Mosier bulletin., March 22, 1912, Image 2

RO SSERS G E T « 6 0 ,0 0 0 L O O T .
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
Train in Mississippi •nd
Blow Express Safe.
C orinth, M iss.— Mobile & Ohio pas­
sen g er tra in No. 4, northbound, was
held up and th e express sa fe blown
open and robbed seven m iles south of
C orinth by four men heavily arm ed
and masked.
Bloodhounds have been telegraphed
for and a posse has been organized to
ta k e up th e pu rsu it.
I t is reported th e safe conta ned
»60.000 in currency.
W here the robbers boarded th e tra in
is not known. E n g in eer W ilden and
F irem an K aufm an first learned of
th e ir presence when two of th e men
craw led over th e ten d er w ith revolvers
draw n and commanded th a t the tra in
be bro u g h t to a h a lt a t a point desig ­
SYNOPSIS.
nated. The command w as obeyed.
In th e m eantim e o th e r m em bers of
H o w a r d J e f f r i e s , b a n k e r ’s s o n , u n d e r
th e band had gained e n tran ce to the £he e v i l I n f l u e n c e o f R o b e r t U n d e r w o o d ,
a
f e l l o w - s t u d e n t a t Y a le , l e a d s a l i f e o f
express car and a fte r subduing E x­
dissip ation , m a rries th e d a u g h t e r o f a
press M essenger Snoddy, se t th e ex ­ g a m b l e r w h o d ie d in p r is o n , a n d is d i s ­
plosive, w hich w as touched off when o w n e d b y h i s f a t h e r . H e t r i e s t o g e t w o r k
and f a i l s . A f o r m e r c o l l e g e c h u m m a k e s
th e tra in came to a stop.
a b u s in e ss proposition to H o w a r d w h ich
A fte r ta k in g th e co n ten ts o f th e r e q u i r e s $2,000 c a s h , a n d H o w a r d i s b r o k e .
as
been re­
safe, the fo u r took to the woods w ith ­ p R u o l b s e e r d t b U y n d H e r o w w o a o r d d , ’s w w h i o f e . l i A
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le st the passengers.
a p a r t m e n t s a t ttie A s t r u r i a . H o w a r d d e ­
No a tte m p ts w ill be made to pene­ c i d e s t o a s k U n d e r w o o d f o r t h e $2,000 h e
eeds.
Underwood, taking ad va n ta g e o f
tr a te th e densely wooded riv e r bot­ h n is
i n t i m a c y w i t h Mr s. J e f f r i e s , Sr., b e ­
tom w here th e men are believed to be c o m e s a s o r t o f s o c i a l h i g h w a y m a n . D i s ­
in hiding, un til th e arriv a l o f a detail c h o im v e r t h i n e g h h o u i s s e t . r u A e l i c i c a h a r r e a c e c i t v e e r s a s h n e o t e d e f r n o i e m s
of railroad officers and bloodhounds U n d er w 'o o d, t h r e a t e n i n g s u i c i d e . A r t
lie li a s b e e n a c t i n g a s
frog), Jackson, T enn., who a re com :ng d j o e n a l i e m r i s s s f i o o n r e r w . h d o m
em a n d a n a cc oun tin g. H e
cannot
make
good.
F If* w a r d
Jeffries
aboard a special.
FARM ERS RAP S IN G LE T A X .
APPLE DECAY S T O P P E D ,
on Cold Storage Fruit Reveal Douglas County Grange Will Wage
Vigorous Fight Against Measure.
Fungua Remedy.
Teat*
Hood R iver—The discovery by Prof.
W . H. L aw rence and B. B. P ra tt, of
th e pomological d e p artm en t of the
U nited S ta te s d ep artm en t of agricul
tu re , th a t th e decay o f apples in co'd
sto rag e is due fo r the m oat p a rt to the
a tta c k o f the spores o f anthracnose,
and th a t th e rem edy to use is sp ray ­
ing w ith Bordeaux m ix tu re, will mean
th e saving o f many hundreds of dol­
lars to th e fru itg ro w e rs of W estern
W ashington and Oregon. Prof. Law
rence, county f r u it inspector and local
orchard ex p e rt, began his in v e stig a ­
tions along th is line several y ears ago
and continued th e work th roughout the
term of his office as e x p e rt and d irec­
to r of the Hood R iver Fellow ship a s­
sociation.
D uring la st autum n Mr. P ra tt be­
gan for the governm ent service a ser
ies of ex perim en ts a t P ortland.
He
and P rof. L aw rence announced last
week th a t th e ex p erim en ts had proved
th a t the g re a te r p a rt of th e ro t was
caused by the a ttack o f the anthrac
nose fungus. A single spore strik in g
an apple w ill p e n e tra te it and cause it
to rot.
