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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
IRON WASHERS SUBSTITUTED
FOR GOOD SILVER DOLLARS

money bags, It was known that In
spector Moffitt has gathered evidence
which leads him to think many sacks
both of gold and silver coin have been
tampered with. superintendent Shan
ahan plainly showed his anxiety to
place responsibility for the shortage
on some administration previous to
his predecessor and ex-Superiutendsnt
Frank A. Leach showed similar
anxiety. What is alarming the in
yestigators even more than the loss
involved is the knowledge that there
is a defect in the service which shows
a loss as possible and shows that
thefts wiz cause endless worry. The
indications are that tie culprit must
have been trusted employe. The
discovery might not have been made
for years but for the slight miseaicu-
lation made In the weight OF the
washers. showing discrepancy
Sacks were opened and the deception
revealed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
DEAD MAYOR
is REVILED
Richard Croker, Former Boss
Of Tammany Hall Says He
Was Insincere and Low
ed Notoriety.

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LONDON, Sept 27.-Angered by
reading eulogies of the late Mayor
Vim. Gaynor in New York papers,
Richard Croker. once boss of Tam
many hail. issued statement here
today violently attacking the dead
mayor and defending Charles F. Muir
ply, Tammany hall and his nephew
Z. e. Croker, former chief of New
York's fire department.
Croker denounced a statement that
his nephew resigned through scan
dals. He said: never knew any ex-
cept his oV< domestic affairs which
were settled in court" Croker's s
lengthy statement continued in part:
vice and crime were never so
great in any administration as in
Gaynor's. / often used to- read his
remarks about Chas f. Murphy, say
ing what straight forward man he
was and how the people did not
know or understand him. What
changed his opinion of late? While
he could make use of Tsmmany pow
er it was all right, but when he ia led
10 .get the nomination he turned on
them ! dislike to say ANYTHING ol
those who have passed away but it is
hard to know the inside and keer
quiet and I do know he told Mur-
phys right hand man that he could
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
Farmer Admits Staying His
Wife But Claims It Was
Dcne in Defense of
His Life.
THE WILL in THE TRUNK
Retired Baker Found Dead
With Will at Home Leav-
ing All to His
Landlord.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
PERU, Ind, Sept. 27.-His two sons,
aged three and ten years. respectively,
will be the principal witnesses against
Clinton Wilkinson, thirty-four. confess
ed slayer of his wife, Anna, thirty
four. Wilkinson was lodged In Miami
county Jail here tonight after spending
a few hours each day in Jail at Logans.
port and Kokomo before 1t was set
tied that his farm, the scene OF the
crime of August %, was In Miami
county. The children are in care Of
Prosecuting Attorney Jessup and no
one is permitted to question them
about the death of their mother which
they witnessed. But Wilkinson freely
confesses he Drained her with ham
mer and buried her possibly alive on
the farm. The coroner says possibly
the woman was killed by blows on the
head. Self defense will be his plea.
I'VE qnqarreled over the way she had
carried on with other men and my ap-
lplication for divorce he said. when
I L Sdlu i IulSUl iuhIi " dSSdil II 1iSe
the right woman, she attacked me
with a sharp scratch awl. She would
/ have killed me. / grabbed hammer
I and struck her on the head with IT.
flooring her. She made at me again.
II hit her harder the second time and
! she fell unconscious, or dead, don't
know which now. thought had
killed her. was excited. l thought
only of hiding the body. I dug a
grave in the corn field back Of the
/ house and the eldest boy helped me
/ drag her body out Of the kitchen
The children saw it all. l told them
never to tell what they bad seen. The
eldest boy said he didn't blame me-
Wilkinson told of the hurried sale
of his forty-fve acres and goods and
claimed that he went with the chill
dren to San Francisco and San Diego
4 He said he returned to Logansport
week ago because he wanted to in
vest what little money remained, in a
country store. In the meantime, how
ever. relatives of Mrs. Wilkinson had
made an investigation. The accident
al discovery of a crude grave and the
BODY it held put the police on Wllk'
! inson's track He was captured
Through a letter at Logansport when
I his two sons called for It,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
THE WEATHER.

