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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

/ "Yes, "a seen anybody comm from
either end Of the street. I nilus could
when stood at the gate with Katie.
fer there's big arc light they have to
pass under and you can see them plain
as plain"
"one moment" Langdon swung
about to the court clerk. Read out
the testimony of Kate o'Neill begin
ming with the1question. Did he seem to
be watching for someoneT".
Question: Did he seem to be
watching. for someone?' Answer:
Yes. sir. He was staring up at the
Hotel Republic, and ! thought he was
watching q man who was on the fire
escape. Then decided It wasn't q
man that saw but just a shadow.
and suddenly young lady all dressed
up in"
THAT will do. thank you" interrupt
ed Langdon. Now. Mr.. Gallagher. II
that was man whom Miss O'NeIll
saw on the fire. escape. would you have
seen him come DOWN.
mo. sor. wasn't iookin' at the
hotel"
But that is the one place he could
have come from when he Joined you.
isn't tit"
mo. sor. There's a servants en-
trance to the hotel. just under the fire
escape. He might have been someone
from the hotel"
did he look like waiter7 What
sort Of a suit did he have on?"
"a check one. sor. and a red tie.''
Did you see anyone else while you
were standing there?'
Yes. sor. Me and Katie saw some
people put their heads out Of windy
In the hotel. then presently a police
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

man starts down the fire escape and
Katie says, says she. Let's get in the
kitchen; I don't want to be mixed up
In this And says. Me neither. Be-
sides. a sup Of hot coffee will set me up
after the excitement: so we went in"
THAT is all. thank you. Mr.. Gallagh-
err" But now the Prosecutor was on
his feet.
'Mr. Gallagher" he said sharply,
Having seen all this. didn't you realize
that you should have testified to It be-
fore the police?"
II didn't connect II with the murder
OF this man Pollock" said Gallagher in
some Indignation. "And / took It for
granted the police had got all the EVIL
dence they wanted on Bankers place"
"And may one ask" said the prose-
cutor with honied sweetness, .just
what influence was brought to bear to
make you tell this story today?"
well. you see." said Gallagher
scenting no sarcasm or coercion, at
was like this. When the police come
to the house Katie gifts mad at their
questions and she says she was abed
and asleep. Then few days ago along
comes a young Teller selling a thing to
lift the cavers on Of bilin' pots. He
came to the back gate and he talks 10
Kate, till she says she don't be wanttn'
one, because she's leavin' of a Satur-
day to git married. Then he kids her
bit about he bets she's MARVIN. n
policeman, SO she tells him who am,
Then he gifts talkin' about this affair
and he has the nights doin's SO mixed
up Kate she corrects him He bets her
hat she's wrong: she says she kin
prove It all by me. And SO she does;
but then another young Teller comes
around and says as how we can helm
young lady and clear up a lot OF
trouble II we tell It in court And
begcrra- Kate got her hat AT that!"
A shout Of laughter ring fbrongh Oh.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
WAS THAT GIRL MARY pAoEm

short He looked like the sort of o
Teller that hits 'em up considerable, but
/ didn't take particular notice. sor."
ibid you and Miss o'Neill remain In
the alley after he had gone"
Yes. for the police had run up the
shades and we could see right into
Bankers place. Then 1 seen the girl
again"
DO you mean Miss Page"
Yes. sor: leastwise. suppose It was
her. She was standin' with her hands
over her face. and one of the police
men jerks 'em down and turns to an
other one and says. says he. Is this
the girlr could hear plain even down
In the street, but the other bull seemed
puzzled. Tt looks like 1t might be-, he
says. especially the glad rags, but she
amt got Maggie's ear marks Then
he grabs the girl by the arm and says,
'wot's your manner But she didn't
answer. Just means. and at that he
laughs and says. Playir dumb. Ell {?
Same old game. Now I'm dead sure
you are Maggie Hale that buns around
the restaurants and hooks the suckers.
Well, II you won't talk to US, you can
tell 1t to the judge And with that he
marches her away where we couldn't
see her."
"Just minute, Mr.. Gallagher In
terrupted Langdon. LET'S return to
that fattish man in the alley. Did he
come up the street with the police?"
.No. sor. He was alongside o. me by
that time"
-Then he came from the other end
Of the street?"
Dennis scratched his head.
mot as seen. sor." he admitted.
Would you have seen him had he
come from the corner beyond the Hotel
RepublicT' Langdon's voice was vi
brant with eager excitement and the
spirit Of II swept through the court
room In shivering whisper.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
SYNOPSIS.

