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Show WSflifimiiy Jgii Deaitflln ' wnttlh to Maim He L(mwdl bserfoHly Yields Life Rather Tb&o B Separa1' Crop&J5ii$ to Whom) He 5. jojr-- BC C Was Attached )8 Is the story of the love a G1IICAG0.-T- and boy. was a musician Invalid. The But the boy was no kin. forswore he so that man the 'JL mother to run away with him. Vhen the moment came that the no longer. could stand his pain lake the the beside woods p la the to a down, bared his breast Lr and waited with closed eyes his heart ill the man sought With shaking hand died. the boy . -- an plunged the knife Into his but his stroke failed to ,i breast hi 5 lr 3Y i s vital spot. later soldiers at Fort Hours found the man, wandering Sheri- - and and clawing at his bloody bos-jla- t ait. They took him to the him to a and strapped the fort not until daylight came as t t heed to his mut-dait they paid much that he and the writing iwled upon a slip of paper. bberlng ax p then they followed his vague they sought In the woods the body of the boy. cold Then, actions, d found i ext 1 ' officers of the post, and the man, who was then unidentified, was double strapped to his bed for fear he would escape. The story of the murder and attempted suicide in all Its details was told by Amann first to Lieut Frank Griffis, hospital surgeon, and later to the coroners Jury. He begged for a knife that he might fulfill the suicide compact. "I was up against It and sick and discouraged and determined to end It all. The boy would not leave me and wanted to go with me. We wandered two days in the woods and along the beach and finally agreed to die together, he said. "We wandered and talked about the people we saw. Men and women seemed happy and walked to and fro and we watched them. I bad talked about leaving the world and told the boy to go back to town, where he would find friends. He Bald, 'I will go with you and where you go, and I tried to slip away from him as he played in the sand. He saw me and followed me. , We watched the people going by In tit AS .M l wor,(- save him some times Walter would burst Into tears 8KaIn- - but and run away. t0 keep hlm Saturday night Edward Martin, a barber living at 915 School street, received au envelope that contained COttt aDd en7?,nn,ie,hPened three letters. flmwtni 1 U,n? back wlth Tho showed that it had hand, where to strike and been posted at Lake Bluff May 16 at -0,he o I could kill my-s- i eight a. m. It contained three P.efDed letters, showed me where his one from the boy and oue from heart was, and begged me not to miss Amann, and a third for Hermann Fiedthe place. Then he lay back on my ler, saying faiewell and telling of the aim again and went to sleep. purpos to commit suicide. "I lay there and looked at him and Amann said in his confession he also my head went all in a whirl. It seemed mailed letters to his relatives In Gerthat my brain had turned to water and many. After the letters to Martin were was suiglug all around In my head. I mailed the pair kept close to the woods Picked up my big hunting knife, which and remained In hiding for fear a andafep,fni,b!0re 1 reache1 over search would be made and they would heart beats and then be arrested. rtlt for my own. I had located the Boy's Mother Fears Blackmail. P aces, but I stopped again. My nerve Mrs. Knobel thonght when she first was leaving me. heard of the letters that it was only Pu,he Dagger to Heart. It seems that I went crazy, but I another attempt on the part of Amann to get money from her. She did not Placed the point of the knife over his heart and pushed it down. Then I suspect that he had actually killed her on. turned It and plunged it twice into my Amann 1b said to have relatives In on breast, which was harder than Germany who are of the wealthier the boy's. class, and frequently got money from "He awoke and saw the blood spurt- them the earlier years of his ing from my wounds. He drew his career during In Chicago, but for the past handkerchief and put it over my breast six or seven months has lived In abto stop the blood, an that was all I ject poverty. knew until they found me. ' In the hospital Amann said be had Amann was still holding this hand been injured In being put off a street kerchief to his breast when found by car by a conductor four years ago, and the guard 'at the army post 12 hours brought a suit against the Consolidated