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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-02
CHAPTER Xxx.
Broken Links.

1t was on the second day after the
pistolbuying incident in Simmons &
Kleifurt's that Broffin, wishful for soil
tude and a chance to think in perspec-
tive, took to the woods.
A letter from the New Orleans Of
flee had reopened the account of the
Bayou State Security robbery. The
mail communication was significant
but inconclusive. One Patrick Shee-
han, st. Louis cab driver, dying, had
made confession to his priest. For a
bride of two hundred dollars he had
aided and abetted the escape of a
criminal on day and date correspond
ing to the mid-April arrival of the
steamer Belle Julie at st. Louis. After
ward he had driven the man to an up
town hotel (name not given). He could
not recall the mans name. But the
destination address, "Wahaska, Min
nesota," was submitted with the con-
fession.
Broftin felt himself short-sighted
from the very nearness of things The
single necessity now was for absolute
and unshakable Identification. To es-
tablish this, three witnesses, and three
only, could be called upon. OF the
three, two had failed signally-Miss
Farnham because she had her own
reasons for blocking the game, and
President Galbraith /. That was an
other chapter in the book of failure.
Brofin had learned that the president
was stopping at the De Soto Inn, and
he had Unanswered to bring Mr.. Gal
braith face to face with Griswold in
the Grierson bank on the day after the
pistol-buying. To his establishment
and disgust the president had shaken
his head irritably, adding a rebuke.
ma, na, man; your trade makes We
over-susricious. That's Mr.. Griswold,
the WATERMAN and d friend of the
Griersons. Miss Madge was telling
me about him last week. He's no more
like the robber than you are Haven't
told we the man was bearded like a
tyke?"
With two of the three eye-witnesses
refusing to testify, there remained
only Johnson, the paying teller of the
Bayou State Security. Broffin was
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of wiring
for Johnson when he passed the last
Of the houses on the lakeside drive
and struck into the country road which
led by cool and shaded forest wind
ings to the resort hotel at the head of
the southern bay. Presently a vehicle
overlook and passed him. 1t was Miss
Grierson's trap, drawn by the big Eng
lish trap-horse, with Miss Grierson her
self holding the reins and Raymer
lounging comfortably in the spare
seat
Half an hour later Brotfin had fol-
lowed the huge footprints of the
great English trap-horse to the drive
way portal of the De Soto grounds
where they were lost on the pebbled
carriage approach. Strolling on
through the grounds into the lake
fronting lobby of the inn, he went in
search of Miss Grierson. He found
her on the broad veranda, alone, and
for the moment unoccupied. How to
make the attack so direct and so over
whelming that it could not be with
stood was the only remaining ques-
ton; and Broff1n had answered it to
his own satisfaction, and was advanc.
ing through an open French window
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-02

directly behind Miss Giierson's chair
to put the. answer into effect when the
opportunity was snatched away. Ray
mer, k:a business apparently conclud-
cd, cana down the veranda and took
the chair next to Miss Grierson's.
Broffin dropped back into the writ
ing-room alcove for which the open
French window was the outlet and sat
down to bioe his time.
Its a shame to make you wait this
way, Miss Madge. McMurtry said he
had an appointment with Mr.. Gal
braith for three o'clock, and he had to
go to keep it. But he ought to be
down again by this time. Don't wait
for me if you want to 90 back to town.
l can get lift from somebody"
THAT would be nice, wouldn't i.?'
was the good-natured retort ITO make
and then leave you stranded away out
here three miles from nowhere!
think see myself doing such a thing!
Besides, l haven't a thing to do but
wait"
Broffin shifted the extinct cigar he
was chewing from one corner of his
mouth to the other and pulled his soft
hat lower over his eyes. He, too, could
wait. There was a little stir on the
veranda; rustling of silk petticoats
and the click of small heels on the
hardwood floor. Broffin could not for
bear the peering peep around the shell
tering window draperies. Miss Grier-
son had left her seat and was pacing
slow march up and down. That she
had not seen him became fact suffi-
GENTLY well-assured when she sat
down again and began to speak to
Griswold.
"HoW is the new partnership going.
by this time?" she asked, after the
manner of one who rewinnows the
chaf of the commonplaces in the hope
Of finding grain enough for the immedi-
ate need.
$50 far as Griswold is concerned,
you wouldn't notice that there is a
partnership" laughed the iron.
founder. II can't make him galvanize
an atom of interest in his investment
All can get out of him is, Don't
bother me; I'm busy"
"Mr. GrisWold is in a class by him.
self, don't you Think" was the ques-
tioning comment.
"He is all kinds of good fellow:
that's all I know, and all l ask to
know" answered Raymer loyalty.
II believe that-now," said his COM
panion, with the faintest possible EN-.
phasis upon the time-Word.
Brofin marked the emphasis and
the pause that preceded it, and leaned
forward to miss no word.
Meaning that there was a time
when you didn't believe it?' Raymer
| asked.
Meaning that there was a time
when he had me scared half to death"
| confessed the one who seemed always
to say the confidential thing as if it
were the most trivial. do you remem-
| Der one day in the library, when you
found me looking over the file of tho
newspapers for the story of the rob-
berry of the Bayou State Security bank
in New Orleans?"
Raymer remembered it very Well
and admitted it.
"Yes; l remember it all very clearly.
Also recollect how the second news
paper notice told how the robber es-
capped from the officers at St. Louis.
But you haven't told me how you we're
scared" Raymer suggested
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-02
CHAPTER xVlIi-Continued.