May Page actress il accused OF the
= her H. Phiiip = sdon. SSs1iock
was intoxicated. At Mary's trial she ad.
mits she had the revolver. Her maid
testihes that Mary threatened Pollock
with Il previously. and Mary's leading
man duplicates Langdon. How Mary dis
appeared from the scene Of the crime Is q
mystery. Brandon tells OF n strange hand
print he saw on Mary's shoulder Further
evidence shows that horror Of drink pro-
duces temporary insanity In Mary Tho
defense 10 .'repressed psychosis" Wit
nesses describe Mary's night from her In
toxicated father and her fathers suicide.
Nurse Walton describes the kidnapping Of
Mary by Pollock and Amy Barton tells
OF Mary's struggles TO become an actress
and Poilock's pursuit OF her There Is
evidence that Daniels. Marys manager
threatened Pollock Mary faints on tho
stand and again goes insane when po-
ilceman offers her whisky Daniels testi-
fies that Pollock threatened to kill Mary
and Langdon and actually attempted to
kill the latter. n
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
Mary. called the second of his three

Mary. called the second of his three
new witnesses:
Dennis Gallagher"
Denny, whose collar seemed to have
shrunk to even more torturing tight
ness during the interim Of waiting,
took his place on the stand with q face
tho hue of his fiancee's bonnet, and
cleared his throat noisily between each
sentence as II the linen band about his
neck were somehow pressing his vocal
chords.
He was, he admitted. private
Waterman who had most Of the block
near the Hotel Republic, and he usually
paid visit to the back gate of the
Watson clearinghouse once or twice
during the course Of his rounds.
He verified all that the buxom cook
had already told. since he himself had
watched proceedings from q dark cor
ner little further along the alley, but
his account was amplifled and more
definite as to detail.
Did YOU" asked Langdon, know
who resided in the house into which
the girl was lifted by means Of the
rope swing?"
II did. sor." he answered. cit was
Barkers. the gamblin' place. you know,
sor. They KEEP It dark In the back and
In the front, but 1t was bright enough
inside. begorra-"
Were you Waterman for that build
ing?
mo. sor. They had their own man
to keep an eye out for the bulls. but I,
was that very night they were pulled.
Tim. the policeman at the corner. had
wised me up to 1t only an hour before.
"'Stick around. Denny says he
.there'll be big doin's soon. They're
goin' to raid Barkers.' seq he, and I'll
bet we pull few big bugs. or my name
Is mud
$50 was kind of hangin' around
waitin' when see this other fellow
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
Pencil and Notebook.

There is q satisfaction and very
certain educational value as well In be.
Ing able to record ones impressions by
rough notes and sketches and to show
others ones ideas in the same manner.
Every boy. even though he possesses
no talent whatever for drawing. may
learn to roughly sketch an outline II he
properly develops simple sense OF
proportions The noting Of Interesting
facts. read over often more than once
later. fxes them In the memory and Is
good practice In expression II one tries
constantly to set forth. these notes
clearly and correctly. Try IL
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
suIIaahter. Afraid Of Cow,

Most Spanish bulltighters object to
fighting cows. Tho average toreador
is sincerely afraid Of a COW. And be
has good reason. The cows of the
half wild breed used for the arena are
much quicker in their movements than
are the bulls. Their horns are more
pointed and more formidable. They
do not lower their heads to the ground,
shut their eyes and charge like a loco.
motive upon the rails. but are alert and
ready to follow every movement OF
their persecutors.-Exchange.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

Sounds Same.
"Did that actress actually swoon?"
"No. child. That was only a feint.'
american.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
AmuSementS
POlI'S.

