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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
PEARY FARTHEsT NORTH?
Friends Believe Stars and Stripes
Float at North Pole.

Washington, Special: Friends In
this city OF Commander Robert Edwin
Peary, United States Navy. the ex.
plorer. who left the United States last
July for the frozen north say they bs
lieve Peary by this time has reached
the goal OF his ambition and has sue.
cessfully planted the Stars and Stripes
at the north pole.
No news has been received from
Peary since he left Etah, North Green
land, August Il, 1908, in the stanca
ship Roosevelt for dash as far into
the icebound seas as that specially
built vessel would carry him before
being frozen in by the winters cold.
If he has been successful in attaining
this much sought goal the news OF his
discovery will not reach a point of tel
egraphic communication until August
or September next. IL he has been
unsuccessful he will remain in the far
north and make another endeavor
next spring
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
CLERK MIsREADs VERDICT.
Says Not Guilty When IL is Guilty
Shock for q Prisoner.

Chicago. Special: The cup OF free
dom was held to the lips OF a prison
er in Judge Brentano's court, only 70
be snatched away when 1t was dis.
covered that the clerk OF the court
should have read the jury's verdict as
guilty instead Of mot guilty
The prisoner who was caught al
the very door OF the courtroom. be.
heving himself free, was Frank
O'Donnell. accused OF robbng a citi.
zen at the point of a revolver. When
the clerk read mot guilty" O'Donnell
jumped from his seat excitedly laugh.
Ing, and wrung his lawyers hand The
accused man started from the room
with his head in the air. his eyes
sparkling. When the mistake was
discovered O'Donnell was brought
back. His head sunk on his chest as
the real verdict was delivered:
Guilty and condemned 10 serve the
term of his natural life In prison"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
ELSIE BRIDE Of CHU!!
ClEW THAT SlGEL GIRL WE'D
Icons RIVAL.
POLICE HOT ON SLAYER'S TRAIL
Latest Startling Phase OF New York
Murder Mystery Comes From
Clergyman.
POLICE HOT ON SLAYER'S TRAIL

New York, Special: Elsie Sigel and
Chu Gain, the wealthy Chinatown res.
taurant keeper, who supplanted vii.
liam Leon in her affections, were mar.
ried in Philadelphia, according TO the
latest information received by the po-
lice. This alleged fact, learned by
Leon. drove him 10 kill the girl, the
police now believe, and also TO plan
the murder of Chu Gain.
This startling phase of the case be
came known through clergyman OF
ST. Nicholas Church. He told the po-
lice girl resembling Elsie Sigel and
Chinese answering the description OF
Chu Gain came TO him shortly before
June 3, the day OF the murder, and
asked 10 be married. The clergyman.
whose identity has not been revealed
by the police, refused 20 marry the
colple because one OF them was a
Chinese. He told them he would have
to get into communication with the
girls parents first and obtain their
permission, also their presence. This
so disconnected the pair that they left
abruptly, saying they were going to
Philadelphia.
Leon Ling left New York for Boston
or some point beyond, on the steamer
Harvard, of the Metropolitan steam
ship line on the afternoon OF June 10.
according TO the latest police informa-
ton
Chong Sing. Ling's roommate, &C.
companied him TO pier 40. North River.
but did not board the boat. Both
Cinnamon were closely observed by
Thomas Sanchez, a baggage agent at
the pier.
Evidence that Leon took the trunk
containing the body OF Elsie Sigel TO
Newark on the day after she disap-
peared and attempted TO leave il in
Chinese restaurant there has been dis
covered. Leon was not allowed to do
so. and employed a hackman to carry
him and the trunk back TO Icons
room in New York City.
IL has been established beyond
doubt now that while the streets and
restaurants by which he necessarily
passed the night OF June 8 were filled
with merry theater parties the young
Chinaman sneaked the trunk from the
house where only a few hours before
the crime had been committed, and
with the aid of taXicab carted ii
away 10 Newark.
During the afternoon of the follow
ing day, while the Thursday matinee
crowds were out, trunk and its grue-
some contents were hauled back to the
house of death.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02

