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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL. THURSDAY NIGHT.
AUDITORIUM
Entire Week of November 27th
Matinees Thanksgiving and Saturday
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The Sunday State Journal
ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION
Thousands of Readers
STORY OFA GRIME
ForWhich Three Americans Will
Be Executed in Mexico.
Swindled Insurance CompanyOut
of $25,000.
AFTER $50,000 MORE.
Committed Two Murders During
Their Operations.
Clever Detective Work Leads to
Their Arrest.
Xw York, Nov. 23. Details of the
ciime for which C. T. Richardson, C.
S. Harle and Wm. Mason, Americans,
have been sentenced to be shot at
t'hihuahua, Mexico, are furnished by
Attorney Harry H. Bottome of this
city. The infliction of the death pen
alty marks the end of an extraordinary
conspiracy to cheat the New York
Life Insurance company. Mr. Bot
tome was solicitor general for that
company when the murders involved
were committed in 1902. The details
of the crime and the great detective
story that followed have never been
printed before.
The three criminals have fought ex
tradition and appealed through the
Mexican courts for three years. Hul
bert was a Rochester lawyer who ran
away to Mexico with seven indictments
over his head for running a "divorce
mill." Mitchell, alias Mason, was an
other Rochester lawyer who followed
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ated and developed after my whole life's
xperi'.nce in the treatment of special
liseaes of men. 1 will give you FRKE
JF CHARGE a thorough personal exam
ination, together with an honest and sci
entific opinion of your case. If I find
you are incurable I will honestly tell
you so.
If you come today, tomorrow you'll
fie on tlio roatl to perfect health.
If you can not call, write. All corre
ondencf strictly confidential.
DR. D. A. COOK INGHAM
10 West Eighth Street.
Hoars 9 to 12. 2 to S, " to 8. Sun
days, to 12.
Consultation and Examination Free.
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him later. With the help of Dr. Harle
of Chihuahua they poisoned with
strychnine two other Americans,
whom they caused to be insured in the
Xew York Life, and collected $25,000
on the policies. These two Americans
were Harry Mitchell, brother of Mrs.
Hulbert, and James Devers, a broken
down mining man. Hulbert calling
himself C T. Richardson. was the
company's agent at Chihuahua. After
the murders the gang, except Hurle.
moved to Texas. Suspicion was
aroused, and a detective named Gray
was sent to Texas. He posed as a lum
ber merchant and was supplied with
lumber orders from New York, to
keep up the game.
One day Hulbert spoke to Gray's lit
tle girl. The men met, got intimate
and Hulbert broached a scheme to
cheat the insurance company out of
$50,000. He said that had had ex
perience. Detective Gray proposed
that they insure Gray's brother-in-law
for $50,000 as a beginning. A broken
down detective called John H. Evans
was imported by Gray as his brother-in-law.
He was dying of consumption
and Bright's disease. Wm. Mitchell
posed as Evans and two reputable
physicians examined him and pro
nounced him a good risk. He was
known as Meredith when he was not
"Evans." The whole crowd, including
Gray, was arrested on Nov. 1. Dr.
Harle, who was still in Chihuahua,
was induced to come into the United
States and was arrested. He was put
through the third degree and made a
confession about his connection with
the two Chihuahua claims. The pro
ceedings against Mitchell and Hulbert
on the Dallas plot were dropped. All
three were extradited to Mexico for
murder. This was in June. 1903.
Then the strange story of the two
murdered Americans came out little by
little as the case was tried and retried.
Hulbert. it appeared, had brought a
former stenographer away from Roches
ter as his wife. He went to Mexico and
changed his name to Richardson. Then
he got the insurance agency. This wife
of his his second wife she was had
been Helen MitcTiell. Her brother,
Harry Mitchell, came down from Ro
chester via New Mexico, and lived "with
them in Chihuahua.
After awhile they got Harry Mitchel!
insured for $15,000 in favor of his sister
Helen. Then one day. February 11. 1902,
Harry suddenly died. Dr. Harle. who
was called in. said in the claim papers
that it was spinal meningitis.
