1897-08-27; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878.
OkABE, HIOH;, FKIDAY, ATO. 27, 1897.
New Series: Vol. 5, No. 39
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I have decided to close out the Mer- ^
cbandise in both stores,  here and
Calkinsville, on or before October
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g ALL GOODS MUST AND
WILL BE SOLD
MUKDESED1
CASHIER ELMER E, STRUBLE, OF TUE
FARMERS* BANK, SIIEPUERl),  SHOT
DOWN IN GOLD BLOOD.
ALL TUE MONEY AND BOOKS BELONGING TO TUE BANK ARE GONE.
less of Cost 1
So that I can give my whole time to the Es
CREAMERY and to BUYING AND 3
SHIPPING-  OF FARM PRODUCTS.  3
Don't buy a dollar's worth
have looked over my stock,
yon money.
Bring on your WHEAT. I am prepared
to Pay yon the Highest Cash Price for
all you bring to LEE'S ELEVATOR.
Yours for Business,
until you =s
I will save Eis
A£thej3reamery store |f
Is the place to get a swell turnout. Now
that "good roads" is the cry, sell your old
buggy, wagon or gig, and get a new one—one
that will last a lifetime.
T
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• To get FARM IMPLEMENTS cheap. I
will sell at a big discount now rather than carry my stock over to next year.
Bring to town a load of wheat, get from 70c to 80o
per bushel for it, come with the cash and I'll make you
prices that will take your«breath.
Call at the Warehouse and examine the best and largest
stock of Farm Tools and Implements
ever brought into the county.
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Mr- Struble Died at Ten  O'clock of the
Morning Ue Was Shot.
Bettveen four and five o'clock Saturday morning Elmer E, Struble was
shot at the Farmer's bank, Shepherd,
and died that morning at ten o'clock,
J?our bullets entered his body, three
in tbe region of the heart and lungs
and one in the forearm, He made an
ante-mortem statement implicating
three prominent men of Isabella
county, but at tbis writing 'their
names are known only to the officers.
Jfi is stated however tbat these men
have eaeh proved an alioi and it is also thought that the unfortunate man's
sworn statements arc false,—that he,
being under the influence of morphine,
and -suffering intense pain, was not
responsible when his testimony was
taken. He entered the bank early for
the purpose, if. is thonght, of complying with the request of the owner of
the bank, John V. Ryan, who was, until recently, cashier of the People's
bank at Mt, Pleasant which failed
Friday, to takeover to Mt. Pleasant
some of tbe books, Mr. Byan sent
for the books the day before, but in
such a way that Cashier Struble did
not know which books were wanted,
and calling up Mr. Ryan, ascertained
over the telephone line his desire and
was to drive to Mt. Pleasant early
that morning.
Struble, by the way, Had often been
at the bank very early in the morning.
Having no assistant, be would go
there at daybreak for papers and
drive into the country to transact business with some farmer and get back
in time for tho regular hour of opening. Many people in the town knew
this. According to the cashier's ante*
mortem statement, a person followed him in from the street through
the hard ware store and spoke to him.
The cashier had not yet unlocked the
door of the vault.
Tho for-the-present-anonymous person said he called on a business matter which the cashier was in a position
to transact. In the presence of this
person Struble adjusted the combination and opened the vault door and
immediately opened the safe door, in
which is a time lock. There are
shelves overthesafeand shelveson the
opposite side of the vault, so that the
j clear door space is not more than two
! *n-four feet, Hr-had just opened the
b...o door, when L«, ».tw the other two
for the first time. They were just
outside the vault door and had small
shawls or cloths over their heads and
faces. The shooting began before he
could get out of the vault.
The name of the man whom the
dying cashier said had talked to him,
and who, of course, was not masked,
has been connected by street gossip
with murder and robbery by persons
who are not aware of what tne cashier's ante-mortem statement contains.
The prosecuting attorney and the
doctors do not agree as to the condition the cashier was in when he made
his statement. The doctors say that
when he made the most sensational
parts, he was in full possession of his
senses. The prosecutor does not
think he was, and says the statement
was drawn from him. It was a statement that perhaps would not have
the weight that a statement made
without any prompting would have.
One of the things which Cashier
Struble told the doctors and Prosecuting Attorney McNamara when .he
came out of a morphine stupor just
before his death, was that he at first
supposed there was but one man in
the bank, This man was very well
acquainted with him, and it was because he had done a certain kind of
business with the bank thau the cashier did not regard his presence in the
bank at that early hour, between i
and 4:30 o'clsek, as suspicious,
Dennis Ryan, the father of John F,
Ryan is well along in years, with an
iron-gray mustache but no beard.
