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The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-08
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of walnuts ever known in southwest
Missouri is being harvested this fall
Gustaye Kostupulos, Greek. alleged
slayer OF Mrs. Augusta Robinson In
Denver on May 9. was arrested at Mil
we6kee.
J. Beal Sneed. slayer of AL. Boyce.
Jr., at Amarillo. Tex, was granted bail
by the Court of Criminal Appeals un-
der $4,000 bond.
Burns Lyman Smith has begun the
erection Of forty-two-story office
building in Seattle. 1t will be the tall
est and largest on the Pacific coast.
Charles Kemp, street car conduct
or, was killed and fifteen passengers
injured In Sioux City, Ia. when Bur-
lington engine struck the car in the
center.
Rutherford b, Cook. assistant sec
retary of the Chicago Nationals. shot
who attempted to rob him on Wash
ington boulevard in Chicago.
After drugging a trusty. saving
through two iron barriers and scaling
a jail yard wall. four former inmates
of the Kern county, California, jail
fled through the hills with two posses
in pursuit.
His Eminence John Cardinal Farley,
bearer OF message of good will and
kindliness to the Pacific coast from the
head OF the Roman Catholic church
at the vatican. arrived in San Fran
CISCO
Mrs. G.. Purdue. 35, wife OF rail-
road conductor. and her six-months-
old daughter, were burned to death
in shed in the rear of the Perdue
home at Ossowatomie, Kan. five
year-old son. who was burned, died.
That Colonel Roosevelt will come to
Milwaukee and beg the local courts to
inflict minimum sentence instead OF
the expected maximum of fifteen years
is what John Schrank. who attempted
to slay the former President, says he
expects.
There is 1852 in cash and notes."
said s. II. Vowel to men and women
depositors who besieged the Kirby
Savings Bank at Chicago. The bank
went lntO lue uduuS Ol TeCelveTS dIteT
its president had been adjudged in
sane.
Mrs. Louise Lindloff. spiritualist
crystal gazer. was found guilty of
murder at Chicago and her punish
ment was fixed at twenty-five years
in the penitentiary. She was charged
with poisoning her 15-year-old son,
Arthur.
After following tracks in the snow
leading to the stronghold OF Richard
son, Burke and Baxtrum. escaped con-
victs from the state prison at Rawlns,
Wyo., sheriff's posse engaged in
gun fight with the men, killing Rich.
ardson and Baxtrum. Burke escaped.
Governor Marshall was delayed nine
hours on trip across South Dakota
by a freight wreck in which two train
men were killed. During the delay the
governor delivered an unscheduled
speech to an audience made up main
ly of passengers of trains blocked by
the wreck. While he spoke Mrs. Mar
shall was busy seeking aid for the
family of Brakeman Breting who was
killed and left eleven children.
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child steal. so-MIlo Ride on pilot.

Pueblo.-George Carver, aged 6, son
of George Carver, climbed on the
cowcatcher of Rio Grande locomo-
tive and rode thirty miles. until TAX
en- from hfs perilous position at Bea-
yer. The boy was seen by the agent
at Swallows, who wired the Beaver
agent. He tagged the train and took
the boy off. so numb with cold he
could not stand.
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cemetery.

Utica, N. Y.-Vice President James
Schoolcraft Sherman died at his home
here. Oct. 30 Members of his family
were at the bedside. Mr.. Shermen
had been sinking rapidly all day. but
at o'clock his pulse was better and
1t was thought he would live through
the night. Soon after there was a
change for the worse and he began to
sink rapidly. He lay IN a ccmatose
condition for several house before the
end came.
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eiankct Rate Sustained.

