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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18
HE WAS BLOODTHIRSTY
creole Slew For the Love of
Slaughter.
CONFESSED TO SEVEN MURDERS.

1Allsa WIN nj.
49,. '''' oos never
Aeain-For One Of His Grimes
Two Italians wcrc Lynched-Murdered
For Small sums.
Tho Cornerstone at New Orleans of q
negro known as Creole show him to be q
monster Of almost unprecedented deuray.
Sy. He has murdered seven people and
bis weapon has always been a club, bar
OF Iron or nm TX.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18

he was working in the swamps he learned
that there was q movement ON foot to
lynch him as soon as he was released
This caused him to take q chance to es-
cape. He determined that the first man he
met should furnish him with clothing.
This man happened to be o tramp. Creole
Creole knocked him senseless with club.
he could have taken the clothing when
the man was helpless, but this did not
content him. He must needs do murder
az well.
His next muTdef was that of a colored
woman in st. Charles parish, the wife of
. man from whom he purposed stealing
side Of bacon. Mary Barker threatened to
tell on Creole, and he killed her with an
*.
His next murder was that Of Spaniard
named RoccaDa Jacque, which was a very
brutal and cold blooded crime. Three
Italians were accused of it and two of
them were lynched. This involved the
United States government In trouble with
Italy. It was finally adjusted by the
United States paying damages Of $6, 600.
Until Creole made his confession it was
never suspected that the lynched Italians
were not guilty.
The largest sum he secured from any of
bis victims was from Alexander johnson,
o col0red man, more than 20 years old,
whose skull Creole crushed with q single
blow. In Johnson's pockets Creole found
AGO. This year Creole has murdered two
people, both of them peddlers. The last
named was killed June &C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18

There Is in New York city a little
German barber shop the proprietor Of
which has grievance against the Irish
race that will not be wiped out fog
some time. One evening ia his hearty
German way he welcomed a customer,
q burly son Of Ireland. with nm enor.
nous shock Of hair, who roughly cried:
"Oi want hair cut. Do yez moindy'
"Yah, Won hair cut init der head.'
"Yis, that's il, wan hair cut" And
with yawn the Celtic gentleman threw
himself In the chair.
While the barber was preparing his
scissors the lrishman nodded n few
times and in q short while had appar-
emily dropped into doze. The barber
went indnstriously TO work, and the
locks fell with every clip of the scissors.
Meanwhile the Irishman SLEPT ON. At
last the hair was cut ard brushed, and
the barber exclaimed:
Zach. dat is gcot You looks joost
like. Won gentleman"
With start the man Of ireland awoke
and gave a glance in tho mirror.
"Say, Germany. did Oh ask yez to
cut my hair:"
"Yah, dots vot I do"
"What's that: Did Oh say Oh wanted
my hair cut! Did Oiy"
"Yah, yah! Dots right"
With a rush the Irishnan grabbed him
by the collar.
look here, Germany. Oh said Oh
wanted hair cut. That's one hair-do
yez hear:-the long wan that was hang
in in front. For what do yez want to
be cuttin all Of thin? DIN have tho
law en- yez at once fer that &" And with
q wrathful countenanoe be slapped ON
his hat and left the place before the as
tonisbed barber could recover from his
fright
When tho rollicking Irish wit turned
the corner, be was heard TO remark,
Faith, that's a chape way to git 9
hair cut "-Harper's Round Table.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18
GRAY SQUIRRELS.
How They Hide Their Scattered Stores
Tor the Winter.

Gray squirrels are winter noighburs,
but very shy ones j have tried 20 coax
them 10 come into the yard for walnuis
by leaving cut a supply under the trees
there and gathering al frna at her trees,
but they were too well supplied with
nuts in the wood. Ibid sucoocd in rnin-
ing their confidence through a pair Il
tame squirrels that had been raised IN
a cage by neiglibor I induced tho
ncighbor 90 set them free, ard. apparent
~ 60 reward int, Glcy took up their
abode in the tall cuitonwoQds and pup
lars about the lawn. la; more likely be-
cause the ~ gbbor had no large treca
While they remained an occasional wild
squirrel would call or spend the day j.,
the great trees with iny tame ones. Bat
the yillainous pot hunter and his worth
less cur destroyed my pets and drove Tho
visitors hack 20 their wild state.
The gray squirrel is not as providoist
as the little ground squirrel, who tolls
through the long days Of summer ind
fall 70 provide himself a home and lay
up store for winter Use. What liii.a
the gray squirrel does lay by for IA rainy
day IL not stored ia his den, bui scatter
ed here and there about the woods, like
the prudent housewife afraid 20 put all
the eggs in one basket.
l learned from my tame squirrels
their method Of hiding nuts. Tho nut is
carried In the mouth, and some timo
and thought are given 10 the selection
OF q likely place 10 hide it, When tho
spot is finally decided upon. a hole iho
size q the nut is dug in tine ground, the
nut thrust In and pushed DOWN hard
with the nose, little earth pressed and
patted down. and leaves CT grass toslol
about in the most natural way. Alter
a snowfall their tracks will DO found i'm
every diruc:.1n. from the den trees 60
all parts e tho wood. Following these
trails. one viii find many little holes
in the snow where hidden nuts have
been dug up. H. Kennedy in Haz-
pcr's Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18
Then suddenly the ehos. of Louis an

