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anguish. And then there cropped
forth the well hidden yellow streak
which Justin had suspected.
Motioning Roddy back, the referee
began to count Mayo out. AS he did
SO. he surveyed the fallen man: and
he was led to believe that terror
rather than inability to rise kept the
negro glued to the floor. Wherefore,
| after counting up to five, the referee
addressed Mayo in a quick undertone,
| then went on counting. Thus:
"One-two- three -four-five," he in
| toned, adding. fiercely; Aren't you
| going TO fight any more?"
| "Yassah.' replied the stricken Ala
| baster as the count proceeded. Vas
sah-but mot tonight"
x \
| TT was a shining-eyed Mary Bonnell
who greeted Roddy at the corner
! She had even been guilty Of waiting
there for him. Sheepishly he re-
ceived her congratulations. And. as
| they fell into step. as usual, neither
| noticed that they were strolling away
| from the Crump bungalow instead Of
| toward it. They were actually TAX
! ing a walk together; their first.
| AS, finally, they turned back. little
| of the light died in Mary's dark eyes.
! Harry is ever so happy" she con-
| fided TO Kent. He says last night
| will mean a damned house when you
and he fight. That's all he seems to-
think about. And the newspapers
have gotten hold OF, that funny thing
Mayo said when he wouldn't get up.
And Harry says that'll add to your
reputa ton, too, by making people
! laugh again. But, but suppose you
| knock Harry OUT
That's what I'm going to try to
! do Roddv assured her; then he
| gulped as he realized belatedly that
he had said the wrong thing again.
| But don't you see" she explained,
worriedly, don't you see how horri-
BILE that'lI be for Sis-looking on and
seeing her husband beaten? And
and for me, too
| For you, too" he asked. duly.
Yves" she hesitated.
y GU q rather see MIN lick ME imam
| to see ME lick him." he persisted,
| ridiculously like a grieved child.
| Perhaps it was his tone or his face,
/ perhaps it was her inherent honesty
that made her silent.
| Mary" he begged. would you
rather see him lick me than see me
| lick him? Would you. honest?"
Don't ask such silly questions she
reproved. taking refuge in yexation.
Besides, il isn't a question of what
I'd rather or wouldn't rather. 1t means
more than that. Mr.. Justin made
Harry agree that the winner is to get
| rs per cent. Harry wouldn't have
agreed to such terms with all his repu-
| tation and everything. and you d
novice, if We hadn't needed money 50
badly. And if he loses, the % per
cent will only help q third as much as
| if he'd won. Sis found out yesterday
that he's been borrowing all the money
he could get hold of. He says he's
been betting it all on himself If he
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| NIFTY-NINE years ago 1omor-
! r row night President Lincoln
| was shot while attending the
| performance at Fords Thea
ter, sos 10th street northwest The
memory of that fateful evening still
| fingers with Americans. Especially
does the memory of April II, 1865
! linger with James Tanner. better
known to Washingtonians as Cor.
poral Tanner"
Today the old Ford Theater is
owned by the War Department II
! is used in part by the pubIicat ior
| office, and by the local Army re-
cruiting office, which is under the
district of Washington.
The son of the man who took all
! stenographie notes at Lincoln's bed
side in the Peterson House, just
| across from the theater. is now the
officer in charge of all recruitment in
| the District of Columbia for the
| Army. Col. Earl W. Tanner occupies
offices in the old Ford Theater.
! Corp. Tanner served as commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the
| Republic during 1905 and 1906. lie
| enlisted in the Union Army when but
| eighteen years of age, and before he
was nineteen had lost both legs in
the second battle of Bull Run. He
| lived near the Ford Theater on the
night Lincoln was shot. Maj. Cen
Augur asked for volunteers to take
stenographic notes. Corp. Tanner
was the volunteer.
In the court of his many years OF
active participation in the civic affairs
of Washington, he has made many
friends in the city. He lives at 1910
18th street northwest and is the
register of wills.
Corp. Tanner, giving his recollec-
ton of the affair that shocked the
country, said; Z
In April, 1866, l was an employe
of the ordnance bureau Of the War
Department, and had some ability
as a shorthand writer. The latter
fact brought me within touch of the
events of the awful night of April
Ii. i gone Will d " WI
ness the performance that evening
at Growers Theater, where now
! stands the New National. 1t was
soon after 10 o'clock that a man
| rushed in from the lobby, crying
President Lincoln has been shot in
Ford's Theater.'
