6156
THE SAD STORY
Of Tom Culbertson, Who Busted
Monte Carlo Bank And
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
He Wea One Hundred and Fifty Thousand j
Francs aud the Next Morning He
Was Found Dead Clasping a
Woman's Red Morrocco
Pocket Book.
MONTE CARLO, June 23.-Tom Cul
bertson, from Texas, murderer and
Bulolde; Marletti Torlnl Culbertson,
of New York and Texas, strangled
and robbed; the bank of Monte Carlo
"burst" and the prince of these realms
and the French republlo iloher by
150,000 francs because the bank-burst
er burned up his winnings-suoh are
a stogie night's happenings in "gay"
Monto Carlo.
As your correspondent stops at the
Hotel de Paris, opposite the Casino,
where the tragedies were, in part, en
acted, he is in a position to supple
ment the scant cable reports.
At 4 o'clock yesterday morning most
of the second story lodders of the
"Paris" were awakened by a pistol
shot. My room mate said at once:
"It's a colt, I smell copy," and basti
ly donning our trousers we ran out in
the hall. The lights had already been
turned on full blest. Watchmen,
night clerks, Bcrub women, porters,
etc., came scurrying up thc stairs. A
hundred questions In a dozen tongues.
Every door on thecorridor was succes
sively tried, the oecupauts responding,
Bave that of No. 13.
"Burst in the door," cried several
excited guests. Notneccessary, it was
unlocked. The room was pitch dark,
but the fumes of powder and burned
paper meeting us a we entered, Indi
cated that we were on the ri ?ht track
I turned on the electric light. On the
lounge, fully dressed, was a man's
body.
By G-the American, who burst
the bank," I heard the night clerk
whisper.
Indeed, Tom Culbertson, of Texas,
the man who promised me "a bin
story" only a few hours before. Here
was the story: A hole large enough to
admit one's thumb In his right tem
pie. From the wound blood was ooz
ing lazily, but a miuutc ago it must
have nushed forth like a fountain.
There was a big pool on the carpet and
in the midst a giant cult revolver, ly
ing below the now lifeless right hand.
The left, raised tu the heart, clutch
ed a red something, a woman's pom
padaur, velvet and gold, lt proved to
be. Strange, the silken carrying curd*
were cut.
Meanwhile a pulice sergeant and
three Carablnierl bad marched in
They took charge of the budy, the
room and the semi-dressed mob tilling
it. The sergeant held a whispered
conversation with tbe manager aud
night clerk. Then he demanded aloud :
"Does anyone recognize this dead per
son?"
Half a dozen men and womeu re
sponded and your correspondent de
posited wbat he knew about Tom Cul
bertson's story in M?nte Carlo. Fol
lowed the preliminary investigation.
As to the body: . Life had been extln
guished some iif teen or twenty mlnu
tes. Contents of tbe pockets: A box
of cartridges, some American silver
coin and a blood stained hankerchlef.
The otUcer dispatched his men to
guard the doors. He also sent for as
sistance. ''Until further notice, 1
will be obliged to regurd you as my
prisoners," he said politely but tirmly
Please take notice that not a soul is
permitted to leave here." The order
was not surprislrg. At eleven p. m.
Tom Culbertson har! 150,000 francs of
the bank money. Five hours latter
he was dead, maybe murdered, and
not a hundred-franc bid left. Tue
guest prisoners were lequested to with
draw to one part of tbe very larg.
apartment, while the sergeant ano
hotel olllclals continued the search fur
the missing fortune. Suddenly they
came upon a letter stuck behind tbe
rate card at the dour, ad reused to thc
hotel keeper. "'Tbe A merlcan report
er living on the same Hour, will trans
late this for you," said a note in the
corner of the envelope.
"To the Hotel Keeper and to Whom
it May Concern: I am Tom Culbert
son, of Texas, was a well known cot
ton planter up to ten years afc*o. Hav
ing no relatives, the authorities can
do with my carcass as they please;
better sell it to tue saw-bones to pay
expenses. As the story of my life con
veys valuable lessons to old and young,
the American newspaper chap wliom
I met in the cafe yesterday, may have
it for what it is worth.
"Ten years ago when on a business
trip to New York, I met my destiny
in Marietta Turlui, daughter of an
Italian violinist. Uer father used to
play In the Bowery cafes aud restau
rants, Marietta accompanying him on
the guitar. I fell In love with the
girl at sight. She became my wife,
and after settling a comfortable in
come on the old man, wo moved out
to our lonely ranch. I am a man of
40, she having just budded into wo
manhood. 1 tried roy best to make
her forget the difference in our years.
