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The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15

der to work him for what money they
could get out of him.
you see. boss" they explained, cit
looked like easy money for us, and we
knew he wouldn't dare expose us when
we failed to do what he told us. There
he was, flinging his money around, and
We didn't see why some of it shouldn't
come to us as we'll as to anyone else.'
They added that certain date had
been named, on or before which the
murder was to be committed. When
that day had passed and Mr.. Collins
was still very much alive, John be-
came angry and expostulated with the
men.
"You haven't given us enough
money, boss" the hack drivers told
him. Murders a pretty big business,
you see, and with all them police and
detectives about it's risky one. How
much more will you pay if we bring
off the job?"
John Collins haggled in a business
like manner for some time and finally
promised to give them a hundred dol
lars wore, which he did. They also
succesded in extracting from him
gold watch which his father had pre-
scented to him on his twenty-first birth
day. This money John Collins Sc
cured by borrowing from his friends,
and also by drafts drawn on his ia
Their, as afterward discovered.
The second date made for the muir
der arrived and passed, and the father
was still alive. John Collins grew
furious and upbraided the hack driv-
ers bitterly for not having carried out
their agreement.
well, boss, it's this way" they told
him. We've been thinking over this
here proposition and we've come to
the conclusion that if your fathers
got to be killed you had better kill
him yourself. We won't kill him, and
that's all there is to it,
but I've paid you to do it, twice
over" stormed the young man.
"Sorry, boss, but we can't do it" the
hack drivers answered.. "And, what's
more, we never meant to kill the old
man. We were just working you.'
John Collins, growing desperate, left
Lawrence and went to Topeka, to his
fathers house, where he undoubtedly
killed him with his own gun while he
was asleep, having previously secured
it from the shelf. He entered the room
softly and shot him dead, escaping be-
fore his mother could awaken.
With this evidence in hand l report
ed to the committee of citizens who
The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15
DEADLY DRINKS OF MEXICANS
Too Free Indulgence in Puique and
Mescal Given as Cause for Many
Of Border Outrages.

Although Francisco Villa himself
is said to be total abstainer from in
toxicating liquors. many Of the Mexl-
can border outrages perpetrated by his
men followed too free indulgence In
the Mexican national drinks, pulque
and mescal.
The National Geographic society of
Washington, in primer issued on
these two beverages peculiar to the
southern republic, says:
"The colonists who settled on the
east coast Of the United States have
been charged with introducing the
American Indian to 'fire-water' in eX-
change for the tobacco habit, but no
similar accusation can rest against the
Europeans who conquered the pulque-
drinking Aztecs of Mexico. The intox-
icating properties of this unique bev-
erage were known long before Cortez
marched his army across the cause
ways which joined the ancient Venice
like capital of the Montezuma to the
lake shores.
"Both pu1que and mescal are prod
ucts of the agave or century plant,
which was of the same unitarian i'm
portance to the aborigines as the date
palm to the Arab, the bamboo to the
Burmese, and the banana to the Gen.
trail American In addition to the two
important beverages, this plant sup
plies from it's roots starchy food;
from its fibrous leaves cloth is woven
and rope is made; from its pulp the
Aztecs obtained a sort of papyrus pa
per on which have been preserved
some of their most valued writings;
it's huge leaves when dried furnished
a roofing for adobe huts; its stems
still supply fuel, and rows of the sharp
spined plants afforded an impenetrable
defense against the attacks of wild
animals as we'll as an effective barri-
cade against hostile tribes.
"Mescal and pulque are not, as many
believe. different names for the same
drink. Mescal is distilled from the
leaves and roasted roots of the plant,
and is a sort of brandy, containing
from a third to half as much alcohol
as the average American whisky.
Pulque, on the other hand, is the fer
mented sap of the plant, and is OBJ
tanned from the heart of the maguey,
The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15

