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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

ing possessed OF the same wild, fero-
cious anger that seized Willie Crago
when an officer told him he could not
leave the court room.
Like a wild animal the brother
sprang upon Crago. and in the strug-
gle was stabbed with a knife, dying
soon afterward. This occurrence and
others Of minor Importance in Mr.. Cra-
go's life show, 1t is said, that the I'M
natural characteristics OF the boy muir
derer have been handed down to him
by the laws Of nature, though the fa-
Their has In his sufficient strength Of
will to overcome the vicious tendency
of his temper on most occasions. There
Is nothing known In the life or charac-
teristics OF the mother that could be
said to have had any influence on the
lad toward making him destroyer Of
life.
The deaf-mute sister is speechless.
Physically the family Is not strong.
but all are Of a nervous disposition
with constitutions Of great endurance.
Both father and son appear to be
truthful to fault. and throughout the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

belng Al excellent accountant, prior 70
his advent lnto baseball, says New
YORK cltpper. He showed his ability
al a baseball manager when ha look
hold OF the cass team. % Detroit, "a
the early eighties. liz 1851 ne became
associated with the old Detroit efnp.
81 the National League, acting as sec
rotary, which position be fitlei With
great credit till the middle " the sea-
son uf isSS, when he sas nade man
ager 81 the team Az the close 81 shat
season the best players WeFe sold %
Boston ami the club dishanded. II
1889 he managed the Detroit team, q
The International League, which Ron
the championship of that organization.
having i percentage "a $40, winning
seyenty-two games and losing thirty
nine. which was a very cfvdlta1ie
showing he continued a. the helm
~ the Detroit team during the trouble
some times u 1880 until the club dts
banded early in the summer ln 1881
ne took up a residence AZ Cleveland
Ohio and remained there until the
middle % che season 81 1882. WHOM he
returned 70 Detroit For two years.
during 1885 and isyi he was assist,
ant cashier In the United States snF-
enue Office al Detroit. Early 10 is5S
be. wlth Bob GienAiyin ana other par
ties. organized the Pacific Sprthwr3.
League. he securing the franchise ~
the Seattle club The championship
began Aay 2 and terminated on jane
H. This League started gas with the
brightest prospects u a successful
campaign. and tid remarkably veil
for several weeks Then 4 tHrn TOR
the bad came and matters became
worse Instead 81 Improving. until the
managers threw 10 thslr hands about
the middle - Jane. after srttiing VI
T hla affairs On the Pacific coast Mr.
Lsadlsy returned east AMI secured D
I lucrative position Ia hts native city
ard il Il believed thar b. stiii retains
It. Notwithstanding that ne IL the
owner d thr Grand Rapids club Dur.
ing the past winter be and Bob Glen.
+ alvin purchased the franchise uf the
latter club from George Ellis. Who alsa
owned the franchise ~ the Npwark
club. n tho Atlantic League Glsnal.
I yin managed and played second basr
on the Grand Rapids team untli seu
/ weeks ago. when Mr Lradicy purrhas.
81 his interest IN The club ana assnn
"a entire charge ~ It's affairs with
good team ~ should rrtsst at.E .,,y
cess IN his venture. as h. ii thorough.
y familiar si,h All branches u the
gnme. and II a very clever manage;
and careful and shrewd fuanessr.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

A tale OF the good fortune which haa
befallen a poor Swedish servant girl
who invested 81 900. the savings OF
years, in grub-staklng a fellow coun-
tryman. and who has now awakened
to the fact that she has fallen heiresa
to $4,000 as result OF her invest.
ment, comes from Tacoma. when she
heard Of her good fortune Mary Sven
sen had just been discharged from a
position she had held for many years
She had about Sill. having spent near
ly all her earnings taking care Of a
sister Of the man she had sent to the
Arctic region. Il was at this crisis In
her financial affairs that a letter was
received by steamer from the man she
had staked. saying that he had struck
It rich. her share being about 500 900.
and that he was on his way home.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30
EXECUTION OF FRANK BUTLER
Details OF the Hanging OF an Aussr--
liam Murderer.

