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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-09-04
NO ONE FIGHTS OVER THAT
WHICH is NOT WORTH HAVING

The republicans OF this county and
state are engaged in internal strug-
giles. The fight at the primaries and
in conventions have been so much a
part Of the party's existence in many
states, that It would excite no com
ment were It not that this is q new
thing here, The air is full of Evans
and anti-Eyans, Guggenheim and anti.
Guggenheim, and the Democrats are
iubilant over the prospects OF repub,
lican defeat Unfortunately for their
Joy. the republican party is bigger
than its men. Its principles are what
give 1t life, more even than the splen,
did personality OF Its leaders. It is con
coiya6le that the party differences
may 20 further than the convention.
but we do not believe It. The rank
and file of the party are concerned
over the measures and the men be-
hind them. not as to their personality
but as to their honesty and ability.
1t has no enemies TO punish or friends
to serve. For this reason We look
forward to satisfactory ending of
the muddle.
Public opinion is at best a poor In
deS of the outcome of elections. There
Is tremendous vote that is silent. in.
dependent, undecided. Indifferent and
no man knows; but as far as indica.
tions 20, W. H. Taft is the next presi.
dent The Republican party is promis-
ing less and is therefore securing
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-09-04
VERNON ON THE STUMP.
Trasury Register viii Aid in Repub,
lican Campaign.

W. T Vernon. register Of the
treasury. will take n prominent part
in the oratorical end of the presiden-
tial campaign. 1t was through his
work that prominent negroes were
held In line for Taft before the nom
ination, and since then the national
committee has had number of re
quests to send him to various points
for speeches He has been asked by
Senator DUPONT, who is chairman of
the speakers bureau OF the national
committees, to give considerable time
TO speeches, and he has promised to
do so.
The bureau will make assignments
for him after September Is. Prior to
that time he viii I'LL various engage.
ments. He left here today to speak
tomorrow before the National Asso-
citation of Negro Physicians in New
York Friday he will speak to col
ored voters In the congressional dis
tric, o. Representative olcott of New
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-09-04
AN ANNUAL OUTING

The Knights of Pythias of Pythiaa
lodge have for several years given ex-
cursions on Labor day, and have had
uniform success. They have given
the family outings in the mountains
of the summer and this year are car
rying their friends to beautiful Crys-
tai lake up Platte canon. There is
nothing better than hospitality to
make ones enjoyment complete and
the Knights mean to make this year
the cap sheaf of all Labor day is the
date.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-09-04

York. Monday night he will speak 10
negroes in Boston, and September 8
.-e will lecture in Newport. r. l. He
also has an engagement in Phila-
delphia September 10, and will adj
dress the colored Odd Fellows of the
country at Atlantic City the 18th Of
the month. He viii also attend con-
ferences of the A. NJ. E church in
Kansas and Missouri in October.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-09-04
SOME CAMPAIGN
HAPPE EN|NGS
First Club Organized through the Republican League
Vernon will Speak...A Word about Dissensions

J. w. Evans OF Williamsburg. who
was among those in attendance upon
the recent conference OF Republicans
in this city. reports that his city has
made the first step toward the fall
eleci,cn plans By organizing a Repub-
ficai3 club. Forty persons assembled
and elected officers as follows: F. s.
Morton. president; ]. W. Evans. vice
president; E. Bohannan. secretary;
Mrs. F. Evans, assistant secretary; j.
McGrew. treasurer. The committee on
arrangements are George Roe, v.
Davis and John Reynolds. Through
the organization Of this club and 9TH
ers in neighboring towns. It is hoped
that the Colored citizens will send
delegate to the convention In Canon
City.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
ING BODY CAAPANILE WAS DUMPED INTO THE TRENCH

