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I'ht MURDERSn rue mORGUF
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

unusual degree of activity as requi-
site to success in so hazardous and
SO difficult feat. 1t is my design
to show you, first, that the thing
might possibly have been accom-
plished; but. secondly and chiefly,
I wish to impress upon your under
standing the very extraordinary,
the almost preternatural, character
of that agility which could have
accomplished it.
Remember then, first, the very
unusual activity of which I have
just spoken, and, second, the very
peculiar shrill Tor harsh) and un-
equal voice, about whose nation
atty no two persons could be found
to agree, and in whose utterance
NO words could be detected"
At these words vague and half
formed conception of the meaning
of Dupin fitted over my mind.
seemed to be upon the verge of
comprehension, without power to
comprehend.
Let us now revert to the interior
of the ROOM" continued my friend.
1.-THE drawers of the bureau, 1t is
said, had been robbed, although
many articles still remained within
them. The conclusion is absurd.
1t is a mere guess-a very silly one.
How are we to know that the
articles found in the drawers were
not all these drawers had con-
tanned? If a thief had taken any,
why did he not take all? Why did
he abandon 1000 francs in gold to
cucumber himself with a bundle of
linen? l wish you, therefore, to
discard from your thoughts the
laundering idea Of motive, engen-
dered in the brains of the police by
that portion of the evidence which
speaks Of money delivered at the
door of the house. Condolences 10
times as remarkable as this happen
to all of us every hour Of our lives
without attracting even momentary
notice. Condolences, in general,
are great stumbling blocks. Had
the gold been gone, it would have
been corroborative of this idea Of
motive. But, under the real cir
49, 80
pose gold the motive, we must also
imagine the perpetrator so vacil-
lating an idiot as to have aban-
doned his gold and his motive to-
gether.
Keeping now steadily in mind
the points to which l have drawn
your attention-that peculiar voice,
that unusual agility and that start
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motive, a grotesquerie in horror alb
solutely alien from humanity and
a voice foreign in tone to the ears
of men ow many nations, and de-
void of all distinct or Ineligible
syllabification. What result, then,
has ensued? What impression have
I made upon your fancy?"
1 felt a creeping of the flesh as
Dupin asked me the question. "A
madman," l said, has done this
deed-some raving maniac escaped
from an asylum"
I'm some respects" he replied,
your idea is not irrelevant; but
madmen are of some nation, and
their language, however incoherent
in its words. has always the coher-
ence of syllabification. Besides,
the hair of mailman is not such
as I now hold in my hand. l dis
entangled this little tuft from the
rigidly etched fingers of Nine.
L 'Espanaye. Tell me, what do you
make of it,"
"Dupin!" l said, completely I'M
nerved, this is no human hair"
Il have not asserted that it is"
said he; but, before we decide this
point, l wish you to glance at the
little sketch / have here traced
upon this paper. 1t is a facsimile
drawing of bruises and deep in
dentations upon the throat of Mile.
l. 'Espanaye.
Ito be continued.)
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head portion In the indentation
whence had taken it, and
the resemblance to a perfect nail
was complete. Pressing the spring
! gently raised the sash for a few
inches; the head went up with it,
remaining firm in its bed. closed
the window and the semblance of
the whole nail was again perfect.
THE riddle, SO far, was now un-
riddled. The assassin had escaped
through the window which looked
upon the bed. Dropping Of its own
accord upon his exit or perhaps
purposely closed), 1t ha dbecome
fastened by the spring; and 1t was
the retention of this spring which
had been mistaken by the police
for that of the nall
The next question is that Of the
mode Of descent. Upon this point |
had been satisfied in my walk with
you around the building. About
five feet and a half from the case
ment nquestion there runs light
ming rod. From this rod 1t would
have been impossible for anyone to
reach the window itself, to say
nothing of entering 1t. l observed,
however, that the shutters Of the
fourth story were of the peculiar
kind called by Partisan carpenters
ferrades-a kind rarely employed
ut the present day. They are in the
form of an ordinary door Ia single,
not a folding door,, except that the
lower half is latticed or worked in
open trcllis, thus affording an ex-
cellent hold for the hands. In the
present instance these shutters are
fully three and a half feet broad
It was clear to me that the shutter
belonging to the window at the
head of the bed would. II swung
fully back to the wall, reach to
within two feet of the lightning. rod.
II was also evident that by exer.
ton of a very unusual degree Of
activity and courage an entrance
into the window from the ROD might
have been thus effected. by reach
ing to the distance Of two feet and
a half 1--WE now suppose the shut
ter open to its whole extenU a rob-
Der might have taken a firm grasp
upon the trellis work. Letting 60,
then, his hold upon the rod. placing
his feet securely against the wall,
.ssN springing boldly from it. he
might have swung the shutter so as
to close 1t, and II wo imagine the
window open Mt the time, might
even have swung himself into the
room.
Il wish you TO bear especially In
mind that | have spoken Of y very
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-21
UNDER DOUBLE SUSPICION

