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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
FIVE MEN ACCUSED
OF ABBOTT KILLING
Strayer Says Three Were
Acquitted and Two Serve
Sentences.

An antiquated system of records in
Kentucky was the cause Of much eX-
ira work in ascertaining what evil
dence had been secured in the murder
of Mollie Abbott, for which Frank
Strayer, attorney of this city, will
bring Budd Todd before the Kentucky
criminal court. No records OF indict-
ments were TO be found and no record
of the sentencing OF the two Curtiss
boys 70 the state penitentiary for the
crime, had been made, according TO
Strayer
The Kentucky authorities did not
know as much about the case as Stray
er himself. although the local attor-
ney had known nothing of il until il
was revealed two months ago on a
cross examination of the sisters of
Budd Todd
Todd has been in trouble several
times.
The requisition papers for Todd
will be issued soon by the governor of
Kentucky, it is said.
Five men had been tried for the
murder of Miss Abbott and three
were acquitted. The records are so
poorly kept that the fate of the Cur
tiss boys could not be learned, al
though a number of persons who
knew about the case. said that they
are serving life sentences in the Ken
lucky state prison
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
SAMPLE DESCRIBES
FIRE ON VOLTURNO
Sees Rescue of Last Refugees
From Burning Ocean
Liner.

A graphic description of the burning
Nulturno In midocean two weeks ago
was given by W. A. Sample, at the
Sunday school of the First NJ E.
church, Sunday morning The boat on
which Mr. and Mrs. Sample returned
from European tour steamed within
mile Of the flaming derelict as the
last boat of rescued passengers was
taken aboard.
We could see the burning ship a
mile or two off to one side Of the boat
numbering in a trough of the rolling
waves. The big steel hulk doomed up
as the bright flames pierced the sky
lighting up the sea for many thous-
and yards on all sides of the wreck.
Made No Rescues.
Ten other boats besides the ship
on which We were passengers lowered
near the scene of the disaster AS our
ship was the last to arrive on the
scene We received no rescued passen-
gers for all had been safely brought
aboard by the early arrivals. Our boat
stood by few hours, but the crew
was unable to locate any survivors.
Fire has always been the horror to
mariners and had the Vulturno been
one of the old fashioned wooden boats
none of the crew of hundreds of pas.
sengers would have been saved. The
fact that the steel hulk withstood the
tremendous heat and let the boat burn
slowly is responsible for the small loss
of life.
After securing the waters for a few
hours for survivors and finding none
the boat steamed away leaving the
seething pit of fire to the mercy of the
waves"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
$4,000 CAMPAIGN
BEGUN At EARLHAM
Endowment Secretary Tries
to Raise the Amount i'm
Sixty Days.

With the placing of Vincent Nichol-
son, endowment secretary of Earlham
College, in the field with instructions
to go any direction. an active cav
paign for $4,000 in sixty days is being
waged through the trustees of the col
lege. After their meeting last Tuesday
it was decided to start the action to
raise that amount Immediately
In order to obtain permanent fund
of 5000 from the Rockefeller endow-
ment fund the school must raise a
stated sum. With the meeting of the
trustees Joseph A Goddard, a promi-
nent Muncie Friend, subscribed 5000
as a starter for the fund. Other mem
bers of the board pledged sums as
high as $500.
President Kelly has been busy since
the last weeks meeting preparing a
circular which will be widely distrib-
uted among Friends and the Alumni
in the middlewest. These letters were
mailed last Saturday and answers are
expected some time this week Other
literature regarding the work of the
college and the circumstances con-
corning the campaign is being widely
circulated
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
PAGE THREE

