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New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Fleming, Democrat,
Wins Moyoralty at Troy
Reelected by Majority OF 4,O87;
Rourke Defeats Morrisey, a
Republican, for the assembly

RepuDtEC0Et, jOT the Assembly
TROY, N. Y, Nov. S.-Mayor James
W. Fleming, Democrat, was reelected
to-day by majority Of 4,0S7. John F..
Rourke. Democrat, was elected member
of Assembly from the 1st District Of
Rensselaer, County, defeating the pres
ert member, Hugh C. Morrise Repub-
lican, by about 800 votes. The Common
Council, wh ch had been Republican,
was won by the Democrats.
Townsend Scudder, Democratic can
didate for Court of Appeals associ tie
judge, carried the city by 3,054, but at
10 clock tonight members of the
county Republican organization esti-
mated that William S. Andrews, Re-
publican candidate, would carry the
county by at least 1000 votes. Scudder
had the normal Democratic major.t IN
the city, the bonus decision net SEEM
ing to make any difference in the vote.
Mayor Fleming defeated his Repub-
lican opponent, John a. Kapps, with a
majority far grea er than the Demo
cratic managers had pred cted. Flem-
ing got 1909 votes and Kapps 1892.
His success is attributed in consid-
cradle degree to the return to active
participation in politics of Joseph j.
Murphy, the we'll known upstate Demo
cratic leader. Shortly after Thomas H..
McDonough, of this city, Superintend :
ent of Public Buildings under Governor
Smith, was removed, Murphy had what
was termed a break with Governor
Smith and announced that he had re-
tired from politics.
The indications we're that every can
didate on the Republican county ticket
wou d he elected. The county is nor
ma,ly Republican.
AssemD4yman Arthur E. Cowee from
the I'd Assembly District was re-
elected.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Kingston.

:. KINGSTON, N. Y, Nov. s.--w. P.
Crane, Republican. defeated Dr.. w. E.
Little, Democrat, for Mayor Of King
ston by majority of 1000.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Poughkccpsie

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. Nov. s.
Complete unofficial returns for Mayor
give George D. Campbell, Republican,
4,202; Daniel W. Wilbur. Democrat,
1887. Campbell's majority, $685. Six
Of seven Republican Aldermen were
elected.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Port ferpfs

PORT JERvIS, N. Y, Nov. s.--P. C.
Rutan, Fusion candidate, was elected
Mayor to-day by a majority of about
700 over E. B. Crane, Peoples Party
candidate.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Genera

GENEVA, N. Y, Nov. 9.-Robert A.
Catchpole, Republican, was elected
Mayor of Geneva to-day, defeating his
Democratic opponent, Henry G. Manley,
by 636 votes.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Cohoes

COHES. N. Y, Nov. s.-The Demo
erats swept Cohoes in to-day's mun;e;nal
election. electing their mayoralty can.
didate, Daniel J.. Cosgro, by a plurality
OF l,022 over his Republican opp 1nent.
andrew Scotland. The Democrats also
elected five OF the six members OF the
Board of Aldermen.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Fulton

FULTON. N. Y, Nov. s,-Mayor John
W. Stevenson, Republican, was re-
elected over his Democratic opponent,
George B. Palmer, by $50 votes.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
G!orersriIIe

GLovERsvILLE, N. Y, Nov. s.--Tho
city of Gl l;versvilie complete gives
Frank A. Fatten, Republican, for Mayor,
for Mayor, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Salamanca

SALAMANCA, N. Y. Nov. s-Henry
F. McCann, Democratic nominee for
Mayor, was elected to-day by majority
lican.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
UIeuu

OLEAN, n. Y, Nov. S.--Peter C.
Foley, Democrat, was elected for his
fourth term as Mayor over NJ. Hancock
Republican. Foley's majority was 1860.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Oneida

ONEIDA, N. Y, Nov. s.-Harry J.
Sceifele. Republican, was elected
Mayor of Oneida to-day by 503 ma
jority over Dr.. Roy Blanchard, Dem
Ocrat.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Corning

