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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
HIS HEART ABNORMAL
AND HEAD MIssHAPEN, oFFEREe
AS EVIDENCE IN THAW TRIAL.
BUT ONE SESSION OF COURT HELD.
Critical illness Of Jurors Wife Kept
Him at Fer Side and Caused
an Adjournment.

New York, Feb. 14.-Harry Kendall
Thaw's remarkable head and his un.
usual heart-the one misshapen, the
other abnormal-Were added to the
physical evidence in the doldrum
stages of the big murder trial.
But one session was held. The criti.
cal illness of Juror Bottoms wife kept
him by her side during the morning,
and forced the adjournment of the
trial. When court reconvened D. Brit.
ton Evans, the expert alienist, was
recalled to the stand, and for the re-
mainder of the afternoon the atmos-
phere was heavy with scientific lore
Intrinsically, no doubt, it was all
very necessary and important to the
case of the defendant, but that didn't
prevent Thaw from lounging in his
chair with the manner of a much
bored man or the jurors from gaping
behind their hands and permitting
their gaze, and perhaps their thoughts
also, to wander far afield.
From the great mass of talk about
consensual tests, reflexes, muscular CO.
ordination and much more to the same
effect, however, this much of plain
English was derived:
THE head showed a remarkable de-
preston at the upper back, with
large protuberance below it."
Asked to explain it's significance, DR..
Evans frankly confessed that he was
stumped.
81 have never met with anything
like it before" he declared, and Del
mas seemed NIGHTLY pleased with the
reply.
Touching upon the heart of the de-
fendant, Dr. Evans once more reported
an unusual series of circumstances,
more remarkable even than those
which appertained to the head.
"Thaw's heart was abnormal" said
the expert. He exhibited the most re-
markable nervous pulse have ever
examined. The pulse changed four
times during the minute and varied
from 12 to 20 beats. 1t would start at
"a, and jump to 112, then back to 80
and then to So"
Delmas also exhibited great pleasure
over these answers. 1t is always the
case when a lawyer succeeds in get
ting a plain, direct statement from an
expert. He feels that he has done
something worth while.
DR.. Evans talked also at length on
heredity, explaining how insanity may
be handed down-epflepsy, weakened
intellect and tendencies to mental
breakdown may be conveyed through
the blood from ancestors even in the.
collateral line.
Jerome believed he had accom-.
plished something worth while when
he forced the expert to give in detail
the result of each test that was made
during the examination Of Thaw,
which Evans did after protest which
brought down upon his head a rebuke
from the court.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
WOMAN CHoKED TO DEATH.
Weeping Infant Has its Arms About
Mothers Neck.

New York, Feb. 1S.-Mrs. Thomas
Flynn, wife of a watchman, was
strangled and beaten to death in their
tenement house.
A policeman summoned by neigh
bors, who had heard quarreling, found
the body stretched across a bed. The
woman's husband was covered with
blood. BY the body lay weeping in
fant, its arms clasped about the moth
er's neck.
The husband was found in an ad-
Joining room and arrested. To the
police he said that, returning from
work, he discovered Charles Hayes,
formerly boarder in the family, at
his home. They quarreled and came
to blows. Later he went to sleep and
knew nothing of what happened In
the house until he was awakened by
the officers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Bone Turned Into Opal.

At meeting of the Geological soci-
ETY. of London there was exhibited by
Prof. Seely the upper bone of the leg,
or paddle, of plesiosaurus which
had been almost turned into opal, the
mineral having replaced the substance
Of the bone. The fossil was found in
an opal mine in New South Wales.
The plesiosaurus was a long-necked
inhabitant of the sea in the age of
the great reptiles, or Jurassic time
and sometimes attained length of
80 feet.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21

neighbors over and over again. The
farmers dollar, earned by honest toll,
should not be added to the blood
money of these great mail order cor
porations. The farmer must join the
local merchant and the country editor
in battling this great peril that is
creeping, creeping onward with great
rapidity, and unless these forces are
combined and their efforts prove in
creasing, the day is not far distant
when the chance will be gone forever
the power will be too great to con.
quer.
IVFR Fl SMITH
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Keeps at Home Where II eeonas

