davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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las pruebas Que mas asombro ha eau
satto es la polftiea del actual Minis
tro respecto a Rusia. En- esto NJ. IIe-
rriot no ha sido tan categ0rico como
sc esperaba, hahiendo dado a enten-
der que el reconocimiento de esta
naci6n por Francin no serd tan ra-
pido como Sc esueraba.
Del .exito de, las Conferencias de
Londres depcnde absolutamente el
exito tie NJ Ierriot
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FL Invento Esta Dotado
De POteHcia Ilimitada

Al ser interrogado por yarios re-
prsentantes de la prensa, Mr.. Mat
thews declare que la potencia de su
aparato puede ser ilimitada eyten-
di6ndose segdn los quilovatios que
desarrolle, a muchas millas de dis
tancia.
En- pocos minutes. declar0-una
ciudad Gle las proporciones de Nue.
va York puede ser reducida. a es-
combros, pero como al mismo item
po tamhi6n a Londres lie podria
acaecer 10 mismo. el ITO Sam nunca
tendrd este mortffero inyento.
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Ell AMOR JUEGA CARTA. PRINCI
PAL T.ANIBIEN EN LA POLITE
CA. UNA PRINCESA POR AMOR
FTNGIO SER ESPIA ),

PRAGA, agosto 9.-I1oy Sc des-
cubri6 que la condesa Louise Ester
hazy escribi6 varias cartas acusan-
dose de espfa al Gobierno Checo-
eslotaco con el fin de impresionar
favorabiemente q su novio.
Este hecho ha produeido honda
sensaci6n entire toda la iiobleza bal
kanica. FL pfonietido dc la astuta
.princesa responde al nombre de Os-
Itemberg. 1a sido pnesta en- libertad,
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los FINES DE La POLITICA
FRANCESA NO HAN CANIBIADO,
TAN SOLO LOS MEDIOS

PARIS, agosto 9.--Despues de la
Conferencia de Ministries efectuada
on Londres Sc ha visto que Francia
no ha cambiado en- los fines de s,l
politica. por habef eambiado de Pre-
mier Tan solo los niedios han cam
biado sc diferencian solamente en-
la forina. s..s
N. Herriot. quien Sc crefa que i'm
plantar1a una polftica completamen-
tie radical, ha resultado en- sus ac-
tuaciones como primer Ninistro de
la nacion. menos radical que NJ.
Raimond Poincare.
La polftica de Poincar6 en- el
Ruhr, sera Nevada hasta ell extreme
Dor el Gabinete de Herriot. tina de
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rresponsal del New York Herald"
cn Roma ACADIA de anunciar a su
peri6dico que esta capital Sc halla
muy intereSada en- la posibiiidad
de que Sc efect1e una ceremonial
que serfa prlmera y quizas fnica
en- los anlaes dc In historic; la tri-
pie boda siInultanea de los principcs
de Italia.
Seg0n noiicias el Principe Here
dero no Sc casara, seg1n Ia mani
festado aus padres. 81 no con la
Princesa Maria &c Belgica. quien
conoci0 durante los dfas aciagos de
la gran guerra.
La princesa Giovanna, serd, Sc
gin Sc ha dado a entender, la espo-
sa del principe .heredero de Belgi-
ca; y Ia princesa Maffalda, segGn
noticfas llegadas de Bucarest va ha
forlnalizado matrilnonio, aunQue no
official, con er principe Nicolds dc
Runanfa.
Nlin no Sc han fijado las fechas
para estos casamicntOs principescos
y en- los cfrculos polfticos-sociales
SIC hace preston para qie Sc efec-
rlien en una sola ceremonial en- la
Ciudad Eterna.
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MADRID, agosto o. (cable Fran
ces. -Mientras Sc celebraba un pa
saba, al cual asistia Ell Rey Alfonso,
81 General Primo de Rivera, jete
del gobierno espaiiol, pronuncio' IN
discurso, inanifestando que todo mar
cha oa perfectamente bien en- EspaIia,
? que la situacion en- que Sc encon-
traba la actual administration no
,podia ser mejor.
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FL GObiernO Britanic0
No Esta SatisfeehO

