Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1898 — SPELLED IT “NINTY.” [ARTICLE]

SPELLED IT “NINTY.”

ORTHOGRAPHY LEADS TO A THIEF’S DETECTION. Robber of Mail Boxes Captured in Ohio Confesses His Crime— Light Catch of Behring Sea Seals Is Predicted for This Year. Adroit Thief Canght. .¶ Timothy Hogan. who has eluded all of the secret service men of the country and the detectives of many cities, as well as several private agencies, for the last year, was arrested at Westerville, a village about twelve miles north of Columbus, O. Hogan is wanted for rifling mail boxes in many cities in the United States, and for raising and passing checks secured from letters deposited in the mails. When arrested Hogan had in his possession 120 mail box keys, secured in as many different cities in the United States; also over 200 letters, which he had taken from the mails in different eities in Ohio, principally Columbus. On all the cheeks changed or altered in which the word “ninety” occurred the word was spelled "ninty.” It was by means of this misspelled word that Hogan's operations were followed from place to place. Hogan is about 30 years of age and has a wife and family in Chicago. Hogan escaped from Blackwell Island. New York, a little over a year ago, and has a little over four years of his sentence there yet to serve. SEALS SCARCE AND WILD. Light Catch in Behring Sea Predicted for This Season. .¶ The sailing fleet out of San Francisco this season is very small and the outlook is not encouraging. Captain O'Leary of the schooner Geneva reports that seals arr very scarce and wild and the weather very unsuitable for sealing. Captain Nelson of the schooner Mary Nelson has lost seven men by desertions, and had to put into port for repairs. He also says that few seals are to be found, and predicts a light catch. It is stated that the Cox and Marvin sealing fleet of Victoria, B. C., will not be put in commission this year, although seal hunters had been engaged. It is not known whether the precautions taken by the United States to prevent poaching have had anything to do with the retirement of this fleet of British sealers.

REVIVAL OF SLAVERY METHOD Young Negro Sentenced to Be Lashed Every Day for a Month. .¶ A sentence just passed by the Atlanta, Ga., city court upon Joe Lee, a 10-year-old negro boy, is creating a great deal of comment. It is that he be confined in the city stockade and whipped by one of the officers every day for thirty days. There is no law for this. The case, however, is exceptional. While Lee is young in years and small in stature, he is a desperado. He made several attempts to kill his sister, and the last attempt came near succeeding. As a consequence she had him locked up at the station house. The officials held a conference, and then asked the sister, as the boy’s natural guardian, for her permission to lock him up and lash him for thirty days. She gave her can- [con-] sent. Pike’s Peak Murder Avenged. .¶ At Colorado Springs, Colo., the jury in the case of Shirley D. Chamberlin, charged with the murder of Herbert H. Kay of Wisner, Neb., on Pike’s Peak in August, last, brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree. Kay had started to ascend the peak by night, and his dead body was found forced into a small culvert under the cog railroad at a point about 12,000 feet above the sea level. The evidence against Chamberlin was circumstantial but conclusive, and the jury was out only about an hour. Bullet Wound in His Head. .¶ William H. Heath, manager of the Central Electric Express Company of St. Louis, was found dying in Forest Park from a bullet wound in the head. It was evidently a ease of suicide. The young man was taken to the city hospital, where he died. He was a relative of Perry H. Heath, assistant Postmaster General. The cause for the deed is a mystery.

Sunday Deeds of Trust Void. .¶ The appeal of Hill, Fontaine & Co. of St. Louis from the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Arkansas in their suit against Henry C. and Laura Hite to foreclose a deed of trust has resulted in an affirmative judgment in favor of the defendants in the Court of Appeals, that court holding that the deed was void because executed on Sunday. Clara Nevada Is Lost. .¶ The report of the loss of the Klondike steamer Clara Nevada, with all on board, is confirmed by the news brought by the Canadian Pacific Railway steamer Islander. There were forty persons—passengers and crew—on board. Coaches for Both Races. .¶ The separate coach bill has passed the Legislature of South Carolina. It requires railroads to furnish separate but identical accommodations for first-class passengers for both races. Missouri Bank Robbed. .¶ Early the other morning burglars blew open the safe in the Farmers’ Bank at Sheridan, Mo., securing $2,000 in cash and nearly $1,000 in negotiable paper. The work was probably done by experts. Explosion Destroys the Maine. .¶ At a quarter of 10 o'clock the other evening a terrible explosion took place on board the United States cruiser Maine in Havana harbor. Many were killed or wounded. As yet the cause of the explosion is not apparent. New Strike in Blue Jay Mine. .¶ Another rich strike is reported as having been made in the Blue Jay mine of Morrison Gulch, a tributary of Coffee creek, Cal., by the Groves brothers. The newpocket is said to be worth $60,000. It will be remembered that a $40,000 strike by the Groves brothers caused a rush to Coffee creek last summer. Distinguished Geologist Dying. .¶ Sir William Dawson, one of the most distinguished geologists of the world, and formerly at the head of the McGill university, is dying of paralysis at Montreal. Canada. Boxing Stopped in St. Louis. .¶ Acting President Lewis of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, has issued a fiat to Chief of Police Harrigan, stating that public sparring or boxing exhibitions are a violation of the laws of Missouri. He directed that hereafter the law be enforced in such cases. May Be Murder. .¶ Joseph Keller, chief of police of Terrell, Texas, is a prisouer in the Dallas city jail and is likely to have to answer to a charge of murder. He shot and it is believed mortally wounded James Salmons, a hack driver, in a dispute over a hack bill.