his beautiful daughter, Lucy. She had
related only when the birth of baby
made further concealment impossible
that Andrew Campanile, whom she
had loved, had promised to marry her,
betrayed her and then refused to mar
ry her. The shock caused her aged ia
TIERS death from heart failure.
So when the authorities came to dig
up the body, which they believed had
been uncovered by the pigs, they as
sumed that 1t was that of Avellone.
TO their surprise it proved to be the
body Of young Campanile. And there
were unmistakable proofs that he had
been buried alive; that when under the
ground he awoke from drugged
stupor and fought violently to free
himself, pushing his arms up through
the earth. But he could do no more,
for he was soon smothered to death by
the mound of dirt pressing upon his
face. His body gave evidence of ter
rible suffering. The arms were fiayed
by the gravel through which tie des-
perate man had pushed them, and his
legs were twisted almost into knots by
the agony of his awful death.
This explained the strange disappear
ance week before of young Campanile.
None could say what had become of
Ayellone's body. Then came forward
a young man who had been CHmpa-
niles rival for the hand of Lucy Ayel-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
Jere Knode Cookies Own Story
Long Island Clergyman Who Eoped With Foreta Whay Bares
His Heart to the World In Remarka-
BILE Confession.

Jere Knode Cooke. former rector OF
a fashionable church at Hampstead, N.
Y, who left his pulpit and his wife to
run away with seventsen-year-old
girl, has been located in San Francisco.
He Is working as painter and decora-
tor TO win a livelihood for his com
panion and their baby. He was visited
recently In his little fat by newspa-
per man, who induced him to write the
story of his life. Here it is in his own
words:
To write the story of my shame and
wrongdolng, to lay bare all the secrets
which, though of sin, are sacred and,
l sometimes believe, more than those
Of holiness and virtue; to tear aside
the curtain of silence which has shield
ed the love of Floretta Whaley and
myself for one happy year, is to me
utterly abhorrent. Unwilling is the
pen; difficult is the undertaking.
attempt no justification of my act.
l walked to mine own damnation with
my eyes open. The church has damned
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
Shot His Wife ID His Sleep.
Washington Coroners Jury Accepts Hugh Hollis Strange Story
That He Killed Mrs. Hollis While Dream
ing of Burglars

ed in TO find her daughter clinglng to
the bedpost with a wound in her
breast
"IIugh has shot meg' Mrs. Hollis
gaspcd as she fell into her mothers
arms and died, shot through the heart.
Aroused by Mrs. Forsythe's screams,
Hollis jumped from bed, struck a
match and lighted the gas. Dazed,
Hollis could not be made to realize for
some time what he had done. When
he did he seemed on the verge of going
insane. The revolver was on the floor,
and he made an attempt to get It, but
Mrs. Forsythe slid it out of his way.
He rushed toward the bathroom, where
there was razor, but Mrs. Forsythe
held him.
"Go for n doctorw she begged. He
ran downstairs and to the home Of DR..
Dwight G. Smith,
"Come, doctorg' he said. "a terrible
accident has happenedw
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

While sound asleep in bed at 3
o'clock in the morning Hugh Hollis,
Jr., clerk in the internal revenue bu-
rcau in Washington, shot and killed
his wife, Evelyn Forsythe Hollis.
Weakened by the shrieks of his mother
in-law, he tried twice to take his own
life, but in vain. A coroner's jury ac-
quilted him of all blame.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis, married three
years, had one child, boy of eleven
months. With Mrs. Hollis mother,
Mrs. Emma Forsythe, the family lived
in n cottage ON the outskirts of the
city. Husband and wife were deeply
attached to each other, and their devo.
ton had been increased by the advent
of the baby.
Mr.. Hollis is thirty years old. His
wife was twerty-four. The only diver.
sion the husband found away from
home was in revolver club of which
he is member. He Is one of the fin
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

wedding, she coldly informed me that
she had married me simply as a step
ping stone to social success and that
she saw i'm me one who was going to
rise / recognized the bitterness of my
lot
Only III mated couples can under
stand my position as a husband.
From Baltimore / was appointed rec
tor of ST. Georges church in Hemp
stead, n. Y. The position was good
one and one that highly pleased my
wife. She had there an opportunity to
further her social aims. l reorganized
the church; bishops dined at my house;
| spoke on the same platform with the
president of the United States, and /
was promised the degree of doctor Of
divinity. Such things are alluring even
to minister, and the man who says he
is not captlvated by them Is either a
lofty soul or a common liar.
AS rector of st. Georges l met
Floretta Whaley. She was a mere
child then and grew up under my eyes.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

