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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
me Laws Permit the Killing OF
Hunters Now instead OF Rab-
bits, Deer and
Quail.
FATALITIES
SEVERAL.
Man Mlstook Four Others for Deer
and Killed Two, Injured An
other and Missed But
One.

MAYS LANDING, N. J. Nov. q
Eager to have shot at a deer which
he supposed was coming down an
unused road in the early dawn.
Charles Norcross. of Iona, N. j., fired
into a party of four other hunters, kill
ing two and seriously wounding a
third. The dead are:
CONRAD STEELMAN Pleasant
vile, N. j., aged % years.
JOHN YOST. 32, Pleasantville.
Injured:
William Jarvis, Pleasantville.
Norcross is in Jail awaiting the ac'
tion of the coroner. He Is badly
broken up over his mistake.
Killed by Hunting Companion.
| WILLIAMSPORT, Pa, Nov. q
George Warner was accidentally sho'
and instantly killed by John Hall
while they were hunting rabbits neal
this place.
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To protect himself he planned and
staged q fake fobbery Of his mothers
home Christmas Eve. and ~ well did he
Affect the appearance OF a burglars AN
sacking that u look a detective from
headquarters until yesterday afternoon
10 decide u was an inside Job"
Sidney was arrested yesterday on sus-
plclon by Detective Harvey OF Head
quarters. who was first nut on the
case Christmas Eve, when Mrs. Marks
found her home in a state OF great
disorder. The boy confessed at once.
Sidney told tho policeman lie loved his
teacher. n Miss Muskowi,x, and wished
10 give her something = little better
than the rest OF the pupils for q Christ
mas present. lie waited until Christ
mas Eve. when his mother went out.
aud then he %rsnsackcd the house. but
took only thc three pieces Of china,
which he presented to his teacher Tue
day. He told Justice Olmstead to-day:
MY mother don't love ma and my
teacher don't love mo and nobody loves
me. but ! love my teacher. don't
want to Ho home or back to school"
Justice Olmstcd refnanded HIM to the
care VI the Childrcn's Society.
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corr UNABLE 10 HOLD
SPECIAL ALBANY u

ALBANY. Dec. 0.-Justics John W.
0s9 Of New York will be unable to pre-.
atlo Il the extraordinary term of the
supreme Court appointed by Gov. Dix
- - held In this city beginning Jan. ..
o. account OF illness. The term was
oaisd and . Grand Jury had been I'm
paaslisd 70 consider tho evidence dis
closed at the recent investigation OF
Albany city and county anairs by this
o0sts COMMITTEES over which Senator
Aayns presided.
Gov. Die received n letter to-day from
Justice 0on written yesterday. stating
thA4 he would undergo an operation
to-day. The letter says:
'vor . month I have been SUFFERING
anl since ny assignment had hoped
10 ~ able TO delay submitting myself t.
the surgeons knife. which seemed In
evttAbis soo Later and within the past
feW days my condition has come to II
crisis and ! have TO 20 to u hospital
To-Day.
THE operation will be performed to-
morrow. The doctors attending advise
me that l me attend TO cour duties
for many weeks TO come u much les,
20 TO q hotel, ! regret this disability
moro deeply han I can express"
II WAS said at the Executive chamber
to-day that Justice IONS illness woult
necessarily postpone the special term
0ev. DIX In the mean time will dccid,
whether to designate another Justic,
70 preside OF await Justice Cons 70
oovory.
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Accused slayer VALVES E%xtrRdition.
James Lowcrie. otherwise known ms
Jimmy Johnson" racetrack man. who
Is accused of having killed Peter Nc
Bride Harvey. al Leeds. England, on
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'mpelled the President TO take the jaunt.
II was considered significant that ar
nonncement OF the trir was made after
IA call OF Warren G. Harding. who was
>Itepublican Guber natorisi csndidate at
the last ohio election.
The President, 81 Nas known. received
to-day a series OF reports fr0m his
friends In Ohio. Regarding La Follette's
rogress through ,hr buckeye state
That the Presidents friends felt that
there was an Urgent demand Tor the
Ohio trip was Indicated by the fact
hat one OF the dates scheduled at
Akron. on January 3i-wtll force the
Executive ,asain 10 postpone the State
dinner TO the Supreme Court justices.
The dinner was originally get for Jan
uary 80. then postponed a. the next day.
and. according TO the announcement to-
day. IL further postponed until Feb
ruary 2.
For some time past the President has
been considering a trip 20 Cleveland.
but the decision to-day to star, on what
Is actually a campaign spcech-makins
tour. and whicn may be later be ex-
tended TO two or three or morc cities In
the Presidents home state. was a COM
piete surprise here.
Despite the fact hat the Presidents
determination to make q trip through
OHIO Warren @. Harding was insistent
In declaring that there was really no
sentiment hack OF La Toilette In Ohio
Ills INVASION" Harding declared. rs
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TAFT TO TRAIL
la FOLLETTE ON
HIS OHIO TRIP
President After Conference Ar.
ranges Date for Speaking
Tour in January.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2~s.-Announce-
men, was made at the White House
this afternoon that President TAFT had
determined to follow up Senator La
Toilette on n three or four-day speech
making trip through ohio. According to
present plans. the President expects to
speak In Cleveland on Jan. 20. IN Column
bis on Jan y. n ut Akron on Jan. II.
Another date also is being considered.
Although no explanation was made ut
the White House OF the motives which
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LOVED HIS TEACHER
So MUCH He STOLE
XMAS G|FTF0RH HER
Boy RanSacke1 Home TO Give
Appearance Of Burglary,
Now No One Loves Him.