where our laws are made, and unless
check is administered the passage
of the parcels post bill will mark one
of it's greatest triumphs.
But let us look at a few of the
simple reasons why the farmer should
patronize the home dealer. In the
first place their interests are CEN
tered in each other. Every season of
plenty on the farm means a prosper
GUS year to the country merchant. So
in the prosperity Of the farmer does
the country merchant expect to gain.
The farmer finds, therefore, in the
country dealer, staunch and loyal
friend and a defender of his rights.
They pay taxes together, live side by
side, their children play and go to
school together. When the crops are
poor or misfortune comes, to whom
does the farmer look? Not to the
mail order magnate, but to his neigh
Dor, the country merchant. How
often does the mail order concern
take any interest in the political ques-
tions or legal measures beneficial to
the farmer? Yet with their bright
hued catalogue of pictured bargains"
they reach out an open hand for the
farmers hard earned dollar And
does he get value received? Not
often. The first order he may, but
that is only bait. The business is
not founded on principles, it is not
builded on honorable methods, its
mighty walls are erected on graft.
The goods are shop-worn or shoddy,
or perhaps many kinds of goods have
defects so cunningly concealed that
the naked eye can scarcely see a diff
ference between these articles and
those of a much higher grade. You
are expected to send cash with the
order or have it ready when the
goods arrive with the big c. o. D.
mark on the package. Your crop fail
ure, or shortage of money doesn't in
terest the mail order house, your
credit with them is good only so long
as your pocket book is filled. Your
order is made out and you pay for
goods you never saw, put up and Sc
lected by men you do not know. If
these goods do not prove to be worth
the money, if the shoes do not wear
we'll, or the suit is shoddy goods, will
the mail order firm make them good?
Not often. Yet the local dealer will
do this. He knows his honesty is his
best drawing card. So much for the
advantage of dealing with honest men
and not with grafters.
Still other issues present them
ness sub-stations or branch houses
selves in this connection. With the
rapid growth of the mail order busi-
are being established. These large
firms are daily reaching out for new
sections of trade. What will be the
result along this line? With the
growth of the catalogue house comes
the death of the rural mercantile
trade. Let them once destroy the
country merchant and the markets
of the world will be in the hands of a
few wealthy capitalists. Their branch
houses will appear in all the country
towns and the farmer will no longer
be independent. His friend. the coun-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Artistic Buildinu Saved.

At Arezzo, the little Tosco-Roman
city, famous for the birth of the
musician monk Guido and of the poet
Petrarch, the very modern savings
bank has moved into the old Alber.
gotti Bacci palace, after having neatly
and scrupulously restored it at no lit
tie expense and with great deal of
artistic taste and discrimination, so
that haply what might have been a
disaster is this time a most felicitous
revival of ancient glory and model
or reconstruction.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
win Await Action of conuress,

Washington, D. c., Feb. 1S.-Mayor
Schmitz and the members of the San
Francisco delegation will not return
to California until the house Of repre-
sentatives takes action on the immi
grafton bill. The bill will be taken
up in the house and no serious oppo-
sition to its immediate passage is an
ticipated by the republican leaders.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Abstinence in GERMANY.

Total abstinence now has the pow
erful support of the German imperial
insurance department, which has ad-
dressed vigorous temperance circu-
lar to all employers who assist in in
suring their workpeople against acci-
dents, disability, etc. 1t shows how
the use of alcohol increases the num-
ber of industrial accidents and brings
about premature disability. The de-
partment offers to provide free tenn
perance leaflets for distribution
among workpeople.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21

A well known British nobleman was
actually engaged to Miss utts, but
on her challenging him one uay wheth-
er it was her personality or her great
fortune which appealed to him he
frankly acknowledged that although
he was much attached to her, her vast
property had been his special induce
ment in betrothing himself
Her reply was characteristic: Let
us then remain the best of friends in
stead of being the poorest of lovers"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Rope Broke,

Richmond, Va, Feb. 16.-There was
a narrowing scene at the hanging
at Farmville of Moses Hill, a
negro, convicted of the murder
Of Postmaster John Grubb. Hill
weighed 275 pounds. The rope broke;
he walked calmly back to the scaffold,
when it broke a second time, and he
died in agony on the ground.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21

Boston, Feb. 15.-President Charles
W. Eliot, of Harvard university, and
William G. Frost, of Berea college, KY,
and Right Rev. William Lawrence,
Episcopal bishop of Washington, be-
fore the Twentieth Century club ex-
pressed themselves as being more or
less in favor of separate schools for
whites and blacks.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Dock and Warehouse.