Near Completion In Alberta, Wss
Built Without Loss OF Life.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Special: To
cross the Old Man River. near Leth-
bridge, Alberta. the Canadian Pacific
Railroad is now completing the larg-
est bridge In the world. II is one mile
and forty-seven feet long and 3l2 feet
high. Although there are longer
bridges in the world there is none
which is as high and at the same
time longer In few days the last
rivet will have been driven and the
bridge opened TO traffic This massi.e
structure has cost approximately ST..
500 ,000 and I'm its construction 24,000,-
600 pounds OF steel have been used.
The superstructure has been erected
on sixty-seyen steel towers, which 60
down 10 bed rock on the river bottom,
and has taken two years Of continual
work TO complete.
feature OF It's construction is the
fact that not a single life has been
lost during it's construction. although
several serious accidents have oc-
CURED. largely due to the carelessness
OF the workers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
BATTLE ON PIKE s PEAK.
STARTED OVER THE PRICE OF
NIGHTS LODGING.
CHICAGO STUDENTS IN JAIL
Three Men, Three Miles Above Civil
lzation, Engage in Fierce
Death Struggle.

Colorado Springs, Col, Special:
After desperate hand-to-hand con.
fiict early Sunday morning on the
summit OF Pixies Peak, 1000 fee,
high, John A. Clark and George Shin.
ley students OF the University OF
Chicago, are in jail and Howard n
Robinson, government caretaker OF
the Summit House. Is lowering be.
tween life and death at the ST. Francis
Hospital in this city.
The hight was the result of a quar-.
rel over the charge demanded by Rob.
inson for accommodation in the Sum.
NIT House. which is maintained as a
resting place for those who make the
peak trip. The fight took place in TO.
tai darkness in the middle of the
night, when the three men were the
only ones on the mountain top.
Shipley and Clark arrived in this
city from the East two days ago. They
were well dressed, seemed TO have
plenty OF money and made a number
OF friends. Saturday night they de.
cided 10 walk up to the summit OF
Pixies Peak, a favorite trip of tourists
In the Rocky Mountain region.
They reached the summit at I
o'clock and were weakened TO the
POINT of exhaustion by the icy winds
and the binding snowstorm. They
raped on the door of the Summit
House, where Robinson was asleep
The latter admitted them and they
had something TO eat After they had
come back TO the main room. which
was Illuminated only by the candle in
an adjoining room, quarrel arose
over the price of rooms for the re
mainder of the night. According 10
the story of one OF the men, Robinson
ordered them out With no place tc
spend the night until the little train
OF the famous cog road could take them
back. TO Manitou. they refused to leave
When the two continued TO remain
Robinson who is said to possess a
hasty temper. went back to the lunch
counter and drew a short heavy billy
which he kept for protection. Then
the three men closed in fierce death
struggle. After several minutes OF
desperate fighting Robinson dropped
back unconscious.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
Stations Battle TO Death.

Lynchburg, Va. Special: On the
farm of Duval Radford. at Forest
Glenwood. a noted stallion, by st.
Leonard. was imported by James II.
keene, and Champion, another well.
known stallion, much heavier than
Glenwood, engaged in a battle which
resulted in the death Of Glenwood. No
men were on the farm when one of
the stations broke from his stall and
charged the other in a field. Both
reared on their hind feet and. roaring
like wild beasts. they bit and paved
at each other until Champion secured
death grip on Glenwood's throat.
which he held until the stallion fell
dead.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
klno Menelik Dead Aoain.

Rome. Gable: II is reported from
,byssinia that King Menelik is dead
and the Empress Taitu has taken over
The government. keeping the death OF
he king a secret, in order to enable
aer 10 name his successor and estab.
ush the new ruler In power before
any one can interfere. The officials
in government circles here are disin-
clined TO believe the report. II is
generally believed. however. that IL
Nenelik Is not dead, he is certainly
diving. as he has been i'll for long
time.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
NUDE BODY N GREEK
PROVED TO BE MILLIONAIRE
WooolLts BEAUTIFUL BRIDE.
SLAIN IN LOVERS BUNGALOW
mysterious Murder Of Young Society
Belle Causes Great Sensation
In Maryland.

