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THE CAPE WEEKLY TRIBUNE AND CAPE COUNTY HERALD
WOMAN IS AS-SAULTEDBYUN-KNOWN
FIEND
RUNAWAYBOY
FROM SIKESTON
CAPTURED HERE
PRISONERS
IN CITY JAIL
START MUTINY
SKELETON OF
GIANT FOUND
BY BLASTING
MAN SLUGGED
AND IS LEFT
UNCONSCIOUS
FRIDAY THE
THIRTEENTH
UNLUCKY DAY
Cotton Beit Freight Train
Runs Down and Kills
Negro Near Delta.
Grew Tired of Home Life and
Decided to Travel Around
on Own Hook
MOST STARVED TO DEATH
Father I Ihum 1 That h- Would
Coim to ( a;:, anil Tal.e I"rrin
YouiuMit Home
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mill had com
fate til' ,.
fiuiiily n--i-iiii
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tll'l"! tn get
rid'- . .-. t t I .
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Lunch m Ti
while
pt iin-il
nt Lilhotirn :i ! 1 I i t timed
imsi'iii- pan-n'-, I ut Roy
fortunate cliollth tn il'iilui
I lim it H -. :iinl j i --i 1 I tu
Ii
t heir
was un
til" an-
walk tn
thi- I'lm
Hi- -l:ili-'l that 111' lift
) l 1 1 1 1 - I li.lay ali'l lliat In- li.nl eaten
nothing since lliat tiini' l.iit a niekle's
worth of cookies. Hi- i- a bright
:i 1 1 1 :! r nig III r l- lellow, ali'l sot-ined
thoroughly tired of adventure ali'l
expressed an aiiMi-ty to return Inum-.
Hi' vva given a good, warm dinner,
ami a comfortable l.i-'l avvaitril him
after hi' had eaten. He was 1 horough
ly I in-. I mil, ami was liailly scared.
Ilr slept in a wagon Saturday night,
near tin' City Laundry ami on
Friday tiilit he staled that III' slept
in a straw stack ami came mar
freezing.
His parents wrri' almost frantic
iili'iul hiin, ami, when advised by
Chief Nirliols over the long distance
telephone, that their liny was being
(let Hiiicit lure, the eliler Pack request -nl
that he he given all necessary
attention until he could arrive Muti
day mi ir ii i ii k when he vvoulil take
the little iroi 1 i (till liaek liolne with
him.
BURGLARS
ENTER BUSI
NESS HOUSE
The Junk Establishment of
K. Kuehmann & Co.,
is Filtered.
BURGLARS LEAVE NO CLEW
Keys Willi W hich the Door Was
Opened Were Left Fying
on the Floor.
met ill,)
il ui'da v
liighl the es
1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 A ('o..
il.l
iiinnt
i I i:
junk dealers at
hlicct, was inter,
inoticv - and i In i
of s:;i',..",ii was -i,
the I 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 n li Ma-
t.f k.V- Whirl, tl
::n North Main
by ii
to t
.r and
' amount
l.-n. T
opcniil
door to
mi alls
in their
e outer
bll-llie.--
iil the
b
I- thieves
(loor. T
pi n when
evening.
hurry
had' i
close,
inner
how i
-It
ii tli
or Was I, It
Sat u l'i lay
door was
loi kl
il. The fill
r the liialail'l
Tated ill .-oliic
of the ilcposi-
r failed to l.ii
its as t
vav an,
- lock Was ,
the content
lory were removed. The
ti:i', of one check given
Keller, for r.'.:,ll and ca
amount of SJ I on.
The culprits are slill at
the police have no clue a
idetititv.
oot con
by Nora
i to the
large and
to their
LONG ABSENT, RETURNS
Traveled Over tO.OO Miles, Seeing Muny
Different Countries
Pern Pctirman who is visiting
Lis home folks in Jackson after a long
absence, was in the Cape Sunday
greeting his old friends. Pern states
thut in his eight years away from
Cape County he has travelled ex
tensively. He says that his journey
covers some 1(1,(100 miles and has
taken him through the states of
J-'equador and I'ruguay in South
America; and that he continued hii
travels through Japan, New calami,
rhillipino islands and Australia. He
is very favorably impressed with
Australia, and expresses his dctcrmi
ntition to inp.ke that his future home,
ami will lcavo for Sidney about the
middle of July.
