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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-11-22

education. and she WAS only seven
teen when she WAS married to Wake
field, a Bristol farm hand. She became
houSekeepcr for James Hlew, 4 Middle
bury farmer.
Plcw and Wakefield soon Quavrcict
about her Wakefield was found &laiu
last June. Plew confessed the deed
but he and Mrs. Wakefield blamed
each other for plotting the murder so
that they could be married. p,ew.
who has q wife and child. and Mrs
Wakefield, who has two children. have
been sentenced to be hanged on March
4, 1014.
1t has been stated in the ConnecticU;
press that the vote of the board must
be unanimous to commute Il sentence
but the law was changed four years
ago to make Il favorable vote Of five
members effective.
Mrs. Wakefcld's children are With
her parents. Tho boy. who is six years
old, and the girl. who is four. know
nothing Of their parents fate, and they
,lnily say to their grandmothcr Nam
ma will be home today"
The fact that many women have
been convicted Of single handed and
premoditatci murder in Connecticut in
the lust half century. and that all have
escaped the death penalty, and that
Mrs. Wakefield is not even charged
with part in the actual killing Of her
husband. has melted a widespread re-
volt against the decree Of the extreme
PeEa]ty in her case.
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STUDENTS BURN HISTORIES.
lnaignant Geor9iars Destroy Copies
as Band Plays "Oixic."

WaleSlia. Ga.-With Tie band play.
ing "DiXic" The students OF Rciuhnvut
college, numbering nearly 500. ~ath"r.
ed on the campus ana made Il Euu!i"r
OF every copy OF 4 history OF thr init
ed States which had been prescribed
In the curriculum. The book WAS rrr-
pared by Il northern historian. and The
students allcge that the writer il TN
fair to the south and unduly partial
to the north, especially in dealing With
the civil war.
In the history Harriet Bccchcr Stowe
IS praised and jefferson Davis is de-
clared TO have been Il man OF Small
mental caliber and also traitor The
character of some Of the leading south
ern generals also is alta ackcu. it is al
lcCcl that there are even inSinualions
hlHiri&t General Robert T.. Lee.
Eciuharlt college is Uidt.' The aus
piccs Of the Southern Methodist
church. 1t is CoclucHtional ana is the
largest educational Institution in north
Georgia.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-11-22
GsCDEnN RIP hWAKES
FROM 8 YEARS. SLEEP
Like the Van Wrinkle OF Irving,
Ho Finds Many Changes.

Tarrytown, \. "A living Rip Van
Winklc. awakening from nine years uc
Oblivion to find cid friends, d"ad nu,, il,
children grown t" manhood. walks. b.
Wiidrrr'l. in the streets Of his h0.Ns
town, in that very Sleepy Hollow coGp-
Try Of which Irving. author Of Hip.
wrote many tales.
He is Lyman Levy, lo!!S Il lending
merchant III Tarry;own before tho
'blccp' CC years began. 1t was II
mental cloud that shroudcd him and
made him almost nS one dC"1 to his
, ,"GS.
Sow, with tottcrinS step, but ylcar
seeing eyes, he has come slowly back
FROM :hc mysterious Wilderness OF lost
memory.
lie secs rev faces that are somehow
Cld-thc faces of the children who aro
men and women now. lie seeks tho
hnunts Of former ircndN to find thcm
held by Strangers. Many cat he kn~Iv
are now but nH","S upon the grave
Slopes in Sleepy Euilow cemetery.
Eut LrVy'S is N"t 4 mOurnful uwulr.
cNmT. There are scores OF his old
crcnics alive "ul rejoicing In his re-
cGNrry. lie rrmrin!trrS them nll He
remembers everything TINT happened
Up TO nine years ago These nine
years are an utter blank.
At the hr"ht OF his business carnnr
he worried 80 much over y scratch Un
his leg which WAS infected TINT he h2-
came i'll. He recovered physically. hut
made himself n hermit in his home.
When he went ont. at long intervals.
he passed his friends without recogni-
tOn.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-11-22
STRUNG UP TWENTY DAYS.
Prison Warden Uses Harsh Means tc
Stop Drug Smuggling.

