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VOL. XXIII. MALONE, N. Y., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7^1903. NO. 41.
THEIR < KIITIES EXPIATED,
At the appointed time Thursday thethree Van Wprmer brothers were legallypat to death at Dannemora prison by elec-trocution. Every preparation had beenmade to accomplish the work expeditious-ly, and the ordeal was not long drawnoat, all three electrocutions consumingonly a few seconds over 15 minutes.Willis, the eldest, was called first; Freder-ick, the youngest, in appearance but littlemore than a boy, was the next, and Bur-ton, who all through had exhibited thegreatest nerve, came last. The autopsiesafterward showed the brains and bodiesof all three to be entirely normal, well-formed and well-developed. The bodieswere taken to Kinderhook for burial.Among the witnesses were prominentphysicians and scientists and several re-porters. Joseph Robarge, formerly of Ma-lone, was one of the keepers on duty atthe electrocution, and H. D. Hadley wasamong the witnesses. The warden ofthe prison refused not less than 1.500 re-quests. Burton, prior—to the electxocu-
bu'rgb citizen has well expressed his horror jat the triple electrocution in the follow-ing well-worded letter to the Press: "Itis to be hoped that the judicial murder ofthe three misguided boys that took placeat Dannemora prison yesterday will be afruitful lesson to the lawmakers of comingyears, and that this relic of barbarism willsoon be relegated to the past, as witchcraftand other results of ignorance nave been.It is horrible that the warden of a prisonis placed in the position of friend and ex-ecutioner as this office requires. It is hor-rible that the governor of the great stateof New York should be subjected to thestrain that he has endured on this account,and it is most horrible that the citizens,men, women and children of our country,should become familiar and interested inthis awful thing in the 20th century ofcivilization."
The tragedy in which the Yan Wormerswere implicated was deliberate and cruel,and nobody seems to have ever deservedthe full penalty of the law more than they,but the spectacle of wiping out a wholefamily by the imposition of the death
[iiests. Burton, pnor—to tne eiecwwu-; iamuy oy me iiupuoiwuu ui «.uw umUIlion, told Keeper Healey that he, and not penalty is not a wholesome one and showhis brothers, killed the uncle. He declared the need of revising our laws on thatthat they shot about the room, but his point, for the death penalty does not deterbullets killed him. The trial showed ruen from the commission of capital crimesthat the uncle wa& riddled with bullets, j and no doubt prevents many convictions,
i f th three brothers " -• - -J J ~ I — , ~~^.,^that the uncle wa& riddled with bullets
The electrocution of these three brothershas done more to create sentiment againstcapital punishment than anything thath h e n e d in years. The governor
Even the state executioner declares againstthe judicial taking of life as a penalty.The Van Wormer boys had had difficultywith their uncle over the foreclosure of a
d 14 il t hitried to find some way in which he could j mortgage. They drove 14 miles to hireasonably commute the sentence of the « house, put on masks aud knocked at thyounger one but it was impossible. Capi-; door. When he answered the knock theretal punishment permits no rectification of j Was a fusilade of bullets and his wife anfmistakes in convictions and circumstantial i mother fled to the attic where they barri-evidence often goes astray, though there j caded themselves. When they dared tois little doubt of the guilt of all in this [ c o r m . down they found him dead. Theparticular case. The electrocution, of j young men were betrayed by their tracksthree brothers, however, smacks too j j n the snow, and when the trail grew hot,greatly of the methods of the inquisition j Harvey Bruce, their cousin, who was withand its effects upon the public cannot be I them on that fearful night, turned state'sgood. If it shows to the state that we I evidence. He is now serving a term of 18have preserved a relic of barbarism that j years in prison for his connection with theought to be abolished, it will, perhaps, : offence. The wife of the murdered manhave served a good purpose for the future j has since followed him to the grave, to-of mankind. ! gether with his aged mother. A brother
The Xew York assembly, which is I survives, but his health is underminedclosely in touch with public opinion, \ a result of the tragedy.has several times passed the bill abandon- • «•» •iog the death penalty, but the state senate ; Several of the Piercefield workmenha« each time beaten it, and what is most j went to Tupper Lake for a good time on isingular in this connection is the fact that; recent Saturday night. They secured althe lawver-senators are generally those , tfife liquid refreshments they wanted antwho want to preserve it,though none know ; brought back with them two kegs of bee:BO well as lawyers the mistakes in evidence, which flowed freely all day Sunday. Mondanger of public clamor and miscarriages ; day morning three of them tried to get iof iustice which are likely to occur. Law- ; horse of Mr. McKeon to go back to Tupver<= as a class are apt to be slow to accept I per Lake, but he declined. While he wasproposed reforms because they are sticklers \ absent from the barn they managed to getfor precedent. This is the fault of their j one, however, and as soon as he niisseteducation and of the system of which they ! his rig he telephoned to Tupper Lake t(are exponents, which is built, up upob pre- have them apprehended. When theycedents. Right is a moral qualityV^nd • arrived there they were escorted by anshould be measured by the development'. officer to the lock-up. They were per-of the conscientiousness of a race and not •. mitted to return to Piercefield and drawby precedent. On any other theory the their week's pay at the paper mill, thenworld's advancement along moral lines J settled their difficulties aud affairs Qrifl
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THE DEXTER CASE.Now that most of the New York report-
ers have disappeared, the Dexter matterappears on the surface to have quietedown materially, but the efforts to ferretut the perpetrator or perpetrators of theowardly tragedy have in no wise ceased,!
