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The Washington times., 1911-11-30
Captain Daley Talks
Confidently of the
Case Against Smith

Convinced that in James Smith they
have the man guilty Of beating Morris
ecnrctt Into insensiljlity with a
hutchet, the police of the Ninth pre-
rinct today are satisfied thet they have
enly to await the time Of trial to send
emith to the penltentiary. With evi-
lence furnished by forty witnesses.
they say they have traced Smiths
movements from tho time he got up
IN the morning Of Bcnnett's assault
until his arrest several hours after tho
commission of the crime. ...'
I'VE have accumulated stich a mass
bt evidence. all the material points Of
which have been ,corroborated, that we
are sure we have our man." said Cap
tain Daley today. Smith admitted to
Else IN the Walker household the day Of
the attack on Bennett. He had madc
the coffee when Mrs. John Walker got
" and served his breakfast. About s
o'clock he left the house saying he had
" meet :. person at 6:10,
s Mrs. Benefits Testimony.
"Mrs. Morris Bennett, the wife of the
assaulted man. says that Smith came to
their store about that time, but that he
lid not leave with her hsuband in the
wagon. As Cleveland Walker was going
to his work about o'clock he saw
euItH nlIlIlS tHc UuSHeS NJ
ana c streets. He stopped and asked
him what he was doing there. Smith
laid he had an appointment to meet a
man named Roberts, but we have
learned from Roberts that he had no
engagement to meet Smith. Amy Smith,
A colored woman, on her way to catch
the 7:lO car. saw Smith in the bushes,
.orroborating Walkers statement. An
other person who saw Smith there Is
Leland Dishman.
tain. ..tha. sstth was waiting for Ben
nett there and that 1t was near that
spot he got In the wagon with him.
John g. Schoelkopf. 1912 l street south
east, saw q man with Bennett in his
wagon at Six J-frst street and Central
avenue, only short distance fr rom
where Smith was seen.
Goldsteins Saw Smith.
AFTER the commission of the crime
John J. Cousins saw Smith running past
his house. In Central Heights. Three
members of the Goldstein family saw
him q few minutes later going South on
5ixty-irst street. ]. w. Weaste saw
lin about the same time. and called
he attention Of his sister to the man s
haste.
"Some time later Mrs. Fannie Remore.
who conducts a grocery store at Central
The Washington times., 1911-11-30
Bennett Unable to
Read, Write, or Talk;
Is Partly Paralyzed

Morris Bennett victim of the cruel
Assault last Monday week, near Gitchie
Spring, was interviewed" for the first
time today by Times reporter.
Bennett IL able to raise himself and
ut up In bed today. but he cannot talk,
read, or write. He answers all ques-
lions by Q cultural assent, and nodding
Df the head. In this way he can carry
bn . conversation to q degree. With one
who can make him clearly understand.
In this manner, he answered all ques-
lions put to him by DR.. william p.
Reeves. the surgeon in charge of his
ease. Na
When Times man went for the first
Time into Benefits room he was in
tyu4uced to Bennett by name. Bennett
ratsed himself and extended his hand
for the. customary handshake. His
sought to grasp. however, and the
angers had q limp, withered feeling.
This condition 10 due to the fact that
buo Of the 1ndentations In Bennett 8
was .diNsctly over the motor center that
sontrols the right arm, leg, and side.
Dr. Reeves believes that time will rem
ny this. and that Bennett will have
!ull use or all his members.
He has muscular use Of the arm, but
he smaller nerve centers are dead.
ae is insensible to pin prick in the
1ght ar or hand. DR.. Reeves made
his test, and each time he asked II
hurt Bennett made a gutteral mega
Ave and shook his head, Owing to
his condition of the right arm, Ben
lett carfnot write. He was asked to
hsn his name today, but was power
aand. His left is all right, but he said.
;ya. q shake Of the head and a deep,
guttera! "No," that he could not do
t. Il was believed by those present
hat this was due to the fact that he
], not sufficiently familiar with Eng
ish writing to form letters with his
The entire top Of Benefits head is. in
Z casing. and swathed, in bandages.
Both eyes are, open today, and they are
bright and clear. The Jaw has not
Been bandaged, and will not be until
the patient 10 able to stand another
,ons setting operation, when his Jaw
will be stralghtened.
Bennett readily made responses when
y was asked X his bandages hurt. He
ndiceted that they. did. Other similar
Rhep the pin was tried On his LEFT hand
ID scn, he made known that It hprt
The Washington times., 1911-11-30
Smith and Counsel
Hold Conference to
Establish An Alibi

