Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 232, 29 June 1909 — Page 1

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POSTAL THIEVES EDTEB 0ICIIW1D THE!) DISAPPEftfi

iV3 fibbers Made Seven Uncusccssf ul Attempts to ' CJow Open the Lewisburg Pcstoffice Safe. FOILED, THEY STEAL . : A HORSE AND BUGGY Crooks Drove Through Eaton To Boston Early Horning and . iame tu mvii OFFICERS WHILE IN THIS Clt J MEN . STOPPED AT A TOWN SALOON AND MADE FFORT TO SELL STOLEN PROPERTY. .Seven discharges of dynamite were v snide on the safe la the post office iat Lewisburg,. Preble county, O., about 1:S0 o'clock this morning but the Iron cask withstood the explosions. The five robbers then made haste to leave the town. At least two participated In the theft of a horse and buggy from ID. E. Snyder. ? who resides threefourths of a mile south of Lewisburg. The pair drove to Eaton, thence to Boston and to Richmond. This morn ing the owner of the horse, Marshal Harris, of Eaton, Patrolman Vogel song of the local police force, and two other men In an automobile made a hasty search of all roads In this vicinity but failed to locate the flee . las thieves. ' ;V Step Near Headquarters. ; After driving to this city the thieves tried , to sell ; the horse and rig but : failed. They topped; at a downtown saloon and within a square of police headquarters attempted to dispose of ; the outfit. The men , were seen by , several persons.: but the police did not I know of their ' connection with : the j crime. Had the Eaton authorities tele phoned, to this city before undertaking their search ra a machine, it is prooable the horse , would have been rei covered and at least two of the safe I Mowers now In the tolls. ; Only Few Alarmed. Lewlsbura Is but a small village north of Eaton. The explosions in the attempts to crack the safe were heard by several of the "- residents. Prac tically no attention was paid until the frequency of the reports alarmed ,a few sleepers to action. : They aro and when a few ventured on the street the building in which the post office Wa fnmaul tiu baati tn diltnrn five rmnalng men. They scattered In all directions.. The townsfolk did not offer any pursuit It is presumed some of the yeggmen caught a passing frelght train and the other two were forced to flee Into the country. This pair Is believed to have stolen the Snyder animal. i Found Horse Gone. As soon as daylight came, Snyder, who was unaware of the excitement to the little village went to the bars Mor his horse. Bat the horse was jgone. Telephone communication with Xewlsburg soon revealed the news. Cayder and a party of friends started in an automobile to track the outfit At Eaton Marshal Harris was induced to Join the pursuers. Inquiry was made along the way of the fanners and several described the outfit as one they had seen pass. f Herae In Distress. Bat at the time the Inquiries were feeing made, the robbers were in Richmond trying to sell the horse and bugBy. . The horse showed signs of hard driving and limped. At the saloon One of the pair, who is described as an unusually large man seemed very anxious to sell. He said his horsehal gone lame from a stone in his hoof and ha would sell it cheap. But no buyers were found. Another attempt was made tosecure a sale to a party of men at the South Sixth street market house. None of these men would buy. It Is believed that after falling In these two trials the men drove from the city. They were followed west on the National road but probably had left the main thoroughfare as no trace of -them could be found. The stolen horse Is described by Its Wner as a bay, sixteen hands high, v Cut back foot white, thin In flesh. . -Was Wrong Horse. It was learned this afternoon that ttJ none traced by the .officers and C:red for sale In this city was not stolen animal. :s DUMPED INTO fllVER. Hilton. Ind., jnne 29. Ed Warren axi Will. Plllpott and lasses Lsota George sad Uary Eahas were oat boat tzs on the river south of town- Sunday. At soma place the boat upset and the j pleasure seekers were thrown into the ; water. It was not very deep and the (TC? C e-til ,1a cst-j-j rra

