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DOUBLE LIFEOF ONE WOMAN

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Alleged Wile o! a MurderedMillionaire Confronted by

Her Real Living Hus-band in Court

COURT SENSATION\\

The Husband Admitted Under MuchPressure That the Woman

Alternated Between Himraid Murdered Man 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 15.—’Thedamage suit brought by Mrs. AlbertSechrist against Dr. Louis Zorn, thewealthy slayer of her husband, AlbertSechrist, reached a sensational climaxtoday. The testimony was beingtaken in th|e case, and the attorneysfor Dr. Zorn unexpectedly put on thestand one Gustave Heitzler, of KansasCity, whom they endeavored to force todeclare that Mrs. Sechrist was his wife.He declared repeatedly and most em-phatically that she was not his 'Rife,and finally, drive n into a corner bythe searching questions of the examin- jing attorney, refused an answer. Hewas ordered to jail for contempt, butbefore he was locked up he sought ad-vice, and as a result returned to thestand and told a most remarkablestory.

He began by admitting that “Mrs.Sechrist” was his wife, and that he hadnever been divorced. “About twoweeks ago,” he said, “I supposed thatshe was in St. Louis visiting. I re-ceived letters from her regularly, andsent her money. When Sechrist waskilled I had no supposition that the‘widow’ who so dramatically sworevengeance over his dead body was mywife. Only two weeks ago I found itout. Tbien I discovered that she had

1 been leading a double life for years., She frequently left her home for al-

leged visits to St. Louis and otheri places. I know now that instead of

going visiting she went to Sechrist.‘When she left Sechrist’s home to

come to me for a spell it was likewisei under the pretense of ‘visiting.’ When

: I found it all out I called on her andupbraided her for deceiving me. She

\ said she could explain lit all sajtisfac--1 torily in time, and I believed her.”

When Heitzler had finished his sto-

I ry, which caused a great sensation, alleyes were turned to look for the wife

f and widow, but she had slipped out of

f the court room and disappeared. The[ police are looking for her. The attor-i neys for the alleged widow immediate-I ly threw- up the case and it was dis-, missed. IfMrs. Heitzler is found she5 will be prosecuted.

DEMOCRATS OF YUMAHOLD PRIMARIES

Sharp Contest Tor the Gountu Of-tices--lves Again Tor theCouncil

YUMA. Ariz., Sept. 14—The Demo-cratic primaries Saturday were hotlycontested. It was a fight betweenrival candidates for the nominationsfor sheriff and district attorney, thelosing ticket being led by Mel Green*leaf ex-shferiff and candidate for thenomination for that office, and ®. L.Brown, ex-district attorney, who de-sit ed to displace the present incum-bent., W. F. Timmons. The delegateselected will support Timmons for dis-trict attorney, and are said to be aboutequally divided on the sheriff questionbetween Gus Livingston, the present

incumbent, and W. C. Despain, whoseeks the nomination. There are can-didates for each of the several officesbut so close are the contests in somecases that the results are in doubt.Senator Eugene S. Ives will be thenominee for the council, W. F. Tim-mons for district attorney, D. L. DeVane for probate judge andAlthee Mo-desti for treasurer. Thtese are con-ceded. S. B. Hinds, T. W. Underhilland W. E. Marion are candidates for

supervisor, of whom two are to benominated.

The primaries in Somerton precinctresulted practically the same as theYuma election.

There is much enthusiasm amongthe Democrats of the town and county,and they anticipate a sweeping Demo-cratic victory this fall.

Following are the delegates whowere chosen: J. M. Thacker, J. R.Speer Jack Dunne, A. T. PancraziW. E. Power, R. F. Davis, A. M. Fos-ter, George Tally. H. P. Crandall, Jon-athan Jones, Sam de Corse.

PEACE PREVAILSIN SOUTH AFRICA!

Martial Law Soon to End and Ordi-!naru Lsw Will Then Be Pro-

claimedCAPETOWN, eSpt. 15.—1 n an inter-

view with the Associated Press todayAttorney General Graham said: “The

general amnesty act will become alaw in a day or tw r o, when martial lawwill be repealed throughout the col- jony. 1

“Simultaneously the governmentwill proclaim the peace preservationact. enabling it to control the posses-

sion, importation and registration ofarms and ammunition. Profoundpeace reigns throughout thje colony.”

