davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
CLUTCH|NG At
BIT Of PAPER
Letter Written by Husband is the
Straw Mrs. Morrow Hopes
VIII Save Her
MAN WAS MURDERED
No Possibility, According to Physi.
clans That He Fired TWO Bui-
lets Into His
Body.
MAN WAS MURDERED

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.--With the police
and surgeons lined up against her
murdered, Mrs. Rene B. Morrow, the
young and handsome widow of the
inventor is engaged in a desperate
battle for her freedom and possibly
her life. Tonight she is at liberty
only by virtue of a $4,000 bond, and
she has decided to bank her chance
OF freedom on a single bit of paper
q letter written by her husband a
short time before his death, which 1t
is said, will show that he had con-
templated taking his own life while
his inventions.
| The police also announce tonight
| that when the hearing of Mrs. Morrow
| is resumed next week before Judge
Fake, they will produce letter OF
Charles B. Morrow written less than
an hour before he died, and which,
| they declare, will show conclusively
that he could not have been contem-
plating self destruction.
Since the admission of Harry Gil
more, star boarder in Mrs. Morrow's s
Prairie avenue home, that he had sus-
4 tanned intimate and improper rela-
tions with her, many of her society
friends have deserted her.
The physicians who made second
autopsy on the body of her husband
4 have agreed that 1t would have been
impossible for him to have fired both
the shots that took effect on his body.
i The woman boarder, Miss Mary
4 Woods, by whom she hoped to estab-
1 lish an alibi at the time of the trag-
'ledy, failed her and now Mrs Morrow
is making her stand before Judge
Fake on the letter, which she says in
dicates that her husband had deter
mined to end his life.
Her attorney has stated to the court
that he would prove that the gun with
which Morrow was shot was purchas-
ed by him less than six hours before
the tragedy, but the police say they
VIII SNOW tudt the gun Wds III MTS.
Morrow's possession for years.
/ Both sides have agreed that Judge
Fake shall decide on Tuesday, wheth-
er or not the vivacious young woman
4 who for several years has been a
prominent figure in south side club
circles shall be held to the grand
jury for murder.
4 Police Inspector Clancy announced
tonight that he had uncovered new
Il evidence which he considers as vital
in fixing the conditions that prevail
4 ed in the Morrow home. He has
secured statement from George w
Underwood, an attorney, to the effect
that Underwood attempted on behalf
of Morrow several months ago tc
have Mrs. Morrow agree to a com
4 promise regarding the deed to Nor
rows property which was held by the
wife. Morrow told the attorney he
4 desired TO sue his wife. Underwood
vainly attempted to draw Mrs. Nor
row into a. conference with her hus
a band but he says she refused
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
Woman Has Warm Heart.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. LOUIS, Jan, 6.-Mrs. R. B.
Cartmell, a wealthy resident of the
fashionable west end district tonight
threw open her beautiful home as the
refuge for homeless men and women
during the arctic weather Mrs. Cart
nell has notified the charity organiza-
tions that she will shelter all her
house will accommodate and will pro-
vide food for all who are sent to her.
She came here recently from Memphis
and has never experienced cold
wave before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
Nav Be the spoils.

7 United Press Leased Wire Service
WINNIPEG, Man. Jan. 6.Charles
Ross, who also gives the name of Wal
ter Collins, is in jail here tonight
pending the arrival of detectives from
New York who will investigate the
charge that the $4,000 worth of Amer
lean Smelling and Refining Co bonds
found in his possession, are part of
the sS5,0o0 loot taken from A. j..
Bennett in New York last March.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
Troons 70 China.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service /
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-The virtual
admission that the United States win
before Monday order troops to China
was made today by general stan army
officers. A definite decision will be
made upon the receipt of report from
Minister Calhoun at Pekin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
One Man Killed.

United Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-One man was
killed and six injured in trolley car
accident in Brooklyn this morning.
The motorman lost control of his car,
which jumped the track and crashed
into telegraph pole.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
Rare Old Books.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK. Jan. Cit is an
nounced today that J. Pierpont Nor
gan recently paid s4s,675 for two
books, one copy of the famous Guten-
berg Bible and the other Bible print
ed by John Faust, in 1862.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
Rev. Richeson Tosses Aside the Woody Disguise
and Reveals Himself as Wolf in
Sleeps Clothing
GONFEESSEs He POISONED AVIS LINNELL
Between the Lines Of His Statement of Guilt Can
Be Read the Cowards Plea for Sympathy
and Leniency

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
BOSTON. Mass. Jan. 6.--Rev. Clar-
ence Virgil Thompson Richeson. D.
nj ex-pastor of the fashionable I'm
s .sl Baptist church, confessed
i'' of Avis Linnell and her
iiiolish' alks tonight in the
VThadow OF death.
OF his guilt, made per-
n, pite his contrary protesta-
tions IN the hope OF saving his own
life, may prove futile. The death
chair may soon claim the slayer OF
the girl he wronged and slew.
Although no official announcement
has been made, there is ground for
the belief that Richeson on Monday
morning will be carried before Judge
Sanderson, of the superior criminal
court OF Suffolk County, and will
change his plea from that Of Not
guilty" to that of guilty of murder
! in the hrst degree"
Death, quick death in the electric
chair, is the only sentence that may
possibly be imposed, under such a
plea. Then, unless Governor Foss and
the executive council intervene, the
man Of the cloth who violated all the
| laws OF the God he was consecratea
! TO serve, will perish in the chair in
/ which the state exacts the toll OF the
law of Moses-'.an eye for an eye,
and life for life.
With startling unexpectedness, the
man whose booming voice SO often
has cried from the pulpit the COM
mandment of the Master that Thou
shalt not kill!'' this afternoon pite-
ously confessed his frightful crime
and pleaded for his life, a life which
he admitted would be sweet to him
behind prison walls, though he says
nothing OF the life he took when 1t
vas placed SO completely in his keep
Ing
Criminal Classic.
Richesons confession, classic in
criminal literature. was given out by
MS attorneys, after they had pleaded
In vain with District Attorney Joseph
=. Pelletier for word that would
save the murderous pastor from
death.
The confession is as follows:
Boston, Mass, Jan. 3, 1912:
John Lee, Esq. William A
Morse, Esq, Philip E. Dunbar, Esq.
saseaiattlleinen deeply penitent for my
SIN, and earnestly desiring as far al
m my power lies, to make atone
ment, hereby confess that / am gull
= Of the offense of which ! stant
Indicted
! am moved to this course by nj
laducement of self benefit or lenien
Cyl
'Heinous as is my crime. God ha'
not wholly abandoned me, and m,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
NO OTHER NEWSPAPER

IN a city the size Of Keokuk
carries the full leased wire
report of the United Press
association. The Daily Gate
City is the ONLY newspa-
per IN the United States to
lake such an advanced STEP.
Inc telegraph news appear
ing in this paper is real news.
ltls not clipped from Chica-
90 or st. Louis morning pa
pefs. The telegraph report by
wire each day, received in
our office by our own opera
eor, places Keokuk on the
map and identifies the city
With the aggressive and
oonlng cities. II costs mon
y ~ 70 buy telegraph news
mere is no expense incur
rsa Chipping telegraph from
olnlng papers. This paper
receives $1,000 words daily
~ y wlre. Get a live newspa-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-weather
forecast.
Illinois and Indiana: Fair Sunday;
Monday unsettled, not much change in
temperature.
Missouri and Iowa: Fair Sunday;
Monday unsettled, probably snow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
THE GATE CITY'S CLAIM

to advertising greatness
rests upon the supremacy OF
its circulation. Merchants
buy advertising space in or
der to convey store informa-
ton to the buying public
and the more information
the advertising matter dis
tributes the greater value
to the merchant. The estab-
lished reputation of The
Gate City as the advertising
medium with the circulation
of quantity and quality, has
attracted a large amount OF
business, an amount that in
1911 exceeded all previous
records and passed all com
petitors. The result giving
power of The Gate City cir
culation is unequaled. In
making 1911 contracts serve
your own interests best by
using The Daily Gate City
the paper with the guar
anteed circulation over
1900.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
LAST NIGHT WAS
COLD AS WEDGE
Nineteen Below for Chicago as tn.
Coolest Night of the Present
Winter and
Others.
CHARITY GETS BUSY
Wanderers Taken Care of by the
Police and All Ordinary Resu-
lations Are sus-
pended.
CHARITY GETS BUSY