and all available clewB are being as stren-uously followed as before. So much thatisn't so is not being printed now, that isall. Sheriff Steenberge feels morally cer-tain of his man and is only waiting tosomplete the missing links in the circum-stantial net which he and hig assistantsire carefully and surely weaving abouti before making an arrest, deeming itnadvisable to make any overt move until
the case appears sufficiently strong to se-cure a conviction. Tbe.offieers are positive
that the bullet taken from the horse was:rom a 38-55 cartridge, and, instead of;uns of this calibre being common in theLdirondacks, they are very few, the or-linary 38 rifle carrying a much shortersartridge and lighter ball.
The New York Sunday papers contained>he first publication of circumstances con-nected with a supposed attempted hold-up of Mr. Dexter two days before thetragedy. These circumstances have beenknown to Mr. Badger and Sheriff Steen-serge for some time. There seems to be'oundation for a part of the story but itcontains so many inaccuracies that it wereSetter if it had not been published. Aswe have learned the facts, Mr. Dexterdrove to™St. Lawrence county on that dayi.nd a man and team preceding him saw
somebody skulking in the woods with a,un. The party perceived that he was
seen and fell down flat so as not to beidentified. The party made one stop onhis way home and is therefore knownThis same party is said not to have beenit home on the day of the murder and did
not get home till the next morning. Onhe morning of the fatal Saturday he was
at Lake Ozonia. These and all otherclews have been followed and it remainsto be seen whether they will amount toanything or whether some new theory ofthe case has been or will be adopted.
The World. Friday, contained a newsensation in connection with the tragedy,which few will believe has any directbearing upon it, but which shows the anarchistic tendencies of some minds, evenin the -law-abiding state of New York. Ittold of a newspaper clipping of an accountof the Dexter assassination, on the marginof which was written a threat againsiRockefeller "and a dozen more such'doubtless meaning millionaires.1, and de-
claring that the man who committed th<dastardly act deserved a life pension. Th<letter was mailed at Lake George and th<handwriting was carefully disguised. Iwas evidently the work of a dangerouicrank whose mind is inflamed by thestories which have been publishedwho ought to be hunted out. and placedwhere he can do no harm. The. letter wassent to Henry Dexter, the father of tinmurdered man, and by him turned ove:to Mr. Rockefeller, who evidently believetit to be the work of a crank and treatedrather lightly. The World quotes Mr.Dexter, who is in close touch with thmen who are following up the murder o:his son, as follows : i4We have discoveredthe strongest clews to the murderers o:my SOD. and there is no question but thaithey will be apprehended. We know positively that not one man, but two. wenconcealed in the thicket from which ih<shots were fired. Both men fired at himas he passed. . One bullet went throughthe back of the carriage and the otheientered the flank of the horse. The firsibullet killed my son. We know positivelywho these men are. They were chosenfrom the band of fifty or sixty who wenbeat on bis riestruetioa, and the fact thainone of them has yet come forward to reveal the origin of the crime brands then:all as implicated in the murder. I wilspend . $200,000 to run the assassins tearth. They are cornered now, aud in ;few days more every link in the chain oevidence will be established. My son'lawyer, Mr. Badger, is directing the forciof detectives on the scene. They ankeeping a constant watch over these tw<roeu, and if either of them makes a movto leave he will be arrested. •' It is iinpossible to tell whether or not Mr. Dexteihas beeD correctly quoted. It is sincerel;to be hoped, for the good name of thiientire section, that sufficient evidence wi!be discovered to apprehend and convict a!who may be responsible in any way fothis terrible tragedy. A convictiontwo in this matter will have a wbolesonxeffect and make the Adirondack forestssafer in the future to all who frequentthem.
