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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
POSSES FAIL TO CAPTURE OUT.
LAWS WHO ESCAPED FROM
Z, FOLSOM PRISON.
HEAD FOR THE MOUNTAINS
PURSUERS ARE CLOSE BEHIND
AND A DESPERATE BATTLE
is EXPECTED.

Placerville, CAL, July 29.-Of the
thirteen convicts who escaped from the
state penitentiary at Folsom Monday
twelve are still at large. Joe Muir
ply, who was serving a f~ourteen-year
sentence for robbery, was shot dead
Monday night at Pilot Hill. s. M.
Gordon, the reported leader of the
gang, who had been sentenced to for.
ty-five years for robbery, deserted his
followers soon after they left the pris.
on. He was heavily armed and it is
not known in what direction he
sought safety. A negro convict named
Seavis, who was reported wounded in
the first encounter with the officers,
appears not to have been injured. The
eleven outlaws who remain together
are making for the Sierra Nevada
mountains. They are closely pursued
by the sheriffs of Sacramento, Eldora-
90 and Placer counties, each backed
by numerous deputies and assisted by
a company of militia. About twenty
guards from the Folsom prison are
also engaged in the chase. It is be-
lieved that the fugitives will soon be
surrounded and a desperate battle is
anticipated. as all are heavily armed.
The work of the pursuing posse has
been rendered less difficult than was
anticipated by the unexpected action
OF the convicts. who Tuesday released
all Of the men they held as host
ages. 1t is thought that this course
was prompted by lack of food and
ammunition. The eleven are now be-
1ieyed to be near P%lacerville. in Edo
rado county, in a rough country and
not far from the mountains which they
evidently hope to make their refuge.
Fight at Pilot Hill.
The fight at Pilot Hill Monday night
between the convicts and their pur-
suers seems to have been a more Sc
rious affair than at first reported.
After they had looted a store at Pilot
Hill they were practically surrounded
by the sheriffs of Sacramento and
Placer counties, each commanding a
strong posse. All four horses on the
%convicts' wagon were shot and n of
the criminals was killed outright.
Then the outlaws ran up a white flag
and marched up the road with guards
and others whom they had captured
on each side of them. A general vol
icy was not ordered, as 1t might have
Killed several innocent men. In this
deliberate manner the second escape
was made. Now that the captives have
been freed, the pursuing officers have
been instructed to shoot the convicts
on sight and their death Or capture
in the near future is expected.
The coroners jury in the case of W.
l.. Cotter rendered a verdict of MUIR
der against all the convicts who es-
capped. The inquest was held at Fol
som prison.
A report was received here last even
Ing to the effect that eight convicts
were seen making their way northward
along Greenwood creek toward the
town Of Greenwood, where it is prob.
able a raid will be made by the fugi-
tives. as it is known they are very
short Of provisions. Posses are now
in pursuit and the residents of Green
wood will organize a defense party to
protect the town. =
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
MARTIN EBELT coNFEssEs.
Admits StraneIlng His Wife and Hid.
inc Her Body In a Sewer.


Mount Vernon, N. Y, July 29.-Mar'
tin Ebelt was held Tuesday night to
the grand jury for the murder of his
wife, whose body was found In a
sewer on Sunday. He confessed free
ly and without the least tremor or
seeming fear.
In the morning Ebelt was examined
by the coroner and Chief Foley and
then was led to the morgue where lay
the body Of the murdered woman.
Ebelt gaZed upon the corpse with an
Indifferent air and admitted that it
was that Of his wife. In response to
further questions he suddenly ex-
claimed:
ooh, did It,"
After this admission he went on to
say that he had been worried by her
demands for money and had decided
to get rid Of her.
When the inquest was resumed in
the evening, he said that a week be-
fore he had noted q break in the
sewer pipe which he calculated would
serve him to hide the body. He then
prepared the way for the murder by
telling his wife he had found a place
for her to work and requested her to
get ready and he would take her to
the place.
On the way, he said, they quarreled,
and after choking the woman to death
with his hands he tied a shoestring
around her neck and lowered the body
into the sewer, expecting that it would
be swept down into the sound.
This confession was signed by the
prisoner, who was then formally com
mitted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
RESCUED BY THE POLICE.
Hungarian Narrowly Escapes Lynch
ing by West Virginia Mob,