College Days, is the title of big
musical comedy offering that will top
most attractive, program at Polls
the first half of the week. This offer
ing is nothing less than the famous
musical comedy success, Hanky-
Panky.'' adapted for vaudeville, and
everywhere it has registered a tremen-
dous success. There are IT players in
the company, Including a big beauty
chorus, and the production is lavish1y
mounted.
OF equal interest to Bridgeporters IS
the production here of John ]. Splaip' S
one-act satire, There Amt No Such
Thing Mr.. Sp1ain, who is connected
with the Poll executive offices. has
written a very clever satire on a ques-
ton of interest to all and his efforts
have BEEN given q most satisfactory
production by Joe Hart. This attrac-
ton is bound to be of especial interest
here where Mr.. Splain is SO favorably
known.
Francis, x. EBushman and Beverly
Bayne, that incompatible pair Of film
stars, will be seen in the f1ve-part pho-
todrama, 1.-The Wall Between" grip
ping story of an interesting phase of
u. s. army life.
other attractive features of the pro-
gram include: KlasS and Bernie, IN an
artistic musical offering; Martin Van
Bergen, the cowboy tenor, in a pleas
ing program Of songs; The Maleys, In
songs and dances. and Nathano Broth
ers, skating marvels.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
EMPIRE

4stOne yard? Yes, that blue matches
ali right The voice is that of Hazel
Dawn the celebrated Famous Players
star who actually went behind the
ribbon counter of one of the far
famed department stores of New York
to obtain the proper atmosphere and
settings for the hve-part Famous
Players Paramount masterpiece, 1.-The
Sa1eslady," which is the featured at
traction at Keeney's Empire theatre
for this evening -~vnorrow.
The scenario is from the pen of Will
lard Mack and unfolds a story that at
once grips and holds attention. The
story in brief Is as follows: A young
girl is forced to come to New York to
seek her daily bread She arrives and
secures, after a good many heart-
breaking disappointments. a position
a saleslady. She meets and becomes
friends with othe son of very rich
man and the father upon hearing that
his son is in love with. this girl at
once orders him out and after a scene
N&he son leaves the fathers home and
marries the little saleslady. Soon af.1
ter their marriage the son is injured
and the girl tries the stage for means
of making both ends meet. She meets.
the father and he. not knowing who
she Is, greatly admfres her and then
she tells who she is and Of course aM's
web that ends well.
Other select and entertaining single
and multiple part Universal master
pieces will also be shown, rounding
out an altogether enjoyable photoplay
program. Regular program changed
daily.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

income by working as a salesman in
the geld months. Miller was a. boy
hood chum of RED Doom, the for
ner pilot of the Phillies. They are of
about the same age and both got their
baseball start on the Cincinnati lots,
often playing on the same kid nine.
The Cardinal chief played his first
game for money at Wapakoneta, O., a
little city a few miles south of Lima,
in 1898. The following season he was
with Mansfield, in the Interstate
League, and in 1900 he played Sum-
mer ball at Catskill Mountain resort
In those days Miller's specially was
shortstopping. In 1901 he was hired
to cover second base for the ST. Paul
Western League club. MiIler's father
was strongly opposed to baseball as a.
profession for his young hopeful, and
wanted him to become a lawyer. Mill,
Ter refused to heed the paternaI coun-
sci, but he effected a compromise by
adopting an assumed name, and join
ed the ST. Paul team under the alias
of James M. Proctor.
When ST. Paul was given franchise
in the American Asso citation in 1902
- Jimmy Proctor remained in the line
up, and he remained in the Minnesota
capital until the latter part of the 1903
season, when he broke into the Ma
tionaI League in the uniform of that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
PLAZA

n. B. Warner, the English actor
famous for his stAlias Jimmy Valen-
tine, on the speaking stage, makes
his debut in screen plays In The
Raiders a hve-part masterpiece OF
Triangle production to be seen at the
Plaza the first half of the week 1.-THE
Raiders is one Of the strongest dra-
matte stories ever conceived and with
such aestar as Mr.. Warner infthe lead
ing role there is nothing left to the
imagination. The piece has been given
an elaborate production and should
attract much attention from local low
ers of the silentp lay. A screa mingly
funny Keystone comedy In two parts
will be shown.
The Davis Family in an acrobatic
Offering that is far different from any
thing in this line of entertainment be-
fore presented locally will headline
the vaudeville. There are i've in the
Davis Family, all of them men of
wonderful physical development and
they present their series of sensational
stunts in a, manner that brands them
as artists as well as acrobats
Lew and Molly Hunting have q
rapid funny little skit that will surely
please. Both young people are popu-
lar with vaudeville lovers and their
vehicle serves them well.
Conley and Dunbar, two clever
young men who have something neT
In the singing and dancing line to
OFFER, and the Romano Trio, a beauti-
full and spectacular musical and dane
ing novelty that will please the most
exacting, complete the bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

