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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
MRS. HODGE SAYS SHE DID
NOT FIRE THE FATAL SHOT
Makes Another Statement That indicates That
Some ether Person Murdered Ryan,
Cew Is Obtained the Man Who is Supposed TO Be the Accom-
pce of the Woman

ET DID not shoot William Y. Ryan
in the head and if he was shot
there some one else did it If ne
died from that wound 1 did not kill
him shot at him. but l do not admit
that 1 killed him"
such was the statement made yester-
oay by Mrs. Aurora Hodge, in which
she admits that Ryan did not die by
ler hdhd, but by that of another. Tho
identity of the person who fired the IA
taI shot while Ryan sat or Law uDon
the ground tied hand and foot. Mrs
tiouse declares she does not know. She
mas made this much of confession.
Dut refuses TO go any further into the
iuc details of the happenings on tho
fatal night
She states that she gave herself up
To the officers because when she heard
mat Ryan was dead she supposed the
snot she fired had killed him. But that
she now knows that she did not kin
him If he died from q shot I'm the head.
Ihc officers disbelie -e this part Of her
story. They believe she confessed to
shield an accomplice. This belief has
been almost proven beyond a doubt bv
the evidence which was secured yester-
day.
Mrs. Hodges Male Friend.
witness has been found who saw
second man spend the night with Mrs
Hodge and Ryan at Reck's hot springs
ana leave in the wagon with them for
SAT- Lake. This man he has identified
as pen the original OF the accompany
ing picture. except that when he saw
him he had his mustache shaved off
As TO who the original of tnis picture
IS there is some doubt although there
IS practically no doubt in the minds of
the officers that he is the accomplish
and the one who planned the whole
tragedy.
This picture was found among Mrs.
Hodge S effects and she first said it was
her husband. Now she declares it is
not Which statement is true remains
10 be proven. This may be accomplished
IN short time. for evidence has been
secured leading to the belief that Mrs
Hodges accOmplice is now i'm Mexico
and that she and he had an agreement
10 meet there. For some unknown rea-
son this plan WAS abandoned and Mrs
Hodge gave herself UP TO the officers.
The confession of Mrs. Hodge that
she did not fire the fatal shot at Ryan
was made 10 her brother and attorneys
yesterday afternoon after the result or
the autopsy upon Ryaus head had been
related to- her. When she was told thar
a bullet wound was found in his skull.
she appeared to be surprised and asked
Immediately If .here was one i'm his
side. When told no, she said:
Did Not Fire Fatal Shot.
Il did not shoot him in the head"
Afterwards she related the story of
what she says occurred in the camp on
the fatal night. The story is practic-
ally the same as told before except that /
Eart affected by her latest confession. /
That part Of it is entirely new. This :
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
GAVE s25o.ooo RAm.

London. Aug 5.-Whittaker Wright
the promoter and director of the london
g Globe corporation. limited. was ar
raigned at the Guild Hall police court To-
cay and remanded after formal evidence
u his arrest had been. taken The urisor
er was released on bail OF S250C00 OF
which he provided $4,000 and three sure
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
BRUTAL MuRnFR

Winchester Tenn Aug Simon
Booker and wife, who lived IN a small
cabin on the mountain in Franklin coun-
ty We're murdered last night and their
home burned. The tragedy is attributed
to the raiding of a wild cat" disullery
near their home. Booker and his wife
We're accused by the wild caters with
betraying them TO the revenue officers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
MAnE IA cIrIzEN

