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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-12-30
SETTLED THE FLIRT.

A street car flirt tried in every way
to attract the attention of the pretty
young girl opposite him. Just al
he had about given up, the girl
entirely unconscious of what had
been going on, happened to glance il
his direction. The first Immediately
took fresh courage.
"It's cold out today, isn't it?" he
ventured.
The girl smiled and nodded as
sent, but had nothing to say.
my name is Specknoodle," he
volunteered.
"Oh,- / am so sorry" she said,
sympathetically, as she left the car.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-12-30
HE STAKES HIM.

"Yes, indeed, times have greatly
changed in the last few years."
81 suppose so. FIR instance?"
"Well, f'r instance. A once auto
cratic plumber up in my neighbor-
hood now goes to the naughty butch
er around the corner to borrow
money to keep his business alive"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-12-30
COMPARISONS.

81 have been told" said Gladys,
"that | have swanlike throat"
ut was something like swans, {"
replied her father. "But since YOU
went to the country and got all those
treckles it looks more like gi-
RATES.. ."-Washington Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-12-30
SAGE COUNSEL.

Maude- She's such a quiet little
person that I'm surprised to hear
she's wearing a silhouette skirt.
Edna-P Perhaps she believes in the
old saying that little girls should be
seen, but not heard"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
NEWS GENTLY BROKEN
TO BEREA WE'D FAMILIES

AS gently as possible. kind friends told
TO the widows and fathcrless children
the terrible news OF the triple tragedy
The three homes torn by the havoc Of
the assassln's bullets will suffer most Of
ali by the bloody deeds of the desperate
Topaz.
Three widows and twelve fatherless
children are today suffering the anguish
that is beyond description. In their hour
OF suffering they are borne up by the
grain OF comfort that comes from tho
realization that their heroes went 10 their
death trying to protect the public from
the dark deeds OF the murderous Mex
lean.
Chief OF Police J. w. Grant is survived
by his devoted wife and seven children.
ranging IN ages from to Is years For
several hours after the tragic death OF
her husband Mrs. Grant was not told
that the chief had been killed The first
news she received was that her HUSBAND
had been dangerously wounded Later
when she had steced herself TO the worst
she was told the truth. Bravely she bore
the news and strove 10 conceal her own
grief in trying TO comfort nor children,
Mrs. Wltbeck and her two children were
worried greatly from the time Deputy
Sheriff Otto Witbeck joined tho nianhunt.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
MURDERER MAY BE
MIRAJUANA FIEND

Persons who have lived In Mexico de-
clare that the circumstances OF the four
murders committed by Lopaz within
twelve hours brand him es mrajuana
fiend. or all the vices the habit Of chew
Ing mira juana, a drug derived from a
tropical weed, is said TO be the most de-
grading and deadly to which the Mexi-
cans are addicted.
The confirmed mira juana flend is more
likely than not to be murderer. The
subtle virus OF the deadly iibers goes
through the veins OF the unfortunate vic
tim OF the habit and arouses al! OF the
latent anSnal instinct,
The poison brings with It blood lust
Only the sight OF blood can appease the
cravings The most terrible crimes COM
m!tted In Mexico. apparently without e
motive, have been traced TO the terrible
influence OF this drug.
II Lopaz was victim Of the mira
juana ha bi, former residents OF Mexico
declare II would naturally follow that
the murder OF the three officers yester-
day was not so much because OF a desire
TO escape arrest as to satisfy his iust
for blood elf this is the case the fear
is felt that more victims may be added
10 those already dead. Before the Mex
lean Is finally killed or captured his drug
crazed brain may demand a still grea ter
toll.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22

A premonition seemed 10 have como TO
Mrs. Wltbeck that her husband s journey
was fraught with unusual danger. In the
evening the first tnumatlon that all was
not we'll came from the newspaper men
who requested a photograph OF her hus-
band. Shortly afterward she was told
by her sister-in-law that rumor had
come from Lehi that her husband had
been wounded, She guessed the worst al
most Immediately and then was told of
his brave death
Mrs. Ncphi 8. Jensen was first told by
neighbors that her husband was wounded
they having been informed Of the real
truth by The Tribune. She Immediately
became hysterical and II was some time
before she could be calmed. Later in the
evening. after she continued 10 beg for
reports on her husbands condition. she
was told OF his death. She collapsed. The
three children. aged S, II and l3 years,
hardly realized the awful meaning OF the
death news.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
PEOPLE ARE STIRRED
BY NEWS OF TRAGEDY

