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July 6, 1882.
A HAMILTON HORROR.
;
Double, aViuraer
and
ams.ricro DETAILs OF TBILlIpmaeis:
- (From the Hamilton Teens)
• The particulare of the double' rntirder
and suicide at the Central School,eFlamil-
ton,' on WednesdaY, 21st • rune, are ;as
• fo11ev0:' At, 2 e'eldek Alex. Forbes, a native
0! Planiilton„ walkedinto' the diiiing4born
of ' the house of the caretaker „.o,f the
school by the back' door' in 'a state' of
agitation. Dirs. Forbes (who was separated
from Forbes, her husband and murderer,
And acted as housekeeper for Mr. Raleton,
the caretaker) and her daughter were
seated on chairs about four feet -apart on;
the southside of the room when the man
. entered. Ile Placed his valise on the table.,
and opened it quickly. Petting his hand in
as if feeling for something, 'Mrs: Forbes
• linipected mischief and darted past
through the kitchen , and
• tpthe gmall yard, Forbes following with
sloaded' revolver. Ralston had just lett
••Iiigtwo younger 'children with whont he
• ha,d been playing in the Central •Scheal
grid e; and was geing. into the house.
Forbes' wateihathe .act of firing at his wife,
who ' dodged4„tquick1y past Ralston, and
• eseapedihe J11t, • whieh killed the latter
instaiitli..,*The" murderer quiekly „fired
again Oyerthe -body of the dead man at-
. the 'fleeing *ethane., His airn was fatally
true„and Mrs. Forbes fell heavily and died
in an instant, :having been etruck through
the heart. 'The murderer then shot hitu.
self tin:m.10,14e heart with the utrnoet
. deliberatienAnd coolness,
• falling on his
latiliAnd'dyingl at once.- The father and
brother of 'Ralisthia are certain that Forbes
had
14-6,4maineitt-XGAINST THE clarrAitiri.
• and tAiiterid to. shoot him, •but
that the shot Tveliith. ushered him into
eternity was intended for Mrs. Ferbes.
An interview with the only -daughter Of
' the deceased 'woman eheited that
Mrs. Forbeethad been compelled. to leave her
husband on two former occasions while.
they were living at Allegheny; Pa., • He
behaved most cruelly to the whole family
when under the influence of liquor, of
which he was Beide,* free,. and in these..
• factlay ' the reason' of the unfortunate
w,oniatiiedetermination not t� place herself •
nnd ,:ehildren 'again under
Mre:;FOrbes has fottr sistersJiving, one
• of whom ,:iengaged, 'at- Mr:.;:A...:Walker's
confectioatiretlestablishree.nt, 'King street.
Another' IS mrried- to a MraWilkingen,
. farmer; realdffig in Western Ontario: . Mr:
James. Petteiatat nianufactiner,; corner of
Murray 'and'Wellington streets, is married..
to a half,sistecotthenaurdered woman. •
Mr. john' •Nbiton„• of TaPleytown, the
father of Mrs: gorbes, _arrived intheeiy
about 5 o'clock:last. eveningin 'response to.
the sUmmoneot. the ,messenger who 'was.
.lient and -WaS...' • '
, ,
: ALMOST. HEATBROICEN WITH GRIEF -
when the partioulareagthe awful tragedy
had been Made ,knciven to him, .In-.com.
pany with Mr: Peit'theybegari making the
necessary preparations for the funeral of
• the Murdered- wornan, The rernaine will
be taken to the ' tangly burying 'plot • in
Tapleytown. '
Miss Katie Forbes 'au:tiered Much dining
and,waatlaell*KklateA/0°13-9
her head to allay the aavfula-ihrbl3bing and-
• aching'oaused by, the:. iioltriblg-,'etapoietice,
-which_she_yeaS CalIedIta pass. She;
• had:little. More • than .,an'heueei trembled•-
. sleep, and her,eyee, were4i..imich swollen,
but withmuoh liravery-,She comppeed-lier--
• Self and gave-informatiOn calmly, though
• • the tears welled fortheand she wrung her,
. lianas incessantly.: ,''Very many . young
women have, �alled.to sympathize with,
her. She is held in ',Very highesteemby
all who know her; -ancTashowe a brave and•
"noble bearing arpid hereat 'troubles.
. A NOBLE imapaare. •
The unfortunate girl, on being .asked as
• to her future prospects, said,it,was her in-
tention to learn a tradiOand take Cafe of
• her brothers until theyWer_e, able to provide
for theingelves.She, ieWelf,educated and
• would require' but ,slioatlime to fit her7.
Self for teaching, but shethinke the ocoupeie
tion would not euit lier4Shiewill endeavor
to secure a place fortheielder boy to: learn
-
a trade, and will provigt •for the .younger
one until he, MO, combo put to a trade.• .
THE MURDERED eAtiETAICER. ,
• George Ralston'bed been caretaker of
the Central Scheel Ter something like two
. years and gaye..eyery. satisfaction to the
School Board:',,lle was a oarefid and "h-
iinstrious man and hid' saved 'enough from
• his earninge.:te. build a brisk house on
West av,enueasio that his ehildren will not
be left totally unprOvided for. • He was a
member Of Unity . Lodge I..O.O.F.,
and ,from ",a this Bonne' ,the childeen
will • recelke - :about • • ',• $40 • .a • Year.
