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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1895-03-13
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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1895-03-13
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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1895-03-13

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Stang erbeben tparnenb ibre Stimme.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26
The Great VOLTS Cunning.

There came under my observation an
incident that will illustrate Lobo as
an aggresSor of diabolical cunning.
These wolves had ut least one pursuit,
and apparently not at all connected
with their appetite for food; It was
stampeding and killing sheep. The
sheep are usually kept in flocks Of from
1000 TO 5000 under one or more shep-
herds. At night they are gathered In
the most sheltered place available, and
herdSman sleeps On each side of the
flock to give additional protection.
Sheep are such senseleSs creatures that
they are liable to be stampeded at night
by the veriest trifie. but they have deep
" ingrained in their nature one strong
weakness-to follow their lead. And
this the shepherds turn TO good account
by putting half n dozen goats in the
flock of sheep. The latter recognize
the superior intelligence of their beard
ed companions, and when night alarm
occurs they crowd around them and
usually are thus saved from a STAN
pede. But it was not always so. One
night two Perico shepherds were
alarmed by an onset of wolves. Their
flocks huddled around the goats, which,
being neither fools nor towards, stood
their ground and were bravely defiant;
but alas for them, no common wolf
was heading this invasion. Lobo, the
weir-wOlf knew as well rs the Shep-
herds that the goats We're the moral
force of the flock, SO, hastily running
over the backs Of the densely packed
sheep, he fell upon these leaders. slew
them all in a few minutes, and soon
had the lucllless sheep stampeding IN
a thousand different directions.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26
DURANT TO BE TRIED.
HELD FOR THE MURDER o.
MARION WILLIAMS.
Brief Story of One of the Most Hor-
rible Tragedies in the History of
Crime-Four Victims of a San Fran
cisco Eicnd.
Bodies Hacked to Pieces.

w. II. Theodore Durant, of San Fran
cisco medical student and assistant sun
day school superintendent, is TO stand
trial for the murder of Miss Marian Viii
liams in Emanuel Baptist Church library
Friday night, April L. The coroner'S
jury has found that the young woman
came TO her death by his hands.
There has been no more sensational
murder mystery in the criminal annals of
the Golden Gate city than the case of
William Henry Theodore Durant, charg
ed with the double murder of Blanche La
mont and Minnie Williams, against whom
is the suspicion Of having stabbed to death
young drug clerk named Eugene Ware.
The mystery and sensationalism sur
rounding the case are heightened by the
disappearance of two other women
known to be acquainted with the alleged
murderer, Mrs. FOrsythe and Miss Ag-
mes Hill.
While the police have accumulated 4
mass of direct and circumstantial evil
dence against Durant, the prisoner coolly
denies his guilt and claims that he will
prove an alibi. If it shall be shown that
Durant is the murderer of Blanche La
mont and Minnie Williams the strange
case of DIR. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" will
have been outdone in real life and will
have furnished the strongest kind of addi
tional proof that truth is stranger than
fiction
So far rs outward appearances so Du-
rant has been a model young man. who
neither drank nor smoked: the assistant
superintendent of Sunday school, the
librarian of Il church, of gentle demcanor
and Christian spirit. Such he appeared
to be TO those whose good opinion he
sought. but some of his associates say
that in private he was blasphemous and
foul-mouthcd; that he practiced all the
vices he pretended to abhor and that his
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26

ly the present administration from any
wrong doing The only loss discovered
since the present administration came
into power was one bar of gold valued at
about $500, and there is good reason to
suppose that this was taken 10y part of
the same gang that manipulated the gold
brick trick under the other administra-
ton.
Just as soon as these discoveries of
fraud were reported TO the Treasury De
partment. which was about the middle Of
February. three of the shrewdest detcc-
tives in the secret service were sent i'm
mcdiately TO Carson City. They Were
not long in getting on the track of the Of
tenders. They discovered that several
Of them were still employed in the mint
while the chief culprit had left the ser
vice They then set about locating him.
1t was found that he had gone To San
Francisco. where he will be arrested at
once His arrest has only been delayed
in order to secure further evidence and
if he should make the slightest attempt
to leave San Francisco lie would lie APP
pretended Immediately.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26
GHOST OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