Dijo Mr.. Grfndell que al hacer
los ,experimentos de su nueyo Y po-
deroso inyento delante de los exper-
tos britanicos, estos. no Sc mostra-
ron satisfechos de- los resultados.
.Esto-afiade- Sc debi6 en- gran par
te que el aparato utiIizado por mi,
podfa tan solo desarrollar una po-
tencialidad de un cabaIlo de fuerza.
Sin embargo a 65 pies de distan-
cia pude detener motocicletas, ma
tar algunos animales y hacer otras
pruebas mas.
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correspondent a Wills sera de dos
cientos mil d0lares aunque. este no
Sc sabe de fuente autorizada. Ri
ckard declare que este encuentro
producird ell mayor ntimero dc di-
nero por entradas que sc registrara
en- la historic del boxeo.
El redactor tleportivo del World ,
"Igoc". ranlhiando imprcsiones con
Tex, declare que 81 Wills no mejora
en- .sus condici0neS ffsicas, seri pueS-
to. knock out por el argentine va
que, no podrd resistir IA f9lerza qile
desarrolla la dcrecha dc Firpo Y
cue atin qneda en- In mente dc todos
los que asistieron al eneuentro de
este con dempsey.
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La Cindad del hudson Piieaie Sci.
Des. ruf,la Ell Inos Cuansos
Minutes, Dice

NUEVA YORK. agosto 3. Mt. Ha
rrys Grinaell Matthews, el famoso
inventor de los ''rayos de Ia muer-
te'', que tahto han dado que hablar
a los neriodicos de todo el mlndo,
ha negado rotundamente Ia especie
lanzada inaliciosanente por algunos
peri0dicos ingleses lie que su viaje
n Estados Unidos tuyiera como
unieo fin 81 negociar su invento con
el Gobierno del Tfo Sam.
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Los BebsHBvIQUBs EN- AcoIoN

yARsovtA, agOsto 9. (Cable
Fraaces) Eli General snngly ha 81
do eltviado a IA frontera para averi-
qua: que habia de cierto sobre cieg-
ia excursion Que Sc decfa habian
reaftzado mas aca de Ia frontera los
polsheviques. El General ha infor-
made, que efectivamente, cuatro
gruI'os de soldados, compuesto cada
rino de 25 hombres, penetraron mas
aca de la frontera, pero que uno de
elloS Sc habia refugiado en- suelo
lllso y tres permanecfsn en- Polonia.
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UNA LABOR DE AMMONIA
Y eoNCoRDIA PRovECHo-
"a. Y UTIL. LA REFoRMA
PARA Ell PALS.

sih vencidas las dificultades y
aceptada la buena fe con que unos
y otros Sc disponen laborar uni
dos Ell beneficio de los intereses del
pals. venciera "a Alianza en- toda la
isla, es cast segnro, indiscatibla, Sc
gun ia opinion de la inmel1sa mayo
(Contipia en- la ga. pAgina)
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Ell ENCtENTRO ENTIRE WILLS
y FiRP0 PRODUCIRA LAS EN-
TRADAS MAS GRANDES QUE SE
CON0ZEAN EN- LA HISTORIA
DEL BOXE0
Los Peritos opinan que 81 Wills no
hace un buen entrenamientO sera
puestO X. o. pOr Firpo va que no
podra resistir la flierza de los pu-
nos del Argentine

NTEVA YORK. agosto 9.-Hoy ha
sido entrevistato Mr.. Rickafd Eel
brtjo promoter como lie llaman en-
el Nortc por varios periodistas. a
los que ha hecho declaraciones iIte-
resantfsimas aeerca del eneuentro
entire Harry Wills y Luis Angel Fir
30 ell dfa 80 de este mes.
Riekard tiene el proseeto de ce-
IeDerar ell encuentro en- Ell eelebre
Pine Bowl de Nueva Jersey que ten
dra despues de los arreglos que
seEa sometitlo. dap;icidad para cien
mil espectadores.
La proporcion de entradas que
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Ell EMPUJE ARROLLADOR
DE GOMPERS

