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series of murders ON the evidence Of hie
accomplice: James Bloomfield Rush,
the Stanfield Hall murderer of 1S46;
Maria and George Manning, the two
atrocious criminals of 1849; William
Palmer, the Rugeley poisoner of 1855,
and William Fish, Catherine Wilson,
Henry Wainwright, the Stauntons. Lee
troy and Lipski of later dates.
What q blood guilty assemblage with
which to pass the night How the crime
of every individual seemed indelibly
written on his facet
One mans expression transfixed me
held me speilhound and filled me with
loathing and horror. Who he was ! did
not know. but l could not take my eyes
from his face. And when the place
again grew dark / saw it still standing
out alone in the surrounding gloom,
with the suppressed grin of a cruel and
unrelenting fiend.
| hid my face in my hands. / threw
myself ON the floor until the vision
slowly faded away, leaving me trem-
bling in every limb. dare not get up
nor open my eyes for fear that / should
see 1t again.
Suddenly a peculiar sound of jan
Cling and creaking fell on my ears.
What could it be? Tt seemed to come
from the corner of the chamber where
the instruments of torture were ar
ranged for exhibition. The thumb
screws, tongue pinchers, branding irons,
masks and cinctures, the gressilon, the
moltiere, the cubitoire-all seemed to
my excited imagination to be in move
ment and rafting m against the other.
Thoughts came into my mind Of all
the unspeakable agonies that had been
inflicted by those diabolical inventions.
This place would kill me. / felt l was
going mad. Let me get free somehow
anyhow / sprang to my feet and
rushed like a maniac in the darkness,
striking wildly at everything in my
way In search for the door. Figure aft
er figure ] hurled to the ground as it
came in my path.
All at once | felt strong arms close
around me! was struggling madly
LOT ll10 Will tulS tcTIlUic uusScu ooiilC-
thing that held N by the throat and
was strangling me in the dark. | now
saw again that fearful face! Was it
that of my antagonist l tried to cry
out, bnt / was choking. Gradually ]
relaxed my hold. and everything be.
came q blank.
You have been very i'll, George,
dear, but you are better now"
| looked around me. | was in
strange bedroom, and my sister Lucy
was bending over me. / convinced hel
that it would be best for her to explain al
once all that happened, for my terrible
experience in the dark chamber now
came back to me.
She said that the night Waterman,
thinking he heard sounds in the cham
Der Of horrors, had descended to the
place. when / Immediately ran into his
arms in the dark. In the struggle
had tainted. Brain fever followed, ant
had narrowly escaped with my life.
Ny address had been found in m,
pocket, and my friends communicates
with. The peculiar sounds that | hat
heard and exaggerated Were doubles
produced by the keys of the watchmal
as he unlocked the door of the chamber
London Tit-Bits.
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Notice,


State of South Dakota, Comfy Of Lake, Town
of Lake View. Before ID. d.. Roldrtdge, Police
Justice OF the City of Madison, >. H.. In the
matter of the taking up aud disporing 81 estrsys,
described as follows: Two two-year Old mare,
one q black color and the other an IRON grey
color. Sand esttays having been taken M by
Spaulding Weetahy on The 18th day 81 October,
1893, wttain the county of Lake, south Dakota.
Where's, Spauiding Westaby did, on the 1lth
day0f October, 1923, take up estrnys, which he
caused to be advertised by publishing a notice
thereof in tho Lake County Leader for three sue
ceesiye weeks, of,whirh the following IL a Copy:
Game to my premises, three miles south OF
Madison, On the Town Line road. Wednesday.
OcsoDer III. 1893, two I'VE eaf-pId colts. marer,
one iron grey. one black. Owner prove property.
paw charges, and take the animals away.
tSPAULpIHG WEsrABY."
And, whereas, upon the Fist day of December,
1883. appraisers were duly appointed by me 10
appraise the valae OF said estrays and, whereas,
they duly made their report liking the yalue
thereof at dfty dollars,
Notice 10 hereby given, that the said estrays
were tab en- MP on the 18th day OF October, 1893,
on the south west quarter or section 20, township
lO6, range 81, In Lake county, south Dakota aud
are described az two two year-old mare colts: one
| q black color, and one an iron grey color. Ihat
the residence OF the said SpauldinR Westaoy ~
| on the southwest quarter OF section 81, township
LOO, range 80, In Lake county, south Dakota;
Police Justice of the City Of Madison, south Do
: kYfn
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state az south nakote. caaety of Lake. Ia
County Cart, spec aI Tam, ls5t IN tbc mat-
ter 81 the estate 81 Nm, LatfpA, a---aseq. The
State Of SUN Dakota sends gteeEtae, 70 thase
Barron. n ma Barton sid Ray Baripa. heirs rs
Laws aud next of kim of Whllas1 EaFt0tt, deceased,
ard ta Al-eh0m tlleso pcescnts Iaayra1ne:
Notice is hereby given. tnEt EE.& 5nston has
flea with tae judge pf this ea3f u ~petttoft
prayin FIR letters a ADMINISTRATION ef tle estate
Of William B4rgap, deceased, aHG taiht t~aGsuay.
IL said aay, being a dGy 0fs spacfal terra ~ this
court, 1t the once of the judge Of the county
euart III Lake county, south Dakota, in t1e city
az Madison, county Of Lage, s.. D., has heUn SET
for hearing said petition, when ald where any
person Interested may appear aad show cause
why the said petition should not he grated.
dated ut Madison, y. u, this 9TH day Of Janu-
AIRY, A, D. 1894.
J.H WILLIAMSON,
Judge Of ne County Loart.
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For Preserving Pictures.

