HE
KILLED BOY IN TREE
Cared for by Others,
Peter Rider confessed that he shot |
Clyde Auman, the lad perched in al
chestnut tree. This clears up one of |
the two mysteries in the southern por- |
tion of Centre county. |
The following dispatch was sent to |
the daily papers from Bellefonte,
under date of 10th inst.
Peter Rider, near ( loburn, was are |
rested at his home this afternoon and |
jailed here on the charge of shooting |
Clyde Auman, a thirteen-year-old boy, |
of Penn township, in the branches of |
a chestnut tree on October 3,
The arrest was made by a private de- |
tective from Philadelphia, who clairas
he has a confession from Rider,in which |
the latter states that he shot the boy,
thinking he was a squirrel in the tree
When he saw the boy fall and dis
covered what he had done, it is said,
he was 80 afraid of being lynched that
he ran five miles iuto Poe Valley
hid at bis sister's house,
Ridei’s story that
home from a farmer's,
been threshing, he carried his guu, 10
in taking a short cut passed the chat.
nut tree on which the Auman b
had climbed, nnd, mistaking the
for a squirrel, shot Hi
kept him from surrenderiog
authorities.
Rider i« fifty-seven
has a wife and five children,
Detective A. Li. Millard, head of the
Standard Detective of
delphia, was the man employed by the
Centre Couuty to in
vestigate the case, Nove
sent two of his men, Harry Bauer a
Frank Nugent, to Greenl
the boy was killed,
several weeks securing
which the arrest of Rider was eflected,
The men went there in the guise of
hunters apd tried to Rider
who was su~pec ax
a guide. His family would not permit
him to go with but
nephew, Robert Rider,
them.
While hunting Robert Rider
his gun sceidentally went off aod both
detectives were shot in the legs, which
isid them up for a day or two. They
suspected young Rider of having shot
intentionally, but the circumstances
did not out the
“Through hints dropped by him and
his uncle, while nonder the influence of
liquor, the two operators decided Rider
was Lhe guilty party and sent for Oe
teclive Millard, who made the arrest,
and
in on his way
wheres he ly
him
ol
YEnry
Buresu, Phila-
Commissioners
i
ber S50 he
rier, where
and they worked
evidence on
employ
ted « f Lhe shooting,
the strsogers
was Bent wit
with
benr suspicion,
The deiectives are suid to have bad
little direct evidence of the guilt of the
now confessed slayer of the
boy prior to his arrest. Everyone io
the community had suspicion on Ri-
der, and the detectives threw then
selves into Rider's way whenever
there was an opportunity to do wo,
later Rider and his relatives * got
wise!’ and refused to have anything
Auman
hint
About ths « ourt House
By a decree of the court Curtin
township was divided into two
tion precincts—North and South, with
voting pisces at Romola and Orvis.
The court appointed Col. D. F. Fort
ney suditor to sudit the aceounis of
Prothonotary Kimport, Recorder
Rowe and Register Tuten.
Jury Commissioners John D. Decker
and Frederick Robb filling the
jury wheel for the year 1907. \
tsa amin
Fire Company Notiee,
/ There will be 8 meeting of the Uen-
tre Hall Fire Company Monday even-
ing, in the Council room, bank build-
ing for the purpose electing officers and
transacting other busines. A full |
attendance is desired. |
Sms ———— A —-—-
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Entertainment in Grange Arcadia, |
Hee posters, |
If in need of Cash Fire Insurance,
consult W, H, Bartholomew aud Soo,
ole Ow
are
Post eards—sll kinds—local
Christmuss and New Year, Good Luck
and art. Fine collection, at the Re-
porter office.
