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The evening world., 1908-02-26
SANFORD MAY
RECOVER, DESPITE
BULLET IN HEAD
Brooklyn Lawyer, Shot by
Woman, Refuses to Con-
sent to Operation.

That Charles NJ Sanford, the wealthy
Brooklyn lawyer who was shot in the
head yesterday by Miss Jennie NJ Blunt
while at his office in the Garfield Build
ing. No. 2G Court street, will recover Is
the opinion of the surgeons in the Seney
Hospital. bit the patients refusal to
allow them TO probe for the bullet is
likely TO endauger his life
Sanford had rested easily during the
night and had greatly improved to-
day whom the doctors notified him that
an operation was necessary. The
wounded man professed willingness to
| undergo the operation II the doctors
woiId use cocaine as an anaest hctic
This. the physicians told him, was I'M
nossible because OF the nature and SER
BUSINESS OF the wound. Sanford theh
refused to submit to the operation.
| Coroner Brewer was notified oi san
ford', refusal TO submit to an opera
| ,ion and went to see him lie re
examined the wound and io"hd '"a'
Inc bullet had detected after entering
| The uack OF the head ana nad 4'usvu
in the skua. 0ut mad not touched '4e
| brain. The Coroner explained also 10
Sanford the necessity OF an operation
nat the patient stuODorn.y refused ana
the doctors are IN quahdAi!'
Miss stunt continues 10 deS!are sAe Is
-.t1 s.t snut nm, and INA. II WAS AN
acI OF God to aNeuse the wrongs s..e
.tleSus he Aud zone het. SdA-OIu uS-
lles uer stories, and insists ms 'e!A-
,luns with her We're always AonoFdAuT'
Iue gIrI talks IN a Iamoi!hS way
AZ
after Her interests, SAID To-Day she
WAS SO incoh-rent that he could not
judge OF LAe truth vi her stories. She
is locked up in the Raymond street
ner lie ana tried ~ cast Aer OFF. Her
examination has been set Tor harc4'
;. Police and others observing ner be-
licye she is deinenled.
sanford has oven married twenty
years and has five children. HIS home
is one of the finest IN SInithtown
Branch, Long Island.
Miss Blunts 5 sster, Mrs. Harry G.
Tuttle, OF No. 1893 Nostrand avenue
said that for severa! years Jennie had
appeared TO be under tie domination of
Sanford and was constantly talking
about him. Mrs. Tuttle and brother
said that there was most sensational!
story behind the relations OF the two.
case" EMS cried Hti Mrs. Tattie when % the news news
of the shooting was arst told her. at
mas 0dppcHtu 4dsN'
At the Adams street police station
It was recalled that Miss Blunt several
times within the last few months had
asked for Sanfords arrest. on various
charges. The, police finally told her
not 10 come there again. Lieut.. Skid
more said she had been TO the station
twice recently with trivial complaints
of haying lost aggtleiss gt+ss, ,au Miss blunt
was placed in cell with another
woman. She told this woman that on
Monday night she had followed Mr..
Sanford to a hote! and there made a
violent scene.
Il licked the woman who was with
him" said Miss Blunt II jidn't have
my revolver then. but II had. I'd have
killed her. Sanford ran away"
Mss Blunt has been living In fur
nished room at No. 1856 Schermerhorn
street, for which she paid So a week.
1t Is likely that she will be examined
ps 10 her sanity.
The evening world., 1908-02-26
BINGHAM UNFIT,
SAYS MAGISTRATE
| HOUSE, ON BENCH
Doesn't Know His Business or
- City Charter, Is Blunt
Comment.

| Magistrate Frederick r. House. In tr'
J Harlem Court, before the opening o
court to-day, delivered philippe
against Commissioner Bingham. II
which he made pertinent and lively
criticisms Of that officials manner OF
doing business It was in answer tc
the letter to the Board OF Magistrates
recently written by the Commissioner
in which the charge was made that the
magistrates 'are demoralizlns the po-
lice force Of the city"
II would recommend that the Board
OF Magistrates send its compliments 10
the learned Commissioner announced
Magistrate House. "and tell him that 1t
Is plainly evident that he knows more
about the army than he does about op-
Grating n police court. or a police force
for that matter. He also gives the i'm
pfession that his knowledge OF the
city charter is equally limited.
