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look into the matter. These things
were reported to the home office. and
under the direction of Second Vice
President Kingsley, Harry H. Bo:tome,
a lawyer of New York, and detective,
who may remain nameless, got busy
on the case.
1t was discovered that Devers had
been In Chihuahua a few weeks before
his death, and that nothing was known
about him except that he was hard
.drinker and of type of social out
east common enough in that territory.
This strengthened theory that the
very possession of $4,000 policy by
such man required some further
explanation, let alone possible suspi-
cious circumstances attending his
1eath. So the investigators turned to
the payment of the Devers policy at
the III Paso Office, after the company
had unsuccessfully tried to have the
check sent from New York intercepted
in transit.
First Evidence Secured.
1t appeared that the check had been
forwarded from the Dl Paso Office to
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headquarters. Gray used to hear from
Richardson how it wasn't really neces-
sary to bribe a doctor in an insurance
case, but simply to take dummy be-
fore the medical man to pass the
physical examination, and Richardson
had just the dummy that filled the
bill, young fellow named Mason,
once miner in Chihuahua.
So the months went on, and 1t was
in October of 1902. The Gray-Richard-
son-Mascn combination was now in
good running order, and it was
planned that they should go to Ell
Paso, where Mason would AXE out
100000 insurance in the name Of
Marshall d. Sanguinetto, an individ-
ual whom Richardson said he knew to
be dying of consumption in Mexico.
They were to make Gray the benefi-
ciary of the policy, wait until Sanguin-
etto died, and then collect the $780,
900. But hitch arose. Richardson
Sanguinetto, was a young man of
middle age, whereas Mason was but a
youngster of %. Why not, then, have
Gray take out the policy as Sanguin-
etto, making Mason the benelciary,
and then collect in the usual way?
Gray Marked for Murder.
| Gray was not overanXious To make
his death possible source of profit to
Richardson and Mason, but he con-
sented 10 be Sanguinetto for the pur-
poses of the policy, and to own Mason
as David Sanguinetto, his son and
heir. After various introductions the
policy was made out and the deal
closed-apparently. What introduced
| new element into it that Rich
| ardson and his friend Mason had not
counted on was the fact that Harry
had been keeping in nightly touch
with Gray and incidentally had been
doing a little work on the side, listen.
ing to conversations between Rich
ardson and Mason when Gray wasn't
around. 1t was in one of these con
versations that Richardson gleefully
remarked that Gray had been the cas-
lest thing imaginable in the Sanguin
etto case, and added:
I'VE won't do thing to him wheI
we get him over the border"
Bottome and his men decided tina
matters had gone far enough. The,
laid their information before the dis
trict attorney of El Paso county, ant
warrants were issued for all three, in
Guiding Gray, for 1t was inexpedien
just then to have an exposure of tn
part which the lumberman-d detectiv
had played in the case. Gray, however
was soon released, and the next ste
was Q charge filed in the City of Chi
huahua accusing Richardson and Ma
son OF the murders of Mitchell an,
Devers In the preliminary hearing
DR.. Harle was called as a witness, an,
testified that Mitchell did die of strych
|, nine poisoning instead of spinal men
ingitis, but that Richardson had toll
him that the case was one of sui
eide, and wanted to have things husbe
up. Devers. Harle still declared, die
, of dysentery. Harle said that he ha'
, been called in To attend him by a balf
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agent for the life insurance company
in the territory.
Gray's Entry Into the Game.
1t was at this stage of the case that
there came to Dallas, where the Rich
ardsons were living in style, a pre-
possessing citizen named w. j. Gray,
dealer in lumber lands, who opened
an Office of some size and took house
in the best part of the town. The
Richardson's happened to be in Hot
Springs, Ark, at the time. and So
Gray, the lumberman, who wasn't In
any hurry to get his Dallas affairs NOV
ing anyway, took trip over to the
Arkansas resort and registered at the
same hotel with the former life in
surance agent, his wife and child.
The two got acquainted and became
famous friends. Then one day Rich
ardson proposed that he should insure
Gray's life. Gray demurred, but he
recalled that his wife had a brother
who was Ill with consumption, dia-
betes, and several other troubles, and
1t occurred 70 him that II there were
any way In which policy might bs
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issued on the life of this unfortunate
brother-in-law as security for some
money he (Gray) mad advanced, he
might contemplate with more equa-
nimity his relatives approaching end.
Richardson thought he could fix 1t,
and the brother-in-law was sent for
from ST Louis.
Now, the convenient, Drother-in-law
was about as much relative CT Gray's
as Gray was himself lumber mer-
chant, but he was indeed suffering from
consumption and diabetes and was so
Ill when Richardson wrote his S50,000
policy that he had to be propped up
in bed in order to sign 1t. Richardson
announced that he had bribed a couple
of doctors to sign the physical exam
ination papers, and the sick brother
in-law was shipped back to st. Louis,
whence he went out to Arizona year
later to die.
Dallas Made Headquarters.
Greatly did Gray admire the skilled
manipulation of the brother-in-Iaw
case by his friend Richardson. So
when the latter suggested that there
was plenty of easy money to be made
by similar undertakings down in the
border country where people are not
watched too carefully, Gray fell in
with the game at once, and the two
went back to Dallas, where Gray's
lumber Office became shortly their
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-18
Care of the Hair.

