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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26

brother of Devers. William Meredith.
Harle was not cross-examined, and he
left the stand thinking he had got
away with the goods"
Confession from Harle.
At this point Bottome from Eel Paso
telegraphed Harle that he was COM
ing to Chihuahua and wanted to see
him Harle thereupon started for Ell
Paso, and Bottome. when he was well
on his way TO the Mexican town, got
a wire on his train that he would
pass the train on which Harle was
travelling in midroute. Bottome left
his train at convenient station and
boarded the other. Then, as he did
not know HGrle, he sent porter
through the Car with Western Union
telegraph envelope addressed to the
doctor, and Harle tumbled into the
trap. Bottome. and detective led
Harle into the smoking compartment
and started quizz of the third de-
gree" order that wound up that night
with 50-page confession duplicating
Harle in the death of Devers, and
telling enough of the circumstances OF
Harry Mitchell's death to indicate
how his suicide" had been arranged
Harle said that Devers had been
brought from Chihuahua from El Pasc
by Richardson in December of 1901
and that Richardson had said that he
/ had explained to Devers that Devers
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26
MITCHELL AND HARLE
UNDER SENTENcEFORc COLD
FLOODED MURDERS.
were GANG OF LIFE INSURANCE SWINDLERS
Killing of Their Victims a Part of the Scheme
by Which They Had Made Large Sums
Had Another Victim Marked
for Death

the Fort Worth Office at the request OF
collection through Fort Worth bank
it bore Meredith's Endorsement for de-
posit. Inquiry at the bank in ques-
ton developed that soon after the
claim had been filed on Devers' death
Meredith had called at the bank in
company witt richardson, and had
obtained there loan of $4,000 upon
Richardson's assurance that the com
pany had admitted the claim under
the policy and was about to pay the
money. This loan was paid in part in
cash and in part by draft on the
Seaboard National bank, of New York,
and it was this drafs for $1,000, to-
gether with its Endorsement to Rich
ardson, that forms the first link in the
chain of evidence that was to connect
him with the crime.
So the search led back to Chihuahua,
and when more light was sought on
the manner of the deaths of Harry
Mitchell and Devers 1t was found that
in the first case death had occurred
in the house in which Richardson and
his wife lived and within half an hour
after Mitchell had talked with a
friend in the street, apparently in
perfect health. This was hardly con-
sistent with the theory of spinal men
nights advanced by DIR. Harle, the
physician signing the death certificate
who happened to be also the physician
who had examined each applicant fol-
insurance upon his admission to the
company. In the case of Devers II
appeared that death was due to dyson.
terry, as might easily have occurred
with a man of Devers' dissolute man.
ner of living. OF Richardson nothing
could be learned, except that he hat
appeared in Chihuahua in the sum.
mer of 1901, with his wife, Heller
Richardson, as an American looking
for business opportunities In Mexico
and had secured an appointment as
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26

chihuahua, Mexico. Through a skein
of plot and counter plot, that, If
evolved by writer of fiction, would
have been considered extravagant, the
story runs of the crime of the three
men, Hu-lbert, Mitchell and Harle,
now under sentence of death here.
The crime TO" which these three
men are to die S murder, an incident
Of their series Of carefully planned life
insuranie swindles.
The particular company victimized
is one of the greatest in the world, and
only carelessness on the part of the
plotters resulting from over-cont-
dence, saved it from a heavy loss.
Practically in its entirety the affair
is as follows:
Commenced in 1902.
1t was in the spring of 1902 that a
life insurance company was called
upon to pay two death claims in Chi
huahua, the first on the life of Harry
M. Mitchell for $4,000 under a policy
assigned to his sister, Helen Richard
son, and the second on the life of
James Devers for $4,000 under a pol
icy of which one Willis Meredith was
the beneficiary. Mitchell had died
on February IL of that year, ami
Devers on March 90, and the agent in
both cases had been G. T. Richardson,
who had formerly been in the employ
of the company at Chihuahua, but was
now living in Dallas, Tex.
Now, life insurance agents in Chi
huahua, Mexico, even those who sub
sequently move to a town like Dallas,
do not, as a rule, support private
teams, nor drive out in style with
negro coachman and footman or two
All these things were included in
Richardson's establishment in Dallas
to the great amaZement of repre-
sentative of the life insurance com
pany, who went down from the FL
Paso Office, where the check for the
Devers policy had been forwarded, to
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26