The hen is a much talked of bird
these days, and everyone interested in
ber welfare for his or her profit is giv.
ing ber the best of attention. She js an
industrious bird, too early to rise for
the convenience of the indolent but
not so for ex-farmer W. W. Spangler,
who every morning duriog the past
week, by the aid of a lantern, lighted
an old and partially blind hen to her
nest, Fheis a fomily relic sud lags
simply for past time. ’
GRAIN maw.
senso pre ven u
BEER SERRE
views,
aaa
Shien soma a
Corn
ARE Ge
PRODUCE AT STORES,
Besar ner Ra
Fa f
Raa parE aay u
rhea pes
RE Fids FOR ¢ SALE~
offers for four Eog-
to do with the strangers who had
shown themselves so much interested
in their aflairs,
The arrest was made in the store of
J. W. Glasgow, immediately opposite
loburn atation, and was accom-
| departure of the west bound train. It
is presumed the detectives, through
local agencies, had lured Rider to
Coburn at that particular time. Once
| alone, separated from his companions
detectives played on
Rider was told that his
Rider, had acknowl-
edged that he ( Peter) had shot and
killed the Auman boy. Much sur-
prised at the betrayal by his brother,
he confessed to having committed the
deed, but made the contention that it
wus pot with murderous intent.
Peter Rider is the fourth
nf ti wlio grew in
the
Gireenbrie
at family
vely
up
, i
Val ey, TT omeraes
isi frong MHote's ih, al
This mist Ven
py tisinaedd
ae ty
of
w hin for some upknown
tht wild,
the senior Rider
ii rtivt , native wier
Pe: i Viv AIA,
reason
sp ¥
seltjedd ID
i: i in tel! lee
peer of
was counted a very
and of kindly
Riders as A
«1 strain
his descendants, wid
raed
In
have =»
wife well
wonsn, disp wition
fact, the
very pronounce
blood in their veins
family
of
Arh verse in the
Lares,
ugh well
fie elder Rider
man, and at the
adingly fearful st tl
naturel, F
wCripe-
WHE AD #X00edd
fly pr sfnrye wnimne
Was #XM
Lirne
least dint iarimi oe of the
fnnstance, it is «abl, IL was nothing
Hy prosch of an electrical
fis
it in a grain field
Uerini «
gtarm fo him leave RICK Ie,
Loy SME) par) wt and on
his k
Bu
followed their ancestor
ing of the a
selves on wing
ie 04 offsr petitious to the U
in 8 measQre,
the
rintur-s, and pride
able to jrre
many scriptural topies
weeding generations,
in
wlues a
ments on
Peter illiterate
When
pever adva
Fader man
he
need
is ar
sttended
the
school
abs,
A boy
beyond
offense, except the one now
in bond, He
his wife and
is
BH Oar,
children
him
“upp wre!
dave’ labor,
of
mind of
further re
of
ia
killing
the
the
fresh
needs po
I'he story
Auman boy
the reader and
heursing of
in
fagts,
Denver's Plrst Stageconch,
the 17th of May, 1859, Denver
wit to welcome the first through
coach of what was destined to grow
into the “Overland Mail,” an enterprise
which for sheer American pluck and
daring must be forever linked with the
fame of the “Pony Express” Red
ghirts drifted to the outskirts of the
hamlet and dotted the hills around.
Hard fdced bartenders made ready for
he “hottest night that ever tore the
camp loose,” The artillery of holster
and saddle boot was unlimbered for an
postatic fusillade, There was lively
betting In dust and nuggets that the
first through stage had been gathered
in by Indians, with takers as eager to
stake thelr faith that the scalps of
driver and guard would come through
intact. At length a swirl of dust show-
el far down the trail. It grew into a
| yellow cloud that crept toward the
| eager hamlet, Then six mules, stretch-
ed out on the gallop, emerged from
this curtain, and behind them was the
and Denver was In
this heroic enterprise were echoed In
every western town which hoped and
longed for a link of its own with the
home country, “way back east.”--Out-
ing Magazine,
The Polite Barman.
