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only men of multi.millions may ven.
ture to order IL?
This may depend largely upon the
results OF an experiment which is be-
ing made by the state of Pennsylvania,
through its fisheries department, at
the Torresdale hatchery, on the banks
of the Delaware. The genuine "dia-
mond-back terrapin" is getting to be
a rare product in Pennsylvania and
very scarce in the south, its more
abounding habitat.
From one end to the other of Penn.
sylvania have come reports to the
fisheries department that the rivers
and ponds are being fast depopulated
OF terrapin. II can be easily under
stood that with Mr. Terrapin in such
demand to supply the tables of the
fastidious everywhere an ordinary
member of the terrapin family in fair
state OF health and preservation can
be readily exchanged for big money.
This offers an irresistible temptation
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will kill me If | will give him drugs
with which he can kin himself Come
down to the Office to meet him"
Abbie Rice accompanied the doctor
to his office. A shaky, nervous wreck
OF man was there waiting them. II
was evident that he was on the verge
of lunacy from shattered nerves He
could scarcely speak coherently And
there between these three the
strangest suicide pact In the history
of American crime was arranged.
Davis was to do the killing, and for
this service the doctor was to give
him bottle of chloride of gold and u
bottle of morphine tablets. After
shooting the doctor he was to take the
morphine, and then next day when she
heard the others attempt had been
successful Abbie Rice was to kill her
self.
Ten minutes after the time that DIR.
Rustin had left Abbie Rice at the cor
ner Mrs. Rustin in her own room was
awakened by a shot. She hurried
downstairs TO find her husband lying
on the porch. He had been shot
through the stomach
"A man shot me" he said, and that
was all the information they got
In half an hour he was dead.
The next morning when II was
learned that DIR. Rustin had been
killed there was tremendous excite
ment In Omaha.
And following the first excitement
came the news that one of DR.. Rus
tins patients, Charles Edward Davis,
brother of one of the leading bankers
in the city, had attempted suicide.
The police arrested the woman with
whom II was known Rustin had been
friendly. Abbie Rice. She had no
! chance to carry out her part OF the
agreement. for they caught her early
in the morning following the shooting.
For three days the police were in
the air. Then somebody remarked so
Abbie Rice could hear:
The doctors wife gets her insur-
ance, anyhow"
And then the full story came out.
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CHAPTER V.

