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. THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, . DECEMBER 6. 1908 FOUR Hains Tragedy Only By Dorothy Dix. N THE? fifteenth day of last Aug ust Captain Peter C. Hani.". United Slates Army, hot Wil liam E. AnniH dead on the boat ' float of the Bayulde Ya. ht club. Xong Island. N. Y., and while the bloody dcd was being dene T. Jenkins Hains. an elder brother cf the murd. fi r, stood br with drawn revolver to make certain that none of the holiday folk about, Who had gathered to w itness a neighbor hood yacht race, should interfere with the killing. '. Captain Hains took the life or A mm because Alls Hains hid confessed her relations with -Minis. Both of the Hains .brothers are to be tried for murder: tiny w soon ill be first tried separate T. Jenkins Hains and then Can tain Hains Jn many respects this is a most re. niarkahUr cusp, and through a eonfns. d haze of conflicting statements tlie jury -r must grope its way to decide what shall be done with the Halns brotlte-s. The first question to decide is whetli . er Mrs. Hains was guilty she was Thin main faet being settled, will ' the Jury decide that Captain Hains was Justified In killing Annis?-rlt will. If, then. Annis Invaded Captain Mains' home, and Captain Jlains althoiign . technically a murderer I whs warranto ! In destroying Annis, will Captain Halna be punished He will not. ' If Captain Hains, who actually com mitted the murder. Is to escape any pen V aity, will his brother. T. Jenkins Hains, also escape? He will not. Will the jury decide that T. Jenkins Hains la a bloodthirsty accessory to a murder, who has no possible Justlfica ition from any point of view. In lending 'himself to and encouraging and aiding In in affair which was none of his busi ness? If will. Will T, Jenkins Halns be convicted 'of murder and punished? He will. , Will it be abundantly proven beyond any reasonable doubt, that Mrs. Halnos told the truth when she confessed her '".-. relations' with Annis? It will. I ask these questions and answer .them without any hesitation, and now I m-lll discuss each one of these prob lems, and explain why my answer in each Instance is the only reasonable and intelligent one. In considering the matter of Mrs. Halns' guilt, let us first take note of the woman herself, of her churacter and - .temperament and her environment. Mrs. 'Huins is an exceedingly beautiful wo- man; one enthusiastic admirer even go ing so far as to describe her as a sec- ond Helen of Troy. Be that as il may. , there Is no dispute as to her go)d looks, or that she Is essentially the type of woman that appeals to men's ad miration. She is still very young, only twenty-three now, although she Is the mother of several children. In disposition she is selfish, r.s a beautiful woman is apt to be; gay. vain, frivolous, with an Insatiable passion fo: . , amusement and excitement u bit cf human-quicksilver that Is as apt to roll the wrong way as the right one. When she was sixteen Mrs. Halns, then Claudia Idbby, met Captain Halus at her first grown-up party. The im- Jretuousand dashing young officer fell in five with the pretty school girl at sight. ' and after a brief and, fiery wooing mar ried her, and nlungtM her. an unso phisticated little village maiden, into the gayest set of a gay army post. The Hrl was too young to know what real love is, too young to know : her own fleart. above all too young for -v the maternity that came swiftly to her. It Is a psychological fact that If a woman misses the fun and fit dom. the love - making and the lo . fooling that belongs - to youth, she r venges herself on life by taking them ' later on. when they are forbidden pleas ures. Mrs. Hains proved this old truth over again. She had been robbed of ho. girlhood, but she let neither wffvhood nur motherhood stand in the way of her -amusing herself. She became fa mous as u married flirt. At whatever army pdst she was she led the maddest, wildest set. and nlanned the most an- ' daclous revels. 8he learned and drink, and became one women who trail a frou-frou behind their skirts. to ' smoke of those of gossip Then Annis came into her life, and whatever of heart she tool she gave him, Her husband suspected nothing for Annis was bis friend too. familiarly about the house. How ' long this stale . of affairs went on. whether it was six years, as has been said, or only a few months, no one knows except the woman who carries the dark secret hidden in her breast. At last, however, the husband was ordered off to the Philippines on duty, and bis absence whs the guilty pair's . opportunity. They became bolder. Mrs. Hains disappeared for days at a time from her quarters at Fort Hamilton, and 'when site returned told Inconse quent stories about having visited friends here unit there. Gossip first, then open scandal began to link her name with that of Annis. ' . A breath of It even penetrated as far as Manila, where, on a club house veranda. Captain Hains once overheard two brother officers repeat some little tattle about his wife, but the men lied like gentlemen out of it. anil the be trayed husband accepted their explana tions and loved and trusted his wife J still. When he reached San Francisco, however, a letter from his brother. 