Then suddenly the ghost of Louis ap-
pears, and, to perscnate the spirit Of
the dead man, Irving had had to fly to
the wings. make his way below the
stage and take his stand upon the trap,
which conveyed him upward to the
gaze Of the thrilled spectators
How was It done? The audience was
amazed. Yet the explanation is com.
paratively simple: Irving stepped be-
hind "property" tree. His double"
instantly filled his place. taking good
care not to face the audience when il
was necessary for him to confront tie
ghost. Hence the lightning change from
mortal TO spirit and the resultant be-
wilderment Of tie beholders.
Neither is the "Corsican Brothers"
the only play in which Irving has con-
trived to take a double part and vet
nonplus tho audience by the adroitness
of his metamorphosis
Those who are familiar with the
Lyons Mail" will doubtless remem-
Der the most telling scene in the clay.
Here Dubosc, the murderer, is in an
attic. gazing down upon the prepara-
tons being made for the execution Of
the innocent Lesurqu,s-whose likeness
to the real murderer has brought him
to such a terrible pass-an expression
OF horrible glee upon his face, clappine
his hands as he sees the apparently
doomed man step forward to hts death.
But his exultation is premature. L.
surques is reprieved, and the crowd
suddenly catches sight Of the villainous
face of the real murderer mt the attic
window. The door Of the room is bat
tered in. Behind it stands Dubosc. Tbe
wretch Is dragged from his refuge, and
as they do 70 Irving IesurquesD coolly
walks in upon the scene of turmoil.
The door of the attic Is made to omen
inward, thus shutting Irving -Duboso
from view Of the auditorium. In a mo.
ment he slips through q trap. His
double" takes his place. to be hustled
unceremoniously by the crowd OF 'su.
pers," whose duty it Is also to conceal
the mans face in case the fraud should
be discovered. Irving-Lesuruues can
hen come on in his new role.
But an actor has been known to play
two parts without the assistance Of q
dummy.
In certain play IL was the duty Of
the hero to leap out Of the window of
his room aed to enter from door on the
opposite side Of the stage clad in differ.
ent clothes. though otherwise the same.
Thls, however, was juggling pure
and simple. The actor dropped into his
second dress in much the same way as
an American fireman il reputed to
jump into his uniform. The costums
consisted of but one piece with patent
fastening down the back. and as he
leaped through the window frame be
leaped into his clothes. which, so ts
speak. shut behind him and left him 70
habilitated..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18

