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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-06-03


the other.
eve further recognize that the
first man in Missouri, who has
exposed ana denounced public
thieves without fear or favor;
who has sounded the bugle blast
that calls to civic honesty, is
Hon. Jos. w. Folk of ST.. Louis.
Wherefore, we, the Democrats
of Charlton county, assure him
that we have heard the call and
are with him hearts, souls and
votes.
I'VE further declare to him
and to all public officials, now in
office, or who may hereafter be
elected or appointed to office in
this state, that any case appeal
ed to us, wherein honest and
fearless discharge OF official
duty is plaintiff, and dishonesty
and boodling is defendant, we
will always decide for plaintiff.
eve further declare the Mis-
souri, idea is: 'That while our
state is an empire is extent, it is
too small to hold public thieves
and lobbyists Except in our jails
and penitentialy) and the awak-
ened wrath of our honest De-
mocracy, and we now call on all
honest men to aid us in this holy
and noble cause
SIN conclusion, we send greet
ing to Hon. JOS. w. Folk in the
following message: 'We have
heard your appeal to the honest
Democracy of Missouri, ana we
will answer that appeal by 100,-
600 majority for you for govern
or at the No yember election -
The committee on credentials
reported as follows:
"We, your committee on ere.
dentials, find that there are no
contests as to delegates with
credentials, and we recommend
that the same be seated as per
credentials filed with secretary.
We find no credentials for dele
gates from Salt Creek, Bowling
Green and Missouri townships,
and refer to this convention the
question of seating these dele
gates. %.
| On motion of u. s. Hall, the
report of the committee on cre-
dentials was adopted and the
committee discharged.
| The committee on nomina.
tions of delegates to the various
conventions reported as follows
| To the state nominating con-
vention at Jefferson City July 10,
1904, at which candidates fol-
state Offices will be nominated
DELEGATES. ALTERNATEs,
Geo. D. HANDS. E. B. welch,
j. A. Venable. r. C. Miller,
U. s. Hall, F. W. Knott,
B. F. Fleetwood, Jay Fulbright,
T. NJ. Bentley, 10. Richardson,
j Dismukes, Bentley Heryford,
lE W. Herring, E. B. Kellogg,
L. H. Herring, J. I. Grassland.
To the state delegate conven.
ton at Joplin June 20 to elect
delegates to the national conven-
ton at st. Louis July g.:
DELEGATES. ALrERNATEs.
Geo. T. Johnson, TIP. Schooler,
j. H. Wayland, Clyde Smith.
George Long, A. C. Steffes,
L. G Burrus, Jordan Bentley,
DR.. J. +. Dewey, j. NJ. Mason,
M. W. Anderson, T. R. Hamilton,
G o. Houston, F. P. Twyman,
Geo. W. Rucker, Jasper Peery
| The committee empowered M.
w. Anderson to choose his own
alternate and he selected T. r.
Hamilton.
To the judicial convention at
Carrollton June z to nominate q
candidate for circuit Judge for
this (the Twelfth) judicial cir
cult:
DELEGATES.
Isaac Hoddle, Lewis Lisle,
8. A. Richeson, John Coll,
i r Z. Hamiltan. z r Callat
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-06-03

DELEGATES.
Isaac Hoddle, Lewis Lisle,
8. A. Richeson, John Coll,
X. l.. Hamilton, B. r. Collet,
G. Z. Adams, Barney Himmelberg,
John D. Taylor, j. E. Montgomery,
L. W. Hansman, John Bayne,
n. J. Lain, q. T. Lamkin,
j. M. white, Jas. W. Robertson,
n. II. Miller, Geo. D. Copeland,
Luther Wright.
To the state judicial conven-
ton at st. Joseph June 81 to
nominate candidate for supreme
judge:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
| The MISSING MAN B. IA. .'' :!
By MAPYR. ?. HATCH.
Author of
"The Bank Tragedy"

