Suspect Admits Killing Nurse.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Jan. 18.—In the
presence of his mother and sister,
Fran) Schermerhorn confessed to the
murder of Miss Sarah Brymer, the
purse in Barnes Compton's home at
Miilbrook, last week. He made the
confession to Under Sheriff Hornbeck
in the hospital. Schermerhorn, who was
Compton's coachman, has been in the
hospital under constant guard since
last Thursday night, when he cut his
throat while the officers were seeking
him. Monday was the first time his
mother has visited him in the hos
pital.
Schermerhorn, propped up in a chair
and with his hands, which had been
tied while in bed to prevent further
attempts at suicide, entirely free,
greeted his mother affectionately. She
bent over him, and while the officers
stcod off some distance the mother
counseled nk to make a full and
frec confession. He seemed reluctant
for a time to do so. Finally, while his
mother spoke to him in low tones, he
blurted out: “Oh, I did it. I will tell.”
His Mother Faints.
Mrs. Schermerhorn swooned, falling
on the floor. Under Sheriff Hornbeck
picked her up, and then, while nurses
cared for her, Hornbeck wrote down
th: prisoner's statement, which Scher
merhorn signed. His sister, Mrs. Kil-
mer, was also present and showed
great feeling.
The confession was given to District
Attorney Mack, who declined to per
mit its publication in full, but gave
ou: the substance as fellows: “Scher
merhorn pleaded intoxication for his’
crime. He declared at the outset that
he had no intention to kill or injure
Miss Brymer. He told of taking the
maids, Alice Dutcher and Mary Far
rell, for a sleigh ride the evening be-
fore the murder. He drank consider
able beer and whisky, and after leav-
ing the girls at the big house he put
the horses in the barn and went to his
own house and changed his clothes,
He says he was so drunk that he re-
members indistinctly the subsequent
events.
Some time after himdight he re
members he went to the mansion,
wkich he entered through the kitchen,
the door of which was unlocked. He
made his way upstairs and out upon
the porch where Miss Brymer and
three-year-old Polly Compton were
sleeping. He has no remembrance, he
says, of assaulting the nurse or of
choking her, but he told Under Sheriff
Hornbeck that if it was true that she
had been assaulted then he must have
dcne it. He declared, however, that he
had no intention of injuring Miss Bry-
mer when he entered the house. and
went only to her room to scare her.
With regard to Mary Farrell's story
of the appearance of the supposed
burglar at her bedside with a dark
lantern, Schermerhorn says that he
went to the east wing, where the ser.
vants’' rooms are situated, but he does
not remember entering the cook's room
or of having a dark lantern. He be-
lieves, he says, that he struck a match
to find his way to the stairs leading to T. 0. Mega and WL. Wedi
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the kitchen.
With regard to the silverware taken
from the Campton house to tha value
of $500, Schermerhorn says that he
has no recollection of removing it, but
he does remember putting it into the
stove in his house and then, when the
fire did not consume it, placing the
charred and best pieces in the chim-
ney flue.
He says that he has no recollection
of blackening his face before entering
tke Compton house.
Schermerhorn’s wife, who has been
im, is still in Vassar hospital, unaware
of her husband's predicament. He
frequently expresses a desire to see
her. Schermerhorn will be well enough
tn be removed to the county jail in a
few days. :
Miners Will Demand Higher Wage.
The coal miners throughout the
United States are preparing to reopen
the question of wages after Jan. 29. A
demand for increased pay is expected.
it may cause a marked increase in the
present prices of coal.
Thé miners declare that they need
higher wages because of the increased
cost of living. This stand is part of the
general movement of organized labor
begun by the switchmen and railroad
brotherhoods. The movement has al-
ready spread to practically all the
branches of railroad labor.
“it is true that the mine workers
will take up the question of wages,”
said John Fitzpatrick, president of the
Chicago Federation of Labor. “I do
not see the necessity of higher priced
coal, though, even if the miners get
increases.
