davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
GIRL TRIES TO
KILL HERSELF
BY PUSHING PINS INTO BREAST
NOW COMPLETELY PARA
LYzEc-PREFERRE DEATH
TO LOSS OF HER HONOR.

Chicago, AIN S.-IWith eleven self,
inflicted wounds in her body Miss
Mary Baligardizki. is years Old is
dying at her home, 749 Holt avenue,
today, while the police are searching
for department store manager,
who II Is charged threatened the girl
with the loss of her position If she
refused to accept his attentions. The
young woman drove eleven pins into
her body and blood poisoning re-
suited.
The police are investigating the
stateme she made. which is as fol.
lows:
For ten months have fought for
the right" said she The thoughts
OF my mother and father helped me.
Like many another poor girl, am
compelled to work for a living. / was
invited cut to dinner and offered
diamond earrings and fine clothes.
These inducements | spurned Then
I was given to understand that unless
! yielded I would lose my position.
"Wednesday evening was again
forced to submit to these insults. u
determined ! would die rather than
DO wrong.
I sought a secluded place and
thrust the pins into my chest. hoping
in this manner 10 die a painless
death Then ] started home. At Nil
waukee and West Chicago avenue II
slipped and fell and 7 don't remem-
her any more until woke up iuI
bed
Now complete paralysis Of many
Of the nerve centers has taken place
and attending physicians say her case
is cne Of the strangest' in medical his
for~
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
ACQUITTED OF
ERB'S MURDER
JURY CECIDES SENSATIONAL
CASE AFTER BEING OUT
10 HOURS.
TWO SISTERS co FREE
Fall Historically Into Each Others
Arms and Are Overwhelmed by
Congratulations of Their
Friends.

Media Pa, Jan. 8-Mrs. NJ Flor
encc Erb, wife Cf j. Clayton Erb,
who was wei known in political cir.
clea all over Pennsylvania, and her
sister, Mrs. Catherine Reisel, who
We're charged with the sensational
murder Cf Capt, Erb on the night of
Get &, 1908, today walked from the
Delaware county court house free
women. After the jury had en- out
nearly eighteen hours it brought In
a verdict of not gritty in the case :
both women, beth CT whom had teen
charged separately and jointly with
shoe ting the captain.
Almost up to the moment whel
the jury announced that it had agreed
the prospects fer a unanimous de
cision Of the twelve men was net
bright During the morning the jury
fled into court and asked for further
instructions on the question Ct self
defonse !, and while the spectators
were standing in the court room dis
cussing the Instructions given the
jury word came from the jury room
that the men had agreed.
The defendants were sent for at
once but there was a minutes delay
before they arrived
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09

.mDed.atcly offered the reward foI
carmichacrs arrest
Strenuous efforts to discover some
motive for the destruction of the car
penter by the minister were frultless
Rumors that Carmichael had been
seen crossing the St. Clair river into
Canada could mt be corroborated. An
officer sent to St Thomas Ontario
reported no trace of him there.
Minister'S Wife Talks.
Mrs. Carmichael and Miss Carmich.
ael wife and daughter OF the minis
ter. were examined today by the pros.
ecuting attorney here and he stated
afterward that he was convinced they
knew nothing of the murder nor the
mans disappearance. The statement
today by Mrs. Carmichael that her
husbands sister is an inmate Of an
insane asylum in West Virginia may
explain. some OF the horrible features
Of the crime, If the authorities sus
picions about Carmichael are born
out Mrs. Carmichael also said her
husband was moody and restless the
night before he disappeared and ap.
parently brooding over something.
Was Nervous Day Before.
II was also learned today that Oh
Monday. the day before the murder
Carmichael came 90 the postohice in
Adair. apparently much agitated AMI
peTturbed and received a letter which
be took away without opening II is
thought this letter may have hal
some connection With the strange in
timacy between the misister and th-
carpenter which had been noticed for
D number e weeks before their joint
disappearance and crime in the
hurch.
But the motive and CarmlchaeIs
shereabcuis are stIH a complete mys
tcry tonight
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
Fall in Each Others Arms.

