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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY " MORNING, ' JULY 21, 1007.
HOLD-UP MEN AND TRAIN ROBBERSCkief of the
Pinkertons Writes About Old Bill Miner, Pat Crowe hnd Others
REMINISCENCES OF A NATURE FAKIR - John
Kcnd rick Bangs on Rattlesnakes WTicre Liquor , Is Hard to Get
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Br William A. Plnkerton.
(Copyright by W. A. and Bobt
Plnkerton.)
K the early day on the plains, the
cowboy, with the criminal Inclina
tion, noted for deeds of daring, be
gan his career as a stage and train
robber, by cattle rustling and horse
stealing. Many train and "hold-up"
robbers since 1876 developed this way.
The "hold-up" man operated like the
footpad of today, cautiously waiting for
his Ylctlon, pouncing upon him in sur
prise, eonimandlng of him to throw up
his hands, "covering" him bv thrusting
a revolver In his race, then relieving
him of his money and valuables. Us
ually the "hold-up man, to avoid arrest
and Identification, covered the outlines
of his face below the eyes with a tri
angular cloth or pocket handkerchief, or
part of a drawer leg, tied back of the
tiaa4 wAva am aa-t Kit MiaI ilnH Avar
his eyes, but In many of the great train "iy where they rifled It of reg
robberies, shortly after the war. no lt-ed letters. Miner bel eved the tx
masks of any kind were worn.
Canada, $5,000 by the Canadian Pacific
and the Dominion Express company,
and $1,600 by the Province of British
Columbia for his capture.
Notwithstanding the total reward of
$12,800, on the morning of May 9, 1906,
Miner again "held-up" the Canadian
Pacific railway train at Furrer, B. C.
The robbers compelled the engineer to
uncouple the mail car and haul it a
The average train robbery band con
sisted of from five to eight men, but
In recent years successful robberies
were committed by from three to five
men and in a few instances by a lone
Individual.
In most train robberies of recent
years, one member of the band, with red
lantern or flag, signaled the train to
be robbed, to a standstill at a lonely
Spot, where other members in waiting
boarded the engine, covered the engineer
press packages were in tne man car
and when he found they were not and
having lack of nerve he abandoned the
robbery and escaped to the Islands.
Larger rewards Induced posses to take
up the pursuit. The Canadian con
stabulary after having put up a fight
In which one of them was wounded, ar
rested him on May 14, 1906, resulting
In his being sentenced to Imprisonment
for life. Louis Colquhoun and Thomas
Dunn, captured with him. were also sen
tenced. Colquhoun getting 25 years.
mZWN C. ffFDSPETB.
ran, then chief of police of St. Louis,
Missouri, and William Desmond of the
detective department of the same city.
It was finally determined that the rob
bery was committed by Marion Hedge
peth, a notorious western "hold-up"
robber, James Francis, a St. Louis burg
lar, Dink Wilson, an Omaha burglar,
and Adelbert Sly of St. Joe, Missouri,
who at one time had been a driver for
the American Express company and
who had stolen $20,000 from them. We
learned Sly had gone to Los Angeles.
Robert A. Plnkerton, who was then In
Ban Francisco, was advised of this by
wire, and he, aided by Detective Whlt
taker of San Francisco and Detective
caslonally and while engaged In a game
of billiards one evening, a letter from
Hedgepeth to his wife was found in the
attorney's pocket, which contained the
name under which Hedgepeth received
his mall at a San Francisco newsstand,
the location of which was communi
cated to the Ran Franclesco police, who.
after a desperate struggle, arrested
Hedgepeth when he called for the letter.
Hedgepeth was returned to St. Louts
for trial, convicted and sentenced to 20
years Imprisonment. Francis wss killed
resisting arrest near Pleasanton, Kan
sas. Wilson shot and killed Detective
Harvey of Syracuse. New York, for
which he was - convicted and electro
cuted at Sing Sing prison, New York.
His brother, Charley, who was with
Dink when he killed Detective Harvey,
we located in Buffalo, New York,
caused his arrrest and he was oonvlcted
and sentenced to prison for life.
Sly snd Hedgepeth served their time
and are now at liberty.
"Pat" Crowe, who hecams notorious
as .the kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy, son
of John Cudahy, the millionaire Omaha
packer, for which crime, through a mis
carriage of justice, he was tried and
acaultted. although after the trial he
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(Copyright. 1907, by Joseph Bowles.)