Chicago. Aug. 5.-John Alexander Dowie
general overseer of the Christian Cath
Ole church, was made a citizen of the
United States upon renoUncing. in the
superior court his allegiance to the SOW
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and Ryan in the camp just before the
murder, that she remained with this
person that night, sunday and Sunday
night an thai it was this man who did
tie things that she Eau claimed she did
not do.
( The evidence of the witness who saw
the second man with the two at Beck's
hot springs is taken as positive proof
that Mrs. Hodge does krow who killed
Ryan, that the guilty party is the man
seen with her at the springs and that
she has simply taken the affair upon
her own shoulders in order to give him
chance b set away
Saw the Second Man.
The witness who furnishes this new
evidence in regard 30 the accomplice
and his probable identity is a time
Keeper who was CmT lcyed on the Rio
Grande and was working near the
springs the night Of July Z. His state
meut is this:
ON the evening OF the 9Th. a short
time after dark. a stranger walked into
Ryan's camp and apparently made
himself at home with the two. From
observations the railroad man con-
cluded that the stranger had known the
woman before and through her he man
aged to make himself one of the party
Earlier in the evening the tihaekeeper
had talked to Mrs. Hodge for nearly
an hour. She told him. according TO
his statement, that Ryan was her faith
er and she was travelling about with
him.
in view of this. he just supposed that
the stranger was some friend of the
daughters, but his actions caused him
to keep a watch on the camp. He
stated he saw the three sit about the
camp fire until late in the evening and
then they all retired. The stranger.
he said, remained in the camp all night
and on the following morning he got
in the wagon. with Ryan and the wO-
man and started towards Salt Lake.
Since then the railroad man has not
seen this stranger No one else has
been found who has seen him except
Mr.. Brighouse who saw a man an
swering this ones general description
at Ryan's camp on the night of the
murder.
Picture is Unidentified.
Yesterday the accompanying picture.
which Mrs, Hodge first said was of her
husband was shown 10 the railroad
man. He identified it as being
striking likeness of the man he saw
with her and Ryan at the springs. The
Only difference, he said was that the
man had evidently shaved his mus
tache before he appeared at the springs.
Otherwise the man and the picture tai
lied exactly.
The railroad man was taken before
Mrs. Hodge yesterday afternoon. Inn
mediately upon seeing her he positively
identified her as the woman he had
talked to i'm the camp. She appeared
not TO notice him and when asked if
she knew the man she replied No"
When told who he was she simply re-
piled oh and turned away.
The story of the railroad man is not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
BRYAN A DELFGATE.

Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. Governor Mickey
today appointed w. J. BRYAN one of the
-siXty-two delegates from Nebraska 90
the National Farmers congress af
Niagara Falls, Sept. 80
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
HUNDREDS OF LIVES
DESTROYED BY FLOODS

= Berlin, Aug. 5.-A dispatch re- .
4 ceived here says that zoo persons .
= were drowned in the disastrous =
= floods which occurred at Che Foo. =
= China. July %. The bridges within =
= the city and many houses with =
= heir occupants were swept away =
= in the torrent. Two thousand of =
y the nhabitants are left without =
= means of subsistence. =
An Associated Press dispatch =
= from Shanghai dated July p. re- y
> ported this inundatiOn and enOrm- =
y Gus loss OF life and property in the =
. native city with some dama5e In =
= the foreign quarter y
= = = y q 3 = = = RA{$ =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
MORE FAILURES
IN WALL STREET
Two Prominent Firms Forced to
the Wall.
PRICES TOUCHED BOTTOM
PANIC AVERTED BY HEAVY FL
NANCIAL CONCERNS.

NEW YORK. Aug. 5.-Two more
N stock exchange failures. making a
total of six in the last eleven bust
ness days, were recorded today when
sharp & Bryan ard Hurlbutt, Hatch &
co. announced their inability to meet
their obligations. Neither failure oc-
casioned the slightest surprise: in fact.
both had been discounted for a week or
more.
ne failure of Sharp & Bryan came
during the morning session shortly
aIter the market had recovered from its
demoralized opening. That of Hurlbutt.
Hatch * co. was announced in the
afternoon, just as prices throughout the
list were tumbling lower than at any
time before.
Ihe days business can best be sum
married by the statement that almost
four score of stocks. fully two-thirds of
the active list. touched the lowest rec
ord reached during the present move
ment which had its inception last Sep
$embcr
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Placerville, Cal. Aug 5-EarIy this
morning Sheriff Bosquit received teIe-
phone advices from Single Springs
twelve miles southwest Of PIacerviIIe
that on Monday evening man visited
the Planters hotel in Single Springs.
demanded to be served with a meal and
asked to have a qUaEtity of food pre-
pared for him. At the conclusion of the
repast he threw a s. gold piece on the
counter received his change and de-
parted with package Of food.
Immediately on receipt Of this news
Sheriff Bosquit dispatched his son. Dali
las, who is his chief deputy. to Shingle
Springs. Young Bosquit reported by
telephone to his father that on arriv-
ing at the hotel ne had exhibited pho
tCgraphs Of the cO1victs and that four
people Mrs. Hall. proprietor Of the no
tel; Maria Craig. who cooked and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
More Failures Coming.

At the close of The day some of the
solid interests-and it is suggested that
these interests have been 'out of the
market for weeks past. save here and
there when support was most neces-
sary-spoke reassIriEsly. They de-
clared that the financial atmosphere
was being clarified but for all that Wall
street as a whole could see no silver
lining in the clouds, much less a golden
one
Other failures were confidently pre-
dicted and the names Of several inn
portant firms We're mentioned as among
those in financial straits.
A sharp break in sterling exchange
during the day was coupled with the
suggestion that at least one interna-
tional banking house mad been making
desperate efforts to borrow money
abroad. Officers of leading local banks
and trust companies declined TO discuss
the situation except 10 express con-
fdence as 10 the sound condition of
Gnanr-aI fucfifnff01c
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
ominous Opening.