New York, Feb. 14.-The buildings
of the New York Dock Co.,, occupying
practically whole block of the Red
Hook Point section, were fire swept,
and the loss will be quarter of a mil
lion. Another blaze was in the ware
house of the Bush Terminal Stores
Co, at the foot of Forty-third street.
The loss there is 100000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Found Dead On Railroad Track

Cincinnati, Feb. 18.-James Bratton,
conductor on the Big Four, while
crossing Sixth street and Millcreek,
found the body of man lying near
the tracks. The head was crushed
and both legs were cut off at the
knees. At the morgue nothing was
found on the body to identify it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
OUT HALF MILLION IN BONDS.
Missing Bank Treasurer Charged With
Taking Securities.

New Britain, Ct, Feb. 14.-More
than half million dollars worth of
securities was taken from the vaults
of the Savings Bank of New Britain
by the missing treasurer, William F.
Walker, according to statement is
sued by the board of directors of the
Institution.
So great was the run on the bank
that the bank posted a notice saying
it was necessary to stop payment and
invoke the clause.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Forminu Union,

Cincinnati, Feb. 15.-The formation
of union by the school teachers of
Cincinnati to secure higher salaries is
reported to be under way in this city.
Organizer Frank L. Rist, Of the Amer
lean Federation Of labor, said tnat
teachers have consulted him in regard
to the mater. Such a union has beer
organized in Chicago.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Kills EickIe Girl

New Orleans, Feb. 15.-AdVices
from Colon. Panama, tell Of a tragedy
there in which William j. Graves, 26
years old, shot and killed Miss En-
ruegueta Jala1ar, 10 years old, Costa
Rfcan girl from Port Limon. Graves
is In nrisom
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Rodv Found In a LAGOON.

Chicago, Feb. 1S.-The body of
Mary Foley, an 1S-year-old girl, who
disappeared nearly four months ago,
was found in a lagoon in South Side
park. Marks upon the throat lead the
police to believe she was murdered.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21

Chicago, Feb. 15.-With the body
Of an unidentified suicide blocking the
end of the intake pipe at the big BIZ
products coal company's plant, One
Hundred and Twelfth street and thu
Calumet river, the mill is shut down
and 300 employees temporarily cut of
work.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
MRS. BRADLEY INDICTED.
Slayer of Former Senator Brown Held
for First-Deeree Murder.

Washington, Feb. 16-Mrs. Annie
M. Bradley was indicted for murder in
the first degree for the shooting of
former Senator Arthur M. Brown, of
Utah, at the Raleigh hotel, in this city,
ON the Sth of last December, causing
his death on December 49,
Mrs. Bradley probably will be ar
raigned under the Indictment some
time next week
Her trial Will not take place for per-
haps two months. She is at present
confined in the district Jail
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Demand Reparation.

Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 1S.-The
people Of Nicaragua demand repara-
tion from the government of Hondu-
ras for the invasion of their territory
by Honduran troops and have offered
financial aid for conflict with Hondu-
ras. The whole country is excited.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
German Activity Excites France,

Paris, Feb. 16.-In the chamber of
deputies M. Lefebure complained that
the people of the department of the
Meuse, who would have to sustain
the first shock in war with Germany.
were greatly exercised by the activity
of the Germans on the frontier, be-
tween Lo1gwy and Montmedy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Beinu Sr1uuqIed In,

Ell Paso, Tex, Feb. 1S.-Japanese
immigrants are filling up Ciudad
Juarez, the Mexican city opposite Ell
Paso, seeking admission into the
United States. Many of them are pen
niless and are denied admission, but
are being smuggled in,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
live blizzard VlctIms.

Sturgis, s. D., Feb. 15.--Word was
received here that Bessie seim, aged
80, and her 12-year-old sister were
frozen to death in the recent blizzard.
Two women and one man, homestead
ers, also are reported frozen to death
some distance north of Saim.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Denial Made in rokvo.

