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Just as there must be in it's detection, unless it is
the shallow work of bungler In this latter case
there have been instances where even the police
have uncovered the truth. But the expert criminal,
the man of genius, the professional may say,-re-
CARDS perfect only that crime which does not
and cannot be made to appear crime at ALL there
fore that can never involve him. nor anyone else
The financier, ]. Morgan Grayson, regarded this
wizened little man of scienCe-The Thinking Ma
ne-thoughtfuly, through the smoke of his cigar:
1T is strange psychological fact that the casual
criminal glories in his crime beforehand and from
one to ten minutes afterward," The Thinking Ma
chine continued. For instance, the man who kills
for revenge the world to know it is his work.
but at the end of ten minutes comes fear, abject
terror and then paradoxically enough he will seek
to hide his crime and protect himself by some trans
parent means utterly inadequate, because OF what
he has said or done in the passion which preceded
the With fear comes panic, with panic lrrespon-
sibilty, and then he makes the mistake,-hews
pathway which the trained mind follows from motive
to prison cell
These are the men who are found out, But
there are of genius Mr. Grayson, professionally
engaged in crime. We never hear of them, because
they never caught and we never even suspect
them because they make no m1stake,-they are
men of genius Imagine the great brains of history
turned to crime. Well, there to-day brains
great as any of those which make profession of it
there is murder and theft and robbery under
noses that dream Of If l, for instance,
should become an active criminal, can you see
He paused.
Grayson, with a queer expression his face,
pulled steadily at his cigar.
Il could kill you now, here in this ROOM, The
Thinking Machine went on calmly, and no one
would ever know, never even suspect. Why not?
Because | would make mistake. In other words
would Immediately take rank with the criminals of
genius who never found out.
1t not boast as he said it; it was merely
statement OF fact. Grayson appeared to be little
startled. Where there had been only impatient
interest IN his manner, there was now something
elSe-faSclnatlOn, perhaps
How would you Kill me, for instance?" he in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09

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out, for the
simple reason that
the greatest crimes
their crimes-are
never discovered" re-
marked Professor
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
FROM DOWN
THE STATE
Telegraph News by Direct
Wire from All Over
Indiana.

indianapolis, March I. - me state
railroad commission in its onlclal r.
port to the legislature on the recent
wrecks at WOodyille and Fowler ana
the explosion Of car Of powder at
Sanford which destroyed a Big -Four
nossnger train, scores railroad en-
nloves for disregarding the rules, asks
that railroad companies require more
thorough knowledge of the rules on the
part Of their employees, and recon-
mends a law compelling railroads with
an annual gross income of $1,000 or
more per mile to install an improved
block system along their lines. 1t is
also recommended that no telegraph
GENERATORS less than q years of age be
EMPLOYED. and that railroads cease to
accede to the reckless demand of the
travelling public for greater speed.
Two Bills Are Submitted.
The commission submitted to the
legislature along with its report two
bills for remedial legislation, copies Of
which will be introduced in both the
house and senate at once. One bill
provides that railroad companies shall
publish printed rules for the control
and operation Of trains, filing a copy
of them with the commission, and that
they shall properly instruct the en-
plcyes in the application of the rules
and examine them every six months
during the first eighteen months serv-
ice, and annually Thereafter. The bill
makes it unlawful for any railroad
man engaged in the operation of steam
trains to become intoxicated while ON
duty or to operate the trains contrary
to the rules of the road.
Demand for Block Systems.
The other bill provides for the com
pulsory installation of improved block
systems before July 1, 1909, on roads
which have an annual gross income OF
$1,000 or more to the mile. On the
high speed of trains the commission IN
its report says: cit Is the deliberate
judgment of this commission that the
speed maintained by the high-class
train operating in this state is exces-
sive and that this excessive speed con-
tributed very largely to one of the ac-
cidents under investigation. We are of
the opinion that the reckless demand
Of the public for this high and unrea-
souable speed should not be longer
acceded to by the railroad compa-
MES"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

