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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18
Case FIIed Win Excitement.

From that time on the case was re-
plete with an excitement that kept the
interest Of the country at fever height
The divine repeatedly asserted his in
nCcence, accepted the aid of Noses
Grant Edmands. the father Of his
flancee. and was apparently determined
10 make long legal fight for his lib
erty and eXoneratiOn.
Bit by bit, however. the past of the
young clergyman came to the light
OF publicity. Detectives were sent to
the little seaside town of Hyannis.
where his romance with Avis Linnell
first had its inception It was found
/ that he had wOOed and won the little
choir singer while she was a choir girl
in his church
Miss Linnells mother stated that she
had opposed the girls friendship with
} the preacher. because she thought her
too young to have a sweetheart. but
that she had succumbed TO the minis
divine finally became q regular caller
at the girls home.
At last the engagement Of the cOu-
pie was announced and a day was set
for their wedding Shortly before the
ceremony. however. RichesOn. appar-
emily tired OF the girl pleaded a nerv-
Gus breakdown and broke the engage
ment Before a second date could be
agreed upon he received a fiattering
offer from the Emmanuel Baptist
church Of Cambridge and accepted
Miss Linnell, unable TO bear separa-
ton from her lover. followed him to
Boston, protesting the love Of music
as motive. Here the divine again
resumed his attention to her. though
MS visits were not as frequent as in
the past
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18
RICHEs8H GIVES
UP HOPE OF LIFE
CONTINUED from preceding pagel

vertised murders in the annals Of
American crime Link by link the evil
dence against the minister was forged
The police. acting on the theory that
some one had given the girl poison and
had told her that lii would bring about
a change in her physical condition, be-
gan a systematic canvass OF the various
a.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18

ton Center. a Boston suburb. recalled
selling EdchesOn a quantity of cyanide
shortly before the girls death was re-
ported. He saw no connection between
the sale and the death. but felt it his
duty 10 communicate with the police.
RfchesOn's arrest, which followed
took place under the most dramatic
circumstances
The minister who was spending
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18

Best cleaning Phone Wright.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18
Double Lie BEGINS.

At this period his double life began.
one or the Wealthiest members Of
Richeson's new congregation was No
ses Grant Edmands whose daughter
Violet he had met at college. The min
lster renewed his acquaintance with
/ the girl and soon became an ardent
/ sutton for her hand All this time.
however, RchesOn kept uD his secret
Z naisiOn with Miss Linnell with the re-
suit that the girls unfortunate condi-
/ uOnf coming as 10 did at a crucial mo-
ment In his suit for Miss Edmand g
hand, seemed In a fair way to ruin his
chances and her elimination a necessity
Inese discoveries, the statement Of
the druggist and the growing cloud OF
suspicion that W.Ove its veil around
MN. finally eliminating in the accept
ance OF his resignation by the members
or his pastorate, drove Richeson to
cooperation He lost his air Of sang
Irold, became thin and haggard and on
December 20 evidenced his despcndencv
by an attempt upon his life in the
Charles street Jail
This falling, the knowledge Of his
guilt drove him TO confession. and on
January he astOnished the world bv
aonittlng his guilt and praying for
speedy trial he was arraigned on
January 9 and sentenced TO deatb in
May 19.
With the open admission Of his guilt
ana the proclamation OF his cOntrition.
public sentiment underwent a partial
reVerslon and a spirited attempt was
made by his friends TO secure commu-
Iallon OF the death sentence Thou
SANDS OF names were secured to petl-
uons asking for clemency and q quiet
out PoWerIuI campaign was started for
the imposition Of a life sentence in
stead OF death In the electric chair.
Inc pleas Of his relatives and friends.
however, proved futile, governor FOqs
refusing to sanction his escape from
me death penalty in the face Of such
atrOcity.
Thinks OF Family Sorrow.
All day Friday Rfcheson had borne
W Wen under the news that governor |
Eoss had refused to refer his petition
TOT clemency to the executive coun-
en- and only at night did he show
signs or collapse. His only comment I
~ the governors action which was I
alIoWed TO become public was the re- 4
As 1 face execution my principal /
eilOusht Is not Tor myself. but for sor-
q oW OF my family and friends"
w nile warden Bridges may order I
the execution any time after midnight I
on saturday the law providing that I
II snail take place between midnight /
ana sunrise, It Is believed, that it viii 4
t ge neld immediately after midnight /
Riches0n COIIapses.
ISIcheson was stricken with an at
tack OF hystericaI delirium in the
leatn chamoer last night while be-
~ pAAsDn End pain oLtD-
pins and his counsel. William A.
Morse. Twitching and clawing. the
condemned man rolled and tossed I
from side to side of his bed. raving
about two men who. he cried out. were
watching and following him.
The attack was marked by smells /
OF groanlng and moaning after which
The prisoner would lapse into intervals
Of uncOnsciOusness Then he would {
revive and continue his rawlings
The prison physician who was sum I
moned could NOT be reached and dr. |
Frederick l.. Lyons Of CharIestowu. |
was called He administered soda
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18
ADVERTISING MEN
GATHER IN DALLAS

