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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-04
For Sale

FOR SA..r-PUPE B2ED ANGUS
bnils. E,i r. Oehler. Moravia. la
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
\ Christmas Carol.


"A merry Christmas Uncle God your cried cheerfn
voice 1t the OF Scooge nephew who upon him
quickly that this the first ntinaton he had Of his approach
"Bahp said Scrooge "fIumbugI'
He had heated himself with rapid walking fog
frost this nephew OF Scooge that he all glow his face
rddy and handsome his parkd and his breath smoked again
Christmas hur1bug, Uncle" said Scroogcs nephew. you
don't mean that, am surc?
Il do said Scrooge Merry Chrismasi What right you
be merry? Out upon Merry Chistas What's Christmas
but time for paying bills without money time for finding
self older and hour richer time for balancing
books and having item through round dozen Of months
presented dead you? If could work my w said Scroog
Indignantly every IDIOT who goes about with Merry Christmas
his lips should be boiled with his pudding and buried with
stake of holly run through his heart. He shouldi'
"Uncel pleaded the nephew.
Nephew! returned the uncle crn keep Christmas your
way, and LET NE keep in mine"
Keep tr repeated Scrooges nephew But you don't keep
Let leave alone then said Scroogc Much good may
It do you'll Much good has done you
There many things from which might have derived good
by which have not proted dare say" returned the nephew
Christmas among the But have always thought Of
Christmas time when it has oundapat from the
due TO its sacred and origin If any thing belonging
apart from hata good time kind forgyng, charitable pleas
time the only time know Of in the long calendar Of the
when and by open their shup
freely and think people below them they really fellow
the and another of bound
other journeys And therefore Uncle though has put scrap
of gold silver my pocket believe that has done good
and will do me good and say Goddess itp
From Dickens Christmas Carol
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
HOLDS WORLD RECORD
T. Martin Has Travelled 100000 On
Water-Paid $4,000

Boston, Dec 21--At II years OF
age Thomas Martin. manufactures
of Winchester, holds the worlds rec.
ord for transatlantic travel as a pass.
enger. He has taken so many trips
to Great Britain that he ceased years
ago TO keep track of the number. Be
ginning in 1870 he has crossed the
ocean not less than twice year. and
in some years he has made as many
as five trips TO Europe.
In a hundred-odd trips he has
crossed the Atlantic more than 200
times, travelling more than 100000
miles in the ocean liners.
Mr. Martin always travels first class
and the approximate sum Of money
that he has paid TO the steamship
companies Is not less than $4,000 for
himself and Mrs. Martin.
''My trips have been mostly for
pleasure. for when / get tired from
work nothing rests me SO and is so
satisfying as to take a sea trip" said
Mr.. Martin today.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
St. Louis Women honored

Two former st. Louis women have
pictures in the National Academy Of
Design exhibition in New York this
month. both of them attracting much
attention. Mrs. Alice Beach Winter
has Annie" a child picture. this be-
ing the line of work in which she is
especially gifted. It represents an in
terror with Annie's doll in evidence
in the background. The other picture
is by Mary Fairchild Low. who will
be remembered by MANY of her
friends as Mrs MacMonnies before
she became the wife Of Mr.. Low. Lit
tie Women" is the name OF her pic
ture. which represents two girls with
heads bent over a book.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21

MOST uRGENT WANTS

0 There's a world OF interest in
@ the Want Ads. They reflect the
@ urgent desires OF various busi-
O nesses, households and indiv-
@ iduals.
@ The Wants tel what is most
@ needed. II the cook has left. II
G worker Is needed in the office
@ or factory. IL an article Of value
o is lost or found, II there is urg-
G ent necessity to sell a piece Of
@ property, secure tenants, room
Q ers or bo2rders-all such condi-
Q tiOns are expressed and met in
o the Want Columns.
9 The Wants are close TO the
o neart interest OF the people. II is
. interesting to watch them care
o fully.
- - - - - 4.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
Science Teachers Meetings

