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THIRD YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 190S.
No. 156.
Oaily
Cribune.
COMMITTEE
HAS SPENT
OVER $3,000
Expense of Investigating
Water Propositions Has
Run Up-Engineers Take
Nearly Entire Sura
Up until tho first day of this month
tho warrants drawn upon tho city
treasurer in payment of work 'done in
connection with tlte gravity water sup
ply total $:tl7G.78. Of this amount all
but a few hundred dollars lias been
spent for engineering.
Chief Engineer Roberts has so far
drawn as his salary the sum of $1100,
Engineer Cuinmings lias drawn between
$"O0 and $000, and Engineer Kelsey I
was paid $".00 for his report in March
a year ago.
The water committee has paid out
about $'2"0 in expenses since they have
been at work on the various proposi
tions, most of which has been paid for
livery hire.
Tho city recorder is busy in making
up an account of the money spent for
investigating purposes, and until his
account is completed it is difficult to
segregate the different sums.
For sumo time there lias been much
conjecture regarding the amount of i
money spent by citizens of Medford,
and tho ostimnlo offered by those who
discussed tho matter were far in ex
cess of the amount actually spent.
For the $11100 the city has two sur
veys to Wnsson canyon, and Engineer
Kelsey 's report. The cost of making
the'report on Applegato. Fish lake and
Big Butte will be paid for this month,
the bills to come up for action by the
council at the regular meeting in Oc
tober. YOUTH RUNS DOWN
YOUTH IN AUTOMOBILE
RAX FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 18.
It is probable today that Edward Os
ward, a youth aged 15, will have to
stand trial for manslaughter for having
run over and killed Lewis Barlow, aged
10, while Oswald was driving an auto
mobile. Oswald was driving an automobile
belonging to the Contra Costa Canning
company, and. after he had run over
his victim, he did not stop to learn the
nature of the boy's injuries. He was
later arrested and put in a detention
home.
The coroner's jury last night returned
a verdict declaring that the Barlow
boy's death was duo to Oswald's care
lessness, and brading him as incompe
tent to run machine.
W. I). Burlingame, cashier of the
Sun Francisco Chronicle, is here for a
two weeks' fishing trip. Tie accompa
nied .1. N. Teale of Portland, A. C. Dix
of Eugene and W. F. Isaacs to the upper
Rogue Friday morning to spend the day
angling for steelhead.
C. F. Young of Gold Hill spent Thurs
day and Friday in Medford.
George W. Lewis and C. E. Harmon
of Grants Pass spent Thursdnv in Med
ford. LEMONADE OR
NEAR LEMONADE?
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Sept. 18.
How many lemons mint a jar
of circus variety contain to be
named lemonade instead of "ar
tificial lemonade?" is a question
that is worrying the authorities
and which threatens to disturb
the pence of mind of beverage
vendors when a circus arrives
here next week. Deputy District
Attorney McCartney has decid
ed that ei-en circuses must con
form with the provisions of the
pure food law and will visit the
grounds and make an inspection
of what is sold a lemonade.
If the quantity of the bever
age on hand is out of proportion
to the visible number of lemons
and contains ncid. it must be In
bt led as artificial. Only the de.
pnrture of the dispensers from
the time honored custom w'.yeh
tabooes the use of pure lemon
.mice in the manufacture of the
thirst Allayer will permit its
being sold under its usual name.
DEMOCRATS
MAKE GAINS
IN INDIANA
.Returns From the Special
Election Show Great De
crease in the Republican
Vote- Bright For Bryan
INDIANAPOLIS, Iud., Sept. 18.
Thomas Taggart, former democratic na
tional chairman, said today that the
returns from yesterday's special elec
tions to fill vacancies in tho legisla
ture indicuto that tho democrats will
carry Indiana this fall by a largo ma
jority. He formerly estimated that the
Bryan ticket would win by 50,000 .
Big democratic gains were shown
wherever elections were hold.
Delaware county, which gave a big
majority to tho republicans last year,
was won this timo by only 23G votes.
Newton, Stark, Jasper and White coun
ties, which two years ago had repub
lican majority of 3000 were won by
tho democrats yesterday by a close vote.
Tho republicans were not strong.
Gives Lie to Hearst.
