HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1902-10-2, Page 7MTRIMONIAL
SIND1ERS UP.
Sent Out Over 300,000
Letters to Suckers.
TRUNKFUL OF PICTURES.
Lute -lura Mee and Women Neel
Apedlcstlema, Plelure nod cash
.1 leas the Cask Thatlbe Aereeir*
Were After -A Specimen Circular
(-hirers, Sept. L'7.-Ayle.rieg re-
luctantly an w II ileums s agatust tee
in:omgere of a matrimonial bureau
trust in the llurrimet Street Pottle
(tort yeetenbty, a dozen blurhhhg
I)ls•wrttcrs buelefully admitted that
Ile: had wdttul/ gaahlag learn
t.. more than :ItdU,OOU kovelurn men,
wee, Jud1I(INL from the Ilse of ad
dews, the pollee relied lot raiding the
tariww eetabltdiuseits In the roan-
bivallon, aro to bot head iu nearly
*eery village, town and city on the
map.
'Oh, that's ail right. I under -
Mand perfectly that they were not
front your hourly, hut were merely
the JktutIou of your empluyerr," in-
t. rlenyd Justice Hall, when ono of
lila embeirreesrd girls eagerly at-
tempted to utter a euefuemi elplan:a-
is.si to this effem:t. These girls fur-
ther exlrlalued that quite as matey
D eady and divorced 'women living In
t arh.ruP party u: (ho teethe Setter
rent in photography of themeehee
and wrote etpe. tuutly fur leuwbuudi.
,1 P. Mc('uuu. J. H. Daly and el. ('.
leak proprietor'. of three of the
se t,a: agencies that aro ,ukl to leave
p,. ❑ 0, Iwlgu•• Lu. cm -Mlle by segue
ut %ark,ur eget-Hilt-quick" wheelies
l..+bk a the nhatrlmaliial fraud, were
g ranted a eutttitnmua, to reit Twee
wit. They each gave $1,01X) bombe
The entire ..tuck In treul« of the
lu,k.,l ugl'rscied it
plied up lot ,t ver -
11.1' of the shiniest-rtom at the Har-
r. en street police station. There it
a Iarg.r trunk filled with photographs
t peospeethe bridge and I.ride-
g rea,hse. Thou/webs of lettere that
ee.'ouupreiteel (theme l.M.t.grnpht are
pwtr.l away li two ulpdy,betleall seta
of letter fNee (hegsilsrd boo-sj.
h;splalaed by Wesoldredae.
-They did buNiuesr ootide l'hi-
rtago. exclusively," Hatt Ih,te'tate
nochiridge. -Teter eclleme wail to
wet' the nuntrisenial ewiwller first.
le ttilr way jhey got the dup..w to
fel in regular form Menke awl rend
them ne 'lin m0 fill, t -lot Menke. tet
welch we found tbte.rads, eontitle
rt en infer matron •truing the mu -
of wagers each persue earns.
11 her the combination gut all the
besiey it could mit of n virgins
.hr.eiRli the. enntrimouial ,win•ile
it hoot I10 lima• nn mewling- 'get-nceli-
,1 ia•k-lit,•rntere to. the rams per -
Mel"
'rhe prmem terr of Nle-- nhlogtel-,
swiudltng concerns are charged with
making hooks on the race,. hesidey
d..iug bhslness in Chicago without a
clutter Irma the tiecretery of Stere.
The nir.ilinuul fine for this latter of -
L us.• Is $1.(A)U.
The federal authorities. Detective
WouWrltge says, are eager to tale
til. 011.11 into custmly for using ties
Called Stater malls for fraudulent
perpw.e.
Divides Newco Into Three.
' Joluh !lull Carom, one of the nl-
b•ged league of erwlndter.. who is Still
at large. Detective Wooldridge says,
divklel hie name few three matrimon-
ial agencies. Wooldridge yaps lie
hoed ('arson eking bo.iness at 93
Ogden avenue under the name of
'Hall." "At 585 Mailmen dtreet I
f.411111 him conducting the John.; ma-
trimonial agency," nail the delete
tire, "and .at •Ilii l)g.Ien Iit.•nne he
used sin right name, teere.o, with
thretntttalt J. It. Mime it."
Fallowing is an extract from sumo
of the catchy literature sent out
We have> ladlee with only a pretty
face, Indle•c with rancho' and ladies
wast eity property ; young, rleh and
tenement.. widows, willing In try ma-
trimony Again; beautiful, dark -,vel
t.riuptnuu,d ipaauish girls, many Of
them very wealthy. We have city
addles and country mnkiem. anal man
nervanl girlm who, hate worked out
it tong time, enva.t their money,
It want to marry mote Industrious.
see .table man anal have a home
(if t tr own.
IMto eve Wooldridge ldrll
P at tR that the
picture
the wife of eine of the man-
ngern wa dmnitaneonely sent broad-
cast throe tont the t'nautry to thou-
randn of m trlmon�lal a.piranttt.
BRITISH NA MAY USE OIL
expertn sot on rpedo float Des-
troyer May Del r !let Coal.
2 -Thee Sunday
to that the
Burly has
rune
latelon. Rept.
Tinter thin morning rr
torpedo lent Met Toyer
•- taesse}-iott- feel on rt -acv
“DOWN WITH A AERICANS."
--
mown. heeoes Attend Strike of
r/'reisawey Ale.. In lirerta.
Londe* 1/tepl. 1/. it. (k'uasva eur-
'eupoitlaut el the Lally Saleroom tie-
,erib.'. the detour •N.Ptr,r nil con -
mediae tenth a tramw*, Mathes in
that city which way brought about
by ecuuutklee effected by the mate
tiger of the line, who le an Au►erl-
cnn, A mob filled the etreete, and
preeentnt Liao carr trout evening.