T'S a mighty intsrstln' prevision
o' nature," said the postmaster,
"that rattle-snakes ain't abun
dant in states where liquor la
hsrd to get."
I laughed.
"1 didn't know there were any such
state, Joe," I said.
"If you was a stranger In this here
state o' Maine, .you'd find one of 'em
rleht here." retorted the postmaster.
Knowin' the ropes as you do or course w xt.- Tjm.
1 for you to find your uign-
parties at a town meetln'. Ones In and' struck an' rattled, an' hissed until
awhile one feller that seemed to know the alkali flew up in the air an' nearly,
more 'n the rest of 'em would rattle on blinded m: and finally they ollnched.i
for seven or eight minutes without stop- J ne roller mat nad been return against
pin', an' the others 'Id set there gsiln' plootocracy the night before from the
'men top o mv
t the fire an' drlnkln' It all In
some other feller who couldn t quite
understand would give his tall a "hake
.three or four times, endln' up with an
lnterrygatlon point, and the first feller
would answer sometimes pleasantly,
'sometimes with considerable firmness,
an' once In awhile as If he was layln
down the law mors in anger than In
sorrer."
. - - . . . i . a 1 IlLl 111
4"no: '0!!a1?! !.TT0 LPPM" breakln' a baby's ariri alongside o' get
It ain't hard
ball at any soda water rountain irom
York to Bar Harbor, but if you'd on'y
Just arrived an' was lookln' fea some
thin' to restore vour falntln" sperrlt.
flndln' needles In hay-rlcks 'Id be like
ed guilty to train robbery on the Chi
cago, Burlington Wulncy railroad in
1894. about which time there were a
number of attempts upon trains In the
vicinity of St. Joseph, Missouri. Crowe
was supposed to have the Taylor broth
ers of St. Joseph associated with him.
Pat Crowe's Story Ii Fishy.
After these robberies ws located
Crowe In the Milwaukee workhouso, terles been poppylated by rum than by
tin' It. An- seeln' as how whisky is
about the only known anecdote against
the rattler's bite, I repeats that it Is
a wise prevision o' nature to keep the
rattle-snakes In parts o' the country
where Intemp'rance ain't frowned on
by the law an' s'clety, like New Jersey
an' Arizony."
Rum's a bigger curse nor rattle
"What was they talkln' about cap
tain T" asked SI Wotherspoon.
"I can't tell ye that my son," said
the captain. "I ain't up on reptlllngo.
They may have been dlscussln' the
tariff, or the Iniquities of predatory
suitcase, just twisted hlsself
around the neck of the corporation hire
ling that had sassed him back, until the
corporation looked as If he had one o'
them long ribbon neckties like them
artist fellers wears on. Then he gave
hlsself a hike an' made a sailor's knot
of htsself around the neck of his enemy.
Tbey ken this up tyln' eech other up
into four-ln-hands, butterflies, sailor's
lover's knots, down to the very last
plain, ordinary common shoestring tie.
You couldn't have onraveled 'em In 27
years the way they'd tangled 'emselves
up. Meanwhile the other una was jest
settln' around lettln' them two finish
the debate to suit themselves, rattlln'
out three cheers as one would get the
best of the other, an' then when the two
flahtera hsd tied their last tie. and
squeesed 'emselves up as tight as their
weslth, or the Insurance question for all coii would let 'em, so that even their
i miuw. i never goi inumaie enougn rattles couldn't work, and dropped ex-
wlth any on em to ask. All I know Is haunted, they began to rattle smeng
that the first night I found It very themselves as to which wss the winner,
very interestin'. .The second, night it an' I thought it was time to turn over
Just struck me as a leetle noisy, an' on an' go to sleep again, so I out with two
ine inirov nigni l goi urea or it, ana I ratchets. Takln' one with one hand
snakes, Joe." vouchsafed the captain hollered down to tem to turn out the an' th' other in th' ether. I began pivln'
at this point "There's more ceme- gas and go to bed.
ml fti-Ofnan onmnisnitlnv thorn In An
as directed, while some of the bandits Originated Expression Hands Up.
uncoupled the express or money car . , ... .w
row the train, forcing the engineer to Miner Is said to have originated the ex-
carnr them a mile or two distant, where nrennlnn . "handa-MD." and was one of
the cars snd safes were forced open f h. - hirhwarmen to onerate on the Hawley of Los Angeles, arrrested Sly
with dynamite. Any resistance offered n" "r,t I"nwa',nen 10 oper,l on ln" at the pot'ce in Los Angeles, when
vsaajiy resuuea in tne aeatn or tnose
who Interfered. At one point where the
robbery was committed, one of the out
laws wslts with a sufficient number of
horses to escape upon.