"Commlssioner Bingham particularly
cttticiz,d ME and my methods OF con-
Quoting this court. saying that I opened
court so early that the police We're put
to- great Inconvenience in getting here
on time. will say. generally, that 1
Will continue to operate my court ac-
cording to the prescriptions of the city
tHarter. and need no instructions from
him. As for beginning early, in the
present state OF this city 1t is the only
wttv can avoid remaining in court
q long time over the hour named in the
charter for adjournment.
q Police Neglect Serious Work.
'. notice" continued the Magistrate.
"that the Commissioner not many days
ago said that conditions We're normal,
and that there was no great preva lence
of crime. That shows he knows very
little about conditions. There is SO
muSh crime that the police are putting
In ali their time bringing in small ana
cornparatively un!mpOrtant cases, when
tner should be working on the more
seJipus jobs.
iKLthe magistrates courts is ridicu-
i:Surely they have come to be very
sensitive and thin skinned :.ot since
bIfever saw New York policeman
whom / would call sensitive. How
1,lSF. IL is really too bad that their
.snitngs are so often hurt that. they
~; TO the Commissioner with tales of
~ cruel magistrates.
elsie SAYS they are especially insuted
IL. the Night Court. Well, IL they keep
nSIras they are now, they will pretty
seoI.s have the Night Court working IN
the daytime.
'If the police are demoraIized. as
the Commissioner says they are II
Is their own fault and certainly not
the fault of the magistrates. l defy
Commissioner Bingham to show any
thing in my court that would demoral-
ize a policeman. l open early and I
am kept at it until $50 and O'clock
in the afternoon. He would do well
10 look into matters which are supposed
to be under his immediate charge. and
not spend his time writing letters com
planning OF the harshness of the magis-
trates to his sensitive force"
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-01-30

think &C was thai n few minures 1t
would lie her turn. 1T last he stood
before her, looking down thoughtfully
upon her upturned face,
Are YOU rcady?' he asked gently.
III the guide is" she answered.
Then he took her in his strong arms
and stepped into the rapidly flowing
stream. She could feel his labored
breathing, but even when his foot Slip
ped on Il rolling stone she felt no fear
Just as they reached the other side
Helen suddenly let her head rest
against his shoulder
THAT was lots more fun than wad-
ing she whispered shyly
In his glad surprise he almost lost
his footing, but only for n moment
Observing that the rest Of the party
had already disappeared from sight,
he held Ter close and kissed her again
and again.
ITS side by side to the end of the
trail now. dearest" lie said. looking
down lovingly into her eyes.
Except over the hard places. You'll
carry me then?"
"And never feel the burden, little
one. BCt are you sure you'll be con-
ten q be Il woodsman's wifeT
quite sCre-as long as you are con-
tent 10 be 4 woodsman," she answered
enigmatlcally.
And what will your family sayi
They probably never even heard my
name"
They'll be terribly shocked. especial.
ly father" she answered mischievous.
~, holding up to his astonished view
letter addressed to himself.
II found II in the boat Yesterday
Mr.. Richard Niillert. attorney at law
confessed Helen. "Its q wise child
that knows her fathers own handwrit
ing"
And then. since they had reached
the end Of the trail. between laughter
and kisses the indigenous, danger
proof guide owned up to Helen how
through the loving anxiety of her IA
fher the opportunity came to him Of
laying siege to her heart,
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The End of
The Trail.
By JEANETTE WILSON.
Copyrighted. 1907. by jessie Morgan,

~ last Helen had started, The rest
Of the family after seeing her or
opened their comfortable cottage at
the shore and awaited developments.
They expected the worst to happen,
for Helen. their tenderly and punttil-
iously reared daughter had broken
away from domestic restraint and put
into action an incomprehensible I'm
pulse to spend her vacation in the
backwoods of Maine.