It is expected that the sheriff will makian arrest in the case within a day or
THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE.Caves Disposed of by the Supreme
Court.The term of the supreme court, which
convened here last week, is still in sessionand bids fair to be a long one, as there areseveral important matters yet to be de-ided. The grand jury completed its workhursday and was discharged by the court.
Thirteen cases were presented to them forronsideration and eight indictments wererand, as follows:James Prazier was indicted for grand
larceny, 2nd degree. He is charged withlaving hired a horse of Chas. Bessette, of
Malone, and then appropriating the sameo his own use and attempting to sell thesame. He pleaded not guilty and the case
as sent to the county court. An indict-ment was found against Anna Dunnigan,>f Malone, charging her with the crime ofeepiog a house of ill fame. She pleadediot guilty and gave bail to await trial athe county court. Two indictments wereound for violation of the excise law; onegainst Morris Bissonette, of Tupper Lake'or selling to minors, and one against Mrs.7ennie Nason. of Lake Titus, for selliugiquor without a license. Both pleadediot guilty and gave bail; both cases were
sent to the county coui't. Bert ShermanDaniel Sullivan and Philip Visneau wereIndicted under the charge of burglary3d degree- Sullivan and Visneau bothbeaded guilty, and, being under the _»f 21, were sentenced to be coufined in the
State Reformatory at Elmira, N. Y. Anndictment waffound against Frank Mur
phy for assault, 2nd degree. He pleadednot guilty and was released on bail.
Among the civil cases several have beendecided during the last week. The caseof Joseph Gokey against the town of Dick-inson occupied the attention of the courtTuesday and Wednesday. This was atiction to recover damages for injuries sns-
Miss Florence L. Holtzman, of NewYork, who has spent several summers aChateaugay Lake, had an experience wit!her automobile in the metropolis recentl;which has made her a heroine in the eyeof the police. While passing aloni.Eleventh Avenue the crank which regulates the now of gasoline became moveby the jar of a rough pavement and then,was a flash of fire beneath the automobile.In sipite of warnings of policemen Mis;Holtzman crawled under the machine anfinally succeeded in shifting the cran:back and saving an explosion. Her lif<was in peril, as the tank was in danger oexploding. Her face and hands were monor less burned and her dress ruined. Wneher hair took fire she put it out with hehands. Men who rushed up to help heishe warned back, saying that she coulfix it and that there was no use of anybody but herself risking the chance of be-ing injured. MtifHoitzman brought heiautomobile to • @bateangay Lake the pasitwo summers ana made the trip back tiNew York m it this fall.
A neighboring exchange says:—"It breported that a farmer living not athousand miles from here whose name iswithheld for family reasons, recently, lost$50 on a shell game at one of the fairs,and upon returning home felt rather blueover the occurrence. He was milking hiscows when one of them kicked him halfway across the stable. The farmer gottip, went back and patted the cow on thesides with the expression, 'Good old girlyou gave me just what I deserve.' '•'
lined by Mr. Gokey by reason ofn a sidewalk at Dickinson Center.
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evidence showed that just previous to MrGokey'sfall a man had removed a plan"from the walk and Mr. Gokey stepped int<this hole, which caused the accident. Iwas also shown that the town authorityhad no knowledge of this condition. Afteithe close of the evidence Judge Kellogjgranted a non-suit to the plaintiff.
The case of Joseph H. Fay againsiThomas Foster was an action to recoveijudgment for an account stated. At th<close of the evidence the court directedverdict for the plaintiff for the amouodemanded in the complaint. The defendant was not present at the court.
The case of Jeremiah Hayes againJames W. Sabin was an action for damages for an assault. The assault was nodenied, but the circumstances, while the;,did not justify it, were extremely aggravating. The jury gave plaintiff a verdic"for $90.
The case of Mrs. Neda Rivers againsClarence L. Pearson was another actiojfor damages for assault, defendaut beiucharged with breaking in the door of beroom. The jury found for the plainti;in the sum of $o0.
