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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09
FAMILY BEsET WITH
MANY SEVERE TRIALS

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 9. =
Four deaths and serious accident to
a fifth relative within few days meas.
ures the sorrow Of the Keyes family
OF this city. Last Sunday Mrs. John
Keyes fell down stairs, breaking an
arm. John Kelley. husband of Mar.
garet Keyes Kelley, died after a lin.
gering illness. On Thursday Ann
Keyes died, and on the same day her
nephew, John Keyes. passed away. A
few days ago Mrs. William East, rel.
atiye by marriage, also died.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09

Then, too. there are the experts-iaw
and mental, who have been associated
with the defense at one time or an
other.
It is stated that Mrs. William Thaw
has spent over 100000; her sons, Jo
siah and Edward, also have delved
deep down into their pockets.
The State has been put to heavy ex
pense. There are the services of the
law officers, stenographers, alienists,
etc, and 1t is safe to estimate that
the total cost will not fall short of the
figure stated. 100000.
Harry K. Thaw will be acquitted.
He will be unshackled by his dear old
mother. Possibly only of the 12
jurymen believed Mrs. Evelyn Thaw's
story. do not think Thaw will be
convicted. He has as much chance
of going to the electric chair as John
R. Murphy, of Allegheny, has of adopt.
ing the golf habit. That Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw has made decided im-
preston with the Jury there Is no
question. But what is the nature of
her impression is the question. Half
of the spectators at the trial believed
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's story, and
why should the other half disbelieve
It?
1t is the consensus of opinion here
that when Thaw is freed, his saliva
tion will be owing to the sacrifice of
his mother. His wife's efforts are
appreciated at their worth. But there
is no gainsaying the fact that when
this battle, that has cost in the neigh
borhood of 100000, is won, it will be
the victory Of gray-haired woman
not that of cotsrie. Of reputation
seeking men of law. The proud hos
tess of Lyndhurst looked upon the
Jurors and talked to them as IL they
were attaches of her East End home.
Mrs. William Thaw made an excellent
witness. She has saved Harry.-By
]. NJ. Egan, staff correspondent In
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09
CAUGHT
IN new YORK
ARE IDENTIFIED
Will Be Brought
Back to Wheeling

WHEELING. March Q. = A pawn
ticket found on Henry E. Robinson.
when searched by the New York po-
lice. may impiicate him in the Hill-
man diamond case. in which Bessie
crisweli. OF this city. is said to have
obtained s2.1o0 worth of diamonds and
jewelry under false pretenses. AS pre-
yiously stated, the woman and Robin
son were arrested in New York on
Wednesday at the request Of Chief OF
Police clemans of this city, who. in
company with H. e. Hiilman. left for
the stto identity the accused early
Thursday morning.
Last night the following telegram
from Chief Glemans was received al
local headquarters. which dispeis all
doubt as to the fact that the right per
sons are incustody:
Arrived o. K. and right parties are
under arrest
The telegram was dated at 9:02 D.
m, and indicates that the chief and
Hillman have called on the couple.
The pawn ticket alleged to havo
been found on Robinson was Issued by
a Pittsburg pawn broker. and is for
800. Robinson claims that he pown-
Cd ring belonging to himself for the
loan.
The following special was received
from New York last night:
NEW YORK. March s. - Bessie
criswell, alias Robinson. alias Jones,
21 years old, single. OF Wheeling, very
stylishiy dressed and chic, was arrest
ed at Park. Row and Ann street last
night and taken to police headquarters
by Detectives Barnes and o'connor.
The woman was locked up In the
sweater at police headquarters. be-
Ing held on telegraphIc orders from
William N. clemans. chief OF police OF
Wheeling, for the arrest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robinson, alias Jones. alias Bes-
sic criswel1 for alleged theft of three
cluster diamond rings and offering
800 reward for arrest of both.
Later the same detectives arrested
Henry E. Robinson. aged 25. also Of
y =
Wheeling. at One Hundred and Fourth
street and Columbus avenue. He said
he was a newspaper man by occupa-
ton and that he lived at an address in
West Twelfth street that proved to
be fictitious. He was placed in the
next, cell to the woman, and both are
held to await extradition papers and
orders from the Wheeling police au-
thorities. Neither asked for counsel
or TO have bail fixed today when ar
|raigned and will be held under the law
for thirty-six hours for suspicious per-
sons in the absence of any further ad-
vice from Wheeling, when they win
have to be discharged for want OF
more specific charge against them by
responsible authorities.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09
HANCOCK FATE
NOW in HANDS
OF The JURY
Verdict Expected
This Evening