The National Society of College
Teachers of Education will meet in
81 Louis in February, and among
those who are expected is Prof Nc
keag, just resigned from Wellesley
who will take her place as president
OF Wilson College after the holidays
The American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science and the Ameri
can Chemical society are in session
this week in Washington.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
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Only in the best soil of bottom land
VIII there be any Indian corn planted
in this section of Oklahoma in the
spring, according t. .he farmers. In
stead, however, thcIe will be the big
gest acreage ever known OF Kaffir
corn. milo maize, cane and other So
called forage crops. Many farmers
are now plowing for spring planting,
the recent rains putting the ground
in the best condition for more tlan
three years.
The petition of Checotah for a re
nearing of the county seat contest
accession, in which the supreme court
held the county seat was located at
Eufaula, was overruled by the SUI
preme court today. This settles the
case finally so far as the Oklahoma
courts are concerned, The court or
dered the mandate to issue in its de-
cision holding that Jay is the county
seat of Delaware county. Grove filled
petition for rehearing
In an effort to secure statiAtich
showing the economy from state
homa youths in the higher branches
within the state, State Superintend-
ent Wilson has addressed letters to
400 colleges and educational instltu-
tions in other states, asking the num-
Der of students from Oklahoma en-
rolled. The authorities of the schools
addressed are asked further, to indi-
cate the number taking the regular
liserary course and the number taking
special courses.
Federal Judge Cottera has with
held his decision in the Rebecca
Young cases. wherein her heirs claim
ing to be partblood Caddo Indians, are
asking to be restored to lana anot-
ments in the Kiowa and Comanche
country. which was opened to settle
ment in 1901 The arguments in
the case have been made, Ex-Repre-
sentative Riddle of Chiekasha appear
ing for the plaintiffs and Isaac d.
Taylor, assistant federal attorney, for
the government, and for the home
steaders. whose lands are claimed as
aliotments. There are SO cases IN
oil.
Frank w. Rollins of Bakersville
Mass, is the youngest boy preacher
IN the country, if net in the world.
Though only Is, he possesses
preachers license.
Negro enforcement officers are to
be appointed for exclusively negro
communities to enforce the prohlbi-
tion law. when such appointment is
requested by the county authorities.
There are about ten such towns IN
Oklahoma In which not a white per-
son resides, and reports brought here
show that in some of them liquor is
sold over bars with no secrecy to the
transact. .ons John r. Hogan, protes-
sor of history at the state school at
Taft, and president of the Negro Law
and Order league laid the matter be-
fore the state authorities. requesting
That the concurrence of county otfl-
GERS be obtained to the appointments
a strong effort is being made by
Oklahoma Republicans To obtain the
alDpointment of Judge B. +. BurYell
of Oklahoma City to fill the vacancy
on the bench of the United States SD
preme court caused by the death OF
Justice Harlan Oklahoma Republic
ans leaders take the position that a
strong. young state like Oklahoma
should be represented on the Unf-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
To Reduce Cost Of Living

Miss Lila p. Erich, a teacher. Of do
mestic science in Minneapolis, gives
the following rules OF economy" to
her classes: Use butterine instead
of butter in cooking and substitute
milk in some cases; use meat gravy
instead OF butter on bread; use the
frying pan less and boil ana roast
more. Make hamburger steak of
cheaper meats. Rabbits and fish are
also recommended instead of meat
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
lNSD.
l..r\
.tz!.D
AMONG
THE WOMEN

than is found in any other national
army of workers in the world Mr.
Loyejoy. secretary of the National
Child Labor committee wishes to Sc.
cure better laws for the protection
OF this vast army of children.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
ALLOW mAsoNs TIME
ON POYMENTS

Washington. Dec. 21-On motion of
Senator Gore. the senate today con-
CURED in the house bill extending the
time in which the Masons may pay
for the asylum site bought OF the gov
ernment at FL Reno.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
An IGeaI Charity

