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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-19

Among those who heard the confes- sion were Chief Martin Eagan, De- tectives Eubank and Crenshaw of the city, M. Welch, chief of the Seaboard special agents; Special Agents J. Neufer and Joe Hill of the Seaboard.
 J. Reese Murray of the department of justice of Washington took down the
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done. T gotter get home to see my wom- an and kids" said Lee last night at the conclusion of his confession to the plot
 Amos Smith is also married and has six children, the oldest being a daugh- ter Is years of age. She has never gone to school, according to her father. Smith does not know how old he is but thinks he is about 50.''
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hear from you" said Welch to Henry T aint got thing to say" Henry answered. He was then led to his cell After getting back in the cell Henry broke down and commenced to vail in loud voice for the Lord to have mercy on his soul. He finally called Warden Glover and said thai he wanted to speak to a minister
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-19
Rare MOdesty

From the Louisville Herald.
 "BillSins has been a passenger on some of the largest ships afloat'
 ls that his sole claim to distinction?'
 NO, indeed. What makes Bilkins unique is the fact that he didn't appar- ently, become an intimate friend of all the prominent people on board those ships''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-19
FORMAL STATEMENT
 BY SMITH AND LEE

Amos Smiths formal statement to the police was follows:
 My name is Amos Smith. 1 make the following statement of my own free will. There have been no offers of reward, nor have there been any threats made to induce this statement.
 T don't recollect exactly whereabouts l was standing there on the side of the road where the train was wrecked about 25 yards from where the train was wrecked. I had been there for about an hour. MT. Shan Henry removed the rails with tools. He had begged and persuaded me to go there with him. I did not see anybody with him. He had something like bar. There was a light setting down on the crosstie. It was some kind of lantern. I saw Shan remove the rail. I told him it was the best thing not to do it.
 When the train fell over I was about 1oG yards from where it went off the rail. l saw the flash as it went over Shan was not with me When the train tippled over Shan went back to his wagon and l went there too, but I got to the wagon toio I heard the screams of the people. The engine made an awful noise when it left the track. I could see the wagon, too. 1 heard the screams of the rail. I do not know who put the lantern out I did not take the tools up on the hill. The tools were something like wrench of some description. There were two pieces. Henry had these two pieces They were in Henrys wagon when 1 first saw them.
 "I walked over from my house to the foot of the steep hill Shan never told me at first that he was going to wreck the train, but when we got over to where the tracks were he said he was going to tear the tracks up. When I saw him tear the rail loose and throw the iron around up on the other rail with the bar, I left there and went up on the hill. was about IS or 20 feet from him when he tore the rail up. After the wreck I met him. He said to me, Well, I tore the thing up, and I said you will get into trouble about it, too. He said no, they will think it wrecked itself Shan told me if the po- lice and detectives said anything to me about it, just to cuss them out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-19
SEABOARD FLYER NEAR WEEA1S TO ROB PASSENGERS OF VALUABLES


to do. None of the men under arrest ca either read or write.
 Shan Henry came to me- said Lee, "a few days before the wreck and said that he was going to wreck the fast Seaboard train and get a bunch of money. l think he said that we could get about $25O0 out of the thing if myself and Amos Smith would come in and help him. On the night of June 10 Henry, Amos Smith and myself went about two miles beyond Iron dale in a wagon and got ready to ditch the flyer Shan carried all the tools for taking up the track and I carried the lantern. After we had gotten to the place where Shan had decided 10 wreck the train me and Amos tried to tell him not to do it.
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BEGAN TO SEWER
 WHEN THEY SAW TRAIN


