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About Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1900)
i tt vHFf - a ir IV V I Uri- 1 THE USE OFTHESUBJLER DRUGS - uuuMn oiiuuun i iu uuni Strycbatste and Arsenic Are Clmnjy 9 Agent o Deatk as Their Traces jy sii AL POISO ukind of crime S IN MURDER a hero of the mine Rental In ie Victim Indefinitely 3 Polseas la Novels aad Plays It Is undeniably true that there are certain drugs which if administered with skilL would be almost impossible to detect Their symptoms are practl cally Identical with those of familiar diseases and a little while after death they decompose change form and dis appear It would be possible too to innocn late a victim with the germs of some deadly malady He would then go to his grave with a real case of consump tion or pneumonia or loci jaw and there would be nothing to arouse the shadow of suspicion I believe firmly that such crimes are committed and never discovered but- I believe also that they are very rare The real safe guard of a community lies in the fact that so few murderers possess the req uisite skill Educated people seldom commit de liberate murder continued the doctor and the uneducated mind instinctive ly associates poison with two sub stances arsenic and strychnine They are the deadly drugs most familiar to the public and fortunately they are easily detected Murder by arsenic Is infinitely cliimsy To begin with the symptoms are marked and peculiar i ii JJnf n mptiiliip nrnfliint Its tnwes re- mimn In the body an Indefinite time liast summer a woman in loua Spain confessed that she had poisoned her sister with arsenic 10 years before The grave was opened and the cofiin round to contain nothing but dust ami ashes but a chemical test showed unmistakably the presence of the drug Mrs Maybriok was accused of kill Ins her husband with arsenic and the test revealed 1t plainly not only In the remains but in certain medicines TJbe demonstration was so conclusive that she finally arose in court and admitted -giving him a white powder but insist ed that she followed his own express directions 6ne f the most Ingiious cases of poisoning I ever henrd of occurred some years ago in another state A young physician plotted to kill a wealthy farmer He knew the latter was taking quinine for a cold and meeting him one day asked to see what size capsules he used While pretending to examine them he slip ped in one containing strychnine The fariner happened on it nearly a week later and died in convulsions An au topsy revealed the poison but the af fair was a deep mystery until the doc tor committed suicide leaving a writ ten confession The poisonings that occur in novels and on the stage are usually very amusing to a student of toxicology said the physician in conclusion 1 remember in Saral of Posen which was produced with such success by M B Curtis the drummer hero was tem porarily knocked out by a poisoned ci gar He took two or three whiffs and oyer he rolled I would like very much to know the name of the drug that would produce that sort of effect t Nearly all the poisoning in fiction Is v known English romance In which the ft heroine inhales the fragrance of a bunch of roses and Instantly falls dead Needless to say the poisoned perfume is wholly unknown to science Another story But I could keep on citing instances all night History w isnt much better Most of the yarns of the Borgias and Medicis are pure a H moonshine especially those aboutpoi m soned gloves poisoned tapers and oth er uiijmcuuuiis ui ui ugs or luiugs uiiti t are touched or handled The tale of the book which was anointed on the margins with some deadly substance that killed the per son who moistened his fingers to turn the leaves has possibly a foundation in truth but I confess I would be puz zled to know how to prepare such a volume Almost anything that might be used would instantly betray Itself by Its taste In the middle ages powdered glass is said to have been a favorite material