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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-10
SOCIETY
Mr. FRANK P KELLEY
Grows Tired Of Living Alone and VIII
Wed IN June.

The engagement of Mr. Frank P
keT;ey. OF this city. to Miss Elsie
Rees. Of Keyser. was announced 10
the immediate friends OF Mr. kelleJ
a. 1 delightfully informal -at home
given last evening at his rooms on
Walnut avenue The wedding VIII
take place in June. Miss Rees is wen
known to many Fairmont people and
/, related to the Burns family OF this
'city. CT which Ms Della Shinn- Mrs
Laura StagSers and Miss NarSaree
R,,rns ere members NJ Kelley IS
orc OF Eairmont'S best known business
usa. and this interesting ancounce-
1nent has occasione.1 no little sarrrise
among his friends. The keyser TrI-
tun.e gives the following account OF
the announcement made to the friends
or Miss Rees:
The New Era Circle met a: Mrs
e. q. Cavitt's on Wednesday TO spend
the day sewing for tie sale they arc;
70 eaEe On April 18th and 18th. and II
proved to be one OF the most deiSht-
tul CT the very pleasant times they
Fave had. and quite an agreeable sur
prise was given them by the an
nolncement of the engagement of Miss
Elsie Rees 70 Mr. Franklin Pierce
Kelley. CT Fairmont. w Va The an
nouEcemsnt was made in quite =
unicu.e way by each guest being pre-
x..ated with heart-shaped card at
th.> dinner table and after the cards
were read the story was told and the
4ys6GirS VIII take place in June
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-10

SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-10
entertained Mission Band.

sMiss Emma PARKS entertained the
Mcfarland Mission Band Of the Pres
byterian church last ewing at her
homo on Locust avenue. Plans fos
tn: coming convention OF the Home
aEd Foreign Mission Societies which
meet here on the End and 3rd OF May,
were discussed. and n social hour was
seert after the business was disposed
OF. 4 dainty luncheon was served
bJ the hostess. The guests. includ-
in; the honorary members OF the
Band, were. Mrs. George Gifin, Mrs.
Frank E;wan. Misses Bertha Lloyd.
Margaret Howatt. Mildred Pickett
Beatrice Snider. Florence Jackson.
Eleanor Barr. Lillian Reed. Daisy
Hewitt, Louise Suffer-, Josephine
WaIcfoEie. atessrs. Clarence Dawson
Albert Kern. Hugh Gifln, Willis Haw-
Isy. .r.. VIII Simpson and Writ Faust
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-10
Easter Bali.

TIE NrononSahela Club has issued
invitations for az Easter ball. &c be
given en- Easter Monday, at the Club
house On Newton street Elaborate
arrangements are being made and the
Easter EaIl promises TO be one Of tie
most enjoyable of the many delight
tuf c:arce.s given by this popular club
zinc. rs removal TO its handsome
club tome
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-10
Easter EXCHANGE

The ladies of the CenEai cnzts:ia1
Church viii hold an Easter exchange
on saturday, April 18th, z tas peVenJ
building, next to the Ns1=ttl 2oteL
Many good things to "a VII be CT
sale
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-10
An Eas,er Entertainments.

Tic Presbyterian Mission Sunday
S..fcol "a the Fifth ward is arranging
to give an Easter entertainment on
SATURDAY evening. April the 18TH AT
excellent programme is being prcpar-
Ell and tie public cordially invited q
attend.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-10

tenoon to attend the meettngof the
.Graftcn District Presbysery, whieh
opens at Warrington today Rev G.
". Pollock, OF Grafton, who spent the
morning at Rev Stoetzers home was
member OF The party and Dr.. Buchs
annon, OF Morgantown- was also a
member. Rev Stoetzer Is Moderator
OF the Presbytery. and tonight
breaches the annual sermon
VIII Entertain nirnbIe Club
Mrs. J. L. Han VIII entertain the
Sfc1ian ThimbIe Club this evening at
her home on CASTOR areune-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-10

The Fatrmoot Carriage Works IL
prepared to construct any and an
kinds Of wagons or carriages Repair
work promptly attended to- Cherry
avenue II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-10

EIcaya Cream. (E:Ki-ya.) A tree
OF India noted for it's perfume. E. A
Billingslea & Co. sell the cream.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-10

Went TO Manninsten.
Clayton went to Warrington this af-
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Missed His Wife.