1 ' Jenkins Halns. awaited Mm that shat tered his fond delusions. It told him certain bald, brutal truths, that sent him scurrving across tlie continent as fast as steam would carry him. with out even awaiting for the formality or leave to be granted bini from Washing ton from his duties as quartermaster Of the transport he ivhs on - When Captain Hains arrived at home ho came unexpectedly and unannounced to his wife, and in On very m.niite of his arrival he charged her w t i the "rime the very suspicion of which had almost blasted his reason She ook f It Willi perfect coolness and laughed at ' It as mere nonsense. Whv there isn't any truth in it I)ld you come all thi wav ori that l.i and t.ecaus" ...o. . ur. , if : ,1 and he loved l.i the man lx.-lifv.nl her To s..ow t am in rrto in tiinii'r t tat ii Ik lit. l t h e y vent bel altA Htrl Jinn tV '.all went in an nutoniub, i down to Conor Island. . Is It not a Zohvsque iictv f.f n od Hffifl The beaut I Ml wife in the ting her nnc nf her power, flam w dnwiii'i - l.wer in her husband face fooled husband humid ap .remorseful, trying tat -to .m.nl for his suspicion .h.ge'.ic and to make bv extra toward tiie .,. inn and tetute rne-s trn wlio bad betrayed hi in . wife nl: of nd lover secretly. making ; v (..mhunil who was so I ;. w conveying " prlrk - . to each otner in him with the !" ".To to which he riot- i. bs 111 I d'ni Vev Oh. It must have ! otfptiinc for inert c. ,1 antl fri falae wife, that first ntght 'am Haiiw' arrival home vv Ct lOMt inking and , Ik Ailmnttirei in the fai Tb nW day. cverv doubt f : hushed b-cK to e o. n I a i r T 1'ai l.-nki -Td .narily upbraided h having -l,roa and Tl, -. . mffinnprja-.-wi ini. and th furim." proof s Sr. arir Mirned imon Captain ' w,,h ' ls Mrs. ' "11", ' ' he rrled. "are yo; - a fev. Irinu a1 boy i-rmrt. j-.t. ho dece ved bv whpt- ever a. irtty woman tens on . e vour wife It s your ! rfolnf these mints. honor that is at stake. It's wmtr tllltll ana your rinwi"i' ........ draggeu ini-"on me "7f t'h.r nd teil ner mat von 1 htr where she mire. - h(r knowr o ana . . '"Again pUIn'minrsought ou, his w I "fe thU tim armed ot with vague vecuVaViVms. -but with' facts, and Mis. broki down under her husbands mo." but twice and thrice did she r ."it her (Nsnfesston. and admit not only ,er r-lations with Annis, and thnt she -id tinderrojifl a rrlmlnal oneratlon for vhlch he hud nnld. but she Slgne.i ip t i prt-iico of Cii'ptaiii liuina and, lit m . I ft... .. I. n ulM.A.I ,n MURDER CASES One of Many f rimes That Has Been Inspired by brother and his father and a lawyer, a written statement of her wrongdoing. Of the validity of that damaging document there can be no doubt. Mrs. Hains claims now that it was wrung from her bv fraud when she was drunk and drugged, but so rtttle proof could she bring of that and so in credible was the assertion on Its very face, t hat ,1 nst ice Cnrr. -Wefore whom she made her plea for alimony and custody or It." children on this ground, brushed it aside as not even worth con sidering Moreover, even if the hus band ..mi the hroiber-in-hiw would lend themselves to such a base scheme to brand a woman with shame, it is cer tain 'l.at General Hains would not. lie is ,i man of unsullied cbajaeier, and on.- in whom there is no stionger sr mi pi. -n' Can the pride of mime, and be would be tlie last to wish to disgrace and .I. grade his little grandchildren's mother The whole interest of the Hains family was to rover up I shield the woman. not blaron her shumefs.sness to the world. It was her own sin that found her out. Will the jury de'lite that Captain Hams was just if led in killing Annis, who hail wrecked his home" It w ill. The law savs t in. t you must not Kill, but there is a higher law t whieli no man who Slavs tin- seducer of Ids wife or daughter will ever appeal in vain so Ions as there flows a drop 'if red blood in a inrv box. The honor of the home is not a thing to be measured and Judged by dull statutes, or to be quibbled over and argvK-d about by lawyers. It touches tin verv quick of lit'.', and the man win. fights in defense of ids womankind, or Slavs to avenge their despoiling, will ill -ways bo Judged lenientlv by every man who has a spark of manhood in bis breast. Another point In ("av'airi Hains' favor is that he Is a soldier, and was away serving his country when the ser pent entered into Ills lab n, and that fact alom. will weigh the stales of jus tice down on the side of mercy for him. It Is claimed that Hie mental distress caused by