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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-21
nIrn. wnrd en,a DIseovery.

II il a strange coincidence that Mrs.
Warden, who was first accosted by Amy
on the night of the murder, proved to be
the first TO discover his hiding place.
While searching for some stray chickens
Mrs. Warden noticed u hole under the
barn which excited her curiosity. Peep
ing through the dim light, she saw
miscellaneous assortment of empty cans
and bottles.
The cans and bottles were identified
as having been stolen, with their con-
tents, from the cellars of families in the
village. All night Professor Whit
cher and Sheriff Brown watched the
premises. At 2 a. M. they saw Almy
walking about the garden.
He was barefooted, ragged, pale and
thin.
He filed a bag with apples from the
trees, eating ravenously at the same
time.
He then walked back to the barn, and
walked around to the other side of it.
| The watchers returned to the village
| and aroused about forty men, who soon
surrounded the building and search
began.
! Charles E. Stewart, student of the
State College, was the first to locate
| Almy He was prodding the hay with a
shovel handle when he struck the body
of the concealed man.
Instantly Alay fred through the hay;
The bullet missed Stewart. Almy fired
again and again, making his way up
ward through the hay at the same time.
He fred at least fifteen shots, and the
barn was quickly deserted
One of the shots struck and slightly
wounded AFRO Turner, of Norwich, VT.
a student there.
A council was then held by the
men outside the barn, as to the best
means of continuing the attack upon
! the outlaw
BY this time hundreds Of men had az
/ rived to recruit the force already on The
spot They were armed with Old army
guns, horse pistols, reyolvers, pitchtorks
shovel handles, etc.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-21
The Murderer shot Three Times

An examination of the murderer's
body showed that he had been shot three
times, twice in the left leg below the
knee, the lower shot breaking the large
bone The shot scooped hole out of the
top of his head, but did not touch the
skull. This shot wasafred by some one
while Almy was talking with Dr. g. A.
Hoffman about surrendering. These
wounds were dressed by three physi-
clans. None of the wounds are very
serious
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-21
AImy was Wen Armed.

Almy's revolvers were both Smith q
Wessons six-shooters, Al calibre, with
four-inch barrels, and were bought in
Palmer Mass. He had on him when he
surrendered a belt filled with car rtridges.
To had in his pockets large knife,
tooth brush and some matches. 1t is
little short Of a miracle that with all the
shooting that occurred no one was hit,
but Almy. Bullets whistled closely by
the heads of the men who were guarding
the side Of the barn opposite the men
who were using Winchester ri hess
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-21
Sold at KlrIln's Drug Store,

Fsrguson's Hotel Block, Shenandoah. Pa.
, 1891-03-14
SPORTING NOTES

The Acorn Athletic association will send
Frank p. Murray, the champion walker.
to England in June. Murray was seven
mile amateur champion of America in 1885
and 1885, and still retains the title. His
time in 1884 was Sem. los. Murray will
enter the seven mile contest in the English
championship games, and his friends are
sanguine that he will be a winner. The
English amateur champion seven mile
walker for 1890 Is II. Curtis, Of the High
land Harriers, His time is Sem. 2S . IS,
and II Murray and Curtis meet Z great con
test will result.
novel fight recently occurred at Dune.
din, New Zealand. Jack Hatton and Will
lam Nash fought with four pound dumb
bells. Hutton received a blow on the back
Of the neck which completely paraIyzed
him.
Prize fighting will receive an impetus in
America If the bill recently introduced in
the Nevada legislature, licensing bare
knuckle battles at $500 per battle, becomes
n law. The fear Of "A repetition OF the Mis-
sissippi affair will no longer deter the slug
gers from smuggling.
One of the best shots at the recent pigeon
shooting tournament OF the Tuckahoe Gun
club was Mrs. NJ. +. Liudley, of Hoboken,
Nj. She defeated a field Of nine men and
won first prize, which was 800 in cash.
Bicyclists will be interested in the fact
that three prizes, R~ggregating 500, have
been offered for the best lot Of photographs
illustrating the present uudtness Of public
roads. Charles L. Burdett, Of the Con
necticut L. a. w, and Isaac b. Potter,
tue road improvement promoter, offer the
UriZHh
, 1891-03-14

