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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
NV Mistress Astonishes Me,

r FOLLOWED the rest of them
with the help of the under
groom's arm.
Those in front had spread the
news before us. We found the servants
in Il state of panic. AS we passed my
lady's door it was thrown open VIC
lcntly from the inner side. My mis-
trcss came out among us, with MIR.
Franklin following and trying vainly
to compose her. quite beside herself
with the horror of the thing.
You are answerable for this" she
cried out, threatening the sergeant
wildly with her hand. "Gabricl, give
that wretch his money and release me
from the sight of him"
The sergeant was the only one among
us who was fit to cope with her, being
possession of himself.
II am no more answerable for this
distressing calamity, my lady, than
you are" he said. "lf in half an hour
from this you still insist on my leav-
ing the house l will accept your lady
ships dismissal. but not your ladyship's
money!
1t was spoken very respectfully, but
very firmly at the same time, and it
had it's effect on my mistress as we'll
as on me. She suffered Mr.. Franklin
to lead her back into the room. AS
the door closed on the two the ser
geant. looking about non the wom-
en- servants in his obscrvant way, nc
ticed that. while all tho rest We're
merely frightened. Penelope was in
tears. when your father has changed
his wet clothes,' he said to her, 'comc
md speak to us in your fathers room"
Before the half hour was out l had
got my dry clothes on and had lent
Sergeant Cuff such change of dress as
he required. Penelope came in to us
to hear what the sergeant wanted with
her.
Asked if she knew what had led her
fellow servant to destroy herself. my
daughter answered that it was for love
of Mr.. Franklin Blake. Asked next if
she had mentioned this notion OF hers
to any other person, Penelope answer
ed, II have not mentioned it for Io
sannH's sake" l felt it necessary to
add a word to this. said, And for
Mr.. Franklin's sake. my dear. as We'll.
If Rosanna has died for love of him it
is not with his knowledge or by his
fault. Let him leave the house today,
il he does leave it. without the useless
pain of knowing the truth" Sergeant
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There my mistress stopped him once

There my mistress stopped him once
more.
II may possibly make it less painful
to you and to my good servant and
friend here" she said, 'if l set the x
ample Of speaking boldly on my side.
You suspect Miss Ncrinder of decciving
us all by secreting the diamond for
some purpose of her own? Is that
true:"
quite true, my lady"
Every well. Now. before you begin
I have to tell you. as Miss V%erinder's
mother, that she is absolutely incapa-
BILE of doing what you suppose her to
have done. Your knowledge Of her
character dates from the beginning Of
her life. State your suspicion Of her
as strongly as YOU please. 1t is impos-
sible that YOU can offend me by doing
so. l am sure. beforehand that with
all your experience the circumstances
have fatally misled you in this case.
Mind! am in possession of no private
information. l am as absolutely shut
out Of my daughters confidence as YOU
are. My n reason for speaking posi-
lively Is the reason YOU have heard al
ready. | know my child"
She turned to me and gave me her
hand. l kissed it in silence. You
may go on" She said, facing the ser
geant again as steadily as ever.
Sergeant Cuff bowed,
For the last twenty years." he said,
81 have been largely employed in cases
OF family scandal, acting in the capac-
ity Of confidential man. The one re-
suit Of my domestic practice which has
any bearing on the matter now in hand
is a result which l may state in two
words. 1t is we'll within my expert
ence that young ladies Of rank and po-
sition do occasionally have private
debts which they dare not acknowledge
to their nearest relatives and friends.
Sometimes the milliner and jeweler
are at the bottom of it. Sometimes the
money is wanted for purposes which
/ don't suspect in this case. My first
information relating to the loss of the
moonstone came to me from Superin-
tendent S~eegrave. He proved to my
complete satisfaction that he was per-
fectly incapable of managing the case.
The n thing he said which struck me
as worth listening to was this-that
Miss Eerinder had declined to be ques-
toned by him and had spoken to him
with a perfectly incomprehensible rude
ness and contempt. l thought this Gu
rious. but l attributed it mainly to
some clumsiness on the superintend-
ent's part which might have offended
the young lady. After that l put it by
in my mind and applied myself, sin
gle handed. to the case. 1t ended, as
you are aware. in the discovery of the
smear on the door and in Mr.. Frank
lin Blake's evidence satisfying me that
this same smear and the loss of the
diamond We're pieces Of the same puz-
Zle. So far. if | suspected anything. I
suspected that the moonstone had been
stolen and that one of the servants
might prove to be the thief. Very
good. In this state of things what
happens? Miss Nerinder suddenly
ONE out Of her room and speaks to
me. l observe three suspicious APP
pearances in that young lady. She Is
still violently agitated, though more
than four and twenty hours have pass
ed since the diamond was lost. She
treats me as she has already treated
superintendent %Seegrave, and she is
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
A Column of
Smiles For
Everybody
An lrascjhIe Mood.

