SHREWD WOMEN CROOKS.
In Criminal Walks the Eex Is Keep-
ins : Well Up with Man.
"Women are making progress along
more than one line , " remarked an old
member of tl > e police force. "A recent
example shows that they are quite aa
. -efficient as men In the matter of safe
blowing. " Woman in the role of safe
blower Is new to the police. The fact
is that the operation of female offend
ers has heretofore been confined to offenses -
fenses of the daytime or of the early
part of the night. But here comes a
story from Tennessee of the arrest of
several women who belong to a gang of
expert cracksmen , and who actually
took part in a safe blowing in a small
town near Nashville , where they
cobbed a bank and got $1,700.
"Women have often developed into
expert forgers , as , for instance , in the
recent case of an American woman
abroad , who succeeded in conducting
a forgery scheme for a considerable
length of time , and until she had
fraudulently collected a vast sum of
money. They make high-class pickpockets
'
pockets , and , in fact , inlinitely more
successful in this line of work than
men.
"One curious fact in this connection
despite the frequent announcements
publicly made of offenses of this kind
wnjinitted by women , men are never
on the lookout for the female pickpocket
unless they find themselves in a ques
tionable resort , or In , bad company.
For this very reason women find It
much easier to pick a man's pocket.
They can get closer to men , too , with
; out becoming offensive , and can lift the
diamond pin out of his scarf , nip his
watch and chain'or any other valuable
thing he may have before he will ever
dream of anything wrong.
"In that kind of pilfering , too , peculiar -
culiar to kleptomania , she is more
-successful because in this instance of
the way she dresses and woman's pe
culiar demeanor around the counters
. in dry goods stores. If a man , for in
stance , should go into a dry goods
store and begin to pick up little things
and fumble over them , apparently foi
the purpose of inspection , he would at
once arouse the suspicion pf every
clerk within visual range. On the
-other hand , a woman may do exactly
the same thing without exciting the
least suspicion. It is simply looked
upon as a matter of comparative eas
: for the kleptomaniac.
"But the woman safe blower is a
new type , as far as my experience
.goes , and I suppose it simply means
that the police of the country will soon
l > e confronted with many new problems
in dealing with the female offender. "
New Orleans Picayune.
Two Indians in Navy.
There are two Iroquols Indians in
the United States navy. They grew
up together on a government reserva
tion and spent their boyhood days In
hunting and fishing. They were greal
friends and constant companions. Ten
years ago they left the reservation to
-seek their fortunes after the mannei
of the white man. Separating , thej
wandered over the country in different
-directions , and by a singular coinci
dence each enlisted in the navy a fe\ *
years ago without the knowledge oi
the other.
Several days ago they unexpectedly
came together again on the gun dech
of the receiving ship Minneapolis ai
the League Island navy yard and re
newed the friendship of their youth.
There was no doubt of their joy ai
to
meeting , notwithstanding the greeting
consisted simply of a grunt , a hand
shake and a few words in their nativi
tongue. To their tribe these men wen be
known as Leaping- Deer and White
Feather , says the Washington Star. In
Uncle Sam's navy they bear the namei ng
of Thomas France and John Johns , re
spectively. They are described as good
sailor men.
A Butcher of Taste. ny
There is a butcher in one of the
New Orleans markets \pfao has built
up an immense family trade entirely
* by reason of his ta te in doing up parcels
:
V , cels of meat. His" modus operand ! h
very ingenious. If he is handling a
porterhouse he places It between two
squares of pasteboard , uses a sheet of
pearl gray inanila paper as a wrappej
and ties it up with baby blue string.
The result is a neat rectangle which
Las every appearance of having cqm of
from some fashionable drug store 01
confectioner's. Chops and such like
he stows away in neat little cardboard
in
tubes , and he keeps a supply of on
pound candy boxes especially foj
chicken livers and chopped sausage
The system is very effective.
Those Who Read Novels.
' "But , " we object , speaking to 'tin
author who has written a historical
novel , "this historical data Is absolute of
ly wrong. Why , it's ridiculous to have the
George Washington fighting threi
the
duels , fighting battles he was nevei
in , etc. "
"I know I took some liberties with ler
George and history , " the author says
naively , "but what's the difference 1
He'll never know and it won't hurl
his feelings. "
"But the people who read your bok , "
we again object.
"Surely you know that people who why
read historical novels know nothing ol
history ! " he exclaims in just scorn.
