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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-09-07

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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-09-07

FOR SALE-Dodge touring car, in
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FOR RENT - One six-room
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partly furnished, $50; one six-room
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CLASSIFIED ADS

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WANTED-To rent a small bum
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months at right price. M. E. Francis,
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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-09-07

FOR RENT - furnished rooms
for light housekeeping Phone 344-J.
DOT South 18th street. 9-6-tf
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
Einstein's Theory I'm A Movie

go to prove that our relation to all
phenomena of the natural world
essentially depends upon the stand
point we occupy.
While the first part Of the film
Is thus devoted to the explication
of the relativity of the standpoint,
the purpose of the second division
Is to prove that OF the relatively OF
movement.
Here acrobatic tricks performed
on airplanes flying high in the
air one above the other are shown,
and the observed senses at once
that his conception of these move
ments is wholly different from that
of the acrobats swinging from one
plane to another.
A boatman is seen polling a large
through a canal. and the observer
is convinced that the man ls NOV
ing until this illusion is destroyed
by the sight of stationary point
on the hank OF the canal, proving
that only the barge was moving.
II is to be assumed that Elm
stein himself has consented to this
popularization of a theory winch
as yet has been n book with seven
seals to the layman's mind
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
By KARL H. Won
WIEGAND.
staff Correspondent OF the New York
American.
BERLIN, May 81.

staff Correspondent OF the New York
American.
BERLIN, May 81.
rs it possible to film a theory
An Affirmative answer was
- given to this question when
Professor Einstein's much-mooted
theory of relatively was thrown
upon the screen in Berlin recently.
In order to visualize clearly the
mathematical subtleties and the de-
ductive theories OF the distin-
guished scientist, 1t was necessary
to make $4,000 single scenes, which
were unrolled on two thousand
yards OF film.
The story of the relatively theory
is divided into three parts-the
first OF which is designed to con.
vey to the inquisitive mind Of the
spectator the impression that
everything pertaining to the world
Of thoughts and ideas is purely rel.
ative. Instead OF attempting to
prove this by physical-mathemat
ical experiments, comprehensive
only TO the scientifically initiated.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

a series Of phenomena from every
day life have been employed to IA
cilitate the halting imagination of
the layman.
For instance. a picture is shown
Of life on the beach at a bathing
resort; sail boat is seen approach
ing borne along by a brisk breeze,
and the explicator of the film
points out the error of regarding
the horizon as a straight line and
the mast of the sailboat as per-
pendicular.
The spectator Is asked to observe
a gigantic picture Of the globe, to
which he is placed in a relative
position by standing not on II, but
outside In space. He then sees
that the horizon which he believed
to be a straight line is In reality,
a curved one, and that the mast
relatively observed-is horizontal
instead Of perpendicular.
Further demonstrations, such as
the throwing OF snowoalls from
an automobile at full speed, scenes
in the high Alps are shown, which
In connection with precedents
taken from the planetary system.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
"I don't know who It is!"

And he didn't know the
woman's name! But under police
pressure in "a cell he broke down
and confessed to the crime. Soon
after the body was identified as
that of Mrs. Anna Colwell, a
social worker in the Chicago
courts, who lived a strange dual
life, dividing her time between
helping women in trouble by day
and by night indulging her pas
sion for pleasure among the rapid
resorts OF the town. She had
divorced her husband two years
before, and while she was a ia
miliar figure in the loop area at
night, she enjoved a reputation
OF conscientious high-minded en-
deavor in the courts.
Mrs. Roche. the slayer's wife, 1t
developed, was in a hospital. as her
husband had said, recoVt tring from
an operation. Roche said he had
met the murdered woman when he
was coming home and had invited
her into the house. The story of
what followed, as told by him,
despite his attempts to shift the
major responsibility for the crime,
is one of the most remarkable docu-
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

