Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 33, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 May 1910 — Page 7
IE FOUND GUILTY
Jk ry CONVICTS DOCTOR OF MUR. DC OF COL. THOMAS H. SWOPE.
TRIAL LASTS FIVE WEEKS
Doctor Sits Immovable as Jurors Re tjrn Verdict Wife Is Overcome vVith Emotion Counsel Will Move fer New Trial at Once.
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,i pi-ce of legul cap pnpor In the hand of George M. Foldt, tho : , t which sonds Dr. H. Clnrk Hydo : . j nltontiary for tho romalndor - - I ifi- was handed to Criminal ,. 1-ats.haw. . -.ifd a trial of more than five duration and formally convict l. ft ndant of killing Col. Thomrtop tho multimillionaire, on r .:. at Indopondence. Hyde Is Unmoved. .'. r Hyde sat Immovable, look- . dly at tho Jurors, as each man ! .i d "That is my verdict." i rloud crossed his face. He - li has sat during the trinL i - the lines about the mouth i fraction deeper, but otherwise was no sign. Hyde, sitting at her nccusi ;.l.ue behind her husband, con- . !v Kraspcd his right arm when :ilit was rend. For a moment - dry -eyed, then her head fell ! .band's shoulder and a flood
- anie unrestrained. , moment the jurors stood lined Judge Latshuw addressed . thy hurried from the courtHyde Is Taken to Cell, i Hyde and Mrs. Hydo sat in l ies only a moment after the .1 ) parted. Then, followed by Hyde's two sisters, who have th him the greater part of the y went into a witness room. .unites laUr. James P. Gilwee. ! uty lnarahnl, rapped on the .1 Doctor Hyde, following him. 1 ta his CPU. ni: could have been less spectrin the bringing in of the The jury called for Judge announcing that n verdict si reached. John H. Lucas and T Johnson of Doctor Hyde's 1 wre the only attorneys in ::troom at that time. Virgil prosecutor, and James A. ' in.e In with the judge. None
Swope family was present, r Hyde and his wife came in ' down at the press table. Docr.,. two sisters sat opposite. niful of spectators craned their i' mking with eager attention. Jury Files In. ' 2". o'clock the door of the corvhich leads to the Jury room : ru'd and led by Frank Clnyforeman, the Jury filed in. you agreed uppn a verdict. asked Judge Jatshaw. hae." said Frank Clay pool.
LEGISLATOR LINK PURGES
HIMSELF OF CONTEMPT Declares Ho Was Never Offered Brlb to Vote for United States Senator. Snrlnslleld. 111.. May 17. Hepresontatlvo Michnel S. IJnk of Mitchell wna purged of his contempt of court when ho wunt bofore the Sangamon county grand Jury and answered the question put to him by State's At torney Kdtuund Hurke In tho legisla tivo bribery scandal. Iu answer to the quostlon: "Did any poraon or persons in Sangamon county. Illinois, offer, or promise yo-i any money, or other valuable thing in consideration of your voti- in th. Forty-sixth general assembly of thi state for a United States st-natur" Mr. Link Is said to have replied No This was the only question put to
mm ty the täte s attorney
. uiwwiBB inn determination to delve Into the alleged "jack pot ' bri
bery. fatales Attorney Hurke lssud " two subpoenas duces treum" for John M. Glenn, secretary, and S. M. ' Hastings, treasurer, of the Illinois I ffiuf...ltiau.' .t . S
.unuwMiuKia iLKiHM-iauoii. togetm-r with the books of the concern. The subpoenas are made returnable
"CAl iHurwiHj-, ai wmch time Mr. j
ükan and Mr. Hastings are ordered to be present with the books. Chicago. May 17 The trial of Iee O'Neil Browne. Democratic leader in the lower house of the Illinois legislature, on a charge of bribery in connection with the t lection of I'nited States Senator iorlrner. was postponed in the criminal court until May 21
States Attorney Way man of Cook IS WELCOMED BY KING GEORGE'S
SPECIAL APPOINTED AID DE CAMP.
GOVERNMENT RECIPE FOR HIGH PRICES
T. I IS AT
LIB
"BATH TUB MYSTERY"
CASE IS IN COURT
LARGE CROWD AT STATION
Former President Accorded Honors Due the Special Ambassador to King Edward's Funeral Mourning Acts as Damper on Enthusiasm.
