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TIT MURDERSn He RUE nORGUF1

which Is thrust close up against 1t.
The former was found securely
fastened from within. 1t resisted
the utmost force of those who en-
deavored to raise it. A large gim-
let hole had been pierced in its
frame to the left, and very stout
nail was found fitted therein, nearly
to the head. Upon examining the
other window similar nail was
seen similarly fitted in it; and a
vigorous attempt to raise this sash
failed also. The police were now
entirely satisfied that egress had
not been in these directions. And,
therefore, it was thought useless to
draw the nails and open the win
dows.
my own examination was more
particular.
IL argued thus: The murderers
did escape from one of these win
dows. This being so, they could
not have refastened the sas>
from the inside, as they were found
fastened. Yet the sashes were
fastened. They must, then, have
the power of fastening themselves.
l stepped to the unobstructed case
ment, withdrew the nail with some
difficulty and attempted to raise
the sash. 1t resisted all my efforts,
as / had anticipated. A concealed
spring must, now knew, exist; and
this confederation of my idea con-
vinced me that my premises, at
last, were correct, however myster-
ious still appeared the circum-
stances attending the nail. A care
full search soon brought to light the
hidden spring. I pressed it, and,
satisfied with teh discovery, for
bore to upraise the sash:
Ito be continued.)
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however, will not say just yet.
! merely wish you to bear in mind
that it was sufficiently forcible tn
give a definite tendency to my
inquiries.
let us now transport our
In fancy, to the chamber.
What shall we first seek here?
The means of cgress employed by
the murderers. Neither you nor
believe that Nine. and Mile. LES
panaye We're destroyed by spirits.
How, then, did the assassin escape ?
Let us examine the possible means
of egress. 1t is clear that the as.
sassins were in the room where the
girl was found. or at least In the
room adjoining, when the party
assembled the stairs, 1t Is then only
from these two apartments that we
have to seek the exit. The police
have laid bare tn efloors, the cell
ings and the masonry of the walls.
But l, too, examined. There were
no secret exits. Both doors leading
from the rooms into the passage
were securely locked. with the keys
inside. Let US turn to the chin.
neys. These, although of ordinary
width for some eight or ten feet
above the hcartls, will not admit,
throughout their extent, the body
even OF large cat The impos-
sibility OF such cgress being thus
absolute. VIC are reduced to the
windows. Through those of the
front room no one could have
escaped without notice from the
crowd In the street. The murder.
ers must have passed. then,
through those of the back room.
There are two windows in the
chamber. One OF them Is unob.
structcd by furniture, and is wholly
visible. Tho lower portion of the
other Is hidden from view by the
head at the unwieldy hudslo..d
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By EDGAR ALLAN POE

