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The Worthington advance., 1901-03-29
SERVED A QUEER SENTENCE
g. searl Judge Upon Two.
- Prisoners. sps ID.

81 Along in the '70's the late Judge
Arnold Krekel, the well-known pred
ecessor of Judge Philips on the fed
eral bench, was holding court at JET
ferson City, relates an old timer,
when there appeared before him two
men charged and indicted for viola
tion of the United States laws, one
of whom will be called Brown. He
was charged with cutting timber on
the public domain. Brown was about
40 years old and had been raised on
the border in Arkansas and never
had any opportunities for schooling;,
hence was unable to read or write.:
In his endeavors to get living he:
had cut timber suitable for making
ak handles on United States lands,
which led to his arrest and impris-
onment. The other man will be
called Jones. says the Jefferson City
Tribune, for the real names Of both
men are not known in the memory
OF anyone who witnessed the Incl
dent.
Jones was charged with and in
dicted for having sold liquor to the
Indians. Mr.. Jones was q native of
New York, graduate of Union col.
lege and was educated for lawyer.
He possessed highly cultured mind
"a good Latinist and thoroughly
scholarly in all sorts of books. Not
succeeding in his profession in his
native state, more from lack of ap-
plication than otherwise, he. left that
country, and plunged into. the great
west and located nobody knew where,
but he drifted into The lower strata
of society, and to obtain the neces-
saries of life he resorted to "boot-
Logging" among the red men of the
Indian territory border. His arrest
and imprisonment followed. p The two
men were arraigned before Judge
Krekel and the indictments read.
They both pleaded guilty and threw
themselves upon the mercy of; the
court. The court questioned both
prisoners at length and drew from
each their history. He recounted the
wrongs they had been guilty Of
against society. He did this in q
kindly tone and manner, suggesting
in mild form that both might have
been useful members of some COM
munitys had they sought honorable
means and methods to secure liveli-
hood.
The court seemed puzzled how to
assess a punishment that would meet
the ends Of justice, protect the gov
ernment, its lands, it's wards and So
ciety: Finally, sitting upright in his
chair, looking over his glasses, as
both men stood before him, in voice
little louder and more positive than
usual, he said: "Mr. Brown, it is the
sentence of the court that you be
confined in the Cole county jail un-
til you are educated to read and
write" The judge then turned his
eyes upon the other prisoner At the
bar and, possibly in louder voice.
said: ''Mr. Jones, IL is the sentence
Of the court that you be confined
in the Cole county jail until you have
taught Mr.. Brown to read and write,
and I enjoin upon the keeper Of the
Jail to afford you every facility pos
sible with the safe-keeping :of his
prisoners The. lawyers and spec
tators in court looked with yastonish-
ment at each other as the sentence
was concluded, and the marshal led
the prisoners out Of the courtroom.
It was the second term Of the
| court after this incident, when ~fhe
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VhnulDtN which win
The Worthington advance., 1901-03-29

Cap be mads With Burnham, 8 Hssty jSIly.
con. Delicious jellies from purest insrreilii.
ents Dissolve ! Package - hot water and
sset away TO cool. Get . package 6 your5
Grocer,s to-day. There ars III aayoss:
orange, lemon, strawberry, raspbsrry. peach,
& Wild cherry and the unflayored sscllfafoo&''
for making vine md coffee jellies.
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Her, Respect.

= 54sE#2a- Her Respect. 80 ~
: The Judge--Yo Jour husband is entitled 70
little respect, madam n
! The .Wife-Well, that's what he gets.-
Detroit Free Press s# t.5*
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in an instant all was clear to his mind.
Rattlesnakes! With a cry that was al
most a groan. Warren dropped to the
floor of the charnel house In a fainting
condition. He lay there dazed he knew
not how long, scarcely realizing where he
was.
Then, with a sudden start, the man
turned his gaze toward place on the
ledge where the grinning skulls were
the most numerous. Were his senses
really leaving him. or did some OF the
horrid spheres move and seem about to
topple over to the floor; why did an
armbone near him scrape along through
the dust, as If being moved by some I'M
seen force?
Was it fancy-the vague. uncertain
wanderings Of a brain turned by terror
that seemed to set the bones to roll
ing. the skulls to twisting and turning.
and the dust to flying? Did he really
imagine all these things. or was 1t stern
reality that he saw?