Her faintest, Inarticulate wishes were
commands to me. 1 bought her every
thing she could think or, hut In tho
end had to recognize the fact that I
was too old, too serious-minded for my
glrl-wlfe. Frequently 1 found Mari
etta lu tears. She said she was very
homesick, but I wouldn't let her go.
She was my tirst love, and toe very
thought of a sepcration was madden
ing to me. Then an angel came to us,
.a daughter, beautiful as the mother.
But Marietta hated the child. She
often mistreated her despite my pro
test. 1 upbraided, I threatened her,
if she dared raise a linger against my
child.
"This was the signal for much do
mestic unhappiness. One tine morn
ing Marietta was nona. My telegrams,
research by theauthorities, thousands
spent on private detectives did not
bring her back. Hut I had Maud.
The child was both motlier and daugh
ter to me. I was her slave. And Yel
low Jack came and robbe:l me of her.
That happened when I was I H. It
whitened my hair and life lost all its
oharms for nie. I no long r took any
interest in business. Caring only to
forget, I took to drink and whiskey
did me up in thc usual space of time.
I WAS forced to sell the plantation and,
gathering the rest of my money, be
came a wanderer, following the race
tracks, for excitement at first, finally
to eke out a soaat and dlBgraoeful Uv?
lng.
This spring I happened to win a
considerable amount at 'Frisco and a
good woman, whom I mot there, per
suaded me to try and begin a new, a
better life. 1 calculated that to do so,
I must bave money and resolved to go
to Monte Carlo, to win a fortune. If
luok smiled upon me, I would re
turn and begin all over In the oottcn
business.
' 'A week ago I set foot in this earth
ly paradise, and had no sooner done sc
when, for somo reason or other, my
mind and heart became Hooded with
reminiscences of Marietta. I thought
of her all the time, saw her every
where. Every fresh red mouth seem
ed to be Marietta's, in every dark
dash eye I recognized Marietta's.
"Yesterday, late in the afternoon,
as I was going up the Casino steps, J
thought I saw her, a lovely viBlon, OI
the arm of ono of those Internationa
dandies with which Monte Carlo i:
running over. I felt sure lt was her
my poor, beloved, deluded wife. Sh
smiled, she coquetted, she behavei
outrageously. 1 heard her laugh
ah, it was Marietta's laugh. She passe
a remark within my hearing. So Ma
fit tta used to talk.
"1 felt that I must not rlBk my a
while excited and for half an hour c
longer wander-d about aimlessly 1
the gardens. There was a good bree/
from the bay and the salt air tinall
restored my equilibrium. I venture
to the Casino. "Try black," an lr
ner voice advised. Black lost. I force
lt. 'Noir perd!' announced the rot
lette manipulator live or six times i
succession. The golc In my pockc
was getting low. I was just thinl
lng of quitting when I heard behiu
me thc frou-frou of silken skirt!
when I perceived Marietta's laugl
her volca. And I gathered up all
possessed in the world and put it c
black.
" 'Noir perd!' I was a beggar in
strange country, with nothing to loc
forward to but death. Quietly, r
slgnedly I walked out to take u
medicine. As hoon asl found a hal
way secluded spot, I would end it al
Once I thought I had discovered
place of safety, but a carabiutet
making the rounds, cuased me to mi1
ou, and not knowing thc roads I four
myself, after a willie, in the neig
borhood of the Casino again. I w
about to sit down for a moment
rest, when I espied au elegant
dressed woman on a neaiby bene
She had the sylphlike, yet luxurlo
tigure of my Marietta, she had M
rietta's eyes, her hair, 1 saw lt all
the blazing arc light, And as I fae
her, she instinctively recognized mi
" 'Mother of my dead Maud,'
whispered hoarsely, 'so 1 found you
last '
" 'Don't make a scene, she i
turned; let's go where it's quiet a
talk it over.' 1 took her to the ot
skirts of the park, from where the r
trol had just driven me. It was st
now.
"And there I talked to her like
father, like a lover and a father,
every way 1 tried to move her ct
heart for our dead Maud's sake. B
the minute thc saw that I was softe
lng, her diabolical spirit returnt
She called me crazy, mad. She st
such as herself, beautiful, young t
ented was not for such as I, old gr
zied, wedded to life in the semi dese
And then the devil took hold of n
top: 1 reaohed for my revolver. H
rietta tried to call for help but, los!
all self-control, I took hold of her
the neck. She struggled, pushed 1
bejeweled fan into my face. Her
sistance ceased, before I realized wt
1 was doing I held a dead woman
my arms.
"The fright, the horror of my rx
deed nearly killed me on the sp
'Why didn't lusa that revolver
hour ago?' I m lanod, 'then 1 would
have this crime added to my list
deadly sins.
