The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 30, 1905, Image 5
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THE SAD STORY
Of Tom Culbertson, Who Busted
Monte Carlo Bank And
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
He Won One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Francs aud the Next Morning He
Was Found Dead Clasping a
Woman's Red Morrocco
Pocket Book.
MONTE CABLO, June 23.-Tom Cul
bertson, from Texas, murderer and
suicide; Marietta Tor mi Culbertson,
of New York and Texas, strangled
and robbed; the bank of Monte Carlo
"burst" and the prince of these realms
and the French republio richer by
150,000 francs because the bank-burst
er burned up his winnings-suoh are
a single 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 tho scant cable reports.
At 4 o'clcck yesterday morning most
of the second story lodgers of thc
"Paris" were awakened by a pistol
shot. My room mato 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 blast. Watchmen,
night clerks, scrub women, porters,
etc., came scurrying up the stairs. A
hundred questions in a dozen tongues.
Every door on thecorrldor was succes
sively tried, the occupants responding,
save that of No. 13.
"Burst in the door," cried several
excited guests. Notncccessary, it was
unlocked. The room was pitch dark,
but the fumes of powder and burned
paper meeting us a we entcrod, indi
cated that we were on the right 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 premised me "a big
story'" only a few hour3 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, hut a minute ago it must
have gushed forth like a fountain
There was a big pool on the carpet and
rn the midst a giant colt revolver, ly
lng below the now lifeless right hand
The left, raised to the heart,, clutch
ed a red something, a woman's pom
padaur, velvet and gold, lt proved to
be. Strange, the silken carrying cord
were cut.
Meanwhile a police sergeant and
three Carabinier! had marched in
They took charge of the body, ?he
room and the semi-dressed mob tilling
lt. The sergeant held a whispered
conversation with the manager aud
night clerk. Then he demanded aloud
"Does anyone recognize this dead per
son?"
Half a dozen men and women re
snooded and your correspondent de
posited whan he knew about Tom Cul
bertson's story in Monte Carlo. Fol
lowed the preliminary Investigation.
As to the body:. Life had been extln
guished some Hf teen or twenty miou
tes. Contents of the pockets: A box
of cartridges, some American silver
coin and a blood stained hankerchief
The olllcer dispatched his men to
guard the doors. He also sent for as
sis tance. "Until further notice, I
will be obliged to regard you as my
prisoners," he said politely but lirmly
Please take notice that not a soul is
permitted to leave here." The order
was not surprising. At eleven p. ni
Tom Culbertson had 150,000 francs of
the bank money. Five hours latter
he was doad, maybe murdered, and
nob a hundred-franc hill left. Tne
guest prisoners were requested to with
draw to one part of the very large
apartment, while the sergeant aii ;
hotel officials continued the search fur
the missing fortune. Suddenly they
came upon a letter stuck behind the
rate card at the door, ad roused to the
hotel keener. "The American report
er living on the same door, will trans
late this for you," said a note in thc
corner of the envelope.
"To the Hotel Keeper and to Whom
it May Concern: 1 am Tom Culbert
son, of Texas, was a well known cot
ton planter up to ten years ago. Hav
ing no relatives, the authorities can
do with my carcass as they please;
better sell it to toe saw-bones tu pay
expenses. As the story of my life con
veys valuable lessons to old and young,
the American newspaper chap whom
I met In the cafe yesterday, may have
lt for what lt is worth.
"Ten years ago when on a business
trip to New York, I met my destiny
In Marietta Turin!, daughter of an
Italian violinist. Her father used to
play In the Bowery cafes and restau
rants, Marietta accompanying him on
the guitar. I fell In love with the
girl at sight. She boca rn? my wife,
and after settling a comfortable In
come on the old mau, we moved out
to our lonely ranch. 1 am a man of
40, she having just budded into wo
manhood. I tried my best to make
her forget the difference in our years.
Her faintest, Inarticulate wishes were
commands to me. 1 bought her every
tiling she could think of, but in the
end had to recognize tho fact that I
was too old, too serious-minded for my
girl-wife. Frequently 1 found Mari
etta in tears. She said she was very
homesick, but I wouldn't let her gt'.
She was my lirst love and the very
thought of a seperation 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, 1 threatened her,
If she dared raise a finger against my
child.
