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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-25

women present out of morbid interest
and number of them sent flowers to the
county jail, where Driskell has been con-
fined since the trial began, having been
brought in from the penitentiary, where
he was placed after the attempted jail
break last winter
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-25
KANSAS PRAIRIE FIRES
MANY Farms Burned Over and Thou
sands of Dollars Worth of Prop
erty Destroyed.

Abilene, Kan, March PA prairie fire
that started yesterday afternoon near the
railroad tracks four miles west of Abb
leue and burned north, was checked by
farmers early today, but not till nine
farms had been swept clean and much
small stock killed. The loss will reach
$4,000. The farmers in the burned area
are left without tools or seed for spring
work and with orchards and gardens de-
stroyed
Ogallah, Kan, March IA prairie fire
ragged for several hours in Trego county
last night burning over 50 square miles
and destroying thousands of dollars.
worth of farm property.
Ogallah and several other small towns
were endangered and were saved only
after a heroic fight by a large force #
fire fizhterg
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-25
The Police InquisitIon.

For the edificatiOn of those who may
not know what the so-called third de-
gree really means in the parlance of
the police. it may not be amiss to eluci-
date the term.
Sweating" or the third degree" is
physical and yet figure of speech. 1t
means that when prisoner is arrested
and placed in Jail, he is called before a
sort of an arbitrary court, composed, usu-
ally, of the heads of the police depart
ment and an improvised jury OF police Of
ficials, ranging from the chief OF police
to an ordinary patrolman-usuany the ar
resting officer-who is admitted to the
scene by courtesy.
The prisoner is confronted by the police
jury, and if he breaks down and confesses
his guilt or comes through" with a
statement duplicating those who are sup
posed to be associated with him in the
commission of the crime, we'll and good.
The word of a prisoner is seldom taken
by the police, but they obtain from him
statements which they may verify.
If he has deceived the police in his pre-
liminary story, he is usually called be-
fore the police jury and confronted with
his falsified statements. If he persists
in telling the police that which, to their
knowledge, is not true, then he is given
the third degree" which ranges from
solitary confinement to the water cure.
1t is a well known point of law that
police confessions secured under duress,
intimidation or promises Of immunity or
police influence to secure a softening of
the case, are not admissible in direct evil
dence against the accused.
However, in considering the no doubt
sincere, but sometimes over-zealOus eff
forts of police Departmental secure con-
viction through so-called confessions, it
must be taken into consideration that des-
perate characters, who are a menace to
society, can not be handled with kid
gloves, and it is also admitted that in
some cases the methods justify the re-
suits obtained.
Granting that the police have to deal, in
many instances, with desperate and ban
doned characters, the people do not lose
sight of the fact that when a prisoner is
incarcerated he is practically helpless and
at the mercy of those who hold him in
confinement.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-25
Mysterious Woman.

Throughout the trial of Driskell on the
charge of murder, the court room has
been crowded. Casting over the crowd an
observant spectator from point OF van
tage might have seen many of the same
faces at every session.
Occupying a seat within the railing for
court attaches, one might have seen
pretty young woman of a Jewish cast of
countenance. She was accompanied at
every sitting of the court by a rather
stout man.
The young woman in question was tense
throughout the trial, and lost not word
of testimony and seemed transfiXed while
Driskens lawyers argued his case before
the jury.
After the case had been submitted to
the Jury, and Driskel. handcuffed by the
deputy sheriffs. nOnchalantly sat rolling
a cigarette under an apparently decided
disadvantage, the pretty young woman
retained her seat and gazed steadily at
the prisoner until Sheriff Sharp ordered
him removed TO the county Jail to await
a report of the tewlve men.
When the deputy sheriffs removed the
prisoner. the mysterious young woman
who had evinced such an interest in him
manifested suppressed emotion and quiet
~ withdrew by another door of the court
room.
Her continued attendance at the trial
attracted the attention of a number of
the attaches of the court, but even adroit
questioning failed to disclose her identity
and why she had manifested such a de-
cded interest in the trial of the man ac-
cused of murder in the first degree.
During the trial there was number Of
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-25

The want ads caa serve you only if you
USE them.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-25
DriskelI Is Indifferent.