All hair If properly cared for will be
beautiful, even though the color may
not be just what you would like. The
hair should be carefully shampooed
every ten days, using the green soap
mixture for the purpose. Then dry the
hair in the sun and rub on a good nair
tonic. The hair tonic should also be
applied each night rubbing 1t well into
the scalp with the finger tips.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-18
FOR WORK ON CANVAS.
Berlin Wool, Filosele, OF Tapestry
Wool May Be Used and Herr
ingbone Stitch Applied.

Herringbone stitched applied as a
filling for canvas is decided novelty;
1t makes a splendid firm border or
stripe, or may be used for an alt-over
design. 1t is worked with two colors.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-18

FOR BORDER OR STRIPE.

and the fact of tho long part of the
stitches being double in places, make
it very strong. The actual working is
clearly seen from the illustration.
Berlin wool, filosele, or tapestry wool
may be used.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-18
For Itching Scalp.

Massage the scalp each night for ten
minutes until the hair ceases to fall,
with a hair tonic; then use once a
week. The massage and tonic will
help this itching.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-18
DandruR.

There is no positive cure for dam
druff. but absolute cleanliness wili
keep 1t from being Objectionable.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-18
Soothing A. zen Dust.

Uae cucumber lotion. half cucumber
Juice and bali water.
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THE SUN, SUNDAY, July 8. 1906.

