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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, TUESDAY, FEBRUAHT 3, 1914.
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THE ARGUS.
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want to lose him. special action being I
taken to hold him before his present
term in connection with the canal con
struction expired.
Ambition still counts in this world
and the man who haaj ambition and
the brains and the executive ability
to keep step with it need not worry
about a job. The bigger the Job. the
feer the applicants, and the biggest
Jobs seek the man.
The world demands ability, but
without ambition there is no ability.
There are other men in this country,
hundreds of them, who may exceed
Colonel Goetbals in learning, but no
big Jobs are looking for them, bo
raue they never had the ambition to
rie. Education alone does not make
the big man. Ambition, self-reliance,
coupled with thorough training and a
i strong w ill power are the essentials
which make men of Colonel Goethals
type, men for whom the big Jobs in
this world are always seeking and of
which the world never can get enough
to meet the demand.
There's a wealth of inspiration to
the young man in the experiences of
Colonel Goetbals.
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Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNEB
Congressman fram tha Fourtttnth C (strict.
Tuesday, February 3, 1914.
,-.-. In his foray against the Hiierta re
i; Jbubllc. General Villa proposes either
"to succeed or seced.
UNRAVEL THE SCHOESSEL
MYSTERY.
The Argus is glad the municipal com
mission baa been stirred to action in
Joining the county in offering a re
ward for the apprehension of the mur
derer or murderers of J. B. Schoessel
On numerous occasions The Argus
has urged that a more determined ef
fort be made to unravel the mystery
of this good man's shocking death.
Now that the city has done its part, it
Is hoped the state will take proper
notice of the crime and offer suitable
reward, to the end that nothing may
be left undone to bring the guilty
wretches to Justice.
It was one of the most cowardly and
absolutely unprovoked as well as
dastardly crimes ever committed in the
state of Illinois, and The Argus con
fidently believes that as rurely as J. B.
Schoessel was shot down at the very
step of his own home, the person or
Says the Quincy Herald: "If the persons who took his life will sooner
Rock Island ever came to Quincy. all or later make a confession and clear
forces would uDite in saying it was the 'the mystery enshrouding the dreadful
The story of the slaughter of a
wooden-legged cow at Chicago will in
crease the suspicions of restaurant
patrons.
The report that a German artist has
suddenly become famous at 65 will
not be accepted by Dr. Osier until
verified.
The younger Morgan believes Inter
locking directorates can be un
scrambled, but evidently lie has his
doubts that the process cau be applied
to the Martha Washington will.
biggest thing for good the city 'has
known in 44 years. And it is not such
an improbability."
High finance H not confined to
street. A Kansas woman has bor
rowed all the eggs she could from the
neighbors within a radius of three
tnlle when they were 40 cents a dozen,
-nd intends to return them when the
price drops to 20 cent3.
(Special Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington. Jan. 31. The two di
vergent theories of waterways improve
ment the scientific one of treating an
entire river aa a
unit and working
out its problem
from the scientific
standpoint as op
posed to the pres
ent log-rolling
method of voting
appropriations, to
districts whose rep
resentatives have
influence enough
to land them are
soon to come to an
Issue . before con
gress. It is not im
possible that . the
rivers and harbors
bill soon to be in
troduced will be
the last "pork bar
rel" measure of
the sort which con-
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deed.
In the meantime no effort should be
spared on the part of the county, city
or state to bring about a complete dis
closure of all the facts.
There should be no resting until this
is done.
A scandal was started in a little
country village of Ohio last w eek. The
gate to the village churchyard bears
the inscription. "This Is the Gate to
Heaven." An innocent village painter
put a coat of varnish on it according
to orders and then stuck up the sign.
"Go round by the other gate."
The "Try Rock Island First" tour
ff inspection among Hock Island in-
dus'rie planned by the board of dl-
' rectors of the Rock Island Business
Men's association is one of the best
moves ever undertaken locally. It is
""healthful, cooperative, public spirited.