IS. 90: Ed Clrich. $3.50; Albert Wiss-
Ter. $3.50: Jacob Moore. $500; Kirt
Hugh. $3.50; Hollace Hoover. Hag-
erstowu and Dalton pike, $50; Lee
Push. SASS: Peter Hatfield. So so:
Earl Steward. $500; Graft Steward,
s.. 90: Albert Dine. $500; Dan Hoover.
So e5: Charlie Miller, $50; Mort u
rich. T5c: Aaron Woolard. $3.50: B.
II. Linderman. service account. s740O;
Fred Sharp. 75c: National road. 75c;
RAY Wicks. 75c: solomon Rothermel.
SS.75: Ebert Barnes. $500: John
Shroyer, So so; AlonZo BOYD. sSS.SS;
William Dryer. $500: Robert Rush.
$500: Frank Lutx, $500; Thomas
King, Centerville and Williamsburg
pike. $500: Alfred Sample. $500;
James s Kline, $24.5O; Frank King.
Sl20o: l. H Jones. S5.S5: :. +. King,
SS 90: MiIie Brumfield. $500; James
Harris. SS.S5; Gaar flanagan. $500;
r o. RothermeL Milton and Corners
willie pike. $500: Frank {, Scott. $500;
Peter Vanatta. $3.50: NJ, r. Hubble.
81 so; Clinsman 4 Whiteleyi 5000:
John Fritz. $3.50: Abe Griffith, $50;
r \ Preston. S27.90; VIII Scott.
$50 90: Sam Thompson. $500: Sam
Harlan. SlS.50 Perry Freeman. Si.oo;
Harry Fread. SSl so: John Daniels,
SS3. 90; John Connel. $2S5o: Lee Curt
ley. $3.50; Charles Richardson. So 90;
Bert Rodgers, 5000: Ora Wagner.
So 90: James McClerney. $500; Wayne
Stanley. $500: Thomas r. jackson,
$225: Thomas f. jackson. Sl.5O, FL
mer Jackson. So %; James Clark.
81 80: Harmon Shofer. SlOo; R y,
Beeson. service account. $4,000, Frank
Clark. Willow Grove pike, $500;
Charles Dearth. $500; Harry Ends
lev. $3.50. Ed Norris. Middlehoro
pike. S25I2: Harold McCord, 100;
Claude Poole. $50; Fred Davis, $500;
Frank McCord. $500: Charlie Albright
$3.50: Sam Meyers, S2-25; Harry
Hartman. $500: William Hartman.
So 90: r. T Clarke. Sl4.I5; Ernest
White. $3.50; John Fobble, $3.50; =
r banner. $500: ]. G White, S6.15:
Albert Williams. S525: Charles Rupe.
$l5. 90: James Lipps. $1,000: Ray Bar
ton. $500; Charles Duke, $3.50: Ora
/ Wilson. S525: Floyd Wilson, IS
I Henry Shelley. $500,
/ Health Commissioners Allowances
J j + King. salary. Sl6947: J. =.
King. expenses. S49-60: ]. NJ. Coe
Printing company. supplies. $ls-So.
/ Court Allowances-John + Hola-
/ day. per diem. $1,000; Michael Grit
fin. Juror. $3.50: Charles Minor. juror.
/ $3.50: John Elliott. juror. $3.50: An
: drew Clark. juror. $40: II. c. Har-
Ian. pauper attorney. $4,000: Elizabeth
! Gambler. S4S7: in the matter of the
! insanity of Washington Havens.
George Mathews, Soc; Jacob w Bay
er. $3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
MRS. ELLIS RESIGNS.
Unable to Continue Sunday
School Work.

Mrs. w A Ellis. superintendent of
elementary work Of the Wayne Coun-
" Sunday School association, rendered
her resignation at a meeting OF the
board of directors, Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Ellis said she was unable TO con-
tinue in charge of the work, owing 10
the pressure of other duties. The nam
ing of her successor was left in the
hands OF the president, Z. NJ. Haas,
who will Ali the vacancy after con-
sultation with other members of the
board
A circular letter will be sent out at
once by the association to the Sunday
school superintendent of the county
calling their attention to the fact that
their share of the annual apportion-
ment for state and county work must
be RENTED to the treasurer at once
in order that the county association
may be credited for the financial as
sistance it will give to state work this
year.
The appOrtionment in this county
provides for a minimum assessment OF
three cents per member two cents OF
which goes TO the state organization
while the remainder is used in county
work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
MURDERED" MAN
IS BELIEVED ALIVE
James P. Maybray Said to Be
No Other Than J. p.
McCann.
MAY PAROLE ACCUSED
Pardon Board to Hear Appli-
cation for Parole of Lord"
harrington.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Nov. s.
"A formal hearing on the application
for the parole of F. A. harrington Sey-
mour, the notorious Lord" Barring
ton, who is serving life sentence
for the murder of James P. Mccain,
near St Louis In 1902, will be held by
the State Board of Pardons when 1t
meets Monday.
That the United States Department
of Justice will be drawn into the case
seems certain, as Farrington's chief
point in his defense is that the man
he was convicted of Staying Is now
alive In the person Of James P. Ma
bray. whose band of horse and foot
racing swindlers was broken up by
the Federal government after many
OF them had been sent to prison.
Initials Identical.
There are many persons who be-
neve that the Maybray story Is wor-
thy Of investigation. 1t is considered
a rather strange coincidence that the
three initials of Maybray should be
the same as those of the alleged
murder victim. Both Mccain and
Maybray we're gamblers and follow
ers of the races. When Mabray was
arrested and tried inIowa little could
be learned as to his past history. The
strongest point of ALL, there were
many persons who, at the time of
Barrington's arrest, conviction and
sentence to death, still believed that
positive proof was lacking that Nc
Cam had ever ben killed.
1t is understood that Darlington
has furnished the Board of Pardons
with a chronological history of his
life from his births until his arrest
for the murder of Mccain. There is
little doubt that his previous bad re-
cord had much to do with his con-
viction on the murder charge. He
was known in Europe and America as
one of the most picturesque figures
in polite" crookdom, for although he
was of lowly origin his specially as
passing as a member of the British
peerage went well in many cities and
helped him to live without work for
many years.
Has Eventfui Career.
harrington began his unique saun-
ter through the calendar of crime
when a seven-year-old boy by setting
fire to a number of cottages in Bright
on, England, where he wa sborn. At
the age of sixteen he was given a
sentence of ten years for burglary.
Four years later he escaped, deceiv-
ing the police when apprehended by
producing a pardon which was not
discovered to be a forgery until la
ter. He joined the army, forged a
furlough. committed a burglary and
was given another ten years stretch.
About the same time he was arrested
for the murder of an army officer,
but was released for lack of evidence.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
LOW DEATH RATE
OFFICE REPORTS
One Death to Every One
Thousand Persons is Rec
ord, Says Davis.

