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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13

S. S. Union team last Saturday on
the Walden campus. For eight inn
ings the Athletics, by superior playing,
Kept the A. M Els from scoring. In
the ninth, however, a combination OF
errors, a home run and five hits gave
the A. NJ. E's. I'VE scores and the
game The score follows:
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13
Totals ;. .89 4 p % 6 2

IULdIN .
Only one hit when winning run was
made.
Score by innings
A. M. E.. 20 900 20 0 0 SIS Z 8
Athletics % 10000 101 GA 10 .
Summary: 2 base hits, Evans; home
run, Whitsitt; bases on balls, by
Alexander, 2; by Johnson, 0; by Har-
ris, 2; 1st base on error A. M. e.
8; Athletics q hit by pitcher, John
son 1; struck out by Alexander 10;
by Johnson s; stolen bases, Evans and
Farrell; struck out by Harris 0. Atten-
dance fair.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13
DEATHS

Infant of VIM. Lust, year, SO Low
is street
VIM. C. Brewster, "A years, 449
Fourth avenue, North.
VIM White, days, 121 Ninth ave-
nue.. North.
Florence Ewing, 50 years, City
Hospital.
Susan Langford, SO years, County
Asylum.
Anna Robertson, years, 241O Vim
cent street
Edward F'rierson, SO, 100 Twenty
fourth avenue, North.
Sam Williamson, 40 years, 1915
Jefferson street
Albert Ray, IS years, Cumberland
River.
Ruth Nielsen, 6 months, 511 Tenth
avenue, South.
Bette Yenson, 4S years, PIT North
Second street.
Spencer Gleaves, 60 years, Lebanon
pike.
VIII Hargraye, 25 years, Cumber-
land River.
Agnes Scott, q years, Fifteenth av-
enue North.
VIM. Moore 30 years, Flat Rock
Chas. Burnett, / year, Jim Town
James Pendleton, 1 year, 512 Syc-
omore street.
Henry Stewart, l year, 9OS Third
avenue, North.
VIII Owens, rs years, corner Ninth
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Score by innings

Score by inning
v. NJ. c. A. 100000 p 2 4
So. Stars h.. 20 0 0 o o 90 / 1
Two base hits, Richie: three base
hits, Robertson; stolen bases, Lewis.
Dorsey Lee, r. Ford .; hits off Aber-
nathy 2. off Lewis i; bases on balls.
Abernathv 2: hit by nitched balls, Fer
guson and Zigler; struck out by Aber-
nathy 10, bv Lewis 10; passed balls,
Simnson. Time of game 100 Umpire
Wilson.
A. NJ e. s, ATHLETICS 4.
The Athletics outnlasyed in every
department of the game the A. M. e
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13
BURIED.

The remains of little Paul Laurence
Dunbar Walker the son Of Mr. and
Mrs. James Walker, who died No
vember 7th, 1912, were buried Sun.
LGy, June Sth.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13
Rev. Preston Taylor,

Rev. Preston Taylor,
Very Dear Pastor: The sad news
of the death of Sister Georgia reached
me Saturday afternoon, quite sur
prise to me. announced it to my
congregation also, and it seemed to
be a shock to all who heard it, but
we know that the Bible teaches us,
Here we have no continuing city,
so we must console ourselves by
these words Be of good cheer and
we will overcome the world I ex
tend to you my heartfelt sympathy
for the grievances of all those con
cerned. My wife sends her best re
CARDS to you and joins me in sympa
thy. The church joins me also.
remain your son in the gospel,
A. w. DAVIS.
eYinptOn XIV
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13

Tel M-466i.
Office at residence. 1918 Moreno st.
VIM. A. cRosTHWAlT.
Lawyer and Notary Public.
Makes a speciality OF chancery Prac-
tice. Examination OF Titles to Real
Estate and Saving Mortgaged Homes.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13

MY Dear Brother: No words can
express my deep sympathy for you
in this hour of sorrow. | shall try
to come down with Brother Dickerson
tomorrow to the funeral services.
am in a grocery every day until
night. Shall try to arrange for some
one to take my place. You know
always share your joys and your sor
rows are mine too. Lovingly,
DAISY CONRAD
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13

Brannon, s; off Boyd, 10; stolen bases,
Allison, 2 w. Mccall, 2 S. Mccall
Hopkins, Vaughn, Howell 8, T. Boyd,
Johnson, Kelly, Brannon, 2. Struck
out by Brannon II; by Boyd 4; passed
balls, Guild 2. Time of game $50,
Umpire, Robertson
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Lexington, Ky.
Elder Preston TAYLOR.