"This was tlie signal for much do
mestic unhappiness. One line morn
ing Marietta was gone. My telegrams,
research by the authorities, thousands
spent on private detectives did not
bring her back. But 1 had Maud.
The child was both motlier and daugh
ter to me. I was her slave. And Yel
low Jack came and robbert me of her.
That happened when I was 48. lt
whitened my hair and life lost all Its
charms for me. I no longer took any
interest in t uslness. Caring only to
forget, I took to drink and whiskey
did me up In the usual space of time.
I WAS forced to sell the plantation and,
gathering the rest of my money, be
oame a wanderer, following the race
;racks, tor excitement at first, fie ally
.o eke out a scant and disgraceful llv
ng.
This spring I happened to win a
lonslderable amount at 'Frisco and a
rood woman, whom I r- ot there, per
vaded me to try ann begin a new, a
ratter life. I calcul at "d that to do so,
[ must have money and resolved to go
o Monte Carlo, to win a fortune, lt
uok smiled upon mc, I would re
urn and begin all over in the cot ten
mslness.
' (A week ago I set foot in this earth
y paradise, and had no sooner done so
vhen, for somo reason or other, my
nlnd and heart became hooded with
-eminiscenccs of Marietta. I thought
)f her all the time, saw her every
where. Every fresh red mouth seem
id to be Marietta's, In every dark,
lash eye I recognized Marietta's.
"Yesterday, late In the afternoon,
is I was going up the Casino steps, I
thought I saw her, a lovely vision, on
tho arm of one of those international
dandies with which Monte Carlo ls
running over. I felt sure it was her,
my poor, beloved, deluded wife. She
smiled, she coquetted, she behaved
outrageously. 1 heard her laugh
ah, lt was Marietta's laugh. She passed
a remark within my hearing. So Ma
fit tta used to talk.
"1 felt that I must not risk my all
white excited and for half an hour or
longer wander-d about aimlessly in
the gardens. There was a good breeze
from the bay and the salt air finally
restored my equilibrium I ventured
to the Casino. "Try black," an in
ner voice advised. Black lost. I forced
it. 'Noir perd!' announced the rou
lette manipulator five or six times In
succession. The gold lu my pocket
was getting low. I was Just think
ing of quitting when I heard behind
me the frou-frou of silken skirts,
when I perceived Marietta's laugh,
her volco. And I gathered up all I
possessed in the world and put it on
black.
" 'Noir perd!' I was a beggar in a
strange country, with nothing to look
forward to but death. Quietly, re
signedly I walked out to take my
medicine. As soon as 1 found a half
way secluded spot, I would end it all.
Once I thought I had discovered a
place of safety, but a carabiulerl.
makiug the rounds, cuased me to mc v -
on, and not knowing the roads I found
myseir, after a while, in the neigh
borhood of tho Casino again. 1 wai
about to sit down for a moment'?
i.?at, when I espied an elegantly
nressed womau on a neat by bench
She had the sylphlike, yet luxurious
ligure of my Marietta, she had Ma
rlctta's eyes, her hair, I saw it all li
the blazing arc light, And as I facet
her, she instinctively recognized me.
" 'Mother of my dead Maud,' .
whispered hoarsely, 'so 1 found you a
last '
" 'Don't make a scene, she re
turned; let's go where it's quiet ant
talk it over.' 1 took her to thc out
skirts of the park, from where the pa
trol had just driven me. lt was sar
now.
"And there I talked to her like !
father, like a lover and a father, ti
every way 1 tried to move her cob
heart for our dead Maud's sake. Bu
the miuute the saw that I was soften
lng, ber diabolical spirit returned
She called me crazy, mad. She sab
such as herself, beautiful, young tal
ented was not for such as I, old griz
zied, wedded to life In the semi desert
And then the devil took hold of me
top: 1 reached for my revolver. Ma
rietta tiled to call for help but, loslni
all self-control, I took hold of her b;
the neck. Sh? struggled, pushed he
bejeweled fan into my face. Her re
sistance ceased, before I realized waa
I was doing I held a dead woman li
my arms.
"The fright, the horror of my mb
deed uearly killed me on the spot
'Woy didn't I use that revolver a
hour ago?' I m lauod, 'then I woobin'
have this crime added to my list c
deadly sins.
