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Detective Mallory and the court exchanged be-
wildered gances
You looked at your watch, too. Was that exactly
with the clock?"
Yes within minute
And what time did l leave your Officer" the
prisoner asked,
Seventeen minutes past two-I happen to re-
member, was the reply.
The prisoner glanced dreamy around the room
twice, then his eyes met Detective MallOrys. He
stared straight into that official for instant, then
turned back to the dentist.
when you drew the TOOTH there was blood, of
course. Is it possible that got stains my fingers
and clothng?
Yes certainly
The prisoner turned to the court, and
prised a puzzled expression that official
tenanCe.
is ANYTHING else necessarily" he inquired cour-
teously. 1t has been established that the moment
of the crime was two o'clock. have shown by three
witnesses-two of them city officals-that l was
two and half miles away at that moment. | could
not have walked two and half miles under half
an hour; | couldn't have gone on car under ten
enthusiastically that
There was long silence as the court considered
the matter. Finally he delivered himself briefly.
" 1t resolves itself into question of the accuracy
of the clocks" he said 1.-The accuracy of the clock
at the Avon is attested by the known accuracy
of the clock in the telegraph office, while it seems
established that DR.. Sitgreaves clock was also
there is no question of veracty of witnesses; it is
merely question of the clock in DR.. Sitgreave's
office. If that is shown to be absolutely correct,
must accept the alibi.'.
The prisoner turned to the elevator from
the Avon What sort of clock was that you
tioned?"
AN electric clock regulated from Washington
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the prisoner went quietly. Il met him at the
theater last night and walked home with him. We
reached the Avon about half-past eleven o'clock
and l went to his room; but l remained for only
ten or fifteen minutes. Then l went home 1t was
about five minutes of twelve when | reached my
room | went to bed and remained in bed until one
O'Clock when for which will appear, rose,
one. l returned to my few minutes past
three,
Detective Mallory smiled sardoncal1y.
When | arrested this morning l sent notes
to three PERSONS the prisoner went steadily.
1.-Two of these happen to be city officials. one the
city engineer. Will he please come forward?"
There was little stir in the room, and the court
scratched one ear gravely. City Engineer Malcolm
appeared jnquiringly.
This is Mr.. Malcolm?" asked the prisoner.
Eyes? Here is map of the city issued by your
office l would like to ask, please, the approximate
distance between this point" and he indicated
on the map the location of the Avon, and this. y
He touched another point far removed.
The city engineer studied the map carefully At
least two and half miles, he explained
You would make that statement oath?,
Eyes; have surveyed it myself"
Thank you" said the prisoner courteously, and
he turned to face the crowd in the - Is Police
man No. I122 in court? don't know his name. y
Again there a stir, and Policeman ellis
came forward.
DO you remember me? " inquired the prisoner.
Sure" was the reply.
Where did you see me last night?"
AT this corner and ellis put his finger down
on the map at the second point the prisoner had
indicated to the city engineer.
The court leaned forward eagerly to peer at the
map Detective Mallory tugged violently at his
mustache.
Into the prisoners manner there came tense
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Malory-he was cropping hope1ess1y, blindly. IN the
mazes of the problem.
1t was then that he called to see Professor S. F.
X. Van Dusen-The Thinking Machine. That dis
tinguished man listened to a recital of the known
facts with petulant, dropping mouth and the ever
lasting squirt in his blue eyes. As the reporter
talked on, corrugations appeared in the 1ogicians
network of wrinkles. At the end The Thinking
Machine sat twidding his long fingers and staring
upward
This is one of the most rearka BILE cases that has
come to my attention. he said at last, because it
possesses the unusual quality of being perfect in each
way that is, the evidence against Chase is perfect,
and the abb he offers is perfect. But know in
stantly that if Chase killed De Forrest there was
something the matter with the clocks despite expert
opinion. We know that certainly as we know
that two and two make four, not sometimes but
all the time, because tells that Chase
not in two places at two o'clock. Therefore,
must assume either of two thngs-that
something the matter with the clocks-and if
there must assume that Chase was respon-
sbe for tor that Chase had nothing whatever to
do with De Forests death, at least personally
The last word aroused Hatch to a new and sudden
interest 1t suggested line of thought which had
not vet occurred to him.