1T was mamie was looking in
at the window" she returned in low
tones. Il thought saw him once be-
fore; but this time am certain!"
Griswold sprang from his chair, and
moment later was letting himself out
noiselessly through the hall door.
There was nothing stirring on the
porch. He was still cropping among
the bushes, and Miss Farnham had
come to the front door, when the doc
tors buggy appeared under the street
lights and was halted at the home
hitching post
Hello, Mr.. Griswold; is that you?"
called the CHEEKY one, when he saw
a bareheaded man beating the covers
in his front yard.
Griswold met his host at the gate
and walked up the path with him.
Miss Charlotte thought she saw
someone at one of the front windows"
he explained; and a moment after
ward the daughter was telling it for
herself.
Il saw him twice." she insisted;
"once while we we're at dinner, and
again just now. The first time I
thought l might be mistaken, but this
time"
Griswold was laughing silently and
inwardly deriding his gifts when, un-
der cover Of the doctors return, he
made decent Acknowledgements for
benefits bestowed ami took his de-
parture. On the pleasant summer
night walk to Upper Shawnee street
he was congratulating himself upon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
3 ZEPPELINS HEAD
TOWARD ENGLAND
Leave French Coast at
Grayelines-Aeros Bonn
bard Dunkirk.
rBy Gable to The Thbune.l

In Flanders, Jan. 6.-Three Aeppe-
Inns were reported early this morning
off the coast, between Calais anu
Gravelines. This news receives SUD
sanitation from repeated visits OF
German airmen 10 Dunkirk during
the day. These visitors, Who WIN
one exception, threw no bombs may
possibly have been scouts sent out 10
attend airships on their return nome
or TO report progress. ;o,o
Five times the aviators came M
sight. Once a shell from the anu
aircraft guns at Firminy burst wlthln
ffty feet of a German machine upseV
its balance and sent il away down the
wind into safety. Twice the alrmen
of the allied forces, first Commahuei
samson. and afterward a Frenchmsn,
went up and chased the mtruoel mtrSI
away One Of the German sirmen
dropped two bombs in the supuroS'
but did no damage.
"The Daily Mail" which also prIhSS
the story, says the Zeppeins were
last seen going in the direction OIL
England. No reports nave been re
ceived in London Of their having pee"
sighted of the English coast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
FIRE AUTO KILLS
TWO AT SIS BLAZE
rry relensph to Tie TrIbune J

T,onton. y. j., Jan. Ga mueky
novement caused tractor-drawn nre
anoine to skid into a crowd on south
proad 81. tonight. Two men were
t;lIed Three men and woman were
90 badly injured that at least two oi
t., will die. The driver OF the en-
o;ro escaped unhurt. The hre did
shout So worth of damage.
uoroce Dean, driver of the engine
LED the machine over 10 the leit.
p9,leU PSa slippery pavement caused IN, the
! ,,,, ne auto to skid, and IT crashed lpil I,.
aoS heaeSg INTO INTO the crowd on the Sidewalk. AZ
speeu .Is IVA, was dash to get out OF 'he
Iher9b b,t Louis Miles. Of Centre ST, l ano
way, way, OV NcGurk. Of Pennington aV' were
killed nSi Hannah CanerOft. Of 425 Centre nr
u Michael Barry. OF 100 "a 81, Dan
81 ST. Caswell. Of GO Clark St. ana Al al,
pa.S ph0nsSG Bls%ssr, Bee%een ii the machine and the
ppmiiJiny They were eHtrieS'eu ""'
rushed 10 the hospital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
WOMAN TAKES CHARGE
OF THE RESCUE WORK
Tells How She with First-Aid Kit, Aided Those Whom
Heroic Men Saved from Subway fumes-Wants
Policeman NlacF Farlin Promoted.
Bv MRS. HENRY RUSSELL DRowNE.

