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Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS

1tft It'll all the preachment and
Jul all the pleading, with all the
education and the agitation,
there is yet much to be done in
the way of developing the civic
ideal in city government. The
journey from bad city govern
ment to good city government is
Il long one as it is usually measur-
ed. Tie C is much pushing and
pulling along the way, and some
times many years pass while some
of the simplest reforms are being
accomplished.
There has been getting too far
away from the direct town meet
ing form OF government suited to
the villages Of Il young republic,
and we have gone so far in apply
ing the principle of representa-
tive government that repub.i :an-
ism is lost in muhi sipal affairs.
The evolutionary process has es-
tablished an oligarchy. There $
no real government by the peo-
pie. The ward boss becomes an
all important factor. The whip
of a petty despot drives the weak
lings who essay to govern. Nomi-
nally it is government by parties;
in fact, government by cliques
and ia :tions and organiza-
tions. The part played by voters
is only secondary.
The suggestion of the cause
leads direct TO the remedy. De
velopment has been in the wrong
direction.
With the great growth of cities
the importance OF good govern
ment therein is magnifed many
fold. Happily there is also in,
creasing realization of this fact
Many persons are devoting much
time to the solution OF the prob
lens of the city government.
There has been much discussion
and deliberation among good pee
pie. Results are being shown.
There is increasing sense Ct
personal responsibility in muni-
cipal affairs. The question which
comes home to ever Individual
voter of the city is this :
"What is my duty and my
right and my authority in relation
to city government "
And when good citizens meet
this question fairly, each one fol
h mself and each one in the light
o. his own intelligence, the prob
llm becomes easier.
Just so far as the individual,
take part in the real goyernmen N
OF the cities so far will there be
Improvement. 1t is in turning
over the government to those wht
make a profession of small poll
tics that there is danger.
And the principles which ap
ply to the large cities also appl!
to the smaller ones and to all com
munities. Our great cities ar;
b coming types of local govern
ment throughout the republic.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07
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Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07
Thousands Up)n Thousands

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Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07

-MoNTOUR county boasts the fact
that it has not single prisoner i'll its
Jail. There are plenty of counties
that would be glad to lend us as many
prisoners as We want, thinks our es-
teemed contemporary, the Philadel.
phia Press.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07

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too, quantity of circulation at rates
that mean great profit to the person
using the paper.
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Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07

The impression has long prevail
ed that there were some mysterious in
fluences back of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick
giving her support and shielding her
This impession has uot been entirely
removed by the fact that she has been
sentenced to ten years in prison for
an appeal has been taken and ii
would seem that her attorneys hav,
not exhausted their resources.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07
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Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07

-TnE get-rich-quick enterprises
are ge't'ng people over the notion
that Philadelphia is slow, though
some other method would have been
preferre |.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07

IF Japan keeps on winning in
the war Russia may be glad to pay
an indemnity. Japan is entitled to
one, much n ore than Russia when
she won in tie war with Turkey, and
Japan will get an indemnity or its
equivalent.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07

Now it is disclosed that the an
nual salary of John ID. Rockefeller is
only $4,000 a year. 1t is evident
that some hundred thousand dollar
men work for less than they are
worth
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07

Do you wish to laugh and grow
handsome? Then attend the Ideal
entertainment on Thursday evening,
April 20. at the Riverside public
school building.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07

Hear the Ideal entertainers in their
up-to-date musical sketches, special
ties and delincations, on Thursday
evening, April 20, at the Riverside
public school building.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07

SOME of the Russian army is still
missing, it appears, but there is no
need to despair the Grand Dukes
still hold ont
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07
pENNSYLVAN',a
l RAILROAD

This Standard Railway OF This
Continent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-23
STORES AT:

Gulledse, Graham & Co. McGregor.
Jarre,l, Dass & Co. Denton.
a. ]. farrell, Lockhart.
Jarrel. Elliott & Co., Corsicana
Speer Dry Goods Company, Beaumont.
Russell Graham Co, Marshall.
Wortham FARRELL 4 Co. El Paso.
Graham & Co. Claburne.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-23
STORES At:

