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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-09

tail Of the crime 1t is really a sort of
hysteria in which the memory fails.
These persons take the attitude OF
perfect innocence. 1 saw many cases
OF this sort while I was connected
with the government hospital for
the Insane at Washington. d. c.
Ether could produce both truth
and decisions
These people who forget the de-
tails of their crimes are normal
enough in other respects. outside of
this one-'repression.
"Warder's statement may be false
or true
do 1 believe there is any special
drug or form OF ether which VIII
make people tell the truth? Nom
sense
But I 90 think the case is worth
looking into"
Yet trials in the State of New York
are reputed 10 be fair enough. al
though evidence is often deceptive.
This is emphasized by DR.. Hochfel-
der. a wo--an vslo comes in touch
with many phases of life through her
legal work She says:
IF circumstantial evidence were
not allowed to figure as strongly as
II does in a conviction I should not
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-09
FIVE POINTS

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Carleton and
daughter. Winifred. OF South Bend.
were Sunday guests OF Mrs Ella
Carleton.
Mrs. ORA Taylor OF South Bend
was a Sunday guest OF her daughter
Mrs Harry Carleton and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Williams and
daughter. Geraldine. attended the
Greene township 5. S convention
held at Sumption Prairie Sunday.
The Korac family suffered a heavy
loss Monday night when their barn
was destroyed by fire.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Milliken and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-09

the psycho-analysts would be inter-
ested in him.
IF I had ND way with a prisoner.
and II capital punishment were not
abolished. ] would wait TIL the day
set for his execution and sentence
him TO life imprisonment. Then ne
would have been punished. The time
OF sentence till the day Of execution
is a period OF terrible mental tor
ture. and the Imprisonment would
restrain him in future"
Many convicts have gone to the
chair protesting innocence. but this
is the first time in thirty-one years
that a man awaiting legal death
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-09
SLAYER'S DENIAL
OF MURDER UNDER
ETHER Is PROBLEM
Rutger Warder Gives Lawyer,
Doctors and Psychologists
New Puzzle.

NEW YORK. June s.-'If anyone
should ask you. I neser killed any
body"
Kltger warder helpless on an op-
Grating table sinking under ether,
said these startling words Start
ling. because ne s. a resident OF the
death house az Sing Sing con-
demned 20 die for the murder OF
Henry Werner in 1921
Warder WIS stricken with appen-
dicitis several days ago, He would
have 20 die anyway pretty soon
But every now and then the cleo
trio chair q vile instrument OF ven
geance must be fed with human
flesh thrown into its embrace just
as the Minotaur was gorged with the
bodies OF youths and maidens.
Lest Warder die and cheat the
carefully-wired device OF death that
hungers for his body they rushed
him out 20 the prison hospital. where
ether made him av.
IF anyone should ask Won, never
killed anybody
" HIT tllu E-Liiff 10
Now che question Is. did the antes-
thetic make Warder tell the truth or
did he merely utter the denial that
has been so oil, u on his lips?
More than year ago Or James
Cotton Of Toronto. announced his
discovery OF preparation Of ether
which compelS persons under its in
fluence 10 speak the truth, Ether.
following the Canadian experiment.
was eficacious n case IN New Jer-
sey DR.. John Corcoran. OF the staff
OF 81. Mary's Hospital Passaic, sd-
ninistered the drug while officials
questioned and thus obtained a
truthful statement from a previously
silent patient
This historical girl. who had been
found wandering about unable to tell
anything about herself. cleared the
mystery when ether loOsened first
her inhibitions and then her tongue.
DIT. Corcoran said OF the drugs prop
critics:
"Etherization destroys the will to
withhold facts; even though they
may be derogatory 20 ourselves or
others.
Its effects upon the person. the
effect. so 70 speak. upon the psyche
logical being. IS 10 remove all inhibi-
tons"
For all Warder knew he might he
going to die when he went to the op-
Grating table COR the removal Of his
appendix Both in sinking under
sther and in coming out from its IN
fluence he affirmed his innocence OF
the crime for which he Will be COM
PEELED 10 die on certain day and in
a certain way.
Could ne possibly be guiltless OF
Werner's murder?
The matter was put up 10 a psy-
choIogist and 10 a woman lawyer for
their respective opinions on the
probability OF Warder's truthfulness
and the possibility OF wrongful con-
viction.
DR.. Edward J. Kempr. well known
as a mental expert. says he believes
the case Of Warder IS worth investi-
eating. SO does DR.. Anna Rockefeller.
lawyer We shall review the opinions
OF both persons.
Two Expert Opinions.
There are many cases OF 'hysteri-
cal amnesia.' explains DR. Kempf.
perhaps I had better say 'repres-
sion. in which people commit muir
der and proceed to forget every de-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-09