after the time he gives for the stabStreet Railway company for damages, bing. Officers at the post think he in which he was given a Judgment might have been deceived by the amounting to $5,800. The case was clear moonlight and thought It was appealed, and pending the appeal he day in his condition. no meant of livehas had The confession was made as the lihood practically except charity. Hie attorneys in prisoner lay strapped to a bed in one the case were Gormann and Ruben-stelof the hospital wards. Coroner J. L. Taylor and bla deputy, Edward Conrad Federal Authorities May Act. of Lake county, and Statea Attorney Aftef the autopsy and when the inHanna were present as Amann told was resumed State's Attorney quest his story. Hanna announced that it was probGets Whole Jury Story. able that the case was one for the A coroners Jury was formed, with federal authorities rather than the John Congdon as its foreman, and be- state because it had happened on a gan the investigation into the boys military reservation. The hiquest was death. As Amann grew stronger in adjourned for two hours. the hospital they agreed to wait until Investigation by the coroner and he could give evidence, In the hope post officers determined that it was that Lieut. Griffis could obtain a con- outside of the post that the body was fession in the meantime. found and the coroner's inquest was Shortly after noon Amann offered continued. to give his name and tell the whole Coroner Taylor took the body of the story If he could see the body of th boy to Waukegan, where the inquest boy. It was brought Into his room and will be continued. Amann was also he asked that it be moved closer. He taken to Waukegan in an automobile touched the body and kissed the cold to await the verdict of the coroners forehead and murmured "Good-bye- . jury and subsequent action on the part Then be started in and told the of the grand jury. story, Incoherently and with many State's Attorney Hanna said be was mi - Md h a. I if lWL Walter Knosle stark, the little tense fingers still automobiles. We were hungry and at the shirt that he had turned away from there to go into the the blow, woods. I was tired of life and discour- was: aged and could have gone into one of Walter, 12 years old, son the bathhouses and killed myself. ( Sn Mary Knobel, 755 Racine ave-- . Pluck Flowers in Woods. In the woods and away from the The man: people we gathered flowers and I told hnann, Henry Rudolph, 43 years him the Latin names for the flowers. 1 1012 Otto street. of Trillium I found a specimen Here are the letters that the man Grand! florura, and explained how rare i the boy wrote durlhg the period It is, and compared it with the other b hours that they wandered toland more common trillium, which ler through the north woods, pluck-- s grows in abundance. lowers, eating roots and nuts, and We had had nothing to eat since kng of their resolve to the Tuesday and pulled roots and shrubs quit ' fid together: to stay our hunger. It came night and Frona Walter Knobel to his mother we slept In the woods until it began 4 to Edward Martin: to rain. Then we went down to the ttlMgo, May 15, 08. Good bye, Mr. bench and curled up under a wide 1 want to be with my father. cornice of one of the houses. 'H mother. Farewell. "We lay on my coat for a pillow, but (Not signed, it In boys handwriting.) the boy woke up and was cold. We m Amann walked until morning and went to to Edward Martin: Fiedler has no fulth in me any Lake Bluff, where we wrote and mailed ,n Ring to end It all. My three letters telling our friends we r Geinmny W1H pay all my would end all. Mi Friday we walked to Lake Forest, Amann to Hermann Fiedler: and then bark to the beach by Fort 1 brothers and they In Germany will pay all Sheridan. We saw people L?eyou' Good bye. I am going to were well dressed and happy. They l -H- R. Amann. rode in automobiles. We were hungry and went from the beach Into the handin two Pocket, woods again. Walter wanted to go the bury a in the same grave. down to the lake and jump In, but ' cold. too was against ua. I do not water 0 live w Ithout my father. 