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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
ANIMALS HELP To
Lay BARE CRIME
!" oshAAT LEADS sEARcHERs To
BODY OF MURDERED MAN
HORSE AND BIRD AID
IN SOLVING MYSTERY
Indiana Authorities Find strare.
keepers in Solving a Mysterious
Murder Case Which Had Per-
picked the Detectives

Hartford City, Ind.-Has the hama =,
providence, guiding the steps of musk.
rat TO place of safety, filling a DUNN
aninlal with the fear of remembered
Hanger and directing the flight of a
wounded bird, helped in the detection
OF the murderers of Edward P. Sander.
son?
This is a popular question in this
county. Some point to the peculiar cir
cumstances as confirmatory of the fact
Wnlie others declare that the strange
happenings were merely accidental.
certainly the events leading up to the
arrest OF the suspects stand out as sim
GUAR in the annals or crime
Edward P. sanderson, a large prop
erty owner, lived on a farm ten miles
from this city. He disappeared. and for
week persistent search was made for
him without result.
He had been separated from his wife
She and her daughter by a former hus-
band were living on a farm five miles
away.
otto and William Cook, brothers-in-
law of the missing man, had frequent
quarrels with him, and on one occa-
sion attacked him. They were suspect
ed OF having knowledge of his where
abouts, but no charge was made against
them.
A boy employed in factory near
here took his lunch basket week after
Sanderson's disappearance and went in
the direction of an old gravel pit, which
had become filled with water. He sat
down to eat his lunch and muskrat
ran past him. He followed it and it dis
appeared at the edge of the pond He
was about to turn away when he saw
the hand of man above the stagnant
water. He called some of the men from
the factory. After much difficulty the
body was removed 1t was found to
have been weighted with 75-pound
stone, which was attached to it by q
strap
The body was that Of the missing
man, and examination showed that two
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
THEATER ON MOUNTAIN TOP
Opera House at Thale, Germany, Is
the Most Novel Resort in
the World


Probably the most novel theater in
the world is that which was recently
opened at Thale, in Germany. The
theater is on the summit of mountain.
and is surrounded on all sides by steep
rocks; the seats for the audience are
hewn out of the rock and accommodate
1000 persons, and the stage, which is
also hewn out of the rock, is 80 feet long
by 50. feet wide No artificial scenery
is used, but the background is formed
by the dense forest and by the outlines
of the mountains in the distance. The
dressing-room for the actors is close
at hand in the forest. but completely
hidden from the audience. The theater
is fully protected from the wind, and it's
acoustic properties are so excellent that
every word is heard.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21

horse attached to the buggy became
frightened and ran away The horse
slipped and the buggy started back
down the grade. In his efforts to re-
gain his feet the horse demolished the
dashboard and overturned the rig.
Seimon sprang in front of the girl
to shield her. One hoof crashed into
his chest and another fractured his
spinal column. He fell over uncon-
scious, and as the vehicle was over
turned the steel shoes of the horse
lacerated Miss Grey's face, fractured
her leg and broke her hip bone AS
she raised herself from the road she
beheld her companion lying as if in
death. Believing him dead, she strug-
gled to her feet and by heroic eff
fort limped down the road and called
for help. In the distance she saw q
sheep herder, but the man was unable
to speak English and could not under
stand her. Finally, in despair, she
pulled herself on to the herders horse
and rode down the valley at a furious
pace. Two miles away she found men
whom she told of the accident and
help was hurried to the stricken boy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
DOCTOR A VICTIM
OF PLOT TO KILL
coLoRED BOY SLEW HIS MAS
TER BY MISTAKE.
He WAS EXPECTED TO
WATCH FOR BURGLARS
a Missouri Physician Was in Fear of
Thieves and Told Boy to Shoot
Anyone Approaching
Window.

