Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-15

his face and his eyes were so brilliant
that I was thrilled through and through
asked him why then he had made the
present arrangements when he said,
swell. elder, / just wanted to have a
little fun. You consider yourself an edu-
Gated man. and look down on poor
ignorant fellow like me. And just
thought I would show him what [
could do. 1 knowed if l coul handle
you / could handle other men, too, and
make big thing out of it."
Tells Hypnotic Power
'HThen he said, Now if 1 say raise up
your hand, up she goes. See that's no
dream, and l felt my hand raise without
no effort whatever on my part. Then
he said, If l say let down your hand,
down it goes and felt it going down in
singular manner. By this time | was
so alarmed that l was in cold sweat.
I then leaned over to see if any one
might be on the road when he began to
laugh again and / saw that he was hold
ing a weapon of some sort up his sleeve.
Instantly | made a grab for it and got
the Ratchet from him and asked what
he meant to do with that. He said, IN
show YOU and from his overcoat pocket
drew out a knife in each hand, he came
at me, striking with both hands while l
backed across the church down the side
aisle and across the front, but [ did not
dare to turn about to open the front
door.
''Then / threw the Ratchet and struck
him and he fell. | then turned to open
the door when the grabbed me by the leg
and threw me down where my hands
came upon the Ratchet. There was a
desperate struggle in which | used the
Ratchet until he laid quiet and still.
/ was wild to dispose of the body. |
was in horrible terror, so | began pull
ing off his garments that | might drag
the body away somewhere and hide it,
then when my eyes fell upon one of those
knives, l few into rage when he woke
up and grabbed me again. Then for a
while [ used the Ratchet until | was sure
he was dead.
Puts Body in Stove.
'Then | saw that the fire was hot
enough to make the stove pipe red near
ly to the elbow, so l grabbed him by the
feet and dragged him down there and
cut him to pieces, putting in each part
as it was dismembered, then l began to
put the garments into the front stove
when l remembered that it had poor
draft and the things might not burn.
Then / saw that my clothing was torn
and bloody while some of his were yet
whole and exchanged and then took all
but a few of mine and piled them IN
along with the body | then went up
nearly to Tunnel Station, where l turned
my rig about and started it on the back
track My big coat hid my torn and
bloody garments until [ got to Chicago
where l purchased others.
II am tired of trying to hide, though
I have succeeded in Guiding the detec-
tives so far. If you get this while | am
yet alive, come and get me. l shall not
be far from Carthage, III.
~. H. CARMICHAEL"
Wife Makes Statement.
ADAIR, Mich, Jan. 11.-"Really, real
ly, have they really found him?" was
Mrs. Carmichae's exclamation when told
that her husband had been found in
Carthage, Ill. She took the news calmly
in fact, seemed almost relieved to knoI.
that the much-sought man had been To-
Gated. II know of no reason why he
should have gone to Carthage" she con
tinued. 'He had no relatives there and
no friends that / ever knew of. L never
heard of Carthage before and know moth
ing of the place
When told that her husband in his let
ter said that he had committed the muir
der of Browning while under her hyp-
motto influence, Mrs. Carmichael declared
that she knew nothing of hypnotism; that
her husband so far as she knew was
also ignorant of it; and that hypnotlsm
had never been discussed in their home.
II never saw a person hypnotized,' she
said, 'and know absolutely nothing about
the practice. And if my husband made
such a statement in letter cannot I'M
agine the reason for it. -tyx
Cannot Understand Crime.
Mrs. Carmichael continuing said:
81 would not think that Mr.. Brown
ing, either, would have known anything
of mesmerism or hypnotism l never
spoke of Mr.. Browning to my husband
and my husband never spoke Of him to
me. l never said any more than HOW
do you do to Mr.. Browning. l never
was in their house.
81 never knew Mr.. Browning and my
husband were close friends until this
came out. l can't understand it, unless
my husband wanted to help Mr.. Brown
ing to make a success in life. He would
naturally take some interest in every
body like that.
"Now. if Mr.. Carmichael ever did any
thing to Mr.. Browning my husband must
have been crazy. Why, he did not have
an enemy. He never showed any
anger tc any one, he controlled
himself He, never struck a man OF
was in a fight. He could not have beer
aroused over any action of the people
here. for everybody was kind to us from
the first I have often been afraid thai
the gatherings in my husbands ears
would cause his death or make him in
sane"