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THE FORT MILL TIMES 3 ' \ - 1 ? i VOLUME XVII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, APRIL 1.1IKM) NO. 51 TAKES KER LIFE Wlfa of a niionaire Kills Har ',elf with Gas !jST TIRED OF LIFE She AU?ndod Fashionable Dinner Wednesday Night?Left a Note for Husband, but Members of Her Family Claim That Her Death was Due to Heart Disease. Washington, March 25.?Weary of the gay whirl of society and face to face, as she believed, with years of physical suffering, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., aged 49, wife of *ho tobacco magnate, committed suicido by asphyxlatinon at her home, near the fashionable Dupont Circle, in this city, today. Her tragic death has shocked the first Rocial circle of the capital as has nothing else In years. In spite of the coroner's certificate of death by suicide, members of the family declared that Mrs. Lorillard died of heart failure. The death was mude more dramatic by the fact of Its occurrence only a few hours after Mr. and Mrs. Lorillard had been the guests of Mrs. Richard Townsend at a dinner given in honor of Lady Paget. In fact, it is believed that as soon as Mrs. Lorillard arrived at her home, shortly after midnight this morning, she began to prepare for her death. About 8:30 o'clock this morning the butler in the Lorillard residence detected nn odor of gas. The origin of the fumes was traced to Mrs. Lorillard's apartments. Opening the door to the bath room, just oft her suite, the butler was horrified to behold the body of the mistress ol the house stretched lifeless. Ilex face was turned to the mat on the floor. The alarm brought Mr. Lorillard from his apartments across the hall He and the butler carried the bod> to Mrs. Lorillard's room. Mr. Lorillard attempted to revive his wife b> means of artificial respiration. Tlu two doctors summoned resorted to every sclent itlc method to roston life, but after an hour's efforts gave up in despair. Shortly afterward Dr. J. Ramsej Nevltt, the coronrer, vlsted the Loril lard home and ordered Deputy Cor oner Glazehrook to perform an an topsy, upon tho completion of whicl Dr. Nevltt issued a certificate o death by suicide by gas poisoning He said later that gas was escaping from one or more jets in the bath room when the body was discovered and that the condition of the lOngf indicated death by gas poisoning. Extreme reticence is being main tained by the Lorillard family am' all others who possess lnformatloi concerning the sudden death. Onlj a few of the most intimate friendr have been admitted 'to the home slnct tho news was spread of Mrs. Loril lard's death. Inquiry at the residence met witl the declaration that Mrs. I^orillan had not committed suicide. "Shi died of heart failure," retorted tin servant. Mrs. Lorillard left, a note, whirl the coroner's jury hns seen, but which Mr. Lorillard has declinet to have made public. Mrs. Lorillard was subject to frc quent attacks of despondency, it i said. The last person to see Mrs. Loril lard alive was Mr. Lorillard. H< nade her good-night as they separat ed to go to their apartments, aftei returning homo about midnight fron tho Townsond rosldencc. Mrs Lorlllard was seemingly in the bes of spirits. Sho had joinod froel; in the social festivities of the evenln. at tho Townsond home, whero ha' gathered the Brazilian ambassado and Mme. Nabuco; tho Danish ntin istor and Countess Moltke; tho See ? rotnry of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer Senator and Mrs. Lodge; Senator rtm Mrs. Aldrich; Senator Root, Mr. ant Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. \V C. Endlcott, of Boston; Lady Clll ford, of England; Col. and Mrs. Colli Campbell, Col. and Mrs. McCawley Mr. and Mrs. Clarenoe Moore, tin Hon. Maude Pauncefotf, Commodon Rodgers, Rear Admiral Cowlos am Capt. Archibald Butt, military aidof the President. Mrs. Lorillard had disrobed,^ftei arriving home, and when found hei body was clothed in a dressing gown The dog collar of diamonds she won at the dinner had been removed he fore she went to the bath room, but the costly circle of diamonds that adorned her hair had not been dlsnlo _ The Lorillards 'have lived at the Hlllyer plaoe since January. Immediately preceding that time Mrs Lorillard was in Europe. Mrs. Lorillard, before her marriage in 1 S81. was Miss Caroline J. Hamilton. She is survived by two sons, one of whom is now traveling in the Orient, and the other is In college in New York. Invitations were out for a luncheor today at the T/>rlllard home, but wety recalled Immediately. Dr. M. F. Cuthhert, the family phy siclan, when seen