Baltimore Herald.
The Policeman. Knew.
The Accused But it was a case ol
aosent-mindedness , yer honor. I did
not know what I was doing when 1 you
took the coat. me
The Judge But , unfortunately foi they
you , the officer did. Boston Tran of
script
Tr/de .Christianity consists of deedi
rather than words. the
LONG TRIAL ENDED
Fate of Mrs. Lillie is Resting With Jury
Argument Well Advanced '
SAYS SHE IS VERY PECULIAR
Elaborate Summery Made of State Evidence
-Denies Evidence of Guilt
David City , Neb , March 3. T sti-
mony in the Llilie murder case was
finished in short order yesterday and
arguments by attorneys on either
side are well advanced. County At
torney Evans made an unusually
strong presentation of the case for
the state , as did counsel for Mrs.
Lillie.
A large number were greatly dis
appointed when the defense rested
their side of the case in that tne de
fendant , Mrs. Lena M. Lillie , did
not go upon the stand and affirm or
deny the numerous statements it is
alleged she made 'to different persons
on the morning of the murder and
subsequent thereto.
After fourteen days of testimony
taking court convened this morning.
The large district court room was
well filled. The housewiveschamber
maids and servant girls postponed
their customary wash day and came
out to witness the closing of the most
Important trial in the history of
Butler county. The jury when
brought into court presented the ap
pearance of having enjoyed the Sun
day rest.
Mrs. Lillie had the appearance
this morning of one who is under
going a severe mental strainand who
no doubt appreciates the fact that
the trying ordeal is nearing the close.
In the rebuttal testimony for the
state Arthur Pepper was the first
witness this morning. He said :
I live about one hundred feet
south of the Lillie residence. On
the morning of the shooting I arrived
at the Lillie house about 5:30 : and
assisted Mr. Heath with the blood
hounds. After they left the Lillie
house they went south , part of the
time on the sidewalk. The dog where
the campers were barked and the
hounds went over to the camper's
wagon. I do not think they had any
trail. They acted as if they were
glad to get out , . I was present when
the dogs were started out on the
second trip , and held one of them.
They went down the center of the
street this time , about twenty-five or
thirty feet from where they went the
first time. They went to the camp
ers' wagons again. The dogs wanted
turn in again and Heath would
not let them. There was a dog tie * *
under the wagon and this seemed to
the reason they wanted to stop. "
W. D. Westover and I. J. West gave
some rebuttal testimony contradictsto
Witnesses W.R.Heath and Arthur
Warren. I
At 10 o'clock the state concluded
the introduction of rebuttal testimo
, and the argument of counsel was
commenced. By agreement the ar
guments were not limited.
County Attorney A. J. Evans
opened for the state. He congratu
lated the jury .on their patience in
listening to the testimony introduced
taking into consideration the fact
that they had been practically in
close confinement for more than two
weeks. He impressed upon their
minds that they alone were the judges
the testimony and in quoting the
testimony he would give it as near
correct as he possibly could. lie said 1
part : I
"Regard your oaths , remember
your responsibilities , and render a
verdict in accordance with the evi
dence , that in after years you will not
regret what you have done. The wit
nesses in the case have all been be
fore you and you are the sole judges
their evidence. The attorneys for
defense have criticised some of f
evidence for the state , but they
were employed by the otlicers of Rut-
county , and their acts in running
down the person who committed the the
crime were perfectly legitimate. 1 its
believe that Mr. Ren and Mr. Derby
have been in Hutler county Lee long , ple
their reputations have been ton well I
established and there is no reason
they should be attacked as they { .
have been by the defense in this casi. and
"The principal witnesses for the L
defense have testitied that the do one
mestic relations of Mr. and Mrs. j mit
Lillie were pleasant , affctionate and 1 j ex
loving. I do not know how it alTccts I ' of
, gentlemen of the jury , but to f r.1
it is not sufficient ; the fact LJI'ild
did not quarrel in'the presence \in \ :
J I tl'l
hired help and visitors is not sulli- \
in
cient ; the evidence shows that the and '
d3fendant"was living a double life ; bl
letter in evidence proves this to mi
be an absolute fact. When has tht
defendant shown one act of affection ,
of love. 1 have failed to discover it.
The ordinary wife would not be
transacting business and the husband
know nothing about it.
