TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. = TERMS: 25 Cents a Month, GREENVILLE, N. C. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1897. “a onellennay Yum! ! Yum!! ae Men & Boys. Every price commands Style and quality. The cloth, the linings, the trimmings anel the fit- ting cannot be sur- passed. If you come we'll show plenty of cenclusive proof of how we can and do save money for you. Our object supreme is to Surprise every custom- er by offering greater values than were ex- pected. ea Now about SUITS! People say ours are faultless. “Well, that’s nght we show style, ae _ Munford. wi WYNNE TUESDAY hic s Scat eneil Dont Miss Seeitig Him Ride See neteeiated Will Wynne, of Raleigh, the champ-| ion fancy bicycle rider of America, will give an exhibition ride in the Planters Warehouse, Tuesday night, begining at 8 o'clock. Mr. Wynne will reach Greenville to. night and Tuesday afternoon will leai a bicycle street parade in which all riders of the community are invited to participate. wll having wheels who can take part in the parade will please rc= port their names at L. H. Pender’s store as early as convenient on Tuesday morning s9 that all arrangements can be completed. Every lady rider has a special invitation. The Ladies of the Baptist church will seli refreshments at nigtit during the exhibition. The Forbes Orchestra will furnish music and there will also be roller skating during the intevals of the exbibit. The nding by Mr, Wynne will be the finest ever seen here and no one should miss it, Died. Mr. Corneluis Kinsaul, the oldest white citizen of Greenville, died at 6 o’cleck this morning at his home on the corner of isecond ard Greene streets. He was in the 82nd year of his age. Mr: Kinsanl had been sick several weeks and his death was not unexpected. No man in the community had more friends or was mcre liked thar he. His was a Kind, genial disposition, and he was the friend of everybody. No man could sdy aught against him. One son, Mr. W. M. Kinsaul, sur~ a es him. ~The funeral took place a 4 o’clock this afternoon Methodist chureh, services being conducted by Rev. N. M. Watson. The interment was in Cherry Hill Cemetery. The Pall bearers were Messrs C. D. Rountree, Charles Cobb, J. H. Harris» J. G. Move, H. A. Sutton, and E. A: Moye. from the a Visiting Preacher. Rev. x. H. Herring, of Surry county, who has charge of three churches in Halitax county, filled the pulpit of the Baptist church nere, Sunday morning and night, in place of Rev. A. W. Set- zer, who is holding a meeting in Hali- fax, Mr. Herring preached two good Sermons and our. people were greatly pleased with him, Hoax—“In the Howler’s account of the football game it says: ‘Topwate’s interference was giniformly consisteut.’ ‘That’s a mean fling at poor Topwate.” Joax—“TI don’t see how you mike that out.” Hoax—“Why, Topwate’s knock. kneed, and can’t help interfering.” ROCHDALE ITEMS Rocapatr, N. C., Nov. 15, ’97. The sanctified meeting at Béthle» hem closed Sunday evening. [I believe they say a few professed to be ‘sanctis fied. T. E. Little was driving from .the conference Saturday night, and was run into by some kind of a vehicle, from which his horse received a severe wouna on the nose. The girls and boys have been en. joying a few corn shuckings up this way lately, though the girls didn’t do much pulling shucks. Cotton is very low, taouzh the majority “of the people around here have made plenty ef something to eat IR; her home from Ayden last Saturday, where she had been. visiting the family of C. L. Tyson, Miss Rosa says - that she had avery nice time during her stay at Ayden. The tarmers are almost through housing their crops and sweet potat es are plentiful. Many of the Greenville people came out Sunday to hear the sanctified preacher. There is some tobacco in the neigh. borhood for sale yet. Miss Lula Bell, of Kinston, who has been spending the summer over this way, returned home last Saturday on the évening Miss Lula has many friends in our little town. train. A gentleman came over to call on one ‘jpight last week and tied his mule at one of our neighborhood girls the ,ate, went into the house, talked to kis girl a little while and thea they |proposed to take a ride over to a neighhors, and when they were ready to ge some girls and snother boy had taken a ride off bebind the thule the om. ! selves. Boys ycu had better watch your horses closer, and girls don’t vou be sc rude unless vou want your fathers to go to the troudle of stabling your beau’s mules. Misses Lizeie Smith and Nannie Fuller and J. T. Smith, Jr., attended the Washington fair last week and they all say they enjoyed the trip splendia, though they had seen better fairs. - .