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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13
DARING ROBBER
CHOKES WOMAN
HIGWAYMAN COMMITS DEED
IN DAYLIGHT
Victim Declares She Has Seen Man
on Streets Twice and Could
Identify Him with OFF,
GERS Help

Grasped by the throat by daylight
burglar who forced her to drop the
purse she carried while within 100 feet
of her home was the experience of Miss
Minnie Palmer of SiXty-fourth street
and Miramonte avenue at $3.50 Monday
night, according to report made to the
police.
Miss Palmer left the car about two
blocks from her home at 6:30 o'clock.
She walked toward her home, but
turned twice and looked behind her.
Each time she saw a powerfully built,
we'll dressed man, about 80 years of age,
walking behind her and watching her.
Miss Palmer thought of asking q
neighbor to accompany her home, but
at last decided to continue the journey
alone. When she was but q short dis
tance from the house she heard a noise
behind her and started to run. AS she
did so she was grasped around the
throat by rough hands and choked
until she dropped her purse on the side
walk. The robber then released her,
and picking it up ran back the way he
had come Miss Palmer screamed for
help and her father, who was sitting
in the house, responded to her cries.
BY the time he arrived the robber was
out of sight.
Word was at once sent to the police
of the robbery but, according to Mr..
Palmer no officer was sent out on the
case. Yesterday he visited the station
and said his daughter had seen the rob
Der on the street twice during the day
and felt confident she could find the
man If an officer was sent to assist her.
The stolen purse contained SO in
money.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13
BURGLAR CAUGHT
BY BRAVE WOMAN
BAREFOOT R0BBER LOCKED IN
PANTRY
Escapes from Temporary Prison by
Jumping from Window Fifteen
Feet from Ground After
Shooting Twice

Captured and locked In a pantry by
n brave little woman who heard him
trying to steal her brothers trousers,
n daring burglar escaped after firing
two shots through the door of the room
in which he WI confined by punging
through the window fifteen feet to the
ground.
The robbery and subsequent capture
and fight Of the burglar occurred at
the home of Mrs. ,Lottie G.. Ulrich,
727 East Twenty-first street early yes
terday morning. Mrs Ulrich was
awakened by n slight noise in the ad-
joining room and slipped quietly from
bed. When she entered the room she
saw a burglar folding up her brothers
trousers. The man saw her at the same
moment. He ran into the kitchen which
adjoineI the bedroom, hoping in this
way to reach the bathroom through
which he had entered. Mrs. Ulrich
stood between the man and this room
and he suddenly turned and darted
through an open door. This door led In
to the pantry and as soon as the rob-
ber had entered It Mrs, Ulrich sprang
forward and locked the door. Her
husband appeared on the scene at this
time and shouted to his wife that he
would get his revolver. Becoming
frightened the robber fired two shots
through the bathroom door and then
sprang through the window to the
ground Ulrich followed him and fired
two shots after the fleeing man, but
did not hit him.
Burglar Was Barefooted
This burglar was evidently the bare
foot burglar who has kept the police
busy for several months. According to
reports made to the police he entered
four houses besides Ulrichs during the
night In several CeseS marks of bare
feet were found on the carpet.
The home of II. j. Jesperg, S07 East
Twenty-first street, was entered
through a kitchen window. The robber
secured S4 from a small bank and 81
from q purse in bedroom.
A. w. White, 757 East Twenty-first
street. reported that the burglar had
entered the house through a pantry
window. The kitchen door was locked
and the man was unable to gain ad-
mittance to any of the other rooms
and left without taking anything.
The robber then visited the home
of w H. Sargent. 747 East Twenty
first street. EIe tried to force an en-
trance but was unsuccessful.
The robber then went to the home of
Adam Bassett, 1871 East Twenty-first
street, and examined the place care
fully. Tracks of bare feet were seen
an dit appears that the man walked
around the house several times He
evidently became frightened and went
away without entering.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13