CORNING, N. ", Nov. s. Samuel f.
Quackenbush, Republican, former AS
semblyman. WAS elected Mayor of
Corning to-day. In a three-cornered
fight. by plurality Of 45 over James
?. Hallahan, Democrat, and James o.
Sebling, Independent and Socialist.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Ithaca

ITHACA, N. l., Nov. S.--Louis P.
Smith, Republican, indorsed by the
Democrats, was to-day elected Mayor
Of Ithaca. His only opponent, w. j. G.
Wismar, Socialist, received small
vote.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Iohnstoipn

JOHNSTOwN, N. Y, Nov. s.--wi,-
liam w. Chamberlain, Republican, was
de eated for re-electi n. in the local
Mayoralty election to-day by Percy
Ripton, Democrat. The vote was:
Rlpton, 1881; Chamberlain, 1925.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09

BTNGHAMToN, N. Y, Nov 81
Thomas A. Wilson, Republican, was re-
elected Mayor Of Binghamton, by an
overwhelming majority over his op-
ponent, Delbert Colburn, Democrat.
Complete returns: Wilson, $3.50; Col
burn, 4,122.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
PIdttsburg

,PLATTSBURG. N. Y, Nov. S.
Merritt Spear, Republican. was elected
mayor OF Plattsburg to-day. defeat
lng harry NJ. Cooke, Democrat, by
ilfty-two votes.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Dunkirk

DUNKIRK, N. Y, Nov. 8.-Glenn w
Woodin: Republican-Fusion candidate
was elected Mayor.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Os,ccgo

OSWEGO, N. Y, Nov. S.-~-M. P. Neal,
Republican, was elected Mayor of
Oswcgo to-day over his Democratic
opponent.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Lockdpauuu

LACKAWANN4A, ~. Y, Nov. g.
Michael U. Mescall. Democrat, was
elected Mayor to-day in a three-cor-
nered contest with John H. Gibbons,
Socialist, the incumbent, and Walter j.
Lohr, Republican. Mescall's plurality
was $40.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Usicn
frTIrA IN a

turns indicate tho election Of I,r. Frsd
.. Douglas. Republican, as Mayor by
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Full Republican Ticket
Wins in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8 - Justice
William I. Schager. OF Delaware Coun-
ty, was to-day eletced to the S-ate su.
prelae Court fer term Of twenty-ons
yea~s Ly the Republicans Of Pennsyl'
vania His Dem 1cratic opponent was
Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell, Of the Phil
adeiphia Munic pal Court Justice
Schatfer was appointed to the bench
las- winter TO fill vacancy
The regular Republ can ~~g7nization
ticket for county cffices in Philadelphia
was elected by substsnt al msjorities.
here were few contests aid the elec'
ton was q quiet one in this city.
f~--'---~ NJ W. Re~-h''ran
LOUISVILLE, Nov. s.-UnoficiaI re-
u -oo of $40 pre- eincss IN
Louisville tonight Indicated the eiec-
tion of Houston Quin, Republican, az
Mavor o. Louisville. Gu had lead
of sass votes over Harris, Dem .crst-
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Biuahaustoys

n plurality Of ], 400 over his Democratic
opponent, Joseph A. Hamlin.
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-02
PUBLIC TRUSTEES SALE