___ Sanctificationists, Some Sanctified foiks held another service here Sunday in the coffin room of the John Flanagan Buggy Co. (Quite a crowd attended the services, The Sanctificationists came up from Washington on a ‘hat town coming with gas hoat, several peopie trom them. They returne] to Washington Sunday evening. News ot our doings 1s Hints S forthe Thrifty. Sw ot general consequence because the store is rich with Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, that concern wise money spenders. If you are extravagant, prodigal and wasteful you may} skip our advertising with impunity. Ever shopper who is en rapport with the spirit of the} times cannot ignore our trade suggestions. ALFRED -: FORBES. a Willoughby returned to} Which? ‘eerste ni inhientthendtivepnaaphensirtsinngetansatinnrsimanstepa ethene we osteanioapge. t nineteen : Sing a song af sixpence, a nookes full ‘ of “rocks ;” a ’ Handkerchiefs and neckties, garters tor a your socks, § Hats to coyer craniums, shoes to cover ; feet; _ ° Come and see us, gentlemen, we'll make ) Kyou lo look so neat. Ml The styles are as at- tractive as the prices. Magnetic offerings at every turn. ter is loaded heavy enough to groan. Hun- dred of black Dress Suits--clay, worsteds, diagonals, whipcords, crepes, tricots, ete. Furprising values in fancy cheviots, Plaids. FRANK WILSON. oN Niel Sac lena ei Neal el a nll Nal al le Ll Mea agli Pal had SOP PPP eee Pes ll Nella alll Nef relay Nel ellen celal al lt clad Pat oe eat Now comes the time | -Di=s=@ to think about — These cool evenings and foggy mornings speak very loudly fora topcoat. Oursareright. We signed them, the right makers made them. The right lengths, the right styles, the right cloths. Some are shoulder lined, sone are fur lined. pp SURE RMes<+- TIME IS MONEY. And he who learns to appreciave rightly the tullimportance of saving Time is on minutes that count in these bustling times hencebuy your — DRESS GOODS | y NOTIONS, SHOES, here, Spies. HL M. HARDEE, No. 907 As you pass down the aisl2 you see counter after coun- know they are right. The right designers de-’ the direct road toindependence. It’s the Pecsceersrvvsreonn vee : i hk seisaniaialioie » ‘DAILY REFLECTOR Which is the Magic Number ? pall D. J. WHICHARD. Editor. They“ were gathered together lon the piazza of the summer hotel. ae EVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT: SUNDAY). . ey pene “T often hear of the magic number,” said one. “What num~ canteen jn Sea Aniwred as second~lass mail matter. ene eet SE SITRSCRIPTTON RATES. One year, « « - ° $3.00 Qoe month, © - 2 1a ne week. - = - 10 Delivered in town bv carriers without gxtra cos’. Advertiang rates are liberal and can be ad on application to the editor or at the office: ——————— We - desire * ilve eorrespondent at eve:y postoifice inthe covaty, who will gend in brief items of NEWS as it occurs n each neighborhood. Write plainly aad on y on one side of the papers ape ee — _cemncreteacinct tC Al aeninedl incr neta eae Monpay, NOVEMBER 15, 1897. — eeicscrtncmansaceel == An Airy Sketch of a Southern Belle. The Southern girl 1s a type peculiar to the soil. She resem- ples no other young lady in the country. Ino thought, manners, and methods she has 4 distinct personality, ard could be picked out with ease 1n a multitude. As arule she is slender and strong. She is reasonably weil modeled, a tendency to tight lacing among tne traditions of her people hav- ing Had its natural effect to some extent upon her figure. She i8 generally good-looking and yery often handsome. Her neryous personality is of vaiue in this di- rection, for her eyes are bright and her perceptions quick. She isas a rale, nigh spirited and gomewhat self-willed, She is harder to control than the North- ern girl, and when she makes up her mind to get married ana the old people object she usvally carries out the program if it takes a saddle horse to accomplish it. None the