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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

ready for the reaper a strange speota-
clio was presented near William Ford's
grave The wheat had grown up all
around the grave again, but in the
exact shape OF n coffin. The space
that the coffin would naturally occupy
was as bare as board. Not a living
thing would grow upon it, Some GOOD
neighbor had placed bunch of flow
ers on the grave. They were withered
away in an hours time Efforts TO
grow anything on the grave were
fruitlcss
The dead man, IL seems, did leave n
nephew in Indiana, and the young
fellow came on, made proofs to the
property, sold It and went away and
has never since been seem But n
change of ownership has had no effect
ON william Ford's grave. 1t is doubt
ful whether handful of dust yet re-
mans in the grave Nevertheless,
nothing can be grown on that spot
IL YOU go along that way when the
field Is filled with waving grain you
will sec. outlined distinctly in one
corner OF the field, cotiin--a coffin
made so by the bare earth that is
simply surrounded by the grain.
And now comes the strangest part
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
Growth OF New York.

One Hundred and Eleventh street.
west of Amsterdam avenue, loses its
formal lines its stone curbs and
granite paving, to become an irregular
country lane lined with little wooden
houses that wear pleasant greenery
and never rise above two modest
stories There are still half n dozen
such streets in the same region, all
poomed before long TO assume right
lines and dress themselves TO the
regularity of the general street sys-
tenn. Meanwhile the little chickens
peep, geese cacltle and ducks quack
over areas soon to DO the most fash.
ionable IN New York,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
Zoe LrcAs

BOB LUCAS
issued them 1t was strange that he
should remember all about the
tickets, aud he said that he had
kept both the articles which had been
pawned. He gave them to his wife.
and / saw them the next day The
moment / saw the goods-two breast
pins-my mind went back to the For
ster robbery. ] took the pins TO High
Bridge and showed them TO Mrs. For
ster. She identified them as her prop
erty, and thus got the first start on
the case learned that the two men
had arrested were in jail when the
robbery occurred and that let them
out
After lot of trouble l found out
that Mary Steele, a badger woman,
had occupied the room where got
the pawn tickets six years before with
Bob Lucas went on scout for
Mary and got her in a couple of days
She was on the outs with Lucas and
gave him up She said she had put
the tickets behind the looking glass,
and at that time Lucas was working
with Billy Adams and Sam Hoffman.
They had both been killed in the
west and Mary said that Adams had
a deformed little finger which gave
me lead pipe 'cinch' on Lucas
arrested him in Boston, and charged
him with the murder of Col Forster.
He escaped conviction on tins. charge
because the evidence was not strong
enough to connect him with the rob
berry, but we had hin for sure on the
charge of receiving stolen goods and
he got the full limit of the law. He
had lucky escape from the gallows,
and he told me afterward that Col
Forster died before the chloroform
was gwen, and it may have been so.
TuoNAs y Rr-Trp IN
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

OF the men, and all that they knew
that was of any service to me was that
Miss Forster noticed that the last joint
on the finger of one OF the men was
missing took an inventory and de-
scription OF everything that was stolen
and then began the labor of finding
my birds
The inventory showed that there
were forty different pieces of jewelry,
and thought that there was very
good chance OF picking up some of
them in the city. 1t was, in fact
about all had TO go on, and began
the search in the pawnshops and
fences for some OF the stolen goods
1 put up every scheme that l knew of
to get peep in the fences and such
pawnbrolSers as were known to be
crooked, but thN leeper went the
more hopeless my task seemed, and it
looked as il was never going to get
out of the woods, tried Phila-
delphia, Boston and dozen other
cities but could not get any trace of
the goods
Who was the IN. S" whose initials
were on the handkerchief found in the
house? ! concluded from the size of
the handkerchief that it had belonged
to woman. but whore could look
for her among the thousands of women
with the same initialse did not try
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
AFTER TWENTY We AIRS.
samuel Ensign Tells Sad story OF
HIs Wrongs