When Sherlock Holmes, ingenious man,
pursued his strange career,
We studied his adventures with SYM
patty sincere,
Although in time his victories monotonous
became,
Because his base opponents never won a
single game.
at last-he died;
I'VE mourn him, we lament him, but it's
time he went" we cried
All, foolish wordsl Soon after we regret
ted him, dismayed
To find he'd left family to carry on the
trade.
They swarm in every magazine, each jour
nal with them teens,
Detecting obvious criminals by very obvi-
Gus schemes,
Adapting to their purposes devices long
ago
Invented by the master hand of great
GabOriau.
Their wisdom, too, is marvellous; the mud
upon your boots
Informs them TO penny what your pai-
ance is at Coutts':
They know your mothers maiden name,
what train you travelled by,
And if you've had lumbago-from the
color of your tie.
Yes. Sherlock Holmes is dead and gone;
but still in other shapes
We meet the old detective whom no
criminal escapes;
The hateful strange Occurrence or
mysterious Affair
Still. still infests the magazines and drives
us to despair.
Oh, ghost of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, please
mercifully kill
These shameless imitators of your tran
scendent skill,
Or haunt the homes of editors, and point
eddy suggest
That dictionary criminals might be allow
ed a rest!
ST. Jamess Budget.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26
cutting down expenses in a way that

cutting down expenses In way that
nobody would have expected of her.
Several nights Joram almost froze
for lack of cover, but Susan Ann was
cheerful and told him that newspapers
were warmer than blankets If he would
only make up his mind TO think so.
He kicked, however on this, and was
only pacified when she gave him so
that she had received for the fruit she
had put up and didn't care to Use. He
thought it was extra stock that she
had. but later when he wanted some
and she told him she had sold 1t ali.
and there wasn't anything for dessert
now but dried apples, Joram became
rather demonstrative, and it was all
her good temper could do to keep him
from boiling over.
All this time Joram was doing some
thinking as we'll as Susan Ann was,
and between shivering at nights and
half starving during the day, he was
getting in a condition to go to n lunatic
asylum.
One day the final crash arrived. When
Joram came In from work the big easy
chair he had paid $50 for in 4 freak
of extravaganza just before he was
married was gone and with it all the
carpets.
What does this mean, Susan Ann:"
he asked, trying to appear cool. "AIs
you house-cleaning:"
why, Joram," laughed Susan Ann,
chow you talk. You know this amt
Ouse-cleaning time
well. where's the chair and the cav
pets. them"
Here they are, Joram." And she
gave him 500. Besides the money
l got cheaper chair and cheap car
pets in their place. and they'll be here
In the morning. Now go on and wash
your face and hands: supper's ready"
Joram obeyed AID went TO supper;
and it was the meanest supper he ever
sat down TO. That evening he shivcced
before the fire of slack and rubbish,
and that night he had too little cover,
but he could hear the money jinghng
in his pockets.
AT breakfast he appeared looking as
blue as an ague patient and shaking
like two.
Susan Ann" he said, I'm going to
town this morning You haven't sold
the buggy yet, have you
NO, JOram," she answered. "but
there's a man coming to look at it to-
day. We don't need it. and it costs
mint of money to keep carriage, any
how"
"What times the m@n coming, Susan
Ann" he asked submissively.
'He said he'd be here at 10 o'clock"
Joram Nellums gulped as if some
thing were choking him, and he looked
at Susan Ann.
Susan Ann" he said slowly, heres
check for 1000, and you can tell the
man that's coming to go to the devil.
I'm going TO take you to town in the
buggy, and we are going to buy every
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26

man who held his throat with his right
hand and used a dagger or knife with the
left. Blanche Lamont was strangled by
left-handed man. Durant is noted for
his deXterity in using his left hand rs
well as his right. On the day Of the dis
appearance of Blanche Lamont-she
whose body was afterwards found in the
belfry-Durant was observed by the or
ganiSt coming down from the loft in a
most excited and nervous state. He ex-
planned that he had been up there fixing
some electric wires and had been over
come by the gas. Three of Blanche La
mont's rings were received through the
mail by her aunt on the day her body
was found. On the paper in which they
We're wrapped was Durant's name. In an
Overcoat pocket in Durants dressing
room at home was found Miss Williams
pocketbook. These are some OF the links
in the chain which is being forged about
Durant
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26
DEATH SEEMED NEAR.
But the Prcsentiment Turned DAT to
Be False.

