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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-08

man reach the fire-escape without
your knowledge, you being right un-
der It; how did he enter the room
without raising the window or break
ing it, how did he escape so miracu-
lously; and what did he enter the
room at all for? For he could have
thrown the bomb through the glass,
you know, and it would have been
both safer for him and more within
reason"
Birsch set his lips and for a moment
said nothing. Finally he burst forth:
Seems to me you amt helping any
thing great! In minute you'll make
1t out that nobody could do 1t, and
that consequently it wasn't done!"
II am only showing you, SO far, my
friend. what your method amounts
to-" said the doctor. by it can
prove or disproye anything under the
sun. because 1t has to do with ap-
pearances, instead of character, with
the superfcials as distinguished from
the realities. i can even turn COM
pletely around and prove to you, by
your method, that each one Of these
pcrnoh1 "uou VIC nave, Dy my meth
cd, proved innocent. is the only per-
son who could have committed the
crime. What you lack is-psychol-
ogy." DR.. Furnivall did not wish to
say brains nor learning" nor Tn-
telligence," nor even training" SO.
after some hesitation, he said "psy-
chology." And he continued: Now,
the moment l saw this letter and
heard the story, ! knew Individually
the guilty party"
'The-the nation you dId!" burst
forth the detective, involuntarily.
The easiest thing In the world"
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-08

OF this note" the maid read, "'to my
office. you may save yourself some
trouble. and the humiliation Of being
taken to the police station, instead
of here. DR.. Furnfyall.'"
The doctor looked at the detective,
whose face was blank, and then said
to the maid:
Explain that to Mike and let him
deliver it. Tell him to hurry. Now"
he continued briskly to the detective,
you shall see the culprit and hear
his confession. ! have no time to
waste over this affair, and while we
are waiting we will improve the mo-
ments by indulging In a word or two
of psychology. In the first place, you
shonld know that the proper method
of beginning the search for the perpe-
traitor of crime is to learn all the
facts that you possibly can, and then
understand that you almost certainly
have not learned them all. and par
ticularly the most necessary ones
Then, making large allowances for
what you don't know, you should
round up the person concerned whose
character fits snuggest into all the
circumstances and question him. The
usual method is to get a few facts and
then go at the job without the slight
est regard for the character of the in
dividuals involved, neglecting to allow
for the facts that are unknown. In
this way always some innocent person
becomes the first suspect In this
particular case you say there is only
one way in which this peculiar assault
and still more peculiar escape could
have happened That Is one of the
things you don't know, and for which
you have made no allowance in your
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-08

Il see." he said. Murphy let the
bomb-man in and out That's why
he didn't see him."
The detective appeared gratified at
this evidence of perspicacity on DR..
Furnivalrs part. But only for a mo-
ment. Then he searched the bearded
face with his eyes. He did not like
the tone of that laugh.
There's no other way out of it.
he began
i could give you six different ways
out OF it" the doctor interrupted.
But the one in which it really hap
pened VIII do. l suppose you have
come to ask me to hypnotize Murphy
and extract the truth from him-is
that it?'
The detective flushed and gnawed
his lip.
Yes" he answered, shortly.
DIR. Furnivall rang for a maid, and
scribbling note, passed 1t to her.
Read that aloud-all but the ad-
dress" he said.
III you will come with the bearer
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-08

be only stealing from himself, for he'd
have 1t in day or two. And on
top of that, he didn't even know that
his father had the stuff, and was all
broke up because he couldn't go to
college and be a priest"
Very good" smiled the doctor.
Facts, facts. facts, and never a word
of character! 1 fear you are incor-
rigible. However, SO much for the
boy-he's obliterated. Now, how
about Tony?- Did he really wish the
boy to have all that money? Could
he afford to let him take it? Did
you inquire into his business, in Or
der to find If he happened to be des-
perately pressed for money just now,
as most men are sometimes?"
Birsch appeared uncomfortable.
why, anyway" the detective ex-
claimed, 1T was Tony himself who
brought us the Black Hand letter and
told us about it, asking us to send
men to protect him. He wouldn't do
that, would he, II he had this thing
up his sleeve? Besides. he's scared
blue. l never saw anybody before
frightened clean in to his marrow, the
way he was last night. He hasn't
the brains. or the spunk, either, to fix
up such a plant and get up at two
o'clock in the morning and throw a
bomb into his own sons room. Bosh!
The notion is ridiculous The detec-
tive shifted In contempt.
well, you are improving" the doc
Il
II ever SO slightly. at character in this
instance. And you put Tony out Of
1t. Now we have left only the moth
err The doctor proceeded imper-
turbably In the face OF his listeners
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-08