They attempted to °torture card that
were lammed by uuuertrikeres, stet
a number of shots were fire!. Mut-
orte were duautged, anal the etr.r-
twBrl hoer were cot. The pollee are
Milne! to rate with slrik,•rr, whew
view le "Down with the Americana."'
',leveret arrear have been made.
'lye• lest et rlkr took place on Ang-
ora :flet, when •i:: men Were
ail'N..i.
and that thie /exp -rlmeut, 01 1 til hr: -
Rhnt , are aecretli preeerwaleg at
i'urtain:min, h,,. Pik•onreg..l t be-
lief that nH trill imp •n•ele or at •alt
nu lariatllt Ilii.,.-.• the c.noirumptiot of
The Kuidb.y Tlne•s mave that the
rliffted(y of neutralizing the smoke
of MN awning in wareteps lute ilrnt••
thnlly ben overcome by lmmping
into the, fieruneas enough hydrogen
tel neutralise the etcese of earlier!'
Wase' by burning credo Ireirolrum.
Thee roper amide, however. that oil
Wiley -tree at present than %Vrl.h emit.
I1NSSES IN
DINGL USE.
One Piece of Evidence Favor-
able to Kent.
LETTER TO HER FAMILY.
Keel Dors ti,.1 hero. to Worry Its .fell
Ila. Plenty of Itr...11ea Matter -
l.lrl', I.rllrrs „sere In the trunk,
but N herr are !bey
Jtts•hrwter, Sept. 'el. Leroux., tau
plan,. brut her- in-I:aw of 1•:t lee 11.'
lilugl.•,
line been ks•nt„t. and will ls'
a nit 111•.01 b. fore ale grand jury of
Muoroa 6wnt; Ude week. Mr... Mabel
IIIc gl, Van Alien, sister of the dead
girl, is still la' Duulae, Onl., Nutfer-
hug Iron. !kowtou.. rollalrm' tel au•rwtnt
of the harrowing d ash 01 her kite. -
weenie. John Mickey, , n pttl •nt at
the Buffalo I: -•neral hudlntal, 0but
Kent was nttemling and Mies Dingle
ons nursing, will Ilbdy I," a wit11,44
be the ens its. he watt remembered
kr. the ai-La-nowtein lettere.
►:ei.le,..-.• acus sekluced before the
gratul y,rr to the eU.,t that the
Meg lel t' r dieted "Ethel," mei ad -
deem .1 "Me Uarlting Brother null Ms-
le•rc,' it :u r.nlly te nit ten Ly Mudd
Heide. 'Pts•re be nn quentlou regard -
i ee. lot r heirtwriling .'r steamier, in
aide mirrite, which is one of the fdeal
piece. aA ,•%,.lessee faaeatable • to. Kent
Oust IrRN leen preslec.d.
Iw•huul Darr Kent setud Lit ru).y
laic 1a11 Itis. ii-. -has been *applied
v.ltle ciheer.•IIsw aint Meek cigars+. Ills
ietatlte,.• have gi,eu him a large
.Ynl.t it: 1,4 reading nes:alter. rot• lu•1-
Lag the Current number. of ill.- maga-
',tem and tlr• sstwspnp,•rd. Ile pa -ere
lee time r.atlug cwt dm.'kuag hnces-
meetl:, peeferrieig the black cigars' to
thust his Aso nAtes
it it. east teem, that i:thel B
laegle• stat'I all Litt• letters written
to her I. l: I:ual torr Kent and Dr.
(Wools • it. G rnaT. . Thew. were lare-
.r•rvei by the girl in her trunk. This
explains wit: the defence ons uses
nl:xl.sss tea eerier. 1,M.nr•msten of th.•
trunk iin.1 rr/n.etMl lot cools sharp
mai-tire tea Kiuuua film inip.rtant t•ur-
regmode tte.
TRAITOR SENTENCED.
MURDER AT CHIPPAWA
OF MRS. FRANKS.
The Defenceless Woman Struck
Down While at Supper.
lite lop i.i 11er dead Completely Battered In -Deep (lash on Her Forehead
---Her Clothes turn and Dishevelled -She Was FviJently Disturbed
at Supper --fought tier Way or Dragged to tier Bedroom---Sonie
Jewellery and Money Missing -- How the Deed Was Discovered -
Nu Clue -But Pulke Working on the ease.
Niagara Falls thwmlatch-The'nowt
brutal murder that Had occurred on
the t'uuuaNau Niagara Frontier took'
Lkaew sutuu two last evening In the
hau-L of tlao quiet tittle village of
eleppawu. The victim was a Mn..
',AA, Famine Franks, u well-known
re..l1,•ut of the tillage, who haw re-
ceive' in the village since girlhood.
Her efelesen form war fuuud lying
ren a 1414A 'Ai her• own blood clotted
Ju tl,e floor of kir bedroom this
A (iertaaa Nubjret It ho Carried Iwn-
purl•usl Messmer'.
Loudon. Sept. ;,51,-A demeateIt trona
Cape Tuan :.r the Central News say*
that Ernest 'freshet, a German rule.
je'ci, has been convicted of treachery
not aant,ncskl by a military court at
Pretoria to len years' imprisonment
itIth hard Mnis.r. The etI,leuce In the
case shuwt•d h a it Inst Marrs, after
basing tater the oath of neutrality,
liens •hie mart's! for Irermaay, carry-
ing with lou is number of Kaffir . ur-
Weltlee, among w114:11 were found,
it lien the ellriawltied were ex:a ulill'•al
;it the frontier, certain documents
addressed by I ommandant leper to
former frert lent Kruger and Dr.
key.!., the Po. •r rcprnssatntt\e In Eu-
rope. The prisoner p:ende l Ignorance
its lo'tbe contents of the douumenla
int ndmlttel that he hail tweet
promised 1,000 for delivering then.