Tine prisoner Of Zenda," s'Corsican Broth-
ers" and tho Lyons Mail" Are Plays in
which It Is Necessary For the Star to
Make These Quick Changes.
To be able to play two parts in the
same piece-to portray. perhaps two
characters of totally different caliber-
is not an undertaking which many ac-
tors care to attempt. 1t is only the ex-
perienced artist who may ATTEMPT the
feat with IMMUNITY, and even then,
though he may appear to the audience
20 achieve his end without an effort,
there IRE many more difficulties in his
path than meet the eye Of the habitual
theater goer.
Not only must the actor be possessed
of no small amount of histrionic talent.
but he must often call in the aid Of an
understudy, whose duty it is to gull the
onlooker into the belief that their favor.
tie is performing the impossible feat of
being in two places at one and the same
time. For i'll nearly every play of such q
character it is well nigh impossible for
the author so to arrange his piece that
the actor may never be called upon to
DO on the stage with Ills double.
Any one who has been to see "The
Prisoner Of ZeIda" performed at the st.
James theater, must have marveled at
the lightning celebrity with which Mr..
George Alexander, moment before the
drunken king Of Ruritania, suddenly,
rs by some act Of witchcraft, reappeared
a. Rudolf Rassendyll, clad in the ordi-
nary costume of the English tourist
Then, to every ones surprise, the supine
body Of the king was carried in SO that
TO al appearances Mr.. Alexander was
gazing upon his own person. In reality,
of course, it was merely a lightning
change, and the understudy had to be
requisitioned to supply the person OF the
king.
A more famous case Of double imper-
sonation, however, is that of 1.-THE Cor
sican Brothers," the first play perhaps
in which Sir Henry Irving gave rs o
taste of his wonderful talent.
In the first act-to give slight re-
sumo of the play-the ghost of Louis,
killed in q duel by q certain Chateau
Remand in the forest of Fontainebleau,
appears to Fabien, his brother. The Sec
ond act takes us to Paris, and through
varied incident to the death Of Louis,
Here Irving was Louis.
In the third act, however. it Is Fabien
who is once more before us, who has
constituted himself the avenger Of his
brothers. death. DO meets Chateau
Remand and demands satisfaction. Re.
maud is wcrsted and falls to the ground.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18
BELLE OF THE ARENA.
Beautiful Donna Piedros Is spAin's F.
vorite MatadOre.

Beautiful Donna PiedrOs Is SPANS F.
vorite Matadore.
Now that woman has usurped mans
place in many occupations 1t is not ut all
surprising that she has entered the arena
where bulls are killed-in civilized Spain
Spain can boast of three women who are
bull0ghters, despite their supposedly gen.
tie sex. One Of them is o matadore, who
kills the animal after it has been torment
ed and wounded, and the other two are
toreadors, who worry and injure the beast.
All three are young and beautiful and
all three aro the idols Of the public. The
principal one is Donna Piedros, the mata-
dore. She is 22, remarkably handsome,
with big black eyes and long raven hair.
She has been in the ring for six years and
during that time has been in danger ne.
peatedly.
When first she made known her inten-
ton Of entering the arena, there was q
howl Of protest, but she persisted, and
when she made her first appearance she
was showered with flowers. Since then
she has been in the ring once every month,
and on several occasions has been more or
less injured.
Her part Of the work consisted in giving
the Guietus to the bull after he had been
disabled by the toreadors She did this
with a sharp, two edged sword, which she
plunged into the heart or neck Of the beast
The animals haven bad habit of making
last desperate rally and Of charging upon
their tormentors. In this way Donna
Piedros has been face to face with q hor-
fible death moro than once.
Her two feminine competitors are the
sisters Pretel, Lola and Angelica, who, al
though they fight bulls in Spain, yet ore
German, milling from Brandenburg.
They arc extremely beautiful, scarcely out
Of their teens. md are brilliant and DARING
riders. Their exploits in the bull rings
have been the themes of Spanish poets,
they arc the pets of the populace, and for
their achievements in the arena they re-
ceive great financial reward
They were originally circus riders.
Their manager, being struck with their
equestrian ability, determined to make
bullfghters of them. He took them to
Seville, where there is school devoted to
the fine art Of killing bull. There the
two girls killed stuffed bull three or four
times day until finally they were al
loved to practice on n live bull Prom
that they were graduated to the ring prop
eH and quickly won renown by their dar.
Ing.
Donna Piedros wears a divided skirt
whom In the ring, while the Pretel sisters
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18

