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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
HUNDRED FOOT FALL
JOHN j. FRISBiE FATALLY HURT
IN FLIGHT AT A KANSAS
FAIR.
CONTROL is LOST ON A TURN
Spectators Jeers and Cries OF "a
ker" Force Aviator to Make a Trip
In 4 Disabled Craft-Wife, Son and
Little Daughter Witness Killing.

Norton, Kan.-John J. Frisbie, the
Curtiss aviator. was killed by a fall
1t the Norton county fair here. Fris-
bic met with an accident the day be-
fore, and only went into the air again
when driven to do so by the taunts
and jeers of the crowds.
Frisbie fell about 100 feet, and the
engine Of his machine fell upon him,
crushing his left side and chest. He
fingered for about an hour before he
died.
Frisbie has been giving exhibitions
at Elmwood park for several days.
He was skeptical about the ability
of his machine to stand a flight on the
day of his death, and announced that
he would not take the air, but when
this statement was communicated to
the crowd there was an angry demon
stration. The spectators hooted n
shouted 'Faker! Faker!" and refused
to listen to explanations.
Mr.. Frisbie announced that rather
than have the big crowd go away with
the impression that he was not willing
TO do his best, he would attempt a
flight. He ascended from the track
without difficulty, and attained q
height of 100 feet, but in attempting
to make a turn the plane tipped and
Frisbie lost control.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
rs KILLED IN PANIC
FUSE BLOWS OUT AT MOVING
PICTURE SHOW.
Dead and Dying Piled In Single stair
way in Frantic Rush to
Escape.

Canonsburg. Pa.-Twenty-six per
sons were killed and sixty injured in
a panic which followed the explosion
of a moving picture film IN the
Grand opera house in this city. Or
the dead thirteen were children I'M
der fifteen years of age and seven
were women.
Operator John Mccullough had just
thrown the title Of the next series OF
pictures on the screen, "A Little Child
Shall Lead Them" when the film ex-
ploded n his asbestos cabinet was
filed with flame.
Some one yelled FIRE." and the
1900 people in the audience turned
in their seats, saw the smoke and
made a frantic rush for the II door
way leading to the narrow eight-foot
stairway, with so steps leading up
from a vestibule. Here they piled
down on 200 people crowded into the
passage, awaiting the en- of the per
Torrance to take the places Of those
who had seen the show.
INN ediately the narrow stairway
was packed and jammed ten feet high
with the dead and dying. the shrek
ing injured and the screaming I'M
hurt.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
JOHN W.. GATES FUND GIVER
viii Leaves Nephew $4,000 fol-
School Expenses With $25O,ooo
as Graduation Prize.

Aurora, Il.-The ate John w.
Gates left an estate worth about $34,-
600, 600, according to relatives living
at st. Charles, H., who have just re-
turned from New York.
By the will approximately 81. 900, 900
vas distributed among about thirty
distant relatives and friends The
bulk of the estate is divided equally
between Charles Gates, the son., and
the widow. They are made executor
and ~executrix Of the estate, the main
sum of which is reported to be held in
trust for ten years.
Henry Baker, twenty years old, OF
st. Charles, a nephew, will get $3.50, 900
If he graduates from college. He is
left SO 900 with which to defray the
expenses of his schooling. He intends
to enter Harvard prep" this fall.
Henry is a bright boy" Mr.. Gates
once said of his favorite nephew. He
takes an interest In football as well
as his studies and that Is the right
kind Of a boy. | want the boy to get
a good education"
c. j. Baker, father Of Henry. who
married a sister Of Mr.. Gates widow,
will receive $4,000 and a farm near
ST. Charles, which Is valued at $50, 900.
Mrs. Baker is remembered with $685.
600. Mrs. Lucerne Angel, a blind
sister-in-law of Mr.. Gates, is left $780,
600, while her daughter, Dolores. ten
years old, will receive $1,000 This
amount is left in trust.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
SAVES SHIP
WIRELESS OPERATOR ON LINER
LEXINGTON PROVES HIM.
SELF A HERO.
PUTS OWN LIFE IN PERIL
Slxteen-Year-Oid Jack Scheetz Climb,
Into Rigging and Sends Call OF
Distress When Station on Steamer
Is Wrecked.