During this heart tbreaking interval
Tho defendants attorneys were so
nervous they could not remain still
] Rohrman Roberts. the assistant
district attorney. who was represent
ing the commonwealth. was also in
at ease
Judge Johnson took his seat as the
iury was escorted into the room.
There was absolute silence. Then
the court clerk went through the
usual proceedings Of asking whether
the jury had agreed and the foreman
announced the verdict of not guilty
in each case
There was a seconds pause. a dead
silence. then with a half scream the
sisters fell in each others arms.
Everybody in the court room was On
his or her feet and women wept as
they looked at the pathetic scene.
Overwhelmed BY Friends.
In an instant the women were sur.
rounded by friends and their attor-
aeys and overwhelmed with con-
gratulatiOns. Harry Beisel threw his
arms arornd his wife and his sister
in-law. Mrs. Erb. and tears came
from their eyes. The jury was pole
and after Judge johnson had thanked
them. Mrs. Erb hurried from her seat
to Dickinson. the foreman. and
v-Tung bis hand. Mrs. Belsel lid like
wise and they went down the line Of
the twelve m in
Tears stood iH the eyes Of most of
them AMI the thanks q the women
wero sobbed cut IN broken syIlabies.
= was innocent and knew I would
be acquitted said Mrs. Erb at r
the iary had gone. ! was only fear
full for my sister. did not know
what they would DO for her for doing
shat sbe did 10 save ny life
fCoueIn1ed On caeona pa0aa
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
Victim Was Thos. BIay of Mound
City--Coroner's Jury Says
Self f-Defense
McIntulH Claims BIay Threatened Him With Knife
Five Bullets in Victims Body--BIay
Had Testified Against McIntuH

John McInturff, of villa Ridge, a
former Cairoite, shot and killed his
brother-in-law. Thomas Blay, Of
Mound City, yesterday afternoon
about / o'clock in the railroad station
at limo. Mo.
The two men were about TO take A
train for their homes when a dispute
arose between them and Blay, accor l.
ing to Mclnturff's statement. advanced
with knife in his hand threatening
him. McInturif pulled his revolver
out Of his pocket and shot five times,
three bullets taking effect in the head
and the other two in the body of Blay
who fell over dead.
The tragedy caused great excite
ment in the town. The coroner i'm.
panneiled a jury and an inquest was
held at o'clock, resulting in the ac,
quittal of McInturff on the grounds OF
self-defense
McInturffs wife and his daughter
who reside in Cairo, were in limo at
the time of the tragedy, also Judge
Lyman G. Caster and States Attorney
George Martin, both of Mound City,
the two attorneys having gone there
to take depositions in the case of Nc
lnturff VS.. the Insurance Company of
North America, which is to be tried
IN the circuit court at Mound City.
McInturff and his brother.in-law
had been on bad terms with each 9th.
er for the past eight months, when
the former replevined the latter's
stock. Later McInturff's residence at
Villa Ridge burned and McInturff was
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09

accused of having set fire to the
house, His case was tried in the
court at Mound City and he was found
not guilty. McInturff then tToght
suit against the insurance company
which resisted payment of the policy
he held on the property and the attor-
neys for both plaintiff and defendant
had been in limo several days this
week for the purpose of taking depcsi-
tions in the case. Blay, the dead man,
was the chief witness against McIH.
turf and affairs between them We're at
heat Of hatred when the tragedy oc,
cured
McInturff and his family will return
to Villa Ridge today The dead man
leaves a wife, four sons and a daugh-
ter who live in Mound City. The de-
cedent was brother of McInturffs
wife, but the latter took the side of
her husband in his difficulties with
Blay. The families had not been on
speaking terms for the past eight
Whether the authorities will con
clude that McInturff's case justifies
further investigation and will hold
him to the grand jury is not known
at this time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
ANDERSON WILL
TRY STANDARD
WILL USE IRON HAND AS IN
WALSH CASE - TAKES UP
WORK OF LANDS.
THE "HOOSIER TERROR
Will Show Oil Octopus No Mercy
Lands Wrote Formal Request
and Trial Will Start Next
Week.

