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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02
Calumet Houghon County, Michigan. Saturday. May e.

on the afternoon Of Sept 3. at Wash
ington. In the Louisville-Ci
game, Aug. 3, at Louisville, he made
four safe hits, including a triple bag
ger. He took part last season In one
hundred and four championship con-
tests. seventy-five of which were
played at third base, and he ranked
second in the latter position according
TO the official averages of the major
league. Shrewd observers OF the game
contend that Collins is natural born
ball player, and that he will fill the
place of ex-Captain Nash at third base
ON the Boston team during the coming
season in a satisfactory manner.
Some of the minor league officials
have objected to the National Board OF
Arbitration being made up OF persons
connected with clubs of the National
league and American association. They
argue that the members of the board
should be selected from persons who
are not In any way connected with the
national game financially, while at the
same time they should be thoroughly
conversant with its affairs. There are
a number Of prominent gentlemen
whom one could mention, whose
names are too well known through
their attention to the national
game to need any lengthy explanation
about them, and against whom no
possible objection could be made by
either the major or minor leagues II
the National Board of Arbitration was
selected from among them.
The N. Y. Mercury, OF March 20, In
speaking about the recent game at
Rockford, ILL.,, says: During the sea-
son of 1869 the Forest Citys, among
other clubs, vanquished the famous
Cincinnati Red Stockings, who were
on a triumphal tour Of the country.
Had the writer of the article consulted
the records he would have seen that
they did nothing of the kind. The
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02

used at their sides, and their rifles lay
idle in the bottom of the coach. They
knew II was death to somebody the mo-
ment a move was made. and they sat
transfixed with fear. He commanded
them to get out one by one, lay down
their arms and divest themselves of all
their money and valuables. This they
did, piling about $4,000 worth of
treasure up in a heap before them.
They were then told to go back in
the coach and drive on, Bill Keeler TAX
ing possession of everything that had
been left behind. This story sounds in
credible, but some of those who were
In the coach at the time still live in
this country. and they verify it to the
letter.
Bill Keller never cared for money, al
though he had barrels" of 1t. The peo-
pie in the territory at that time were
making money hand over fist" and
little attention was given the robberies.
Finally they became too numerous and
a reward of $4,000 was offered for the
capture of "the Lone Bandit" dead or
alive. Keeler was located at Mexican
sheep herder's abode. The owned was
taken out and hanged to a tree until
he told where Keller was hiding. I'm
der the Mexicans guidance the sheriff
and his posse were piloted nine miles
into a heavy chapparal in canyon.
Vejar said he had always gone to
certain tree there, when he had food
or news for Keeler, and had waited
there until the bandit came riding up,
pistol or rife in hand, so as to be pre-
pared for any pursuers.
The sheriff and his men concealed
themselves behind brush and trees for
several hours, when Keller came rid
ing up with revolver flashing in his
hand and Winchester across the POM
through the trees that morning." said
the sheriff long after, "he was the
finest looking man l have ever seen
a-horseback. He seemed for all the
world like one of the ancient gods on
a horse" But the sheriff did not let
the picture that Keeler made get the
best of him. In a second he called
"Firer and seven rifles sent lead
through the highwayman's chest. The
latter never spoke, but threw up his
hands and pistol and dropped back on
his horse dead.
The body of Keller was taken to Ben
son, and was braced up against a mud
house, while a photograph was taken
of the corpse. The pictures were in
great demand all over the territory for
year or so. They are still to be seen
in many miners cabin or ranchman's
home.
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track and the next morning Harms
found it. He reburied part of it and
carried the rest to Sacramento. Then
he went to San Francisco and lived
high. When, after fifteen months. de-
tectives discovered him az the finder of
the train robbers plumber, all but
SO, 900 of the money was gone.
Harms was brought up in court at
Sacramento charged under the law
which makes it felony TO appropriate
money known or believed to be stolen
without making any attempt to find
the owner. A notable feature of his
examination was the bringing from
state prison of one of the bandits who
robbed the train, the only one remain
ing alive. This was the well-known
train robber, Jack Brady, who is now
serving a sentence of Imprisonment for
life. Brady told how he and his ac-
completes robbed the train and then
buried the treasure, and how they re-
turned later, but found 1t not, and he
described their feeling thereat. He told
of finding a tramps' camp near the
place, which went to connect Harms
with the finding of the money.
But Harms admits frankly that he
found the money, and when the Wells
Fargo detectives arrested him he
promptly turned over all that remained
of it; at least he said that the SO, 900 he
turned over was all that he had left.
This the detectives doubt and it is in
an effort to recover more of the money
that Harms is being prosecuted. They
think he has stored away a goodly sum
somewhere. Harms declares he turned
over every cent he hadn't spent.
Harms lawyer is confident that any
jury will acquit him after taking into
consideration human weakness, and
the tremendous temptation which con-
fronted Harms when he found the
money. Harms denies that he knew Of
the train robbery, or that he had any
reason to think that the money he
found was other than one of the very
many buried treasures alleged to be
thickly sown all over the Pacific coast
His counsel says the fact that because
of its many extraordinary features the
case is exciting great interest. 1t isn't
every day, even in the Golden State,
that poor man finds $4,000.
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Left Church to Rob a Hen Roost.

