The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 08, 1906, Image 3
' A SAD MYSTERY
Cleared Up by the Confessit?, Of
a Nurse Girl.
A POISONED PEACH
Fed to a Little Tot By Its Nurse Right
in the Presence ot Its Mother
Who Suspected Nothing Until
the Poisoner Told Htr
Tale.
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It is hard to conceive of a sad
mora unexplalnable mystery than
death of little two-year old Wilbur
Winshlp presented to the polioe authorities
of Putnam County, near
New York. L)bklng up from her book
and glancipg across the table, Mrs.
H. P. WmshlD was startled to see
her bahv In nnnviilalnrm A rr
befoie the nurs^ had been feedirg a
peach to the child. la a few moments
more the little one was dead. It has
been Id its grave near the Wlnshlp
estate, nos.r Brewsters, N. Y , since
the middle of last September.
The fourteen yeir old nurse, JeniNe
Itutih Buro'u, clears up the mystery ikf
a confession which It Is hard to i
ailed In the history of crlmo In a
spirit of blind revenge the nurse poison*
d the peach, led the little one it a
its m jther's prese-'ce and then fed the
baby its fatal mouth fuls In front of
its mother's eyes. The confession io
as follows:
O juo I ueard a preacher say, when
he told the Bible story of how a geed
mau had done something wioced that
surprised all hU frioad , that 1 It wo..s
the devil's day wiih that man." It
must have been the devil's day with
mo when I set tiro to the Wlnsbips'
big barn, and then to their house,
and, then again, it was the devil's
black, awful day when, forty eight
hours latter, I i:avn poison to little
three year-old Wilbur aud took some
myself.
The barn was burned to tho ground,
the house was saved, but little Wilbur
is In Ills grave, and I am 1q Jill here
at Walte Plains, waiting to go before
the Grand Jury in Djoember, and to
be tried in May, and then sent away
to prison maybe for life, anyway to
stay until I am a middle aged woman.
I loved Baby Wilbur better than
anyboby else on earth, better than my
mother, because she lived in Danbury,
Conn., and had married and had other
children, and I hardly ever saw her;
better than my grandfather and grandmother,
beoauae they were very old
and didn't understand nor o&re about
what oiilidren Ulead, and I seldom saw
them, aud then only for a little while,
half uu hour or so; better than his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wlnshlp, because?well,
because he was a dear,
little helpless baby, and lovod me better
Kt\i*u any one else had ever loved
me.
He.o&lled mo "Dennic," and ran
after me wherever I went, toddling
along and holding my skirt, and when
he fell he didn't ory like most babies,
hut laughed, and shook himself, and
stumbled baok to bis feet like a dear
little puppy. He had a round little
faoe with a forehead as white as milk
and eyes like blue pansles, and soft
yellow hair that felt like the silk of
ripe corn when I curled his hair. 1
never liked wash day, but I wouldn't
uavo oarea 11 ovary aay naa oeen wssn
day when I waa allowed to wash Wil
bur's little white dresses for Sunday
and his blue dimity apd gingham ones
for every day. I took almost the oare
Of him and was nearly always"'with
him. I oould never love anyonelU 1
loved little Wilbur Winshlp, and yet
1 killed him. I o?n hardly tell why,
but it must have been beoause it was
the devil's da? for me.
AU this trouble started when the
barn burned down. All the neighbors
oame running to help us and pot out
the fire, and Mrs. Kinner told me to
take Wilbur over to the Klnners, our
nearest neighbors, and leave him there
until things were quieter. I kept run- 1
ing baok and forth between the Klnners
and our house all day on errands
about the baby. Mrs. Georgle Gullom,
Mrs. Kinner's daughter, said:
"Who set fire to the barnDid
vou?" N
Mrs. Cullom Is always laughing and
joking, but this time what she said
soartu me. I answer "No, I didn't
set fire to the barn either," but I
went baok to the house and thought
about wnat she said, and it seemed to
make me orazy.
"If they find out I set fire to the
barn they will think I am a bad girl,
and they will seperate the baljy and
7 me." Everywhere I went, wherever
I turned, voices seemed to be saying
that to me. The voices got louder
and loudor until they seemed to
soream. I oould hear nothing else
while I was taking Wilbur home. On
the way I gripped his hand ru hard
he whimpered and said, "^J^ghty
Dennle. Bad Dannie hurt Wilbur."