Ills wrongs
Twenty.one years ago Samuel En-.
sign was a resident Of Valparaiso,
Ind lie was a married man and was
we'll TO do. His occupation was an
engineer He secured position AT
his trade on an ocean steamer in 1873,
when wars were rife in the regions of
India. The boat on which Ensign
sailed went 10 Cuba and the Spanish
authorities seized the craft and crew.
Ensign was placed in a secret and soli-
tary cell Of the old government prison.
lie was kept there alone closely
watched and fed on a meager but reg
ular diet At the end of twelve years
he was liberated and given to an in
iluential Catholic priest as body ser
want So for nine more years his was
the lot of slave A year ago the pre-
late whom the unfortunate fellow
served started on journey around
tho world. His valet accompanied
him About a month ago they arrived
at New Orleans and secured quarters
at leading hotel The next morning
after their arrival Ensign deserted his
master aud worked himself back to
Valparaiso. lie soon found old-time
friends, to whom hetold this strange
tale OF absence and hardship Through
all these long years his wife remained
faithful to him.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

married occasionally. They have three
counties from which 70 choose. and
not long ago couple came along in
buggy and met minister going the
other way in his buggy The loving
pair had q marriage license done up
IN an envelope, and So the minister
married the young couple on the road.
There too, is where the stage that
way long years ago. ran between
Nashville and Carthage stopped at
old Cuyler house. and where the Lit
tie Giant" stephen A. Douglass ia
attending court as judge at Carthage.
stopped for rest and refreshment This
j point on the journey made by
Abraham Lincoln on a trip TO Garth
Bge in 1855 when lie aud Douglas
were carrying on the memorable 100
"iayA' campaign for the United States
senate.
Among tie earliest settlers 81 that
part ~ Hancock county was one Wall
Ism Ford. lie had no relative living
when he settled there. SO far as ever
could be nsccrtaiueA Ford was a very
quiet aud 1ncommnnicative man. lie
aas a bachelor. living on q little farm
not lar from Plymouth and seldom 60.
ing 10 town except when necessity re-
gnircd One day lac WAS found dead
"a his little cabin In those primeyal
times there was not much need % the
laws delsy IN ascertaining the cause OF
death Ford had died a natural death
that was plain 10 all the neighbour
Who gathered Ia 10 pay the last Offices
% respect 20 the mau A pioneer
minister said d few words over the
rude coffin. but there were no mourners.
Some Of the women sang a familiar
hymn IL was decided 10 bury the
man on the little forty-acre farm that
ho had purchased when he first came
hut when six sturdy pail bearers came
To iift The rudcly fashioned coffin IL
WAS all they could do 10 bulge H.
Ford was an ordinarily middle-sized
man. The coffin was opened. The
corpse looked natural enough and was
keeping" beautifully. Bot what
made Il so hravy2 Some one whis.
prrcd that IL might be that there was
a mystery connected with Ford's life
llut n dead man must be buried, and
40 the services Of two more men were
secured aud the coffin carried TO cor.
ncr OF the farm Ford had died May
-. ls3s, just year before Joe smith
and the Mormons had come to
Illinois aud Hancock county from
Missouri So on the elth Of
May. less. William Ford was buried
IN his wheat field. The men who dug
the grave cut away the growing wheat
a bit. but when the grave was again
covered up the wheat seemed to be
growing close up about the grave. II
was rrorc noticeable In n few days
thereafter when some one in crossing
the field discovered that the wheat
for a considerable space around the
grave had absolutely wilted and dried
up IL looked as II IL might have
been scorehed As the season adj
vanccd the wheat in the field grew
high. and by the time it was nearly
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