Aged Mother and Aunts of Mrs. Ocey Snead Are Put on Trial for Her Murder. Newark, N. J., May 16—The placing on trial here today of Miss Virginia Wardlaw, Mrs. Caroline B. Martin and Mrs. Mary Snead, charged jointly with the murder of Mrs. Ocey W. Snead, marks the beginning of another chapter in the now famous "bath tub" mystery, one of the most baffling cases in the criminal annals of the east. The curious manner in which the beautiful young woman met her death
I -on don. May 18. Colonel Roosevelt ; last November, the fact that the three
abandoned the role of private citizen ! defendants are stetere and members
WITNESS IS OUSTED
BALLINGER DISCHARGES STENOGRAPHER WHO TOLD ABOUT GLAVIS LETTER.
TAFT MAKES EXPLANATION
Issues Reply to Charge That Ballinger Letter Was Written by Latter's Aid—Lawler Made Draft, but Presldent Changed It.
Washington, May 17.—Fredarick M. Kerby, the stenographer in the office of the secretary of the interior, who leaned a statement regarding the Lawler memoranda in on tho Clavls charges to the president, was discharged from the government service by Secretary itallfnger. Secretary of the Interior Bnllinger said that his action in discharging Kerby and declaring him to bo "unworthy" was the only course left open to him. He would make no further comment on the subject, saying: "The letter speaks for itself.'" referring to the letter o' dismissal sent Kerby. The statement issued by President Taft explained in detail a charge made by f. M. Kerby, a confidential stenographer in the oiSce of Secretary of the
Interior Haslinger, that the president's niotive engineer, who hauled
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
".ry was then polled and as name was called he anis my verdict." Prisoner's Wife Weeps. "d was allowed ten minutes Fitness room with her hus--n nobs she said: 'i. not understand how the Jury ihr in such a verdict." i Hyde said nothing, except to t Iit and tell her everything . ome out all right Added f ( heer came from John H. and Mr. Walsh. it step will be a motion in S judgment and for a new -id Mr. Lucas. "That must be f'iir days. If It is overruled. ai will bo taken."
Michael S. Link, county made application to Judge Mc-
Surely to have all witnesses placed in direct custody of the court, in order. It was said, to prevent any witness being taken to Springfield to testify in the "Jack-pot" investigation while the Browne case Is on trial iu this city.
when he arrived here this morning
and was accorded the honors due the .-pecial American ambassador to the funeral of King Edward VII. He was met at the station by Lord Dondon- , aid and Commander Charles E. F. Cunninehaine Graham, special alds- ! de-camp appointed by King George V.
to attend the ambassador during his stay io London. Both men are prominent in the service of the crownWelcome Is Most Cordial. The aids met Mr. Roosevelt at Queeasborough and accompanied him to this city. Awaiting the former president at the Victoria station were one of the king's equerries, a repre
sentative of the British foreign office.
of an old southern family, and that one is the mother and the other two the aunts of the victim, have all combined to arouse an unusual degree of interest. To this will be added a mass
of uncanny evidence that will be pre-
letter of last September, exonerating Secretary Ballinger, was written by Assistant Attorney-General Oscar Lawler of the interior department. Dictated New Letter. The president declares that In the ordinary course of busin -ss. after he had made a full investigation of the G la vis charges against Mr. Hallinger and had reac hed a conclusion he requested Mr. Iawler to prepare for him a statement in line with the- conclusions. The statement thus prepared, the president declares, was not satisfactory in several particulars, notably in the respect that it contained unnecessary references to Gi fiord
Fire destroyed tho courthouse and several business houses at Placerville. Cal.. causing a loss of $100,000. Representative Lincoln Dixon was renominated for congress by tho Democrats of the Fourth congressional district of Indiana. Chauvelt MIchelln, a young French aviator, was killed In the races at Lyons when his machine struck a derrick, which fell on him. James It Corrigan, assistant corporation counsel of Chicago under Mayor Carter H. Harrison, shot and killed himself at St. Paul. One series of experiments nt the University of Pennsylvania with the orgograph has shown thut it is possible to measure a man's mentality. Charlos F. Willard mndo a success ful cross-country illght at Alexandria, La., in a Curti&3 biplane, covering a distance of lSfe mi.os and return in 30 minutos. Frank W. Kolllns. a former governor or Now Hampshire and banker of Hoston, is under bond in New York with his wife and son on a charge of attempt to smuggle. Through the breaking of a shaft the Red Star steamer Kroon and, carrying more than 1,000 passcngt rs, has been co:npciled to put in at Southampton, England, for repairs.