Sobhfng ont . p',table story Of how
school teacher ny giving her a Christi
mas present, but being unabl" 10 OF
account Of lack Of monry. sidney Marks.
thirteen years old. OF No. 10 Delaney
street, a pupil In Public school No. leo.
to-day told Justice Olnsted. In chill
drcn's coiut. how he had found a way
out OF his dilemma by stealing n China
tea Get from his mother, Mrs. Fannie
Marks.
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R|CHESON TRIAL
PLANS ARE READY;
QUIZ WITNESSES
Prosecutor Summons Friends
of Pastor Supposed to BE
Arranging Trip.

BOSTON. Dec. - -Atrnnsemeipts for
the trial 81 REV clarence V. r. iich-
eson FOR the murder ~ Miss Avis Lin
nell we're partially effected to-day by
an order from chief Justice Aikcn ~
The Superior Court i1nt the greater
portion ~ the fourth foor Of the court
house should he reserved for the pro-
ceedlngs and that only counsel. Jury.
Witnesses and nsAspapcr representatives
should he admitted.
The trial VII be held In what In now
the NTH civil session OF tho Superior
Court. while another cour room nearby
Will he devoted 10 Witnesses and smaller
rooms 20 tho press and telegraph opcr-
ators.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank II. Carter. Of
Cambridge. with whom Mcheson board
~ during Ills passionate In that city. were
summoned into tho -Attorncy's
office to-day by Police Inspector Arm
strong. acting upon the rimor that they
expected TO elave for the South before
the trial. although wanted as witnesses.
Word was received from Charles
street jail to-day that itlchcson was
making rapid recovery FROM Ills self
inflicted wounds and was fast approach
ing q normal condition.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. ss.-The
statement that Rev. Austin y. kcnpton
~ L~uncnburg. Mass. had been csuci
10 tie pisiOrate OF the Emmanuel Bar-
list Church, Of which Rev. Clarence
V. r. Richeron. tho imprisoned clergy
man. was formerly the minister. wns
49, A. l.. H.. - sI.s b-aH
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FREDERIC THOMPSON ILL.
Manager COnaned "a Nis He'd, hut
Reported rs ImprovisU.