t Smith spent the forenoon In confer
ence with his attorney, George G. Shinff,
at the District Jail. He went over with
his counsel the entire details Of his
movements on the day Of tho Alckle
murder. and II satisfied that . strong
alibi will be established.
II am anxious to give the Chicago
police q chance to connect me with those
murders they say / committed. because
porter Tor The Times. II am willing to
go there WITHOUT ANY extradition pre-.
Regarding that story that stouts
wife Is my sister. I can only say It Is
silly: have !. ,a,o. no sisters and therefore,
Willard w. Stout VINO was Smiths
.'per at one time. explained that he
porter that once he had faxed a tele-
gram. saying that his wife had died in
Chicago In order to break q date with q
girl and get away from his place OF en-
ployment. ... .. >
Stout Makes Complaint.
Stout 10 in the District jail on a
charge Of stealing q revolver from WILL
liam Anderson. for whom he formerly
worked. He complained bitterly that it
was a "frame-up' to hold him as u wit
ness. as Anderson gave him the re-
volver.
III they don't let me go before long
I'll do q little .squealing. and tell just
why I left Anderson's, said Stout. "I
know nothing about Smiths movements
for month back and surely can be OF
no use to the police"
key wrench used to kill Mickle was
stolen from Anderson's, Stout declared
that there Ii no question but that the
wrench the police have IL not the one
that Anderson owned. He said there
was q very great defect In the Anderson
wrench and that II would not close
tight, the shank being bent.
k"I have seen the wrench with which
the murder was committed and It is no'
II know what ! am talking about"
II developed that Thomas Ryan, the
official of the Sheet Metal Workers
Union, did not see Smith With wrench
The Washington times., 1911-11-30
Grabs Tray of Gems
And Makes Escape

CLEVELAND. Nov. so.-Poiice had q
Thanksgiving Day job here Of searching
FOR one Of the boldest diamond robbers
that has ever visited the city.
Walking into . jewelry store the robber
picked up tray OF diamonds valued al
$500 and quickly lost himself In the
crowd on the street.
A woman clerk In the store grasped a
revolver and gave chase, but hesitated
to shoot for fear OF hitting some inno-
cent person.
The Washington times., 1911-11-30
Unemployed Man Ends
Life In Boarding House

BALTIMORE. Nov. 3o.-Out Of work.
with no family or friends to comfort
him, and no prospects Of enjoyins
Thanksgiving Day, Andrew Yanowski,
forty.two years old. hanged himself, to.
daw In the garret Of his boarding house
here.
Yanowsld owed money for his board
and had been asked to settle or be dis.
POSSESSED.
The Washington times., 1911-11-30
EDUCATIONAL.

ART eCHoOL-lnstruction in China Paint.
ing; reasonable terms 1871 L 81. ". W.
ULoCUTIoN AND SINGING
Mondays at fredericksburg (va) College
Tuesdays to Saturdays, at the studio OF
MRS. EMILY FRECH BARNES,
Us iith Ct N. b Phone Lincoln I7ss
The Washington times., 1911-11-30
Photograph Not
One of Miss Biggs