A sort Of antidecay apparatus has
been invented for preserving pictures.
lit is a glass tray with solid back, and
the picture is pnt inside and hermetic-
ally sealed. The air Is then exhausted
with an airpump, with the result that
in this vacuum the paint will preserve
its, pristine freshness pretty well for
ever, unless the thing leaks. Chicago
News.
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a Greenland superstition.

When d child dies in Greenland, the
natives bury q live dog with it, the dog
to be used by the child as q guide to the
other world. When questioned with re-
gard to- this peculiar superstition, they
will only answer, "A dog can find his
way anywhere. London Million.
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CALIFORNIA; Big show.

The California Midwinter exposition is
at last outlined as it will be when the
gates are thrown open on New Years
day. II will cover 100 acres of ground
and have IS buildings. excluding such
structures as kiosks and small restau-
rants.-San Francisco Dispatch.
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-HAA y A2s \ 1ASLAf b n
Every dollar. deposited IN a city
lot or a farm will be there for you
when needed for your own use, ano
will earn many more dollars by
INCREASE IN VALUE.
The foundation Of many e
fortune has been lain by
the purchase of a city lot. II you
have a family, then by all means
you want a home. Ii you wish to
live in the city, buy a lot, or more
than one il you feel able. and com
mence at once to .improye it, by
planting trees on it il nothing
more, and building on it as soon
as practicable. You can make a
loan for the purpose of building il
yon ownfyour lot. II you are I
farmer and expect to retire soor
and rent your farm, or come to ths
city for the purpose Of educating
your children, then you c~ertainl,
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Third star.

Now the political equality clubs r
busy sewing on to their equal suffrage
Gags q second star for Colorado, besides
the star of Wyoming. While they are
about it they may as well prepare a
third star for Kansas, to be added next
fall.-Woman's Journal.
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Better Than . Sayings Bank