No crime IN recent years has so stirred
this section OF the state as the murder
yesterday afternoon OF Chief Grant and
Deputies Witbeck and Jensen. The news
was received In Salt Lake, Provo. Bing-
ham. Lehi and other points shortly after
o'clock and within a half hour the telc-
phone in The Tribune office was ring
Ing almost constantly on account OF In
quirlcs about the crime In front OF The
Tribune office a crowd gathered and dis
cussed the shooting,
In Bingham, Lehi and Provo citizens
gathered and several automobile loads
started for the scene Of the crime in ad-
dition to the regular deputies who formed
the posses. Many Of the autoists were
armed and expressed their willingness 10
assist in the capture Of the Mexican.
In this city the report spread that Chief
Of Police B. +. Grant Of this city had
been shot and killed, the residents get
ting the names confused. This only added
to the general excitement, which rea ched
its height when the performances at the
various theaters concluded.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
CRIME WHICH LED
TO THE MANHUNT

The crime which was the cause Of the
murder OF Chief Grant and Deputies Jen-
sen and Witbeck, occurred at Bingham
Thursday morning about 1 o'clock. Ralph
Lopaz and John Baldez had an alterca-
tion at the cabin of the latter above the
Highland Boy mine. Both were miners
In the Yampa mine and had had dlsa-
greement, the exact nature OF which
could not be learned by their COM
panions,
MeXicans inside the cabin heard the
men quarreline outside and then heard
a shot Beldez was found outside. shot
through the breast. He died within a
few minutes, Lopaz went into the hills
at once.
The friends Of Baldez notified Deputy
Sorenson, who was on duty near the
Highland boy mine and he in turn noti-
ned the officers at Bingham. who started
on the mans trail. AS snow had begun
TO fall about the time Of the murder. the
pursuers found It easy to follow the trail
made by Lopaz
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
INDICATIONS THAT
A. WOMAN WAS SLAIN

CHICAGO, Nov. 21-Indications
that q murder may have been commit
ted were discovered at Aurora today
when a carload OF lumber from Wash
ington was being unloadcd. Workmen
found a woman s bloodstained under
skirt, a school reader, with the inscrip-
tion, "Elsie Helba Day, Springfield.
Ore" and an empty revolver. Blood
was spattered about the car. The
schOolbook, Huss German reader. also
bore the name DR.. II. A, Day, Colville,
Wash
The car was shipped from South
Bend, Wash, September %, by the
South Bend Mills & Transportation
company. It passed through Spring.
field, Ore, day or two later,
The Aurora police has telegra ned
the chief of police of Colville, Wash,
and Springfield, Ore.
Other names in the book, apparently
Mantz, ColviIie, Wash; Alfred Lover,
Des Moines, Ia; Alfred Lover, Spokane,
Wash: Mrs. C, A. Day, Portland, Ore,
and Mrs. D. h. Smith of Unionville,
Pa
EUGENE, Ore, Nov. 2l.-Elsie Hell
ba Day, whose name was found in a
book in a ood-spattered lumber .car
today at Aurora, ILL.,. lived with her
grandmother, Mrs. c.. R. Day, at Spring.
field, q suburb Of this city, until about
year ago, when the grandmother went
to Texas and later returned to Port
land, Ore.
The girl went to some point N the
state of Washington to live with her
brother, Six months ago she wrote TO
girl friends in Springfield that she e1.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22

pected to go east to her mother, an
actress,
Miss Day was about II years OF
age, but very small for her age.
No. lumber for Chicago markets from
southwestern Washington would pass
through Springfield, Ore, which is now
on q main line.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
MEXICAN KILLS
THREE OFFICERS
FROM BINGHAM
Ralph Topaz, Murderer of
Countryman, Shoots Two
Deputy Sheriffs and
Chief of Police.
POSSE SURROUNDS
HIM IN THE HILLS
Pursuers Wait for Daylight to
Begin Search on West Side
of Utah Lake Near
Saratoga.
Saratoga.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

