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ness also killed her three children and
herself set fire to the house.
Thaw Hearing Divided.
When the habeas corpus hearing in
the interest of Harry Thaw for the
purpose of freeing him from the New
York State Asylum For the Criminal
Insane came up before Justice Nor
schauser at Poughkeepsie the district
attorney for the county objected that
the county of Duchess could not stand
the expense of hiring experts and pay
Ing the expenses Of numerous wit
nesses involved in the famous murder
case originating in New York city.
His motion to have the hearing re-
moved to that city was denied. how
ever. In part, The justice held that
Thaw's side might be heard there and
the states side at New York Pend.
ing the taking of evidence on May IL
Thaw was allowed to remain in GUS
tody of the county sheriff and occupy
luxurious quarters of the undersherif
at the top of the Jail. There he has
received his mother and friends, 1t
being made clear that Mrs. Thaw is
in sympathy with the efforts of her
son to be freed from Matteawan.
The Right to Dismiss Soldiers.
Before Judge Hough in the federal
district court at New York has been
made the first move to test the action
of the president in dismissing the me-
gro troops accused of shooting up
Brownsville. Tex. the case being that
of Private Reid of Company G, who
brings suit to recover $122.26, the
amount of his wages from time of
dismissal to the expiration of his en-.
listment. Counsel for Reid contends
and the government amounts to d con-
tract which the president has no pow.
CIR to abrogate. District Attorney Slim
son for the government holds that If
the president has power to dismiss an
officer without trial he must have as
much power in. the case of private.
He also asserted that the court had no
Jurisdiction in the case because an
officer Of the government is debarred
from bringing such an action. He fur
ther makes the defense that the dis
missal was made for the good of the
service after futile efforts to distin-
guish the guilty from the innocent.
Counsel for the plaintiff argued that If
the president has power to discharge
three companies he has the power to
discharge the whole army on sus-
picion. This, he intimated. would lead
to dictatorial powers not intended by
the constitution. In reply to this line
Stimson said, II can scarcely conceive
Of the president leading to battle an
army of contractors having constitu-
tional rights making them above the
Jaw and putting them beyond the row.
err that the president has over thei.
commanding officers"
More Kentucky Feudists Killed.
AT Charlottesville, in Breathitt coun-
| ty, Ky. May 4, occurred another one
of those bloody tragedies for which
that region has been noted many years
| during the progress of the IIargis-
| Cockrill feud. EX-Sheriff Callahan of
the Hargis faction While in his own
store was MORALLY stabbed by his
brother-in-law, John Spicer, and mo-
ment later Spicer was slain by the son
\ of Callahan. On the same day in Jack
son Daniel White. a Hargis man, shot
and killed Jim Fugate of the Cockrill
side III a street duel. The son of Cal
| iahan. Wilson, after shooting Spicer
gave himself up to the authorities, but
was released on bail. The death of
Callahan brings joy to the widow of
james Marcum, as she charged Hargis
and Callahan with instigating the muir.
| der of her husband by Curtis Jet.
Graft Scandal In Baltimore.
Mayor Mahool of Baltimore has re.
moved two commissioners for the
opening of streets, Republican and a
Democrat, after an inquiry had proved
| the charge Of Contractor Robertson
that $500 had been paid to ex-Con-
gresham Rusk as the go between
The demand of the commissioners FOL
$4,000 on $4,000 contract was ex
! posed. and the informant was the pres
! ident of the Maryland Paving com
pany. The payment Of the cash tt
Rusk was witnessed by detectives con
| cealed in bookcase. RuSk is chair
man of the Democratic city commit
| tee. but has rendered his resignation
! He has been at the head of the com
mittee for six years and was elected
! to congress three times.
Bank Cashier Short $46s,ooo.
William Montgomery, cashier of thu
1 Allegheny National bank of Pittsbur:
and former friend and adviser of thu
late Senator Quay. has been arrested
! on the charge of having eml,ezziet
| $46S,000 of the banks funds. tina
amount being missed, but Il muel
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