. Then:tea Ralsten, father a the, inur-'
dered ,Mairratites that he will take'cliarge of
his grandeliildren, se that naatters are; not
as bad •aR they -might be with them: In
' thee meantime Mr, and Mrs:Ralston are at
thahouse,' Where they will remain Until
the funeral services are -over, when further
• arrangements as to the future will be
• made. In view of all the eircemstances it
• is not improbable that Mr. Ralston will
take the place of his eon, and thug the
• children willnot. be, removed from their
• .home. The murdered. man was of a re=
tiring disposition and paseionately fond of
• his home and children.- ', His Wife Met
with a fall a year, ago -last- -winter which
caused her death,. and thus the bereaved
.thildren are inconsolable:3n the -loss of
their remaining, parent, who had grown
• much greater in their affections since their
mother' died. The relatives of the deceased
, knew 'nothing' of hia. future intentions,
and do not think he contemplated getting
married again, but fancy he Made Use. of
Imola an expression to Mrs: gorbep in order
that her diemissal ' might ' be Made easy.
Mr. Ralston had determined that he could
net keep Mrs. Forbeswith her husband,
coming eo often to the house. Mr. Forbes
• also had intimated that she would .be com-
pelled to leave Hamilton in order to escape,
• her husband, of whom she was terrified.
• AT THE MORGUE. •.
After the corpses had been taken to the
• morgue, hundreds of men, women and
, children flocked to the place, and it was
-with great' difficulty the police could keep.
theria back.So great wasllste Crush that
some of the pickete-of the fence alongside
the stairway were broken in and only,for
• the' presence of a large posse of Police the
. door Would,' haat° been smashed, in: The
eagernessof strong men to see each a
'
ghastly spectacle maynot perhape be Won-
dered at but the sight of hundreds of
• tvosiiijm*tee'of •them respectably dressed,'
.-4Ofitlingtae1l other and also the men in thee
•fireWd itt-order to get a view of the horrid
• t wctepaet comprehension. • '
'AFTER MITE 'TRAGEDY;
re; A. Maalaap and hi' son Were ,juet
going round the cornet' of Bold 'street on
to Park when they heard several shots
fired in quick aucieession, and looked over
the school fenhe on 'Park street and saw
one of the viotinag lying outside the -hiatise
on the sidewalk, They then returned to
the house by way of Bold street And went
in through th'e house, where the three
bodies lay tat found by the police. Forbes was
then alife, and Mr. Maclean, thinking he
might lia-velife enough to do more damage
grasped his arm and took the pistol out of
his hand, and laid It alongside., of him,
where the Chief of Police found it. When
Mr. Maclean arrived the clothing of Mrs.
Forbes was on fire, showing that the mur-
derer must have beezi very pear Ids victim
when he fired. Forbee' clothing was also
• on fire from, the potvder. and Mr. Maclean
got water and quenched the fire in both
(lases. While allthis was taking place Mr.
• Arthur Maclean rari over to Mr. Dickson's
house on Bold street, oPposite-the scene,
• and telephoned for the police, who arrived
On, the spot quickly, and found matters as
• described in yesterday's TIMES.
A SAD STORY.
Mr. G. W. Johnson, of the Model 'School,
says that Mr. Ralston told him about six
weeks ago that it was his intention to get
married during the approaching Summer
holidays to a young WOMan in London.
Ralston said that he had given his house-
keeper,-Mes. Forbes, hotice that he would
not require her services after he got mar-
ried. He added to Mr. Johnson that he
was afraid that • Mrs. Forbes might
go ' ,away sooner • than he expected,
in consequence of having received notice,
and asked the gentleman to interest himself
looking about .for a suitable person to
supply the place in case ofemergency. Mr.
Johnson • promised to • make • inquiries.
Ralston • said •that Mrs. Forbes' husband
had been •writing letters to her from the
States, urging her to live with him, and
making all kinds of promises of amend-
• ment, telling h•er, how well he was getting
along, .
WHAT AN EASY LIFE sae' WOULD HAVE,
and assuring her •that he had entirely
abandoned hie dissolute habits, and had
become a respected member of society. After
consulting with some of her friends the
poor woman filially consented to give the
man another trial. One day in the early
part of the week Forbes put in an appear-
ance at Ralston's house and had an inter-
view with his wife. He then. preposed
that she sheuld take an oath on the Bible
that she would be true to labia, and he
W011yl. take a similar oath to be true to
• her; -With the exception of the • case
'of• oite woman, who had lately
beerrhis companion on the other side of the
This woman, Mr. Forbes suggested,
should be allowed to 001:0e and go as she
•liked; and a 'stipulation in the oath was
that the wife shouldarever find fault with
•his or her conduct.- Mr -s. Forbes was
naturally indignant at this -monstrous.
proposition, and asked Forbes if this was
his notion of reformation atidrespectability,
and very • properly or.dered hire out
of the house., • ;net at • this • moment
•Ralston happened in, and was in-
troduced to Forbes' for the first timeeand
in the course of the conversation which
took, place, ,remarked that he -was very
sorry that he was about to lose Mrs. Forbes
services (tlainking,that she ,was going off at
once -with her husband). Mrs. Forbes then
BHT / AM NOT GOING:AWAIT WITH HIM NOW,'
and Mrs. Fiir,hes ,narrated to Mr. Ralston
'what • had, • ;hat 'transpired between
•,her husband and herself, and appealed
-to Mr., Balaton whether, he would do
she could do as she • pleased, ,that •
he
`did not wish to interfere, tit all between'
Man and wife. Forbes called upon Ralston
several times subsequently and begged him
to intercede with Mrs. Forbes inhis
-behalf, but -Ralston pereletefitlY-refireficl to
do so, saying that he (Forbes) Must be a
scoundrel to propose anything of the sort
to a respectable woman like Mrs. Forbes.
