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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1887)
' " ' ' ; ' . . . : . . . . . . . . . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' l ' ' ' ' ' . ' ' ' ' ' . ' ' . ' " . ' ' * , ' , ' ' ' ' ' . ' , ' " - ' ' ' . ; . - . . - ' - ' . ' ' ; ' . / ! 'iV' ; ' ' " " ' " ' ' ' : ' > . ' . ' . . , ' > ; , , , ; ' ' - ' -2 ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY. ApRIlj 18.j. 1887. - ' ' . DESERTED WITH HER BAB1 How a Girl Olairaa that Sbo was Deceive ; ] Betrayed aud Abandoned , IS SHE MRS. HOMER KIRK Marriott by a Sjiurlom .lustlcc of th 1'onco In Ijlncnlti and Then Ncaloctcil During Her Trial ofMotliurhootl. OfllcorTom Piurronct snlil to a rcportc of tliu Bi.u hist nitwit on Tenth strcot : " wish you would go up on Uodga strce nnd sec : i young woman named Mrs Kirk. She hits l > ct > n stopping nt Ilortz' . liourdinif/honqu , on Tcntli street. Sit had a baby tlinru , nnd ufler she bucam iible worked lor them some time. U IIP : she cot a clmncu to got wages at anothc place HK ! ) left , but they ehiimod sh owed them nnd wouldn't let liu take away her trunk. All her bab , clothes uro In It and all her own nlothc except a dress. 1 have been up thuie t get her clothes for her , but they won' give up the trunk until sins piv3 : thcu what they claim she owes them. " This lull the reporter to look Mrs. Kirl up. Shu was found to be : i petite bru nettc , about twenty years of age. Sh had a three months old infant In ho arms as fat itntl pretty a bluo-cyed btb : ; as could be wished for. Shosaid : "I am or suppose I am , the wlfo of Homer Kirk n barber who works at the Arcade hotel My maiden name was Maud Mclvniirht My parents are both living at Brainard Meb. 1 was workinir ( sowing ) in Strums burg in Ib8r > , when 1 camu to Omaliu ti Httcnd Hit ) fair. 1 was then intrn duced to Kirk. After I went back ti StromsburK , he wrote to me and I an swuroil his letters. He camu to Stroms burg once to see me. Last Marcl J18SG ) I went to Lincoln to nice dim and get married to him Wo were to get married withou anybody knowinir anj thing about it fo a whilu. Ht3 tolti me that it would b necessary to keep it quii't for a month o two because ho wanted to get a honv reatly for mo in Omaha and didn't wan my folks to know anything about it unti lie could do so. Wo were married by : justice of tlie poaue in the parlor of th Commercial hotel in Lincoln. W stopped at the hotel that night. Th next day I went to Brainan nnd he came to Omaha. I dii not know the namu of the iustic of the peace and he did no m vc me any certificate. I didn't knov t at I ought to have any. Kirk didu' pivo me any ring , but liu said ho would "I staid at homo at iirainard's unti August. I was so sick my mother BUS pioioncd what was the matter. Siio mad inn own up and then she made me com to Omaha anil told me to make Kirk tak oaic of mo. lit ) had written mo a gooi many times when I was in Brainard promising from time to time ti send for me. I came to Omali ; nnd Kirk took mo to a lodging house 01 ttio corner of California and Thirtecntl streets. We lived there as husband ant wife until late in November. Ho pait my boanl at Miss Spoils' , at Thirtecntl street and Capital avenue. Ho told Mrs Spoils ho was my husband when ho en gaged boara for me. "la November ho left me and didn' corao back. I was crying all thi time and was half sick. I son him word to como back. Ho didn' reply. Finally Mrs. Spoils sent hin word that ho would have to send mo som < money and would luwe to support mo Ho went to Mrs. Spoil's house anil gavi her f 5 for mo. The next da ; n womai came to see me at my room. She sail Bho wns Kirk's ' lawful wife and that sh had two children , She said ho had dc sorted her back in Iowa and she had jus found him , and that slio was going t < raako him support her and his children She told mo tint ho had fooled mi and that the justice of the peace wht had married us in Lincoln was m iustico of the pcaco at all. She said tha would have to give him up because had no claim on him , and slio did. "I was so dazed by what she told mi that I didn't know what to do. 1 though that what she said was true , and that : didn't have any claims upon him. I toll her that if she was his wife of course ! would give him up. I didn't know that I had any rights. I thei : commenced to look for work some where , and finally went down tc Horn's boarding house , where I was given sowing to do for my board. Three of the men boarding at Mrs. Spoils' had given mo $10 and I kept that hid. ] Bowed at the Hort/ house iivo week ! when I was taken sick. 1 had Dr. Clark , When I was obliged to take my bed ] ' cave Mrs. Hertz the $10. Iwas'sickin bed two weoks. Then I got up nnd tried to wor1 * . I was weak and couldn't do much. But I worked for m.v board. I had never rocoiyed any money from Mrs. Hertz for any of the Bowing I had done. Then I learned thty I could earn some money beside my boanl at another place , and I told Mrs. Horlv that I guessed 1 would loavo. She got mad ana said 1 shouldn't take my trunk unless I paid her $20. So I had to go away without my trunk. I have tried tti get it since , but they will not glvo it