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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17

just cannot help taking any pretty thing
I see in the stores. My husband has done
everything to stop me, but the habit seems
to be incurable,'
The detective was greatly touched by
this story which | elaborated with much
detail, and after saying that I shouldn't
do such a thing or | would certainly be
arrested he asked me how much | had.
Now, as a matter of fact I had concealed
about me between two and three hundred
dollars and in the little handbag which
carried | had SIS more.
"Oh" said I, II haven't nearly enough
to pay for this hat, have only SIS"
'eWel," said the detective, kindly, Il will
tell you what will do, seeing that you are
such nice little woman. You give me
that s18 and We will let you keep the new
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17

kind never troubled him after that as be
was left-handed.
Harry Howard, the English bank burglar,
who, with Langdon w. Moore, robbed the
Concord banks OF some three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars worth Of securities
and currency, was one OF the most re-
sourceful and daring criminals who ever
operated in this country.
On one occasion he was arrested for at
tempting to steal sixty thousand dollars
worth of diamonds and he was sentenced
to three years in Sing Sing. short time
after his arrival at Sing Sing some of the
prisoners were transferred to Auburn. He
was among them On the way to the Au-
burn prison the man to whom Howard was
manacled slipped the handcuff and Howard
shot out through the car window while the
train was going thirty miles an hour.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17

T7HERE is a small spider with long fmy legs which
is light its feet" that its favorite way OF
approaching Its prey is by skipping along the
surface of the water
But spiders are by means the only creatures that
are able to walk water just Christ did at Gailee
Dr. John c. Willis of the Botanical Gardens in Rio de
Janeiro reports that he has been much interested
recently in studying the remarkable behavior OF COM
mon house ants water,
He had ordinary American fly trap In which he
day found the sugar covered with ants With the
intention OF washing off the ants he stood the trap In
a finger bowl, which rested plate filed with
water.
No sooner had he done this than the mass of sugar
and ants gave evidence Of panic. The ants rushed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17

hat and II you wait here will go back to
the store and get your old one"
handed over the s1S, mentally thanking
my lucky stars that was getting out Of
the foolish scrape 30 easy; but you may
be sure that I didn't walt for the detec-
tives return with my old Winter hat.
It makes me shudder now to think Of
those evil days when I would calmly risk
long prison sentence fol bit Of gaudy
fnery, and I thank heaven that they are
long since past and gone.
Sometimes, when driven desperate by
the prospect Of a long prison term,
criminals have risked their lives in their
efforts to escape.
Curly" Harris one OF the most desperate
burglars in the country, did 1t several
times. Harris shot policeman In Phila-
delphia and was sent to the Eastern Pent-
tentiary for long term. He escaped. but
was arrested in Pittsburgh. The Ph1ladel-
phia police sent a special car after him
and while they were bringing him back
the fugitive, with his hands still in hand
cuffs, jumped from the rear platform Of
the car while the train was travelling at
the rate Of forty miles an hour. Nothing
was heard Of him for several years and
1t was thought that he must have been
killed instantly when he jumped from the
train or had died soon afterwa,u OF his
injuries. The reason for his disappearance,
however, subsequently turned out to be
the fact that he had been serving a sem
tence in the north Of New York for
robbery. He committed many other
serious crimes after his wonderful jump
from the moving train and served various
prison terms.
An equally desperate act was that OF
Eddie Quinn, a very remarkable character.
He was OF very different type to that
of Curly" Harris, but equally courageous.
Quinn was college graduate and came OF
a good Chicago family, He had long
and varied criminal career in which he
displayed the utmost bravery at times.
He was absolutely without fear and when
he travelled with me he suggested many
a wild proposition which filed my usually
calm heart with dread. He was very
stubborn.
On one occasion while in jail the keepers
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17
Ants That Walk On Water Just as Christ Did