The Times wishes to correct the publi-
cation of q photograph which appeared
in It's issue OF Noyember 2. above the
graph was f4rnishe0 20 Arhe Times az
o picture ofPkfiss BiggA and wes 70
accepted and published. but The Times
regrets that by its publication an en-
represented.
The Washington times., 1911-11-30
AGAINST
SMITH WILL GO TO
GRAND JURY soon
Prosecutor to Have Both
Bennett and Mickle
Cases Probed.
tcontlnued from First Pare,

pictures Of Smith taken recently. His
atouaintances compared the pictures
cent froEi Chicago with those taken
here, when they were set In contrast In
The Tfmts. and they are confident that
the man held here In connection with
The assault on Norris Bennett and
the man wanted in Chicago for two
3srfers are one and the same.
The Washington times., 1911-11-30

$500 Values
Black "Lustrai Silk."
black suede castor. and
black and brown i'm
ported velvet Boots.
Four exclus-
i've models. Fri GO Ak
day. only at. Cosfc
The Washington times., 1911-11-30
War Relics Transferred
To Navy Department

The war relics. formerly the property
OF Capt. Isaac Hull. commander Of the
frfsate Constitution. have been removed
from the State Department. and are
now kept in the office Of Secretary
Meyer. OF the Navy Department.
The Washington times., 1911-11-30

avenue and Newmade road, says that
Smith came into her store and fright
ened her by his actions He bought q
package. Of smoking tobacco and plug
his money from his pocket he turned
away from her. She said that from the
manner In which he pulled out 81 bill
she believed he stripped II OF a roll.
She gave him 90 cents in change and he
left the store
Trumbo To Be Witness.
Patrolman Louis Trumbo. who found
the biood-covered hatchet beside the
road near where Bennett. unconscious
from q number Of blows on the head.
was discovered in the bottom OF the
wagon. win be called a. q witness. The
hatchet has been identified by John and
Cleveland walker. Mrs. Walker and
Britt Mrs. walker has stated that on
Sunday morning. the day before the
crime Smith got up early ana sharpened
The night before the crime sl,e used
II to split some kindling and placed 1t
befween the woodbox and the chimney.
n Smith n's ssa s e: homer eosas could ns
be found, and was not seen again until
presented By the police for Identification.
Phillip Marsteliar II being relied upon
d to sn .n e n sni ss eotH re
Bennett. Bennett has said that Smith
sthe man who assaulted him.
The clothing OF. Smith was spattered
with blood. and there were blood spots
have been. made, and they show that
they are Of the blood Of Bennett.
Perhaps dozen detectives and patrol
s % y Shs c.s W Ttns.sss socss
A. etrobel will be among the most Inn
portant Of these.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
SELLS POISONED FLOUR
Presence of Arsenic in Texas Grocer's Stock Has Not Been Ex-
 pIained.

San Antonio, Tex, Jan. 9.-Six deaths have occurred and many resi- dents of the village of Telfener. Vic toria county are Il as result of eat ing bread from flour containing poi son.
 Several days ago the village grocer poured several sacks of flour into a sugar barrel and one of his first GUS toners was Joe Brown, negro. Aft CT eating bread made from the flour, the entire family became i'll, two of the children dying. Since then four other deaths have occurred. The four. which a Victoria chemist ana lyZed, is declared to contain arsenic
 How the poison got into the flour has not been determined.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
OPEN VERDICT
JURY FINDS GIRL AND FiANCE
 WERE MURDER VICTIMS.
Coroner in Maryland Decides That Couple Was Poisoned, But
 Poisoner Is Unknown.

Cumberland, Md, Jan. 9.-After a sensational questioning of witnesses the coroner's jury returned an abso- lutely noncommittal verdict in the Elosser-Twigg double death mystery. | It declared that Grace Elosser and Charles Edward Twigg had come to their deaths by cyanide poisoning, but in a manner and through persons un- known.
 q did not expect to convince the jury of the guilt of any person." said States Attorney Robb, but I believe that a murder was committed. In deed, I am sure of it. I hastned the inquest merely to clear the air of a lot of false surmises. My activity and that of the police will not cease.
 Prosecutor Robb, who conducted the examination, first called Drs. Koon and Harrington, the latter the health officer, and brought out from them that cyanide of potassium had been taken by both the young man and woman. The chewing gum, found only in Twiggs mouth, was not poi soned The poison had been taken in liquid form.
 Dr. Foard, the first physician to ar rive at the house after Mrs. Elosser discovered the tragedy, testified that the body of Grace, lying on bed in a room just back of the parlor, was shown to him. The girl was dead, her hands clutched When he pronounced her dead Mrs. Elosser said: Come in the parlor and see what we have there"
 There on the sofa was Twiggs body. It was in a sitting posture, with hands also clenched, This little fact showed that any glasses held by them were taken from their hands before they died.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
Stock Breeders of Kansas.