rs al lnVS5hffltt' I Neal EStatr'
.anoI 49,, stn. Aeither a
be destroyed by FIRE. 1t is a saw
ings bank which never breaks, an.
it pays large interest to its deposit
tors. 1t has been truly said that
real estate is the basis of all
wealth, and he or she who possesses
it, be the quantity ever so small,
has something tangible on which
to rely in times of adversely, as it
always has a fixed value, which
cannot be said of p~erishable prop
erty.
The owner of a piece of real es-
tate is the owner of a -
HOME,
or that out of which he or she can
make a home at pleasure, and the
lime is not Ear distant when the
owner of a home will be independ-
emit indeed, as we'll III this country
as it now Is In foreign countries.
livery person expects to be the
owner of "a home sometime, but
the masses Of the people let the
opportunity for securing a home
pass unheeded, and soon prices and
terms of payment are beyond their
reach, and the consequence Is they
live and die without a home, as
poor when they leave the world as
when they entered it, never having
acquired a portion of the earth as
their own. when a little exercise OF
good Judgment at the opportune
time, and a small outlay, would
have secured to them IA good home,
and the money which they spend
for rent during their lifetime
could be applied to the comforts
and enjoyment of life, or laid by
for a "rainy day"
They who arrive at the SHADY
side" Of life
WITHOUT A HOME
are indeed to be pitied. Contras'
the condition of the person who
owns his own home with the on.
who rents. Which will you select;
You can have either condition; i
remains for you to decide. The
wisest and most prosperous people
i'm this country are purchasing al
the real estate their NEAR viii
admit of, and are advising thei1
friends to do likewise. A yer,
intelligent and wealthy old gen
tleman who resides in Illinois, ano
who has travelled extensively ant
been very observing, wrote us
few days, ago, and in his letter h
said:
Real estate in your section o
country must very Don be III nc
tive demand at much advanced
prices, as all OF the good, cheal
lands are gone, and your land:
must command prices equal tx
those of the states just east Of you
and your citi S, especially sucl
BUSINESS centers as Madison, mus
grow rapidly and city lots advance
in value accordingly. [ look upon
investments in real estate in you
locality as the best that can b,
made at this time"
Opinions coming from men o
this character are Of value an,
should be needed. q
If the possession oi q home wcr
not within your reach, how earaes
would be your wish dat it wa
and how great your anxiety To b
Che happy possessor Of a piece G
this earth yoa could cal. yonr own
While there is now mos. Eagol
able o]pportunsv for securing eue
a home, 10 Foa kaow that 81
portunity vil3 vag8 disuuna az. e
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and have a better selection
also than you will have later on, as
well as the advantage of the present
Low PRICES.
Ii you / re been renting a
house in the ~, stop a moment
and think how much you have
paid out in rent. and il you have
been renting long you will soon
figure out that you have paid out
enough for rent to build as good
or a better house than you are rent
ing, and still you have no home of
your own. Why not put this
money intoa
HOUSE OF YOUR OWN,
in which you viii feel q natural
pride, and have IA permanent and
pleasant home for yourself and
family in your declining years. A
little euergy on your part will do
it. Start at once by
BUYING A LOT.
If you are renting a farm figure
a moment what you are paying out
annually for rent and how soon
this rental would buy a farm here.
What you? pay out in rent in two
or three years in Iowa or Illinois
would buy equally as good a farm
in South Dakota. Stop renting
and come out and buy a farm of
your own and feel the independ-
ence Of
OWNING A HOME.
Don't delay this until next year, as
very much advanced prices for
South Dakota real estate, which is
sure to come, will soon prevent you
from buying, and your opportnni-
ty of a lifetime viii be gone.
But many will say, II have not
sufficient money on hand with
which to buy even a lot Sup
pose you have not and there are
many of this Glasgow can pay q
small amount. down, and we viii
give you all the time you need on
the balance. You can pay a fixed
amount each month, or make pay
ments any other way to suit your
convenience, saving a little for the
purpose from your other expendi.
lures, ana before you know it your
lot is
PAID FOR
and YOU have not missed the mon.
v the amount Of each payment
being so small. Had you not saved
and expended these small amounts
in this way, the chances are that
this same money would have been
expended in some trivial way and
you would have nothing to show
for it. Surely there is no
SAVINGS BANK
equal to q piece of real estate, ant
especially if that real estate il
sometime to be your Home.
1t will surprise you when yot
look over our list. TO see how
: LITTLE READY MONEY
it VIII take to secure a fine resi-
deuce or business lot i'll this city
or u beautiful farm in this county
We own and control nearly ali tn
, real estate which we handle, henct
can give exceptionally low price
anl easy terms Of payment. !
5. goa only nave a lew dollars t
Qlre now, come in or write us, ant
We viii fit you out with q good LOT
= cit more than one If you want, ans
! 6rranga payments satisfactorily t
! you I'll you have only 2 few han
3geJ dollars TO spare. ali want
farm, come and see Us, or write
ana we feel positiyewe can arrapg
deal to your satisfaction.
Madison, with her college, exec.
lent public schools, churches, Cbau
q tauqua assembly, and other Liter
afy and social advantages, has
wide reputation for beng a
CITY OF HOMES;
; and Lake county with her exec
ient lands, a county in which til
q majority of the farmers
" OWN THEIR FARMS,
u and we shall do all in our power
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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-07
KILLED BY A LEAKING PIPE,
Mrs. EIlenbOgcn Had Reported Il
ut the Gas Company Office,

