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. The Practice Might AlmQst Be
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' ' e York. - "It's
: Hero' I 'wns rendy to go to' trlnl
-with my murder'cnse this morning -
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; ' ' -mlno hnd to g'o to wOIlc : and get II.
" eha-vo nnd 'II. hnlrcut. Now I cnn't
I ihnve him tried Cor- two months ; l o's
_ ; got to wnit now unUl the vacation sen.
'son Is over. I'll mnko sure that , he
-does not shnvo any more whlle I have
.a.nythlng to do wllh his defonse. "
I was coming out. of , .the crlmfnal
, 'courts ' bulldlng wben ran Into : i law-
, I - old acqmUntance-.he : Is
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The prosec tor cons'ulted < the judge
'on the bench. He said he was willing.
The prisoner was arralgned pnce
more.
lItofendant at the bar , " cnlled out. .
Cleric Penney , "you say Y 1 chnng
your plea ot not guilty of murder In
the first degt'ee , hereto fore Interposed
In Your case , nnd , n w lend guilty to I
murder In the second degree. Is that
your plen ? "
"It Is , " cnme the response Crom the
prlso11er at t bar.
Two months before that""rlght after
'the shave and hall' c t-no such plea
would . 1nve been accepted. Denth In
the electric chair w s then the only
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'der In the New Yorl ! World.
"What's , the matter 'this morning ? "
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I Inquired.
, "Nothing the matter , " he roplled ,
"only hero I was ready for the trial of
. ' that man I was assigned to look after
, on the charge of homicide , and that
. ' " fool ] ias spoiled my defense. "
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; : The lawyer explained : The case was
oneot cold-blooded murder. It was a
, homicide committed whllo In the act
' . of committltng 0. burglary. 'rhe de.
. fendant was an old-timer. Th district
nttorney was 1001tlng for a convlcllon
, ot murder In the first degree , the punishment -
ishment of which Is death In the electric -
tric chair , The lawyer who had been
assigned to defend the man surely was
' ' 'up agalnst It. "
. . . "My nmn was Insane at the time of
, the shooting , " said the nttornoy. 'I'he
district attorney lauglted when ho
. , . heard about the kind of defense that
, . , - bo offered.
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. , Two montbs 'later the prisoner was
brought to court again. What a
I ( ) } mnge ! I was unable to Idenllfy the
mnn. IUs hall' was long am ! looked as
I though a comb bad never lJUssed
through It. There was a two months'
grow.th of reddish beard on bls face.
His eyes were stnry. Altogether the
defendant appenred moro like a. monster -
ster thnn a human being. '
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The. Ruse That Worked.
"No use tr'ing him ; he's not rIght
In his upper story , " snld the laW01' to
tlte assistant dl trlct attorney In
cltarge. The prosecutor seemed to
bavo bls doubts. Jp order to go to
trial In the case I was necessary to
, get a jury , and the.\ there Was some
t doubt as to whether. after all , a con.
vlcllon of murder In Ute fit'st degree
could bo secured.
"WUI you tnke a p . of sulIty of
- 'murder In the secdnd tlgreo. ? " asked
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solullon of the c lse. B .t two months
under the guldanco ot the experienced
nttorne.at.law had made an absolutely -
ly lJositlvo change for the better. The
miserable lICe of .the prisoner was
saved by a method that Is only too
often applied In cases which' are considered -
sidered desirable. 'rhe defendant , Instead -
stead of belqg put t death , Is now
serving a lICe sentence In Sing Sing.
There are others of his kind there.
NobodY knows that better than does
th shrewd Connaughton , the prl'nclpal
keeper of the prison , or , as he IS' often
called , t o "P. K. " . '
It Is not always that the murderer
succeeds In carrying ltls shamming
game to a successful termination. I
recall well tHe case of Policeman WIl.
llam H. Ennis. His Is considered th\ \ ;
most remarkable of 0.11 the shamming
cases that ever came under the ob.
servatlon of the ofHelals In Sing Sing.
Ennis was a Brooklyn pollcemnn. He
was 0. married man , and as far as his
1Jollce record went a good policeman.
But he would get dn nk , and when ho
was In his cups there was no telllns
what he would not do.