"Mrs. Lillie , it seems to me , is a |
peculiar woman. No doubt her
business relations were unknown to
her relatives. Her relatives and
friends are here , have .been during
all of this trial , and not one of them
have been on the witness stand to
tell of her transactions. On the 23d
day of October she telephoned to Mr.
Runyon about the deals she bad with
him. She knew about $200 or $300 in
margins were due. She met Mr.
Runyon that evening but said noth
ing to him about paying this. She
went home and told the sewing girls
about having a large amount of mon
ey in the house. There is a circum
stance that is very peculiar. Anoth
er circumstance on this same day is-
that she spoke to her- husband about
the dogs being poisoned. She knew
she owed Runyon at least $200. Why
was it that she departed from her
usual custom of putting the money
in Mie postoffice that evening , saying
she wanted to deposit it in the bank.
Another circumstance is that the door
across the hall on that particular
evening was closed. "
Mr. Evans here discussed in detail
the shots that were fired and the
statements made by Mrs. Lillie.
"She walks across the room , " said
Mr Evans , "tells the girls to get up
and light a lamp , walks down stairs ,
without returning to the room where
Mr. Lillie lay , and is found at the
telephone. She tells Mr. Ren that '
the reason the burglars could see to
fire the shot in a vital spot was that
the moon was shining on Mr. Lillie's
face. This was at an hour in the
morning when wagons were upon the
street , people were on the sidewalks.
Do you believe , gentlemen , that a $
burglar would wait until this par
ticular time in the morning to com-
mit this crime ? |
"Bert Hall tells you what he did
that morning ; this is reasonable and
natural. Mrs. Lillie told the girls
across the hall that some one had
shot Harvey. She told others the
same. Mrs. Lillie says that the man
stood on the west side of the bed ,
and north of the stovepipe. Again
she says he was just south of the
stovepipe and again t.hat he was
standing close to the head of the bed.
She gives a complete description of
the man to several witnesses. Ihe |
girls across the hall heard the shots. of
They did not hear Mrs. Lillie fall on
the lloor or the man run down stairs.
They did not hear
Mrs. Lillie come
out in her stocking feet and walk
across the hall , saying nothing to ly
Harvey. She did not shake him.
She said he breathed heavily. I tell
you she knew what had happened.
"Harvey Lillie was lying on his a
back. Grant that his head was
urned to the west , his head buried in at
the pillowno man could stand where
Mrs. Lillie says he did and shoot in
Ifarvey Lillie in the head as he was ed
shot. "
Mr. Evans exhibited to the jury
the curtain , window and screen , and
from the experiments made argued
that the state had
proven that it was
impossible for a man to stand where E
Mrs Lillie says he did and powder
burn the curtain and glass as they of
were in the Llilie bedroom. ; the
"I say , " said he , "the shot that
killed Harvey Lillie and the shot that ing
went through the window was fired
from the east side of the bed. "
When court convened this afternoon . ed „ , .
large court room was crowded to
utmost capacity and the halls the
leading thereto were filled with pee has
unable to gain admittance. The pai
argument of Mr. Evans .continued : to
When Mr. Hall said to Mrs. Lillie llPT
.hat she was suspected she laughed the
said they could not prove it.
say that Mrs. Lillie was the only Lai
that had the opportunity to com- Me
this crime. We do not know the pany
extent < if her dealings on the "board Gr
trade. On the 28th of October she bra
returned from the coroner's jury and cec
] her sister-in-law that they were the
inquiring < about her business and she , has
wrote a letter to Mr. Itunyon where-1 ter
she asked him to stand by her
be careful what he said. This pay
latter was written four days after the the
murder.
Nebraska Notes.
John Reese has been appointed re.
; ceiver of the Broken Bow land office.
Louie Werner , one of Beatrice's
oldest citizens , started for Germany
last week.
St.Patrick's Catholic church at Meof
Cook burned with a loss of S4,500and
insurance $3,000.
Miss Elizabeth Kay and Eugene E.
Tracy were married by the Rev. Wal
ter E. Matthews at Loup City.
Verne Fowler pleaded guilty to a
charge of stealing hides from a Rock
Island freight house at Fairbury
Plans are being completed for the
erection of a $20.000. Young Men's
Chritsian association building at Be-
atrice.
A lodge of fifty charter members
has been organized by the Ancient t
Order of United Workmen at Bur-
well , Neb.