 shan wouldn't listen and commenced to tear up the rails. After he had done so we all got up on the hill that overlooks the place where the wreck occurred and watched. In a few min utes the train came along. We saw the headlight as it came down the track in the distance Somebody cussed and we all commenced to shiYer. Here comes the train at full speed, when she hit the place where the rail had been taken out, the en- zine and all the cars went into the ditch Everything was quiet for a second and then everybody commenced to cry and yell We intended to rob the passengers and get all they had but when we heard all the women and children crying it was too much turned around and saw Amos and shan running for the road where we had wagon. l caught up with them and said, There's a bunch been killed. T don't give d-,' said Shan. and we got away from the spot Shan told us that if the train wrecked all the people would be killed and it would be easy to get the money But all the people wasn't killed and when we heard all those folks following and crying l guess we didn't have the nerve to get the money"
 Throughout the recital of Lee. Smitl nodded his head in assent to all that was being said. Chief Welch wa. the speaker from time tt time while he talked At the conclu. sion of Lees statement Amos Smitl admitted that all that had been saif was true and said that his part in il was about the same as Lees.
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testimony and acted as notary. The arrest of the three men and the subse- quent confession of two of them, in which both duplicate Shan Henry, compleles one of the most spectacular pieces of detective work in criminal records in Jefferson county.
 SHOWED NO CONCERN
 ABOUT THE DEATHS
 Archie Lee confessed to the detectives immediately after his arrest last Wednes. day night and implicated the other two men, Shan Henry and Amos Smith. De. teetiVes Eubank and Crenshaw talked with Smith Thursday night and he told them he would be ready to tell the whole story the following night Accordingly all the men connected with the arrest of the wreckers assembled in the offic, of Chief Eagan to hear what he had f. say smith sat down and in calm an6 deliberate way told what he had to dc with the whole thing, at the same finn, | telling who was with him on the nigh of the wreck. After smith had made 2 clean breast of the affair, Archie Le, came in and corroborated all that hac
 been said by Smith. The men seemed {,
 be calm throughout the story and did no l appear to have the slightest qualm abou
 the narrowing details of the gruesom.
 story. After both men had signed a con l fac .l..
 Herald reporter of what they had planned
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-03-04
DIED At JAMESTOWN.

The death of Mrs. Rollin X. Smith,
former Valley City resident, occur
red the early part of the week ut
Jamestown. Mrs. Smith had been sui
fering from pneumonia, and her death
occurred on Monday, the funeral being
held on Wednesday morning. from
the Episcopal Church at jamestown.
The Rollin R. Smith family were Tesi-
dents Of Valley City in the earlier
days, and Mr.. Smith conducted gem
eral merchandise business in the store
building now occupied BY Stern Broth
ers. After leaving Valley City the
family went to Jamestown, where they
lived for some time on farm. near
that point, later moving into Jan0-
town, where they have resided for .
number Of years.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-03-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Judge Irgens reports the following
marriages issued in his office FOR the
month of February. There weEe IL
licenses issued in February, CORES
ponding to four in January
Following are the licenses issued
during the past two weeks
Feb. 16-Charles w. Olsen OF Val
ley City and Miss Ethel anderson OF
Valley City.
Feb. 19-A1fred Oscar Lee st Val
ley City and Miss Effie PEyslIfa Hell
stth, of Balfour, LaMoure county
Feb. 23-Harry Newman Hansen OF
Darcy and Miss Eda Knndson OF
Darcy.
Feb. 25-Segvart Olson T0usen OF
Fayette, N. D., and Miss Ma Mabel
Skramstad of Nome
Feb. 25-Helmar Wilhelm Johns
of Nome and Miss Amelia MatiA
Skramstad of Nome
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-03-04

die: the machine shot from beneath
him like some strange projectile
hurled from the bore Of a great gun;
and Rose crashed against him in the
same fraction Of q second.
Headlong they plunged as one down
the hillside, struck its shelving sur.
face good twenty feet from the brink
OF the road, and flying apart tumbled
their separate ways down the re-
mainder of the drop and into the
friendly shelter of the underbrush.
Something nearly miraculous saved
them whole. Beyond few scratches
and bruises and a severe shaking up,
they escaped unframed. And they
were picking themselves up and re-
gaining their breath and re-collecting
their scattered wits when, with im-
petus no less terrific than their own
had been. the pursuing motor car
swung round The Uen1 and hurled It.
self directly at the two who remained
upon the road above.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-03-04
HEARD IN VALLEY CITY