Frederic Thompson. the theatrical
anase and proprietor Of Luna Park.
who has been III at his home for several
days. was reported better to-day. lie Is
suffering from an attack OF a form o:
ncuritis. which has temporarily inca
FACILITATED his lower limbs. lie IA been
under n terrific nervous strain when he
broke down. Rehearsals Of his new
production. The Flicrs." which is soon
TO be put on the stage. have continued
despite his illness. Mr., Thompson Is at
his apartments IN the Algonquin In
West Forty-fourth street.
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WiND GUST COSTS HIS LIFE,
niows ON NWn's IIRt-.rnsWiNR u
lie Fails Nrforr TrRtW.

George J. Kelley. thlrty-two years old.
was standing N the platform OF tho
elevated railroad at Fortclh street and
Third avenue. South Brooklyn. to day
when n gust blew on his hay. Kelley
made n quick grasp for thu ily!na
derby. lost his balance and pitched of
the platform TO the tracks directly In
front OF u Manhattan-bound train.
The motor,nsn had bean slowing down
for tho station and. seeing the man
fail. he put on brakes with a Jerk. mbt
could not stop In time to avoid hitting
Kelley. who va instantly killed. Hair,
Mortimer, the motorman, n John +,
Burke. the conductor. were taken "a
the Fourth avenue police station. but
were released,
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cRUMPLes "oPP0RTUNlTy,"
PUTS BULLET IN HEAD,
Chrtching a Woman's Poem Meant
70 Rouse Him From Despair,
Columbia Man Dies.

Los ANGELES. Dec. 1-Despondent
over the ioss Of his money. Joseph NJ.
Vincent f~tfty-four. a graduate OF CO.
lumbia University. formerly OF No, 80,
u. Johns place. Brooklyn. N. ". COM
uAttsd suicide to-day by shooting him
setf In the head on the summ ~ Sil-
Norwood nm. near Lookout Drive.
ciutched In his left hand was n poem.
written by Mrs. Adelaide Lafetra. No.
Si South Normandle avenue. who was
- old time friend. The poem was
headed Opportunity" Mrs. Laietra,
touched by the mans dependency. had
written the poem for him In an en-.
dsavor 10 arouse him from his melan-
CECILIA
I've Of the stanRas we're NJ follows;
Though deep In mirs.
VEAG not your hands and weep
I'D M arm 70 ell Who SAY II can"
10 d4snsfared outcAs' ever sank ~ derp.
~ thoa . morra~i noa< thee FINN Thy spell.
~ corning gives The wtngs 10 flee from he'll
- night . siAr 10 guide thy feet to hss,en
Ne paper was crumpied and partly
eblttssated. AZ n the man had strug-
o1od with himself TO shake on the lie.
0pair Of past failures. In the dead
man's pockets were found receipts
from Columbia University.
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Angus, p last. when arraisned To-day
before United states Commission
shields. waived examination In extra
di,lon proceedings and consented 70 re-
turn TO England to answer n userder
chad &c. The prisoner claims 10 e1iled
Harvey in SELF Incidence. Iowesfe was
arrested Tuesday at the home OF his
brother. Joseph LOwerie. at DOCK street.
and warburton avenue. Yonkers.
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New Yssk hiss an endemic of isusht~s
Ustus by the new Jeks Book siven free
With nsat sunday's World. The sundns
World ysLc lsset is FL the rags; You find
,s:a,ns ,os",s; In 3 :h!Ia,e"'s Sis,
.isbis o. %sisny.W, is lc.is,. pIctarcs. st1.
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Ia TOILETTE PUSHES on
THROUGH TAFT'S STATE,