less, however, she 18 usually shrewd in determining her choice, and does, not usually make mistakes. She dresses well. Her style ig rather pronounced. She speaks in a high-keyed voice and talks rapidly. She speaks of her escort invariably as “her man,” and of the gentlemen in general as “the men.” She 1s never Visible in public without one of these usetul and convenient articles beside her. Her conver- gation is directed mainly at the topics of the day and badinage of alight and dry character. Her ageis from eighteen to twenty five years. She never passes the latter age. An ox team could not make ber. The Southern girl’s particular specialty is danc- ing. She can dance every dance under the san, including all the tipupe, kicks, and running races which have been invented by the dancing master since dancing Was taken from the polite arts god raisad to a place among ath- letie sports. She is the most graceful of dancers, and would rather dance than eat. She is as light as a fairy and graceful as could be desired, and is so fond of floating over the floor, a trois temps, that she will dance with another girl rather than keep still. National Cemeteries A writer in the New York Suan gives a tabulated list of the fed- @ral soldiers buried in the federal cemetaries: It says there are 4,201 veterans at rest in the feder- al cemetery in Raleigh, of which —gumber 629 are known and 572 unknown. There are 102 knowy and 12,035 unknown 1n the Salis- bury cemetery; 717 known and 2,577 unknown in the Wilmington cemetery ; and 2,212 known and 1,091 unknown in the Newbern | cemeter )Rub the oil on ber 18 it?” ; | “Why, nine, of course,” replied some one else. “There are nine Muses, you know, aud you talk of a nine days’ wonder. .Then you bowl at ninepins, and a cat has nine lives.” “Tomfoolery !” broke in anoth- er. “Seven is the magic number. Seventh heaven, don’t you know, and a)l that. Seven colors in the raiubow; seven days in the week ; seventh son of a seventh son— great fellow: and—” “Tush, tush!” remarked a third. “Five's the number youmean. A man has five fingers on his hand and fiye toes on his foot, and he has five senses. A nickel is five cents; and—” “Three is undoubtedly the magic number,” interrupted apother, “because people give three cheers, and Jonah was in- side a whale three days and three nights, andif at first you don’t succeed, try, try again—three times you see!” This was received with some contempt by the company, and a soulful youth gushed out: “Two, ob, two, 18 the magic number! One’s self and one other! Tho adored one! Just us two!” . A hard-featured indiyidral who | had been listaning te the conver: gation hitherto unmoved here re- marked in a harsh voice: “The magic number is Numter One in this world, and don’t you forget it.” An intervat of deep thought on the part of all followed, aiter which they wept in silently to supper. ted Household Hints. Do not put fruit jars into a closet where the siiver is kept. (he rubber bands upon the jars will affect the silver and make it tarnish quickly. A little kerosene oil 1s excellent for cleaning a zinc bath tub. with a woolen cloth, then wash it off with ho: water and polish with powdered bath brick. The result is very gatistactory- Always remember in meking cakes or puddings with fruit in them that if a little flour is sorinkled over tLe fruit just be- fore stirring it into the batter it will preyent the fruit from setling to the bottom. In camping, or where one does not wish :to take extra bedding along,warm covering may be made my basting together three thick- nesses cf newspaper and putting it uader the spread. It is very warm and light, and may be thrown away when not needed. Denim coverings are excellent for nursery floors, as they are easily brushed, and rugs look well upcu them: Double carpst a kitchen table will be found of gieat convenience. If articles looked. ber instead of trusting to her memory, with the danger of for- getting some simple but most im- portant article. scene mated A thoroughly honest clerk can always command a better salary lining should be used under the 3 denim to give the proper. warmth | #¢ | for cold weather: A medium sized paper pad with . a lead vencil attached hung over |e needed are written down upon |g this pad they will not be over-) ¥e When the housewife | $e