The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
Here Is a Fact Story That for
Its Thrill and Novelty Chal-
lenges Comparison With the
Work of Edgar Allan Poe

raises the water pitcher and crashes the face OF
the figure: then he flashes mis- dark lantern faI
len figure and course you we guessed it it always
works that way in moving plctures-the party with
the crushed head was none other than MS sweetheart
killed by tho blow from the pitcher
With swift look Of pain and suffering IN his face,
plainly seen bv the light of his lantern. he moves
swiftly Of the window after kissing the girl
tcnderly. and that ends that scene Next scene you
hall; but he he suffering from something or
other and keeps putting his hand TO his temples and
acting though his head bothered him. Then came
the that made this picture such hit and that kept
said in big letters. New Subjects Daily the great
ing moving pictures. While the conscencestricken
policeman is duty ut this theatcr one night they
those moving pictures is portrayed the theater full of
pcore looking the stage with the officer standing
the picture disclosed the very of the killing of
the girl with the silver pitcher. even to the point
where the murdrer escapes and gets position as Po
licc officer
II shows him standing there looking at the stage
watching the scene OF course. YOU see that as each
picture had this same scene in it, II sands to reason
that there must have been AN unlimited number OF
than the prevon: one until tn" last visible ono was
been watching for weeks 10 the exclusion of all
others on the programme.
" oU wouldnt think it conducive to quiet norves to
watch that picture aboni fifteen or twenty times
a dsy and night for several weeks steady Sundays
and holidays included would YOU! Especially when
have troubles in your head and are Of
melancholy disposition and all that.
Every night when went home from work at md
night d been IN the habit of getting some beer, and
lvn@ down to read and drink until fell asleep This
WAS only pleasure. was Feeling bad one partcu-
lar nioht. and ! was fighting of the blues as well
u could and trying keep myself in bed until |
got sleep. 1t seems that when got home this night
and 10 look for my drink it gone; prob
ably the servant girl they had engaged that day
had taken IL downstairs, SO without thinking, |
uSt c1uptcd the Of tho pitcher the wash
stand and going to the corner got it filed, and then
getting into bed, with the pitcher standing on the
little table beside me. I tried 10 read.
Did YOU lie and read. think YOU were read
in" and every little while give little twch Jump,
and suddenly discover that YOU didn { know word
ON the page before voul Then You start in and
read the page all again. and after reading tins
about q dozen times Won turn to something else not
hcrause it, ism n't interesting. but because your mind
simply won Z 6v itself upon the print That s thc way
spent an hour so until finally the gas began to
flicker and seemed 30 be getting ready 10 out While
the flame down 10 tiny point ! lay there think
ing
I didn Z hear tho door open. but ! il. didn t
hear party coming in. but ! surely saw some one.
| remained still. Then saw the figure of in
uniform like COP Then the thought flashed
me that the house was raided and trcmbed as saw
myself vanked away IN the wagon,
A S the figure closed the door after him and
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