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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10
FATHER FINDS SON
BY MONEY APPEAL

TRENTON n. j.. August "a
boys appeal for money to-day led
TO the reunion in this city of John
Council. of Washington, -. G., and
his young son, who ran away from
home in March.
The lads father had been search
ing the country for his missing child
but obtained no trace of him until
a few days ago. when ne received
letter from Elizabeth, asking that
money be sent to the Trenton post
office. Mr.. Connolly imme diately sent
the mor~S and came here on the next
train. He waited at the postofiice all
of yesterday but his son did not APP
pear until this afternoon. Then they
took the next train for home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10
IS COMBS. F|ENO
OR An |MBEC|LE?
NOTORIOUS GIRI-wsrE SLAYER
TAKEN TO rE>iTE>TtARs
AT RALEIGH
MAKES NEW CONFESSION
Now HE DECLARES HE CHokED
his WIFE TO DEATH AFTER
THE STRyCHNINE FAILED
TO DO THE WORK.

tspesisl 90 The Richmond Nirglnlap(
RALEIGH \, G.. August 9.-~T'o-
day the sheriff of 1redell county
brought TO this city for commitment
in the State penitentiary here, Rufus
Combs. the giri-vlie murderer. who
Vas convicted al Statesviile Monday
night and yesterday sentenced TO thlr-
y Years, the liuijf Tor second de-
gree murder ia the State prison.
II he ia not an imbeciio. as an.
siienist declared him 10 he on the
witness stand tRa Gays ego, bat
which opinion the jury did not ae-
cept, then he Il remarkable char
aCjer.
Made Three Confessions.
~ the trial the State feitea largely
upon the evidence of Sheriff Decatur.
who swore that Combs had fully
confessed Ia hstn at least two Or
three times to tho murder Of his
wife while IN IredeGf county Jail.
In these Confessions" he always
stated that the instrument employed
Ia take the young 8tfes life was
roison-strychnin which he de
clared with much precision or time
and circumstance he administered in
the milk she drank for supper
Hut during the trial last week
Professor Withers the State chemist
and the director Of chemistry at tha
North Carolina State 4. and Nj Col
lege here. swore there was no stryeh-
nine or other poison IN the stomach
of the dead wife. Other chemists
swore TO the same statement. The
stomach was not sent TO the chemist $
Tor some time after death. It IL true.
but they were positive in their ties
ttfnony, although the Jury probably
made allowances for the period exist
ing between death and 1fsnte rment
sDd gave the State The benefit Of a
doubt that evidently existed in their
minds. But the chemists were cor
rect, there ia much additional reason
nov to believe.
As n matter Of fact Combs prob
able never poisoned his wife at AL
but he did worse were that pos-
sible
Most Startling Confession" OF All.
just before stepping within the
walls which have probably shut out
liberty from the HE or Rufus Comus
for the balance Of his life for there
be few ''3o-year men, who ever
complete their sentences in any
PRISON. ne made i free confession
which differs fro m his murder %
poison story. and which Or TAYLOR.
the alienist, declared to lie the pro
duct of his diseased mind
Combs now says he killed his wife
by choking her TO death
The poison | gave her on We'd
nesday." he said. had no effect ulun
her. On Friday night we had an
other fuss and then / choked her 10
death and before day placed her body
IN the yard where afterwards pre-
tended To have found it."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10
PERKINS SAVED
FROM PRISON BY
Mr.. l|TTLETON
CONTINUED from First Page.