liam Murderer.
The Sydney papers received give de-
tails OF the hanging OF Frank Butler.
who murdered three men in the Blue
mountains and vas extradited from
San Francisco after having been chased
across the Pacific by detectives But
Ter was very pale, but calm, and assist
ed the officers. When he felt the rope
tighten around his neck, he ex-
claimed. Let 90, Let go" He had
drop Of seven feet six inches, and MS
death was instantaneous. The SEN
tence was carried out in the presence
Of only a few persons. as the sherlH
refused all applications for admittance.
Butler confessed 10 the jail governor
that be killed Lee Weller, Preston ana
Burgess, and he added that he had
committed great many other crimes,
for some Of which he ought 10 have
been hanged over and over again
dozen times If that was possible" He
begged the authorities 10 send TO Pres
tons relatives his sorrow for having
murdered the boy. Butler also admit
ted having killed young prospector
named Davis, bur he would give no de-
tails, as he said others were implicated
in the crime. In the estimation Of the
criminal experts Of Australia. Butler
was the worst murderer known since
Deeming, who butchered his wife and
-nildren and hid their bodies under
the fireplace.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

the village baker. He was 70 have
been married TO Miss Nettie Whitaker,
a most estimable young lady. and had
been preparing for the nuptial event
apparently in an unusually happy
frame Of mind. At s o'clock he went
to his room to dress, and few minutes
later was heard TO leave the house. He
went directly TO the barn. climbed to
the loft. and drained a vial OF carbolic
acid. His body was found half an hour
later, and but an hour before the time
appointed for the ceremony. The bride
was partially dressed. and the guests
were beginning to arrive. when the
news Of the groom's awful fate was an
nounced. The shock which 1t occa-
stoned can only be imagined. No cause
Is assigned.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

jury 10 one OF his hands ~,
out OF the game for some 49, w. y
after he resumed work he ~ Y
hi upon the injured hand Il. asa
not wholly disable him. AIM.
participated In thirty-six chams'sa
contests, he did not DO a. se 'ss'''Ai
as he did the year before o. IN
then his pitching gave eyldssss W.
periority. but he seemed Is NJ
his grip. although in the ~,
games he pitched some wonss,,s,
striking out twelve and thIr,ssa
Ia two games against the p,ss
team. u was thar good work ~
traeted the attention Of the oss.''s
the Washington club. ana n.
Sehmelz signed him Tor ri. ss
1886. he participating thai ssasa.
thlrty-toar championship ea,ss
although he won only eleysn y !.
he was credited with some s,..s
pitching performances. On JUN y.
az Boston. Mass, the locals ,sss.
two safe hits. July 81. al R,a.,..'
n Y. he held the home tsam ~
% i've safe hits; August L : R,..
he allowed the nossous only 81. Il
hits; August q. al Washine,on 1 I
the ciacianatis made only rs, I. L
hits ofH him: September 1 al VA.
ton, he prevented the a
Browns from making more ~, 7.
safe hits. September is. al w.,As..
ton. be allowed the BFookIyns Z, "
bits. from which they scored ~ q
September y, 81 washiagloa /, VI
the New Yprks do@a 10 thns =
hsss, the Washlngtons wlaninr 4, X
!. HE participated 10 Two WEN. I.
ming games last season. losins Y. /.
The 81. Louis fiFoans and xinslsr !,
from she Philadelphia. Ills u, ~
Ing performances thus far ,Als -,
Aas the holding the Chieas0s ~, !.
three safe hills and shutting tksn =
without . run 10 the seeona u II !,
sauies played July ii cAkaza 4
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30
HIS CHILDREN DREW LOTS.
John walters Takes Peculiar WAY OF
Dividing his Estate.

Dividing Ills Estate.
The sad experience, OF King Lear
after dividing his kingdom has no in
fluence upon at leas. ane resident 81
Brown county. Wis. John Walters,
one OF the earliest settlers, and now
resident Of Duck Greek. has followed
in the footsteps OF the old king. aud
has divided his estate among his chill
dren. Mr.. Walters is getting we'll ad-
vaneed In years. and he called his Tam
lily OF nine children around him. and
proposed that the estate be divided
among them now, and thus save future
litigation. The plan agreed upon Was
that the estate should be divided into
nine parts OF as nearly equal as possi-
bic. and that corresponding numbers
should be drawn. To this all agreed.
The numbers were accordingly throSn
into hat and the drawing progressed
good-naturedly 10 the end. when all
declared themselves satisfied. The on
~ stipulation made BY Mr.. Walters
was that each Of the beneficiarles
should contribute SIS per annum 70
fund FOR his private use The value Of
the estate Is about $4,000.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30
vERMoNT's QUEER TOWN.
Its Population Has Been DECLINING for
over 100 Years.