deductions. Suppose, for example,
that criminal. after starting down
the stairs. and seeing or hearing MUIR
ply there at the foot, hurried back
again and up the higher flight? Fin
negan had dropped to the street, and
he could easily have done so, making
his escape by way of the roof"
Detective Birsch made an involun-
tary movement Of chagrin.
you see," smiled DR.. Furnivall.
you had your idea, the first that
came to you, so firmly fixed in your
mind, jumped to the belief in Muir
phys guilt so quickly, not seeing any
other way. and were so incapable of
entertaining any other idea that you
really could not recognize this other
way out though II so openly confront
ed you. Then you never dreamed of
considering the characters OF the sew
three people in that tenement, any one
OF whom could. as far as physical pos
sibilities go, have done the act, and
1t seems as If nobody else could. Not
another soul was near. The first
question you should have put to your.
self is. which one of these three has
the character in which turks the pos
sibility of throwing that bomb. Let
us in fact begin the inquiry now.
You have seen them all, while never
even heard of any of them before.
Now tell me II you think the boy
could be guilty?"
Him? Hardly" the detective grunt.
ed. He wouldn't be likely to bust
his own face all up. Besides. the
money was for him. anyway 1t would
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-08

look Of incredulity and downright dis
gust. Had the mother any reason,
could she have any reason for doing
such thing. and IL SO. has she the
qualities necessary to the carrying
out Of SO bold a 7lan?"
II don't see what you're getting at"
growled Birsch, "and it don't seem to
me there's any sense in this kind OF
business, guessing at all these things.
and wondering which one of 'em done
It. None OF EN- done 1t. Somebody
else done it. and If you know who 1t
is. which l doubt. tell me. and I'll go
and nab him."
Now" the doctor continued. as II
the other had remained dumb, you
have practically eliminated the three
who were the only persons In posi-
ton, physically speaking. to do this
thing, and that settles the matter.
with you. as far as they are con-
cerned. You would take your oath,
wouldn't you. that neither one of
these persons is. or reasonably could
be. the culprit?"
YES" he replied. shortly. Keep
up your jollying il it does you any
good. but I'd go my oath on these peo-
pie. just the same. and l guess you
would yourself. 1t amt in any sort
of reason that one of them done it.
1t was the man outside on the fire.
escape, and that skipped downstairs.
or up. and that Finnegap and Murphy
and Tony and the old woman heard,
and that Fnnegan saw as well as
heard"
Then the ramifications of the prob
lem must be. to you. how did this
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-08

Prof. Rogers-Have. you .Isbon'a
plays? Fair young librariau--No, sir.
but we have Ibsen's works. Harpsr'e
Weekly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-08
The "Black. Hand" at Tony'S
: By GEORGE F BUTLER and HERBERT MSLEY
Dr. Furnivall in the Solution of Perplexinp Case