all the details?"
Il think / did"
Would you be likely to tell it twice
in that way?"
Perhaps not"
would you be likely to tell it in
ed?"
I'm what way?"
AS If 1t was news"
news"
Gould you swear that it was not
Thursday you saw them-saw them
meet?"
No, sir, couldn't; but I think it
was the Friday before"
Mr.. Barnstead. slightly flushed and
rate, left the witness stand.
The deposition of Hannah Sargent
was next read, which was in sub
stance the same as mentioned by Mr..
Morley in his opening address. BY this
IL appeared evident that the main rea-
son for believing the stolen child to
have died rested with the anonymous
letter written by her hand, from kindly
motives, to the bereaved mother. The
writing stated that, so far as the nurse
knew, there was no especial reason fox
believing the child to have died except
his long detention and lack of knowl-
edge regarding his abduction.
Mrs. Hamilton's testimony came next
and was given in a graceful, though
shrinking manner She related the
various tests to which she had sub
jected the two claimants at various
times, and said that both had respond
ed readily but that the defendant in
variably hesitated for a moment be-
fore replying, but that the plaintiff did
not.
The judge at this juncture proposed
that she subject them to some test in
the presence of the jury. If there was
any point which remained unsettled in
her own mind.
There is one" said Mrs. Hamilton.
rs it of a nature to be ccnclusive?"
he asked.
II think 1t is. 1t is something that
! do not know myself, but that my
husband does"
"Please state it,"
Il wish TO know the whereabouts OF
small diamond button, or stud, that
he gave me. 1t was his mothers, and
told him l was afraid 1 should lose
it if l wore it. He laughed, and said
he would take care of 1t for me, and
he did. l never asked to know where
he kept it, and he never told me-"
why have you not asked the claim
ant before?" inquired one of the jury
men.
II was suspicious that a wrong an
swer might be given, for, don't you
perceive, sir. that 1 could not tell
whether he answered correctly, not
knowing MYSELF"
zone claimant may be taken into the
next room while the other one an
swers," said the Judge. The plaintiff.
as the first party, may remain and an
swer first"
There was a decided stir in the court
room at the proposition, so out of the
usual course. 1t was like a reminis.
cenee OF Eastern jurisdictions; and as
the defendant arose and walked into
the small office adjoining the court
room, yet beyond hearing, the audience
hardly breathed, so deep was the feel
| ing in expectation of something UNI
I usual about TO take place.
But the answer was commonplace
! enough.
Il took it to the bank" said the
| plaintiff.
For what purpose was the button
| used2"
my wife fastened her nightrobe with
! it,"
I'm what part of the bank did you
/ keep it?"
I'm a small drawer Of the safe"
us II there now?"
II don't know. had forgotten the
matter entirely till now"
Continued in Next Sundays News.l
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

district attorneys staff, and now
they are doing time" in state prison.
The District Attorney "a Mixer"
The best thing about the Office is
that it is run by real, live, human be-
ings who, while full Of enthusiasm for
their work, are not mere sleuths who
enjoy hunting a man down for the
fun of the chase. They are merciful
whenever they can be.
Jerome. has mixed in all kinds of So
city, and acquired a very wide and
deep knowledge Of human nature
He is uncle to Winston Churchill, the
brilliant son Of Lord Randolph
Churchill, who has cut such a wide
swath in English politics recently;
and he is also the friend of many d.
lapidated individuals on the Bowery
whom his aristocratic nephew would
probably regard as "hobos' and
coughs"
1t is said that in his college days
at Amherst he was-not to put too
fine a point on it-a bit of a prig,
ranking in the "holier-than-thou''
class. But he has shed all traces OF
that spirit and Is emphatically good
fellow" ready to be hail-fellow- we'll
met with anybody whom he can help,
and ready TO admit that even a gam
bier or a crook may have his good
points.
There are lots of people in New
York who call Jerome a crank and a
fanatic and other hard names, but
there is nobody who doubts his abso-
lutte honesty and straightforwardness
A hundred stories are told which
illustrate his almost morbid conscien-
tiousness.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
The Biggest Law Office in the World
the District Attorneys Office New York County, Which William
Iravefs Jerome the weLEKnOwn RefOrmer Presdes

William Travers Jerome, the dis
trjct attorney of New York county.
presides over the biggest and busiest
law office in the world, and handles
a greater number of interesting and
important criminal cases than any
o,her public prosecutor"
This statement was made by a
prominent New York lawyer who is
in close touch with the district at
torneys office, and it is fully borne
out by figures showing the amazing
number Of criminal cases disposed of
during 1903 in the Courts of General
Sessions and Special Sessions-the
Two tribunals with which the district
attorney does business. In the for
mer court 1906 indictments and 900
complaints were disposed of; in the
latter, 6,76S cases were decided
grand total of 1854. The district
attorney, or one of his assistants,
prosecuted in all of the 4,S06 cases
In the Court of General Sessions: and
they had finger in the pie of most
Of the 6,76S cases in the other court.
Their crusade was conducted
against every kind of criminal, from
the bruta, murderer to the millionaire
policy king" from the swindling
gang whose vast operations extended
all over the world to the sneak thief
on the BoWery.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
Convicted Though Innocent.

