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The Washington times., 1905-01-06
HIS NIECE ELOPES,,
RObS BLIND UNCLE
Takes Even Fiddle With
Which He Earned Living.
HOT CHASE FOR THE COUPLE
Sightless Man and Friends Follow IN
Buggies, But Fugitives Elude
Them.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Jan. 6.-.I have
been robbed by the person I loved best
IL the world. and she took from me
even my old fiddle, which was my only
means of making living, said Joseph
Yates. fifty years old and blind. who has
applied 10 the police for assistance. tell
ing remarkable story OF misfortune
robbery. and a chase across Tennessee
Il was born in Vanceburg." said the
old man. ..and lived there until my
mother died. My niece was left an cr-
phan when she was little child Her
mother was burned to death and nay BIO
ther took the little girl
Like a Daughter.
Il raised her myself, and she was like
a daughter to me- When my mother
died / was forced TO travel about in or
der 70 make a living with my fiddle
The girl went with me- and / always
succeeded in providing for her We vis-
tied fairs in Tennessee last summer.
and when the cooler weather came
rented a house in Belle Station, Tenn,
and intended to stay there all winter
"A young man named Oscar Hughes
paid the little girl attention and often
came to see her He seemed to be a
nice young fellow. and I was pleased
with him
SeEt to Church
, "On Sunday night Hughes and my
niece came to me and asked if 1 want
| ed TO go TO the New Year meeting in
| the church. 1 said 1 wouldn't mind go
| ing if L had company. They told me TO
go with Mr. Walker, a neighbor.
! Il WAS in Mr.. Walkers house when
7 heard a wagon go by They told me
It was my wagon. but 1 did not believe
| them Mr.. Walker went back to the
| house with me, and we found that
everything had been stolen
| They took all of nay clothes except
away So which I had saved up. The
| team was made up of blind horse and
a mule The horse belonged to my
niece. but the wagon and mule were
mine | felt for my fiddle and it was
gone. Mr.. Walker was so angry he rous-
/ ed the whole neighborhood-
Follow IN Buggies.
Ten men took me with them and
! followed in buggies. Hughes had got a
good start of us. and we had trouble
tracking them When we got TO the
Mississippi River the people there said
we would have to give it up- They said
Hughes and the girl had crossed tie
river three hours before. / Went TO see
! the mayor, but he told me that they
Were In another State and the best
thing we could do was 10 leave them
alone SO We all went back.
My friends collected s9-57 and sent
me here on the railroad I STAYED all
| night in the depot and the policeman
| brought me in. l want to go back to
my old home in Vanceburg where /
don't care for ne 1 will go 10 the
poorhouse
The Washington times., 1905-01-06
SEEK NEW TRIAL
Of YOUNG WATSON
Counsel Will File Motion
Within Four Days.
IF DENIED, WILL APPEAL
Ex-Distriet Clerk, Convicted Yesterday
IF DENIED, WILL APPEAL
Ex-District Clerk, Convicted Yesterday
of Embezzlement, Can Be Given
Thirty Year Sentence

d. w. Baker. of counsel for James NJ.
A. Watson, Jr.. convicted in Criminal
Court No /, yesterday, of the embezzle-
ment of S12, ,S26. of District funds, said this
morning that he will within the four
days allowed by law. file o motion for
new trial and arrest OF Judgment
In the event the motion is denied
an appeal will then be taken 10 the
Court of Appeals for the District
The penalty for the crime of embezzie-
ment is Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for q period not exceeding five
years and fine of $500. There were
seven counts in the two indictments
under which Watson was convicted.
Under the law he may be sentenced
to the maximum penalty on each of the
seven counts. making a term of thirty
five years and a fine of $50, 600.
Watson heard the. announcersnt of
his guilt by the foreman of the jury
which considered the evidence against
him, without a tremor or sign of sur
prise and without a word slowly turned
from where he stood waiting to hear his
fate. and walked away 10 the prison
cell in the basement of the City Hall.
He was taken from there to the Dis
trict Jail, where he viii await the re-
suit of his counsel's motion for a new
trial of mis- ease
The Washington times., 1905-01-06
ACCUSED OF EMBEzzLEMENT.

