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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-05
NuBARD'S BROTHER
IN INSANE ASYLUM
Neighbcrs Say he Is Mentally
Irresponsible-Dr. Pettit's "Of-
tense" Consisted Merely in At
tendance on Hubard's Wife at
Instance of Hubard's Father.

A thorough inquiry was made into
the Nelson county shooting Tuesday.
The SLAYER of DR.. Petit was inter
viewed in his cell in the LynchburS
jail; neighbors OF Ben Hubbard were
interviewed at Colleen, in Nelson coun-
ty, and the records Of the Eastern
State Hospital for the Insane at Staup-
ton were consisted.
Information thus cleaned clearly
establish
First That DR.. Petit, a man OF
unimpeachable character, was ire
proachable in his conduct towards
Mrs. Hubbard, wife Of the slayer.
Second. That Hubbard resented DR..
Pettit's attendance on his wife at a
time when the wife was in a delicate
condition, despite the fact that DIR.
Petit responded to the call OF HUI
bard's father only with reluctance.
Third. That there is insanity in the
family of the slayer.
From the vicinity OF Colleen, in
Nelson county, news came by long
bard has been regarded as mentally
unsound for years.
From Staunton it was telegraphed
that inspection of the records OF tse
Western State Hospital showed that
Bernard Hubbard, a brother of the STAY
er. has been an inmate OF the asylum
for fifteen years. When he first entered
he suffered from acute mania He is
suffering from criminal dementia now
and is very weak and simple-minded.
The records do not disclose whether
his insanity is due to heredity.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-05

PETERSBURG, VA Special It
was learned here that DR.. James A.
Petit, who was slain in Nelson county
yesterday by Ben Hubbard. was dis
family related to the Fluvanna Pettits.
one of whom, Paul Petit, son of the
late William b. Petit, lives in Peters
burg. A brother of Paul Petit is
Pembroke Petit, of Fluvanna- The
relationship between this family and
DR.. James A. Pettit's family is distant.
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-31
SYNOPSIS.

wsras- starsser {: sing sing prison
and Defective George Doyle ef1csavog TO
prevail On Fill Avery. 2 released prasoae-,
to search CT Information against for
rer pal yoGns convict sroEn As
Jimmy Valentine Avery refuses. A51
Doyle ana Hsnc.er :hrs2tss 70 ATTACK
tim Valentine tad = TICK O. opening
safes solely uy the serss Of touch
Avery goes Lieutenant Governor Fay,
his beautiful niece Rose Lane. and two
women workers In = rescue rnisstor visit
the prison
Warden Handler hears Rose Lane ten
nov sne Uaa rescued from q THE. On a
train. ard re IS amazed at colrcta~ro~
Cous.tt Jimmy valentine No L-sS. 4
brou.l, t..l - -a-cen Office TO op~n
T. s.tr ss ar o.reci segson 20 the visitors,
ana Rose re- gGnizes ai1n as the man woo
saved nef from the taief Cotton
Valentine says ne can't open The safe,
euraclr.E HarsElsr TIE lieutenant COVER
nor and Rose talk with Valentine. Rose
pleads aIth Fay 10 AID n. young prison
er wHO u handsome even n Sing Sing
rarD
Fey vrerrlsez Tor Roses sax. 70 ASK tne
governor 10 pardon Valentine ssorEz'y
yr,era-ez occurs peiHeen Handler ard
Valentine
Eaiert4rs salis patiently IN PRISON for
rsvs F-G-a8y ne Is pa-doned and goes 70
A;fsea % 70 thars -ns governor, Lss1ssrsanI
Governor S2y a.1 F9s.-
gaser-t~e refuses positions offered ry
,.se -esczs -ztrs5g1 ~2-Eers To MS ana Ee'
-@-, - --sa~-s 8-G ars-J and former
80 c-Esr HsJ Flanagan
10 49, Gserg ~ - GlSs lacs Jf-5ro'
'r--~ -rz sa1--e Detective Doyle ?
-4-s ae . a-1 Arsrg hs1e LsoE
rz-.- #am- - 20 rzSt -.- ~1@re AEs-l
q tg. - ~sr-s 20 r.ar-eEt tt-1 alan
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-31
CHAPTER VIII,