starts for market the outside slip? : can be pulled off and taken with | 3 Wise’Mercantile Maxims, Seema aiell high the price for which he sold " eC When business is attended by minuteness of detail, strict punc- tuality, it runs evenly, without jar or friction, and insures suc- cess. : It is statistical trath that no ters than the use of liquors, not necessarily through drunkenness, but the enfeebling of the judg- ment. In dress, ba neat and unob- trusive. The perfection of dress ig to be so perfectly in keeping with your occupation that the attention of an observer is not directer to it at all. Vainly shall a man hope to live and thrive by buying and selling after his neighbors and customers nave learned by sad experience that his word is not reliable, that his representations of the cost or quality of his wares are not to be trusted. Fuming and fretting in and around a store, finding fault with clerks aud employes, dsnotes a Jack of order and business tact, aa exposes the merchant to ridicule and unpleasant com- ments from those trom whom he should have respect and conf- dence.—The New York Mail and Express. Weather Signs from the Sun. dark clouds seen in the west and remain there, rain will fall on that dav. If the sun draws water in the morning, it wil! rain before vight When the sun rises with dim, murky clouds, with black beams. and -louds in the west, expect rain: If the sun rises pale, there will be ratn during the day. Ifthe clouds at sunrise be red, there will be rain during the day. Tf the sun rises clear, then shadowed bv acloud and comes out clear again, it will rain before night. Red skies in the evening pre- cede fine tomorrows. A red gun indicates weather. A yed evening indicates fair weather, but if the red extend tar upward, especially in the morping it indicates wind or rain. A vary red sky in the east at sunset indicates stormy winds. If the sunsets in dark, heavy clouds, expect rain the next day. A bright yellow sunset indi- cates, wind, a pale yellow wet. ee od Bishop’s Appointments. Bishop A. A. Wataon will fill the following appomtments in this section ° November 18, Wednesday, Dawson’s School House. Novemver 21, Sunday before Ad- vent, morning prayer, St. John’s. November 23, Tuesday, St. Pau:’s Greerville. | November 25, Thursday, morning prayer, Trinity, Chocowinity. fair “SAAN SAMAR BAIA RACTICAL + SHE = Offers his services to the B: 40 citizens of Greenville and the q© public generally. ®) q ROOFING, GUTTERING, Of Spouting and Stove Work, a specialty. © Satisfaction guaranteed or 7 no charges made. ‘Tobacco Flues made in season. Shop on Dickinson Avenue, He who has traded ont his}. neighbor's good opinion is pretty | sure to diea poor man, however} single cause leads tu more disas-| 3. » | NDY GATIIA CURE CONSTIPATION Ti 2 ? ae ALL 25¢ 50¢ EGULATE THE LIVER DRUGGISTS ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED t2.ctre 227 case of constination. Castine trral resulta. Sam ple and booklet free. Ad. STERLING REMEDY C0., Be a 2 Ae eA A ee a mG ‘3 Chicago, Montreal, Can., or New York. © 217 R." A. TYSON, *Vic-ePres. STATEMENT OF THE @ ‘RESOURCES. f,oans and Discounts $56,792.58 Premium on Stock 1,000.00 Due from Banks 20,865.30 Furniture and Fixtures 1,507.25 3 Cash Items 8,619.05 ¢ Cash in Vault 25,189.49 Total $113,923.67 | R. L. DAVIS, Pres’t. "J. L. LITTLE, Cash’er REORGANIZED JUNE 15th, 1896. The Bank of Greenville, GREENVILLE, N. ©. ¢ At the Close cf Business Oct, 5th, 1897. LIABYLITIES. Capital stock paid in $23,000.00 Surplus and Profits 1,462.09 Deposits subject to Cueck 67,507.03 Due to Banks 607.90 Cashiers Checks ortstanding 7247.66 Bills Payable 17,500.00 Time Certificates of Deposit 3,605.00 Total $113,923.67 We study carefully the separate needs of our patrons, and shall be glad to have your account, promising every accommodation consistent with good banking. - If at sunrise there are many| ...:4% KETABLISHED ton. SAM, M. SCHULTE PORK SIDES&SHOULDER JARMERS ANS) MERCHANTS BUY ing their year’s supplies will find their interest to get our prices befere pui chasing elsewhere. Ourstock is complete nallits brancies. o- ALWAYS AT LOWEST MARKET PRICE Tobacco, Snuit &e, we buy diroc} from Manufacture. > en ling yort» 517 a5 ove proit. A eou cte stock of FURNITURE always on hand and sold at prices to suit the. times. Our goods areal] bought and so'd for CASH therefore, having no 1isk to run we sell ata close margin. © eit i vis. Geaven sarbers. 