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The chronicle=news., 1913-01-20
MISTAKE CAUSES
RAILROAD STOCKS
TO TAKE Big JUMP

New York. Ian. 2o.-Thc mistake
Of a stock "Nchang. broker gave Wall
street today the most exciting ten
minutes II has had for several weeks.
Word was flashed around that tho
supreme court had handed down its
long awaited decision In the Mime
sofa rat" case and that the decision
WAS favorable TO III. railroads.
tproar followed OH til. exchange.
Roth brokers. who had been lettering
III the lobby rushed on the floor and
Degan. 10 hid clsmorously- Tor s;a.As.
Prices mounted rapidly. the leading
railroad Issues rising half point
or NOR. between sales. Union Pacific
bounded NJ three points and other
stocks from 10 points. The move
menf ended as suddenly as IL began.
II was learned tina: broker had mis-
read telegram and Instead Of til"
MinncSota case. II proved to bc a
cas-" OF only minor importance whicn
the supreme court had decided. Prices
fell back and soon reached the low
esJ level ni III" day
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Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 2O.-Scenes
of violence which lasted fully three
quarters OF an hour and which In
cluded two separate encounters be-
tween Speaker Martin l.. Pratt and
Speaker pro TEN W. J. Wood, threw
the lower house of the Wyoming leg
islature in hopeless confusion Just
before noon today. Absolutely no
parliamentary order prevailed ana
the scene was only ended by an
agreement among the members on
the floor when cool-headed leaders
OF either faction announced an agree
nent to let matters stand just as th"y
were until . O'Clock this afternoon.
10th Pratt and Wood claimed au-
thority over the house and with WOOD
sitting in the speakers chair and
pratt welding the gavcl the show OF
authority seemed about equal.
The immediate OCCASION of the
trouble was the attempt of Speaker
Pratt to call to the chair i. c. Hun
ter. Republican OF Carbon county. An
.anToal from the speakers ruling up
on the offer of substitute commit
tees by the Democrats for those he
had submitted. undIn which he HIM
self held the balance Of power upon
the two important committees. rules
and elections.
hunter took tho chair and Pratt
went to Hunters scat on the floor
Judge Metz. Democrat arose and de-
clared that the speaker could not
designate any other than the speak
err pro TEN to take the. chair and call
ed upon Representation W. J. WOOL
OF Cook county. speaker pro tom ana
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WYOMING HOUSE FACTION LEADERS
QUARREL AND FIGHT FOR The CHAIR

Democrat to preside. This Wood
proceeded to do and Hunter yielded
the chair to him.
Thcrcupon Pratt started to re-
sumo the chair himself Wood sat
staunchly in his place until Pratt.
graspinE him by the shoulders with
both hands. threw him violently off
the platform. Wood struck on both
hands and his face, but promptly
arocs aud rushed back to tho chair
again. The men grappled until
Chaplain Davidson and others on the
platform held them.
Welding his gavcl. which he had
gotten hold of IN the mix-up. Pratt
declared the house adjourned. lTav-
ing the prestige of the speakers
chair and using n paper weight for
u gavel. Speaker Pro TEN Wood
shouted to tho sergeant at arms to
close the doors and allow no one to
leave. He then called for roll call
upon the appeal motion. Standing
over the chief clerk, gavel in hand.
Pratt forbade tho calling of the roll.
Another climax followed in ten
minutes after the first violence be-
tween the speaker aud speaker pro
item when, with several hackers on
either side. they grnppled and Pratt
attempted to git his own chair in
place OF the clerks chair he had ap-
propriatcd for the time being. At
tempting to interfere. Representative
Sproul who has heretofore been
closer to Pratt in counsel than any
other Democrat, was kicked in tho
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DIST. ATTORNEYS
Of STATE PLAN TO
HELP CRIMINALS