Paul Morton has been reelected
president of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society by the directors.
Major Marshall Fl. Bright, editor of
the Christian Work, and evangelist,
is dead at Tarrytown, n. Y. He was
70 years old.
The Kansas house of representatives
has passed bill making a 20 per cent.
reduction in Pullman sleeping car
rates
The Wisconsin assembly refused
concurrence in the senate bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the Jamestown ex-
position.
William Lloyd Garrison, and editor of
the New York Nation, is dead, aged
Sc years, at South Orange, n. J.
4 seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change has just been sold for $4,000
which is a fall Of 5000.
J. A. Pitkin, bank president, manu-
facturer and capitalist, Of Kalamazoo.
Mich, is dead. He formerly lived in
Belvidere, Ill.
Firearms consigned to both the Mic
araguan and Honduras governments
are being held up at New Orleans by
the United States authorities.
The directors of the Central Georgia
will erect and equip she's at Macon,
Ga. valued at 100000.
Robert Hndblom. member of the
Chicago Board Of Trade, who died re-
Gently, left an estate valued at SIS
0OO all in personal property.
The Order of Railway Conductors
and the Brotherhood Of Railway Train
men have broken of negotiations with
the managers of railways at Chicago.
The San Juan legislative assembly
has adopted a bill for the abolition OF
the death penalty.
Brigadier General Z. B. Pearsall
ouartermaster of the National Soldiers
Home at Leavenworth, Kan, is dead
aged Sc. He commanded the Twenty
eighth Wisconsin in the civil war.
There is intense excitement in San
Domingo over the new United States.
Dominican trestv,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
BAILEY RoUNDLY DENOUNCED
SoIons He Roasted Get Back at Him
One Calls Him ''Willful and
Malicious liar"

Austin, Tex, March 1.-The after
math of the premature ending of the
investigation of charges against Unit
ell States Senator Bailey came when
the house of representatives met again.
Representative after representative
rose to denounce Bailey for the Ian
guage he had used in addressing him
self to men who had voted against
him. Senator Bailey's assertions were
denounced as lies, his language as In
decent and abusive and his manner an
insult to the house of representatives,
of Texas.
Representative Sam Johnson, one OF
the minority, denounced Senator Bail
ey as "a wilful malicious and premedi-
tated liar" Representative r. NJ.
Brown used language to the same eff
feet. In consequence of Bailey's
speech Lieutenant Governor Davidson
and a majority of the minority men,
bership Of forty In the house have an
nounced their candidacy two years
hence and defy Bailey to defeat them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
HE swINDLED MERCHANTS
They Were All Thrown Out at
the Bank.

Kokomo, Ind, March IN. b. Sears,
who is alleged to have worsted sever
al merchants. is being sought by the
police He called at several stores, at
each presenting a check calling for
S24.75. purporting to bear the sigma
ture of the Barbee Wire and iron com
pany, of Chicago. The checks We're
drawn on the State Bank Of Chicago.
Sears represented that he was au
agent for the company, and that the
check had been mailed to him as his
salary for the week.
All the checks were thrown out ut
Chicago as forgeries. The Barbee COM
pany reports that Sears has never
been in its employ, but that checks
bearing the forged signature of the
company have been passed in several
towns besides Kokomo. Detectives
have been on the mans trail for sever
al weeks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
FOUR MEN RESPONSIBLE
Indiana's Railway Board Reports on
Three Recent Railway Horrors
One Is InexplicabIe.

Indianapolis, March 1. = The state
railway commissions report on the
wrecks at Woodville, Fowler and Sand
ford, after rapping the railway man
agent for not insisting on rigid obedi-
ence to rules and orders and deprecat-
ing the high speed demanded by the
travelling public, declares that the re-
sponsibility for the Baltimore and Ohio
wreck at Woodville is clearly on
the shoulders Of Engineer Frank Gal,
nour, who confessed shortly after the
disaster to having disregarded the rules
in operating his train.
The responsibility for the Big Four
wreck at Fowler is fixed upon Engin-
eer Trip, Of the passenger train who,
the commission contends, was running
at a reckless rate Of speed and who
failed to see the signal at Fowler. The
conductor and the engineer of the
freight are held secondarily RESPONSE
Bile. The commission is unable to make
q specific finding as to the cause Of
the disaster at Sanford, Ind, on Jan.
10, in which a car of powder exploded
destroying a Big Four passenger train,
In effect the board says it is a problem
that with the facts at hand is absolute
IT insol1IhIa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
ANTI-JAPANEsE LAW
CaIifornians Seem Afraid That the
Oriental Yankees May Buy the
State if Not Headed on.