Elder Preston Taylor,
Dear Sir: notice in Saturday
evenings Banner that you had lost
your faithful wife. Please accept my
deepest sympathy in your hour of
sorrow. Yours very truly,
w. II. MURRAY, Bristol.
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Louisville, Ky.

My Dear Brother Taylor: Telegram
announcing the death of Sister Tay
lor Just received Am notifying
friends. You have our deepest sym
pathy and most fervent prayers
viii be there some time Monday
morning. Your brother in Christian
fellowship,
w. H. DICKERsoN.
Louisville, Ky.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13

God will temper the wind as only the
Divine Healer can, but we would
have you know at this hour we bow
in sorrow with thee.
Yours in sympathy,
The Official Board of Hancock St
Christian Church.
M. M. LITTLEJOHN, Chairman
Louisville, Ky.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13
Preston TAYLOR. ESQ,

Dear Sir: 1t is with profound sor-
row and sympathy learn of the
death of your dear, good wife. May
God who gave and God who taketh
away Gin His Great goodness) give
YOU his comforting influences, whom
he chasteneth, let me offer to you
in this your great loss, is his eternal
gain of happiness, peace, and rest
with her Lord and Master forever
May God comfort you and bless
you, Is the wish of one who has
passed under his rod IN a similar
loss. I am yours sincerely,
COL. L. G. ARCHER.
Nashville.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13
NASHVILLE

Dear Brother Taylor; In this hour
of your deepest sorrow we beg to
tender to you our profound sympathy
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13
BLACK sOX CHANGE MANAGER

The management of the black Sox
has been changed from Norman 70
Brooks.
In the three games the Black Sex
have played they have started nine
double plays and have completed six.
and have made the only triple play
OF the Capital City League.
Campbell the Black Sox's hard
hitting right fielder, is leading his
team with 500 per cent.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13
TEAM BATTING.
GAMES SATURDAY.

n. & c. Stars VS.. Athletics, Hadley
Park.
Black Sox VS.. Globe, Salem Town.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
BOYS and Bonfires.

The most fun boy can have is at
barn fire.
The freckled boy says you call them
barn fires because you build them near
barns. Boys usually build them after
elections in the fall, but any time
when you feel bully is good time.
Sticks of wood do not seem so
heavy when you are carrying them to
a bonfire as when you are bringing
them in for the hired girl. Splinters
don't hurt so much either. The free
killed. boy says the reason is because
you are having fun. Why, he ran a
long silver under his nail one night at
bonfire and he never noticed it until
school time the next morning. Then it
hurt him terribly. He had to stay out
of school all day. and he could not do
his chores. Part of the day he carried
his arm in sling.-"Auburn and Freck-
les"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
SAWDUST HAS MANY USES.
Once Considered Waste, 1t Is Now a
Very Valuable Product.

The sawdust man in New York is
very important business man. The
wholesale sawdust dealer advertises all
kinds of sawdust and requests that you
will telephone your needs so that there
may be an early delivery.
1t used to be that any one who want
ed sawdust went to the sawmill and
asked for as much us he wanted. There
was only one kind of sawdust in the
good old days and that was an unim-
portant product, which anybody could
have for the asking. Now the saw
dust wholesaler will tell you that saw
dust is a very valuable product and
that the sawdust business is offering
greater opportunities.
There are about sixty kinds of saw
dust ON the market. so says the saw
dust expert. and all of them have their
stated uses in the realm of trade.
All the way from the preparation of
food to the polishing of precious metal
ranges the usefulness of sawdust. The
hardwood dusts are used for polishing
in some jewelers. shops and cheaper
sawdusts are used for polishing less
valuable metal work. In packing and
making cushions, for the covering of
floors and in the fur business, sawdust
is useful-New York Herald.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
Legend Of Buckingham Palace.

