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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-05-12
the window and said:

the window and said:
Enter the ghost-he comes, be
comes-make way, We slaves"
A shadow spread itself upon the
shade of the window and faded away.
Alice put her finger upon her lips to
silence Martin, while she went to the
door without a sound and stood listen
ing.
The Washington times., 1905-08-27

there, and then of curiosity and envy.
His casual matter-of-course reference
TO the time when he's going home is
received with knowing looks. They
all say that when they first cOme-all
but the most brazen-and the home
papers are scanned eagerly to find
out, if possible, why he has come;
who he probably is when he's at
home. With most, the going home is
postponed, agsin and again, and ever
yet once again. But the man who is
really going home, who can go, when
the colony is once convinced of it, is
the bearer of all sorts of messages,
a committee of one to transact all
sorts of delicate business
The occasional business man who
comes and goes freely with anything
like frequency is the most sought-out
member of society. Oh, no; he doesn't
draw the mantle of his righteousness
close about him and pass by on the
other side. Even his wife doesn't do
that, One of the latter said: These
felons and forgers make up the pleas
ATTEST society down there One learns
to take people as one finds them and
ask no questions-and many of them
one finds charming, perfectly charm
ing. And they're all absolutely
straight down there, you know
They are: that's one of the Pc
culiarities of the place. Tegucigalpa
may be the city of men who were
afraid to die, the refuge of ex-respect-
abilities, the stronghold of the De-
faulters' Club-but it is also the home
of many a rascal turned honest And
they take pride in their honesty and
good citizenship. The man who loot
ed city treasury can be trusted
not TO overdraw his account in Te-
gucigalpa The man who left a wife
and children to StarYe in some chilly
town in the East can be trusted not
to elope with the money of another
thief. They all pay their gambling
debts.
The reason is not far to seek. They
have reached the end of the tether
Tegucigalpa is the only place they
can stay. They can't leave it To
stay there one must behave after a
fashion. Death is the next country
the only other place where there S
no eXtradition. And these men are
afraid to die.
The Washington times., 1905-08-27

the racket-died; typhoid fever,
think; something of that sort" But
"Gardy'' Rowland was alive in Hon
dUras, not very long ago-conductor
If memory serves. on some ram
shackle native railway. He had writ
ten somebody else's name on check
or some trifiing irregularity of that
sort. His father settled the matter.
and hushed it up. And Gardy drop
ped out of sight But of late, at
least, the joys of Tegucigalpa were
not for him.
Nor for Major Burke, of New Or
leans-pOor old Major Burke, Per-
feet type of the old-fashioned South
ern gentleman. Even the men who
suffered most from his transactions
cannot but think tenderly of him.
And the others who have merely come
under the spells of his personality
even in these latter days of his fallen
fortunes are wont to say Poor old
man; he was more sinned against
than SHINING; he loved his New Or
leans with such fierce pride. 1t was
for her sake he did it, to make the
Cotton States Exposition a bril-
liant and glorious success. They
ought not to have been so hard on the
delightful old chap"
He was a delightful old chap-was,
for he is no more; death has finally
found him, as it ultimately finds them
all, though they were afraid TO face
1t at the time. Ii found him in
Puerto COrteZ, probably, for there he
had been living of recent years, some
time early this spring.
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municipal officers-a one time goodly
company, representatives of "our best
society" of wherever they came frsm.
To carry out the Congressional
likeness the District of Columbia is
not represented so far as Is known.
The detective bureau reports that II
is looking for just two men-Willard
H. Myers and Harry Lydick. Myers
disappeared with between s2O, 900 and
$50, 900 worth of securities belonging
to the National Safe Deposit, Savings
and Trust Company That was some
thing over year ago, and inasmuch
as he could. in his capacity of assist
ant bookkeeper and note teller, have
made off with much more the bank is
inclined to think il got off easv.
Harry Lydick disappeared about the
same time. He was salesman for a
local iewelry house-a house that
does big business selling jewelrv
on the installment plan. His employ
ers were about $4,000 out by his dis
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Took Enough to Pay His Dues.