"But now; voices In the distance
they stimulated the instinct of th
self-presetv&tion and I dragged th
body further into the bushes. The
as I bent over Marietta TO take a las
look at her, 1 noticed the red pocke
book hanging on her arm. 'A sot
venir,' 1 thought, they shall bury i
with me.' I out the strings ant
prompted by jealous curiosity, presse
the lock. 1 expected to find love lei
tars, men's visiting cards; I saw
crisp thousand francs note. And m
thoughts of suicide were gone all a
once, the craze of gamble, gambler
madness seiz d me.
" 'Play red, red,' whispered th
voice of passion. 'This pocketbook :
your talisman, rouge meaus a fortun
to you.'
"1 raised my hand to my feveris
temple and, withdrawing it, found I
red with blood from the wound Ml
rietta had bulleted upon me with he
fan. More red, lt was inevitable tba
I should win, I stilled thc blood, clear
erl my cheek and walked to the C ;sin
with buoyant steps. Entering, I rt
garded myself In one of the high mil
rors. Nothing in my appearance re
cilled the adventures of a few mit
utes a^'o, recalled my crime.
"With the. feelings of a winner
walked up to one of the Trente a
ij tarante tables '500 on rouge.' I wot
I loft original aud winnings on tb
same card. li luge again,' I won.
eft original winnings on the sam
jard. 'Rouge again,'1 won. 'Rouge
Rouge,' 'Rouge,1 ten thousand o
rouge,' 'twe"ty thousand!' I won an
won again I won. 1 won 20 tirrel
md, by the Lord Harry won 25 time
md hurst the bank of Meinte Carlo.
"1 hurst the bank, 1 was rich, bu
-tho recollection struck me like
)ullet from a catapult-rich becaus
! had murdered my glrl-wlfc. I wa
lappy because, she was dead, and here
meier my ee>ab was the talisman, he
eel pocketbook takeu from her dea
lands.
"These thoughts came to me onl
ifter 1 bael changed my load of gol
nto thousand francs notts. Up t
.hen. such is the utter baseness of
[ambler's nature, I had actually ct:
>yed my triumph, though never quit
Grgetting that lt was won at the es
lensc of the dreadfullest of crime.'
iret not until 1 had weighted all m
lockets with papcrmoney, I realize
ny situation in full: I was a mut
lerer, nay worse. I had taken th
vages of ray poor wife's sins to gain
or! une for myself.
"Those who saw mc throw awa
noney, in the safe last night though
was; 'celebrating.' As a mattere
act I was anxious to get rid of a
nany hundred and thousand franc
otes as possible. May they do sum
ood to the waiters and others.
"The money I could not s-pend, I
he i-hort space e?f time allowed mo,
urned in the open tiru place in th!
oom.
"This Iti all I have to say.
TOM CUXBBKSON, from Texas, 1
U. A."
# * *
Your correspondent went ort wit
lie police sergeant to Beach ?'or Mn
oe ta's body. We soon found it in th
spot indicated, where lt would baye
been discovered anyhow lu the early
morning, when the Prince's police
searoh the woods for suicides, The
sergeat recognized Marietta as a well 4
known demimondaine, that hung
about the gambllug establishment
during the last two seasons. As
stated in the confession, she had been
strangled.
Today two fresh graves wore tilled
in the "Suicide's and Murderer's
Cemetery." The gambling concern
buried Tom and Marietta side by side
in the clothes they wore at the time
when fate overtook them.
The Prince of Mon?oo and the
French R?publio who profited about
150,000 francs when Tom Culbertson
burned his winnings, did not even 1
send flowers. EMILE BKBDATJ. 1
THE WAR 18 OVER.
Tho Confederate Doad Honored, in
Wisconsin by Union Veterans.
The Atlanta Journal says Gover
nor Terrell ls In receipt of a letter
from the son of a Madison, Wis.
Grand Army veteran, in whioh he ls
informed that the graveB of many
Georgia Confederate veterans at Madi
son, Wis., were cared for on National
Memorial day, May .10th. The letter
was written by norbert Sig^elko, a
prominent attorney, who is first ser
geant of the Henry Marndea oamp,
No. 2, Sons of Veterans.
The letter follows:
MADISON, Wis., June 10, 1905.
To His Excellency, Tne Governor of
Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.
Respected Sir:-You arc doubtless
aware of the fact that in our cemetery
are buried many Confederates who
died here while prisoners of war.