his ruined home ami dishon ored name has driven Captain Mains in sane, but whether that is true or not, he will not be punished for killing An nis. because for that he lias a double justification that "will appeal mightily to all men -the act itself, and the fact that Annis was his friend. Annis had eaten of bis hre.nl ami drank of bis wine a thousand limes Annis dipped, in times of need, into Ills pocketi.ook. Annis came ami went unquestioned In the home, i loiiking his villainies under the guise of friendship and affection. We come now. though, to the curious psychological question of the trial, and that is the responsibility mf the elder brother. T. Jenkins Hains. for the mur der of Annis. and his punishment. Those who know tlie two brothers: lie- cr V' in i i if--'" -".v i U g. m y "f'1; . s - Mrs. Claudia Hains li. -v .1, .,; man b.. I i Annis. I'h in. n i a 1 1 v tll.it he , i iaim : '.i brol lo i -up tn i ! , side " inn .- 11. as. in reality. t he :,vi i the t -1 n vv i it ii I 'et . sa I ba i lie is I he s u roiig. ni ph v si. -I i It , nf the 'l.linales his i.iolhe ii.'1 ha ; pet upoii t lie t wo. a nd They youngcr '.'nigs until I - Of. l;uu la r slh nerved liiin ting a t I v -in the iniili l ass, mbl. .1 vviih h Annis nis v Ml t V -hii of i ga.v that .il la to v., e ri WilS to v Cert. 'fill eon: Ji.'i e l the tl.ig abet It : ' at bo v- ,i Ids vefL-e it will g t linn will' m It ted Hi In Hail -,c pla. ai'ii- 1 U the. I I W I I ml I'.r kii 11 ll t ! e :e Ilpo hartler his brot ! e mur. Id nt, becnti: ion ih.it ap 1 In purnsl jiistifl !l:l'- nniii GEORGIE His Frank "G OOD I, bisl crop bring ti. se treat rt.lr.g. M's- i mpK ; ti - 1 ,iM ' I 1 nit I vvi no 'i n , i u littb e l CI. lol it must 1 ire to hav. 1 vv v.. 1 great t . maid like you are to have ti of a visit "Georgie,- speak : the I, nit rac iy. now. You won't." Oh. y. s. ii..; if von do I'll buy you some so, I W':it r as we go home. Youwon't? in. v.iv li. tin ii "I.sn'i that wonii. rful of hiinV I ;.-- Lit- la- is tile most intuitive . ;nil I .' r s.aw in mv life. Knows tin- ttiin- Oc In- sees people whether he ilk.-s iliein "' no;. .1 ri tl if In- ilut s'i't. v ou n't h Why. ' him to pretend that lie the other day oil .Mrs. tipkwts was at our house and the .t' M,e came in Georgie began Miiiig. I don't like you! You look a bm c' and he ke:t it un until lik -In b-l I a hutf tfiouth 1 am i-urt t h. it th that .oiig thin, white f.-it'i .. she .1",- luik like an nil ut t - that von say. Georgb ? Is nijkins i.iii- while bcause elie '."! ' old. and the s she take li'-r i' at night and lay them on the like 'grandma does? H-s-s-s-sh! "s mustn't ask so many ues- of In i mar.- 1 1 "VV M.ss S. is vt rv tettii oi bureau Hittie b tions. It "But tb isn't polite sn't it bin!, all liow' observing that child Is? oh notices things is aim yesterday 1 was to . lare i he " wav b st uncanny. Why. see Mary jllet. n tid I he morn five mln sa(d. D.ik. mamma, on; the carpet under a i.rn l.i. tee' Hint we htnln t In en in lite before Georgie At that grease spot the nig, and 1 se int-y ve got a liny teron.tbe cola, lnu know l.uw luouU laiy i and Utm' she thev've got a tirtv T Oil .the ?.!;t. ,,u 1" . 'I if't ? . . ftT ' J" f t "t r. 1 ? . - - I I I' "i J ' j f r'i. - $ l.e wrong 1 U s;.,y I,.' t . r- in hi s il'l.t ov.-V :i V i f f S 1 o V s. A man ir. I he Wl Oi king lake other pen imr broil'. i s. Jenkins llains . nut pie s nun - in: T ' v- pi 'I". had n r v!i. 1 iniiig mot i it f murder that P-t-will take this into vniliiing his nasi lice pa riant e. ,lc -against him. Al his Ullin ami bi-cn m s n i - ta ; licit i-i h. . II en Kb i, . 11. Is I l ie. I f -i i: He was cleared. It a taste 'if douh' in is to his omplet. inn.. gone out In a boat nis f ri, n,l. lie came i i. ileml body in the bn.ii, of the in in :i:l v i f T r i. i i an i;ir a ml of his I ,a -lan In st-lf d- leus,.. -Hit tn" n.l lohl . kill in I',' kill.. Keen Ways Sight am ,s alwa.vs t: yir.g to I'llt the b inildu'l foe' G vomit r if iie wtei I, SlierlO'k Ho'!., -liiu. I nun: bite i or I lul In be a 1 wont bin, to c. ,i ip I,,- nni v ! : Y i . 1 1 s 1 1 ' t . president? ! '"II Vi'li V'Uliln'i ..:i't" W.-l'. won't 1" i"ie tint: a -nl von "ii t crv' liriiuile Moth. sha'li' y.re, j. i !' pl'e '! N" nt i w nt No. him th.ev vta l f Hi - - 'W e. .I s :l. :-. '. I : ' '-V Si I ..!! '... K ' I ' ' ' "A l" ! that t.' 'I .- ; I I , I ' i K "f .1 ' ' . i 1 ' i '' ' U i t' 1 i i U' : i e 1 i : ' a - . n that ' "I'timr, G.'i-.rgie. :".. ,; pii.'ttii. s. Now, i , , port folio lown i,i . .. vet . ' ''in k til v . ,i. kins .n.l I tntif i: lor I-O'lie '.I I (:' ' . . , . ' dollars .. Do be . ".fust look -ii l.'ni : i s ll.-'s- got u real feeling . I w;l's - lik. ..j'K tf.s. ! lleS : a ui.'iit.- 'Inetiifies ' -ay but 'i about .! the it. in. but 't boy to that, you J- si ' ..; th" J .I.,., JUS! I .Wli.'l I Katze 1 till! l azy aliout : he . n i ie -i.apers.j'n siunila'. . ai.,i t I . get to do a tl.:n i I ' in!'" oveT and uvi i to ' H.n-t.