Y finalmente. Gompers ell Presi-
dente de la Federation America
ma del Trabajo, Sc ha lanzado a
la arena con sus millones de cleo
torres, y Sc ha declarado alberta
mente en- favor de Lafollette. La
gran fuerza de que dispone Com
pers, su gran Influenza con los
trabajadores, todo ESQ esta al SER
vicio del Partido Progresista. Po-
drfa decirse que Compers es ell
alma mater del movimiento, Y
radie ha de negar que va ESQ sig
mica bastante,. Samuel Com
pcrs,, con sus millones de electo-
res. v su maquinaria politica es
verdaderamente temible, y esa ma
ouinaria, trabajara por el Partido
Progresista.
Los agrieultores del Oeste es-
tan ipeondieionalmente al lado de
Lafollette, ha sido su candidate
desde hace mueho tempo, y ESQ
quita toda fuerza en- el 0este a los
partidos Dem6crata Y Republica-
no.
Hasta aqui los argUmentos de
que hace acopio la prensa ame-
ricana y los cuales, comprenderan
nuestros lectores que son de bas-
tante peso. ~ III @
Y EN- CASO DE TRIUNFO. +.
Y ahora henlos llegado una
conclusion logica a que pretendia-
mos llegar. 81 sale veneedor el Par
lido Progresista, llega la pre-
sidencia Lafollette, Gonlpers ven
dra a ser Ia persona mas influyen-
te en- Casa Blanca.
E acknowledgements, su Kama
rada" Iglesias, no. va a despre-
ciar tan excelente oportunidad, y
solicitara la gobernacion de Puer-
to Rico. Gompers sostiene a Igle-
sias a todo trance. Lo demostr6
iltimamente, S no ha de negarse
a sus deseos, que al misrno ITEM
po, le convienen a el. Y he aqui
que tendriamos de gobernador a
Santiago 1glesias. Nuestros lecto-
res comprenderan que partimos
de la hipotesis, claro esta, pero
tambien convendran con nosotros'
en- que la conclusion a que hemos
llegado es muy logica.
No seria pues NADIA de extrafo
que Iglesias llegara a ser ell pro-
ximo Gobernador de Puerto Rico
Y entonces.. va hablaremos. de
ESQ en- otra ocasion..
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tran verdaderamente obstinados, en-
su rretension de que la Camara con
tinue sus trahajos, sin la presencia
de Herriot.
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III GOBIERNO SOVIET SE HA
NEGADO F,,N VARIiS OCASIONES
a NESiR PASAP0RTES FRANCE
SEES PARA RUSSIA HERRfOT
ENVTA UNA NOTA A
TCHITCHERINE

PARIS, agosto On. Herriot, pre-
sidcnfe del Conscjo de Ministries de
Francla. sc ha visto en- el precise ca
go de enviar una nota Tchitcherin,
ComisaliO russo de Relaciones Exte-
riores, a requerimientos de sJibditos
franceses, que dioen haberse negadO
las delegaciones rllsas visarle los
pasaportes con dcstino a aquella ma
ci6n.
En- el mensaje que envla NJ. He
rriot a TchitcheIin, aquel hace re-
querimientos n este, para que trate
de evitar en- cuanto sea possible to-
da demonstration que pucda ser con-
siderada hostil pof el pueblo fran
5es.. -
Tehiteherin eontestd a, Herriot
prometiendoie una amistosa inyes-
tlgacion del asunto.
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|NUEVA YORK ES Ell CENTRIC
DEL CONTRABANDO. DE DRO,
GAS HERO1CAS.-tINA ESTADIS
TICA ALARMANTE.-76,O 900 on
Z.iS DE HEROINA SON USADAS
ANUALMENTE EN- ESTA CIUDAD

a VI Hs
: WASHINGTON, agosto o. Los
peritos m6dicos encargados por la
Comisi6n Gle la Camara Gle Repre-
sentantes, que actda contra ell uso
de drogas heroicas Ell ell pals, ha
enyiado un ilif0rme a esta Comisi0n
en- el que afirma haber un million
dc adictos a la Herofna en- la Repti-
blica.
Nueva York es el centro del CON
trabahdo de todas estas drogas no.
civas. \ pesaF de haber recetado los
niddieos tan solo IS onzas de este
lnortIfero estinlulante durante el
afio lsasado, sin embargo sc consumi0
un promedio de 10000 onzas de ess.
dr0ga.
Los peritos declararon que ell ma
yor nimero de adictos figura entire
las edades de is a IS 'afios. Esta
droga, Sc ha descubierto, ha sido nllly
usada entire los confinados. d las
grandcs penitenciarfas de la ma
ci6n, entire la que figura en- primer
puesto la de Sing Sing.
Il
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Ell INVENTOR DE LOS "RAYOS
DE LA MUERTE' MEGA. OLE
Ell HAYA IO0 A ESTADOS Uni
DOS A NEGOCLAR ST. INVENTO
CON Ell GOBIERNO DEL ITO SAM
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Sera IgIesias el pro-
.xi1lO gObRrnadOt.
continuation de la la. pagina