Y TITLE knowing cf the serious
conspiracy that was forming
but a few yards away behind
- the thick velvet curtains. Val
entine gave verbal and mental battle
70 the detective Already he was be-
ginning to see that the way Of the
transgressor was hard not only while
he was in the legal tolls, but also aft
er be became free and supposedly In q
position to build new life If he so
desired But Jimmy Valentine was
only at the beginning OF knowledge
OF the conditions and trials and set
backs be must face, for so long as
men make laws and administer them
so long will the guilty and the inno-
cent as well suffer and endure, some
times justly and sometimes unjusly
This also is a law OF life.
Valentine went on TO insist that he
didn't know where Avery was. hadn I
seen him since his release from Sing
Sing, was glad OF 1t, didn't care
where he was and didn't purpose to
care. or oil this be was absolutely
sure.
"well.' stated Doyle. "he held up a
citizen just three days after he got
out. and want him"
And I'm to tell you where he is
robbery questioned Valentine
"The man he stuck up may die"
And you expect me to hunt him uT
and deliver him to your
"And you are going to. That's the
odd part Of 1t. And possibly I'll make
an eyewitness out Of you
1T would be odd il I sent Avery
away for life 1t would indeed
Then I'll slough you for tina
Springfield job" Doyle rose abruptly
Then you may as well do 1t now.
said the other defiantly.
"No hurry. I've got little work OF
the case yet. and I'll find you when
want you Doyle's grin showed nj
(. teeth.
I'm not going to run away"
Look here, Valentine, this Aver.
isn't worth this He's as wrong a
ever lived. He'll cross you or any on
else. | should think when a bum re
sorts to blackjacking an old man tina
would put him out Of your Glass;
II don't know where he is. don
know that he did blackjack anybody
and | wouldn't know him 1t say
him"
That's your spiel, ehY
sSrhat's the truth"
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-31

Tbe OH itset aaed threateningls
toward Valentine shaking bis wither
81 fSf as r5e5eDt!y as The sabby mus
cses. ssggs-3 by years ~ prison sir and
prison tzre. woB8d permit
Like The d. be cried choking
f. bis wraGA I'm 90. that's ysur
ooF@ Going 10 throw me for q rookie,
ehF Wei TN s5ow you When guys
starr sailing ne I-i show Them rp
From nuw o8 I'M 8 copper. and IT'D
slsow vou ur. Valentine I'll get you.
to3-I-ll get ron gagFt' -
EeJ F1zDa-au had Won a continent
wide reputation as smooth work
e. He was uue of those palnstak.
Ing. consultations burglars who fol
lowed hgli-u8ny the lanGable prac-
tie q booking after details His en-
rIoFerz. sruor. whom had teen Jim.
mr. Valentine. Chicago Whitley and
otter leaders In their profession had
In the PCS; shown q Gathering willing
ueSs 10 recommend him tnot IL their
Own hand writing. TO BE- surel as 8
Thorough artist an untyinE sr1den'
and one rhn one DAP would probably
Ye~oluticniZe the business Of caring
fQr either peoples money. In q word
Red was thorough. which means 9
great deal in ais line.
So. true 70 his reputation, Red. fear
ing complications beaause Of tie pitcf
10 whlgA Avery had u1c0nsciously
raised his voice had stepped behfDc
The T-,rtieres 10 keep watch on tbs
short nallway that led TO II. This ball
way opened gut into the main hall 0
tts. hotel. az the far end q which va
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-31

8 carriage entrance At the opposite
side Of the parlor was an exit lead
Ing 10 a dining room, which In turn
had an opening directly next to the
main entrance Of the hotel. Red real
lied that a casual passerby might be-
come suspicious Of Ayery's words
should they be overheard. Besides,
the impacable Doyle was In town. A
friend If his a runner for Doc Sla-
ter faro bank. had 50 Informed Red
that very morning.
Red suddenly issued q warning hiss
'Duek, Avery. Here comes Doyle"
Tie two thieves, having no oppor.
t3u4ty to do better. hastily concealed
themselves behind the portieres.
Valentine very much disturbed,
made an effort TO calm himself He
seated himself beside a convenient Ia
bic He picked up a magazine and
began to peruse lis pages in seemingly
u4eoucerned fashion.
Hello, Jimmy
With these words Detective George
Doyle entered the room. Garmented
IN the latest cut Of fashionable cloth
ing. panama hat and patent leather
ties with batwing laces. he appeared
the dlettante. the man about town,
rather than the tracEer Of desperate
men-the man Of leisure, every inch
Of him. an uuinitlated observer would
have pardonably judged not only from
his attire, bur also from his debonair,
blase manner Any one describing
Doyle as the man who broke up the
Five Points gang and the "Whyo'
gang In New York city would have
been laughed at for his folly, yet such
was his record His work In scatter.
ing the troupes Of election and primary
day "hoaters" and "repeaters" In some
OF the most dsreputable districts was
equally meritorious.
And yet Doyle had his other side
He was growing fond Of the easy life
that came from having staff OF "stoo
pigeons to do his work for him.
Jimmy Valentine turned his heat
slightly TO answer Doyle, who, hs
well knew, came on no errand tha
would benefit a released prisoner.
How are you, DoyleT he replied
indifferently.
Doyle's shifting. farseeing eyes, how
ever. caught the nervous twitching O.
Valentines fingers as they ran owe
the edges Of the magazine.
You're perfectly innocent now,
hear went on Doyle. a sarcastic not
coming into bis voice
Perfectly Valentines voice wa
as even as though conversing with hi
most intimate friend
so you told the governorY com
mented the detective
"Oh yes
. We seen the governor too"
I He didn't have much to do thl
Q morning, did heI' humorously.
Very pretty, Jimmy. Let me as
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-31

