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New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Armed With a Knife

There the son armed himself with
Il large carving knife, which he
took from the drawer of a table,.
and ran quickly out of the house
toward the barn.
Pausing only to slip on dressing
gown, the father ran down the
stairs after his son, following him
into the barn. AS he entered the
door Of that structure he saw his
son jump down from the haymow,
and run, muttering angrily, toward
the cutting room" and from there
into the stable. He constantly made
wild jabs with his knife, and seemed
to be pursuing some one who con-
stantly eluded him.
The chase continued for several
minutes, finally ending when the
younger man made wild leap into
one of the carriages and made jab
into the cushions. He was sitting
on the seat, still using his knife
nervously, when his father came up
to him. After some coaxing he per-
mitted himself to be led back to
bed. The next morning he said he
remembered nothing Of what had
occurred and expressed great as
tonishment over his actions.
In seeking an explanation of
what had happened his father
learned that on the previous day
his son had had an angry quarrel
with man from whom he at
tempted to collect bill. Very soon
after this quarrel the son had re-
turned home and gone to bed, con-
tinuing the quarrel in his dream.
Then, thinking his enemy was be-
fore him, he had pursued the phan-
tom to the barn after equipping
himself with the knife, and was try
ing to kill him when overtaken by
his father.
The Sapienza case has attracted
great deal of interest and has
called forth number of letters from
persons who profess to have had
similar experiences. One of the most
striking of these was written to the
prosecutor Of Newark by J. D.
Plumb, secretary and treasurer Of
the Pulvola Chemical Company, Inc.
manufacturing chemists, Of ia Lin
don Avenue. JERSEY City.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
he Nightmare That Ended in TRAGEDY
Criminologists Support the De.
fense of New Jersey Man
j Who Killed Wife II

! have been successful and have made
little money. Well, l had deter
mined not to permit myself to be
robbed in that way, and 1 had pro-
vided myself with revolver. This
revolver, an old one, had been in the
house before that time, but 1 had al
ways kept it wrapped in a hand
kerchief and on a high shelf, because
was afraid one of the children
might find it and hurt himself.
"Well, when the letters kept on
coming, I got this revolver and /
placed it under my pillow, thinking
to defend my child. 1 was not afraid
for myself, but the letters made me
very nervous, and I kept thinking all
the time of the men who had been
writing me the letters.
II want to say, as / have said to
the police, that loved my wife. For
the ten years while we were mar
ried she had been a good wife to me.
1t was through her, perhaps, more
than any one else that l was able to
improve our condition a little bit and
get ahead. Before taking up the
manufacture Of concrete building
blocks had a store, and my wife, in
addition to her other duties, used to
help me there. l always left her in
charge when was called away on
other business, and always knew
that things would go right. She was
a good woman, who always worked
hard, and we never had a quarrel
that people could call serious. There
was no other woman for me after
we were married.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
The Blood Lust

"Well, as l say, on this particular
night, or morning, l dreamed that
the two men had come through the
window of my home and were
carrying off my boy. Then, though
| was never man to kill, decided
to kill. | saw my boy in the hands
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

tROOO lHe UoiuSt VI uu-
~ man consciousness. within
"A the shadow-y domain called
the World of Dreams" "
mankind frequently has encountered
strange experiences. Some of these
have been merely fantastic or hu-
uorous. but others have been GRIM
so Grim, indeed, that they ap-
preached the realms of tragedy and
crime. They have given rise to the
question:
Can person commit a crime
when asleep?
Science, seeking to classify
dreams, has collected some of them
under the general name of 'incu.
Buses" or nightmares. To others,
which go beyond the boundaries
Of the ordinary nightmare, it las
somewhat loosely applied the name
of "somnambulistic automatism,"
including in that group nocturnal
adventures in which the individuals,
usually regarded as normal, commit
violent acts of which, it is contended,
they retain no waking knowledge.
Apparently sleeping, they seem to
enter a state just beyond the divid
ing line of consciousness, but short
of total oblivion. There, according
to physicians, they pass within por-
tails where the real and the unreal
are singularly confused. Visions,
which are part dreams and part
hallucinations, are translated into
still stranger deeds. A sort of Mr..
Hyde, lurking within the shadow of
son1nolence, pounces upon its victim,
converting a normal DR.. Jekyll into
a strange being ready to commit
acts from which, in his waking mo-
ments, he would shrink.
1t is within this strange category
of dreams" that the lawyers for
James Sapienza, the wealthy manu-
facturer of Irvington, n. j., seek to
include the crime committed by him
on Monday, November "a, last.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
'SOmnambulistic AutOmatism'
MAY Induce Such Crimes as
: That Committed by Sapienza

