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La Junta tribune., 1911-01-28
Notice Of Adjustment Day.

Estate Of Finley Edward Hamilton.
d"ceascd.
Tbo undersigned. having been ap-
pointed executor Of the estate OF Fin
lvy Edward Hamilton. late Of the
county of otcro. In tho state u Col
orado. deceased. hereby gives notice
that he will appear leforo the coun'
~ rourt Of said Otoro county. n, the
court house In La Jun'a, In said
county. on Monday. the 3o,h day OF
January. A. u. 1911. at the hour OF
10 o'clock =. IA. of said day. at which
time all persons having claims against
sad estate Ar. notified and requested
10 attend for the purpose Of having
the same adjusted. All persons In.
dcbted 10 said estate are requested
TO mako immediate paymen, To the
undorsisned.
Dated at Ia Junta, Colorado. this
?ith day Of December. A. d. 1910.
THE COLORADO SAVINGS
AND TRUST COMPANY.
Dy c. A. Bscrbohm. Cashier and sec.
rotary. executor Of tho estate Of
FINLEY Ddwasd Hamilton. deceased.
@. n. Daaseoa. Attorney.
first Da1olcatboa, December 81. 1910.
last nssesa1essian iaasaps n iAii-.-
La Junta tribune., 1911-01-28
Divorce Summons.

State of Colorado. county of otcro. M
In the county court.
Ethel Pearl Grey. plaintiff. versus
James u. Grey. dofendonr. SUM.
MONS.
The people of the state OF Colorado
To James u. Grey. the defendant
above named. GREETING:
You are hereby required to appear
In an action brought against you ~
the above named plaintiff. In the
county court Of Otcro county. state
Of Colorado. and answer the complaint
therein within thirty days after the
service hereof. II served within the
state Of Colorado: or, IL served out
Of the state OF Colorado. or by publii
cation. within fif'y days after the
service hereof. exclusive Of the day
Of service: or said action may b.
regularly set for trial the same ~
though such appearance had been
made and issue had been Joined on
such complaint.
The said action u brought by plain.
tif TO obtain . decree Of divorce. dis.
solving the bonds Of msrtimony now
existing between plaintiff and defend.
laut. on the grounds Of assertion and
noaSupport. 1os he pseiod os more
ltsn one yeof neIof u H. heinRins
La Junta tribune., 1911-01-28

counter hole in the air and disap-
pear. He is lost then to a dead GER
tainty-with the accent on the dead
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
OLD MAN s SPREE.
ENDS IN DEATH
ROBERT MASON FOUND DEAD IN
HOUSE ON LOGUSTeS ....
ALLEY.

Applying for lodging Thursday
morning at the house of Mollie White,
coiored. in Locust's Alley, and say
ing that he was running away from
parties who wanted to put him in a
Kelley institute. Robert Mason, OF
Amelia Courthouse, aged about sixty
years, WAS found In his room four
hours later u corpse.
Mollie White went at once to 10
lice headquarters and reported the
death. Policeman l.. N. Clarke &C
companied her 10 her place. and after
verifying her story notified DIR, W. Ii,
Taylor. city coroner.
Or. Taylor questioned the woman
closely, and found out according to
her statement. that Mason had been
in Richmond two or three days on a
spree. pint bottle of whiskey. of
which the contents had been nearly
all consumed. WAS in his possession.
The woman said that when he ap-
piled for a room he told her that he
had no money TO pay his expenses a,
hotel or he would have gone 10
one. She said that she had known
him for years. He was pretty drunk,
she said. when he showed up at her
house When she thought he had
slept long enough. she went to awak-
an him. She found his dead body.
clad only in shirt and undershirt.
lying stretched on the floor.
Dr. Taylor said that death prob
ably resulted from brain trouble. caus-
ed by excessive drinking. Mason work
ed for years for tobacconist al
Amelia Courthouse He was not mar
ried.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
AWAKES To FIND
BLOODY HEAD ON
PILLOW At SIDE
Mrs. Murdoch Confesses and
Tells How Harding Was
Put Away
DEED is COMMITTED
BY JEALOUS LOVER
Pair Sit Trembling Through
Night, Then Bury the
Body in the Onion
Patch