How Bad Backs Have Been Made
>. strong-kdney Ills Corrected. ;.
All over Valley City you hear it
Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping up
the good work. Valley City people are
telling about it-telling Of bad backs
made sound again. You cam 5eAievp
the testimony of your OWN sawnsp
pie. They tell it for tire Es@la*sat
you who are suffering. If your b.
aches, if you feel lame sora and
cradle, if the kidneys act tas fre
emily, or passages are painfWR. sGas
and off color, use Doan's Kidney Pills,
the remedy that has helped so many at
your friends and neighhurs- Follow
this Valley City citizens advice and
give Doan's a chance to do the same
for you.
Mrs. C. A. Anderson, SO Second st,
Valley City, N. D., says: One of my
relatives suffered for two or three
years from Kidney disorders Her
back was sore and she had heavy,
dull pain through her kidneys. She
couldn't sweep or exert herself in the
least and when she stopped. sharp,
piercing pains darted through her
back After she had tried different
remedies without getting relief she
procured Doan's Kidney Pills They
helped her from the first and before
long, she was in good health"
Price SOC, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the saIne that
Mrs. Anderson had. Foster Albnrn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-03-04
VALLEY CITY PASTOR AT oAKE8

Rev. C. E. Vermilya, pastor 1t the
First Methodist church at Valley c.
gave a very interesting. inspiring p
practical lecture to large and
preciative audience at the Method
church last Friday evening
church was crowded to thE nIxit
hear him, and he did his subject Jus
tice and took the audience with him
to the heights of ideal and READ Xiv.
ing. Hearts" was his subject and
he got right down to the heart Of the
subject and touched the heart OF the
hearers and made them all see the
subject in a light that Will always
have a strong pull on them for bet,
ter mode of living: He gave practt-
cal advice or suggestions to the
young and old. Everyone may prpht
by acting on his suggestions :
The Sunday services were also very
largely attended when DE- Vermily2
delivered two excellent SERMONS which
we're heartily appreciated by the con-
gregation. His message in the moFn-
ing on the subject, ''The Drawing
Power of Jesus" was nlasterfnl dis
course and a clear presentation at the
gospel of the Son of God In the
evening his Sermon was on The
Church of the Future and newer did
an Cakes audience pay More at.
tention to a speaker than On this oc
casion. The people Of Cakes are
filled with praise over Dr. Verrnilya.s
messages.-Oakes Times
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-03-04
CHAPTER XIX.
Sacrifice.

Sacrifice.
But Tom Barcus hadn't failed to
profit by the warning implicit in Alan's
accident.
Alan, he told himself shrewdly,
would never have run his cycle at SO
foolhardy a pace without good rea-
son; and under the circumstances good
reason was synonymous solely with
pursuit.
He was therefore on the alert, quick
to see the racing automobile when it
came hurting round the bend, and in
the very nick of time grasped Judith's
arm and swung her bodily with him
back out Of harms way, amid the
trees that bordered the inside Of the
road, .,
OF necessity his motorcycle suffered.
Abandoned in the middle Of the road,
1t was struck by the buffers of the
motor car and flung aside as if it had
been nothing more ponderable than q
truss of STRENGTHENING halfway down
LILO CLlUaAhMCAty q AOpCACoS IoA6AO "
shattered tubing and twisted wire.
At first blush the circumstance
seemed surprising, that the car did
not stop. But then Barcus reminded
himself that Marrophat and Jimmy
could not possibly have witnessed the
accident involving Alan and Rose, who.
together with the wreck Of their ma
chine, remained ~well.cloaked by the
underbrush at the bottom of the can.
yon. In all probability, then, the as
sassins had assumed that Alan had
hurried on; and since their own first
business was concerned exclusively
with them, they had done likewise.
reasoning that they could return and
deal with his unfortunate friend at
their convenience after overhauTlng
their quarry, whose life they most
coveted.
AS for Rose and Alan-heaven alone
knew what had happened to them. So
Barcus set himself to find out what
ever Providence knew without more
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-03-04
Full Eliaht.

