LEAT Rab iy eee tee tite Mine Wee ASHI bw Gy me Page 4B Wednesday, September 25, 1991 t you are planning on prurdering a felend or nelgh: 5 bor, don’t transport the b Ina bab carriage, This primitive method of trans; tion lacks i; 1. speed, req requires a Breat deal of effort and ci noticed t by . all and sundry. Besides, the entire scenarlo displays a singular lack of class, Infortunately, Mary Pearcoy thought othorwise. Mary was 24 years old when our unusual aad.\ vile tele unfolds, She had brown hair, blue eyes an gether well turned out as thoy used to say before they coined the word foxy. Her last name wasn't Penreey at all. It was Wheeler, but when she moved in with, an ater moved out without, John Pearcey, sho confiscated ls last name. In 1890, we find Mar: threes storey house at 2 Pearcey livin, alone ina the greund Tigors ‘The upper t lary occupled the ground floor, The upper two any occupied b Saran and Walter Buller. Mary Kept to herself and didn't have visitors, with one exception, Frank Hogg. , Frank lived with his wife Phoebe at 141 Prince of Wales Rd. Theirs was not a \ particularly happy home. The couple had been married for two years, a union born of necessity, Phocbe had been three months preg: nant when she walked down the aisle with Frank. After the nuptials, Phoebe moved in with Frank, his mother ‘and sister, Dorn it all, Frank's mother and sister Widn't treat Phoebe all that well. pee the baby arrived, they shifted gears and treated her even worse fiom before, It got so bad that Phoebe became ill. Once A, good-looking woman, she now was haggard and thin. ~'Someone had to look after Phoebe, Wouldn't you just know it, the Hoggs chose Mary Pearcey to nurse Phoebe back to health, Frank, a furniture mover by profession, took one look at Mary and was moved him- self, Compared to sickly Phoebe, Mary was a peach. *Mary was not one to let advances, proper or improper, go by without responding. Soon she and ‘Frank were working out together at her digs at 2 Pri- oy. St. Frank slipped away from his sick wife's bed- le to the more accomodating bed of Mai three or four times a week, Mary provided : iis own key, 50 he could come and go as he pleas -It-was great fun, but it was inconventent 1 as all get : “out. Frank worked hard by day, observed Mary tend- Ing to his wife on his day off, and joined Mary at ‘every ppeorunity, There had to be a better arrange- ment, Mary thought so too, In fact, she thought of it a - Jot more than Frank. The solution seemed so very sim: ple. Remove Phoebe. and her annoying child and they. poutd be together forever, It was on the night of Oct. 24, 1890 that Soméerled Macdonald was walking home and found the body of a * syoman. lying on the street. He called police, who’ in * turn fetched a doctor. The woman was oa An hour later, a baby carriage was found “about. a tnile away from the woman's body. Ide of the’ sarriage was. soaked with blood. Next ay, the ‘body: “Ot ceed to the police station for the’ interrogation, detectives deci ere heavily spattered with blood. A ru high heaven of cleaning fluld: Someone hat attempts to clean blood off the ru; ot Search was taking lace, a the ‘plano, When‘ ae ice found her bloodatalned c + she'was s arrested and taken the as at “Clara identified Phoebe and advised Frank that his ~ ‘dear, wife was dead. Police advised all three to Bro; uestioning. Ass a result of . eclied to seatch Mary’s ined Buteher kalves ined p ‘as also found. The walls and ceiling i the i panes . Smelled. to, . [made futile minutes to find. professing her ong. , revealed that’her ary's deadly “solution was to remove Phoebe and. anno loying **the time of Mary’s trial. He ‘had tobe provided with police protection when:he » ‘was taken In and out of the courtrqom. “Mary. admitted to her. affair with The: English uy took only. 52 Mary Pearcey ¢ Of murder, ‘She: was hanged'on :;Mary, who was eee while: the. incriminating. oO. 23,1890! assed the time,.by iii innocence is 2 execution, it'was father, Tho: “Wheeler, had “been | found guilt; murder and executed at mas. ‘of Ealoans: :on Nov. 30, 1880, 10 years | before, against a the front mping of her, home. . When; Walter, Butler came = his step as iiniutes later, | Shere, ‘and the*carrlage my ihe. hal AS to be ‘gben- “ These encounters took place around 6 pim. A few May met the same ae mel) child was discovered on Finchley Rd. Police went a about solicitin the public’s help in identifying the dead woman. The lark-haired, blue-eyed woman had been wearing underwear monogrammed with the initials ane P. Frank's sister, Clara ‘Hogg, read the description ‘of the dead