Be explained his trip from Mt. Pleasant to Shepherd last Friday, which he
made at the lequesfe Of his son, to get
the books of the bank. He said he
had no instructions as to what books
to get, and Cashier Struble didn't
know what to give him.
The,cashier finally told him he
would ascertain what books' were
wanted aud bring them to Mt. Pleasant himself-   Ashe was leaving the
ban!?, the cashier shook hands with
him, The reason Strubla arranged
to bring the books to Mt, Pleasant so
early Saturday morning, was to let
John Byan look them over, so Struble
could get back with them to Shepherd,
in time for the usual hour for opening
for business, which was 9 o'clock.
The funeral of Elmer E. Struble,
cashier of John F, Ryan's Farmer's
bank took plaqe Tuesday afternoon.
Services were held at the house where
the murdered banker lived, The
house was filled and several times as
many more were on the lawn in front
of the porch. An organ and a choir
were on the porch. Showers, which
bega i in the morning, continued during the services, yet notwithstanding
the elements, the, funeral was probably as large as any ever held in Isabella county. Farmers drove from all
sections of the county to attend it.
Mr. Ryan did not attend the services. He drove over from'Mt. Pleasant during the forenoon. All'of the
papers remaining in the vault had
been overhauled by Deputy Sheriff
Estee, and as nothing of importance
bearing on "the case was found, the
deputy relinquished control of it fco
Mr. Ryan. The latter remained in
one bank dm ing the funeral services
although the Struble house is but two
blocks from the bank. There are people who criticise him for doing so, although had be attended, it is suggested that he would haye been subjected to criticism also, on the theory
thac he, too, was trying to defy comments about himself. Tt is a case
where he would have been criticsed if
he'had attended and been criticised if
he did not.
The whole affair is a mystery, and
no arrests have been made, because
not enough evidence has been produced against any one man. 1c is the
opinion of many that the murderers
are residents and prominent men of
Isabella county, and though the
friends of Struble are censuring the
officers for not making arrests, it is
well for those suspected that they
have not been arrested. The feeling
against the murderers is so intense
that were the people nositive those
censured are guilty, tbe law would be
relieved of further intervention.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Benjamin and Roy Nairn Held for the .Murder of Curtis Wright-—George Martel
Charged as an Accessory.
On Monday last at Gladwin Justice
B'ouch bound over Benjamin and Roy
Nunn, father and son, for trial ab the
next term of circuit court, charged
with the murder of Curtis Wright.
The testimony of Benjamin Nunn,
that of his wife, Ida Nunn, and also
that of George Rilette concluded the
examination.
The father.it appears has not been
very fatherly to his naturally wayward boy, and seems to in no particular screen Roy—in fact he censured
him before any arrests had been made
as being one of the guilty parties.
Benjamin says he was in Marine City
at the time of the murder, and thus
hopes to be able to prove an alibi.
But the fact that he was unable to
get bail leads the public to think him
not so innocent as he might be. He
was taken to Bay City for confinement
in jail there until circuit court convenes.
Without a doubt the murder. was
committed by one of the three—Roy
.Nunn, Benjamin Nunn or George Martel, and when the circuit court next
convenes the mystery will doubtless
be justly solved.
Teachers' Institute.
BT MINNIE M. PRESLEY,
The Teachers' Institute for Olare
county, which has been in session tha
past week at Farwell opened Monday
with Prof. W. J. McKorne of Mason
as conductor, assisted by Miss May
Hinsdale of Ann Arbor. Both are very
able Instructors and the teachers received much inspiration that can be
carried intp the school room this fall
to make school work brighter.
Prof. McKomeis superintendent of
Mason schools and is thoroughly alive
to the new education. He believes
fully that "Learning without thought
is labor lost; thought without learning Is perilous" and in his inspiration
talks to teachers he suggested many
valuable things. He insists on a
thorough preparation for morning exercises, the same as for other class exercises—let these, if possible, bear
upon some topic that will be taught
during the day. He also had in charge
a class in arithmetic and geography.
Miss Hinsdale conducted a class in
a systematic study of "Westminister
1    DAVY & COMPANY.    %
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I aifrFaii Goods
if DRESS GOODS
^ 28 in. Cashmeres at isle.
^ 36 in. '! at 19C.
36 in. All wool Serges, all colors, 25c.
36 in. all wool fine Flannel Suitings, 25c.
36 in. fine all wool Novelties at 29c.
S BLACK GOODS
G^ All wool Serges, 25c, 40c, 45c, 50c, 75c,. 95c.