tc me. " "What kind of treatment did they ac cord you at the Hertz place when you wcro sick ? " was asked of her. "They treated mo kindly enough. ] didn't bother them much. But I was always afraid that the house would bo raided bv the police and I would gel arrested , There was such n hard crowii of men there. " "What kind of men1' iho was agair asked. "They were burglars and thieves There wcro live ot one gang. They wort Charley Gallagher , r'rauk Williams John Wilson ami two they called Shorty and Froney. They would bring jewolrv , postofllcc stamps silk handkcrcliiuts am shoes into the house and give them t < Mrs , Hertz to hitlofor them. Shi hid a set of burglar's tools once wher the polifo searched Iho house , by drop ping them into the water in a reservoii in the back of the stove. This was nftoi thn time when thorn had boon n safi burglary and just before the city stean laundry burglary. Those parties I havt named diu the laundry burglary. " The aoovo is givnn just as the younj uoimxii told It and nearly in her exao language. The BEE does not voucl for the truth of her statements because at the time she was aeon it wai too lain to make further investigation which will bo made to-day. It is possi blc there are other stories , and that then is another sldo of the ease as far 'as Kirl is concerned , The woman appeared ti bo honest and her manner gave the im pression that she was telling the truth She is cooking for her livelihood and tha of her baby , and her character Isvouchei for by thu persons for whom she is work CHKYIINNE'S SilDOHN CHANGE. Tlio Coming of the Iturllngton Rom unit the Consequent lionin. CIIKVKNNK , Wyo. , April 15 , [ Corre spondeuco ot the BF.K. ] Like 'the ma : who invoke one morning to nnd himsul suddenly famous , Cheyenne awoke a fin days ago to tintl herself in thu throes o an cnergetici boom. It is now beconiiu ; apparent , ovr.n to the minds of the uu ' 'linking ' , that the boom which was s < ' nly sprung was merely Iho crystal --ct of natural causes that hay , * work. . . , ' ; ' , . " * e city has tlojiondei " . ' ' . . , - . ' ' * entirely. * tU * oal tic industry. Prices of beef have rulct so low during Iho past few years that tin margin of profit for Iho cattle men ha boon very slim indeed , For scvcra years the cattle men have had a manli to get posses-ion of largo tracts of gov eminent and railroad lands. Mucl money , therefore , was sent out of tin counlry in payment of thuso lands , ant the sum was not counterbalance ! by that returned from the sali of calllu in Omaha and Chicago The result was an acute strin guncy of the loeal money market. Tc add to the bad ell'ect , prices for ordlnar commodillc.u were high as compared will those which prevailed farther cast. Tin city \n \ provided with three railroads , am a fourth one is alreadv built seventy-five milt's north , but all are under the sunn management anil freight rates wcro nose so low as they might be. The face of things is now coinpletolj changed , and the change was inaugur atetl by the coming of the Chicago , Bur linglon & Quiucy lo lown. Since the visit of General Manager lloldrege lion agenU of the B. iV M. have been autivel ; ut work. A $75.000 building for depo purposes and city property that mus aggregate not less than sJ'JOO.OOO , havi already been purchased. The road which will he known m Wyoming as tin Chcyenno & Burlington , is not duo hen until about November , and is destined tt strike northward through ( ho territory The Denver & Hio Grande is headed thli way anil is expected to come here. A : the B. & M. has no shops west of I'latts mouth , the plant hero will boanoxtensivt one , while tho'Union Pacilic will vastly increase its present shops. Immigration is overflowing from west crn Nebraska , and strelches of country that but a few years ago were deomet dreary wastes are now beginning U prove productive under the skillful la bors of the grangers. Eighty miles nortl of hero several largo colonies will settk down on lands that have been reclaimed by an expensive system of urigaliuc dllches About 1,000 families can be thu ; accommodated. The Silver Crown mines twenty miles from here , after having beer worked in a desultory fashion , are now yielding liberal returns. As i.s wel known , Wyoming is the richest minera section in the country. It is still practi caljy a virgin soil , and the development which the railroads will inaugurate wil boon Cheyenne , winch now has the edge on prosperity , toward metropolitan pro- tcutions. UKeal estate prices continue lo jumr and there are already many moueyei men from abroad in the field to take ad vantage of the prevailing activity. A $75,000 Union Pacific depot will be read.i for occupancy within a month ; a $300XX ( capitol building will bo close to complc lion by winter ; $75,000 additional im prnvomouts will be made at Fort Uussoll which is in the suburbs of the town ground will bo broken within a week foi 1 he erection of a $35,000 Kniirhts Templai asylum , n $25,000 A. O. U. W. hall aud . - $15,000 institute for the deaf and dumb a now street cur line is projected ; a mag iiiiicont now hotel will be built , and tak ing ono consideration with another tin citizens of Cheyenne