I kneeled down In the orohard beside
him and put my arms around him
George W. Gengogle, Jr. .died from
blood poisoning - after scratching a
pimple on his nose.
Charles Morris, a merchant of
Wakefield, Va., committed suioide by
shooting himself in the head.
L A i
cried, and he orled loo ac he always
did In sympathy with ma. He
put his little arms around my neck
and hlrcool, pink little oheek against
mine, and then I vowed that nothing
on earth should separate us.
I took him to the house and left
him with blB mother and went up
stairs. I groped around In my room,
I for it was growing dark for the matchbox,
and I ran aorosa the hall and
struck two m&tohes and turned up
the badolothes and set fire to th*
mattress In the man's room. Then I
went to Harry's room and set fire to
his olothes. Next I climbed the last
stairs *and set fire to the ourta.n and
a pasteboard box In the back attio.
I went down stairs and kept my eye
upon Harry. That was not hard for
he always left his mother to oome to
me. After a few minutes Mrs. Win
ship said: "I smell smoke," and got
up and went from room to room downstairs.
She oame back looking very
pale.
"I can find nothing, although I
still smell Bmoke. Bun upstairs, Jen
nie, and see what you can find."
I ran up and she follswed me. When
she saw the bedclothes burning In the
washroom, Mrs. Wtnshlpscreamed and
there was a rush upstairs. Mr. Wlnshlp
and Harry and ti e hired man and
tto^coe ran up and got blanksts from
tho bed ar.d smothered the fire. Mrs.
Wlnshlp leaned against thn door,
ne&r'.y fainting. She talked In a low
votco to hor husband, and I hoard the
word "incendiary." Nobody hoked
At or psdd any attention to me exoept
WTbur. I put him to bed 1u tho room
around which the smell of snviVe still
hurg and kneeled beside his bod, and
with my hand on h's curies prayed
God that the nex^ time I tried to t*k
Wilbur away with me I should no
fail.
The next day I walked around as
though 1 was in a dream Mrs. Win
ih1p looked at me In a queer way and
talked in a low voice with her huRband
\ gecd deal. When nMgbbovs camp
in tlioy would say. "Hatj ynu any
idea who set fire to the bam? ' and
Mrs. Winsbip would answer. "Not
yet, but we think we will."
1 was terribly frightened, not be
osure they might punish* me but be
causa they might take me t way from
VViibur. All of that Thursday Dight
1 lay awake and thought, what 1 could
do to keep the baby with me. At least
I formed my plans. I
The next morning.. Friday, about 9 ,
o'clook I went to tbe south front j
room, downstairs, got up on a chair
and took tbe bottle of strychnine from j
the top shelf in tho oloset. 1 slipped it
under the gingham apron I always i
wear and oarricd it to the baok stoop,
where I hid it under the washer, or .
stationary washstand. Then I went (
upstairs into tbe south front room and
got the bottle of iodine from the olos- (
et and wet a pleos of cotton with the ,
Iodine, lfifcvint/ t.h? hnfr.t.l* t
f .?W . ?B T ?W MVVVAV T? UU1 U JL j
fouud it, and went downstairs. Hav- |
h:g done this I went back for the pan
under which 1 had hid the bottle of
stryohnine, put the bottle into it, and ,
dropped some leaves over lb In o&se
some one should see me with It. Oar- ,
lying these X vrent out to the garden
to pick some beans. At this time and
nearly all morning I was all alone. I
had noticed that Mrs Winship and
the others seemtd too busy to talk to
me, and that every one either stared
at me in a strange way or kept out of
my way. It seemed to me that every
ore was pointing at me or saving,
"You burned the barn. You set fire
to the house." It made me wild. I
picked a panful of beans, and went to
the orchard to get some poaches. I
ploked a few off the ground. One big
peach I ploked from the tree.
Then I oarrled out my plan. I poured
some stryohnlne from the bottle
upon tbe cotton. The bottle I threw
upon the ground, ooverlng It with
some grass and dead leaves. With the
cotton in my hand I started for the
house. On the way there Wilbur ran
out to meet me. He pointed to the
big red peach in my hand, and walked
with me to the house, trying with his
little hand to pry the peaoh out of my
strong one.- We went Into the house
and I fcund Mrs. Wtnshlp sitting at a
table, reading. She looked at me coldly
and dropped her eyes upon her book
without a word.
