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know. having met him on the street.
Canges said Frank Domansh, who
was in the court room today, went 20
Chester once and called on Bo-
deski. When asked by Mr. Ball where
he met this interpreter Ganges re-
rlied: "The first time in the work
house"
The defendant denied slapping Katie
while she was on the boat coming
here from Chester with John Boulash.
He denied following the girl, but said
he boarded the same car, bound for
the Springs Park az Sixth and Mar
ket streets.
Gauges said he first met Katie at
his cousins restaurant, in Philadoi-
phia, IN 1914, where she was em-
ployed.
Did you see her oftenY'
yes, every night"
did you get 10 love her?' asked
his counsel.
"I did later and she promised TO
marry me"
In reply 20 the question from his
counsel. did you object to her going
TO BrandyWine Springer the defend
ant replied: II did. az didn't think
It was the right place for her to
work"
At ti25 o'clock the defendant con-
cluded his testimony. and Attorney
General Reinhardt commenced the
cross-examination. To Mr.. Reinhardt
the defendant admitted that he threw
away the month before the coat and
trousers OF which matched the vest he
wore at the time OF his arrest. Tie
denied wearing a blue serge suit the
afternoon prior 10 his arrest.
When asked II he had slapped Katie
Gances said he never slapped her. He
also denied telling Manager James e.
Henry Of the Park. or Park Guard
Lynch that he would kill her.
Katie was afraid OF YOU asked
Mr. Reinhardt.
"Not at all replied the defendant
as he held his knee up in his hand as
he lounged in the witness box
Shown the picture postcard OF the
dead girl and himself he said he had
given II TO her for evidence in case
She needed g. He said he put the
ink mark ON the card from the girls
heart with ink but it had no meaning,
he said AT the time he gave the card
TO her. he said he told her 20 use IL as
evidence against him
When asked what he meant by this
defendant said IT they wanted to
arrest me they would have some evil
dence"
II was 11.45 o'clock when Attorney
General Reinhardt said he was through
cross-examinlng the defendant. As he
left tho witness box. he still smiled.
James Ganges, a brother OF the defend
ant. was called and said he gave the coat
and trousers TO him. The witness said
he went 10 bed at Q o'clock on the night
before the murder. and Sam awoke him
when he started to get in the bed. The
witness said he asked Sam what time II
was and he replied "'half past ten.'
This was the last witness called and
AT noon Mr.. Ball announced tho defence
had closed
Sergeant Green. called by tho prosecu-
ton in rebuttal. showed a photograph Of
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Gauges taken by hin on July "a. This
wns objected TO by Mr.. Ball, but the
court overruIed il, and the photograph
was admitted.
Mrs. Helen Nichols said she knew Gan
ges about Is months, and saw him on
Friday. July d, about 2 o'clock In the
afternoon az Lancaster avenue and Van
Buren, street wearing a blue serge suit.
Under denomination. witness said
sho was talking to him at that time and
be wore a dark blue suit
Judge Ball sad he had no prayers In
written form. but he would like to have
the court make the usual charge At
tornev General Reinhardt in his remarks
asked The court to define TO the jury the
definition Of murder in the first degree
and also malice aforethought-
Argument before the Jury was then
opened
Father Again I'm Tears.
Joseph Bodeskl. Of Chester, Pa.
father Of the murdered girl wept
again in court yesterday afternoon,
when a postal photograph of his dead
daughter was shown. Tho card had
been handed to the grief-stricken
man by Attorney General Reinhardt
for identification and as he gazed at
the likeness OF the dead girl, he mutt
tered: "That Is my Katie" and wept.
The court automatically took a recess
while the aged father wept Ganges
alone. sat through the silence with
out any visible signs Of being af-
fected.
The aged father of the slain girl
was the last witness called by the
prosecution. and he related how
Gauges. with a Polish Interpreter
came to his home in Chester one Sun
day in 1915 to plead FOR the hand of
Catherine. AT the time Bodeski said
the interpreter asked: Are you
Bodeski." and when he replied yes,
the man continued: II came with this
Greek TO tell you he wants TO marry
your Katie
The aged man said that he told
the interpreter that his daughter
would not marry any one as the
mother I'm Europe had sent for her
and she was planning to return
home The interpreter then trans
lated what the Greek said TO the
father. which was TO the effect: "She
will marry me or / will kill her. AT
the same time Bodeski said the man
showed him a picture of Katie, saying
that she was the girl he loved. and
offered Il to him. He refused 10 &C
cept il, the witness said, but the next
day he received it through the mails.
AS the aged man told his story, he
was handed a postal card picture OF
his daughter to identify, and he then
broke down, sobbing aloud several
times. THAT is my Katie, me and my
half-brother." The grief Of the wit
ness was pitiful. and he was assisted
10 a chair.
The testimony OF the aged father
was objected TO by Mr. Ball, counsel
for Ganges. who argued that the IN
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terpreter should give the testimony
as he had done the talking. Mr. Rein
hardt explained that a diiigent search
had been made for this interpreter in
Chester, but without SUCCESS.
The court requested proof of this
search before It was decided TO allow
Bodeska to testify, and Sergeant
Green was called. He told of visiting
Chester with Detectives Fairchild and
Kempsl1i, the latter a Polish inter
prefer, to seek the man who accom-
panied Ganges TO tho Bodeski home.
Sergeant Green explained that the
search was fruitless, no one appear-
ing to know who the man was. Under
CROSS examination the detective ad-
mitted that he had not sought the Co
operation OF the Chester police or
authorities in seeking this man, which
caused Mr.. Ball to exclaim that he
did not think It was thorough
search.
1t was $40 o'clock when the state
rested and counsel for the defense.
addressing the jury. stated that he
did not propose to elaborate on his
defense, but that he would have tho
defendant tell them of his actions of
the night previous to the murder.
James Stevens, OF Kaighn avenue.
Camden, N. j., was the first witness
called by the defense and he related
how John Alexander, one OF the wit
nesses for the State, had come TO his
home in Camden four days after the
murder and told him his version Of
the affair. This was to the effect
that after the three women had left
the cafe on the morning Of the muir
der TO 80 to their home. that
Nicholas and Spirio Nicholas, began
TO quarrel over Spirio saying he was
going to sleep in the boathouse at
the lake. Nicholas Nicholas, witness
s" vented Spirio to sleep in the
restaurant.
A-,o,ulng to Stevens, Alexander
said that Spirio left the cafe with q
blanket and had been gone about 10
minutes when shots were heard. As
Alexander and Nicholas ran along the
boardwalk toward the hill. he heard
women shouting, one Of them saying,
"Spirio, let me alonei"
When they reached the top OF the
hill, the witness said Alexander told
him they found the body Of the
Bodesh girl. Spirio was standing
near by.
Stephen Sophronas, a brother-in-
law OF Ganges, and Harry Panesaros,
testified that at the hearing in City
Court following the murder Spirlo
had said he was in the boathouse
when the shooting started.
Clarence M. Dillon testified that
he, with Samuel Dougherty and Will
liam J. Mcknight, conducted a test at
Elsmere Junction to see whether It
was possible TO identify a person
standing three feet away by the flash
of a pistol. Acknowledgement Rein
hardt objected to the testimony and
the objection was sustained.
Mrs. Sophronas. sister of Samuel
Ganges, stated that at no time dug
ing July Ganges had possessed a long
black coat. Acknowledgement Rein
hardt asked If he had any kind of
a long coat at that time, and the wit
ness answered that he had not.
Stephen Sophronas, brother-in-law
OF Ganges, corroborated this testi-
mony.
Antoine Cioonte, barber. Of Front
and Madison streets, testified that a
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CANOES DENIES
KILLING Girl He
SAYS HE Loved
Continued from First Page.