headquarters. Gray used to hear from
Richardson how II wasn't really neces-
sary to bride a doctor in an insurance
case, but simply to take a dummy be-
fore the medical man to pass the
physical examination, and Richardson
had Just the dummy that filed the
bill, a young fellow named Mason,
once a miner in Chihuahua.
So the months went on, and 1t was
in October of 1902. The Gray-Richard-
son-Mason combination was now In
good running order, and II was
planned that they should go to Ell
Paso, where Mason would I AXE out
100000 insurance in the name OF
Marshall ID. Sanguinetto, an individ-
ual whom Richardson said he knew to
be dying of consumption in Mexico.
They were to make Gray the benef-
ciary of the policy, wait until Sanguip-
etto died, and then collect the $780,
900. But a hitch aroseA Richardson
remembered one day that mis- friend
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 benenciary,
and then collect in the usual way?
Gray Marked for Murder.
Gray was not oyeranxious TO make
Richardson and Mason, but he con-
sented to 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 II that Rich
counted on was the fact that Harry
Bottome and couple of detectives
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. Ii was in one OF these con-
versations that Richardson gleefYuy
remarked that Gray had been the cas-
lest thing imaginable IL the Sanguin-
etto case. and added:
I'VE won't do a thing 10 him when
we get him over the border"
Bottome and his men decided that
matters had gone far enough, They
laid their information before the dis
trict attorney of FL Paso county, and
warrants were issued for all three, in,
Guiding Gray, for it was inexpedient
just then to have an exposure of the
part when the lumberman-d detective
had played in the case. Gray, however
was soon released, and the next steI
was a charge filed in the City of Chi
huahua accusing Richardson and Ma
son Sf the murders of Mitchell ant
Devers. In the preliminary hearing
DR.. Harle was called as witness, anC
testified that Mitchell did die of strych
nine poisoning instead of spinal men
nights, but that Richardson had TOLD
him that the case was one of sui
eide, and wanted to have things husheC
up. Devers, Harle still declared, dice
of dysentery. Harle said that he haC
been called in to attend him by half
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26
HN50XlNG M1lMtZL

hook into the matter. These things
we're reported to the home Office. and
under the direction OF Second Vice
President Kingsley, Harry IL. Bottome,
u lawyer of New York, and detective,
who may remain nameless, got busy
on the case.
1t was discovered that Devers had
been in Chihuahua few weeks before
his death, and that nothing was known
about him except thaL he was hard
drin,Jer and of "A type of social out
cast common enough in that territory.
This strengthened theory that the
very possession of "A 10000 policy by
suci a man required some further
explanation, let alone possible suspi-
ciouS circumstances attending his
deaf h. So the investigators turned to
the payment of the Doyers policy at
the El Paso Office, after the company
had unsuccessfully triei to have the
check sent from New York intercepted
in transit.
First Evidence Secured.
II appeared that the check had been
forwarded from the III Paso Office to
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26

