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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

out an owner, then making a forty or
fifty mile ride with the girl. After his
evening drive, Stevens would abandon
the machine.
The thefts continued with regular
ity and apparently the police were
helpless until they discovered a bunch
of sweet peas in the empty machine.
In the bunch was one of peculia.
shade. which it was found was grown
only in one garden in the city. Stevens
was shadowed for several days by dc
tectives until tonight, when he was az
rested
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
JUDGE LANDIS P0STP0NES
ALTON REBATE HEARING

and in the suitcase the man carried
were found the missing portion of the
body.
Body Identified.
Later the body was identified as that
of Emma Levin, the widow of a rich
Stockholm merchant. She had made
the acquaintance of the Goods ~
Monte Carlo.
When arrested the Goods told the
police an incredible story. They said
the dead woman had been stabbed to
the heart in their apartment in Monte
Carlo by a man named Burker, who
ran away Immediately after commit
ing the crime, leaving the body lying
in their dining room. They said they
were merely trying to convey the re-
mains to England for burial so as to
avoid trouble at Monte Carlo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
CLEARS MYSTERY
Confession Throws Light on the
Body Found in Trunk by Au-
thorities of Marsei'les.
CRIME DONE AT MONTE CARLO
Man and Woman With Whom Victim
Was Staying Admit Murder and
Dismemberng Remains.

Marseilles, Aug. 13.-By the confes-
sion today of We're st. Ledger Goold
that he was the murderer of Emma
Levin at Monte Carlo, the trunk mys-
terry has been cleared up.
GOold in his confession to the exam
lning magistrate coolly related all the
details of the crime He alone had
slain the woman, he declared, and it
was he who cut up her body. although
his wife had helped him pack it away
in their baggage. After this had been
done they both agreed to journey TO
Marseilles, where they planned to cast
the body into the sea.
Confessed Her Part.
Mrs. GOOld, whose first name is Vio-
let, also confessed her part in the
crime. She said her husband had
promised to give Emma Levin the sum
of 500 for certain reason, but she
demanded 800 more, which she want
ed to give to man friend To this
Mr.. Goold objected, his wife says,
whereupOn Emma Levin abused him.
Referring to what happend next,
Goold says in his confession:
Il had been drinking and. becoming
angry, | seized a hunting knife ani
buried it in Emmas back She fell
dead. The next day l dismembercd
| the body with a saw and a knife an.l
placed the torso in a trunk and the
| head and legs in valise. | only stab,
| bed the woman once. The other
wounds on her body must have been
caused by shaking around in the
trunk"
To Prevent Discovery.
GOOld said they carried off Emma
Levin's jewels. not for their value. but
in order to prevent their discovery n
his apartment
GoOld said his grandfather was :
baronet and his father an Irish magis
trate. He said he had served secretly
on the Irish land commission i'll Dub
lin. In 1899 he moved to Montreal
where, he SAYS, he made fortune. II
then went to Holland. and later movet
to Monte Carlo. Mrs. GOOld cOrroboc
ated everything her husband said.
! GoOld and his wife. who are both cl
delly ana of good English families, ar
rived ut Marseillcs from Monte Carl,
on Aug. 6. Their baggage consisted o
IA trunk and a suitcase. The trunl
was left at the station to be registerCc
for London. while Goold and his wifi
taking the suitcase, went 10 hotel 70
breakfast Blood oozing from tn
trunk aroused suspicion. 1t was open
: ed and found to contain the torso of ;
woman The Goods were arrested
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
Kino Goes to Msrienbad.

London, Aug. liking Edward left
England this afternoon on his annual
visit to Marienbad to take the cure
The king will meet Emperor William
at Wilhelmshohe tomorrow, and on the
following day will have a lengthy coa-
ference with Emperor Francis Joseph
at ISchl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
MAKE new ATTACK
Moors Again Assault Casa
Blanca but Are Driven Off
With Great Loss.
SHIPS AGAIN SHELL THEM
French Sustain Slight Damage in the
Observation-Disclosures Not Seek
ing Conquest, it is Said.

