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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
FIERCE FIGHT FOR LIBERTY.
Suspected Robbers Put Up a Despcr
ate, Battle.

Suspected of a jewelry store burg
larry which took place at Ypsilanti,
Mich, Friday night, two men who
were taken into custody by the bag
gageman and ticket clerk at the Mich
igan Central depot. drew revolvers and
fought a desperate battle for their
liberty. Baggageman Henry c. Minor
was killed, Ticket Clerk Morgan EN-
NETT was shot through the chest and
probably fatally injured and one of
the suspects was shot in the leg.
The two men made no resistance
when taken into custody, but after be-
ing led into the baggage room they
suddenly started the fight. Emmett's
right arm was broken by one of the
first shots, but though unarmed he
clunE to his antagonist with his left
arm and was dragged out into the
station platform, where he was club
bed into insensibility.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
CONDUCTOR STRIKE CAUGHT.
Oman Employe n Away with Il
Mitchell Woman.

A report has just reached Sioux
Siou Falls of the arrest at Seattle,
Wash, of r. e. Strike. the former
conductor on the Omaha railroad, who
about two weeks ago ran away with a
married woman whose home was at
Mitchell. Strike, before his disappear
ance, induced his wife, who is a res
ident of Sioux Falls. to sign a mort
gage for $4,000 on their home, claim
ing he wanted this money to max a
real estate deah When he disappear
ed he took this money with him, de-
sorting his wife and daughter. Mrs.
Strike is reported to be determined
to punish him to the full extent of the
law.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Shots Are Exchanged.

A collision between French n
Turkish troops neal Dehiba, Tunis, on
the Tripoli frontier. during which
shots were exchanged. but resulting
in nc fatalities, has led the French
government TO make energetic repre-
sensations to C~onstantinople against
the advance Of Turkish troops in that
territory.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
oH1oANs WAR ON CIGARETTE

Law F~OrbiddinH Youths Under 81 In
Smoke In Public Places,
If a bill soon to be introduced in
the Ohio Legislature becomes law, no
person under 81 ear of age may
safely smoke a cigarette in any public
place, in the State, and persons older
than that will have difficulty in bro.
curing even thu makings." The In.
ternational Reform Bureau of Cleve.
land is preparing for a big fight
against the cigarette.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
BrOOkinTS Stock Show.

Brookings is expecting to add to it's
population about One-third of the pres
ent figures. January "a, rs. &c and 81,
about 1900 farmers, stockmen and
others interested in the seventh annual
convention and sale of the South Da-
kota Improved live Stock and Poul-
try Breeders association being looked
for at that time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
STOPS JAIL BREAK.

Confession of Accused Murderer Saved
Life OF DanVillc Jailer.
If Ristros Dimitri, Of Des Moines,
Ia, charged with robbing and murder
ing BoZin Tase, had not informed
JaiIer Pratt Taylor at Danville, Ill,
Thursday night that the more desper-
ate of the county's prisoners were plot
ting to escape Taylor probably would
be dead and the Jail empty.
Taylor was to have been struck n
blow with a heavy iron bar, which
later was found in a cell, and all the
prisoners liberated.
Dimitri said he and Henry Wagner.
Of Milwaukee, were principals in the
scheme.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14

Between SO and rs cattle were found
frozen to death on a Chicago, Peoria
and ST. Louis train at Federal, H.,
Thursday night. The train was aban-
doned by the crew on a siding after
the men had worked sixteen hours and
laid eleven hours before a relief crew
appeared.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
To Escape the Flames.

Leaping from a second-story win
dow to escape the flames which were
devouring her home at Marietta. o.,
Mrs. Carl Walker fell into the floating
ice of the Muskingum river Thursday
She was rescued, but is perhaps fatally
injured. Mrs. Walker lived in rooms
over an electric light plant on the
banks OF the river.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
END COMES SUDDENLY.
Nels Evenson Dies in a R~cstauran at
Huron.

