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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-10

that found in the mouth of the dead
girl, was taken possession OF by Chief
Egan. Her lover VIM. James alias
Frog" was next arrested and both
taken to the city jail The cloth is
such as is used in making flour sacks,
thin gauzy stuff somewhat heavier
than good cheesecloth The woman
and man were confined in separate
cells and later were subjected sepa.
rately to the "sweat.box" process in
the presence of the chief, states at
torney and coroner Their stories did
not agree. The man Is driver for the
Cairo Ice and Coal Co and was ar.
rested while on his wagon. In reply
to questions asked him he said he
was at the house shortly after 6
o'clock Monday evening and was with
the woman. The latter said she was
not at the house at all, from 4 O'CLOCK
in the afternoon till about Q at night
and James came to her room shortly
after 8 o'clock that night
The negro showed every evidence
of having spent a wakeful night. He
answered the questions asked him in
hesitating maneE yawning at ev-
cry answer he made.
You seem to be sleepy said
States Attorney Wilson.
Nav, slep all last night. was
the reply.
Are your eyes always red when
you sleep all night? asked the attor-
ney
"My eyes amt red, IS dey?" said
the negro,
Yet his eyes were badly blood.shpt
a sure symptom OF sleeplessness and
unusual excitement.
Chief Egan ordered several Other
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WAS PUT IN TRANCE BY TRAVEL
ING liYPNOTtST, WHO is
IN JAIL NOW.
RUPTURE OF THE AORTA
Cause cf Death Assigned BY Dostors
After Autopsy--Student OF
Hypnotism Tried to
Wake Him Up.

/ somerviIle, N, j., Nov. 9,In the
morgue Of the Somerset hospital this
Iafternoon William +. Davenport, SEE
iretary to the mayor of Newark, and
la student of hypnotism, vainly tried
to bring back signs or life in the body
lof Robert Simpson. former street cal
conductor Of Newark, who died last
might after having been put into q
hypnotic trance by Arthur Everton
ia trave.ing hypnotist before q large
audience at the Somervile theatre
When Davenport failed, Simpson was
declared dead An autopsy held 10.
I1ight showed that he had died of q
ruptured aorta, the trunk line of the
|artcral system. Charged with man.
slaughter Everton is in prison where
he must await the action Of the grand
jury.
II was at the insiAtence OF Everton
while In jail after his Intellectual at.
|tempts to revive Simpson, that Dayen-
port, a friend of Eyerton. came into
the case today. davenport tried gug-
gestlon and spoke in the dead mans
ear Bob, yorr heart action Is begin.
ming" Again and again he repeated
this while three doctors looked grimly
on Not u muscle of the body stirred
and there were absolutely no signs
of animation
Simpson was 35 years old AMI was
accustomed, it Is said to drinking
heavily 1t Is generally admitted that
he was intoxicated during the test
last night No relatives have Ali
peared to claim the body.
Eyerton has employed counsel am
will make the novel plea that the man
was stil alive when the autorsy was
performed, citing various cases b
suspended animation as proof Of this
l)r. John Duncan Quackenb0a, pro
fessor emeritus Of Columbia uniper
Isity and one Of the leading authori
ties on hypnotism. said this afternoon
that it was not unlikely that Simp.
Ison's was a case of suspended anma,
ton
Eight physicians assisted in per
forming the autopsy and they issued
a signed statement at It's conclusion
stating that death was due to rupture
Of the aOrta
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Ian who was the dead girls ohum,
that the two girls we've in the habit
OF leaving their places of employment
together and walking up Commercial
avenue to Fourteenth street where
Miss Dolan lives with her uncle, Mar
tin Kane, shoe repairer. There
they always parted, Miss Pelly going
west on Fourteenth stgeet to WASH
ingtOn avenue TO take HolbroolS
avenue car for home. Usually Miss
Kane, nece of Miss Dolan, accom-
panied Miss Pelly to Washington ave
nue, bat on Monday evening the lat
ter went alone.
The dead girl was well known to
several street car conductors, as she
rode daily on their cars. Conductor
Dainsworth of the Holb;ook avenue
car was on duty Monday evening, and
remembers receiving Miss Pelly on
his car Monday evening, the car
reaching Fourteenth street and Wash
ington avenue at G.19 O'Clock. Tho
conductor says Miss pelly nearly al
was left his car at Twentyeighth
and Sycamore st.eets walking down
Sycamore to Twenty-sixth street
where she lived; but on Monday night
she left the car at Twenty eighth AMI
Elm streets, one block west Of Syca-
more Although the car was crowd
ed, it being the busy part of the day
for the cars. he remembers this cir.
rmstance distinctly because the car
stopped at Twenty-elghth and Syca-
more also and two ladies got of.
neither of whom was Miss Pelly Tho
car reached Twentyeigbth and Elm
streets about G:30 o'colck
From this and other statements
received by him, Dr. McManu5 con
cludes that the dead girl walked down
Elm street and turned cast on that
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SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE.
Negro Man and Woman Tell Contra
dctory Stories-Pece of Cloth
May Be Clue.

