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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-17
JITNEY DRIVER is
A THIEF CATCHER
Learns of Stolen Auto, Cap
lures 1t and the Man
Who Stole 1t.

The quick mind and daring of
Emery Simmons, operator Of a
"1itncy' line between Tulsa and
Broken Arrow, resulted in the cap
ture of an automobile thief at an
carly hour Yesterday morning on q
lonely country road and the restOra-
tion to the owner of the stolen car.
simmons who is young man and
exceedingly bright as is indicated by
his enterprise in entering the long
distance jiney business, was told of
the theft Of the automobile Just as
he left Tulsa on his final trip of the
night. The car belonged to +. NJ
Green Of Flat Rock 1t was stolen
from downtown street, while the
owner was attending lodge.
When about half way between
Tulsa and Broken Arrow, Simmons
saw the tail light of another car
ahead. The driver was apparently
inexperienced and ne failed to put
her on high in climbing a steep hill,
and the engine went dead"
simmons stopped his jitney along
side the stalled car The driver
asked him 10 assist him. Simmons
thinking of the stolen automobile,
glanced at the license tag He in
stantly saw that it was the lumber of
the purloi1ed machine. He took
charge Of the stranger, who gave the
name IF IT, G. Harris IL had one
of his passengers get into the stolen
machine, and bring it back to Tulsa,
where it was returned to the owner.
simmons drove on to Broken
Arrow with his passengers and his
prisoner. He turned the latter over
&c the town marshal, and then called
the Sheriffs office. Deputy Sheriff
Tom Higgins brought the alleged thief
to Tulsa, and restored the car to the
owner
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-17

ing the remainder " my lfotlna
which is mighty cDmfsfiinv thougbt
When you stop % contemplate what
we are going through hs result or
the misfortune that befcll tho countrv
two years ago when the Hcpubllca1
party was put out with only Two gtntos
on the bases and nobody able 10 atrlke
home run.
Il hope the Republicans of okla
homa will have the good sense 10 keen
out of family differences al home and
let's get in with the rest Of the coun.
try and help save what ls lcrt. but I
can't see at this time that / have any
call to get in the game on my own
account and / can do Just na GOOD
work along with the rank and file az
can up at the head OF the procession.
We do not need 80 many generals og
we 90 fcw more good. healthy
priyaieS and the boys can count on me
TO help do some lively recruiting and
! am sure there must be o lot of good
Republicans who can be pressed lnta
service without drafting mo"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-17

for the benefit of the association, but
| can't see where | can put any of it
to very good use down here in Okla
homa unless you newspaper boys can
devise some new scheme for putting
1t out to good advantage.
Plugs for Pat, His Partner.
Now there is my partner, =. j.
White, he is a lot better looking man
than | am and he would make a whole
lot better politician. Why not back
him for this committee job. know
would get the Republican party in an
awful lot of trouble If / had II, for
the first thing ! would do would be to
try and get every Democrat out of
office and that would make lot of
trouble and / would have whole lot
of enemies that | would never suspect.
Il want to make one prediction,
however, at the risk of getting I'm even
worse than | am pow with this ma
tional Democratic administration, and
that is / do not think they will ever
get another chance to ruin the busi-
ness affairs of the country again dur.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-17

WITNESSES TESTIFY


,,rt,..,..,.
July ""''7'I I"'
'H' western railroads pointed 10 fig
ures presented by protesting states
tod.. i'm tb. ,...,r...-. t...,..,.. ,,.,.,
ANS '''"i' '"' '''''
.,',' commerce commission, ana SAID
,.I,' '',y ."'P"ii'd lN' peili'"h Tor
"'l'"g,"E PASSENGER fares.
.. T. bI'dsoe, assistant general
S",''',I"l 'i the santa Fe. questioned
w. NJ. 9aHt7''r 3i the Arizona cor
i'',1I''" commission, concerning
'iE"I'9 presented 'N Mr S1ngster
covering a number Of western rail-
roads ana dealing with conditions
IRON I'Vi u" IFIi
l"t snow lhe santa Zee passengers
per IlI' ul ROAD IN I3II Wore lI1OOo
',u IH I'I only I3DOOO, SAID Mr.
hIraSoe.
,n's. replied Mt SangSter.
''''y passenger service train rev
CeMut per uue OF road, You show as
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-17
w. K. HUGHES HOME
IN KENDALL ROBBED

While Il. E Hughes, county en-
piuccr, was out of the city for three
days, robbers entered his home i'm
Kendall, it became known yesterday.
Hughes reported TO the police that
a shotgun q pistol and a razor had
been stolen Kendall is not in the city
of Tulsa, and the case is one for the
sheritfs office TO Investigate, although
tho police are watching the pawnshops
for traces of the stolen goods.
NcIghbors said that they had seen
two suspicious looking negroes about
the home while Hughes was away
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-17
BURGLARS ENTER
HENDERSON HOME
Impossible To Tell just What Was
StSCn Until Wife Returns
From Visit.

