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tl.! r .t 1 ,JTi-- mlnut Investigation of tha bod In CUb of Death. .,, -v , v ffJi- t that Joanna Webf u guilty, ana port. It U vry Ion and I lava o
extraordinary, and , perplexing ther was no trac of vlo enc. . 'm. ... . - ' wSli '.V -VWK 'th second, that It was hla Sol mlaalon lima to study ft now., i have oth
eases anions; Trench criminal ,., ud5e ,u",,i0IL.hw Aft,r fcUHoit they repotted -' 1?S!tSV 5f vCrSr MtifflM 1 to -prove her so. and thus, succeeding mora Important matters to attand to.
records of recant years Is as- th' JdrtT daatll could have beon that death had been caused by crlral- "Sh; - ' tVhnWOy vi??,VJ where his colleagues of Par had fall.3 Jeannl Weber bad tha cnurase to r
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rather, of a Juje d'tnstruotlon. tha vlseera contained no traoa
. Apart from the intrlnaic intareat which voimon.
attaches to svery human tracedy, ea- nM CmM.Ir
,elaJ)y where there la an added ale- Oiint Kemember.
nient-of unaxplajned and Inexplloable stranfely enough the assistant whs
. aV.I -iw:r.-.hVr ..- -.k... hsd dlasnoaed a commencement
machine of French Judicial prooedure strangulation In tha case of Maurice
and particularly on that mediaeval and was not praaent In court. He wrote
Inqufaitorlal figure, the juga d'lnatruo ,h. ..i.. h.
tlon. The magistrate thui.entltled If from tn Provinces to the Jua
a kind of combination of Judge and "y tht ha waa sway on his ncw.r
jury, his especial mission being to "got and remembered nothing! about the
up the criminal ease" sgalnst th ao- Tir.K.r ....
cuaad and decide whether there Is wiD,r cf- , , . mmtn. ...
prima facie evidence of guilt sufficient Toward the close of tha second day
to send him to ths asslsee. As this the advocate general. ' speaking In. a
functionary does not-official in open, tromat& to Its utmost extent,
court, but In his private rogia. to which jr.1 'There were and there still are
tha publio la. of coura. denied admit- , y,), Vase Strang and bwlldrlng
jK?l.rVtV.i?iy:Phl4t?M th':' cVrcCTmltancVs Which defy .xplanatlon.
the clerk. It Is easy to aae how ill the w ar uvn jn the twent eth century,
accuaed peraon may far at th handf if , Web"r h4 lived 400 yeare
of the Juge dinatructlon, if the lattat !l?h. hi bn trW aa a
be inclined to Dlay the Inouialtor. 8uch f?,h .wou" ."?Y.v. !?.ul."9 a
, , - h.v. k..n 1..nn w... wiicn anq ournra mi n
neck, and poesibly on tha heart aa welt Jf? jfS V.. A
Thla damning report aealed Jeann sisssmsMst- UZrJK
Weber s fate, ghe was arrested on sus- Sirl kiM43
proves to have bean Jeanne Weberi
t fate at tha hands of M. HolUau, tha
' Juga d'lnatructlon of Chateauroux.
Fata Dogged Footsteps,
in r.ilin. thcae words one la Invol
untarily reminded of the fate of poor
Cala. the Toulnuae tradeaman, who waa
acouaad of polaoning hla aon, found
guilty and broken on ma wnw m no.
The great Voltaire, convinced of Calae"
a. t .sr m t t - v m 1
.h . . . V "um"'r a""'a Innocence, labored for three years to
tha footatepa of poor Jeanne Weber prove it, and at last procured the dead
since the month of March, HOC. She tnan'a rehabilitation.,
waa then llvlnr with hr huihimf in Th deliberation of the Jury waa
Tu r, .. VZ . . nu,b'n1 short. Almost Immediately thy ra
the Qoutta dor, an Industrial quarter turned a verdict of "not guilty, and
In the north of Farla. Their life was Jeanne Weber wa free,
that of Oie working population. Jeanne A murmur It waa nthne; mora of
... . " applause paeeed through the court. It
had bean a domestio servant. She was PBP, cUathat the verdict wa. not a
pot 30 years of age and her little boy, popular one. I remember hearing a
Marcel, waa Juat old enough to go (o youn- workman bealde me eay: "It will
school. Ko hard with her if they catch her alone
On MSrch aecond. Georgette, her on a dark night!"