George W. Kinsor , who has livec
at Plattsmouth thirty-five years , dice"
at the age of 79. He leaves a widow j
and a grown son.
The Louisville mill , owned by C.D.
Tappan ] , was discovered to be on fire
and in an hour was a ruin.j The losi
may reach $16,000.
C. E. Bowlby has been appointed
county treasurer at Wilber , to sue-
ceed J. IT.
* Douge , who will remove
to the state of Washington.
It is reported that a steam laundry
will be built at Tecumseh
by a num
ber of eastern capitalists , who have
been looking over the ground.
The Grand Island public librarj
board is advertisng for bids for thi
construction of the Carnegie library ,
which is to be completed November ! .
Peter Miller of Fremont has been
arrested on the charge of cruelty t < !
animals. He left an old horse tied
to a tree without care for several days.
The Rev. M. D. Burg.pastor of
Lutheran church at Beatrice , has re a
signed and will go to Ponca. He has
been pastor at Beatrice for three
years. i
ThePapallion schools have closed
until March 16 on account of an ,
epidemic of scarlet fever. There are
a number of cases of this malady al
that place. ,
Summer parks near Grand Island
are inundated. Woo l river being out
of its i banks. Still further damage
is anticipated
from floods caused 03
melting ] snow. no
Frank Braid , who resided in Platts
mouth for several years , and who was
implicated in a bold robbery commit
ted at Hamilton , la. , on New Year's
eve , was sentenced to eighteen years
inland the penitentiary at JvnoxvilleIa. ,
W.
The Farmers'
Co-operative Grain
and Live Stock association is to be
incorporated with a capital stock o |
$500,000. ( The charter will be filed as
soon as $25,000 has been subscribed.
The headquarters will be at Lincoln.
The Commercial State bank ol
Barneston is opened for business , j
Th < concern has been incorporated j the
with a capital stock of $6,000 , tin
incorporators being J. M. Howe , j If
president ; ; Henry tf nfclt , vice pres3tat
ident , ; A. R. Staher , cashier.
The following is Cass county's
mortgage record for February : Farm t °
mortgages filed amounting to $89.by
923 ; released. $44,143 ; city mortgage ] and
filed , $41,68 ; released. $5,732. In did
farm mortgages ther3 is an increas ;
$45,000 in comparison with same
month last year. to
Several head of horses belonging t ( port .
Ambrose Jacobs , a prominent frame ] lies
residing near Wymore , died sudden-j e"
one day last week. It , first wai ; ! ' ture
supposed they had been poisonedbill comi
the supposition now is that thej | I prisc
were fed hay wihch was mixed witt men
poisonous weed. tors
The department store of Diers Bros , Hall
Fullerton was burned causing t
loss of $10,000. The Blake building
which the stock was located suffer
to the extent of $1,000. Defectiv
wiring is supposed to have caused thi
fire. The loss is almost entirely cov
ered by insurance.
At the regular meeting of thi
Plattsmouth Board of Education Prof
L. Rouse was re-elected superin
tendent of the city schools at a salarj
$1,350 , being a raise of $150 ovej
previous year. His services hav
been entirely satisfactory to th < by
board and to the citizens. Your
As the result of an article publish of any
in the Nebraksa City High Schod other
Times reflecting on the principal tf article
school , the board of educatioi shall
suspended the editors of ' officers
paper upon the refusal to apologizi ! 1 stati
the principal. The paper wil j i lution J
hereafter be under the
censorship o :
principal before publication.
A comimtr.ee of the' Federation o
Labor made a request of Manage * Nelson
McCuaig of the National Starch com about
and of Manager Stafford of tin.
Great < Western Cereal mills at Ne killed
braska City for an increase of 2 > j
cents an hour for the employees o ger ,
two plants. Manager McCuaij and
referred the matter to headquar : find
ters.Manager : Stafford said he would the
no attention to the request untf' [ j ' Srig
employees ask it. j body
\
UP TO MR. MARSH.
Seaate Charges Him With Misconduct in Office
Unauthorized Purchases.
Secretary of State Marsh is charged
by the j senate committee of abuse ol
authority ; and gross overcharging in
.1 the purchase of nearly 810,000 worth
of supplies ostensibly for the legisla-
! tun Claims to the amount of $2,718
filed with this committee have been
investigated ( , but bills amounting to
$7,000 filed with the house fpr similai
supplies have not been looked into.
j Thc report on the comparatively in
significant claims filed with the sen
I ate committee for approval is that
1 the prices should not be allowed.