and went to work. I went to sleep.
Next day we carried 1t out to the
van"
The detectives found the Jewels
under the carpet where they had
been hidden. Examination Of Mrs.
Colwell's body revealed no trace of
poison. Both men were then taken
to the van, where their versions of
the murder were rehearsed. and
both collapsed completely in the
ordeal. The State prosecutor de-
clared that the death penalty
would be demanded for both
prisoners.
Mrs. Colwell's mother sobbed
when questioned about the girls
life:
Anna was a good girl-only a
little wild. could not keep in
touch with her: but she was a good
girl"
Mrs. Colwell had been sued for
divorce for intoxication, but re-
piled with counter charges Of
cruelty and was awarded the de-
cree and 5000 alimony. Police re-
ports showed that a year ago, in
her husbands absence, she at
tempted suicide by poison, but
recovered. She was married seven
years ago.
When Mrs. Roche. convalescing
in the hospital. heard Of her hus-
bands arrest she commented
calmly:
rs that so7 surely would like
TO get out OF here and find out
who that woman was. I've only
been married to Thomas Roche
since December last"
Roche Is world war veteran.
and enlisted man, who was wound.
ed in the leg. Mosby was an odd
Job workman around the house,
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

to deal with him. the reporter
ascertained that Roche worked
for the railroad and Immediately
made a canvass OF the carbarns
of the city.
He learned that Mrs. Roche
was missing, and for a while it
appeared that Roche had dis
appeared also. Wilson found him
finally in a barber shop and, act
ing within citizens rights,
placed him under arrest.
The man protested his inno-
cence, as the reporter turned
him over to the police. who had
jumped to the conclusion that the
murdered woman was Mrs.
Roche, but the prisoner cried:
II swear to God 1 didn't kill my
wife. She's in the hospital !"
Dragging him to the van, the
police forced him to look at the
body of the young woman, turn
ing her over that his nerves
might be spared nothing, and
they said:
"If that's not your wife, who is
it?"
Blubbering like a baby, Roche
declared:
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

when it was learned that Frank
Kleist, brother-in-law OF Mrs.
Hahn. letters, demanding money.
The first Of these came back in
October and was addressed TO him
at the Wisconsin Rug Works.
which he owns. This letter read:
Friend, You pay US $500 Of the
monei with you all the time from
now & men can see you ami time
so be ready to give it to him.
you will not or report to the polls
we will blow you up. We know
where you live"
The significance Of this letter
may be found in the final sentence.
The writer's professed to know
where Mr. Kleist lived although
the letter was sent to his office.
The fact Is that the Kleist home
is on Concordia avenue, a few
doors distance from the Hahn cot
tage. Further. both houses are Of
the same design and appearance.
Whether the bomb was intended
for the Kleist family is a question
that opens up new fields Of pos
sibility.
Soon after the first letter came
another, which read:
You dirty krok, your dais are
kountd and you will be kilt"
MOTIVE Is LACKING.
The communications we're un-
signed and Mr.. Kleist ignored
them as the loose activities Of a
crank. for, as he told the police, II
he had been willing to give up
money no suggestion was made as
to where or with whom he should
place it.
Lack Of motive is the chief OBJ
stacle in the path OF the polics to
the clearance Of the mystery. The
identity Of the women under sus-
picion has not been divulged by
the detectives as yet, and will not
be unless they are held as material
witnesses or for grsver reasons.
Soon after the three women
were questioned, Mrs. Marie
Kojis, the twenty-seven-year-old
mother Of three children, was also
interrogated She lives near the
schlitz Brewing Company plant,
where Otto Hahn was employed
as foreman several years ago.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

Mrs. kOjis was grilled all night,
after she had been confronted by
one Of the three Cabmen previous
ly questioned. The informing
woman is reported to have re-
vealed startling information re
garding the motive behind the a.
tack. A man known as JOSEPH
Ray" was brought into the In
vestigation.
simultaneously, the police threw
pressure on Otto Hahn to make
sure that he had revealed all nc
knew in connection with the
crime While he was detained for
interrogation. his attorneys were
preparing to go to the courts for
a writ of habeas corpus to compel
the police to release the husband
until the inquiry was completed
to their satisfaction.
Captain McCrory said:
IF legal technicalities do no.
interfere we are confident that the
case will be cleared shortly. The
situation seems in wonderful
shape-for us. We are convinced
that the bomb was set to kill Mrs.
Hahn primarily. II was set by
some one familiar with her custom
OF getting the milk at certain
hour every morning. It was not
discharged by accident, but with
a definite purpose, and 1t fulfilled
that purpose"
Captain McCrory was obviously
inclined to make light Of the Kleist
death notes. At the inquest no
light was shed on the tragedy
more than was known, except for
the two pathetic words which the
physician announced Mrs. Hahn
had murmured in delirium with
her last breath, and the words
were:
my babiesr
Delbert. eight and Russell, seven,
were cared for by the Kleist
family, and are in ignorance Of
their mothers death. Their father
was released after the writ Of
habeas corpus was served on the
reluctant police. and Mrs. Kojis
also was permitted to 60. The de
tectives declined to make any ex.
PLANTATION in either case, but Mr..
Hahn Indignantly declared:
1T want the public TO know that
I am innocent Of any wrongdoins
was taken into custody and de
talned by the poltc" without an
reason, apparently. whatsoever.
know nothing OF this horrible thing
that claimed Adelin's nte
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
MILWAUKEE,, May n.