was to be used in swindling one VII.
lis Meredith out OF q lot OF money.
For this purpose Devers was to pose
as the half-brother of Meredith, and
also to take out life insurance pol.
icy in his half-brother's favor. But
Devers never signed any papers in this
connection; that was all arranged be.
tween Harle and Richardson, so that
when Willis Meredith, who turned Out
to be Mason, arrived on the night OF
Harry Mitchell's funeral with a won.
an who posed as his wife, II was neces.
sary only that the final preparation
should be made to put Devers out OF
the way before collecting both OF the
policies. These were easily arranged.
The bogus Meredith and Devers wen,
to live together On February 20
Harle was called to see Devers, who
appeared to be suffering from acute dys.
EMERY. Harle gave him some medi-
cine TO ease his pain, but shortly after
he died.
In his confession Harle said he knew
Deyers was being poisoned, and sup
posed that bichloride of mercury was
given him in whisky. Harle filled out
fake burial certificate and the
other papers necessary to collect on
the policy, after which Richardson.
and Mason, who had now become vii.
liam Mitchell, took 1t to the FL Paso
agency and eventually raised the 49,
900, of which we have heard, at the
bank at Fort Worth. Harle, Of course,
was Immediately arrested, and event.
ually came to trial with the other men.
Hurlbert's Criminal Record.
But In the meantime photographs OF
the trio had been distributed through
the usual police channels throughout
the country, and when they reached
Rochester, N. Y, the photograph OF
Richardson was recognized as that OF
Lester Il. Hurlbert, lawyer, who had
| jumped that city In May, 1901, after
| the exposure OF an extensive divorce
mill which he had operated In the
cities of Rochester and Buffalo. Will
| liam Mitchell, or Willis Meredith, OF
Mason, as he was variously known
! turned out TO be the brother of Harry
Mitchell, who was killed in Chlhua-
hua in order that the gang might col.
lect on his $4,000 policy. Mrs. Rich.
ardson was Identified as the wife OF
! Hurlbert, and investigation in Roches.
ter developed the fact that she was
the sister OF the Mitchell boys. VII.
liam Mitchells trail, indeed, was fol.
lowed even to Hot Springs, Ark.
where the wealthy mmberman" Gray
had his brother-in-law insured, fol-
Mason" was the engaging young
man who had himself examined by
the Hot Springs doctor as John j
Evans.
The trial OF the three meu had beer
reported in part in the papers through
out the country, and it served only tS
develop the facts in the remarkabl,
case which have been very simply mar
rated above, The verdict CT guilty
quickly followed the presentation O
the facts to the jury, and 1t remained
at length necessary only for the exc
cntioners TO carry out the sentenc,
o. the court
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26

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,
a dealer in lumber lands, who opened
an Office OF some size and took a 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 a 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 brother
who was i'll with consumption, dia-
betes, and several other troubles, and
it occurred TO him that il there were
any way in which policy might DO
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26
HOW WOOL TYING BOX is MADE.

HOW WOOL TYING BOX is MADE.
the bottom and Ia inches at the top.
The pieces b are cut one foot square.
To use the box, explains the Farm
and Home, strings are laid across, as
shown by dotted lines. Then the fleece
Is placed upon the center piece and
the edges folded In. The two sides, a,
are drawn upright in position and
then the two sides, b, are forced up
ward and in until they are perpen-
dicular. The small clamp, C, may
then be hooked over the sides to hold
them solid. The fleece may then be
brought down into the box and the
strings tied. 1t makes compact bun
die and leaves the wool even upon the
outside.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26
THE LIVE STOCK.

Poor fences make good jumpers.
Clean cows result from proper stab
ling.
Feed, from the hand of the master.
fattens.
The new stable should have several
windows.
The cow holds her own In all kinds
of times.
Anything irregular affects the per-
centage of butter fats
II the horse has sore shoulders, 1t
is a pretty sure sign that his collar
does not fit him.
A new mixer will at first get less
milk from a COW than one to whom
the animal is accustomed.
Culls and ewes that do not own or
rear their lambs properly, may be
turned off In the same way.
Old sheep should now be separated
from the rest of the flock and given
extra care. They can be improved in
flesh and sent to market, where some
return can be realized from them
Farm Journal.
II you keep three or more cows II
will pay you to have a cream sep,
arator. Before buying, send for the
catalogue of all the makes you find
advertised 1t will pay you to lnyes
tigate this question.
Every man that has large number
of hogs should endeavor to give then
a good pasture. Too many breeders
are contented with hog pasture tha
is covered with native grasses only
Clovers and blue grass make goot
pasture for swine
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26
Science in Hog Raising.