New York is officially represented
by a former mayor OF Little Falls,
and it seems not improbable that the
Hon. Billy Belcher, late mayor of
Paterson, may be the latest recruit to
the ranks of the Non-Suicides 1t
was believed that he had sailed for
Japan, but when the steamer on
which he was supposed to have taken
passage reached Honolulu he was not
on board. Apparently it was a false
alarm. And as no one seems to have
the most remote idea where he is, he
is probably in Honduras. And as he
is supposed TO have taken enough
with him to pay the fees and dues
thereof it may be assumed that he
has been received into the Default
ers' Club.
New York city and New York So
ciety used to be represented by
"Gardy" Rowland, who some ten or
twelve years ago was popular in the
swell set there. He was the nephew
of fashionable clergyman, and son
of a prominent and wealthy journal
ist, now dead. Ask any New Yorker
what became of ''Gardy' Howland,
and you'll probably be told, Died
years ago; went the pace, you know
TOO swift for him-he couldn't stand
The Washington times., 1905-08-27

may be in Tegucigalpa. But il costs
to live in the capital. 1t is there thai
the newcomers mostly go, but as
the funds run low they drift TO the
other Honduranian cities-tO San
Pedro, to Puerto Cortez ultimately
to the smaller towns, where they
must daily wish themselves dead,
and yet have not the nerve to ac-
complish their own just and reason
able desires.
1t is a curious and a sad commun-
ity, this American colony made up of
fugitives from the law and the fear
of self-destruction, these ghosts of
betrayed trusts. Some of them are
as prosperous and sleek looking as
in the heyday of their prosperity:
some gaunt and fever-stricken; some
besotted, sunk in drunken apathy.
turning dull, unseeing eyes out from
the verandas of the big houses; yet
others in feverish high spirits; telling
stories. playing jokes, having the
time of their lives apparently-"b bluff
ing" putting up a front"-such
wonderful crowd. and oh, so pitiful,-
from Frank H. Brown, of Kentucky.
who took nearly $500. 900 Of the banks
money with him when he started. to
the smallest, most insignificant weak
ling, whom a moments temptation
has sent into exile and lifelong fear
of punishment, who has sold his
birthright for a mess of the thinnest
sort of pottage.
Prominent in the colony is G.. II.
Tripp, of Hartford, rated in the
Bradstreet of crookedness at $50, 900.
and Seth Tracy, of Houston. at
$50, 600, and Frank Brown, of Ken
lucky, already noted at nearly ten
times as much; and w r. Vice
Billy" Vice. as everyone knew MIN
The Washington times., 1905-08-27

tropical climate does not necessi-
tate much expense-servants are
cheap, and mighty poor; and they
live, these men that were, these crea-
lures of passion and avarice and sin,
these ghosts of trusts betrayed, in a
sort Of luxury that sometimes makes
honest folk enTious. Still-though
they lounge on the veranda of their
clubhouse, though servants wait on
them, and they drink fine wines and
smoke choice cigars, and kill time
one way or another-yet time is all
they have-time, and the fear of
eternity. That fear is always with
them-else they would not be there.
At nighttime revelry runs high
There is nothing further to fear. Di:-
grace and dread of the law and pun
ishment have done their worst There
is no question of suicide So they go
their way, trying to forget that death
comes any way.
But the dawn comes in Teguci-
galpa the same as in any other coun-
try, and with it remembrance and
conscience and the utter misery of
the damned. Then is the time when
the letters they keep play the tor
turer. The women that trusted them,
the children that curse them, the old
friends they betrayed, have their full
measure of revenge.
The letters are the first-and the
last-thing a stranger would notice
the infinite variety of the mail that
these men afraid to die receive from
their hOmes-letters in the wavering
handwriting of old women, in the
unshaded slant of young women, in
the bold scrawl of children-letters
sometimes only once in months,
sometimes many in week And 1t Is
an old saying there that a man is
known by the letters he keeps. Men
very drunk after a night in the club
have been seen to pull these letters
they keep out OF their pockets and
explain stumblingiy their origin.
They usually fight shy Of such sub
jects when sober
AS for their stories-if they could
be told as they really happened-"Old
Sleuth" and Diamond Dick" Nick
Carter" and all the other heroes OF
healthy boyhood would be forgotten
and the plain. everyday. much-abused
authorities" whose monumental stu
pidity is the daily theme of a thou
sand daily papers, would go up sew
eral pegs in the public estimation.
and the quiet, self-contained Pinker-
ton men, who are not in the habit
of telling every chance conner the
story of their lives, would be even
more respected than they already are.
The Washington times., 1905-08-27
Capital Of Honduras, Where Fugitive FelORs
Turn Honest Men Because There Is
No Other Refuge to Which
They May Flee.
They May Flee.