Some time before Harry Mitchell's
death Hulbert. the agent, had gone up
to El Paso. There he met a stranded
mining man named James Devers. He
persuaded Devers to accompany him to
Chihuahua and he and Devers went
to live at a cher boarding house as half
brothers. Devers. without his knowl
edge, was insured for $10,000 in favor of
this "only relative." The papers were
concocted by Harle. Hulbert and Mere
dith. The evidence shows that they
snaked him with whisky that contained
bi-chloride of mercury. The quantities
were too small. So one day Dr. Harle
was called in to attend to rTim. The three
men went into a back room oft?Te board
ing house, and an hour later the doctor
announced that Devers was dead. It
was dysentery, he said. Devers had
been poisoned with strychnine in cheese.
Devers died on February 22. The
claim was not filed until July, in order
to avert suspicion. When it was filed
Meredith, or Mitchell, wrote to the com
pany that he had delayed because he
intended visiting New York. He had
given up the plan now, however, and
would they please send the check for
jin.000 to Fort Worth. Meredith madeover
the check to Hulbert. and it was the in
dorsement "C. T. Richardson" on this
check thit set suspicion at work.
One Shank More.
The writer of "Some Recollections of
Legal Luminaries" tells the following
story as an illustration of the wit of
the late Lord Robertson.
While practicing at the bar as an ad
vocate Robertson was waited upon one
evening at his house in Drummond
place by a miner, who wished to con
sult him about obtaining compensa
tion for the loss of a limb caused by a
colliery accident.
It was after dinner and Robertson
was either unwilling to be troubled at
the time or he found the opportunity
of making a joke irresistible, for. eye
ing the miner minus his leg he said:
"I see how it is, friend, you have
come to the wrong person. If you will
step over to Great King street, which
is just at hand, you will find there one
Shank More that will put you all
right. "
Mr. Shank More was a brother advo
cate also practicing at the bar.
Thanksgiving Excursions. Santa Fe.
At rate of one and one-third fare to
points within 200 miles. Tickets on
sale 29th and 30th. Final limit re
turning December 4.
in Topeka and Kansas
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.
Admission will be free at the rink
Thanksgiving morning.
Judge Pollock will return from Laf
ferty, O., on Friday night.
Washburn college plays Denver uni
versity at Denver on Saturday. .
It will be free to watch the ladies'
football race at the rink next Saturday
afternoon.
Ise, the man who played fullback at
K. U. last year, is coaching the Holton
high school this season.
Nellie White, who lost her pocket
book Wednesday, can get it by calling
at the State Journal office.
The Fourth street football team de
feated Madison school Wednesday
afternoon by a score of 18 to 0.
Wilder S. Metcalf of the pension of
fice is spending a few days in the In
dian territory on a hunting trip.
John T. Yates, sovereign clerk of the
Woodmen of the World, will speak at
Lincoln Post hall on Friday night.
Every boy buying 50 cents worth
Do You Want
To Increase Your Income?
Most Topeka people do.
These prices will help you in
doing it. If you can't come
to the store, call up 660 over
either telephone.
Best Cane Granulated
Sugar, 21 lbs for $1.00
Fancy Navy Beans, 7 lbs 25c
Link Sausage (our own
make), lb 10c
Good Vinegar, gallon . . .10c
Perfection Oil, gallon. . .10c
Fresh Dates, 4 lbs for. . . 25e
Swift's Butterine, lb 10c
Pure Country Lard, lb . . 15c
10 lbs for $1.35
20 lbs for $2.60
Genuine Country Sorghum,
per gallon 50c
White Lard, lb 7V2c
Hamburg Steak, lb 10c
Genuine Hams, per fly. . .10c
Rising Sun Stove Polish,
10c box for 5c
Enameline, per box, 4c & 8c
We Give Premiums.
Yeast Foam, per pkg. . . 3c
Frasev's "Club" brand
Coffee. 25c value, lb . .20c
Mocha and Java, lb 25c
(A cup and saucer free with
each pound.)
50c Japan Tea, our price
per lb 35c
Tea Sittings, lb 10c
Plate Boiling Meat, lb 4c
Rib Roast; per lb 10c
Fancy Red Salmon,
17c value, 2 cans for 25c
Crosby's Best Flour,
50-lb sack $1.25
Chile Beans. 6 lbs for. . .25c
Best Cane Granulated
Sugar, 25 lbs for $1.00
(With a $5 order, sugar included.)
FRASER BROS.'
C. 0. D. STORE
Southeast cor. 6th and Jackson S's.
Both Phones 60.
