Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-28
Michaers. Mcouay said the boat look.

ic looked like the missing author.
Sheriff Mortimer. Magistrate Willy |
and posse OF six men hurried 10 the
scene. reaching the river shore at |
a. M, AL were armed They crept
down to the waters edge and made ont
the outlines of a man in shirt sleeves |
languidly rowing the boat up the river. |
They made no demonstration, resoly
ing to wait until the rover got into
narrower waters and within range.
Sheriff Mortimer and Messrs. Hooper
and Harper obtained boat and fol.
lowed Roberts, who apparently be-
came alarmed and hastened UP the
river at faster pace, the sheriff's
boat following Magistrate Willy and
the others followed along the shore
Cornering maneuyers began shortly
after ! u. m. For one, two and three
hours the two boats and the sheriff's
party proceeded up the river, the
shores narrowing all the while. Rob
erts was nearing the scene of his al
legged crime, and as the shores grew
together the members of the posse
made out the features of Roberts. He
was nearing the wharf at Mcdaniel,
from which point he is supposed 10
have fled. When he got aboard OF the
landing place and 100 feet from the
shore, Magistrate Willy and his two
deputies stepped out into the open.
Hello, Roberts; throw up your
hands, shouted the magistrate. Rob
erts did not utter word but rose In
| his boat with big revolver in his
right hand. He quickly leveied at the
party and fired. Myer Crone. a special
deputy, fired one shot from his reyol
yer at the white shirted figure stand.
ing in the boat. Then Magistrate
/ Willy discharged his shotgun. Dep
uty Crone fired second shot. Dur
ing the fusilade Roberts dropped in
heap in the boat. The deputies
waded out 10 the small craft and found
that Roberts was dead. having been
| snot In the mouth. The boat was
drawn to the shore and the body ex'
amined. Roberts had bottle of poi
son in his pocket and number OF
letters. The body was taken to st
/ Michael's.
The murder for which the man paid
/ the penalty of his life is shrouded in
1 y
Thompson Noodill, the 20-year-olc
| wife of Albert Woodill, an automobile
manufacturer of Los Angeles, with
whom she came east two weeks age
to visit her foster father, Capt, Chas
! H. Thompson, was found yesterday In
, the river at ST. Michaels Md. Hei
4 husband had returned. Mrs. Woodii
E had been missing since Saturday, ant
/ when last seen was with Emmett y
5 Roberts.
$ Mrs. Woodill was of rare beauty
. Her body was found weighted dowr
with an iron post, nude, and her skull
a was crushed when found by the boys
n She had large amount of money ant
h many diamonds when last seen in th'
5 launch on the river with Roberts. Re
ports from Los Angeles say the girl
i. parentage is shrouded in mystery. a
l she is said 10 have been lost am
|. stolen from her parents in Chicag
when year old. Her husband advei
v tised recently in Chicago papers T.
5. gain some trace of her parents. He
It Roberts, with whom Mrs. Woom
n was seen much after her husband left
VI
n said he was a newspaper and maya
y zine writer. Roberts is said to hay
d declared that he returned to write TO
r papers on the murder of which he wa
n accused. A bloody sheet and mattres
n were found in the bungalow on tn
Roberts farm and also portions o
g the woman's clothes.
l. WEST POINT, Neb.. June 2S.-Si
S Joseph's Catholic church was destroy
d ed and dozen residences were seri
ously damaged by tornado whicl
t struck this town last night It wa.
S followed by cloudburst which flood
;. ed streets, tearing up sidewalks ant
s doing other damage. Reports from tn,
:. surrounding country show many farm
ers suffered loss OF buildings. No cas-
. ualties are reported
r CHICAGO, June 25.-An explosion
Y believed to have been caused by s
= bomb, wrecked the saloon of Manning
r and Bowles, corner State and Con
gress streets. early today and inflicted
: damages estimated at about $4,000
4 The saloon was closed at the time Of
r the explosion and no persons were in
jured. The force OF the explosion was
4 great enough to wreck the contents
= OF the Offices on the two floors above
, the saloon and to shatter scores oi
: windows In the State street depart
ment stores and other buildings within
IA radius of three blocks.
+ Police think it was caused by a bomb
l thrown by one of the rival factions OF
! gamblers who have been conducting a
warfare of explosives for two years
Ii. that time almost thirty bombs have
been thrown and much damage inflict.
!, ed.
NEW YORK. June 25.-The first
aeroplane TO be purchased in this
country by any one for his individual
! use has been sold to A. p. Wagner
: vice president of large instrument
, manufacturing concern of Beloit, Wis.
by the company which has undertaken
! the manufacture of the Curtiss flying
machine. 1t was announced that with.
In month at least a half dozen men
wonld be owners of similar aeroplanes
which they propose to use for their
personal enjoyment.
NEW YORK, June 25.--when Mrs.