The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-21

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and soon tho roof collapsed The four walls
~ the church and the tower wsre aaved.
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During the are Baln r,ishet around trying
~ ave such things ~ hymn hooks and other
loo-r rrupcr'y and 90 u doyen ~rers"na he
said
Il did not l"' u on fire.
The church wns insured for 81 900. The
iirn was hlow 10 the congregation hut its
members verr not discouraged. No aus
picion. except that arising from Rains
strange remark that he did not fire the
place. attached IN him In tho general mind.
A few vise ones. however, noticed thing.
mons them Mr.. Park. He found tina,
the stove In tho study had been filled
with coal after the lecture In the
Presbyterian church, showing that Balm
had lone II. Il was also found that an oil
can which had stood nj the top Of the stairs
in the study had been removed to the cellar
near a pile of sha ings. The can too
upright. There had been no explosion and
tho outside was simply 'blackened. II was
empty. When AJAX cd about the can Rain
said.
why. that can contained two quarts Of
OIL
BAN GETS ANONYMOUS LETTERS.
The congregation secured the abandoned
Christian church and went there to worship.
Then peculiar things happened. Balm be-
gan to get anonymous letters threatening
him and telling him to leave town. They
were all unsigned except by a cross bones
device. They we're all in the same hand
writing and OF the peculiar English style of
chirography. Two of these letters Rain
said he found at the head Of the stairs lead
ing to his room in the study. The person
who left them there must have besn un-
usually bold. II he went in during the
daylight he ran the risk Of being seen. II he
placed them there in the night he must
have broken in. There were no signs Of
forcible entry. A third Of these letters
Balm said he found on the floor Of his study.
They varied in their addresses. One was
addressed THE Rev. Mr.. Bane." Another
was addressed Rev. Chas. S. Balm" and
another Rev. C. s. Balm" There was ;
some attempt to disguise the handwriting
on the envelopes.
While talking Of these letters one day
70 Mrs. Park, Balm said;
an bet there is another for ms in the
post office now
Forthwith he vent to the post Office and
got a fourth letter. The first Of these letters
read:
SIR: You are hereby warned TO leave
town. We have knowledge of who II was
that burned the church. What about Miss
X? member of the saloonkeeper's family
occupying the parsonaee,l She Is all right.
You bet. but not for You. The town will
soon be too hot. Look out. A blacksnake
is sure md tells no tales. So get out.
Balm showed these letters freely. Some
OF the congregation had their ideas about
them and thought they resembled his
handwriting, They got possession of them.
Then the Rev. F. Packwood, a retired clergy
man member of the church, whose daugh-
ter is the clerk of the church, got a similar
letter about Balm through the mail. Miss
Packwood has charge Of the records and
was familiar with Bain's handwriting.
Then W.. C. Cushing, the chorister Of the
church, got a similar letter, which closed:
He [Bainl is all right, but we want him
away" .
Quiet investigation was now going IN
and District Attorney George +. Bodine
was called into the case. He called in
Albert H.. Hamilton Of Auburn, a hand
writing expert, who testified in the we'll
known Burtis will case and is a druggist and
chemist by profession. Mr.. Hamilton took
genuine specimens OF Bain's handwriting
and the anonymous letters and said:
sYou need not look any further"
PAINTS IN PULPIT ON EASTER SUNDAY.
Meantime on Easter Sunday in the Chris
tian Church another scene had occurred.
While preaching on the risen Christ Balm
threw up his hands and shouted:
"Oh, my head! My head"
He tainted and wa taken home. DR..
Lester A. Bellows was called and found
the preached suffering from subnormal
temperature Wis pulse could scarcely be
felt. DR.. Bellows says the nan was really
i'll. He wal in bed three days. Then he
asked for a leave Of two weeks to go to New
burgh to rest, to see the young woman to