Years ago, when he was an assistant
district attorney under Tammany-an
experience which made him a reformer
he prosecuted a man on a serious
charge. The man protested his inno-
cence, saying that he was miles away
from the spot when the crime was
committed; but he was poor and ignor-
ant, and he could produce no witnesses
to support his alibi. Jerome won the
case. and the man was convicted and
sentenced.
Most prosecuting attorneys would
have been satisfied by this result but
Jerome was not. The mans assertions
of innocence had impressed him and
he felt that they might be true. For
fortnight he spent all his spare time
and a good deal of his own money in
vestigating the case. until ct last he
had got together witnesses and was
able to prove the alibl which the ac-
cused had failed to support Then he
went back 10 the courts and had the
conviction duashed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

political work on hand which he felt
was of public importance.
II is practically accepted as a fact
by all the crooks in New York now
adays that the district attorneys Of
ice cannot be bribed. A lawyer named
George Il. Mills tried to induce a young
deputy assistant district attorney
named Caravan 10 accept a bride for 81,
500. Mills was promptly arrested and
sentenced to a term Of one year and
two months in state prison.
A Believer fn Young Men.
Jerome believes In young men. Most
Of his assistants are mere boys, their
ages ranging from q 20 %. They have
20 conduct cases Of the greatest I'M
porfance. but II IN rare. lnded, that they
fail 20 make good" for they have
been carefully chosen and carefully
tested. One Of the cieyerest OF them Is
a young Jewish lawyer, whom JerOme
picked up on the Bowery, where he
was eking out an impecunious exist
enoA IN police court practice.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
By RALPH HALIFAX.

gar. yes, let up on him." he said.
ASK the judge to suspend sentence"
Here's dago who got poisoned in
Cherry Hill dive" continued the as
sistant. You know the PLACEMENT
tioning its name. There's a gang of
thugs always hanging around it, They
doped his drink, but the knock out
drops seem to have been too strong
We've got the man who mixed the
glass, and all the evidence It's a
clear case of poisoning, and the mans
a notorious criminal" concluded the
assistant, adding a few technical de-
tails.
BE sure of your evidence" said the
district attorney, land then soak MIN
good and hard. But be sure of your
evidence. Those thugs always have a
good lawyer, and we mustn't leave
any looDholes."
Like Shelling Peas.
And so a string of important cases
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

have won such a high reputation for
care in investigating crimes and for
judgment in pushing prosecutions
that nowadays the judges in the Po-
lice and Sessions Courts usually take
counsel with the Assistant District
Attorney appearing before them when
they are about to decide a case or
pass sentence. 1t is quite a common
thing in New York now to see a
ylung deputy assistant district at
torney, a mere boy of twenty-three,
sitting on the bench beside a gray
haired magistrate and helping him TO
arrive at his DE- cisions, just as if he
were an associate judge. The Dis
trict Attorney and his assistants are
deferred to and consulted by the
judges to a remarkable degree.
Vast Detective Agency.
The District Attorneys Office does
not confine its operations simply to
the prosecution and punishment OF
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
A regiment of Helpers.

No wonder the district attorney re-
ouires a regiment of helpers to enable
him to cope with the huge and compli-
Gated mass of work represented by the
food of cases which flows into his Of
flee every day with the regularity OF
great river. His staff includes eight
full assistant district attorneys and
twenty-five deputy assistant district
attorneys. All these men are expert
criminal lawyers, and may be regarded
as the officers of the regiment which
fights crime in the New Worlds me-
tropolis.
The detectives, clerks, accountants
messengers and experts of various
kinds who are attached to the office
either regularly or occasionally, may
be counted by the score and the hun
bred. Each one of the thousands OF
cases passing through the office re-
oures a certain amount of investiga-
tion-often, great deal-even before
the district attorney decides that it is
case which should be taken before
the court.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
Hunted Down the putnam Gang.

