Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 197, 23 May 1910 — Page 1

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ITS CIRCULATION INVESTIGA TEDIDO ITS COMPETITORO? THE BICHMONB PALEABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXV. NO. 197. RICHMOND. IND., MONDAY EVENING, 3IAY 23, 1910. SINGLE COPY, 8 CENTS. WANTS THAT $500 SENSATION RESULTS START MURDER USE DDK HORSE WILL "Enchantress" Landing From Prison Gondola SLT. BE HOMIHATED BV PER YEAR OR HE WILL QUIT WORK When Convicted Sugar Trust Man, Pardoned, Appears in Heike Trial. """"" DEMOCRATS HERE

Howarth Writes to Dehority Insisting That He Be Paid That Amount as Supervisor of the Poor.

RETURNS $40 WHICH HE ILLEGALLY DREW Allowance as Poor Overseer Given by the County Has ' Been Declared Illegal by Field Examiners. m a letter to William A. Dehority of Indianapolis, chief accountant of the state, Wayne Township Trustee James Howarth states that unless he U permitted to draw ftiOO a year as overseer of the poor, together with the salary allowed by the township, he will resign. He also notifies the chief acountant that he paid into the treasury today $40 which he had illegally, but not knowingly, drawn from the township accounts last year. Howarth employs two office assistants and as the law does not allow for their expense, he has been accustomed to pay them out of his own pocket. The law allows Howarth but $:i a day as township trustee and the most that he can draw per year Is $02(5, there beins but 313 working days. In addition to this per diem allowance, the county commissioners have been allowing the trustee of Wayne township $300 as overseer of the poor. Allowance la Illegal. This allowance the field examiners report Is illegal. Howarth says that if he is to be denied this salary as over seer of the poor, he will have to re sign his office in order that he may make a living, as it Is impossible for him to live and pay his assistants from the township per diem allowance. In addition to this expense Howarth has to pay fiStr for his bond,' which is j $2,000 greater than that required of the county treasurer. The money which Howarth illegally withdrew was for services in working on the 1000 eetaool enumeration and in attending to dog tax accounts. It has been customary for the trustees to charge $ 40 for caring for these respective accounts. This was what prompted Howarth to draw $20 from each account The field examiners did not criticise for doing so, as they found that it had been precedent. The examiners did not even demand that the money be refunded, but Howarth said he would pay it back, in order to get it "off his mind." as he is very conscientious about his duties. The trustee received a copy of the field examiners' report on the investigation of the township accounts. After noting its recommendations, Howarth was prompted to address the following letter to Dehority, the chief accountant: Letter to Dehority. "Dear Sir: "I am In receipt of your report on this office, and have examined the same very carefully, and note the two illegal allowances, $20 for tabulating the enumeration and $20 for collecting the dog tax. I have this day receipted into the special school fund. $20 and into the dog fund $20 as per your report This I believe makes that part correct As to the coal yard, I have dismissed the man who attended to that part of the work and will give out what coal is on hand at the present time, and then discontinue the coal yard entirely, and buy of local retailers as per your report "Now as a Question as to my salary. I note that you say that I have overdrawn, but that the duties of the office seem to Justify more salary than the $2 per day. Am i to understand that I am to refund the amount above the $626 for the year 1909, and take only $626 for 1910 or am I to understand that I can keep the salary I received last year and continue to draw $500 from the poor accounts and $2 per day for 155 days for township and paying my assistant $2 per day. "I want to do what is right but should I have to receive only $626 per year, and out of this pay $125 for my bond, as I am doing at present, and pay an assistant out of $501. I shall be compelled to resign the office, in order to make my living. The question is shall I continue my salary as at present "I wish also to say to you that the trustees of this county appreciate the manly and honorable manner in which they were treated by your field examiners, Messrs. Weybright and Barrett They are certainly gentlemen in every respect and made friends of all with whom they had any dealings. Thanking you for your kindness, in answering the above questions, I am, "Very truly yours, "James Howarth, "Trustee of Wayne Township." LEAVE THE CITY. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bennett left for Lawrence. Ind., today where they will make their future home.

