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r heard a repoft, but / had not seen

Il heard a report, but ! had not seen
the pistol. Mr.. Young fell over my lap.
got half way up again. fell back. and
| thought he was having a spasm or
something. He kept twitching and
twisting, and l spoke to him and called
him two or three times, and tried to
make HIM answer, and he would not
pay any attention to me at all.
Il knew then something serious had
happened. / believe l put my hand up
and told the cabman to drive to the
drug store-I do not know whether !
did or not. / know that was my idea.
And it seemed-oh, ages before | could
get anybody to pay any attention to
me or give me any aid at all.
and the policeman jumped on the
trout of the cab and asked me what
had happened. When I saw him felt
relieved, and | knew he would take
care Of Mr.. Young, no matter what
was the matter with him. l lost on
troll Of myself and seemed to be dazed
in my memory from then on. | re-
membc. | went to the hospital and the
policeman tried to lift Mr.. Young out
of The cab and his knees gave way
under him. l do not remember how !
got cut of the cab, or anything of the
kind.
Il die not shoot Caesar Young. l had
no pistol, | never saw the pistol. And
if it was in my power to bring him
back to life, l would willingly sacrifice
my own life"
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The Fatal Day.

Il got back TO the st. Paul hotel
about four a. m. and went directly to
bed. Next morning my sister awak-
ened me early and said that Caesar
Young had called me up on the phone.
| was too sleepy to get up. but she
called me again and l arose. While
was dressing the phone rang and it
was Mr.. Young. He wanted me to get
up and dress and meet him as soon as
! could. | did so and met him.
ut was half-past seven or eight,
nearer eight, when | left the hotel, and
l hurried to Fifty-ninth street and
Columbus avenue, where Mr.. Young
wanted me to meet him. He stood
there in front of a saloon. He swore
and wanted to know why l was SO long
getting there. He said he had had
time to get 40 horns and have a load
on. His hair was all mussed up, he had
one eye closed and showed that he had
been drinking.
I'VE wat into the :ci2on, for he
said. 4 must have another drink He
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81 started to walk ~faster-just play
ing. He ran up and grabbed hold OF
my arm and we walked up to the cor
ner, then crossed the street and walked
down to the next corner, back to One
Hundred and Fortieth street.
rHe explained TO me who it was he
had been talking to-it was Mr.. Luce
his brother-in-law.
I'VE took a surface a down to
Eighth venue and One Hundred and
Twenty-ffth street. Then we went
into a saloon, as he said:
LETS go in here and sit down and
have d talk He ordered a glass OF
beer for me, but would not let me
drink it. He said:
81 don't want to sit here. What
will VIC do-take a driver And says,
All right We left there and went
outside and got into a cab and drove
for an hour or an hour and a half
through Central park.
Young Plans Trip to Europe.
While alone with Mr.. Young in the
saloon and in the cab, he said: Now,
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WINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS
Inquisitive Traveller Evened Up Scores
with Stage Driver Who
Was Crusty.