I loyal and in every way in the right
direction.
j THE MINOR STOCKHOLDER.
- Representative Logue at Washing-
ton has Introduced a bill that is
bound to attract much attention and
that In some form will he passed by
congress in the near future in re
sponse to a wide-spread demand for
reform In corporation management
that will rtfntae tha rfht et itilnnr.
I ity stockholders. His bill permits the
I election of corporation directors, man
I agers or trustees by a system of
i cumulative voting, whereby minority
(stockholders might combine and get
representation on boards of directors
or trustees.
' In sneaklne of his bill ReDresenta-
tive Logue called attention to similar
provisions in the new constitution
and laws of Pennsylvania, and added:
"Nothing that could be done, in my
judgment. Is better calculated to pre
vent combinations to control the af
fairs of corporations in the Interest of
a selfish and reckless majority than
jnlnorlty representation on the board
"of directors or trustees. It would have
' . been Impossible to accomplish much
J0t the evil in corporate management
.-'that have been so bitterly assailed of
tlate if the minority stockholders had
ihad representation on the boards of
(directors. My bill is, I think, in line
'with the recently suggested reforms
!for the better government of corporations."
THE THRIFT OF THIS STATE.
The latest report of the 706 state
banks in Illinois indicates that this
Is a thrifty commonwealth. The
prior report, submitted October 22.
1913. showed 6S6 banks. There is
therefore an increase of 20 institutions
in three months. The total capital.
surplus, contingent fund and undivided
profits shown by the last report were
143.820.656.51, an increase since the
prior report of 11,145.626.09. The
ratio of reserve to deposits shown in
the last report Is 23.59 per cent.
As a Chicago paper says this is an
ercellent showing. The population of
Illinois in 1910 was 5.638.591. Thus, in
the state banks alone there are shown
average deposits of nearly $25 for
every man. woman and child in the
state, while the average deposits per
family, assuming one family for every
five persons, would be almost $125.
It is probably safe to estimate the
average deposits in both state and
national banks for every person in
Illinois at not less than $50 and the
average deposits per family at not
less than $250. That means that
Illinois Is a thrifty, saving common
wealth and that Its wealth is well
distributed.
In addition, the high ratio of re
serve to deposits showns in the latest
report of the state banks also indi
cates that banking is capably and
conservatively done In this state.
gress will ever con
sider.
The new plan looming up on the
horizon is the Newlands bill for the
conservation of American streams.
This bill would put the work of car
ing for American waterways entirely
in the hands of the army engineers,
who would then ask congress annually
for lump sums for carrying on their
work. Individual members of congress
would then be-unable to secure appro
priations by "pull," but every project
would be considered on its merits by
a corps of disinterested experts.
Under the Newlands plan every
stream would be considered and han
dled as a unit from its source to its
mouth. The stream would be develop
ed scientifically instead of in the hap
hazard fashion that is likely to result
from appropriating piecemeal for Its
needs. The forests at its headwaters
would be conserved. Flood prevention
would be carried on by means of head
water reservoirs, slack water lagoons,
dams and levees. The needs of navi
gation would be guarded by giving the
controlling powers authority to super
vise the types of bridges to be erected
and to prevent other channel obstruc
tions. There is reason to believe that the
administration approves of the New- j forests.
i
lands bill. The imminence of this
measure is bringing to the surface the
old fight between the two schools of
scientists in the government service
over the efficiency of forests on the
control of the run-off of rainfall. The
Pinchot theory on this subject, which
exists in the forest service and in the
various technical branches of the de
partment of the interior, is that for
ests at headwaters retard the run-off,
reduce the height of flood crests, and
tend to conserve the rainfall to the
uses of farming and navigation.