Webb City, Mo.--Behind the death Of
DIR. j. P. Willett from gunshot wound
inflicted by CLAUDE Price, 16-year-old
boy, is some mystery.
The peculiar circumstances of his
death have led many to believe that the
tragedy may have been contemplated.
These circumstances are that, within
less than five minutes after he had told
the boy to watch certain window and
shoot anyone appearing before it, he
left the house in his stocking feet and
appeared in front of that window.
Coroner Eames. in conversation with
Mrs Willett and the lad who fired the
shot, satisfied himself that there was
no criminal intent on the part of Price
The widow said:
Il am sure, if my husband could
speak, he would hold him innocent
1t was the belief of young Price when
he fired the shot that he was shooting
at a burglar. He was simply following
the command of DIR. Willett, who had
told him a short time before to shoot
the first man whom he saw around the
premises. Wnen ne saw some one pass
a window that he had been directed tc
watch the boy took aim and fired. An
instant afterward he was Mortified when
he heard the doctor eXclaim:
My God. Claude. you have shot me-"
why. is that you, doc.?' responded
the lad
All that Dr. Wiliett could say in re-
sporse was the single word. yes.
Then. staggering from in front of the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
CHILD ELOPERS WE'D
AFTER A DARING TRIP
The Groom's Brother Coolly Falsifies
the Brides Age to Get Mar
riage License.

GAINESVILLE, Ind.-Driving all night,
crossing the Ohio in skiff and COM
pleting their journey to this city by
rail, two youthful elopers-Harry
Reid, 10, and Victoria Weldon, Is,
both Of Hebbardsyille, KY, were mar
ried here. Unwilling to wait until
the girl was IS and despairing of re-
ceiving parental consent they decided
to elope.
The girl retired early at night and
Reid came with buggy at IL o'clock
after her parents were soundly asleep
They drove swiftly to the home of
Reds brother, Louis H. Reid. at STAN
ley Reid was told of the elopement
and with E. w. Wellington agreed to
accompany the couple to this city.
Louis Reid swore the girl was 10
and license was granted without
question. Clerk Webster, of the
Ruston hotel, had been interested and
the marriage was held in the parlor
of the hotel by Justice Schrader The
girl admitted to the justice that she
was only Is, but this was after the
ceremony She is pretty and does not
look more than the Is years she con-
feSSed
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
CALLS SUN A BINARY STAR
Prof. Bigelow Expounds Ideas About
Old Sol and Laws Govern
ing Him.

THE sun should be regarded as an in
cipient binary STAR says Prof. Bige-
low, in the Weather Review. Recent
scientific work in investigating the cir
culation of the solar atmosphere in ac-
cordance with the laws governing the
connective and radiative action of a large
mass of matter contracting by it's own
gravitation have led Prof BigeIow to
the hypothesis that the single fiery en-
yelope conceals two disks A series of
observations extending over many
wears on the period OF solar rotation at
various points in the surface shows that
1.-The same meridian of the sun is seen
twice in a single rotation of the entire
mass, first as the eastern limb, and sec
ond. Ii days later, as the western limb"
Therefore the sun has dumbbell figure
of rotation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
A SAILOR WHIPS
BIC DEVIL FISH
ALL ALONE A KANAKA TACKLES
A DEMON OF TIE DEEP.
ENWRAPPEC BY SIX
OF THE TENTACLES
Sandwich Islander Puts All of Them
Out by Biting the Monsters Eyes
Was Exhausted When the
Fight Was Over.

New York.-D. J. Taber, an ordinary
seaman on the Bath ship Benjamin Sc
wall, who has arrived here, described
a unique and terrific fight between a
Sandwich Islander and a devil fish, of
which he was a witness at Waha, off
Punalun island, where the ship was in
the Hawaiian group. So far as known
it is the only recorded conflict between
an octopus and a man armed with no
weapon except such as nature has
given him.
''The steamer Mauna Loa having
touched at Waha in her round of the
islands, one of the Kanaka sailors saw
the octopus alongside" said Taber to
a New York World reporter
HE jumped overheard and grabbed
the devil fish, which was of great size
1t didn't take the octopus long to
wake up, and in second two of the
long arms had the nearly naked Kama
ka in tight hold around his legs.
"The sailor gripped the two tentacles
near the beak of the cuttlefish The
only weapons the man had left were
his teeth. He bit at the big eyes of the
beast, which quiyered, swelled and
heaved with rage
Drawing himself up as much as he
could, the sailor tried to grip the hor-
rible, staring, CLASSY eyes of tie crea-
ture in his teeth. He made his at
tacks first at the right eye SO as not
to waste effort in changing from one
to. the other, and if he should wound
one eye he could follow up his advan-
tage and finish the job before gripping
the other eye.
Suddenly fifth long and winding
arm with two rows of suckers shot
around the mans waist, placing him in
a viselike grip. Had the Kanaka not
seized the tentacles next the head of
the demon at the beginning of the duel
it would have been all day with the
sailor at this stage of the battle.
THE human enemy of the cuttlefish
had not only to fight with all his
and nerve, but also to hold his
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21