The fact that we have been able to
make money out of hogs even with the
most unscientific methods of breeding
and care Is proof that under proper
conditions the hog will make his own
or rich. Scientific management means
the care Of swine to keep away oil.
sease, obtain early maturity and keep
up the natural fecundity OF the AMI
mails.
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STORAGE CRATES.
Convenient Arrangement by Which
Comb Honey Can Be Safely
Kept in Small Space.

The engraving shows pile of stor-
age crates filled with sections except
the top one. which is empty, the bet
ter to show the construction. The
engraving is little faulty in that the
tops of the sections in the filled crate
nearest the top do not show as they
should, through the open bottoms OF
the empty crate. These crates are
made of any cheap lumber, the only
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26

HONEY.
point where a mistake is likely to be,
made being the making OF them of I'M
seasoned lumber, so that the side
pieces, when they shrink, are less than
the height Of the section. | pile these
crates up, even when full Of honey, as
high as l can reach; and 1t is neces-
sary that this weight should not come
directly on the sections. In pillng up
sections that are to stay any length
OF time In the crates, always lay a,
piece of paper over each one, which
makes 1t practically dust-proof, es-
pecially II the paper is long enough to
extend down over the ends of the
crates.
Pile your honey in hot. dry place,
cautions the editor of Gleanings in
Bee Culture. II there Is any sus-
picion of GOODNESS or dampness about
1t, do not put the honey near the floor
or in a corner. Have It at least foot
from the floor, and whore the air can
circulate freely all around It,
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26
Curing Roup.

Several homemade remedies failed
to cure the roup so tried swabbing
the chickens throats with turpentine.
| used feather dipped in turpentine
and followed 1t by giving a teaspoon
of goose oil. Since then | have not
lost q chicken.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26
L1INENST6Ck
~aH, NNGAs
--=s::S,MgAg:'|'
A MODIFYING BOX.
Convenient Device Which Aids the
Small Shipper in Market
ing His Wool.

a very useful device for tying fieeces
IN compact bundle is hown in IL
lustration. 1t is made of one-inch
boards hinged together on a central
square piece. This is one foot square
and the sides are three feet long at
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26
SULPHUR for the Hens.

