T11K NOKKObK WKBKM * NKWS-.IOUKNA1' , Kit I DAY , KKHKUARY 23 , 1012.
Stolen Horse Is Sold Here.
Norfolk niilhoilllc'H an > looking for
Joe Pulton a fniiiilianil. leemt'y ' em
ployed on Me MIISH faun , eight inik'h
Hiiiitli of M. ii son \ Hack niaic wan
stolen from the tanti early Sat
in da ) morning anil was expected to
arilvc in Neifolk at noon. Honu1
doalois hav' been notified.
Fulton wsiii foitnil In Not folk by
IJail Jlay , wlio later with the assist-
unee of Ch'e ' I .MnniniuiH anil Patiol-
man O'Hrlen , niicHted him at the I'n-
Ion 1'aellle depot. Fulton admitted
ln < hreuight tin- hoi HO to Norfolk anil
Holil him to II ( ' Saltier for $ ' 10 Very
little money was found on his permm
when lie UIIP searched
N ; A. Ralnbolt Not So Well.
N. A Kalnholt. who slipped on the
hi- and foil while coming downtown
Monday moinlng. Is not .so very well
today. Ho spent a veiy restless night
lli > In now suffe'ilng from gallstone
complications , brought on by the fall
Among other Injuiios sustained , an
ftrc'hhono above the right chuck was
broken bv Die fall
May Hnvc Been n Double Murder.
"Fiom the evidence I Imvo gathered
and from Investigations I have made ,
I believe theio was a murder commit
ted In Noil'olk hiHl summer and It
was micee'SHfully covered tip by the
man who did the deed "
That IB the slaitltng statement
made today by a detective who has
been Investigating a cano In which
one local constable and a private citi
zen have ( insisted.
That the iiiieged victim of the crime
was a man from Colorado who came
to Norfolk with a huge amount of
money on his person , is the belief
of the detective , who eleclaics he has
found tt Impossible to tlnd the body
of the \lctlm which he believes , has
been elthei buried or seeieted some-
whoie in the vicinity of Norfolk. In
quiries made in Colorado for n missIng -
Ing man who could answer to the de
scription ghen by the detective have
not borne tiuit , but the investigation
still goes on in a quiet way.
One man , who the sleuth believes
may know much about the crime , is
being shadowed , but the fact that the
body of the supposed \ictlm cannot
be found , may result In nothing but n
long drawn out boarch.
Came With Money ; Disappears.
Aceoiding to the stoiy and evi
dence of the detective , the supposed
Colorado man came to Norfolk with
money enough to buy out a small busi
ness which was for sale in this city.
On the night of the strangei's disap
pearance , he was scon in a heated ar
gument with a man whom the detec
tive intimates was interested in the
business , and the next morning the
stranger had dlsappeaied The man
with whom he was seen also disap
peared the bamo day without lea\ing
any woi 1 with a lolatlve , who declar
ed the man had not been heaid from
Another peison with whom the latter
was associated left his boauling place
without his hat or coat on the night
of the supposed crime , and was not
heaid tiom again. The hat or coat
has not yet been called for and the
last been of him was when he left the
house diossrd with only his shirt ,
trouseis an ' shoes.
The detective believes this man also
mot with totil play or else had some
thing to do with the crime , because it
has been impossible to locate him.
Findb Sign of Struggle.
So quiet has the investigation been
going on that even those who are lo
cated at the place have not discover
ed the searchers at vvoik in a cellar
where the detective declaies he and
another man have discovered signs of
a struggle and other evidences which
pave them the first Intimation that
something unusual had occurred.
Another ! act learned by the detec
tive , which helps to bear out his al
legations , Is that the man who he believes -
lieves committed the murder , had no
money on the night of the supposed
crime , and no visible means of ob
taining monoy. This man , however ,
accidentally exhibited largo amounts
of money just before he disappeared
the day after the supposed crime had
been committed.
"Although I have hunted without
success. " says the Not folk citizen in
terested in the case. "I am almost
positive something happened on the
night the business tiansaction was
supposed to have been made"
Is a College Director.
Dr. A. .Johnson , superintendent of
the Norfolk Insane hospital , Is a mem
ber of the boaid of directors of Au-
gustana college at Rock Island , 111.
which he attended some twenty-five
yeais ago As a member of the board
of dlrectois , Dr. Johnson visits the
college four times a year.
The college has a Lutheran semln
ary in connection , teaching both Eng
llsh and Swedish. The college Is a co
educational institution with 700 stud
en'ts. There are eighteen members o
the directorate.
Ben Hur Installation.
