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THE SIGN At THE GALLOWS.

This is narrowing story, but it has
q large and valuable moral, which
should be pasted in the hats Of all
men who serve on juries in criminal
cases.
Sunday. May Z, 1897. was beau
tiful day. The skies were blue, and
the birds were singing. and the young
mans fancy lightly turned to thoughts
of love. Sydney Fryer. wealthy
young citizen of London, called upon
his cousin, Anne Fryer, and asked her
If she wouldn't like to take walk. and
she said she would. So they strolled
around the streets until they reached
the suburbs, where there were fields
and commons. Presently they heard
q cry for help, and Sydney said:
Some woman is in distress! must
go to her rescue"
Anne tried to persuade him to pay
no attention to the matter, but Sgd
ney was too gallant gentleman to
turn a deaf ear to q damsel in distress,
so he vaulted over a five-foot wall.
from beyond which the cry had come,
and, instead of finding himself in the
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presence Of suffering female. he was
faced by three ruffians, who told him
to hand over his valuables. Sydney
drew his sword. intent upon giving
battle, whereupon one Of the robbers
fired aspistol at him, and he fell dead.
Hearfng the report Of the pistol,
Anne scrambled up the wall until she
could. see over it, and beheld her
cousin tying dead and mis- assailants
fleeing from the scene. She reported
the crime to the authorities, and dill
gent search was made for the murder
ers, with the result that three young
men soon we're in custody. They were
Martin. Glench, James Mackley and Jo-
seph, Smith. They had a local reputa.
ton for wildness, but had never been
suspected or accused of crime. Anne
Fryer identified Clench and Machley
at once. She was absolutely positive
that they were two of the Hufderers.
There lcouldnY be any rnistake sbput Al
The young men .eppesssd Tor dslsin
due season% ands Anne Eryeszwas>eAe
chief wttiisss sasa1nst them sSAe iszs
as positive q ever irS her ideutiisss-
ton of the two Theiwhole case rested
upon her testimony, and the jury evi-
IDENTIFY agreed with her that she
couldn't be mistaken, for Clench and
Mackley were convicted Of murder,
and Smith was acquitted. The verdict
was somewhat surprising, because the
instructions of the court favored the
prisoners. The learned jurist pointed
out that too much reliance should not
be placed upon the testimony Of a
young woman who must have been
wildly excited at the time of the crime.
Mackley accepted his death sentence
with sullen resignation. as though he
considered it q part Of the days work;
but, Martin Clench, who was fine,
intelligent young man, protested bit
terly in open court, saying that he was
no more q murderer than the judge on
the bench.
Having been sent back to Jail to
await the day of execution, Clench de-
voted most of his time to religious
study, and the mantle Of Elijah de-
scended upon him. He began to make
prophecies. He said that heaven
would not permit two innocent men to
be executed without some sign that all
men might understand.
Mark my words" he was wont to
say, there will be a sign at the gal
lows, proclaiming our innocence"
This idea became an obsession with
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him, and he talked of little else during

him, and he talked of little else during
his last hours.
On June the gallows was esected
before Newgate prison, and the usual
immense mob had gathered to,see two
unfortunate men pay the price. 1t was
a trusty old gallows that had been
used on many. previous occasions, and
the indications were that it had long
career of usefulness before it. The
fatal hour arrived, and the doomed
men appeared npon the scaffold, the
doleful chant oS the bellman still ring
ing in their ears:
All We that in the condemned hole do lie.
Prepare you. for tomorrow you shall die
Watch all and pray. the hour Is drawing
That You before fhs Almighty shall ap-
pear.
Examine. well yourselves, in time repent.
That you may not to eternal flames be
And when St. sepulcher's bell tomorrow
The Lord above, have mercy on your
The usual officials appeared upon the
gallows with Clench and Mackley.
when the sign predicted by Clench was
given. The whole gallows collapsed,
and prisoners, jailers, executioner and
priest went down in a heap.
Martin Clench sprang to his feet and
triumphantly cried that the sign had
been given. And it was even so. but
it didn't do Martin any good. Carpen-
tiers went to work at once. and soon
had the scaffold in shape again, and
the two wretched men were again
escorted to the platform and turned
of. For a little while their curious
story, with its coincidence at the gal
lows, furnished a topic for my Lord
Topnoddy and the other bloods who
never missed a hanging, but the gal
lows was making its own kind Of his
tory almost every day then. and no
mans story could hold public atten-
ton long.
Clench and Mackley were almost
forgotten when a man named Burton
Wood was tried and capitally convict
ed for some offense. Finding that he
was doomed, and wishing to make his
conscience as easy as possible, he con-
fessed that he was the slayer Of Fryer,
and related that when the crime was
committed he was accompanied by q
man named Timms. Then came the
further intelligence that Timms. also
under sentence of death, was in Jail
at Reading. Being questioned, he cor
roborated Woods story in every de,
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the Platform and Turned