Mr. Johnson says that Forbes was in the
habit of calling • at • Ralston'salmost
daily for over a • week, and that
Ralston , resolutely refused • to give
him or Mrs. Forbes any advice ia •the
matter whatever, and •
• KEPT OUT Or THE WAY
as much as possible to prevent meeting
them. , Yesterday about 12.30 Mr. Johnson
says that Ralston called upon hirn to get
• instructionswith reference to the examina-
tions. He remarked, in passing out, "We'll
soon have our holidays, now, Mr. John-
son." "Yes," replied Mr., Johnson, "and
I suppose you'll be off to London next
day.' Ralston laughed and replied, "1:
suppose so." These were the last words
Mr. Johnson ever heard him utter. As
far as the shooting of Ralston is concerned
Mr. Johnson has not the slightest idea
that it was Forbes' intentionto take Ral-
stores life. The murderer intended only to
shoot the woman.
MOVEMENTS 01, THE MURDERER.
• Hearing that Mr. William Scott, pro-
prietor of Scott's Hotel, on Stuart street,
knew-- something • of Forbes' movements
since he came, to the oity, a reporter of
•the Times called upon that gentleman this
forenoon. Mr. Scott says that when
Forbes arrived in the city, on the 51h of
June he put p at the • hotel, entering his
name on the register as "A. F. Ruther-
ford,Pittsburg." He came ' , by
a late • train. • He • carried • a black
•valise. During his stay he had
frequent conversations with Mr. Scott
as to whether he would take up boarding
by the week or pay for his meals as he got
there. He adopted the latter cmirse, how-
ever, • Paying promptly after each meal.
On Tuesday, the 1.3th, he -went away,
returning the following Friday for lodging
and breakfast. • On Saturday, the 17th, he
called and had his dinner, saying that he
didn't know but he would come back to
remain over Sunday. • Mr. Scott
and the boarders all apoke to
and • of him as Mr. Ruther-
ford. Sometimes he Stayed • out
late into the night, but Mr. Scott pays
he never saw him the worse of liquor. He
told the landlord at first that the reason he
came to Hamilton was that he had some
buainees to settle, and latterly said that he
PURPOSED "GETTING MARRIED •,
before he left the city, arid laughingly said,
What do you think? I'na going to ,marry
ray own wife; a woman I Married over
twenty years and lived with until eight
yeare age." He then told Mr. Scott
hew hie wife • had' left • him
n Erie, • Pa., taking the three
c
Hhildren 'with , her to her father's„ near
amilton. 'Mr. Scott asked him why it was
n
recessary to have antither.wedditig, and he
eplied that hie wife would not agree to live
with hitn, unleas the ceremony wart again
performed. Mr. Scott asked him if be had
been divorced? Forbes, answered that he
h
aaad no grounds against his wife for divorce,
n his wife'a conduct had always been
bove reproach, but said, oia -the con;
rary, this was not the ease • with
him as • Mrs. • 'Perbes had tiund
him acting wrongly with the servant girl,
and this was the eking) of the separation.
After they broke up house Forbes era.
hat he wandered about from place to place,
but did not intimate that ha had been
permaner3tly living with any other woman.
Be said be felt 'Very uncomfortable, and
knowingthat his family were -reaching -the -
years of discretion he felt it M be his duty
to make up with his wife and live respect-
ably &gable, On the afternoon of the day he
teld Scott that he was going to be married
he brought a woman to the , hotel and
ordered a glass of lager beer fox her. He
toldthe landlord when passing through id
the dining room that she was his laWful
wife ancl the womanhe was '
, _
Al3OUT TO MARRy THE' SECOND TIME.
This was the afternoon of the 12th Time.
Forbes stopped at the lietel that night an I
went away in the morning. Subsequently
Mr. Scott met Rutherford (Forbes) up
town and the latter introduced a man he
said • was Ins cousin. ' In the Dern -
inion • Hotel Forbes agaie talked of
hie domestic affair's, saying that matters-.
Lad taken a different tura as far as biewife
was concerned, and that 'she and the
family wished him to lick the dust ;toe
much." He remarked that be wad then tie
his way to see her. On the 17th Rothe',
ford (Forbes) again called at the,hotel, took
his dinner, and appeared grew ly excited
In fact a melancholy seemed to have taken
• ,
possession of him, and after remaining a
short time he went away and was seen by
Scott no More.