In the cities of Burma, where the
natives have been long in contact with
Europeans, says the author of “Bur
ma, Painted and Described,” they have
lest some of their traditional polite
ness, but in the country districts old
school courtesy Is still the custom, An
English gentleman who had bought a
new pony was trying him out on a
Burman road when the animal bolted
and ran at top speed down a nairow
road. In the way nhead was a native
eart, In which was a family party out
holiday making. The pony dashed Into
the back of the eart, threw his rider
into the midst of the merrymakers and
severely Injured the Burman who waa
driving. Before the Englishman had
an opportunity to explain his unexpect.
ed onslaught the Burman pleked him.
self up and bowed low. “My lord
my lord,” he said apologetically, “the
eart should not have been there.”
Read the Reporter,
A Matter of Nose,
In spite of the important place given
to the nose as an index of character,
there is but little to be learned from it
in estimating the causes of an innate
bond between the mind and the fea-
tures. Most of the correspondences
which have been remarked appear to
be of a radical order, but why a Roman
nose first became associated with a
warlike and domineering disposition or
how a long and thin nose became linked
with business prudence is more than I
can say. If we omit the changes
which take place In a nose during the
lifetime of its possessor, there Is scarce-
ly a nasal peculiarity of value to the
physiognomist which at the same time
tan. No Tartar or Hotten-
riike, could give proof
viLy Japan has shown
wes plenty of men with
le, but no Wellingtonian
within her borders.
long and
ithout a certain
Black-
is cosmopoli
und
nese nose is
not w
ing bargains
+ and the Tartle,
anccordl to the sage
edit thelr Hermes or
the Invention of music
wing circumstances:
overflowed its banks
wrly all of Egypt, on
left on Its
animals and
the flesh
in the sun
remained In the shell but
tightened by
Decame
thi
ng
banks
dead
i tortoise,
ind wasted
‘hese being
heat,
ug along
to strike
SOLOTOUS.,
banks of
his foot
+11, was so pleased with
that the idea of
itself, and he con
of the shell of a large
strung with tl
Lie
animals, Dryden
ppened
roduced
rested
which he
dead
i they thou
shit there could
Papyrus,
by the
from the
uiinr water reed growl
f Egypt. The outs
f 1 emoved, and
Tr
» found a
used ancient
as made stems
in all
yer of
beneath
number of lay-
ite, pithy membrane
irated, were placed In
1 layer inid at
to and ab and
third over second.
ire was then applied, and
firmly cemented into a
paper. No gum other
vas contained in the plant
used in the process. The
very much stronger than
paper by the mod
The sheets were com-
» from six to twelve inches
ide
Was
we the first
tho
ih
wo
made
square
Two Monster Heetles.
known to the old
is the gigantic
which is found along
Africa. Goliath is
hes In length from
the nether end
shelled body and bas a
ry wings folded up under
of which Is as large
jut Goliath is a
compared with the ele
tie of Venezuela, an entomo-
wh weighs nearly a
which has a wing spread
it of a mallard duck. Both
| are r
The largest bug
sevml t
wWoria entor
wilogists
Goliath beetle,
the Kongo 1
upward
the tip of Lis nose to
iver in
of =ix ing
his bard
ither
lady's face vell.
whet
ich
ie are
Kissing In leceland,
When you visit a family in Iceland
you must kiss each member according
to h rank, beginning with the
highest descending to the lowest,
the servants. On
order is reversed
servants, then the
and lastly the master and
mistress. oth at meeting and parting
an afle ante kiss on the mouth with
out distinct of rank, age or sex is
the only mode of salutation known in
leceland
is age or
epting
the
on
Wood of the Cross,
The people of the different countries
have their various traditions concern-
ing the wood of which the cross was
made. In England the peasants say
that it was of elderwood and that
lightning never strikes that tree. Dean
French in a note to his “Sacred Latin
Poetry” declares that it was made of
the wood of the aspen and that since
the day of the crucifixion the leaves of
that tree have never ceased to shud
der.
One Exception,
“Where there's a winner there's al-
ways a loser.” .
“Not always."
“Well, name an instance to the con-
trary.”
