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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-20
WIFE OF JOHN WANAMAkER
DIES AT ATLANTIC CITY
(By Associated Prcss)

(BN Associated PrcSs)
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. 90
Mrs. Mary B. Wanamaker, wife of
John Wanamaker. department store
proprietor. died in her apartment at
the Hotel Ambassador. here today.
Mrs. Wanamaker had been i'll several
months. Members of her family, in
Guiding her husband, were at the bed
side.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-20
(By Associated Press)

COLUMBUS, O., Aug 2O-Major
Charles S. Montgomery. of Newark,
president of the Ohio league of Re-
publican clubs, was elected chairman
of the Republican state central COM
mittee today.
George H. Clark, of Canton, chair
man of the state executive committee
probably will be chosen chairman of
the executive committee to manage
the Ohio campaign.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-20
G. O.P. STILL STICKS
TO PORCH, DAUGHERTY
ASSERTS AFTER TALK
IRy Associated Press)

MARION, O., Aug. 20.-Senator t1ar-
ding's campaign for the presidency
will go on as previously planned re-
gardless of the strategy adopted by
the Democrats, it was said here to-
day by Harry NJ. Daugherty. a mem,
Der of the Republican executive com
mittee, after a conference with the
nominee.
There was no intention, he declared,
Of abandoning the front porch policy,
though some speeches would be made
in other cities.
"A campaign at all times must be in
harmony with the candidate and the
cause" said Mr.. Daugherty, who was
Senator Harding's preconvention man
ager and now is taking an active part
in direction of the campaign.
Says They Have Different Style.
Now that both leading candidates
have been nominated for some time,
and have spoken somewhat frequently
since their nominations, the different
style of campaigning must be more
or less apparent to those who have
been observing events"
Reaffirming his faith in party spon.
sorship in government" Senator Hard
ing said in speech Thursday that his
Democratic critics were entirely cor.
rect in supposing that if elected presi
dent he would permit the. senate to
have some say in determining the pol
icy of the government" -.
saved American nation,
ality in 1919 and 1920" said the Re
publican nominee, when the execu.
tive proposed to surrender it. If a Re
publican administration is chosen next
November you can be very certain
that the senate will have something to
say about the foreign relations as the
constitution contamplates. l had rath
er have the counsel of the senate than
all the political bosses in any party.
Il want to have done with personal
government in this country. want to
put an end to autocracy, which has
been reared in the name of democracy
Explains His Theory.
Explaining in detail his conception
Of party sponsorship, Senator Harding
said it meant government Of laws
rather than of men," in which the
executive, legislative and judicial
branches should each function within
it's own constitutional limitations.
In this division of authority, he de-
clared the senate was Gin reality the
security of stable popular govern
ment." The privilege of extended de
bate and the rule that two-thirds are
required to ratify a treaty were cited
as senate safeguards against ill-con
sidered action.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-20
(By Associated Press)

CROOKED LAKE. Ind, Aug. 90
Republican party workers from the en-
tire state attended the outing of the
18th Congressional district Republi-
cans here today.
Practically all of the candidates on
the state ticket and number of Re-
publicans from the state headquarters
Joined with the 18th district Republi-
cans in the celebration.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-20
Weather Forecast

For Indiana, by the United States
Weather Bureau-Showers probably
tonight and Saturday morning, fol
lowed by clearing during Saturday;
cooler Saturday and in northwest por.
ton tonight.
IemperatureS Yesterday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