The residence Of ]. J. Henderson,
local attorney at lllo South Guthrie.
WAS entered hy burglars, supposed to
hc boys, yesterday afternoon at
o'clock.
No one was home az the time and
the robbery was not discovered until
Mr. Henderson returned home a few
hours later. Entrance had been ef-
foctcd through o. screen door at the
rear Of the house
Judge Henderson told the police he
did not know whether anything had
been stolen. Ii would be impossible
10 ascertain the loss until his wife
returned home, he said.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-17
Puts in Plug for
His Partner, P. }

Continued From Page One.)
and I'd get about four votes. Some Of
the boys must have been reading about
that million dollar war fund the Fed
eral league wished on me to spend
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-17

Straw Hats, Pana-
mas and BankOkS-
1-3 off the regular
priCc.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-17

This is your chance to buy the best clothing made at
saving of 33 l3 cents the dollar
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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-11-25
GRAMOPHONE TRICKS.
Reversing a Chime of Bells Produces a
Most Peculiar Effect.

Many remarkable tricks can be
played with IA gramophone, tricks
one would never have dreamed pos
sible on an ordinary machine, and
with a few seconds preparation
only. Indeed, highly comical eff
feet can be obtained by twisting the
time button sharply up and down
at every note while you are running
sentimental love duet Have you
ever tried it? When the lady sings
high, run it up to perfect shrek,
and then, when the loving bass
comes in, run him down into the
cellar. The effect is charming be-
yond description.
Perhaps the most curious expert
ence in human life is to hear back
wards. Such an idea seems impos-
sible. 1t is quite simple trick
on gramophone. You have seen,
doubtless, film run through back
ward at the kinematograph enter
tainments. 1t can be done in exact
ly the same manner on the gramo-
phone, only we are dealing, of
course, with sound instead of action.
The operation is very simple.
Twist the ''sound box" into per-
pendicular position, or, rather, with
slight slope backward, in order
that the disk may be run in the OPP
posite direction to what is usual.
Start the pin near the center of the
disk, turning lightly with the finger.
1t will not injure the machinery
of the gramophone, but it is adj
yisable not to experiment with a
favorite record = at least to start
with-as one is liable to get very
bad scratch right across the plate,
and very deep! But the effect is
worth the danger; it is unique. If
you play a brass band even the COM
poser himself would not recognize
his masterpiece. If you put on
talking record the man appears to
be speaking foreign multisonous
language.
But the most remarkable effect
is to put on ''ehime of bells" In
this reversed manner there is no
strike" of the bell; the sound sim
ply rushes up in ever increasing
waves and then suddenly ceases
just when you are expecting the
clash of the hammer. The sound of
the bell is reversed, and the ear is
not startled with sudden strike.
The effect is pathetic and beautiful,
something like cats at night.--Lon-
don Strand Magazine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-11-25

ATTEND North Idaho Greatest Sale.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-12-08
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Headquarters for Xmas gifts for
mother, father, sister, brother,
friend or sweetheart.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-12-08

The congressman tear off to Wash.
ington, fired with heroic and patri-
otto resolve to spend the surplus.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-12-08

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Headquarters for Xmas gifts for
mother, father, sister, brother,
friend or sweetheart.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
SYNOPSIS