NOkNA!.K. O.. Dec. 2S.-Senator II.
NJ. LA Fcliet;e OF Wisconsin carried the
second DAY Of his campaign for progress
slve Republicanisn further into the
State OF Ohio. making his first speech
of the day here shortly after noua after
a sixty-mile run by trolley from Cieve-
n There was no Formally about the
arrangements for the meeting. and Sena-
tor La Toilette began speaking within
a few moments after enterin.; the hall.
As In HE previous speeches in the
State. he explained at great length the
ienets OF the progressiyes, going deeper
Into what he no. ed for from the initia-
tive. referendum and recall. asserting
that he would apply the latter to the
courts
Senator La Toilette said the difference
between the tarln views of the stand.
pat and progressive Republicans Is that
''the former believe In keeping the tari1
wall AZ high as possible. nothwithstand-
ing the growth OF monopoly. while tho
latter recognize the need of radica'
changes In tariff revision due TO a vas
revolution In economic conditions"
The evening world., 1911-12-28

hi New York Philharmonic Society
announced to-day that 1t had ~re-engagei
its present conductor. Josef stransky. for
a period Of three years following tho
nreaent wear.
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RAU UPON H PUB
Lie"

is what some physicians have;
called patent medicines, and ii
lis undeniably true that some,
are frauds and some are even,
worse, because they are injuri-'
(ous. On the other hand, there
fare many patent medicines
such as Lydia E. Pinkham's;
Vegetable Compound, an d
|others, which are Of real worth,
! and are recommended by ply
|sicians Of recognized standing.
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doing the President sres, political good.
There II nothing 10 tonic Is for Taft"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-07