1 go Talk Over Good Times. r WD flee w111 "We talked it all over again and (Signed) talked about all the good times we had matchbox In woods: had together In our travels. We talked "others fault She Is a about Pennsylvania and Colorado, and Jnlator. Salt Lake City and its big lake, and morulnfS about two oclock California. ,nint wandering as if "Then we vent up to the rifle range "tted th oncers' quartern at where the Boldlers were practicing. ' an 1 Br was challenged by We hid in the bushes and talked about Irate i D' Wh0 wa8 dying. I told him if he would lead we CmpBny Picket!!, In y would run from tho bushes out Nard advanced, to find blood front of the targets when the soldiers ,he nmn' lrMt. He fired and die there, but he would not. fried m we m ln, the hospital and "I don't know Just how long ltd fn. was It night, but aHHlH,0n(,e- after that, The man was wandered 'Me tn Peak because of weakness and we kept hid. It came daylight oq l nd h'00! R"d motioned for again, and we heard voices of ip rv, 8 ' I they and thought hat he wrote: women near us, PWl u. nt of iKPt my boy 2 yards uortta-1,08- were hunting and t Sheridan. "it was warm and we were tired all We talked it to sleep. down !ln lhp!r('1 Incoherently shout lay I urged hm to leave no one believed over again, and itorv unrii' ' his friends He threw to and go mo l,rtuiiij . ni"rn,nR. Private Sage and cried, his srms around my neck me. and said he would never leave Death. tho btMly of Bares Brsast; Asks l!y nti'11""1 a ,r(ie lying In a said ho would go to his grand"lie of ni'T pool In 8 that I could go to mv father and ""mediately notified the pa, fix boy r r 3 in s ins KnobeL 1 CUM I,1" wf 11 bt pt i f IS itching red fur I Took my KNifE1 in HE HAD IHS LITTIS GL, A53 MY HAMD pauses because of emotion and partly because of weakness. He said he was born in Germany and came to America 21 years ago. He Is 43 years old. He was a tanner by trade and later a flute player, and lived in St. Louis for eight years. When his wife died he came to Chi cago. Plays Flute in Saloons. and about the streets to earn money. He went to board at the house of Mrs. 12 Mary Knobel. 735 Racine avenue, years ago. Mrs. Knobel had come from the town of his birth, Klrchhofen, The two In the province of Baden. were friends from childhood. Mrs. Knobel bad three children George, who is now 17 years old; Amanda, 16, and Walter, who was nearing his twelfth year. After Mrs. Knobels husband died Amann continued to live at her home and rrged her to marry him. The children had learned to wait on him and liked to be with him after he had been stricken with paraljsls. As the two eldest grew they reverted their affections to their mother, but Walter clung to his "Uncle Henry." Two years ago Amann ran away with the lev, taking him to San Francisco. From there he wrote he would return If Mis. Knobel would send him $200. Mother Refuses Her Hsnd. Fearing she would never see the boy and Amann again she sent the money, returned and again asked her to marry left her him She refused, and be In the basehomo and went to live Herman ment of a house owned by street. The boy Fiedier, 1012 Otto bachelor went with him, and they kept room. one uuart era In the In January Since they moved there school, Hawthorne the the boy went to mother his seen by been not and has in that time. IIU brother frequently but at such ui ged him to come home, He used to play In saloons merely a visitor at the Inquest and would take no action toward prosecution until the verdict of the coroners Jury was given. Ruler In Splendid Health. Prince Luitpold, regent of Bavaria, celebrated the eighty-seventanniversary of his birth recently amid a brilliant gathering of the Bavarian nobility. The effects of his many years are almost unnoticeablo. The venerable regent looks much younger than he is. He Is In splendid physiclal condition. His limbs have retained their elasticity, his muscles are still hard, and nearly every day he defies wind and weather and undergoes the hardships of the chase, wearing always the greenish-grashooting costume peculiar to Bavaria. The Bavarian people scent to have forgottten King Otto, the mad ruler of their country, who has been' Interned in a suburb of Munich since 1886. The Bavarian parliament would have made Luitpold king In succession to Otto had he not refused to accept the post. h y Given Double Meaning. Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt university, like others of similar office, Is known to his students by the briefer name of "Chance." Besides being the universitys chief executive, he is also its head professor of Latin, and the boys say-p- rize r at chapel exercises. One day, after a protracted discourse, while conducting a class In Horace, he called on a certain student to read, who did so in utter innocence and absolute accuracy as follows: "It Is hard for us to endure the blows of chance." The class burst out In a roar of laughter, and as the Chance'' joined in, the dumfounded student perceived the modern significance of ancieut words. long-talke- (Copyright.) "Tom!" "Why, Doily, Is that you? Well, this is luck! And Tom Dnryea dropped his traveling bag on the station platform and hurried to greet Miss Vane, who, seated in a trim automobile runabout, smiled her welcome. "And so you know me! she exclaimed, letting him seize both her hands in his. "Know you! Well, I should say I did! Four years haven't changed you much still the same lovely and radiant Dolly!" , And I see that you are still the same old Tom and have grown confirmed In the habit of flattery. But tell me, what brings you to Wacas-set?- " "Why, I'm going to spend a week or two at The Willows.' " "Then get your bag and we'll spin down together. Its better than going In the bus." When bag and owner were both safely disposed in the runabout Doily put her hand to the lever and away they sped. When Tom questioned her as to how she had happened to be at the depot she said she had Just taken her friend Alice Van Brugh in as she had been suddenly called to the city. But now tell me about yourself; youre not looking altogether well." "Result of overwork. And then, too, theres a certain matter that worries me not a little. Tell me your troubles. I'm wonderfully clever at helping people out." "I suppose youve heard of my Uncle Tmothy? "Yes; rather eccentric, Isnt he?" "Exactly and rich. To make a long story short, he has always been bent on seeing me 'married and Bettlei down,' as he puts it. Not long since, be delivered an ultimatum to the effect that If I wasnt married within six months he'd make a new will and cut me off without a cent." "The Idea! exclaimed Dolly. "You are surely Joking." "Far from It! said Tom, gloomily. When, after a most delightful evening Tom stood alone In his room he declared very solemnly, addressing bis reflection In the mirror: "Tom Duryea, for the second time in your life you've fallen In love! And Ita with Dolly Vane both times." During the next few days Toms attendance on Dolly was unceasing. At the end of a week the gossips who relieve the monotony of life on a hotel piazza by discussing other people's affairs had all pronounced It "a case. Then Dolly, who was neither blind nor deaf, began to reflect. "I hope Tom hasn't told any one else here about his Uncle Timothy's million. Theyd set me down at once as a designing creature, though I'm sure that I dont want the money. And as for Tom, well, I wonder does he really like me as much as he used to when we were boy and girl together, or is he thinking of the million?" The second Saturday of his stay there was a. "hop" at The Willows." The first part of the evening passed happily enough, In spite of the severe attacks of jealousy which he experienced when forced to look on while some other fellow waltzed with Dolly and whispered soft nothings In her ear. At length, by a little maneuvering, he found himself alone with her In a cozy nook where he fancied they would be safe from prying eyes. According to the program there was yet one dance to come, and he knew that on his companion's card It was credited to MaJ. Burton, a guest who had cut quite a swath at "The Willows because he was a military nmn. Under his breath Tom expressed a hope that "that pompous ass, Burton," would be unable to find his partner. They talked of the past for a time. Now let's talk of the prosaic present," she said, smiling. "The prosaic present.' That phrase brings my Uncle Timothy to mind." The smile faded from Dollys lips. "And his million," she added. Ironically. "And hlalnlllion," be repeated, heedlessly. It seems to me that you might forget that for a while." "I can't forget It," he went on. "What a Jolly time a person no, two persons could have with a million!" Then with sudden resolution he leaned forward and seized Dolly's hand. "Dolly, couldn't you consent to be my partner In spending that million ?" She snatched her hand away and rose from the fauteull. "No; I dont think I could!" was her cold reply. Tom was completely taken aback by the curtness of her words and manner. He had