The Store You Hear So
Much About.
or more gets an Elks vaudeville ticket
free Friday and Saturday at the
tr'aiace.
County Clerk Newman will make a
trip to Leavenworth today in the in
terest of his candidacy for state
auditor.
The Royal Neighbors will give a
dance tonight at Steinberg's hall.
Everybody invited. Gents 25 cents;
ladies free.
Sixteen young men took the exami
nation at the federal building yester
day for positions as carriers and postal
clerks.
Governor Hoch will celebrate
Thanksgiving day by making a speech
at a teachers' convention at Smith
Center.
Mayor W. H. Davis has been invited
to attend a meeting of the National
Civic Federation in New York City De
cember 6-7-8.
For a week the weather department
has been proptoesying this kind of
weather. At last it has come. There is
nothing like perseverance.
Robert Kneisler took out a building
permit yesterday for the erection of a
2.500 brick flat to be located at 194
and 196 east First street.
Arrangements are being made by
the members of the T. A. A. to hold a
bowling tournament as soon as the
weather turns a little cooler.
The detention hospital has but one
case. About a week ago a domestic
from Abilene arrived in the citv and
soon after was taken ill with smallpox.
F. L. Williams, Governor Hoch's
private secretary, has returned to To
peka after putting in a couple of
weeks trying cases at his home in Clay
Center.
Dick Cooley says that he has not yet
signed up any players for his baseball
team of next year. "Got plenty on the
string though," is his reply to further
query.
The work of remodelling the Presby
terian church is getting under way very
rapidly. It will be some time, however,
before the organ is made and ready for
installation.
The missionary meeting of the First
Lutheran church to have been held
Thursday has been indefinitely post
poned but the "Home baking" "will be
held as usual.
The Washburn academy and the
Southern Kansas academy of Eureka
will debate this year on the question:
"Resolved, that independent action in
politics is preferable to party al
legiance." Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter will
deliver a lecture on "The Modern
Brutus" at the Y. W. C. A. rooms Fri
day evening. It is the second in her
Shakespearian series and no admis
sion is charged.
A marriage license was granted in
Kansas City. Kansas, Wednesday, to
James W. Wilson of Omaha and
Isadorah T. Richardson o Topeka.
The age given for the former is 57
while the latter is returned as be
ing 50.
The following building permits have
been issued from the office of the fire
marshal: W. E. Fitzgerald, dwelling.
1015 Garfield avenue, Jl.OOCr: the same
partv. barn. $100, 1018 Garfield: Robert
Kneisler, $2,500, lots 194-198 East First
street.
The belt line for natural gas has
reached as far west as Sixth and
Western avenue. A large construction
gang is at work at that location.
Richard Collins, a negro workman in
the gang, was overcome yesterday with
gas but was resuscitated.
Ex-Governor Bailey has been pre
sented by the Lewis and Clark exposi
tion with a diploma in appreciation of
his services in support of the exposi
tion. The diploma came to tne gov
ernor's office vesterday, and was for
warded to Mr. Bailey at Raileyville.
John R. Mulvane. Frank Grimes and
J. R. Burrow attended a meeting of
the executive committee of the Kansas
Bankers' association held at the Balti
more hotel in Kansas City Wednesday
evening. The members of the com
mittee partook of an elaborate dinner.
The buildine of the new club house
i which the Elks propose to erect was
decided bv a vote last rugnt or me
members should he turned over to
a committee of five with full power to
act. Thev will serve for a period of
five years and have charge of finan
ciering the whole matter.
T. B. Gerow. state free employment
agent, has received word that the Bur
lington road is willing to make low
rates for parties of cornhuskers des
tined for western Kansas. It has
taken the Burlington so long to make
up its mind that most of the farmers
have supplied themselves with corn
huskers bv hiring them away from
the section gangs on the railroads.
Arrangements are now being made
bv the Wells-Fargo Express company
for its annual gift of Thanksgiving
Elks' Annual Benefit s
BE A FIRST-NIGHTER AND SEE THE
Big Vaudeville Show
Start off, and you'll be so well pleased that you
will want to go again, for there'll be changes
on the program, and you'll want to see it all.