MILWAUKEE,. May n.
"HREE women are under sur
veillance today on suspicion
l. Of sending Mrs. Adeline Hahn
a bomb that, planted with diabol-
ical skill, exploded as she open
ed the door and killed her. The
lives of her two children. sleeping
in a bedroom off the kitchen,
were menaced by the flying slugs
of lead and iron.
A few minutes before the me-
chanically set bomb exploded
Otto Hahn, husband Of the MUIR
dered woman. left the kitchen to
drive their automobile from the
garage in the rear to the porch.
Letters threatening death to
the family preceded the explosion.
The women under suspicion have
been compelled to give samples
of their writing and have been
subjected to traditional third-de-
gree methods to extract all pos
sible information, for the entire
community is Mortified by the
cold-blooded atrocity.
The bomb was placed In what
is termed q milk chute" in this
town. 1t is a small dumb-waiter
with a door on the inside and out.
side Of the shaft. permitting the
milkman and grocer to leave goods
on the shelf at will. and the
occupants of an apartment to re.
move them when desired.
STRUCK BY FULL CHARGE.
Mrs. Hahn opened the inside
door of the chute at o'clock in
the morning to remove the bottles
Of milk. The Internal contrivance
was so set that the explosion oc-
Cured as the door was opened.
The full charge struck Mrs.
Hahn in the abdomen. The slugs
tore great wounds in her body and
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

ments in the police files here. This
is what Roche said:
"She told me she had got a
divorce on March and that she
was running wild. She became
hysterical and pulled out a small
bottle from her pocket and began
to drink It. Then she took off her
clothes and sat on the coutch for
half an hour. Russell Mosby was
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

she was felled by the very force
Of the released gases.
A shower OF metal missiles rip
ped through the wall Of the chute
into the hallway. Fragments,
sharply pointed, were picked out
OF a telegraph pole twenty-five
feet away. The blast shattered
the windows OF the Hahn homo
and from neighboring houses
came the sudden crash of falling
glass. The kitchen was virtually
demolished. Mrs. Hahn died soon
without recovering consciousness.
Pieces of the bomb dug out Of
the walls revealed that the explo-
sive part of the device was a
length of lead pipe filled with iron
and steel scraps, nails, screws. and
as many other forms Of metal as
could be jammed into the tube on
top Of a heavy charge of powder.
The operating device was an inge-
nious contrivance by which the
opening door released a lever,
which ignited a cap in contact
with the powder.
MILKNIAN DIDN'T SEE 1T.
That the bomb was set within
three hours of the time OF explo-
sion is considered certain. for at
five o'clock the milkman had
placed the bottled milk in the
chute and had noticed nothing un-
usual. He does not believe he
could have overlooked the machine
although the hour was dark and
the hall unlighted.
At the report Of the explosion
Mr.. Hahn ran from the garage,
where he had been arranging the
car to take the family for a drive,
and telephoned for the police. He
was apparently dazed by the ca
tastrophe and could offer no expla-
nation. He said that Mrs. Hahn
was without enemies and he him
self had none. He is an executive
OF the Wisconsin Food Products
Company, with authority over
large number OF workmen.
Possibility OF a grudge matured
by a disaffected workman was
considered by the police, but this
was relinguished when It was
pointed out that whoever set the
bomb must have been familiar
with the tnilkmAn's hours and the
habit OF the family. And IL was
Mrs Hahn's custom, invariably,
to remove the milk IN the morn
ing.
Another complication developed
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
VENGEANCE VICTIMS