This unusual sound IS produces &c
only BY the leather-shod foot, bit
emitted also if the bare foot orlE
is struck through the grains ots
stick is trailed, boy-fashion, b
hind.
Thoreau, in The journal" 81 81
was like the sound made BY rub M
wet glass with your finger or ,
waxing a table. 1t was a soues nj
sound, as of one particle ribliaf
against another.
my hypothesis, briefly state >
this" says a writer in "Sci.n e
The sand grains on the lower b. &C.
and as far as the upper limit q D.
storm beach are bathed periodSih
by the waters Of the lake, whiti
contain various salts, including csf
cium and magnesium bicarbonste
This water dries on the grains q
sand, coating the surfaces with q
extremely thin film Of salts, includ'
ing calcium and magnesium car
Donates. This film is Of such
nature as 10 create conslderapa
friction when rubbed. and tn%
When the grains are brought i's7
contact with various surfaces
sound is emitted. One may coi'
pare the action of the film Of cre'
salts on the sand grains with TIT
action Of rosin on the violin bow
The beach sand is, Of course, 'H
same sand which later goes to torH
the dunes when transported By '~
wind, but during this transports
tion, due to the abrasive action o
grain against grain, much OF Y"
salt film is rubbed OF and earr'~
On by the wind in the same msa''e
that clay dust is, to be deposited y
quiet places, as on the forest BOY
beyond. After deposition III pias'
outs or on dunes, the grains are su'
Jected from time to time TO wv
bleaching action of rain water, an'
this completes the removal OF ca
cium and magnesium carbonates ~
the form Of bicarbonates and OF W
other salts) so that the orisiHs
sand grain surface Is restored =
to speak metaphorically, the ssnr
lose their singing voice. Such - "
hypothesis"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

After the war, which for time
left him an invalid. there appeared
subtle change. He flung himself
into a life of gayety-dancing and
pleasure seeking filed his life. He
was the gay Lothario and made a
trlumpbal progress among his many
women acquaintance. They loved
his wit and laughter; his attend
ance upon them was thing to be
desired and sought after.
Nothing of the Criminal
ITO be seen with Eric Holt was
an occasion for envy to less for
tunate girls. Nothing in his appear
ance or manner was more remote
than any suggestion that he could
possibly be criminal.
Clean and we'll groomed and
with smiling gray eyes that seemed
to look at you with honest good
humor from a heart that hides
nothing that is not for the world
to see-such was the impression
that Eric Holt gave as he was
known to his many friends at Ly-
than, st. Annes and Blackpool.
Color, romance and the society
Of women became like the breath of
life to him. They were the essen
tials and the desirable things for
him during this period. The sober
ness of ordinary, commonplace life
was not for him. He reveled in this
dollhouse atmosphere. Commonly
you would see him, from sheer exu-
berance, pick his dancing partner up
he was passionately fond of
dancing--and whirl her in the air.
"He had a way with women
which made him irresistible to
them, so that one woman, disap~
pointed with what life had given
her, sought consolation in this re-
markable young man.
= THAT woman was Mrs. Elsie
Breaks"
The verdict of the jury was that
Holt murdered Mrs. Breaks. Her
body was found in the sandhills
near Manchester.
Her ''Superman"
According to the evidence, Mrs |
Breaks, who was infatuated with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

Breaks were engaged, and Holt sug-
gested that each Of them take out
life insurance policy. She agreed
and Holt obtained a policy for her
of $4,000, which was far in ex-
cess of her ability to carry. He
paid the first and only premium
paid on it.
Then Holt persuaded Mrs. Breaks
to make will in his favor, saying
he would do the same for her. He
neither made will nor took out an
insurance policy.
Mrs. Breaks was murdered the
cay after She made hez will.
There was little doubt at any time
as to the guilt Of Holt, although he
did set up a claim to an albi as
we'll as a plea of insanity. The
real contest was over the mental
responsibility Of the prisoner. His
counsel offered the life Of Holt be-
fore and after his war service az
proof that he was insane. Experts
testified that Holt was a victim of
decisions. A letter written by Holt
TO Mrs. Breaks a few days before
the murder was apparently that of
man deeply IN love, and this was
cited as proof that Holt either did
not kill the woman or was insane
when he did so.
On the other hand, the prosecu-
ton asserted that only sane man
could have planned such a crime
and carried it out with such clever
ness.
Denounced Curious Women
The trial attracted immense
throngs, most of the spectators be-
ing women. Their curiosity SO en-
ragged Sir Edward Marshall Hall.
Hollis attorney, that he denounced
them in a speech, saying:
ut makes one feel sick for the
femininity Of this country that
women should come in their dozens
day by day and gloat over the trou-
BILE Of a man on trial for his life.o
The jury, after considering the
case less than an hour, found Holt
guilty. Holt stood calmly as the
sentence of death was pronounced
upon him, and at the conclusion of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

