The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-10-09

of human sympathy and Paul was
sentenced to Is years hard labor
in the Penitentiary and a fine Of
81, 900. The purity of that child's
mind cannot be restored, by any
physical suffering imposed upon the
brute; certainly the torments of hell
are the punishment for all such; still
| would not forget to express my
gratitude to the Court that sent this
man to the penal solitude and suffer
ing of his gloomy cell.
INSURANCE FRAUDS.
In a recent letter I told how the
Peoples Fire Insurance Company of
this city cheated Commissioner Fos-
ter by their borrowing stocks and
bonds amounting to 100000, which
were returned to their owners imme-
diately after Mr.. Foster left the Of
fee of the company upon the occa-
sion of his making an examination Of
its financial condition. l have now
to record how another similar fraud
was perpetrated upon the Insurance
Commissioner. This time it is the
Central Fire Insurance Company of
Philadelphia, and not being able to
come the borrowing dodge, the com
pany purchased five certifcates-in
one share each-of Pennsylvani r.
r. stock, Lohigh Valley r. R., and
Philadelphia & Reading r. R.; three
certificates of New Jersey Central,
and two certificates of Delaware,
Lackawanna Il Western r. r., max
ing in all 20 certificates Of one share
each, with par value of each share
fixed at $50. These certificates, rep
resenting total par value Of 81, 900,
were altered by, "raising" to repre-
sent value of S128, 600, and had the
company retained them in their pos
session the forgery might have re-
mained secret; but the Union bank
ing company having lost $40, 900 by
negotiating one of these certificates
for the Insurance Company The fraud
has been made public, and the Pres
ident arrested and put under $40, 900
bail for procuring j. Nicholson El-
bert and Chas. Ripley to do the
raising" In the meantime Com
missioner Foster suspended the Cen
tral and demanded the closing up of
the concern but Judge Pearson, of
the Dauphin County Court, overruled
the action of the Commissioner and
gave the company six weeks time to
make good the impairment Of its cap
ital. If somebody connected with
the concern amt making shoes in
the Penitentiary before tie close of
Judge Pearson's six weeks I will con-
fess to my being a poor prophet
AS this company purpos ed branching
out in fashy style all over the coun-
try / advise the readers Of the "Asso-
ciated Press Letter to be upon
their guard when the agent of the
Central Of Philadelphia comes along.
MURDER AlSD SUICIDE.
James Toizer, junk dealer aged
81 years, married, about one year
ago, a young woman 10 years his
junior, from whom he has twice sep
arated during that time. During the
early part of the week, Toizer went
to his wife's room where she was liv-
ing with her sister and handed her q
note on which was written: Sallie;
1 want to see you to get a bill of de-
sertion, for L want you to go your
road and 1 will go mine. The wife
replied; this could have been told me
upon the street without your coming
to my room. Then in order that she
should not go her way he Immediate
ly drew pistol and fred one shot
down her throat, carrying with it
four Of her teeth, and another direct
ly through her eye into her brain,
killing her instantly.
That Toizer might go his way
which was to the devil-he fixed the
third ball through his right temple,
lodging it in what was presumed to
be his left brain. In falling he fell
directly across his wife's body and
in that position they were found by
the police.
NEW ORLEANS.
l stood upon the corner of Sixth
and Chestnut streets just as the news