tts fOpulhLiDn mas Besn Declining Tor
over 100 Years.
In Windsor county, Vermont, f.
about as queer a town as there is in
the United States. It's name is BaIti-
more, and 1t possesses little OF inter-
est. save history in which none OF its
inhabitants expresses the slightest
pride. Baltimore Ii fairly old, as
American towns go. having been set on
from Cayendish and organized In 1893.
1t then had 275 presumably ambitious
and hopeful inhabitants. but every CEN
sus taken since then has revealed a
steady growth-downward. In 1900
the place had lost one citizen, and the
subsequent record stands az follows:
In 1910, 207 inhabitants; 1920. 204:
1880, 179; 1910, 158; 1850, 1874; 1860.
116: 1870, SO; 1881, II: 1890, ga. To-
day the number is ffty-nine, and one
Of the fifty-nine spends his winters in
the soldiers home at Brattleboro.
Nothing has ever happened in the
town, not even a crime, and II has no
distinguished sons or daughters. The
houses are scattered over the territory
included within Baltimore's limits. no.
where forming anything like village,
and there is no store, no church, no
postoffice. not even cider mill. The
people are prosperous enough, as Yer
mont farmers define prosperity, but
they keep moving away whenever OBJ
portunity offers, and nobody ever
moves in. 1t Is twenty years since a
wedding took place there.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

been bigamlsi many years. and haa
already served tao terms In prison FOR
marrying one at Joliet. Ill. and the
other al Lansing. Kan. The prisoner
Intimates that he has more than ten
wives. and that the officers have not
found all 0f them yet. The ten he mar.
ried under his right name, How many
he married under other names may
never be known 4 humeiier man than
Kneeiand could not be found 10 4
years search. but he has always been
popular with women. lie has large.
pleading eyes. and his occupation. that
of an artist. appeals az once 10 their
fancy. In many o. his courishtps hs
represented that he had immense
wealth. and had assumed the guiss Of
wandering artist for the sole purpose
Of finding a wife who would not marry
him for his money alone. Kneelana's
brother. II r. KneeIand. a lawyer Al
Columbus. Ohio. says the prisoner Ia
insane on the subject Of mairimony,
and that his Insanity is due To a fall
he received in his youth. when hts
skull was fractured at the frontal bone
just above the eyes.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

From Cincinnati Eagalfvs~: ~
Quesusbesry tairrludss ID ~ alT
league games could 81 made d s.
stranger ~ Offering = purse O. ass
between the indicator handlers ~ D
players. With a ring piteAs4 e an
uIie corner ~ the Geld 10 KlH =
bifing bee . true tone :, sec tktts
owners beside to abide b. tie 8ssafH
% ths umpIfea ard sustaia fsstsii
YOUNG aad his staff ot lndieaief assf
lrrs. then. and not until then. W Z
QussnsbeFry features To bzss - 7
eliminated, Tom Browns sssEssss
that the offending players y ~ =
% tho game for a week or $50 go
or a. long ~ The uE~nss mas 80
Il the best remedy for the aese Z 1.
advanced. and should be PRESERVES =
way Of experiment.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30
n..,h rate. IN Lonao. e,,,,,.u.

The London Chronicle calls atten-
ton to the death rate in many of the
model dwellings in that city. In par
ticular there is found in the houses OF
the Metropolitan Association for I'm
proving Dwellings OF the Working
Glasses death rate of only 9.s4 to
1000 The inmates OF these houses
number 6,430, and are housed in four
teen bIocfs In different parts OF the
city. This rate is only half the rate
for the whole OF London.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