The case of the State VS.. Hancock
was taken up again this morning and
The evidence was concluded. Those
that were brought % the witness chair
this morning were called in rebuttal
and only a few questions were asked.
The State has done Its best to make
out a case and whether 1t has or not
will be determined by the verdict Of
the jury.
Rossel Gwyn wa5 the first witness
for the defense. He and Hancock
were down at the depot watching the
showmen load the show. They were
returning home. They came up past
the Marion HOTEL The witness saw
John Fortney through the window.
Fortney called out to- them to come
in. They went in and coffman, Fort
'ney, Gwyn and Hancock each drank
a glass Of beer. 1t was not long until
Hancock went out and said to the
witness: Come on. let's go home.
The defendant stood beside the win
dow and soon the witness saw cofr.
man strike at Hancock and then saw
Hancock grab coffman's hat. coffman
asked Hancock to come back aud get
another glass of b-sr Hancock start
ed to go back into the saloon and IS
Hancock was passing through the door
Cofrman struck Hancock knocking him
down and was down on top of him. I'M
the scramble tnat followed two shots
were fired. The witness didn't see
the revolver until I. was in the hands
of John Fortney.
DR.. @. o. Henry was the next wit.
ness examined. DE- Henry was the
physician that dressed Hancock's
wounds. Hancock had long deep cut
in the scalp and had very bad eye
The eye was swollen shut and ne was
swollen about the lips, SO that Han.
cock could not talk well. The witness
saw no signs that would Indicate that
the defendant had been drinking.
DIR. w. H. Kunst, the next witness
said that the defendant was brought
to his Office the night of the trouble.
The physician made the examination
of the. witness, he found that the de,
fendant was wounded on the head,
face, hip and ankle. By this witness
Attorney Meredith established the
reputation of the defendant as good.
The witness had known Hancock since
September 26, 1903, and during that
time Hancock's reputation as peace
able man was good. For long time
Hancock boarded in the house next to
the residence of the witness with his
uncle D. N. Snider on Jefferson street.
The witness said all the wounds on
Hancock were fresh wounds. Han.
cock was not drunk.
Captain I. E. Arnett, of Georgetown,
Monongalia county was examined.
This witness said that he was ac.
tainted with the reputation of the de.
fendant. His reputation was good.
He had spent some time with rela.
tiyes near Georgetown and during
that time there was nothing to indi.
cate that Hancock was other than
peaceable man.
James E. Morgan was the next wit.
ness called. The witness basing mis-
knowledge on the society in which the
defendant moved and the employment
CONTINUED on PAGE Four.)
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09
SUE THE SHERIFF
WOOD COUNTY WILL ENoEAvoR
TO RECLAIM A THOUSAND
DOLLARS.

PARKERsBuRG. March s.-sheritt
W. II. Carter, of this county, Is to be
sued Oy the county court to compel
MIN TO refund about s1.10o in his
1905 taxes. The sheriff claims this
amount as his fees, as provided In the
law, but the court claims that The
money belongs to the State.
He Gays that already 81 counties
OF the State have settled on this basis
and that in two counties where tae
matter was contested. the sheriif won
in one case and the county. dropped
Its suit In theo ther.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09
A Complimentary Shoot.