woman. She had watched Phoebe take the Baby out for a stroll in her carriage the previous even- itig. Neither she nor Frank had been unduly concerned when Phoebe didn’t return. She had often visited her ill. - father i the past and had stayed overni .Frank dropped over to his father in iee’s | house to. — pick cP his wife. He was amazed to discover ‘she wasn’t there. By the time he returned to his own home, his mother. an was Phoebe. Frank had no idea what was going on. He asked sister Clara to visit Mary Pearcey because he thought his wife might have gone there with the baby the night before. that they travel to the morgue to view the body. _ that'same even sister felt sure that the dead: woman :, ““Iove letters to ‘each other, Clara called on Mary and insisted « minutes later, a neighbor, Elizabeth Rogers,.saw Mary. pushing the carriage at the end of the street. Slowly, the events were pieced to, ogether Mary had bjudgeoned -and stabbed moth er and ‘daughter’ to‘ death apartment. . Using : the. carriage, .she ‘transported: Phoebe's body to Crossfield Rd., where she dumped it Bi the pavement. Unfortunately ‘for her, several people saw her wheeling the carriage. They recalled that the carriage had appeared to be overloaded. That :took care of::Phoebe. Similarly, it was estab- lished that Mary had.taken a second journey, around 10 ning to‘dispose of the baby. ‘And ‘what about Frank’ Hoge? Despite ‘repeated . efforts to connect him with the murder of his wife and child, police were unable to do so. There was no trou- ble connecting for the double murder. oy Frank Hogg. was much desplaed by the populace at her own" him to Mary. The, couple had written . which were introduced as. ‘evidence at the trial ‘and firmly established me motive : Election Sale Continues with AM Ford's Poll [A No Down Payment Ww Conservative Prices: Mu Liberal Trade Ins — We're Polling These ‘91 Supercab Super Specials yar window “alti Pkg. 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Salem is already, pretty witch- conscious. The policemen wear witch arm-patches. So do the fire- men. The Salem Evening News has the same silhouette on its mast- Teed, Tow the place is aly 0.69 Asthur Miller, author of The Crucible, a play drawing parallels between the witch trials and the’ McCarthy hearings, is coming. Two Harvard law school profes- sors are helping to Stage a re- There is even going tobe a lec- +s -/ Zinfandel « ‘Oakley 2 Barbera ‘Cargnane + Grenache Flies * Muscat ()WINE.SUPPLIES. . ~ (Pails or Barreis) Zintandel * Barbera 364-1824 Laricia Pasta 2009 99° : Trouble’ s brewing ture'on the connection, if. any, Priestess of the Church of Wicca (the witches’ own organization). © Along with many of today's 2,000 witches of Salem,. the founder of the Witches’ League for Public Awareness believes the pub- lic is about to be cheated, She fears her religion, legitimized by a 1986 Federal Appeals Court ruling and thus constitutionally protected against defamation, is about to receive another toil-and-trouble. batteri tering. “I am disappointed and upset,” she said. She had lunch with the imayor who wanted her perspective. But no witch has been appointed to the organizing committee. Even’ ‘worse, She feels the point of view of the witches is being ignored. She is worried that the events being planned give an incomplete account of the “hate crime” of the trials, “What is being done in ‘Salem will simply perpetuate the myth. Witches have nothing to do with Satanism. There are six to nine mil- lion of us in America. We're not hhags or crones worshipping an evil deity. We don’t do black masses. ‘We don’t sacrifice The Castlegar Sun Request is odd but it’s u Dear Ann Landers: My hus- band has always been something ,Of an oddball and he kids a lot, ‘but Q recent request that I thought vas off the wall turns out to be ‘domething he is dead serious ‘about, Ineed your advice, oo“Jerry” has recently gone to ‘considerable expense to build an area in a comer of our basement ‘for running water and dirt storage. ‘He is almost finished with a little ‘ retaining wall and then it will be ready for us to mud wrestle, He claims it’s wonderful exer- cise which we both need, and it’s an activity we can do together, Actually, he’s pretty excited about it. Ican beat him in arm wrestling so we would probably be evenly matched in the mud because he has a weight advantage. Jerry claims this could be a beauty treatment for me since mud is known to be good for the skin. Is this kinky? To be honest, Ann, I'd be a little ashamed to tell our families and friends about it. I'd appreciate your advice, — J.P, in New