hther thther along the edge of the water as II IN
terror Finally after several mad attempts to iud
dry way of escape they evidently became convinced
that there nothing to do but CROSS on the water
Soon they began to take to the water and DR..
Willis was amazed to see them across the water
without getting their feet wet If you do not believe
him you verify the truth of his observation by re-
peating the same experiment yourself
It is by of surface tension top film Of water
that these creatures able to walk upon water with
out SO much dampenng their heels, not to speak OF
sinking. But Dr. Williss ants were not content with
thus tempting fate single time. They returned
emily sugar and crossed the water in the samo
way they had before For some time this Galilee-Re
miracle repeated every few minutes, steady dou-
BILE column crossing the water.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17

with half dozen policemen for the pur-
pose of Identification, he realized that his
silk hat would inevitably give him away,
and took 1t off.
He was directed to replace 1t.
"This Is an outraged" he complained to
the inspector in charge. you might as
we'll tell these people who I am right out
as exhibit me with this silk hat on when
all these officers are wearing derbiesl"
The inspector refused to accede to
Moores request and the burglar got
highly indignant
''This is farce and I won't stand for
it," and he pulled his hat OF his head
and threw it upon q nearby chair. This
display of temper did him no good. how
ever, for one Of the officers picked up the
hat and placed it rather foroibly upon
Moores head
Word was sent out to Carey and Miss
Evans to enter the room where the cline.
up" test was to be made. AS Moore heard
their approaching footsteps he seized his
silk hat for which, as he afterwards told
me. he had paid fifteen dollars the day
before, threw it to the ground, and before
the officers could restrain him, trampled
upon it with both feet till 1t was as fat
as pancakel
The witnesses gazed at the line Of men,
but were unable to pick out any as having
been connected with the robbery.
This was only one Of the many tricks
which Moore practised IN the course of
his long criminal career and which
showed how resourceful he was.
While incarcerated in the Maine State
term Of seven years for the RockIand
Bank robbery, fellow prisoner, Dutch
Dan." secured pardon by writing letters
to the president Of every bank in Maine
In which he pointed out the weak spots
IN their institutions and showed how they
could be made to withstand the attacks Of
burglars. Moore decided that a similar
service on his part might bring about a
similar reward. To work out the plan he
had conceived, it was necessary for him
to get In touch with his wife and get her
to raise funds. How these funds were to
be used 1t was impossible for him to COM
municate to her, because all the inter
views he had with her were had In the
presence Of the warden.
He bided his time, however, and at
length got an opportunity to whisper to
her to remove the stamps from the let
ters she received from him. When she
did SO she found that in the space to be
occupied by the stamp, Moore had written
twenty words.
Putting these messages together as she
received the letters, Mrs Moore was in
the course Of a few months, in possession
of her husbands detailed plan OF pro-
cedure, but she spoiled it all by writing
on the margin Of a newspaper she was
allowed to send him the words, All right
I will be there the second week In March.
This message came to the attention OF the
warden, and from that time on until
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17

meet me with everything mystifying,
l was once taken from my home to
answer for a crime committed In Cleve-
land. A diamond merchant there had lost
lot Of Jewelry, through the work OF q
woman who came into his store and
picked up stuff when he wasn't looking
That had been my specially, and as the
police couldn't find the real person, they
tried to fasten the crime on my shouI-
ders. The owner of the store said he
would know the woman again, so he was
brought on to Detroit, and l was lined
up with a dozen other women in the De.
troit Jail. The merchant went back and
forth and could not pick any woman in
that crowd as being the party who took
his stuff. Then one of the detectives
Whispered to the man, saying something
which took the mans gaze to me, and
then I knew the detective had told him
who I was and that he should pick me
out The man came over to me and said:
"Can you speak German2"
Like a slmpleton I said I could, and
SPOKE some words to him.
No other woman In the line was able to
speak German, and as the woman who
robbed him had spoken to him in German,
he therefore picked me out, and the de-
tective handed the man a cigar on his
good Judgment
Now hadn't been in Cleveland at the
time the robbery took place, At the time
I was out in ST. Louis, having been picked
hu 81
pies, and I was actually In the ST. Louis
jail at the time / was supposed to have
taken the poor Cleveland merchants dia~
monds. did not say anything about this,
but allowed the triumphant officers to
cart me off to Cleveland A lawyer from
that town that ! had known came to see
me and he asked for hearing the next
morning. did not tell the Detroit police
that / had been In jail in ST. Louis during
the week Of the Cleveland robbery, for
thought they might be dirty enough to
send on to st. Louis and get the police
there to alter the record and thus de-
stroy my alibi When l came up before
the Judge for hearing, he asked me what
had to say. My lawyer was not in the
secret as to the ST. Louis episode, SO
said to the judge;
Your Honor, 1 did not commit this
crime and / can prove it right now"
We'll, go ahead and prove 1t then,'
testify replied the Judge.
l turned to the prosecutor and asked
him to give me the dates on which the
robbery had taken place, He did, and
wrote them down on piece OF paper and
banded them to the judge. | then asked
the Judge to question the proprietor of the
store as to the exact date, and he, Of
course, gave the same days as the prose
cutor. After had gotten the men to say
several times that there could be no mis-
take about the dates, then told the Judge
that on the days mentioned was in jail
in ST. Louis, and / asked him to call up
the Chief OF Police there and find out. He
did call up st. Louis and found that was
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17