suited, and has shown disposition :.
be accommodating in bripoino ~ -
hts OF possession by stirring Ter aaai,
up and getting him 70 work underfnlI
steam The other day she used her
deyil 20 aid her in getting ont ~
prison. An Italian had been stabhed
and, as is usual in Italian crimas ~
police were not able 70 find ont ana
thing about IL They learned ,,,s,
Catherine Papa had seen the stabbIng
50 they locked her up as witness
NO sooner had they got her in the cell
than the demon went 10 work s,oh
horrible sounds were never head
and Mrs Papa was writbipo on
the moor OF the cell, beating herself
about the loins. the stomach and the
breast They got doctor post hast
ana the doctor, with cold. unbelieying
diagnosis, said: Devil? stuH and
nonsense! It's plain hysterla Tie
hospital is the place for her" So
down TO 81 Mary's they hurried her.
bowling and gnrgllng and beating
herself The good sisters were much
alarmed, and did everything thew
could 20 soothe her, but the conyui.
sions lasted five days. and she ate moth.
ing la her quiet moments she
prophesied many things. and also told
several people things in their past OF
which they thought none but them.
selves knew. Among those who bene.
lifted by her talk was Inspector
GraneiiL who understood her peculiar
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

IL, but very often the things that look
the easiest turn out to be very hard
problems. The Forster mansion was
house of mourning when got there.
but did not lose any time in making
an Investigation. as the widow was a
very sensible old lady, who aDpre-
Grated that delays are dangerous in
dealing with thieves. / made an ex-
animation of the outside of the prem
ises, and the marks of the feet in the
soft flower bed indicated that there
were three and perhaps four men en-
gagged in the trick. This was easy. as
there was a marked difference in the
size and shape Of the shoes. made
not know but what they might
be useful at some time. The
entrance TO the house was obtained
through a parlor window, which was
about three feet from the ground. The
thieves showed their cleverness in the
way they knocked out the burglar
alarms knew from this work that
] was up against very stiff game,
with men who were just as well
posted in covering up their tracks as
in laying plans for the commission of
crime.
questioned all the inmates Of the
house and learned from them all that
the thieves had first made an attempt
to chloroform them before locking
them in a room on the third floor. All
the occupants of the house were
women except Col. Forster. The
thieves treated them very kindly. and
did not by word or suggestion insult
them or hurt their feelings
could not understand the use of
the chloroform by the crooks, for it
was not compatible with the idea that
they were first-class men. Chloroform
is only used by amateurs or inexperi-
enced thieves, as the old fellows know
that the stuff is no good, and is dan
gerous to life without any advan-
tages
After diligent search all through
the house / found bottle which had
few drops of chloroform and hand
kerchief which had the initials m.
s. - in one corner. None OF the family
nau seen TINS nan AcfCbleE ueAOre,
and the bottle was undoubtedly the
one that had been brought to the
house by the thieves 1t did not have
any label on il, and was not of any
i'm portance that could see Now.
the theory of Col Forster's death, and
it was in the main substantiated by
the certificate Of the physicians. was
that the thieves had given him an
overdose OF chloroform, without in
tending to kill him, of course; but the
stuff had got in its work just the
same. 1t was my notion that the old
man had been killed without the
thieves knowing it, for l did not be-
lieve that they would have taken the
chance TO go on with the work after
the knowledge of his death. Instead
of il, therefore, being an ordinary
robbery that was looking up, ! had
a very interesting murder as well 20
take care of None of the family
could give me an accurate description
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

of all Not only can this coffin De
seen every year when the cropping
season comes around, but some of the
neighbors declare that on dark nights
they have seen a vision of this coffin
in the air hanging over the spot where
Ford lies buried. One man describes
it as most beautiful light surround
ing the coffin, and he also de-
clares that the lid OF The cot
lin was open and the face
OF Ford exposed. As the strange light
passed over the spot where the grave
is sort of wrath arose from the
earth and went twisting upward I'M
til 1t enveloped the light enshrouding
the coffin. Then suddenly all grew
dark. The man who saw this vision
had the nerve TO go up to the grave.
anu he says that the wheat, which
was then about half a foot high.
was scorched for several feet IN the
vicinity of the grave Hundreds of
people have visited the locality in the
last ten or fifteen years Some pee.
pie who come 70 see the phenomenon
pretend That they see nothing and go
in wrath TO Quincy, where they fill up
on liquid that enables them to see
the Nauyoo serpent when il comes
down the river
But. in all seriousness. this strange
apparition hanging over the grave of
the pioneer william Ford has excited
great curiosity. and the fact that no
living thing will grow on his grave IS
something for scientists. If not for
spiritualists, to explain
T. II. WHirE.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

