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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-05-20

was into his pocket. Then the other
man lodged and went away. and did
II so quick that i didn't see which
way he went or what became Of him.
Durgin must have run after he left
the corner. for / didn't see anything
more of him until ] got to the Office"
"He was there when you came inn"
II was Mr.. Norcross who wanted TO
know.
Eyes. He had his coat off and was
at work on the, train sheet. / don't
think Durgin left his chair. or said
anything to anybody until he jumped
ND and began 10 walk the floor taking
on and saying that he'd put Four and
Five together on the single track
There was silence for a little time.
and when the boss said. "Do you
think you would recognize the man
I'm the snuff-colored Overcoat, IL you
should see him again?"
"Yes, I might; II he had on the
same coat and hat"
"That will do, then. Keep this thing
TO yourself and If the newspaper peo-
pie come after you. send them to Mr..
Van Britt or to me-"
After Morris had gone. Mr.. Van Britt
shook his head sort of savagely.
"Its HI. Graham" he ripped out,
bouncing to his feet and beginning to
tramp up and down the room. "TO
think that these devils would take the
chance of numbering lot of totally
innocent people to gain their endl
What are you going to do about it?"
81 don't know yet, Upton; but 1
am going to do something. This state
Of affairs can't go on. The simplest
thing is for me to throw up the job
and let the Short Line drop back into
the old rut. I'm not sure that 1t
wouldn't save good many lives in
the end If / should do It, And yet it
seems such cowardly thing to do
to resign under fire."
Mr.. Van Britt had his hand on the
me warm to my finger-tlps.
"We're all standing by you, Ora
ham; all, you understandable the last
man and the last ditch. And you're
not going to pitch 1t up; you're go
ing to stay until you have thrown the
harpoon into these high-binders, clear
up to the hitchings. That's my pro-
phecy. The troubles over for tonight,
and you'd better go up to the hotel
and turn In. There is another day
coming, or If there isn't, 1t won't make
any difference to any of US. Good
night"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-05-20

broad principle that the public had a
right TO be given all the facts in
railroad disaster Mr. Norcr0ss was
just telling me TO call up the Noun
talneer office. when Tarbell. calmly
linking time reports upon the train
sheet. flung down his pen and snatched
at his key to break" the chatterlng
sounder.
Mr. Van Britt had come upstairs
again. and he and the boss were both
standing over Tarbell when the "G-S'
break cleared the wire. Instantly there
came quick call, "G-S" "G-S" fol-
lowed by the signature. "B-J" for
Bauxite Junction. Tarbell answered,
and then we all heard what Bauxite
had TO say:
"Pusher overlook Number Four three
miles west of Sand Creek and has
brought her hack here. What orders
for herr"
Somebody groaned. "Oh, thank God !"
and Mr.. Van Britt dropped into a
chair as IL he had been hit by a can
non ball. Only the boss kept his head
calling out sharply to Disbrow TO break
or on the doctors list and to hurry
and stop Kirgan from getting away
with the wrecking train.
When II was all over, and Tarbell
had been given charge of the dis
patching while hurry call was sent
out for the night relief man, DonOhue,
to come down and take the train desk
there was a little committee meeting
I'm the general managers Office, with
the boss in the chair, and Mr.. Van
Britt sitting in for the other member.
'Of course, you've drawn your own
conclusions, Upton" the boss began
when he had asked me to shut the
door.
II guess So" was the grave re-
joinder. ''I'm afraid II is only too
plain that Durgin was hired to do it,
What became Of the money!"
81 have il here" said the boss. and
he took the blood-mOney bank-rOll
from his pocket and removed the rub
Der band. Count it, Jimmie" he or
dered, passing 1t to me.
ran through the bunch. 1t was
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-05-20