Tangier. Aug. 13.-Tribesmen made
another desperate attempt to rush the
French camp and raid Casa Blanca yes
terday and were repulsed with grea.
loss.
Four thousand mounted MoOrs
charged again and again almost to the
muZzle of the French guns in the face
Of a withering fire. The tribesmen
fought with fanatical courage. um-
daunted by the loss that marked every
charge.
a hail of shrapnel that literally
moved down men and horses finally
ended the attack. leaving the plain
fronting the French camp carpeted
with dead and dying.
Keep Up Fire.
During the fighting the warships in
the Toadstcd Ccaselessly shelled the
masses of native horsemen as they
swept over the plains. The accuracy
of the ships gunners was deadly an
the shells were terribly effective.
The losses sustained by the French
troops in their intrenched camp were
lnCOnSlueraDIe.
The transport Oasis with reinforce.
ments of French troops from AlGiers
and Orau has arrived at Casa Blanca.
| Siboubekir, governor of Casa Blanc /
who was dismissed for having abetteI
the massacre of Europeans. is now q
prisoner on board the French cruiser
| Gloire.
Europeans Defend Selves.
| Saffit. Il seaport. is reported sur
IIOunded by natives. The European
residents are preparing to defend then:
selves The situation there is declared
to be critical
NJ Malperthuy. the French consul a
Casa Blanca. who is here. said toda.
that one of the causes of unrest, ant 2
dating the original outbreak which re
suited in the killing of eight Europe
ans, was agitation by certain Europe
ans in Morocco who are opposed t.
any reforms which might result in de
Ipriving them of commercial privilege
unfairly obtained through favOritism.
France Not Seeking Conquest.
Paris. Aug. 13-Following n state
ment of Foreign Minister Pichon tina
France does not intend to embark OF
a conquest of Morocco or send an cN
pedition into the interior, the semi
official Temps this evening reiterate
that the government intends to pursU
only the measures necessary to fulfil
the spirit of the Algerciras convention
adding:
THE German newspapers, whic
pretend today that the convention
only scrap of paper now, regarded
. as mere important in days of yort
They talk of letting us conquer Mo-
occo, and ask us in exchange TO max
certain compensations. They ar
good, but the questions are not befOr
us officially.
I'VE shall take in Morocco, wit
frmness but without imprudence. tn
steps necessary to maintain order 7
= the open ports as we'll as those esse'
tiaI to the roestablishment of Euro
i pean prestige. nothing less and not.
G ing more"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
Coxey to Lead New March.

Sault Ste. Maria, Mich, Aug. 13.-
General Coxey, leader of the famous
hobo march across the country to
Washington few years ago, is plan
ming to start new pilgrimage, but he
refuses to tell its destination or its pu".
pose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
KING EDWARD SEES
EMPEROR WILLIAM
British Ruler Arrives in Prussia and
is Given a Most Cordial
Greeting.

Cassel, Prussia, Aug. liking Ed
ward reached here today. He was met
by Emperor William. The greetings
exchanged between the monarchs were
very cordial. BY order of the emperor,
elaborate preparations had been made
for the kings reception. The road from
the station to the castle was occupied
through its entire length by troops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
HEARING STARTED
Special Masters Begin Inquiry
Into the Mental State of
Mrs. Mary B. Eddy.
PRELIMINARIES OUT OF WAY
Attorneys for "Next Friends" Declare
Christian Science Leader the
Victim of Delusons.