Washfngton.-The recent blanket
freight rate increase on hops from the
producing region on the Pacific coast
70 the east was sustained by the In
terstate commerce commission. The
commission set aside Its suspension of
the advanced rates.
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Lanatry penles She Iced King Edward

Boston.-Lily Langtry is writing her
memoirs and she declares in them that
she will deny she lost the friendship
of the Prince OF Wales (King Ed
ward) by dropping piece OF ice down
his back at royal dinner party.
THAT fable follows me everywhere"
she said.
The fact of the matter is. Lady
Cornwallis-West slipped piece of ice
down the princes back and angered
him greatly. witnessed the epi-
sode "
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-08
New Comet Found,

Cambridge. Mass-The discovery Of
q new comet by Astronomer Borrellin
of Marseilles. France. was announced
lin cablegPam received by the Har.
ward college observatory.
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waIt. Until go to Apprx For pe,,ion

Waits Until 80 to Apply For Pension.
Ault.-Although Judge ]. G. Sheepz.
a veteran of the Civil War, has passed
his eightieth birthday. he has just
asked for pension. The judge has
always believed that q pension should
not be sought until it is needed. Un-
der the new pension law he Will get
81 per day.
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Veteran Preacher Dead.

Fort Collins.-The Rev. John Thom-
as. aged ninety years. one of the Oldest
residents of Fort Collins. died at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. ]. 8. Stan
ley. Two months ago he received se
rious injury from fall.
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Jap Fatally Injured.

Fort Lupton.-G. Turakawa. a jap
anese. lost control of his team while
hauling beets from the w. A Davis
farm and was thrown from the wagon
and fatally hurt. His head struck on
a rail and his skull was fractured.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-08
Finds Rattlesnake Under chiId'. Bed.

Raymer.-Mrs. T. A. Bartley almost
tainted when, in sweeping under the
bed in which her two children were
lying, she swept out four-foot rattle-
snake. 1t showed fight and had she
not pinned its head to the floor with
her broom, would have reached the
bed. The snake had ~ rattles and a
button.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-08
GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER AND
VOTERS AT POLLING PLACES
EARLY.
ELECT 80 GOVERNORS
AcusHNET, MASS, FIRST CITY IN
COUNTRY TO GIVE COM
PLETE REPORT.

Western SewspaDsr Union News Service
Boston.--The first city in the United
States to report complete returns was
Acushnet. In this state. 1t gave Taft
105. Wilson 81. Roosevelt so. In 1908
the same town gave Taft 11S, Bryan
12.
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Negro Killed bv rr.in.

Walsenburg.-The body OF an uni
IDENTIFIED negro was found on the Colo
rado & Southern tracks about a half
mile north of the depot here.
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Pueblo.-Inaccurate aim at a target
with a % calibre rifle resulted in the
shooting of Jules Peters, age seven. by
Frank Lane, also seven, at Pinon.
fourteen miles north OF here.
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shafroth. Thomas and Dawson Report
Washington.-The senatorial candi-
Gates who have filed required expense
accounts with the secretary of state
srD Thomas, Shafroth and Dawson.
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COLORADO NEWS
GATHERED FROM
All Parts of the State
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DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
Boy Misses Target; shoots Companion.

January 20-25-Eighth Annual West
ern Stock Show-Denver.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-16

State witnesses the other three pleaded
guilty. acknowledging that the Torch"
was to get 800. his regular price 'for
making 1t a FIRE"
Morris Greenberg was sentenced by
Judge Dixie In the Kings County Court
to not less than ten years and elk
months or more than twenty years and
six months, David Greenberg to not less
than Ave years and six months and not
more than ten years and six months and
Evans 20 not less than ten years and six
months and not more than fourteen
years and six months. Wssserman's
sentence was put over for consideration
Of his service In saving the state the
trouble Of a trial.
Judge lake said that In imposing SEN
tence he took into consideration the evil
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-16