bnrfhar-ln-law'e little daughter, mid- Humblv, meekly, without a word and
denly fell ill and aa auddenly died. Mnt without a tear the little Dreton woman
daya later another little niece, Susaun-, received her aoqulttal and dl-apoearad
died 10 the aamaaudden manner. A from view. The curtain descended on
fortnight after that? a third niece, Ger- the "Ogreaa." and the affair was qulck
malne, died and three daya latar y forgotten
Jeanne's own little boy. Marcel. It was
noticed that In each case waa It by a CMM Dies Suddenlv
atrang fatality or was It by a dla- nua ul ouaaeniy.
bolical plan? Jeanne Weber waa alone Borne IB montha later the child of a
Th? Aht?rlw5frtsTtX'wS;j "3 wdcutter named Bavou.et. .n the ,,.,
Jeanne aent tha mother for a dootor. in village of Vllledleu. near Chateauroux.
another the mother waa abaent and th. died auddenly and In decidedly supl
father haatily aummoned waa aent ctou, clrcumetances. The Utile one's
back to hla work with tha aaauranoe , . . . ,
that the little aufferer waa already bet- Ue9 WM convulsed and It foamed at
ter. Again the children's and was th mouth. The village doctor waa ap
IdentUal; the face turned purple, tha parently unable to state the cause of
yom were death, but aa there waa no reason to
limb were contracted, th
starting irom meir aocaeia ana mey Uapeet anyone of a crime, the burlnl
loeiTiea ac uie rrjouin. rinauy on April permit waa delivered without difficulty
fifth, Joannes lhtl nephew, Maurice, only one person had been with the child
w." tiSc.kd.whU"ut hl" un' w with in ha laat moments, and that was a
him. Thla time, however, the mother woman who had come to th village a
way at hand and ran with her child year before and had been Installed In
to the nearest hoapltal To the mother-a Bavousefs cottage to fill the place of
horror, the doctor and hla assistant both the woodcutter's departed wife. This
dlaxnoaed a commencement of atranru- .v.- ,. ..... .... .v.n'.
. . . ... . - . , t i 1 1 J .1 1 1 ici inr v I'.Lni mi in inn 1 1 1 1 , 1 n
'y aao. Diaca death and did not return
""""l'a,al u. . burial waa over.
tin wnuia uuai ir, wnicn nan Deea
commenting
ready - faahl
ti.e," Ln,itr.W,.!r, mU1 now eottage was nons other than Jeanne of the Paris bar who had defended her
?-.L.0nw.K?lceeMKUiMd .th nn,hPPy Weber, the oeress of the Ooutte d'Or, t the first trial, to watch over her in-
. '.' . ...uiu.iwn.. . d .Iu .. Th. woodcutter hl been murr, nuu lie i umc urvm-
urn
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tMrt Henri Robert
who Twice defended
Jeanne Wcbtf
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till the
LS ,n J.i, own .,r.ou,rn ,na village like wildfire that
.w0Bwhl" ,atU.nF r,e woman who waa living In
In the Wber famliree now Bottage was nons other t
the Juge d'lnntructlon, M. Belleau, be
ing charged to colleo'. evidence and re-
All at once the news ran through the PJ' whether there was a case or not.
the stranSO Jeanne ajuiemeu iu iinanre rieiwi
Bavouzet'a nooert, one or tne mosi eminent counsel
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.... ........ your innocence a tnousana times over,
me, "I protested that I waa Innocent, shall declare It to no in error, and I
whereupon he would retort: shall aend you bafor the aaslaea,
"It is trus: I h.vs not the formal "tlW cond.mn.d. you may
proof that you killed little Bavouiet. count upon that. ......
but I have other proofs I have the , . '
proof that you killed other children at Pttileti ijrrannjf. . " .