For weeks Rev. S. J. Vinegar, OF I'M
manuel Baptist church of Iowa CITY,
Iowa, has been losing fancy chickens
of which he is quite an extensive raiser
George Trask and his son Fred were
under suspicion, but when Mr.. vinegar
saw the former in his congregation AZ
nraver meeting the other night his
doubts were somewhat dispelled. They
returned with redoubled force mnen'
in the middle of the service irasA
crept prayerfully out of the churcn'
The clergyman knew what TINS meant,
and at the close Of the meeting hastehea
after. only to find the greater part Oh
his choicest fowls already missing Ine
Trasks we're arrested and bound over
TO await the action of the grand jury Cd
a charge Of larceny.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02
HOBART'S BRIDE.
A San Francisco Belle Who Is to Wed
Spoiled Darling,

San Francisco Belle Who Is to Wed
n Spoiled Darling.
Miss Hannah Neil Williams Is the
young lady who Is soon to wed young
Walter Hobart, the spoiled darling OF
San Francisco's swell set. Mr.. Hobart
is a splendid fellow, indeed popular
with ali sorts of people in the metrop-
oils of the coast. He is great coach,
fine sportsman and notable figure
in San Francisco. The match is said
to be case of love at first sight. Mr.
Hobart was presented to Miss Williams
by an army officer. Since then he has
pressed his suit with a determination
that not only drove all his rivals away,
but won that young lady herself. Mr..
Hobart is worth several millions.
Miss Williams is the younger OF two
sisters who made their debut in the
winter of last year. She is quite tall,
queenly and graceful, with good style
and faultless carriage. She has light
brown hair, blue eyes and a complexion
that Is without a fieck. Early in her
career Miss Williams showed marked
individuality in the matter of dress.
She has a decided preference for
marked gowns, and almost invariably
wears them. Her shining hair is part
ed in the middle and brushed back
smoothly. She wears a ribbon in it,
usually white, like the snoods of Scot
fish maidens. She likes the American
beauty rose. She and her sister Juliet
live with their grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Neil, in San Rafael, pretty SUI
burb of San Francisco, across the bay
Brigadier General Forsythe is their
uncle. The family is an old colonial
one. Miss Williams father is a pay
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TWO FIENDIsH HUSBANDS. o
wrecked the Train to Get Rid OF Their
Wives and Get Damages.