If William ". had gained his way
buckingham palace would be serving
as parliament house. Two days after
the old houses of parliament were
burned Lord Broughton, who was then
first commissioner of works, records in
his diary: Went to St James and saw
his majesty. l cannot say he was
much affected by the calamity, rather
the reverse. He seemed delighted at
having an opportunity of getting rid of
Buckingham palace, said he meant it
as permanent gift for parliament
and that it would be the finest thing in
Europe. At 8 o'clock the king and
queen went over the ruins. The king
looked gratified as if at show. Just
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
DIAMETER OF THE EARTH.
Points at Which 1t Is the Greatest and
the Least.

Points at Which 1t Is the Greatest and
the Least.
What is the greatest diameter of the
earth? The form of the earth is that
of Il flattened spheroid, greater in di
ameter at the equator than at the
poles, but this is modified by the ac
cidents of its surface, so that the
diameter varies according to the point
at which it is measured.
1t might be expected that the diam
eter would be greatest if measured
from the top of the highest mountain.
which is Mount Everest. in the Hima-
layas, but unfortunately the point at
which the diameter would emerge on
the other side of the world is in the
Pacific ocean. where this is more than
1000 feet deep.
Professor L. Henkel of Schulpferda
says the greatest diameter of the earth
is that taken from the summit of
Mount ChimboraZo, in Ecuador, 2O,136
feet above the sea level. This. he says.
energies at the antipodes on a high
point on the north coast of Sumatra.
This diameter is 1928 miles.
AS Chimborazo is almost on the equa-
tor. its summit is that point on the
earth's surface which is most distant
from the center. There weight is
feeblest and centrifugal force greatest
The earth's smallest radius is that
from the center to the north pole, but
it is not certain that the line through
the poles is the smallest diameter. be-
cause the south pole is on high pla-
teau. 1t might be found that line a
little distant from the poles, which
would emerge at sea level at each end.
would be even shorter than the polar
diameter. Such line would be found
from a point in the Arctic ocean be-
tween Spitzbergen and Greenland to a
point just off the coast of the Antarctic
continent in the big bay overlooked by
Mount Erebus. in about 175 to $50 de-
grees east and 70 to so degrees south.
New York World
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
Well Posted,

The various dishes in the Hungarian
restaurant were numbered for the con-
venience of the mattresses and the ben
eft of the patrons. A young couple en-
tered The orchestra struck up the
william Tell' overture. Turning to
her escort, the young woman said:
That's familiar. What is it?" The
man glanced up at the orchestra and
saw the number 8 displayed. Then.
with the air of one who is accustomed
to cafe life. he looked up number 3 on
the bill of fare. That" he replied
when he had located it, sis 'Filet Mi
gnon,' by Champignons."- Argonaut.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12

Then Burns turned to him. with
glowing eyes, and said. ut is no COM
mon course of reading that has taught
you this" adding to his friends. This
lad will be heard of YETI
How proud the lad felt! How visit
fully joyful in the warmth of the great
poets praise and then how suddenly
forgotten when only few days later
Robert Burns passed him in the street
without a glance! SCOTS moment OF
fame had vanished.-Ariadne Gilbert
in st. Nicholas.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
From Bad to Worse,

Hemmandha VS. face wore worried
look.
I'm in trouble" he said. II don't
seem to be able to get up early in the
morning"
why don't you get yourself a nice
little alarm clock?" the head book
keeper suggested.
Il did, but | didn't hear the thing
when it went off,
Then why don't you get big one?"
II did that, too, and it made me lose
too much time"
made you lose timer"
yes. 1t rang so loudly that it
awakened the man in the next room,
and he beat me to the washroom."-
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
CAUSTIC CRITICS.

Wf'sn Poet Clashes With Poet Then
Comes a War CT Wit.
Tennyson has been severely handled
by his fellow writer's. Bulwer-Lytton
killed three birds with a stone when
be spoke of Tennyson's
Jingling medley of purloined conceits,
Out-babying Wordsworth and out-glitter-
ing Keats.
George Meredith said of the "Holy
Grail that 1.-THE lines are satin lengths,
the figures Sevres china. Why, this
stuff IS not the muse-it's musery. The
man has got hold of the muses. clothes
line and hangs it with jewelry." The
"Idylls of the King" are yards of linen
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
drapery for the delight Of ladies'"

drapery for the delight Of ladies'"
But. then, Tennyson once said Of
Meredith that reading him was like
wading through glue. And if Meredith
called Matthew Arnold "a dandy
Isaiah" George Moore has set it down
that ''in George Meredith there is moth
ing but crackjaw sentences, empty and
unpleasant in the mouth as sterile
nuts" not particularly happy bit of
style in itself.
OF Carlyle's "French Revolution"
Hallam said THE style is so abomi-
nable | could not get on with it." and
of Hallams European History" Car
lyle remarked, Eth. The poor. miser-
able skeleton of a book."-New York
Post.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
Why Do They Do This?