• The reporter next called upon'llir;Oliver
Peake, a machinist' employed at the Tool
works, and who was iutimate with the,
murderer on the other side. Mr. Peake says,
•that he met Forbes on the street in this
city last Thursday, and promised to obtain
hiuisnaployment at the Tool works, They
used to be fellow-emPloyees witb the
StearneS Manufacturing Company, in
Erie, Penn., -and Forbes.was a very capable
machinist. • Haworked in the eegine shop,
and Peake and he , wrought side by
side for about a naonth in the summer of
1881.Foebes had always conducted him:
self in a gentlemanly way, and Peale
declares he never saw Elin drank ancl did
not know that hedrankliquor or asso-
ciated with bad women. Ile received $2.37i
per day, and must have taken good ,care of
his money to have .so much. by him and,
such vamp, as he gave away before he died.
„Forbes was a member (in good standing)
of the Blacksmiths' and Me,ohinigts' Union.
STATEMENTS OF FORBEs' RELATLVES.
The father and family of Forbes were
interviewed this morning and stated that a
Young woman called at the house about si
•weeks ago and asked 'whether -lie (Dlr.
Forbes) had a son named Alexander. The
father and mother repliedthat they had a
son of that name; but that he Was dead,
having been drowned in the Detroit River,
as they had learned by the papers. The
young woman stated that the son was alive
and well, and had bidden her call and tell
them he wag well. Of, course the aged
couple were surprised • and overjoyed tb
hear the news, and treated the young
• woman with every hospitality. 'They had
not,,however, any idea that " Sandy," as
they called him, was then in the city. Next
• morning Mrs. Forbes was at the door, and
who should walk up, to her but her long
absent son. She called her husband, at
once and mutual enjoyment was expressed
„ ,
THE Lona LOST SON
had returned. Mr. Forbes went with the
youngwoman mentioned to the Central'
•Schooton the eVening of her arrival, the
,object being to tell Mrs. Forbes that -her
husband was alive. The parties were
efideaVoring to, secure a reconciliation be-
tween husband end wife, but without avail:
Mrs. Forbes, at the request of her father-
in-law, visited thefamily of her husband
aatetheir-phiee;:.andathere-met-her-bustrand—
Snnday Week, 'where, protracted.,,.azid.
Somewhat stormy interview took place.
Mra_Forbes was immovable, however, and,
the husband was • very despondent after-
ward._ _Ointhe following day he asked his
-wife to go for a drive' to the Beach and the
ocariplied„taking her daughter and the boy
Willie with her. ` The Forbes family' elate
Mie. Forbes told.them she was 'intepding
to be married shortly, and would do so
notwithstanding that her husband • was
living.
MR. ./OHN FORBES' .STATEMENT.
• Mr. John Forbes, brother of the deceased,
stated that he had a talk with Sandy on
Saturday night week, when he was very
despondent and stated that he was
the most unhappy • man 'living. •On
being asked why, he made no definite
answer, but talked in a sort of rambling
style, f3howing symptoms of being demented.
'His brother did all in his power to 'cheer
hina up, but the unforttuaate man paid no
heed. The family state positively that
"Sandy "ltd. not taken any liquor since
•arriving in Hamiltoil, and had been goaded
by his numerous troubles into committing
the awful deed. The funeral of Forbes
will take place from the family residence
•to -morrow at 3 p.m.
The.Forbee family feel the . sad affair
very painfully, and made their recital
with many tears. The brother John, a
large and strongman, Completely' broke
down, and went into another room to calm
himself before he could finiela his recital.
The Williani-Forbes lost from Captain
Fairgrieve's boat • on Lake- Michigan,
last winter was at brother of
the suicide. • Another brother is David
Forbes, coachman for Mr. Geo. B. Spriggs,
who was bound, and gagged by burglars at
Mr. Spriggs' house, a little over a year ago.
FoRBES VISITS HIS FATHER-IN-LAW.
A week ago last Saturday Forbes drove
to Mr. ,Norton's residence'at ,Tapleytoven,
taking his ton Ernest with him. Mr.
Nortoa' met himat the house and shook
hands with him, after which he went to
work in the.fields. Forbes was asked by
Mrs. Norton to take dinner, and sat down,
'but ate nothing, only drinking a cup of tea.
Afterward he started to drive back to --the
city, and - when on the . road
near • where Mr., Norton was at
work stopped •, his horse and went
over to where the old gentleman was. He
said he had COMO to deliver a ineseage, but
on reconsidering he had thought it better
not to deliver it. Ho then started to return
t� the huflgYewhen Mr. Norton asked him
what the message Was: He; ' however,
made no further • reply than that it was
better he should not deliver it, TheNorton
family •heard nothing .further of Forbes
until the hews of the . horrible tragedy
reached there.
, Very naturally there was a sort of ill -
feeling between Mr. Norton and hie son-in-
law„ owing to the latter's ill -treatment -Of
his Wife, and it is surmised that, had
Forbes found Alr.Norton alone iii the field,
he mould leave shot him. Mr.' Norton's.
tan setae were near, however, and nothing
of the -kind was attempted. In view of
sul3Ftequent events the farnilY think the
meesage sleeken of had reference to eome
desperate act., . .
Forbes called at the residence of Mr.