Justice Crag Deadfit His Summer Home

LYNN Mass., Sept. 15.—Justice Hor- jace Gray, w'ho retired from the UnitedStates supreme court recently, diedat his summer home in Nahant thismorning of paralysis.

HAVE A ROPE. NEED A LEADER‘

Negro Confesses to Outraging White WomanWill Probably Be Lynched.

VAN BUREN, Ark., Sept. 13.—HallMahone, a negro who was arrested

Y< here last Tuesday night on the chargeof assaulting Mrs. Rebecca McCloud, a

< white woman, had a preliminary trial«*' today, and he pleaded guilty to the

charge.* Mahone lay in wait for his victim.;H*> had seen her go to the doctor forjmedicine for a sick child, and on her

'retu.n Ik sprang on her like a wildA lOyear-old child accom-

panied her. but was frightened away.

Mahone ran for the Loy to take himback to where his victim lay, for thepurnose of killing them both, but theLoy escaped.

A crowd was formed last night tohang Mahone; and a long rope wasfound in the courthouse square thismorning. If a leader can be found to-nighjt vengeance may be done.

Sheriff Pitcock has strengthenedthe guards and Prosecuting AttorneyRogers promises the people, if theywill let the law take its course, Ma-hone shall be hanged publicly.

iWANTED TO REACH THE HOLY CITYMILLBURYMass.. eSpt. 15—Elraere

Alexander, aged 50, a carpenter, whilecrazed with drink yesterday afternoon

attempted to kill his son Clarence,aged 15, and threw himself and the boyInto the flames of his barn that he hadset on Are. The smoke from the burn-ing barn and the screams of the boy’smother called Henry Marble, a neigh-bor to the scene. He was in time tosave the boy’s life and prevent the in-

sane man from accomplishing his pur-pose.

Alexander had nearly choked the lifeout of the boy when Mr. Marble ar-rived and pulled the man from theprostrate form of his son. The boyWill recover. Alexander said he had

a vision of the holy city in church iithe morning, and was told by JesusChrist to kill his son, also to burn hisbuildings and throw himself with theboy into the fire. As a reward forthis act he said Jesus told him heshould be allowed to go to the holycity.

He said he had done the best he couldto earn the promised reward, but nowit was all of no use because he he hadnot been allowed to flash the job. Hewas arrested and taken to Worcesterfor safekeeping. He has been underrestraint because of indications of in-sanity before. The fire spread fromthe house to the barn, and both build-ings, with their contents, were de-stroyed.

ROOSEVELT GREETS HIS NEIGHBORSOYSTER BAY, N. Y., Sept. 15.—Oys-

ter Bay is en fete today. Thousandsvisitors are •on the streets, an<J

<every few moments the loud report ofanvils loaded with powder breaks thesilence.

The occasion is a reception the Pree-

ident is to tender to the people ofNassau county this afternoon at hishome on Sagamore Hill.

It Is estimated that 10,000 peoplewill be here. Special trains andyachts are coming from all directionsbearing people to greet the President.

W)t stt£son fitifen.TUCSON, ARIZONA, MOND. SEPTEMBER 15, 1902,

'MAY EXTERMINATE'THE MOROS'

People ot Mindanao Won’t Submit to Our Sov-ereignty Wittiont Fifltit

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15. —Tsthe Moro warriors in the lower end ofthe Philippines persist in resisting theauthority of the United tSates, a cam-paign will be organized against themwhich inevitably will result in thieirpractical extermination. It will be acase of fighting to the finish, with littlequarter asked or given, especially onthe part of the Moros. This is theuniversal conviction on the part ofAmerican army officers in the Philip-pines, and it was reflected today byCaptain John H. Beason, just returnedfrom the islands. The captain arrivedin Washington last nighlt. He spentthree

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years in the islands, and is fa-miliar with all the conditions obtain-ing there. He left Manila in May am*

came to the United tSates by wr ay cfJapan , Burmah, India and Europe.Speaking of the situation in the archi-pelago. the captain said:

“Civil government is succeeding inevery place it has been established.The islands are in a quiescent andtranquil state, the only exception beingin Mindanao, the southjernmost of thelarge islands, and the adjacent smallgroups. That is where the Moros live.