along its eastern shore from Gary,
at the southern extremity. TO Macki-
mac, at the northern, with compare
lively few breaks or Interruptions
Throughout this region the sands
near the waters edge, in dry wealth
er, emit peculiar but definite
and unmistakable sound when the
foot Of the pedestrian pushes
through them in an abrasive way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
PICTURESQUE KIT"
DALTON, aOhose death q
fen aceehs ago leaves only
one s7rv5vor of the James
boys band of robbers

his own conclusions as to whether
he took part in them.
When the trails in Missouri got
too hot for him he went to Texas,
rode the ranges for while, and then
met up" down there with Sam
Bass, Of Indiana" who was then
running branch department of the
train robbery industry in Texas
fields. Sam was short OF funds and
a trifle of stage robbery was pulled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
Kit Dalton DEATH Few Weeks
Ago Leaves Jim Cummings as
the Only Survivor

out at fifteen as private in For
rests raiders, he Joined Quantrell's
band when still in his teens. rode
with him in Missouri and Kentucky
and was the last, he states, to leave
his chief in his death grapple at
Wakefield's barn in Kentucky.
The way over, he became the boon
companion Of the Jameses and the
Youngers, and, while he does not 20
to the length Of open confession
in his book, he shows an intimate
knowledge Of all their daring rob-
berries and leaves the reader to draw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

the business began to droep. a.
Jack Kennedy, known Is III. "a
Hunter" did his best a ssw :.
later to introduce some iilnox,s.'
and to put it on a profitable ana II
basis, but without success.
Kennedy won his It'll. Of %.
Hunter" from the fact tina. b. Il
arrested one night while riding I'll
to his work dressed In full ,..,
and, in response to question, ;.
the reasons for hss sbundanc. 3,
tillery, replied; "T'm going o,.,
hurting"
To Kennedy, however, balor., =,
distinction Of having introduced u
first modern safety devices int, .
system. The James boys me.hos j
work was primitive but cffectiv.
trihe rougher and more dan,.r
than that later adopted BIZ Ksp,.aI
but proportionstely more pros,,.
They usually piled the track with =
structions, waved red signal =.
tern, and when the train s.a,..
they boarded it with terro-;,,
rebel yells and fusillade Of Dir.
shots on both sides of the tn,
After the express messengers va,
attended to, two Of the oper,...
went through the passenger cos,s.
and took up the final collection !,
gunnysack. But little attention v,
given to the detail % costume
bandanna handkerchief over Il,
lower part Of the face and a IN,
buster generally suficed them =,
disguise.
Introduced New Techniow
When Kennedy undertook I'll
establish the game in the "Crs.sy
neck" district he displayed an ain,
lutte genius for new technique. p
had been q railroad engineer q.
knew how to run a locomotive. s
after stopping a train in the old, q,
proved method, he cut off the b,
gage and express cars and. jumpF,
into the engine, relieved Tn. q
ginecr and personally conducted Il
two treasure cars g few miles 10 d
road, where he could finish the bus
ness at his leisure.
And as for costume, Kennedy W
real artist. His outfit for the 70.
consisted Of a ku-klux shroud. fsh
whiskers and SLOUGH hat-s makes
itself sufficient to strike terror in
his victims almost without the mG
revolver and Winchester rife WIKI
were prominently in evidence.
But for all his technique and e.
tuners skill, his headwork ",
weak. After one good job in Ii
Blue Cut that netted his gang 10
sum he took to the flowing bosl
which was strictly against the Jsn'
boys tenets-and talked Inns
into the penitentiary.
He was the last OF the old scas
to retire from the active pursuit
business.
= 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
ROTH WELL
Il HOLT, ex-ieutenant of the
Il British army, is in Manches-