Ralph Leslie, college man, ships as deck
steward on Marshall Turner's yacht Ella
and is befriended by Elsa Lee.
Turner is drinking heavily. Charlie
Jones, a sailor, says the Ella is a bad
ship. Captain Richardson strikes Mate
Singleton for drinking.
Mrs. Johns, a guest, is trlgnIeneu ana
asks Leslie to sleep in the after house.
He finds himself locked in.
Vail, a guest. Captain Richardson and
Karen Hansen, a maid, are found mur-
dered by Leslie. Turner and Singleton
are drunk.
Singleton, suspected, is in irons, but
Leslie, in charge of the ship, fears the
murderer Is still at large.
Jones aids in tho search. Elsa Lee keeps
the key to the after house. Mrs. Johns is
seeking for the ak used by the murderer.
Leslie, accused by Mrs. Johns, is backed
by the crew and believes Singleton inno-
cent. Miss Lee tries to throw the key
overheard.
Leslie gets the key. Adams, a sailor,
sees a strange white shape crawling on
deck. Turner and Singleton nave also
seen the thing.
The stewardess tries to buy the key
from Leslie. Burns is attacked mysteri-
ously, and the ak is stolen.
' Leslie learns that Mrs. Johns got Burns
to show her the ak. The Ella, with bodies,
reaches port. Leslie is a prisoner.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
ChApTER XII.
Take the Stand.

IND now 1 come with some hesi-
N tatton to the trial-hesitation
IL because l relied on McWhir-
~ ter to keep a record. And
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21

do more than to indicate the relative
positions Of rooms and companion
ways.
Estate what happened on the night
Of Aug. II and early morning of
Aug. ID"
~ slept in the storeroom in the after
house. AS it was very hot, l always
left the door open. The storeroom it.
self was a small room lined with
shelves and reached by a passageway.
The door was at the end of the pas
sage. I wakened because of the heat
and found the door locked on the out
side. / lit a match and found l could
unscrew the lock with my knife. l
thought I had been locked in as a joke
by the crew. While l was kneeling
some n passed outside the door,"
"How did you know that?"
Il felt a board rise under my knee
as if the other end had been trod on.
Shortly after a woman screamed. and
I burst open the door,"
How long after you felt the board
riseY"
Perhaps q minute. possibly two"
go M
Just after the ships bell struck six
3 o'clock. The main cabin was dark.
There was a light in the chart room,
from the pinnacle light. I felt my way
to Mr.. Wallis room. heard him breath
ing. His door was open. l struck a
match and looked at him. He had
stopped breathing"
What was the state Of his bunk"
Observation-Disclosures He was al
most hacked to pieces"
go on
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21

Ralph Leslie. college man, ships as deck
steward on Marshall Turner's yacht Ella
and is b%efriended by Elsa Lee.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
CHAPTER XIII.
blossoms Story.

fTV1ENRIETTA SLOANE was call.
Your name?"
~ Henrietta Sloane"
"Are you married." e.x
"A widow"
when and where were you bornY
isle Of Man, Dec. IL, 1872"
How long have you lived in the
United States?"
"Since l was two
Your position on the yacht Ella"
"Stewardess."
Before that?"
"On the Baltic, between Liverpool
and New York. That was how l met
Mrs. Turner"
where was your room on the
yacht Ellaw
"Of the chart ROOM"
"Will you indicate it on this dia.
gram?"
1T was there" (Pointing.)
The diagram was shown to the jury
There are two hunks in this room.
Which was yours?"
1.-THE n at the side. The one op-
posite the door was Karen's."
"Tell what happened on the night
Of Aug. II and morning of the 18th"
II went to bed early. Karen Han
sen had not come down by midnight.
When I opened the door I saw why.
Mr.. Turner and Mr.. Singleton were
there drinking"
The defense objected to this. but
was overruled by the court.
MI. Vail was trying to persuade
the mate to go on deck before the
captain came down."
did he go?"
mo"
what comment did Mr.. Singleton
make?"
"He said he hoped the captain
would ONE. He wanted a chance to
get at him."
What happened after that?"
1.-The captain came down and order
ed the mate on deck. Mr.. Vail and
the captain got Mr.. Turner to his
ROOM"
"How do you know that?"
II opened my door,"
what then?"
"KareE came down at 1890. We
went to bed. at ten minutes to 8 the
bell rang Tor Karen. She got up and
put on Il wrapper and slippers. She
was grumbling and / told her to put
out the light and let me sleep. AS she
opened the door she screamed and fell
back on the floor. Something struck
me on the shoulder, and l tainted. I
learned later it was the AK"
did you hear any sound outside be-
fore you opened the door,"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
PAGE SEVEN

dispense. Turner's lawyers were in
troubled consultation with him. Single
ton was markedly more cheerful, and I
thought the prosecution looked per-
turbed and uneasy. wen back to
Jail that night. and dreamed of Elsa
not as | had seen her that day, bending
forward. watching every point of the
evidence. but MS had seen her so
often on the yacht. facing into the salt
breeze as If she loved it. her hands
in the pockets Of her short white
jacket. her hair blowing back from her
forehead in damp. close curling rings.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
II ran back and got my revolver.