Continued from First Psge)
on all subsidiary companies ~ the
steel corporation to produce their rec
ords ana minute books. Mr. Linda
bury. steel trust counsel. smiled and
said II would be done
Chairman Stanley, Mr. IittIeton and
Mr.. Stirling. made a hurried trip to
the white house and secured from
President Taft promise to instruct
Herbert Knox Smith, chief of the
bureau Of corporations to telf wfag
he knew about the steel corporation
and its subsidiary concerns and con-
n~ctions. There was q string tied to
the promise. however for the presI-
dent said he would first see or hear
what Mr. Smith would write and say
Perkins Apptauded
When Mr.. Perkins resumed the
stand. late in the afternoon he WAS
spplauded, He had won MIR Beal1
resumed his cross examination but an
the fire had been smothered in Mr.
Beal. 1t lived only In Mir Perkins
Who jumped tc hls feet and vigorous
~ denied as unwarranted and unjust
an intimation that the Harvester
trust, Of which he In the financial
head, might DE connected with the
steel corporation
Mr., Beall under the committee elo-
ture asked Mr. Perkins
11d F0u - eF MAKE contributions
70 political campaign. expecting to
ne reimbursed by any corporation >"
= did not said Mir Perkins
This ended the controversy that
threatened 10 put Air. Perkins in iau
Mr. Bes!I led Mr. Perkins into q
discussion Of tho conditions of
The Trust Company Of Amerf-
ca, OF which Oakley Thorne was
president, on October - and ~ In
1907 He tod o. the conference with
1ortelyou had by Morgan, Stlilman
Baker and other bankers ou The nighr
OF october - and Of Morgan's re-
fasal to aid the Trust company.
Trust Company Saved
Ar Perkins said that at his re-
quest Secretary CortelSoa deposited
100000 In the national banks know
Ing the banks would take good securi-
Ties from The trust companies This
money said The witness went Ia
the Trust Company Of America and
II weathered The storm
ar. Perkins denied he could NOT
remember any interview ne gave. 10
newspapers after The conference. or at
any time during the panic. He denied
the famous Melville r. stone inter
view IN which MT. Perkins is reported
10 nave said that unless the renues-
see Coal and Iron Company was alb
sorbed every bank In New York would
nave peeh involve d. Then Mr. Beall
swung 70 the organization OF the steel
trust and the conversion Of the stocks
into bonds
DID you have any voice In the se-
lection OF the fiscal agent in that
Transaction he asked
did not, said Mt Perkins.
mr.. Morgan was "a member ~ the
steel trust board at that time
MIR. Beali asked whether il was fat,.
TO the stockholders TO substitute the
nve per cent bonds for the per cent
cumulative stock AR. Perkins said
he thought IL better financial pfapo
sition and the syndicate that put the
matter through j. r. Morgan and
Company offered inducements 10 TIE
stockholders FOR the Surrender Of teier
stock FOR the new gold BOMBS
Mr. Perkins read 3 long txplaua-
tton Of the reasons leading. to his plan
- stock conx ersian.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10
ELEANORA SEARS
To WEO At LAST

NEW YORK. Aug. a.-The few SO.
elatT folk wha CHANGED to, be In toart
to- day--ab6ut the Plaza. the ST. Regis
and sherrys~-were busiiy engrossed
with report that within few DAYS
there would be IA formal announce
ment of the enlargement Of Miss
Eleanora Sears Of Boston. and Young
Harold Sterling Vanderbilt. Of this
city
They had heard that Miss Sears.
who is famous for her athletic ex-
ploits, Is shortly 10 pay an extended
visit to Mrs. O. II. T. Belmont in
Newport, and that during her stay
the announcement will lie made Mrs.
Belmont. is young MIR. Nanderbilts
mother.
Several times IL has been rumored
that an engagement existed between
the young people, But--chisfy be-
cause OF Miss Sears spectacular omen
air exploits--it has always been said
that she wasn't the marrying sort
She outplays any other girl at New
port In tennis tournaments; she rides
and swms and motors harder and
faster than any other OF her sex; and
during the aviation meet last fall at
Belmont Park she created sensation
by going aloft two or three times
with Grahame- White
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10
OBITUARY
Mrs. James Siricker

FoRDWICk. August g.-N-s
James Stricken died Sunday at the
home of her son. William StrIe1or
The deceased is survived by five chill
dren. William. Frank. Mrs. John
staple aud Miss Lula Stricken Of the
county. The funeral was held from
the Baptist church. lntermsat was
made in the DIR. DAWN Bashaw burial
grounds Monday at o'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10

Especial to The Bichmand VirginianD
LA GRANGE, \. c.. Aug g
Cashier Davis. defaulting official of
the /defunct bank Of La Grange. at
the preliminary trial here to-day was
bound over to court in $4,000 bond.
which he gave
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10
Makes Assignment.

Special TO The Richmond Nirginian
WILMINGTON, y G.. Aue. g.-The
hardware firm Of Sloan q Sweeney
made an assignment to-day. nahili-
ties $4,000: - assets about the same.
Among the creditors are Richmond
hoqsea
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10
LEGAL NOTICE.
LEGAL NOTICE.
VIRGINIA:
AT RULES HELD IN THE OFFICE OF
THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HEN
RICO, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN
AUGUST. IN THE YEAR 1911.
Plaintiff.

W. l. Johnson, Plaintiff.
w.
r. r I'm. Defendant.
In Debt and upon an Attachment re-
turned executed. The object of this
suit is to recover OF ne deendant by
the plaintiff the sum of sa,90o.0o with
interest thereon to be computed after
the rate OF six per centum per annum
from the LIST day of November, 1910
until payment And an affidavit hav-
ing been made and filed that the de-
fendant, X. n. Hill is not a resident II
this State. II is ordered that he do arr
pear mere within fifteen days after tie
due publication of this order and do
whatever may be necessary to protet.t
his interests herein
Testc:
SAMUEL p. WADDnLIA
Clerk.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10
To Make Announcement.