Topeka, Kas., Jan. 9.-H. w. Avery of Wakefield called to order this after noon the twenty-first annual meeting of the Kansas Improved Swine Breed CTS association, with which the swine breeders have been merged Papers were read on "Ensilage for Beef" by l4. H. Paul of Des Moines. The Here ford for the Western Farmer" by Hayes Walker of Kansas City, and The Shorthorn,' by B. o. Cowan of Chicago Tonight the main topic will be horses, the speakers being R. c. McKinnie of Glen Elder and C. w. McCampbell of Manhattan, Kas. One of the chief addresses of the meeting will be delivered tomorrow by Dr. E. F. Rubin on Hog Cholera and Vac kkui,y? ktivGWKAC-
 cination."
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
STRIKERS ATTACK WOMEN
Strlke-Breaking Chicago Garment Workers Believed Dying From
 Vicious Assault.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-Two women were injured, one dangerously, in attacks made by persons declared by the po- lice to be striking garment workers. The women injured are Mary Jarow- swiosky, G26 Bunker street, and Olga Johnson, 4S45 Indiana street.
 The former, a seamstress employed by tailoring concern at Market and Madison streets, was returning home with two friends when she was at tackled by four men and two women within half block of her home. She was so severely beaten that she may not recover.
 According to her companions, Mary Szymakowska and Anna Baill, they were followed from downtown by the six, who waited until the street was clear before attacking them.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
R0B|N'S CHEST ''ROBBED'
$2,o0o,ooo WORTH OF SECURITIES
 HAVE DISAPPEARED.
Bankers Sister, pr. Louise Robno- witch, Charges Director Stole Them
 Parents Guarded by Police.

New York, Jan. 9.-The charge was made that $2,000,000 worth of securi- ties have disappeared from the strong box of Joseph G. Robin, the skyrocket financier, which he kept in the home of his sister, Dr. Louise Robinovitch.
 It is alleged that the securities dis appeared between the dates that a director of the Northern bank exam ined them and the date when the same director, on an order from Rob in, went to the box and took the se- curities with which to protect the bank.
 Although this director had Robin authority to remove the securities Dr. Robinovitch now charges the df rector with stealing them. No trace of the s2,o90,000 worth of securities that disappeared between the two wis it's of the director, however, can be found.
 It was learned that all the alienists for the prosecution who have exam ined Robin are of the positive opin- ion that he is sane.
 Drs Jeliffe and Hamilton are of the opinion that Herman Rabonovtch Is the father of the banker. The alien ists reached this conclusion after a scientific measurement and compari- son of the head of Robin and the aged man.
 More than 300 letters written by Robin and his sister to Mir. and Mrs. Rabonovitch, in which the aged couple were addressed as My Dear Parents and My Faithful Mother,' were in the hands of the grand jury. MT. and Mrs. Rabanovitch will iden- tify the letters, and also tell how they were renounced by their children.
 Detectives from the district attor- ney's office are guarding the couple day and night in their home at 361 Bushwick avenue, Williamsburg.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
SUED BY SPIRIT WIFE
Woman Fighting for Insurance Says She Is Mother Of Two Small
 Children.