"But now; voices In the distan
they stimulated the Instinct of I
Keif-pr?servation and I dragged (
body further into the bushes. Tl
as I bent over Marietta ro take a 1
look at ber, I noticed the red pocl
book banging on her arin. 'A s
venir,' 1 thought, they shall bur j
with rae.' 1 coo the strings ai
prompted by jealous curiosity, pres
the lock. 1 expected to lind love 1
tors, men's visiting cards; I sa*
crisp thousand francs note. And
thoughts of suicide were g mo all
once, the craze of gamble, gambit
madness seiz d me.
" 'Play red, red,' whispered
voice of pas-iion. 'This posketbool
your talisman, rouge means a forti
to you.'
"1 raised my hand to my fever
temple and, withdrawing lt, fount
red with blood from the wound I
rietta had indicted upon me with i
fan. More red, lt was inevitable, tl
1 should win, I stilled the blood, eic
ed my cheek and walked to the C;s
with buoyant steps. Entering, I
garded myself in one of the high n
rors. Nothing in my appearance
called the adventures of a few rr
tites ago, recalled my crime.
"With tho feelings of a winne
walked up to one of the Trente
t? ?arante tables '500 on rouge.' I w
1 left original and winnings on
same card. 'E.luge again,' I won.
left original winnings on the sa
card. 'll juge again,'1 won. 'Bout
'Kongo,' 'Bouge,' ten thousand
rouge,' 'twenty thousand!' I won i
won again I won. I won 20 tim
and, by the Lord Harry won 25 tlx
and burst thc bank of Monte Carlo
"1 burst the hank, I was rich, 1
-the recollection struck me like
bullet from a catapult-rich beca
I had murdered my girl-wife. I \
happy because sue was dead, and ht
under my coat was the talisman, !
red pocketbook taken from her di
hands.
"These thoughts came to meo
after 1 had changed my load of g
into thousand francs notes. Up
then, such is tho utter baseness o
gambler's nature, I had actually
joyed my triumph, though never qt
forgetting that lt was won at the
pense of the dreadfullest of cilre
Yet not until I had weighted all
pockets with paper money, I real!
my situation in full: 1 was a m
lerer, nay worse. 1 had taken
wages of my poor wife's sins to gai
Tor! uno for myself.
"Those wno saw me throw av
money, In the safe last night thouf
I was; 'celebrating.' As a matt'i
'act 1 was anxious to get rid of
i.any hundred and thousand fra
iot.es as possible. May t hey do se
rood to the walters anti others.
"The money I could not spend,
he short, space of time allowed mt
?urnod in the open tire place in t
oom.
"This ls all I have to say.
'TOM CULBKK80N, from Texas,
U. A."
# * #
Your correspondent went out w
.he police sergeant to seach for 1
etta's body. We soon found it in
spot indicated, where ii) would baye
been discovered anyhow lu the early
morning, when the Prince's police
search the woods for suicides. The
sergeat recognized Marietta as a well
known demimondaine, that hung
about the gambling establishment
during the last two seasons. As
stated In the confession, abe had been
strangled.
Today two fresh graves wore Ulled
In the "Suloide's and Murderer's
Cemetery." The gambling concern
buried Tom and Marietta side by side
in the olotbes they wore at the time
when fate overtook them.
The Prince of Monaco and the
French Republic who profited about
150,000 francs when Tom Culbertson
burned bis winnings, did not even
send flowers. EMILE BKUDATJ.
THE WAR 18 OVER.
Tho Conlcdorato Dead Honorod in
Wisoonuln by Union Vctcrnns.
The Atlanta Journal says Gover
I nor Terrell ls in receipt of a letter
from the son of a Madison, Wis.,
Grand Army veteran, in which he is
informed that the graves of many
Georgia Confederate veterans at Madi
son, Wis., were cared for on National ;
Memorial day, May :iOth. The letter
was written by Iljtbcrb Siggelko, a
prominent attorney, who ls first ser
geant of the Henry Marnden camp,
No. 2, Sons of Veterans.
Tbe letter follows:
MADISON, Wis., June 10, 1905.
To Ills Excellency, Toe Governor of
Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.
Respected Slr:-You are doubtless
aware of the fact that in our cemetery
are buried many Cjnfederates who
died bere while prisoners of war.
Among the number are many from
the state of Gaorgia. It give me
great pleasure to inform you that on
Memorial day, May 30th, the graves
of these Confederate dead, as has long
been thc custom, were decorated with
Howers and uuiformed squad of Henry
Hamden Camp Nt 2, Sons of Vet
erans, Sred three volleys in honor and
memory of the Gray resting here.
The members of our G. A. lt , Lucius
Fairchild Post No. ll, marched into
tiie enclosure and stood there with
heads uncovered wbile the exercises
.vere being observed.