Sacramento, Cal, March 1.-The bill
known as the "anti-alien property
holding biil' has been passed by the
house. Tt is aimed at the Japanese and
Chinese property owners in this state,
and is intended to prevent them from
acquiring and owning property for a
longer period than FIVE years.
But the bill does not contain the
words Japanese or Chinese" It pro
vides that any "alien" who does not
become a citizen" of the United States
shall be deprived Of the property hold
ing privilege. Japs cannot become
citizens of the United States, neither
can Chinese.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Grant Family Celebrates.

New York, March 1.-The Grant
family observed the birthday Of Pris-
ella Grant by a dinner at the St
Denis. About sixty Grants were pres
ent, but Major General Frederick Dent
Grant was unable to attend because
of military duties. It was the ninth an
nual reunion of the Grant family as
citation. and also 806th birthday of
Priscilla Grant. Priscilla and Matthew
Grant were the founders of the branch
Of the family in the United States.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
He Had a Close Can.

Wabash, Ind, March 1.-Only by
stopping all the machinery of the big
plant of the United Boxboard and Pa
per company was the life of Phillip
Pitts saved. He had attempted to
shift an eight-inch belt to pulley
wheel, but it caught and held both his
hands. The belt was slowly being
drawn upon the pulley and but for
prompt action he would have been
killed, It being impossible TO move or
cut the belt
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
500 REWARD. 500.

The readers of this paper viii 10
pleased TO learn that there is 81 iaaS4
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages a1S
that is Catarrh. Halls CatarSb C Salre
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q Constitutional treatment. HANK - -
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directly upon the blood and mucons
stroying the foundation OF the disease
and giving the patient strength bv
building up the constitution and as
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that r.
fails. 70 cure. Send for list of testi-
Address f. J. CHENEY & CO., To-
Iedo, Q.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constt-
nation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
somewhat erewsome Humor.

A well-known city officer in Aud
Reekie was celebrated for his cum
ming and wit His mother having died
in Edinburgh, he hired a hearse and
carried her to the family burying
place in the Highlands He returned
with the hearse full of smuggled
whisky, and being teased about it by
a friend. he said: ooh, man, there is
no harm done! l only took away the
body and brought back the spirit"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Terrible Fate of the Engineer
of a Wrecked Baltimore
and Ohio Train.
he DIED a FRIGHTFUL DEATH
Pinned Under His Engine and the
Fire Il preaching,
Those Who Would Help We're Help
less to Save Him-Escape of
the Survivors Is
Miraculous.

Connellsville, Pa, March 1.-Balti-
more and Ohio train No. 40. west
bound. running eighteen minutes late
and forty miles an hour, was wrecked
near Indian Greek, seven miles east Of
here. The entire train, consisting Of a
combination smoking and baggage car,
two-day coaches and the private car
Of Robert ]. Finney, superintendent of
the P1ttsburg division of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, left the rails, and
after running for 200 feet along the
ties was thrown into a ditch at the
foot of the mountains where the
wreckage was completely burned.
List of the Casualties.
The engineer was killed, the fire
man fatally injured and the baggage
master, express messenger, conductor,
and six passengers were seriously in
jured. About thirty passengers were
more or less cut and bruised. The dead
man Is Wylie Irwin, Pittsburg, engin-
eer, caught under the wrecked engine
and burned to death before the eyes
of the passengers, who were power
less to Iiberate him. Injured - T. ID.
Frederick, Pittsburg, fireman, fatally;
p. r. Hurton, Pittsburg, aggagemas-
ter; J. H Smith, Cumberland, Nd,
express messenger; conductor Of the
train: passengers-C. S. Shipley, Char
leroix, Pa; B. o. Hull, Garrettsville.
O.; Mrs. j. W. TISSUE MOrgantown,
w. Va; J. A. Roman, Baltimore; Miss
Jessie Cochran, Dawson, Pa; A. Lape,
| Dawson, Pa.
Engineers Horrible Death.
While the passengers stood about In
! dazed condition, hardly realizing
their miraculous escape, they were at
tracted by the cries Of Engineer Irwin.
Several of the passengers, accom-
panied by Superintendent Finney and
the other railroad officials, ran to the
| engineers rescue. Their efforts We're
accelerated by Twins pathetic plead
ing, and every possible attempt was
made to iberate the engineer, who
was tightly wedged under the wrecked
engine, but without success. The flames
quickly burned their way toward the
doomed man, and soon 1t was appar-
ent that he would be cremated. With
in a short time the flames reached the
engineer. There were a few piercing
screams and all was over.
Where the Thanks Should Come In.
Talking to the Associated Press re
garding the cause Of the wreck Su
perintendent Finney said: 1.-THE wreck
was caused by some part Of the en-
CINE mechanism becoming loosenet
and dropping to the track, throwing
the train from the rails. at was thu
most remarkable wreck l have eve1
known. 1t is even more marvellous
than the wreck of the Pennsylvania
special at Mineral Point, Pa, last Sat
urday morning. Had the train takel
a southwest course after leaving thu
rails 1t would have gone over a fifty
foot embankment" And there wa
deep water at the foot Of this EN-
bankment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Ianors Under a Deiusion.

