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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-15

Yes" responded the latter. But. of course, that
has nothing do with dear Sara It's another
matter altogether that 1 you about" lie
fumbIed his pocket and produced letter
I'm afraid" he on, that you won't like what
I've got tell you"
He paused. twisting the letter in of his
t.in fingers
What it," Lady sara spoke impatiently Lord
Bardley had a irritating way beating
bush
Lady sara flushed angrily and de-
manded immediate explanation that
point You think your husband met his death
through accident" he faltered but I fear-I am
sorry say-this case"
Lady Sara trembed What she about to hear.
Could ii be possible that her seeret-her secret
George's-hsd been revealed? What do you nean?"
Her voice shook shone in eyes.
1T was MOI an accident" Lord Bardley lowered
his voice in effort be sympathetic. Sir Arthur
Gervaise committed suicide"
Lady Sara drew long. deep breath in which relief
mad been groundless, and astonshment the infor-
ma ton impaired She fully believed that George
Hilton was directly responsible for her husbands
Lord BardIey stood stunning his feet evidently
carried OF an peas M GUY not yet fully
he hated eXplana lions. But Lady sara had
woman. and was always telling her soOa little tie
OF her at the bottom of his heart conscious
he knew she did not love her husband. he
beinS the scenes s ne W0re o1 ne had esen
terEaise and Lord Bardey were of very different
Ihis friendship had an unusual foundation. When
Al considerable risk himself had pulled I'D run,
away horse in the hunting field. when it on the
creditable thing he done his fe-and Cervaise
the restoration of his preseTvers eonstntio9sSa
teGed by fast Lying and prohigacy-to nothing OF
notorious reprobate to decent position in society
=. ne 's aeT e9 ne ha9 consented to the marriage
Bardey and as long as she lived things had
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-15

about it-snd don't worry about Mr.. Hilton either
don't think he'll stand in with Peggy
Marston."
Lord Bardley did not insist any further He had no
particular interest letter felt that his
visit had accomplished its object. shell hold him
tight" he muttered to himself when the door closed
behind him
AS for Lady Sara-she threw herself down at full
length upon the tiger skin. throwing about
the fierce head Il shouldn't like that letter pass
into Georges hands, she shouldn't like
him to know the truth He thinks himself blood guilty
and that is a bond by which 1 shall keep him Yes
George 1 hold tightly. and I'm afraid of
losing you Pm afraid. Even If it's you
for this chit of girl you would marry her
believing that your hands are stained with blood
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-15

CHAPTER VIII
(Continued.1

DON'T think you were very
civil to my friend, Mr..
Hilton" said Lady Sara,
when, on her return to the
boudoir, Lord Bardley,
VINO had been lounging on
one of the low couches, rose
TO meet her. And you
needn't make his visit here
a subject of conversation
at the club, either" she
went on, for you know he
is an old friend of mine,
and it was natural that he
should be among the first
10 sympathize with me upon
my loss"
I know" Lord Bard
ley smOOthed his dyed hair
with a thin hand. You
may depend upon my dis
erection. dear lady. But 1
admit not feeling amiable
toward Mr.. Hilton. He's
done me a bad turn"
"A bad turn?" Lady
Sara turned interrogative
eyes upon her visitor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
{. CHICAGO HAS MUCH
SIDEWALK BUILDING.
Good Progress Has Been
Made on Both Chicago
and Euclid AYES.
Especial to THE TIMES. J