PRESIDENT UNDER KNIFE.
Ituue of Ilia 1.114 hound to be alightly
Affected.
tuurulug. Her braille were battered
Jut. .
Mrs. il•auksa who war a w Wow
about fifty yeurr of ago, moved Into
J. le erackWw'r old Iwwwltcud last
..pr -ug. It was an thaw bore she ort
her deatu.
'acme el the Murder.
The place le k,uated on the routh-
muet owner el the pub.la 'equate HS
ate heart te the tdluge. The bowie
WAX", west, 11u•1 tu a awes-utury ort
naw, meet; With et large teran,huh
uu tea Irirut cud mien til,' el it.
Large ssude trees alhuuet obscure
NO Ia,udo to Iront. On the mouth
.Loaf at. Ilia paddle Ivud 19nlellug tart
mud weed; u, tau muurtb dee he a
.mall yard. ull:1 wt.' "crabby fruit
tread. Tho next to the aorto with
u dtnapslettet, lauard 11•I1OL us a sli-
t as/ng lisle le ula/Wel' two story
(runes Ia eco uwsaud ale. by J. k.
iLuckwen.
Thu uaterwr of the huu.e where
the murder asocurreet is divided 1.241
►e0 lower !leer by a large hail, rue-
ttaug Scum the trout alcor to the
rear. Cm this 'eget of the hail am
oat, enters the font door are the
ispe i't tie -1 as of Mrs. Franke, u,nwiet-
umg of large freest room, also we.1
ud a parao- anti oomfurtably fur-
eud..ml. On the Haat side of this room
it. a efom' ieadlug into another large
towel. ere 1 as a Ixdnuom, amt Suitor
teethe r„ir IN the diningroora cwt
k-tehcu, W Its I:u..r hx,du,, from tee
hWlvum to the- earth ,d the kitchen.
It led out at times -tar rad of thrall!
tar the sunuol'r kitchen, ith:clh, with
tee upeitataw. male up Mrr. Franke.
lurteon of the house.
Dail Drees Living Alone.
buying 'tl.e summer Mr.. rr:etkat
Repot 01N, or tut, b,dtrders, but th.•
Viet two or three weeke stn• how he -is
ving aTmu• Hi her own apartments,
her way Intuit.' being rude $h. slut
1:; a brother, wit, is lucuted Lu the
Slates, . On the heft of the hull or
north side of the 1101110. are twit
large r.m.ws, ou,• use,l as a bedr.snu
cud &nether as it dltiug-ruow by
Miss Tllolwa., who is about '50 years
of age. As Mlloe 'rhouuas'is a diestaut
tea lite ea Tiwutuu M4icklem she
shed during the, day and ate her
meals at his residence. &le would
ciente to her apartments about 10
.: Mock each overate; accompanied by
laswvue from the Markham hiatus', u
short distance away.
The eetrauce bite Ml..s Thum1s'
apartments Is from the aortk side of
the louse, and there le also a lksmr
leading from her rooms Into the hall.
it has Mea the habit of Mrs. Franks
always h.tf.ie• she retired aleoet 9.30
e:cleck to light Miss Thinner' lamp
foul irate heii her room. Yesterday
!Dam Thomas spent the afternoon in
Buffalo, returning hi the evening. -She
went divert, to Thomas Macklenen
h,mne and about 10 1:., sirennpu,le 1
b': el^. elackl.•tn, went to her apart -
Melt P.
pmrt-
mnt
Llahl^In the @louse.
On nrrhlug there they foaled no
light burning. Mr. Macklrm lighted
several unlatches, baat was unable to
fin: the lamp in either room. They
went out tutu the hall, lightel more
Dutcher, ant then topped on the door
leta;nag Into hire. Franks' parlor.
Heartier not- a sa.unel he partially
opened the door all called Mr'..
Franke
Still taro was no
reply.
.
They went to the rear of the hail,
opening the moor into the dining
lame e n 1 let. hen. Mr. Macklrm le•W
tet, at light eel match, and •,'eing no
trao.• of Yee Franke, there they Cun-
t hurled rhe had gorse out. to emend
the tight at some of the villagers'
homes". Coming back to Miss Thom -
111 npi.rtment she felt timid to re-
innin alone In the bore and returned
will. Mr. Macklrm to hb home,
where sloe T,Iunival all night.
\Vatullingten, Sept. _$.-Se'retnry
( oa tn•lyou at 341O o'clock title 'af-
ternoon issued the fnlleming et.ab•-
Denl:
"1M. New.tou M. Shaffer. of New
York, joined the h'n'sident'm phvmi-
cluns nu eMmmultatl"It Des meriting
at I eiclr•k.
"The increase in local dy enplane
and a rise In temperature rendered
it etenssnary to make an Incision
into small cat it i, exposing the both'!,
which wee f nlnd to be slightly af-
fected. Thorough drainage Ii now
,stnhtlslted, end the phydciuum feel
confident that recovery wilt etre Ou-
lu tel rupleei .
'The e.pe ettlon wail p'rfurnted by
Nta•geon-I:cneltitT ill xey, aneistet by
Dr. !.ung, in monjutnet ion with eer-
g a
Shaffer, Erie and Stitt.