Mrs. Lizzie Ellenbogen, thirty-siX years
old. wife Of Max Ellenbogen, who keeps
a restaurant at Canal and Centre streets,
was found dead in bed at her home, 2l3
East Fifty-sixth street. at 10 o'clock last
night.
Mrs. Ellenbogen was the janitress OF
the fiat. Yesterday morning she came
home feeling very much worried over her
unsuccessful attempts to have a leak In
gaspipC in her room repaired. She told
Mrs. Louen Ennis, OF 215 East Fifty
sixth street, that at the Equitable Gas
Company's office. where she went to
make a complaint, she was told to mind
her own business, and that the Company
would attend to theirs. She said she was
very tired and wanted two or three hours
to sleep, asking that she be called a,
o'clock.
At o'clock Mrs Ellenbogen's neigh.
bOrS were unable to arouse her. When
her husband came home at 10 o'clock he
burst In the door of the bedroom.
The lighting of match was followed
gen, Charles b. Grogan and Joseph Cox
were severely burned. The rom was
filled with gas, which had been escaping
for some time. Mrs Ellenbogen had
been asphyxiated.
The idea of suicide, which was at
first entertained. was not borne out
when. upon examination, 1t was found
Max Ellenbogen and Grogan were
taken to the Flower Hospital. They are
severely burned about the head and
hands, but will recover.
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SUMMONED MERCHANT PECK.
Charles broadway ROuss Suspected
Him md n Salesman,

Charles T.. Timberlake, general man
ager for Charles Broadway Rouss, was
complainant in jefferson Market Court
this morning against John NJ. Peck. a
commission merchant. of 2sS Hudson
street. John w. Con appeared for Peck
Timberlake said that Durham. Buckley
& Co. had bought 200 gross of pearl but
tons from Peck, who IL also In the per-
fumery business. but runs the two bust
nesses separately. The manufa cturer OF
the buttons went into Durham, Buckley
Co.'S one day and noticed the buttons
on the shelf. and that the box bore the
mark which he puts on goods sid to
Rouse. He told the firm of this, and
they became suspicious. and made inqui-
ries of Rouss.
1t had been noticed In Rouss's store
salesman In the perfumery department,
and had called nearly every day at the
store TO consult with him. One of the
Arm asked the perfumery man what he
knew of Peck. He said in an on hand
way that he was mere acquaintance.
but their suspicious were more deeply
aroused when on the evening of that
very day the manager OF the perfumery
since.
Rouss thought that this established an
improper Understanding between the
salesman and Peck, and on this circum-
stance very largely he based his demand
for summons.
Lawyer Con- said that his client was
reputable bus mess man. and that he
would always be within reach OF the Of
Justice yoorhis did not think the evil
dence sufficient to hold Peck. and tod
Timberlake to look into the case fur
Their. He told Peck also that he would
expect him TO hold himself In readiness to
be brought back to court If he was
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CRAZED BY SEPARATION.
Mrs. Lena Willie Became Violent
After Leaving Her Husband.

Mrs. Lena White, thirty-three years
old, was removed to Bellevue Hospital
last night from IN front of her parents
home. 10 Second street. suffering from
insanity. She married a Mr.. White In
Philadelphia six months ago. They had
frequent qnarrels and finally separated.
Lena coming to this city to live with
her parents.
About two months ago she secured
work as a servant for DR.. Straus, Of
2l1 East Thirteenth street. Her work
for time pleased DR.: Straus, but about
two weeks ago she began to act
strangely, and did not. attend to her
work. and on Tuesday last she became
very violent, and DR.. S.raus called at
her parents home, and told them that
he could not keep her any longer. Mrs.
Hofmeister sent her son around to the
doctors house and had Lena taken
home.
Yesterday afternoon Lena got worse.
and, running up and down the ROOM de-
clared that she was going to get mar
ried. Mrs. Hofmeister became alarmed
and caused her removal to Bellevue Hos
pital. Mrs. Hofmeister is of the opinion
that the separation from her husband
turned her brain.
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CONTRASTS OF FAMILY TIES.
Au Aged Woman Turned Out on
the Streets by Her Children.
Brother Prosecutes Brother, but a
Sister Relents.