But Belleau s pitiless tyranny, was at
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ierre fvoyzef
fhe woodcuTfei'
The public prosecutor took up tha caae. mn attentive reader of the renorta of ls'a to do ao. convinced oa he waa of
TninJT.af.7eSliJr.4 .t5lVp,riB th Ooutte d'Or mystery, and when her Innocence Maltr Henri Robert a
1;. , '..", I'A ,'" 7 Jeann had been tr ed and acquitted the
IS" C t,.h?ii ai!l J0!.?1 honest peasant, touched by the woman's
examination on all th deceased chll
drn except Marcel Weber, whoaa death
had been certified aa having; been
caused by diphtheria.
Great Is Sensation.
The affair created a tremendous sen-
misfortunes, and bellevtnt? her to be In
nocent wrote and offered her a home
The offer was aecepted, the secret of
first step was to demand that the two
Paris experts, Drs. Tholnet and Socquet,
should be instructed to carry out an In
dependent autopsy on the ' remains of
Auguste Bavouaet. This was done some
Jeanne's personality bilng faithfully weeks after death. The conclusion ar-
kept uo to the time of the sudden and
mysterious end or little Auguste Hn-
vouset. Now Kavotixet s family conlet-
rlved at by Drs. Tholnot and Bocauet
waa to the effect That their colleagues
of Chateauroux were not Justified In
cai, aooui ner. jnougn no on could It was Oermalne Waveuaot who re- decided to submit the oppoaing
ouite say what; her notorious affection vealed the serret of Jeanne Weber's to three of the most eminent
for children waa only a pretext to get identity to a woman In the villaae. bv authorities In France, Profesao;
them into her clutches and so on. For whom it was dlllrentlv repeated, of the faculty of Bordeaux.
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At . m 1 . i j -i.. . ...... thalr lilsismnalsi tt tT-si n cm In t Inn An9
sat on. For weeks columns of raattsr boy oermalne. the elder daughter. Is J"" fronl rtal" characteristic signs
dally appeared In tha newspaper about nearlv a young wopmn and half wltted. !n hr. "tetlne rr WB5 every reason
the "Ogress of the Ooutte d'Or. No and from the bealnninr had taken a J believe that death was due to typhoid
one lifted hla voice In her dafenaa tor violent dislike to Jeanne Weber Louise. ever.
C.! r.!l. Jl7 oerenae, for th younger, had on the contrary taken Here, then, were two aeta of experts
her guilt appeared beyond queatlon. Her to Jeanne at once and loved her wtth in forensic medicine whose reports wer
past life, her words, her actions, every- all a ohlld's affection for Its mother, diametrically opposed to each other, the
thing was sifted and scrutinised. The Even Jeanne's worst enemies had, it one set certifying; that death was due
public voice declared her to have been may be remarked, never attempted to to violent, and the other to natural
a faithless wife, that aha had been fre- dlsprtrve her klndneea to children, to causes.
quently Intoxicated; there waa "some- whom ahe alwaya appeared quite de- In thla dilemma the court of Bourges,
thing' disquieting, mysterious, dlaboli- voted. In whose Jurisdiction the accused was.
cal, about her, though no on could It was Oermalne Wavouaet who re- decided to submit the ODDonina? reports
lnent medical
ifessor Lande
r.....,e ft th. .miltv ff HnrdaBnf U.rlnt
10 montha the acouaed woman, lay In (irotipm of gosloers collected. Jeanne's Poyen of the faculty of Montp'elier and
prison awaiting her trial at the Seine milt waa aa clear as davlte-ht to everv Rrisaaud of the faculty of Paris These
assizes. Inhabitant, the nolle were Informed, doctors wer instructed to study, each
At last on January S9, 190 Jeanne and wnce more the hand of fatality de- In his turn, the reports and then meet
Witi ir..w.V.p J? n-u" doc.k- ,Th ecended with crushing force on Its hap- together and draw up a final report
."0.,., j- i"o iiieuicai ex- ie victim. tnereon.
rol". u.p.on.w 2e. Vdeire tne trln- i. Audlst and Bmeau of the These must have been weary montha apalr. When all waa over and her In
.oners rate depended for there was not rieiehhorlnr twn of rhateaurou were for the wretched prisoner of Choteaur- nocenc finally established. Jeanni
a anmq or oirect eviqence declared It directed to hold a not mortem eramlna- oux. month of mental torture and de- Weber lifted the veil of secrecy behind
Carls.
your
I have the proof that you killed
rn child. Marcel.