NeiS ems Dies in a at
Huron.
Nels accompanied by his
wife, two sons and two daughters. ar
rived in Huron Thursday on a belated
train from the east, where they had
been spending the holidays. They
went to a restaurant for lunch, and
soon after entering the place Mr..
Evenson became violently i'll and ex-
pired in a few minutes. He was 81
years of age and was a native of Nor
way, and had bee a resident of South
Dakota since 1882. For several years
he had been bridge foreman for the
Chicago n Northwestern Railway
company, residing in Pierre for the
past four years, to which place the
remains We're sent. .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Smith Oh Trial.

Charged with having murdered
Walter G. Schultz. of Chicago, in
March last, Henry Smith, a negro, was
Thursday placed on trial at Alexan-
dria, Va, The accused pleaded not
guilty. Smith turned states evidence
in previous trials Of three other ne
groes who were convicted of first de-
gree murder of Schultz and are under
sentence Of death.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
MEETS WITH ACCIDENT.
The Idaho Runs Aground in the Della
ware River.

WUFF ItTttT.
The battleship Idaho, which left
h Philadelphia navy yard WedneS-
doy for Sandy Hook, is aground in the
Delaware river about % miles below
Philadelphia, Pa.
The battleship went aground about
9 a. m. near the place where the
transport Prairie was stuck in the
mud for n week last month. The YES
sci is resting on n soft bottom and no
damage is anticipated. Tugs left the
navy yard Thursday and will attempt
to loaf the warship at high tide. The
shifting of the buoy by heavy ice is be
lieved to be responsible for the
grounding of the battlcship.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Machinists Favor Strike.

Thomas Van Lear, district president
Of the machinists' union, stated Fri
day night in st. Paul. Mimi, that a
strike vote has been taken by the ma
chinists of the northwest and 81 per
cent of the members have gone on
record as being in favor of obeying in
structions from, the railroad depart
ment Of the American. Federation of
Labor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
sLAYER's STORY FREES THREE.
Woman and Two Men Held on First
Tale of kansas City Crime.

oman and Two Men Held on First
Tale of Kansas City Crime.
After making a false confession
causing one innocent nan to be ar
rested on the charge Of murder, and a
man and woman to be held for investi-
cation, Ward Mower of Falls City,
-Neb., confessed that he alone murdered
Neil McCoig on Dec. 81. McCoig's
body, brutality cut and bruised and
bearing one bullet wound, was found
in the outskirts Of Kansas City, Kan.
Fear that he would be proved the thief
of some notes he had stolen from Nc
Coig was his reason for killing the
man, Mower says. AS a result of Now
eT's first story, William Nelson was ar
rested. and Mrs. Alice Barber. McCoig's
former sweetheart, and Bert Boyd, q
boarder at her house, were held.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Raid on u Bank.

Three heavily armed men held up q
private bank in the G~reenpoint section
of Williamsburg, N. Y, Thursday, and
attempted to rob it. They We're resist
ed and one Of the robbers was shot.
The police reported that after a fight
the wounded mans companions were
captured with him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Old Wages Restored.

The H. G. Prick Coke company will
result OF the business depression Of
1907. Monday morning a notice was
posted In all the coke plants
ing that the higher scale of wages will
80 into effect January 16.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Ice Gorge Breaks I'm.

A heavy Ice gorge In the Wabash
river broke loose unexpectedly Sum
day. causing a property loss estimated
at $4,000 and sweeping away two
steam ferryboats while their crews
were asleep. The men were in great
peril for two hours. They were in
h res Of h gorge and so crowded
by the Ice that the ferries wheels were
useless.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Three Killed in wreck,

In a freight train collision on the st
Paul road. near Roscoe, S. D., three
men were killed and five dangerously
hurt. 1t is believed a misunderstood.
ing of orders caused the accident. The
victims we're all railroad worhmen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Hospital Inmates Perish.

An extraordinary accident occurred
At Raibl. in Carinthia. The sudden
subsistence OF the site of a disused
mine completely engulfed a small hos
plta1 building. Not, a vestige of the
hospital remains, and only a huge cav
ity appeared in tho ground. Seven in
mates of the hospital. including Sur
Eeon WesseIey and his family. per-
iahed. fa1 Fns5 t8pa
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Falls $50 Feet; Unhurt.

