Morris tribune., 1906-10-06
LECAL-CRIMINAL

Alienists Examine Thaw.
Harry Il. Thaw at last has been per-
suaded by his mother to submit to an
examination by three noted alienists
is presumed that this foreshadows the
plea of insanity to be made by Thaw's
counsel when he is tried for the murder
of Stanford White.
Bomb For Schiff In Mail.
The postal authorities at Philadel-
phia unearthed an Internal machine ad
dressed to Jacob II. Schiff, Main
Floor, New York Stock Exchange,
and it was believed that the bomb had
been sent by Russian anarchists in re
venge for Schiff having foated the
Russian loan during the Japanese wa
Guilty of Peonaee.
Charles NJ. Smith, his son and five
tenants Of the Smith farms In New
Madrid county, Mo-, were found guilty
Of peonage in the federal court, and
sentences were passed by Judge Pol
lack as follows: Three years and six
months Imprisonment and a fine Of
$4,000 for the elder Smith, like fine
and two years Imprisonment for the
younger and terms from one to two
years and $3.50 to $500 fine for the five
tenants. This conviction was the re-
suit Of the first peonage trial ever
held in Missouri. 1t was shown that
the Smiths had brought forty negroes
from towns down the river to their
farms for the purpose of converting
lot Of swamp land into tilling soil.
Here they were worked and whipped
from early to late and miserably quar-
tered.
Stensiand RaiIroaded to Prison. =
Paul o. stensland. former president
Of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank
of Chicago who was charged with
stealing $1,50O000 from that bank and
who was recently caught In Morocco,
waived extradition on his arrival at
New York and was taken at once to
Chicago. There he made a full confess
sion Of his crime, pleading guilty on
two indictments for embezzlement and
violation Of banking laws. A fine of
$12O was imposed on the latter charge,
and prison sentence Of from one to
ten years was imposed by Judge Ker-
ston, once close friend of the pris-
oner. Within four hours he was in
prison at Joliet
Naux NorL Mu~dar Mx>A~n,.
A murder case having some excep-
tional features of horror and mystery
fell into the hands Of the New York
police authorities when the dismember-
ed body Of a man was found in a
building excavation on the west side in
the district known as Helps Kitchen.
The head of the body was missing.
After the detectives had been COM
pletely baffled an anonymous postal
card directed attention to the base
ment occupied by Aram Markarian, an
Armenian metal polisher. twenty-five
years old. He was arrested, and the
dead body was identified as being that
Of his brother. The brothers had lived
together, and 1t was known that they
Quareled over money matters. Later
the accused confessed
Atlanta's Negro Massacre.
Race riots of unusual holiness were
started In the streets of Atlanta, Ca,
On the night Of Sept %, following the,
report Of three criminal assaults on
white women. After three negroes had
been killed and fifteen taken to hos
pitfalls. five fatally injured, Governor
Terrell called out eight companies Of
Infantry and one battery Of artillery.
It was not one large mob. but score
Of small ones, made up mostly Of
young men and the ignorant class.
Wherever negroes were encountered
they were attacked and either beaten
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