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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06

"t1a did. They were together up to
the time that Robert took the last tram
home"
saThen Edward. the son, has an ailei
in Roberts testimony"
"He has" replied the lawyer. I nave
talked with Robert today about It,
Did Robert fear that the son would
he restored to favor and he himself cast
adrift ?'
81 think So
~ have always understood that Mr..
Clinton had made Robert his sole heir
by will"
"That aoas true, but it is not true
now" answered Pollard. There is no
will Mr. Clinton destroyed it three
days ago, intending to draw another.
The son is the natural heir. Robert
gets nothing, but" he added signifi-
cantly, Robert does not yet know this.
Neither does Celia Burton"
do you mean to intimate that one of
them killed him 2"
.'Who else could it have been2" said
he "Who had motive?"
But Edwards safety depends on
Roberts evidence
(which have induced him to put in
the form of an affidavit" said the law
yer grimly.
"You don't believe that Robert killed
H., i,
mans crime
sit is not an ordinary woman's
crime" he rejoined.
When left Pollard the case looked
extremely bad from the point of view
of a chief of police, for there seemed
to be no chance of convicting anybody.
My reputation was in peril, and I
was driven into one of the most reck-
less and inspirational bluffs" that ever
a poor policeman made. I went over
to Greensboro and looked up Edward
Clintons alibi. Even without the evil
dence of his cousin Robert it was iron
clad The man could have no fear of
being accused of this murder, and, as
sured of this, / summoned him to
Bradbury, and he came. We had a
conversation in my private room, and
the reader must understand that every
thing 1 said to that man was a lie.
"Mr. Clinton" 1 said, 81 have just
sent some of my men to arrest the
murderer of your father. He will be
here soon, and shall question him. In
order that I may be prepared to do so
I want to talk with you first Do you
know anything about Miss Celia Bur-
ton, your Cousins sweetheart"
yes" said he. 81 guess she's a
pretty bad egg
Miss Burton, L resumed, twas q
special providence in this case. With
out her I don't know what we should
have done. You see the point is right
here: Your father undoubtedly called
up Lawyer Pollard by telephone. The
girl in the central Office settles that,
and she says that she rang Pollard
telephone fully five minutes, if not ten,
before she got any answer. Now your
fathers telephone was beside his desk,
so that he could use it sitting down,
but he was Misunderstanding over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06

Copyright 1907, by c. w. Hooke-1
y, s,.FsssI HEN I was chief of
Es 10y; 4 +l$ts7 police of the city of
EAA "a ia Bradbury I had a
EAMfWLA somewhat remarkable
E*=RY ny case that began with
Us "a a very peculiar Incl
EILmIftfssIrlIIl III dent. A lawyer nam
ed Eugene Pollard
called me up by telephone at head
quarters about IL o'clock one evening
and told me rather excitedly that he
had just been in communication with
Frederic Clinton and that in the midst
of the conversation he had heard
sound as of a blow and another as of
a heavy fall. Failing to get further
speech with Mr.. Clinton, he had ap-
peaIed to central" who had tried in
vain to help him and had said that the
receiver of Mr.. Clinton's telephone
must be off the hook so that the bell
would not ring.
1 told Mr.. Pollard that I would meet
him In i've minutes at the Clinton resi-
dence. MY light wagon was at the door
of the station house, and Immediately
Jumped aboard, accompanied by a spe-
ciai officer named Devlin- As we came
alongside the Clinton house, which is
on corner of our best residence street
and is surrounded by lawns and gar
the block, thought I saw a moving
figure amid the shrubbery. sent
DevIin to Investigate.
1 was about to ring the bell when
the front door was suddenly but softly
opened, and Robert Clinton, nephew of
Frederic, emerged with haste, mingled
with caution. He was greatly startled
at the sight of me, but my explanation
was interrupted by the appearance of
Pollard, who came painting up the walk
Robert, however, had made out that l
his uncle, and he turned and ran into
the house. We followed to the only
lighted room that 1 had observed in
any part of the structure.
There was roll top desk open, with
an end against the further wall. Close
against the front of the desk stood a
chair, behind which lay the body of
Frederic Clinton, face downward.
There was a dreadful wound on the
back of the head, but the mans soul
still fingered, and when 1 turned him
over and looked into his face there was
a CLEAN of intelligence in his eyes.
Robert" he uttered, in a tone of
much affection, and the next instant he
was gone.
During this scene had been con-
siderably impressed by the bearing of
Robert Clinton, can hardly say why.
You and I must begin to look into
this affair."" said I. "Of course the
method of the crime is clear enough.
That golf club is the weapon, and
suppose there is no. doubt that the
murderer stepped out from behind that
curtain across the doorway into the
passage. Where does that passage
lead?r
Instead of answering my question
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06
TOGETHER.