am due somewhere else now" And
he went out
Evening star., 1909-01-17

her. She slapped my face and ran away | started
after, and if l could have caught her would have
slapped her she had me, because | red 1t
must have caused some talk, because morning
the old shaman came down to the beach. grabbed
her by her braid. swung her round, and struck her
IN the face as he whlrled her to the sand He called
her and accused her of running after me- 1t
lie. | couldn't stand for it
remember that as he told me this his face hard
ened and he took two three quick putfs at his
pipe to conquer his emotions His eyes, with the
lids half-shut. had become cold and ghstened in
that way that we of the West know and hold back
from,-the danger sign
Il got down to where they were in just a few
jumps" he went on before the fire of his memory
had died down. and l struck The shaman fell
get up. She lay on the shale tossed back from the
river and was sobbing put my arms around her
and picked her up. She trembed. The blood
slowly running over her cut cheek. l brushed it
away with the sleeve of my mackinaw Somehow
felt different than had before. 1t was as if
the cut cheek hurt me. l whispered in her ear so
said, because it's too-too-well, l whispered.
She tried to push away with her hands
which were shaking. l whispered again She for
got the others, looked straight at me- then put her
clean around my neck and held close to me-
l turned and swore at the crowd l told 'em that
she'd been struck for me, and that from then I'd
my canoe. showed it off She took the paddle that
Tim used to use, and the other We pulled out
into the stream. We We're gone"
Leaning the trading post counter and star
ing at the skin hung logs without seeing them l
thought awhile, dreamingly, of this daring seizure.
of the man, white and invincible, taking to himself
this native girl in the only way she could have
understood; of her swift parting from unknd
father and all her ptiful. paltry possessions He
too sat and thought. Then he laughed softly and
went on, speaking low if in fear that some one
might hear this confidence with which he was hon
Oring me.
S She made marry her as she knew it. You
know the way: the broken bundle of sticks and the
two others tied together by four bands,-a sort of
certificate, l suppose l repeated the words she
said They didn't amount to much to me; but |
reckon they meant lot to her, and l wanted to
please her all could We camped where the trees
gave good shade She mended my rags; she made
me moccasns; she taught me how to trap in
a way hadn't known before, and how to live when
all our cartridges gone. We came on down the
river and landed here at the post That how l
got her-and I'm satisfied She's mine!"
He Strengthened up and looked at and all the
Others in the smoke filled room with certain de-
Evening star., 1909-01-17

name; for far ever knew he had done
nothing to make pseudonym desirable And he
like the rest of us, graduate into the pros
pectors' field from the ranks of cowboys, sailors
hunters, whalers who carelessly sauntered over
A few thousand miles of sea or land in quest of
what might be found
Almost everyone knew that Jim Jones' grave six
feet bearded like viking and renowned for strength
had for partner Tim Jordan, merry five feet hair
less on face and crown, and merely wiry. The law
of contrast! And for some seasons they were ac-
cepted pair of nseparables; but Death forced
division and there came spring when Jim,
after laying Tim away where they had been
prospecting started to return to the trading post
alone. Now, it loneliness that killed in that
country in those days, and that is the principal
reason for his error-or excellence, whichever way
you may choose. It's Question of ethics after all
and his was either great downfall great vic
tory
Jim, coming down the river had not only the
lonesomeness to fight, but hunger well, and
welded starved paddle when he reached the first
Indian village the Koyukuk where with the
swift swinging drag of the hand, they helped him
to land his canoe and watched him try to stagger
out on feet that had become wooden and ointess
They housed him in the kdSimd, club house. and
the first one to give him food and sympathy was
Peechecan. She was the daughter of a shaman
and in those days beauty; long limbed 1.-the fair
skinned, and wide eyed. had it from i'm himself
all that took place.
A S whole they didn't like me- he explained
because part OF them hated us white men,
but was too weak to much. All 1 wanted
was something anything, to eat. She brought
some juicy smoked salmon instead of the dogfsh
expected l saw something in her eyes that kept
me looking at them. When got stronger and began
to sit in the sun, l could pick her out of crowd
around the fish racks. She had a bow of red in her
hair. l could tell when she laughed because it
sounded like the bells at Holy Cross Mission 1
could tell her footstep when she whisked past me-
if my back was turned, because it was so light it
seemed barely to touch the ground
Il got to watching for her | talked some of
their lingo; when l met her down by the canoes
one night l spoke and tried to put my around
Evening star., 1909-01-17
By Roy Norton
Drawings by Herman Pfeifer

ERE are many of us left who knew
him in those far off days when
we were wanderers in distant and
forbidding places There are some
of us who recall him to memory
with a little quicker beat of the
heart and see him as we knew
him best in that remote Northland
which was then place of Elusive
mystery. He was called Jim Jones,
and | doubt not that it was his real
Evening star., 1909-01-17