®'        Fine all wool Henriettas, 50c, 75c, 90c, 11.00.
G« New styles in Figured Black Goods at 50c.
New styles in Dark Outings at 5c, 7£c, 8|c, 10c.
Red Table Damask
3r 50 in. wide, fast colors, choice of three patterns
J|j only 19c yd. worth 25c. "
gk 25 pes. best twilled shirtings at 10c yd. j^
& Fine cotton batts in Full Pound Rolls 10c each.
fi| Large Cotton Blankets in grey, tan and white
&  at 50 cents.
^ Dark Print at 4c, 5c, and 6c. ■(&
Best Bed Print, fast colors, 5c. Gp
Yard wide Percales, new dark colors at 81c.        W
DAVY &  COMPANY!
Abbey" also classes in civics and history and various others. Tuesday
evening the teachers and citizens
wero delightfully entertained by a
lecture on "London" by Miss Hinsdale.
This was instructive as well as interesting and some times amusing. The
originality of the American abounds
even in that English city, as was
shown in tho story related by Miss
Hinsdale ol two Americans who
were in a royal parade behind the
carriage of a duke, bowing to the
right and left as he did and immensely
enjoying the joke. She very strongly
contrasted American society with
English and all felt more of a pride in
the American oustoms and manners.
Miss H. is a young lady who has but
recently returned from Europe and
has been an eye witness of the affairs
which she relates.
One of the interesting features of
Wednesday's session was a short call
and talk by State Superintendent J.
E. Hammond. The teachers may
justly feel proud of the interest taken
in their work by Mr. Hammond.
Thursday evening Prof. McKome
delivered an unuaslly fine address on
the subject "The Child at Home and
afc School."
An interesting talk and lesson was
given each day by the Commissioner
on School Law.
Altogether this Institute has proved
of much value to the teachers, and to
those in attendance ifc has been a
source of inspiration.
Cycle Notes.
Here is the latest out on Mary had
a little lamb: "Mary had a little
lamb, that time has passed away. No
lamb could follow up the pace that
Mary sets today. For now she rides
the air-shod wheel, in skirts too short
by half, no lambkin shares her airy
flight, but you can See her calf."
Id. Ceylon, where cycling is very
popular, the bicycle takes precedence
over all vehicles on tbe road.
"There is hardly a town on bhe continent," says the London Cyclist,
"where the flaming posters of American cycle manufacturers are nofc to be
met with,"   O, those' awful Yankeesi
A scorcher scorched on a scorching
day, he scorched down fche street pell-
mell; he scorched right into the trolley-car, and he's scorching now in	
well, he isn't scorching any more in
Michigan, anyhow.—Ex.
When the weather is good, ride
your bicycle. When it is bad, think
about the fun you will have when the
weather is good again.
The week of August 15, thirty-six
hundred and forty new members
joined the L. A. W. The L. A. W.
has now over ninety-seven thousand
members,
The cbainless wheel is bound to
come in the cycling world. In England, recently, they held a wheel
climbing contest, and after ifc was
over H. J. Herbert,- on a chainless
wheel, rode his wheel backward up.
the hill.
A young bicycle rider of town, whose-
veracity has never been questioned,
averts that during a recent trip to the-
country he punctured his tire and in
despair started to walk home. While-
pushing his wheel he ran it squarely
through a hornet's nest and the angry insects retaliated by repeatedly
stinging the tire, and much to his joy
the aforesaid tire swelled to such an
extent that he was enabled to mount
and ride home.
The L. A, W. and the Amateur
Athletic Union have signed new articles of alliance. The agreement was
terminated about a .year ago by fche
officers of the A. -A. IT., but after a
few conferences, the disputed points
were settled.
Changing the length of the crank
does nofc increase or decrease the gear. .
The only difference is that the crank
gives the greater leverage power.
Next to Zimmio, Lotighead has bhe-
distinction of haying won more prizes
in One year than any other rider. In
1895 Loughead won seyenty-eight first
prizes, and lasfc year he joined the
money chasers.
* Railroad Notes.
On account of the North District Y,
P. S. C, E. convention at Ludington,
the F. & P, M. will sell excursion
tickets to Ludington and return Sept.
3rd and 4th limited to return to Sept.
6th, 1897, at rate of one and one-third
fare for the round trip.
On account of the A. O. U. W.
Lodges of Michigan Reunion afc Detroit, F. & P. M. will sell ex. tickets
to Detroit Aug. Sftfch. limited to return
till Aug. 2Sfch ab rate of one and one-
third fare for the round trip.
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