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The Washington herald., 1911-11-04
ARSENIC Is FOUND,
WOMAN Is HELD
Warrant Sworn Out Against
Mrs. Vermilya.

Chicago, Nov. 3.-Following a report of
the experts who examined the vjscera Of
Policeman Arthur Bissonette that they
had found arsenic in abundant quanti-
ties" a warrant charging Mrs. Louise
Vermilya with murder was issued to-day.
Bissonette became mysteriously Ill at the
residence of Mrs. vermiIya, where he
boarded, and died later at Mercy Hos
pital.
Coroner Hoffman announced that he
would exhume two bodies Immediately
in a. further investigation % fatalities
among persons related to or closely as
sociated with Mrs. Vermilya. One of the
bodies in which II is believed traces Of
poison also may be found Is that Of Rich
ard T. Smith, the Illinois Central Rail-
road conductor, who died mysteriously on
March IL last at the home OF Mrs. Yer
milya.
Smiths friends have told the police
that Smith said he had been threatened
by C. c. Boyson. an undertaken, who was
extremely friendly with Mrs. Vermilya,
and that he had purchased q revolver
for protection. The police found Smiths
revolver In possession of James O'Keefe.
an employe of Boysen. Although he has
been questioned many times since the
Investigation Of Bissonette's daath be-
gan, Boysen has steadfastly refused to
make a statement
The coroner Is particularly interested
in Knowing how II happened that Boysen
appeared at Mercy Hospital i've minutes
after Blsonette's death a week ago.
What other body the coroner intends to
exhume for analytical purposes he would
not say. He said, however, that he had
received a written order from woman,
relative OF the deceased to take up the re-
mains and that court order In this case
would be unnecessary. It Is possible that
the bodies OF nine persons viii be taken
from their graves before the investiga-
ton Is complete.
Two policemen are constantly on guard
over Mrs. vermilya at her residence in
East Twenty-ninth street, to prevent her
The Washington herald., 1911-11-04
tailoring Talks
Edited by Vandoren & Co, Inc.
928 Fourteenth Street. J. Fssd Ssii.csni c.ssS.l

or No Pay"-not even a penny
advance deposit. We satisfy you
ENTIRELY or you don't take
the garments-that's the plain
English of it. It's an unusual
feature of tailoring-but we've
Just that much confidence in our
ability.
A word about fabrics. We be-
lieve we've picked the winners
sure enough. It's the biggest as
sortment of Suitings and Over
coatings that's ever been assem-
bled here-and the most careful
selection as well. And then there
are those $50 and $35 SuitingS
that the Gatchell Go. had on or
der-which we took over at a
special price-and are making
them up at a special price
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-04
TURKS BOMBARD
CITY OF TRIPOLI
Italians Refuse to Surrender
Captured Forts.

Frankfort, Nov. IA. dispatch to the
Frankfurter Zeitung from Constantinople
states that the Turkish forces bombarded
Tripoli fer two hours, and when the
Italians refused to surrender, sent cou-
rlers to the foreign consulates advising
them to flee and take all the inhabitants
With them. as 1t would be impossible to
delay the attack on the city. The con-
suls Immediately opened negotiations
with the Italian commander, but with
what result is not known Reschad Bey
is in command of the Turkish forces.
Constantinople. Nov. S-Several Italian
mobiles have been expelled from this city.
The ppess censorship Is now so strict
that newspapers are allowed to print
only news of Turkish victories, emanat-
ing from Ottoman sources.
Considered as Contraband.
The Turkish government has served
notice on all nations interested that 1t
will confiscate any vessel bound for
Italian ports which may have one-half
Of it's cargo made up of contraband Of
war. The Turks say that any material
useful in warfare shall be considered
contraband.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-04
Leon Mandel Dying.

Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. S-Leon Man
del, head of the department store firm of
Mandel Bros, of Chicago, is dying at the
Hotel Royal Palace He has been Ill a
month. but his condition became grave
Yesterday, when members of his family
were summoned to his bedside. Compli-
cations have aggravated an attack OF
typhoid fever.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-04
Fire on Blue Ridge Mountains.

