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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
ROBBER HOLDS
UP RESTAURANT
WITH A BLUFF
Just Motions Toward
Hip Pocket
Walter Sees Movement and Loses No
Time In Opening Cash Drawer,
While Thief Takes Seven-
teen Dollars

A lone robber held up the Ideal res
taurant, sol South Spring street, early
this morning, taking S17 from the till
and escaping without pursuit. The
man was well dressed, wearing a white
handkerchief over his face and is
thought to have been one of the fa-
nous "black and white" pair to whom
number of robberies have been cred
tied in the last few months. His ac-
complice wears a black handkerchief.
place when the robber entered. Lee
Bumbush, the only waiter on duty,
who had been left in charge of the
place, noting the handkerchief over the
mans face, ran toward the front of
the restaurant where he had a re-
volver secreted under the counter. He
had almost reached the weapon when
the robber, reaching quickly toward his
hip pocket, said, quietly:
stop where you are"
Bumbush hesitated and the man con-
tinued:
"Open the till"
Bumbush threw open the till and the
man began to ransack the drawers.
Robber Stops Patron
The customer, who sat at the further
end of the counter, was w. NJ. Duhig,
1923 Maple avenue, and when the rob-
ber first entered he began to edge
toward the back, preparing to make a
dash to call the police. The intruder
stopped him with a motion toward his
gun pocket, just as he had almost
reached the door. Duhig was ordered
to step forward and sit down. which
he did.
The robber was deliberate in going
through the till and did not seem dis
turbed by the passing of several per-
sons by the window. Catching sight
of the cook peering through the rear
door, he ordered him into the room and
the cook Joined, the other witnesses to
the cleanup.
Finishing his work, the robber closed
the drawer and walked out onto. the
street, removing the handkerchief as
he left the building.
He ran south in Spring street Bum
bush called the police and two patrol
men were soon in pursuit, but found no
trace of the robber.
1.-THE man wore long brown over
coat and had a black derby hat" said
Bumbush. HE acted like an old
timer and 1 am sure this was not his
first job"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
WOMAN ABDUCTS A
TEN-YEAR-0LD GIRL
BY Associated Press.

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Feb. 21.-Late
yesterday afternoon Won Celia Mosely,
the 10-year-old daughter of Il. Moseley,
we'll known business man of Te-
hachapi. was abducted from the public
school, placed in an automobile where
there was a third man and woman
and the car sped away down the road
toward Bakersfield.
When it arrived in this city the party
registered at private hotel visited
a department store and purchased a
wardrobe for the girl and then took
the night train for the east, telegraph
ing to Moseley that they had left the
state and were en- route to Missouri.
The woman Is Mrs. w. II. Elliott,
first wife of Moseley and mother of the
child. With her was her second hus-
band and chauffeur.
Moseley and his wife have been
separated for several years.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
Attorney Jerome as
Relentless as
Fate
Mental Picture of the
Past FiOnts Before
Witness
Queries Propounded Compel the For
mer Actress to Give Details of
Stanford Whites Felo-
nlous Acts
Special to The Herald

Special to The Herald
NEW YORK, Feb. H.-Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw's pretty eyes were red from
weeping when she left the witness
stand this afternoon.
Attorney Jerome showed no mercy to
the fair witness, who was compelled
to state over and over and over again
the details of her shame, the details
of Stanford Whites felonious acts.
Each question was as painful as a
knife thrust and each answer brought
a blush to Mrs. Thaw's cheeks and
caused her husband to set his teeth
close together to keep from crying out
the anguish which filled his soul.
From the first Jerome applied the
lash which sewers heart strings. He
was as relentless as fate, and won
derful woman that she is. Mrs. Thaw
gave way to her emotions at a time
when she was making a supreme effort
to fight the attorney with his own
weapons.
AS Jerome would ask a question in
a soft, lover-like voice Mrs. Thaw
would reply in kind, and one would
not know from the queries and answers
but what the attorney and witness
were the best of friends. But perhaps
the very next question would be thun-
dered at Mrs. Thaw as though the fate
of the nation depended upon her an
swer with the attorney seeking to i'm
press her with his power and superior
ity in an effort to trip her, to frighten
her, to wiring an answer which later
would be used to send her husband
to the electric chair.
Stamps Her Pretty Foot
But even in this Jerome failed. Mrs.
Thaw knows how to stamp her pretty
foot when veXed, and she does not
hesitate to emphasize her answers
when the occasion demands. Again
Jerome, the mighty Jerome, is baffled
Then he takes a lew tack He asks
her to describe what happened on the
night that Stanford White is alleged
tc have feloniously assaulted her. He
wants to know how, when and all
about it,
Mrs Thaw hesitates until she can
compose herself. She weighs each
word. In an effort to make the details
plain mental picture of those ter
rible days flashes before her eyes and
her voice quivers. Jerome tells her
to so on, and he doesn't issue the
command in an assuring manner.
Mrs. Thaw complies. The picture
again stares her ir the face and once
more she hesitates. Tears come un-
bidden and drop from her eyes, the
eyes which ave won the hearts and
purses of millionaires, and the death
like stiffness of the court room is
broken by sob.
1t is the sob of woman who would
give all she possesses to run from the
building and to the end of the earth
But Jerome is there, her husbands
life is at stake and in an instant more
the struggle is on, defeat is postponed
and Jerome fails to grasp the victory
for which he is fighting so hard.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
INTOXICATED MAN
GRASPS LAMP POST
AND FREEZES TO IT"
snecinl To Tho Herald.