" eiignedl George B. (1orte•i� o��t-,
ldercrelat,l_Je teth8-1'a. •"
MESSIAH'S HOUSE ROBBER.
plgattr Who gave IIP is Christ, De-
Ilnra Pollee *Id.
leindoii, 'Sept. lice -Tho Rev.1 H.
hetet. wteee,l.aa several, time, an-
muneed himself as the new Nes-
sanh, in his ehamh at I inplen. ham
setthdrnwn to the .trict,wt retire-
ment. The chattel' wi I remain Oohed
until further notice, anal the
'Thelon,'
mum he cells h1,Imedf, pm malt
up fibm the public eye In him limas,.
The pollee guard about the preno-
ImPR
?lee beem reduced to ap *Ingle
nmlrtable, where presence Taen not
deterred an snterprielog burglar
rlv'nh attempting to form bin way
lths the befitting through a rear en-
irnnee. P'Igott drove the thief
rewny and dreokned pollee interven-
tion,
The notreelety echlev..l by Pigott
nus! Liao fnlloceere line serve) to ere-
Pte, tmitetarw, especially n inn -
et ie. of the mime. of Poplar. elm
mt+serts Lhnt hr line the fatellty of
DieiN heeling 'tn.! the power t0
Moo the dead to life
T AND ANOLO-AMERICAN
Import
'1'e ds to Confirm Merger.
tit leen! of fucking Interests
Chicago,
toe aril mar
let it ion was
few Ift k (b. t
Amee•lenn lintel
Mete' taken them
merger of all the
termite are the all
A'mice Anusrirnn Com
linilts and the Hnmm
end the Onlnha Parkin
by the Armours. The del:
mdldnling there interred,'
U, due tic the money elr
and to political madder nth')
pt. 27.-A definite step
wing the field of eom-
akon Saturday, when
over the Anglo -
interests. The
far looking to n
big perking in -
will of thus'
ity by the
1 e'ompnny
Company
in roo-
med to
geme
SHOT HIS BROTHER.
HER.
Pork'. Falls, one, Sept. 26.- While
hunt lag In the township of Laurier,
solve six Mien north of thin tillage,
Wellington Middleton accidentally
shot and killed hie brother (Wage
e
Thm two hued separated In their •hnere
for game, anti Wellington. noticing it
mnvemeet In the hash. fired his gel
In that direction, with fatal resaltd.
The t'oroner dreMwd that an legueet
vies not neeessnry
I; 6044 eel /1►! 0111/11b.. 414*: • .
Wrest corner of the parlor a most
gha►tly sight was to be dean. This
was the spot, no doubt, where the
poor woman gut her death blow.
Purls et Wood on the hlour.
There war another pool of blood
on the floor, with u portloo of
the woman's bralus and tier brok-
en rpectucler unit back hairs omb.
The wall in the north ride of the
ruons was 'muttered with blood peer
the bottom. Just eaut end under a
welting .tand in this corner of the
room was uuuther email pool of
blood, and everything indicated
that the pour victim had made n
inoet desperate struggle for life
agalnet big odds. Apparently the
murderer dragged her Weeding
form from the northwest corner
aoror Lite parlor flour and part-
ly into- the bedrouni, and there let
It lie. (doing out to the kitchens lee
took a tube towel off a clothes
rack, wiped blood on It either Debi
his handl. or clothing and left the
house through the window on the
youth ride, or ue he- came Into the
house, from the rear through the
storm house, kicked in the hack
door of the hall, wreucltlug the luck
fastening front its place. The mud-
dy footprint" are quite plain on
the floor.
One It bio l'seory.
The hour of the revolting and
brutal murder is placed between Y
and 7 o'clock last eteniee, as the
lame In the (house bid ueter been
alter., the bloody w.usput war eon-
, oiled before the flight is. w,wrlhiug'
that will have to be cleared up. A
murderer would not cure to b' bur-
dened with a blood-stained axe, 01111
U the weapon le sat found It will
be hard to couvinoe auyoue that th.•
deed war tot committed by raue•l.a•
IL. lug in the nelghtorhotd.
Mutt the object waw robbery, unit
that the murderer war a estranger
Agatnet this view le the more likely
one, huwuver, filet rho murderer
knew that Mrr. Franke Was alone
In the hour,. Who would ne likely
te know this?
An Elderly W Mow.
The unfurlunate woman war a wi-
dow, 5:1 years of age. Site war born
in Sweetland, and came to (,ituada
when four years old. Her only uhlld,
a you, disappeared about (Mete'
year.' ago and haw never duce been
heard of. Three brothers, .Lelia It..
Albert and Thomas Firming, relate
at Mouth head, iudlaua, 'nod have
been notified of their at sterei death.
Was It,.bbrry the l -sus,• :'
The murder was an atrochoue one.
the motives et bluntly beteg rubbery.
although as far ao le known the
amount of money taken was trifling.
notw•►tle/landing the fact that the
whole lower story of the hours was
ransacked.
struck lowu at Iter ileal.
The eupporltion is that Mrs.
Franke war eating her evening meal,
ay the reuuminr of Die ..upper were
on the kitchen table. After rlrik-
lug the minute down the murderer
mot have allowed her to re nate
In the parlor for some t1me, evident-
ly
a. a 11etlt-
ly for the purpoee of reenacting the
building. as a large amount of blood
wee on the floor, much more than
was alt the spot where the body wan
found. The apartments ransacked,
the body was dragged by the arm
and leg through the parlor to the
lettere; room. It is quite evident
that the murder was committed
early Inert evening. A peculiar chr-
oemetartce Is that while the effects
of Miss Thomas were handled to a
nowise geutte manner, there wits
nothing iheturbed in the rooms of
the dead woman. In Mem Thomas'
bedroom was louud all axe which
hail evldeutly been need to
force the trunk, as there were no
blodslutalne either upon the brindle
or blade- The trunk wad thoroughly
ransacked. Everything war found
Intact, with the exception of au
American $5 gold piece.