Tho district attorneys OF Colorado
met at the state house In Denver on
Saturday and perfected an organiza-
tion. Al this meeting attended by
the district attorneys OF u number OF
districts OF the stact. the matter of
reform among criminals was discuss
ed with considerable enthusiasm.
The prosecutors considered that what
is needed is Il cOmhined effort to
help those who have broken the laws
to lead better lives and to .nconr-
age Others who would commit crime
to realize the benefits OF being law
citizens. j. J. iicndrick. dis
trict attorney Of the third judicial
district attended the meeting. He IL
n member OF the legislative commit
tee.
NJ. ". Purcell OF Colorado Springs
was elected president. Governor 4.
NJ. Ammons. Attorney General Fred
Farrar. William Thomas. Secretary
State Board Of Charities. Fred l..
faddlcford. superintendent State In
dustrial school. Thomas lyman. war
den OF the State pcnitcn,iary. A. r.
Stewart, warden OF the state reform
a'ory and f.. Y. Brake. deputy state
labor commissioner were made hon
orary members.
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Sugar Planters
Seek Madero Aid

Washington. Jan. 2".-Snsar pian-
tcrS IN Vera Cruz. Mexico. heavy
Users by rebel deprcIaiious. Ahavr
notified the Mad"ro government that
If /, does not pay the rebel Iapnta.
TO protect their growing crops. they
will do 80.
Consul Edwards reports from Juar-
ez that except for the uncertainty OF
railroad transportation. revolution
AIRY troubles on the border SEEN to
be subsiding. Although General
Blanco OF the federal forces is miss
ing. rumors OF the capture and exc
cution oi Blanco can not he confirm
ed
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CHAC0N PLEADS GUILTY TO
INVOLUNTARY MANSlAUGH1ER-9 MOS.

ana was Just rraIkiur up 10 tax. the
lIr did no; know who struck the
man tina, he saw fall off the side
walk. There Was conflict OF tcs'i-
mouy among Witnesses Tor state and
defense as to- whether PuChoCo was
hit while on tn" sidewalk or out in
the street
Tha, EsIuil raUheco was standing
IN the Conrcr OF Main and Santa
Fc avenue on the nigh; Of October :.
and Hen ChacOu came along and
struck him down. was the substance
Of the testimony of William Bruno
and Manuel Quiutana. two of the
principal witnesses FOR the state who
were witnesses to the blow that
caused pachcco 10 fall inflictins the
injury that resul'cd in his death the
following day nj the hospital. Both
men we're standing near lach"co.
they testified. when the west sid"
prize fighter knocked Pacheco down.
Coroner B. H. Sipe was the first
witness called after the special vc-
nirc of six jurymen had been called
in and tho panel completed. Sipe
testified to receiving the body and
o. making an examination, describ-
ing the nature uf the mans injuries.
Officer W. T.. Waller testified to
seeing the rrCstratc body o: Pacheco
after he had been struck. The of'ic-
er said lie had been called to qucll a
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ARSON RING" ON TRIAL

Chicago, Jan. Operations OF
the alleged Arson ring who cni-
ployed hy members in arranging in
ccndiary fires w.r. disclosed to states
attorney. iIoyn. when he resumed his
investigations OF tho case today. In
one fir" under investigation II IL
said score OF more of sausage skins
filled with gasoline were strung on
wires to start the blaze. These
gasoline sausages. exploded and
spread III" flames.
the states attorney today. It is ex-
pec'ed III. case will be presented TO
the grand Jury tn" last OF this week.
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After all Of the evidence had been
presented in district court at 2:30
this afternoon in the case OF Ben
Chacon. charged with the killing OF
Esquil Pachcco. the defendant with.
drew his plea Of not guilty and en-.
tered a plea Of guilty to involuntary
manslaughter. The case was accord.
ingly taken from the jury and Cha
con was sentenced to term Of nine
months in the county Jail by Judge
McHendrie.
Attacked by bunch OF brawlrrs
with whom earlier In the nigh, of
December he had been fighting.
Ben Chacon, west side boxer. on trial
in the district court today for the
killing of Espuil Pacheco. claimed
that he struck Pacheco the fatal blow
in self defense. believing that Pachc-
co was about to strike him. The
state rested its case II, noon and the
defense rested at $50. 7. 5. Nc
Chcsncy appeared as counsel for Cha
con.
In the material points of evidence
there was conflict OF testimony.
William Bruno and Manuel Quin-
tana, witnesses for the state. stated
tnat Chacon had walked up to Pa
chcco standing on the sidewalk and
Catolina and Ben Bartholomew tes-
titled that there had been "A free for
all fight on the street and that Cha
con, defending himself against sew
cral. turning around saw Pachecc be-
hind him and thinking he was about
to be hit. struck pacheco.
II was brought out that there had
been two previous fights. In dane"
hall n bunch had started trouble
with Chacon and Chacon had enlist
ed Bartholomew and Caponi to help
him. The three had been ordered
out of the place by the police. Cha
con said he thought Pachcco was one
of the men who started trouble at
the dance hall. Bartholomew and
Catolina were not certain, Accord
ing to their statements it was the
three men against the crowd.
Coming down the street Catolina
and Bartholomew were stopped and
another short fight took place. In
the miNup further down the street
Chacon struck Pachcco. Catolina
said that II Bruno had not stopped
him the last miNup would not have
taken place.
!. NJ Barulich. a chauffeur, called
by the defense said he had an auto
mobile party at the Grand that night
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oSACE INDIANS
CASE IS PRESENTED

