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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
Up From The Death Cell

-Robertson or Robinson. enc O the two"
 Did any person see you give MT. Robinson that ehn?" the district at torney asked next.
 'Yes, sir-me conductor and the sergeant O police both saw hit"
 At that the district attorney ceased tC question the witness and my law yers took him over for cross-exami- nation. They had the man go into detail concerning the appearance of the revolver, what was said when he handed it to the officer, what the officer did with it at first, and in fact about everything in connection with the transaction.
 Then came the sergeant of police to testify for the state. After the witness had identified the revolver already admitted in evidence, the dis trict attorney asked:
 "Did you see any other gun there at the scene of the tragedy that night?" "That Is AL,
 "No, sir" answered the sergeant.
 Did You see the motorman of a car that followed the car near which the shooting took placer
 NeS, must nave seen him..
 'Ill ask you. sergeant, whether ytu saw that motorman, John Me Daniel, hand anything to Officer ,Robinson?"
 q did not"
 Then you did not see him hand a revolver, which he had picked up from the car floor, to MT. Robinson. who in turn gave it 10 you?"
 No, sir, l did not; nothing of the kind happened"
 That is all fer the present." said the district attorney. The state will want to recall the witness later"
 CHAPTER 2l
 My attorneys gave that witness a severe cross examination, but he did not Waver.
 The conductor of the street car first to appear on the scene of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17

A train steamed into the depot of a little Vermont town and q man who got down. looked around dully. He was clean, but the suit he wore was threadbare. Even the light grip he carried contained very .little.
 He was tall. spare, perhaps forty three; life had carried Jim Steel over some rough places during the twenty years since his feet last rested Oh that platform.
 Twenty years. How many hundred times had he pictured this moment? Back to the old home town He had lain on the veldt in Africa staring up at the stars and yearned for the sight of it. Once adrift in an open boat in the South Seas when death had lowered very close, his vision of the place was extraordinarily clear. He passed out of the depot and mo- ticed the newly crowding buildings. There was a field hereabouts in his day, a field with a path down the side of it, leading to an old five barred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
By C. VERB TYLER


 Bins cards read: William Bev: erly Watson" and in the lower left hand corner, in small type-but al- ways there-"of Virginia
 Nobody would ever think of deny ing where Bill hailed from. or that he brought along with him certain of his inhoritances.
 Bill. just careless, no intention, was something of a bon ViVant. at any rate q lover of ease, the good things of life. Comfortable home, always'a ca good meal on the table. no stintins, temperament expressed in these things. As time went on, the way Bill insisted on living showed on him. He grew to look like his habits. comfortable, iu his forty-second year a little .bald and bordering on being stout. Rather good looking was Bill fine teeth (of which he was some what Vain) and q smile the charm of which was never questioned. As a fact. Bill had several smiles, diff ferent smiles for different occasions, different people, occasionally con descending. But the real smile, the pronounced one. and above par. was for women. It was a peculiar smile. this smile of Bills for women, in- dulEent. patronizing. playful. It seemed to say to them. any of them, young or old, married or single-no matter--you were made to be loved
 Quite naturally, Bill's wife was a beauty. Quite naturally, also, she adored Bill, and what was worse, alas. for the imaginative tempera- ment. she was extremely. jealous of Bill and more especially of Bills smile for women.. He had a good deal to bear from it. suspicion, question ing, days of estrangement, mild scenes-a good deal to bear. But nothing could kill that smile, gallant and persuasive, that Bill had for women, all women. He offered it as their due, and to see him offer it cer- 5tainly hurt his wife, so that as much as possible she drifted to the back ground. taking Bill with her, of course.
 When she was Ss she fell i'll. Something wrong. Cancer whispered, There is a world of woe in shat word. Two years of suffering. mostly in bed during the second one. wlfh Bill constantly at her side. the. bedside. Sundays all day long at the window, where her eyes could rest upCn him, and he.- feeble voice reach him, sat Bul, Sunday papers in his lap or on the floors at his feet.
 Always in the beautiful stricken eyes of his wife, so that at times he rather dreaded to meet them, Bill read question:: What was he doing when away from her: who was re- ceiving his smile?
 Yes. Bill knew this question was ever in her mind, and he suffered under it. For her own sake. her peace of mind he wished he could have her perfect confidence, and wha. he could do to insure this he did. Straight home from the office, and Sundays all day Sunday, the window. three feet from the bed, and the papers. Sometimes sitting there in the quiet of the sick room, he would fall asleep, and that was the time when her eyes rarely left his face. the time when she could take her full of the features she loved so while thinking perhaps of the smile,
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tCOntinued From Page Threeo truthful. But someone, or else some two, swore. a straisht-out falsehood. l am still wondering, even after more than eighteen years, who lied-and why?
 Then little bit later a kind of tilt occurred between the district at torpey and one of the witnesses for the prosecution. It came about as a result of my insistence to my at tcrney that both men had guns, one Of them having his in his hand and try ing to shoot me. while the other vas apparently trying to take a gun from his pocket. My attorneys had found the witnesses who had seen the other gun and one of them hap pened to be witness for the state. He was on tne stand. when the dis trict attorney picked up the revC lver that had been admitted to be the one with which one of the men had tried to kill me.
 Do you remember to have seen this revolver on the night of the tragedy?' he questioned
 Hi do not" answered the witness, who was of English birth.
 Did you not see your conductor, who was with you on the car that
  first appeared on the scene, pick up this gun and hand it to the sergeant of police?"
 "Hi did not, sir" Did you see any gun there that night?"
 "Yes--but not that one"
 Where did you see the gum" "Hi meself picked hit hup, and banded it to the hofficer with the sergeant O police.''
 O O O The Witness Is Obdurate.
 Was it the same pattern gun tf this?"
 NO sir-hit 'ad a different kind O barrel, halso wooden 'andle; not a rubber 'andle like that one"
 'To whom did you hand it. you say?"
 ITO hofficer-ah, what's is mime :?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17