Princeton. Ind, March !. - Joseph
Annis, one Of the Wealthiest farmers
of the county, seven miles east of this
city, became temporarily deranged and
wandered away from home. After a
search of several hours he was found
at the Francisco railway station. He
intended to leave on the early morning
train for the east. He labors under
the delusion that some person is trying
TO get his money.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
HE BURNS THE MIDNIGHT OIL
Prepares the Statement in His Cell
Jerome and Evans.

jerome and Evans.
Wednesday night in his cell in the
Tombs Thaw completed his state
ment, and yesterday, after he had
spoken to the reporter who had looked
over his shoulder, he handed the orig
inal draft to another reporter whom
he has known for many years, and in
whom he had confidence He also
handed the newspaper man a brown
envelope. Seal the statement up in
this envelope" said Thaw, "and write
your name across the flap. | am &C.
ing to have some typewriter copies
made. and when they are completed
want you to compare them with the
original and if they are all right they
viii be given out"
Late yesterday afternoon the type
written copies suddenly appeared in
court. Attention was first attracted
to them by Thaw handing a carbon
copy to his newspaper friend and ask
ing him to compare it with the orig
inal. Four or five other copies lay
on the table in front of the defendant
One of the reporters reached over,
picked up the copies, and hastily left
the court room. He was quickly fol-
lowed by other reporters, and soon
the statement was beink flashed into
newspaper offices throughout the coun-
try. The copies and the original were
exact
Clifford Hartridge, of Thaw's coun-
sci, and Delmas declared later that
they had no knowledge of the state
ment having been prepared or given
out. Or. Britton D. Evans, the alien
ist. was in the witness chair all Of the
day undergoing cross-examination at
the hands of District Attorney Jerome.
The sum of the days work was that
Or. Evans found many phrases in
Thaw's letters written before the muir
der that indicated insanity. but not
permanent insanity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Hawkeyes for Popular Flection.

Des Moines, Ia. March l. - With
but ten votes in all recorded against
it the Iowa legislature has adopted a
resolution calling upon congress to con-
vene a federal convention to amend
the federal constitution to provide for
popular election of United States sena-
tors. There were six noes in the SEN
ate and four IN the house.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Ran Backward to His Death.

Rushville, Ind. March 1. = George
Mock, q years old, was killed by a
falling tree near Riehland, south Of
this city. Together with his father, he
was engaged in telling a tree, and in
running backward from the tree as it
fell, he became entangled in briars and
fell to the ground. The butt of the
tree struck him in the breast, crush
ing his body. He lived for two hours,
but did not regain consciousness.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
New Mileage Book.

The Pennsylvania has made an
nouncement in the east that it will,
upon the going into effect Of the Bland
two cent law in this state, issue a
1000 mile book which will be sold at
a fiat rate of $50. The book will be
similar to that placed in effect on the
forty or more electric lines of Indiana.
Ohio and Michigan two weeks ago and
Will be good for passage by any num-
Der Of persons.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Connecticut a Plague Ship.