At 7 o'clock to -night an autopiw
was performed and though the of-
rciul report could not be obtained
it way Learned that death had been
rause) by a crurhtng blow on the
top of the skull. Dr. Janne. Yolierry.
'Jen., W11o, with Dr. Andrew Gray.
h:vIdrnue of Robbery.
Title morning, whMdng the is•' of
her %factncles, and remembering the
fetid left them in her handbag, en tate
bet, she nal Mew: Thomas Mackl)ls.
wont of er tar the rooms about 9
titlark filo morning. Upon lb, two
Inouse catering they noticed teat thu
top drawer of her dreamer was part -
it epee with the lock, which eh- leutf
'denten kept iM ibI, wr.-netfaf
and nllbongh several pieces of jewel -
Pry were thrown newel'', down In the
i!redrr, Hine of it erne mtwstng. A
largo trunk Ihnt Mtotwl in the sit -
Dog room hall the Ionic pried off and
the «entente turned upaklo down.
Neva rel old Npado guineas were not
towrheei, Int one American five dol-
lar gold p:et•e was miming, and en-
der at table was an old axe, which
a vidently had been ,,.ed to pry open
thin trunk.
A tieeeseme Uts.every.
The Indla'a, renliting that their
npnrtments had been ranaacLed,
went and Rammed Mr. Herber, n
More keeper near by, who return-
ed with theta. After examining
their apart menta, he went Into
Mn.. Franke' npnrtmente, noel there
saw a most horrible night. He din -
entered the body of !Ire. I -'rank•
lying just inside re her bedroom
door leading from her parlor. One
foot was caught on the south door
Jamb. Her dream wee almost eronnd
her waist and the left HIPPY.) of her
ehlrt walat was pulled completely
off. Her naked arm bore bloody
finder marks In the middle of her
forehead lending down from t he
roots Ut her hair to almost between
her ,yams was n deep gash, while the
top of her head was completely
battered In. And a portion of her
bevdns were tweeter me A stream
of clotted biaxial flowed inwards
towards the parlor In the north -
LIEUT. PEAItY.
Who Returns Without Bringin g the North Pole With HIM.
yet lighted. and the Buffalo Net, I,
dont 1a. delitered to her each even-
ing about 6 p. m., slid bung on the
front door knob, outer having been
taken in. There le only one reason-
able theory as to huh the tighten met
her death. hi,urtly after 6 oclock
meet evening the woman was listing
u light supper of bread, butter and
Jim, with a cup of tem..Elther one,
ur promtbly two, men forcibly en-
tered her reu.lence from the rear and
sprang at her as she sat at her kit-
chen table, to insult and outrage her.
The women jumped from the table
with a table knife In her hand and
ran from the kitchen through her
bedroom and sato the petrior, where
the brutes overpowered
her, after a
desperate strugvie. Her dread and
alert w..'et etre. nimost puled uhf her
and her undergarments were ripl.e I
and torn into ribbons from the waist
hand. liar ae room were et Meetly
etuothered with n sofa pillow lima
lay In the corner where the crime
wee committed, anal after probably
accomplWhing their brutal purpose,
they .truck the wouutn on the fore-
head with the sharp side of some in-
strument as she lay prone and partly
unconseloun on the floor. fulling her
body out of the curner near the deer
leading to the hail, the murderers
battered the top of her head in and
druggef her body to the nett root',
I►nd then all a bliva rifled Miied
Thouens' apartment.,
Although two colored men, who
work on the Power l ompany's works
and live in two rooms of the other
Maekles. bee,a-leekieg %swaMs Mew
Female house, only the width of a
town lot away, claim they heard no
volar bast evening, Mrs. James Office.
who lives In another home to the
rear of Mre. Franks' house, claims
elle heard a pounding noise about S
p• m.
b . '
Pollee Ilave a 11us'.
Am soon an Mr. Herber made t:se
discovery le notified Tiling', Commte-
Idr• l.vmberner, who nt once 'entitled
('hbef Ninlnm, of the Ontario poll-•".
These two officers are working hard
on the ens•, and, although they "le
not mpenk, it is pretty well nnder-
stoel that they are on to it slur•
that wlhl lend up to the arrest of
the Mellish brutes who reused title
aemnn's tenth In much a brutal
manner. Whoever 'they are, they
have vvr•II covered their tracks.
' Coroner McGarry empanelled a jury.
who, atter clewing the load wumnn
and premiers, adjetrtled until next
Monday.
No Definite flue.
Chief Wins, of the Ontario fore'.,
dta-uusrdng the mender, said late
Thn►wlay night that he was prrvPrPd-
leg with no definite clue. A most
important feature Is that no hkxwl-
Otnlnel weapons were found. An ace
Was pvobaldr amen by the murderer,
and there wca only one wound.
nllhongh the victim might here been
Struck twice in the same place.
There was a feeling that the nIPPd
WAS committed by a stranger, bull
perfornmed the autopsy, said that
while them was no p.itive evidence
of a criminal assault on Yrr. Freaks
there was abundant tied:cationic that
it Mad been attempted.
trace of the instrument used by the'
murderer to force en entrtuue to fila
place and kill (L., wuuwu. This.. issercli
was made euilb WI JireotWa•of ('Oa-
d tuWe 1•yuubierurr, of t Idp.lrrwa, who,
with UhW4 ]tants Of the Ontario po-
llee, ls luvestigeting the ease
N'erpea Ua..'l be s'uund.
