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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-28

Walk over to Winton for Walk-Over
Shoes. st. Croix Lbr. Co.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-28

J.. Leroy Shannon spent a few days
in Duluth this week.
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C. HAPPENINGS.


day.
Eveleth.
Saturday.
mc. C.o,mIh. o. Wit, col,
Walk-OVer ohoes.
, cs.,.,,aa A. puoI,.,, sovor,,
Gays last week.
q ,,.oman r;oi,od IN
Iowef Monuay'
D.,.., p.;s,,
anu oaUu'o"y'
w,..,,.ood ,hoo9 r,,oro 10 h,t
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-28

Matt Spreitzer was in Eveleth Tues
day,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-28

M. e. Gleason is spending today in
Eveleth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-28

Capt. Chas. Trezona was in Duluth
Saturday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-28

Mrs. John Habian visited in Duluth
several days this week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-28

The st. Croix Lbr. Co., Winton, sell
Walk-Over Shoes.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-06-20

dose only, just enough to make him
unconscious for short while AS
the chloroform was beginning to wear
off DR.. Irvine suddenly pushed the
man off the operating table SO that
he struck the floor with thud. This
awakened the crazy cop in a
jiffy.
Get up and hurry over to thai
door!" commanded Mr.. Connaughton,
who was present during the expert
ment.
Ennis walked to the door. Just as
YOU or ! would, in natural way. He
had forgotten all about the hobhling
and the crouching-and that was his
undoing.
"Oh. you fakir!' yelled the experts
and Connaughton. you fakir! We
found you QUIT
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 sheet Nobody realized bet
ter than he did that his end was at
hand.
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solution of the case. But two months
under the guidance of the experienced
attorney-at-law had made an absolute
" positive change for the better. Inc
miserable life of the prisoner was
saved by method that is only too
often applied in cases which are con
sidered desirable The defendant, III
stead of being put 10 death, Is no"
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 oite'
called, the "P. *.
If is not always that the murderer
succeeds in carrying his shamhlhs
game to a successful termination.
recall well the case of Policeman WI
liam II. Ennis. His is considered the
most remarkable of all the shammlns
cases that ever came under the oD-
starvation OF the officials in Sing sing
Ennis was a Brooklyn policeman. lie
was a married man, and as FAR as MS
notice record went Soou poioelio"
But he would get drunk, and when ne
was in his cups there was no telling
what he would not do.
The bluecoat and his wife did not
pet along well. Some said it was a
case of TOO much mother'ln'iaw'
Whether that be true or not Ennis
sbot and killed his wife, and then shot
his mother-in-law, who recovered
When arrested Ennis slammed sui
cldal mania He was put on triai'
nevertheless. His defense was lnsaD'
lty He was convicted. Throughout
The entire trial the fellow sat beside
his counsel as though in trance ms
LAWYER pleaded and pleaded with great
oarnestness. Alienists swore the po'
liceman was surely mad. HIS iriehds
also testified that in their opinion ne
was of unsound mind. Ennis never
said a word There were many ID tnat
crowded courtroom who, after looking
At the man, insisted that he was sure
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Gentlemen. he stammerei, yes
you have found me out But you
would not have done SO had you not
put me under chloroform Now I'm
glad it's over and g.A ready to take
my medicine You cannot imagine
what | have suffered during all these
long months while | was trying to
beat the chair. Now | am glad the
end Is at hand"
We'll remember the case of Mar
tin Thorn. the barber, who, together
with Augusta Mack a midwife, killed
William Guldensuppe. rubber in
Turkish bath. William f. Howe, the
veteran criminal lawyer, was his
senior counsel Joseph Moss, now
magistrate, and at that time also con.
nected with the firm of Howe & Hum
mel, was also of counsel sat next
to Thorn during his trial, which took
place in Long Island City, and later
on | saw him electrocuted In Sing
Sing
There was nobody at that time who
understood more about putting up
NV llbnl hlnt vi utltuSt iUdH ulu lllt
veteran Howe. | remember going to
him just as the trial was about to
start and asking him what kind of a
defense Thorn would put up.
All, my boy" said Mr.. Howe to me-
Il don't know myself That is, it all
depends upon circumstances, In the
first place we" The always spoke OF
his client as wei did not commit the
crime. Therefore, you see-and quite
| readily too--that we are innocent of
this most awful charge that grand
jury guided by a misinformed district
attorney, has declared against us"
A shert time after the commence
nounced that she would turn states
evidence. She confessed all and
swore that Thorn had committed the
murder.
was assigned that night to notify
Mr. Howe of what had occurred. !
found him in an uptown hotel. He had
retired when the bellboy took up my
card l was asked to Come right
in. my boy"
told him that the woman In the
case had confessed that Thorn had
killed Guldensuppe and that she had
helped the man to dispose Of the body
of the victim
What are you going to do now
about the defense?' l inquired.
Il have it! | have it," all at once
shouted Mr. Howe, looking as happy
as schoolboy with new toy. What
do you think of it?"
The only thing left you is insan
ity," l suggested.
And that Is where you are wrong
replied Mr.. Howe. Il told you hat
it. Here is our new defense. / knew
It all the while. Now, please, dom
think that / Just manufactured 1t
Why, of course, we knew all the time
that this was the body of Guldensuppe
although the head was missing. w,
know, too. who killed the man. W.
did not She did. Yes, she did. AL
we had to do with the case was t
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mp out of his skin, writes Gus Roe
In the New York World.
WHAT'S the matter this morning.
Inquired
Nothing the matter" he replied,
|ly here was ready for the trial Of
r. man was assigned to look after
me charge of homicide, and that
mas spoiled my defense
i"e lawyer explained: The case was
OF cold-blooded murder. 1t was a
uhcide committed while in the act
,oHmttitng a burglary. The de-
4uaht was an old-timer. The district
quincy was looking for a conviction
MURDER in the first degree, the pun
-Heht OF which Is death in the cleo
ehalr The lawyer who had been
'isned to defend the man surely was
against it,"
-! man was insane at the time OF
snootlng' said the attorney. The
[''ict attorney laughed when he
fpu about the kind of defense that
f% TO be offered.
'No months later the prisoner was
Ousnt to court again. What n
aase' Was unable to identify the
IT, Ills hair was long and looked as
lSusn a comb had never passed
'Vush 1t. There was two months
EY"ui OF reddish beard on his face.
II eyes We're starry Altogether the
'euuaht appeared more like a mon.
RI Than a human being.
-. The Ruse That Worked.
40 use trying him; he's not right
30 upper story" said the lawyer 10
assistant district attorney in
C~se' The prosecutor seemed 10
I'm MS doubts. In order to go to
4, ~ The case it was necessary to
I'M, jury and then there was some
H., I' as TO whether, after all, a con
b0,s 1n oI murder in the first degree
..u be secured.
IO,sm you take a plea of guilty OF
IA ,.n . IN the second degree?" asked
80
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with
wonderfully his
talk
he make statistics with marvellous
which he
composite
His entire life bohood been devoted stat
%
Manhattan Life
a
October, he
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-06-20
he Practice Might Almost Be
Classed as a Fine Art -How
liz Has Been Successfully
Done, With Legal Assist
ance, in Some Celebrated
New York Cases.