Torkhouse. oorroborated Warden
Gross.
Welter J. johnson. Jr., night on
Ger at Brsndywine Springs Park said
Spirio was In the habit of carrying
~ revolver in the park This ques-
tion. the court said. should not be
asked. although Mr. Reinhsrdt object
sd to the question.
tt was 1915 O'Clock when Ganges
went on the stand and answered the
questions asked b. his counsel in a
& clear. cool voice
Canges said he had supper with his
relatives az their home. No. 1911 Lam
easter avenue. after which he went
Into Market street where he attended
mot on picture show He did not
know the hour that he arrived there
or when he left, but he returned di-
.rect to his home. The defendant said
mo one was about the house when he
roached home. James. his brother,
4was in bed asleep when he went g.
bed He thought 1t was then about
$50 o'clock.
When asked By his counsel when he
was awakened. he replied with a
subduod laugh When my brother
in-faw. steve. came in with The Off
accrs" AZ times. as Ganges told OF
Fthc Incidents leading to his arrest, he
chuckiod and the usual smile payee
about his mouth as he testified. Shrio
ENicholas he said, was in The room
evith HIS Gauges hroihcr-ln-law, ana
slhc officers.
The defendant described 10 tho
aiurf Tho layout OF his bedroom and
tic location Of the closet. in which the
rmacazinc revolver clip was found.
Whom asked IL he owned the clip.
or how 10 came 10 be i'm his cont no
replied. II don't know I never own
Cd 80 or one like it. and : never own
Cd q revolver that had % thing like
Gauges said he knew the dead girl,
bnt had not seen her the night before
or tho morning of the murder He
also denied being at the Springs on
sthat night.
Alr. Bali then asked did you shoot
Katie BOdesk?" and the defendant re-
nied - did not lie denied know
Ing anything about the shooting
Ganges said he had seen the
girl since a month after he was ar
rested in 1915.
The defendant said he went to the
Bodeski home with an interpreter but
he denied telling him 10 tell BOdeslOi
THAI he would kill the girl The de
fenAant said he went to the Bodesh
home twice within eight days with the
Interpreters. One of them he did not
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nesses had stated they could sec a
similarity between the hair Of Can
ges, now fully grown in, and that OF
the man seen skulking around the
park on the night of the murder. e.
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peared in court at the preliminary
hearing his hair was still very short.
The point was made by Judge Ball
in answer to Attorney General Rein
hardt's objection that several wit
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few days before the murder at Bran
DIVINE Springs Park he had clipped
the hair from Ganges' head so that
his scalp was showing. Mr.. Penes-
saros testified that when Ganges APP
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-24
A DESERT DARBY AND JOAN

