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Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03
LYNCHINGS.

Jan. 2-Louis McAdams (negro), near Will
sonville. Ala; assault.
Madison. Fla: murder
15-Fred Alexander (negro), at Leaven-
worth, Kan; murder of white girl.
Chas. Lang negro), near Elko. S. C.; as
Feb 1i--Geo. Carter megro), at Paris, Ky;
1sWThos. Jackson (colored(, at st. Peter,
La; murder of Alexander Bourgeois,
2O.Peter Berryman (colored), at Mena,
Ark; assaulted :12-year-old girl.
Ind; murder Of. Ida F'inkelstefn. John
Knox (white), al Scranton, Miss; murder
Mar. EDewey Smith enegro). near Rich
mond, Mo; murder:
sSThos Applegate (white), at Eatonvi1e,
n. j.; killed by white caps for Wife
1s-Ike Fitzgerald (coIored). at Tlptonville.
Rome Tenn; was suspected of theft
Apr. 6-May Hearn (white), at Osceoia.
Ark; murder.
2s-wyatt Mallory (colored). at. Spring
May 2-Three negroes, suspected of being
implicated in murder, shot near Selma
Ala, by unknown parties.
1l-Jas. Brown (colored), at Springfield.
1sAhee A1a: aISeyi' Key (coored>, near Knoxville.
Ark, charged with incitng negroes to
22.Milt Calvert (negro). at Griffith; Miss;
. attempted assault M on io-year-old gil;
20-Wm. CampOeu (cOIOrSQ), at POnO
Creek, Okla; had shot Deputy Sheriff
31-Calvin Hall and sons and Dan Yantis.
at Lookout, Cal; petty thievery-
Jun. Mob of lyncherS routed by Sheriff
Merrill at Carroliton. Ga, killing and
injuring3.
11-Jas McLoid ewhite). at Hamburg,
Ark; horse-stealing.
19-Frank Smith and F: D. McLand (ne-
groes), near shreveport, La; Implicated
in Foster murder. B. Jones (negro
preacher), at La Grange, N c.; assault
Tt1l " q
white woman at LawrenceviHe, Va.
16-AleX. Herman (negro), hanged by ne-
gro mob; charged with murder Louis
Thomas negro1, near Girard, La; stole
bottle of pop.
Va: shot Chief of Police Lilly.
Aug 1eBetsey McCray (colored), her son
and daughter, at Carrollton, Miss; muir
sWin Price (colored). at Carrollton.
19-Will Cooley and Jean Carter (negroes).
near Pearce City, Mo-; suspected Of MUIR
der.
24Henry Nolest negro), near Winchester.
Tex; assault ard murder.
Sep. 2-Bil Tourney (colored), at Chestnut
Grove, Ala. sassault.
12-Ernest Harrison. Sam Reed and Frank
Howard (negroes),o at Wickline, KY;
Oct. Five negroes and white killed In
A-Wm. Morris (colored). at Ball Town.
La; assault.
z9LNear Ball Town. La. whites and Is
negroes slain In race war.
wife of Representative Daugherty, at
Attention, Ca
shot Mrs. Craft.
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03
METEOROLOGICAL.

Jan +EarthQuake at Mound City and
Pieasanton, Kan-.--Six TT Of snow in
parts of California
Ia. Neb-, Kan and Mo-. and parts. of
Wis, Mich and Ind.
Mar s-Will's Point, Tex, tornado: 8
killed Tornado In Arkansas kills 16 and
destroys much property Red Bud, Ill.
tornado.
2SBirmingham. Ala. cyclone: 20 persons
killed, and $S0oo0o OF properly destroyed
.Tornado wrecks buildings at Must
cash, O...-Cyclone at Pavilion. Mich
26-Adamsville, Mich, cyclone destroys
Apr Is-Biscayne. Fla, wrecked by tor
Jun. SIN n W N, Oak. 8 IN of snow
aCyclone In E. Oklahoma; II persons
killed and village OF Eddy entirely de-
stroyed.
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03

der Colon to Capt. Perry, of z: s. battle.
ship Iowa, who holds city until arrival of
government force
Dec. 1-Pu Chun, Chinese heir apparent,
deposed on ground that his father, Prince
Tuan, was author of Boxer trouble
21-At Zacatecas, Mex, appalling loss OF
life attends burning of municipal market
2ekitchener reports severe fighting at nu-
merous points in S. Africa; losses about
equally divided between Beers ano Brit
ish.
2HU.. S. decides to cut its claim against
China of So, 600, 600 to 81, 100000. which rep
resents actual damage and cost of mil
itary operations. Peace protocol be
tween Argentina and Chilli signed; both
continue preparations for war.
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03
3 CASUALTIES.