ness after witness has testified along
that line and Attorney Rogers argu-
ment, while not once did he mention
the words "unwritten law" was filled
in every sentence with suggestions of
justifiable homicide under certain con-
ditions.
"It is fact, in the history of the
world" said Attorney Rogers, in the
beginning of one of the most remark
ably brilliant addresses ever delivered
in a local courtroom, that those ma
tions which have preserved the virtue
of their women as the most holy trust
of their existence have been the might
lest nations of the earth.
whenever q nation comes to a point
where it no longer prizes as it's great
est treasure the virtue of its mothers
and daughters then that nation is ready
and ripe for the influx of some strange
and foreign people to sweep down on
them, and will go down before their
onslaught.
'Such was the history CT Rome of
old. such has been the history of each
nation from the beginning of time.
Several months ago l was in San
Diego attending a case there when Mr..
Knight of Long Beach called me up by
phone and asked me to take charge of
Wilson's case. At that time physicians
lOlu lllcll IL dlQ lOl Qull NOih ipi
time 1 would die. / told Mr.. Knight
that did not see how I could take up
the case and was about to turn away
from that phone when my wife, who
had heard part of the conversation and
had already become familiar with the
details OF the case through the news
papers. said to me: If you are half a
man you will take that case
Would Do Same Thing
Attorney Blair. for the prosecution,
has told you what he thinks about how
man of that kind ought to be treat
ed, of how Belden should have been
dealt with, but Attorney Blair is an
easterner and does not know. DO you
think that If l were in Wilson's case
1 would have done other than he has.
Do you think that II my little girl,
who is just the age of this little Ma
talie Wilson. had been treated by a
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13

man as Belden treated this little child
that 1 would go up to an officer and
say arrest that man; do you think l
would slap him and let him off with q
small bond? If you do, you're wrong.
You know what I'd do and you know
what you'd do, you fathers on the jury.
have a westerner's idea of such
things. 1 think there are times when
man may do his killing without offense
or. violation of the law of man or the
law of God, and a case like this is one
of the times.
IF a man did to my daughter what
Belden did to that poor little 13-year-
old Natalie Wilson l would kill him.
When they brought my gun for eX-
animation before a jury in this court
room there would not be an empty
chamber in it, 1t would not take an
expert to tell how that gun had been
used, for, after had shot every bullet
1 had into that mans body and l
want to go down on record as saying
this, l would take that gun and
would beat 1t to pieces over the head
of such a damnable eur. And if 1 did
not. my wife would. That is my idea
of the punishment of man of that
kind.
"Wilson found snake, a low filthy
reptile, stealing the very soul of his
home and he trampled the life out of
that snake. but the sting is left"
Attorney Rogers then delieverd a Bit
ter denunciation of Deputy District At
torney Frank Blair, Chicago lawyer
who has recently been added to the
corps of the district attorneys office.
He also arraigned the district attor-
ney for what he termed lack of dill
gence in prosecuting the charge pre-
ferred against Belden before he was
murdered. His address on insanity and
taking up the detail and review Of the
case lasted nearly four hours before
he gave way to Assistant District At
torney McComas, who will finish for
the prosecution.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13
BARBER FINED FOR
CARRYING WEAPONS

]. Mongano, barber at 1S9 South
Main street, was fined 81 by Police
Justice Chambers yesterday afternoon
on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons. Mangano also appeared as
complaining witness against A. Her
nandez, who was arrested on similar
charge. According to Mangano an eff
fort was made by Hernandez to hold
him up late Monday night. Herman
dez was fined $50.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13
ALLEGED SAFE CRACKER
Is SENTENCED TO JAIL

Carl Smith, known to the police un-
der the name of A. Won Hohenthal,
one of the alleged safe crackers who
was arrested by Patrolman Curtin sew
eral weeks ago and since that time
has been held on suspicion of being
connected with several of the recent
safe blowings in this vicinity, was sem
fenced to ninety days on a charge of
carrying concealed weapons by Police
Justice Chambers yesterday.
One of his companions, Charles Grif-
fifth, was released a few days ago, as
the police claim they had no evidence
to hold him.
John Martin, the third of the trio,
will be taken back to New York with
in the next few days to answer a
charge of robbery. Requisition papers
from Binghamton, N. " will be
brought with the officer. Martin is
known under the aliases of Thomas
BrodericlI and Thomas Hackett.
How can you test dogs temper
kick him."
"And them"
'If he oites you he's a vicious
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13
Former Jury Disagreed

