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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-06-22
OLD CONFEDERATE DIES.
Jadob v. Carney Passes Away at
His Home.
WAS WITH JACKSoN'S CORPS,
Proud That He Was Southern Meth
cdist, Odd Fellow and Democrat
Odd Fellows Sign Saves Him.

Odd Fellows Sign Saves Him.
The death Of Jacob V. Carney oc-
Cured at Berkeley Station at O'Clock
this morning He was 80 years old
on Saturday. Death was due to old
age. He was born in MiddIetown, Md.
Mr.. Carney was farmer but had
devoted portion of his life to his
country. When the civil war broke
out he enlisted and was placed in
Jackson's brigade He was wont to
tell of how his connection with the
Odd Fellows saved his life during the
war At one time he was captured
by the Federals and after court
martial was sentenced to be hanged.
He tried the Odd Fellows sign on the
officer in charge. The latter happened
to be member OF the order He
stayed the execution and later allowed
Mr.. Carney to escape.
RE was a member Of the Methodist
ChuICd duI was WOut W Sdy LudL lie
was Southern Methodist, Odd Eel
low and a democrat" His first wife
died about fifteen years ago and about
five years ago he married Mrs Wei
shans. Of Berkeley Station, who sur
wives him. In addition to his wife he
leaves two sons, John l.. G.. Carney
Fort Smith, Ark; William Carney
Huntsville, o., and one daughter, Mrs
Alice Bender, of this city.
The friends will meet at his home
on Thursday morning at 10 O'clock
The funeral services will be held at
Falling Waters church and interment
will take place at the graveyard near
by. The Odd Fellows of this city will
attend the funeral
ABRAM CHAMBERLAIN DIES.
About twelve o'clock today Rev J.
b. Chamberlain, of East Martin street,
received word from Keyser that his
father, Abram Chamberlain, was dead
He was in his eighty-sixth year. Death
was due to Cd age. He is survived
by Mr.. Chamberlain and one daughter,
Mrs Mary Martin, of Keyser The fu-
neral will be held Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock. Mr.. and Mrs. + b. Cham.
berlain left today for Keyser to attend
the funeral.
MRS. JOY DIES.
Mrs. Martha JOY, who wasstr icken
with paralysis about three weeks ago,
died at her home on High street on
Friday. She was born in Berkeley
county 63 years ago. and Is survived
by her husband and two children Mrs
Margaret Ambrose and Daniel Joy, Of
Brunswick, Maine.
She win be buried in Green Hill
cemetery on Monday. The funeral
will take place at 2 O'Clock.
CONFEDERATE DIES.
William Beall, Confederate veter-
an. died at his home at Flowing
Spring, Jefferson county, on Monday.
He was a member of Jacksons brl-
gade His death recalls a bit Of his
tory, 1t is said that because Presi-
dent Lincoln declined to pardon mis-
brother, John Y Beall, who was hang
ed as a spy, that John Wilkes Booth.
who was a friend of the BealI family,
took Lincoln's life.
Mr.. Elvert Fisher.
Mr. Elvert Fisher died at his home
at Lisbon, Md, last Saturday, of lock-
jaw. He is survived by a wife and
four children Mr.. Fisher was a
nephew Of Mrs. M. L. Hill, of West
Martin street. Miss Lillian Fisher
who has many friends here, was his
daughter
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-06-22
Coming Wedding.

The marriage of Miss Mabel Car
ter, daughter of DR.. J. p. Carter, OF
Gerrardstown, to DR.. George S. West,
a practicing physician OF Gerrards-
town, has been announced to take
place Tuesday, July 2, 1907, in the
Presbyterian church at that place.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-06-22
CHILD BREAKS ARM.
Eighteen Months Old Son OF Jackson
Hayes Falls and Fractures Arm.

The eighteen months old child OF
Jackson Hayes, of Stokes School
House, fell breaking its right arm, re.
Gently.
Mrs. Hayes had left the child in the
kitchen while she went into the yard.
During her absence the child fell from
bench and broke the arm. 1t is on
the way to recovery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-06-22
CONFEDERATE DIES.
Mr.. Elvert Fisher.