Only one death for each 1000 popu-
lation is the report made by City
Health Officer Davis for the month of
October, which gives Richmond the
lowest death rate of any city in the
state. DR.. Davis said the average for
the state of Indiana was thirteen per
sons to the 1000.
DR.. Davis report is as follows:
Deaths, male IA, female 10, total "a;
births, male %, female l., total 40;
cases of typhoid fever 40; scarlet few
er 20; measles l.
The last case of typhoid was report
ed twelve days ago, and there are
three cases of scarlet fever that will
soon be released from quarantine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
CMMlSSIONERS' ALLOWANCES.
OCTOBER TERM. 1918

Miscellaneous-Geo Matthews.
salary and office expenses, s937.25;
Columbia Carbon Co. clerks office
supplies, $3.50; Bartel & Robe, office
supplies, 1850; the J. NJ. Coe Print
ing Co, office expenses, S30.70; the
Richmond Home Telephone Co. office
telephones, $136.00: the Richmond
Home telephone Co, office telephones,
$3.50; the Richmond Home Tele-
phone Co. S11.S5; L. S. Bowman, au-
ditor's salary $1,1250O: William B.
1920; L. S. Bowman, auditors office
expense, $2.7O; A. n. Chamness, treas
urer's salary, S1,250.00; A n Cham
ness. treasurer.s office expense, SIG .OS;
Benjamin F. Parsons, recorders sal
airy and commission, $604.49 Benja-
min F. Parsons. recorders office ex-
pense, $1,000: Nicholson Printing and
Manufacturing Co, office expense,
S30S.15; Jacob w. Bayer, attending
county council, $500: Jacob w. Bayer,
salary sheriff, $4,000; Jacob W. Bay
er, attending commissioners court,
$500 Jacob w. Bayer, in and out
fees, S54.75: Jacob w. Bayer, washing
and mending at Jail, $3.50; Jacob w
Bayer, boarding prisoners, s73120:
treasurer Home for Friendless, board
of prisoners, s512.2O; Charles o. Will
liams, salary county superintendent
of schools, $117.37; Vira E. Benton,
salary deputy county superintendent
of schools, $4,000: Charles O. Williams
office expense. S1356: William Mat
thews, salary county assessor, 100000;
r. d. Morrow, deputy coroner's per
diem, $3.50; R. ]. PIERCE, per diem of
coroner. $24.00; coroner's witness
fees, s225; coroner's witness fees,
$1,000; r. y. Beeson. commissioner
salary, s125.00; B. H. Linderman.
commissioners salary. s125.00; Albert
Anderson, commissioners salary,
s125: jesse Druley, county council sal
airy. SIS; Frank Worl, salary county
council, $500: II. r. Robinson, salary
county council, $500; L. y. Hampton,
salary county council. $500; z. VI.
Hoover. salary county council. $500;
Junius B. Knipe. salary county coun-
Gil. $500; W. II. Cook. salary county
council, $500; w H Cook, salary
county council. $500: Frederick G..
White, county attorneys salary,
S125.o0: George Bishop. per diem tru-
ant officer, $500: G. o. Ballinger &
Co. furniture court house and truant
officer expense, $3.50; Whites Insti-
tute, expense orphan poor in other in
situations. s1.04s.90; Mary ". Hill,
care orphans, s17.34: Julia E. Work,
training school. expense orphans in in
stitution, 1872 20; Indiana State School
/ for Deaf, care inmate benevolent in
stitution, s1142: Wilson. Pohlmeyer
& Downing, soldiers burial, $1,000;
John w Mueller. salary bridge engin-
eer. s325.00: NJ. ]. Quigley. expense
/ county agriculture agent, $4,000; J. B.
and Maggie Hoges. refund tax. S4.11;
Jacob W. Bayer, experimenting Grim
inals. $1S.ee
Court House. Supplies. Repairs, etc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
Il. 6. SAMUELS DEAD
Former Richmond Resident
Succumbs i'm California.