nY ALL the laws of shame they
n should have killed themselves.
But they didn't; their nerve
failed. And because they wanted to
forget, and Tegucigalpa, the capital
city of the little Central American re-
public, offered the most distractions,
they went to Tegucigalpa and became
members of the Non-Suicide Club,
known to the Pinkertons as the De-
faulters' Club, composed of, perhaps,
100 men that were-whOm even the
natives refer TO scornfully as the men
who were afraid to die. And Heaven
knows a white man has fallen low in
deed when a Central American can
scorn him
This Defaulters' Club is almost ex-
clusively American-and almost as
cosmopolitanly American-or should
one say as Americaniy cosmopolitan?
as Congress itself. Almost every
State in the Union is represented, and
Congress itself cannot show such
standard of ex-respectability. Every
man there before he became a mem
Der was in position of trust-they
are ex-bank presidents, county treas
rers, ex-tellers, and cashiers, ex-
kers. ex-agents. ex-trustees. ex-
The Washington times., 1905-08-27
THE VISION OF THE REFUGEE


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Money and the Fear of Death.

Nearly all of these men have slipped
away on night trains or fruit steam.
ers, and they did not go empty-hand-
ed. Money was the one thing needful
the one thing every one OF them
took into the new life with him
money and the fear of death. Now
and again on the verandas of Te-
gucigalpa, under the influence OF
whisky and brandy and the sweet,
beady Spanish wines that the na-
tives love, man will give a glimpse
of his first days as a fugitive How
he found that the hour had come
for flight, his hurried preparations,
the aid of the last friend, the roaring
trip TO New Orleans or GaayamaS or
Cartagena or whatever port he made
for; he will tell of days wrecked by
fear of discovery, OF nights when he
peered out from his bed TO watch,
wondering at every shadow, Sickened
every hour Oy false certainties, chilled
by the sweat of the two great ter
rOrs-capture and death.
Some will tell of hiding in the
holds of banana boats reeking with
the smell of decayed fruit, of lying
dark in vile forecastle or swagger-
ing IL out in cabin full of passen-
gers. Others have stories to tell of
leaving the United States without
word to wife Or child or parent, of
sneaking on board q Pacific Mail
steamer, and going ashore at the
first Mexican port. And in every
story is the constant shadow Of the
law.
The Washington times., 1905-08-27
Life Is Cav and Wine Flows.

Once in while they do die-sud-
denly and not according to HoyIe.
But usually, man once there with
his stealings, simply keeps out OF the
sun, drinks his liquor. plays his
games. and goes abroad alone only
when it is absolutely necessary. For
the rest, life is gay there-there is
plenty of money and plenty of wine
The Washington times., 1905-08-27

in Savl Francisco in the old days be-
fore he made off with $4,000 OF the
Union Pacific's money, he being it's
agent there-who now wears a Hon
duranian chief of police uniform; and
Allan Howard, broker, fellow-towns-
man of Vice, and a new arrival who a
few weeks ago fed with $50, 900. Ieav-
ing wife and children, family and
friends. who had trusted him.
The Washington times., 1905-08-27
The Dregs of Despair.

Either or both of these men may be
in Honduras. The authorities have
no knowledge of their whereabouts.
If their money still holds out they
The Washington times., 1905-08-27

THE Man Who Is Going Home"
The American who has not left
his country for his country's good"
is an object first OF incredulity down
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03
GO AFTER TEN CONVlCTS.
Warden KEGS and Guards Will Bring
Bunch From Seattle.

Warden A. F. KEGS, Travelling Guards
J. D. Smith, J. F. Croinel and James
Beale left for Seattle Saturday night to
transport ten convicts from the King
county Jail to the state penitentiary.
The prison officials and. their prison
ers are expected to arrive in Walla
Walla tomorrow or Wednesday. The
King county convicts will be the first
lot of prisoners to be brought to tine
penitentiary under the new law placing
the transporting Of prisoners from the
different counties to the prison in the
hands of the state board of control
Heretofore the sneriffs of the differ
ent counties brought their own pris-
oners to the penitentiary, but under
the new law when sheriffs have pris-
oners ready for the penitentiary they
must notify the warden and a suffi-
Gent number of guards are sent to
transfer them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03
A Dangerous Sport.