Tug the last uNe
months the authorities. aided by the
woman. have endeayored unsuc-
cessfully to find her relatives
She says her fathers Eame is Moses
Klein. merchant on Vine street
in Cincinnati She attended public
schools in that city, and later gradu-
ated at the Lebanon Normal school
She moved 10 brooklyn. and there
married Jacob Rosenberg. a jeweller
at 200 kosciuslSo street She SAYS she
has brother in the notion business
at ia Fulton street, brooklyn She
has friends in St Louis, among them
a Mrs Florence Denning. She also
says her husband left Brooklyn and
went TO Helena. Ark, TO manage a
plantation Although letters have
been sent TO all the names and ad-
dresses she mentioned, not a word has
yet been learned about her identity.
The managers Of the poor farm do not
believe her insane, but she says she
does not know herself whether she is
sound mentally or not Inquiry for
her friends is still being pursued The
managers of the school at Lebanon
have been asked TO furnish list OF
the alumni in the hope that out Of
this the woman may clear up the
mystery. A dispatch sent 10 the ad-
dress at Fulton street. Brooklyn, came
back with the inscription, mo such
man there Z"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

dialect 81 Italian aud WAS amazed
aud eonfounded Al the end Of Eve
days the poles found other witnesses
81 tho aiAhbiag and told Mira Papa
she might SO homo a. soon as she ielt
like u After ono !inAl aud mo1t i'm.
prcssivs struggle the demon within
her was stilled and let her 20 home.
She i there now. and holds levees
every day. 10 which many Italians
come IN the hops and fear that they
will zee tho devil at work Ia her
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

There is a theater in Paris for every
20, O06 inhabitants. one in Berlin for
81, 600 one in Bordeaux for $4,000, one
in Buda- Pesth for SIS, 600, one in Ham
burg for ilA005, one in Vienna for
las, 900 and one in London for las, 900
There are more theaters, proportion
ately TO the population, in Italy than
in any other country, there being one
TO o. 500 inhabitants in Catsnia, one to
10, 00O In Florence. one to 90, 900 in
Bologna, one to $4,000 at Venice, one
to 30, 900 at Milan and Turin. and one
to 81 900 in Rome,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
BEAR AND HYENA LOOSE
Create Sad Havoc in An Indiana
Co,nmunltv

Create Sad Havoc In An Indiana
Community.
All of Sugar Creek township. on
the Wabash river, is excited over the
appearance of a hyena and a bear,
which have caused havoc among the
domestic animals and fowls and last
week scared man and woman who
were driving along a much frequented
highway. Terre Hauts huntsmen
went to Sugar Creek to get shot at
the rare game. The hyena is supposed
10 have escaped from q menagerie at
Paris, Ill, a month or more ago The
bear is thought TO be one which a
physician at Robinson, Ill, had more
or less subdued before it escaped
The bear was first seen about three
weeks ago three miles from Terre
uaute, when it killed small hog ina
bsrnyard A party was organized for
t..e chase but bruin was not found. A
few days later two dogs which had
given battle to the bear were nearly
torn to pieces Hen roosts were de-
pleted every night and the rustic
families feared to leave their homes
after nighfalL Last week the bear
confronted Louis Corbin and Mrs.
Marars who were driving to the city.
The horse became frightened and
ran away, as did the bear when it saw
what mischief it had caused. The
hyena has killed seven dogs Q The
farmer in whose woods the hyena
makes its hiding place says 1t has
caused him good deal of annoyance
bv killing his fowls
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

A bloody tragedy was enacted last
week. ON the steamer G. H. Northam,
which plies between New York and
New Haven. James German, 10 years
old. The coxswain Of the United States
war vessel Minnesota, stabbed Maggie
Fitzgerald, a married woman, 95 years
old. In the presence OF her two little
girla and then tried to commit suicide
bv cutting his throat Jealousy was
al, eauge
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

