The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 16, 1911, Page 1

There was a riot at a lecture in a New York negro church when an ad dress on Johnson proved to be about Dr, Samuel Johnson instead of Jack one oline is coming back. Tt is used the bottom of the latest skirts, skirts have the effect of cutting inand then curving outward, Cr The Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT ‘NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE SBATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1911. ONE CENT. ON TMAINS NEWS AMA VOL, 13, NO. 176. POSSE CAPTURES GIRL’S KIDN APER Yould you hang Grother Ogberland citer Clyabeh? MERCY IN THEIR HEARTS, THEY’: GIRL TO DEATH AT HER APPEAL Remarkable Murder of the Century Occurs in Litt! le Ghaker Colony at Ashton, Fla—Young Woman, Dying of | Consumption and Suffering Terrible Agonies, Appeals to) Her Two Best Friends to Put Her Out of Her Misery and) EC. RODGERS 1911, by the Newspaper Enterprise Assn.) MMEE Sept. 16 ‘the Shaker colony » 10 miles from Nissim Hin the heart of a seven) dacre pine forest, skirt- | shores of Live Oak! in the heart of the insula—Sister Sadie nt lay dying, in the ymption n pain surged ind through her frail body. Again and - ee begged her fellow who surrounded to kill her If you have me, put me o She cried ag fs the way for a bast Tt was told to me on porch where Sad often lay breathing tiny BY la, ex her ee "08 ugust alittle, old woman “Blister Sadie suffered in Bhe moaned and cried . She deaged us to end Bhe asked me for ‘to pass out of the body I granted her, just ber everything she Egbert. who has to shift the whole bur B of this “crime” to his own pacase interrupted, and this is Sadie pleaded with us iY to ‘put her out of the toward morning of the her «soa became so , xonizing jout.” J roform and placed {t upon her face. that I could stand her pleas no longer. I drove to the vil [lage of St. Clond and bought some | opiates, They contained morphine | and opium, I think, When I re | turned I ed Sister Sadie: “Do you want to pass out of the body?” Yes,’ she gaaped, eagerly. “I gave Ber the drug, and she | Went to sleep, but she awakened | again, “The second dose proved un- availing, “Her sufferings continued until Tuesday noon. Then I went to St Clond and bought two ounces of chloroform, When | returned she was still pleading “to be passed I stood by her bedside, with « handkerchief and the bottle of chloroform in my hands, and asked “Shall I put this chloroform on | your face, Sister Sadie? “"Yes, she sald. “I saturated the cloth with chio- | She went fo sleep. But by 8 o'clock she woke up, in awfel agony. The fourth trip I made. to St Cloud, and this time | bought etx or eight ounces of chloroform. Al though I could hardly talk, for we} at the bedside were suffering great mental agony at the sight of our! dear sister's pain, | for the fourth! time asked: “Sister Sadie, do you want pass out of the body? Yea!" Sister Elizabeth was in the room. She heard the word ‘yes. “Then I poured the entire con- tents of the bottle on a cloth and! laid ft upon the drawn face. “We couldn't bear it any longer, and we all left the room and went oat and did oar chores. At ten minutes to six that even- Ing Sister Sadie passed out of the body to} i . That is the murder with which Sister Elizabeth and Brother Ee bert are charged, and for which they were confined tn the county jail until Judge G. F. Parker ad-| mitted them to ball, the man on a $5,000 bond and the woman on a 000 bond, both signed by leading sons of the county. “T wouldn't have asked for any money ball, but the law demands it, no T put it at the lowest possible amount,” explained Judge Parker After Misa Marchant’s death her body was buried in the private graveyard on the Shaker estate No word was sent to the authori ties, Dut it must be remembered that these people do not take any part in civil affairs. ef The absence of a doctor at her death and the circumstances at tending her last days, and the private burtal, caused apighbors to nbtify the sheriff, Me, with Judge Parker, went down to see the Shakers. To the officiate Gillette and Ste ter Elizabeth freely admitted ald ing Sadie Marchant to die, They ,concealed nothing. Sheriff Prevatt brought them back to Kixsimmee and placed them in jail, after a rant charging them with mur- r had been taaned by Judge Parker. When I called at the Shaker col- ony 1 was impressed with the on tire absence of the usual mystery jand excitement surrounding cas of unnatural death. | nothing to hide, and no attempt was Here there was made to explain away anything which might incriminate the de fendants They told me that no efforts jlooking toward a legal defenwe in court had