Gradually the imprisoned man became
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THERE HAS bEENr1uRDER
DONE -

dropped to the floor, an inanimate heap.
With a rustling sound. punctuated only
by the ugly kissing Of the venomous rep
tiles the snakes glided here and there.
some of them drawing their scaly
bodies up on the form of the unconscious
man, while others let their forked tongues
play like lightning within an inch or TWO
of the drawn terror stricken face.
A mercy it was that Warren had faint.
ed. for had he realized the proximity OF
death the shock would have been toe
great for him to have borne. and the
slightest move on his part would have
been the signal for a hundred poison>
fangs to have sung deep into his hesh
Warren Left Alone.
Came the night. and one by one the
snakes disappeared into the holes IN the
walls Of the dismal cavern. When war;
rem regained his senses not living thing
was near him, and he breathed prayer
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fell upon the skulls arranged in tiers
on lodges cut into the walls of the cav
frn, and with a scream of horror he
jumped to his feet. AS he arose he
stumbled over something, and on ex-
animation found it to be the bleached
thigh bone of human being.
- Stricken With Terror.
The cave was filled with the horrible
objects, and as the imprisoned man re-
allied that he was alone with the re-
mains of countless dead he grew cold
with terror.
/ The only exit from the cavern, ap-
sparently, was the hole overhead, through
(which Warren had fallen. and this ad-
united barely enough light to enable the
unfortunate man to see about him. Es-
cape was impossible!
The thought that he must die like a
rat in trap. surrounded by hundreds
OF skulls, which seemed to gloat and grin
In leyilish glee. maddened the man, and
he screamed like a person being broken
Apon the rack.
Shrek. after shrek broke from his
barche0 lips as he regained the power of
articulation. Finally he became calmer
and made careful search Of his prison.
but could find no exit but the one over
ncdu, WuAC0 Was AdI dOOSc uIS " dCII.
The walls Of the cavern were Of clay and
stone, and it was evident the place had
been fashioned by human hands, proba-
bly, by the early Indians. who had used
the cave ae a burial place for their
dead.
II Among the bones he found numerous
pieces of odd pottery. not unlike that
found in the Aztec and Cliff Dweller
ruins of Colorado and Mexico.
While examining the skulls and the
bones Warren noticed many small holes
Il in the sides Of the cave, particularly
near the earthen floor.
H. These holes were round and smooth,
I and near them. in the dust. were pecu-
! liar marks. as If a heavy rope had been
| drawn along.
| Peculiar Odor Recalled.
/ AS Warren examined these marks an
wondered what had made them he re
called the sickening odor, suffocating an
| depressing. he had noticed when he re
| gained consciousness after his fall, AM
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the door and venturing in, not knowing
what fearful sight might confront US.
Closed by a Shutter,

the door and venturing in, not knowing
what fearful sight might confront US.
Closed by Shutter.
The single window of the cabin was
closed by a. wooden shutter, which barred
out what little light remained in the
sky, and the air seemed laden with that
penetrating yet indeScriba BILE OdOr of
death.
Lighting a candle, we determined to
make an investigation of the old abode.
The feeble rays from the candle but
dimly revealed the interior of the hut
as we looked about. Suddenly, with a
cry of dismay, Patterson sprang back,
drew his revolver. and with trembling
finger pointed to a form reclining on a
blanket in one corner.
Look there!' he gasped, in a husky
whisper, as he seized me by the arm and
pointed to the silent form stretched at
full length upon the floor. Look there!
There has been murder done here, or else
some poor devil, disheartened at not
finding the golden metal he sought, has
ended his life on this spot. far from his
fellOwman."
Lighting second candle, we began ex-
| aiming the CHASTITY object lying before
| U.S. 1t was the body of a man, with ter
ror stamped upon every feature. even in
death. The face and hands were hor-
| ribly discolored-mottled like the skin
of the deadly rattlesnakes which were
plentiful in this part of the mountains.
Flesh Firm and Hard.
Owing to the peculiarly dry, light air
of the hills there had been no. decay;
instead. the flesh was firm and hard, and
| the skin was like parchment, and but
for a slight shrivelling of the face we
could have imagined the man was
| asleep.