lhree cases OF FAMILY difficulties were
aired in the police courts this morning.
showing s,r;kirr ,o,,r,, a., ,..,r a.,
o''"s eoi''r"s's III 'he'r III
ciuents. one was that of poor, worm
out woman, turned into the streets nv
her beartIoss chi,dro,,. ,,a .,.ou. -.
80 ~ 'he o'"eis "e'e
very similar 10 each other in all but
the outcome
Io,o,,i,,. c.,,.
'''p''"e o.n"ap' seNehlS-eisht years
olu, was held for examination on a
charge of yapranrv nv Justice Simms
4, ,ho re-, 49,. -, -.
~ '"e i'sseN MARKET foice court TO-
day. She was found crying on a stoop
i'm Fifth street last niubt
sho ,,I, 49, nm, ,.
"he saiu 'nat her married daughter
had turned her out last night, as she
was too old to work. She saws that she
,,.a
a,'o mas son, VINO IL employed IN
Fleischman's bakery. and that he also
refuses In sunn,rt her
"Ah" .ha s,id as 81. ,oars r.,
An she saiu' as the tears ran
down her face. children get tired OF
supporting their old parents. hut I have
- Wv p'
"e''t hearu thdt parents get tHeu Oh
supporting their children. Yes, Judge,
send me to the Poorhousc, and there l
hope to rest In peace"
Justice Simms refused to commit her,
and informed officer Scott. of the Four
teenth Precinct, who brought the wo-
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MADMAN GOT LOOSE.
Exciting Chase by a Policeman
Along Lexington Avenue.
Drindrod Broke Away and Terror.
lied Pedestrians.
When RccRptured He Fought Saw.
agely and Had to BE Carried.

A maniac broke away from police
ttcth street. this morning and led the
bluccoat Il lively chase
rhe crazy man was Timothy Drin-
Grcd. forty-six years old of 1855 East
Sevcnty-siXth street. He was taken to
the East SiXty-sevcnth street station
last night by his wife. Pauline, accom-
panied by two 'wel-dressed men. The
Sergeant had the man locked In a cell
overnight.
This morning Policeman Roche was
assigned to take Drindrod over to the
Yorkville Police Court.
The man acted quietly until he reached
Lexington avenue. then he became very
wild and IT took the combined strength
OF the policeman and citizen to hold
him.
At Sixueth street Drndrod made u
dash for liberty lie ran down Licking
ton avenue at breakneck speed.
Pedestrians who saw the glaring
eyes and the froth flowing from the
mans mouth knew that he was n
maniac. They jumped out OF his way
At Fifty-eghth street Policeman Roche
overlook his man and Il struggle en-
sued. The maniac tried to bite Roche,
who was trying to put the shackles on
his wrists.
Policeman Reilly and II number OF cti-
zen helped Roche, and Drindrod was
handcuffed
He had to be carried to the Yorkville
Court
When he reached that place he created
scene by shriekng and pounding his
feet against the floor lie was commi ed
to Bellevue Hospital for examination.
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Ne Held UP A WOMAN.
ooppersmith Demanded Money
and Threatened to Shoot.
Blanche Eyre Grabbed the Gun and
Screamed for Help.
The Would-Be Highwayman Ar
rested and Fined SO.

\ woman's piercing scream awoke the
echoes IN the neighborhood of Sixth ave
nue. and Twenty-seventh street at go
O'CLOCK this morning. Policeman Brit
ton, who was leisurely strolling along
sixth avenue, trying store doors, rushed
70 the spot from which the scream pro-
creded. and there found IA young wome n
tightly clutching the arm of a young
man.
In the right hand of the man CLEANED
the barrel of a revolver Britton quick
~ olsarmed the man and asked an ex-
PLANTATION. The woman said she was
blanche Eyre, of 25l West Twenty-sixth
street; The bloodthirsty young ma
gsve ms name as Edward Coppersmith,
OF rs West Thirty-siXth street,
MISS Eyre said that she was walking
along sixth avenue when she heard
rapid footsteps behind her. She half
turned around and was met by Copper
her temple and said:
Il want 81, and want it quick. If
you make sound I'll blow your brains
Miss Eyre didn't hand out the money
and didn't faint. as most young women
would have done. Instead, she grahhed
the hand that held the revolver and gave
voice to the screams that brought up
Policeman Britton on a run
Coppersmith was locked up in the Thir-
tieth street police station. Later he was
taken to the jefferson Market Police
Court and fined $40 for disordery con
duct.
1t appears that the woman and Con-
peismith were once friends. Miss Eyre
kept fiat, where Coppersmith used 10
I'VE. lie left there some time ago, and
since that time has kept up continual
demand for money. threa tening the wom-
an with all sorts of things. She paid no
attention q him. and took no action until
ing.