Jan. 1-Near Hays, Miss, in freight wreck
of steamer Iaqua, outbound from San
Francisco. :. Smallpox reported in over
minneapolis, MINI. SIN burning lodging
house: Model City. n =, 70 H Taylor
iamy 81 in SaTnag orphan
asylum. Anderson, W. Va. in railway
Feb. 2.-Milwaukee, 8 chilaren in burning
home during parents absence.
B. N 4 L in in parHny paiMng
22-steamer: Rio de Janeiro wrssked while
Including :, Censui Wildman,9 of Hong
Mar. zncenter valley MO, D in zinc M mine; mine
nGchieago. by boiler explosion
-as,I1ittle Cascapade. Quebec. 6 in burning
Us sI6Wee1IIstopS o. + j in J., burning cabin:
8NIatrobe Pa. Ia nine fire. ~ HOUSTON houston.
Tex, in fire. Sunrise City, Alaska, 20
Gsoa5S 0 chiesso. Iii, Tin IN IRE re III
Altman family os Laurium, Mich, drown.
13-Near Grand Tower. Ill. N by sinking
o Stisn & " OF vaes @oSGnh Miners BY explo
.24-Near Au Sable. Mich 70 by laundering
of steamer Baltimore in Lake Huron. .
2a-Of Sheboygan, Mich, Z by sinking Of
27EDayton. Tenn. 21 by coal dust explo-
sion.
80 Near Philadelphia. . picnickers swept
Jun. ts~Om Charleston, S: G.. Is fishermen
-4-Iron Mountain, Mich, in mine explo-
1oIPort Royal. Pa. Is in burning mine.
2i-Paterson. N. JS "A by explosion of fire.
aGCass Station, Ind. IA in2railway wreck.
Jul Chicago, IL by lightning striking
s4Reports from all over country show 10
dead and 1,sl1 injured during celebration
1oNNorton. Mo-, 10 in railway collision.
11ISpringfields Pa by 0train going
16-Near Muskogee. Ind. T.. in railway
Aug. 1S-Chicago. S in collision between
trolley ear and fast mail train. -. OF
Douglass island. over 20 by collision of
steamer with iceberg.
steamer, City Of Golconda. kimer.
delphia, by lightning striking benzlne
piosfon onesteamer City Of Trenton.
So-Near Salispell, Mont. $s in railway
Sep. 7-Jamestown. NED. in railway col
1s--Near New Castle. Col. by explosion
:2sMNewark 2sN % M n. J.. Z by explosion in gas
Oct. 1.@Cleveland, mile waterworks tuu--
mel under lake said to have caused 40
1sNNew York. by falling rock in rapid
transit tunnel.
Nov. 1.-St. Louis, II children of tockjaw
after atment with anti-toxin for 6iph-
liberia.
S-Hurley. Wis, 10 in fire following carousal
in dance hall.
1S-Blair. Mont. 10 irDrailway wreck. - In
Maine woods, accidentally killed by
hunters.
2O-Near Telluride, Col, % in burniag aHine
....Near Needles, CGl. in train wreck.
.N-Detroit Mich. % by explosion; Near
Seneca, Mich, railway wreck on Wabash
road. number of dead variously estiara ated
at from IL to 81.
Dec. 1-Gwynn Station. Pa. 58in harning
Astoria. Ore. Is by wseck of British ship
.s-Loss of life in navigation of great lakes
during seaseA reported at 1S2. o
16-Near Rockford, H., in railway col
lision -. Near Essex. Mont. 3 in railway
wreck. g
le-Pittsburg. Pa. 10 by gas explosion. in
the Soho furnace. Steamer 0KanawEa
Bell. bet Charleston. w. Va. and Mont
gomery wrecked; lives lost. a
20-PittSburg. Pa. 5. by explosion OF boil
erS in Black Diamond steel works.
2l-Summerville. Pa. in bufning home.
ZeAilentoWn, Pa, in accident Coop
ersburg branch of Lehigh Valley Traction
SMemphis, O, q in burning steamer Sun
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03