Drunken Prisoners Threaten Immense Form Thrown High
When Officer Attempts to j in Air Lights Feet Fore
Segregate Them. . j most on Rocks
THREATENS TO SHOOT
I'eli ! (.;:! Talc Cotr.niand and
lii'Miim' (.'i.lrtid V i'liout Need
ol Ilfsartinii ( Yioknie.
I Mi
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tin- I
tl, ,.l.
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burly limit
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i,f robbing
concluded
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III. I'
IT til. Ill
In n
tli- i l iui'
it l.iil'i'iiiTi
III
he
a ?i I'arat.' 'It: ..ill -I
n,i i i-il. .1 to earry
it one of tin- itnl'ii-
'loai heil I. mi ill a
tii?- piling itit" l td
uti'l gentlemen a
1 1. Ii nl i i.ilig I; . :i It 1. 1 I
'I'll, I lulu to slalld
I lie i l.ii I or-a.tir-t
the wall,
o. AIm nit that
ami l,i' sulkily iliil so,
liini' aliotlirr of the
got on liis feet ali'l ili
il,atir terms tliat no
lninkeii trio
laleil ill ein
olilers uiveli
would In' olicyed, or
wolils to that
elicit. Ileali.im: that eomlitions were
licrolnitm eritiial ami that iroinit
ami decisive action was necessary,
the chief iiifoi'iiicil the tuilnilcnt one
that Ulilcss he ilesistnl in his surly
ami ilisor.lcrly manifestations he
wonhl puiiet nre his anatomy in such
a fashion as to reiliice luin tn a Mate
of calm ruictuilc that woulil remain
with him for all time. It was not
necessary t" repeat the coinmaml,
for the l,in luilly was m.t too drunk
to know- that the words were spoken
from the heart, and he dropped to
the floor and remained there as inert
us if the threat had hcen rarried
out dv the othcer.
GREATER ENROLLMENT
Over 1100 Now F.nrolled in Cape Normal
More Coming
A
new
the last
line increase in the mimlier of
students CJT.'.I per cent.) over
first day of the Spring term
year was recorded March 10th
the opening of the Spring term
at
of the Normal School,
of new- students enroll
The number
1 was lift v-
five, as compared with forty-three
new ones the preceedinn year. This
increases the total enrollment to
ove r I Kill now, w hich is aliout 100
more than this time last year, ami
insures a total eiirollemtnt of about
I :!00 for the present year. New
students are comiim in every day
for approved work for teachers and
for regular Normal School credit.
The number of new students liy nulli
ties is as follows: Stoddard, 7;
tint lor, V; Iron, "i; Perry, I; Carter,
ii; St. Louis, :t; Wayne, '. Shannon,'.';
St. I'raneois, ''; Uipley, 'J; Keynolds,
1; franklin. I; Pay, i; Callaway. 1;
Lewis, I; Pemiscot, I; Cape ( iirar-
leaii, 10.
KlMOUfl) IN LONDON THAT
ASOI'ITH WML HKSK;N.
London, March Ili. The persis-
j ti nt Minors that Premier Asipiith
liApccts to resign as a result of the
! Irish Home Pule Turmoil, have
! 'Ai-iti-d considerable iuti-rc-t. It is
1 1''' opinion of iii.-m.v that the noted
stale-man has seii d I Lis opportuni
ty a- an excuse for resigning that he
may fr. e hiin-elf from the annoyance
he ha- siil'leied at the hands of the
suit rag, t tcs. The per-istonc y of the
llillil ;, lit - have rall-cl him no small
amount of worry, ami lie is doubtless
gi.-itiliiil for an excuse to drop out
of . nl, In- life without making an ad-mis-ion
of the true basis for his actio!-,.
