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Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09

dark suit who was IN the alley
the body of Saiter. - AK
Mrs Margaret Emma Osgoou on ne re
EastIake avenue, former proprietor ~
a rooming house at 5151s SCUM Ma -
street where the assault is alleged 10
have occurred, testified that she was
sitting In her room shortly peIole
O'Clock in the morning when sne ., healu
a noise, as she expressed IT, hAe OH
earthquake" -. hoI, and
saw Earnsting and. the old man. Both
had fallen on the floor and EarhsllhS
was pulling him up. .,,o
She said .Earnsting was dragging lhe
old man to the rear stairs and whsn
she reached them the accused was tah-
ing him down stairs. The aged mar
was protesting and grabbed the stair
railing and held on, saying, Don !"
don'tv
Earnsting then carried the old man
down the stairs, supporting him by
holding him under the arms. When
thev reached the bottom of the stairs
hoth fell. The last she saw OF the olu
man was when they passed INTO the
alley. ,,.4;,C. 70
turned fifteen or twenty minutes laI bis
He came back alope and went TO ms
room, She said she questioned MN
about the matter and that he replled
that the old man was trying TO act
imnroper with him and he took him
away and left him on Sixth street.
No Dust on Breast of Body
Sergeant Willard Smith testified that
he reached the scene and examined
the body of Salter. Life was extinct
and when he searched the pockets ne
found a number of personal papers ana
$50 in silver.
the breast of the body. He remained
there until the body was removed by
the undertaker's assistants.
Louise Anna Mason, who occupied
room at 515h South Main street the
night Salter was killed, testified to see
ing Salter and Earnsting just as the
latter was carrying the old man at
the foot of the stairs, She also cor
roborated other portions of the tes-
timony of Mrs. Osgood.
Detective c. A. Jones testified con-
corning conversations had with Earn
sting in the office of Captain of De-
tectives Flammer. He stated that the
first interview did not bring out much
information from the accused.
Witness stated Earnsting denied hav-
ing been at the rooming house at 5l51s
South Main street Ine nlBhC VI tne
trouble and that he had never met the
old man.
on the second interview, Jones
stated, the accused admitted having
met the old man and that he put him
out of the room because of an. I'M
proper proposal and that he had left
him in the alley and later had seen
the driver of the swill wagon drag him
from beneath the horses.
Later. Jones said, the accused cor
rected this statement and declared he
had not seen him dragged from be-
meath the hoofs of the animals.
DIR. George w. Campbell autopsy
surgeon, testified as to the injuries sus-
tanned by Salter and stated that seven
ribs on each side of the breast bone
had been torn away and the jagged
ends had penetrated the vital organs,
causing internal hemorrhage which re-
suited in the death of the aged man.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09
STRANGE DEATH
, OF OLD SOLDIER
PARTLY SOLVED
EARNSTING HELD TO SUPERIOR
COURT WITHOUT BAIL
LandIady Testlfies to Seeing Aged
Man Struggling with Accused
Just Previous to Finding of
Body in Alley

Link by Ink a strong chain of cir
cumstantial evidence was woven by
witnesses in POLES Judge Williams
court yesterday tending to connect
Willis Earnsting, alias Einstein, with
the murder of William Salter, an aged
Civil War veteran, who was found
dying in Center place near Sixth street
early on the morning of August 10.
After hearing the testimony of the wit
nesses in the case Judge Williams
held Earnsting to answer to the SUI
perior court without bail on a charge
of murder.
Samuel White, a driver of a swill
wagon, who found the body lying in
the center of the alley, testified that
he was driving three animals-two
horses and a mule-to his wagon; that
he first saw the body when the rays
of the lantern attached to his wagon
fell or the body, and he knew there
was somathing wrong when the horses
moved back in the harness.
He declared he threw on the brakes,
Jumped out of the wagon and ran for
ward to see what was the matter with
the man. While he was bending over
the body a man, dressed in dark suit
of clothes, and another man, dressed
in light clothes, appeared.
one OF the men luEllSu anu W0ihON
away and the man with the dark suit
remained.
White asked the man to get an Of
ficer, as the person lying in, the alley
probably was drunk.
White stated the man replied rough
ly. What are you, anyway d
hobo? If it is drunk the last thing
to do is to call an officer"
White stated he then went in search
of an officer and passed around the
block without finding one. Returning,
he then dragged the body to the side
of the alley and drove north through
The other man, he declared, was at
tired in a dark suit. He had a dispute
with this man and after cursing each
other the man in dark suit Gained
himself and said; II beg your par
don, neighbor, we will leave him; II IS
for the best"
Comes was asked to look at Earn
sting and state whether he resembled
the man with whom he had the dis
pute. The witness gazed steadily into
the eyes OF Earnsting and then delib-
erately stated the defendant had the
same appearance as the man with the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09

