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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-01-15
New York. N. Y.

New 1OrK, n. Y.
Query-Please inform me through
your pension column if the last con-
gress enacted any legislation Affecting
the status of the members of the Fifth
regiment of Mechanic Fusileers. What
is the present holding of the pension
bureau as to said organization and as
to title to pension of members of the
same under the act of June 81 1890?
George T. F.
Answer-The status of the Mechanic
Fusileers was not changed by any leg
islation enacted during the last con-
gress. and under a decision of the
secretary of the interior the members
of said organization are not pension
able under the act of June 81, 1890.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-01-15

- zap. 81. Cllg.
ouery-I married soldier of the
civil war in 1878. He died a few
years thereafter. applied for widows
pension in 1902, which was allowed
at the rate of eight dollars per month
Am l entitled to back pension or
should | have pension from the date
Of the death of my husband?-M
e. c. H.
Answer-You would only be entitled
to widows pension from the date Of
your husbands death in case you could
show that his death was due to service
and line of duty. Your pension will
be increased under the act of April 10,
1908, from $S to $12 per month by the
pension agent through whom you re
ceive your pension, without further
action on your part
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body dropped, and, half-crazed with
terror and shock, L ran through the
drawing room and got upstairs-I
scarcely remember how
She dropped into a chair, and ]
thought Mr.. Jameson must nave fin
ished. But he was not through.
You certainly clear YOU brother and
Mr.. Bailey admirably" he said. THE
testimony is invaluable, especially in
view of the fact that your brother and
Mr.. Armstrong had, l believe, quarreled
rather seriously some time ago
Nonsense, - broke in. Things are
bad enough, Mr.. Jameson. without in
venting bad feeling where it doesn't
exist. Gertrude, | don't think Halsey
knew the-the murdered man, did he %
But Mr., Jameson was sure of his
ground.
THE quarrel, l. believe he per.
sisted. was about Mr.. Armstrong;
conduct to you, Miss Gertrude. II
had been paying you unwelcome at
tentions.'
And | had never seen the mani
When she nodded a yes [ saw the
tremendous possibilities involved. II
this detective could prove that Ger
trude feared and disliked the murdered
man., n that Mr.. Armstrong had been
annoying and possibly pursuing her
with hateful attentions, all that, added
to Gertrude's confession of her pres
ence in the billiard room at the time
of the crime, looked strange, to say
the least. The prominence of the fam
lily assured a strenuous effort to find
the murderer, and if we had nothing
worse to look forward to, we were
sure of a distasteful publicity.
Mr.. Jameson shut his notebook with
a snap, and thanked us.
u have an idea" he said, apropos of
nothing al all, that at any rate the
ghost is laid here. Whatever the rap
pings have been-and tho colored man
says they began when the family went
West three months ago-they are like
ny TO stop now
Which shows how much he knew
about it. The ghost was not laid: with
The murder of Arnold Armstrong he, or
it. only seemed to take on fresh vlgor.
Mr.. Jameson left then, and When
Gertrude had gone upstairs, as she did
at once, ! sat and thought over what l
had just heard. Her engagement, once
so cllgrossing a matter, paled now be-
side the significance of her story. If
Halsey and Jack Bailey had left be-
fore the crime, how came Halsey's re-
volver in the tulip bed? What was
the mysterious cause of their sudden
flight? What had Gertrude left in the
billiard room? What was the sig
niGcance of the cuf-link and where
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thin man. n he looked as if he did
not relish his business that day.
This is very unfortunate, Mis-
lines" he said, after we had shaken
hands. Most northumberland mys-
FERROUS. With the father and mother
In the West, l find everything devolve.
on me; and, as you can understand. il
Is an unpleasant duty
NO doubt" I said, absentlg. Mr.
Harton, | am going to ask you some
questions, n l hope you will answer
them. | feel that / am entitled to some
knowledge, because J and my family
are just now in a most ambiguous po-
sition."
l don't know whether he understood
me or not; he took off his glasses and
wiped them.
Il shall be very happy" he said, Will,
o~ld-fashioned courtesy.
Thank you. Mr.. Harton, did Mr.. Ar
mold Armstrong know that Sunnyside
a been rented?"
