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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-05-16
Copyright by W. G. Chapman

In the spring of the year 1898, be-
ing then in st. Louis, where / had
opened private detective agency, I
received telegraphic dispatch from
a 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. l 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 wifes shoulder, making
slight. though painful, wounds.
Mr.. Collins had been prominent
insurance and real estate man of the
Kansas capital, where he had lived
for many years. He was well known
throughout the state. His death &C.
CURED in his fifty-sixth year, and he
left two children, a daughter, and
son named John. He occupied COM
Portable house.
John Collins, the only son, was
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 of
his fathers murder, and his period of
study had therefore almost expired.
He boarded at the school, and occa-
sionally paid a 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 very prepossessing young fell
low.
The daughter was also above the
medium height, nice looking, intelli-
gent and we'll educated.
The Collins home, which stood on
fine residential thoroughfare, was dis
turbed early one morning by the dis
charge of 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 agita-
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 neighbors.
1t was then a little after daybreak.
Both John and his sister occupied
rooms on the second floor of the house.
All the windows we're 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 a hole
large enough for the passage of a hui
man body. This window was situated
Immediately above a one-story add
ton to the main building in the rear.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-05-16

and to have had it ready for use, with
out Mr. Collins having discovered that
it was missing from the shelf
My inquiries into the financial con-
dition of the dead mans estate, con-
Quoted with view to discovering who
was likely to profit by his death, dis
closed the fact that he had been con-
actually the case. He had met with
financial reverses, and was in reality
possessed of little more than his home
1t the time of his murder. He was
carrying life insurance policies aggre-
eating thirty thousand dollars, of
wife and ten thousand to each of his
children.
l Immediately wired to one of my
operatives, Joseph S. Manning, to pro-
coed to Lawrence, Kan, where, as
have said, young John Collins had
been a divinity student, with instruc-
tions to ascertain quietly all that he
could as to the habits of the young
fellow and his associates John Col
Inns had left his lodgings at Lawrence
on the evening preceding the murder,
going to Topeka and directly to his
home, where, he claimed, he retired
for the night at an early hour. Ac-
cording to his own story, he had been
in bed at the time when he was
aroused by the shot that killed his IA
Their. | had been making my own in
vestigations concerning him before
sending Manning to Lawrence, and /
had learned that he had formed the
acquaintance of very estimable and
wealthy young lady of that city, with
whom he had become infatuated. He
had paid good deal of attention to
her for several months previously.
intended to purchase or lease a cot
tage at Long Branch, N. j., in which
to spend the summer months.
John Collins, who was thoroughly
infatuated with her, heard this news
with dismay. He surmised that she
the many fortupe-hunters who frequent
that resort in summer time, and that
she might readily fall prey to one
of them, thus endangering his own
chances of winning her. Accordingly
he had made up his mind to spend the
season at Long Branch also, so that
he might guard the affections of his
beautiful young friend.
The investigations of Manning con-
flrmed the theory had formed about
Collins. In order to advance his suit,
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The conclusion at which the police
arrived was that the murderer must
have obtained key to the house, by
means of which he gained admission
to the premises, and that, after hav-
ing shot Mr. Collins, he escaped, going
up the main stairs from the lower hall
to the second floor, then proceeding
along the hall on this story to the win
dow at the end, cutting the wire
screen and springing out of the win
dow upon the roof of the one-story ad-
dition, and thence to the ground dis
lance of ten or twelve feet, thus eff
fecting his escape.
On my arrival proceeded to make a
thorough examination of the premises.
/ interviewed the widow and the son
and daughter. Mrs. Collins, who was
the second wife of the murdered man,
was between thirty-six and forty years
of age, of the brunette type, rather
above the medium height, and inclin-
ed to be slender. She was very at
tractive and was considered a good
looking woman, intelligent and re-
fined In fact, the atmosphere of the
entire household was that met with
among the best class of prosperous cit
liens.
After having spent four days in my
Investigations, l came to the conclu-
sion that the murder had been COM
mitted by some member of the house
hold and that the murderer had not
entered from without. Various rea-
sons combined to bring me to this de-
cision. The chief among them was
the fact hat Mr.. Collins had been kill
ed with his own shotgun, and that the
murderer had shown familiarity with
the manner in which this weapon was
kept, and with its place of disposition.
This shotgun was a high-priced fire.
arm, and always kept carefully by
Mr.. Collins in a fine leather case,
which was usually placed on the upper
shelf of a clothes closet in his bed
room. This closet, which was unus-
ually large, extended from the floor to
the ceiling, and formed almost an en-
tire side to the room. The ceiling of
this room was exceptionally high, SO
that a person of ordinary size could
not have reached the shelf on which
the gun was kept without the use of
a stepladder, which had certainly not
been used by the murderer. 1t might
possibly have been reached, however.
by tall man while standing on a
high table in the bedroom.
Mr.. Collins had not used this gun
for several months before his murder.
1t had always been his custom. after
making use of the weapon, to clean it
thorouf y, take it apart, and pack it
in the leather case. The murderer,
therefore had not only to take down
the gun from the shelf, but also to put
it together and load it with a shell,
which was also to be found among a
quantity of ammunition on the high
shelf. All of these operations could
not have been accomplished by any
person entering from the outside of
the house, even had he been acquaint-
ed with the place where the gun was
kept. On the other hand, it would
have been easy for any of the inmates
of the house to have taken the gun
from the shelf on the day preceding
the murder, or several days before.
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II 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 pigskin container
strapped to his back. In the course OF
four or five months the maguey will
yield ten gallons of sap. It then
withers and dies. When fresh. pulque
is a sweet, innocuous liquid.
Neither mescal nor pulque is ex-
rensive. One can get a drink OF the
latter for a cent, while 14-gallon cask
of the famous tequila brand of mescal
may be had for 10 pesos $3.50.
1.-THE Mexicans surround the discov
cry of these maguey beverages with
q 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 vanquished
foe. The princess brought with her TO
Tenochtitlan the secret of a remark
able drink of which her lord and
master grew inordinately fond. After
imbibing freely of 1t 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 sopori1c and thus the
whole race came under the power OF
pulque.
1.-THE Aztec cannot be charged with
the invention of the nauseous milk
pulque, a compound of pulque and
milk with a dash of rennet. The rem
net, part of cows compound stom
ach, is partially putrefied and the odor
thus impaired is intensified and com
plicated by that of the pigskin In
which the liquor Is contained. The
alibi which defenders of the Aztec car
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 II
the country, hence no rennet.
"Pulque cannot be shipped out o
the country because no method of pre-
serving it has been discovered, so thu
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 100000
worth of pulque annually.
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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 l understand that 1t has
been unavailing.
During the course of the trial a
great many people got the idea that l
had been employed by the insurance
companies, on account of the thirty
Thousand dollars worth of insurance
that Mr.. Collins had carried. II was
believed that the companies had hired
me to fix the crime upon the son in
order to avoid having to make the
payment. l 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 were merely acting as good
and law-abiding citizens. Just as
soon as | 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.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-03-08
INTERIOR ITEMS