Hagerstown, Nd, Nov. 3!-Much valu-
able timber land has already been
burned over, and the homes Of some Of
the residents are threatened by fires
which are now raging on the Blue Ridge
Mountains. in the vicinity Of Pen-Mar
and High Rocks. Careless hunters are
believed to have started the fires. Resi-
dents Of these sections are fighting the
flames. but up to this afternoon had not
been able to check their progress.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-04
Look for metropolitan
Coupon Monday.

from escaping or from harming herself
In their hands the murder warrant has
been placed. so that 1t may be served at
a moments notice IL she attempts TO
leave the house.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-04
Ireland: Greatest Patriot
ROBERT
EMMET
Virginia, ., +. G
LAST TWO DAYS,
To-day md suhaay.

~when my country takes her place
snosE the nasiens OF the earth. thea.
.nd not tIn thea. let my epItsph be
rritten.s
The Washington herald., 1911-11-04
Cnblnet ONleer auit.

Berlin. Nov. a-colonial Secretary Won
Lindequist resigned. to-day, as result
Of his disapproval OF the France-Ger-
man Moroccan agreement which y 70
be signed tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15

Swan Peterson doesn't look
like a desperate murderer.
Despite the fact that the detec-
tives declare they have followed
a trail of blood from the lonely
Hill cabin in Oregon, and from
the Cobel home where young
couple still In their honeymoon
were sent off to their long sleep
though the trail of blood and
tell-tale finger prints led straight
to the hotel room where Peterson
admits he spent the night of the
Cobel murder, still 1t is hard to
believe when you see him.
A little simple-minded, weazel-
faced man with a head that al
most rises to peak in the back.
he seems lacking in intelligence
at times, but there is no evidence
of depravity or degeneracy in
either speech or manner.
"How long do l have to stay
here?" he kept asking Sheriff
Longmire today. I'm losing a
days time. / cannot make any
money To-Day.
Had Been Tramp.
AS he told it his life story was
similar to hundreds of men who
without hope or ambition kill
time till the end of life-an odd
job here and there, then move on.
There's no chance for an old
man." he rallied. Some young
fellow comes along and gets the
job and you have to get out"
Questioned further this morn
ing about his stay at Rainier. Pet
erson declared that he did not
know Cobel-had never seen him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
(By Staff Special }

RAINIER, July 15.-HarrJ
|Westerburg. the Yelm suspect OF
yesterday, was arrested, taken &c
miles ride with the sheriffs and
didn't know till he got bach
what it was all about.
In the hurry of taking him tc
Rainier no one thought to tel
Westerburg what he was accused
of. Westerburg is a simple-mind-
ed chap, and apparently didn't
think to ask.
lie was enjoying the ride.
When the Identification failed
and the section men had declared
to the sheriff that Westerburg was
not the man Swan Peterson, who
had disappeared after the Cobel
William McNett congrat-
ulHted him.
f'Well, I'm glad you're not the
man." he said, offering his hand.
hesitated a minute,
looked at McNett's hand doubtful
Iy, then shook II.
I'm her uncle, you know"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15

attic, June 2. the day after the
resolution demanding the papers
in his case was introduced in con-
gress.
Delegate Wickersham produced
an affidavit showing that through
the connivance of Jarvis, John H.
Bullock of the Sesnor Coal Co. of
Nome had defrauded the govern
ment out of $4,000 through coal
contracts. He charged that Jar
Wis and Bullock had formed an
agreement to increase the price
of coal and held up the govern
ment. Then, he declared, the
two companies divided the profits
of the steal.
Delegate Wickersham asserted
that on May "a, 1911, he sent to
the attorney general the evidence
On May 81, 1910, he received a
letter acknowledging it's receipt
Then the case dragged along un-
til June 13, 1911, when a letter
wa. received from that official
stating that action would be i'm
possible as the statute of limita-
tions had intervened.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
JUDGE RAPS
MRS. BRIDGES
NOT FIT PERSON TO CARE
FOR DAUGHTER, HE SAYS.
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, July 15.-Mildred
Bridges, the 17-year-old girl
whom Evelyn Arthur See stands
convicted of having abducted, was
|arraigned in the juvenile court
here today before Judge Pinckney
in an action to determine into
whose custody she should be re-
manded.
Your application will not be
even considered" the court said
to Mrs. Bridges. 81 do not con-
slider you fit person to care for
the girl"
Bridges offered to take the girl
Ito Europe for six months, and
upon receiving her refusal to this
plan, he offered to purchase her a
bungalow in California. This Of
fer also was declined, Mildred de-
claring she would go nowhere in
company with her father.
The court took the case under
Iadvisement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
(By United Press Leased Wire.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 15.
Impeachment of United States
Attorney General Wickersham on
charges of having deliberately
connived at the escape of men who
defrauded the government out of
$4,000 in Alaska was predicted
here today.
The investigation committee to-
day decided to report favorably
a resolution demanding the docu-
ments In the case of Captain D. II.
Jarvis, at one time agent of the
Guggenheims in Alaska, failure to
prosecute whom may cost the at
torney general his official head.
Delegate James Wickersham of
Alaska asserted that more than
a year ago he furnished to the at
torney general information war;
ranting the immediate Indictment
of Jarvis, and declared that the
attorney general had deliberately
allowed the statute of limitations
10 run against the offense.
Jarvis committed suicide in Sc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15

