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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

$50 a week and expenses to men with
rig to Introduce poultry compound
Grant Co. Dept. 81. Springfield. IN.
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-14

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-14

bed. heating stove, refrigerator.
sewing machine. high chair. child's
bed. go-cart, table. EOS Lincoln.
1872,
The state herald., 1909-08-27

knew you'd have to square yourself
with mc?"
They told me you'd be taken care
OF before II was pulled on"
They lied to you. didn't they? No
matter. you've got their stun Now
am going to ask you one question that
| don't know the answer to; It's fair
pcnitentiary with you at Fort City =?
Answer fair"
Yes"
Thank you. Behave yourself and
keep your mouth shut. say nothing
this time. Hereafter leave railroad
matters alone. and II the woman
should fall sick or you have to have n
little money. come and see me-" Smith
led the way back to the horses.
Look hcrc'" muti.rod Rockstro.
following. with his good eye glued on
his companion. Il pulled ON you too
quick. ! guoAs-auicker'n I'd ought 10"
Don't mention II, You didn', pull
quick enough. II IN humilinting to
have n man that's MS slow M you are
pull on me. People that pull on me
usually pull and shoot at the same
time. Two distinct movements. Rock.
stro. should be avoided: they ar. IA.
tai TO success, Come down to the
Bend sometime. and IN get you n
decent gun and give you few les
sons"
Whispering Smith drew his handkor.
chief ns the onoey"d man rode away
and he rojoined his companions. He
was resigned. after n siokly fashion.
Il like to play biind.mansbuff." he
said. wiping his forehead. but not so
far from rood water. They have pulled
ua halfway 10 the Crosse Tcrrc noun.
taInn on beautiful trail. too beautiful
TO be true. fafrcll-,oo beautiful TO be
true, They have been having fun with
us. and they've doubled back through
tho Topaz Topahs toward the Mission
mountains aud Williams Cache--that
The state herald., 1909-08-27
CHAPTER XIV.
The Sunday Murder.

Banks posse. leaving Medicine Bend
before daybroak. headed northwest
Their instructions were explicit; To
scatter after crossing the Frenchman
watch the trails from the Goose river
country and through tho Mission
mountains. and intercept everybody
riding north until the posse from
Sleepy Cat or Whispering Smith
should communicate with them from
the southwest Nine men rode In the
party that crossed the Crawling Stone
Sunday morning al sunrise with I'D
Banks.
After leaving the river the three
whi,c'oappcd Saddles Of the Mission
range afforded n landmark for more
than 100 miles, and toward these the
party pressed steadily all day. The
southern pass Of the Missions opens
ON the north slope OF the range Into
n pretty valley known na Mission
Springs valley. and the springs are
the hcnd.waicra Of Deep creek. The
posse did not quite obey the inEtrue,
tons. and following natural Instinct
OF safety ilvc OF them. after Banks
and his three deputies had scattered.
punched again, and nj dark crossed
Deep creek NJ some distance below the
springs. II was nt,orward known that
these Ave men had been seen entering
the valley from the east nt uundown
Jus, mn four Of the men they wanted
rode down South Mission pnss toward
the springs That they knew they
would soon be cut on. or must cut
their way through the line which I'D
Banks. ahead OF them. was posting at
every gateway to Williams Cache. was
probably clear to ,hom. Four men
The state herald., 1909-08-27
M. 6r ChHs ScRzsNe15 Sows'