Hungarian Narrowly Escapes Lynch.
Ing by West Virginia Mob.
Wheeling, W. Va, July 29.-But for
the timely arrival of policemen, John
Posteoh, a Hungarian steel worker,
would have been strung up by an n
cry mob on Wheeling Island last night.
Posteoh, who was drunk. caught in his
arms and embraced a we'll known and
respected lady residing on the island
as she was returning home over the
steel bridge unescorted late in the
evening. The woman's cries were
quickly answered by citizens who
rushed from their homes. The man
took to his heels, pursued by a crowd
which was increased every minute.
When the mob drew close to the for
eigner he wheeled and drew a dirk
fully twelve inches in length and held
the mob at bay for a time. A cobble
stone hurled the knife out of the man
hand, while another struck him upon
the head and knocked him down.
Stone after stone was rained upon the
unconscious man in rapid succession
and a rope was quickly sent for by the
now thoroughly aroused citizens, who
were until that time under the impress
sion that a criminal assault had been
committed. Vengeance had been de-
cided upon and a convenient shade
tree picked out when a force of police
men arrived upon the scene and res
cued the Hungarian from the mob's
hands. He is in a serious condition.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
USED MAILS TO DEFRAUD.
Henry A. Bradford Arrested by Post.
Office INSPECTORS,

oflce inspectors.
st. Louis, July 29.-Henry A. Brad
ford was arrested here Tuesday by
p~ostofice inspectors on the charge of
using the mails in a scheme to de.
fraud. as a result of an investigation
of land title swind1es that has been
in progress since last December. The
investigation has been pursued in Colo
RADIO, Michigan. Pennsylvania. Nilsson
ri, Texas, Kansas, Kentucky, Ten.
s West Virginia and North Car
Dina.
Bradford's arrest resulted from COM
plants that he was using the mails to
sell fraudulent land titles. Bradford's
bond was fixed at $1,000. but up to a
late hour last night he had failed to
give bond.
Postomce Inspector Dice said the In
vestigation has led to the arrest OF
thirteen other mer on similar charges,
in different parts of the country, and
he is of the opinion that Bradford's ar
rest will mark the final collapse of n
of the most gigantic land swindles in
the history Of the country.
Bradford was arrested here on May
8. 1900, on the charge Of using the
mails to defraud, but was acquitted
upon the ground that the offense did
not conform to the facts set forth In
the Indictment.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
EXTRACTION OF WRIGHT.
British Promoter Will Be Taken Back
~ FINLAND

New York, July 29.-United States
Marshal Henckel has received from
Acting Secretary of State Adee the
original warrant of eXtradition for
Whitaker Wright. the London pro-
moter, who has been confined in Lud-
low street Jail since April last on
charges preferred against him by the
shareholders of the London and Globe
Finance Corporation. Inspectors Willis
and Phillips of the London city police
will be on board the White Star steam
err Oceanic today to receive Wright,
and in their custody he will make the
trip to London.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
FIERCE RIOT IN OHIO.
Mob of Three Hundred Whites Vainiy
Tries to Lynch Two Negroes.

Mob of Three Hundred Whites Vafnly
Tries to Lynch Two Negroes.
Lorain, o., July ga fierce riot in
which a mob of 300 whites chased two
colored men, threatening to lynch
them, took place here last night.
Early in the evening two co1ored
men, Charles Hall and Robert Pleas
ant, became involved in an alterca-
ton with a white man named Daniel
Cronar. One of the colored men drew
a razor and cut Cronan severely IN
the face and neck. A mob immediate
1y gathered and the negroes
chased rel the entire south end Of
the. city, one of them taking refuge in
a saloon. the entire front Of which was
battered in with stones. The negroes
however. escaped.
The entire day and night force of po-
lice was ordered on duty and specials
were sworn in.
Late at night Pleasant was arrested
and taken by side streets to the local
station, where he vas locked up. while
the crowd still continued their search,
a number of shots being fired.
At a late hour Mayor King addressed
the crowd, saying the injuries of Gro
nan were not serious and asking them
to quietly dispense to their homes. His
words had a quieting effect and the
mob dispersed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
IN A DRUNKEN QUARREL.

