ trust company as well as QC the street
railway company. He WP. , promptly
rotlred , nUll pretty soon ( ho stocle. I
. holders of the trust company decided
that they neelled another man at the
, head of the Institution ,
Turner fourd that
he could not 1'0'
main In business In St. LOlli's. In splto
f I of his big fortune. He went to Now
( York nUll was almost forgotten in his
old home-save for his perfidy In brib.
I Ing the city's lawmakers-when he
1 died , of n broken heart.
Snyder's last Itays were tull of
trouble. Wlthlrt the month of his I
death the bleaching bones of his lion ,
Cary 1\1. Snyder , were found In a lone.
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Iy spot near Hll1sboro , are. The
young mlln , a fugitive from justlco tor
two ) 'ears , lllld probnbl ) ' been mur.
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Ilered by one of n band of robbers of
which ho was a member. On the very
night that the elder Snyller Illed the
widow of his son confessed that her
dead husbanll was a member of an
organized banll' of robbers , who hall
been cracking safes throughout the
western country. Cary Snyder Itcpt
his father in constant trouble for near.
Iy three years before he was lellled.
R. M. Snyder went to St. Louis in
the spring of 1898 anll consummated a
daring and colossal bribery , In a street
railway franchl'so bill , says the New'
York Herald.
Snyder Convicted.
After ono of the most notable legal
battles In the west , in which Folk
fought against an array of the finest
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legal talent that money could hire ,
Snyllcr was convict ell and sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary. The I
case wept to the sUllremO court and i
was rovers ll on a tcchnlca1ft . . De-
fore it\could bo tried again Folie went
out of office , having been elected gov-
ernor. , The Snyder case was ono of
the few that he passed down to Arthur -
thur N. SagoI' . his succcssor. Last
May Sager nolle pressed the case anll
issued n new infOJ'matl'on against
Snyder. The case was called for trial
in Septetmber , but owing to the nb.
sonce of material witnesses for the
state , It was again nollo prossell and a
new Information sworn out.
This case was standing against
Snyder when Ileath entered the final
nolle pros qui. The cases against Ut.
hoer and Ritter , growing indh'cctly
out Df a briber ) ' committed som years
ago , are the onb' entries on the court
docltcts to remind St. Louis of her
famous municipal scandals.
Ell. Butler , U10 boss politician , who ,
was three h'mes inllicted and twice
tried for bribery , has had his troubles ,
too. Butler was first indlctell for at.
tempting to bribe members of the
board'of health to award him a con.
tract for handling the city garbage.
He was tried in Columbia , lIIo. , convicted -
ed and sentencell to three 'ears in the
penitentiary , but escapell when the :
supreme court Ileclded that ns the
members of the boaI'll , of health were
not officlalB they could not bo bribed.
He was next Indicted for handling a
boodle fund of $47,500 to have passed
a bill providing for the lighting of the
streets with gas instead of electricity.
He was acquitt d of thl ! ! charge at Ful.
ton , Mo. , and In that respect cOllsld.
erell hlmselt lucley. Soon after his
first indictment his son-l'n.law , John
Parle , died. Defore ho wns trlell on
the second Indictment his favorite
son , Jphn 'R. Dutler , who had been
faithful to the 011 { man's interests , fell
sick and died. ' 1'hls blow broke But.
ler's heart and hurt him worse than
all of Folic's prosecutions.
Kelly's Evidence Needed.
There was one man only among the
former members of the } lOUSO of delegates -
gates , who lenow where the $47,500
came from that was paid for the votes
of the comblno members In the city
lighting deal. That was former Spenle.
er Charles F. Kell ' . It had been Ile.
veloped that Kelly received the money
11rom Ellward Butlel' , anll Butler was
promptly Indlctell. But In this trans.
action Butler wus 111m ply ncting as a
"friend. " Kelly's o\'ldence was neces.
Sl1r ) ' to establish the identity of the
man who stood in Dutlol"S IIhadow.