The committee was not instructed by
the senate to make further investiga
I tion and to pay only such part of the
1 claims as seern to be just.
Secretary Marsh was in a rage ovei
the turn of affairs. W. H. Clark ,
who has been Mr. Marsh's chaperone
sine he came into state office and
who has been appointed for the second
end time as custodian of the supply
room and superintendent of purchas
es , has countersigned many of the
claims. ] Mr. Clark has also held an
appointment < under Postmaster E. R.
Eizer of Lincoln. Mr. Marsh has ap
proved the claims as just and correct.
The ] other members of the board
of public ] lands and buildings had
nothing to do with the purchase or
with the auditing of claims , as such
bills go direct from the secretary of
stat to the committee of the two
houses. The abuse of authority in
the purchase of supplies by Mr Marsh's
predecessor caused the legislature a
few years ago to pass an act limiting
the amount that can be bought be
fore the session opens and requires
subsequent purchases to be made by
resolution of the branch of the legis
lature desiring to buy. Mr. Marsh
admits that he had violated this law.
Some of the supplies , notably 111
yard of Wilton velvet carpet at $1.65
yard , could not be found by the
committee. : Mr. Marsh said he had
not bought it and that it was not in
the state : house. Later to a report
er he said he was mistaken that it
had been bought and delivered. A
. .
janitor , W. L. Nauslar , still later in
the day. said he had informed Mr.
Marsh several times that the carpet
was rolled up in a closet on the top ?
floor of the building , that Mr. Marsh l
replied when so informed that he had .
repeatedly told Mr. Clark to have it
returned to the dealer as there was
place for it and that it was not
wanted , but that the dealer had not
come for it.
I
The janitor made his statament ;
during the'afternoon after Mr. Clark ,
had announced that he had found the j
carpet. This search was made after
. E. Hardy , the dealer , had stated |
positively that he had delivered every
particle of goods ordered. It was
then up to Mr. Marsh and Mr. Jlark.
One of the committeemen when informed - .
formed of the discovery of the mysteriously -
teriously missing carpet , said :
"What do you suppose would have .
become of that missing carpet after
legislature had adjourned if our .
committee had not made its report ?
it was not ordered as was first
stated < , or if it was not needed and
there was no place to put it , as Mr. ;
Marsh is said to have told the jani- '
toror if it was ordred as later stated
.
Mr. Marsh , why was it rolled up
put in a dark closet and why .
Mr. Marsh approve the claim ? .
Secretary of State Marsh , when |
asked to make a statement in'reply oth
the committee report , said the re
be
was made up of a pack of "d d
s' " and he believed it was instigat-
by persons outside of the legisla- ) j
for "personal reasons. " The ing
committee making the report com-
prises leading members of the senate ,
prominent in the state. Sena- com
is
Cox of Hamilton Harrison
, of 'evei
, Norris of Pawnee , Anderson of '
Saline and Saunders of Douglas. is
Mr. Marsh said : .
Wilton carpet was bought. It was jury
purchased and supplied in fact. " star
Your committee on accounts 'and is
expenditures has been handed the | ing j
following bills for legislative supplies : cha
Omaha Printing Co. , 12 bills ag- inni
gregating „ $1,681.60 | if
Hardy Furniture Co , , carpet and
carpet lining 690.15
Harley Drug Co 40.00 ona
Thesee bills are all certified to by suff
Secretary of State Marsh as beinj guil
correct and as having been purchassc
him for account of the legislature..r (
committee was unable to find der
authority vested in the secretary fact
state for making such purchases" ,
than that found in section 4 of
2 of chapter 83 of the compiled a
statutes which provides that "he and
furnish the legislature and the with
* thereof all necessary fuel and the
stationary when so directed by reso- every
of the legislature . or either
ture.
Boy's Life Beaten Out.
Beatrice , Neb. , March 7. Nels
, a boy who was employed . _
the elevator of the Central jury
day
Granaries company at Filley , was .
in
in some manner as yet only T
conjectured. II. M. Miller , the mana
had occasion to look for Nelson ,
was surprised and shocked to
his lifeless body on the floor of
engine room. Apparently Nelson's of
'
clothing1 had got caught in'the belt-
and ; his life beaten out as the
was rapidly whirled about. der
IN A PRISON CELL
I MRS LILLIE HAS LIFE OF CONVICT BEFORE - ?
f FORE HER ,
JURY SAYS SHE IS GUILTY
>
' CONVICTED OF HEARTLESS MURDER OP
HUSBAND.
