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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-31

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that those various MARKS which Won
have called trails were ,rodo bv tho
fcnt of thr.e difrorap4 noo,lo. ,1,ni,.
tinp even that one If ,h.,e irdi.
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NOT sec that Won have nstohIi.bnd h.
any satisfactorily evidence vour ,s-
s~umntion That thr otbor so.c,1Iod
rails ,ra 4bo,o Of Chatham ,,d
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-31

"Bceidcs," continued Sturgis,
thoughtfullv, "thc letter itself bears
evidence, on it's face, that it could not
have been written by A%rbogast. Your
bookkccpcr was of Il weak. nervous, cX-
citable temperament, as all his actions
plainly how. Before such a MAI is
brought TO the point of taking his oWn
life, he must have passed through n
more or less p%rotractcd period ct ago
nizing nervous tension. of which You
and can hardly form any adequate
conception. Under the circumstances.
if he loved his wife. conscious that by
his guilt he was about to plunge her
into the depths of grief and shame, he
might have written her an incuhcrcnt
and hvstcrical letter, or a tender and
|rcpcutaEt letter, but never this frigid,
mattcr-of-fact statement of a supreme
decision. This letter is the work Of 4
cold and calculating nature. incapable
of ordinary human feeling. The man
who wrote it would not have written
TO his wife at all, or would have written
only to serve some Sclti~h purpose.
From what | know of .Arbogast. / do
not believe he was capable OF compos-
ing these lines"
"Nor tLiuL ,bor ,b,+ tho 1,++or w,s
v.rittor IN, Ch.4bnm" said DunIan
"But what object could Chatham have
for writing such Il lcttcr?'
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"Io your second question. my answer
is, probably because Ae wanted 1T
nailcd from the man posi- once at
about the time that Arbu3"st would
leave the i 10 the if-1' cannot
Yet give any positive answer, although,
as You VIII presently see 'hcrc are
ON cIeWs pointing 10 our unknown
QuanlIiE y as the author OF TINS let
ter hHt let Us not anticipate suppose
we return to our oraula. Nhch .\rbo-
CAST read this %lctter, he evidently
thought as do, that somebody was
playing him false; that hc was to be
gotten r.d OF in so1ne safer way than
exile; III Short, that, as somebody SAID
OF one OF the Turkish sultans, he was to
De sulcIded. lie must have mad strong
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-31
nolice do NOT know that"