"A reckless and decidedly unlady-
like procedure" Mr.. Wright charac-
'terized It,
Mrs. Wright expressed her disap-
proval more tentatively.
won't there be very rough men
there, Helen?"
Nonsense, mother" was Helens
emphatic reply. "Only really nice men
60 off to the voods--men who love fish
ing and hunting and beautiful scenery
and-and things like that. But we
girls shan't have anything to do with
the men anyway. We're going to have
a camp by ourselves, you know, and
go off on long trips with the guides"
with the guides, gasped Mrs.
Wrlgat. Have you lost all sense Of
propriety, Heen?'
Guides, mother. dear" explained
Helen GO naturedly, ARE nothing but
trees as men walking They haven't
the least idea who's trailing on be.
hind them. Men, women or children
it's all the same to them"
a theory more ingenious than con-
yincing," remarked her father soto
voce.
A weel; elapsed before any word
came from Helen. 1t took the form Of
postal and ran as follows:
"Thls Is heavenly place. Been off
on several day trips. Have a guaran-
teed indigenous, danger proof guide.
Very handsome, though, and fairly In.
telligent for a woodsman. Start today
on a four or five days jaunt over the
mountains. Don't worry about me.
Never was happier in my life"
In spite Of the buoyant cheerfulness
Of Helens message Mr.. Wright looked
worried, and his little wife shook her
head obviously,
I'D give anything to see her this
minute" she sighed, but a mercifu
Providence spared her the shock of it
for ut the actual moment Of her moth
kAr i,,,, 81, 4,
khaki skirt bedragged and mud stain
ed, her stylish buckskins discoloret
and c0ked with bog soil, her sunburneC
face smeared with fly lotion, was sittin.
beside spring in the woods hungril,
deyouring luncheon of pork sand
witches and doughnuts. Incidentally
too, she was admiring the picturesqu,
attitude of the guide as he stirred thu
coffee bubbling merrily in a tin pal
suspended on an improvised crane ovel
fire of brushwood. AS he filed til
cup with the hot. fragrant beverage
and passed 1t to her the sleeve of hi
damned shirt slipped back slightly, ant
Helen was amazed at the whiteness o
his arm in contrast with the cope
colored wrists and hands. She Amos
voiced her surprise, but checked heI
self in time to spare him embarrass
ment
AS the days went on Helen utilize
every opportunity TO learn wha
thoughts lay behind this mans as
sumed mask of SELF effacemcnt, 70
even woodsman. she argued mus
have ambitions and some powers o
imagination. That he was tendo
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29
CHAPTER XXXVu.
The Penitent Thief.

A frosty gloom was over the city of
Aniston, moon and stars hidden by 4
cloudy sky, from which a light snow
the first Of the season-was sitting
down. The streets were asleep; only
occasional belated pedestrians were to
be seen In the chilly air. These saw a
man, his face muffled from the snow
flakes, pass burricdly toward the foun-
tanned square. from whose steeple 2
0 clock was Just striking The way
farer skirted the square. keeping in
cover of the buildings as though avoid,
ing chance observation, till he stood
on the pavement of a Gothic chapel
fronting the open space.
Here he paused and glanced furtivcly
about him. lie could see the entrance
to the minister S study, at which be had
so often knocked and the great rose
window Of the audience room where be
This was the building he must enter
like u thief
On the night of his fight from Smoky
Mountain, Hugh had ridden hard till
dawn. abandoning the horse to find its
way back as best it might. Hidden IN
a snug retreat he had slept through
the next dav, to recommence his iour.
neying at nightfall- lie had thus been
obliged to make haste slowly and had
lost much valuable time. For two days
after his arrival he had hung about
outside the town In a fever of inn
patience: for though he had readily
asccrtaincd that the premises were un.