"CoEne; let US go together"
Said the raindrop to the beam,
ssFor 1 can give the moisture
And you the sunny gleam-"
So they went both together
And cheered a dropping flower;
They made it bright and fragrant
And sweet for many an hour.
"Come; let us go together"
Said the kind word to the smile,
s'For we can cheer up some sad heart
And make it blessed awhile
So they sought out some weary one
And said, We've come to stay"
And sadness, like winged thing.
Ere long was far away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06

Clinton's account and had also visited
the safe deposit vaults with Mr.. Clin-
ton, presumab1ysto get securities.
: This disclosure seemed to justify me
in questioning. Pollard more sharply
To my surprise, he threw aside his ret
icence completely.
my business with Mr.. Clinton" he
said, has, related to a settlement with
his son. f-1
81 thought he was dead" said I.
"He is not dead" replied the lawyer
'His father has seen him several times
of late. Mr.. Clinton desired to keep
this matter from the knowledge of the
nephew, Robert, and therefore the son,
Edward Clinton, has been living in
Greensboro"
.sGreensford ~ said T. did Robert
go to see him last EVENING""
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06
Riddles.

Why may a beggar wear a very short
coat? Because it will be long enough
before he gets another.
What is the way to make your coat
last? To make your waisteeat first
Why are bakers self denying people?
Because they sell what they knead
themselves.
Why is it dangerous to sleep in
railway carriage? Because the train
runs over sleepers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06

cause the bell was muffied. Pollard
mufIled it before he went to your
fathers house that night He knew
that Mr.. Clinton was going to call
him up. 1t had been arranged that
he should do so. But Pollard went
over there first, before Mr.. Clinton got
home. He got in by back window
and secreted in that curtained passage,
holding one of your cousin Roberts golf
clubs in his hand. Your father en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06
A TOY MOTOR CAR.

Don't you think it would be fun to
make a motor car for dolly to ride in?
This is the way to do it: A box of
suitable shape and size must be chosen,
and the sides cut down in the form
shown in the drawing The outside
may be decorated in any way you
fancy, but it will look we'll if picked
out" with a line of color following the
shape of the car. A seat made of a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06

Clinton pressed his hand to his fore
head and exhaled a shuddering groan.
81 could have prevented this" he said.
''What do you mean?" 1 demanded.
81 saw somebody there" he answered
sT came home a few minutes before IL
lust as I was at the gate 1 saw the
lights turned up in this room, but the
curtains were drawn. / came slowly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06

This pudgy bundle of fat boy grew
nearly as broad as he is long by con-
slant stuhlng. He was eating all the
time while his eyes were open, and he
dreamed he was eating when he was
asleep. Let him be a warning to yeu.
You can tell what a bad way he is in
by the following complaint which he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06

awful storm while he lay in his cabin
too i'll to stand upon his feet. She was
little Nellie May Patton, and her ia
Their was Captain Patton of the steam
schooner Kineo. Though she is so
young. Nellie has been around Cape
Horn with her father and mother five
times Being very bright and OBJ
servant, she learned how her father
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06
Something to Know.

1 expect you have noticed after a
hard frost that every twig and blade of
grass is outlined with snow crystals.
Do you know that these always point
in one direction-that from which the
wind is blowing2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06
Good Stories About What
Bows and Girls Have Done
~ BY ALBERTA PLATT

wa R ERE school children. some of
1--WE them not yet in their teens,
have been doing SO many
notable things lately that
must tell You about some of them
Perhaps the best story is of a heroic
little girl only nine years old, who
steered her fathers ship through an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06

Can you give soldiers definition of
a kiss? A report at headquarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-06

made after one of his usual raids on
the pantry:
I'm so fat can't tell which is throat
and which is stomach, so I don't know
whether I've got sore threat or the
stomach ache"
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-31
Proven Mars Inhabited