Concord. n. H.. Aug 13.-Three mas
ters, appointed by Judge Chamberlin
of the superior court to determine the
competency of Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy. head of the Christian Science
church. in connection with a suit
brought by next friends" for an ac-
counting of Mrs. Eddy's finances, began
their hearings today. The masters are
Judge Edgar Aldrich of the United
States district court. Hosea w. Parker
of ClaromOnt, and DR.. George F. Jelly
of Boston, an alienist.
The commission is to determine
whether or not Mrs. Eddy on March l
| of this year was mentally competent
| to execute a deed transferring her
! property to trustees Counsel for the
| next friends" contend that the trust
deed is Illegal because of the alleged
incOmpetency of the maker.
Defense Handicapped.
| For the next friends William e.
| Chandler outlined the suit and defend
ed its good faith. Counsel for the next
friends, he said. had been handicapped
| III tlt plVldi dlioi VI tlltil CSiSt w illt
Irefusal of the court to allow many mo-
tons of importance. He cited among
the adverse decisions OF the court the
denial of the motion of the defendants
that counsel for the next friends be
lrequired to furnish bonds for the costs
of the suit; that the court grant coun-
sci for the next friends an allowance
from Mrs. Eddy's estate for the proper
preparation and presentation of the
lease of plaintiffs motion for jury
trial; the denial of access of counsel
for the plaintiffs to witnesses on their
Iside under the control of opposing
icounsel and the presumption of the TAX
ing of dispositions in New Hampshire
| Victim of Many DeIusions.
Mr.. Chandler stated in closing that
Mrs. Eddy was the victim not of a sol
Iitary delusion, not of notion. even in
lsane notion. but series of systematic
ldelusions which infipenced her whole
life. and have resulted or will result IN
lsenile dementia.
| Judge Aldrich, for the masters. com
= mented upon certain phases of Mr.
Chambers argument, said the master.
: regard this as a friendly proceeding
and that, there being no adversary par
ty, the statutory right 10 take deposi
tions did not exist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

Locally and generally throughout the
country the wire strike was more ef
fective today than ever before. While
the Rock Island offices of the Postal
and Western Union telegraph COM
panies remain open and with n full
force of operators they are handling
practically nothing. owing 20 the fac,
that nearly all cities hereabLTt are If
fected In most places where a strike
Is in force the managers are left alone
to handle such part of the business ds
they can take care of, while i'm one or
two instances the managers them
selves have quit and the Offices ar
closed
Gives Partial Report.
The Associated Press continued TO
give partial service by relayinG from
place TO place over its leased wires.
Dispatches indicate that the efforts
to bring about a settlement have borne
no fruit as vet but with the more i'm
portant labor leaders and representa-
tives of the department of commerce
and labor all assembled at Chicago
results are likely to be announced at
any time
Hits Davenport, Too.
The wire strike reached Davenport
this morning. At $40 a. m. Manager
]. L. Randolph ordered an operator tt
work with n striking office and every
one. including the day and night chief
walked out The Postal force followed
at once. This leaves the manager.
alone at work Other tri-city labor or
ganizalons have rendered assistanc,
to the strikers. One of the latter t.
day stated that he and his associate
are ont to win and declared that th'
great majority Of the business men o
the city are with them.
one operator quit in the Moline
Postal Office He has been worldn,
extra in place of regular member }
the force who is on vacation.
Little Progress Made.
Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 14.-But lit.
progress was made early today in tn
efforts 10 secure q settlement of tn
telegraph strike. The men are AVA;
ing the arrival of President Small b
fore taking any further action.
The companies adhered strictly I
their determination not to receive an
deputations from strikers or subm
anything to arbitration.
situation in New York.
New York. Aug. 13.-From the view
point of the employers of telegraph OF
orators the strike situation tonight wa
said to be improving hourly and tn
officials of both the Western Union an
the Postal companies announced then
selves to be more than satisfied wit
the progress that had been made t
ward the restoration of wire commun
cations throughout the country.
"It is now not so much a question
restoring communication" declared OF
official. "as it is of reestablishing nc
NAL conditions"
These officials were frank to adm
that some surprise was occasioned
the action Of their operators in add
tional cities going out today, but q
Clared that none of the days strik
left them with an entirely crippled fore
Enough men have remained in c
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14

dose only, just enough to make him
unconscious for short while. AS
the chloroform was beginning to wear
off DR.. IrvineP suddenly pushed the
man off the operating table so that
he struck the floor with a thud. This
awakened the crazy cop" in a
jiffy.
Get up and hurry over to that
doorl" commanded Mr.. Connaughton,
who was present during the expert
ment.
Ennis walked to the door, just as
you or l would, in a natural way. He
had forgotten all about the hobbling
and the crouching-and that was his
undoing.
"Oh, you fakir!" yelled the experts
and Connaughton. you fakirl We
found you outl'
The moment Ennis realized that he
+ had been caught with the goods on"
as big Bill" Devery would have said
had he been on hand, he turned as
white as a sheet. Nobody realized bet
ter than he did that his end was at
hand.
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14