is my judgment. And aren't we five
able-bodied jays, gentlemen? Five
strong.arm suckers? 1t is an inelegant
word; 1t is an inelegant feeling No
matter, we know a few things. There
are five good men and led horse; we
can get out Of here by Goose river.
find out when We cross the railroad
how much they got, and pick them up
somewhere around the Saddle peaks
II they've gone north. That's only a
guess, and every mans guess is good
now. What do you think, all of you?"
III it's the crowd we think 1t Is,
would they go straight home? That
doesn't look reasonable. does it,"
asked Brill Young.
'If they could put one day between
them and pursuit. wouldn't they be
safer at home than anywhere else?
And haven't they laid out one days
work for us. good and plenty? Farrell,
remember one thing: There is some.
times disadvantage in knowing too
much about the men you are after.
Wen try Goose river"
n was noon when they struck the
railroad. They halted long enough to
stop freight train, send some tele-
grams, and ask for news. They got
orders from Rooney Lee, had an empty
box car set behind the engine for a
special, and, loading their horses at
The state herald., 1909-08-27

Murray Sinclair and his gang of wreck
~ srs .S were called out to clear the railroad
young road superintendent, caught Sim
sair eiair and his men in the act Of looting
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded in
s%si1 s1eein1ee, e., declaring Il only amounted to a
discharged the whole outfit and ordered
me wreckage burned. McCloud became
az aSSd1hninted h with Dicssie Dunning, girl
wreck. She gave him a message for Sin
clair Whispering Gordon Smith told
rieen rriresident Bucks Of the railroad. OF Nc.
crazed miners and that was the reason
it1r it1r the superintendents appointment to
board at the boarding house of Mrs. Sin
Dicksie Dunning was the daughter of the
broken heart shortly after his wife's
demise, which occurred after one year of
married life Sinclair visited Marion Sim
Mcc,oud was narrowly averted. Smoky
Creek bridge was mysteriously burned.
superintendent McCloud overheard Dick
sie criticising his Methods to Marion
sinclair. a stock train was wrecked by
en open switch. Later passenger train
was held up and the express car robbed.
Two men S,,. Sf posse pursuing the bandits
Whispering Smith was to hunt the des-
peradoes. Bill Dancing. road lineman,
proposed that Sinclair and his gang be
parently with authority. told him to go
ahead. Dancing was told the stranger
was Whispering Smith" Smith ap-
preached Sinclair. He tried to buy him
on. but failed He warned McCloud that
his life was In danger. McCloud was car
ried forcibly into Lance Dunning's pres
ence. Dunning refused the railroad
Sight-of-way. he had already signed for.
Dicksie interfered to prevent n shooting
ARRAY. Dicksie met McCloud on n lonely
trail TO warn him his life was in danger.
On his way home n shot passed through
bis hat Whispering Smith reported that
Du Sang. one of Sinclair's gang. had been
assigned to kill McCloud. He and Smith
saw Du Sang. Whispering Smith taunt.
sd Du Sang and told him to get out OF
Medicine Bend or suffer. Du Sang seemed
TO succumb to the blum. McCloud's big
construction job was taken from him be-
cause of an injunction Issued to Lance
sudden rise of the Crawling Stone river
created CONSERVATION. Dicksie and Ma
rion appealed TO McCloud for help. Whis.
pering Smith Joined the group. He and
Dicksle spent the night In conversation.
Smith giving the girl an outline OF ms
life. In the morning McCloud took his
men to fight the river: Lance Dunning
welcomed them cordially. McCloud sue.
ceeded in hslting the flood. He accepted
Cummings hospitality. Dicksie and Ma
rion visited Sinclair at his ranch. He
tried TO persuade his deserted wife to re-
turn 10 him. She refused. He accused
Whispering Smith OF having stolen ler
love from him. A train was held up and
robbed. the bandits escaping. Smith and
McCloud started in pursuit.
The state herald., 1909-08-27