in twenties and fifties. and there was
an even thousand dollars.
THAT is the price of mans life,"
said Mr.. Van Britt, soberly, and then
Mr.. Norcross said, "Who knows any
thing about Durgin? Was he a mar
ried MANI"
Mr.. Van Britt shook his head.
HE had been married, but he and
his wife didn't live together He had
no relatives here. / knew him in the
southwest two years ago. He'd had
domestic trouble of some kind. and
didn't mix or mingle much with the
other men. But he was a good dis
patcher, and two months ago. when
we had an opening here, / sent for
him."
you think there is no doubt but
that he was bribed to put those trains
together tonightr'
"None in the least-only I wish we
had little better proof of It,"
"Where did he live?"
"He boarded at Mrs. Chambers. out
on Cross street. Morris boards there.
too, believe"
The boss turned to me.
Jimmie. go and get Norris"
carried the call and brought Nor
ris back with me. He was cheerful,
red-headed fellow, and everybody liked
him.
1T isn't a 'sweat-box' session. Nor
ris," said the boss, quietly. when we
came In and the relief operator sat
down, sort Of half scared, on the edge
OF a chair. I'VE want to know some
thing more about Durgin. He roomed
at your place. didn't her
Morris admitted II, but said he'd
never been very chummy with the dis
patcher; that Durgin wasn't chummy
with anybody. Then the boss went
straight TO the point. as he usually
did.
happened in the other room. Can you
tell us anything about that money!
pointing TO the pile Of bills on my
desk.
Billy Morris wriggled himself into
little better chair-hold. Nothing
that would he worth telling II things
hadn't turned out just as they have"
he returned. But now guess ] know.
left Mrs. Chambers this evening
about eleven o'clock 10 come on duty.
and Durgin was just ahead Of me.
Some fellow-a man In a snuff-colored
overcoat and with soft hat pulled
down so that I couldn't see his face
stopped Durgin on the sidewalk, and
they talked together.
81 didn't hear what was said. but I saw
the overcoated man pass something to
purgIn and saw Durgin put whatever II
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-05-20

night was fine and sfarlit. but there
was no moon and the canyon shadows
doomed like huge walls to shut us In.
On the reverse curves I could oc-
casionally get a glimpse Of the red
tail lights of the engine which ought.
by rights. to have been i've full min
utes ahead Of us. 1t was still hold
ing Its short lead, jogging along az
leisurely as we were.
With nothing to do and not much
to see. got sleepy after a while,
and about the time when / was think.
ing that I might as well climb back
over the tender and turn In, doxed
of right there on the fireman's box
which was safe enough, at the snail's
pace we were running. When I awoke
1t was nearly one O'clock In the morn
ing, and we had worried through tho
thirty-miles of canyon run and were
climbing the steep talus Of Slide noun
tain.
While I was rubbing my eyes, the
eight-wheeler gave another little Jerk,
and I saw that Chandler was slowing
for stop; saw this and got glimpse
of somebody on the track ahead, nag-
ging US down with a lantern.
A minute later the brakes had been
set and Buck and were of. As We
swung down from the engine step,
Maclise Joined us, and we went %
meet the man with the lantern. He
was the fireman Of the engine ahead.
and when we got around on the track
/ saw that our first section" was
stopped just little way farther on.
"What is 1t, Barty" said Maclise,
when we came up to the fireman.
"It's them h-l-fired wreckers again."
was the gritting reply. Rail Joint
disconnected and sprung out SOS to
let us off down the mountain"
l thought it was up to me to 60
back and tell the boss, but there
wasn't any need Of 1t. The stop or
the slow running or something had
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-05-20

reused him, and he was up and dressed
and coming along beside the engine.
When he came up, Maclise told him
why we were stopping. He didn't say
anything about the rail break. but he
did ask, sort of sharp and quick, what
engine that was up ahead.
I don't know what Maclise told him.
Chandler turned to 60 back to his en-
CINE. and the rest Of us were moving
along the other way, the boss setting
the pace with Maclise at his elbow.
Three rall-lengths ahead Of the stopped
light engine we came to the break.
The head engineer and another man
were down on their hands and knees
examining 1t, and when they stood up
at our coming, saw that the other
man was Mr.. Van Britt.
ITO BE CONTINUED.)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-05-20
CHAPTER XIII
What the Pilot Enaine Found