WILL TELL ALL HE KNOWS

(American News Service) New York, May 23. Oliver Spltzer, former superintendent of the docks for American Sugar Refining company who was convicted of defrauding the government by false weighing of su gar imports, and supposed to be occupying a cell at the Atlanta prison, ap peared unexpectedly at the trial of former Secretary-Treasurer Charles R. Heike of the Sugar trust today as a witness for the government with the announcement that he had a pardon from President Taft in his pocket. A sensation followed and the defense was thrown into confusion. Spitzer was sentenced to two years last Feb ruary. When he took the witness stand today he said he was willing to tell all he knew of the sugar trust de frauding the government. A VERY PECULIAR MURDER CASE HOW GIVEN A HEARING Trial of Mrs. Dora Doxey Started Today at St. Louis and Is Expected to Rival the Dr. Hyde Case. WOMAN IS CONFIDENT SHE WILL BE FREED Defendant Will Introduce the Use of Hypnotism and the Use of Drugs as the Cause for the Crime. St. Louis,. May 23. A poison plot rivalling the Swope case will be revealed, during the trial of Mrs. Dora E. Doxey and her husband Dr. Loren B. Doxey. for the murder of William J. Erder. The case is extraordinary in that hypnotism and the use of drugs will be given by Mrs. Doxey as her defense. The trial began today. "I know I will be acauitted," said Mrs. Doxey as she entered court. It is understood that she will attempt to place upon her husband all responsibility for the death of Erder, wh,o was poisoned while she was living with him, having married him in spite of the fact that she was legally the wife of Dr. Doxey. The defense began its fight today with one preliminary defeat against it, the court on Saturday having refused a motion to order the prosecution to make known its list of witnesses. Married While a Wife. The accusations made against Mrs. Doxey are that she, although the wife of Dr. Doxey, married Erder, a postoffice clerk, and lived with him for several months. When he died she collected $3,000 insurance. Had it not been for the- suspicions of a sister, Mrs. Kate Erder, Mrs. Doxey would not be in custody today. The young woman acted the part of the nemesie in this remarkable drama, She said the woman had married her brother only to kill him. She brought out the evidence on which the prosecution rests its case. She traced Doxey and his wife and caused their arrest. Miss Erder found the couple in Columbus, Neb., where she had them ar rested on statutory grounds. Then at Clayton, St Louis county, the sister secured the proof of her brother's marriage and got a warrant against Mrs. Doxey charging bigamy, in tne meantime, she had had a chemical analysis made of the viscera of her brother's exhumed body. Dr. William H. Warren, one of the de fense's chief witnesses, who is dean of the medical department of Washing ton university, reported that Erder had been killed with arsenic. Then Circuit Attorney Jones filed an information against Mrs. Doxey who was brought to St Louis in December. Were Jointly Indicted. Though not under arrest Dr. Doxey accompanied her. Then the evidence implicating him was secured and he and his wife were indicted jointly. Mrs. Doxey is charged with having administered the arsenic between July 1 and July 10; her husband is accused of having supplied the drug. Mrs. Doxey, who is the daughter of a rich farmer of Joy, 111, is defended by C. Orrlck Bishop, and Charles P. Johnson, who also defend her husband. The state is represented by Circuit Attorney Jones and Assistant Attorneys Newton and Rcsskopf, and Neun. Each side has engaged a number of medical experts. The chief reliance of the prosecution is placed in the evidence, besides that of Miss Erder and Dr. Warren, of Dr. Arthur Friedeberg. who attended Erder; Coroner Jules Barron and Cor-

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TO SEND PETITION TO EX-PRESIDENT Citizens of Richmond Are Asked to Lend Influence to Bring Him Here. BEING READILY SIGNED PUBLIC INVITATION INFORMS ROOSEVELT THAT HE IS WANTED HERE ABOVE ALL OTHERS IN COUNTRY. At the last meeting of the Fall Festival executive committee, Edward H. Harris and Will W. Reller were named to exert every effort to secure the presence of Theodore Roosevelt in Richmond at the time of the observance of Wayne county's centennial next fall. With this end in view and believing that greater influence might be brought to bear on the former chief executive by an expression from the citizens and business men of this city by whom the movement is heartily indorsed, petitions extending him an invitation are being circulated and are being readily signed. The committee desires that Mr. Roosevelt be acquainted with, the exact attitude of the citizens of this community in regard to the matter. The petitions are as follows. To Mr. Theodore Roosevelt: In connection with the Richmond (Indiana) Fall Festival, held annually, citizens of Wayne county will, this year fittingly observe the County's Centennial. The dates set are October 5, 6 and 7. The celebration Is to be on a high historical and educational plane fully in keeping with the substantial growth of a Middle Western County and the sterling character of its people. You, above all other Americans, Wayne County desires as its guest of honor, upon such day of those set as suits your convenience, and we the Fall Festival Executive Committee join with all our citizens in- asking you to be present with us on such occasion. ----. '