-r lirov.n y ijiin iners or ifapp. II. i k is so refining for isM.- .old literary and ail he art i know. "For In: ,' I encourage goodness s.'ikc, Geort-ip .Tof.es. w(tcro h I mm: g.-t- thove choccdate creams.' look, yon are ornmiing them p all wur AliasJ Buujkia' jilclUics,, SUip I creams? l.ook. yotl are dflliblipg theni AND Love, Anger or Desire for if1 i Mr Mains children who play an l ni.oM an pari in the trouble of the and their grand peter C. Hains Sr. left thay are Molly. .1 (Mi kins Hains; Peter 11,'iiii.- i'ainili.'K mother, Mrs. .From ritrln to diuigh: or of T. third. Hamilton Cup! a in '1'oter C. and .lack, sons ot Hains. 'I'll ii si , ;.' vi i I . ii rh hi 1 v . in ug h, T. Jenkins ll.nn- lecal.led, and aNo. mav happen that tie Judged by the nation, the blood- :uay i i, ntg crcntuies nl I is tlnisiv plrales I burlv. brutal lirah- ma Hills that he h wihl stories nl :" say thai his b-othi fair of his: that n Icrme.hilipg l nn atl.l that he ve.,s .siil'SiVjC. lit ni'll 'le .,f violent Mild bl is conjured up in his sea. The jury will r's affair was no af- ir.id n business In n husband and wife. 1. il into It and the through sheer love ...Ished. T. Jenkins Hains will bo convicted or manslaughter alui punished, for he hail no excuse for his act anil no Justifica tion. His wife had not been wronged, his home had not been broken up. his ! 1 1 1 1 - children had not been rendered worse than motherless. No pity and no sentiment will be interposed between hi i and the relentless fiat of the law. "i f whole fate of the trial will de id upon whether Mrs. Hains told the 1!: when she made her confession. p.-! t !'' 1 this will be proved beyond any rn ii'ibii' doubt. General Mains, old, hon i.: 1 . . battle-scarred, has already sub-nio-i an affidavit In which he declares a' 'ii his presence Mrs. Hains con--! to improper relations with Annis .1 ,1 ..f the operation to which she Ouiiih and Annis paid for. fon in g Hiis operation the Hoins law-:- I already in their possession v, :. ! r. glster showing where Mrs. II.. ider tin- name of Mrs. Ander e.i for two weeks with two uit-s who attended her. .lit in who . the letter of Captain An lived next door to the Fort Hamilton, and other throw a searchlight upon ' I I ha 7 sny: You won't? Oh, mind. Don't cry, now. try she spoko so hastily Miss Stmpkins won't mind nt little child does. Re nt late didn't go on but . wouldn't believe. Miss May people- treat thnt .Inst because he is full .I 1 1- il.- titror of Foss' nt. and nut up a barricade : " si.iirw in t 'it si. ran cl ' wl.tn lie was playing Id Mr. Norrls fell over .is rheumatic knee, they laim-d about us to the ll;.' i .ilnpiatiie lord to snrli an him i. i'Ue t'.l s. 1 know it l.i xtent that we have new ..nr lease. Of Jetlousv becnus-t ' till! 1 1 1 1 I like illii ,iri are t bright, and smart G rgie irgi.' but the landlord saws tiiilt I b dates real estate and that he really luxury on his prem- when v er Ii f.tllt afford is. s. Yell c oes u.-li , in f' ur-elf how un just tln'lt is. si'ti'.e In- 1 1 ' hos'iiny t.iii n ' o won. a:i.l l;.--'.s just be- just look at him now. at table It's the old ma our mother b'ft you, isn't l r you are proud of It as unlet as unlet as can "What's that. Georgie? Oh, Miss' Simpkihs. look what he has done! He's si i. iti bed hi.s' name with a pin on the t il.;. 'G. orgl.t' just as j.lainly as can be. Isn't it wonderful lie can write like that, ami only eight years old! What i that. Geoicie? You want to iin home . v ou don t like Miss Simpklns tnv here anv lonirer? and don't want to May here any longer? lls-8-s-.sn. That Isn't nice, but I guess we had bet ley be going. v :.. "I Just thought; I'd drop In and see von Miss Slrnpklns, and give you the pleasure of seeing Georgie. Sometimes I tve-l like. I ought not to be so selfish with. -.him. J ought to take him around more, and Jet people enjoy him some, too. tiut ou know how we mothers are-. ?GoWbye. Goodbye. I will come again soon. Really, .this Is about the only place I really enjoy 'coming now. All ilu women wlLu. tUlliiiea I kaovr uxo n . r ' yf v v J ! h 'A THE WOMAN IN EMH Money and Power the woman's frivolous character, the un willing testimony of one-time, friends anil of argus-eved servants who noted Annis' comings and goings, all have been woven into a chain of evidence, perfect, complete ond unbreakable, that bind Mrs. Hains' guilt upon her. Captain Hams may well say with Adam: "Tlie woman thou gavest me she di.l it. My sin is upon tlie head of this faithless wife and unworthy moth er." And so, in a way, tlie woman Who brought the trouble upon her husband will prove his scupegnat, but no sacri fice will be offereil up for T. Jenkins Hains. As he lias sowed bloodshed so shall he reap blood. BESSIE DAVIDSON KILLS HER SUITOR HAT beautiful Hessle Davidson will ever have lo go to the gallows Is almost unthinkable. Munltr trial juries, being composed of men. very rarely inflict the extreme penalty upon, women. Yet few doubt that Jessie Davidson Is a murderess. On the lawn of her home, "ft Neosho, Mo., she shot and killed young Hoy Kamsour, suitor for the hand jt Grace Davidson, her sister. The crime, it seems, waj. to a certain extent prerni ditated, too. In tlie thick of a quarrel between them Hessle David son walked away, pro. urett a revolver, returned and with il killed her victim. "Johnny" Davidson, as Miss Bessie is f imiliarly called, is the beauty of a l.imilv of five exceptionally handsome sisters, all but herself and Miss Grate being mart led. 