tonight, held alool from any discussion that might shet light upon the tragic affair. "I had not been called to see Mrs Lorillard within the last two months and I was startled when the mes sage came to my office this morning,' ACID FORCED DOWN B TIIK THROAT OF A YOUNG MAR RIKI) WOMAN. It I? Charged That the Awful I>m1 Was Done by a Man and Woman Through Jealousy. Vincennes, Ind., March 24.?Mrs. Jessie Overton Culberston is dying ' todight, it is said, as the result of having carbolic acid forced down her throat and her jaws afterwards securely bound. She was found today in a shed back of her home. Revived for a few seconds she said: '"A man and a woman dragged me into the woodshed and poured something down my throat." The police attributed the crime to jealousy. They have held a letter purporting to be from a jealous woman, since Monday. The letter was found under Mrs. Culbertson's doorstep. It warned her to give up her husband under Denaltv of death. Russell Culbertson. tho woman's husband, arrived tonight from Lnwrenceburg, Ky. When shown the threatening letter he said he recognized tho writing as that of a woman he once knew, but who had not been in Vincennes for many years. Mrs. Culbertson, who Is 25 years old, came here a few years ago as a trained nurse. While caring for Joshua Hrazelton, Republican county chairman, she fell in love with her patient's step-son, Culbertson. The two eloped to Lawrenoehurg, 111. In the shed in which Mrs. Culbertson was found, the police tonight llscovered paper on which were a skull and cross bones and the words 'Goodbye." The writing was the .same as that of the letters. FATHER SLAYS DAUGHTER. Vow York School Teacher Murdered on the Street. New York, March 2 4.?Within sight of several of her fellow school teachers and pupils on the way to tchool through a crowded street oday Miss Anna Mangano, a teacher in the public school on East One Hundred and Second street, was shot ?nd killed by her father, Philip Viangano, an interpreter in a minor ourt, who had been following his laughter and calling to her to stop. As she kept hurrying on. he drew lis revolver and fired two shots. Hi ..v.. .uiiicii nit- n!?uiv?r on nimseit, >ut was prevented from carrying out lis purpose by Adolph Schwartz, who grappled with Mangano. Two more .hots were fired while the men struggled, but both went wild. Mangano 'iroke away from Schwartz, but was irrested by tow policemen. Several of the teachers ran to the ilace where the girl fell.. She was lead when they found her, with a wound in the back of her head, ' "rank Laeatira, a brother-in-law of he dead teacher, identified the prlsmer. Laeatira told the police that his Rister-in-law was compelled to 'eave her father's house last January because of his cruel and inhuman reatment. of her, and had lived at \ working girls' home since. H< said Mangano probably shot his laughter because she had le.ft home. SKIili MKiltOKS ONLY. Threaten to l>o That to Spite Her Rich Neighbor*. New York, March 24. Mrs. famine A. Dow, the widow of a real esate operator who first opened up a suburb of Yonkers, New York, known is Yonkers Park, threatens to sell ler property holdings there in a fash finable neighborhood exclusively to aegroes because tho name of the uburb has been changed to Crestvon/1 She has authorized a real estate 'gent to soli her residence provided ho purchaser conspicuously posts ho following signs: Hoarding house, Exclusively foi S'egroes. "Laundry for Negroes. "Road House for Negroes. Undertaking and Embalming, Ex lusively for Negroes." The residence is at present occuded by Eva Rooth, of Sal vat lor \rniy fame. A negro physician has vlready offered to buy the house hut declines to post the signs. TEMPLARS WRECKED. \ Ckiippiiil Train nn and Western. Yorkvllle. March 24.?A special rain, consisting of two cars on thr Carolina and Northwestern railway carrying about 30 Knights Templan from Chester to Yorkvllle. for a ban quet was wrecked about three miles wuth of this place today. The en ?lne and both cars of the train wen lltched. Fireman Frank ITadin. o Chester, jumped and was killed. Sev ^ral of the pasengers were bruised but none seriously hurt. The causi ' of the wreck has not been ascertain ed. A track Is being built a?-oun< the wreck and traffic will proceed. ' he said. "I do know that Mrs. Loril lard was much alarmed over the con Ution of her heart. She had sufferer f considerably. When she visited Pari I last summer, she sought an emlnen specialist, whom she consulted as t her condition, but when she return . od to America, she had been ill fr? - quently. I must decline to discua Jany other phase of the case." MAD DOG BITES WILL BE TREATED IN COLUMBIA ^ HEREAFTER. 