I am sure 1 voice the sentiment of
tho. old soldiers and of the veterans in
i saying that bitterness and enmity to
wards you who fought for the Cunfed
I eracy luis passed away forever and will
nevar again he harbored. We realize
that von o' the noutb fought bravely
and conscientiously, believing your
, cause to be right, and the soldier of
the north fought lu the same way, be
lieving bis muse to be right. We
may clasp bands across the bh ody
charm of war and by word and hy
deed we m ike known to one another
: that wc are bro'hers.
In submitting this, I have thc
, honor to remain,
Very respectfully.
llEUUEIlT S. SlQOELKO,
, 1st Sergeant, Henry [larden Camp
No. 2.
KILLED *Y PIRATE3.
Over Ono Hundred and Fifty People
Stainton Fyborian Comet.
A dispatch from San Francisco says
details of a terrible massacre by pi
rates of 150 natiyes on the Tyberian
coast has beeti received in a letter
from Petropavlovskl, on the coast of
Kamchatka. A M irogravienof hes
written to bis brother, a resident of
San Francis.o, that lu the early part
of tho yea', the natives in one of the
small settlements down the coast oh
served a yacht, or schooner, drop her
anchor in the harbor, and its coming
was hailed with cries of rejoicing.
OH the vessel came a number of
small boats. The natives could see the
crew pulling what they thought sup
plies into thc smaller craft. Then the
miui palled for tho shore. During that
iud the next day there was heard tho
dring of arms, and, later, smoke and
lire were observed. This led to an in
vestigation fro n Petropavlov.sk! and
other towns on the coast, and a bor
d?lo tale of pillage and massacre was
brought to light
Abiut the .streets of the settlement
wri es Morogravlenof, were strewn the
bodies of 150 of tho inhabitants, shot
and cut to pieces. Under the pretense
of friendship the pirates had gained a
landing on the coast Robbery was
lie ir rr.o'.ive, for every hut had been
ransacked, and anything of marketable
value had been taken. Wno the ma
rauders were, those who managed to
make their escape could not say, be
yi u id giving the Information that
some Japanese were in the party.
When M ?:o?ravlenof sent his letter
tho people of Petropavloskl feared an
attack on that to*wn.
Di. (1 illakuiK n gpocob.
At Chicago S. P. Sherill, formerly
secretary of the. demcoratic national
committee, dropped dead on the ll jor
of the convention tia' 1 in the Auditor
lum hotel while making an address be
fore the del?galos to the convention
f the National interstate ind' pendent
Telephone association Wednesday, of
;ip:>plexy. Mr Sherill was president of
the new lohn distance telephone com
pany of Indianapolis, and had been se
lected by arrangements of the om
ulttee to deliver the address of wel
come. Ho had proceeded well along
with lils reading when be suddenly
stepped backward and fell to the
llrjor, expiring within u few minutes
Mr. Sherill, a moment, before his col
lapse, remarked to Col. Powers, of
Louisville, temporary chairman, that
he was not feeling well. S. P. Sherln,
Jr., lils sun, was present when his
father expired and immediately took I
charge of thc remains. ?
I je l't Prison In a Box,
Harry Hammond, a convict In the
Missouri state penitentiary .sent up j
from St Joseph itt 181)8 for lifteen years
for murder In the second dc gree, es
caped in a shoe hex, and but for the
fact that he had failed to provide suf- j
Qcicnt air holes woul"i piobably be a ;
(ree mah. Hammond c moeali d him- \
self in I he shoe box In the prison fae- i
tory and was started on lhe trip to ?
iJlilcigo. At Cedar City, jus?, across s
che river from J, fferson City, tue box, '
in which he was securely nailed up, c
lay for s^me time OU the station plat- ]
form and t ho ag- nt heard groans c. m- s
lng f rom the boX. Tue box was opened j
and Hammond was taken back to the
penitentiary.
Drowned in Itivcr. \
Virgil White, a promising young I
lawyer, was drowned In the Dos t
Moines river Monday morniug hy thc 1
capsizing of a can oe at Des Moines, J
Iowa. Ile was the son of Hon. Fred ll
E. White, ex member of congr-ssand 1
twice Democratic candidate for gov- s
ernor of Iowa. t
A GREAT FBAUD.
Quaker City Beaks I leeo&d for About
Ono Million rollara.
A .Banker and Broker, Who' Dlod
Four Weeks Ano, Bought Gilt
Edged Stocks and |Raised
Their Faoo Value.