John Dixon, riding in an aerial
tramway bucket near the Silverton
mines, Colorado. was thrown out by
a sudden Jar and fell $50 feet to the
ground. He was able to walk to his
home and later went back to work.
Dixon landed in a huge bank OF soft
snow and although the shock Of the
fall rendered him unconscious for a
time, he was uninjured.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
CrematpU in His Home.

Earl wainwright, a 9-year-old boy,
was ema in his home at Lamro.
The fire started from a stove upstairs.
The boy was asleep in bed. the father
was down town, and the mother and a
OUNCE brother We're downstairs. The
house was totally destroyed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Coughs UP : Needle.

Surgeons at K~attaning. Pa. had
placed Norman Barnett, h little son
Of George Barnett. on the operating
table Sunday to cut out his appendix,
but Just as the knife was ready, the
lad was seized with a fit of coughing.
which cured him. He emitted a nee
die. which Is believed to have caused
his illness. He is rapidly recovering.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Auto License Record

The auto license record shows that
the last license number issued in this
state was $3.50. The record shows
that 1928 licenses were taken out for
the year 1908, and that 2.104 licenses
We're called for in 1909.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Aged Federal ofacial Dead.

After So In the government
service Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Philpott,
within six years OF being a cenrena.
rian, is dead at her home in Washing
ton. Up ii a week ago she had per-
formed her duties in the bureau OF
engraving and printing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
RICHES FOR UNKNOWN HEIRS.
Death OF Aged Missouri Miser Reveals
Fortune Of $50 900.

Fortune OF $50 900.
A fortune OF 100000 in gilt-edged
securities awaits the heirs of jeremiah
Moynihan, an aged m'ser ragman, who
died in st. Louis. Mo-, Friday. APP
parently in destitute circumstances.
Moynihan was to have been buried in
the Potter's field Sunday. but the pub
lie administrator found a key to a
safety deposit vault in his effects and
on investigating found bonds worth at
least 100000. Moynihan vas 80 years
Did, lived alone and. SO far as known.
had no relatives In this country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Porter Resigns His Place,

William G.. Porte, for some years
assistant United States attorney for
South Dakota, and on two occasions
United States attorney for the district,
has rendered his resignation and will
retire from the office.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Fort Pierre is Very DRY"

The no license situation at Fort
Pierre shows symptoms of trouble
making. Saturday night someone, ev-
identity not pleased with the activity
of President Millett, of the Stock
Growers bank, along the lines of pro-
hibition, threw a beer bottle through
a large plate glass window at the
bank. causing several hundred dol
lars loss. .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
ITALIAN VILLAGE DOOMED.
lnha bitants Evacuate Town in Inrmi
ncnt Danger of Destruction.

ncnt Danger of Destruction.
On the hills between Parma and
Piazena, Italy. which are about So
miles apart, an immense landslide is
slowly moving. 1t is two miles in
length, half a mile in width, and its
depth is estimated at rs feet. On top
of the slide is the village of Scopolo,
recently occupied by 1000 people. 1t
Is doomed to destruction, and the in
habitants have evacuated the village,
transporting their valuables and the
furnishing and affairs of their church
to safer ground.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Explosion Injuries Six.

Baylor Rutherford struck a match
to light his pipe while standing in
front of a building in Wagner, Okla,
Friday and caused an explosion that
injured six persons and blew up the
building. Gas escaping from q base
ment window was lighted by the
match. :.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
First Donation to Bcadle Fund.

The first donation to the Beadle
statue fund. which was received by
Gov. Wesley as treasurer of the fund,
was a check for $40. which came from
Frank Crane, clerk of the supreme
court.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
New Paper for Holabird.

Holabird. a small town on the h
cage and Northwestern railroad in the
western part of Hyde county, has a
new weekly newspaper, with Editor
Perkins at the helm.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Bank Robber 1. Shot.

Three heavily armed men held W
a private bank in the Greenpoint sec.
ton of Williamsburg, N. Y. One Of the
robbers was shot. The police reported
that after a fight the wounded mans
companions were captured with him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
WIFE TO SEEK MORSE'S PARDON
Spouse of Condemned Banker Will
Follow Husband to Atlanta.

Mrs. Charles w. Morse, who follows
her husband from New York to visit
him in his cell at the federal prison
there. will take up at once and in ear
nest the fight for his freedom. Mrs.
Morse continues to declare her belief
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Hurricane wrecks yillaee.