II ran back and got my revolver. |
thought there had been Il mutiny"-
"Conine yourself to what you saw
and did. The court is not interested
in what you thought"
81 am only trying to explain what /
did. ran back to the storeroom and
got my revolver and ran back through
the chart room to the after companion.
which had a hood. l thought that if
any n was lying in ambush the hood
would protect me until l could get to
the deck. 1 told the helmsman what
had happened. and ran forward. Mr..
Singleton was on the %forecastle head.
We went below together and found the
captain lying at the foot Of the for
ward companion. also dead"
"At this time had you called the
owner Of the ship"
NO. I called him then. But | could
not rouse him."
Explain what you mean by that"
He had been drinking"
There followed Il furious wrangle
over this point, but the prosecuting
attorney succeeded in having question
and answer stand.
What did you do next?"
THE mate had called the crew. /
Weakened Mrs. Turner. Miss Lee and
Mrs. Johns and then went to the chart
room to call the women there. The
door was open an incl or so. | re-
ceived no answer to my knock and
nIJ11nI IL y,n G-n,~> I~,. IT.
maid. was dead on the floor, and the
stewardess was in her bunk in a state
of collapse"
State where you found the AK with
which the crimes were committed."
ut was found in the stewardess'
bunk"
Where is the ak now?'
1T was stolen from the captains
cabin. where it was locked for safe
keeping. and presumably thrown over
board. At least we did not find it,"
II see you are consulting Il book to
book?"
1.-The ships log"
How does it happen to be in your
possesSion?"
THE crew appointed me captain. AS
such | kept the log book. 1t contains
a full account Of the discovery Of the
Eodies. witnessed by all the men"
us it in your writing?"
Yes. 1t is in my writing"
You read it to the men and they
signed it,"
NO; they read it themselves be-
fore they signed it,"
After Il wrangle as to my having au-
thority to make u record in the log
book, the prosecuting attorney succeed
ed in having the book admitted as evil
dence and read to the jury the entry
OF Aug. 13.
Having thus proved the crimes L was
excused, to be recalled later. The de-
tense reserying its cross examination,
the doctor from the quarantine station
was called next and testified to the
manner of death. His testimony was
revolving and bears in no way on the
story save in one particular-a curious
uniformity in the mutilation of the
bodies Of Vail and Captain Richardson,
a sinister similarity that was infinitely
shocking. In each case the forehead
the two arms and the abdomen had
received a frightful blow. In the case
Of the Danish girl there was only one
wound-the injury on the head.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21

"A curious choppin" sound. | spokt,
Of it to her. 1t came from the chart
room"
when the girl fell back into the
room did you see any one beyond her?"
II saw something couldn't say just
what"
WAS what YOU Suw Il iiyure?"
IL am not certain 1t was light
almost white"
Can you not describe it,"
II am afraid nut-except that it Seem
ed white"
How tall was it,"
II couidn say"
LAS tail rs the grip"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
"Was what you saw a figure?"