Whereas Isaac H. Shelton and
Emily j. Shelton whose address is
Ordway. Colo, grantors by their
Trust Deed, dated August 18th,
1918, and recorded October 9th,
1918, in the Office of the Clerk and
Recorder of Crowley County. Colo
rado, in Book As at Page 222 OF
the records of said County, con-
veyed to the Public Trustee of said
County the following land in said
County. to-wit:
teen. Twenty, Twenty-one, Twenty
two. Twenty-three and Twenty-four.
in Block Twenty-three in the Town
of Ordway according to the record
ed plat of said town. in Beehion
Fourteen. Township Twenty-one,
south of Range 81, West of the
9Th P. NJ. together with the right TO
water for said premises for irriga-
ton and domestic uses from the
Colorado Canal through the lateral
bitches supplying said town, in trust
to secure the payment of one prime
ipal note of even date with said
Trust Deed for $1.500.oO. payable
to the order of The Manzanola Loan
and Building Association after date
with interest thereon from date AT
the rate of 6 per cent, per annum to-
gether with monthly premium, on
said sum. at the rate OF nifty cents per
month on each One Hundred Dollars
thereof; interest and premium be
ing payable monthly on the last
Monday of each and every month
until said note is fully paid;
And Whereas. Default has been
made by the said grantors in said
Trust Deed in the performance of
the covenants and conditions im-
roSsd upon them by the terms of
said Trust Deed in this. to-wit:
That said grantors have failed in the
payment of twenty-four monthly pay
ments OF principal and interest due
upon the promissory note for
SI,5OO.0O;
And Whereas. The legal holder of
the Indebtedness represented by said
note has filed with said Public Trus-
tee notice and demand in writing.
declaring said default and electing to
declare the whole debt represented by
said note and interest thereon to date
OF sale due and payable, and demand
ing the sale of said land under said
Trust Deed
Now, Therefore. Public Notice is
hereby given that, pusuGnt to said
notice. election and demand. and un-
der and by virtue of the authority
vested in ME by said Trust Deed and
the law. I. George A. Walker, Pub
lie Trustee of said Crowley County, /
will sell the above described land
Tor cash. at public auction, to the
highest bidder at the South front |
door of the County Court house. at /
Ordway. in the County of Crowley, |
and State of Colorado. N Friday tho |
,yenty-third day of December, A D., !
1921. ;s 10 o'clock in the forenoon
for the purpose of paying said note.
interest 10 date of 5al' and the eX-
pcnses cf tnis sale. a;td will give t,
the purchaser thereof 4 certificate If
purchase therefor as provided by
law.
Dated November 16. 1921.
GEORGE A. WALKER,
Public Trustee of Crowley
County, Colorado.
First publication Nov IS. 1921.
Last publication Dec. Is. 1921.
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-02
J. 0. Douglas

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The Ordway new era., 1921-12-02

and succeeding days, commencing at the hour of .oo
a. m of said day, much of the following descr;hs
estate situated in the County of Crowley State of Coora
which any part of the principal of the special
Sewers in Sanitary District Number One in the Town of %
Sanitary District Numbers One and Two in the Tow
Sugar City, has not been paid shall be necessary n.
taxes, interest and penalties, to-wt:
Delinquent Sewer Taxes in the Town of Ordway a.
the County Treasurer for collection:
(Note This assessment certified to the County Tra.
without of the owners.)
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-02

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The Washington times., 1921-10-09
Unaware Of a Plot.

She told her neighbor, Mrs. VIII
liam v. Crothers and another. a Mrs.
Collins, that she was aware that
plot was being Matched against her
by and between her husband and
Miss Knox. and that she would soon
leave Colonial Beach and return to
her home in Philadelphia. She
would take The two children with
her and get along somehow without
Roger, she said. who seemed to
spend all Of his spare time away
from her.
It was neighborhood gossip In
Colonial Beach that Eastlake was In
the habit Of telling his wife that
he would have to be ION duty" GER
tain nights at the Dahlgren Naval
Station. 1t was equally well known
that Eastlake's duties were that Of
a mechanics mate and his particular
kind Of work could not well be
formed at night. On these occasions.
It Is said, he met Miss Knox on the
beach or swung her around over the
country roads in the motorcycle side
car which she is credited with hav-
ing bought for him.
In many respects. though. the do
nestle life Of the Eastiakes was
very happy, at least such times as
Miss Knox was not in the vicinity.
Both Eastlake and his wife were
members of the st. Mary's Protest
ant Episcopal Church, having Joined
when they first took up their abode
at the summer resort. Eastlake had
dramatic ability and took promi.
nent part In all entertainment fea'
lures of the parish.
The Eastlake children attended
Sunday school and were loved by
everyone in the congregation. This
was made manifest by the fact that
as the children left Colonial Beach q
week ago today for Catonsville. Nd,
with their uncle, Thomas Yardley,
many women Of the church were on
the pier and several of them stopped
down to kiss or caress the Eastlake
youngsters as they stepped aboard
the launch which ferried them and
the lifeiess body of their mother
across the Potomac river to Pope's
Creek. Nd, for q train trip to Phila-
deiphia, where interment was made.
The Washington times., 1921-10-09