The day began ominOusly. Opening
prices en- the exchange were decidedly
lower almost an through the list, but
the break was checked by supporting
orders. In fact, veteran observers were
heard TO declare that but for this sup
port panic would certainly have oc-
CURED
The Sharp & Bryan failure made but
little impression on values, but toward
noon the list receded. the decline en-
bracing virtually all the standard
stocks. The market then became dull
and hesitating,- but IN the last hour and
"A half stocks were again thrown over
ruthlessly and the closing was weak
and extremely feveTish.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
ROBERTS RECAPTURED
Dressed Tramp and Carrying Roll of Blankets the Fugitive
Was Trying to Get Out of Cali
fornia.

Q ACRAMENTO Cal. Aug. 5.-Con-
y Wet James Roberts. one of the
band of fugitives from the Folsom
prison, was captured near Davisville
today. He was dressed as a tramp and
carried under him arm roll of blan-
kets. He also had . revolver. The
Sherih's officers, Immediately after Sc
curing Roberts in the DavisviIIe iafl.
started in search of Hooker, his com
rade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
shrinkage 81 MilIiOns.

nldnN AlllAlltllC VI htVaAcAAs N'NA.+N--
stop loss orders were caught in the
selling avalanche and it is probable
that hundreds of weak accounts were
closed IN utter disregard of the losses
sustained by their owners.
The list of stocks that touched their
lower level includes AtchisOn, Baltl-
more and Ohio. Chesapeake and ONO,
Chicago and Alton common, and PR
ferred. Chicago Great Western ana lne
debentures and second preferred, Chi
cago. Milwaukee and St Paul, chi
cago and Northwestern common and
second preferred. Delaware and HUd-
son. Colorado and Southern tirSts AMI
second preferred. Denver and Rio
Grande common and preferred. Great
Northern preferred Evansville and
Terre Haute preferred Long Island
Louisville and Nashville, Kansas ana
Texas, Missouri Pacific, Ontario ana
Western. Rock Island common and pre-
ferred. St. Louis Southwestern Gem
mon and preferred, Southern Railway
common and preferred, Texas and Pa
cific. Union Pacific and Wabash pre-
ferred.
Industrial Losses.
In the industrial class new low rec
ords were the order in American Cot-
ton oil, American Locomotive COM
mon and preferred. American Smelling
preferred, Republic Iron and steel
common and preferred, United States
Leather United states Realty common
and preferred, United States Steel pre-
ferred, Virginia-CarOlina Chemical
common and preferred. American Hide
and Leather preferred. American Snum,
American Sugar. Hooking Coal and
Iron. Consolidated Gas. Continental To-
bacco preferred. General Electric, Ma
tional Biscuit. New York Air Brake,
Pacific Mail. Peoples Gas, Virginia
Iron, Coal and Coke, and Pressed steel
Car
To these lists should he added Brook
lyn Rapid Transit and such special
ties as American Express, United
States Express and Corn products
common and preferred. Fully a dozen
ity with previous low prices of the
Chemical Caused It.
The failure of Sharp & Bryan CIV.
w. Sharp and q. s. Bryan excited gen
eral sympathy, as both men are mem
bers Of the board and popular in stock
exchange circles. Mr. Bryan is a gov
ernOr of the exchange. The firm was
in 1891. They were special
lists in several stocks. more particu-
larly in NirginiaCarolina Chemical.
ana their failure Is regarded as 0l-
rectly attributable 10 the decline liz
these shares. During last years boom
Chemical preferred sold as high as
1875 and the common at so. They
closed today al s. and Z324. respectively.
According TO the statement of the as
signee. Sharp & Bryan's liabilities are
about S5,O00,0o0 mostly secured. As
sets are said to include several mill
lion dollars of stock exchange secUr-
tiles. the value OF which is almost al
together contingent on market con-
ditiOns.
The firm of Hurlbutt Hatch & Co.
John Henry Hurlbutt. r. Sanford
Hatch. the board member. and j. Frai-
ley Smith was organized in September,
1890. Their financial embarrassment
mas been a matter Of general comment
I'm the Street for some weeks.
No statement regarding their affairs
was Obtainab bic today.
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DID Not Fire Fatal shot.

i did not shoot him in the head"
Afterwards she related the story of
what she says occurred in the camp on
the fatal night. The story is practic-
ally the same as told before except that
Part affected by her latest confession.
That part Of it is entirely new. This
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
All Showed Emotion.