NORFOLK, VA, June SIN her
cell at the county JAIN Mrs. Minnie L.
Murdoch. the red headed siren OF
Mason's Greek. weak ened a; l oclock
this morning and told the story OF
the death Of Harry L. Harding. her
discarded lover.
Charles Merkle struck Hardiuevt
woman. She awoke and found tho
bloody head of the dying boy be-
side her on the pillow. Panio-sirickanv
they Kicked the body undar the bed,
and 1t lay there until they keyed up
the courage to bury 1t in Its shallow
grave twenty-four hours later.
The confession was made in the
presence Of County Officer John
Hayes Mrs Belle Ryno of the wo-
mans Mission, and two newspaper
men. There was sincerity In her
voice. and none Of those who heard
the tale doubted that she had decided
10 tell 1t as It happened.
Il shall tell the truth, so help me
God. the woman said. rs she propped
herself IN her cot in the dirty, white
washed Jail cell. Harry Harding
and ! had been having trouble for
months, and l took up with Charlie
Merkle because Harry would do
nothing for me.
The Sunday before Harry was
killed there MAS nobody at my place,
hut the next day. Monday. Harry went
! there, and that night he slept there
, alone. Tuesday night Charlie Merkle
and came out from Norfolk and
/ found him there he had been drink
ing, and was sitting waiting for us
Harry and Charlie Merkie began
fusslng right away. They had hot
words all the evening. and | took
1arry's knife away from MIN and hid
II In his trunk for fear there would
be trouble.
About II O'Clock / went to bed.
I left the men sitting in the kitchen
talking and quarreling,
/ II don't know what time IL was,
| but Ii must have been two houra
later. something jolted the bed. and
! half woke up. / started to go back
/ To sleep again. hut felt something
kicking me jumped up and saw
Harry Harding lying across ths bed
and his head was covered with Blood.
| Il didn't see Charlie then. but Z
/ pat my warns Rreund Harry and
screamed as loud as I could
Then Charlie came sin and told
me to shut UP, He said. Do your
want 10 put a halter around my neck
shut up and l kept quiet. said.
My God, you've killed him And
Charlie said he couldn't help it,
that he had to do it,
II said What did you hit him
with?' Then Charlie said he went out
in the yard and got the axe and
struck him because he was afraid OF
| him.
Put Body Under Bed
We just rolled poor Harry under
tire bed ard ne STAYED there until
the next night. when Merkle came
CONTINUED on Second Pageo
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
BRUTALLY KICKS
LITTLE PET DEAD
Enraged Dog Catcher Uses
His Feet With Very
Telling Effect
OWNER OF ANIMAL IS
ENRAGED AT ACTION
Astounded Witnesses of Deed
Report Matter and Case
is Now Before the
Police Court