lifted his head In a confidence. Did
you know my daddy used to run an
engine?"
No, did not; but In the morning
you must tell me all about it,
Whenever there was noise In the
next room the child reused. After some
time new voice was heard; Kennedy
had come and was asking questions.
Wake up here. somebody! Where Is
Whispering SMITH"
Dancing answered.: Hes right
there in the bedroom. Farrell, staying
with the boy"
There was some stirring. Kennedy
talked little and at length stretched
himself on the floor. When all was
still again, Dannie's hand crept slow
ly from the breast of his companion
up to his chin. and the little hand. feel
Ing softly every feature, stole over the
strange face.
What is 1t, Dannie?"
Are you Whispering Smith,"
Yes. Dannie. Shut your eyes"
AT three o'clock. when Kennedy
lighted candle and looked in, Smith
was sitting with his back against the
wall. The boy lay on his arm. Both
were fast asleep. On the bed the dead
man lay with handkerchief over his
face.
The state herald., 1909-08-27

making only the rule make for every
body-to let the railroad alone. This
is my thanks. Now, I'll ask you Just
one question. l haven't killed you. as
| had perfect right to when you
pulled; l haven't broken your arm. as
would have done II there had been
doctor within 25 miles; and l haven't
started you for the pen-not yet. Now
ask you one fair question only: Did
you need the money!"
''Yes, l did need it."
Whispering Smith dropped the
mans wrist. Then I don't say word
II you needed the money, I'm not 60
ing to send you back-not for NINE"
How can man make a living in
this country" asked the rancher. with
bitter oath, ''unless he picks up
everything that's going?'
Pick up your gun. man! I'm not
saying anything. am II"
But I'm damned IL l can give a
double-cross to any man." added Rock
stro, STOPPING for his revolver.
81 should think less of you, Rock.
stro, II you did. You don't need money
anyway now. but sometime you may
need friend. I'm going to leave you
here. You'll hear no more of this. and
I'm going TO ask you a question: Why
did you go against this when you
The state herald., 1909-08-27

the house when Whispering Smith ar
rived. He found some supper in the
kitchen, and the tired man and the
giant ate together.
Whispering Smith was too expert
enced campaigner to complain. His
party had struck a trail so miles north
of Sleepy Cat and followed 1t to the
Missions. He knew now who he was
after. and knew that they were bottled
up in the Cache for the night. The
sheriff's men were sleeping on the
floor of the living room when Smith
came in from the kitchen, He sat
down before the fire. At intervals sobs
cape from the bedroom where the
body lay, and after listening n mo.
ment, Whispering Smith got stiiily up.
and, tiptoeing to still the Jingle of his
The state herald., 1909-08-27
CHAPTER xxiv.-continued.

Whispering Smiths brows rose pro-
testingly, but he spoke with perfect
amiability as he raised his finger to
bring the good eye his way. You
ought TO change your hat when you
change your mind. saw you driving
= bunch OF horses up that canyon a
few minutes ago. Now, Rockstro. do
you still drag your left leg?"
The rapcher looked steadily at his
new inquisitor. but blinked like n
gopher at the sudden onslaught.
(which OF you fellows is Whispering
SMITH" he demanded.
THE man with the dough is Whis-
pering Smith every time" was the
answer from Smith himself. You have
about seven years TO serve. Rockstro.
haven't you? Seven. think. Now
what have ! ever done to you that
you should turn trick like this on
me? | knew you were here. and you
knew knew you were here. and call
this a pretty country: a little smooth
right around here, like the people. but
pretty. Have ever bothered you7
get for covering this trail? stand
10 give You two dollars for every one
you got last night for the Job. II you'll
put us right on the game. Which way
did they eo?"
What are you talking about?"
"Gc, on your horse minute" sug.
gested Smith. dismounting. and step
over here toward the creek" The
man. afraid to refuse and unwilling TO
30. walked hal,ingly after Smith.
"Wha, is II. Rockstro?" asked his
tormentor. Don't you like this eoun.
try7 What do you want TO 20 back to
the penitentinry for7 Aren't you happy
hers7 Now tell me one thing-will you
give up the trail'"
II don't know the trail
Il believe you; we shouldn't follow
II anyway. Were you paid last night
or this morning.
Il ain't seen man hereabouts for
n week.
Then you cant tell me whether
there were fivc men or six"
You've got one eye as good as mine.
and one n whole lot better"
so I, was fixed up for cash week
ago."
Everything Ia cash In this country"
well. Roekstro. I'm sorry. but we'll
have 10 take you back with us"
The ranchcr whipped out n revolver
Whispering Smith caught his wrist.
The struggle lasted only an instant
Rockstfo writhed and the pistol fell
to the ground.
Now. shall I break your arm"
asked Smith. aa the man cursed and
resisted. "of will you behay.7 We
arc going right back and you'li have
10 come with rs, Wen send some
one down to round up your horses and
sell them. and You can serve out your
time-wi,h allowances, Of course. for
good conduct. which will cut II down,
n | had ever done you n mean turn
would not say n word. II YOU could
name friend OF yours had ever done
u mean turn 10 would not say n word.
Can YOU name oneT I guess not. l
have left you as free ~ the wind hcre.
The state herald., 1909-08-27