life is represented in clear con-
sciousness.
"As the lower vegetative and
organic functions of the human ma
chine are carried on without it, SO
the instructive and emotional phe-
nomena may arise, develop and be
manifested without representation
in clear consciousness.
Many Of the most complex brain
processes are carried on in the
presence Of a consciousness so re-
Guced as to seem absent altogether"
The jury, accepting the finding Of
the physicians, freed Cawley on the
ground that he did not know what
he was doing when he committed
the crimes and was therefore not
mentally responsible.
Although no question of mental
responsibility has been advanced in
the Sapienza case, there are other
elements Of similarity which, it is
said, bring them into the same cate
CORY.
Another strange case, in which
the unconscious action extended
over a long period, was that of
~. c. p" the 2S-year-old son of a
wealthy resident of Pittsburgh.
Awakened by a noise at o'clock
one morning, the father of this
young man was just in time to SEQ
his son running swiftly through the
hall into the kitchen.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
4 Striking Letter

Mr.. Plumb wrote:
"Dear Sir:
~ am strikingly reminded of a
painful experience of mine many
years ago, and relate it to you for
what it may be worth as bearing
somewhat corroboratively upon the
Sapienza case.
Early in my married life I was
in the habit Of sleeping with rel
volver under the mattress at the
head of my bed. l kept it there be-
cause it was equally as accessible
but much less in danger of accidental
discharge as when under my pillow.
Zone night had wild dream Of
graphing with a burglar, and was
awakened by my wife's scream, or by
my own action, or both, to find, I'd
my horror, that l had my wife's head
under my left arm while was dig,
ging for my revolver with my right,
''It was all over in a minute, with
no serious damage being committed,
but it was dreadful thing, as I had
naturally grabbed my wife roughly
1t made me realize that might have
killed my beloved wife had / secured
the weapon before fully awaking, al
would have been quite probable had
it been little handler under the
pillow.
"Never again, / say, and the re,
volver has been banished to an ever
less accessible place."
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
The 4,cakening

lfe 4lCNkeNIng
Sapienza told the police that at 6
o'clock on the morning of that day
he was awakened from a terrible
dream by scream and the report
of pistol. only to discover, to his
great horror, that he had shot and
killed his wife. He insisted that he
had no knowledge of the act, and
that he thought in his dream that he
was firing at "black handler" who
had entered the window of his home
and was kidnapping his seven-year-
old SON. Grabbing the revolver
which was under his pillow, Sapienza
sent bullet into what he thought
was the body of the intruder, but
which, in fact, he fired into. the brain
Of Mrs. Sapienza rs she lay sleeping
beside him.
Investigation by the authorities of
Jersey City uncovered these facts:
For several months Sapienza had
been receiving "black hand" letters
demanding $4,000, under penalty, il
he refused, of having his son, the
eldest of three children, kidnapped
and killed. On October 12, more
than six weeks before Mrs. Sapienza
was slain, the manufacturer had
taken one of these letters to Chief of
Police A. S. Green, of Irvington, and
had begged that detectives be as.
signed to catch the men who, he said,
were threatening his sons life.
Chief of Police Green detailed two
of his men to follow Sapienza, but
when they arrived at the place where
the money was to have been paid
over they found no one there to meet
the manufacturer. The chief of po-
lice of Newark also sent men to
watch for the writer's of the letters,
but they did not find them. Never
theless, additional letters continued
to arrive, the last being received by
Sapienza a few days before the
shooting. In addition to the usual
signature this missive was grue-
somely decorated with what seemed
to be blood spots, as vivid reminder
Of the fate in store for young Sapi-
enza unless the father desisted from
his efforts to catch the criminals anc
paid over the money demanded by
them.
Afterward, in telling the repre-
sentative of The Tribune what hac
occurred on the night his wife was
killed, Mr.. Sapienza said:
The Dream,
"It seemed to me that two men had
come through the window Of my
home and that one had tied a hand
kerchief about my boys eyes and
had then placed him in large sack.
1t was so very real that, even now,
swear to you on the holy name of the
Virgin Mother, l can hardly believe
1t was not so.
II had never been man to dream.
| never walked in my sleep. But for
several weeks had been very nerv-
Gus over the Black Hand letters.
You know, among my people it is a
common practice for q certain class
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
By Arnold D. Prince