MADISON. Wis. Jan. e.-CIarence L.
AIesser former cashier of a bank at
Sanilac CeGter. Mich, has been arrested,
charged with emDezZlement Messer has
been living with his family here since
December He will not fight extradi-
ton.
The Washington times., 1905-01-06
History of the Case.

Watson was for. four years a trusted
clerk in the Office of the Auditor of the
District June 9. 1903, he was arrested
on charge of embezziing public money
His defalcations footed up more than
$4,000 When accused of the offense by
James T. Petty, then Auditor, Watson
admitted his guflt. He acknowledged
having stolen as much as $4,000. and
said he had lost it dabbIing in stocks
He also said the matter had worried
him day and night for many months,
and he at one time thought he would go
to the auditors office. procure all the
evidences of his guilt, burn them and
then commit suicide.
Watson has been confined in the Dis
trict Jail since his arrest in June, 1903,
beirg unable to secure bail for his re-
lease
The Washington times., 1905-01-06
Wife a Spectator.

Mrs. Watson. wife OF the accused. was
in court yesterday as she was on Thurs
day She however did not appear in
court when the jury announced its find
ing against her husband
Both the morning and afternoon ses-
sions Of the court yesterday We're taken
un in the arguments Of counsel TO the
Jury The case WAS opened for the Gov
ernment by Assistant District Attorney
Charles H Turner and closed by As
ssistant District Attorney Charles A
Keigwin. The arguments in favor of the
defendant were made By Stuart Nc
Namara and ID. w Baker.
present and conducted the prosecution
the first days of Nhe trial was unable
10 be present on the last day.
A S. Worthington. OF counsel for the
defendant. Was also absent, being out
Of the city.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
INDIANS AND BULLETS.
4 Sample of the Strenuous Life of
kentucky In 17...

4 Sample of the Strenuous Life of
Kentucky In I7...
In 1771, while Harrodsburg, Ky,
was so beset with Indians that the
inhabitants were in straits for Glily
bread. young man, only sixteen
years old, made himself extremely use
full by venturing out of the fort be-
fore daybreak and returning with d
load of game after nightfall. This in
trepid youth was James Ray. after
ward General Ray.
One day in the year just mentioned
Ray and another young man were
shooting at mark near the fort, when
the second man was suddenly shot
down by the Indians. Ray looked in
the direction whence the shot had
come, saw the enemy and was on the
point of raising his rifle when he was
set upon by another band, who had
crept near him unseen.
He took to his heels, and, being a
quick runner, reached the fort amid a
shower Of bullets; but the gates were
shut, and the men inside were so
frightened that they dared not open
them. Finding himself shut out, Ray
threw himself fat on the ground in
the rear Of a stump, and here, perhaps
seven steps from the fort and within
sight Of his mother he lay for four
hours, while the bullets of the Indians
tore up the ground on either side of
him.
At last he grew impatient and
called out to the garrison:
For heavens sake, dig hole un-
der the cabin wall and take me inw
The men inside set to work imme
diately, and the brave young hunter
was speedily safe inside the fort.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
VALUE OF LAUGHTER.
Many = Political Coup Has Been
Won by Means Of Hilartty.

Many = Political Coup Has Beer
Won by Means of Hilarity.
1t is just because laughter is so thor
Oughly human that it always touches
a respective chord In the heart. People
who are impelled to laugh together
find 1t difficult to hRrbor any senti
ments OF resentment toward one an
other. Laughter drives away irrita
ton. To laugh at a thing and at the
same time to be seriously angry is al
most an impossibility, and many 0
political coup has been won by means
Of hilarity, says the Pittsburg Dis
patch
The third Napoleon's advent to the
throne was signalized by much blood.
shed. but In spite even Of this the
people became reconciled to the new
regime by the. amusing and ingenious
fashion in which on the morning OF
the fateful Dec. 2 the placards and
posters bearing the watchwords of re-
publicanism were found to have been
metamorphosed into imperial NANTES.
toes.
The way in which it had been done
excited such hearty laughter that the
peoples anger was to a great extent
appeased. A people that are prone to
laughter are much more easy to rule
than nation which takes too serious
view of life. and In the same way a
government that has a sense Of humor
is certain to prove more popular than
one that is only stern.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
IMAGINATION.
Give 1t Free Play and 1t May Make
Well Man Sick.