.
la the last few years he has not
only suffered bodily injury, but has
also sustained heavy losses of valua
ble property because of the stand
he has maintained toward the de
mands of the aggrieved women.
P.HHONP.ors STATKMKNT
( OUKKCTKI).
On I'cbruary 40th there appeared in
The Cape Weekly Tribune an article
tiiilioiincing that a farmer by the
name of Samuel Abcrnathy, living
near Lccnion, 35 miles North of the
Capt1 had mysteriously disappeared,
The article was beaded ns follows:
"1AUMKU DKSKKTS FAMILY".
Since the publication of said article
the Tribune has learned (hat the re
port was incorrert in every essential
particular, autl that the party con
tributing the item was no doubt
badly misinformed.
John Jenkins of Jackson stopped
over in the Cape Tuesday morning
on his return from a business trip
to St. Louis. He stopped at the
Prescutt.
WEIRD GRINNING FIGURE!
I'uili incnt Increased When Two
Uoclics Arise to Surface anil
Float Across River
linai-y
i 'he
iimi-;.,!'
A in
i-iiiri
v; unusual .'iihI estiaor
III- III I 1 .1. Ill it il ii wit
k of
illlj'loV I II. I lit III. 1; t In
II.. I, t In lit l!,i I'l i. Lht di pot h:i -1
ecu ii pit t.d. It is said that one if
tic lila-t- sit oil in the rocky l.ai.k
I. vi all d I In- -ki Ii toll of a Ii. an of
I'ltitiat utal piop.rt imis and mammoth
I'ran i' ; and notwithstanding the fact
that the ili.pi Ins pveli I'V the epl.-.-i"U
was .-iithcii nt to s.-nd the inum tise
piimiiin stnictuic of rattlitiK Imne-
hii.li into the air. the
nhastiv form aliylitcl
and stood in that pos
( lal si coliils. I inally,
by invisible support,
gently fall backward,
a perfectly ri'id eolid
last when ill a position
hum li-ti hiun at ins eros
um aiiny ami ,
feet forcini t
it ion for sev-!
as if aided
it liegiiti In,
maintaining 1
Hi, .ii, and at ;
of repose the
scd t hcyisclvi s j
with as inucli correct ncs as if the
operation had hei-ii performed hy the
tender hands of a ininistcrinu friend.
To add to the wcirdness of the
occasion. the bewildered onlookers
had scarcely linn1 to collect their
senses when the excitement developed
on the river bank. It seems that the
concussion that had produced such
Uliaccouiitalile developments on the
elilT had at the same time caused
two human forms to rise to the
surface of the water, and after mak
iti(! numerous short circles as if rauyht
in an eddy, the two inanimate bodies
instead of floating down the current
sped directly east toward the Illinois
shore. Two venturesome yoniijj men
quickly .secured a kilT and started in
pursuit. .lust as they were in the
act of applying ii lonu jiral) hood to
one of the floating olijects, lioth sank
nnd never re-appeared.
When thr ainaxed gathering re
turned to the scene of the first enact
ment they discovered that the liotiy
form had yielded to atmospheric
evposuri1 and had completely disin
tegrated, having nothing b ,t a
small collection of powdered lime
to mark the record of the mysterious
relict1 of prehistoric time.
RARE TREAT AT
NORMAL TONIGHT
Two Play s of Unquestioned Quality
to be Presented by the Dra
matic 1 lub
BIG AUDIENCE MERITED
Opportunity Offered to Show Lov
ers to Yitness a Classy and
Instructive Performance
The two plays to be given at ihe
Normal this evening, by the Ilramalic
Club, "The Turn of the Load" a
serious comedy, by Rutherford Mayne
and "The Mouse Trap" a farce, by
W. V. How lis, pi'olni-o to afford
an entertainment rarely enjoyed by
the amusement loving public of Cape
( iirarileail.
"The Turn of the Hoad" is a play
of intense feeling, full of pathos, yet
at times you will hold your sides
to keep them from splitting with
laughter. The author has put his
conception of the fnglish Pcasentry
into this play and as critics say he
represents these simple people as
true to Hie as they can he made on
the stage.