James Hedley. a noted Eng hb. loco-
King
Edward on his honeymoon, and father of Frank Hedky, a former ( hhagcan, is dead in New York city of eld age. Through the will of Edgar S Auchinclosa. a New York Imiortir. who died a few days ago, U rewuied a guide to inveb'ors" to be obterved by his executors in the admin.stratioa of his estate William Powers was released from the Missouri penitentiary at Jefferson City, where be has been serving a two-year &entem-'. on his promise to marry Miss Nannie Snapp of Gauit, whom he rejected several years ago. V. O. Walker, former president of
Pinchot and Louis Glavte, whereupon ! the defunct South Cleveland llnnking
he, the president, dictated a new letter, in which but one or two sentence of the Lawler draft were embodied. Precedent for His Action. In explanation of this course it is
pointed out that it is the invariable
ruiupany. was .entenced to flu years in the Ohio ienitentiary. Walker was found guilty of perjury ir. making falsf statements to the state examiner. Not one midshipman in the class
custom in departmental matters, after j which was graduated from the United a decision has been reached, based on ' State Naval acad my In 100s pass d a consideration of all the facts, to the recent tough' examination for
seated by the prosecution at the 1 nave statement or resume prepared promotion to the grade of ensign, nc
trial in attempt to show that these three old women were responsible for the death of young Mrs. Snead, and that this cold-blooded crime was committed, in order that they might obtain the $32,000 insurance on the victim's life.
SENATE VOTES ON RAIL BILL
for the convenience of the president
by an official who is conversant with all th details of the rase as well ss with the decision that the president
Fined
i Dixon Lone anr Short Haul Amend.
Ambassador Reid and the staff of the ment Is Adoated bv vet of
PRISON TERMS FOR GRAFTERS imerfca.n erabassr. ir 57 to io. j The welcome to tho special ambasea- i , . . 'dor was very cordial and a large Washington Mav it Br a rat nr Six Are Given Jail Sentences and ' nr ' "asrias. MMJ li y vo4e
. . . I ,-'"" " ""n " , io iv iac senate adooted a modi-
witness bis arrival. The general fled form of the Dixon long and short mourning acted as a damper on the haul ameadmeat to the railroad hill enthusiasm of the people, but their The amendment represents the com greeting was none the less sincere. btaed efforts of Republican. DemoInvitatlons Cancelled. era tic and insurgent leaders, and it Is Mr. Roosevelt was escorted to the ' isaincaat that Senator A Id rich de Dorchester house, where he will re- fendet 11 oa the floor and cast hi-! main antU after the funeral of King 1 TOte in " 'vor. The consensus v
Edward. It is expected that he will PD," ' nat te amendmfnt is
at Pittsburg for
Bribery.
INAUGURAL DATE UNCHANGED
House Defeats Change in Inauguration Day by One-Third of a Vote. Washington, May 17.—By one-third of a vote in the house of representatives, the measure to change the date presidential inaugurations met defeat. The measure required a twothirds vote to pass it. After a sharp debate on the resolution it received 139 votes to 70 against it. Two-thirds of the 209 votes cast for the resolution are 130 1-3. So the resolution failed of the necessary twothirds vote. The resolution provided for the change of the inauguration date to the last Thursday in April.
Pittsburg. Pa.. May 1. Ten prom! nent wen of affairs of Pittsburg, including bankers, physicians and for
iner leading politicians, faced Judge
Robert S. Frau-r In the criminal court to receive their sentences on various charges of bribery and conspiracy in connection with councilmanic corrup
tion recently exposed.
Of the ten men who appeared In court all except one have already pleaded no defense to indictments al
leging the giving and receiving of
bribe money. Sentences were imposed as follows
A. A. Viteack, former cashier Ger
man National bank; eight months In the county Jail and a One of $5.000. Charles Stewart, former select councilman; eight months In the county jail and a fine of $SO0. Hugh Ferguson, former common councilman; eight months in the county Jail and a fine of S00.