The bluecoat and his wlfo did not
get along well. Some said It was a
case of "too much mother-in.law.
'Whether that bo true or not , Ennis
shot and killed his wife , and then shot
hlH inothor.ln.ln"\v , who recovere'd.
When atlre'sted Ennis shammed sui ,
cldliI mania. He wasJUt on trial ,
neverthelesl ! . His defense wns Insan.
Ity. He was convlctec1. Throughout
tlie entlro trial the fclJQw Ba.t beside
his counsel as though In t : ' nco. HIE
] aw'or pleaded and pleaded with great
uarnestness. Alienists swore the po
IIcoman was surely mild. His frlendE
also testified that In their ol1inlon h (
WIlS of unsound mind. Ennis nevel
sald a word. There wor" many In thai
crowded courtroom who , ( tcr lookln
at the mnn , Insisted that he 'W S 8uro
Iy a fit suUkct for nn Insane asylum.
' 1'he ) ' cnlled him the "crnzy cop. "
But the district ( tUorno ) ' won his
point. The jury foUtHI the poll coman
guilt . ) . of murder In the fit'st degree.
There was nothing else for the judgQ
to do than to sentence the man to 1) ( >
l'lectroouted at Sing Sing. gnnls heard
the sentence atHl ncted as though 'ho
did not know whnt was happonlng.
They took him to Sing Sing. 110 wns
weak nnd broken In hea lh. 110 was
placed In ono of the steel cngeR In the
death hou80 and there the 1111111 snt , In
almost utter silence , for nearlY two
years , while his case wns being \l1ssod
upon by the highest court In the stato.
During a11 these days ntHt 1110nths
whllo EnniS' WitS confined In the deltUt
house he never spoke to ono ot the
other condemned 111on. Allhough they
tried their best to cntortahl the convicted -
victed policeman he never spoke to
them. When the warden and the leeolJ-
ers attempted to draw him Into a con.
versl1t1on Ennis would mumble something -
thing that they could not understand.
He would sit nll day and long Into the
night , always In a crouching position.
Whdn once n week the ) ' would olwn
his cell door nnd tell him to st p out.
sl e that he might bo bathell and
shnved , he would hobble about as If
ho was 0. wlld beast. Dut novel' a
word did ho utter. At first ho reused
to taste food. Actor a whllo he nto ,
but sparlngy' ] only Ho wasted away
terribly.
. . T e Chloroform Test.
Dr. Irvine , the expert physician of
the prison , was among the few who
seemed to be In doubt as to whether
Ennis' mind ) vas really affeoted or not. : .
Ills aso was widely discussed nmong
experts , but here was a Idnd of Insanity -
sanity that was up to that tlmo pr c-
tIcally unknown.
One day tl ere came word from AI.
bany that the court of appeals had
confirmed the sentence and conviction
of tho'iower court , and that the death
sentence must be carried out accorll.
Ing to Inw , 'Varden Johnson wus puz.
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'Varden Johnson , who Is II. very can.
sclentIohs man , reported to the gov-
ernor' and the latter , In order thnt no
Injustice 8lt 0 ul < l be dODO and an In.
nne man mnde to suffer the death
penalty , appointed a commission com.
posed of ] eadlng exports In Insanity ,
and they went to Sing Sing and loolted
nt Ennis. They questioned the war .
en and the keepers and from them
learned tltO story I have narrated
here.
. "It we can only get his mind off
the subject , " snld the doctors. "It he
Is shnmmlng wo can find It out enl ) '
by getting his mind off the subJect -
Ject , "
They carried Ennis out of the death
house and up to the oporatlng room In
the hosplta ] Inside of the Irlson } walls.
' 1'hero they IJlaced him oq an opernt-
Ing tabo and the chloroform was ad.
ministered.lfhey gave him a small
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dose only , just enough to mnko him
unconscious for a short , while. As
the chloroform was beginning to wear
. off Dr. Irvine sUddenly pushed the
mnn off' the operating table so that
ho struck the fioor with a thud. This
awakened the "crazy cop" In 0.
jlfty.
"Get up and hurry -ovor to that
door ! " comman led Mr. ' Connaughton ,
who was present during the experi-
ment.