When he reached the last person in
the line, he turned and, while all the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06

Rome, Aug. 5.-The Associated =
Press representative was received =
= In audience by Plus X. being the >
> hrst journalist OF any nationality =
TO have this honor. The pontif y
? graciOusly granted the prayer of >
the correspondent TO send a mes >
sage 70 the American people. say y
= ing, word for word:
love the Americans. who are y
the blooming youth of Catholicism. =
convey 10 all of them how gladly y
I impart my apostolic blessing to y
= the whole country"
= y y y y = p 3 = = -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
1Ht METALS.

Silver. 55isc per ounce.
copper. l24c per pound; Now
York. Sl3. 0l0sl3.2 - per 100 pounds
Lead. $3.50 per 100 pounds; New
Yord. $500.
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Continued on Page s.
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WEaTHER F0R 81 &c.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-08
BASEBALL NOTES.

The usual number of games were
played Saturday and yesterday by the
local amateur teams. The Deltas
journeyed to Deliver, In South Jersey,
where they were defeated by a crack
team of that place, the score being 6
to 5.
The Raritans defeated a scrub team
on the Copper Works diamond Satur-
day morning by a score of 10 to s.
The st. Aloysius Cadets and the
S~tarlets had it out on Boyer's field
Saturday afternoon, the score being 9
to 6 in favor of the Cadets.
The game Saturday between the
Perth Amboy Terra Gotta Works first
team and a Tottenvil1e team, was post
poned until q later date.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-08
Negro BARRIERS Good Word.

A good story is told of an old negro
barber in a North Carolina town who
was given to saying pleasant things.
Whenever a customer came in he in
variably had some f1attering remark to
make about his general appearance, but
finally he had a call from a VIGOROUSLY
ugly man about whom even this old fiat
'terer could say nothing good. But the
customer came regularly to the shop, the
old negro learned to like him. and finally
he determined to make a pleasant re-
mark. whether or not. and this is the
way he put 1t. Said he: Boss, when
you fust come into dis shop l thought
you was one O. the homeliest gentmen
l " seed. But sense l has been shaw
in you I must you you holds your own
pow'ful well."-Richmond (Va.) Times
Dispatch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-08
Staten island Rapid Transit R. r.
335 State Street

Time Table in effect on and after May II. 1905
Perth Amboy to New York Leave foot Of
Smith st. daily except Sundays and. Lega
Holiday 5 10, 6.12 6.5S, 1885, IS, s 05, S.5;
955, 1925, and II 50 a m; 125 ! IS $50, 355
ABB $50. 6.47, 7.55, s.55, $50, LEO P. M.
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
6.S5, 7.55, $50, 9.25, 1905, 10. IS i. IS A. NJ. 1885
1.55,2,55, 3.55, 4.55, 5.35, 6.l5, 6.55, 7.35, S.l5,9.15
10.s0,P. NJ.
New York to Perth ~Amboy:-Leave foot Of
Whitehall st. daily except Sunday and Lega
1900 10 ! 80, 2.3G, $3.50, 4, 80. $40, $50 5.45
6.S5, 7.9O, $50, 1O.eO, l1.o5 +12.25
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
Leave New York. O5, 500, $40. $50, 1920, II co
12.U0,a.m loo, 40, $40, 400, $40, 6.UJ, 6.35
7.15, 7.55, S.35, 9.35, 0.30, II .i5,pm.
Ferry between Perth Amboy and Tottenville-
leave Perth Amboy day Ks. Is, KIT. IL, 6.32
z6.5s, x7.35, xS.05, xS.55. K SO, 1926, KOS
Kills. a. m. XII IS, xl IS, 2'2O, x2 go, x3 So
x4 80, KS 5 !, 600, x6 AZ. z rs, X. s., ks So, x9. So
1910 XII .90,p. m 1910 am.
Sundaysand LIE gal Holidays = els, x6 IS, kiss,
1880, xJ.25, XII .05, 0.30, x10.55, K IL SIS. q. nj
xl2.55, xl .55, xS. Sex 3.55, x4.55, Ks. 35, x6 Is
x6, IS x7.S5. xS.15, x0. Is, 9.35, xi0. 80. Il, co. m
12.15,a. m.
x7.1e. 7.5o ks Is, Ks. 10. x1O.o5, 10. 40, XII. O5 a,
m. xl2.05, H 05, x2 .05, x2 35, x3.4O, 4.10, x4.40
x5.4o, x6.1S, x6.55, K 7.40, xS4), x9.40. 1920
xii 10, p. m. x12. Is, XII 30 A. NJ.
Sundays and Legal Holidays " rs, x7.15, s 20
x9.05, 9 40. xl0.l5, x10.4o, xl1.S5, a. m. x12 Is
x7. 10.x7.5 80 xs.3J, x9.2 x9 so, x10.4 As, xii. 40 p
m x1 Alp m. x12. 55,a.m.
illegal holidays only
xTrain Connect. on.
J. VAN SMITH, P. H. CASSIDY,
Receiver Gan'l Traffic Agent
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-08
-: For sale at Sections Drug Store.
Cremation I'm Scotland.