Relays to Hiding Place.
The "Hole in the Wll" gang, after
.committing a robbry, arranged for re
lays or horses covering five or six hun
"dred miles, until thev arrlvel at their
Pacific coast.
The next robbery on the St Louis
A San Francisco railroad occurred In
1891, when two men boarded the "blind
end" of an express car shortly after
the train left Tower Grove, a suburb
of St. Louis. At Old Orchard, 10 miles
further on, two more men boarded the
rear platform of the express car. All
were masKea. 't ne men on me Diina
enfl" of the car crawled over the tender
biding places In the Rockies, from which and forced the engineer and firemen to
posslble.
Sometimes one or two confederates
hoarded the "blind end" of an express
train when nearln the point where th-i
robbery was to occur, crawling over the
tender Into the locomotive, and forcing
the engineer and fireman to stop at a
point where confederates waited to
commit a robbery, following methods
described herein.
, Certain newspapers and publishers of
yellow -covered literature have, at times,
written In a light way of these crimes
and some have even extoled the cow
ardly crimes of these outlaws, distin
guishing them for their bold enterprises,
.and filling- the minds of the youth with
.a desire for the same adventure and
notoriety. Our study of the rain robber
Shows 90 per cent of the murders com
mitted by these "hold-up" men, were
assassinations, their victims in very
many Instances were defenseless, or the
desperados never gave them a chance,
besides outnumbering those who opposed
them, pouncing on their victims when
least expected.
chard. The messenger refused to open
the side door of the car, tamed down
the light, secured his revolver and be
gan defending his trust. Immediately
a heavy explosion ocenrrod. tearing the
car to pieces, and filling the air with
flying debris, a ploe f which struck
the messenger ln the tip. knocking the
revolver from his hand. The car was
entered, the safe opii4 with nitro
glycerine and the contests. $!S.Ou0. tak
en, the robbers escaping. We cooper
ated In the Investigation of this rob
bery with the police, Lawrence Harrl-
he called for a letter addressed to
"Dclbert Elys," his correct name
transposed. Sly made a confession to
Robert A. Plnkerton, informing him
that he met the other members of the
band while serving a sentence in the
Missouri penitentiary.
Wife Is Arrested.
It was later determined that Hedge
peth and his wife were at Oakland,
California, where his wife was In the
habit of calling at the express office,
and upon whom a continual watch was
kept, which she eventually became
aware of and warned her husband so
he did not appear. Mrs. Hedgepeth
was arrested and taken to St. Louis by
Detective Desmond as an accessory. A
Kansas City attorney called to see her,
and It was believed he for a time was
the medium of communication between
Mra Hedgepeth and her husband.' The
attorney was inclined to imbibe oc-
where ha was charged with a diamond
robbery In Denve, Colorado. Before
the extradition papers arrived he sent
for the officials of the Chicago, Bur
lington & Qulncy railroad .and stated
that he was concerned in the robberies
near St. Joseph. Certain parts of his
story appeared quite "fishy" to me.
I went to Denver, made arrangements
with the police authorities to permit,
him to plead to these train robberies in
Missouri; tne night the arrangments jr:j ttj.
Iffterl Prnw Meanert from V"T" "u"""
rattle-snakes. It's more lnsijua. If
you'd look around you anywheres you'll
find no end o' fellers that gets the
habit o' drlnkln' fiery waters, but where
do ye find anybody chasln' after rattle
snakes, goln' into hotels an' orderin'
'em served between meals; goln' to the
grocery store an' buyln' 'am hy tho case
an' havln' 'em sent home an' kept ln the
cellar where theys always on tap?"
"I never thought of It ln that exact
light," said the postmaster.
1 wanted to sleeD.
BuUlhey didn't pay no more attention
to me than s if I wasn't there just
rattled along until sunrise, when they'd
break up an' crawl back each to his
own p'ticular sun;pot. The fourth
night I put the fire out before I ollmbed
up Into the hammick. hopin' that with
the chief attraction of the place gone
'em the twist.
"Clicketty-icketty-lcketty-lck!
"Cllcketty-loketty-icketty-lck!
Ruse Is Successful.