James Pett on the same Saturday prior to
starting for • Mr. Norton's. • Mrs. Pett
Stat08 that he Beenaed in very much agita-
tion end did not •act at all like himself,
.,though there was no appearance of drink..In
it conversation with Mr. James Norton,
brother of the murdered woman, a
reference was made to some of the threats
which Mrs:Forbes had heard in regard to
killing her, when Forbee replied, "t kill
anybody? oh, no; but if ever I should do
BO, I will make sure that they do not get
the halter on me." That expression is now
fully accotuated-for.' -
- A silver watch was presented by Alex.
ander Forbes to his eldest son Ernest
prior tcrtI1i3 tragedy.
Mrs. Forbes' funeral will take place te-
'morrow at 10 o'clock from Mr. Pett' s resi-
dence, 71 LowerQ,athcart street, and pro-
eeed to Tapleywri. , ' •"
LETTERS I,EFT BY,THE MURDERER.
The murderer', left two letters in his-
..
valise. The one tO his wife (which was not
finished) was written in a eleux hand. It
is as fellows :•
' HAMILTON, June 16th, 1882.
PR-onEyon,—I Will net call you wife, for you
have nut been such to me for a good many years
--when you said you lived a • virtuous
life or 0 Years I knew by your manners
that you lied, and that you'd back out whett it
came to the test, and Katie •told me
to -night that she thought there was something
wrong there for some time.. You can pull the
wool over the boys' eyes, but you can't Over
everybooy's. You are what a d --d deceittul
woman. The one I.left in Erie, Pa., that Lizzie
Mackrel;you are 130t tit to black her shoes, bad
and s II ItS she is. You, say it was Your Misfor-
tune to he in the Forbes' family. If I was to tell,
row llid make. The public would ay it s
what I pnew about the Norton family what a
ow iO
was a Misfortune that we ever met. •
• The letter to ltia daughter Kate -also
beara, the 15th as date. It blames his wife
fer,...alteged miecondifee - and is signed
•et Good-bye forever, your affectionate
father, A. Forums."
• • , - The.Inquest.
Miss Katie Forbes was a witness. She
appeared in deepmourning supported
by two venlig- lady ,friends, and WaS. greatly
agitated, being barely able to walk: She
stated ehat she hod been living for a year
with Mil Bateman previous to which she
lived with M. 'Temple,:, and ethers in this
city, for the last five years; she retnernhered
leaving her father at Allegheny,' Pa.,' but
was too. young to reinem4er ehe former
partings, When. they left Allegheny they
came to hall's Corners, and afterWard- to
this city.. AbOut a year after the parting
the Witness' received a letter from her
.father.sayingshe might cotne to him, but
he could never more come to her •; •. he
arrived in .the city about six week e ego: and
Sent a note to her asking her to meet him
at her. grandpa's ; she wentto see him and.
he reCeiveci her very kindly! but did not
speak kindly of her.reother. • He bade wit-
ness good-bye and said he .was going away
the next (Saturday) morping' at 9, o'clock.
Her little brother came to Mr. Bateman'g
Monday . Morning andshe asked him if he
would like to see his pa. Forbes told
veitnese on the Feidaynight, not to
tell any 'one she had seen him' except
her brothers ;. Saturday afternoon her
father drove a woman up . and down the
street, passing Mrs. Forbes 'live .times,
-in company with the woman, durieg the
•afteeno.on. An ambrotype was produced'.
by one et'lli-el-irrers., itud :cm Seeing itMiss
Forbes bitterly exclaimed; "That's the
'very woman. Oh, my poor mother!" and
weptaloud. The picture Was eaken by F.
. B. Pier, .corner of Seventh and State
streets, Erie, Pa., and shows a' yburig
worean ,of prepossessing appearanee,-With
an intelligent • arid •deternairied,loOking.
countenance. • Witness , then ,,Preceeded
My father sent this woman down to grand-
fatheee to -inquire all, abouthimself; this
• woman came and abused' rey.f.a.ther, to
• mother, and, at the saline time she wanted
him to . get a divorce IrOM• 'ink- mother ;
I , saw my .father At; my grandfather's
and this • ve,oman was with . him;
yesterday (Wednesday) . he . Came up to.
Mr. Ralston'sat ten, minutes to 1 and
talked to my mother, • asking_ her if she
weuldgo back and 'live with •him; eha.
eaidees-Nes-Samayleeleintenda- to, -live .as I
tian ";lafter talking-kir:Some ,time he got•
angry and went away; when he was
passing the kitchen window. I heard .hina
say, "-Let the •raeult /:4-erlivat et will:The•.
came back .and.kritieked.at thedeor at- .five,
Minutes to 2 and said, ." Is your Mother
in?" I said " Yes,", and- oalled her down
stairs; heaeked her if she bad changed
her mind, and she again told hire she • in-
tended to live just we she was ; he then
said, "You do, do you ?"and 'opened:his
•valise andetook out a $20, geld piece. and
handed it to My brother; when he epened.
hitt Valise the third tinate he pilled a revolver.
