, 1890-09-25


chambermnid entered, intending TO
clean the room, the door OF which
was unlocked. She had gone but a
few steps when to her horror she
saw the bed was occupied by the
ghastly, upturned face and staring
eyes of a corpse. The rumplcd
covers were soaked with blood and
II dark red pool on the floor added
to the terrible picture.
"Thc frlghtencd screams of the
woman soon filled the death cham
bcr with guests and employees of the
hotel. Officer Taylor was ifnme.
diatcly summoned. DIR. Black said
the man had been dead several
hours. The instrument of death
must have been large dagger, as
five distinct and very deep gashes
are to be seen on the body, one of
them, probably the first and fatal
one, piercing the heart. The occu-
pants of adjoining rooms do not re-
member to have heard any unusual
noise during the night. Kruger
was evidently asleep when
the assassin dealt his murderous
blow with sure and powerful aim.
That robbery was the object Is
known beyond doubt, rs a trunk In
the room was open and its contents
scat tered about the floor. Kruger is
known to have yesterday drawn II
large sum of money from the Boise
bank. He intended in II few days
to leave for San Francisco, where
his partner, Charles Potts, has been
for some weeks.
"On the bed was found late copy
I.,E has Ia. Ia ts.t mil NJ
! ing an account of the sale Of their
mine and stating that Potts en-
pccted to leave for Australia on the
arrival of Kruger. 1t is not known
for what purpose Kruger drew the
money. which is ssupposed to amount
to over 81 900. He was unmarried
aud had no relatives IN this state.
Later developments in'the Kruger
murder point to the murderer rs an
individual calling himself Antoine
Ferri. Ferri came to the hotel on
the night of the murder and regis
tered from Butte city. He carried a
small grip, was well dressed ana
gentlematily in appearance. lie
was very tall and muscular, with
dark eyes, sallow compel xion
and peculiarly long black hair,
"nlcn IL 'IiouEuC W pc
wig. ferri's room, opciine
from corriuor on tue opposilc STU
oil the house Where hruger room
Is, has been iound IN periect oruer'
though the bed had evidently peeii
occupied. NO one remembers u
have seen terri previous 10 DIS
coming TO the hotei, ana nasty
search OF the town falis 10 produce
him. How he learned OF the money
IN Nruger's possession, now ne ei,
fected an entrance to the room, ana
IL he had accoInpiices, are al hlat-
ters of conjecture.
Ferri is still at large, Out 1 nave
sworn to ma nm II ne Is IN the
flesh. Every day my peilel that tne
same influence which maze me WIZ
though we were hundreds of mile.
apart, my belief strengthens tha'
that same influence WIZ warn me
when meet ferrl, ior KNOW the
man who called himself ny tha'
name Is the man I'm looking Tor.
How do account ior my vision.
wen, would be giau II some one ol
you VINO are oetter 'erseu III SUN
matters would oiicr u satiNlctory eA'
pianation. Hau IL happeheu u
some one else shouiu reiuse 70 pe
lieve IL other than a trick OF th'
imagination; or shoulu can IL 'h'
phantasmasorlao OF urearh' uap
peninS 10 hyseii' khoWihS noio
PROOF OF peihg aWake AZ .he tilie'
knowing lhe ist'ai tru'u VI u', saw
I've trleu my oest 10 se. 'nusaDl. -, Y.
tneory. w nat 1 say may coniilc'
WITH estapiisheu theorles, put wroie
or rignt III is all L Cau inahe vi ~.
me nlgnt iretireu was 'ho,ouSuiy
exhausted ana ieil INTO so nea'y
siumoer as 10 hlde away III tne re.
cesses oil the brain all impressions IL
had receiVedlduring the ,lny, leaving
a clean blank ana, as III hau JUST
formed, a hlghiy sensitive Inyer OF
celve. MY last thoughts previous
to falling asleep nad oeeh oi rom,
80 the plaie lihiheulalely uhuer tne
new oianK one contalneo thousn's
ana impressions OF ni,n'
On the other hhnu ION nag oee,i
reading OF me, anu propapiy iel
asleep thinking Oh me. His oraii
continued 10 see me, 10 Ho'u com
inunion WIN me-ih o'ner words
ne was dreaming Oh me, Our ,lii'ius
were IN sympathy, p.. ms prain DC
ing active hau no clean DRINK on
wnlch 10 receive 'iie new impressions
mine had. something hostiie To- US
both enters Toms room al tirnt
when he Is, perhaps, talking TO me
in his dream, ! am awakened py
shock oi electric sympathy OF suoti.