Chicago women are to have bali
at the La Sale hotel on Twelfth
Night. January ), reyiving the old
English custom of ball on that night
The object is to establish a home for
business women with children. where
they may live and care for their lit
tie ones at night. after the days work
The children will be cared for during
the day by competent house mothers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
Women Must Keep Silence

President Lowell of Harvard says
that it is not the policy of the uniyer-
isity to permit any woman to address
the students. although some excep-
tions have been made in the past
That accounts for the fact that Mrs.
Pankhurst was not allowed to speak
lin Sauber's theater.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21

(F,om Lhe BOOK of Chyisipos : ssa.
Nobody amt Christmas shoffm
Fur his Siockin,
Nobody amt cofch no turkey
Nobody amt bake no pie.
Nobodys laid unthu' BY;
Santa Claus don't cut no fggcy
Fm his maDtmy's little niger.
Seems lax esrrybodys rnshmi
IN cynshtR
Cyofodm shops an ta,rnun' t,oiIeys,
Bnlfn shoes an shirts an toys
FV dc aojtttc folks girls an boys;
Bnt no hobby-horSe ANT rockm
FW his lille 1poyc-om stockin
lie ant qadyln, yccohec,
lie don'i spec
Nuthm'-t's his not cxtcchn eA.
Makes his nanny 1tgsh-O Laipyi-- 's'
Fw CT niggcr Sanity Claus,
Totin jus or 10y balloon
Far his mdmDIys lille coon. - @
ARos0i5e NJ. Ioros.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
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Q.Zy1,
Deans Of Colleges Meet

leans OF Coicges Meet
The fifth biennial conference of the
deans and advisers of women in
state universities is being held this
week in Chicago. Miss Breed is dean
of women of the Missouri State uni
versity and is much interested in the
efforts of college women to find other
vocations for college graduates than
that OF teaching
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21

When you don't advertise nobody
knows that you are doing business,
and u won't be long before you'II not
now Il yourself.-Newspaperdom.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21
Prize for Women Athletes

There seems 70 be some doubt as
to whether women will be permitted
to take part in the fifth Olympian, 10
be held at Stockholm next summer.
Countess de Casa Miranda. better
known as Christine Nilsson. the fam
GUS singer. has given massive sill
yer bowl supported with two figures
in the Grecian style. 10 be a perpetu-
al Olympian trophy ana to be pre-
sented to the woman athlete making
the highest trapeze jump. Il viii be
kept by her until won by some one
making a better record. II was pre-
sented to Miss Nilsson some fifty
years ago in this country
Children Wage Esrners
Owen Lovejoy says that there are
1000. 900 children in the United
States at work, q larger number
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The 1911 laws pertaining to Roads
Highways, bitches and Drains
Pamphlet form. Price 25c each
Specia, prices on quantities Address
Book Department Leader PriHda
company. Guthrie,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-21

Frank w. Rollins of Bakersville,
Mass, is the youngest boy preacher
in the country, if net in the world.
Though only 16, he possesses
preachers license
The evening world., 1911-06-02
Norwalk Man Struck by Ex-
press While Standing in
Station at Elizabeth.
FAMILY WAS WITH HIM.
Wife AND Son Faint as Green
Is Thrown Violently Along
the Platform.

