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HELD PRISONER
FOR 16 YEARS
Daughter Caged by Mother in
Darkened Room Without
. Light or Air.
BUT ONE PERSON KNEW
When Found by Humane Officer Girl
Was Wearing Child’s Bonnet and
Child's Clothing—Has the
Mentality of a Child.
Ballston, N. Y.—There nm.v be a
mystery to unravel In connection with
the strange case of .Miss Jennie Mall,
who for ltf years was held a prisoner
by her mother, .Mrs. Catherine Hall,
and another daughter, in a tumble
down shack near Hound Lake, a short
distance from Ballston, Saratoga coun
ty, New York.
During all of this period Jennie
never saw the light of day except as
It may have slightJy filtered through
a heavily planked window. Never ex
cept twice did she see another human
being except her mother and her sis
ter. Never in the 10 years until n hu
mane officer from Saratoga entered
her dark prison the other day did
she see a man, and at sight of the un
usual spectacle she fainted.
Only One Neighbor Knew.
Only one neighbor knew that such
a being as she existed, and It was this
neighbor who finally brought the mat
ter to the attention of the Saratoga
County Humane society, whose super
intendent, William Henness.v, investi
gated and led the affrighted woman,
who is thirty-one years old, uway from
her prison. Other neighbors consid
ered the Hall family—mother and
daughter, as “queer,” and the shack
in which they lived was avoided.
Jennie has the mentality of n child.
When found by the humane officer she
was wearing a child’s bonnet, which
apparently she dearly prized, and a
child’s clothing.
Jennie at one time—some twenty
years ago—was for a brief time an in
mate of the State Hospital for the In
sane at Utica. When she returned to
her home she vanished frritn sight, to
live the Intervening years up to the
present hurled in a living prison.
The mentality of the mother and
the other daughter is now being In
quired into and action in the case of
Jennie will be taken accordingly.
Mystery in Key.
The element of mystery centers
around a key found tied In the apron
of the mother, Mrs. Mali. Evidently
the key tits something, but the some-
Never in 16 Years Had She Seen a Man
thing has not as yet been discovered.
It Is believed that somewhere on the
place there Is a hurled treasure chest
and that In It there is a missing In
heritance of $ 10,000 left to the two
daughters of Mrs. Hall.
The story is that some time before
Jennie’s commitment to tbe Utica
hospital she and her sister fell heir to
$5,000 apiece left -by their grand
father, who had just died. It is cer
tain the money was not used about
the old farmhouse, which stands In a
rotting condition, hidden amid a dense
foliage of trees. The .Inference Is
that the money was hidden and that
the key holds the secret of the treas
ure. Why the money was hid, if It
Is hidden, may lie known when the
alienist makes his report on the men
tal condition of the mother.
Suction Drew Fireman From Engine.
Leaning out of the locomotive cub
of an outgoing freight, Fireman Ar
thur Gautz was drawn out of the cab
by suction produced when his train
passed an incoming train in the yards.
Gautz landed between the tracks and
was not seriously hurt.
Aviator Leaped 800 Feet to Death.
Grand Island, Neb.—Forced to leap
from his airplane at a height of 800
feet, Warren P. Kite, air pilot, was
killed in the presence of his wife and
scvor‘1 tluvjrnnd spectators. Another
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Georgia—Douglas County.
J. R. Hutcheson Guardian of
James Aubrey Black, lias applied
for a discharge from his Guardian
ship of James Aubrey Black, tliis
is therefore to notify all persons
concerned, to file their objections
if any they have, on or before the
first Monday in December 1921,
else lie will be discharged from
his Guardianship as applied for.
This Nov. 7th, 1921.
J. H. McLARTY,
Ordinary Douglas County.
TORE OFF WIFE’S
EARS WITH HANDS
SHERIFF'S SALE
Georgia, Douglas County.