'Miss Hessle Is IX years old. ii blonde of Junoesqiie figure one of those girls whose charms are oal culated t" discount all her faults In the eyes of men. She is i In- youngi si of the five daughters of the late Charles Davidson, a K ii t ii -kin n. who spent his Inherited fortune like a gentleman." Observing llns t ndeney in his son, the girls' grandfather left to he clivided among iliein. when Hessie should reach the ago of yea rs. an . state worth at least a quarter of a million dollars. i 'onsidering their beauty and their prospects, the Davidson sisters were naturally regarded as the matrimonial prize of that part of the country, A year ago only Grace and Bessie re mained vet to he won. Young Hoy Knmsour courttd Grac1". mid nianv supposed that their marriage was a settled thing. Bessie, however, did not favor Ramsours design to win her sister, and after he had paid at tentions to her for several months Grace broke with him. It seems that the young man did not behave well under this disappointment and had to be for bidden the house. He declared that his misfortiir.it was due to the interference of Hessie. lie did not seem to be able to r;el over il. He talked about it often to nis friends, and he drank more than was gootl for him. Witnesses for the state will testify about the shooting to this effect: Kamsour, wliile intoxicated, was past ing the Davidson house, accompanied by Maurice McNeal, a Hi year old boy, of Columbus. Kan Grace was sitting in a lawn swing. Kamsour and the boy joined her., Johnny'' resented the Intrusion, up braiding Ramsour for coming when he knew he was not wanted. Ramsour, having always blamed "Johnny" for the estrangement between himself ami Grace, called her an ugly name. "Johnny's" face flamed. She sprang up and slapped his face. He struck AN INFANT From th- New York Sun. F OR an Infant industry the manu facture of canvas gloves and mittens appears to bo doing well. It is as yet scarcely 15 years old and It did not fairly get into its stride until about five years ago. but there were turned out In this country last year such goods to the number all told of KO.tPMf. 000 pairs. Who started the first canvas glove and mitten factory appears to be a moot question. It is probable that, the first pair, and this most likely a pair of mittens, was made by some farmer's wife for her husband's use. and that as their utility commended them other farmers' ' wives made ti1Hf same sort of mittens or gloves for their husbands untfl their use be came more or less common in a neigh borhood or district, and then some body began- making them for sale. Now , there are canvas glove and mitten : factories scattered throughout the United States. There is one Eastern concern in the, business that has fourteen factorl- in various states east of the Mississippi river. In cluding -one in this state, and canvas gloves and mittens are . Worn all over ihe eonntrv. and thev tire now ex- ana . iney ported to various foreign countries, t'linvuii trii,vfa and mittens tire mAtle for women as well as for., men, and they are produoe-d i great variety, , in various styles, and of course in Bizes and in canvas of various thicknesses see lm such, botes I hardly 6 ver go to all the time i.mw anout meir orais, so mat l can i gei a word in edgewise about Georgie hardly, As if anvbodv wanted to hear about thelr children! Ot course, with Georgie, It UlflDrealP r . - v '."'. .... ' ll '. :::-':. Beautiful Bessie Davidson Will her. . She went Into the house, told her mother, walked a short distance to the house of her grandmother, Mrs. Han cock, and came back with a revolver. "You will take that bark," she said to Ramsour, her face white and hard, or I Bhall kill you!" -,: i witx iiis i ejit-tttfti ntrr hci ibiwiiuii, and as many time Kamsour mumbled Twice she repeated her declaration. Inarticulately. vpoit ner mira aemana lie said: "You'll havts to kill me, then." Vpon thla, "Johnny" fired the fatal shot, . Grace ran toward tho struggling' girl and aelaud 'tho revolver and mHhed into the house of a neighbor next door, w here, the prosecution contends, the re volver was later found on a chiffonier. Seated In her cell In the county Jan. iDf counij. jftiii Bessie. Davidson spoke candidly of her. CH9Y The truth of It Is. I had no harJ feeling toward the boy. I would not fjrriT) XTT? TT7 A T'TJ have seen my sister marry-him. H X XVri.jLN Li i-JCA. 1 Ii was not her equal socially, intellectually A . or in any other way, but aftep he be- (Jp CA P T ATTv F.kR came so dissipated and she acquired a.'