The following officers of North Nebraska
braska Court No. 9 , Tribe of Ben Hur
have been installed :
Chief , E. M. Clement ; past chief
Robert Drashear ; judge , Mrs. M. E
Cooper ; keeper of tribute , Ham
Voght ; scribe , Mrs. Matle Suiter
teacher , Mrs. Dorothea McCune ; Der
Hur and keeper of Inner gate , Walte
McFarland ; keeper of outer gate , M
P. Suiter ; captain , W. P. Davey
guide ; George Clements , master o
ceremonies ; E. A. Amarino ; inothe
of Hut , Mrs R. C. Simmons.
Ruling on Just's Case.
Lincoln , Feb. 19. In response u
the query of C. A. Just of Iloyd conn
ty , the attorney general has ruled tha
in the absence of an election for conn
ty assessor in 1911 on account of th
change in the law , the old officer
hold over. The county board of tha
county had held differently and do
clared the offices of both the county
aeoNHOi and of the picclncl IIHSCHHOIH
vacant. The attorney genoial holds
they wei'e'wlong and that the asses
sols hold until their HWIOSSOIH me
elected and ( nullified
GOT THE WRONG MAN.
M. Morris of Lusk Gives Farmers
Near Here n Frlnht.
Countable John Fl > im answered the
call given him bv farmers south of
town Satin day , who believed a man
who was asking for something to eat
wan the one w anted for the murder of
Coldle UllliamH at Ciand Inland The
search iemitted In the detalnnieni of
M Moiris , a Lusk , Wyo , laboier who
had walked Mom West Point to Nor
folk Saturday morning Morris had
been In Norfolk for about three weeks
and a few da > H ago he disappeared
Cail licit ho wan the first who be
lieved ho saw in Moirls the descilp
tlon given b > Giand Island authorities.
Oilier farmers also reported a stian
ger with a giip , asking for something
to eat , and soon the entire community
was aroused to a high pitch of ex
citement The constable searched the
entlie country , and notified railroad
men to hold the man If ho should en
deavor to escape through the uillroad
vards Freil Linerol found Moiris
and brought him to Norfolk , where
he was Identified by Constable Klynn ,
who was summoned to the city from
his search in the country south of
own Mori Is declared he had no
loney.and had asked several farmeis
> r food He was considerably fright-
ned when ho leained why he had
ecu held
Phil Kohl for Senator.
\Va > ne , Neb , Feb. 19 I'hilo 1C
\ohl has filed his candidacy for the
emocratic nomination for state sen-
tor trom this distilct , Including
Vnyne. Pierce and Cuming counties
New Postal Bank Rule.
Washington , Fob P ) Postmasters
t postal savings depositories may ac-
ept deposits trom anybody , the regu-
atlon restricting depositors * to the
latrons of a particular office being re-
eluded In an order Issued by Post-
naster-General Hitchcock
V1ONEY FOR CHINESE ALL GONE
American Relief Committee Sends in
Its Last $10,000.
Shanghai , Fob 19 The Ameiican
amino relief committee has now ap
iropriated tor the pin pose of snccoi
ng the distressed population the re-
naining $10,000 in its hands Unless
uithcr funds are forthcoming the
iommittee will henceforth bo unable
o lender any assistance to the starv-
ng people
Vnited States Consul General Ames
Wilder , who has been granted leave
of absence , sailed today on the Chijo
Maru
WORDS THAT BEAT BLAINE.
How "Rum , Romanism and Rebellion'
Phrase Was Uttered.
William C Hudson in 'Random Re
collections of an Old Political Repoit
i" The "Uum , Romanism and Re
jellion incident was the tinning poln
n the campaign ot IS84 On Wcdnes
lay. Oct : . ' ! > , 1S81 , less than a week
lofore the election , 1 met Senator
iorman as he descended the stans
from his room in the national demo
atic headquarters He was dull
gloomy and wearied in manner , quite
: lie reveise of his buoyant habit. As
: ie teached the bottom step he said
"I want to get away into the fresl
lir tor a time I'm going to lide
( hrough Cei'tral park and 1 want .
companion. Come with me. "
As we stopped at headquaiters the
enator said.