Charleston, S. C.-The IL passen
gers and crew of A of the steamer
Lexington declare they owe their lives
to the courage and bravery of Jack
Scheetz, the sixteen-year-old wireless
operator.
Storm-racked for "a hours, her nose
driven deep in the quicksands off
Hunting island, with seas dashing over
her, the Lexington threatened to
break up and fling her human cargo
to death in the seething waters.
But Young Scheetz did not despair.
Persistently he licked out his call for
help and kept the terror-stricken pas
sengers from abandoning hope. Final
ly a terrific wave swept the ship and
wrecked the wireless station on board.
For a moment it seemed that hope
a dashed, but Sheetz climbed into
the rigging and hastily ixe up a
station. In imminent danger of his
life from the high wind, which threat
ended to tear him from his seat, and
blinded by the spray, Scheetz sent out
his plea for aid. Suddenly through
the storm he was answered by the
revenue cutter Yamacraw, which had
heard his call, and came on the way
to save the lives OF the L~exington's
crew and passengers.
The ~ passengers, a steward and
three negro employees on the Lexing-
ton were brought here by the Yama-
craw, which left the captain and crew
of 43 men on board.
Two flremen were burned to death
and a third terribly scalded when the
vessel grounded. First officer Cham
berlain suffered a fracture of his
right shoulder.
The Lexington, which is a Mer-
chants and Miners liner, was bound
from Savannah to Philadelphia. Three
times she was covered with water, the
pumps expelling enough water to
clear the upper portions and float he
stern.
Passengers necessarily prayed for
abatement of the storm and when the
government steamer hove into sight
a mighty cry of relief went up from
the sorely-stricken people on the e
ington. When the captain realized
the danger of the liners breaking up
at any minute he had life-preservers
strapped on every passenger,
Charleston, s. Cat least Is per-
storm which swept this city. Con-
sentative estimates of the damage
place the loss at upward Of $1,000. 600.
Both bridges into the city have been
badly damaged.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
GIRL BITTEN BY SNAKE
NARROW ESCAPE FOR 9-YEAR-OLO
DAKOTA CHILD.
prompt Action of Mother in Fastening
Ligature Above Wound Saves
Daughters Life.

Pierre.-Myrtle Olson, a 9-year-olu
girl of Lantry, was bitten in the leg
nv n rattlesnake and was hurried TO
her home. Her mother considered the
case as one which required heroic &C
ton. and after tying a ligature o
tha wound slashed with a table knife
the place where the fangs had entered
and washed out the cut with kerosene.
Later she covered the wound with
salt. then waited for a physician, VINO
had been called.
The result of this treatment was
such that there was but little swelling
from the bite and the child is walking
about, little the worse for the expert
enCe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
400 FLEE FLAMES
FIRE IN CHICAGO OFFICE BUILD
ING lMPERILS LIVES OF
SCORES.
COOL HEADS PREVENT PANIC
Elevator Operators Stick to Post Until
Last Person Leaves Burning Struc-
ture - Police Rescue Telephone
Operator Overcome by Smoke.

Chicago.-Fire starting in a store
room of the Chicago and Alton Rail
way company in the Patton building,
Harrison street and Fifth avenue, i'm
periled the lives of 400 men, women
and girlse employed on the eighth and
ninth floors.
Only a few were injured slightly,
cOol-headed men and women prevent
ing a stampede that might have re-
suited in great loss Of life. With
scores of frightened women clinging
to the fire escapes men in the street
gave warning that there was no great
danger and prevented several from
jumping.
A. B. Greig proved the hero Of the
elevators. He was the operator of one
and he never left his post until the
last person was gut Of the building
When he brought down the ina
load" he had to be carried from his
car, but quickly revived in the open
air. The three other elevator men
also did heroic work, all sticking to
their cars till the last.
The loss is estimated at $4,000,
not including priceless records of the
Chicago & Alton railroad.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
TWO DIE IN ELGIN RACE
Driver uck n Mechaniclan Jacobs
Loses Their Lives In Auto
Contest.

Elgin, Il.-Tragedy raced with the
record breaking speed demons here
and overlook one Of the cars in which
two men were careening around the
road course. Just before the winner
of the National trophy flashed across
the finish line, one of the automobiles
of the Pope-Hartford type, jumped
into the air and turned q
somersault. The mechanician. Sam
uel Jacobs. was killed instantly and
the driver, David Buck, suffered in
juries that resulted in his death a
short time later.
The trophy was won by Len Zen
gel In a National "a who ran at an
average speed of 66.45 miles an hour
-four miles an hour faster than the
record Of 1910.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
DISHONESTY IN ARMY POSTS
MaJor-General Grant Recommend
That They Be Managed by
Civilians.