Two Italians Killed and Another Prob.
ably Fatally Wounded.
Gillette, Wyo., July 29.-In a drunk
en- quarrel among a number of Italians
at Felix Tuesday, two men were
killed and another. probably fatally
wounded.
Joe Datri and Domini Eggie got into
an alteration and Datri struck Eggie.
over the head with a bottle, inf1icting
a severe scalp wound. Eggie stabbed
Datri fatally.
Frank Bellagalla and Nick Eggie
then entered the fight. taking opposite
sides. Bellagalla shot and killed
Nick Eggie. Domini Eggie and Bella
gala then exchanged shots, the latter
being killed and the former badly
wounded.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
SHIFTING HIS GROUND.
Opponents Of Chamberlain Claim He
Is Waverinu.

London, July 29.-It is stated that
arrangements have been made to call
a special meeting of the cabinet about
the end of September, by which time
1t Is anticipated that the minister's in
vestigations of the fiscal problem will
have been completed and the cabinet
will be in a position to reach a definite
decision on Colonial Secretary Cham
berlain's proposals. Premier Balfour
will address the national Conservative
Union Oct. 1, and he is expected to
the governments policy on
that occasion. Mr.. Chamberlain's op.
ponents claim, as a result of the re-
ception given to his proposals by par
lament and the country, that he is
already shifting his ground.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
Printers Return to Work.

Spokane. Wash, July 29.-The
striking printers returned to work in
the Spokesman Review composing
room last night. The return Of the
printers is in the nature Of . truce.
factory settlement Of the differences
by the higher authorities at Chicago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
APPEAL FOR INDEPENDENCE.
Aawaiians May Forward a Petition to
Congress.

Honolulu, July 29.-At Tuesdays
session Of of the Home Rule conven.
sion. ex-Delegate. Wilcox urged that
congress be memoralized so grant
Hawaiian independence. He also
strongly favored the establishment of
a government for the islands similar
20 that of Cuba. His remarks were
received with much applause. It Is
probable that a petition embodying the
views expressed by Wilcox will be pre-.
pared for presentation to congress.
Such an appeal would doubtless re.
oeive the signature of many natives.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
DEMURRER ovERRULED.
c. P. Maeinnis of Duluth to Stand Trial
on Two CHARGES.

Duluth, July 29.-Judge Page Nor
ris, in the United States court here.
overruled the demurrer to five indict-
ments against G. P. Maginnis, former
receiver of the United States land Of
flee here. in which he is charged with
s%ubornation of perjury and conspiracy
to defraud the government in connec-
ton with stone and timber entries.
When arrested here several months
ago Maginnis pleaded not guilty. Sub
s%equently he withdrew the plea and
filed the demurrer alleging insufficient
evidence to substantiate a case. He
will now re-enter a plea of not guilty
and stand trial at the forthcoming
term of court.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
sAFEsLowERs FOOLED.

Made . Daring Attempt 70 Rob . Bank
at Proctor Knott, MINI.
Duluth, July "a daring but I'M
successful attempt was made. at an
early hour Tuesday morning to rob
the Missabe bank ct Proctor Knott. Of
which Hamilton II. Peyton Of this city
is president
Nitroglycerin and dynamite were the
explosives used by the s~afeblowers,
and while the interior Of the bank
building, as we'll n . large new safe
owned BY the bank, are badly wrecked.
the burglars got nothing for their
pains. being compelled to nee before
they could get Into the strong box.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
Albert swanson Found.

Duluth, July 29.-Albert Swanson,
the fve.year-old boy for whom 100 men
pearance from home near Gowan,
Mimi. Friday afternoon, vas found
exhausted in the heart Of cedar
swamp by John La Prairie.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
GENERAL RAMOS sURRENDERs.