spurs. took the candle from the table.
pushed aside the curtain, and entered
the bedroom.
The little boy was lying on his face.
with his arm around his fathers neck,
talking TO him. Whispering Smith bent
a moment over the bed. and. setting
the candle on the table. put his hand
on the boys shoulder. He disengaged
the hand from the cold neck, and sit
ting down took II In his own. Talking
low to the little fellow. he got his
attention after much patient effort and
got him to speak. He made him.
though struggling with terror. to un-
derstand that he had come to be his
friend. and after the child had sobbed
his grief into a strange heart he ceased
TO tremble. and told his name and his
story. and described the two horse
men and the horses they had left.
Smith listened quietly. Have you had
any supper. Dannie7 No? You must
have something to eat. Can't you eat
anything? hut there is u nice pan OF
fresh milk in the kitchen"
A burst OF tears interrupted him.
"Daddle just brought In the milk. and
I was frying the ham. and heard
them shooting"
See how he took care OF you till
the last minute. and left something
for you after he was gone. Suppose
he could speak now. don't you think
he would want you to do as | say?
am your next friend now. for you are
going TO be n railroad man and have a
big engine"
Dannle looked up. Dad wasn't
afraid of those men"
Wasn't he. Dannie?"
lie said we would be all right and
not to be afraid"
Did hc?"
"He said Whispering Smith was
coming"
My poor boy"
He Is coming. don't be afraid DO
you know Whispering Smith? lie Is
coming The men tonight all said he
was coming"
Tho little fellow for long time
could not be coaNed away from his
father. but his companion at length
got him to the kitchen. When they
came back 10 the bedroom the strange
man was talking TO him once more
about his father. "W0 must try to
think how he would like things done
now. mustn't we7 All OF us felt 80 bad
when We rode In and had no much to
do Wa couldn't attend to taking care
Of your father, Did you know there
are two men out at the crossing now.
guarding II with rlhesg but II you and
keep real quiet we can do something
for him Will. the men are asleep;
they have 10 ride all day tomorrow.
We must wash his face and hands.
don't you think So9 And brush his
hair and his beard. II you could Just
md the basin and some water and
towol-you couldn't fnd brush. could
you7 Could you honestly? Well
call that n good boy-wc shall have TO
have you on the railroad, sure. We
must try 10 md some fresh clothes
these ARE cut and stained. then will
change his clothes. and we shall all
feel better. Don't disturb the mon.
they are tired"
They worked together by the candle.
llght When they had done. tho boy
had violent crying spell, but Whisper
Ing Smith rot him to lie down beside
him on n blanket spread on the floor.
where Smith got his back against the
sod wall and took the boys head In his
arm. He waited patiently for the boy
to Ro to sleep. but Dan was afraid the
murdcrcra would come back. once h.
The state herald., 1909-08-27
CTo he coSTiSuEDJ
Had Taken Notice.