A hurricane Friday wrecked the
village Of La Linea, Spain, neal the
Gibraltar boundary line in that prov
ince. Forty houses fell.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Prize Hog Brings S53.1s.

The prize hog of the state recently
was marketed by George Waters. a
farmer of the Crow Bench region of
Lawrence county. The animal when
dressed weighed 625 pounds and
brought Waters n total of $53.12.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Dies While Laughing.

Peter Erickson. who reached the
age of 69years, died suddenly at the
home of Ole Bonrod in Flandreau.
Laughing he fell off a chair and never
consciousness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14

An election has ben called for the
25th of the month to vote on the prop
osition of bonding Miller and township
for $22.O 900 to build a new school
house. Sentiment semes to be in IA
vor of the bonds.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
New Bank in Stanley County.

NeW Bulk " StaIHey county.
The opening for business of the
Farmers State bank at Milesville, a
small town in Stanley county, calls at
tention to the fact that this is the
first distinctive farmers bank to be
established in the comparatively new
region west Of the Missouri river.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
steamer Caught in Ice.

The steamer Puritan. Of the Graham
Morton hne, which sailed from Chi
cago for Benton Harbor, Mich, Fri
day morning, Is fast In the ice twenty
miles out in the lake Communication
wal established by wireless telegraph.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Drys to Select a Ticket.

The prohibinonists have called a
county mass convention to meet In
Miller On January IL to select dele
gates to their state convention and
open the campaign generally.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Her Comb Caucht Fire

A celluloid comb in the hair of Mrs.
Robert Nusz. of Selby. caught fire, and
in trying to save her hair the woman's
hands were burned SO badly she may
never regain the use of them. T.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Big Freishtcr Ashore.

Tho neutrality-suspicious. freighter
Furst Bismarck. from Havana Decem-
Der ~ for Hamburg, went ashore dur
ing q fog near Octeville. a mile south
west Of Cherburg, Friday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Wesley Commutes a Sentence.

Wesley Connmutes q Sentence.
Gov. Vessey committed the sentence
Of Harold Burke. sent from Minneha-
ha county On a grand larceny charge.
The term Of Burke Is nearly served,
and his physical condition Il such tha4
his sentence was commutec
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14

Robert Law, aged 81 years and sin
gle. committed suicide by blowing out
his brains with a shotgun, at his farm
four miles from Yankton. He was a
prosperous farmer and resided with
his three brothers and Il sister.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
AN ILLEGAL COMBINE.
Onc Hundred and Forty Paper Manu-
fnCturcrS Indicted.

An indictment against h Paper
Board association, alleging it to be an
illegal combination in restraint of
trade, was returned in New York Fri
day by the federal grand jury The
association comprises 140 ape man
ufacturers, who We're indicted as indi-
viduals and firms. Ninety defendants
represented by counsel pleaded not
guilty. Bench warrants were ordered
for the remaining defendants.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Decnne IN Idlencss.

The decline in idleness among or
ganixed wage in New York
state continues. according to reports
received at the state department Of
labor and Just made public.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Sues His Mother,

Henry Christopher has appeared at
Aberdeen and began suit to recover
$4,000 which his mother received as
insurance on his life when he was
believed to b. dead.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Abcnleen Bank Clearances.

Clearing house receipts in Aberdeen
for the month of December reached q
total of $2.112.35O.04. The total clear
ances for the year were s20,324,952.S8.
December c~learances exceeded those
of December, 1908. by $T04,5S2.s5,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Rcnncd on Price Cut.

ing refined in cases 1880. refined in
tanks $40 and standard white 1890.
announced q reduction Of IL cents q
barrel In the price OF refined oil, max
The Standard Oil company Friday
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Confederate Veteran Chosen,

Maj. b. NJ. Harrod, of New Orleans.
who was a confederate soldier, has
accepted an invitation from President
Lowell to make the next Memorial
day address at Harvard university.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Village Reported Wiped Out.

Ae report reached Flagstaff, Ariz.,
Friday that the entire Indian village
of Supais, located In Cataract canyon.
had been destroyed by a wall Of water
twenty feet high that swept down the
canyon Sunday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Canada,s formulation.