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OH, JOYFUL JOY, HEAT WAVE GOES TO THE DISCARD Uncle Sam's Weather Experts Announce That After Today There Will Be Relief for the Wearied. HUMIDITY NOT QUITE SO NOTICEABLE TODAY Government Forecasters Only Admit the Relief Will Be Temporary, But Every Little Bit Helps. HEAT WAVE ON LAST LAP. Washington', June 29. "The heat wave is on its last lap and today will mark its end In the . Atlantic states," was the optimistic forecast of weather bureau officials last ilight "The temperature also will be lees intense in the New England states, and thunder showers, which are promised for the section east of the Rocky mountains, will produce cooler weather generally.' ifA certain high area now central overLakes Michigan and Superior continues in its present course; and. A certain low area now' scouting around In Kansas and headed eastward does not beat out the aforesaid high area coming from the northwest; and; If. No wholly unlooked for conditions of a local nature arise, then, and then only will this . section of the terrestrial sphere have a right to expect within the coming of 12 hours, some slight amelioration of the existing torrid temperatures and horrid humidity. This at the hour of going to press was the greatest concession the Palladium could wring from the flinty hearted compiler of meteorological data. Furthermore, In the nature of things this relief should be but temporary, for that persistent and belligerent glow looks upon this part of the country as Its natural and logical prey. There is a remote possibility, only a possibility, mind you, that opposite conditions in far northeastern Canada may tempt it - to deflect its course slightly, but that deflection may save Richmond from' Its dread visitation. Yesterday Not So Warm. All of this and other dread things you may have heard about the weather and the still more horrible' things that you undoubtedly felt, may have inclined you to believe your own sensations which probably told you that yes terday was warmer than" Sunday. Sensations are apt to be wrong, however, and when they have to measure up to the coldly calculating and diaboli cally ? accurate . Instruments employed by the government" then sensations are outclassed at the start Yesterday averaged 3 degrees cooler than Sunday and did not endanger any established record of the last 31 years. The max imum was 8S, the average 79 and the minimum 70, which was shortly be fore daylight The figures - for Sanday were: Maximum 91. average 82, minimum 72. Today the humidity was not so noticeable as on Sunday or Monday, owing to the fact that then was a light but refreshing breeze I throughout the day. However the ies

8 CHARGES MADE AGIST AOAD III THE INFORMATION Prosecutor Ladd, on Instructions From Railroad Commission, Takes Action Against the Panhandle.

ALLEGE VIOLATIONS V OF FULL CREW LAW Claim Passenger Trains Operated Without Flag Men and Also That Some Crews All From Same Town. Eight specific offenses are named in the information against the Pennsylvania railroad for ' violating the full crew law, which has been supplied Prosecutor Ladd. In each case it is charged a passenger train was oper ated without a flagman. - In some instances the entire train crew was composed of Richmond men. In at least one instance the crew resided at Logan 8 port. . The prosecutor at Logansport .will be expected to look af ter these cases. Cases Specified. It is alleged that one violation occurred on February 14. , In that Instance, it Is alleged, passenger train No. 44 was run out of Richmond with no flagman. - The train consisted of baggage car, express car, combination car, passenger coach and a sleeper. T. M. Hoey was engineer; W. Ashlnger, fireman; G. M. Duvall, baggageman; H. H. Druley, brakeman, and V. D. Nolan, conductor - February 27 passenger train No. 12 was-the offender. Again on March 1 this train is alleged to have been operated in violation of the law. Train No. 44 is named as the offender again on April 17. April . 1, April 24, April 28 and May 1. k What Law Requires. The Instructions to Prosecutor Ladd were sent by Charles B. Riley, secretary of the state railroad commission. The operation of a train without what is designated as a "full" crew is , in violation of the state law. It seems from the Information furnished the prosecutor .that the railway commission had had a "spotter", at work in this city. The number -of the - cars which made up the trains and the engines which pulled the trains were supplied. RAPS IMMIGRATION Milton, Ind.,; June 29. The Rev. C H. Pinnick delivered a fine sermon on Home Missions, at the M. E. church Sunday morning. His - subject was "America for . Christ He , showed the startling statistics, of immigration and that if the people coming to our shores were not properly educated and christianised, It meant that they would take the country.- He urged that Christian people become aroused on this subject. ' IS IN GOOD SHAPE. At the meeting of the board of directors of the Richmond Home Telephone company, regular monthly re ports were made, showing the system to be In the best shape since a lire experienced in the exchange room. three months ago.. No business of

