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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
FORMER ATHENS MAN SENTENCED TO Be
HANGED IN WYOMING FOR MURDER
The Seventh of May Named as Fatal Day, but a
Stay of the Execution has Been Granted

ing of the court, Flanders was brought
from the Jail where he has been in
carcerated since his conviction, and
sentence pronounced
Flanders, however, will not be hang
ed on May :. A stay of execution HIS
already been granted, preparatory to a
review of the case by the supreme
court. and notice of an appeal filed.
The defense has been given until
June in which TO file the bill of ex-
ceptions upon which its appeal is
based. Flanders will be taken to the
state penitentiary with the other
prisoners from Sheridan county, and
Aels there saiif;sii4f The n4ii dec1s4Un m
his case.
The crime for which Flanders is
sentenced to die was committed on
July l., 1914. near AlYa. in Crook
county, Wyoming, when Flanders,
waiting in ambush. stopped his wife
and Sam Aultz as they were driving
toward Hulett and after few words,
it is claimed. shot and killed them
both.
The case was brought to Sheridan
county on change OF venue. and was
the first 5ury ease in the December
term of the district court The DE-
fe1se alleged insanity on the part of
Flanders. and produced expert VII
nesses to testify to that effect. Tie
state however. produced other experts
to testify that Flanders was sane at
the time of the shooting The case
was fought bitterly but a verdict Of
guilty of murder in the first degree
was brought in late Christmas eve.
a motion for new trial. alleging
errors on the part of the court, was
filed Immediately. that motion was
however argued and oyerruled There
were two separate murder charges
against Flanders, one for each vic
tim. and he was tried and convicted of
numbering his wife Had he been
released from that charge, he would
have Immediately faced trial in the
other The unfortunate man has rel
atives now living in Somerset County.
and former acquaintances now recall
the fact that Flanders mother was for
years insane.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
IN THE EARLIER DAYS OF
NORTH ANSON
More of Historical Interest About Our
Neighb0r Town

North Arson is being rapidly rebuilt
and is rising nobly from the ruins Of
the terrible conflagration which SO de-
vastated the business section in 1918,
In this issue we are showing some
thing of how the town looked in the
earlier days and are telling With the
illustrations bits of history connected
with the older and former residents of
the town.
All of these buildings were burned
in the fire of 1913. To The loft IS
seen the five eornered brick block
built by Hon William L. Flint AMI
Hon Dennis Moore They went To
Boston on horseback 10 b4y theie
goods The upper part Was used for
tenement. ard the drst story has
been used FOR stores or shops at yari-
ous tiwcs ard n tho '.mr ~ fho nfs
WIS occupied hy LUX Emory for il
carpenter shop
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
WOman's Club Entertainment

Mrs Morrill, Hamlin of Portland
again delighted SkoWhegan Club wo-
men yesterday with lecture on THE
United States as a Neutral Nation,
taking up especially the rights OF
neutral nation. At the close of her
splendidly delivered and choicely
worded address. Mrs. Hamlin answer
ed questions asked by the ladies in at
tendance. Music numbers were a
piano solo by Mrs. Ethel Whittier
Ames and songs by Miss Ruth Green
wood with Miss Marion E Lord as ac-
companist.
The place of meeting was Congrega-
tional parlors and the hostesses were
Mrs. Emma NJ. Smith, Mrs. Kathleen
f. Oak and Mrs. Daisy D. Merrill The
decorations were confined principally
to pink carnations and at the close of
the program ices and cake were serv-
ed under the direction of Mrs. Mary
{. Stinchfield and Mrs Alta S. Elliott
Special guests were the members of
the Town Improvement Society and
Sorosis, and the affair was very large
ly attended. Mrs. Anna F. Merrill
presided presided as ;sis;3a::sff and Miss 6fancn
Pollard was in charge of the program
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
ESCAPED PRISONERS BROUGHT BACK TO
JAIL WITHIN TWENTY-FOOR HOURS
After Saving Bars and Making Dash for Free
dom in Bitter Cold of Monday Night