During the long ordeal of argument. in
which he was in turn denounced and In
turn defended, the prisoner sat with his
usual stOical manner. He did not seem
to realize the enormity of the crime of
which he was charged, and was soon to
have passed upon by the jury.
Dale II. Parke, associate counsel for
the defense, who is young lawyer, made
his maiden speech to a jury yesterday.
1t was considered an able one. Through
out the trial Parke conducted a line OF
defense and crOss-examinatiOn which was
regarded as creditable.,
Deputy District Attorney E. o. Leather
wood opened the argument for the state
at o'clock in the morning when court
convened. Among other things he claimed
for the prosecution that all its witnesses
had in effect cOrroborated the evidence
offered by the state.
Throughout the argument made by
counsel for the defense, the contention
was made that not only was Driskel in
nocent of the charge of the murder of
Riley, but by inference and innuendo,
the attorney for the accused sought to
fix the crime on Kennedy, the pal of
the defendant.
Apropos of this theory, it was rumored
yesterday that while Drisken and Ken
nedy were confined in the same cell at the
city Jail after their arrest at Ogden for
completely in the murder of the police
man, that the two desperate men drew
straws to determine who was to be the
fall guy or, in other words, as to
which would make a confession of guilt.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-25
Interest in "ThIrd Degree"

Interest in the outcome of the Driskell
case has been far greater than might gen.
orally be supposed. From the time 1t
was known yesterday that the case had
continuous calls for the result and the
telephone operator in the office of The
Herald Republican was kept busy an
swering questions.
More than ordinary interest in the case
was doubtless conferred because the so
called third degree which is supposed
to be administered by the police entered
into the case
The third degree" or Sweating" Of a
prisoner which is supposed to be prae
uced in many of the jails of the larger
cities of the country is an enigma to the
layman.
Organizations have been formed, in
many of the large cities of the United
States to protect and fight against the
administration of the third degree" The
subject has been dramatized and those
who are supposed to know something
about the true facts of how the police
put the "screWs' on prisoner, are free
to confess that the man VINO wrote the
play, Third Degree" was well, or at
least partially acquainted with the sub
ject.
The so-calIed third degree" practiced
in many of the police departments of the
larger cities of the United States is ad-
mitted TO be a relic or barbarism and
savors strongly Of the Spanish inquisi-
ton.
In DriskelPs case the recital of methods
alleged to have been adopted by the po-
lice TO squeeze out of him confession,
formed an exciting element of the case.
All who heard the evidence are agreed
upon basis that had Driskell been able
to make a stronger case for himself, and
had he not been so generally contradicted
upon pertinent points in his defense, his
story of how the third degree was prac-
ticed upon him in the city Jail might have
played a far stronger part in his trial
than it did.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-25

it favorable to his client 1t was Mr.
Thomas debut in criminal case OF the
higher order and he was congratulated
upon the splendid address he made IN
behalf of Driskell
During the course OF his argument Mr..
Thomas paid his respects to the police
department and particularly the methods
that Driskell had testified the police re
sorted to in securing the confession made
by him in the city jail October IS, 1903.
He dwelt long and earnestly upon the
conduct of attorneys for the state IN
introducing the confessions made by
witness, Morgan.
He eontended that District Attorney
LOOfbOurOW was afraid TO introduce the
confessions in the evidence IN chief ana
declared that the states attorneys mad
taken unfair advantage of the defense
in securing the admission OF the confess
siOns under the guise of using them to
impeach the credibility of the defendants
testimony.
At 2:45 o'clock District Attorney Loot
borrow took the floor and ~ dispas-
sionate yet convincing manner in closing
argument for the state, went over the
testimony of every witness who had
taken the stand for or against the de-
PENDANT The statements made by many
Of the witnesses he held as unimportant,
and dwelt only upon those whom he con-
sidered had told something pertinent to
the case at issue.
He regarded Mrs. Sarah West, who
positively identified Driskell as the man
whom she claimed to have seen shoot
Officer Riley on the night of October 5,
1909 as being decidedly important and
he strenuously resisted the imputations
made by the counsel for the defense that
in recognizing Driskell as the murderer
of Riley, she was impelled solely by ''wo-
mans intuition" He likewise dwelt
strongly in a defense Of the testimony
of Frank Nebeker. who was held up and
robbed by Driskell and Kennedy at First
South and Second East streets half an
hour before Riley was murdered
District Attorney LOofbourow called at
tentiOn to the testimony of Nebeker that
Driskell was, in the best of his judg-
ment, the man who held the gun to the
pit of his stomach and after searching
him for money and finding none, robbed
him of his overcoat. He also dwelt upon
the contention that Driskell was the last
of the pair known to have had the gun.
1T was that man Driskell turning to
the DEFENDANT who killed Officer Riley"
said TOOfbOuroW
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-25