Louis Chadwick Green, a prominent
citizen and banker OF Norwalk. Conn.
died In the General Hospital at Elizabeth
to-day from Injuries he received last
night when struck by an express train
on the Pennsylvania Railroad platform,
where he was waiting TO board a train
for New York.
Mr.. Green's wife and son. Harold
Mortimer Green. with about ten other
persons were on the station platform
at the time. Both wife and son tainted.
At the hospital It was found that he
was suffering from a fracture of the
skull.
Mr.. Green lived al No. $50 Main street.
Norwalk. with his family he went TO
Elizabeth last evening to witness the
marriage of Vivian Gentle. the
daughter OF Robert l.. Gentle. an Old
friend. OF No. ia westfieid avenue.
After the ceremony Mr.. Green and
others OF the party were driven to the
Pennsylvania Railroad depot. where they
were to get a train shSrtly after mid
night.
The others were standing In a group
talking and Mr.. Green was walking W
and dow the platform. smoking. lie
stopped near the group to look down
the track to see Il a train was coming.
Nobody saw the train hit him. but as
a New York bound express went by
Green was knocked some distance along
the platform, landing on the side OF his
head. 1t Is supposed he was standing
too close to the edge of the platform
and was either struck nv some mar, NJ
The evening world., 1911-06-02
GAMBLERS WIFE FAiNTS
AS HE GETS JAIL TERM.
ClingS to Him So Desperately That
-Four Men Fail to Separate


when Henry phillips ot No. 1872
Madison avenue was sentenced to the
%workhouse for thirty days In the York
vile Court to-day Tor operating a three
card monte game on the street his
young wife created II scene. she threw
her arms around her husband and hys-
terically cried 10 the Magistrate to re-
s.ind the IN prisonment sentence n
fine him. She chung desperately to the
mans neck, screeching and implorlng
for mercy. Three court attendants n
a policeman could not pry them apart,
Magistrate Corrigan pounded his desk
with his gavrl and dena nded that he
woman be removed. but the attendants
d,d not want to use force. While she
screamed her husband begged tor
mercy. Finally tho woman had "A ner-
vous collapse and It was IA half hour
hfor. she was revived. Meanwhile she
had been carried out on the steps OF
the Court House and her husband had
been taken into the prison 10 De sent ~
the workhouse.
The evening world., 1911-06-02
RIVERS AND HARBORS
COMMITTEE ON A TRIP.
Inspecting the Waterways From
Here TO Philadelphia for Con-
greSs'S Consideration.

Tie members Of the Rivers and IIar-
bors Committee OF Congress set ont
on the Revenue Gutter Manhattan to-
day for an inspection OF harbors and
inland waterways between this city
and Philadelphia.
The following members OF the com
inittce left on the cutter: stephen VI
~Sparkman, Florida; Joseph H. Rams.
dell, Louisiana. George r.. Burgess
Texas. Benjamin q. Humphreys. Mis-
sissippi; George W. Taylor. Alabarna.
j. Edwin Ellcrbe. South Carolina
Charles q. Edwards. Missouri; Charles
4. Booher. Missouri: Thomas Gallagher
Illinois; John W. Boehne. Indiana.
Daniel A. priscoll. New York; Michael
Donohoe. Pennsylvania; Thomas j.
Scully, New Jersey, George l.. Law
renee. Massachusetts,; James H. David.
son Wisconsin; IL. Olin Young. Michi-
gan: William A. Rodenberg. Illinois.
william h. Humphrey. Washington,
Charles A. Kennedy. Iowa. aud Andrew
J. B%archteld. Pennsylvania.
The evening world., 1911-06-02
TRAMP STEAMSHIP MAKES
$4,000 MILE RECORD TRIP.
Brings Cargo Worth Almost
100000 After Eastward Voy-
age From Tacoma, Wash.

A ecord-break!ng voyage for a tramp
steamship has just been completed by
the Brl .sll ireighter Aymerlc. Nnlch an
chored to-day off Liberty Island, after
having covered % 600 miles since Jan. 9
She brings IN a cargo of hemp, cheeses.
mating and curios picked up In a
score or more Of Oriental ports and
which is valued AZ close 10 sl,OoO,0o.
Capt. LOTUS Is the skipper who touh
the Aymeric over this long voyage. and
she belongs TO the Bank Line. Her
tonnage IL 1858. gross, she Is 80 feet
long, - 3eom. ~ draught, ana was JuIlt
In 1905 at Glasgow.
The Aymeric left Tacoma. Wash. on
Jan. Q. She made Seattle on IAN II
and Vancouver on Jan. II and then
steamed across the Pacific to ioko-
hama. She left there on Feb. 10 and
made H!ogo five days later. then Nag
asaki, Shanghai, llonskong. Manila.
Calcutta, Colombo and Ccylon, the last
port on March IL.
Then she headed foG the Mediterra-
mean. and after touching at Algicrs ana
several other ports made "A bee-line for
Boston. her last port OF call before she
reached New York.
The Aymeric has been chartered by
the Houston Lin n leave on June
90 for Southern and Eastern African
ports.
The evening world., 1911-06-02
GIRLS ATTEMPT TO DIE
CAUSED FlANCE'S DEATH.
Saved From Poison, Her Hair
Whitened in a Few
Hours.