"Wilbur wants some of the pe*ev.
May I give him some of it?" I asked 1
"Yea." aha aalri "ff U ia rir- ?
My chanoe had oome. Wilbur followed
mo lo tho table, and I weut and |
eat down direotly opposite his mother ,
I peeled the poaoh In plain sight of ;
Mrs. Winship. She didn't notioe us. ,
I stopped for a minute after I had ;
peeled the peach and looked at her. I i
quickly lifted up the tablebloth. The
ootton was damp and dark with the (
iodine. I was afraid Mrs. Winship
would smell it, but she bent her head
lower over her book. Holding the
tableeloth up a little, so that Mrs :
Winship oould not see If she turned i
around suddenly, I rubbed the iodine
and stryohnlne sprinkled eotton on i
bh Attptflh T handed
H w.wwvuf a unuuvu TTHUUI A (IACUV 1
of p and ate the rest myself.
I watched him eat every morsel of
it. Then I put him Into his little
rooking obalr and left the room. Going
to the kltohen stove I threw the cotton
Into It and watohed it hum. I
Lurried out on the poroh and threw
the peach pit into the high grass in
the yard.
Almost as soon as I went back the
baby was then slok. He twisted his
poor little body and oried as though
he was in terrible pain. I almost cried,
James H. Hayes, the Richmond negro
leaders, denounced the republicans
in a speech.
Judge Thayer Melvin was paralyzed
while presiding over court at Wellburg,
W. Ya.
I '
loo, bul at that Wlnahlp telephoned
tor the dootor ano put us both to bed.
1 lay their and waited and waited. 1
wanted to hear that the beby had
gone. Iu a little while I heard his
screams and I twisted the badolotbes
and cried beoauee he was In agony.
The screams stopped, and the doctor,
coming to my door, said. "Wllber la
dead."
1 did not ory. Why should I? Would
I not see him In heaven In a few minutes
or hours? I was very sick, but
after awhile the doctor said: "She
has an overdose, and will live." Taen
1 cried. The neighbors, who bad oome
In, put their bands over their 6ars to
shut out the sound.
The next day 1 asked them to 1st
me see Wilbur, and when they showed
me the baby In his little white dress,
his hands orossed on his breast and
his sweet faoe smllllng, I threw: my
self aoross the o ffin and orled "Ikilled
him but we are seperated after
all. O, Gndt Let me die, too.
Thev brought me to the White
Plains ja.il. ?nd hero I welt and watt
and wonder why Wilbur should have
died and 1 was left behind. 1 loved
him and 1 killed him. 1* was the devil's
dav Hith me.
BIG MED THE W&ONO NAME
And \jw it) Wanted to Correct TIiIh
Blitflit Overnight
"IT Mir! Is that, the cftl^erf the repo*f
? Well I just, wanted you to
out & 'want ad ' in the paper for me
L s-en cvvrefully uow and 1 will rcau
it to ycu.
The reporter turned to get his lead
pencil and made a mental voh? to be
j ist as poll'e as he oould be?for it it)
i he bare of a reporter's existence fcn
be foroed to receive "want adds" over
the'phone after tho "business ctlljhad
cl<:88cV Knell and p per secured,
the r^p"rtcr turned like a martyr to
the phone.
"WANTED?Information a* to the
whereabt utnof a. young n an who Kitted
the wrorg name to a ohfck, got it
?uhed and ) as not he -n seen siaos.
D*3crtp .lon?" As these words can e
over the 'phone the reporter hid vis
loon cf a "story" and his face beamed
with plea, ant ixpecttors
"Now how would )cu tlx it about
the description ask? d the Informant
at the other end of the 'phono. Hut
by that time the reporter had recov.
sred from his tit of ennui and was all
attention. ''Dont bother to dictate
the description," he answered loyful
Iv, 4'J jsc give me the particulars and
I will write out the advertisement for
you."
"Well, you see it was just this
way," continued the Yoioe at the
other end of the line. "Raymond
McGulre, a young man about 22 y^arB
of age signed the name of A. M. Teaguoto
a oheok, secured $30 on it from
a main street merchant and has not
been seen since."
The story, as further unraveled, Is
to the effeot that this young man who
in a printer and has been working at
ll.;rl Rvillf funriA VlAl-A in Tuna ?r?/>
out of kindness Mr. A. M. Teayue,
formerly of Newberry, took the unformate
young man to hH home at
1108 Oik street. For MiGulrooould
dad no piao? to stay and he is a cripple.