Miss Prim (who is forty-one)-Yes,
was thirty only last week. Think Of
it. The caller (aged thirty-seven. with
charming insincerity)-Dear me! 1
couldn't have guessed you were more
than four years my senior. l will be
twenty-five next month. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
Appropriate.

Fair Worshiper-What is that sad.
sad air you're playing, professor? The
Professor-Dat ISIS Beethoven's Fare
well to the Piano" / see dose Install
ment people coming NIT der van.-Puck.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
Lies FitfuI Fever.

Terrible times these. The books
aren't fit to read, and the plays aren't
fit to see."
Tough. eh?"
Yes. and. as usual. my wife hasn't
a thing fit to wear."-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
Frequently the WAY.

at seems to me that he made a very
sound argument"
Eyes. and did you notice he made
very little noise about it:"-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12

If you would learn the value OF mon
ey go and try to borrow some, for he
that goes a-borrowinS goes a-sorrow-
ing Benjamin Franklin.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12

before getting into his carriage he
called the speaker and me to him and
said: Mind. l mean Buckingham pal
ace as permanent gift. Mind that
London Chronicle.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
A BOYS MOMENT OF FAME.
When Young Walter Scott Was Praised
by Robert Burns.

Ey NODCTI OUTTISs
From the time he was six Walter
Scott read ravenously, and it was
through his wide reading that when
only fifteen he became for few mo-
ments the center Of a group of learned
men. 1t was when the poet Burns Wis
tied Edinburgh and had shown great
interest i'll picture of soldier lying
dead in the snow with a dog keeping
patient watch beside him.
Beneath the picture were some beau
tiful lines. but neither Burns nor any
of those learned men knew their au-
thor until young Walter Scott, who
happened to be present. whispered
that they Were by Langhorne.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12
Got Him.

Briggs-Some mighty cheap men ride
in high priced cars. Griggs-Yes, mine
is a low priced one too.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-12

These hands of mine are emrty, but
clean-Louis KoSsuth.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-17
MINER DRILLS
MISSED HOLE AND
SLIGHTLY HURT
MACHINE DRILL ACTS AS BAR.
RlER AND SERVES TO PRO-
TECT BODY

Chris Sprmo, machine driller at
the Silver Top mine OF the Tonopah
Mining company, was injured yester-
yda morning when the drill penetrat-
ed a missed hole and set off the pow
der. The machine acted as a barrier
and protected the miner to a consid-
cradle extent, the principal injuries
sustained being in the arms.
Sprmo was removed to the Miners
hospital where DR.. Grigsby dressed
the wounds The left arm was badly
lacerated by flying rocks while the
right hand also received painful
wound. Small bruises were received
about the breast Sprmo's face and
eyes escaped injury The narrow
escape from fatal injury is consid
cred miraculous. At the hospital
today it was reported that the in
jured man would soon be able to Re
sumo his duties.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-17
SOCIALISM WILL
BE THE SUBJECT
OF FATHER YORKE
NEVADA THEATER ENGAGED FOR
THE NIGHT OF THE FIRST
OF APRIL

Rev Father Peter Yorke, the dis
tinguished Catholic orator of San
Francisco, has consented to deliver
a lecture in Tonopah Tuesday even
ing, April /, at the Nevada theater.
The lecture will be under the aus
pices of the Knights of Columbus and
the receipts will be applied to de-
fraying the Indebtedness of that order
on its magnificent Tonopah home.
Father Yorke is one of the best
known speakers on the Pacific coast
and his visit to Tonopah will un-
doubtedly be appreciated by a full
house The topic is one brimful of
interest to local citizens as it is
rapidly growing into one of the great
est problems of the day The full
title of the lecture is Socialism and
Its Relation to the State
The brilliant talents of this emf
nent ecclesiastic have for many years
been devoted to the advancement of
the cause of labor in the bay city
and the father is credited with hay-
ing settled without friction labor
troubles involving over 10000 EN-.
ployes when the street car men de.
manded readiustment of the scale
they were forced to work under for
many years without any recognition
of merit and series of penalties
which induced many bitter heart
burnngs Father York brought about
an understanding that was satisfae-
tory to both sides.
On the following evening Father
Yorke will lecture at Goldfield for
the benefit of Father Dermody's S
church and, on his way home, may
stop over at Reno as the guest of
Father Tubman.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-17
MUST PAY POLL TAX
IN ORDER TO VOTE