Mrs Hollister. who was Miss Bessie
Rawlings before her marriage with
franklin c. Hollister. member Of the
well-known printing firm Of HoIlister
Brothers. was reported missing Friday
evening. January p 1906 by her hus-
hand She left her home. 4oS Fullerton
avenue about 9 O'Clock IN the morn
ing 20 do some shopping. She intended
10 return and dress 10 attend the
funeral in the afternoon Of Mrs. Sarah
Semp!e. a 1eaCOnCss Of the Wesley
Methodist Church. Of which Mrs. Hol-
lister was a leading member. Mrs. Hol-
lister WIS TO have sung nt the funeral.
but she had expressed dread II doing
50 for fear that she would break down
For that reason Il is believed that she
remained away from home and srcnr
thu day visiting the sick
When her husband reached home at
o'clock ami found that his wife had
not been at home all day he at once
communicated TIE facts to the polio,
and searching parties were 5rsanized.
But nothing was learned until her
tragic deatL was made known in he
morning
Revelation Of the tragedy came earIv
IN the morning. Ivens went 10 the shed
at 3fS Rclden street. and saw the bcdy
or the dead woman. for the first time
II he was alnCCent- He Immediately
Mastered to his nome. 1855 North Hal
stead stree. and told his father that
the body OF woman wos lying in the
barn ITeas' father is ii c1rp-arcr-
After receiving the alarming mos
sage from his son Edward fvens found
In tho horse shed the body OF a wo-
man lying on pile OF refuse. Around
ner neck was found a piece Of copper
wire; tightly twisted and knotted a,
the back. The face OF the woman was
black. giving evidence that she had
been strangled. Her hair was dishev-
eied her clothing disarranged and her
face scratched and bruised. showing
evidence OF q struggle.
Within few moments neighbors
learned of tie discovery. They hast
ened 10 the scene. One Of the first TO
arrive was George @ Condor. leader
of the Wesley Methodist Church choir
in which Mrs. HoIister SANG. Con-
don lives at 34S Belden 1s,-r-ue a few
doors from the Ivens carpenter shop-
in the rear or which the body was
found As soon as Condor reached the
yard. which is shielded from the street
by high board fence and looked AZ
the face Of the dead woman. he shout
ed: My God il is Mrs. HolIister, We
searched for her all night. She is a
singer in my choir"
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His Own Storg.

then read newspaper and looked
over the sporting news and market
prices for about hve minutes ! then
left my home and went 10 the harm.
I fed the horse and then went 10 see
If the woman had gone away and found
her still there. about ten feet from
where 7 left her the night before.
found her lying on her face on the
manure pile
II turned her over On her back
then locked up the barn and went
home and told my father, who was in
the basement. that there was a body
OF a lead girl lying Over IN our shop
yard I told him 20 go tc the shop. /
then Tut on my coat and hat and also
went 20 the shop. I found my father
was not there. I then waited a few
more minutes outside Of the shop and
then won't home again ard started 10
work H. the basement glazing some
windows for my father until nv father
came and told me 70 come down 20 the
shop with him. went with my father
70 The shop 7 met a policeman. who
told me 70 come 70 the sta ton. where
have been detained ever since.
''RTCHARD GLINES TVENS.''
After Ivens had told his story As
sistant Chief Schuettler. mindful Of
the attemrts made BY the defendants
attorneys IN the GilhOoIav case % dis
credir the confessions Of the principals.
impressed upon Ivens the fact hat he
had made a voluntary statement
You understand" said the chief
that this confession can be used
against you in a trial that YOU were
not forced 10 make il. but confessed
OF your own free viii IN answer 70 our
questions
Yes. sir" replied Ixens. quickly.
without a tremor. 7 understand that.
All have said is true. and I tell Il
be, use I know that I did Il. but I
didn't mean 70 kill her. did not think
that she was dying when 7 abandoned
her"
When this confession vas made pub
Hc the police determined 10 proceed
with the inquest. Coroner Hoffman
and States Attorney Hes1y we're notf-
fed. Assistant States's Attorney
Thomas Healv arrived at the police
station shortly afterward and asked 10
see the prisoner.
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Prisoner Remarkable Cool.