Her hair turned white IN a Few hours,
sarah Jackson calls constantly In st.
V~.ncent's Slnitarium, Harrison, v, Y,
Cor her ,Hance. James Keenan,, who Is
dead. Doctors fear to-day she Will not
recover.
Miss Jaekson's nome Is at No. o2'
Sawmlll River road. Yonkers, keenan,
lived at No. 1863 WaInut street. fon-
l;ers. A fancied attention he paid to
another CIR, caused a quarrel between
them. and she drained a bottle of car
bo,ic acid before his eyes,
He ran for i doctor and fell and
bruised himself ov she heart with a
sharp stone. The next day he fell
dead. and doctors aid It was sunstroie.
Sl.ah JACKSON wa taken 20 II. Joseph's
Ho-p.'t., Aonkers. at fist. She aged
tw .ty years in a short time, n her
hair turned white.
Her death from the poison was pre-
vented. but she now has a form OF nec-
vous demeutia. Her sister. Miss May
Jackson, Is In a critical condition as a
result OF the tragic happenings.
Sarah Jackson has not been told OF
the death OF her sweetheart n p.eads
every few minute that he be brought
IN to see her.
The evening world., 1911-06-02
There's 70 Crime W3Sye' or
Even Ripple, Over There
Says Presentment.
BUT THEY DO DRINK!
And the Ef...nrric5 are Open
for Bl...l.tSS After 1 A. NJ.
and Sundays Regularly.

,...,. 10. - ., =, a.
- ---,..,
100 ~,.
Jury '''UV ~ ""' "'
maze a preSentnen 10 county 'uuso
Fawce'' IN WHICH u ucn't win cn"rse'
that brooklyn was sutterhg from .
perfect furore or burglaries' assaults
and other criminal acts.
It's not so-the only thing that In
wrong IA that the town insists upon
drinking between drinks. Foreman
Frank Ehlers made this plain In the
course OF his presentment regarding the
state of the public morals.
In the course OF the finding. the Jurors
say they have carefully Investigated
the ohargs that the borough and tho
county OF Kings Is being treated TO an
unusual crop of crime, and have found
that the number of ofrcnses and arrests
for serious crimes II less than usual.
The Jurors heard the presidents of all
tho reform institutions OF Brooklyn
some record for endurance on the part
Of any Grand Jury-besides many min
isters m a lot Of police officials and
plain cops.
The result OF the hearing was that
they found the police force veil organ
lied and doing good business for the
The evening world., 1911-06-02
BARNARD SENIORS
MUST FESSU P|F
THEY ARE ENGAGED
Only Five Have Announced
Betrothals, but All VIII
Plead at the Banquet

Five members OF the graduating dess
Mt Barnard College have announced
their engagements. This number IL
much less than the usual Barnard
outpu OF betrothals and the rest OF
the college has been asking why 1911
IL 20 slow. But the seniors say Just
wait until after senior banquet" and
after this hint refuse TO say another
word. But they have talked % sx-
citedly anong themselves that the -
oret has leaked out. and now Il y eli
over college.
The engaged girls who lave en-
nounced tho happy events have - 10
'fess up at the Senior banquet. JVne J.
When all are seated at the table ~
class roll Is to be called. and q q -
graduate must respond with guilty %
mot guilty" -
What will be done with he ''ruftay"
ones has not been divnlged. but the
whole college il wildly excited over the
ingenious method Of 19lrs beoQust
COMMITTEES TO And out the escrs9 a
gasements.
1t Ia expected that there will be many
surprises. n Senior remarked ohe
shouldn't be surprised II nearly han the
class had TO confess guilty"
The evening world., 1911-06-02
MAN AND GIRL HE lURE0
AWAY FOUND IN A BARN.
They Had Been Without Food and
Drink for Three Days and
Were Exhausted.