OIuSIGu I'LL " w IiC ~ icSo
bookkeeping for them. 1t was
a task he detested and he re-
fused to do it.
He was taken down to the
warden's office. That official
was eating dinner at the time,
The keepers related to the
warden Quinn's refusal to
keep the prison books and
Quinn was asked for an ex-
planation.
II don't like the work and l
won't do 1t. that's ALI" was
the mans reply.
The warden gazed at him in
amazement.
Take him down to the SOL
itary cell" he directed. II
guess he'll think better Of 1t
later on"
AS the keepers motloned
for Quinn to follow them be
jumped toward the table at
which the warden was dining,
seized a carving knife, and
before the keepers could
grab him had slashed off the
fingers Of his left hand. Prison
bookkeeping or writing of any
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17
Written by SOPHIE LYONS

.bk 1918, The Star Company.
|Ife OF the professional criminal
ia Of perils. Very early in his
.er be becomes possessed with q
dread Of prison. When arrest
h1m, he will adopt any measure.
K how desperate, to effect his
nown criminals to jump from
trains to escape their GUS
pnsrs have jumped from great
ne risk of their lives, Some
gone painful operations to re-
"a BY which they might be
others have deliberately mutt
n1elves to accomplish similar
ore successful" a professional
nay be in his chosen career, the
dread OF prison bars. This Is
az The petty sneak-thief gets
ont OF his criminal existence
q he enjoys his freedom. His
underworld at It's best Is often
desired than a term In prison,
3 assured at any rate Of a roof
nead at night and enough food
upon.
y the big figures Of the under
men who will not undertake a
1tesB 1t promises loot amounting
nouSands Of dollars, the case is
When at large these men live
more or less luxury and they
regard term behind prison
me utmost dread.
mlnals put aside out Of the pro-
L1elr crimes a fund which is
fall money" and which is used
p their freedom when they get
lo or to tighten their sentence.
yes, this fall money" amounts
Sc sums. To escape a term in
criminal will not only spend
OF his "fall money" but will
BIZ TO pay large portion OF his
I 'nings.
nost ingenuity has been dis
~lminals In their efforts to es-
op terms or to break out of
q conviction.
sfs ago Langdon W. Moore, the
oank burglar, whose exploits
Hequent occasion to mention,
eu Tor the robbery Of $4,000
'nited States bonds. The bonds
~sen from the oyercoat of a
Fkeeper named Carey. Two
concerned In the robbery,
~ was busy with a. customer
4 foooers engaged his assistant
q IN conversation while the
g himself to the bonds, which
eys overcoat hanging behind
|. = taken to Police Headquar
4 ln a rear room through which
:, ~ saw Carey and Miss Evans
ae was to be "lined up" fo1
. Moore's name was a house
Foughout New England at the
~as generally known, too
eflaoly wore a silk hat.
: was directed to stand in lin,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17

Moore's term eX-
PRED he was al
lowed neither to
see nor write to his
wife.
No criminal who
has ever served a
term In jail wants
to repeat the eI-
perience. I know
that / resorted to
every ruse I could
think Of when
ever a Jail SEN
tence threatened
me.
I used to get
picked up by the
police regularly. II
a crime were COM
mitted anywhere
where l might have
been and the police
could find no one
else to blame for
1t, they pounced
upon me. They
had to have a vic
tim and my un-
savory record gave
them sufficient ex-
cuse to take me In
even when ] had
done nothing to de-
serve arrest.
To illustrate how
determined the po-
lice we're to con-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-08-15
Never Closed My
Eyes Last Night y
How often have you
been forced to say
these very words. You
evidently hsve never
tired
TUFTS Pills

which gently regulate
your system and STIR
your liver to action.
Sugar coated o. PLAIN
at your druggist
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
RESULT OF SICILIAN FEUD.
Italian in Chicago Called to Door and
Murdered.