wasn't papa, It was somebody who
looked mighty much like him."
With these final words to the in
quisitorial board. Eastlake was held
for preliminary hearing, Miss Knox
having already been placed under
arrest on suspicion for being in the
neighborhood of the home of the man
with whom she was known to have
had friendly relations over a period
Of nearly five years.
But these are only the alleged
facts in the case as they appear to
have been developed by townspeople
and authorities who were attracted
from their beds before 6 o'clock in
the morning by screams of a woman
and calls from neighbors for q doc
tor.
Nothing seems to be lacking in the
web of circumstantial evidence be-
ing woven about the prisoners and
enmeshing them with the dastardly
deed, perpetrated in such manner
as to indicate an inhuman desire
to deface and mutilate the counte-
nance and body of the victim.
The Washington times., 1921-10-09

had plotted either In their normal
moments or while under the in
fluence of degradating. maddening
opiate.
AS far as the drug speculation IL
concerned, Miss Knox may have been
what Is commonly called "a dope
peddler." Government officials have
spent thousands Of dollars to pre-
vent traffic in drugs throughout the
United States and 1t Ii just this
sort Of isolated violations that are
hardest for them to run down.
Miss Knox Is known to have fin
anced Eastlake in many Of his
alleged activities while not in the
company Of his wife nor in the ad-
vancement Of his home circle. She has
a receipt from him for q motorcycle
which Colonial Beach citizens like
to say he bought SO he could trundle
around the country with her. She
had an overdue promissory note for
$3.50. signed in her favor by East
lake. What he did with the money
IL unknown. TFFIt ~ Z
Did Miss Knox sen done to give
her reputed clandestine lover more
money with which to carry on their
friendship?
These are all questions which
must be well weighed before the
public or the State Of Virginia finally
reach judgment in the case Of Miss
Sarah E. Knox. graduate trained
nurse Of Americas greatest medical
institution, Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. and Roger D. Eastlake. chief
petty officer. U. 8. N. acting in the
capacity Of machinist's mate in the
naval air forces at Dahlgren proving
station. Westmoreland county. Va.
Eastlake comes of excellent pa.
rentage. His father distinguished
himself in the medical world while
an inferno at the University of
Pennsylvania and later practiced
extensively in Japan, where he took
the son, Roger. at the tender age
Of seven.
The elder Eastlake translated the
first Japanese-E English dictionary.
For fourteen years the husband now
held on murder charge grew up to
mans estate assimilating the Gus
toms, habits. and traits of the Japa-
nese. In a land where the use of
drugs was 30 universal as in Nippon,
1t may be no wonder that perhaps
when he returned to his native CLINE
Of America he had been Influenced
somewhat by the tendencies with
which he had been in contact while
in foreign land.
The Washington times., 1921-10-09
History Of Accused.