My son! Ah, no! Accuse me of
laat beginning to causa a publio scsndal.
Throughout the length and breadth of
the land the Judge's Inhuman conduct
ralaed Indfgnsnt protests. Several or
gans of the press took up th case. . It
had already leaked out that th final re
port of th medlcaf expert waa favor
able to the prisoner. It had occupied
them two montha and toward th middle
of December It was handed to M. Bel
Itnti. the pronouncement of ths experts 1
being that little Auguste Bavouset died
from natural cauaea. Bell Still r
fuseil to relinquish his prey. - .
At length the court of Bourges, gal
vanize,! to action by th fore of publio
opinion, sent a peremptory ordr to th
juge il Instruction at Chateauroug to
teleae the prisoner Immediately, and on
the afternoon of January , Jann
Weher's long martyrdom ended. .
Defnre the prison gates a great crowil.
hal collected, a part being hoatll and
a part favorable, but all equally anxious
to see the "ogress" of whom Such tr
rll'le thing had been related. It waa,
therefore, decided by the authorities. In
order to spare her thla supreme Infllc;
tlon. that she xhould be taken along; an
underground pxsssge connecting th
prison and th Palais d Justic and b
let out from the latter building. But a
crowd Is quick to scent a ruse, and when
Foor Jeanne Wet.er came forth sh
ound a dns mass of human beings In
front of her '
When, however. Jeanne Weber, sao,
end timid and with her eyes r4 from
weeplnx. appeared, a wave of compas--alon
necmed to pass miraculously a.?:
the crowd. Not a hnnd waa lifted, not
a voice was raised In Insult. Many OC
the spectators murmured, "Poor W0.
man!" - ;
Renders More Aid. . '; .
But Malt re Henri Robert did not In
tend that hla generoua aid should ceas
with Jeanne's reloase from prison.
There Is a Paris Judge. M. Bonjesn by
name, who Is famous for his charitable
life. He Is the president of various be
nevolent Institution and M. Henri '
Robert had no dlflculty In Interesting
him In Jeanne Weber'a sad caae. Thua
It came about that a man was waiting" -In
a motor car to convey Jeanne to M
Bonjcan s house at Paris. She had not
been there long before 17 lettera wera
received from charitable people offering
her a home In a day or t we Jeanne
rill leave Paris to start lire arresn.
what you will, but not of the death of Her r deslre to proYO herself
my dear little one. That Is a calumny .,, nnni.cn'. t-ot and klnd-
whlch was disproved at the Paris as
slzca, and you have no right. M. le
Juge. to recall It."
" 'I tare nothing for the Paris as
sizes. In my eyes you are guilty and
the court committed a grievous mis
carriage of Justice which I shall do my
boat to repair by sending you to the
galleys.
ly sympathy. "That will be my revenge
on the wu-Kea people wno maa m in
fer so cruelly. Perhaps they will b sorry .
when they nee that they mad a mar
tyr of an honest woman."
In conclusion. 1 mill narrate, as It
was told to a friend by Jeanna Weber
herself, an Incident which throws a
flood of light on the machinations Whicn
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mat was trie juuge s invariaDie re- nu.iv Wr,rkd her ruin.