Tombs In default OF N0o oal
nsr are TWO puiiot no'es NV " sno
~an Al the conec mouse, - oosn m
snes passed clear th.ouxh
nean. X was tne SECOND tune IN . ScI
bullets had zone a man 10 oeAtn IN tns
place. Joe Gaiiucci. protner OF oio-
sue, was the former victim.
"zopos name first appeared on q
police biottsr IN october. iSs. when ne
was arrested Tor carrying rsvoivsr
and nnsd W. he mas been arrested on
various charges every once In while
since that. In Hariem'e Little Italy they
call HIM The KING OF the Back Hand"
Twice he was arrested In connection
with murders. The most recent Of
these was Sept. . last. Tony 1acaro
was shot and killed In . battle IN tho
Cafe Degli. No, 3ss East One Hundred
and Ninth street, and Guiseppi Jarko.
wounded In the same battle. died In Q
hospital. 'Zopo' was released after tho
Coroner's Inquest None dared testify
against him.
In June of this year Mrs. Pasquerella
Spinnelli. known as the Hetty Green
Of Harlem" was shot as she vat at q
window In her home, No. 33l East One
Hundred and Eighth street. The as
sassin had frcd a double -bar relied shot.
gun from window across the street.
Mrs.. epinnelli's daughter. Nicolspe. was
the wife OF Frank Minaco. Her married
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-16
"zOPO THE TERROR"
D|ESAS he DRAWS
4 WEAPON TO KILL
Crippled Desperate, Hated and
Feared in Harlem's little
81 Italy," Shot.

Annieuo Frisco, also known a. ''zopo"
or Tho Cripple" Is no longer the terror
OF Hariem's Little Italy. Two BULLETS
crashing through his brain, 90 faciis In
plotting evil. have terminated his preda-
tory career. Little italy brsathss easier.
SO do the police.
h was about midnight that zopo
house at No. sis East One Hundred and
Ninth street. He got his nickname of
The Cripple" also hAs limp. when one
of his legs was shot TO splinters three
years ago. The doctors patched up the
wounds the best they could. but the leg
was three inches shorter than its mate
AFTER that. zopo in italian means Grip
pied or lame. When Il became the sou-
briquet of the Harlem bad man It also
was n synonym Tor blackmail and brutal
crime IN the neighborhoods where he
! marauded.
Despite his limp. zopo retained . kind
OF swagxsr. His reputation was NAL
odorous. but he was proud OF II. He
both hobbied and swaggered as he en-
the question. Where Is olosus7"
There were half . dozen customers
seated at . table. They told him the
proprietor was at the stove in the rear.
''zopo'' hobbied back to see.
II want 4 hundred dollars" he said.
sharply.
GAiucci stared at the intruder.
what have you ever done for me
, that l should give you . hundred dol
larsf' he wanted TO know.
VERY well. I will do something for
yea now" retortsd "zopo.' his lips
curling away from his teeth.
A. he spoke he lifted a revolver out
OF his coat pocket and raised his hand
20 shoot the man who had dared deny
him. "Zopo the Terrible" money on
demand.
One OF the half dozen customers had
HE eye on "Zopo." Al the revolver
appeared that man giided stsalthily to-
ward the crippled desperate. seized
the hand that held the pistol and showed
itupwsrd.
Another Of the half dossn. also step
ping softly IKE = cat. had followed.
but with pistol in hand. A. he reached
eank TO the Moor. 9TH gripping his own
weapon.
There was Q scurrying and when Po-
iceman osorgs Smith Of the East One
Iisndrsd and Fourth street station. who
heard the shots from his post. got Ia
the coffee house only one man remained,
wtching the duddisd ngurs on The
floof. a'l
Into the Coroner's once there waike<
this afternoon John Russomanno, TWEEN
,sy-two years old, nephew Of oailucci
he admitted that ne shot Frisco Il
death. He made . full statement e
Assistant District Attorney Deacon
Murphy Russomanno said that he wa
clerk and lived at No. SIS East On
hundred and Ninth street with hi
uncle and that he shot after Frisco hal
threatened his uncle's life and his owl
lie. He told his story IN . straight
forward manner.
The young man was committed no III
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-16

"Zopo" got the shots which crippled him.
"Zopo" had been rude and several per-
sons Joined In the shooting. He was
never very popular.
After they shot him the picnickers
loaded him onto II peddler's wagon and
told the peddler to take him away.
The peddier drove to Harlem Hospital
tors saved his life.
After that zopo's disposition was as
much uglier than It had been az his
walk was more labored and ungra ceful
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-16

record OF the Greenbergs their reckless
ness OF human life and especially the
fact that In a stable adjoining the barn
they had tried to burn there were per-
sons asleep who would almost certainly
have been burned to death had not
Rrnnhv intetfcrod
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-16
THREE F|REbUGS
GET LONG Terms
IN STATE PRISON
Morris Greenberg and Son,
Known as "Big" and Little
Torch" Sentenced.