Washington. The revelation OF
irregularities in some Of the post
exchanges in the department of the
east during the fiscal year, which
ended recently. has caused Maiden
Frederick D.. Grant to recommend to
the war department that post ex-
changes be placed In the hands of CT
villains.
Bad management and dishonesty
has been disastrous to two post ex-
changes, he says, causing the loss OF
funds and the trial Of n officer and
several enlisted men. He attributes
the trouble primarily to the a. that
the army officers, occupied with mill
tary duties, are unable to give the ex-
changes the proper attention.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
RACE TROUBLE IN MISSOURI
One Negro Killed, White Man Wound
ed In Fight Over a Pint Of
Whisky.

Huntsville. Mo. = Race trouble
is feared as a result Of a fight over
a pint Of whisky at a negro bar
becue seven miles south OF here In
which one negro was killed and a
white man and q negro were wounded.
John and Robert Cameron. Roy Bur
ton and William Terry were the white
men in the fight. Edward Evans, a
negro, was shot in the head n killed.
John Cameron was cut with razors
Two OF the whites and six OF the ne.
groes were arrested.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
ITALIANS TO COMBAT CRIME
All Detectives Of That Nationality In
New York Assigned to Trail
Countrymen.

New York.-All the Italian detec-
tives In the city have been assigned
to stem the wave of Italian crime.
The Italian consul here has a list of
crimes committed by natives Of that
country here since the first of the
yea and is much exercised by the
showing. No less than 5000 Italian
ex-convicts are believed to be in New
York. The immediate ~provocation Of
the crusade was the two kidnapping
cases reported to the police. Police
records show IA cases Of bomb throw
ing since July IA.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Petition for CIemency.

Madison, Wis.-Beiieving that the
hanging Of a 1~5-year-old boy, tender,
immature, uniformed, does not meet
the ends of justice, citizens of Mad
son in large numbers have signed Pc
titions directed to Gov. Donaghey. Of
Arkansas, asking that he use execu-
tive clemency for Earl Chemist, who
killed another boy in a street fight.
0igners will be sought in other cities
n Wisconsin.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
TO TALK ON CONSERVATION
aft Will Be Only Speaker Evening OF
September 25 at Kansas
City Congress.

Kansas City, NONRESIDENT Taft
will be the only speaker on the
program of the national conserva-
ton congress at Convention hall here
the night Of September 25. The con-
gress for its first session on
the morning of that day, and the Off
Gals decided to set aside the entire
time at the evening session for the
president, who will speak on the gen
eral subject of Conservation"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Tragedy at Funeral.

New Orleans.-A quarrel Of six
months standing over an electric bat
terry ended IL the killing of Joseph
Hasselback, 23 years old, by his broth
er-in-law, Charles Romback, while rel
atiyes and friends were assembled for
the funeral of their mother-in-law, Mrs.
Henry Brink. The shooting occurred
in a room adjoining that in which the
corpse lay, and it drove from the
house all the mourners. Romback
surrendered to the police.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
TO CUT OUT MIDDLEMAN
Fifty Farmers Gather In New York
to Start Cooperative Mar
ketlng.

New York.-A delegation Of fifty
farmers from various parts of
Pennsylvania and New York state are
in this city to start a plan for coop
marketing of their products.
They claim to represent more than
SO, 900 farmers, who will hereafter sell
their produce direct to the city retail
err without intervention of the mid
dleman. The scheme, they say. will
mean a reduction to the ultimate con-
sumner of at least 40 per cent. from
present prices.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
FOOD SHORTAGE IN MEXICO
Man Returning From Sonora Says
Crop Failure Causes Dis
orders.

Douglas, Ariz--Dlsorders have oc-
CURED in the MOntezuma district
in Sonora as the result of a food
due t. crop failures. accord
ing to r. L. Cosgrove, who arrived
frcm McCtc2Gm2. Failure oi crops
planted and Of many persons to plant
because they were engaged in
revolution, Mr.. Cosgrove avs. has
caused almost a famine condition and
great suffering among the people.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
sioux City Live stock Market.

Sioux City.-Friday's quotations on
the local market follow: Cattle
Good to choice corn fed steers, 36.25@
TAO; medium to good, @6.75@6.25;
GOOD to choice grass steers. $4,000
SIS; good to choice fat COWS and
heifers, $5.O0@6.80; grass COWS. $3.50
OATS; came and cutters, $2.s0@
$50; bulls, $2.S5@5.25; veals, $1,000
$50. Hogs, $7.O5 q 7.20. with the bulk
OF sales at 81. 10@7.15. Sheep Lambs,
S4.3O@5.75; yearlings. $500 @4.50;
wethers, $2.S5@3.5o; ewes, $4,000
SIS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
On Steel Trusts Trait.