been made, and if any are, they will be th» result of the }hope of the colony's business man. ager, Ezra Sawyer, to ‘prevent a wrong interpretation betog placed the motives of Brother Egbert hey Sister Elizabeth. “Aren't you going to defend your jselves in court? Brother Egbert “Defend? ie there he exclatmed. ‘What to defend? The law says it wee murder; that Is what they tell me now. I expect that they will have to convict me, ff that in the law. 1 don't know much about the courts, but I guess the jury must follow the law. Bat it wasn't murder; no, not murder, the kind of erlme 1 have always thought murder to be. ie it murder to re the suffering of whom teep well ol enaugh to di iD THAT HE WAS DYING) |NJUNGTION WLLIONAIRE TAKES LIFE Valded Pres Leased Wire ) ANGELES, Sept. 16—Grip- the haurting terror of dis 8 future which he believ- only suffering and ii! i, Martin Costetio, a man of aA, . wt of the fabled “goiden hag worth $5,000,000, Cos unable to purchase despair. le had He made $60,000 out of the prospectors ciaim. Out of thie money Costello Invested $50,000 In irish Mag, a copper mine. He held it for two years and sold it for $750,000. Then he bought the Bailey mine, near Tombstone, for $40,000, and sold it three years later for $500, 000, After these two deals it was popularly said that “everything he touched turned to gold.” Costello xradually increased his holdings, King” Costello, called} Gnti) at his death his wealth was it the malady—° walking” opm which he had ine tic last six years, had #0 far that bot little done for him. The despatr With the knowledge) Was gone caused Cos p & revolver. Then bis magnificent home| street and had junch- |his wife, four boys and He did not tell them Millions could not buy it lost health home, he went to the hotel and shot him- the heart lo owned in Tombstone, Ariz. | he staked a hungry |, and to show his grat! Man left Costello all he} 6 0'Clock and ali Day Monday BLUE SERGE SUITS Garments Are Worth $25.00. Well Mafer Bros “Wtade ang Arcade Annex Yesterday and WAa* estimated at $5,000,000. GABY WEARS PIAT OF PEARLS NEW YORK, Sept. 16— Wearing about a pint of ent and the flimsiest, clingingest cost King Manuel of Portugal his throne, arrived here today on the liner La Lorraine. She posed freely for the photographers but refused Desiys years of age and is undoubtedly beautiful. ‘LABOR CRISIS IN LOS. ANGELES, a: y United Prean Leased Los ANGELES, Sept. Te witn | the completion of eight-foot stock: ‘ades around both the Southern Pa- cifle and Salt Lake shops here, la bor leaders today profess confl- dence that the officials of the Har- riman lines intend to foree the is sue, and will, within the next few days, discharge all unjon employes. THE HICKTOWN BEE ite setting time to take down Keoter soreens and bring the e down from the attic, ain't it? There Im we Hickto another paper. Well ao. got awful 10% The Phor their latest baby the doting daddy named Phantaste. Wii saw that went away and come back some ‘day and buy out the man he works for, Late Walertower says, no's can fire the hat in | | tion of A rumor that another Einseiea! ie to be sought by the Renton tine current on the street this aft noon, It was also reported that two federal judges would brought here from Portiand rf argu: ments on the case. The report could not be verified. LINA’S HAD ENOUGH OF WEDDED LIFE: to h LINA CAVALIERI. PARIS, Sept, 16.—When asked here today If she would confer with Attorney Sidney Harris, who is rep resenting Robt, Chanler in his offer to her of $76,000 for the renuncia- her marriage document, Mme. Lina Cavalieri said: “They might as well eave them- selves the trouble. Why should I The proposition is all on Tam satisfied with the agreement as it stands. I have had enough of inarried Hfe and am quite contented as it is.” FINED $250 FOR SELLING BAD MILK ©. Burman of the Northwest palry Co., was fined $250 and costs this morning for selling milk be- }low the standard required by law. In imposing this fine, which is the maximum, Judge Gay gave warn- ing to future offenders on the same charge, stating that upon convic- tlon they would hereafter be given ences, Burnam will fight | his we to th supreme court on the contention that an officer of a corporation is immune from punishment for acts of the corpo ration, } pretty thick with the menos. 3 vote or} Al rough wood slab marks the «rave, | but one way to relieve Sister Sadie. 