you question DO yon think world
be your friend II | couid:''
"Do ron think SD yourseIfY
Yes. If you were willing 10 ex.
change the ordinary courtesIes be
tween friends"
Meaning exactly whatT
-Farors Now. I'll do the first one
he seated himself opposite the ex-con-
yict
Thank you." In gay mood.
Sarcasm won't win you anything
with me. Jimmy said I'd do you
favor"
What is itr Valentine began 10
inspect his visitor anxiously.
The detective paused momentarily
Then be said deliberately:
"Ill-forger-t that-io iob-you-did - at
Springfield, -,hree-t tears-ago."
The detective leaned back in his
chair inserted his ihuInbs In the arm
holes Of his waistcoar and gazed fixed
| ly at Jimmy Valentine.
The eyes Of the man addressed be
| ca me directed al the cover Of the
| ma gazine be still held. but only for
| an instant He shot 4 defiant glare
| al Doyle.
Il was never in Springfield in my
| life" be sa.I Indignantly.
Which Springfield? asked Doyle
Significantly
NO Springfield"
You dodge 1t nicely"
| Il don't see how"
Now. which Springfield did think
| you were going TO say"
Il have no idea"
| Good again Well. III tell you, =
| continued Doyle Il meant Spring
field. Mass
Valentine raised his brows doubling
ly. innocently-
Il don't think / was ever In the
state Of Massachusetts"
u can prove you were in Spring
Geld. Mass. the night the safe in the
savings bank was grabbed"
"oh. no. you can't"
"Believe ne. Jimmy. | can. The
witness may be a bit disreputable. but
/ 1
You can job me, you mean. You
can get fake witnessesT' Valentine
asked excitedly.
II can send you for fse at least
my boy"
But you won't II do you favor:'
"You are a very good guesser
James"
"WenY
Il want Avery"
"Averyf
Bill Avery. who finished 4 nin'
year stretch a mouth ago and joine,
up with your old friend Red Fiana
gan"
Bill Avery, concealed behind the Por
there's with Red. gave violent star
as be beard DUyle's words. Red hat
all he could do TO quiet him. Tn
aged thief however. managed - draw
IS caIiJer revolver from sid
pocket In his coat-quIcker 10 get a
than the hip pocket, and then th.
arrangement enables a man 10 stan
with a hand carelessly thrust into
pocket and 10 discharge the pfstc
through the coat when aire emergenc
0 threatens.
Curse him" be whispered to Rec
G Il told him Ia get him If he turne
: square. and when Doyle goes I'll bor
D him through the mouth and into hi
e brain"
+ Serve him right" hissed Red. An
: two chances for slick geta way. \
s guy can go on the square without e.
J, In crooked with his pals"
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-31
New Town Site.

Go to Birdsell, N. D., II miles
east of Mott, on the new North
ern Pacific railroad, for new
business locations. See VIM. H.
Brown Company. Mott. N. Oak,
for prices.
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-31