Here the witneseekflainaed will lever
'forget it?" and— kirolte- down, 'weeping
violently); the first tirne he:fired .at my.
mother he missed her; and 'then hefired
'.'at 'Ralston'. and 'killed him; he fired the
Secondshot at•my mOt4erand killed her
be then steed- on- the 'walk, pointed' the
pistol towards hinatielf and fired;',he
dripped, and .wbile he was -Iyang'on the -
.1walk, he drew the revolver and again shOt-
itiresielf-; all he said was, "You ,won't,
• won t you, as he was running out.of tie
door after mY.mother ; laet, Friday night
. he gave inc a goldwatch„and bade me 'geed.
hye ,.saying-- that he''.woilld neversee me
again;• I begged 'of him' not t� do anything
to mother, ancl.lie promised, he would not ;
I think heinteeded to shoot Mr. Ralston.;
I think there were five shots
fired. • ,
, Miring , the examination .the .witness
frequently broke down and sobbed violently,'
. and tier agonized wailings were most .die-
treseinglte..all. present.- eWlien-Miss Forbes
Was 'a little girl • shebeard her lather,
threaten her - mother's Jife 'Witness'
believed the MiirdeMr intended to shoat
.Ralliton, as he :could. have :fired at the.
woman :without hitting ,the.rnan.. She was
'positive five shottawere.fired. ,• ••
The verdict was as followe :
That the Said Prodence "Forbes camp to
her death .by the 'means ..of a bullet fired
from' reVolver in the hands .of Aleitander
Forbes, and that the murder of the srid
Prtidence Forbes was pretheditated.. That
the said George Ralsten came to his death
by Means of a bullet fired .frota ea, revolver
in• the halide of Alex. .Forbee, but there
was 'not sufficient "evidence to show that the
murder of . the said. George .Ralston Was
premeditated. That the: said Alexander
Forbes name to his death by means of
bullets fired .from a revolverin his own
hand. ••• .
; The jury was then dismissed,.
--" What's your business ?" asked the
magistrate, eyeing the prisoner with • it , six
menthe' in the penitentiary expreasion.
"When Pre sober, judge, I -rnake mv
money out of real Oatate movements;"
meekly answered the victim of the flowing
bowl: "Do you mea,n to say thietycittare
in the street cleaning department ?" "No,
your honoe, I do het; only mean to say
that I'M a grave digger,"
• —Wanted Fartioulars,—" Don't be, dis-
couraged, my son, but take heart," Should
be delighted,' father," was the reply; " but,
whose heart shall I take?" ,•
—The London Standard pays that the
dominant influences of the day are
unifortnly hostile to copious, and not too
friendly to moderate drinking: :There are
a feve English refreshment roOnie in places
of pUblie resort' where milk is not largely
in demand. The amount of wine drunk at
dinner parties is much' smaller than of
yore. Maiayelrink none, and others largely
dilute it. This arises from the eactidit of
the teetotal societies, whose sobering
influences have spread upward.
,
The horseehOe crab grinds its food be-
tween its thighs. • /
THE 'TERRIBLE TORNADO.
ene aeoae,eDie.trter, arid
• D
,
TUAIR :
ilCRIES OP AGONY.
telegram-frem lriunell, IoWa,. where
many persons were killed, says: The
storm was heard approaching, from
the west with the noise of a dozen thun-
dering railroad train. he lightning was
not Been ,by most of tile people, but they,
had from three to five minutes' warning. to
flee M the cellars. . When the terror ,came,
it stencil the town inStrips or furrows, and
it continued blowing not over three minutes
when the rain fell in torrents. The air
was filled with. the shrieks of the popu-
lace crying' for 11 help. The large
spout. ' to the -efeeth and slightly
over the other Was smaller to the
South ; of • it. ,They were travelling
about ' one, hundred feet apart, and Must
have Porne together at the corner of West,
and 'Sixth streets. There was •a heavy
noise like the firing of distant artillery for a
few neinutes, the like , of 'whicla was never
heard,here before. • All at once thecyolone
struck and the water carne in columns,
accorepaniedhy the Meet terrific wind: It
was continued about three reinnte-e,posais
bly, and then all was , over in the streets:
The water ' was a feet ,deep. 'Those were ,
terrible ' less than five,
minutes the lovely.citY was thrown from
peace and prosperity; into. chaos. Thirty-
four persons had been killed outright, more
than a hundred wounded and Over eighty
houses demolished. •'
It is estimated that the fatal oyelene itt
the West has left 1,500 'persons. homeless.
An appeal to the public for aid has been
331 adhee.
Ttaack ofthe tOlrnado in Towa,begins
-at Jefferson, 90 miles West of Grinnell, gees
eastward a few Miles, south .and. .parallel,
keeps that :course to Marshall county,
where it 'turn e south west -and goes straight
to Grinnell; tbenee tolIrow Ridge, 14 miles
southeast of BroOklyn ; then takes.a south-
erly turn to Henry county, and them's! to
Mt. Pleasant, where it stopped. ',The dis-
tance froin ;Jefferson to Mt. Pleasant is 290
miles, and the velocity of , the :storm was
about 60 Miles an hour.' ,
• Later reports from Story `County .tell of
further destrudtion: Mr. 'Clark and
daughter were injured at Garden City;
Mr. TUrner's. house ,and barndestroyed
and a•horse carried &Mile and dashed to
. The south branch of the tornado started
at Garden Prairie; Beene County, at 7.30,
was south of Ames at 7.45, at' Grinnell at
8.45, at Malcolm at 9.15 .and Mount
Pleasant at 11. Many desoribe the storm,
cloud as like a long re ewinging back-
ward and forward and reaching from sky to
earth. They.say there was •-a, light frost
on Sunday • night alIitround the edge.
of the tornado. •
Ativertimententa et the Future.