had employed me, and they then de-
cided to hand my report over to the
prosecuting attorney at Lawrence. AT
the request of the prosecuting attor-
ney, the county commissioners at To-
peka employed me to complete the
evidence, so that Collins might be ar
rested and prosecuted for the murder
of his father
John Collins was promptly arrested
and placed in Jail without bond, and in
due time the case came up for trial.
AS mentioned, it had caused great
deal of interest in the community, by
reason of the standing of the dead
man and the mystery surrounding the
affair. But when it became known
that the son was charged with the
murder the interest was duplicated.
The entire country was aroused over
the trial. All the leading western
newspapers had special reporters pres
ent, and these telegraphed back
lengthy reports of the proceedings.
The courtroom was crowded, and
many noted lawyers came to watch
the great legal battle, which at times
waXed very warm as all the counsel
on both sides were able men and stood
at the top of their profession. Prose
cutting Attorney Jetmore was at his
best, making one Of the greatest tights
that ever saw to get his evidence be-
fore the jury. Among the spectators
during almost the entire trial was the
late Justice Brewer of the United
States Supreme court at Washington,
who was visiting his daughter. the
wife of the prosecuting attorney, MI.
Jetmore At the close Of the case Mr..
Justice Brewer came to me and COM
plimented me very highly for my work
in solving the mystery.
What clinched the case against the
accused man was the evidence OF the
two colored hack drivers to whom l
have referred. They came to Topeka
from Lawrence and took the witness
stand on behalf of the prosecution.
When they showed the watch that ne
had given them, and which he in turn
The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15

or agave, when it has attained a
growth Of six or eight years. The
pulque harvester taps this heart, which
might be compared with the center of
the date palm, and with the aid of
long reed or gourd he sucks the sap
from it, using his tongue as a stopper
for the reed. When the reed is full
he blows it into a pigskin container
strapped to his back. In the course of
four or five months the maguey will
yield ten gallons Of sap. 1t then
withers and dies. When fresh; pulque
is a sweet, innocuous liquid.
Neither mescal nor pulque is ex.
pensive. One can get drink of the
latter for cent, while 14-gallon cask
of the famous tequila brand of mescal
may be had for 10 pesos ($9.50).
"The Mexicans surround the discov-
cry Of these maguey beverages with
a legend of royal romance. Long be-
fore the Montezumas held sway over
Tenochtitlan, so the story goes, one
of the early emperors took as his bride
the beautiful daughter of a vanquished
foe. The princess brought with her tc
Tenochtitlan the secret Of a remark
able drink Of which her lord and
master grew inordinately fond. After
imbibing freely of it he would become
gratifyingly docile and torpid, leaving
the princess free to her own devices,
Other Aztec wives induced the prin'
cess to share with them the secret OF
this strange soporific and thus the
whole race came under the power O,
pulque.
"The Aztec cannot be charged with
the invention of the nauseous milk
pulque, a compound of pulque anG
milk with a dash of rennet. The rem.
net, part of a cows compound stom'
ach, is partially putrefied and the odo,
thus impaired is intensified and com,
plicated by that Of the pigskin ir
which the liquor is contained. The
alibi which defenders of the Aztec can
offer against the charge of being party
to this olfactory crime is that before
the Spaniards reached Mexico there
were no cattle, horses or donkeys in
the country, hence no rennet.
'Pulque cannot be shipped out OF
the country because no method of pre-
serving it has been discovered, so the
vast output of the extensive planta-
tions-it is the most important indus
try of the states of Hidalgo, Mexico
Puebla and Tlaxcala-is consumed a.
home. Mexico consumes $4,00O,00'
worth of pulque annually, >.
The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15