fance and somehow l liked him for the way in
which he talked; though when | heard him boldly
announce himself for the Indian girl he had SO cay
alierly carried away from her tribe l wondered if
had been for the best whether in time she would
be deserted others have been deserted when We
free men of the world forsake old scenes and ties
and take to the long trails
However, here's what happened as time went on
WE grew to know them as one and Our liking
w for Jim didn't lessen because in that country
it was no disgrace for man to take to himself an
Indian wife. We called her The Big Chicken
not because she was big for she little; but it
easier to pronounce than Peechecan. There
subtle change in him, and he forgot the old
ways, which m sorry to say some of never did.
When he came to camp. the hntchuu nsidous and
quarrelsome, went past him untouched and the
deadly Russian beer never found him dry. He took
to working harder the went on and was
known to the trading company a who. if
he didn't find enough to pay for an outfit year.
would surely do so the next. His seasons of brief
prosperity, when river bar yielded we'll alter
mated with the rest of us, with times when the
cold, and the work, and the search brought no re-
turns.
l remember occasion when she brought him
in with broken leg Pulled the sled herself across
a waste of snow and over more miles than l
travel, so that he might reach other white and
assistance. He in bad shape I'd come
down from up the river and there when they
arrived l was sorry for her that day She looked
worn to the bone half starved and wholly anxious.
We couldn't keep her from his side by night day
He had the fever, and when he shrieked muttcred
and put her hand his and he'd quiet down and
go to sleep. So between us, brought him through
all right
W/ELL, l went farther and didn't see them for a
w year two, and then came the big strike. /
heard of it through Father Barnum and like lots of
others, loaded my sled, harnessed my huskies and
stampeded few hundred miles to get there
time. Jim Jones had struck it rich, and on account
OF our old friendship helped me to locate claim
that paid and all prospered in proportion We
were right happy telling trees, cutting them into
lengths, and planting fires to thaw away the
pay dirt Many night l wandered along the gulch
when the northern lights blue yellow and fam
ing, spread themselves like the fingers of an angel
across the sky. and those other glows that
from the mouths of the pits. as if Heaven above
and He'll beneath feet And many day l
looked at Number One claim and saw Pee
checan, in her denim parka, turning at the windlass
and hosting the dirt Jim carefully picked up below
Sometimes l think failed to realize how rich
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-05-29

First pub. May s--Last July VI. 20.
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the conditions OF
certain mortgage made by David Gtroux and
Minnie Giroux, his wife of Covington Townehip.
BnrhRa County, Michigan. TO william H. Oakley,
of the city OF ieh peminQ Marquette County. state
of Michigan, dated tthe tenth day OF April
1906, and recorded In The once Of the
Register OF Deeds for the County OF Baraga and
state OF Michigan, on the eleventh day OF April
A. d. 1909, IN Lber Of Mortgages on page $50 on
which mortgage there IL claimed 70 BE- due at the
date Of this notice the sum Of one hundred eighty
four dollars and four cents. and IN attorneys
fee Of Twenty Five (S25 co. Dollars, provided Tor
In said mortgage, and no suit or proceedings at
law having been Instituted TO recover the money
secured BY said mortgage or any part thereof:
Now. thereof. BY virtue Of the, power Of sale
such case made and provided, notice is hereby
given that on Monday, the end day 81 August. A.
d.. 1909. at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, I shall
sell at public auction TO the highest
bidder. at the front door of the Court House In
the Village Of L'Anse, Baraga County, Michigan
THAT being the place where the Circuit Court for
said County OF Baraga is heidi the premises des
cribed In said mortgage, or so much thereof nc
may be necessary to pay the amount due on said
mortgage, with per cent. interest. and all Legal
costs, together with an Attorneys fee Of Twenty
Five (b25.0O Dollars. as provided by law and Nj
coyenanted for therein, the premises being des
cribed In said mortgage ae follows. to-wit: West
half ofthe West half Of the North Weet or. OF
Section Twenty three (23) Township forty eight
(4S) North Of Range Thirty-four (8f) West, In
Baraga County, Michigan.
WILLIAM II. OAKLEY, Mortgage.
MASON 4 O'CosNoR, Attorneys for MORTGAGE,
Business Address: L'Anse. Michigan.
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First pub. May let, Lset June 5th.l909
NOTICE

