CENTRE DEMOCRAT,
Et PA.
APRIL 4. 1901.
3
CONFESSION OF I HOF 8
Valet Jones Tells of the Killing of |
William Marsh Rice.
PATRICK OHIEF CONSPIRATOR.
According to the Story of the Mur-
derver the Accused Lawyer Was the
Author of the Conspiracy to Rob
and Murder the Aged Millionaire.
New York, April Without
slightest quaver in his well modulated
voice, and displaying no outward sign
of regret or Charles F. Jones
secretary and valet to the William
Marsh Rice un
der oath that he of
his employer with
chloroform
The confession was the climax of a
remarkable recital in was laid
bare the details of an alleged subtle
conspiracy which had for its object the
seizure of $3,000,000 in cash and nego-
tiable and the conversion of
$3,000,000 in realty to the uses of the
alleged conspirator,
The self-confessed murderer t«
story of the alleged plot from
The capital crime he 1
mitted and all the minor offenses thi
were, he declar it
direction
remorse
late
terday confe
had ended the
and benefactor
yes ised
life
which
securities
1d the
Its
in
ception,
preceded
instigation and
Patrick. It was Patri
conceived the idea
and forging
It was Patrick
sons to witness
It was
Rice sh
who sought
and then
termined up
cording to
seem, Rice
his lifetime
once
Jones
[4
transfers and |
who induce
the forge
affairs
nlted
ited in
wh
Carried
Jone
Rice's
of the
in bed
napkin
cone shag
rick
the point o
saturating the n
chloroform
nostril
his approach t
urated napkin | i
over the face of the
his flight from t}
walt of 30 min
Patrick's alleged
expiration of which
and found Rice dead He then
open the windows to free the
from the odor of roform
ed to Patrick that Rice
for a physici and
pressing his grief at the
and kind an empl
to bed and fell
yr (
and
8 te
utes
instructions
ime returne
te let
was dead
afte
loss of
he
an then
said |
"atric
the arch «
ness with
made notes « my. Not ev
the nerve of the remarkable
the stand was mo
lected than
Patrick displayed
nor resentment
attention and occas
of the testime
witness on
calm and «
remarkabl
neith
re cool
th
ais
er
ROEer
An Alleged Swindling Syndicate
New York, April 3.—Col. Robert A
Ammon, attorney for what was known
as synd Was arrested
yesterday afternoon gn charges of con
spiracy to defraud. Later he gave $11
000 ball Ammon Is co-defendant in a
sult with Alfred R Frank B
Morgan, Thomas J. Gi Gerald
Ebermann and Richard F The
sworn affidavits state that the
ants formed
company, a
their plan being to create
price for the share
themsel
then having
persuade
for cash
the Goslin ate
Goslin
bbons
Girey
defend
Brake and ( oupler
orporation,
a fictitious
by bidding for them
irk
the
New Jeraey
Yo on the
their
reputal
market ar
Agents ir
e bre
the
went
ors t r hasa
¥ pu n
Bix Hundred Mmers Looks d Ont
Hazleton Fa Ap The Bix m
employed at the One
Ce Hros &
The
port
have been
af 1}
ence The «
company
the m
riding to the
aut at the
feared
RNR
AWAY
Henvy
Atwo 3S
West corner f
Snow in Kansas
Apr i wrth
Kansas i ner
A heavy | of show w feet
on the ley 1 from IN
drifts The prairie
able Many «
range and In
there
in ket deep
2 feet
road are |
have
nearly all
isa famine in fuel a
el al in
mpass
lied on the
the tow:
ittie
1A
nd provisions
May He Commissioner of Pensions
Topeka, Kan., April 3.11
among Republicans here that Col. R
W. Blue, ex-congressman-at Inrge, will
be appointed commissioner of pensions
in place of H. Clay Evans. The latter
will probably be made minister to
Japan,
is helleved
the
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. |
HE
Moreh 28,
The Pennsylvania building at
HARRISBURG LETTE |
| Tue exposition is to cost $1! Bon.
Governor Davis, of Arkansas, signed | Measures That Occupy the Atten~
tne Rist gerabiing bat tion of the Lawmakers.
| & Eamubpiing MACON
closed
The Imperial insurance department
reports that 17,000,000 persons are now
insured in Germany
Eight thousand people died of the |
plague last week in Bengal alone, in-
cluding Calcutta Whole towns are
being sorted |
| Ex-State
sentenced to
Thoursday,
he
and
are
yesterday,
the state
A NEW APPORTIONMENT BILL
Introdaced In the House Which In
creases the Membership-=Nevadn
Lrges Ald in Bringing About Popu-
Flection of Senntors,
burg rll 3 A legisl:
mnment bill was introduced
the yesterday by Mr. Pa
of Blah I'he bill Increases the n
ber of members of the of repre
from 204 Philadel-
phia is given 41 members instead of 39
under the present apportionment, and
still retains its 28 districts Allegheny
nr
Harri
apportic
LL
Powers itive
Imprisonment, and
James Howard, sentenced to hang for
the Goebel murder, have heen granted
new trials by Kentucky's court of ap
peals
secretary Caleb
life in
house tterson,
In-
house
sentatives to 207
March 20,
Mrs. Nation's lecture in Cincinnati
last night drew a very small audience
Ex-Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, sup- fs given 24 members, an increase of 8.