New York, Jan. 5.-Declaring that for nine years she had lived as the spirit wife" of man who had an- other wife from whom he had never been divorced, Miss Peta Lawson, a good looking woman of about 90, is suing before Judge Blur and a jury in the supreme court to recover $2,- poo, the amount of an insurance policy on the mans life
 The suit is directed against the state superintendent Of insurance, MT. Hotchkiss, as a lqudator uf the Union Life Insurance Company, which issued the policy.
 Miss Lawson, who is employed in the city comptrollcr's office, testified she was the private secretary of Will liam l.. Prall, a broker, who died in April, 1907. She said her salary was $2,400 a year. and that when it be- came in arrears Prall assigned her a S2,O00 policy on his life.
 According to her statements, Prall and she had lived as man and wife for nine years and that the plaintiff had borne the broker two children. All this despite the fact that Prall's legally welded wife was then living and still is.
 Mrs. Prall, who lives at Saranao Lake, N. Y., was an interested on. locker at the proceedings in court.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
D. c. M'CURTAIN IS CHIEF
President Appoints Indian Attorney Son of Late Chief, Head of
 the ChoctaWs.

McAlester. Ok, Jan. 5.-D. c. Me- Curtain of McAlester has received a telegram from Secretary of the Inte- rior Ballinger advising him the pres ident has commissioned him principal chief of the Choctaw nation, to suc' ceed the late Gov. Green McCurtain.
 The president has set aside the tribal law which passes the success sion first to the president of the senate and next to the speaker Of the house. MT. McCurtain is son of the late governor, is 3S years old and a lawyer. He was educated in Ms souri and Virginia. He has been counsel for the Choctaw nation for the last three years.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
CLINTON IS DEAD BROKE
Current Expenses Until Taxes Come In.

Clinton. H., Jan. 9-The city o1 Clinton is without funds to meet cur. rent expenses. In other words, the city is dead broke. Not only are the funds all used up, but there seems to be no way in which the city can re. plenish the depleted treasury until March, when the taxes will have been collected. This means that the police force, employees of the water works and other various city officials will be compelled to use their credit for the necessaries of life.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
GRAIN.

ST. LoUIs-wheat-No. 2 red. sSs l02A; No; red, 9799s; No. red, S5Q s6; No. ? hard, 97@102n; No. 3 hard. 94Q99n; No. hard S5Q90n. Corn-No' ?, 45; No. 3, 44Q44A; No. 4. 431k; No. 2 yellow. .44la Q45; No white. 45hn; No 8 white 441l Oats-No. ?, 33hn; No. 3, 32; No. A. oh@3ln; No. white, S41a {; standard 351a d34; No white, S3 3QS3i5 : No. white 32@32&n. Rye-No. ?. S3Ibn' k'hie$Ceays% n1i$C &hU,9;; cmfwy bm mb No. red. 95ss @97; No. 2 hard S7as@@SSS: No. hard, 969s @9S; No Northern, 1O7Q11o; No. ? Northern, 1059lOS; No. 3 spring, 1044107 Corn-No. ?. 46A Cl461a 1: No 3, 44& @45; No. 4. 431A e 4S94 No ? yellow, 46A@47; No. 3 yellow. l5m45h {: No. ? white, 4eh Q461a No. white, 451 45h. Oats-No. ?, 32; No. white. 3Si, 70 S9 la standard, 92& d33A; No, white. 321 d33; No. white, 320321h
 KANSAS CITY-Wheat-N red 101 @1o2n; No. 3 red. 9S@10On No. red. sO@s7n; No. hard. 9S1a c loon; No. 3 hard. 92Q9sn; No hard. S5G92n Corn No. 2, 43; No. B. 42%: No. 4. 42; No. 2 yellow. 4shn; Nc. yellow. 8:
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
Erie Gives Engineer His Engine.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 9.-The Erie railroad management has honored one of it's oldest engineers, both in years and in point of service, by presenting to Alexander Larkin of this city on his siXty-eighth birthday the huge en- zine which he drives daily in hauling the fast Pittsburg flyer between Cleveland and Youngstown. MT. Lar kin has been in continuous service of the company for 49 years.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
Railway Agents at Chattanooqa.