Among the number are man) from
the state of Giorgia. It give me
great pleasure to inform you that on
j Memorial day, May 30Lh, the graves
I of these Confederate dead, as has long
been the custom, were decorated with
Howers and uuitormed squad of Henry
Hamden Camp Ni 2, Sons of Vet
erans, fired three volleys in honor and
memory of the Gray resting here.
The mrmber* of our G. A. ll , Lucius
Fairchild Post No. ll, marched into
thc enclosure and stood there with
heads uncovered while the exercises
.vere being observed.
I am sure I voice the sentiment of
the old soldiers and of the veterans In
saying that bitterness and enmity to- j
waris you who fought for the Confed
eracy has passed away forever and will
ntvar again be harbored. We realize
that you of tho routh fought bravely
aod conscientiously, believing your
cause to be right, and the soldier of
thc north fought In the same way, be
lieving his cause to be right. Wo
may clasp bands across the bloody
charm of war aud hv word aud by
deed we make known to oue another
coat we are bro" hers.
In submitting this, I have the
honor to remain,
Very respect fullv.
UKUUBHT S. SlOGKLKO,
1st Sergeant, Henry U.iideu Camp
No. 2.
KILLED <Y PIRATES.
Over Ono Hundred and Fifty People
slain on Tyborian Coast.
A dispatch from San Francisco says
details i f a terrible massacre by pi
rates of 150 natlyes on tba Tyberlan
coast has been received In a letter
from Petropavlovski, on the coast of
Kamchatka. A M >rcgravlenof hus
written to bbs brother, a resident of
Sin Francisco, that in the early part
nf thc year, the natives In one of the
small settlements down the coast oh
served a yacht, or schooner, drop h.^.r
anchor lu the harbor, and Its coaling
was hailed with cries of rejoicing.
OM the vessel came a number of
small hoits. The natives could sec the
crow pulling what they thought sup
plies into the smaller craft. Then the
mon pulled for tile, shore. During that
iud tho next clay there was hcird tho
liring of arms, and, later, smoke and
tire were observed. This led toan in
vesMgation fro n Petropavlovski and
other towns on the coast, and a hor
rlole tale of pillage and massacre was
brought to light
About the streets of thc settlement
wri es Morogravlenof, were strewn, the
bodies of 150 of the inhabitants, shot
arni cut to pieces. Under the pretense
of friendship the pirates had gained a
landing on the coast Robbery was
their motive, for evorv hut had been
ransacked, and anything of marketable
vaiue had boen taken. Wno the ma
rauders were, those who managed to
make their o.cape could not say, be
yound giving the information that
some J ip mese were In tho. party.
When M irogravlenof sent his letter
tho people of Petropavloski feared an
attack on that town.
Died .-i.-iii i nj,- ,-i Speech.
At Chicago S. P. Sherin, formerly
secretary of thc democratic national
committee, dropped di ad on thc tl jor
of the Convention hall in the Auditor
lum hotel while making an address be
fore the dolegates to the convention
f the National Interstate ind- pendent
Telephone association Wednesday, of
apoplexy. Mr Sherin was president of
the new lonR distance telephone com
pany of Indianapolis, and had been se
lected by arrangements of the c >m
?iltteo to deliver the address of wel
come. He had proceeded well along
with his reading when he suddenly
stepped backward and fell to the
lloor, expiring within a few minutes
Mr. Sherin, a moment before his col
lapse, remarked to Col. Powers, of
Louisville, temporary chairman, ?bat
he was not feeling well. S. P. Sherin,
Jr., his son, was present when his
father expired and immediately took
charge of thc remains.
{jell Prison in a Box.
Harry Hammond, a convict In the
McSS'iiirl state penitentiary sent up
from St Joseph in 1898 for fifteen years
for murder in the becond digree, es
caped In a shoe-box, and but for the
fact that he had failed to provide suf
tlulent air holes wi.ul 1 piobably bo a
free, man, HamtuM.d c moeab d him
self in ilu! shoe box m the prison fac
tory and was started on the trip to
Chicago. At Cedar City, jus', across
the river from J. fi rion City, the box,
in which he was securely nailed up,
lay for some time on the station plat
fem and tho ag- nt heard groansc, Hi
ing from the b. x. Tue b. x was opened
an t Hammond was taken back to the
penitentiary.
Drowned lu Uiver.
Virgil White, a promising young
lawyer, was drowned in thc Des
Moines river Monday' raornlug by the
capsizing of a canoe at Des Moines,
Iowa. He was the son of Hon. Fred
E. While, ex member of congr-ssand
twice Democratic cant'idate for gov
ernor of Iowa.