Ennis wnlked to the door , just as
) 'OU or I would , In n nntural way. He
, had forgotten all nbout the hobblln ;
, and the crOlchlng-and ! that wns his
undoing.
"Oh , ) 'OU fakir ! " y l1ed the experts
and Connaughton. "You fakir ! 'We
found you out ! "
'rhe moment Ennis realized thl1t he
had been caught "with the goods on , "
ll "BIg BIll" Devery woulll have said
. hud ho been on hand , he turned as
white as a sheot. Nobody realized' ' bet.
tor than ho did that his end was . at'
hand.
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"Gcntll1mon , " ho stnmmorell , "yes ,
) 'ou ha.'o founll me out , But you
wouM not hnvo llone so hmt you not
Pllt mo IIltller chloroform , Now I'm
glad U's , o'cr IUHI 1 am rendy to take
nJ ) ' modlchte , You cannot Imngln
what I Imvo sllfforod dllrlng all t'umo
fong months whtlo 1 wns tr'lng to
'bl'at' the chah' . Now I am glad the
ltlt IS ; at hand. "
! 'O1 well rllmombcr the cnse of Mnr-
'iln. Thorn , Ute barber , who , tog9ther
wUh 'A11gllsta Nnck , a mhlwttc , Icl1tel '
W1111nm GllhlonsUIJIJe , n rubber In n
Turldsh.l.J , th. WI11Iam F. 110wo , the
yot01'nn crim\nat \ law'or , WaS his
s nlor cOllnsol.- Joseph Moss , now a
ttI\glstrato , amt nt thilt lIme also dn-
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.I11e1. w s n1so or counsol. I sat n : d
to , Tliot'U llllring his trlnl , which to Tt
JIco fi1 Long IshuHI city , and ] nfor
on I saw him olcctrocut d In Sing
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'rhor WitS noboll ) ' nt that tIme 'Y tl )
, understood more about plltling 'ttp
hp 1'lght Itlng of dofcnso than dll the ,
eteran 1Im..o : I remember gollt , ; o
him just as the trlnl wns nbout to
slart nnll I\skJ g him whnt kind of a
defense Thorn woulll put up.
"Ah. . m ) ' boy , " said 1\11' . 1Iowo to me ,
"I don't lenow m'selr. That Is , It all
depends Ullon cIrcumstances. In the
fit'st IJllico wo" ( ho always spoke of
his client. ns we ) "did t t commit the
crllne. Tho1'efol'o , ) 'ou seo-and qulto
1'eadlly too-that we are hmocent of
this most nwful charge that n grand
jury , guided by a misinformed dls"lct
nttorne'T has declared against us. "
A short time after the commence.
ment of the trial 1\Irs , Nack an.
nounced that she would turn stato's
evidence. She confessed nll a
swore that ' 1'horn had committed tIte )
murder.
I w1s assigned that night to notify
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Mr. Howe of whnt had occurred. I
found him In un p.town hotol. Ho had
retl1'Cl when the boll boy took UIJ myI I
ca1'd. I was asked to "Come right
in , my bo ) ' . "
I told him that the woman In the
case 1Iad conf ssed that Thorn halt
Idlled GuldensUPlJo and that she hnd
clped the 111an to dlsllOSO or the bOd
of tqe victim. : .
"What are , you going to do now
about the defense , ? ' , ' I inq lred. t
"I hnvo It ! I have Ill" all at onCb
shouted Mr. Howe , looldng as happy
as a schoolboy with a ne"v toy , "Whnt
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"Tho enl thing' left you' Is Insan.
11y , " I suggested. ' I
"And that Is where you are wrong , '
l'CIJlIed Mr. Howe. "I told you I hall
It. H t.o Is our new defense. I Imow
It all the while. . . .NQw , IJlease , don't
think t1\I1.1. , I just matufactured } It.
Why of course , we lmew all the tlmo
that this was tlte body of uldenSUlJpe ,
although the head was missing. , vb
know , too , who ] dlled the man. 'Va
did not. She did. Yes , she did. All
\\0 had to do with tho' case wns to
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help her , out of pure gallantry , to
dlcposo of the body. Thnt Is no
crlmo. She did the k111lng , nothing
I , else. That It ! our defense ! "
! Thorn went on the witness stnnd
and told the story just as Mr. Howe
had outlined It to me. But the jury
did not belIeve .him , and convicted the
barber of murder In the first degree
The Reason.