HARRY CORSON CLARKE
AND COMPANY
The Headliner Act of the Vaudeville Stage, will head the bill, and in addition there will be
JOS. CALLAHAN, Impersonator; Green & Barton, Comedy Musical Act; Kelly
& Adams, Irish Comedy ; Nef f & Miller, Eccentric Dancers ; Kherns & Cole, German Comedy ;
Her, Burk & McDonald, Trick House Comedy Acrobats ; LaMont's Big Trained Animal Act, and
MISS MAUDE ROCKWELL
THE CALIFORNIA NIGHTINGALE
The Sweet Singer from Beyond the Sierra Nevada.
turkevs to its local employes. The list
of those employed at the uptown of
fice, at the depot office together with
the messengers, deliverymen and train
men have been sent into the division
superintendents who in turn will pur
chase the turkeys in the open market.
This is a custom which the company
has had for the past 20 years.
P. T. Van Nice had a narrow es
cape from serious injury late yesterday
afternoon as he was crossing the
street car tracks at the corner of Fifth
street and Kansas avenue. A Wash
burn car struck his buggy just as he
drove on the track and was overturned
and the driver thrown violently to the
pavement, severely bruising him about
the head and shoulders and cutting a
long wound in his scalp. Mr. Van
Nice, who is about 65 years of age, was
taken to Dr. Keith's hospital and it is
thought that the injuries will not
prove of a serious nature.
A Vigorous Protest.
A correspondent who would appear
to be considerably excited sends us a
protest against the proposed attempt to
humanize football. He says:
"I am a great admirer of T. Roose
velt and have voted for him every time
he has come up, and I expect to vote
for him again. and influence my
neighbors to vote for him, too, but I
don't like the way he tries to make us
believe he is going to reform football.
I don't like the expression, either. In
the first place, there is nothing to re
form about football. In the second
place, any attempt to reform it would
destroy its hold on the favor of both
players and spectators. It is the only
game that thoroughly stimulates those
faculties that go to the making of the
true ideal of manhood.
"A youth rushes at the player oppo
site him and seizing him by the legs
drops hint forcibly on his hend. What
does that teach him? Self-reliance,
of course. When a boy runs down
the field with the ball under his elbow
and an opposition player tries to clutch
him and he swing his arm around and
cracks the other man's face, and per
manently alters his nose and loosens
up his ear, what does that teach him?
It teaches him forbearance and pa
tience. "When he mixes in a scrimmage and
finds it convenient to step on some
other man's head in order to fling his
weight on the wriggling pile of play
ers, and cracks a collarbone or two.
and. dislocates a w rist, what does that
teach him? It teaches him humility
and self-forgetfulness.
"And when a 225-pound guard takes
advantage of the referee's inattention
and smites the opposing player griev
ously with his doubled fist, and up
roots his teeth and kicks him harshly
in the ankle bone, and falls on him like
a human pile driver, what does that
teach him? It teaches him to be loyal
and persevering and ever mindful of
the rights of others.
"Would it not be lamentable then
to destroy a game that does so much
to elevate and ennoble the rising gen
eration? Of course it would!" Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
F.ven.
A taciturn man went into a barber
shop the other day and began by pull
ing out of his pocket on which was
written:
"No: I do not wish to have my hair
cut. I want to be shaved. I do not re
quire any brilliantine or crimpoline or
anything else ending In 'ine.' Nor do
I wish to be singed or shampooed. All
I want is to be shaved in perfect si
lence.' The barber read the document and
then pointed to a notice on the wall,
which ran:
"The proprietor begs to apologize to
his customers for not entering into
conversation with them as he is deaf
and dumb." London Titbits.
BIG ACTS
The Biggest Show ever given in
Topeka for so Small a Price as
Buy Tickets at the Stores or of Elks,
and avoid the rush at the Box Office.
NORTH TOPEKA.
Leave items for this column with Kim
ball Printing Co.. 912 N. Kansas ave.J
David Bowie made a business trip to
Kansas City yesterday.
Miss Nora Shirley of Perry was a
North Side visitor today.
B. B. Burns and family have moved
from 1408 Logan street to 417 Grant
Stre-t.
Mrs. A. J. Berry, who has been quite
ill at her home, 916 Jackson street, is
improving.
Kugene lodge No. 79, I. O. O. F.,
will elect officers at their meeting Fri
day evening.
Stoves and all other goods at cost
for this week only. Come and get
bargains at Foucht's.
Hallie Ball had her arm broken yes
terday at the East Indianola school
while playing pullaway.