T►Iere are any nuutbrr of pawed
chases to liltt seep, of Ute tragedy
where the diirdaeer eared ee:rate Lis
weapon, and it le not tv he wondered
at that It her not been found. There
it a creek which (low's to the earth
of Ili, house, 111d theta Ie a lordibil-
lay th.tt the ttculoii hall been thrown
Met tli.• water by the fiend after
teiatlog the velem of the murder.
• Heal U , a e Oahe Heel.
Thi Dor( important bit of ,'tid.,aar
yet recurttt LN u etatemeut suyle to -
• tis an Inmate of the home of Lr.
gray, who expifileed that the dram
asuman had called on the doctor last
Tuesday, but failed to find hlle. Pipe
gate her rearm' for the Halt that she
had received a severe irlghe the night
before, and tbat her heart would
eaves' be right again. She wanted
sterna medicine. After being told that
the doctor was out she left, saying
that she would come back agihutiie et
short time. On the way hate she met
Mrs. James Oflk'e, and agate related
the teelifeet, Wilke enema bet to has.
clime nlnreied..bu.lging from the con-
tereatbis she had with the murdered
woman, Mrs. Office came to the
ootclul.tuh that a man had looked in
the daceiteed'r window when she was
n•tla.ing,
The eked woman seememl to take
as remedy the swine, of the man,
l' xl
m ntJ.
y: hose un nee ‘..she did not
old talked of golag to Buffalo for
till' winter neenthm to Itve with
friend. who bed- alp •nt the: Kummer
with her.
D1e41 Before 0 30 I'. it,
To -day Chief Mamie wits ettghged lot
tracing the utv.nients of the woman
prier to the murd r, end from ills
tnvertigatkaa let Is fairly well con-
anciel that Mrs. Franke met her
.11v.th between the hours of 4 and
(1.110 o'clock. The .k•ut woman was
met at, n ab,.at 41 o'clock, at an nue-
lien wile, at a Hulghbar's hiiuse, at
which hour- rho left fur home. ` From
the condition lot which the hinge. are
at prevent It would appear that derk-
ne s had not set in wheel etre. Franks
WW1 murdered. 'Ike 'amp. haw.. tgn
,,ideoce of hoeing been lighted on
the night of the tragedy. 1 tillager.
who knew the deceased well, declare)
tutatght that he 1111.1 M•4•11 rls•itking
to a lady who lead seen the deceased
at the auction rale as late as 5.20
p.m. Tithe would actin to Indicate
that this elireasd hail gone home
:and had returned a sectmd olio to
the place Where the male war LH pro-
grew, The ltutheritlew are hiclitisl
to, thlak !hal If their theory Is ow-
nct that the murderer Mitered the
house during the woman's absen:•e it
W8114 Mille who war away at the rale
fur the mewed time.
Au Intporldut Point.
An important point wMMk tank/
ptezl•s' the officer.. ou the came will
an nil probability by cleared up when
fila. inWost as resumed by Drs.. MC -
harry. Jr.. steel Gray, who performed
the autopsy. It was the preserree in
the drawing room where the woman
r. mired her death' blow'. itf a sero*d
pool of Wool under u Ne t:rater% in
a turner. The terrible injuries to
her load, the doctors say, show he -
.10W It aoubt that the woman war
Ntro k at tenet twice. The pool of
b10011 ass the curuer got there, the
,'as -tore will content, when the wo-
man w -u,, struck the first time. Tate
mem ecu of finger mlhrks on the ele-
ecum+!'r betty plainly demonstrate
that Ne, war outraged after blood
had flown from the woman's head:
Hutt the blow which calmed death
ware struck after the assault, while
Mrs. Fr•nnks was lying Ima•ond"ieere
nn the floor.
Doctor', Theory.
The theory the doctors will ad-
vna•r• at the ibquest, It le nnleretlxid,
is tilts: The murderer forced the rear
a,r when Mr.e, Franks was at the
auction stili, an.h was.. ransacking the
:spnrtma•nld of Mre. Thomas when
the elccensed -returned home. Mre.
Franks did not notice anything me
✓ enal till -after she lead prepared a
light tmfoper, she was 'sitting at a
table In the kltthen, when she
heard footeet.ps, which mimed her to
go to til„ drawing -room. The m,rrda'r-
en he aril her coming, anal •trur'kthe
first blow, enuring ler to reel around
the drawing -rosin and fall innenslbhe
with her head tender the eerretnry,
ant w1111:9 Ir. (his condition she wee
outragaid. Atter the murderer haul
aaornplir11ad his partaoh.e ILP dragged
hta aboart two feet, ens then in-
flicted the blow which coursed her
e leatle The fiend then dragged the
betty to th.• ,pot where It was found,
ntrl where he thought it could hot be
sera from tin street, t
The doctors form their opinion
that Mrs. Thotnas' room was ran-
sacked before the murder wad com-
mitted, from the fact that no blood
Mains were fueled in Use room or on
nnythtng handled by the man who
►s now being Nought by the
police
e
it is known Want the murderer'..
handl are smeared with blots!, by
the pn'w'nee of finger marks on the
towel fennel lying on the chair In
the kitchen. There la no utelence
that the man washed his flambe. The
doctors will all contend that the
murderer was come one acquainted
with the Interker of the home.
1)rerrllvr /freer In (to.
('Inlet Mains Dile afternoon wired
to lite Attorney-fheneral. Imploring
the assistanee of tem of the provin-
cial detectives. A. Fleming, a bro-
ther ot'the 'lend w1)1110n, wired to-
night (Itat he was leaving South
Bend, Indiana, and would be here to-
morrow- trmrntng in three far the fe n-
eral, which taken place at 1 p.m.
