Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-14

Ways armed, and believed that no
would not hesitate to use his weapon
Ssainst any one who antagonized him.
90 The sheriff resorted 10 n ruso. IL
was 10 o'clock on "wednesday morn.
M when sheriff Bates. IN company
MN AR. Elias Joslyn. neighbor.
uIotc INTO Storzkinzie's farmhouse
!Hfd' and Joslyn, who had previously
talked with tho Pole about buying the
~ters COW, raped on the weather
peaten panel of Storzkinzies door. Tho
| sneIIt mad been warned. earlier. by
we follsh priest OF the town, Father
| slBlotzki, that 'Jerry, that's the
Easy Yankee name FOR Storzkinzie-
mas dangerous man, who carried n
| wicked looking pistol and big knife.
SSVsiyh enatted with Storzkinzie, the
| latter Mating on his doorstep for a
minute. Then the sherlff got out OF his
| wagon and sauntered forward to tho
| Iole doorstep. II was thinking about
| mat COW OF yours for myself" put In
| Sherll Bates. Then Se looked up az
inc caves OF the huge house In a cas-
ual way; then he made a sudden. Dart.
ing movement and there was a sbnrn
metallic click. OF a sudden the Pole
siauclng down Mt his hands, noted that
nus wrists were encased In a pair OF
Guns. manu-
You win have to come with mo"
u
accused Of numbering your wife and
atepson, Nalgi. It's best to come along
Wllnout making any trouble"
inc lmperturable Pole looked tho
sherlH straight In the eve for mo
nl,Gnt, smiled, and then slgnlned His
eSisiihsIlesa 10 go along with him.
Sto,@lhAle had maintained his nerve
coolness and composure up 10 me nr.s'
eht time. First, he was hauled before
justice of the Peace Oscar TourteIIotto
OF north Grdsyenordale, who formally
notified him that he was accused On,
the complaint OF Grand Juror Thomns
i'Nah OF numbering this wife. ON n
second warrant he was accused Of eia -
ing his stepson ''''S
9torzihHle was committed for trial be-
iore the superior court of Windbnn,
county, at It's next criminal term
Ihen, in accord with suggestion ON
the part OF the Justice. great COM
naug VI whitman county citizens, far
merS, hunters, trappers and village
merchants set forth to hunt the whole
town OF east Thompson through for the
secret burial place of the Poles wife
ana stepsOn. Storzkiuzie little children
some time ago We're taken by the sher-
III to the home Of Mrs. Storzkinzie's
sister, Mrs. Joseph WycishoslH, at
Webster just across the Connecticut
river in Massachusetts.
10 reporter Storzklnzic said that
MS wife had run away with his step
son, and, no doubt, had gone TO live
with her sister in Webster.
,,,,lis or ~ srt''i, - -, '0'oou re
ing with red splashes.
on" replied the Pole easily, BLOOD! |
Chickens blood. We Kill chickens to /
sell. Get blood on floor"
All the lonely villages and hamlets |
VI ~ w Hluilllli Vouilty nave lohs peSh !
Nerl'aple hlVes OF splrliuallstic thought |
nllu apyvulhtuh, win meulums ana
svu.hs"EvIs anu seeohu slEht pro-
pltts, WIlu nave seah'es or tapIe up
phs meetings almost weekly ana ms
Is equally true IN respect TO the scat
tered ana Isolated little settlements
along the lonesome ana wooded IRON
tier of western Rhode Island. Hence
II Is not strange that the alleged su-
pernaturnl powers of these wizards
have lately been invoked by the cOun-
try residents, including officers of the
law in solving the corey east Thompson
puzzle. In fact. so general and sincere
Is popular faith in supernatural di-
vlnltiOn on the part Of many eastern
Connecticut citizens that not lnfre-
uuently officers OF justice have consult
ed second sight witches and wizardB In
their efforts to unravel the tangled
skeins of criminal problems.
A famous Rhode Island trance me-
lllln. NllEul Porter came 70 east |
THOMPSON a day Or two ago, and was
escorted to the scene of
the double crime. Arrived at the desc
late home of Storzklnzie. the spiritual
seated himself In the Giving
room" and promptly Getl into pro-
found trance. Then vision of the
tragedy. exactly as It was enacted. he
lfnrms, materialZed and aoated. u
gloomy phantasmagoria. before his in
spired soul.
As the scenes in the tragedy were
thus reproduced. he related i'm monot-
inous, singsong tones to the awestruck
Knot Of villagers about him the facts
rs they were uufolded to him. After
describing the murderer he rambled on
With predictions OF events to come in
he development of the drama OF crime.
Tile missing bodies" said he. "win |
Tbay ora IN v yii !rbey ar oo,. y5e
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