Wallace Cummings used to drive the
old stage which a between Bridgton
and Portland, relates the Boston Her.
aid. One day Wallace had as a passen-
ger out Of Portland a young city chap
or dude, as Wallace called him. The
beautiful and diversified; the young
man was much interested, and as he sat
on the box, or post of honor, beside Wal
lace, literally piled him with questions
as to what mountain that was and what
river this was, etc.
The old driver, who detested this sort
of interrogation, stood it as long as he
could. Finally he blurted out: Say,
stranger, if you'll mind your business
III mild mine"
Thus snubbed, the young man re-
lapsed into silence.
They had driven about ten miles
farther when they came to a long hill,
where the driver was obliged to apply
the brake. AS he showed his foot
toward it he Immediately noticed that
the mail bag, which always lay there.
was gone. Evidently it had dropped off
along the road.
Wallace stopped his horses; then,
breaking the long silence, he said.
Say, stranger, did you see that mail
bag slide OFF,"
Yes, | did; some ten miles back
calmly remarked the young man.
We'll, why in thunder didn't you tell
me?" gasped the astonished driver.
The dude. looked him %squarely in
the eye for a moment, and then he
drawled, initiating Wallace's tone:
Say, driver, you mind your business
and I'll mind mine"
The rest Of the journey was driven
in cold silence.
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each other. although he called up sew
eral times by telephone.
She then tells of how she had at
tended the races the following day at
Young's request with her brother-in-
law and sister. Young told her to
meet him that evening, as he had
something very important to tell her.
Denies Buying Revolver.
I'VE arrived at the hotel from the
race track at seven o'clock. On the
way home we stopped nowhere. We
did not stop in any pawnshop. | was
never in a pawnshop kept by a man of
the name of Stern. | was never in
any pawnshop in my life.
That night we did not go near
Sixth avenue | was not present any
where when a pistol was purchased,
then or at any other time. AS for this
man Stern, | never saw him.
'Ail the time, from the moment |
left the race track on June 3 till | got
home, both Morgan Smith and his wife
we're with me-"
Nan Meets Young.
1t was about IL o'clock when Young
called her up and asked her to meet
him: Il took the train, went to One
Hundred and Fortieth street. and when
l got to the bottom Of the stairs | saw
Mr.. Young standing in front Of q
saloon on the corner.
"Mr. Young was talking to a nan
l did not know who at the time-and
as he saw me coming he nodded his
head for me to keep5on going and moi
to stop. | walked by t~hem--didn't
recognize them at all. I had not gone
very far when Mr.. Young came walk
Ing back of me and whistled. knew
the whistle. 1t was n he had USED
to attract my attention. The tune was.
Tell Me, Pretty Maidenl
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Nan PatterSon's Own Story of
Caesar" Young's Death.
DIED BY HIS OWN HAND, SHE SAYS
Graphic Description of Fatal Ride and Events
Leading Up to It-Fen in Love on First
Meeting Celebrated Case Ends
with Release of Show Girl.

fornia during the racing season. Our
chance acquaintance ripened into
warm friendship and then into love.
Il was q married woman then, hav-
ing been married to Leon James Mar
tin in 1898, in Baltimore, when / was
only 16 years old. We had separated.
however. l knew that Mr.. Young was
also married, for he told me so.
las a result of my meeting with
Caesar Young | did not go to Los An
geles, but remained in his company
more or less during all of the racing
season. 1t was at Caesars suggestion
that sued my husband for divorce in
order TO obtain my freedom. | was di-
vorced in San Francisco in May, 1908.
Il left the coast and came east for
the first time in March of last year. |
had been in New York only two weeks
when Caesar telegraphed me to come
back to San Francisco, and l went. My
visit to the east made me acquainted
with my sister Julia's husband, j.
Morgan Smith, whom l had never met
before, and gave me a chance to run
down to my old home in Washington
and see my father and mother.
Il went back to the coast and met
Caesar at Los Angeles in the middle
of April, the day the races closed
there. We were together a few weeks,
and then Caesar went to San Francis
co-his wife had arrived there-and
followed. He went east from there,
and l also did, but on different trains.
We met by agreement at Chicago.
Then we came east together, he going
to New York and l to Washington.
I'VE correspondent regularly, each
writing a letter every day"
Mrs. Young Learns of Nan.
May / Nan Patterson went to New
York, and it was about this time that
the wife of Young began to suspect his
relations with the chorus girl. Young
10 prevent trouble promised his wife
md relatives that he would not see
her again, but up to about May rs
they were living as man and wife at
q little hotel. From that date until
J'ne ., she declares, they did not see
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of The men had been taken sick, the
other two juries not being able to
reach an agreement.
This is no doubt the last of the
famous case, and the question as to
her guilt or innocence will probably
" be decided by an earthly court
of justice. If she is deserving Of pun
ishment it must come in the hereafter.
Many graphic descriptions of the
tragedy and the events leading up to
it have been printed since the death
of Young, and they have varied great
ly. Seine told how she deliberately
killed her companion in the cab that
fatal morning; others how the shoot
ing could not have been anything but
accidental.
Justice Davis. who presided at the
first two trials Of Nan Patterson, at a
dinner Of an organization of lawyers
the other evening, made the remark
able statement that he believed the
girl was guilty, and that she lied
throughout her whole case.
Miss Patterson has steadfastly pro-
claimed her innocence, and the follow
ing is her own story of the tragedy.
Her meeting with Caesar Young ia
thus described:
The Meeting.
81 net Caesar Young on the train
going to California, in the latter part
Of July, 1902. | was an actress then
and had been with a 'Florodora' com
pany in the early part of the season,
and later with "A Chinese Honey
moon.' Having received an offer tc
join a stock company in Los Angeles
Cal, / had resigned from the Chinese
Honeymoon and was on my way tt
take up the latter engagement.
Caesar Young was also bound fol
The coast. to, attend the tracks In Cali
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New Workman Patterson, the for
mer show girl, has ended a long but
extremely unpleasant engagement at
the Tcmbs. While she had formerly
been accustomed to gaily dancing in
the chorus of light musical comedies,
the role assigned Ter in this perform
ance was that of star in a tragedy of
life and death. The stage settings
consisted of a stern court of justice
and a gloomy prison, with the grim
spectre of the gallows on every scene.
After having the limelight of the
public press turned on her for almost
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IN A STRANGE COUNTRY.
Where Seemingly Impossible Things
Were Done and Little
Thought Of.