1 A Pasteur Institute to be Established i There for the Treatment of Hjr- | drophobia. Columbia. March 24.?Columbia ( is to have free Pasteur treatment for those suffering from rabies or threatened with an attack of this frightful disease. So with the approach of the good old summer time cease to worry about getting "mad" dog bites. The free treatment is not to be confined to patients of this r State. It will be provided for by the State board of health at its meeting here next month. The board is to equip a laboratory, one of the finest a in the country, not only for the free 1 treatment of rabies, but it will also be used to combat other infections " and contagious diseases. This State, as is the case with practically every other Southern 1 State, annually sends scores of such cases to Baltimore, Atlanta and other 1 points for treatment, nnd the ex- " pense is very heavy. The State board's idea is not only to stop this n drain, but methodically to combat a the spread of the disease. It has ^ become a frequent occurrence for '' some section of the State to report (| a regular epidemic of rnbies. Only 1 recently a portion of York county ' reported such an epidemic. w In this connection the attention of a member of the State board was ^ lirected to the curious outcome of ? a recent local case, where practically n all the members of a large family ^ were bitten by a dog supposed to be suffering from rabies. The head ^ of the dog wns Fent on to Baltimore ri and the head of the family went there for Pasteur treatment. Im- lf mediately the hospital reported that " analysis of the dog's head showed 11 a most virulent type of rabies, and s1 the family's head was put through *' a thorough scientific treatment and after recovery his bill, amounting to 11 several hundred dollars was cheer- " fully and gratefull paid. Mean- ^ time the other members of the fam- ^ lly, who "took" a home, "unscien- !l t Jfin" 4 w/\n4 V" " ** * " * ....v, ui'ituiifiii, wt-re .nso miraculousl.v saved from the disease. C] "That is easily explained." said the doctor, solemnly declining to Jolr a the smile that went aronnd at the ' expense of the profession. . "The general lay mind," he went on Im- M nresslvely, "has an altogether erro- v neons iden on the subject. As a mat- ^ ter of fact aot more than a third w of people or animals bitten even at toints where the circulation Is most l) active, as In the face or on the hands. ever contract the disease, and con ractlon of the disease where the '' bite Is through some portion of the * clothing is much more ' are, for the Ireason that the saliva carrying th 1 disease germs does not get into the s blood. All of which accounts for the marvelous cures effected by madstones and other unscientific treatment." tl PREFER HEATH TO ARREST. h __________ 1) Business Man Kills Himself Wlieir Officer Came. s ii Harritburg, Pa., March 2 4.- Trap ?! oed l>y the police, F. H. Richardson * >f Elmira. N. Y., formerly president ( if the Richardson Shoe Company. .. wanted r??r embezzlement of 100, shot and hilled himself at. the | Motel Lynch today. ., Mr. Itlehardson was president, ol j he Rirhardson Shoe Company, which ? In 1907, was declared insolvent. A< f hat time it was discovered that he sides money in this concern the presi lent has a credit of $2.r?0,000 on false f datemonts in Pennsylvania hanks ' light warrants were sworn out for -j 'lis arr'-st. Atelrphone call from llmira this morning warned Chief , if Police .George that the man was j n this city. The chief traced his man to the hotel. Mr. Richardson was in his room at ( the time the chief went to the room , Tho door was thrown open at his knock and the man's head appeared ( 'or an instant. Then before the "hlef had a chance to make a move 'he fugitive observed him, slammed ho door and bolted it. An instant 'ater the pistol shot rang out. The loor was broken open and Richardson was found lying on the floor with i his head under the bed. KILLED SELF AND CHILDREN. I ? Itodies of Woman and Children f 't* Found in River. Qimahiina> Pnnn \fnmb 0 4 5 bodies of Mrs. Amos Miller and her two children wore found In the FarnMngton rlvpr this morning. Thr f "hildren had hpon tlod together be fore drowning ensued, and through a noto loft by Mm. Millor tho prop bahilliles aro strong that, she took tholr llvos and hor own whllo mon1 'ally depressed. Yesterday afternoor Vfra. Millor loft homo with the child ron. Mr. Miller returned to the - house about 5 o'clock, and for s - time did not worry. About dusk 1 he began to look about for some R explanation of