The opposite theory that forests
have little to do with the case is held,
curiously enough, by the very men who
will be called upon to administer the
Newlands plan if it becomes law the
armv engineers. Other scientific gov
ernment bureaus also hold this theory,
including the weather bureau. These
opponents of the Pinchot theory have
a good deal of evidence to back up
their claims. They show, for instance,
by geological evidences, that dlsast
rons floods occurred In the Mississippi
valley before white men came to
America and when the entire valley
was one vast forest.
Congress, however, has previously
recognized the Pinchot theory by pass
ing the law creating the Appalachian
forest reserve to conserve the waters
of the streams of the Atlantic sea
board. It is believed that President
Wilson also believes in the efficiency
of forests in holding back floods.
A curious incident happened when
the controversy over forest conserva
tion was raging in Washington a few
years ago. This was when the Bal
linger case was in progress and th
opponents of Gifford Pinchot were try
ing to discredit his policies. The
weather bureau was pro-Balllnger and
antl-Pinchot, and during the excite
ment it Issued an official bulletin show
ing by much data that forests at head
waters do not prevent floods.
The bulletin was just off the presses
when the Seine river In France went
on a rampage and flooded Paris, doing
tremendous damage. The French sci
entiflc commission, appointed to in
vestigate the causes of this disaster,
reported that the flood was attribute-
able to the fact that the upper basin
of the Seine has been denuded of its
POET
HIS WNCY
DEMONSTRATION KINDERGARTEN
FOR COLORED CHILDREN
Announement is made by the kin
dergarten division of the United
States bureau of education that a dem
onstratlon kindergarten has recently
been opened for colored children at
Chattanooga, Tenn.. by the National
Kindergarten association, cooperat
ing with the bureau of education. It
will be supported temporarily by Miss
Bessij Locke, of New York, in mem
ory of her mother Jane Schouler
I-ocke. It is believed by those famil
iar with Chattanooga and its people
that It will be necessary to support
the demonstration kindergarten there
but a short time when the local people
will become sufficiently Interested in
this important work to assume the
care and maintenance of the kinder
garten, thus enabling the demnostra-
tor to go to another city to repeat the
demonstration. A second one wT.l
soon be opened in another southern
city .which will be maintained by Miss
Kltzabeth R. Wellington in memory
of her mother, Mary D. Wellington.
Dr. Claxton. the United States com-
'The Young Lady Across the Way
1 MEN FOR BIG JOBS.
Colonel Goetbals has been appointed
governor of the Panama canal zone at
.i salary of $15.oo) a year. When it
Decant known that a certain auto
mobile manufacturer was to establish
a minimum wage of $5 a day, his plant
was besieged by a mob of thousands of I
men who wanted jobs which would
net them an income of from $1.500 to
$2,000 a year. Colonel Goethals was
requested to accept this position at
$15,100 a year and turned down an of
fer from New York to become police
commissioner at $25'0 a year and an
other for the same salary as manager
of Dayton.
Big men, who do big things, wen
of intellectual greatness and execu
tive ability, are alwas In demand at
aalarles that look like fortunes to the
average earners. No matter what po
rltion Colonel Goetbals fills, be it as
: builder of the canal, as governor of
the canal rone, or if he accepts either
the Nw York or Dayton offers, be
will earn every cent of his salary. If
(at any time he should be free to make
-a change, offers of a till larger salar
ies would crowd earli other in reach
iog him. lie does not have to look for
;B job. Big Jobs axe always looking for
.-men like Colonel Gothala. His ap
"pointiaeut to the new position was
premature, as the gorercment did not
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missioner of education, speaking of
kindergartens for the colored ' race,
has said:
Those who know the negro best,
know that he does respond to the
influences of right education. If
his education is to have this trans
forming influence, should it not
be begun in early childhood? And
what type of school is better fit
ted for this purpose than the kin
dergarten? The little negro Is at
least imitative. Which school
will most probably lead him in
the paths in which he should
walk for his good and ours the
school of idleness on the streets,
among the dirt and filth of the
negro quarters of our towns arid
cities, or the kindergarten with a
woman of culture and consecra
tion as a teacher? When w-e have
done our full duty by providing
for the children kindergartens
and schools of all grades and
kinds, when the forgotten child
is remembered and the "lost waif
has been housed and redemmed,
then shall we enter fully into our
rightful heritage, and wealth and
honor and power shall be ours
beyond what we can now comprehend.