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were completed. Crowe escaped from
the Jail. Crowe, after his escape wrote
me that all the statements made by
him were falsehoods. Later we caused
his arrrest ln Cincinnati. He was taken
to St. Joe, Missouri, where he pleaded
ullty and was sentenced to three years
tne Missouri state prison at Jeffer
son City, from which he wrote letters
to the railroad officials and myself,
threatening to kill all who had to do
with his prosecution.
When his sentence expired ln Mis
souri, Crowe was returned to Denver
for the diamond robbery, but through
friends It was claimed he compromised
the matter.
Crowe has lately writtlng a book tell-,
ing how he committed some of his
crimes. He claims he now Intends to
atone for all the crimes he ever com
mitted by demonstrating to the young
the folly of criminal life.
He was tried for robbery ln Council
Bluffs lately and acquitted.
GHOSTS OF ENGLAND'S NOBILITY Weird AP-
paritions Disturb Midnight Quiet of the Palace Beautiful
"Well, ye'd better begin to," said the
captain. "I don't set no special store
by rattle-snakes. I can get along with
out 'em, and I ain't got no p'ticular
call to defend "em. but when people
begins to put whisky on a pedestal,
makln' a sort of alcohol o' Fame out
Of It, an' at the same time condemnln'
the rattle-snake as a menace to human
life, an' callin' on the public to stamp
him but as an enemy to s'clety, I sort
of feel that the rattle-snake has pints
that he ain't got no cause to be ashamed
on. He minds his own business most
o' the time. He don't Invite nobody to
corns along an' get bit He ain t a
tempter, an' a snare, an' a pitfall for
the feetsteps of the weak an' onwary,
an' so I says, give him a show. There's
too much preejudice against reptiles,
anyhow."
"I dldn t know ye d ever nad a pet
rattler, captain,
they'd keen away an' let me go to
said the postmaster sleep, but It didn't work. Ye ses the
Sana oi me aeseri Biureu up a nun ui
of heat undeneath where the fire'd been
burnln, an' while they prob'iy preferred
Bill Miner Serving Life.
"Old Bill" Miner, now serving a life
Sentence ln the New Westminster pen
itentiary. Victoria, British Columbia,
HOSE weird tales so prevalent a
few years ago of apparitions
seen at Hampton Court were
likely to be lost to posterity
through lack of repetition; but
they were revived last week by the re
ports of the misguided eagerness with
with a sly wink at the rest of us.
Reptiles Have Good Points.
"There's a whole lot you never did
know, Joe," returned the captain.
"Just like that, only faster, and more
stentorian like, as they say of Bill
Wiggins' voice when he makes i. stump
speech.
"At the first cllcketty-lck they all
Jumped jest like a nervous rooster when
you say booh to him. At the second
they looked around uneasily as If ex-
Fectln' to be attacked, and finally when
ratcheted out a click like two dozen
telegraph offices tryln' to sing the '8tfr
Spangled Banner' all at once they made
a Jump for liberty that landed 'em 10
yards away, an' they Jumped so quick
and so sudden that every blessed one o'
them snakes snapped his rattles off!
"Next mornin' when I got down to
breakfast I found enough rattles to fill
my suitcase, an' for 10 years after that
neither me nor mv wife ever had to buy
button to sew on our clothes. We Jest
used the rattles as we needed 'em."
There was a silence of three of fou
minutes' duration.
"I didn't know you'd ever been down
to Arisony, captain," said the postmas
ter, finally.
"Didn't ye, Joe?" said the captain.
"No." retorted the postmaster. "Kin
ye prove it?"
"Yes," replied the captain. "Easy's
fallin' off a log. If ye'll come up to my
house some night I'll show ye on tl a
map. and If that ain't enough I'll show
ye the old suitcase them rattlers use!
to make their stump speeches on."
i inougni ye said tliem rattlers had
the ember., there was still enough heat " !! wh"sP;
left there to make the place do for a
lodge meetln'.
peculiar shape adds to the mischievous are a constant dread to residents at "You're kep' so busy readln' the postal Ramerar.er Theorv
expression which she continually wears. Hampton Court, are supposed to be ln- cards that passes through your hands "cure"":l uw y.