manchook and Dawes had been EN-
ployed there, while Wheeler. who had
been kept in close confinement much
of Tie time. had been released in order
to wash his clothes Exit was made
through hole in the grating less than
foot across, while ii was necessary
to drop about ten feet therefrom into
the kitchen in order TO accomplish the
feat. Here they tarried long enough
to procure a supply of eatables and
then made their way out of doors by
means of side window. The Off
GERS were notified of their departure
by a trustie, who rang an alarm con-
Meeting the institution with the turn
keys residence. Search was at once
begun in different sections of the
town. while the officers in various
parts of the state were notified of the
affair.
Indictments had just been returned
against each of the three men. as will
be noted in another column. five hay-
ing been returned against Wheeler,
who is a Pittsfeld man. When
brought back, chilled and partially
frozen, the men expressed extreme re-
Continued on Page Five
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
HOME DESOLATE He
TAKES POISON
Frank Sinclair Attempts
Suicide
Apparently Took an Overdose of Paris
Green. II is Thought he will Re-
cover

PALMYRA. Feb. lst-Frank Sinclair
who resides in the north part of this
town near the St Adams line attempt
ed suicide Sunday morning by taking
a dose of paris green. II seems that
Mrs. Sinclair with her son and two
daughters. left home Jan 27th, during
Mr.. Slnclairs absence, taking the
household goods with them and moved
II Is said TO pittsfield. When Mr.. SIN
clair returned after the days work. he
found the house desolate. and 1t Ia
thought that the shock together with
lack OF food and sleep since. caused
him to commit the deed
Mrs. +. Williams with her son aud
daughter of Plymouth went to the SIN
clair home SUNDAY morning for visit.
not knowing OF any trouble In the
family. and found Mr. Sinclair aloHs
aud suffering from the effects OF tha
poison They Immediately called the
nrlshbnrs and the Doctor whn soon re
iiostd him Of what seemed Ia b. an
overdose lie eas carried Ia the
aeareY hume Of Nr and Mrs Sldass
Weeks. y ho are caring Fes him
Manday morning ,hs physician pfe=
noancFd the symptoms favorable far
hts rscevert
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
FIRE SWEPT ATTEAN
LANDS
To be Set with White
Pine in Spring
BY the CObnrn Lands. Will try $4,000
Trees at First, Covering about FIT,
Acres

1t has been decided By the Coburn
Land Inc. to reset 5o.aoo white pine
trees upon n portion of tho Attean ter
ritory which was SO widely devastated
by flames in l9oN Operations will
probably be- begun upon toward the
middle of May and Vii De- directed
by John c Hutchinson pf'Hangor. the
general woodsman Of the 5oupany. the
trees To be brought herr from the d.
I'm Nursery Co. Inc. ~ dundee, Ill.
Ten or eleven Thousand a'fes were
burned NJ the time of 81. cnnilaEra-
ton aud only about hffy rss Will b.
covered ~ nrst. as ~ fas ffom l3oo
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04

Willard Flanders. formerly Of
Athens, Ne. has been sentenced to be
hanged from the gallows on May 7th.
by the Court in Sheridan. Wyoming.
where for number of days previous
he had been on trial for the murder
of his wife. Alice Flanders and Sam
Aultz, neighboring ranchman. With
no more visible emotion than he show
ed during the long hours when being
tried, the alleged slayer listened to the
portentious words which seemingly
had sealed his fate finally and forever.
The sentence followed an argument
before the court for a new trial, 4
motion which was overruIeG by Judge
Parmelee. Immediately after the rul-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
MANY CASES BEING TRIED At WINTER
TERM Of SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
Hartland Murder Case will Probably be Taken
Up Monday. News of Proceedings

by their dams arose in the case of
Nellie D. Clark against Gilman and
Bailey, of Cambridge. The defendants
are the owners of saw and grist mill
and the mill pond where they store
the water for running the same and for
storing their logs sawed in the mill.
The plaintiff is the owner of land
flowed by their mill pond. She erect
ed on her land within the limits of
the mill pond it is claimed a wharf
rising out of the water to height
little above the dam. The defend
ants in running logs by this made
land went upon it for the purpose
of propelling their logs and Mrs. Clark
Continued on page four)
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04