East Chicago. Dec. 16.-Although
this season is not conducive to the
simplifying of such operations, there
is considerable activity right now in
the matter Of grading for sidewalks
all over the city.
The work is being done now in order
that not a moments delay may be ex-
perienced in the actual laying of the
sidewalks, when spring shall make
possible the laying of the cement.
Especially has extensive progress
been made in Chicago avenue and
Euclid avenue where f. G. Proudfoot
has the contract for many miles VI
sidewalks For a long stretch the
grading is practically completed, and
in other places filing is being dumped
in as rapidly as possible. and it is fig
ured that within very short while the
preliminary work will all be competed.
Incidentally what is known as tine
circle" at Barring and Chicago avenues
is getting its share Of fling, prepare
tory to taking on a park-like appear
ance next summer.
| But the activity does not end with
Proudfoot's operations. The telephone
company has a force of men at work
laying its conduits for the new sys-
tenn that is to be installed. which ado
| to the busy scenes. The Calumet
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

charge of being drunk and disorderly.
She was a stranger in town and ar
rived in the city on Nov. s. election
day.
Il was taken before a big fat man
they said was Mayor KNOTS. They
gave me 81 and costs without giving
me hearing. A colored attorney by
the name of Green offered to defend
me but Knots said l need not deny
was drunk and 1 was sent to Jail.
"A big man Who wore cap came
into the jail and said, DO you mean
gave me a terrible beating Three
days later a fellow they said was the
captain gave me another beating"
TELLS OF INSULTS.
The most sensational statement was
given by Ethel Thomas young
| negro girl, who was arrested on the
| charge of robbery She is now under
nine months sentence at Crown Point
and claims she was never given a
hearing
| Il never knew who / was charged
with robbing," said Ethel Thomas. Il
was put in jail on Thursday, Sept.
Is and kept there until the eighteenth
when l was sent to Crown Point.
| The first night 1 was there one of
the foreign officers came into my cell
and made advances to me. He said
that every woman who came in there
had to be good to him.
| Il told him to go away, that I want
ed to sleep. All that night he kept
coming in every few minutes with the
same proposition. In the middle of the
night he came in and turned out the
light. He made me get up and ordered
me to come out 1 told him that
would have to get my clothes on first
NIGHTS ALL SLEEPLESS.
The next night and the night fol
lowing I was hardly permitted to sleeI
a minute. Those officers kept coming
in to see me- I roomed at Seventh
and Washington street pefo-s Z wa
} arrested"
Anna Sullivan is said to have beef
insulted by a sandy haired, smooth
5 shaven man who is on the Gary force
Ralph Cassidy says that Joe the da,
i jailer, hit him in the nose when h
5 refused to admit he had hit a man wit
= a stone. ]. E. Barnette, of East Chi
cago. said the police threatened to bea
his block OFF II he did not tell wha
he knew. He is charged with holding
up a man at the Kirk yards In Gar
and has been sentenced to from l t
s years. Adam Chala and Marc
| Ferdin are both sa.c to have been vic
tins of third degree" methods al
though they were not interviewed per
sonally. sae
MUCH NOT REVEALED.
What other facts the investigated
Judge Virgil S. Reiter is to make wi
reveal remain to be seen. It is tn
belief of those who are acquainte
with Gary police methods that tn
> surface has only been scratched b
these revelations and that scores,
! not hundreds, of unfortunates VIII
! have happened to fall into the sand
of Martin and his men could tell tale
i that would rival in horror any ths
have yet been tod.
IF YOU THINK THAT THE TIME
Is TRYING TO CIV YOU TIL
NEWS, YOUR SUBsCRIPON WILL
i ma AppRECT ATEcn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

a beam and started to pull. I was lift
ed up until my toes were just touch
ing the ground. Then they let me
down and asked me if 1 wanted to
pray before / died and if I had any
thing to say.
Il thought L was a goner and started
to pray. Then they let me down and
one of the officers busted me in the
face again. Finally they said they
would put off killing me for a while
and took me back to my cell
Joe Smith, a friend of mine was
also badly beaten although I got the
worst of it, We were both bound over
to the Superior court without any pre-
liminary hearing"
NEW FORMS OF TORTURE.
Harry Hurts, a white man, was the
next prisoner interviewed Harry said,
Il came from Ohio and have been in
Gary off and on for four years. I was
! arrested on the charge of forgery on
Nov. 2.
"A tall slim fellow, who seemed to
be night sergeant called me into a
private room and started in by hit
ting me a crack in the nose. He then
tortured me by rubbing my ears and
rolling my hair.
The bailiff of the court came in and
said, Give him the third degree. They
rubbed my ears some more and hit me
several times in an effort to get me tt
tell who was with me at the time
/ was arrested. 1 saw number of mer
with their heads bunged up who SAID
they had been given the third degree
| by the police
| Phillip Verbonich. a Gary man held
| for murder. testified that he as ar
rested on June % and that an office
name Louie came in and gave him tn,
head and ear massage.
BADLY BUNGED UP.
Verbonich said, They pulled tn
hair out of my moustache. They hi
me in the and one of the me-
knocked the skin off from part of m
ear. The torturing was always don
by two men. One held my hands DOW
while the other tortured me. Whe
they left they said they were COMM
back to give me a beating the mex
day"
Lizzie Brown, a colored woman. say
she was picked up on the street on TIL
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