CHICAGO, Sept. 18. Governor
Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma today
gave the lie to William Randolph
Hearst, who in a speech at Columbus, i
O., last night called Haskell "tho po- :
litical paymaster of the Standard Oil
company," and charged mm with hav
ing acted as tho agent of tho Roekefol-
i,,', AtrnTnnv nn.
era! Monett of Ohio, in which he said
nn ..ft'nrt uaA i .,!., hriiiA hi in
"by Charles N. Haskell, late of New
York city, " acting as an agent for
the Standard Oil." Governor Haskell
today said:
"IHb tsatement is fnlse. . Hearst
knows it is false. You can quote that.
I am not the Haswcll mentioned in Mo
nett 's petition. I was in Columbus, 177
miles from Cleveland, when the man in
dicated in Hearst's speech was in Cleve
land. The matter was brought up in
tl.n OL-1-I.m..n Anmi.inn onrt M.nttft
-..nt to Oklahoma and 'explained the
mistake, the error having been made in
the initials."
Meyer Damns Guaranty Law.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1 ((.-Replying to I
a letter from Peter Shipman of Minne
sota, Postmaster General Meyer has
written a letter characterizing as dan
gerous the democratic plan for guaran
teed" bank deposits. Meyer considers
this feature of the democratic platform
to be ocnflict with the best interests
of the country. The proposed postal
savings system, favored byb Bryan is
heartily endorsed, however, in Aicycr's
letter. "
FORMER SUPERIOR COURT
JUDGE COMMITS SUICIDE
LOR ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 18.
Charles G. Van Fleet, former superior
court judge in California and at one
time candidate for congress, is dead
today, having committed suicide yes
terday after having received from his
wife a letter saving she was without
funds and that their year-old son could
not go to school because he had no
shoes.
Van Fleet, who studied mineralogy
after leaving the bench here, vainl'v j
endeavored to secure funds with which
to develop some Nevada mining prop
erty he owned. When he failed in that
project he sought empolyment, but could
not find anything to do.
Liquor caused the downfall of the
dftd justice. Ho came to California
several years ago to break himself of
the drink habit, but was unsuccessful.
CHINESE WOULD REGAIN
POSSESSION OF GIRL
VALLKJO, Cal., Sept. 18. The Chi
nese of this city arc today making a
fight to regain possession of Moe Kim,
a pretty it year old Chinese girl who
was brought to this country on the
Korea lat July to be sold into slavery
and who was rescued here yesterday
from a box in which she had bea tmug-gb-d
from San Francio.
Dontldirt Cameron, priata4si "f
the Prl terite i for
nese irl. lrn1 f tit itftl
Kim in M$ McH. Ml
her sister, 1 oce VI
ters nf ff.tardiaMi'.f it Ct
urt of OlAno cour He
4 Kim he
The police found the girl in a oox in
Jthft Chinese quarter. Ti Chinese say
'todav they will leave nothing undone
to regain possession of the girl
GRAND JURY MAY REPORT ON
CONDITION OF COUNTY BOOKS:
FLEET LEAVES
THE ANTIPODES
Officers Express Regret
at Leaving Australia-Off
For the Philippines
(By II. Lee Cloth worthy, United
Press correspondent on board United
States steamship Georgia.)
ALBANY, West Australia, Sept. IS.
Tho Atlantic fleet left here at 5
o'clock this morning for the Philippines,
one day later than schedule time. Des
pite tho early hour, n large crowd of
people lined the shores of King George's
sound to witness the departure of tho
American ships from Australia.
The big ships were saluted as they
left the harbor and from the people's
throats runic cheers for tho Americans,
who had won their way into the hearts
of tho Austrlians.
Admiral Rperry wired his thnnks to
Premier Alfred Deakin today for the
kind mesHage that he roeoived yester
day. The last of the coal was stowed away
nHt niht and the jackies on several
n tne Hii,(S wpre m, ato cleaning the
t0CiH am polishing the guns and the
braHs work.
Express Regret,
ling wa sre.ndv for the de-
Evervl
nurture nt 4 o'clock and it was barely
daybreak when the ships hoisted their
niie.iorB and steamed away.
Every officer expressed his regret
at leaving Australia and will remember
the good times that their English cou
sins had made for them while they
were here.
Admiral Rperry said today that he
expects to arrive at Manila on sched
ule time October 1.