Then Abbie Rice consented. To.
gether they went TO "A pawnshop and
purchased pistol. They had planned
first to do the deed in the office of the
doctor, but he was afraid that she
would not be able to get away, so they
went to the apartment where he had
installed her. He loaded the pistol,
cooked It, but in his eagerness drew
the hammer so far back that he broke
the spring There was no other way
OF dying at hand The killing had to
be postponed.
For n week after that first attempt
at suicide DR.. Rustin and Abbie Rice
lived life of widest dissipation.
They had gone to Council Bluffs and
there had the pistol fixed, but the
woman hoped that he had abandoned
his plan of death. But AT the end of
the week he was back at his old plan.
She had given her consent. so there
was no drawing back. Together, late
at night, they went to his Office. lie
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case" had told her tragic story-the
story of the triple death pact. He
looked gaunt and pale, and there were
hollows under his eyes.
A pollceman's hand fell upon his
shoulder.
You are arrested for murder in the
first degree" were the words that met
his ears.
DIR. j. =. Lord had named him be-
fore all the world as the man who was
seen staggering away from the Ruskin
home half an hour after the fatal shot
was fired
Make the bail as high as you wish,
We will meet It," said he.
He was admitted To bail and left the
court with staggering footsteps.
What will be the outcome of the
strange triple murder pact? No man
can tell.
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my wife and children. You have
agreed to kill me. Now rou must do
IT,"
~ cannot" she sobbed II would
only lose my nerve again"
The doctor thought. "All right" he
said II will go out to the barn You
come around the back way. | will
stand up and you will shoot me. and
they will think that | was killed by a
burglar
Sull protesting and half crying, he
put her out of the house and started
back himself for the barn. The woman
started around toward the back. but
when she reached the alleyway man
ran out of it. and again she lost her
nerve Jumping on car, she started
down JOwn.
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on Rustin's life, and the Travellers
Insurance Company of Hartford, and
the Employers Liability of London.
Each OF the latter companies have
$4,000 on Rustin's life.
In each policy Is a clause declaring
void the insurance in case the insured
died of intoXlcants or while under the
Influence Of intOxicants
Here Is the story told i'm detail:
CHAPTER I.
a mansion ON the fashionable street
In Omaha was ablazc with lights. The
street in front was crowded with car.
riages. Others were dashing up and
leaving. Handsomely dressed women
were being assisted up the steps. The
sound of the music and the gay con.
yersation floatcd out to the street.
big doings," said one cabby to an
other.
Bet your life" agreed his friend
"but I'm glad to see IL. doc Rustlns
n fine fellow. He'll make good hus-
band for any girl. That fellow is a
conner, all right lie is good fellow,
you bet"
And so he was. Almost anybody in
Omaha asked casually that night
would have told the questioner that
DR.. Frederick T. Rustin, eX-Yale ath-
lete, good fellow and me of the rising
young surgeons in the west. was a
man OF whom Omaha was proud. And
they were glad to see him marry a
leading society girl. II insured him u
fine practice, and II he would only
stick to business in a few years he
would be rich
A few years after that night DR..
Rustin, established with his wife in a
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Omaha, Neb.--Most coolly and calm
ly Mrs Abbie B Rice. the woman
I'm the case in the Rustln murder mys.
terry, said that Dr. Rustiu had trained
her mp TO the point of killing him. first
familiarizing her with hospital scenes
and then by working on the hero wor.
ship and sympathy in her nature had
gradually worked toward the point
where she could Are the shot which
would kill him. Books of fiction in
which one man died for another. and
books in which great sacrifices were
made for friendships sake were read
by DIR. Rustin to Mrs. Rice and com.
mented upon by him until the woman
saw the killing of Rustin by herself in
II kind of halo
For weeks and weeks Dr. Rustin
trained me to murder him." said Mrs
Rice. First. he trained me to the sight
of bloodshed. He used to take me
around with him when he performed
operations. On these trips | dressed
as nurse In clothing he furnished mo.
Gradually got used to seeing the op.
erations, and there was no more nau-
sea on my part. In time an operation
did not affect me in the least.
"NobleLess and Self Sacrifice"
After | became well advanced in
that portion of his plan. Dr. Rustin be.
gan talking TO me about the noblcness
or self sacrifice. Rocks In which one
friend sacrificed his life for another
were read TO me by the doctor, and
their beauties pointed out TO me. "a
Tale OF Two Cities" was one of his
favorites. and he read that to me a
number of times. The character of
Sydney Carton was eulogized and
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praised and seemed TO he his favorite
character in fiction.
"ln this way he trained my mind,
and when he suggested to me that |
kill him, the idea was not as horrible
as It would have been had my mind
not been prepared by the training
through which | had passed. In fact
the suggestion seemed To come as Il
matter OF course and was not near so
horrible as it undoubtedly seems to an
outsider. that is, TO one who hears II
for the first time
The doctor had determined to die.
lie had told me that so often that
had begun to look upon his death rs a
matter of course and the fact that he
could not commit suicide without his
family losing his life insurance was
also impressed upon me,
- guess I'll have to get some one
TO kill me- said Dr. Rustin one night
after we had been talking about his
death.
THAT was all he said then. Some
time later he made the same state
ment--I guess III have to get some
one to kin me-
"If you die, I'll die, too said
THAT seemed to please him, and
still again he said TO me, 4 guess III
have to get some one to kill me-
"But at the last minute | found that
/ could not do It. The training had
not been complete, and failed him
Insurance Men in Case.
The insurance companies have
taken hand In the murder mystery,
and three different companies filed pc
titions in the district court asking
that the testimony of both Charles
Davis and Mrs. Rice be perpetuated.
A list Of questions which was attached
to the petition is proposed to Davis
and Mrs. Rice, the questions covering
practically the same ground as that
covered at the inquest. The purpose
is 10 have the testimony of these two
witnesses in proper legal form TO pre-
sent as evidence in case either should
leave the jurisdiction OF the Omaha
courts.
The insurance companies signing
the petition are the Aetna Life of
Hartford. which had a $4,000 policy
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in to justify the expectations OF his
friends. Two children were born. and
By that time the young surgeon had
become known as one of the best men
In his profession throughout the entire
west Only "a years old, happily mar
ricd and rapidly becoming wealthy,
the young doctor apparently had every.
thing to live for.
And then. suddenly, his friends be.
gan to notice slight change.
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MAKES A TIDY SUM