To Rule on Pfanschmidt Case.
Springfield, 111., Feb. 3. During the
February term of the supreme court,
which convenes today, one of the ques
tions to be determined by that body
will be whether Ray Pfanschmidt of
Quincy, sentenced to hang for the mur
der of his parents, his sister and Mae
Kaempen, a school teacher, shall pay
the death penalty. The murders oc
curred in October, 1912. Opponents
of the woman's suffrage law have lit
tle hope of a decision on the constitu
tionality of the act at this term. The
only way a decision could be reached
at the present term would be for the
court to allow a motion on the opening
day for immediate filing of briefs and
arguments and to grant a hearing. The
court is not inclined to set aside rules
of procedure.
The Daily Story
A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE BY JOHN TURNLEZ.
Copyrighted, 1914, by Associated Literary Bureau.
On. evening when the stagecoach! t an to
stopped at the tavern at B.. a town In . n mn0e;' n
house, where the sick man was w,u
ing for him. Curiosity to know hZ.
Henderson bad contrived to m
of the body here came in and saS
fuel to the flame. m
"Master of my own deatlny am I."
Tha poet in hla attic bravely wrote:
"I ask no master when I wish to lis
1?pon the sward and watch tha clouds
that float
Across a sky that Is my very own;
My knee Is bent to neither lord nor
king;.
I proudly aerra my own sweet will alona
As free aa la tha bird upon tha wing-.
T scon at htm who bows to kins; or
wife.
Afraid to let his fancy, e'en have play.
Who, In hla a-roova must live a narrow
life.
A alava receiving- orders day by day;
I. belna; free to do as I may pleaae.
Permit my eoul to aoar, and laugh at
care:
To ma there coma a thousand ecataclea
That those who chafe In bonds may
never shas.
"I am s law unto-my self; -I fill
Tha place that I elect; X choose ray
sphere. .
I serve no -master but my own- sweet
wllL
X am a stranrer -to the thins called
fear."
But aa ha swmr hla lank- landlady oama.
Her air was positive, her look
rrim:
She called him many a dfsrespectfuj
name.
- And flung his satchel downstairs after
him. ,
8tlll Qualified.
"No, sir," said the leading merchant
of the small town, "I will not consent
to my daughter's marriage to you."
The leading man of the traveling
theatrical company seemed to be Over
come by a great sadness.
"Do you," he asked, "object because
your daughter' haa known me only for
three days? If mo I will be glad to
write for credentials that will fully
satisfy you concerning my character."
"Well, that' one reason, but there is
another a more serious one. I have
resolved never to permit Mollis to
marry a professional actor."
"Oh, then it is all right. I am not a
professional. You see, a professional
le one who gets money for doing
things. Our manager has been careful
to keep me in the amateur class."
Lines to a Guinea Pig.
If Xoah, through some oversight. :
Had left your ancestors to perish
The world would. In a sorry plight.
Have little It would wish to cherish.
The book of science would be small.
With few poor wcrawls upon Its pag-ea;
And we wlio'havo survived at all
Would stumble through the darkeat
ages. ,
If your proffenltora had died j
vt nue den sun was in its glory,
Th human race, deprived of pride, )
w ould have a aad, unlovely story.
'7;
on, rodent, lr that s what thou art. i
Receive a tribute, long denied thee.
And. If you're ready now. we'll start
To equirt a few more germs inside
thee.
Nature Not to Blame for That,
I don't see anything to laugh at,"
she said.
"I just happened to think of a hair-
lipped Englishman whom I met the
other day."
