davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
Fits.
Baby Had Two to Six
Every Day.
Suffered Terribly
Doctors Failed.
DR.. MileS'Nervine Cured
Him.

Weak, nervous, fretful, puny children re-
ouire a treatment such as only DIR. Miles
Nervine affords. When neglected these
symptoms lead to epileptic hts or spasms.
Every mother should strengthen her own and
babies nerves with DR.. Miles Nervine, a true
specific in all nervous disorders Read the
following:
"When nv little boy was IS months old
he had cramps in his feet and hands. They
would be drawn out of shape for two or three
days At first IMMINENT seemed TO help bur
in about two weeks nothing did any good
the doctor gave him. We called another
doctor but his medicine did no good SO we
changed to another who called IL spinal dis
ease. BY this time the child's body was
drawn out OF shape; his backbone was curved
shape. His sufferings were terrible, and he
was having from two to six FITS day. Twas
taking DIR. Miles Restorative Nervine for
nervous trouble and saw il was recommended
for FITS, so thought would see il il would
help him. All three doctors had given him
up. One-hah bottle stopped the fits and his
limbs Strengthened, and another bottle cured
him. He is now a strong, healthy boy going
to school / have waited to see il the old
trouble returned, before writing you, but d
never has / cannot praise DIR. Miles Ncrv-
inc enough, as / know IL saved my boys
life."-MRs. URIAH NELSON, Lansing, Iowa.
An druggists sell and guarantee first bot
on Nervous and Heart Diseases Address
DIR. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart. Ind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
STATE TUITION LEVY.
1t VIII Not he Increased from Eleven
to Sixteen Cents.

to Sixteen Cents.
the contrary the General Assembly will not
increase the state school tuition levy from
IL cents to is cents. The Republicans of
the Senate have decided that the increase
proposed is unnecessary and would be a
useless burden upon the taxpayers. They
believe, however. that counties requiring
more funds for local schools should be af-
forded some means>of relief. and plan
has been drafted which will give such
counties the assistance asked for while at
the same time preventing an additional
levy In the whole State.
House bill No. 10, which will be taken up
as a special order of business by the Senate
this morning at IL o'clock, provides that
the state tuition levy shall be increased
from IL cents to 16 cents, but the bill will
not be suffered to go through In its pres
ent form An amendment will be intro
duced and adopted, undoubtedly, striking
out the section providing for general in
crease and substituting section which
will give counties in need of more money for
their schools the right to levy maximum
local school tax of so cents instead OF 80
cents. as the law now provides.
This plan is considered sufficiently thor
oughgoing by the Republican senators since
it gives every community that needs more
money the chance to raise 1T locally. There
is no wisdom in bill. the majority believes.
which forces a general increase, since the
necessity for relief is not general.
House bill No. 10 was called up I'm the
Senate yesterday by Democrat. Mr.. Ask
rem An effort was made to rush IL through
but Senator Ball and other Republicans
blocked the way and got through motion
to make the bill a special order for to-day.
IT is said that the Democrats in body will
fight for political ammunition the amend
ment to be offered. but that the Repub-
licans will stand together on the proposition
that the people are not demanding a gen.
eral increase of cents for school purposes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
THREE CINCINNATI MYSTERIES.


~ AA""PPs
CINCINNATI, Feb. 26.-The three muir
ders which Albert A. Knapp confessed
committing in Cincinnati could never be
solved by the police. Two were dropped
as suicides" and the third as 'strang-
Ter" mystery.
The dead body of Emma Littleman was
found on June p, 1894, in the lumber yard
here designated by Knapp in his confess
sion. The girls body was about half I'M
der lumber pile. The police made an ex-
haustive examination, but were able to Sc
cure no evidence Of a tangible nature.
Despite the position In which the body lay
the detectives finally said that it was their
opinion that she had committed suicide.
The finding of the dead body of Mrs
Jennie Knapp in the canal few years
ago was a crime which puzzled the police
of this city and Hamilton. The body was
cut and there were marks on the woman's
throat which indicated that she had been
choked to death. The mystery in the case
had remained as deep as ever until the
confession of Knapp Mrs. Jennie Knapp
was a Cincinnati woman, and before her
marriage was well known in Cummins-
vile. She was killed on Aug. Z. 1894. Knapp
says he killed the woman under the canal
bridge at Liberty street. and then threw
her body into the water. He evidently
strangled her, just as he had other VIC
tins. before the body was cast into the
water. 1t is possible that In falling into
the water the woman sustained cuts and
bruises by coming in contact with stones
alongside the bank. This case was worked
upon by the police, but Knapp was never
suspected. He said at the time that his
wife had left home without telling him
where she had gone. and he went to the
home of her sister to search for her. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
KNAPP IN THIS CITY.
His Career Filled with the Most
AtrOciOus Crimes.