Jersey Dear J.P: Mud wrestling one’s husvend in the basement is not exactly every woman's cup of tea, but if you think it might be fun, go ahead and do it. Believe me, I have heard of kinkier requests. If, however, you would rather not, you might suggest that he consider wrestling with the dog or some of those other odd matchups we see on TV, Dear Ann Landers: What are a parent's obligations when it comes to providing a college edu- cation? My husband says it isour responsibility to help our children as much as possible. ‘I say if they ‘work is done right to pay forit Wo own a small business that we opernte on a shoestring. As of last year, we were solidly in the red. We have no retirement benefits or pen- sion to look forward to and live doen here, ; Dear Ann Landers: Please print this response to “Class of “73” who felt inadequate when he his success to that of from p We have six luldren and have his college classmates, My is one of the guys he admires. We have moved six times in/10 years, always for a better paying, more Prestigious" job. Bach move ing new friend- sacrificed a lot so I could stay at home and raise them. We've never had a vacation and we don't have any rich relatives who might leave an inheritance. I am concerned about our so- called “golden years,” Ann. Am I wrong to refuse to mortgage our future and say, “We are not going to put ourselves in hock forever so our children will have college degrees"? My husband claims I am being selfish. Am 1? — Won-\: dering in Florida . Dear Florida: Parents who can - afford to pay for part, or all, of the *: cost of college for‘their children : should certainly. do so, but its would be foolish to incur heavy, | long-term debt. You don’t. say what schools your children are interested in.' There's an egormous financial ' difference between Georgetown or Princeton, and Florida State. + Students who are determined to get a college education ‘can find any number of part-time work Programs on campus and put _dhemselves through. Your children should speak’ to... their. high school counselor for want a:college ed they ~ should study hard and make grades that are good enough to get a schol- and find financial aid and/or work time-wom cliche, but “where there's a will, there’s a way.” :Gem of the Day: Marriages ‘may be made in heaven, but the Forgive me for ships and becoming part of the community, I dream of staying in one place long enough for my children to develop on goin rela- tionships, but I know it will never ‘We drive the BMW that “Class of ‘73” admires as a status symbol, Actually, we have two. Sounds wonderful? Not really. What I wouldn’t give for a husband who is satisfied with his job, his salary and the city we live in. My hus- band’s lucky that I am committed to keeping our family life strong and loving. Some days I feel like throwing ‘ in the towel. Lenvy your wife, Mr. “Class of ‘73." — K.B., Any town, U.S.A: ‘ ) Dear ‘Any town: What ‘a ‘poignant letter. A great many readers also were moved and eager to tell their stories. Read on: “Dear Ann Landers: I could identify with “Class of °73.” I've worked for the same company for more than 30 years, I drive an 11- ° year-old car and have lived in the , Same house’ since 1970. 1 also " have three. daughters who are in high school and college. ‘It was my daughters who ¢ appreciate the good life They feel lucky to have grown up’in the’ samé house and to have the same friends they’ve known all their lives, One daughter wor- tied when I bought a lottery tick- ! we do a lot of et, She told her mother, “Wouldn't it be awful if Dad won? I like the way we live and I'd hate it if we suddenly became rich.” I stopped uying lottery tickets, Our daughters are better educat- ed than their parents. They do not smoke, drink or do drugs. They are good students and fine human beings, Take look at the children Of some of those fast-track suc- cesses. Can the same be said of ‘them? — Content in Maine, From Richmond, Va.: This is for"Class of ‘73": Unfortunately, society rewards people who get ‘ich, not the ones who choose to concentrate on family life. Our Priorities and values leave much to be desired. Long Island: I was a big shot in “high school and everyone was sure I was headed for fame, power and riches. Well, here I am, 31 years old, not driving a BMW but a school bus. And how do I feel? Terrific! I love what I do and wouldn't trade places with any- ly. Schaumburg, 111.: My advice to people who think the fast track is the way to go: Forget it. I chose that route and it hasn’t made me or my family happy. The more money I make, the more we spend. It's a vicious