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TUESDAY February 18
LETTERS SHOW
SHE KNEW PAHT
EDNA HAMILTON'S CONNECTION
WITH SNELL CASE—GOES TO
JURY TODAY.
Young Girl Sacrificed
For Aged Man's Gold
Clinton, 111., Feb., 15.—At the close
of the presentation of evidence in the
Snell will contest yesterday there
came to light the letters written to the
late millionaire by Edna Hamilton.
These letters tell plainly how the
young girl was used as a bait by the
Rev. E. A. Hamilton and Mrs. Laura
Hamilton, her parents, to drag a beg
gerly portion of the old man's wealth
from his strongboxes into their hands.
The letters from the girl, written
just before and while she was a stu
dent at Le Pauw university, are hard
ly less brazen in their language and
demands than were those written by
her mother before she offered her
daughter as a sacrifice to the old
man's gold and her own desires to
possess it
When the mother, then a woman of
47, began the correspondence with the
roan whom all of De Witt country rec
ognized as insane because of his un
ceasing pursuit of the opposite sex,
Edna was but 14 years old. It was
not long, however, before the charms
of the girl caught the eyes of the old
man and then the minister's wife, who
had declared it was her "Christain
duty" to love the old man, began the
developement of the plan of using the
child to extract tribute from her aged
lover.
Letters Show Girl's Mind.
Early in 1905 the letters show Edna
began to accept favors of Col. Snell,
saw the advantages of reaping the
golden harvest of his imbecility, and
(Continued from Page One.)
instituted a regular plan of playing up
on his susceptibilities for her own ben
efit.
Before the scheme had been placed
in full operation she was a student of
De Pauw university. To make a proper
entrance upon the social life of the col
lege she appealed to Col. Snell for
funds to cover the expenses of her
joining a secret society to give her
the prestige necessary to coeducation
al success. She begged gifts from him
and the letters show to win her affect
ions he complied with every request,
even that of buying her a society pin
and paying her initiation fee.
The letters of the mother failed to
show completely the attitude of the
girl toward the advances of a man
more than four times her age. The
letters of the girl, however, show that,
while an early repugnance of the plot
may have influenced Edna Hamilton,
an Inheritance of her mother's spirit
prompted her to take full advantage of
the situation in which she found her
self. While there were scores of these
letters, a few sufficed to show the
girl's attitude toward Snell and the
use to which she put his weakness.
First Letter Asks Money.
One of1 the first letters received by
the old man, dated July 21, 1905, told
of Edna's preparations to go to De
Pauw university and indicated that
even at that early date she knew the
VIOLINS, $2.50, $5,
$7.50, $10 and $25
Easy payments if
desired. Strings
and all kinds of
supplies.
Arnold's
Jewelry and Music
8tore.
113 East Main St.,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
full meaning of her relations with the
old man. It said:
My Dearest and Best Friend:
When I received the clothes you
sent me, mamma said, "What nice
clothes for you to wear to school."
For your kindness I will try and
make you happy and be your little
sweetheart as Lota was. It will
not be long until I go to school and
I may have to trouble you some
what, but I know you will get mo
a lot of nice clothes if I will be
your sweetheart. Mamma says you
are going to get us a home in
Bloomington and that we will all
live with you. O, how nice that will
be. We will go out driving every
day and I will be so good to you.
Mamma worries all the time over
money matters. We have no home
and that troubles her so. I am
ashamed of the poor little house we
live in. Please send me the $150
you told mamma you would give
me and write me a nice letter. I
will try to make you happy and will
be nice to you. O, how I do hope
you will buy us a home in Bloom
ington, and that we can all live
with you. My dresses were getting
shabby and the things you sent me
will help a whole lot. Please send
me some money. I will be so nic9
to you. Lots of love and kisses.
Pet.
Needs Funds for Sorority.
Another letter, bearing the colonel's
notation of Oct. 27, 1005, and evident
ly written while the girl was begin
ning her student life at De Pauw uni
versity, says:
My Dearest, Dearest Friend:—1
received your letter yesterday when
I came back from the gymnasium.