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TO HAVE DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS AT THE PARK Oil 5TH Street Car Company Gets Real Generous and Will Pur chase Several Hundred Dol lars' Worth of Noise. bAlloon ASCENSION PLAN FELL THROUGH It Is Expected That There Will Be Great Crowd at the Park Next Monday Two Concerts by Band. Announcement was made today by Alexander Gordon, superintendent that the Richmond Street and Interurban Railway company would give a big Fourth of July fireworks display on July 5, which date will be celebrated as the holiday, at Glen Miller park. The company took the initiative In the affair, as no commercial or fra ternal organisation has made plans for holding a display this year, after the failure made by the Knights of the Golden Eagle last year. Mr. Gordon stated that the company would spend several hundred dollars for fireworks. Including some of the most beautiful displays. The variety will be large and exoe&lent An effort was mads to have a balloon ascension but the project fell through, owing to the inability of the officials .to secure a good performer. Expect Big Crowd. , ( An effort will be made to furnish entertainment - during the entire day and it is probable that many will bring their baskets and picnic at the Glen throughout the day; A local band has been engaged to furnish mu sic, two concerts being given, one in the afternoon' and another in the evening. The center of attraction will be the pavilion, near v which place the' fire works will be discharged. The concerts will be given -at this point also. The, best possible: service will be furnished , by the street car company, cars being run at frequent intervals on the Main street and Twentieth street lines. OFFERS; A HOSPITAL The city, of Peru has been offered a public hospital by Capt' A. M. Dukes, a well known resident of Pern. .He of fers to provide the building if the town will equip .and maintain it The in ten-tion is to make the hosnital aelf sustaining. CFree treatment is to be provided for the poor and needy. The matter was left by the council to a committee to Investigate and report QUARTERLY CONFERENCE. The first quarterly conference of the Fifth Street M. EL church will be held Thursday evening. There Is considerable business of interest to come before the congregation. ' HOLD A CONFERENCE. The first quarterly conference of the Grace M. E. church win be held this evening at the church, Rev. T. MGuild. presiding elder of the Elch-

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REPORTED TO BE A MENTAL WRECK First Shock of Learning That Her Daughter's Body Was Found in Chinaman's Trunk Caused Her Insanity. A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN MYSTERIOUS CASE! Member of Murderer's Own Race Reports to Police That He Saw Ling in Two New Jersey Towns New York. June 29. Mrs. Paul Sigel, mother of the murdered Elsie Sigel. is now hopelessly Insane. The first shock of learning that her daugh ter's body had been found In a trunk in a Chinaman's room, distracted her and she has steadily grown worse un til now she Is completely a lunatic. The most promising development In the great Chinatown mystery since the discovery of the crime came today. Information was brought to po lice headquarters by members of Leon Ling's own race that Elsie Sigel's slayer has been seen in Hackensack and Passaic within the last forty-eight hours. Held a Conference. A conference between Commission er Bingham, Deputy Commissioner Woods, Inspector McCafferty 'and Capt Carey followed, and a score of detective's were at once rushed to New Jersey. "This looks like the best informa tion we have bad since we began working on the case." Inspector Mc Cafferty declared. . "Another clue was obtained when an expressman appeared at the West For ty-seventh street ' police station and said that on the morning of June 9 he got a trunk from the top floor of the building at No. 7S2 Eighth avenue, where Elsie Sigel was killed, and car ried It to a Chinese laundry In East 12sth street run by Wan Lee. It was on the morning of June 9 that the Sigel murder took place. Showed Note Book. The expressman started to show the West Forty-seventh street lieutenant a note book In which he said was a rec ord of the trunk transaction, but the lieutenant hustled him over to the office of the Fourth Branch detective bureau In charge of a detective. From there the two started for police head quarters. The police visited Wah Lee's laun dry and found it deserted. They plac ed a police lock on the door. Inspector McCafferty announced that he would take personal charge of the search for Leon in Jersey. II1ME COMMITTEE TO inVESTIGATE Commercial Club Creates One For the Purpose of Municipal Research. PETTIS REID, CHAIRMAN WORK TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THIS COMMITTEE EXPECTED TO BE OF GREATEST BENEFIT TO THIS CITY. For the purpose of Investigating what other municipalities are dofng with the view of benefiting this city, an additional standing; committee has been appointed by the Commercial Club, to be knows as the Municipal Research Committee, and Includes the following well known members of the club: P. E. Reld, as chairman; President R. L. Kelley of Earl ham college. and William Dudley Foulke. Municipal research seems to be a popular move with a large number of commercial organisations of the country, which are similar to the Commercial Club. Indianapolis has inch a committee and It has engaged a number of well known persons to speak on municipal affairs. It Is probable the local club will follow the .exam ple of the Indianapolis Commercial club. E. VL Haas, secretary of the local club, stated this morning, that the new committee of the club would have charge' of the investigation of all af fairs affecting the city's Interests. Among Its duties will be those, of in vestigating ordinances and i mending their passage or repeal. This committee will have a meeting soon. at which time work will - be

