Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1914 — Page 8

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LEE Ray and Orval Holeman did their butchering Monday. S. M. Jacks and family spent Sunday at Joseph Clark’s. Mr. Benson, who lived on one of Mr. Large’s farms here, moved to Illinois |ast, week. We are surely having fine winter weather and everybody seems to have the Christmas spirit. \ Brook Snedeker and family and Misses Mattie and Ocie Jordan took Sunday dinner at J. H. Culps’. A. B. Lewis and wife spent a few days -with their brother-in-law at Brookston, Mr. Bush, who is critically ill. S. M. and O. A. Jacks spent Saturday night at Brookston with their uncle, Mr. Bush, who is very low with paralysis. Paul Callon, a cousin of near Indianapolis, came Wednesday to visit J. H. Culps’ and other relatives for the Christmas holidays.

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PARR. Ed Gilmore is on the sick list. Tude Bnusnahan is operating the Parr livery. W. ■L; Wood was in Indianapolis last Saturday. Clyde Gunyon ,is visiting in Indianapolis this week. Ottis Sheffer is having good success shooting rabbits. Isaac Stephenson made*a business trip to Chicago'this week. Perry. Griffith is going to Indianapolis to spend the winter. .0 Rev. Lowman is holding meetings at the Baptist church this week. Harry Myers is contemplating on raising 20. acres of water mellon nets year. The Parr Sunday school gave a Xmas entertainment at the church Thursday evening. Frank McCurtain has established a branch office at Surrey. Office hours from 6 to 12 p. m., on Sundays. Otto Screeg and -.George Myers have gone to Colorado to se'e the country. They will take up homesteads if it suits.

Mrs. Ocie Brusnahan has succeeded in securing about 50 quarts of canned fruit for the benefit of the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis. The people responded very cheerfully to the call. A large number of farmers and hunters attended the pool-room assembly Monday night. Fishing and hunting was' the program. The largest fish caught with hook and line weighed 35 pounds, caught by Ottis Sheffer.

Prompt Action Will Stop Your ’ - Cough. When you first catch a cold (often indicated by a sneeze or cough), break it up at once. The idea that“lt. does not matter” often leads to serious complications. The remedy which immediately and easily penetrates the lining of the throat is

WOLCOTT. [From The Enterprise.] Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Tim Phebus, Sunday, Dec. 20, a daughter. Harry Dibell, who is attending Illinois University, came home Tuesday evening for the holidays. Mrs. E. W. Bender of San Francisco, Cal., is the guest this week of her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Irwin. Miss Edna Wheeler left Saturday for French'Lick, where she has a ten days’ engagement with the orchestra there. Mrs. Verdie Lux went to Lafayette Sunday and will remain to attend the Blake-Imel wedding Wednesdav, Dec 23. . ‘ ■ Mrs. deorge Geib and little son of Remington, were the guests of Mrs. Perman Mattox from Friday evening until Saturday morning. Mrs. Lloyd Galloway 'of Omaha, Neb., and Miss Gertrude Upjohn were the over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Truman Holdridge. Miss Eleanor Nelson, who is a student at Purdue University, is spending the" holiday vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson. y Miss Ethel Dibell, who is attending the Western college at Oxford, I Ohio, is spending her Xmas vacation wiht her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E J Dibell. Miss Mabel Dibell, who is teaching in Western College at Oxford, | Ohio., came Tuesday evening to' spend her Xmas vacation here with ! friends. ' . Walter Schuyler, who is with the! United Fruit Co., at Bocas del Toro, I Panama, came home Tuesday -evening to spend his vacation with his

CASTO RIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears ~ the of ■-

parents, Mr. and Mrs. H- H. Schuyler. Mrs. Warren Unroe of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, accompanied J. E. Unroe home last Sunday and is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wingard. Mr. Unroe is expected here for Christmas. Mrs. Robert Stockton and daughter, Mary Lois, went to Lafayette Sunday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blake. They will remain until Wednesday aiffl attend the wedding of Mrs. Stockton’s sister, Miss Ella Blake and Mr. Ralph Imel of Lebanon, which wil£>be solemnized at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blake, of West Lafayette, Wednesday, Dec. 23, at one o’clock.

