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li I E ST JOSEPH
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The Indictment of Mrs Addle Rich
e ardton br the grand Jury an the
charge of murdering her husband
rank Richardson has served to Ur
n Interest In this mysterious ease
The time for the trial It I now not far
away and throughout the county they I
probable verdict of the Jury U I the
later topic of dlariiulon On this
point there U a divergence of opinion
the friends of lira 1 Richardson stout
ly defending her from the charge made
talnt her Mn lllfhirdson herself
f I t t remains confident of her acquittal I
welcome this opportunity to prove my
Innorrnre the mid to a friend the
other day Ever since the death of
s o my husband I hive been compelled to
listen to veiled allusions to mr guilt
and now a chance It I offered ta end
them forever Im Innocent and I
haw no fear that the Jury will fliTd
otherwise In less 1 than one hour after filch
trdoo t was known to be dead at his
blame on Chrlsllan Ridge the hiI I
befure Christmas It was confidently
aiofted that he had committed ml
line Mrs Mil L Richardson the
widow of the dead merchant was the
first to create the Impression that he
1 had killed himself A aearth was
made fur the revolver with which
III bardion was supposed to hare shot
himself and It was not found Itlch
i anlxin did not own a revolver The
r death wound was In the hack of the
neck Then was no Indication of powder
hurts
hurtsWhen tier began the Investigation
t uf the MM the grand Jurors first took
f p 1 the relation that bad existed for
come time between Illchardaon and his
H I u
war There wa evidence that their
domestic relations hail been strained
t I
In fact they had practically tp ratd
s a abort time before the murder and
Men 1 llldurdaan went to lilt home ol
J her parents at tau ABtewle Tex MM
remained I the several I weeks when
there was a reritwlliatlon and the re
i turned home She bad been at home
1IntFiein 1 Knfllth Later
An English architect writing In the
Nineteenth Century traces the thrtl
r coed commercial decline of England I
to the harmful domination of the labor I
union While these organisations are
steadily forcing up wages they are at
the same lime cutting down the ac
tual working bourn until these are
I now said la average little more than
I foul hours of honest work each day
I alon mn In the twlHIng trade In I
t England are tpctfl 1 to work fitly
bourn a week In summer and forty
t > rvm In winter that tasking an aver
age of about eight hours a day Hut
w hen they are paid at noon on slur
t day many of them are not seen again
t em the building until the following
Tuidiy by which time they have
e I cut all their wages Their ahsnre
thrum the contractor Into serious
tumble but be cannot put new men InI I
tiirlr place This la only one of many
tIwa > a In which the unions are old to
dIy the work and make It expensive
Than Anthracite Situation
Matters In the Pennsylvania east
region seem to le drifting toward an
other deadlock between the miners and
the employers The owners recentlv
announced their determination to
maintain the present wage scale and
to settle alt differences Individually
with the employee In accordance I >
with this line of aetlcn they have rOI I <
I malned away from the llatltton con
I ferencf at which they were expected I
to meet the union miners and discus a
new wage Pale for the coming year
Their absence la I resented by the min
ers and the 600 delegates In the convention
a
vention have passed resolutions author
ring President Mitchell and the ex
ecutive committee to try to secure a
Joint conference with the operators
before April t It they fall to secure
such conference they are authorized
reur1h
It necessary to resort to a suspen
sion of work
only n few days when Kkhardson was
killed
The evidence against George II
Crowley aa gathered by the officers at
work on the case and by a detective
employed to assist them Is I held to
show that he was a frequent visitor
at the Richardson house going there
Crowley himself Is I worth about 500
000 the greater part of It being repre
sented by real estate
have bn a the cause of the quarrel be j
tween husband and wife ofi i I