Duluth. acknowledgements A. 0.
Stanley of Kentucky, chairman of the
congressional steel investigation COM
mittee, has left for a trip to the Mesa
ba and vermillion ranges where he
will inspect the mines controlled by
the United States Steel corporation.
It is not known how long the investi-
cation there will last.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
CIGARETTE STARTS A BLAZE
Careless Smoker Drops Stub Among
Light Fabrics and Causes Fire
In Cincinnati Hotel.

Cincinnati. The stub of a light
ed cigarette, carelessly thrown into
an open suit case filed with light
fabrics last night caused a fire at the
Burnett house. one Of Ctncinnati's lead
ing hotels.
A ten-blow alarm. calling upon all
available fire companies, was turned
*, Su: the Are vas eXtinsuished with
small loss. All of the guests were
taken from the building in safety.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Two Killed by Gas.

Syracuse, N. Wexford ID. Lyon
and Oliver X. HARDWOOD. civil engin-
nsers employed in an i~ntercepting
sewer, were overcome by gas in the
sewer here and died before they could
be rescued. Both lei were about 80
years old. HARDWOOD was a famous
football player for Syracuse univer-
sity and was at one time nominated
as an all.American center.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08

An Aviator Falls Thirty-Five Feet.
Utica, N. Y.-G. @. Hubbard. OF
New York, fyinx q Curtis biplane at
Norwich, lost his seat while trying to
make ! landing and fell IS feet. He
Va badly hurt.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Steamer More,and FIeated.

Hancock. Mich.-The steamer
Moreiand, the largest ever sunk in the
great lakes, which "a wrecked in
Lake Superior a year ago, has been
loated and towed into this port. The
Moreland 10 600 feet in length and
cost $4,000 {. The steamship will be
repaired and put back In service.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
w,Il c.u Arl.on. Election.

Phoenix, Ariz.-Governor Sloan re.
ceived from President Taft an ohicial
c~erti1cation Of the passage Of the
statehood resolution which authorizes
him to issue q proclamation for an
election Of state officers and for q
vote on the recall OF the judiciary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
German Bankers Are Arrested.

Berlin, Germany.-Paul Kwiet and
Martin Cans, the heads of the firm of
Kwiet & Cans, a private banking
house here, were arrested charged, 1t
is alleged by the police officials, with
embezzling $500 900 Of the banks de.
posts.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Roosevelt Baby Named.

San Francisco.-The daughter of
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., will, it is re-
ported, be christeEed Grace Green
Roosevelt, after her grandmother.
Many presents are arriving for the
baby from all parts of the country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
FAIR VISITORS IN WRECK
Hooking Valley Coach Overturned as
1t Enters Column
bus, O..

Columbus, blocking Valley train
No. 80, Toledo to Columbus, narrowly
escaped a serious wreck when one of
the coaches, loaded with visitors to
the state fair, left the rails and over
turned Just after the train had crossed
a bridge near Olentangy park, on the
outskirts of Columbus. Many of the
passengers received minor bruises and
cutS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Iron Mines Shops Burn.

Duluth. Minn.-Fire destroyed the
machine shops of the Hawkins mine,
belonging to the International Har-
vester company at Nashwauk, Mimi.
on the Mesaba iron range The dam
age was $50, 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
jump Into Sea to Escape.

Baltimore, Md.-Six members OF h
OF the reve1u cutter Mohawk,
who are searching for a deserter from
the ship, had q narrow escape from
drowning when the gasoline tank Of
their launch exploded, forcing the
men to jump overheard. They were
III rescuted by a man in a rowboat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Woman Is Young Till ThIrty-FIve.

Cambridge, Mass.-The mooted
question of when a woman ceases to
be young" has been settled by the
directors Of the Cambridge Young
Women's Christian association. The
directors voted that no woman Is
Young after she has passed the g of
thirty-1ve years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
kentuckian Kills Two.

Pineville, Ky.-In a revolver battle
near here Calvin Miracle shot and
killed Matthew Jones and immediate
" after killed Mrs. William Gibson.
Miracle killed Mrs. Gibson to prevent
her t%estifying against him. 1t is
thought.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
N.~ .I.n.n c,binet Eorm.a

New Japan Cabinet Formed.
Tokyo.-The new Japanese cabinet
formed by Marquis Saionji. the pre-
mier, in succession to the retiring
ministry headed by Count Katsura,
has been approved by the emperor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Waterway Meet to CHICAGO.

st. Louis.-Omcial announcement
of the sixth annual convention Of the
Lakes-to-the-Gu Deep Waterway as
ISOLATION to be held al Chicago, Oc-
tober IL, IS and IA. was made by w.
K. Kavanaugh. president Of the asso-
citation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
,w,o After 8 .oooAere Ranch.

