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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-18

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There had been ID less than three
mysterious robberles at Raser's bank
within Six months. They were mystic
rious because keys had been usad to
open the doors Of the buildins and the
combinations ga vault aud safe had
been worked instead 81 forced No
watchman was kept az the bank, nor
would Baker employ one.
OF course ne raised 4 great row over
the robberies, the aggregate sum being
about $4,000, but at the same time Pc
could hot say Chat he really suspected
any Of his employees. At amy rate he
accused no one, and the sheriff and a
detective worked for weeks and got
no claw Naturally enough the robber-
ia were the tHlk Of the town and as q
boy Of fourteen | WAS much excited
and Interested
II was In the winter time that the
last robbery took place and one night
a crowd of us boys and girls drove out
into the country to spelling school
BY accident / was left behind when
the party started home, ana there was
no other way than to foot il back,
IL was . O'Clock Of a still, cold morn
ing when ! passed up the street on
which Bakers bank was situated. and
lust before reached the building !
saw woman emerge ana lock the
door behind her As | caught sight Of
her / lodged behind d pile Of boxes
at hand, and. peering out, | saw her
look up and down the street for mo
ment before moving on. When she
started away. | followed her. and great
was my surprise 20 see her halt al
Bakers house. four blocks away
It was not until ! reached home and
pondered over tie case d little that
made up ms mind the muGled female
figure must be Mrs Baker herself
when once this idea had come to me
/ began to work on IT, Early mex
morning I was out 10 look for tracks
In tile snow. and | very soon found
those Of the midnight woman They
Ind been made by small and shapely
feet
But had there been stll another rob
berry at the hank2 ! ran away from
school to hang around the corners and
wait for news. and before noon It wa'
known that another $4,000 paekag'
had been taken. The circumstances
were precisely the same Soms on'
had entered tile bank ana worked tho
combination Of the vault.
This last robbery started 2 run q
the bank There was no cause for th'
furry, as Baker could pay 81 for 81
but that and the mysterious robberiei
nearly drove him crazy. ! bad Q goot
mind to 20 and tell him what | has
seen, but, boylike, / was afraid to d
1t. did 20 to the sheriff, however, ans
begin my story, but he laughed in m!
face and said.
"Boy, you have been seeing ghost
and having the nightmare. II you g
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-18
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round talking this way 70 others.
they'll call you crazy
p' sadnt done anything himself ~
clear up the mysteries and he was,
perhaps little fearful that might
strike elew looked at L that way
ana was not discouraged by what he
said. ] had no father to go % and Id
not think mother could help in the
case
What / accomplished in the next two
days was this got from The banks
er's SON zoe tile information that he
had been awake when his mother came
III after her raid. and while she was
out for d couple Of hours and be and
were LEFT alone in the house ! made
d swift search and found every dollar
DC the missing money Ia q hatboX IN
tie garrett Tia tie same box were writ
ten instructions as to how to work the
combinations / did not remove any
thing. nor could the woman have sus-
pected GA her return that had dis
covered anything, There was no doubt
Of her being the robbeF She had Sc
cured the combination from her hus-
band TIA confidence, and she had had
the nerve to get mp In the night and
rob the bank. IL she had not used any
of the money she must have some oh
iect in view. bnt could not study
that out though there was gossip
about family troubles. | was more
scared than before at the thought of
going to the banker direct, as ! some
how felt that he would blame me in
some way. but ] sent another boy to
him and had him cali at my house in
the evening
The banker seemed to have made up
his mind to hear bad news | shall
never forget how he sat there before