"The Mouse-Trap," is a farce that
was given at the Normal several
years ago, and as it was received
with ho much applause t lie Drama
tic Club decided to present it again.
You will laugh laugh and then
you will laugh again.
It would be well to tell what lht'
Dramatic Club stands for. It was
organized in the fall term of the
Normal, 1013, by certain members
of the faculty, assisted by a few
students, for the purpose of bringing
the dramatic, work of the Normal
up to the highest possible standard.
Thus having a better class of plays
and the best dramatic talent of Ihe
Normal to perform. It is safe in say
ing that you will regret it if you do
not go.
Miss Lena Ilarcnhcrg of Jackson
came over on the C. G. & N. Tues-
day looking after her interests in this
city. Miss Harenbcrg owns real
estate in the Cape, and feels inter -
ested in the growth of Greater Cape
Girardeau.
Officer Ilulson Called and Vic
lim Aroused Sufficiently lo
(live Name
ASSAILANT is UNKNOWN i
1
(Junrrtl
Two ."Men Were Seen in
Near Place Where I nconscioiis
Man Was Discovered
I
Saturday tiiuht at
o'cloi k :. yoiiri man
Vv'alii-i Mil onniik
anoiit nine
, . .
I'V t he name .
rlis found lv- ,
.ii- comlit ion :
1 1 1 in an iincnsi i
m ar t he nu ii. r of I iood Hope all
Pacific streets. Ho In, re the mark
of liavint.' hi i n t he ict ini of
I 1
a i
stiii)nle of -..tin- sort as his el
wire ill a hadly dUol'dcled i
Iimi and his facial Apn .-i-ii.n
soiticwhat maireil and l.ruiscl
. i
it lies :
.. I
nidi- j
was ;
"e- .
. I -
idi
having an ugly cut over
eve.
lie was discovered by residents j
of the vicinity, w ho
llutson. After some
notilicil Olliccr
Hurt the olliccr
succeeded in reviving him sufficiently
to ascertain his name and address,
but he was too il.i.i-d to olTer any
explanation of his plight. He was
assisted to his home, where an at-
tempt w as made to rouse his parents,
but they manifested a feeling of un
concern in the matter and refused
to get out of Led or offer any sug
gestion as to the disposition to be
made of the unfortunate boy. Mr.
llutson forced the door open, took
the victim inside, ami there left him
to the tinder mercies of his apparent
ly unfeeling home folks.
A few minutes after the olliccr
returned to his beat a young man
known us Hutch lwin advised him
that while passing the comer of
Pcnton and (iood Hope a short time
before, he had seen two men who
were engaged in a Litter quarrel).
nnd one of them answered the tie
script ion of McC'orniick, although
he knew neither of the parties.
Mr. Dierson also stated that he
heard loud and threatening language
out on tin1 street near where MeCor
inick was lying, u few minutes be
fore he was discovered.
At this time the officers are unalile
to find any clue of the party with
whom lie was supposed to have
the diflicultv.
NORMAL ENTERTAINS
Students Acquit Themselves in a Must
Creditable Fashion
Last night in the Normal School
Auditorium, the Dramatic Club made
its second appearance before a Cape
(iirarileail audience. The members
of the club showed marked improve
ment in the interpretation and pre
sentation of piays. The program
consisted of a curtain raiser, "The
Mouse Trap" by Y. I). Howells.
and a peasant plav "The Turn of the
Hoad" by Rutherford Mayne. Pc
tweeii the plays Mr. Alvin llanies
delighted the audience with two trom
bone solos.
Th" cas of the plavs were well
chosen, and were as follows:
Tilt: MOISK TRAP.
Mrs. Sinners
Mr. Campbell
Mrs. Miller
Mrs. Curvvin
Mrs. Peinis
Mr.-. Roberts
Jane, the Mai
Time The
Scene The
l'lorenec
Reif
Lawrence Morton
icorgia Sharpe
Mary Ivy
Watheua Ranncy
r.dith Roberts
1 I m.abct ll ( iraliger
Pie.-ent.