,,v York. - Its a shame!
II I was ready to go to trial
nv murder case this morn
and that fool of a client of
u had to 60 to work and get a
kve and a haircut. Now ! can't
4 him tried for two months. He's
n wait now until the vacation sea-
"a over. III make sure that he
4 not shave any more while l have
Thing to do with his defense"
vas coming out of the criminal
his building when ran into a law
an old acquaintance--he is one
|he best-known criminal lawyers in
/ Countrywide appeared to me as
bugh he was about mad enough to
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The prosecutor consulted the Judge
on the bench. He said he was willing.
The prisoner was arraigned once
more.
Defendant at the bar" called out
Clerk Penney, you say you change
your plea of not guilty of murder in
the first degree, heretofore interposed
in your case, and now plead guilty to
murder in the second degree. Is that
your plea?"
ct is came the response from the
prisoner at the bar
Two months before that--right after
the shave and hair cut-no such plea
would have been accepted. Death in
the electric chair was then the only
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-06-20
PLANS HAVEN FOR HoBoES

DR.. Ben l.. Reitman, organizer of the Broth
erhood Welfare association. Institution de-
signed to uplift the Weary Willie" band more
commonly known as tramps who recently gave
elaborate banquet at prominent Chicago
hotel to typical gathering of knights OF the
road has aroused reformers and others by his
unique plan and many are already becoming in
terested in his scheme.
Dr. Reitman was born in st. Paul January l.,
1879, and when ~ years old he ran away from
home and took up the Weary Willie profession.
For five years he remained at home and went to
school or worked for a period of months
out of the year and the balance of the time he
put in tramping about the nation. At the age of
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help her, out of pure gallantry, to
dispose of the body. That is no
crime. She did the killing, nothing
else. That is our defense!"
Thorn went on the witness stand
and told the story just as Mr.. Howe
had outlined it to me. But the jury
did not believe him. and convicted the
barber OF murder in the first degrse.
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The Reason.

