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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. CRIME OF CAIN IS X BY MAN RE-ENACT- 70 YEARS OF AGE Kills Younger l j ' . Brother After Hamilton, Ont. A quarter centurys hitter enmity between brothers ended in a of the immemorial crime of Cain near the village of Har-- I risburg, when Freeman Green, sev-- , enty, killed his brother, John, three years his junior, and afterward ended The feud between the two men, who occupied neighboring farms, dated back 25 years, to the time when John Green divorced his first wife. Free- violence. Freeman Green, however, had apparently brooded fanatically over the quarrel, and his brothers last outbreak brought the feud to a climax. Early the following morning he was seen making his way to Johns farm, ' carrying a rifle. Gordon Green, Johns son, heard a shot fired, while he was working in a field, but paid little attention to it. believing that some one was hunting in the neighborhood. Visiting the house later and finding no trace of his father, the young man became alarmed and set out on a search. He found his fathers body beside a haystack in the barnyard. Finds Uncie Dead. Although Gordon knew of the feud between his father and uncle, he did not at first suspect the latter of complicity in the tragedy, but he made his way to Freeman's home to inform him of the occurrence. He found his uncle dead on his bed. tlie rifle still clutched in one hand. He nud placed the muzzle in his mouth and pulled the trigger with the aid of a small stick which lay nearly. Even in death the brothers remained separated, for John Green's farm is situated in Wentworth county and Freemans just across the boundary in Brant county, with file result that the two deaths will he investigated b two different coroners and two police staffs. Trout Pulls Angler Off Pier, but Loses in End ' Banff, Alta. When a man catches a fish it is not news; but when a fish catches a man. it is. Authenticated by police reports, this is the story nl a fisherman who refused to give his name. He was fishing recently off the pier at Lake Mitmewanka near here with a light rod and line when a lake trout struck so viciously that the angler lost his balance and was hauled off the end of the pier into 20 feet of water. He did not lose his head with his balance, but, still clinging to his rod and line, fought the trout In the water until Constable James of Calgary and another man put off in a boat and landed both fish and man. The fish is now at the taxidermists and later will be displayed in a glass case. Oregon Man Wins Title as Champ Woodchopper Albany, Ore. Any man who thinks he can chop wood might well consider the ability of Fete McLaren, world He won $50 champion woodchopper. here by cutting through a fir log 58 inches in circumference in 2 minutes Under terms of the con45 seconds. test he had to cut the log in of the time required by Faul ' Miller, former Albany high school football player and expeiienced logger; Itoy Morlan of North Albany, and George W. Hayes of Albany. McLaren won handily. two-thir- I 1 Tarpon Jumps Into Boat; Smacks Angler i ll I t l l"l"M"b,liiI"l"H"FH-H"H-- ; M- ticket purchased presented for redemption at the Why the overcoat? asked one poker player of another, as they were preparing to break for home. To keep me from getting chilled, replied the other one. hot night like this?" What! On Yeah ! The night is hot enough, but the reception I'll get from my wife when I amble In at this time of mornCincinnati Ening will be freezing. quirer. l LATER THAN THAT C. When a Q tastic crimes which ever took place in France has been uncovered by the Q Marseilles police, following extraordinary confession by George Saret, Insurance attorney, and two German sisters, Catherine and Philomele Schmidt, who are held here accused of robbing an insurance company of $70,000 by faking the death of one of the Schmidt sisters. After a dramatic grilling which lasted several days the police learned that the gang had murdered two other, Q n V vive him. O By this time Mrs. Griffin was o 9 so distraught that the squad nad Q O to treat her for shock. Mrs. o Q C X Griffins husband disappeared last February. She has not heard from him since. Q X OOOCOOOOOOOCXXXJOOOOOOOOOOC people. '"'D MOTHER CUTS THROATS OF TOTS n.