Rogers and declared she has been in
constant fear of her life because OF
being followed by strange men Whom
she termed "cheap detectives"
In the handbag carried by the Wom-
an was found several articles, such as
keys and hair pins and box contain
ing a dozen or more smokeless pistol
cartridges, and a note which reads:
Don't try to come in, for all the
police in Los Angeles can't get in
in time to save the life of an in
nocent girl you are following. SO
IL YOU wish to save my life don't
try to do me so unjustly, to please
the one who seems to have some
spite at me.
God knows I am innocent; now
you are foiled for l won't be ar
rested to please anybody. About
five of you 25-cent detectives, VINO
are following me, and assaultlng
me, and regularly coming Tor rea-
sons 1 can't imagine, sure are mis-
Informed if you think have done
wrong. IT,,
For haven't ever harmed Nv
ing soul. -,
now shall give you thirty min 2
,tes to answer this note under my
door. - .,,o 70
ceiving hospital after her WOUNDS nau
been bal LACED she gazed ABOUT ne
end accused every person she saw WIN
being the ones who had been houiiu'
ing her. -, questioned
concerning his relative, stated sue Me--
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09
JAPANESE COMMISSION
HON0RS HEARN'S MEMORY

CINCINNATI, Nov S.-A pilgrimage
to the many haunts Of Lafcadio Hearn,
the American Japanese author, whose
early home was in this city, const1-
tuted a part of the second days enter
tainment for the Japanese commercial
commissioners of Japan.
One of the visitors Baron Kanda,
and Mr.. Hearn were close friends, and
in his address today the baron paid
eloquent tribute to the author.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09
DESPONDENT OVER BROKEN MARRIAGE, WOMAN
ATTEMPTS TO END Her Life WITH A REVOLVER
SENDS TWO BULLETS INTO
LEFT BREAST
COMMITS ACT IN CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE BUILDING
Emma Rogers, BroodIng Over Cnre-
Quilted Love for Former Husband,
Becomes Mentally Deranged
and Attempts Suicide

Driven to the verge of insanity by
her unrequited love for her divorced
husband, Emma Rogers. 81 years old,
daughter of A. II. Rogers, wealthy
merchant of Salt Lake, attempted sui
eide in the Chamber of Commerce
building by shooting herself late yes
terday afternoon. Although a note
found in the womans hand bag indi-
Gated that she was suffering from de-
mentia, her uncle, j. f. Rogers, a phy-
slcian, declared the bitterness resulting
from her broken marriage and her for
mer husbands refusal to effect rec
onciliation were the direct causes OF
her act.
She was the divorced wife of c. w.
Powers, an artist of this city. The
woman walked yesterday afternoon
into the lavatory in the rear of the
exhibit hall at the Chamber of Com
merce building and fired two shots
into her left breast
The reports startled the score or
more persons who were viewing the
exhibits in the hail. and after hearing
a womans scream several men made
a rush for the little room.
The first to reach the wounded Wom-
an was Special Officer Lee and Harry
Lane, an advertising man. They found
the woman lying on the floor in a small
pool of blood. There were two small
powder marked holes in the left side
of her shirt waist and the blood was
slowly ebbing out and staining the
garment red.
Letters Destroyed
On the floor nearby was a. small re-
volver of the 3S-caliber type. In it
were two empty shells and three load
ed cartridges. The woman had de-
stroyed several letters, the fragments
of which were found in the room.
The police ambulance was summoned
and the woman was taken to the re-
ceiving hospital. She never lost con-
geons to protect her from the "25-cent
detectives" who, she declared, had
been bounding her for several days.
Police Surgeon Il. II. Wiley made an
examination of the two wounds and
found the bullets had entered the left
breast, struck ribs and glanced around
the body under the skin, emerging
near the spinal column.
The wounded woman repulsed every
effort to learn her identity. She had
destroyed all letters which she had car
ried in her handbag, and it was not
until receipt issued by the Los An
geles Transfer company to c. e. Rob-
erts was found, was there any clew
to her identity.
When asked If her name was Roberts
she nodded, but later denied that was
her name and asked the hospital at
tendants to notify DIR. j. F. Rogers,
who she said is her uncle.
Writes Strange Note
Finally she admitted her name was
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09
LOS ANGELES W0ODMEN
WILL GO TO M0NR0VIA
Hundred Members of La Fiesta Camp
Plan Trip Tonight in
Special Car