There was great confusion at once
most of the audience rising to their
feet, when some one cried out, It's a
ruse of the pickpocke ts; look out
Practically all then resumed their
seats, but Immediately one of the
cast stepped out on the stage and
said, The sad news Is top true; the
audience will dispense
my friend and 1 crossed to VIII
Iard's Hotel and there were told thai
! Secretary Seward also had been kill
ed Mems faces blanched as they Al
| once asked, What news of Stanton
Have they got him, too? The wildes,
rumors soon filed the air.
"I had rooms at the time in the
house adjoining the Peterson Honsc
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Took Testimony at Hearing
On Assassination of Lincoln

, into which the President had bee
! carried. fastening down 10th street
] found mass of humanity blockirs
! the street and the crowd cons7anti,-
| charging. A silence that was ap-
paliing prevailed. Interest conferred
on all Who entered or emerged from
| the Peterson House. and all of III
| latter were closely questioned as TO
the STRICKEN Presidents condition
FROM the first the answers were IN
| varying that there was no hopei
! \ military guard had been place
! in front OF the house and those aa
joining, but upon telling the con
mandirg officer that I lived there
l passed lip to my apartment. whici
was the second story front OF III.
house and I found my rooms and ~.
balcony thronged by the other oc-
cupants Of the place. Horror vas
in every heart and disnay on ever
countenance- We had just had =
week OF tumuItous joy over n.
downfall OF Richmond and the COL
lapse Of the Confederacy. and nov.
in an instant all this was changed f.
the deepest woe by the foul shot -.
the cowardly assassin.
1T was nearly midnight when NJ.
General Augur came out on the stoor
OF the Peterson House and asked :.
there was any one in the crowd who
could write shorthand. There was No
response from the street, but one Of
my TRENDS on the balcony told the
general that there was q young MAJ.
inside who could serve him, where.
upon Gen, Augur told him to ask me-
to come down. as they needed me
So it was that came into close touch
with the scenes and events that sur
rounded the final hours of Abraham.
Lincoln's life
Entering the house I accompanied
Gen. Augur down the hallway to the
rear parlor. AS we passed the doo~
of the front parior the means and
sobs of Mis-. Lincoln struck painfully
! upon our ears. Entering the rear
parlor / found Secretary Stanton,
Judge David K. Carter, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia 3. A. Hill and many
others.
II took up my seat on one side OF q
small library table, opposite Score.
tary Stanton, with Judge Carter at
tho end. Various witnesses were
brought in who had been either in
F'ord's Theater or up in tho vicinity
OF Mr.. Stewards residence.
Through all the testimony giver.
by those who had been in the theate r
that night there was an undertone of
horror which held the Witnesses
back from positively Identifying the
assassin as Booth.
Our task Was interrupted very
many times during the night, some
| times by reports or dispatches for
Secretary Stanton, but more often by
| him for the purpose of issuing orders
| calculated to enmesh Booth in his
! flight. Guard the Potomac from the
city down. was his repeated direo-
! ton. He will try to get south MsnS
| dispatches were sent from thae table
before morning. some to Gen. DIX at
New York. and others TO Chicago and
Philadelphia
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ing the fighters 20 follow as the.
might
The Comedy Kid was the Chron.-
cle's nickname for Roddy Kent next
morning Il calling attention to the
ourifsqGe phases which had accom-
panied each Of his three fights. The
name stuck. So did his following.
which ever thereafter thronged That-
ever clubhouse he CHANGED to fight IL.
AID even after scores Of disappoint-
merits. 70 fitness another front-page
comedy scene. Kent was a made mar
don't know what aiIs Harry.
lsr.e-t=d Mary Bonnell. next after
1co-- as she and Roddy began Their
yak He seemed to like you so
-nucH: AID, ever since last night nc
says such perfectly awful things
about you. Why. he told me if
ever spoke 10 you again. he wouldn't
let ne stay another day in his house"
The blazes he did" grunted tho
sympathetic Roddy blankly. What
did you say TO that"
'Im-Im here, aren't II" she made
answer. so low he scarce could be-
lieve he heard.