A CROSS the border of hu-
~ man consciousness. within
IA the shadowy domain called
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
VIII Negotiate New
Wage Agreement

Washington, Nov. Ii Having
forced the miners to call off the coal
strike the government today set out
to help them negotiate new wage
agreement.
On the heels of the announcement
that Federal Judge Anderson, at In
dianapolis, had approved the order
promulgated by the United Mine
Workers Of America resembling the
strike notice, Secretary Wilson in
vited representatives Of the miners
and operators from all the fields in
volved in the walk-out to meet here
Friday "for the purpose of negotiat-
ing basis of settlement"
The miners accepted.
When Mr.. Wilson went home to-
night he had received no formal re-
ply from the operators, but was un-
advised that they will COM
ply with his request.
The secretary was assured by OPP
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
NOTICE OF BIDS

Sealed bids will be received until
II o'clock a. M, Of Monday, Decem-
Der 18th, 1919, by the Washington
Parish School Board for the erection
and entire completion of one-story
school buildings as follows: One to
be constructed at Adamstown, one at
Riehardsontwon and one at Column
bia Road, at Bogalusa, La, in ac-
cordance with plans and specifica-
tions prepared by Nolan & Tore,
Architects, 1923 Hennen Building,
New Orleans, La.
Each bid viii be accompanied by
certified check equal to 5 per cent
of the amount Of the said bid.
Bids shall be addressed to D. T.
Cushing, Chairman Building Com
mittee, Bogalusa, La. Bids shall be
received and opened at Bcgalusa,
La.
Check Of the lowest bidder will be
held for 8 days to enable him to sign
contract and give bond in solvent
Surety Company, in accordance with
the law, failing which he shall for
felt check.
The building committee reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Each bid shall be marked PRO
posaI for Building" and addressed to
D. T. Cushing, Chairman Building
Committee, aforesaid.
D. 4. CUSHING,
Chairman Building Committee of the
Washington Parish School Board.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
Classified Column

HOUSE WANTED in Northwest
Bogalusa. Call at Enterprise office.
WANTED-A good bicycle. Ap-
ply to Bookkeeper, Steam Laundry.
FOR SALE-One Ford car. Apply
Enterprise office.
FOR SALE-Ford runabout, very
cheap. Apply Armour & Co.
galusa.
WANTED Working housekeeper
in private family. Address P. 0.
Box LA.
LOST WATCH FOUND-Can at
Bogalusa Jewelry and Optical Co.,
and prove claim.
LOST-Cameo brooch on Monday.
Finder will be literally rewarded by
returning same to Enterprise office.
FOR SALE-A solid oak book
keepers desk, has four drawers and
will go for $40. Apply Williams
Drug Co., Columbia street.
MATTRESSES WANTED = Two
double and one single; must be in
good condition. Address P. o. Box
GOA or phone 459.
WANTED-Young man, 10 to 20
years old, to work in Bogalusa to
learn good trade. Salary $50 per
month while learning. Grammar
school education required. Box 628,
Bogalusa, La.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
THE LOVE BURGLAR"
is THE BILL TONIGHT

Wallace Reid is next to appear in
Paramount picture adapted from a
stage play. The play "One Of U.s."
was written by Jack Lait, the well
known dramatist, and had its pre-
miere at the Morosco Theater in Los
Angeles some months ago. The
screen version is "The Love Bur
glar," and it will be shown at the
Magic City Theater tonight, Thurs
day, November 10.
In the stage production, the chief
role was played by feminine star,
but for the purposes of the screen
the leading male role ives made the
most important. 1t appeared to the
producers also that the male lead
was by far the most important of the
two parts. The picture with this
change is said to be one of the best
vehicles which has been furnished
Mr.. Reid in some time.
The story deals with the adven-
lures of young society idler, who,
finding his younger and erring broth
err in tough slum saloon, strips him
of all his valuables and sends him
home. This act is interpreted by the
rough element as bold hold-up, they
not knowing that relationship ex-
lists between the two men, and they
welcome him into their gang, think
ing that he is 1.-THE Colt Kid" an ex-
convict whom they have been expect
ing.
How he saves beautiful girl from |
the clutches of a gang leader who is
forcing her to rob the wealthy FREE
quenters of the place, and finally |
narries her after learning that she is
really novelist who is seeking at
for her story, forms a de-
ightful and highly interesting plot.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
Washington Mob
Lynches |. W. W.