yard ar the tonneau invariably tips the
machine over backward. The combined
weight Of tho young man and the merry
villager In tho vestibulo Of the motor usually
10 not enough TO counterfeit that OF the
purAes, except when the chorus girl belongs
to Herr Consied's Metropolitan Opera
House aggregation. Also the projecting
ends OF the purses scrape along the walls
Of buildings when the driver makes q urn
into q narrow street and injure the plate
glass windows.
One ofthe most disagreeable things In con-
nection with the ever growing purse Is the
| inconvenience and sven positive danger
to pedestrians. Often an athletic young
woman will attempt to work her purse
| down Broadway without the assistance OF a
pushcart and will swing along, seemingly
altogether unconscious OF the fact that she
10 leaving behind her a heap Of aged GENTLE
men suffering from compound fractures OF
the Stats. a..
A girl from Dyker Heights attracted at
tention on the golf links down that way
last summer because she gave over one
department Of her purse to her golf clubs,
but this has become 30 common all over
the country this year that 1t doesn't even
cause comment. Most Of the department
stores now have purses in stock in which
there 10 q golf bag artfully fastened where
the purse lining forms the canopy OF the
.cosey corner. Decorations and convent
enoes OF all kinds are now lavished within
the purse. Many OF this years purses are
lighted throughout by electricity and q
small dynamo In the basement OF the rect-
Guile supplies power for electric curling irons
90 we'll as the lights.
One Of the purses now on display In the
furniture department OF a Sixth avenue
department store was opened last week to
the public and a herd Of reporters we con-
Quoted through the bag by a floor walker.
The interior was brilliantly lighted n
the many mirrors along the lining
gave one the impression Of being in
Tom Sharkey's. Trim little fling cabinets
for street car transfers dotted the walls
between the mirrors. There were black
walnut cabinets for Fifty-third street trans
fers, brilliant red tain woods for Forty
second street and vicinity, red, white and
black cabinets for lower First avenue, green
for upper First avenue, and 30 on. The bag
was heated by hot air.
Every inch Of space was used judioiously.
A folding writing desk slid in cunningly be-
meath the baby grand piano and a single
width folding bed when let down revealed
q mahogany slot machine filed with the
days supply Of chewing gum. Above the
chewing gum was a small shelf just large
enough to hold the Henry James pocket
edition Of Richard Le Gallienne's complete
works, and above this shelf we're others
labelled -Rajahs Silk Sample Dept. ""Mousse-
line de Sole Samples" Hair C%ombings,'
Autographs of Chauncey Olcott" and
Beauty Hints by Bernarrrr MoFadden."
There was some talk Of having a COM
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Problems Of church sustenanoe we have
ever with US, The matter Of raising money
with which to pay the preacher is no triHe,
particularly in small towns Of the West.
where the number Of churches increases
more rapidly than the population.
For instance, the directory Of one Western
town, a typical community in a farming
region OF the plains, shows that there are
$500 people and twenty-four church or
religious organizations, not counting Sum-
day schools; one for every 200 men, women
and children. The highest salary paid q
minister in the town Is 1900, with a par
sonage In addition.
From that the scale drops down to an
average Of about $500. Several of the
churches. have pastors who have other
lines OF business and 30 charge the church
nothing for their services,
Even so the church gets behind. The aid
society cannot give enough suppers to keep
up with the expenses.
The women have tried bazaars and fairs
and guessing contests; they have pieoed
quilts and nave done other things that are
supposed to get church money legitimately.
Still there is usually a deficit to be made
up at the end Of the year.
r One church In Oklahoma last fall tried
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a now plan. 1t was to earn. the money
by picking cotton.
A cotton planter notified the members
that owing to the difficulty Of securing help
he would pay the members Of church and
Sunday school one cent a pound more for
picking than he had been Offering the labor
ers. The offer was accepted, and every
body turned out for two days Of hard work
under the beating sun.
The proceeds were enough to pay the
preacher all the back salary due him and to
build an addition to the church.
A church in eastern Kansas has gone into
the farming business in earnest this year.
On May Is the members gathered at the
farm of a member who had offered land for
an experiment.
They came with ploughs, harrows, corn
planters and check rowers, and included
representatives Of every sort Of residents
Of the community, More than a hundred
men, women and children we're on the
ground bright and early, A marshal was
appointed and Ne organized the helpers SO
that no time chouha-be wasted.
Every man must work as II he were work
ing for himself was the order, and promptly
at 7 O'Clock the ploughs started.
The women and the older men erected a
tent on the edge Of the field, and here wai
prepared q bountiful lunch, and later In the
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day dinner wa served. The women had
brought rakes and hoes, and they planted
in the corners and the ends of the rows
whore the machines could not reach, being
determined that not a foot of the he'o
should DO wasted.
The women were not satisfied even WIN
this work. There were not enough men 10
drive all the plough teams, and the women
gladly seized the opportunity to do work
with the plough.
This introduced a novel feature chat had
not been expected. The marshal organ,Eso
them as he had organized the men. Inc
women at work are shown in the picture
BY early evening the last furrow had been
turned, the harrows had smoothed the
ground and the planters had placed the lase
kernel in it's place. Then the pastor, "hHH
had driven O team on the corn planter az
the afternoon, called the gathering together
and held a brief service.
Again during the summer other work
will be done, and the indications are tnat
the field will be- one OF the best producers
in the West. Already offers are made lor
the corn at more than market price, ana 4
harvest home will be enjoyed that WI
gladden. the heart Of every member ~ me
congregation.
So long az the churches depend on as-
riculture for their support u will be eass
to maintain them In the prairie States AZ.
there is no reaeon why they shonid n"
prosper. The land is plenty and the ne'os
are broad.
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couldn't have been, at the most, more than
a few feet by q few more feet.
1t all began innooently enough back in
ancient modern history with the little finger
purse Of one compartment. scarcely bigger
than O Harlem pantry and with just room
enough to hold a dab Of leaky lace, which
the owner insisted was q handkerchief; a
sample Of China silk marked all the way
down from $3.50 to sl.ss; a hair pin, and a
clipping which told how to
make a simply dead swell lamp shade out OF
q sealskjp coat. There was no more room
for actual money in the purse in those days
than there is now because girls have always
carried their money in the Department OF
the Interior.
Gradually, however, the purse, like Topsy,
"growed," until now some Of the retioules
owned by the crowded cliff jewellers In
northern Manhattan have to be taken over
to M~orningside Park to be opened. Broad
way cabbies lament that in the old days a
hanson cab built for two could hold two
young men and nine chorus girls when
urged, but that now the most that any cab
that rolls UP the Great White Way at high
| midnight can carry is two happ-. youths,
six merry villagers and the ak purses.
By piling the purses On top OF the cab,
however, as steamer trunks are carried to the
liner piers, nine show girls can still be in
serted between cab roof and floor. This
method Of slowing the purses met with
favor until the night Joe Weber's Music Hall
closed for the season, when Miss frankie
Bailey's purse was jostled OF h roof OF her
cab with serious consequences. The purse
landed on the car tracks In Herald Square
and It's contents, a case Of ginger ale, a set
ting Of eggs, a bass drum and q set of the
acting edition Of Shakespeare, were COM
pletely ruined. Also the northbound car
tracks were blocked for forty-lve minutes
while the wrecking crew Of the trolley line
was ~jaoking the purse OF the tracks and over
to the sidewalk, where Joe Weber and the
cab horse dragged It further inland until il
blocked the entrance to the Herald Square
Theatre, recently rented by Lew Fields.
Police COMMISSIONS Bingham then took
up the matter Of transporting purses through
the streets and ordered the traffic squad
to hold up any cab Oh which wa a coating
of purses more than five feet deep. The
exact wording Of Gen. %Bingham's police
regulation as published in a London new
paper Is as follows:
Whereas it has come to the notice OF the
Lord Mayor Of the State Of New York that
the Broadway trans were hamper@d a BIT
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.