Will be sold before the LOurt bouse
door in said county on the first Tues
day in December 1921, within the legal
hours of sale to the highest and best
bidder for cash, the following describ
ed property to wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying
and being in land lot number forty
two ,42| in the second (2nd] district
and fifth, 5th section of Douglas coun
ty, Georgia, and hounded as follows:
On the West by lands of W. E, Swof-
furd and Mrs. Baldwin, on the north
by lands of J. It. Satterwhite; on the
east by lands of C. W. Turner; and on
the south by lands known as the E.
Pray farm, containing fifty, 50 acres
more or less.
Said property levied on and to he
sold as the property oi'C. W. Turner
under and by virtue of two (i fas issu
ed from theJustieeCourlol' the 1271st
District G. M. of said County in favor
of N. B. & J. T. Duncan and against
the said C. W. Turner.
Tenant in possession notified of tins
levy as the law directs.
Levy made by E. P. Strickland L.
C. and turned over to me
This 2nd day of November, 1921.
A. S. Baggett,
Sheriff Douglas County, Ga.
SHERIFF’S SALES
For tlie First Tuesday in Dec.
1921.
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
Will he soltl before the court
house door in Douglasville on the
first Tuesday in December 1921
during the legal hours of sale the
following described property, to-
wit: One model F Reo Truch No.
00242 Motor A3492U, levied on
and to be sold as the properly of
Geo. P. Thomas, defendant, by
virtue of a purchase money at
tachment, issued from Douglas
Superior Court in favor of Villa
Rica Auto Co. and against the
said Geo. P. Thomas.
Also at the same time and place
will be sold the following describ
ed property to-wit: One five pas
senger Ford car, Motor No.
843141, levied on and to be sold
as the property of John Quinn,
defendant by virtue of a Mortgage
fi fa issjted from Douglas Super
ior Court in favor of Bank of Villa
Rica and against John Quinn.
Also at the same time and place
will be sold the following describ
ed property to-wil: One Buick
Touring Car Motor No. 283941, le
vied on and to be sold as the
property of J. L. Sparks, defend
ant by virtue of a mortgage fi fa
issued from Douglas Superior
Court, in favor of Bank of Villa
Rica and against J. L. Sparks.
SHERIFF’S SALE
For first Tuesday in Dec. 1921.
EORG1A—Douglas County.
Will be sold- before the court
ouse door ill Douglasville, Ga.,
itliin the legal hours of sale on
le first Tuesday iu December,
]21 to the highest bidder for cash
ic following described property
)-wib Fifty (50) acres of land
lore or less, being part of land
its 79 and 83 in the first (1) Dis-
•ict and fiftii (5) section of Doug
is County, Ga., being the land
illed to Mrs. Minerva McLarty by
. S. Bobo and bounded on the
ast by W. C. Abercrombie; on
te south by Jessie Abercrombie;
n West by J. J. Jones; on north
y Mrs. J. S. Bobo. Levied on as
ie property of Minerva McLarty,
/. fi. McLarty, C. S. McLarty,
ladel Willis, Annie McGouirk
nd H. S. McLarty defendants un-
er and by virtue of a mortgage
fa issued from Douglas Superior
ourt in favor of N. B. & J. T.
luncan and against Minerva He
arty, W. H. McLarty, C. S. Mc-
,arty, Matlel Willis, Annie Mc-
iouirk and H. S. McLarty.
Tenant in possession notified of
:vy. This Nov. 8th, 1921.
A. S- BAGuETT, Sheriff.
Douglas Co. Georgia.
Georgia, Douglas County.
To All Whom it May Concern
Notice is hereby given that the
appraisers appointed to set apart
and assign a year’s support to
Mrs. M. F. Allison, the widow of
J. Q. Allison, deceased have filed
their award, and unless good and
sufficient cause is shown, the same
will be made the judgment of the
Court at the December term 1921,
of the Court of Ordinary.
This Nov. 7th, 1921.
J. H. McLarty, Ordinary.
Also at the same time and place
will be sold the following describ
ed property to-wit: One Five
Passenger Ford Car Motor No.