Tokyo, Feb. 16.--It is denied here
upon good authority that Japan has
agreed to any solution of the San
Francisco problem depending upon re
striction of the admission of Japanese
laborers to the United States.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Gift For Princetnn

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 15.-Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson announces that
Princeton university is soon to re-
ceive one of the biggest gifts in it's
history, but he refuses to say who
from
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Four Children Perish,

Bridgevil1e, Del, Feb. 15.-Four
children ranging in ages from years
to 10, belonging to l. Johnson, near
here, were burned to death early in
the day in a 1re which destroyed their
honh
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
oId.TIme Jockey Killed.

San Francisco, Feb. 1G-The first
fatality Of the racing season occurred
at Emsryville, when Fred Ross, a
crack Jockey in the early '80s, was
thrown from his horse. Instructor, in
a runaway and broke his neck. Ross
was 60 years of age.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Walls Collapsed.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 14.-Fouf
persons were killed and 80 injured by
a gas explosion in the basement of
Cressaty's cafe, at Center place and
Second street. The force of the ex-
plosion was so violent that the build
ang collapsed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
A Husbands Nenueance.

Hobart, Okla, Feb. 16.--Char!es
Thomas was shot twice and instantly
killed on Rock Island train by DR.
Beachom, Of Mangum, OKLA, just a.:
the train reached Hobart, Thoma
eloped with Beachom 's.wlfe year ago
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Reports Many Wrecks.

Cherbourg, France, Feb. IA VIC
lent storm is prevailing over the Eng
lish channel and the coast of Brittany.
Several sailing vessels have been
wrecked and naval tugs and warships
here are under steam, ready to re-
spond to appeals for help.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Emptied the Safe.

Peoria, ILL.,, Feb. 16.-The safe OF
the bank of Ellisville was broken open
by burgulars and $1,400 in gold, 81, 900
in currency taken, emptying it. e. w.
Butler who owns the bank, gave chase,
but the cracksmen, five in number,
osoannd
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Rurned TMn TOWNS.

Manila, Feb. 14.-Pulajanes attacked
and burned two towns in Occidental
Negros and killed six Of the constabu.
larry. Two American teachers, w. K.
Bachelor and Walter J. Ise, are re-
ported missing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Closes Doors of All plsnensarles.

Columbia, S. c., Feb. 1S.-Gov. Mar.
tin F. Ansel issued proclamation in
structing all dispensaries to close their
doors and remain closed until the
county boards are appointed and take
charge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Expect Roosevelt to succeed.

Tokyo, Feb. 14.-Despite the appar.
ant hitch in the Japanese negotiations
between President Roosevelt mad the
San Francisco school board authori.
ties, confidence continues in the pres
AdAnt's success.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Eever cloaes Amherst.

Amherst, Mass, Feb. 15.-0n 40
count Of the outbreak Of scarlet fever
among students of Amherst college the
administration committee Of the col.
lege issued notice that the institution
~ill be closed until March l.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-21
Rlshop Wilson Reeleetsd.

Bishop Wilson has been reelected
president of the National Anti.saloon
league.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-13
THAW'S JUNGLE GIRL
RETURNS TO COUNTRY
Hiss. Ida Veronica sInonlon Says
She VIII Give Sensational EV'.
dence at Eext Trial.
NOW At HER HONE II pITTSBuRG
She is the Woman Who it is Alleged
the Thawo Hustled Out of the Uni
ted States So Tina, She Could Not
Go on the Stand During the First
Trial.
(ny ARsocIated prcss. }