Fall' lenew who he was-so Illd the
IlUbUc , but Kelly had tile enl ) ' o\1't1ence
that woulll Indict the nllln-who was
ten times a ml11lonalre.
Folk had Kell ) ' beroro the grnnll jllr ) '
on the afternoon or Selltember 8 , 1902 ,
amI was gradunlh' forcln ! ; a conres.
slon out of him. Emissaries of the
boodlers vlore et oncn dispatched to
the four c'mrts : whore the Inquisition I
was In 'Dro ; ess to get into commulII' . I
cation with Kell ) ' , Whlle Fall ; : was in I
the Grant ! jur ) ' room these men I
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slipped aW3Y. A few mlnutos after
: elly 10ft the anterooms of the grand
jury's headquarters his absence was
1l2scovored and deputy sherlts ! were
sent in o\'ery direction to find him and
bring him 1'l1. lelt ) . probably neVer
wltl forget his experiences or the next
12 hours. He was held prisoner by
the men ho was about to betray , and
hustled off to 1quarr ) ' In a relnote
portion of the city. One of the mJn !
who wns s\\bseQuentl ) . sent to the } lon.
Itentlary for briber ) ' was left to guard
him. lie spent the night In a shed
that stood on the brlnlc of the quarry
ponll. Early the next morning KOllY
was put on 1\ train at ono or the u.
burbap statl'ons ! lnll was h 111'1'1 ell err
by the most Illrect route to Canalln.
110 Itlll not stop there , and upon rench.
Ing the Atlantic coast tool , the first
steamer for Europe. Not n word was
hearll as to his whereabauts during
the next t\vo months. On November
29 , ono Ilay aflor the statute of lIml.
tatlons hall become ollerntlvo a alnst
the partictlllntR ! In the city lighting
bribery deal , Kelly lanlled in Now
York and was mot by a son of Edward
Butler , who convoyed to him the news
that three days bOforo his 12rdfit' hl
son , his favorite child , had been burled
and that his wife was then lying at
the point or Ileath.
Mind Broke Under the StraIn.
Kelly hasten ell home. Whatever
testimony he might be able to glvo
was then of no value to the state. He
had no soon or reached St. Louis than
he was arrestoll. an Indl'ctmont having
been votell al1ainst him by the very
grand jury that. ho ran nwa ' frpm. A
few , weeks later Kelly becam Insane
I\nd was confined for months In St.
Vincent's asylum. Careful treatment
in n measure restored his mind. FolIc
toole pity on hIm. and permlttell him
to turn state's evidence in a minor
caso.
The Inl1lctments against him were
nolle prosequl'cd. With this burden
lifted Cram his mlnll 111s 'mental facul.
ties underwent a gr dual rehablllta.
tlon , and ho Is now tr 'ing to bullll Ul )
again the business that went to ruin
Iluring the time that he was Involved
In trouble.
Of the seven men sent to the penl.
tentlary onb' three are fn strillOs , the
sentences of the others having explr.
ed. Gov. Fell ; : has announcell that two
of these men , both of whom ho prose.
cuted when ho was circuit attorney ,
wlll be pardonell. The two men who
wlll bo the reclplcnts of executlvo
elenwncYf are .TI111us Lel,1mann and
Emile Hartmann. Lehmann is serving -
ing a seven 'ears' sentence and Hart.
mann six years for bribery in connec.
tlon with the elty h'ghtlng bill.
In Permanent Exile.
Ellis Wainwright , a , m lIIonalr
brewer , who was a dll'cctor In the Sue
burban Ral1way company when It attempted - I
tempted to buy up the council and' '
} , louse pf delegates , has eon exiled J
ParIs , for , more than four years. An
indictment for brlbory is pending I
against him in St. Louis anll he dare
not retul'11.