Now continued the scientist, if we can find
flaw in ChaseS story, shall have achieved
the privilege of temporarily setting aside his de-
Tense and starting If the contrary he told
the full and exact truth and investigation proves
that he did, it instantly clears him. Now lust what
have you done please?"
Il talked to Dr. Stgreave" replied Hatch He
did not know Chase-never saw him until he pulled
the tooth, and then didn't know his name But he
told me really more than appeared in court; for
instance, that his watch had been regulated only
few days ago. that it had been accurate Since and
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Observatory" the reply.
And the clock at the telegraph Office Mr..
Mallory?"
An electric clock, regulated from Washington
Observatory"
And yours Dr. Stgreave?"
An electric clock, regulated from Washington
Observatory
The prisoner remained in his cell until seven
O'Clock that evening while experts tested the three
clocks They were accurate to the second; and it
explained that there could have been
variation of either without this variation being
recorded by the delicate testing apparatus. There
fore, it came to pass that Franklin Chase was re-
leased on his own recognizance, while Detective
Mallory wandered off into the sacred precincts of
his private office to hold his head in his hands and
think.
Hutchinson Hatch, reporter, had followed the
intrcacies of the mystery from the discovery of
De Forrest S body, through the preliminary hearing,
up to and including the expert examination of the
clocks, which Immediately preceded the release of
Franklin Chase. When this point reached his
mental condition not unlike that of Detective
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ment, still casually, land were looking for relief,
would you stop to notice the number of a policeman
who told YOU where there was dentists Officer
Hatch considered it calmly, as he stared into the
inscrutable face of the scientist oh | see,' he
said at last. mo, l hardly think l should, and
yet l might"
Later Hatch and The Thinking Machine, by per-
mission of Detective Mallory, made exhaustive
search of De Forests apartments in the Avon,
seeking some clue. When The Thinking Machine
went down the single flight of stairs to the office
he seemed deeply perpleXed.
Where is your c1ock?" he inquired of the ele-
vatOr
I'm the inside office, opposite the telephone
booth, was the reply
The scientist went in and, taking stool, clam
bered up and squinted fercely into the very face
of the tmepiece. He said "Ah!' non-com-
mittaly, then clambered down.
1T would not be possible for anyone here TO see
person pass through the hail. " he mused Now
and he picked up telephone book just word
with DR.. Sitgreave."
He asked the dentist only two questions, and
Continued on page IS
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You saw me enter Dr. Sitgreaves house,
Yes"
The accused glanced up at the court, and that
eminent jurist proceeded to look solemn.
DR. Stgreave, please called the prisoner.
The dentist appeared exchanging mods with the
prisoner.
You remember me, doctor?"
Yes"
May l ask you to tell the court where you live?
Show this map, please
DR.. Sitgreave put his finger down at the spot
which had been pointed out by the prisoner and by
Policeman Gillis two and half miles from the Avon
Il live three doors from this corner" explained
the dentist.
You pulled tooth for me last night" went on
the prisoner.
Yes"
"Here?" and the prisoner opened his mouth
The dentist examined him closely. YES"
you may remember, doctor" went on the
prisoner quietly, that you had occasion to notice
the clock just after l called at your house. Do you
remember what time it was"
"A few minutes before two-seven eight min
utes, l think
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llldI TIC klieW II was accurate
next day, because it enabled
him to keep an important
engagement. That being &C
curate, the clock must be
accurate, because they were
together almost to the second.