The body is lying nt the house of
the ,leceamtl, In dirge of Undertak-
er tr, E. it. >teNenale. Tbl• °entente
of the house will to left tutda bed
until Irroslnata DeteiRive tier
comes and taken up the investigation
of probably the mot atruclour crime
that lune ever stl(rthrut th1, NiAgnre
dint riot.
Niagara Faille, Ont., Sept. L'8. -Chief
Mains spent the most of yesterday
oral today at Chippewa, inveetigat-
Iag the Franks murder, bat so far
no important link thaw teem fom'I.
Nothing but altspiCions, with It, MI
done to e.uvMt la Hie condition,
Hush the guilty party dssiy never be.
known now, as there hae been ample'
time to eleetroy every te'lige of
guilt connecting the culprit with ill*,
error'. The rononeee• inpieet to -nor -
now will prow:, tuns the woman wan
minaret' In the tw•iltght of il'ednew
day earning last, and will prove (hut
murderer host broken into tire hoa+e
and wne in the plea. when the wo-
man clime hone from the auttlon
wil.•, It will nem prove how the pool
of Wool came to be under the writ-
ing desk, tome sensational develop -
anent. sire evpssted to ewer nt the
'D plant. Mrs. James OfHee, it le
snld, einlme mho saw three strat,Xe
meet prowling arousal We. Erman'
Melee Into on WMhrsdf•y ttfterttoon.
The villagers alo not pig motif IM-
[metnts•.' an thin stew.
The remelt's of the nnfortnnntewas-
inn ti were held in their last resting
place Otte efteneseg In the Pbeshy-
I--rine (lame' leirybVg grimed of
the vilhng. of ('hippews. Anal were veiny hotline en a mecca mum to
k,llowei to the grave by almost we- Ile otredtt In New York.
Ory N.Yf.lvot of the village through
a a.'rizzllag nvtlu.
Jt Iv t•1, awl 3 retlrwlal, , ve
Grove Will na4tP here o0 tie ,
Wurulug, IoW will lee. clung-' of
Lb's case at elle logeMet, which ire-
wmee at 116;m. m,
Niagara Fgllr. t.'}Nlept. 29.-Tbe-
atlJournel Iui$u.$t to the murdet of
Ifni. Frasush wig. *r ed lit little
plwa ws at if oclork all mnn,iug Lit
Cs.rouer McGarry, ''tae. ealdrnce true
nl.tullsl to that alswwy $u d,rabed. The
eat 1S the throat :to: tldt stent lellt
to cttnsP IIeatll, and In VIP doctor.'
opinion had been inflicted after death..
Th, re tVImlrt etkiw10., of - ca. haul Js-
�ult. .
Mrw.,rats«eOffkv testified reedaRa
S tranger hit uruun.t lire. Franks'
hulas about keel pm.. last hsnnelay.
pree•,flug the flay of llu. murder. ,lie
wain watt dreamed in a black suit and
bhik fedora bat, sad left two
other stranger* statidhig down the
n tuueroad toward. the village of
Drummondville, and came down the
road to the bootee and walked oiatanh
the south elle, and around the front,
looking rrv,'rah DinPs at the house,
•Ikl not wee him reJuifl the other
men, She also to ntifitl !leering three
dtstloct hang.. in Um dlrecllori of
Mira Franke'duce WednrrQry,sveu-
log abort 015 p.m.
Officer Lynitaurner corroborates
lire. Office no far as tate stranger
le concerned. He claimer to have aline
arrow him on the streets, and told
him to get net of town as hei Met
telt like Ids appearance rend setae.
Chippewa,Sept. 26. -Although the
police were unanimous to -night In'
',eying they had no clue to the mur-
derer sof Mre. Jeanie Franks, it is
well unterstnotl that they are in-
%estignting along a line that pro-
mINrN mete Interesting detelop-
mentm TIts anthuarilien refuse to
believe that more than oar nuau
was a ee 1
nn 1 in the terrible trag-
edy,
Rg g
edy, or that a hatchet was need, as
nt first supplael, to Inflict the in-
juries which ennsed the unforte-
onie woman's death. The marks an
the rear tloor, by which the murder-
er entered the house, would Indl-
cilia, tint a small "jimmy," .harp-
ened Ili oar• end, had been need to
force an entrance and elay the
Woman.
Murder After Burglary.
The police uow insist that the
uuu' der was committed after the
apartments, of Miss Taman, in the
meth Mee y,f the Itutese;-wttsr- was
rl'pulyd tic hnma•couehidernMe money,
hull been rine tekrd. They err
rU•uugly of the opinion that ere.
1'rnriks one aunt in t iot• hon.a' ,then
the murderer entered, bat (hail she
mike. Iii upon him iii.en he wri•i n
the act of Carrying off the anlu-
ablPr In the place. They Mend oat
that, laid the dead woman been Iii
when the fiend apl.earatl at the
rear alar of the honer, there would
leve trees no netesmity for hint to
force an entrance. Marks on the
door plainly indlcale that a lot of
force. was nerd by the murderer.
The "jimmy" WAN apparently in-
serted between the woodwork and
the door. When thee method of
operation would not suecompll.h his
end, It IN believed he placed his knee
chute to the handle and forced the
lock. hind Mn... 1'renkm been in, the
ogee. contend mite wtndd merely
have heard the murderer and gone
le the door to Investigate the
cane, of (hi' name The spot where
Mre. Pranks received the death
lanai. was.. in the front and on the
wool made of this house, or felly al)
feet from the door which wan pried
open.
Chippewa h:si'lled.