Welding rings In some localities arc still
worn In the nose.
In the Southwest a ~favorite Sunday after
noon amusement for children Is easily con-
trived. One tarantula and one scorpion
dropped into Q large glass preserve jar will
keep children amused for hours. and even
grownups do not scorn this entertainment.
Waxed berries are a beautiful summer
decoration. The same can be used to start
the fires in autumn.
Practising swimming motion on piano
stool or divan Is recommended for those who
cannot get to the seashore.
A mountain climbing gait Is suggested for
those who live by the sea. The mind and
muscles thus get all the benefit of a change
without extra Expense.
A real bargain Is a good investment; and
slightly solled loaf sugar may now be bou ght
at q great redu ction.
Pocketbooks are worn empty at certain
seasons.
Those sensitive to drau ghts should note
| that pink cotton Is now used in Paris for flesh
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for d whole week end q fortnight ago by an
ACTRESSES. purse crashing from the roof
OF q cab TO the street and seriously delaying
express trans to Chicago on the Broadway
elevated tramway; and
Whereas Commissioner Of Boobies Bing-
ham has learned that said purse was the
property Of Miss Frankie Bailey. who Is
500 to appear In London AZ n OF the
many stunning show girls In George Ed
wardes's forthcoming magnificent produce
ton at the Gaiety Theatre Of 'The Girl
from Girly- Girly"-book by @. Bernard
Shaw, Ned wayburn, Upton Sinclair and
George v. Hobart; lyrics by Bliss Carman
williams and Walker, Theodosia Garrison
and George Conan; music by Ivan Caryll,
Horatio W. Parker, Harry Won Tilzer.
Edward Elgar and Richard Carrie; COS
TUNES by Will r. Barnes and Archie Gum
pete Daley please write), be Il -.
Resolved, That women's purses piled
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NO ONE WANTED BOX 10.
AustrIans' Superstitious Fear or an InIucky
Number and Day.
From the Pail MaH Gazette.