paratus. The person under Il inaales
deeply and thoroughly expels the air
That is the most noticeable physio-
logical reaction to ether.
IT also affects the spinal cord and
the brain. Il causes relaxation OF the
nervous system. a letting down or
the nerve tension
1T Seems 60 ne that Il opens a
ast field % possib Utilities in dealing
with criminals or the victims OF GRIM
inals or in handling unwilling wit
nesses."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-09

stood in danger OF a natural one or
sufficiently so TO be removed 10 the
hospital
Whether ether brought truth or
faIsehood from warder we cannot
tell. but concerning the drugs action
DIT Corcoran said OF Ir. Cottons dis
covery:
Effects OF Ether
When the muscles are relaxed
and the nerves in a corresponding
condition there is greater disposition
10 talk II resembles that stage OF a
mans spree when ne becomes COM
municative.
Ether affects the -espiratory ap-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-09

The feminine vanity bottle vas
used thousands OF years ago. Sew
era estimated 20 be 2.Oo0 years old
have been found with mumm!es OF
Egyption pots held stibium. q prep
aration Of finely powdered anthony
with which Egyptian women Of
fashion darkened their eyelids and
penCiled their eyebrows
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-09

children were South Bend visitor
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. r O. williams and
daughters. Emma and Ruth. II
Mishawaka. were Sunday guests of
Mr. an dMrs. Clarence Carleton and
family.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-09

Hunger is better than French
cook
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22
MYSTERY, MINING, LOVE AND ROMANCE

lie stopped and anita laughing at her posture clqnbd upon
has back her about his neck Fdrchd found himself Wish
that he could carry her forerer and that the road to She
oce renty miles aay instead of two But her rocc cut in
his uiShes
q waE We get along much faSterr her
plea. "IH hold on to you-aHd you help along
Fqircbi released her seized Once
foundred through hacegh FairchdS trent quickly
a5out her rG and he lifted her against him he literally carried
her Hrou7b When they reached the other side held
lis p1ceqnd she did not resist. ray after that the stretch
of road 7dsd sry almost before he realized it, they
The outskirts Of the city,
Grdgrgly gar up his hold upon they for
the sdcw7hS for the Sherfs Office Fairchld
attempt to tak-h left all to anita and BardweH the sheriff,
listened.
Did girl piek-a-bsek7 Well, it's
sogether adorable Anita, and especially
much interested the girl Fichd And especially when the
done blizzard and the bound do all he
help the
Anita the .heriH-wen
fit climax in
Colorado Rockies land
much of things the
When Young Robert Fsrehid father-a of living
where earthly
hnds himself the of silver the Blue
of
of scoundel Neverheess to
and work it On the Denver he heroine-Ana
Richmond She desperate
tip dollars lies to
sheriff Quite interesting of beginning with
the pree girl who be cngsged-so
people the the chief vlan"Sauint Rodain-
author? of
stories and scenarios. He
to become circus clown Later he sdversine-no
read of his in the md know a.
cinatingly he can write.
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22
By Courtney
Ryley
Cooper
gggNMNNgNasaMggN&gs
Copyright by Little, brown = &c.

Tonight you and ! will go to Indian
apolIs md probate the Willis simple
enough: I've had 1t in my safe for ten
years. After that, you become the
owner of the Blue Poppy mine. TO do
with as you choose"
But"
Don't ask my advice, Boy. I
haven't any. Your father told me
what to do II you decided to try your
luck-and silver's at Sl.29. 1t means
n lot of money for anybody who can
produce pay ore-unless what he said
about the mine pInching out was
true"
Again the thrill OF new thing
went through Robert FairChlld's veins.
something he never had felt until
twelve hours before; again the urge
for strange places, new scenes, the
fire of the hunt after the hidden
wealth of silver-seamed hills. Robert
Fairchild's life had been a plodding
thing of books and accounts. of high
desks which as yet had failed to stoop
his shoulders, of stuffy offices which
had been thwarted so far in their grip
at his lung power; the long walk in
the morning and the tired trudge
hOmeward at night. But the recoil
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22
The Model Cleaners and D
1917 BROADWAY. DENVER al
INFORMATION DEPARTVA
Commercial inquiries ANSWERED
information gladly furnished wit
cost. Address any firm aboy.
Tax Receipts Fall of.