II think-yes, he did. In fact, l my
self old him about it."
And he knew who the tenants
were?"
Yes"
HE had not been living with the
family for some years, l believer"
mo. Unfortunately, there had been
trouble between Arnold and his father.
For two years he had lived in town.
"Then it would be unlikely tina he
came here last night to get possession
of anything belonging to him?"
II should think it hardly possible" he
admitted. ITO be perfectly frank, Miss
Innes, l cannot think of any reason
whatever for his coming here, as he
did. He had been staying at the club
house across the valley for the last
week, Jarvis tells me, but hat only ex-
plains how he came here, not why. It
Is a most unfortunate family"
He shook his head despondently, and
| felt that this dried-up little ma was
the repository of much that he had not
bold me. ] gave up trying to elicit any
Information from him, and we went to-
gether to view the body before it was
taken to the city. 1t had been lifted
on TO the billiard table and a sheet
thrown over it; otherwise nothing had
been touched. A soft hat lay beside il.
and h collar of the dinner-coat was
still turned up. The handsome, dissi-
pated face of Arnold Armstrong,
purged of rs ugly lines, was now only
pathetic. AS We went in Mrs. Watson
appeared at the card-room door.
Come in, Mrs. Watson the lawyer
said. But she shook her head and
withdrew; she was the only one in the
house who seemed TO regret the dead
man. n eve she seemed rather
shocked than sorry.
1 went to the door at the foot of the
circular staircase and opened it. If |
could only have seen Halsey coming at
his usual hare-brained clip up the drive.
If / could have heard the throb of the
motor, I would have felt that my
troubles We're over. But there was
nothing to be seen. The countryside
lay sunny and quiet in it's peaceful Sun
day afternoon calm, and far down the
drive Mr.. Jameson was walking slowly.
STOPPING now and then, as IL to exam
inc the road. When / went back, Mr..
Harton was furtively wiping his eyes.
The prodigal has come home, Miss
Innes," he said, How often the sins
of the fathers are visited on the chill
dren." Which left me pondering.
Before Mr.. Harton left, he told me
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He was here yesterday evening,
b~elieye?"
Moves
Didn't he have a guest with him
Another man."
He brought a friend with him t.
stay over Sunday. a Mr.. Bailey"
Mr.. John Bailey, the cashier of the
Traders Bank, I believe" And | knew
that some n at the Greenwood Club
had told. when did they leave?"
Very early-I don't know at Just
what time"
Mr.. Jameson turned suddenly and
looked at me.
Please try to he more explicit he
said You say your nephew and Mr..
Bailey were in the house last night
and yet you and you niece, with some
women-servants, found the body.
Where was your nephew"
| was entirely desperate by that time.
Il do not know" | cried, but be
sure Of this: Halsey knows nothing of
this thing, and no amount of clrcum-
s%tantial evidence can make an innocent
man guilty"
sit down." hessaid. pushing forward
a chair. There are some things 7 have
to tell you, and, In return. please tell
me all you know. Believe me. things
always come out. In the first place.
Mr.. Armstrong was shot from above.
The bullet was fired at close range,
entered below the shoulder and came
out, after passing through the heart.
We'll down the back. In other words,
i believe the murderer stood on the
stairs and fired down. In the second
place, found on the edge of the bill
tard-table a charred cigar which had
burned itself partly out, and a cigar
cite which had consumed itself to the
cork tip. Neither one had been more
than lighted, then put down and for
gotten. Have you any idea what it
was that made you nephew and Mr..
Bailey leave their cigars and their
game, take out the automobile without
calling the chauffeur, and all his at
let me see-certainly before three
o'clock in the morning."
II don't know l said: 'but depend
on it, Mr.. Jameson, Halsey will be
back himself to explain everything"
Il sincerely hope So" ne said. Miss
lines, has it occurred to you that Mr..
Bailey might know something of this?"
Gertrude had come downstairs and
just as he spoke she came in. | saw
her stop suddenly, as if she had been
struck.
H does not" she said in a tone that
was not Nor own. MIR. Bailey and my
brother know nothing of this. The
murder was committed at three. They
left the house at a quarter before
three"
How do you know that" Mr.. jamie
son asked oddly. do you know at
what time they left?"