I go over there every afternoon and
come home so tired that I need
something to cheer me up. I was
so glad to hear you and mamma are
coming over to see me. Please da
come soon. I will do my best to
make you have a good time. I think
you will like De Pauw university,
and I know I will if you will only
help me to get ahead of the other
girls in the way I dreBs.
Darling, you are the nicest and
best man on earth. I will do all I
cun to make you happy. I was
tickled to know tnat you are going
to send me ?50. My sorority pin
will be $20 and the fees to enter
the sorority will be $15 or $20 more,
dearest, so you can see that I will
not have any too much. Sweetheart,
a girl in college is noticed i£ she is
not in one of the sororities. You
wanted me to be among the best.
You must not tell mamma or
papa I have lost a lot of money you
sent me. I went to Indianapolis
over Sunday and while I was there
I lost it. When you told me that
you would send me $50 I could have
kissed you a hundred times. Until
then I was so worried about my
money being gone that I couldn't
enjoy anything. Now I am happy
again. I will try to make you happy
as long as you liye. I will be glad
to be your little sweetheart. Now
I have to go to my German class,
so good-by, with lots of love and
kisses. Pet.
Thanks, Then More Please.
The same old story of pleas for
money with which to purchase better
clothing is told in another piece of
correspondence, probably written
about the same time as the foregoing.
It says:
My Darling and Best Friend:
am ashamed of myself for not an
swering your letter sooner. I re
ceived the check you sent for my
birthday and I was very thankful
for the $10. I will do anything to
make you happy. If you will only
be good to me. The girls here are
trying to get their spring suits
made as quickly as possible, if you
will send me money I will get bet
ter clothes than anybody else in
school. I am so lonesome today. I
was in Indianapolis on yesterday
afternoon. I looked in the windows
and wished I had money to buy
them.
Honestly, I love you. The cloak
you gave me is a nicer one than
More Bargains for Money.
Another letter received from Edna
by the colonel on Sept. 5, 1906, said:
THE
Bring the Babies
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This weather is fine for Photograph making—the at
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The mountings for this season are beautiful and you
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Remember the place and be sure to come.
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Miss Theodora Shonts
is Now a Duchess
Weds |Saturday
New York, Feb. 15. Miss Theodora Shonts, daughter of Theo
dore P. Shonts, formerly chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commis
sion, was married at noon today to Emanual Theodorie Bernard
D'Albert De Luynes, Due de Chaulnes, of Paris. The wedding took
place at the home of the bride's father, 123 East 35th street, the cer
emony being performed by Monsignor M. J. Lavelle, rector of St.
Patrick's cathedral, Although considerable interest has been aroused
because of its internatinal phase, it was planned to be an unostenta
tious home wedding without the usual display or an exceptional gath
ering of guests. Miss Marguerite Shonts, the sister of the bride, was
her only attendant. Prince Andre Galitzine, the duke's uncle, was
the best man.
The Shonts home was decorated with American beauty roses, lilies
of the valley and smilax. The bride wore a gown of duchess satin
with court train, bordered with orange blossoms. The Due de Chaul
nes is 29 years old and Is a member of one of the most aristocratic
families of the French nobility.
any one of the other girls have here
at school. I must mail this letter,
so as to get it off in a hurry. Lots
of love and hugs. Pet.
Writes of Trip Together.
A trip the colonel was preparing to
take the next summer and a plea of
lonesomeness was made in a note re
ceived by Snell on Feb. 9. 1906. This
said:
My Dearest and Best Friend:—I
am wild to go home, but the doctor
won't let me. Mamma goes homo
today, and I am so sorry to lose
her. I hope that we three may
have some nice trips this summer.
Send me money, please, dearest, be
fore you go south. I want to get
some nice clothes and that will
make me happy. I will be good to
you. I will make you happy. Don't
forget to send me some money. 1
wish I could go home with mamma.
Now, please don't forget the money,
for I will be good to you always.
Yours with love and kisses. Pet.
My Dearest and Best Friend:—I
got the letter you sent me, and also
the $10. Thank you. I am so
happy. I will be so good to you.
Mamma and I went to Indianapolis
and got me a new coat for $35.
Please send me $20. I know you
will. I will do all I can to make
you happy. I know you will send
it to me. Lots of love and kisses.