me looking straight into my eyes and
his face growing old and haggard as
told my story Half an hour wrought
such facial changes that he seemed
almost 4 stranger. His very soul must
have been Tortured but be spoke no
word tIll had finished Then be quiet
II asked ME 70 verify certain points.
seeming 10 have hope TINT / might,
after al, be mistaken but there was
no blunder, and IKE rose up and left tile
house looking ten years older than
when he entered it.
The stricken man did not 90 20 the
bank or his home. bnt walked out into
the country with his bend down ard
lis hands crossed behind him. ! fol-
lowed him for two miles and then re-
turned. ii was daylight next morning
when he entered bis house and then II
was TO find his wife gone She had left
before night III a strange outfit driven
up to the door BY a strange man. but
before departing she had visited the
bank for the fifth time This time she
took package OF $4,000 and was seen
and not interfered with by half doz-
en- different persons.
The i'll used husband opened the bank
for one day and then closed it forever,
although all depositors were paid In
fun while he hay dying. II ever man
died Of 4 broken heart Charles Baker
did. He knew It was his wife who had
robbed him, but he made no effort to
have her overbauled. NJ. QUAD
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-18
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more affer we were reaay thaI In'
fellows tried a queer dodge
THE idea was to stampede theii
horses over us and to follow at theft
heels and take advantage Of our bewiI
derment. We presently suspected what
they were up to and gathered a guam
THY OF dry leaves and brush Ie
frighten their horses and give them 6
rush they fred their guns and uttered
dreadful yels
AT the first alarm we set the leaves
ablaze. aud as the horses saw the wall
Of fire they stopped short We poured
our bullets into them as fast as pos.
slble as they huddled together net
over fifty feet away, and DO not be-
lieve that over three Of the animals
got away unhurt It went against tie
grain TO do It'll but 1t proved 10 be Tie
turning point In tie fight. If not our
salvation
some Of the Indians were even then
in our rear but without our suspectine
it The Danites had probably prom
Used them a few pounds Of powder OF
an old rifle to help reeapture the gigl
but they had not counted on any one
being killed or wounded OF losing bis
pony. The redskins At once drew out
OF the fight and there was nothing to
do but haul of. One white man had
been killed and three wounded. Two
Indians had been killed and four
wounded These figures | got from an
Indian year later
After an hour had passed without
any movement on the part of the enc
my one Of our party went forward to
reconnoiter and found the fellows had
remeated. There were seven dead
horses in the pass, with many trails az
blood to prove the wounding Of others.
while the dead and wounded men had
been taken away. 1t was not until we
had left the pass, secured our mules
aud gone into camp for the night that
we knew the name Of tile young wO.
man who had galloped into cur hands
She had made fair progress on her way
through the pass. but as she was on
foot and her Bursuers were on horse.
back they rapidly oyeihauled her. She
had come upon our fugitive mules as
they were feeding and as they bad
had their run She had no difficulty in
approaching them Size reasoned that
they belonged to camp near by and
had just mounted one when she heard
the yells of the Danites haif a mile
away
'Ihe girl WAS quiet and gentle spe-
ken and to see her blushng under our
gaze and twisting her fingers about
each other as She told her story you
couldn't give her credit for the pucB
she had displayed She was Gar mory
concerned about her fathers futur,
than her own, and soon after our re
turn 10 the fort we began a moycment
70 get information Of him. Upon ths
seturn Of the pursuing and defeated
farty he was taken to salt Lake Cit
as a prisoner and from that day to thii
no gentle has ever learned what hi
fate was 1t must have been death Il
some form, for he was never seei
again"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-18
BOY .S4A We'd
TTEEFLEJACK.
.Seng UP a Line 70 Ran on
Church GSosoer ~ Means
of Ats Kite.