Charles Gutlw , a former member 9f
the house of delegates , was indicted
for bl'1bery In September , 1902. So
many of the boodlers had run away
to escape punishment that the courts
would not accept ball at less than $20"
000. Ed. Butler 'signed bonds until
he would not . Qr..Jj.Ccoptell , on more. As
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Charles lrau : WRS the nrst m6l"bE'
pf the city council to bo l'ndlctcii fm
brlborr. H was ehargell with par.
Uclpatlon In the auburbnn denl , and ,
IIko ? rIUl'l'ell , he fied to Mexico before
his CI\SO cam to trial.
After two years' peralotent worl
Folk succeeded In Influencing the UnltA
ell Stntes Jovernmont to JUatee a
treaty with Moxlco covering the erl'md
of briber ) ' . The attol'1le ' general 'of
the United Slates construed this
ireat ) ' to be rotroactlvo. 'I\\\d uUller
Its provisions Krat7.VaR extradltoll
Scarcel ) ' hall ho returned to St. I.OlIls ,
ill the spring of 1903 , when ho was at.
tacleed with alllleUlllcltls mul for
months 110\'erell betweml fo nnll
death. His sl'clmoss , hOWOVl'I' , might
have been consldl'l'el1 a turn of for.
tune In his favor , because it enabled
him to get his case cl\rrlell on th
doctlets until after l"oll was lectect
rovornor , I1nll when he wml tried at
Butler , 1\10. , he was acquitted. Bofm'e
he was tried ono of his children dlell.
Never Saw His First Darn.
Charles E. Denuy wns coualclored
one of the brightest members of the
ohl house of dolegntes. He was 1rall
rontl employo anll 11all an excQlIeu
roputlltfon until l"olk caught him nUll
slapped three Inllictments on his
baclt-two for brlbel' ' aull one for
porjuq' . Denny hact just been n1l\r-
rled , and a few m'onths after the \Veil.
Illng bel1s rang he WIlS lnmdled up b ' .
the sheriff anct hustled off to the penl.
tentlary , Whllo he wus 11 prisoner a
babe was born in his household , but
ho never SI1W the face of his 'first born ,
as death carried It awn ) ' before It
father's term ended.
Louis Declwr , a l1vCl''man , Is the :
onb' member of the 0111 house of l1elo.
gates combJ'110 who wall , convlctol\ \
after Fol1c qult the circuit nttorne "s
offico. His conviction hastened the
Ileath of his nged mother , which oc.
curred a few weelts aCtCl' the jury
founll him gu1ty. !
Edmunll IJersch , once prosperous
insurance brolcor , was the fIrst of the
house of delegates combine (0 begin a
term of sorvlco In the panltentlar ) ' .
His mlnll gnvo wa ) ' unller the strain. .
and he spent the greater part of III's
18 months imprisonment in the hos. .
pltal. When hQ Jeft the penitentiary :
ho wnB brolmn in health-a mental
and physical wrecle.
One Man Escaped Fate.
Just one man-.Tolm SchnetUor-
who elected to stand trial on the
charges preferred against him , has
escahell' without 'sOlpe mlsfortuno otll'
e1" ' than the penitentiary sentence 1m.
p sell upon him. He has served out
his sentence.
These are what may bo cal ed the
tragedies of the St. L uls boodle cr .
sad . The fncts are strango-almost
starL lng.- The bool1er's punishment
in the penitentiary was tilO least of
their , surrerlng. 'I'ho ' saw their chll.
Ilren 'acomed by pth r , children In the
scqools and on mo stre ts. 'fhey saw
their fnlth I wives. heartbrolccn , fal1
at the feet of the law ; Ithelr husband's
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hnd. outraged , and llellcll for _ 1I1e1'cy that
cou\ \ ( } not bo given , These men were
haughtr , brazen : when.in . tlie zonlU\ \
of their power as corruptlonlsts , they
sacrificed eyory Interest of the IlOople
for the money of fmnchlDe'grabbers. . .
But they have had their punishment.