II want to ask your consent to my
marriage with your daughter" said the
formal youth.
Young man." replied Mr.. Cumrox,
don't you bother me with any more
such talk. If you and Gwendolin get
married it's her and her mothers do
ings, and l don't want to be brought
into it. I'm tired of being held respon-
sible for every kind Of trouble that
comes up in this family. -Wa
Star,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30

mortally offended with Mr.. Franklin
Blake. Very good again. Here, l say
to myself, is a young lady who has lost
a valuable jewel-a young lady, also,
as my own eyes and ears inform me,
who is of an impetuous temperament.
Under these circumstances and with
that character what does she do? She
bctrays an incomprehensible resent
ment against Mr.. Blake. Mr.. Superin-
tendent and Observation-Disclosures, the
very three people who have all, in
their different ways. been trying to
help her to recover her lost jewel.
Having brought my inquiry to that
point. then, my lady, and not till then,
l begin to look back into my own mind
for my own experience. My own OK
perience explains Miss Verinder's 9th
erwise incomprehensible conduct. 1t
associates her with those other young
ladies that l know of. 1t tells me SHE
has debts she daren't acknowledge,
that must be paid, and it sets me ask
ing myself whether the loss of the dia-
mond may not mean-that the diamond
must be secretly pledged to pay them.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30

His Price.
you say you saw me kiss your SIS
ter last night? Don't you suppose you
could be mistaken?"
"Sure l could-for a quarter. That's
what the other fellers always give
me!'-Chicago News.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
His Way.

His Way.
How did you become so rich? Have
you always earned more than you
spend?"
Not a bit Of it, young man, but I've
always managed to spend less than I
earned."-Detroit Free Press.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
Had Him There,

Had Him There.
Her Dad-What can you offer my
daughter that equals or excels what
she has now? Suitor-Well, l rather
think the name Of Montmorency is an
improvement upon that of Skraggs,
sir. Don't you?-Boston Transcript.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
Last Sign.

Last 0T97a
II have no patience with Jones. The
mar has not a particle Of enterprise in
anything"
Eyes, you can see that. Even the
vines in his garden are all creepers."-
Baltimore American.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
The Ground.

The Ground.
IF your tailor did not send home
your new trousers when he promised
you can sue him."
ION what ground?"
"That they are breeches Of promise"
Baltimore American.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30

First Neighbor (threateningly)-Did
you call me a two faced thing. did
you? Second Neighbor (unabashed)-
Yes, I did, and, wot's more, I don't
know which of 'em's the ugliest.-
London Tit-Bits.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
An Appreciated Kindness.

"Mr. Growell," began the visitor, II
don't want to disturb YOU
Every ~considerate Of you to come in
here just to tell me that" said the
busy man. II appreciate it, sir. Good
day!"-New York Journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
Getting Even.

SetItn9 EVens
First Villager-Hello, Aaron! Hear
you've got married. What kind Of a
match did you make? Second Villager
WELL, neighbor, 1 didn't do as well as
I expected; but, to tell the truth, I
don't think she did, either.-Life.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
Just His Luck,

Flatbush-1 was out shopping with
my wife yesterday and I lost her in the
crowd.
Bensonhurst-You were lucky.
mo, l wasn't. She found me-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
Damaqe Proof.