Neither Patterson or felt like search
| ing the pockets of the corpse; our nat
| ural repugnance was too great to allow
us to do that, so we made a search of
the cabin for something that might lead
to clew as to the identity of the dead
man.
We found a few garments, some provi-
sions. hard and dry. showing they had
| been where we found them for a long
| time, and at last We CHANGED upon a
letter, scrawled upon scraps Of wrapping
! paper.
The writing was that of a man of edu-
( cation, but irregular and hating. as il
| the man who held the pencil had been
! suffering from physical or mental tor
| ture.
In this letter we read of double
| tragedy-a murder and a shocking death
| by poison.
Text Of the Letter.
In part the letter was as follows:
My name is Frank Warren. Realizing
| that am about to die q horrible death
1 write this letter. in the hope that at
some future time It will be found. Sew
eral years ago I killed q man in New
York City. and then came West in an
endeavor to escape the consequences OF
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IHOW did the famous BLACK Dog
IN mine" get it's name? you ask.
Well, it's weird, strange story,
full of human woe, yet interesting in the
extreme showing as it does upon what
slight things human happiness is based
and how men accidentally stumble upon
fortune when least expecting it. Prob
ably the holders of the stock know little
about the matter, and care less, for 50
long as they receive their regular divi-
dends they are content.
Night was falling fast upon the Mon
tana mountains. upon which we had
been hunting all day, and the exasper-
ating bark Of the cowardly coyotes,
which logged our steps as we made our
way up little gulch. toward small
clump of trees, some distance off, rang
in our ears.
Ordinarily the coyotes bark, snarling
and swapping as it is. is not a terrifying
sound. but on this occasion the noise
seemed to. CRATE upon our nerves ami
weight us down with nameless fear.
II don't like the way those brutes are
barking tonight remarked Tom Pat
tersOn, my companion. as he sent rifle
bullet in the direction of the skulking
pack. II never heard them yell that
way UclOIc, cNCCpl OICC, duu tudS W 10
when we found the body of the dead
'rustler near Willow springs
We both were tired and worn, having
left the ranch early in the morning for
a days sport among the mountain goats,
with which the great hills abOunded, and
were working toward the place we had
selected as a camping ground, our atteN-
ton having been drawn to the location
by the sudden appearance Of small
black dog. gaunt and hungry looking.
that disappeared as If by magic at our
approach.
Far Removed From Civilization.
The spot was far removed from the
beaten paths across the mountains, and
during a hasty examination in our
travels to and fro after game we had
found spring of clear, sparkling water,
near where we had seen the black dog.
A spring was a decided rarity, by the
way. in that section of the mountains.
We entered the little clump of stunted
trees at different point from that which
we had approached on our previous
visit, and were startled at finding little
cabin roughly made, almost hidden from
sight behind a big boulder.
The PLACE in the dim light seemed a
At abode for ali manner of evil things.
and as we stood there the wind waited
to our ears a mournful. long-drawn
howl, evidently from the dog we had
seen earlier in the day.
There's that dog once MORE" and
Patterson smiled grimly. wonder how
he manages to live in this desolate
hole3"
A feeling of dread, of awe we could
not explain. came over US as we gazed
at the hut, which was fast falling into
oecay. and we hesitated before opening
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my crime. which was committed during

my crime, which was committed during
a drunken quarrel. Locating at Dead
wood S. D., under an assumed name. i
was leading an honest life, until one
day l was betrayed by a supposed
friend. Then the police got after me.
and fed. Coming here, built this hut,
and here l have since lived, getting my
supplies, for which I paid with gold
taken from my mine, from the nearest
town. But now my time has Gomez
am dying from the bite OF RATHER, and
in short time all my troubles will be-
at an end. Even now / can feel the hot
poison coursing through my brain ana.
my brain reels as I realize there Is no
help for me. This is the story Of tho
murder for which am now paying the
penalty
Here followed an acc0untaO murder
in New York several years ago, and
from the tenor of the letter It vas evil
dent the writer was telling the truth re-
garding the affair.
Story of His Doom. $
After relating the facts lin the cast
Warren gave the story of how he had
met his doom, far from human habita-
tons, far from human help.