other man came IN ad told me that
they were going to kill me-
4 asked them what for and they
said, For stealing that money
again told them that / had nothing
To do with that robbery and Martin
then 'busted" me in the face.
L got up and the other man hit me
another blow that knocked me down.
l ket saying, I a'int done nothing and
they were swearing at me all the
time.
SECOND DEGREE FAILS.
They sent for me again Thursday
morning Martin started the CONVEX
sation by punching me in the face.
was knocked down and Slim kicked
me. They told me then that I had just
one chance to live and that if did not
confess they were coming back that
night to kill me-
Thursday night between two and
three o'clock several men came to my
cell and asked me If I was ready to
tell where that money was. I again
/ told them that did not know where II
was and that, / had not taken 1t.
".An right said one of the men, we
are going to take you down in the
basement where the people can't hear
you holler and we are going to Kill
you
They put handouts on me and leac
| me down into the dark. damp base
ment. When they got me down there
the night chief no had a big club il
his hands said, The first thing we haC
better do is to knock out his teeth He
made a swing at me but did not hi
me.
THIRD DEGREE BEGINS.
Martin said, This is the last tim
on this earth you will have to tel
where that money is, Slim put
handkerchief over my eyes and SOM
one else got a rope and put it aroun'
my neck
] They put the rope over rafter o
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
ELECTRICIAN HEAD
CONES TO GARY.
J. w. Murphy, Secretary of
Reed Murphy Faction,
Interviewed.

j. w. Murphy, secretary of the Reed
Murphy faction of the international
electrical union, came up from his
headquarters in Springfield, Ill. to take
up with the local union officers and
employers some phases of the labor
troubles in Gary
Mr.. Murphy also had a conference
with Attorney Arthur Carnduf, coun-
sci for John Carlson, who is accused
of the death of William Howard of the
rival faction. 1t is said that the Reed
Murphy faction of the international
will put up strong financial and legal
defense to clear Carlson
Our faction" said Mr. Murphy lis
composed of So per cent of the cleo
trical union. We can't get national
arbitration so we won't have 1t locally.
j am not here to confer with the other
faction and all stories to the contrary
are untrue. IN the end we will win
out.
I'VE have no protest against work
ing with Collins McNulty men and we
recognize their cards in our lodges and
let them work with us
Yesterdays attempt to get a settle
ment of the difficulty failed. Business
agents and an employers committee
had a lengthy session but it apparently
amounted to nothing but words. To
day the contractors are working on 9
couple of buildings
II was given out this morning by the
employers that union fathers from Chi
caEo had volunteered to come to Gary
and finish up the lathing work
The Collins McNulty faction are
still afte- Safety Commissioner High
lands scalp because he had himself
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

Kennedy company have also two
months. work before them grading for
sidewalks. and in the Washington Park
addition similar work is in progress
In the latter all the sewer connec-
tions are in and next spring will wit
ness far different scene than has
heretofore been presented by the tract
embraced within that subdivision. The
sewers have drained the property
which will hereafter be high and dry,
instead of under a few inches of water
after everv series of heavy rains.
Moreover the house have all been
put in the best of repair, many of them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

repainted, and those which have not
thus been freshened up to exterior ap-
prgrance. will receive adequate treat
r,cnt as soon as the weather will per-
init. All of the houses are now occu-
MED and the addition bids fair to be
what its owners intend for It,, the
aristocratfc section of Indiana Har-
Dor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