Ezekiel Williams. small 10y OF
Genesoo. n. ~, recently saved the life
OF a steepleiacr by using kite to send
line to him while be was On The apes
Of the steeple Of Tie Episcopal church
Of the city. more than $50 feet from the
ground. Grown people were puzzline
over lifts problem when the boy found
the solution
Devillo Sanders Of Belmont Allegany
nnmmIM. cl-mnal the sLnamla 10 HNaLmiMn
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-18
THE GIRL VAS RIDNa MAN FAsHIo9.


" seventies. tAs the mules were be
ing driven in a thunderstorm broke
and stampeded the herd
For a week small parties were SEN
out in different directions, and most Of
the animals We're finally recovered
-Four Of us took the TRAN Of eight o.
nine mules which went directly south
but before we got away they had eigh
hours start
For the first twelve miles the trai
showed every animal on a dead run
we reached tie point where they hat
begun to slack up and were ther
Obliged to so into camp for the night
1t was afternoon next day before we
got sight Of them, and then they at
once broke into a run and headed for
the hills. We were obliged to SO into
camp again, and our location was with
in a mile of the mouth Of a pass. We
entered 1t just at sunrise next morning
and had proceeded about FIVE miles
when we encountered a strange spec.
tacle.
Just here the pass was about 200
feet wide. The mules came down as If
running for their lives, and on the back
of one. riding man fashion and holding
her rife in her right hand and clinging
with her left to a neck strap made from
the skirt Of her dress. was d young wo-
man. Mary Johnson,
I'VE drew aside to let the herd pass,
and but for her exclamation as she few
by we should have been dumfounded
by the queer sight
Danites- Indians look outr she
shouted, and we turned our heads up
the trail just as a body of horsemen
came into view.
"a quarter Of a mile in rear Of US the
pass narrowed suddenly to twenty feet,
and we fell back without delay and
dismounted. The other party had halt
ed at sight of us instead Of charging,
and before they advanced we were
pretty well fixed TO hold the pass.
There were a score Of stunted trees
growing on the rocky sides, and these
were uprooted and thrown down, and
every rock which could be moved was
tumbled into the pass. In ten minutes
we had it blocked The girl came up
from our rear just as one Of the Dan
ties advanced with q flag Of truce.
"She gave US her story III a few brief
words and then crouched down behind
the breastwork to help us defend it The
messenger claimed her as his lawful
wife. He was very gentle IN his speech
at first, but after finding that we would
not give the woman up be declared that
his force numbered twelve Indians and
six white men and that none Of US need
hope to escape death
"The entire force charged us on foot,
Every man Of us had pair Of Colts
Six shooters. besides Ills riAe. we
placed the rifles within reach Of the
girl and used only our revolyers She
| fred the first shot from her own
weapon, and her bullet Killed a white
man so stone dead that he never NOV
ed foot after falling An Indian was
vlso killed by one OF us, and those were
fle only dead, but several Of them
must have been wounded In the fusil-
lade. They stopped and broke before
reaching the breastwork.
"The next move Of the enemy would
/ be to work along the sides Of the pass
and get into our rear. We had four
miles Of defensible positions behind us
and the smoke yet hung over our first
breastwork when we fell back about
half mile and constructed another on
the same plan. Il was an hour Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-18

damage done Nv lightning When he
was near the top Of tie steeple bis rope
caught AS he could neither move up
nor down It was necessary to send an-
other rope to him. The nearest place To
Sanders that could be reached was six.
ty feet below where be was dangling,
While some men were thinking up a
scheme to get rope to Sanders young
Willis procured bis kite and flew It So
that Sanders could grasp the string.
Then pieces Of cord Of gradually ~,
creasing size were attached to the kite
string until Sanders was able to get
rope Of sufficient size to enable him to
make q fastening to the steeple and
come down from his Derilous perch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-18
"A Girls
HerofS17
Exciting Episode Of fbs
Days 0e16en Danifer
We're q ycourge.
Hot0 q Party Of Goveramem
%coutS Rescued Woman
Who Had Fallen INTO
Their z9otger.

''In the old days Of the overland trail
and Mormonism a government freight
train which had reached Fort BrIdgei
and unloaded and was about to depart
again met with disaster" said Jared
West who saw much service as a gov
eminent scout on the plains In the ear
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-18

Mr. Chas. II. johnson, Of 10 BcntIy
Street, Salem, Mass, says: "My wife
has used Blood Wine for rheumatism,
and found relief when all other RENE
dies failed, and / gladly recommend it
to Others
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-18
Couldn't Go to his once for weeks.