his wife's disappearit ance and found a noto In his desk to o ?he effect that she Intended to kill i- herself. Soon after daylight this >- morning the throe bodies were found is In the river, some distance from the Miller home. CRUEL CRIMES Igalnst American Parents During The Last Half Centuary MOST FAMOUS CASES )f tlx- Kidnapping of Children During the l*ast Fifty Years Derailed. Short Sketches of Kuch That Will Be *RJead 'With Interest by the General Header. "Kidnapping is the most nefarious, nost fiendish, most diabolical crime a the calendar." So Judgo Gregory, of Albany, char.cterized it when he was sentencing hree men to 15 years each in the lenitentiary for the kidnapping of Ittle Johnny Conway in 1897. Certainly in the abject paralyzng fear it strikes in the heart of he parents, there is no crime more errlbe. The sickening suspense and he hopeB rising only to fall again, lake it the more agonizing. Onlv one kU1n?nrvi>r t- ?i r . v-1 v* uiuuncu ny public admiration, and then only fter he had given up bis victim, 'his was Pat Crow, who for pluck, trmerity and cool-headed picturesue deviltry, standB at the head of he "profession" In Anuorica. He hought, like Robin Hood, that It ras all right to prey on the rich. After kidnapping the son of Cudaay, lu 1900, the millionaire beef perator, getting $25,000 ransom and taking a clean get away to South .frlca. Crow returned voluntarily d stand trial In Omaha^and was acuitted amid tho cheers of the court oom. Crow left notes on the Cudahav iwn, giving directions about leaving tie $25,000 in a certain lonely place i Omaha. The father followed inductions and got his hoy hack In tie morning. The missing Charley Ross Is the lost famous of all kidnapped hoys, [e wns playing with his brother in ront of their house in Oerniauton. a.. In 1 874, when a hoy four and half, when two men in a buggy ffered him a ride. Charley never iime hack from that ride. Christian K. Ross, the hoy's fathr. spent all his fortune, nnd nevef nve up the hope entirely until he i d. a broken nnd penniless old man l 1 897. The kidnappers were killed hile burglarizing a house in New ork, and the secret of the hoy's hereabouts died with them. j\ Bunwr or cases of kidnapping y Indians were reported in colonial istory, but the first big kidnapping V times comparatively recent was tiat of 4-year-old Mary Gaffney, in few York, in 186 4. Mary's father was a union soldier nd the little girl was her mother's reat comfort. One day she wanderd out on the street with her little ink sun bonnet and gltvgham dress ?and never came back. The case aroused the-sympathy of he nation, but the child was never eard of ugain. The father died in attic, leaving her $10,000, which is till held in trust for her. In the half century of kidnappings ince then is a trail of broken hearts, nsanlty and bitter desolation. Periaps one of the most, strange was hat of 5-year-old Rosle Adams, of Jhleago, who was carried away by :ypsies. The parents turned all their beonglngs into money and stnrted or i hunt that carried them as far as I angary and Egypt. Everywhere he girl had been sent on to another ribe and they lost the trail. . Finally in Massachusetts the ouple found their daughter in the amp of Chief John Stanley. Here nine the strangest, part of the story. The parents were penniless and broken in spirit. The gypsy who had taken heir daughter offered to take the>n nto the tribe. And the parents ac 'pied the offer. Daring in its successful rescue atempt was the story of Johnny Conway, of Albany, in 1897. A ransorr ->f $5,000 was demanded. Instead the father, P. P. Conway, a tralr niiiutuur, cunenea it posse and won io a place In the woods where h< thought the kidnapping party wa< in hiding. Ills surmise was right tnd a revolver battle was fought be tween the two parties. The hoy was rescued, unhurt, ant three of the kidnapeprs arrested One, A. S. Warner, was an Allmn; lawyer. Each was sertfonced to li years In the penitentiary. There Is a ghastly touch In th abduction in 1898 of Oerlad T-apimer a two-year-old New York baby, wh was heir to $200,000. Baby flerald simply disappoacrd There was no demand for ransom, n word from the kidnappers. Folic and detectives were unable to gai any clew. It was a nine-days' senss Mon. this disappearance of the hah heir. It was several months before th mystery was solved, and then h chance. Gerald was discovered lit ing on a farm near Palnesville, O with an old couple of Imbeciles nan ed John Collins and Anna Tngersol The baby was returned to his roll lives, the couple sent to an asvlun They seemed to have no motiv for stealing the baby except thi they