"Blinks' auto went over an embank-
ment, rolled down twenty feet, turned
turtle, killed Blinks, but wasn't even
scratched"
"Fine! What make is it, Jim?"-Ex-
change.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
Fatal SUGGESTION,

IF 1 were that popular young doctor
I would not allow my wife, as his
does, to call me Ducky."
"Why not?'
ut might make people think I was q
quack.'-Baltimore American.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30

$50 you've just come from church.
How long was the sermon?'
II should say about six reels."-Wis-
cOnsin State Journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
Varieties In Slate.

VdF1etIeS III SIdte.
THAT 50 you paid me makes a clean
slate" said the coal a
II hope it's cleaner than that last
slate YOU sent me instead Of COAL" re.
sponded the victim.-Philadelphia Led
ger.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-30
lo,A, She oved Him.

How She Loved Him.
He-When shall we wed?
She-Oh, John, why do you take our
engagement so seriously ?-Exchange.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11
VERDE NELSON TO IN.
SANE HOSPITAL
Case VIII Not Come up for Trial at
This Term of Court

Verde Nelson of Canaan, accused
murderer of Bert Ireland of Canaan,
and against whom an indictment was
returned by the Grand Jury, will not
be tried until the April term of the
Supreme Judicial Court. having been
sent to Augusta for observation at the
Insane Hospital as to his sanity. He
will remain there until further orders
are received from the Court, who
ordered his removal. Nelson has
been confined in the County Jail since
January "a, the next day but one after
the murder was committed.
Guy Nelson, brother of the ac-
cused, stated in substance to repre-
sentative of the Independent-Repor
ter, that he knew his brother wasn't
right and that he had noticed peculiar
tiles about him for some time. His
mother also thinks Verde insane he
said. The man against whom the
suspicion is directed, was willing tc
go to the hospital and was accompani-
ed to that place Tuesday by Turnkey
Chute of the Skowhegan, Jail.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11
A BLOODY GUN HAS
BEEN FOUND
At the Home of Verde
Nelson in Canaan
Also Prints of the Weapon on Door
In the Home Where Bert Ireland
Was Murdered

New clues in the Ireland murder
case at Canaan came to light Monday
and Tuesday, which seem to draw the
web of circumstantial evidence more
tightly around Verde Nelson, the &C
cused murderer of Bert Ireland. On
Monday night Deputy Sheriff Alpheus
Mason of Canaan paid visit to the
home of Nelson's parents and while
there obtained a gun, covered with
blood which Nelson is said to have
had the night that Bert Ireland met
his tragic death On Tuesday Mr.
Mason accompanied by County Com
missioner o. f. Libby went TO the Ire
land home and found thereN door
and a door casing with the prints OF
the end of a gun thereon. which they
also took into their possession. Floor
boards and a portion OF the stairs
which bore bloody tracks were also
appropriated by the officers.
AT the present time Mrs. Mabel
Copp. sister OF the murdered man. Is
occupying the house where the terrible
crime was committed.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11

of the grand jurors at the next term
of court while Bagley secured bonds
at lockwood
The alleged scrimmage occurred last
Saturday and after Deputy Sheriff
Maynard of lockwood WAS notified, he
started on the mems trail accompanied
by one of the complainants and Fred
Smart of lockwood as an aid. They
started up the road and came to the
scene of the alleged assault. After
driving fourteen miles. Walsh was
found in a camp and was placed under
arrest. The officer then continued his
journey to another camp but the ac-
cused men were not there and they
pushed along further until Sleeves
was overtaken together with King.
Deputy Maynard took both of these
men in custody and drove on to an
other camp where he found Bagley
and Smart.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11
CLAIMED TO Be A GOV.
EMINENT DETECTIVE
1t Was Finally Discovered That He
Had Been Imbibing Too. Freely