: and they, inclined to be restive.' Several serious outbreaks have already

, ’occurred, and it seems as though theyjace bent upon measuring strength with| our soldiers. If that is what they artleading up to, there is going to bt

'; some lively and bloody fighting be--1 fore they are subdued.

1 I “The Moros are Mohammedans. Theyare fighters, and not afraid of deathTo die is to be assured glorification

• and happiness in the next world, scI they have no dread of it. When they

’ | go into battle, they' show no mercy oiquarter, but go in to kill. Once there¦ | is a general uprising against American

jauthority, our officers in the Philip-pines anticipate a conflict whjich will

inot end until the Moro warriors arevirtually- exterminated. There is nogood reason why they- should rebelbut they seem to resent recognizingour sovereignty and accepting innova-|t:ons in the way of government andcivilization. How strong numericallythe Moros are I dp not know-. Nobodydoes. I believe the population is es-timated at from 300.000 to 1,000,000.Outside the Moro country, however, all

, signs point to continued peace andtranquility.”

AN ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAILft Preacher the Victim of a Plot to Smirch

His Character.VINCENNES, Ind., Sept. 15.—The

police announced last evening that anattempt to blackmail Rev. WilliamOeschger, pastor of the Fijst Christianchurch, and one of the most prominent

ministers in the city, had failed. Theplot, according to the police, involves£wo well known citizens and an inmateof a local resort. The plot was frus-trated by Jessie Haythjorne, the land-lady of the house, wh<? reported it tothe police.

According to the officers one of themen and a girl were to carry out theplot, for which they were to be paidSSO. The girl was to obtain a com-mission to act as book agent, call onthe minister and gain entrance intohis house. When she was on the in-side shie was to remain some littletime and then signal to the conspira-tors. who were to rushl in as wit-nesses. One was to impersonate anofficer and arrest the minister andthe woman, and bring the minister to

trial on the charge of associating withimmoral women.

To the girl was given a written con-tract, but she, in some unknown man-ner, revealed the plot to the Hay-thorne woman and the latter turned itover to the police. Thje leading con-spirator-could not be located lastnight, but the police say that his nameis signed to the contract, and that thesignature is his beyond a doubt. Thegirl admitted the charge, it is said.The man who was to play the part ofan officer .would neither affirm nor denyit. The police board will h(old a ses-sion this evening for the purpose ofinvestigating the case.

The alleged motive is said to be theresult of an attempt made by the min-ister to compel the saloon men toobey the liquor laws. The ministerand his associates a few weeks agofiled charges against more than fiftysaloon keepers for alleged violationsof the liquor law. The first case wascalled in the circuit court today and is

, now pending.

WIFE’S REASONS FOR DIVORCE,

ftmony Oilier Things Her HusUand Is a MostFervent Populist

SIOUX CITY la., Sept 15.—Doesliving two and a half years without abath, wearing a shirt three weekswithout changing and sleeping onone’s back stoop of hot nightsentitle a wife to a divorce? isthe question to be decided 1 by JudgeWakefield, of the district court, in thesuit of Lillian E. Josephs vs. ThomasM. Josephs, a wealthy farmer, in whichMrs. Josephs asks $3,192 alimony.

The above charges were made byMrs. Josephs while on the witnessstand. Further, she declared her

husband was a virulent Populist, andthat he cursed her because she adheredto Republican doctrines. She said heread continually to her from Populistpapers, and when she corrected manyof his mispronounced words he wentinto a rage. Josephs retaliated bydeclaring that when the Fourth ofJuly came on Sunday hjis wife madehim and the children go over a hill sothat they could not see the neighbor’sfirewerks. She was a widow' and hea bachelor when they were marriedsix years ago, and he acknowledgesthat he should have known better.

REGULAR FORGESWIN A BIG TRIUMPH

The Surrender of a RevolutionaryGeneral Gives Hone for Peacein Colombia

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15.—TheState Department has received a cable-gram from Minister Hart, at Bogota,Colombia, saying that the revolution-ary General Carreazo, who had beenoperating with a strong force east ofBogota, has surrendered.