A BEAUTIFUL widow, 26 years of age,' gentle,
disposition, poetic temperament, daric hair,
and eyes, desires to make'the acquaintance of an
elderly gentlensau of means who will assist her
in purchasing a ba,rre" or new potatoes..
GRTLEISAN owning a lsa'f interest' in a
ittgenotato Will sell out on reasonable
-
ANEEDY widower, with direm
:sall children
to stipport, would like to meet some
charitable person..who will take his note of
hand without endorsement, in payment Of an
,
ASAIALL BOY who lives with, his parents,
and is just out Of school, would be willing
to comnience at anything. ,Salary, not so muck
an object as a Pie it week. ,
1910AUTIE§ 'desiring to join a genteel Club
• organize(' for the purchase,of a shoulder of
mutton, may apply to " Shabby Genteel:"
IME—A general -man desires15—ffie:-
. partner with ctipitill to assistin the put:
chase of a beefsteak. One who owns a 'frying
pan and is piece of pork preferred.
•
• The ---Agoni,
Walking, the source of eo much misery to
many, becomes, after using PereAm's PAIN-
LESS CORN EXTRACTOR, a,service of pleasure.
Corns are small in •size, but, their import.
mice is not to be judged by theirsize, as
any -one lend of a tranip , can testify. Try
•Putname:Extractor for corns No diseone-
fort, no caustic application, no blood letting,
and yet splendidly •efficaoious.
• Charles Moise, of Kentucky, has .two
da,ughteri4 and a 8011; all horn the Bartle day,
who are'now 13 years , old, and stout and
healthy.' The boy has red hair, one of the
girls light brown hair ' and the other jet
black. All have blue eyes. , .
• The stomach is the principal • portal
through which diseaae enters the system,
and it is only by the successful treatnlent,
of the derangements of this organ that we
can restore health and' ,fortify the consti-
tution. • Indigestion and .malassimilation
of food lead to impoverishment of the blood,
imperfect nourishment of the tissues, and
that condition ef general debility which
promotes the develepreent. Of hereditary
and . acquireddiseases. • Dr. Wheeler's
Cempound Elixir of Phosphates and
Calisaya, a nutritive atonM, maintains the
digestive apparatue, int), vigorous condition.,
• The Doke of Westniinster, richest of
England's nobles, is.shortly to be married,
to the iterof Mr. Ca.vendish, who married
the Mike's daughter some four and a half
years ago. BY the Duke's new marriage
he will thus be brother-iri-law to his own
daughter", and sou-in;law and uncle to his
little,grandson. The Duke is 56 years old
ancl.MisteCavendish is le young lady.• .
Terriaae taunferenga. •
-• Dr. R. V. PIEaCE, Buffalo, N. -Y. I'have
a friend Who suffered terribly. I purchased
a 'bottle of you "Favorite Prescription,"
and, as a 'result of its use,
'she is perfectly
Bement, 13urdetteN. Y'.
-
There are still a fewicaees of smallpox
at Panama, but the disease seems to be
fast dying out. At Aspinwall there are a
few cases of yellow fever "among the canal
employees. One case of isinallpox occurred
on board the Colon among the crew on her
•last trip to Aspinwall.
Dr. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y. ! Dear
Sir—For many months I was a great
eufferer. Physicians could afford me no
relief. • In my despair I commenced the
use of your "Favorite Prescription. " It
speedly affected thy entire and permanent
cure. Yours thankfully, Meg. Papa 11.13AX.-
TER, IOW& City, Ia. •• '
Hanover •College, of Indiana, has con-
ferred the title of LL.D. on Mise -Margaret
Mitchell, instructor in astronomy at Vassar.
• If you, are bilious, take Dr. Pierce's
•" Pleasant Purgative Pellets," the original
" Little Liver Pills." Of all druggists.
• Judge J. EL Berry, the Dgmoctratie can-
didate for Governor of Arkansas, is a one -
legged ex -Confederate. •"
,The King of Siam buys, his household
furniture by the ton at the rate of over a
tliotisand dollars aton.
Dr. Pierce's " Golden Medical Discovery"
and " Pleasant Purgative Pellets •,purify
the blood a,nd cure coustipation. •
A SADDENING RECORD.
The Last .Days of the Jeannette,
Explorers.
THE STORY OF SUFFERING AND DEATH.
A Washington telegram says: Captain
Delong's note -book, forwarded here by
Lieutenant Melville, contains a record of
terrible suffering. The party lived on
small allowances of dog meat, tea, alcohol
and ptarmigan soup, sufferekgreatly from
cold, and made very slow progress. • The
concluding entries are asi follows:
Monday, Oct. 10.—The last balf-ounce
Of alcohol at 5.30: At 6 30 sent Alexy to
look for ptarmigan. Ate deerskin scraps.
Yeeterday morning ate my deerskin foot
tips.- Ehder way at 8 it. m. In crossing it ,
creekthroe got wet; built a fire and dried
out; ahead again till 11. "(Teed up: .Built
fireand made a drink out of tea leaves and
froin the alcohol bottle. On again atnoon ;
very hard going. Ptarmigan tracks.plenti-
f el. AY 3 halted, used up ; crawled into a
hole in -the bank. Alexy itt queat of garne.
