Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-EITHTH YEAR, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1919 Page: 3 of 8
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Tuesday, April 1, 1919
SHERMAN DAILY DEMOCRAT-SHERMAN, TEXAS.
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NOTICE!
QN and after April First, 1919,
we will open for business at 9
o’clock A. M. and close at 4
o’clock P. M.
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EX-KAISER KIDNAPPERS”
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! kaiser's abode telephoned the village
of Amerongen for help and w goodly,
inmiiici- of Dutch troops, stationed at
(hut |ilnci‘.for tli<> purpose of guarding
(Ire safely of the ex-kaiser, immedi-
ately were routed our of their beds
ami ordered to hurrv to thecastle.
Tile AuH'i'ieau officers. becoming
aivirc of Ibi' fuel that tin* 1 hitch gov-
ernment was about to resent their in-
vasion officially, brought their parley
to a hasty conclusion, re-entered their
automobile and, aceoftjihg to reports,
eluded the Dutch soldiers and suc-
cessfully made their escape. II is also
reported "here that the mere fact that
American officers wetv in Holland had
become known to the 1 hitch govern-
ment earlier in the day and orders
hajd gone forward to ascertain and
watch trim'*' movements. When the
alarm-eap.;/' fiom the Amehingen,
-Vberct c-e. :t general- alarm went out.
Tmt- ibe- Amerktnr officers eluded the I
patrols and got safely home again.
Shortly after the arrival of .Col.
Isoi and Ills associates "at the-Ameri-
can lines the news of their exploits
reached headquarter's. Cob Ecu. whose-
record in tin- anuy Inis been an ex-
cellent one. promptly assumed respon-
sibility for file attempt to get the ex
SHE SAW HER HUSBAND
KILL SON AND SELF
Cldco. Calf— Mrs. Wlllt'iui Jeffery
was shot recently by her hrr-dnmih--
1 tolieri M. ieffeiw’ U*fofe Eo killed li.lsi
son, Marvin, and turned tlie' revolver
hi hilffFelf. v i
Mrs. Jeffrey discussed the events! "
calling up to the stushiiig and told j
row she feigned death after she was
shot.
She said her- husband came to the l
house before 5 n'eloek and knocked for |J
jdmittance. She liad beep dp earing [
Tor itm sW^wthV- Whw iH. Site iuim|t-j(
'ed .bfti'CV In the house and lie lot-kciT
iInvdh,-rs and retained the keys.
lie t lieu: calmly announced i|iat lie
intended to "end it for himself* and j
his family. He asked Mrs. Jeffrey]
why sin* would not Talk to him when
he attempted to visit tire house during
:lH‘ pter ions evening, and ajjat asked |
whether he should kill tlie 'chlhlretcor
her first.
Mrs. Jeffrey laughingly suggested
that Ire kill himself and their lie
would be saved the trotltrle of killing
Ids wife and children.
"I don't know whether to knock you
senseless apd then finish you or not,"
said Jeffrey.
He then asked Mrs. Jeffrey to kill j
him. as lie was a coward. 'I'liis she re-
fused to do. but said that he would
prove ids cowardice if he attempted
to kill women or children.
At 5 o'clock Jeffrey risked ids daugh-
ter. Vera, to dress and leave tlie.
house. Mrs. Jeffrey started to leave
tlie house. Imt lie pulled her into tlie
kitchen, seating her” on. a stool until
his daughter left tile house. Mrs. Jef-
fery told her husband he should not
start a small girl front tlie house at so
early, an hour. He then kissed the girl
and escorted her to the doorway, tell-
ing*- her to visit . Airs, llayeraft, a
neighbor:
-He then came in and told me to
dose m,v eyes: ttiat lie was going to
kill me." said Mrs. Jeffery.
"I tried to talk him out of it fer
gain, time, thinking the little girl
wonid turn in an alarm seme place, I
He shot me first, then the boy, who!
was sick, lying on the couch, ami then j
himself."
