. 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. , . .
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