Chicago, December 14.-Alike La
porta was called to the door Of his
home to the South Side Italian quar-
ter early to-day by cries of Hurry
your brother is dying A moment
later he was struggling with three
men. who lett him dead with 20 stab
wounds in the body.
Antonio Laporta, the brother, came
home soon after the police arrived
He said he knew who had killed
Nike, but when questioned about the
identity of the assassin, he replied:
1t is my affair; l will find them. .
Laporta said the murder was the re-
suit of a Sicilian feud of 20 years
duration. My brother was not the
first; he will not be the last La
porta added
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
HOMICIDE NEAR AIKEN.
Negro Held on Charge of Killing
White Man.

Aiken, December 14.-Early this
morning Rural Policeman Holley
brought to Aiken Daniel Berry, col
ored, charged with the killing of a
white man by the name of Minus Nc
Elmurray. The killing occurred on
Beech Island last night.
It seems that wagon load of dar-
kies were returning from Augusta,
all said to be in a drunken condition.
McElmurray was along. Berry and
McElmurray got into fuss, it is said
The negro, it is claimed. struck the
white man over the head twice with
an iron pipe, crushing his skull.
McElmurray lay down in the wagon
then and was put out at Dobson' S
store, where he soon died. -,
There are two other stories about
the killing. Berry says McElmur-
ray and a policeman got into a fight
in the city of Augusta and the police
man struck him over the head Win
his stick and he died from this lick.
Others in the wagon say McElmurray
insulted Berry's wife and this brought
on the fight between Berry and McEl-
murray, and that Berry was the one
who, crushed the latter's skull.
Coroner Spradley held an inquest
late Saturday night and the jury held
Berry, who is now charged with the
crime
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
SEEK TRAIN ROBBERS.
Detectives Suspect Them of Causing
Lake Shore Wreck.

Cleveland, O., December 13.-Traln
robbers tonight are suspected OF
responsibility for the derailing last
night of passenger train No. l6, Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern railroad,
at Wickliffe, IS miles east of here.
Acting on this theory, score of de-
tectives, aided by bloodhounds, fol-
lowed trails this afternoon and to-
night that possibly will read to arrest
tomorrow. 1t is thought that the
heavy load of registered mail led to
the attempted robbery. The theory
that the derailment was caused in an
attempt to kill Alfred H. Smith. new
" elected president of the New York
Central lines. has been discredited.
1t is regarded as impossible that any
one could have known of his presence
On the train.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
COMMITTEES STRANGE REQUEST
Asks Sheriff to Let Them Lynch
Negro and Gets Turned Down.