j. S. and II. c. Cathey of Port
land, blood experts and specialists
i'm degeneracy, who have been
working on the case In connection
with the Hill murder of a month
ago at Portland, declare that n
study of the finger prints prove
that the same man committed
both crimes and that he stayed the
night of the murder at room 10,
the Waddell hotel, Rainier.
Peterson occupied room 10 that
night.
The detectives say also that the
man who committed the two al
most parallel crimes was left
handed.
Peterson, who is 60 and looks
AS, speaks fair English and stren-
uously denies the killing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
NEWS ITEMS FROM
THE HICKTOWN BEE

Angie Fibb, who went away last
spring to go on the stage, has ac-
cepted a position as cashier in a
bowling alley in the city. Con-
gratulations, Angie.
There is room for good lawyer
in Hicktown. We only have one
now, Mr.. Quilp, and as he always
represents both sides of a case it's
kinder awkward sometimes, he saws.
The town council is thinking some
of buying watering cart to lay the
dust. Lafe Watertower is against it.
The feller that's satisfied is like a
gun without lock, stock or barrel,
observes Lafe Watertower.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15

ed judges try the men who offended them The thing
is just rotten enough to wake the people up to real
threatening evil-the tyranny of the courts
just suppose, for instance, that this "sacred'
judge who thinks Gompers and his associates have
offended his dignity should send them to jail. At
people would sit right up and take notice.
"What!'' they would ask, els it crime to offend
judge, mere mane Did this judge who consid-
cred himself offended, actually sit judge upon the
men whom he says offended him?
And getting the startling answers to these ques-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15

tions what would these eighty five million people
do2
Why they would do just what free thinking Amer
cans could be expected to do. They would make this
judicial dignity thing look about like that "divne
right of kings proposition did century ago.
It was fine for us that certain king in 1776 was
just rotten he Else might still be sub
jects of king.
And it's fine thing that we have some judges il
this year 1911 just rotten at they are else whe
knows but that we might all soon be the enslaved
subjects of Judge
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
IF He Doesn't Pass Awa,
He'll Name Winner
on Monday

Thank goodness, this is the last
day. Nurse, won't you let some
of the little ones play on my bed.
No. Well, run along, loonylines.
There, I'm better now. AS l was
saying, this is the last day, and as
soon as l read over the 13,4S6
loonylines-Take him away, nurse
don't you see him clawing at my
toothbrush-that l haven't read
yet, I'll announce the five win
ners who will get one dollar
apiece. I'll probably tell you
Monday if-NURSE, DOCTOR
why don't you stick around I?
There's one of them sneaking UP
behind me. Thanks. Well,
goodby till Monday.
What would you do if a house
was going by you, and bark
came out and dogged at you? I'd
put my pocket in my hand and
take out my tail and cut his
knife off. e. K.
Kick him out, Eleanor, he's
breaking my heart.
II we felt inclined to let ma
cut our hair would our head
lettuce?
L. A. Stone.
1924 So. o.
Huh?
When Miss Tacoma first saw ST.
wash, did she make Puget Sound?
p. F. r., London Dock.
Served you right. Keep out of
our yard after this.
When the old maid up to receive
her beau,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
Yelm Suspect Didn't Know
What 1t Was All About;
But He Liked Auto Ride

said McNett.
who's uncle?" asked Wester-
burg.
McNett, supposing there was
some reason for not telling Wes-
terburg, subsidized.
Westerburg, having been taken
from his work on the Mckenzie
farm. was taken back in the
sheriff's auto.
"As long as we've hauled him
all over the country" said Sheriff
CASTOR, its only fair to take him
back" And back he went.
Unless someone has told him
since, he doesn't know yet that the
county authorities suspected him
of one of the most diabolical
crimes in the history of the
county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15