Sensational is the story that has
been revealed at Chattanooga of an
opinion of the supreme court of Ten
nessee affirming the death sentence of
Andrew Smith in 1870.
The opinion was written by the chief
justice of the supreme court when he
was in subconscious condition, in a
state of trance or in n somnambullstic
condition, and the remarkable thing
was that his opinion was thoroughly
sound both as to the law and the facts
and is one of the reported opinions be.
ing printed and an authority to this
day ON the technical law points in.
volved.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

to go to his home and return In ten days,
when, she said. If she was alive she
would marry him. The ten days had
not expired when the tragedy was dis
covered.
There followed q search for Lucy
Avellone and her baby. They had not
been seen for two days about the
handsome Avellone estate. Had they
left the province 1t would have been
noted. A searching party came upon
the dead bodies Of the girl mother and
her baby in a well in the garden of the
Avellone estate. A note under stone
in the wall of the well told the story.
She related how she had drugged
Canpanile, not TO kill him by such an
easy and merciful manner, but to rem
der him temporarily senseless SO that
she could place him alive Into the
grave to which he had sent her father
she wrote that before the body of Cam
panlle was wholly covered with earth
he became conscious and she had the
JOY of seeing him struggle against the
death that was overtaking him. Then
she and the young man hurried to fill
the grave so that he could not escape.
She watched there until he was dead.
Her revenge then being complete
she prepared for her own death and
that of the child. When all had been
arranged she held the baby In her
arms and leaped into the well.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
Chokes Coyote to Death.
Oregon Woman Sezes and Sanges Beast With Its Teeth Fas
tened In Her Breast

Choking coyote to death after the
animal had fastened his teeth in her
breast is the experience related of Mrs.
I. A. Caldwell by the Lakeyiew (Ore)
Examiner. According TO the Exam
liner, Mrs. Caldwell, who lives ON the
NJ. Wingfeld ranch, near Adel. was
attracted to the barnyard by com
motion among the poultry. Discover
Ing that a coyote was making a raid
on her chickens, Mrs. Caldwell sought
to scare away the animal. She had no
idea that the wolf would attack her,
but, releasing his hold ON hen. the
animal turned hercely on the woman,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
Buried Her Betrayer Alive
Italian Girls Awful Vengeance Upon Her Seducer Revealed
by Pigs Roofing In Caabrian
Cemetery.

Pigs roofing in a graveyard in Gala
bria, southern Italy, recently brought
TO light remarkable story of love and
tragedy which cost four lives. A farm
er, whose swine had been in the ceme-
terry, was driving them out when he
observed that they had been digging
about new made grave, and he was
surprised to see the two arms of a
man protruding from the earth.
In this grave short time before had
been buried the body of Giovanni Avel-
lone, Il rich old landowner. His death
was caused by the story told him by
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
Signed Death Warrant I'm Trance
Sleeping Judge Wrote Opinion That Is Now Quoted mmua-
BILE Law.