Chicago, Jan. S-Judge Albert b.
Anderson of the federal bench will
preside at the trial Of the STANDARD
Oil Company in the Alton rebating
case which was remanded to district
court jurisdiction by the reversal OF
the s29.2iO.0OO fine.
Definite assurances were received
in the federal building today. after
two long distance telephone conyersa-
tions with the jurist in his home at
Zionville, Boone county. Ind. that he
would hear the case as soon as he
has finished a civil matter for which
he is coming here next Monday or
Tuesday.
An iron hand will rule the progress
of the case. and malefactors will get
no mercy If Judge Anderson pursues
the same policy in the oil hearing
that has marked him in former cases
Of importance
His favorite tactics were illustrated
In the recent trial Of John X. Walsh.
Judge Anderson from the first evineed
every desire to give Walsh Justice. bat
he several times. with no gentle words
interposed between him and some
technical defenses which had no bear
ing on the direct issue and indicated
throughout that his court was a place
where men were tried on the issue Of
guilt or innocence. not on relative
briliiancy Of counsel. He refused t.
quash Walsh's Indictments on techni-
cal pleas. and showed his impatience
clearly az such attempts
Judge Anderson has been a Judge
since 1902. succeeding Judge John II
Baker. He has tried the principal dis
tTiet court cases in the Indianapolis
district since his appointment. and h,s
unbending attitude against guilty de-
PENDANTS won for him the sppellafion
Of "fhe Hoosier terror
Judge lands. who with Judge Be
thea. refused 70 sit At The rehearing.
today wrote q formal request 70 Jufge
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
T|LLMAN MIXED
IN A LAND GRAB
ROOSEVELT MAKES PUBLIC RE-
SUIT OF SECRET SERVICE IN
VESTlGATlON.
MANY SEVERE CHARGES
In Communication on Subject From
President to Haie--Who Request.
ed same-TiIiman Will Reply
Monday.

! Washington, Jan. S.-President
/ Roosevelt tonight made public the de
tails of the investigation by postoffice
! inspectors and secret service agents
of Senator Tillman's connection with
an alleged "land grab in Oregon As
Hale, in response to the latters re-
quest to the heads Of the various exc
cutive departments for statement Of
the operations of the secret service
;he prraGent tnic' takes to show:
That Tillman used his influence as
a senator In m effort to force the gov.
cHnment 10 compel a railroad corpora,
ton to reltnl ISL its control of land
grants fr Cmtne Unitcf States In or,
der that he and his family and his
secretary. j. H. Knight. might profit
through the purchase Of some Of tie
land. That the senator used his gov.
ernment frankng privilege in numer-
Gus instances for the conduct of pri.
vate business.
Comparatively few senators were
favored with an opportunity of read
ing the presidents report to Hale, but
those who did real the report took 4
serious view of 1t although most OF
Tillman had ever done anything in
violation Of his oath as senator
Wouldn't Make Statement.
Senator Tillman did not permit the
fact that the president was giving out
charges against him to alter his de.
termination to make no statement un.
It'll Monday. No effort was made by
him to conceal the fact that when
he had learned the facts concerning
the railroad grant he had made an
effort to obtain portions of the land
In the name of himself and the mem
bers of his family. but declared tha.,
as the most he could have gotten pcs.
session Of was only a few hundred
acres, his efforts were, after all, in be-
half of the public, and not especially
in his own interest.
Ihe communication TO Hale is neaT-
ly 5000 words long. and in addition
there Is appended numerous exhibits
including copies of letters written by
Tillman and his agent, William Il. Lee
showing that they did make an ef-
fort to secure several quarter sections
of Oregon land, and reports OF the
postoffce inspector who investigated
the transactions of the land agents
It was through this investigation that
The alleged interest Of Tillman was
brought to light. and. fatefully, It ap
pears, it was at his instigation that
he inquiry was begun.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
IHE WOMAN DID It
NEGRO WHO TRIED TO KILL
MOTHER SAYS VICE pRiN-
CESS" URGED t,IIkt.
Gave Him Gin With Brown Powder
Like Snuff and tie Did
What She Told
Him.

The half witted negro named Mel
son who is in jail charged with an
attempt to kill his aged mother on
Twenty eighth street. made a state.
ment to Chief Egan substantially as
reI crted in The Bulletin the other
day, claiming that he was told to do
1t by Eliza Shannon, a Iegress Of his
acquaintance He declares that he
attended a meeting Of the Daughters
CT the Golden Circle Cf which Eliza
it Vice Princess who sat near the
door and he was door keeper He
says she had bottle CT gin into
which she put sc.le brown powder
which looked like snuff and gave ii
to him to drink He went out Of the
ledge room and took a drink and thea
took the bottle Lack to her; ami she
told him to kill his mother and come
and live with her and daughters and
ii would be all right. He would get
the old woman's property and insur.
ance, and could live easily on that.
Chief Egan warned the negro that
1t would do him no good to lie about
the matter by putting the blame ON
the woman when she really hal moth
Ing to do with it. Even If his story
was true, it would not relieve him,
because he had no right to commit a
crime Just because some cne told him
to dc SO. Brt the fellow insisted that
ne told the truth. The woman lie.
MED the story in every particular.
but she is being held for further in.
yestigation.
The negro claimed he struck his
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
MAKING PROGRESS
NEW BENCH" AT GAS HOUSE
COMPLETED WORK BEGUN
ON POWER HOUSE.
Ground Will BE Broken Monday For
Foundation Of Smoke Stack
Maps Of Three
Cities.

