The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
LIVED A DUAL LIFE.
An Iowa Man in the Role of Dr.
Jekyn and Mr.. Hyde
TOOTPlDS SUSPECTED OF MURDER.
Two Negroes Lynehed Down south
Eurned to Death in a Nine-Colii>ion
Between = Hose Reel and .
street Car.

rFrIE PLANE. Ia. Dec. l+--Justiee
is likely to be frustrated IN the re-
markabIe case of Henry Ably, Of Shelf
field. This man. worth 5o,eoe, who
for wears has successfully played the
role OF Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde. now
lies in the Franklin county jan
wounded unto death. He received his
in iuries while perpetrating robbery,
and his sensational career Is soon to
end. He has for years p.undered the
country round, has acted as fence
for other robbers. and possessed one
of the finest kits of burglars tools
ever turned out. His daring rec
ord has seldom been equaled in
the annals of romance. \ ruthless
robber by nights, he became in the
daytime apparently an exemplary citi-
zen. He took leading part in the de-
velopment of local affairs in Sheffield,
and his contributions to public enter
prises and churches enabled him for
wears to conceal his true identity and
to carry on his nefarious business al
most with impunitv. As the force of
habi. grew upon him he became bold
er, and finally was shot in one of his
burglarious exploits. The grand jury
has returned IL indictments against
Ably and fixed bail at Sl5. 500.
FooTPADs SUSPECTED OF MURDER
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Dec. 1.-two
men are under arrest in Topeka, sus-
pected of being the footpads who muir
dered Miss Emma Schumacher in her
grocery store at Seventeenth and
Campbell streets in this city last
Wednesday night A dispatch an
nouncing their arrest was received in
Kansas City yesterday, and Detective
Sanderson was sent to Topeka to ques-
ton them. Directly Sanderson saw
the men he recognized one of them as
a criminal of the footpad and burglar
class Both the prisoners evidently
recognized the officer. too. but they re-
fused to answer questions. The two
give their names as Collins and Gun
HiEgham.
TWO NEGROES LYSCHEp DOWN SOUTH.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. a. Two ne
groes, arrested for the murder of a
storekeeper named Habin, at st. Ga
briel, La, were lynched last night.
The proof of their guilt was conclu-
sive, and popular Indignation was
great. Sheriff Brown, fearing Jail
delivery, put the blacks on the Texas
4 Pacific train, to be taken to New
Orleans for safe keeping. The people
stopped the train six miles below
Plaquemine. locked up the conductor
and the deputy sheriff, took the me-
groes off and hanged them in the
woods
BURNED TO DEATH IN MINE.
HARTsHoRNE. ]. T., Dec. l4.-Fire
started some time Friday night in coal
| shaft No. at this place. Yesterday
men were put in by the company to ex.
| tinguish the flames. They found Luke
Davis, a Russian miner, and John
Yarko, an Austrian miner. dead. They
| were probably suffocated by smoke,
having entered the mine secretly to
| make extra coal for the days run. and
went beyond the regulation dead line
or danger signals
HOSE REEL CoLLIDEs WITH CAR.
ST. Louis. Dec. IA hose reel dash.
ing to fire yesterday morning collided
with street car. Fireman John
Savers was thrown Is feet and fatally
injured. Mrs j. Fagg and Mrs
| Neihaus. passengers on the car. were
badly cut by flying window glass A
dozen other passengers were more OF
less hurt The hose reel and car were
splintered.