DIR. NOrthrup was an over Sun
day visitor in Interior.
Lee RoebuCk who has been
seriously i'll is able to be out anC
around.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crooks are the
parents of son, born to them
last week.
Mrs. w. ii. Page is visiting at
the home of the daughter, Mrs.
H. c. Morgan.
II. G. Snodgrass was a passen-
ger to Kadoka, Wednesday, 60
ing on duty on the exemption
board.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-03-08
The Local Red Cross Chapter

The Local Red Gross Chapter
continues to increase its mem
berShip The ladies are doing
splendid work in the working
room, and are at present planning
! ON an auction sale and dinner in
| the near future, March %. The
Chapter will be very glad to re-
ceive any donation large or small
| for this sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thompson
entertained Messrs and Madames
L. E. Saunders, H. c. Snoderass,
, ]. B. Hight, CLYDE Taylor and
Vera and Jessie Swan and Messrs
Louis Swan and Dan Rynor Sun
day afternoon and evening. The
crowd says it isn't necessary TO
ask them if they had a good time
because everybody has a good
time at "Happy's."
Mrs. O. NJ. Kummerer was dis.
playing some very beautiful rag
rugs this week in town, woven at
their home east of town. The
rugs were quickly purchased by
the ladies' in town and cries for
more" were heard on all sides.
Mrs. Mrs. Kummerer has every
reason to be proud of the work
and the artistic taste displayed IN
making them.
The Current Event Club will
hold a unique social evening for
themselves and families Saturday
evening. Each lady in the Club
is to earn fifty cents in some way
and bring it to the Club with a
poem written about it. A small
prize of national interest will be
given the best poetess. An in
tereStin9 program and a social
time has been planned for the
evening and it is hoped each lady
will be there with her fifty cents,
poem and family.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-03-08