[United Press Leased Wire Service j
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27,-Weather
forecast:
Iowa: Fair warmer Sunday and
Monday.
Missouri: Unsettled Sunday, prob
ably local rains extreme south por-
ton; Monday fair, warmer.
Illinois: Fair Sunday except rain
in northern and central portion. Men
day fair, warmer.
Local Observations.
Sept Bar. Their WIND W,th,r
27 4 a. O2s 4S n LtFrost
27 4 p. m.-3022 62 E Clear
River above low water of 1864, f.s.
Mean temperature, 56.
Lowest temperature, 40.
Highest temperature, 6S.
Lowest temperature Friday night,
40
FRED 2. GosEW1sCH,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
WIRE SECRETS
TO BE TOLD
Sensational Testimony is Prom
ised in Sulzer Impeachment
Case When Telephone -,
Talks are Told.
[By John Edwin Nevin, staff cores
pondent Of United Press.]

pondent of United Press.]
ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 27.-Far more
sensational testimony than any yet
produced was promised tonight by at
torneys for the assembly board man
ayers in the Sulzer impeachment case.
Through the records OF the telephone
company they say they have traced
conversations between Sulzer and per-
sons who will be called to the witness
stand. It is now intimated that in
several cases the wires were tapped
and stenographic reports OF converse
tfons secured.
So far the testimony has referred
only to campaign contribution which
have not been accounted for. Next
week however, allegations of bribery
and corrupt dealing. and the promises
alleged to have been made in the cases
of pending legislation and especially
will the bills Of Assemblymen Prime
and Sweet be introduced. From the
lips Of Sulzer's secretary, Chester w.
Platt the enemies of the impeached
| governor hope to establish that he
traded positions in the highway and
other departments and legislation for
votes for his direct primary bills.
Platt Is subpoenaed to appear in court
Monday and bring with him copies
OF the governors correspondence.
In addition, the attorneys for the
| probers today went through a great
pile of kilograms turned over to them
| by managers Of the local telegraph
| Offices. These kilograms cover mes
sages from Governor and Mrs. Sulzer
John A. Hennessey, the governors
prober and Secretary Platt.
! Some of them are declared by at
torneys to be highly significant.
Despite the mass of seemingly dam
aging evidence that has been develop
Led the Sulzer forces We're very conf
dent that everything was satisfactory
i The governor will take the stand ant
4 tell what he meant when he asked
! HenryTW Morganthau to be easy will
him. His lawyers say he will brant
as lie the testimony of State Super
] intendent of Public Works Duncan w
/ Peck that he asked Peck to commit
/ perjury and failed to record the con
! tribution OF $500 given Sulzer.
4 Goyernor Sulzer accompanied b.
I Mrs. Sulzer went for long auto ride
4 this afternoon. When approached fol
4 a statement he said he would like tt
4 talk but that his lawyers insisted tha
he refrain until he takes the stand
But will say that I am highly pleas
ed with the expressions of confidence
i am receiving from decent mer
throughout the country" he said
And l am confident that when tn,
truth is known, my course will be ap
proved"
4 Sulzer has received an entire trans
cript of the testimony in his case tt
date He receives complete copy o
the entire days proceedings daily. Al
he goes through it he maps out fo
himself his line of defense.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
engine Mangled the Corpse
Which Was Found to be
That Of Woman Shot
to Death.
HEALER FOUND SLAIN
Woman of Los Angeles Met
Her Death in Her Office,
While Her Head Was
Bowed in Prayer.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO. Sept o7-With the body
V woman shot through the heac