The brutal killing OF a pet dog
belonging to Mr.. Portiaux Robinson.
of s1s Ia West Franklin street, has
set the machinery of the law in ac-
ton, and II determination on the part
Of the owner counts for anything,
some one will be severly dealt with.
The little pet of Mr.. Robinson was
so unfortunate as to have q neck Of
such corpulence as TO preclude Its
wearing d collar as consequence
Of which 1t was tmposst bic for it to
have on display its license tag. which
entities 1t to roam at large. The
tag, however was In the possession
of the owner.
Several days ago while the dog
catchers were making their rounds
the Robinson pet was espied on the
street without collar or tag and one
Of the catchers made grab for 1t.
Not used to the treatment, the dog
avoided the catcher and snapped at
him as he repeated his efforts at
capture. =,
Kicks Dog to Death
Enraged. the dog catcher abandon
ed his designs at capture and pro-
ceeded to get revenge. With his
rect FOR weapons he kicked and
stamped on he little animal until
life was extinct. The act was severe
ly condemned by the astounded wilt
nesses. who later reported IL to Mr.
Robinson, As a result. Dog Catcher
Fl. r Blunt was arraigned on Thurs
day morning in police court on the
charge Of killing a licensed dog
That is not the man" a witness
said promptly when Blunt made his
appearance.
Blunt was relieved
II know I'm not" he said as the
justice looked from one to the other
Somebody must have killed him. .
suggested the court. that In. IL the
dog has been killed.
There appeared to he no doubt tina.
the dog wRs dead. Even the dog
catching department was ready 10 ad
nit that But there was no evidence
against Blunt. and the case against
him was dismissed.
The matter might have developed
into mystery had not another pris-
oner appeared This was James Firth,
/ IT c afso ts dog catcher The charge
against him was the me as against
Blunt, but as the Witnesses had de-
parted the case was continued to
next Tuesday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
DUTCH tEAMAN
HAS EYE ON JOB
WELL KNOWN LOCAL POLIT1-
CIAN WOULD NOT TURN
DOWN SINECCRE.

Mr.. w. II. Leaman. better known
as Dutch" Leaman. doomed up
Thursday ~ a prospective candidate
for sergean t-at- arms OF the city coun-
ell In event Mr.. George Charming
Ruskeil lands the city collectorship
In the Democratic primary next fall.
MIR. Leaman has not formally an
nounced himself for this Office, but
he has let II be known that Il would
prove very acceptable to him.
The Office pays $500 per year and
is not difficult one to MI, the duties
being anything but onerous.
Mr.. Alfred II. Mcdowell. clerk to
the city council committees. whose
hair is well .Atreaked with gray as a
result of strenuous labors In this ca
pacity, would also like to be sergeant
alarms by way of diversion.
Those who know whereof they
speak say that Mr.. Mcdowell will be
an easy winner provided Mr.. Ruskell
steps out and opens up the way.
Mr.. Leaman 4s something of
power in political circles and II may
be that he will give Mr.. Mcdowell a
harder fight than the latter is an
ticipat1ng.
Meanwhile II Is by no means GER
tain that Mr.. Ruskell will land the
collectorship with two such worthy
opponents as Messrs. Herbert L.,
Hulce and Frank +, Bates pitted
against him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08

MEXICO CITY. June S.--Whiie the
city authorities are hurriediy repair
ing the damage caused by yesterdays
earthquake shocks burying the dead
and caring for the wounded, the gov
eminent officials. by direction of
President DE la Barra, are endeavor-
ing TO get into communication with
the country south OF the capital. 1t
Is feared that when details are re-
ceived the magnitude OF the disaster
Will he greatly increased.
Reports made 10 the police to-day
plae the number OF dead in the city
at seventy-t,ve. Of whom forty were
soldiers. This list liz expected TO be
Increased when the search or the de-
molished buildings in the poorer quar-
ter Of the city ~ completed. OF the
injured about 200 are in the main
and temporary hospitals. Many OF
these are children who were aba n
doned by their terrified parents fol-
lowing the shocks and who were
caught and crushed In the debris OF
their homes.
The Santa Maria quarter. which
suffered the most severely, Was sur
rounded to-day by a Gordon OF mill
;ary, Peon lahorers, Impressed into
ser> ice. are razing all badly damaged
structures and searching the ruins
front{uued on Third pRxe)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
NO OPPOSITION To
Bis BOND ISSUE
MEASURE CALLING FOR u, 400. 900
WILL DIE ADOPTED ny
COUNCIL.