Centralia, Wash, Nov. 11.-About
8 o'clock tonight the mob surround
ing the Jail where /. w. w. members
suspected Of firing on the Armistice
Day parade were held, succeeded in
getting one of the prisoners, took
him to a point just outside the city
limits, and hanged him to a bridge.
just before the mob made it's attack
on the Jail the lights were cut off
throughout the city and a volley of
shots fired down Pearl street. The
man who was lynched was the one
who shot Dale Hubbard earlier in the
day when pursued to the river bank.
Two former soldiers were killed
and number injured today when
snipers, said to have been Industrial
Workers of the World, who fired on
an Armistice Day parade marching
through the streets Of the city. The
whole city was thrown into eonster-
nation and the parade of veterans of
the world war broke up quickly when
the uniformed marchers made a dash
to raid the l. w. w. hall and round
up all suspicious characters.
mThe service men soon stripped the
hall of all furniture and documents
and arrested six men. These were
thrown in Jail and guarded by the
former soldiers to prevent their es-
cape and at the same time to protect
hem from lynching.
A mob seeking vengeance on the
prisoners was fought back by the
overseas men who stood guard at the
all to see that officials made no eff
'ort to take the suspects away.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13

6t-11-27-19
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13

orators and miners that they would
endeavor faithfully to frame a pay
scale that would send the 425, 900
back to work willingly and at once.
Thomas T. Brewster, head of the
operators association Of the central
competitive field, who arrived here
during the day from st. Louis to
take an active hand in the situation,
tonight made public a telegram to
John L. Lewis, acting president of
the miners organization, urging
prompt resumption of negotiations. "
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
NOTIcE

This is to certify that Time Ger
tificate of Deposit, No. 978, for
100000, issued by the First State
Bank of Bogalusa, Louisiana, Sep
TENDER 20, 1919, and maturing
March %, 1920, payable to Mrs. l..
E. Ball, has been lost and ! am re-
questing the said bank to stop pay
ment thereon, issue duplicate and
authorizing said bank to render le-
gal notice to the public to refrain
from negotiating this paper. Ger
tificate was not endorsed by payee.
MRS. L. E. BALL.
Tylertown, Miss.
81 1 1 07 10
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
q VOTES DOWN
my RATIFICATION

.bus. O., Nov. 11.-ohio last
. voted against ratifying the
= prohibition amendment by a
y IF Gal, according to COM
!. %ticial returns received today
4 .seretary of state. The vote
.sficatiOn, 499,s79; against,
.. \. of State Smith an
Il some errors are apparent in
..~Dlete official vote and that
sssial returns from nine coun-
& sent back to county cleo
ards for correction. He also
...esd the official figures from
an counties would have to be
IS. A. White, manager of the
I, nv Federation, has asked for
s..urt Of the vote.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
Thursday, November 10, 1919.
LYcEuM NUMBER

On Monday, Novesnber 9th, the
second number Of theILyceum course
will be given when the Rich-Werno
entertainers win aoppear. The at
FRICTION comes highly recommended.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13

Mrs. Charles Weber, who has
been in Natchez, vicksburg and
Memphis since leaving here, spent
the past ten days with Mrs. Earl Lig-
pett.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13

Miss Matte Mae Burkett visited
homefolks in Bassfield, Miss, Sun
day and Monday.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
NOTICE

....s Is hereby given that l am
..,,ise for pardon.
MATTE TRYON.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
Penny Pinching
Not Always True
Economy