Mr. Elvert Fisher died at his home
at Lisbon, Md, last Saturday, of lock-
jaw, He is survived by a wife and
four children, Mr.. Fisher was a
nephew Of Mrs. NJ L. Hill, of West
Martin street. Miss Lillian Fisher
who has many friends here, was his
daughter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-06-22

Miss Dollie v. Byers and Mr.. John
w. Williamson, both of Berkeley coun-
ty. we're married Wednesday morning
at st. Pauls M. e. parsonage, in Ha-
gerstown, by REV. E. 7. Movbray.
Albert E. Freeze and Mary Snyder
Albert e. Freeze and Mary Emily
Snyder were married at the Baptist
parsonage by Rev. w, D. McCurdy to
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
BANDITS GET $500
FROM EXPRESS OFFICE

st. Paul, Mimi. April 1S.-A bandit
held up the Northern Pacific Express
company's union depot Tuesday night
and compelled the clerk to open the
safe and give him a package contain
ing $4,000. He escaped.
AT 1O:30 O'Clock an accomplce of the
robber called at the office and induced
one of the clerks to step outside. Fred
Zimmerman. the other clerk. soon
afterward found himself confronted
by a masked robber, who pointed a
pistol at his head.
Zimmerman obeyed a command to
throw up his hands. The robber then
removed a revolver from one of Zim-
merman's pockets and commanded
him to open the safe. The clerk
obeyed without hesitation and handed
out the package of currency which
was to go to Duluth on a midnight
train. After receiving the bulky en-
velope the robber packed out of the
office, first commanding Zimmerman
to turn his face to the wall and re-
main in that position for ten minutes
under pain of death.
Both bandits AVE escaped.
The money package was consigned
to the Cloquet Lumber company at
Cloquet, Mimi, by one of the st. Paul
bankS,
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PRESIDENT OF D. A. R.
GREETED WITH KISSES

Washington, D.. c., April 1S.-After
being Missed in yesterdays meeting of
the continental congress of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution, Mrs.
Donald Mclean, president general of
the society, last night failed to secure
the Endorsement OF her home state of
New York for reelection. Despite eN-
p%ectation of a battle royal over a pro-
posal to indorse her candidacy. the
question was not brought before the
meeting.
Mrs. Charles II. Terry of Brooklyn
was elected vice president general for
New York over Mrs. James Griswold
Fents OF New York. Mrs. Terry. who
is a supporter of Mrs. Mclean, sue
ceeds Mrs. James Cunningham Hazen.
During a controversy in yesterdays
session between Mrs. Mclean and Mrs.
NJ. e. S. Davis, the treasurer general.
when the latter asked for more tire
in which to submit her report, many of
the delegates Missed Mrs. Mclean when
she remarked that the treasurer gen
erals report seemed to be up in the
air.
The name of Mrs. Ellen Washington
Howard. of Alexandria. Va, a great
grandniece of George Washington, it
vas announced by 'insurgent" leaders
will probably be presented Thursday
as q candidate for president general.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
WATER FROM THIS
SPRING i%NTOXlCATES

Cleveland, o., April 1S.-A spring
from which flows waters that are in
t%oNicating has been discovered along
the banks of Hog creek, two miles from
Ada, in Hardin u N and hundreds
of the thirsty are flocking there.
The spring pours forth the fluid in
termittently and the owner of the land
has fenced it in and is barreling the
output, which tastes like moonshine
whiskey and has the advantage over
ordinary liquor in that a person becom-
ing intoxicated from it wakes up in
the morning feeling fine. The spring
is located in a section that was voted
dry" at a recent local option cleo
ton. Samples of water have been sent
to Chicago for analysis.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
EGGS AS EVIDENCE
G BY RADIATOR

Cleveland. April 1S.-Had the case of
Ralph Fury, arrested several weeks ago
on a charge of burglary and larceny,
been given another continuance, he
probably would not have been held to
the grand jury. The police would have
had no evidence against him.
Patrolman Bramer arrested Fury near
the restaurant of Harris & Patch, Eagle
avenue southeast. He was carrying a
basket containing several dozen eggs
and two pies, alleged to have been
stolen from the eating house.
Court Officer Vlack, who has charge
of the property room at headquarters,
slowed the eggs away o a radiator.
When Prosecutor Baer asked for it
Vlack went down after the basket. In
two minutes he was back. his eyes
bullying in his establishment.
There amt no eggs down there" he
gasped. They're chickens. They've
Matched" The heat of the radiator had
done it.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
OPIUM SMuGGLERS
CAUGHT RED -HANDED
Sneak the Drug Into United
States in Cans in Holes
Bored in Wood.