own person entirely preclude the
idea of self destruction. Murder,
then, has been committed By some
third party; and the voices of this
third party were those heard in
contention. Now what was the one
peculiar thing testified by all re-
specting these voices? Did you OBJ
serve it,"
/ remarked that, while all the
witnesses agreed that the gruff
voice was that of a Frenchman,
there was much disagreement in re-
gard to the shrill or harsh voice.
"That was the evidence itself"
said Dupin, "but it was not the Pc
culiarity of the evidence. You have
observed nothing distinctive. Yet
there was something to be OBJ
served. The witnesses, as you re-
mark, agreed about the gruff voice.
But in regard to the shrill voice,
the popularity is-not that they
disagreed--but that, while an Ital-
ian, an Englishman, Spaniard, a
German and Frenchman at
tempted to describe it, each one
spoke of it as that of foreigner.
The Frenchman supposes it the
voice of Spaniard. The German
maintains it to have been that of a
Frenchman. The Englishman
thinks it the voice of a German.
The Spaniard is sure it was that of
an Englishman. fhe Italian be-
lieves it the voice of Russian. A
second Frenchman differing with
the first, is positive that it was an
Italian-and none OF these men
speaks or understands a word of
the language whihc he thinks the
unknown voice used. Each Is con-
vinced by the intonation.' Now,
how strangely unusual must that
voice have really been, about which
such testimony as this could have
been elicited.-in whose tones,
even, uSHizeHS VI lHc HNS 6iCu'
divisions of Europe could recognize
nothing familiar!
II know not" continued Dupin,
what impression l may have
made upon your own understand
ing, but l do not hesitate to say
that deductions even from the tes-
timony respecting the gruff ana
shrill voices are sufficient to en-
gender suspicion which should
give direction to all. further prog
ress of the investigation of the
mystery. What the suspicion is,
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Special Correspondence to The Press
CINCINNATI, Jan. Potts just
half an hours ride to North Fair
mount where, on Pulte avenue, an
entire family has lived for over
two weeks in a state of supersti-
tious terror and apprehension i'm
possible to exaggerate, almost i'm
possible to understand.
Half an hours ride from the age
OF reason across the gulf of centur
les back to the time of witches,
spells, charms and evil spirits.
When gypsy woman from the
camps near Carthage, O., knocked
at the door of Henry Ebers and
his wife, the old man, a lamp
tender on the railroad, was at
home, slightly i'll.
The gypsy begged to tell their
fortunes, but when she caught
sight of Ebers she shrieked wildly:
"A curse is on you. You are hoo
dooed and will die. Only gold can
take off the curse"
Mrs. Ebers, a middle aged
woman, still shaking with terror
and weeping, told the story of
their experience.
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l have said that the whims of my
friend were manifold, and it was
his humor now to decline all con-
versation on the subject of the MUIR
der, until about noon the next day.
He then asked me, suddenly, II l
had observed anything peculiar at
the scene of the atrocity.
There was something in his man
ner of emphasizing the word 'pecu-
liar which caused me to shudder
without knowing why.
mo, nothing peculiar" / said;
nothing more, at least, than we
both saw stated in the papers,
"The papers," he replied, have
not entered, fear, into the unusual
horror the thing. 1t appears to
me that this mystery is considered
insoluble for the very reason which
should cause it to be regarded as
easy of solution-I mean for the
outre character of its features. The
police are COMPOUNDED by the seem
ing absence of motive-not for the
murder itself, but for the atrocity
of the murder They are puzzled,
too. by the seeming impossibility of
reconciling the voices heard in con-
tention, with the facts that no as
. sassin . was discovered upstairs
though there were no means of
escape. The wild disorder of the
room; the girls corpse thrust, with
head downward, up the chimney;
the frigntful mutilation of the body
of the old lady; these considera-
tons have sufficed to paralize the
police. They have fallen into the
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Il did not believe the gypsy at
first, but she talked until she
scared us both nearly crazy. l
gave her $25, and she went away.
She came againa a week later and
said that the queen had taken my
husbands sickness, and that she
must have gold in plenty to take
the curse off. Then / gave her the
balance of the 800 l had saved a
nickel and dime at a time"
1t was not until the whole family,
consisting of several sons and
daughters, had shared the agoniz-
ing fear of their parents that the
authorities heard of their plight.
But when Herman Althaus, son
In law of the Ebers, who lived next
door, learned that the couple were
preparing to mortgage their home
in order to give the gypsy $500 with
which to buy the devils with
gold, he notified the detectives.
When news came to Henry Ebers
that the gypsy, Anna Stevens, had
been arrested, and that the hoodoo
had been lifted, the sick man fell
into the first peaceful slumber he
had enjoyed for days.
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HERE ARE PISTOLS; WE BOTH KNOW HOW 70 USE THEM

gross but common error of con-
founding the unusual with the diff
cult. In investigations such as We
are now pursuing it should not be
SO much asked what has occurred,
as what has occurred that has
never occurred before In fact the
facility with which have arrived
at the solution of this mystery, Is
In the direct ratio of its apparent
difficulty In the eyes of the police"
! stared at the speaker in mute
establishment.
Il am now" continued he, look.
ing toward the door, awaiting a
person who although perhaps not
the perpetrator Of these butcheries,
must have been in some measure
implicated. OF the worst portion
of the crimes 1t Is probable he is
innocent. l hope ! am right In this
superstition; for upon 1t build my
expectation of reading the entire
riddle. look for the man here
in this room--every moment.
Should he come, 1t will be neccs.
sary to detain him. Here are pis-
tolls; and we both know how to use
them"
| took the pistols. scarcely know.
Ing what l did, or believing what
heard, while Dupin went on, very
much as II In a soliloquy.
That the voices heard" he said,
"by the parties upon the stairs
were not the voices of the women
themselves was fully proved. So
we know that the old lady could
not have first destroyed the daugh-
ter, %snh aftcrward committed sui
eide, rspeak of this point chiefly
Tor the sake Of method for the
strength of Nine. L'Espanaye
would have been utterly unequal to
the task Of tlrusting her daughters
corpse up the chimney; aud the
Nature OF the wounds uopn her
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NOVELTY

