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John Smith of New Albany was
a Laporte visitor Monday.
George H. Lilley of Forksville
called at our office Monday.
Mrs. Harry Shaffer is very ill at
her home with rheumatic fever.
The Misses Balil of Dushore are
visiting their father J. P. Bald.
Miss Pearl Hunter of Dushore
spent the. past week in Laporte.
M. J. Wilcox of Dushore trans
acted business in Laporte Tues
day.
Miss Olive Keeler is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Win. Cheney, in New
York City.
J. H. Staekhouse of Eagles Mere
was an agreeable caller at our office
on Monday..
Fred Heaton had a linger smash
ed recently while working in Sones'
mill at Celestia.
W. M. Robins and wife of Sones
town were in Laporte Monday and
made our office a call.
Mrs. Rufus Decker and daughter
of New Albany spent Tuesday with
her sister Mrs. Harry Shaffer.
Charles Lovelace and Nelson
Lawrenson left Monday for Wil
lia in sport where they will work.
The Ladies' Aid Society is mak
ing preparations to sell ice cream
and refreshments on Memorial day.
Michael Median of New Albany
and Scott Collins of Forksville are
engaged in plastering the bank
building.
Miss Teresa Fries is spending a
few days at Mildred and Murray
town attending the wedding of
Walsh and Bonci.
Mr", and Mrs. Andrew Hackley
have returned to their home here
after an extended tisit with their
son in Susquehanna Co.
Mrs .Mabel Ritter is spending
the week in Muncy Valley taking
the place of Station Agent, A. F.
Darling, who is attending Court.
Carl O. Bird, who has been Princ
ipal of the Laporte High School
for three years, left last week for
Mount Herman, Mass. where he
w ill attend school.
Preaching in Laporte M. E.
Church, Sunday morning, May 22,
at 10;U0 o'elpck. Subject of ser
mon will be: "Life's Easiest Yoke."
Everybody is cordially invited.
It is impossible to run a live
town, or business, or any other in
stitution with dead men. That
explains very largely why so many
places vegetate, businesses goto
smash, churches fail, and other
enterprises cease to be. Live men
ever watchful to seize opportunities
of building up can alone create and
maintain life and bring success.
If there is any significance in the
names that kings bear, that of
George will not be of good omen to
the people of England. The new
monarch is George V and he will
have to be a vast improvement over
the preceding four monarchs of that
name if he is to amount to anything
at all. The first two Georges had
little to commend them but their
personal coumge in battle. The
third George, while of irreproach
able moral life, was bigoted, narrow
and, at times, insane, while the
fourth George was a profligate of
the worst kind. Fortunately, public
sentiment in Great Britain is now
so strong that no king dare go far
wrong, and therefore when some
future Thaekery or Smucker writes
a "History of the Five Georges" he
may probably be able to present
George V in most pleasant contrast
to the other Georges. This will be
made easier by the evident better
moral and intellectual quality of
the new king.
CHARLES KAHNI
IS "m_ GUILTY."
Judge Ricklin's Assailant is
Insane. Aquittal Results
From Convincing Ev
idence.
The case of the Commonwealth
vs. Charles Kalnii, who on January
17, 1910 shot Associate Judge
"Richlin seriously wounding him,
was brought before the Court on
Monday afternoon and after evi
dence was taken from several wit
nesses all of which considered the
man insane the jury returned a
verdict of ''Not Guilty on the
Ground of Insanity."
Following is given the proceed
ings of the case:
Commonwealth vs. Charles Kali
ni: Indictment for assault and
battery with intent to kill. Grand
Jury returns True Bill.
defendant having no counsel
Court appointed Alphonsus Walsh
Esq., to defend him. After con
sultation with prisoner the attorney
informed the Court that in his
opinion the defendant is insane.
Court ruled that this could IK; put
in as a plea and the question of in
sanity submitted to the jury in
connection with the evidence in
the case. Plea returned was "Not
Guilty by Reason of Insanity."
A jury was selected as follows:
E. C. Peters, Lawrence Miller, T.
J. Clarke, Daniel Phillips, Fennie
Atherton, Albert Foust, Maynard
Phillips, William 11. Kast, Porter
Higley, David Boyles, P. J. Walls
and Warden Bahr.
Jury sworn and case opened by
District Attorney F. W. Meylert.
Henry Richlin called in behalf
of Commonwealth, sworn and ex
amined in chief. By Air. Mullen:
Q. Where do you reside? A.
Forks Township. Q. Where were
you on the morning of January
x7th. 1910? A. I was going to
Dushore. Q. How far is your res
idence from Dushore Borough? A.
About seven miles. Q. On the morn
ing of January 17th. who accom
panied you on your trip toward
Dushore? A. Elislia Say man. Q.
Did you reach Dushore that morn
ing? A. No sir. Q. Are you ac
quainted with the defendant in this
case, Mr. Charles Kahni? A. Yes,
sir. Q. Did you see him on the
morning of the 17th of January
last? A: Yes, sir; I overtook him
at William Murray's house in
Cherry Township, about half way
between my home and Dushore.