der while he was at work on plantation
ln st. Worthwhile. He sought Aubert
white, n saloon keeper, whom he asked to
change Is bill. While White was FUN
bung In his pockets Creole struck him in
ehe fnoe with heavy stick. White was
kelled to tho ground. but before Creole
pQuld ride his pockets q passrby scared
him owoy. 30 served two years in the
Hepfentiary for this'astack.
u made a profound impression upon
hiWs He vas not troubled by the fact that
be bad been captured and placed in prison,
tpt he was disturbed because he had fail
I'd. He had only stunned his Victim and
not killed him. Creole had walked eight
miles t6commlt his first crime, and the
attempt was wholly unsuccessful. He yea-
soned the matter In his coarse and grew
some woy, and came TO tho conclusion
that ho had not succeeded because he had
attQcked his man from the front. He de-
termined III tho future to strike from bo.
hind. Thereafter Creole acted upon this
idea, and he never failed again.
Tbcro was an iptermission Of two years
otter bis release from the penitentiary be-
tore 10 succeeded In killing u man. Dur
apg this time he worked on a railroad, in
sTawps and on plantations, changing his
nAWe to Joe Alex because he had become
q Very unpopular negro about New Or
leans. His fellows recognized him as a
very dangerous man.
Had Creole been simply Influenced by
motives Of robbery he would not have kill
cd old man Patterson. 1t was known that
Patterson had ms much rs s10O. Creole
coveted this money. He watched Patter-
son one night, and whom he started for
home, which was several miles back from
tho railroad, Creole followed. He ap-
preached Patterson from behind, crushed
IN his skull with club and rifietl his peck
OTIS. lle found only silver watch and so
cents. Patterson had hidden his money.
Tho murderer threw the body into lake.
He was arrested and tried for this muir
der. He escaped in n remarkable way In
his possession was found watch which
was identified as Patterson's. Creole
proved that he had purchased this watch
nj New Iberia. Asa matter Of fact. he had
pawned the watch which he had taken
from Patterson and bought the other,
which was almost its counterpart.
1t occurred to Creole one day that II he
hnd pistol he could murder more easily.
He stole one from white man. He was
taught and again sent to prison. While
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18
PLAYING TWO PARTS.
INSTANCES IN WHICH AN ACTOR HAS
BEEN TWO NAT ONCE.

the prisoner Of Zenda," "Corsican Broth
ers" and tho Lyons Mail" Are Plays in
which It Is Necessary For the Star to
Make These Quick Changes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18
A Muscular Minister.

There is muscular parsop IN Williams
port, Pa, who Is earning q local reputation
because Of his great ply steal strength He
Is the Rev. Ferrer Martyr. Mr. Martyr
has wonderful development of the shout
ders and is capable Of striking blow of
$50 pounds. He has on three occasions,
when necessity demanded, knocked horses
of their feet with . single blow. His chest
measurement Is 81 inches, and he can ex-
pand 10 inches. He is feet inches
tall and weighs 160 pounds. He is with
out dorSt the most muscular minister in
the world today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18
A Chaptcr of Accidens..

Out OF 1.os3 accidSlts 20 persons on
which losses were paid - an insurance
company la the month from June IL 20
July 10 railroads and strcet car lines fIe
ured In III. Ninety-slx persons fell from
bicycles and - were hurt while requiring
bicycles. Only two cases Of injury TO ne
destrians by being run down by cycles
appear In the list. Some Of the queer trou-
bies were "spurrca by rooster. /" iran into
trunk" "ripVed oyx stool" and pump
toll"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18

This 10 the complaint OF -
thousands at this season. - 81
They have no appetite: food y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18

DCNSA PlEDROS IN COSTUME WORN IN TIE
ARENA.
wear the regulation mans bullfghting
costume. The former does oil her work
on foot, while the latter two ride horses.
That bullfghting is still the Spanish
national pastime is shown by the statistics
for the season from April to Oct. go Of
last year. During that period there were
AS fights; 1,21S bulls, valued ut $500, 600,
and 6, $50 horses, valued at $500, 600, were
killed; 90 matadores were employed, their
earnings amounting to s22l, 500.
The famous Guerrita appeared In 6s
fights and made SOL 900. killing ia bulls.
Bombita fought 43 times, killed 112 bulls
and received SCI. 600 for his labors. MAJ
santini fought 90 times, killed 6s bulls
and earned eel 200. The three women
mentioned are not classified as to either
killing or earning capacity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18
Neither is the part of the rnderstudy

Neithcr Is the part OF the Cnderstudy
one TO he given TO any ordinary "supor"
from the mass Of warriors, countrymer
and the like that 20 to make up stage
crowd. lie must be Possessed Of no
slight amount Of adaptabili,y and SIC art
ness 10 enable his principal TO 60 through
his arduous task without a hitch.
Parsons Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-18
Da vinci's wheeibsrrow,

Leonardo da Vinci, the painter who
painted the famous picture Of the Last
supper" is said to have invented the
wheelharrow. Boston Budget
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
Rohber Gul,s of the Pacific.