THAT EARLHAM DEBT

Committee Meets Today to Devise Methods for Raising $40,000. WILL CANVASS RICHMOND For the purpose o discussing plans for a systematic canvass of the city to raise the Earlham debt of $40,000, a meeting will be held this afternoon in the Commercial club rooms by representatives of the board of trustees of Earlham college, the educational committee from the Commercial club and a special committee from the Young Men's Business club. The late Allen Jay was preparing to make a canvass of the city at the time of his death to solicit funds for Earlham. Committees have been appointed from these organizations to carry on the work. The debt ?s on the new library building and Bundy hall. Nearly $20,000 has been raised in the last year. HELD FOR ASSAULT As the outgrowth of a quarrel back of Kennepohls saloon Saturday night, Charles Armstrong has been arrested for assault, and battery on Cassius Wolf." In the city court this morning, however, Armstrong pleaded not guilty to the charge and the case was postponed until Wednesday morning. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Showers and "night; Tuesday fair. cooler toTHE PALLADIUM'S TOTAL CIRCULATION of Value to the Advertiser, for Sunday Morning, May 22nd, 1910, was 5,714 . TOTAL PAID CIRCULATION for the Same Day was Note Sunday's issue does not circulate in the tewns of Webster, Williamsburg, or Economy. "

Countess Tarnowska, "the enchantress," and a scene showing her landing from a prison gondola during the long-drawn trial in Venice which has just resulted in her conviction; and sentence to 8 years in jail for the murder of Count Kamarowski. The trial was one of the most dramatic in European court annals, as the history of the woman is more remarkable than any fiction story.

BOARD ELIMINATES TRENCH INSPECTOR Office Cut Off Because of Pub lic Service Corporations' Dire Threat. HINTED RAISE ON RATE? AS THEY SAID RETENTION OF THE OFFICE CAUSED AN EXTRA EXPENSE COMPANIES TO DO OWN INSPECTING. Inasmuch as it was stated this morning to the board of public works by the representatives of the various public service corporations, that the retention of the office of trench Inspector necessitated such an extra expense that in all probability the companies would have to raise ther rates, the board decided to eliminate that office, and hereafter permit the corporations to do their own inspecting. The concession on the part of the board was granted in view of the fact that it was pointed out that during the past year the material value of the trench inspector to the corporations did not jus tify the added expense. The present trench inspector Is Henry Bireley. He has been employed for about a year by the city engineering department to inspect the streets and notify the corporations when repairs were needed. receiving a salary of $2 a day. The companies then paid the city the rate of 35 cents an hour for Bireley's labor. The office was abandoned upon the promise of the corporations to repair any damage they may hare done to the streets by placing pipes under neath the ground. The representatives who appeared before the board this morning were E. G. Ifibbard of the Richmond Natural Gas company, Howard Dill of the Richmond City Waterworks company, and Fred Schornstein of the . Richmond Light, Heat and Power company. All of the men acknowledged their willingness to repair streets where they had been torn up by the companies and will begin the work: at once. The Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction company .will also be notified to comply with the orders of the board and do its share of the rfrork-,

SECURE JURY PROMPTLY

(American News Service.) Mays Landing, N. J.. May 23. Precisely an hour and ten minutes was required to secure a jury to try William E. Sayler who was placed on trial today charged with having murdered eighteen year old Jane Adams on the million dollar pier at Atlantic City, the night of February fourth, and then pushing her body into the Atlantic ocean. Sayler, although married had been paying attentions to Jane Adams. MADE ill A SHED; DECOMPOSED BODY Abriam Boyd of Cambridge, When Placing Horse in Unused Shed Finds Body, Dead For Many Weeks. IDENTIFICATION OF BODY IS IMPOSSIBLE And Coroner Cannot Deter mine Whether Man Met Death by Violence or From Some Natural Cause. Badly decomposed from six months exposure the body of a young man was found yesterday morning about 0 o'clock in a stall in an old and long un used shed at the-ball park, Cambridge City, by Abriam Boyd. Murder, suicide and death due to natural causes have been' offered as theories for the cause of the man's death. Identifica tion is practically impossible as nothing was found in the clothing whigh would give the man's name or his residence. Death occurred at least six months ago, It is believed by Coroner Bramkamp and' the Cambridge City author itles. There was no evidence that a blow or bullet wound was responsible for the death. If violence is responsible the authorities hold that death was caused by choking or poison which can not be determined as the vital parts of the body are entirely decom posed. The Murder Theory. The theory of murder is given credence by many in that nothing was found in the clothing. The clothes were of the best quality and there were other indications that the young man was In good circumstances. The authorities are also working on several theories of natural causes being re sponsible. It is entirely probable that this will be the report of Coroner A, L. Bramkamp, although he has not intimated that such would be the case. The authorities say that they are com pletely mystified. But one little bit of evidence has been secured by which the body may be identified. This is a marker of the clothing firm of It M. Lilienthal of Chicago, found in a pocket lining of the coat. The marker bears the company's name but the spaces for the number of the suit and the name of the purchaser are blank. fThe marker and a piece of the better preserved por tion of the suit has been sent to the Chicago firm with hopes that the body can be identified. The shed in which the body was found is not more than thirty-five feet from the National road nor more than ten feet from the path which leads to the ball park grand stand. Yet at no time has the odor been so strong as to attract attention. . Shed Was Nailed Up. The shed has been nailed up for several months. Yesterday Boyd open ed it and was putting up a horse when his attention was first attracted by the strange odor. He Investigated and found the body lying on the ground floor in a stall which had been boarded up last fall and In which hogs were kept prior to that time. Coroner Bramkamp was able to get but an incomplete description of the body. He believes that tne young' man was about twenty years old. He Is also believed to .have been an Ameri can. He was about fire feet eight or ten inches tall. His weight is not known. The description of the cloth ing is: 14 hi linen collar, tie badly dis colored; small black and white plaid shirt; black shoes, high laced, per haps 7 In size; gray suit, soft texture; suspenders badly faded and original color not Known; black socks with blue dots. His teeth were regular and In excellent condition. The body has been removed to the Wright undertaking establishment Unless identified it will be buried in the aauaer aactioa of. tto cwneterxt