We left Pearson's ranchs in Mon
tana about eight miles behind us, when
we came to where a man was hang
ing to the limb of a tree, and there YVES
a cowboy on horseback not far away,
relates a writer in the Cleveland PLAIN
Dealer. The stage driver pulled in
his horses when we all had a look.
and then he beckoned to the cowboy
and asked:
Has there been a lynching here?"
Cant say as there has, was the
reply.
But a Teller is hanging there to the
Limb of a tree"
That's true, and i've been pulling
ever it. 1t seems purity plain that he
was drawed UP to that limb, don't it,"
"She do. Yes, sir, it seems plain
that he was drawed up to that limb,
and then the free end Of the rope made
fast"
And that's what I'm pulling
about" said the cowboy.
"As to how"
! "As to how a critter can pull him
self up. choke himself to death, and
then come down and fasten the rope
and go back up agin. It's the first
time l ever seen it done. and it's
suthin' new to this country, and after
this | shall go in for all boss thieves
to do likewise. 'Tain't no use in dis
turbing lis when they can do the trick
for themselves. Well, so long"
do you think the man hung him
self" | asked of the driver, when we
were a mile away.
Il dunno, my son-I Dunno" he re-
piled, with a shake of his head.
But think of how impossible it is"
Eyes, | think of that, but when you
are in a kentry where a wolf can bite
his tail off and stick it on agin, what
O going to believe or disbelieve?"
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a year, with hardly an intermission,
the curtain has been rung down and
she has retired.
"All the worlds a stage" says
Shakespeare, but few have played the
part that has this young and comely
girl-Nan Patterson.
Three Trials.
Charged with the murder of
Caesar" Young, the prominent race
track habitue and bookmaker, she has
finally been given her liberty, after
three mistrials, the jury in the first
trial having been discharged after one
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Child's Head on Banknote.

The accepted design for the new
Austrian five kronen banknotes is re-
markable for the picture of an UNI
usually beautiful child's head which
forms its chief ornament. The model
for this head was the son of Prince
Franz Josef Rohan, whom the artist
saw one day in the street. and with
whose beauty he was so much struck
that he asked the child's name, and
obtained the parents permission to
make a drawing Of him for this pur-
pose.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
GRIPS UGLY SEQUEL
KNEES STIFF, HANDS HELPLESS
RHEUMATISM NEAR HEART.