naturally look for ward to incomparably the liveliest sea sou over known in the history of a remarkable markablo little city. FINED FOU UTTICUING SLANG. A LoulRTlllo Woman Pays $5 for Say it\n \ "All , There ! " With a losi tss of Her Jlead. Louisville Courier-Journal : Before the regular ordinance docket was taken HJ by Judge Thompson in the city court yesterday torday afternoon , the cases of Mrs. Jilti Paul ami Mrs. .John DeWitt wcro called Tlioy wcro arrested last Saturday niRhi on warrant mid cross-warrant. Mrs Paul , accompanied by her sister and hut band , came into court early and took : seat npxt to her counsel. Mrs. Paul wai becomingly attired in a close-titling blacli silk dress , with a fashionable black ant velvet bonnet , trimmed with largo brown ostrich feathers. She wore a tight , short seal sacinio and light-brown kid gloves. In either ear was dependent ont a largo solitaire diamond ear-ring , These jewels wore , in part , the cause ol the trouble between the families. Mrs. DeWilt was also in court and sal between her attorney aud her husband. Mr. DeWitt was the first witness. He testified that Mrs. Paul's husband oweil him a bill , and he had taken every mean ! to collect It. The only property they had upon which an attachment could be placed was the diamond ear-ring sot , and he had caused it to be levied upon. The suit was then pending in the Joflerson court ot common pleas. Saturday after noon last ho aud his wife , atter leaving the museum , were met by Mrs. Paul , She looked at them , and shaking her ear rings , said : "Ah , there , my diamond earrings , don't you wish you had them ? " Mrs. l.iul had frequently made similar remarks to witness previously and ho determined > terminod to stand it no longer. He re turned to where Mrs. Paul wns standing ami told nor that if she over did such a thing again he would have her arrested ; also that ho regretted she was not a man , so that he' might treat her as ono. At 'J o'clock that night ho swore out a war rant , charging her with disorderly con duct. duct.Mrs. . DoWitt corroborated her hus band's statements , ami said she hail al ways avoided Mrs. Paul in the streets , and would avert her head or look into a shop window when they chance to meet. She had never lately exchanged greetings or words with Mrs. Paul , and hau not given the least cause for the warrant which had been issued. Mrs. Paul was then placed on the stand. She seemed a little embarrassed at first , but soon recovered her composure and toltl her side of the case as follows : " 1 attended the matinee at Masonio temple last Saturday with my sister and little son. My boy is very much addicted to slang , and his tavonle phrase to bo used on all occasions is'Ah , thcie ; stay there ; if you haven't got a car faro , walk there. ' Wo were walking along Fourth avenue , when my son , Russell , slopped at one oi the awning posts. I turned around , and , looking at him , I said , 'Ah , there , Russell. ' I happened tc turn around , and mot Mr. and Mrs. Dn- \S ill. I heard her say to her husband , Did. you hear that slang ? ' This made me angry , and shaking my earrings with my hands , I said to her , 'Don't you wish you had them1 Mr. DoWitt came back and shook his hand in my face , anil threatened to strike mo if I annoyed hi ? wife again. I was very much frigiitcncd and asked Ofllccr Harland , with whom 1 was personally acquainted , to follow me a few squares in case Mr. DoWitt struck mo. 1 was not molested again , however until late that night , when I was ar rested.1' Judge Thompson dismissed the war rant against Mrs. DoWitt , fined Mrs Paul $5 , and placed her tinder bonds ol $100 for six months. A. Car Conductor' ! ) Btrango Career. Pittsburg Dispatch : A note for $0,001 payable on demand , made ont by G. F Jackson , indorsed by George \Vesting house , ijr. , on the Masonio bank , wai found by Walter Hunter yesterday morn inc. Ho is conductor of car No. 23 01 the Manchester line , and was making hi : second trip when he saw a piece ot papoi on the straw. Ho picked it up and wai about to throw it uwav , wiion ho discov 'erod it was a note , lie told the superintendent tendont of it and telephoned to the West inghotiso oflioo. On his return trip lit gave the note to Mr. Wostlnghouso , win rewarded him and told him that ho would see him again , Mr. Hunter's career , a * related by him self , is another example of American life The farm , next the mansion and again i struggle for existence. A year ago hi waa worth a comfortable fortune. Bi v. ' raUcd 'ulMlor ' county cm farm and after ho was married bccnuio farmer himself. Oil was found on hi property , as also on that of his father's near by. He put down two or three well and bccaino rich. Ono night lie was awakened bynnolgli bor , who wanted to sell to Mr. Hunter piece of property adjoining his farm It was a lltlle over an acre , bill ther was a comfortable cottage on it Mr. Hunter got out of bed at tli man's call mid asked him what h wished. The man said ho was in "hole , " and wanted to sell his property Mr. Hunter replied ho did not wish t buy , but the man insisted. Ho at lira asked $000 , but finally oamo down t $300. Ho had the deed for the transfc with him , and the transaction was com pluted then and there. About two months after , when oil hai been struck on either sldo of the littl farm , and Mr. Hunter was well fixed , ai oil man named Pollack came to him am in an oll'-handed way asked him if h wished to sell the acre of ground , am what ho would take for It. Mr. Huute said in a joking way ho wanted Stt.OOC Ho was ollered ? 