Il also talked to every
other person whose name APP
pears in the case. l ques-
toned them as to all sorts
of possibilities, and the result
was that | was compelled to
accept the alibi-not that l
am unwilling to, of course,
but it seems peculiar that De
Forrest should have written
the name as he was diving"
you talked to the young
men who went into Chase's
room at two o'clock?" in
CURED The Thinking Machine
casually.
Yes"
Did you ask
either of them the
exact condition of
Chase's bed when
they went in?"
Yes, replied
the reporter. Il
see what youmean.
They agreed that
it was tunbled as
81 if some one had
been in it,
The Thinking
: Machine raised his
eyebrows slightly.
Suppose, Mr..
Hatch, that you
had a violent
toothache," he
asked after a mo-
and were looking for relief,
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anxiety. DO YOU
know what time you
saw me there?" he
asked.
Policeman ellis
was thoughtful for a
moment.
Z" No." he replied
at last. Il heard a
clock strike just after
l saw you, but l
didn't notice"
The prisoners face
went deathly white
for an instant, then
he recovered himself
with an effort.
L" You didn't count
the strokes?,", he
asked.
L" No, I wasn't pay
ing any attention to
them.
The color rushed
back into Chase's
face, and he was
silent for a moment.
Then: " 1t was two
o'clock you heard
striker" 1t was hard
ly a question, rather
a statement.
Il don't know"
said ellis. " 1t might
have been. Probably
it was.
What did I say
to your"
" You asked me
where you could find
a dentist, and l di-
rected you to DR..
Sitgreave across the
street. "
You saw me e.
Voc -
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

he could only finish up with the con-
currence Of Senator Knox and Senator
Spooner in the fight for his amend
ment he would feel the millennium al
most come.
In any event, there is no excuse for
Senator Bailey attacking the president
on account of the newspaper article
It was not inspired by the president, he
did not ask for or suggest it's publ
cation, nor was he aware that the facts
stated, which were more or less COM
mon property, were to be put by me
in the form in which they were used In
the Chicago Tribune.
Bailey Hears of Memorandum.
After Senator Bailey learned the sub
stance of the Chandler memorandum
and before he had the exact text, ne
saw Mr.. Chandler and said to him:
Why did you, in this memorandum 2
exclude me from cooperation with
Senator Tillman3'
s'Because,' Mr. Chandler replied
~ had never talked with you about the
| rate bill. 7 knew nothing OF youl
position at the time l wrote it, and
therefore was not authorized to say
anything in regard to it. I did know
Senator Tillman' s position and was
warranted in explaining it to the pres
| ident. -
'tThat explanation, Senator Bailey
said, sis perfectly satisfactory t.
| me.O ..F .--.~ r. ~ ~ ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-17
BOMB THROWN IN
La TOILETTE CAMP
Host, Insurance Commissioner
Charges Houser with Being
a Bride Agent.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal. ~
Milwaukee, Wis. May 17.-Charges
of campaign contributions offered in
return for a favorable decision in the
case of the division Of the Equitable
Life Assurance society's surplus have
split the La Toilette camp in twain.
The legislative committee, which is
investigating the operations Of insur-
ance companies in Wisconsin, today
heard Insurance Commissioner Zeno M
Host accuse another La Toilette adj
ministration man, Walter Houser,, sec
rotary Of state, of offering $4,000 it he
(Host) would make decision favora
BILE to the company.
To make the occurrence still more
sensational, Secretary Houser. follow
ing this disclosure, was permitted tt
make personal statement for the com
mittee's record, in which he said thai
he had offered Host slip of paper OF
the date mentioned, but did not know
what it was and had not made any
offer of money. l..