After-Effects from Grip and Learns
Value Of a Blood Remedy.
The grip leaves behind it weakened
vital powers, thin blood, impaired d.
gestion and over-sensitive nerves-a
condition that makes the system an easy
prey to pneumonia, bronchitis, rheuma-
tism, p%rostration, and even CON
sumption.
The story told by scores Of victims Of
the grip is substantially the came. One
was tortured by terrible pains at the
base Of the skull; another was left tired,
faint and III every way wretched from
an@mia or scantiness Of blood; another
had horrible headaches, wa nervous and
couldn't sleep; another was left with
weak lungs, difficulty in breathing and
acute neuralgia. In every case relief
was sought in vain until the great blood
builder and nerve-tonic, DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, was used. For quickness and
thoroughness Of action nothing is known
that will approach it.
Mrs. Van Scoy makes a statement that
supports this claim. She says:
II had a severe attack Of grip and, be-
fore 7 had fully recovered, rheumatism
set in and tormented me for three
months. / was in "a badly rundown
state. Soon after it began ! was SO lame
for a week that 7 could hardly walk. 1t
kept growing steadily worse and at last
I had to give up completely and for
three weeks I was obliged to keep my
bed. My knees were 50 stiff ! couldn't
bend them, and my hands were perfectly
helpless. Then the pains began to
threaten my heart and thoroughly
alarmed me.
"While I was suffering in this way !
CHANGED to run across a little book that
told about the merits of Or. Williams
Pink Pills. The statements in ii inn
pressed me and led me to buy q box. These
pills proved the very thing I needed.
Improvement set in as zoe as / began
to take them, and 1t was very marked By
the time I had finished the first box.
Four boxes made me a well woman
Mrs. Laura M. Van Scoy lives at No.
20 Thorpe street, Danbury, Conn. DR..
Williams Pink Pills are equally well
adapted for any other Of the diseases that
follow in the train Of grip. They are
sold BY all druggists.
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D. & o. r.. r. Passenger Agent, Wash
fngton, ID. c., Tells of Wonderful
Cure of Eczema by Cuttcura.

Mr.. S. B. Hege, passenger agent of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Washing
ton, D.. c., one of the well-known rail
road men Of the country, sends the fol
Cuticura Remedies:
Thanks to the Cuticura Remedies,
l am now rid of that fearful pest, weep
ing eczema, for the first time in three
years. 1t first appeared on the back Of
my hand in the form of a little pimple,
growing into several blotches, and then
on my ears and ankles. They were ex-
ceedingly painful because Of the itching
and burning sensation, and always raw.
After the first days treatment with
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills, there
i Mas a reds the i,e', cure ol move ugy epsnl1g to af be- e eean.
plete. I shall be glad to aid in relieving
others suffering as l was, and you may
use my letter as you wish. lSigned) S.
B. Hege, Washington, d. G., June 9. '04."
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Back at Work Again.

Buffalo, N. Y, May 22nd.L(Special)E
Crippled by Kidney Disease till he could
not stand on his feet for the hours re-
quired at his trade, F. R. Mclean, 90
East Ferry St., this city, had to quit
work entirely. Now he's back at work
again and he does not hesitate to give
the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Yes" Mr.. Mclean says, II was too
bad, l had to. quit. I could not stand on
my feet for the necessary hours. 1t was
Kidney Disease l had, and a friend ad.
vised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. !
did so and after using six boxes am COM
pletely cured and am working as steadily
as before ! was sick. / recommend Dodd's
Pills to anyone afflicted with Kidney
trouble"
There is no form of Kidney Disease
Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure. They
always cure Bright's Disease, the most
advanced and deadly stage of Kidney
Disease.
The way some people have of being good
is worse than their way of being bad.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

Don't wait till tomorrow, but clean
house to-day, with DR.. Caldwell's uaxative)
Syrup Pepsin. Of course we mean your
house of flesh and bone-your body. This
is the best house you own, and should get
the most care. Yet most people neglect it
in a dreadful manner. As a result, stomach,
liver, and bowels soon get out of order, and
cause great pain, distress, and dangerous
internal diseases. The only safe, sure
cure, is DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. 1t
clears out all causes of sickness, cures con-
stipation and indigestion, cleans house,
and makes you well. Try'it. Sold by all
druggists at Soc and $1.0O. Money back
if it fails.
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Favorite Of Fortune.