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WILSON FILLS MORE OFFICES Henry Clay Hall Is Renominated by the President to Be Commerce Commissioner. Washington", Dec. 24.—President Wilson renominated Henry Clay Hall of Colorado Springs, Colo., to be interstate commerce commissioner. Other appointments are: . Raymundo Harrison of Anton Chico. Ndw Mexico, to be receiver of public moneys at Fort Sumner, N. M. Mary A. Carroll to be. postmaster at Treadwell, Alaska.

THE MARKETS Grain, Provisions, Etc. -.Chicago, Dec. 23. Open- High- Low- ClosTVlieat— ing. est. est. tng Dec 1.26 - 1.26% 1.25% 1.25% May 1.28-29% 1.29% 1.28 1 28% July .......1.20%-% 1.20% 1.19% 1.20 Corn— , S’ Dec ....65 .65 65%-% May ....;....71%-% .71% .71%-% .71% Corn— ■ July 72 .72% .71% .72% Dee. 48% .49% .48% .48% May. ~....'...53-53% .53%: . .52% .53% FLOUR—Spring wheat, patent, Minneapolis, har'd wood, $6.40 to retail trade; Minneapolis and Dakota patents, $5.40@ 5.75; jute, straight, 45.1905.25; first clears, jute, $4.6505.00; second clears, jute, $3.500 4.00; low grades, jute, $3.0003.10; soft wheat, patents, $5.1005.25; jute, rye flour, white, patent, $5.6005.90-; dark, $5.2505.40. BUTTER—Creamery, extra, 33c; extra firsts. 31@31%c; firsts, 27029%c; seconds, 24®26%c; June extras, 30%©31c; packing stock. 20%@21c; ladles, 22@22%c. EGGS—Miscellaneous lots, cases included, 22034 c; cases returned, 27%033%c; ordinary firsts, 31036 c; firsts, 34035 c; extras 40041 c. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, 15c per lb.; chickens, fowls, 10c; extra heavy, 10%c; springs, H%c; roosters, 9%c; ducks, 13c; geese, 12012%c. ' DRESSED POULTRY—Dressed turkeys 19c; chickens, fowls, 10%©12c; springs, 10% 013 c; roosters, He; ducks, 10014 c; geese. 10013 c. POTATOES—Wisconsin, white stock, 35 042 c; red, 33035 c; Michigan, white. 35041 c. '■ “1, ■ Dec. 23. WHEAT—Unsettled and irregular, trade active; No, i northern, $1.36%; No. 2 red, $1.33%; No. 2 hard, $1.35%; December, sl.-33%; May, $1.36%- ' CORN—Firm and higher, business moderate; export. 74%c; No. 2 yellow, 75%c; No. 3 yellow, 75c. OATS—Firmer, dealings fair; No. 2 v'hite, 55%056c; standard. 55055%c; No. 3 White. 54%055c: No. 4 White, 53%054c. BARLEY—Easier; malting, 72080 c, ’ Live Stock. Chicago, Dec. 23. CATTLE—Steers, good to prime, sß.oo© 9,15; steers, fair to good, $7.5008.75; yearlings, good to choice, $8,0009.50;. inferior steers, $7.2508.00; Stockers, $5.0007.25; medium to good beef cows, .$5.0005.85; stock cows; $4.5005.25: fair to choice heifers, $5.0006,75; stock heifers, $4.500 5.35; good to choice cows, $5.0006.75; common to good cutters, $4.0004.90,; fair to good canners $3.5004.25; butcher bulls, $6.0006.85; bologna. $5.1006,00 ' / / ' HOGS— Fair- to light, $7.0007.15; prime light butchers, 2000250 lbs., $7.1007.20; prime medium weight butchers, 2500270 lbs-., $7.0007.20; prime heavy butchers, 2700 280 lbs., $6.9507.20; heavy mixed packing, $6.8007,15; heavy packing, $6.7007.00; pigs fair to good, $5.0006.75,

East Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 23. CATTLE—Market active and flrrfi; prime steers, $8.7509.00; butcher grades’ $4.0008.50. CALVES —Market active, 50c higher; cull to choice, $5.00010.00. SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market active. 10c higher; choice lairibs. $5.0008.35; cull to fair, $5.0007.75; yearlings, $6.0007.00; sheep $2.0005.75. HOGS—Market fairly active and firmYorkers. $7.1007,50; pigs, $7.50; mixed, $7.10; heavy, $7.15; roughs, $6.0006.25; stags $5 50 06.00. Kansas City, Dec. 23. HOGS—Market 5c lower; bulk, $7.0007.25; heavy, $7.1507.25; packers and $7.1007.25; light, $7.0007.20; pigs, $6.2506.8(k CATTLE—Market strong to 10c higher. 6HEEP—Market 10c Ir'yher.