Baltimore, Md. Special: John Rob
eis' suspected OF the brutal murder
OF MIS-. Edith M. Thompson Woodill,
near 81. Michaels. Md, was shot Ia
death Friday morning while resisting
arrest.
Mr.. Woodill's nude body was found
In creek near her home. Her skull
mad been crushed with some heavy in
strnment She evidently had been
Killed on the shore and her body taken
Out In boat and cast overheard.
Inc police believe the woman was
murdered in Roberts bungalow.
Mrs. Woodill had been associating
With Roberts for some time. Last
saturday she went to DR.. Smithers, a
dentist, at Easton, to have her teeth
treated. Roberts had arranged by
letter to meet her at Royal Oak sta.
ton.
Roberts got as far as Easton in his
launch, then, missing the train. hired
team and drove to Royal Oak, where
ne met Mrs. Woodill and drove back
10 81. Michaels. avoiding the main
street and making directly for the
pier where his launch was tied. Leav-
Ing Mrs. Woodill standing on the
Orldge he disposed OF the team.
After the pair had pushed off from
the pier, they were passed by Edward
Orem. one Of the jurymen at the in
quest which decided that the young
woman had come TO her death as the
result of foul play
Early Tuesday morning, crabbers.
who were working the night previous
said they saw a boat not far from
them and a heavy object was raised
and tossed into the water with loud
splash
The body was borne by a strong
westerly wind to the opposite shore
where it was found by two boys. A
heavy iron pot was tied to the body
and II was testified at the inquest
that 1t was formerly used in the
house which recently burned down on
the site OF Roberts bungalow.
The murdered woman's husband
was here only two weeks ago and il
is thought his presence aroused the
jealousy of Roberts.
Mrs. Woodill was educated in Eu-
rope and is said TO have sung in the
best theaters and music halls In the
world. She once sang at the White
House for President Cleveland. Sec
rotary Lyman j. Gage is known to
have been a frequent visitor at her
fathers house.
Mrs Woodill was 90 years OF age
and possessed of rare beauty. Before
her marriage to Gilbert Woodill. a
millionaire. who is engaged in the
automobile business i'm Los Angeles.
Cal. the murdered girl had spent two
winters in Baltimore.
There she made a great many
friends and was considered to be a
very fascinating girl
Mrs. Woodilrs marriage is said to
have been romantic. Friends here
say she was a Baltimore belle before
her marriage. She met Mr.. Woodill
in Chicago a little more than a year
ago and they were married after a
of only five days
Mr.. and Mrs Woodill were mem
bers of an exclusive social colony
here, their beautiful homes at River
side and Venice having been the
scenes Of 4 number Of brilliant enter
tainments in the last year
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TINSELED POSTCARDS
Destroyed in the Mail Because Reou.
Iations Were Violated.

Washington, Special Failure TO in.
close tinseled or frosted postcards In
tightly sealed envelopes to prevent
the escape of PARTICLES OF tinsel, mica
and the like, as required by the postal
regulations. is causing from Is 900 &c
10000 OF such cards to be withdrawn
from the mails and sent TO the dead
letter office OF the Postcaice Depart
ment every day. The tinsel escapes
into the air in postal cars, thereby
causing inflammation of the eyes OF
mail clerks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
NEAR FATAL BUNGALOW
sony OF MRS. wooplLL's SLAYER
IsL LAID IN GRAVE.
LORDS PRAYER ALONE HEARD
Neither wife Nor Pastor at Grave Of
Man Who Slew Himself After
Killing Beautiful Girl.