F. A. Busse, Chicago's new mayor,
ad been complimented by reporter
Oh the direct, terse quality of state
ment he had given out.
II am a believer in brevity," said
Mr.. Busse, smiling. THE fewer words
you say a thing in. the stronger and
more striking is that things effect.
Once | knew man who hated the
Swiss.
"'Why, Jake, Isaid to him one day,
you astound me. You hate the Swiss,
yet here you are married to Swiss
wife,
"'Yrs, said Jake; that's the rea.
SON
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y fit subject for an insane asylum
iney called him the crazy cop
but the district attorney won -ls
point The jury found the policeman
sullly OF murder In the first degree.
mere was nothing else for the Judge
70 DO than to sentence the man to be
eiectrocuted at Sing Sing. Ennis heard
.le sentence and acted as though he
dlu not know what was happening.
ihey took him to Sing Sing. He was
weak and broken in health. He was
paced in one of the steel cages In the
uVath 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
"nile Ennis was confined in the death
mousse ne never spoke to one of the
other condemned men. Although they
ttled their hest to entertain the CON
Vlcted policeman he never spoke to
them. When the warden and the keep.
ers attempted to draw him into a con.
Versation Ennis would humble some
thing that they could not understand,
lie would sit all day and long into the
night, always in a crouching position.
When once week they would open
MS cell door and tell him to step out.
side that he might be bathed ard
shaved, he would hobble about as IL
he was a wild beast. But never a
word did he utter, At first he refused
to taste food. After a while he ate,
but sparingly only. He wasted away
terribly.
The Chloroform Test.
DIR. 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
| ~ WV iONNA NOuib, ildl lut utdti
sentence must be carried out accord
Ing to law. Warden Johnson was puz
zled.
Warden Johnson, who Is very con
scientious man, reported to the gov
ernor and the latter, in order that NJ
injustice should be done and an in
sane man made to suffer the dealt
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 then
learned the story have narrated
here.
IF we can only get his mind OF
the subject" said the doctors. IF h,
is shamming we can find 1t out onl,
by getting his mind off the sub
ject."
They carried Ennis out of the dealt
house and up to the operating room II
the hospital inside of the prison walls
There they placed him on an operai
ing table and the chloroform was ad
ministered. They gave him a SINAI
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in of
In president of
scho 1881.
Dr. Billings attracted much attention last fall advocating
o a wdeyquoed he
do be freedom Of
o
Of
This sounds drastic but the in the defective
The
annua
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built for Mrs Stevens husbands father who brought his bride there
which caracterzes the residence Nothing
While
kerose
dictaon writing addresses daily mail
a
While explaining OF the interesting features
In
o e o he
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He different
obtaining knowledge the modes living
Reitman decided
upifhtng welknown
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HEAD OF NATIONAL w. @. T. U.

Mrs. Lillian NJ n. Stevens, president OF the
National Womans Christian Temperance Union
and vice president of the Worlds Woman's Chris
ton Temperance Union, has, by means of her
talents. applied to lifelong and unflagging fight
against the curse of intoxicating drink, achieved
not only national but international fame. Than
Mrs. Stevens few of Americans are more in
the public eye to-day
But her home life and surroundings at Port
land, Me-, few, her most intimate friends.
know of. The Stevens homestead is in Strouds-
water. historic suburb of the charming City by
the Sea which the poet Longfellow sang of The
house is of the old Colonial style, severe in it's
design, but conveying an unmistakable air of gen
tty and comfort 1t Is over q century old and
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a PICTURESQUE MAN

John II. Hegeman. president of the Metropoli.
tan Life Insurance company, who has been In
dicted on seven counts for forgery IN the third
degree end three for perjury, is the most pic
turesque figure In the insurance game. He Is long.
haired. IN ay and swarthy The indictments grew
out of certain "yearend" transactions in which
the annual statements to the state insurance de-
partmeut are said TO have been "doctored.
Hegemcn is striking personality, both phys.
ically and intellectually In facial contour he
bears a strong resemblance some think, to the
late Edwin Booth His hair is worn in long ring
let's which flow over his shoulders and this part
of his adornment is his particular pride. The
curling locks now streaked with gray cared
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LEADS WAR ON WHITE PLAGUE

DR.. Frank Billings of Chicago president of
the Illinois state board of charities and noted
physician, has been elected president of the Ma
tional Association for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis This organization of doctors,
which has already done important work toward
the stamping out of the white plague, has just
held largely attended convention in Washington.
After the death of the late Marshall Field Dr.
Billings sent in the following bill:
"'ro services rendered from January 10 to
January II, day and night attendance, time of
journey to and from New York-S250O0"
This fee, one of the largest ever paid an
American doctor, allowed without question
Dr. Billings is noted as a diagnostcian. He
is a member of most of the technical societies Of
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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-02-22
Admiral Helen Gould.