Anderson, December 12.-Between
fifty and seventy-fve men gathered
on Church street near the county jail
tonight at $50 o'clock, while three
of them went to the Jail door and
made demand on Sheriff Ashley for
Will White, the negro who stabbed
to death Ollie kinard in the Orr
Mills village this afternoon. The
three men, who were recognized by
the sheriff, when he answered the
alarm at the door, told the sheriff, it
is said, they had come for White;
that he, Sheriff Ashley, could make
a big bluff" to convince the public
that he tried to save the negro from
them and that the crowd could then
take. the negro.
Sheriff Ashley replied very forci-
bly,, it is said, saying that there is
not any bluff" in him, that he has
sworn to protect the prisoners, and
that he intended doing so with all his
might He told them, further, that
they wouldn't get the negro unless
they did so over his dead body.
Threatened to Return.
The three men withdrew, one Of
them remarking that they would be
back later, tonight.
The crowd dispersed soon after. 1t
is rumored here at 10 o'clock that a
crowd has gathered just South Of the
city, but the sheriff and his deputies
do not give the story any credence.
The sheriff has the jail we'll barri-
caded, having called in four of his
deputies and two of the city police
men. They are we'll fortified.
Instantly Killed.
Ollie Kinard, white man employ
ed in the frame room of the Orr cot
ton mills, was stabbed to death late
to-day by Will White, negro en-
ployed in the picker room of the
same mill. Death was instantaneous.
Testimony adduced at the inquest
is to the effect that Kinard had been
drinking, and that he. in company
with two friends, met White and
asked him to accompany them to the
woods. Kinard ,teased the negro un-
til the negro became angry and with
out any warning, it is alleged, drew
his knife and stabbed Kinard to the
heart. White ran off but was cap
tured and is in the county Jail. The
officers do not anticipate any trouble
although the homicide attracted large
crowds to the scene and fair-sized
crowd appeared near the Jail when
the negro was brought in.
The Orr mills did not run to-day,
power being cut off on account of the
destruction of the Portman power
plant, this being the reason why op-
eratiyes were out.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
Both DlelliStS Killed.

Arcadia, La, December I'D. \.
Rogers, town marshal, and Thomas
Cathey, shot and killed each other in
late last night. The marshal had
warned Cathey to go home and ap-
preached him to make an arrest.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18

The incest line of Xmas books ever
shown in Bamberg now on display at
Herald Book Store.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
FOR SALE

75 acres of land, 3 miles of Olar,
60 acres under cultivation, with f.
room house, barn and stables, for
eight hundred and fifty dollars cash.
4 real bargain for some one. Only
reason for selling at this price owner
living away from the State. Apply
to H. NJ. GRAHAM or j. 7. O'NEAL,
Bamberg, S. c.
Xmas cards at Herald Book Store.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-09
Even Money Is Wagered To-day
Tesreau VS.. Shawkey Or Bush
By Tad
Copyright. 1913. International News Service

engaged in the active enterprise OF
foiling him.
The uncertainty coiled itself around
those ebullient sports who are wont to
rage around looking for bets.
After the upheaval of fiscal enthu-
siasm over the Athletics yesterday
the betting went back to mild man
nered, even money to-day, and not a
lot of that.
In all of this uncertainty there are
few facts that can be put forth with
out fear of libel or a subpoena duces
tecum. OWe Is that grand old Chief
Meyers is out of this here series for
keeps. He was practicing yesterday
with one finger in swaddling clothes,
and in his natural desire to protect
himself he interposed the life of his
thumb in the way of a throw from
Herzog, the result of which feat is
one of the worst thumbs in the annals
of the big league.
We are now thrown back into the
realm of uncertainty once more. No
body can definitely say, for instance
or, if they can, they won't-who will
play first base for the Giants. Mer-
kle's ankle may head him off, and
Snodgrass went lame yesterday
1t Is possible that George WiltSe
will once more grant us the favor OF
Witnessing his feats OF arms and
hands and legs around first base, and
II so, we want a ringside seat.
Mr.. Hooks" Wiltse Is hereby nomi-
mated for the All-American first base
man.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-09
Matty Thought Strunk Scored
Rill Smith Interviews Big Six

the plate before Larry got the ball on
him. II was one of those decisions
,hat might have been called either
way, II seemed To me-
"Anyhow, the game was saved for
us.and IL must be remembered that
the courage and honesty Of an Amer
lean League umpire in the pinch gave
us our chance to win"
Matty also said he asked Mclean
about the play later, as Larry was the
only human being who really could
know for certain If Strunk was out.
Larry was certain of it, He said he
had Strunk well blocked off the plate,
maybe as much as a yard Matty
said the Information was given him
by Larry In private, and he knew alb
sulutely that Il was straight
but III tell you | telt pretty sick
when saw Strunk side In there, "
said Matty. and thought at the time
Connolly was surely going to call him
safe"
Matty wouldn't talk much about his
| own part In that ninth inning stan1,
except to say that the boys backed
him up in great shape. especially
George Wiltse.
! thought Wiltse looked pretty good,
too. II being his first game at first
base, and In Worlds Series at that,