81 Nichaels. Md, Special: In q
newly made grave. not fifty feet from
,be scene OF the murder of Mrs Edith
Nav Noodll, which led him to com
NIT suicide. Lame Bob Eastman
body was buried in the early hours OF
Sunday.
No man Of the church was present
10 offer a last word for the repose OF
the dead, no friend nor relative came
near
The undertakers and their assist.
ants. a little band OF newspaper men
and a few idle persons, morbidly at.
tracted TO follow the strange funeral
procession. were the only persons al
the grave. With barred heads they re-
peated the familiar words OF the
Lords prayer.
no more lonely spot could we'll be
imagined than where this Isolated
bungalow stands. Scrub pines form a
background. while in front a green
marsh leads a way through the shore
grass 10 the open waters OF Broad
Creek.
When the hearse had drawn up
alongside the grave four men lifted
the Gas hGl iIOul lIt NtlliNit anu UldCtu
Il temporarily on two plank supports
stretched across the grave. into which
a pine box already had been lowered
Marsh water had seeped into the
grave overnight.
The undertaken drew back the slid
ing Ma of the casket that all might see
that il was Eastman who was being
consigned 10 his last resting place and
closed II again.
AS the casket rested above the
grave ready TO be lowered there was
an awkward pause The party about
the grave fdgeted neryously. AT a
nod the supporting boards were
slipped away. and gradually the casket
sank into the grave. The two grave
diggers hesitated a moment and then
stepped forward. One of the under
takers looked around with a certain
uueasiness Of manner.
Gentlemen" he said lit seems to
me that some one should say a little
word % prayer. Won't one of you?"
His glance fell upon James sutton,
a merchant of Bozeman.
You are a church member, Mr.
Sutton said the undertaken, won't
you say it?'
Sutton hesitated for a moment,
then asking all to join with him, be-
gan to repeat the Lords prayer with
solemn earnestness. When the last
words Of the prayer were uttered SUIT
ton stepped forward. and. filling his
hands with newly-turned soil from be-
side the grave, thrice tossed earth up
on the casket as he mutteTed. earth
70 earth. ashes TO ashes, dust 10 dust"
Eastman feared that he was to be
arrested and taken back to New York
70 stand trial for grand larceny. lie
begged Mrs Woodill to run away with
him The girl refused, and Eastman,
pressed by anger, fright and his ne
cessities murdered her while she lay
On the bed in his bungalow.
That is the story OF the tragedy
which has come to be believed by the
Maryland authorities-the first clear
reading Of the motive. Eastmans
own account of Mrs. Woodill's death.
written into the letters that were TAX
en- from his body, has been rejected
utterly as the stratagem of a cunning |
rascal who schemed TO save his own
neck by duplicating men who were |
MS friends in the days when he was
supposed 10 be square
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lmitatlnn Mre. Guinness.

Mankato. Mimi. Special: The inu.
tilated body of II. J. Leadbeater, a
farmer. who disappeared from his
home near here two months ago. was
unearthed by a posse of searchers in
a potato patch. It is charged that
Mrs. Leadbeater killed her husband
while he was asleep and that her
brother Charles Swandt and Smith
helped TO secrete the body.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
Sarah Orne Jewett Dead.

South Berwick. Me, Special: An
illness lasting many months last week
ended in the death OF Miss Sarah Orne
Jewett. regarded as one of the fore.
most women writer's Of America.
Miss Jewett wrote the king OF
Folly Island The Tory Lover" and
numerous other books Bowdoin col.
iege conferred on her the degree OF
doctor OF letters in 1901. and she was
a member of the London Lyceum.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
BIG JOLT FOR NOAH.
Naval Architects Declare Ark-Builder
Not In Their Class.

Detroit. Mich. Special: Noah ha.
been rejected for honorary member
ship in the Society of Naval Archi
tects and Marine Engineers. Prof ii
s. Sadier Of the University of Michi
gan. in seconding the proposal TO adj
init Noah's name to the roll Of honor
airy membership. contended that he
was the father of the designing pro
fession.
Noah was gamekeeper. not a de
signer, primarily retorted Frank +.
Kirby. OF Detroit and New York. "and
move. therefore. that his name be
laid on the table"
Evidently the other designers and
architects agree with MIR. Kirby 5
classification, for Noah was rejected
with but one dissenting vote.
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No lnducement 70 Us.

Chicago, Special: To meet the aerce
competition by other Western roads
the Rock Island will equip all its lin.
tied trains with the best monographs
and furnish grand opera concerts TO
its patrons. II also supplies a stenog.
rapher free Of charge and provides a
tailor TO press. free of cost, the cloth.
ing of passengers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
Spent 100000 on Vacation.

New York. Special A. Teon. a
banker at Merida. Yucatan. Mexico.
and his wife and seven children, ar
rived here after having spent $780,
600 on years vacation in Europe.
Mr.. Teon said he had had a prosper
Gus season in his business and approp-
rated 100000 for "a good time" for
his family and himself
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
VISIT LASTS TOO LONG.
Woman Wears Welcome Out-Arrest
ed for Board Bill.

Wilkesbarre. Pa. Special Having
overstayed her invitation to visit her
sister and brother-in-law Edward
Miano. Of this city. Miss Ellen Nc.
Closkey, OF New York City. was ar.
rested and taken before Alderman
Donahue in suit to collect IS for
one weeks board from her.
She had been invited for two weeks,
but stayed a third. The brother-in.
law objected TO this. demanded that
she pay board. and refused to accept
his wife's excuse that her sister help
ed her with the homework.
In order TO avoid further unpleas-
antness, she paid the IS and went
home.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
Death Beats Reprieve.