Mr.. A. J. Kelley a prominent lawyer,
Of Terra Haute, Ind, had rheumatism
so badly that he couldn't 60 to his
Office for weeks at time. Nothing
seemed Ia help him until he took
"Blood Wine.n These are HIS own
words; II have taken three bottles Of
Blood Wine and must say that in my
case its action has been marvellous. It
has completely cured me of rheuma-
tism a disease from which / have suf-
Tered for long time. 1t IL BY far the
best thing ever saw"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-23

This is indeed the year of comic op-
eras. musical comedy or whatever one
may choose to call them. There are
two fine productions of the style at two
of New York's best theaters. At Wal
lacks Henry w. Savage presents THE
Sultan of Sulu." 1t is unique in so far
as the programme designates it "a mu-
steal satire Frank Moulan is the CO.
median, and though not new to New
York he is new to Broadway. He has
come there to stay if there are any as
tute managers still alive. He is funny
and has q sweet voice. Usually the
funny man is not expected to sing we'll,
but no one Will object when a really
good voice accompanies the laughmak-
er. Frank MOulan plays Hi Ram, the
sultan of Sulu. and his voice is in evil
dence as soon as he enters Smiling
Isle" is his first song and is a good
method for a topical song. He has to
submit to the United States or be Killed
and as he does not intend to do the
first he enters fully convinced he has
to give up his Smiling Isle" by death.
He at once puts himself in touch with
his audience and after that has no fur
Their trouble
The Sultan of Sulu" is by George
AIDE, the celebrated slang writer, and
in this line he has held the reins well in
hand. for the slang does not prepon-
derate. The music is by Alfred G. Wat
hall 1t is very bright, and the ensem-
bles are for the most part the best of
the work. 1t is in the solos that the
musician has not been so happy The
numbers are many and the spirit good
but there are only two or three airs
that viii be remembered, and. to be
truthful, only one that haunts me-
That is decidedly the gem of the whole.
Since I First Met You" 1t is so
catchy, so swingy and the business is
so beautiful that it VIII help the sue
cess of The Sultan of Sulu'' more than
anything musical in it. The cast is not
bad, yet there are not any good singers
except Moulan and Maud Lillian Berri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-23
A query For Skaters.

Who is the champion speed skater Of
America
Here is a question to puzzle those
considering themselves well versed in
sporting lore. and the fact that they
will have difficulty in answering is no
credit to the many experts of the glis-
tening steel runner persuasion.
LIDO not believe there has been a time
in the history of sport. unless it was
last year, when the skating supremacy
of the United States has been a more
unsettled matter Either interest in
this, the greatest of outdoor sports. is
lamentably on the decrease or skaters
are taking less pride in the develop
ment of the possibilities of the pastime.
Perhaps, after all, it is true that speed
skating is so intricate a science and SO
arduous labor that a decade is re-
quired in which to produce a Joe Don
oghue or a George (rSpider') Phillips.
But after moments consideration the
foregoing statement is seen to be I'M
true, for there are at least three or
four men I now have in mind who
could with determined effort forge to
national leadership. To do this. how
ever, they must be willing to sacrifice
the time required
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-23

Two men now hold the bulk of Amer
lean championship skating honors.
They are Peter Sinnirud, the Terrible
Swede" of the Verona Skating club of
Montclair, N J., and N. Wood of the
same organization. Both these men. of
course, have their special distances at
which they particularly excel. but nei-
Their is so pronouncedly superior to the
other in his field that he can lay Just
claim to national supremacy. Sinnirud
holds the half, five and ten mile titles.
while Wood holds the titles for the
quarter and one mile events Sinnirud
is soon to turn pro- having entered
the professional championships to be
held in Montreal Feb. z.
He has the earmarks of a coming
world heater, and it is barely possible
that a money chasing career will so in
crease his energy and ability that he
will forge to the fore and esta blisE new
records. Indeed, the making of one or
two new marks would give skating a
much desired impetus, for the old rec
ords have stood so long that they have
become, like the forgotten toys of child
hood hidden away on a shelf in a dark
closet and covered an inch deep with
the Accommodations of dust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-23
JACK Munroe HAD a past,

Jack Munroe. the burly miner boxer
from the Montana woods who sent
Champion Jim Jeffries to the floor and
stayed the four rounds named in Jehss
def to all Corners was not an ''un-
known" by any means. as was shown
by. accounts of his career made public
after the bout by people familiar with
his past. Munroe has the build of a
champion, and his early training gave
him a large store of pugilistic knowl-
edge. He was an instructor in boxing
in San Francisco at one time and also
acted as sparring partner for Rubin.
Maher and Sharkey.
Munroe is not without ambition to
shine in the ring, but he says he is not
quite ready to accept challenges yet.
He desires to have little more time in
which TO perfect himself. There is no
doubt that even at present he could
make things highly interesting for Rub
lin, Sharkey Mccoy ct al. and those
venturesome lads should not be too hasty
in seeking matches with him. They
may possibly discover that Munroe is a
surprise party in disguise. AS to his
being the coming heavyweight cham
pion-that is another question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-23