J. w. Madden, Denison.
Madden & Co., Ardmore.
Madden. FARRELL & Gee, Shawnee.
Madden, FARRELL & Co. Temple
Graham Bros, Greenville.
Graham, Crawford & Co., Bonham.
G. f. Graham & Co., Hillsboro.
Graham Bros. Palestine.
Graham. Sykes C Co, Muskogee
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19

position. What motive could Ulen have
for not telling the truth. He may not
be as bright and educated as some 9th
ers, but does anybody doubt that he
hats conscience and a big heart?
The counsel read the testimony OF
Ulen and commented upon it. Didn't
Koch open up MS mind to Uen, and
didn't Ulcn come here and reveal it!
You can hear Ulen's words dropping
from his lips: Il wouldn't do it fol
all of New Ulm or all of America"
Koch told Ulen that mo one would
find it out" The man who killed Geb,
hard thought that no one would find il
out. You will be called upon to find
that some of the witnesses have not told
the truth. You will have to decide which
have not, for that will largely decide
what your judgment will be.
Another thing points to Koch's feel
ing toward Gerhard, and that is the
poison bottle matter. The counsel out
lined the evidence regarding this. DR.
Koch had charge of DR.. Strickler's of
flee and medicines during his absence
i'll California last fall. DR.. Stricken
had strychnine, and it was taken. Drs
Koch and Gerhard each received a blue
box and bottle early in October from
Park, Davis & Co. Later, DR.. Gebhard
received another blue box and bottle
and said to his office girl that this
came from no dental house. After Geb,
hard's death the remaining contents OF
the bottle were analysed by Prof. Care
of the state university, and found tc
contain strychnine. The defense has
tried to throw dust in your eyes. Does
anyone believe that there was not
strychnine in the bottle? Prof Fisher
and DR.. Andrews did not need to be
called to testify about sulphuric acid
as Prof. Carel did not add this unit
after he had discovered strychnine in
the sample. 1t is far from the desire
of the state to mislead you in this. Part
of the substance was given. to fros
and threw it into commissions.
Mr. Wilson closed his argument will
an eloquent reference to the deceased
who was struck down in his youth
while at his work, perhaps with his
mind filled with happy anticipations Of
the future.
At the close of Mr.. Wilson's address
"A. r. Pau spoke for the defense.
Messrs. Wilson and Pau were limit
ed to one nor EACH Gen. Childs begar
his address after the afternoon recess
He will not be limited in time Attorney
Brown will close for the defense.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19

an oath to tell the truth, and then say
that the hammer was Gebhard's and he
had laughed and jollied with him about
the handle; and did he then change his
story and go into court, after he heard
that suspicion would point to him, and
say that the hammer was not Geb-
nard's?
Tears do not always express sorrow;
kisses do not always express love.
Judas betrayed the Saviour with kiss,
and the world is not changed in 1905.
| saw no tears in one witnesses eyes
If there were any, they fell to the floor
like chunks of ice.
Mr.. Pfau spoke of the Koch family,
and how well the children had been
brought up and how they are doing
honorable work. / deny most emphat-
ically that Koch and his fam
| lily are not entitled to have their
testimony believed properly. | hope the
hour may never come when our parents
or children, or wives cannot come into
court to support us in our troubles.
Where would our safety lie if the law
was such? The court will instruct you
as to the laws. When the state can
place upon the stand a man who shows
hatred and says that ne would like to
have the defendant hung as high as his
chimney, his testimony should not bear
more weight than that of the Koch
family The Jury should weigh tine evil
dence of the various witnesses.
The hammer is identified by young
Dahms, who saw it four years ago.
Dingler saw the hammer in Koch's barn
a year ago last fall, through the
grains of golden sand that he was
| throwing from his wagon. He after
wards saw it lying in an old building
in the Herman park. No honest man
could tell after four years which was
Kochs hammer We did not impeach
Dingler with ministers of the gospel
Who could we prove Dingler's character
by better than by men who have been
in jail and by lawyers who have had
dealings with such men? Men. of good
| character hadn't associated with him
and we had to get men who had met
him i'm saloons
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS

The great Koch murder trial is draw
ing to a close. 1t may be that the case
will be placed in the hands of the jury
late this afternoon or this evening For
a day and half the attorneys have
been presenting their arguments to the
jury.
Judge Cray's charge to the jury is
expected to take about an hour, and
will be very complete.
County Attorney Wilson, in his clos
ing remarks yesterday afternoon, spoke
of handwriting experts as not being
recognized by law, and said that their
testimony is very unreliable. Colleges
do not give degrees for handwriting
and the only thing that backs a man
who puts out a claim to be an expert
is the person himself. After all, it is
a matter of Judgment, for no two So
called experts will agree, for all use diff
ferent principles of writing. The jury
is as capable of Judging as the experts,
as to whether the word Sample on the
bottle is in the same handwriting as
the sample of the defendants writing in
evidence
Mr.. Wilson got around the difficult
point of the mailing of the blue box at
Hanska on the week preceding the muir
der. He took the position that the
mail clerk, Ray, who had the seal that
was used in marking the box and who
was laying off that week, had left
his seal where the clerks on the run
that week could use it. He said that
the evidence showed that the clerks
saw each others seals in the car and
let their substitutes have them. At any
rate he said this was very small
and unimportant matter. The box
was mailed at Hanska and was receiv-
ed by the defendant. and the bottle
contained poison, which are the essen
tial facts.
Referring to the typewriter used in
making the address in the blue box,
Mr.. Wilson said that the samples of
writing were there for the jury to com
pare. The wide gauge machine was
where it could have been used by the
defendant, and he could have done the
writing on it with the least observation.
Mr.. Pfau's Address.
A. r. Pau opened the closing argu-
ment for, the defense in an earnest adj
dress yesterday afternoon. He said
that the jury system is a bulwark for
the state and also for every individual
in it. 1t is your duty to weigh the
evidence with due care. 1t is not enough
for the state to come before you and
say that the defendant is guilty and his
life and liberty are forfeited. The state
must show that it has the evidence. No
tax titles 60 here. You should try the
case as though the defendant was your
friend. No slips of the tongue or pen
should be allowed to interfere with JUS
tice. The state mas set aside the man
who saw part of the crime, because
his words do not tally with line of
circumstances that it has brought be-
fore you.
We have here young man in his
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
Evidence is Circumstantial.

The evidence in this case is circum-
stantial. There may be suspicion,
and other facts may be gathered point
ing the same way and they will togeth-
er form evidence. Putting many things
together adds greatly to the force of
each one, and they lead to seeming GER
tainty.
We have heard footsteps going by the
printing office window, and upstairs,
and soon someone looks over the tran
som and sees a form there. A hammer,
handkerchief and a pencil are found
there, and they are wonderfully i'm
portant 1t is said that circumstantial
evidence is unreliable. Why, gentle
men, there is no evidence so strong as
circumstantial evidence where there are
many circumstances. Suppose we had
not found the hammer, the handkerchief
and the pencil, and were going to pros
ecute on the direct evidence of Asa p.
Brooks. You would have only his vary
ing statements. Witnesses are not al
in gstatements. Witnesses are not al
ways trustworthy, they sometimes have
malice. But when there are number
of circumstances all pointing one way,
they form chain of evidence that are
unsurmountable in their effect. 1t is
seldom that positive evidence is had in
murder cases. Why?
When men plan to commit murder
they do not notify the officials, but
they do their deeds alone and in dark
ness and get away unseen. When you
throw aside circumstancial evidence, you
declare to all cutthroats who would kill
any one of you for So, that they can go
free because there was none present to
witness the assassination. The fact of
guilt, however, must be established be-
yond reasonable doubt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
Murderers Make Mistakes.

Murderers Make Mistakes.
When men commit great crimes they
make mistakes. If they did not, we
would have few convictions. When a
man becomes possessed with the mon
ster passion of murder ne ceases to be
a rational being and leaves his trail
behind him. 1t was so with the man
who killed Dr. Gebhard. He had con-
ceived mortal hatred for DR.. Geb-
hard, and decided that both could not
live together and planned to put him
out of the way. He planned to find his
victim alone, do his deed and leave no
trace behind. He was man VINO knew
DR.. Gebhard well, that he was in his
office evenings, and that as to himself
he would be above suspicion. He would
90 to his office, with the hammer i'm his
possession, with smile upon his lips
seize the opportunity and accomplish
his purpose Dr. Gebnard, when he saw
who his visitor was, went into the re-
ception room to bring a rocking chair
and was perhaps backing up with it
through the doorway when he was
struck the fatal blow. 1t was the pur-
pose of the assassin to hav ca quiet
murder, not to become known until next
day. Then he would go nome, leaving
no trace, and when the murder was dis
covered next day, he would say, "Yes.
was up there in the evening and had
a pleasant visit, and everything was
all right then" But DR.. Gerhard, they
say, was man of splendid physique.
But strength of muscle is no protection
from man with a hammer who strikes
unawares. the blow did not accomplish
the purpose intended, and instead OF
being noiseless murder it was one in
which shrieks rent the night air and
people on the street heard them. Be-
fore the last thrust of the knife is
made there are steps on the stairs. DR..
Gerhard must be killed, and his lips
never open to tell who did it, and the
murderer stabs repeatedly until the ar
terry and jugular vein are severed. The
chance of orderly escape is past Men
are in the hallway and trying the doors.
The murderer goes to the reception
aud 1nn1-c fbrnr,nb tho c1ao n
glass to see whether the way is clear
in the hail. He has lost his hammer in
the melee. The room is dark and he
takes out his handkerchief and wipes
the blood from the handle, that was
Shiny with blood He thought that he
might have to use the hammer again.
Now there was no time to be lost Es-
cape must be made in someway.
Foot Struck the Wires.
The screen was cut and pushed out.
The murderer crowds himself out foot
foremost, discovers the wires with his
foot, leans over, grasps the wires, lets
himself down, drops TO the ground and
gets away. Wherever he goes we can
follow him by spots of blood. If he
pushed off the screen with his knuckles
he there lost the skin from them If
he tore the wires off with his hands
he might have skinned his knuckles
against the wall He left marks on
the window and wires, and now he has
blood flowing from his skinned knuck-
les.
He has, in spite of himself and as if
the almighty had so ordained, he left
traces behind him and is compelled to
give evidence against himself, as any
candid mind must concede.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
Murderer in No Hurry.