occupied, the first night he had been
| frightened away by the too Jealous
next he had bden unable TO force the
door. That morning he had secured a
| skeleton key and now the weather was
| propitious for his purpose,
| After a moment s rcconnoiterng he
scaled the frost-fretted iron palings
and gained the shelter of the porch. He
tried the kew anxiously; to his relief
| IN the study, the door locked behind
! him. his veins beating with excitement
| He felt along the wall. drawing his
| hand back sharply as it encountered
| the electric switch. He struck a wax
fusee and by its feeble ray gazed about
| him, The room looked as it had always
looked, with Harry's books on the
shelves and his heavy walking stick in
! the corner, and there against the wall
stood the substantial iron safe that
held his own ransom. Crouchng down
before il he took from his pocket the
| paper upon which was written the com
! binatioD; ten to the right, five to the
left. twice nineteen to the right
The match scorched his fingers, and
the knob. The lock bore both figures
and letters in concentric rings, and he
saw that the seven figures Harry had
written formed word. Hugh dropped
the match with smothered exclama.
ton, for the word was Jessica! So
! Harry really lad loved her in the old
days. Had he profted by that we'd
ding day expulsion to make love to
her himself? Yet on the night Of the
game with Harry in the chapel the house
in the aspens had Deem closed and dark
How had she come TO be IN Smoky
Mountaina His father was dead-sc
Harry had said. If so. the money had
gone to her, no doubt. Well, at any
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CHAPTER XXXVI.
The Hand at the Door.

At the sound of steps in the Jail cor
ridor and the harsh grating of the key
the iron cot whereon he had been sit
ting and took a step forward.
"Jessica!' he exclaimed,
She came toward him, her breath
hurried, her cheek pale. Tom Fielder s
little matter to attend TO in the of.
fee he said, nodding to Harry: ~
shall wait for YOU there, Miss uolme. -
She thanked him with n grateful
look, and as he vanished Harry took
her hand and kissed 1t. He longed TO
take her in his arms.
II heard of it only at Doon,N she
began, her voice uncertain. IL was
afraid they would not let me see You,
so | went to Mr.. Fielder. They were
saying on the street that he had Of
fered to defend you
II had not been here an hour when
he came he said
"I know you have no money she
went on: 81 know what you did with
the gold you found. And i have begged
him to let me pay for any other counsel
he will name. / have not told him
what I am TO you, but ] have told him
that I am far from poor, and that
nothing counts beside your life. He
says you have forbidden him to do this
forbidden him to allow any help from
any one. Hugh, Hugh! Why do you
do this7 The money should be yours,
not mine, for it was your father S. 1t
is yours. for l am your wife!' ~
He kissed her hand again without
answering.
Haven It ] right now TO be at your
sidcl Mayn L ] tell them2'
He shook his head, "Not yet,
t.T ,,ust ,bo,- ,-o,, sLo eo;5 with
a wan smile. "Yet l would share your
shame as proudly rs yoar glory! You
arc thinking me weak and dcspicable,
perhaps, because ! wanted you 10 go
away But women are not men, and
II love you so, Hugh! F"
81 think YOU are all that is brave
and good, be protested.
Il want YOU TO believe she went
on. "that I knew YOU had done no muir
der. If an angel from Heaven had
come TO declare it. | would not have
believed it. l only want now to under
stand -
"What do YOU not understand he
asked gently.
She half turned toward the door, as
she said. IN a lower key: Last night
! was overwrought. | had no time to
had recovered your memory, | thought
only of your escaping somewhere
where you would be safe, and where 1
could follow, But after you had gone,
many things came back to me that
seemed strange-somethiug curious in
your manner. You had not seemed
wholly surprised when 7 told you you
were accused. Why did you shut the
cabin door and speak so low? Was
there any one else there when ] came?'
He averted his face, but he did not
answer. She was treading on near
ground.
"My horse came back this after
noon she continued. He had been
ridden hard in the night and his hanks
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CHAPTER XXXV.
Fielder Takes Il Case.

The sheriff stopped his automobile
before the dingy telegraph office. The
street had been ringing that evening
with moro exciting events than 1T had
known in n year.
"He's off, he said disgustedly to
tho men who had cautiously gathered.