1 did that.” The day I spent in the colony }eave me the unalterable impression at ff there ever was a person loved, it was Sadie Marchant. That lif ever the Sllness of a loved one caused sorrow, it Was hers, When 1 started away, Brother Egbert arove to the height of his full lenyth and, stretching a hand to the heavens, fintshed his “confer ston,” “Before the great God Almighty, | eaeeRARRKKeeehene * * |* WHO THE SHAKERS ARE # The name commonly applied # to the membere of “the Mik @& lennial church,” or “the Unie @ ed Society of Bellevers,” aw communistic society having ® branches in New York, Mame @ achusetts, New Hampshire, @ Connecticut, Maine, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia and Florh & da. They say that they were originally a sect of Qtak and were derisively ¢n! Shaking Quakers because the movements of the body im religious jneetings ‘They peared In Téngiand in 1747, = came to America in 1774) They never marry, and when married people join they # change the relationship of ® husband and wife for that of © sister and brother. They live # very plainly, Indulge in few # amusements, and are bold in ® denouncing all evil. The old ® est colony and the largest f at Mount Lebanon, mile: from Albany, N. Y. This is the central and controlling body. * SCRE SSSR RRR ESR ee eee ee eee eee eeeeeee lane atataeenene ® CELEBRATION IS TONIGHT The people of the Duwamish Val- ley are gol to celebrate their victory in the fight for lower fares on the interurban line tonight The meeting in Grange hall, Fow ter, is expected to bring out a big crowd of valley folks and a pro- ‘gram in keeping with the joy feel- jing has been arranged. Councilman O0. T. Erickson of Seattle and Attorney Thomas Hor. ner are to speak and there will be band music on tal LINCOLN, Neb.—Sprinkling car tooth wash, cost 14-yearold Flore ence Arnold her life. Of level land near Auburn Suitable for ranches, ‘These tracts lay level, are on county road, Price $60 per acre. Near postoffice, store and large mill Better come in }{ about these tracts, chicken or fruit and see us OLE HANSON & CO, 914-315-316-317 New York Bik, I think 1 did right, and my con aclence is perfectly at ease. freat feeling for the poor caused me to end her suffering. Would do if the law Places me bebind the penitentiary bars or sends me to the scaffold, 1 will always be able to meet my God unashamed and unafraid Prosecutor John C Jones bas taken the case before the grand jury, and has asked them to return {a true dill for murder in the first dey Sister Elizabeth, { Marchant. At lette; on the left, lizabeth ont at the en ‘ree against Brother Egbert and’ THANKS STAR FOR FIGHT The following telegram was re-| ceived today by The Star from D. A. Morrison, who was one of the leaders: jrate fight: 16.— Star, Seattle, Wn, | Duwamish valley on rate case de- | cision. I consider the work of The Seattle Star to have been of incal culable assistance, and desire to express my appreciation to your elf and assistants. D. Dat MORRISON. ' x! (By United Frese Leased Wire.) VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 16.— General Manager Campbell Swee- ney of the Bank of Montreal stated thie morning that a definite Is being followed with the chance that the daring yeggmen who biew the vault at New Westminster will soon be caught. Manager Sweeney said that the amount taken has been definitely fixed at about $258,000 The country from the internal tional border to this city bas been finely combed by local and provin- ¢lal police. The heavy rains have made many roads almort impassa- ble, and the work of the police in autos is much hampered. ‘The most probable theory now le that the thieves had an alternative way of escape down the Fraser bolie acid on her tooth brush for} river and got away before the rob bery was discovered by floating down the river. Their craft would not be noticed among the hundreds of fishing vessels off the mouth of the river, Got Their Numbers. In the robbery the money stolen fin in $10 notes, numbers 492001 to 493000, series A, B, C, D. inclusive, numbers 561001 to 562000 inclusive, series C. In fives, numbers 824001 to 825000 inclusive, eries Se We B, Cc and D; numbers The lghts, in cheap, gaudy whades of green and gold, wink fit- |fally through the haze of the cigar- |ette smoke. A tall young man sits a-top of the grand piano and sings “Casey Jones” with all the gusto that $4 {a night can inspire, Beside him, the stout young man with a fat cigar stuck at rakish angle in the corner of his mouth pounds out the accompaniment with equal relish. Walters in black nankeen coats that are spattered a bit, but still wery decorous and proper, hurry OF LOOTED BANK CIRCULATED; NO CLUES 827001 to 828000, series A, B, C and D; numbers 862001 to 803000 in-| clusive, series A,B, C and D; eas bers 829001 to 830000 inclusive, A B, C and D, and 814001 to 815000, series A, B, C and D. That at least some of the money stolen from the bank of Montreal's New Westminster branch is jn clr culation was shown this morning. The bank detectives and the city the matter, and the first score so far has been made plain-clothes men, They have lo- cated three bills that, according to the published bank, were in stolen. NEW the list of those WESTMINSTER, B. C., Sept. 16.