breath at such times as the enraged
cles and vibrating, wart covered mem
branes drew him beneath the surface.
It was submarine battle, in which
no human being could have engaged
but one who had been brought up in
the water from the age of three years.
"The tentacles of the devil fish still
at liberty and which had been drawn
up beneath the body, were swinging
and wriggling as if awaiting an open
ing to fasten upon some other portion
Of the Kanaka's body, held in the en-
brace of the sea devil.
''The clasp of the octopus around the
man afforded him purchase with his
neck and teeth, for he didn't have to
bother about his footing.
cat last he succeeded in seizing the
right eye of the octopus between his
teeth, but could not retain his hold
upon the wounded organ.
''The madden the devil-fish s,rew the
bigger and more bullying its optics
grew, giving a better mark for the
teeth. The innumerable suckers on
it's tentacles were drawing upon the
strength and vitality of the Kanaka,
while its parrot beak was seeking to
imbed itself in the mans breast.
AS the sixth arm, Shiny and culver
ing made to encircle the shoulders of
it's antagonist, the Kanaka fastened
his jaws again on the right bullying
and bleeding optic and completely dis
abled it.
"Quick to follow up this advantage.
the man-fish summoned all his energy
and tore at the left eye, repeatedly,
missing and biting it. The nerve cen
ters of the cuttlefish were so nearly
paralyZed that the seventh and eighth
tentacles could not be brought into
action. BY last Herculean effort the
Sandwich Islander seized the left eye
and tore it out bodily, upon which the
monster relaxed and its tentacles were
disengaged and hung limp, the sailor,
exhausted. having to be hauled aboard
the steamer.
THE octopus measured Is feet
across
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Indian Cocaine Fiends.

Within the last few months it has
developed that great number OF full
blood Cherokee Indians are becoming
cocaine fiends. A little investigation
shows that druggists are disposing OF
a great deal of this drug, but what IS
more startling still is that there are
a lot of persons who have been going
into the country and selling cocaine to
the Indians. It is a new vice for the
Indians. but it is wonderful how it is
taking hold on them. 1t is said that
the drug is being bootlegged, as it has
been the custom to bring in liquor
The authorities will start an investl-
cation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21

bullets had been fired into the brain be-
fore it was placed in the pond.
Where had the murder occurred?
The gravel pit was some distance from
the highway and Sanderson was known
not to have been near it the day he dis
appeared.
AS soon as the body was found the
Cook brothers asked the protection of
the sheriff, stating that as they had had
trouble with Sanderson they might be
suspected of the crime. They were
placed in Jail, ostensibly to protect them
from violence, but really to hold them
until the crime coulu be investigated
Sanderson was at the home of neigh
Dor late in the evening of the day he
disappeared, and drove home along the
public road Search was made for some
evidence that the crime had been COM
mitted between the neighbours house
and his home, but none was found.
His horse was hitched to his buggy
and circuitous drive was made to the
home of the neighbor. Then the road
was followed that Sanderson Travelled
on the night of his disappearance. At
an abrupt turn the horse showed signs
of fear. He pricked up his ears, turned
to the side of the road and showed I'M
willingness to proceed.
The spot was examined and in the dust
nj the side of the road were found sew
eral little balls of dust which are De-
lieyed to have been made by drops OF
blood which flowed from Sanderson's
wounds These now are in the hands
If the officers and are being subjected
to analysis. The officers are POSITIVE
that this will be shown. as there has
hoan No rain in the locality for several
weeks.
Four men were hunting later in the
neighborhood of the Sanderson nome
ord one of them shot and wounded a
aua;l The wounded bird fell in the
r.rd and when the hunters went In to
get II it fiuttered under the house, one
81 the men followed it, and as ne
cra wled through an opening in the 1oun-
da+ion he discovered two tin cans niied
with dynamite. A fuse led them 10 an-
other opening in the foundatlon wall
Ioch can contained about nve pounus
of the explosive, and 1t was pan 100. .a
:. had been placed there with the inteh-
tion Of blowing up the house.
The authorities were no.iiieu anu
started an investigation 10 nnu a "n.
- avnlosiye and the cans were oousn''
. ~. orc re,icent, but believe that the
". non who murdered Sanderson
sa ND the heavy dynamite charge under
ms the theory of the state is that the
.sarars knowing Sanderson was
m amau from home. placed the explosive
. away his house and intended to return
sss night 'ss fsss But at
1nen - The road, that they purposely
e pan into N with f him i tne
silled him, taking the Dooy ,l =. no ma
place place il his buggy to the srasei pl' D01'
mere 1t was found
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21