168(3574, levied on and to be sold
as the property of Charlie Cary,
defendant by virtue of a mortgage
fi fa issued from Douglas Superior
Court in favor of Bank of Villa
Rica and against Charlie Cary.
Also at tlie same time and place
will be sold the following describ
ed property to-wit: One five pas
senger Dort Automobile Model 5-
A Motor No. , levied on and
to he sold as the property of J. O.
Ward and B. F. Ward, defendants
by virtue of a mortgage fi fa is
sued from Douglas Superior Court:
in favor of Bank of Villa Rica and
against J. 0. Ward and B. F. Ward.
Also at the same time and place
will be sold the following describ
ed property to-wit; One five pas
senger Chevrolet car Motor No.—
, 490 Model, Ga. License No.
45641 levied on and to be sold as
the property of J. G. Hornsby,
defendant by virtue of a mort
gage fi fa issued from Douglas
Superior Court in favor of Bank
of Villa Rica and against J. G.
Hornsby. This Nov. 7, 1921.
A. S. BAGGETT,
Sheriff Douglas County, Ga.
orgia, Douglas County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
praisers appointed to set apart
d assign a year’s support to
ittie Mitchum the widow of S.
Mitchum, Sr., deceased, have
sd their award, and unless good
d sufficient cause is shown, the
me will be made the judgment
the Court at the December term
21, of the Court of Ordinary.-
This 7th day of Nov. 1921.
Georgia, Campbell County.
By virtue of an order granted by the
Ordinary of Campbell county, on the
first day of Nov. 1920, there will be
sold before the court house door
Douglas ciunty, on the first Tuesday
in December 1921, between the legal
hours of Bale to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described property.
Beginning at a point near the South
west corner of land lot 12) where the
road from Campbellton Ferry turns
west on the southern line of land lot
121 and running north 180 west 43
chains and 76 links; thence south to a
road; thence southeast along said road
to a beginning point, contaiting J6 2-3
acres, more or less.
Also a tract in said District lying
and being in It nd lot 120,118 and 119
of said county, and more fully describ
ed as follows: Beginning in the south
west corner of lot 118; thence running
along south line of said lot 11 1-2 chains
thence south 13 chains to the Chatta
hoochee river; thence east along said
river to the public road; thence north
along said public road 28 chains 50
linkS thence southwest to the western
line of land lot 118; thenee south along
said line to the beginning point, con
taining 90 acres more or less. Said
land described as per plat made by J
W. Steed county surveyor of Camp
bell county.
Claire latham,
GEO. LATHAM;
Admrx. and Admr. of the estate of
Mrs. E. R. latham, deceased.
Lawrence S. Camp, Attorney.
Michigan Husband Made Brutal
Assault to End the Visits
of Rival.
Muskegon, ’Mich.— Enraged over
alleged visits of a rival to Ills home,
Frank Miller Is charged with stopping
his wife on a crowded street and tear
ing olT her ears with his bare hands.
Miller gave himself up to the author
ities after the tragedy.
“I got tired of finding her with Joe
RoinonhotY. That’s why I did it,” was
Wrenched Her Ears From Her Head.
Miller’s only explanation to the po
lice.
Mrs. Miller’s piercing screams as
her husband wrenched her ears from
her head attracted a crowd, through
which Miller fought his way. He es
caped and fled to the county jail. The
woman’s four little children were cry
ing about their bleeding mother when
she was picked up and rushed to the
nearest hospital.
Miller^ a few months ago, shot Joe
Romonhoff four times. He had found
him In his home on several occasions,
and had warned him that he would kill
him the next time ho came there. He
was acquitted after Komonhoff recov
ered.
A few nights ago, Miller told the po
lice, he arrived home soon after ids
rival had left the house. An argu
ment that lasted all night Is said to
huve preceded his attack on his wife.
MARRIAGE ENDS GYPSY WAR
Trouble Starts When Gypsy Kidnaps
Girl He Paid for, After Parents
RtfuEe to Deliver.