“When coal which costs $7.50 a ton
in the United States can be bought for
$3.20 a ton in Canada there is some-
thing more than the question of wages
boosting the price.”
More Graft Arrests In Pittsburg.
The hunt for the men “higher up”
in the councilmanic grafting cases of
1908 has resulted in the arrest of
five of Pittsburg’s most prominent
men. Warrants were issued and served
charges, conspiracy, perjury and brib-
ery: $15,000 bail demanded amd fur-
! have refused $6000 offered for her by
| is satisfied that the duck which he
rte Micc'a Brothers’ interests, con-
(11¢ ed the biggest business man in
Plitsherz. and many times a milllon-
aire; conspira y; Nicola will give ball
later.
Charles Stewart, business man and
former member of Pittsburg councils;
conspiracy; bail in $10,000 furnished
by William Schempp.
It came out that the district attor
pey claims to have in his possession
sworn confessions of perjury from
Jennings and of Griffin in that they
made felse returns to bank examiners
and aiso swore falsely before the
grand jury when haled before it to
tell what they know about the bribery
of councilmen in the Pittsburg bank
cases a year or 50 ago. Leslie, too, is
included in this perjury affair, but has
made no confession. It is alleged that
Leslie acted as the go-between in the
deal between the grafting councilmen
and the Columbia National bank, of
Pittsburg. and that he was paid $25.
000 over the counter of the bank to
carry to the grafters.
No Shortage of Beef.
President H. A. Jastro, of the Na-
tional Live Stock association, and |
Murdo Mackenzie, vice presidene, in
speeches at Denver, Colo., denied that
there is any danger of a shortage of
beef in the United S* es.
They declared that so long as $200,
000,000 of beef is exported from the
United States each year there is no
danger of a shortage.
“The price of beef in Chicago is reg- |
ulated by the price received for our
surplus cattle shipped abroad,” said |
Mr. McKenzie. “The howl that present
prices are putting beef beyond the
reach of the poor man is nwar-
ranted.”
Fright Results In Death.
Archie Aderhold, of near Perr ville,
Pa., was cut to pieces by a Northern
Centra! train at a crossing near Cogan
Valley. Fright led to his death, causing
him to jump from a sled directly in
front of an aprushing passenger train.
Fred Aderhold and Harvey Wright re-
mained on the sled and escaped in-
jury. The sled was somewhat dam-
aged, but almost cleared the track be-
fore being struck. The crossing watch.
man, James Hayes, was struck by the
sled and severely injured.
Convict Heir to a Million.
J. Edward Boech, who is now serv-
ing a seven-year sentence in the
state prison at Ossining, N. Y.. waa
amazed when he was informed by his
attorney that he had fallen heir to a
million dollars through the death of
his uncle, J. C. Lowaisberry, of St.
Paul. Boech has fou: years more to
serve in prison. He was convicted in
1907 for participating in a big jewelry
swindle,
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Hen Worth Her Weight In Gold.
_ The owners of “Lady Washington,”
the Black Orpington hen prize winner,
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H. D. Riley. of Philadelphia. The own-
gan. of Scranton, Pa., declared that the |
hen was not for sale for less than |
$12,000, and not at this price until!
after the Scranton Poultry Show next |
week. Lady Washington weighs tem
pounds. |
Duck Fattened on Nails.
W. 8 Rishton, of Bloomsburg, Pa.
had served for dinner was matured
in a nail factory, for from the craw the
cook took by actual count seventy-four
cut nails, runaning from three-quarters
to an inch and a quarter in length. All
the nails were shiny and the heads
were rounded from constant grinding
in the craw.
Freezes While Driving.
Tc be overcome by exposure to cold
while drinving through rural sections
tor of Union township, Snyder county,
was the fate of Isaac Timmerman. of
Selinsgrove, Pa. His body was carried
fn his sleigh about the country roads
most of the day, passersby thinking
Tirnmerman was merely asleep.
Society Woman Wounds Burglar.
