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Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
IN COLD BLOOD.
Barnes Was Murdered by Il Man who
Wanted His Job,

Barnes Was Murdered by IL Man WIN
Wanted His job.
CHICAGO, Dec. S.-John B. JERSEY to.
day confessed that he, with Edward Jor.
dan, murdered A. d. Barnes, whose mu.
tilated body was found in a French ship.
ping case yesterday. Both Jersey and
Jordan are under arrest. They we're the
employees of Barnes and the motive for
the crime is thought to have been RI
valry between Jordan and Barney for the
chief janitorship Of the Hiawatha build.
ing, Jordan being first assistant. Jor-
dan has exhibited remarkable GOODNESS
throughout, having been the first to
identify the body. Jersey said Jordan
on the afternoon of the murder gave
him some money and told him to get a
few drinks and be back to work at 8
o'clock that night. When he %reappeared
Jordan asked him to carry out the ship
ping case, and in go doing some blood
ran from the box on to Jerseys sleeve
he asked Jordan what that meant and
he told him that there was a dead man
IN the box and he had better keep quiet.
The badly scared Jersey kept silent until
the terrors Of the sweat box wrung the
story from him.
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cred and valuable experience iu Cal
ifornia, had given him a certain polish
But it wac his great strength and self.
confident manne which attracted Mrs
Comstock. He became a constant visitor
at her flat when he was in town,
In May she moved to No. 278 Sackett
street and took as a boarder Darwin 7.
Meserole, son Of General Meserole. She
had known Meserole several years and
had been very intimate with him, On
June q, 1891, Larbig called at the house
q began quarreling with Mrs. Com.
stock. Meserole lnterfered and a fight
ensued in which Meserole shot and
Killed Larbig. The trial attracted a good
deal OF attention. The young man was
acquitted. Ten months later "Doyie"
wae married to John L. Watkins and a
short time afterwards she went west
Being a victim of the opium habit her
downfall was rapid.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
MYSTERY SOLVED
Inc Perpetrators and Causes OF Two
Crimes Made Known by Con.
fessiOns.
II Was MONEY IN EACH CASE
story OF the Dark Deeds That Have
Made Chicago and Mime
apOlis Shudder.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. Sandy T. Hay
ward has confessed that Harry T. HAY.
ward planned the murder of Miss Ksth.
rim Cling and that G. A. Blixt, the en-
glneer at the Ozark flats, committed the
deed. Blixt was arrested early this
morning and locked up in the central
station. After committing the bloody
deed Blixt returned to the city and dis.
posed OF some Of his clothing to a work.
house prisoner named Ole Erickson,
Erickson left the newt morninef for Sioux
Falls, where bis wife is employed in a
hotel, and there had the clothing washed.
He returned to this city and sold some
OF the clothing to a p%awnbroker in
Washington avenue south. The remain
der OF the clothing was undoubtedly
burned in the furnace of the Ozark flats.
The motive for the crime was the secur-
ing OF the insurance on Miss Ging's life.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
ElOned with AnOther'S Wife.

SEDALIA, Mo-, Dec. 7.--Oficer Creasey
gof the police force drew his salary last
Saturday for November and eloped with
Mrs. Amanda Bobbltt, wife OF a local
painter, going, it is believed, to Texas.
n Creasey left his wife without a dollar
and also many creditors in the lurch.
4Bobbitt had separated from his wife be-
cause OF her waywardness and Creasey
became infatuated with her two months
ago, since which time he has almost
wholly neglected his family for his new
love- An effort is being made to locate
and arrest the clippers with a view to
prosecution.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
THE PACIFIC OAD
Representative MEG uire Insists That the
Government Shall Foreclose.