warren Crisswell, white man. of
Macon, Ca. has voluntarily and pub
hciy confessed to having removed the
rail on the Southern railway that
caused the wrecking of two trains
killing three people and injuring if
teen, on the night of Feb. 20. Crisis
well claims to have played his part in
the tragedy under the persuasion of a
shotgun In the hands OF Odom Shaw.
also white. whose wife was on the
train. and whom Shaw wanted to get
rid OF. and at the same time get dam
ages from the railroad for killing her
The confession was made at a prelimin-
airy hearing for train-wrecxing. Shaw
was present as witness, but was ar
rested after Crisswells confession.
Shaw's father was also arrested.
charged with being an accomplice.
Crisswell says he and Shaw were two
miles from the railroad when they
heard the train crash through the tres
tie, and Shaw exclaimed:
Damn her, she has gone to hell and
she deserves 1t for trying to swear my
life away"
Shaw had reference to his wife, who
had sworn against him some time ago,
when he was on trial for whitecapping.
AS Crisswell's wife was also on the
train that part of the confession which
says Shaw forced him at the point of a
gun to remove the rail is not believed,
and the prosecution claims to have evil
dence that will show that both men en-
tered into plot to kill their wives and
get pay for them.
Both men were arrested two weeks
ago, but as sufficient evidence could
not be procured against them they were
discharged. A few days ago Shaw COM
promised with the railroad for injuries
to his wife for $500. The wives of both
men were seriously injured in the
wreck, and since their release at the
first trial both have been anxious to
effect a speedy compromise with the
railroad.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02

Cincinnati Red Stockings did not lose
a game that year. During that season
they defeated the Forest Citys, Of
Rockford, four times, first by 80 to IL,
July 10, at Rockford, ILL.,; second game
by Is to IA, July "a, at Cincinnati, o.;
third game by SO to 32, July 81, at Chi
cago, ILL.,; and the fourth game by
% to Z, Aug. 2, at Rockford, Ill.
Corcoran, of the Brooklyn club, has
refused to sign for the coming season,
because, as it is stated. he was fined
last year. and lie wants that fine re-
mitted. President Byrne takes philo-
sophical view of the matter, and says:
IF Corcoran desires years vacation
ne Is at liberty to take 1t, but the
Brooklyns will not stop playing on his
account" tee.
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Eat Woman Breaks Up a Home.

A fat woman museum freak was the
correspondent in a divorce suit heard in
Pittsburg the other day. She is Miss
Della Beck and has been on exhibit
ton in local curio halls. Mrs. Rebecca
S. Rogers was the plaintiff and
Nathaniel Rogers the defendant. Mrs.
Rogers claimed her husband brought
the fat woman home. There was no
chair in the house large enough to
accommodate her, so she sat on the
bed. The latter broke down. Mrs.
Rogers viewed the wrecked furniture
and ordered the fat woman from the
house. Then she says her husband
knocked her down. The divorce suit
resulted
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02
Baseball Notes.

Buffalo's leading organization Is
named after the city. 1t is noted for Its
congeniality and camaraderie. Satur-
day night all of the men meet there
for light supper and a jolly time can
always be counted on.
The Detroit club is one of the most
popular ones in that city. 1t has a
taste for high class paintings and every
year loan exhibition is given. Then
the most admired painting is either
bought by the members or given to the
club by some wealthy and generous
member.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02

amputated several inches above the ell
bow and the wound on the scalp was
sewed up. the patient all the time be-
ing conscious of what was being done.
A few minutes after the operation she
was placed on a cot, where she fell
asleep. The girl is doing well and will
soon be able to move about. although
the shock consequent upon the accident
and the operation has shaken her ter
ribly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02