Washington Government IA,
celpts fell off more than S4GGaaJ
July, as compared with the n
month last year, according b|
statement of classified cuIlectl6t,|
sued by the internal revenue bl1
For the month tax collections IG]
Sl06,SSG,TT9, as against Sl3S3aI
during July, 1921.
Income and profit taxes amori
tn SO, 1896 during the month %
decrease of $9.SIS,OOO, cOru.I
with July 4 year ago, while 4
taxes aggregating $i,O7l,OOO de1]
by SlO,275,OOO.
Taxes on distilled spirits ag.r|
Ing S2,6SI.OO0 for the month, dedl
by SSH, 900 against July, 1921: I
cellaneous taxes, such as transpuj
tlon and anusements, amOuntin.
Si3,4i3,0OO, fell off by S2I,lTt
while tobacco taxes aggregatin, 4
OS0,o0O reflected nm increase dt
T2,0oO as against the same month
year.
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22
We have helped Thousands. Id
help you Write for catalogue
~, Z. n .AL
0AGoNAalzGVJlM
WORLD WHEAT CROPS sHoa
Figures for United States Show $
Decline in Year.

Washington.-The worlds
production this year will be less
1t was last year, but cOnsidef
greater than the pre-war arerass
cording to estimates made pubkI
the Department of Agriculture. a
al estimates and condition req
from reporting countries indicate
yield this year of 3,0l9,52G,OOO bas}
compared with the production
year of 3,O59. $4,000. and the ls
average of 2,s9O.353.OOO bushels
Increased wheat production IN
the United States and Canada Wa'|
dicated, the combined estimate
1,125, ,s6S, 900 bushels this year
pared with 09J.1JLOOO in l3l
the pre-waf average Of SS3,sloI"
Reports from all sources regar
Russia said crop conditions were
orable and would feed the nation
year, eliminating the need oi lHl
ed wheat. Nearly all European
tries, however, reported decreaseAI
total European production beng
mated mt 1,1O0,99l.OOO bushels,
pared with 1,239, ,256,OOO In W.
the pre-war average OF 1,2'o'i0A
British India and Japan are efps
to produce 1872 2.S47 900 bushels
pared with S2,O94,O 900 last yeai
the pre-war average of 375,s2''o@
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22

had not exerted itself against an office
cramped brain, dusty ledGer-hl hlled
life that suddenly felt itself CRYING
out for the free, open country, without
hardly knowing what the term meant.
Old Beamish caught the light in the
eyes, the quick contraction of the
hands, and smiled.
You don't need to tell me. Son. "
he said slowly. 81 can see the syrnp-
toms. You've got the fever-you'rs
going back to work that mine.
"Ohadi is thlrty-eIght miles from
Denver. That's your goal. Out there,
they'll tell you how the mine caved in.
and how Thornton Fairchild. who had
worked 1t, together with his two men.
Harry Harkins, Cornishman. and
'Slssie' Larsen, Swede, left town late
one night for Cripple Creek-and that
they never came back. That's the
story they'll tell you. Agree with it.
Iell them that Harkins, as far as Won
Know, went back to Cornwall. and
that you have heard vaguely that Lar
sen later followed the mining game
farther out west"
rs it the truth"
How do I know? It's good enoupb
people shouldn't ask questions TeII
nothing more than that-and be care
lui or your friends. There is one
man to watch-if he Is still alive
lhey call him 'Squint' Rodaine. and
ne may or may not still be there 7
uoht know-Pm only sure of the fact
tiat your father hated him, fought
MIN and feared him. The mine tnn-
mel Is two miles up Kentucky pulcb
anu one hundred yards to the right
"A surveyor can lead you to the yerv
spot. It's been abandoned now for
thirty years. What you'n find ther.
Is more than l can guess. But Row !"
ana MS hand clenched tight on Robert
rairchlids shoulder, whatever Won
uo' Whatever you run into, wbatever
friends or enemies you find awa,tIno
you, don't let that light die opt a,
your eyes and don't pull in that chin /
II you find a fight on your hands
"hether it's man, beast or nature s,,,
INTO 1t! If you run into things that
cut your very heart out to learn-beot
, c,i DOWN and keep goingl And win /
ihere-fhats all the advice 1 know
@ seet me at the 10 train for Indian.
apolis. Goodby"
uoodby-Fll be there" Fairchi,d
srasped the pudgy hand and left N.
oh'ce. For a moment afterward old
ienry Beamish stood thinking ana
,ookihg out over the dlngy roof ada
cent, penr. Then, somewhat absently h.
besseo ~, the ancient electric button for
MS more ancient stenographer.
Naii a messenger. please" he o--
oered when she entered. ~ want =.
send a cablegram." !"
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22
For xoedness' sake. eo-
Hurryp'