Washington. Jan. CT. J, i~ahy.
representing ih. O.ac- Indian Coun-
"ilnIS recently d'i.os.J hy Secretary
Fisher. occupied the cnt!r" time TO-
hay b'Ior" the iiousc iaI.an affairs
committee, hearing charges tia, the
secretary. acting faNorab.y to the
STANDARD OH compan. had refused ;o
permit the indiun. to lcus. their Ok
!nhoma LANDS TO III" Uncle Sam Oil
""mpany Mr. lHahy declared there
WA nothing Improper or crimtnA!
In 'he negotiations Tor th. Uncle
SAN iis ~ The dspav,nep. of JUS
tice i- about to present tho result OF
ITS !nNostIgntion regarding them To
u federal grand Jury. Il developed
that Secretary Fisher had previously
removed chief. and assistant chief
and u councillor for bribery. Secrc-
tary Fisher was waiting TO make his
statement bu, the committee adj
jorrnod until tomorrow.
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BALKAN ALLIES
GIVE THE TURKS
4 DAYS TO
YIELD

London. Ian. 2".--Buigaria. Ser
via and Montenegro today presented
an ultimatum to Turkey giving the
Ottohan government fourteen days In
which To make a favOrnhl" reply to
their demands. according to d"s-
patches from ConstantinOplc
Full power to declaT" the fesImp-
tion OF hostilitics against Turkey was
ic'crraIh he'd today to Or. :. Dan"ff.
and his colleagues by the nuigarian
prcmIr. u : Gucchoff. who told
them Ia exercise It whenever In their
opinion further peace negotiations
became useless.
The Representatives OF the Balkan
allies Will therefor directly notify
General Savonoii, the Bulgarian
commander in chirI. that III. arms
tice has ended as soon as It becomes
apparent that th'r. Is no hop. OF
tn. peace pl-n!potcntlarIcs reaching
a mutually satisfactory arrangement
i!os,ili,ics viii commenc. ionr days
af'.rward.
IN" buiSaflaIN nav" now a4s'oF-
cred that they have been completely
misi.d In regard TO the conditions
prevailing In the bcicagurcd Turkish
fortress OF Ndrianopic and hHv. con
s.Iucn,ly decided that n prompt
chang. In their policy Is necessary.
Two weeks ago they were informed
that tho fall OF the fortress .oultl he
expected hourly hut u recent council
OF war held a; Mus'apha Fashn an
der III. presidency oi King F.rdln-
and cam. to the conclusion that
Shukti Pasha. III" Turkish command
er In Adrianoplc. had been able to
economic 10 such an extent that N,e
xurrison would BE- ablc TO resist per-
naps for several months more.
Skuri rssha. 1t appears. dsludeti
the Bulgsrians by means of false re-
ports spread by supposcd dcserters
who reached the Bulgarian lines
drawn around the city
The commanders Of the bulgarian
forces now know III" truth and Bull
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-20
BANK RoBBER IS
CAUGHT IN PUEBLO