___1 |*>w *1*0 saved her life by feigning 1
death after her husband luid fired j
si f hot from a revolver into her head j
winy fold by Mrs. Jeffery. She said:
"I fdl to the floor, tin zed for a mo-
ment amt opening my- eyes saw him
watching hie. if I moved l knew he
would kill me. so 1 held my eyes mo-
tionless, while lie stared with ids re-
volver pointed toward me.
"Blood; rushing- from my nose ami
mouth started to elmke me. JtreatU-
less I watched him imiiit (he gun to his
temple. He looked at the shining bar-
rel of tlie revolver, hesitated, and
| hs.ked at me. I did net move.
"He turned toward Marvin’s dead
body and again pointing tlie gun be-
tween iiis eyes, fired and fell dead.
1 then raised my head and blood
rushed from my mouth, nose and ears.
Then Hie. police started rapping on the
doer." ___
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Washington, I> C.',- April 1—How
ex-Kniser Wilhelm of. (Ici-many came
; near being a Christmas president to
fpieshlent Wilson, tlie" would be donor
Ibeing, a former t’tilted States senator.
Kibty assisted by three siilmi-iUunte
(officers. i^a story which has been told
iln part in minors from France: With
lthe-arrival home of tlie 114tli regi-
jinent of field artillery. hesjjjed by Cot.
> Luke Eva, former senator from Ten-
j neskee, the rumors in France- have
; taken on n garb of reality and it is
i now possible t’o tel! some of tlie de-
■ tails of the raid bv.tlie four American
!officers on the kaiser s refuge in Hol-
! hilid. which failed in the aeeomplish-
! meiit of its purpose only because the
kidnappers Insisted on persuasive—ar-
jgiifncnts father tbaifvTPTehee;- :
I .in-(.before Christmas Col. Eva and
! his subordinate officers, ......numbering
four all told, received a leave of ab-
1 sen it from their regiment. Minister
j I tram I Whitlock obtained passport*
| for < belli to motor through Belgium
.[mid Holland- it now develops Unit the
^minister, althVmgh wholly tinsitsncet- ___
1 ing. somewhat exceeded his authority.;Raised accompany them to the Ainotri-
in siTuring this important document,] tlie general heii<!qnniters at Cliamuont.
although it.'is pot yet1 elearly showjy^.C.oLJ-giC.HbUiAnoiuptly summoned to
that Col. Rm unit his adventurous sub-, ( frauuiont: where Maj-Uen. Urews-
ordinutes bad any definite plan in ter. inspector-general of the army in
mind to kidnap the ex-kaiser wheiri l-'rance, conducted an investigation
they began their trip. Suffice ft to say lasting a month. In the meantime Col.
that eventually they found themselves'I.ea remained at Chaumont. although'
near the eastle of Count Rontinck, j not actually under arrest, and in the
where the ex-kaiser is staying. end, it is said, he received a letter of j
One version of what followed is the mild reproof and was permitted to re-
statement of some of the Lea party J join his regiment just lief ore it sailed
that their automobile broke down and I from St. ARizalre for the Fnited
l-'ovt Worth. Tex*. April l.-L. M.
Cox. charged by indictment with bur-
glary uud theft in connection with the
robbery of the Japan Cotton Trading
Company's safe -March entered a
plea of gnilt.v to both elmrges in the
Criminal District Court here yester-
day. lie was given two years for
burglary and .three years for theft,
it was announced by the court that the
sentences would not nm concurrently.
The State introduced the testimony
of four witnesses. The defendant
made a statement to the jury declar-
ing that the young wianaq who went j
from liore to Dallas to meet him when ]
he was arrested knew nothing what- j
ever concerning the robbery and lie had j
merely volunteered to act as her es- j
eort to Kansas City.
During thc-hearing Cox wept.