tTo BE coNrINuED.)
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22

conversation, he turned toward the
bookcase and unlatched the paneled
door. moment more and the hol-
lowed history had given up its trust.
bit Of paper scratched with numbers.
Robert Fairchild turned toward the
stairs and the small room on the sec
ond floor which had served as his fa-
theirs bedroom.
There he hesitated before the LITTLE
iron safe in the corner. summoning
the courage to unlock the doors of n
dead mans past
The safe had not been opened in
years: that was evident from the
creaking of the plungers as they fell,
the gummy resistance of the knob as
Fairchild turned 1t in accordance with
the directions on the paper Finally,
great wrench, and the bolt was
drawn grudgingly back; strong pull,
and the safe opened.
Fairchild crouched for moment,
staring, before he reached for the
thinner of two envelopes which law
before him. A moment later he
Strengthened and turned toward the
light A crinkling of paper, a quick
drawn sigh between clenched teeth;
1t was letter; his strange, quiet,
hunted-appearing father was talking
to him through the medium of ink and
paper, after death. He read:
MY Son:
Before l begin this letter to you
must ask that you take no action
whatever until you have seen my at
torney-he will be yours from now on.
| have never mentioned him TO YOU
before; it was not necessary and
would only have brought you curiosity
which I could not have satisfied. But
now, l am afraid, the doors must be
unlocked. l am gone You are young,
you have been faithful son and you
are deserving of every good fortune
that may possibly come to you. I am
praying that the years have made a
difference, and that Fortune may
smile upon you as she frOwned on me.
Certainly, she can injure me no longer.
My race is run; l am beyond earthly
fortunes.
Therefore, when you have finished
with this, take the deeds inclosed in
the larger envelope and 20 to st.
Louis. There, look up Henry F. Beam
ish, attorney-at-law, in the Princess
building. He will explain them to you.
Beyond this, fear, there is little
that can aid you. I cannot find the
strength, now that I face 1t, to tell
you what you may find If you follow
the lure that the other envelope holds
forth to you.
There is always the hope that For
tune may be kind to me at last, and
smile upon my memory by never let
ting you know why l have been the
sort of man you have known, and not
the jovial, genial companion that
father should be. But there are GER
tain things, my son, which defeat a
man. Therefore is it not better that
it remain behind n cloud until such
time as Fortune may reveal it-and
hope that such time will never
come? ! think so-not for myself, for
when you read this, I shall be gone;
tut for you, that you may not be han
dIcapped by the knowledge Of the
thing which whitened my hair and
aged me, long before my time.
II he lives. and I am sure he does,
there is one who will hurry to your
aid as soon ~ he knows you need him.
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22
CHAPTER |.

1t wns over. The rambling house.
with its riClety, old-fashioned furni-
ture-and its memories-was now de-
serted. except for Robert Fairchild,
and he was deserted within it, wan
dering from room to room staring at
familiar objects with the unfamiliar
gaze of one whose vision suddenly
has been warped by the visitation of
death and the sense OF loneliness that
1t brings.
Loneliness, rather than grief. for 1t
had been Robert Fairchild's promise
that he would not suffer in heart for
one who had longed to go into a peace
for which he had waited. seemingly in
vain. Year after year. Thornton Fair
child had sat in the big armchair by
the windows, watching the days grow
old and fade into night, studying sun
set after sunset, voicing the vain hope
that the cleaning might bring the twi-
light of his own eXistence-a silent
man except for this, rarely speaking of
the past, never giving to the son who
worked for him. cared for him. wor-
SHIPPED him, the slightest inkling of
what might have happened in the dim
days of the long ago to transform him
into beaten thing. longing for the
fnal surceaSe. And when the end
came, 1t found him in readiness, wait
Ing in the big armchair by the win
dows. Even now. a book lay on the
frayed carpeting of the old room
where it had fallen from relaxing fin
Rnhnrt E.fr ioy- a.
and with a sigh restored it to the
grim, fumed oak case. His days of
petty sacrifices that his father might
while away the weary hours with
reading were over
What had been the past? Why the
silence? Why the patient, yet impa-
tient wait for death? The son did not
know. In all his memories was only
one faint picture, painted years be-
fore in babyhood: the return of his
father from some place, he knew not
where, long conference with his
mother behind closed doors. while he.
In childlike curiosity, waited without,
seeking in vain to catch some expla-
nation. Then a sad-faced woman who
cried at night when the house was
still, who faded and who died. That
was ALL. The picture carried no ex-
PLANTATION.
And now Robert Faircltld stood on
the threshold of something he almost
feared to learn. Once, on black.
stormy night, they had sat together,
father and son before the fire. silent
for hours. Then the hand of the
white-haired man had reached out
ward and rested for a moment on the
young mans knee.
81 wrote something to you, Boy,
day or so ago. he had said "That
little illness I had prompted me to
do 1t. II thought 1t was only fair
to you. After I'm gone, look in the
safe. You'il find the combination on
q piece of paper hidden in hole cut
In that old European history in the
bookcase. have your promise. I
know-that you'll not do 1t until after
I'm gone"
Now Thornton Fairchild was gone.
But message had remained behind;
one which the patient lips evidently
had feared to utter during life. The
heart Of the son began to pound, slow
and hsrd as with the memory Of that
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22