Greeley, Colo.-Thomas w. Lawson,
Boston inancier, is negotiating for
s O 900 acres of land As miles north
east of Greeley. He intends to raise
fancy cattle and horses for exhibition
and racing purposes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Fire WIpes Out Town.

Elmhurst. Wis.-Fire practically de-
stroyed this town, the loss being esti-
mated at 100000. A sawmill, $780,
300 worth of timber, six stores and IA
residences were destroyed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Canada seizes U. 8. Schooner.

Ottawa, Ont-The gasoline schooner
Sarah of Seattle was taken into New
Westminster Harbor in charge Of a
Canadian fishery protective cruiser
while fishing, 1t is alleged. within the
three-mile limit.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08

Congressman Smith Dying.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Congressman
Sylvester Smith Of the Eighth district
is dying in a sanitarium at Monrovia
of consumption.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
W e u HIt. Mrs. R....

lola, Kan.-Judge D. B. D. Shelters
action in sentencing Mrs. Ella Reese
to work with the city chain gang has
been indorsed by the w. c. T. u. Of
Humboldt, near here.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Human Chain Snaps: Man Dies.

Tucson. Ariz.-The breaking of a
human chain formed in an attempt to
rescue Henry D. Hidy of Belle PLANE,
Ia, from drowning in the Santa Cruz
river. cost Hidy his life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
BRIDGE coIlapses: Is Killed.

Geneva. standardization men
were dashed to death and 20 others
injured when a railroad bridge over a
deep gorge collapsed near here. 1t
is feared that most of the injured will
die
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
k.I..r Haa Narrow Escape.

Berhn.-The kaiser narrowly e.
capped injury in q collision between
two trains, which occurred on the
track adjoining that on which his spe-
cial was standing. The accident oc
Cured at Luebec, Germany.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Mattie baldwin, Wins.

MANIC 8aidWin WINS.
San Ftancisco.-Mattie Baldwin OF
Chelsea, Mass, won the decision from
WMis Richie Of San Francisco in .
tweny-round fight here.
The evening world., 1911-09-30
CHILDREN STRANGELY
DEAD; WOMAN HELD.
Two Succumbed After Drinking
Coffee Said to Have Been
Given by Stepmother.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Sept 30
Mrs. Dora NJ. Thumm. wife OF John
rhumm. Il merchant. Is under arrest In
connection with the death OF her two
stepsons, Herbert n Walter, In 1905,
presumably from ptomaine poisoning.
Mrs. Thumm's arrest followed an investi-
cation made by a detective agency.
The three children of Thumm by a for
mer wife became violently III the same
night and two of them died. Romie.
aged twelve years. the eldest. recovered.
The Coroner failed to conduct an ex-
animation at that time. which accounts
for the delay In the investigation.
The State will base It's case on the
testimony Of Romie Thumm. who said
that on the night OF the tragedy Mrs.
Thumm gave each OF the children q cup
Of coffee n insisted that they drink
It. He said that his two brothers drank
theirs. but that he psrtook OF only q
portion OF his.
Young Thumm recently left home be-
cause he says his stepmother made a
second attempt on his life, The young
man Is credited with owning consider
able property. and this. the State will
make an effort to prove, 10 the motive OF
the alleged second attempt. The bodies
vii 30 sxsuaasd.
The evening world., 1911-09-30
FREED FROM MATTEAWAN
AFTER FOUR YEARS. FIGHT.
Lee Must Stand Trial for Sending
Threatening Letters to Gov.
Stokes o.. New JERSEY.

Justice Brady in the Supreme Court
to-day ordered that William j. Lee b.
discharged from the M~attciwan Asy-
lum for the Criminal Insane. where h.
has been confined s.nc" 1915. lie had
been In the insane ASYLUM at Trenton,
y. j., for sending threatening letters
to GOV. .Stokcs Of New Jersey, but es.
capped and came to this city, where he
was relrrestcd.
Let sue out half a dozen writ. OF
habeas corpus In the hope OF getting
out OF Matteawan, but all but the las,
were dismissed. He will now have 10
stand trial for sending threatening let.
tiers TO GOV. Stokes. In his decision
sustaining Lees writ. Justice Brady
said
II I'm OF the opinion that the rel,tor
Is Of sufficiently sound mind to under.
stand the nature and charactes OF the
offense with which he IN charged. and
fully able to consult ana advise with
counsel on and about his defense"