Herbert Savage built the little store
where John Spooner traded SO long,
and the next block was the Postoftice
for many years while T. Gray and
Suekney Gray held that office. This
was the store of Scott & Witham in
1918 The next building Is the corner
drug store. In the center is seen the
Bunker block, built in 1870 by Samuel
Bunker, and burned in 1876, while oc-
cuped by J. C. Clement. dry and fancy
store, and S Bunker, boots and shoes.
1t was rebuilt and occupied in 1856 by
S. Bunker and the other store by
Harry Gould, tailor. The second
story contained the law Office of A
simmons, and in the rear was the
Free Baptist church room. Later
made into a hall. The third story
was the Odd Fellows Hall In 1913
Horace Biekfords S grocery store ari
F. W. Bunkers Office were on the first
floor The house of Edwin Collins
also shows in the back of the picture
The buildings to the left were built by
Mark Emery 4 Son for groceries. S.
S. Gould. hardware. Nathan Spaulding
built the Jones block. and E. + Col
lins. tailor the Collins block The
upper part of all Of them were tene-
meuts and in 1918 the stores were oe-
cupied by Porter x Marston. groceries.
". K VAT hardware. Charles Pink
ham. laundry. " F. Hilton harness
shop. Postoi'ice. Z T.. Sawyerz barber
shop
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
To BUILD FENCE AROUND
JAIL WORK SHOP
County Commissioners Deem This
Advisable After Mondays Break

The County Commissioners have
been In regular session during the
present week aud during their delib-
erations they decided 10 build a fence
for protection around the work house
connected With skow hogan jail The
escape Of the prisoners Monday niEht
bore directly upon this dfrlsloa
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04

Taylor of Mercer, William of Pittsfield
and Coburn with whom he lived.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row at l o'clock from the Berry home,
No. 6, Pine St, Rev. Theodore Halbert
Wilson will officiate and the body will
be placed in the Southside receiving
tomb.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
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Meeting on March \ fer hitd ssieets
man and shall appreciate ths tlptaft
~ az fsllo~ eititena for THIS sIHrt
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
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sssa~ pleasure thAa u saa eaY II ses
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
Candidate for Third Selectman

l have reconsidered my intention of
being a candidate for second select
man, and shall instead be a candidate
for third selectman.
THOMAS DIONNE,.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

he laughed teethfully and hit me "a
the shins with a>stepladder.
The spectacular gent who occupied
the star chamber beneath my garrett
was sleeping as noisily as possible.
and when started up the stepladder
he began to render Mendelssohn's
obbligato for the trombone in the key
Of G.
Above the roar Of the train from
away on in lower No. 2 family could
hear an answering bugle call
l climbed up prepared for the worst
and in the twinkling of an eye the
porter removed the stepladder and
there / was, sitting ON the perilous
edge Of my pantry shelf with nothing
to comfort me save the exhaust of q
professional snorer.
After about five minutes devoted to
a parade of all my sins, began to
try to extract my personality from my
coat. but when I pushed. my arm up
IN the air to get the sleeve loose my
knuckle struck the hardwood finish
and fell backward on the cast-iron
pillows. breathing hoarsely like Q
busy jackrabbit.
l waited about ten minutes whilc
my brain was bobbing back and forth
with the excitement of running fifty
miles an hour over a careless part of
the country, and then I cautiously
tried to approach my shoe laces.
Say! II you're a man and you
weigh in the neighborho6d of 200
pounds. most of which is in the re-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

naries from Plainfield. New Jersey.
They were members of the Soubrette
Singing Society. and they we're en-
route to the West to join the Bunch
Of Birds Burlesque Company"
Their names were Mile and Title.
and they wore Feather Duster hats.
and did q sister act that contained
more bad grammar than an East Side
pinochle game.
Mile was fully aware that she
could back Duse on the map. and
Tillie was ready to bet q weeks sal.
airy that she could make Bernhard
feel like she was out in the storm we
had day before yesterday.
Tod called them the Roast Beef Sis
tiers, Rare and Well-done.
In q minute the castors on Wedges
neck began to turn.
Nick put the others wise with q
wink. 30 they lit the fire and began
to cook 1t up.
Wedges heart was warming for the
birds in the gilded cage.
Nothing into IT," said Slim. TITS
. plain case Of Appomattox. The war
is over and they are yours. Wedge!"
Wedge turned q few more volts into
his twinkling lamps.
Lower your mainsail. Wedge, and
drop alongside; you've made the
landing" suggested Nick.
WaA0n hn~on Pon1 AS~
and play patty-cake with the little
bald spot on the top of his head.
Stop the hanson and get out:
you're at your corner" said Tod.
The Sweet Dreams across the vay
were giving Wedge the glorious eye
roll. and he felt that dinner was
ready.
Hang up your hat. Wedge. and
gather the myrtle with Nary" Slim
Clipped in.
Then Wedge bounced over and be-
gan to show Mile and Title what n
handsome brute he was at close quar-.
tiers.
He sat on the arm Of the seat and
steamed up.
In less than . minute he crowded
the information on them that he was
q millionaire who had escaped from
Los Angeles. California, and he v.s
just going to put them both In Grand
opera, when Slim toddled over TO
him and said: NEXT stop Erie! You
told ms to remind you to send that
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