The mouth is a veritable "Cupid's bow," habited by the evil spirit, of Cardinal that An.t ' tn hav. tltn. fo "Then I suddenly remembered
me uciiig viifiin mine, anu Mninnj, i ucn ujic is puisunuun. ana
slightly full and opening, disclosing when several of them crawl slmultane- a lib'ral eddicatlon. When I was ln
two rows of faultless teeth. The chin, ously over the oaken floors thy sound Arhsony I found a lot o" good pints
which history tells us was the special for all the world like a number of casta- ,,.. Pni fhat T sln't nirnin' tn for.
object of the much-married monarch's nets being loudly rattled by inexperl- Jfut f,'p"J ound TucksoS- wnere I
aum rai on is uewiicmnxiv uimuieu. u c-tju uauuo. , i u i
which believers ln spooks rushed to the Mature the spectre of Catherine is said Snowed wanted me to go into 1 the aIt miMt P"" lata that n,ht an'
famous palace. In order to interview the ! "J,". $1 ?LSv8 Som f the Phenomena. come into contact with no end o' rattlers when I got back to my claim they was
tor the robebry of the Canadian Pacific police-constable who declared that he and could be e"asy m,8taken for a"girl I should require every page of this an2L tlntJ &T.Tt SXJSTi -.Jli ud on tor " & mi suitcase makl what
HO they hev." said th rnntnln "Rr
they hev. They didn't drink whiskey,
ner play cards, an' as far as I can find
out they don't write maggyzlne arti
cles about 'Frensled Finances or Na
ture Fakirs.'"
my
theery about tho ratchet, an' I made
up my mind I'd take the two o' 'em up
to bed with me that night an' work It
on 'em. Onfortunitly I was kep' out at mm rauence and Some of His
CUNNING OF THE COYOTE
OTE
railroad train at Furrer, British Colum
bia, on the early morning of May 9,
190, was one of the most remarkable
single-handed stage and train robbers
"who ever operated in the far went. He
never belonged to any organized hand
of "hold-ups," generally worked alone.
On rare occasions he selected an as
sistant. He always went about his
wura in a maiier-or-iaet w;iy, never
had seen a-ghostly party of seven or
nine ladies and two gentlemen, all elad
in evening dress, taking the midnight
air supposing that ghosts need air,
says an 'English correspondent. There
Is one Interesting point in tho tale told
by this burly guardian of the law who,
wlllinirlv or unwillingly, was the seer
ohosen by pestering phantoms from the Carrying a Lighted Taper.
unaer wonu, n is, mm. v.. a rmwoio
of the Palace Beautiful have moved
with the times, and nave discarded tne
SLSSf bliL!-r ill 81ihm0dltnif lumber to describe ln detail the many that the rattlesnake, like all other llvln' sounded fike a stump speech to the rest
Bueh, then, were the charms of the KtnrlA1 nf tMlthv , , creatures, was lust as much afraid of of 'em. Vou could almost tell. what he
Peculiar Traits.
This Is the coyote, Co-yo-tay, with
all the syllables, to the Mexican who
named him; "Klote" merely to th
i nwn kind that urns hi truer n was savin ov me way ue raiuea mat American wanaerer wno has noma anri
by the emissaries of Cranmer, tne lnstl- ming doors, or mysterious rappings, of vou fin. m. when 1 want old tall o' his. If you can imagine a . ,, . . , .
ga.or of the mean intrigues and slan- blows and heavy faV of Bhrleks . ftffltfJflFtorZtSlJj'mi rattle TWyW VleWs J T FeUe'r Citi- V? "e ' t t 1 last regards
?one.nn?o,Ih8Sld.th" a "Hn locks that are -Ise'to lick, an' if 'I can't find him J sens, rise up and demand your rights Mm.e f r,:trj?.5".e.r:
Intertwined with th v,ln(A- ti.mn mouse iruuuu lur ouuicuuuj juov. a iccno .J "ff . . uimiikuiui
inicriwineu wiin ine nisiory or .nflmp- .nr T iu tn nnmia nn That'i for vmir nUflrN nn vour flren an' shun V U. hln shorn nnaa V.j
WnS f,8rea b8d ma"' and nCV"r takin nowlnrrobes'and the coif of the Tudor
human life.
As early as 1869 he served a term for
BtRge robbery ln San Quentln, Ca . pris
on. In 1879. when he got out of prison
he, with others, robbed the Del Norte
stage in Colorado, of $3600. One of hln
associates, Leroy, was Tiung by a vigi
lance committee, but Miner escaped
with the booty, went to Chicago final
ly locating in Mirhlsan, where he posed
as a California oapltallKt with the money
he had stolen, but when his funds rah
Jow, he asain returned to Colorado and
committed several other "hold-up" rob
beries. Hold Up Stage.