Drawing Room of Mrs.
Sinners.
THE Tl'HN OF THE HOAD.
William John Granahan
A Farmer Walter Saupe..
Mrs. (iranahan His wife
Ilunice Ilindman
Kllen their daughter... Lucille Kingo
Samuel James, and Robbie John, Sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Granahan
Lyman Sides nnd Joe Matthews
John Graeme, A farmer interested in
Temperance James Hubert son
Jane His daughter Allenc Wilson
Tramp Fiddler Lowell Lane
Tom Taylor Manager of n Cream
ery rthur Urown..
Grandfather Grannhanlruhcr Henfrow
Time The present
Scent! Kitchen of the Granahan
home.
Mr, Lawrence Morton deserves
special mention in handling the char -
ncter of the only man amidst a mini -
her of women, 'all frightened at the
"Idea of a mouse."
In the longer plav, the Misses Hind-
man, Hmgo and ilson were espec -
ially good in their interpretation,
as were ulso Messrs Joe Matthews
and James Robertson. Many in the
audience would willingly have seen
the triumphant return of Robbie
' John, but the artistic ending of the
Author left all with it desire to see
more plays of this kind.
taZ. I n. Vrl lL 8
aml Lur. ? rom ,)cPot
bMan
WH1PS HER ASSA1LANT
Brought Hack to Depot W here She
..m:iinerl I nlil Fnmilv I'niiM
He Located
Saturday nilit a lady uivinn her
name as
'"'
She w as
Mrs. Snider arriveil in the
the train from St. Louis,
a sii-.niL.cr in the town, and
came to i-it tier mother and brother,
named ( iol.l.-liy . lUliccr Kane wa
nt the depot when she arrived, ami
not knowing the people for whom
!.
-
was Imikinn, the ofliccr asked
to remain in the depot while he
i e.-t latci
hell he let III lied to
hi-,tl. depot he found that the ladv
,a, ir, and someone advised him
that she left in comnanv with a man
W ho had aniiroached her while she
was waiting. Mr. Kane ascertained
the direction in which they had gone,
and suspecting that all was not right,
he walked up towards the shot1 fac
tory looking for them. When lie had
gotten in the neighborhood of the
car bains, lie met Mrs. Snider running
Lack toward town, carrying her suit
case. She was very much excited,
and she told the ofliccr that tin
man with whom she had licen walk
ing came to her ill the depot and
informed tier that he knew where
her people lived ami offered to es
cort her to their home. She started
with him ami when they had gotten
near the shoe factory, lie advised
her lie didn't know anything about
the (ioldsbys, nnd with that at
tempted to assault her. She fought
him vigorously and after striking
him a hard Mow in the face succeded
in disengaging herself from the fiend
from whom she ran away.
She went back to the depot with
the officer, who later succcdeed in
locating her family living in the
Gale Addition, where she was
with an escort provided by
obliging officer.
sent
the
TEAM MADLY
RUNSTHROUGH
BUSY SECTION
Delivery Horses Make Mad
Race for beveral Blocks
Without Driver
WERE STOPPED BY MAIL
Hung l'p on Mail Box Near Con'
vent Corner Held Helpless
Till Owner Arrived
A team belonging to Andy Prown
the Feed Store man in Haarig,
disported itself in such fashion Tues
day morning as to create excitement,
wonder and worry on the part of
onlookers, drivers ami pedestrians.
They became firghtencd from some
unknown source and the more they
thought about it the greater they
felt Ihe necessity of getting away
from the terrifying cause. They
hastened tlown the alley past the
store, turned west at (iood Hope
and endeavored to beat the record
from that point to Sprigg a half
block west. In an endeavor lo ex
pedite matters Ihev tlrcw too closely
to the inside curb in order to make
the southward turn in the least
possible tini.e but, failing to precisely
calculate their measurements, they
collided with an innocent delivery
wagon belonging to Henry Xus.sb.-unn,
upon which was inflicted considera
ble damage in the way of broken
shafts and sprung axels. After over
coming said trilling obstacle they
continued their mad pace tlown
Sprigg to Morgan-Oak thence south
ward with great haste to Spanish
where they turned North with the
evident purpose of invading Ihe peace-
ful settlement known as the tlown
Mown district. They were thwarted
I by Federal authorities at the. Comer
I of Good Hope and Spanish swhen they
' hung up on a United States Mail
box, which held them in a state of
suppression until their owner made
his appearanco and persuaded the.ui
io go noi.ie wun
damage was done.