dear old Cincinnati. AT st. Paul the
diminutive Ohioan had played second
base like "a demon and had batted we'll
over 800 all three seasons.
Higgins wore the uniform of the
Reds for six seasons. He never sue
ceeded Undertaking into the 800 class
while in Cincinnati, his best year hav-
ing been 1906, when he swatted the
pellet for .292. He landed in st, Louis
in 1910, having figured in a trade, and
the change of air seemed to do him
good. He recovered his batting eye,
and hung up an average of .304 in
1912. In 1913 he succeeded Roger
Bresnahan as leader of the Cardinals.
The club finished eighth his first year,
but grabbed third place in 1914, and
were sixth last year.
Higgins has announced that he will
be bench manager this season, and
will not take part in any games be-
tween the time the player limit goes
into effect and the time the drafting
season opens. 1t is going to be diffi-
cult to fill the hole left by the retire
rnent of the little second Dagger, but
Hug thinks he will have a classy in
field. On paper the Cardinal bunch
looks to be about the weakest in the
old circuit, but if Miller is in a des-
pairing mood he hides it mighty we'll.
Higgins is the twenty-fourth man
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
LYRIC


Tonight. at the Lyric, Cecil spooner
, and her company will he seen in a.
special. prcducttonz of Maggie Pep
per- which for several years was the
greater success of Rose Stah1. both in
taia country and throughout the Eu-
ropean capital cities, and which in
cluded q two-year record attendance
run in New York. This very brisk and
extremely crisp character comedy is
classed as the best writing by Charles
KLEIN, whose big list of stage sue
cesses include The Music Master
1.-THE Auctioneer,' etc.S and affords
Miss 8pooner a part, which, If the play
had been written especially for her,
would not be more in her direct line
of gest work. Maggie Pepper viii
surely prove to be a fit successor to
Ashes last weeks genuine hit, and
which, as Maggie" the pep girl of
the department store life, offers Miss
Spooner an even better individual part
than Ashes and that is saying a
great deal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
CURVE BALL PUT
jim THORPE OUT
OF MAJOR LEAGUE


New York, March 27-Outfeld-
Burns, Kauff and Rousch. Substi-
tutes, Robertson and Kelly. Now that
this appears to be the scheme which
John J. McGraw has decided upon for
the decoration of his outer garden this
summer, the question more or less
naturally arises: What is to become OF
James Sac-and-Fox Thorpe, for whom
McGraw is believed to have paid in
the neighborhood of $10,0e0-to say
nothing of a three-year contract at
Sc, 900 per annum-in February, 1913
Lo, the poor Indianl All the dope
points to another expulsion and an
other pilgrimage into the tall and I'M
cut bushes in search of some herb or
Balsam which will cure 'parabolitis, %
the mysterious disease which has
chung to Thorpe ever since, his entry
into major league baseball.
Failing to find a remedy for this dis
temperate most pronounced symp-
tom Of which is an almost total in
ability to hit curved balls-the man
who was declared to be the worlds
greatest a1l-around athlete only four
years ago. and who has proved his
ability to shine at practically any out
door game which man could devise,
will be compelled to doff his war bon
net to the national spastime and whis-
per s'You win!''
Try as he willard no human could
try harder-Jin Thorpe cannot solve
the problem of curved-baH pitching;
cannot solve it, that is, sufficiently
well to justify his Nbeing appointed to
a regular berth in the Giant outt1eld.
To be sure, he does. not fail to hit
every communicated spheroid that the
pitchers hurI at him, but his proper
ton of fair hits is so insignificant
that McGraw could not think OF giving
him a place on the tean-and the
chance is slight that Jim will ever
overcome the obstacle.
It is so hard to believe that so YER
satiIe and persevering an athlete as
Thorpe man to whom the master
ing OF sport formulas is commonly
mere child's p1ay-shou1d be SO help
less before puzzle that even the
dulIest-witted rookie that ever wore a
uniform has been able to work out, in
time.
Before his baseball days began all
the Indian had to do was to learn the
rules governing a certain sport or
exercise, watch it a few times, get
himself the necessary clothes or ap-
p1iances-and, To-! in less time than it
takes to tell it, he had bested the best
at their own gamesl The following is
a partial list Of the sports at which
Jim exce1led:
Running, jumping, swimming. skat-
ing, rowing, shooting, football, bas-
k0LDAIl, lacrosse, tennis, nOckey, han0-
ball. shot-put- javelin-throw, discus,
hammer, hurdles and every form of
gymnastic endeavor.
But he can't hit curved baseball!
McGraw has done everything he
could to make batter and a ball play
err out of Thorpe, as have several other
to whom Jim has been
loaned" on various occasions. At first
the Giant manager had hopes-espec-
Iafly when, on March II, 1918, Thorpe
poIed home run off Mathewson down
in Marlin, which was declared to be
the longest hit ever made in the his
tory of the game-but since the pitch
ers have learned Jirn's secret weak
ness, and have fed him on curved balls /
exclusively, his hitting has become so |
that he could not even hold a I
berth in the minors
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