Boston, Oct. 29-Professor Todd,
who has just returned from the
trip made BY the Lowell expedition
to the Andes, says he has proven
that the planet Mars is inhabited
by people Of superior intellect.
He says the residents of that
planet are DIGGING canals in order
to prolong ti'tir life on the planet,
which is slowly dying.
Seattle, Oct 29-Capt- Weaver.
OF the steamer President, who con-
tracted typhoid fever on the las
trip from Nome, died at the host
tai here yesterday.
Tacoma, Oct. 29-Joe Carhnni.
the Italian who was sentenced ~
Valdez to McNpi'- .Sand for an
assault on Marshal Austin. mas
been found insane and committed
to the asylum at S:eilacom.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-31
From Wednesdays Bulletin
Hugh Murray Dead

The body of Hugh Murray was found
early this morning at the end of Key
stone Dock, where he had fallen dead,
evidently of heart failure. The BODY
vas lying On its back in an easy posi-
ION and locke / as if he had laid down
nd passed away without struggle
lie was covered with snow and the
cards under him we're dry; SO it is
imposed that be died early last night
I'D the body laid on the wharf until
orning.
Mr.. Murray was we'll known to the
,ople of Valdez, having operated the
i Gamer Els 9, which he owned for sew
al months. He came here from Jun
d, but his family wife and two
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-31
Notice Of Timber Sale

Notice is hereby given, that up to l.
O'Clock. noon. November l, 1907. bids
will be received at the Office of the
Forest Supervisor. Ketchikan, Alaska.
for the purchase Of One million Il 900.
000) board feet of green spruce aud
hemlock saw timber, located on the
shores Of Shelter Bay on the west
coast of Hinchinbrook L., Prince Will
liam Sound Alaska. at not less than
Fifty to0c) per NJ.
All bids should be accompanied by "A
deposit of not less than Que hundred
100000 dollars.
DEPOSITS will be credited on the
purchase price of the timber If the
sale is awarded to the depoeltor. If
the sale is awarded to another Or # the
application Is not approved, the DE-
posts will be refunded. If the appli-
amount previously deposited may, at
the discretion of the Supervisor be
retained to cover the cost OF advertise
ING The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
Full Information can be obtained
from W. \. Langivllle. Forest Super
vi; or. Ketchikan. Alaska
Blank b DIS can be obtained from the
United States Comm missioner at Valdez.
Date of Last Publication Oct. Est.
1907.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-31
City Helps 1rdigents

After feeding the unemployed raj
road laborers of the Alaska Ii pne
Railway for two weeks, the city has
decided to send them TO the 5, ates.
and 100 will leave or the Santa Clara
Gov Hoggatt has been try ing for
number of days to secure transporta-
ton to Seattle for the men. but with
out success, and. at. a meeting of the
CouDcil yesterday it was decided that
in order to stop the expense of feeding
these men, it would be advisable to
buy tickets for them and send them to
the States.
A committee canvassed the town
Yesterday evening and secured pledges
of S1525 from the merchants.
special rate has been secured from the
Northwestern Steamship Co and tick
cts are now being issued 10 AS many
men as the vesseI can carry. The mer
chants who subscribed to this fund
will receives warrants of the city Tor
the amount they advanced and the
warrants will be paid in their order
No figures are btalnable at present
as to the eXpen already incurred by
the city in feeding these men, but 1t is
said by those in charge Of the mess
house, that the bills will average 500
per day.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-31

The Skagway Alaskan OF the 3D. inst.
says: Frank ID. Wells, the man who
first preferred charges against Judge
Jas. Wickersham at Washington, is in
the city and will leave on the Dolphin
tomorrow for Washington. Mr.. Wells
asserts that the resignation of Judge
Wickersham will likely be followed by
several more designations in Alaska's
official family. The political condi
tions as pictured by Mr.. Wells to the
Alaskan, are very rotten in the inter
lor and, as Mr.. Wells has the .dence
with him, and showed it to the Alas
kan and is going to use it in Washing
ton, It seems that bis claim hat ii
general shake up, officially, will take
place in Alaska, is we'll founded.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-31
Halloween Dance