GET FOR MURDER!-on this ingenious mach ne.
- the lead pipe bomb arranged in such post
that as the dumb waiter door opened by Mrs AIDE
was released, igniting the bomb which killed the
woman whose children were saved by Fate or blind
chance.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

WIFE calm at tragic news-Mrs. Thomas J.
w Roche, seriously i'll in the hospital heard with
slight concern the news Of the tragedy and her hus
bands confession. She is bride of less than a
year, and her only curiosity concerning the
identity of the girl victim.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
BOMB ON DUMBWAITER KILLS
MOTHER, IMPERILS CHILDRE1I

Three Women of Mil
waukee Under Sus-
picior of Sending In
fernaE Machine That
Wrecked Home an&
Cost Life - Threat,
ening Letters Were
Received by Family.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
NUDE BODY OF SLAIN WOMAN I'M VAN
REVEALS STARTLING STORY OF DUAL LIFE

there and l wanted her to get
dressed and get out.
she rummaged in a bureau and
got out my pistol and hit herself
on the head with 1t, and then hit
her on the head, too, and she just
laughed and Mosby hit her with
his fist in the face. Then she
came back at me and I hit her
again, just playfully, and she didn't
laugh then. She dropped. She
was dead"
But Mosby denied this, declar-
ing that he did not enter the apart
ment until after the murder and
then. he said:
This woman was on the floor
and Roche was kneeling beside her.
asked him why he killed her and
he said:
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
Social Welfare Work
er by Day, Anna
Colwell is Brutally
Killed while Pursl=
ing Pleasure by
Night i'm the Reck=
lie s 8 Underworld
After Divorcing Her
Husband.
CHICAGO, May 81.

S4SOSt Va oSAOOl OOyb
"a playing in a vacant lot
"A climbed on a ramshackle
old moving van and one peered
within through the gaping cracks.
At the sight that met his eyes.
the Lad fell from the vehicle in
terror. screaming:
There's a ghost inside"
Without waiting to investigate,
the boys ran to the nearest
policeman. who opened the doors
and revealed what for forty-eight
hours remained one of the most
gruesome murder mysteries in
Chicago's history.
For the ghost was the nude
body of a young woman, with
blonde hair streaming down over
her shoulders, attractive even in
death, amid the sordid surround
tngs.
There was no obvious evidence
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

D HoToGRAPH OF THOMAS ROCHE, world war
/ veteran being forced to view body of beautiful
divorcee whom he is charged with numbering, while
it lay in moving where he helped place it. He
broke down at gruesome sight and confessed details
of crime
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
REHEARSED THE Staying
AND BOTH COLLAPSED.

God Almighty only knowsl I'm
awful sorry for she was my guest"
We undressed the woman and
put her in the tub, first in cold
water. then in hot. We took two
rings from her fingers and laval
liere from her neck. Then we
carried the body to the kitchen
and laid 1t on the floor. Roche
threw his wife's kimono over 1t
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
ACOD knows why I
~ did it," cried
Roche, after confessing.
II hit her on the head
with a pistol and she
dropped deadl"

Of the manner of the murder, no
plain marked clues that led
either to the identity of the
girl or to the persons RESPONSE
BILE. A deep depression in the
skull indicated the immediate
cause of death, but how or where
or when the death-wound had
been inflicted was not clear.
BY the amazing persistence
and judgment of Charles Wilson,
a reporter on the staff of the
Chicago American, the slayers
were discovered, confessions ex-
tracted and the identity OF the
van victim established. In con-
sequence, Thomas Roche and
Russell Mosby are under arrest
charged with the murder.
TRACING THE SLAYERS
TO HOUSE OF MYSTERY.
The reporter discovered a thin
trail OF blood leading away from
the van to a house on Cottage
Grove avenue nearby. Through
the weeds and debris he followed
the trail to the house. where,
studying every square inch OF the
ground. he was led TO the apart-
ment OF Thomas Roche.
When he entered. he found
Mosby washing tubful of fem
inine apparel. Leaving the police
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-07
The Kiwanis PRAYER

dollar a
Help to live that lie at NIGHT to sleep not toss
level in
that Golden Rule
dollar and to the
Of
dinner table
shall have nothing
Keep young enough laugh
considerate
shades the soft step and the
let the fellow"
He good
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-11-08
VISITING HERE
FROM WASHINGTON