The house at which the dogs stop
ped was locked at the time the dogs
reached it, the occupants being awaE.
But when the dogs reached the door
the third time negro woman living
across the street, brought Chief Egan
key and he entered The dogs anil
officers went through the house find
ing all the rooms open but one. This
was broken open by order of the chief
and it too was thoroughly searched.
The dogs gave no sure sign that the
scent prevailed in the house and no
suspicious articles were found ex-
cepting mans coat which was mud
dy. which was taken possession o.
This was in the room which had been
locked, which was the home Of no.
gress Of bad repala, named LOWE
G4een This woman was found by
Officers Magner and Hagey in a shed
on the same premises in the act Ct
washing a piece of white cloth. She
was arrested and the piece of cloth
she was washing, being similar to
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street car tickets, with one ticket in
1t. was found on the ground near the
body The young woman's umbrella
was found near hec also but the han.
die was missing and the steel rod At
the end was bent, showing that the
handle had been violently torn off,
The handle was found later in the
yard of Mr.. Julian Lipe at 424 Twen-
ty-sixth street, several doors from
the home of the murdered woman,
the home of her sister. Mrs. John
.Coffman, 400 Twenty-sixth street.
Bloodhounds at Work.
In the absence of any clue to the
murderer, the chief, by direction of
Mayor Parsons, ordered bloodhounds
from Wickliffe, KY, Charleston, Mo,
and Harrisburg, H. Mr.. Wiley, of
Wickliffe, was the first to respond ar
irving about / p. m. Mr.. Wiley took
the piece of cloth from the mouth OF
the victim to give the dogs the scent
The animals were taken to the scene
OF the crime in a buggy ana on arriy-
al there were led to the spot by
chains held by their owner A great
! crowd of people were gathered at
either end of the alley and on the
sheds and fences on either side The
ground had been trampled over all
morning But on reaching the place
where the body had been the animals
took the scent readily and ran bark
ing and yelping eastward to Sycamore
street and then eastward on Twenty
sixth to the house at the corner of
Poplar street No 25l5 Poplar, ten
ement house occupied by several ne
gro families. The dogs went up on
the porch and to the rear door and
barked, giving every indication that
the scent led them into the house by
tiLat EAtl dHCcs
The dogs were taken back to the
starting point and again went over
the same trail stopping again at the
same door; and a third and fourth
time they went over the same ground
About D. m. Sheriff Culp of Char
lesion, Mo, arrived with his dogs and
these were put on the trail with those
Of Mr. Wiley and all the dogs made
the same trip as at fist They were
then started eastward on Twenty
sixth street toward Commercial ave
nue., but lost the trail. showing that
the trail stopped at the house named.
With a view to trailing Miss PeIly's
steps after she left the street car 70
walk to her home the dogs were start
ed along Elm t.eet. but found no
scent.
The Harrisburg dogs arrived last
night, but SO great was the
crov a OF people gathered for blocks
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THE coRoNER's INQUIRY.
Important Facts velopcd-Murder.
er Carried or Dragged Girl Over
500 Feet