Suspected both of being a holdup
man and forger, John Scholes is
in the city jail. A charge Of forg-
ing a $40 express money order has
been filed against him. Immediate
ly after they had taken Scholes in
custody yesterday afternoon Detec-
tive Pearson and Patrolman Wood
cock arrested Henry Fischer as his
The money order was
stolen from a man in the Milwau-
kee saloon and cashed at the
Northern Pacific depot, where
Scholes was identified by Fischer.
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MORE SNOW OR
LESS WHEAT
FROST ON BARE GROUND NOW
WILL MAKE KILLING IN WIN
TER GRAIN - STOCK ARE

WILL MAKE KILLING IN WIN
TER GRAIN STOCK ARE
SUFFERING.
Rough feed has become so scarce
in parts of Adams county south Of
Wilson Creek that the farmers
there begin to fear that their stock
will suffer before the grass starts
from the ground.
The same conditions prevail
among the foothills east of Spo-
kane, and numbers of horses and
cattle have been killed by the hui
name society officers, to keep them
from suffering starvation.
All through the Big Bend coun-
try and in the other parts of CEN
trail and eastern Washington, ex-
cept these, reports have it that the
cattle and horses wintered remark
ably well during the trying wealth
er of the last few weeks.
Grain buyers Of this city are
pessimisitic, while the farmers of
the country tributary to Spokane
are optimistic with regards to the
winter wheat crop outlook for the
coming year. While the buyers de-
clare that the winter wheat crop
is already in imminent danger of
severe damage the farmers look
ahead to bumper crop, as usual.
In the Big Bend country, where
a week ago 1t was believed that
enough frost would be out Of the
ground before the snow was all of
to protect the crop, condition are
contrary to expectation. The warm
chinook wind that has famed the
whole surrounding country for the
last week has thawed practically
all the snow from the wheat fields,
while only a few inches of frost
has been drawn from the ground.
For this reason, nearly all the
moisture necessary for the produc-
ton of the winter wheat crop has
drained off before the ground could
get the benefit of any considerable
amount of it.
Wheat buyers declare that
should a hard freeze come now the
ground will heave, leaving the
wheat almost bare in the honey
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81 now replaced the nail and re-
garded 1t attentively. A person
passing out through this window
might have reclosed it and the
spring would have caught; but the
nail could not have been replaced.
The conclusion was plain, and
again narrowed in the field of my
investigations. The assassins must
have escaped through the other
window. Supposing, then, the
springs upon each sash to be the
same, as was probable, there must
be found a difference between the
nails, or at least between the
modes of their fixture. Getting
upon the sacking Of the bedstead.
! looked over the headboard min
utely at the second easement. Pass
ing my hand down behind the
board, I readily discovered and
pressed the spring, which was, as
had supposed, identical in charac-
ter with its neighbor. now looked
at the nail. 1t was as stout as the
other, and apparently fitted in the
same manner, driven in nearly up
to the head.
1T had, I say, every appearance
of its fellow in the other window.
= There must be something wrong
/ said, about the nail touched
1t, and the head, with about quar-
ter of an inch of the shank, came
off in my fingers. The rest of the
shank was in the gimlet hole,
where 1t had been broken off. The
fracture was an old one, and had
apparently been accomplished by
the blow of hammer. which had
partially imbedded In the top of the
bottom sash the head portion of the
nail. l now carefully replaced this
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-21