Regulating
Piano Tones
Pet.
Plans Home of Their Own.
A letter dated Oct. 8, 1906, told of
the plans the aged man and the Ham
iltons had made that they should all
SAVED FROM BEING A CRIP
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"Almost six or seven weeks ago I
became paralyzed all at once with
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Key, 913 Seventh street, Oakland, Cal.
"It struck me in the back and extend
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to my foot. The attack was so severe
that I coould not move in bed and
was afraid that I should be a cripple
for life.
"About fwelve years ago I received
a sample bottle of your liniment, but
never had occasion to use it, as I have
always been well, but something to'd
me that Sloan's Liniment would help
me, so I tried it. After the second ap
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and in three days could walk, and
now feel well and entirely free from
pain.
"My friends were very much sur
prised at my rapid recovery and I was
only too glad to tell them that Sloan's
Liniment was the only
used."
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live under one roof. The girl herself
evidently knew all of these plans.
The letter said:
•s)ueqj. io pjeo
We wish to extend our thanks to
our neighbors and friends for their
kindness and sympathy during the I'
sickness and death of our baby, Al- j1
fred Philpot, and especially for the
floral offering from the city Are de
partment.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Philpot.
L. L. Ades.
IS WARINED TO LEAVE
Western Federation of Miners Serves
Notice on Reno Superin
tendent to Quit.
Reno, Nev„ Feb., 17.—The Western
Federation of Miners has warned W.
E. Pruitt, sur-'r andent of schools to
leave the sta:e. Pruitt has been driven
by the federation from Cripple Creek
and from Seven Troughs, Nev. Last
night he received this warning:
W. E. Pruitt: You were ordered to
leave the state and you haven't gone.
Now, you had better quit your job and
go, for we are going to make you do
it some way. We remember you in
C. C. Yon had better go.
THOSE WHOSE DON'T WANT YOU.
M. G. Newton and T. C. Lockwood,
employed in Cripple Creek as strike
breakers, also have been notified to
leave Nevada.
Newton was run out of Seven
Troughs the same time Pruitt left. All
three men appealed to the authorities
to protect them.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Furnished by Ottumwa Title and Loan
Co., Summers Building, Corner
Court and Second Stretes.
McCartney, R. L. and wife, to
Nelson Johnson Lot 9,
Glenwood park add., Ottum
wa $ 950.00
The Best
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Bring your children up on
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hone and muscle, and will help
them through life with a good
constitution.
For sale by all Grocers.
J. H. Merrill Co.
Wholesale Grocers.
Still
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New arrivals in beautiful White and Ecru
All-Over Lace Waists also charming
Messaline Waists in white
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$7.50
New Piano SI45!
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Twenty different makes to select,
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at a reasonable price.
Arnold's
Jewelry & Music Store
113 East Main Street
Ottumwa, Iowa.
MARY MAHONEY
IS SUMMONED
VICTIM OF ASSAULT FOR WHICH
OSCAR HOGAN IS SERVING
LIFE SENTENCE.
Miss Mary Mahoney, the victim of
the assault for which Oscar Hogan,
colored is serviing a life sentence at
Ft. Madison, was summoned by death
this morning at 6:20 o'clock at her
late home at 116 South Ash stree.t.
Miss Mahoney had been failing in
health since the occasion of the as
sault and had never regained- her for
mer physical condition. About two
weeks ago she was stricken with
pneumonia and continued to fall in
strength until her death.
The assault upon her that eventually
caused her death, occurred Saturday
evening, September 28, 1907, near the
residence of J. B. Sax on East Fifth
street. She was at the time engaged
as housekeeper at the Sax home, and
was returning from town at the time
of the attack.
Miss Mahoney was born at Dubuque
and has lived here for the past thirty
five years, the old home being located
on South Ash street. Her death oc
curred at the home of her brother-in
law, M. C. Cunningham, 116 South Ash
street.
The funeral will be held Wednesday
from the late residence at 8:30 a. m.,
to the Sacred church at 9 a. m., where
a requiem mass will be celebrated by
the pastor, Rev. Father James Foley.
Interment will be at Calvary cemetery.
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San Francisco, Cal., Feb., 17.—Pro
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articles of agreement and select a
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