3 A B.PENDER, FASHIONABLE BARBER, Can be. found below 4Five Points. next door to Reflector) office, gale A, SMITH, : TONSORIAL ARTIST.§ GREENVILLE, N.C. -\ Patronage solicited. Cleaning,( Dyeing and Pressiag Gents Clothes a specialty ERBERT EDMUNDS, FASHIONABLE BARBER, Special attention given to cleaning - than ono of equivocal babits. | GeutlemensCloth’: ° FLOUR,COFFEE,SUGAR copra) seamen UNDERTAKER FUNERAL DIREGIORS AND EMBALMERS. a @ Se We have .utt received & new hearse and the nicest line of Oof- fins and Caskets, in wood, metal- lic and cloth ever brought to Greenville. We aia prepared te /oembalm- ing in ali its forma. Personal attention given to’con~ ducting funerals and bodies en- trusted to our care will receive every mark of respect. Our prices are Jower than ever. Ve do not want monopoly but suvite con petitions _ We can be found at any and all times in the John Flanagan Buggy Co’s building. BOB GREENE & CO. CREEN VILLE Male Academy, The next session of th: school wit openon MONDAY SEPT. 6,"'1897 and continue for 10 months.” The terms are as follows. Primary English per mo. $2 0C Intermediate ‘* ‘ % $2 5 Higher “wo $3 ~ | Languages (each) ** = * $1 C0 The work and diselpline of the sechou will be as heretofore. We ask a continuance of yourt” liberal patronage. W #H.RAGSDALE. PERS Se New Secret Remedy Absolutely Unknown t tely Unkagwn to the profession. Permanent Oures ia 1) too) Gays. We refund money if we donotenro, Youcan bo treated at home forthesame price (im and the acre eenvane tees} with those who § ew precertoccmo here wv Wil contract to cnre Pp: (sok i pay cabancee of coming, gem rete teres tuilroad and hotel rl % borg rm tals, Make mow . fe YS it fi Corge, it we fail to Tfamomitwerr een 5? > A ure "if ‘you have taken mur. ye Bence 7) ie inn geared ‘til have aches and ff) me itias, Mocs. Tetckes in mouth, Sere Thron., Po") Clo ics. Cape Oo ore ed Spota, Uleera onany COG pert. no} baator ere do ga Posi onal Rit gt} dy agg "ys secondary or Tortiur ios’ P x's wk Ww guarantee to cure. Vet & barn A deed chatiee ate cases and challenge }* the wel : ae We eannot cure, ‘This dis eae has 4 Med the skill of the moat 4A hor ine st pes ictane Formany years we hive ona bY wee Oe eee treating this Giseas: with our CYPRUS aad we have SOO, ePnbap bebtpyi «or ww " jonal guarantes, Vio: fa yer ce™ mit ey proofs. Ad: nee “ thie é 480 ty wid PR, Leake bat ee “i SS : and." a a | _ “DAILY No 48—Passenger—Due Meg- cai 3 ia y " , i : ” ' ~ i . sr) a) ; - stp ee SE ae a a . rae ee : 7 Atlantic Coast Line 7 Wr four thousarid persons, the Puce, Adul- after his return from Shigians. 2°4 ve Sa SLEW FQ RTEEN : WIVES. ler added, were at last on his track and /things seemed more hopeful for the : Cctten and Peanut, . * | wanted to kill him. Muller family, as Gustav seemed wish- Below are Norfolk prices of cotte on Schedule in Effect Aug. 16th,81s 8, ‘Departures from Wilmington. NORTHBOUND. 9.35 a. m."nolia 10.59 am. Warsaw 11.10 am, Goldsboro 11.58 am, Wil son 12.43 pm, Rocky Mount 1.20 p m, Farboro 2.58 p m, Weldon 3,39 p m, Petersburg 5.54-p m, Richmond 6.50 pm, Norfolk 6.05 p m, Washing- ton 11.10 pm, Raltimore 12.53 am, Philadelphia 3:45 a m, New York 6.53 am, Boston ,00 p m. DAILY No 40—Fassenger—DucMag 7.15 pm. noiia8.55 p m. Warsaw 9.10 p m, Goldsboro 10.10 p m Wilson 11.06 p m. Tarboro 6.45 am. Rocky Mount 11.57 pm, Weldon 1.44a m, Nor- folk 10.80 a m, Petersburg 3.244 m, Richmond 4.26 a m, Washington 7.41am, Balti, more 9.05 4 m, Philadeiphia 11.256 am, New York 2,02 p m. Boston §.30 p m. SOUTHBOUND, DAILY No 55—Passengor Due Lake “40 p m, Rocky Mount 12.44 pm, Wilson 2° lz pm. Golds- ea 10. pm, Warsaw 4.02, m, Magnolia 4.16 pm, “DAILY | No. 41,—Passenger—Leave 3.50 A.M, Boston. 