Outside the cementing of friendship
bet ween A ust rnl m and t he Unit ed
Stntes, which has been the biggest re
sult of the fleet's visit to the Anti-
P"1''. " "'"st ""'stit.K f.-aturp of
" '""' u'e nontrntion
'""""l1"
l distances on leas com man u whh inui
! erto thought possible.
I..... .r... ....... I. .wii.aililii ltv
' " . . fi tllat
have been installed in Amerienn war-
ships during the past few years.
So great has been the saving in coal
that Admiral Sperry has received per
mission from the war department to
reduce his coal est i mate for the trip
home through the Mediterranean sea
bv over 8000 tons.
CHIEF WILL TRY AND
FIND BAND OF KIDNAPPERS
CHICAGO, Sept. 18. "The kidnap"
sqnnd of detectives organizing under
'special orders from ( luef of Police
j Shippy to search for missing girls, to-
lav began active work in the running
down of clues that might lead to the
arrest of the gang of kidnappers that
has been working in city for the past
month.
Fifteen girls have been lost in 30
days, and it is believed that all were
kidnapped. The girls all range from
13 to 19 years in age and all were at
I ractive nn.l of Rood family
Chief Shiitpv said today that a spe
cial squad of detectives would be main
tained until the girls are found. He
is determined to put a stop to the kid
napping that has been going on here,
terrorizing the residents for the past
two months.
ITALIAN GET8 KNIFE
STUCK INTO HIM
KENNETT, Cal., Sept. IS T. Caz
zano, Italian, was stabbed in the liver
yesterday morning by a fellow coun
tryman named "Tony," who wa ns-d'd
ed, it is said, in the amsult by two oth
rs. The affray occurred in a saloon
in "Little Itniy,"
Gazzano will recover, barring nn
exrweted complications. Three Italians.
"T'iv" ntioat them, nre held in jsil
to ! remtlts.
rl0'nt 14 of to t- -
tf VMl to '-hi. gl diOr-
n (iMin i fm 'Utfe Italy.
TM tra ia .aj,1 s Utm Ua
te a orr tit miw t of ttt
O
CiV. Ballard. Ir. F. G m.-m
K. E.QvtraJf, John Il.ciiruPnoff am
I). K. HrunW.II comprise ft party from
Howarden, la., visiting Medford.
HAVE BEEN CARRYING
ON AN INVESTIGATION
FOR THE PAST WEEK
At the Instance of Judge J. R. Nell the
Grand Jury Undertook the Work
Will Probably File Roport Before
Their Adjournment.
During tho past week tho grand jury,
at tho instanco of County Judge J. R.
Neil, has been investigating tho con
dition of tho county books, and it iB
expected that that body will make a
roport on them beforo they take their
adjournment, which will probably bo
Friday afternoon or Saturday. Tho na
ture of tho report is, of course, un
known, und will remain so until tho
report is placed on file, but thoro can
be but little doubt but that they will
urge the work of exporting them, as
their condition is known to be anything
but good.
Judge Neil Active.
When tho county commissioners fail
ed to support Judge Neil and have the
work ordered, the judge realized that he
was helpless unless there was some way
of showing Commissioners Owens and
Patterson the crying need for tho work,
and the way the taxpayers of the coun
ty felt as regards tho matter. Ho final
ly decided to lay the matter beforo the
grand jury and nsk them to report on
tho matter.
The grand jury has spent considerable
time during the present session in look
ing into the matter and thoro is not a
great deal of doubt but that they will
recommend to the county court having
the work dono.
Cannot Order It.
The grand jury can do nothing in the
matter beyond mnking a roport upon
the condition of the books and recom
mending that they be experted. Such
an expression, however, will no doubt
prove of much aid in inducing Commis
sioners Owens and Pntterson to recon
sider their recent action nnd join Judge
Neil in ordering the work to be un
dertaken. FORAKER REPLIES TO
BITTER ATTACK OF HEARST
CINCINNATI. )., Sept. 18. Senator
.(oseph B. Foraker today gave out n
statement saying he supposed that the
litters from John G. Archibald of the
Standard Oil company to him. rend at
Columbus last night by William It.
Heart, were correct, though he did not
know positively that they were.
Foraker explained that he was en
gaged by the Standard Oil company in
connection with affairs in Ohio where
tne Standard was being attacked in the
legislature.