Paducah. Ky, Special One hour
after George Freeman. condemned to
hang last Friday. died In his cell. Gov.
ernor Augustus f. Wilson granted
Freeman a reprieve. The murderer's
attempt at suicide by poisoning dur
ing the night had. however. proved
successful.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
Knox Has 100000 Fire.

Knox. Ind, Special: Fire, which
started in the dental Office OF DR.. II.
S. Stoddard Sunday evening. swept
away many business buildings, en-.
tailed loss roughly estimated al
500. 900 and caused injury TO several
people. due to falling walls. Among
the more seriously injured is II. f.
Schriver, editor of the Knox Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02

Elkins. w. Va. Special: +. q.
Mauzy, cashier of the Bank of Durbin.
was instantly killed when his auto.
mobile. running al a good speed. be.
came unmanagcable near Durbin and
leaped over precipice. The automo-
bile and occupant shot down one hun
dred feet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
kidnaper Becomes Suicide

Khabarovsk. Asiatic Russia. Cable
The 9year-old son OF a rich merchant
Of Khabarovsk was kidnapped while
playing. One OF the kidnapers later
presented letter TO the merchant de-
handing $4,000 The merchant sent
for the police. whereupon the kidnaper
killed him and committed suicide. The
fate of the boy is not known.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
Canada Has Much Whea,

ottawa. Ontario. Special: An on.
cial estimate by the statistical de-.
partment places Canada's wheat acre
age at 7,750,i00. which is 100000
acres more than last year. The condi
ton Of the crop on June is is given
as satisfactory
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
Regular Romb.fest at Chicago.

Chicago, Special Another bomb,
the thirtieth of mysterious series
during the last two years. wrecked the
saloon OF Manning e. Bowes, at 321
State street, here. causing a loss OF
$4,000.
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Payinu the Piper.

Atlanta. Ga. Special Caught by
her husband in a room with another
man, Mrs. Nellie Jobson. a pretty
brunette OF 20 married six years ago,
was lowered from the window by a
rope Of sheets held by Harry MILFORD
The rope parted when she was half
way down, precipitating her two stor.
les, breaking her back In the fan.
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Bandits Get $4,000.

Green Bay. Wis. Special: Two ban.
dts entered the night Office Of the
United states Express Company here
and. with a revolver, compelled the
man in charge 10 open the safe. They
obtained $4,000.
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New York.
Life For wife Slayer.

Connersville.. Ind. Special. The
Jury in the case OF John Wilson,
charged with the murder Of hts wife.
Maud Wilson. on March 3, returned
verdict. finding the defendant guilty
OF murder in the first degree and fix
ing the penalty at Imprisonment for
life
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Infant Scores Rullsexe.

London, Cable: At the opening OF
a new outdoor rife range at South
borough. near Turnbridge Wells, the
first shot was fired by the 3-year-old
daughter OF Capt. Pearson, who
scored a bullseye at 100 yards with a
rifle bigger than herself.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
Ruling on Option Law.


~ "a crosse Wis, Special: Pleading
. she be sent where some one
r %olla give her proper care and de.
tt,aIihg I'm dead in love with every
~, ahd man meet, and simply can't
Sls' them Miss GLADYS Lawrence
- EARS old, had her wish granted and
va, a9 sent 70 the Industrial School. The
So sn, came here six years ago from
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
Mrs. Gould vindIcated.

New York. Special: Justice Dow
ling last week granted Mrs. Howard
Gould a separation from her husband
and alimony OF $4,000 year. Mrs.
Gould asked for separation and
$3.50, 600 alimony.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02

Belleville. H.. Special Rev VIII
liam Jacques, formerly pastor OF the
Bellevile Church OF Latter Day Saints,
pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court to
the charge that he assaulted Selma
Daniels, aged II years, and was fined
sl0O
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Americans Grown abroad.

Killarney. Ireland. Cable: A large
rowboat carrying five American and
four English tourists and four Irish
boatmen was swamped in gale while
crossing Lower Killarney Lake. An
OF the tourists and two OF the boat.
men were drowned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02

Waco. Texas. Special: Following n
trivial quarrel. George Cohen, Q years
old, secured target rifle and killed
Maggie Farrell, 5 years old. The
shooting occurred at Edgeneld. a
suburb.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02

Beaumont, Tex, Special Charles
Harris. 30 years old. professional high
diver, was killed while making q dive
into the Neches River from sixty.
foot ladder His neck was broken.
Ills home and relatives are unknown.