NEWPORT r. l.. AeS. EFT IN
understood here that Mrs. O. III. r.
Belmont is to give a luncheon at
Marble House, her home here, on
August 10, at which Miss Eleanora
Sears is to be the guest of honor.
AT this function, most likely, the an
nouncement of the engagement OF her
son. Harold Sterling Vanderbilt. to
Miss Sears will be announced, 1t ia
regarded as significant that Mrs. Bel
mont has as guests now-and viii
have for the balance of the summer
her sisters. Mrs. William Tiffany. Of
Paris, and Mrs. William Slater. Of
New York.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10
Death OF Mrs. Pillow.

After long illness at her home in
W est Washington street. Mrs. Alice G.
Pillow, wife#or Robert Lee Pillow, died
Yesterday afternoon, The funeral Will
he held tomorrow afternoon. Sur
wing. besides her husband, are TWO
sons, Edward 7. and Floyd Pillow,
and five daughters. Mrs. J, Reuben
Aldridge and Misses blanche Myrtle,
flossie and Lucille Pillow. all Of this
Citv
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-10
Meeting of Aldermen.

The report OF Agent AGREE, Of the
society Tor the Prevention OF Cruelty
to Animals, submitted al the meetInx
or the society last night. shows that
Tour horses and mules With sore backs
were sent 10 stables for care. that
five heres and mules, lame, were sent
10 stables for treatment, that seven
horses and mules were sent to shopa
10 be shod. and that two dogs were
killed. one OF the dogs DESTROYED
vss ra5,td
The evening world., 1911-06-05
AND BABIES
ARE HERE TO Join
SCOTCH COLON|STS
Five Hundred on Way to Farm.
lands of Minnesota, Pacific
Coast and Canada.

Nearly Ave hundred women and
children. wives and families OF Scotch.
men who had preceded them to this
country ana established themselves in
business or on farms. arrived here to-
day aboard the steamship California.
OF the Anchor Zine. from Glasgow.
They will leave at once for their
several destinations. which range from
the farms OF Minnesota as far ives,
~ h Pacific Coast In the United
states and dot the maps OF Saskat-
chewan. Manitoba and Alberta in the
british possessions.
In addition to the wives and children
OF the men who are already here there
came about one hundred other pioneers,
all bound for the land of promise of
which they have heard such glowing ac-
counts from the settlers. The cabins Of
the California held a merry ma
for all were looking forward with In
tense enthusiasm to Their new homes.
The colon,sts are an unusually well
al pent!ng lot, though few brought with
them anything but the llghtest baggage.
Mlny or the women are the wives OF
trndosncn. while others are going 10
farms II into the lumber districts.
All were in the second cabin. tho first
The evening world., 1911-06-05
KILLED IN RUNAWAY
IN YOSEMITE VALLEY,
Horses Driven AgainSt Cliff to
Avert Precipice-New York
Woman Hurt.

YOSEMITE. Cal, June h.-iIorses
pulling the first OF -four stage coaches
containing forty tourists ran away las
evening. X. ). Le!senring, seventy. OF
Allentown. Pa. vas killed. Mrs. A..
Jacket OF New York was gasned over
the eye. and an arm OF Miss Martha
Weber of Boston was broken. as WAS
the shoulder OF Miss L.,Iuade!Icr o.
Boston. -Four others were hurt slightly.
The party left Camp Advance cary
yesterday for a trip TO Awann. on In.
return trip. at a s'aep grade between
the Big Tree Grove and the floor OF
h Yosemite. the horses became fright.
ened and u~nmanageable. rne ura;es
failed 10 hold n the team Callpped
down the winding roadway with the
tag swinging from side 10 side be-
tween a high bank and a sharp preci-
pice while the passengers screamed In
fright.
Convinced that ne could not stop the
animals. the driver finally turned them
straight into the wall OF the clln. The
stage turned completely over ana sew.
eral OF the passengers were caught be.
meath II. Leisenrlng was thrown clear,
but struck on his skull and was in
s,aatly killed.
The stages following carried the In
.urod and Leisenring's body 20 Camp
Advance. Lelscnring was a mcmbn-
Of the real estate arm OF Leisenrlng &
Walker ard one of the leading business
raei. OF Allentown.
The evening world., 1911-06-05
DIED At CLUB
WHEN PLAYING
P|N0CHLE GAME
Sterne Had Just
NEEDED $50 in Trumps
When He Collapsed.