He is 22 years of ago, humpbacked,
has a mole on right s'de of
face, has light colored hair and blue
eyes with arqulnt. lie came to Columbia
looking for work, it is said.
He made applioation for work at The
State office.
It Is said that MoGuire had been
sen j to this store soyeral times by Mr.
Teague to get checks cashed. The
youDg fellow saw a chance to work a
deoeptlon and did so. It is said, furthermore,
that another boy from
Waverley is missing and is believed to
have gone off with McGulre.?The
State.
Forest Fires.
A dispatch from Diokinson, N. D.,
says reports reoaived there show thai
the prairie fire wbioh swept the country
south of there Sunday was the
worst fire of its kind in seventeen
years. The fire started nortbPof Stillwater
and burned a path seven miles
wide Buildings, hay, cattle, horses
and sheep were destroyed. No fatalities
were reported, but several persons
were badly burned.
Shot Himself.
At Salem Ind., Charles P. Williams,
bookkeeper of tbe Citizens' bank and
sotlng oashier, was found dead Friday
in the vault of the bank. A load of
ihot from a shotgun had penetrated
his heart. The gun was kept in the
bank vault and it Is believed that
Williams, in changing its position, accidentally
d'lcharped it. ]
Itua Down by Oar.
At Philadelphia, Pa., with her infant
brother in her arms, Jennie Donatio,
aged 13 years, was struck by a
-1 J M? A.I o-. 4.1
uruuey u*r unuay in toe aoutnern
section of the city. She was dragged
sixty feet and both were dead when
the oar was stopped. The father is a
prominent Italian citizen.
Not New*.
President Samuel Spenoer, of the
Southern, passed'through Greenville
the other day and In a short talk with
a newspaper man remarked that Ohar
leston is soon to beoome an important
seapo t. This is very Interesting:
but it is not to be taken aa news altogether.
There are lots of people all
over the State, who have been quite
sure of this fact for several years.
The man who fails to attend the
primaries has no right to kick about
a boss-ridden part
If men were a zealous In religion as
they are in partisanship there would
be more doing in church circles.
HUMANMONSTER
Cut Up Seven of His Wives in
Little Pieces.
l'HE CRAZY EMPEROR
Of Aonam Invents Some Undreamed of
Tortures and Trlea Them on Hla
Wivea Until French Soldiers
Seise the Palace and
Stop the Brute.
The strangest corner of the earth
probably la far Southeastern Asia,
hloh includes the countries of Slam,
0*mbodU and Annano. Recently It
was the King of Cenobccla who was
^ttract'ng attention by reason of
his wonderful crops of ballets girls,
whom he spends ah his life training
exhibiting. II j took them to
Frano, where thov gave exhibitions.
Now It Is tho Ecperor of Ann&m
who Is exciting the Interest of h large
part of the clvllizd world. His
claims to notion are lost agreeable
t>an Mv>He of the King of Oam O'ia,
hut m ?re senasitiooal. Ho hes h rrl
n a t,no w iropcan community in Ms
mm\nii hk by torturing and murdor
'og unveil of his wlvdii?tuivcn gr:?.oo
ful, dainty 11 * tie women of the type
n^ca-ed to English-Speaking people
b-' Kuiyerd Kipling, in liia poem,
"Oi bo Road to Mandalay."
The pr*nent Emperor of Annioxi
bears the uimo of Than Thai. He
a only twenty-seven years old. Hnrccerdod
to the throne In 18U1, upon
the deposition of Horn Ngui, whe
>7?? aoouaed of planning a wholesale
raftstcce of the French residents of
A'-'na o. The country I* a proteoto
s.te r f F-snoe. Horn NgM ban stnoo
married 2 French gM, M'de Lilo?*,
\nd i? kepi a priioner by tne French
In Tunis.
Within the past yf ar Than Thai,
ba? been tff'Oted bv the m\ni* of
cruelty ami blooRb Irs tineas which
frequently attacks thOBo who are In
P< s ?t?8lon of unlimited power o*er a
a sub tils* We and c mparatlv^ly Ignorant
population. It was this mania
that se's^d the later Emperors of
Id Home and caused thorn to hold
faaafca of blood and rack their minds
to find new ways of torturing their
violin s.