il favorable to his client. 1t was Mr.
Thomas debut in a criminal case of the
higher order and he was congratulated
upon the splendid address he made IN
habaIf of D1iskell
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
H|GHWAYMEN
HOLD Up AND
ROBIN 'QUARR|E
COUNTY COMMISSIONER HELD UP
AND At POINT OF REVoLVERS
IS ROBBED OF GOLD WATCH
AND SMALL CHANGE AT ROB-
ERTS, NEAR HIS HOME, YESTER.
DAY MORNING.

In true western fashion, a trio of
masked highwaymen held up AMI
robbed County Commissioner D. &.
McQuarrie, near Roberts yesterday
morning at 1915 o'clock, as he was
returning to his home nearby. AS IA
suspect, who may have a knowledge
Of the crime, the police are holding a
stranger in the city jail. He has not
been connected with the crime thus
far by formal charge, and his name
is withheld. However, a. gold watch
answering the description of the one
lost by Commissioner McQuarrie was
taken off his person, also small
purse and batch Of letters.
Commissi oner McQuarrie was hurry
ing a1crs the read toward his home,
when. in a dark spot in the road, he
was confronted by three masked men.
all with leveled revolvers pointed at
him. He was ordered to hold up his
hands and, while one Of the robbers
covered" him with a revolver, the re-
tive made a search of his
clothing, relieving him Of his watch
and a small amount Of loose change.
This is the first case Of this kind
to develop here in some time and
both the police and the sheriff's office
are making every effort to apprehend
the robbers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
TRAPPER is ARRESTED FOR
MURDER OF FOUR PERSONS
~ Associates pras..


Kansas City, Dec. 12.-John Feig-
'er. a hunter and trapper, whose home
is half a mile west of the Bernard
farm in Jo 'lnso4 county, kas., where
Mrs Emily Bernhard, George Bern.
hard, her son Thomas H. Morgan, and
James Graves were murdered, was
arrested in connection with the crime
early today and placed in the Kansas
City, Kas., Jail.
He was questioned for three hours
by H. T. thinner. chief Of police Of
Kansas City, Kas., and it is said he
told conflicting stories regarding his
relations with the Bernhard family.
Feigler was arrested after the Off
GERS had learned that he and George
Bernhard had quarreled several times
recently because Feigler objected to
Bernahrd and Morgan hunting on his
farm.
In his statements to Chief Zim-
mer. Feigler attempted to cast sus-
picion upon another man. This man.
1t is said, will be arrested today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
HALL PARTIALLY
DESTROYED By FLAMES
By Associated Press.

New York, Dec. 12-Tammany Hall,
the "wigwam" home for the famous
political organization known as the
Tammany society, was partially de-
stroyed by fire today. There was a
fear of the blaze spreading to near
by buildings. the olympic music hall,
and the Central hotel. The flames,
however. were confined to the interior
of Tammany hall itself.
Torrents of water were poured into
the big structure and the greater part
of the damage was caused because of
this deluge. The fire chiefly exerted
its force upon the gallery. where it
started and a portion OF the floor be-
low. It took two hours work to get
the blaze under control.
Tamany hall stands on Fourteenth
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
GOVERNMENT WITNESS -
COMMITTED TO JAIL
0y Associated Press.