Beginning Sunday, Manager
Causey of the Novelty theater an
nounces the presentation of drama
and comedy at his playhouse on
Main avenue, next to the new
Palace building. A company has
been secured direct from Chicago.
1t includes J. Francis Abbott,
tenor singer, and Ora Mutually. one
of the Mutually sisters, among 9TH
ers. The house will play matinees
and two evening performances
daily.
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dance, and practically all money
taken in will be clear profit, as the
room, music and refreshments
were donated. A meeting Of the
club will be held this afternoon at
the home of Miss Naudine Dudley,
100 Lincoln street, and the dona-
ton to the emergency fund will
likely be made in a few days.
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ORPHEUM

Dane Claudius and Melody Scar
let, with their modest music and
modest ways, are furnishing all
sorts of enjoyment to the Orpheum
audiences this week in presenting
music and verses from old time
songs as we'll as from some of the
popular songs of the day.
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WASHINGTON

Franklin Ardell and company
manage to draw forth several
laughs in their presentation of a
comedy sketch. Franklin Ardell
and Miss Gladys Brockwell, who
play the part of the Newlyweds,
go through some pretty fast work.
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HARD COMBINATION

COLVILLE, Jan. 20. 49, John
Walsh's son Robert, age eight, has
three good excuses for staying out
of school all at once. He is af-
fiicted with measles, humps and
whooping cough and is not danger
ously i'll at that.
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inherited fortune approximating
$75,ooQ,oo0.
Lately, assisted by her daughter,
Miss Anita Stewart, she is said to
have been planning a social cam
pigns and, deserving her American
friends, has begun to entertain
many gof England's social and pollt-
zeal lights.
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PANTAGES

The Three Dumonds, Partisan
street singers, win much applause
but perhaps would be more appre-
ciated should they cut the Anglo
Saxon accent from their Italian
speech.
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YANKEE WIDOW
TO CUT A DASH

LONDON, Jan. 20.-Mrs. James
Henry Smith, who inherited mill
lions at the death of her husband,
known as Silent" Smith, is said to
have in view the ousting of Mrs.
Potter from her position of chief of
the Yankee hostesses in London.
She has just leased tue pretentious
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THEATER
AUDITORIUM

The ShirleyS are supplying
plenty of melodrama this week in
Under the Gaslight." Jack Amory
has a comedy chance also.
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"Where'd our new baby come
from, papa?" 1.-THE doctor brought
it, Willie" II don't want to see
it, "Why, my SOM" "All of his
children are red headed"
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GIRLS CLUB AIDS HOMELESS.
The city emergency fund for
feeding the homeless men will be
strengthened by the girls of the
Trinity club Of the Trinity Episco-
pal church from proceeds of a
dance given last night in the Hunt
ers' room of the Hotel Spokane.
About 100 couples attended the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-20

There are no vacations in the
school for scandal.
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MRS. JAMES HENRY SMITH.
mansion Of Lord Nunburnholme IN
London, and still retains the castle
of Sir Charles Forbes in Aberdeen
shire.
Mrs. Smith was wealthy when, as
the divorced wife OF Rhinelander
Stewart, she met and married Isl
lent Smith. Less than a year ago,
at his death, upon his yacht, the
Orient, while they were on their
honeymoon in Japanese waters, she.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-06
BINFoRp A. HuIsE LETTER.

The market To-Day WIS a very mnch
professional one and while there
were no particular losses and the
market was very firm, the gains were
slight. The Elys that shared in me
gains were Nevada Con. two points
and Giroux one point Quotations:
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slit FOR STOCK.