-
"Oh, what can it mean?" Rose wills
pered brokenly, clinging to her lovers
arm. Surely you don't think .
Surely, it must be accidental .
Surely it can't mean"
I'm afraid 1t does," Alan Law re-
sponded gravely, cycling the front OF
the Mountain house. "Our luck holds
consistently-tha all. It wouldn't
be us If we didn't pick out the one
place where Marrophat and Jimmy
chose to stop over night. Fortunate
ly, it's early; I doubt they're up.
With half a show we ought to be able
to find some way Of putting good
distance between us and this town
before they waken ~. Tom"
But Mr.. Barcus was already at his
elbow. in thorcrsh- sympathy With
Alan's Interpretation Of the signifi.
canoe to be attached to the card that
trembled In Roses hand.
"Sharp's the world" he agreed.
And there's a motor car over there,
In front of the blacksmith's. Prob
ably we can hire her"
"Trine's carl" Alan calculated
swinging round and recognizing the
automobile at q glance. "Then he's
here, as WE'LL"
Looks like It." Barcus admitted.
But 50 much the better. Wen just
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- u was Trey OF Hearts.
of the roadway, he went his way in the
end with curiosity unsated: Fate had
reserved that card for a higher pur-
pose.
Undisturbed, it lay where it had
fallen, face upward, not dozen feet
from the front door of the Mountain
house, until another day dawned on
Mesquite. 4
Then, in the clear light of that dawn,
four more strangers struggled into
town-two weary and haggard men,
two footsore and bedraggled women.
One of these last was dressed in
suit of mans clothing, much the worse
for wear.
At sight of the Mountain house the
party betrayed slight symptoms Of
more cheeNul spirit: rejoicing in it's
promise of food and drinks and beds
withal wherein to sleep, the four
quickened their steps.
But of q sudden one of the women
she who wore the garments of her
sex-paused, uttered low cry,
a-thrill with terror, and clutching the
arm of the man nearest her, pointed
down to the card that stared up from
the dust at her feet.
It was a trey Of hearts.
s~.-' CHAPTER XVIII.
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The Trey Y
* Hearts
R,o,,o D,oo 7n\
Continued from Page 1O.)

ever, It learned IllI1e. Something
seemed to have been accomplished by
the two, something that was highly
gratifying to Seneca Urine: for he was
chuckling almost mirthfully when
lifted from the car and carried into
the hotel.
What passed between the trio after
they disappeared behind that bed
chamber door Mesquite could by nc
means guess. But that a celebration
of some sort was in progress was evi'
denced by the frequency with which
Marrophat and Jimmy called on the
bar for more liquid refreshment.
And toward midnight one belated
Mesquite paused in the street outside
the Mountain house for one last curl
GUS stare at the lighted windows Of
Mr.. Trine's quarters.
He saw clearly silhouetted against
the glowing oblong of the window, the
Mephistophelean profile of Seneca
Urine, distorted with a grimace of the
cruelest joy that ever heart Of man
conceived. He saw Marrophat ap
proach his master with drunken
swagger and a speech which, though
1ndistinguishable to the unseen au
ditor, unquestionably afforded both OF
the other men ample excuse for &c
static glee. Toward its conclusion
Mr.. Marrophat apparently capped the
peak of jubilation by fumbling in HE
coat pocket and bringing forth some
thing which strongly resembled sin.
gle playing card.
Now when he had contrived to
master his mirth, the cripple made 4
gesture which eloquently abolished
this card, gesture which said quite
plainly: "All that is finished. The
thing has served its purpose! To
hell with it!'
Whereupon, with smart jerk of HE
wrist, Mr.. Marrophat sent the card
spinning and sailing out through the
open window to lose itself in the night,
The watcher didn't see it fall, and
though he spent an uncomfortable
time searching for it in the deep dust
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wait for something to turn up-and
anyway we can't be worse off than we