A little sulphur in the hens feed
occasionally is a benefit, but don't put
It on the sitting hens or those that
have chicks II II gets into the chicks
eyes It will make them blind.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-08
SHEA VICTORIOUS In
TRANSFERS FIGHT
By Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-Cornelius p.
Brotherhood of Teamsters, scored a vic
tory today over his opponents in the
first skirmish of his campaign to re-
main in control of the drivers organ
ization.
The second day of the fourth annual
convention, which is being held in Chi
cago; opened today under police guard
as precaution against a recurrence of
yesterdays disturbances.
The opposing factions. one headed by
Shea and the other by his principal
rival for the Office of president, Albert
Young, lined up on a preliminary issue
of the election, and the vote showed
that the Shea contingent numbered 1872
against 63 for the Young element.
Several other times during the days
session votes were taken on factional
issues, and in each instance President
Shea was victorious.
After adjournment tonight Shea said;
"The vote today showed the senti-
ment of the delegates to the contention.
and when the roll is called for the
election of officers on Thursday 1 will
be retained as president of the or
ganization. l will receive fully two
thirds of the votes of the delegates.
"The New Workers are endeavoring
in every way possible to get control of
the convention, but their efforts will be
fruitless, as the greater portion of the
delegates from that city will not be
allowed to take part in the conven-
tion"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-08
RATES HONOR As
A HIGHER TRAIT
FEDERAL JUDGE 0VERRULES
ExTRADITION TRICK
Amended Charge Used to Bring Fugi-
tive Back to Prison, but the
Judge Repudiates the
Subterfuge
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. THAT the honor
of the United States is of more inn
portance than the punishment of Ameri-
can criminals was the statement made
by Judge Hough in the United States
court here today in the habeas corpus
proceedings instituted in behalf of
Charles C. Browne.
Browne was formerly employed in
was extradited in Canada and taken
to Sing Sing to begin a two years
term for conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent
w. M. K. Olcott Of counsel for
Browne denounced the action of the
federal authorities in extraditing
Browne for one offense and incarcerat-
ing him in prison for another as a
trick beneath the dignity of the gov
ernment of this country and a violation
of the treaty with Canada.
In taking the papers in this case and
reserving decision, Judge Hough COM
mented on the Rauscher decision in the
United States supreme court in which
the contentious now advanced in be-
half of Browne were upheld, and it was
under these circumstances that the
court spoke of the honor of the United
States of being of more Importance
than the conviction of criminals.
Browne was convicted of conspirine
to defraud the government and sen
fenced to two years in prison. He
jumped a $4,000 bail bond and fled tc
Canada. Bxtradition was refused or
the conspiracy charge, but he finally
was extradited on an amended charge
of being fugitive from Justice.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-08
TI-MORMONISM
IS THE KEYNOTE
IDAHO DEMOCRATS NOMINATE
SENATOR DUBOIS
After Strenuous Two Days Session
Platform Is Adopted-Stock-
Slayer Favored for
Governor
ev Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Aug T.
United States senator Fred 7. Dubois,
Bingham county; member of congress,
Rees Battabaugh, Idaho county; JUS
tice of the supreme court, Stewart S.
Denning, Latah county; governor, G.
o. Stockslager, Blaine county; lieuten-
ant governor, George L. Chappin, Bing-
ham county; secretary of state, Floeur-
ney Galloway, Washington county.
After a strenuous two days conven-
tion the Democrats of Idaho placed in
nomination the foregoing ticket and
adopted a platform in which anti-Mor-
monism is the keynote.
1t was a Dubois convention from the
first to the last, but the senator did not
have his way in alls things by any
means and only in a few things did he
triumph without opposition. The ticket
which he and closest friends had Sc
lected was badly disarranged In the
convention and it was only by the APP
plication of the sternest measures by
Chairman Heitfeld that an acrimonious
debate on the floor of the convention
was avoided when the platform was
under consideration.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-08
BRITISH SAVANT
rs OSLERIZED
BY Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. SIN a letter to the
Times, published this morning, Edwin
Ray Lancaster, president of the Brit
ish Association for the Advancement
of Science, protests against his COM
pulsory retirement from the post of
director of the natural history depart
ment of the British museum under the
civil service superannuation act, with
the inadequate pension of $1,000 year,
which is all the regulations entitle him
to receive.
He explains that he gave up a life
professorshp at Oxford at $4500 year
when he was appointed to the museum
at salary of $4,000, and he supposed,
as had been the case with previous
directors of the museum. that he would
be allowed to hold the post until he
was 70 years old and that there would
be a special pension arrangement. In
stead of this, however, he is retired
at the age of go. without a word to
explain the reasaon of his dismissal.
The newspapers this morning ex-
press great sympathy with Dr. Lam
kester.
1t is understood that some personal
animus on the part of a few of the
members of the committee of trustees
is responsible for his dismissal
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-08
TWO RESIDENCES
ARE BURNED

Near Avenue Twenty-eight and
Griffith avenue at 2 o'clock this morn
ing two residences were destroyed by
fire.
The flames lighted up the heavens
and hundreds of persons were attracted
by the fire.
The fire began in the home OF F. J.
Tallman, 2S1S Griffith avenue. His loss
is estimated at $780,
Frank Tallman woke up to find the
fire had spread from an incubator.
The flames spread to the home of c.
c. Hatton, 2s12 Griffin.
Loss on both houses, $4,000.