At Philadelphia one of rho most
sensational oases of forgery that has
ever been brought to light in financial
oiroles ot that olty was disclosed last
week when lt was announced that
certificates calling for small numbers
of shares of stock had been f radulent
I ly raised to hundreds of shares, caus
ing a loss to certain banks and trust
companies of this olty of from 3750,
000 to $1,000,000. The forgery in
volves the name of Benjamin H. Gas
kill, who went to his grave four weeks
ago. Gaskin was the sole member of
the banking and brokerage concern
known as Ben j. II. Gaskin & Compa
ny. Ile had offices in the financial
district and his credit was considered
gilt edged.
Gaskin died about four weeks ago,
and at the time of his death he was
believed to be worth about half a mil
lion dollars. He left no will and ad
ministrators began to close up his
business. A patron of the firm,
whose name is not given, bought from
tho estate 100 shares of Philadelphia
Traction company stock. This was
sent to the Philadelphia Traction
company's office to have the transfer
recorded. The certificate did not
agree with the company's bocks, and
an investigation showed that tue cer
tificate had bion raised from -six
shares to 100. The stock exchange,
of which Ga&klll was a member, then
sent out notices to its members not to
receive stock certificates from the
Gaskin estate.
A further investigation brought to
light a surprising state of affairs. It
was found that Gaskin had credited
himself on his own books with 6,000
shares of Pnlladclphia traction stock,
valued at approximately 8000,000
while tho traction company's books
showed he had only 400 shares. It
was al>.o discovered tbat he had raised
stock certilicites of the United Rail
ways of Now Jersey from 2 to 200 and
the certificat- s of tue Frankford aud
Southward Street Raliway company
of this city from 2 to 20. Tha latter
htcck is worth $450 a share.
Gasklll kept two accounts, one re
cord!!, g the transaction of his custo
mers, which was correct, and another
giving his own transactions. Ills
books showed that he was lord og from
$15,000 to $25.000 a year in his bus!
ners. His ruetuwd of operation was
to obtain certificates of Kilt edged
securities calling for one, two, three
or some other small number of Bbares,
raise thc figures and give them as se
curities fur large loans. At least six
banks and trust companies ot this
city admit holding fraudulent sec'jrl
ties for large loans. A financier who
bas bf en making un investigation said
that the amount of money loaned on
the raised certificates will aggregate
between $750.0?0 ?? r^e~.
ls believed that very little will be
recovered from the estate.
DEATH OF AUNT EASTER'
Sahl to Have Boen tho Oldest Woman
in tho t inted States.
The oldest person in Augusta, and
probably tile oldest in the United
States died Wednesday afternoon of
old age, says the Augusta Herald.
Etster Matthews was her name. She
was a colored woman and lived at No.
91, Nsw Pine street-her age was 135
years.
"Aunt Eister, " as she was called,
was b jrn in 1770, and while in slavery
she belonged to a number of promi
nent families of the city. She had
for her last owners, the Clayton fam
ily, and she often spoke of Mr. Tur
ner Clayton in her last days.
The old woman died from old age,
she never having an ache or piin in
her life. For the past 75 years she
had been llvlnir lu thc city, and has
resided on Pine street for the past 20
years. The p opie whom she was
living with at the time of her death
claimed that she had never complain
ed in the least of having an ache or
pain.
One of the ways the old woman bad
of telling her age was that she re
membered several years before the
Sprlngueld Baptist church was built
In the city, and this institution is 105
years old. She claimed that she re
membered when the Bpot where the
church now stands was In a swamp.
The old woman was liked by all of
the people, both while and colored, as
she often interested them by telling
of the times she used to have in the
days gone by. Her recoil ctlon was
perfect, oven in her last days.
Crew io Blame.
Thc railroad commission Wednes
day finished its report to the Legisla
ture on tlie wreck of the Ogden
special at Greenville. The rep -rt ful
iv sustains thc position of the railroad
officials that the blame attaches to
Engineer Hunter and Conductor
Acker of the special for failure to ob
Ker ve tlie rule which rt quired them
to come into thc Greenville yards un
der full control, lt finds this rulo ls
"in accordance wltb the best practice
of standard American railways, and
that lt is wise and best calculated to
promote safety." Tue report lets the
crew down with this finding: ''It
appears from the evidence that they
had been furnish sd with the rules and
dad been examined on anti knew them,
but simply In this action at least mis
interpreted them."
Frightful Storm
One death and damage to property
imountlng to thousands resulted from
in electric storm and cloudburst,
which cccurred at Tampa, Fla., Wed
resday afternoon. Beatrice Collin,
ige.d 7, was killed by lightning while
itanding in the door of her home
Tue roof of the Itoherts building, oo
?up'ed by the Peninsula Telephone
'Exchange, fell in, stn tshing the
ivsltchboard and injuring several
roung lady Pi.e-aWs. none, seriously.
Killed In a Wrouk
At Nowlngton, Cotui., three men
vere killed Ina collision between two
n igh trains Wednesday morning on
he New York and New Haven road.