Prof. Law rence has been te s tin g the
anthracnose in his labo rato ry here.
A pples th a t had decayed p rem aturely
w ere used in th e experim ents.
The
disease has been known to orchard-
ists for m any years. The apples will
not suffer from th e pest.
However,
w ind m ay blow spores from adjoining
infected orchards. In th e experim ents
o f the ex p e rts it was found th s t apples
tak en from an orchard
uninfested
showed only one apple o u t o f several
boxes th a t displayed a ro t caused by
anthracnose.
U n til a rem edy was
found for th e disease several years
ago, the o rch ard ists used to destroy
th e ir infected trees.
In 1910 G rants
P ass was so badly affected th a t it was
decided to chop down th e trees.
An
ex p ert, how ever, v isited it and cured
th e diseased trees, which soon a fte r
produced a crop o f apples w hich sold
fo r »17,000.
DEER SEEN IN PARK S O O N .
W arm Weather In C rater Lake Coun­
try Promises to Bring Herds Out.
K lam ath F a lls— I f open w eath er
continues the droves of d eer which are
one o f the g re a te s t a ttra c tio n s o f C ra­
te r L ake N atio n al P ark probably will
e n te r the park a m onth e a rlie r than
usual. The park is the w arm w e ath er
season re so rt fo r th e m onarchs o f th e
fo rest. In th e w in te r th ey seek the
foothills, w here th e re is less snow and
a m ilder cold seaosn than on th e sum ­
m it o f the m onutains.
A stra n g e
th in g is th a t th e black tail and mule-
ta il d eer never m ingle nor tresp ass on
each o th e r’s preserves.
T he b lack tails, w hich predom inate
by a larg e m ajo rity , alw ays stay on
the w est side o f C ra te r lake, and d u r­
ing the cold m onths seek th e w est side
o f the Cascades, w hile th e m u letails
pass the sum m er to th e e a st of th e
lake and w in te r on th e low er lands
e a st of the m ountains. The lake does
not divde th e entire, park, and e ith e r
v a rie ty of b ru te could g e t on th e o th er
side w ith o u t trouble.
Lina to Sea Is Planned.
Gold H ill—From Medford to C res­
cen t C ity via Jacksonville, up W illow
creek and across Blackwell hills to
K an e’s creek, a t a point two and a
h alf m iles south o f Gold H ill, on to
th e g re a t Blue Ledge copper m ine and
through heavy tim b er all the way
from K an e's creek to the sea, is the
ro u te o f a proposed railroad, surveys
for w hich are reported to have been
m ade and rum ors o f w hich are rife
here.
I t is understood th a t the line as pro­
posed touches no tow n in th e Rogue
R iv er valley ex cep t M edford and J a c k ­
sonville, betw een which points the
p resen t B arnum line will be used.
Will Fight Codling Moth.
O regon A g ric u ltu ra l College, Cor­
v allis— In o rd e r to find o u t ju s t w h at
is the b est tim e to m ake th e second
spray for the control o f th e codling
m oth. Prof. H. F. W ilson o f th e en ­
tom ology d e p a rtm e n t o f th e Oregon
A g ricu ltu ra l college will m ake a tour
of Southern O regon and o th e r points
the com ing sum m er.
A bout two
w eeks a fte r th e calyx spray o f the
apple trees he plans to v is it consecu­
tively Roseburg, Medford, A shland,
P ortland, Hood R iver, Union, O ntario,
and then A sto ria and Coos Bay.
R oseburg — D enouncing th e single
tax as u n fa ir an I d e trim en tal to the
best in te re sts o f farm ers, th e m em ­
bers of D ouglas County G range in ses­
sion h ere voted to w age an open fight
a g a in st the m easure in every section
of th e county.
The G ran g ers also
w ent on record d isapproving o f bond
issues planned to b rin g about b e tte r
roads or o th e r public im provem ents,
which funds, they declared, should be
raised through the levying o f special
taxes.
The Douglas County G range also is
opposed to th e p resen t system of
county g ran g e election o f deleg ates to
the sta te g ra n g e convention and will
p resen t a resolution a t th e n e x t m eet­
ing o f the Btate g ran g e advocating the
rep resen tatio n cf subordinate granges,
of w hich th e re a re 20 in Douglas
county.
D elegates to the s ta te g ran g e which
will m eet in R oseburg in May w ere
elected as follow s:
J . T. R edifer,
D rain ; Edwin W eaver, M yrtle C reek ;
F. A. Goff, M elrose; E. N. H oward,
Stephens, and O. C. Brown, Dixon-
ville. The D ouglas County d eleg a­
tion w as in stru cted to indorse C. E.
Spencer, o f O regon C ity, for m aster,
and T. L. Lee, of Looking Glass, for
overseer.