Dert Kelley, at lis head, Is the best IN
America. And there is q large enough per
centage Of people who are fond Of the en-
inently genteel, IL somewhat colorless so
ciety dramas which Nj. Frohman usually
presents 10 have made him a rich man. Mr.
Frohman is an ex-newspaper man, and is
a pleasant man to meet. His two homes
one near Central park, in New York city.
and one in Stamford, Conn-are perfect.
He Is a nan OF untiring energy, and Of
course good Judgment.
J. Wesley R~oseuquest may be spoken Of
a. an "astonisher." He is getting to be a
kind OF exclamation point in the mana
gerial world. He Is the OUNCES on the
list Of the very successful ones, but he is
very much on the list. He was bred, so to
speak, in TIE business office Of a theatre,
having that once remarkable figure, sam
uel Colville, TO guide him. The first sen
sation he created was with Thu World"
which he managed for Mr.. ColyiIle, and
which a more than $4,000 in "a
single season. In the midst Of a host Of
smaller successes since he has thrown two
plays al Us which have made US gasp. The
inst was THE Still Alarm" In an old re
ful horses Of purest Arabian blood and
a magnificent brass mounted fire engine
were supported by An excellent company ."
Perhaps the sarcasm OF the critic was
justified, but the fact remains that the
horses, the fire engine and the company
were supported by a generous public, and
Rosenquest added "A hundred thousand dol
lars TO his bank account, which is still be
, 1891-03-14

Special Agent Frederick Howard Wines,
who has charge of statistics of pauperism
and crime for the census bureau, has re-
ported regarding the number of ~convicts in
state prisons and penitentiaries in the
United States on Jun l, 1890. The figures
given, when compared with the report
made by the same special agent for the
tenth census, show an actual increase OF
9,695 in the number Of penitentiary CON
victs. The population Of the country &C
cording to the tenth census was so, 1855, T93.
The number of c~onvicts in p~enitentiaries at
that date was 30,650, or, including the
leased prisoners, IS, 53s. The ratio of con,
victs to the population wa 709 in each mill.
ion. The eleventh census shows the popu,
lation to be 60, 622, $50, and the number OF
conviCts 45,233, the ratio of convicts to the
population being 722, an increase of only lS
TO the million. Mr.. Wines, who, according
to Superintendent Porter, is undoubtedly
the first authority in the country in all
matters appertaining to the statistics OF
pauperism and crime, is of the opinion hat
this growth is not alarming, since further
study may result in an explanation Of it,
or even in showing that crime of u serious
character is rather on the decline in Amer
lea than on the increase.
, 1891-03-14

Parents must nave sunk to the lowest
depths of poverty or depravity when they
leave their little ones to the chances OF
starvation or the cold charity of strangers,
Yet there are such people, and hardly a
day passes when the papers do not record
some case of abandonment. One evening
recently in New York city Policeman
Matthew Cooney, of the East Eighty eighth
street station, found Jennie Tracy, 8 years
old, and John Tracy, l year old, in the
basement of No, 81 East Seventy-eighth
street, They were without food, and were
sparsely clothed. Their father is a prisoner
on Blackwells Island, and their mother
had deserted them. The girl was taken to
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children and the baby was cared for at
police headquarters.
, 1891-03-14

Oehind his back, his haig clotted with gore
and his tongue almost paralyzed. By pan
tOmime more than by words he told the
hideOus story OF tho aight, and within an
hour the country side was reused. Mrs
Greenwood il in her grave, the captain Is
recovering, and at Sacramento two men
have been arrested upon suspicion Of being
the perpetrators Of this almost unparalleled
outrage.
Christopher McGrain, aged 80, lies in
jail at Toronto, Ont, charged with muir
der. He had lived for some time upon
terms Of unlawful intimacy with a woman
named Jane Harding. The other morning
he beat her frightfully as she lay sick in
bed. At dusk she was a corpse When
she married John Harding twenty-five
years ago Jane was "A beautiful girl. But
she took TO drink" and eventually to
other evil courses. Her husband left her,
and after that the toboggAn slide Of Satan
seemed iced for her special convenience.
She sank to the uttermost depths OF deg
radiation, and at the foot of the hill met a
cOugenial companion in McGrain, The
end was shocking, but such AS might have
been expected. All the time the wretched
female lay struggling with death her as
sassin refused to allow a physician in the
house. At the last he permitted one to be
called. The doctor who answered the
found the patient a corpse, and
caused the arrest Of her slayer. In his
early days McGrain appears 20 nave been a
man of some character. At any rate he is
in receipt Of a pension granted him by the
British government for meritorious service
rs a soldier.
There seems to be a pretty clear case of
cold blooded murder established against
Private Albert lackma of Battery B.,
Fifth artillery, stationed at the Preside,
near San Francisco. One night, not long
ago, Blackman had a wordy quarrel with
Private Gottlieb Nonnenmann, one Of the
coOks. A good deal OF bitter language was
exchanged, but no blows were struck.
Early the next morning Nonnenmann rose
, 1891-03-14