The causes in this case are several.
In the first place these states are sup
piled with more abundant forage.
largely on account of more plentiful
precipitation. In some cases the
ranges will support a sheep to the
acre. whereas the ranges elsewhere
will often support no more than one
sheep to from four to six acres. Again
the grazing methods are, as a rule,
more intensive in these states, high
er class of herders is employed, and
a better grade of stock is kept. Man
agement, moreover, is more intensive.
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Once well, for while he tried to
work and get back his practice. but
the effort seemed to do little good lie
made money, but the good-fellow in
stinct was TOO strongly developed. All
that he had went, and more. too in the
gay life about town and with evil com.
Partnerships
And Just at this stage there came
into his life the other woman.
Tho wife TO whom he owed allegi.
ance was forgotten. The new woman
held him IN wise. And then the
money went faster than ever and the
debts piled higher.
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CHAPTER w.

People had begun to say What a
pity II is about young Rustin.' His
actions were common gossip and his
reputation as a surgeon was black
ened. People did not want a man who
might come TO them with shaking
hands and unsteady nerves. And
again the idea which had led him to
inoculate himself with typhoid and
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-28
CHAPTER Ill.

Mrs. Rustin was heart.broken, but
she knew what to do The idea that
the cause OF her husbands troubles
might be himself never entered her
head Day and night she nursed him.
and even when his brother physicians
gave up hope the wife held on.
Ike shall not die she told the doc
tors. II will save him"
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MAKING THE DEATH COMPACT.

showed her where he wanted her to
fire the bullet into him.
When | have fallen H. aid, you
must slip away from the house, Get
on car. go to the end of the line,
take out the empty cartridge from the
pistol and throw it away. Then put in
a fresh cartridge and shoot yourself. -
II cannot" she sobbed. II cannot.
love you and | cannot kill you
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Sheep are handled in small bands,
and the herders in running them are
able to keep them in scattered order
so that they do not do so much dam
age to the range as does the large
band which can be controlled only
when closely herded. Idaho's share OF
the receipts is over $4,000
California leads in special use busi-
ness, partly because of the large
amount of water power developed and
partly because of the larger popula-
ton adjacent TO the forests and draw
ing upon their resources. The state
will receive as it's share of the nation,
al forest proceeds about $4,000.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-28
CHAPTER VI.

A wave of rage swept over Rustin.
He stepped forward, caught the wo'
man and shook her,
You have got TO DO IL. You said
you would, and you have got TO do it,"
he cried fieTcely.
She tried to plead, to argue, but II
was no use.
II have got to die for the sake OF
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A few days after that the doctor
complained to his wife that he had
been bitten by dog while on a night
visit TO patient He told her that
he had cauterized the wound. but bad
results might follow The next day, to
make matters worse, he was taken
down with typhoid fever.
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A Natural consequences.

II have an account of rattle
snakes getting loose at the ZOO and
lifting three men" cried the young re-
porter, in breathless excitement.
You have?" said the city editor.
That ought to be a rattling good
ory."-Baltimore American.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-28
PENNSYLVANIA MAY ENGAGE IN
NEW INDUSTRY.
Fisheries Department Begins Expert
ments Which, " Successful, Will
Prove Source Of Wealth to
Keystone State.

Is the day coming before long when
such seductive items as "stewed ter
rapin" will no longer be found upon
the bill of fare in the places where the
great American public satisfies the
wants OF the inner man?
Is the time approaching when such
a delectable dish will be found only
in the gilded epicurean palaces where
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-28
CHAPTER VII.