MADISON, Me, Feb. 10--Quite a
little excitement was occasioned
Thursday by the advent in town of a
stranger who entered several places
of business along Main street and
claimed to be a special Government
detective. He recounted his hair
breadth escapes and told of arresting
four sheriffs last month, who dared to
question his authority. He entered
the Moving Picture Theatre and posed
as an inspector of theatres and when
asked to show his paper of authority
answered that he had no need of a
paper that he was in himself vested
with the proper authority. The pro-
prietor of the theatre suspecting him
to be a fraud, invited him to leave
which the stranger did. 1t was final
ly discovered that he had been imbib-
ing too freely in ardent spirits and
was for the time being insane.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11

an investigation, which has been con-
Quoted by himself and associates, with
regard to new school building. A re-
port will probable also be made ON this
same subject from the Board of Trade
committee on school buildings. Among
the subjects submitted to the president
of the association l.. w Gerrish through
the question box department. Is that
of Medical Inspection and this topic
will be assigned to someone for dis
cussion if time permits.
The following entertainment pro
gram will be presented by pupils oi
the Garfield and Weston schools
Song. Helen Lord; singing. pupils
reading. Langdon Jewett; song, La
vina Murray; reading, Carolyn Cover
song. Coda Keene.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11
WOODSMEN BROUGHT TO SKOWHEGAN
FROM THE NUMBERING REGIONS
On Assault Charges. Deputy Sheriff Maynard
Captured Culprits Above lockwood

After considerable of a chase Dep
uty Sheriff w H. Maynard of Rock
wood arrived in town Monday from
the lumber regions of northern Maine
with William J. Walsh and Fenwich
Stevens as prisoners and Lemon
Smart and Chas. B. Keene to be held
as witnesses.
1t seems that Fero Valentine and
Harry Witchie, two Polanders. We're
coming out of the woods with their
valises on foot. They met two tote
teams and claimed to have been as
saulted by the before mentioned per-
sons and also Harry Bagley. AT a
hearing held in lockwood before f. S.
Chase, all three of the men pleaded
guilty.
They were all woods workers and
Walsh and Fenwich were committed
to the County Jail to await the action
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11
HEAD IS LAID OPEN BY
MEANS Of CANT.DOG
In the Hands Of Fellow Workman
In the Northern Maine Woods

Word received here from lockwood
states that Polander employed by
the American Realty Co has been hit
in the head by cant dog in the hands
it is claimed of Harry Brennan, an
other employee The wound sustain
ed was a serious one, laying one side
of the mans head open. 1t is under
stood that no action has been taken
as yet matters being at n standstill
pending the recovery or death OF the
victim. Brennan is said to have been
discharged by his employers.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11

A case the outcome of which was of
considerable interest to Starks people
was that of the State VS.. Elmer w.
Ness, now stopping in Skowhegan
He pleaded not guilty to assault and
battery upon John Ultz, a Starks mer-
chant but was found guilty of the
crime. The story of the case as ga
thered from the testimony of the wit
nesses appeared to be as follows:
Elmer Ness, accompanied by his wife
and child went to Starks with a
pony show and decided to take up
winter quarters there. They obtained
board in the family of John Ultz, this
gentleman being the father of an at
tractive daughter, Miss Bessie Ultz,
about % years of age. This young wo-
man. who was a school teacher in her
home town greatly admired the ponies
which made up the Ness show and soon
grew friendly with their owner and his
wife. Finally after several weeks of
living in the Ultz home, Ness and his
wife removed to another location in
the town and Miss Bessie also left her
school shortly afterwards and accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Ness to their new
boarding place. Mr.. Ultz was notified
of the fact and accordingly 1t appears
called upon his daughter asking her
to return home. 1t seems she refused
to dp this and finally the father with
several other men went to the home to
make further effort to get her to re-
turn. On this visit occurred the al
legged assault Mr.Ultz claiming to have
been struck with stick of wood by
Ness who later used his fists. Angler
Continued on page seven)
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11
Meeting Next Saturday
Evening

The regular monthly meeting of the
ton is to occur at the high school
building next Saturday evening at
o'clock. The meeting will be open to
who are to become members, plan to
affiliate at this time as the social
meeting to occur March 13 will be re-
stricted to members only. The social
committee plans to meet at 7.30 pre-
ceding the meeting next Saturday
evening to arrange for the meeting of
March 13.
Lesley Z. Jacobs. for the Education
al Committee, will give the results of
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT WILL PRO.
BADLY ADJOURN DURING THE DAY
Important Cases Have Been Tried. Jurors Dis
missed Yesterday. Trials of the Week