The life of an actress Is naturally
associated with the wearing of
costly clothes. The stage would
lose half its glamor and its women
half their charm, without them.
That's what we think.
But It has been left to one win
some little leading woman-she
likes the name better than star
to prove the contrary.
And to show how greatly we are
mistaken, Miss Eleanor Robson,
who has won appreciation In
number of successful plays, comes
to the front with the assertion that
the quality of the apparel makes lit
tie difference; almost any old
clothes will do, SO long as they are
adapted properl yto the part.
Returning to New York to pre-
pare for her new role in THE
Dawn of Tomorrow" a new play
which Frances Hodgson Burnett
has written for her. Miss Robson
was amused because her friends
were commenting upon the fact
that her costumes for the play
would cost, all told. less than 500.
"One hundred dollars! Why" she
gasped. "all the costumes l have
worn in the last seven plays have
cost me less than that. For years
on the stage have worn the simp-
lest of gowns, mostly ginghams and
calicoes. Why, my Is dolls--little
aristocrats-are princesses In com.
parison. II | had to buy all their
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PANTAGES

There's some class to the song,
Summertime" as sung by Will
liam d. Gibson this week. Every
feature on the bill is good.
FILTERS
1t takes a lot Of faith in humanity
for a man to convince himself that
his wife believes everything he
tells her.
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.THEATER
AUDITORIUM

All kinds of big city people mix
up in Under the Gaslight." The
good hearted tough, the sneak and
villain and the victorious virtuous
put in a busy season of plot and
counterpart. The production is set
in good shape.
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ARCADE.

The new program last night was
almost entirely devoted to comedy,
and a greater number of films than
usual was shown. The principal
attraction was the "donkey's skin, :"
a cleverly conceived farce. A west
ern courtship was also extra good.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-21

robatic skill find 1t in the work
Of Ralph tombstone, the bicycling
sensation, who leaps on his wheel
from a heighth of 20 feet, making
two intermediate stops before
reaching the floor.
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oRPHEUM

Tony Wilson and Mile. Heloise,
novelty gymnasts at the Orpheum
this week, are doing some excellent
work on the bounding mat. Tom
Armstrong and Ella Verne bring
the smiles with their funny actions
and comical sayings.
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clothes, we might begi nto talk
about expense.
There are Snuggs and 70 San
and Marjorie-they're my favorites
and l never travel without them
why, when see them strung
around my dressing room In all
their fine apparel, almost feel like
asking permission to enter, they
outshine me SO.
mo, don't like to think about
my clothes. l wouldn't feel quite
natural in a really dressed up part,
the consciousness of wearing the
beautiful gowns would hamper me-"
Miss Robson usually dresses
quite simply as herself. She thinks
1t helps keep her from being recog-
nixed In public, an experience she
dislikes.
AS to her stage attire, well, she
admits that she may have been
lucky. The one costume she wore
In Arizona" was very inexpensive,
and as the little mountain maid in
"Audray," she dressed almost in
rags, the costume costing her just
$12. The price OF Kate Hardcastle's
gown in She Stops to Conquer"
was SIS. Juliet needed but cloak
and a simple gown of white. and in
Merely Mary Ann" the maids cos
tune, which showed the results of
frequent trips to the laundry. as II
was intended, was obtained at a
very trifling expense. In Nurse
Marjorie" the price of her nurses
. costume was just $3.50.
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CARNIVAL OF MUSICAL
ROMANCES

ROMANCES
Gems from operas, ballets,
choruses; beautiful scenic and
electrical effects.
SPOKANE THEATER
Thursday, Friday, Saturday Nightsv
anuary 81, 22, 20, 8 o'clock sharp.
Special Matinee Saturday, January
20, 2:3o p. m. Auspices Of Woman's
Club, benefit for poor Of Spokane.
Prices-Evening, $1.50 to 25c;
box seats, $500. Matinee, 800 to
Csc; box seats $3.50. Seats now
selling at box office.
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Many a man comes to a bad end
by trying to be a good fellow.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-21
WASHINGTON

Lovers of feats of daring and &C
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-21
Mems Shirts SIC

A lot Of 75c to 800 fancy Shirts, some with
others without cuffs and collars very little soil
ed; nice lot to pick from in basement Salvage
Sale at Observation-Disclosures. So,
Underwear for Men-Assorted winter shirt.
and drawers, 75c to 81 90 values at ........ AZ,
SLIPS to $500 underwear, assorted lot in Sal
wage Sale at Observation-Disclosures. II,
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-23
NATIONAL FOOD LAW
WILL Be SUGGESTED
TO STATES
Representatives at Denver
Plan Model Statute to Re.
place One Now in
Use.
WILSON READY
TO MAKE DEFENSE
Secretary Doesn't Anticipate Any
Attack on His Department at
Denver But Will be
Prepared for
1t.