The Current Event club held
its regular meeting Tuesday after
noon in their club room. Mrs.
L. E. Saunders gave an interest
ing book review on The Valley
of the Moon" by Jack London.
This was followed by a short talk
on Household Conveniences by
Mrs. H. c. Snoderass which was
also discussed by the club ladies'.
There were seventeen ladies pre-
sent. AT the close Mrs. A. V.
Bennett, Mrs. r. A. Duell, Mrs.
Walter Brown and Mrs. Clinton
Graves served a Hoover lunch.
This club was started in 1914 and
the ladies have reason to be proud
of their record. During this time
they have donated $40 for the
Presbyterian manse, $40 army
Y. M. C. A., $40 to local Red
Cross chapter. $25 army Y. w.
C. A., $25 Boston Relief for orph-
an children across the water.
They have sent two large bundles
of clothing to the Armenian Girls
Aid in New York for the Allies,
also a large package of knitted
wear to the army in France, and
are busy making scrap books for
the soldier boys, knitting six inch
square for afghans, to throw over
the convalescents in France, col
lecting old kid gloves and bits of
leather to make into vests. Be-
sides all this work many are busy
working in some way for the
local Red Cross chapter. This
club joined the state federation
| in 1917 and have contributed 10y
ally toit
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-03-08

Mrs. c. Gallagher and daugh-
ter left Monday for Pennsylvania,
Mrs. Gallagher will enter the
hospital there for treatment and
upon her recovery will make a
short visit with friends before re.
turning to InCerior.
Mrs. NJ. SnoderaSS who has
been ill at the o. E. SnoderaSS
home this winter continues to
improve and is able to walk
around. She will soon leave for
Oklahoma to make her home in
the future with her daughter.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-10-03
MIEJSCOWA

nego Ruperta Blue. Prosi} take
aid. Richerta, przewodniczacego
komitetu fi~nansowego rady miej-
Skiej, ably rada miejska wyznaczy
Ia 100000 ma koszta akcyi. Pc
wiedziano, re finanse miasta So W
marnym stanie, lecz ME ma sic wa
hac pred zadny1i w%ydatkaml.
DR.. Robertson i DIR. Augustus
O'Neill, dyrektor medycyny Ger
wonego Krzyza, wydali jednoczes
ME odezwe, W ktorej prosza wszy
stkie kob,ety, majace doSwiadcze
ME w pielegnowaniu chorych, az
by zgiosily sic do Mich ola pieleS
nowania ofiar .nfluenzy.
Wczoraj wiadze mieiskie otrzy
maiy rapport o 1O1 nowych wypad
kach influenzy i 100 wypadkach
zapalenia pluc.
DR.. St. Clair Drake, stanowy-
dyrcktor wydziaiu zdrowia, O.
Swiadczyl, il otrzymai raporty, ze
epidemic sic wciaz jeszcze w Sta
ME szerzy. Donosza o wypad-
kach w Pontiac, Kankakce, PEG,
ria, Elgin, a nawet ! Mt. Carmel.
w miastach mad jeziorem M
.p6lnoc cd Chicago przedsiewzie-
to surowe Srodki. w Winnetka
i Glencoe wszystkie szkoiy So
zamkniete i wSzyStkie zebrania
publicznc sa zakazane. w High
land Park ME wolno nawet CRU
pom os6b zbierat sic ma ullcy.
lest tam 1000 wypadkow influ-
envy.
We Fort Sheridan jest obecnie
.276 wypadk6w,, Wczoraj 'cztery
osoby umariy.
Dobre wieSci otrzymanoz obo.
zu Camp Grant blisko Rockford
i re stacyi .marynarskiej Greae
Lakes. Liczba nowych wypad-
kow znacznie Spadia. Lecz pc,
twierdza sic wiadomoSc, re W
Great Lakes siedmiu mathew
zachorowalo ma tezec karku.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-10-03
KOMISARZ O.
STRZEGA PRED PES
SYMIZMEM.
Radzi jednak wszelkie Srodki O.
stroznoSci przestrzegac.