explain his dis
Rainier
night Junction
Sheriff Longmire.
In today strenuousy knowing anything
about
recognized descriptions by
+. barber from whom Peterson borrow
Bryan Meeker Con-
the
let him of his simple and actions
couldn't murderer" they declared.
Sheriff Longmre started looking for Peterson
Meeker sitting alongside the
answered description.
sheriff, getting his
taking a that this the
tThe said nothing, just stared at the sheriff.
1''Ielo, aren't Peterson" Longmire repeated.
hello" said shaking hands
We'll. I'm but I'll have I'm the
sheriff this county" said Longmire.
why I've been
before n fe"
climbed into the without resistance and taken
TO jail
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15

being the judge, ordered him to answer or go to Jail
for contempt The lawyer chose Jail and brought
habeas corpus action.
Wright heard the habeas corpus proceeding and
decided against Elliott sending him back to jail
The district court of appeals overrued Wright and
set Elliott free.
The district court of appeals also, in passing on
the case, characterized the procedure of Wright in
acting the judge in the habeas corpus hearing Of
man whom he himself had jailed as "a simple trav-
esty on JUSTICE
But after all it's fine thing to have these offend
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
Why He Skipped Out.

81 left suddenly because
wasn't getting enough money" he
says. Il quit without getting
my pay because | figured my
board bill had taken about all
made. l don't know anything
about any blood stains in the
room. | didn't see any"
Finger prints of the man will
be taken today.
Peterson talked freely in jail
today. He has been travelling
over the country for 80 years
working at odd jobs, he said.
When he left Rainier on Tuesday
morning he cut across the fields
sleeping in the woods and on rail
road ties. He got as far as
South Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
Peterson Doesn't Look
Like Brutal Murderer

"I worked Saturday and half Of
Sunday and all day Monday on
the section" he said. "but 1t was
too hard work"
Where did you spend the rest
of the day Sunday7" asked Long
mire.
"Oh, l went out and sat down.
amt much of a hand to set
around hotels" he said.
"What about the blood on the
walls of the hotel?"
'I smashed some bedbugs on
the wall That's all know
about" said Peterson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
Sacred Judges Might Be Blessing I'm Disguise After All

Next Monday Judge Daniel Thew Wright will try
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison for contempt of
court Contempt of Judge Wright
One would think that Wright would prefer that
some other judge would hold the scales of Justice as
between Gompers, ct AL and Wright the judge. Not
so. Not Wright.
Once before a similar situation arose. It is re-
ported in Vol 23 page 456, Appeal Cases District of
Columbia.
Il lawyer named Elliott being called as witness
declned to answer certain questions, claiming that
ITO do would violate his clients confidence Wright
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
HolU Tacoma HeLped

Love and still
the big the
potaos death sentence and of the probability
she will free.
From the day. printed the pa-
thetic terrible of
husband be
from the bedside of her newly
sponse of the people of Tacoma W is
UP to this morning nearly 5000
petitions
Forwarded the
other cities undoubtedly securing
y -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15

Oh, tell me this, did the piano ?
And when he said, Dear, it's evil
dent
You've the beauty of a painting"
Was it a compliment?
M. e.
Your talcum shows, grille.
The Tacoma Times Is winner;
What will the Hicktown Bee?
C. Hunster.
SIG So. Jay.
Come on, Lafe, he's going to
buy.
If Johnny Evar missed ball
would Hal Chase it?
Robert Friedman.
500 So. G st.
Bean him for that, Annis.
If the tea leaves would Il give
the coffee grounds for divorce?
Clarence Lacy.
1903 No. Steele.
Nope. No more, boys. It's after
hours.
If automobiling Is a flesh re-
ducer, what makes the gasolene?
-(gas-so-lean).
Raymond Sweum.
$500 So. A st.
Curse you, Will Bittercat. ]
know yuh now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
DEPUTY KILLED
BY LIS OWN GUN

(By United Press Leased Wire
SPOKANE, July 15.-Deputy
Sheriff James M. Bennett stopped
over to drink from a spring at
Chelan yesterday and his revolver
was discharged, instantly, killing
him,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
40 DROWNED
IN COLLISION

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW ORLEANS. La, July Is.
"A cable dispatch received from
Bluefields, Nicaragua today says
that forty passengers perished in
a collision which occurred be-
tween the steamers Irma and Dia-
ment during tropical storm. Tn.
Irma sank in the estuary of the
San Juan river.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
MAY IMPEACH
\ WICKERSHAM
Startling Charges In Congress
Throws New Light on Suicide