body else do il, while ne did the more
important things.
We didn't know then whether there
would be one dead or one hundred
come out of that hole We die not
even know how many were in there.
II was an endless chain of women at
first. The men. you see, had rigidly
held TO the rule of women first"
though the conditions in the subway
must have been indescribable. The
women came out so fast that after the
first few we just laid them down on
the sidewalk and took care OF the
others as they came. Other people saw
TO il that they were taken off the side
walks.
II it had not been for the Buick peo-
pie do not know wh~t we would have
done. They just threw their place
open and we used it as hospital. We
needed it when the men began TO -ome
OF
Every man that came out OF that hole
was black about the mo 18th and lips.
Their tongues were black. IL was the
gases that did il. Giving the women
the first ch. zee TO get out meant til;
they had to stay there end inhlle the
stuff. More than half Of them were
in need Of help. knew that the thing
TO do in cases Of suffocs.ion was to eli
vate the arms and depress the ee5t.
started the volunteers doing that. I
don't know why | took charge. Some
body had 10. and did. I'm glad did
not faint Once found myself asking
what | would do IL | went of like
some OF those poor people were going.
Silly, wasn't il? But that was only for
Continued on page s, column ;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
TEACHER KILLED BY.
TILTED SWEETHEART
Her Ante -Mortem State
ment Refutes Story Told
bV SLAYER.

Miss Susan Lewis. a school teacher,
was shot and killed by Frank Barch-
man. her former sweetheart, on her
way home from her school in The
Bronx yesterday afternoon. Barchmah'
when arrested, said the woman had
asked him TO shoot her. In her ante
mortem statement, made to Coroner
William J. Flynn in Fordham Hospi-
tai. Miss Lewis denied this, saying the
shooting followed an effort on Barren
mans part to induce her to renew
their engagement.
The engagement, made four years
ago. had been broken off two months
ago. as result of discoveries she
had made. What these were she ala
not tell the coroner.
ale was waiting for me when lett
nv school at fremont and Anthony
avs this afternoon" she said, "and he
wanted to make up with me. toid
him would have nothing more to 10
with him. He argued. Then, at Monte
rev av. and 179th ST., he threw MS
arms around me. told HIM again !
wouldn't have anything more to 40
with him. Then he began shooting
Barchman. who is thirty ana the
SON of Morris Barchman. who has
large trucking business in Manhattan
lives at 1876 Fulton av: Miss Lewis cT,
Who is twenty-one. lived at 1896 Ciln-
Ton ev The two had been warm
friends for four years, and II was
understood until four months ago ,iist tnst
tbey we're to be married. Then MISS MISS
Lewis broke their engagemenr', ', @nu
Barcbman. according TO the Iremon'
a~ ~ nolice. quit work and began drink
iice. Ins Iyats he insisted that Miss Lewis had had
askcd him to kill her. but ne was
bazy in his reply to requests lot oe
tails. III. parch-
man. "the fddler-politieian' VINO
Gained some notoriety through ms Si
forts TO organize the members o. tnr Sor
,Seatre orchestras of New YORK 1or
,bc fusion candidates in the last mu-
nicipal campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07

! started out early This morning 10
attend to an errand, and my car was
stopped at 55th ST. When / saw that
something was wrong ] got out, and
found traffic policeman trying TO
keep order, while two small boys were
tugging away at the grating over the
subway. They had a piece Of gas pipe
they had found somewhere, and in
jify had broken the thing open. Then
the women began pouring out.
The first Of them were hystercal
rather than hurt, and little aromatic
spirits of ammonia and word brought
them around all right. The ammonia
was part of the emergency Kit | al
ways carry in my machine. had
brandy, you know. bandages, and all
that sort of thing needed in accidents
-"frst aid material" it is called. Some
OF my friends have insisted that ! in
vite disaster by carrying those things.
but we tour q great deal, and when
YOU want that sort Of thing you want
il badly know that, and, anyway
when one has children about-weil,
one prepares for just such things.
And when the women began to pour
out of the hole the stuff came IN
handy. The traffic policeman there
his name is MeFarlin, think-was a
whole police force in himself He was
all around. keeping folks in line. help
ing people out OF, the hole and making
others help. He seemed to know just
what to do all the time, and he didpt
waste any effort doing il. Il don't
think he notified Headquarters. He
didn't have time. He just left some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
WOMEN AND MEN KNOCKED DOWN.