F. . Dusse , Chicago's new mnyor ,
Itni1 been compllmo 1ted by a reporter
on the direct , terse quality of a staten -
n 1t he ha'd given out.
hI nin 0. bellevel' In brevIty , " sal
rr. Busse , sm1lng. ! ( ' 'I'ho fewer wordE
) .ou say -a tlting In , the strong r am !
mol'O strllclng Is thnt thing's effe t.
"Once I Imew n' man wlto hated tlt (
Swiss. .
" 'Why , Jake , ' 1 said to him one da ) '
" ) 'ou nat.Qun < J mo. You hate the Swiss ,
j ) 'ot , hQrQ you arc , murrled to n SWISE
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HOME TIADE NOTES
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LITTLE GLEAMING9 'rHAT POINT
MANY MOR LS1 FOR , ' ALL. ' .
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A NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS
Carefully Revised by the Catalogue
Houses-Mall.prder Houses and
Pure Foods The Local
Dealer.
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The ten eommnndments as rovilled
to fit the mall order catalogue Ituuso
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FIs't-You ; ahan soli ) 'onr fnrm
products ( or cash whenever you cnn ,
but. not to us ; wo llo not tilt ) , from
) 'ou.
Second-You shall bellovo our
statements , ntllt lIur all you need
trom us because we want to bo gOOlt
to you , nllhough we are not Ierson.
a11y nCl1l1ulnted with. you.
'rhlnl-You sha11 semi the money
In advnnco to glvo us the oltl\nce to
get the gool1ij from the fnctory with
your mone ' ; meanwhllo ) 'ou wlll
have to walt patlcnt1) ' a row wools
because thnt Is our buslnoss method.
I ourth You shall aJJlY ) ) to ) 'our
nearest clt ) . to aid ) 'OU In bnlldlng
good roads so ) . u may convonlently
get the goods fr01l1 the depot which
you buy from ns , f r wo do not blilld
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country 1'0nl1s. '
Firth-You shq.lI buy church 1.Iells
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and Inte1'101' flxtures from us and forward -
ward the mOlloy In advance , fot' that
Is 0111' business method , and ) ; OU shal1
col1ect from the business men In
'rour vicinity ns much mOlley ns you
; nn for the benefit of your churches.
Although we get more money from
I you titan tltey do , 'st1l1 It Is against
ur rules to donnto money for build"
Ing country churches. ,
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Sixth-You shall buy your tool
from us and bo yo'ur own mechanic ,
In order to drive the mechanics from
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your vicinity , for we wish It so.
Seventh-You shall Induce your
neighbor to buy every.thlng fro us ,
I.S wo hnvo room Cor more money-
the losd money there Is left In your
community' , tlto sooner we can p t
your local merchants out of buslncss
and clJarge you any price we pleaso.
Eighth-You shall look of ton upon
the beauUfu ] ) llctures In our catn.
logue , so your wishes' wlll incrense ,
nllhough you 'Me not In Immodlnte
need of the goods , otherwise yolt
might have some money left , to buy
necessary good's of' y ur local mer-
chants.
Ninth-You shall have the mechan.
Ics who relmir the goods YOll , bur
from us book the blll so you can send
the money for his labor to us t r new
goods , otherwlso he wlll not noUco
our Influenco.
Tenth-You shan , In case of f\ccl.
dent , slclmcss or need , apDly to your
locnl calors for nld and credit , as
we do not know ; you.
The secret of how It has been that
some of tlto eastern mnll ordot. houses
which' hllvo done business In Montana
and elsewhere were able to undorsel1
IOGal met'chants on SOttlO lines of grOceries -
ceries has been revealed. The revela.
tlon has come about through the opel"
atlon of the natlonnl ) lure food law.