For time after the suicide Of the
off-trick- dispatcher the wreck epidemic
paused. Acting upon Mr.. NOrcross'
suggestion, Mr.. Van Britt called his
trainmen in, crew at q time, and
gave them the straight tip; and after
that the hoodoo died a natural death,
and good many pairs of eyes all
along the Short Line were keeping a
sharp lookout for the trouble-makers.
In the meantime, Tarbell, still dig
ging faithfully. managed to turn up
a few facts that were worth some
thing. In the Petrolite case he found
lone prospector living in a shack
high up on the farther side Of the
canyon who told him that late in the
evening of the day preceding the
wreck he had seen two men climbing
the slope from which the boulder had
been dislodged, and that one Of them
was carrying a pick. Also, further in
vestigation seemed to prove that the
rail which the blow of the rock was
supposed to have knocked loose had
been previously weakened. either by
drawing some of the spikes. or by
unscrewing the nuts on the bolts at
the joints.
In another field, and this time under
Ripley's instructions. our ex-cow-
punch had been able to set and bait
a trap. BY dlligent search he had
found the man Murphy, the Clanahan
henchman, who, under pressure, had
given away the Timber Mountain plot
which had cllmaxed In the kidnapping
Of the boss. This man had been de-
Iiberately shot In bar-rOom brawl
and left for dead. But he had crawled
away and had got out of town to live
and recover at q distant cattle ranch
in the Limberton hills.
When Tarbell discovered him he had
cut out the booze, had grown beard,
and was thlrsting for vengeance. Tar
bell brought him back to Portal City,
and presently there began to be de-
velopments. Murphy knew all the
ropes. In little time. Ripley. with
Tarbell's help. was loaded for bear.
One chilly October afternoon the law
yer came down to our Office to tell
Mr.. Norcross that the game was cor
nered.
"All YOU have to do now Is to give
the word" was the way Ripley wound
up. "You refused TO do II on former
occasion, because we couldn't get the
men higher up. This time we can
nail Clanahan. and good few Of the
political gangsters and bosses In the
other towns along the line. What do
you sayT"
The boss looked up with the little
horseshoe frown wrinkling between
his eyes.
"Can we get Hatch and Henckel"
"No; not yet"
"very well then you may lock those
papers up in your safe and well wait.
When you can see your way clear TO
a criminal trial. with Rufus Hatch
and Gustave Henckel In the prisoners
dock, well start the legal machinery:
but not before"
BY now we were right on the eve
OF the state election. AS far as any
body could see, the railroad had stayed
free and clear Of the political fight.
The boss had kept his promise to main
tain neutrality and was still keep
Ing IT,
At the appointed time the big day
dawned. and the political wind-up held
the center Of the stage. So far as we
were concerned. II passed off very quiet
~. Along in the afternoon the newspa-
per, Offices began. to put out bulletins,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-05-20
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-04-26
K. P. A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TO MEET.

The executive committee of the
Kentucky Press Association will meet
at the Seelbach Hotel, Louisville,
Saturday, April %, at 10 a. M, to
discuss plans and select the time and
place of the midsummer meeting,
1t was announced by Secretary
j. G. Alcock.
Danville, Dawson Springs and Ce-
rulean Springs are among the places
being considered for holding the next
meeting, and Danville is. going to
make a strong bid for the honor of
entertaining the Kentucky editors at
the midsummer meeting.
The officers of the First District
Publishers Association have been in
vited to meet with the editors at the
meeting of the executive committee
Of the X. p. A. in Louisville, April. %,
to discuss the advisability of a joint
meeting of the two associations.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-04-26
G0-TO-SUNDAY-SCHOOL DIAL SUN.
DAY, MAY /.

One of the most interesting relig-
ieus movements of recent years is the
"Go-to Sunday School, movement,
which has for its object the increas-
ing of attendance on the schools, and
the renewing of interest in Sunday
school work This is one of the most
laudable enterprises that can engage
the attention and enlist the sympa-
thies of the young people, especially,
of the community. Every effort will
be made by the Sunday schools of
Paris and the country to make the at
tendance on May 1 a record-breaking
one.
The healthy stimulation of Sunday
school work afforded by the "Go-to-
Sunday-School movement is we'll cal
culated to promote a larger attend
ance and greater interest. Pupils If
the various schools will work with
a right hearty good will to bring
Bourbon county to the front in the
matter of Sunday school attendance
on May /. Let everyone put forth
every effort to make old Bourbon
county take a place in the front
rank, Go to your Sunday school OF
some other one, on May 1, and try to
persuade some of your friends who
have not been in the habit of at
tending to go at least that day.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-04-26
CALL FOR MASS MEETING OF CIT
IZENS.