VERDICT ; QUICKLY SPREAD
Court Room Packed as Jurymen File la , But
No Untowerd Incident Follows
Request For Life Sentence.
We , the jury in the above entitled
case , being duly empanelled and
sworn , do find the defendant guilty ?
of murder in the first degree , and'
recommend that she be imprisoned' '
for life. Signed )
A. C. Pool , Foreman.
David City , Neb. , March 4. This
was the verdict rendered by the jury
in the Lillie murder case at precisely
3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
3o'A
As soon as the jury had agreed up
on the t verdict the news spread rap
idly and in a few moments people
were seen running from all directions
toward the court house , and before
the defendant arrived the large district
trie court room was completely pack
ed with humanity. A large portion
oft audience were men , with not ?
to exceed twenty women present.
toEac
Each person as he entered the court
room door wore an anxious look , and1
loudly whispered : "What is the verdict
diet ? "
dietM
Mrs. Lilile , accompanied by heu
father , brother , Mrs. Grisinger. hec
sister , and Sam Lillie. brother of the
murdered man , arrived at 3:20. : They !
alii took their usual seats in the court
rooi . While Mrs. Lillie looked
bright , she had the appearance of
anxiety as to what the verdict of the
twelve men was. As they marched
in she looked at each one carefully.
sW
When Clerk Starks read the verdict
Mrs. Lillie sat motionless and when *
the word guilty was pronounced not
even a quiver of the lip was notice- ,
able. Counsel for the defense asked
,
that the jury be polled. Clerk Straks
jj
called the name of each individual
juror ! and when he arose propounded
the . question :
"Was this , and is this your verdict
, . ,
dict ? " and the juror individually re
sponded in clear and distinct tones i
"Yes , sir. "
In his instructions to the juryt
,
Judge Good , after giving , in legal }
language , the ground for prosecution ,
summed up the material allegations
. .
of the information in part asjofllows : ,
"That ! on the 24th day of October
1902 , the defendant purposely and
feloniously did make an assault upon
Harvey Lillie with a certain pistol.
"That l she made such assault o
.her deliberate and premeditated mal
ice to kill and murder Harvey Lillie.
"That with such pistol at the
time the defendant did inflict upon
the head of said Harvey Lillie one
mortal wound of which he died on
the 24th day of October , 1902.
"That such assault was made by
'the defendant upon said Harvey
.Lillie in the county of Butler and
stat of Nebraska.
"It is provided by law that if any
person shall , purposely and of delib
erate and premcdiated malice kill an
other ( every person so offending shall
deemed guilty of murder in the
first degree , and , upon conviction
thereof , shall suffer death or shall ba
imprisoned in the penitentiary dur
life in the discretion of the jury.
"The court instructs the jury that
circumstantial eviden e is legal and
competent in criminal cases , and if it
of such a character as to exc u lo
every reasonable hpyothesis other
'tha that the defendant is guilty , it
sufficient to authorize a convic
tier
"The court further instructs tha
that \yhat is meant by circum
stantial evidence , in criminal cases , ,
the proof of such facts or circum
stances connected with or surround
the commission of the crime
charged as tend to show the guilt on
innocence of the party charged , and
these facts and circumstances are
sufficient to satisfy the jury of the.
guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable
enable doubt then such evidence is.
sufficient to authorize a verdict 0 $
guilty.
"The jury are instructed that in
order ( to warrant a conviction of mur
on circumstantial evidence , each
necessary to the conclusion :
sought to be established must be
proved by competent evidence beyond
reasonable doubt , and all the facts
circumstances must be consistent
each other and with guilt oC
defendant , and consistent witb ;
other reasonable hypothesis or
conclusion , and all the facts taken
together must be of a conclusive na
.
Did Not Send the Poison.
Grand Rapids , Mich. , March 4. A ,
in the circuit court at Ionia to
; brought in a verdict of not guilty-
the case of Bailey Kreekas ol
Lowell , charged with attempting to
murder George Meritt of Caranao , by
sending him a poisoned headache
powder. Ths case grew directly out
the killing of Mrs. Ada Klump of
Lowell a year ago by a poisoned pow
sent through the mails.