"Come w ith me to my room. I wan
to go to West Virginia as soon as
can. There are some matters to bo
attended to on Friday and Saturday
that 1 must turn over to you for execu
tion. "
We were engaged on these matters
when we heard some one come up
the stairs in great haste. In a mo
ment Col. John Tracey , the head ol
the newspaper bureau , plunged lute
the loom so much out of breath by
leason of his haste and excitement
that he could not speak could only
point to the pages of the paper he
had. Gorman took the papers from
his hand and on leading the words
pointed out straightened up with ii
stait and earnestly read the context
The words pointed out were "Rum
Romanism and Rebellion1"
It was the practice of the news bur
can of the committee to send ii
stenographer to take \erbatim reports
of all republican functions that wer <
open to the public. The same prac
tice as to democratic functions was
followed by the republican news bur
eau. In puisuance of this practice . '
stenographer had attended the minis
terial visit to Elaine at the Fifth Ave
nue hotel and had taken down tin
speeches made by the Rev Dr. Burch
ard and by Mr. Ulaine. Returning U
his desk he had written out the re
port and turned It over to Col. Tracey
who ran It over In the hope that hi
might find something to feed out ti
the newspapers. Ho had come upoi
the words and had instantly apprecl
ated their tremendous significance.
As Senator Gorman ran over thi
pages of Elaine's speech he asked :
"Is this a verbatim report ? "
"Every word uttered is there , " re
plied Col Tiacey.
"Surely , " said Gorman sternly
"Elaine met this remark ? "
"That Is the astounding thing , " salt
Tracey , excitedly "He made no refei
ence to the words. I have confirms
that fact , "
Finally , Senator Gorman spoke , hi
voice cracking like the snap of
whip
"This sentence must bo In ever ;
dally newspaper In the country tomoi
row , no matter how , no matter who
it costs. Organize for that Immed
ately , Col Tracoy. And It must b
{ opt allvo for the lest of the cam-
iiilgii "
As Col. Tracey left the loom with
nil powem , Senator Got man said.
"If anything will elect Cleveland
Iie.se winds will do It. It Is amn/lng
hat a man so quick witted as Hlalne.
uciistomed to think on his feet and
o meet surprising ( hangcs In debate ,
should not have coneited the thing
in the spot. It Is too late now He
annot deal with it at all The ad
vantages me now with us. For thu
list time wo ate able to meet that
ntilgue to excite lellglous prejudices
igainst Cleveland. Theio will bo
Htampede of the alienated hack to
lev eland God giant II mav be in
sufficient volume to tiini tin * tide to
'lev eland. "
In two days the stampede was ap-
uiient The republicans were help-
ess before it They lenll/ed that
note damage was likely to result
'rom explanation than Horn allowing
t to take Its course.
MRS. ASQUITH IN TROUSERS.
In Turkish Costume the British Pre
mier's Wife Danced a Pas Seul.
Marreau , Switzerland , Feb. 19
There was a lively fancy diess ball
which Mis. Asqulth played a huge
pait in oigani/lng. Some of the
Ii esses wei ! st liking , but none moie
Hi than her own gold biocaded Tuik-
Ish tiouser costume. When the fun
became furious , she danced a pas sen )
In the center of the floor , vvhllo the
company marveled at the unconven-
tlonality of the Eritish pi line minis
ter's wife.
This lecalls a tamons incident in
her younger days , when as Mai got
Tennant , she caused a ticmendous
rensation by entertaining a company
at a Melton hunt ball , with a skirt
dance.
Mrs. Herbert Asqulth Is one of Eng
land's fovoiite conversational topics.
When nothing else is going on theie
always is something In which Mrs. As
qulth Is concerned to talk about , or
else she does something then and
there to make conveisatlon. Mrs. As-
qulth first became widely known out
side of England when , as Margot Ten-
nant , she was made the heroine of E.
F. Benson's novel "Dodo. " Moie re
cently she > vas diagged into notoriety
thiough William Watson's poem , "The
Woman Witii the Serpent's Tongue"
The poem created a gieat sensation
at the i line of Its appearance , and
Watson's Known hostility to the As-
qniths immediately disclosed Its ob-
lect. Later , after he came to Ameri
ca , Watson admitted that Mis. As
qulth was the woman he had icferied
to and his excuse for the poem was
that Mrs. Asqnlth and hot husband
were traitorously trying to wreck the
liberal party.
Some time after the appealance of
the poem there was gossip that Mrs.
Asqulth and her husband were to sep-
aiate.
Daughter of one of the ilch men of
England , Mrs Asquith , before her
marriage was a gieat favorite of Mr.
Gladstone , and her Influence in so
ciety was such as to gain for young
women a much less restricted posi
tion. In spite of her disturbing free
dom in society she counted leading
statesmen , men of liteiary , scientific
and musical tame , in her train , and
her appearance in the gallery of th
house of commons gave /est to what
ever debate was on hand. She wap
the creator of a semi-mystic , semi-lit-
eraiy society called the Souls , and
with Arthur Ealfour as her lieutenant
in the movement , she gathered some
of the best minds in England about
her.
her.In
In time the newspapeis came seriously
ously to chronicle the doings of Mlsc
Margot Tennant as they would those
of the queen and prime minister , and
when the irate conservatives in so
ciety were at end of all patience wltli
the gay , clever , sarcastic little Phills
tine , she overtuined all their predlc
tions by giving her hand in marriage
to one of the ablest and most seilous
young politicians , Mr. Asqulth.