and thrown on the tracks of the Joliet
and Eastern railway, at Wayne, ILL.,,
positively identified as that Of Mrs.
Mildred Allison, a Chicago dancing
teacher, the Dupage county authorities
aided by Chicago detectives, following
down hot leads they believe will re-
suit in an arrest In the next few
hours. Detectives are searching for
man whose name is known to them
who is said to have frequented cab
aret shows with the tango instructor.
They are working on the theory that
he is the same man who accompanied
Mrs. Allison on a trip to Wayne Fri
Gay night to form class Of beginners
in tango dancing, and that it was his
voice, quavering and nervous. that
said to Mrs. v. L. Johnson, with whom
the dancing teacher roomed, over the
phone today: Mrs. Allison does not
want her room any more. She is to
be married and is going away. -
The police theory is tf-t the man
row being sought is the. stranger to
4 The little town Of Wayne who stepped
from the electric car at Wasne last
night With Mrs. Allison and laughing
and Joking started down the car tracks
with her.
Mrs. Fred NJ. Pratt of Wayne watch
ed them until they disappeared In the
darkness. A few minutes later she
heard scream.
Other witnesses say they heard a
pistol shot. So far as learned. no
one thought to make an investigation.
Shortly after midnight Engineer Rob
ell felt his engine crush through a
mass on the track and walking back
discovered the badly mangled body OF
woman. The coroner's autopsy late
today disclosed the fact that :.
victim had first been shot.
In queer love tangle that enmeshed
iHtA'i itA'i uNlSu aolueii,F ucleCLlSeS nope
10 discover the motive of the staying
Mrs. Allison 1t was learned tonight,
was divorced from VIM. Henry ALI
son and was the mother of three
children. Three weeks later the police
asserted they learned she was Sc.
cfetly married at Crown Point to a
wealthy young farmer of Macomb,
III. How she came to find her way to
lne Chicago rooming house where she
has spent several weeks and how she
turned from her recent marriage to
become dancing instructor. appar
emily no one knows. That she met
me man sought by the police while
'eaching young society buds the tan
20 and other new dances, is certain
cut they are positive that the murder
was the result of a love affair.
$500 diamond pin, said to have
heen worn BY the murdered woman
was not found on the body, but IN
spite of this fact neither the Dupage
county authorities nor the Chicago de
teetiyes are strongly inclined to the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
Price of the Good Name CT a
Girl Who Sold Herself to
the Man of
Millions.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LOS ANGELES, Calf, Sept. 27.-
One thousand dollars was the price
of the wifely honor and good name
OF Irene Marie Brown-Leyy, according
to testimony in the trial Of Geo. H.
Bixby, Long Beach millionaire bank
er, today, of her mother Mrs Eliza,
beth Lacey. The price" went to the
mothers bank account while a lawyer
who secured settlement for the girl
from the wealthy aged millionaire
coined fifteen hundred for himself
Mrs. Lacey testified these facts
when she was called to tell Of the
fate of the $4,000 paid over to w S
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
Another Probable Double Murder.
Three BAGS Of Money.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.a
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 27.--
That the three bags of money stolen
from the Queen and Crescent express
bound to New Orleans early Friday
may have contained over 100000
was the statement of John A. Wogan.
assistant chief of the sub-treasnry
here. He believes the money was
consigned to north Louisiana and Ala
bama banks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
Somebody Tempered With
Bags of Money in the Mint
at San Fran
cisco.