“When you're” playing
your girl for kisses.”
cards with
An Impression,
“Now I have an impression In my
bead,” said the teacher. “Can any of
you tell me what an impression is?’
“Yes'm, 1 ean,” replied a little fellow
at the foot of the class. "An impres-
glon is a dent in a soft spot.”
Badly Pat,
Fisherman (beginner)—Don't you
think, Peter, I've improved a good deal
since I began? Peter (anxious to pay a
compliment)-You have, sorr. But,
sure, it waa alsy for you to improve,
sorr!—Iunch.
Prag.
When we are children we brag about
our parents. When we get to be young
men and youhg women we brag about
ourselves, When we becoms older we
brag about our children,
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SAILORS’ SU PERSTITIONS.,
Cnn Find Many Signs and
Omens of Ill Luck,
Two sallors with thelr dunnage bags
slung over thelr shoulders followed a
shipping master down a Bangor pler
the other day to go on board an old
hooker deep loaded with lumber that
lay walting for her stores and crew,
Just as the party reached the pler bead
ga great gray rat was séen to cautiously
and skillfully make his way along the
taut bow hawser from the vessel to the
wharf. The first sallor, seeing the rat
leave the vessel and scuttle up the
wharf, stopped short 'n his tracks,
dropped his bag, and declared:
“That settles it! You don’t get me
shoard that hooker.’
The Swede went along in the rat de-
serted schooner, with what luck is not
yet known, and ever since that day the
shipping master has been cursing the
Jacks who go by signs and telling
storles of vessels that have survived
all sorts of ill omens,
There,” sald the old man, “was the
case of the bLirlg Starlight that lost her
second mate. The second mate, he
dreamed the night before she galled
that he saw hlmself in his coffin, and
when he came In Gillogly's place next
day to take a parting drink he told of
it, and we advised him to get another
berth. He said that he guessed it would
be all right in the brig. But it wasn't,
She salled from Bangor to Port Spain
and soon ran into bad weather, While
helping to reef the mainsall the fools
ropes parted under him and that was
the last of poor Jimmy.
“There was the bark Solferino, as
pretty and sound a little vessel as ever
left this port. She salled on Friday,
drawing thirteen feet, and the cook
killed a black cat the night before she
sailed This made men nervous,
and they sald
handspike to the
off with all the
and the harbor full of floating ice, there
nee to jease her, They never
¢ her, for she went
out,
Beamen
the
BO,
and,
boats up and lashed
Was No «
got a chance t
down northe
» leay
asier two days
aud all hands with her
“Now, in of sense and
r of in him il get clear of |
good deal of hard luck and stay
with the |
aond
han some of
There wos Ned
brig Baln-
hooker.
igor, and
to church
es
ipped in the 1
old West
ed right here In
i
8 who wer
India
Bal
rood folk
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The day be-
sail Ned acted
ish he couldn't tell |
ward night he shook the |
started down over the |
road the ]
wag on his back. It was |
night, and the tide
an hour from the
started for home. He had
down the hill and could
whistling for the vessels
thelr hawsers—them that |
in the tow, |
“All at once he felt a soft ‘ouch on |
his arm, and he turned round. There
in the moonlight stood his old mother,
as had been in her grave eight years,
and she looked as natural, Ned sald,
as she used to when she stood at the
door waving him goodby, when, as a
young fellow, he went away on his
first trips. She looked kind of sad and
coaxing at him and gently led him
back over the hill, moving so softly
at a shadder, and at the top of the
hill pointed to home. Then she
faded out of sight like a puff of smoke,
Ned stood there a minute or two, not
able to stir out of his tracks. Then he
picked up his bag from where he had
dropped it and started home. It was
the middle of August, but he felt cold
and shivery. The Rainbow sailed
without him and she was never heard
from again.”—Bangor (Me.) Cor. Phila-
delphia Record.
Hampden to
3
inooniight
ould swerve In
Ned
fway
the tug
cy #
“
got bh
hear
to get
was going
she
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