As If to prove the Infinite variety 01
her talents , Mrs. Asquith for severa
years settled clown at once to the
duties of wifehood and motherhooc
and showed as maiked a capacity foi
these gra\er callings as for the light
est frivolities.
BIG CROWD AT A SALE.
Good Prices Netted for Cattle Offeree
at Ewing Saturday.
Ewing , Neb , Feb. 19. Special tc
The News : The sale of pedigreec'
Shorthorn cattle Offered by Messrs
John Berigan and Milan Swain was
well attended , and the prices obtain
ed were very satisfactory. One cow-
as an illustration , brought $1J > 0 , a'ie
was purchased by F , V. McGuire oi
Wlsner. John Murray , another stock
man , also of Wlsner , was anothei
heavy purchaser. He mixed the breec
and appreciated the high quality o :
the male and female stock offered
Col. Burrows of Marysvllle , Mo , auc
tloneer , ably assisted by Cols. Wrigh ;
and Brewer of Ewing , did good worl
and were highly complimented on
their knowledge of the value of stock
Just preceding the sale the Evvlni
Cornet band , ono of the best inuslca
organizations in the state , discourse !
some excellent music.
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DEVELOPMENTS IN WILL CASE.
,
Examination of Former State Senate
Gardner In "Mystery" Case.
New York , Fob 19 The oxamlna
tlon of former State Senator Frank J
Gardner today on charges of attempt
Is Ing to defraud the heirs of Samuel E
Haslett , an aged recluse , out of ai
estate valued at more thun $1,000,000
was exected to develop now dlscloE
ures in the musty house of mystery
Haalett's life is fast ebbing away Ii
his Brooklyn home , where for year
ho lived a hermit Senator Gardne
and Geoige Decker , a nurse , who
were ai tested on charges made by
lohn E Lord and Dr II E Mlnton , 10-
spcctivelv loiintiel and physician to
lliiHlett , that ( laidner and Decker con-
spited to defiant ! , thiough a will , are
out on ball todav Pecker Is said to
have ( onfessed to the police that he
biought Gin dner Into the case and
that his mulct standing of the will was
that Gaidner was the executor and
tesldnarv legatee and that he hlninelf
would be taken care ot b.v Gardner
The muse said that the will was signed
after Gaidnci had made several mid
night visits to the "house of m > stei.v. "
SOLDIERS DISPERSE WOMEN.
Small Band of Women Textile Strikers
Defy Police to Attack.
LawreiKc , Mass , Fob 1 ! ) A band
ot Polish women opeiatlves who are
paitlcipatli.g in the great textile
stilke , assembled near St Anthony's
Syihin chinch today and detied the
police and militia authoiitles 10 dls-
peiMo them The women inuubennl
about a do/en , and weie engaged In
picketing the vicinity of the mills
Thev did not disperse until a squad of
about thiitj police officers , a small de
tachment of infantry and a troop of
cavalrj wuie sent to the scene. Tin en
of the women were arrested , chaiged
with disoideily conduct At some of
the mills large inci eases in the num
ber icsumlng work today was claimed ,
but there seemed to be little ihange
at the plants of the American Woolen
company
The inmoi was peisistent that the
stationaiy fiiome.n piopose to strike
late this afternoon or tomorrow.
They would cripple some of the
ullls seriously
Awsit Yuan's Reply.
Nanking. China Feb. 1 ! ! . Dr. Sun
fatsen and the members of the repub
icnn government as well as the na-
lonal assembly aie still waiting for
he official reply of Yuan Shi Kill to
heir icquoit that he come to Nan
< ing If the foimer premier refuses
o come south serious complications
vlll follow. The obseivanco of the
hinese new jear on Sunday passed
off without any disturbance This Is
he last occasion on which the new
ear will be celebrated according to the
- old Chinese calendar , because In the
. future the calendar is to be brought
nto accoid with the westein system
Suicide Rather Than Poor Farm.
DCS Moines , la. , Fob 19 After di
vidlng 11 dollar among his fifteen chil
Iron , Owen Gavin , coloied , 51 , com
- mltted suicide by blowing his head of
- with a shotgun. Receipt of a notice
rom the overseer of the poor farn
o leave the county lest he become f
charge upon the county , is given as
he cause of his act.
A Blizzard in Colorado.