Give 1t Free Play and 1t May Make
Well Man sick.
Imagination in some people is ex-
ceedingly strong. One day recently a
local physician was talking to friend
about the power Of it.
"Will," said the doctor, you have
about the strongest imagination l ever
knew Off
MY imagination isn't very strong"
replied the other.
Eyes it is. Some day I'll prove it to
you" said the physician A week
later the two men were walking down
town together when the doctor handed
his friend cigar.
tits mighty strong, WILL" he said;
80 strong, In fact, that the same
brand frequently makes me sick, but
it's all l have"
The other smiled. 1T won't make
me SICK" he said. He lighted the
the doctor said:
will, you're looking pale around the
gills. What's wrong?"
Frankly" said the other, 'that
cigar has made me slightly i'll. never
smoked as strong a weed"
1t was the doctors .lrn to smile.
That's one of the mildest cigars
made" he said. Il was just trying to
show you how strong your Imagination
is"
The doctors friend got over his Ill
ness at once well" he said, you've
done it."-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26

Water thieves are not unique. Their
prototypes existed at least as long ago
as 1910. At that time Londoner
wrote: This yere wax chandler In
Flete strete had bi craft perced a pipe
of the condit withinne the grounde, and
so convicted the water into his selar;
wherefor he was jugid to ride thrugh
the Citee with a condit upon his
hedde." There were other difficulties
too. A century later Q574) 1t is re-
corded that owing to a sudden shower
of rain the water In the Dowgate chan
mel had such a swift course that lad.
minding to have leapt over 1t, was
taken by the feet and borne down with
the violence of that narrow stream till
he came against cart wheel that stood
In the water gate. before which time
he was drowned and stark dead"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
EARLY CALIFORNIA SHIPS.

How Commerce Grew In Pioneer
Days of the Golden State.
The first European vessel to enter
the port of San Francisco of which
there is any record was the Eagle. in
1915, commanded by Captain William
II. Davis. She sailed from Boston via
the Sandwich Islands and Alaska She
carried an assortment of goods which
were a revelation to the natives, and
their garments of skins and hides were
substituted by the clothing of civiliza-
ton. Payments were made in hides,
tallow. soap and fish. The Eagle then
became engaged In the sea otter trade
and was very successful, as offers
were plentiful In San Francisco bay
and all along the coast. She made
three trips, netting about $4,000 on
each trip. This stimulated others, and
this discovery no doubt gave an i'm
petus to commerce which made this
port known to the world.
Commerce in those days of mamma
was carried on in what might be term
ca lASC anu easy I'll
many articles the duty was 100 per
cent, which practically amounted to
conhscation or made smuggling neces-
sary in self defense. The Mexican Of
ficials generally opened the door. Ere
Quently vessels were permitted to pass
Monterey, the port Of entry, going to
Yerba Buena and. after selling as
much of the cargo as possible, to re-
turn to Monterey for entry and dis
pose Of the remainder
The shippers were not sworn as to
the value of the cargo. They gave fc-
titious invoices and by this means
would get off on the payment of $1,000
on a $4,000 cargo.
1t became so customary to swindle
the government as scarcely to excite
comment. except in cases where goods
were concealed in false Innings of the
vessels and the government officials
were outwitted
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
THE WEREWOLF.
A Human Monster In Which the An
CienfA EirmlY Relieved

A Human Monster In Which the An
clients Firmly Believed.
The word werewolf simply means
a man transformed into a wolf, and
the belief in such transformation
seems to have been at one time widely
diffused over all the countries of Eu-
rope, Asia and some parts of Africa.
According to the ancients. a man
thus transformed into a wolf or other
ravenous beast was believed to become
possessed of all the powers of such a
beast In addition to his human abil-
tiles to reason. His appetite also be-
came enormous and could only be
appeased by being glutted upon hu-
man flesh. During the latter centuries
of the dark ages the belief In were
wolves was as common Snd as wide
spread as was the belief in witches,
which 1t in some respects resNmbled.
The belief, senseless as 1t was. gave
rise to much brutal persecution Of the
accused. and the various systems Of
torture We're usually successful in get
ting confession of guilt and the sub
sequent burning or hanging of the
wretched confessor.
In Great Britain, where wolves were
scarcely known, the werewolf tales of
the continent were hardly credited,
but later on, even In enlightened Eng
land" they believed that witches
could transform themselves into cats
and hares, a belief at least analogous
to the ''loup- garou" superstition of the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
OLD TIME SERVANTS.
Pepys Had Troubles of His Owr
With His MeniaIs.