wait for something to turn up-and
anyway we cant be worse off than we
are-and-"
Sufficient" Mr.. Law interrupted
with bleak smile. "
Crooking a deferential arm, Barcus
offered it to Judith.
Everything is lovely in tho forrla
garden" he insisted-"so sweetly r;
mantle. Are you game for an id
saunter, just to while the idle hour.
away?'
The woman found spirit enough 70,
q wan smile as she tucked her hand
gratefully beneath his arm.
You're the cheerfulest soul ever
met" she said demurely. What I'm
going to do without you when-if ever
we get out Of this awful business,
goodness only knows" v
Let's talk of something else," he
suggested hastily.
Unless, of course" she pursued
with unbroken gravity, Il marry
you.
Heaven" the young man prayed
fervently, "forfend!"
THAT is hardly gallant"
>'"1 mean-heaven forfend that you
should throw yourself away"
"Humph!" she unused. perhaps
you're right"
Their banter was not without q
subtle object, namely, to reassure the
girl who followed, supported by her
lovers arm.
In the course of the last "a hours
Roses jealousy of her sisters new.
found friendliness with Alan had
become acutely evident. The least
courtesy which circumstances now
and again demanded that he show
Judith or seem a boor, was enough
: to cloud the countenance Of Alan's
betrothed.
Nor, indeed. was Rose altogether
destitute Of plausible excuse for this
feeling. It was undeniable that be-
tween Alan and Judith a bond of SYM
pathy had grown out of the trials and
hardships they had of late suffered
In common. 1t was undeniable-but
even in his most private thoughts
Alan denied 1t flercely. Judith, on
the other hand, not only acknowledged
it freely to herself, but secretly de-
rived strangely sweet and poignant
pleasure from the knowledge that she
loved so madly and hopelessly.
That her love was hopeless she
knew but too we'll. Even though Alan
might not be altogether Indifferent to
her, after all that had passed between
them, his loyalty to Rose was un.
shakable. And not for worlds would
Roses rival have had it otherwise.
She could not have loved him as she
did had he not been so unmovably
true. As it was, since she could not
hope her love might be returned, she
was content to love and to promise
herself that, If opportunity ever Of
fered, she would not prove unready to
sacrifice herself for her love.
And at times she caught herself
craving that such opportunity would
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-03-04
A Specific Against Colds.

IF there is such a thing as & speci-
fic against colds, it is to be- found in
the sleeping porch or the open bed
room. Next to that COMES the cold
sponge bath in the morning" says
the Youths Companion Be as careful
as you can you will occasionally take
cold and when you do yoU will find
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
great help in enabling you to get rid
of it. For sale by SiegfrIed Pharmacy.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-03-04

Round the swelling bosom Of q WOOD
ed mountainside the motorcycle swept
like hunted hare, and without the
least warning came upon Barcus and
Judith, dismounted, Barcus bending
over his cycle and tinkering with its
motor.
For one manipulating instant COLI.
sion seemed unavoidable Barcus and
Judith and the motorcycle occupied
most of the width of the road; there
was little room between them and tho
declivity, less between them and the
forest. To try to pass them on the
latter side would be only to dash his
brains out against the trees; while to
make the attempt on the outside would
be to risk leaving the road altogether
and dashing of into space
And it was impossible to stop the
cycle-so brief was all his warning.
In desperation Alan chose the outside
Of the road; and for the space of
single heartbeat thought that he might
possibly make it, but with the next
realized that he would not-seeing the
front wheel swing of over the lip Of
the slope.
At this he acted sharply and upon
sheer instinct. AS the cycle left the
road altogether he risked a broken
knee by releasing his grasp Of the
handlebars and Strengthening out his
leg and driving It down forcib!y
against the foadbed. The effect Of this
vas to lift bin bodily from the sad.
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(To be Continued.)
The Court Of Last Resort.

Around the stove of the crossroads
grocery is the real court of last resort
for it finally a, over-rules all others.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been brought before this court in al
most every crossroads grocery in
this country, and has always received
favorable verdict. 1t is in the coun-
try where man expects to receive full
value for his money that this remedy
is most appreciated. For sale by the
Siegfried Pharmacy.