! Coroner McManus devoted nearly
Iall Of yesterday to an inquiry regard
| ing the case, trying to find witnesses
who might be able to thlow some light
on the movements of the girl after
she eft the store where she was EN-
| ployed, to 20 home He had number
Of street car men summoned and
questioned scores Of men and women
ciosely--especially friends and inti-
mate associates Of the girl
As to the condition Of the body the
DR. said there was no question that
| the poor victim had been criminally
assaulted and that she was virgin.
an unquestionably pure girl The
throat bore the marks Of fingers tight
/ " pressed upon it, and one of the
nails leaving red mark in the flesh
on one side The gag had been thrust
into the mouth with such cruel force
that the tongue was lacerated and Il
extended deep into the throat II
was so tightly wedged in that consil-
cradle force had to be used to with
draw It between the set teeth when Il
was desiied to use it fer the blood
hounds There was a confusion over
one eye, and the right jaw bore un.
mistakahle proof OF having received a
powerful blow, for it was swelled as
was also the side Of the neck. but the
jaw bone wac not broken.
The coroner learned from Miss Do
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RECEIVED MOST RouSiNG VEL.
cca.- AT WILMINGTON, NJ.
c., YESTERDAY. !.
AT RICHMOND TODAY
Then to nton--Presiden Glad
That Trip is Near End--Sent
Wireless to Mrs. Taft
From Revenue Ship.

| Wilmington. n. G., Nov Ellis n,
600 mile Journey through go states
and territories all 1T coaelnde
President TAFT Is speeding tonight
ward Richmond, where he " Ii sta
tomorrow until late IN the aftnrnoai
| leaving then for Washington. z
lpresidcnt has had wonderful gnol
time on his long tr'., but Ii nfct
well tagged CT a::d Is gad his traye'i
Twill soon lie over.
Tart has given up the idea Of visit
ms the Isthmus Of Panama thia wiz
/ ter.
The president is especially glad In
getting home TO know that Mrs. Taft
is so much better. The great I'M
trroyement which began at Beyeriy
during the Summer has continued rap
idly and complete recovery from the
nervous break down last spring is cee
tain in the near future Every lay pf
his long trip the president sent Ms.
TAFT kilograms and has written long
and frequent letters detailing happen
ings OF his Journey
Presidents day in Wilmington alfel
out great enthusiasm on the pat ot
1.-THE residents Of North Carolina wh3
came from all sections to participate
Tin the welcome. In many ways The
leelebration Of the presidents visit
! here was one OF the most signifoata
OF his trip. Governor Kitchin extend
ed the formal welcome Of the state In
an address which brstled with
patriotism Of tive south and whleh EN-
/ bodied one Of the most glowing tflh
tutes the president has received. Tho
president was escorted to the hone
Eof Jams Sprunt. one of the greatest
exporters Of cotton in the south. A
southern home breakfast was served.
| George Washington and Daniel We'll
later had known the hospitality OF thu
| lsame splendid mansion. At the end
OF the meal Mayor Macrea OF VII
lnlington gave the welcome OF the elt9
and created Taft an Honorary IT,,
/ Heel" for life.
| From the Sprunt home the rrcsk
dent motored In review of 800 school
children arranged in living flag
Then he proceeded to another part ol
tie city and reviewed the colored
children
| Boarding the revenue cutter Sem.
| mole with committee Of fifty citl
IZens as an escort the president was
taken for q sail Of twenty-five mles
down the waterway and return. Dur,
Ing the trip the president sent a wire.
less telegram to Mrs Taft
After the river trip the president
was taken for carriage ride through
Wilmington. The parade ended at
the city hall where the president
spoke. TONIGHT he attended supper
at the Masonic temple before leaving
for Richmond at s q. M
Governor Kitchen. in introducing
the president this afternoon. declared
that he wanted TAFT to know thar the
south was "his country. as the north
Is our country
There are no divisions Ia this far
and Of Columbia today" be went ON
| and ! want to say to you Mr. rrcs
dent that YOU hay never met better.
trunr or braver audience than the
1ne which greetg you today. and 70
this audience / world say that no
more lllustrious or able man has ever
visited Wilmington than William How.
ird TAFT
IN returning thanks for the welcome
he president said:
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Taunton, Mass Nov o.. While the
attorney for Professor Frank L. Hill
OF Fail River, the herb doctor" who
today pleaded guilty to the indlet-
ment Of mansagghtcr In connection
with the Tiyerton suit case mystery
was making a statement In the nature
of confession, reporters In Fall
River found "a the SPOT indicated In
ihe confession the head OF the victim
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! arrests last night. all negroes, among
them Mrs Cooper and her son James,
who conduct restaurant in the vi.
cinity of the house and who are held
as witnesses One of the negro men
arrested last night wore a coat and
trousers that were damp, having been
recently washed.
Sheriff Davis arrested Arthur Alex.
lander and Ed Thomas, two negroes
who occupy part of the house indIca-
ted by the dogs. One of these works
for the Scudders-Gale-Wea!en Co and
the other for p. T. Largan They ave
FOUNDERS to some extent, the former
bearing a bad reputation. Both mala
plausible statements as to their
whereabouts on Monday night and
there is on evidence against them %
speak Of.
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HOUNDS TRACKED MURDERER
TO HIS CELL In CITY JAIL
VIM. James, Negro Coal Driver The Man--victim
Was Anna PeIIy Orphan Girl Who Fought
Desperately Till Knocked SenseIess
and Dragged Into AIIey-HorrbIy
Abused
MURDERER TRACKED TO CITY JAIL"