with which to doctor food and youll find some interesting data on the sub- N Jtct In the autobiography of Cellini v the goldsmith It Is occasionally used - by negroes right here In the south Of course powdered glass Isnt a true poison It sometimes kills by setting up internal Inflammation Oftener- it has uo effect af alL Orleans Times Democrat A Dog Story Animals have sentiment and they do tvason Lord Sandwich had two Intel ligent companionable little white dogs lie was fond of both TIjeywereniucb nilachcd to him and devoted to each oiher Qht white net fejl sick andhe atfliedrjiivor the little creature But j iii rare Kjiiliced to save it and It died The loving niflJiter said that 1 himself would bury dogrand lie did so Jhe llviugoniwarilau stood ly grlev fe ing as sincerely ivr ut tne survivor rouiu never again endure Lord Sandwich shunned Jiiui nntT Wflg utterly irreconcilable for I tlmeJHelthougliuthat themaster Rid killed antKburkiD hiscanIriecom jl rade rLojKloo News v x c t He niBlipd His Life to Save That of a Fellow Workman H er Franklin a young man plptU at the Clear Creek mine is tis muvu a nero as any man wno ever braved death on the battlefield Frank lin sought not glory but to save a hu man life There was a fire in the mine The men were called out Then they A recent newspaper article said a were about to shut off the air in order physician called attention Jto two to stop the flames when it was learned curious facts or rather alleged facts that a lone miner was working deep in abdut poison First thatit is so the mine beyond the point where the dom resorted to by murderers and e started and was then raging with nnA fw it i nimnRt inrnrin growing strength Here is the story of be events subsequent bly followed bydetection One might answer both statements with the Foreman Thomas immediately called n t t J i n4j io tl6n How do we know How do we Bu wim mui mtu iu mine to rescue e at know that the few clumsy cases that anJexeal Wfire made by different ones come to light represent the sum of that tfmpts - hnr rnmr Ttrnvo nffctron nam Tytt tlio flames and the cry of Powderl caused a hasty retreat Finally Heber Franklin a young man whose work keeps him on the outside said I will go And accompanying Foreman Thomas he pressed on through the fire and found the man working away tanipfng a hole entire ly unconscious of the danger threaten ing him They succeeded in getting out of the mine safely when the fan was shut off and the dip closed up The rescue was an act of great bravery 1 on the part of Franklin as his work kept him on the outside and he was unacquainted with the exact lay of the land inside and the danger of suffoca tion from black damp was great He was the only man of the many stand ing by whose nerve did not desert him It is stated upon good authority that ten minutes more of lost time wrould have resulted in the death of the miner who was at work and possibly a great loss to the company as the supply of air could not be cut off while there was nay hope of rescue and this would have tended to feed the flames Salt Lake Herald WASHINGTONS LAST YEARS His Happy Life With His Wife at Monnt Vernon At the time of his retirement to Mount Vernon after the expiration of his term as president the tall figure of Washington was only slightly bent and he was still supposed to weigh up ward of 200 pounds writes William Perrine of The Last Years of Wash ingtons Life In The Ladies Home Journal Excepting his -gray hair and his false teeth and seme trouble in hear ing there was little of the usual ap pearance of age in his muscular per son his gait and his strong pock marked face He was affable and merry with his best friends but while he had the true hospitality of a south ern gentleman in inviting- every- vis itor from a distance to his table or to a bed over night his politeness was gen erally formal Yet if he particularly enjoyed the conversation of a guest he would pay him the compliment of lis tening to bim until after 9 oclock