-i- i - her--C:- i ! Sheriff Puzzled Over Theft of Oil Pipe Line Redwood City. Sheriff J. J. McGrath is wondering who afid, more particularly, how, and also when, some one stole 2,000 feet of pipe from Oil company premises the Jealous Wife Puts Out Mates Eyes With Acid e here. Sections of the pipe line were discovered in a San Francisco iron works, but the company insisted that it had purchased the pipe from a man named C. Vincent, who had posed as an official of the oil company. Charles White, manager of the concern, denied that there was any such person connected with the company. Burglars Lost Shoe Leads to His Capture Rome. Revenge was taken by a Hostess Will you have some fresh jealous wife who accused her husband of ill treating her when Lucia Tomas-sin- l mushrooms? of Frascati poured hydrochloric Guest Yes, if youre quite sure theyre mushrooms and not toadstools. acid into her husbands eyes while al-he Hostess Oh, Im quite sure. I slept, according to police. It is leged that she poured a few drops of opened the can myself. the acid over the closed eyelids, and when he opened his eyes, emptied the Appearance Brown Isnt it wonderful that often rest of the phial into them. The man very clever men appear to be very lost the sight of both eyes. T stupid? Smith Are you aiming at me? Hawaiian Population Brown Oh, no; you are not what There are 22,636 native Hawaiians you appear. in the islands. There are 28,224 The remainder of the total The Haven of Hawaii of 368,336 Is population First Clubman After all, if it made up largely of Caucasian whites wasnt for our wives, would either of and Japanese. of us be where we are now? 1 Second Clubman Quite right. Isnt Minerals in Sugar that what clubs are for? The Humorist. The bureau of plant industry says 1 that in raw cane sugar there are Astronomical traces of molasses in which are found Nine heavenly bodies ave utilized in certain salts and minerals. In refined astrology the seven planets and the sugar all the molasses, salts and minerals contained in it are removed. sun and the moon. s. j Learns of Murders. Marseilles chief of detectives, questioned the two women separately and obtained some scraps of information which he utilized with such effect when subsequently interrogating Saret that the latter thought he had been denounced and troke down and confessed that in July, 1925, he shot' a man who was trying to blackmail, him and dissolved his body in sul--, phuric acid. Saret admitted that he Invited his man to a villa, where Catherine await-- , ed him, and while he was looking ont the window Saret shot him In the back. The two women who had robbed an insurance company by faking a death, were horrified at the sight of a M. Cals, Falls-Lak- diffi- . One of the most fan- Marseilles. X rested. The dead children are George Harvey and Joyce Ruth Bearce, twins, ten months old; and Dena Bearce, four years old. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bearce, operate a filling station e and tourist camp on the Glens George road, about four miles south of Lake Geneva. Just after 6:30 p. m., while Bearce was at work in the tourist camp, his Mr. Bokem Why its nearly half- daughter Dena ran up to him. She pointed to her throat, which was badpast eleven. Its time to go. Mother did it Miss Rutting Oh, Its surely later ly cut, and said: Bearce put her In an automobile and than that. drove at full speed to the office of a in Lake George who gave her doctor Satisfied Hes treatmenc and sent her to the first aid Magistrate (to prisoner) What, you She died two hours later. hospital. here again? Meanwhile the state police had been Prisoner Yes, sir. and notified Bearce, accompanied by Magistrate Arent you ashamed of Walter Purcell, returned to his Sergt. yourself? Prisoner No, sir! Whats good home to find the other two children. While they were seeking them in a enough for you is good enough for me. wood behind the camp, they came cross Mrs. Bearce. She told them Too Early where the children could be found. Columbus discovered America. in a little used road that she pointed but Yes, replied Miss Cayenne, lit to them, they found the twins lyhe picked a bad time. He was slighted side hy side, dead. Their throats In reputation and reduced In fortune, ing been cut. instead of being rewarded as discovMrs. Purcell arrested Soigeant now with erers are, college degrees and took her to the county jail i:irce and invitations to lecture. Lake George. She told him that her c. .'ai.il believed she was crazy and Not in Public ..:d threatened to have her sent to in He When you married me you sy lu m. Rather than be separated