The mania has always been especlaly
liable to affect Oriental rulers be
cause or the abso.ute power which
they usually wield tod because of the
hot climate and their habits of life.
Even the ordinary inhabitants of
Southern Asia, It Is well kuown, are
/r< quently selzjd by tits of sanguinary
wanness, In whloh they blindly seek
1,0 murder ivory poison they meet, t
proceeding known as tunning amuck
Than Thai gave the firat evidence
of maniacal fury by shooting down
one of his venerable unoles, who wa?
a. member of the Council of the Royal
Family. Th's was but a prel'mlnary,
which, like the first taste of blood to
the tiger, excited his passion for
more.
The next day he!assembled all hi i
wives in the throne room, according
to the accounts of native eye witnesse?,
which have reaohed Paris. The
poor little oreatures knelt before him,
as if he were a divlnty. His eye* were
bloodshot and inflamed with cruelty
clapped his hands and huge, brtual
muioular slaves sprang foward to do
bis bidding. He Indicated one of the
youngest and prettiest of his wive*
and ordered them to sets? her. He
derided and cursed her and then the
torture began.
The Emperor himself with his terrible
Malay sword out long strips of
fl'Sh from the woman's body. The
demon King gloated over every detail
and thrilled with pleasure as he
listened to the victim's shrieks. All
the other wives were compelled to
watoh every detail of the torture In
order that they might be filled with
terror and suffer even more when
their own turn osme, because they
would know what to expeot. The
first wife was allowed to bleed slowly
to death.
The next day a new vlotlm was
seleoted. She was tortured to death
iu ft uiuaiouv wftj, ju?ery u*y another
victim vu taken and put to
death with some variation of the
torture. In one owe the Xnperor
fr-d a woman slowly dlsseoteri, Joint
by Joint and limb by limb. Another
was burned with Irons. In one Instance
he began by having the wo
man's nose, ears, hand and feet out
. ff.
One of the victims was the Emperor's
favorite wife. He killed her with
his own hands and sutjsoted her to
peculiarly atroolngs tortures, the de
tails of whloh it would be impossible
to describe. When she was at last
dead, he cut her body to pleocs and
bad them served for dinner. He then
partook of them and oompelled the
remainder of the wives to share in
the cannibal feast.
Two of the women were hung to
the celling with hooks. O.ie was
burled alive in oil. Two or more
were thrown into the oages of hungry
tigers who devoured them.
Judge Witt removed from otltee
Justice of the Peace Ashby J. Duke,
of Ricnmond, Va., convicted of selling
iquor on Sunday*
Ttn man who is not proud of his suf1
Irage |is not a source of pride to the
oommualty.
Ths Frenob resident at the Em
psror's capital had protected vigor
ously whan tha monarch shot hi
unole, and after that ha had been ex
eluded from the palace. For this
reason he did not learn of the atrocl- i
Mrs until they had boen going on for
some time.
Then he entered tha palace with a
force of soldiers. A hideous spectacle
met him. The K uparor'a throne
ro< m and adjoining apartments were
il.tcred with tha remnants of dead
b idles. Many vlotims of the torture
were still alive, Several of them were
hanging from the walls by hooks passed
through the fleshy parts of the S
legs. Some were lying about without
noses, eyes, ears and hands. The
surviving wives and Inmates of the
harem were In a state of unspeakable
terror.
The Fronoh offlola! arrested tha
Emperor and Dr. Dumas, tha ohlef
medical ofHoer of tha Frenoh forces,
examined him and declared him insane.
A foroe of 160 soldiers was U
left to guard the palace and medical b
attendance was given lo the V'oro n ^
who were btlll suffering from injuries ^
There is naturally a strong demaud m
amor g the French puhlio that such a .
monater as Than Thai should not be
allowed to remain In power In a conn c
try which la under the control of
Franco, and considerable Indignation K
is expressed that 1 ? should have been c
permitted to ommlt such horrible
*tr? cities without lu^orfrrenco.
Undoubtedly the French Govern- y
rent will now interfere, and probably '
it will now abolish the Aunamlte
monarchy altogether and make toe 1
o junfcry a r gular colony with a j
v y,rcv t: m^nr inn oznar (, tnoiaiH.