tail. There was no possibility Of a
doubt as to the innocence of Clench
and Mackley, but they no longer cared
anything about earthly justice or in
justice.
For several years thereafter an old
residence in Shepherd street was much
gazed at by the curious. Londoners
pointed 1t out to their visiting kin
from the country. One of the rear
windows was heavily barred with iron,
and sometimes a CHASTITY, phantomlike
face was seen at that window.
""That is Mistress Anne Fryer" the
Londoner would say to his wondering
cousin from the back districts. "She
sent two men to the gallows by giving
mistaken testimony, and when she
learned the truth she became raving
madwoman. She is kept In that room
all the year round. and sometimes
when she is violent they gag her and
chain her to the floor"
. As remarked in the beginning, this
EttnNastory- has q moral. and It should
Fb bS framed and hung up wherever NOR
tai man is engaged in the administers
tion of justice.
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Good Re.ult, with Alfalfa Flour.

Alfalfa -four is one of the new prod
ucts that are being prepared for the
market. 1t is, blended with wheat
flour, as the alfalfa protein does not
supply the necessary elasticity. = The
unbleached -four gives to the food a
characteristic green color. The ad-
vantages are to be found in the lower
cost and greater food value.
The food classes have been working
with the -four and have had very sat
isfactory results, substituting alfalfa
for wheat flour in mullins, biscuit.
bread and cake. There Is a slight
characteristic flavor that is objection
able to some people, but in most cases
it is a very satisfactory substitute
Charlotte E. Carpenter. Colorado Agri-
cultural College, Fort Collins, Colo.
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Something Cheaper.

mon, Ave an awful cauld." he said
plaintively. "Hae ye a guild cure fur
IT,"
81 have" said the man of drugs
promptly. Il know a sovereign rem
edy."
Sandy backed slowly toward the
shop door.
"Hoots ava, :non!" he said again
anxiously. "D'ye mo- ken yin abou
ence?"-Londcn Answers
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-02

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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-02

We have made radical change Shoe Department
moved the Shoe Department
The entire east end OF the building It's cool light comfortable plenty
and easy cordially to
The shoes are here tor nand
Will take pleasure showing the Seasons offering
TAKE ElevAroR
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Nj. Lichtenstein & Sons
Silks Dress Goods Wash Fabrics, Gnehams and PerCaleS
-"0utiitters TO Everybody

We suggest early selection the goods and from Eastern markets
We daily inability
ploatc orders,
Our line this the complete have bad and M
OF goods gathered together the choicest materials the market
offer
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New Silks, Dress Goods, Skirtings, Etc