or even of lighting him with the candle to a bedroom for the night Mrs Washington at this time was a healthy pleasant and unostentatious little woman still showing traces of good looks and with seldom an other thought than of playing respectably her role of mistress of the house of a country gentleman of caring for thej negroes or of amusing hersself with her knitting She had great pride In her recipe for making cherry bounce and on a midsummer day she cut out 32 pairs of breeches for the men work ing on the farm She had saad that she and the general felt like children just released from school when he left the presidency and she told of her satisfaction in settling down again to the duties of an old fashioned- Vir ginia housekeeper steady as a clock busy as a bee and cheerful as a crick et The Buccaneers The original boucaniers were a wild and picturesque gang To the waist they were generally clothed in a sunburned and weather beaten skin and they wore pantaloons of a coarse linen dyed and stiffened with the blood of bulls and pigs and held up bya belt of rawhide stuck full of deadly knives Their apparel terminated with pigskin boots and no stockings and they car ried a long barreled I firelock loaded with ounce balls of tead They were animated with a common hatred of the Spaniard which in their eyes justified any attack upon his per son or property and by a wild sort of attachment to each other in their peril ous lives which led to their being known as the Brethren of the Coast - When the Spaniards drove them into the career of maraiaders upon the sea the word buccal ieer took a new meaning though ther were also known as freebooters This was a mongrel English word button being Dutch and bueten Germn for plunder Of this word the French made fribus ter with the s sllentj and then soften-ed-It to fibbristler which the Span iards modified into- ftlibustero So we finally got the woifd back with a new meaning and a srieciil application as filibuster The West Indies by Amos Kidder FisI e - RongUon llieBIfinister Sir William Ik as tellsia storrof an old Scotch lady who conld not labide long sermons f3he was hobblingout of the kirk one Sunday when a coach man who was waiting if or liis people asked her Is the minister -dune wi his sermon - i -He was dime lang syne aid the old lady T impttiently but werwauna stop v 5WAeFttiiaiHoHr - How hngpy the fJDabneJon0 seR J look this ivenlng It must be tiielr wedding n nnivcrrory X v r37 zjz i zcrSTr Mrt S 9 A rr3 f - - Sk G SAW5TER g Postofllce address Oasis Nebraska Butler QuIesenbery have charge or these cattle horses Ds on left shoulder some stock branded anywhereon animal Range Snake river WiMflWigfflm SScESSS mu -VV 2V J fci ffitSWrasfce - IAN ADAMSON Postofllce address aESf Chesterfield Neb Br nded as on cut some5pn left hip some just one brand like on cut on left thififi Uange between Bordman and Snake DAWSON BALL Postofllce address Chesterfield Neb Cattle branded on leftside as on cut also V leltneckandZ left hip some Vie tt neck vJeft shoulder andZIefthiDhorses VZ left hip Eange Snake KIver3l3233 MASON COMPANY w Postofllce address HyannisNeb On right hip tl either side On ricbt side left hip hor r ses right shonlaer Range seven miles north of Hyannis H V DOWNING Postofllce addreas Gregory Neb On left side also C 6 L E on side Bange Stevenson Lake C S WILLIAMS Postofllce address Gallop Nebraska On left side also W I left side iilso Jleft hipalso W on side and S on hip horses S on left jaw Itange Eight miles south of Gallop HA WESTOVER Pdstoffico address Lakeland Neb Branded on left hip and shoulder Some on right side Range in Brown and Cherry counties at headwaters of the Calamus river SHS PffiEBROS WM ER1CKSON Postofllce address Kennedy Neb1 On left side and hip horses Oor A on eitjaw Range two miles northwest of Ken nedy Postofllce address Crpokston Neb Brandel on eithe Sjteadman Bros Postofllce address Kiego Neb Branded on left side Range Three miles Southeast of G eorgia J M