Theodore stsrna. Q v~eli-.oYao c,r.r
manufacturer Of Theodore sterne 4 Co.,
No. u Grove street. died suddenly early
his morning whom playing pinochls a.
the Li~sderkrans Club No. lis East
Fifty-elshth street.
Mr.. sterne, who lived at the Moulton
Court Apartments. One Hundred and
F~ffty-ninth street and Broadway. was
playing with y frienda. He had Just
msided LEO in trumps when he threw up
his hands. and enchanting. What .
pain collapsed. falling from his chair.
His friends summoned Or. Charles J.
jaeger Of No. w Park avenue who
found him dead.
The doctor said that death had prob
ably resulted from apopisxy.
The evening world., 1911-06-05
WOMAN TAKES FATAL LEAP,
Evades Watching o and Jumps
from Third story window.

When insane. Mrs. Jennie Romer,
forty-eight years old. OF No. 200 Adams
street. Brooklyn, jumped from a third
story window into the rear yard al S
o'clock this morning and was taken to
the Brooklyn Hospital suffering from a
broken back and other injuries that will
cause her death.
She had been III for several weeks and
her son, Joseph. had been trying to
keep watch over her. because OF her
queer actions. Worn out from his long
vlgils. he fell asleep to-day and was
aroused by his mothers scream as she
leaped out OF the window in her night
clothes.
The evening world., 1911-06-05
BY HUSBAND, SAYS
HE SET A TRAP,

She a wealth In her own right and
Baudouine had settled $3.50 a month on
her. In 1908 Baudouinc brought suit for
absolute divorce. naming as c~o-respon-
dent pr. William stumpf OF Larchmont.
With whom detectives had found her IN
n room In the Hotel Remington. She
replied that n trap had been set for her
ma brought a counter suit. naming
Miss Genevleve Mann OF Mamaroneck
ss correspondent.
'ier complaint recited that R%audouine
had promised to discontinue relations
win This woman at the time OF the
marriage. but had not only failed 10 do
TO- nut had named one of his yachts
Tor her. She also demanded extra nj
iowance on the ground that she got
no more Tor the support OF the child
'han was paid the captain of the
yacht and that Baudouine's Income vas
$4,000 q year. The court raised tho
monthly alimony to $500. Baudouine
ir!ed 10 amend his complaint by adding
hnfee other correspondents. but that
overloaded Il II the case dragged and
Orally dropped.
baudoulnc is the son Of the late John
MARITIME. lie o the name Of n
me on the death Of his grandfather.
Charles a. Baadouinc, u rich Importer
or woods. who made him one of his
chief heirs. As u whip he holds the
record for n four-in-hand drive from
Travers Island to the New York Ath-
letic Club. making the run IN seventy
seven minutes. III is n member OF the
New York and ~larchnont yacht clubs,
Inc New York Athletic. and the Mill
thry and Lotos clubs.
The evening world., 1911-06-05
CROWD SEES HIM BEHEADED

CHATTANOOGA. June b.-Daniei p.
Wrinkle. aged tv%enty-nlne, conductor
on the ~Chattnnooga Electric Railway,
had his head knocked OF while his car
was crossing the McCallie avenue via.
duct last evening. Women AMI chill
dren became frantic with excitement
at sight of the headlcSs body.
As Wrinkle swung around a passen-
ger on the running hoard his head came
In contact with 4 heavy girder. Tie
conductor was dccapitated as by a
guillotine.
The evening world., 1911-06-05
new Amaisnmated Director.

New Ama1gamated Director.
At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of tho ~Amalgamated Copper
Company held to-day sn Jersey City
John ]. Mahoney Of Montana was
chosen a director to MI he vacancy
caused by tho death OF James Jourdan.
All OF the retiring directors were re-
elected.
The evening world., 1911-06-05
~. Vincent de- PauI Men Meet.

BOSTON, June 5-Followlng an early
mass at the Cathedral OF the Holy
Cross to-day. the delegates to the annual
Natlonol Conference OF the Society OF
st. Vincent de Paul, the great Inter
national Catholic charitable Norganiza-
ton. thronged Lorlmer Hall for the
nrst conference session. The meeting
was presided over by Thomas w.
Hynes. president OF the Particular Coun-
ell OF Brooklyn. n. y. who read a paper
on THE General Field OF Preventive
Charity" The afternoon programme
provided for visits 70 the various city
Institutions In Boston Harbor.
The evening world., 1911-06-05
Three Injured In Train SIN sII.