We offer Colored Chiffon Ta(leta
Silk, 3o-inches wide in the following
Evening star., 1916-03-26
SUGAR MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 25 The market
for raw sugar was unchanged as 10
spots. no further sales being reported
but the undertone was firm. prompted
by reports that Italy had purchased
a bout 2U,0V0 tons "r raw sugar in Cuba.
Trading locally was quiet with refiners
again Indifferent, although there were
sales of between 1900 and $4,000 bags
Of Cubas to operators for April ship
inent at i%c, cost and freight. In the
absence Of spot business prices re-
manned nominaily unchanged al 3.Tl for
centrifugal. 4.94 for lnulaSseS and
1 HIS for Cubas, cost and freight.
The market for refined sugar was
firmly held at $50 to 100 for fine
granulated, and while there were fair
withdra walls on old contracts. new bust
ness was light. Although no further
business was reported for export ac-
count. there were inquiries in the mar
ket from Switzerland.
Futures were Influenced by the firm
ness in raws and on some scattered
covering and further buying by trade
interests prices advanced, closing un-
changed 70 points net higher. Sales.
200 tons May sold from ASP to 4.s3,
closing 4.a2: July. 4S5 to 4s7, closing
4s: September, 4s5 to 4.95, closing 4 80.
ing i.90.
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led afterward to an advance above yes
terdays closing prices. 1t was ex-
planned that help from soldiers had
not been obtained and that farm work
on last years scale appeared to be a
physical impossibility.
Aggressive selling and a lack of sup
port characterized the wheat market
in the final hour Of the session. In
addition to the bearish effect of the
destruction of vessels and of the
chances of renewed tension between
the United States and Germany, the
influence of the brea king of the
drought seemed to be gaining in force,
as many reports were coming in from
all sections of the rain soaked territory
telling of the revival of the crop.
Weather of 4 kind to retard the
movement of the corn crop brought
about strength in the corn market. A
prospect of smaller receipts made
speculative short sellers unusually in
clned to weekend evening up of
trades. In the oats trade. bears had
an advantage owing to reports that
planting was actively going on, espe-
cially throughout central Illinois 1t
was said that for oats the ground was
in the best condition in years.
Provisions rose with hogs. Besides
the shipments of meats this week were
liberal as compared with year ago.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK, March 25.-The market
for coffee futures showed continued
steadiness today. The demand was not
active or general. but there was some
further buying by trade interests who
have given the market steady support
for the past several days. while Offer
ings were limited. The market opened
unchanged to 4 points higher in re-
sponse to steady official Brazilian
cables and sold up during the morning
with May advancing to $40. July to s.24
and September to SAB, or within or
10 points of recent high levels The
close was to 10 points net higher
Sales. 1880 bags. March, S.11: April
Sis: May. s.19: June, S.22; July. s.26;
August, s.ss: September s.32; October
s.35; November. s.3s; December, SAB;
January, s.47; February, s5l
Spot coffee quiet: Rio rs, 9ss; Santos
as. 1915. Comparatively few cost and
freight offers were reported in the
market with prices unchanged.
The official cable reported advances
of SO to rs reis in the Brazilian mar
kets, with Rio exchange on London
unchanged. Victoria cleared $4,000
bags for New York and Rio $4,000 for
New Orleans Brazilian port receipts,
$4,000 bags: Jundiahy, 1000.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO. March 25.-Torpedoing of
vessels with Americans aboard result
ed today in lower prices for wheat.
The market closed unsettled, asaE to
u cent down at los ls for May and
!. net. oats finished =. to asala off.
and provisions up W to 10 cents.
Wheat had rallied from early de-
cline. but when attention was turned
to the notable increase of hostlilties
against shipping. the market headed
sharply downgrade. The weakness at
the outset was due chiefly to rains
in the southwest. where the lack of
adequate moisture of late has been I'M :
peding growth. Advices, however, that
prolonged winter conditions in Canada
and a scarcity of labor there We're
virtually certain to cause big de
crease in the extent OF seeded acreage
Evening star., 1916-03-26

mum of last September, when the $780,
600, 900 Anglo French war loan was un-
der way.
While German and French rates
We're falling these bonds We're hard
ening in a way to suggest sound in
vestment buying. Public Offering of
the new Canadian government loan of
$4,000. 900 by our bankers gave every
promise of success. heavy subscriptions
being reported from the interior.
Advices dealing with domestic trade
conditions were in keeping with their
optimistic tenor Of recent months
Cash reserves are assuming almost un-
wieldy proportions at some reserve
centers, but long time loans are ad
vanciug slightly in certain sections in
response to greater mercantile de-
mands.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
RECRUITS NUMBER 1888,