CAY! Did you ever sit around In
- the Pullman Car and study few
paragraphs from the worlds most Ia
nous text book-human nature?
Go after it the first chance you get
you'll learn at lot.
For instance. during q trip recently
on one of Mr.. Pullman's sleep-wagons
l soon learned that the brisk and
breezy crew in the seats around me
were commercial travellers. and they
were tanning each other with fairy
tales about the goods they sold.
learned that the one who looked
like human apple was affectionately
known as Slim because he's SO fat
that every time he turns around he
meets himself coming back.
And 1t wasn't hard to learn that
the tall one with the sandy hair was
Nick Dalrymple. who goes after the
orders for a hardware house in
Columbus and knows everybody in
the world-bar one family living in
Yonkers.
Then there was Tod Gilpin, who
cuts ice for a match factory in New
ark. and he's the life Of a small party.
Tod's main hold is to creep into
the reading room" Of a RUDE hotel
after the chores are done of an eve
ming and throw salve at the come-ons.
Tod tells them that their town is the
brightest spot on the map, and they
warm up to him and want to buy him
sarsaparilla and root beer. Then
when he gets them stuck on them
selves he sells them matches.
Presently I learned that the party
with the mauve forehead and the
magenta mustache was Mutt Daw-
son-the most reckless spendthrift
with his words and the meanest man
to the English language l ever
listened to.
The Dream Builders Association
was in full session when Wedge Muir.
ray caromed over and weighed-in with
the party.
Wedge is . saucy little party, five
foot four. with three foot shoulders.
He thinks he strikes twelve on all
occasions, but his timepiece is an
hour slow.
l learned that Wedge sells canned
shirt waists for the Shine Brothers.
and II he's ever let into the firm 1t
will be as q brother.
Wedge is one Of those goose-headed
ginks who scratch gravel and start
in to make q killing every time they
see a pretty girl.
Across the aisle sat two pet ca
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

possibilities the
who found
The farm located Fifth
and surrounded marble which, for
proud Of It, right Vanderbilt
Tony"
OF utilizing the that had stripped laid
several garden beds These
daily employed
enough onions radshe
While the
tables and while seated the wealthy
and from paal
with
rom
Truly, Tony and his fortunate
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

pockebook containing S. bearing
and .
The detectives
concluding
lump between his shoulder blades
At the discovery
the howl They refused
s more weapons his until they had examined
suit peered into his probd
70 see II he seQuesterng submarine
Paul a
who lived
who told him
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