lonT prison sentences to-day ended
the incsndaary career OF Morris Green
bssE and his son David. known to
Williamsburg for many years an big
Torch" and Little Torch" Suspected
OF house burning and horse podsontnx
In scores ID, cases. they were caught by
Fire Masuhs1 Brophy in the oct Of burn
ing . stable and seven horses 81 Nor
sAn and Johnson avenues on Aus. II
and pleaded guilty. along with Louis
Evans, a truckman. who hired thum 20
set the IRE. and Herman WAsserrnan.
Q horse dealer. who was In the con-
spdracy.
Fire MMrshal Brophy. enaspsratsd BY
the frsQ,,snt fres which followed tho
tran Of 'ths Torch,' devoted himself
last summer 20 following GreenberG. He
found tho elder Greenberg comforting
with Eyans and wasserDan and extend
Cd the watching to them. 1t was easily
learned that Evans had insured his sta
ble and stock. specifying seven horves
valued A $40 each.
REPLACED VALUABLE HORSES
WITH OLD PLUGS.
Evans was found to be removing va'n-
able horses from his stable to that OF
wasernan and substituting for Them
bony. broken down plugs. worth from
I'VE TO ten dollars each. Greenberg was
seen to leave his home with his son at
midnight after the seventh horse had
been substituted. Brophy put . man on
the rear Of the car which they had
boarded and telephoned the captain OF
Engine No. 1877. near the Evans stable. to
be ready for action.
The car passed the engine house and
the deputy fire marshal on the platform
gave the signal that the f,rebugs were
aboard. The captain traiied the car with
two chemical extinguishers.
A few minutes after Greenberg and the
boy entered the stable there was a
fickering light within. Brophy fired
three shots In the air from his revolver
and the firemen and detectives closed in.
Three different fires had been started In
the stable. They were put out at once.
The poor wretches Of horses were found
hotbled In their STALLS. their coats
drenched with kerosene and gasoline.
Greenberg and his son were caught as
they wriggled out OF a back window.
Their clothing was spotted with kero-
sene. Evans WIS arrested at his home.
This interested the police because Green
bsrg had q reputation rs "a horse polls
ouer.
ALL THREE BROKE DOWN AND
PLEADED GUILTY.
WAsserman. when arrested. broke
kdpwn and confessed. Confronting him q,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-16
ALL THREE BROKE DOWN AND
PLEADED GUILTY.

Wasserman. when arrested. broke
down and confessed. Confronting him as
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-27
Mr.. Meningitis Solution.


The men are firing at Rodger---
who is the girls brother The one
who is doing the scrapping is her
sweetheart She is undecided
whether to take sides with her
brother for the sake OF blood ties.
or to be loyal to her sweetheart
whom she really loves
Rodger has previously made a
wager with the three men that he
can carry a suspicious looking bag
down the levee at that time of night
without causing any more than a
mild suspicion,
While the steamer light is bright
they decide to create excitement by
following and shooting; not know
ing the girl will be there.
They reach the opposite shore and
return, and the girl confronts the
rest and wants to know the mean
ing. In order to PROVE their inno-
eence the culprits open the bag. 1t
contains tin cans and brick bats.
The affair WAS a joke. The
wager is called off. An engagement
follows.
The treasure was not in Cairo.
1t must be IN Hickman, Ky.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-27
FLORIDA
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "A Good Old Siwash.