Chicago. Dec. 12.-Mrs. Allen Chris
TOPPER, the governments witness
against the alleged brick trust, was
ordered committed to the Coz a county
Jail with her attorney John A. Brown
today until they produced certain pa
pers and documents before the federal
grand jury. At the same time Judge
Knesaw Mountain Lands. OF the fed
eral district court. declared the &C
cusation Of Mrs. Christopher and her
counsel in his court Saturday that
Charles F. Dewoody, head of the de-
partment Of justice secret service. had
tipped orr grand Hsry secrets with
out cause or justification.
Mrs. Christopher told the court Sat
urday she had withheld documents
purporting to the confederation Of her
charges of a brick trust because De-
woody improperly gave the grand jury
information to interested parties. She
was given till today to produce the
documents, but did not.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
NAVIGATION CEASES FOR THE
WINTER ON DETROIT RIVER
BY Associated Press.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 12-When the
steamer F. B. Squier, bound for Buff
falo, passed down yesterday, naviga-
ton in the Detroit river ended for the
season of 1910. When the Sauier
reached Billiards. reef late in the af-
ternoon she ran aground in binding
snowstorm and it required the as
sistance of three tugs to release her.
r. not thonoht however that she
would encounter more difficulty In
crossing the lake.
The season of 1910 was the best in
the history of the local marine post
office. More than 100000 pieces of
mail were handled by the men on the
mail boat and 19,057 passengers were
recorded. There were 100000 more
pieces of mail handled than last year,
and 1000 more passengers recorded.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
SCHOOL
TEACHERS ARE
Being INVITED
oUpT. n. .. COOK 70 SENDING OUT
IGTTGRo TO ALL SECTIONS OF
the STATE URGING ATTEND
Aeocg At THE ASSOCIATION
MEETING MERE.

Oupt. N. B. Cook, of this county, is
sudsavoring to work up interest in
Ne approaching meeting Of the Flor
ida state Teachers Association, with
Q view 70 securing . large attendance
q the meeting here from Dec. 9th to
sen, Ind II sending out letters to
toachors In al sections Of the state
uro1ng their attendance and co-opera-
tioa n mailing the convention q sue.
cess. Three different letters are
being sent out, the first to the teachers
and school onlcers Of Santa Rosa Wal.
ton, Holmes. Washington. jackson and
CAn0un counties; another to the same
n 0adsden, Liberty, Franklin. Leon,
Wakulla. Jefferson. Madison. Taylor
and lafayette counties, and the third
% those residing In east. middle and
south Florida. To the latter the fol-
lowing letter II sent:
sPublic School Teachers and School
OMlcers In East, Middle and South
florida,
''oreeting: Pensacola 10 to enter.
tain the next Florida State Teachers
Association, which IL TO convene De.
eember 27th-3Oth, next
I'VE are anticipating the largest and
most interesting meeting on this occa-
sion that the association has ever
held, and We are writing this circular
letter with the hope Of interesting a
number of teachers who from the long
distance they will have to travel
might hesitate TO make the trip.
The city Of Pensacola. historically.
= one Of the most Interesting cities
IN the United States. and 1t has many
points Of interest that would well pay
The visitor 70 inspect.
The citisens Of Pensacola and
teachers Of Escambia county extend
you . cordial invitation to be with
- ct This great meeting.
Yours truly,
IN. B. COOK,
Duperintendent Of Public instruction,
Docambia County, Florida"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
ASTONISHING RESULTS.
Follow Each New Discovery Of
Science,

The great strides that medical
science has made IL he last few % -
10 due to the germ theory. When the
/ 49, tGSAI dis Ca 81,
the doctors have not been slow in find
ing a drug to kill it. In a few years,
1t will be rare to find a bald-headed
man or woman. The falling out of
hair is due to a dandruf germ, and
now 1t has been discovered how to
kill this germ. The remedy used is
called Newbro's Herpicide. Its sue
cess has been marvellous. Not a fail
ure has been SO far reported 1t is
also a delightful hair dressing free
from oil or sticky substances Try
II and be convinced Of its actual merit.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 1Oc.
in stamps for Sample TO The Herpi-
eide Co., Detroit Mich.
One dollar bottles guaranteed, W.
A DAlemberte druggist and apothe-
cary, 121 South Palafox st.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13

street in the heart Of the old time
theatre district and one now thick
-ly dotted with ancient buildings.
A dance was given last night by a
social club in the ball room of the hall
and it is supposed that lighted cigar
or cigarette left in one Of the boxes
on the gallery started the fire.
It is estimated that the damage by
fire and water to the interior of the
building can be repaired for approx.
mately $4,000.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
WEALTHY MILWAUKEE WIDOW
Is BURNED TO DEATH
0y Associated Press.