To the owner or owners of any and all interest
In the land herein described, and to the mortgs.
gee or mortgages named in all undischarged re.
corded merteages against said land or any assign
Take Notice that sale has been lawfully made OF
the following described land for unpaid taxes
thereon and that the undersigned has title there
TO ubder tax deed issued therefor, and that you
are entitled to q reconyeyance thereof at any
time Within six months after return Of service OF
this notice, upon payment TO the undersigned or
to the Register In chancery Of the county In
which the lands lie, Of all sums paid upon euch
purchase. together with one hundred per cent.
additional thereto. and the fees of the Sheriff for
the service or cost of publication OF this notice
to be computed ae upon personal service OF de-
claration ss CONNIE ncement OF suit, and the fur
Their sum OF Ave dollars for each description.
without other additional cost or charges II pay
ment as aforesaid lie not made, the undersigned
will institute proceedings for possession OF the
land.
Description of Land:-
NEi4 of NWh. Sec. "a Twp. 40 N of 81 W,
Amount paid: Sls7.62, tax for years 1893. 1894.
1885, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902 1903
5.l6. tax for year 1904. s423 tax for year 1905.
81 S. tax for year 1906.
VIZ Of NWL Section "a. Township 40 n. Range
81 w. Amount paid: $3.50 20, tax for years 1893,
1894, 1895, 1896. 1897 1885, 1899. 1900 1901 1902 1903
$40 co. tax for year 1904. G55, tax for year 1905.
1915, tax for year 1905 1858. tax for year 1907
All in Baraga County, State OF Michigan,
Amount necessary TO redeem 1884, 80, plus the
fees of the sheriff.
OoENA LAND Co.,
BY X. G. Williams. Sec'y.
Place Of Businees L'Anse, Mich.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Fret pub. May q Last June IL, 90.
PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MICHIGAN


The Probate Court for the County Of Baraga.
At session OF said court. held at the Probate
Once In the village of LAnse, in said county, on
the 18th day Of May. A. ID. 1903.
Present, Hon. Jamee Mcmahon, Judge OF
Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of Charles
Narkeman, deceased
Peter Marksman, ST., having hled In said court
his petition praying that the administration OF
eaid estate be granted Oswald Deschaine, or some
other suitable person.
IL 10 ordered, that the 14th day of June,
A. d. 1909 at ten o'clock In the forenoon, At
said probate ONCE, be and is hereby appointed
for hearing said petition.
1t Is further ordered, That public notice
thereof be given by publication Of q copy of
this order, for three successive weeks previous
to said day Of hearing, in the L'Anse Sentinel
IA newspaper printed and circulated. In said
county.
JAMES MCMAHON, Judge Of Probate
Joseph ]. LaBr~ cque., Attorney for Petitioner.
Business Address, Baraga, Mich.
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First pub. May 22-Last June ~, 90.
PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MICHIGAN.

The Probate Court for the County Of Baraga.
In the matter OF the estate of George Ander-
son deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that four months
from the :1sth Jay May A. d. 1909, have been
allowed for creditors TO present their claims
animation, and adjustment. and that all
creditors Of said deceased are required to
present their claims to said court, At the
county. on or before the 20tn day Of September
A. d. 1903. and that said claims will be heard by
n court on Monday the 10Th, day of Sep
tember A. D. 1902 10 O. flock In the forenoon.
Dated May 18th, A. d. 1909.
JAMES MCMAHON,
Judge Of Probate.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-05-29
First pub. May 22-Last June IL, 90
PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MICHIGAN.

The Probate Court for the County of Baraga.
At session of said court held at the probate
office, In the village of L'Anse. in said county,
on the 18th day of May, A. d. 1909,
Present: Hon. James Mcmahon, Judge of
Probate.
Inthe matter Of the state Of Charles Marks.
man, deceased.
Peter Marksman, Sr., having filed in said
court his petition praying that said court ad.
judtcate aud determine who were At the time
oi his death the legal heirs of said deceased
and entitled to enherit the real estate Of said
deceased.
II is ordered. that the i4th day of June, A. d.
1909. At ten O'Clock In the forenoon, ut said
probate ONCE. be and Is hereby appointed for
hearing said petition
II Is further ordered that public notice there
OF be given by publication ola copy Of this
order, for three successive weeks previous to
said day of hearing, In the L'Anse Sentinel, a
newspaper printed and circulated in said
county.
JAMES MCMAHON.
Judge of Probate
Joseph ]. LaBrecque, Attorney for Petitioner,
Business Address Baraga, Mich.