their hats and their clothing The
men suffered extensively umbrellas which frightened
had dropped their scramble picked
ployd ashing the OF the windows doors
question of which FIRST
minutes Moreover, possible
institute hdenhrst programme
Women and alike
everybody believed that everybody
killed law OF
particularly the well
the venaor the Broadway
ST. along o Broadway for about fifty feet
Though smoke thick fog the light
was sufficiently strong the sixth
hope lay there.
congestion followed the that emergency
paageways
struggling
Of those who felt had
Passengers fallen
smoke that sappng
freaksh the windows the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
Fog Pours Through Cars and Terror Becomes
Panic-Fiundreds, Pulled Through Ventlator
Opening Saved from SuffOcatiOn.
WOMAN VICTIM DIES IN HOSPITAL
Entire Underground System Tied Up By Disaster
PulmOtor Corps Saves Many Drawn Up to
Street from SmOke-FiIIed Tube.

What everybody York City had been expecting since
the subway opened October 1904 happened yesterday
morning.
o'clock the feed wires in the subway Broadway
and shortcrcued the burning wire and insulation form
ing gas and smoke that caused the death of laid out
500 persons provoked panic and resulted in the worst
condition the subway has ever known.
The fact that ventilator Broadway the
directly the of the burning insulation
of passengers from death by suoaton ampng
The entire subway system completely crippled for hours
of the disaster and another day before normal
conditions restored
six-car Lenox local, bound for City Hall, and en-car
Bronx Park Brooklyn sweeping toward
the 50h o'clock The front both sns
about just north Of SD ST. All unconortaby
filled subway that hour And what oxygen had
fresh the last stations touched by the trains
was being heavily drawn
The lights in the out with jerk that racked shs
trains the motormen swung the controller handles
For few minutes the regarded OF
many have characterized the subways Trains have
been stopped suddenly before; lights have gone out.
slight licking fame from the feed wires in manhole
the west wall threw threatening light into the
Fire. shouted young in the first OF the local
Strangely productive rush for doors
He ammed closely his exclamation didn't far
persons around him enough him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
AUSTRIA SAID TO OFFER
COAST LINE TO SERVIA.

London. Jan. THE Morning
Post" publishes the following dis
patch from its Rome correspondents:
II hear that Austria has offered
peace to Servia on the basis Of the
status quo, plus Northern Albania,
including Durazzo and the coast to
the Montenegrin frontier. In other
words. a complete reversal is made
Of what Count Berchtold on Octo-
Der 30, 1912. described ms essential
TO Austrian policy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
GAS AND SMOKE POUR INTO CARS.

The fame didn't much larger but along the
rounding insulation and the melting rubber and cloth material
developed the couded until
pushed denly the the trains through
the crevces of the manhoe SD and gradually increasing
strength along the tube
The local the heaviest volume
There is always the minds OF the majority OF subway the
of being day hopeey bottled that cylinder The sitting
belief trivial of the delay had
entertained fog pouring the and spreading
that quickly provoked general panic
Bndy shouting and screaming the from the
the other hoping find there relief from the fumes
smoke They knocked each other down their wild
get air and clawed at each others clothing
The guards had definite Most OF them believed lights
would In the darkness lay safety
appeals made appeals
by the guards Some of the tried
themselves believing that the trouble would quickly
cded but their words Intellectual
crashing gave higher pitch the panic
The guards OF the had waited only
deciding that
doors The
They could nothing but knew that
distant
Though OF observed BY
the majority the Of the local Who consequently feared
that unless they they would be burned to death
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Continued on page. 4 column 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
GUARANTEE

Your Money Back
If You Want Il.
See Editorial Page, First Column.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-05-21

There was balance in the national
treasury April, 1918, of $73,O0O,OOO
which has been changed in two years
to deficit of 6S,OOO,OOO. That gives
something of an idea of how we keep
going behind in spite of the income
tax and so-called war tax.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-05-21
RAILROAD NeDS
Special Correspondent