A. E. Mcdonald, who recently made
at Ormond, with a 80 horsepower car,
five miles in a little over three min
utes, is a prudent, no less than a skill
full chauffeur.
Mr.. Mcdonald has no patience with
reckless motoring. He believes that
with ordinary care and caution, acct
dents might altogether be eliminated.
He said the other day:
'It is a shame that horrible fatalities
so often occur in automobling, 1t is a
shame that, at motor races, it is pos
sible to hear what I heard not long
since.
can important race was to be run,
but at the hour of starting there was
some delay. The people became impa-
tent A man in a brown ponyskin
coat accosted one of the officials, and
I heard him say:
1.-The race was scheduled for 2
o'clock and here it is almost o'clock.
What is the trouble? Why all this
waiting?
1.-The official answered politely:
1.-The ambulances and surgenos, sir,
have not arrived"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE


j. j. Stoddard, an attorney and lum-
Der dealer of Starbuck, was in the city
yesterday. Mr.. Stoddard was formerly
engaged in the newspaper business at
Starbuck, but gave up that vocation to
take up a more lucrative business.
"Starbuck is rapidly improving" said
Mr.. StOddard. Many new business
buildings are being constructed and
there are new residences going up in
all parts of the little town.. The popu-
lation of Starbuck is now about 900
and the people are talking of incor-
porating the town. The condition OF
the grain around Starbuck is exceed
ingly favorable. There was but a small
amount Of the fall sown grain frozen
out during the winter and with the
large increase in spring seeding there
is bright prospects for big crops this
year."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03
CONVICT RELEASED FROM WALLA
WALLA PEN IN TROUBLE
AT MISSOURI.
Served Term for Burglary and Is Now
Charged With Being Leader Of
Gang of Counterfeiters.

Word has been received in Walla
Walla of the arrest of L. F. Boison at
Missouli, Mont, on a charge of coun-
terfeiting. Boison alias Boyson was
released from the Walla. Walla peni-
tertiary a year ago after serving two
year sentence for burglary. Boison is
believed to nave been the leader Of a
gang Of counterfeiters with headquar-
tiers in Missouri The gang succeeded
in flooding Montana with bad cur
rency and the Montana secret service
men are elated over the capture Of
Boison.
After being discharged from the
prison Boison went to Seattle where
he stayed for several months. He fin
ally disappeared turning up at Mis-
souli. Owing to his bad record Mon
tana officials were notified to keep a
close watch on him with the result
that he was finally tracked down as the
leader of a gang of counterfeiters.
Boison was an exemplary prisoner
while confined in the penitentiary, sell
dom giving the prison officials any
trouble.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03
DEPUTY SSIoNER GEORGE
M. ALLEN WILL MAKE TOUR
OF THE STATE.
Will Collect Information of Interest to
Prospective Settlers for Distrbu-
tions at Portland Fair.

George M. Allen, deputy commission
er of statistics and immigration with
headquarters at Olympia, is expected
to make tour of the state of Wash
ington, commencing this week, to
gather statistics for the annual report
of his department. The report prom
Uses to be one of the most valuable inn
migration documents yet issued by the
state. 1t will be ready for distribution
in time for the Lewis and Clark fair.
A part of Mr.. Aliens plans includes
a systematic writeup of every town in
the state Three pages will be devoted
to each county, total of Ill in the
book blank form has been sent out
to every city and county seat in the
state asking information as to the
name of the mayor and clerk, estimated
population of the place, daily news
popers, if any, openings for new in
dustries or enterprises; chief indus
tries and any additional remarks
These blanks have been sent to ITO
towns in the state and replies have
been received from eighty places. The
data thus obtained, together with that
obtained first hand concerning the
counties, will be used-t good advant-
age in the report. By series of rail-
way trips Mr.. Allen hopes to reach
nearly every county seat in the state.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03
Personal Mention

J, H. Fox of Pasco is in the city.
Clifford C. Gully of Lowden is in the
city.
J. NJ. Denny of Huntsville is in Wal
la walla.
Frank Ely of Weston was in Walla
Walla today.
]. B. Gross of Weston was a visitor
in Walla Walla today.
L. C. Houtchens and w. H. Dickson
of Waitsburg are in the city.
A. J. Latimer was in the city today
from his farm near Lowden.
M. A. Gowing, a prominent citizen
of Prescott, is in Walla Walla.
Victor Welloff, a business man of
Pendleton, was in Walla Walla today.
c. w. Reser, prosperous farmer of
the Bergman neignborhood, was in
the city today.
Charles T. Hutson, joint senator from
Walla Walla, Adams and Franklin
counties, was in the city yesterday
from Connell
Mr.. and Mrs Scott Bannister, accom-
panied by Miss Mollie Bannister. Of
Weston. were visiting with friends in
Walla Walla Sunday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03
FUNERAL OF VALE MARTIN.
Victim Of Fridays Accident on Snake
River Laid to Rest.