wanted it. The kidnapping of 1901 of Fredd Muth, eight-year-old son of a Phlli delphia Jeweler, furnished an e: MANY LIVES LOST AND MANY THOUSAND DOLJiAID DAMAGE DONE By Destructive Sturm Tliut Swcpi | Through Northwestern Part ol Wine County, Texas. Dallas, Texas, March 24.?Twelve known dead, property loss reaching into the thousands of dollars and 1 possibly a score injured are the , results of a tornado which swept over the northwestern part of Wise county late last night. Severul small towns were visited by the storm but none were entirely destroyed, although each suffered serious damage. The general course of the tornado seems to have been from tho west to southwest. Starting at Craftou in the northeastern part of the county it passed to the north of Decatur, the county seat, and struck several small settlements of which St. Idell is the centre. From here the tor| nado appears to have ttirimH ur>nti? east, continuing its course without doing further serious damage. The greatest loss of life occurred in the country. Tito destruction of one farm house alone caused the death of eight persons. This single tragedy of the storm occurred near St. Idell. The farm houso of Ira Rice was crushed in hy the furious wind and the family of eight members pinned beneath the wreckage. The light in the house at the time of the disaster caused the ruins to become tguited and fanned hy th? strong wind the flames destroyed the lives of the helpless victims. The towns of Sanger and Greenwood were hit and a number of houses were moved from their foundations. The G*>od View school house near Sanger was wrecked. In this vicinity Ren Wilson and Glasgow ClaTTt. farmers, and two children of a negro tennnt were killed. Mrs. C. M. R-entley Is seriously hurt with a broken leg and several negroes are less seriously injured. At Grafton every business house save one was blown down. The Methodist and Raptist churches were completely wrecked. Several residences and two churches were blown down at Hruinlow. This town Is located near St. Idell. which appears to be the storm centre. Heavy sand storms occurred yesterday at Dubliu, Gainesville and other points In that vicinity. Fences, small buildings and wind mills were raised by the storm In the outlying districts. ample of swift legal vengeance almost without parallel. Freddy was stolen on June 12, 1901, by John J. Kean, who started to rup away with him, then ehanged bis mind and decided to bury the boy alive. All evening the two wandered about the city, going to theatres. In the morning Kean made the child dig its own grave. While the boy was still toiling puiice Dursi in and took Kean to jail. Arraigned within a week, it took the prosecution only two hours to bring in all the testimony and arguments thry needed. Five minutes later the jury had called him guilty and judge had sentenced him to 20 years solitary confinement. in the penitentiary. Tlie "nurse girl ease" in New York In 1899 was a tremendous sensation. A nurse maid named Bella Anderson had taken her charge, 18months-old Marion Clarke, out for a trip through Central park. They did not come hack. Instead a note was found pinned on the doorstep the next morning. "If you don't leave the money here, or if yon tell the police," It read, "we'll pin the baby's ears here." Despite tlte threat, the parentf appealed to the police, who found the i haby alive and crowing a few dayf later in Summit, N. J. They arrested the nurse, also Mark Barrows and his wife. 'ihe nurse, who was only an accomplice, got four years i while Barrows drew 14 and wem I insane. Tils wife got 12 and is stii i in prison. 1 The most famous black hand cas< was that of Tony Mnnnino, of Brook 4 l.vn. .Dist $r,0.000 was demanded foi . Tony's release. The parents refuses - to appeal to the police, and woult never tell whether any of the mon 1 ey was paid over or not, but th< . haby was restored. V The note demanding the mone; 5 was unusual. "We are not. criml nnls," It read. "We are nico gentle e men. like you. Only we have no made money like we expected, so w o take this way of getting money t get back to beautiful Italy." I. To find little Erica Egbert, wh o was snatched from her mother's arm e on the streets of Chicago, a 30,00(j n mile trip was made. The l- who was editor of the Bache'.o y Rooks. was shopping at. the tinv when a man grabbed the baby an e disappeared in the erpwd. A hn y and ery was set. tip, but the bah r- could not be found. Leaving her work, Mrs. Egbei ir set set out In search of her ohlh 1. following mysterious clews, until sh i- finally recovered it at Madras, Tndii i. In addition to the successful a' re