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 We are prone to think that only in the Anglo-Saxo ideal of marriage is there to be found an affectionate fidelity that no vicissitudes can weaken, no veal or woe alienate, no mortal power subdue. Those who take solemn vows to hold fin sickness and in health," "till death us do part" and presently seek the divorce court to undo the tie might consider this simple story of the love of two old "heathen" which Is communicated in private advces from Cairo, describing the condition of the people in the Sinai penin- sula, lately released from Turkish rule:
 "One day out in the desert some of our troops saw a queer bundle on the sand. It turned out to be an old Bedawi, nearly dead, and all skin and bone. They did all they could te3 make him happy, but his one thought was his wife. So the officers asked for volunteers, and party started out into the desert to hunt for his wife. Not far from where they had found him they found an old old woman, all skin and bone. They brought her in and pre- pared her bed, etc, but she would dc nothing but sit by the old mans side all he time. They were brought into one of lhe towns, and there they both died on she same day.
 Not all the virtue is on the side of those who dispatch missionaries to the con version of he ''benighted' of the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-24
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS

In the May American Magazine Irwin s. Cobb has an article entitled Looking Both Ways from Forty" in which he says:
 worthy successor in Billy Sunday. I was present on the spot, so to speak, when the audible celluloid cuff, E. P. Roe the pug dog, the Congress gaiter, the ham mer-gun, the safety bicycle, the mustache cup, parchesi, the catcher who took 'em off the bat with his bare hands, the peach kernel watch charm, the pousse cafe, the operation for dehorning the hu- man appendix, and the Dowie movement gave way, inch by inch, to the spit ball, the automatic ejector, the rest cure; the cold storage egg, Henry Ford, the cabaret, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Eat-and- Grow-Thin, Pay-and- Crow Thinner, rural free delivery, the imported Scotch niblick, Eleanor Glyn, middling meat at 42 cents pound and stewed prunes at four bits portion in any first-class restaurant. And if I have luck l shall no doubt be an eyewitness to the fading away of these things into the background of the past and the oncoming of yet more timely evil dences of the onward and upward march the other, in mighty procession"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-24