In response to petition to the
City Council, signed by large num-
Der of Paris water consumers, Mayor
E. B. January yesterday issued a call
for a mass meeting of Paris citizens
to be held in the court house to-
night Tuesday, at 1880 o'clock.
In the language of the petition the
meeting is called 'for the purpose of
discussing and arriving at the proper
method of fighting, settling or com
promising with the Paris Water
Company"
A. survey of the conditions in Cen
trail Kentucky towns in this vicinity
where the facilities are practically
same as those in Paris disclosed the
fact that Paris is now paying high
er water rate than the neighborins
towns. With this knowledge, to-
gether with the fact that the prices
of all articles to be taken into con
sideration in this proposition are
lower than they were last year, citi-
zens of Paris are unable to see log.
ical reason for an increase in water
rates in Paris this year.
Every Paris man and woman who
is interested in the matter of secu :"
ing a more equitable water rate i:
urged to attend this meeting. b
sure to be there!
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-04-26
DANVuLE ASKS PRESS ASSOCI
ALTON IN JUNE.

At meeting of the officers and d.
rectors of the Danville Chamber of
Commerce it was unanimously agreed
to extend an invitation to the Ken
lucky Press Association to hold its
next annual summer meeting at Dan
Vile during commencement week at
Centre College, June 6.
In the event the editors accept.
arrangements will be made to enter
tain them at the Kentucky College
for Women, as the college year will
then be over at that institution and
sufficient room may be had there to
take care of the crowd.
Danville has not entertained the
Kentucky Press Association since
1888. H. e. voolfolk, superintend-
ent of the Danville Water Works, is
a former president of the X. P. A.
Colonel w. v. Richardson, of Dan
vile, was a former secretary and j.
c. Alcock is now secretary Of the as
ISOLATION.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-04-26
COMMERCIAL CLUB ACTIVITIES

Efforts to effect organization of a
permanent Community Service Com
mittee in Paris last week resulted in
the selection of committee from
the. Paris Commercial Club, COM
posed of M. Peale Collier, N. Ford
Brent, e. B. January and Judge
Denis DundOn to determine the form
and select the personnel of the per-
manent committee. Those who at
tended the meeting were members of
a temporary committee who had ex-
tended an invitation to the National
Community Service, Inc, of New
York, to send representative to
Paris to superintend playground and
other activities. This work will be
in charge of F. E. Allemong, of Chi
cago. While the permanent commit
tee is being organized Mr.. Allemong
will make a survey of playground
sites that have been offered. AS soon
as the permanent committee is de-
termined, efforts will be made to get
the sites in shape for immediate use.
A meeting of all persons interested
in the organization of tennis club
will be held this week in the Office
of the Commercial Club. 1t is the
plan of those promoting the organi-
zation of the club to build several
tennis courts at convenient location
in or near the city.
The regular meeting of the Board
of Directors was held last night in
the offices of the Peoples-Deposit
Bank and Trust Company. A num-
Der of important business matters
were brought up and discussed.
| The seventh MONDAY luncheon will
' be given to-day by the Commercial
Club. This will be chicken dinner
which will be served in the Methodist
church by the Young Peoples Mis-
sionary Society of the Church. The
principal speaker on this occasion
ganizer for the Community Service
Inc, of New York, who is in Pari:
to supervise parks and playground
work for the city nuder auspices OF
the Commercial Club. The dinner
will be served at the usual price, ant
the attendance will be limited tt
eighty. The luncheons given in thu
past by the Commercial Club have
proven highly successful and have de
veloped a helpful spirit of co-opera
ton, interest and enthusiasm anon.
the business men of Paris.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-04-26
OFFICIALS FOR ATHLETIC FIELD
MEETING