Jefferson City. Mo.-S:cvc Willie. the
st. Louis convict who underwent puil-
1shmcnt STRUNG up in tlfc "rinIs Il;
the state pcnitrntiarV fer twenty days
for refusing TO tCll thc source of Wl!i>;-
Ky found in his possession. told War
den -. G. AIcEl;:n:c before the hour
when he was again to Hr strung up
that he got the whisky from Il Jack
son county negro named Wright, who
Is serving seven years fo;' robbery.
Wright. who was " truSty, was sent
to the punishment cells and strung uD
III the rings TO compcI him to tell
where he obtained tllc liquor. Willie
WAS permitted to go back TO his own
cell!
During the past few months large
amount OF hc"Oin has been BROUGHT
into the pcDit"ntiHry, and Warden Nc
fiunE lc!icves Il plant for smuggling
drugs has bean established.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-11-22
TT, SHE WALKS 100 MILES,
Woman Makes Journey to Old Home
In Four DAYS.

Philadelphia,-AIrs. Fannie McGlynn,
seVenty-sevcn years old, who lived
with her daughter, Mrs. John Quinn,
left her home to visit relatives in
South Philadelphia and was found lat
er 100 miles away in palo Alto, a
small town just outside Of Pottsville
She had made the DISTANCE in four
days. :
Mrs. McGlynn recently had talked a
great deal about going back to little
house in Palo Alto in which the faml-
ly lived thirty years ago.
When the woman reached the house
she said that she had come to collect
the rent due. Report Of the 100 mile
trip Of the woman aroused the int crest
Of the authorities. who found that the
McGlynn property was sold by tie
county commissioners in 1881 for non.
payment CT taxes.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-11-22
CN 4 GCJSEBERRT JAG.
New Fruity :ntonicant Produces a
Great Wal'opinn Power

Fort Collins. Coo.--Thc weird dreams
or the absinthe Grlnlicr have nothing
on tie peculiar effects OF Il now Kind
OF jag induccr which has been dis.
covered by some itUSSians who live
near LOvcland.
This new booze Is fcrmcntnl
gooseberry juice and while under its
1nhucnce Henry MoScr. Il snail Rus
Sian, whipped Peter KrUig and George
Addison, both Of them six feet tan.
The battle took place ut the home Of
Henry Schalfcr. and in police court
Mo&er gave vivid dc#Cri ptiOn OF the
power he fc!t and told the. court he
was only sorry his legs were too short
to make it possible for him 10 over
take addison, who ran away before he
was entirely inOc.;cd out
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INSPECTOR JOSEpH Il. FAUROT.

they have "recCru#"-thnt is when
they have been n the tolls on Dreyi-
Gus OCCASIONS
Finger prints are divided into four
classes. known rs ''iOOps,' ''HrciicS."
"S"Clc%' and composites" It takes
nn expert h't an instant to classify
TIE prints. These are all lir:pt on file
&t N"!ic2 headquarters IL !rr.~l. cities,
ana Immediately after some crime is
committed the detectives try TO obtain
the finger prints OF the criminal.
These are taken TO the headullartcis
fcr comparison. Along with the prints
tEcTc are kept descriptions Of the
criminals and in many Instances pho
tographs. Thus, once the print Is OBJ
tained, Identification becomes Il SIM
pie matter II the record IS on file
TO bring out tie prints ana make
the lines clear certain Cllc:.lic;iiy are
used. The faintost marks can be made
to show clearly upon any object.
This system was inaugurnted By IL
spcctor FaurOt. and he has developed
1t so that 1t IS now considered one Of
the best weapons in the hands Of the
detectives.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-11-22
DEER FIGHT TWO HOURS.
Bucks Lock Horns Finally and Ara
Shot to End SljffcriDcs

Bucks Lock Horns Finally and Are
Shot to End Suficrinss.
South Orange. n. J.-After fighting
for two hours two male deer bcon.lpg
to the Essex county park comlniss; on
locked horns on the hillside paddock
at the South mountain reservation and
had to be shot to end their ssufrcrings.
1t Is just 81 year ago since dozen
manned bucks and does were found on
the reservation. AlonzO Church, sncre-
tarv to the park commission. summon
ed Dr. Hornaday Of the Bronx zoolog-
1cal garden to solve the mystery. He
found that 1T was the season when the
larger bucks become vicious. and Il
number Of them were shot. Then two
other bucks which had shown murder
Gus dispositions We're also shot to in
sure the safety Of those that remained.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-11-22
FIAYY NEGLECTS RELIGION.
Daniels Wants Number of ChapIaino
Increased.