THERE'S A CHANCE THAT YOU
OUGHT NOT TO POSTPONE THAT
..SHOPPING- ANY LONGER. READ
THE TINES ADS AND SEE IF THIS
IS NOT so.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16
SHOCKING
ACCUSATIONS

CONTINUED from Page one.)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

and Col c. H Maloney sworn In as
special police officers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-16

IF YOU THINK THAT THE TIMES
Is TRYING TO CIV YOU THE
NEWS, YOUR sUBSCRIPON WILL
3E APPRECIATED.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-05

much. Nobody hardly ever sees him
'cept to church
Hiram ponders this profoundly, final
" delivering himself Of an opinion
which he has never forsaken. Il claim
he's a s'picious character"
Don't look TO me as though he knew
'nough to be much of anything"
WAL. now. if he's a real student and
they amt no outs bout him. what in
tarnatton's he doin' here? That's jest
what To like 10 have somebody tell
me- Watty"
"Hetty seq he seq he wants a quiet
place to study"
Hiram snorts with scorn. "Oh, fid-
die. You don't catch no Moo York
young Teller a-settlin' down in Radville
unless he's crazy or somethin' worse"
"'Tain't no use telIin' Hetty Carpen
ter that"
No. II anybody SEE a word ag'iD
him she shets 'em right up"
"'Tain't only Hettv. but all the vim
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-05

of his five dollar 4 minute salary with
the GuCgenheim interests Eut his eZ-
perien-e with Dom Paul Kruger while
employed by Cecil Rhodes and Barney
RarnatO forms ore e the leading Incl
dent, of his eventfrl career.
The famous raid OF Or. Jameson
came near being the end of Ham
mund. rs he was under sentence Of
death But the answering devotion
Of his Wife. which aroused President
Cleveland and his secretary of state.
Richard Olney. as we'll rs the entire
United States. brought him freedom
on payment of a fine of $4,000 cash.
SO great was the feeling in the west
ern mining states that 4 movement TO
organize miners 10 avenge his threat
cned hanging was begun to the tune
of this marching song:
And shall Hays Hammond dieH
And shall Hays Hammond die?
Then thirty thousand Yankee boys
VIII know the reason why.
But the 100000 salary Hammond
received from the Guggenheim inter
ests us consulting engineer stuck best
in the public mind. and amateur statis-
ticians figured different financial cares
of the worlds highest paid wage earn
or. the man BarnatO said could smell
a gold mine thousand miles away"
Public Fancied Salary.
For instance: "Alr. Hammond. min
ing expert. stepped in the corridor Of
the Office building at Il Broadway to
say How do you do" to friend. 1t
cost him almost % cents. At the ele-
vator he was halted by another friend,
who shook his hand and ate up almost
81 worth of Mr.. HammOnd's time. \
half minute wait for the next car tax
cd him exactly $23.
I'm FIVE weeks he draws as much as
the president of the United States gets
in n year. The average laborer makes
5000 a year. Mr.. Hammond makes
that much in two and half hours.
His working time is worth Split an
hour. 1t costs him $73.94 to be shaved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-05
CATARRH WILL GO
Relief Comes in Two Minutes Com

