The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-15

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mis- was evidence that two or more were
al work
Caught in the Act
The next night the Ishpeming &C me-
terry was visited The following night
at Negauree men or guard saw a man
lurking among the tomtstones aId
watched him lift a stone and with g
well-directed blow knock the cross OF
a monument as clearly as though il nal
been done with a cAisel.
The man was the one who mad been
arrested and released at Escar al ia.
Every graveyard il northern Michi gan
and Wisconsin had been under guard.
bur some had been rayagel So quietly
that the guards had heard nOthiug
The prisoner WIS taken 10 Marquette
where be gave his name as kaz0 kazi-
mir. lie sall he was a sionecutter and
his behavior indicated that be was IL
sare. The authorities had been so pug
zied by the manner in which he had APP
reared as though by magic. al widely
distant points that IL was thought im-
possible BE had Ccre the work alone
TWO months have passed however. cad
there has been 10 more cross smashing
Reveals Story While Hypnotizsd.
During this two months the police
+ have vainiy eudeavorel d learn some
thluE of his former life . heir efforts
were III vain uut.l a specialist hyTuo-
izei the man. and he dug up from a
lig old pipe which he continually car
ried a tlme-worn scrap 81 letter. dated
4 Nadudyar. hungary. which revealed tAs
story of a shattered romance
Kazo Kazlmir was the son o. Teas-
\ ant. but had determined 70 become a
priest. His lowly condition proved nc
bar 10 his ambition. He passed MS now
! tiata and was soon TO be ordained. one
cay be saw a girl Maria Kakosvakacz
j His dreams OF eminence Ia the church
/ faded. and the young priest-to-te made
| desperate love TO the girl. she repu.sed
I him saying be was a disgrace 10 The
church. Thereupon he renounced his
vows. declared his intention Of becom-
ing doctor and again sought the girl
She avoided him. and he wrote a note
ssking her 70 meet him. The letter
found in his pipe was hereby. OF wnicl
this is a translation.
Renowned ty Loved One.
Thou renegade priest Sooner would
die than ne the woman Of a false mar
t. his church Jan Snoviske will IL
my man"
s-,o-lf,.sr % Letter. f-g,-, uurear ~
received after an investigation Of THU
note. Kazo became silent after his els
misssl by his sweetheart
Stunned by churchmen. barred iron
his fathers house Tor his desertiOn o.
the church he became despondent ans
secured work as a stonecutter lie sci
dom spoke 10 his associates. by whom
he was little liked. and finally came Z
America
He worked in the Pennsylvania min
ing districts. but his taciturnity pc
vented him from making friends. H'
learned little English. but what ne d,
say was in denunciation Of the church
which he had come TO blame for hi
troubles.
His insanity finally took the form o
an attack on the crosses in cemeteries
and with the entire loss OF his sanity
came the devilish shrewcress BY which
he calculated TO a nicely how to dodg'
on a freight train. hide under the cars
on the bumpers anywhere; reach a vi
lage at night. smash the crosses in III
cemetery and escape without havin,
been seen by a soul.
His case is believed to lie s-rIrable
and be Will probably spend the rest o
hs days in an asylum. while a trail c
broken t0mbsiores marks the CRU a1U
.ath =. bis insanity