hands and he was sobbing.
 One of the boys. his eldest, found him so. andt quickly laid a hand on his shoulder. Whats the matter, father?"
 Nothing. son." Bin' looked up cloudy eyes, wet checks, not the ghost of smile. Bob" he said.
 ''Yes, father?
 What we want" and Bills voice was rather, fierce, lis to keep this place sacred. Understand? Sacred. No card playing, nor drinking, no actresses pictures around, ,nothing- understand?"
 "Yes, father"
 Sacred to your mother"
 Yes, sir"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17

things your mother wouldn't have approved of, that would have grieved her-she made this home!--why the worlds large and New York is a mighty big city,
 You mustn't grieve so, father"
 Mustn't grieve, Why not? Don't you think she would have grieved for me? l loved your mother, Bob, and it seems to me that I'm about the only one who realizes it. Go and an- swer that phone.
 As his son left the room, Bills eyes became fixed on picture of his wife, a merry picture of her of the long ago. in which she seemed laughing at him.
 T loved you, girl" he said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
By. G. We're Tyler

Margie has had a pretty hard strug- gle with life since her husband died"
 "Sir?"
 T was speaking to you about your Aunt Margie. Has hard life. l haven't thought enough about her. always taken up here with your mother. and you boys. I've neglect ed her"
 No, father"
 Don't tell me, no father" I know l have, and I'm going to try to make up for it. I'm going to ask her to come here to live, and keep this place sacred. You boys. with your cigarettes and what not will give her occupation enough. Look here, Bob, if either of you. boys, or, for that matter, myself, want to do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17

