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VOL XXVI NO 154 GAINESVILLE FLORIDA THVKSHAY AUGUST 5 1909 TEN CENTS A WEEK

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STATE ALIENISTS DECLARE

THAW TO BE DANGEROUST-

hree Physicians Testify That Stanford Whites Slayer-

Is Still Insane Thaw on Stand

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WHITE PLAINS N Y Aug 4

Three of those medical men known

as alienists who have become such

a familiar part of modern criminal

court procedure united In the Su-

preme Court yesterday to make It un-

pleasant for Harry K Thaw who kill

ed Stanford White and was adjudged

Insane but now demands his releasefrom the Matteawan Asylum us amentally normal man

All three testified that he was In-

ane and when Thaw took the standbriefly alter some disconceillng tes-

timony he was plainly rustled fwdnervous hut Mr Jerome dismissed

him utter a few comparatively unim-

portant questionsOf the alienists who testified Dr

Austin Flint Dr William Hirsch andDr Amos T ItuKer the lat gavetestimony of the most ImportanceHe i acting superintendent of Mat leawatt and appears as a witness with-

out compensation the only alienistin the case with this distinctionJustice Mills called attention to thisfact and took a hand In questioning-him

Dr linker said Ihat in his opinionThaw was not only Insane now but-

a dangerous person to he at largeShortly after thus Mr Jerome call

ed Thaw to the stand He was paleand apparently shaken The districtattorney put some rather Incoherentnotes written by the prisoner In evi-

dence and asked him to explainthem After parries bark and forthend laborious explanations by Thawas to the meaning of certain writingshe said

And I want you to know MrfJerome that many of these notes youcall suggestions were written at therequest of my lawyers

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Do you mean to tell us who ob-

served you in both homicide trialsasked Mr Jerome that you did notbelieve you did not know more aboutthe case than your lawyer did-

I do was Thaws quick replyHo admitted that he did offer some

suggestions to his lawyersThaw was excused after a bit more

of this ordeal and Dr Austin Flintwas called Dr Flint described aparanoiac as a person dominated bycertain delusions whose mental andphysical state might not otherwise beaffected except In KO far as these de-

lusions Influence himParanoiacs he concluded Impres-

sively never recoverDr Hirsch varied the general ver-

dict by declaring Thaw a degenerateparanoiac

Charles Monfcliuuter Thaws attornew attacked this testimony with ev-

ery legal expedient In Dr Flintsease he endeavored to show that hehad given contradictory testimony In

two previous cases where he appeared aw an expert He caused DrKirsch some unhappy moments by In-

quiring about u book he Is writing-Do you In this hook claim that

Jesus Christ was a paranoiac henaked

The alienists reply was that hewould not like to give an opinion

The alienists yesterday deliveredtheir opinions of Thaw In answer toJeromes hypothetical question only-

a small part of which was readThe States alienists will probably

occupy the center of the stage fortwo days more

Mr Morschauscr will continue hisof Dr Flint and Dr

Hirsch Dr Carlos F McDonald hasyet to testify He will be called byMr Joromo

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cross examinatlon

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Brother and Sister Met

As Strangers and MarriedCLEVELAND Ohio Aug

story of a romance which ended inthe marriage of brother and sisterwas revealed in Police Judge McGanhefts Court yesterday It had to dowith the early separation and conse-quent reunion of August Rcschkc-aswl 2t and Augusta Ruschke aged

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Three children that resulted fromthe marriage are now in the care of

Humane SocietyThe woman wept as she told her

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story on the stand When a littlegirl she played with her brother In

Germany She was given to a familyfor adoption

The girls foster parents broughther to America She went under thename of Lena Robcck When she was1C she met In Cleveland a young manthree years her senior There was acourtship she fell In love and wasmarried Humane officers later toldthe pair they were brother and sis

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Man Held Captive While

Water Arose About Him

ttHKESBARRE Pa Aug 4 Caughtfast In a pump In the No 14 collierytf the Pennsylvania Railroad Comim

at flninsvllle Robert Taylor thenlht englnour was held while the

slowly rose about him It hadreached his chin as he stood on Illstoes when rescuers found tutu A fewminutes later he would have been

