Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-08


have been in the house On her re.
fusal he attacked her with q knife |
killed her and threw her body under |
the bed. He then ransacked the house |
and secured the money, then taking |
his employers horse he started for
the Kansas line not many miles dis
Martin was the first to discover the
murder and the disappearance Of the
hired man and gave the alarm. Shum-
way was traced to Kansas but eluded
his pursuers. He was captured, how
ever. several weeks later and brought
70 the penitentiary at Lincoln. Feel
ing In Adams county was against him
/ strong. His trial took place in Beat
rice.
I PUEBLO, Mar. ARRESTED on In.
| formation from Colorado Springs
charging forgery. well dressed
stranger giving three different names
this morning attempted to escape from
Officer Jack Gillen while being taken
to the Jail and was shot down In his
tracks. Only one bullet was fired
and this struck him in the left side
The wounded man was removed to 81
Mary's hospital. where 1t is thought
he is fatally wounded.
The prisoner was taken into custody
on the description furnished by the
sheriff of FL Paso county. When Gil.
len was arrested he gave his name as
!, Emil Meyers, but later said his name
!, was Fell. He was arrested by Gillen
! three blocks from jail. The officer
started to walk his man TO prison de.
: spite the emphatic protests of the
, prisoner, who declared that a mistake
had been made and that he was inno-
cent. When within a block from the
. jail the prisoner turned to Gillen and
with much deliberation said
"Yes. Irish tmeaning the officer).
am the man! Now get me-"
T With these words he jerked from
, the grasp Of Gillen and darted into
: a vacant lot, and encircled small
! grocery store on the corner. Gillen
! gave chase. drawing his gun as he
ran. and just as the fleeing prisoner
J was about to take the second turn the
/ officer felled him with bullet
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 5.--The most
severe wind and sleet storm OF the
/, winter prevailed in eastern Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware and New Jersey yes
terday and is not yet over, the result
that all wire communications with
the south are broken off. Telegraph,
telephone and railroad companies an.
nounce they lost all their wires be
tween Wilmington, Del, and Balti,
more. The telephone companies say
they encountered the worst trouble
about forty miles from Baltimore Be
tween Wilmington and Baltimore II
is reported that poles and wires were
carried to the ground either by the
wind or the heavy coating of ice and
snow with which they were encum.
bered. Train service between this
city and Washington has been greatly
hampered on account of the slow
movement of trains. made necessary
by the lack of wires. Traffic is still
demoralized today.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5.-The record
of casualties incident to the inaugu.
|ration ceremonies of yesterday is three
deaths, three probably fatally injured
and more than seventy-fve persons
slightly injured, in addition to the two
who died from exposure incident to
the parade. The dead are:
Samuel Young aged %. of this city.
Norman A. Stall, As years old, OF
Richmond, Va.
Andrew B, Doran of Pittsburg, Pa.
The seriously injured were: Police.
men Frederick Dirk, Samuel Carter OF
Virginia and William Deneil OF this
city Samuel Young was electrocuted
by stepping on a live electric wire on
Wisconsin avenue Norman A. Stall
died of epilepsy while viewing the pa.
rade, and Andrew II. Doran, Pull.
man conductor, died of heart disease
upon arriving at the union station last
night. Dirk was severely injured In
an attempt to arrest a Greek for dis
orderly conduct; Carter was stabbed
In the abdomen by negro and Deneil
was overcome by gas.
Today many cases of acute pneu.
monia are reported
HOLLAND. Mich. Mar. 5.-Elton
Baldwin confessed today TO the prose:
cutting attorney that he killed his aged
mother who was found yesterday In
her farmhouse two miles from Sauga.
tuck. He said he was afraid she
would charge him with having burned
their barn and therefore killed her
with hatchet while she was alseep.
| BUENA VISTA. Mar. 5.--Three pris-
oners participated In Jail delivery
at the state reformatory last even.
ing. They escaped beyond the walls,
lodged the fire of two guards, started
out for the foothills and finally we're
captured by posse OF mounted
guards. Albert Richardson, Edward
McGovernor and Edward Barnard OBJ.
tain ladder. scaled the stockade and