Harry G. Samuels, 81 years old, who
was born and reared in Richmond,
died at his home in San Francisco
Sunday morning Of paralysis. Mr..
Samueis. who had been i'll for some
time had just returned from Chicago
where he went to consult a special
ist. He is survived by wife, to whom
he was married in California.
Local relatives who survive him are
Mrs. Demas Coe. cousin, Mrs Emma
Mercer and Mrs. Margaret Jones,
Runts. No word regarding the ar
rangsments fer the funeral has been
received. although it Is believed he
will be buried at San Francisco.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
WEATHER REPORT
OF LAST WEEK

The cooperative observer of the
weather bureau has submitted the ap-
pended report of weather conditions
in Richmond for the last week, show
ing the highest and lowest tempera-
lures:
Monday, so and Al; Tuesday. So and
40; Wednesday, a and "a; Thursday.
A and 80; Friday, 40 anu 81; Satur-
day, AZ and 90.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
CLAY RELEASED

Verlin Clay, the sixteen-year-old ne
gro, who threw a bowling ball at Lee
roy Miller. severely injuring him, was
released on probation today in juve-
nile court by Judge Fox. Young Clay
was turned over to his mother who
will report any disobedience on his
part Should his conduct towards her
tail to be respectful, he will again DO
burned over to juvenise COURT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
FINAL TAX RUSH
AT COURT HOUSE

The doors of the treasurer's Office
at the court house will close tonight
a o'clock, finishing the fall taxpaying
The usual last day rush to pay taxes
before becoming delinquent was going
on all day, the lines of those waiting
for their turn at the windows extend
ing far out into the halls. The office
will remain closed for the remainder
of the week TO balance and check up
the tax duplicates.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
TWENTY BUILDING
PERMITS ISSUED

Twenty building permits totaling
$19,703 to be spent for improvements
were issued by City Controller McMa-
han during the month of October.
Nine of the permits were for additions
to business buildings and houses. Most
of the improvements are to be brick.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
INDIANAPOLIS LIVE
STOCK

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 8
Hogs-receipts $500, market steady.
tops $50 to 1925, bulk of sales $3.50
to $8.15. Cattle-receipts $50, choice
steers $7.4O to So, other grades 1925
to $6.S5. Sheep and lambs-receipts
150 market strong, prime sheep $4.45
down, lambs, 81 %.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
CHICAGO GRAIN
WHEAT,
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Nov. s.
Hogs-Receipts $4,000; market slow
top price $7.75 to $825, bulk of sales
$775 to $8.15. Cattle,-receipts,
$4,000, market steady, beeves S7,25,
calves SO to $1,000. Sheep-receipts
to $500 lambs $4.75 to $735.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
INDIANAPOLIS GRAIN

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 3
Wheat-Cash No. 2 red, 93c. Corn
Cash No. 3 white, 74c. Oats-Cash
No. 2 white, Al C.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
RANDOM NOTES
FROM EARLHAM