The officials Of the washington riub
have developed some excellent player.
In th" past year 81 two. AMI the luaI.
cations are that they did not miscue
IN their Judgment when they selected
James hcJamss 70 star In sasne 81 the
leading roles with thc stock company
which will play all the baseball com
edies and mslodramas in the major
league raee for the pennant. McIamna
~ looked upon as one ~ Washing.
tons finds. and ho has certainly Civ.
en- evidence enough in the pitching Tine
70 satisfy even the most skeptlcal per.
son that he IL able 10 hold his own
IN the fastest company known In the
national game NcJamss was born a,
Williamsburg, 5. G.. in 1873. bat his
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

father. who Is medical practitioner
q renown. took up a residence at
Charleston when the subject of this
sketch was at very early age. Young
McJames began his ball playing on Tho
team of the University Of south Caro-.
Ina. o. which institution he il a grad.
nate. lie IL very intellectual and an.
pertaining, and Is popular with nj
VINO know him. His professional ca.
reer began with Petersburg team ~
me Virginia League. in 1894. and he
hah very successful season. ue waa
re-engaged for the season Of tsas aad
started on that year an though no
meant 70 eclipse his preceding aaason,s
work. On May I. 1895. he allowed ,ba
NorfolkS only three safe hits ana on
May he repeated the trick againa,
me Richmonda. but. although tho Pc.
'ersburgs made six safe hits. tho pieh.
monds won by to 0. Shortly after
that McJames received a painful I'm.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

IN the highest terms Of his treatment
b. BREEDER. and says he never met
pleasanter man with whom TO have
business relations. and other 81. Clair
men feel quite the same way. When
BREEDER left sor Port Huron he assured
his family that he would be back with
In a week
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

community IN which they live reached
generzl sympathy for the affiietion OF
the beg doomed 70 pass his life under
restraint. with murder in his heart.
and isolated in body and spirit from
the world and his fellows.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30


or two ago on the charge OF emDezLllus
$4,000 OF the funds OF the bank IN De-
cember last. The arrest was made by
Alfred Large. deputy United States
marshal. and jacob Bernatz. deputy
sheriff. The ex-bank cashier had been
traced 10 st Clair by Jacob johnson,
county detective OF Easton. Pa. john
son went TO work on the case about
six weeks ago. He first went 10 Cleve-
land. Ohio. but the clue on which he
worked was a false one. Then he
went to Detroit, and later TO Port HUI
ron. Mich. TO which place BREEDERS
household goods had been shipped.
Failing 70 find any trace OF the de-
falling cashier in Port Huron. johnson
locked for his man in Canada. the par
adise OF desaulting bank cashiers. For
two weeks he searched through the
queens dominion and then came across
the river 10 ST. Clair. When BREEDER
shook hands with Johnson after his arr
rest the former appreciated that IL was
all up with him. and trembled like a
leaf. Without any fuss or ado he went
along with the officials 10 his home
procured a change and set OF for Port
Huron, where his examination was 70
| take place before the United States
commissioner. There were others al
I legged 10 be concerned in the peeula-
/ tons besides BREEDER According 10 the
/ statement OF Detective johnson a high
/ officer Of the bank was as deeply in
y tie nire as BREEDER johnson says the
I hank president = now in an insane
I asylum. II has been learned since
BREEDERS arrest that the family OF the
bank president visited Breeders family
az ST. Clair
Detective Johnson seems nightly
sorry about II all He said no man In
i Bethlehem was more respected than
the bank cashier had been. he had a
charming family. consisting Of a wife
and two daughters, and all had en-
deared themselves TO the entire com
munity. The story. as told by John
son. was TO the effect that BREEDER had
used about all his own property in
speculation. Then he took the money
OF the bank. Of which he was the trust
ed officer. He continued 10 fail in his
speeuIations. and, after he had Dor
rowed $4,000 OF the funds Of the bank
In dabbling with the bulls and bears
he found he could no longer cover uE
the speculations, and went Vest and
settled on the border BREEDER left
Bethlehem on Dec II, 1896. He at once
went TO Toronto. Can. and while there
he determined TO go back 10 Bethle.
hem. give up his life insurance and
take the consequences. but II Is said
that his family and friends prevailed
on him not TO do so. He arrived In
st. Clair last spring and together with
Walter Ash, who had shown remarka.
BILE genius for electrical work and me.
chanics. he opened a shop fer the ex.
pert repairing Of bicycles. Mr.. BREEDER
purported TO come from New Jersey
He was a good mechanic, and the firm
OF BREEDER G. Ash fast became popular
as II was appreciated that the work.
men knew their business He had beer
very square in his business trsnsac
lions about town. and he and bis famil,
have been respected By all. and tn,
people OF st. Clair seem quits amazed
! at his arrest, and regret the occur
renee.
BREEDER had been eassisr Of The banl
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
CURRENT SAYINGS AND DoiNos
ON THE DIAMOND.
sketch of Manager Lesdlss OF ths
GRAND Rapids club OF the western
League Washington a. Developer
~ star Players sporting mattsrs