Nothing for supper except it spoonful. a
glycerine. All hands weak and feeble, but
cheerful. • God help us. • ' •
" Tuesday—Southwest gale with snow,
Unable to move. NO garne ; one' spoonfuL,'
of glycerine and hot water for food.
more wood wood in our -vicinity.
" WednesdaY—For breakfast tbe last
spoonful of glycerine,' and hot water ; for
limner, a couple of handfuls of Arctic wil-
low in hot water and , drank the infusion.
Everybody getting :weaker and weaker;
hardly able to get iireveoocl.
" Thuraday--Southwest gale, with f,now,
Willow -tea. •NIS hews from Ninderman.
We are in the hands of Godeaud unless He
relents we are lost. • We -cannot move
• against the wind, mad staying here means
starvation. ..113ne.afternoon went ahead for
a mile after crossing another river or, it
bend of the Big River. Missed Lee; went
• down bit hole in the batik and camped;
sent back for Lee;; he had -lain down and
was waiting to die. All united in, saying
the Lord's prayer and creed. • After supper
a 'strong gale; a horrible night.
" Saturday, . October 15.—Breakfast,
• willew tea and two old boots. Conclude•to
move atsunrise. Alexy breaksdown, also
Lee. Come to an empty grain raft. Halt
and camp. Signs of smoke at twilight to
the southward. • -
• 'Sunday.—Alexy broke down. Divine
"Monday.—Alexy dying. •. The doctor
baptisedhina. Read prayers for the sick.'
• Collins' birthday; 40 yeare old. About (Sun-
set Alexy died of exhaustion from 'starva-
• tion. Covered him with an ensign and laid
him in a crib.
Tuesday.—Calin and mild; snow fall-
ing. Buried Alexy in the afternoon. Laid
• him on the ice and covered him with slabs'
of ice. • '
Wednesday.—Cutting up the tent to
make foot gear. The' doctorwent ahead to
'find a new camp; shifeed by dark.
•• " Thursday.--13right' and sunny,but very
cold. ' I.,ee and Kaack done up..
•
. Friday.—Kattelt found dead aboutmid-
• night between the doctor:and myself. Lee
died about noon. •Read the prayers for the
sick when we found he waegoing. •
• "Saturday—Too weak to, carry the.
bodies of Lee and Kaack out on the ice:
The doctor, Collins, .and myself carried
them around the corner out of sight, 'then
eyes closed up.
my ,
•
"Sunday—Everybody pretty weak:
Slept or rested to -day, and then managed
to get enough wood in before dark. Read
partaafeDevine—service.—Suffering-ineonr ---
feet ;no footgear. •
" Monday—Hard night.
• " Thursday,, 27th, 137th day. --Iverson
brokeii-dowir.
• " Friday.=Iversonedied.duringethe-early,--
morning. •-
"Saturday, 29th.--Dreseler died during
the night.
'Sunday—Boyd and-Gartz died during
the night ; Collies dying.
NOTE.—This is the end„ of the belong
diary., - Capt. Delotag, Surgeon Ambler and
Ah -Sam, the ceok, must -have died soon
after the last note was written. •
• A. Freeman, formerly of Peterlioro', is
the tiew bandmaster of the 45th Battalion,
Belleville. • - •• •
• James Riordan, a brother of John Rior-
dan, of the Mail, died at St. Louis on Satur-
day: His remains will be brought to
•Toronto for interment. •
Sunday was the fiftieth anniversary of -
the holding of an Episcopal church service '
in Guelph. It vvas held in a small school
room by Mr. Palmer, who had a little be-
fore arrived in Canada, mad a piano was
• furnished by a lady for the musical part
of the services. • •••'
Permission will shortly be granted _tcy
volunteer officers to Wear gold lace. By
the new territorial Fichenle this right has
been conceded to the officers of Militia.
1:3-yeaeeolaegiel living on Bayou Terre- .
bonnej eighteen miles from Houma La.
hasgrowing upon leer. face alight -brown -
beard two inches long and very heavy,
exeept Upon the upperlip.. • • , '
,
Z 0 P u41 S A..
(F110111 uir.tani.)
, • The Yew Conzpouncl, its wonderful -
affinity to •the Digestive Apparatus
and the Liver, increasing the dissolv-
ing juices, relieving' almost instantly
•heclireadful results of Dyspepsia,'
Indigestion, and the TORPID LIV-
BB,.makes Zopesa an every clay neces-
.82'171 znvery7souse. .
It acts grntly and speedily:hi 13il-
iou8ness, GostiVoless, Headache, Sick
Headache, Dia1ies8 after Bating,'
Wind on the Stomach,, Heartburn,
Pains in the Side and 13ac1,r, Want of
• Appetite, Want of Energy,• Low
Spirits, Foul' Stomach. It invigor-
ates the,Liver, carries offall surplus
,bile, regulates the Bowels, and gives
tone to the whole system.
Cut this out ancl take it to your• ,
Druggist and get a 10 cent Sample, or
• a large bottle "dr 75 cents, and tcU
your neighbor• about it.
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