A GREAT FEAUD
Quaker City Beales Ileeocd for About
One Million rollara.
A..Banker ami Broker, Who Died
FOOT Weeks ARO, Bought Gilt
Edged Stocks and |Raised
Their Faoo Value.
At Philadelphia one ot the mest
sensational oases of forgery that has
avor been brought to light in financial
a?reles of that olty was disclosed last
week when lt was announced that
certificates calling for small numbers
of shares of stock had been f radulent
ly raised to hundreds of shares, cauB
lng a loss to certain banks and trust
companies of this olty of from $750,
OOO to 81,000.000. The forgery in
volves the name of Benjamin H. Gas
kill, who went to his grave four weeks
ago. GasklU was the sole member of
the banking and brokerage concern
known as Ben j. H. Gaskin & Compa
ny. He had otil?os In the financial
district and his credit was considered
gilt edged.
Gaskill 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 tho firm,
whose name is not given, bought from
the estate loo shares of Philadelphia
Traction company stock. Tbls watt
sent to the Philadelphia Traction
company's office to have the transfer
recorded. The certificate did not
agree with thc company's books, and
an investigation showed that tue cer
tificate had b>en raised from six
shares to 100. The stock exchange,
of wbioh Gaskill was a member, then
sent out notices bo its members not to
receive stock certificates from the
Gaskin estate.
A further investigation brought to
lUrht. a surprising state of affairs. It
was found that Gaskin had oredltei
himself on his own books with 6,000
shares of Pulladelphia traction stock,
valued at approximately 8000,000
while the traction compiny's book*
showed he had only 400 shares. It
was al?o discovered that he had raised
stock certificates of the United Rill
ways of New Jersey from 2 to 200 and
the certificates of the Frankford and
Southward Street Railway company
of this city from 2 to 20. The latter
stock ls worth $450 a share.
Gaskill kept two accounts, one re
cord?, g the tran--action of bis custo
mers, which was correct, and anuthcr
utvirg his own transactions. His
books showed that he was lobing from
810,000 to 825,000 a year in his busi
ne-s. Ills method of operation was
tu obtain certificates of gilt edged
securities calling for one, two, three
or some other small number of shares,
raise the figures and give them as se
curities fur large loaus. At hast six
banks and tru3t companies ot this
olty admit holding fraudulent sec'j ri
ties for large loans. A financier who
has been making an investigation said
that thc amount of money loaned on
? raised certificates will aggregate
Jb?ween 8750,000 ai ? :> " baMF
ls believed that very little will be
recovered from the estate.
DEATH OF AUNT EASTER
Said to Have Boen thu Oldest Woman
in tho United States.
The oldest person in Augusta, and
probably the oldest in thc United
States died Wednesday afternoon of |
old age, says the Augusta Herald.
Elster Matthews was ber name. She
was a colored woman and lived at No.
91, New Pine street-her age was 135
years.
"Aunt Elster, " as she was called,
was b ?rn in 1770, and while In slavery
she belonged to a n&mber 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 o age,
she never having an ache or p\ln In
her life. For tho. past 75 years she
had been llvlm: In the city, and bas
resided on Pine street for thc past 20
years. The p ople whom she was
living with at the time of her death
claimed that she had never complain
ed lu tbe least of having an ache or
pain.
One of the ways thc old woman had
of telling her age was that she re
membered several years before the
Sprlngtield Baptist church was built
In the city, and this institution ls 105
years old. She claimed that she re
membered when the Bpot where the
church now stands was In a swamp.
Thc o!d woman was liked by all of
thc people, both white and cjlored, as
she often Interested them by telling
of the times she used to have In the
days gone by. Her recoil ctlon was
perfect, even in her last days.
Crow tn Hlaiun.
The railroad commission Wednes
day finished Its report to the Legisla
ture ou the wreck of the Ogden
special at Greenville. The rep -rt ful
Iv sustains the position of the railroad
officials that the blamo attaches to
Engineer Hunter and Conductor
Acker of the special for failure to ob
?erve thc rule which rt quired them
to coi tc into the Greenville yards un
jer fi'.1 control. It Uuds this rulo ls
"In accordance with the best practice
of standard American railways, and
that lt ls wisc and best calculated to
promote safety." The report lets tho.
jrew down with this finding: ''It
ippear.s from the evidence that they
?arl bonn furnish :d with the rules and
lid been examined on and knew them,
out simply In this action at least mis
rjterprete:! thom."