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18

SILK and lace waists cleaned without
harm 60 fabric. Wright.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18

Continued from preceding Dagej
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
Wreck On Great Western.

Des Moines, Feb. 10.-Special: w.
A. McKibben, Chicago Great West
ern engineer, was seriously injured
when two engines were wrecked and
six cars derailed in a collision in the
railroad yards southwest of the city
this morning. McKibben jumped
from the cab of his engine and re-
ceiyed a fractured leg and other in
juries. He was removed to the hos.
pital. Inability to distinguish the
headlight OF big freight train en-
CINE which pulled into the yards from
the west caused the collision. Nc
Kibben was in charge of the switch
engine pulling number of cars and
did not see the headlight until it was
too late to prevent the wreck. ana
leaped from the engine to escape lbs
jury. Engineer Nicholson, who was
in charge of the freight train, and his
fireman escaped injuries.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
Accidental Shooting.

Wednesday evening Virgil r. Wood
ward, of Bussey, after closing up his
bakery put 3S-calibre revolver into
his coat pocket and started for home
At times considerable money comes
into the money drawer after the close
of bank hours and he carries a revol
yer for protection, as 1t is usually
late at night when he closes up
Going along with his hands in his
pockets he slipped on an icy side,
walk and unable to recover himself
with his hands in his pockets he fell
and instinctively clenched his right
hand on the revolver in his pocket.
The revolver was discharged, sending
the bullet through the fleshy part of
his leg and down into his foot. He
managed to crawl to a nearby house
and call for assistance and medical
care.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
cIairvoyant Gets Seven Years.

Des Moines, Feb. 10. - Special:
Anna Webster, woman who posed
as clairvoyant, and was indicted by
the grand jury for obtaining money
by false pretenses, must spend seven
years in the state reformatory at An
amosa. The woman pleaded guilty to
the charge before Judge Brennan in
the district court yesterday afternoon.
The sentence imposed was the limit
allowed by law Evidence secured
by the grand jury showed that the
Webster woman, while posing as
Clairvoyant, worked upon the mind Of
Johanna Aschen, a widow with five
children to support, inducing her to
mortgage her home and her furniture
for $1,000, which she turned over to
the clairvoyant She is alleged to
have told the woman that she could
communicate with the spirits, she
could see money in the ground which
was coming to Mrs. Aschen from dis
tant relatives, and if she would Sc
cure all the money possible for her
to work on she could get this money
from the spirits and that it would
amount to 100000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
MR.. ALFREE'S CANDIDACY
Good Words From His Three Home Papers.