terial to the case fer thfs defendan, in his capacity as witness to show that side of the transaction, as 1t was for him, at the suggestion of counsel, to demonstrate here before the jury. on his direct examination, how the handto- hand struggle-as he claims-atook place on the car"
 I knew that he had us there. My lawyers had me to step from the wit ness chair and with them acting In the place of the men who had been killed, demonstrate as nearly as could the position we were in at the time that alleged accidental shot had been fired. Of course l might have declined-in fact might have flatly refused to make the latter demon stration-ahd It would have been ridiculous for the judge to commit me to jail uNtil I answered.; but had an' innate sense of fairness and felt that ordinary good sport ethics called for my compliance; and then. as much as it went against tAe grain. tied the handkerchief over the flower part of my face, took in my hand that gun which I never had ex- pected to hold again, and stepped down to the floor below.
 'Now, Mr.. Kane"-the district at- torney stepped toward me holding cut that hat of mine that had been lost in the fight-''put this hat on, then step toward me and say to me just what you said to the two men when you first entered the car" And he went back and stood by his chair.
 Knowing fuls we'll that he wanted the jury to see a highwayman in ac- tion, l put that hat on,s pulled it down over my eyes a bit, raised the gun about waist high. toCk two rapid steps toward him and, fin precisely the same tone that l had used on the night of' the tragedy, I said, Put up your hands."
 The curious court audience moved in their seats-I could look beyond the prosecutor and sec them cranins their neckssor locking slightly wide eyed and fnterested-and that gen. tleman himself gave what appeared to be kind of volsS,tary start. I've often wondered whether his action was due to the unexpected surprise of seeming reality or whether, for the effect 1t might have been on the jury. it was feigned. Either way, the newspapers said that the court of ficers, jury and spectators all got a thrill from the demonstrate
 The Girls Name Agnin.s
 If. however. I had without protest in person compiled with the prose cutor's. wish in that matter. follow ing that he asked a question that caused sudden and firm resolve to take root in my mind. Three pre- vious questions by him led up to that one particular question.
 How did you know" he asked. that there was a street railway ter minal out that way?"
 q had been out over that lipe," was mX answer.
 "When?"
 "The evening before the tragedy" What were you doing out there?"
 q was calling on young woman in that part. of the city"
 What is her name?"
 ."I decline to state the name," answered glanci1g beyond the prosecutor to where the young woman was sitting by her brother in the court audience.
 He waited just moment; then
 Again l ask you to give her name"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17

been a garden there, with old world flowers, and shady trees under which he had sat with his love. He could now remember one June evening when they fingered there after the setting of the sun, after the Shadows had gathered and become an en- chanted fairyland, where he and his black -haired Mamie, were the only things left in the world.
 But what tragic disillusion! It was now a plumbers place. There was a wooden shed for the vandal plum ber's bench and tools, right in the spot where Jim had once sat reading poetry to Mamie and holding her
 He shvered again. And while he was there, staring at the lost world. the plumbers wife, an Cverplump Portuguese, came out to hang wet washing on a line.
 Stung to the core by this anti climax, this shattering of all his fond imaginings in other lands, Jim turned away, lips moving, inarti- culate words dying thereon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
By Henry Holt

1 He walked back to the depot slowly. Like one in . dream he boarded a train. He must get away far away! In New York he crossed the gangway Of "a steamer Came days and weeks during which he sailed over a great ocean. Some where. Under the southern cross he landed on an island. Up a white road he went. to beautiful bunga- low In g vast cocoahut plantation. A woman lying in a Gloucester ham
 mock on the veranda, saw him com ing up ths path-a woman with coal black hair sprinkled lightly with book and rushed toward him arms l outstretched.
 "You all right. Mamie?" Jim asked anxiously. And the kids? Gosh. It's good to be home again. Feels like as if I'd been away six months. Say. Mamie. it's no use of us think ing of settling in the old place in there you yoaldn't know 1t"
 "And again I decline to give it," said I.
 The district attorney arose and ad- dressed the court.
 If your honor please. this witness has heretofore placed h1s own charac- ter in Issue, and with a view now tG establishing his own credibility as witness. 1t is important that his movements prior to the tragedy be brought out. We respectfully ask then that the witness be directed to answer the question:" . The spectators were anxiously awaiting the outcome. The judge failed to say anything right then. and the prosecutor-perhaps feeling that he could induce me to speak out the young woman's name. that might redCund in some measire against mo again put the question.
 "I'm waiting" said he. 'what Is her name?"
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06

To Trade trade royalty
in township 30, range 3east for
second hand Ford. Must be in
good condition. Now drilling
in 80 rods of royalty. Inquire
at Review office. 12-tf
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06
Batteries Charged

Better bring in that old Bat
terry and have it overhauled, or
live or dead storage for winter.
W. are prepared to do first class
battery work. 25-tf
Kelvin Garage
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06
Plaintiff
N. A. Apostle,