Breckenridge , Cole , Feb. 19. P'ive
owns in Summit county are snow
. bound , having been cut off trom rail
- road communication for more than
twenty-four hours. Fifteen inches o
snow , driven by a high wind , has nilei
nigo drifts which have blockaded the
. Colorado & Southern , running to this
city , Dillon. Eriseoe , Kokomo and Rob
nson. A train sent out from Lead
v Ille In an effort to open up the line
was unable to bieak thiouga am
was forced to rctuin to Lendville. It
was still snowing , and the thermome
er registered 10 degrees below /ero
Acute Situation in Manchuria.
London , Feb. 19. The situation in
- Manchuria has been much more acute
, since Nang Wei , leader of the icfoin
movement in 1898 , and grand head o
the empire lefoim associations , ha
thrown his lot with the Manchuriai
\lceroy , Gen Chao Eih Hsun , agalns
- the new regime. The latter , according
to a dispatch from Tein Tsin , refuse
to give up his office. The Manchi
Piinee Su Is financing a movemen
to establish n constitutional monarchj
in Manchuria.
MAY DEFEAT CAUCUS.
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Stephens Predicts Money Trust Wll
Yet Be Investigationed.
Washington. Feb. 19. Congressman
Dan V. Stephens declared that in
spite of the action of the democratic
caucus the resolution to Investigates
the money trust , which \Irtually nnllli-
fied the Henry measuie to Investigate
by special committee , a resolution
would be passed today that practically
will be a duplicate of the Henry reso
lution.
"It has been agreed , " said Mr Ste
phens , "to have the caucus resolution
called before the house Monday.
Those democrats who favor the spe
cial committee Investigation , Includ
ing all three of the Nebraskans , In
tend to defeat the caucus measure and
offer one of our own. Since the cau
cus the members have been hearing
from home i > nd I believe we will have
100 democratic votes instead of sixty-
six that voted for the Henry resolu
tion in caucus. "
A lively fight Is promised , for the
Underwood faction are bitter over the
possibility of what they term a viola-
it lation of the caucus agreement. Meanwhile -
while the Henry men are working for
republican votes.
Approves the Two Leagues.
Cincinnati. O. , Fob. 19. Augus
Hermann , chairman of the natlona
baseball commission , today declare
that organized baseball was not hos
tllo to the newly formed Columbia
and United States leagues ,
ir "The two leagues are not outlaws ,
ho said. "They are Independent wltl
In their rights and not trespassing o
ours. Wo have no right to object t
them , no license to annoy them. Th
statutes of the two leagues is exactly
similar so far as organized baseball it
concerned. If I had a player for whom
I had no place and the big league
waived claim on him , I would not hcsl
tate to turn him over to either lerfgue
rs Any national agreement team has r
perfect right to dispose of Its con
acts to an.v organisations not in the
utlaw class. "
Mny Attack Juarez.
121 Paso. Tex , Feb. 1 ! " I'rgent mrs-
ages sent liom Palomas. Mex , to
Itnlllo YiiHiiie7 | Gome ? at San An-
mlo , Tex , urging him to come at
nee and take the field , biought a
eclinatlon from Gome/ This has
ast a damper on his followers In
01 them Chihuahua. Tlnee bridges
n the Mexico Noilhwestem lailwa.v
ear llarreal , ninety-six kilometers
until of . .Inureweie destro.ved by the
'nsqultas The bridges had been re-
aired onl.v two da.vs ago , and there Is
ppiehetislon in .luuuv. that the Van-
ultas are preparing to advance on
hat oltv ft om the Casaa Grundes
ountrv
May Die Before He's Hanged.
St Joseph. Mo. Feb 19 Guaids at
he county jail are making an exten-
ive > seatch of the cell of lieRaco ,
sentenced to hang March 2G for the
nurder of Mr. and Mrs Oda Hubhell
, nd theii two ihlldren near Guilford
n November , 1910 , for a confession
vhlcli fellow piisoners asseit he ha-
icon wiitiur foi the past few days.
lace has been writing almost con-
fitantlv but has sent no letteis out and
10 snaps of paper have been found
n his cell His jaileis sav he Is filli
ng so lapldly that it is thought he
will not live to die on the gallows.
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS MEET.
Senator Reed Hopes for Harmony ,
but Leaders Are Far Apart ,
loplin , Mo , Feb 19 Every train
nto .loplin today biought scores of
lelegates to the demotratlc state con
vention which meets here tomorrow
o name four delegates at-large and
.hirty-two fiom the sixteen congres
slonal districts to attend the demo
atic convention in Baltimore
Eighteen presidential electors also
will bo chosen Theie will be no con
test on the presidential instructions
o lie given the delegates , as Missouri
s bestowing her strength upon her
favorite son , Champ Claik , speaker of
the house ot representatives The
ilelegates will bo charged to remain
with the speaker on every ballot taken
by the Baltimore convention There
will be second choice. Among the first
of the partv leaders to arrive was
United States Senator Stone , who de
clared he had como to .loplin to see
that haimony prevailed Senator
Reed , who accompanied his colleague
likewise talked peace among the dele
gates already on the ground It was
appaient , however , that the selection
of a committeeinan had drawn the
party leaders apart.