49,
"Just about, perhaps
Think of something that it resem-
bled. This is important, Mrs. Sloane.
You must make an effort"
II think it looked most like a foun-
tain"
Even the jury laughed at this, and
yet, after all. Mrs. Sloane was right
Or nearly so.
THAT is curious. How did it resem.
bic a fountain:'
Perhaps l should have said a foun-
tain in moonlight-white and misty
end-and flowing"
And yet, this curious shaped object
threw the AK at you. didn't it,"
There was an objection to the form
Of this question. but the court over
ruled it.
II did not say it threw the ak.
did not see it thrown. | felt it,"
did you know the first mate, Single
ton, before you met IN the Ella?"
"Yes. sir"
"Where?"
1--WE were on the same vessel two
years ago. the American, for Ber-
muda."
"Were you friends?"
Eyes" very low.
Were you engaged to marry him at
one time:'
yes"
"NVhy did you break it OFF,"
"We differed about q good many
things"
After a long battle the prosecuting
attorney was allowed to show that fol.
lowing the breaking off of her relations
with Singleton she had been Il witness
against him in an assault and battery
case and had testified to his violence
of temper. The dispute took so long
that there was only time for her cross
examination. The effect Of the evi.
Singleton.
His attorney, Il ;oun@ and intelligent
Jew, cross examined Mrs. Sloane.
Attorney For the llefense-Did you
WA "hAeS a IStttl " lhC uCltlluulll
Mrs. Sloane, threatening him if he did
not marry you?
81 do not recall such a letter."
'Is this letter in your writing?"
Il think so. Yes"
"Ars. Sloane. you testify that you
opened your door and saw Mr.. Vail
and the captain taking Mr.. Turner tc
his room. Is this correct|'
Yes"
why did they take him-I mean was
he not able apparently to walk alone?"
He was able to walk. They walked
beside him"
I'm your testimony, taken at the time
and entered in the ships log, you say
you Judged by the sounds Here you
say you opened the door and saw
them Which is correct"
II saw them"
You say that Mr.. Singleton said he
wished to get at the captain. Are
those his exact words?"
II do not recall his exact words"
Perhaps l car refresh your mind.
With the permission Of the court |
shall read from the ships log this wo.
mans statement, recorded by the mar
who was in charge of the vessel and
therefore competent to make such rec.
ord and signed by the witness as hav,
ing been read and approved by her:
"'Mr. Singleton said that he hoped
the captain would come, as he and Mr..
Turner only wanted q chance to get at
him. " y d There was a sound outside,
and Karen thought it was Mr.. Turner
falling over something and said that
she hoped she would not meet him.
Once or twice when.h he had been drink.
ing he had made overtures to her, and
she detested him. = ~ She opened
the door and came back into the
room. touching me on the arm. ''That
beast Is put there" she said, sitting
on the companion staps. II he tries
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21

DOT and street car.
His wrath at finding me a prisoner
was unbounded. His scorn at Wal
ters. the attorney. for not confound-
ing the police with law enough to free
me was furious and contemptuous.
He picked up the oars in sullen ST.
lenre and. leaning on them. called a
loud and defiant farewell for the bene-
fit Of the officer.
"All right" he said. AN hour or
so won't make much difference r
You'll be free today. all right, all
right. And don't let them bluff you,
boy. If the police get funny tackle
'em and throw EN- overheard. one by
one. You can do it."
He made an insulting gesture at the
police. picked up his oars and rowed
away into the mist.
many days. AS had expected, Tur-
ner. his family. Mrs. Johns and the
stewardess were released after ex-
animation. The rest of us we're taken
to jail-Singleton as a suspect. the
others to make sure Of their presence
at the trial.
The murders took place on the
morning Of Aug. -. The grand jury
met tate in September and found an
ind emf against Singleton. The
triA, 'n'gan on the 10th of November.
The confinement was terrible. Ac-
o,,ctpyrnI +, ,on,,1,, o~,,;,o 80, .r,..
I suffered mentally and physically. l
heard nothing from Elsa Lee, and |
missed McWhirter. who had got his
hospital appointment and who wrote
me cheering letters on pages torn
from order books or on prescription
blanks. He was in Boston.
he got leave Of absence for the
trial. and. as l explained. the follow
ing notes are his. not mine. The case
was tried in the United States court
before Circuit Judge Willard and Dis
trict Judge Mcdowell. The United
States was represented by a district
attorney and two assistant attorneys.
Singleton had retained a lawyer nam
ed Goldstein. a clever young lew.
| was called first. as having found
the bodies.
Your name:"
Ralph Leslie"
Your age?"
"Twenty-four."
when and where were you born?"
Nov. 1S, 1887, in Columbus, O."
when did you ship on the yacht
Ella"
ION July 27."
When did you Slil?"
July 2S."
Are you Il sailor by occupationY"
mo; | am Il graduate of IL medical
college"
What We're your duties on the
ship?"
They were not we'll defined. | had
been i'll and was not strong. | was a
sort Of deck steward, 1 suppose. l also
served a few meals in the cabin of the
p%acitated."
where were you quartered?"
I'm the forecastle with the crew IN
til u day or so before the murders.
Then 1 moved into the after house and
slept in a storeroom there"
"Why did you make the changer"
Mrs. Johns, a guest. asked me to do
SO. She said she was nervous"
WHO slept in the after house?"
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner. Miss Lee, Mrs.
Johns and Mr.. Vail. The stewardess,
Mrs. Sloane, and Karen Hansen, a
maid, also slept there. but their room
opened from the chart room"
A diagram Of the after house was
here submitted to the jury. For the
benefit Of the reader ] reproduce it
roughly. have made 40 attempt to