The Canadian bureau of census es-
Inmates h population of Canada at
the close of the yea at 7,350,0O0. The
province OF Ontario leads with 2,61e,.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
Col. Dead.

Col. Michael S~hauEnessy. civil war
@xeferan \ former United States mar
shat In the south, died in Salt Lake
City Sunday. Col. Shaugnessey was
horn In Iowa s. years ago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
s,ovx City live stock Nf.rktc.

Saturdays quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Choice
heavy feeders. S4.so@5.25. Top hogs.
$3.50.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
B.by Dies 81 Gun.ho< MOUND.

Baby Dies Of GunshOt Wound.
Wounded by stray shots discharged
from the shotgun with which a boy
IN h house played. Frederick.
the 3-month old son Of 0ottleib Knoll.
of Peoria. Ill. died Sunday night.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
satolli Passes Away.

Cardinal Satolli died at Rome at 4
o'clock Saturday morning.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-01-14
To Advance Ocean Rates.

To Advance Ocean Rates.
h Atlantis steamship companies
Friday agreed to an advance in west
bound passenger rates OF at least s per
cent
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-02-02

be a tribunal consisting of five judges
who will rank as circuit judges.
Headquarters of this court will be IN
Washington. The purpose OF the
court will be to decide appeals from
rulings of the interstate commerce
the object being to Sc
cure uniformity of decisions IN
cases Of this nature.
The appointment of Judge Quarles
as a member OF this court would be
in the nature of promotion. AS
United States district Judge he re-
ceives a salary of $4,000 annually.
The salary of the judges of the pro-
posed commerce court will be $1,000
annually. While the bill authorizing
the creation of the court OF COM
MERGE specifies that the judges are to
be United States circuit judges, there
is an amendment which authorizes
the appointment of five additional cir
cult judges in case they are necessary
to- complete the personnel of the new
court 1t is said that these addition
al appointments will be necessary,
and that Judge Quarles is to be one
of those appointed
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-02-02
MUCH WANTED
FORGER CAP URED
POLICE ARREST HIM BEFORE
HE HAD TIME TO BLOW
BRAINS OUT.
ROBBED NEW YORK WOMAN OF
$4,000 WORTH OF DIA-
MONDS.

New York, Jan. 26.-Frank A
Giese, wanted in Chicago and New
York for forgeries, was captured yes
terday just before he had time to
blow out his brains. He artfully
robbed Mrs. Frieda Sommers OF
$4,000 worth of diamonds Monday
night, during a visit with Mrs. Som
mers, who expected him to marry her
About the time yesterday that she
discovered that certain chamois bag
no longer contained her gems, Giese
called on the telephone. She managed
to keep him conversing while detec-
tives rushed to the place where he
was caught.
When arrested Giese tried to shoot
himself with an automatic pistol. He
said, 81 always kept ready to goL
knew it could not last long" The
diamonds We're recovered.
Giese confessed that last October
he forged the name of Neil C. Hurley
of Baltimore to a check for $4,000
Hotels Astor and Waldorf both have
his bad checks for $780,
Also Wanted in Chicago.
Chicago, Jan 26.-Giese according
to the detectives. is wanted here in
connection with the forgery of q
check for $4,000 on the National Bank
of the Republic He is said to have
married Chicago girl last year,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-02-02
FIND MURDERER Of
ANNA SCHUMACHER

Portsmouth, n H., Jan. 26.-J2mes
E. Hall, who claims his home is in
Wisconsin, is in irons in the brig OF
the receiving ship Southery at the
navy yard here, under double guard,
after his confession that it was he
who had assaulted and murdered pref
ty 17vyear-old Anna Schumacher in
Holy Sepulchre cemetery, Rochester,
n. Y, at dusk on August s last year.
The girl had gone to the cemetery to
lay flowers ON her fathers grave.
Hall, after two days grilling by Dis
trict Attorney Widener of Rochester
and Sheriff Gillette of Monroe county,
n. Y, broke down and confessed to
the shocking crime. Hall is nervous
wreck, and for fear that he might
commit suicide two marines are
watching him constantly.