Morris tribune., 1908-07-11

stitution looted by Cashier Montgom-
cry, now announce that all depositors
will be paid in full. If restitution is
made it is expected that the judgments
! Of the city and state with be with
drawn.
Remarkable Child Burglar.
The case Of Annie Wilson, deserted
! child of nine years, who has confessed
to having robbed more than fifty
homes in Brooklyn, N. Y, of articles
valued at $4,000, is certainly excep-
tional in the annals Of crime The girl
duplicates, however, woman who, she
says, directed her efforts The method
was to stroll along the streets with an
old baby carriage, into which the ar
ticles taken from the houses were con-
cealed. The mother Of the child had
been sent to prison, and she was com
PEELED to live alone with a younger sis
! ter in a small room.
Engineers Chief Aids Trust.
When the governments suit against
the Standard Oh company was re-
| sumed at New York June %, r. A
Burgess, assistant grand chief Of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
was called to the stand by the defense
and testified to the erect that the oils
Of the Galena Oil company, a branch
of the trust, were of a superior char
acter and that on this account they
had been adopted by the Louisville and
Nashville, on which line he was em.
ployed.
Life Term For Orchard.
Harry Orchard, the confessed muir
derer Of the late Governor Steunenberg
Of Idaho and more than score Of 9th
er persons, whose confession was used
by the state in its effort to convict the
leaders of the Western Federation of
Miners and who was sentenced to
death, has now been saved from the
gallows by the state board Of pardons.
His sentence was committed to impris-
onment for life. Friends of the fed
GRAFTON say this is just what they ex-
pected as the reward for Orchards
confession. When the news reached
Orchard in prison he Is said to have
shown no surprise.
Extradited Exporter Escapes. q.
Francis G. Bailey, the fugitive presi-
dent of the New York Export Shipping
company, who got away to Honduras
with a cargo of stolen goods valued at
100000, is reported to have escaped
4.,o< IN hn
back to this country by New York
police officer. Bailey had been brought
aboard steamer soon to start for New
Orleans, along with his brother and
two other officers Of the steamer Colds
boro, ON which the goods were brought
from New York, but during the night
he managed to get ashore in a small
boat. On demand Of the American con-
sui soldiers were put upon the trail OF
the missing man. ."-5
Admitted Taking Rebates.
A. Booth & Co. of Chicago, one OF
the largest commission houses In thG
west, has confessed to having accepted
rebates from the railroads on ship
ments in refrigerator cars from the
seaboard. The maximum fine is 800,
900.
Southern Pacific Again indicted.
A federal grand jury at San Francis
co has indicted the Southern Pacific
railway on nineteen counts for paying
rebates to the Nevada Pine Box and
Lumber company and the latter for re-
ceiving same. +,
Toledo Ice Men Pay Fine.
The Toledo Ice and Coal company
has pleaded guilty to the charge of &C.
cepting rebates from the Ann Arboz
railroad and has paid fine of $3.50. .
Texas Seizes Trust Oil.
The attorney general of Texas has
seized several million barrels Of Oil and
other property owned by the Standard
Oil company and has prevented coIlec-
ton of funds due that company in an
effort to compel the payment of penal
ties imposed to the amount of S6000.-
900.
Oral Betting at Track Legal.
In the case of the state against Mel
vile Collins, Justice Bischoff, sitting in
the New York county supreme court,
decided that Collins had not committed
any crime in accepting money on
bet at the Sheepshead Bay race track
two weeks ago, Justice Bischoff holds
that no state legislature, so far as any
records show, ever had in mind the
idea of Furnishing an individual for bet
was not professionally recorded or reg
istered. Bischoff holds that the penal
code provides no penalty for bet be-
tween one individual and another I'M
less gambling implements are in use.