New Yokr. Dec. 12.-Mrs. F. A. Hill.
lard. aged rs, q wealthy widow of
Milwaukee, Wis. was burned to death
in her room early today in the Hotel
Bristol. She set fire to her clothing
in attempting to light candle.
Mrs. Hilliard registered at the hotel
on November last. She attracted at
tention by her ,eccentricities. She re-
fused to use either the electric lights
or gas and insisted on burning can
dies in her room.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
MEMPHIS CASE DECIDED
BY Y. S. SUPSEME cOUlT
9y Associated Press,

~ At8OCIdte0 SFe8A,
Washington, Dec. 12.-Holding that
the question of violation of the fed
eral constitution had not been raised
In time, the supreme court of the
United States today declared that it
was without jurisdiction in the appeal
testing the validity of the ordinance
Of the city of Memphis. Tenn, to
regulate telephone charges.
The effect will be that the decision
Of the lower court that the ordnance
was invalid will stand unless set
aside by further proceedings.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
JOURNAL. TUESDAY MORNING.

THE SWINE OR THE FLOWER3
h me! saw a huge and loathsome .ty,
wherein a drove Of wallowing swine
were barred,
Whose banquet shocked the nostrii and
the eye;
Then spoke voice, Behold the source
of lard!"
fed, and saw field that seemed at first
One glistemng mass of roses pure and
white,
With dewy buds mid dark green foliage
nursed;
And, as l fingered o'er the lovely sight.
The summer breeze. that cooled that
Southern scene,
Whispered, Behold the source of
GNTT0I .FNr"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
WILSON AND SrU11S
THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS
BY Associated eress-

Chicago, Dec. 1.-Gcvernor-elect
Woodrow Wilson and Governor Stubs
were the principal speakers tonight at
the banquet of the Illinois Manufac-
turers' Association.
Wilson declared that business has
been too much exploited in this com
try in the recent period of extraordi-
nary expansion with too little regard
for the permanent interests of SO.
ciety.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
CONSPIRACY UNDER SHERMAN
ACT IS CONTINUING OFFENSE
by Associated Press

Washing ton, Dec. 12.--Announcing
that conspiracy, under the Serman
antitrust law Is a continuing offense
the supreme court of re United
States today held good the indie.
ment in New York in 1909 Of Gustave
e. Kissel and Thomas B. Harmed. I'M
der this law, as far as the statute of
Limitation was concerned The two
men were Identified with the sugar
fraud cases.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
FAMILY COUGH SYaU'.
cures Any Cough In Five Hours.
NEW PRESCRIPTION HERE.

Here 10 given the most effective
cough prescription known to the medical
world. It Is . mild laxative. too. and
with cough and cold on the lungs. A
cough or cold indicates poisons In the
system. causing Inflammation and con-
gestion. Nearly all cough syrups relieve.
stipating effects. This preparation not
only relieves quickly. but It cures any
cough that 10 durable. Get one-half
ounce fluid wild cherry bark. one ounce
compound essence car1iol and three oun-
res syrup white pine compound. Mix In
q bottle. Take for acute cough or bron-
cfitis twenty drops every half hour for
four hours. Then one-haH to one tea
spoonful three or four times daily. Give
children less according to age. A. few
hours treatment will cure and heal the
hroat and lungs Of all but consumptives.
Cut this out and give 1t to some friend
who may need 1t to be saved from an
early death by consumption.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13

er who wrote down the picture talk
and at times the language was so
vile she had to stop.
Mayor Baehr declares the matter
should be adjusted by the humane
society. A. B. Williams, Jr., of this
organization, however. says it should
be taken up with the manufacturers
"f the films.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-13
MISSISSIPPI RIVER below
Low WATER MARK OF 1868
Nv Associates Presa

st. Louis, Dec. 1.-THE Mississippi
river here today gas 4 feet below
zero, the low water mark Of 1863,
which is now used by the govern
nent as the lowest point in river
gauge. The weather bureau expects
the river to continue to fall.
wv orce before. in January 1900,
when the gauge was minus &c feet,
M. -: rive. been as low. Ice form
ing an sa1d oars about the city is
holding back the water.