"Wcre you allowed to see the cab
mnn?'
eyes. As reporter of the Tempest,
was able TO obtain an interview with
him. When first arrested, the man,
whose name, by the way, is Reilly, was
incapable of making a connected state
ment; the lawyer assigned to defend
him laughed in his face when he heard
his story, and advised him to leave
the %romancing to a trained lawyer as
his only chance Of escaping the electric
chair. Naturally, under the circum-
stances, the poor fellow hcsitatcd to
unbosom himself to a stranger. But
| finally managed to gain his confidence
by showing him that / believed his
story. and that l was trying to find
the men whose scapcgoat he now is. IT
seems that yesterday afternoon, at
about three o'clock, he was stationed
At the cab-stand in front of Madison
square, where he was accosted by n
man. answering Chatham's description,
who engaged him TO drive him to the
Fulton street ferry. On reaching the
ferry, the man ordered Reilly to pro-
ceed to n low groRshop on South street.
Here he entered, returning in IL few
minutes to invite the cabman to take
a drink with him. The men seated
themselves at a table upon which a
bottle and two filled glasses were al
ready placed. Chatham handed one Of
these glasses to Reilly, who drank il
and probably many more. At any
events, he remembers nothing further
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.. -,,-,t,fy. To- ,..ry lava ,,Itat. -.
,no, " ,,,t,n. hn,o tr,ynhird and rai'd 9" 90
"'.t : . - tha 49, w i"
LanL iknd ,nt ! havn not dared tn ~,
.o,,t r,ysolf fro,, r,v dosk for an ho,r fns.
nr .~nyninattnn az NV Lnoke dI,in1 ,,Y
uIgonra sbould rov,,I my cri,rn bnvo
Ln.r mo urst tn ,coch tho hnuk IN 40
morning. and the last to leave IT at night.
have not even taken the few minutes
during the dav which would have been re-
nuirrd TO onabIc me to obtain n hurried
,neal ON ono urctcxt or another. during
the last two vears. I have had To forego my
annual vacation. have dragged myself
To NV most when was SO I'll that [ could
hardly stand. bocnuse could not afford
TO have nnvcne take charge of nv books
for even an hour. And all that time, with
n fun realization of my DEGRADATION and
infnmv. I have been forced to continue my
frauds. knowing that each one brought
me nearer to the inevitable final EXPOSURE;
but knowing equally well that a refusal
,u my part to continue my stealing would
result in an instant betrayal by my ac-
tumpllces.
at last further conccalment became i'm
possihle. A week aro the yearly cxumina-
ton of the books took place. The expert
accountant employed was, as usual, Thomas
chatham. and OF course, as usual, his re-
port was entirely satisfactory. 1t seemed.
therefore. as though discovery could be
POSTPONED Il niue longer, nlttll ENI'i'ltlilN .
this morning, we were Informed that Il
change in the system of bookkeeping would
cndopt.daftcr the LIST Of January. ] saw at
once that all was over. Tho discovery of
my crime is now a matter Of hours. must
be out of the way before the crash comes
Or am doomed. can alu4ady see the
fclou's stripos uDou my back: the clang Of
the prison gates ring in my ears.
81 am too dazod TO think; hut | feel that
nv only cgcano is in death. And yet cling
to life. know that the haupy days of the
past are gone forever. and Yet | feel a sort
of numb relief at the thought that the
worst is now certain to come, and to come
at once.
81 have carefully prepared my flight. so
that I shall bnvr rlrntv OF time to reach
n place Of safety. once there. | shall be
free from pursuit; but l shall be an exile,
and | shall carry with me to the grave the
burden of my sin.
Tho most bitter pang in my rcnorse Is
caused by tn" thought OF the great wrong
] have done you, dear wife. You will now
be forced to face the world not only I'M
protected by the one whose duty and whose
desire it WAS to smooth the way for you,
but. What IS worse, oppressed by the bur
den OF his sin.
"Nhat little money | have left In the saw
ings bank | rave transferred TO your name.
You may uso It all viii a clear conscience,
Ior every aoIiar OF /, WAS hoi.Gs'iy n',ne'
money have stolrn' # has all been drawn
by Henry seymour, and used l know not
how.
,.n; Nf soon as ',o,ns AIN . TeII't IT, i 49, sn },t piagG ie-
in NV power, to redeem my past by a life OF
honest labor, and l hope to be able to con
'fioUtG TO your SUPPORT IN the near I1lure
,bat me- "i Hast could ho Llnttad ort and
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BURLINGTON FREE PRESS: THURSDAY, OCTOBER y, 1901.

CD' Ill I1DDA IL w
received II letter from him, which VIII
doubtless explain matters She evi-
IDENTIFY knew nothing Of her husbands
peculation. Thcrcupon She opened the
envelope and took out this letter. [
observed her closely. At the first
words | saw her checks blanch and IL
look of agony pass over her features
as she instinctivcly pressed her hand to
her heart. | knew then that the let
ter contained some important revcla-
ton, and | became anxious to obtain
posscssion'o of it. When she had done. |
could see that she was laboring under
Il strong emotion; but she controlled
herself, replaced the letter in its en-
velopc and said, merely: This docs
not tell me my husbands whereabouts;
but ] shall doubtless have further news
of him in the course of "A few days /
saw that she was attempting to shield
him in the suppositiou that he was still
alive. | therefore broke the news Of
his death to her as gently as / could.
The first shock seemed to utterly un-
nerve her; but after awhile she became
somewhat calmer. After all, it is bet
ter So She said, at last. Then she
handed me this letter. There was no
further reason for Withholding it. Read
it now"
alt is postmarkcd at the general post
Office at five O'clock said Sturgis; "it
was therefore mailed before or during
Chatham's visit to the bank. 1t may
have been mailed by Arbogast before
the s%crubbing was done, or perhaps by
the chorcwoman when she left the
bank
The rcportc. drew the letter from its
envelope and read:
"The Knlckerbocker Bank,
New York, Dec. 81. 1896.
MY Darling Wife: When you receive
this letter | shan be far away-a disgracod
crininal-aud you Will be wore than a
widow.
81 dare not ask your forgiveness for the
trouble | am bringing upon YOU, for |
realize all too clearly the extent of the
wrong | have done you. But | feel irresist-
IDLY impcllcd to lay before YOU in all their
1akedness, as ldobcloro my own conscience,
the circumstance which have led to ny
downfall. \ knowledge of these may per
hups enable you to understand, IN a meas
urc, the temptation to which | have sue
ruiabcd; although | find it hard myself.
now that all is over. to realize how | came
to Yield to it.
"lcrhaps YOU may remember the Cele-
b%ration of my n,tieth anniversary. We
Nerc having a IL h. enjoyable evening in
the company Of the friends whom YOU had
invited TO UnrticlraIe I'm the festivities.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-08-02

When you want a hack ring up
191. On that stand you will get a
reliable and good driver, fine hack
and no overcharRing.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-08-02
The First Local Mint.

