The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-02-11

"A few days ago Edward 5. Stokes. the
murderer of Jim Fisk, was granted writ
of hGjerS corP'ts 10y Jndge Dykeman, and
on Saturday morning he was taken before
the Court. who refused TO release him on
the ground that the timo he was on trial
and waiting to be tried could not he con
sideICd part of the four years sentence.
During the recent trial Of Doyle. at
Mauch Chunk, for murder one of the pris-
oncrs now in Jail there for being concCrued d
i'll the murder made a full confession of the
murder of special Police Officer Yost, who
was shot and killed at Tamaqua, on the
night of July ;, 1915. \ reward OF several
thousands dollars was offered for the muir
derer by the town and county officials
The confession having implicated men
named Carroll, Duffy. Bowie, Rnarity and
McGehcn. these men were arrested near
Tamaqua, on Saturday and taken TO Potts
vile city at once and lodged in Jail. Much
excitement prevails over the arrest at Tam
aqua.
--Of the G0,0J0 men and boys whom the
great suspension in the anthracite coal re-
Cions viii throw out of employment abort
1900 are in the eastern districts of tho
Wyoming coal field, extending from Car
bondalc to Jenkins township below Pitts
ton and including both those places More
than %, 600 men ard boys viii be thrown
Idle in the SChuylkiN region. including the
Pottsville, Shamokiu and Ashland districts
ana in the middle districts Of Luzerne and
Carbon, embracing Wilkosharre and Halle
ton, and the southern districts of Lnzerne
and Carbon, extending from jenkins town
ship through the remainder of the Wyom-
ing valley, over &c, 600 men and bows.
The following apochryplial story comes
from Machias, Maine More than year
ago lady in that city, while ''Stirrinu uD''
a straw bed, lost a ring from her finger
Strict search was made, but the ring could
not be found. The straw was emptied in
the spring in tho stable. and used as bed
ding Tor horses, aud thrown upon the ma
nure heap; the manure was hauled about
three miles and used upon n potato lot.
The crop OF potatoes was dug and cellared,
and as the man was cutting some OF them
to iced his horses his knife struck upon
some hard substance, which. on investica-
tion, proved to be the identical ring lost i'm
the straw bed more than q year previous
"A Troy IN. y man has been trying
to kill rats with bread covered with arsen.
ic. The bread disappeared, but the rats
! dIdn' diminish. and finally he caught his
thirteen year-old daughter eating it. She
confessed that she had disposed of all of
it, and liked it better than ANYTHING she
had ever tasted. It appears that the girl
had fits year ago, when she kept begging
for arsenic, and the doctor, thinking she
was going to die any way, gave her some,
has been given the deadly poison at differ
ent times, the only effect being TO make
her appear we'll, bright and cheerful. The
case has been laid before several scientific
men, all of whom pronounce it one Of the
most remarkable phenomena of the age.
additional particulars of the tragedy
in Lyndon, VT, on Tuesday OF last week.
which resulted in the murder Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilder, the wouuding of the murder
ers wife and the suicide of the murderer.
liiveSt the affair with a deeper horror.
Ihe hend accomplished his work most eff
! fectually. lie struck his mother three
times, settling .he whole bit Of the axe into
her head on either side just above the ears.
and lufilcting blow upon the neck, which
| severed her head from her body. two small
pieces OF skin only holding it, The father
| had, besides the cut on his neck which
Iaid bare the windppe, two deep cuts i'm
the head with the axe, reaching from the
crown of his head down below the eve. into
each of which n mans hand could be in
serted. The young man had severe
1 knife cut in his throat, which shows that
he attempted suicide by cutting his throat
before hanging himself. 1t is difficult to
account for this triple tragedy. There
seems to be evidence of his having n mas
sionate nature, and that there had been an
increasing ill-will on his part toward his
mother since his marriage. which occurred
iIttle more than year ago.