lunited Press Leased Wire Service ]
san FRANCISCO, Calf, Sept. 27.
Beyond the statement that "the
souht Is well under way" Superinten-
usnt Snanahan, of the San Francisco
1Hiht would say nothing tonight con.
llng the discovery Of shortage in
he institutions big treasury vaults.
otih, some details did leak out
.noush It is not admitted that sub
s'isll'on has yet been discovered of
more than seven iron washers for as
many silver dollars in four different
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
Little Bow Murdered,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Sept. 2T--l
Threats of lynching were freely made
here tonight by Mortified crowds oni
the fashionable White Marsh club gol&a
links where the nude body of an un-d
identified seven year old boy, murders
ed in cold blood, was found todayll
The head of the child. who the polical
believe, was lured to the links lasts
night, was crushed with a heavy stone'
and the body bore marks Of terrible
beating. Not the slightest clue hasi
been found as to the slayer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
The Will in the Trunk.

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-seeking to
pierce the mystery surrounding ths
finding of the body of Charles Fl.
Goodrich of Blairstown, N. j., In the
woods on the brink of the Hudson, at
the upper end of Manhattan Island
the police tonight arranged for an
autopsy tomorrow Beside evidence
of beating on the dead body, the po-
lice believe Goodrich was poisoned.
There also is a suspicion that the man
may have been taken dead to the fso-
lated spot where his body was found.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
Beef at 10 Gents Pound.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Sept PA rscip-
rocal agreement with Peru will give
America beef at ten cents instead OF
s1.oo per pound, threatened by Chi
cago packers, declared Leguia, exileo
from Peru, who late today called on
Secretary of State Bryan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
Nation Wide Crime Wave.

q Nation Wide Crime wave. y
. LOS ANGELES, Calf Mrs. .
. Rebecca Gay, leading Christian =
. Science healer, found brutally =
. murdered in her office =
. KOKoMo, 1nd.-Clinton VIII =
o kinson confessed he beat his 4
. wife to death and buried her in =
= rude grave.
. CHICAGO Mrs. Mildred ALI =
= son, dancing teacher, found at 4
. tackled and murdered. Body q
. thrown on railroad track.
. NEW YORK-Body of we'll Z
q dressed man, who the police Z
. say. was Charles II. Goodrich, 4
= New Jersey baker, found on Riv- 4
. erside Drive. Evidently beaten 4
= to death.
= PHILADELPHIA Mutilated
q nude body of boy found on golf
. links of Whitmarsh Country 4
= club.
. PEORIA, MI Otto Hoefer, 4
. candidate for sheriff. shot down 4
. and instantly killed
. WATERToWN. X. Bodies 4
= of two Adirondack guides taken
. from Raquet river. Police inyes- 4
= tigation theory they fought in
q boat, both drowning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
Murdered in Her Office.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Sept. 27.--
Four clues are being followed tonight
by detectives searching for the mnr.
derer of Mrs. Rebecca Gay. divorced
wife Of John Gay, a San Diego NIL
lionaire, ants one of the best known
Christian Science practioners OF
southern California. Her body was
found early today in her office on the
fifth floor of a down town Office build
ing. her head beaten with section
of gas pipe to mass of flesh, blood
and bone.
One party of officers is searching
for a relative Of Mrs. Gay, a young
man who is said to have borrowed
from her considerable sum OF
money and to have asked recently for
another loan Other detectives are
following a lead furnished by Mrs, G,
B. shaefer who visited Mrs. Gay in
her offices late yesterday. As Mrs
Shaefer left the Office man entered
bearing small package under his
arm. Are you the man who tele'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
WRINKLES IN
TARIFF BILL
Are Being Smoothed Out and
Measure is Expected to be
Approved by Wilson
Next Week.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.-Investi-
cation Of allegr .s,sontrol Of the Ar
gentine meat .stry by the beef
trust was prf : ed today in q house
resolution b. preventative Kinkead
of New Jer s
Postpone 8 It of operation of the
income ts !. atil the present treasury
surplus ped out, was proposed In
a resolu by Representative Levy Of
New Y
That the present tariff rates on
sugar, molasses and other saccahrine
products be extended until July /,
1914. was the eleventh hour fight
made in house resolution.
Federal license for medical practi-
TONERS was proposed in a bill intro
duced by Representative Riley OF
Connecticut. He would have a board
of army, navy and public health surg.
con pass on all applicants.
Unless specific evidence Of campaign
corruption charges against Represent.
ative Whaley Of South Carolina is sub.
mitted next Wednesday by Mayor
Grace Of Charleston, Grace's demand
for house investigation will be drop
ped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
Boys Bodv identified.