When the common council meets In
adjourned Hession Thursday night, 1t
viii adopt the recommendation OF the
finance committee for a bond issue of
$1,000. 900. This will he done pract-
caily without opposition, IL is under
stood. improvements projected in the
bond issue include the cost OF the pro-
posed new Mayo bridge, the acquisition
or the Ford hotei block for municipal
court building. and plumber OF i'm
proyements In the way of new school
buildings.
No riders will be tackled on to the
bond issue and that makes adoption OF
the measure all the more certain.
Negotiations for taking over the Me-
mortA hospital by the city Are still
pending and 1t is understood that this
matter will not be discussed at all al
the council meeting: II may be stated.
however, sset the Indications paint to a
contamination OF the deal, With the
proba biiity. that the institution will
become free hospital
In such an event. another private
hospital In Aichmond viii UNI
doubtedly be erected TO accomm odat q
the doctors who patronize Memorial.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
COLLEGE ALUMNI
WILL CELEBRATE
60 FROM CHAPEL To BUSINESS
MEMS CLUB TO THE ANNUAL
DINNER.

The General Society OF Alumni of
Richmond College win celebrate on the
evening OF June IA. There will be IA
public meeting opening In the College
chapl at s.l6 sharp. Music by the COL
lege Giee Club and an address by Hon
Wyndham r. Meredith viii be the
principal features MIR. George Bryan.
President OF the Society Will be IN
charge of the exercises. 4 cordial In
vitation Is extended 70 the public. The
theme and the speaker ought to at
tract d great audience.
The exercises viii be kept within an
hour and Immediately upon adjourn
ment the members OF the Society and
their guests Will repair TO the Business
Mems Club. Tenth and Main streets,
where the annual dinner Will be given.
Besides special guests there viii be the
degree class OF nearly seventy, the
trustees and the faculty OF The college,
An unusually large attendance of alum
nj from state and county Is expected
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
CASTS PAIL OVER :
MAOER0 WELCOME
List of Earthquake Victims
Will Probably be Much
heightened
PEOPLE REGARD 1T
AS AN OMEN OF ILL
Police Place Death List at
Seventy-Five-NeWs Ea-
gerly Awaited from
Other Sections
HISTORIC EARTHQUAKES.

I755--Sixty thousand killed in
eight minute quake at Lisbon.
Portugal.
lsl2-Caracas destroyed, a.
GOO perished,
ls5I--Fourteen thousand killed
In Southern Italy
1s57-~About $4,000 persisted in
South America
ls57--About 10000 killed
around Naples.
Is63--Ten thousand lives lost
at Manila p. l.
lss6--Fully 10000 killed In
Chile. Peru and Ecuador.
lsss-Four thousand killed at
Yunnan. China
ia02--Thirty thousand. five
hundred KILLED in volcanic srup-
ton and earthquake at MART
niaue-
leo5-Thirty-fve tn sand
killed in North India
ls06--~Eeariy 1000 killed ST San
Francisco IN quake and subse-
Quent FIRE.
fs06---One hundred thousand
killed IN Southern Italy
lsos---July 3o-Hundreds killed
In quake that shook l.00c square
miles on Mexican Pacific coast.
destroying many towns.
fslo--Msy s.--Cartago, old
capital of Costa H4ea, destroyed
with hundreds killed
19il-~June Mexico City
shaken. many buildings destroy
ed. nearly 100 killed
GsoT--kinsston, Jamics. de-
stroyed. 1900 killed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
BIC STRIKE. ON IN
BALDWIN WORKS
FOUR THOUSAND MEN QUIT WORK
IN BIG PHILADELPHIA
INDUSTRY.
CLAIM DISCRIMINATION
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF. LABOR
DECLINED TO FINANCE STRIKE,
AND MEN ACTED INDIE
PExDExTLY.
CLAIM DISCRIMINATION