Special to The Herald.
+ NEW YORK, Feb. 2t.-Police- 4
! man Schiller I'm Third avenue at 4
! O'Clock last night noticed a man I
4 clinging to a lamp post at the 4
4 northeast corner of Thirty-fourth 4
= street At 10 o'clock he saw that i
= the fellow was I'm the same position +
! and walked up to where he was. :
= He found that the man was un- 4
i conscious, with the fingers of both 4
\ hands frozen tightly to the iron 1
= post (
4 with his night stick the police =
! man pried the fingers loose and 4
= got assistance to carry the man to 4
= the East Thlrty-fifth street police 4
! station. There II was discovered 4
+ that the mains arms and his legs i
\ from the knees down were frozen. I
+ While first aid was being given 4
! an ambulance from Bellevue hos !
i pital was summoned. Surgeon !
= Cudderback saw at once that the !
+ man was In a critical condition. :.
i He took him to the hospital, !.
! where It was said late last night :.
! that he would not recover. :.
4 At the station the sufferer re- :.
! gained consciousness long enough :.
j to say that his name was John !
j. Lenahan, that he was 80 years old ::
+ and lived at 81 First avenue. ::
j. Sergt. McAdam then recognized :.
!. him as a man for whom he had a :.
y warrant of arrest. Lenahan was ;.
! recently released on $500 bail for ::
J. the theft of an overcoat he pawned !
i for So. He failed to appear in court 4
-" yesterday to answer the charge :.
i and the warrant was therefore is ::
i sued. !.
! Lenahan was thinly clothed. 1t ::
! is thought he placed his hands ::
j on the iron post while intoxicated !
j and remained in that position un- ::
i til he became unconscious. :.
ss.s... !,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
STYNER STILL ALIVE,
BUT WOUND Is FATAL
BY Associated Press.

BY ASSOCIateu FTeSS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 21. -
Harry n. Styner, brother of Elmer Sty-
ner former general manager of the
Mexican Central railroad, whose death
at the City of Mexico has been reported,
said today his father had received a
dispatch from Mexico stating that FL
mer Styner, his son, had been stabbed
by a member of an anti-American So
ciety, but is still alive, though fatally
wounded.
1t is stated by members of the Sty-
ner family that Elmer Styner recently
received an anonymous letter threaten
ing him with death unless he left Mexi-
lc9y . s.fNfaf! fof slp inreE iEatiNl baS
f,1en made TO the state department al
Washington.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
Rotterdam Vessel, the
Berlin, Wrecked
Near Port
Terrific Waves Prevent
Boats from Going
to Rescue
Reports Say Few Survivors Are Still
cIinging HopeIessIy to the Rig
nng of the Craft-Tugs
Are Helpless