Florida Is vast expanse of wa
ter, oand and climate, which sticks
out about 400 miles into the ocean
at the southeast corner of the ma
ton, and is as hard to dodge as a
sore thumb. For many years it was
the vermiform appendix of the
united States. No particular use
for 1t was known. and the Seminole
Indians kept it in constant state
of Inflammation. It is now being
extensively cultivated, however, and
is growing faster than any other
Southern state, though goodness
knows 1t needs to. having only $780,
600 souls and few thousand hotel
keepers.
Florida was discovered by Ponce
de Leon almost 400 years ago and
Immediately became famous for its
wonderful climate. Ever since then
people have been going to Florida to
enjoy the climate and coming back
to enjoy society. This shows Flor
ida's simplicity. In California the
man who arrives to enjoy the eli
mate is treated so Hospitality that be
never saves money enough to come
back.
However, in the past few years
few great hotels have been built in
Florida, and it is now possible to
60 down there swelled all out of
shape with money and be successful
ly treated for the affection In very
few weeks.
Florida is divided equally into
timber, swamps and orange groves,
1t contains the Everglades, the
greatest swamp in America. 1t Is so
large that the Agricultural depart
ment almost got mired in 1t recent
iy. II also contains the only sea
DOWNRIGHT 1912 nv &,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-27
Will the Railroads Heinz

President TAFT has signed the
Rivers and Harbors Bill and the
amendment giving Cairo $250,000
for the raising and strengthening OF
the levees surrounding the scitp
proper and the drainage district All
that now remains to be done before
the money will be turned over to the
city is the raising, on the part of
the city and the Drainage District,
of similar amount of money. That
this will be done without delay de-
ponds entirely upon the railroad com
panies.
At the last meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee, the various rail-
road companies were informed as 10
] st what the total cost of raising
the levees would be and as to the
amount of money the city could raia3
BY taxation. 1t is understood that
the Rig -Four railroad company is
not disposed to accept the propos:-
ton offered by the city and the of.
ficials have been requested to offer a
counter proposition.
The Big Four and all other rail-
road companies entering Cairo spent
enormous sums of money combating
the recent flood. While the exact
amount spent by each company il
not matter of public record, it is
said by those in authority that the
total would more than pay the rail-
road companies share Of the wcrE
81 repairing and rebuilding the
,leEsas. arot,
Sfhe railroads would be among TIE
greatest benehelaries of an adequate
leyee system and should subscribe
literally t2 the fund Cairo is trying
to raise Cairo gives them hundreds
OF thousands of dollars worth Of
Business each year and has ganted
them many valuable concessions. 1t
Is time for the railroads to recipro.
cate.
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Tear Them Down

There should be no discrimination
on the part Of the City Council in
the matter of ordering the removal
of structures that do not comply
with the law. The. chief of police,
acting on instructions from this
body, wrecked tumbled down
speak well for the aldermen. There
the councilmen discriminate he will
receive orders to pull down a score
or more shacks. There is a wreck
of building on the Ohio levee that
should have been removed many
months ago. This structure is owned
by a member of the city council and
that the police chief has not received
instructions to wreck 1t does not
speak we'll for teh aldermen. There
are too many sshacks in Cairo and
all that do not comply with the law
should be torn down, provided the
owners decline to make such i'm
provements as required by the city
ordinances. There should be no dis
elimination in selecting buildings
for demolition Wreck them all and
wreck them soon
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-27

Two men, using fixed" roulette
wheel. cleaned UP something like
$4,000 in Peoria, ILL.,, before their
presence was discovered by the po-
Ices Those who are familiar with
the roulette wheel declare that the
best way to make money with them
is to have them fixed" 1t Is
rumored that a certain roulette
wheel lost $500 for It's owner in
Cairo recently. Whether the owner
quit the business because of this loss
or whether the police interfered, is
matter that has not, as yet become
a topic for general conversation in
the barber shops. Some are inclined
to believe the operations of the ma.
chine were stopped by some force
other than the ownerA This was 4
down town game and according TIC
thPse on the 'insids,, politics are
ashinst the, down Sewn" games
Others say&tbe $500 CHILLING put
the game out OF the Business. Fig
uie it out for yotifsefk.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-27

railroad in the world, running to
Key West over 100 miles of water
and keys. The Florida key is a. Pc
culiar one made out of coral, and
Is almost as big as an old-fashioned
New England house key.
Florida ships oranges, grapefruit,
alligators and cigars to the world. If
1t were not for Florida. mankind
would be able to swear off smoking,
In fact, this would be almost neces-
sary. Florida also contains the old
est city in the United States-St.
Augustine-which is one of the cele-