SM UG G LES
D IA M O N D S
IN
San Francisco Woman Admits
Offense to Officers.
HAT
Her
I
LO G AN BERR Y 13 PO PULAR
Marion County Growers Will
2 0 0 0 Acres to This Fruit.
Form ­
S a n ta Fe, N. M.— W ith th e form al
a rra ig n m e n t o f R e p resen tativ e Manuel
Cordova, Ju lia n T ru jillo , Louis R.
Montoya and J . H. Lucero, arrested
on a ch arg e o f so licitin g a bribe of
$5,000 for th e ir collective votes for
U nited S ta te s senator, th e in v e stig a ­
tion by th e low er house into th e al-
leged co rruption w as begun.
The accused leg islato rs, who a re to
be tried first by a com m ittee o f 15 ap­
pointed by the speaker, have employed
counsel to defend them a g a in s t the
charge, w hich th ey now deny. T h eir
defense w ill be th a t they w ere led into
tj,e tra p as a re su lt o f a political con-
gpiracy, believing they w ere going to
a tten d a caucus a t th e tim e th ey v is it
ed a room in th e hotel, w here it is al­
leged they received »500 each on th e ir
prom ise to vote fo r a c e rta in candi­
d ate for senator.
The in v estig atio n o f th e alleged
b rib ery o f th e fo u r m em bers w ill be
pushed vigorously by th e com m ittee
and all th e sessions w ill be public.
The men w ere form ally served w ith
w a rra n ts ch arg in g them w ith a felony,
T hey a re in th e custody o f th e sheriff
o f S a n ta F e county.
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P o rtlan d — Sim ultaneous w ith the
new s th a t G overnor W est had released
the fund ap p ro p riated a t th e la s t leg ­
isla tu re for th e O regon im m ig ratio n
fund, C. 1. C hapm an, se cretary o f the
Oregon D evelopm ent league, and man
ag er o f th e prom otion bureau of th e
P ortland Com m ercial club, w as noti
fled o f his ap p o in tm en t on th e Oregon
Im m ig ratio n board to Bucceed Leroy
P ark , who has resigned.
“ The release o f th e »12,000 o f the
(i
im m ig ratio n fund now a v a ila b le ,”
says Mr. Chapm an, “ will enable us to
produce, fo r th e first tim e, a booklet
ad v ertisin g th e s ta te o f Oregon, back-
ed by th e a u th o rity and th e seal o f th e
s ta te o f Oregon, and fo r th a t reason
should have m ore w eig h t w ith home-
seekers in th e E a st th an any a d v e rtis­
ing m a tte r issued by any p riv a te o r­
gan izatio n o r by a corporation. One-
fifth o f the fund w ill be u tilized for
esta b lish in g a
sta tistic a l
bureau,
som ething th a t th e s ta te has n ever
before m ain tain ed . T his w ill be un-
d e r the m an ag em en t o f th e Oregon
A g ricu ltu ra l College, w ith w hich the
im m ig ratio n board w ill co-operate in
every w ay possible in p re p a rin g the
developm ent booklet w hich w ill be
published w ith th e rem ain d er o f th e
fund.
SeJ
Brooks — A canvass o f M arion
county discloses an unprecedented pop
u la rity of th e loganberry.
F r u it
grow ers are planning to se t 2,000
acres to the b erries th is sp rin g , in ad-
dition to the BOO acres already b e a r­
ing. The A. M. A spinw all fr u it farm
of th is place, consisting o f 60 acres,
has ju s t supplied a shipm ent o f several
thousand plants to N ebraska and Ohio,
and recently se n t 30,000 p lan ts to S a­
lem, w here they w ill be forw arded to
Howell P ra irie , w here 100 acres arc
to be planted.
A nother 100-acre tr a c t to be set
o u t th is sp rin g is th e V oget farm a t
Brooks. A few co n tracts have been
m ade for the 1912 crop a t 25 cents,
b u t moBt o f th e grow ers a re holding
for 30 cents. The p lan ts are in e x ­
cellen t condition, h aving
w intered
well and have been p ractically all
sold o u t in th is v icin ity a t »25 a
thousand, w hich nets the g ro w er »100
an acre for th e tip s alone, which does
not in te rfe re w ith his profit on th e
b erries.
Newspaper Men to Be Admitted.
New Y ork— Mrs. Banche Carson, a
fashionably dressed widow o f San
Francisco, had diam ond e a rrin g s con­
cealed in h er h a t when she passed cus­
tom inspection on h e r arriv a l from In-
dia, according to a reported adm ission
made to a u th o rities.
Mrs. Carson declared only a package
o f u n stru n g pearls, fo r w hich she paid
d u ty on th e v aluation o f »850.