rgum ent tn at
con stitu ton fol-
lows flag in Porto
Rico case filed in
U. S. S u p r e m e
court.
Wv. W. G T a n {
-Mass.), c. P. Jor-
dan IN. H.). ]. f.
Hill. (Me-) and G.
H. Dietrich Neb.)
all bile a n
governors inaug-
urate0.
Gov. Robt. NJ. La
Toilette WiS-} in
augurated-v
s-GovS- 5 Jas. B. Or
man .(Col.), NJ. B.
McSweeney Is CD.
w. S. Jennin gs
(Fla) and Herreid
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03

- SO -
considerable G x
element.
Feb. 14-Saloon men
at Winfield, Kan.
retaliate on joint
; m a S b RS by
wrecking church
property
Mar. 15-Rear Ad-
. miral Sampson re-
ceives $S.335 prize
money for destruc-
ton of Cervera's
fleet. =
Apr. 30-Bill in Col
restoring capital
punis h m ent be-
comes law.
May 1-Pan-Am. ex-
position at Buffalo
nnpnE
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03
FIRES.

Jan. e-south Brooklyn. N. Y. $500. 900 fire
2s1Montreai. que. $4,000 fire in busisess
section -e-t7-s
1eNDes Moines. Ia. $50. 600 fire started In
Frankel Bros store.
31-New York. Wicke cigar box factory and
other buildings; 81. 500. .000 O
Feb. 6-Near El Cerro, Cuba, lumber yard
and sawmill: $700. 900.
ePittsburg. Pa. cork factory and machine
1i-Rochester, Pa. Am. Glass Co.'S plant:
e1.soo.ooo. o
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03

Ia q a m q city
captured by CO.
lom biau in sur
gents. =
&Turkey yields to
Fren ch demands
duke of Corn
w all and York
m a d e prince of
Wales and earl OF
Chester.
12-Gen. Santos j.
Z elaya re eelected
pres. Nicaragua.
13-Storms on British
coast result in $50
drowned.
A-Colombia appeals
to u. 8. to prevent
in t e rr upton of
traffic across 18TH
mus of Panama.
25-U. s. marines
take possession of
Isthmian railroad
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03

" iii OI II a L. II II l.
icism of Schley.
24-S e c. Y. L or e
grants Admi al
Schley's reque s t
for court of in
quiry,
25-A6miral Dewey
and Rear AdmiralS
Kim b erley and
Benham (retired)
named as members
of court.
Kfmber-
ley asks to be re-
lieved from serv-
ing because of. ILL
h ealth; Admiral
Howison named in
his stead.
Sep. 12-Schley court
ope s. Admiral
D e W e V SuStainS
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03

Oct.+Uprising against Pres Castro's gov:
ernment reported at several points ini
Venezuela.
22-Gen. Sir Redvers Butler deprived of
command of First army corps and re-
duced to half pay.
Nov. 1-Boers defeat British in battle near
Bethel.
sFrench squadron seizes Turkish ports
of Mitylene to enforce claims. Worst
fog in years cripp1es business in London
6LL Hung Chang dies in Peking; aged 20
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03

s ot ~ ilS y, N.
S. w. .Su Hal,
murderer of Won
Ketteler. German
minister to China,
beheaded at. Pc
king. ....Boer inva-
sion oof Cape Col
Ony considered
grave.
Lord Roberts ar
riveS in England
from South Africa,
and is made an
earl by Queen Vic
toria.
Alfred Milner
appointed gov. of
TT a n S v a a | and
Orange River col
ony.
kill LOCO
Rn~arc IN hot%1a
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03
NEUROLOGY.

JAN f-Ignatius Donnelly. author and ex
cong, In Minneapolis: 20.
@Ex-Gov. c. H Brogden IN. CO, at Colds
eP. b. Armour, millionaire packer AID
philanthropist, In Chicago; g. --Ex-U- 8.
Senator Jas w. Bradbury, in Augusta.
Me-; 80.
16-Ex-Gov. Jas A Mount. In Indianapolis.
H-Ex-u. s. Senator H H. ReveEs (4sss-).
In New Orleans.
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03
ASSASSINATION OF MCKINLEY.
Sep. 4Pres. Mckinley and party welcomed
at Pan-American exposition in Buffalo.