Q. In Sullivan County? A. Yes,
sir. Q. Who was with Kahni
when you overtook him? A. No
one. Q. What were you driving?
A. A horse and cutter. Q. Is Mur
ray's House near the public road?
A. Yes, it is probably as far as
from here to the back end of the
Court House. Q. It sets below the
road? A. Yes, sir. Q. Just goon
and state in your own way what
occurred after you overtook Kahni.
A. I overtook him, and turned the
horse out, and I threw the lap-robe
over to one side, and says, "Come
get in, Charley, il you are going to
Dushore." And he says, ''Now,
I am going to fix you, and pulled
a revolver from his hip pocket. I
said, '"Don't you shoot," and he
kept backing up in the ditch, and
I seen him pull the gun out, and I
jumped out and ran toward the
house, and I had just run a little
ways when he shot, and the lirst
shot took effect.
Q. Where did it hit you? A. In
the side, right here. (Witness in
dicates the left side of the small of
his back.) Q.-How far did it pen
etrate? A. I don't know; it went
through the ribs. Q. Has it ever
been removed? A. Never. Q. Go
on? A. And when he shot I drop
ped, and when I was down I heard
the report of another shot, and
pretty quick another one. There
was one bullet went through here
(indicating) and I fell down, and
one shot went through the stomach
of my overcoat, I had on a heavy
fur coat, and that hit a button and
fell out, and theu another one went
in the snow. And I got up and
ran around the house, and he fol
lowed nie and shot again just as I
turned the corner of the house go
ing towards the kitchen. Iran in
the kitchen. The reason I did not
run to the front door was that I
was afraid if I got to the front door
and found it locked, he would
corner me and pump the whole
business into me. When I got
pretty nearly around the corner of
the house and practically iu the
lower door he stopped, and when I
went through the house to the front
he was there looking for me in
front of the house, waiting to give
me the other shot, I suppose.
Q. Did he say anything else that
you heard except what you have
told? A. That is all that I heard,
(). Where was Sayman during
this time? A. I don't know; he
was in the sled when I jumped out.
Q. The lirst person you saw iu the
house was who? A. Mrs. Murray.
Q. Did you see Mr. Murray? A.
1 think he was iu the side room.
Just as I came in the door became
out into the kitchen. (J. How
serious was this wound? Just go
on and describe bow it affected
you. A. I was sixteen days in the
hospital at Say re, at the Packer
Hospital. Dr. Herman and Mr.
Murray went there with me. I
was there sixteen days, and I had
a fever of one hundred and one for
six weeks, and my pulse was one
hundred and twenty; and at the
end of six weeks I bad an abscess
which discharged through the lungs.
Four quarts of discbarge came out
through the lungs. (J. In all, how
long have you been ill? A. I am
not over it yet.
Cross examination of Mr. Rich
1i 11 by Mi - . Walsh:
Q. How long bad you known
Kahni up to this time? A. All
my life time, pretty near. Q. How
many years? A. Thirty years,
any bow. Q. State if you are fair
ly intimately acquainted with him.
A. I think I was, yes. Q. And
you saw him off and on, frequent
ly? A. Yes. Q. What has been
Judge, the condition of his mind,
so far as you know, judging from
his actions? A. Judging from his
actions I don't think liis mind was
very clear. Q. You say it was not
clear? A. I think not. Q. Why?
A. Because he bad no cause to do
this—no motive at all. whatever.
Q. Did he ever say anything to you
about any general or special griev
ance prior to this time? A. Yes.
be claimed that 1 had had liim dis
charged at different places. Q.
Was there any foundation for these
allegations? A. No. sir. Q. So
that in your opinion 1m- was not in
his right mind?. A. 1 think not.
Q. How long prior to this time did
you know that he was affected in
this way? A. I have thought so
for the last ten years, Q. And in
those ten years have you seen him
frequently? A. Yes, Vir. Q. And
have had opportunity to judge of
his mental condition? A. Ho has
been out west several times during
this time, but as far as 1 know I
don't think he was trigli. (J.
Judge, is it your opinion that hi'
was insane on the day that he com
mitted the act? A. I believe it.
(). You do believe it? A. I do.
Elisha Sayman was next called.
Hi' said he saw Kahni lire the shot
which hit Richlin and that after
ward Kahni lired at him. On
cross examination be stated that
he is acquainted with Kahni, and
from his appearance and conduct
at the time of the shooting believes
him insane.
William Murray Sr., testified
that he heard pistol shots and his
wife scream. He ran to the door
and saw Kahni, asking him why
lie was shooting his dogs. He
then turned and saw Richlin who
told him he had been shot. He
saw Kahni start toward home and
telephoned for a doctor; then ex
amined the wound. He said Kah
ni appeared excited and from his
actions on that day thinks him in
sane.