Cus­
tom officers b ro u g h t th e woman from
her hotel for fu rth e r exam ination
a sse rtin g th a t the pearls w ere w orth
»7,500.
The woman broke down and ad­
m itted , it w as said, th a t she had hid­
den tw o diam ond e a rrin g s in h e r hat
and had o th e r jew elry w hich a lto g e th ­
e r the a u th o ritie s valued a t »20,000.
Mrs. Carson w as held, charged w ith
sm uggling, in »2,000 bail.
Mrs. Carson gave h er address as 925
Gough stre e t, San Francisco.
Railroad Found Guilty.
Buffalo, N. Y. — The D elaw are,
L ackaw anna & W estern railroad w as
found g u ilty in th e U nited S ta te s
D istric t c o u rt o f v io latin g th e com­
m odities clause o f the H epburn act,
and w as fined »2,000.
The company
w as indicted on 20 counts and laced a
m axim um penalty o f »100,000, the
o th er ch arg e being th a t it shipped
free from Buffalo to Scranton, P a., a
q u a n tity o f hay for feeding m ules in
th e m ines. An appeal w ill be taken
to te s t th e c o n stitu tio n ality of th e pen­
al fe a tu re o f th e com m odities clause.
Women to Calm Insane,
Los A ngeles — B ecause he believes
w om en's voices calm the insane much
more quickly th an do those o f men,
Dr. J . A. Reilly, su p erin ten d e n t o f the
C alifo rn ia hospital for th e insane a t
P atto n , announced th a t it is his in ten ­
tion o f replacing all m ale nurses of
th a t in stitu tio n w ith women. “ The
insane sre more am enable to the so ft
word o f a woman than to th e th r e a t or
command o f a m a n ,” said Dr. R eilly.
“ I never have found a man so insane
as to fo rg e t his resp ect
fo r a
woman. ”
M organ May Buy T em ple.
New York — Follow ing J . P. Mor­
g a n ’s long sojourn in E gypt th is w in­
te r, rep o rts have reached th is c ity to
the effect th a t he is n e g o tia tin g for
th e purchase and rem oval to A m erica
of th e fam ous ruins o f the T em ple of
Philae.
The tem ple is th reatened
w ith d estru ctio n ow ing to th e rise in
the level o f th e upper N ile as a resu lt
of the enlarg em en t o f th e Assouan
dam. The cost o f th e work would be
more than »8,000,000.
Great Earth Block to Be Pumped
C utoff Again Delayed.
San F ra n c isc o —The exposition offi­
cials have aw arded the c o n tract for
the filling in o f a subm erged p a rt of
th e w o rld 's fa ir site. W ork is to be
begun a t once.
One m illion cubic
yards of e a rth is to be pumped from
th e bottom o f th e bay by suction
dredges, th e area to be filled covering
several blocks.
K lam ath F alls— Since th e d a te set
for finishing
th e N atm n -K lam ath
Falls cutoff has been d e ferred from
the fall o f 1912 to some tim e d u rin g
th e y e a r 1913, th e anxious ones are
becoming im p atien t.
The announce­
m ent by one o f th e high officials o f
th e Southern Pacific th a t th e line
would l>e com pleted th is y ear is now
, gravely doubted here.
St. P e te rsb u rg —T hree ice-breaking
steam ers are en ro u te from th e Neva
in th e d irectio n o f th e island o f Nar-
gen, to th e n o rth w est o f Revel, in
th e G ulf o f Finland, w here 300 fisher­
men a re a d rift on floating ice. They
are in im m inent d an g er of losing th e ir
lives.
Extension W ork In Bee Railing.
ing bees.
Four Mexico Representatives
ally Arraigned.
for Booklet to Advertise
Oregon Released.
S alem —F or th e first tim e since its
organ izatio n th e S ta te P arole board
has broken o v er its tra c e s o f secrecy
and issued a general in v itatio n to all
new spaper men to a tten d its n ex t
m eeting, w hich w ill be held here A pril
5. A t th a t tim e th e new spaper men
are requested to be p resen t and be a t
lib erty to follow all o f th e proceedings
which have h ith e rto been held behind
closed doors and clothed in secrecy
follow ing the m eetin g s.
The plan
Saving Currants and Goosbsrriet
w as adopted in C alifo rn ia recently and
Oregon A g ricu ltu ra l College, C or­ proved successful there.
vallis— in an effort to save th e cu rra n t
and gooseberry industry, now alm ost a
Convict Camp is Costly.
com plete failu re in some p a rts o f the
M edford G overnor W e st’s convict
s ta te because of a fly in fe stin g the cam p is costing th e ta x p ay e rs o f Jack -
bushes, A. L. L o v ett of th e crop pest son county »1,000 a m onth, and durin g
staff w ill ex p erim en t th is sum m er the g re a te r p a rt o f th e tim e they have
w ith a spray w hich has proven effec­ been located on th e C ra te r L ake road,
tiv e in k illing the M editerranean fru it so no ex ten siv e road w ork has been
fly in South A frica. For th re e y ears possible. The cam p w as established
Prof. H ally has experim ented w ith O ctober 20, 1911.