II . [ a . 1 E buffalo
speech in favor of
ira d e expansion
and the isthmian
canal.
S-Pres. shot twice
by Leon CZolgosZ
in Temple of Mu-
sic at Buffalo eex-
position; wounds
examined and ore
bullet taken out;
patient is removed
to residence of Mr..
Milburn, pres. OF
exposition.
Mckinley
thought to be out
of danger and for
first time takes
food through the
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03
THE ScHLEY INQUIRY.

Jul. 19-Sec'y. Long bars Maclay's naval
history from Annapolis academy on ac-
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03
GOVERNMENT. AND POLITICS.

Jan. 1-Benj. Odell, Jr-, in4ugurated gov
N. Y..-.Gov. Bliss (Mich.) inaugurated. =
d
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

Jan. N-Mrs- Carrie Nation and other w,
c. T. U. women wreck saloons at Wich-
H..
Barton County democrat., 1902-01-03
FOREIGN.

Jan. 1-Earl of Hopetcun. 1st gov gen. of
Australian federation, takes oath of Of
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FOR EIGN,

Venezuela rebels captured the sea-
pert of Cumana.
The civil war in Haiti has spread to
every part of the republic.
1000 Chinese rebels were killed in a
battle won by imperial troops at Incha
fau.
A statue in honor of the late EN-
press Frederick was unveiled at HON.
burg.
From st. Helena a thousand beers,
including Gen. Cronje, sailed for south
Africa.
Switzerland has forbidden the es-
Enlistment of new converts by re-
ligious orders.
Pope Leo XIII showed remarkable
strength and animation at his name
day reception in Rome.
The shah of Persia attended music
hall performance in London accom-
panied by the prince of Wales.
Count Henri de la Vaux is to make
a second attempt to cross Mediterran-
can in balloon on Sept. 10.
Lord Hopetoun, recently governor
genera of Australia, left Montreal for
New York on his way home.
1t is considered probable that Bishop
Blenk of Porto Rico will be appointed
apostolic delegate in the Philippine
islands.
Sir Henry Irving has arranged for
the next appearance of his company
in London at the historic Drury Lane
theater.
Emperor William has changed the
scene of the coming German army
maneuvers from Posen to Frankfort
on-the-Oder.
Venezuelan troops surrendered the
town of Cumana to the rebels without
firing a shot. The revolutionists now
hold seven ports.
Secrecy is to be observed in ship
ping the bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Fair
to America so that Americans will not
avoid the vessel.
J. A. A. J. Jusserand, the French
minister to Copenhagen, was appoint
ell ambassador to the United States to
succeed NJ Cambon.
Putnam Bradlee Strong of New York
and May Yohe sailed from Lisbon,
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1857 TO the Mckinley memorial fund
He was disappointed at the showing
Kentucky was making, and raised the
amount among his friends.
The body of a woman richly clothed
and with many diamonds on her fingers
was found in a sluiceway near the
Erie canal at Rochester, and has been
identified as that of Mrs. Laura
Young, %, wife of Andrew j. Young.
She had been missing a week.
The Elgin Creamery Company
which operates 1875 creameries
throughout Illinois, Iowa and Wiscon-
sin, failed. The assets are said to
be $4,000 while the liabilities are
estimated at 100000. Inability to
realize on. outstanding accounts is
given as the cause OF the failure.
President Francis of the Louisiana
purchase exposition has appoined Gift
ford Pinchot honorary chief of the de
partment of forestry. Mr.. Pinchot
is chief of the division of forestry in
the department of agriculture at Wash
ipgton, and will start soon for the
W tAdUllHe Inc IOTeSIS
the islands.
Another series of severe lightning
and wind-storms passed through south
eastern Iowa, doing much damage. In
the last few weeks over 100 barns have
been struck by lightning near"Keokuk,
and more than that number in south
eastern Iowa. Many northeast Mis-
souri, counties have suffered the same
way.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-08-28