Chattanooga Tenn. Jan. 9.-Scores of members of the National Associa- tion of Railway Agents, many of them accompanied by their wives, were en- tertained here to day with trips to Lookout mountain and Chickamauga National park. They are on their way to the annual convention at Tampa, Fla. and after that Is over they are to go to Palm Beach and thence to Cuba. W. H. Mills of Norwalk, O., is president of the association
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
DAILY MARKET REPURT
LIVE STOCK.

EAST ST. LOUIS.-Cattle-Na beef steers $5.00m775; cows and hefers, $S. .75 @6.50; stockers and feeders. $3,7505 30; Texas steers, $3,750650; cows and heif- $425@690 Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $S00MS.15; good to heavy, $775QS1O; rough s7.75@790; light. $7.75@S10. Sheer and muttons, $3.50Q425; lambs, $5.50l $50.
 -Hogs-Mixed and butchers. $7.15WS10; good heavy. $7.75mS10; rough heavy. $7.75Q7,S5; light, $7.75QS.O5; pigs, $750@S05. Cattle-Beeves $4656l [ % cows and heifers. s2.6066.30; stockers and feeders, $3.15M 5.S0; Texans. $425615 40; calves, $7.00Q9.25 Sheep-Native, $2 a 4.50; Western, $2.75Q450: lambs, s475a 6.55; Western. s5.00@655
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
BODY OF SLAYER FOUND
Discovery of Suicide in CIump of Bushes Is Made While Coroner
 Investigates Murder.

Worth, Mo, Jan. 9-The body of T. E. Conway, the druggist who shot and killed NJ. F. Stevens, a retired farmer, on the street here, was found in a clump of bushes.
 There was a bullet hole in his head, and beside him lay the gun with which he killed Stevens. The coro- ner was holding an inquest when the body was found,
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
EXPLOSION AT MALAGA IS RU- MORBID TO HAVE BEEN FOR
 ASSASSINATION
ALFONSO IS NOT HARMED
King Was En Route for MeilIa With Companions and Stops for Few Hours at Govern
 or's Palace.

Malaga, Spain, Jan. 9.-What is be- tempt on the life of King Alfonso took place during his brief visit here Thursday, when two persons in a cheering crowd were injured and the kings attendans thrown into panic
 The facts have just become known.
 Attempt Made at Malaga.
 The king, accompanied by Premier Canalejas, General Azpar, minister of war, and Arias Miranda, minister of Marine, had arrived here from Mad rid, en route for Melilla for a weeks stay in the vicinity of the Spanish town in Morocco
 At the railway station his majesty was acclaimed by a great throng, which joyously followed the carriage in which he drove with the mayor to the palace of the governor general. Explosion Near Governors Palace.
 Arriving at the palace, the king stepped out of the carriage and, turn ing for moment. again acknowl- edged the salvos of applause and then entered the palace. As the door swung closed behind him an explo- sion in the crowd drowned the cheers Before the alarmed and stampeded mass fully realized just what had hap pened gendarmes had closed in about the spot from which the report arose.
 Two Persons Slightly Injured.
 It was found that two persons had been slightly injured, but no other harm done.
 An official account of the incident says it was unimportant. A civilian dropped pistol inclosed in a box" No further details were made public
 A few hours later the king and his party bearded the royal yacht Giralda and proceeded for Melilla.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
Another Maybray SwndIer Sentenced.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Jan. 9.-Frank Myers. one of the men under indict- ment for participation in the Mabray sw1ndles, appeared before Judge Smith McPherson, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 months impris- onment in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kas.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
Jordan to Die in March.

Boston, Jan 9.-Chester S. Jordan brother-in-law of Jesse Livermore, the cotton speculator, and a former actor, who was convicted of the murder of his wife, has been sentenced to be electrocuted during the week of March l.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09
HANG GOVERNOR'S EFFIGY
Nebraska Executive, Just Out oi Office, Had Given Offense
 by Parole.

Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 9.-Be- cause he paroled Ernst Stout, con- victed of murder, former Governor Shallenberger, who had just retired
The Prescott daily news., 1911-01-09

Lisbon, O., Jan. 6.-The Ohio Pa triot and the Daily Journal suspended publication as dailies. They will con. uAus issuing weekly editions.