Fright lui Storm
Ono death and damage to property
imouutlu,f to thousands resulted from
LU electrl'3 storm and cloudburst,
which cccurred at Tampa, Fla., Wed
?csdav afternoon. Beatrice Collin,
iged 7, was killed by lightning while
.tandlng In Uui door of her home
Tue roof of the Roberts building, oo
'upleri by the Peninsula Telephone
Sxuhange, feJ.i in, sm.ishlng the
iwitchboard and injuring several
'oung lady opo*at"rK, untie seriously.
Killed In A Wreck*
At Newington, Conti., three men
were killed ina collision between two
n igh trains Wednesday morning on
.he New York and New Haven road.
Che dead are Firemen Schalatzer and
rohn Dennis Liw and Brakemen Lew
s Stratton. Engineer Scrultt, who is
dd resp /list- lc for the accident, was
eric, u dy lnjurod and ls not oxpected
o recover.
WEATHER ABD CROP8.
Tboro Has Booti a General Improve
ment In Cotton Conditions.
In his last crop report Section Direc
tor Bauer Hays the week ending June
19 bad a mean temperature slightly
above normal, with extremes of a
maximum of 98 degreeB at Blackville
on the 13th, and a minimum of 66 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 Bbowers.
The rainfall was heavy in places In
the eastern counties, where it ranged
from half an inoh to over two inohes,
with soattered localities in all parts
of the state that bad no rain or
amounts too small to bo beneficial.
There were some heavy showers In
the northern border counties, but they
were widely scattered. The need of
rain ls indicated for the central and
southwestern counties, generally, and
In places elsewhere.
Cultivation made rapid progress and
nearly all fields have been rid of grass
and weeds, except where laborers
were scarce, or where the ground has
become too hard to plow and cultivate.
The weather was favorable for har
vesting wheat and oats, which work
ls nearly finished except for spring
oats. There was a general Improve
ment In the condition uf cotton, with
exceptions in the case of fields that
have not been thinned or cleaned of
grass, but only in exceptional in
stances have the plants attained nor
mal growth, being generally under
hlzed. Blooming ls still sporadic,
though fairly general In the eastern
counties. Sea island cotton is in good
condition, but as yet blooming sparse
ly. Lice are still present in sections,
but are dlsappe<>riug. Chopping has
not been finished.
There has been only slight Improve
ment In corn, which continues small
and yellow, except on fields that re
eel ved early and thorough cultivation.
There are many complaints of corn
tasseling low, and uf damage by
worms. There is considerable land
yet planted to corn. There ls little
change in the condition of tobacco
! which shows the effects of too mucti
rain, and lack of cultivation. Ric-; Ls
receiving its harvest wai er in the Cul
leton district, and is generally doing
well. Gard 'tis and pasturo nead ralo
in the central and western paris
Melons are quite promising. Wheat
is , lelding poorly at threshing. Ox's
also are generally poor, but witn
numerous exceptions where tho y? Ids
r?uge from good to excellent. A large
acreage of peas, for forage, bett:g
sown, and more lat-ds will be sown as
soon as it rains.
THE DIVORCE EVIL,
Says ArohblBhop Karli-y, In Under
mining tim Walls of Scclcty.
Archbishop Farley declared at Car
negle Dall, In New York, one night
last week, at the commencement exer
cises of St. Francie Xavier thit the
evils of divorce were fast undermining
the walls of our society and that the
' whole struoture would shortly collapse
should no hand be raised to ward off
the advance of this tendency. Thc
Archbishop said in part:
"A continuance of the evil of di
vorce, of the slightest regard for the
marriage, must. sho:rlly lead to the
downfall of society, nay, lt is even
now falling, and must soon be dragg
ed In the dust. We see that lt is
going to pieces.
"President Roosevelt, who holds In
bis hands the trust imposed by the
people of the United States, and who
wields his authority in no mistaken
manner, has openly announced how
he deplores the awful condition of so
ciety lo this i- gard.
'T believe no president since Wash
lngton's time hus made a more bene
ficial effects on the roots of society
and the family than Rouseivelt has by
means of his frank declaration. Not
nuly 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 thc nation's executive thinks
and says of the race standards.