New York, March Rear Admiral
Coghlan, commandant of the Brook
Ign navy yard said that there were
thirty-three cases of typhoid fever TAX
en- from the battleship Connecticut
when she arrived from Cuba. The
navy hospital reported that none Of the
men is in a serious condition.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01

The bill of Representative Kelley,
Of st. Joseph, Stark and Pulaski, re-
curing crossing switchmen at rail-
road crossing in towns of zoo or more
population will be a good thing for
some Of the towns in Northern Indi-
ana and the ditch king is nightly
pleased. The bill was passed because
a number Of accidents have happened
at railroad crossings in Winimac and
North Judson, Hobart and other places.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Anti-suicide Bureaus for Us.

New York, March l. = Commander
Booth, the head of the Salvation Army
in the United States, will inaugurate
ant-suicide bureaus in all the large
cities Of the country. The plan fol-
lows one which has been in operation
in London under the direction Of Cen
eral William Booth.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Webster a Dull Speaker,

Daniel Webster was an "intolerabIy
dull speaker" unless aroused by spe-
eial conditions, said the late Oliver
Dyer, who used to report him. 81
have often nearly fallen asleep" said
Dyer year or two ago, when re-
porting Webster-so lethargic was his
ordinary manner. SO long-winded his
sentences and so droning his voice"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01

Panama, March John E. Stevens.
retiring chief engineer of the Panama
canal. did not sail for New York
Wednesday. He will remain until the
new chief engineer. Major George w.
Cocktails, United States engineer vorps,
reaches Panama and can get a grasp
of the situation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Gas Blew Through His whiskers.

Wellston, O.. March /. - Samuel
Beatty, aged rs, has been awarded a
damage of SOL by the circuit court
against the Southern Ohio Gas COM
pany for the loss of luxuriant growth
of whiskers burned off in a gas ex-
plosion in this city two years ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01

There are 100000 people in India
supported by agriculture. $4,000, 900
supported by the industries, 5000. 900
supported by commerce, 5000 900 sup
ported by the professions, and the bal
ance are dependents.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Something for Them to Study.

st. Petersburg, March 1. = Follow
ing instructions issued by the general
staff copies of the first three parts Of
General Kuropatkins report on the
Manchurian campaign have been dis
tributed to army officers of higher
rank
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Railroad Notes

The car shortage that has been pre-
vatling on all the roads in Hammond
seems at last to be letting up as the
various shippers in the city do not
seem to have as much trouble as
formerly.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
WISCONSIN nfan Nominated.

Washington. March 1.-The presi-
dent has sent to the senate the NOM
ination to be collector of internal
revenue for the Second district OF Wis
consin of Frank r. Bentley
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Hackenschmidt and McLeod Draw.

Des Moines, Ia, March Charles
Hackenschmidt and Dan Mcleod
wrestled two hours and eighteen min
utes here without either securing a
fall. The bout was Greco-Roman.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01

A c. Crabil, division engineer Of
the Erie road, headquarters at Hunt
ington, Ind, was a caller at the local
Office yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
Thaw's Counsel Should Put the
Kybosh on Their Clients
Press Bureau.
he IS WORKING FOR JEROME
Latter Is Said to Want Now to Prove
Him 'Nutty,"
Latest Communication Might BE Used
as States Evidence-Expert Ev-
idence Makes Matters
Somewhat Dull.

New York, March / = Harry X.
Thaw enlivened an extremely dull SEES
sion of his trial in the supreme court
10y giving out tonewspaper men a brief
statement in which he accused District
Attorney Jerome of having made IN
professional remarks in court, assert
cd that his wife's testimony was alb
solute truth, and in conclusion declared
that Mrs. 1'haW's natural real good
ness" was above the comprehension Of
the prosecuting officer. 1t was just
before adjournment was taken for the
day, and after many hours OF expert
testimony as to the meaning of ex-
tracts from eight letters written by
the defendant, with their relation to
the sanity or insanity of the writer,
that Thaw gave out his statement IN
court