Dr. V. H. Weber, former select councilman, six months In the county Jail and a fins of $S00. P. n. Konrns, former select councilman; six months In the county Jail and a fine of 350. Morris Kinslein. former solect councilman; six months iu tho county Jail and a nno of J 2.500. Sentence of the other four wer deferred.
FIVE PERISH IN A FIRE
DCCTOR COOK IS IN NEW YORK
Ks pr B-.u c-- . . I a fire which destroyed their home In
W.m r.n Li: ,V """Jthls city. Mrs. Sperry and two chii-
Father, Three Children and Their Grandmother Lose Lives in Blaze Others Have Narrow Escapes. Faribault. Minn., May 14. Bert
Sperry, his threj children and their grandmother were burned to death in
spend the end of the week at West ,rdlctory in its terms and defea's s Park, although the invitations to meet ' own Pnee, or. If this is not so. ?l
Mr. Roosevelt, which had been Issued U burdtD$ ,he Interstate comm. r.
by Ambassador ReW, hare been canceled. Berlin Confers Honorary Degree. Berlin. Germany. May 21. Theodore Roosevelt delivered a lecture on "The World Movement" at tho University of Berlin and received from the university the honorary degree of doctor of philosophy. Emperor William honored the occasion with his presence. It was the first time that his majesty had graced a conferment and the courtesy was significant in viow of tho fact that the German court is la mourning for the monarch's undo. King Edward.
RICKARD TO REFEREE FIGHT
Jack Johnson and Sam Berger Corns
to Agreement on Arbitrator for Big Battle. San Francisco, May 17. After an
exceedingly stormy discussion, in which Jack Johnson sad Saa Berger
wero the principals. Tex Rkkard was
mutually agreed upon as referee of the
Johnson-Jeffries hoxiag match next
commission with an impossible task
The "Insurgent Republicans vote.; for the amendment, as did the folio
lag Democrats: Bacon. Clark (Ark)
Clay. Frailer. Martin. Owen. Payater.
Percy. P-arceiL Sblvely. Simmons.
Smith (S, C.. and Taylor. The Re
publicans voting against the amend
ment were: Bourne. Ilulkeley, Frye,
Galllager and Heyburn.
!
cording to a stuti inent published in
New York. Gordon l?wis, ten-year-old son of Capt. William Mitchell Lewis, millionaire candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination of Wisconsin, now in Europe, lies in a hospital at Racine. Wis., with his skull fractured. A brick hurled through the window of a closed autotnobilo by a baseball mob struck the lad.
ALL TARRYTOWN GOES RIDING
1AFT CONFERS WITH S0L0NS
President Asks Aid of Western Repub
licans In Putting Through His Program.
Washington. May 1C. President Taft conferred with Republican senators from states west of the Mississippi rfrer upon whom be Is depending for votes to put through bis legislative program. Nearly all of the western senators were present oa the invitation of the president, except the Republican Insurgents. They were not invited. The purpose of the gathering was to get all of the western Republicans In line. Including some of those who
Fourth of July.
RIc karri's name was proposed by j have appeared lukewarn toward cer-
Johnson when It was very evident I be administration measure, that the two skies would not agree on ! X effort win be made to Influence the
any of the other names submitted..
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Is Reported. York. May 17. According to assertions of soino of their lr. Frederick A. Cook, thp "plorer, and Mrs. Cook are in -rk city. but are keeping their ' "f Hhodo secret." It Is said that " preparing to lonvo within n Ut for Kuropo. where. It is re- ": factor Cook will make his
S. Asks Cuba's Permit.
'' 'I'njttnn. Mnv 14 Thn nn .!-
"-nt has bogun negotiations with K.v.mntejn of Culm for permitthi, ra, lhü wreck or tne battlo-ilatne.
dron were saved.
Tax on Futures Sales Upheld. JofTerson City. .Mo., May 14. The supreme court on banc sustained the constitutionality of the law requiring a stamp tax of 25 cents an each doal in future grain and stocks. Noarly 5200,000 In taxes are tiod tip awaiting tho decision rendered.
Divorce Appeal Is Denied. New York. May II. Aurel lintonyl was denied by the appellate division of the supremo court the privilege of
appealing from the decision by which
HADLEY ORDERS OUT TROOPS
Four Companies of Missouri Militia Are Sent to llasco to Quell Labor Riot. JofTerson City. Mo, May 17. Governor Hadley ordered four companies of militia to llasco. Ralls county, to sup
press a riot of 1.SCK) foreigners
ployed at the Atlas Cement works.