the district, and If nominated, he will
be popular candidate.
Newton has, perhaps, as large in.
dustrial interests as any city in the
district, and she is especially inter-
ested in maintaining policy of gov
eminent which will assure their con-
tinuing prosperity and there is every
reason why our people should take an
active interest in keeping a capable
man in Washington to look after not
only our interests, but those of all
the industries of the country, and we
believe that Mr.. Allfree will be en-
Enthusiastically loyal to all of these in
terests, and especially so to our chic
neutrality-suspicious..
- - -
Newton Journal: II. B. Allfree an
nounces his candidacy for congress
man on the republican ticket from
the Sixth district.
The announcement is brief, but
very much to the point.
Mr.. Allfree will be an administra-
ton candidate. He was a Taft sup.
porter during the last presidential
campaign and has been supporter
of the administration ever since. That
is what seventy-five per cent of the
republicans in this congressional dis
trict want-an administration man to
represent them in congress.
H. B. Allfree is very potent fac.
tor in anything in which he interests
himself.
! He is young man of thirty-seven
who has made his own way in the
world, man who has proven that he
can make a success of his business
to an unusual degree-a good buiness
man.
He has lived in this county all his
life. At the age of seventeen he took
position with the Newton Record
when it was under the management
of Homer Galloway; at eighteen he
went into E. J. Salmon's law office;
at twenty-one he went with the earns
Abstract & Loan business under the
name of earns & Allfree, and in 1909
he succeeded to the business.
He is vice president of the First
National and Newton Savings Banks
of this city, and president OF the Reas
nor Savings Bank.
He has been a republican all his
| life and for the past ten or twelve
years his interest in the party and
political affairs has been more mark
ed each year.
He is a business man who believes
in business administration of the at
fairs of this government. lie comes
out as a candidate for congressman
as a republican administration mar
and business man.
He is fighting no one, but will work
for his nomination" and election. He
is strong campaigner and will con
duct a clean, active and thorough
canvass and the voters throughout
the Sixth congressional district will
know that there is something doing
H. B. Allfree, if nominated and
elected, will make the right kind of a
representative in congress, repre-
sentative whom Newton and Jasper
county and the Sixth congressional
district will delight to honor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15

Newton Daily News: H. B. Allfree,
or Harry" AI.lree as he is more ia.
miliarly known in Newton and Jas.
per county, is a widely knowrs bust.
ness man. He needs no words OF
praise from the Daily News. He has
not been in politics, but his business
career has been of such a successful
nature as would, in itself, insure the
heartiest of support from the mem
bers of the republican party in this
section of the district.
Mr.. Allfree is thirty-sever years OF
age. He is proprietor of one of the
best equipped and most successful
abstract and loan offices in the state
of Iowa, and in addition to his bust
ness he is president of the Reasnor
Savings Bank, and vice president OF
the First National Bank and the New
ton Savings Bank of this city and
holds blocks of stock in all three in
stitutions. His business record as
well as his personal habits will bear
the most careful scrutiny.
Mr.. Allfree states in his announce
ment that he will favor continue
tion of the present administration
He believes that the time has come
when a man of business training and
abilities should be given an oppor
tunity to represent this district al
Washington. This policy of Mr.. All
frees has a ring to it that savors OF
the new in politics, and unusual inter
est should attach itself to his candi
dacy by reason of this fact.
Mr.. Allfree is known as one of the
most public spirited of men. He ii
of the sort that has taken pride il
the welfare of Newton and his aftil
iation with the business mems asso
citation and his Identification with
Newton's board of education speak
loudly of the good things that he has
done in behalf of the city and his OWL
community He will find very
strong following in Newton and Jas
per county.
The Daily News believes Mr.. All
free would make a most satisfactory
representative from the Sixth con
gressional district if elected, and viii
be glad to aid his candidacy.
- = -
Newton Record The many friends
of Harry B. Allfree, not only at New
ton, but from over the Sixth district
have persuaded him to be a candidate
! for the republican nomination for con
gress, and he has about decided, We
understand, to make the race. We
should certainly like to see a Newton
man get the place and there is NJ
one whom We should like better t.
get it than Mr.. Allfree. He is &
business man of marked ability, wht
has made his way up the ladder unas
sisted. and he is in every way quail
fled to give the district a cuisines!
representation"
In these days a business man is
what we need in a representative of
| flee more than a politician and We
believe that Mr.. Allfree could fill the
bill.
Mr. Allfree is an enthusiastic re
publican and has always been active
in the counsels of the party and he
deserves well of the republicans o
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15

rendering a play entitled, The First
Time Matilda Voted" 1t was held in
the large and palatial residence OF
{. ED beman and wife. Ali enjoyed
themselves to the limit.
J. Fl. Beasley has bought the }. w
Payton residence property in Delta
and will move to town about March
LIST
The Eastern Star lodge will install
new piano in their hall soon
II. Richardson was a business call
er at Burlington and st. Louis, re-
turning Thursday.
J. f. Matthew was a Minneapolis
business caller returning Wednesday
Lee Shaver and wife went to Mo
bile, Alabama, on business and
sightseeing trip. Expect to be gone
about two weeks.
VIM. Club, of Sheridan, Wyom.
ing, came in the latter part of the
week and will stay until warmer
weather with his daughter, Mrs. John
CaywOOd.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
ROBBERS CONFESS
TO MAIL Theft
CIairvoyant Who Obtained $1,000
Sentenced 7 Years.
GALL FOR BANK STATEMENTS.
Hampton Plans More Paving-Sneak
Thief Robs MarshaIItown Y. M.
c. A.-Logan Man Fatally In.
iured in a Runaway.