Postofflce address Seneca Neb FS13 Branded ta 3 on cut some l5lKS On rlglit IgfW hip and some n rmbt hih Ranae Calf Creek Valley n right hip Range On Min neehaauza 5 miles east of Crookston Pass Neb Brand on either right or left side Tiiorses and som cattle brand on lelt side and hip II Range Bull Lake and Wamaduce creek A T BRACKETT 4f T- J - - - PW Ijj1 kiwuuiuuo auuros Brownies Neb Otfrlgirt sido v RangeHors Valley HANNA E E ORR PdstoQlce address Newton Neb Cattle branded any wlpron left -ode horsrp onlelt der itiiiige between north prong and jVWIIj Llll tuiu tlxlfrA Gordon Crcnrf L AND SOWS s3HIioPW3HKt3 fiEr3BsSdr SSDBrymE fvnrcnB TrNKjEjmRmB9tffimit2tiM mimmL Poatofdos ddv sa irawiUee Neb 1 LKob sasis side alro LES oa Oafi side 1 JUnSft aoith e- rownlss fl0 miles flHEOBGRPUTB Bonestel Borne A B K left side and left hip Horses M on left hip and soros same en left shoulder Xo horses Cold tra less brand is invert ed making it Range head C Whet Stoas tofflce Address Rieebud S D attle branded on t thigh or hip tne as cut Horses branded moon loft shoui sr m Cody Nebraska On left side horses X on left shoulder Range Between Unak and th Niobrara M L T7ATKEn C W BENNETT Postofflee Addres Simeon Neb Stock branded itb 7 rn left hip alsosimo as cut Range betweon Gordon and Snake creeks and on the Niobrara river lv2 trsmaassiEsSi PsMB Wflww6iKraSSl rmwiffl kakjctm oV iiiMi ssfS K3ftBtS wsm wmmma Hjjuimwi I s2i5SSS3St X3Xtg xW MWmastm D BRAY PostofBce Addreaj 1 Simeon Neb Cattle branded on riant side horse ftneonleftshoul der Range sum mer on riv er 4 miles from mouth j winter i miles south or Elm ton fe J W p3 ostoffice Addrees BImeon Neb Cattle and horses branded same an cnt on left aid Range between Gordon and Snakr creeks and on th Niobrara river JOST D LOUD Postoco Addros Simeon Neb Stock branded same as cut ba jk of right sbnnldor and on rignt hip Range on th Niobrara REUBEN QUICK BEAU i In in Mi mi irii nrAJTClf fft TODD SMITH itortlce Address Rosebud SD atlc branded mo as out a ndT Herris branded - ame Ranch n uikj Thunder rek hit Kfr i mhiTt TfgwBa PostofQce Address Rosebud 8 I Cattle oranded sain as cut or on hip Ranch on BlacI Pipe Creek HOBEHT FINLATSON Postofllce addres Newton Neb Stock brande same as cut Banpje on Gon o QKORGR DECORY ostofnceAddress xt noseDua a u u Cattle branded i left side same as t Llorscs branded D on left hip Ranch on Lone nd Antelope oreok st of Rosebud BEN BEAUOVIS Postofflce Address Rosebud S D 8tock branded left shoulder three inohpi longfslde four inchef longr Brand Fecord nn 22 yrs Ranch on loree Creek BEN TUSOKON Pjstofflce Address Bonesteel S D Cattle branded on left side same as cut and richS eai crop pea Horses branded Ton left shoulder Also with sir cleA WM F SCHMIDT nstofflce Address Rosebud SD raided same as cm iut or with unatr beS right ear slip ind duiaped -Horses branded amo un left hip T7SHhS9 IrgygCZTEiyK fifS HkwK4 ALEC BORDEAUX Postofllca Address Rosebud 8 I Horses ti brand c on left thlgb cnttl oa left side with Jul cron on loft ear Also cat- tie MB with nc Crop on ear Gnstave Gunderson f if il s 4 t - J T D L ilcLANl ostoffoe Address Rosebud 3 D Catile branded cut on either de aio P L S d R Horses branded 1v12 J MTJJI I on left iPH snomoer Jit h fM and colta i three links j angs mouth ef Cottonwood -S iUc Liirick is mm on eiiner nip Hango Southwest of Seneca y Wfr Xra aallop Nebraska On leftside aarige iO miles 3L JBlgfHBujwiWHji w i3 sb a - 4wf9SlliV7wJ Also some cattla RSZair fS JSBc RED BHTBT Postofllce Address - Rosebud 8 D Cattle branded ob left side same as cut Horses brand ed on left shoulder with K Ranch In Little Whits PERKT PARKEH stofllce address Kennedy Neb Cattle branded imeascut Horses P on left boulder RnngeMouth ol tordmn ijlil ISlVifl Wtlll i ii i r i PnitofRce address Seneca Neb S CLEMENT WmRLIND OIDIEl mea 3 Postofllce Address Rosebud 8 l Cattle brand oa left hip like cut Horses branded same on left shoul der Range on Big White River L L MEKCURE On rleht i