II HOLT, ex-heutenant of the
n British army, is in Manches-
ter Prison, under sentence
of death for one of the most brutal
murders in the history of English
crime.
The brutality of the crime, how
ever, is not what makes it worthy
Of more than passing notice. The
real problem is: Did the war meta
norphose Frederick Rothwell Holt,
making Mr.. Hyde of one who had
been a Dr.. Jekyll?
Before he went to war Eric Holt.
ss he was generally known, was a
quiet, industrious, rather retiring
young man, a university graduate
who went from school into an engi-
neering position to which he devoted
his time faithfully He had a pri-
vate income that more than sufficed
for his simple needs.
A Different Man
1t was different Eric Holt who
returned from France. An English
writer we'll describes the 'before
and after" character of the lieuten-
ant:
Socially Eric Holt, as he was
Familiarity known, belongs to the
big middle class group who live
comfortably in we'll built houses,
surrounded with every reasonable
luxury. Most of his thirty-one years
was spent at Lytham, where he was
educated at q first class private
school.
There was nothing in his boy
hood days to mark him out as being
abnormal--he appeared to be just
(: healthy lad Of temperate ambi-
tons.
Later he became apprenticed to
large firm Of engineers at Pres
ton. When he became of age he
inherited what in former days was
considered very good income from
his mother. The sum has been put
at $500 per annum, but those who
have a more intimate knowledge Of
his affairs aver that it was consid-
erably in excess Of that amount. At
any rate, it was sufficient for Eric
to live life OF ease and have what |
is called good time.
"There you have the picture of |
Erie Holt at the age Of twenty-one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

modern features Of the game that
commcnds itself to sentiment or ap-
peals to the imagination.
But the bold raiders of Exit" Dali
tons day We're the Little Johns, the
Allan-a-Dales, the Dick Turpins and
the Rob Roys Of the trade-at least
in popular magma Theirs were
oil the properties and the concomi-
tants of the bandits of the opera
swift, blooded steeds for Gross coun-
try sally and flight, hairbreadth es-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

the days when Quantrell's guerrillas
found iii "Crackerneck" their most
SECURE place Of refuge and the still
later times when the James boys and
the Younger brothers held it in
feudal mastery as a recruiting and
mastering ground for their night
riding expeditions. The very name
Of "Crackerneck" is almost for
gotten one.
After the removal OF Jesse James
and the surrender of Frank. in 1882,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
IN APRIL s, In Memphis,
Tenn, where he had lived
for the last thirty years in

for the last thirty years in
the peaceful enjoyment Of
The midwest glamour that halos the
heads Of the retired guerrillas and
bandits Of the border war days and
the succeeding period, there passed
away Captain Exit" Dalton, one Of
the few remaining human links that
connect the present generation with
the one, now half-century removed,
that knew Quantrell, the grim chief
tain of the black flag, and those
original old masters of.the train rob-
bing industry, the James boys and
the Younger brothers.
There still remain about dozen
of the grizzled veterans Of Guam
trell's band, who, though widely
scattered throughout the country,
meet each year at a reunion in
Jackson County, Mo-, and vow that
they will continue to do so until the
last of the band is gone.
Jim Cummings the Last
Of the old James gang Of bandits,
now that exit" Dalton has passed
along, but one remains-the once
much sought for Jim Cummings,
now a feeble old man who makes a
living by peddling his book of me-
moirs at Excelsior Springs, in Clay
County, Mo-, a watering place near
the old James homestead at Kear-
hey.
Exit" Dalton was seventy seven
years old at the time Of his death.
He was a picturesque type Of the old
time fre-eating Southerner.' He
wore his hair in long cavalier curls
shat swept his coat collar and wore
the Confederate uniform to the
last Slight of build and weighing
less than 120 pounds, he achieved
a reputation for daring and devilry
in his early career that was only
cqualed, according to no less an &C
count than his own, by Quantrell
himself. Some years before his
death. after waiting, as he said, Gun
I'll the statute Of limitations had
run'-he published a book, "Under
The Black Flag" which is one of the
most remarkable productions in the
annals of picturesque literature.
1t is one of the best sellers in the
West and South, largely owing to
the fact that it was circulated by
the doughty captain himself at coun-
y fairs and from the lecture plat
form. In it he frankly tells the
story of his life "as a guerrilla cap
tain under Quantrell and a border
outlaw for seventeen years"
A Raider at Fifteen
There is matter enough in this
nook to make hundred yellow
hacked novels of the kind that
Beadle used to turn out. Starting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