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o a
@ BY Associated Press. 8
L" LONDON, Feb. 22.-At m early @
o. hour this morning the Great East o
@ ern Railway company received n @
o dispatch from the authorities at @,
q Hook of Holland saying: O
o Cup TO the present time only one @
@ passenger, Patterson Captain @
@ Parkinson p, has been saved. @
q "There are still some people @
q alive on the wreck and we hope to @
@ rescue them tonight" @
9 Among the drowned are FrauIein @
o Scheen of the Mannheim opera @
8 company, who last week sang the @
g Wagnerian parts Elsa and Eliza @
g beth ut Covent Garden; NJ. OriIO, @
@ baritone of Amsterdam, and Mad @
o ames SteIImach and Memmler, who @
@ sang minor parts, and FrauIein @
@ GObel of the court theater at Dres- @
g den, who acted as leader of the @
@ chorus during the COvent Garden @
@ season. @
@ @ @ ~@~~~~~m@ o o 100000 O
By Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 21-The worst dis
aster for many years in the history OF
the busy cross-channel traffic between
England and the continent occurred
during vigorous gale shortly before 6
O'Clock this morning, when the Rotter-
dam mail steamer Berlin, from Har-
wich to Hook of Holland, having salts
factorily weathered the hurricane, was
wrecked as she was entering port. AL
together 143 persons are either dead or
clinging helplessly to the wreck.
The terrific seas broke upon the
steamer with such awful suddenness
that all attempts to save life appear to
have been utterly hopeless.
Late tonight it is reported that few
survivors were clinging to the wreck,
but as the heroic efforts all day of the
lifeboat crews had failed to reach them,
little hope that they will be saved re-
mains. The story of the disaster is
told with dramatic intenseness by the
following brief messages reaching Har-
wich from the agent of the Great East
ern Railway company at Hook of Hol-
land. The first message, received at
$50 this morning, follows:
Messages Received
"The Berlin is stranded at the North
pier. Her position is very dangerous.
There is a heavy gale blowing. Tugs
and lifeboats are going out to her as
sistance."
The second message, at 7:30, says:
1.-The position of the Berlin is still
dangerous. The heavy gale is still
blowing. We have tried to take off the
passengers with tugboats and lifeboats
but without success up to the present
time"
The third message, received at 1852
this morning, follows:
Continued on Page TwO.l
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
THINK BOOKKEEPER
KILLED EMPLOYER
BY Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Knoxville, Tenn,
says:
AS a sequel to the supposed accidental
killing of Chalmers Vestal at his resi-
dence at Baxter, Putnam county, on
Sunday, w. S. Bryan, Vestal's book
keeper, was arrested here last night
while on board a train In the company
of Mrs. Vestal the widow.
He is charged with the murder. Mrs.
Vestal wanted to remain here with Bry-
ant but he persuaded her to return
home. Bryant was committed to Jail
without bail until Saturday.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
MRS. THAW BREAKS
DOWN, BUT JEROME
SHOWS NO MERCY
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Under the
stress of cross ss-eXamination, in which
District Attorney jerome gave no quar-
ter, Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw broke
down upon the witness stand today.
With binding tears burning their way
down cheeks which from ashen white
had flushed crimson she admitted that
after her first experience with Stanford
White her relations with the architect
continued several months.
There were other confessions also,
which, while damaging to her charac-
ter, accentuated all the more the ter
rible personal sacrifice she is making
in the effort to save her husband from
the electric chair.
The case has progressed to the point
where the defendant has been all but
lost sight of. His girl-like wife is the
figure about whom the storm lashes.
She it is whose life is being searched
out and who is being held up to scorn
by the prosecution.
Thaw, his face buried In his hands,
might easily have been out of the court
room picture today and nobody would
have missed him. All eyes were upon
the witness chair and the slight figure
In blue which occupied It, During the
day and at all times heretofore Mrs.
Thaw has had to sit on the edge of the
Nhail III oIuer lndI Hef IeeI inlSHI
reach the floor To make her more COM
Portable for the long ordeal a footstool
and back cushion were provided dur
ting the afternoon.
Adjournment Taken
At the close of the most eVentful day
of the trial Mr.. Jerome announced that
he probably would keep Mrs. Thaw
under fire for two more days. Adjourn
ment was taken until Monday morn
ing, although at one time Justice Fitz.
gerald said that to accommodate out
of town witnesses he would hold court
tomorrow and Saturday.
There was no subject affecting the
witness of so intimate a nature that
(COntinued ON Page TwO.l
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
GRANDDAUGHTER OF
LINCOLN DIVORCED
FROM HER HUSBAND
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
4 MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa, Feb. :
4 2i.--W Warren Peckwith, husband Of :
7 Jessie Lincoln, granddaughter Of Z
= Abraham Lincoln, today was :
I granted q divorce. Z
4 BY the terms Of the decree Mrs. =
4 BeCkwith is to retain custody of I
I the two children and there is to !
! be no alimony zach party to the I
= suit TO hold his and her own prop !
I erty. The case was decided very :
Z quickly, all the preliminarics hav- (
! ing been arranged previously .
i Mrs. Beckwith filed an answer to Z
\ the allegations Of willful deser- i
Z tlon, but did not appear i'm person, :
! or fight the decree. She Is at pres :
! ent at the winter home Of her !
I father In Augusta, Ga. Beckwith :
+ left this evening for Aurora, ILL.,, I
i and 1t Is rumored that the an =.
= nouncement of his betrothal to n Z
4 prominent society woman Of the Z
\ city will soon be made. It is said Z
4 in Aurora that his visits there I
Z have been so frequent that they !
I have become significant. !
= Charlotte Borgeson, a domestic !
! in the employ of the Beckwiths !
i during their marriage. was the !
! chief witness. on her testimony !
t'iN ~ = w Woo - clillNNs h'li' NtHNl-
= fed that both frequently left home :;
! for short trips. January 2, 1905, i
4 Mrs. Beckwith and the children !
! went to Chicago and in February Z:
= Mr.. Beckwith came to Mount !
= Pleasant. :.
He returned to their home again :;
Z in March, but Mrs. Beckwith re- ;:
! mained in Chicago with her :.
! parents. Later Mrs. Beckwith or ;;
~ III ~ =
i ephone, to pack up the household ::
! effects belonging to Mrs. Beckwith :;
= and ship them. :,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
Linemen Walk Out
BY Associated Press.