1t is said, but never verified, that
Miss Knox-at that time just start
ing her career as q trained nurse
went to japan with the elder East
lake and also followed her calling
there. Under the tutelage Of so emil
nent a physician she broadened her
knowledge Of caring for the Ill and
injured and in this way became al
most member Of the Eastlake fam
lily. Roger, only little boy,
learned to look upon Miss Knox as a
big sister, so the story runs, until
their friendship possibly grew to be
something else, at least, from her
viewpoint.
Anyway, the Eastlake family left
Japan for Pennsylvania when
Roger was just attaining his ma
jority. and whether--or not he had
formed any genuine affection for
Miss Knox before then, Is crowded
aside for the moment by the fact
that he chose another for his wife
and they started out to rear fam.
lily.
Here It occurs that Miss Knox's
maternal attitude toward the poor
boy in that ceil' may be real
enough, IL It is fact that her asso.
Citations with his fathers family
were so close while Roger was
The Washington times., 1921-10-09

growing UP from a mere child while
in Japan. But why she entered his
life again and began the ruination
Of his family ties five years ago
when he was stationed at Cape
May. N. J., is a subject for conjec-
ture and a fact that may never be
explained by either II they retain
their present stoical attitude.
Mrs. Roger D. Eastlake, the VIC
tim Of the "hatchet murder" was
not unaware of the tumbling Of her
castle of happiness, bit by bit, and
block by block. She had confided
to neighbors at Colonial Beach that
she simply couldn't stand this 9TH
er woman pursuing Roger. The
wife had gone 30 far as to consult
John c. Foster. U. 8. Commissioner
for the Eastern Division OF Virginia,
an eminent Westmoreland county
attorney, as to securing evidence
and obtaining q divorce.
Then she would look at her, little
flaxen-haired boy and girl and de-
eide to put Off such q step for their
sakes. And 30 she endured the
ordeal and delayed the contemplated
divorce action until II was too late.
The Washington times., 1921-10-09
Faces 'Unwritten Law.

Is not his homo irreparably shat
tered? Is not his wife gone from
him forever? Are not his children
motherless and practically father
less? Does he not face the battle
Of his life to extricate himself from
the terrible charge placed against
him? Has he not enough trouble to
mortgage his thoughts beyond re-
call" and take him away. mentally.
from the surroundings In which peo-
pie stare at him through iron bars7
But II he Is a drug addict. will the
fact be taken into consideration by
q Virginia jury, which honors the
name Of its women far above its
respect for the medical theory, that
a man who is a victim OF opiates
is more to be pitied than despised?
As for the woman. the facts are
almost as complex.
In the first place Miss Knox Is
a robust, hardy -complexioned woman
with no sign OF weakness in her
conference.-the she has a very
strong and determined expression in
her face. Her cheeks are positively
rudy. Red corpuscles are promi.
nent in her entire physiognomy and
her body, instead Of being dissipated.
looking and wasted, is sturdy and
developed such as must be the case
with a woman strong enough to fol-
low the profession Of trained nurse.
True. quantities Of cocaine, NOR
phine and psychic powders were
found on her person and in her hand
bag. Did she maintain q supply Of
these to keep the interest Of the man
whom she has haunted since he was
practically a boy7 OF q man who
was raised In the Orient and per-
haps early cultivated the desire for
drugs and .countenanced her be-
cause she was the safest and easiest
source through which to satisfy his
despised craving? Did she keep them
for her own use from time to time
or did she have supply on hand at
this particular period to steel herself
to do the deed which they together
The Washington times., 1921-10-09
CHILD EXPECTED
To SUPPLY LAST
NK|NEV|DENCE
Daughter Of Slain Woman
Comes Nearest to Being Eye
witness Of Killing.
PUSHED FROM DEATH ROOM
Was Met by Father, She Says,
When She Tried to
Find Mother.
~ ETRU G. ~UI.ER
Times Starr Correspondent.