do sin miedo alguno, contra los
que vivian en- la corruption. FL
es el sen a d or por Montana,
Wheeler.
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UNA MuJER Es ARREsTADA EN-
Ell BRASIL PoR EsTAR CoMPLI-
cADA EN- LA REvoLUCIQN

BuEEos AIRES, agosto 8. tca-
BILE Flanc6s) LAS filtimas noticias
que Sc han recibido de Sac Paulo, in
dican que numerosas personas han
sido arrestadas por las autoridades
fedefales, acusadas de haber inter
vepido de una manera de. otra en-
Ia rcroluci6f que tanto trabaje ha
costado sofocar. Entire las personas
srrestadas esta, la seiiorita Anesia
Pinheiro Machado, aviadora v de-.
portista muy conoc:da en- esta capi-
tai.
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SIR JOHN STEWART, LLAMA
DO "EL REX DEL WISKEY'',
.PERS0NAJE MILLONARIO y EN-
CENTRICO 4CAEA DE SUECI-
D.ARSE EN SU REGIA MANSION
DE FfNGARlZ, (ESCOCLA)
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Los PRINCIPLES DE ITALIA Sc
CASiARAN PARA LA MISMA EPO
Case CELEBRARA ESTA CE-
REMONIA DE UNA BODA TRI-
PIE EN- ROMA? = EL PUEBLO
ITaiLIaNO SE HALLsA MUY IN
TERESADO EN- ESTA CERE-
MONA g
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NUEyA YORK. agosto o.-EI CO
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De acuerdO con Ia.

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ID D FELLOWS
TO MARCH At
QUANT|CO
Four Thousand From WASH
ington and Alexandria
VIII Be In Line

ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 24.I Local
members Of the Northern Odd Eel
lows Association are completing
plans TO attend the associations
convention. which win be held at
QuAnttc0. October III.
Ihe program has been arranged
ana sent to the lodges. Major Cen
eral Lejeune and Governor Il. Lee
TrinkIe will review the parade, in
which more than. 1000 members
win march.
General Eli Cole, commander Of
the Marine Barracks at Quantico.
Wdll welcome the visitors, who viii
include fourteen lodges from the
northern part Of the State and the
District OF Columbia.
Congressman r.. Walton Moore OF
Virginia, Grand Master Samuel u.
Rogers, OF Virginia, and w. u. Law.
son, Of the District Of Columbia.
viii make addresses.
Theodore Harris, James r. Cation.
and Francs Dreischler were yester-
day appointed by the civic bureau
Of the Chamber Of Commerce to in
vestigate the advisability OF saeur-
ing convention hall for the city.
The meeting Of the bureau yester.
day was the first Of the season, and
was called to arrange the Tall plans.
Some discussion Of converting the
armory owned by the city into d
large and better suited hall for con.
ventions took place. and this win be
looked into by the committee.
Norman v. Pearce, Australian ex.
plorer. poet and author, will deliver
a lecture in the city. September 30.
under the auspices OF the Business
and Professional Women's Club. ii
was announced today. All Of the
clubs OF the city, and the public in
general have been invited to attend
and hear the address.
Police are today searching for d
man who gave the name Of Dewey
Griffith, and who, 1t Is alleged, YES.
terday robbed the home Of Mrs.
Minnie Pettey, 1O8 South st. Asaph
street. The man went to her home.
according to Mrs. Pettey, and after
telling q hard-luck story, asked that
he be allowed to occupy q room. He
said he was going to work and
would pay her for the room soon.
He was accommodated, and yester.
day, after he left, Mrs. Pettey SAYS
she missed three suits Of clothes, a
number Of odd pieces of clothing, a
diamond stick-pin and $1.10 In
small change.
n
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EDGE OPENS BIC
LEAD0VER
KEAN !,
New Jersey Senator Is Ahead
by 70, 600 on Reports From
Half Of State