Spokane, Wash, April 1s.-United
States secret service men believe that
they ave broken up a band of the
cleverest opium slnugglers that ever
operated along the international bound
airy in the Pacific northwest. by the ar
rest of Thomas Smith, who was caught
with several hundred ollar worth
of c~ontraband drugs on a Great North
err train near Blaine, Wash, west of
Spokane.
The officers say the gang did it's work
so we'll it baflied the most skilled mon
ON the service for months, thousands
of dollars worth of opium being car
ried INTO this part of the country for
distribution in the middle west and
eastern cities.
The men, who worked in pairs, erect
ed a shack of rough cedar logs on the
line between British Columbia and
Washington. Taking the drug from
the steamers at Vancouver, b. G.. they
conveyed it to the shack by packinps
the small cans in holes bored into cord
wood, and they dealt it out to the
sraugglers dressed as woodmen. who
carried it across the line. One man
carried the opium in specially con-
%structed pockets on his vest and the
other watched for secret service men.
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SEC. WILSON SAYS
DECEPTION MUST STOP

Weshi, ston. p 9 Apg4t IS II tttss
outrageous misrepresentation te~v net
cease the Department VIII publish g
list evarins the names OF ptauatietur
ers indnlgirs IN this campaign OF de
oeption
Secretary Wilson. OF the department.
OF agriculture. made this eular in an
authorized statement regarding the fact
that there had come to his knowledge
information that a number OF manufac-
turers OF foods and drugs Were freely
advertising that the United States gov
was guaranteeing their pro-
ducts.
The secretary said that the serial
number and guarantee by the pure
food and drug products We're being
used by these manufacturers for this
purpose. The serial number" said
Secretary Wilson. lis assigned to fix
the responsibility where ii belongs
upon the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to pro-
tect innocent dealers who have a right
under the law TO rely upon his guar
antee. 1t is the guaranty OF the manu-
faoturer, not of the government"
The secretary declared every effort
would be made by the department to
put a stop TO these statements.
Il will do a little advertising myself"
he said. in behalf of the people. 1
am growing tired of seeing these UNI
truthful statements on the advertising
a g of the magazines. the walls of
the New York subway n the diver
Using spaces of the street cars of the
principal cities. Manufacturers who
will deceive the public about the guar
anty will lie about the quality of their
product"
He added tina the law would be adj
ministered fairly and no honest manu-
facturer need ear that the department
will take snap Judgment" on him or
haraSS him in any NAY
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
MEN NURSE GIRLS"
YEARN FOR BASEBALL

Great Darlington, Mass, April IS
The nurse girl problem. which had APP
parently been happily solved by the
matrons of this town when they hired
men to take charge of their chill
dren. has taken a new turn.
Men nurse girls have organized a
union, elected a president and treasur-
er, and voted to demand an increase in
wages from IS to IS a week with
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons
off during the summer to attend base
ball games.
If the mothers don't accede to the
nurses requests they Will be face to
face with the old problem again.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
ARMY D CHOSEN
DUE TO HIS MODESTY

Washington. April 1S.-Lieutenant e.
Warner McCabc, of the Sixth cavalry.
who has been picked by General Bell
to ride from Silverton, Ore. across
the continent on Homer Davenport's
Arab stallion. is young. rather under
the average weight, is famous us a
gynnast and a crack horseman.
But the thing above all else that
caused him to be chosen is his modesty.
General Bell has advised young Nc
Cabe to conduct himself modestly. and
at the end If his ride avoid Dragging
about ks accomplishment.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
BRYCE WANTS CITIES
TO GET NEW NAMES

Washington, April l6.-James Bryce.
the new British ambassador, disclaims
being q reformer, but advocates a re
vision of name for American n Ca
madam cities. While in Canada re
Gently he wrote n number of dispatches
to his government and addressed them
London. They Went to London, Ontar-
10. Canada. Now he is convinced that
there should be but n London In the
world.
Likewise he believes there should be
but one Washington. and he was sur
priSed to learn that there are a dozen
states in this country that have cities
of that name.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
.vANlA KILLS
PENNYPACKER LIBEL LAW

Harrisburg, Pa, April 1S.-The bill
repeating the Grady-Salus libel act,
which was advocated by Governor Pen
nypacker and opposed by the entire
press of the state, passed the senate to-
day without a dissenting vote. .
The repeater now goes to the house
for concurrence in amendments.
A bill giving the voters of the state
an opportunity to express their choice
for United States senators at the uni-i
form primary elections also passed the
senate today. 1t was opposed by the
republican machine.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
DAUGHTERS OF The
REVOLUTION CLASH
AS TO PRESIDENT
Senator Foraker's Wife Assam
Claims of Mrs. Mclean
for Reelection.