12.00 night, New York 9,30 am, Phitadelphia 12.09 pm, Baltimore 2 2.25 pm, Washington 3.46 pm, Rich- mond 7.20 pm, Petersburg 8.12 pm. Norfolk 2.20 pm, Weldon 9.43 pm, Tarboro 6.01 pm. Reeky Mount 5.45 am- Leave Wilson 6.20 am. Goldsboro 7-01 am, Warsaw: 7.53'am Magnolia 8.05 am, DAILy No, 61—Passenger---Leave xcept. New Pern 9.20 am, Jackson- unday yille 10.42 am. This train 40 P.M.arrives at Walnut street. - FROM THE SOUTH. @VAILY No. 54—Passenger—Leave 12,15 P. M. Tampa 8,00 am. Sonford 1.40 pm, Jacksonville 6 35 pm, Savanna 12.50 night, Charles- ton 6.388 am,Columbija 5.50 am, Atlanta 8.20 am, Macan 9.30 am, Augusta 3.05 pm, Denmark 4.75 pm, Sumpter f.40 am, Florence 8.55 am. Marion 9.35 am, Chadbourn 10.35 am, Lake Waccamaw 11.06 am, Train on Sectiay 1 Neck Braneh Roa eaves Weldon 4.10 pn, m., Halifax 4,28 pP.m., arrives Scotland Neck at 5.10 p ., Greenville 6,57 p. m., Kinston 7.55 > m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.50 a. m., Greenville 8.52 a.m. Arriving Hali> x at 11:20 a. m., We'don 11.40 am daily except Sunday. frains on Washnigton Branch fey Washington 8.20 a, m., and 1.00 p. rives Parmele 9.10 a. m., and 3 40 p p »» Tarboro 9.45 a. m., returningle aves farboro 3.30 p. m., Parmele 10.20 a. m. and 6.20 p. m,. arrives Washington 40a.m., and 7.20 p. m. Daily ex- ‘Yt Sunday. Connects with trains on scotland Neek Branch. Train leaves 1arpore, N C, via Albe- marle & Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun. ay, at 5 50 p. m., Sunday 405 P. M: * erive Plymouth 7.40 P. M., 6.00 p. m. Returning ieaves Plymouth daily except Sundoy, 7.50 a. m., Sunday 9.00 a m.. arrive Tarboro 10.15 a.m and 11, 45 Train on Midland N. C. branch leaves wold’boro daily, except Sunday, 6.05 a m. arriving Smithfield 7°30 a, in. Re- turning leaves Smithfield 8.00 a. m,, ar- tives at Goldsbors 9.30 a, m. Trains on Latta branch, Florence R 4., leave Laita 6.40 pm, aurive Dunbar 7.50 pm, Clio 8.05 p m. Returning leave Cliot6.10am, Dunbar 6.80 a m, ae Latta.7.50 a m, daily except Sun- v Train onClinton Branch leayes War- saw for Clinton caily, except Sunday, 1000 a.m.and 8.50 p, m: Returning leaves Cinton at7.00 a. m. and3,00 1 m. Train No. 78 makes close connection at Weldon forall points daily, all rail via Richmone. alse at Rovky Mount with Norfolk and VarolinaR R for Noziolk ne all points North via Norfolk, ‘JOHN F. D(VINE, Fe 1eral Supt. M. EMERSON,Traffie Manager.. R.KENUY. Gen’) Wanager, THE MORNING STAR The Oldest Daily Newspaper in _ North Carolina. The Onle Five-Dollar Daily its Class intheState _ W. HABERNARD, MULLER SAYS HE HAS KILLED FOUR THOUSAND PERSONS. - 4 Accuses Himself of the Murders of His Father and Mother and of the Assassination of Several of His Children—Gave Himself Up at the Kassmarkt Police Station in Rot- terdam—When the Officers Re- fused to Believe Him, the Crimi- nal Laid on the Desk Four Bloody Human Ears—Now He Is Trying to Starve Himself to Death—He Was Confined in an English Asylum for the Iusane Four Years Ago. (By Anglo-American Press.) .ROTTERDAM, Nov. 1. The notorious crimes of the late American murderer, Holmes, have been outdone by the wholesale butcheries perpetrated by Gustav Carl Friedrich Muller, a watchmaker of this city, who has surrender pimself to the police for the assassination of his wife and child, and who pleads guilty to the murders of his father, mother, fourteen wives and several of his children It is be- lieved that Muller, though only 32 years of age, has murdered more than twenty persons, to all of whom he was bound by sacred ties. He is now trying to starve himself to death. - Muller entered the Kassmarkt police station a few days ago, and, approach- ing the officer on duty, exclaimed dra- matically: “T surrender myself! I have mur- dered my wife and child!” “What do you mean?” asked the of- ficer, incredulously. “Just what I say,” answered Muller. “T have killed them both.’ Thought He Was Crazy. “How did you come to do it?’ asked the officer, still thinking the man was not telling the truth, “I was in the kitchen this morning,” Muller replied, ‘cleaning mussels for the midday meal,when a voice called to me to draw my knife across my wife’s! medical student of the asylum, Sent to an Asylum, There being no doubt as to the man’s insanity, the necessary certificate for his removal to a lunatic asylum was procured, and on the 15th of April, 1893, Gustav Muller was taken, in the usual way, to the London County Lunatic Asylum, at Banstead, in Surrey. From inquiries made there yesterday —after the announcement of the crime at Rotterdam-—there is no doubt that the’ Gustav Muller who was detained at Banstead, and the Gustav Muller who gave himself up for the murder of his wife and child to the Rotterdam police, are one and the same