Taylor went Into the workings earlythe irornlng to repair the pump

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cbinery As the pump stopped tinwater began to rise His cries forhelp were not heard and not untilfour hours later when some work-

men entered the mine he discov-ered and rescued

Tariff Vote TodayWASHINGTON Aug 4 The com

i kte callapse of all Important opposition to the conference report on thetariff bill was e Id need yesterdaywhen the Senate agreed to cote orthat measure at 2 Thursday

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MISS ELLA JOLLY IS

FIRST IN

GREAT STRENGTH IN

CLOSING DAYS OF CONTEST

Only Two Weeks More and Race Will

Be Over and Prizes Awarded-

to the Winners

SOUTHERND-

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Miss Ella Jolly of Orange Heightstakes first place la the Eastern andSouthern section with Miss MabelMcCredlo second Miss Heal holdsfirst place In Gainesville and MissLucinda Bryant of Bell Is first in theNorthern and Western section

Miss Jolly has develop remark-able strength during tu past threeweeks and has gone fr m about tenthplace to first which sin wt rapidshe has been advancing

Only two more weeks remain forthe final windup when the grandprizes will be awarded also all of thecertificates mailed to the ones en-

titled to them and the work that willbe put forth by the candidates fromthis time on will be interesting

Some of the candidatesare now centering on the city andeither visiting here regularly or com-

ing each week to work for their In

ten st and it is rumored that manof the lower ones have great Hii-

rprise to spring during the next few

daysThe prizes are all handsome and

rood are well worth the Imrdwork that has been done to securethem

Following Is the result of tho

Gainesville Central SectionMiss Estelle Heal 2830510Mss Addle Goode 2 34775Miss Margaret Ledbetter 1312535Miss Nora Stalls 187135Miss Bcssio Carver 107841Miss Mary Fernandez C4C05

Miss Gertrude Harrod 59215Miss Myra Swearlngen 49445Miss Blanch Thompson 38975Miss Alice Schafer 11520Mss Aura M Lewis 25780Miss Mabel Williams 14245Mrs N W Taylor 11705Miss Eva Bauknlght 10115Miss Annie Dell Taylor 8065Miss Grace Dullard 6175Miss Ella Halley 5450Miss Curtis Pitta 3425buss Fannie Whiting 1480

Eastern and Southern DistrictMss Ella Jolly Orange Hts 872090Mss Mabel McCredle Mcnopy 801235Miss McCredle Mcnopy 779815Miss tattle English Tacoma721710-Miss Martle Chamberlln Mica

nopy 552650Mss Bessie WaltsMiss Wilma Maine Monteochn 1MM5

Miss Myrtle Hammond Hawthorn 88800

Miss Cordelia Crown Rocky1oint 72420

Miss Atomic Hawthorn 71300Miss Pattle Zetroiier Hochelle 17115

Mli hula Perry Rochelle 33615Miss LaVerne Bobbin Mcnopy 32555Miss Vnndalia Staf Waldo 3241Mss Kffie Tison Karleton 29345Mitts Jewel Godwin Hawthorn 24510Miss Hall Orange ilis 15175-

Misri Gertrude Smith Fair-banks 1177

Miss Georgia Snowden HatchetCreek 12030

Miss Mary Louise AtwaterWaldo 72S5

Miss Nellie Reeves Mlcanopy 4800Miss Emma Entonza Waldo 3340

Miss Mamie Bailey Waldo 20f

Western and Northern Section

Mss Luclnda Bryant Boll 91322Hattie Ludwig Tiojsa 86 5

Miss Gertrude Gulnn HagueMiss Villa Barron Bell 710fil t

Miss Annie Kirkland Alachtm fi 7i

Miss Eva Powell Alachua s4Miss Ellen Arredondo 2419

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COACH TUMBLED DOWN

EMBANKMENT 10 HURT

Train Leaves the Track on tbe Central of Georgia

and Many Have Narrow Escape

STILLMORE Ga Aug 4 Tenreceived Injuries when an east-

bound mixed train on the Brewton toPlneora branch of the Central ofGeorgia was derailed near Lexsy at1105 oclock yesterday morning andthe one coach on the traitr rolled downan embankment P M Perkle of

received slight Injuries

while 1 D Vartln who resides at 120

Jones street west was alto hurt Thelist of Injured Includes In addition

Mrs L M Williamson Vidalia GaMrs Victoria Murray Mrs Alice

Murray and child all of Summit GaJ F Etherldge Adrian Ga1 M Thlgpin Norrlstown Ga-

l I Flan DoverW Belcher conductor Brewton

JerrulnThe Injuries of Mr Etherldge are

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the most serious His bead washurt and he has internal injuries