Newport News, Nu.-Ncglect of reli.
gion by the United States in It's navy
IS Il rcproach to til" republic, Secretary
Daniels declared here in an address be-
fore the United brotherhOOd OF Mems
Bible Glasses. uhc secretary nnnounc-
co that he would ask congress- inlmu-
Giatcly to provide chHplainS and well
1hrc secretaries nrOpOrtionate to the
nuVyS personnel.
T"cnty-four chaplnins. he said, ure
all that the government now provides
to LOOK after the religious welfare of
the naVy's GI 900 men. the number Of
chNl'ainS not having been increased
since 1912, when the personnel Of the
navy nuEIDcrcd only 1900 men
TN" secretary added that more than
%"Nc'n% %-iivp important ships in the
navy have no religious leader a.tnrl,rd,
W.i'c the marine corps. with an enlist
mcnt Of 1926 men. has not q single
chaplain to look after the spiritual de-
Veloplncnt Of its personnel.
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Mrs. Wakefield Sentenced TO
= Be Hanged.
may. ESCAPE The GhLLOWS.
Harious Organizations and Prominent
Women In Connecticut Protest
Against Extreme Penalty-She, With
Aid of Man, Brought About tho
Death Of Her Husband.

Hartford, Conn.-Aroused as they
never have been before, Connecticut
women Of every walk in life are shoul-
. dering the burden Of preventing the
state from intiicting the death punish
ment upon Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield.
convicted as an uccomplice In the mur-
der OF her husband
From every conceivable vantage
point wives and daughters Of promi-
snent men, aEE'ragistS and women op-
posed to their sex exercising the right
of franchise are attacking as disgrace-
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1fui and unwarranted the carrying on
. o< the court edict that Mrs Wakefield
shall be hanged.
From every corner Of the state the
I protests OF the women are being voiced
IN the form Of publicly circulated peti-
tons to which many thousands Of
names are being signed daily. In pub
1tcity campaigns and In personal de-
mands being made upon members of
the state board Of pardons, legislators
and jurists. Although Mrs. Wakefield
house, no word yet has been received
by her indicating what will be the re-
suit Of the unique crusade.
If Mrs. Wakefield dies for the mur-
der Of her husband, in the actual com
mission Of which she was not accused
of having taken hand. she will be
the first woman put to death In the
state since 1876.
Connecticut's lcniency toward women
who have been convicted of murder Is
explained In part by it's efforts to atone
for It's unSavOry record in Colonial
days, when six women were burned or
hanged as witches. In 174J Elizabeth
Shaw. q feeble minded girl was hang
ed on her fathers testimony that she
had killed her infant child. She was
e executed after she had ridden q mile
to the scaffold seated on her coffin and
crying aloud to be saved But since
Connecticut became q state only one
woman has been legally put to death
within It's limits
Mrs. Wakefield is twonty-four years
old and Is one Of six children of Mr..
and Mrs. Hiram Webster of Middle
bury. an uncultured. but honest, cou-
pie. who for years have eked q bare
2living out of a rocky farm.
The Daughter received practically TO
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MAIL COURTSHIP WINS.
Postal Cards Unite Couple Whose k1ca
Erc Seventy SIX and Scvenfv-ono


NilkeSbaryc. pH.-Aftcr rO,nting five
months through tie mails and meeting
hi# bride only i've weeks ago. l0S>Dn
". Oliver, $cvcnty-onc years cid, OF
Sweet Valley. Pa. and Mrs. Mary NHn
hu!t, Scycnty-sjX years old. cH this
city. were united i'll marriage here Dy
Alderman John l.. Pollock.
Frank Lewis, Il truck farmer. vas
the nntchlDnkn%. After the death -"
Mrs. Van Ault'S husband five monji
ago Lewis learned that she was hcnrt.
broken. One day he suggested t,at
she mHrry again. declaring that h.
knew an aged man out in the country
who would make her good h,IS,Hlid
Then Lewis saw Oliver and suggest
cd marriage to him. Oliver became j..
tcrcStcd az once and asked fp? 49,
wOinan'S name and address. Tic IT,
day he mailed colorcd postal t. i.,',.
giving his name and rural address, -
q short time lie received "A cOlOrcd pr+t-
al from Mrs. Van Ault. and then H..
venturcd to write 4 letter. Tho cor.
respOndcncc led to q meeting and tie
marriage followed.
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IDENTIFIES CRIMINALS
BY FINGER Prints
Inspector Faur0t Peffecls Great
Weapon For Detectives.

New Iork. Under the direction Of
Inspector Joseph \. Faurot, chief Of
New York city'S detective bureau. the
finger print system Of identifying Grim
inaiS has been almost perfected. and
In this manner Identification Of crmi-
uals becomes simple matter when
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O!SMEMBER LIVING MAN.
Sons n-law Suspected Of Atrocioue
Crime In Spain.