WATCH FOR THE COET. Watch the sky at night a little south of east tor the new comet It cant be mistaken for anythlne;

else, for the Uil Is 200.000,000 miles long. The unaided eye may see It whenever clouds do not prevail, and it will remain In view for some time. The comet bears the name of Dr. Brooks, who first saw Its head. May 24. It was then ap proaching the sun. Since then it has rounded that luminary and Is moving in this direction at the rate of 100,000 miles an hour. The scientists, however, class It as a "good" comet wntch has no evil designs on. Mother Earth. It may get here in Fourth. time for thi GAMS, LOSSES lib I HIN 1.1111 IJ 1 1 sr W w WWW sr sr sr sr w w w i COUnty Auditor's Abstract Of

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Taxable Property for the JZ Current Year Has Now receiving "blood money from conBeen Completed. Urctor doln bminw wltB formatory was the flati declaration! 1 made last evening by Dr. Harry CL

PERSONAL PROPERTY ., . ,rt FALLING OFF NOTED Cambridge City, Dublin and

Centerville ShOW Rather th11 to Indianapolis, where yesterday . . . . . .he had a long conference with the govHeavy Losses Richmond ernor mt gsrp wa. present Has a $50,000 Gain. J hlnt?Z IS'LZZ 7 the facts In the ease snd Immediately ' returned to Jeffersoavtlle. .... . , A, , The investigation there Is In fete Although in the entire county an In- ud Governor Marshall declined

crease In the value of personal prop- to discuss the nature of the charges -erty was reported by the assessors against Barnard, although he admitted for this year over last there are some bey wer grave. He referred Inqulr-

surprlslng losses. A few of them can n lk " wuer wm be explained, but others baffle the "Barnard was Interviewed In Louiscounty officials. The abstract of the rllle Immediately foltowtit? his reals-

personal property thas Just been com- nation, where he made the declaratloa , pleted by the county auditor. In that the relations between hist as Richmond the gain was ,48.3m The JJ rrTreslgnsd Sanmost of this wss made up by the board daT when he learned on his return.

of review on corporations. The assess -

ments returned by Individuals shows a I become a member of the board of truemajority of decreases. .The reason lstees

inexplicable. A itm.it amim ' A 'n' The enure county shows a small gain. This fact is duo largely to the

work of the board of review, also, tweea Barnard and myself. Losses were shown by Dalton, Jack- "He resigned when confronted with son. Greepe and several other town- ?m cnare ' Ti- JS.!! from contractors doing business with ships. The greatest loss was shown u,, reformatory. by Centerville. but this can be ex- w,-.Utement Is true that the) plained. The return for this year of reIalloni between him and Whlttaksr P!r?S0pTtytplaMe !he Txhl.a sre absolutely friendly, then Whlttakat $123,000. Last year it was $2M.- er hu puttlnff a ,tron bluff 300 a loss of $8.3GO. This can large- to me n.Te Ied to beHer. by