MISSOULA, Mont, Feb 21.-Because
the company failed to answer their
request for an increase from 1926 to
$4 per day the linemen employed by
the local exchange of the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company quit work
this morning. The common laborers
also went on strike on the failure of
the company to grant them an increase
of so cents per day.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
LOOKS LIKE VICTORY
FOR MAYOR DUNNE
BY Associated Press.

CHICAGO. Feb. 21.-Unofficial re-
turns from the Democratic primaries
held here today indicate a victory for
Mayor Dunno in the mayoralty con-
test.
Dunno is credited with 655 delegates
former Mayor c. H. H. Harrison, 299;
Roger C. Sullivan 62.
Four hundred and ninetyfou dele
gates are necessary for a choice.
The city convention will be held Feb
ruary %.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
Engineer Crushed

BY Associated Press
OGDEN. Utah, Feb 21.-Southern Pa
cifc fast mail train No. TO- westbound,
this forenoon ran into a landslide at
Morgan, Utah, and several cars were
derailed. Engineer Knause was crushed
to death under his overturned loco
motive.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
Breaks WorId,s RECORD

MEDFORD, Mass, Feb. 21.-What is
claimed to be new worlds record for
putting the eight-pound shot was made
tonight by w w. Coe of the Boston
Athletic association, his distance being
60 feet 1B inches.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22

1-Tears fill Mrs. Thaw's eyes.
2-DeadIock over primary law.
4-Doubt third hole Is bullet wound.
5-Young women in funny roles.
6-Edltorlal.
7-City news.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
Exit Free Passes
BY Associated Press.

1y AHHVNIiNNU Z TV9S'
Topeka, Kas, Feb 21.-The Fitz-
patrick primary election bill amended
so as to prohibit the issuance of free
passes to delegates to conventions by
railroad companies, was passed by the
senate late this afternoon by vote of
"a TO 16.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
MODESTO ALSO WANTS
THE STATE CAPITAL
By Associated Press.

MODESTO, Cal. Feb. 21.-A move
ment was started here today to get the
state ctpital moved to Modesto
Two tracts of land were pledged one
of 100 acres, another of fifty acres, and
bonus of $4,000 already has been
pledged.
Representatives Curtin and Whitmore
have been requested to present bills to
obtain the removal.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
Royal Family Safe

BY Associated Press,
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 21.-The
reports today that the emperor and
the empress had been assassinated are
utterly and absolutely without foun-
dation
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
San Francisco Shipping

I I9y IASSUVIdltN
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.-sailed-
Steamer State of California for San
| Diego. Arrived-Steamer Arctic from
Los Angeles; steamer Roanoke from San
Pedro; steamer Santa Rosa from San
| Diego.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
Takes Funds; Lands in Jail
IY Associated Press.