Denver, Aug. 23.--A convention
small in print of numbers but highly
important from the subjects to be dis
cussed and the endorsements to be
made is that of the association of
state and national food and dairy de-
partments which opens here tomor-
row. Secretary Wilson will be here,
he says, as an invited guest, but ready
to defend his department. If need be.
1t is said an effort will be made to
have the convention endorse the pro-
position for a national "model" food
law to replace the law now in exist
ence. The model law would then be
adopted by all the states. Committees
are meeting today and among them is
a committee which is preparing the
draft of a model law. The manufac-
turers food commissioners and others
interested are being heard from.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-23
AR IONA POLICE
SEARCH FOR KIDNAPER
II i Alleged That Young Woman Alb
Quoted Aged Miner TO Get Hold
of His Property.

Tucson, Ariz., Aug 23.-Ofhco-s
are still searching for traces of John
.SCanlon, miner 90 years of age, and
Miss Marion Melarky, a nurse, aged
"a, who is alleged to have kidnapped
the aged man. 1t is believed the cou-
PIE went to Mexico.
II is said that Scanlon is mentally
unfit To manage his affairs because
OF a runaway accident in which n"
was injured about the mead and from
which he has not entirely recovered.
He agreed to marry Miss Mclarky and
tulu over to her his property, valued
at S60.0OO II she would take care of
him tne rest OF his life. Efforts were
being made To appoint a guardian
for Scanlon and he had been let
0ionu in room I'M hotel here when
Miss Melarky appeared. induced him
Go leayc with her and the two started
a an automobile for the southern
buundary
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-23
NUMBERING LANGUAGE
SAYS AN EDUCATOR

Chautauquu, y Y. Aug 23.--That
the American people are numbering
tneir mother tongue and one Of the
srcat opportunities FOR reform at the
present time Is 40 teach them th-
English language. was the opinion ex-
pressed here bY President Paunce %
Brown university He did not spare
American cole cges in his arraignmen-
and declared they are turning out an
alarming proportion of actual Hit
crates.
81 would like" hc said. TO see the
colleges of the country join in an ef-
fort To induce the American people
to write ana speak the English
tongue dcccntly. The colleges are not
doing it now. Many OF our college
seniors cannot write decent busl-
ross letter We Americans snouid
.nuk our minds aud hearts and hands
lin an effort To preserve this mother
tongue which Is our definite intcl-
.lDCtuu heritage"
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-23

Chicago. Aug. 2S.-"When you fnd
the girl you want, take her. Don't
waste any time. Tell her you love
her right away Aud then get her.
won my bride in just 80 minutes"
This is the philosophy of 32-year-
old General Thos. $ Hutchinson If
Tennessee, by CAD sub, as gallant and
impetuous lover as ne showed him
self a soldier In the Spanish war. And
here's what this hero did:
He went to the ConfedeFate vet-
Grams reunion at Memphis in Jfne.
At the grand ball there he saw a
beautiful Texas girl Miss Louise
Cheatham He got one look into her
eyes Then he hunted up Governor
Pattison-he serves on the governor $
staff, but that isn't how he got his
title-and demanded an Introduction.
He got it-glad to meet you
Charmed-yOu know.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-23
BUILDS A CANNON
IN MANY SECTIONS
Chicago Inventor Claims to Have Big
Gun That Can BE Taken
Apart.