The murderer was in no hurry to get
away. After the deed was done. some
body was busy fixing things for APP
pearances. After Brooks and Cava-
naugh were gone he could have gone
down the back stairs Did he take the
time to do that, or did ne take it to
lay the hammer and the handkerchief
down in order to point the finger of
suspicion toward someone else? Then.
did the murderer go in the darkness to
the window and cut the wire screen to
escape that way, or did he do it to lead
to the thought that he went tnat way
Was it Koch or somebody else? | don't
say that it was Reineke; God forbid
that | should say that It is for the
great state of Minnesota to make
charges and get evidence. Did he take
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
Suspicious Gathering About.

Suspicious were gathering about the
head of DIR. Koch. How happy cir
cumstance it would have been if his
office had been thrown open for search
by the officials, the citizens commit
tee and the public, and if they had
found the blue box and bottle. No man
knew anything about the finding of the
box three days afterwards except the
defendant and his brother in law
Wasn't it apparent that they must ac
count for the disappearance of the
box? So they bring in Mr.. Somsen to
testify that it was he and no one else
who took the secretly. Dare you
believe that he took the box? As
there is righteous God, | and YOU
must believe that all of the evidence rel
ative to the discovery of the box
three days after the homicide is false.
The defendant admits that he some
times writes the capital IS" like it
is written in the word Sample" on the
bottle. In the typewriter address on
the box there is wonderful piece of
evidence. Two mis-alignments in it
also appear in all the samples taken
from the wide gauge machine. Why did
not Singleton bring into court his ma
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
Motive Was Hatred.

1t is true that when you come to con-
slider the motive, you must know your
man. Before you can say of a given
man, 'He would not commit so enor-
nous an offense," you must know the
man. You cannot look at man and
say that he would not commit muir
der. The books are full of instances
where men of standing, culture and
fair feature have committed offenses.
We may speculate until we grow gray
over the question of motive, but we
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-02
SCHOOL TEACHER ACCUSED
OF STEALING PURSES
Miss Isolde Butler Said to Have Con-
fessed Herself kIep-
fnnaniac

Caught in the act Of pilfering a
purse which had been left in her way
as a bait. Miss Isolde Butler, director
school, has broken down and confess
ed to an uncomfortable desire to take
things which did not belong to her
and said that she had been guilty Of
petty stealings from teachers purses
for years.
Miss Butler had been employed in
the Los Angeles public schools for
fourteen years and her success in the
kindergarten department has been
pronounced.
Miss Butler was one of the princi-
pals in the Butler -Reavis school
scandal which was aired several
months ago. Anonymous letters al
legged to have been written by Miss
Reavis to Miss Butler were later de-
clared to have been written by Miss
Butler herself.
In the latest affair the authorities
proceeding upon the theory that Miss
Butler was guilty, placed a purse
upon the desk in the principals room
at Fremont school and a detective hid
in the room. When all the teachers
had left the building Miss Butler was
seen to approach the desk and ex-
anime the purse. She was not ar
rested, but was confronted with the
evidence of her guilt and, upon re-
quest by Superintendent Foshay,
handed in her resignation.
Miss Butler is i'll at her home and
refuses to see callers. 1t is said that
she sent for a representative of the
board of education and made COM
p.ete confession.