Miss Roosevelt Is Wedded. ""Now York. May 1C Miss Lorraine Roosevelt, daughter of Mrs. J. West Roosevelt, a cousin of the former pres
ident, was married at Oyster Day. L ; "
"out-and-out insurgents,' according to authoritative statements from some of the participants In the conference. The conference resulted in mutual concessions, and a clearing of the surcharged political atmosphere.
PERU AND ECUADOR NEAR WAR
Secretary Balliger. has rac bed. This the pr. sid- nt de clares. is what was don in th- case
in point. Coupled with this statement
John D. Rockefeller Gives His Neighbors Trips in Automobiles and CarriagesPaper Vests as Souvenirs. Tarrytown, N. Y., May 13. John D. Rockefeller, always popular among the people of this town, is adding to that popularity this spring by his fondness for taking his rr lends and neighbors out driving. Not a pleasant day goej :- without the oil king Inviting soma "t them, men, women and children, to Ilde with hlrn in automobile or carriage, and ft is safe to say that the Innations are seldom declined, for his -hicles are the best to be bad, and the drives around Tarrytown are beautiful. Mr. Rockefeller, before starting for a rido, always dons a papor vest, declaring it a great protection against
is an explanation by the president that co,8' and he i",sls lhat nls Wsls do
it was at his direction that Attorney- i ine same A"w me rmc ne "use3 General Wkrkersham dated back the I to tak.e back tno garments, and conse-
report on the Gl vis charges about which ther has been so much controversy before the Balllnger-Pinchot Investigating committee. The president declares that here again a long-established custom was followed. The attorney-general early in September made a verbal report from notes In the Balllnger affair and loft those notes with the president. From the
fluently in nearly every homo In Tarry
town may bo found a paper vest preserved as a souvenir of a delightful ride with the multi-millionaire.
THE MARKETS.
New York. M-iy 17. UVB STOCK-Stiers It : U x 3) Hob y oi
notes and the verbal report the presi- riiUK-VvintVr Vtraietits" & 2 i so
deaL after a study of the records. iF7ay 1 L t 1 H
reacaeu his oeoston. as ne was anx- .TS-Xaiurai wuttv -t i loss to dispose of the case bofore he departed on his transcontinental trip, y.r.r.s 3 u he dictated the letter exonerating Sec -HKESK 0
CHICAGO.
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Troops Are Sent From Lima to Meet Enemy Reported Near the Frontier.
Uma. Pern. May 17. A government transport earning a regiment of artillery, a hospital cotjm and a big cargo of ammrsnttion and other tnttaitkms of vax. mttal for Tumlxz Tumbfz is a port on the north wost
of IVtu nar fh north rn
I., to I,angdon Warn or of Boston. The t boueüar j line. ceremony was performed at Wahleck. 1 Official advices received from Aya-
hls wife. Mrs. Frances Hurke-Roche the country home of Mrs. Roo&evek. a t lt south of the Er ua dorian
Itatonyi, obtained a divorce last Fcb-Jfhort dltance from Sagamore Hill, ruary. wltli ottly relatives in attendance.
retary rialllnger and instructed the at
torney -general to prepare a detailed report and date it as of the same day that the verbal report was made. Writes Letter to Nelson. The president's statement Is in the shape of a letter to Senator Knute Nelson, chairman of the joint commit
tee which is in "est teat big Secretary i:r,v POVI.TUY
imiiiiigri. n. vrto toe-ueu atier a long IT.TOKS f-r liu
conference at the Walto House in which at various tfmos the attorneygeneral, as well as Secretaries Nagle
and Dickinson participated. Secre
tary Balllnger was not called lato the
conference.
Helped Nominate Lincoln. Iloston, May 17. Judge John S Keyes of the district conn and a member of the Massachusetts delegation to the Chicago convention that nominated Lincoln in 15S0 Is doad here in his eighty-eighth year.
Finds Germs of Pellagra. Rome. .May 14. Professor Alessan drlnl of the University of Rowe reports that he has discovered the bacillus of pellagra- He says he found it
frontM-r. report that tbe troops of jin water instead of In moldy corn, as K i&'Ir tan b s-en approaching. has been contended.
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