FROM me futl ut uu<tte.
In no other western European country Is
superstition so prevalent as In Austria Hun
gary. Quite recently the Chamberlain office
changed the number Of box 10 in the Imperial
Opera House and the Imperial Court Theatre
to 12A, because the public objected to sitting
In a box bearing this uniucky number. None
Vear wanted number 10, and for sin gle per-
formances It was Just as hard to dispose. Of.
This superstition reaches its height IN
medicine. Speaking at the health exhibit
ton, DR.. Heinrich Grhn declared that In many
Instances superstition. and especially local
superst< zion. was an absolute menacet to pubic
In the Austrian hospi ais one finds no block
or pavilion IS. no ward 10. no staircase IS;
VERY few patients will consent to be operated
upon on the thirteenth day Of the month. and
in this respect Friday, too. is considered just
as uniucky. At Carlsbad. Marienbad. Gas
tein and other famous Austrian cure re-
sorts nobody wants to begin his cure on a
Friday.
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the theatres in which George EdwardeA's
~numberless successful musical comedies
are being produced.
(Signed) IT. ROOSEVELT, Lord Mayor.
ct. BINGHAM. Bobby Commiss.'
Some Of the drawbacks that accompany
an effort to transport a show girl and her
purse at the same moment have been over
come by building back stoops on motor
cars just where they button down the back.
Many purses can be slowed in this way
just over the smell. But as soon as a slight
incline is reached trouble begins again,
because the weight of the purses in the back
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partn,ent for money in this seeson's bags
said the foorwalker, "but at a meeting OF
the Purse Architects Union last winter the
general sentiment was against it. Mem
bers of the union we're Of the opinion that it
Is next to impossible to overcome the uni
versal girl habit Of carrying her carfare in
her-her-well, concealing lsr money else
where
Have you made any investigation of the
rumor,' began the youngest reporter, that
some of the girls now wear-er-limb bands
| with a small purse fastened to the harness
buokle?"
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quarters with gratifying frequency, but !
do not know what they contain as yet. l
hope they include articles ornamental as
well as useful. Just think what 1t is for .
woman to lose all her belts, ribbons and
stock collars, her dressy little lace fohus,
her handkerohiefs, gloves, collar buttons and
stick pins In q day, and to find herself with
out money to replace them or not daring to
take what ready money she may have for
that purpose, for fear Of needing II for
bread and butter In the near future.
yes, I do hope the contributions will In.
clude some prettinesses as well as useful
thinRs,s
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on cab roofs must clear the lower girders
of the elevated tramways by at least six
inches on crowded tho%roughfares like
Riverside Drive and the Bowery; and that
in congested suburbs like Camden, Newark,
Manhattan and Massachusetts,, the bobby
traffic squad will permit no driver to pile
purses on the quarterback above the cab
bie's horizon, except on Fifth avenue,
Lispenard street and Grants Tomb. This
regulation, however, does not apply to
the many cabs going and coming from
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colored ears. 1t has entirely superseded
white. In case of a decided brunette yellow
may be used with good effect.
Keep the mouth closed on going from q
heated room to the cold air. 1t rests the
muscles Of the jaw. and besides 1t gives some
body else q nance to say something.
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Mother Love.

FROM bon ftrdHt,
F%rlend-I am afraid your hus and has 9
bad cold: he's continually sneezing. It's
quite painful to hear him.. Why don't you
ask a doctor to see him
Matron-Wen, I'm WAITING Just a few days.
because 1t amuses baby 80 to see his father
sneeze.
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Too Strong Competition.

From London Ansrers.
Country Mouse-How are you getting on
with your business, doctor?
Country Doctor-Bad. Too close to Lon
don. Why, Lady Cashbags went to town and
paid two guineas to have a corn extracted.
I'd have amputated her foot for that.
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WHAT IF PURSES GET BIGGER?
BUILT NOW TO HOLD ALL WOMAN'S
BELONGINGS SAVE MONEY.
Carfare still Carried In the Old Fashioned
Place. Although wonien'a Handbags
Can he Measured Only by Feet -Somo
of the New Tranie Squad Problems.

n I4u H5Hu5u IHI KIT bP0FVtuB fDyoHo
coil OF hair like q doughnut with scarlet
fever cantered across Madison Square
one hot afternoon recently to the accom-
panhnent Of small boy yells Of,
"Pipe the plush horse pullin' the out
goin' baggage department land the girl
was Juggling only a comparatively small
leather purse, as sizes In women's purses 60
nowadays. The dimensions Of the purse