Badajoz. Spain.-Thc police have dis
covered in n vacant lot thc diSmcm.
hercd body Of Scnor Uicucra Real.
who disappeared and for whom gen
erdl alarm had been issued
The theory that hr was Killed by his:
S""%.ilI-laW. some money affair being
tl' nOtiv" for the crime. is held BY the
police. The physicians assert th1t the
dism"mbcrin@ o7 tlc body had begun
when ~" man VIZ VT alive.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-11-22
CITY CHRISTMAS TREE.
Chicago to Have One With GIistenino
Ice and Presents.

Chicago.-Children Of the street hero
are to have municipal Christmas
tree for the first time this year The
tree is to stand in Grant park, facin..
the lake front, and is to be placed il
position long enough before the holt.
days so that it can be sprayed with
water and make spire of glistening
ice.
According to plans of the Municipal
Christmas Tree association, The lake
front is to be blaze of light during
the entire week
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
"
HORACE
HAZELTINE
SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron. capitalist consults
Philip Clyde. newspaper publisher, re-
has received, The first promises sample
OF the writer's power a certain day.
On that day the head Is rnysteriously cut
from portrait Of Cameron while the lat
ter Is In the room clyde has a theory
that the portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head later
by Cameron Evelyn Grayson. Cameron.
niece. with whom Clyde Is In love finds
tree. wher. 1t was had been used as
target Clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy.
Clyde learns that Chinese boy employed
by Philatus Murphy. an artist lNins
nearby. had borrowed a rife from Cam
erons !odgekeepr: clyde makes an eh-
cuse to call on Murphy and Is repulsed
He pretends to be Investigating alleged
irfractions Of the game laws and speaks
of finding the bowl Of an opium pipe un.
was found The Chinese boy Is found
dead nsSt morning. While visiting Cam
eron In his dressing roofl Nell Gwynne
mirror 10 mystertously shattered Cameron
becomes seriously III result OF the
shock. The third letter appears mysteri-
ousiy Cameron's sick bed. II makes
direct threats against the life OF Cameron.
Clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty. He tells Evelyn everything ana
The yacht picks up hsherman iouna
drifting helplessly in a boat. He gives
the name OF Johnson Cameron dlsap-
pears from yacht while Clyds's back Is
turned A fruitless search Is made for
motor boat seen by the captain Just be-
fore Cameron disappeared. Johnson is az
lowed to go after being closely questioned
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert In
Chinese literature. who pronounces them
OF Chinese origin. Clyde seeks assistance
from Chinese fellow college student.
who recommends him to Zip Sing. most
prominent Chinaman In New YORK The
latter promises to seek Information or
Cameron. among his countrymen Among
Cnnerou's letters Is found one from one
Addison. who speaks Of seeing Cameron
DZtrt 1a tran
clar-u to Clyde that he had never been IN
China Clyde calls on DR.. Addison.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
VOICED ALL THEIR THOUGHTS
Office Boy the Only One Of the Crowd
Of "Mourners" Who Was Truth
ful In His Speech.

The treasurer of the bank was dead.
Word had just been received over the
telephone. 1t was shortly after busi-
ness hours. and as IL by common con-
sent. all of the employees gathered
together in little group.
Il feel as though had lost a broth
err" said the assistant treasurer.
Il shall never get over it," added
the cashier
'It makes me sick" whispered tho
paying teller.
ut is very. very terrible" murmured
the receiving teller.
Il shall think about 1t all night"
remarked the bookkeeper.
Its awful-awful!" said the clerks.
There was a moments silence, then
the errand boy spoke.
Il wonder who'll get the job?" he
chirped.
Everybody gave an involuntary
start. The errand boy had been .
mind reader.-Puck.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
WZ9 y A&9A
SABLE
4X InnGHA
l10RCHA
cooHq>oHZ l9x> &c ~r1M9c s. ca