M. Yamahawu. manager of the C"t-:
toil Trading i ompniiy, testified Hint
Cox had been in his employ until Feb. j
op and probably knew that tlie Liberty
lionds Were in the safe.
Sant Keith told of capturing Cox at;
Dallas. Chief Detective Conneiloy tes-
tified that Cox confessed to him that]
tie had dynamited the safe and taken ]
tlie bonds.
County Attorney Brown . read a
statement made by Cox to him after
the defendant had been arrested.
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they applied’to the <-astU>. for help.
The aveepted version is that tlie offi-.
eel-*.- finding themselves in the ex-
humer's vicinity, deliberately set about
to effect ids capture if possilde. Ill
any event, they succeeded in passing
I be heavy guard about tlie ex-kaiser's
domicile and soon found themselves
within tlie eastle itself.
According to the reports, official
and other, and hast'd on investigations
conducted both in France and Wasb-
j ington, it does not appear flmt tin*
| American officers succeeded in setting
eyi's on tlie ex-kaiser js-rsonallv, but
| tin y did succeed in getting Into tlie
; room next to the one occupied by tlie
former Herman ruler. There is ptatity
of evidence that their arrival at the
eastle and their demand that tlie.ex-
kaiser accompany them to iiie Ameri-
can lines in-Belgium stirred up im end
of a'commotion. Tlie brief negotiation ,
are understood to have been carried
On lb rough subordinate officials of the
Castle, some ef them, however, of high
rank and extremely close tt» tlie j*ar-
son of (lie ex-kaiser.
Meantime some one in the ex-
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0.30 a. in. train to Wichita Falls, il:00 a. m. train to Gainesville; 8:10
p. m. train to Wichita Falls. We meet all trains coining in at Wlitesboro.
far leaves North Side Oafe, Amide Hotel, Binkley Hotel,
lour business.
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Dallas. Tex., April 1—.Charles Hill,
about (id years old, .was run over and
killed by incoming baggage car No. 3.1
j mi tlx Fort Worth Interurimn aail-
! road, lietween Cockrell Hill and
members of the [ S'S' at o'ebs-k yesterday ,
I evening. Tlie motynmm said be mew i
his whistle but Mr. Hill was partially
deaf and did not hear him.
Mr. Hill was employed by the I-ang
Floral Company near whole ire was
killed. He liad been to the grocery at
Bri t ton Stott, and was on ' bis way
home with his purchases when tlie
He is survived hy
1 his.wife and two eliildwi, who live
farm near Corsicana.
States. Among tlie
regiment mentioned as accompanying
Col. ix'n in Iiis exploit is ('apt.
Tin mm s F. Henderson, another Ten-
nessee soldier. <
•Col. Eon'arrived at Norfolk, Va..
With hfs, regiment early, this week, and
tlie regiment has iieeit J ordered to
Tentiessiv. and later to Fort Ogle-
thorpe. Ha., for ilcinoluli/.ation. During 1'"J1' f:D'm*k him,
the stay of tlie regiment at, Norfolk)' "' ','l“ “"*1 '‘
and during a brief visit of Cot lam to,j0,1 a
M’ashtiigton on Wednesday, rumors of
the exploit were generally current,
lint neither Col. i.ea nor his snbordiu-
ates would bilk alamt' the affair for
I'mhHcatihn: iteport* from .-France in-
dicate tiiat llie army High command
has not relished tlie fame brought
to the army by the • exploit, but has”
coneluiK'd to let tlie matter rest
where it is. congratutatjng ttstilf limt
tlie failure of the ex|.edition relieved
the Fnited States from a hasty inter-
HOW
RHEUMATISM
BEGINS
•Tlie-cscraeiating agonies of rheuma*
tism are uraaliytiie result of failure of
the kiiiuey.s to ex; el poisons from the
.... . . . system. If the irritation of these uric
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protiably with Holland. j curable blaiiuer or kidney disease may
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