The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-27

directed into these channels. He said
somewhat fiippantly:
Immortality of the soul be bowed.
I wont have my jaw mashed every day to
establish anything"
"But my dear sir" persisted the Doc
tor, "you desire certainly to have the
mystery in your own mind cleared up.
Consider that there are millions of human
beings who desire the same thing. We
have now an opportunity to prove
beyond all doubt that an actual force
with which we are unfamiliar is operat-
ing visibly upon us. I don't hesitate to
say that I consider this the most beauti-
full illustration that has come within the
purview of advanced pneumatology."
No definite arrangement was made,
however, at that time. The next even
ing DIR. Forsythe prevailed upon Mr..
Surden to accompany him to the
O'Grady's, and while there the Doctor
directed her attention to the indentation
made in the victims cheek, as if by the
pressure of q triangular piece of metal.
The edges of the triangle were marked
by an infamad line slightly abraded.
She said she had noticed it before, be-
cause it reminded her of a row in which
her husband became involved with O
companion whom he had struck and who
had carried the mark on his check fol-
several years. 1t was caused by a blood
stone ring cut into q triangle.
Nj. Surden, on hearing this, expressed
himself satisfied, and said that he did
not wish to stand in the way Of a i'm
mortal prize-fghter.
The Doctor endeavored to persuade
him that the interests of science and the
we'll being of mankind demanded q
further investigation of the subject, and
the O'Grady, somewhat nettled, joined
in the conversation. Mr.. Surden, who
easily lost his temper, and who consid-
cred himself a m~uch-abused man,
expressed himself in rather warm terms,
and high words ensued.
From the collated accounts it is impos-
sible to avoid the conclusion that they
quarrelled. But we hesitate to believe
that DIR. Forsythe, who is widely known
as a peaceful and harmless member OF
society, could engage in apersonal alter,
cation such as is said to have followed.
I can only give the statements of the
parties themselves, and leave the reader
to Judge for himself.
Albert Stompk, patrolman, testified
that q woman lifted the sash of No..
West Washington Place and called TO
help. He ran in and found two men o.
the floor. One was an elderly and pro
acknowledging person. Both his eye
were closed and he had q broken nose
The other wa a business man apparent
Iy, and he was bleeding at the mouth
On examination two of his teeth wer
knocked out. The woman could give n
explanation, and when asked if they ha
been fighting, said emo" The office
then arrested all three of them.
Mary Louise Parker, a flower make
testified that she was sewing on sprin
violets in the front room, when, hearin
somebody cry "Murder!" and q fall {
of a body in the back room, she opene
the sliding-doors and ran in, but the g
| had been turned out and she could III
, see distinctly. She could only hear heaN
) blows fall as if upon q mans face, an
somebody grooming. Then Mrs. O'Grad
l called to her for Gods sake to fetch tt
I police, and she ran to the window.
That was all there was to it.
: Mr.. Surden went to Detroit in Januar
! and is there now. He writes to say tn
! nothing of the kind has occurred sine
l and that he would be inclined to belle
. that the whole thing was q hallucinatit
J if it were not for two things-one is tn
! he and DIR Forsythe have both got
l. triangular mark on their faces, and t
Y other is that the house in West Washin
ton place was unquestionably "clean'
' out" without their assistance.
The exact words of the expiring gladiator (sil
4 ascertained) we're: "If you take up with anotl
Teller, Mol, I'll put my sign manual onter him
will, as I'm a tearcr. If Idont-"
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