person. In the book of entries at Banstead Gustav Muller is described as well built and well nourished, with healthy or- gans, and a “‘well-shaped cranium.” His age was given as 27; by trade a watch- maker and goldworker. Nothing was known as to his religion or nationality, and whether he was married or single. Nor were any details forthcoming re- garding the epileptic fits from which he was supposed to be suffering, the dates of their occurrence, his treatment in In- dia and in Europe, and so on. But he was reported to suffer from suicidal mania, though not to be a dangerous lunatic. Behaved Well at Banstead. As a matter of fact Gustay Muller not only behaved very well indeed all the time he was at Banstead, quietly | working on the farm attached to the asylum and carrying out all the orders given him without reluctance or de- mur, but showed no signs of delusions or hallucinations. Nor was he subject to any epileptic fits while staying at Banstead. His health was reported fair and improving; his mental state was stated to be ‘calm and placid,” and his features did not indicate “any low-, ering of the intellectual grade.” No tremor of his facial muscles betrayed any inward or mental disturbance. But, as Muller persisted in saying that he did not comprehend anything else but yerman, further investigation was, no doubt, rendered somewhat difficult. On April 19, however, Dr. Shaw, the who throat, and I was compelled to obey. /Speaks German and French fluently, Then I, killed the little one.” The officer, convinced that Muller was a drunkard or a maniac, laughed, which enraged his visitor. “Perhaps you will believe me now,” cried Muller, taking from his pocket and placing on the desk in front of the horrified officer four bloody human ears, “Go to my house, and you will find that what I have said is true.” The man was immediately placed un- der arrest, and Chief Strang, the head of.the Police Department, was notified. Ordering two officers to follow him, the chief hurried to the prisoner’s house and there found ample confirma- tion of Muller’s tragic tale. Both Were Butchered., In the kitchen were the two bodiss of Muller’s wife and child, the heads of both having been nearly severed from the trunks. The room was spat- tered with blood. Chief Strang went to the _ Kassmarkt station and subjected Muller to a rigid examination. Mullerawithout any com- pulsion, confessed that these two mur- ders were merely links in a leng chain of .crime. He told the chief he had butchered his father and mother and had married fourteen women in as many parts of the world, all of whom he had. done to death, with a number of their children. He could not re- member how many little ones he had slaughtered. After completing his confession, Mul: ler became morosely silent and refused to eat. He has declared his intention of abstaining from food as the only way in which he can commit suicide. "The police now give full credence to his awful story, and are making every effort to trace his other crimes. It is believed that some of his murders were committed in the Orient. LISH RECORD. Muller Declared in London Thet Fe Had Butchered Four Thousand Persons. HIS ENG (By Anglo-American Press.) LONDON, Nov. 1. Some time in March, 1898, there land- ed at Dover a German watchmaker named Gustav Muller. He came from India, traveling somewhat leisurely, through France, on his way to this country. When he arrived in London, toward the end of March, he was pen- niless, or nearly so. The slender re- sources he may have had in his pos- session were soon exhausted, and one night he was found wandering in Southwark by Police Constable Ridg- way, 13 M. R., who took him to the workhouse in Mint street, Borough. This happened on the 30th of March of the said year. ‘In due course Gustav Muller, who, strange to say—coming as he did from 1 India—professed neither to understand nor to speak a word of English, came under the observation of the workhouse doetor, who very soon came to the con- clusion that the man was of unsound mind. He walked about the yard in a dazed manner, talKing to himself all the time, and he told the doctor some ex- traordinary tales. He had, he said, murdered his father and mother, his wife and children. At other times he proclaimed himself a wholesale slaugh- )terer. having butchered