cemetery party with the object of test
ing the courage of the lads
From those who accepted he selected
Is and took them to the cemetery late
in the evening. 1t was dark, rainy
night, just the kind of weather for
ghosts to enjoy promenades, and it is
said by some that numberless shad-
owy, phantom forms could be plainly
described gliding over the wet
grounds and the moss-covered grave
stones. Ghost stories galore were ex-
changed by the boys, who displayed
great courage, Notwithstanding the
fact that some of the tales were ex-
tremely weird. After lunch was
served at the cemetery, Mr.. Nye, ac-
companied by his 10 guests, returned
to town.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Heard a Voice from Heaven

Lexington, Ky.-By order of the chief
of police Miss MinnieJohnson was arrest
ey the other day. She stood with the
Salvation Army in bare feet despite the
frigidity of the weather. No charge has
been placed against her.
Chief Reagan expressed the opinion
that it was a discredit to the city to
permit a woman to stand on the streets
in bare feet. When questioned she
stated that she had discarded shoes at
the command of a voice from Heaven,
which told her to initiate Christ by going
about preaching barefooted.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
stays Asleep TWO weeks

Bloomington. Ill.-James Burns, OF
Gardner. has been asleep two weeks
He went to church two weeks ago,
walked part of the way up the aisle.
stopped, and after staring into vacancy
for q few minutes. retraced his steps,
and, going to the hotel lay down on
sofa in the Office and fell asleep. He
has slept continuously since, despite
numerous efforts to rouse him.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
AN INJURED HEROINE
RIDES WILDLY FOR AID
Western Girl, Suffering Intense Pain,
Saves Her Companions Life
by Desperate Gallop.

Whittier, Cal-With a broken hip
and her leg splintered by the kick of
terrified horse, Jessie Grey, stu
dent in the Woodbury. business col
lege of Los Angeles, rode two miles
over the hills to bring aid to Lester
Seimon, her companion, who lay in
the road helpless and unconscious
from the kick of the runaway horse.
While they were climbing a hill in
La Habra valley, east of here, the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Eggs Fresh Eight Months.

Tasoma. Wash.-A process intended
to revolutionize the cold storage egg
business has been perfected by two men.
While the features of the process are
kept secret, it is asserted that after eight
months treatment the eggs have been
found as fresh as when they were packed
away last spring.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
PRAYERS MISTAKEN
FOR POKER TERMS.
Sounds That Resembled "Ante Up"
Were Really supplications
for the Dead.

New York-Detectives of the FL
orldge street station will hereafter be
asked to differentiate between the
SHOUTS OF excited poker players and the
SOUNDS OF prayers, as, according to the
testimony in the Essex market court
they mistook the one for the other
thereby causing considerable expostu-
lation in court.
A patrolman while in Chrystie street
heard loud noises from No. 136 and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Rich Miner Seeks Sisters.

West Chester, Pa.-Frederick Zahnd,
of Colorado, once committed to the coun-
ty prison as pauper, has since his de-
parture seven years ago struck it rich
in the Colorado gold mines. He re-
turned here last week in search OF his
three sisters, who were once unfortunate
as he. He hopes to find them before he
returns to the west Zahnd is now own
er of a mine which is yielding large in
come for himself and father.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
HELD BOYS SOCIAL IN
A CHURCH CEMETERY
Western Sunday School Scholars En-
joyed This Ghostly Sort of
Amusement

Aberdeen, Wash.-A cemetery seems
most unpropitious place in which
to hold an evening party, yet Gene
terry was selected by George Nye as
the place in which to hold social
gathering. attended by Il of his Sun
day school pupils, and the boys en-
joyed themselves exceedingly.
The originator of the entertainment.
George Nye, issued invitations to his
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Plenty Of Flowers.