Representative Mcclure Insists That the
Government Shall Foreclose.
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Representative
Mcclure of California will make vigor-
GUS opposition to the effort to take up
the Pacific railroad funding bill. He
will also contest the measure on the
floor if Chairman Reilly succeeds in hav-
ing Speaker Crisp fix q time for the bill
before the holidays. Said Mr.. Mcclure:
ut is true the bonds are about to ma.
ture and the government will have to
meet them. but it has been paying inter.
est on the bonds for years and these pay
ments reach the amazing figure of $780,
100000, while the principal is only s27,-
100000. There should be no alarm, there.
fore, over the payment of the principal
when the government has already paid
out twice as much as the principal. The
nam objection to the bonding bill is
that 1t extends for fifty years the abso.
lutte dominion of the Pacific roads over
the traffic of the great west. 1t also linn
its the security of the government to
certain designated roads. 1t will be bet.
ter if congress let's the subject alone and
makes no adjustment rather than make
one of disadvantage to the government
and to western development"
Mcclure was asked if congress did not
act whether the Pacific roads would not
lapse into government control. I'm
doubtedly they will" said he, .'and it
would be a practical realization of gov
eminent ownership Of railways. 1t
would not be necessary for the govern
ment to operate them, however, unless
private interests required to carry this
on. Their forfeiture to the government
would follow the course Of any other
mortgage forfeiture, and the actual as.
sumption of government proprietorship
would come sometime between January
!, 1895, and June 1899.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
COSNItJ LABOR
mississippi Au'h"ritie. Trying to solve
"A Problem.

mississippi Authorities Trying to solve
"A Erubi.In.
JACKSON, Dec. S.-.After Jan. |. 1897
the convict leasing system becomes un-
lawful in Mississippi, and. the farms or
dered purchased having not yet been
secured, the peniteptiary board Of con-.
troll has been forced to make other ar
engagements. There are about $50 con-
victs able to work and the board eptered
into contract today to work nearly 1000
acres OF delta land on the half and. half
share plan. the state furnishing the
labor and guards and the landlords the
land, teams, seed, etc. The state worked
W large farms in the delta on these
terms last year, and made about 1000
bales of cotton and 5000 bushels of corn,
besides an abundance of potatoes, peas,
pumpkins, etc.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
THE LAW AND FACTS.

formal Judgment of the Court as Entered
in the Hershfeld Case.
FARGO, N. d., Dec. 8.-The findings OF
facts, conclusions of law and order TO,
judgment ia the Hershfeld case have
been signed by the court. The court
rccites the particulars of the case, names
the attorneys for the parties, makes notes
OF their appearance, states facts as ia
services, examines as to jurisdiction and
enters the following finding OF fact:
First-That plaintiff is a resident in
good faith Of North Dakota and had
been for 30 days preceding the com
mencement Of the action.
Second-That they were married in
Chicago Nov. 81, 1893, in due form OF law
and are now husband and wife.
Third-That the marriage has never
been dissolved, vacated or annulled, but
is now in full force.
Fourth-That defendant gave birth to
a child at Helena about May 20, 1894, of
which child plaintiff is the father.
Fifth-That defendant did not. prior
to said marriage, have sexual intercourse
with any other person than the plaintiff,
nor did she prior to such marriage con-
duct herself in a lewd, lascivious or
improper manne
Sixth-That plaintiff entered into said
marriage contract of his own free will
and accord; that there was no duress or
fraud upon SAID plaintiff.
Seventh-That plaintiff was sound in
mind prior to, on and subsequent to the
date of marriage.
Eighth-That both we're in all respects
capable of intermarrying at the date the
marriage was entered into of their own
free will and accord.
Nlnth--Allows a reasonable sum to be
paid the defendant for expenses 10 tax
ing dispositions, securing attendance of
witnesses, and other expenses connected
with the defense aside from attorneys
fees.
Tenth-Allows an additional sum for
attorneys (amount not yet agreed on).
Three hundred dollars has heretofore
beer allowed for this purpose, and $1,000
for other purposes.
The conclusions of law are:
First-That the court has full jurisdic-
ton both as to cause and parties.
Second-That the marriage contract
in all respects valid and binding;
that the same was and is free from
and duress; that tho plaintiff was
mentally sound at the time same was
solemnIzed.
Third-That no cause exists under the
evidence for the annulment OF the con-
tract.
Order of the court:
Let judgment be entered denying the
orayer of plaintiff complaints, and dis
this action with prejudice to the
commencement Of another based on the
or similar grounds, and for iudg.
nent againt the plaintiff in favor of the
for the sum of Ito be settled
lpon later after a con%sultation)
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
HAD HIS NERVE,
Bill DoOlin Outwiis Marshals and sIeeps
in HeDnessey.