Washington. April 1.-THE sixteent.
centennial congress of the Daughters
of the American Revolution assembled
in this city today in annual owen
ton which will extend throughout the
week.
The society will elect officers the
latter part of the week, and Mrs. Jo-
sept b. Foraker. wife of the Ohio SEN
ator, and candidate for president, is
already on the ground contesting the
claims of Mrs. Mclean for reelection
as head of the organization. The con-
test is bitter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
NEGROES WOUND THREE
WOULD-BE LYkCHERS

score or more of white men were talk
ing a negro charged with criminal as
sault on a White woman, from jail at
Bunkie Law, last night, with the in
tention of lynching him, they were
fired on by a crowd of negroes who had
hidden near the Jail. Three white men
We're wounded and one will probably
die.
After the shooting the negroes got
away carrying the negro prisoner With
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
THAW's LAWYERS
NOW IN OPEN WAR

New York. April 1s.-The first open
indication of the oft reported trouble
between the array of attorneys who rep
resented Harry K. Thaw in his recent
trial came today when Henry C. Nc
Pix associate OF d. NJ. Delmas, called
on Clerk Penny of the supreme court,
and demanded the immediate surrender
of some of the exhibits introduced by
the defense during the trial.
Penny responded that he could not
surrender any exhibits unless SO di-
rected by thesupreme court order.
McPike said he would endeavor to
secure the order
All the exhibits are locked up in
Clerk Penny's safe, and guarded upon
request of Daniel O'Reilly, of Thaw's
counsel.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
COL. WELCOME MOWREY
SUCCUMBS TO CANCER

Des Moines. Ia, April 17.-Colonel
Welcome Mowrey of Traer county,
Iowa. died this morning at Excelsior
Springs, Mo, Of cancer of the stomach.
He was one of the best known farmer
politicians in Iowa, and was q member
of the railroad commission for two
terms. Death comes as a great surprise
to his friends.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
WOMAN SHUTS UP
MAD DOG, FAINTS

New Brunswick. n. J., April IS
Mrs. Robert w. Printiss, wife of a Rut-
gers college professor, displayed cScep-
tional presence of mind when the pet.
dog of the family Wen mad, suddenly
swapping n frothtng at the mouth.
Although greatly frightened, Mrs.
Prentiss drove the dog into a closet and
kept him there until Fielding G. Lu-
cas-, the health inspector, who was
nearby at the time, dispatched the IN.
1uriatsd animal, when she s.in.ed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
LOVES DOG so MUCH
THAT HIS Wife SUES
FOR DIVORCE DECREE
She Says He Took the Animal
Automobiling, and Left
Her at Home.

Milwaukee, April 1s.-Alleging that
her husband loved his bulldog better
than the wife of his bosom, Mrs. Pat
rick O.. Donnell is suing for a divorce.
She asserts Patrick spent his money
to take his dog out for an airing in au-
tomobiles and expensive carriages
while, she says she has never Deer in
an automobile and only twice has rid
den in a carriage-once on her wedding
day and once when she went to a flu
neral.
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DIED SIX DAYS AGO,
BUT STILL BREATHES

Wilmington. Mich. April Ills Ernest
Cobb dead, or is he sleeping? y. doctor
has pronounced him dea Others say
he is not.
1t is six days since he died" His
color is the same as in life. A starch
cloth, placed over his face, wilted,
which is an indication that there is
breath in his body. His arms. legs and
fingers are limp. His body does not feel
cold.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
THAW'S COUNSEL In
ROW ON WHO'S WHO

New York, April 17.-Daniel O'Reillys
of Thaw's counsel today served notice
on the clerk of The supreme court not
to deliver any of the exhibits in the
Thaw case to any one claiming to be
Thaw's counsel until the question of
who is to be his counsel of record has
been settled.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
EDDY TRUSTEES ASK
TO DiSPLACE PLAINTIFFS

Concord, N. H, April 17.-Henry NJ.
Baker, Archibald Mcclellan and Josiah
E. Fernald, trustees of the estate of
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, filed a mo-
ton in superior court today asking that
the next friends" OF Mrs. Eddy, the
plaintiffs in the original suit. be ordered
to show cause why the motion of the
trustees for leave to intervene and be
substituted as plaintiffs in place of
said next friends" should not be
granted
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
ONE. AMERICAN
CARDINAL, PERHAPS
TWO, next JUNE
Bishop o'Gorman Gets This
Positive Assurance From
Pope Plus Today.