In 1881 Miner, "Jim" Crum. "Bill"
; Miller, and a man named Jones, "held-
Up""a stage between Sonora and Milton.
r" California. All were captured. Crum
confessed. Miller and Miner were sen
tenced to 25 years earh in prison; Crum
to twelve years, but Jones was never
period for the decollete evening attire
of modern women; whether the innova
tion is calculated to render the appear
ance of a wraith more impressive in
these go-ahead times. I know not; but
I should imagine that their up-to-date-ii'-kh
would be less Imposing than was
the- presentment of the many spectres
who are associated by : tradition with
the Tudor palace, and whose restless
and mournful lives are said to prevent
them from obtaining undisturbed repose
ln death.
The Shrieking Ghost.
Of these traditional , spectres the
shade of Catherine Howard, "the fifth
queen," Is by far the most Important,
as lta appearances are said to be more
regular than those of others. Visitors
The (-host of Henry VIII'S first wife,
Catherine of Arragon, has also been
seen wandering about the palace, in the
vicinity of the Queen's Gates. The
phantom is said to be dressed In black
and carries a lighted taper ln its hand,
With halting steps It passes-out of the
magnificent arched doorway leading to
what were once the first queen's own
apartments, and usually directs its
course over the very ground traversed
by the divorced queen when she used
to go down into the great hall to dine
with her royal husband. Another ghost
of consequence is Jane Seymour's, the
handmaiden who was detected by Anne
Boleyn sitting on the knee of her own
fickle spouse In his private apartments.
But the discovery cost Anne dear.
Naturally quick tempered, she roundly
abused him for his raprlrlousnegg, and
thereafter her sway over tho affections
of King Hal waned, A few hours after
ton Court palace, where the elrhth whnt thev call Instinct, an' rattlesnakes ve do strike see that ye strike 12.' ye easy Investigation of other nnonln'a nf
Henry did much of his love-making 1" JUBt as Instinctive as you be. So, can get a fair Idee o' what It sounded fairs, his oblique green eyes with their
where, some of his marrlaireB wr ei' wnen 1 went catnP'n' out in the desert like, an' my ratchets on the inside o' squint of cowardice and perpetual hun
wnere some or nis marriages were cele- thiP i jirimnv T nrevtrled mv. thn feller's Dlatform all tha tlm. and rr. uvi tho Dniln. u,..in. ,i,nf
" lc. "j. .o ucn vr ao uuiii, niiciq sen wiin a. coupie o mem Dig raicjiMs inn nuuiwiiuo Bpivnu niuuuu tui over ine
we reiiers used to play wnn wnen we place, so mat i couian i even cumD up
was boys. You know what I mean a Into my-hammick! I tell ye It made
handle an' a cogwheel and a wooden me tired. With 97,000,000 square miles
spring ln a small frame that flies o' desert all around 'em to Jiold their
around on a pivot, it makes a noise mass meeting's in ttattiesnam Brother-
Mary, his daughter by Catherine of Ar
ragon, prepared bulletins announcing the
birth of the son who never came, where
Elizabeth, his child by Anne Boleyn,
carried on affairs of state, and, Inci
dentally, her disgusting amours. As,
however, space Is a valuable asset. I
will close by relating a story which
was current not very many years ago
hould have a Dlace in the adornment
of escutcheons. It Is notorious thst
the vicissitudes of his belly never bring
to him the fate upon whose verge he
always lives and that nothing but
trychnlne, and not always that, will
like a pack o' powder crackers when hood1 No. 28 couldn't find no better place bring an end to his forlorn career,
you give it a whirl."
Make First-Class Weapons. -
"I've had 'em,' said Joe. "I didn't
to squat than under my hammick. no
netter puipit to do tneir preachin' from
than that suitcase o' mine, which not
only held my ratchets but my pie-
jammers, my tootnorusn, my coffee
to Hampton Court palace will remember her doom was sealed her royal mur-
that, on the right of the queen's great rer espousei me notoriously immoral
.,, woman to whom he had transferred his
"1",,-r. "" - . sensual lust, not affections
leading to the haunted gallery, wnicn But a year l
riAt&!&nlgbUla ow they was good for ahythln' but W, den milk and
At the witching hour she was awak
ened by a loud noise ln the adjoining
room. The door of her apartment was
violently shaken, the handle rattled, and
the sound of footsteps could be heard
distinctly. Suddenly it appeared to the
startled girl that a. figure was gliding
up ana down in tne darkness close to
her bed; and then it seemed as If a
toweri
her face,
wraith
cold draught on her chfeek. like the blast
As his gray back moves slowlv alons
above the reeds and coarse grass and
he turns Ms head to look at you, ho
knows at once whether or not you have
with you a gun and you cannot know
how he knows. Once satisfied that you
are unarmed, he will remain near in
spite of any vocal remonstrances, and
by and . by may proceed to Interview
you In a way that for -unObtrusiveness
might be taken as a model of the art.