side or J B 8T02TSB PostoSoe address Newion Neb m Postofllce Address Cattls branded ai on cut Also U on shoulder a on side I on hip left side AlsoC on left n iaaddition toUBl on side Range on Gordon ersste and south X W RAYMOND Roebud BD Cattle branded left houlder and hip Horses branded with only sw t ik fiwiTi iin th fT IMcGaa Creston SD Left or either side of cattle also V left side of tieck Swal low fork rifiht ear cxnderbit left riht ear nubbed off un derlet lef ear Some on left Jaw and some 5M Other brands left uaifciiij f side or ny part of animal fSH dftsiaeor any partof animal ffAS om9 branded the following left ISaes earinr the follow ffiMi kJ f B 1 1 nsbtands a lelt cr fca 2Cfl hiL X left side snouiUer teit itip men 3 or KfflP On left side aorse brands at ows 1 left slioul der elL iml uU lelt nil Or f high thigh thigh ortnlgh hip Anyone selling horses or cattle bearing the ibove brands wtllbe prosecuted Information regarding theft liberally rewarded Range at asxney Springs and Cottonwood HERBERT O BISONETTE MANAGER L 3 Postofflce address msMkmm i Pino Tirlm Si T Cattlebmndedas on cut HOB on Iert side some B VLLon eltberstue Some on left side some older stock anywhereoti S3 aillUU UI3U3 JCjX IJSRaj Range Seven miles nor h fZM rihTdS t of Pine Idge in fggg JJ JOIT GHOST BEAR MVNAGJMt fostofflce address Pine Rl S D Oattle branded B C on lefthipofcatMea on cut some branded n Ifftsidealso a an left side horses lameonleft shouhlt r Ranse Wounded iCnee and Wakpam m1 LakeShannon Co l avara Nebraska uIftsde finge PoIeCreek SHOKT nORNnULU for sale Geo n Hill 3CAET1N RED BEAR- Posofflos address Pine Ridge SD Oaleft side horses same left thig Range Wolf Creak Tostofflca Addres Simoon Neb Stock branded in left hip same is cut Eange head- 3rter ot the rchlagls 9 -- LssHt m m V a THoatFioar PostofflcAiwJ Blmea X 5tock fcffcwHd gms trf e klcdlsftflioiilderi Bange s tbt Schlagl OARSO SBBMl J JLHitfBltfUBBpfeiB BBBBW - jyU 8BAH8 PostofCea addrtis Kennedy Neb Cattle branded m oncutIeftsldesome on left hip xorset same oa left shoul der Rnef Iqusre Lake MORGAREIDGE and 802T Postofflce address Simeon Ieb Cattle branded as oucut orlJor V D on left hip with hole in rght ear when old horses tame as cut and IJ Range Gordon Creek and Niobrara Ulver uSSSs f JgjxJJ 3 ALBERT WHIPPLB Postofflce address Rosebud SD sSma0kmMMSESS23mmSm Cif 1 Branded on left sido some SOS Horses- on either shoul JCtbd EORGE GRAY Postofflce address be ord Nebr On left hip DrA6 on rigbt hip or side Range Loup and Dismal JZ 4 3idfiSs3 CRONTN BROS mj zzl 11 pi WSmSM L C Peytons iii V J K ftMli liWTtfSUBSISiH HI iSX 3SlKJKCTATcvsil MEzim9zjm - - m i r F E kHBii i uhjv j nth of Merrlman tS 3flKgf H rftMwB K - - SEK r i VS der Soma ai branded o elthar ler thus FRANK ROTHLEUTNEB Postofflce address Kilgore Neb Cattle branded on either side as on rut same on bip some on Aw left stdo iB in I ROBERT BAD WOUND t Postofllce address Allen Sn -A rJ9iv rhr04Sl LeftsidealscMPM Jte n left 1IU1JC HUU HBk WALT HARDY fostomce address Senecs Neb Left side on cnttlet horses If ft shoulder alo on left side mm tWJtrB some on right lilp Kancesoutb IMnldla Loup Alex Burr fllf SgySE rX K waff v f t - f Pullman On right side hDrses same left houfder Herd mark Dew lap - Range BnLr tj Lake and South Subscribe for 100 v--- r jr 4 J mk Yerted on left thigh Horses jPj6left Ranco Between Fair head Lake and Snake rive - - i address Thedf 0rd Ntbt Oarlgktsldt Range btwec Ml iiTiHI hiJtJagMP L A GERMAN PcstScs address Newtoa Neb Cattle branded elt erstdeorsps samn on leftshouldera so haTecara ui tn branded 8P under lined sassa Nom Loup - Joseph Fairhead Lavaca Neb left side Ais k on left sldo also same 2 - i -- fepgg HorseIOonpJ Icxsj ij Mfr hip T yft35aireri Range CornCreelT - T PERKTNB m Postofflce address Halsey Neb On left hip mje Lbup SIvev BGQBxSSEsEijjR TALBOT A GALLOP Postefflct sdoVac Seneea Nek Cattle brands left ids Horses branded en left shoulder Raace be tween Middle - and rissnl i - t f ff -