Cremation is growing in public
favor in Scotland. From the latest
report of the Scottish Burial Reform
and Cremation society we learn that
for the year ended September 30 last
twenty-five cremations were carried
out in Scotland, being an increase of
ten over the number of the proceed
ing year. The total up to the present
time is 122. Fol- a reduced charge of
six guineas a certificate is now issued
in Scotland carrying the rights, first,
to n cremation, either in Glasgow
or any of the crematories in Great
Britain, and, second, to a niche for
deposit of the ashes in the column
barium at Maryhill, Glasgow.-N. Y.
Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-08
READING
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL
Corrected to May IL 1908
TRAINS LEAVE PERTH AMB0s

FOR New York, Newark and Elizabeth /,
800 Thursdays & Saturdays to New York
(only) 6 IS, III, 7.45, New York (only) 1853 SIS
8 81, Ills. g. M, IL SO 1900 l TO- % 80, 5 o9,
G 20, z %, s 09, 8 90, p. N. suncayE, 3 10, 8 81
For P~hilaaeiphia and Trenton via Bou-d
Brook, Z II, $50, II 1s, 1859 a m l 10, 6 90 p. M
Sundays, Q 81 q. n. 5 20 p. IN.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove. etc. 5.O1,
9 90, a. m. 12.22, 227, 8 So, 4 Al 5 Is, 6 SO, Red
Bank (only) z IS, (12. SO Wednesdays and Sun
days onlyJ D. N Sundays Q IS, a. 10. 81 p. On,
For Freehold, 8 o., 3 20 q, M, 12.&2 ! q, 5.lt
p. m.
Additional trains for Red Bank 5 Is p. m. 6.SS
P. III. For South Amboy z IL, 9 20 a. m. 81, 8 So
4 ii p m. 8 10, 5.52 9.29.
Through tickets to Gil points at lowestrats'
may be had on application In advance TO So
ticket agent at the ststion.
W. G. BEsLzR, Vice-Pres. & General Manage
q. NJ. Burr, General Passenger Agent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-08
SEPARATED
Some Perth AmbOy People have
Learned how to get rid of Both.

Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers.
You can't separate them.
And you can't get rid of the backache
until you cure the kidney ache.
If the kidneys are well and strong, the
rest of the system is pretty sure to be in
vigorous health.
Doan's Kidney pills make strong, heal
the kidneys.
Mr.. James A. Brown, painter, of 701
South Sixth street, Camden, N. j, says:
81 had kidney trouble for ten years, no
doubt brought on from the constant use
of irritating materials used in my busin-
ess. | had all the usual symptoms of
accute disorderies of the kidneys, pain in
the back, sometimes the side abdomen
and hips, restlessness and uneasiness at
night, and high colorcd and sedimentary
secreations. | could not light anything
or use a brush without pain, and my con-
dition was the opposite of physically good
l happened to see in a newspaper that
Doan's Kidney Pills cured such ailments
and l got them at a drug store. They
proved to be the very thing 1 needed, and
I am more than pleased with the results.
If ever the trouble returns l know what
to resort to, and l shall certainly use Do
ans Kidney Pills the moment there are
any indications of disordered kidneys. 1
recommend them particularly to brother
painters, nine-tenths of whom require
them"
Just such emphatic endorsement can be
had right here in Perth Amboy- Drop
into G. w. Parisen's drug store and ask
him what his customers report.
For sale by all dealers, Price so cents.
Foster. Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for U. s.
Remember the name-D oan's-and take
no substitutes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-08

A hat has recently been fished up out
Of the sea on the English coast which
nature has been trimming for some
years after a design all her own. In
form this piece of sea millinery resem-
bles a complicated diving helmet. The
color scheme Of the decoration is very
successful, combining a b%ewildering
variety of colors with considerable har-
mony Of effect. The hat spent a long
time at the bottom of the sea. 1t was
brought up by a fishing line, 80 miles off
Lerwick, Shetland. 1t rested for years
at a depth of 60 fathoms. The seaweed
trimmings, which have the effect of
fine lace, hang in great folds like a
shawl about the wearer's shoulders
N. Y. Herald