AtrOciOus Crimes.
The confession of Albert Knapp at Ham,
ilton of the murder of little Ida Gerhard
In 1895 clears up one of the most mysterious
cases Of assault and murder ever known
to the people of Indianapolis. and solves
the mysteries attached to acts of incen-
diarism that have visited country residents
of Marion county during the past three
months by connecting Knapp, the self-con-
fessed wife murderer, with the burning of
the barns of Albert A. Womack, ex-sheriff
of Marion county, aud Omer Boardman,
resident of the county, who was one of the
jurymen who sent Knapp to the peniten-
tiary for ten years for committing a GRIM
inal assault on Bessie DRAPER, of this city
The known indianapolis crimes of Knapp
were the murder and assault of the three
year-old West indianapolis child Ida Geb-
hard, whose mother subsequently died of
broken heart; two incendiary crimes: crimi-
nal assault on Miss DRAPER, for which he
was imprisoned In the Indiana Prison for
six years, and later the deception Of Anna
Gamble, his fourth wife and a woman of
Indianapolis, whom he married in October
last. This marriage was thought by the
bigamy. and should 1t have been Impossible
to convict Knapp OF wife murder he would
have been brought to Indianapolis and
tried for bigamy. The murderer expedited
justice, however, as by his own confession
he has substituted the crime Of murder for
bigamy and made possible his conviction
in the Ohio court on his own admissions
Since the facts of Knapp's many crimes
have become known In detail Ii has de-
veloped that the Infamous crime of the
murder OF Ida Gerhard has been known to
several men In Marion county for several
years-since 1896. and has never been made
public before. Neither has any attempt
been made to bring the murderer to Justice
for the crime. He executed written con-
fession to Sheriff Albert A. Womack Of
the murder and also of the crime Of assault
for which he had been imprisoned. i'm the
presence of Womack. Warden Charley Har-
ley and an ofYicial stenographer, Mrs. James
o Bear. who now lives IN Delphi
MIGHT HAVE SAVED LIVES.
Persons who have been familiar with
facts heretofore unknown say that II Wo-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

1t was intimated last night that the
friends of the South Bend charter bill.
which has been called the South Bend
ripper" would not insist on its massage and
that it would be quietly dropped. The
Senate majority held two caucuses at which
the bill was considered, and caucus of the
House majority was called. but at the re-
quest of Representative Talcott of South
Bend who introduced the bill in the House.
the House caucus was called off. The sem
timent against the bill was such among
the Republicans that il has been decided
inadvisable to attempt to force it through
as caucus measure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

The bill passed yesterday by the House
giving telephone companies the same privi-
leges in setting poles on public highways
and private lands that telegraph companies
enjoy is said to be a Thoroughly meritor-
ious measure. 1t will prevent the holding
up of telephone companies. ii is pointed
out, by those who might desire to take
advantage of the absence of definite
vides that farmers and others damaged
by the setting out of telephone poles shall
be reimbursed for actual damages. The
measure has gone to the Senate. and will
probably be acted on finally the first of
next week
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
VISIT TO MRS. KNAPP.
Things Learned by Captain Kruger
ON n Night Visit.