PHILADELPHIA, Sept 27. TITS
my boy, my boy" shrieked Mrs. Will
liam Goldman, here tonight when po-
lice led her to the side OF the corpse
of a seven year old child found MUIR
dere today on the White Marsh Coun-
try club golf links And the mother,
collapsing, was carried out in the
arms of policemen. Identification as
Israel Goldman came only after q.
frenzieG hunt throughout the aristo-
cratic section, and when all today
and tonight excited throngs threaten
ed lynching the slayer Mrs. Goldman
said her boy left his home early Fri
day evening and she has not seen Z
him since until she was led to his
mangled body The only other light
on the boys fate came tonight from
William Boyce, an employe of the
golf club where the body was found
Boyce said he saw the Goldman boy
leave a Germantown car on Friday
evening with short, stout dark man
whose face was deeply pock marked
Another Probable Double Murdef.
WATERTOWN, N. Y, Sept 27.-4
The sheriff and police tonight wera
vigorously investigating the deaths
Of James Call and Henry levine, Ads
irondack guides, whose bodies vera
found today in the Racquet river.
Both were expert swimmers. Their
friends think it tnconceivable that
they could have drowned accidentally.
Police went to work on the theory
that the men died by violence, peN
haps in a fight with each other.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
The Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-The ad-
ministration tariff bill was completed
today except for one feature, that Of
taxing speculation in cotton futures.
Its presentation to congress in the
form Of a conference report with final
ratification by both houses, and ap-
proval by President Wilson next week
appeared certain. Democratic con-
ferees finish their report tonight. They
agreed upon every item except the
Clarke cotton futures tax section.
President Wilson personally attempt
ed during the day to effect a comprom-
Use on this one dispute. Monday morn
ing, republican tariff conferees will
meet with the democrats for per,
functory adoption Of the conference re.
port which will be submitted to the
house at noon There will be two
roll calls; one on adopting the report
and another upon the presidents cot.
ton compromise The report will then
go to the senate, probably late Tues
day night.
A prohibitory tax of $50 bale upon
speculative cotton sales or a nominal
tax of fifty cents per hundred bales
upon those contemplating actual de
livery was the presidents plan as in
ltroduced today by Democratic Leader
Underwood
| House leaders stated emphaticall!
tonight that it would be adopted By
the house Chairman Simmons declar
ed the senate would insist on the
Clarke amendment At meeting to
night, the tariff commission struck
out the senate amendment requiring
foreign bond holders to pay tax or
their income from American bonds,
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IANCO TEACHERS BODY
|. PLACED ON RAILWAY TRACK

theory that robbery was the motive.
The spot where the dancing teacher
was lured to her death is the center
of lonely rayine, on the outskirts of
the village Of Wayne, and flanked on
both sides by the country homes Of
wealthy Chicagoans. But few hun
dred yards distant are the golf links
of the Wheaton Country club In a
thorough search of the locality frag-
ments of letter written on the sta
tionary of the Congress Hotel, Chi
cago, were found Pieced together
these formed an unintelligible note
but fragments Of business card
bearing the name of Carl White. a
private banker of Chicago. brought no
results. White admitted he knew
Mrs. Allison, said he met her at a
dance in San Sousi park Thursday
night. With two other men he said
they visited a cafe near the park
where Mrs. Allison laughingly recon-
mended the tango to the banker as a
means of reducing his weight. Dur
ing the evening. she remarked, White
said, that she was going to Wayne on
the following night to organize a
tango class.
Frank L. Oleson, of the Felecita
Dancing club, where Mrs Allison was
instructor, recalled today that on last
Tuesday night he heard ner talking
in exciting tones over the telephone:
l"Ill give you until midnight to do
something. he heard her say, and
then hang up the receiver.
The murdered woman's first hus,
band, VIM. Henry Allison, and her
sister, Miss Frances Stevens. residents
of Chicago, tonight confirmed the
story that three weeks after her di
vorce from Allison she was secretly
married to Everett Rexroat, a young
farmer at Macomb, H. Rexroat, Miss
Stevens said, gave her his diamond
ring. He went in business in st
Louis after their marriage in May bu,
failed, she said. and then asked his
/ wife to sell the ring to furnish new
capital. She refused and they sep
arated. Five days ago according tx
Miss Stevens, Miss Minnie Rexroat O
| st. Louis, an aunt of Rexroat, wrote
| the dancing teacher. asking her to re
turn to her husband. The reply o
Mrs. Allison -Rexroat in effect was
that she was through with him fol
good. Il do not believe my siste'
was murdered" said Miss Stevens
81 believe she committed suicide. Sh'
has made several attempts to end he
life, three times with carbolic acid
once with gas She told me not lon'
ego some day she was going to en'
lit all''
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