solution of the case. But two months
under the guidance of the experienced
attorney-at-law had made an absolute
ly positive change for the better. The
miserable life of the prisoner was
saved by a method that is only too
often applied in cases which are con-
sidered desirable. The defendant, in
stead of being put to death, is now
serving a life sentence in Sing Sing.
There are others of his kind there.
Nobody knows that better than does
the shrewd Connaughton, the principal
keeper of the prison, or, as he is often
called. the "P. X"
1t is not always that the murderer
succeeds in carrying his shamming
game TO successful termination. |
recall we'll the case of Policeman Will
liam II. Ennis. His is considered the
most remarkable of all the shamming
cases that ever came under the OBJ
servation of the officials in Sing Sing.
Ennis was a Brooklyn policeman. He
was married man, and as far as his
police record went a good policeman.
But he would get drunk, and when he
was in his cups there was no telling
what he would not do.
The bluecoat and his wife did not
get along we'll. Some said Il was a
case of too much mother-in-law
Whether that be true or not, Ennis
shot and killed his wife, and then shot
his mother-in-law, who recovered.
When arrested Ennis slammed sui
cidal mania. He was put on trial.
nevertheless. His defense was insah-
ity. He was convicted. Throughout
the entire trial the fellow sat beside
his counsel as though in trance. His
lawyer pleaded and pleaded with great
earnestness. Alienists swore the po-
liceman was surely mad. His friends
also testified that in their opinion he
was OF unsound mind. Ennis never
said word. There were many In that
crowded courtroom who, after looking
at the man, insisted sAat he was sure
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14

Jump out of his skin, writes Gus Roe
der in the New York World.
Whats the matter this morning.
I inquired.
Nothing the matter" he replied,
"only here l was ready for the trial Of
that man l was assigned to look after
on the charge of homicide, and that
fool has spoiled my defense"
The lawyer explained: The case was
one of cold-blooded murder. 1t was a
homicide committed while in the act
of committing a burglary. The de-
fendant was an old-timer. The district
attorney was looking for a conviction
of murder in the first degree, the pun
ishment of which is death in the elec-
trio chair. The lawyer who had been
assigned to defend the man surely was
"up against it,"
"My man was insane at the time of
the shooting" said the attorney. The
district attorney laughed when he
heard about the kind of defense that
was to be offered.
Two months later the prisoner was
brought to court again. What a
change! ] was unable to identify the
man. His hair was long and looked as
though a comb had never passed
through II. There was two months
growth of reddish beard on his face
His eyes were starry. Altogether the
defendant appeared more like mon
ster than a human being.
The Ruse That Worked.
mo use trying him; he's not right
in his upper story" said the lawyer tc
the assistant district attorney In
charge. The prosecutor seemed tc
have his doubts. In order to go tc
trial in the case II was necessary tc
get a jury, and then there was some
doubt as to whether. after all, con
viction of murder In the first degree
could be secured.
"Wili you take plea Of guilty o.
murder in the second degree7" asked
the lawyer.
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14

their employ as assassin. He swore
that Haywood paid him $500 for blow
ing up the Vindicator mine. Next
came the making of two bombs that
were tossed into the coal heap at the
indicator mine, but were never
heard from again, and then digres-
sion to confess that before the sue
he had informed the railway manage
ment of plot to blow up its trains
carrying nonunion men. Next the
prisoner related how he journeyed to
southern Colorado as a guard to
Meyer.
After the noon recess the witness
told of his journey with Meyer and
his return to Denver. where 1t was
suggested, he said. that he kill Gov
Peabody. He said he picked Steve
Adams to aid him, and together they
stalked the governor between the cap
itol building and his home, trying for
shot at him with cutoff shotguns.
Haywood and Pettibone were in the
plot and furnished the witness with
money from time to time, he said.
The plot failed because Horsley and
Adams followed a carriage containing
three women to the Peabody home
and excited suspicion.
Next came plot to dynamite Pea
body, and Horsley said they made q
bomb, but gave the plan up at the
suggestion of Haywood. who was in
fear that they would all be arrested.
He said he and Adams were told to
lay off for a time, but meantime Pet
tibone suggested that they kill Lyte
Gregory, who had been deputy
sheriff and had given testimony
against some of the members OF the
federation.
Orchard Ends Cory Tale.
Boise, Idaho. - Harry Orchard
crowned his admissions of grave
crimes Thursday when, continuing his
testimony against William ID. Hay
wood, he made an explicitly detailed
confession of the murder OF Frank
Steunenberg by an internal machine
that directly opens the way for his
own conviction and execution.
He swore that the assassination OF
Steunenberg was first suggested by
Haywood, was jointly plotted by Hay
wood, Meyer, Pettibone and himself
was financed by Haywood and was ex'
ecuted by himself after the failure oil
an attempt in which Jack Simpkins
had participated.
Orchard lifted the total of his own
murdered victims to IS, and detailed
the circumstances under which he
| tried to murder former Gov. Peabody
Judge Goddard, Judge Gabbert, Gen
Sherman Bell, Dave Moffat and Frank
Herne. Incidentally. he confessed to
a plan to kidnap the child of one OF
his former associates.
Under cross-examination by the de-
fense Orchard confessed guilt of the
sordid social crimes Of deserting his
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14
INTERESTING POINTS OF
ORCHARDS STORY.