The Fairmont Gun Club is giving
a complimentary shoot this afternoon
at the Google farm in honor of n. H.
Stevens, representative OF the Union
Metallic Cartridge Company. Mr..
Stevens is the champion shot of the
Dominion Of Canada.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09
THIEVES COT
SOME BOOTY
BURGLARS BROKE INTO sHINNs.
TON DEPOT AND FIGURING
MILL LAST NIGHT.

sHINNsToN. March 9.-Burglars
entered the depot at this place last
night and succeeded in carrying away
u gallon of whiskey and about $4,000
worth of jewelry.
There is no clue to the robbery. but
the prevailing opinion is that it Is
some one well acquainted with the con.
ditions of things around the station.
The Touring mill of c. F. Lucas was
also broken into. supposedly by the
same parties, but nothing was taken
from it as the thieves failed to effect
an entrance to the Office.
Detectives have been notified and
the thieves will be hunted down Inn
mediately.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09
ARCHIE BETTER.
President.s Son Who Is III Of
piphtherfa Continues to

Improve.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. March
9.-Archie Roosevelt, who has
been suffering from diphtheria
for n week. continues to improve.
he passed a good night and the
outlook was favorable every way
this morning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09

! Chester shinn, of Baltimore, is in
the city to spend Sunday with his
mother. Mrs. Della Shinn, on Pierpont
avenue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09
JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIE dead
Experts f1dVB Failed Him
Hnd That Is Wnu f16 HskS D6IaU


NEW YORK. March s.-District At
torney Jerome's experts have faded
him. This, it was stated to-day, is
the heal secret of the prosecutors ask
ing continuance when the defense
suddenly rested its case yesterday.
Experts employed by the State have
had such scant opportunity to study
Thaw, that 1t is declared they were un
willing to venture an opinion as TO
Thaw's sanity, past or present. When
Delmas closed without putting his ex.
perts on the witness stand, Jerome
was baked and had to hastily change
plans. 1t is now understood Jerome
intends to put on his experts as last
witnesses on rebuttal. This will give
them several more days to study
Thaw. Jerome is expected to spring
other surprises in rebuttal. One Of
most important points viii try to prove
is that White was not near his studio
on the night Evelyn says she was
wronged by him. This date can be
fixed, 1t is asserted.
The story that the Countess of Var.
mouth, Thaw's sister, has expressed
a determination not to return to Eu.
rope until Thaw is separated from his
wife, continues to circulate today.
Howard Nesbit, Evelyn's brother, is
authority for the declaration.
Cost of Thaw Trial
How much has the Thaw trial cost
to date? This Is a question that Is
concerning almost every person that
has watched the progress of this, prob
ably the most famous of all murder
cases of recent times.
The answer is hard to give. Proba.
bly, 100000 would be a conservative
estimate. The case now has covered
almost seven weeks. one attorney,
Delmas, chief counsel for the defense,
is to get 100000; this has been stat.
ed on reliable authority.
Then there are his associates-Mc-
Pike, o'Reilly, Peabody and others.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09

Mr.. H L. watson. Of opekiska, is in
the city today.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09
THE NIGHTMARE.

CONTINUED on PAGE Eour.l
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-11-26
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-11-26
Keng Som.

Keng Som.
De neie Muerjen
Drengt och nei Pl6'n a Suerjen.
De Fred, wuerop e g0scht gehofft,
FLEET ais dirt LAT haut an der Loft.
Ferschwonnen ass de sche jong Ielt,
Won t'Herz den Himmel OPP geseit.
Gestouss, gepengecht n zerstach,
Du lever Colt, wat bleift EN- mach?
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[Blat,
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Def aus de Griewer schalt sou MIDI
De grujlech Weis, dat traurecht lid:
II get mass a kal,
Du kens och ball"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-11-26
NoWEMBERGEDANkEN.
Ans "Blummen a Blieder." Lidder a
Gedichter fun w. Goergen.
Letzeburech, 1861

Keng Som.
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Kreicht liver Dial ann Hiwel.
D'Bem kreischen Hedertrenen haut,
Eng Doudeklack FIJI fare laut.
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De Sturm huet Heck a Bosch ge-
lpl0mmt,
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[krommt.
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Soss fallt sci leschte lewen Dram!
Eft spirit, seng schen Dech sin erom;
Def aus dem Buedem rift eng Stomm:
1T get mass a kal,
Du kens och bali"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-11-26

finben. Sic rube in Srieoen! Sen
trduernben Sinterbliebenen unler
SeileiDl
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-11-26
Ses Sasers Mbiaicb.