He said, however, that Zeno M. Host
| In the same campaign, had willingl,
acquiesced in plan to ask the bi,
insurance companies for campaign con
gresham Joseph w. Babcock, a mem
Der Of the anti-La Toilette wing of tn
republican party, but that after Hos
had acceded to this plan, Houser ha
decided that it would be bad polite
and vetoed the proposition.
| Secretary Houser intimated in plat
terms that Host s charge was part Q
a political conspiracy, in which he 9Th
secretary was to be defeated for r.
nomination. 1 ~ "
| He called attention to the fact thu
Senator J.. A. Frear, chairman of tt
insurance Investigating committee, W.
a rival candidate for the office, an
showed how the charge placed again
him by his political opponent would /
a, material factor in aiding the riv
candidate to win in the fall primaries
Senator Frear replied to this stat
ment by saying that the fellow me1
bers Of the committee knew where !
stood in this matter, and denied ha
ing any motive beyond that of getti1
at the facts IN insurance matters.
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discussion if certain Of the delegates are
correct in their judgment. The first
copy Of the book has reached Chicago,
and while It has developed no severe
opposition in this city the ministers of
Cincinnati, Salt Lake City and other
western cities have been rather severe
in their condemnation. They have re-
ferred to it as the canned prayer
and the Presbyterian time table. -
The book is not compulsory upon the
membership, but as a consequence of
the opposition to it the general assembly
will be called upon to take action. The
book was prepared by Rev. W.. Robson
hoffman of the Fourth Presbyterian
church, Chicago; Nolan R. Best, editor
of the Interior; DR.. Henry Van Dyke
and Professor Charles Cuthbert Hall of
New York. It is the belief that the
book eventually will be adopted by the
church, Notwithstanding the present
| criticism.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-17
PANIC OF PASSENGERS
ON SINKING FERRYBOAT
Jcurna! Special Service.

New York, May 1.-THE Pennsyl-
vania railroads. ferrybody Baltimore
brosses street last night after a col
lision in the North river with the
lighter Greenwich.
Some Of the 200 passengers on the
ferryboat were thrown down A few
horses were prevented from stampeding
by the alertness of their drivers. The
passengers rushed to the front Of the
boat, and for time there was panic.
Two Pennsylvania railroad tugs went
| to the Baltimore 8 aid.
Passengers, fearing that the boat
| would sink, remained at the bow and
could not be controlled by the crew.
It was nearly an hour before they were
| landed.
Finding it impossible to keep the boat
afoat the tugs were pulled off and the
captain and crew removed everything
they could. After her bow hiked uI
the BIZ" boat shivered all over, as tho
she had struck an obstruction, the water
rushed over and she settled.
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CURED By
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CHANDLER REPLIES
Declares His Former Reports Of Presi-
| . dents Alleged Statements True.

Washington, May 17.-senator Till
man yesterday received from former
Senator William e. Chandler state
ment Of his course as an intermediary
in negotiations between President
Roosevelt and Senators Tillman and
Bailey on the railroad rate bill. The
communication bears upon Senator
Lodges denial for the president of Mr..
Chambers statement, quoting the pres
ident as saying he had lost confidence
in Senators Foraker, Spooner and
Knox. it was offered in the Senate by
Senator Til1man and will be printed Id
the Congressional Record. .gsaxg < rs s
The text Of the statement follows: !.
u Ny Dear Mr.. Tillman-As the steleDhonic de
NAL by President Roosevelt, sent to the senate
thru Senator Lodge, remains In the congressfona
record of May IL, it seems to- me that.I SHOULD
take some notice of it., which I do now by re
affirming the essential truth of the statement
made to you and which you repeated in tht
senate. ssf sts.4 III ;5 ~ 51.ai4 iEs $50
Much as regret that the hasty action O
Senator Lodge and the president has forced al
issue between the president and myself the ex
trene language he used makes esuch issue un
ayoidable. and cannot shrink from or evade 1t
altho cannot use toward the chief executive
Of the nation language like his own. Upon on
respective statements submit the scontrovers.
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Praised by Hale.