That means you cant keep on liv-
ing in his house,
Il suppose So He
Say" shouted Kent. smitten by the
first sound and brilliant idea OF all
his brief life. Say! Let's go house
hunting. then. Hey? How about It?
Hurroo. Come on"
fCopy-ight 1871
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GLORY 'bei' snorted Justin, google
eyed with establishment. THE ivory
mine gets to work sometimes, just
like it was regular folks brains! And
1 never thought of it! It's pip!
That's what it is. How'd you ever
happen to hit on that, Sonny?"
II just kind Of
And you was dead right!" ap-
proved Justin.
First fight you knock him out
two minutes before the rounds to
begin. That got him sore. You're
sore. too. count of the guying and
joshing you got in the papers. Both
Of you wants to get back at t'other.
A reg'lar OF Crude fight. The kind
that brings in the gate"
'He's-he's kind of-kind of hard
mp, isn't he?" asked Roddy, with
elaborate carelessness a tight with
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! IRON the outset of the first round
L he fought with little of his former
aggressiyenesS. With true fighter
instinct he realized that this oldster
was no match for him and that he
could probably end the battle whenever
he might choose to.
After the first round Justin took him
severely TO task. as Kent had foreseen,
for his lack of aggression. In seeming
obedience 70 his managers orders he
started the second round in his wonted
| hurricane style. boring savagely in.
He drove Crump before him in a
short-arm rally that set the spectators
wild He slammed him TO the ropes.
He held him flattened there with a
volley OF lightning-quick blows,
The referee. of course. interfered as
! fast as he could get to the spot of Car
mage. He sought to thrust Roddy back.
Iut Kent. apparently, had lost his head
with rage and ignored the shove and
| the beloved admonition.
,'runp dipped gracefully to one knee,
rreparatory to keeling over in well re-
| hearsed Inconsistencies AS he did so,
Kent flashed past the protesttngly
scandalized referee and struck him
lightly but resoundinsly on the chest.
From all over the noisily daft house
went UP a gasp that was more than
groan. The young fool had thrown
away the fight when it was all his. In
his hattie mania he had SO far for
potten every rule of the ring as TO
resist the referee and then to strike
man who was down. Truly, Kent S
slow thinking had been done to some
purpose
As soon as he had landed the foul
b1ov, he seemed to come to- himself.
For he stepped back, under the sharp
ureence Of the referees shove He
stood there, quiescent. Inoveless. while
the house Kissed and roared- HIS
work was done. 1t had all come out
nrecisely as he had planned it. He
had not dared trust his powers-or
lack of powerSas an actor, by
staging a false knockout with him.
self as its victim. Thus, he had lost
the fight by the most palpable sort
of foul. And, somehow, he had done
it very convincingly. Yes, when a
stupid mans brain begins to work
there is much peril.
Coal Mine Crump did not sink
Imply to the floor as he had plan
ned and then turn convulsively over
on his face. He knelt as he was He
could not bring himself to speak or
to stir, He was sick with horror.
Before him lay ruin and penniless-
ness. He had wagered every cent he
had in the world and much more Dor
rowed cash that he would be knocked
out in this round. And, 10. he had
won the fight on a foul! He was
| ruined.
Most cheerful1y he could have muir
dered the young idiot who had made
his beautiful plan miscarry. He could
have murdered him and then cut him
into dice.
Then, on the instant, his crafty
brain began to work. That noisily
light tap on the chest "a ssuredly
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loses it'll take more than his share OF
the purse to pay his debts, and well be
worse of than We are"
Her voice shook. A note Of grief
and anxiety ripped its way to Roddy
Kent's soul. The panC of it started his
wontedly dormant brain to working
When a stupid mans brain begins to
work there is as much peril as when a
plow-horse runs away or when a staid
mich COW turns vicious.
Il wouldn't get too much het up
over it," Kent said slowly. after long
pause. Maybe itll-rnay be it'll be all
right"
Coal-Mine Crump was waxing old
for the prize ring. and he was going
back steadily. No one knew it better
than did he. And from the punch he
had received from the novice as well
as from the reports he had CLEANED
of the lads training, he realized the
newcomer was almost certainly too
good for him.
1t was true, as Mary had said, that
he had been straining his feeble credit
by wholesale borrowing. But Crump
had lied in telling his wife he was
betting the borrowed cash on himself
He was betting every dollar of it,
through commissioners, for Roddy
Kent to win in the second round. On
the strength of this plan, Crump had
been able TO borrow freely from friends
who ordinarily would not have lent
him a cent. He and they were placing
their bets at the best obtainabIe odds.