If the bill compelling the payment
Of poll tax as a requisite for voting
privileges passes at Carson probably
there will be reduced registration
in all counties
The bill provides that any person
under the age of 60 years, although
otherwise qualified under the laws
of this state, shall not be entitled u
vote at any election held in this
state or in any county or incorpo-
rated city thereof at any general 1r
special election unless such person
shall have paid for the current year
and also for the preceding year, when
such person shall have been an in
habitant of the state during the
last six months of the preceding year,
the poll tax required by law to be
paid by any such person.
The registry agents Of the several
counties, precincts and districts OF
this state shall not enter the name
of any person under the gae of 90
years upon the register thereof, un-
less such person applying for regis
ration shall exhibit to him re-
ceipt for the poll tax required by
law for the current year and also the
receipt for the poll tax for the pre-
ceding year.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-17
Nye County Land Annexation
Bill Passes Assembly and Is
Now In Hands OF the Senate
JUDGE SOMERS AND ASSEMDLYMAN
FORMAN NEARLY ENGAGE IN FIGHT

Henry c, Schmidt, who spent the
past week at Carson lobbying in be-
half Of the Nye county land anneXa-
tion bill, returned yesterday morn
ing from the north. He declared to.
day that the legislature favored the
bill, which was introduced by Assem-
blyman Forman and that the measure
now rested in the senate, having been
passed late Saturday by the lower
house.
Under the terms of the bill Nye
county acquires additional territory
in which Tonopah is situated This
entire district is placed within the
confines of Nye, while Esmeralda re
eeived nothing in exchange. The at
titude of the Esmeralda lobbyists
was not appreciated by the members
of the assembly, nor did the Nye
county solons and businessmen take
kindly to some of the statements
On the floor of the house, during
a committee of the whole, Judge
Somers of the Goldfield district court
referred to the pending proposition
as a land steal and mentioned the
Nye county representatives as rob.
bers," gum shoe artists" dark Ian
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-17
FLYNN
GIVES ADDRESS
ON ST. PATRICK
PATRON SAINT OF IRELAND is
SUBJECT OF DISCOURSE AT
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Father Flynn spoke last evening
to a congregation that overtaxed the
capacity of st. Patricks church on
the patron saint of Ireland The dis
course proved a rare treat as a char
acter study OF the missionary who
reclaimed the green isle from pagan
ism and revealed deep study of the
subject The natal day of the saint
will be celebrated this evening by
the ladies of the Sanctuary society
at Miners Exchange hall. There is
no question of the attendance as this
will be the sole patriotic entertain.
ment
Yesterday Father Flynn announe-
ed that the services for holy week
would be conducted Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday mornings at $3.50
o'clock, and on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday at 1880 o'clock Special
music has been arranged for Easter
Sunday when the usual semi-annual
contribution will be taken up
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-17
FAIR FIGHTERS
ARE ASSESSED BY
JUSTICE COURT
FINES or $50 EACH ARE LEVIED
UPON WOMEN WHO USED
POKER IN FIGHT

Fighting as a pastime is a rather
expensive sort of amusement, ac
eording to Justice of the Peace Harry
Dunseath. The Judge late Saturday
administered a fine upon two young
women of the restricted district,
who gave vent to their anger last
week by attacking Mike Dechoy with
a stove poker and other crude imple-
ments.
The two defendants, Bertha Brown
and Lavette Devourne, were arrested
Friday night by Chief OF Police Ey-
ans and at their trial Saturday aft
ernoon both were adjudged guilty
They were charged with assault and
battery, and the bandaged head of
Dechov was offered in evidence. So
substantial was the evidence that
Judge Dunseath ordered the fair
prisoners to contribute $50 each to
the county. The fine was paid and
the defendants were allowed theil
liberty.
Dechov asserted that the women
had attacked him without reason
while the women declared the com
planning witness had visited theil
abodes and started the racket. They
claimed that they had merely acted
in self protection.