Hunted Down the Putnam Gang.
Another famous bit of detective
work done by the office of the detec-
ton and conviction of the notorious
gang of swindlers. Thomas Putnam,
alias Baker Tom" Even Clark, alias
"Carbonell;" Ignatius Qualey and
Larry Sommerfield These men were
at the top of the hierarchy of crime.
Their operations extended not only
throughout the United States, but all
over the civilized world. They swim
died in hundred different ways, and
every one of their plans We're deeply
laid and unique. They were success
full in fleeing hundreds of thousands
of dollars from wealthy persons, and
the number of their victims will never
be known. They were wanted" by
the police of half a dozen countries,
and succeeded in eluding some of the
smartest detectives of Europe and
America. But eventually they were
run to earth in New York by the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

, crime. 1t is a vast detective agency,
and often receives information
through various channels by means
of which it is able to Illustrate crimes
and nip conspiracies in the bad.
A notable case of this kind was the
capture of Edgar E. Du Veau, who
was indicted in November, 1903, for
robbery in the first degree. This case
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

is reeled out to Mr.. Jerome all day
and every day, and he decides them
as quickly as Smelling peas. For. in
a very real sense, he is a judge as
we'll as a public prosecutor. In nine
out of ten cases a mans fate rests in
his hands quite as much as it does in
those of the judge and the jury. The
District Attorney and his assistants
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

created a great sensation on account
of the deliberate plans that had been
laid by the criminal to waylay, and
perhaps murder, an unsuspecting vic
tim. These plans came to the knowl-
edge of a detective on Mr. Jerome's
staff, and a party of husky fellows
from the District Attorneys Office
caught Du Veau red-handed, almost
as his arm was raised to fell his in
tended victim to the ground. Du
Veau was sent to State Prison for ten
years.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

lie cares nothing for money, appar-
entity When he was practicing law he
was asked 10 take up a number OF re-
lated cases involving important COM
nereial interests. The fees would
have amounted to over $4,000. He
refused the briefs, saying that he did
not believe Il would be possible 70 OBJ
tain any results, and, anyway. he had
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
MONTGOMERY LINE

MILL-HAvEN LINE.
Schedule
Effective July Is, 1903.
Cars run east on Bay street to Whit
aker, south to Broughton, west TO
West Broad. south TO Margaret
Cars leave Whitaker and Bay street
for Mili-Haven 800 a. M, $40, 1900,
1870. $500, ETC., and every 40 minutes
thereafter until $40 D. m.
Cars leave Mill-Haven for city se.4e
q. m, TOO. sT:20 TAO. $50 800 and
every 40 minutes thereafter until $40
y. m, then az 'eio5, $40. 100. 1870. $40
and 800 D. m.
Last car leaves MiIl-Haven 800 d
m.
extra. daily except sunday.
4. n. NASH. Menaeer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

1t is impossible to say how many
charges and complaints are brought be-
fore the district attorney and killed by
him without going into court; but the
number must far exceed the total OF
the prosecutions already given. The
policy of William Travers Jerome, I'M
like that of some of his predecessors, is
not to expose an accused man to the
injury and ignominy of an appearance
in court unless he is convinced that
the man is guilty. and unless he pos
sesses evidence likely to secure a con-
viction. That is why the ratio of con-
victions to prosecutions obtained by the
district attorneys Office is higher now
than it has ever been. In cases tried
by jury last year, the convictions num-
bered 81 per cent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

Mr.. Jerome sits in his office every
day, with his chair tilted back, his
feet on the side of his desk, his hands
clasped at the back of his head, and
cigar tightly clenched between his
teeth. In this comfortable position he
listens TO his assistants whilst they
reel off the particulars of cases which
they have been investigating. He de-
cides in a moment what is to be done
"a decision which may wreck a home
make a family happy, send a man to
the gallows, or expose big fraud
and provide a sensation for the news
papers.
Here's young fool" says the as
sistant district attorney, glancing at
a docket of notes, who worked in
downtown office. Had a good record
Got mixed up with bunch of women
and gamblers, and they persuaded
him to steal $500. They had all the
money, apparently; anyway, when he
confessed, two days later he hadn't
cent. His old mother is all broken up
about it, and his uncle has paid $500
and promises to pay the rest in a few
months They want to ship the young
ster off to a ranch out West, where
ne will have a chance to make a fresh
start. 1t seems to me to be the kind
OF case we ought to let UP on. What
do you think?'
William Travers Jerome considered
the facts between two puffs at his ci-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

And so string of important cases
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

district attorneys staff, and now
they are doing time" in state prison.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
Reno's Electric Road.