PEORIA, H., June GA Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific passenger train
ran into an open switch In the yards
here to-day. wrecking two engines
standing on n sidetr1Ck and tho engine
~ the passenger train. Engineer Rob-
ert Atkinson was fatally hurt and the
o'hor two engineers wero seriously in.
iured.
The evening world., 1911-06-05
NOTED WHIPS WIFE
GOES TO NEVADA
TO SEEK DIVORCE
Mrs. John F. Baudouine Ar
rives in Reno With Maid
and Rents Cottage.
HAD welded IN HASTE.
Parted Two Years After Mar
rage, Husband Sued but
Case Was Dropped.
HAD welded IN HASTE.

RENO. New, June Mrs. Mli Alden
naudouIne. whose separation from her
husband, John +. Baudouine. the noted
yachtsman and whip, furnished gossip
for New York society several seasons
ago. has Joined the divorce colony here.
She arrived with n maid. and has taken
. cottage for the period necessary TO
acquire legal residence.
The B~audouine romance was swift and
ardent. Miss Chatterton .had just been
graduated from school at the age of
eighteen when she attended a dance
OF the Iarchmont Yacht Club on June
81. 1900. and met Baudouine. then
thirty-six and a widower with three
children. Six weeks later the smart
set saw them married In -. Johns
Episcopa. Church, Larchmont. the
summer home OF the chattertons then
being the Chimneys at that place.
Mrs. Chatte rton had opposed the af-
fair because OF the disparity of ages,
but the lovers overruled her. They
went TO live In Baudouine's country
house. Fleming Park. Larchmont. and
when cool weather came entertained
freely me seemed very happy In their
town house at Slxty-eighth street and
Central Park West.
Two years from the date OF the we'd
ding they signed separation papers. ana
Mrs. B~audouine threw herself Into the
gayeties of social life. missing none OF
the summer fetes at the fashionable re-
sorts around New York. Her mother
encouraged her. saving she had been
deprived OF her girlhood by her sudden
marriage and was entitled Ia enjoy her
youth. She was stiil very girlish and
attractive. A son had been born of the
marriage.
The evening world., 1911-06-05
CAT HAVING A FIT
CAUSED BURGLAR SCARE.
Hayser Heard Strange Noises and
Sent Soft Pedal Call to
Police Over Phone.

John Hsyser OF No. 307 West One
Hundred and S~eventy-ninth street
turned over in the midst of a dream
that all Of tho trusts had been smashed
and that the cost Of living had been
reduced to a mere song and hearkened
unto q noise that came from the cellar
Of his home.
Burglars" he said 70 himself.
Then came tho noise OF a saw. the
noise OF moving a heavy object, the
noise Of some one walking and oil the
The evening world., 1911-06-05
veteran Ocean Captain Dead.

BERKELEY. Cal, June 5.-Capt. Day.
who was in command OF the first
steamer running between Liverpool and
Japan and one Of the first steamer
captains to make tho voyage from Eng
land to India. died at his home here
last night.
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containing but a few names. Among
the last named were Rev. AMI Mrs. g.
Borup or New York. Miss Nina Edgar
Of New York, Major George Montgom-
cry OF Philadelphia. Mrs. +. y. Taylor
OF Louisville and DIR. and Mrs. White of
New York.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-07-26
ECZEMA TORTURES
INSTANTLY RELIEVED
Cured by an External Treatment

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are without some skin trouble. It may
be only pimples or blackheads, or
chapped hands, or the accidental sore,
cut, scald, burn or boil, or the car
buncle or felon. or perhaps the moro
serious diseases OF eczema, herpes.
erythema, seborrhoea, or psoriasis. or
Unnamed piles. or some common irrita-
ton OF the skin. There is ono stand
ard sovereign remedy within your
ready reach, and which you can pur-
chase at any druggists. It is Resinol
Ointment, put up in screw-top opal
containers, selling at fifty cents and
dollar, according to size. It Is ever
ready for use, and as easy to apply an
cold cream or vaseline. Thousands OF
physicians Enthusiastically prescribe
Resinol Ointment, and hundreds OF
thousands OF families depend upon It.
and are never without it. Resinol
Soap is a chemically pure toilet soap
of the highest grade. 1t contains in q
modified form the same medication as
Resinol Ointment, and is recognized
as preventive for many skin
troubles, including blackheads, chap
ped hands and pimples. There Is moth.
Ing better for. the cleansing Of the
scalp and shampooing. 1t prevents the
falling out OF the hair. 1t Is the In
fant's soap, par excellence, keeping
the skin sweet and healthy and pre-
venting many Of the troubles which SO
often attack the delicate skin Of the
child. You will find the Resinol Oint.
ment and Soap at all druggists.
Resinol Chemical Co, Baltimore, Nd