stroznoSci przestrzegac.
DR.. w. Robertson, miejski ko--
m,sarz zdrowia, wr6ciwszy wcLo
raj z Waszyngtonu i zauwazyw-
sly alarmujace poglady / zapo-
wiedzi co do o5ecnie graSuJaceI e
pidemii influenzy hiszpansk,el
w pare Z MIA idacem zapaleniem
pluc, wyrazii opinie, IL rozsiewa
sic zbyteczny alarm, ktory przy--
gnebiajaco wplywa ma publlcz--
nose. a tenn samem Szkodzi caleJ
akcyi.,
DR.. Robertson poStawiony byi
w delikatne po}ozenie. Op,nia je-
so bowiem ME zgadza sic z opiniq
w~yrazona przez komisye lekarzy
zamianowanq przez Stanowa RI
de Obrony, celem przeciwdziala-
Ma epidemji. OSwiadczyl, re ME
podziela zapowiedzi, IL 40 do 90
procent mieSzkanc6w w Chicago
bedzie dotknietych epidemic ! re
cd 10000 do $1,000 os6b umrze ma
te chorobe pred koncem rokl.
DR.. Robertson dab do zrozum,e-
MIA, re W czterech lub pieciu ty-
godniach epidemic mimic / re
SmiertclnoSc ME bedz.e wieksza
niz normalna.
DR.. Robertson konferowal We
Waszyngtonie Z wladzami fede-'
ralnemi co do koniecznych Srod-
kow o~stroznosci ! przeciwdziaia-
MIA chorobie. Me b~agatelizuje
wiec akcyi powzietej, a nawet j.
szcze energiczniejSze kroki propo
mule. luz rozpoCzql ~ogiaszanic W
prasie wielkich anonS6w, zawiera
iacych streszczenie giownych IA
kt6w o influenzie, wydane przez
sIuzbe zdrowia Stanow Zjedno--
Czonych Z biura ch.rurga general
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-10-03
Town of Lake
do Apelu!

Obywatele:
w obec zblizajqcej sic wielkicj
r~ocznicy, kt6rej dekretem Prey
dent Francyi, p. r. Poincaire po-
zwolil ma u~tworzenie Armii Pol
skiej we Francyi, a Prezydent
Stanow zjednoczonych, p. Wood
row Wilson ten fakt zatwierdzii,
i wszyscy mezowie Stanu Angiel-
soy zgodziii sic ma wskrzeszenie
Zjednoczonej Polski Z dostepem
do mora.
Dzieh ten wielki przypada w
riedziele, d. ego pazdziernika,
1918. Dzielnica Town of Lake.
Go zorganizowania Armii Pol
skiej dostawifa 946 bohater6w,
ktorzy juz Cd pewnego czasu wal
ca obok Aliantow, przeciw wScie
k}ej chydrze pruskiej.
Niektorzy z naszych juz oddali
zycie swoje "a Swietq sprawe, in
nj 81 ranni a reszta valley, by "a
tlnaG sztandar Orfa Bialego ma
z:emi PClskiej.
Rozkazem Polskiej komisyl
Wojskowej Komitet Obywatelski
W dzielnicy ~naszej, w ktorego
sklad wchodza Ksieza Pro-
boszczowie miesjcowi, uchwa-
Iii, by urzqdzic wielka manifesto
eye w dniu ego pazdziernika jake
dzieh pamietny, kt6ra ma sic Cd
bvc w Drexel Pawilonie, PREY
Halsted ulicy.
Apelujemy zatem do wszyst-
kich poszczeg6lnych towarzystw
meskich i zehskich w dzielnicy
Town of Lake by W dniu ego paz-
dziernika, 1918, stawili sic jak
najliczniej W obrebie parafii swo
jcj o godzinie lei p~opo}udniu,
skad w polaczeniu sic p~6jdziemy
razem ma miejsce wyznaczone, W
kt6rym to miejscu najwybitnieisi
m6wcy przedstawia nam sprawe
mas obchodzaca, jednoczesnie Cd
danny hold poleg}ym a Geese wal
czacym.
w imieniu Komitetu:
KS. L. Grudzinski,
Ks. Stan. Cholewinski,
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-10-03