This is regarded as of the utmostimportance to the government author-ities, who consider that it assures thepacification of the whole eastern region

New Attorney GeneralFor Galllornia

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 15.-Governor Gage today apointed U. S.Webb, district attorney of Plumascounty, to the position of attorneygeneral of California, yice Tiney L.Ford, resigned.

ODD FELLOWS MEETAT 10WA CAPITAL

ft Great ftssemblaoe Welcomed buthe Governor and Mayor ofDes Moines

DES MOINES. la.. Sept. 15.—Withspecial trains arriving from all partsof the country, and the attendance al-ready having reached 30,000, theseventy-eighth annual session of thesovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellow’swas formally opened this morning byGovernor Cummins and Mayor Bran-ton, who welcomed the visitors Lu thenew auditorium.

Upon the conclusion of the exercisesthe grand lodge went into a businesssession and the annual reports.

Reported Mine DisasterFitteen Men Missing

BLUEFIELDS, W. Va„ Sept. 15.—Aheavy explosion of gas occurred in theAlgoma mine, located on the NorthFork branch at 11 this morning.

Fifteen men are reported missing.

FEDERAL COURT ENJOINS STRIKERSOMAHA. Neb., Sept. 15.—Judge Mc-

Pherson. in the federal court todaygranted a temporary injunction re-straining the striking shopmen fromplacing pickets about the gates and

grounds of the Union Pacific grounds.This action was taken by the railroad

because of an assault made yesterdayby pickets upon twoone of whom was killed.

I COLONEL, HERR# '’

DECLINES NOMINATION.

,! The Well Known Tucson LawyerWill Not be Republican Candid-ate tor Delegate.

| It Las been reported for'fcome Astral! that efforts were being

. publican leaders throughout thejtory to induce Colonel William Her-I ring to accept the Republican nomiua-

, tion for Delegate to Congress. Ex-; Governor Murphy ,spent Saturday in

Tucson, and was much in company of

| Colonel Herring, and it became a mat-

ter of street rumor that the ex-governor was urging the lawyer totake the nomination for Delegate.

,! Colonel Herring admitted to a repre-sentative of The Citizen today that he

. had been urged to accept the nomina-, | tion. He would not discuss the visit

of Governor Murphy. He said thatjhe had received several requests from

j the • Republican leaders all over theTerritory to accept the nomination.

I “I was forced to decline,” saidColonel Herring. “Ihave no disposi-

! tion to engage actively tn polities. My. professional duties are onerous and ex-acting. and I could not take the nom-

¦ ination for Delegate to Congress with-out neglecting the business committed

. 1 to me by my- clients. I will not acceptI the nomination. From this decisionthere is no appeal. I am thankful tothe friends who desired to honor me,but acceptance of the nomination isout of the question. You can state asemphatically as y-ou desire that underno consideration will I accept the nom-innation for Delegate to Congress.”

Galamitu of the SeaFifty Fishermen Drowned

LONDON, Sept. 15.— Atelegramfrom Calias, France, today announcedthat nine vessels of the French) codfleet foundered in the North seas dur-in gthe recent gale, and fifty- fishermenwere drowned.

; British Steamer LostAll on Board Drowned

| COLOMBO. Ceylon, Sept. 15.—1 tisjnow learned that the British steamerjNitchgale foundered on a 'reef south

Iof Cardiva island, in the Indian ocean.I September 8.

The captain and thirteen men arebelieved to have been drowned.

El Paso & SouthwesternExtension Ordered

BISBEE, Ariz., Sept. 15. —There wasa meeting of the stockholders of theEl Paso & South-western railroad com-pany held here on Friday last, awhich most of the officers of the roadand Colonel Herring of Tucson, thegeneral counsel, were present.

It was decided to extend the roadimmediately from Foresfi Slicing toNaco, and Forest Siding will hereafter

' by known as Forest Station.The stockholders also ratified the ac-

tion of the directors in ordering the ex-tension of the road from Fairbank ttTombstone.

Help for SufferersOs the Forest Fires

PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 15. —Contri-butions of money, food and clothing

' were today sent to those made destitute: by- the forest fires.