Suit has been brought in the dis
trict court OF Humboldt county by
George S. Pelton. John +. Pelton. j.
d. Snydaker and $. c. Scotch, plant
IFS. against the National Mining COM
pany and it's directors, defendants,
for the deliery of 1919 shares of the
capital stock of the company. which
the plaintiffs allege is due them
under an agreement of purchase. The
plaintiffs also ask for an accounting
of the company and that receiver
be appointed This is the second
suit brought 10y the above named
plaintiffs, who are trying through
the courts To acquire a five-sevenths
interest in the property of the Ma
lion Mining company, which owns a
group of claims ON Charleston hill at
the camp of National. The con-
tention of the plaintiffs is that they
entered into an agreement for the
purchase of 100000 shares of Used
stock i'm the companq, for which they
were to pay the sum of $4,000, but
that they are unable to secure de-
livery of the stock with the exception
of 10000 shares. The property is
the one from when number of ship
ments of high grade ore have been
made 10y leasers, and Is considered
very valuable.
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JUMBO VEIN AT HART.

There has been no diminntion OF
the values the past week during the
progress of driving the east erosseut
into the Jumbo's rich ore body ex-
posed on the 100-foot level. The
hanging wall is still an unknown
quantity, and the Jumbo vein con-
tunes To become greater in size than
even the most optimistic person
could have sanely predicted. Besides
a good sized body ofmedium grade
ore exposed by the crosscut. the work
this week has opened an additional
six feet of good milling ore. while in
spots the values run into the pictures
Developments are now being
vigorously prosecuted ON this level
Hart Enterprise.
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MARKETS, MINING AND METALS

development work, says lie Hart En-
terprise. The new 40-h. y. hoist Is
ready 10 run as soon as connections
are made with the cooling tank. The
gallows frame is completed, and ear
penters are now engaged in enclosing
the hoist house with corrugated gal
yanized iron. Manager w b. An
drews stated that by Monday the
work of cutting the station at the
100-foot level will be under way, and
in "A few days thereafter sinking will
be resumed. \ erosseut TO the east
of this level will also be started as
soon as the station is completed, and
when the required distance is attain
ed an upraise Will be made To con-
meet with the 60-foot Wine in the
north drift. Besides prospecting the
intervening ground, this connection
will permit excellent ventilation
throughout the mine
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NEVADA DOUGLASS COPPER.

The net earning capacity OF the
properties of the Nevada Douglas
Copper company, according TO the es-
innate of Liw Humphreys, consulting
engineer for the company. is $2S5O
daily. $50, 900 monthly, or SLOPE
yearly ON Decent copper. Mr.. Hum
phreys has submitted To the general
manager of the company. Walter G..
Orem, comprehensive report on its
properties at Yerington after making
a close examination. Mr.. Humphreys
estimates as TO ore reserves show
J99,533 tons of ore blocked out, the
average value of which Is "A per
cent copper. The net profit resulting
from treatment of this ore will be
1919 ton, or $5,090.035 on .
cent copper market. On a Is cent
copper market the report shows the
net value of this tonnage is $40 a
ton or $3S54.997. OF probe ore
there are 2i6.700 tons, the general
average of which he places at 2.69
per cent.
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FINE ORE SHOWING.

Aong the best properties in the
Barber canyon section OF the Chafey
district is the Consolidated Big Four
lease. From all reports the lease has
a phenomenal showing The drift on
the s0-foot level is in ore for its en-
tire length of fifty feet and assays
which were taken last week give re-
turns of $6240. SOL and s23. the
values being nearly all gold. The
management intends 10 continue the
shaft down at once 10 the l0O-foot
point and If the showing at that
depth justifies it hoist will be in
stalled as soon as possible. Consider
able difficulty has been experienced
in getting timbers, but this was over
come by the arrival a few days ago
Of team loaded with lumber. Messrs
I.ampse, Fraser and associates, the
owners of the lease. expect 10 have
The property on a paying basis In IA
short time. Humboldt Star.
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YERINGToN GOLD MINING.

w II. Hurst, manager of the Yer
ington Gold Mining company, came in
from the mine Thursday and is high
" elated over the rich strike made
by his company a few days ago. says
the Times. They broke into a very
rich shoot of ore ON on the lower
level which will average 6 ounces
gold and 30 ounces in silver. In an
interview, NJ. Hurst says: I'VE are
now sinking a Wine on this find and
are down % feet. and we still get the
same values Some specimens taken
ont are literally covered with gold.
We are sacking the ore taken out of
the Wine. which will more than pay
for the development work. II is our
intention TO sink the Wine to a depth
of 80 feet, sacking the ore as it is
taken out. After this is done "A re-
cord making shipment of high grade
rock will be made.
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yERINGrox MEN BUY MARBLE.