Bill Doolin Outwits Marshals and SIeeps
in Hennessey.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Dec. S.--Bill Doolin.
he noted outlaw, and bosom friend and
partner in crime of tbs late Bill Dalton,
slept in flennessy last night and rode
boldly oat OF town this morning, riding
one horse and leading another, both
being good horsee. 4 pal of Doolin was
with him, but has not been seen since
last night.
Six deputy United States marshals
had trailed Doolin ard his pal TO Hen
Messy, but failed to locate him, and,
thinking that he had again given them
the slip, they left on the midnight pas
senger train for the south. Doolin was
seen by a dozen people and recognized,
but no one seemed to notice him. and
he walked his horse through the main
streets OF the city, Keeping a sharp look
out in front and behind, seemingly as
uDconcerned and cool as Il cucumber.
Shortly after, Doolin rode Il half mile
north Of town and turned west towards
the Cherokee country
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14

more Il Ohio train two persons we're
killed and another fatally wounded. The
fight occurred about midnight last night
and the murder was not discovered until
the train reached this city. The dying
tramp, named Harris, says the murder.
ers left the train before it reached Eos
toria. Harris gave the names of hie
companions as Leslie and Morgan. He
stated the men who did the shooting
were driven out Of Garrett, Ind, yester-
day and boarded the train at Auburn.
Sixteen dollars was stolen from Harris
and considerable amounts from his com
panions.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING

To Investigate the Charges Against A. T.
Kellison-More Light Wanted.
The school board met in special ses.
sion last night to investigate the charges
made against A. 4. Kellison. Trustees
Pomeroy, Holmes, Poole, Emerton, and
Gockstetter were present. Attorney
Cooper represented Robert Andrews,
who made the charges, and George H.
Stanton appeared for A. T. Kellison.
The charges preferred we're to the
effect that Mr.. Kellison, who was a
teacher in the B. and M. addition school,
had made an immoral proposition to a
young girl named Maud Andrews, who
was ont of his pupils. A good many
witnesses testified on both sides, and the
school board was somewhat divided in
their sentiment as to the guilt or inno-
cence OF the teacher after listening to
the evidence presented.
The defense had a number of affidayits
which we're not laid before the board for
legal reasons, and some of the members
were DESTROYS Of seeing them, and also of
hearing other evidence which was under
stood to be available hut not forthcom-
ing in the case, and after a lengthy dis
cussion which lasted till after midnight
the whole matter was adjourned till the
next regular meeting of the board
Saturday night, when it is expected
additional evidence will be heard and
a final conclusion reached. A good deal
OF evidence was not available, owing to
the reluctance Of witnesses to become
mixed up in any way in go unsavory an
affair, and it is not improbable that the
whole affair may yet be aired in the
courts. Mr.. Kellison declares that he
will not submit to any such imputation
on his character without %exhaustinp
every legal resourc to prove his inno-
cense and set himself right before the
community.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE.
A Pair of Idaho Conspirators Get ,be
Worst of 1t.

A Pair of ldah" Conspirator, Get ,he
Worst of 1t.
HRANGEVILLE, Ida, Dec. S.--A fatal
shooting atfray occurred on Salmon
river. two miles above Fiddle creek. Hal.
ford, Hepps and O'Brien were working a
claim, Halford supplying the grub and
The others doing the work. O'Brien and
ltepps, it is said, conspirel to do swav
with Halford when he returned with q
load of supplies. liepps and O'Brien
got into a wrangle over the conspiracv
and OBrien shot lIepps, killing him in
stantly. Halford, coming up. took the
gun away from O'Brien. The latter than
ran Tor another gun and in self defense
iialiord shot him through the hips. Hal
lord went to Mount Idaho and gave him.
self up. OBrlen is said to be a hard
character.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
X, of +. Election.