| stuffing of money Thus refilled the weasel goes out into the world, and in. stantly monkey begins to chase him | round and round" Monkey" here, may l stand for what you please-the siren of | Broadway; 8 silver mine promoter; beggar for missionary society-what | you choose. But sooner or later-Pop! goes the weasell And that's the way the money goes.
 The honorable part of the weasel (from our point of view-is at the end of his tail. In keeping with the character of detective, he disguises himself in winter, for the purpose of his pursuit, by putting on white dress in place of his custom ary brown one, and changing his name> to Ermine Perhaps that is the origin or ! the old Latin fable of the weasel that ! trough, so as not to be seen by the mice that come to it. until they blunder within his reach. Set a thief to catch a thief!
 As with most prevarcators the animal fails to make finished job, for the black tip of his tall is never altered Like the
 
 and significant whatever uniform may be worn. This sable tip, this .ultracaudal ornament, the kings of old, presumablyvin recognition of the animals predatory prowess, adopted as the exclusive badge of the royal order. Look at your euchre- deck and you will see the black spots W the ermine designating the kings and l queens of the pack-a royal flush Of shame ought to suffuse their pasteboard racesi
 In those days kings and judges were one; but when they gradually separated, the kingly court handed the tags over to the judicial one, and now we speak of the revered judiciary as 'The Ermine' So the unchangeable part of this most subtle and blood-thirsty of animals has become the symbol of the cunning. tireless and memorable execution of law. Thus by following his nose the weasel has come to wag his tail on the bench as the ensign of primitive justice. The constable captures-the lawyers argue the jury deliberates-the judge pronounces -and-Pop goes the Weasel!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-24
Open Season for Moths

'I have never known season when people made so much complaint of hav- ing moths in their closets" said Ben Veil of M. Veil & Bro, yesterday. "Men have, been coming in here by the dozens saying that they thought they had suits which would do for the summer but upon investigation had found that the moths had been busy and made short work of them.
 When moths get at mans clothes there is practically nothing he can do with them. They eat holes in such a way that it is practically impossible to mend them.
 "One thing about moths which is not generally understood is that the insect eats holes in the cloth first where there are soiled places or grease spots. That is why moth holes are practically always in front of the coat or vest Little grease spots have been eaten away and naturally these spots are usually in front
 There is one way of protecting clothes from them that is almost always sure. Before putting the clothes away for the summer or winter they should be sent to the cleaner and given a thorough dry cleaning. In this way all the spots are removed and the goods are rendered much less attractive for the operations of the little pests. Of course, another way is to wrap the goods up so securely that it will be impossible for the insects to reach them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-24
A CALL TO THE CoLoRs

By w. B. Lockwood. l stood by the lonely grave today
 Of soldier of sixty-one, Who wore a uniform of gray
 Beneath southern sun. Who shed his blood on Shilohs plain, And Kennesaw mountain trails. And suffered every grief and pain
 That cruel war entails. And from the sacred grave I heard
 From the grave of this soldier true, My son, waste not a single word,
 Your country's calling you Take from the wall your fathers SasaA My sword. long put away. For you must wear the khaki, son,
 As l once wore the gray. My hands are folded cross my breast, My ears no longer hear, No war can now disturb my rest
 But you must volunteer. The countrys calling boys like you Throughout the land today And you must wear it's uniform-l}
 Your father wore the gray. z q had no vast estate to leave
 When my final summons came. No herds or riches to bequeath-
 I left a soldiers name. And you are bearing it today
 Go, boy and volunteer Your father wore Confederate gray,
 The khaki you must wear. Within the sacred, tattered folds
 Of the Stars and Bars I rest, And may the glorious Stars and Stripes
 Be wrapped about your breast, Wehn you are laid beside me here
 And every grief and joy, Is hushed, like mine, within the tomb,
 My gallant, soldier boy''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-24