TRENTON. ~. j.. Sept. a.
United States Senator walter r.
Edge OF Atlantic city, adding hour
~ to his commanding lead, appeared
an easy victor today in his fight
for denomination over Hamilton r.
Kean, Republican national commit
teman. Half of the States districts
in the primary were yet to report.
with 1,O73 districts Of the 1853
reporting. Senator Edge had 1859
to 53,5O2 for Kean.
Despite Edges lead, Kean re-
fused to concede defeat. IT, Edge
is returned winner he win make
the campaign for the office against
Mayor Eugene DonneIly, of Trenton,
unanimously selected as the Demo-
cratic nominee.
Kean carried. but two counties In
the first returns received. These
were Sussex and Somerset, where
the national committeeman had
small plurality. In practically all
other counties reporting, including
Union--Kean's own-Edge was rum
ming ahead.
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thought he was. I was q woman
and he was man and q preacher
and he shouldn't have put sin In
my mind and murder In my heart.
] Just wanted to think about my
children.
"Do you know, / think he's a
coward. He shouldn't have said
anything about me-, And / have
three children. They're so dear.
And then I began thinking that
I wasn't any better than he and that
I was q wicked woman. He kept tell
Ing me he loved me and we were
planning for q time when we could
60 away and, forget that the3e had
ever been anybody else for either
of AS.
II didn't try 10 pray any more
and he didn't pray with me.
1T wasn't that he was good look
ing, or appealing, or anything else.
It was just that he was SO different
and he loved me-"
Muddles Tale Over.
The tale becomes a repetition as
the woman attempts to expound and
clarity her. own beliefs and motives.
He loved me" becomes the oblignto
to the emotional strain, HE killed
her" Elsie SWeetin wishes that it
might have been different, but
II couldn't have been happy" she
philosophixea.
Ills face-my husband al.
ways before me. It Is now. I think
Of him and / know that ] loved him
more Ythan ] could ever love Hight.
He was q coward not to protect me.
He drew me- out Of my happy life
swithisa promise OF something better,
and ! have-th
4 why did I do It? That's what
! am thinking about. But didn't
have any sense. Just knew that
somebody was commanding me to
do things. and did.
There Is no more murder IN my
heart. I couldn't kill again; not
even Hight. My heart IL clean.
Passion Burned Out.
but what can I say? I have
killed because loved too greatly.
and now I have nothing"
The story Of q burned out pas
sion is ended. The underlined
shoulders shrug with inner cold.
The eyes look out DULY as II visu-
alizing the vast, dreary future
stretching endlessly ahead. And the
woman who killed turns to the hard
cot in her cell as the steel door
clangs shut behind her interviewer.
Sans prayer, sans faith, sans love,
Elsie Sweetin stands alone with Eer
thoughts.
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hIe 10 think about. went home
and# dropped to my knees and
prayed, and when my husband
came home 4 couldn't talk 70 him
and I couidn L come near him.
The more I tried to forget what
Hight had said, the, more it. per-
sisted In my mind. And then. it
just seemed that had to do what
he told me, so that when he gave
me the poison putt in the things
my husband ate.
at didn't seem terrible any more.
Love was the greatest thing In the
world. 1t didn't matter " you
killed for 1t. X you stole for 1t. IL
you cheated and lied. If your love
was great enough, and Cody
enough, all was forgiven. No ore
who loved could do wrong and it
didn't matter what the world saiu.
RelnOrse Soon Came.
4 = And when Sweetin died / wasn't
at all sorry, The pastor preached
the sermon. remember that It
was q good sermon. One linz
stands out. He said: II don't feel
worthy to- do this. meaning to
preach the sermon for my husband.
After the body was buried,
Hight walked home with me and
he said. Well. that's over. I wish
the rest OF the job was off my
mind.
1--WE had q thousand dollars In
Insurance and ] paid that on the
home and then + had just a little
bit left. I went to work clerking
for six dollars q week, but that
kept my three boys and me with the
help I got from my family. -
Then / began to think how
much / had loved my husband and
how good he had been to me. He
gave me everything wanted, but
he wasn't sweet-and Hight was
sweet. "a
IF I could have gotten Wilford
back would have. After all. I
had been married to him for six
teen years and q woman gets used
to her man. / was afraid now
that Hight would poson Anna and
! didn't want him to do 1t. I
told him i didn't,
/, II didn't want to marry Hight
then for he wasn't good stosrne any
more. ] got tired oe him. My
mind came back to me- and I knew
he wasn't nearly az good az ! had
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Death Penalty viii Be
Demanded by State at
Trial of Poison Pastor