1,000 , but refused. H sold it at ? 1 , 00. Mr. Pollack put up : rigging and struck a 140-barrcl well Hunter then went into the livery busi ness , unti did a largo trade in stock. Oi this ho lost. On ono pair of Clyd stock alone ho sunk $1,000. Th6n h commenced lo lose in putting down dr wells. After this ho went into the ol exchange and in ono summer losl $12OOC Ho would yet have recovered had it no been for two faithful friends for whom in a business transaction , ho went seen rity for $4,200. These men failed nnd h lost the lasl money he had. Ho came to this city and went to tli superintendent of the Manchester lin and asked for work. Ho was still we ! dressed , and the superintendent growin ; suspicious , asked why ho wished to wor. . on a oar line. Ho told his story , and afte getting Jodgo Bredin to go Ins sccuritj went to work on the line. That was 01 the 4th day of November last. Since thn time he has found six pocket-books , on of them containing over .fao , and in cad case found the owner for them. A SiiniKKlnr'H Desperate Swim. San Francisco Chronicle : The custom officers on guard on the Pacilic Mai Hteamcr Gaelic observed yesterday som packages which mysteriously droppei from the porthole to the dock. A mai picked them up and disappeared into : closet on the dock. Then there was t competitive race between the inspector ! from the vessel's deck to the closet. Cap tain Holmes and Inspector Dip roachci the goal before Inspector Roberts. I was the work of but asecond for Holme , and Ulp to kiok down the door of tin closet , and they caught the man in tin act of concealing a quantity of crudi opium in his clothing. Taking him outside the officers begat to seaich him. They took away iivt ' pounds of crude opium which h'n hai concealed under his blouse , when , givin } a jerk which nearly landed Ulp in tin water , he broke away from that ollice and sprang from the dock. Instantly the dock was a scene of excitement. 1 boat was started in pursuit , but the fugi tive crawled upon the rocks under tin dock. When the pursuers followed hin there he crossed to the east side of tin dock , and again plunged into the bay As the boat was on the other side of tin dock he got a good start of his pursuer and swam like a professional. Men wen sent out on the ends of the neighboring wharves to seize him if ho should ! attomp to make a landing. Meantime the chasi was kept up in boats , but the swimmc pained on his pursuers. Inspecto Holmes , from ono of the boats , liretl i shot over the man's head , but this enl ; increased the speed with which In ploughed through the water. The addi tlonal exertion required to produce thi last burst of speed soon told on his wintl however , and ho gave up the race am made for a wharf , where ho accented i rope from ono of the dry-land pursuer and was tlrawn ashore. A four-pound bladder of crude opiun was found in the water where the mai had taken his plunge , and nine tins o prepared opium worth about $70 wor picked up on the dock. JlcatH Fish Stories. Fort Mcado ( Fla. ) Pioneer : While 01 his recent trip out to the lake region , OIK evening after returning to camp , Mr Roncson went down to the edge of tin lake to quench his thirst , and finding IK cup , he bent over on his hand and knee to drink like that portion of Israel' ; hosts that were scut homo from the at tack on the army of Gideon. While it that strained attitude ho was surprise ! by a stunning blow where his botlj made a sharp angle , from tin tail of a largo "gator , " whicl had been lying near by hitherto unob served by him. The blow overbalancing his centre of gravity , sent him headlong ten feet into the lake , followed by the " 'gator , " which closed in on him will his ugly jaws , but fortunately the assail ant missed his mark , only getting a gooi hold on Mr. R.'H coat tail. Being a man of unusual physical strength and nerved by great excitement. Mr. Robesou man aged to tow his unwieldy and uncomfort able appondagu to shallow water , wherewith with the aid of our reporter his 'gator ship waa despatched with the use of t heavy axe. Wo congratulate our neigh bor on his narrow escape. Cremation. The London correspondent of the Man Chester Guardian writes : "It is in tended to hold .in international congress on cremation in September of the present year. The place selected for this gather ing of the savants of various countries who are interested in cremation and cometary hygiene is Milan. French will bo the official language of Iho congress but the speakers may , if they like , make use of any other language. Reports wil bo submitted as to the progress made ir the practice of cremation in different countries , and the formation of an into national league will be proposed. An exhibition of models of crematories , urns and other objects connected with tin campaign