Portugal, for Argentina under the
name of Mr.. and Mrs. Atkinson
A party of Moors recently attacked a
French military supply column near
Air Delkelil, Algeria, and numbers
were killed or wounded on both sides.
Panama is in fear of an attack from
the rebels, who are cruising near with
the captured gunboat Boyaca, and who,
1t is feared, have also taken the Car
tagena-
Many of the native Zulus and Ba-
suCos in south Africa have secured fire
arms and the beers, being deprived of
, such articles, are in dread of the con-
sequences.
The Exchange Telegraph Company
at London publishes a dispatch from
Simla, British India, saying the plague
mortality is increasing at the rate of
1000 weekly.
Prof. Won Waltershausen of Stras-
burg university argues that the states
OF central Europe will have to combine
against the economic encroachments
of the United States.
Nearly 1000 attended Lady Rag
lan's exhibition of herself in corona
ton costume at Cape House, London.
ard the cottage hospital fund was
materially increased.
At meeting of the shareholders of
the London General Omnibus com
pany the chairman said that motor
buses were being manufactured for
their approval, and that the first one
would be delivered soon.
Generals Botha, De Wet and Delarey
were warmly welcomed in Holland.
The boer generals have been asked to
remain away from Brussels for fear of
popular demonstrations beyond the
control of the authorities.
The United States cruisers Chicago
and Albany arrived at Copenhagen.
Denmark, from Cronstadt, Russia.
They will remain there until Aug. 81
The Danish naval officers are prepar-
ing entertainments in honor of the
Americans.
The prime minister will have two of
the most conspicuous ecclesiastical
nominations at his disposal if the arch
bishop of Canterbury follows the dean
OF Westminster into retirement, and as
he is a Presbyterian rather than a
churchman, his selections will be I'M
usually interesting.
The police administration of the
Rhine country is taking measures to
resist the invasion of Belgian automo-
biles The inhabitants tried to lynch
an automobilist who ran over an 8
year old girl at Sinzig; a Belgian
count killed an aged man at Bruhl, and
child was run over and killed at
Puenderich.
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CROWN PRINCES LOVE.

Buffalo News:-It looks as if the
crown prince of Germany needs two
or three years at sea in contemplation
of youthful follies before the mast.
Baltimore American-The kaiser is
opposed to disarmament, but he Or
ders youthful lovers to put down their
arms at the critical moment.
Washington Post.-It is said the
crown prince of Germany is in love
with an American girl No wonder
he is willing to jump his royal pros
poets.
St Louis Post-Dispatch.-Tha the
German crown prince should be in
love with an American girl whose
name is Gladys may be due to the
fact that he has not yet seen Maud
and Phyllis.
New York Mail and Express.-The
German crown prince seems to have
arrived at the wise conclusion that
kind hearts are more than coronets.
when the heart in question is an
American girls.
Baltimore American.-If the German
crown prince delivers himself of the
sentiments attributed to him in the
cablegrams, then the heroes of the
famous Laura Jean Libbey stories are
not fictional individuals, after all.
Memphis Commercial Appeal EN-
peror William is right in opposing the
marriage of his son to a common
American" There are so many I'M
common Americans that his royal
niblets should have no difficulty in
finding one.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.- ad-
vice OF the Vatican that the royal
families of Europe should cease inter
marriage is no doubt warmly approved
by the German crown prince and the
American girl he wants to marry.
Boston Journal.-We shall vet hear
that the crown prince of Germany is
madly in love with Miss Migonette
Meredith, the famous American act
ress, who has been passing her vaca-
ton on the continent prior to appear
ing at the head of her own company
on the Indian Medicine circuit in The
Aerial Switch. or the Plotters of the
Airship." The whole story has not
yet come out.
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NEWS OF THE WORLD.
sPANIsH-AMERIcAN ISLANDS.