Pueblo. Colo. Jan. .o.--A young
man arrested hero nndcr the name OF
Charles Clark confessed in police
court today that h. Is wanted In Ok
lahoma for six bank robberics. In
Guiding the Clarcmoro State Bank on
November l.. 1872.
Clark says his right name Is Hom-
cr Richards and tina, as richards he
was member of u gang OF bank
robbers in oklahoma. Richards was
supposed to have been killed nj Ch.y.
rnnc. Wyoming. on January 10 in
n street duel with sergeant Talbot.
CLARK, or Richards. was arrested
here for heating his wife. but in
court today they admitted they were
no, married. The woman said she
was Amy Harrison OF Eureka
Springs. Arkansas
The police OF Tulsa. Oklahoma. :.
been notified.
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witnesses declared that 40 such state
ment was made.
These facts were established bv
the taking of evidence: Dominick
Liacoma was Killed on Sunday night
in the kitchen Of the house of Al
fouso Gaiossi where Bartolinni and
.Concianclli batched; that his throat
was cut and the body thrown into
the we'll where ii was found next
morning. That Concianclli was seen
alone and with l.iacomn on the street
at Starkvill. sunday afternoon: that
concianclli wore u grey suit of
clothes which suit. covered with
hloodstainp. was found in an arroyo
near the house on Tuesday. That
iartolinni came to Trinidad Sunday
night and met Concianolli and was
told OF the murder; that Luigi Gaia
rellI knew that Liacoma had been
killed; that Cnncianell cashed dc.
post ccrtificat" and took a train for
the east
The witnesses at the inquest were
Or. T.. ! Scanned. who examined the
body at the morguC. Deputy Sheriff
Frank TrujillO, who made the iuycS-
ttgatiOu OF the case, salvatore and
Dominick SpiCCola. who had seen
ConcianclIi wearing the grey clothes.
Cruise PctragUuo. to whose houso
EartOlinni and Coucianelli had been
on Sunday. Tony Bartolinni aud Lui-
81 Cafarclli to whom Concianclli ad-
mttcd the crime and Frank Monelli
and DOminiCk De Angelo who lived
nj the house of PotraCone.
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Hartman Declares
Labor Men Innocent

Los Angeles. calf. Jan. 2O.--Job
Hartman. one" socialist candidate
for mayor OF los Angeles. and assis-
tant counsel in the Mcnamara case,
addressed the convention of the state
building trades council today, dcclar-
ing that Olaf \. Tveitmoe and r. a.
Clancy of San Francisco and j. J..
Munsey of salt Lake City, labor
leaders. convicted at indianapolis
and now confined at Lcavcnworth.
Kansas. were innocent
At the close Of Ilarriman's address
u veil OF banners was dropped at tn.
rear OF the stage. showing Tvcitmo.' 5
picture. drapcd in n huge American
flag in the ccutnr. The delegates rost
and chCer"d
Tvcitmoe is secretary of the couu-
ell
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SUPREME COURT
REvERSES THE
COMMERCE
RULING

tho con,..> scis supreme
court today Dcrnn.. order OF
tho Interstate Commerce Commission
for reduced rates from New Orleans
TO Mobile and Alabama interior
points. TO stand.
The theory advocated by the gov
ernmcnt that the Interstate Com
nerco mission has absolute juris-
dIcti0n over evidence In rat. cases
TO tho exclusion of the courts. par
tkularly the commerce court was
struck down by the supreme cour,
In deciding that the commerce court
had q right to examine claim tina,
there was no relevant evidence pre-
scntcd TO the commission upon which
II could have based Its order In this
case.
Justice l.ammar In announcing the
opinion today said an examination OF
the statutes showed that In ease
where an unfair hearing had been
granted by the commission or sub-
stautial evidence had been put into
tho record. the courts could review
the commission and evidence.
Having held that the commerce
court could review the order In this
CaSc to see II any substantial evidence
had been produced. the supreme cour,
decided. however. Tint the commerce
court had erred in finding the court
decision upheld.
The case Involved contest be-
tween the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and the commerce court. II
also attracted attention. because n
letter concerning the case. bearing
the name OF former Judge Archibald.
then OF the commerce court. ana
written to n railroad attorney mt the
time the judge was preparing the
courts opinion. was made the basis
for ono OF the charges In the -'u,-
pearhmsnt -prAosadinxx--Aes':.ust him.
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Dem. IN nuERFANO
COURT HOUSE the
FIRST IN 20 YEARS