try. Paris would have been the capital of the world and France the envy of nations. In my leisure I should have visited every corner of the em- pire, receiving complaints, founding monuments and doing good everywhere and by every means.
 These also, my dear Las Casas, were among my revcries."
 Napoleon then arraigned himself be- fore all the nations" says Las Casas in another place.
 'The French and the Italians lament my absence" said the Emperor.
 T have the gratitude of the Poles and even the bitter regrets of the Spaniards. Europe will soon deplore the loss of the equilibrium, to the maintenance of which my French empire was necessary. The continent is now in the most perilous situation, being continually exposed to being overrun by cossacks and Tartars; for In the present state of things be- fore 100 years all Europe may be all cossack or all republican"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-24
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

mother spends lot of time worrying
 for fear her daughter will get married
 and later on spends lot of time worry
 ing for fear she won't.
 Every single woman knows an ideal
 husband. But it is different with a mar
 red woman.
 But summer is approaching, and we want to announce that fat woman should do her bathing stunts in bath tub. The old high cost of living was a mere
 pup in the old days when a girl wasn't too proud to use fathers cigar ashes to
 keep her teeth white. When man tells you that he has had a cold for three months he means that he caught it three days ago.
 Another fairy tale. Once upon a time there was a band leader who didn't be- lieve that he was making all the music. Most of us are prone to ask good deal of the Lord that should be attended to without divine assistance. Sometimes the man who never pays his bills is loudest in singing, Jesus Paid It
 AlI' when he is in church.
 The only difference between mule and some men is that some men can't wiggle f their ears.
 People call it being disappointed in love. when the fact is that they are really dis appointed in marriage. It used to be considered quite an honor to be elected to Congress. But who in
 Hex wants a job where he will have to listen to lot of old maids bawling and ] sniffling when they are asked to vote on measure?
 Other women always imagine that a preachers wife must get tired of having him around the house so much. Study your work, young man. and study your job. Try to deliver the goods in such way that if there were an elmina- l ton contest in your line you would be i certain to figure in the finals. l If you don't believe that fate knows | her business, and that all is for the best ! just get good look at the girl who re- ! fused to marry you after she has been
 married to the other fellow about Il
 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-24
NAPOLEON'S PREDICTION

From the Washington Post.
 HE N IL Europe may be all cossacl
 N or all republican" This sig
 S nificant remark was made by Napoleon at St. Helena on April 16, 1916, and present day events seem to shape themselves in keeping with this prophecy to a certain degree.
 "Circumstances extraordinary have long kept me near the most remarkable man that ever lived" says Count de las Casas in the preface to his Memorial de St. Helene" "Admiration made me follow without knowing him, and when l did know him." continues the enthusiastic count, love alone would have fixed me forever with him.
 T collected and recorded day by day. says he, "all that I saw of Napoleon dur ing period of IS months. Hence forth the world may freely study him"
 But, sire. may I presume to ask,' re- lated Las Casas, If Moscow had not been burned. did not your majesty intend to establish yourself there?"
 "Certainly," replied Napoleon, and l then should have held up the singular spectacle of an army wintering in the midst of hostile nation which was pressing upon it at all points. In France you would have been without intelligence from me for months. Cambraceres would have conducted affairs in my name.
 At the first approach of fine weather should have marched against the enemy. I should have been master ot the empire. *.*
 T defeated armies" said the Emperor, sadly, but I could not conquer the flames, the frost, stupefaction and deaths. I was forced to yield to fate. And after all how unfortunate for France, and, indeed, for all Europe.
 Peace concluded at Moscow" said he, would have fulfilled and ended my hos tile expeditions A new horizon new undertakings would have unfolded themselves for the well being and pros perity of all The foundation of the European system would have been laid and my only remaining task would have been the organization.
 q should have had my Congress, my treaty alliance. In that assembly of all the sovereigns we should have discussed our interests in family way and have settled our accounts with the people aS a clerk does with his master.
 Thus Europe would soon have formed and those who travelled would everywhere find themselves in one common coun-