Venezuelan lnsureent Chief and. His
Men Lay Down Their Arms.
Caracas. Venezuela, July 29.-Gen-
eral Antonio Ramos, one of the last Of
the chiefs Of the revolution to remain
in the field. who had a camp near
Santa Lucia, has surrendered to the
government. together with 400 men,
their arms and ammunition,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
PEACE WILL BE PRESERVED.
No Danger of War in the Far East for
Some Time,

London, July 29.-The Daily Chroni-
Gle this morning, on the authority of
"a usually we'll informed correspond
ent," hears that peace will certainly
be preserved in the Far East through
ont the coming winter. The cores
pondent says that Russia has made i'm
portant concessions to the United
States and Japan, while Great Britain,
which has conducted her negotiations
on more sober lines, also has obtained
her desires.
The Chronicle adds that an inn
portant Russian declaration will be is
sued shortly.
Meanwhile the paper says it is signi.
ficant that two British warships have
just left Wei Hal Wei.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
Flnds VaIuable Pearl.

Winona, MIMI, July 29.-F. ]. Miller.
an aged man claiming near Dresbach.
found q remarkably 1lne pearl. On
taking 1t to q jeweler he was offered
$500 for the gem. which he promptly
accepted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
More Bodies Recovered.

Hanna, Wyo.. July 2s.-The bodies
az four more men, Finlanders, have
been taken from the Union Pacific
mine at Hanna. About sixty bodies
have now been recovered.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
SHOOTS TWO YOUNG MEN.

H. w. AckIes Fatally Wounds Isaac
Allen and Jack Maher.
Atlantic. Ia. July oh. w. Ackles
shot and fatally wounded Isaac Allen
and Jack Maher, two young men, early
Tuesday at the Ackles home. The
shooting followed q quarrel.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
Trouble on tho Isthmus Subsidies.

Trouble on the Isthnus Subsidies.
Washington, July 29.-The tempo.
fary ebullition on the isthmus has sub.
sided according to a cablegram from
United States Consul General Gudger,
dated at Panama Tuesday. He says
everything is perfectly quiet and he
anticipates no more trouble.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
TRANSPORT DIX AGROUND.
Will Probably Take Forty Days to Re
pair the Damage.

Washington, July 29.-Quartermas-
ter General Humphrey has been in
formed by cable that the transport
Dix went aground off the Japan coast
last Saturday. She has since been
locked at Draga and 1t is estimated
that it will take forty days to make
the necessary repairs. as she is in
rather bad condition. The Dix is a
freighter and had on board 225 tons
of Philippine exhibits for the st. Louis
exposition,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
VILLAGES ARE DESTROYED.
Cyclone Causes Heavy Loss Of Life In
Ruaaia.

St. Petersburg. July ga terrific
cyclone has passed through the dis.
trict of Tchernigof. Three villages
were destroyed in a few minutes.
Churches and houses were lifted bodily
and carried a long distance. The loss
OF life was great.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-08-01
SHOOTS AT A FAMILY.
Supposed LunatIc Attempts to Commit
Wholesale Murder.

WHOLESALE Mur0er.
Red Wing. Mimi, July ga man
giving the name of William Harripg-
ton went to the home of Charles Black
in WEIGH, and asked for breakfast.
After finishing the meal he fred sew
eral shots at the family, all of them
missing. One of the Black boys fired
q charge of buckshot into the mans
face and he was overpowered. Har-
sington will be examined for insanity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-23
The PresIdent Voc a Rovcotter.

W dSulnS ton Star
resident Roosevelt sets a good ex-
ample TO the country at large by his
refusal to boycott the Union Pacific
raliroad at the behest of labor organic
atoms which just now entertain a
grievance against that line because of
q slIlke among some of its employees.
Ane presidents itinerary was arranged
ioAs IN advance and with particular
reference to directions and distances
ana not with regard for the immediate
STATUS OF the labor issues affecting this
OF tnat line Should the president have
acceded to this request and shifted his
route he would render himself liable TO
assault from all directions on the same
score He would be asked not to wear
certain kind of clothes because OF
some friction at some stage in the
course of manufacture between en-
ployers and workers Or he would be
asked not to patronize a hotel where
the walters had struck As has been
frequently demonstrated, there is abso-
iutely no end to the boycott when once
IL is esta blished, and if the president
were to heed it in one respect his per-
sonal liberty, already eurtailed to some
extent BY the requirements of his Of
fice. would Re reduced to an unbear-
able minimum There can be no ques-
ton as to Mr.. ROoseVelt'S friendliness
toward labor's best interests. In a re-
cent speech he declared it to be his
hope that here in the District of Column
bia would soon be set to work system
of federal laws regulating the relations
between workers and capital which
would serve as a model for the entire
country and would conserve the well
fare of the Iaboring classes while pre-
serving the rights Of the employers His
Intervention in the great coal strike last
autumn was a direct evidence of his
practical advocacy of the principle of
arbitration, for which the unions stand
conspicuously pledged. But while a
friend of labor. the president is no par
tisan. He is president of the whole
people, and the eighty-odd millions of
Americans include some employers as
well as a great many workers He
should never be asked to take sides in
any controversy which does not fall di-
rectly and Enthusiastically within the
limits of his responsibility
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-23
JAYHAWKER Jors.