SALINAS, Cal, Feb. 21.-John w.
Rowling, who was removed from the
Office of city collector and treasurer for
the alleged defalcation of $4,000 city
now In session. Bail was fixed at $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

For Southern California: Showers
Friday; fresh south wind. Maximum
temperature in Los Angeles yester-
day, 81 degrees; minimum, So de-
qrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
PRESENTS HER HUSBAND
WITH FIVE CHILDREN
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
i MIDDLESBORO, KY, Feb. 21. j
i Mrs. Seabrowsky, wife of Pol !
! ish miner at Fork Ridge, gave !
i birth today to five children, three i
I. girls and two boys. i
! All Of the children are doing !
J. we'll +
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
Thirteen seamen Drown
n Associated Press.

LONDON, Feb. 21.--According to a
dispatch from Hong Kong the west
river steamer Hong Hing struck a
rock and went down and thirteen sea-
men were drowned.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-09
Desperate Identified

On last Friday Undersheriff Horrigsn
and B. H. Martin, Of the livery firm OF
Martin & Flanagan at Leadville, came
down from that city to see il they could
identify the prisoner. in jail here for the
murder of Night Marshal Frisbis, as An
drew johnson, who was wanted at Lead
vile for the D. & X. G. train hold-up'
Mr.. Martin was one Of the proprietors OF
the livery stable where the two hold-ups
worked while in Leadville.
When the visitors were taken to the
city Jail recognition was instantaneous
on both sides and Johnston made no
attempt to deny his being the man who
had worked for Mr.. Martin. On all
other subjects however he refused to
talk, maintaining that silence was his
best friend in his present dilemma.
Sheriff Thomas took his prisoner tc
Pueblo on Saturday morning for safe
keeping until the April term of court,
when he will be brought back here fol
trial on the charge OF murder. A crowd
of several hundred had assembled al
the depot when the train arrived, drawn
there out of curiosity to see the prisoner
but there was no sign of disorder Of any
kind.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-09
cHArrEL MORTGAGE SALE.

Notice is hereby given. that tho undersigned,
as agent for U. N. koen under and by author
ity OF the provisions of q certain Chattel Mort
gage dated August LIST A. ID. 1903. and filed for
record on the LIST day Of August A. ID. 1905, in
the Clerk and Recorders office Of the county of
Prowers and State OF Colorado. said mort.
gage having been made executed and deliyered
BY oue John +. Hanson to the said o. N. koen,
conveying an undivided one-half tk) interest in
Q certain crop Of sugar beets being raised by
the said John F. Hanson. on what is known as
the .Hardscrabble Ranch to secure a certain
promissory note for the sum of two hundred
and one dollars aud sixteen cents ts2ol.f S) with
interest thereon. made executed and delivered
BY the said John +. Hanson to the said o. n.
Koen, have taken possession of said John F.
Hanson's undivided one-half % of said crop
OF beets and will sell at public auction. at the
said Hardscrabble Ranch six miles northwest
of the Town of Lamar in the said county of
Prowers and State Of Colorado. at ten O'clock
on Monday, tho 2lst day of January A. ID. 1907.
ali the interest OF tho said John r. Hanson in
aud to said crop of beets, to the person or per-
sons who shall pay the highest price for the
therefrom will pay said note and interest
thereon and all the charges touching the same,
Dated at Lamar. Colorado this sth day of
January A. ID 1891.
Agent for o. N. koen.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-09

Whereas, we have learned with deep
sorrow OF the calamity that has befallen
our esteemed neighbor, Nora E. Frisbie,
in the sudden removal from earth oil
her husband; therefore. be 1t
Resolved, Thst we tender to the be-
reaved family our sincere sympathy in
their great loss, incurred inder such
cruel circumstances, which deprived
them OF the care and protection OF one
who had for many years been an enthus'
iastic exponent OF Woodcraft.
Resolved, That q copy Of these reso'
lutions be sent to our bereaved sister,
and that they be published.
SARAH A. WATSON,
MRS. CLARA A. WILLIAMS,
MRS. BIRDIE HUNTER,
Committee.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-09
NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT DAY.

Estate of William NJ. Scott, deceased.
The undersigned having bsen appoin ted Adj
ministra tor Of the estate OF William Scott de
State Of Colorado, deceased. hereby gives notice
that he will appear before the County Court OF
said Prowers County. at the Court House in La.
mar in said County. on Monday, the 18th day OF
February. A. ID. 1907, at the hour Of 10 o'clock
ing claims against said estate are notified and
requested to attend for the purpose of having
the same adjusted. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make immediate
payment to tho undersigned.
Dated at Lamar, Colorado, this It'll day OF
January A. ID. 1907.
j. l.. MAYFIELD. Administrator
of the estate of William NJ. Scott, deceased.