We have got them Haywood's fine
shoes for men at Joseph's, 836 North
Kansas avenue, G. W. Petro, manager.
Knough ties are. now on hand to com
plete the double street car track across
the bridge and the work is being pushed.
Mrs. M. LaMar and family have
moved from 935 Topeka avenue to the
Pruessner place at 1020 Jackson street.
The Haywood, the best fine shoe for
men on earth, at Joseph's. 836 North
Kansas avenue. C W. Petro, manager.
Bishop Millspaugh will administer
the sacrament of baptism in the Church
of Good Shepherd Friday afternoon at
4 o'clock. ,
The Rev. Mr. Whitehead w-ent to Sil
ver Lake today where he conducted the
funeral of Mrs. S. F. Rains which took
place this afternoon from the Silver
Lake Baptist church of which Rev. Mr.
Whitehead was formerly pastor.
The Colorado Springs Gazette of No
vember 21 contains the notice of the
marriage license of Thomas G. Crauel
of Denver and Miss Nellie L. Wright of
Webster City. Ia. Mr. Crauel, who
formerly made his home in Topeka, Is a
brother of Mrs. Otto Kuehne. He is now
traveling man for the Otto Kuehne Pre
serving works of Denver.
A large force of men are at work to
day clearing away the debris of the old
Kansas avenue bridge at Soldier Creek
and making preperations to replace the
bridge. Enough salvage material has
been gotten from the wrecks of the
Kansas avenue bridges which were
washed away by the flood of 1903 to
make Soldier creek bridge. With the
use of this wreckage a bridge 140 feet
can be built for about $800.
Howard Jackson entertained a num
ber of his friends Tuesday evening at
his home on North Kansas avenue, the
occasion being the anniversary of his
birthday. His guests were Misses Mary
and Nona Anderson. Ethel and Han
nah Carlson, Mary Wind, Lelia Morns,
Lena Jackson, Messrs. Elmer Stall!.
Chas. Jackson. George Morns. Lester
and Clarence Olson, Barney Carlson and
Earl Anderson. "
The Real "Pule."
A gentleman whose temper is easily
disturbed was' traveling in England
recently and was much annoyed at
the reply given him at a railroad sta
tion. The gentleman, noticing his bag
gage, properly addressed, was left on
the platform, called out:
"Why didn't you put my luggage in
as I told you, you old fool."
"Eh. man, yer luggage is na sic a
fule as yersel'," answered the porter:
"ye're i' the wrang train." Philadel
phia Ledger.
Maiden Names in Other Lands.
When a woman is married in this
country her maiden name is seldom
mentioned. Many people to whom she
is very well known have never heard
it. In France, on the contrary, there
AMUSEMENTS.
The Star Theatre
418 Kansas Ave.
The Home of Refined Vaudeville
The programme twinkles with stars
Two performances each evening
8 and 9. Matinee daily, 2:45.
All Seats 10c
N. F. Children admitted to Saturday mat.
inee. EC Handsome dinner set (too pieces
giTen away every Friday afternoon.
AUDITORI J M
Friday, Nov. 24, 8:15 p. m.
ORGAN RECITAL
BT
Frof. Penny
Assisted by
Prof. All Klingenberg, Pianist
Admission, 25 Cents
To the Ladies
of Topeka
M. FLATAU
Representing
E. Shukert, Furrier
1113 and 1115 Grand Avenue
Kansas City, Mo.
Will be at the National Hotel Fri
day and Saturday with a large and
complete sample line of Ladies'
Furs. Ladies are invited to call
and inspect this beautiful collection
of Furs, whether intending to pur
chase or not.
are constant reminders of the earlier
aignity. in eeigium marriage doea not
extinguish it, for many married wo
men often combine the old name with
the new. Moreover, they put the
maiden name last, thus giving it the
greater distinction. We can illustrate
this by supposing the custom to pre
vail in this country. In that case Miss
Brown when she married Mr. Robinson
would have her visiting cards printed -"Mrs.
Robinson-Brown." This double
paralleled arrangement does not give
the Belgian wife a better social status
than the English wife's, but it Is very
soothing to feminine pride. London
Chronicle.
Thanksslving Excursions. Santa Fe.
At rate of one and one-third fare to
points within 200 miles. Tickets on
sale 2th and 30th. Final limit re
turning December i.
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