The following officials have been
selected to officiate at the High School
Field Meet, to be held in this city,
on April 1880:
Business Manager-L. F. Zerfoss;
Director of Games-C. b. Harrison:
Referee and Starter-E. King; Fiel&
Clerk-Owen L. Davis; Clerk Of
Course-John T. Port; Timers+Hor-
ace Cleveland, John M. Brennan, A.
B. Hancock; Field Judges. C. Da-
wilson, VIM. o. Hinton, r. F. Collier,
Warren Jones, Ayelette Buckner, Jas.
M. Caldwell; Judges of Finish
Dewel Kimball, M. Peale Collier, DR..
]. w. Carr; Field Physician-Dr.
Avonia E. Kiser; Publicity Agent
WIN. e. Hacker; Judges of Drills
Robert Hinton, Elfo King, Jesse O.
Sibley; Announcer-Dr. D. s. Henry;
Inspectors-James Thompson, Dave
Clark, Robert Gilkey. Henry S. Cay
wood.
The Program Committee is plan
ming special treat in the way of an
athletic contest between some Of the
rival political candidates. The fea-
ture event of this contest will be a
tug of war between the two Sher-
ifs tickets. Candidates for Repre-.
sentative will have fifty-yard dash
The loving cup to be presented by the
Paris Commercial Club to the win.
ming school has been put on exhibi.
ton in the show window of Shire 6
Fithian's jewelry store.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-04-26
POPULAR FORMER OFFICIAL
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE

dependency from long continued
Illness prompted j. o. Marshall. for
mer deputy sheriff of Bourbon CONN.,
", TO end his life. News to that ef-
rect was sent here Friday morning
from the hewitt Sanitarium, in Lex
lngton, where Mr.. Marshall had been
patient for several days.
Mr.. Marshall had been in bad
heaIth for several months. Last No
Vember he went to Hot Springs, Ark.
In hopes of recovering his shattered
health, but did not benefit very ma
terlally by his stay there. Returning
10 Paris he spent some time on HIS
Drother's farm, near Lexington, and
later went to private sanitarium in
CINCINNATI. About week ago he
was brought to the hewitt Sanitarium
in Lexington.
Mr.. Marshall was native of Bour-
bon county, having been born near
M1llersburg. He was a son of the
late j. T. Marshall. He graduated
in dentistry, but practiced his profess
sion only a short time, engaging In
farming. For the past eleven years
he had been deputy sheriff Of Bour-
bon county. doc" Marshall, as he
was Familiarity known, was one of the
most popular men in the county, and
had a host of friends who sincerely
regret his untimely end.
Mr.. Marshall is survived by his
widow, formerly Miss Mary Lydick.
of Cynthiana, and one son, William
Marshall; three brothers, Charles
Marshall, of Lexington, John Mar
shall, of Fayette county, and Thomas
Marshall, of Millersburg; three sis
tiers, Miss Ella Marshall, of Millers-
burg; Mrs. Sue Robinson, of Tenn
essee, and Mrs. Anna Blakely, of near
Louisville.
The body was brought Friday af-
ternoon from Lexington to the fam
lily home on Second street, in this
city. where the funeral was held at
three o'clock, Sunday afternoon, with
services conducted by Rev. w. e.
Ellis, pastor of the Paris Christian
church, assisted by Rev. T. s. Smylie.
pastor of the Paris Presbyterian
church. The services was private, as
was the burial, which took place o0
the family lot in the Millersburg
Cemetery.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-04-26
LOWER FIRE RATES ASSURED
FOR PARIS

The new motor pumper, pur-
chased sometime ago by the Paris
City Council, was given a thorough
workout test by the fire department,
for the benefit of Mr.. Clemmons, of
the State Insurance Commission, and
the State Acturial Bureau, of Louis
vile.
The test was pronounced 100 per
cent. perfect by Mr.. Clemmons, who
declared that the rates for fire insur-
Fance in Paris would be materially
lowered in the near future. Mr.
Clemmons gave the local fire depart
ment "the once-over" and expressed
himself as being much pleased
with the equipment and the person
mel of the department.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-04-26
HOSTS TO PHYSICIANS

Dr.. and Mrs. Chas. G.. Daugherty
were hosts at their home on Pleasant
street to the members of the Bourbon
county Medical Society Besides "the
feast of reason and flow and SOUL the
inner man was RECALLED with sub
stantial supper, following the bust
ness meeting.
The principal speakers at the meet
ing were Drs. Bonnifield, of Cincin-
natl, and Vance, Of Lexington. The
full membership of the Association
was present, also Drs. Voolfolk Bar
row, David Barrow, Frank Clark
Kinnaird and Briggs, all of Lexing-
ton.