Wer bat Did bu id1Dner @alo.
Nufgebaut 10 bod bort oroben?
@pbl ben MeiIter mill ih loben,
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ltno mir 6ieben fort uub blaIen.
ga es tduIenbfnh perbaat:
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Inter beinen eriinen gSpgen.
SaIt OF trelt inns aufer5osen.
Srpnmer Se9en Iufenthnltl
SGirm Did 0ott, On id,oner Walbl
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-10-04
PROLIFIC GARDEN
ENoLlSHMAN'S FIRST AND sue.
CESsFUL ATTEMPTS IN MANI.
ToBA-SoIL PRODUCES
STRIKING RESULTS.

The Winnipeg (Canada) Free Press
of few days since contains account
of the success that followed the eff
forts of William Knowles, an English
man who located near Winnipeg, Man.
itoba. This is but one of many let
tiers giving experiences of settlers,
and should be encouraging to those
who are looking about for new
home in which they may better their
conditions. The following is a copy
of the article referred to:
William Knowles. who cultivates
some twelve acres of land just below
Middlechurch ferry on east side of the
Red River has probably as fine a dis
play of horticultural products as any
In Manitoba The whole of his hold
ing is in a high state of cultivation
and literally crowded with splendid
vegetable specimens, which have for
tunately escaped damage by hail, al
though heavy storms have more than
once occurred within a few miles. The
potatoes are a wonderful crop, and he
expects to raise 1900 bushels from
his patch of Az acres. A half dozen
Of tubers selected yesterday average
more than a pound each. Adjoining
the potatoes may be seen marvellous
collection of tomatoes. There are 600
plants, all growing under an enor-
nous weight of fruit One single
stock picked yesterday contained
eighteen tomatoes and weighed four
pounds. This extraordinary example
of marvellous growth, together with
some of the potatoes were sent to the
Free Press Office.
The proprietor was the first in
town with several specimens, includ-
ing green corn. The season has been
favorable for onions, and one square
patch of nearly an acre is looking re-
markably healthy. In addition there
are good crops Of cabbages, cauliflow-
er, turnips, parsnips, carrots, pump
kins, marrows, cucumbers, celery, peas,
lettuce, rhubarb, etc. The floral de-
partment has not been neglected and
a charming display of all the well
known blooms were shown, including
a specially choice lot of asters.
Mr. Knowles, who gained most of
his gardening experience in England,
is loud in his praise of Manitoba soil
for vegetable raising, and is gratified
with the result of his first attempt at
extensive horticulture.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-10-04
Pure Food.

The pure food law does not prohibit
the sale Of Cream of Tartar Baking
Powders because Cream of Tartar is>
as pure as Alum-but it Is a we'll
known fact that baking powder in
which Alum Is used instead of Cream of
Tartar is less injurious. Dr. Herman
Reinbold, the expert German chemist,
in a recent official report concerning
Baking Powders, declares that a pure
Alum baking powder is better and less
injurious than the socalled Cream of
Tartar powders. He says that if the
quantity of alum contained in a suf-
ficient quantity of baking powder for
a batch of bread or cakes for an ordi-
nary family, be concentrated to one
mouthful of food, and taken into the
stomach of any one person, no matter
how delicate, it could do no harm.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-10-04

reached the amazing figure Of $25. 000,-
900.
The showing made in the reports
was supplemented by reports of the
interstate commerce commission,
which stated that in the last five years
1894 trespassers had been killed.
Not all Of that slaughtered army were
tramps, yet it was shown that the
vast majority were of the class Of
aimless wanderers whose vagrancy is
much mixed with viciousness.,
An Army Of Migrants.
Representative of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad reported to the confer
.ence that these hordes of the Tents of
Shem constitute one of the most seri-
Gus problems with which the road
had to deal Others, who were compe-
tent to testify, asserted that from one
half to three-fourths of all trespassers
were tramps.
It was asserted that on the Balti-
more & Ohio accidents caused by
tramps were not infrequent, and that
the robbing of cars, freight houses and
stations was of almost daily occur
renee.
James McCrea, president Of the
Pennsylvania railroad, declared that
the 900 Migrants arrested on his road
for trespassing in 1906 were but a
small percentage of the Migrants con-
stantly travelling over the Pennsylva-
MIA system.
Conference in Minneapolis.
At the Minneapolis conference ini-
tial steps were taken to establish a
national vagrancy committee, which
will have as its work the study Of
vagrancy and the recommendation of
measures for the reduction of vag-
rancy and for the more rational assist
ance of the honest wayfarer out of
work. Its field is very large, and be-
cause general knowledge of the real
facts of vagrancy is so limited, the eff
feet of the committees work will prob
ably not be Immediately apparent
Yet it is evident that much thought is
to-day being given to the question Of
the public's duty to the vagrant, and
of the vagrant's danger to the public.
Professional jokemakers have Gre
ated cut Of the tramp or the hobo"
as he is more Familiarity known, a pic
turesque, happy-go-lucky soldier OF for
tune. Possibly one tramp in a thou
sand justifes this pleasant concep-
ton, but those who know them best
have no illusions about the thousands
of Migrants who roam over Ire coun-
try. In cities persons generally re-
gard the tramp frivolously as they
laugh at the colored pictures in comic
weeklies; but It is very different with
those who dwell in thinly settled dis
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-10-04
Violated Safety Appliance Law.