The funeral of Vale Martin, the
a runaway accident near Moore's sid
ing last Friday, took place from the
Smith & MacMartin undertaking par
lors at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev.
Morton Gregory, pastor of the First
Christian church officiated. The re-
mains were inferred in the city ceme-
terry.
Just now the accident occurred
which resulted in Mr.. Martins death
will probably remain a mystery, as
there were no eye witnesses to the
tragedy. The man was engaged in
hauling a heavy load of coal and
chopped feed from Clyde to his ranch
three miles from Moore's siding. Mar
tin was accompanied by his son. Ac-
cording to the lad the four-horse team
started to run away just as they start
ed down a steep mill. The boy was
thrown from his seat, landing along
side the road Martin was pitched
out but ne retained a hold on the lines
and made a desperate effort to stop
the runaways. 1t is supposed that he
became entangled in the lines and was
drawn under the wheels. When found
Martin was lying all doubled up in
washout by the side of the road with
mis- scalp torn off and his head crushed
in. Blood was flowing from a half
dozen wounds. His coat was pulled up
around his head which showed that he
went under the wagon feet first.
Mr.. Martin came to Walla Walla
three years ago from Missouri where
he was born and raised. He took up
a homestead on Snake river and es-
tablished a residence. there only two
weeks ago. He was SO years Of age
and leaves a wife and five children.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03
NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS AND
DEALERS IN TEXT BOOKS

Notice is hereby given that the Text
book Commission of School District No.
One, of the County of Walla Walla,
State of Washington, will, on the goth
day Of April, A. D. 1905, proceed to
select text books for the use of the
public schools, including the High
School, of the said School District No.
One; and that sealed proposals for the
furnishing of such school text books
said commission, DR.. N. G. Blalock,
until o'clock a. m. of said April 29th
All bids shall be marked, Bids to Fur
nish School Text Books for School Dis
trict No. One, of Walla Walla County,
WASH, and shall state in the bids the
exchange price, the wholesale price,
and the retail price, that shall be MAIN
tanned as per provisions of an act en-
titled, Selection of School Text
Books" and passed at the extra ses-
sion of the legislature of Washington,
in the year 1901, and shall provide for
delivery of books at a date not later
than July 20, 1905. The commission
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids.
(Signed) N. G. BLALOCK,
Sec. Commission.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03

Professor McMinn will give his usua.
hop Tuesday night at his academy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03
"Trib" Is All Right and Recommend
IL to All

Deep Creek, Wash, Feb. %, 1904.
In request of your letter that I re-
ceived at Valley, asking me to say how
I was getting along with "TRIB".
must say it is fine. I began taking it
the next day after received it. 'TRIB''
is all right and I recommend it to all
as a cure for liquor and tobacco. I re-
main yours truly,
GUY SUPINGER.
For sale by L. L. Tallman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03
CHARLES c. ABBOTT DEAD.
Well Known WalIa WaIIa Boy Victim
of TubercuIosis

Charles G.. Abbott, son of Mr.. and
Mrs ]. G. Abbott, died at the family
residence corner Of Seventh and Rose
streets yesterday morning of tubercu-
losis. Mr.. Abbott contracted the dis
ease last August and in hopes of bet
tering his health he was sent to Cali
fornia for several months. AS his
health failed to show any improvement
he returned to Walla Walla three
weeks ago. He was born in Lane
county, Oregon, in 1881 and came to
Waala Walla with his parents six
years ago. The funeral will take place
from the Smith & MacMartin under
taking parlors at O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03

But Olson's Restaurant always leads.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-03
Voice at the Window.

1.-THE Voice at the Window" an Eng
lish romance in four acts, containing
the most intricate of plots, intense and
startling situations. is booked for a
three nights presentation at LaVern's
theater commencing tonight. Ten dol
lars in gold is the big prize for the
coming Saturday.