tort: That does not matter to me. It , ln connection with the death of
You are guilty and you shall go to the n lmle Doy. Two days bef or . th
Ka''e" " , , , , . child died, his mother, who had been
When Maitre Henri Robert wrote to out aII ,n afternoon, went to fetch him
Inform the Juge destruction that he from 9.)IOol. Little Marcel waa trem
had undertaken Jeanne Weber's defense, i,Ilr a4 ln tears. When asked what
M. Belleau flew Into a paswlon and sent wn, the mitter. he replied that bis fath
for the prisoner: pr naj beaten "him. The child's body
"What, he said, "you have dared to w, black and blue from the thrashing
apply again to that man to defend you! t naj received. Next day Marcel com
How guilty you must feel! Why. that pi0lned of Internal pain and remained In
fact alone would suffice to convince me ,ed anti 24 hours later was dead. The
of your guilt, lou ought not to have doctor certified diphtheria as th aus
addressed yourself to that man. I told f death and Jeanne held her peaco
you I would choose you a defender my- about her husband's brutality. Some of
self from among the counsel of the Cha- the neighbors, however, reported th
teauroux bar. Well, let me tell you this matter to the police, and from that mo
much : It's not M. Henri Robert who ment Jeanne's husband and bar two
will prevent your being sent to the gal- brothers-in-law showed bitter enmity
leys. I rromlse you that!" against her. One of them actually wrot
Incredible as such a state or things to the woodcutter Bavouxet urging him
may seem in a country where sentlmen- to accuse Jeanne, and adding: "You may
taltsm in so strong as to save even the be sure she killed your child. You will
loathaome Apache from the guillotine, be doing a good action by securing her
there appears no doubt that Judge Bel- punishment. On the day of her con
leau. by a gross abuse of his authority, damnation I promise to aend you !
trusted to this slow process of mental franca." -
torture to wring a confession of guilt But M. le Jug 'nstruction's Self
from hi victim. Imagine the mute de- imposed mission was to prove Jeann'
spalr of this wretched peasant woman, guilt, not her Innocence, and so such)
whom each encouraalne- letter from her trifles left htm indifferent. Tt waa re-
whlch she had languished and told me kindly counsel in Paris only plunged seived for a generous lawyer backed
nocence finally established, Jeanno a heartrending story of her sufferings, into a deeper abyss of torture at tha up by the all-powerful press to redress
Belleau, Juge d instruction. Is hands ol ner tormentor: unly a lew th leaning balance or justice.
M.
Quincy, Dinkelspiel and Jones
The FUNNY MEN
HAVE THEIR FLING
Live Topics m Lighter Vein
IN THE TOILS OF THE TARIFF
By WEX JONES
Representative McQavln's bill impos
ing a tariff upon titles had become a
law.
CUSTOMS Inspectors arrested "John
Smith" nt the Pink Moon pier
this morning. The prisoner was
charged with smuggling ln titles
appraised at $7,000,000. "Smith"
protested violently against his arrest,
condemning It as an outrage which
would not be tolerated for five seconds
in a civilized country. Search of
"Smith s" baggage revealed a uniform
consisting of red trousers and a yellow
coat, an unpaid Vienna board bill, pro
tographs of several American heiresses
and an advertisement of a hair dye.
Confronted with this evidence, "Smith"
admitted that he was Count Xaschsy.
and being finable to pay the duty he
waa deported in the same steamer at
the expense of the company.
The Earl of "Bloater applied yester
day .to have his title appraised at a less
figure than $12,000,000. The nobleman
produced a list of American heireases
and pointed out that none of them
had over $10,000,000. It was held at
Washington, however, that as several
$20,000,000 heiresses would be eligible
within the next year the appraisal was
Justified. The nobleman was much
downcast over the decision and took a
ticket for 'ome, after borrowing the
price from one of the court attendants.
The Due de Pomme de Terre was auc
tioned by the governnfrent yesterday,
having been held ln the warehouse sfx
months owing to his Inability to pay
admission duty or to pay his way back
to that Belle France. The dud waa
bought in by a speculator at a reason
able figure, and will be held for an ad
vance. Customs inspectors suddenly descend
ed .upon the Van Duster house, on Fifth
avenue, last night snd ransacked the
premises in their search for a Qalician
marquis, said to have been brought
ovr by the family without paying duty.
No marquis was discovered, and th
Van Dusters attribute the incident to
malic on the part of a discharged
chauffeur, to whom they refused more
than $1,000 a week. Others think the
rumor sprang from the fact that 'Mrs.
Van Duster was seen to pay the cab
far of a vacuous foreigner at the pier.
