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Show The Bulletin kgre 4- -r- I Ankle Bone Riveted 24 Years by a Nail Bill Bulletin is Vacaville, Calif. A j shingle nail held Frank Weber'p ankle bone together for 24 yeara after it was broken in 1008, It was disclosed here recently, when Dr. Middleton P. Stansbury performed an operation to .remove the nalL Weber was forced to seek medical attention when the nail caused an ulcer to begin, he ' said. back for the Holiday Season. Watch for the bargains he Will bring to your attention. HEART BALM SUIT IS WON BY CUPID 0 Sued Suitor Weds; So Docs Plaintive Plaintiff. how thor Philadelphia. Just oughly the human element L Cupid can scramble the staid machinations of the law In a breach of promise suit has been demonstrated vividly here In the case of pretty Edythe Kata, who was sure her heart was broken 825,000 worth. Kdythe brought suit against Morris H. Wertheimer, for that sum when, she complained, his ardor cooled. Mo sooner had word of the action gone out than Morris let It be known that he was engaged to somebody else, and when he was served with a summons he replied by marrying a Miss Ituth Kriger. Miss Kata resolved to make the volatile Mr. Wertheimer pay and rue his whimsical answer to the suit But the courts moved slowly and when the time came to hear Kdythe's charges It developed that she had not been Idle. 8he had met Harry Warren, a neighbor, and they had taken out a license to wed. Even her own attorney was discomposed by this. It would be very strange Indeed to have Mm Warren (nee Kata) tell the Judge that Wertheimer had Interfered with her chances to marry by his behavior In Jilting her. Her. attorney sighed and told hef it was not customary to come into court suing for breach of promise when the Ink on one's marriage license to wed another man was not entirely dry. He told her to go and try to be happy without the 25,000i Lizard Leaps for Man but He's Not Lounging! New rork. It was feeding time Mrs. Lllllenduhl BLACK WIDOW IS FREED FROM CELL TO DIE OUTSIDE for the Varanns Komndoensls the giant lizard at the Bronx cool Dr. Raymond L. Dltmara, curator of reptiles, and John Toomey, head keeper, were preparing the huge Declared Dying From Cancreature's weekly meal of two cer; Accused With Lover chickens. The lizard, lethargic nsually, but roured by the smell of blood, was in the outside part of his cage. and Toomey heard him scratching at the lower part of the double door. Suddenly there was a clatter and a roar. Said Dlrtor Dltmara: The giant monitor vaulted the door which Is a yard high and landed right beside ns. We didn't wait for anything more to happen. John and I hurdled the other door In less time than It took the lizard to Jump In. And when we looked around the chickens were gone." One swish of the big tall will knock a man down. Doctor Dltmara explained. Besides the two chickens, the Is fed 14 eggs once a week. Dlt-Tnn- ra of Killing Mate. Trenton, X. J. When Governor Moore recently affixed Ills signature to the document that set free Mrs. Margaret Thompson Lllliendahl, otherwise known as the Black Widow of South Vineland," one of this state's most sensational murder mysteries was brought Hgaln into the limelight Mrs. Lllliendahl, a stately, attrnc-tlv- e woman of middle age, was serving prison term for the slaying on Septenilier 15. 1027, of her husband. Dr. A. William Lllliendahl, wealthy, socially prominent and eccentric physician. Although she Is free, the widows days are numbered. She Is declared to be dying of cancer. Back In 1927, the LUUendahls and their eight-yeson, Albert lived In the quiet little town of South Vineland. On the afternoon of September In this present-da- y tendency to 15, a partially disrobed woman was the development of the mental at found wandering along the1 the expense of the physical lies highway, two hours Vineland. She South car from the seat of eye defects. by DR. LANDMESSER, Optometrist was Mrs. IJUIendahl. She disclosed that her husband had been murGround Floor in Sugarhouse dered. lie was found In the front Facing the Monument seat of the family sedan, which had been driven Into a lonely lane. reThree slugs from a volver had been fired Into his head. Castes of Cray Hair Worry frequently causes hair to The weapon was nowhere to be turn gray, but most grayness