No time IS being lost by the Cairo
Electric d Traction Company Ia the
reconstruction work Of its properties
here. The first Of the new benches
put in at the gas hfJse was completed
Thursday a. wds fired az" yeste--
day. d will Dec aborl two weeks be.
fore it can be- put into use. az q will
take that long a period Of continuous
firing to Try g. out thoroughly. when
IL is put in:o service. the work OF re-.
huIidirg the frm ola benches" viii
be taken up. each new one 20 De put
in Us, before rho next one Is taken
down. InIproyeEsat in the service
will De- noticeable sery soon.
New Power House.
Work has begun also on the new
power house on Thirty eighth stree
This also viii b. a massive structure
and q very costly one with its heavf
C.ol1d Wiu b. brUken
Monday for tla foundation for ths
huge smoke stack and FIVE car loads
of stone for the foundation have
arrived. Other material vii roll ia
az a lively rate the coming week
TIE tnterurbsn.
Representative Of fhe company havs
Les1 tusy ma.-le ulps of the cities
4 Cairo. Mor.ds and Mound Ciiy
showing their 4-atiol and general
outlines 20 guide them in the build.
ing 81 the infa-urfsu ralway The
surveys fer rieh--ofray 20 the Pulas
ii -oIu1v nsiel t'crs frfr been mad
h-f ID hss not Dssa alaIig decilei
ah.-h rsute isn b. tlkea-
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09

The foregoing statement OF the ca9e
was obtained by The Bulletin last
night from MrInturff himself, who
was still at limo, the long-distance
telephone being used. He told his
story freely in firm, steady voice,
seeming to have nothing to conceal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09

mother with a stick of wood, {
this is disproyen by the nature Of
thu wounds and by the finding of Z G
bloody case knife near the woman,
with which the cuts had evidently
been made
The old woman was still alive at
last account, but in a critical eondi.
ton.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
PosToFFIcE THIEF ARRESTED.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich. Jan. S.-De-
putty Postmaster Frank l.. Higgins
was arrested today on a charge Of EN-.
bezzlement On December Il. Hig
gins claimed. robbers held him up In
the postoffice and escaped with g..
500 Of the office funds
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
EPISCOPAL NUN DIES.

Montreal Jan s.-Sister Louisa
Mary, Of Boston. thirty years Mother
Superior Of the Episcopal Order Of ST
Margaret's Sisters in the United
States and Canada is dead. aged s..
The order was established in Amer
lea by Bishop Grafton. Of Fond dH
Lac.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
csors FAIL-PEoPLe STARVING

CCnstantinople. Jan. S-Ths ~
tress in Anatoiia because Of the fail
ure of crops has reached an acute
phase in the districts Of Erzeroum
Yozgad. Ksisarieh. Marlin. Hun
dreds OF persons are actually start-
mE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09

Anderson that he sit in the case. Such
request, by etiquette of the bench,
is almost peremptory
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
CRUISING cALAsRiAN COAST.

Washington. Jan. S-COmmander
Lean of the gun5oat Scorpion is
making cruise with the vessel alCug
The Caiabrian coast distributing
stores.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
AL BUT TWO WITHDRAW.

Des MOines. Jan. s-AH bit two
car iidates for the speakership a. the
house have Withdrawn and tonight
Guy Feeig. of Black Hawk. opposes
~. L Harding. Of W0odbury.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09
NEW YORK FUND s475.ooo.

New AOrF, Jan. She Local relief
frnA fer the earthquake sufferers 10
O.. git toiais s47s.0g5.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09

sconeissed "a sssuAa P.s=9
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-09

Ridge accused of
hrnther he nnnI
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04

Z 44|General Bills
II "a Special Z"
9 COL General 6
8 90 Tramps aud Poor
3 90 {" +" "
o. 20 =" /" +"
Is 42|Specia1 Bills
10 35IGenera1 "
215 16 Justice Accounts
IL 90 General Bills
IS 20ITramps and Poor
78o 90 Justice Accounts
153 81 I" f"
Il 00lCo. C1ks Accounts
9 00 General Bills
996 10 Justice Accounts
q 08 General Bills
q 90 Co. B1dgs. & Print'g
Is 90 /" :" "
u 90 i" I" T"
Is 90 +" C1ks. Accounts
3 o6IGeneral Bills
3 I'll /" /"
Il 90 Judiciary
40 a. +"
o. IS General Bills
II DOL Co. C1ks. Accounts
+ "a IS Inquest Cases
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
Afternoon Session.