In the spring of the year 1898, be-
ing then in st. Louis, where l had
opened a. private detective agency, l
received a telegrapnic dispatch from
number of influential citizens OF To-
peka, Kan, asking me to proceed to
that city Immediately for the purpose
Of Investigating a sensational murder
which had been committed there, dis
covering the murderer and bringing
him to justice. l complied with this
request at once, and arrived at Topeka
on the third morning after the crime
had been committed. | found the en-
tire community discussing the affair,
which had greatly shocked the city.
The slain man had been one of the
most influential citizens of Topeka He
had been killed while sleeping beside
his wife, the weapon used being shot
gun, and one or two OF the pellets had
struck his wife's shoulder, making
slight, though painful, wounds.
Mr.. Collins had been a prominent
insurance and real estate man OF the
Kansas capital, where he had lived
for many years. He was we'll known
throughout the state. His death &C.
CURED in his fifty-sixth year, and he
left two children, daughter, and a
son named John. He occupied COM
Portable house.
John Collins, the only son, was a
student at the state university in Law
renee, where he was being prepared
for the ministry. He had been there
for two or three years at the time or
his fathers murder, and his period or
study had therefore almost expired.
He boarded at the school, and occa-
sionally paid visit to his fathers
home in Topeka, usually on Sundays
and holidays. He had just passed his
twenty-first birthday, and was about
five feet nine inches tall, with fair
complexion and light brown hair, well
built, pleasing in manner, and alto
gether a very prepossessing young fei-
low.
The daughter was also above the
medium height, nice looking, intelli-
gent and well educated.
The Collins home, which stood on
fine residential thoroughfare, was dis
turbed early one morning by the dis
charge of a gun in the sleeping-room
occupied by Mr.. Collins and his wife,
which was situated on the ground
floor. The son, who was in the house,
and the daughter, as well as the hired
girl, rushed into the room in aglta-
ton, to find that the father had been
killed instantaneously, while his wife,
as stated, had been slightly wounded
by some of the shot. John Collins
dressed himself as quickly as possible
and aroused the nearest nelghbors.
It was then a little after daybreak.
Both John and his sister occupied
rooms on the second floor of the house.
All the windows were screened with
wire, and the doors Of the house were
all intact and carefully locked. When
the police arrived, however, their eX"
animation of the premises disclosed
the fact that window screen in the
rear of the house and on the second
floor had been cut, leaving hole
large enough for the passage OF a hui
man body. This window was situated
Immediately above a one-story addl-
ton to the main building in the rear.
The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15
cLINcHED ACCUSED WAS THE EVl
DENcE OF THE TWO DRIVERS

An effort has been made by friends
Of the young man and by his family to
obtain pardon for him, but up to the
present time understand that it has
been unavailing.
During the course of the trial a
great many people got the idea that
had been employed by the insurance
companies, on account of the thirty
thousand dollars worth Of insurance
that Mr.. Collins had carried. 1t was
believed that the companies had hired
me to fix the crime upon the son in
order to avoid having to make the
payment. I need hardly say that there
was no truth in this suggestion. The
people who employed me in this case
were citizens of Topeka and lodge
friends of the murdered man, and
were in no way connected with the
insurance companies interested in the
case, but we're merely acting as good
and law-abiding citizens. Just as
soon as T succeeded in satisfying them.
by showing them my evidence, that
John Collins was the murderer of his
father, they turned the evidence over
to the proper authorities, and his ar
rest followed.
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
CARRIED AN UMBRELLA

Come to think of it now, did you
ever see a United States Marine in
uniform carrying an umbrella?
Residents of Washington Street
Brooklyn, caught glimpse of g
Marine recruit carrying a contra
band thunderstorm" during a re.
cent rainstorm, but the glimpse was
nothing more than that.
At the very outset of the recruits
journey two older Marines met him,
took the umbrella away from him
and broke it up before his Mortified
gaze, paying not the slightest heed
to his plea of having purchased the
thing but ten minutes before. Then
the old Marines gave the recruit a
severe lecture on military proprieties
and left him alone to ponder.
There is no service regulation to
prevent the carrying of umbrellas
by uniformed men, but there is an
unwritten law of the Marine Corps
which Classics the umbrella as a
piece of feminine hnery and its use
is taboo with older heads who know
the ropes.
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
ALFALFA WEEVIL