1T is announced that Newton's new
library viii be handsome but not gaudy
An Allen county husband is suing
FOR divorce on the grounds of abandon
ment
In order to show a progressive spirit
lola puts up cry for a large hotel and
opera house.
This is snipe shooting season in
Nemaha county and other places where
cigarettes are sold.
Bethany college. Lindsborg. has SOS
pupils and everyone of them viii so to
Salina Roosevelt day.
Rural free delivery boxes in I.abette
county make good targets for hunters
with more ammunition than brains.
One of the curios Douglas county
farmer carries around with him is
bull snake feet and 3 inches in length.
The Emporia boy who has sued his
boss for $3.50 back wages. viii some
day have a job with a collecting
agency.
one. of the best fixed" citizens of
Waterville arrived on the town site
thirty-four years ago with 70 cents in
his pocket.
The Coneordia library has a gift Of
fifty books from Helen Gould. Another
case of a monopoly" and the people
getting together
A grouchy Hutchinson husband says
mis- Wife calls her Easter headwear a
duck of a bonnet he suppOses, because
of the size of the bill.
Marion isn't going to get the North
and South railroad but it will attain
some prominence as being the official
county seat of the boss busters
For the first time in sixteen years a
Clay Center apple tree is in bloom. a
couple Of rusty nails driven in the body
is responsible, the owner believes
The Coffey county farmer who found
ten young wolves in a den simply pick
ed up $40. At least that's what the
commissioners allowed him for the
scalps.
A witty tramp at Fort Scott upon be
ing thrown in jail for having no visible
means of support remarked. AS I
only have this one suit of course /
have no redress"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
e nennIe nverdo the being cheerfu

LFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Some people overdo the being cheerful
act.
No woman should laugh at a Joke"
on her husband.
Great as you are, your friends VIII
laugh merrily after your funeral.
1t must be hard to be a millionaire's
wife. and be compelled to go so often
to the dressmaker's
People are always looking for a real
~ good one-two-three show, and a
really good five cent cigar
We pre- dict that Charles May will
sleep well tonight and eat eggs for
his breakfast tomorrow with relish.
These girls with active imaginations:
do the young men know that they make
very suspicious wives
Are we dancing or wrestling?" said
an Atchison girl lately when dancins
with a youth who was learning how
It is the unmarried young thing who
talks about the gray mOnOtOny of life.
but it is the married one who knows
what it is.
When we came to Atchison. twenty
five years ago, we met woman who
said she was twenty-four years old
She now says she is forty-one.
When a woman you never saw has
her back turned toward youth nine
teen times in twenty. when she turns
around. she is a disa Doointment.
Why do young men affect a sweet
ness Of tone when asking girls over
the telephone to go to Darties2 Don [
they know the girls are dying to go?
NJ Przybylowicz (spelled right of
Leavenworth. is a gentleman: he has
never Yet given a woman a bad name
At least it is said that he is still single.
Ever notice a boy when he loafs
around home in the evening? He sleeps
awhile in his chair. and then curls up
on the lounge, but he won't 60 to bed
An Atchison woman has a sweet.
heart she sees only once in three
months and it is figured that in this
way they can go through years en-
gagement without quarrelng.
The swagger women of New York
did not appear in spring fnery on East
er, having decided that such a display
is 'illbred. and vulgar" With the pass
ing away of the Easter bonnet. the