The following officers were elected by
the X. OF P. lodge at their meeting
held Thursday evening. They will be
installed on the evening of Jan. 3, and
the event will be celebrated as usual by
one of the X. Of P. banquets which have
the reputation of being the most social
and pleasant affairs of the kind given by
any society in the city.
j. a, Gockstetter, p. c.; j. A. Dun
can, c, C.; M. l.. Bridgeman, V. c.; F..
NJ. Buck, Prelate; G. Wegner, NJ. of f.;
j. B. Tcrhune, M. Of r.; A. S. Sires.
NJ. A; ". ID. Benson. II. Il. of s.: c..
Birnbaum, M. w.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
FACING HIS FATE.

Young SandersOn Arraigned in London
Fol the kensington Murder.
LONDON, Dec. S.-Reginald Sanderson,
charged with the murder on Nov, 6, OF
the m Dawes in Kensington was ar,
raigned today. He is a tall, dark, we'll
built youth of gentleman!y appearance.
He seemed extremely depressed. A let
ter which the police received from Dub.
lin, giving details Of how the girl was
murdered. was read. 1t was signed
sack the Ripper" 1t is said to be in
the prisoners handwriting. After formal
evidence had been presented the prisoner
was remanded.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
EATH Err REVOLUTIONARY.
The Kolb Men in Alabama Issue an AL
Tentative Manifesto.

The K"lb Men in Alabama Issue an AL.
Tentative Manifesto.
MONTGOMERY. Dec. S.-A secret eau.
Gus OF kolb's friends here last night
adopted the following compromise reso-
luton: "Resolved, That we act inside
the law until the present session of The
Legislature %closes, and if a fair election
law is passed as we'll as a contest law, by
which the last state election can be fairly
contested, we will stand by the report IN
the contest; but if the Legislature shall
fail or refuse to pass the two acts above
referred to we shall call upon the chair
man of our state executive committee to
call a state convention to consider the
situation and adopt some line of action
by which we shall be given our rights"
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
Will Try f'ersuasion,

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The secretary of
the interior has instructed Agent Day of
the Southern Ute agency in Colorado to
proceed to the section of Utah invaded
by the Colorado Utes and endeavor to
persuade them to return to the reserva-
ton. He will leave tomorrow for the
scene of the trouble. There are several
hundred dissatisfied Indians in Utah
and the effort to induce them to go back
to their Colorado home is expected to
prove a difficult matter.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
Are Our Legs to Vanish .

DR.. Emil Young, professor of physiol.
ogy at the university of Geneva, allow.
ing scientific speculation to run away
with him, is concerned lest lin a thou.
sand years or SOY the legs of the human
species will practically disappear. Men
refuse more and more to walk, though
walking is the wholesomest of physical
exercises. Steam, electricity, the rope
railways, tricycles and bicycles have
changed the whole aspect of Swiss tour
ing. Everybody seems anxious to get
everywhere any way except by the use
OF their legs. In another generation our
travelling balloons will hang outside our
windows or our electrical coaches stand
outside our doors. They will be pro-
duced SO cheaply that every man will
have his own chariot. Hence our legs
will become supertluous, then they will
be crippled and shrink to hideously
small dimensions until at last they will
finally disappear This seems to be
science run mad. DR.. Young is unneces-
sarily alarmed. But eve if the year
5000 A. d. should verify his apprehen-
sion, the people of America, especially
those residing in Illinois, Iowa, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana
and South Dakota, will be we'll taken
care of by the grand Burlington Route,
which then, as now, will be the popular
line OF travel to and from all leading
Of those states. For information
in the present concerning this system,
apply to your home ticket agent, who
furnish maps, time tables rates and
tickets. or address w. w. Johnston.
Agent, Billings, Montana.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
VERY QUICK WORK
Another Bold HOld-Up on the Texas
Pacific Railroad Near Fort
Worth.
ONLY THREE MASKED men
They Did the Job SO Quick That the
Passengers Can't Tell the
Story.