President Andrew Kimball has
Just returned home from Phoenix
where he met with the Commission
of Agriculture and Horticulture anC
the State Entomologist to consider
the modification of the quarantine
of the alfalfa weevil
Utah is so badly infested that il
has almost ruined the hay and for
age industry in that state. 1t has
also spread into Idaho and Wyoming
The governments of the states north
of us Joined in a call for cOnven'
ton at Salt Lake on the 10th OF
April to discuss the situation and
see if it was not possible to organize
a western states district and quar-
antine against other parts of the
country.
Arizona had a representative pre-
sent who brot back word of the
alarming situation, showing a map
where nearly every foot of agricul.
tural land in the state of Utah was
infested.
Utah is suffering very materially
from these conditions and wanted
the states surrounding her to modify
the quarantine, as it affected them
commercially, but the good judg,
ment of the Commission of Agricul-
ture and Horticulture of our State,
said Mr.. Kimball, was manifest
when they refused to in any way
modify the quarantine now existing
as an embargo or safeguard against
the spread of the weevil.
Mr.. Kimball said that if the Com
mission, which has been in existence
for over five years now, has accom-
plished nothing else. the fact that
by their careful supervision they
have kept this State from the raw
ages of the alfalfa weevil, they have
been worth tens of thousands of
dollars to the alfalfa producers in
the State.
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
WESTERN MOTOR OILISO.K.

H. o. Harrison Co., distributors
of the Dodge Bros. car, San Fran
cisco, thinks so highly of motor oil
made from asphalt-base crude, that
they use nothing else in their dem
onstrating cars, and all the cars
they sell go out filled with this oil.
We have had a good opportunity
of observing its action in the Dodge
motor, says H. P. HuddIeston, mana
ger of the Service Department,
both in the hands of our own men
and of our customers, and are en-
tirely satisfied with the results.
Our motors are free from carbon;
compression is at its highest point
of efficiency, and we are never
troubled with overwhelming and la
boring of the motor on long, hard
mills "
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
"OUR BOYS" AT THE FRONT

Stafford is proud of its first mill
tary company and the record it is
making in camp at Douglas.
Company B. hardly three months
old, was the only company of the
Arizona National Guard to go into
camp full war strength. The
boys" started in making their
camp the best and most soldiery,
Their company street is the pride
of the whole camp and everything
they do is in line with the best
thought for making their stay al
the border one of instruction. best
sanitary conditions to maintain good
health for every member of the
company and to learn enthusiastic
cally the life of soldier.
All this will have its recompense
if our boys" are ever called into
action to repel invasion by the en-
envy. The school of the soldier"
will be well learned and they will
return real veterans.
We are proud of Company B.
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
Rheumatic Pain Stopped

The drawing of muscles, the
soreness, stiffness and agonizing
pain of rheumatism quickly yield to
Sloan's Liniment. 1t stimulates
circulation to the painful part. Just
apply as directed to the sore spots.
In short time the pain gives way
to a tinglng sensation of comfort
and warmth. Here's proof
have had wonderful relief since |
used your Liniment on my knee. To
think one application gave me re-
lief. Sorry | haven't space to tell
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what your remedy has done for me. y
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Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
in New York World.
MAY Experimentation

Intervention in Mexico is certain
to come if that country continues to
Yield to influences outside of Mex
leo that are exciting opposition to
the United States in whatever it
undertakes, declared United States
Senator James Hamilton Lewis, in
an address before the Society of
Patriots and Founders, in New York
City, May 18th. Unless the har-
aSSing of the United States and its
citizens in Mexico cease, it will be
the duty of this country" he said,
to overcome the opponents Of peac"
and order and aid in establishing a
stable government in Mexico, leav.
ing to the people Of that country,
through the expression of ballot,
the selection of their officials.
The president of the United
States has no desire to take this
course" he continued His anxiety
is for freedom of country and lib
erty Of individual. If Mexico will
give him chance TO accomplish this
in Mexico by any other method than
that of intervention, the president
will gladly avail himself of such OPP
pOrtunity.
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
EXCORIATING THE EXCORI-
ATORS