MOUNT VERNON, ILL.,, Sept "a.
Jefferson county, shocked out OF
its ''main street" calm, moved en-
n1asse today to Ina to hear details
of the ''love crime" involving the
Reverend Lawrence M. Hight, jockey.
pastor, and Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, at
coroner's inquest into the death
Of their. victims, Mrs. Annie Hight,
the wife of more than twenty years,
and Wilford Eweetin, the plodding,
hard-working husband.
Round Up Witnesses.
Although complete confessions,
setting forth how they plotted to.
gether to remove their mates and
how each had administered arsenic
to the ones who trusted them most,
are in the hands of States Attor.
ney Frank g. Thompson, 1t is con-
sidered necessary for the sake Of
making the States case against
them flawless that all available
facts in the case be formally brought
out at the inquest. For this rea-
son, the entire countryside about
here was being combed by deputies
today for witnesses. 4.
nere q druggist that SOLD the
preacher arsenic; here o villager who
has seen the minister and his ''per.
feet love" together: some, Of the
relatives Of the slain miner; a doc.
tor or two to tell Of their treat.
ment Of the victims whom they
| believed suffering from ptomaine-
| all these and more were summoned
to appear and taken to ina to give
their evidence against the couple.
Flock to Hearing.
And all Mount Vernon and Ina
and residents Of the district for miles
around treked to Ina to hear what
these witnesses might have to say.
Whether, or not the taking Of
testimony would be completed to.
day was q question. H
Meantime, the prison YRS, removed
for fear OF mob v olel 70 from the
local jail where after long nights
of grilling they made their confes.
sions, were treated by physicians.
Their ailments, however, were large.
ly the result Of overweight nerves,
the doctors said.
The little circuit rider today stfn
II
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processes his mad love for his
partner in crime, even though the
shadow Of the gallows now looms
sthreateningly. He talked the case
over with Jefferson county officials,
told them how It was q case Of
love at first sight, the first time
he had seen her In his church n
Il can't understand It. I can't
understand It," he said, sadly. 1T
just had to happen, / guess"
Hight IL confined In the county
Jail at Belleville and Mrs. Sweetin
at Salem.
Thompson today reiterated his
statement Of last night that with
the latest developments in the case
he would seek TO hang the pastor.
He previously had announced that,
out Of respect to the church, he
would ask, only life Imprisonment
for the crime. This was when he
believed the pastor guilty Of both
BlayingS and considered It likely
that a -deranged mind might be
responsible.
CAS-. things stand now" he said,
IT believe. Hight simply placed a
moose around his neck when he
made his confession duplicating
Mrs. Sweetin. Had he been q
good sport and chung to his first
confession that he killed both the
man and the woman, 1t would have
been hard to hang him because the
reasons he gave plainly indicated Q
deranged mind"
Sheriff Grant Holcoub gave IL as
his opinion that both Mrs. Sweetin
and Hight win plead guilty and
throw themselves on the mercy Uf
the court, They probably will be
tried at the October term Of court.
It is expected the trials will be
separate, Hight being arraigned
for the murder Of his wife and Mrs.
Sweetin for the Staying Of her
husband.
Another echo Of the case was ex.
pected to come today from Carbon.
dale, where Methodist Episcopal pas
tors from all parts Of southern
Illinois were gathering fo1ssstEe
annual southern Illinois SconfOreuce
oE the church in which Hight AS
ordained. It was under the direc'
ton OF this conference that the
I.cirouit rider worked, and 10 In these
men who win hand down the eolanlu
prOnouncemsnt. Of the church Oh
1t was limited action might be
withheld pending the dispositi "a
OF the case in the courts. e.
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INDEPENDENTS TO MAKE
MID-CAMPAIGN PLANS

Mid-campaign plans for the La
Toilette. Wheeler ticket win be taken
up tomorrow by the Joint Executive
Committee Of the party at q meeting
in Chicago, It was announced here
today.
The Executive Committee. headed
by Congressman John M. Nelson,
has not met since its initial session
in Atlantic City.