J. WESLEY EosENQUEsr uged nearly $1,000
weekly, divided between the author and
the manager. Besides being a successful
man, Mr.. kosenquest is a good fellow.
which is perhaps almost us much to be de
sired. lie is a handsome man, whose sue
cess has not enlarged his head. His great
est successes outside OF the theatre are his
fish stories, which display a breadth Of i'm
agitation and an ingenious trust in hu-
manity's powers OF belief beautiful to be
hold. He is already the manager Of two
theatres, and will probably put a stock
company OF remarkable strength on at one
OF them before long. Mr.. Roseuquest is
another enthusiastic advocate OF newspa
per advertising.
OF Mr.. Augustin DAILY IL Is hard to write.
lie has hammered success out after "A long
struggle, aud has established for his stock
, 1891-03-14

the robbers had gone. By persistent and
painful effort he released himself from the
chair to which be was fastened and slipped
his feet out of their bonds. Weak and
dazed he could not stand. Neither could
he loosen the ropes that held his arms be.
hind his back. But anxiety for his wife
gave him courage, aud he painfully rolled
over and over until he reached the door to
her room. This he managed to open.
Making his way to the couch, he tried to
rouse her, but she uttered no response to
his feeble appeals.
1t had taken two hours for Capt. Green
wood to get from the chair to the bed. He
now resolved upon a longer journey to the
road, 100 yards away, where he hoped to
attract the attention Of some belated passet
by and secure aid. Just as the clock
struck II he reached the hallway. There
he again met the robbers, and there began
the actual fiendishuess and tragedy Of the
night.
The two men, whom the captain de.
sCribes as being an American and n Swede,
assalled him with the epithets Of astonish.
ment and rage. They threw him from his
knees to his back, and the American fired
two bullets into his head. One passed
through the left cheek and dropped into
the mout The other ranged upward
after striking the cheek bone. Greenwood
didn't lose his senses. but simulated death.
His would-be assassin remarked:
, 1891-03-14

Peter Kemp, which is booked for some
time in March. If the match comes off it
will be rowed over a three mile course,
with a turn. The stakes are $500 "A side,
The Police Gazette challenge cup and the
alleged championship OF the world.
When the match was frs talked of
Kemp was worlds champion and could
defend the title, but on Dec. Is, 1890, he
was defeated for worlds honors by John
Mclean. O'Connor was easily defeated by
Kemp's partner, James Stansbury, June
80, 1890, and as Kemp has demonstrated
himself TO be a better man Il IN Stansbury
his chances OF success in the coming match,
IL it takes place, would seem to be particu-
larly bright. O'Connor has won The Po-
lice Gazette's cup twice, and If he should
defeat Kemp the cup would become his
property permanently.
, 1891-03-14

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plaiu6eld, Ill.
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for a month by her family physi
clan, but grew worse. He told her she
she was a hopeless victim of consumption
aud that no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption; she bought a
bottle and to her delight found herself
benefited from first dose. She continued
its use and after taking ten bottles, found
herself sound aud well, now does her "
Homework and is as well as she ever was.
Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery
at B. B, David's drug store, large bottles
SOC and 81. 90.
, 1891-03-14
BREVlTlES.

The international league, now in process
Of formation, is having a peck of trouble
in holding its reserved players, and has
appealed to the national board for protec-
ton under the national agreement. Presi-
dent White claims that Minneapolis has
signed lii O'Rourke, who was reserved
by Syracuse. Unless the board take,
speedy action the International will find
its path toward organization filed with
quite a crop OF thorns.
Al Johnson is quoted as having admitted
that he deliberately planned and aided and
abetted the Association break for the pur-
pose Of getting even with the League.
Cores engagement for the coming sea.
son will not interfere with his business.
He will get a comfortable salary and still
run his new York cafe.
Jim Knowles. of Rochester, is at liberty.
His reserve expired Jan l.
, 1891-03-14