The expense to
this spray in Cape Colony, and says D ecem ber 1 to talled »3,077.07. The
th a t th e fly e a ts it readily. Prof. l,ov- D ecem ber billa cost
th e
county
e tt w ill ex p erim en t all sum m er.
$729.07, o r a to ta l to Ja n u a ry 1, 1912,
of »3,806.14.
The av erag e expense
C oot C ounty Feeds Salm on.
per convict has been 76 cen ts a day
M arshfield—F ran k Sm ith, in charge for every honor man sen t h ere
o f the fish h atch eries o f Coos county,
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Government Hunter Gets Wildcats
is feeding a larg e num ber o f salmon
which w ere recently hatched.
A t the
P en d leto n —S. W. Purdy, govern­
Coos R iver hatch e ry th ere a re about m ent h unter, has ju s t arriv ed here
4,000,000 sm all salmon which will be from M eacham, in th e Blue Moun
fed and released in the fall and a larg e tain s, w ith tw o big m ale bobcats. In
n im ber are also b eing cared for a t th e the encounter w ith th e first w ildcat
Coquille riv e r h atchery. The hatches one of Mr. P u rd y ’s fine hounds was
of salmon a t th e Coos county govern­ bady h u rt as th e big cat and dog
m ent hatcheries have been larg e d u r­ rolled down th e hill to g e th e r in a fight.
ing the p ast few years, and th e resu lts T his is th e second successful h u n t in
have shown in th e runs o f th e full less th an tw o w eeks, he having
grow n salmon.
recently treed and killed a cougar
w ith his dogs.
C o rv allie— Dr. E. F. P h illip s o f th e
U. S. bureau o f entom ology has given
the dep artm en t o f a g ric u ltu re at the
O regon A gricu ltu ral college 200 copies
of F a rm e rs' bulletin No. 447, publish­
ed by the U. S. d ep artm en t of a g ric u l­
ture, to be used in extension work.
I t is a valuable w ork, g iv in g briefly,
w ith illu stratio n s, th e inform ation
needed by persons engaged in keep­
BRIBERY PROBE S T A R T S .
FU N D IS NO W AVA ILAB LE.
$ 1 5 ,0 0 0
A M M D B Ä m iV E ® C f
Hold Up
3 0 0 Adrift on Ice Floes
a l l s In a n i n t o x i c a t e d c o n d i t i o n , t i e a s k s
U n d e r w o o d f o r $2.000 a n d is to ld b y t h e
l a t t e r t h a t h e is in d e b t u p t o h is e y e s .
H o w a r d d r i n k s h i m s e l f in t o a m a u d l i n
co nd it* on , a n d g o e s to s l e e p o n a d i v a n .
A c a l l e r is a n n o u n c e d a n d
Underwood
draw s a screen around
the drunken
deeper.
A licia enters.
Rlie d e m a n d s a
p r o m i s e f r o m h i m t h a t li e w i l l n o t t a k e
h is Dfe. p o i n t i n g to t h e
disgrace
that
v o u ld a t t a c h to h e r s e l f .
Underwood re­
fu se s to p ro m ise u n le s s s h e will r e n e w
tier p a t r o n a g e .
T h i s s h e r e f u s e s t o do.
U nderw ood kills h im self.
T he report of
the p'stol a w a k e n s H ow ard . H e s tu m b le s
>ver t h e d e a d b o d y o f U n d e r w o o d . R e a l i ­
s i n g h i s p r e d i c a m e n t h e a t t e m p t s t o flee
i n d i s m e t b y U n d e r w o o d ’s v a l e t . H o w -
ird is t u r n e d o v e r t o t h e p o li c e . C a p t .
C li n t o n , n o t o r i o u s f o r h i s b r u t a l t r e a t m e n t
>f p r i s o n e r s , p u t s H o w a r d t h r o u g h t h e
♦bird d e g r e e .
CHAPTER X.—Continued.
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She hesitated before replying, then
Indifferently she said:
"Yes, I knew him a t one time. He
introduced me to my husband.”
“W here w as th a t? ”
“In New H aven, Conn."
"U p a t the college, eh? How long
have you known Mr. Underwood?"
A nnie looked a t her inquisitor and
said nothing. She w ondered w hat he
was driving at, w hat Im portance the
question had to the case. Finally she
said:
"I m et him once or tw ice up a t New
H aven, but I've never seen him since
my m arriage to Mr. Jeffries. My hus­
band and he w ere not very good
friends. T h at is—”
She stopped, realizing th a t she had
made a m istake. How foolish she had
been!