Three days later when Abbie Rice
saw DR.. Rustin he greeted her gaily.
81 have found the man to do it, he
said His name is Charles Edward
Davis and he wants to die, too. lie
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-28
TRAGIC STORY
OF DIR. RUSTIN
Happening in Modern Life That
Pales the Widest Fiction Ever
EUolDed from Brain of
Novelist

All the werdnoss fiction has been odone by the wonderful
OF Dr. Frederick Run Omaha physician
shot a
which
tons
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CHAPTER VIII.

Charles L. Davis was leaving the po-
lice station where the woman In the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-14
LOCAL MEMBERS
GET GOOD POSITIONS
Senator'S and Delegates from Rich
lnond City Placed on I'm
portant Committees.

General satisfaction seems to prevail
on the House side concerning the as
signments on the standing committees
made by Speaker Byrd. though there
was one, discordant note In the Senate,
sounded by the minority leader. Hon.
John c. Noel, of Lee. "his was soon
disposed of, however, ,,and the list
stands as ii was originally made up by
the Democratic steering committee.
The Richmond delegation In both
branches Jared well, the assignments
being as follows.
Senate: Hurman-Roads and Internal
Navigation (chnirman) and on Fish and
Game. Folkes-On General Laws,
Public Institutions (, and Education,
Counties, Cities and Towns
House: Massie-Courts of Justice
(chairman), Federal Relations, Militia
ana Police. Glenn-Prvileges and
Elections, General Laws, Insurance and
Banking CoX-General Laws (chnir-
mani, on Rules. Immigration. Wingo
--On Finance Manufactures and Me-
chanic Arts. officers and Offices of the
Capitol. Montague-Courts of Justice
Asylums and Prisons, Labor and the
Poor.
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STANDING COMMITTEES
NAMED FOR THE HOUSE