The dead are Firemen Schalatzer and
ohn Dennis Lvw and Brakemen Lew
s Stratton. Engineer Soruitt, who is
?cid responsible for the accident, was
erlcudy injured and is not oxpected
o recover.
WEATBJSB AND CHOPS.
Tlioro Han Boon a General Improve
ment In Cotton Conditions.
Ia bia last orup report Section Direc
tor Bauer says the week ending June
19 bad a mean temperature slightly
above normal, with extremes of a
maximum of 98 degrees at Blackville
on the 13th, and a minimum of 00 de
grees at Greenville on the 13tb. The
sunshine averaged about normal, al
though in parts of the state there was
considerable cloudiness the latter
part. There were no destructive high
winds, or other damaging conditions.
The precipitation was in the form
of thunderstorms and local showers.
The rainfall was heavy in places In
the eastern counties, where it ranged
from half an inch to over two inohes,
with scattered localities in all parts
of the state that had no rain or
amounts too small to be beneficial.
There were some heavy showers In
the northern border counties, but they
were widely scattered. The need of
rain 1B indicated for the central and
southwestern counties, generally, and
in places elsewhere.
Cultivation made rapid progress and
nearly all fields have been rid of gras?
and weeds, except where laborers
were scarce, or where the ground has
become too bard to plow and cultivate.
The weather was favorable for har
vesting wheat and oats, which work
ls nearly finished except for spring
oatB. There was a general improve
ment In the condition of cotton, with
exceptions in the case of fields that
bave not been thinned or cleaned of
grass, but only in exceptional in
stances have tho plants attained nor
mal growth, being generally under
sized. Blooming ls still sporadic,
though fairly general in the eastern
counties. Sea island cotton 1B In good
condition, but as yet blooming sparse
ly. Lice are still present In sections,
but are disappearing. Chopping has
not been finished.
There has been only slight improve
ment In corn, wblch cont inues small
and yellow, except on tields that re
eel ved early and thorough cultivation.
There are mauy complaints of cora
tasseling low, and of damage by
wormB. There is considerable land
yet planted to corn. There ls little
change In the condition of tobacco
which shows the effects of too much
rain, and lack of cultivation. Ric-; is
receiving ita harvest wat er In the Cul
leton district, and is generally doing
well. Gardens and pastures nesd rain
in the central and wes'ern pans
Melons are quite promising. Wheat
is yielding poorly at threshing. Ox's
also are generally poor, but wit'?
numerous exceptions where the y Ids
renge from good to excellent. A large
acreage of peas, for forage, beirg
sown, and more laijds will be sown a?
soon as it raius.
THE DIVOROK EVIL,
9?ys Archbishop Farley, IB Under
iniiilug tho Walls of Sccloty.
Archbishop Farley declared at Car
negie Hall, in New York, one night
last week, at the co in m ?noe ment exer
cises of St. Francie Xavier th-it the
evils of divorce were fast undermining
thc walls of our society and that the
whole .structure would shortly collapse
should no hand be raised to ward off
the advance of this tendency. The
Archbishop Bald In part:
"A continuance of the evil of di
vorce, of the slightest regard for the
marriage, must, shortly lead to the
downfall of society, nay, lt is even
now falling, and must soon be dragg
ed in the dust. We see that it is
going to pieces.
"President Roosevelt, who holds in
bis hands the trust imposed by the
p- opie of the United States, and wbo
wields his authority In no mistakeu
manner, has openiy announced how
he deplores the awful condition of so
ciety in this rt gard.
"I believe no president since Wash
ington's time has made a more bene
ficial effects on the roots of society
and the family than Roosevelt has by
means of his frank declaration. Not
only does the president preach the
doctrines he believes, but he exempli
fies it in bis own life, and his own
family stands as an illustratiou of
what the nation's executive thinks
and says of the race standards.
"It ls likewise gratifying to find
that the president has not confined
his labors in this direction to his own
circle, wholly, but the fact is made
kuown to me that the cabinet has
taken this question up and will deal
with lt. When the heads of our gov
ernment take up a problem of this
grave nature there can be no need of
the people doubting that the ques
tions must be gravely considered, and
we feel that much good will be doue
if effort ls properly directed."
Ij'Shtnini; Freak.
During a thunder storm last Friday
evening, lightning struck a tree In the
yard of Mr. J. C. Martin of Donnalds.