Friends of Florry Goldpile. now the
Countess of Skateboro, are greatly
amused by the clever way she hood
winked the customs officers on her re
cent arrival in New York. The Gold
piles declared nothing dutiable, ex
cept 300 square yOrds of old masters,
which they were bringing over to cover
the walls ot their picture gallery. Lord
Kkatoboio was, of course, spotted by
the inspectors, but the Cloldplles said
he was their butler. Asked his name
by an Inspector, Skateboro replied:
''Aw."
Asked if he had any dutiable titles,
he replied:
"Aw."
Askea if he came over first cabin, he
r- piled:
"Aw."
Asked any question at alt, he replied:
"Aw."
Skateboro wa then passed as an
English butler, and when the wedding
took place he and Lady Skateboro
rushed into Canada by special train.
The Earl of Alekegs, the British am
bassador, was passed by the customs
official yesterday without examina
tion, a similar u)urtesy being extended
to all the attaches of The legation.
A novel explanation was given today
by Count von Ulnabone, an alleged
smuggler. Von Ulnabone entered the
country as Wilhelm Schmlttkraut. but
was arrested on a tip from an heiress
exchange. The accused man stated that
he had made no effort to elude the irT".
s pec tors, and that the name of Schmltt
kraut was used by him so that he could
travel incognito, having been told that
If he used his title he would be kid
napped at the docks by one of the heir
ess exchange runners. A decision will
be telegraphed from Washington tomorrow.
Th revenue from the tariff on titles
for th last fiscal year waa $7,066,-
101.10, . "'
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Pro
grams
A hypocrlck Is a
man dot saya pleas
ant things abouid you
und calls himself a
liar vile he is dli
dlng it.
Der man dot nefer
makes a kick Is pret
ty sure to get kicked
himself sooner- or
lateness.
I)er finish of der
Knocker vaa svlft
und his funeral chant
vas sung py a chorus
of clams, vlch is der
sllentest bird In der
vorld.
e
Der best succeeders
In dls vorld is dem
dot depend on home
made success.
A financia) bonfire
vas der noblest vork
of some Society
Smart Setters.
Der man dot knows
ven to beat a retreat
is der same man dot
sometimes beats der.
races. j.
Der man dot vas
driven to drink vould
baf valked dare any
vay. . "
THE WEDDING
By WEX JONES
Around the house the people crushed
To view the scene the better,
And those who saw the lovely bride
Said, "Lucky chap to get her."
She wore a diamond solitaire,
No queen has got a bigger;
She had a veil of priceless lace,
And an almost perfect figure.
The figure: ?20,000,OO0.
The bridegroom's visage -was all smiles,
His uniform all buttons;
His sword was long and fierce enough
To carve careers or muttons,
He had ati air of silent pride
And spurs with jingly rowels.
His name was very long on fame,
But very shy on vowels.
The name: Bedfghjklmnpqrstvxi.
His heart was full of love and, joy,
His coat was full of shoulders;
His fine appearance pleased himself
As much as the beholders.
He looked upon his priceless bride.
And thanked his stars he'd found her,
And swore no loss should e'er befall
With his strong arms around her.
The arms: f 20,000,000.
r
It was a very fine affair,
The flower of modern marriages;
And all the people went their way
In raptures and in carriages.
The bridegroom and the bride embraced,
A pair of happy stupids,
Attended on their wedding tour
By flocks and flocks of Cunjds.
The Cupids: fffffffff
ppy
grams
Der bottom dollar'
Is der best dollar if
you haf udder dollars
to keep It at der bottom.
Ven Ignorance !n
sults you It vas folly
to be a Vise guy.
Vim-half dfr vorld
Is afraid It v 111 nefer
get der chance to do
der udder half.
Der most popular
motive power of der
day Is der man dot
rhollles udder peoples
along.
Some people stsrt
ould to do right but
Fate hands dem a
transfer.
A man ml ton Id en
emies Is der same re
lation to dls earth as
a chelly-ftsh is to der
ocean.
Rich peoples haf
troubles vlch poor
peoples can "nefer en
choy. Temptation alvays
vears rubber shoes
und speaks mit a vls-per.