In the presence Of police officials and
newspaper men Mr.. Healy questioned
Ivens who recited the same story OF
the crime. assuring the assistant
States attorney that he realized he was
making a statement which could be
used against him That done. news
paper men talked 70 the prisoner.
Il was in nv right mind. all right. -
said Ivens. when stopped the wo-
man IN the street and dragged her into
the alley. 7 had had a few drinks. but
! knew what I was doing I never
thought q would end this way. But
after got into the alley and struggled
with the woman for z few minutes
was in a sort Of stupor"
Ivens said that he had gone to school
up 10 about six years ago. He went
TO the Lincoln School. but was never
an apt pupil He left after complet-
ing the grammar school seventh grade
ard went 20 work For some time he
worked for the Consumers Box Com
pany. and afterward went 10 work as
an apprentice with his father.
IN his examination by the coroner
1vens was even more cool than he had
been when telling his first story Of the
murder 70 the police. he explained his
movements during the day previous to
his attack on Mrs. Hollister.
81 was busy In the shop all morning"
he said. After dinner I drove in our
wagon with my father 10 a building
at LII avenue near Lincoln avenue.
We got there about . o'clock I left
my father there and drove 10 yelling
ton street near Evanston avenue 10 get
some tools for a man who worked for
US I took them over 10 LII and Sem
mary avenues That was sbout $50
O'Clock in the afternoon. After that 7
drove back to LII and Lincoln and
left the horse for my father. Then 7
went back home
''I got home about AS or 80 Then
went 10 Montana street near Semi
nary avenue to Fred Evans house to
leave some tools there I got there
about $40. I guess. Evans was not
there but J left the tools and STAYED
about hzlf an hour talking. Then I
went bone again After washing my
self aid reading the evening paper il
was time Tor supper
~ ate supper and then went down
the alley 20 BeIden avenue to the shop
and barn and there I fed the horse.
AfresNfeeding the horse started north
~ the alley 70 60 back home. 7 got
about halfway. when I turned around
and started back toward BeIden ave
nue.
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Visited His Sweetheart.

II walked across the street 70. Belden
and Burling. I stood there for an in
terval Of five minutes and was going
back TO Montana street where my
sweetheart. Pearl Evans, hives But
I was just starting when this wo-
man-what's her name2-
You mean Mrs HOllister?" asked
the coroner.
Yes. I guess that's IT," replied
Ivens. she came along going west
in Belden avenue I grabbed hold OF
her By the arm and asked her where
she was going
What are you trying 10 dor she
said 10 me. Let me go and she jerked
away from me and ran diagonalIy
across the street l chased after her
and grabbed her again and told her
wanted her to 80 along with me.
She shouted two or three words. some
thing like Where are YOU goins?' and
struggled and screamed I pm my
hand over he mouth and dragged her
to the gate in the fence by our shop.
Il ragged her, stiI hoIdi.rg my hand
over her mouth. 20 The shed, and ,hen
waited few minutes While some peo-
pie we're passing outside the yard.
Then ] told her what / wanted. She
attempted TO scream. but l he'd her
mouth tight
did not answer me 1 was in a kind
OF stuDor then and don't know why.
except that l thought she might
scream again and get me into trouble.
I went TO the barn and found piece
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Accused of the Crime

Within few moments the police ar
rived and the body was removed 10 an
undertaking establishment Edward
1vens was first questioned by the Of
ficers. When Assistant Chief Schuet-
tier and Inspector Lawn -oined Cap
tain Healy and Lieutenant SCh!au
Richard Ivcns was sent for Detcc-
tives took him to the barn, and later
10 the police station. Harold lvens, a
younger brother. was also taken TO the
police station.
After the police officials had secured
information from Richard Ivens con-
cerning the details of his discovery of
the body they judged from his palIid
face. his nervous action and his qulv-
ering voice that he was the man who
committed the crime
They let him tell the story Of the
discovery and then Assistant Chief
Schuettler turned upon him with the
direct accusation; Young man, we
know that you killed that woman and
We want you TO tell US all about it. -
Ivens jaw dropped. His eyes rolled.
His face took on a paler hue For a
moment he sazed in horror upon his
accuser and in moment he feebly
answered; I didn't mean to kill her,
but l guess I did il
Then followed a long examination
which brought out the narrowing de-
tails point by point. The prisoner re-
covered his composure gradually and
before ne had completed the story he
became calm and collected and told
the story in a deliberate, matter-of-
tact way which astonished his exam
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Three Of The Most Celebrated Psychologists
in the United States Unite in the Belief.
That Richard veRs Was Influenced BY
Auto-SuggestiOR WhenHe Tod the Police
Of Chicago That He Had Killed Mrs Ho-
lister, and That Justice Condemned 10 the
OalIows dn Absolutely Innocent Man.