-' v XX.X1 feeling only of contempt and pity for him, I knew there was nothing to feat; from her decision In the matter. "I knew also that he had threatened her life, that he was insanely Jealous and that the more hopeless became his suit the more dissipated he became and the- more dangerous. "But he conceived a hatred for me not I for him and when he came to the house and taunted me and perse cuted me with his Insulting insinuations, when he came back again and again after he had been ordered away, I thought I would show him. "But, of course, I did not shoot him nor Intend to. The revolver exploded In the scuffle which followed his strik ing me In the face," MYSTERY HOUSE OF FELIX FAURE A TRIAL, that will Involve the greatest political and artistic personages of France, that will revive the mystery of the death of President Felix Faure and his association with Madame Cecils Sorel, that will exceed the Dreyfus case In Importance, and will probably over shadow in its revelations of crime and intrigue any similar event of modern times, Is about to take place In Paris. Kix months ago the well known French artist, Steinhell, and his mothcr-ln-law were strangled In the former's house In the Impasse Ronsln, Paris. Madame BteinhHl, the artist's wife, was found tied to a bedpost In her own room. Why has the government (which con ducts all criminal prosecutions In France! done nothing for six months to bring the perpetrators of this atrocious double murder to Justice? Are Influ ential statesmen concerned In shielding the murderers or hiding some facta con nected with the crime? Why has Ma dame Steinhell told two contradictory and highly Improbable stories? "These are questions that have been persistently asked in Paris, and now It seems that they are likely to be an swered, for the chief of police has tt last made some arrests In connection with the murders. The first event of political bearing which is mixed up with the tragedy is the mysteriovis death of President Faure, who certainly died somewhere away from home, and whose body was secretly curried back to the Flysee. ppl ace. But Parisians believe that some other state secret is hidden behind the Steinhell murder, for high officials would not show so much anxiety merely to shield the memory of one dead man. It Is strongly Insinuated tlvat Pnesldent Faure died In Madame Stelnhell'g Uouse.v and that other occurrences of a dis graceful or criminal character. Involv ing great state officials, hare since oc curred there. Before this the odium of being asso ciate! with President Fa lire's death had fallen upon Mademoiselle Ceclle Sorel. one of the most beautiful and brilliant actresses in Paris. Immediately after president Faure's death, the deputy Sebastian Faure (no relation of the dead man, but an oppo nent of his) published a circumstantial acount oi the president's death, show ing that he was stricken while on a visit to Mademolsele Sorel's apartment In the BoUevard Haussmann. The dep uty frajuTiihed a diagram showing that the president had constructed a secret door and passRgeway leading from the back of the tilysee palace through the grounds. Then another informant explained that President Faure. at the earnest entreaty of Mademoiselle Sorel, bad Invited her to a fancy dress ball at the Klysee. When Madame Faure say the actress' name on the proposetl list of guests she protested that if Mademoiselle Sorel came she and her daughter would stay a wa y. Placed In Hils dilemma, poor Pres ident Pa ure called that afternoon on Mademoiselle Sorel to explain his posi tion, and aKk her to stay away. She was infuriated at this suggestion, and a violent alterratmn followed between them. The president, who was stout and elderly, suffered from weakness of the heart and the excitement brought on an attack. He staggered to the sofa and there died. Now come the murders at Madame Stelnheil's house, reviving the mystery of Faure's death by suggesting a new explanation of It. and Involving other persons. Sttdnhell had a house and stu dio in the Impasse Ronsin, a short street containing several fine studios. On May 31, lie antl his mother-in-law. Ma dame Japy. were strangled to death In their rooms. In an adjoining room Madame Steinhell was found with a rope around her neck and her hands and feet tied to a bedpost. On the floor above a valet slept all night. He heard nothing. None of the rooms was disturbed. The sideboard In the dining room still bore all Its silver. Madame Stelnheil's Jewelry was un touched. Only one piece of