"Out on the Pacific coast great deal
Of amusement is furnished to people OF
an observant disposition, said l.. Y.
Gardner of Grays Harbor, Wash, by
a walk along the seashore. For instance,
there is the robber gull, one OF the most
graceful of birds, which always follows
the pelican. The latter is an expert at
catching fish, which it sees from a
great height, diving with the swiftness
Of a bullet and seldom missing its prey.
But after getting the fish in Its huge
beak with the pendent sack 1T is unable
to handle it readily and always throws
it in the air, catching it in its pouch
which answers the same purpose as
soldiers haversack. That is the gull's
opportunity. The instant the fish Leaves
the beak of the big bird the robbe'
swoops down with the swiftness OF thu
wind. and before the fish reaches TIT
distended jaws of the pelican 1T is snap
ned up, and the pelican is left far behind
looking foolish. Pursuit is useless, 10
the pelican is heavy fiier, while tn
pull is one of the swiftest of the feath
cred race. "--Denver Republican.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
Necessity the Mother of Invention.

eff "a man keeps his eyes open, ne
sees many funny thing while riding
on street cars, said irregular patron OF
the Peters avenue line. "f you Will
take a ride on this line some dark
night, frequently ahead OF the car
YOU III see light waved across the track
and if you watch closely you Will sec
the motorman begin applying the brakes
and the car will stop, and smiling col,
ored gentleman will board the car ana
laughingly say that he got this car TO
stop for him. found, upon asking a
conductor one day, that the negroes III
this part of the town have caught on &c
the fact that as that part OF the Guy ID
black at night the motormen OF the
swift moving cars cannot detect theii
presence ON the track in sufficient time
to stop their cars for them, SO they ng
uratiyely, hang out a light for the cal
to stop, and it seems to work both e
the satisfaction of the colored population
and the motormen on the cars" Neces
s;tv is the mother of invention, and
seems our colored brother has hit upol
a scheme to offset the lack OF lights OF
those streets back Of town traversed D.
electric cars. New Orleans Plcayune'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
v Ravs and Diamonds.

One excellent use to which the new A
ravs can be put should interest women
II seems that by their aid one can read
;lv determine whether diamonds are
real or false, for the rays pass quite
through real diamonds, leaving them
transparent, and not at all through false
ones. A real parure when photographed
would show only the mounting, but IN
n false one all the stones would turn
ont black. Strangely enough, the X rays
will not penetrate glass. Eyeglasses, II
photographed, come out black. This
provcd useful in the case Of Vienna
elassworker who got bit OF glass in1o
his finger. BY the aid of the rays It was
discovered, extracted and the workman
cured. James Gazette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
EFFECTS OF TEA SMOKING
Physicians Alarmed at the Growth of the
Habit Among Women.

Physicians Alarmed at the Growth OF the
Habit Among Women.
Physicians and specialists on nervous
troubles are treating numerous cases or
extreme insomnia and nervousness IN
young women without disclosing to
them that their condition is the result
of practicing the new vice of smoking
tea cigarettes. The habit is increasing.
From observations of its effects west
side physician declares that " a tea clga-
rette is a genuine brain excitant Any
one who uses it and yet does not work
with her brain would go half crazy with
nervousness, but with those who do
brain work it is different, for the stlmu'
lus produces strange intellectual activ-
ity.
after couple of green tea cigarettes
a poem, for instance, will almost write
| itself, 1 am told by one OF my literary
patients. The effect of the tea cigarette,
! while stimulating to the brain and lts
flow of thought, acts as pure sedatlve
to the rest Of the body, quoting restless
ness. uneasinoss or actual pain. The
after effects are bad if they have moi
been worked off by unusual menta
work.
"At some houses green tea cigarette
are handed around after dinner, and
lnow three actresses OF conslderapl
reputation who give tea smoking partle
twice a week. One woman, to break OF
this habit, OH which she has expende
nearly SO a week, has lately volur
tarily placed herself under private rt
straint. She had concealed her hapl
Z. from her husband by using an artfuli
l contrived cigarette case. 1t resempled
bunch of keys, each key containing Oh
cigarette.
: $50 much has the habit spread thi
8 several tobacconists and druggists a
o keeping tea cigarettes in stock for reg
lar customers. The active chemical pre-
aration of tea is theme, just as caffell
ia of coffee and nicotine or tobacc
g When theme is administered to III
: or n small animal, it is found that
chiefly influences sensations which ca
feline or coffee does not In larger dos
d theme produces spontaneous spasms
Di commissions, which caffeine does M
10 This is. in fact, the ultimate effect
n smoking numerous tea cigarettes, tina
"a producing Cts or commissions.
!. "Theine also acts as "a local ana
~ thetic. uuieting painful nerves. Gre
'c tea contains much more theme than
binary black tea. So you see that
habit of smoking tea cigarettes IS tel
ne blv pernicious. New York Press.