For the woo :Hi hour. nothing clip
1uu been talked ab,nt In Chippewa
lee the beetle murder of Mn,sTesekm,
I'lingerie gathered about the mite of
the tragedy torlrmy, and groups MR -
ruined the nage ant ndranced various
thenrlee. Each lad him own opinion
of the case, rind the motive for the
mnnlPr. Searching partter were or-
ganized, and the ground for cam' dla-
Innre nhout the linnets was gone over
rnrefnlly In the hope of getting some
EhMLE
Famous
A
SICILIAN
iota
FOUND DEAD.
Author Victim
sphyziation.
of
HORROR CROWS.
Ha `hundred Budlrr Await llurlel
Ph,gue la Feared -- "lyphuou
Sweeps Over vokolsama, I)siu,g
/:rest Damage -lila Swindle lot
(iertael* Leeds to Arrests.
Pathe. POW. _t1. -Emile Zola, the
INN ,.hist, ttila war born 111 Paris on
\pril 211.1. 1,+10, died this morning.
Zola was fusel dant la his love r
(nen asps) .intiou 1'11s w -if.. N
gra %ely ill 11 is sail that the net -
elect's death want accidental
Meths/me Zola May !Survive.
Later, :101 p. res. -Y. Zee was sue-
plty nIeted by fuiu -c Intelll alMP,
on pipe. of %Meich arra t'Al/Wirer
barn out of order. xt the some time
rt Is stinted tint there are Indlra-
ia, t.f Nuivldr.
Zo1. /111.1 hit ttlte returned to
Peels y est,rdny, after having spent
L i11•It' Ilr)IIt 11N in the country. It de
hoped that Madame Zola will sier-
t
ur-
tit,.
OhII ll)h!el.l' AN
M. Zola Wes Dead end Wife int -ata
Ovate W keit bowed,
Zuht returned to lees 1'aree !orae
Nom the country Amuse at Medea.
and owing to et midden spell of cold
weather here, he ordered the Imitlog
stove :'a hie bedroom to be lighted.
1'Iws stove 'horned badly, but Zola
,and hes wife retired fit 10 o'clrsck
mart meet, and the servnatr, not
u.wtr.slg any movement In the apart -
termite thaw morning, entered the
bedroom at 9.90 eni found Mn,deme
Tuba lying on the leen, imamate.
Zola wean lying half out of bet with
lis Israel and shuuklena on the floor
anal Ills legs on that ted.
Diertore item rpntutomd, but they
:allot to restore Zola to life. After
prolonged efforts they rerum'ltnttvl
ilaclnmu Zola. The rumor circulate.!
regarding ''resines supposed dulelale
,mien lobxm were hawse nn the (act
that re •cttsha from his ',tomer!' were
:Mind on the floor. lint the doctors
-'-av they Cala, from Zolae; dog,which
ons also lot the bdn.asa and which
ad nut suffer from aspkyxletWs.
Zola alined with a gresl appetite yee-
tenely eteutag, and flee servants of
'he hwarhuld ate of the same dashes.
\utktug uuusuml wile loam he ;be
hldro ni during the night.
Home workmen arrived at the 7w.la
rerldcucc at half part nine this
morning in order to make certrfin re-
l'nire In Zoln's bedroom, bol the sew -
malate Re
h 1 alreadybecome alarmed
1
nt taming no mend from the room.
iled•tekd to enter it, end beret the
dour ripen. .l slight odor of carbonic
Iraa ward at onee noticed, end the bod-
ice of the novellst and hem wife were
ftmnd In the meet Ione already des-
cribed. Zadn hail evklsntly been
awakened by a- choking Ren-
al and tried to rine,
1rot wi,e otercnms> by the forum,
which nppmrently eee•aped from the
defective stove. The wi,Ntnws were
immediately openol, dnetore and it
trxnmimmry of police were s)mmos-
ed, and the nlnatal. efforts weer.
made to revue the tlnvellwl anti hie
wife, hut the former hart already sme
emnowt.
110da1mi.'.oda regained omen -tome -
RUM, at filmset HOW!. Sha maw lies In
a. state of cuaplete Ptaatrnton. ,ln
iotllgut eottaii_ lu.....1�...
A('('IDk:N I'.
nation/sly awaited ha order to ok
tale further light on the oeurrenee.
A tirewing ',math Koll,
reandun, `G•' 25.-.t mp•clnl de..-
einteh frown Home says that the
death mala remelting from the re-
cent hurricanes In Sicily Is swell-
ing The Willem of 1100 persons are,
elm ntvnhting Marini, and as means
for their prompt Interment are
lacking there are grate fears of
en epidemic.
Typhoon Sweeps Yekohams.
Yokohama. ,Tnitan, te, at. :-5I. - A
'revere typhoon Nwppt over Yoko -
'mum to -day. veveret steamers were
.1rlpPn nslore here. :brae of them
(Neve ,been re floated. It is feared
that there have been many fatalltlee
nutmeg the fishermen.
Arresting Iflg eWindlers.
Frankfort -. Ot-the- Niels, Neill . _'t)
-TMP Frankfurter Zleltung, in nelll-
tion to announcing to -4'y in a dee-
patch from ifnnnhehn the arrest of
Herr Henninger, a direetor M the
buhkrnpt Tthelewn-1Nwntehelm tlsenll-
enI I'nmpnnp. wi,ya tint .1 0141,141 t.
Mtehw,) a0ther director et that
Conrpnn has ieen unkrn ante cam
tody. a ,Areetere mm�eig other
dealings, are nlleg,d to hurtsP mold
to Ranke et Mannheim t renefers
anNnla// tw $ IJt! . �It)11, en a w
fork .pin trtlli whh$t It .had :N}1
mase a en#'cthina. whltent the h'om-