STORIES FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 223, 18 September 1915, Page 15

STORIES FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

I • !; ! ELECTROCUTED IN PUBLIC. • At Eutte Montana. Fran.-k C UeDonald. i chief electrician at the Ooliuni.u Harden*. ■ was rle"tro.-t:ted on a pole In m.bt of to"*) children -tathered in celeoration of ' h.l ' dr»n s Day. McDonald was mooring a high ' j power wire which had fallen during i storm. a PREPARED TO DIE. •Trepare to live -ml you will be prepared ' to di,-. -a..l Rev R .; ia li*.*ii. address ing a iar.e congregation m the tabernacle i of the ..regon ihrt-rian Ihurcfc conven 'ion. As be spoke he sunk io the floor or ' the pulpit and did within a few seconds . : Death was due to apoplexy I'ailison was ii prominently known in Oregon. ,' A CLEVER SWINDLER. The police are searching for a -windier who telephoned the i;iasgow Grocery 'on: [any, nil. Larkin Si roc*. San Ft-an-is.-o. to I -end a boy with a pound of butler to the German House an.l have him orm- 'h.in.e for a ten-dollar goldpleoe. When ihe my arrived with the groceries an.l the aioney the stranzcr was waiting for him. rook the' change, advised the hoy lo delive- the itoods in the house and :he 10 dollars .a lo'd. He then disappeared A FISHHOOK BURGLAR. I At Los An-reles. on July 31st. Charles ' M.iutz lay In bed petrified with .isionish . ment while his trousers flopped off a chair. wriggled across the floor, crawled up the wall and vanished ihrough :he tr.ans.im ; I When Mantz recovered from his surprise f he leaped into 'he hallway The pants were I there, but a sum of ITdols was missing l I from the pockets A "Ash-hook burglar" . 1 had done rhe work with a drop line. A NEGRO BURNED ALIVE. i ; At Temple. Te_a*. on July 31. Will Stanley, a negro, arretted ou a charge of murdering three children, was taken from the justice courtroom it midnight and was burned on the public square In the presence . of thousands of men aud women. When Stanley was cast into the flames he struggled frantically to escape, but was re- ' peatedly shoved back. Several men said Stanley confessed that he did the -tiling, c claiming ihat he had been hired to do the c deed. t

FEMALE BANDITS RUSE. Assuming the role of Samaritan to aid the imaginary father of a stricken girl. John Ri-n/i. a Los Auaeles merchant, suddenly was confronted by a revolver in the bands of the young woman, who forced him to give up li" dollars. ttien„i reported to the police that he wns met by the girl at the mouth of an alley, nenr his place of business. She told him her fa:her was dying, and pleaded for help. She led the man down the alley, and. us they reached the farther end of ir. she produced the revolver and sternly demanded the money which the merchant was taking to his shop

HER JAPANESE LOVER. Her photograph \ilten with a forn.er .I.pnae... army officer . a used Mr* Mal.e ..' Sa,.'h t. *h..0l and kill lieorge o- Kraro !(rural n l:.*r home ,r 170). West i-orty-tairrl s:.-*-. Los An-elos The k.ilmg occn-r-.l on th- wedding am...er*a y of the Sm.tr... Kirlv in the ir.orn.ng Mr* Sm rh kept her tryst -:::i l.v. hi vi from ..f a Broaiway eareler'.a "live mc l,a k that picture of us Iwo demanded the woman Why. blandly :nuu.re] I-u.-ii. "B-canee you am untrue :-. mc I saw you w.lh ar.o.a.>v .man vest. r.. iv -he de. iar.-l an.l up-'•-:i.del him I.ie ill refused to comply, .icl threatened 'o take it to the woman s b.,m» n ihe ~.'" :,.. an.l roll her hu-h.in.i ,f her iiiifa.tlifii ne*s Then they parted Mr* Smith purchased ten carT-ld.es. loaded the revolver. in-I went home. Ail day lon. -lie wen: .ll.orir her h.,u*ework Ir. the ereninc her husband. A.Sect South, came ho:_,» [• was almost mldr _ht when [giiehl called A long altercation ended «,"-. -, .lenouemen.. and with it •he st.-tlerl husband's exclamation "Mabel.. '.*ii mc :: ;-r. t true;- Her answer nas a rapid -erics ,-,f revolver *hor*. and ihe .lapincse fell dyln. Mrs. Smith wa* ,-iken -o cam charged with moi-i.*-. She told he- -Mr. ti M.rron -i-,,,rh. sayir..: ■In niv association with 1.-'i'hj I four..l "hat there , re many win.* -.-omen mlsmated wiih Japanese I know now that it .is an awful thing They nr" too clever. oo p. I -hod and .-rn'tv A-.-.erican women -honld hive nnihin. in common with .la pnnc-c. I kn.,w that now. and I wish I oubl explain to every woman who Is at , tracre.l hy these foreigners."

EXECUTION OF BECKER. At peace with his Maker, a prayer lip. v' I his lips, an.l hi* iron will unfjlterlh*. I Oiarles f r..*.-«.*r expiated the murder nt' 1 '.jr-.-.bier rierni.in Rosenthal when he was' «h.->.-ked to .loath in the elecrricil .'hair at! i.V, .mi. on July liihli. in Sins Sin-, Prison. New York n.i::e,l upon his shirt, u'-ar his heart, the former czar of the tenderloin i carried to h.s death a picture of his devoted I wife, hi his hand he clutched a ,*riici_x : I Th» deadly enrreut "it off ;1 whispered.! I Jesus, have mercy." from Becker's lips | , When ill was ready, the executioner, in full] view of rhe witnesses, calmly shut the! ] *w::.-h As the powerful current shot I rh-o,i-h the frame nt the former muster ot' the -liamen his biz body shot straight out. J .' tn._ln: .11 the creaking s-raps. For a full, . minute ir wis stretched thus. ,\ slight. 1 , siz/llm was heard an.l i cirl of smoke went I . i.p from the right si.ie of the head from, , under the can which held the head flee- . trode. The "lylns man's srip on rhe cruct- .| _x ti-htcued. But when the current wis! j switched off the cross slipped from the re-i I laxcd Bngei-s. A guard caught it. Becker's , l.ody then dropped ba.-k in a position of I utter collapse. The physicians held the] stethoscope to Becker's heart an,! felt the | arteries of his neck. Another shock wis de- | rounded. The cool executioner swung the I .witch shut i.am The crumpled body i strained azainst :he straps. The doctors ; again examined :be body. They ,i_.iin ap I pealed to the executioner, and a.am ihe ■ ' curren' was shot rbrnugh the limp b. .!;,-. I Beckers lips purled in a glusily smile. It l was cx.i.-lly .-..53 when Dr _:, r r. prison . physician, .innounceil loudly: "I pronounce • . this man dead." Before stepping into the i i dentil ehamlier from hi*, cell the convicted '.man turned to F.irher Curry, his religion.. 1 advise:-, and -aid: "I an, n „ t guilty by deed, • j conspiracy or any other way „f Rosenthal's ', death. 1 aai being sacrificed fur my ' friend-."