Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-11
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/ REYNOLDS of the faculty of lhe Yale law
/ school, died of pneumonia at the Hotel
/ Belmont. New Work Prof Reynolds
+, WAS born IN Grand Rapids Mich. fifty
/ ehe years agn,
The so-called haunted farm of 50o
/ 9tFcs u1 the town Of Vienna. near tica,
/ n y which fcw wears ago was sold
/ Ior NtatN, WAS Knocked down at auction
/ lu i::lS CtN for N.l.3.l, and for good meas
/ ure complete SaWmill outfit VAS thrown
! In. The farm WAS the Sccue of the fa-
i NOUS Elefct murder ~ number Of years
/ ago and after the tragedy came to be
! known as the haunted farm, on ne
/ count of alleged uncauuy duiugs there.
/ This reputation deprecated the value of
! tlle property iuaSmuch as Ii was almost
impossible Co secure tenants for the place
ana It's sale for an insignificant sum was
the result. Subsequent To the murder
! at the farm the property figured in extern
/ SiNe litigation between the administrators
| Of the Pierce estate and Mrs. ELLA f.
! kinney of Syracuse, who traded syria
/ cuse property worth $500 for il and
/ gave a mortgage for $4,000, making the
/ total cost $500. She claimed 10 have
/ been lefrauded in the deal and later got
/ rid nf the property at 70 sacrifice.
/ Moths saved a roll OF money from dc
structiou by hre M Walton Conn The
shabby old clothes Of Mary Spi9zer. who
/ died recently, were about TO br con
signed to a bonfire when through "A moth
/ hole in waist the CLEAN of a yellow
/ back was seen. Some of the garments
/ had been burned, but IN this waist and
/ two skirts nearly $1,000 was found I'm
/ bills that ranged from 81 10 500. There
/ is no knowing how much was iuSt ia
! the tire. and il is now planned 60 open
! the grave and examine the clothing IA
! which the woman WIS buried, IN the
| hope Of huding more treasure. Mary
/ Splitter for many years lived the life
| of miser and "a recluSe in an old hut
| under Bald Hill. She lived ON herbs
and things she secured by hartering
| roots aud medicine. When she died the
/ town WAS about TO pay the funeral ex-
| ptnseS when sister appeared and made
| all arrangements. IL appears that the
/ woman csmc from "a prominent New
York family ANA had withdrawn from
/ friends and society when young, having
! been disappointed in q love affair
-Four medical experts testified before
n referee in New York that in their
/ opinion Lawrence Perrin of Baltimore is
| of msonnd mind. and Should be placed
| ia an institution where be would be
| under restraint Perrin took the pro-
ceedmgs lightly He smoked many Gig
arettes. made yoiuminous notes and jest
/ ed with his counsel. former District At
| torncy Jerome DR. Charles Dana teS-
/ tihcd of the defendants eCCcntriCItles,
and the strange tales he told about the
/ castles he had purchased la Spain. When
/ Perm learned that he would be commit
| ted TO bellevue pending continuation
/ of the proceedings tomorrow, he re-
marked
It's enough to make any man mad to-
/ be shot around from hughousc to bug
/ house
/ From u palace where She presided as
! FIRST lady of the land to an oIm>house
/ refugc-such is the fate that has over.
1 taken Sonora AlaEera Barrlos. Wife oi
/ former president of Guatemala. Pen
/ niless and without means of earning a
Livelihood. she Knocked for adIuittaucc
/ at the TourO-Sh8heFT earc aimShouso AT
i New Orleans New Years day. Her lius-
/ band, Jose Maria Reno Barrios. was
assaSsinated a short time after his G.
cesslon Ia the presidency The fortune
/ she inherited was dissipated through
/ mismanagement. At the office of the
Gnatemaian consul Is was declared that
II the wire OF the former president would
return to Guatemala 10 live She would re-
I celNe a pension from the government
equal to the salary paid her husband,
+ rms It was asserted, she had refused t0
4 DO. 1t was stated that 500 month WAS
A'A % ''HNiot+dhle illuN bA
~ t""St'"l' uHdef instructions from
,llS l'ttsltei't "i 'uatemala. The Guate-
l lt@''u :" tI4lH'hl Us now bearing the
] G 5ai,t We faueauou Of Consueio
4',, "' '"'''"S' Al Sehool lu Lon
,ri re-.
/ y, "' n.y." pet cats Kept by AilsS
/ l,lF9'l VI t''E. p' years old. New York,
(! gave an alarm Of fire which probably
! 9aFea Jhe me oi her sister, Margaret
/ y" |e4fa ''"' MISS Teresa herself was
/ 80 hddiE burned that she viii die -Four
oil the cats were sultocated. The ire
was lh the Kitchen, where the eats We're
| Kept. Their hOWiiE- aWohe iae sisters.
! ahd Miss Teresa was fatally burned il,
/ trying 20 rescue her pets Her SISTER
/ Jumped go the hallway iust i'm time ta
/ prompt alarm brought the drpnrn opiat
/ ly and prevented heavy damage H. The
/ building one hundred tenants were
panic stricken. hut all except Miss Teresa
| MuNey got ont uuharmci
/ MR.. 0Leary'S COW became famous in
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