Fremont Still in League.
Picmont , Neb. Feb 19. The Fre
mont baseball team will icmain in the
Nebraska State league
FIND MCN WITH DOO'FACES.
African Explorer Tells of a Sideshow
Barker's Paradise.
Los Angeles , Cal , Feb. 19.Ui
Kail Kiimin , African exploier and
scientist , anved here on his way to
Washington , wheie he will lay evi
denre bcfoio the heads of the Xatioh-
al Geographical society that he has
discovei ° d n en with the faces of dogs
and biids living in the heait of Afiicn
"I have proof , " Dr. Kumm asserted
"that I have found negioes with the
faces of dogs They spoke in a low
gnttuial baik. not unlike that of a
dog. They lived by clans and the !
mode of lite is not unlike that of the
stone age.
"In another part of Afiica far fion
the haunts of white men , I tound .
tribe of negioes who ism on one lej ,
like stoiks. Their other leg was
never used and they can led It bent o
drawn taut. These men live In a sec
tlon of the country where there are
many pools and ponds of water.
"In still another pan of Aft Ira
there are negroes whoso faces are
virtually like the beak of a bird. Thej
live in trees. "
South Norfolk.
Mi and Mrs. II. C Dirk and son
Clarence , returned fiom Stuart Satnr
day , wheie they visited at the home
of Mrs. Dick's parents , Mr. and Mrs
Ahlman.
Mrs. Plummer returned to her home
In Wayside Sunday , having spent a
few days with hei sister , Mrs. C. E
Patterson
Pat McNeeley went to Fremon
this morning and will run out of there
Ben E Gross was here yesterday
between tialns while on his way homo
to Gross from Texas.
Pearle Barrett , who has been worlt
ing out of Fremont for some time , re
turned Sunday and will work out o
here now.
The gang of men who have been
working on the new steel water tank
here left Sunday for Deadwood , where
they will work on an oil tank.
M. L. Odgen left Sunday for a trip
through Arkansas and Texas.
TELLS OF THE HANGING.
Description of the Scene Around the
Chicago Jail.
Chicago , Feb 19. "How did my boy
die ? " |
It wasn't a mother or a father ask
ing the question. It was a deputy
sheriff , who stood on the gallows look
Ing down at the swinging form of an
18-year-old boy about whoso neck he
had fastened a rope five minutes bev
fore.
"Wasn't his neck broken ? " insisted
the deputy , talking to one of the doz
en doctors who were examining the *
boy's body. When the doctor answer
cd the affirmative the deputy Bteppci
back from the trap-hole satisfied.
What > ou see at a hanging is one
thing ; it fihows you what society I
doing to criminals. But what yoi
HEAR at hangings shows jou wha
society Is doing to itself when i
takes the life of a human being.
I'm going to put down what I heard
the talk of men at the hanging of
'hlllp Sommorllng. Ill .veais ; Thomas
chnltIS .vears. Ewald Shlblawskl.
I. Hwald's brother , Fiank , 21 , and
Miomas lennlngs , negro , ! tr >
For tv.o boms and ten minutes
leie weio Mitheied in the vast high
eillnged loom forty-two ph > Hlilans
hlity-flve grinds and twenty novvspa
ler men They we'io roptosontatlvos
I society , and 1 want to show , bv the
hings 1 heard them Hay , what hang
ng does to the men who me not
ninged. i
In his office , before we went Into
lie death chamber. I asked Deputv
Shot Iff Peters how many men he had
ung
"Why , young fellow , " he said , "I
ung men before vou woie bom 1
nng tlio Haymarket i Inters And I've
ung foitv men , " he added , proudl.v.
"Have a smoke , " someone said to
'eters.
"No No smokes , eats or dilnks un
II this job is done. Then I'll go out
nid take a stiff ill Ink of whisky 1 al
lays have a leactlon alter a hanging
t always makes me tired and sick"
"Doctors' ' Doetois1" exclaimed some
> ne In I lie hallway.
We looked out of Poteis' office and
aw a double line of de-put v sherllfs
catling from the main door of the jail
letween them was passing a line of
oity-two physicians who weie being
iiimltted to the death chambei
Peters went to the telephone and
ailed up the stato's attoiney.