One should never laugh at the mis
fortunes of others. It was nature's
fault and not his own that the English
man was hair-lipped."
"I know that; but he was criticising
Americans for talking through their
noses."
Obituary Is Issued; Revives.
Duquoin. 111., Feb. 3. Two hours aft
er relatives of Mrs. May Osborne of
Oravllle, III., southwest of this city, had
given out her obituary for publication
Mrs. Osborne "returned to life" and
the notices of her death were recalled.
Sne had been suffering with pneu
monia for two weeks. At an early
hour in the morning she went into a
deathlike trance and her physician
pronounced her dead. Four hours
later Mrs. Osborne regained conscious
ness and raised herself in the bed
where her body lay awaiting the ar
rival of five sons who lived some dis
tance from the family home. She is
apparently much improved and her ul
timate recovery is expected.
Probably.
In his autobiography Richard Wag
ner says: I always felt somewhat dis
tressed, uncomfortable and ill at ease
whenever I tried to pass a few pleas
ant hours in the society of my wife."
The lady probably had a disagreeable
way of wanting him to explain every
little thing.
A Strong Recommendation.
"Here is a book that I think you will
enjoy. Mrs. Wabbsley."
"Have you read it?"
"No, but my wife has, and I noticed
while she was doing so that she was
very much afraid our daughter might
get hold of It."
New Mexico, a melancholy looking
man alighted, with no baggage but a
gripsack in hla band, and, being re
ceived by tb landlord, the two went
Inside together.
"Landlord." said the stranger, "I
have come out here from the east to
settle and try to make a living. I
have been recommended to this town.
among others, as one likely to grow,
and I've concluded to put in my stake
here, but I haven't a cent. It'a better
to tell you this in the beginning than
to stay with you awhile and then have
you turn me out for nonpayment of
board. I'm an educated physician and
hope to gather a practice. If you'll
board me while I'm getting patients
I'll pay as I get in fees."
"That's just the kind of man we
want out here." replied the landlord.
"I like the frank way you put the
case. It shall not be said that Jim
Henderson refused to help any man
coming into New Mexico to try to
make a living. Most of our people
who have come here from the east
have come strapped. If they hadn't
been strapped they wouldn't have
come. But I don't remember any of
them that have been as frank about it
as you have. Enter your name on the
register; supper Is ready, and after
you've filled up I'll show you to a
room."
The newcomer thanked the landlord
for his kindness and entered his name
as "Dr. George Atwater, City."
"I see you don't give the point you
hail from," said the landlord.
"What's the nse? I'm a citizen of
this town."
"So you are so yon are. Nobody
here cares where anybody comes from
or what he's done elsewhere so long
as he behaves himself after he gets
here."
Dr. Atwater was recommended by
Henderson, the landlord, and occasion
ally got a case In some one of the
guests of the tavern. He became popu
lar in the town and would have suc
ceeded bad there been more people or
a greater proportion of Invalids there.
But B. did not grow as fast as had
been expected and was a very health
ful place. Atwater managed to pay his
board by turning over a fee when he
got one, but after he had been at the
tavern about a year there came an In
terval when not a person in the town
was ill, and, there being no fees, there
was no money to pay board.
In new countries where there is no
law the punishment for crime is usual
ly assumed by a vigilance committee.
There may be conditions of society
where a vigilance committee Is better
than no law or even poorly adminis
tered law, but after an Jndge Lynch is
but a return to barbarous methods.
There were at this time more or less
shooting going on among the citizens
of New Mexico and considerable horse
stealing. There was no objection to
the shooting so long as each man had
a fair chance, but the horse stealing;
was bitterly condemned. A vigilance
committee was organized to punish
murderers and especially horse thieves.
Since shooting them was not con
sidered murder the principal business
of the committee was catching and
punishing horse thieves.
