Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-12


Blackstone in fright Jumped to her
feet and ran screaming into nm adjoin.
Ing room. The burglar said, "lf you
want to get killed. keep on screaming" "
and fired rs he spoke, the bullet enter
ing Miss Blackstone's breast. Death
followed instantly. The murderer turn,
ed the revolver on the group. shooting
Miss Harriet Dow in the head and
seriously wounding her The assailant
then made his escape through a grove
surrounding the house
For several days posses aided by
bloodhounds secured Springfield and
the entire vicinity in vain effort to
obtain clew to the murderer. The
authorities concluded that the perpe-
traitor of the crime was the same per-
son who had been burglarizing Spring
field homes for the two years past and
who had always escaped detection.
Finally a citizen whose home had been
entered some time previously turned
over to the police a gold locket which
he believed had been dropped by the
burglar while escaping over a fence
engraved on the locket and with this
clew TO work on the police finally ar
rested Spencer, young clerk employ
ed In local establishment. Tho ini.
tials on the locket corresponded with
those of Spencer's sister
The young man broke down under a
2d-hours' merciless grilling, and con.
fessed that he was the mysterious
masked burglar and the murderer OF
Miss Blackstone. In his confession
Spencer made it clear that. associated
with his overpowering desire to steal,
were an intense love of excitement,
and high degree of personal vanity.
This latter the young man had graft
fed for two years by battling the po.
lice and reading the newspaper ac.
counts of his exploits.
He told the police that he had ex.
! perienced no qualms of conscience
4 from his crimes, He revealed career
OF almost lifelong crime Following a
blow on the head while he was a
small boy in Lebanon. Conn, his na-
tive town, he said, he began to steal
at the age of nine. Later, while still
a youth, he held up young women on
the highways and entered houses. BY
engaging in legitimate occupations by
day. he had always escaped detection
| WASHINGTON. Sept. 9.-The inves.
tigation into the cause of the oil ex.
plosion on the battleship North Da.
kota, in which three men were killed
and nine injured, is believed here to
day will go behind the returns" and
strenuous effort will be made to dis.
cover the elementary trouble which
has caused three naval disasters this
year. The fact that the North Dakota
was the latest product of the highest
skill available In the country with nc
questions of money considered In Its
| construction makes the situation dis
heartening to navy officials.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 9.-OnIy 81,
members of the Ballinger-P Pinchot in
vestigating committee, one less thar
, quorum, were present when the ses
sion opened today. Senator Suther
land of Utah and two other Republic
ans. Representatives Samuel w. Nc
Call of Massachusetts and Edwin Den
by of Michigan. refused to attend
! When the committee resumed its ses
sions here today the five declared anti
Ballinger men were confronted by only
four whose failure to declare them
| selves leaves them classed as Ballingel
adherents. 1t is considered possible
! that the anti-Ballinger majority nigh
! again disregard technicalities as the,
, did on Wednesday. and push through
, the already prepared ntiBallinger re
port and then go home, leaving -tht
remaining seven members of the full
committee to frame minority repor
when and where they pleased.
I MILWAUKEE,. Sept. 9.-Thirty- min,
; members of the crew OF Pere Mar
r quette car ferry No. IS were drowned
ard three saved when the car ferr,
! sank in Lake Michigan. about thirt,
miles off Sheboygan today, according
to reports received here. The loss o
E the boat is estimated at over half
million. The car ferry was bount
from Ludington to Milwaukee with
t small cargo. consisting of eleven car
( of coal and twenty-one cars OF mis-
cellaneous freight The ferry wa
making its first trip after a lay-off o
, sixty days under the charter OF
t Chicago amusement company.
E ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N. S., Sept. 8
r Notable representatives of the An
I glican church in England, Scotlan
. and the United States. as well as dele
t gates from every diocese in Canada
I took part in the celebration here tc
b day OF the bicentenary of the Churcl
: OF England In Canada This place wa
t appropriately selected for the celebra
( tion. as 1t was here that the frs
=. regular services in Canada ACCORDING
\ to the use of the Church OF Englan
4 were held. The service was one O