N. A.. Apostle,
defendants.
To be sold at Sherif's Sale on
the Oath day Of November, A. D.
1928, at 2 o'clock p. M, at the
front door of the Court House in
the City of Shelby, in the said
county of Toole, the following
property:
All right, title and interest of
the Defendant in and to all oil
and gas in and under NJ SCI
NE4SW4, SE4NW4, of Section
20, Township "a North, Range 2
West of the Montana Meridian,
Montana.
Dated this 29th dav Of October
A. D.. 1923.
H. E. BENJAMIN, Sheriff.
BY W. B. MARTIN, Unde Sheriff
Freeman, Thelen and Frary, Attor-
neys for Plaintiff.
Noy. NOV. 22.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06

JUDICIAL RlCI
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA. IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF TOOLE
Peter G. Ruetten,
Plaintiff.
Mabel Quigley, formerly Mabel
E. West, Peter Del Re and Agnes
Del Re,
Defendants.
To be sold at Sherif's Sale on
the 24th day Of December, A. d.
1923, at 200 o'clock p. M, at the
front door Of the Court House in
the City of Shelby, in said Coun-
ty of Toole, the following prop
erty:
South Half Of Southeast Quar-
ter (S3SE4) Section Thirty (3O);
Northeast Quarter Of Southeast
Quarter (NE4SE44;) East Half Of
Northeast Quarter (E@NE4) of
Section Thirty-one (31;) North
west Quarter of Southeast Quar-
ter (NW4SE43 North Half of
Southwest Quarter (NaSW4) of
Section Thirty-tWo 1921 all in
Township Thirty-four (34) North
Range Four (4) West, Montana
Meridian, containing Three Hun
dred Twenty 1920 acres, more
or less, according to the United
States Government Survey there
of, together with the improve
ments, tenements, hereditaments
and appurtenances thereunto be-
longing.
Dated this oath day Of Novem-
Der, A. D.. 1928.
III. e. BENJAMIN, Sheriff.
BY w. B. MARTIN, Under Sheriff
John w. Coburn, Attorney for
Plaintiff. Cut Bank, Montana.
Pirst pub. Nov. 20.
Last pub. Dec. 20.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06

Instead of freezing by a cold
coal stove and having the coal
and ashes to carry, why not see
the Kelvin Garage for an Oil Bur-
ner or two, and run your stoves
for 10 cents a day for fuel. Let
US demonstrate the heat to you.
ADV. 27-tf.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06

Gasoline Engines, used but good
half price.-Davis Supply Company,
Shelby, Adv. 26-4t.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06
NOTICE OF sHEnIWF,s SALE

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA. IN
NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF TOOLII
P. R. Gorham,
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06

$1,000 Sanitary Couches. $500
this week at Davis Supply Company,
Shelby.-Adv. 26-4t
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06

Davis Supply Co., Shelby, is
headquarters for Santa Claus.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06
NOTICE OF sHERHFr,s SALE

IN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE
NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA. IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF TOOLE
Peter G. Ruetten,
pIainEs+F
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06
Great Northern
Urges Safety
BE CAREFUL AT GRADE CROSSINGS


Almost daily there is reported a very large loss Of
life through preventable accidents, and many people who
are not killed outright are manned and crippled in such
accidents.
Carelessness in crossing railroad tracks was respon-
sible for more Of these accidents than any other one
cause. They are public as well as individual misfortunes.
Your turn may come next if you too are not careful.
Recklessness is on your part will menance those on the
train as well as yourself.
There is always a train coming; it may be nearer
than you think. A track ahead always means great dam
ger.
About eighty per cent Of all automobile drivers do
not stop or look in either direction before crossing a rail
road track; in about twenty per cent OF automobile
crossing accidents the automobile is run into the side of
q train. No such accidents could happen if automobile
and other drivers were careful at every grade crossing.
The train cannot turn out for the automobile, and
must cross the highways at its usual speed in order to
maintain the service that the people need and demand.
Railroad employees and railroad companies are
showing ~praiseworthy zeal and making rapid progress
in the adoption Of safety precautions and the liberal use
Of safety appliances in shops and switching yards as well
as on the line. What is being done along this line will be
more fully developed in another talk.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-06