Washington, Sept 2G.-United
States district attorneys in various
parts of the country Wednesday
were instructed by Attorney General
Bonaparte to institute suits against
a large number of railroad companies
to recover penalties incurred by them
for alleged violations of the safety
appliance law. The department of
Justice and the interstate commerce
commission have decided upon rigid
enforcement of this law. The facts
upon which the prosecutions are to
be based were developed by inspect
ors of the commission. The number
of alleged violations aggregate PSI.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-10-04
TRAMP EVIL COSTS
RAILROADS MILLIONS
A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR MANAGERS
Common Carriers and Charitable Or
CARNATIONS Alike Seek Remedial
Legislation---Wreck and Robberies
Are Laid to the Doors Of Migrants
---Problem Most Acute in Eastern
States.

tricts. There this hobo" is serious
menace-he trespasses, steals and
sometimes even wrecks railroad
train and commits assault or murder
An Incident at Ridgway.
An incident at Ridgway, on the
Pennsylvania railroad, week or two
ago shows how train crews are in
danger from tramps. In this case 1t
was a bottle of nitfoglycerin that did
the damage, putting four or five men
in the hospital and injuring one of
them SO badly that his leg had to be
amputated.
Two freight trains were about to
leave Ridgway when the conductor of
one of them found man lying upon
the top of boxcar. The crews of the
two trains, when about to eject the
man, found him apparently powerless
to move. He seemed to be in drunk
en- stupor. In his pocket was bottle
which the trainmen thought to be
whisky This bottle was taken from
the tramp by an engineman, who
either dropped or threw it on the car
Immediately it exploded, doing severe
damage.
"Hobo" Depends on Rail.
To nearly everyone the picture of
''hobo" riding on freight train is
familiar sight. 1t takes only a min
ute's thought to grasp the fact that
the railroads are the most valuable
asset in the tramp's existence. A
tramp cannot remain tramp long I'M
stranger to whomever he meets.
Thus the hobo" depends upon the
railroads to go from city to city and
from state to state. He cannot pay his
fare, rarely having money, so he steals
his rides and thereby becomes tres
passer If "ride-stealing" can be pre-
vented, vagrancy will receive its
deathblow. And that is the peg upon
which the effort to disband the army
of Migrants is to be hung.
Cooperation Is Necessary.
Naturally enough the railroads have
always been anxious to stop free
rides" The trespassers not infre-
quently steal valuable packages of
freight, damage cars, interfere with
signal and switching apparatus and at
times attack and seriously injure en-
ployes. But it has been impossible to
make any Roadway against ride
stealing" because the trespassers, if
detected and arrested, are rarely pun
ished by county or town officials, but
are just ordered to move on" which
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-10-04
On Wit and Humor.

Man is the only animal that laughs
and weeps, for he is the only animal
that is struck with the difference be-
tween what things are and what they
ought to be. We weep at what
thwarts or exceeds our desires in seri-
Gus matters; We laugh at what only
disappoints our expectations in trifles.
We shed tears from sympathy with
real and necessary distress; as we
burst into laughter from want of SYM
pathy with that which is unreasonable
and unnecessary, the absurdity Of
which provokes our spleen or mirth,
rather than serious reflections on it.
William Kazlitt.