circle. I’m saddied with a huge mortgage and stuff to emphasis in your column on can- cerp and early d Strang Cancer Prevention Cen- ter, founded over 50 years ago, is affiliated with The New York Hospital-Comell University Med- ical Center, : Because we are dedicated to the early detection and prevention of cancer, we are now recmuiting women nationwide who are at very high risk for breast cancer because of their family history. This means they. have two or more close relatives (mother, sis- tex, daughter or maternal grand- mother) who have had breast cancer, or one first-degree relative (mother, sister or daughter) who developed breast cancer before age 50. We believe that these women have a predisposition to breast cancer and if we could con- tact them, the information we would discover might help us to prevent or delay the onset of this disease for all women. Recmiting volunteers for the registry is an arduous and expen- sive task, A mention in your col- umn would be a tremendous help. Potential participants will receive a family cancer questionnaire, fol- lowed by a genetic ‘risk factor evaluation letter. ‘The. statistics and other information provided by their responses will help our keep up appearances. It I had it to do over again, I'd do it differently. Goodwell, Okla.: I'm a profes- Sor at a small state college. Some ‘of my former classmates are exec- :, utives at big companies like Dow’ Chemical, but I-wouldn’t trade » places, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing some of the little fish in this small pond become whales and it’s great. I drive a 4-year-old - Nissan and a 50-year-old Packard and feel pretty damed good about who I am — James W. Hill Dear Ann Landers: I have ,noted with interest the continuing efforts. This is part of a large research project.on genetics and cancer, and there is no charge for in this ‘We believe there is no reason for a woman to die of breast can- cer. The key is early detection. ‘Thanks for your help. — Daniel G: Miller, “Dear Dr, Miller: I believe in: what you aim to do and I'want to help; For women who have a fam- ily history of breast cancer and are willing to spend 4 few minutes on this terrific effort, please write: Strang’s National High Risk Reg- . istry, 428 E. 72nd St.. New York. Page 68 p to you N.Y. 10021 . The life: you save could be your own.”’ vitae, Dear Ann Landers: Those lets ters regarding the hazards of ing money to relatives were 86 interesting they prompted my first letter to you. The gentleman in Rockvilfé Centre, N.Y., who loaned hig ungrateful son ‘the money to go to Iy how he made the money his'seh never repaid, I'm not sure how much sympathy he~s entitled tg. One part of me says his loss was poetic justice for having inflicted yet another MBA on the world. « I have loaned money over the years to my children and even to my ex- wife, but I don’t lie awake proniles that froma beled ia Grdes to Salvage some self estreity that was OK with me. ‘What matters is that it seemed to be the right thing to do at the time and I did it. If people do things be they expect undy> ing gratitude, some sort of profit ly diminished. , My reward is the feeling that‘ . May have made a difference in the life of someone I care about. Or that T have helped a friend or rela: tive survive in a demanding world. I’ve been around long enough to know that a lot of deserving people will make it if someone will toss them a rope when they are going down for the third time. Just’ sign me— More “to Life Than Money in Califoriiia Dear California: eo sound like a beautiful guy. I hope those friends and relatives appreciate you, but'I wouldn't bet the rent. Remember the old adage, “No good deed will Bon unpunished.” animals, suck: biood, cat babies or any of that stuf” eae o f =the ne w os current compilation of the most: things people do, edited by Chuck Shepherd. Proof that true stories are weirder than made-up stories. From the Police Log of the Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Aug. 1: An officer was sent to an apartment complex because of a “family fight in progress.” A witness said he heard a male voice and then heard what sounded like a female voice reply. (The officer) arrived to find one middle-aged man sur-' rounded by pictures of nudes. A neighbor told police he had seen No one enter or leave the apart- ment, but that he thought perhaps the occupant was staging what sounded like a family fight using two voices. “ODDS AND ENDS — , MOSTLY ODDS * A train crash in southern Mexico in February, in which two trains collided head on killing five and injuring 50, would have been much