The spikes for the new electric road
between this city and Sparks have not
arrived yet, although they are expect
ed every day, and for this reason the
work on the line has been delayed.
Yesterday, however a force of men
was put to work laying the ties along
the proposed line Nearly the whole
line of the road was covered with ties
and it will not be many days before
the work of laying the rails will be
started.
The company proposes to rush the
work from now on and have ordered
the ploughs to be used in grading.
The tools have not arrived yet, but
they are expected every day and grad
ing will commence as soon as they ar
rive.-Journal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
Going Out ct Business.

Having allowed my stock to run
down because of my having sometime
since decided to retire from business,
l now find myself out of SO many
articles as to make it inexpedient to
serve my regular family trade in a
manner satisfactory, either to my Gus
toners or to myself, it therefore be-
comes necessary for me to discontinue
soliciting the customary orders from
this date.
All goods remaining on hand will
be disposed Of for cash in quantities
to suit in order to close out as quickly
as possibly.
take this opportunity to express
my heartfelt thanks to all who have
so generously favored me with their
patronage during the years l have
been doing business in Carson City.
Not only do 1 appreciate the kind
nes, but regret most sincerity the
severance of the pleasant relations
that have always existed between US
Geo. H. Meyers. I'm
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
Colonists Rates to Nevada and Cal.
jfornia.

September 18th. to October 18th,
1904, from the following Eastern
points: New York and Boston $4,000
Baltimore and Philadelphia $49.75.
Chicago $500. Kansas City. Leaven-
worth, st. Joseph. Houston and Min
cola $500. st. Louis. Memphis and
New Orleans $4,000. Have your rela-
tives come west. II you wish TO
send for them call on any Southern
Pacific Agent, deposit with him the
amount for a colonist ticket from any
of the above points, with name ana
address of party and he will see that
ticket or tickets are furnished them
at their homes; or address Jno. NJ.
Fulton, District Passenger Agent,
Reno, New.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
A Treasure Train.

Three cars of -ore from Goldflel1
were received at Mound House last
night for shipment to the smelters.
The value of the ore is given at over
$50 900 or about $4,000 per ton.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
Notice..

On and after the 18th day of Sep
ember the gate leading to WashOc
Lake through the Bryant field will
be closed to all hunters and fisherm N.
Parties having keys to the same will
return them before that date.
SHERMAN BRYANT.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
DR.. CHAS Won DADESkY,

Physician and Surgeon, Office opposite
the State Capitol, Cor. King and
Carson Street.. Residence, Judge
haWley House.
Office Hours.-1 to and to 8
p. M,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
Photos.

Tho Carbon Studio IL sfill turning
out good work at the old stand oppo-
site the Capitol. Reasonable prices on
amateurs work.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
DR.. n. A. PARADIS,

Physician, Sergeon and Accouchor.
Ex-Interne of the New York
, Lying-in Hospital and Massachus-
etts General Hospital. Hours 2-l,
: 10. Office, The Jefferson ResideE-
CO. "<f.:E
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
Rubieon Springs.

Rubicon Springs, one Of the grea:.
est health resorts about Lake Tahoe
is open for the season. The best of
accommodations can be had an
guests carefully provided for. Bes
fishing and hunting In the region
stage connections made at McKir
neys. For Information address NJ,
Vada Clark Bryson.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
A()st

DR.. w. II. CAVELL, D. D. S.
Carson City Nevada. Office over
State Bank & Trust Co.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22

Special sale of broken sizes in foot
ware will continue for a few more days
at E. Burlington's. Don't wait too
long as these goods go rapidly.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
J. G. COURT.

J. G. COURT.
Assayer and Metaliurgist.
careful and Prompt returns made on
Gold. Silver and lead ores. Leave
orders at the Arlington House or
at the Residence, fifth block west
Of Railroad depot.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-22
-AkAl

DR.. w. w. GOODE, D. D. S.
New Bank Building, Carson City, New
Hours 9-12 and 1-5. Phone 83.