He had been hunting mountain sheep.
|
cabin had come upon a big rattlesnake
a short distance away. He leaped asid9
just in time to escape the fangs OF the
angry reptile, and then
This was the last leap Warren made.
for sometime; in fact it was the last
thing he remembered for many hours.
When he regained his senses he found
himself in a large, damp, ill-smelling
cavern, many feet underground. SUR
rounded by hundreds of CHASTITY grin.
ming. feshless skulls. u
When he struck the ground after
jumping into the air to escape the snake
that threatened him he had broken
through thin crust of earth and had
fallen into the subterranean chamber
in which he found himself.
Many hours elapsed before Warren
fully recovered his senses: when hin
mind became clearer he slowly sat. up,
| rubbed his head and endeavored to think
| what 1t all meant.
As his eyes became accustomed to the
dim. uncertain light Of the cave his gase
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aware that the place was. filled with
snakes-great, loathsome, hideous NOM
sters, with triangular-shaped heads and
strangely beautiful notified bodies-drag-
ging their Shiny lengths over the bones
of departed men toward the living. man
standing like statue in the center OF
that horrifying prison.
Reptiles Glide Forward.
The forkc- tongues Of the evil reptiles
darted in and out as they glided toward
the prisoner, their ready, wicked eyes
shining with the light Of the Internal re-
gions and their kissing filling the gloomy
cavern with sound like that of escap-
ing steam, from which arose an odor 50
noisome and rank as to sicken unto
death the unfortunate man.
For a moment he stood as IL carved
from the some of the everlasting hills,
hardly daring to breathe as he gazed
spell bound at the evil, crawling things
before him. Then, drawing his heavy
revolver, he fired bullet after bullet into
the creeping, crawling, wrthing mass Of
Shiny reptiles.
After firing his last cartridge, War
rem threw his now useless weapon from
him, and crazed with horror, grasped the
bones and skulls at his feet and began
hurting them with terrible force at the
maddened snakes, whose rattles were
sounding constant warnings and whose
angry hissings of concentrated rage ana
hate were frightful to hear.
Ribs, vertebrae. shin bones and skulls
went crashing into that squrming. Gid
| ing, squeezing mass Of reptiles as fast as
! the fear-crazed man could throw them.
| and when he had exhausted the supply at
| his feet he made a dash for the wall.
where in inches reposed the hundreds
| of skulls.
Skulls as Weapons.
From a portion of the ledge which the
| rattlers seemed to avoid he took the mis-
! stiles and hurled them at the reptiles.
scarcely realizing what he did. All this
! time he was shrieking. praying, cursing
| and shouting, and his clothing was wet
with Precipitation. which ran in streams
| from every pore and almost blinded him
| as it trickled in little rivulets down his
ashy face.
| At last Warren's strength and nerves
gave way, and with despairing cry he
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CONTINUED on r. 'sN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-04

Cold Storage company. viii meet to-
night at the Commercial club rooms for
the adoption of constitution and bylaws.
The presence OF the full board is earn
estly desired so that the company may
complete organization, and continue
the work with a keener interest
Mrs Ida H. Hardy has called a
meeting for tonight to be held at her
home 1871 Lane street. 1t is the inten-
ton of Mrs. Hardy, aided by the work
ing girls, to organize a working girls
club similar to that suggested by the
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon Only house
girls and laundry girls are eligible to
membership.
The Topeka Commercial club has
printed some new letterheads, on the
back of which. says Major Thos- Ander-
son. s-is the emblem of the Topeka COM
mercial club The emblem is a car
toon upon which are statistics showing
Topeka's prosperous conditions. The
statistics were furnished by Major An
derson-
What Happened to Brown was CIV
en- at the Grand last night by the South
ern Stock company to good sized au-
dience. The players seemed to have no
trouble in keeping up the laughter and
applause. The specia1ties we're all well
received. The company will give The
Late Mr. Early tonight. The prices are
10, 20 ana 30 cents.
The grocers and butchers viii hold
another melting at the Corn1nerclai cAoo
rooms tonight, to decide whether they
win hold the much talked Of picnic.