The two cases, the People of the Statiof New York against Benjamin E. Hafet. al., and The People of the State of NeYork against Branch & Callanan, wenactions to gain possession of a piece of Ianto which the State claims title. The aetioihinges on the question whether the Colvline is the true line or whether the old county line is the one referred to. Both side;put in their evidence and the attorneys wifile briefs and sum up the cases at a late:date.
The Lamora injunction case and thcase for violation of the game lawsagaiosiThomas Peacock, which latter wasversed and sent back for trial, went cthe term. No indictment was founiagainst Frank Snyder, of Brushtou, vvh«was charged with taking goods from th<Brady store in Brushton. The evidenciwas deemed insufficient and he wxs iVv.charged.
The case now tinder conskleratiou issewer case brought by Frederick G. Paddock and others, as owners of a seweentering the river at the tannery, againparties who connected an extension wit.the same above the Lynch block on WeeMain street. A sewer company waorganized =anrt permitted to connect without cost ou the alleged agreement to mak<repairs to the same. Last spring there waia bad break in the lower part of the sewe:and the owners of the extension are saito have started in to repair it but to hafound the work so extensive that it WJabandoned. Then the board of healt'compelled the parties claiming to own ttulower end of the sewer to repair it and threal question at issue is as to who shoulpay the cost.
It is expected that the excise questiowill be voted on in Moira this fall, as thliquor element there is now circulatingpetition.
la a load of potatoes hauled to Gouveineur last week by a farmer of Rossie.thout of a bag were selected: the combineweight was ten aud three fourths pound:
It is expected that at the very nesmeeting of the board of supervisors th<attempt will be made to change our tow:elections back from fall to spring, so thathe good old-fashioned discussion of tow:interests can be had towu meeting day asof yore. The change to fall is already ver;unpopular, even before it has been triecbecause matters will be much morecomplcated than formerly. The oM-fashionectown meeting is a time-honored institution, good enough for everybody, and itworth keeping for the sake of its simplicit;and primitiveness, if nothing more.
Rev. M. D. Kinney, for many yea:_ > n t of the Thousand Island Parl
Association, but who was finally oustedand got heavHjrin tiebt through his Hti^j tiniergations to recover his stock in the associa-tion, of which he alleged he was deprivedby collusion, has filed a petition in bank-
:y. His liabilities are placed a t | 9 ,'4. He was beaten through "all fch<
courts to the court of appeals. Before be-coming financially interested in the Thousand IslancL J?ark property Mr. Kinneswas one of the most prominent and influential preachers of the Methodist Episcopal denomination in the upper part of thstate and by many was considered in Tfor the episcopacy.
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
The post offices at Dannemora andusable Forks have been advanced to
•residential offices.In spite of Congressman Littauer's army
gauntlets his faction won out in all thefard caucuses in Gloveraville last week.n some of the wards there were veryvely contests.Conductor Bentley's east bound train
in the Rutland R. R. ran into and in-itantly killed two cows between Mooers,nd Champlain the other day. The speed•f the train was such that the cows weremrled several feet over the fence.
The Great Council of the Six Nations ofndians was held this year on the Tonaanda Reservation and was in session last
week. It was attended by ab mt 500 In-iians and was really an important meeting,he men who attended it being leaders inheir tribes.
The fishingfin Chsutauqua Lake is de-cidedly spooky just now. H. W. Hinkle:elt something on his line the other day,ind, on pulling it to the surface, broughtup the dead body of a man-who has sincejeen identified as Aaron Spencer, ofBoomertown, and who is believed to have>een murdered.Burglars entered the U. S. Customs
>fnee"aT~Morristown one night last weekand wrecked the safe in the office, but se-ured only a small amount of money. The
door of the safe was blown clear across theroom and its contents strewn about thefloor. Nobody heard the explosion ana1 the'act was not known till the next morning.
Harry, the 12-year-old son of Mrs. J. T.Moody, of Jamestown, North Dakota, hadbis leg broken in two places between thehip and knee the other day while on hisway to school. As the bell rung he jumpedonto a heavy.truck team passing by, butslid off and the wheel went over him.Mrs. Moody is the daughter of yNath&nBarnard, of Bellmont, and her sister, whois a trained nurse, is now with her caringfor the boy.
The Boomhower G&cery Co. has beenncorporated, with a capital of $50,000, to
do a wholesale grocery business and man-ufacture butter and cheese. The companyhas acquired thtTfusiness and real estateof A. D. Boomhower, of Plattsburgh, ineluding a store and creamery there.a storeand creamery at Mooers Forks, creameriesat Chazy, West Plattsbnrgh, Cherubuscoand Smithdale and a one-half interest increameries at Peasleeville and Altona.The officers of the new company are A. D.Boomhower, president: C. A. Boombower,vice-president; H. C. Boomhower, secre-tary, and E. C. Langdon, treasurer.