"It is likewise gratifying to find
that the president has not conliued
his labors in this direction to his own
circle, wholly, but the fact ls made
known to me that the cabinet has
taken this question up and wl'l deal
with lt. When the heads of our gov
ernment take up a problem of this
grave nature there cm be no need of
the people doubting that the ques
tlons must be gravely considered, atd
we feel that much good will be done
if effort ls properly directed."
lightning Freak.
Durlntr a thunder sturm last Friday
evening, lightning struck a tree in the
yard of Mr. J. C. Martin of Donnaids.
A clothes-line was attached to the
tree, extending hy another, and was
made fast to a third tree within two
feet of tho house. The current fol
lowed the wire, strikirg all the trees,
and ?umped thespace between the last
tree and the house. It followed the
wall plate, wrecking columns, brack
ets, etc., unt?' lt reached the sitting
room at the opposite corner ol' th
house. Here it seems to have ground
ed at three points, tearing up the
plastering and wainscoting. Fortun
ately no one was In the house, as tho
lightning entered that part of tho
house most used. Toe only living
toing harmed was a heu which was
killed while hovering lier brood by a
pillar of the house, lier chickens
were uninjured,_
Ho Had tu t?o.
At Rockwell City, M >., because the
Rev. C. H. Marsh, of the Baptist
Dhurch, Ihrted with a pretty parish
ioner, Jealous members of his Hock
followed him about and he was finally
forced to leave S waledale, where he
had just been given a ciiarge. The
other evening Mr Marsh met one of
the Swab dale girls, and went with
her for a live mile drive. He had pro
vlouslv been requited to leave the
ohurch there because of his atten
tlons. and when he. came to Rockwell
City his new cougregat on watched
him Five members followed him on
x five mlle drive, and when he dropoed
the girl nr>ar home, halted his bu>;gy
and told him they expected bim to
pick out a member of his own Hock
when he went driving. He ls young
and handsome. He has left town.
Fatal Ilniler ICxp?oston.
A boiler at tho; saw gmlll of the
kurtis Attaila lumber plant exploded
Thursday, kll?lng James Watts, Will
llosson, Gus (J?sti and Marlon Mad
dox. 0. Smith/was fatally hurt and
Barney Works aBtiously injured.
A STRANGE SECT
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 Torres,
Colorado, in Las Animas County, an
accident happened on Good Friday.
A young man named Jesus Gonzales
was nailed to a cross during tho Eas
ter religious ceremonials of the Peni
tentes, and expired in view of tbe
awe-Btruck 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 had been
firmly bound to the cross with ropes.
At his own request nallB were then
driven through his hands and ho was
spiked to the cross beam of the cross.
At a signal from the high priest of
the Penitentes the cross was elevated
and the ceremonial continued.
Following literally tho New Testa
ment narrative of the Saviour's cruci
fixion, everv incident and episode was
imitated. Some of the Penitential
Brothers performed the part of Ro
man soldiers, aud one of them pressed
a sponge of vlmgar to the lips of
Gonzales. Tbe pseudo Christ smiled
feebly and whispered the 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 it in
to Gonzales's side, and his face light
ed up with the beatific smile, of a mar
tyr.
Meanwhile the various episodes of
fhe crucifixion were? executed with
solemn zml, while the victim hung
weak and bleeding on the cr< ss over
head. A priest approached and re
peated the won s of St. Luke, "Ho
savea others; let him rave himself, If
ho be Crist, the chosen of Goa." Some
f the brothers who took the p.irt of
Roman idolaters, then crowded up to
the eros?, me eking and s:o(T">iiand
shouting, "If thou bi thu King of
the Jews save thys If!" Finally the
m-cription. written luSpahish, " This
is the King of the Jews," was nailed
on the eros*, and then Man a- d Mar
tha and the women of Galilee ( m.J: r
sonated by women of the s.ci) a? -
proaeheri.