ct taken up was that of State VS.. Will
liam Wheeler of Pittsfield. Wheeler
was one of the three men who escaped
from the Jail early last week and
against whom five indictments had
been returned by the grand jurors
when previously arranged before
judge Spear. Wheeler pleaded not
guilty to the five indictments and
several witnesses arrived during the
day Friday from Pittsfield and Hart
land to give evidence in the case. The
accused however when once more
brought to the bar retracted his plea
of not guilty in the four cases of for
gerry against him, but still retained
his plea of not guilty to the larceny
charge.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11
BOUCHARD VS..
INSURANCE CO.
Plaltiff Exceptions Are Sustained in
Rescript from Law Court

A rescript from the Law Court was
received by Clerk of Courts William
T. Seekins, Friday, in the Somerset
County case of Belonie Bouchard VS..
The Drigo Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. in which plaintiffs except
tions to an order of nonsuit granted
by Justice Haley on the defendants
motion, at the September term last,
are sustained, the opinion holding that
the defendants contention that the
plaintiff violated two clauses of his
policy by the use of a gasoline engine
in his barn for threshing grain is not
maintainable as a matter of law.
Mr. Bouchard's s farm buildings, loca-
ted on the farm which he purchased
of A. X. Perkins, on the Athens road
were destroyed by fire on Thanksgiv-
ing Day, 1912, together with the great
er part of their contents, the total loss
aggregating $4,000. The fire was due
to the use of a gasoline engine for
threshing grain. The policy in suit was
one of two policies. the other being in
the Narragansett Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company, the same questions be-
ing raised by both companies. The
amount of the loss covered by insur-
ance, and involved in the two suits
was $2641.
Neither policy contained any rider
or other stipulation affecting the use
of gasoline engines, being simple
Maine Standard" policies of the usual
type. The companies claimed, how
ever, that inasmuch as the policy sti-
pulated that 1t should be void iii
camphene, benzine, naptha. or other
chemical oils or burning fluids shall
be kept or used by the insured on the
premises insured" the plaintiff had
violated the provision by using gas
oline engine in the barn. Also that
the use OF the engine was an increase
OF risk" within the usual provision
Also that no proofs OF loss were filed
To these contentious plaintiff replied
that mere temporary use OF pro-
hbited article is not within either oi
the clauses. that neither applies
where the use OF an article Is custom
airy In the business of the insured and
in the community In which he lives
which facts were shown by evidence
In the case, as well as the fact that the
plaintiff had pursued precisely the
same course In threshing before the
policy Was issued. that Insurance pol
ieies like other contracts. are 10 be
read In the light Of conditions existing
wheu the policy lssuea. and hence a
continuance Of an original risk can
not be- an Increase" of risk that the
defendant waived the provision re-
Kardins the proofs of loss by deaylns
liability
Justlee HALEY sustained the defend
aat's first tso contentious and Ae-
ssrdiaxiy ordered q asasait tn which
order plaintiff sxess.sa, Tas Feserig'
@lli b. published saxt s~eeh.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11
GEORGE HUBBARD FOUND GUILTY Of NUMBERING LAFORES
MATTHEWS AND SENTENCED To LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Jurors We're in Delberaton for Four Hours Condemne
No Emotion When Verdict was Returned

Guilty of Murder was the verdict
returned yesterday against George A
Hubbard by Charles Hoxie. foreman
of the jury which had been in deliber-
alton for nearly four hours Tn
finchingly the condemned man listen
ed to the dread words and seemed
calmer than he had during the earlier
hours of the trial. Save his son
John Hubbard, none of the other MEM
bers of his family were in the room
When the verdict was returned. The
jury retired at ll.l5 a. m. and remain
ed until 314 p. m Hubbard received
his sentence that of life imprison-
ment, last night and will probably be
taken to Thomaston tomorrow.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11

The civil docket of the winter term
of the Supreme judicial Court was
completed last Friday In the case OF
James Goodrich VS.. William r. Whit
ney. action being brought to recover
the value of potatoes damaged 1t is
understood in the store house of Whit
ney, verdict was returned for the de-
fendant. Merrill and Merrill for the
plaintiff and Judge f. F. Lawrence for
the defendant