to pilot the st. Louis Nationals since
1875. In all that time the Mound City
has never had a National League flag.
When Higgins landed the team third
in 1914 he surpassed all his predecess-
ors except S. w. Grafton. who led the
Mound City aggregation in 1876, the
first year of the National League, when
st. Louis was surpassed only by Chi
cago and Hartford. Charlie Conis-
key, Roger Connor, Allie Latham,
Mont Ceross. Tim Hurst, Oliver
Tebeau, Pat Donovan, John McClus-
key. Roger Rresnahan and other stars
of the game have, all tried in vain to
nail the gonfalon to the Mound City
flag pole.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
MILLER HIGGINS, SO
TO-DAY, STARTED AS
"JAMES PROCTOR"

Miller duggins, the peppery little
manager of the ST. Louis Cardinals,
will attain the venerable age of thirty
* today. Like SO many other men
sninent in American public life, Miller
native of the Buckeye State, and
as born in Cineinnati-py-d Ohio on
arch 27, 1880. Higgins still does his
citing in Cincinnati and adds to his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Governor Whitman committed to life
Imprisonment the death sentence ot
william F'lack, convicted in New York
of killing Giuseppe Marine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27
MARIE DoRo IN DIPLOMACY

Today at both matinee and evening
performances the West End theatre
on State street near Clinton avenue
presents Marie Boro in a perturbation
of Sardou's great international drama,
Diplomacy" a Famous Players Par
amount picture in five acts.
'"The Silken Spider a three-act
American Mutual feature with Vivian
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

A resolution denouncing as treason
the furnishing of supplies or other aid
to villa was introduced in the Senate
by Senator Lewis of Illinois.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

| Rich and Alfred Vosburgia IN the leads
Seeing America First" and keeping
Up With the Jopeses," q cartoon com
edy, will aso be shown. Tomorrow:
Bessie Bassisca1e in The Last Aact"
a fve-act Triangle feature. Chester
Conklin in ttCinders of Love- a two
act Triangle Keystone comedy. Tele-
phone 292S-1 3-Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

after eight years idleness the Mid
dIesboro, Ky. furnace of the Virginia
Iron, Coal & Coke Co.. was blown
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

Colonel Felix Rosenberg, veteran
of. the Civil and Spanish
wars, and newspaper writer, died in
Cleveland.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

Directors of the Baldwin Locomo-
tive Works in Philadelphia reelected
retiring officers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

Kaiser Wilhelm has written a letter
of thanks to Lieutenant BoeIke of the
air corps, who shot down IL enemy
aeroplanes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

Announcements was made in London
that Lord Harding will be appointed
a Knight of the Garter on his retire
ment as Viceroy of India.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton,
noted explorer, who left for the South
Pole late in 1914, returned to Sydney,
N s. w.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

Gov. Fielder of New Jersey signed
the bill requiring that the Bible shall
be read daily in all public schools OF
the state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-27

Junior Lieut.. Ormond C. Pailthorne
U. S. N, was found shot to death in his
room aboard the cruiser Saratoga al
Seattle.