Council Bluffs, Feb. 10.-Special:
John Truet, under arrest with George
Pabst and Elmer Custin, last night
confessed to long list of car rob
berries duplicating the other men and
finally told of the theft from the de-
pot platform here Wednesday of
small pouch containing a large
amount of valuable mail including
many registered letters and packages
and declaring that there were check
and drafts amounting to $4,000
which they burned, as the robbers
knew they dared not try to use them.
The clew to the robbery of the mail
pouch came about in an unguarded
moment by the wife of Truet, who
with her baby was at the police sta
ton
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
DELTA A BUSY Town
W. cAYWooD AND E. L. ROOT
DElTAS ONLY TWO WHO HAVE
NOT CHANGED BUSINESS OR
LOCATION FOR SEVEN YEARS.

Delta, Feb. 10.-Lawrence Utter
back is very busy this winter getting
out native lumber for his new 26XSO
farm residence to be built this spring.
Willis Utterback of Oskaloosa was
business caller in Delta this week,
shipping out two car loads of hogs.
We think Delta takes the cake for
changes of business and business
firms. We have two banks, two hard.
ware and three general stores, one
poultry, one printing office, two black.
smith shops, two livery barns, two
hotels, one harness shop, one clothing
store, one vehicle and implement
store, two restaurants, one bakery,
and depot, two lumber yards and
coal yard. Only two men in the
town are in the same building, and
the same business they were seven
years ago, Will Caywood and e. l..
Root being the only two that have
not changed work or location.
Mrs. c.. l.. Garrett met with a seri.
GUS accident Wednesday. AS she was
walking over some ice with a kettle
Of boiling water she fell in such a
way that the contents emptied on
her arm, scalding it from shoulder to
finger tips. She suffered severe pain.
Her many friends hope it may not
prove serious.
James Vernon, who was a partner
in the firm of Lambert & Vernon, will
soon open store of his own, he
having rented the first floor and base.
ment of the w. E. Dunn cement
block. This will make him a com.
modious quarters for his new dry
goods and grocery stock which he
expects to open by May 1. Leon Lam.
bert, brother of Ned Lambert, will
take the place of James Vernon in
the Lambert store after April l.
The following is summary OF the
statistics for the Delta High school
for last month: Entire enrolment,
244; entire number belonging, 226;
average daily attendance, 213; pupils
perfect in attendance, 104; per cent
of attendance, 80; cases of hardness,
&c. .s. "
The Delta Woman's Club entertain.
ed their husbands Friday evening by
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
COURT FAvoRs EMPLOYER.
Holds That Manufacturer Need not In.
spect Work at Every Step.

The supreme court this week, in
the case of Kimmerle VS.. Dubuque Al.
tar Manufacturing company, held that
it is not necessary for an employer to
provide special inspector for each
step in the process of manufacture
of any given article in a factory to
see that one employe is not injured
by the negligence OF another. A work
man had been injured because of the
failure of another employe to do his
work properly and the court insists
that the responsibility of the com.
pany cannot be extended to cover
such a case. b.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
MITCHELL THINKS
SENTENCE UNJUST
Labor Leader Tells Court of
FamiIy's Disappointment.
JUDGE REsENTs CRITICISM
Defendant In Contempt Case Says He
Appealed for DeIay-Jurist De-
clares Word Came as Fed
Grafton Demand.