Miss Helen Gould was saluted with
the two rufiles OF an admiral a She
boarded the battleship Alabama the
Brooklyn navy yard, says the New
York World. A "rufYle" Is a roll Of
the drum with the bugles. The presi.
dent Of the United States receives
three ruffles. 1t was the pretty com.
pliment Of the 100 jackies to the wo-
man who has done so much for them.
Miss Gould had been invited to in.
spect the ship. which Lieutenant-C Com.
mandsr Schumacher told her was "the
finest" With her were Miss Edith
Hay. Kingdom Gould, her nephew, and
Chester Harrison. her cousin. She
was received on the quarterback and
every one Of the jackies received a
nod Of greeting from her as the line
hled past In review. Rear.Admlral
Coghlan led the way in the inspection
Of the battleship.
The only thing that went wrong
Was the dog. the mascot. The Rev.
John =. Carson in brief talk mad.
vertently spoke Of the president as
Teddy" At this the dog set up a
howl. The dog was banished from its
place OF honor and 1t was explained
that 1t meant no harm, but was only
saluting Its own name.
Whenever Miss Gould visits an army
post the enlisted men salute her as
II she vees an ofncer.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-02-22
Bio TREE.PLAhrINo pLANa
Pixies Peak Reserve to Have $1,000
to Save the Water.


to Save the Water.
The United States bureau Of forest.
~ has begun three extensive projects
under Its forestry-planting operations
for the season. Fifty thousand trees
are to be planted In the Pixies peak
forest reserve. 5000 along the lines
Of the Delaware 4 Hudson River rail.
road, planted in cooperation with the
railroad company, while a similar co.
operation with the Northern Pacific
railroad is under way. The Pixies
peak forests are for water conserva-
tion. while the railroad projects are 10
supply crosstles for the roads.
In cooperation with officials Of
New Hampshire. agents Of the bureau
of forestry have commenced to make
maps Of the southern part Of that
state, which will show the timber
land, the agricultural land and the
barren areas suitable for tree-plant
Ing. It is proposed to map 1000 acres
this summer. Forest work In the
state will be done chiefly with the
view of advising farmers and owners
Of second-growth forest ~ to the best
management for the production OF
pulpwood, boxboards, drewood, etc.
Another object is TO complete for
est policy for the state, covering legis-
lation upon fire and forest taxation:
also system to protect timber land
and to encourage conservative forest
management.
Under the supervision OF the nit.
ed States bureau Of forestry, a forest
OF $4,000 trees has been planted on
the slopes Of the San Gabriel noun
tains OF California, for the purpose OF
conserving the water OF the mountain
streams for irrigation purposes The
entire cost Of raising and transplant.
Ing the new forest has been but ST..
%s5. The experiment, the first OF its
kind, Is regarded as satisfactory.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-02-22
Aged British Peers.

There are seven peers In the Brit.
.lh House Of Lords, whose combined
ages reach 623 years. Lord Gwydyr IL
ninety-nve. Lord Field, ninety-two, the
Earl Of Cranbrook. nin.ty-one. Lord
Masham ninety. Lord Grinthorps
eishty-nine. Lord Brampton eighty.
eight and the Duke Of Rutland eighty.
seven. AS,-lg4 -,l8EAA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-09
WHITE MAN ARRESTED
 FOR BIRMINGHAM POLICE
Is Badly Wanted In Magic City On .
 Felony Charge.

In arresting George R. Alexander, a white man, last night. the Montgom- cry police performed a quick piece of detective work for Birmingham. Alex ander is. wanted in the Magic City on a felony charge
 At police headquarters, a telephone message was received at S:30 o'clock last night from Detective Patton of Birmingham, asking the Montgomery police to watch out for and arrest Alexander. At ten minutes after 10 o'clock. Special ofieers Jackson and Murrell arrested Alexander on Dexter avenue,
 When the officers searched him at the police station, two tickets were found for passage, from Montgomery to Fort Worth. Texas, which was taken by the police to indicate that the pris- oner had some one in company with him. Assleeping ear ticket from Mont gomery to New Orleans and $636O was also found. Alexander would not tell who his associate was He was per feetly calm and had little or nothing to say. It was ascertained that he reached Montgomery yesterday morn ing.
 Alexander gave in his age at thirty four years and said he was native of Tennessee.
 The Birmingham authorities were informed and an officer is expected to arrive for the prisoner this morning.