\ total OF 1s3s recruits have been
added TO the army in the last ten days.
the War Department announced last
night The campaign to add some %. 900
men TO the fighting forcec, bringing
them up to maximum strength. began
March Is. ten days after America n
troops had been ordered into Mexico
in pursuit Of Villa.
The first fve days added s2s men 10
the colors. and the succeeding ne.
ending at noon yesterday. 10 more. a.
cordinE to reports from forty-four uGt
OF fifty-four recruiting districts
a total OF 2.s-5 applicants were exam
ined to obtain the 40 men.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
AIDED BY ARMED BAND.
John D. Pace, Indicted for Fratricide
ESCAPES From Kentucky Jail.

LEXINGTON, KY. March 25.-Accord-
ing to word received here today from
Manchester, Ky. a band of armed con-
federates surrounded the jail and kept
the guards at bay while John d. Pace.
under indictment in the Clay circuit court
on the charge of killing his father and
stepmother. sawed his way through his
cell bars and escaped. Pace was formerly
a United States soldier
A posse is pursuing him and his armed
companions. who are thought to be in the
widest part of the mountains in OWsley
county.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Big Contracts Pending.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
probably will close for 10000 to 200
900 tons before the end of the month.
Other contracts for about 100000 tons
also are pending.
The Standard Steel Car Company is
understood TO have closed contracts for
about 10000 tons Of steel bars. plates
and shapes. mainly for the construction
Of cars for the New York Central rail-
road. but also for some southern roads
Other car shops placed orders for mod =
crate tonnagcs Of steel for next years
delivery at 235 cents for shapes and
2.I5 cents for plates, an advance Of 81
to SO per ton over the nominal official
prices. The Philadelphia and Reading
divided equally an order for 900 cars
between the Standard and Pressed Car
, companies and the Atlantic Coast Line
is reported to have bought 1000 cars
from the Mount Vernon Car Company.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Orders for Locomotives.

The locomotive builders took orders
inquiries for eishty-one engines The
largest orders placed were thirty for
the 81. Louis and San Francisco and
tw enty-fve for the Great Northern.
Buying of fabricated steel for build
lngs and bridges continued feverishly
in anticipation of further sharp ad-
Vanc" IN prices The structural shops
hooked orders for more than 900
tons Of steel shapes including = 600
tons for railroad bridges
Shipbuilders placed contracts for
more than 100000 tons steel plates and
Shapes at 2l2 cents for shapes and
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Railroads in the Market
With Huge Buying Orders

The railroads entered upon most Wig
orous buying campaign for equipment
during the week placing contracts for
nearly 500. 900 tons Of rails for delivery
during the first quarter and first half Of
1917. Included in the orders were 40 900
tons for the New York Central sys-
tenn 5000 tons for the Baltimore and
Ohio. 10000 tons for the Erie, $1,000
tons for the Illinois Central, 10000
tons for the Chicago and Northwestern,
10000 tons ADDITIONAL for the Burlington,
1900 more for the Southern Pacific,
10000 tons each for the Union Pacific.
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas. the
Atlantic Coast Line and the Chesapea ke
and Ohio; 10000 tons additional for the
Santa Fe, 5000 tons for the Chicago
and Alton, 5000 tons for the Mime
apolis and st. Louis 5000 tons for the
Stone Construction Company for roads
in Kansas, 5000 tons of light sections
and 10000 tons Of miscellaneous orders
for late 1916 and early 1917 deliveries.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Foreign Complications Keep
BUYERS Out of the Market

The many complications attaching to the
European and Mexican situations furnish
ed sufficient basis for this weeks uncer-
tain market tendencies. in which pro-
nounced shrinkage of operations was
an interesting and noteworthy feature.
War shares and other stocks whose
prosperity hinges largely upon the pro-
longation of the foreign conflict reced =
ed sharply on every circumstantial ru-
NOR of approaching peace, and issues
with Mexican connections, particularly
oils. fell as violently on reports that
threatened more serious trouble along
the southern border
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Tremendous Uproar.