C. L. Morrell i Auto Bus Line I Between Rensselaer and Remington WilfTeave Rensselaer each day at . ’ •7:45 a. in., and 4:00 p. m. Will leave -Remington each day at 9:30 a. m. and 5:10 p. m. FARE 75c EACH WAY Bus will start from Main Garage and Hotel in Rensselaer, and from the , Panhandle Depot ta Remington. SAfl DUVALL, Manager Phone, Main Garage, No. 206,.

LIVES LOST IN TERSE HAUTE FIRE

Youth and Man Die in Rooming House Flames.’ SIX ARE SEVERELY INJURED t>. ' Lighted Cigarette or Cigar Is ,Supposed to Have Started Blaze in the Tenderloin District of City. Terre Haute.—Fire at the Rowley rooming house, 214 North Second street, in the tenderloin district, suffocated and burned to death two men and injured severely six others. The dead: R. C. Rowley, nineteen years old, son of the rooming house keeper; L. D. Alexander, forty-five years old, a laborer. The seriously injured: Mrs. Mary Rowley, keeper of rooming house, badly bruised about hands and knees from jumping to the pavement; Clifford Rowley, one-year-old son of Mrs. Rowley, thrown out of window by Mrs. Rowley and injured. Will Gentry, a roomer, knees sprained as result of jumping. Ralph Ketchum, cut and burned. Tine building was occupied by about thirty men. The cause of the fire is not known, but in the opinion of Chief Bledsoe of the fire department it was , probably caused, from a lighted cigarette or cigar dropped in one of the rooms. Youths Held as Burglars. Terre Haute. —Herbert Birchfield, nineteen yfears old; Joe Feiler, twenty-two, and Frank Hudson, nineteen, were arrested, charged with burglarising the grocery of N. S. M heat, near Sixteenth street and Maple avenue. When the police reached the scene of the burglary they found almost a wagon load of groceries piled outside. Entrance had been made by breaking- a window. The burglars backed away from the building, stepping in their old tracks in the snow in an effort to conceal the direction they took. Feiler is a brother of William Feiler, now held by the federal authorities, charged with breaking into freight cars. Provisions Sent to Belgium. Crawfordsville.: —A carload of provisions from the people of Crawfordsville and Montgomery county was shipped to the people of Belgium. It consisted of SOO bags of flour, one ton of beans, SIOO worth of condensed milk and S2O worth of malted food. Besides the provisions, SIOO in cash was sent. Most of the money for this purpose was solicited by Dr. G. L. Mackintosh, president of Wabash college, and Rev. T. M. Conroy of St. Bernard’s Catholic church of this city. Three Accused of Bribing Witness. Evansville. Walter Fischer, a patrolman; Lon Carter, a city fireman, and Mrs. Emma Diefenbaugh, mother of Irvin Diefenbaugh, recently convicted of robbery, were indicted for bribery on December 1, by the Vanderburg county grand jury. It is charged they influenced Haggard Abstan, the prosecuting witness against the Diefenbaugh boy, to leave the state. f Club Hears War Correspondent. South Bend.—Praise for both the Germans and allies in their treatment of persons not directly engaged in the war was given by John T. McCutcheon, Uhicago cartoonist and war correspondent, in an address herd before the Knife and Fork club. He described his experiences at the front in Europe. Wilbur D. Nesbit and J. W. Foley of Chicago also spoke. Committed Suicide at Reno. Bloomington.—A message was received here fr<sm - Reno, Nev., saying that Mrs. 11. A. Henderson had committed suicide there. Mrs. Henderson was the divorced wife of Oscar McHenry, and a daughter of David Larue of this city. Fire Destroys Machine Shops. Tipton.—The machine shops at the Lake Erie & Western yards were destroyed by fire, and much valuable machinery, such as lathes and drills, was damaged. The fire caught from an over-heated stove and was burning fiercely when discovered. Workmen Find Deer Horns. Huntington. Workmen excavating for the basement of a new downtown building found several deer horns. The horns were about four feet below the surface and all were in good condition. Baby’s Burns May -Be Fatal. Evansville.—Earl Peagh, one year old, is probably fata-lly burned as a result of the overturning of a pot of boiling coffee on his arms and body. Alleged “Bootlegger” Freed. Columbus.—At ’ the conclusion of a trial that lasted twb days George Hays, who was convicted of “bootlegging” and fined' SIOO in the city court last week, was acquitted in the circuit court. • > . Christmas Tree Dedicated. Goshen.—The first municipal Christmas tree in the history of Goshen was dedicated when several thousand per sons assembled in Court park for the exercises. School children sang Christmas carols. >■ *