tury were burned on account OF similar
standing of mental abbera tions has
not made much progress since that
time. Yours. very truly,
HUGO MCNSTERSBERG. NJ. D.,
Professor of Psychology. Harvard
University"
And Prof William James. a brother
Of Henry James, who holds the chair
OF philosophy at the Cambridge insti-
tuition. sent the following telegram 10
DR.. ChrisusOn after he had examined
the evidence
West Ossipee, y. H
''Dr. J. s. Christison. 100 State street:
1vens probably innocent Reprieve
necessary for thoroughly investigating
mental condition.
WILLIAM JAMES,
Professor of Philosophy. Harvard
versity."
Throughout the trial OF Ivens his
mother has maintained that her boy
was Innocent. When first told OF MS
confession. size exclaimed Indignantly:
Il do not care what the police say
my boy has confessed 10. He came
home to supper tthe night OF the
crime) In a perfectly sober condition
between > and 6 o'clock. He was not
drinking"
Whoever the guilty party. the muir
der Of Mrs Franklin HollisteT was one
Of the most brutal and revolving
crimes that has stained Chicago.
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WRONG KIND OF A SION

The average hotel clerk IS a Serious
minded man. said the official relator
Of anecdotes. as soon as he could get
the attention OF the crowd He gener-
ally has about as much sense OF hunor
as the desk behind which he stands But
there used 10 be a hotel clerk IN this
town who reltshed a Joke. and the way
he got back at a bunch OF FOUNDERS one
night showed that he was an artist
The bunch consisted Of a city electrician
and three companions. They had been
practicing before the bar until patience
and credit were both exhausted. but
the thirst was there yet Walking
down the street trying TO figure out how
they could make raise. the city electri-
clan sp'ed an Illuminated sign on the
roof Of the hotel where this clerk held
forth
Here's where we get staked to the
price" he said.
''Elucidate." commanded his com
panions.
See that sign UP the-e7'' the city cleo
trojan replied. Donting TO the top OF the
building. Under the law IT IS my d,--y
10 inspect all electric wiring There
Is an electric sign upithere that I never
saw before. Consequently I have never
inspected II. I viii proceed to inspect
The fee IS So
Followed by his friends ne entered
the hotel and introduced himself 70 the
clerk. 7 see YOU have an electric sign
on the roof" said the electrician.
Yes. we have q sign on the roof. but
Il Is That was as far as the clerk
could Eet.
I know all about that" loftfly inter
rupJed the electrician You are going
10 say that il is an old sign. has been
there for years. and all that sort OF
thing. 7 get that gag every day. Bu-
I never get fooled b. il. II IS my dI-ty
10 inspect the wiring OF that sign and
the Zee is s. I Will inspect II at once
Wen. If YOU insist. suppose you VIII
have 20 have your way" answered the
clerk. but I am afraid you viii have
10 walk up: the elevator IS out OF
order
THAT VIII be all right" replied tho
electrician. Just show Us the way and
III get there all right
Seven fights up. walk to the end OF
TIE hall and climb a ladder. 4 trap
door viii let you onto the roof" directed
the clerk
The four men toned up the seven
fights. climbed the ladder. and reached
the roof. breathless and dusty. Tut con-
soled with the thought OF that s. and
the cooling beverages il would purchase
On the roof the big sign glowed
brightly. Illuminating in letters two feet
high the name of the hotel Graspiag
a swinging door on the end OF the sign,
the city electrician swung IL open-and
disclosed a long row OF brightly burning
sds jets.
Slowly the four climbed down the lad
der and walked down the seven fights
Of A. o. Of
nce the clerk said pleasantly: I wanted
20 tell you before you went Up THAI We
used gas and not electricity 10 nlumi-
nate that sign, but you wouldn't let
me-"
What the four said plainly indicated
that they were annoyed about some
thing.
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Manu- Such Instances.