Held at Port Orchard under
$4,000 bail, charged with the
willful murder of Miss Claire Will
Hanson, wealthy English patient,
DR.. Linda Burfield Hazard, the
starvation DOCTOR" is sure she
will get bail today and be re-
leased.
Miss Dorothea Williamson, the
dead woman's sister, who was
taken from Hazard lodge, in Kit
sap county, when but a wreck of
61 pounds, told today at the
home of British Consul G. T..
Lucian Agazziz at Steflacoom of
her terrible experiences under
DR.. Hazards treatment.
The woman doctor was continu-
ally suggesting suicide to her pa
tient, Miss Williamson says; was
told of patients who threw them
selves into the gulch, was warned
not to throw herself out of a win
dow to death, was told constantly
that she was insane.
On Patients Property.
Mrs. Hazard, who has found
ed her hospital" at Olalla on the
estate originally owned by Lewis
RAIDER, former speaker of the
house of representatives, and
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SHE WOULD
NOT LEAVE
HUSBAND
DRUNKEN GARDENER FIRES
BULLET INTO WOMAN WHO
REFUSED TO GO AWAY
WITH HIM, THEN SLAYS
HIMSELF.
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(By United Press Leased WIRE }
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. T.
His Illicit love spurned. George
Forsyth. 40. a gardener, shot Mrs.
Catherine Decker. 35, through the
head at her home here today and
then, turning the gun upon HIM
self, sent a bullet through his own
brain. He fell dead over the body
of his wounded victim.
Fred Decker, husband of the I'm
jured woman, who had left the
couple but few seconds before
the shooting, returned at the
sound of the shots. He quickly
summoned a physician, who pro-
nounced Forsyth beyond aid. Tho
woman was rushed to tho Central
Emergency hospital and an oper-
alton performed. The bullet
through the head. Little hope is
held out for her recovery.
According to Decker, who had
been estranged from his wife for
several months, he visited her last
night In an effort to effect a rec
lonciliation. While at the house
their mutual friend, Forsyth,
called. He was partly intoxicated
and had revolver in his right
coat pocket.
Husband Went Out.
The three sat up drinking for
hours. At midnight Mrs. Decker
retired, and Decker sought to
get Forsyth to leave. He refused.
At dawn Decker tried again.
"I'll go IL you'll go out and buy
me one more drink" said For
|syth.
Thinking to humor the drunk
EN- man. Decker left for the sa-
loon. On his way he heard the
revolver shots and returned to
face the tragedy.
Forsyth wanted me to go
away with him." said Mrs. Deck
,er at the hospital. "I always re-
fused. guess that's why he shot
me-"
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SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. T.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. q
Back home.
Back to the little country town
in Nebraska where his father and
mother lie buried, the little town
from where as a boy he mrched
forth at 21 to make his way in
the world, all that is left of Carey
E. Marker, suicide banker, is be-
ing taken today.
Disgraced, worn out, the little
man, once prosperous, has found
rest at last.
When first arrested, he was de-
ternined to go back, take his pun
ishmcnt, and live to clear his
name. But he wasn't strong
enough to carry out his resOlu-
ton. Instead he killed himself
i'm his cell.
Remorse Overcame Him.
For three years Marker, indict-
ed embezzler and wrecker of his
private bank at Pearl, ILL.,, wan
dered over the United States and
Canada, weighed down by re-
morse, suffering the mental tor
lures of the damned.
= For three years he never had a
good nights sleep.
Then he gave up the fight.
In San Francisco, without even
money to buy food, his clothes
threadbare and the soles OF his
shoes nearly worn through, he
walked into the city prison and
informed the officers that he was
wanted them of the
crime with which he Is charged
embezzling $4,000 from the Bank
OF Pearl, of Pearl, ILL.,, of which
he was president.
Marker had no notion OF be-
ing dishonest, morally he is not
warped. Legally he is a thief.
He used the banks money to
float an invention of his own
which he thought was sound and
would pay big returns. This in
vention was a boat to revolution
ize navigation. 1t failed, and
Markers bank failed with it.
"I have never considered my
self thief he said in jail the
day before his suicide.
"I loaned the money OF my bank
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who died under her care, was ar
rested Saturday afternoon.
The wife and children Of Ra-
der, who live in little home near
by, watched the procession pass
away.
Consul Agazziz is probing sew
eral other cases of English people
who died under DR.. Hazard S
care. He charges that part of the
Williamson sisters property has
not been returned.
DR.. Hazard tried to have her
self named as the administrator
of Miss Claire Williamson's prop
erty and as guardian for Miss
Dorothea. The Intervention of
friends blocked the plan.
The sisters were worth some
thing like 100000.
Under the care of Miss Con-
way, family nurse, called to the
case from Honolulu, Miss Will
hanson is slowly regaining her
health.
DIR. Hazard has been in the
Sound country for several years,
coming here from Minneapolis.
Her husband is an ex-army lieu
tenant. She has one son by for
mer husband. The two men work
for her at her Hospital"
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ter: -,
"Miss Florence Kubel, 1000
East Capitol Street, City-My
Dear Miss Kubel: Being impress
ed with your picture in the Times.
am writing to see whether a
meeting cannot be arranged some
time. 1 am inclosiTg tickets to
the family gallery. I hope you
will use them, should you ever
have occasion to visit the house:
hope you will excuse the uncon-
ventionality of this letter. I am
a bachelor, 80, and have no fam
lily. Very sincerely,
"a. w. LAFFERTY."
Later the girls father, chief
clerk in the bureau of geological
survey, called on Lafferty for an
explanation. Apparently it was
satisfactory. Later, however, the
congressman got an angry letter
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FREE SPEECH
IN DANGER

commission ordinance forbiddng
speaking streets there will be delightful fight this
bring here will realized but
settlers won't bring with them.
w. ready to send small of here
to will the city bunch
fght-and it will lose in the end
Spokane lost lot of trying stop free speech So
did Fresno, Cal.
Following story might pass
declared taht they
go the ordi put In
it will cost however,
whole thing is wrong in prin cple.
whether officials the city
kers
They have right right given them the con-
stitu of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-07
BLACKLISTED
That's WhatH Happened to Ziegler
Cigarmaker After Forty Years
Work at His Trade.