SOll6 COLO SDOlS OH SATURDAY III
map:
Colorado Springs, Colo. 3 below.
La Junta, Colo, below.
Denver below.
Des Moines 16 below.
Lincoln, Neb., IA below
Keokuk, Iowa, 10 below.
Peoria, H.. 10 below.
Dallas, Texas, 5 above.
Kansas City IL below.
Springfield, Mo-. 10 below
Amarillo, Texas, 6 below
Terre Haute, Ind, below.
Chicago below
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Jan. g. Fair and cold
er tomorrow with the lowest tempera-
ture during the night at 19 degrees
below zero"
The forecast announced by the
Chicago weather bureau tonight dash
ed all hopes that the frigid wave that
has engulfed the country for the last
week would be broken. TIE intense
COlu Ildt HdS oNCPt lloih liiC iSoSns
mountains to the Atlantic coast is to
reach its climax tonight.
For Monday the forecasters express
a hope that there will be rise in the
temperature Chicago is tonight
preparing for the coldest night in
many years. The suffering and misery
among the destitute in the city is
lindescribable, The conditions In many
cities Of the north and west are
similar to those here, according to
late reports. New low records are
predicted everywhere.
Traffic is demoralized in every
direction and many railroads have
found it necessary to cancel some OF
their trains because of the impossi-
bility to keep the motive power in
operation. Stalled trains and crippled
engines are reported by the scores
by all roads All possible aid is being
indiscriminately given by the police
and charity organizations. Railways
of big buildings are being thrown op-
en- and the police stations have been
turneh lhto iouSlig HOUSES iio euA
fering of the people has caused a
suspension of all ordinary regulations
and the matter of opening school
| houses and other public buildings for
! the shelterless was taken UP by the
CITY authorities tonight
Philanthropic citizens are making
desperate efforts to assist the county
agents and representatives of the
charity organizations in feeding and
caring for those who appeal for helm.
Several clergymen today investigated
conditions at the municipal lodging
house and will throw their churches
open to the homeless army of men in
the city. if they find that the wander
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
Three Days Work.

T. hecame known tonight that for
thrae DAYS. Attorneys Lee and Morse,
ranresenting the pastor, have been
wnrp,nr with Pelletier, urging him to
narn,,t the entering Of a plea OF gull
~ ~ ~ second degree murder, SO that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07

CONTINUED on page 81
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07

Continued on page -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
TAKE TO LEATHER TRIMMING
Parlsian lsaders o Fashion Hsooo-
nIxs lite Value for Suits, Wraps
and Millinery.

Paris has recognized the unusual
suits, wraps and hats.
The sportswomen first showed favor
to leather, but other clever one have
srasped the idea and are exploiting
the new trimming.
Felt is trimmed with scarfs, bind
ings and buckles, and for the outing
hat there is nothing more admirable
than the jaunty styles that result.
The scftest of suede is used. Gray,
tan and blue are used, and ~blsck-snd-
white combinations are particular
Iy modish on hats for the fall and
winter.
Coats are bound with leather quite
as the braid Is used on the smart tall
pred suits. On norfolk coats or other
outing styles, the seams are bound,
the pockets are bound, and belts carry
out the leather note to a successful
end.
Collars and lapels are of leather
these days, no color being beyond the
dyer's art. A certain smoothness and
finish are obtainable with leather,
and the wearing quality Is far more
convincing than that Of velvet or
cloth.
But leather IL new and easily ad-
justed, and Just as easily removed II
you are not satisfied. And there's an
idea. Why not make an adjustable
collar and cuff set for your fall suitf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01

holder for this purpose, which can be
made with the aid of any small tin or
jar of a suitable shape and size.
The jar or tin merely requires to be
made ~presentable by smoothly cover
ing 1t with thin silk, upon which the
words Hair Pins have been worked
in silk in some strongly contrasting
shade of color. This may easily be
done by turning material yer the
edge of the jar, and fastening it on
inside with mucilage, and repeating
the process underneath. Should the
jar be too deep for the hairpins, 1t
may be filed with a little cushion OF
wool covered with net. which may be
fixed by a drop or two OF muciiage
at the bottom OF the lar.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01

to represent you as he should, because
of neglecting his opportunities, so does
Brown.
If you believe all of these, discharge
YOUR present servant and vote for
Brown, and give him a chance to prove
his worth,
Mr.. Browns name will be the first
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
To the Voters of the Third Congress
az-o1 p-,4rip4-