INDIANA BREVITIES

Logansport.—A lemon weighing one pound and six ounces has been received from Bishop, Tex., by Charles Sells of this city. The lemon measures 13 inches in circumference and is 15 inches long. Princeton.—Mrs. Jesse Alvis of this city almost chokefi to death when she swallowed a fragment of bone scattered by shot while eating a fried rabbit. Physicians removed the bone from her windpipe.,. Warsaw —Florence Gillian, % five years old, who had been left alone wjth her baby brother, rescued the child from their home when it caught fire, but in her hurry slipped and fell and the baby’s leg was broken. Indianapolis.—Harry E. Merriam of Broad Ripple must remain on the outside of the penitentiary. He was brought into' police court here charged with issuing a fraudulent check. Judge Deery allowed him to go free after warning him that a visit to a saloon would mean a trip to the penitentiary as judgement in the case would be withheld pending his strict sobriety. Fort A. C. Gladieux has filed an affidavit charging larceny against Charles Harkenrider, a prisoner in the county jail, who is accused of taking 37 cents from a prisoner named Hoppe, under edict of the “kangaroo court,” which was recently ordered abolished by Judge Eggeman of the circuit court. Harkenrider and other prisoners deny Hoppe's story. Fort Wayne.—A week-old baby, thrust upon Mrs. Charles W. Heckler at her home under mysterious circumstances, probablywill be given a permanent home by the Heckler family. A woman took the baby to the home, hastily explained that its mother was an Indianapolis woman and that the child must be taken care of until it could be placed in an institution, and then departed before Mrs. Heckler recovered from her astonishment.

Plymouth.—Clarence P. Holloway was acquitted in the circuit court of the charge of murder in the second Holloway is deputy game warden. He shot and killed Clyde Jefferies, who resisted arrest for illegal fishing. Holloway testified that he shot in self-defense after Jefferies had fired twice at him. Deputy Warden Stonebreaker of Warsaw, who was with Holloway at the time of the shunting, gave similar testimony. Indianapolis.—Governor Ralston appointed Jph* O. Behymer, publisher of a Democratic newspaper in Tipton, as state oil inspector at a salary of $3,500 a year. On March 1 he will succeed James Henry Fry of Fort Wayne. It is understood that Fry will be made deputy auditor of state. Dan M. Link was appointed by the governor as circuit judge for Dekalb and Steuben counties succeeding Judge Powers, who becomes a member of the staje appellate court.

Wabash. —The new $50,00b schoolhouse at Largo, Wabash county, was entirely destroyed by fire. A coal oil stove, which was left in a pumphouse a few'feet from the building, to keep the water pipes from freezing, became overheated and set fire to the structure. The flames Communicated with the school building before they were discovered. Insurance amounting to $16,000 was carried .on the building. The loss on books and other property owned by the students and instructors is placfed at $5,000.

Michigan City,—The Michigan Central railroad station, a two-story brick structure, containing the offices of the chief train dispatcher and other employees, was destroyed by fire. The fire started in the basement furnace room and spread so rapidly that 12 employees upstairs were trapped in their rooms when fire filled the hall and stairway. They jumped out of the windows on a shed and slid down a signal post. All records were destroyed. The only jfroperty saved was that in the baggage, room at the west end of the building. Th.e building was constructed at a cost of $50,000 about thirty years ago.