II was while II. II. Rogers. tho
Standard oil magnnte. was working ut
bis irs, job. delivering the village
newspaper. that his inborn capacity
became evident He brought In the
name Of n now subscriber. Isaiah
west Mr. Anthony. the publisher.
wrote down the name. Then he
turned TO the boy. How do you spell
Isaiah. Hcnryg" he asked. Isaiah"
said Henry. "You'll do" said MIR. An.
,hony. with n ohuokle. Hc told th.
story To n Hkaptio nelghbor. "But how
did you know how to spell II. HENRY"
asked the peighbor. Il saw him write
u down." said Henry.
The state herald., 1909-08-27
CHAPTER XVI.
Williams Cache.


Ed Banks had been recalled before
daybreak from the middle pass. Two
OF the men wanted were now known
to have crossed the creek. which
meant they must work out OF the coun-
try through Williams Cache.
IF you will take your best two men.
Ed" said Whispering Smith, sitting
down with Banks at breakfast. and
strike straight for Canadian pass to
help Gene and Bob Johnson. I'll under
take TO ride In and talk TO Rebstock
while Kennedy and Bob Scott watch
Deep creek. The boy gives good de-
scription, and the two men that did
the job here are Du Sang and Flat
Nose. Did | tell you how We picked
up the trail yesterday? Magpies. They
shot a scrub horse that gave out on
them and skinned the brand II
fastened the banquet, but we got there
before the birds were all seated. Great
luck. wasn't It? And II gave us
beautiful trail. One of the party
crossed the Goose river at American
fork. and Brill Young and Reed fol.
Mission mountains; that is a cinch and
they are in the Cache-and II they get
out II is our fault personally, Ed, and
not the Lords"
Williams Cache lies In the form Of
a great horn, with a narrow entrance
nt the lower end known as the Door,
and rock fssure at the upper end
leading into Canadian pass: but this
hssure is so narrow that u man with
rifle could Withstand regiment. For
100 miles east and west rise the gran.
lite walls OF the Mission range, broken
nowhere save by the formation known
US the Cache. Even this does not pen
crate the range: II is a pocket, and
runs not over halfway into IL and out
again. But no man really knows the
Cache; the most that may bc said 10
that the main valley is known. and II
Is known as the toughest mountain
iissure between the Spanish sinks and
the Mhntrap country. Williams Cache
Hes between walls 1000 feet high, and
within II Is a small labyrinth OF can.
yons. A generation ago, when Medi.
cine Bend for one winter was the
terminus OF the overland railroad, yigi.
lnntes mercilessly cleaned out the
town, and the few outlaws that es.
capped the shotgun and the moose ut
Medicine Bend found refuge In a far.
away and unknown mountain gorge
once named by French trappers the
Cache. Years after these outcasts had
come TO infest II came one desperate
more ferocious than all that had gone
before. He made n frontier retreat Of
the Cache. and left to II the legacy OF
his oyil name. Williams. Since his
day II has served. MS II served before.
for the haunt OF outlawed men. No
honest man lives In Williams Cache,
and few men of any sort live there
long. since their lives are lives OF yio-
lence. neither the law nor u woman
crosses Deep creek But from the day
OF Williams TO this day the Cache has
had Its ruler. and when Whispering
Saith rode with little party through
the Door into the Cache the morning
after the murder In Mission valley b.
sent nm envoy TO Robstock. whose sue.
cess as n cattle thief had brought its
inevitable penalty II had made
Rcbsiock man of consequence and
OF property and a man subject TO th.
anxi.tics and nnnoyances OF such re.
sponAibllity.
CTO he cDNTfNtfEDl
The state herald., 1909-08-27

the chute, made helter.skelter run
for Sleepy Cat, Al three o'clock they
struck north for the Mission noun.
tains.
The Robesonian., 1909-04-26
The Tariff on Sugar.
Greensboro Record,