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something of the Armstrong family.
Paul Armstrong, the father, had been
married twice. Arnold was a son by
the first marriage. The second Mrs.
Armstrong had been a widow, with a
child, a little girl. This child. now per,
haps 20, was Louise Armstrong. having
taken her stepfather's name, and was
at present in California with the family.
They will probably return at once"
he concluded, "and part of my errand
here today is to see if you will re-
linquish your lease here in their ia
vor.'
w would better wait and see if
they wish to come" | said. 1T seems
unlikely, n my town house is being
remodeled." At hat he let the matter
drop, but it came UP unpleasantly
enough, later.
At 6 o'clock the body was taken
away, and at 1880. after an early din
ner, Mr.. Harton went. Gertrude mad
not come down, and there was no news
of Halsey. Mr.. Jameson had taken a
lodging in the village and / had not
seen him since mid -afternoon. 1t was
about 8 O'Clock, ] think, when the bell
rang and he was ushered into the
living-room.
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Il do" Gertrude firmly.
AT a quarter before three my brother
and Mr.. Bailey left the house, by the
main entrance. I-was-there.''
Gertrude l said excitedly, ''you
are dreaming. Why, at a quarter to
three
Listen" she said. AT half-past two
the downstairs telephone rang. / had
not gone to sleep, and l heard it. Then
| heard Halsey answer it, and in a few
minutes he came upstairs, and
Knocked at my door. We've talke.
for a minute, then | put on my dress
~ing-gown and slippers, and went down
stairs with him. Mr.. Bailey was in the
billiard-room. We've all talked to-
gether for perhaps ten minutes. Then
1t was decided that-that they should
both go away
Cant you be more explicit?" Mr..
Jameson asked. Why did they go
away"
II am only telling you what hap
pened. not why it happened" she said
evenly. "Halsey went for the car, and
instead of bringing it to the house and
rousins people, he went by the lower
road from the stable. Mr.. Bailey was
to meet him at the foot of the lawn.
Mr.. Bailey left"
(Which way?" Mr.. Jameson asked
sharply. =
by the main entrance. He left-it
was a quarter to three. l know eX-
actly."
"The clock in the hall is stopped,
Miss Innes,' said Jameson. Nothing
seemed to escape him.
He looked at his watch she re-
piled, and | could see Mr.. Jamieson's
l'eyes snap, as If he had made a dis
covery. AS for myself, during the
whole recital | had been plunged into
the deepest amazement.
"Will you pardon me for a personal
question:" The detective was a young
ish man, and | thought he was some
what embarrassed What are your
your. relations with Mr.. Bailey?'
Gertrude hesltated. Then she came
over and put her hand lovingly in mine.
Il am engaged TO marry him." she
said simply.
/ had grown SO accustomed to sur
prises that l could only gasp again, and
as for Gertrude, the hand that lay IN
mine was burning with fever.
"And-after that Mr.. Jameson went
on, you went directly I 0 bed?'
Gertrude hesitated.
No she said finally. IL am not
nervous. and after / had extingulshed
the light. | remembered something |
had left in the billiard-room, and ] felt
my way back there through the dark
ness"
will you tell me what it was you
had forgotten"
II cannot tell you" she said slowly.
II did not leave the billiard room
at once"
WHY" The detectives tone was
imperative. This is very important,
Miss Inness."
Il was crying Gertrude said in a
low tone. "When the French clock in
the drawing room struck 3 / got up.
and then-I heard a step on the east
porch, just outside the card room.
Someone with a key was working with
the latch, n thought. of course, of
Halsey. When we took the house he
called that his entrance. and he had
carried a KEY for It ever since. The
door opened and ! was about to ask
what he had forgotten, when there
was a fash and a report. Some heavy
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CONTINUED From Saturday.

Have you reason to believe Miss
Times" the coroner asked. that any
member of your household, imagining
Mr.. Armstrong was a burglar. shot
aim in self-defense? Q"
I have no reason for thinking So I
aid quietly.