Crowded Coach Turns OverAll of the injured were brought to

this place and are being cared for hereThe accident occurred one mile west

of Lexsy near bridge A 103 Thecoach which was attached to the rearof the train followed the engine andfreight cars from the rails ran onto the edge of the till and tumbleddown the embankment turning overAll of those who were hurt were inthis teach Their Injuries chiefly arebad bruises and cuts but none ofthem with the possible exception ofMr Etherldge Is fatally hurt

The train was In charge of Con-

ductor Belcher and the coach wonwell crowded An examination of thetrack at the scene of the accidentleaves the cause of the wreck a mys-

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Woman Asks for Divorce

Husband Serving SentenceTAMPA Aug 4 Three divorce

suits were placed on tho docket Mon-

day one of which is of more thanpassing interest Walter Geiger Isbeing sued for absolute divorcehis wife Geiger Is serving five yearsin the turpentine camp for securing280 under false pretenses and It Is

thought his misdoing and the disgrace-of hits sentence Is tho basis of MrsJelwrx complaint

Geiger was a former resident ofTampa and upon leaving securedfrom the American National hank apaslilcrts check for 2 0 which he

not cash In Later he returned-to Tampa and made claim of losingthe original check The bank Issueda duplicate cashiers check for theamount Geiger then went to Jack-sonville and cashed the duplicate and

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later presented tho original and re-

ceived tho taco of the check Thotwo checks turned up in due tlmat the Dank butGeiger had flows The matter wonplaced in the hands of the sheriffoffice and Chief Deputy J Lester Xgave It Is personal attention

Geiger soon afterwards wrote fromMontreal Canada to a friend In thincity and the letter fell Sato the Randsof the chief He bad BO cityaddress but had written on letter pa-

per of a restaurant He wired thepolice of Montreal these factsthey nabbcjl who fought ex-

tradition for three Tko Tampa authorities won out on the caseand Mr Lester went to Canada andsecured his man who was tried andSentenced OR above stated

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Did Mrs Richmond Kill

McTavish for His MoneyCAMBRIDGE Mass Aug 4 In the

district court yesterday Mm ElizabethRichmond was given n preliminaryhearing on the charge of having mur-

dered Stewart MeTavlsh whose body

wax found on July 2rd lying on abed In her room In East Cambridgewith a bullet through his right eyeand tlie whole lde of hi head beatenIn with an axe The woman foundin a iloiul stupor from liquor In tliroom next to McTavlshs batteredbody

Much mystery eurrownds the mur-

der The motive robbery the po-

lice for MrTavlsh had a consid-

erable sum of money on his person

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Mss Jewel Standley Hague 70730Mitts Alcon Holly Arredondo 57430Miss Annie Uevllh Arredondo

Emnm William Trenton 35275Mrs R B Baker Hawthorn 13400Mrs J E Parkor UCrosso 11315Miss Kati Akin Anvdondo 8415Ml s Ada Pearce Nowberry 7050Miss P irl MfL Alachua 3515Miss LJla Gar R M

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when he started for Boston fromGardner Mass where he was em-

ployed as an attendant at the StateInsane asylum

Mrs Richmond the accused womanhas come under the eye of the policeon several occasions In the pastAbout a year ago she was examined-by the police In connection with thedeath of tin wife of a Boston merch-ant who mysteriously expired after athree days sojourn In the Richmondhome Liter a man Is said to havemet death under unusual clrcumstan-ces In the Richmond house On neitheroccasion could ground be found onwhich to base a charge against thowoman

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As advertising finds tho best marksfor everything else why not for yourl rsona services

Keep your eye on the want adsThere say be something advertisetrhlch n of interest to you