now being conducted agaiusi the present methods of disposing of tin dead will bo open during the congress. ' Old Men In the Treasury. Of.late years the United Stales treasury has been presided over by comparatively old men. Folger wes G3 years old when be was appointed , Sherman was nearlj 60 , and lloutwell and Chase were well in in years. Manning was 51 , the gray hat begun to sprout in Gresham's boardTlont before Arthur chose him , and McCulloc ! is an old man. Our first secretaries won younger. Hamilton organized the trcas ury department at 33. Oliver Wolcott his successor , was 35. and the first sovoi secretaries were under 50 at the time o their appointment , Men grew faster ii pioneer days. Gallatin was just 40 whei no' became Jefferson's secretary of tin treasury , and after sorylug fourteen yean ho was about the ago of Manning whoi first appointed. Dexter , who precedct Gallatin , was 43. A Miraculous Spring. A remarkable spring has broken ont ii Lytle Cave , in thn mountains twolv miles south of Aniline , -Kansas , on th farm and sheep ranch of rranklnham , Ii a place where water has not been knowi before. It is described as a cold eprinj of excellent water , and coming in thi terrible drouth it has caused a sonsattoi in the neighborhood , many regarding i as miraculous. Mr. Jamca Wills , o Abilene , a reliable man , who lived in tha locality several years , went out to see th spring , and reports it a wonderful fact , James Russell Lowell has wearied thu earlrofthts "blawsted country" and wil soon return to bin beloml Englang , where h will spend Oxe uotfmtr. He will salt ( rot floitoaAprilflU. . . . . ' ; / . ' - . \ ' ' ' STRANGE AND MYSTERIOUS Startling Manifoatatlbns of LIo3tnerisin b Frank Aldermau , of Detroit , MIDNIGHT MURDER MYSTERIES i While In a Trnnco'llo ' Discover * 1'ct pctrntora of Dark Deoils 1'oonlc aud 1'laces illoaorlboil Detroit Correspondence Now Yorl Sun : In this day of wonderful discover ics , physical and menial , let us slop am ask Iho naluro of Iho discovery made b ; Frank R. Alderman , of Detroit , who 1 generally spoken of at homo as "Alder man , the mesmerist. " 1 have allcndoi two of his private entertainments on pur pose lo give the readers of the Sui something to study over and think about Mr. Alderman is a man thirty serei years of aye , live feet nine inches high auda physiognomist would say that hi face exhibited force of will. Ho lias hai mesmeric powers since hischildhood.bul it is only within a couple of years that hi has developed what some may term second end bight. He discovered some time agi thai ho could put a subject to sleep am then send his mind , or spiritual half , 01 imagination , to any part of the country on an errand. On the evening of Marcl 13 I attended a private exhibition a which Mr. Alderman made a now am startling dcpaiturc. Before procccdim. to explain what it was , let mo cite SOUK instances of thn strajigo power whicl he wields through Ihe subject. The sub' ject on this nighl was a boy of fourteor named \Vally \ Anilrus. lie is what ii termed a susceptible subject. Alderman can draw him across the street by a wavi of Iho hand. Ho can look at the boy am say to himself , " 1 want you to come tc my liouse to-morrow night , " anil the boj will come without further understanding The lad was placed in an easy chair , v few passes of the hand put him under tin influence , and here is Iho colloquy of Hit result : Mr. A. Wally , I want you lo go down to the - hotel and go up one llighl of stairs. Wally Yes , sir , I'm there. "Now turn to your left and co to the second door on the left-hand sido. b there a number on the door ? " "No , bir ; there is a lellcr 'L. ' " "Very well , go inside and tell whal you sec. " Tin : MESMiiuzri : > HOY entered the room and described and accu rately located every article of furnitur o described every picture , told the time b. > Ihc clock , and even gave the colors ol the gas globes. Neither Air. Aldcrmai nor this boy had over entered Iho hotel Some of Iho articles described had beer K'acetl in the room'bnly ' an hour before e was scut into three ditlcront rooms in the suno : hotel , and ho did not maki one mistake. The' hotel Is a mile frou t c resilience where the exhibition was gven. He was brought out ot the hole and sent to a resilience a mile furthci a day , aud the colloquy went on : "Aro you there ? " "Yes/ ' "What kind of a house is it ? " "A double brick. " "Aro the stops wood or stone ? " "Neither ; they are iron , " "Now , go inside. Is there a carpet or the hall lloor ? " "No ; Ihe lloor is bare. " "Whore is the piano ? " To the right. " "There's a square piano , a sofa , chairs e tc.1 [ Ho describes everything , ovou to pho tographs , and toll Ihe time by the parloi clock. ] "Now , go upstairs Any ono up there ? ' 'Yes ; an Irish woman. " "Ask her namoV" "She wouldn't give it. She wants tc know what I'm doing here. " "Hut ask her name ? " "Sho says it's Mollic. " QUKKlt KXl'UniSIENTS. Such , in truth , was and is the name ol the Irish servant. He attcrward locatett a girl reading at the table , and gave the name of the book in her hand , and next day wo verified his statements. One ol the gentlemen at the seance owns a &alt block at Marino City. At his suggestion the boy was sent up there. He landed on the dock , accurately described every building and then wont to the .salt block and correctly located the engine room , described the engineer , and went outside and reail oil'a be ore ot signs without making a mistake. Ho had never been at Marine City , but the biuartcst man in America could not come away from the town after a stay of three days and de scribe things as accurately as the bov did. did.Then Then came Iho now experiment. 