w. r. Lindsay has sold his marble
quarry near Nina To Davis Bros. of
Yerington. This quarry Is the only
black Egyptian marble workings in
the United States and is a most valu-
able property. The marble is jet
black. laced with gold and yariegated
with green and copper colored veins
and Is extremely beautiful when
polished. as sample on exhibition
at Lindsay's Office shows. The pur-
chasers acquired So acres of their
own adjoining it. The quarry will be
equipped with polishing machinery
and heavy cranes To handle large
blocks. One block taken out recently
weighed T. tons. II is 10 he shipped
east.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-06
KENNEDY CONSOLIDATED.

Stebbins and Green, who have "A
lease on the Kennedy Consolidated
at Buckskin. started operations Tues
day on that property. says the YER
ington Times. These gentlemen have
a two-years lease on the Kennedy.
and Mr. Green, who is the superin-
tendent, is now on the ground getting
things ready for active development.
The shaft on this ground is down 210
feet and has encountered water.
Pumping machinery will be installed
and the shaft unwatered. when sink
ing will be resumed. Good gold
values have been had from the shaft
from the very first. and as sinking
progressed the ore increased in
value. No prosecuting cor drifting
TO amount to anything has been done.
developing work being mostly con-
fined to shaft work. The rock Is free
milling and averages in the neighbor-
hood of $40 per ton. Fifteen miners
are now at work and more will be
added as needed. From Mr.. W. 4.
Campbell. one of the owners in the
Kennedy Consolidated. IL Is learned
that Merssrs. Stebbins and Green in
tend this summer to put up a re-
duction plant and treat the rock on
the ground The resumption of work
in this mine will be a red letter day
for Buckskin. as 1t will act as a slim
ulant TO the rest of the mining dis
trict. among which there are some
cracker jacks.
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\. n. Try. TIME TABLE.
EMectiNe Jnnnary os. 1ONG.

Effective January -. 1905.
Daily Except Sunday-Leaves East
Ely. North Bound, 1885 a. m: Daily
Except Sunday. leaves Cobre. South
Bound. 1870 p. IN.
DAILY SUBURBAN TRAINS.
Leave East Ely for Ely, a. NJ
12:25. 6:20; Gao; 7:10; S:25;
$50; 1870; 1t:5O;-p. M. 1910;
eco; 4:25; i:45: 600: 6:3c' 1880:
500: 900: 1915.
Leave Ely for East Ely. a. NJ
12:4o; 6;35; 1870; 500; $40;
10.05;-p. m, 1906; 1925; 2:15;
2:35: $500. 6:15; geo; Gas: 7:45;
S:15' 9:15: 1880.
SHELTER TRAINS
Leave Ely. a. m.-6:35; 10.05;-
p. m. 2:35; $500 1890.
Leave East Ely, a. m.-6:40;
10:10;--p, m. 2:40; 5:05; 1926.
RETURNING. LEAVE MGILL.
A. m. 7:45; 1e:50;-p. m, 3;45;
5:55; 1915.
MINE TRAINS.
Leave East Ely, a. m.-6:40;
l1:30;-p. m, 4:25.
Leave Ely, a. m.-6: 46; 1l:35;
p. M. 4:30.
Returning; Leave Mines, a. M
1;35; p. m. 1925; 5:35.
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WHEAT FALLS A POINT.

CHICAGO. April MAY wheat
closed at s1.217s a Lag.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-06

10 Round Mountain in the very near
future. II is further rumored that
the custom mill of the Round Noun
tain Reduction company has been
purchased by the same people and
that ii is their intention TO move the
plant on the acreage of the Apex COM
pany to treat their ores. Mr.. George
b. Jacques who has been in charge of
the mill is also in the east at present
so that the rumor OF this sale could
not be verified Round Mountain
Nugget
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IEEEERsON ApEx GRour.

There is an uneonflermed rumor to
the effect that the property of the
Jefferson Apex Mining company.
which consists of a group of five
claims and two fractions, has been
bought by an eastern coterie of capt.
talists. VIM. II. McBeth, who was in
strumental In putting through the big
Kanrothat property deal is also said
TO have handled the present transac-
ton. Mr.. McBeth is at present in
New York but is expected TO return