This was the J-icnal for lo'-voring
the cross-but the smllitg lips of
Qonziles were silent forever; the eye*
upturned to the sky were rigid lu
death. Tue Penlventoa looked at each
other In startled surpnso and sain
"Gcd's will bo ?fone." Tuc a>.'0.-iy ot
the cr. ss had be^n too much; the
naif hour they hid Intended to keep
him there had stretched to nearly two
hours; in a religious frenzy of lamen
tations the Penitentes carried the
swollen, bleeding body of Gonzales to
a ti mb in the cemetery over the bill
Tue county authorities have mp.de
efforts au an Investigation of this
Good Friday tragedy, but with little
success. The Penitentes are Maxi
cans, speaking little but Spanish, and
they refuje any information what
ever. Tue penitential Brothels, or
"Los Hermanos Penitentes," have
been cast out by the Ru?an.Catholics
and have been nursued by the local
authorities In Colorado and new Mex
leo until they have been driven to re
mote mountain placos where the
could coudu?t their rites without In
terference.
The writer witnessed a part of the
ceremonials of Easter time as per
formed by the Peultcntes 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 thc danger of ex
citing the Brotherhood, but we d: tor
mined toscc, 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
eau 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 eovored
with a growth of scrub e>ak and pine.
The little stone chapel was at the
head of the valley; about five hundred
feet away em a small knoll, represent
lng the hill of Ca.lvary, was erected a
a huge wooden cross
Grouped about this, kneeling de
voutly, were perhaps fifty people, and
when they began to chant thc "Mis
erere" in a melancholy wall the t IFeot
was wemderfully weird. When this
ceased, the "Proee.sslon of Cross
Bearers" left tho chapel, ihn chief
ly take part in the actual c&renioui s
tnough women are present. The
crosses are large wooden affairs, and
weigh over two hundred pounds each.
Those doing penance frequently cou
ceal their faces with bluck cloths, and
the officers may bc known by tho HI
ets ou their heads. The procession is
headed by a piper. Then comes a
brother walking backward and wear
ng a crucifix. Ile is followed by the
comrades, who are naked, ejc^pt for
short cotton trouser*, and these occa
slo .ally are lined with cacti, and
bound tight to make the suffering the
more intenso, The reader of prayers
ls among their number At short In
tervals they stop to make the "sta
Hons of the cross."
Arriving at Calvary, the ero s bear
ers Ile at full lengtNi with thc heavy
beams on their backs while the piper
pipos and tl Q others pray. Then the
precession returns to the chapel, thc
men go:ng ins eli for meditation, and
the women rema nlug outside i'hesc
pilgrimages are kept up during thc
day and the climax of thc tragedy oe
ours in the afternoon, when the chief
enters the chap.d and comes with the
victim, who ls to Impersonate Christ.
In some places he is a volunteer, and
In others he ls chosen by lot. Cal
vary has been freshly prepared for
him and he walks to tho spot, Iles at
full length on the now recumbent
cross, his back to the standard, and
his arms outstretched.
The attendants take stout ropes
and lash the arms and legs of tbe pou
Itonte to tho oross, binding him so
tightly that the strands actually sink
loto the flesh, but not a sound is.
heard from the martyr. It ls cunto-1 *
mary to spike the victim to the cross,
but pu olio opinion bas wrought a com?
promise in some localities and tbo ac
tual driving of nails into the hands is
omitted. Even in the very remote
old Mexican towns, where a crucifix
ion always takes place, the victim of
the oiuoifixlon usually survives the
ordeal, ai d proudly shows the soars
as evidence. Long ropes are fastened
to the head of the cross to steady it,
and other brothers ralss it to an up
right position. As Hs base meets the
the excavation the whole mass slips
down with a thud that must cause ex
oiuolatlng pain to the victim, but he
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
most intense agony-his skin puff j up
and discolors and his face betrays
great anguish. The silence was im
presslve-no sound of bird or insect in
this deBert land and all the brother
hood were in silent prayer. ? Some
were lying on masses of cacti; all the
otiieers wore crowns of thorns and
sume were beating themselves with
the prickly Spanish bayonet plant.
It seemed as If we could not endure
tho strain. About half an hour after
the cross was raised the chief gave the
order to lower it. The bonds were
loosed and the blood brogan to freely
circulate in the victim's veins, but the
pseudo Christ was limp and uncon
scious.
Then following the testamental
story, a few women gather about the
cross, wailing dismally and imper
sonating Mary and Martha. The body
ls wrapped in a olotb 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 tu apply restoratives and resur
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 lmpor
taut one of the inhabitants. Tuen
follows a religious dance and a feast
aud the community settles down to a
semi-civilized 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
rnthlcg but short cotton breeches
Tuen they lash their backs with
thorns and the blood trickles down in
s'.rearn??.
Warned.
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