The assembly mix-up down in Fnltoncounty is wopse mixed since the Demo-cratic convention last week than ever. Itwill be remembered that the Republicansbad a divided convention some monthsago, the Littauer men winning out andtheir opponents holding another convention and re-nominating AssemblymanSmith. The thing seems to have beenfectious, for the Democrats have also splitand put up two nominees. With twocandidates of each party for member theelectors of Fulton county will have ampleopportunity to please themselves in thechoice of candidates. The light amongthe Democrats was along Hill and anti-Hill lines.
An elopement from Herkimer and mar-riage at Little Falls last week will be ofoterest to local readers. The bride and
groom were both clerks in stores in Herki-nier. The former was Orpha, the daugh-ter of Ezra D. French, and the latter wasWilliam Sterling. The bride\s parentsobjected strenuously to the young manand the bride threw some of her clothesfrom the window to be taken away by heraffianced, but the garments were foundby her father and the plan miscarriedWhen the bride's sister went to the storewhere she worked ou the night of the ^riage she found her absent and The truthwas at once suspected, but too late to pre-vent the ceremony. The young couplehad gone over to Little Falls and beenmarried by Rev. C. S. Richardson, andthe groom's mother is said to have madethe bride's trossean. The bride's parentshave forgiveu the pair and all are happyagain.
C. A. Benson, of Watkins, N. Y., one o)Sundstrom & Stratton's men who has beenemployed on the Chateaugay railroadwork, started for home last week, andwhile stopping in Plattsburgh, went intoa barber shop, engaged the use of a bathand disrobed, leaving his clothing at th*end of a screen around the bath. Whenhe put on his clothes again he found thaihis pockets had been rifled and $135 takentherefrom. Later some men were creating disorder in a saloon near the barracksChief Libby and an assistant went thereand learned that one of the party hadchanged a $50 bill there. As Benson hadtwo $50's in his roll,two of the men ia thesaloon were at once placed under arrest onsuspicion and later a third man was arrested. All bad been in the employ o'Sundstom & Stratton and all wer<searched, but only $72.4? was found onthem in the aggregate. It seems verydoubtful whether they will be heldthe evidence secured.
Another hunting accident because amau was taken for a deer, which mighteasily have resulted fatally, is reportedfrom the Hollywood Stillwater, up abovePotsdam. Henry Lavigne and SilaaBump,of Stark, were out the other night waitingfor a deer to come to water, and, havingno light, were intending to shoot by guessat the noise if they should hear one. La-vigne thought he heard a deer back somedistance from the river and ea^ected—tfrhear the animal step into the water at any
Interesting local news on every page ofThe Farmer.
The Norwood Mfg. Co. has been install-ng a band-resawer in its planing mill at
Tupper Lake, the machine costing $1,200.Regular meetings of the Wadhams
Reading Circle will now be resumed forthe winter, opening next Sunday at theusual hour.
There will be a social for the benefit ofRev. P A. Walker, of Burke, at the homeof Peter Hendrickson in the Platt districtnext Friday evening, to which all are iu-vited.
Bishop Gabriels was received in privateaudience by the new Pope Thursday. Thelatter spoke in the kindest way of America,mentioning the sturdy piety of the peopleand sending them his blessing.
The ladies of the Congregational Societyare requested to send all articles for thehome mission box to the church parlorsOG Wednesday, Oct. 14th, at 2:00 o'clock,or to any member of the sewing commit-tee before that date.
A Santa Clara correspondent of theTupper Lake Herald utters a sigh of reliefover the fact that the horde of reporterswho invaded the town after* the Dexternmrder have departed and the village hasresumed its normal state of peace andquietness.
An exchange says that the propermethod to keep apples in winter is tovrap them in old newspapers so as to ex-•lude the air. The newspaper, however,must be one on which the subscription hasbeen paid, otherwise dampness resultingfrom what is " dew " may cause the fruit.0 spoil.
The Weed-Con way faction made a cleausweep in the Clinton county conven-ion and nominated the following ticket.-
Herbert J. Short, of Ellenourgh, for meni-ber of assembly; Royal Corbin, of Platts-burgh, for county judge; William F.Keenan, of Dannemora, for county clerk;Dr. John J. fussane, of Peru, and Dr. G.E. Letourneau, of Rouses Point, for coro-ners. Dr. Kissane is the son of ex-super-visor, J. S. Kissane, of Chateaugay.