He denied positively that anything in
the letters referred to any pending leg
islation in congress or to anything in
any way connected with the federal
government.
The senator explained that "at that
time to bo employed by a corporation
was not "discreditable," He said that
his employment by the Standard ended
before his first term in the senate ex
pired and that he hail not represented
I the Standard since.
The letters read by Hearst were from
Arch bold to Senator J, B. Foraker, bear
ing dates in the soring of 100O. Tliev
wen relative to pending herniation and
gave instruct ions as to bills the Stand
ard wished killed, and mentioned two
enclosures, one for $15,000 and another
for 41!,-ioo. Hearst in his speech said
that the tetters referred to bills be-
fore ruiigroHS and made a bitter attack
upon Foraker, charging him with be
ing the agent of the Rockefeller con-
FIRE RAOINO IN THE
VICINITY Of FIN! HOMES
( AI.I'MKT. Midi.. Sept. IS. Wonl
urn rcciivnl h'-re tocl.y that fore
fire in r:imir ith'n 200 fct of block
..f fine ri-Hi.li-n.'cM n Ilia u1lirt of
K.-itflc river near litr.
I. mi, f..r. -l Iriict i ii
:v arc l,nrn:i.a a I I ! t'4H
iff it fa
I v fiOn the 'li mtr
aVe that heavy thmi!t'ort. Iv
roketi over the coi t ry checkiag
fr.rrm nres at I'ort. Arthur, tgai f i-rinVy-df
oveland and Lut7n.
I) riaV0ll
o
P. I. Murphy of Hurley. B.
gueiit of tba Naga.
BRYAN CLUB
FORMED
Large Attendance of Demo
crats at Redmen's Hall
Thursday Evening
A largo number of democrats gath
ered last evening in Redmen's hull nnd
formed a Brynn club. Tho attend
ance was good und enthusiasm ran high
as members reported on outlook in the
east for the election of W. J. Brvan.
W. W. Eifert wns elected president
of tho club, Joo Parker secrotarv nnd
James Stewart treasurer.
President Eifert will appoint various
committees in the near future in whose
hnnds tho work of tho club will rest.
An attempt will bo mado to raise o
goodly amount for the democratic na
tional campaign fund.
Tho next meeting of the club will be
hold in tho near future, tho dato of
which will bo announced by tho presi
dent. ADDITIONAL SALES OF
LAND TO PORTLAND PEOPLE
KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. IS. Addi
tional sales of land nnd town lots were
made to members of tho Portland ex
cursion party after the publication of
the BcloctioiiH male last week, and it
lias developed that these people huvr
not bought simply for speculation, but
intend to move their families here ami
make thiB their home. Ben S. Owen
nnd F. 0. Mnrkwadlt, two of the in
stors, left thiB morning on the boat.
They have leased the Navigation com
pany building, which contains 10 rooms.
and also purchased the household fumi
ture, stoves, otc, which were stored
in the building, of Colonel V ilk inn
These two geltlemen will return with
their families and may induce some of
their neighbors to come here. The
building will be occupied during tin
winter, while the men are putting ii.
tho buildings on the property which
they have purchased near the city.
OYSTER BAY PREPARING TO
LAPSE INTO SLUMBER
OYHTKH HA V, L. I., Sept. H.
Trados people of all classes am today
bewailing t he departure nf I'ni lee I
Roosevelt, which will take place uu
less the president changes lu plan
next Tuesday.
This, the llual visit of ItooHcvcIt j..
his official capacity of chief execu
live, has been particularly pleasant to
the townspeople, who profit by t In
presence of the president 's followers
A marked change will take place at
his departure and it has been a bustling
city during t he summer mont lis and
now will lapse into a quiet village.
Booscvclt will shorten his visit a
week this season in order to return to
Washington ami be in closer touch
wilh the political situation than is possi
hie here, it IS expected.
OFF TO ITALY TO LEEAN
ITALIAN GRAPE GROWING
SAN FRANCISCO, Cat., Sept. 18.
For the purpose of learning Italian
met hoils of grape culture and telling
California growers how it is done in
Italy, Andrea Sbarboro, president of
the Italian American bank and head
of the Grape Growers' association of
California, is preparing today to leave
for Rome, Italy, to altend tho first col
onial conference that is to begin No
vember 5.