A hundred or more members of La
Fiesta Camp w. o. w. will go to Mon
rovia tonight in special trolley car
to initiate a class of candidates for
the foothill camp. The quartet and
orchestra of the camp will accompany
the party, and the splendidly drilled
uniform degree team will exemplify
the Protection and Joseph degrees.
Special arrangements are being made
by the hosts to insure large attend
ance of their own members.
At the conclusion of the initiation
there will be a speaking. Walter =.
Dunn, prominent attorney. will de-
liver the address of welcome and Or.
]. Park Dougall, consul commander of
the visiting camp, will respond. Past
Consul Commanders f. e. Pierce and
7 p. Transue, Advance Lieut. George
bowling. Banker L. d. Swartwout and
Past Head Consul John II. Foley will
also speak.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09
DECIDE ONE NOT TWO MEN
ROBBED SCHOOL TEACHER
Detectives Make Further lnvestiga-
ton Into Assault on Miss Baldwin,
but Secure No Clew

After making further Investigations
of the case of Miss Jeanette Baldwin
of 1140 Eden avenue, who was as
saulted, robbed and left bound, and
gagged in vacant house at 1919 South
Hope street, next door to the home of
DR.. e. C. Manning, 1925 South Hope
street, where she was to take part in
an entertainment Saturday night, the
detectives have decided that the crime
was committed by one man, instead
of two as was at thought.
of two as was at first thought.
the identity of the assailant, but they
are working on the theory that the as
sailant was a person familiar with the
habits of Miss Baldwin and knew she
would pass the vacant house the night
of the attack.
Miss Baldwin still is at the home OF
DIR. Manning, and except for injured
eyes and general nervousness she
practically is recovered.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09

Vote for H. J. wooIacOtt. candidate for
councilman. 4o-Sv-Az
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09
NEW BRITISH DREADNAUGHT
TO HAVE RECORD TONNAGE

LONDON. Nov. S.-The newest Brit
ish Dreadnaught cruiser, Lion, and her
sister ship, for which contracts have
lust been let, WILL according to high
authority be remarkable for their
formidable tonnage Of 26,S50 and a
speed of 28 knots.
These vessels will be 700 feet long.
only GO feet shorter than the Cunard
line steamer Lusitanla, and will carry
eight 12-inch guns. The big warships
will cost more than $1O,0OO,OOO each.
The latest battleship, the Orion,
which is about to be laid down at
Portsmouth, will be of %. 500 tons.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09

Vote for only nine councilmen or
YOUR ballot will be lnVaIldated
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09
WANTED IN LOS ANGELES
AND UTAH FOR CRIMES

S. L. Browne. chief of detectives at
the district attorneys office, received
a letter yesterday from Salt Lake
City stating that H. H. Muggsley,
wanted in Los Angeles to answer to
a charge of passing fictitious check
for 500 on n. b. Taylor, an automo-
bile agent, is also wanted in that city
for a similar offense. Muggsley it is
said, passed a fictitious check on the
Knutsford hotel, Salt Lake City.
Sheriff Hammel. to whom the war
rant for Muggsley's arrest was turned
over, said the man was last heard from
In Chicago, where the officers had been
notified to arrest him. Up to last
night no word had been received OF
his arrest.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09

Lana "a the west coast OF Mexico. Sonora.
sinaloa-H. A. Smith. $40 Byrne bldg.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-09
GRANTS RETRlAL TO NEGRO
CONVICTED OF MURDER

STOCKTON. Nov. s.-Edward Pen
nington, negro convicted of murder
In the first degree for killing jacob
sleeper, an aged man who occupied the
cell with Kim. was today granted
new trial by Judge Nutter.
The Judge upheld the allegations
that in allowing the jury to visit the
scene of the crime without the ac-
cused a possible reversible error had
been committed. Il
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03