.cb,caso Aug. f,hYsae lan has
invented a devastating cannon that
he contends, renders the fortification
of coast lines unnecessary. 1t is a
'knockdown' affair, which can be
taken apart ard re-assembled at a
moments notice, and while dismem-
bered can be transported from point
to point as danger threatens with the
facility of an army tent And 1t is
guaranteed to put the most dread
inspiring Dreadnaught out of COM
mission ten minutes after she is
sighted in the offing.
Edwin j. Blood of Austin is the
inventor of the new destroyer. Pat
ents are said 10 have been obtained
in the United states, Great Britain.
Canada. Mexico, France, Germany
and japan.
General Frederick d. Grant, COM
mander of the department of the
lakes, has recommended to the secre-
tary of war that, the gun be officially
inspected, and has expressed the opin-
ion that the principle of its construc-
tion is sound Instead of being
nodded into one huge mass OF steel.
the Blood cannon is built In sections.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-23
CHICAGO CHILDREN
IN NttO OF BATHS
CITY Wants Seventeen Widows Ia
Take Charge OF Public
school Baths,

Chicago, Aug 23. - Seventeen
Tiump widows who are diplomatia.
fairly strong and possessed of good
nature and patience are wanted by
the board OF education. The pay il
$40 month. Spinstcrs, inexperienced
srlS and mothers are barred from
the competition. In seventeen of the
public schools there are bath rooms.
as the board finds 1t absolutely neces-
sary to launder some OF the children
before permitting them to enter the
study rooms. and these widows are
desired to have charge of the bath
rooms. They must be strong enough
tc overp0wer and scrub the most re-
calcitrant boys and girls. and smooth
tempered enough to do the work
without a club. They must have had
experience in the work. so as to be
sure they have their charges well
scrubbed.
Mothers are barred because ii S
feared they would be prejudiced and
could be caioled bv fearful young
sters, especially foreigners in the
ghetto districts, who fear nothing on,
above or in the earth more Lnan wa.
ter and soap.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-23
wEIIMANS ICE-DEFYING SPITs
NORTH

Spitzbergen, Aug. 23.-Walter
Wcllmau, whose attempt to reach the
North pole in an airship ended in dis
aster saturday, gives out a statement
in which he says he Is not discour-
aged oy his failure and will make an
other attempt by the same method
next year. He plans to construct
larger airship and workmen have al
ready started to enlarge the balloon
shed in preparation for next years
attempt.
The Wellman party In the big air
ship had made a good start and had
reached point 81 miles from the
balloon shed when leather thongs hv
which packages of provisions AZ y
suspended under the sfrehip b'oaS
and the balloon Immediately shot up
to great height After much diff
Guilty she was brought down and her
crew taken aboard a ship. While
trying to get the airship back to the
shed a gust of wind carried the bal
loon away and the big bag finally ex-
Tloded. While the damage could
have been repaired, Wellman decided
to abandon further attempts this year
and plans to resume his attempt next
summer.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-23
TWO FORESTS ARE
JOINED IN ARIZONA
Coronado and GarcCs Reserves viii
BE Placed Under One
Supervisor.

Tucson, Ar2., Aug. 22.-Thc con-
solidation Of the Coronado and the
Garces national forests, with Robert
J Selkirk in charge as forest super
VISOR, has just been announced Off
cially by Forest supervisor W. 4.
Z. Kent Of the forest service of thr
United states department of agricul-
ture. Mr. Selkrk VIII have his head
quarters in Tucson
The official announcement of this
important change in the forest SER
vice follows.
ION September Coronado Ild
Garces national forests will be con-
sOlidated, with Forest SUPERVISE
Robert J. Sc.kirk ia charge at Tu %
son, Ariz.
ON september an business cun-
Quoted with the forest service i'm No
gales will be transferred To- Mr. Sell
kirk at Tucson"
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-23
BUILDING NEW GUN
OF GREAT POWER
II VIII Throw II Shell Weighing 1000
Pounds and VIII i5c the Big
gcst In tile Country.

Washington Aug. 23,-Nlval ex-
Ierts are awaiting with impatience
the completion of the 14-inch gul
now under construction BY the Mid
vale steel works. The gun will be
shipped to the Washington navy yard
about the middle Of september, where
th, finishing touches are To- be- added
and will. be proof-fired at Indianhcad
about the middle Of October
Ii will bc the first high power gun
Of this caliber ever constructed for
practical purposes and viii fire Il
shell Weighing 160O pounds Tn
navy Will beat out the army i'm this
respect. as the latter also has tnrco
14-nch modern guns under way
which will fire q shell Of about l.40O
pounds other nations have built Ia
inch muzzle loading gun, but not OF
very high power.