.jr u necuumea lor. nowever, uere having been returned as a personal property aessment last year the vsJnation of the bank at CwterviUeJThls was a matter for the board of review o pass on snd the ,'niiy the assessor had to b. Kf. though the abstract still showed the fttiuauuu au irturovu. Ablngton, Boston. Center, Clay, Franklin. Harrison, Jefferson, Perry, Wayne and Webster. The biggest gains are accounted for .by the additional Improvements which were made. It may

be presumed there was not as much I to be a fact that It had not bees) rebuilding done In the other townships I turned up to April 1. And the Baraor as many improvements of other I ard diamond has never been rstara

kinds that would increase values. In 1908 the -personal property re - turned by Cambridge City was $405. - 740, and this year it was only $384. - 33a At Dublin the loss was $18,670. At Hagerstown there was a gain made of SIOO. In Richmond the gain was almost $50100. Property Tsx Values. f frvllnwln, ihnn th t. nln.

of all property real and personal inj1?0?' -m - ' . ' each township and corporation of the .Bottorff sells the prison Its tin.

county returned for this year: . . - -Townships

Ablngton .... .... .nj tsy. Offered Reslsnstloii. Boston 67Z210I ' . A Centre 14M.700 Yj? J V lto

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Dalton 3723tan aoucnauon 00 jus pen. imn

Franklin .. .. .. .. .... 834.830

Green.. .. .. 024.7501" w "terrerin wna a lavesaHarrlson. . 481.61otloo. Mr record Is as eleaa as

Jackson.. .. . . .. .. 908.470 Jefferson.. .. .. 81 J20

New Garden.. .. .. .. .... 609.4501' eonsotsted sntnonty aay

Perry.. .. ... 9W.TMI Washington 1.314,610 1

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X?mimmr . . AXI 1MO rw-.i Corpo?Uon Boston , - 23no Cambridge City. . 8S9.450 Centerville.. .i .. 271.400 Dublin.. .. .... 247.800 East Germantown.. - 100490 Fountain City.. 203J0Q0 Hagerstown.. .. .. .. ..... 420,330 Knton.. -- .. .. .... 230S30 Mount Auburn.. .. .. .. Wcho4.. .. .. .. .... 1300 Whitewater.. .. .. .. ;. 2080

DARilARD IIA0DS III RESDTIOD

TO STATE Assistant Superintendent cf The Jeffersenv&a Reformatory, Quits Under Fire, Sharp States. ' " . IT lb CHARGED THAT HE TOOK BLOOD LUTCEY Accused Man States That Hs Gave Up His Position CsimiieA n Cknm t" " An. pointed to Board. Indianapolis, June 29. That Morris M. Barnard, assistant superintendent Sharp, who was recently made a memher or me reformatory ooara ot wustees by Governor Marshall. It Is understood that Superintendent W H WtilttakAP ilAfnanriMt and re. ceived Barnard's resignation comlnc 1 front Minnesota that Dr. Sharp bad I nesioeea unoer nrs, ways m-mr. I '"If Mr. Barnard Is correctly quoted." said Dr. Sharp, "there Is not one word Lf truth t fa. , I ed, as there Is no personal feeling betjh,. tDat there WM ,n entirely d!fferent tat0 of affair ked 1 a report 300 alwnond rings had been preMrl. mittaker and Mrs. Barnard through their husbands by. a prison contractor, one in close touch tth the .,,000 admitted that at I A s. .v . sk, ss sssa Iivsbbi. saa aiiv dmsuuh a,su, ,awav wsw some foundation for the story. "Mrs. Whlttaker and lira. Barnard received these diamond rings last Christmas. I have understood that Mr. Whlttaker made the remark that the ring sent to Mrs. Whlttaker was 1 returned within sixty days. I know It led." l Farther than this Dr. Sharp rafassl 1 to discuss the case. r 1 Mr. Barnard was seen In LuulsvPa last night and stated that rumors of relations between himself said a coav tractor were probably the result of a loan made to him by P. C. Bottorff. a I hardware manufacturer of JsCsrsoav IvtHs. The amOUOt Of the lOSU WSS If""" "" I tut we tamo wm urr mm yw.nni mmm land will be paid la futt. TBvBr. am bum. wiwk in V s-w bmbm, wm sws nooon. sou 1 wui ee va u im Prxsosi saiuionues or mmj ' F. C Bottorff. the contractor I tO U SSSfier Of IM M

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