him. No serious
William Lightner r well known and
popular citizen of McClure, III.,
came over to the Cape Tuesday in
the transaction of business. He was
a guest at Scott's.
HEAD SEVERED FROM BODY
Had IJeen to Delta to Buy Sup
plies lor trading l amp and
on Returning Was Killed.
Friday the l:
ih proved a hoodoo
on the const ruction
The negro who is
lo a fori man
gang at I'elta.
known as "R
Red" by his f.llovv
run down and killed
P. It freight train Last
lie was carrying seven
him and si of them
workmen was
y a Cotton
Friday night.
hickiTis with
crossed the (.rent Divide with their
owner. 1 lie negro lia.l lelt camp
that evening and gone into Delta
to purchase some provisions, and it
is supposed that his failure to note
the approach of the train was due
to his being intoxicated. His head
was toinpletely severed from his
body as Ms also one foot-. An in
tiiest was held at the scene of the
accident and the remains were buried
by the side of the railroad track
near where the unfortunate man met
his death.
POLICE FORCE
ACTIVE SAT
URDAY NIGHT
Raid Resorts and Haillnmates
Into Police Court For
Interrogation
OFFENDERS ARE ARRESTED
Henry Mertens and Mrs. Mary
Wood Give Hond lor Appear
ance and are Released
Saturday night at about eleven
o'clock u large number of the police
force quietly approached and sur
rounded the premises known as the
Merten Hotel at the Comer of
Proadway and Sprigg streets. Some
of the odicers entered the building
while others remained on tin1 outside
for the purpose of intercepting any
of the occupants who might attempt
to make their escape. The proprietor
Henry Mertens, was arrested. If
the place had been used for immoral
purposes, the offenders had evident
ly been surprised of the approaching
raid as no evidence of any wrong
tloing was visible. The place was
tenanted by the Camden family,
of whom S. J. Caiuilen, Will Cam
den and wife, and Miss Ethel Cam
den were required to report to the
Police Station Sunday morning where
they were questioned by Prosecut
ing Attorney Henry Caruthers ami
Chief of Police Nichols. They wire
released with the understanding that
they would appear as witnesses when
the lime for trail arrived. In her
interview with Chief Nichols, Mi.-s
Ethel Camden, a girl apparently
1,") or Ili years of age, made some
statements concerning the proprie
tor, Henry Mcllens, that were tpiite
damaging in their character.
The Woods building was a!:-)
raided about an hour later in the
evening and no evidence of miscon
duct was obtained. Mrs. Woods
was arrested and gave bond for her
appearance in Judge Willcr's court
on Saturday March '.'1st. Mr. Mer
tens also gave bond for his appear
ance on the same tlate.
GIRL, TIRED AND HUNGRY,
FALLS IN FAINT ON STREET.
She was dressed in n dark, shabby
though neat coat, and u little black
sailor hat, surrounding a pretty,
girlish face. Suddenly she swayed
and would have fallen to the sidewalk
had not a passerby caught and held
her small form in his strong arms
and then led her into the drug store,
before which she had fainted.
'I'm all right now, thank you,"
she said in a weak voice. "Every
thing went black for a moment.
I guess I walked too far this morning.
I was on my way to the typewriter
exchange. It was such a pretty morn
ing, and I bo wanted to get the fresh
air. I guess I maybe I needed
break but I'm all right now, thank
you. Maybe, I will get a place today.
And the man left her seated in a
chair in the drug store, wondering
wKpThcf'Bh'c-had had any breakfast or
carfare. Then his thoughts went
back to his office, to which he hurried,
for ho .was a busy man. Times.