ports the Republican ticket in Chi- and divided into eight district
cago's municipal election Hair, Cambria, Clearfield, Favette, Jef
J. H. Millard and Governor Charles ferson, Northumberland and West-
H. Dietrich, Repul licans, were elected land gain one member and
United States senators from Nebraska and Lackawanna two members
Mrs. John R. McPherson, widow Adam Bedford,
New Jersey's former United States sen- Bri Che Clar-
ator, died in New York fon, C bla, Huntingdon, Lancaster,
A Constantinople di Lycom| Mercer, Montgomery, 8
that ni men queh
Schuylkill and Wayne
the bursting of a York county
Turkish torped
lonica
The Stove Founders’ as
the Molders Union of North
in joint s¢ n at Ch
ale for he
Friday,
In
maore ’ ich
Lauze
each under
wdford, Bu
rne
of the bill
Center ster
patch announces ng
death by
on the lose Poi
at vided
Yor)
calded to inna
steam pipe
boat Shehab
ne were
member
Sa
sociation and
America,
agreed
oming
ICARO
ug
year ti one n force last
March ©
d Reed, the actor
in cance
Saturday,
Rola:
York fr
47
Att
Years
rney General Griggs form:
Monday, April
Taesday, Apri)
strike of
Dr
and geog:
For
tory
of ye
Hava 4] Din
April ging without
low fever
Axel Doug
last night kil
himself. He will
The French traini
with 300 French ca
napolis
rege F. Baer
ceeds Mr. Harris
Reading rallroad ar
Tom L. Johnson
mayor of Clevelan
Dem., mayor of Cs
Jones was re-elected
publicans
municipa
A Single cane
New Yor) ha
ed his wife
Ass “"
and then shot tory
die are in i
resent law
The Me
1
ni
Duquay
Arrived at An-
the naval academy
f Philadelphia, sue
As pr of the
1 alll properties
Dem... was elected
i, John L Hinkle,
mbus, and Mavor
in Toledo. Re
Eenera
ng ship
iN
reading
els
to visit ed se
Got It the senate
’
week the
reading
Anot
senate «
by the }
ported
her change has
ngressional
ommittee. The bill
the house Friday
AWAY from
Ine
gained
Ontests
Pe
ans r
Wednesday, April 2
J. Plerpont Morgan sa
York for Europe t«
The bill to aut}
a Te constitutic
was killed in the
It unced
Napoleon
visit
An earthquake at Cape Kaliakra
the BI March 31, destr
lighthouse there
Lon
ed from New
n
lay an } 4 2 " pas
Ale
and are de
district
I'he
WAS
high
On
Blair
Aw judge
poned ind
}
Ihe i
reported and went
reading tt} veek be
| not ca
A short
n Monday
sine
rize
the ing of
convention
leginiature
Prince louls |
Paris on a
Ca
NNeRse nal gnated ihe
fate
that
arrived In
in anne
has
Jones employers’ lab
alled up by Mr Wy
and postponed f the
motion of Mr. Patte
the | pr ling an
Ur county
nroeasnt
pre ‘
on
ack sea wed the
lon's county council has de
| to buy 225 acres of land on
| bulld we rkmen’'s houses to
date 42 at a cost of £1
The bill appropriating $100,000
the comstruction of a h
Adirondacks for the treatmen
sumptives was favorably
the New York legislature
ded
which to
ACCommo
O06) 500 000
for
spital in the |
t of con
reported In
on of the }
ght last
“ing or
GENERAL MARKETS
by
and
Benn
pr 1 fs :
the leg
of the
Ing such
States constitution Ti
the election of United
ovide
sen
toes Nierm
$1400)
sey tale
Vors
Yolr
by popular and
10 exceed $200 a year
Mr. Haag, of 8 huyikill, offered a
resolution, which was fdopted, that the
senate be requested to appoint a com
mittee to confer with a like commities
New York
East 1.00
ket steady Xtra
5.4): comme ’
mediums and he
Yorkers, B®
plge 8 omy
firme, choles wethers
expenses not
‘A oo
roughs
! ommon
from the house to consider the date of
80 FRE choice lambs
: foal adjournment
yo 5.00. come
mon to good, MUS,
veal calves Wess
SCOP
muision
Oil 1s the me
vinent of life to
and
LUO
dans
cll women
burden.
shit brings
1¢ lth.
f}
hoi
] hard
4 1
THIS IS A
TROUBLESOME TIME
OF THE YEAR FOR THE
HOUSEWIVES
Why?
way " de pe nd upon,
~~ SECHLER & (0
BELLEFONTE, PA.
DO YOU NEED A TRUSS 2?
Don't experiment with ethi
AWAY
tru
Cm,
)
AON
off
Eid " a
YOu see advertised
the
tH
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to us,
we have large
Assortment of wo
VOArs fitting them.
While we have man y different kinds,
“Wersore,” why! be
strong, hight, and
It does not cross the
nd,
the n ipture with less pr ssuire than
the old
mer, it costs you nothing to examine
it and if vou take it you will find it
the Che npest High Grade Truss on
the market. We carry also a full
line of snspensory bandages ranging
in price from 25 cents upwards,
UHEEN’'S PHARMACY,
High Street. Bellefonte, Pa
have 1 |
experience In
cCanse it 18 clean
comiort thle
holds
gpine; it has a spring
sty los—it satisfies the custo
[T IS HERE:
The season, the time of the year when you com
mence to
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You will
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think of many things---who has the largest assortment, where
| the best variety, who. treated you fairest in the past, whose
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The more care-
it’s the pennies that grow and make dollars.
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certain we are of
and cost of the ciothing you wear the more
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| -
Know
and exists in every department of our business, we that
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that we show a much larger assortment we
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gives every advantage in price and enables us to sell you any
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progressive up-to-date clothing establishment, the best one in
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this would be the best men’s shoe store in Bellefonte. So it
will--you to decide.
FAUBLE&SON