One day Bill Evans, one of the com
mittee, entered the barroom and of
fice combined of the tavern. Hender
son was sitting by the stove with his
back to the door, while Dr. Atwater
was leaning against the bar. Evans
came in just in time to bear Hender
son say to the doctor:
"You haven't paid any board in four
months."
That was all the conversation Evans
heard, for Henderson, hearing a step,
turned, and the doctor left the room.
The remark made no further Impres
sion on Evans than to acquaint him
with the fact that Atwater was in debt
for his board.
One day Dr. Atwater received a let
ter that seemed to produce a marked
effect upon him. After reading it he
put it back in its envelope without re
mark, but Henderson, who was with
him at the time, noticed that he had
received some unwelcome news. The
landlord, however, was not a man to
pry into other people's Affairs and made
no mention of the matter to the doctor.
It was not long after this that a
summons came in the middle of the
night for Dr. Atwater to attend an in
valid. He went on his errand and did
not return. When a week elapsed and
nothing was seen or heard of him
V,t asked the young lady across the way how she l.ked the makeup of
the paper and she aid she didn't believe In making such insinuations and she
knew the editor personally and tell mre he wouldn't put in anything that
w asn't true.
Windsor's Widow Sues Slat. .
Taylorville, 111., Feb. 3. A damage
suit for $20,000 was filed here yester
day against Fay D. Slate, editor of the
'Mount Auburn, 111., Tribune, by Mrs.
Carrie Lee Windsor, whose husband.
Dr. B. H. Windsor, was killed by Slate
in the railway station at Mount Au
burn on May 16, 1913. Slate pleaded
seir-derense and was acquitted last
November.
Not Always.
"They say that a girl who acta three
times as a brideemaid will never be a
bride."
"It isn't so, unless the best man al
ways happens to ba a person who
doesn't interest her."
Cause of Hla Popularity.
"I can't see how be manages to keep
on persuading pretty women to marry
him."
"Oh. he always contrives to have .the
details of
pressed. "
his divorce trials sup-
Nell I don't suppose Mr. SiUlcns has
any vices. RUe Vices! Why, be be
longs to a glee club, an amateur the
atrical society and writes poetry.
Philadelphia Record.
j Through the wide vrorl.I he only la
I lone who Uvea nut for another.
people began to talk about the case.
Curiosity was the chief incentive to
debate the matter, and all speculated
upon a reason for the mysterious dis
appearance. No possible clew to the
cause of his going away was sug
gested until Bill Evans told of the re
mark he had overheard when he had
suddenly entered the tavern and
found Henderson and Atwater to
gether. He told It simply as it has
been told here, but when It was re
peated it was given as follows:
"Bill Evans come on 'em all of a
suddint an bearn Henderson abusin'
the doctor 'cause be woudn't pay no
hoard."
The next version was that Evans
had reported a quarrel between the
two men. In which Henderson wf
abusing the doctor about an unpaW
board bill.
It was at last reported that Hender
son had Atwater on the floor, pum
rueling him and demanding money
from him.
The citizens of B. began to keep
away from the tavern, except when
they went there to see if the murderer
showed any signs .of a guilty con
science. Strangers who knew nothinar
of the stigma banging over the house
still cams and went. When Hender
son met his former friends on the
street they looked at him askance and
passed by on the other aide, regarding
hlra aa having blood on his hands.
There was hardly a citizen of B. but
pictured the popular physician follow- i
One morning Just before dayw
Henderson's wife heard the sound J
horses' hoofs without- She awafcfJJ
her husband, who arose and, look;!?
out through the window, saw tht&
house was surrounded by mooat!
masked men. Then there was a raD.
the door. .
Henderson went down to answers,
summons and asked what was wiom
A man leader of the vigilance eo.
mittee entered, forced Render), to
dress and despite the pleadings of kit
wife and children took him from n.
house and down the road for a ito
uisiauce, wucre luey Slop pea Oijott I
tree.
"Confess that yon murdered Dr. aj.
water, saia tne leaaer.