The blood hounds owned by VIM kenner Harrisburg
down last night shortly
spot where the body found practically
ground the other three
time they followed
Officer Casey had arrested the
Commercial ave
to the jail directly confined
When Officer Casey the
transpres that the Green
bloody The fourth shortly
this morning.
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Never before in the history Of Cairo
were the people so much aroused
about a crime committed in their
midst as they we're yesterday over
the finding of the BODY Of Miss Anna
Pelly, in an alley near Twenty-sixth
and Elm streets yesterday morning.
The body was first found by a little
three-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Boren, who reside on Twenty
fifth street The child was going to
its gTandfather's house and started
to go through the alley, but returned
saying that there was something in
the alley Of which it was afraid. An
older child was sent with the little
one and both returned saying Papa
there's some one dead out there. Mr..
Boren went out to investigate and
says the sight that met him made his
blood stand still
The body lay at one side of the al
ley. about 100 feet from Elm street,
ant n was in a hor,ible state the
face lackened and drawn in lines .;
agony, a gag in the mouth, blood run.
ming from the mouth, throat bearing
the imprints of cruel fingers, cloth
ing torn to shreds exposing the body
eyes set in death. hands cienched, th3
soft ground round about showing
deep marks of the fearful struggle
the Z Dor girl must have made for her
honor which was dearer to her than
life.
This was about o'clock in the
morning after dozens OF people must
have passed the alley on Elm street
and on Sycamore street, but none
had chanced to look down the alley
to see the body which must have lain
there all night.
Mail Carrier Carraher who came
upoh the scene shortly after the dis
covery notified the police department
Tp to this time no one mad positively
identified the body The young lady
was well known In the neighborhood
but her features were so distorted
and blackened that It was not till hei
sister came upon the scene that she
was positively identified.
Chid Egan and several Officers
hurried to the spot and Coroner Nc
Manus was notified The latter was
at the hospital engaged on an ope
ration ana ordered the body to be
carefully removed to Mrs. Feith's un
dertaking establishment at Tentf
street and washington avenue.
The chief made careful examina
tiou of the spot where the body lay
but no clue was found to the perpe
TRAITOR. The young woman wa;
known to have IN alligator hand baf
and a bundle Of red dress goods botf
of which were missing. A book o.
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RABBtS MEET.

New York. Nov. Q. The Central
Conference Of the American Rabbis
began here tonight and will continue
until Tuesday The attitude Of the
reformed Judaism toward intermar-
riage Of the Jews and Gentiles viii be
one of the most vital subjects dis
cusscd.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-10
DOCTOR PLEADS GUILTY In
RIvERTON MURDER MYSTERY

which completed the disnemheFei
body of Amelia 81 Jean
Hill's attorney told the court that
The gin died in Hlil's Office ais the
result of her own act. after Hin had
refused TO give her the surgical relief
sine sought.
Pending an examination of ths
head Judge Stevens postponed sen
tence and Hill vas fetnandeI 10 jail.
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ZELAYA DEFEATED.

Managua, Nicaragua, Nov Am.
nouncement made here by the gov
eminent that after three days ol
furious fighting the troops Of Presi.
dent Zelaya were defeated by the
repolutionists at Colorado bar Many
men on both sides were Killed or
wounded. A large number was cap.
tured.
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EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN.