All the hospitals and almshouses in
Berlin are regularly supplied with fresh
flowers from the public gardens, while
twice week each of the national
schools receives from 100 to $50 speci-
mems of four different kinds of plants
for use at botany lessons.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Woman Fireman Smokes Like Ma,

Harrisburg, PA woman fireman,
who stokes boilers in the day and is re-
lieved by her husband at night, and who
chews and smokes tobacco, is one of the
novelties at the public filtration plant in
course of construction on largest Is
land. in the Susquehanna river, opposite
Harrisburg.
This woman, who does mans work.
is Mrs Annie Beixel, wife OF Arthur
Beixel, and between them they keep the
engine going that pumps the water from
the bitches and furnishes it TO the con-
crete mixers.
Beixel and his wife occupy a small
shed on the island, and before starting
work in the morning the woman pre-
pares breakfast and does the necessary
homework. Her wages are collected BY
her husband. and both are pooled for
mutual benefit.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Wise.

what was the cause of yorr barn
burning down." asked the drummer.
Spark from the railroad. stranger"
drawled the farmer.
"You used to blame 1t on tramps."
Railroads have more money than
the tramps. stranger."-Atlanta Con-
stitution. ~ gx
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Has Her Third Set Of r.eth

At the cge OF 68 Mrs Hester Trudow.
Of LeSueur, Mimi, was toothless. She
continued toothless for 30 years, until
six months ago. when she began to cut
her third set Of teeth. Now she has I
complete set Of natural teeth. Her age
is 50.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Played Stud Poker in Short Pants.

Huntington, w. Va.-From tip given
the police by the mother of boy be-
longing to prominent family the police
raided an alleged gambling establish
ment behind Will Damron's saloon and
arrested five boys of IA years and I'M
der, all of respectable families. When
the police entered the place, they say,
they found seven boys in knickerbockers
playing stud" poker dealt by Finn"
Wilson. who has long been suspected
by the police Of enticing boys to gam
BILE
Two boys escaped through window,
while the others were taken into custody
and later released on bond given by their
relatives Wilson, in default OF $500
bond, was committed to jail.
The parents of the boys arrested say
they will resort to every means to have
him receive the full penalty Of the law.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
WEBS FOUR TIMES;
PAYS BIG ALiMONY.
A Millionaire Cattleman of Kansas
Has Several Expensive Matri-
monial Experiences.

Wicita, Kan.-George Theis, a mil
Iionaire cattleman and banker Of
Ashland, who was married three
times to his first wife and divorced
as often, was married again here a
few days ago to Miss Jennie Michael,
also of Ashland Mr. Theis' matri-
monial experiences have been as ex-
pensive as they have been numerous,
and his first wife now lives as prin-
cess i'll Kansas City. He was married
to her when quite young, and two
children were born to them. About
five years after his first marriage his
wife sued for a divorce, which was
granted, together with judgment for
$4,000. The money was paid and Mrs.
Theis moved to Kansas City.
The children succeeded in bringing
them together again, and they were
again married about year after the
divorce was granted. Another separa-
ton came with a second divorce and
second $4,000. They were again re-
united about two years ago with an
elaborate ceremony in Kansas. With,
in six months, however, another sep
aration came, and the third divorce
was granted. No alimony was asked,
but Mr. Theis voluntarily gave the
divorced woman a draft for 10000,
Mr. Theis became acquainted with
a Miss Michael, young school-teach-
err in the Ashland schools, and they
arranged to marry in Wichita. After
the ceremony here the couple left for
St. Louis and will take an extensive
bridal tour. The tour includes Winni-
peg, Victoria and all points of inter-
est on the Pacific coast, Mexico, Cuba
and Florida, and return via New Or.
leans for Mardi Gras next spring.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Killed by Hiccouehin

York, Pa.-Owen Mclaughlin died
from hiccough after siege of ten days.
He was As years old.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-21
Dear Thing.

Cheap notoriety is dear at any pricA
N. Y. Times.