Haywood told me the blowing
up of the (Vindicator) mine was
a fine piece of work. Meyer
gave me 5000 and Haywood paid
me $500 for blowing up the
mine.
Haywood and Meyer both told
me | could not get too fierce TO
suit them-to go ahead and
blow up everything l could
think of-to get some of the
soldiers If possible.
Meyer and Pettibone wanted
to know II | could not work up
some scheme to assassinate
Governor Peabody of Colorado.
Haywood thought Steve
Adams was the best man for
the work. Pettibone gave us
some sawed-off shotguns and
shells loaded with buckshot.
We kept after Peabody for three
weeks, when Haywood told me
to lay off for awhile.
Haywood, Pettibone and Simp-
kins then wanted something
pulled off at Cripple Creek. We
planned to blow up the Inde-
pendence depot. The depot was
wrecked and twelve or fourteen
men killed. The next day Pet
tibone gave me $500. Adams
told me he got 5000.
The Yale expositor., 1907-06-14

ly q fit subject for an insane asylum.
They called him the "crazy cop"
But the district attorney won his
point. The jury found the policeman
guilty of murder in the first degree.
There was nothing else for the judge
to do than to sentence the man to be
electrocuted at Sing Sing. Ennis heard
the sentence and acted as though he
did not know what was happening.
They took him to Sing Sing. He was
weak and broken in health. He was
placed in one of the steel cages in the
death house and there the man sat, in
almost utter silence, for nearly two
years, while his case was being passed
upon by the highest court in the state.
During all these days and months
while Ennis was confined in the death
house he never spoke to one OF the
other condemned men. Although they
tried their best to entertain the con-
victed policeman he never spoke TO
them. When the warden and the keep
ers attempted to draw him into con-
versation Ennis would humble some
thing that they could not understand.
He would sit al day and long into the
night, always in a crouching position.
When once a week they would open
his cell door and tell, him to step out
side that he might be bathed and
shaved, he would hobble about as If
he was a wild beast. But never a
word did he utter. At first he refused
to taste food. After q while he ate,
but sparingly only. He wasted away
terribly.
The Chloroform Test.
DR.. Irvine, the expert physician of
the prison, was among the few. who
seemed to be in doubt as to whether
Ennis mind was really affected or not.
His case was widely discussed among
experts, but here was a kind of in
sanity that was up to that time prac-
tically unknown.
One day there came word from Al
bany that the court of appeals had
confirmed the sentence and conviction
of the lower court, and that the death
sentence must be carried out accord
ing to law. Warden Johnson was puz
zled.
Warden Johnson, who is a very con
scientious man, reported TO the gov
ernor and the latter, in order that nc
injustice should be done and an in
sane man made to suffer the death
penalty, appointed commission com
posed of leading experts in insanity
and they went to Sing Sing and looked
at Ennis. They questioned the ward
en- and the keepers and from them
learned the story / have narrated
here.
IF we can only get his mind of
the subject" said the doctors. IF he
is shamming We can find 1t out only
by getting his mind off the sub
ject."
They carried Ennis out of the death
house and up to the operating room IN
the hospital inside of the prison walls
There they placed him on an operat
ing table and the chloroform was ad
ministered. They gave him a small