and for moment held the envelope
before him, staring at 1t with wide
eyes. Then, as though to free by the
stronger light of the window the
haunting thing which faced him, he
rose and hurried across the room to
better light, only to find it had not
been imagination; the words still
were before him, sentence written
In faint, faded ink proclaiming the
contents to be Papers Relating to the
Blue Poppy Nine" and written across
this word in the bolder, harsber
strokes of man under stress of emo
tion, word which held the eyes of
Robert Fairchild fixed and staring, n
word which spelled books of the past
and evil threats Of the future, the
single, ominous word:
"ACCURSEDw
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22

Accept his vounsels. laugh nj his little
eccentricities II you will, but follow
his Judgment implicitly. Above all,
ask him no questions that he does not
care TO answer-there are things that
he may not deem wise TO tell.
There Is little more TO say. Beam
ish will attend to everything for you
If you care to go. Sell everything
that is here; the house, the furniture.
the belongings. 1t is my wish, and
you will need the capital-if you go.
And If circumstances should arise to
bring before you the story Of that
which has caused me so much dark
ness. | have nothing to say in self
eNtcnuation. made one mistake
that of fear-and in committing one
error, I shOuldered every blame. 1t
makes little difference now. l am
dend-and free.
My love TO you, my son. hope
that wealth and happiness await you.
Blood of my blood flows in your veins
and strange though II may sound to
you-it is the blood of an adventurer
They say. once in the blood, it never
dies. My wish is that you succeed
where | failed-and God be with you!
YOUR FATHER"
For long moment Robert Fairchild
stood staring at the letter, his heart
pounding with excitement his hands
grasping the foolscap paper ms though
with desire to tear through the
shield which the written words had
formed about a mysterious past and
disclose that which was so effectively
hidden. SO much had the letter told
and yet so littlei Dark had been the
hints of some mysterious, intangible
thing, great enough in its horror and
its farreaChing consequences to cause
death for one who had known of 1t
and living panic for him who had
perpetrated 1t. In that super-calm-
ness which accompanies great agita-
tion. Fairchild folded the paper.
placed 1t in its envelope then slipped
it into an inside pocket. A few steps
and he was before the safe once more
and reaching for the second envelope.
Heavy and bulky was this, filed
with tax receipts, with plats and blue
l'AAiAS GNU ili' I'l Is VI surveyors.
Here was an assay slip. bearing figures
and notations which Robert Fairchild
could not understand, then legal doc
ument sealed and stamped and bear
ing the words:
County of Clear Creek,
State of Colorado.
DEED PATENT.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That on this day of our
Lord, February 22. 1892, Thornton w.
Fairchild, having presented the neces-
sary affidavits and statements of as
sessments accomplished in accordance
with
On 1t trailed in endless legal phrase
ology, telling in muddled, attorney-like
language, the fact that the law had
been fulfilled in its requirements, and
that the claim for which Thornton
Fairchild had worked was rightfully
his, forever. Fairchild reached for
the age-yellowed envelope to return
the papers TO their resting place. But
he checked his motion invoIuntarily
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22
Flames Threaten Chicago ''1

Chicago.-Guests from near,
tel fled into the street ana p
in the county Jail were thrown
panic by u fire which des'.O, W.,
four-story brick building )us' ~
the downtown business dls.ii.'
flames threatened surrounuine N
ings ut West Kinzie and Claan
but were finally subdued, lns
ing destroyed is occupied Dy a,s n
Stafford Company, Ink mah 49,
the Peter Heer Paper Boz o'
The Dolores star., 1922-09-22
Colorado Roads Excel Those Of 7

Denver-Roads in COLORADO w
good as the roads in the Fl
states, declared DR.. George L. I
macker, member Of the Deh'e
tary Club. DIR. Schumacher na'
returned from a 7.OOO'mile au'Ou]
trip through seventeen OF the h'.
states. and he said that ai'el
over the roads of the other s'A"
decided that Colorado roaus
good. II made better time va 4,
over Colorado roads than diu !
Of the Eastern states" Dt
macker said.