Necoru
Our Republican friends who
had the making of the Payne
tariff bill are equal to any three
card monte man or fair fakir.
For instance, on it's face there is
a lowering of five cents on sugar,
but as a matter of fact the duty
is made higher. 1t is this way:
AS the bill contains a provision
for an additional tariff of 20 per
cent. on goods coming from coun-
tries whose tariffs discriminate
against the United States, the
real effect of the Payne bill will
be to increase the duty on refined
sugar from 1.95 to 2.28 cents per
pound, an increase of .33 cents
instead of a decrease of .05 cents
as implied in the proposed tariff
schedule. The action of the
committee on Ways and Means
in refusing to reduce the sugar
duty was taken in the face of
the fact that Mr.. Claus A.
Spreckles, of the Federal Sugar
Refining Company, testified be-
fore them that the sugar refn-
ing industry needed no pro-
lection, provided raw sugar was
placed on the free list.
The Robesonian., 1909-04-26
Fed One Child to Hogs and At.
tackled Others With Axe.
New Orleans dispatch, 10th

New Orleans dispatch, 10th
Because his stepmother had
left him at home near Opelousas,
La, in charge of his young
stepbrothers and sisters, Tom
Godfrey, a 12-year-old negro,
fed the youngest of his charges
to the hogs and later with an
axe inflicted what will probably
prove fatal wounds on the other
children.
Three children were injured.
The stepmother reported the
crime to the parish authorities
and Tom was placed in Jail at
Opelousas. She says she found
the baby in the pen with the
hogs when she returned home
late yesterday. Its hands and
feet had been eaten off, but it
was still alive.
She straightway whipped Tom
and when she went for a doctor
to attend the baby, Tom seized
an axe and attacked his 6-year-
old stepbrother, inf1icting several
deep wounds. His young STEP
sister interfered and he crushed
her skull with the axe. The girl
is dying and the other two chill
dren have little chance for re-
cOVery.
The Robesonian., 1909-04-26
STATE NEWS.

The Tidewater Power Co. of
Wilmington will give the various
Sunday schools of that city a
days outing at Wrightsville
Beach during next month.
Henry Bost, a well-known citi-
zen OF Cabarrus county, commit
ted suicide on the morning of the
21st by shooting himself in the
head, financial losses being the
cause.
1.-The Anglo-Saxcn states that
the trunk line from Winston
Salem to the Atlantic Coast Line,
passing through Rockingham, is
an assured fact and that actual
construction will be started in a
few weeks.
W. G. Justice, assistant agent
and operator for the Coast Line
at Newbern, was drowned in the
Neuse river near Newbern Sun.
day. He and two others were
rowing when their boat became
entangled in a fish net and CAP
sized. The others were rescued.
Mrs. Theodore F. Kluttz. wife
OF ex-Congressmen Kluttz, of
Salisbury, sister of Editor ]. P.
Caldwell, of The Charlotte OBJ
server, and mother of State Sen.
ator Whitehead Kluttz, died Tues.
day at the Whitehead-Stokes
Sanatorium in Salisbury, follow
ing an operation.
Thursdays Wilmington Star
says: With the first ten days of
the strawberry shipping season
already passed, less than a hun.
dred solid car loads of thefrult, ex-
elusive of express consignments,
have gone forward to the North.
ern markets, which is a pretty
safe indication that the early
predictions of a long season are
going to be verified.
From advance sheets of the
annual report of State Labor
Commissioner Shipman it is
learned that during last year the
newspapers in North Carolina in
creased eleven in number, their
total circulation being 954 2l4
against 891, $50 for the wear
1907; One morning daily sus-
pended, The Messenger at VIII
mlngton, and the circulation of
morning papers fell off 1874.
There are 21 afternoon dalies. an
increase of one, with a total
circulation of 81, 946, which is a
decrease of 2,134. There are
l85 weeklies, an increase of seven
in number and 1923 in circula-
ton. The semi-weeklies fell off
from Is to %, but monthly pa-
pers Increased from 80 to 46.