PlTTSBURG. Pa. Nov. l2-Miss
Ida Veronica Simonton of this city.
whose name was Frequency mention
ed during the first trial of Harry X.
Thaw at New York. returned home
todly after spending year and n
half i'll the junglcs of Africa. Con
corning the second Thaw trial. Miss
Simonton said:
Il will 70 to New York to testify In
the Thaw case. have not been sub.
pcened. but Will answer summons
from the other side. My testimony
will change the whole complexion of
the case. The story told by Mrs.
Charles J. Holman OF her being de-
serted in London Is true. / will NOT
say which side my testimony will IA
vor."
MISS Simonton arrived on the steam.
ship Amerika last Saturday. While
approaching land wireless message
was received ~ the captain OF the
ship asking If Miss Simontoa was
on board
The captain came to me-" said
MISS SimoHton. and said he had re-
ceived the wireless and asked me II
] was there. told him NO" and he
Marconied back that he knew moth.
ing about me. When the ship dock.
ed at IIoboken. ~ ia detective met
her as she stepped from tho gang
pink. He followed her TO hotel
ana sat in the parlor while she wns
there. He watched her every move
ment hoping that she would stcD In.
side OF New York State so hc oculd
serve subpoena on her, but she an.
tlcipated such a move and took Il
train Mt Jersey City.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-13
SACKS CONTAINING $4,000
MYSTERlOUSLY DISAPPEAR
Paymaster and Guard Were Sittino
over II, Met Nobody. and Yet
Cash Was Stolen.
(Dy Assoclated Pressl

TRINIDAD. Col, Nov. 12-The sum
OF $4,000 belonging to the American
Smelling & Refining company, which
was to be used to pay the employees
was stolen near Trinidad last night.
The money was taken from n buggy
which was being driven BIZ the INV
master and another man. No mr..
rests have been made, but two men
are under suspicion.
Abraham Thompson. the paymaster.
accompanied by Jim Williams. n guard
left here nj dusk to drive to Coke
dale. the biggest camp operated by
the company. The money which was
in two canvas sacks. was placed IN,
der the seat Thompson says they on
ccunicre,. one cnroute TO the
camp, but when they arrived ut Coke
dale and the miners had formed In
line to receive their pay, it was dts
covered that tho money was missing.
Thompson and Williams Immediate
| ~ retraccd their tracks for several
miles, but found no trace of tile
l'thicyes and returned to Cot,edale.
where they notified the sheriff by tel.
cphone. Some OF the miners engaged
horses and rode over tho surrounding
country, hut met no suspects.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-13
CONTENDS MONEY DOES
NOT TRANSMIT DISEASE
Health Officer Of Port of New York
Says tho Popular Belief
Is Failacy.
(By Associated Press.)

NEY YORK, Nov. 12.-Dr. A. II.
Doty, health officer of this port, who
for years has made study of infec-
tions diseases, and especially the me.
dunn OF their transmission. does not
agree with tine theorists who contend
that money is transmtter of dis
ease
DR.. Doty says that while bacteriolo
eicai examinations were presented 10
show that different forms of bacteria
We're found on money. practical and
careful observation had proved that
infection was caused and eDidemics
were spread in nearly ali instances
ny personal contact with infected per.
sons. and more especially with am
bulance cases, rather than through
the handling of money or clothing.
He saws, however. that too much
needless and harmful agitation ia he.
ing devoted to the theory that money
"a IN agent of disease. He contends
tent there are many other considera-
lions In tho protection of public
health that constitute real men.
acc that should tnke un the considera.
ton of the public rather thap condi.
lions which are based on theory.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-13
WELL KNOWN PASSER OF
BOGUS CHECKS CAUGHT
Man Under Arrest is Believed to Have
Worked Extensively Throughout
the Country.
lBy Associntad preael

prTTsBURG. Pa, Nov. 10 b. o.
Sm,th, alias Paul Holloway OF Fort
smith Ark. who was arrested here
"s,trday charged with lassirg nunlnr.
h'lS worthless che KS IL this city ami
who is believer 70 have wnrlad *.
tehf'vely throughout Tho eDuLttry WIS
accused of Other f0rgercs inlay. S.
{. Betz. banker II Homer CITY. Ind.
t''fed with the iocll authorities over
re telephone toiay and alere, Tia.
smith had passed a check for sIOO
on MN while u 'ioznn either chosls
To- the same aTouht wore rassed IN
onH:ness men OF Homer City
ne had visiting cards rom Cec,cs
don'd' John jacob Astog. and many
ORE prominent ,nc1,' snid Mir. pcta
over the telephone.
Edward Eggers of the Carnegie Ii.
orary. identified the folio CONTAINING
the photographs of prominent men OF
Washington, Penn. which was found
ca Smith as one recently stolen from
the library