OF individuals and vehicles. l was
In carriage, myself. and Cameron
was afoot. walking In the opposite
direction. AS We passed each other,
he did not seem to see me, though l
called to him loudly. This. however.
did not surprise me. for there was an
ungodly racket In progress. Instantly.
| had the carriage turned about. but
before | could overtake him, he was
lost in the crowd. l was leaving Pc
king that afternoon. and SO had no
afterwards and told him OF the Incl
dent, and how ! regretted having to
go away without exchanging at least
a word with him. To my amazement
he not only denied having been In
Peking, but in the Chinese empire at
all. When We met in London. the fol-
lowing spring. and l recalled the mat
ter. asking why he had refused to
admit what I knew to be the truth,
he became icily indignant; and that
was the beginning OF the end. II l
had conceded the possibility OF mis-
take on my part. all might have been
well. | suppose: but there was no such
possibility. l had known Cameron for
twenty odd years. and | could not have
made an error. l had seen him dis
tinctly. clearly. at midday in the open.
1t was he beyond all peradventure.
and from that time to this | have been
unable to conceive why he lied to me.
and why he chose to end our friend
ship rather than admit what was IN
dubitable fact"
His explanation finished, he reached
for a pen. and, as he dipped 1t in the
ink. he added:
Il trust you will pardon me. Mr..
Clyde. l have detained you"
You have interested me-" l assured
him. And that more than l can tell
you" Which was quite true: yet !
was even more perplexed than inter
ested. To the maze OF circumstances
there was now added another battling
feature
DR.. Addison handed me the prescrip-
ton he had written.
after meals. and at bedtime" he
directed, with return to his profes-
sional manner. III you do not find
yourself much better at the end Of
a week. come in again"
On the sidewalk tore the little
square Of paper into bits which the
wind carried in tiny furry across
Madison avenue.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
Woman Bank President,

Mrs Elizabeth Davidson has the dis
tinction of being the only woman bank
president In the state OF Maine and
the fourth In this country. The bank
was founded 10 years ago and for 1a
years continued under the same man.
agement and in the same small rented
room. The first president dying, the
directors elected Mrs. Davidson to
take his place. 1t was such a small
matter that they were willing to trust
it to a woman. Mrs. Davidson went
into the business with such vim that
the deposits increased from hundreds
to thousands and tens of thousands
From one rented room the bank quar-.
ters increased steadily. and short
time ago 1t was moved into a fine new
building erected for 1t. Mrs Davidson
attends every meeting OF the directors
and keeps in close touch with every
detail of the business
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
CHAPTER XIV.
The Dark Of Doyers Street.

| At one O'Clock that day, Evelyn
Grayson joined me at luncheon at
Sherry's. She had been in no mood
to walt any longer than was absolutely
necessary for tidings OF my visit to
Dr. Addison: and. moreover. she had
news Of her own which she was
anxious to convey to me.
have often wondered why 1t is
that the I-told-you-so passion is inher-
ent in all women. There are those
who manage to control II with ad-
mirable success under average circum-
stances, but SOONER or later. even the
most courageous battlers against this
maternal heritage succumb. and in
dulge in a sort Of disguised orgy Of
reproach.
Evelyn might have told me. for in
stance. that Captain Macleod, after
careful investigation. had been unable
to discover either hair or hide OF Pc
ter Johnson in Gloucester or else
where, and stopped there. That is
what man would have done. But,
altogether admirable though she was.
the eternal feminine was strong with
IN her Therefore 1t was incumbent
upon her to add:
"It doesn't surprise me, Philip.
When you told me how you picked
that man up, l was confident that he
was floating out there in your path
Just for that very purpose"
had no inclination to dispute the
point with her That was the most
painful part OF 1t. I knew that she
was right-that In putting Peter John
son ashore, instead OF in irons. l had
committed an error that might prove
irrem ediable. But why couldn't she
see that l realized II, and was smart
ing under my own condemnation, and
so have spared me this added torture
Of hers? Why? Because she was her
mothers daughter. That is the only
answer.
As for my interview with ''Pythias"
Addison, We discussed 1t In all its
phases, without reaching anything
like a definite conclusion. Taking ev-
erything into consideration the evil
dence certainly seemed convincing
that Cameron, In spite of his denials.
had been in China in 1903. And yet
we could not reconcile this with that
almost fanatical love Of truth which
we knew to be his.
Couldn't DR.. Addison have been
mistaken" Evelyn asked.
"It Is possible, OF course" ! an
swered. Yet Cameron's face and fig
ure are not OF, common type. Be-
sides, don't believe in doubles.
have heard Of so-called wonderful like.
nesses, but have never seen any that
would deceive friend Of twenty
| years standing"
A little later she inquired whether
the detective engaged to shadow PHI
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
Neatly Caught.

An angler once missed his gold
cigarette-case. and. being very much
upset about 1t, but not being quite
certain whether 1t had been lost or
stolen. resolved not to mention the
matter to soul-not even 70 his wife
Two years had passed by when, on his
happening to meet with a piscatorial
acquaintance by the riverside. the
man astonished him by remarkinR:
Il say, did you find that cigarette.
case you lost some time ago?"
No." replied the angler to the more
astonished inquirer; but you didi"