A CREWSOME FIND

It Is Intimated That John E.1 Osborn, Chairman of the District, Will Win Out After Test Balloting.

WAYNE COUNTY WILL BE A GREAT FACTOR If This County Discards Kuhn After Second Ballot It Is Expected to Back Unannounced Candidate. Kuhn on the second ballot, or not at all is the one hope and fear of the Wayne county delegates to the Sixth district democratic congressional convention which meets in this city on Wednesday morning. Five candidates eagerly seek the nomination, and if the man who has twice sacrificed himsflf on the altar of his party does not' pull sixty-six delegates' votes on ths second count, his chances of winning out are dimmer than the comet's tail. Four years ago. and again In 1908, the Rev. T. H. Kuhn was the choice of his party in this district, but his strength has been on the decline among democratic leaders who feel that he could not run as good a raceagainst Judge Barnard as be did two years ago. The fault they find Is not with his personality, but his trade, even as Shakespeare said: "Cobbler, stick to thy last" In other words, they fear it takes more than a preacher to beat a republican. Wayne County's Action. The four other candidates are little known by the mass of voters in Wayne county, and hence it Is not expected that in case Kuhn Is discarded Wayne will vote her twenty-six delegates for either Flnly Gray of Fayette, Lon Mull of Rush, Walter Chambers of Henry, or Louis Fetterman of Brook ville. A shady entry would seem to have the best title, and the dark horse is not expected to be John M. Lonts of Rich mond, as has been Intimated, but John E. Osborn of Decatur county, chairman of the district, and one of the foremost democratic leaders in eastern Indiana. Kuhn's men are making a last frantic effort to get enough promises to win on the second ballot, but right here in Wayne the difficulty is hardest to overcome. Some of those who most loyally favored him two and four, years ago, have been talking significantly about a dark horse a man who might win! Gray and Mull are both strong in their own communities, and seem to have all the Rush and Fayette delegates, as well as a large percentage of the votes from Hancock, Shelby, Union and Decatur. Henry will send all her delegates to boom Walter Chambers, while Fetterman holds Franklin in the palm of his hand. Kuhn will vote Wayne and approximately a third of both Shelby and Hancock. , A Cue for Osborn. bers and Fetterman will not figure In the second ballot, and if the delegates flop to Kuhn, the Wayne county man will be nominated. If they do not, then it will be time enough on the third ballot to Introduce Osborn, and the most sanguine of Kuhn's supporters fear a landslide In his favor. The convention will be called at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning in the Murray theater, at which time committees will be appointed and an adjournment taken until afternoon. Reports will then be heard, followed by the balloting. B. B. Johnson is on the program to read a paper on the tariff situation. TAGGART AND WILEY Have Conference Regarding Labels on Famous French Lick Product . PLUTO BEFORE POLITICS American News Serrfre) Washington, May 23. Tom Taggart had a conference today with Doctor Wiley of the Agricultural Department regarding the labels on Pluto water, which Wiley was not satisfied complied strictly with the Pure Food law. This was Taggart's real, mission to Washington "Pluto before politics." quoth smiling Tom and declared he had satisfied Wiley that Pluto was. SWIPED. JTICK PHI Charles Perrine was arrested yesterday on a charge of petit larceny and admitted stealing a gold stick pin from Fred Darland at the Grand hotel Saturday nighL In the city court this morning Perrine entered a plea of guilty and was fined $10 and costs and given an additional jail sentence of lQt days.