"There's a fellow who's trying a
'oiii-flush In Judge Landls' couit to
nako us put off this hanging. It's a
liece of hociib-podis. The follow j.Ml
A ants to get into the limelight 1
want you to undeistand that I'm go
ing to go right along with this bnsl
"
less
When he had hung up the recelvei
Petois said to a deputy
"Fix up the sawbones ! Get them
n theii chairs and then we'll get
> usy. "
"Piess ! Press' " a deputy called
rh.it meant that the do/en new spa
> er men were to go Into the death
chamber.
A doctor tried to squeeze in with
is
"No1 No1 You cant' go with those
fellows. Sit down with the doctors
You can examine the corpses wltl
them "
The doctois all sat in chairs , at the
foot of the Ugh scatfold.
I heard e/ne doctor with whiskers
talking to another.
"Hanging is all damn foolishness , '
lie said. "Now here are lour gooi
stiong men. One of them has a pen
niless wife and baby The murdered
man left a penniless wife and baby.
Why don't tney put these four men In
jail somewheie for life , and make
them work to suppoit the two penni
less women and their babies' Ain't
it damn foolishness to kill them ? "
I heaid a guard say :
"Theie't , i fellow In New York city
who's the best executlonei in the
( ountiv He's killed 110 and ho never
makes a m ! cue. Must have nerve ,
hull ? "
"What'll you have to eat ? " one 10-
poiter asked another when they sat
down to a lepoitors' table that was
roveied with a white cloth
"Yow ' yow ' yow ' yow' ' " These
noises came fiom the cells. Inmates
of the jail weie tattling their bars , yell
ing and pom ding tin cups. The death
match had begun.
"They'll i iiow up aiound that coi
tier in a minute , " said ono reporter.
"I'm an old baud in this hanging
loom I've ' pen seventeen hangings
here "
There was the shuffle of feet on the
lion floor and the procession walked
onto the gallows from an upper tier.
There was a priest , in white , officers
in bine and two men roughly dressed
the ShiblawsU brothers.
\11 you could hear was the mur-
nun of the piiest's piayer , and the
murmur of the men , who icpeated
his woids in low tones. What were
they saying9 What kind of a prayer
do men make on a gallows ?
No one could heai their woids. The
brotheis kissed the cioss which the
priest held to them. While this was
going on their legs and arms were be
ing strapped Wo tried to hear what
they were saying as the deputies put
a white shroud about their bodies , but
we stopped trying when the white
caps were tied over their heads Ev-
eiybody secriod to be working slowly
on the gallows Ono hi other turned
his muffled head towaid another. We
heard the murmur of his voice.
"Crash1" That was the next sound
Then came the scuffling of the feet of
fourteen doctors , as they walked to
the two bags , their contents twitching ,
which hung from the swaying ropes.
The reporters rushed to a back
room , where their telephones and tele"
graph wires had been placed I caught
there bits of news as they talked1
"Just as the writhing body of the boy
stopped swaying" "Strangled and
gurgled. " "Twitched like cats In a
bag" "Oh , is that you taking my
stuff , Bill ? Great show Three more
to come. "
What , in Christmas , was that pray
er ? " said one reporter.
"I don't know. Tell your office to
look it up in the prayer book. They
can copy It from that. "
Two men were fixing up two othei
ropes. They carried out the two bodies
ies on a wheeled table , covered with
a white cloth
"Both of their necks were broken , "
said a doctor coming to the reporter's
table.
During the lull I talked to seven of
the fourteen doctors who had examin
ed. I wanted to know whether they
believed In capital punishment. Not
a ono of them did.
"Capital punishment doesn't keep
people from committing murder un
less you hanp men on a high gallows ,
In a big spate , where all the folks in
the city can see it , " said Dr A C
Koethe
"This Is my first hanging and my
last. " said Dr I E. Hoffman "After
liln I don't believe In capital punish-
nent 1 can sen a patient die , hut to
nee sane men kill a well man , In cold
ilood excuse me"
Ml of this talk was Hint of "be
ween the IK ts "
' Hats off1 No smoking' ' " called a
nan In oveialls , from the gallows
The next pound was that of the
iilsiui Inmates , who weie watching
Iho death watch. Then we heaid the
Mmffle of feet and again the priest
mil the dcpiitlcH In blue lit ought two
pooilv diesued men onto the Meat
fold
"Well the either two got aerons In
time for luueh , " said ono deputy In a
"eat near me looking at his watch i
"These fellown'll eat with them , " f
ausNveieil tin guaid "Hut I guess J
they'll get the'ie too soon to ploitHO t
them " ,
The two men in poor clothes Htood '
on the tiap wheie the deputies placed
( hem One of them wasn't a man. but
a bov , John Si'hult18 .vearn old , son
of ImmlgiantH , who , im one reporter
said , "hadn't done anything hut get
Into bad company. " And now vvo
knew what the praver was , for John
raised his head and looked up ; he fix
ed his blue eyes on the high celling , |
he lepeated the woids which tin ;
in lest unit mitred
priest mm mured i
"Oh , ChrlFt1 Have mercy on my
"oul1" ills woids rang out , clear as .1
bell "H.ily Maiv , intem > do for me'
Pray feu me' Erlng me1 to eveilasting
life' ' "
Thedepulies weie1 tying the straps
about his anus and legs '
Anothei of them tied the white
shroud about the boy's neck.