TOLO->IA4- BEACE1, Oct. s.
Portia, typified by a lisping.
flaxen-haired, five-year-old girl,
holds the scales of justice in one Of
the most CHASTITY, heinous and re-
voting dramas that has shocked
Virginians in a generation.
Through the maze Of theories as to
whether Mrs. Roger D. Eastlake
was brutally hacked to death with
a newly sharpened Ratchet by hvr
husband. or Miss Sarah e: Knox, or
by both in fiendish collaboration;
through the sordid, neurotic story
Of middle.aged nurses mad in
fatuation for a young navy me-
chanic: one OF the tangle Of dope-eat-
ing. Illicit love, and near-confessions
by the husband, and amid the san
culinary and desolate ruins of once
happy humble home, there stands
the dramatic and pathetic little waif,
Margaret Katherine Eastlake. who
holds the lives Of her father and his
alleged paramour in the hollow Of
her tiny hand.
The Washington times., 1921-10-09

rather than have the brother and
sister separated in their present qua
si-orphaned state. He allowed them to
be taken by their mothers relatives
only under a heavy cash bond for
their appearance whenever and
wherever in Westmoreland county,
Va, the trial may be held. This
under the condition that the accused
mans relatives would be allowed no
contact with the children before he
is brought to justice, lest some of
his people might sway the baby's
version Of the happenings Of the fate.
full morn or warp the testimony
which little Margaret gave to ten
derby propounded questions by the
community leaders who sought the
facts while the trial was still hot.
The Washington times., 1921-10-09
One Link Missing.

The one missing link in the
States case is an eyewitness to the
tragedy. Little Margaret comes net
er to being an eyewitness than ANY.
other living mortal, because Some
instinct led her little footsteps
through the semi.gloom Of daybreak
on that tragic morn to the door Of
the veritable charnel room where
her mothers life blood ebbed away.
She says her father told her, You
can't see your mamma now"
Under promise of immunity, the
accused husband has made a partial
confession in which he said. II think
Sarah did 1t. She was jealous Of
me, and my wife was Jealous Of her."
This statement strengthens the
States theory that this is but an
other Of the age-old cases Of "The
Wife Who Was In The Way" but
the authorities do not believe East
lake has told all he knows about the
commission of the atrooious crime
and are looking to little Margaret
for the complete truth.
That the words Of the infant win
weigh the lives of her father and
the woman intruder on the happiness
Of the Eastlake domicile. was indi-
Gated by the bitter legal and finan-
cial battle which the dead woman's
brother-in-law. the Rev. Thomas
Yardley, encountered in securing
the custody of little Margaret and
her eight-year-old brother. Roger. j..
Commonwealth Attorney Watt
Mayo Mt first was not willing for the
little girl to be taken out Of the
jurisdiction in which the crime was
committed, but later he relented
The Washington times., 1921-10-09

~ ~ - - 49,
There Is still q grim possibility
that one or the other Of the accused
prisoners will tell the whole story OF
the alleged. plot to get rid Of The
Wife Who Was In The Way It
is believed by the authorities thar
later on. under promise Of drugs.
either the" husband or nurse VIII
agree to go into the grewsome de-
tails Of the fiendish atrocity.
For a time It was thought East
lake would tell all he knows 30 As
to escape the electric chair, but the
best the authorities could get from
him was an expression Of his sus-
picion that Miss Knox committed the
crime through jealousy. -,
It Is an accepted theory that both
were addicts OF q drug which steals
away ones mind and lowers ones
morals. 1t has even been limited.
along with the other black rumors
which have had expression. that one
or both Of them were under the in
fluence Of such a potion at the time
of the dreadful deed. Working along
such a probability. each moment Is
watched for signs of weakening by
either Of them. Such q breaking
down would be readily grasped Tor
purposes of gaining complete adnis-
sions which have not been forth
coming.
Eastlake has more Of the exterior
characteristics of a man who re-
sorts TO morphine than Miss Knox,
II indeed II can be said the woman
bears any resemblance whatsoever
to a person who uses narcotics.
AS he II naturally fair complex
toned and II by profession a man
given to deep study and periods Of
concentrated thought along scien.
tffic and mechanical lines. the i'm
preston gained by those who have
seen Eastlake may be entirely wrong
and do an injustice to the man. Stu
dents, inventors, in fact producers
along many lines frequently have far
away expressions in their eyes like
Roger ID. Eastlake. and the present
predicament in which he finds him.
self is esputh to keep him In a daze
for the rsmSindey Of his time