Your theory is that Mr.. Armstrong
vas followed here by some enemy and
shot as he entered the house?"
y don't think | have a theory [
said. The thing that has puzzled me
IS why Mr.. Armstrong should enter
his fathers house two nights in sue
session, stealing in Ike a thief. when
ae needed only to ask entrance to be
admitted"
Tit coroner was a very silent man:
he took some notes after this, but he
seemed anxious TO make the next train
ofck to town. He set the inquest for
the following Saturday, gave Mr..
fs mieson, the younger of the two de-
ftctfves, and the more intelligent look
ing, a few Instructions. and, after
gravely shaking hands with me and re-
grettins the unfortunate affair. took
MS departure. accompanied by the
csher detective.
: was Just beginning TO breathe free
iy when Mr.. Jameson. who had been
standing by the window, came over to
ne.
Tho family consists of yourself
alone, Miss Tness?,
NY niece is here I said.
There Is no one but yourself and
your niece?"
my nephew" had to moisten my
Hrs.
soh. q nephew. | should like to see
him II he IS here"
Y Fl Is not here just now, | said as
kuietly as ] could Il expect him-at
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Sit down. | said grimly. Have
you found a clue thai will incriminate
me, Mr.. Jameson ."
He had the grace to look uncomfort-
able. No. he said, IF you had killed
Mr.. Armstrong you would have left no
clues. You would have had too much
intelligence"
After that we got along better. He
was fishing In his pocket, and after a
minute he brought out two scraps of
paper. II have been to the club
house" he said, and among Mr.. Arm
strong's effects ] found these. One Is
curious; the other is puzzling."
The first was a sheet of club note
paper, on which was written, over and
over, the nam "Halsey B. Innes." 1t
was Halsey's flowing signature to a
dot. but 1t lacked Halsey's ease. The
ones toward the bottom of the sheet
We're much better thar the top ones.
Mr.. Jameson smiled at my face.
Ills old tricks" he said. THAT n
is merely curious: this one, as I said
before, is pIzzling."
ITO he Continued Tomorrow
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Copyright 1908.
The Bobbs- Merrill Company.
synopsis Of Previous chap4er.

Rachael lnnes, a spinster, who has raised
ner oroglers orphan children, Halsey ana Ger
rude. from childhood. engages 'Sunnyside. -
tne country house OF a banker, about whose son
toefs are ugly stories. With Liddy Allen, a
eupancy, on the second night, while lacking
np, they are startled by seeing a face peering
"a through a window At midnight a rafting,
etallte sound In the house awakens them
He@t morning they find the doors all locked.
4 ne olliy indications Of a visitor are a half Of
4 INK Gun button and some scratches on a cir
ilaf staircase leading to the cardroom. Hal
ny ana Gertrude arrive, bringing along John
ltliiey, g friend. Miss Inness decides 10 saw
nothing about her strange adventures. The
ielnlis rstiles at night. leaving Halsey and
rona baiiey IN the eardroom. \ pistol shot
s"ahens an and they ind the body Of a man
n the ball 1t is Arnold Armstrong, son of The
9Nner o. sunnyside.' He has been shot dead
end aalseY and John Bailey. the latter being
~ enemy of the slain man. are missing. Tbe
I once are called. Miss lnness finds HalSev's
sHoiNer ana 2 golf stick In the garden and
ices them She goes to her room and 6nds
tnat the gold cuff link has vanished.
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CHAPTER VI.
In the East Corridor.

Xxi HEN the detective left he en-
wv joined absolute secrecy OF,
everybody in the household.
The Greenwood Club promised the
same thing, and as there are no Sun
day afternoon papers, the murder was
not publicly known until Monday. The
coroner himself notified the Armstrong
family lawyer. and early in the after
noon he came out / had not seen Mr..
Jameson since morning, but | knew he
a headache, and I had luncheon alone.
Mr.. Harton, the lawyer, was a little,
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,To BE Continued Tomorrow,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-09
Race Suicide Again

A great many Of US have been thinking
very much about ex-President Roose-
velt's published words In regard 10 this
subject and the more we consider the
more we are perplexed. 1 have two let
tiers before me from very young mothers
who have each been married four years
(maybe little more) and each have three
living children. Their health has given
way and both are too feeble or too I'll to
nurse the last baby.
1 call that condition mother suicide.