The suplies will reach the burnt: districts today, so it is unlikely there

will be actual suffering for want ofclothing or food.

isnlVf you Know Th64/UII U Citizen is thebest Advertising Medium.

NUMBER 28 i

GAMBLING DENWELL EQUIPPED

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Special Resort In Chicago

i xMSaid |p|rprepared for-Gates Other Plung-

ers Pulled by Police

ROULETTE WHEEL

With a Special Electric Device toControl Its Operations Was

One ot the Interesting Findsot the Raiders

CHICAGO. 111., Sept. 15.—Amid pa-

latial surroundings, where, it is al-leged, the owners were lying in waitto give John W. Gates and John A.,Drake an opportunity to indulge in! royal play, a detail of police yesterdayunearthed one of the most completegambling outfits ever captured in Chi-cago. Residents on Michigan avenue,promenaders and members of the fash-ionable set returning from churchstood aghast just before noon to seethe boulevard invaded by a patrolwagon, rapidly being converted into avan for the removal of the parapher-nalia. • The gilded resort of chancewas located at 1806 Michigan avenue,in one of the handsomest residences ofthat aristocratic thoroughfare. Fourfloors were occupied by the institution,which in every detail bore the imprintof refined and luxurious taste and tneunstinted expenditure of money.

Not alone was this apparent in thelavish display of rich furniture, costlyhangings and tapestries silk draperies,imported rugs, choice bric-a-brac, andin the completeness of the sideboardand. cuisine, but the very implementsused in the gambling operations weresuch as to astonish Detective Herta,head of Chief O’Neill’s gambling detail,who planned and took active charge ofthe raid. Cards bearing the imprintof Parisian manufacturers were foundon every side, and two roulette wheelswere mute yet eloquent witnesses tothe extent of patronage which foundits was to luxurious 1806.

One of the wheels hlad been disman-tled, and one portion was not found.Sufficient remains, however, to leadthe police to believe that it is an im-ported affair from Paris, capable ofbeing manipulated at the pleasure ofthe operator through an electric device.A powerful electric battery was foundconcealed in a handsome wooden case.This was confiscated, as it is believedto have played an important part inthe operations that took place in theestablishment.

The discovery of the richly appointedboulevard gambling house was due toa rumor persistenly circulated for sev-eral days to the effect that a prominentsporting man was “bumped against thefaked wheel for $7,200” at a recentsession there.

Steve L’Hommedieu, bookmaker,horseman and widely known gambler,is generally credited with hiaving beenthe victim but this he strenuously de-nies.

With this story came another, toowell founded for doubt to the effectthat a clerk in one of the largest hotelson the same fashionable drive playedthe part of “plugger” with a finessenew to Chicago.

This hotel man is said to have kepta constant string of wealthy and prom-inent persons heading toward the pal-ace of chance.

“GO DEVIL” WENT WITH FURYAccidents in the Oil Fields of Indiana En-

danger LifeMARION. Ind.. Sept. 15.—Miss Edith

Gauntt. daughter of J. A. Gauntt. rev-enue collector for this district, droppedthe “go devil,” a heavy iron bar, intoan oil well today for the purpose ofdischarging 300 quarts of nitroglycerin.Miss Gauntt dropped the heavy ironand then w’alked to what she consid-ered a safe distance from the well,when she turned to witness the resultof the explosion.

The discharge of the high explosivesent the "go devil” ou like a cannonball. It struck the heavy steel stemused for drilling the well, and whichwas suspended from the top of thederrick. This turned the course ofthe missile and it shot downward,passing through the hat worn by Miss

Gauntt, tearing a h(ole four inches indiameter. The shock stunned MissGauntt. but she w'as not seriously in-jured.

Tony Lippert. an oil operator of Lou-isville, and William Flynn, field man-ager for the Wabash Gas and Oil com-pany, were blown from a building andlanded fifty feet away in a field by anexplosion of natural gas today. Lip-pert attempted to light the gas underthe boilers in a pumping station, whenthe explosion occurred. Flynn waasitting at a desk near the door and washurled through the door. Lippert wr asblown through th|e side of the build-ing. The skin was burned from theface and arms of Lippert, and he willbe disfigured for life. Flynn wasburned about the hands and face.