1 suggested to Mr. Alderman to see if the boy could go backward in his mind and see an old occurrence. Three years u o a drug clerk was shot in front of the store by an assasin. I have worketl with the police on the case , antl I know what has been discovered. I knew who ( ircd the shot , what for , and why he ran to make his escape. A hundred people know the clerk was dressed when found dead. The experiment was as follows : "Now , Wally , como up Cass avenue to the Triangle drug store. " "Yes. " "Go inside and tell mo who is there. " ( The boy accurately described the clerk who was there that evening. ) "Ask what has ever happened around here. " "Ho says that a clerk was shot down in front of the store about three years ago. " "Very well ; I want you to go back to that night. Are you there ? " "Yes , sir. " "It is now 11 o'clock at night. Can you seethe clerk ? " "Yes ; he's in bed. " "Very well. ( A pause of ten seconds. ) What is ho doing no VST' "Some one has calkd him ; he is get ting up. " "Follow him ami see what ho docs. Is ho down stairs now ? " ' "Yes , and a man i $ scolding him. " C"W hat's ho saying1' ! ' "He's saying the clerk has made him trouble , and he won't stand it , Ho's got a revolver , and I'm Afraid of him. " "What * sort of a looking man is ho ? " "I I'm afraid ! " - - "Ho can't hurt yoai ; o closer. " "Well , he's a - ' ' [ Hero he gave a perfect description of the man known to have commuted thu murder. 1 "HOW 18 THE C'IBVK UIIKS3EUJ" "He's got on - " IHere ho described exactly iho dress of .the clerk as found aud noted by the detectives. He screamed out in terror when the shot was fired , followed the murderer to the river and across to Canada , and them , in the mid night darkness , lost him in a coal yard. ] While the experiment of anti-datlng was ' a great success , the boy was'so overcome by what he had apparently witnessed that wo could get no more work out ol him that evening ; that Is.ho was so plainly prostrated that Mr. Alderman would not subject him to further strain. Now , lei Homo skeptic pooh-pooh at what the boy described , aud L will convince him. First While he had doubtless heard ol the caso.ho described things never known to any ono but the detectives. Second- lie got a perfect description of the man , as the detectives afllrm , and only three people know this description. Third- He gave the cause of the shooting as the detectives understand it , but as known to no ono else. The experiment opened a now field to Mr. Alderman , and It was agreed to ban " * ' . . . . . ' , ' ' ' ' . - ' another private exhibition on the even ing of the lllth. At Ills suggestion Ivoui I to police headquarters , anil hunted up several cases and jotted down dates and particulars. There w.is present at the ex hibition some of the bcrt-kuown people in Detroit , most of whom eame as skep tics. \ oung Amlriis had loft the town during Hie week and none to Clove-land , ami the other boy , Charley Delano , had uovcr been mite-dated. After being placed under the inllnence , lie wns sent to the residence of persons present. Ills first effort was u partial failure , but Itla second was a great success , and at thu third house ho told thu right naiiii ) of a domestic. At 11W : ! o'clock on that day an overcoat had boon stolen from thu second end lloor of a tenement. A llltle iilrl tloMM-ibod the thief , while the owner of the lost coat described the garment. I wrote everything down to make sure there could bu no error. The police In-lit the complaint from publication , and there was no possible way the boy could have learned It. The experiment was begun as follows : "Now , Charley , it is about twenty minutes after 11 this morning. "AUK YOU Tiir.ttr ? " "Yes sir. " "Well go up to 350oodward } av enue. " " ( to in and tell mo what you see ? " "Go lo the head of the lirst flight of stairs. Are there any doors ? " "Yes ; on the right antl left. " "Now , then , watch around there and sec what takes place. See any one ? " "Yes , a tall man with a black mus tache. " [ That was the description given the police. ] "What is ho doing ? " " ( Jono into the door to thn right , Now he's coming out with an overcoat on his arm. " "Describe the coat. " "It's a brown one with red sleeve lin ings. " "Well , follow Ihc man. " The dc.scriplionof tint overcoat was ex actly as the owner gave it to me in writ ing ten hours before. The boy followed the man two blocks , and then had him turn and come back to tno rooms. Ho did this three different times , and it be came plain to us thai lie lo.st him in a crowd , and then , like the hound which suddenly loses a trail , returned to a cer- lain point for a fresh start. The great