POURING OUT HOMES
By C. B. QUINCY
BUILD-A -HOUSE-QUICK Company:
Gentlemen I have received your
rstrJojue of stock houses ru.uly
to mould, In accordance with
Edison's patent for casting
houses of cement In one piece. The
plan seems very feasible and eco
nomical, and as I have just paid the
last Instalment on a lot at Lnnelyville,
I wish to order House No. S32 In your
catalogue. Yours truly,
A. SUBURBS.
Bulld-A-House-Quick Company :
Gentlemen On visiting my propeity
at Lonely vllle I was astonished to find
a large cement structure ln the style
of a German castle placed upon my
ground. As my lot Is Kutly Colonial
in character, su-h a style of dwelling
is entirely out of keeping with it.
What I desired to order was your
"Colonial House, ten rooms, three
baths, windows, stairs, roof, etc.. com
plete: without dos kennel." Kindly
send for your castle at once. Yours
truly. A. SUBURBS.
moulds and appeared very sattsfaotory
until your moii removed them. It than
appeared that, owing to some obstruc
tion In the moulds, tha cement Only
ran half way down, forming In conse
quence only the top story of th hous.
Naturally, when the moulds wer re
moved the unsupported upper section
of the dwelling fell heavily to the
Krouml. fracturing th roof In eight
places Please have thla section of
"l.nglish
Basement" . removed at youf
our iruiy,
A. SUBURBS.
earliest convenience. Your truly.
A. Suburbs, Esc.:
D.ar Sir On looking up your order
we find you speclfieir No. i'il, which,
is the "naronla! Mansion." we mould
ed lor you in Lonelyville. The 'Colo
nial" vou mention is 832A. We can,
howeveA remove S32 from your lot.
provided you pay for the necessary
dynamite. Yours truly,
BLILU-A-llULHJ-gbIi-K UOMFAWI,
Bulld-A-House-Oulck Company:
Gentlemen The dynamite used in "re
moving your "Baronial Mansion'' from
my propeity has torn such a hoi in
the lot that only the chimney of your
"Colonial" (No. 832A) would anrjear
above the surface. While this would
be convenient for Santa Claus, X must'
cancel my order for 83 3 A. and ak in
stead No. 67, "Ensllsh Basement"-
with floors, walls. ste:e. etc. com Diet
gateposts extra." our trulv,
A. SUBURBS,;,
Build-A-House-Quick Company: " i ,fV ;i
,?"niT.raon",0,i" Bnguan Basement"
(No. 917) waa dujy poured into th
A. Ruburbs, Esci.:
Dear Sir We regret to hear of th
accident which befell your house, and
advise you that we hava shipped to
day our No. 1144B ("Long Island Knlcev
mscjc"). Yours trulv,
BUI LD-A-HOUSE-SuiCie COMPANT.
Bulld-A-HouseTQuick Company:
Gentlemen Your "Long Island Knlck
nack" (No. 1144B) has been poured Into
the moulds and appears very satisfac
tory, except that:
(1) There waa not enough ement
to make th roof. ,
(2) Owing to som defect In th
moulds the bathtubs are not hollow, but
solid chunks of cement.
With these exception th hous Is
O. K. snd th fries of birds' nests
around th eaves is much admired by
the neighbors Your truly. :
- A. fcUBURBS.
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A. Suburbs, Esq.:
- Dear.Sliww are jrratlfUd that you
find -our No. lUifl "Lon Island
Kntcknack") such a success, and trust
that if you vr oontemplat moving
Into a larger route you will favor us
with your ordr. Our 1S7Q "Western
Ben tor SI rooms, 100-foot swimming
tank, automobile track on roof. Gothlo
Kococo trimmings") la dsrv1Iy popu
lar. Our mR (TMdlavai Keep 10
foot wall, loop-holed for Gatlinss,
spikes, barbed wire ntanglemnt an'!
broken glass, complete") la ao la
Sreat demand for erection on Aciiron
ack preserves.- Yours truly,
. .BUIUA-HOUSE-jGICK COnAVT,
P.,S-KIndly remit tHM1.il tr
house, dynamite, eta as per b.it at
rtacbad. . . ; . (.
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