Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-12

out of it, and then he said: If ! say
raise your hand, up she goes, see
That's no dream. and / felt my hand
raising without any effort whatever on
down your hand" down it goes, and
felt it going down in a singular manner.
by this time ] was SO alarmed that i
was in a cold sweat. | then leaned over
to see if any one might be on the road,
when he began to laugh again. and / saw
that he was holding a weapon of some
sort up his sleeve. Instantly | made
grab for it and got the Ratchet from him
and asked him what he meant to do with
that. He said: I will show You, and
then from his coat pockets he drew
knife in each hand.
The Murder in the Church.
.He came at me, striking with both
hands, while I backed across the church
from the side aisle and across the front
but | did not dare to turn 10 open the
front door. Then / threw the Ratchet
and struck him and he fell. l then turned
to open the door. when he grabbed me by
the leg and threw me down. when my
hand came up with the Ratchet. There
was a desperate struggle, in which used
the Ratchet until he lay quiet and still.
Il cannot tell how that happened. AT
ter that | was wild to dispose of The
body ] was in horrible terror, SO | be-
drag the body somewhere and hide 1t.
Then. when my eyes fell upon one OF
those knives, I flew into rage and be
gan to cut. After while nc walked
up and grabbed me again. Then L used
that Ratchet until l was sure he was
dead.
Then | saw that the fire was hot
enough to make the stovepipe red nearly
10 the elbow, so l grabbed him by the
feet and dragged him down there, cut
ting him into pieces
Then I began to put the garments
into the front of the stove, when l
remembered that it had poor draught
and the things might not burn. Ihen l
saw that my clothes We're torn and
bloody. while some of his were whole.
and then exchanged. and then took all
but a few of mine and piled them in
along with the body
II then went up nearly to the tunnel
station, where I turned my rig about and
started out on the back track. My big
coat hid my torn and bloody garments
until I got to Chicago. where | pur-
chased others.
II am tired of trying to hide though
have succeeded i'm euding the detectives
SO far. II you get this while I am alive
come and get me. | shall not be far
from Carthage, Ill.
j. IT. CARMICHAEL.
Pretended to Be a Catholic.
1dTIIilcIdet leit VI 'ioio' NNN'iS''
day for Chicago and probably spent the
day and night there. He arrived here at
o:15 nm At the station he asked for
the train to Carthage, and appeared very
nervous while pacing about the waiting
room. The train on which he went to
Carthage is a slow freight, and on the
way he paced the aisle of the dingy coach
and attracted considerable attention by
his peculiar actions
Carmichael told Miss Hughes that 1t
was his intention to start a factory for
the manufacture of woodenware: that he
was an expert carpenter. He went about
soliciting patronage for his enterprise,
visiting Father Brennan, the Catholic
priest whom he endeavored to interest
in the project. He said he was a Cath
Ollie and wanted to procure the patron
age of all the Catholics in the city.
Little attention was paid to his plans
by any one. and during Sunday he con-
Quoted himself In An aimless manner.
Carmichaers baggage arrived Saturday,
after he had wired to Burlington for it,
When he came in Saturday night he said
that he had been to A poultry show. He
talked little and ate sparingly, saying he
was fasting. He ate nothing at all Sun
day, saying that his fast was not over.
Miss Hughes placed generous breakfast
before him this morning, but he hardly
touched 1t. He acted oddly, but his
hostess paid little heed TO his conduct,
thinking him to be religious devotee-a