London, April 1s.-A Rome dispatch
says Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux Falls,
S. D., was today positively assured by
the vatican that the pope, at the next
consistory, which it is understood Will
be held in June, will satisfy the aspira-
tions of the Roman Catholics in the
United States n will create at least
one and perhaps two American cardin-
as.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19

Chicago, April 1s.-Tony Devoney, %,
of 1908 West Chicago avenue. bet his
life as we'll as SIS on a horse race yes
terday and the horse lost.
Devoney paid the IS and Their shot
himself, dramatically posing in the
middle of Adams street bridge while
hundreds of s~uburbanites were hurry
ing to catch trains after the theaters.
On a betting slip found in his pocket
he had written the story of his down
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
PASTOR, REPLYING TO
DIVORCE BILL, SAYS He
DID FAMILY WASHING
Clerical Defendant Exempted
Only His Wife's Shirt
waists Is Allegation.

Taunton, Mass, April 1s.-1n refuta-
ton of the charges made against him
by his wife, Rev. James N. Enman,
of New Bedford, will allege that he did
all the family washing and ironing.
except his wife's shirtwaists and that
he performed other household duties.
Mrs. Enman alleges that her husband
is cruel and abusive.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
ARRESTED IN MINE
ON MURDER CHARGE

shamokin, Pa, April 1s.-While
working one mile under ground at the
Burnside colliery. Anthony Powell was
seized by several detectives, who had
entered the mine unknown to him.
He was arrested before he had time
to offer resistance and quickly re-
moved from the mine and locked up on
the charge OF numbering Anthony Nes-
tino.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
KENTUCKY KILLING
OF jim COCKRILL is
AT LAST CLEARED
Smith Confesses to Assassina.
tion---Curtis Jett and
Abner Also Fired.

Lexington. Ky, April ls.-John
Smith, charged with the assassination
of DR.. B.. ID. Cox, went on the witness
stand today and fully confessed to the
assassination of Jim Cockrill, saying
Britton was not present, but that he,
Curt Jett and John Abner killed Cock
rill.
Smith fired once. Jet four times and
Abner three times.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
KICKS WIFE Who
DROPS Whist CARD;
DIVORCE GRANTED
Silent Game Disrupts Couple
Who Had Lived Together
Twenty-Five Years.

Worcester. Mass, April 1s.-chief
Justice Aiken granted a decree to
Velaria l.. Huckins, of Oxford. from
Lyman Huckins for cruelty.
Mrs. Huckins testified that she and
her husband had lived very happily
together for twenty-five years, and that
at a whist game, just because she
dropped a card, her husband kicked
her.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
FIRE AGAIN VISITS
MONTREAL UNIVERSITY

Montreal, April 1S.-The second dis
astrous fire within two weeks visited
McGill university today and destroyed
the medical building.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
BOY PRISONERS USE
SPOON TO PICK LOCK

Chicago. April 11.-By breaking a tin
spoon in two and using it as a skele-
ton key, Harry Close. IS, and Tony
Coponegro. II. escaped from a cell in
the Cottage Grave avenue police sta
ton, and have not been recaptured.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19

IT solemnly affirm that my love
for my daughter is as deep and
intense as when I first held her in
my arms a helpless babe. Re-
gardless of all that has transpired,
my affection is unaltered. The
door of my home is open to her
and will swing wide at her highest
tap, today, tomorrow, and always
while / live"
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HAD she told me what she told
the Thaw jury, it would not Mvt-
been necessary for Thaw to kill
White. I would have done it my
self"
Speaking of the European trip, Mrs

Speaking of the European trip, Mrs.
Holman says:
Every detail of the trip was and is a
nightmare to me. Mr.. Thaw joined us
IN Paris. Evelyn and 1 shared the same
apartments. Thaw had apartments by
himself. There was no pleasure in the
our for me. Things which appealed to
Evelyn and Tlnaw in Paris did not APP
peal to me. Evelyn testified that we
quarreled frequently while in Paris. in
fact continually. The disagreements
We're caused by my protests at visits to
various restaurants"
In closing Mrs. Holman says:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
LIFE ON A RACE
LOSES, kills SELF ON
BRIDGE, CROWD SEES
Suicide Leaves Warning to All
Track Followers, Written
on Gambling Slip.
TO ALL RACE
HORSE FOLLOWERS:

This is my downfall and 1
wish those who bet on race
horses to learn a lesson from
this ticket. 1t will get you all
in the end.