Maybe YOU have a better name for IL;
but whether It is. properly named or 9TH
erwise, one thing is certain, that neither
OF these mothers can possibly give proper
physical strength or stamina 10 the later
offspring.
Those children may live and reach ma
trrity, but they are handicapped in a
very serious way during life.
Many OF such children die OF, and
many mothers are worse or for life.
Nobody need tell us that such women
are in duty bound to endure so much
needless suffering. or populate the earth
with a horde of sickly. weakly chill
dren. as a duty to society.
Common sense would indicate a little
more attention to the duty OF parents
to their children. for 1t is neither just nor
generous to force children upon an IN
in the survival Of the strongest and
healthiest, and the rest Of them may go
scuffiing along weighted down by dis
ease, maybe deformity, maybe weak
brains, etc, all brought on them by
agencies beyond their own control and
which they must bear and transmit 10
their successors In the natural course of
things unless their own existence is cut
short before they become parents of
children. 80
We may rail at IL II we choose, but every
women feels as IL she must do as other
women in the community do-she must
keep her house, educate her children, and
have a chance to see something outside
her own doorstep and II on top OF these
things she is given no time TO breath be-
tween the births Of this rapid child
bearing, I do not hesitate to say she
has more put on her than she is able to
bear. The hot house class of luxurious
mothers may not come up 20 their reeog-
nized lines OF duty, but the overworAed
and underfed OF the less prosperous
dwindle into mere beasts of burden, and
there is no question as 10 the need OF an
awakening on this subject. for the child's
sake especially.
Motherhood is the greatest calling on
earth. but motherhood must have liv-
ing chance to do its part because OF
an abundance OF reasons, unnecessary to
enumerate Just here.
We all remember the tabled story
where lion was tainted by a smaller
animal that gave birth 10 litters Of its
young once or twice a year and we ap-
preciate the dignity OF the reply when
the great beast is made TO remark, 'Ahl
but mine is a lion"
That there are a number OF people who
are vie enough to do bad things I will
admit. and the law is severe and justly
so. in furnishing infanticide, but we are
now considering the fate OF mothers
who are true and faithful, loving and
patient, who are becoming martyrs to
their calling and who are refused sym
pathy or assistance in discussing this
subject OF race suicide.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-09

burners are incandescent. and the Wells
bach light is one OF the finest results OF
monazite sand. ...-... -
On the first day OF July a new factory
was started out in Idaho, costing over
100000. to convert monazite sand into
thorium This valuable sand brings Is
cents a pound in North and South Caro-
lima, and Is recovered from the earth by
washing gravel and alluvial soil In sluice
troughs. When Americans begun the
manufacture Of thorium few years ago
IL was held at IS per pound. The price Is
now stationary. at 1870 per pound in this
country, a most money-making sand.
II il now understood that the deposits
OF monazite sand are widely scattered
over this southern country and we are re-
liably informed that the sand is sold read
lily IN North and South Carolina at an I'M
mense price. why do not our Georgia
people devote some attention to monazite?
Senator Simmons told the United States
senate. last week that pound of thorium
could be made from Is pounds Of mona
ute Out in Idaho, cubic yard OF mona
zite sand sells for dollar. The best mo-
nazite is found in old gold mines, where
the valuable sand ran to waste. Those
products made Of thorium sell at from 10
to IS cents each. Think what fortune
there lies in plain sand. ... -.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-09
Infatuated Girl Jumps on Witness

After declaring to the court in the
strongest terms that she was innocent
of the charge of provoking a fight with
a negro man on Highland avenue,
Louise McMichael, a young negro girl,
made an attack on the negro while
they were both standing at the bar and
the bailiff had to interfere 10 keep her
from precipitating a real scuffie in the
presence of Judge Broyles.
The case was called in the recorders
court Monday morning, and the girl was
charged with having started a near-riot
on Highland avenue Saturday night
when the police put her under arrest.
When arraigned the defendant pro-
tested her innocence with about SIS
worth of conversation in ten minutes
and when she had finished, the recorder
assessed a fine of $25.T5. This seemed
to so infuriate the woman that she
made a leap for the leading prosecut-
ing witness, and 1t looked as If she was
going for his throat. The court bailih
came to the rescue, however, and she
was fercibly taken back to the prison
room.