'fhe man who Is al.1out to sell his vote
for money may determine for himself
whether fate jolnell hands with law
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a conscquence Gutko was confined In
jail for six months. During that time
his 19.'el\r Dhi son Bugeno was strlcl"
on down with Jal1olllng consllmptlon
and died. Gutlw wall latet. p Jrmltted
tu turn slate's evillenco and escaped
I \lI'oseClItion.
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to scolirge the reel'cant IlUblle servants
In St. Louis. Ho ma ) ' ut lellllt 11ml In
tholr unhupp ) ' oxperlences Homo lesson
that ma ) ' put ached. Ullon him when
ho renches for the forblcldon gold-a
lesson that will hnll l him to how
utrnlght to the IIno of dllt ) . ,
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A Toast For The New rear
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Iltnf' > ' J1f. I/j'nt
TO TIII True Pioneer : ! of Progress-la the men with ch31n nnd
extant , drill ntlll ahlcld. hoist nnll riveter-burrowing through
mountains , spinning , splderllko , ncrOM dizzy chasms-making the
world smal1er and Mnn laqer- ;
. A H'appy Now Year nnd Many of 'Eml
TO TIlE Gentlemnn Adventurers-to the men who temptthe
vonge\I1ce of the upper nlr , dare the sunlcss dangers of Ileep
. .ea ! ! , track to their sl'crot lairs the willI beasts of disease and
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pestllence-rlshing tho\ \ & " own lives that the life of Man nuy b
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A Happy New Year . .nd Many of 'Em I I
TO THE Poets amI dreamers of the Present-to the men who
harness the tldcs , bridle the west wind , put n ) 'oko noout the
, neck oC the glacicr.I , drlvo the sun : lnd moon tandem-making the . .
forcea of nature toll that Man may enjoy-
A Hnppy Now Year nnll Mmy of 'Eml
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TO TnE Masters of the Futnre-to the men who know , to the
men in earllcst-rejolclng In their Imowledgo nnll tholr strength ,
looking with clear eyes , unafraId , into the faca of fatc-crowned
with the high happiness of work well dono-
A Happy Now Year nnd MlRY of 'Eml
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New Year Gleanings.
Interesting Bits Appropri te to the Day Gathered ( rom
Everywhere.
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New YCJr's Is a
Candy Day in France.
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Boxes of Sweets Are Favorite Glfto
with all Olaues In Paris.
Once Is used to be very popular to
give Now Year's Ilresents : 'but now so
IDuch more attention Is Imld to Christ.
maR , and every one receives so many
lovely things then , that our American
boys anll girls cannot con1ll1nln If they
do not get presents n woele later , as
dill tholr mothers nd fathers.
HO\Tovor , If they lived In France ,
Now Year's Ilay would bo a great occa.
slon , especlal1y for girls , for there
every man or boy glvos some gift , no
matter how /lmaH , to his frlonds. No
one paying n call woultl thlnlt of going
empt ' .llI\Ilded , and little French girls
at school on the 2d of January count
up 110w many llrosents they recolvell ,
just S our girls do ufter Valontlno's
day.
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A favorlto gift Is candy. Sometimes
this candy Is made Inlu temples ,
churches or playhouses : or aH sorts
of queer forms lIIto bundles of carpets ,
boots anll shoes , musical Instruments ,
gridirons , saucepans , lobsters , crabs ,
booles and hats are mnde or colorell
sugar , hollowed out anll mloll Insldo
with chocolates , mlntll and ether bon.
bens that can bo eaten.
Don't you think the little French
chlldron must feel pretty slclt the next
day , after 110 much sweet sturr ? 1"01' ,
of course , they would have to sample. .
each kind : that Is , If they are lIke I
American boys anll girls In tholr fond.
ness for canlly.
The Origin of
New Year's Calls.
LIke Many Others of Our Customs ,
They Were Imported from
China.
The custom of malting Now Year's
caUs , which hall a long run In Amor.
ICIl , and ill stili extant , came orlg.