InnUrN WIS W
once arrested. Her mother and John
MeKneiifo were also held as accom-.
plIccs. McKnciffo Is relative OF the
Lunneys, and Il Is the understanding
that he and Miss Lunney were to have
been married soon McEuroc's friends
declare that he was innocent They
nrn well connected.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

says she can feel that he Is
inc time, and when his
\ activity comes he fights and
. Kicks, aud she striving 10
y Of him, beats herself ON
mach and about the ribs and
hhl she Is black ana blue and
'orn out; the while she gives
the most awful shrielxs
ioans and froth dies
~ blood stained lips An.
ueer thing about this ga,
/ DsS,essiou, and in this comes
ao'e feature in the eyes OF
noor% Mrs. Papa can fore.
ature' can answer truthfully
'lon that is put TO her. no
ow secret the matter of which
= may be. Four years ago.
Vi her husband lost n
sum of money and, as
apa happened TO be
IN with her devil at the
was able to tell whore IL
4 stole II and how IL was done.
,,as she told the police were
I'M ivSt The thief, recover the
I'M = send him TO prison. Since
she has been much con.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

McEnroe "a the
Office Of a justice
Of the peace at
that place recent
ly The girl had
previously caused
the arrest of Me-
Enroe on tn G
charge Of assault,
aud the case was.
before the justice
for prelim mary
caring. Miss
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
MRs. RosfNeERo.

a Woman Who Has Surrounded Her
self with Deep Mystery.
The Shelby county, Tennessee. Crane
jury. while inspecting the county poor
farm the other day, found 4 woman. a
Jewess. with a 5.mon ths-old baby. of
whose identity nothing can be learned
although She is able to give names Of
many persons who she SAYS are her
relatives On March % She was found
on the outskirts of the city Of Mem
phis wandering aimlessly. but carry
ing her child She was apparently in
her senses; said her husb band was
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

HAda Moran, pretty miss Of 10,
cloped from Denison, Texas, recently
wien young man named Father
Isda Il amid to be the third and last OF
n family which have eloped. The
father and mother started out in the
mountains in Tennessee by clipping
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13


The plaintiff a
handsome blonde
school ma'am IS
one Of Crown
Pointssoctcty
Young ladies,
against whom no
word OF suspicion
IL uttered The do.
PENDANT has FOR the
last four years
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

named Jacob Ros-
enberg. andliyed at
Helena, Ark. She
could not remem-
Der anything a bout
leaving home, but
supposed she wan.
dered off during an
attack Of fever IL
was ascertained no
such man as Rosen-
berg lives at or
near Helena. Dur
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
WRATH ON A GRAVE.
AN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY HAS
a GHOST STORY.
IT IS LINHED wIrH rnE LIFE or A
PIONEER
william Ford Died Under Mysterious
Circumstances In 1888 and since Then
it Il Said. Nothing wan Grow on the
Grave.
mRmn ]

- -
town Of Plymouth,
Ill. has a genuine
ghost story TO tell.
There is where the
counties of Han
cock, Schuyler and
McDonough touch.
and there is the To-
cality where the
country SWANS and
lassies go 10 get
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
TRACING A MURDER.
STORY OF THE KILLING OF
COL. FORSTER.
ROBBERY THE MOTIVE OF THE
MURDEKERs.
Used cbloroform and Their Victim
soOn succumbed--A Metropolitan Po-
lice Detective Tells Of How. Justice
Failed to Eand the AssassinG

HEN THE START
ling robbery of old
Col Forster S house
in High Bridge was
reported ! was at
headquarters and
was instructed to
go on the case and
stick at it until /
cleared it up. 1t
looked like an easy
case on the face of
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13

40 Inaiana sshssi AaAm l. AMER
nsersant lover.
Miss May Livingston Of Crown
Point lad. has instituted a breach II
promise suii Ia the Lake Circuit .court
agaiuat Paul \ Grlsiy % Hobart
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
ktLLep AeR AssAlLANr.

a missouri YouRE woman wrsahs Ven
geanee on Ber Cousin.
Ella Lunncy. a i2.year old country
girl. living near Ienora in Norton
rnnntr. Kan. shot and Killed Eugene