Washington, Feb. 10.-John Mitch
which he was involved with Samuel
Gompers and Frank Morrison, officials
of the American Federation Of Labor,
in connection with the Bucks Stove
and Range boycott case, took on a
dramatic touch at the hearing. Mitch
ell had seemed to be criticising JUS
tice Wright, before whom he is on
trial. and the justice had displayed
some impatience with his critic.
Let me explain this" said Mitchell.
II have much in my heart, which l
never have said, which has, perhaps,
no place in these proceedings. When
was summoned to Washington to
appear before this court for judgment
l faced a long term in prison.
Day Before Christmas Eve.
ut was the day before Christmas
eve. | was living in New York.
had not seen my family and children,
who were in Illinois, for two months.
l had bought and packed in my grip
toys and gifts for my children. l was
summoned to Washington to receive
my sentence. l asked that the deci.
sion be postponed 1t was not. l was
brought here and sentenced.
II had merely done what | believed
was my right under the government
my father had sought to uphold. So
when | appeared and was sentenced
and discussed it afterward I could not
attempt to disguise and did not dis,
guise my feelings at being sentenced
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
FIRE DAMAGES STORE
C. D. Hutchins East End Grocery
Has a Close Call.

Efforts to thaw out frozen pipe
resulted in several hundred dollars
damage at the c. D. Hutchins East
End grocery Friday afternoon about
three o'clock. John veg Steeg, who
was in the cellar at the time, was
burned about the head and face and
may have breathed the flames. In
the effort to put out the fire Yer
Steeg stayed in the cellar until the
flames were pouring out of the en-
trance to the basement and his only
avenue of escape cut off. He made a
run for the stairway and dashed
through the smoke and flame to the
floor above and fell out the side door
way half overcome by the smoke.
He turned back and attempted to run
into the building again, saying that he
could stop the fire. He was prevent
ed from an another encounter with
the flames only by the united efforts
of several people who CHANGED to be
at the side of the building at this
time.
QulCh leSpOuSe u tue alarm "do
made by the department, but the fire
was burning tiercely when the water
was turned on. The smoke was so
dense that the firmen could not get
down to the location. of the fire at
first and they had a hard fight on
their hands.
The fire started in a sort of explo-
sion. The frozen pipe had been
wrapped in burlap, saturated with
coal oil, the intention being to thaw
out the frost by this means of apply
ing heat. When the match was light
ed the flames flashed up instantly and
the woodwork was all in a blaze
Goods stored in the basement and
in the stock room at the rear of the
store were damaged and the grocery
stock throughout will sustain smoke
damage, which is covered by insur.
anCe.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
Has Close Call.

Chas. Higlin, fireman for the Oska.
loosa Steam Laundry, met with a
painful accident Saturday and mar
rowly escaped losing the sight of an
eye. Chas. was engaged in cracking
coal for the boiler fire. Striking a
piece of stone in chunk of fuel, it
flew in all directions and a fragment
caught him in one of his eyes. Med.
ical attention was necessary and for
a time the sight of the eye was
threatened Mr.. Higlin is better this
morning and is on duty again. The
eye will be all right in short time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
GET NAMES OF 40 INDICTED
Defendants Identities Given United
States Authorities in Twenty
Cities.

Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 10.-Federal
authorities in all Of the twenty cities
where the forty or more men indicted
in connection with the dynamite con-
spiracy case are. known to be were
informed OF the identities of the de-
PENDANTS and plans for simultaneous
arrests Of the men, probably on Mon
day, were progressing. ...,... e..
Reports that some of the men were
not to be found at their usual haunts
caused no alarm at United States
District Attorney Miller's Office.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
l. NJ, Funk Funeral.

Ottumwa, Feb. 10.-Special: The
Burlington ran a special train from
Ottumwa to Bethany, Mo-, to-day
carrying the remains and funeral
party of |. n. Funk formerly master
mechanic of the Burlington on the
Ottumwa division who died here. The
train consisted of a baggage car and
special car of the general superih.
tendent.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
Enlargement of Heart.

Des Moines, Feb. 1O.-Special: A
case which has puzzled physicians for
IL years ended today with the sudden
death of Miss Adrienne Benson, aged
II, of enlargement of the heart. Miss
Benson suffered an attack OF scarlet
fever at the age OF five. and ever
since then it was noticed her heart
gradually enlarged and this contin-
.ued until death.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
Revival at Evans.

The revival meeting which Rev.
Fred w. Ingoldstad started in Evans
NJ. f. church Sunday is gaining in in
terest. Crowds are increasing. Some
ten or eleven have been converted
and many are hating between two
opinions. Considerable help is OBJ
tanned from university students for
which Rev. Ingvoldstad is very CRATE
full. At the close of the revival either
the first or second Sunday, Dr. Nc,
Laughlin. the president of the uni
yersity, will fill the pulpit for Rev.
Ingvolstadt. There will be much spe.
cial music Sunday.