The second of a series of dances will
be given at Mckinley hall next Thurs
day night, Halloween, by the Valdez
social club. Good music and a good
time is assured The fact that Nc
Klnley hall is soon to be used for other
purposes, and this probably the last
dance of the season to be given there,
should bring a good attendance.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-31

A party consisting at Mr. Hancock
Gordon Battles, Red Ellis, aud Z u.
Debney. visited Solomon Gulch ye,ier-
day to luspec; the work oeinG done On
the jumbo group of Copper claims
The tunnel being run by Miller aud
Wilson is ia fifteen ieet aud ore eX-
tends G ear across the face. top, sides
and bottom. l. looks d very promis-
ing property
The Dora lett Seward to-day Tor the
westward.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-31
Gales Plan
west ward

Gales Plan
Following is the plan for modified
form of territorial government for
Alaska as outlined by Delegate Gale:
I'VE mont expect to see form OF
government as complete as that grant
ed to the territories In the states
That is not what am fighting for.
I'VE simply want limited legisla
tive assembly at the start. 1t will con
slst of say perhaps 10 members. The
governor having set the day for the
election. the people of Alaska. will
send their members to the legs lature.
From that time on the delegate III
congress will be backed up II his
moves by the acts of the legislat ufe
He will not be met on this or that
hand by factional Interests, but can
express the wish of the people through
memorials the legislature may present.
You can readily see then that congress
ill by this method bear the voice OF
the people. AS to territorial, officials
there will not be over three-secretary
of state, encouragement and superir'
tendent of public instruction. This Il
enough for the start. The federal gov
eminent will of course pay for this
legislature, just as it does Ill other
territories
"The legislature having assembled
and each member making known the
needs of his district, budget will
be prepared and through the dele,
gate presented to congress. The APP
preparations asked for having been
granted, it will then be up to the legis
lature to parcel them out according to
:he needs of each district. Through
having granted Us limited power, the
federal government. as is the custom
where the acts of the legislature are
defined and restricted to only certain
public business will be called upon to
grant appropriations much III excess
of the revenues of the terrltOry.
At noon the Yucatan had rot reached
Seward. She has been delayed loading
at Uyak cannery.
The cruser Buffalo left Seward to
day enroute South.
The launch 3-M goes to KING Is
Island Nov. l.
G.. n Crazy leaves for trip to The
States on the Yucatan.
F. Cameron and family will leave
on the Yucatan for visit to he States
London, Oct. 80 - Barbara La
onk hin, the Is year old daughter
II Governor Reval, OF Russia, was
kidnapped last night on the street
as she was emerging from thea
ire with her governess. The father
has received a letter stating that
she is concealed in a cellar some.
where in the city, but the Scotland
YARD officials have been unable to
locate her
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-31
And Valdez News.

Published at VALDEZ, Alaska, every Isday
by the PRosPECToR PUBLISHING co
PHONE MAIN /.
Entered at the Valdez PJsloffice second
class matter.
subscription So per year. s. for TX mont
single copies 10 cents
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-31

The body was taken to the morgue
and kilograms sent to bis family ask
lug what disposition she'll be made OF
his remains. 1t is probat lie that
the body will be sent to the states, pos
5 bly, OH the Yucatan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-19
KIDNAPPING CASE.
Taking Of Testimony Concluded
and Argument Begins.

ELIZABETrH CITY. N. G.. March 1s.---
In the trial Of Joshua Harrison. charged
with kidnapping and numbering Kenneth
Bcasley, tho ntne-year-old son of the
late Senator Beasley. Of currituek coun-
ecution. f. w. Anse,l whom the prose
cution reserved the right to put on the
witness stand. testified that ON the day
the boy disappeared he saw the mule
and buggy, and that the man in the
buggy was Joshua Harrison, who was
trying to pactfy tho child.
Dennis Burfoot, OF Norfolk, Va. testi-
fed that he was on the police force at
the time OF the kidnapping; that he met
Harrison on Cumberland Street at Q
o'clock Tuesday morning. the day follow
lng the disappearance OF the boy. and
that he stopped and talked with Harri-
son for at least twenty-five minutes.
Cross examination by former Governor
Aycock did not shake Burfoot's testimony.
Burfoot testified that when he met Har-
rison on the early mornlng mentioned
Harrison told him lie was In Norfolk to
bring his child to school.
The taking OF evidence closed at noon.
When the court reconvened this after
]; II. Sawyer led for the prosecution and
-. II. Adelett for the defense. a recess
was taken at $3.50 o'clock. and an eye-
ming session of the court was held. at
winch the arguments OF counsel wore
resumed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-19
DEATHS.