Rink shall be at least III feet by IS feet.
A goal is placed in the middle of each
goal line composed of two upright posts.
four feet in height. placed six feet apart
and at least five feet from the end of the
ice. The goal posts shall be firmly fixed. In
the event Of goal post being displaced
or broken the referee shall blow his whis-
tie, and the game shall not proceed until
the goal is replaced.
The puck shall be faced by being placed
between the sticks of two opponents and
the referee then calling play.
Two halves of twenty minutes each.
with an fntermission of ten minutes be-
tween. will be the time allowed for games.
A game viii be decided by the team scor-
ing the greatest number of goals during
that time. In case of a tie after playing
the specified time play viii continue for
ten minutes more when. in the event of
the score still being even, another game
will be played at a time and place mutu-
ally agreed upon. such time to be prior to
the next scheduled game. Goals shall be
changed after each half.
No change of players shall be made aft
err a game has commenced. except for rea
sons of accidents or injuries during the
game
Should any player be injured during a
game and compelled to leave the ice his
side shall have the option of putting on a
spare man from the reserve to equalize
the teams. In the event of any dispute
between the captains as to the injured
players fitness to continue the game the
matter shall be decided by the referee.
When player hits the puck, any one of
the same side who at such moment of hit
ting is nearer the opponents goal line is
ofTside and may not touch the puck him
self or in any way whatever prevent any
other player from doing so until the puck
has been played. player must always
be on his own side of the puck.
The puck may be stopped. but not car
ried or knocked on by any part of the
body No player shall raise his stick
above the shoulder Charging from be-
hind. tripping, coIlaring kicking or cross
checking shall not be allowed. and the
referee must rule off the ice for any time
in his discretion a player who. in his opin-
ion, has offended deliberately against the
above rule.
The goal keeper must not during play
lie, kneel or sit upon the ice, but must
maintain a standing position.
goal shall be scored when the puck
shall have passed between the goal posts
j from in front and below an imaginary
line across the top of posts.
FREDERICK R. TOOMBS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-23

trihing, il is true. but still needing no
interpreter. The music is delightful
breezy swingy. catchy and any other
adjective which means that it will be
hummed and whistied all over New
Y rS before long. Pretty girls. good
looking men, lovely dresses and vi
vacity never dying in interest. and the
certainty is reached that THE Billion
aire' viii stay on Broadway at Days
theater until spring or later
jerome Sykes is the Millionaire, John
Doe He is splendid and has many
witty and clever lines. which he utters
with so much JUNCTION that they tell ev-
cry time. AS Mrs. Peppercorn May
Robson is inimitable. and though she
has had brilliant career in her line of
character work. doubt if ever she has
had better part or has done better
work She was great and is to her fin
ger tips an artist. Her two daughters
were played by Salle Fisher and Marie
Doro They We're designated on the
programme as Flora and Rosalba. and
] am confused in my mind as to their
identity Both We're good. but / dwell
on them for a minute because of the
clever work of one of them In the
mimic theater she sang a song about
1T You Love Me, Say Cuckoo. She
was made up to look like Anna Held
and she did, but was much prettfer. Her
song was pretty and her business was
DeWltching She has a future in that
line and viii some day be big draw
ing card
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-23
EASTERN Trap LEAGUE.

1t is proposed to form one of the lar
gest trap shooting leagues in the coun-
try on Long Island, New York. from
the ranks of clubs near Springfield all
of which can be reached by trolley cars
and which hold regular competitions
during the season on their own grounds.
The Freeport Gun club, Aqueduct
Gun club, Hampstead Gun club, Min
cola Gun club. Springfield Gun club and
other organizations have signified their
approval of the league.
It is hoped to reorsanize the old time
Flushing Gun club and the Queens Gun
club, making the circuit one of the lar
gest and most important in the east.