do alSts
Gen. Gordon, Il distinguished South
crn veteran, recently told of an exDe-
rience during the war in the Shenan-
dOah Valley when Gen. Early ordered
him 10 storm Federal fort in their
front. Il never was more indignant in
my life" said Gen. Gordon, than when
| heard my order. / knew it was an
unnecessary thing TO do, and explained
TO Gen. Early that we could accomplish
Ourplan of campaign without slaughter
ing my command by this attempt 10
storm Il strong position; n position that
would fall of itself when we should
make our proper movement. Early took
10 other notice OF my explanation than
to send me word that if did not care
10 execute the order he would delegate
its execution TO some one else. You
may guess this reply made me boil
with fresh Indignation. | felt it to be
an insult, but, inasmuch as it was my
place 10 obey his orders, regardless OF
consequences, | issued the necessary
instruction for 4 movement at daylight
next morning
Il began, on my own account. max
ing every preparation for death. for |
had n prcSentiment that l would this
time meet my end. SO | wrote 4 fare
well letter to my wife. told her what 10
do about my affairs. handed over my
watch and other personal effects 10
friend. and then walked uD and down
my quarters waiting for day TO break
and my command To move. That was
Il solemn night to me, for | had this
firm presentiment that it was my last
night on earth. always had. in every
battle of my life, sense Of the danger
to which | was exposed | never knew
what it was 10 forget it; but this time
| felt as never had before
$50 at daylight 1 took Up my line OF
march to my death, as fully expected.
On we went, closer and closer to the
fort, until at last We were within close
range of its guns ! wondered that they
did not open on us. and every second
expected 10 see them bclch forth shot
and shell and play havoc in our ranks.
On we went; my eyes were fixed on tie
guns and my mind excited TO it's high
est tension with wonderment why they
did not open fire. ON we went until
our advance struck the fort and rushed
upon its defenses, when, 10 our utter
amazement, we discovered that il had
been evacuated. and not Federal was
anywhere in sight, inside or out You
can imagine my sense of relief as saw
my boys in possession of the fort with
out SO much as a scratch. So you see
what a presentiment is worth L have
never much believed in them since thae
night"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26

thing we want and have q nice time,
and when we come back I'm going to
make YOU cashier of the business and
you can do as you darn please. Econ
omy's all right, Susan Ann, but there's
n limit TO it that somehow | never see
before until YOU showed it to me-
Then 1t was that Susan Ann broke
down and cried, because she thought
the occasion appropriate, and the tears
that fell from her face fell upon the
face of the check in her hand. but
Joram actually laughed and kicked up
his heels like bOy.-F'ree Press.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26

remarks about women were particularly
offensive
1t is Il ease that has no parallel except
the Whitechapel horrors which startled
London and all the world Il few years ago.
and the case OF Jack the Ripper lacks 50
far as known. many Of the psychological
features of the case of Theodore Durant.
for there is nothing TO show that Jack the
Ripper pretended to lead an exemplary
Christian life while committing his afro
cious butcheries. The combination of
saint and fiend in one human being deep
ems the mystery of the Emanuel Church
murders, and has aroused universal in
terest in the case.
Work of a FieHd.
The developments of a week have been
sufficient to cause the greatest excite
ment. First came the finding of the nude
body of Marion Williams, n young girl
who had been missing since the day be-
fore. in Il closet off the library of the
church. 1t was terribly mutilated The
finding of this body, startling as it was
in itself. gave the police an idea which
they were not slow in working on. The
close friend of Miss Williams, Blanche
Lamont. had been missing for more than
two weeks and Il search for her had been
in vain. But upon the CHASTITY discovery
in the closet a thorough and systematic
examination of the building was decided
upon. Away up in the belfry her body
was at length found, nude like that Of her
friend. and also horribly mutiatcd The
clothing which was torn in shreds from
the body had been tucked into corners and
holes i'll the dusty old belfry. In the two
weeks during which it had lain there Il
heavy coating of dust had settled like
shroud over the body. Upon this discOv-
cry the excitement in the city. which
was intense before, knew 10 bounds
other Developments.
To follow the various steps by which
the police advanced to the point of ar
resting Durant upon suspicion of having
been the murder would be as unnecessary
as it would be tiresome. He had hardly
been arrested. however, when it seemed
apparent to the authorities that if he
were guilty of these crimes he must also
have committed two others which We're
causing the detectives deal of trouble.
4 few months ago Il young druggist nam
ed Ware was found murdered at the foot
of his stairs. He was very close friend
of Durant. This was one Of the mys-
teries. The other was the sudden disap-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26