The police, of course, were
anxious to show th a t th ere was 111
feeling betw een the two men. H er
h e a rt misgave her as she saw the
look of satisfaction in the captain's
face.
"A h!” he exclaim ed.
“Not very
good friends, eh? In fact, your hus­
band didn't like him, did he?”
“H e didn't like him well enough to
run a fte r him ,” she replied h e sitat­
ingly.
The captain now sta rte d off In an­
other direction.
"W as your husband ever jealous of
Underwood ?’’
By this tim e Annie had grow n sus­
picious of every question. She was
on h er guard.
“Jealous? W hat do you m ean?
No, he was not jealous. T here was
never any reason. I refuse to answ er
any m ore questions.”
The captain rose and began to pace
the floor.
"T h ere’s one little thing more, Mrs.
Jeffries, and then you can go. You
can help your husband by helping us.
I w ant to put one m ore question te
you and be careful to answ er tru th ­
fully. Did you call a t these room s
last night to see Mr. Underwood?"
“I!" exclaim ed Annie w ith mingled
astonishm ent and indignation. "Of
course not.”
“S ure?” dem anded the captain, eye­
ing h er narrow ly.
"Positive,” said Annie firmly.
The captain looked puzzled.
“A woman called here last night to
see him ,” he said thoughtfully, "and
I thought th a t perhaps—”
In terru p tin g him self, he w ent quick­
ly to the door of the ap a rtm e n t and
called to some one who w as w aiting
in the corridor outside. A boy about
18 y ears of age, in the livery of an
elevator atten d an t, en tered the room
The captain pointed to Annie.
"Is th a t the lady?”
The boy looked carefully, and the*
shook his head.
"D on't think so— no, sir. The other
lady w as a g reat swell."
"Y ou're sure, eh ?” said the captain.
"I th in k so,” answ ered the boy.
"Do you rem em ber the nam e she
gave?”
“No, sir,” replied the boy. “E ver
since you asked me—”
A nnie arose and moved tow ard the
door.
She had no tim e to w aste
there. E very m om ent now w as pre­
cious. She m ust get legal assistance
a t once. T urning to Capt. Clinton, she
said:
“If you've no fu rth e r use for me,
captain, I think I’ll go.”
" J u st one m om ent, Mrs. Jeffries,”
he said.
The face of the elev ato r boy sud­
denly brightened up.
“T h at's it,” he said eagerly. "T h at's
it—Jeffries. I th in k th a t was the
nam e she gave, sir.”
"W ho?” dem anded the captain.
Annie sat tim idly on a chair In the
background and the captain turned
again to the doctor.
"W hat's th a t you w ere saying, doc­
to r?”
"You tell me the man confessed?”
“Sitting There Crying Your Eyes Out Won’t Do Him Any Good."
C rossing the room to w here Howard
sat, Dr. B ernstein looked closely a t
she had heard the terrib le word “m ur­
Annie looked staggered for a mo­
him. A pparently the prisoner was
der,” but surely th ere w as some m is­ m ent, b u t her faith in her husband
asleep. H is eyes w ere closed and his
take. Seeing Capt. C linton tu rn In was unshakeable. Almost hysterically
head drooped forw ard on bis chest.
her direction, she d arted eagerly for­ she cried:
He w as ghastly pale.
ward.
“I don't believe It. I don’t believe
The captain grinned.
“May I speak to him, sir? H e is it. You may have tortured him into
“Yes, sir, confessed—In tha p res­
signing som ething. Everybody knows
my husband.”
ence of th ree w itnesses. Eb, se r­
"N ot ju st now,” replied the captain, your m ethods, Capt. Clinton. But
geant.?"
not unkindly. “It's ag ain st the rules. th an k God th ere is a law in the
“Yes, sir,” replied Maloney.
U nited S tates which protects the In­
“You h eard him, too, d id n 't you, De­ W alt till we get him to th e Tombs.
You can see him all you w ant th ere.” nocent as well as punishes the guilty.
laney?”
A nnie's h e a rt sank. Could she have I shall get the m ost able law yers to
“Yes, captain.”
defend him even if I have to sell my­
Squaring his huge shoulders, the heard arig h t?
"T he T om bs!” she faltered.
"Is self into slavery for the re s t of my
captain said w ith a self satisfied
life.”
the charge so serious?”
chuckle;
"Bravo, little w om an!” said the cap­
“M
urder—th
a
t's
a
ll!”
replied
the
“It took us five hours to get him to
tain mockingly. “T h at's the way to
own up, but we got it out of him at captain laconically.