no Jgss than } } had a lengthy conversation with his Teutonic patient. The latter confirmed to him that he had come from India. Feil from an Elephant. While sojourning in that country, he said, he had toward the end of the year 1891 fallen from an elephant he wag riding, in consequence of which he had to remain in a hospital for some time. He attributed his epileptic fits, and his mental condition, to that fall iin India, from which he had never en- tirely recovered. He repudiated, how- ever, the correctness of the statements in the certificate of the medical officer of St. George’s workhouse, and cer- tainly was neat aware of having acted and spoken as therein stated. The doc- tor in Southwark, he said, must have misunderstood him, not being able to follow his German. Yo Dy. Shaw, Muller must have, at | any rate, spoken with great clearness and intelligence. He appeared thor- oughly earnest and genuine, although he averred as a fact what was un- doubtedly false—namely, that he unmarried, adding, what was probably true, that he had no friends in Eng- land. . Had a Family in Berlin. At that time. Gustav Muller had a wi’? and child—a boy—living in Berlin, H}. parents were also alive in Ger- m: ., his father being a foreman on , th: oyal Prussian railways. This is / pr ad by a letter, sent to Dr. Shaw at i .nstead, from the secretary of the said railways at Berlin in May, 1893, therefore at the very time that Muller was detained in the asylum. In that letter the writer almost implores Dr. Shaw, in the name of a “mourning family,’’ to tell him whether Gustav Muller was suffering from an incurable disease, or whether there might be a chance of his recovery. Consequently, Muller’s ‘“mouring family’? must have been aware of his detention at this par- ticular asylum. Dr. Shaw was able to send an en- couraging reply to Berlin. Indeed, in June, 1893, Gustay Muller was rapidly improving in health, so that, on the 22d of that month, the committee of vis- itors felt justified to order his release as fully “recovered,” of course, on the report of the medical authorities at Banstead to that effect. Sent Back to Germany, After his discharge Gustav Muller is lost sight of for a while; but there is no doubt that soon afterward he was sent back to Germany, presumably at the expense of the Imperial, Exchequer, as a pauper, for, at the end of the said year we find him once again in the conjugal domus at Berlin. He had deserted his wife and child in January, 1890, leaving no trace of his where- abouts for fully three years and a half. This period in the murderer’s existence ig still largely a blank. It is only known that he wandered about in the world, visiting many countries, and finally finding his way to India, where, as we have already seen, he met with @ serious accident toward the end of 1891, There ig no doubt that Muller ab- sconded in January, 1890, from Berlin as a fraudulent bankrupt, but he per- suaded his wife to take him back again y Was. ful to settle down in life, and managed to obtain some lucrative employment in his old line of business at Berlin, he }, appearing to have been a really skill- and peanuts for yesterday, as furnishe by Cobb chants of N orfolk ° a ‘ Bros. & Commission 4 Mere REE SE COTTON, : ful artisan. oe ! i Deserted One Wife. ._ 700d Middling ‘Bg But Frau Muller was not destined to | Middling 5§ be quiet and happy for long. In 1895, Low Middling 415-16 toward the end, Muller vanished from | 400d Ordinary 4} the German capital once again, and it Tone—steady was then discovered that he, having PEANUTS; sent his wife to the circus one evening, | Prime 2 had managed to get hold of some 1,600 | Extra Prime 9t marks, which the poor woman had re- | “ancy "2 ceived as a legacy, and managed to Svanish' — 60 to7 keep intact in spite of her financial Tne—quiet. troubles occasioned by the former con- | duct of her husband. | — = Gustav Muller, who had married yee | (Jreenville Market. in 1888, at Berlin, appeared to have de- . M h camped not only with all her savings, Corrected by 8. M. Schultz. but also with the daughter of a man | Burter, per lb 15 to2 named Hannemann, who was living’ Western Sides 152 to6 wtih his family in the same house Sugar ecred Tams 10 to 124 where the Mullers stayed. 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