Fireman George Mclean is on the
east skiddoo with Engineer C. C.
Smith.
Engineer Grant Conely is back on
No. 2 and 3 after a three weeks lay
of. Engineer Horace Prentis was on
the run during Conely's absence.
Manager A. L. Thompson was up to
Havre last Sunday on a business trip.
He bought new stock for the store
house and also looked over the base
ball players there, with a view of
signing up a utility man.
Passenger Engineer ]. L. Hyde fir
ed No. % for Bill Ratcliff last Mon
day. Jack says that they sure made
some time and with little practice
Bill will be able to beat Ben David
sons speed record, which is going
some.
The yard office has been moved east
of the new ice house and through the
efforts of G.. Y. NJ. Hamilton has beer
painted up and cleaned up good. Sew
eral necessary repairs have been made
and it is one of the classiest yarc
offices on the system now.
Engineer Dave Killam was elected
to bring Engine 17O4 down on No
% last Monday. This engine is just
out of the shop and would naturally
need careful attention so the B. o1
L. F. & E. elected Dave for tn.
job of breaking her in.
The engineers of the G. N. are still
getting a lot of praise for the manner
The Glasgow courier., 1915-05-21

in which they handle trains. Passen-
gers are pouring in complimentary let
ters to the different superintendents
on the smooth handling of trains on
which they rode over the G. N.
The round house has been all clean
ed UP and painted the past week as
usual, John v. Harris being the heavy
man. The carpenter gang is here
now making several repairs and it
is expected to have the round house in
good shape for next winter.
The round house base ball team re-
ceived their suits last week and have
their line up completed now. Art
Kelly, who played with the Boston
Nationals last year, will back stop for
the round house and we are assured
that no one will steal base on him
as he has been practicing the pegs
every night, lately. Lefty Barnes and
Jess Pierce, the out law, will do the
hurting and as both these men have
pitched here before nothing need be
said as to their powers. Nick Hahn
the league vet, will play the initial
sack. There is quite scrap over
second base between Gene Rogers
and Shoes and it is expected to play
these men turn about at this base
playing the field at other times. Jerry
Kelly has cinched the job of short stor
by his classy playing. Ed Pierce has
third base while Pinky Summers and
Stats will fill up the field. Stats i:
some hitter keeping the men all busy
chasing the balls he slips over the
fence. He also bats left handed, which
makes fonr left handed batters on the
team. These have been switched ii
batting order so as to have a righ
handed man up first and then a lef
handler, and by this method Captain
The Glasgow courier., 1915-05-21
Horrors of War

The Irish guards were holding a
position at Ypres, and flying bullets
were the order of the day. The Ger
mans endeavored to break through,
md after a particularly brisk volley
Private Flynn was heard to shout:
Murder of wars, Pm done now, al
together.
"Why have you been hit?" shout
ed Capt. P.
"Not entirely hit, sor," shouted
Flynn, "but I've been waitin' this III
minutes for smoke from Murtagh's
poipe, and be the powers they've just
shot it out iv his mouth"
The Glasgow courier., 1915-05-21
A TOUGH OLD CUSS

My husband, William Stikes, left
my bed and board, just before elec-
tion day without just cause or provo
cation. All persons are warned
against boarding or trusting him on
my account. will not be responsible
for the results as he is a loafer, a
drunkard, liar and Bull Mooser.-
Advertisement in Springfield (Mo.)
Exchange.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-05-21

The state board of examiners has
authorized the payment of bounty
claims filed last January. The claims
amounted to S9,975, the interest being
s99.75. The money for the payment
of this Indebtedness came from the
tax on livestock. With the liquidation
of this Indebtedness, all bounties with
the exception of those filed in Febru-
ary, March and April Of this year,
have been settled for.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-05-21
Youthful Inspiration

Little Bobby-Say, sister, is mamma
looking?
Little Sister-No; what are you 60
ing to do?
Little Bobby-Take out the goldfish
an let 'em play with the cat.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-05-21

According to report of the census
bureau, Montana is among number
of states which show white mortality
rates from tuberculosis lower than
the average for the entire registra-
ton area. The rate for Montana IN
1913 was 1919 deaths per 100000 peo-
ple from consumption.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-05-21

Hahn expects to keep the opposing
pitchers guessing. On account Of the
rainy and windy weather the round
house team have been unable to prac-
tice any last week, but will be out
in uniform the first warm day.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-05-21
Light HumOr

Ancient Mariner (reading window
placard) )-"Rooms for light house.
keeping! Sufferin' whales! what fool
d want to keep a light house in his
room."