and shall report at next meeting.
The committee is as follows: B. R.
Splane, Z. j. Sullivan and A. H. Gar
land.
The following were elected as hon
orary members; Joseph Nickerson,
1. P. Roy, H. Flanders, J. ". Jordon,
D. Winder, Raymond Breaux.
Leonard Issacks, A. D. Steward, ]. r.
Dezauche and j. G. Lawler.
Mr.. Nickerson and Mr.. Roy are Of
Of Lafayette, and represent the far
mers Of that section. They we're at
tracted here by the desire to get r.
formation on the truck farming busi-
ness, and will start the same move
ment in their section at an early date
Prior to motion for adjournment
the National Produce Distributing
Company Of Cincinnati Ohio represen.
ted by MI. L. j. Winder were unani-
mously selected to handle the ASSOC
cations produce for one year begin.
ming from the movement Of the first
car load.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
''WHEN Mt SEE,
At ONCE INVEST
The LaconEe Answer 81 Nh. j. .. Herr. Of ihe
Pennsylvania Party 81 Investors.
IMPRESSED WITH COUNTRY
MIR. Herr Is Connected With Pennsylvania
state Agricultural Department, and Pre-.
diets 4 GfaFt Fature for ibis Section.

This is the second time I have
been in your charming country, and I
expect to come again when the OPP
p~ortunity Affords remarked Mr..
j. b. Herr, Of the Pennsylvania State
Agricultural DEPARTMENT, when in the
Clarion Office Monday evening of last
NE. Herr was one Of the Pennsyl-
yaniana's who were visiting the
Union Irrigation plant, and the parish
in general here last week. He was
accompanied to the Clarion Office By
Major Anderson, Of Washington.
Mr.. Herr is favorablY impressed
with this entire section, and p%articu-
larlY with the possibilities Of the
Union Irrigation canal. Myself and
associates are highly gratifed with
the progress of the canal, and expect
great results from it" said Mr.. Herr.
Those Of our party who have not
invested. promptly invested when they
personally investigated the scheme
to see it is to prompt one TO invest
With such q country as you have
continued the Pennsylvania, / see
little reason for worrying over the
boil weeyil, panic, or anything else.
Your fertile lands are amply able to
countervail anything like chat. Why,
you can grow anything here. From
the car window ! saw 8 patch with
tobacco, rice, sugar cane, cotton and
corn-all in one small field and thriv-
ing
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART.
MS. Ben !. splane 4 Maslar Hand Ii China.
WaFe-A CaIlsclina Worth Sealing.

AsH@#M ILfHeN8M @@MN &A#zE& T4#a%4F .#
The Clarion representative while
attending the farmers meeting at At
wood plantation, had the pleasure Of
being shown some Of the most beau
full hand painted china that has ever
been his pleasure to look upon, and
every piece Of it is the work of the
lady Of Che house, Mrs. Ben Splane.
Some Of The most delicate designs
and beautiful patterns are among the
collection, and every piece q work of
art. She also showed several pieces
of the lustre finish which viii es-
pecially attract se eye Of any one
that loves the beautiful creations Of
art.
In the collection are several pieces
that are known as the iniistinct de-
signs, all Che figures perfect in OUT
lines, but seem to be cast from a
shadow. This is one of the most diff
fcult arts to master ii china paint
ing, but Mrs. Splane's work Is per-
feet in that respect. 4 very large
bowl was shown the Clarion man and
Mrs. SpIane said that this piece was
worth not less than $50. It is an im-
mensely large piece Of crockerY and
d beautiful creation in china painting.
Mrs. Splane sells q great amount
Of her work and informs us that she
had orders on hand now that would
keep her busy for several months to
come.
The Clarion man certainly consid,
ers it a treat to have had the pleas
ure of looking at this beautiful work
and the community is to be eongrat-
ulated upon the good luck of having
an artist Of Mrs. Splane's ability
among its people, and Mrs. Splane il
To be congratulated for her accom-
pIishment ii this line.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
THE OLD RELIABLE HOUSE.
ESTABLISHED In 1870.
GUS GEE1R
WHOLESALE AND retail.
Cigars AND T0RAcca
CORNER FRoNr ANp pEsoro o
ALENAND
LOUISIANA

Small Grain the Celebrated Small Graf, pn.,
which | sell for $500 per gallon, other houses il. sa5sq
SS4.00 and their liquor is not as good. $ aSang
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
ST. AARTINVILE VOTES
Down. WEIGH R. R. TAX.
and new II is Proposed to HaVs Head Pass u
L~ofeaurlIIe, Leaving out 81. HartlnEllis.