The object of the congress is to re
unite the Italian people, who have made
their homes in different parts of the
world. Each of the returning Italian)
will report the progress of his race in
the country where he has prospered.
Sbarboro will take with him to Italy
p'linplih-tH on the progress of viticulture
in California.
OCT I IT OWH GOLD FROM
WELL TO PAT FOl
IT
YKKKA, al.. Sept. IS. inn Steel.
) rexidMice is at the foot of Third
alrt, in this city, liilc sink mg a
Vfltef p mi Ms fod tot oiilv
Vw.fr. lot M 'ly l ' the dirt
VMtl ov f th well M mM i
14 US aveigl 1 II-
jti in fine gold. He vxmt'0 10
enoii&of the yellowQuetal to rciafcaY
him for the exnensn incurred in l a
Vm ft'dl. It ia a well known t)-t tNi
I some ypaj rich grou8 la Included iftOWft music tencher, s assist-
the corporate limits n)fc3ho town, which inPriesor Oifford, a leading educa-
would pay handsomely If worked.
AM 0
AVIATOR IS
Orville Wright Distressed
Over Death ofSelfrldge
Wilbur Distressed Over
Acddent to His Brother
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Orville
Wright, who was injured in nn ncci
dent to his aeroplane yesterday, caus
ing the denth of Lieutenant Thomas E.
Eelfridge of the signal corps, is re
ported to be resting well today nnd
his recovery is nssurcd,
Wright's most serious injuries is to
his hrit'ht side. Several ribs were frac
tured by the fall and it is feared he
was iiilrrually injured, though the ex
amination of the surgeons at Fort Mey
er has not disclosed any serious inter
nal injury.
Distressed Ovor Selfridgo's Death.
The tjreat aviator is greatly distressed
over the death of Lieutenant Selfridge,
-tint too nearly broken henrted to make
any plans, though he has not in the
bast lost faith in his machine nnd un
doubtedly will not only continue his
experiments, but will profit by the
accident nnd make another stride for
ward toward tho perfection of aerial
navigation in a machine heavier than
lir.
In nddition to the injury to his side
he suffers great pnin from tho frncture
if his left thigh. His head was con
ndernbly cut in tho fall.
Accldont Unavoidable
Kxperls who examined the wreck of
the a'Toplane say that tho accident
could not have been avoided and could
not have been foreseen. The breaking
nf the propellor mndo it impossible for
Wright to control the machine. The
iccidi-nt to tho propellor has not been
explained. There was no apparent cnuse
for it.
The machine was 7fi feet in the air
when the properrnr broke, and -000
oersons who had gathered to see the
flight witnessed the spectacular acci
dent, which cost the life of one man,
wrecked the world's greatest flying ma
chine and severely injured the cham
pion aviator of the world.
Wilbur Is Greatly Doprosscd.
LEMANS, France. Sept. 1H. Wilbur
Wright locked himself in his aeroplane
died today and is greatly depressed
over the accident to his brother. Or
v ;'le. in American vestordav, and Is
li?ticted at the death of Lieutenant
Self idge. who was killed in tho eol
npHcd aeroplane.
Wilbur siad I hat he was too deeply
grieved lo make any statement what
"or, n ml would say nothing regard -ng
the accident. Ho has postponed
indefinitely nil flights which ho had
(i-heduled nnd for the present will not
Mtempt any further experiments.
Foar Setback.
Ther is gerat regret at the accident
throiKflient France, and Wilbur has re-
"ived r Mint loss messages of sympathy.
it is fee red that the great strides hi
terinl igation made by tho Wrights
will be given n great setback and that
l he confidence of the nations in this
mode of air travel will be weakened.
Was Selfridgo'd Great Ambition.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS. That Lieu
tenant Selfridge's greatest nmbition
was to fly with Orville Wright in his
aeroplane nnd had set. his heart upon
it is the statement made today by Bar
bour Lathrop, the globe trotter, who
was a close chum of tho San Francisco
boy who lost his life in tho wreck of
the gorld s greatest flying machine here
veHtenlav. Lath mil said:
"Lieutenant Selfridge was a man in
Hie full sense of the term. He was
lean clear through. Ho lived blame
esslv nnd died like a man nt his post
He had set his heart on flying with
Wright. He realized the desire, but paid
'he price with life. I o-ed the boy
-trid had high hopes for him, nnd I have
tie keenest sorrow for those ho has
left behind."