A burglar attempted to rob the resi.
dence of Jeremiah Willcox, situated
in the fashionable section of Nor
folk, Va. Mrs. Willcox, who is prom-
inent in society, got her husband's gun
and fired. Later a pool of blood was
found in the yard, and it is thought
the burglar was wounded.
Bride For Chinaman.
Henry Hon, a Baltimore Chinaman,
and Carrie Acker, an eighteen-year-
old girl of German perentage, were
married in Washington, D. C. When
the license was applied for the young
girl swore she lived in Washington,
but later said she lived on the Bellaire
road, in Baltimore.
Awarded $30,000 Damages For Libel.
Jean C. Worcester, insular secretary
o fthe interior at Manila, P. I, has
been awarded $30,000 damages in his
libel action against El Renacimiento,
the leading organ of the Filipino Na-
tionalist party.
Kills a Wildcat With Bare Hands.
Clyde Angle's dog was attacked by
a wildcat near Newton, N. J. and An
gle seized the wildcat with bare hands
and choked, it to death. He took the
skin to a justice of the peace and got
a bounty of $5 for it.
Trenk PF. Nicola, head of the mon-
in pursuit of his duties as tax collec-
Against System.
Washington, Jan. 18. — Representa- selves atthe expense of their
tive Martin Dies, of Texas, resigned that
irom the pemsion committee of the expense
house because he is opposed to the
pension system as now administered.
In his letter of resignation to Speaker
Cannon. Mr. Dies declared he was in!
posed to private pension bills.
hey aay overeat themselves a the
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We are authorized to announce the name of J.
M nomination
favor of general pension laws, but op- | lo the oftice of ° Be Ponc of the South
BE Bor:
“Every man on the payroll of the
government, from the president down '
to the porters around the capitol, is
anrious to have his pay increased”
in a statement.’ em
“Within the past few days the presi-| TO SATISFY MORTGAGE.
declared Mr. Dies
of the a oe
| Baki evening, Jamar 2nd. 1910.
Legal Notices.
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dent hae announced himself in favor |
of pensioning government employes. In | In the petition for the
the meantime congress is spending
nearly $100,000,000 a month and the |
people are groaning under high living | pa%s 290
If this thing continues it
wil! soon be worse than the militarism
of Europe. There, every laborer must
work to support a soldier. In our case,
will be compelled to
I am
expenses.
every laborer
work to support a pensioner.
heartily opposed to the system and
am glad to be off the committee.”
Cardinal Says Food Prices Are En.
tirely Too Inflated.
Washington, Jan. 18.—“Most of the
prices of food products are clearly out
of all reason,” said Cardinal Gibbons
in an interview. “and the people can-
not go on paying such prices when
they are not earning any more than
they were some years ago when prices
were not =o high.”
The cardinal wag unable to assign
a reason for the high prices that pre:
vail, but he said something “evidently
ie wrong when many of the common-
est necessities in food are priced at
such enormous figures, Something
i mst be done soon to put the prices
of foods on a reasonable basis, and
any method which will bring this about
I indorse.”
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Indictments Returned In White Slave
Cases In New York.
New York, Jan. 18.—The price of
comely girl in New York is $20. For
twenty
to a woman
maintaining a resort in East Seventy-
ninth street, according to indictments
returned by the Rockereller grand jury
which is investigating the white slave
this sum, Elizabeth Harzo,
verrs old, was “sold”
traffic in Greater New York.
Six indictments in all were returned,
and two arrests were made almost im-
mediately thereafter, Paul Drinko and
held in
$7500 bail each for trial. They went to
the Tombs in default of bail. They are
charged with abducting and selling the
Philip Mangold, who were
Harzo girl.
Bank Manaaer Sent to Jail.
New York, Jan. 18.—The offer of his
wealthy relatives in Germany to pay
nie shortage was refused, and Paul
Endemann was sentenced to Sing Sing
prison for not less than four years om
hie plea of guilty to the charge of
stealing more than $50,000 from the
Side branch of the Jefferson
East
bank. of which he was manager.
jon of a certain | In the Court of
mortgage, recorded in {mon Pleas of
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