—The local branch of the Bank of Montreal, robbed yester- day of $258,000, is doing little bust ness, Hundreds of curious people are crowding its offices, trying to see the wrecked safe and vault. One of the clerk 8 supposed to have slept at the bank Thursday night, but for some reason he did not do it, Several thousand dol- lars’ worth of damaged gold pieces, bent and bruised by the explosion, were left on his bed, Much of the stolen money was in new bank notes which had never been in cir. culation, but they were all signed and cance from the bar in the rear and flit among the tables like willing slaves; but they are slaves to the ten-cent tip only. In one corner-—a Cozy Corner they call it—a girl sits looking on the scene with lazy abstraction, A glass half full of stale beer. sits before her and the waiter further down the room wonders why busi ness Is so poor tonight It can't be the rain, for rainy nights are good nights in the cafe ‘The girl at the cozy corner table has a black felt hat with a wonder. fully long red plume trailing out v her pretty light hair. The girl in the Duwamish valley | SHE ELOPED WITH BILL” THE PLUMBER CO poweL sera poe Aer) NEW YORK, Gept. 16.—Follow-| ing the announcement of the sup-| posed elopement of Mrs. Waiter | Lispenard Suydam, wife of a Long [Island millionaire, with her alleged soul mate, Fred’k Noble, a Brook. | lyn plumber boy, comes today the | story that the proprietor of the hal artments, where they reported to have been living fo week, ordered the couple to move The woman said that she and she called Noble. jetting along nicely, thank yo ind added: 1 have nothing against my hus band. We simply are not meant for each other. We had an agre ment by which he understood that }I wax going away with “Billy.” 1) ltold my parents that I loved “Billy’| jand would go to New York with |bim. I do not expect trouble from |my husband, as he is not that kind jot a chap. If he were I would not jhe here.” PETETTL LLL LLL * * * THE WEATHER * \* tonight and Sunday, | Pair |® Temperature at noon today 65. le * katt khhkhhe ehhh moderate southeasterly winds. *} ‘HELD GIRL TEACHER | CAPTIVE (By United Press Lewsed Wire) WINNIPEG, Man., Sept. 16. |—The desperado who brutally assaulted Miss Gladys Price, he Riverdale, Man., school an a was captured this |morning at Hannah, N. D., and confessed. His identity has not yet been established. One thousand angry men are jon the way to the scene of the capture and a lynching is feared. Wilson = surre fight. He appea dered without « d at the home of ¢ | & farmer names Halliday and asked for food. He unarmed. The armer gave him food and then tele & ned to Hannah that he had Wilson in custody. Wilson ate svenously and apparently was al- most starved by his long sojourn in the bush after he left Miss Price. | Story of Crime. Miss Price was in her school when the man appeared, with rifle in hand. He compelled her to the building and go into the with him. For 30 hours he kept her there, watching constantly with the gun in hand, and drinking gin and smoking eigarets. At 7 o'clock in the evening, aftes-vainly trying to persuade her to fly with him, he allowed her to return home. A posse of 300 men had been en- | gaged in the ch <= SORRY OLD TOP, HOPE 1T DIDN'T HURT You MUCH, detectives are working together in| by the local | warning from the| FELLOWS AND TWAT's GOMES CAR ALeRIcHT! has real color in her cheeks—not the kind one buys in the corner drugstore—and her long, dark! lashes fringe a pair of very pretty blue eyes. She is a very pretty girl, indeed. | She is a very young girl, too, for she sniffs the cigarette smoke with a little shudder of disgust, and a young man who has had a little bit too much to drink, and who stares with foolish grin, makes her turn her head away. It is early, of course, and she} igone NOW isn't interesting at_all, sits and waits and waits and watts The cafe fills up toward mid- night There are more waiters run- ning back and forth and now there |is another girl and a couple of jolly Hooking men sitting at the Cozy ‘Corner table. The girl with the blue eyes fs still there, too. After a spell everybody goes out of the cafe. The little green-and.gold lights wink out for the last time that night, and the walters count up their dimes, and with lagging feet pass out into the night. They have gone home, or somewhere. But where the cafe girl has WHERE COME FROM? DID She It is closing-up time, |