In Chateaugay Republicans and Demo-crats have grown tired of being obligedto provide for floaters for the winter,as basusually been the case at their close townelections; so this year both caucuses ap-poiDted committees which agreed upon aunion ticket composed of representativemen of both parties, which will insure tothe town good government. The Demo-crats get the supervisor, one justice, com-missioner of highways, one assessor and0De overseer of the poor, while the Re-publicans get town clerk, one justice, col-lector, two assessors and one overseer ofthe poor. The Democrats get three andthe Republicans two constables. Thisaction insures the return to the board of.supervisors of Mr. Charles C. Douglas,who has efficiently represented his townthe past two years.
One of the saddest deaths in this sectionin years is that of School CommissionerFred M. Johnson, of Cherubusco, who wasso fearfully burned by the explosion of anoil can while starting a fire at bis homethere a little over a week ago. Mr. John-son was pouring oil on the fire, which wasnot- burning briskly, when the explosionof the can of oil occurred and the blazingcontents was scattered all over him. It issupposed that gasoline had previouslybeen kept in the can aud generated gasenough to cause the explosion. Mr. Johu-sdn's trousers were literally burned offfrom him, his legs being terribly scorchedfrom his hips to his knees, also his handsand arms. He was H>"> years old. a mem-ber of the firm of T. B* Humphrey <fe Co.and a young man of much promise, hav-ing entered upon bin duties as school com-missioner last January. He leaves a witeand one daughter surviving.
At the County Sunday School Associa-tion, meeling-i£L.bfc,bel(i at Hni.shton npxt -Friday and Saturday, Rev. E. P. St.John, state president, will deliver au ad-dress Friday evening. On Saturday morn-ing the program includes words of greet-ing by Rev. R. E. Audrevv, of Brushtou.and a response by A. W. Sheals, of thatvillage. Reports from the Sunday schoolswill be followed by another address bvRev. E. P. St. John. Saturday afternoonthe following will address the assemblageon the following subjects: Rev. W";SH.English, of Ft. Covington, "The CountrySunday School. Its Life ami Death;'' Hon.John I. Gilbert, of Malone, "Duties ofParents to the Sunday School;" Dr. M. W.Wright, of Brushton, "The TeachersPreparation for the Class:" Rev. M. H.Dowd, of Burke. --The Object of the Sun-day School." Mi=s Bertha Carpenter, ofLawrehceville," Is down for a recitation.and open discussions are booked for bothforenoon and afternoon. A very inter-esting meetiug is in promise.
Mrs. Ella Gladys Robbing of Minnesota,has found her eleven-year-old daughter,after a hunt of seven years, at Copenhagen,N. Y. The girl is Miua Trembly, theadopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lev!Trembly. Mrs. Robbins' first husband issaid to have been 'intemperate aud thechildren were conmiitted to a Minnesotaschool for neglected children. The motherafter her first husband's death married amillionaire, but when she tried to find herchildren to give them a place in her new-home, one of the four could not be found.The girl had been brought by the matron otthe institution to the East. She visited theTrembly's and they became so attached tothe-child that she left -her with them.Later, with the consent of the superin-tendent of schools of Minnesota, who wasby law the child's guardian, they adopted
t~a~gun aud heh l d Thfelt a severe shock in the shoulder. Then
he heard a whisper, 'Shoot again, he isthere yet," but the shooter hesitated andto this Lavigne doubtless owes his life. It.appears that there were others buntingand shooting at noise without a light andLavigne was the deer in this instance. Itis a miracle that he was not killed, as ashot gun was used at a range of not morethan six rods. Only one buckshot struckhim, which entered the point of theshoulder and lodged In the muscles towardthe neck.
her and gave her the name Helen MinaTrembly. The mother, with her attorney,called the other dayifftttte Trembly houseand demanded her child. The Tremblysrefused to surrender; but it was flnallyagreed that Mr. Trembly and the childshould accompany Mrs. Robbins to Min-nesota, where, if the latter proves to Mr.Trembly'B satisfaction that she is thechild's mother and able to care for andprovide for her properly, the child is to bereleased and aft order entered in the Lewiscounty court abrogating her adoption. Mr.Tmnbly's attorney also goes with him. Itis certainly a trying ordeal for the Treni-bly family.