brush we found Grant and Jensen.
Jensen was still breathing. but Grant
was dead.
We took Jensen TO the Jones cabin
and tried TO help him. Jones tele-
phoned 10 DR.. Fl. c. iolbrook at Lehi
for help. He came about twenty min
utes after Jensen died. Grant was
shot from the right, the bullet pene-
trating the body. Before entering the
body, the bullet shattered the bones
OF Grants right hand. Jensen was
shot In the lower part Of the back. the
ball ranging through the stomach and
into the groin. He suffered terribly
before ne died, but was conscious al
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
most TO the lnst.
Trail Is Picked Up.

Last night Deputy Sheriff ]. P. Will
liams OF Provo went 20 the place where
the shooting occurred and in a ditch 113
yards from where Witbeck fell he found
three empty shells and one loaded one.
Leading from the spot which was in an
irrigation ditch and where sagebrush af-
forded an admirable ambush. was a
broad trail in the snow,
Grant and Jensen were lying about ten
feet apart when found and about forty
feet from the place where witbeck was
shot
1t was discovered that on Thursday
night the Mexican had slept IN some
straw in frame shack on the property
Of G. F. Schow. which IS about a half
mile west Of Saratoga Springs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
Optical Department
Farley P. Oleson Dead.

Farley P. oleson. aged 81. died. yes
terday evening after an Illness OF two
years at the family home, 764 South
Fifth East street Decedent, who was
NJ l., was born In Hooper. the son OF
Obey and Emma Rldout Oieson. Besides
the parents. two brothers, Samuel and
Victor, both welI-known football players
of the Utah university. survive. Ar
rangements for tho funeral have not been
announced.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
Army Orders.

AsHINGTON. Nov. 2i.-Captain
Courtland Nixon, infantry. is relieved
from duty with isthmlan canal commits
sion, canal zone. and will proceed To the
Walter Reed general hospital, Washing
ton, D. c.. for treatment.
Captain Charles De. F. Chandler. sig
nal corps, al his own request, ts relieved
from further aviation duty.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
Murderer Surrounded.

After II was found last night that the
Mexican had headed in westerly direc-
ton the officials OF Mosida, Eureka,
Fairfield. Goshen and other points were
such that the Mexican cannot get TO a
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22

brothers for supper. his wife being on
visit In Oregon.
While walking down. he crossed the
trail but not having heard OF the tragedy
he thought nothing OF the footprints In
the snow. Suddenly he heard groans
Coming from the brush. Hurrying IN the
direction from which the sounds came, he
ca me upon Witbeck IN his dying agony.
Whats the matter?" he asked Wit
beck. thinking the deputy had fallen from
his horse.
"I'ye been shot. For Gods sake. get
me some water" sighed the wounded
man.
Jones then hurried on down TO his
brothers cabin TO get assistance. He met
Sorenson.
In the meantime, Mrs. Edward B. Jones
had taken up the telephone receiver to
call assistance from Lehi. ]. II. Wootton
OF the Utah Lake Irrigation company was
talking on the line, She hastily informed
him OF the shooting. He got his brother
J. L. Wootton. and started for the Jones
"a nch I'm a bucc-y
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22

Mr.. Frank P. Gragg Of Limoges,
France, is Mt the Hotel Utah, room C-4l,
with the largest and most complete
lines of French china ever exhibited in
this city. William Gucrin G. Co. and
Pouyat factories contribute to the beau
tiful display.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 2iIElsie
Day is not the person who Is believed
10 have been lured TO a box car and muir
dered. Elsie Day IS IN Des Molnes. Wis"
itIne her brother Alfred Love. whose
name was scrlbbled in the book found In
the car They are brother and sister.
orphans. adopted by different families,
Elsie Day. who has been here two weeks
visiting her brother, said last night that
she believes the victim was Miss slioe
Mccormack. a school teacher OF Spring
Held. Ore, with whom she was inu-
mately acquainted.
The book found In the car was mine.
said Miss Day tonight. Il nave scrlp-
bIed my name and that OF my foster par
ents In IL I suppoSe she borrowed II,
though l bad forgotten IL. She proba-
bly, wrote her own name and that OF
nv brother in It. Alice was very large
girl. tall and ot good proportions. She
was 81 years old Her hair was jet black
and her eyes were very dark brown. Her
nose was aquilne and she wore glasses
er She had been teaching school two or
three years"
MISS Day knew OF no reason for Miss
McCarnack being killed and doubted that
she had been.
"She did not associate with young
men and was quite reserved, she said.
EUGENE. Ore. Nov 21.-Nlss Alice
Mccormack for long time was school
teacher at Springfield. Ore, She Is now
supposed TO be teaching school In Linn
county. adjoining this county, twenty
miles north OF here.
Relatives here have no reason TO be-
lIeve her missing.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
POSSES TRAIL SLAYER IN HILLS