The best patriots in all countries
are those who speak for an honest
peace" he is quoted as exciaiming
These remarks provoked a tremendous
uproar, many socialists rising from
their seats and angrily disputing with
one another.
The socialist. DR.. Davids, shouted to
Herr HLase:
Your policy is causing a proIonga-
non of the war"
Other socialists showered such
epithets as traitor" on Herr Haase,
who again tried to speak. but mem
bers crowded around him. threaten
inS 20 strike him. and the president
hurriedly closed the sitting. which was
resumed later with very rew socialists
present
II is reported that socialist labor
community" is TO be the name of a new
faction formed by eighteen socialists
who withdrew from the party. with
Herr Haase as their leader.
According to the Vorwaerts, the So
cialist party by vos, of IS to 33
adopted resolutions deeply degretting
the incidents that occurred in the
reichstag, declaring that Deputy Haase
had violated discipline and LOYALTY
and thereby he and his faction had lost
tAAAT rights of membership.
Evening star., 1916-03-26

2s0 cents for plates, for delivery over
the first half Of 1917. to cover the build
ing Of probably forty boats. including
a number for the Standard Oil Com
panv. Two other interests placed
orders for three boats requiring 1900
tons more of steel.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
HALF DAY |SDULL
|NSTOCK MARKET
Trading Is Light and Confined
Within Unusually Narrow
Limits.
ISSUES GENERALLY IDLE
SHOW SIGNS OF ACTIVITY
Marketwise News Deals With Trade
Conditions Showing Wide
Prosperity.

NEW YORK, March o5.-Today's two
| hour session on the stock exchange was
barren of interest Trading was lighter
and more narrow than usual, and the
heavy undertone was due to combi-
nation Of circumstances, including further
adverse news from abroad and the Gus
| tomary weekend settlement of open con-
tracts by the professional element
| Prices were confusing at the outset.
but became irregular later, closing with
numerous net losses. none of which was
especially substantial. except i'll the
| specialties.
Close at Lower Levels.
Studebaker, Crucible Steel, L. S. In
dustrial Alcohol Mexican Petroleum and
Mercantile Marine preferred were lower
by Ia to 3 points. and such rails as
Reading, New York Central and South
ern Pacific, which bolstered the session
of the preceding day, averaged one point
declines
| There were few neutralzing features.
| for instance. General Motors, which made
up some OF its recent severe decline by
| an advance of 33 points to ass; Har-
vester Corporation, which rose points:
and to points advances IN Na8"eIi
and WHY'S Overland, the fertilizers and
American Writing Paper preferred
| United States Steel and other former
| leaders were altogether neglected when
not under marked restraint. Dealings in
Steel were exceeded by a half dozen other
issues. some Of which often fail Of quota
| ton for DAYS at a time. Total sales of
stocks amounted to 245, 900 shares.
Trade News Uppermost.
| Weekend news dealt mainly with gen
| eral trade conditions, authorities agree
ing as to unprecedented activity in al!
the larger lines Of industry, with an in
crease Of merchandise distribution. Pur-
chases by interior merchants are In some
instances stated to be the largest ever
| known.
| Foreign exchange rates were extremely
/ irregular. francs making a slight re-
! covery from yesterday. while sterling and
marks eased. the latter, however, holding
above the midweek's minimum.
| Reduction OF activity in stocks was re-
! fected in the moderate contractions of
| loans by clearing house institutions. and
reserves decreased slightly over $1,000,
| 900
Today's bond market was slightly ir-
regular with activity and frmness, how
ever. In Anglo-French IS. Total sales of
| bonds par value. were $3.50, 900.
| United States coupon IS advanced 2.
| per cent on call during the week.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Plans Already Drawn.

inaSmuch as plans for a new hos spital
"ave been provided, il would be possi-
hie TO begin work on the structure soon
liter the beginning of the coming fs-
cal year. July l. II Congress should ap-
propriate the necessary funds II is
thought that within year from that
tiIne the new hospital could be made
ready for the reception Of patients,
though, of course, additional appro-
priations would be required before the
Institution could be enlarged to the
oo-patient capacity. as contemplated
by the plans.