Is there black list for cigar
makers on the coast?
j. F. Ziegler, active and strong,
at 56,sbelieves so.
Two years ago, he says, while
working at Manley's cigar factory,
he became too active for the union
and was fired. Ever since then
1t has been impossible for him to
keep job. He has tried it at
cities all over the Sound. After
a little while he is always given
notice that there's nothing more
doing for him.
1--we been making cigars for
neary 40 years." says Ziegler;
no one can find fault with my
work. I am punished because
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NEWS ITEMS FROM
THE HICKTOWN BEE

viii Bittercat has come back from
his vacation in the city. He looks
pretty pale and will rest up for a
few days in bed.
Constable Hen Tozier is thinking
some of getting his whiskers cut off.
He says they make him look like a
Rube. You'll have to cut Your head
off, Hen, we'rc afraid.
The berry crop is so good this
year, the apple trees are SO loaded,
and the fields Sc fun that our citi-
gems amt got anything to complain
of. About ripe now for one o. them
1899 piano statesmen.
All the worlds a stage, Lafe
Watertower insists. and the musical
comedy that's playing most o" the
time is always out o. tune.
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| NOTE FROM MRS. CASEY
JONES.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. There
Is a Casey Jones.
His existence was revealed
yesterday in a letter received
by DR.. o. W. Snodgrass from
a Tennessee town. The writ
er says she is the wife of
} Casey Jones.
An item In a st. Louis
newspaper led to the discoY-
, cry. Mrs. Jones, in her Ten
nessee home, read how
} Frank Ritchey, a boy. sank
casey Jones' while DR..
Snodgrass was removing a
} rifle bullet from his spine.
She was surprised to learn
} that song had been written
} about her husband. She asks
, that the song be sent to her.
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81 Was Jealous of Him. -
Explains Mrs. Wilson

he wouldn't kiss me-" she writes.
81 thought it was because he loved
some other woman. Though he
told me that he loved me, but
didn't believe much in kissing and
caressing.
Mrs. Wilson points to the fact
that her husband doesn't drink or
smoke, that he helped her with
the housework, was ambitious in
his work and was kind to children,
cats and dogs.
81 am sure he is innocent" she
concludes,
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)
OLYMPIA, Aug. 7.-She's sor-
ry now.
Mrs. George II. Wilson, who
first gave to the authorities the
clew that resulted in her own hus-
bands arrest for the murder of
Archie and Nettie Cobel, at Raj
nier a month ago, is rallying hotly
to her husbands support.
In a red-hot letter to local pa
per, Mrs. Wilson denies that Will
son has confessed to her, and says
that it was her jealousy of him
that led to all the trouble between
them.
"I grew angry at him because
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-07
BILL IN
FORCE NOW

The saloons had to close at
Saturday night, the Pet
tit ordinance having gone into ef-
feet. The cafes will have to tear
out their boxes and have a ser
vice bar in sight of the diners.
Some proprietors started OPEN
ing up yesterday morning but got
prompt warning from the police
that there was nothing doing.
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)


WASHINGTON, D. c.. Aug. Z.
Congressman Lafferty, of Port
land, insurgent bachelor of AZ,
wrote an indiscreet letter one day
which is making all kinds Of trou-
BILE for him.
Lafferty declares that his mo-
tives were above reproach.
Everyone, it is said, writes at
least one indiscreet letter during
his lifetime. Lafferty waited till
he was At and in the limelight
before writing his. He was send
ing out gallery tickets admitting
holders to watch the debates In
congress. Before him lay Wash
ington newspaper with the picture
of an uncommonly pretty girl.
The congressman sent her one of
the cards with the following let
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-07

In New York Paul Geidel, a
bellboy, killed aged William II.
Jackson in cold blood. With the
few dollars he secured from the
corpse of his victim the boy
bought patent leather shoes and
a new suit. HE WAS II YEARS
OLD.
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was too active a union man."
For four months ziegler has
not been able to land any work.
at all. He has wife to support
Anyone able to throw any work
his way can reach him at his
home, South Sixty-fifth and n
streets.
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3 Bows, Each IL, Murderers of Week

In Chicago, Joseph Vacek kill
ed his father because, he said,
his father wanted to kill his own
mother. After shooting his ia
thsr to death the boy pinned a
BLACK Hand" note to the body,
but was later caught. HE WAS
II YEARS OLD.