PHILADELPHIA. PA. June
S.-More than four thousand
men, including 2,200 boiler
makers and the entire force in
the hangs and tank departments.
laid down their tools to-day at
the Baldwin Locomotive Works
and went out on strike.
Hourly additions are being made
to the ranks of the strikers, and the
officials OF the largest locomotive
building plant in the world are facing
a probable complete tie-up within the
next twentyfour hours. The com
pany Is confronted with a likelihood
of a walkout at their Eddystone and
Brumbar plants.
Dissatisfied ever since the ma
tional officers of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor refused a week ago
to finance a strike OF the proportions
which they proposed. the strikers are
acting Independently. They are fight
ing to obtain the reinstatement sof
Loco hands who were laid of some
weeks ago. the men claiming dis
elimination against the unions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
MERkLE DENIES
WOMAN s STORY.

NORFOLK. VA. June s-chariee
Merkle, held with Mrs. Minnie Lss
Murdoch for the alleged murder OF
Horny o. Harding, whose body w%h 4
crushed skull was found buried in an
onion patch in tho rear Of tho woman's
hut Monday evening, to-day denied in
toto the charge made by Mrs. MurdocI<
that he had killed Harpsrs.
Mrs. Murdoch ampliAes her state
ment made In the Jail at Portsmouth
early this morning by declaring that
she did not See Markle kill Harding
while the latter laid by her side but
that Merkle confessed to her that he
had committed the deed The man res
peated his denial OF the woman's as
sertions and says he had nothing whats
ever to DO with the killing ana knew
nothing. OF It, nntu he found. tins body,
In the house. Different attorneys are
defending Mrs. Murdoch and Merkle.
The latter II developed to-day was
from 1902 until 1906 In the State res
forrnatory having been placed there by
an uncle IN Portsmouth According to
Merkle the murdered man was origt-
nallE from Porte, Rico. This Merklas
says is what Harding told him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
mot f., A. FUGITIVE" ''' '''''.
SAYS PRIDE LYON

Pride Lyon. formerly OF Durham
wants II known that he Is living at
100 East Fifth street, South Rich
mond He liz anxious to have this in
formation disseminated, he says, for
the reason that his wife has asked
the police in Richmond to look him
up, as though he We're q fugitive from
Justice. Owing to family troubles
he told Captain Wright. OF the Third
district police station. he left his wife
several years ago. but he claims that
ne has been sending money for the
support Of the family regularly, ex-
cept for the last few weeks. wnen ne
has been out Of employment. Lyon
appears TO be. says Captain Wright. a
man Of good bEeedtng.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
JOHN H. CHANGE
HAS BETTER CHANCE
RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER
SERVING DOZEN YEARS FOR
CRIME HE DID NOT COM
NIT.

BOSTON, MASS. June Sit is
simply twelve years | have lost" This
was the only comment John Henry
Chance had to make to-day after his
release from Charlestown prison,
where he served twelve years of 81
life sentence for murder. II has been
found. he did not commit The real
slayer, according to the confession
he made. with the result that Cover
nor Foss pardoned Chance. was Ar
thur Hagan, now married and living
In Chicago. He In immune from pun
ishment, however. as he had already
been on trial for his life ana acquitted,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
HAHN GETS $50
sstAA |IDER VERDICT
SUED FOR 42.5OO. ALLEGING HE
WAS CALLED THIEF BY n. j.
HANCOCK.

Verdict for $50 In favor Of the
plaintiff WAS returned by jury In the
city Circuit Court Thursday afternoon
in the case OF Solomon Hahn against
N. j. Hancock. OF the Hancock To-
bacco Company.
Hahn sued for t2.500. alleging that
Hancock slandered him by calling him
y thief.
The case VENT trial Thursday
morning and did not go to the jury
until after 2 p. NJ The suit was the
outgrowth of a business transaction
in which parties to the suit figured.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
: z ! :
Eddystcne Joins Strike.