On motion of Judge Terry Court
adjourned until Tuedsay lnorning-
The first witness called on Tues
day was Dr. M. E Hermannn, who
said he was called to attend Rich
lin. examined the wound and gave
it the best treatment possible at the
time and advised that the patient
be-sent to the hospital. On cross
examination the doctor said he had
been called upon to treat Kahni
for illness prior to the shooting,*
and that he had noticed indications
of insanity in him. He said de
cidedly that lie thought Kahni in
sane the day he shot Richlin.
J. G. Cott testified that be made
the arrest of Kahni and took the
revolver from him which he pro
duced for the examination of the
jury; said Kahni seemed to be in
sane and did not. seem to realize
the gravity of the offence lie had
committed.
Frank Luseli was next called to
the stand. He said he was the
Justice who issued the warrant for
Kahni's arrest and same day had
asked him why he had shot Rich
lin. Kahni replied: "I shot him;
I had to shoot the Judge or my
self"—that Richlin had persecuted
him. He did not seem to realize
the crime he had committed.
Commonwealth rested.
Alphonsus Walsh opened for the
defense.
Adam Kahni sworn. He said:
"I am a brother of the defendant.
He had been out west and when he
returned he acted strange. He
threatened to shoot me. I think
he was insane. He, has been in
bad health for 112 or 14 years. He
said about two years ago that they
would have to carry Judge Richlin
out dead sometime. That was
about the time he threatened to
shoot me."
Charles Kahni sworn. Kahni
said lie shot Richlin because lie had
persecuted him. and was injuring
him in such ways that he could
not endure any longer; that lie had
to kill Richlin or die himself.
Alphonsus Walsh addressed the
jury on behalf of the defendant,
stating that if found not guilty on
the grounds of insanity he would
IK* sent to a hospital for insane
criminals, where lie would 1M- taken
sutiable care of until such time as
he should be found rational and
safe to be released.
E. J. Mullen closed by a plea to
the jury lie urged them to
consider the evidence well and if
they believed the prisoner was not
insane to convict liini of misdemean
or; if insane that they should find
him not guilty for the reason of
insanity.
The charge of the Court was a
clear explanation of the crime
charged and the law which governs
the case. He outlined the evidence
and instructed the jury to consider
the facts carefully. 11c said there
was no dispute about the fact that
that Kahili had shot Richlin with
intent to kill him. and there should
lie a verdict of •guilty" as indicted
unless the evidence clearly indicat
ed that the defendant was actually
insane when he shot Richlin. If
in the opinion of the jury the de
fendant was so positively insane as
not to be conscious of the enormity
of the crime he committed, the
verdict should be "not guilty for
the reason that the defendant is
insane." If found not guilty for
that reason it would In* the duty of
the Court to order the prisoner to
be taken ton hospital for the insane
there to be detained and treated as
required by an Act of Assembly,
until such time as he should be re
leased in pursuance of the provis
ions of said Act of Assembly.
Jury returned a verdict of "Not
Guilty on ground of Insanity."
NORDMONT.
M. W. Botsforil of palmyra, N.
Y., transacted business in town
Wednesday.
Raymond Anders and Laura Fiester
visited the former's parents in
Powell last week.
Miss Katherine Peters lias re
turned home after spending the
winter in Palmyra. N. V.
Win. Morau of Muney Valley
was a caller in town Tuesday.
Miss Bessie Coxe has returned
home after spending a couple of
weeks in Philadelphia.
A. J. Krouse of Benton is spend
ing a few days iu town.
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Short Talks On Advertising!
I By CharlesAustin Bates.
No. 30.
It is a first-rate rule never to do any advertising from which it would be impos
sible to trace any results.
There is a great deal of talk about the mystery of advertisements and its uncer
— tainty, but there really isn't any more mystery or any
more uncertainty about it than there is about any
Cm other business undertaking.
A grocer may buy a box of soap and shove it
under the counter, and leave it there until it gets so
hard as to be utterly valueless. This same man can
buy advertising space and so use it that he will derive
no benefit from it. There is no need of his wasting
/J the soap or the advertising.
Run your advertising with the same common
WW sense that you do the rest of your business, and there
/ n 'K/ra will be no guess-work about it. It will pay every time
/ ant ' a ' wa > s i but do not buy space on billboards; do
WrT not buy little tin signs to tack up on back fences;
do not hire sonie per- _
•'A first rattrule" disfigure the farmers'
fences with your name and address. There I
is not one time in ten thousand that you can . ,
tell absolutely whether this kind of advertis- - . lgu,.
ing pays or not. The chances arc one hun
dred to one that it does not.
Put your hopes in the newspaper. Talk 4^
—and then ".1 grocer luys a box of soap and shoves it
JKVL ' for the customers. If it is a good thing at
112 the right price, and you have told about it
plainly and forcibly, you will sell it—sure.
IIP If your business isn't large enough to
AH* justify extensive advertising, better confine
your work to the columns of the best paper
in the town. It is a pretty sure thing that the
JL best people in town —those whose trade is most
desirable—are the ones who take the best
paper. Its circulation is made up of the cream
of the community, and you had better get all
® the trade you can out of that circulation before
"Talk about^certam^ then y OU { Urn t 0 something else.
Copyright, Char Us Austin Bates, New York.