A nnie n early swoomed. H ad she talk. I like your spunk, but before
last.”
you go I’d like to ask you a few ques­
The doctor was still busy w ith his not caught the back of a chair she tions. Sit down.”
would
have
fallen.
exam ination.
He waved her to a chair and he sat
The captain turned to Maloney and,
"H e seem s to be asleep. W orn out,
opposite her.
In
a
low
tone,
said:
I guess. Five hours, yes—th a t's your
“Now, Mrs. Jeffries," he began en­
"Quick! Get him over to the s ta ­
m ethod, captain." Shaking his head,
couragingly, "tell m e—did you ever
he w ent on: “I don’t believe in these tion. We d o n 't w ant any fam ily
h ear your husband th reaten H oward
all-night exam inations and your 'third scenes here.”
U nderw ood?”
M
anacled
to
Officer
Delaney
and
degree’ m ental torture.
It is b ar­
By this tim e Annie had recovered
escorted
on
the
o
th
er
side
by
Ma­
barous. W hen a man is nervous and
h er self-possession. She knew th a t
loney,
Howard
made
his
way
tow
ard
frightened his brain g ets so benumbed-
the b est way to help H ow ard w as to
a t th e end of two or three hours' the door. J u s t as he reached it he keep cool and to say nothing w hich
questioning on the sam e subject th a t caught sight of his wife who, w ith w as likely to injure his cause. Boldly,
he's liable to say anything, or even te a rs stream ing down h er cheeks, therefore, she answ ered:
believe anything. Of course, you w as w atching him as If in a dream .
"You’ve no rig h t to ask m e th a t
know, captain, th a t a fte r a certain To her It seem ed like some hideous question.”
nightm
are
from
w
hich
both
would
tim e the law of suggestion com m ences
The captain shifted uneasily in his
soon aw aken.
H ow ard recognized
to operate and—”
seat. He knew she was w ithin her
The captain turned to his serg ean t her, yet seem ed too dazed to wonder legal right. He couldn't bully her
how she cam e there. He (im ply
and laughed:
Into saying anything th a t would In­
“The law of suggestion? Ha, ha! blurted out as he passed:
"Som ething's happened, Annie, dear. crim inate her husband.
T h at's a good one! You know, doctor,
"I m erely thought you would like
them theories of yours m ake a hit I—U nderwood—I don't quite know—” to assist the authorities, to— ” h e'
T
he
policem
en
pushed
him
through
w ith college stu d en ts and am ateur
stam m ered aw kw ardly.
professors, b u t they don't go w ith us. the door, w hich closed behind him.
“To convict my husband,” she said
You can 't m ake a man say 'yes’ when
calmly. "T hank you, I understand my
CHAPTER XI.
he w ants to say 'no.’ ”
position.”
Dr. B ernstein smiled.
"You can’t do him very much harm ,
U nable to control herself any
"I don't ngree with you,” he said.
you know," said th e captain w ith af­
longer,
Annie
broke
down
com
pletely
"You can m ake him say anything, or
fected Jocularity. "H e has confessed
believe an y th in g —or do anything if and b u rst Into tears. W hen the door to the shooting.”
opened and she saw her husband led
he is unable to resist your will.”
"I d o n 't believe It," she said em ­
The captain burst into a hearty peal away, pale and trem bling, betw een phatically.
those tw o burly policemen, it was as
of laughter.
T rying a different tack, he asked
"H a, ha!
W hat's the use of if all she cared for on e arth had
carelessly:
gone
out
of
her
life
forever.
Capt.
chlnnln’T W e've got him to rights. I
“Did you know Mr. U nderw ood?”
(TO B E C O N T I N U E D . )
tell you, doctor, no new spaper can Clinton laid his hand gently on her
say th a t my precinct a in 't cleaned up. shoulder. W ith m ore sym pathy in his
My record Is a hundred convictions face than w as his custom to display,
to one acquittal. I catch 'em w ith he said:
“Now, little w oman—'ta ln 't no kind
the goods when I go a fte r ’em !”
A fain t sm ile hovered about the of use carry in g on like th at! If you
w ant to help your husband and get
doctor's face.
"I know your reputation,” he said him out of his trouble you w ant to
get busy. S itting th ere crying your
sarcastically.
The captain thought th e doctor was eyes out w on't do him any good."