promised to obey me. from her children, she said, she deterShe Yes, only because I didnt ined to kill them and then kill want to cause a row with you while the minister was there. Passing Sergeant Purcell asked her why she Show. ad not killed herself. She said: The knife was 'too dull. Carden Chap! Traveler My But the ocean looks beautiful ! Survey Shows Belgian His Wife John! Ln you rcrKzBread Most Expensive hat your head is hanging out of tin London. Bread prices throughout onrthole? You must want to get you; the world on January 1, 1931, ranged brains knocked out! from 6.6 cents per 2.2 pound loaf in to 24 cents in Belgium, a Jugoslavia SURE OF MUSHROOMS shows. survey Next to Belgium, Sweden paid the highest price for bread, 20.S cents a loaf. The price In the United States was listed as 18.7 cents and in Canada 14 cents. In only three of the 18 countries included in the survey, Jugoslavia, Czechoslavia, and Spain, were the prices cheaper than in Great Britain, where the 2.2 pound loaf was listed at 8 cents. d Mid-Stat- X Glens I':; 11s, N. Y. A crazed mother. tine;.: ened with being sent to an asylum slashed the throats of her three children with a butcher knife here recently killing two of them and mortally wounding the third. The third child died in a hospital & few hours later. The mother was ar- culty arose to foil his holdup attempt, a young bandit took Hie in hand, planted a kiss difficulty squarely on her lips and bowed grace; fully out of the door. The difficulty was pretty Miss M. Hagglund. She was awakened when a burglar entered the bedroom she shared with her mother, Mrs. H. Hagglund, and Miss I. Harvey. Refusing to tell him where she kept her purse. Miss Hagglund rose from bed, flung open the door and ordered the intruder to leave. After hesitating a moment, the man walked to the door, and as he passed Miss Hagglund he grasped her firmly in his arms and kissed her. well-dresse- dead. Mrs. Griffin had told her son to go upstairs to bed in their home. When she found him she Confession of French Murder er Reveals Series of Fantastic Crimes. Tearing Separation, She Kills Three Children. Burglar Snatches One Kiss and Then Departs B. ld became hysterical and neighbors called the rescue squad. Forty- five minutes work failed to re- - Cincinnati. The maid of the Licking has taken her place in ghostly legend alongside the headless horseman, Marley and the Flying Dutchman. Her story has residents of northern Kentucky walking warily in the late hours of the night, particularly when They cross the dimly lighted bridge across the Licking river from Covington to Newport. Harry Stellar, a Bellevue (Ky.) youth, is the latest to give the maid a ride to her former home. According to Stellars story, he encountered the beautiful girl as he reached the bridge. She seemed to have appeared out of the mists that rose from the river. . Ive lost my pocketbook, she told him, and cant get home." She said her name was Virginia Smith, but talked little during the moonlight trip. When he was nearing the house to which she directed him the girl suddenly vanished. The youth heard no noise, no movement, but his companion disappeared while the automobile was still in motion. Stellar then went to the house and rang the bell. An elderly man answered. Does Virginia Smith live here? the youth asked. Its all right, the man replied when he had told his strange tale. Im her father. Nine year now it has happened on the day my girl was killed in an auto accident. Each year some one brings her home like this and then she vanishes. Right and Wisdom more beautiful than private is Right affection, and is compatible with universal wisdom. Emerson. A I Kentuckians to Watch Their Step. Vancouver, Washington. q John Vincent Griffin, Jr., play-- v ing in his home, turned on a Q small gas jet A few minutes Q later his mother found him o Two-year-o- Causes New Pa. KILLER DISSOLVES Infant Turns on Gas 0 BODIES OF VICTIMS and Is Found Dead IN SULPHURIC ACID GHOST OF MOTOR VICTIM BEGS RIDE Specter UTAH OCxCCOOCOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXOOC York Central ticket office here. The tickt, sold at a special rate for the trip, was forwarded to New York offices to determine if a refund should be made. Franklin, 26 years ago from the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad to Portland, Ore., for the Lewis and Clark celebration recently was expedition i 1 St. Louis, Mo. When a burglar lost his shoe in a home