ional District:
Having won the nomination for
Congress n the Republican Primary
and having been endorsed by the Pro-
gressive Party, | respectfully solicit
your support at the polls.
If you believe in the Protective
Tariff principles, which have made
this a prosperous country, SO does
Brown.
If you believe that there should be
a revision OF some of the schedules, so
does Brown.
If you believe that this should le
done by a commission composed of the
best men to be had in the country, so
does Brown.
If you believe that the Democratic
| Congress, OF which Mr.. Scully is a part
of the majority, is playing politics by
shelving the bill passed by the Senate
months ago to restrict immigration, SO
does Brown.
| If you believe that Nj. scully has
failed because Of his assignment to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01

the committee on Rivers and Harbors'
Appropriations, to secure for his dis
trict larger sums for the improving
and maintaining of the waterways IN
his District than the Chief of Engi-
neers of the Wal Department recon-
mended, 30 does IT wn.
If you believe Mr.. Scully has failed
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01

one on the ballot after the names OF
the Presidential Electors. Use =
black pencil in placing a x In tho
square opposite his name; if you use
any other colored pencil you will in
validate your ballot.
(This adv. paid for by B. f. 8 Brown
Conn.,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
TO KEEP ON DRESSING TABLE
Holder for HaIrrins insures a SUP
ply Of These Useful Appurtenances
at Any Time.

A holder for hairpins for the dress
irg table, from which the pins may
be easily withdrawn and replaced, is a
useful possession. and in our sketch
may be seen a simple and neat little
The herald., 1912-01-11
CRESCENT.

The Top o tn World" with Bailey
and Austin, will be the Crescent attrac-
ton for the week of January IA, with
usual matinees on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. This attraction is a
spectacular musical extravaganza
that ran for one solid year at the Ca
sine and Majestic theaters in New
York City and for five months at the
Studebaker Theater in Chicago. 1t is
the first time in the history of the at
traction that the public have had an
opportunity of witnessing the Top O.
tn World" at the popular prices which
prevail at the Crescent Theater. The
show has to deal with the Beautiful
Land of the Midnight Sum-" and en-
tails a huge amount of excellent COM
edy when Bailey and Austin, the erst.
while vaudeville headliners, are found
at their best A large beauty chorus
and the collie" ballot are a feature of
the production.
The herald., 1912-01-11
TUlANE z.

The treat of the year is announced
for the immediate future here when
Klaw & Erlanger will present at their
fashionable Tulane Theatre all next
week, commencing Sunday night, with
the usual Wednesday and Saturday
matinees, that widely known and ex-
tremely popular musical comedy, The
Pink Lady"
This will give local playgoers an
early opportunity of seeing the sensa-
tional hit of the decade as far as
American musical comedy productions
are concerned. 1t has just closed its
phenomenal run of a year in New
York, where it played to the greatest
attendance ever known for a piece of
its classification and during which
time it is carefully estimated that over
half a million people saw and were
captivated by this happy combination
of book and score.
c. NJ. S. Mcclellan wrote the libretto
and lyrics for this newest conner into
the field of popular entertainment. His
original theme was adapted from the
French farce, lie Satyre," by Georges
Berr and Marcel Guillemaud, which
run for a year in its initial form at
the Palais Royal in Paris. The work
has been described as the best book
ever written for an Americal musical
comedy.
Ivan Caryll, who has long been iden
titled with the greatest successes at
the Gaiety Theatre, London, composed
the score, and instead of writing an
accompaniment he worked out a legit-
innate essential which accelerates the
progress of the story and made it an
integral part of the whole. In the
combination of these two essentials is
where THE Pink Lady" becomes dis
tinctive.
A notable cast and a company of
100 people will enliven the story here,
and a further detail will be the pres
ence in the orchestra pit of the fam
Gus Pink Lady musicians, who have
interpreted Mr.. Caryll's score since it
was introduced to New York, and who
bring out all the charm and fancy of
his delightful orchestration.
The herald., 1912-01-11
THE MANDOT-
MORAN BOUT