A nnie threw up her head. H er eyes
flattering him , so he rubbed his hands
w ere red. but they w ere dry now. H er
with satisfaction, as he replied:
"T h a t’s right. I'm a fte r results. face w as se t and determ ined. The
None of them Psyche them es for captain w as right. Only foolish wom­
m ine.'’ Striding over to the arm chair en weep and wail when m isfortune
w here sat Howard, he laid a rough knocks a t th e ir door. The right sort
of women go bravely out and make a
hand on his shoulder.
fight for liberty and honor. Howard The World Has Little Respect for the
"H ey, Jeffries, wake u p !”
ened. W hen a man says such a thing
Howard opened his eyes and stared w as innocent. She w as convinced of
Man Who Seemingly Has No
ts rig h t and you th in k It Isn’t, say so.
stupidly about him. The captain took th at, no m a tte r how black things
Mind of His Own,
quietly and earnestly, and le t It go a t
looked against him. She would not
him by the collar of his coat.
th a t
'Come— stand up! B race up now !” leave a stone unturned till she had
T here a re many men who seem to
The w orst mollycoddle Is the man
T urning to S ergeant Maloney, he regained for him his liberty. W ith
added, "T ake him over to th e station. renew ed hope in her h e a rt and reso­ have no convictions on any s u b je c t who believes a thing Is tru e and neg­
W rite out th a t confession and m ake lution in her face, she tu rn ed to con­ If they have any they give no sign. lects to say so. when it Is called In
They only sm ile and are s ile n t T h at question. The world would go back­
him sign It before b re a k fa s t I'll be fro n t th e captain.
"W hat has he done?" she demanded. Is probably b etter than to be verbose ward If all w ere like him .—Columbus
right over.”
and v io len t V anity of opinion Is as JournaL
"K illed his friend, R obert U nder­
Howard struggled to his feet and
bad as to b a re none a t all. In a real
Maloney helped him arran g e bis col­ wood."
simon-pure conviction, there are mod­
A Free Translation.
He w atched her face closely to see
lar and tie. Officer Delaney clapped
esty and courage both. T ruth Is tn
“G entlem en of the Jury," continued
his hat on his head. Dr. B ernstein w hat effect his w ords would have on the quiet voice, since It does not de­
the earn est young law yer, "the case
her.
turned to go.
pend on vainglory or r a n t
before you hangs upon th a t old Latin
"Good-morning, captain. I'll m ake
"R obert U nderwood
d ead !” ex­
Rut a real man will say his say m axim —'Falsus tn uno, falsus In omni­
out my rep o rt.”
claim ed Annie w ith m ore surprise
when th e tim e comes, not for contro­ bus.' Now, gentlem en, w hat does that
th an emotion.
“Good m orning, doctor."
versy—for th a t Is not profitable, but m ean? It means, gentlem en, th a t If a
"Y es,” said th e captain sternly, 1
Dr. B ernstein disappeared and Capt.
to show his hand and w hat he la. A man will tell one lie. he'll tell a whole
C linton turned to look a t Annie, who "and your husband, H ow ard Jeffries,
m an's personal Influence ts stro n g er om nibusful of lies.”
had been w aiting patiently In the killed him.”
than his argum ent, and he Is false to
background. H er anguish on seeing
"T h at's not tru e! I'd n ever believe the tru th th a t Is In him If he does
Why He Hurried.
H ow ard's condition was unspeakable. th a t,” said Annie prom ptly.
not show t h a t
F irst Boy—W here yer goin’ in «uch
It w as only w ith difficulty th a t she re­
"H e's made a full confession,” w ent
We h a re g re a t Issues before ns— a rush?
strained herself from crying out and on th e captain.
moral, political, social—which every
Second Boy (on the ru n )—Flrv
rushing to his tide. But th ese stern,
"A confession!” she echoed uneasi­ man should think about and nader- alarm !
uniform ed men Intim idated her. It ly. "W hat do you m ean?"
1 stand, and be ready to take a stand
F. B.—W here?
seem ed to h er th a t H oward w as on
"Ju st w hat I say. Your husband upon, and tak e 1C But there are
S. F.— Boss said he'd Are me If I
tria l—a prisoner—perhaps his life was has m ade a full confession In the m any who don't do this, who are nega­ w asn't back from dia erran d In ten
In danger. W hat could he haTe done? presence of w itnesses, th a t he came tive or cow ardly and only sm ile or m inutes.
Of course, he was Innocent, w hatever here to U nderw ood's room s to ask grin when one of these subjects Is
he charge w as He w ouldn't harm a for money. They quarreled.
Your m entioned. They seem to think th at
Uncle Ezra Says:
fly. She was sure of th at. But every husband drew a platol and shot him. to disagree with another Is a g reat
"A good many people hev the cour­
one looked so grave, and th ere w as a H e h as signed a confeaalon w hich will offense. It la an offense not to dis­ age uv th eir convictions, w hile a good
big crowd gathered In front of the be presented to the m ag istrate this agree If one really does, for If an er- many more hev th e courage o t their
hotel when she came up. She thought m orning."
, ror goes unchallenged. It la strength­ aeeumpUons.”
Stand up for Convictions