oBERT II. Lead
ley. owner Of the
franchise Of the
Grand II a p ! q )
Club. Of the West
ern League. is a
native Of Detroit.
Mich. and II about
forty six years old.
He filled several
clerical positions in
the city of straits.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30
A 10Y DEGENERATE.
cNF OF NATURES CRUEL LAWS
ILLUSTRATED.


HE story OF the
birth and tragic
events Of the brief
life OF the Ii-year-
old Willie Crago.
the Newport. Ohio.
murderer degener-
ate, sent 10 the re-
form farm AZ Ian
caster. Is beyond
doubt indicative Of
the memorable laws
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

Light-minded young thing in a bath.
ing suIt--surely. Aunt Margaret. you
are not going to wear your spectacIea
in the wdter. Aunt Margaret-Indeed
am. Nothing shall induce me 10 take
Off another thing.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30
THE BRIDE WAS DRESSING.

For the Wedding When the Body OF
the suicide Lover Was Found.
A tragic suicide occurred the other
evening at Waynetown. Ind. The vic
tim was John White. aged q years.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30
Rnilx hoy with = .ila.. ~.

Keen eyes of New York customs In.
spectors found In the false bottom OF A
trunk the other day 10000 glass OPTICS
smuggled from Switzerland.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

In Russia child ten years Of 40.
can not go away from home to school
without passport.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30

The names OF fifty-two Saxon kfngs
ere preserved, all Of whom, with the
exception Of four, died violent deaths
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30
A CASHIER CAUGHT.
CAPTURED AT A LATHE IN HIS
SHOP.
rroye the President of the Institution
Insane-went 90 Canada aad Would
Have Returned but for HIS Friends
Kept HIS Owa Name.

HARLES E. BRE-
der. the defaulting
ex- cashier OF the
First National bank
of Bethlehem. Pa.
who was believed
TO be in Canada.
was arrested while
working at a lathe
in his little bicycle
repair shop in s.,
Clair. Mich. a day
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-30
KING OF RloAmlsrs.
ALBERT knreiand OF 81. Joseph, Me-.
Detectives Many Women.

With ten living wives to his credlt
Albert kneeland stlll smiles Oh ths
women who visit him In JAIN Al 81. Jo-
seph, Mo He would marry again II
he had the opportunity. kneeiand u
Ia Jail on she charge ot bigamy. and i
almost certain 10 get fye-ysar sen.
tence IN the penItentlary. lie has
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06

nounced he would go on with the case
returned loaded with authorities, and
after a few minutes search Me-
O'Bryan found the particular act and
read it to Judge Foster.
Attorney Green then entered into an
argument for his side, holding that Nc
Nails action in shutting out the insur-
ance companies from doing business in
this state, and the publicity that action
received in the newspapers, was con-
tempt on the part of Mr.. McNall, for
the reason that he sought to interfere
with a case then pending in the federal
court.
He was followed by Eugene Ware
and George J. Barker, all holding that
contempt was not confined to an ac-
ton in the presence or in the innmedi-
ate vicinity of the court while in ses-
sion so long as it affected case then
pending in that court
Attorney General Boyle closed the ar
guments, still holding to the point he
made at the opening of the case, that
an act was not a contempt unless COM
mitted in the presence or immediate
vicinity of the court while in session,
as construed by the statute of linita-
lions governing the federal courts.
Incidental to informing the attorneys
when the case would be disposed of,
Judge Foster made a statement in ref
erence to the discretionary powers of
the superintendent of insurance which
plainly shows his views on that point
In this special notion said he, a de-
cision of the supreme court is cited re-
garding the discretionary powers of the
superintendent of insurance. 1 am not
familiar enough with that decision to
know if it is correct that it holds that
an officer vested with discretionary
powers can abuse those powers and oc-
cupy such an autOcratic position that
there can be no appeal from it. hope
such is not correct. If it is correct, 1t
is assuredly an extraordinary state of
affairs, and is carrying discretionary
powers farther than any rule yet
known