One OF the institutions here
which has the special attention Of
tourists as we'll as the local people
is the Mint, which is established on
Nuuanu street, opposite Queen
Emma Hall 1t is interesting to
enter the large main working room,
where general manager McDonough
and his corps of assistants are at
work. The cool and large lanai is a
proper resting place and the vaults,
where the "bars" to be minted and
beer are kept present a very tasty
spectacle. The Mint is 5pen from
$500 =. m. to IL 80 p. m. and during
those hours the work never ceases.
Visitors after looking over the place
will find first class refreshments aud
the pureat of liquors.
To Let-A furnished room at No
9 Garden Lane. Mrs. Mcconnell.
When desiring hack, surrey,
buggy, etc, with careful drivers,
ring up Telephone 113--Territory
Stable Co, Id.
When you want a hack ring up
l91. On that stand you will get a
reliable and good driver, fine hack
and no overcharging.
Kentucsy's FAMOUS Jessie Moore
Whiskey, unequalled for it's purity
and excellence. On sale at any of
the saloons and at Loveioy g. Go
distributing agents for the hawaiian
Ielands
Per ZEALANDlA, forCamsrinos
Refrigerator-An extra fresh supply
of Grapes, Apples, Lemons, Oranges,
Lines, Nuts, Rsisjps Celery, Fresh
Salmon, Cauliflower, RhuosrU, AS
paragns, Cabbage, Eastern and Cali
fornia Oysters Tin tin and shelly,
Crabs, Turkeys, Founders, etc. All
game IN season. Also fresh Rock
fort. Swiss and California Cream
Cheese. Place your orders early
prompt delivery.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT MARK EFT
Corner King and Alakea St.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-08-02
No 1867.
CLAUS spREoKErs. y WIN. @. IRWIN
Claus SprGCkelS & Co.,
BANKERS.
HONOLULU
'1n francisco dgents.-THE NEpADA
NATIONAL BANK OF SAN FRA WCISOCt

DRAW rxoHAHaE on
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Bank OF Ban Francisco.
LoNDoN-The Union Bank Of London
Ltd.
NEW ToRK-American Exchange NJ
tional Bank.
OHIOAGO-Merchants National Bank,
PARIs-Credit Lyonnais.
BERLIN-Dresdner Bank.
HONG KONG AND YOKOHAMA-HonK
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NEW ZEALAND AND AUETRALIA-
Bank OF New Zealand.
VICTORIA AND VAECOUVER-Bsnk
OF BritiHh North America.
Transact General Banking and EzohasS
Business.
Deposits Received. Loans made on A.,
proved Security. Commercial and Trsye.s
era Credit. Issued. Bills of ExchAnga
bought and sold.
Collections Promptly Accounted Fur
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-08-02

When desiring a hsck, surrey
buggy, etc, with careful drivers
ring up Telephone 113-- Territory
Stable Co. Id. &
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-08-02
FOR RENT.
Cottages,
Rooms,
Stores

On the premises OF the .Sanitar
Steam Laundry Co., Ltd, between
South and Queen streets,
The buildings are supplied with
hot and cold water and electric
lights. Artesian water Perfect
sanitation.
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SanitarySteam Laundry.
Co., Ltd Ltd.
GREAT REDUCTION In PRICES


Having made large additions to
our machinery, we are now able to
launder SPREADS, SHEETS, Pill
LOWSLIPS, TABLE CLOTHS,
TABLE NAPKINS, and TOWELS
at the rate of % cents per dozen,
cash.
Satisfactory work and prompt de.
livery guaranteed.
No fear of clothing being lost
from strikes.
We invite inspection Of our laun.
dry aud methods at any time during
business hours.
Ring Up Main 73,
and our wagons will call for your
Ia work. If
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20
SHERIFF'S SALE.

In CHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.
Between Elizabeth U. Campbell complain
ant, and Franklin M. Odds defendant. FL.
ia, for sale of mortgaged premises. Return
able to October Term, A. D.. 1901.
HENRY H. DAWSON, Solicitor.
DY VIRTUE of the above stated writ of
Id Fieri Facias in my hands, l shall expose
for sale at Public Vendue at the Court House,
In Morfistown. N. j.. on
MONDAY, THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF
SEPTEMBER
next, A. D. 1901, between the hours of IL M
and O'Clock p. NJ, that Is to say at Q O'Clock
In the afternoon Of said day, all tract or par
being in the town of Morristown, In the county
of Morris and State of New Jersey.
BEGINNING In the Westerly side of the Paper
Mill Road at stake q corner of the lands of
widow German; thence Cd running south
westerly along the line of said Germans land
one hundred and eighty-eiRht feet to notch
In the fence In the line of the Burnett Lot;
thence (2).along Burnett's line northwesterly
fifty feet to corner of lands OF Ann Kelly
Qrom which lands of Ann Kelly, wife of
James Kelly this lot was originally taken)
northeast course one hundred and eighty
eight feet to a stake at the side of said road
thence ca along the side of the road aforesaid,
southeasterly fifty feet to the iplace OF begin
ming. Being the same premises conveyed to
the Franklin M. Odds by Ira w Cory, Sheriff
of Morris county by deed dated February 25th
1889.
CHARLES A. BAKER,
Sheriff.
Chronicle and Jerseyman. SOFA P.F. 1920
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20
DO THIs FOR THr poY.

If your son would like to go, there is
probably no better thing you could do
for him the coming winter than to give
him layoft from teamwork and send
him to one ofsthe many excellent agri-
cultural schools of the country. Never
mind If he is a bit raw and green and
backward with his studies; course or
two at such school will open the
boys eyes, create new ambitions for
him and make him worth twice as
much to you next summer on the farm.
AS an Investment for yourself, let
alone being one for the boy, it will pay
big interest. While the farm is the best
place on earth to raise a strong,
healthy, honest boy up to fourteen
years Of age, he then should have a
chance to see something Of the old
world and get his own measure.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20
chflsren,. Meals.

Children should be taught to be reg
ular at their meals and to taks,nothing
between meals. This rule applies to
infants as well as to older children.
The practice of feeding the little one
every time 1t cries is most serious in
jury to its weak digestive organs. An
infants stomach. though it needs food
at more frequent intervals two to four
hours, according to its age-requires
the same regularity which is essential
to the maintenance Of healthy diges-
tion in older persons. The irregularity
usually practiced is undoubtedly one
Of the greatest causes Of the fearful
mortality of infants from disorders Of
the digestive organs, as appears in our
mortuary reports.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20

Here is the story Of an old agricul-
tural fool. His wife died, like enough
overworked, when he was sixty. He
advertised for a new wife and got one
from the Denver region. He paid her
$1,000 the day he married her. He
managed to live with her four months
and then one morning when the chores
were done went out back of the barn
and put bullet through his head. The
Jezebel then trots into the probate
court and has one-third of the old
mans estate set off to her. Strange, but
just the way of the world!
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20

Conditions the present season to a
greater degree than ever before demon
strated the fact that most corn is
planted too thickly to secure the best
results. The drought which this year
was absolutely fatal to all fields Of
Ythickly planted corn spared the crop
of the man who had poor seed and
whose field had a poor stand. 1t is all
question of rainfall and moisture.
Could one see tangibly the vast amount
Of water which field Of thickly plant
ed corn, standing eight feet high in
early August, will pump out of the soil
it would be easy to understand why
such fields fall easy victims to arid
conditions. There are hundreds of
thousands of acres of corn land this
year which would have made a good,
fair crop for this season had the stand
averaged one and two stalks in hill
instead of three and four, under which
conditions the crop has proved a prac-
tical failure. This applies with special
force to all soils whose fertility is Inn
paired by continuous cropping.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20
In Chancery Of New Jersey.