Stewart Fife has been suspected of
the murder Fife baa been questioned I
about his whereabouts on the night
of the murder and he said he went to
the rooms of the Owl club early In the
evening and fell asleep there lie de
clared that he awoke an hour after the
time the murder was committed Fife
relied on the testimony of Samuel Wai
WII I
Taken In connection with the state
ment at Deceit Phyllla the servant
girt at nkbardeona who says Crow
ley was a frequent visitor at the mh
Klson house the evidence against
frequently when Richardson was not
at home
bomCrowley
Crowley lives a mile from town on
a law farm and baa a wife and one
child lie owns a great deal of proper
ty In Savannah and In the country near
the town Ills talker Is one of the
tbeI I
Crowley U I regarded by many of the
I I IoRIlo as pointing him out to
uUUUuuuuuuuu
den the negro janitor at the rooms of
the Owl club to prove that he was
there at the lime Other wltnesaesaay
they saw him on the street at the time
he says be was asleep In the rooms of
the Owl club
Fife owned a revolver and la I said tc
have nourished U In the saloon of K E
Norris In St Joseph remarking at the
same time that hr Intended to kill
Richardson lie showed letters to a
woman In St Joseph and said they had
been written to him by lira Richard
son The letters were sensational and
were signed by the name of Idle
Wafer Rats in Naples Italy
In this picture are shown two of the i
water rate of Naples They are only
harmless boys who have been brought
broughtup j
up clone to the water These boys can
swim like ao many rata and are as
hard to catch by the police as are our
boys who live along the wharves
These boys of Naples make a living by
diving for pennies When the big
ocean steamers come to Italy from
America the water rana surround the
boats and cry Penny penny In the
water please Hurry up please and
few can resist their pleadings Sc
over goes a penny and Into the water t
all the water rata dive at once and
soon up cornea the lucky one with It In
his mouth Then III la Penny please
again until the ship leaves port These
boys are mostly fishermens sons
An animal heretofore unknown re
sembling both the horse and tebra has
been discovered In the Congo forests
kMd I
CITIK rou IIVSTKHI
At a doctors meeting lately a young
physician brought up for discussion a
case of hysteria which had baffled
his skill The patient had gone
through her course of Imitating a
halfdozen diseases and at last had
taken to her bed where she had lain I
already a month Could It b > cured
It so how I
After a significant quiet and ex
change of glances one of the old doc
tors spoke Yes hysteria Is a baf
fling disease During the century Just
closed I dont see that we have made
much progress In methods of cure be
yond those once practiced In the
treatment one baa atlll to be thrown
much upon his own resources My
grandmother used to tell us a story
of Dr S of M who nourished well
nigh a century ago a rugged man
who In winter went about In a heavy
great coat a big fur cap and thick
cowhide boots Probably his wideI
I
spread reputation protected him In
the exercise of Abernethy manners
Well be had a case like this that Dr
I X has presented a lady who with
I out warrant had taken at last to her
bed and who lay I there despite the
doctor till one day In a January
thaw he entered the sick JouarI I
coated capped and booted dripping
and muddy A number of aympatbiz
ere were gathered around the bed
where the patient lay on the aide op i i
posite to that on which the physician
stood leaving a space on the mattress
between her and him Her reception
was of the kind which molt the med
ical practitioner abhors
You are doing me no goo doc
I tor
Please madam rise and alt In
that chair he said Indicating the
I chair that stood on her side of the
ted
Get upV she shrieked
I Yes madam
Would you kill me
No only get up
upI I 1 t
Try
TrI wont
I wontWell
Well It you wont get out of bed
Ill get In At the word he pulled I
down the quilts and Jumped In With
a scream she leaped out cured
The Inexperienced young doctor
rose and disappeared from the room
Iin i I the course of an hour or more he
I returned with a black aye and a
swollen mouth but gay to a degree
of hilarity as he recounted his story