Former Jury Disagreed
Through the long argument he sat
in that courtroom before and watched
while the Jurors took his life with
them to the jury box. Twelve hours he
waited for the jury at the former trial
and then they filed out, unable to
agree.
If 1t was hard on him it was doubly
hard on his wife and little girl who
have stayed at his side through both
trials, the center of attention from the
morbidly curious.
This morning Attorney McComas, for
the prosecution, will finish the argu-
ment that he began late yesterday aft
ernoon, and ii is thought that by the
noon hour the case will be ready for
the jury.
II they acquit it will be an exonera-
ton of Wilson almost solely on the
ground of the unwritten law. If the
Jurors fail to agree then 1t Is under
stood that the prosecution of the case
will be dropped and Wilson will be re-
leased.
But that an extreme verdict either
way Is wanted by the attorneys is evil
dent from the argument. Yesterday
Attorney Rogers. for the defense, placed
the case in such a light as to permit
but little doubt in the minds Of the
jury when they, come to argue the
question of punishment. Rogers stated
that If they considered Wilson was
sane at the time of the shooting of
Belden that they must return verdict
of murder in the first degree; that the
case would admit of no compromise;
that Wilson was either a murderer in
cold blood or else he was innocent of
evil intention because of the fact that
he was not in his right mind at the
time of the shooting.
Deny Unwrtten Law
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13

every word she was clinching more
firmly the charge of assault with a
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13

II you want TO go east C. Haydock
Agent Illinois Central r.. lis w. 6th.
Everything you want you will find In
the classified page. One cent word
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13
Deny unwrItten Law

From the first of the trial to the last
attorneys have been impressing on the
such recognized thing as the unwrit-
ten law, and yet for the defense wit
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-02-07
LEOPARD UNDER THE BED.
Household Much Excited Until a Fa.
nous Hunter Kills Animal.

Nairobi, British East Africa-Mr
Sandiford's daughter missed her pet
cat and in hunting the house for it
went into the spare bedroom on the
ground floor. There she saw lying
snugly under the bed d big leopard,
its tail wagging viciously. With great
presence of mind she tiptoed out of
the room without disturbing the fe-
rocious beast, closed the door and told
her father.
Manlike, he scoffed, saying it prob
ably was strange cat. He went bold
ly into the room to prove her fear
groundless, and, lifting up the over
hanging sheet, peered under and found
himself within three feet of the CLEAN.
ing eyes and barred fangs of an angry
leopard He rushed out of the room
and called neighbor, Captain Young.
husband, famous hunter of big game.
Meantime the boys about the place
became excited and crowded abou the
window to get glimpse of the beast.
Fortunately the window was protected
by iron bars, for the leopard, aroused
by the noise sprang at the glass. The
bars stopped his rush and made him
so furious that he threw himself
against them time after time. Captain
Younghusband watched his chance
and fired into the animals head ABDUL
let which ranged through the body and
plowed a furrow in the floor. The
leopard proved to be full grown, but
gaunt and starved looking. Evidently
it had been proving around for some
thing to eat The family cat undoubt-
eddy had scented the danger. for it
was discovered hiding in one OF the
boys rooms.
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PUT END TO ONE CROP.
Last of Persistent Questioner, II In.
structions Were Followed.

A well known congressman was ad.
dressing an agricultural meeting, and
in the course of his remarks expressed
the opinion that farmers do not suf.
ficiently vary their crops.
One of the audience opposed to him
in politics asked him what crops he
would recommend.
Everything in turn" he replied.
Well" said his interlocutor, III
Swedes don't come up what them"
Sow mustard" said the congress.
man.
And If mustard doesn't come up.
what them"
And SO he went on through whole
list of crops until, the congressman's
patience being exhausted, he put an
end to his questioning amid roars Of
laughter, by saying:
"Oh, SOW yourself, and hope you
won't come up"
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the horse at the barn, walk heavily
toward ile house, enter and begin
the WORK. of undressing.
"He would breathe heavily as though
completely tired out; he would walk
about yawning and making other
noises. Except on two or three occa.
sions the form or outline of man
was never seen.
when seen at all it was a dim,
white, shadowy form which would
shortly vanish upward. Visitors from
a distance observed similar phenom
ena. One dark night horses feet and
carriage wheels distinctly sounded in
the lane, and on other occasions phan
tom carriages filled with dim figures
were seen.
These phenomena were so well au.
thenticated that there can be no class
ification of them as old women's
tales"
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Wood Paven1ents,