The housewife - schooled in really
scientific domestic economy-no longer
throws away nickel to save penny.
A good way to illustrate this would be
through acompariSOn of the wholesome
ness, efficiency and economy Of plain -four and
astandard baking powder and so-called self
rising -four. Itdoesn't pay to buy sef-risng -four.
Most lof it is made of low grade materials.
Il causes many bake-day failures and a great
loss Of expensive baking ingredients.
The housewife will throw out in
wasted materials many times the amount she
hopes to save. Beside, self rising -four has a
tendency to pet lumpy and that's another waste.
But what is most important, the housewife gets
less in return as far as food value is concerned
than if she purchased plain -four and a
Standard baking powder.
True economy in baking powder de-
mands the highest quality at the lowest price.
A Baking Powder made only of the highest
class ingredients obtainable, so skillfully and
accurately proportioned that it not only pro-
duces the maximum of leavening power but
conserves that power, retains its strength and is
unfailing in results, is economical in cost and
use The housewife saves when she buys it.
She saves when she uses it - and she saves the
materials with which it is used That is economy
in its highest form-the only kind of economy
the housewife should attempt to practice.
hc4eaE lroA4-0~~na9e
American Red Cross Diedtian.
Nosss Costello already tOel knOyn to sot Of the ladies q
CITY, Sic is Of the Domestic Science Branch Of he University o.
Chicago Simmons COLLEGE Boston Cooking School, graduate Of
Lews Institute Supervisor of Domestic Science IN Public Schools
Special Lecturer Domestic Arts and Economy Special Lecturer
3 the RoneEs Cabs
We Publishing series Of her important articles
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-21
THEY ARE SLIPPING

ut is declared that 35 sena-
tors, two more than the
one third necessary to
block the treaty, have pledged
themselves to stand against the
pact unless it be accepted with
reservations.
The exact nature of the re-
servations demanded is not dis
closed but Senator Moses, OF
New Hampshire, a leader in
the anti league group, says he
finds growing sentiment to
throw the whole thing out OF
the window"
That is a very flippant way
TO speak of a treaty that has
been devised to give us per.
manent peace in accord with
the promise made to the foui
million men who served the ma
ton in war and to 100000
men who laid down their lives
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-21
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR VIEWS INLAND EMPIRE BANK

large and have been designed with a
view of taking care of the future
growth of the business for many years
to come. These vaults are at the rear
of the room and extend half way
across, being approximately 20 feet
deep. The adding machine and ste
noSraphers room, is so arranged that
I it is closed off from working space of
the bank. and does away with al
needless noise in the bank room.
Above these vaults there is a mez-
canine floor which is equipped for a
directors room. Storage closets are To-
Gated on this mezzanine.
The lighting system in all depart
ments of the bank room is most COM
plete. Every piece of furniture
throughout has its individual lighting
fixture and provision is made in all
rooms and departments for extra light
ing, all connections being concealed in
the floor. The ceiling lights are of
cast bronze and designed to give a
maximum of light as well as to har-
monize with the entire decorative
scheme. All the desks. cages and
working equipment throughout the en-
tire bank has its special fixture.
The working space is arranged to
serve the public in the most prompt
and efficient manner. All OF the cages
having been especially designed to re-
ceive special equipment which facili-
tates the handling of the general
banking business. The entire interior
and bank equipment was designed and
furnished by P. T. Ainge, of Portland,
who specializes in this class of work.
Mr.. Aigne came to Pendleton and
made plans and specifications for this
work. He is at present executing II
complete bank interiors in the north
west, among which are the Scandana-
Wan American Bank. Tacoma, Conn
mercil Bank of Yakima, First National
Bank. Condor, the First National Bank
at Sunnyside, Washington and other
banks at Astoria, Enterprise, Joseph
and Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-21
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.


Tor the country. 1t is a stranoe
way for a United States sena.
tor to speak of the most nract;
cai plan ever arranged for
Reeplng militarism down and
Tor insuring justice and order
throughout the world.
If Senator Moses is n fair
sspokesmen for the obstruction
lists 1t is no wonder President
Wilson, refuses to stand for re-
servatlons in the acceptance of
the treaty. The purpose. of the
anti league men is not to clarity
the treaty but to kill it, regard.
less of consequences.
1t seems safe to forecast that
when the final test comes il
will be impossible for the OBJ
structlonists to hold enough
men in line to accomplish their
end. The opposition is slipping
and their trail will become
more and more dangerous to
them as time goes on.