eayer, a wealthy physician, OF Phila-
ephia. When Bertha was in her teens
er mother died, and when her father
fmarried the girl left home. Soon af-
b this Bertha met Rech and became
fatuated with him. Prof. Weaver OBJ
Rcted to the girls associations with
eCh and used every means to stop the
burtship She married Rech, however.
be father died leaving an estate of a
|af million dollars and cut off Bertha
his will. The daughter employed
eunsel and proceedings were started
contest the will, but a compromise
as effected and sum, in trust, was
ttled upon the girl. This was done,
Is said, to prevent her husband from
fttng control OF the money. 1t Is re-
ported that 100000 of Mrs. Rech's por-
'on Of her fathers estate would in a
Nv months revert to her uncondition-
ly. The murder has aroused the en-
lre community.
The last seen Of Mrs. Rech was when
Pc purchased groceries in Mays Land
%. The next day some neighbors in
uired of Rech where his wife was and
4 replied that she had gone out for a
yak. Her disappearance was not gen.
Fally known until a week later when
feeh loaded crate Of poultry onto his
agon, and with his child came to the
p'y' since which time he has not been
zen.
When Reeh drove away without his
Flle, who usually accompanied him,
pa who had not been seen for a week,
amuel Jones, a neighbor of Rech's in
s'eilville, became suspicious and
eled upon the opportunity to investi-
A'e' Jones then recalled the fact that
snort time ago Mrs. Rech was shot
her husband, the husband claiming
aa' II was accidental. He was gun
Jug ior 'possum in the chicken coop,
mad said. and when he fired the
uos struck the woman. Foul play
one. W."
"uiie on his way back to the Rech
'aSe Jones stumbled across a mound
,resn earth, near a pine tree. which
~ Oeen recently cut down in the field
LISTENING to Sheriff Johnson, Jones
'u MIN his suspicious, and the sheriff.
un.y Clerk Lew and others quickly
hound. ~ 0fS
Two feet below the surface the body
mrs Rech was found. 1t was taken
sue mousse to await the arrival of the
.Ouer and the prosecutor. When the
'Oner arrived he examined the body.
sOarse sack was over tine head and
nv r,He - 70 the waist, being tied to pre-
ns slipping down and revealing
features. Another sack was drawn
~ Tue feet and met the other gar
Pent at the feet.
ue woman was murdered without a
sesle' Her hair was neatly done up,
). mnen her body was found the hair
rus .n,uisturbed, showing there was no
M S S Inc handkerchief with which
6o,' was strangled was one similar to
r. S seen to be in the possession of
knaa summation Of the chips from the
I'M Al wee snow the tree was cut down
h. an ak that had dent in the blade.
NM - with the dent was found in the
Ia,s. The dent in the ak fitted the
|hs, >. IN the chips. The tree was felled
kid.rae grave was filled in. II was
ho" sa',y Intended that the branches
IN aa nide the grave. The man who
''"n the tree mlscalculatod, and
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iona long before a quarrel ensued and
the boys separated, Jack going to Yuma
and Bill remaining near Tucson. The
former made the acquaintance of two
noted highwaymen, who, by their thrill
ing stories, converted Jack into rob-
Der. Bill heard of the change of life
his brother had assumed, and was
much grieved. He was hurt so much
by the stories in circulation that he
offered to give Jack all the cattle and
farm If he would give up his new life
and return home. But Jack loved the
life of bandit and would not listen
to his brothers pleadings. However
strange 1t may seem, Bill, at the age
Of 30 years, also became a highwayman
and achieved world renown as "the lone
bandit" All of this is recalled by the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02
uor,. Die. from Chewing Tobacco.

On order of the city officials DR.. c.
Lake. city veterinary surgeon Of Ports
mouth, Ohio, examined the body of a
fire department horse. which died of a
mysterious disease. He found that the
horse departed this life from chewing
too much tobacco. The animal con-
sumed three or four large cakes Of the
weed daily. Its liver was shrunken to
the size of baseball. Other horses In
the department eat tobacco. and an
order was promptly issued forbidding
any one to give IL to them.
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the top OF the tree only barely reached
the grave, and as the tree fell on one
side' instead OF directly on top of the
grave, 1t was easily found.
Hundreds of persons visited the Rech
home and inspected the grave. At last
accounts the murderer had not been
captured.
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a year, has been held in $4,000 bail to
stand trial in the Superior court at
Sacramento for grand larceny. AL
though Harms spent his money in a
most lavish manner. giving large
amounts to friends and setting up sew
eral men in business, none of his bene-
fciaries came to his assistance to res
cue him, and Harms is now confined in
a cell in the state prison. He took his
desertion by his fair-weather friends
philosophically, merely remarking that
1t was the way Of the world.
Harms, II may be remembered, was
tramping over the railroad ties toward
Sacramento in November, 1894, and
eamped over night in piece of woods
a few miles outside of Sacramento.
That night a train was robbed, and
$1,000 in gold coin was taken from the
Wells-Fargo express car. The robbers
buried $4,000 of their plumber near the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02