II is along such a line that science
in the person Of these eminent psy-
biologists has argued that Ivens con-
fessed 70 a crime which he did not
commit. There are many cases on rec
ord In the annals of crime in which
hypnotism has played an important
part. and moreover. cases in which
auto-suggestiOn has played the fore
most part in the confessions Of the
accused. In France and Germany
particularly has the influence Of hyD-
nosis in crime been studied thoroughly
And DIT. Christison. the first of the
American trio. who have made written
statements TO the effect that WINS
could not be guilty. has appealed TO
many Of the foremost scientists Of
those countries to express an opinion
In the matter and he confidently eX-
poets them 10 support his theory after
a careful examination of the case
When Or Christson became con
vinced that Ivens was innocent ne
wrote a pamphlet in which ne set forth
the absurd incongruitles in Ivens' con-
fessions and attributed them 10 hyp-
notism. He was denounced as a
crank by the general public. who
hurled at him the fact that the man
had said, II. l myself. killed this wom-
an" But the scientist was not daunt-
ed by this criticism. There are few
scientists who have made assertions
which were in direct contradiction TO
popular belief that have not been de-
nOunced as Cranks. He sent. therefore
the evidence upon which he had reach
ed his conclusion to some OF the fore
most orientalists in the country and
received replies from two Harvard pro-
fessors. who stand in the front rank,
that he was undoubtedly correct in his
deductions.
Prof. Hugo Munsterberg. professor
Of psychology at Harvard. sent the fol-
lowing reply:
Harvard University. Cambridge.
Dear Dr. Christison: After read
ing your pamphlet feel obliged 10 say
that l agree with YOU in all essential
points / studied mental abnormalities
and especially the 'borderland' cases
twenty years and have hypnotized
large number OF patients
ION this base l feel sure that the So
called confessions OF Ivens are untrue.
and that ne had nothing to do with
the crime. 1t Is an interesting and
yct rather clear case Of dissertation
and auto suggestion: 81 would need
probably careful treatment TO build up
his dissociated mind and thus awake
In hin. again clear memory of his
real experience
The witches OF the seventeenth CEN
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

Franklin c. Hollister. who
was brutally murdered in Chi
~ cago last January. was IN
nocent.
Richard Ivens himself said he was
guilty
Evidently either science or Ivens is
at fault. But science has arrayed
upon its side Of the question the evil
dence of three well-known psychol-
ogfsts They are Dr. J. Sanderson
ChrisIison. OF Chicago; Prof. William
James, OF Harvard University and
Prof. Hugo Munsterberg. alsS OF Har-
ward These men. basing their arsu-
ments and deductions upon long years
Of study end experimentation in alb
normal mental conditions. assert that
the self-confessed murderer had notn-
ing 20 do with the crime, that the
case IS one of dissertation and auto
suggestion which is merely a form
of hypnotism. They declare that
Ivers. crude OF mind and undc-elOped.
was thrown irto an abnormal state Of
mind by the horror Of the murdcr,
and that through suggestion from
others and from himself, developed the
confessions which have stamped him
guilty in the eye OF the law.
To the mind of the layman the fact
that Ivcns declared his own guilt
knowing that ii meant the moose for
him. settles the whole matter. II Is
income -;vabIe. the layman holds, that
any man would confess To a crime 30
horrible unless he was hopeless Of
ever avoiding the issue in the end.
Opposed 10 this. however. is the argu-
menS that man who had committed
such a crime and knowing that death
was in store for him should his guilt
he discovered would go tar before de
Claring himself the criminal. knowing
that such y confession could be used
against him At the time of the trial
jiut NJ was trapped into this confes-
sion by the police. says the layman In
rerlv. That is the point exactly the
scientist returns. Picture To yourself
the condition of this young mans
mind. after the discovery Of the muir
der II was he who found the BODY
who then trld his father that the
CORPSE of dead woman lay in the
N-trd back OF their home and il was
he 10 whom the police first attached
the guile Ivcns. little more than
boy had never evinced much iatelli-
rence. He had gone through seven
grades ~ The public schools. ana there
his mental development ceased as far
~ school training was concerned In
fact his WAS mind, and the condi-
tionS. such. says the scientist, tnat
made il not only probable. but quite
natural for suggestion, which is mere
" another name for hypnotism. TO
play rs part The assertion was made
to HIM quickly in imperative tones. hy
the police You are guilty of this
woman's murder" And lvens, after
n moment cf hesitation, felt himself
inpeIlcd To reply. Yes. I killed her"
After the admission Of guilt. the rest
OF the confession came easily