''He must have got wind of it some
how. and he had a horse ready. We
traccd the footprints from the cabin
as far as the Hollow. I'm going to use
the wire.
voice behind him, as Devlin strobe into
the crowd. "Hugh Stires gave himself
up fifteen minutes ago at the Jail, -
elbow do YOU know that?'' demand
ed the sheriff. relieved but chagrined
at his fools GRAND. .,,
"Because / saw him do 1t. an.
swered Deyiin surlily- "I was there: .
"Well, il saves trouble for me,
That tickle you, Fielder" the sheriff
added satirically, turning toward the
LAWYER "You re sentimentalist, and
he's been your special fancy. What do
you think now, ch2'
"Ill tell YOU what l think" said
Devlin, his big hands working. Il
think it's a damned lie Of Prender-
"Oh. oh!'' exclaimed the sheriff
amusedly. "You once danced to a diff
ferent tune, Devlin!"
The blood was in the big, lowering
face. 81 did he admitted. 81 went
up against him when the liquor was in
me, and by tho same token he wiped
this street with me. He stood me falr
and he whipped me, and | needed 1t,
though / hated him well enough after
ward Au'-an -
He gulped painfully. No one spoke,
cts many's the time since then
We wished the hand was shrlvelled
that heaved that rock at hlm in the
road! The day when I saw my bit of
a lass. holdin' to the horse s name;
ridin TO her death in the Holloway
when he brought her back He
stopped. struggling with himself, tears
rolling down his cheeks.
"No murderer did that,' he burst
out. ''We gave him the back Of the
hand an the sole of the foot. an we
kept to it, though lie fought II down an
lived straight an decent, He never
did itl don u care what they say!
I'll see Prendergast in hell before II
believe it. or any dirty paper he saved
TO swear man S life away
The listeners were silent, No one
had ever heard such speech from the
huge owner of the dance hall. The
sheriff lighted cigar before he said:
"That's all right, Devlin. We all
understand your prejudices, but I m
afraid they haven t much weight with
legal minds, like Mr.. Fielder s here. for
instance,
excuse me- said Fielder. ''I fear
my preiudices arc with Devlin. Good
night, - he added, moving up the street.
"Whcre are you boundq" asked the
other casually,
"To the Jail - answered the law
yer, "to see a client-I hope
The sheriff emitted low whistle "I
hope there II be enough sane men left
to get q iuryl' he said.
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crystal shivercd beneath the blows and
clinging TO the iron supports. his beard
burnt TO the skin, ne set his face 10
the aperture and drew gulping breath
of the sweet, cold air. In his agony,
with that fiery hell opelirT beneath
him, he could see the massed peop!1
watching from the safety that was so
near.
"'Look, Look!' Th5 sudden cry
went up, and a thrill of awe ran through
the crowd. The glass Hugh mad shat
tered had formed the face of the
Penitent Thief in the window desi N.
and his outstrctched arms fttcl thus,
Of the figure. 1t was As though by
some ghastly miracle the painted fea,
lures had suddenly sprung into life, the
haggard eyes opened in appeal. The
watchers gasped in amaZemen;.
The flame was upon HIM now. He
was going 10 his last account-with
no time 10 alter the record. But had
not his sleeping Vow been one of
reformation? He tried TO shrek this
TO the deaf heavens, but all the spell
bound watchers heard was the cry:
"Lord. Lord. rcmcmber-' And this
malefactor flied them with supcrsti-
tious horror, In the crowd more than one
covered his face with his hands.
All at once there came 4 Shout of
warning. The wal! opened outward,
tottered and fell.
Then it was that they saw the writh-
ing figure, tangled in the twisted lead
bars Of the wrecked rose window.
Shielding their faces from the unen
durable heat, they reached and bore it
to safety. laying 1T on the crisp, snowy
grass, and tearing Of the singed and
smoking ministerial robes.
Judge ConWeil was one Of these In
the tlaring confusion he leaned over the
fgurc-the CLEAN Of the ruby ring on
the finger caught his eye. He bent for
ward to look into the drawn and dis
tortcd face
"Good Godl" he said. "It's Harry
SanderSon.'
ITO be continued
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