Wals"nhurG, ian. 2o.-Thc ap-
rolnimrnt of T. ". Hudson clerk OF
tho district cour, of ihcrfano county
puts n Democrat in the courih"us" OF
This county for III" first time In
twenty years.
Hudson was born In iMcrlauo
cnun'y fory-on" years ago. Ills
father crossed III" plains IN the early
COS ana settled In 'hc Hucrfano
IN. county and has hccn closely iicn-
iiiicd with the business and political
intcrcsiS OF this section. lie has been
ior many years The president OF the
hudson Ingram Mercantile com
pany or Gardner and vice president
Honhurr since It's organization. lie 'is
active In tn. stockmcn's association
Of this county and has been the NOV
ing spiri' In extending the tclophnn.
into the rural districts.
Hudson has always been an ear
mas tough, gang rule vigorously aud
has becn n loyal worker and booster
for old lIucrfano. who,N Democratic
slogan Is. ''On 10 IN" front. il's no;
fa-r."
With Democrat distric, n,tor-
ncy aud u Progressive Republican
judgc III the Third judicial dIsfric,
tn" old regime OF gang politics IL
nearing it, end.
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NATIONAL PARK FOR
COLO. URGED BY US,
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Washington. Jan. ga national
parl; in tho Rocky Mountains or Colo
RADIO. In the vicinity OF Longs Peak
including the valley known as Estes
Park. the continental divide and the
mountain ranges carby is recon-
mended to Secretary OF the Interior
Fisher by Il. y. Marshall. chief geo.
Hraphcr OF the United States Geo.
logical Survey. who has just con-
ciuded a detailed examination OF the
region. Mr.. Marshall suggests that
It be named the Rocky Mountain Ma
tional Park.
THE region is as beautiful as any
to he found in the United States.
says Mr.. Marshall.
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THE WEATHER
PHILOSOPHICAL PHELix SAYS

Sum Of those
that got buried
in tn November
landslide would
stand n better
show Of maxim
folks think they
are not .akin' it
T. heart If they
wouldn't talk so
much about IL.
Among these Is
Mr.. TAFT
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CHICAGO SLUETH KILLED

Chicago, Jan. 20.-Dctective Peter
Hart was shot and killed this after
noon while watching a South Michi-
gan avenue garage. said to be the
headquarters for the gang Of auto
mobile bandits led by James y. Perry
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Washington. Jan. 20.-Mcasurcs
OF paciiication instead or force are to
he tried first on the band Of Ute In
dians holding n posse NJ bay eighteen
miles from Cortez. Colorado. and re-
fusing to give up Big Rabbit. one OF
their tribcsmen. charged with shoot
ing a sheep hcrdcr.
Acting Commissioner Abbott of the
Indian office. today wired Agent
Shears at the Ute reservation to urge
the state authorities to take no hasty
action. Indian authorities here say
he trouble came about through a
misunderstanding over the possession
of lands soon TO be conveyed by the
government to the Indians.
At last reports fifty utcs were hold
ing n camp in the mountains. threat
cning to fight to the death rather
than give up Big Rabbit.
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uTES ON wARPA1A;
WILL NOT GIVE up
ALLEGED MURDERER

Cortcz. Colo. Jan. 2n.--indian
Agent Shears has arranged to hold
conference with the chiefs OF the I'tc
Indians on their reservation nenr
here today. NJ which he viii urge
them to deliver up to him Big Rab-
bit, accused OF shooting Joseph vi
chcl, u Mexican sheep herdcr. On
Saturday and sunday iifty utcs bar
rtcadsJ themselves In the mountains
is miles from here and dcfied the
local authorities to arrest Biz Rnb-
bit. Shears expects ic take with
him to the conference. Henry Craw-
ford. II prominent sheep owner and
mako an effort to reach an under
standing with the Indians regarding
the msc oi land outside tn. icsorva-
ton. 10 which both Indians and
whites lay claim.
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Weather Forecast.