Joseph Chamberlain, the celebrated
Englishman, is not a graduate Of any
university or Of any Of the large pub
lie schoolssy He raj a full-fedged
business a at the age of 16 years
and his fortune grew SO rapidly that
at the age Of 50 he was able to retire
from commercial life and devote him
self to the study and practice of poll.
tics.
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Cheering Her Up.

Patlence-O, doctor, I'm ~dreadfully
afraid Of it!
lt'ntist-Madami, s-s shouldn't rSSs
laughing gas as ~seisolslv ar that. ~
Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
elf-Sacrifcing

Hell don't see what makes ONE such
awful gossips. Now, a man prides him
self on being a good listener!
S~he-That's just It! A woman likes to
flatter his vanity and how could he listen
if she didn't talk?-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
lust What She Would Do.

She-What would you do, George, #
you were left a widowers
He-Oh, | suppose pretty much the
same as you would do if you were left a
widow.
"Oh, you wretch. And you always told
me you could never love anybody else
Pick Me-Up.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating, c%allous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
acceptany substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Uudisturhed.

"Do you feel at all worried over the
yellow peril?"
mot now" replied the man who has
hay fever. Il don't borrow trouble. The
goldenrod won't begin to blossom for
two or three months" Chicago Record
Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

/ am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins. Norwich. N. Y. Feb. II. 1900.
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Bad Beginning.

$50 the engagements off,"
Yes; she advised him to practice econ
omy, and he started by getting her an imi.
tation diamond" STRAY Stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

It is well enough to profit by our W
mistakes, but it is a good deal more
profitable to profit by the mistakes of
others.-Puck.
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It Cures While You Walk.

Some men even hire others to do their
kicking for them.-N. Y. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

More flowers for the living would not
rob the dead.-The Commoner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

great mental depression. ] was unable to at
tend to my house work and life became a bur.
den tome. Twas confined for days to my bed,
lost my appetite, my courage and all hope.
II could not bear to think of an operation,
and in my distress tried every remedy which
/ thought would be Of any use to me, and
reading of the value Of Lydia e. Pinkham's
to give it a trial. / felt SO discouraged that I
had little hope of recovery, and when / began
to feel better, after the second week, thought
il only meant temporary relief; but to my
great surprise I found that / kept gaining,
while the tumor lessened in size.
"The Compound continued to build up my
general health and the tumor seemed to be
absorbed, until, in seven months. the tumor
was entirely gone and ] a well woman. l am
to publish my letter in newspapers, SO other
women may know of the wonderful curative
powers of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular or painful m~enstruation, weakness,
leucorrhoea, displacement or liberation
of the womb, that bearing-down feel
ing, Inflammation of the ovaries, back
ache, 1atulence, general debility, indi-
gestion and nervous prostration, they
should remember there is one tried and
true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound at once removes such
trouble.
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement. No other medicine
has such a record of cures Of female
troubles. Refuse to buy any other
medicine:
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. Address, Lynn,
Mass.
Health is too valuable to risk in ex-
periments with unknown and untried
medicines or methods of treatment.
Remember thatitis Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound that is curing
women, and don't allow any druggist
to sell you anything else in its place.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Clean House To-Day.

The less money a man has the more
polite he has to BEN. Y. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
BY MR.. S. B. HEGE.

The way some people have of being goc
Is worse than their way Of being bad.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
INTERESTING LETTER
Mrs. Sarah Kellogg Of Denver, Colon
Bearer Of the Woman's Relief Corpa
Sends Thsnks to Mrs. Pinkham.

The following
letter was written
by Mrs. Kellogg,
CT 1928 Lincoln
Ave-, r,
Colo. to Mrs. Pink.
ham, LYNN Mass
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:.
"For five years ]
was troubled with q
tumor, which kept
growing, causing me
intense agony and