been fearful of being too' precipitate, but be certainly had not expected to be turned down In tbla fashion. And ere he could utter a word of r monstrance the tall form of Maj Burton appeared before them. "Ah, Miss Vane, so I've found you at last! I've been hunting all over; my dance, you know. And so saying the major led Dolly away, leaving Tom in a state of mingled rage and mortification quite impossible to describe. As for Dolly, she lingered for me t'me amid the gay throng la the, parlors and tried to Imagine that she was having a good time. But when at length she was alone with her thoughts, all her assumed gayety vanished and she felt quite ready to cry. "I was fool enough to Imagine that he loved me! she said to herself. "But It seems It's his Unclt Timothy's million he's been thinking of all the time. How sordid men can become! Four years ago, w hen we were boy and girl and he called tfme sweetheart, 1 could believe blm; but now" And two b'g tears which she couldn't wink back fell upon the Immaculate white gown she was putting away. Tom at first niude up his mind to shake the dust of Wacasset from off his Jeet and return to the city. The idea of going away and never seeing Dolly any more was one which hs thought had much to commend it And yet It will be much better, aftet all," he reflected, "to remain here for awhile. Just what the trouble Is with Dolly I don't know; but I do bellevs she cares for me just a little bit. And If she does I'll make her Jealous and see what effect that will have." Accordingly he began a systematic flirtation with Mlsa Van Brugh, Dolly' friend, who had returned. Then Tom received a telegram notl fylng him of hia uncle's death and telling him to return to Chicago Immediately. While packing up he decided to have one more talk with Doll , He found Dolly seated upon a bench at the other end of the lawn, with ths affable Burton at ber elbow. Just as he spied them the uiajof 1 l J ! 1 i J I f ; i r c f "Dolly, I'm Afraid Weve Misunderstood Each Other! rose, listened attentively to something his fair companion was saying, an(f then started toward the hotel. Tom crossed the lawn quickly and stopped In front of Dolly, who looked up In mild surprise. "Good afternoon, Mr. Duryea! she said. Tom winced ; her formality was really distressing. However, he continued bravely: "I've something very particular I want to say to you. Won't you walk down the road with me a little?" There was something compelling in his manner, and Dolly rose and went with him without further demur. Neither spoke again until they were well away from the hotel grounds. Finally he exrlalmed desperately: "Dolly, I'm afraid we've misunderstood each other!" And youre Just finding It out?" "You needn't be so cutting. I wanted to tell you to explain that when I asked you the other night Dolly Interrupted him. "if It's about ! that you wish to talk, I cant listen "Dolly, you don't know whnt I've1 suffered during the last two weeks!" "You scent to have found consolation enough." "It was all make believe. I've never cared for any one but you, Dolly. No, not since the days when we were playmates together. And when after four years we met again here at Wacasset, I fell more deeply In love with you than ever. And well, 1 was beginning to think that perhaps you cared for me, just a I'M. bit, you know!" "And then," he continued, "everything went to pieces! I didn't understand why you wouldnt listen to me the other night, but now I know. And 1 see It was all my fault or rather It's Uncle Timothy's fault. Of course, he wont mind being blamed for It now he's dead. "Dead?" "Yes; happened yesterday. And ths time limit which he placed for my nup tlals expired the day before yester day." "Tbcn you don't know" "No! broke In Torn. "I don't know, whether I get the million or whethei it goes to the Old Ladles' home, and whats more, I dont care! And, Dolly dear, I never did rare in the way you thought. What I want Is you! You! You! Wont you understand? And he would have knelt right thera In the dust and dirt of the highway had not Dolly suddenly turned toward him with such a melting tenderness In her eyes as made Tom catch her to his breast. "Dolly!" he cried, "It Is true, then! You do love me? By way of assent she whispered hit name In a tone that more than made up to him for all that ho had suffwced. I I i.r f i I I r r t j I it l j 8 t D I i t ii i F ( I |