Lie down on the thick hrown caroet
of the wilderness and be still for JO
tn raform hint Ior on SeDtember 23 i " -amerine nuwaru. ore njuio dciiiuui m iiumi mree, an
- isoswtth--tWthw '.the unfortunate lady, 'dressed in of suffering was filled to o
' InhhadT an Oregon Railroad I & Naviss- Sh,te- ha bee" seen going toward by malicious tongues which
finnosislnKer train! No 6 at Mile VnrK VIn chapel; but before reach- to her the king's reply whe
""'vlleribTft-wVon One of '"U11" I"1 Pw has turned rapidly told that one life would1 h
fost II, .-near Urvei, egon. une or and fled back alon th haunted mllerv sacrificed, and was asked wl
4.fcaAt - XrWriori Minor n.n ta l
rrom-Ssnuentln on June ,7. 1901. his ed nam. from the .upposltlon Mfc iVt Ed"
long Imprisonment apparently did little that " ' haunted by the shrieking ghost war(J VI tetribution came home to Jane
to reform hlm,Ior, on September 23, i IK" " 7" wlno nuwaru. i us ojjriiiuui in . ana ner cup
Wh ta 1. .. i I . ...4 . .11.1.., . , , . . , , i
wnisperea
en he was
have tn ha
back ninnc tho hnnnteH mllerv aanriflred, anrl wan HRked vhatha. th.
with a look of unutterable hopelessness mother should be saved or the child,
and despair on the face. At the same "The Infant," he responded with an
1,1 u Be,,e or uneartniy snnexs, oatn; "ine imam d- an means, for an-
wnictj are supposed to emanate from other wife is easily got. but not another
tne flying figure, are heard; but as the child." And so Jane Seymour pined and
spectre disappears through the door- died; but her spectre is supposed to be
way leading to the queen's staircase, the seen frequently wandering about on the
screams die away into silence. stairs, and ln the Silver-Stick gallery.
The faoe of this spectre Is stated by Well might she cry from the bitterness
ne ,5 has een it to be passing fair of her heart, "Will Anne Boleyn's blood-
seem to 1 see ner now stain ever oe wasnea rrom my unhappy
not affections. of an ,cy Dreatn tnat might herald the sleep. I was safe enough up there from th t
ater' iTthe li,y at.Sath's passing of, a soul. Then the atmos- anything that creeps because .though nnarat
m . lal V UUVUV V OBI 0 Ul ILltX,
maKin a uoa-gasiea iov o noiso. qrou ovtght t0 8hoo.d -em away .
"They're the best weapons for rat- si Wltherspoon.
tlesnakes ye can find," said the captain. . -
"I know because I tried 'em. When Not Studying Hens,
night come on ln the desert I used to Wak up 81," retorted the captain.
swing my hammick from the limbs o -riiis here ain't a study o' hen life I'm. .minutes, and watohlng him from the
them big cactus trees they hev down givln' ye. It's rattlers I'm talkln' about corner of your eye, you will gee-that
ahna a "H oeen joined Dy otners or ni
snuo a, i,...!,..- 1,1,1...,. . . .
not in bs curious to know, first, if vou are
my line. I was clappin' no Injunction dead, and, second, if by any chance
I Jest shinned up the an.a I,ve uPn chances there is anv-
sd; and then it seemed as If a then cactus trees they hev down givln ye. It's rattlers I'm talkln' I
ng form stooped and gazed Into there, about 16 feet up n",fllun:. Te xian shoo a hen or ye can si
ce No sound was uttered bv the Then whep bed time come I'd climb up " va" "" -7 , " " , " f
7 but the frightened girl felt a the prickers, Just as I would a ladder, hoss, but shooln' rattlesnakes. lsr
raught on her chfeek like the blast aid slide Into the hammick an' go to my line. I was clappin' no injur
-a a..I r - 1 tnlnir In vour n a
phere of the room lightened, the noises PiS fflht ?k.ri on A ciS BPent th ni?ht ln th upper branches m&nt find eatable.