in hair found. is caused by disease. Us-sr- d a d told the police the following story: She and her husband had been driving along the deserted road. Two negroes stopped the car and, brandishing gun, forced Mrs. who was at the wheel, to drive Into tho lane. There they attacked her and robbed and murdered her hukbnnd. At the very outset, the mystery of Old Dale's" mnrder presented Fresh tire conflicting elements. marks of a second car were found in the lane. The police made plaster. chsts of the marks for future use. A piece of white cloth was discovered In the woods near the murder scene. Several motorists had noticed a similar piece of cloth hanging on a tree at the entrance of the lane prior to the slaying, but It was not there when Mrs. Lllliendahl gave the alarm. Mrs. IJlllendahl's account of the crime took on fabrlcatory earmarks when a medical examination disclosed .that she . had not been criminally attacked. Next, the police learned that the 'LUUendahls had not been the turtle doves they pretended to be. This Information came from two children, who said that they had heard the couple quarreling over a man. . Then Mrs. Lllliendahl was Identified by the postmistress as the per son who had, under an assumed name, rented a post, office box, where she received letters from s local man named Willis Bench. Investigation brought to light letters disclosing thnt the doctor's wife and. Reach hnd been carrying on a clandestine love affair. .32-calib-er Beach, It was lenrned, had been absent from South Vineland between w ILL tn. and l lay of the murder. H wasirecalic- - uiat at 1 :9U thnt afternoon he had remarked to a friend: How about 01d Doc Lllliendahl being bumped off?" The hour of the remark was of singular Import, Inasmuch as the police bad not yet revealed the Identity of the mnrder victim. And then the tires of .Beach's automobile were found to be of the same make as those of the second car. Althongh Beach end the widow denied participation In the physician's death, the woman was trapped on a vital point The police, questioning her In her home, asked her If she or her husband owned a gun. She denied that they did. whereupon her son, who had been listening to the quls, piped up with the (enthusiastic remark: You Oh, yes, you do, mammal know, the little gun with the white - eight-year-o- ld handle!"; The Black Widow" and Beach were charged with the mnrder, convicted and sentenced to prison, where Beach died several veers un Kill Cougar; Find Coat in Stomach Ucluelct, B. CL A piece of a mackinaw coat, with buttons attached. found In the stomach of a large cougar caused H. J. and W. niller, cougar hunters, to wonder If they had killed a man eater. The hunters were summoned after the cougar had stalked two Japanese children until the frightened youngsters were within twenty yards' of their homa CROW, AT 30, SUMS UP LIFE AS NERTS Bird Adda New Word to Ills Limited Vocabulary. Ann Arbor, Mich. Tom, the talking crow, owned by D. Miller of this city, celebrated hla thirtieth anni- versary this year. He had added a new word to his limited vocabulary; one which seems to sum up Xerts." his phllosophey of life Strutting around to show off his glistening coat, be greets visitors with a dignified Hello. If the visitor is Tom croaks, " and will probably add, I'm a dam old fool." If the departing visitor has gained his friendship by scratching hla head. Tom bids him a reluctant " Otherwise, the guest receives a sulking glance from one cocked eye, or a contemptuous nerts'followed by a peal of laughover-expressiv- e, nerts-nerts,- - good-by.- ter. Miller declares that Toms tongua Is not split, and that the old belief la Just a myth, ' ne saya that a high percentage of young crows will learn a few words If taught during their first year. Aa they only mimic and associate sounds with humans, hoqrs must be spent in practice. Five years ago Tom had to he caged.' Previously, he had been alt lowed to at will Mrs. Miller noticed, however, that many small articles mysteriously disappeared. Two years later, the aril- -' cles, Including a diamond ring anl several coins, were found In a crock on a high kitchen shelf where Tom had carefully hoarded them. Evidently Tom realized the need to save for old age, which la not surprising since crows sometimes lire to be fifty years old. roam-abou- . . |