Fort WORTH, Tex, Dec. The east
bound Texas & Pacific passenger trail
was held up at a trestle seven miles ives
OF here at $50 p. m. yesterday. Severa
shots we're fired from the front end O
the train and the passengers wer,
warned to keep their heads in the win
dows. The tram was detained ten OF
fifteen minutes, during which time thos,
who caught a glimpse of the proceeding
saw three masked men with guns ~levelee
marching the engineer and trainmen il
and out Of the baggage car. When the,
finished their work the robbers made
the engineer back the train over the
trestle and while it vas crossing disap.
peared in a thick forest. It ia NOT
known how much booty was secured,
The robbers had possession Of the ex-
press car until they accomplished their
object. One valuable package is known
to have been obtained and the safe of
the messenger was carried off. 1t is
learned on good authority that upward
OF 100000 was secured. Passengers say
the whole thing was done 80 quickly
that there is little to tell. The local
management of the Pacific Express com.
pany says it is impossible to say Just
how much the robbers got away with,
as all the way bills are missing. 1t is
believed they got very little booty, how
ever, as it was mostly local express mat
ter. The contents Of the iron through
package box arrived here intact. A
sheriff's posse of fifteen men, led by
Deputy Rea and Police Chief Maddox,
have been out with a pack Of blood
hounds since last night following the
three robbers, who are we'll mounted
and armed and travelling southwark.
The safe which the robbers looted was
the same n opened in the Gordon rob-
berry a short time ago. The hest infor-
nation obtainable warrants placing the
amount of booty secured by the robbers
at $4,000. The officers arc confident
the desperadoes are members of the
Cook gang and are making for Indian
Territory. A detachment of state rang
ers has started from Quanah to cut off
the retreat.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
ENDED IN SHAME
IThe Life of ii Beautiful Washington Girl
Flicker Out in Jail,

The Life of IA Beautiful Washington Cir
Flickers Out in Jail.
New York, Dee. S.-.lhe death OF
Mrs. Edith Armstrong, better known az
"Dovie" Comstock, in a Kansas Jail ends
p strange career Of a beautiful but noto.
fious woman. She was the daughter of
D. G. Forney, founder OF the Washing
on Chronicle, and a niece of John w.
torney. All those who knew "Dovie''
Comstock in her childhood speak of her
dainty beauty. The name was given her
because it fitted her. She was a laugh
ing, hayward child. 1t seemed natural
4hat she should fall in love with Walter
~. Comstock of Providence, who was
xich, young and handsome. His father
was very rich. He is a near relative of
Che Armours and was in the wholesale
neat business.
They lived in Providence on Parks
venue, in the finest house in the arts
p~cratic Elwood section. They plunged
{ once into the social wnirl. 1t was
lot long before she gathered about her a
pterie of young men. These young men
Frank quantities Of wine. Young Com
locks eyes we're opened and he got a
pvorce. 1t is said the correspondent
as Samuel Post, the man who was
Plled by Ella Mason.
Some time after Mrs. Comstock came
New York and lived in various hotels.
duly, 1890, she moved to No. 344 Smith
rect, Brooklyn. 1t was there she met
Fheo. Larbig, who lost his life through
er' He was 43 years of age and a man
no had seen life. Constant intercourse
eith many people, coupled with check
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
3lS,150; loans, increase, 1928, 400; specie,
decrease, sl7,457,600; legal tender, de-
crease, ~S5,406.900; deposits, decrease, 3d.
7S5,9OO; circulation, Increase, S21, 100.
THE COLOR LINE,

Good for a Player but Not u Captain to
BE OF Color.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Dee. S.-Trouble has
broken out in the football team of the
Nebraska state university, the western
university champions. Today the cleo
ton for captain for next year was held
and FIippen (colored), half back, who
has distinguished himself in all the con-
tests, was elected by a vote of 8 tot. He
is easily the best player in the team, but
several players are very indignant over
the matter and declare they will not
play under a negro. Much feeling has
been aroused by the matter and it looks
now as II the team would disband unless
Flippen declines.