For compound excoriation of the
present national administration,
says the Arizona Star, the recent
republican convention in Tucson
leads the list of batting averages,
so far as our observation extends.
And yet we have before US a state
ment by Leslie M. Shaw, former
republican cabinet officer, in which
he says:
81 have no hesitancy in admitting
grave doubts whether the republican
party can, even if it should try. and
also whether it ought to try to de-
feat the party now in power upon
an issue of excoriation because it has
failed to accomplish in four years
what we failed to do in forty years.
II we have a small and inadequate
army and navy, the republican party
is so per cent responsible for its in
efficiency, for the republican party
has been in power 80 per cent of the
last half century. If our coast de-
lenses are silly, | submit it does not
lie in the mouth of the republican
party to say much about it. Let
the next administration be a business
administration. and while preparing
for peace, let it also do what we all
agree should be done-prepare for
eyentualities that may ensue."
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19

The democrats of Arizona did the
exact thing, when. in the recent
meeting of the State Central Com
mittee, they endorsed the Hon.
Thomas r. Marshall, vice president
for reelection Mr.. Marshall has
paid many visits to Arizona during
the past four years and he has on
several occasions spoken kind words
for the new State, both here and in
other sections of the country. He
Is a sterling democrat and faithful
official and the Daily international
hopes to see the Arizona delegation
become enthusiastic and determined
in supporting him for reelection
The vice presidency will bring into
the national convention the only
contests so far as candidates are
concerned and we shall expect to
see Marshall come out of the con-
test a winner. Douglas Interna-
tiOnal
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
Avoid Spring Colds

Sudden changes, high winds, shift
ing seasons cause colds and grippe,
and these spring colds are annoying
and dangerous and are likely to turn
into a chronic summer cough. In
such cases take a treatment Of DR..
Kings New Discovery, a pleasant lax
alive tar syrup. 1t sOOthes the cough,
checks the cold and helps break up
an attack of grippe. Its already
prepared, no mixing or fussing.
Just ask your druggist for a bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery.
Tested and tried for over 40 years.
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
FAITH IN ARIZONA MINES

The faith of Arizona people in
Arizona mining is shown by the in
tense excitement in stock quotation
reports in almost every mining city
in the State. The first thing the
miners and smelter men do when
they get off shift is to hurry away
to learn the latest fluctuations in
the stock market, for they have
their money invested there. Fortu-
nate is the office clerk who can steal
away for a few minutes now and
then to obtain the latest quotation
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19

The Common Council, at its meet
ing Monday night, ordered a drink
ing fountain of the latest sanitary
type, to be placed at the southwest
corner of Tenth and L streets. The
fountain is greatly needed and will
certainly be appreciated by the
thirsty citizen during the hot sum-
mer months.
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19

1t would be splendid idea if
our merchants would sweep all the
trash from their stores into a pile
in the rear of their stores to be
burned, instead of sweeping same
into the street. 1t is impossible to
keep clean streets and a healthy
town unless everyone does their
share in the work.
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19

the price Of copper skyward, there
has been an intense rush in the de-
velopment of properties and the
miners of Arizona have been putting
their savings into Arizona stocks.
Nothing speaks better for the per
manant prosperity of the State than
the absolute faith of Arizona miners
in Arizona mining.
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
Rheumatism

If you are troubled with chronic
or muscular rheumatism give Cham
berlain's Liniment a trial, The re.
lief from pain which it affords is
worth MANY times its cost. Obtain
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19

hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the nomination of State Rep
resentative, subject to the action OF
the Democratic Party at the Primary
Election, September II, 1916.
A. c. PETERSON.
Graham guardian., 1916-05-19
For State Senator

l hereby announce myself as candi-
date for the nomination of State Senator,
subject 10 the action Of the Democratic
Party at the Primary Election, Septem-
Der IL, 1915.
d. H. CLARIDGE.