Nv" 'e"SS WIZ "tsse auO ustSs
gion Of the equator. you will appre-
ciate what 1t means to lie on your
back in an upper berth and try to get
your shoes Oh.
And this goes double for the man
who weighs more than 200 pounds.
Every time reached for my feet
to get my shoes OF I bumped my
head on so I decided that in order
to keep my head on I had better keep
my shoes on also.
Then tried to divorce my suspend
ers from my shoulders but Just a. l
got the suspenders half way over my
head I struck my crazy bone on the
rafters, and there was, suspendered
between heaven and earth, but pray
ing with all my heart for q bottle Of
arnica.
Finally decided to sleep ~ ma
ture made me, with all my clothes on.
including my rubbers.
So stretched out, but Just then the
train struck . curve and I went up in
the air till the ceiling hit me. and
then I bounced over to the edge Of
the precipice and hung there. trem-
bling on the verge.
Below me all was dark and gloomy,
and only by the hoarse groans of the
snorers could tell that the Pullman
company was still making money.
Luck was with me, however, for Just
then the train struck an in-shoot
curve which pushed me to the wall.
and bumped my head 30 completely
that fell asleep.
When woke up . small package
Of daylight was peeping into the car.
30 decided to descend from my cup
board shelf at once.
peeped out through the aluminium
curtains, but there was no sign Of
the colored porter and the stepladder
was invisible to the naked eye.
The car was peaceful now. with the
exception Of q gent in lower No. 4,
who had q strange hold on . Bee
thoven sonata and was beating the
cadence out Of It.
mouo suOIt prayer 3uO COuCluO.
ed to fall out, but Just then one of my
feet rested on something solid: 30
put both feet on It and began to step
down.
Alas, however. the moment I put
my weight on It my stepping stone
gave way and fell overheard with .
splash.
How dare you put your feet on my
head?" yelled the man on the ground
moor of my bedroom.
Excuse me. It felt like something
wooden" whispered. while dashed
madly for the smoker.
From that day to this I have never
been able to look Pullman car In the
face. and whenever anybody mentions
IN upper berth to me lose my pres
ence of mind and get peevish.
II you have ever been there your
self know you don't blame me!
Do you?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
John Henry on Human Nature
WGeO1qeV.

telegram to your wife IN Logansport.
Curtain.
OF course the fact that Wedge didn't
have a wife in Logansport or else
where made no difference. He couldn't
prove an alibi, so he faded out into
the day coach and became as one
who isn't
The Roast-Beef Sisters seemed to
be all carved up about something or
other.
While these more or less grin-pro-
ducing incidents were occurring there
was ever present in my own noodle
the grim reality that bedtime was ap-
preaching and l had drawn an upper
berth.
Say! I'll be one Of party Of six
to 20 before Congress and tell all l
know about an upper berth.
The upper berth in sleeping car
ia the same relation to comfort that
a carpet tack is to a bare foot.
AS a place to tie up small bundle
of sleep a boiler factory has 1t beat
to a whimper.
Strong men weep every time the
ticket agent says, Nothing left but
an upper" and lovely women have
Mysteries and begin to make faces
at the general public when the colored
porter points up in the air and says.
Madam, your eagles nest is ready
far nm the mountainside."
While the porter was cooking up
my attack of insomnia I went out in
the smoking room to drown my sor-
row, but found such q bunch Of sor-
row killers out there ahead of me that
I had to hold the comb and brush in
my lap and sit up on the towel rack
while took little smoke.
Did you ever notice on your trav-
els that peculiar hog on the train who
pays two dollars for berth and al
ways displaces eight dollars worth
of space in the smoking car?
II he would bite the end of a piece
of rope and light up occasionally he
wouldn't be so bad, but nix on the
smoke for him.
He simply sits there with a face like
a fish and keeps George Nicotine
and all the real rag burners from en-
joying a smoke.
II ever a statue is needed Of the pa
triot Buttinsh I would suggest q
model in the person Of the smokeless
smoker who always travels In the
smoking car.
Two busy gazsbes were discussing
politics when / squeezed into the
smoker on this particular occasion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

N the Hawaiian islands all races
meet ON q basis of near social
equality. education il developed
to q high degree and hospitality
finds its best expression. accord
ing to Senator Cummins. says the Des
Moines Register and Leader. The
senator gave some impressions he re-
ceived from his visit In the islands
with the congressional investigating
party.
The first thing that impresses one
10 the unique condition socially and
politically Of the people," Senator
Cummins said. THE total population
10 about 100000. OF these $4,000 are
japanese, who came there when It
was legal for them to do 90 or have
been born on the islands. They are
preserving the purity Of their blood.
They do not intermarry. The young
men when they get ready to marry
send for their picture brides from
japan. An agency makes the matches
by use Of pictures. When the con-
tract is made the girls come over to
Hawaii. are met at the docks by their
intended husbands and are married
there according to the American law.
Sees Japanese In Control.
The japanese are . prolific people
and their numbers are increasing very
rapidly without immigration In nf-
teen or twenty years, II everything
goes a. now, the Japanese will ALSO
lutely control the islands. They are
. clean and competent lot Of people.
They take on education more readily