railroad without penetrating the Gordon
OF guards which has been placed at DIFF
ferent points,
II is believed he has seen the hope
iessness OF such an attempt, as all In
dicatlons are that he has sought refuge
in Lake Mountain.
The posse from Utah county consists
of Sheriff Henry East. Deputy Jesse
Harmon and Deputy J. T. Williams.
Harmon is the former sheriff OF Utah
county.
When the news was received In Salt
Lake last night Sheriff Smith started for
smaller machine also The sheriff's car
was driven by Deputy Sanford Hedges
and besides Sheriff Smith contained
Deputies r. l. Edd,neton, David Guest,
Mike Earl and Dr. Claude Shields. Car
No. was driven by Jack" Taylor and
contained Deputies Fred Ellis and John
Y. Smith.
Third Machine Out.
Before leaving Sheriff Smith commits
stoned his chief criminal deputy. Atha
Williams, to secure @ third car from the
police department and 10 bring several
men from the local police department,
Daniel s. Riley was the driver of the
third machine, which carried Deputies
Williams and c. S. Schettier and Pa
trolmen w. H. Hendrlckson. d. Il. Ket-
tington and w. NJ. Domm and Tribune
reporter.
The posse from LehL which was the
first to arrive on the scene, was IN
charge OF City Marshal ]. F. Evans. Ac-
companylng him was Thomas Wood
house, John woodhouse. o.. "a. Sladc. Ell
ton Cooley w. S, Garn and Charles
Beck
The bodies OF the three victims were
last night taken first to the Jones cabin
and kept there until the arrival OF I'm
dertaker Henry Lewis of Lehi. They
were then taken to Lehi and will be
brought TO Salt Lake this morning
Mexicans Rounded Up.
Following the report Of the escape Of
the Mexican murderer, Police Inspector
Carl A. Carlson, taking all available pa
,nd rpade four of
the city for Mexicans. rounding up all
found on the streets. in saloons, or 9TH
er lettering places Shortly after o'clock
crowd of about twenty-five swarthy-
skinned men were brought In. Another
bunch was later taken into custody on
Commercial street and the police station.
while the Mexicans were being searched
and booked, looked as II 1t might be
headquarters OF Mexican army.
When searched, only one was found ito
have a weapon. a small automatic reVol-
yer. However, after the crowd was
locked up, q small pearl handled revol-
yer and razor were found cached be-
hind a radiator IN the desk sergeants
office. The total number Jailed was hfty-
four. All were charged with vagrancy.
There was less than 5000 found on the
persons OF the men.
Trail Discovered.
II. l.. Jones. brother OF Edward B.
Jones, who has a ranch about half mile
west OF his brothers., was the frst man
to run across the trail He left his place
shortly after o'clock TO go down to his
~eseeS..Nanaeesns
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22

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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
Goes Into Mountain.

The posse returned to the Jones cabin
at 90 o'clock this morning They had
followed the trail to a point about one
mile south OF the cabin. II turned west
there into q wood road. leading UP Into
Lake mountain. II he followed the road
It would bring him out at a point mile
west OF the Utah black ma rble quarries
II is not believed, however. that Topaz
Will 60 over the mountain. Exhausted
from the strain OF his long flight he
would hardly be able to negotiate the
heavy climb 1t IS believed that he Will
skirt the mountain around to the south
side and then attempt to make his way
into Cedar valley and on toward the Tin
tic range
Twenty men. most Of them mounted
left Lehi at A. m. for the Jones ranch
Sheriff Smith and an auto load OF depu-
ties left for Mosida, south OF Lake noun
tain, and win begin working back from
there at daylight. Another posse, headed
by Deputy Schettler. will spend the night
at Pelican Point and start from there,
The others will start southwark from tho
Jones runch. led by Julius Sorenson.
There will be proba bly, seventy-fve men
on the manhunt when II reopens at day
break
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
Two Had Died.