Ags1a Cd Red f-9 C ase 10 40 Is 1lg
..l.-5. tie szc!ry q Us II ON fe-14-rz7e
s1r se-e ts Was overlooking entlrelg =
- sls childish re- -9LiEg re reDarSe-
d1sn4sg cevrzl1fy that The detec-
Tres Rgg.d force ait1 10 l@4c1- Da
1.a go ga O. aly 94- - ii ths II
par3tl II p t3oEa 1s could obtain III
Fy-a-a rlsa desired - the pysies IL
saygE- Valentine lad overlooked tie
-as.eya plg=ga game the despair Il
.t~~g cg3gk ~ho tad ever tried TO go
-Iras z4t"
Az, dou,t I'd yourself" warned
Red The copper u let you De square
II ggu're stool pigeon. II gou tip Of
D.4 pals No other maE."
Absurd! How. far instance. could
hey d. meT'
Absurd, eh1 What about Kid
Sfeclet He turned square. but he
wouldn't squeal. and lob after job they
threw him out o. till he was hungry
In the street Then a copper offered
30 stake him to a feed II bed turn
NJ an old pal. And he murdered the
cop on the spot, and now he's doing
ilfe Turn square. eAf That means
D.. stool or bum In our game
Red raised his hands protestingly
aad turned his face away from vaIen-
tine
peat the copper t-.-,"a De 9th
er Get away 81 .Ha't Gud
you We can DO
Yes. We can Ete8 a4,fu faced hi.
friend Why. Doyle ts III tvHn TO bee
you now"
Doyle hereE" In alarm
Yes met him when ne got of
the RATHER He's going TO give you
your orders, and you'll have to do as
he tells you II you turn square He
knows you beat it. He was laying fer
Avery when he came out and told
him TO report once a month And
what about Avery? You sent him &c
me, and we've been at work on some
thing"
Where is Avery2 asked Valentine
quickly.
Want to see him?'
Yes; can explain better" vaIen
tine crossed the parlor and peereC
through the portieres.
Red went to the opposite doorwa,
and softly called, ooh, Billw
Avery dressed In roughly Gu
ready made suit OF clothes and look
Ing In much better health than he dl,
on the day he defed Detective Doyl
and finished his term in Sing Sing
came slowly into the hotel parlor.
Hello, Bill. You're taking
chance" greeted Valentine. "and vo
are too, Red"
i had to see YOU" returned Avery
Il have just been telling Red
Sure, heard you hand out tina
square talk. | suppose you want m
to join you in this going straight bu
1ness, too. ehy'
II don't think the crooked game
any good. And you are getting oil
for clever work"
Think SO. eh?" snarled Avery su
pfiously.
He isn't too old to be an .outsid
man with u.s." put In Red.
We don't need any outside ma
any more, Red" decided Valentine.
Avery glared into the speakers fac
so you're out now. and you're &
ing to throw Red and me out ell
Al TINS turning square talk | hear
was stall to get rid Of me becau,
am old, ehy'
! don't have to stall you. Avery !"
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-31

For all the new forms of Contest
Blanks call at the Herald Office.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-17

benefit of this compulsory toll. The
enlightened modern thought along
these lines is advancing even further
than this theory and is compelling to
a greater extent the legal bread win
ner to labor for his family before he
gets to the Denitentiary. Surely it is
more In the public interest that men
should support their families outside
the walls OF prison than inside
them. Why wait until the bread
winner is convict before giving his
wages to the family which has a
claim upon him all the time?
There is nothing more encouraging
along these lines than this enlight-
ened trend of legislation emphasizing
the necessity of every man who takes
upon himself the relation of head of
family fulfilling all the obligations
involved in those relations. I'm
portant advances have been made In
this direction In recent wears and the
Kansas bill is particularly opportune
and sensibe.-Kansas City Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-17
Whitley Cremated

Cincinnati, Feb. lin coffi )
made of cherry wood that he b. d
hewn himself more than fifty years
ago, the body of William N. Whitley,
a millionaire manufacturer Of reaDers
of Springfield, o., was cremated here.
The shroud covering the body was
given to Mr.. Whitley twenty years
ago by his daughter for this particular
purpose. Shortly before the crema :
tion sculptor made a mask of his
features and a monument will be
erected to his memory at Springfield.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-17
Millions Starving

The Presbyterian board Of foreign
missions has received from its mission
aries in the province of An Hui,
China, an account of the famine con-
dltions prevailing there. The miss
ionaries declare that at least mil
lion dollars will be needed to tide the
suffering provinces over till the next
harvest time. Crop conditions are so
bad they add, that IL will take the
district several years TO get back to
normal conditions in the flooded dis
trlcts.
Rev. E. G. Lebenstine, who made a
long trip of inspection through the
flooded district around Hwai Yuen
mission station, writes as follows:
"The inhabitants are face to face
with the worst famine In their his
tory. The rainfall last summer was
the greatest of which there is any re-
cord, and the autumn crops were a
total failure oyer region of approx
mately seven thousand square miles.
1t is estimated that two and a half
million persons are practically starv-
ing, and the death roll OF the coming
months is bound to be very great.
ain order to acquaint myself with
the actual conditions, 1 made two
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-17
(b'irst published in The Chanute Times, Jan
70, l9ll.)
Publication Notice.
Alice Haynes, Plaintiff,
Charles Haynes. Defendant, ,