Symfonicznej, majacy slave kra-
iowa, wczoraj zrezygnowa} z tel
re orkiestry. K~uratorzy przyjeli
lego rezygnacye. Steindel byl
glownym z tych czlonk6w tejze
orkiestry, ktorym wladze federal
ne wdrozyfy sledztwo w sprawie
ich poglqd6w .progermahskich.
Steindel jest obywatelem amery-
kanskim. Nalezai do Orkiestry
Chicagoskiej Cd lat "a.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-10-03
Spo1ce sw. lana Kantego

MONA kupowac bondy wolnoscio
we "a gotowke, hub ma sp&ate, w
$rody wieczorem, lub Ii sekreta-
"a tejze, OBJ. Marcina Potash,
pnr. sol Milwaukee ave-, albo tez
u asystenta sek~retarza, OBJ. S. Pr
terry, pnr. $50 n. Carpenter utica.
Wszyscy akcyonaryusze powinni
sic stara6, ably zakupic bondy w
tel Sp6}ce, gdzie NIGGA sobie lex
ko bez kiopotu wyp}acac bondy
te pojda ma imie Spolki, a Polacy
otrzymaja kredyt "a to.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-10-03
piracy ME MONA folgwat.

piracy ME MONA fofgwac.
Mimo to jednakze obecna po-
zyczka idzie szybszem tempem
anlzeli trzecia. Obecna kwota
mlasta jest diva ray wieksza a,
nizeli "a trzeciej pozyczki, lecz
Juz W pierwszych pieciu dniach
obecnej Rampant try ray WIG,
cej uzyskano subskrypcyi anizeli
w plerwSzych pieciu dniach KAN
PAM "a trzecia pozyczka.
Organizacye wardowe d~zialaj2
bardzo powolnie. Tylko kilka
ward dotychczas uzyskalo wig
cej niz 10 procent swej kwoty,
Ma pierwsze m~iejsce wybi}a sie
wardta l7-ta, jedna z najmniej-
szych ktora juz uzyska}a 81 pro-
cent swej kwoty.
w po}udniowej czeSci Stanu
kampania idzic bardzo pomySl-
ME. Juz cztery powiaty przekro-
czyfy swe kwoty Z dodatkami.
Wczoraj najwieksze subskryp-
eye w Chicago byly: $1,OO0,00o
Cd pracownikow firmy Sears
Roebuck and Co., S256,0OO Cd
pracownik0w firmy Interstate
Iron and Steel Co. i $225,OOO cd
pracownik6w firmy Chicago
Shipbuilding Co.
lime su~bskrypcye ma 100000
hub Myzcj W Chicago by}y naste-
pujace: Independent Pneumatic
Tool Co. $11O,OOO; Interstate
Iron and Steel Co. $150,OOO; Ste
wart-W Warner .Speedometer Co.
SlOO,OOO; Chicago Cold Storage
Warehouse Co. $1OO,OOO; R. I
Crane Jr. $1OO,OoO; James B.
Glow and Sons $15O,O0O; Seton
Manufacturing corporation 500,
600 Hartman Furniture Co.
$125,0OO; Quaker Oats CO. $780,
900; London Guarantee and Acct
dent Co. S4OO,OOO; Continental
Casualty Co. 100000 New Eng
land Mutual Life Insurance Co.
100000 Illinois Life Insurance
Co. $4,000 i Adam Wcstlakc
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-10-03
Z KANTOWA.

K1ub Obyw. Ksiecia Jozefa Po-
riatowskiego ma p~osiedzenie dzi-
slaj O. godz. 1870 wieczorem W
sail parafialnej. Wszyscy obywa-
tcle So proszeni, ably byli obecni,
poniewaz bedq bardzo wazne spra
wy do zalatwienia.
St. Adamkiewicz, PREF,
K. Andrzejewski, sekr.