experiment of the evening was another old murder case. On the night of October 23 , IB3 > , Don Ewer , a well known sporting man whoso homo was in Port Huron , was murdered in De troit for his money. As lie passed the alley between Larned and Congress streets , on Third , ho received a blow from a billy which fractured his skull in a terrible manner. This blow alone would have caused death , but he was dragged into the alley and tthot. His money , some $1,000 , was then taken , and when people who wcro investigating the report of pistol arrived on the spot TIIK VICTIM WAS DKAU. To this day the detectives have been un able to secure a clue leading lo anything satisfactory. There have been various theories , some of which have been worked and exploded , and others still slaud ; but no man can say whether one or three persons were in the job , which way they went or give any other details. We find Ewer at a hotel on Jefferson avenue at 0:30 : in the evening. From that hour lo midnight no man has been found who will say that he saw him again. It is the theory that ho was clotted in some place , for reasons which wo only guess at. He was to leave the Michigan Central depot boon after 11 , but it cannel bo found that he went iherc. It is not known to us whether ho was going up or down Third street. As wo cannot find whore ho was for the two hours and a ha.lf or three hours , we cannot get the direction from whinh he came. How ever , wo know that he was hit on the crosswalk antl pulled into the alley. This , ab I told you , was the first effort to antcdale this boy. He was put under the iullucnre and Mr. Alderman began : "Now , Charley , it is ttao 8tfd day of October. Got that ? " "Yes , sir. " "It is 1883. " "Yes , sir. " "The time is ten minutes to twelve. Go down Third street to the alley be tween Congress and Larned streets. " "I'm there. " "What do you see ? " " 1 see a man lying in wait in Ihe alley. He has his face mutllcd up. Ho has a billy in his hand , and in his hii > pocket he has a black-handled revolver , six- ami . " shooter thirty-two-calibre. "Describe the man. " "I can't. His face is hidden. " "liaise the mask. Now , describe him. " "A heavy man with large light mous tache. " "Ask him his name. " " ' skin out of this "Ho says : 'Boy ! you or I'll do you up ! " "Novor mind lliat ; ho can't hurt you. Now got his name. " "He says it la . " [ I supprebs the name for obvious reasons. | "All right. Any ono coming ? " "Yes , a man is coming ur > the street. He is a lightish man with a black mous tache. " "Very well ; now what is in the alley ? " "Tho man who was hiding thorn has hit the other , knocked him down , nnd is dragging him in. " "And " now ? "He is taking his money. " "And ' now ? "Ho ia running up to Fourth street ; now ho goes down Fourth to Woodbridgo ; ho [ joes down Woodbridge toTwolfth. There he meets two men. They look like bums. They ask if he has done it , and he shows 'om'Don Kwer's satchel and money. Now In no ROnornl At IhU nMnon that'OTOry ono knows what U meant bjr the uxpriMslon. A change ot Kit- son , climate , or of life. Has twcli a depresilnz effect upon tue tody that ono feels all llrod out , almost complctelr prostrated , the nppotlte la lost ami tliaro Is no ambition to iln inytltlng , The wlioln tontlpdcy of thcsjrstomlsdownwuril In tills condition Hoocl'n Hnrnapnillla Is Just the medicine neodctl. It purifies the blood , sharpens the u | > pcUtcnveroomon the tire I feeling , and Inrlgunitosevcrjr function of iho boJj. Try It. Hood' * $ ar uparillu. "Kormanf montlis I suffered greatly , aljrtbnla ayatem seomoU to bo entirely run down , my nuibltlou wus Kone , hud pains In my buck , anil a fooling of lis- sltudo which I could not throw on * I vrns trpMod un- BuocuMfully for kldrmy trouble , One day at ray brother' * I s.iw a bottle of Hood's Raraaparllla and determiner ! to try It. lie for * Iho first boltlo was Ink- en I can o.imllitly any I was relieved , llmvousod the roedlclno off and on cversiiKo , uml recommend it for kldnuyor llror complaints -Mlt W II. HiliANd , 837 Atlantic Avenue. Urooklyn. N V N. II. If you hare mad" up your mind to cotltooJ' * Sariaparllla do not take any other. they go down to the docks. Now ' aboard a vessel. Now they go dow'i Into the hold , and they are culling Un satchel up and throwing the pieces InU the river. ' ' " the the vcsscll' "Can you sco name ol "H'a pretty dark. " "Never mind ; go closer.1' "Ycss itLslhn of . " "Is tin1 captain on board ? " "Yes ; hlsnamo is . Ills lirst name i.s James. " MUiii'.iiit : : : os THI ; KM : . Thu boy followed the murderer dowr the lakes aboard the craft to Oswego am back to ItuHalo He gave the name of : street in Ihill'alo which limy traversed. . Ho had one of them arii'.slcil for diunk ounces and soul up tor thirty days. lit followed the immleror all winter , anil told whore t\a \ was t-iitting ice and whal company employed him. Ho was brought down month by month until the nuir dorcr shipped'aboaril a steamer nlyiut between Now York anrt Liverpool. Hi descended into thu lire-hold and again described him , this time with a beard. He asked him what had become of hi' nioncv , and when the man seemingly in quired what money , the boy , under in structions , replied : "The money you got when you mur dered that man in Detroit. " "What thn d 1 do you know about a murder in Detroit ? " aud at Ihis point we ceased the pursuit and brought Ihe hey back lo Ihc alley. He declared that tin : murderer had a revolver , anil that three of Iho chambers were discharged. A. matters of fact , known to half a do/.cn tletectivi's , Don Hwor was first struck on thu head and then shot. A cheap pistol , recently discharged , lay beside Ins body. The -hot was hoard a block or two away. In this examination the boy neither hoard a shot nor the bells strike midnight , aa lliey did about Iho time Ihc shot was fired He did not al first find the bullet hole.but when we brought him back he located it exactly , and he accuraluly described the position of the body , lu describing the man in the alley and Ihe one coming up ho transpor-i { the persons , or at least their descriptions , liis theory is just a plausible as any the detectives have got , and cannot be disputed. liouv IN THI : AI.UV. : The next day I went to Ihe cuslrxii house and found that there was Mich a schooner as ho named , and lliat she was a tlireo-inaster , ns he said. He did not give the correct name of her captain , but as he had to ask others who her captain WHS they might have deceived him. There was only one person present who knew the cxacl ( Into of Ihu murder. There .was only ono person who know bow the body lay when found , and ynt when Iho boy was asked lo describe it he readily replied : "The body lies across the alley wilh the feet to a fence. " The matter is again in the hands of the tleteclives , and lliero are strong hopes that a leading clue has at last been ob tained. I can .sec the skeptic smile as he reads , and for his benefit I will paragraph a few things I have scon these boys do when under the inlluence : Describe thn style of piano in eleven different houses without making one mis take. Take books from bookcases and give the correct titles. Toll the time of night by clocks which had boon purposely set back or ahead o stopped altogether. Describe and give the names of ser vants. Describe paintings and steel engrav ings as accurately as their ownons could have done. 1'ojfectly describe the exterior of buildings , locating doors , and giving the style ot roofs. If it was a scriu.s of _ performances on the btage , where subjects were made lo perform feats , one might look for trick ery , but hero the boy rests in a chair before fore you. and the very lirst question to him may be : "Now , Charley , I want you lo go to Now York. " "Yes , sir. " "Go up Hroadway on Twenty-second street , and down Twenty-second street to No. 100. Now , what sort of a building is it ? " It is a strange , mysterious power , and a stranger mystery. Who can name it9 Personal Paragraphs. George E. Sherwood is down from Kearney. Misa Ella Mclkidc , the elocutionist , is at the Windsor. Miss Edith Stuht has gene to Lo Mars , la. , on a visit. Jonas Welch , of Columbus , is in Ihc city on business. Thomas S. Woods , of Cincinnati , is visiting his cousin , E.V. \ . Simcral. Thomas Swobc , of the Pacific Hotel company , has gone lo Laratnie City. W. A. Carter , of Forl Hridger. returned homo last evening after a few days1 visit ta Omaha. Among Ihe Nebraskans In the city are J. O. \ \ est , of Grand Island ; Calmer McCuno and James Dunn , of Stroms- burg. U. Ueer , of Noith Platte , is in the city. Mr. lieer .states that he i.s not the author of thai standard spring article , which is attracting so mucn atlontion just now bock beer. A Deceptive * Alnnlr. W. R. Travprs was a great wit and hu morist , but like so many oilier men of funny propensities his face were a very sober cxpiession. Artomiis Ward , Iho funniest man of the century , had a posi tively lugubrious countenance. The hu man face often , after all , is nothing but a deceptive mask. That Tired Feeling ' My on HUfroriMl from sprlnij debility ano lost of Kppollteand waa restored to hoallh n * noon as lie begun to tike our favorite medicine , llouJ'n hnr a- parlllnVerocnnimend It to nil rmr Irieuds. " Mus. Tlt.u.iA K- SMITH , Sclplovltle , N. V. "I < urrcre1 conslileribly , bcliiB for nosrly n yenr troubled nlth Imllftoitlon , I am nnw on ray fourth bottle of HoOil'sSsruaparllln , and novcr felt holler Intnyllfo. It 1ms in.ide a now mnn of me. " 1I.M llll I.MAV , Ooi l'lalue ftrect 1'ullcu Slutton.Cnicugo , 111. MnltCN flic Wciik Strong "Twomontlis nuo I oomuienrod laklnn Hood'1 Sar- Mparllli as an uxperlwunt , us I hid no appetite or strength , and felt tired all tbo time. I attributed my. condition to ncrofulo is liurnor. I hud trlol over.i \ dlircront kind * n .moillilno , without recolvlnir any licnurH. Hut am ' I bill taken half a bottle of llooil's Sirsaimrl \ y * | > | iotlto WHS restored.mil my stonijih felt b .havo now taken nearly three bottlci..and I narcr was so well In my life. " MUM JESSIK K. Dor runnr. , Pmcmjr , it I. A | iO'ull rlty of Hood's Sarsftpnrlllla I * that It strengthen ! ! and ImlMs up Ihe system nnlle It eradl- catei dlseasa. Now U the llruo to take It. Hood's Sarsaparilla . for ftf. 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