Bitter opposition to the Americans
has developed at Bacolod, Mindanao.
A Cuban senator proposed the re
moyal of all United States flags in the
island.
Elaborate preparations have been
made to receive Governor Taft when
he returns to Manila.
Aguinaldo is said to have decided to
become farmer after making lee
ture tour of the United States.
All of the unsanitary buildings in
Manila, it is said, are to be destroyed,
involving an expense of about $780,
900.
1t s understood that Captain James
A. Ryan, court-martialed for admins
tering the water cure in the Philip
pines, will be acquitted.
Cholera made Miss Jeanette VIII
liams Of Denver, a widow an hour
after she had married Rudolph Yum
stein Of Laporte, Ind, teacher in the
schools of Manila.
Danger of a conflict between the mil
itary and civil authorities In the
Philippines was averted by an order
of Gen. Chaffee TO his troops not to in
terfere with civil officials in any way.
Figures prepared by the treasury
department show that the exports from
this country to Porto Rico, Hawaii and
the Philippines during the last fiscal
year were about $28,O00,0O0 in excess
OF those of the year of 1897
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worked. The two women also pro-
posed, he said, that after they chloro-
formed Rogers ard had thrown him
into the river that he drive them back
to Bennington.
For this, Boyd Perham said, he was
to receive $3.50, one-half of the insur-
ance money. Boyd Perham agreed to
the plan, he admitted, but he changed
his mind on the following day and
continued his work on the farm.
Levi Perham, who is 10 years old,
finally told his story of the plot. He
says that with the two women he
walked to Morgan's Grove, where
Mrs Rogers said she had an appoint
ment with her husband in secluded
spot, near the river. When Rogers
appeared Mrs. Rogers, Perham says,
took from her gown the rope and
showed him some interesting tricks
with knots. She tied and united the
cords about her wrists. Then she in
duced her husband to let her tie
several knots about his wrists. She
tied them easily and he quickly undid
them.
Mrs. Rogers, Perham said, then pro-
posed that he tie her husbands hands.
Perham confessed that he tied them
as securely as he could, while Mrs.
Rogers was saturating a handkerchief
with chloroform.
''As soon as his hands were tied
she pressed the saturated cloth on her
husbands face and pulled his head
down into her lap" said Perham.
Rogers struggling desperately to free
himself, declaring he smelt chloro-
form"
Then the woman renewed the appli-
cation of chloroform.
At the suggestion of Perham,
Rogers was taken to the stream 10
feet away and thrown into the water.
The rope was removed from his
swollen wrists then. The note of
the supposed suicide, written by Per-
ham that morning, was attached to
the hat of Rogers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-08-28
TWO WOMEN
MAY HANG
STRANGE MURDER STORY COMES
FROM VERMONT.
HUSBAND CHLOROFORMED
But Wife ArtfuIIy Induces Him to
First Permit Her to Knot Cords
About His Wrists, Pretending
to Show Him a Trick.-A Tricky
Woman.

Bennington, VT, Aug. 24-The only
case within recent years of a woman
suffering the death penalty in Yer
mont was that of Mrs. Meeker of
Waterbury. who was hanged at Wind
sor in 1881 or 1882.
1t seems to be within possibilities
that the same fate may overtake Mrs.
Mary Rogers and Miss Stella Bates,
who are in Jail in Bennington accused
OF having murdered Marcus Rogers in
Bennington on the night of Tuesday,
August IL.
The accusation is on the confession
OF Boyd Perham, brother of Levi, and
who says he refused to aid in the
crime. Nothing seemed more prob
able than that Marcus had committed
suicide when the first news of his
death was brought to the authorities.
On tree was found a hat to which
there was note pinned, bearing a
message to the effect that the writer,
Marcus Rogers, was tired of life, i'll
and in debt, and had put an end to his
life.
Fifteen rods from where the hat
was found searchers next day in the
Walloomsac river discovered the body.
1t was lying face downward in three
feet OF water, half covered with sand
and mud. 1t was taken to the board
ing place of Mrs. Rogers, the home of
Levi Perham. The story of the wife
and friends showed the man was in
despair. He and his wife had agreed
to separate four months before. They
had fallen behind in their living ex-
nHnses, and the death of their child
Aad added another burden of debt.
Rogers went to Hoosic Corners,
where he obtained employment in a
mill. The widow told of their last
meeting on the Tuesday before his
body was found She said he had
given her his life insurance receipts
and had told her that she need never
expect to look upon his face again I'M
less he would go with him to live at
Hoosic. She had refused his request.
The condition of the body, however,
aroused the suspicious of the examin-
ing physicians. They could not under
stand why the features were so
markedly discolored. They could not
believe he had drowned himself, for
the lungs were filed with air.
The sheriff learned that Rogers was
| isured for $500 in New York COM
pany in favor of his wife. A sharp
watch was kept over the woman and
her associates and acquaintance
especially the Perham bows. at the
home of whose parents the woman
was then living.
Boyd Perham, the elder of the two,
was induced by detectives to tell his
story. He testified that Mrs. Rogers
and Stella Bates proposed that he
drive them over the state line into
New York, where Marcus Rogers