ice, but, il there are degrees in villaiuy Of
this sort, first rank must be given 10 the
killing Of Mrs. Greenwood. The tale Of
her assassination is a horrible one.
Capt. J. q Greenwood and his wife lived
on an extensive ranch six miles from Napa,
Cal. They were a chiidless couple. of mid.
die age and considerable wealth. They
leased their lands to tenants and employed
no servants in or about their handsome
residence. One afternoon not long ago
Mrs, Greenwood drove To a neighbours for
a brief visit while her husband busted
himself with various tasks ut the barn.
Returning to the house in the early even
ing, he was met on the threshold by two
strangers, who pointed pistols ut his head
and ordered him to throw up his hands.
Then they took him TO the kitchen. bound
and gagged him and forced down his
throat some sort Of supplying drug. At
this j%uncture Mrs. Greenwood arrived, and
leaving her horse standing by the rear
porch advanced to the door. As she
opened IL one OF the men tried TO seize her.
She stepped backward and fell from tho
porch to the ground, where She was pin
Toned and then dragged to the kitchen.
She, too. was tied hand and foot, gagged
and dosed with the opiate. After that the
miscreants carried her to another room
and threw her on a bed. A thorough
senrch Of the house for plumber followed.
At O 9 O'Clock Capt. Greenwood par
TALLY recovered from the effects of the
narcotic he had been compelled to swal
low He heard no sound and supposed
, 1891-03-14
A FEW REASONS

Why you should try the celebrated DR.. a.
Wagners methods OF cure:
/. "Dr. H Wagner Is a natural physician"
o. 8 FOWLER,
The Great Phrenologist-
2 you are wonderfully proficient in your
knowledge Of diseases and medicines"
DIR. ]. MATHEWS.
8. Few can excel you as a doctor"
4. 1.-THE afflicted dnd ready relief in YOU
presence" DR.. ]. SIMMs.
5. "Dr. II. Wagner is a regular graduate
from Bellevue Hospital, New York City; has
had very extensive hospital practice and is
thoroughly posted on all branches OF his be-
loved science, especially on chronic diseases. ~
6. "Dr. II. Wagner has immortalized himself
by his wonderful discovery OF specific RENE
dies for private and sexual diseases."-Nir
Rinia city Chronicle.
Z Thousands Of invahds flock to see him"
San Francisco Chronicle.
8. "The doctors long experience as a spe-
cialist should render him very successful p
Rocky Mountain News
, 1891-03-14
ARE you GOING EAsTt

Ii so you will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY? Because in the first place it is
to many Of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, and because on all
trains there are, free to all, new and ele-
giant
RECLINING CHAIRS and, from
pointI in the Rocky Mountain region, on
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to CAP
the climax OF luxury, all trains are fed on
DINING CARS.
G. NJ. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-03-14
HOW THEY Do IT.
Some Secrets of Success in
Theatrical Management.
WINNERS OF FAME AND FORTUNE.

A. NJ. Palmer, Daniel Erohman, AUEustiH
DAILY, j. W. H~osenquest aud j. NJ MN.
How The Last Named Earned His First
Cash-vaIue Of Newspaper Advertising
1t Is a business Of a few big successes and
many failures. big and otherwise. is the1t-
ricaI management There can hardly be
said 70 be a middle ground in success
There are so few small or medium successes
that it is not worth while 70 consider them.
A u may safely decide when he
starts a new enterprise that he will either
make a barrel Of money" out OF it or that
il will carry him to complete and very
likely eternal smash.
Ii would take too much space for me TO
discuss the elements Of success, and anyway
couldn't tell what they are II should write
"a book on the subject. Each successful
man makes different methods elementary
or at least changes them about until they
are unacceptable, Tn FIVE most success
ml managers in New York may be taken
as examples. They are A NJ Palmer,
Daniel FrohmAn, ]. Wesley Roseuquest,
j. NJ. Hill and Augustiu Daily Palmer
has made his money out of sentiment,
Frohmau his out VI society, Hi his out Of
everything. RuseuIuest his out Of the pub
lies love OF clean sensations and comedy,
and DAILY his out Of-well, ont Of Ada
Rehan, Augustiu DAILY, dignity and playa
adapted from foreign languages.
There is much for the public to learn in
the course taken by Mr.. HIl-a course
which all other successful men, in what
ever business, must foll0w-sO / will speak
Of him first. The initial word in Mr.. Hill's
motto j. Advertise. the second Is ADyER-
TIsE, and the third is ADVERTISER Al
ter he had written them nj the top Of the
first page Of the book In which he proposed
TO record his profits, he stopped "A moment
10 think. hen he dipped his pen in red
ink and added, In the newspapers"
Almost the first managerial venture Of
Mr.. Hill was Dcnman Thompson, and he
made enough money out Of il to satisfy
.he ambition Of most men. And he made
It by what people call reckless, hut what
was really judicious, Advertising. when
, 1891-03-14