Pepys Had Troubles of His own
with His MeniaIs.
Perhaps one reason why servants in
Pepys' time We're treated as lone of
the family was that they very often
were blood relations. The diarist him
self, in fact, engaged his own sister
Pauline as his servant, (which she
promised me she could, and with many
thanks did weep for joy" For all that,
he would not "let her sit down at the
table with me, which | 90 at first that
she may not expect it hereafter from
me- Her temper, however, made the
arrangement impossible, and Pepys
had to engage somebody else instead,
sit being a great trouble to me that 1
should have a sister of so Ill a nature
that I must be forced to spend money
upon a stranger, when It might be bet
ter upon her If she were good for any
thing"
1t is only within century or SO
that servants have ceased to be rela-
lions OF the family and the term
"meniar' has come to be considered
derogatory instead of meaning simply
.swithin walls"-intra moenia. In the
old days all women between twelve
and forty and all men between twelve
and sixty without means of subsistence
could be forced by two justices to go
into domestic service; hence the fact
that when a man married his cook, as
he often did, he was extremely likely
to marry some one above him In sta
ton. as we understand distinctions Of
class nowadays. This also explains
why a lady would refer to her maid as
her "gmtlewoman' and a master to
his valet as his gentleman"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
INLAND BATHING.
1t Furnishes One of the SensuOs
DELIGHTS of Existence.

1t Furnishes One of the Sensuous
Delights of Existence.
Quiet inland bathing offers you no
extravagant opportunities to be
poseur. If the water is warm, you loll
In it at your ease; your mind Is soon
stupefied by the sensuousness In which
you are infolded; the interest of your
sleepy eyes does not extend beyond
the gentle ripples that widen away
from the slow, submerged strokes of
your arms After awhile you roll over
on your back and drowsily execute at
intervals a languid 'shoe fly" leg mo-
ton, while you look drowsily up into
the void. Now and then you will raise
your arms and flap them down through
the water like pair of sweeps. 1t
is only a tired sort of effort, and finally,
In the Supreme abandonment of indo-
lence, you lay your head back-far
back-until the water creeps up about
your eyelids. You stretch out legs and
arms motionless and lie, breathing
TRANQUILITY, sensible Of no other move
ment In the world than the slight fiux
and slip of the water upon your heav-
ing chest. Then may you realize per-
haps something of the lark's sensation
when, with wings outspread, it hangs
suspended between earth and sky. He
who has never thus suspended himself
idly in still water, with fathoms below
him and infnity above, has not expe-
rienced one of the sensuous delights of
existence. Unfortunate man who goes
to his grave believing that there is
nothing better than bed for weary
limbs and jaded brain!-Arthur Stan
wood Pier In Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26

Most people think when they receive
a favor that 1t is merely a sample, and
that If the goods suit they can come
back for more
Luc presidents salute consists of
twenty guns, and why this particu.
lar number was hit upon has been the
cause OF much speculation. One solu-
tioIL more clever than probable, is that
when the Revolution took place the ma
ton was considered able to shift for it.
self; hence twenty-one. Another is that
the figures Of the year Of the Declaration
Of Independence, 17T6, when added y
gether make total Of twenty one The
royal salute In England is also twenty
one guns, having been originally seven.
which number fred three times for the
three political divisions makes the to-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
uDloaded ON the EdItor.