BRAGG.--Died, at 1886 p. NJ. Monday.
March is, 1907, YIzzY MADISON
LEE. the wife OF the late w. A.
Bragg.
1'IRRAND1NI.--Died. at the residence
OF his grandfather, Mr.. II. Ferran-
DIM RAPHAEL RICHMOND FER
RANDINI. infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. ]. Ferrandint. Of Bellingham,
The funeral will take place at
o'clock THIS AFTERNOON from the
residence.
HANCOCK suddenly. March
18th, Mr. THOMAS HANCOCK, of NO.
1o2 " Lombardy Street. aged seven
tynine years,
Funeral from the residence WE'D
NESDAY MORNING at IL o'clock.
Friends and acquaintance invited
to attend.
March 1s. 1907. at 4 p. NJ. Mrs. ANN
SUSAN WILSON. wife OF the late
Funeral viii take place from her
WEDNEsDAY, March goth, Mt 2:so
r. M. Friends and acquaintances In
rited TIC attend.
wApE.--Dicd. at his residence. or. tho
Haryie Road. Henrico county. w. D.
WADE. in the ilftythIrd ycar OF his
age. He leaves n wife and one son
and one daughter.
Funeral from the residence at $3.50
o'clock THIS AFTERNOON.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-19
SISTER Of MAYOR
DIES IN R|vERT0N.
Mrs. Jane Mccarthy Hotchkiss
Passes Away After Long
Period Of III Health.

Mayor Carlton Mccarthy yesterday
morning received a telegram from River
ton, Va, Informing him OF the serious
illness OF his eldest sister, Mrs. Jane
Mccarthy Hotchkiss, OF that place. A
later telegram conveyed the information
that tho case was hopeless. and still
later third message Informed the
Mayor of her death, which occurred dur
Ing the afternoon.
Mrs. Hotchklss was about seventy
years OF age. She resided with her Sis
ter, Mrs. w. NJ. Rightstine, at Riverton,
some years, being great sufferer from
neuralgia. which affected one Of her eyes
so seriously as to cause her to Ioso the
sight OF 1t. The immediate cause OF her
death was an attack OF grip, which In
her age and her enfeebled condition, her
constitution could not Withstand. The
body OF Mrs. Hotchkiss will probably be
brought to this city for interment In the
family section.
Mayor Mccarthy had not determined
yesterday whether he would go to River
ton or remain to attend to his official
duties. one OF his brothers going In
stead. Besides Mayoy Mccarthy, Mrs.
Hotchkiss is survived by these brothers
and sisters: Mr.. William II. Mccarthy
secretary OF the Virginia Fire and Ma
rine Insurance Company; Mr.. Julian Me-
Carthy, formerly Of this city and con-
nected with the Butlor and Bosher To-
bacco Company. but now representing 9
large tobacco manufacturing firm al
Stockholm, Sweden; and Mrs. William
Rightstine, of Frederick county.
Arrangements for the funeral have not
yet been considered. but will be an
nounced later
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-19
RELATIVES DENY
SENSATIONAL STORY
Declare Report That They At.
tackled Officer Who Went for
Girl Is Untrue.

n D. II q
The report current yesterday to the
effect that Deputy Sheriff Pat Bowl and
Guard Sweeney, OF tho williamsburg
Hospital, We're badly treated and rough
~ handled when they went to the resi-
dence Of her aunts to get Miss Lottie
willis, who had escaped from the asy-
lum. was last night denied by Mrs, j..
w, McLarcn one of the aunts.
According to the stories circulated,
when the two officers went after Miss
Willis, her sister and two aunts, Mrs.
McLaren and Mrs. j. II. Powell, at their
residence, No. 3l2 West Main Street,
met them with all kinds OF obstacles.
The report went r. fer as to say that
the ladies' attacked the men with pokers
and brooms. and would have assaulted
them with other instruments had they
been available, and that even the fair
fists OF tine ladies We're landed heavily on