The five cities in which the largest
amounts of wood pavement are found
are, in order, Indianapolis, New York,
Minneapolis, Toledo and Boston. To
gether these cities have more creo-
soted wood pavement than all other
cities in the United States combined
The total amount of this pave
ment in use in this country at
the end of the year 1905 was about
100000 square yards, equivalent to
nearly eight miles of pavement on a
street 80 feet wlde.-Woodcraft
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+ DWELLING WHERE MisER DIED IN
NEBRASKA DECLARED ABODE
OF SPIRITS.
STRANGE LIGHTS ARE SEEN
Wt1eels of Carriage and Sounds Of
Horses Feet on Road Heard
Club of Psychical Research
investigates.

lincoln, Members of the local
Psychology club have been investigat-
ing haunted house up in Sanders
county. 16 miles north of this city.
and have concluded that 1t is a gonu-
Inc case of disembodied spirit re-
turning to earth
The house is located on farm
about four miles from Valparaiso. 1t
ID owned and until recently was occu.
pied by a family named Van SAINT.
Mrs. Van SAINT was a school teacher
for years and says she isn't supersti-
uoua.
The farm belonged years ago to
man reputed to be miser. One night
he was murdered by robbers.
FOR five years after the Van SAINTS
moved In no signs of spooks appeared
Then things happened. Stories reach.
I'd lincoln and the club interested in
psychical research sent committee
headed by Mrs. l.. w. Billingsley, wife
Of lawyer, to investigate. Mean
while the Van SAINTS moved out.
We talked with Mrs. Van SAINT and
her neighbours" said Mrs. Billingsley,
land we have no hesitancy in pro-
nouncing 1t case worthy of being
reported and placed in the records of
the Society for Psychical Research.
The first manifestation occurred
one summer evening when the two
Van SAINT girls came home from
church. They had driven, each with
male escort, to Valparaiso.
when the younger daughter reach
ed home she found her parents had
retired and the screen door locked.
When her mother responded she ex-
pressed surprise that the door was
locked
She requested the girl to leave it
unlocked for the older sister. She did
SO, but when the latter returned half
an hour later she found the door Sc
curely fastened
After that as many times as the
doors were left unlocked they would
be found locked, and when left open
they would close. Efforts were made
to prop them open, but the doors
would calmly close, pushing aside the
obstacle.
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How Microbes Can Be Killed.

Microbes cannot be killed by great
violence, as large animals can, and
the blow of hundred-ton steam ham.
mer would not kill one of them. They
are however, subject to subtle forms
of violence, such as rotary motion.
tapping and vibration. DR.. Samuel j.
Meier placed bottles of germs in the
vibratory machine of a soda water
manufacturer, and found that they
were killed by the motion. The APP
paratus produced vibration and a
strong centrifugal tendency.
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Is Marrraae a Eallure2

Maria, the colored maid, had been
neglecting her work shamefully Her
mistress demonstrated. but in vain.
Finally Maria's carelessness called
forth sharp rebuke. To soften the
sting the mistress added:
Maria, l think you must be In
love"
Maria, who was resting ruminative-
ly On her broom handle, drew her.
self up and replied with great dig
nifty:
Deed, ma'am, rs married
oman!"-Judge
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The Dinner at a Discount.

Judge Adolpb Meyer of Louisiana,
who represents New Orleans in con.
gress, is calm and Unconditional
man except when people talk to him
of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler and the
union soldiers who occupied New
Orleans during the civil war.
Il suppose. judge" friend said
to him recently, you were there
when Buffers men stole the
spoons?"
NO." replied the Judge II was
away fighting in the army, but my
family was there What do you
suppose they did to us? They came
into my mothers house one day
when the dinner was cooking on
the stove"
And stole the dinner, ] suppose"
broke in the friend.
Stole the dinner, my eye!" roared
the judge. They threw the dinner
on the floor and stole the stove
Saturday Evening Post.
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PART III,