ductions, many other efforts hat it been made at different, times. Mar threats were made about Orov< ly Cleveland's family, and the Goull i- have kept guards over their cblldre k- for years. THE RIGHT ONES Man and Women Held For kidnapping Are Identified BY THE STOLEN BOY MONEY COMING 4 INSURANCE COMPANIES BRING IX G SURPLUS HERE. t A High Insurance Official Says the f Companies Will Invest Very Heavily in South Carolina. ( Columbia. March 24.?"Life ln, surance companies of the North are I seeking desirable investments not , only in this State, but throughout the South, and there is no reason t to doubt investments of this kind I will become more general and heavy l in the immediate future," said Mr. Robert Lynn Cox. manager of the association of life insurance presi, dents, which ex-President Grover Cleveland presided over up to the time of his death. Mr. Cox was here todtay in conference with insurance Commissioner McMaster with regard to the new laws passed by the legislature affecting insurance companies. "Truth is." continued Mr. Cox. "the Insurance companies wnnt to distribute their assets throughout the country, and they are doing this to a much greater extent than is generally understood. We want investments of a desirable kind all over the country. One of our companies, and not the largest one, has investments now in every State in the Union, where it is doing business, and in addition in five States where it is not doing business. "Rujt the pulpit should under* stand that the insurance companies have certain well defined limitations in making investments, limitations which are provided for in the by-laws for the proper handling of trust funds if they are not laid down in the law of the State in which they are chartered. Insurance companies can not invest trust funds in business ventures or industrial enterprises. The money is to be had on adequate security, but can not be got without the security. Ilea' state loans up to half the valu? of the property are desirable when there are settled conditions, wher< the vahie are not likely to depreciate. in growing communities. "Yea, county and municipal bonds are acceptable, where there is a fair rate of interest, for you know the law requires the Insurance companies to earn a certain amount of interest. But there must he no question about the validity of the bonds. I don't know that I have seen any case of State or county or municipal bonds being repudiated, but there has been some experience with school bonds which have made the companies avoid thest sort of investments. Some schoo' districts have been very anxious tc get hold of the money, but thought nothing then of turning about and repudiating the bonds which were given as security." Within the past few months much insurance money has l?een placed in Columbia and elsewhere through out the State, at rates of interest ranging from !> 1-2 to 7 per cent Nearly $100,000 was recently placed t\n \f n I n c* I foot rv ? * -- 1 . nuni, |?i u|in i y III inilimhia at F> 1-2 per cent. However, on account of the companies declining loans for more than half th? value of the property the new cheap money is not doing tho small holder of property much good. Inasmuch as the loans are for a term of three yenrs, the fees for passing upon the papers eating tip the difference in the interest.?Columbia Record. FIRED OX OFFICERS. , Attempt. Made to Assassinate Citj Policeman. Greenville, March 24.?A bold at' tempt was made to assassinate Pat" rolman Attaway, of the local po'lce * force, this morning about 2:3d ! o'clock. Mr. Attaway was going to his home in the western part ol f the city, having been relieved fr>m I duty at 1 o'clock. He was walking up a railroad track, and when hi II neared a small house near the ron.l " a man stepped out and asked: "I: r that you, Attaway?" Mr. Attawax ' replied In the affirmative, whereup ' on the man commenced firintr. Aftei " firing tho first shot the man begar s to run, firing at the officer six tlmoi as he ran. All of the shots went wid< v' of the mark. In the darkness Mr * Attaway could not recognize thi " would-be assassin. The police forci * Is working on a clue.?News am ? Courier. o SEVERAL GOOD POSITIONS o p i. In the Hureau of Plant Industr Hard to Pill. r ?. Washington, Mnrch 14.?Severs ?1 jobs paying from $1,500 to $2,25 e In the bureau of plant Industry hav <7 gone begging, and to supply the d< mind for properly equipped men. th rt government, through the civil sen 1. Ico commission, has scattered broa< ie raft an announcement of a forthcon #. ing examination to fill the varai v cies. "Physiologist In poisonous re plant