To CHARLES A. FULLER AND MARY A. Full
LER HIS WIFE.
Between Horace Z. Brumley ct al. Executor
of Edward G. Moore. deceased, complain
ant, and Charles A. Fuller ct ais. defendant.
JOHN MoNTEITH, Solicitor.
DY virtue of an order of the Court OF Chan
I'D Gerry of New Jersey, made on the day of
the date hereof, In a cause wherein Horace T..
Brumley ct ale. executor OF Edward @. Moore
deceased are complainants, and you and others
are defendants, you are required to appear and
plead. demur, or answer to the complainant
bill. on or before the
TWELFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER
next. or the said bill will be taken as confessed
against you
This said bill is filed to foreelose a mortgage
made by DeForest Snyder to the complain
ants, bearing date the twenty-sixth day of
January nineteen hundred. and covering lands
In the Township of Pequanac. Morris County,
New Jersey. And you Charles A. Fuller are
made party defendant because 1t is alleged
in said bill that you are the owner of said
premises and you Mary A. Fuller as the wife
Of said Charles A Fuller you claim to have
some interest in said lends.
Dated September 18th, 1901.
JOHN MONTEITH,
Solicitor for Complainants,
774 Broad Street,
3O39 Newark. N. J..
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE of susannah May Tompkins, deceased.
PURSUANT to the order of the Surrogate
IL OF the County of Morris, made on the
18th day of July, A. D., one thousand nine
hundred and one notice is hereby given to all
persons having claims against the estate of
Susannah May Tompkins, late Of the County
of Morris, deceased, to present the same, under
oath or affirmation. to the subscriber on OF
before the Twenty-fifth day OF April next, being
Nine Months from the date of said order; and
any Creditor neglecting to bring In and exhibit
his her or their claim, under oath or afflrma-
ton, within the time so limited, will be for
eyer barred of his, her or their action therefor
against the Administrative.
Dated the 25th day OF July. A. D., 1901.
LUCY Y. BURNS,
Administratr'x,
1898 Bernardsville. New Jersey.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20

A few days since we noted tele-
phone wire which stretched across a
river which was loaded from one end
to the other with swallows assembling
for their summer migration. 1t seemed
to be a regular roundup. Every little
while they would take fight and de-
scribe an extended circle high up, as
though getting their bearings, and at
last, when all the truants had. been
gathered in, at signal from their lead
or, away they went to the south, and
the last swallow disappeared until the
spring days come again.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20

a farmer coming into the house at
evening picked up his year old baby.
when the house cat jumped up in his
hap beside the child Taking one Of the
baby's hands in his. he stroked pussy s
fur the wrong way, SO charging the
child with electricity that when the
mother took hold Of the child it dropped
over insensible and apparently dead.
The aid Of a doctor was required to rel
store the child to CONSCIOUSNESS. It Il
far better to let the baby pull the cats
tail than stroke her back.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20


A lady friend in Nebraska takes ex
ception to statement made in these
notes some time ago to the effect that
young man should not marry until he
had earned and saved up the sum Of
$500, she claiming that many young
people get married on much less money
and do well. This may be true, but it
in no way affects the general truth Of
the statement made. tits like this II
4'oung man, say,twenty-f with good
lealth and average intelligence, has
rot developed such habits of industry
end thrift as to enable him to saveaup
$500 or its equivalent in property, he
has not taken hold of life in suffi-
GENTLY serious and practical manner
so that he is justified in asking any
girl to marry him. 1t is not so much
the money itself as it is the formation
of industrious, economical and thrifty
habits which are so necessary to his
future success. If a young man up to
twenty-four has spent upon himself ev-
cry dollar he hasearned, he will not take
kindly to the self denial imposed upon
him in the care of wife and family.
Poverty may have its compensations,
but it is certain that new married folk
never realize them. Love, moonlight.
poetry, are ethereal accessories of
courtship, but can never take the place
of plain beefsteak, potatoes and bread
and butter Indispensable to the mar
ried state. 1t will be a mighty good
thing when the average American girl
will weave into her life romance the
thought of the practical question of
whether the man she loves is able to
decently and reasonably provide for
her. A young man may be good in a
sense and still not be worth shucks
when it comes to caring for wife and
family-be lazy, shiftless or so gen
orally incompetent and behindhand
that he drifts inevitably into the army
of commonplace poverty, existing, but
not living. Woman can smooth man
down after she marries him, but it is
very hard for her to put any get up
and dust into lazy, shiftless, ornery
fellow. Better that you girls set your
caps for the Woodworking, practical
fellow who puts his money in the bank
instead of blowing it in on cigars, red
neckties and livery hire. Then the
chances are that you have barouche
to ride in when you are forty and well
appointed American home to preside
over instead of having to take in wash
ing to get your girl new spring hat