Mabel Quigley, formerly Mabel
E. West, Peter Del Re and Agnes
Del Re,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-27
FARMERS DISPLAY
INTEREST IN PLAN
SURPLUS Market

Waterville and suburban farmers
are displaying much interest In yes
terday's announcement to the eject
that the sum of $4,000 has been ap-
propriatcd by-a special committee OF
the State Chamber of Commerce to
aid the Maine Farmers exchange IN
charging their activities. by provld-
ing for plan of obtaining a market
for surplus products of the state.
Waterville farmers express the be-
lief that this aid will bring producer
and consumer in New England closer
together and lessen cost of dlstflou-
ton and marketing.
The plans of the exchange, as stat
ed bv one local farmer yesterday, IN
clude assembling surplus farm prod
ucts in leading producing centers OF
the state and shipping them IN
through cars to Boston and other
New England trade centers.
The Maine Central Railroad mas
signified its willingness to run dailE
cars. iced and heated in Winter, from
the various shipping points OF Maine
to tho city markets.
IT is. considered probable that WIN
sufficient aid and cooperation be,
tween the farmers, railroad ana
chamber Of Commerce, truck safoen,I1
ing and production in General WI.
he increased considerably ahotilei
wear.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-27
IN FOR PERIOD OF
COOL WEATHER

Waterville yesterday was greeted
with chilly breeZes and clear SKY.
Following Wednesdays rain. the
change was an agreeable one, though
many found the morning hours too
cool for comfort out of doors. The
afternoon brought warmer conditions,
and the evening hours were quite
cold again.
Yesterday. additionally known as
ST. Anne's Day, ushered in perlod
of three days of predicted fair wealth.
err with rising temperature for today
and tomorrow.
With the exception of fieecy clouds,
the heavens We're clearer yesterday
over WatervilIe than in some time.
The rains of Wednesday obliterated
all trace of smouldering forest fires
and the stirring winds drove the last
vestige of smoke from the kenneoec
valley.
It would be impossible to estimate
the amount of good done by Wednes-
DAYS rain. From suburban Water
willie in all directions comes reports
of the tremendous good done to
MARCHED gardens, flower beds, lawns
and fields.
Without a doubt, the rain saved
farmers in this section of a loss which
bade fair to aggregate thousands OF
dollars. The previous rains this
month did little or no good because
they lasted for so short time that
the moisture did not soak beneath the
surface of the hard baked ground.
Esneciallv on high land. crops were
greatly in need of rain. The precipi-
t.tion for the day, Wednesday, in
this CITY was close to go inches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-27
German Cities Stand
Still Before French

Strasbourg, Germany, July GA.
-Strasbours, capital city of AL
SAGE Lorraine; and Mannheim. the
inland Rhine port which is the chief
commercial center of Baden, both
are suffering greatly today as a re-
suit of the continued French occupa-
ton Of the Ruhr. Freights on the
river are virtually at a standstll, and
the tourist traffic Of other days is no
more. Hence docks are deserted and
hotels empty.
Strasbourg's factories are almost
all closed down. The canal connect
ing the city with the Rhine is filed
with idle ships. There is little act
ivity on the railroad yards, and few
trains cross the bridge. Tourists
llaEe turned to other routes, where
travel is easier and not subject to
military interference, and the local
hotels and cafes are empty. With it's
100000 inhabitants. Strasbourg is in
q sad plight. and can be likened to
deserted orphan.
In Mannheim miles and miles of
warehouses are closed and guarded
by French soldiers in helmets and
khaki fed uniforms. Hundreds Of
idle ships and barges line the canels
and the banks of the huge inner har-
Dor, While the extensive railroad
yards are filled with dead locomo-
tives and freight cars.
The streets of the city are relative
" deserted. Hundreds of factories
are working only on part time, and
the owner of every good automobile
has sent it away in fear of confsca
ton by the French. Mannheim. with
its population Of q quarter of mil
lion, is listless and fearful Of the
future, and seems like q city that has
gone u slecp.