Graduate of West Point
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl.. Sept. 18.
Li'iitenant Thomas E. Selfridge was
born in this citv 2H year ago. He
radnat.d from West Point In 1903.
He nerved here nnd nt Fort Leaven
worth, but during the Inst two years
I a f bee connected with the engineer
na department and fcafl fiven his nt
tati. nainly to rMplsv made by
'''- 4l-iUr VI 1 ik rYuMavM-
itAVt. V I. Taa N Wr family
tiVH. tw Wmi friF t4
lj (tkO gjtjiy Jr-
. .vmv -tir
lmt V9 ItauMWM KHWH
tor oi rnni ana.
RECOVERING BEFORE WAR
WOULD HAVE
DISCUSSION
Inter- parlimentiary Union
Spends Day in Dismiss
ing Clause Which Would
Lessen Danger of War
BERLIN, Sept. IS. A resolution pro
viding for tho arbitration of Interna
tional disputes whether or not they
ire now included in the articles of The
Hague conference was tho subject of an
ill-day debate at today 's session of
the inter parliamentary union for tho
promotion of arbitration.
Tho resolution expresses tho desire of
all tho nations represented in the union
to add a clause to tho existing arbitra
tion treat ios between tho various na
tions providing in caso of a dispute
arising between two nations, the nature
of which is not included in the list of
The Hague, neither disputant B'mll be
gin war beforo requesting the mediation
of one or morn disinterested poworB to
avoid war.
The greater portion of tho whole
day's session was taken up with the dis
cission of the resolution.
Kaiser Wires Greeting .
At the opening of today's sension
Kmperof Wilhelm wired tho fololwing
message to the union:
"1 hope that tho conferonco compris
ing so many uistiuguisiieu representa
tives of great powers will bo comfort
able and at home iu my capitol. I trust
that they will do what they can to tho
maintenance of tho blessings of univer
sal peace, which is dear to my heart."
The reading of tho mossago was re
ceived with great applause.
POSTAL CARD ROMANCE
THE LATEST THING OUT
ANACONDA, Mont., Sept. 18. R.
R. Hubbard of Walla Walla, Wash.,
and his bride, formerly Ida Charley,
hero nnd heroine of u pretty postcard
romance, nre today on their honeymoon,
following their marriage last night at
the residence of the Rev. II. O. Svnre.
The romance began two months ago,
when the young womnn sent a postal
curd photo of herself to n girl friend
at Walla Walla. The friend showed
tho picturo of her chum to Hubbard.
He fell in lovu with the photo. Then
followed an introduction by mail, and
"just for fun" a correspondence began.
In a short month Hubbard threw up his
jolt iu Walla Walla and enme to Mon
tana to woo in person the fair daugh
ter of Anaconda.
CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY
ARRESTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER
NKWAR K, N. J., Sept. 18. Walter
C, Phillips, confidential secretary, is
today being held for tho grand jury In
$10,000 bail on a charge of manslaugh
ter, it being charged that the young
man shot and killed John Leonard, a
retired steel and iron founder of Mont
Clair, who employed Phillips.
Leonard was shot nnd killed yester
day in his homo iu Mont Clair with a
revolver which Phillips said ho found
by the roadside. Phillips declared tho
shooting was an accident.
Ed Tray of Lake Creek spent Thurs
day iu Medford.
CLAIMS HER SISTER
WAS NOT EMANCIPATED
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 18.
An officer went to Leonard
today to serve a warrant upon
Mrs. Belle Kays, accused of pe
onage by Mrs. Martha E. Rob
ertson, u negress, who was giv
en her freedom after the civil
war. Mrs. Robertson appeared
in the federal court and alleged
that her sister had been held
in slavery by tho Kays family
for a:t years. She told tho court
that she and her sister were first
owned as slaves bv J. O. Rob
ertson of Marion county. Her
sister wns sold to a man named
Whittaker in Kansas county,
who afterward sold her to the
Kavs family. Mrs. Robertson's
sister, who wns 7 years old at
the ciose of the war, has since
been bold tt a slnve, neeoTding 4
? t ;rs. Robertson' allegation. 4
Ma U wns not until recently that 4
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she became awnra of her sister 'a r
! whorenbouts,