When they arrived they went out to
where the men were shot. When they
arrived Grant and Witbeck had died.
They left the bodies there until an ambu-
lance came from Lehi. They brought
Jensen to the cabin, where he died about
twenty minutes before DR.. Holbrook OF
Lchi reached there.
A posse. headed by Sheriff Henry East
OF Utah county. started out on the trail,
which led down the county road towar I'd
Mosida. Tho trail. clearly visible In the
three OF four inches OF snow that covers
the entire territory. ran along the west
side OF tho road toward the foothills In
a general southeriy direction. This gives
the fugitive no opportunity to turn back.
for Lake mountain bars his doubling on
the west and Utah lake on the east. He
must travel south toward Pelican point
and the Moslda project From there he
could get into the Tintic foothills II he
is not caught before ne gets that far.
About midnight the posse started south
on the trail on foot. Those In the party.
besides Sheriff East. were Deputy Sher-
M c. L. SchettIer OF Salt Lake. Elk -Sher-
IN Jesse Harmon OF Utah county. michael
Earle, II L. Jones and oliver Sederstron,
the latter rancher at Pelican point
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
Trail Discovered.

II. L. Jones. brother OF Edward B'
Jones, who has a ranch about half mile
west of his brothers., was the first man
to run across the trail. He left his place
shortly after o'clock TO go down to his
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
Describes Wounds.

DR.. c. l. Shields. inferno In the Salt
Lake county hospital who went to the
scene last night. gave out the following
description of the fatal wounds:
Otto Witbeck-Bullet entered right
side near anterior axillary line at the
fifth rib. 1t came out on the same
side at the back In the mid-scapuar
line. 1t penetrated the right lung and
the man bled to death. living about
an hour.
j. W. Grant-Bullet entered left
side at the mid-axillary line, pass
ing through both lungs, coming out
on the right side at the seventh rib.
bringing with IT portion OF the
nesentary. He died almost Instantly
Nephl s. Jcnsen-Bullet entered
the back at top OF secrum. It frac-
tured the spinal column. tearing the
spinal chord. 1t passed out through
the interior abdominal wall He
blcd to death
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
Reported Progress.

About l o'clock Sheriff East and Jones
returned to the cabin to report the prog
ress, y few minutes later four auto loads
OF deputies started south on the trail to
get ready for the dash at daybreak
At Q o'clock this morning Deputy Sher-
IN Sorenson was asleep In the Jones
cabin, which has been turned over to the
posse. Sorenson Is completely exhausted
from the hunt and the terrible shock at
tendant to the death Of his compa Mons.
Sheriff Smith said he believed that the
men were so tired that they neglected to
dismount and from their saddles. were
easy marks for the murderer lying IN the
nearby ditch
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22

O.CR DRUG STORE Is Al
ll2-114 SO. MAIN STREET
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-21
IOWA STATE COLLEGE GIVES OUT
DATES FOR IowA's WINTER
STUDY CLASSES.
THREE LEcTURING CREWS
TO HAVE CHARGE OF WORK
Will Alternate in the Week Courses
Going From One Point 60 Another
Whore Meetings Arc Hold During
Same Wssk-crssoo and Lamont
Have Dates With Marshaiitown.

Announcement by the Iowa State
College. Ames. today, of the dates of
the winter short courses in this state.
shows the Marshalltown course to be
scheduled for the week OF Dec 1920.
Twenty-three OF the meetings are TO
be weeks courses, and Marshalltown is
one of the towns favored with week 8
meeting. In these weeks courses three
crews will alternate in lectures. divid-
ing their time between the towns that
have courses during the same week.
Listed with Marshalltown for the week
OF Dec. 1920 are Cresco and Lamont.
Aside from the usual farm topics
that will be discussed at the short
courses special attention will be given
to dairying when requested. Horti-
culture Is also to be given special at
tention. and poultry experts will be
provided when desired.