erneclS" is now fourishing country
suburb of Kansas City. Rock boule-
wards and oiled roads surround and
traverse this district once given over
to the wilderness of nature as we'll
as to the lawlessness of man. Spleen
did country houses with big stone
garages now attest the great
changes that time has wrought since
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
HIDING PLACE of the James boys u, the "Cyucter-
mec district, famous haunt of bandits IN Missouri

capes from the minions Of the law,
the loot divided under the green
wood trees, and the secret haunts of
refuge in the friendly Businesses of
the Snl Hills or the "Crackerncck"
district of jackson County.
Now a City Suburb
The captain and the kings of the
industry have all departed. "Crack-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

in Hollis desire to rid himself of
an affair Of which he was tired
and the more substantial desire to
profit from an insurance policy car
ried by Mrs. Breaks. Holt and Mrs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
y One of James Boys Gang of Robbers Is Now Ally

off on the Austin and San Antonio
Nne In the spring of "a. Exit" Dal-
ton did not claim in his disclosures
to be participant--he never made
that mistake. He was too much Of
a literary artist to lay himself open
in that way. He handles the matter
delicately, thus:
Never Incrin,inated Himself
~ was with Sam Bass shortly af
ter this thrilling incident, and have
every reason to believe the proceeds
from the Austin and San Antonio
stage robbery were divided into four
equal shares, something like this:
The dividend being $4,000 and the
divisor 4, the quotient would neces-
sarily be $500, or, in better mathe-
NAUTICAL form, $4,000 divided by 4
equals Sam Bass, Joe Collins, Bill
Jackson and a gentleman of small
stature lately arrived from Mis-
souri,
The proceeds Of the Mesquite
switch robbery, full-sized train Job
done by Sam Bass in regulation
Jesse James style, were divided, &C
cording to Dalton's memoirs, between
"Sam Bass, Jim and Joe Collins and
another gentleman who was warm
personal friend of mine"
But the rangers soon pumped Sam
Bass and the Collins boys full of
lead and the '1ittle gentleman from
Missouri" made another one of his
remarkable escapes.
The next heard of him he was in
Garcia's camp In Cuba, teaching the
insurgents bushwhacking tactics,
where he remained until the dengue
fever sent him back to his native
heath again.
Just how Exit" managed to square
things, after all his exploits on the
road, he did not reveal in his other
wtso frank narrative, but square
them some way he did, for he went
back to his old home in Memphis
within a few years and lived the life
of happy, peaceful and contented
ex-bandit until his death a few
weeks ago
Attended All the Reunions
exit" Dalton. with his long hair
and in a suit Of faultless Confeder-
crate gray, was conspicuous figure
for many years at the gatherings of
the old guerrilla clan in their old
| time habitat in the Blue Ridge hills
of jackson County. Mo-, and at the
Confederate reunions throughout the
country. He was an anachronism
whose generation had long passed
him by, belonging to a day when
there was still a glamour Of Rob Roy
mystery and romance hanging
around the guerrilla bands that had
turned to robbery in a spirit Of re-
prlsal and revenge and for seven
teen years had made their names a
terror throughout the Western and
Southern states.
There are train robbers and bank
robbers to~day-plenty Of them-but
they ride prosaically to their work
in motor cars and make their escape
through the crowded city streets.
They don't even take the trouble to
wear masks, and there is little in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

Holt and called him her "super-
man." was lured by Holt on an ex-
cursion into the country and there
shot and beaten to death.
A motive for the crime was found
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
Singing Sands

4 \ INTERESTING attempt is
~ made by writer in Science"
to explain the singing sands
of Lake Michigan. These extend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

the judges remarks he turned on
his heel, thrust his hands in his !
coat pockets and walked briskly |
back to his cell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

off on the Austin and San Antonio
line In the spring of IA. Exit" Dali
ton did not claim in his disclosures
to be- 81 participant--he never made
that mistake. He was too much OF
literary artist to lay himself open
in that way. He handles the matter
delicately, thus:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
A Raider at Fifteen

There is matter enough in thi
book to make hundred yellow
hacked novels of the kind tina
Beadle used to turn out. Startinl