he was robbing police faced the same task as the prince in the tale of Cinderella. Armed with the burglars shoe, the officers broadcast an alarm. A few minutes later police arrested a man who was strolling down an avenue with only one shoe. They tried the shoe on. It fit. Railroad Ticket Bought 26 Years Ago Turned In , 1 leaped over the shoulder of one man, seated on the deck in a camp chair, and &truck another in the middle of the boat. The impact threw the tarpon onto the boatside, where it flopped back into the water, the surprised witnesses state. N. J. Davis, F. E. Burger, R. B. Temple and F. Rhodes were fishing near Brazos Santiago pass when the tarpon, estimated to be about five feet in length, leaped overboard. his own life. man, a bachelor, and a man of strong religious prejudices, bluntly denounced his brothers action and renewed his criticisms when the latter remarried a year or so later. They Saldom Spoke. Since that time the brothers seldom spoke. Recently, however, John became incensed at reports that Freeman had criticized his remarriage. Neighbors told of seeing the younger man striding toward his brothers farm and of his having exclaimed: . Im going to Ill get that old settle with him. When the brothers met outside Freemans home heated words were exchanged upon both sides, but the encounter terminated without actual 1 San Benito. Tarpon fishing held unexpected thrills recently for four San Benito men when a giant silver king leaped into their boat and gave one of the fishermen a resounding whack on the back of the neck. While making a strike the fish Long Feud; Son Discovers Two Bodies. . iU nlH)I.PH. real corpse. Bodies Dissolved. The killer then told the women that he was going to find the mans wife, so he could say that he had slain her husband in When the wife arrived, according to the police, Saret shot and killed her. Then, aided by the two sisters, Saret took the todies to the bathroom and pushed them into the tub, which he filled with sulphuric acid. In three days the bodies were completely destroyed. According to Professor Balthazar, one of the leading crime specialists of i he French Academy of Medicine, it is easily possible to dissolve completely a' human body and its clothing in pure sulphuric acid. The physician recalled a similar case which took place about twenty years ago when The police discovered that Henri Pel. a watchmaker, had killed several newborn babies by plunging them in a hath of sulphuric acid. The small bodies were dissolved in a few hours. self-defens- e. Toothless Police Dog Puts Copper to Flight Evanston, 111. A police dog who couldnt recognize a policeman afforded residents of Evanston the spectacle of one of the towns special officers in undignified flight Iven J. Rubin, court clerk and policeman, has as a result threatened jail for any one who reminds him of the episode, and the pet of the children along Railroad avenue is languishing in the pound because of his failing sight A threatening move from Rubin the dog after him. Purpolice brought suit continued for sevenil blocks. Harry Rubin, seeing Ids brothers plight, overtook and tackled the animal. As the dogs jaws closed over his arm. Rubin .veiled, while neighbors shouted with laughter. The dangerous police dog, long ago due for The pension list, Is toothless and has been for years. Half-Starve- d Monkey Quelled by Policemen New York. A small, brown, monkey with a Two-Gu- n Crowley complex was captured after a two-hou- r siege by firemen, police half-starv- ed and civilians. The starving simian had gone on a foraging expedition through aparttenement house ments in a on First avenue, to the consternation five-stor- y of housewives. Flooded with phone calls, police dispatched the emergency squad. After to dislodge striving nearly a half-hothe monkey, police put in a call for firemen, and more than 1,000 persons were attracted to the scene. The animal finally was taken by Joseph Gallo, a fearless bystander armed with a banana. ur Equipping Yachts With Electric Drive Yachts are now being with the modem electric equipped drive, used successfully on ocean liners, as a substitute for steam power. What is said to be the smallest seagoing craft to be thus powered is nearing completion at a local shipyard for Alexander W. Moffat. By means of a controller handle in the pilot house, the ships electric drive can be operated by the skipper much as a motorman controls a trolley car k? Ida vestibule Boston. |