one morning In a good humor, for the
breakfast was good one, done en-
tirely by herself, she told him that she
wanted something to wear, and gave
him little memorandum Of what was
needed.
"Jerooshy, Susan Ann" he ex-
claimed, 81 can't stand this. I've al
ways said you wasn't much on savin',
but this Is upsettin' everything. Why,
what you've got down here will cast
as much as S3175.
What If it does, Joram," she re-
piled amiably, haven't 1 worked for
1t? You haven't bought me anything
since We got married"
"And 1 amt bought myself anything,
have I?' he asked after the manner of
the kind of man he was.
When breakfast was over Susan Ann
was not much nearer the desired goal
than before, and she was In bad
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26
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Thompson McDaniels, veteran of the
Black Hawk war, died Friday at Kan
sas City, aged 50 years.
Jagolkowsky is the depressing name
of an anarchist recently sentenced in Eu-
rope to penal servitude for life.
Albert George Sandman. the new Gov
ernor of the Bank of England, was born
in 1888. He is Il wine merchant.
Ii Hung Chang is said to be gaining
flesh. It's too late for him TO turn the
scales in favor of China, however.
The Rev. Otis Wing, the oldest Baptist
minister in America, is seriously i'll at
his home i'll Newton Junction. y. III.
DR.. Dwight, author of Man and the
Glacial Period" says that man has not
been on the earth more than 5000 years.
lola has completed the first sketch of
his novel on Rome, but the book viii not
be ready for publication till next January.
William f. Gladstone has announced
that he cannot undertake To either read or
answer any letters that may be addressed
to him
The Emperor of Germany. it is said,
has decided to honor Bismarck by having
his head stamped on the future issue of
German coins.
Sir William Harcourt. the English
Chancellor of the Exchequer. has gone
back to the use of manuscript when de-
livering his speeches.
Shenlaro Yokozuka, Japanese student
of the New York Evening High School,
has been awarded the Tiffany gold medal
for the greatest improvement in drawing
from antique casts.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26

member of the Emanuel Baptist Church,
and although her body has not been found
after diligent search. it is believed she met
a similar fate as that which befell the
two girls. She was seen with Durant
about week ago; since then she has been
missing. Druggist Eugene Ware was one
of Durant's closest friends. 1t is now
said that the latter became jealous of him
on account of some girl. and that this was
the reason for his murder
Here are some of the most damaging
features of the evidence against Durant:
Ware was stabbed eighteen times by n
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-26
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Swinburne is fifty eight years old. ID
five feet high, and has a CHASTITY face
and a head of unkempt hair
Grant Allen began life in Kingston.
Ontario (once called FrOntenaC). with
three Christian names, Charles Grant
Blairfindie, but wisely dropped two OF
them. He published his first novels
under the pseudonym of Cecil Power
Mrs. Il. l.. Stevenson asks all persons
having letters from her husband 10
send them or copies OF them TO the
British Museum, that she may select
such rs should be published, and gives
notice that the publ aiion of any letters
without the consent of the executors Is
illegal.
Although Stanley ]. Weyman has only
recently become n popular idol in rO-
mantle literature. it is reported that hs
received thirty thousand dollars in roy
altieS from his publisher last year. Mr..
Weyman IS Il man of thrift and Ct
quiet tastes. The novelist is seen very
rarely in London society. lie prefers
life in the country.
Count TOlstoi refused Il large sum Of
fered To- him by an American publisher
for his last story. The Neva, n Rus
sian illustrated weekly, then offered
him 500 page for the exclusive right
to publish it as serial. This. too. he
refused, and made a free gift of the
manuscript To the Sweeney Nestnik,
Russian monthly magazine.
Books Fatal II Their Authors" is the
title Of a forthcoming work. Its au-
thor explains that the term fatal does
not mean in all cases that the writer
paid for his venture with his life. About
two hundred literary martyrs are re-
corded. among them being such names
rs Calico in science, Defoe in satire,
Keats in poetry.
Du Maurier receives large numbers
OF letters from American women who
write that they have read "Trilby" and
feel sure that there must be a strong
bond of mystical friendship betwee-.
Du Maurier and themselves. Many o.
them add the cheerful information that
they propose to 60 TO England next
summer and Will look him UP.
A curious book soon to be published
simultaneously in England and Ameri-
ca is entitled LAS Others Saw Him." IL
is written by an eminent Jewish
scholar. whose name is withheld, and is
an attempt to portray the founder OF
Christianity as he appeared TO the
most competent Jewish observers. espe-
cially the PhariSeeS OF his own day.
According to the Westminster Ga
Zctte, the publishers of Surgeons two
thousand three hundred and ninety-siX
sermons have sold altogether nearly n
hundred million Of them. They are
Kept in sheet form. in long lines OF
cupb0ardS. in a large cellar In Pater-
noster Square. so that a supply of any
particular discourse can be got out az
orce. About fifth of the total number
ha'S gone abrOad-to America and Aus
tralia chiefly. OF Spurgeon's books the
sale remains fairly steady.