"Savior , save me' Foiglve1 me mv
sins' ' "
"LlHtiii to that young fellow pray , "
said a leporter
"Chi 1st. I love thee ! " said the boy.
In the white coveting ho looked like
.1 choir boy
"Giant me to live with thee. For
give me nu sins"
While he > said these words , Hi 111
looking upward , William Davles , the
jalli'r , put the noose e > voi his head and
tightened the knot under the be > y's
ear.
ear.Anothe'r
Anothe'r deputy was doing the same
to Sommurling
"Foigive mo my sins' ' Foiglvo me
my Hlns1" ung out the \olco of the
hey Ills voice was glowing louder
theio was a tone ol wlldnesK in it
"Holy Mary' ' " "crash. " It was an
aulul thing to bear in the saint- mo
ment those words fre > m the mouth of
that boy , and that Hoiinel. But they
e.nno togoihei Again the feet of
fourteen doctors scuffled over the ce > -
inent floor to the white , swaying ,
twite hin4 bags.
There was anotbei Intel mission
"Now , if this nlggci'll ouiy confess
betoie h"'fi hung , yeiu fellows'll get a
fine toijfl > foi your day's story , " said
a deputy sheiiif to the * lepoiters
"We've got a good * e-.nly stait in
the day's vvoik , ' said a icpoitci. Aie'
you going out lor lunch. } Why don't
you sheiifls go out now and then
cenno back for the alteinoon's vvoik.
You can finish a lot of men at this
i ate"
Gee , " said a yemng doe tor , coining
up to Jailei IJ.ivies , "I though you'd
left your handcuffs on th.it young fe > l
low I lifted ui > ills hand and I didn't
f-ee > that another dot tor was holding
it by the e'lbow I though his hands
veie > locked together , because I
eouldn't move his arm. "
'They don't suffer. " another elortor
v as telling the lepoiters
"But isn't there some easiet vvav to
kill a man' ' " asked a reporter
"I should say so , " said the doctor
' They could put a tiny drop of hyelro
cyanic ae-id in his soup some day and
in an instant he would be stone dead ,
without a twitch or a pain. Or the y
could kill a man with morphine aim
ho would die pleasantly , in beautiful
dreams. But this hanging. It's the
crudest thing in civili/atlon "
"I saw a doctor put young Se hult/'s
i.eck back into place in Hue shape , "
"aid a deputy "just giabbed his head ,
gave it a twist , and it snapped right
back where it belonged. "
I saw plenty of smiles elm ing the
two hoins iiiid ten minutes I heard
plenty of attempted jokes and com
monplaces , among the feirty-two doc
tors. Why did we smile and try to
talk of eveiyday things ?
Because hanging Is so awful tha
a man who witnesses it dare not ad
mit to himself bow- awful it Is. He
Knows in his heart of hearts , that the
cold , deliberate killing of a man by
his fellow men , brutalizes the killers
and that is all society just as surely
as it ends human life Perhaps me
killers .suffer more harm than the
killed W. G. S
Pruyn Found Guilty.
Fremont. Nob. Feb. 19. After de
liberating sixteen hours the Jury re
turned a verdict finding AI Pruyn
guilty of manslaughter in killing
MlchaeJ Goiey last Christmas day at
North Bend.
DYNAMITE CASE EVIDENCE.
Resolution Was Passed to Cut Out Ex
plosions During Convention.
Indianapolis , Ind. , Feb. 19. To sup
port its contention that many of the
iron workers of this city wore impll
cated In the dynamiting conspiracy ,
the government is preparing to sub
mil as evidence the
original copy of a
resolution alleged to have been Intro
duced at the Iron workers' national
convention at Rochester , N. Y.n \ 1910
providing that no explosion should
take place during the convention.
The First Robin Her * .
Emll Moeller , an Edgowator park
resident , claims the honor for sight
ing the first robin of the year. *
"I saw two robins at my place a
few days ago , " nays Moollor "Spring
ia coming , I am sure. I also aaw V
some ducks headed north. "
Geese were seen at Omaha yester
day