"I did not"
A rope wag produced, place nmii
Henderson's neck and the other toi
wrown over a iimo oi me tree. Xhs
cnipnc was a;am canea on to confess,
dui persisted in nis innocence. He
was dTawn up slowly until he became
unconscious, tnen lowered and when
revived called on again to confess.
Believing that he would not Iir
tnrongn another sucn ordeal. Header
eon to gain time admitted that be had
murdered Atwater, but that two otter
men were implicated with him. j;
they would give him a trial by law be
would make plain the whole scheme,
which ws to force the doctor, to tell
them where he bad buried a large rm
of money.
The committee there were ten tt
them consulted together and agree!
that It would be well to get the who
story and to do this had better ttej
the proceedings. So, taking off their
masks, which, now that Henderm
had confessed, were not neceasarj,
they took him to the jail and turned
him over to the sheriff.
Henderson secured one delay after
another, while he sent out statement!
of his case to editors all over the coun
try begging them to publish it In tie
hope that Dr. Atwater would see It
and come back to save him. Several
months passed, and nothing came ot
this effort. At last Henderson corid
find no excuse to put his trial off long
er and made up his mind that, baviai
confessed, he would have to swing.
The trial came off, and. having in
vented the story Implicating others, be
confessed as much, giving as a reason
that had he not done so he would bare
been put to death. "
The feeling ran so .high against bio
that, though the judge charged tbt
Jury that there was no real, evidence
against the prisoner and thongh four
of the twelve Jurymen at first voted
for an acquittal, a verdict of guilty
was handed In by the foreman.
Scarcely was the word spoken when
a' man was seen elbowing his war
' through the crowd, and when he broke
into the open space occupied by the
lawyers an exclamation of astonish
ment burst forth. He was Dr. At
water. the supposedly murdered man.
Atwater had seen one of the notice!
of the position Jn which he had placed
the man who had befriended him and
hastened to save him. The reason of
his coming to R. and of his disap
pearance from there was that be had
had trouble with hla wife and bad beta
directed by the court to pay her
alimony which had loaded him with
debt. To escape from further demand
he had gone west and practiced hi
profession under an assumed nam
The letter he had received which bad
disconcerted him was from his brother
notifying him that his wife had learn
ed of his whereabouts. When called
out on the night of his disappearance,
instead of going to visit the patient he
had traveled till morning, turning up.
after several weeks' shifting, in an
other locality and under another name.
Before leaving the courthouse Hen
derson entered a complaint against the
ten members of the vigilance commit
tee for "felonious attack with Intent to
kill." claiming 510,000 from each and
every oue of them for barbarous and
Inhuman treatment. They were all ar
rested the same afternoon and lodfrei
In the same jail In which Hendersoa
had been confined. Some of them se
cured bail and were liberated: otnera
remained in confinement until tbe mat
ter was settled.
Those who were free met together
and sent one of their number to Hen
derson with a proposition to pay bin
on behalf of nil the committee 50 per
cent of his demands if he would with
draw his charge. He declined the
proposition. A meeting of citizens us
called and tbe full amount of tneciaia
raised by subscription. It was paid
over to Henderson within sixty day.
and be withdrew his suit
Henderson paid the doctor's arreart
for alimony, after which he. bis V"f
and children and the doctor all disap
peared and never were seen In
again. It is said that nenderson
grape grower in California and fo
the doctor Is practicing medicine B
some foreljrn country.
Feb. 3 in American
History.
lS03-Albert Sidney Johnston. o
Confederate army -"nmB;:
born In Kentucky, killed in the
tie of Shilob. Tenn.. April 5. J--
lS07-Joseph Eggleston Johnston. -o-federate
general, born; died !
1SC5-President Lincoln and TT
Went A. H. Stephens of the W
federacy met at Hampton K
to confer about peace. '
1013-Tbe sixteenth amendment to
United States constitution.
i Izing an Income tax. became
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