Walter E. Dorland, "a has been ap-
pointed by the Earlham Alumni asso-
citation to represent the school at the
second conference of the association
OF Alumni Secretaries of colleges and
universities of the United States. to
be held at Chicago, this month The
appointment was made by President
l.. G. HaywOrth, of Buffalo, n. Y This
is probably the first step toward the
appointment of a permanent secretary
of Earlham college alumni The So
ciety Will promote a permanent and
accurate directory of alumni and old
students.
Visions of Halloween Ghosts" hob
COLLINS, witches, elfs and fairies will
linger eight days longer in the minds
of Earlham students, for the schools
Halloween celebration comes next
Saturday evening.
The committee in charge is as mum
on the arrangements for the wearers
of the yellow and white as the old
hall clock. Girls all dressed and frill-
ed, as far as masqued frills goes,
must meet at the tomb of Theodocia
in the nearby cemetery. Not a word
must be uttered. Upon the order of
their arriving they will behold won
derous sights. A trip across the riv-
er Styx, a ramble through the Black
Forests, skirting the palisades of the
Hudson and the return to Bundy Hall
is only a few minor details of the
event.
Purdue's fatality and the general
wave of abandonment of the time hon
| ored university and college Sopho-
more-Freshman scrap customs has an
other firm supporter in Earlham COL
lege. At recent meeting of the
Freshman class the first year men
took the initiative and as far as they
are concerned there will be no strife
of any description. Even the "tug-of-
| war" over the skating pond, cane
| rush and color scraps will be totally
abolished.
Prof. E. P. Trueblood, head of the
| oratory and debating department, has
| received an invitation from Indiana
and DePauw universities to enter tri
angular contest, the date of its hold
ing to be named later. This is the
second contest for the Quaker school
| as one with Albion College, Mich,
has already been arranged.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
GRAIN MARKET
Corrected daily by Richmond Roller
Mills phone 2O1QN
Mills, phone 2019).
PRODUCE
Corrected daily by Ed. Cooper.
phone 2577)

Old hens, per Id. ................12 c
Old hens (dressed) per lib. lie to 1Sc
Young chickens, per Id. 15c
Young chickens. dressed, per lb. .22c
Eggs, per dozen ................ soc
Country butter, per ID. 900. 23c to CSC
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
TOLEDO GRAIN

TOLEDO, Nov. s.
Cash Grain-Wheat, 94hc: Corn,
741.c; Oats, 42c; 'Cloverseed, $S.O5.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-03
Notice to Bidders
for Park
Privileges

Richmond Lake and Park Company
OF Richmond. Ind, will receive bids for
motorboat privilege, rowboat privilege.
bathing privilege, dancing privilege
and refreshment privilege for Morton
Lake and Park for the season of 1914
Parties may bid on any one or all of
the above privileges. Specifications
on file with the secretary, Charles w
Jordan. and will be furnished on ap-
plieation-
All bids must be in the hands of sec
Rotary by II, noon. Thursday. Noyem-
Der Is. 1918.
For full information address
Chas. w. Jordan, Secretary,
Richmond, Indiana
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-11-01
CLERKS TO SELL LICENSES
Town Officials Provided With Big
Game Hunting Permits Ac-
comodation To Hunters
CAN BE SECURED AFTER NOV. Z

James l.. George, county auditor,
in order to accommodate the hunters
of the county as much as possible
has sent to each town clerk block
of big game hunting licenses, which
may be secured after November z.
It is necessary for all applicants
for licenses to make a sworn state
ment, setting forth age, height,
color of eyes, color of hair and give
number of years residence in county,
together with the post office address
applicant. This must be sworn to
before a, notary public, town clerk
or justice of the peace.
In this way Auditor George hopes
to make the procuring of licenses as
easy as possible to the people Of the
county. Licenses for non-residents
of the county must be secured from
the county auditor of the county
auditor Of the county where the ap-
plicant Lives. Licenses for non-resi-
dents CT the state must be secured
from tie game and fish commission
at s. Paul the fee for same being
$500.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-11-01
DICK McCANN RECOVERING
Old Timer" Now Confined in
Hospital May Soon Be - ,
Discharged

Dick Mccain, who has been in the
care of city physicians for the past
several weeks is now improving but
according to the city Physician he
will never be as strong as he was be-
fore taken to the hospital. Mccain is
we'll known in Bemidji and has lived
in this vicinity for the past ~ years.
According to his friends he has
wealthy relatives in Canada but he
has never correspondent with them
and has shosen a life of hardship in
the woods rather than remain at
home. Mccain is a habitual drunkard
and several times has been on the
point of death as the result of liquor.
While intoxicated several weeks ago
in Bemidji Mccain fell and fractured
his skull and as result was placed
in the care of the city Physician.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-11-01
, GALLONS CREAM GETS 1871
Nick Nelson OF Maltby Gets Good
Money For His Cream

That good cream is obtainable
in Beltrami county has been proven
by e. G. Stiles, buttermaker for the
Bemidji Creamery. This week Nick
Nelson of Maltby received 1911 for
eight gallons of cream brought to the
creamery. This is only one instance
where farmers have received good
money for their cream as every week
similar amounts are given to the, var
ious farmers. More cream can be used
as the amount brought in is not suf-
1lcient to supply the large demand
for the Bemidji product. Mr.. Stiles
churned this morning but only $40
pounds of butter which is small
amount in comparison to the amount
of orders now placed with this con-
Germ.