a Night Visit.
Mrs. Albert Knapp was visited last night
by Captain Kruger I'm her squalid apart
ments in the basement OF the building at
63O Indiana avenue. but she could tell lit
tie concerning her husband. She exhibited
a letter she received early yesterday morn
ing In which he spoke as though he would
get life sentence from the Ohio author
tiles. Mrs. Knapp seemed much perturbed
over what she had learned through the
newspapers and police concerning her hus-
hands actions and said that il he did adj
NIT killing the five persons he was surely
insane. She said she will not believe him
guilty of the crimes. She said she knew he
was weak mentally, for he always COM
planned OF severe pains I'm his head. She
never shown any nervousness either when
asleep or awake that would give any indi-
cation that he was guilty of the crime Of
murder.
Mrs. Knapp gave Captain Kruger a num-
Der of letters that Knapp had received
from his sister and mother In Hamilton.
o. Mrs Knapp said she did not know what
they contained.
Each of the letters warned Knapp TO re-
main away from Hamilton, as the police
were looking for him. One OF the letters
written by his sister informed knapp that
he had been disowned by his father and
mother for some crime that he had COM
mitted. His sister in the letter reprinanded
him strongly for bringing shame upon his
aged parents, saying that he should try and
reform. as he had spent the greater part OF
the forty-one years of his life behind prison
walls.
Among the letters found In Knapp's
trunk was one written by Emma Webb. his
first wife. The letter was written TO him
while he was serving sentence In the Mich
igan City penitentiary. 1t long letter
and only contained such matter as would
pass from young woman TO the man with
whom she was I'm love.
Mrs. Knapp is now I'm almost destitute cir
cumstances. Captain Kruger before leay-
ing her last night found that she had moth
ing TO eat nor any coal I'm the house. Capt
Kruger promised her that he would provide
her with these things early this morning.
He said the Indianapolis police would take
care OF her until her foster father IL able
to leave the City Hospital.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
Board of Commerce Bill.

Representative Mummert, who stands
sponsor for the State Board of Commerce
bill repeating the Artman and Barrett. mu-
nicipal Improvement laws and providing a
new statute governing municipal improve
ments In cities of less than $4,000 popula-
ton. stated last night that he had been as
sured by Senator Ball. chairman of the
Senate committee on cities and towns. that
the bill will be reported to-day for pas
sage. 1t was reported yesterday that the
Senate would probably defeat the bill, or
that it would be permitted to die in COM
mittee, but Mr.. Mummert has labored dill
gently to get the committee to report the
bill and he insists that If the bill die ii
must meet death on the floor of the Senate.
The bill passed the House with little OPP
position.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK, Feb 26.-Arrived: Palatia
from Genoa and Naples; Rotterdam, from
Rotterdam koenigen Luise, from Bremen.
Sailed: La Champagne. for Havre.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 26.-Arrived: Ger
manic, from New York Sailed: Oceanic
from Liverpool. for New York.
cHERBOURG. Feb. 26.-Sailed: Kaiser
Wilhelm Der Crosse, from Bremen and
Southampton. for New York.
NAPLES. Feb. 26.-Arrived: Trave from
New York. and sailed for Genoa.
PRAWL POINT. Feb. 2s-Passed: Mesa
ba. from New York. for London.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. Is. Arrived Haver-
ford. from Philadelphia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
WRITES TO WIFE NO. 4.


tatiOns Of Affection.
Mrs. Albert A. Knapp, No. 4. formerly
Anna Gamble, yesterday received the fol-
lowing letter from her husband, dated from
the Hamilton, o., Jail:
Hamilton, O., Feb. Is.
my Darling Little Wife:
Il will drop you few lines to let you
know how l am getting along 1t looks
very dark for me, and we will have to ex-
pect the worst. 1 don't know what they
will do with me, but expect it will be life
in prison at Columbus, o. They are on the
track of Hannah, but have not found her,
but may have found her by the time you get
this letter. won't write much this time
but as soon as you answer this letetr will
write more.
20 my darling sweetheart, 1t Is hard to be
parted from you. Be good girl for Allie,
and take good care of yourself You know
what mean, don't you? Write me nice,
long, loving letter. and don't you forget
your kid, and he will never forget you. his
little sweetheart as long as he lives. l will
tell you all in my next letter. Write just
as soon you get this. How is 'daddy?'
With love and kisses / will close.
your loving husband until death. Get
our marriage certificate from the police.
Write at once.
From Allie to Annie.
Address Alfred A. Knapp, Hamilton, O.,
Butler county JAIL"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

No. misunderstanding per diem of town.
ship trustees from 81 to $3.-County and
Township Business.
No. observation-disclosures salary or re-
corder Of Greene county from 81. 800 to $2,2Oo.
Fees and Salaries.
No. 5O-Adair-LAmiting the pressure UNI
der which natural gas may be pumped to
100 pounds.-Judiciary.
No. MISUNDERSTANDING that warden or
State Prison shall conduct the artinciaI
propagation of food fish and distribute the
same.-Rights and Privileges.
No. Observation-Disclosures the city OF
South Bend to issue bonds for school pur-
poses.-Education.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
Against the Gray Bill.