Frank Beard. of Wanatchee,
Wash. spent last week here visiting
his sister. Mrs. IL. b. Felts. whom lie
had not seen for thirty-four years.
He left here Monday morning for
points in Tennessee to visit other
relatives awhile before returning to
his home in the west. Mr.. Beard
left Tennessee thirty-four years ago
for the west and was engaged in sew
eral lines OF business in the west but
now he owns n fine apple orchard in
the famous Wenatchee Valley sec
ton where some of the finest apples
in the United States are grown.
These apples are very we'll known
in this section where large quantity
are marketed especially during the
holiday period.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-11-08
Norton Girl WEEDS in Wash.
ington

Norton. Va. Nov. 6.-Mrs. d. L.
Anderson and Mrs. f. C. Baker have
just received special delivery letter
from Miss Nan Anderson, in Wash
ington, ID. c., announcing her mar
riagc on October 3lst to DR.. o. H..
Morris, a former Coeburn pharma-
cist. who is now druggist in Wash
ington.
The ceremony was performed in
the study of the Rev DR.. Chappell,
pastor of the Mt. Vernon Methodist
church, in the presence of the brides
cousin, Mrs. Matte Queen Ewing,
and friends of the bride and groom.
Miss Anderson had been in the
capital city for sometime, engaged
in stenographic work for the govern
ment and the American Legion.
There she attracted circle of
friends who enjoyed charming
companionship and who. will wish
her prosperity and happiness in her
married life.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-11-08
Fancy Work Sale and Dinner
a Success

The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Methodist church realized
about 100000 on last Friday evening
at the fancy needle work sale and
chicken pie dinner served at the Tea
Room. Many more guests were there
than was expected and everything
to eat was sold and most of the fam
cy work was sold. The menu for the
dinner was rs follows: Chicken pie
with white gravy, creamcd potatoes,
peas, cabbage slaw, cranberry sauce,
pickles, coffee. tea and pies. This
was the largest and most successful
affair undertaken by the societ,'.
The sales of the societies of the 9th
er churches will be in the near flu
ture.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-11-08
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DEATH OF POPULAR
LEBANON GIRL

The sad news was received here
last week by friends of the death of
Mrs. Ashby Henderson. of Knoxville.
who died at the Knoxville General
Hospital on Wednesday after few
days illness.
Mrs. Henderson was formerly Miss
Lillian Hendricks. daughter of Judge
and Mrs. W. Hendricks, of Lebanon,
Va. She was married about year
ago to MIR. Henderson,. of Knoxville,
and has been making her home in
that city since her marriage.
Her remains were taken to Abing-
don, Va, where they were buried
Sunday afternoon.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-11-08
SIXTH ANNUAL RED
CROSS ROLL CALL
November llth to 18th In
clusive.-Headquarters in
Government Building

The sixth annual, Roll Call OF. the
Big Stone Gap Chapter will begin
on Saturday, November IL, and con-
tinue during the following week. In
connection with it donations for
Near East Relief will be asked for,
funds so obtained to be transferred
to that organization for relief of SUI.
ferers in the Near East.
Diminished Red Cross membership
has resulted in reduction of activi-
ties here, so that, at present, Home
Service alone is continued. New
cases of needs of ex-seryice men. and
of men now in service, and of their
families are continually brought to
us and they must be met. As neigh
boring chapters have relinquished
their work wider territory has de-
volved upon us. OF the hundreds of
cases acted upon correspondence has
been required, reaching from San
Francisco on one side to Poland and
Egype on the other. 1t is hoped that
considerable increase in member.
ship may be obtained. One half the
money so raised goes into the Gener-
al Red Cross Fund, one half is re-
tanned for local work.
All money contributed to Near
East relief will be especially devoted
to that region-to the suffering Ar.
menians, Syrians, and Greeks princi-
pally.
BE ready for call on Saturday
and be liberal
J. NJ. HODGE.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-11-08

An exchange says "let brotherly
love continue" But why not let it
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