Goshen. —Pleading guilty to a charge of forgery, Noble Bechtold, nineteen years old, was sentenced to the state reformatory to from one to eight years, and will be taken there. Bechtold, the son of a Granger business man, forged his father’s name to many checks on a bank here. Several merchants cashed them, and after getting about one hundred dollars Bechtold and his wife, a bride of last July, went to Chicago’ When they returned to the home of Mrs. Bechtold’s parents in Milford Bechtold was arrested. He told Judge Horman that when he had forged checks before his father had kept him from going to prison, and that he had expected him to do so again. Twelve of Bechtolds worthless checks were discovered here in one day.

Clay City.-—At. the farmers’- institute held at.this place the following officers were elected: President, Paul Mitchell: secretary, Paul Mitchell;' treasurer, Herbert Sutton. ' ’ Bloomington. A with seating capacity of 100, made n trip Thursday frpm Indianapolis to Bloomington in as good time as a steam train. The coach was being demonstrated for the Indiana Southern road, and the officers on the car included Superintendent L. E. McCabe, Trainmaster J. W. Bledsee and Roadmastef H. G. Arn, all of Mattoon, 111. » «’ ■»> ' • »

The Haunted House

A Story of Mexico.

By F. A. MITCHEL

“Is there a hacienda near by where I can stop for the night?” 1 asked a man 1 met on tfie road. 1 was traveling in the province of San Luis Potosi, in Mexico. “No, senor; there Is nothing within a convenient distancew’here one can find entertainment There is a deserted house about two miles down the road, but I would not advise you to stop there. You had better go back to Venado.” I had come from Venado, a distance of eight miles. To go back and return to where I was would be a round trip of sixteen miles. I was well mounted, but did not care for such an additional Journey in any event. I asked the man to tell me more about the deserted house.

“It w T as formerly the country place of a Spaniard who lived there with his wife—he a crusty old man, she a beautiful young woman. He was jealous of her, and a tragedy occurred in the house. Some say he murdered her lover, and others say he murdered both her and her lover. At any rate, he disappeared, leaving the house with all the furniture in it, and so it has remained to the present day.” “Is it locked?” “Oh, Jes; it is locked, but you will have no difficulty in getting into it.’’ “I have provisions in my haversack. Why should 1 not go in there, roll myself in my blanket and sleep till early morning, then resume my journey?” “Well, senor,” replied the man, “there is nothing to prevent your doing that, but I would not do it for all the gold there is in Mexico.” “What is there to fear?” “Men have slept there who have never been seen or heard of afterward. Men have slept there who have told fearful tales.” This was not encouraging, but I was familiar with the superstition of the lower class of Mexicans and knew

THERE LAY THE BODY OF A MAN.

that they were very easily frightened. 1 must either sleep in this deserted house or return to Venado or bivouac. The latter I did not wish to do, for a norther was blowing and a fine rain was falling. So I thanked the man for his information and rode on. I reached the house just before dark, and an attractive place it must have been in its prime.

The house had been handsomely furnished, but that must have been many years before, for, though the frame work of the furniture was solid as ever, the woven fabrics were in tatters. And yet the place looked as if persons had used it since the olden time, when it was occupied regularly. There were bits of food scattered about and other evidences of the sojourn of human beings. Perhaps. I thought, these things were left by those per sons of whom the man 1 met on the road told me. The first thing 1 did was to gather some wood which 1 found scattered about the place and. putting it in the great fireplace, soon had a cheerful blaze, which I needed not only for warmth, but to help ban ish the dreariness about me.