The members Of the Cass County Bar
Association yesterday morning held an in
dignation meeting condemning the Gray
railroad consolidation bill passed by the
Senate. and adopted resolutions denounc-
ing the bin as a vicious measure A COM
mittee of representative lawyers and busi-
ness men was appointed to carry the reso-
buttons to this city and use their best eff
forts to secure the defeat OF the bill In the
House. Party lines were eliminated and
the bill was freely denounced by the at
torneys present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

Representative Bamberger. of Marion
county, was given taste of the pleasures
of presiding over the House yesterday aft
ernoon. The speaker called him to the
chair and for aalf an hour his friends on
the floor endeavored to amuse themselves
at his expense. They seemed to derive some
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
Was Disagreeable at Muncie.
The Evansville Cases.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 26-The police
do not believe Knapp had anything to do
with the murder of the three women
strangled to death here in 1901. Policeman
Sherwell was indicted for the three crimes,
acquitted of two and the third is still pend
ing. There is no evidence that Knapp was
ever in Evansville.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. s-Miss Alice
Roosevelt and Miss Root and a party OF
New Orleans society people. including Miss
Myrtle Stauffer, queen OF the Comus ball.
left to-day on a special train for Avery's
island, where they Will be guests OF the
McIlhenny family until Monday. Miss
Roosevelt and Miss Root will start for
Washington Tuesday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

little fun from it, but Bamberger presided
with the dignity and precision of the tried
parliamentarian and the efforts to rattle
his were futile.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take the genuine Laxative Bromo- Quinine.
Call for the full name and insist on the box
which bears the signature Of w. Grove. &c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

Bar. Their. r II. Wind. Weather Pre-
Z a .n----So 90 80 80 Sc East Clear eco eco
Maximum temperature So minimum tempera-
Comparative statement OF the mean tempera-
ture and total precipitation on Feb IS:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

Take the genuine Laxative Bromo-Q uinine.
call for the full name and insist on the box
which bears the signature Of E.W Grove -.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take the genuine Laxative Bronco Quinine
Caiffor the full name and insist on the box
which bears the signature ofE.W. Grove. sc.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

police arrived at the conclusion that the
woman had committed suicide.
The Mary Eckhart murder had been en-
shrouded in mystery until Knapp made his
confession. The woman was found strangled
in house on Walnut street. A towel had
been used to strange her. This heinous
crime was committed Aug. Z, 1894. Head
quarters detectives worked unremittingly
without unearthing any tangible evidence.
The late Colonel Deitsch and others tried
TO solve the mystery, and they wound up
their efforts by declaring that the man
who killed Mary Eckhart also committed
other crimes at Denver and elsewhere
throughout the country. His methods were
hkened to those of Jack the Ripper
The parents of Knapp tonight said AL
bert was insane and his confessions could
not be believed. Albert had given them
much trouble they believed he would be
better dead. Mrs. Sadie Wenzel. his sister,
on hearing of the confession went to the
Cincinnati police headquarters and thence
to Hamilton. She said her brother when
five years old was kicked by colt at
Twenty-mile Prairie, ILL.,, and later struck
by lightning at Terre Haute, and but for
her parents she would have had him adj
judged insane. She said Hannah Knapp
separated her from her husband, who lives
in Chicago. She denounced those who
charged Albert with giving her jewelry
that had belonged to his deceased wives.
Began His Career at Terre Haute.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb 26.-Albert A.
Knapp. the confessed murderer. began his
career Of crime in Terre Haute. He mar
ried his first wife, Miss Emma Stubs. in
Terre Haute on Nov. 10, 1883. He was ar
rested on Jan. Is, 1884, for larceny and on
Feb. "a pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
the Jenersonvflle ReformatOry for one
year. His wife, who was only seventeen
years CT age. secured a divorce shortly after
he was sent to prison and later left In
diana.
night to locate Emma Stubs Knapp, who
is said to be in this city, proved unavailing.
Was Disagreeable at Muncie.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 26.-Albert A. Knapp
formerly lived in Muncie. In 1895 he was
employed by James Boyce in the construc-
ton Of the Boyce block. Wallace Sessline,
the foreman in charge of the work, re-
members the man we'll Nothing is known
of the woman with whom he lived while
here. Knapp remained here for some time.
Sessline says that the man was generally
friends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
DIR. SWANS HEALTH HOME
73 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place.