A clothes line was attached to the
tree, extending by another, and was
made fast, to a third tree within two
feet of thc house. The current fol
lowed the wire, striking all the trees,
and ?umped the space between the last
tree and the house, lt followed the
wall plate, wrecking columns, brack
ets, etc., until lt reached the sitting
room at thc opposite corner of th
house. Here lt sterns to have ground
ed at three points, tearing up the
plastering and wainscoting. Fortun
ately no ono was in the house, as the
lightning entered that part of the
house most used. Toe only living
thing harmed was a heu which was
killed while hovering her brood by a
pillar of the house. Her chickens
were uninjured,_
Ho Hail lo Uti.
At Rockwell City, M i., because the
Rev. C. II. Marsh, of the Baptist
ouuroh, thrted with a pretty parish
loner, jealous members of his il ick
followed him about and bc was tlnally
forced to leave S sal?dale, where he
had just been given a cbarge. The
other evening Mr Marsh met one of
the Swahd?le girls, and went with
her for a Uve mlle rirlve. He had pre
vlouslv been requested to leave the
Bburch there because of his atten
tions, and when he came to R >okwell
Dlty his new congregat on watched
bim Five members followed him on
a live mlle drive, and when he dropDcd
tho girl ur>ar home, halted his bu>igy
and told him they expected him to
pick out a member of his own Hock
when he went driving. He is young
ind handsome. Ho has left town.
Fatal ilollor IOxploston.
A boiler at the; saw |?mlll of the
Jurtls Attaila lumber plant exploded
Thursday, killing James Watts, Will
ttoason, Gus Cash and Marlon Mad
dox. C. SmithjWas fatally hurt and
Barney Works seriously injured.
Who Nailed a Young Man to a
Cross Good Friday.
AS A RELIGIOUS EITE.
His Hands and Peet Were Spiked to the
Cross Beams of the Structure
They Called the Cross, Where
the Victim Remained Until
taken Down Dead.
Oa "Calvary Hill," near Torrea,
Colorado, in Las Animas County, an
accident happened on Good Friday.
A young man named Jesus Gonzales
was nailed to a cross during the Eas
ter religious ceremonials of the Peni
tentes, and expired in view of the
awe-struck spectators. He had vol
unteered to take the part of the Sa
viour In the solemn ritual of the sect,
and his wrists and ankles bad been
firmly bound to the cross with ropes.
At his own request nails were then
driven through his hands and he was
spiked to the oross beam of the cross.
At a signal from the high priest of
the Penitentes the cross was elevated
and the ceremonial continued.
Following literally the New Testa
ment narrative of the Saviour's cruci
fixion, every Incident and episode was
imitated. Some of the Penitential
brothers performed the part of Ro
man soldiers, and one of them pressed
a sponge of vin? gar to the lips of
Gonzales. The pseudo Christ smiled
feebly and whispered tbe Saviour's
last words, "Father, forgive them for
they know not what they do." Tie
Penitentes then divided Gonzales's
clothes and cast lots for them, as told
in the Scriptural account. A brother
then seized a spear and plunged lt in
to Gonzales's side, and his face light
ed up with the beatiile smile of a mar
tyr.
Meanwhile the various episodes of
t^e crucifixion were executed with
sole jon zial, while thc victim hung
weak and bleeding on the cr< ss over
head. A priest approached and re
peated the woros of St. Luke, "Ho.
savea others; let him save himself, if
he be Crist, the chosen of God." Some
f the brothers who took the part of
Human idolaters, tben crowded up to
thc eros?, meeking and s:off">gand
shouting, "If thou b^ ttih Iviug of
the Je*s save thys If!" FI 'ally the
iu-cription. written InSpablsh, "This
is ttie King of the Jews," was nailed
on the cres-i, and then Man a d Mar
tha and the women of Galilee ( m;j: r
sonated by women of the s.ct) a,
pro j-ched.
This was the signal for lowering
the cross-but the smtlirjg lips of
Gonzales were silent forever; the eye?
upturned to the sky were rigid in
.uea'.h. Tue Penitentes looked at each
other in startled surprise and said
'Ged's will be clone." Toe agony ot
the cress had be^n too much; the
half hour they had intended to keep
him there had stretched to nearly two
hours; in a religious frenzy of lamen
tations the Penitentes carried the
swollen, bleeding bod? of Gonzales to
a t< mb in the cemetery over the hill
Tue county authorities have made
efforts at an investigation of this
Good Friday tragedy, but with little
success. The Penitentes are Mexi
cans, speaking little but Spanish, and
they refuge any information what
ever. Tue penitential Brothels, or
"Los Hermanos Penitentes," have
been cast out by the lt jman.Catholics
and have been nursued by the local
authorities in Colorado and new Mex
?co until they have been driven to re
mote mountain places where the
could cuuduot their rites without in
terference.