Minneapolis.—Tribal difficulties of
the Adams and Yens gypsy hands
ended here with the marriage of
George Adams, Minneapolis, and Al
bina Yans, Chicago, in accordance
with American laws.
The trouble developed when the
bridegroom previously paid $2,000 for
his bride, In accordance with gypsy
custom, and came to a climax when
Mrs. Anna Adams, his mother, wus
brought into court here, charged with
abduction after sbe had kidnaped the
bride when the latter’s parents re
fused to deliver the girl, in accord
ance with the sale to Adams.
When Chicago police advised local
authorities to hold Mrs. Adums and
Miss Yans their release was sought
upon a writ of habeas corpus. This
was dismissed, however, when the
Chicago warrant charging abduction
was introduced to the court. Ball of
$1,000 wus set, and immediately pro
duced In cash by the two women.
The bridegroom claims that on four
previous occasions he had lost approxi
mately $25,000 given for four brides,
which were never delivered, and that
he intended to observe the marriage
principles In accordance with the
American law’, as insurance against
losing again.
Mrs. Adams and the bride were ad
mitted to bull pending the issuance of
extradition papers, oud the marriage
ceremony followed.
Dog Gave Up Life to
Save Baby From Harm
The four-year-old son of Clyde
Scott of Shady, W. Va., is hover
ing between life and death as a
result of being attacked by an
Infuriated brood sow. The uni-
mul broke out of her pen in
search of a baby pig which had
escaped, and seeing the boy near
by, attacked him, tearing his
legs and body in several places
with her teeth.
A pet collie dog, hearing the
child’s screams, ran to the res
cue, attaching the pig and hold
ing on until the hoy’s mother
rushed Into the field and carried
him out of danger. The collie,
unwilling to give up the fight^
and the sow wild with rage,
fought on until the dog was
killed. The sow was badly
mangled.
Amateur Champion of Pacific
Coast Kills Thief With Full
Nelson Hold.
FOUND THIEF IN HOME
Wrestler Heartbroken When He Dis
covers That Burglar Is Dead—Just
Wanted to Detain Him While
Wife Called Police.
San Francisco.—Louis IT. Ardouln
of the Olympic club, who recently won
the amateur heavyweight wrestling
championship of the I’acillc coast,
killed with his hare hands a man he
found rilling a bureau drawer iu his
home. The man later wus identified
as William E. Anderson, lie leaves a
widow residing here.
Ardouln told the police that after
grappling with Anderson, who was un
armed, for five minutes he applied a
severe wrestling hold to detain him un
til Mrs. Ardouln could telephone for
help.
No Charge Is Likely.
No charge is likely ever to be placed
against Ardouln for the slaying, po
lice said.
Examination of Anderson’s body dis
closed that death apparently was
caused by strangulation, Ardouln hav
ing doubled his neck forward so that
his throat had been pressed against
the collar of a khaki shirt he wore.
Ardouln was heartbroken when he
discovered that Anderson was dead.
Will Help Victim’s Wife.
“I’ll do anything In my power for his
wife,” lie said. “All I tried to do was
to subdue him. He put up a terrible
battle, even after I had got a full-Nel-
son hold on him, I was horribly
shocked when the policemen turned
him over and found him dead. I did
not mean to kill him, although I put all
the pressure I could.”
Ardouln has participated in a num
ber of California wrestling tourna
ments nnd has wrestled informally
IR L
WEAK
Applied a Severe Wrestling Hold.
with Ed (Strangler) Lewis, Marin.
Plestlna and other widely known pro
fessionals. He Is said to have forced
some of these to extend themselves t<
throw him. During the war Ardouln
was engaged in athletic instruction
work under the Young Men’s Christian
association and was stationed at tin
Presidio of San Francisco.
DREW ON HIS IMAGINATlOf
High Ecclesiastical Authority of Cer.
turies Ago Had Wonderful Idea
of Sea Serpent.