Instantaneously ceased, and the poor "Qulrl. they find - the prickers on tnecac- i:tenln. to tZ.m -ruikea In their lona-. If you pass on
girl was left in a dead faint. The In
tegrity of the person who related this
story cannot be questioned.
tita enmoaniona was badly wounded, an
other was later arrested and both were
;Y sentenced to long terms in the peniten
tiary, but Miner, for whom a reward of
11,800 bad, been offered, was not cap-
tUNot withstanding the fact that this
reward hung over his head, Miner on
September ?, 1904 at Pacific Junc
tion. British Columbia. "held-up' the
rnnarilan Faclfle company railway s
The Ideal Ere.
a
Not one man in five hundred pictures
his future wife in
the ordinary girl
tus, trees a leetle too Inconvenient lor "l-'r -:""'" Ta5 nVAvin- .eV.V- which Is thi usual sir. he will .it him.
nlet.n. with V the jacket thev ken' un' SPnters out opmy pusson. At daybreak self down upon his tall on the nearest
SU?" T5?"1 -wVnKi -TSS&HakS they broke up and went their several knoll and loll -his red tongue and le.
ik.fT.hHminberB'.lfi to be allowed climb down an' eat my you as one wub 1 wnom ne anarin
fo ifaan wslmndhe make 8ur lnst any elinedro claim acquaintance. He looks
inv r?iJhtI rJo"n on an' the sun had surprises, hoisted my suitcase with the and acts then so much like a gray dog
ihasaS'tSVeen ?on to ratchets In it up Into the hammick, an' that one la Inclined to whistle to him.
ive hundred pictures ? ",'-i"",""y' :r '"." ratchets In It ud Into the hammick. an
the surroundings of "Zra 'eamnflr. Twas burnlh' low. aV then beln', wore out with the sleepless- Maks any hostile demonstration aniSshe
whr. 1. tha Arta h.'n..rVM aionrslde of Its dvin' ness o.-nignis jusi.passed 1 rouered 'ern wta move a Htus further and sit do
-- . : - . . nsi anr 1 sr a a incr unrii nio-h rv bmI . i
to look unnn
transcontlnsntal "P8 l "ef?"n 1" !h, fifn'-a,-,fn hs been described, soul, and shall I ever clasp in my arms
tn la.-ivui -" jfilT "i' ' nr, ryes, prominent and tne cnua lor wnose me
S.V0V rvni vii. 0 .oui mounted oy a perfect ownT
gave my
J. 1 : r. T.j .Z" T-: wi f thav-d done It ouietlv I n? B1?Pl K until nigh onto again, v
wno ai earns wi nioenns; m on, suori. zriAZ''iAA it tint .nm.hu. ne midnight, wnen i was awakened up bv if .by any means you manaca
of skirt and strong of arm, ln the hock- other the aenlat glow" of the campflre some everlasUn political discussion offend him deeply at this Juncture the
ey field; Or striding over the turf with used to make 'em talkative, an' they'd ,"eu '. , ' Yh.n wm,- t. 7-a" chances are tnat na and his comrades
a golf ball, or plunging madly after a rattle away at each other on the sub- ma feflln Jn It may reUre still further and then bark
tennis ball? , jects o' the day until ye couldn't tell Hn1 'iTi-ilLi!.. them 'ratt,r". ceaselessly until they have hooted you
rAu contraire. Be pictures her clad In , whether It was A .church sociable with tot to rea scrappin . out of the neighborhood. That night '
something soft and clinging a being' all tha wimrnen out, or a telegraph of- ' '2:' iri'u ' I ha ana some of, his companions may
come auia mo straps irom yuur
saddie, tne meat irom the frying; pan-
more angel than woman, who, as a daily flee, y had undeneath ye. Nobody sees Ureat rignt.
companion, would undoubtedly prove needn't never ten me tnat mem reiiers
th covenunent ot th Dominion of forehead, and the .mai uosa of rather
The hideous "Cardinal Spiders." which cursed with.
the most withering bore a man could be ean't talk. ; They'd rattle questions and 1 nevar see-such a flght In all
answers at each other like two opposin' life, , They hissed, an' rattled, an' struck, the boots from beside your lowly bed.
wy and politely clean the pan and even