The writer witnessed a part of the
ceremonials of Easter time as per
formed by the Peultentes near Clay
ton, New Mexico, last year. Starting
from Clayton, a small town on the
Gulf road, we rode all day across the
hot, dry prairies on which the only
signs of life are herds of cattle, plenty
of antelope and the shrill whistling
curlew. We knew the danger of ex
citing the Brotherhood, but we d: t3r
mined to see, and photograph all we
could of the ceremonies, and to that
end had literally armed ourselves to
the teeth-dressed like Mexicans to
attract less attention, and hld the
camera under the writer's coat. As
cending a hill we unexpectedly came
upon the scene of aztlon, and never
can we forget the sight. It was late
in the afternoon of a hot, clear day,
not a breath of wind was stirring.
Below us stretched a small valley
whose side hills were scantily covered
with a growth of scrub oak and pine.
The little stone chapel was at the
head of the valley; about five hundred
feet away on a small knoll, represent
lng the hill of Calvary, was erected a
a huge wooden cross
Grouped about this, kneeling de
voutly, were perhaps tif sy people, and
when they began to chant the "Mis
erere" in a melancholy wail the i fleet
was wonderfully weird. When this
ceased, the "Procession of Cross
Hearers" left tho chapel. Mrn elder
ly take part in the actual ceremonl s
tuough women are present. The
crosses are large wooden affairs, and
weigh over two hundred pounds each.
Those doing penunce frequently cou
seal their faces with black cloths, and
the officers may bc known by the til
;ts on their heads. The procession 1?
headed by a piper. Then comes a
arother walkiDg backward and wear
ng a crucifix. He. is followed by the
comrades, who are naked, ejc>pt for
?hort cotton trousers, and these o-ca
tio ally aro lined with cacti, an.)
i .und tight to make tnesufferiug the
nore intense, The reader of prayers
s among their number A t short in
erva s they stop to make thc "sta
,ions of the cross."
Arriving at Calvary, the cro-s be ?r
>rs lie at full lengtsi with the heavy
jeams on their backs while thc piper
jipes and the others pray. Then the
procession returns to tue chapel, the
nen going ins d? for meditation, and
?be women rema nlng outside These
pilgrimages are kept up dorlng the
lay and the climax of the tragedy oe
airs in the afternoon, when the chief
mters the cbap;d and comes with the
dctlm, who ls to Impersonate Christ,
in some places he is a volunteer, at.d
n others he is chosen by lot. Cal
eary has been freshly prepared for
dm and ho walks to the spot, lies at
ull length on the now recumbent
iross, his back to the standard, and
lis arms outstretched.
The attendants take stout ropes
md lash tbe arms and le?sof the pen
tente to the cross, binding him BO
ightly that the strands actually sink
into tho flesh, bat not a sound is j
heard from the martyr. It is custo
mary to spike the victim to thecrossi
but pu bl i o opinion bas wrought a com?
premise in some localities and the ac
tual driving of nails Into the hands ls
omitted. Even In the very remote
old Mexican towns, where a crucifix
ion always takes place, the victim of
the crucifixion usually survives the
ordeal, acd proudly shows the soars
as evidence. Long ropes are fastened
to the head ot the cross to steady ic,
and other brothers ralss it to au up
I right position. As its base meets the
j the excavation the whole mass slips
I down with a thud that must cause ex
j emulating pain to tho victim, but he
j never utters a complaint. The cross
is then maintained In its position by
ropes and loose stones thrown into the
hole.
The poor penitente must suffer the
mo it intense agony-his skin puff j up
and discolors and hi? face betrays
great anguish. The si lonco was im
pressive-no sound of bird or inseot in |
this desert land and all the brother
hood were in silent pra:?r. . Some
were liing on masses of cacti; all the
officers wore crowns of thoma and
some were beating themselves with
the prickly Spanish bayonet plant.
It seemed as If we could not endure
the strain. About half an hour after I
the oross was raised the chief gave the
order to lower lt. The bonds were
loosed and the blood b?gan to freely
circulate In the victim's veins, but the |
pseudo Christ was Ump and uncon
scious.
Then following the testamenta! I
story, a few women gather about the
oross, walling dismally and imper
sonating Mary and Martha. The body
ls wrapped in a doth and borne to a
cave in the foothills. The general
crowd returns to town to a lively tune
from the piper, but a chosen few re
main to apply restoratives and rcsur
r- ct the erstwhile Christ. If no mis
nap has occurred the honored one
quickly recovers and by evening will
strut about the town, the most Impor
tant one of the inhabitants. Tnen
follows a religious dance and a feast,
aud the community settles down to a
seml clvilizsd life once more. The
procession of flagellants we did not
witness, having arrived too late, but
they march over cacti and prickly
pear with their bare feet and wear
nothicg but short cotton breeches.
Tuen they lash their backs with
thorns and the blood trickles down In
s'.tearni.
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