worse, officials said, except that two freight cars con- taining toilet paper helped cush- ion the crash’s impact. :,*-Among the best recent letters ° submitted to the San Jose Mer- cury News’ “Action Line” col- umn were these: “I voted: for the . » Lotto game eight ‘years ago, and I haven’t won anything.'I think some of: these. people who arc ‘winning these millions of dollars didn't even,vote for the pro- ‘And, “During the time : gram) Ive been’ in the main. jail, my. sexual feeling/response has rapid- ly declined to almost non- exis- tent. I'm 25 and-have, never experienced such a severe: “lack of. sexual drive.” Also,-“Do' people ~ ums in Japan, according to a recent Associated Press story, are a safe and key museum; a para- hat fi among other things, a king-sized pe with big noses p bigger boogers than people with smaller - moses?” ¢ A Chinese man, | known only as Mr. Chang, mailed- about $1,920 (his life’S savings) to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing last fall, earmarking it for the Persian Gulf war. President Bush had the money returned in June. Nalcrest, Fla., is , a with laundry artifacts; and a sock museum, whose prize items are said he'd make us famous by escaping (on) our artificial legs.” + Officials of China's Civil Aviation Administration were quoted: by a Hong Kong newspa- per in May as complaining of a shortage of female flight atten- dants. The officials said they had socks of famous Ji ople including the 12.: 4-inch, bright red sock of pro wrestler Giant Baba. ¢ In March in Arroyo Seco Park in Los Angeles, priest Richard Estrada performed a Blessing of the Cars Festival, fol- lowing a h tradition of its 30th anniversary. ‘The town was established as a low-cost retirement villa for mail * - carriers and was tamed from the acronym of the National Associa- tion of Letter Carriers. (There is no residential mail service in Nalcrest (ZIP code 33856), but P.O. boxes are available for only $2 a year.) ~ Among th vere of muse- having important new purchases blessed by a pri * “Jefferson City, Mo., jail inmate Fred Silva, 48, who had lost his legs several years ago when they were during d many i but almost all were from women who are “unhealthy,” “nearsighted” or. “no longer virgins.” SMOOTH REACTIONS 1, © William Slagle, 42, was sen- tenced to life in prison in Alaba- ma in March. He had been found. guilty of stabbing to death a 20- year-old member of the Samford University debate team. he coached because the student was for a match. an escape attempt, successfully broke out in June, days after being fitted with artificial legs. Said an official at + Richard Dale Langston, 27, a Seattle electrician who received a poor evaluation from his supervi- creator of the legs, “te always The Castlegar Sun' Ss Classified section We're sure you'll find just what you're looking for! wy | ly iotle dar Sun ment ¥ Sor, was to six months in jail in ater for abesopting to electrocute the supervisor in revenge. * In Sydney, Australia, recently, a mob of at least 20, female. bingo players:beat up a woman who had just won her 14th straight game one night. Said a priest overseeing the game, the woman next to her threw. her bingo chips in the win- ner's face, then “at least a dozen _ other Women were'on her like hun- gry dogs after a steak.” When the Priest and several nuns tried to res- cue the woman, the crowd blood- ied the priest's nose and gave cuts and black eyes to the nuns. * Objections to a referee's call upholding a goal at a soccer match in Orkney, South Africa, in. January led to fighting that result ed in at Jeast 40 spectator deaths, and 50 injuries. % + In a May incident, Toronto, lawyer Joseph Pierre Jacques: Cloutier, 32, became so upset at 9. ruling. by Justice David Doherty, that he began to scream incoher” ently at his cli¢nt, then stabbed, himself several times in the back of his own hand with a pencil; +: Copyright 1991 Universat Press Syndicate, 4900 Main St.,, Kansas City, Mo, 64112; (816), 932-6600 "s SALUTE “~ To Castlegar's” ‘Volunteers . CDTA, Recreation Commission The Castlegar Sun, Tulips Floral & Gifts, Hi Arrow Motor Inn and Woodland Park Shell would like to honor Some volunteers enti as much or more time than a full- time job. These volunteers deserve a special "Thank you.” For their selfless service, we will present to one volunteer each week, a handsome wall plaque from Woodland Park Shell (engraving by Kats Trophy), a floral arrangement. poy Peale Gifs eel aoe foe 2 ome he Arrow Motor Inn. If you have a recommendation as to whom should receive © this award, Please call us at the Castlegar Sun, 365-5266.