This will be the last effort Of the asso-
citation to get a quorum, and If the
meeting tonight is a failure. there viii
be no picnic. The committee on ar
rangements beseech your earnest CO.
operation in this meeting
The following is an observation from
the Atchison Globe: Topeka is still
funny" At the Euclid Avenue Meth
/ odist church Sunday night, Chief Of Po-
lice StahI delivered an address, in which
he admitted the presence of six joints
in Topeka. but the drug stores sell
more liquor than the joints" he said
He said that quite number Of joints
are still in operate in Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-04
FIRE BUGS Fooled.
Planned to Burn a Theater
Building in Chicago.

Chicago Sept What the firemen say say
was a we'll arranged plan to destroy the
Orpheon theater building in washington
street opposite the city hall, was MADE
shortly after midnight.
The building is a four-story strus pre-,
and many of the rooms are occupied as
OFFICES by various firms The principal
occupant is the Music Hall company, now
operating the Orpheon theater-
Assistant Fire Marshal Koran and his
men discovered evidences of incendiarisrln
in a room on the fourth floor. This eNl-
dence now in the hands Of the hre de-
partment consists OF one large boItle
containing gasoline. two glasses half
filled with Kerosene oil and several can
dies burned almost to the end The IRE
men also have a bundle of rags soaked
in oil and a quantity of charred news
papers On the floor a train Of powder
was also found
The fire was first discovered by pedes.
TRANS who were attracted by what
sounded like a small explosion. An alarm I'm
was given but the quick arrival OF the
fire department prevented what nlgnt
have been a serious fire The fact that
The explosion occurred after the theater
was closed is regarded as most fortunate.
If the explosion, as planned, had occurred
earlier in the evening, disastrous results
might have followed. as there were many
people in the house.
The matter will be thoroughly 1nVeSrl-
gated by the authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-04
CALL FOR GUARDS
Steel Colossus Officials Appeal
to the Sheriff.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. Preparations
have been completed for the starting up
OF the Demmler Tin Plate plant at Nc
Keesport, ana the resumption will
probably take place late this afternoon
or tonight. The start will be made with
a full force of deputy sheriffs on guard.
the American Tin Plate company hav-
ing served notice on Sheriff Mckinley
Of this. Allegheny county that violence
was feared. The introduction of the
strong arm OF the law into the steel
strike will. it is believed, undoubtedly
bring about a crisis in the situation. In
some circles it may lead TO an early
settlement Of the present labor troubles
and in others the presence OF the
sheriffs force may result IN connlcE
The request for protection was made
by Superintendent Lauck and Sheriff
Mckinley at once made arrangements
for dispatching a large numoer OF dep
uties TO the scene This will be done
this afternoon. The deputies viii be
under the command Of Chief Deputy
Lowry. although Sheriff Mckinley may
accompany him
The chief deputy said he did not an
ticipate trouble. The strikers. ne Salos
would be treated with the utmost re-
spect, but they would not be permitted
to encroach upon property that is not
theirs. The deputies viii be armed.
President Shamer Of the Anna ga
mated association said he knew last
week that the request would be made
for protection
IF our men keep away from the mills
which I have no doubt they Will, said
he they can put all the deputies they
want there"
President Shaffer win be on hand, or
have a trusted assistant at the plant TO
see that no violence is done to strike
brea kers and that his men make no
demonstration
This morning 400 men went to work
in the National Tube works. There was
a crowd about the entrance to the plant,
but the strikers failed to make good
their threat to prevent the men return
ing and there was no demonstration
The men who went back today We're
threaders, machinists, carpenters and
mOlders.
The furnaces have not been put in OPP
era ton. but the machinery is running
and the men are finishing left over
stock for small, short time orders The
/ management said the different depart
ments viii be started as fast as the mer
4 report for work
I The situation at the other mills in this
district presented notnlng new 1lS -.
I tin plate works management claimed thal
four mills were working tUll, WINE tis
/ strikers assert that only one mill is II
/ operation. and that the plant Is crippled
more today than 1t has been Ior solii /
! time Painters Lindsay & AcCutcheoI 5
/ Clarl's and the Upper and Lower Gar
! Npeie mills were all running ABOUT a
Yesterday. The strikers still keep PICK
I cts on duty. but there is NO disorder
President Shaffer. of the Amaig aInatee
/ association, laughed at the report OF tn'
/ threatened secession of the tin piat'
/ workers when the matter was preseIltee
Z ma Ike any comment. he SAID the genera
situation was satisfactory to the strikers