COT Southampton. Craig, Wood, Bow
man (of Systematically,
Manufacsures and e.a Mseha ms,t Arss1
Pullam, sydnor. stebbins, stuart
Wingo;; Wilcox. Sylvester, surratt
Counties. cities and Towns-Jen-
Wilkins; Powers, Sylvester, Brecken-
COT Lunen burg), Willard.
Officers and Offices at the Capitol-
Clement. Green iof Fauquier,, Throck-
morton. Wingo. Hunt. Myers, Weaver,
Cornett, Eller.
Executive Expenditures-Loye (of
noke). Old Dunn, Daniel lof Loudounl.
Sutherland. Robinson.
Retrenchment and Economy-spes.
Loudoun). Myers. Goolrick, Evans.
Featherston, Daniel (of Prince George),
Adams, Eller. Green (of TazewelD.
Federal Relations-wilson, Powell
Johnston COT Montgomery. Read.
Johnson (of Warren). Massie Green COT
Fauquier), Daniel (of Loudoun), Breck-
enridge. Hodges. Sutherland, surratt.
Enrolled Blls-withers. curlett. VIII.
'kins, Oliver. Brewer. Hunt, Janney,
Myers, Thrift. Evans, Sutherland. Sur
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mIgration-Lewis. Cox; Clement.
Wilson, Moncure. Stebbins. Whitehead.
Adams. Stubs. Markham, Wissler.
Luce, Millard
Chesapeake andIts Tributaries-Rew.
Snead. Howle. Curlett. Wilkins. Love
| COT Loudoun), Old Houston. Edwards,
| Adams. Goffigan, Jett, Hunt.
House Expenses-Williams( of Giles).
Edwards, Janney. breckenridge, Chit
wood. Stratton. Pendleton,,
| RuleS-Speaker (eE-OffiClo), CnurCn-
man. Cation. Cox, Williams (of Giles). .
Library ohnston (of Montgomery
Stubs. Brewer. Tyler. LUCE.
Printing-Sydnor Clarke. wilkins,
Rogers. Green (of TazewelD.
Special. Private and Local Legisla-
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| Thrift. Wilcox, Robinson.
Insurance and Banking-Baker. CO.
ton, Williams COT Giles). Brown, West
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Joint Committee on Continuation
| West Wilson. Cooke. Stuart. Janney.
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Following is a. list of standing com
mittees of the House, announced yes
Privileges and Elee.ions- eaton; Low 1o',.
Good, Goffigan. Bowman COT Shenan-
doah).
Montague. Thrift, Chtwood, Feather
Schools and colleges-Read, Old.
Curlets Johnson lof of warren raad G moi-
rich. Janney. Bell, Page. Stuart OH
General Laws--cos: withers, Powers,
Clement Williams COT Giles1. Giehn'
-Throckmorton. Goodrich, Adams, otupos,
Stebbins, Hall. Pendleton.
Roads and Internal Naylgation-
-Churchman. Green COT Fauqulerl,
arks punn W'er: so.ne
= Fis,anceMBowman tof Roanoke) !.
Jennings. Walker. Sterrett. Spessard,
Baker, Pitts, Houston ; JOHNSTON nat 90,
ciains-Lowry, Hall. Daniel tof
Loudonn; WilltamS l9f Southa s,retfon
S Eysas Hod Weod asn R.chardso o
. Militia and Police-owens. Howle,
Pitts, Houston, Whitehead, Massle,
Markham Weaver. Noting. Bowman
(of Systematically, Eller. Griffith. Rich
Asylums and .Prisons--Snead, Pow
ell. Rogers. Pulliam, Williams cor
southampton), Myers, Montague, Page,
Wilcox. Love COT Lunenburg9. Daniel DAM
COT Prince George), Wissler, Cornett.
Labor and the Poor-Walker, owen:
fLouderback. sydnor.. Read, Daniel tof
Loudoun). Hodges. Montague, W prin !.
Lovet(of Lrnenburg), .Dantel (or rrlice
Public Property-Green tof Fau-
quierl. Walker. Howle. Snead' r John
Weaver, Wood. Jet, Green COZ Taze-
WELD, Cornett, Tyler
Currency and Commerce - Powell
| owens, Rogers, Clarke. Powers, West
Whitehead. Cooke. Edwards, Rev
Howle, Houston. Pendleton.
Agriculture and Minlng-Owen. Bow
man (of Roanoke). Rogers. Taliaferro
West, Johnson tot Warrenl. Dunn
Noting. Love COT Loudoun, Willlams
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FIRST TILT IN THE SENATE
rir. Noel Objects to Alleged Discrimina-
ton Against Minority.

t1uU -aSuIuSt
Apart from the speeches euloSizing
the excellent services of the late Will
liam II. Boaz for years a member or
the House OF Delegates. the one inter-
esting feature of the Senate yesterday
was the protest of Senator Noel over
the appointments provided in the re-
port of the steering committee.
Senator Holt, In the absence OF the
chairman. presented the report as
adopted by the Democratic caucus.
Senator Noel. speaking for the minor
ity, vigorously opposed its adoption
saying that his party had been ignored
and left out of the two most impor-
tants committees, namely. Roads and
Internal Navigation and Finance They
III d asked, repeatedly. he said. for rep
resentation on these committees. and
had been repeatedly sighted. AS
floor leader Of the minority. requested
tho steering committee" he said, TO
give us representation on these two
committees. and / consider the omis-
sion unfair and Intentional" He added
that four members OF his party In the
Senate represented taxable values of
more than 000,O00--more than that
OF the Eighth and Ninth Districts conf
blned-and both had representation on
the committee. 1t was only fair. ne
said, to give the minority representa-
ton, ana ne asked tne Sehhte 70 cono
slider his appeal. lie wanted a record
ed vote. The report was adopted, seven
Democrats voting with the minority.
Clerk Booker Will have the appoints
ment of one more clerk, as Senator
Harman's resolution providing for 1t
was adopted. Anew committee having
been created. there is more work now
than the present force can handle
There was n lengthy argument over
pointer order among Senators STROBE
Lnsster, Parks and Keezell growing
out of Senator Parlss's resolution ask
Ing that the committee considering bills