furniture hud been touched, a writing desk In Madame Stelnheil's room. This had been broken open and papers, envelopes and all its contents scattered over the floor. Tin- day after the tragedy Madame Steinhell told the chief of detectives that she had been attacked at midnight In her bed by a man, a former model of her husband, gagged and tied. Then she heard hor assailant and some one INDUSTRY ami in colors white, gray, brown and striped, and some have attached to them leather palm pads and thumb pieces and some 'have attached woven woolen wristlets, and there are can vas mittens that are woolen lined. Canvas gloves and mittens are made In two hundred or more varieties. They , are worn by Iron handlers, wlir? perhaps buy those faced with leather or use with them separate leather palm pieces. They are worn by motormen and cab men, and by farm ers and gardeners, and by laborers, by men engaged in various kinds of work; and in homes they are used In tending i he furnace. Canvas gloves and mil tens sell at prices ranging from 10 stuits to 25 e'1,!' a Pairt w'ith a few styles running il io i i cents. inone wnnoui learner trimmings can be washed, but they are more likely to be worn till they are thrown away. The railroad engineer, for Instance, who fancied canvas gloves might buy canvas gauntlets by the donen pairs at a cost of 25 cents a pair and' put on a fresh pair every week; the laborer a one work or an other might buy a pair of .canvas gloves for 10 cents and wear them till they are worn out. 1 , A , One Victory Over rtypsy Moth. ., ,v a , JTom Horticulture. . f j. A. G. Klrklaml, superintendent of the gj ypsy moth, campaign In Massachusetts. . - - Jia determined by onservation that tue young or un" gypsy motb are nt able t reeti on me pine for the nrst three weeks after hatching. It follows there-, fore that plantations of white pin may ' n. a . tt.tttir.iit foe. r t. a Ai.An ...ii, .e .... '.,,!. i . i v. . . , , v. ... .iiv irons oi mew insects proviaen an un-, der grow til and contiguous deciduous: trees, etc., are rut sway, as any rater- fiill&rs hatched within territory thus protected would starve, . ,-. . - , : " V .-" ' .Li Have to Go to tke Gallows else ' struggle '' mother-in-law. with her htiibancl. and The next day Madame Steinhell told a different atory. She said that four aa ssslns attacked her. One was a red haired woman , dressed In black, .The other, three wera men 'with' longr hearda. dressed in lonr black robes Ilk' those vi 1 1 nm.jt m jtjup; u latin r worn by Russian priests She Udmitted that she! had a conversa tion with them. They told her that thev had mistaken her for her daughter, a flrl of IS. then on a visit to the country, rotn thla girl, they -said, they had learned that M. Steinhell had (1200 in the writing desk In the. house, and thev had come to steal It. This narrative seemed absurd, for thw criminals left untouched not only all the jewelry in mo iiiimr. vui uie iHunirr, wen liueu pocketbook. A 60 franc note in the writ ing ues. uiey naa tnrowp online iloor. "WEB of closely woven mystery A hangs about two handsome, smartly dressed women Mrs. J. Clayton Erb and Mrs. Katberlne Relsel now hold at Media, near Philadelphia, on th charge of murder and accessory to murder. The victim. Captain J. Clayton Erb. a wealthy politician, was slain in his country villa, Red Gables. Riddle Park, on the evening of October , in a most brutal manner. His body was found lying at the door of his bedroom, the head had been crushed by' blows from a heavy stick, cut with a knife, and six bullets had been shot into his body. All about were evidences of a terrible struggle. Curtains had been torn from their hangings, and beside the body a six foot Japanese vase waa found smashed to pieces and splashed with blood- The crime bore all the marks of bru tal assault, as by thugs or burglars. Yet it Is positively declared that only two persons were In the house at Ul tima of the tragedy, one being Mrs. Erb, wlfo of the murdered man, and her sis ter. Mrs. Katberlne Belsel It was Mrs. Erb who gave the first alarm of the horrible crime. Running out Into the yard she called to the fore man of the place, William Nichols, and said: i "Come quick, my sister has shot the captain !" Mrs. Erb then reentered the house and she and her sister fell into hys terical weeping. Soon after officers came and arrested' them. What looked' at first like a plain, bru tal murder showed, as Investigation pro ceeded, a plot of amazing tlendlshness and complexity. About two weeks before Captain Erb's death he had been selaed with a violent sickness one nights The family physi cian called . antV pronounced it due to ptomaine poison. Captain Erb, however, was suspicious and took a mineral water bottle from which he had drunk that night to Dr. Meeker, of the Medlcochorurgical college and hospital, for analysis. The analysis was not completed until after