Two young women were arrested az
navton Ohio. for spending the night
a. 1aptist church with two young
men. The latter are badly wanted Ou'
can't be found.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02

,aled the fact that two handkerchiefs
re- used in accomplishing the deed.
j first was so tightly drawn around
throat and knotted as to compress
throat into one-half its normal size.
Mother handkerchief was then tightly
steued over the first one. No other
,rks of violence were discovered.
Prosecutor Perry is making every eff
\ 10 arrest the husband, John Rech,
no is accused OF the murder. and the
Nice Of all nearby cities have been
btIHed. The prosecutor believes that
\ motive for the deed is fully estab-
khed and fastened onto the husband
! the fact of Mrs. Rech having made
Twill in which she left all of her pos
Sssions to their child, making her hus-
Ind trustee and also giving to the lat
\ full power of attorney to enable
&n to control the estate.
Mrs Rech was the daughter of Prof
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swallowed a PIN 40 Year. Aro.

James Morris, convict in the Column
bus, Ohio. penitentiary, is seriously i'll
from the effects of a pin swallowed
some forty years ago. The pin recent
ly came out of his breast, but no inn
provement followed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02
BASEBALL GOSSIP.
SOME DoINGS ON AND OFF
THE DIAMOND.
james j. Collins OF the Boston Club One
OF the cieverest OF the Finds of Re-
cent Years-The Board OF Arbitration
Difficulty.

AMES J. COL
Inns, Of the Boston
team. of the Ma
tional league and
American associa-
ton, was during the
season of 1895, a
find" that was
everywhere lauded
to the skies after
h g accidentally
- -
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Perkins and Lady Inez.

Soup" Perkins did a piece of fine
drawing on Lady Inez in the Tennessee
Oaks recently that put the late Isaac
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-02
ATRAMP'S HARDLUCK.
FOUND $4,000 IN GOLD COIN
BY THE RAILROAD TRACK.
But the Detectives In Tracing . Train
Robbery Soon Located Him and Nov
He IL In JaiI-Money Was spent vsry
Rapidly.

HE tramp Harms,
or Carl Hermann,
which appears to
be his real name.
who found $4,000
In gold coin beside
the railroad track
near Sacramento.
Cal, fifteen months
ago, and spent $780,
900 of 1t in San
Er-o of.no - ohA,xN
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keller, THE BANDIT.
DEATH OF HIS BROTHER RE-
CALLS HIS DARING DEEDS.
He Had Money to Burn Hut Gave Wealth
No Thought-Kind to Finally,
Like All Outlaws, He Died with
Boots On.

N THE SUMMER
of 1873 Jack and
Bill Keeler, two
honest and brave
young men, re-
moved from Sag
Harbor, l.. l., to
south Arizona.
They became cow
boys and worked
together. They had
not been in Ari-
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FRANGLEDTO DEATH
FATE OF A coNFiD-
NO YOUNG WIFE.
u.,akerchief to Kill the Woman
"a. WIN In His Favor
,,s Body and Then Feiied n
q. over the Grave
HE AUTOPSY UP,

HE AUTOPSY UP
on the body OF Mrs.
M art ha Rech,
found murdered
near Mays Land
ing. n. j., the other
day, the remains
being dug up in the
woods. showed that
death was caused
by strangulation.
"A. awara{natinn ra-
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Hungary is about to celebrate its
thousandth birthday by six months
Of festivity.
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The fruit derived from labor is the
sweetest Of all pleasures
CUES.
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Jacket waists ara noO"'"- this sea-