The WEIGH road, which is destined
to start az New Iberia, go to Port
Barre, and later on 70 Washington.
vile Platte and on to oakdale, re-
eeiYed q black eye last week, when
St. Martinville voted down . tax IA
its favor.
The vote stood:
For the tax, At votes.
Against the tax, 81 votes.
Majority against the tax. 4 votes.
For the tax, ss49, 722s9.
Against the tax $68. 10000.
Majority against the tax, $18.-
738.01.
IN retaliation it is announced that
the road viii try and get : tax from
Loreauyille, in which case the road
win leave st. Martinville several
miles and traverse It's rival town.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
WOMEN RETURNING
TO CUSTOM OF WEAR
ING FIG LEAF?

AINU LII LkHl
The costume which made the Gar
den of Eden famous is coming into
its own again, says the Toledo Blade.
Yes, that's the sign Of the times,
all right.
Every woman, from the devotee
Of fashion. who travels to accumulate
a startling wardrobe, TO Honest
Gawd Maggie" who halls from the
pickle factory, is talking about il.
The "pantaloon gown" had barely
made its debut when the horror
creation Of the French modiste APP
peared on the horizon, the supreme
sensation Of the hour.
OF course, more than likely the
women whom you know viii not
appear just yet in anything 50 ex-
IRENE as either costume. but you
can never tell. There was a woman
in Chicago who sailed forth in a
sheath gown without any padlocks on
it, and lived to tell Of It.
But, getting serious, what is the
trend Of the times?
Are all the little feminine touches
Of dress, just like the feminine
graces of manner, going to be rele-
gated clear back to the days ante
dating the equal right Of suffrage?
And won't there be any fluffy ruff
fes girls after a time?
And will our grandchildren riffs
the cedar chests only to find awk.
ward lengths Of stiff, trouser-like raj
ment, as relics Of the early part o.
the twentieth century, instead Of tn
dainty fchus and laces that repose
there today, a mute reminder o.
grandmothers who have passed init
the beyond?
The wise people are saying that
woman is slowly but surely returning
to the primitive in dress. The peek.
aboo shirt waist, the popularity Q.
which has not yet waned, was . milk
step toward the ultimate accomplish
ment.
The 't~rouserloono and the horror
creation go a little farther down thl
scale o. retrogression. The pric,
Of fig leaves will surely advance. i
fact, it is said that the inhabitants
Of the semi-tropical chimes are fgur
ing on a corner in fig leaves, eyel
at this date.
The advocates Of the new mascu
line toggery, which is intended tt
make the lovely women less lovely
insist it is the effort to get int,
comfortable paths that IS leading
designers to the Objectionable ex
tremes. But what woman wants t
be comfortable at the expense Q
looking well? And what womal
could look we'll IN any Of the crea
tons that the last word from Pari
says are the thing~
OF course comfort has had a littl
to do with latter-day costuming 0
woman. There was a time when th
big, loose shirt waist would hav
evoked as great q storm Of disappro
baton as the tr~ouserloon OF today
That was in the days Of the jersey
but what woman would go back t
the Jersey, even if it were makete
in open-work designs and put on th
bargain counter?
Fashion has this summer dictate
that every gown shall have a WraI
to match. Some of the coats ar
entirely sleeveless, but they are coat
|. just che same, and on a war;
day the wearer is conscious Of thei
presence.
This. however, is not an indicatio
that the trend is toward more elothe;
1t is a passing fancy.
Wait and see what the neyt Dc
cade or two brings forth.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-20
THOMAS HEARING WILL
CONSUME MUCH TINE
Not Likely That the Matter Will
Be Concluded Before Next
Week.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 Tho Tribune.
OGDEN, June 19.-Thc investigating
committee appointed by Governor Spry
to hear the charges Of mismanagcmen
against Superintendent Heber H.
Thomas Of the State Industrial school,
will, In all probability, be another
week taking the testimony of the large
number Of witnesses called on both
sides
Mrs. !. n. Bishop, a member OF the
citizens committee which is pushing
the charges against Mr.. Thomas, said
this afternoon that her committee had
about eight or nine witnesses yet TO
be examined. The record so far made
for one days work by the committee
10 the examination of four witnesses.
Now that attorneys have been engaged
by both sides, the hearing has become
more technical.
When the witnesses, making charges
against the superintendent have all
been introduced, the attorneys for Mr.
Thomas will begin the introduction of
evidence in his behalf and contradic-
tory to the other witnesses examined.
This promises TO carry the hearing
over into the next week at least.
The next session Of the committee
has been called for Monday morning
at 9 o'clGck.