1t was very near train time when
Mrs. Ramsdale entered the depot She
looked around hurriedly and saw the
face she was looking for. A nod was
exchanged and then she turned to
watch the door for her husbands en-
trance. He looked surprised, but said
heartily:
81 declare, l am surprised to see
you"
81 was down in this neighborhood
and thought 1t would be pleasant to
come to the train"
Mr.. Ramsdale had his ticket and
they walked down towards the sleep
ing car his wife talking as fast as
possible. When they reached the car
he was to take. the porter took his
grip. She stepped back little and ex-
claimed; There is a girl | know
she is going to New Orleans she must
be in the same car with you"
Mr. Ramsdale lcoked up and half
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PRAYERS OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
Request for Special Elaboration Put
Rather Strongly.

The late Gen. Alfred Hoitt Of Do
yer, N. H.. was for many years gen.
eral.in-chief of the militia forces of
the state. Yearly musters were the
custom during the early part of the
last century, such annual occurrences
being great public display, and the
approach of muster day was looked
moment.
One particular year the muster at
harrington, N. H., was looked upon
as of more than ordinary importance
In that the governor of New Hamp-
shire was the guest of honor. An
unusually large crowd assembled, for
the great mans presence was regard
ed as an especial compliment to the
town. The soldiers appeared in much
more elaborate regalia than was their
wont, bands of music were present,
and the whole countryside was in its
gala mood.
Gen. Hoitt did not fail to appre-
ciate the Importance of the occasion.
1t was the custom to open the mill
tary exercises with prayer, and
Elder Sherburne of harrington was
the chaplain of the town regiment.
Just before the exercises began the
general hustled up to the clergyman,
and in his most earnest and excitable
manner addressed him as follows:
Elder this is a great day for
harrington! She will never see an.
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spirit hand can materialize inside
the conical bag or sleeve" says the
account, land can direct the move
ment of the pencil over the paper. A
medium, country girl of Ia, who can
only read, write and work the sim
plest arithmetic, placed her hands on
the top of the box, in full light, and soon
the conical bag swelled out as though q
hand were inside, and the pencil be-
gan to write. The box and bag be-
ing entirely closed and dark inside,
there is no obstacle to the material
ization of a hand within; thus direct
writing can be obtained in a light
ed room"
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Murderer,s Hiding Place.

A rich man in village near Foggia.
southern Italy, who has been searched
for by the police for eight years on
charge of murder, has at last been
found in garnet, where he had only
space about four feet high. three
feet long and two feet broad available.
He had lived in this place the whole
OF the time. The police had to take
the tiles off the roof to get at him.
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GHOST FASTENS
DOORS OF I1JUSE

Zone large inner door was found
locked so frequently that 1t had to be
removed entirely to prevent annoy
ance. Finally the family ceased to try
to prevent the mystic power from be-
ing exercised upon the doors.
Next strange lights played about
the house at night. At times the
whole house would be flooded with
light, the source of which could not be
traced.
Next, what seemed to be a ghost
would come to the place on horseback.
He could be distinctly seen to put up
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'PAJkMA WEDDING new
MARITAL DEPARTURE
Justice and Witnesses Clad in Elk
treme NeeIigee Costume at Early
Morning Ceremony.

New York.-Jersey City has sup
piled the latest marital novelty-a pa
jana wedding at four o'clock In the
morning. The "Florey"-well,
she did her part, for she married her
own stepfather, "Nelse," while guests
and the justice who pronounced the
ceremony wore pajamas.
frank G. Lahane, the marrying jus
tces' tied the knot, but only after the
law had been looked up and a statute
found which permitted a woman to
marry her mothers divorced second
husband.
Nelson w. Wheeler a retired farmer
lof Norwich, Conn, who admits follow
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ing life's burrows AZ years, got into
Jersey City the other day.
miss Flora b. Young, Norwich,
Conn, he wrote upon the hotel regis
tor directly under his own scrawl.
Tne pair We're ratified through the
streets of the sleeping city to the
home of the marrying Justice" ring
ing his bell as a rooster in a neigh
boring yard was tapping his wings
andEemitting his first crow.
magistrate Lahane put on a frock
coat over his paiamas, and at four
o'clock opened his door and let blush
ing "Florey" and her swain into his
front parlor
Noise of the marriage had awaken.