I ate my supper beside the fire. The apartment I occupied had apparently been the principal bedroom- of the house in its better days, and its walls were hung with portraits. One I judged to be the likeness of the former owner, the Spaniard who had murdered his wife and her paramour. He certainly looked capable of murder. One of his eyes seemed t.o differ from the other; but. since 1 had no light except what came from the hearth. 1 could not make out wherein this dis ference lay. Having finished my supper. I went out and gathered what green stuff I could find for my horse to eat—l had watered him shortly before at a runnel beside the road —and. returning, smoked a pipe beside the fire. 1 had no mind to occupy the bed with its enor-

mous rotting canopy and other nttlngs; so, rolling myself in my blanket. I Jay down on the floor. But hard wood is not comfortable for a couch, and after fitful sleeping for a couple of hours 1 arose, mastered my repugnance to the moldering bedclothes and, spreading my blanket on them, tried again to sleep. But. the uncanny place getting the better of my feeling, I arose and | got my 45 caliber revolver. There was nothing alive to shoot at. but somehow there was a sense of protectiondn the weapon. *' How long I slept before waking again I don't know. I was. or thought I was, aw’akened by a sound?- But there was a strong wind, and many parts of the house had rotted loose and rattled. The. fire had gone out, but one of the heavier pieces of wood blazed and cast a lurid light about the apartment Directly opposite was the portrait I have mentioned, and the eye which I had noticed being unlike the other seemed to me to belong to a human being and was looking straight at me.

I rubbed my own eyes to see more clearly, and when I looked again the human expression had gone out of the eye of the portrait Thinking that I must have been mistaken, I composed myself to sleep. Naturally I thought of my money and my weapon. The former was in a belt made for the purpose of carrying funds and strapped around my waist. The revolver was in my hand on the bed. My next awakening came from a heavy weight falling on the floor in the room above. Then came the sound of whistling wind, followed by a cry. Then all was still again. In a few minutes the stillness was broken by frightful shrieks. From the moment of the first, sound. I sat up. clutching my My gaze lighted on the portrait of the old Spaniard, and it had again become human. I cannot say that I was frightened, but I will assert positively that I was mad. Yielding to an impulse which I cannot well describe, I raised my revolver and sent a bullet straight: at the eye that caused the commotion within me. And so sure was my aim that an open space was left where the eye had been.

Something fell on the floor of the adjoining room. The sound seemed to come from behind where the portrait was hanging. Throwing myself from the bed, recocking my revolver with my right thumb and snatching a burning brand from the fireplace. I ran through a doorway and stood on the other side of a partition. There lay the body of a man. 1 had shot him in the eye and pierced his Brain. The stillness was broken by some one running in the patio, but this was all the indication I had of the presence of any one except the dead man. I stood listening for some time, then was seized with a desire to get out of the place as soon as possible. I started for the patio, dropping my torch as I went that it might not make me an illuminated target, and, reaching the door of the house, gained the outside. There I stood trying to pull myself together.

There was a streak of dawn in the east. It tended to quiet the horror there was within me. After all, what was there to flee from’ I could hear no sound from within, and all except the wind was still without I was as well armed and had the same chance as any one else. I had killed a man. and I preferred to learn if possible whether I had been justified in doing so. Summoning my resolution,, 1 reentered the house, peering through the dim light for any one who might be there.

I regained without opposition the room in which I had slept. There were embers on the hearth, and I rekindled the fire. There I stood with my back to it. waiting for the day to break. As soon as I could see without artificial light I went to the room, where the, body lay in the same position I had left it. It was on the floor beside a table, and the table was directly under a hole in the partition, the latter being, about the height of a man. I got up on the table, put my eye to the hole and looked into the bedroom.

Now I could form a theory. There had been two or more men in the house. One of them had looked through the hole, which formed an eye of the picture, and seen me on the bed. If he wished to rob me my revolver was in his way. An attempt had been made to frighten me. but whether to get an advantage over me or to drive me out of the house I could only conjecture. I inclined to the latter opinion.

Having gone thus far in my investigations. I resjplved to go further. I ransacked I looked into closets, up chimneys, under furniture. The last thing I did was to pull the clothing and mattresses off the bed on which I had slept. Out rolled a shower of gold coins. It was now quite light, and I resolved to gather up the coins, hide them and report my experience at the next town at which 1 would stop. I reported my find as I had intended to the police, informing them w«bere I had hidden the gold pieces. They visited the honse in question and recognized the man I had shot as a notorious bandit. They wondered when he had seen me lying on the bed that he had not shot at me through the partition. but I reminded them that this wduld-have been difficult. Besides, it was doubtless to his interest to frighten me away.

I never heard that anything was done to prevent the premises from being used by bandits. The Mexican rural police are not very effective, and soon after my experience Governor Carranza started his rebellion against President Huerta.