One ot the big mall order conCOt'nil ,
which has done a great business In
Montana , nakos the announcement
that It has closed its grocer ) ' depart.
ment , giving 111 0. circular Its reason
fol' doing so "becauso Its maintenance
has been made Impracticable by the
pure food laws just llUss d by con-
gross. "
If that Is not an ncknowledgment
that the consumers 1tnve been tur-
nlshetl' with hdulterated food stuUs
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wtum they ordered CtJccrlcf1 , then the
mngllsh language fs not untlcratand-
I1blo. Dy soiling the slurt thnt has
h en put under the ban because of Its
hnJurlty , the mall order conccrno
have been able to undersell the local
merchants Hvlng hunllreds of miles
awny from the great centers of sup-
ply.
ply.In
In carrying on thlR trlulo In Impure
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goods , tho. mntl order hOl sea have
done the greatcst 'inJury to the con-
sumer. While tlto locat merohant hall
lost some trme. ] ho hns had nl leaat
n pnrt of Utobuslness of the mnch.
num and minor In his vicinity , but
the consumer , wh has been cnught
by the "chenp" prices offered , has
not cot what ho hils been pnyln'g rot
by a long wn ) ' , nnd there Is no wn1
for him to get evon.
As it hna proved with the grocorle\ :
sent out by the eastern mnll order
houses , 'so It Is with the ether IIncs
the ) ' work off In Monta.na. . The snd ,
dIes nnd harness offered nt Ilhonom.
ena)1y ) low prlcos , the busgles , I\ud
wngons , I\t prices which Boom ( \1most
Hko giving the vohleles awnYI the
kitchen uten lIs which are priced In
lIto voluminous cnllllogues Ilt figures
thnt Indlcnto the local morehants I\re
hhhwny robbers , the liry goods thnt
0.1'0 offerCll at Ruah Infinltcsltnlll cost
as to compel the ordinary womnn to
bellevo the mall order mnn Is n pubHc
beuefactor , 0.11 of these eastern mall
ordm' house offerings nre on nIJar
with the proved q\ln11ty of the groceries -
ceries they have been selllng-fraudu.
lent nnd , put out to SQll nnd not for
sorvlce. ' 1'ho confession on thgro \ -
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cerles should mnko the eastern mall
order 110use ) Jatrons think befot'o they
send off another order for "choap
goods.-Helena Record.
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Your local denIer stands rendy to
duplicate every oCrer so scductly ly
set forth In the catalogues of mnll or.
dol' houses and moro , says an ex-
change. He will trnmp the best trick
the mall ordm' house ever played If
YOIl wl11 put down the spot cash and
nccept from him n. elnss of gOOd5 de.
vold of resvectnble nnccstry , and upon
which no'reputnble manufacturer w1l1
IJlace his na ne. HO can soIl chenp
goods , too , If you will buy ' hem from
him with your eyes shut. He can mcet
the best price ever made by 0. , mnll or.
del' house It you will plank down the
money and accept what he gives you
without question and without recourse
-but you must not expect him to be
In his Illace ot busJness every dny In
the yenr ready and w1l11ng to furnish
eXJort ) help when you are In trouble ,
ready and wl11lng to Btand back or ov.
erythlng he sells with his own rpputn.
tlon and the warranty ot a responsl.
blo compnny.
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Honest , now , don't you really pa
) 'oursef ) on the back when you spend
your money In such a wny thnt In sup.
plying your own wants you help bulld
up the neighborhood In which you
live ? or course you do , and you act
on that Iden yourseIr , but the trouble
Is thllt you don't talk It enough to
your frlonds.-StrQntor ( III. ) Press. .
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ttome Trade Hints. '
A donar s)1ent ) at homo stays nround
honlO nnd may ret rn to you after a
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fe , ' days.
If you wnnt to make your own town
prosperous you WI11 spo11(1 your mon y
In OUL own town in preterence to
some bigger burg a 10t1g way off.
'rho WilY to start n wagon out of the
mire Is for al1 the horses to pull to.
ge her. Ono wa ) " to pull to&other Is
for everybody to patronize home indus.
tries whcnc\'gr possible.
Money In circulation nround the
town you live In Is much beller tor
your Interes i thnn the same money
In circulation In a city hundredlJ or
miles awa ) " . Your dollar 10 lonesome
In 0. big city , but It hns friends around
home and Is therefore more useful.