Semi-weekly herald., 1912-09-02

him in his trunk at his fathers home
in Brighton.
Sherley was rushed to Brighton in
an automobile by the Cheyenne Of
ficers and turned over to Sheriff
Schloo of Brighton.
The loot was found in his trunk.
Western Press.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 29.-
One important and perhaps the
most unwilling witness will be sum-
moned before the senate committee
investigating the campaign fund
contributions will be Charles P. Taft
of Cincinnati, who financed the
campaign of Brother William" and
who was the real "angel' fer the ma
tional committee at the outset of
the campaign in 1903, when funds
came in slowly and the outlook for
sinews of war were gloomy.
Largely on account of the attitude
of Charles P. Taft and that organi
zation the senators made sheir fight
against resolution and employed
dilatory tactics to hold up the ac-
tion a number Of days.
The only instance that Senator La
Toilette and his threats 10 neliyer n
speech from material he had in his
possession going back ten or IL
years, that would disclose relations
Of certain senators of large corpor-
alton persuaded organization, the
senator's to permit vote
to be takne on the Penr ,se resolu-
ton amended by Poirdexter
Charles Taft gave "a million to the
Taft campaign.
Western Press.
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 20. Mrs.
Caroline Beers, aged 40, who said
she was from Greenville, o., was ar
rested by Pittsburgh detectives at
the Southern hotel today while wait
ing for President Taft with two long
knives, found concealed in her cloth
ing.
The woman said she was the wife
of the president. Mrs. Beers said she
was going to punish the president
She had been noticed yesterday
lettering around the hotel and
told the employees that she was wait
ing for the president.
81 have the sacred knife for Pres
ident Taft she told detectives when
arrested.
The woman did not get near the
president, but was found and rushed
out Of the hotel just as the presi-
Dental party arrived for the Ohio
centennial celebration.
She was found on one of the up.
per floors waiting near the elevator
on which it was expected that the
president would go to his apartments.
One Of the knives found in her
clothing was long, keen bladei af-
fair on the handle Of which was n
picture of President Taft
Mrs. Beers was well dressed. Two
hundred dollars was found in her tel
| escope.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 20
Thomas Noyes, millionaire publish.
| er, president of the Washington
American baseball ciu, died a week
ago from the effects Of being struck
and knocked down on the night of
Aug. 21 by Chas. M. Mundie, mem
ber of the Washington police fcrce.
An affidavit to this effect has been
made by Charles Simply, for 13
years valet to the dead publisher,
and who was corroborated by two
elevator boys of the fashionable
Farragut apartments in front of
which the tragedy occurred. Ac-
cording to the valet's affidavit, Mr..
Noyes left his apartment at / o'clock
on the night of his death, walked
one block to the scene of the assault.
He stood on the corner whistling,
when he was approached by Officer
Mundie, who objected to the noise.
Mr.. Noyes had lifelong habit of
raising his hand before speaking and
generally placing it on the arm. Of the
person addressed in an intimate man.
ner, according to his valet, he raised
his hand when addressed by the Off