WjIkesbarre, Pa. Nov g.. Follow
ing the explosion today In the Dela
ware. Lackawanna and Western coal
mire at Nanticoke seven bodies were
taken ort tonight 1t is thought that
other bodies win be reached in few
hours.
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100000 REWARD.

= A REWARD OF ONE
= THOUSAND DOLLARS will BE-
= paid for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of
= the person who killed Miss
= Anna PeIly in the City of Cairo
. County Ct Alexander and State
= of Illinois. on the night of Mon
November 9Th, 1909, in the
= neighborhood Of Elm and
. Twenty sixth streets in said
. city.
= GEORGE PARSONS,
= Mayor of the City Of Cairo,
= Illinois.
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.F0ULEST OF CRIMES
IN CAIR0'S HISTORY

about the scene Of the tragedy that
Chief Egan decided not to tly them
till some time after midnight
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DEAD GIRL AN ORPHAN.
Employed as Clerk IN pupkin Dry
Gods Store--Member OF Cath.
olic Church

olic Church.
Miss Anna PeIly was about q
years old. Her parents are dead and
she resided with her brotherin-law
and her sister Mr. and Mrs. john
Coffman. She vas one Of the numer.
ons working girls Of the city, elerking
at the store Of the Pupkin Dry Goods
Co. where she was known and well
liked by patrons generally She was
a good girl in every sense of the word
Concluded on Sixth Pagel
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Alexander had made a confession was .
erroneous. u
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Concluded ou sixth Page
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Concluded on Sixth PageJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-07
OPPOSES CONTINGENT FEE BILL
Lawyer Asserts Measure Is Piece of Cor
poration Legislation.

To the Editor of The Tribune:
Sir: Permit call attention to bill intro
duced in the Assembly by Charles F. Murphy. the
effect OF which hold attorneys responsible for
costs and requiring them to file undertaking for
such costs in actions for damages for personal in
juries, or for death resulting from such injuries
and for damages to personal property by reason
Of negligence n the attorney has a contingent in
his fee such action.
This bill should be killed for the following
sons: the over heluing ma jority Of such cases
tha plaintiffs poor persons who unable 10
pay a retainer TO attorney, the actual
expenses required to bring the to trial, such
calendar fees. jury fees, witnesses fees, etc
Now Il attorneys to be held personally
sponsible for the they will simply decline to
accept such q contingent basis. with the
inevitable result that courts of justice will be
closed to the poor who unfortunate enough to
with accident in their daily course OF en-
ploymeut or otherwise. Owing TO the complexty
% our civilization and to the intensity OF our in
dustraI life. the number Of people who sustain
personal injuries has during the last half
increased appalling rate. Since none of these
claimants. whether rich poor. are willing to lay
out any money for result as uncertain law
suit for damages for injuries usually is. the con-
cusion Is inevitable that. should this abominable
piece Of proposed corporation legislation become
law. Justice will he denied to all the thousands of
people who meet with accidents.
This bill has been fathered by the receiver OF a
railroad corporation. and viii undoubtedly have the
great support Of all railroad corporations, aCCi-
dent insurance companies and INSCRIPTIONS and
reckless employers. But how about the masses
whose daily vocation may any moment bring
misfortune by way Of accident to them. very
often without any fault Of their own? Shall justice
be denied them the behest Of corporations?
Shall the right of the toiler, crippled manned
work TO demand compensation for his injuries
be sacrificed the altar of Msmmon? l hope TO
God that our government has not yet degenerated
10 that extent
I fully aware that the contingent fee prac-
tice has produced. at the hands Of interruptions
attorneys. fraudulent litigation. and the scandal
Of the ambulance chaser system. But not I'm the
direction OF the above mentioned bill does the true
remedy for these abuses lie The contingent fee
practice should be regulated and strictly watched
by the courts as well by the various bar asso-
Citations and every crook lawyer be bounded out
of the profession. But because there some
black sheep in tho legal profession and some fake
claimants among litigants. justice should not be
denied to the thousands of worthy, innocent and
honest sufferers who sustain injuries.
protest against the above bill in the interests OF
justice and out Of personal motives am not
an accident lawyer and doubt whether prose
cuted half Il dozen such cases during the last
three years JACob BERNSTEIN
New York, April 5. 1909.