November IL, 1908.
Board called to order by Chairman
Schwan.
Roll called and all members present
Mr. Miner appeared before the
Board in regard to State Highway
Commission and extended an invitation
to the Board to visit the piece of new
road in Pleasant Prairie being built
under the supervision of the State
Highway Commission.
Report of County Agent.
To the Honorable Board Of Superb
sors of Kenosha County, Wis.
Gentlemen
I herewith present you my account
as County Agent Of Kenosha County
from January 1st, 1908 to November
3rd, 1908.
Michael Hensgen, County Agent
To Kenosha County, DR..
1908
Jan. /, to balance cash on
hand Us. ..s...s..........$ 7.09
Jan. 4, to county order. ...... 10000
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
County Board of Supervisors
oF
kenosha County, Wisconsin,
annual Session held NoUember, 1908
and January, 1909
NOVEMBER SESSION

Supervisor Burg moved the Chair ap-
point committee of five to recon-
mend the standing committees for the
ensuing year.
Motion carried.
Chairman Schwan appointed Super
visors Jordan, Burg, Dietrich, Kline
and Moran.
Supervisor Gull moved the commit
tee on standing committees be instruct
ed to recommend a separate committee
on Coroner's bills.
Motion carried.
Supervisor Burg moved to adjourn
until two clock to give the com
mittee on standing committees time
to report.
The motion was carried and the
Board adjourned until 2 o'clock p. M
Russell H. Jones,
County Clerk
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
Morning Session.

INUN0uIU0I 1OGH, ISUO
Board called to order by Chairman
Schwan.
The roll was called and all members
responded to call.
Supervisor Burg moved to dispense
with the reading of the minutes of yes.
terday's proceedings until tomorrow.
Motion carried.
Supervisor Burg moved to go into
a committee of the whole to visit Ra.
cine County Insane Asylum.
Motion carried.
Supervisor Dietrich moved the Chair
appoint a chairman of the committee
Of the whole.
Motion carried.
Chairman Schwan appoints Henry F.
Jordan as chairman of committee Of
the whole.
Supervisor Burg moved to adjourn
until tomorrow morning at 9 'clock in
order that the Board might visit the
Racine County Asylum.
Motion carried and the Board adj
iourned until Saturday morning at 9
o clock.
Russell FL. Jones,
County Clerk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04

Of 1904 and No. and Is Of 1905, re-
ceived and read.
Supervisor Burg moved to refer same
to judiciary committee.
Motion carried and so referred.
Mr.. G. E. Soil appeared before the
Board and asked that time be set
when he might appear before the
Board anu explain the Burroughs Add
ing Machine.
Supervisor Kline moved to defer ac-
ton upon the Adding Machine until
Thursday, at 2 O'Clock P. M.
Motion carried.
Supervisor Gull moved to adjourn un-
til O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Motion carried and the Board ad-
journed until 9 O'Clock Wednesday
morning.
Russell III. Jones,
County Clerk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04

peared before the Board and read his
annual report from January 3rd to
November 8th, 1908, which was re-
ferred to the committee on County
Clerks accounts.
Report.
To the Honorable Board of Supervi-
sors of Kenosha County, Wis.
Gentlemen
Your committee on County Buildings
and Printing respectfully report that
the contract for painting and decorat-
ing the Court House was let to John
Pinzger for the sum of $625.OO and
that the contract for electric lights
and fixtures for upper floor of Court
House was let to the Kenosha Gas &
Electric Co. for $4,000 and we also
asked for bids for a toilet room and
fixtures on the upper floor of Court
House and the same was let to Kaelber
& Kraft for the sum of $4,000. The
work was all done according to plans
and specifications and the material
used was of the best. After inspection
of the work when completed, by your
committee, we directed the County
Clerk to issue an order for the several
amounts to the contractors in full for
the payment of the same.
Michael Hensgen,
J. FL. Charles,
George Kreuscher,
Committee on County Buildings
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
Morning Session.

November 18th, 1908.
The committee of the whole was
called to order by Chairman Jordan
and all present, and the committee Of
the whole was discharged.
The Board was called to order by
Chairman Schwan
Roll called and all members present
except Supervisor Dietrich who appears
ed later.