A TlirlllniK Kt HOUfl. <3
At New York firemen mado t
t Hilling tescue of two men from the ^
ro f of a seven story building and nev t
r.\l firemen ;vnd ono policemen were o
p-ilnfully burned and cut In a tire
arly Friday which thro^touod to do- t
itroy an on tiro city block and damaged
to the o*ront of flOO 000 th 0
buildings *t 334, 340 and 342 Stanton *
street. Fir Kimon*. ha f An hour, Sol t
nrann J <,nmark and Marlon S>ng? r ?
who ha 1 been a>l-ep In one of the ^
building and were awekened by tho
amokc, aiood on the roof of .no of the *
buildings waving their hands wild ) tf
*nd nxplorirg the people below to P
savo them. The fUmes wero eating
iway tint cornice work upon which t
they were Btandli g and it seemed &
that, tbey uauoh perish, but they were 14
rescued In time. *
- li
IJoll WootII Marching On. j
Search to determine whether the o
boll weevil has crossed the Mississippi o
river from L)ulalaa& into the State l<
of Mississippi was begun Wednesday in
the vicinity of Natohez by ofllolals of *
the orop pest commissi n of the State, a
At the beginning of tho year it was n
anuounoed by government experts u
that the weevil would probaby make
iti tirso oroaslcg of the Mississippi a
thlu f%lla an it was i((rnorl that tht a
river would prove no barrier to the d
post's east ward progrehS. R cent cold a
weather, however, has retarded the
m g ration and the present search Is *
conducted uuder the hope that the *
weevil may be found still confined to a
fcue western side of tho river. r
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So?l<l( Ci to Doath. t
Five persons were scalded to death <
by & oolumn of escaping steam from a
broken boiler drum In a sugar house 1
near Vacherle, La., Wednesday. The J
cene of the tragody, the Shell II1U J
plantation, is remote frcm telegraph t
ooumuolOAtlons and details of the explosion
reached here tonight. T ie t
dead are; Alexander Stolu, Augustln *
Filgoust. Oias. Ojkman, Stephanie *
Martiniz eevsn years old, and a ue
^ro. A hole two feet iquare burst in 1
the boiler drum, which stood for years ?
in the sugar house. The sugar house L
was tilled with steam and when found
the three men, the girl and the negro,
wore still alive, but fatally burned ?
and in intense suff iring. J
o
Hutoidc on Htreet.
At Philadelphia E. Bailee Jones, L
member of wholesale liquor firm, shot 0
himself In the head walking on a J
street in the business seotion of the f
city. He was qulokly disarmed and
carried to a hospital, but died before 6
reaching the institution. Ill health *
III flilrl fen hava Vuuin kha ? no. ?# * -* V
- ? ?v ? ?v mvwu ?uv vnuaa vjl WA
suioide. 0
a
Ought to Haas Him* 0
At FlUjerald, Ov, Reason Hand- fi
lay, charged with poisoning his wifa, si
was oonyloted Friday of murder, In
the first degree with a rcoommenda- a
lion to maroy and was satenoad to a
life imprisonment. Handlay and his d
wifa ware prominently oonneoted and r<
had only been married two weeks a
when Mrs. Ilandlay died. a
Uoea Dp For Lilfe* w
At Atlanta Alex Walker, a negro a
ohar,;ed with being among the negro n
rioters who fired upon and killed ti
during the recent raoe riot, was oon g
victed of murder, but reooommended u
to the maroy of the court. Ha was <*
lentenoed for life to the penitentiary, a
Wanted to LjrDob Them.
F">ur negroes were carried lo Little
Rook, Arte., on Monday from Conway t
ojun y and confiaed in the penitentiary 1
>o save their being lynched. They had G
dred on several white people on Suo- l
1av night, killing William Hoore and t
wounding Joseph Jonee. 1
For attacking his niece, Jessie May
Popkins, John Hopkins was sentenced {
Washington in to 10 years in the peuitentiary.
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The man who forgets to vote has
very little right to bemoan bad government.
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LIONESSBITES
V Woman Before An Audienoe
Of Five Hundred
THE FURIOUS BEAST
inks Her Teeth In the Tamer's Cheeks
as She Puts . Her Head In
Her^Jaws.'aod Is Rescued
by Hard
Work.