GENERAL LET CAPT. JARVIS, WHO KILLED HIMsEIF
PUNISHMENT FOR
ALLEGED THEFT OR FRAUD OF $4,000 FROM THE Gov
ERNMENT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight and Sunday; con-
tinued warm; light northerly
MI
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15

Some women are absolute
ly satisfied when they can bc
nice and miserable.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-15
Peterson Swears
Innocence OF
Fearful Crime

BADLY WANTED SECTION MAN CAUGHT AT MEEKER DENIES
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF BRUTAL KILLING OF COsEL
COUPLE AT RAINIER.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
SHERIFF'S SALE
Notice Of Sale on Execution


BY virtue of on execution, issued
out of and under the seal of the cir
cult court in and for the county of
Monroe and state of Wisconsin, upon
a Judgment rendered and docketed in
the said court, on the 18th dav OF
August, 1909, in an action wherein
the Bank of Sparta is plaintiff, and
j. E Broad well, N. B. Bailey, j. II.
Nicer, Harold Harris, F.E. Settergreen,
G. H. Pittman. w. Gorham, and
Northern Blue Grass Land Company
are defendants, in favor of the said
plaintiff, and against the said defend
ants, for the sum of eleven hundred
thirty-tive dollars and eighty-four
CENTS; $1135.84. with interest
thereon from the 11th dav of August,
1909, which execution was direct
ed and delivered to me as sheriff in
and for said county of Villas. | have
levied upon all the right, title and in
terest of the said defendants J. c..
Broadwell, N. B. Bailey, j. H. Nicer,
Harold Harris, F. E. Settergreen, G.. H.
Pittman, w. Gorham, and Northern
Blue Grass Land Company in and to
the following described real property,
to witt
The northwest quarter OF the southwest
quarter OF section one, |; north hall of south
west quarter, southeast quarter of south
west quarter, north hall OF southeast quar-
ter, SouthWes quarter OF southeast Quarter
OF section two, 2; northeast quarter OF
northwest quarter, northeast quarter OF
southwest quarter, south half ofsouthwest
Quarter. SOUTH est quarter OF southeast
quarter, southeast quarter of southeast quar-
ter OF section eleven, II; southeast quarter of
northeast quarter, northwest quarter OF
northwest quarter, northeast quarter OF
southwest quarter northeast Quarter of
southeast quarter of section twelve. II: east
half OF northeast quarter, southeast quarter
OF southwest quarter, northeast quarter OF
southeast quarter, south half OF southeast
qnarter OF section thirteen ] 3, north half OF
quarter, south half of northwest quarter
northeast quarter of southwest quarter,
southeast quarter of southwest quarter lot
one OF section fourteen. II: north half OF
northeast quarter, southwest quarter of
northeast quarter. southeast quarter of
northeast quarter, north half of northwest
quarter. south half of northwest quarter
n12 OF southwest quartz. south half of south h.
west quarter, northwest quarter of south
cast quarter, southwest quarter OF southeast
quarter, lots one and two of section fifteen
l .; east half of northeast quarter north half
OF southwest quarter, southwest quarter of
southwest quarter, southeast quarter of
southwest quarter, north half of southeast
quarter, south half of southeast quarter lots
two, three, four and five of section sixteen
OF section twenty. 20; entire section twenty
one, Fl. excepting S 1-2 ne IA and / 2 sci a
of said section; west half of northeast quar-
ter. entire northwest quarter, entire
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
First pub. Aug. %, last Sept. 2O-5w
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
n Il n Ena ~ AFO,@ay NXF;r, A ,

Department of the Interior
Z. s. Land Office at Wausau, Wis. Aug. 2 LIST
1911.
Notice is hereby given that James LAWYER
OF Eagle River Wis. who, on Dec. 22nd 1901
made homestead entry No. DISCO. for l 2
ne Ii and Sc IA ne Ia, section 81, township
Al II OF range 4th p. meridian. has filed
notice OF intention 10 make final five year
proof to establish claim to the land above
described, before the county Judge of Villas
county, at Eagle River, Wis, ON the 9th day
OF October, 1911
Claimant names as witnesses: Ed, Dent.
Nm. &. Hellef1On Thomas Welcn and George
Mueller, all OF Eagle River Wis
JOHN w. MILLER
RegISter.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
Earnest Workers TO Meet.

Mrs. D. Z. Menefee will enter
tain the Earnest Workers at her
home next Tuesday. Chicken
sandwiches and coffee will be
served. Everybody invited.