Soon after arriving in London Justin
Mccarthy obtained an Introduction to
an editor who had started what was
then the novel feature of publishing
short stories in newspapers. Mr. Nc
Carthy wrote story for him and sent
it In. A few days later he called at the
office to learn its fate.
Il hope you can see your way to ac-
cept 1t, he said timidly.
Yes, and sixty more like it," replied
the editor.
Nothing more was heard of Mr. Nc
Carthy for several months. When he
eventually put in an appearance at the
office he had large parcel with him.
What have you got there?" asked
the editor, seeing him unite the cord.
These are the sixty stories you
asked me to WRITE" answered his WIS.,
itor. The editor gasped for breath.
But l didn't ask you to write any
thing like that numberr' he said
You expressed your willingness to
accept sixty stories like the one l wrote
on approval, and here they are.
merely took you at your word" quoth
the young Irishman. The stories were
not refused
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26

An American millionaire while driv-
ing an automobile in France ran over
and killed a dog. Near the scene Of
the accident was peasant, presum-
ably owner of the dog. To him the
millionaire gave bank note. But
the peasant was not the owner of the
dog, and he was honest, but before he
could make up his mind to return the
money the automobile and its driver
were beyond recall. None the less, the
peasant would not keep the bill, and
when the automobilist rode past that
place some months later he discovered
the dogs skeleton at the side of the
road with the bank note attached to it
and penciled line calling attention
to the mistake.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26

Thus far we know the corona of the
sun to be sort of outer envelope, so
shielding US from the intense solar
light and heat that it may be said
without exaggerating that the sun has
never really been studied comprehen-
sively. Within the corona is an ocean
of gas 5000 miles deep, stained a ruby
red by the crimson blaze Of hydrogen.
Flashes of flame leap from this ruddy
mass often to height Of a hundred
thousand miles and more.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26

a few miles from the port of Bata-
via, in Java, there is ship in forest.
The ship is actually two miles from it's
native element. 1t belonged to a well
known trader in the southern seas
and was carried far inland by huge
wave which swept over the country
during the fearful eruption of Krata-
koa. The vessel was borne with ter
rible force right into the heart of
the island. and when the waters re
coded 1t was discovered in a dense
jungle. There it has remained ever
since. an object of curiosity to visitors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
The saIamander

In Andrews Anecdotes Ancient and
Modern" Q7SO one reads, SHOULD a
glass house fire be kept up, without ex-
tinction for a longer term than seven
years. there is no doubt but that sala-
mander would be generated In the
cinders." This probably accounts for
lives in the fire, a fallacy so far re-
moved from the truth that the curious
lizard-like beast SO called cannot en-
dure even the heat of the sun, but
skullss away under stones to avoid it.
1t will never lose Its reputation for
fire eating, though, which fingers still
In the heating utensll that is named
after IL
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
How slave. Treated Rheumati.m.

Every colored man of the old slav-
cry days understood the treatment of
rheumatism often better than the most
skilled medical graduate. The colored
people are peculiarly subject to rheu-
matism and learned to treat 1t them
selves with great success. The system
that they employed was that of me-
chanical manipulation and consisted
Of rubbing, pummeling and pressure
either with the hand or by means of a
compress. If one method did not an
swer, they tried another and in one
Of the three were almost certain to
secure relief and by persistent use a
permanent cure.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26

''I'm taking my riding lessons in
strict privacy
why not in public"
$50 as to avoid the fierce white light
that beats about the thrown" Louis
vile Courier-J ournal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26

1t was New England parson who
announced to his congregation one Sun
day, You'll be sorry to hear that the
little church Of Jonesville is once more
tossed upon the waves, as sheep with
out a shepherd. Boston Christian
Register
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26
Dickens and Thackerny.

Il once missed meeting Dickens at
Chatsworth. He left the day Of my
arrival" writes Leveson- Cover in his
memoirs. 'Thackeray came that same
afternoon and was anxious to hear
about Dickens visit He wondered
whether he had toadied the duke very
much. My impression is that, though
processing to be friends. these two
great nove@sts did not care much for
one another,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26

Il suppose" said the facetious stran-
ger, watching a workman spread u
carpet from the church door to the
curb. that's the highroad to heaven
you're fixing there"
NO" replied the man; this is mere
ly bridal path. Philadelphia Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-26

Artist sold picture yesterday.
Friend-Ah! What are you going to do
with the money? Artist-It's already
done with. My landlady bought it for
half the board bill owed her.