Superior accommodations for chronic and nerv-
Gus cases. Afternoon office, s01 N. Illinois ST.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

ment of Jones were kept secret In the hope
that evidence might be secured on which
could be based prosecution for the crime.
CONEESSIQN NOT SIrEErI(,IErNrr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27

Alter LinSOn release little was heard Of
the Gerhard murder. George Gerhard, the
father, and his wife moved to Michigan and
shortly after their departure from here
were suspected of knowing more about the
murder than was. al first supposed. This
suspicion was without foundation and a
few weeks afterwards Mrs Gebhard's death
was announced. The broken-heared mother
had been Frustrated with grief, and after
the details of the horrible crime had been
told her she succumbed and after Inger-
ing illness died of excessive grief. The IA
Their, George Gerhard, broken-hearted and
disspirited at the cruel death OF his only
Michigan farm and left for Germany To ra-
join the friends and family of his youth.
Nothing has been heard from him since
then.
The confession Of Knapp recalls to West
Indianapolis people the suspicion that rest
ed on him temporarily at the time of the
murder. Knapp lived with a sister in
rooms over j. c. McCain's grocery and dur
ing the excitement after the discovery of
the chiid's body Mrs. Mccain spoke to her
husband Of the possibility of Knapp know
ing something about 1t. as she had observed
that he was more than ordinarily Interested
IL the search for the murderer Mccain
discredited his wife's suspicious and
Council of West indianapolis, of which Nc
Cain was a member. offered a reward for
Knapp's arrest, and A. b. Tolin- then
mayor Of the suburb, made every effort TO
secure information that would lead to the
arrest and conviction Of the murderer, but
without avail.
In 1856 Charles Jones. the prisoner to
whom Knapp told the story of his crime
applied TO the West Indianapolis author
tiles for the reward. He told the story.
but It was not believed, and although de-
tectives were employed TO substantiafe the
confession, nothing was accomplished The
written confession OF Knapp and the state
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

Clough, who has recently come from Chi
cago to care for the Gale stable
1t is understood that Mrs. Gale will add
several more fine horses to her stable in
the fall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
"elvE THE YANKEE A HAND"
An Actors Experience in the South
Soon After the War.

The most trying moment in Edward
Harrigan's career occurred in New Or
leans soon after the war. He had gone
South with his company, and. yielding
somewhat anxiously to popular re-
quest, put on THE Blue and the Gray"
The play had been a success UP North,
but down South, with the air still full
of the bitterness of the war, 1t was a
dangerous experiment. Tony Hart
was to represent the Confederate gray.
so he hunted up a uniform of the
Louisiana Tigers, and when he came
marching on, young. stalwart, hand
some, the typical soldier boy in the be-
loved uniform, the house, men and
women, cheered and shouted and cried
for all their heroes embodied in this
boy.
Harrigan, standing in the wings in
his Northern blue, waiting to go on,
had just one thought-"They'll kill
mel" Then he stepped out, the en-
bodiment of the enemy, and cold,
dead silence fell upon the house. Not
hand moved for him. The audience
was tense with emotion, and there
was only an instant to act, IL the play
was to be saved. Harrigan, big, kind
ly, goodlooking, came swiftly down to
the front and stepped over the foot
light gutter, leaning down to them.
For the love of God, won't you give
the Yankee O. hand?" he exclaimed.
AT once the house was caught, and
all the pent-up feeling turned the
right way. There was a yell Of APP
plause.-Everybodys Magazine for
July