of a successful treatment of the old
time doctors prescription I
I Jumped Into bed coat cap and
I loots he cried and she Jumped out
and walked
Rut whatathe matter with your I
face asked the narrator of theI I
grandmothers tale
lalI I
O my face I meant to speak of
that Her husband cams loN
York Evening Sun
WHAT 01555 II HAIII
iIt i any one should iI i this I after
Noon I Mary say that I am not well
said the mistress to her newlyengaged
servant Im afraid I ate a little too
much of that rich pudding for lunch
and It or something else 1 has brought
on a severe headache Im going to
jlle A down few minutes later the mistress
from her room near the head of the
stairs heard Mary uy to two arisen
cratlc ladles who had called for the
first time Yom Mrs Browne Is at
home but she ate ao much pudding for
lunch she had to go to btdTItBIII
urilKAUIMI IMNTUAIIII
Proprietor Look here friend
youve got to brace up Thats the sec
ond whisky glass youve smashed In
an hour
burlIumhrll
Ilumhard Tippling Im Mrs Helen
Darnashun th aloon wrecker from
I
Kansas
Ills WIFK IXIIREII
I always hate said the lady who
was twirling her goldbowed glasses
to hear a man refer to the lady
whom he has wooed and won as my
I
I wife The man who says my wits
did this or my wife has gone there
or my wife likes soandso has not
a proper realization of the ladya lu
portiince or the position she should
occupy In his household
My wife Indeed Pout In the
next breath be speaks of my horse
or my dog Id like to have such a
man for a husband for a little while
I think I could teach him a few les Ion I
sons that would T > e good for him
When a man has occasion to refer
to the lady who lowered herself by
accepting his ring at the altar he
should speak of her as Mrs Smith
or Mrs Jones as the case ma be
Id like to hear my husband mention
me ai his wife I think he would
limit himself to Just that once
And yet said the little lady with
the soft hazel eyes and the rather
timid manner It seems to me that
a maD might do worse than pak
of her as his wife When your hus
band was over at our house night be
fore last Mrs Frlthincton he and my
husband played parlor golf and I hap
pened to be In an adjoining room Ir
a few minutes where I could over
hear their conversation
I thought It sounded awfully nice
when Henry spoke of me as his
wife It Just made my heart leap
every time I heard the words come
from his lips
lipI course some women are
be
so constituted that they prefer to
regarded aa Inferior beings and where
a cane of that kind exists It may be
Just as well that the husband does
take It for granted that he Is I her
proprietor But you didnt hear John
Frlthlngton refer to me as his wits
Ill venture I think I have succeed
ed In teaching him to know his place
a little too well for that
I No when he spoke of you he mere
ly I called you the old girl
Some of John Frithlngtona friends
seem to think that his wild haunted
look Is I of late more In evidence than
thanI I i
IT l1I1H so
What a the danger sign trr
So cranks can see how near they
can go without breaking through
GETTING IT DOWN WISE
Friend Why dont you marry
Ooodfello Cant
GoodrelloCanIYoll
You have a fine house
Yea
YeaAnd
And a good Income
YesThtn
Theo whats the matter
My housekeeper and her servants
have formed a union and It I marry
outside of their union theyll strike
HUALLKR SMILES
nad WI
The two mad bulls bad blundered
Into a narrow alleyway Before them
were several policemen behind them
a surging mob
What way shall we go Inquired
one
Its pretty hard to decide replied
the other Lets toss a copper
Accordingly they tossed one and
I cot ahead the others turning tall
I Philadelphia Press
llMhrul ruddy
I Bashful lover IImldIJlDid veer
I her think ar marryln Biddy
Biddy coyly Shure now th sub
ject has nlver entered me thought
Bashful lover turning ayII
sorry 01 am
Biddy hastily Wan mlnnlt Pat
Yeve set me tlhlnkln Harpers
Datar
Well tllUJ
Bllffers Uuncom Is I a selfmade
man Isnt he
Witters Yes What mad you
think so
Bllffers He seems to be so well
satisfied with the Job
A Profeaw r > r Mlu
Food Mother of delicate dodolI
think It la I time Clarence selected a
profession What would you advlaet
Old Gent fttIIlIo might
do nicely as a typewriter girl