investigations" is the posltic y for which tho commission 1n var ?r ous parts of the country will te Is applicants. Women are barred fro n the examinations, which will he he on April 28, 1909. The Man and Woman Arrested in Cleveland Prove to be the Ones Who Stole the Sharon Lad and the Ones Who Received the Money From the Father. Cleveland, Ohio, March 24.?V lie Whitla today identified the man and woman held on suspicion by the Cleveland police us the persons who kidnapped him from the school at Sharon, Pa., last Thursday and held him for the $10,000 ransom, which was paid by the father. Attorney J. P. Whitla, Monday. Willie said the man who gave tho name of Jas. 11. lioylo was the one who took him from school and carried him through a tortuous routo .o Cleveland, then to Ashtabula, back to this city, and placed him in tho house in the east end, where he was held until the money was paid. Willie also declared that the woman was the one who cared for him at the house where he was detained, and who acted the part of a nurse. Boyle said the woman is his wife. The police have no other identill cation or the couple than the names given. So far as the man is concerned, the police believe the name is correct. Boyle is said to reside in Sharon, and is a plumber by trade, tie is said to have a widowed moth r, four brothers and a sister. The woman, who is accredited with being the wife of Boyle, declared loon after her arrest that her identification would cause a sensation .n Sharon. When identification was completed, Mr. Whitla would say 10thing regarding the woman. He said he knew Boyle slightly. Attorney Whitla, accompanied by Mrs. tVhitla, son and. daughter, Willie and inline, a boy school mate of Willie; tlarry Forker, a brother of Mrs. Whitla, Janitor Sloss, Chief of Police Crane, Detective Kempler, district Attorney Llninger, former Disrict Attorney Cochran, and Detective Ward, nil of Sharon, arrived at 1 > clock today to seo the prisoners. Mr. Whitla went to the police staion, but was not allowed to see tlio irisoncrs himself. lie was informed by the chief that the only identitl ation he desired was that which only he boy, Willie, could make. The fa?her then agreed" to let Willie st o the man and woman. Mr. and Mrs. Whitla, their children and Janitor Sloss appeared before the chief of police. The man was the first one taken before them. Boyle was a little pale ind nervous. Chief Kohler asked Willie if he had ever seen the man before. "Sure," said Willie brightly. 'Why that is the man i left Sharon .vlth. He took me to Cleveland, then ?o Ashtabula, and back to Cleveland." Tiie boy was asked the same ques.ion again to make certain of his memory, and again the lad declared lie was positive. "He had a mustache when I first jaw him at the school house," Willie supplemented, "hut he must have 'ut It. off later. This is the way he looked when I last saw him in Cleveland." Boyle smiled sarcastically, hut said not a word. Then the woman was brought in. She was defiant and haughty In her demeanor. Blankly sho stared at Whit la and the other" members of the party. Her only relapse from the indignant mann r was when she first saw Willie. The * woman smiled. ^ Immediately Willie walked up to her and extended his hand and said; "How do yon do?" "Hello, Willie," the woman re, plied, as she placed her hand upon his head and caressed him for an , instant. The hoy then stepped back to hjg ' father and was asked several questions by the chief of police. , "Yes, I know her." he said. "Rht * was the nurse who took care of me , in Cleveland. She told me I was , sick and in a hospital. I saw bor 4 a whole lot and she was with me , most of the time." Notwithstanding the woman's for? mer assertian that there would he p a sensation when she was identified j or when Whit la saw her. Bhe wid Whltla looked at each other -Without any outward evidence of recognition. They did not speak with each other. Neither did she spe?Tk with any of the other members of 51 the party. Whitla made no comments regarding the woman tinder suspicion. il The movements of the Whitl^ parfi tv were greatly hampered. Thous e ands of persons followled their every s- move. At the police station the ofie fleers had difficulty in handling the ir- throng. The steps outside and the 1- corridor Inside were packed, v When leaving fhe station Mr. r?- Whit la picked Willie np and placed i him on his shoulder. The police >n formed a wedge In front, and with 1- a foot ball rush they hurried out. st As they passed nlong the corridor m the crowd shouted: . "Hello, Wllld lie/* many attempting to fouch him and others tried to^shake hands. 9