It does not mention Mr.: Bailey, Of
course, as being in conference with the
railroad senators, but one has only to
remember that this memorandum was
written at about the time Mr.. Bailey
made his speech in the senate advocat-
ing his amendment to understand what
was meant. M
me- At that time, Mr.. Bailey was in
terrupted in "a peculiar way by Sem
ator Hale Of Maine and by Mr.. Aldrich
Of Rhode Island, the two New England
senators who are not supposed to be
friendly to Mr.. Roosevelt's railroad
policy M Hale praised Senator Bal
and wound up by declaring that he
would vote for it as the best solution
yet made Of the difficulty
8 Mr.. Bailey thanked Mr., Hale and
wound up his speech with a brilliant
passage in which he predicted that if
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-17
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure, DEAFNESS. and that is by constitu
tional remedies Deafness Is caused by an In
famed condition of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infamet
you have a .rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing
result, and unless tile Inflammation can be takef
out and this tube restored to Its normal condf
cases out Of ten are caused by Catarrh. which
is nothing but an infamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that CANNOT
. be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for cir
FL. CHENEY & co.. Toledo, D.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Take Halls Family pills for constipation.
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BACKS UP RAYMOND"
N. Y. Tribune's Correspondent Found
Bailey Charges Common Property.


New York, May 1.-THE Washing
ton correspondent Of the New York
Tribune, commenting on the senate IN
cident, gives the memorandum men
toned by the correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune. 81
The correspondent continues as fol-
lows: s.
"Mr: Bailey drew from the fact that
the Chicago Tribune and the New York
Tribune had published these rumors the
wholly erroneous conclusion that they
emanated from the White House. The
fact is. the writer Of the mornings dis.
patch had not seen or communicated
with the president or with anyone con-
nected with the White House tor more
than a week.
"The report, of course, was in circu-
lation on the democratic side of the
senate, precisely as was stated by the
Tribune $ correspondent and it Is sur
Bailey did not hear it. It is note.
worthy, however, that Mr.. Bailey did
not deny any part Of the Tribune :
dispatch, but contented himself with
hurting the fearful epithet 'cuckoo' al
the Tribune s correspondent.
Copy Widely Circulated.
cit is further fact that a copy o:
the memorandum alleged to have beer
signed by Mr.. Chandler, which is print
ed above, has been circulated anon.
democrats in the senate, and it was o.
this copy that the Tribune correspond
ent's assertions were based. .-,.
"'The attempt on; the part Of MI
Bailey in his Nominations to conve,
the impression that the president o
someone close to ! him was responsible
for the. rumors which reflect on tn
senator's good faith5zor Mr.. Chandler
J veracity is generally accepted in tn
senate as merely an ebullition of tina
bad temper, which is the most unfo1
: tunate characteristic of the senate
erin over the en- fact CT He e faed utter s yn
,, obtain for himself any credit for rat
! legislation. It is probable therefor
that republican senator's will con
: pletely ignore it. -
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REITERATEs BAILEY CHARGES
Chicago Correspondent Also Recalls
Hale's Praise of Texans Speech. Vs..

SAA4S"5o corresponding ALSO Recalls
Hale's Praise of Texans Speech. 49,
Journal Special Service. '->"
Washington, May 17.-"It seems to
me, - said Raymond Patterson, the
Washington correspondent Of the Chi
cago Tribune, "that Senators Bailey
and Tillman are merely hitting at
President Roosevelt over my humble
shoulders. All that I said was that
suspicion has existed for weeks re-
garding the good faith Of Senator Bal
ley in his supposed support Of the rail
way rate bill. quoted former Senator
Chandler in support Of that statement,
because he had been quoted by Senator
Tillman for the purpose Of attacking
the president. T. ~+.-. s.y,a.. =
g think everyone now knows that
Senator Chandler made written mem
| orandum for the benefit Of the presi-
dent in which he stated in substance
| that the railroad senators wanted to see
the Bailey amendment prohibiting the
making of interlocutory orders in infe.
| rior courts in railroad cases written
! into the rate bill. That memorandum is
| still in existence