Weather Forecast.
Toni"h, fair cooler In central and
East portion. Tuesday fair. rising
temperature in East portion.
Yesterdays Temperatures
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Tout,uueh an pase two,
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Having IN mind tho things you'll
want to buy soon. read tho dds to
sscertain whether or not some Of
them might hs profitahly bought
today!
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AVIATOR PLUNGES -
INTO LAKE; SAVED

Chicago. July Styling at the rate
of so miles an hour today. Glenn Mar
tins hydroa eroplane. dropped too close
to the surface of Lake Michigan and
was overturned, Martin and his assis-
tant. Charles HI. Day, chung to h over
turned craft and were rescued by the
life saving crew which also recovered
the machine, Neither airman was hurt
nor was h machine badly damaged.
Martin is one of the entrants in the
flying boat cruise to Detroit scheduled
to take place tomorrow and Is still
hopeful of being able to take part.
Choppiness of the lake Just outside
the breakwater delayed the start Of III
ten-mile race until late in the day and
made it probable that few would try
it since two Of the five laps of the
event, must be covered on the surface Of
the water. Seven machines will start
in the race TO Detroit, if Martins is
repaired, The other aviators expected
to make the trip are Janus, Cooke,
Ravens, Johnson. Villas and Francis.
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.lOWA'S GOVERNOR IS
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Alarm Caused by Sudden Pains,
Classed by Doctors As A.
lection of Liver.

Des Moines, Ia, July S.-Governo,
George W. Clarke was taken to a To-
cal hospital last Friday, suffering from
an affection OF the liver. An immediate
examination by physicians was or
dered to determiane whether or not
his condition Is serious. Governor
Clarke became ill shortly after reach
ing his office in the state house this
morning and said he suffered sewers
pains in the region of his kidneys.
Doctors G. II. Sumner and w L.
Biering, OF the state board of health,
and DR.. Oliver J.. Fay were hurriedly
summoned to the executive offices.
They ordered that the governor be
taken Immediately to the hospital.
Doctors Fay and Biering issued a
bulletin announcing the governors
condition as satisfactory. His respira-
ton and temperature are normal, and
the pains in his stomach are being al
aged as, rapidly as possible.
Governor Clarke returned from Get
tysburg Thursday night, after attend
ing the reunion there, in company with
his official staff.
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TORGER TELLS OF
'..... NUMBERING EIGHT

Los Angeles, Cal. July S.-Arrested
m the charge of having passed a bad
heck at a seaside resort, Simon p.
9elfinstine, who Is in Jail here, to-
lay startled officials of the sheriff's
Iffice with a confession that he COM
nitted a series of eight murders in
Ohio. These include the staying of
earl Bryant. for whose death the med
cal students, Jackson and Walling,
we're executed.
Some of the circumstances of the
rimes as related by Hel1nstine do not
'oinCide with known facts and county
officials were inclined to believe the
prisoner was suffering from the pc
:uliar phase of insanity, often noted in
police work, which causes the victim
which he has only read. Nevertheless
Assistant District Attorney w. Joseph
ford got into communication today
With the police departments of several
)hio cities.
Helfnstine said he started his ca
'eer of murder in 1896 with the kill
ng OF a farmer named Dedrick and
lis wife and the stealing of $4,000
which they had hidden away In 1908
he prisoner said he murdered two
'armers named Fletcher and Butler at
Kenten Pike, Ohio. and then came
vest
Pearl Bryant was supposed to have
been killed in Cincinnati, but Helm
slime asserts that he murdered the girl
In Toledo and then shipped the body
to Jackson and Walliug in Cincinnati.