Already enough money had been placed
to bring the odds undesirably low, and
more than to cover the difference be-
tween % and 75 per cent OF the mod
est purse.
He was not new to schemes like this,
and had a genuine talent for them.
The pang-born thought that had en-
tered Roddy's brain blossomed there.
1t bore its fruit in the second round OF
his bout with Crump. at the Cestus
Athletic Club, four weeks later.
This time Mary ard her sister were
in a ringside box. But Roddy paid
scant heed to them. He paid less heed
to the hearty welcome of the crowd.
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NATURALLY, it did not occur to
Justin to mention that a prelimi-
nary gong sometimes is sounded be-
fore a bout, the gong which calls the
bath-robed fighters to midring to get
their instructions from the referee
( after which they retire to their cor
ners, there TO strip and await the
gong which begins the bout.
1t seemed as needless for the man
Of many years ring experience to
explain this to his disciples as for a
school teacher to tell his pupils they
need not translate the printers name
and the date on a Greek examination
paper. To Justin. as to all of his
Kind, the term gong meant only
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NEXT morning on the front page
not on the sporting page. mind
you-appeared a story whose gist
the Associated Press had already sent
to the ends Of the continent
"Sonr. he exulted, tits the making
OF you! That yarn will be in the
mouth of every fight fan in the state.
It'll do more to make you known and
make folks come to see you fight than
If you'd scored six knockouts on bet
ter men than Coal Mine Crump.
won't have to go begging and wheed-
ling to make the Cestus hard-boilers
give you your next chance. Don't go
looking like you was spanked. It's
the biggest lump of luck that be-
ginner ever run into. A fool for luck.
like the Teller said. I'll go down
ard ha-G q chat with en- as soon as
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BY STEPHEN r. TTLLMAN.

NIFTY-NINE years ago tomor-
X row night President Lincoln
was shot while attending the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-08-06
LEGALS
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Bozeman, Montana,
July 10, 1924.
NOTiCE is hereby given that
Alexander L. Stuart, of West Yellow
stone, Montana, who, on July 18th,
1924, made Presumption application,
under Sec. 1882 r. S., No. O16161, for
Lot Nos. IL and IA, Block No. %, in
West Yellowstone Townsite, situated
in NJ of Sec. "a, Township Is South,
Range 5 East, Prin. Mer. Montana,
has filed notice of intention to make
Final Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Register
and Receiver of U. S. Land Office, at
Bozeman, Montana, on the goth day
of August, 1924.
Claimant names as witnesses: Jesse
E. Pierman, Samuel P. Eagle, Leb-
bens A. Murray, Horace G. Bartlett,
all of West Yellowstone, Montana.
GEO. C. DAVENPORT, Register.
First publication July %, 1924
(Last publication August 13, 1924
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Bozeman, Montana,
July 10, 1924.
NOTICE is hereby given that Laura
Stuart, of West Yellowstone, Mon
tana, who, on July Is, 1924, made
Presumption application, under Sec.
1882, R. S., No. O16173, for Lot No. 5,
Block No. %, West Yellowstone Town
site, situated in M of Sec. "a, Town
ship Is South, Range 5 East, Prin.
Mer. Mont, has filed notice of inten-
ton to make Presumption Final Proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before Register and Re-
ceiver of U. S. Land Office, at Boze-
man, Montana, on the Goth day of
August, 1924.
Claimant names as witnesses: Jesse
E. Pierman, Samuel P. Eagle, Lebbens
A. Murray, Horace G. Bartlett, all of
West Yellowstone, Montana.
GEO. G. DAVENPORT, Register.
First publication July %, 1924
last publication August Is, 1924
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Bozeman, Montana,
July 19, 1924.
NOTICE is hereby given that Mate
B. Cromer, Transferee of Chas. Bech-
tel, of Salt Lake City, Utah, who, on
July 18th, 1924, made Presumption
application, No. 016184, for Lot No. 6,
Block No. Is, in West Yellowstone
Townsite, situated in NJ Sec. 81,
Township 13 South, Range 5 East,
Prin. Mer. Montana, has filed notice
of intention to make Final Proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before Register and Receiver
of U. S. Land Office, at Bozeman,
Montana, on the 21st day of August,
1924.