MOUNT HOLLY. y. j.. June The
panss %, hunger forced Wesley Wells,
twenty-onc, and Emma J. Wilkens.
thirteen. whom he lured from home, 70
reveal their hidins place and led to
their arrest to-day They had been
missing since Memorial Day. when they
attended the exercises on the grounds
OF the Medford Field Club.
Tho couple live on adjoining farms.
Constable Nelson Peak captured them
This morning In a vacant barn on tho
farm OF Arthur Prickitt near Foster
town whore they had been hiding for
three days without food or watcr. They
were both very weak.
The situation became desperate after
dark last night when the clippers, In
sheer distress. were forced to the resi-
dence OF william Alloways near the
Cross roads. where they obtained food
and water.
The evening world., 1911-06-02
GIRL VANlSHES AFTER
THREAT OF SUICIDE.
Miss White Wrote she Would End
I.ife-Had Q%uarrelled With
Eiance.

That Elizabeth Marian White, known
on the stage As Lillian Layette. lns
killed herself on account OF a ale stu
dent who had broken their engagement
IL the conviction OF her parents al
tacir home. No. f3 East SiXtieth street.
Or Wednesday tAey received a letter
from the girl saying she would end her
life and would leave Il duplicate OF thC
'etter IN the room 50 she could bs den
tihed.
She had been lone on Tuesday and
seemed very downcast because OF a dis
agreement with her naugc.
william White. the girls brother
went TO No. 226 West Forty-teventi
street. where the g.rl had been board.
Ing, but she was not there and, ge,rtnl
no information as to her Whereabouts
he reported the matter 10 the police.
The evening world., 1911-06-02
WRITER HELD Up
AND ROBBED At
H|S0WND00RWAY
Henry F. Gillig Is Struck
Down From Behind at Lex
ington Avenue Home.

His head bandased as the result o;
blows from a club In the hands of a
highwayman. Henry +. Gilllg, a writer,
appeared az complainant against George
Smith IN the Yorkville Police Court to-
day. Smith vas accused of being one
Of two men who had knocked Mr.. Gill
lig down and robbed him just az he was
about TO enter his home at No. 1873
Lexington avenue last night.
Mr.. GIN. vas unable TO Identify the
prisoners. as he was struck down from
behind and knocked unconscious, hut
remembered seeing Smith In the hands
OF a policeman. The prisoner Is twen-
ty-slx' years old II says he lives at
4i East sixteenth street.
The attack on Glllig was witnessed
by Policeman Alfred Frauenberg OF the
East Twenty-second street station. Mr..
Gill!g had been uptown attending a
banquet and got Off at the Twenty
eighth street subway station. walking
a block back to his home. He remem-
oers seeing two young men hanging
about the entrance to the subway sta
ton, but paid no attention to them.
fonceman frauenberg says that he
was trying doors on Lexington avenue
Just as Mr.. Gillig inserted the key to
his door. lie had observed two fellows
following the writer and stepped into
a doorway TO watch them.
Just as Mr.. Gillig topped he was M
with the club and fell on his doorstep.
The two men went through his pocll-
cts. securing So. but failed to talk, a
gold watch Nr. Gillg says was present
ed him b. the late King Edward VII.
OF England.
Dividing their money the two robbers
parted and started to run. Smith run.
ming into the arms OF the policeman,
while the other fellow escaped.