Owen Moran, the British lightweight
whose championship aspirations AID
Wolgast shattered six months ago,
and who later knocked Battling Mel
son cold in eleven rounds, has been
matched to meet Joe Mandot, the
French Market lightweight, in a 20
round bout by Promoter Tortorich of
the Westside Athletic Club.
The Mandot-Moran bout has been
set for February IS, few days before
the Carnival season, and considered
the best and choicest date of the sea-
son.
Until Friday evening the promoters
were unable to choose between Matty
Baldwin and Moran for Mandot's op-
ponent, the local boy expressing a
preference to take on the British mil
Ter.
Moran, after defeating Nelson, sail
ed for England to meet Jim Driscoll,
but the Liverpool authorities ordered
the fight cancelled because it was con-
sidered a violation of the law.
The Moran-Mandot bout is expected
to draw the biggest crowd that ever
attended a scrap at the Westside Ath-
letic Club. The British fighter is well
known locally, and is expected to
prove the most formidable Mandot has
ever met.
Moran at present is in New York,
and will probably begin training for
the Mandot mill. After the scrap here
the British fighter proposes going to
California to enter the elimination
tournament to be arranged by Jimmy
Coffroth, the San Francisco promoter,
in the hope of finding suitable oppo-
nent for Champion Wolgast.
The herald., 1912-01-11
Oxygen as . Cutting Tool.

A Jet OF burning oxygen from a
blowpipe may be successfully employ
ed to cut sheet iron. iron tubes and
small bars The cut made Is almost
as sharp and thin as that made by a
saw. In earlier attempts difficulty was
encountered In clearing the cut of
liquid metal and in preventing the
spread of the melting effect beyond the
borders Of the cut In later processes
two blowpipes were used. The first has
an ordinary oxyhydrogen fame. which
heats the iron to redness at the place
where the cut Is to be made. This Is
followed Immediately by the second
Jet, composed Of pure oxygen. which
instantly burns the metal without
melting. The liquidlzed iron Is blown
swiftly from the assure, so that there
Is no serious spreading Of the heat to
surrounding parts.-St Louis Republic.
The herald., 1912-01-11
BUSTER BROWN COMING.

The attraction at the Crescent for
the week of January 81 is the hilarious
musical comedy, the new Buster
Brown" The prolific Brown family
has no better known member than this
self-same Buster" the brain creation
of that prince of caricaturists, r. F.
Outcault. In giving Buster to the
world, Mr.. Outcault's pencil was act
uated by the desire to present the joy
Gus side of strenuous boyhood. How
we'll he has succeeded is only evil
denced by the fact that Buster and
his ever attendant dog Tige is known
wherever the modern daily with its
prodigious Sunday edition penetrates.
Busters is a tuneful life, for those
who exploit the youthful prodigy have
surrounded him with comely young
women, delightful stage settings and
the most tuneful music and popular
songs. This season Buster is played
by Master Harold, thoroughly en- rap
port with the spirit of the part. Of
the bright new features incorporated
in the musical comedy, none is so
fetching as the Campbell Kids number.
The herald., 1912-01-11
Branding Criminals In England.

The branding Of criminals was
abolished in this country in ITS. I'm
til then this punishment was inflicted
in open court, generally in the pres
ence Of the Judge. generally in the
presence Of the judge. the necessary
implements-the iron brand. the chat
ing dish and the iron gripper for keep
ing the hand steady-being always in
readiness. The usual brand was an
"R" applied to the left shoulder.
Child stealing. ETC., however. were at
one time punished by branding the Of
fender with "R" on the shoulder flor
rogue). M" on the right hand for
manslayer), and ''Ts' on the left hand
flor thieO.-Pall Mall Gazetta
The herald., 1912-01-11

many successes, will be the offering at
the Tulane for one week beginning
January %, with one matinee, on Sat,
urday, only.
Miss Bates success as Roana Clayx,
ton, ''the Widow" has even surpassed
her enormous hits in Madame But
terfy," 1.-The Darling of the Gods" and
THE Girl of the Golden West" and in
asmuch as "Nobody's Widow" is desig,
mated as a farcical romance, her tri-
umph as a comedienne is all the more
emphatic.
''Nobody's Widow" is delightful
comedy, as light and fascinating as
thistledown and as deliciously efferves-
cent as a glass of champagne, with a
novelty of motif and constructive
quality that established it last season
as one OF New York's biggest successes.
Mr.. Belasco retains her chief sup
porting players, Bruce McRae, AIDE
laide Prince, Rex McDougall, Edith
Campbell, Dorothy Shoemaker. Minor
s. Watson, Arthur Hyman and Manis
Gross. The scenic investiture, embel-
lishments and minute details that have
made the name of Belasco famous are
conspicuously in evidence. What bet
ter recommendation need be given to
any star or attraction?