Claimant names as witnesses
Charles Bechtel, Horace G.. Bartlett
Party Croft, George Henderson, all OF
West Yellowstone, Montana.
GEO. c. DAVENPORT, Register
First publication July %, 1924
last publication August Is, 1924
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Bozeman, Montana,
July 10, 1924.
NOTICE is hereby given that The
Stewart Mercantile Company, by
Alex Stuart, Vice-President, of West
Yellowstone, Montana, who, on July
Il, 1924, made Presumption applica-
ton, under Sec. 1882 R. s., No. 016156,
for Lot No. Is, Block No. % and Lot
No. u, Block No. 81, in West Yellow
stone Townsite, situated in M of
Sec. "a, Township Is South, Range 5
East, Prin. Mer. Montana, has filed
notice of intention to make Pre-
emption Final Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore Register and Receiver of U. S.
Land Office, at Bozeman, Montana,
on the 10th day of August, 1924.
Claimant names as witnesses: Jesse
E. Pierman, Samuel P. Eagle, Lebbens
A. Murray, Horace G. Bartlett, all of
West Yellowstone, Montana.
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First publication July %, 1924
(Last publication August Is, 1924
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PRIMARY
ELECTION

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that,
on the 26th day of August, 1924, at
the various Precincts in the County
of Gallatin, State of Montana, a Pri-
mary Nominating Election will be
held, at which the Republican, Demo
cratic and other parties will choose
their candidates for State, District,
County Precincts and other offices,
namely:
One United States Senator, one
Representative in Congress, one AS
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court,
one Governor, one Lieutenant Cover
nor, one Attorney General, one Secre-
tary of State, one State Treasurer,
one State Auditor one Railroad Com
missioner one Clerk of Supreme
Court, n Superintendent of Public
instruction, one Judge of the Ninth
Judicial District, one State Senator,
three Representatives to the Legis-
lative Assembly, one County Com
missioner (six year term) ,one Sheriff
one County Clerk and Recorder, one
County Treasurer, one Clerk of the
District Court, n County Assessor,
one County Attorney, one County
Auditor, one County Superintendent
OF Schools, n County Surveyor, one
Public Administrator, one Coroner,
two Justice of the Peace for each of
the various townships, two Constables
Tor each of the various townships.
one Central Committeeman for the
various Precincts in the county.
Which election will be held at u
o'clock noon and will continue until 2
o'clock in the afternoon of said dav.
Dated this oath day of July, A. d.
1924.
j.. H. HARRIS,
County Clerk
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Bozeman, Montana,
July Is, 1924.
NOTICE is hereby given that Alex
Stuart, Jesse E. Pierman and Samuel
P. Eagle, of West Yellowstone, Mon
tana, a partnership, who, on July Is,
1924 made Presumption application,
No. 016171, for Lot No. IL, Block No.
81, in West Yellowstone Townsite,
within the NJ Section 81, Township
13 South, Range 5 East, Prin. Mer
Montana, has filed notice of intention
to make Final Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described.
before Register and Receiver U. S.
Land Office, at Bozeman, Montana,
on the goth day of August, 1924.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Lebbens A. Murray, Horace G. Bart
lett, Laura Stuart, Margaret A. Croft
all of West Yellowstone, Montana.
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First publication July %, 1924
last publication August IS, 1924
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Bozeman, Montana,
July 10Th, 1924.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Edmund L. Van Antwerp, transferee
of Mrs. A. L. Pierce, Of Salt Lake
City, Utah, who, on July 18th, 1924,
made Presumption application, under
Sec. 1882 R. S., No. O16189, for Lot
No. 8 Block Nc. 81, in West Yellow
stone TOwnsite, situated in NJ of
Sec. "a, Township Is South, Range
5 East, Prin. Mer. Montana, has filed
notice of intention to make final
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Alex Stuart,
U. S. Commissioner, in his office, at
West Yellowstone, Montana, on the
18th day of August, 1924.
Claimant names as witnesses: Mrs.
A. L. Pierce, Mrs. Roxie Bartlett,
William H. Cromer, Charles Garner,
all of West Yellowstone, Montana.
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First publication July %, 1924
LAST publication August 10, 1924