Captain Erb's death. Dr. Meeker then admitted that he had found poison In the bottle, the exact nature of which he would not divulge. The ooroiyr had taken the precaution to examine the body for poison and had found the same kind of poison In the victim's stomach that Dr. Meeker had found in the bottle. This witihl Indicate that two deliber ate attempts had been made to poison Captain Erb. the first being a fortnight before his death and the last on the night oi his death. The poison having failed to act as quickly as desired, the murderer or murderess followed up the hideous plot with bludgeon, knife and revolver. Or. perhaps, it was the Intention of the slayer to merely weaken Captain Erb with poison for he 'was a very strong, athletic man, and then when lie hod little strength to resist, complete the crime with the 'victim absolutely at his or her mercy. Nor, indeed, was the man allowed to die with the first fatal blow or shot. It is the opinion of the officers who took cnarge of the body that the weakened man had been stunned bv a blow as he came out of his bedroom, clad In his pajamas. As he clutched at the drapery cur tains and fell he had been gashed with a knife. Tthen shot after shot was fired into bis body as though ruthlessly, vengefully In a passion of hate and fury. It Is now known that for weeks and months before the tragedy Captain Kit) and his wife had had the most violent quarrels and dissensions. After he suspected her of poisoning him he had threatened to have her arrested, when she retaliated by hav ing him arrested for setting fierce dogs upon her. It Is also known that Mrs. Erb had 3 2 caliber revolver, which she kept under her pillow at night and shot at targets with during the day. It was 22 caliber bullets that were found In Captain Frb's body after his death. The climax to the marital quarrels of thp Erbs came on the day previous to the murder. Captain Erb had sent legal notice to his wife's sister, Mrs. Kath erine Belsel. not to again some to his country house. Red Gables. There had been most intense enmity between the two for a long time. On the night of the crime Mrs. Erb had given all five of tlie servants per mission to go to a neighboring tavern. Village Green Inn. to enjoy them selves. Sh then summoned her sister, who was also stopping at the tvern, to come over to Red Gables. This was be tween 9 and 10 o'clock on Tuesday evening. October 6. Within an hour Captrfln Erb lay mur dered in his home. When the horrible deed became known. Captain Erb's in fluential friends rallied to avenge his death. The murdered man had been a prominent national guard officer and a strong factor in local politics. He had been the confidential secretary- and friend of Israel W. Durham, one of the political leaders of the state. Mr. Durham promptly declared that no effort would be spared to convict and punish to the fullest extent the slayer of Captain Erb. But as the weeks pass by efforts seem to relax, and the two handsome women charged with the awful crime assume a hopeful air. Mrs. Erb, at first com mitted to jail, with her sister, has re cently been released on $500 bail. Observant neighbors begin to ask, "What does It all mean, and who. Indeed, are these two beautiful . women who are so little known tn Captain Erb's family, though one of them was his wife and the other his sister-in-law?" They are also asking, "What was the sec-et of the power which Captain Erb's fascinating wife had over him?" For weeks and months he had sus pected her of wanting to kill him. even be-fore the first poisoning episode. On one previous occasion he had come running Into the kitchen and told the cook his wife had shot st him. To another person he had said: "Sh'8 tried to poison me; she's tried to shoot me, but I love her more than life and I would rather fa.ee death under the same roof with her than live apart from her." It would seem that Captain Erb sus pected that thore was a previous mvs tery about his wife and tried to solve It. He had hired a detective to trace hr career and that of her sister? Mrs. Belsel. Hv maiden name was Florence Con way and before marriage she and her sister had been known as "the Conwav girl." This much he had commtinlcat- ed to n friend. How much more he had IrT"..8"1 th..m.J" 1J not J11"'1 , But it Is thought that he may have be- Veome possessed of some vital family eret.! ' 1 X wna.knnwn that Captain Erb first meti mi wire tnronsn a summer fllrta- tlon. at Atlantic city several years ngo. siw naa oeen me wure or w. u. Riother- 'met. ft broker, She claimed to have secured a divorce f rom ' him In South Tt,,lr,tu ihn.it tmtn V.,. Dakota. About two weeks before '..v.-.. . u .- . .. , , , v i ...... 1 c r. 1 1 - , lain Erbs death Broker Rothermel had committed suicide. : 8d "two tragic deaths Clond the mn. ory and adventurous career of this enigmatical woman. , . . - ' '. J ' . ., .. ' ' .',.,"