Justice Nicholson was the man who
wrote the opinion, and Peter Turney,
afterward governor Of Tennessee, saw
him arise from his bed, write the
lengthy document and again retire to
his bed.
Next day Justice Nicholson had no
recollection of the incident. The elab.
crate opinion covered all the facts,
cited numerous court differences and
ended with an affirmation of the court
below.
Letters from the late Governor Tur-
ney in the possession of one of Chatta-
nooga's most prominent attorneys cor.
roborate the foregoing story.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

lone. His confession barred most re-
markable story of tragic revenge.
After the burial of her father Lucy
Avelone called this young man to her,
and together they lured Campanile TO
her home. There his wine was heavily
drugged, and after midnight, while he
lay in stupor, the girl and the young
man carried him tc the cemetery. Her
fathers casket was dug up and buried
again under the doorstep of his home.
And into the trench of the grave the
living body of Campanile was dumped,
and the couple covered it with the
earth. Lucy Avellone told the youngman
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

est shots In the club. He bought a
new revolver. large one, and to test
It got leave from the Office and spent
the afternoon shooting on the club
range. When he went home he proud
ly exhibited the new weapon to his
wife and mother-ln-law. Mrs. Hollis
begged him not to keep 1t loaded In
the house.
The neighbOrhood had been annoyed
by petty thieves, and Hollis replied
that he intended TO keep the revolver
londed for intruders. Mrs. Hollis again
protested and reminded him that he
stlll had his small revolver, which he
kept under his pillow at night, but aft
or cleaning it he went upstairs, took
the small revolver from under the pill
low and put the larger weapon there
Instead.
I'm ready for burglars now," he re-
marked. His wife replied laughingly
"You couldn't shoot burglar, any
how"
"I'll show you If one comes around"
said Hollis.
The family retired about II, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hollis going to their rooms and
Mrs. Forsythe TO hers, where the baby
also slept Early in the morning the
baby awoke, and Mrs. Hollis, hearing
the little fellow fretting, went into her
mothers room and rocked him to sleep,
after which she returned to her own
room.
= There was no light except from the
street lamp in front of the house. AS
she turned the corner of the bed a
shot rang out. and Mrs. ForsYthe rush.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
Carried His Leg Two Miles.
British Columbia Logger Having Cut off His Injured Limb, Took
1t Into Camp With Him.

Carrying his severed right leg with
him, Daniel Stetson, logger, crawled
through two miles of bush to tldewater
at Toby inlet, British Columbia, got into
a boat and rowed another two miles
down the coast to a logging camp be-
fore collapsing, Stetson was hand log
ging alone. While Telling tree he was
caught as the tree fell. 1t crushed his
right leg into n shapeless mass. practi-
cally tearing 1t off. Stetson completed
the work by cutting the shreds of skin
which remained.
Although bleeding to death, he re-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
INCIDENTS IN JERE X. COOKIES ROMANCE

| | always regarded her as q child until
was woman and that loved her. At
this stage / might say that, though
sixteen years Of age, Floretta Whaley
was one of the type that natures early.
Her orphan life and surroundings had
made her remarkably precOclous even
as child, and at eighteen she was in
her womanhood. say this in the face
Of the criticism heaped on me in re-
gard to eloplng with one so young.
l wish 1t to be remembered that at
this time | was at the height of my
success. The near future promised for
me all the sacerdotal world had to Of
| fer. Like other men, l could have
lived a dual existence and escaped de-
lection and eventually wandered down
the road of life with a perfectly re-
spectacle skeleton in my cupboard, TAX
ing all the world had to offer. Instead
threw aside everything and took the
girl.
do not boast Of 1t as a sacrifice, but
state it as fact and ask how many
Of my fellow sinners would have done
! the same under similar circumstances.
| threw aside everythlng-name, fame,
honors-all. l knew exactly what the
payment would be. | knew the storm
that would follow. knew became a
criminal. knew 1t all, and did it,
We fed from Hampstead to Los An
geles. From the pulpit turned to
the paint brush Of my early days. In
the west l was accepted at my worth
as a painter. No one asked questions;
no one troubled me. was paid to do
certain work, and / did 1t. There
were times when we missed the little
refinements of the old days, the books
and pictures and knickknacks, but in
their place we were blessed with the
company of men and women-real men
and women, who worked for q weekly
wage and treated a man exactly as he
| treated them.
From Los Angeles we went TO San
Francisco, where | pursued my trade
under the name of Jerry Balcolm,
and after months OF saving succeeded
in having a tiny fiat of our own. The
sight of our own home gave me greater
| satisfaction than would have a degree
of doctor of divinity. was gradually
living down the past, hoping that my
wife would obtain a divorce so that
might marry Floretta Whaley and thus
free her from the fear of arrest as a
criminal, when we were discovered by
a representative of a San Francisco
paper.
/ did write to Floretta's grandmoth-
er for money, as the newspapers say.
| hated to do 1t, but our poverty over
came our pride.
Such is my story-no worse or bet
ter than thousands of others - and
now all ask is to be allowed to live
my life not as Jere Knode Cooke, un-
frocked pastor OF st. Georges church,
but as Jerry Balcolm, painter and dec
orator, who draws weeks wages for
weeks work and who has learned 10
believe that dinner Of herbs with
love is to be preferred to the stalled
OK In the tent of the king.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
IT WAS HIS WIFE.