Inally from 9111na , whore IIlIch calls
are ono of the main features of the
brilliant and lengthy Now Year's col. .
ebmtlon.
Bvery Chinaman puys a visit , to
each of his /luporiors ; anll receives
ono from each of his InCoriors. 1m.
nses of gods are cl11'1'ied ' In procea. I
alon to the beating of a deafening. .
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gong , and mandarins go by hundrctls
to the emperor and that apparently
much-maligned sovereign , th om'
press dowager , with congratulatory' '
addresses. 'I'heir robes are gorgeous.
Iy embroidered , und are heavy with
gold. The younser people clllI IIpon !
the ehlor.
Children cnU UJlon thaiI' parents. Pu.
plls puy their respects to theh' teach.
ers. A light coUatlon is oCtered evel'y
visitor , but It Is to be noted , no wino
Is served. 'fea takes the place of
any stronger dl'lnk. In China. gentlo.
men never call uJlon the ladles , but
upon each other , and the women also
make social visits among themselves. ,
Nor Is one obliged , happily , to muko
all his calls in one day , fol' all culln
made before the l th of the month
are consldored correct. 'fhese calling
customs huvo obtalnod In China from
earllelt ages.
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No Chan es Needed
in th Brown Family.
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phatlc Objections from Doth
SIdes of House.
"This is the new year. " said 1\Ira.
Drown , as she and Brown sat down
to dinner , "and perhnpH wo oUJ.ht ; to
make some lIU10 chun es for 1907. "
"I am willing , " ho roplled. "Yes I
havo' heen thinking that I would make
II. few changes. "
"That Is nice of 'Oll , You know
that you Kwear and that I don't IIko
it at all , It will be so swect anll
kind and considerate to rlve It Ull tor
my Huke. "
"Givo up swearll1 ! ; ! Not on your
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"Whnt , then , did yU mean " 1' ,
change 1"
"Why , II have been nllowlng yoU vo
dollars per week ns pin money , and I
Imow that you simply fool most of t
away. One of the changes contemplated -
plated was to cut the sum in halt. "
"Samuel Brownl" exclaimed the
wlfo , us she knocked on her Illato with
her tork to emphaslzo her words ,
"don't make any mlstako on your
wife" 1\Iay. You will continue to
swear as harll ns you wish , and 'a9
often as you wish , and my five dol.
lars pin money comes to mo every
Saturday night , or there won't bo nny
elMS left in the front wlnllowB to
last over Sunllay ! '
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A June New Year's
on the Nde Banks.
The Ancient Egyptians Started the
Year with the RaIse of the
River.
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In aU ages and nil Innds much 1m- .
portanco has been attached to New
Year's tlay. In EgYllt the new yent'
feU between the 17th anll the 20th
of June , aud was , caHell the "night.
of the IlrOl ) . " The sticrel Nile was
thought to Oow Ilown from heaven ,
nnll at its lowest obb-about the mid.
dlo ot Juno-a tear tram Isis feU
into the stl'eam and caused it to
rise.
Consequently at this season the
priests /lnd IlOoplo lcopt a sleepless
vigil at the river's shore , watching
for the miraculouA rise which should
brlnl ; such riches to the whole land.
When the "night of the drop" came ,
the priests clearetl the altars of old
ash09 and lighted the sac rod Ores
for the now year.
Everyone of the
faithful carried II
coal fr m the altar to light the fire
at his own hearth , anll from end to
enll the land was ablaze with light.
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'fho people put oCf their old garments
and arrnrcd themselves In whlto , an.
ointing their heads with sacred 011 ,
crowning themselves with flowers
and bcarlng palms In their hands ,
while chants and sOllgs and fastlne
and IIrocesslons fIlled the homcs.
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Passing Humor of ,
the New Year.
Would You B13m. HIm ?
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l\lIna-Dld your hUAband , at Ne\'f
Year's , swear err ?
Lelia-Yea , err anll on-whenevor I
bill came in.-'I'own 'I'oplcs.
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ApproprIate.
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