Mme. Enomo Schell, & professional
Ion tamer, famed almost as muob for
tor beauty as for her daring, stopped
o wave a greeting to her catering
udlenoe before she pat her head
rlthlu the jaws of ? lioness at Huber's
luscum In New York on Thursday
v<?ulng, and tbat^eoood of deiv savd
her life. The Naw York American
lveb the following acctmnt of the Inicient:
The great rows of teeth snapped
nger.lur and Mme SoUell Is In iialleue
Hospital with both ohco'<8 nearly
hole.i ctT by the nand leued beast and
:*r t eauty Is hu marred that alts will
trver euter a lion cage again.
M qo ScheU'rt appearance has beon
k drawing card at the Fourteenth
treet museum for two weeks. Seviral
Umes each day she h?a entered
he cage to compel tho lion and lloni8S
to do tbe trloks alto had taught
nem. IIor daring r/as ooDaidored
uarvellouH, for the two busts* alio
laved with are only half tamed, and
ho lioness eapeoUlly la forooloua.
E rly 1 vit ev snlug, before a t auilnci
o/ 600 peraou3, uevrl/ a'l of thorn
/omen aud ohlldrei, M a* S3 toll ottered
tho oatfo with nothing but a
bort whip to protect hor. Ah abe
petted tho door, the female sprang at
or, but alio cowed the bruto with
rhip lashes, cl.jsdl tho gs.to aud beau
to put the lioi.a through their
accs.
Though both growled and roared at
lutes, botnooejbd the commands of
le menacing whip and M uo Sjhell
.t her audience Into a whirlwind of
pplauas when she mode b 3th beast
it aiugle tile, walk over her prostrate
ody, then leap back again to the
orner of the oage^ where they
bedlently stood upon their hind
9KS.
The oil max oomes In the flnalerhen
the lion tamer drives the llon3a
Into the centre of the stage, open
is Jfcwa with her hands and thrusts
ler unprotected head Inside.
It tonlr mimilaa i\t ? >mHdin,. v.?
u. ^iuuuiuk v/ iidi
ShlsWit oulslde the don to force the
ngry lluncssfrom her oorner WednesAy
night. Then sbe sprang out with
, great leap a.id wouid bavo foiled
icr mistress wltti a blow of ber maalve
paw If a athigiug blow of the
vbip bad cotsubdujd uer. Hut oven
g sue raised herself sulkily up >n ber
ear leg.1), nhe snapped savagly at ber
aiuer aud tbo wblp bad to be used
uisparlugly before hbe was again
>roughs luto submission.
Tben Mm). Souell opened the huge
noutn witu her nandn, ran ber ttngsre
.long the two rows of glistening teettx
,nd bent her bead to tnrust II between
be menacing jaws.
Sne stopped to bow smilingly at
be audience and wave ber band,
j all performers do before attempting
a hazardous feat.
The bow and tbe snide saved her
lfe for at tuat Instant the lioneis,
?lth a fearful roar, thrust Its paws
ipun ber Bboalder and burled ita
ueth in ber left cheek.
Tbe woman sbriekod and staggerd
oaoic: tbe beast lunged, wltb op an
aws, ai her head again and tore her
ither cheek.
Tnen, as it was about to spring
ipon her for the third time, sae
nrew up her hands and fell, unoonoioas.
The audienoe, horn tied, Had
rora the building.
Mme. Souell would have been torn
o pieces but the lion, who had been
rowllng in his oorner, sprang forrard,
and attaoked the frensled lion88.
While they fought gnashing
ud olawing at eaoh otuer aoross the
age, women in the audience faluted,
mile even the men bolted for the
treev.
moment later the tamer* aaslstnt,
revolver end prodding pole in
and, had thrown open the door and
**hedln. He fired a dcienehotsatihe
tging Hone, J ebbed with the pola
ad succeeded in forolng them apart
nd Into d.ff *rent corners.
Then he oarried the unoonsolous
roman outside and attaches of the
luseum summoned a Beilevua am burn
c a. Mme. Bahell was oarried to
tie hospital, still, unoonsclous. Sureons
put twelve stitches In the gapig
wound In her right cheek and
Uhteon In the torn flesh of the othr.
Tney said she would recover.
KlIlAd hw ?
-rj uuamon
A statistical paper on India showa
hat in 1904 there were killed In that
u i ry by snakes and wild beast 24,i34
persons? 21 880 by snake bites,
98 by tigers, 395 by leopards, and
he rest by other animals. The num*
) t of oattle killed was 98,682.
A bad candidate Is the result of
careless citizenship.
A vote in the box is worth two kicks
against bosses.
Politics is not a business; it Is &
duty. ,