When he came back he found the
house in charge Of the police. When
convinced that his wife was dead Hol-
lis raved in grief, even after he had
been locked up.
At the inquest Mrs. Forsythe de-
clared her belief that Hollis WAC
asleep when the fatal shot was fired.
Not even the sound OF the shot had
disturbed him.
Hollis when called to testify was on
the verge of nervous collapse. Ile
said:
81 don't know anything about II.
The first | knew was when got up
and lighted the gas. don't know
where the pistol was. | never did see
it after the shooting"
The coroner's jury brought In ver-
diet that Hollis was unconscious when
he fired the shot which killed Mrs.
Hollis and that he was therefore not
responsible for her death. The coro-
ner ordered his immediate release.
Hollis Is broken hearted over the ter
rlble affair, and his friends are fearful
that he will lose his reason.
Hollis mother who lives In Louis
vile, said that ever since hc was Il
child he had been subject to nightmare
and walked In his sleep.
She said 1t frequently had been oh,
served that his dreams seemed to fol-
low conversations of the evening. like
the conversation abopt burglars. That
lie should think his wife burglar and
shoot her, said the mother, was in nc
cord with his somnolent acts all his
life.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

who, as she started to beat hasty
retreat, tripped and fell. The coyote
was upon her In moment and fasten'
ed his teeth In her breist. Mrs. Cald-
well grabbed the beast by the throat.
and Notwithstanding his desperate eff.
forts TO free himself from the woman's
clutch the animal finally sank exhaust
ed, but the brave woman did not re-
lease her hold until the animal was
dead. ana dead to stay. The coyote
was skinned. and Mrs Caldwell viii
keep the animals hide. as souvenir
Of the most bloodcurdllng experience
in all her life.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

taIned consciousness and laboriously
made his way through the bush to the
coast. Foot by foot he crawled over
logs and through swamps until he
reached the waters edge. Suffering
untold agony, lie got into boat and
managed to reach small camp two
miles away. Then he collapsed. The
men procured a launch and took him
into Lupd. From there he was con
yeyed TO the Wananda hospital, where
every attempt was made 20 save his
life, but the shock and the loss of blood
had been too much, and he died.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
A Dog That Scratches Matches.

Jack. a Boston terrier weighing for
ty-two pounds, is attracting a great
deal Of attention in Reading Pa) dog
dom. He Is two and half years old
and has been taught a score of wonder
ful tricks by hf master, Thomas l..
Mengel The one trick Of which the
owner Is especially proud is when Jack
strikes matches, and his love for this
amounts almost to mania. II n
match is placed on a transom or at
some other point near the ceiling Of u
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

room Jack will jump, take 1t between
his teeth and strike 1t on the floor. As
soon as 1t is lit he drops II. to see 1t
burn, and here he shows that he Is as
intelligent a dog as he Is tricky. lie
win nefer strike match in a room
where there is carpet for fear of set
ting the house on fire. and when he
strikes them on uncovered floors he
VIII coax for hours for some of his
friends TO give him more. 80 that hs
can amuse himself and them.