Rlkiyard Kipling’s Conception or l
pair of sea serpents—great white
blind pathetic creatures risen fron
the primordial ooze—made a corklni:
yarn, but It wasn’t a bit more Imagi
native than tbe grisly description
penned In all seriousness centuries ago
by Olaus Magnus, archbishop of Up-
salu. The worthy archbishop wrote:
“Their forms are horrible, their
heads square, nil set with prickly,
und they have sharp and long horns
about, like u tree rooted up by the
roots. They are 10 or 12 cubits long,
very black and with huge eyes,, the
coinpass whereof Is about 8 or 10 cu
bits. The eye is red and fiery colored
which in the dark night appears to
fishermen afur off under waters as
a burning fire, having hairs like goose
feathers, thick and long, like a heard
hanging down. The rest of the body,
for the greatness of the head, which
Is square, Is very small, not being
above 14 or 15 cubits long. One of
those son monsters will easily drown
many great ships.”
Gude’s Pepto-Mangan The
Blood-Builder, Arouses
Dull Faculties
Many a man and many a wo
man feels all out of sorts from
thin, weakened blood. The least
little thing gone wrong throws
them into a wild form of despond
ency. Instead of bracing up and
meeting ordinary difficulties, they
are downed. Nerves are on edge.
Appetite lags. Fleep is restless.
They are weak and tired and dull.
Poor blood works its havoc till
tlie will loses its power. Few
people who fall into habits of wor
ry and despondency realize that
most of their troubles are due to
lack of endurance—to blood that
lias become weakened by over
work or straining.
Healthy men and women with
rich, red blood see things bright
ly. They tackle life with zest and
go along smilingly and full of
eagerness and endurance.
Gude’s Pepto-Mangan taken
steadily restored the blood to its
natural richness. It actually makes
red corpuscles, the tiny particles
in blood which make it red. Drug
gists have Gude’s Pepto-Mangan
in liquid and tablet form, Ad
vertisement.
In the District Court of the Un
ited States for the Northern Dis
trict of Georgia. Northern Div
ision. In Bankruptcy No. 7563.
In tlie matter of Alrnand & Mc-
Koy, Bankrupt.
To the creditors of said Bank
rupt of Douglasville in the county
of Douglas, said District:
Notice is hereby given that on
the 16 day of Nov. 1921, the said
Almand & McKoy was duly adju
dicated bankrupt; and that tlie
first meeting of the creditors of
said bankrupt will he held at the
Court House in Douglasville at 9
o’clock a. m. on tlie 3 day of Dec.
1921, at which lime the creditors
of said bankrupt may attend,
prove their claims, examine the
bankrupt, elect a trustee and
transact such other business as
may properly conte before such
meeting. At Carrollton, Ga., this
tlie 17 day of Nov. 1921.
EUGENE SPRADLIN,,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Red Cross Trains i
147 Blind Vets
In Useful Work
Training designed to fit them for th«
battle of life mbs taken by 147 blind
ed ex-service men at the Red Cross In
stitute for the Blind, near Baltimore,
Md., during the fiscal year 1020-1921,
according to the report of the Insti
tute for that period.
Of this number, 19 have gone on to
other institutions, in almost every
case to institutions where those hav
ing sight are receiving advanced edu
cation. The blind ex-service men who
have entered such institutions are pro
vided with special text-books in
Braille, reading which they were
taught at the Hcd Cross Institute.
Twelve men have passed from the
Institute to successfully carry on some
occupation or business for which they
were fitt ed by special .training. A few
have withdrawn from the Institute be
cause of poor physical condition, 14 are
receiving further “training on tbe
Job” und 87 are still in training.
Unsolved Mystery of Nature.
The exact principle which causes a
magnet to take hold of metals and
cling to them with » force which over
comes the principle of gravity Is, like
electricity, one of Nature’s unsolved
mysteries, the Detroit News remarks.
It lb merely known that a piece of iron
which has been, electrically treated
will attract and hold various other
metals. The force Jt exerts !■ called
“uifurnt*ttuML-”.
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