to begin his duties. As he entered the
kitchen a shot was fired through the door.
Almost Immediately a second shot crashed
through the window and Nonnenmann
fell dead. Blsckman ran to a city police
station and gave himself up. He claims
that he acted in self defense and thai
his victim struck him while on his way to
work. But self defense hardly covers the
case of firing through a window at a man
who is committing no assault.
All three OF the tragedies mentioned are
without palliating circumstances. II they
show anything it is that human beings.
even in this boosted era of civilization, get
so depraved that their existence is more
perilous to a community than that OF a
rabid dog or a rattlesnake.
F. X WHITE
, 1891-03-14

Mr.. Wheeler, of New Jersey-it's a pity
the tale doesn't include his first name and
postofice Hddress-whiIe in Havana not
long ago accidentally jostled a Cuban.
The hot blooded native demanded an i'm.
mediate apology or a duel We'll fight
right here, and now, - remarked Mr.. Wheel
er, of New Jersey. Distance, ten PAGES;
weapons, revolvers. l nave two; favor me
by accepting one" The son of the lever
faithful ISLE concluded that he wanted
reparation of no kind whatever, and dis
appeared around the nearest corner.
, 1891-03-14

~ ~ AAAHAH NAAh' Wy 'NA'H
theatrical managers teld their breath,
for a moment when they saw IL, and
when they caught them again used
them in calling Mr.. Hin a Tool. But
later they took II all back and called
him a genius. That adyertis
ing made him and his star distinct. nm
qualified, instantaneous successes And
the reason his offices In the Standard thea
tire are carpetcd and hung with v~elvgy, tho
reason his smile is So childlike and bland,
md the reason his bank account is even
more extensive than his smile is that he
has kept il up.
Mr. Hill began his business career when
he was a small boy, aud on a Sunday morn
ing. He wanted u pair Of skates, and set
about getting them for himself. II was in
Lowell, Mass, and on Sundays the canals
in that city were emptied Of water. Dur
ing the week considerable refuse was
thrown into them, and old iron was always
TO be found on their bottoms when the
water was drawn of, After several Sun
10y mornings devoted to picking up this
old iron, tho boy was able TO exchange his
rusty finds for enough money to buy a
pair Of skates. They were nice, red bodied
skates, with blades that curled up over his
toes, Then came a thaw, OF course, and
for a week he was unable 70 use them.
Finally a n~elghboriug cranberry marsh
was nicely frozen over, and he started ont
to try his new property. On the way he
met a s~choolmRte, who not only didn't
have any skates, but didn't nave much OF
anything else. The poor boy wanted to
skate, and the encounter euded by his gain.
ing 4 happy smile aud a new pair Of red
bodied skates with turn up toes, and by
young Hill going home without the skates
but with the smile. J. NJ. Hill has been
giving away his skates, so to speak, ever
since.
a. NJ. Palmer, who is better known than
any other manager in America, has a hand
some face. well set OF by the gray hair and
side whiskers which partially frame it. Art
, 1891-03-14

JAM HARDlNG-CHRIsToPHER M'GRAIN.
That settles him; now for the woman, :"
The human devils proceeded to the bed
room. Prone on the floor, bleeding, eX-
hausted and unable to defend the one he
loved, the captain listened, tortured by
such agony as few men ever know. The
clock licked loudly, the passing seconds
seemed like hours, and after ten minutes
there came the mutlled roar OF an explosion.
As developed later on, the robbers pressed
a pistol against the forehead Of the gagged,
bound and drugged woman and blew out
her brains. Could the Imagination Of a
Poe or a Gaboriau c]onjure up a deed of
more feroCious cowardicef
Well, the men departed at midnight.
They secured as the reward of their crimes
= in money, a little jewelry and some
al"thiuE. At , a. m. the rancher extricated
head from a mass Of c~oagulated blood
'Iut daylight runglEcitI road There
, 1891-03-14

fessional jockey was noticed by the trainers
for his unusual quicSness in getting away
from the post. Taral's first hit was at Chi
cago in 1856, when he rode Della Beach to
victory. The bookmukers had $50 to !
against Della. and Taral's riding created a
sensation. Taral soon found himself well
owRrd the top, and since that time his rise
has been rapid. Taral is engaged for the
coming season by John 5. Campbell and
A. + Walcott. His salary is Sl2, OOO.