CHESTER. PA. June s-Between
400 and 500 men employed in the
erecting and boiler shops at the Eddy
stone plant OF the Baldwin Locomotive
Works went out to-day on sympathet-
ic strike. The workers are leaving the
plant In gatherings or four or five, and
indications are that the entire plant
will be tied up before the day is over
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
GOVERNOR MANN
HAS MAY CALLS

Governor Mann went to Otterburn
Springs Thursday afternoon to attend
the formal opening of the new hotel
at the popular old summer resort
About 100 guests from Richmond were
invited.
Thursday night the governor will
10 to Bedford county to make an adj
sresx at the closing exercises Of the
New London Academy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
PLEAD CAUSE Of
PRISON REFORM
SPEAKERS DISCUSS QUESTION OF
DEAii>G WITH TuE CRIMINAL
ELEMENT.
NJ A n Y SUGGESTIONS
CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES AND
CORRECTIONS HEARS IPLrFT
PROBLEMS ~CiENTIFfCAI~
LN DISCUSSED.

R0STfN. MASS. June s.--.Rational
treatment of criminals was pleaded in
addresses made to-day before the Ma
tional Conference Of Charities and
Correction by men prominent as au-
thorities on penal problems. Among
these were the Rev Frank Moore.
superintendent Of the Railway. N. j.,
Reformatory; pr. William Healy. di-
rector Of the Juvenile Psychopathic
Institute OF Chicago. and Ernest K.
Coulter, clerk OF tho Children's Court,
New York.
The meeting was opened In Ire
mont Temple last night by Governor
Foss. Addresses were made by DR.
Charles w Eliot. whose subject was
the suppression of moral detectives:
Orlando T. Lewis. secretary New York
Prison Association, and Frederick
Howard Wines. OF Illinois. DIR. Eliot
pleaded strongly for more prison in
struction. fncessant war on the resorts
Of the vicious and eternal vigilance
to prevent the propagation or their
kind by the morally defective.
Individual Treatment.
SFs84i4a@ treatment of, zach criminal
/
old system Of herding criminals to-
gether and treating them In a mass
either from the point Of view of pun
ishment or of reform. was urged ny
Superintendent Frank Moore. OF the
New Jersey reformatory. i'm an adj
dress' before the, section on law
Breakers Mr.. Moore described a
number OF systems which. have been
ssoss MY bshd,tt sSsSss,ss
to each prisoner in an Institution will
Determine whether he Is mentally
normal or sUb-nornai. Each inmate
OF the reformatory of New Jersey re-
ceived during the past year has been
subjected to one OF these tests. and by
thus determining his psychological
age. Ii has been established that 46
per cent. Of the inmates SO received
are mentally sub-normal. The ply
steal age at which delinquents may
be legally committed TO the reforma-
tory is from sixteen 70 twenty five
years, but by examination. according
to superintendent Moore, it has been
discovered that the mental age of al
most one-haf the prisoners was be-
low twelve years. while in one case II
was less than i've, In other words,
forty-six per cent of those received
had minds which in knowledge and
ability We're only equal TO the mind
lContinusd- on Third Page.x -.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
LEAGUE MEETS ON
DECEMBER 1918
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF ANTI
SALOON WORKERS TO CON-
vENE IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, d. G., June Sit
was announced to-day by Secretary
Nicolson of the Anti Saloon League Of
American that the fourteenth national
convention Of the league will be held in
December lila next.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-08
THREE: !. SMALL. :. BOYS S
DROWN IN POTOMAC
BOARD AGAINST WHICH THEY
WIRE LEANING BROKE THROW- 81
ING THEM INTO RIVER.

CUMBERLAND ND. June .s.-Thre4
boys. Harry. five; and Donald. siKfSGs
sons Of Dow Albright. OF Pfedmqnt. M.a
Va, and Clems OFT. nine, SON Of WIN
liam OFT. Grafton. ". Va. wN@&$
drowned when hoard against whtGRH
they were leaning. broke aud they 1(ak|
into the Potomac river. Another 49,
pamsd Ceiispie. nine. sage6 htn1a