Relief Comes in Two Minutes Com
piete Cure in Few Weeks.
Don't go on hawking yourself
sick every morning: it's cruel, it's
harmful and it's unnecessary.
If after breathing HYOMEI, the
wonder worker, you are not rid Of
vile catarrh, you can have your
money back.
No stomach dosing-just take the
little hard rubber pocket inhaler that
comes with each outfit and pour into
it a few drops of HIOMEI. Breathe
! it according to directions. In two
minutes II will relieve YOU Of that
stuffed up feeling: Use it a few
minutes every day and in a few
weeks you will be entirely free from
cataTrh.
Breathing HYOMEI is very
pleasant and certain way TO cure ca
tarrh.
/ Get an outfit today; it only costs
s1.OO: it's worth $1,000 to an ca
tarrh sufferer For sale by the Har-
per House pharmacy and druggists
everywhere. who guarantee il TO cure
catarrh, Group. coughs, colds. sore
| throat and bronchitis. After you
once own q Hyomei hard rubber in
haler which comes with the outfit.
YOU can buy an extra bottle of HY-
/ OMEI LIQUID for only so cents; the
inhaler lasts a life time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-05
PANAMA CANAL READY FOR
NAVIGATION IN.THREE YEARS

the removal of more than million
cubic yards of material.
Three bad breaks occurred. one nj
the town of Culebra covering an area
of more than ten acres and requiring
a removal of more than 100000 cubic
yards of dirt and stone. The second
largest break covered an area Of more
than eleven acres and required the
removal of more than 100000 cubic
yards. while the third break aggre-
gated about 10000 cubic yards.
The total amount Of material re-
moved from slides and breaks in the
central division of the canal during the
year was more than 2,50O,OOo cube
yards, or about 10 per cent of the
amount removed during the year from
the Culebra cut. the principal part OF
the central division.
More than $1,000, coo cubic yards of
material were removed from all parts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-05

and il ne went 10 tneaTer ne wouin
be sacrificing $I34.9O worth of time
If he stopped to listen to funny story
he would sacrifice about SAG a min
ute"
Some merry statisticians figured out
that he could buy with his wages two
steam yachts. or fifty imported auto
mobiles. or 100 three story houses. or
1000 elephants. or 10000 MERRY Wild
Ow'' hats. or 100000 beefsteaks. or
100000 glasses of beer.
The Hammond vice presidential
boom did not gain its hero the nOmina-
ton. but it did give him the widest
and most economical publicity any
one ever cleaned and enabled him 10
head the League Of Republican Clubs
and he offered the post Of minister 20
China by his Yale playmate. Presl-
dent Taft.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-05
Saved from Awful Death.

How an appalling calamity in his
family was prevented is told BY A. d.
Mcdonald, of Fayetteville. n. C. r. F.
D. No. s. my sister had consump-
tion,' he writes, "she was very thin
and pale, had no appetite and seemed
to grow weaker every day, as all rem
edies failed, till DR.. Kings New Dis
cove-y was tried, and SO completely
cured her, that she has not been trou-
bled with cough since. Its the best
medicine ever saw or heard Of" For
coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, Group,
hemoIrhage, all bronchial troubles. IT
has 70 equal. soc, s1.00. Trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-05
Infiammatory rheumatism Cured ir
Three DAYS.

Morton L. Hill of Lebanon, Ind,
says: My wife had inflammatory
rheumatism in every muscle and joint;
her suffering was terrible and her body
and face we're swollen almost beyond
recognition: had been in bed for six
weeks and had eight physicians. but
received no benefit until she tried DR..
DetchOn's Relief for Rheumatism II
gave immediate relief and she was
able to walk about in three days.
am sure it saved her life" Sold by
Otto Grotjan. 1901 Second avenue,
Rock Island: Gust Schlegel, 22O West
Second street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-05
TIE FORTUNE HUNTER.
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Continued from Page Two.)
come into BIinlly TO let that gal of his
waste money like that"
Il fgger." says Hiram after a sa-
pient pause. she must he gettin' it
up for that New York docd."
"Duncan?"
"Uh-huh."
u didn't know he was 'Quainted with
the Lock woods"
Il didn't know he was 'quainted with
nobody"
Nobody 'ceptin' Homer Litt!ejohn
and Hetty Carpenter. and they don't
seem to know much about him. l call
him darn Gurus. Hetty says he's allus
a-settin' in his room a-studvin' and
a-studyin' and a-studyin'.'
Ike goes walkin' mornin's. Hetty
told me-
WAL. he don't como downtown