Charles Haynes Defendant,
Charles Haynes, defendant above named. is
hereby notified that he has been sued by Alice
Haynes the above named plaintiff, in the
District Court of Neosho County, Kansas that
plaintiffs petition is on lille in the Office of the
Clerk of said Court; that by said suit the
plalntlh seeks to dissolve the bonds of matr
mony existing between said plaintin and
defendant and that She be divorced from him:
that she have the care custody and control of
their minor child Harold Willard Haynes
Said defendant must answer plaintiffs petition
on or before the 9TH day of March 1911, or the
allegations therein contained will be taken as
true and plaintiff will take judgment against
defendant in accordance with the prayer of
herpettion, including a decree Of Divorce and
costs of action.
SMITH q BROBST,
Attorneys for the Plaintiff
Attest:
G.. w. BRfCKLER.
Clerk of the Court.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-17
Mrs. Huston Dead.

Mrs. Mary A. Huston died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary J.
Sweeney, 800 South Malcolm avenue,
Wednesday. She was SO years old
and had lived in this county forty-tw o
years, Her home was formerly near
Shaw, where her husband died
fifteen years ago. She had made her
home with her daughter IN this city
for the past seven years.
The fuDeral services will be held
from Mrs. Sweaney's home at 2:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon, and the
body will be buried in ElmwoCd
cemetery.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-17
Convict and His Family.

An advanced step in legislation
along the lines of enlightened GRIM
inology was taken when the COM
mittee on penal institutions of the
Kaneas house reported favorably a
bill giving TO the families of convists
the wages actually earned by the
prisoners. This may not be The ideal
solution of the problem arising from
the summary withdrawal from fam
lily OF Its main support when the
bread winner is locked up / q a prison
cell, but it is the best yet offered.
The serious nature of the problem
mas long been recognized and Grim
biologists have earnestly sought some
equitable way Of solving it.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-17

trips into the famine district. / met
between two and three hundred re-
fugees each day, Thousands had al
ready left 10 seek support elsewhere,
but these had remained TO plant q
little wheat so that they would have
slmething to return TO ia the spring
Thcn they left to try 70 keep body ano
soul together by begging or by such
scanty work as hey could find.
"Only about one. third Of the amount
Of wheat planted each autumn could
be sowD this year. owing TO the atje ci
poverty Of the Inhabitants. 1t will.
therefore, take them several years u
get over the effects Of this summers
foods even IL they manage TO pull
through alive till spring,
"For six months hundreds OF thou
sands Will be absolutely destitute and
more than one million persons will be
dependant upon charity"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-17
HOCh'S New Jury Reform

Elk. Governor e. w. Koch believes
the jury system should be changed 50
that the jurors eau not argue the case
with each other after they get into o
jury room. This observation YVES
prompted over the result Of a case in
Central Kansas which one juror COL
vinced eight Others that the defendant
was guilty.
"Presumably If that persuader had
been on the other side the accused
would have been freed" says the
former governor. NOW, as matter
OF fact, ought any arguments or dis
discussion Of any kind be permitted in
the jury room after the jurors have
retired to consider their verdict?
Shouldn't the case be closed save for
the voting when the jury retires? Is
1t fair to the state or the defendant
to have the whole case threShed out
in the jury room by some fellow who
is smarter than the others and who
succeeds in reversing the opinion, the
evidence, the legal arguments and
the instructions of the trial the
judge had formed in the minds of the
jurors? Under this system a shrewd
fellow on the jury is more vital to the
final outcome of the case than the
lawyers, the evidence or the Judge
himself"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-17
DrOuth Broken

Nearly half an j CHI CT rain fel
Monday afternoon. 1t fell between
l O'Clock in the afternoon and O'clock
in the evening. The warm weather
continued, which is contrary to the
usual custom of February, when rain
is nearly always followed by cold
weather.
The rain was general throughout
large section of the Southwest and
brought Joy to the hearts of the far
mers. For four months the preclpita-
tion has been almost nil and wells
have gone dry, ponds disappeared.
streams ceased to flow and MAJ aud
beast suffered for want of water.