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^ I^SOTED SEKI'WEOCI^ l. m grist's sons, Publishers. } % Jfamitg B eirspa pe r: Jfor the promotion of the political, Social. Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the jpeople. {nu!r^eoA.Tnnck^t?VA!,C8' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVII-iLIi], 8. C., TUESDAY, JTJXn: 4, 1907. ~~ NT). 45. _ CirmMr/sv/ jy/tosx/MfAvfj V | SYN0PSI8. Chapter I?Bob Brownley creates panic in Wall street. He Is a friend i Jim Randolph of Randolph & Rai dolph, bankers and brokers. Brownie and Randolph had Krone to college t< gether and entered the employ of Rar dolph's father at the close of collej days. Brownley is a Virginian t birth. Beulah Sands, daughter of a old Virginia house, calls on Brownie and tells him her father has bee practically ruined by the stock opei ations of Relnhart. She hopes to utll lze her own money in Wall street i retrieving her father's fortunes befoi his condition becomes known, an asks for employment In the office tht she may have an opportunity to bett* understand how her money is invesl ed. She does not want it used in purely Wall street gamble, but In th buying and selling of legitimate s( curitles. Brownley agrees to help he and falls in love with her. Chapter II?Brownley plunges I sugar stock. He uses the money ( Miss Sands, his own and in additlo is backed heavily by the Randolp millions. His coup seems successfu and he tells Miss Sands that she hs cleared $1.800,000. But the mark* * had not closed. Chapter III?Barry Conant, hea broker for Standard Oil and sugar in terests, suddenly begins to sell "sugar In the midst of a panic he breaks th market and with its fall carries awa the earnings and much of the caplti of both Miss Sands and himself, pretty love scene occurs between th two at the office when Bob attempt to tell her the terrible truth of the! fall. Brownley takes a trip to Vli ginla. Chapter IV?Beulah Sands and Bo become engaged. Randolph wants t loan her father the money to meet hi obligations. She refuses. Bob figure on how to beat Wall street at its ow game. Sugar takes another sensation al spurt upward, but Brownley keep out. Chapter V.?The "bulls" toss suga to record breaking point, and th "street" goes wild. Barry conam. ic the "system," pushes prices up and uj and a wonderful clean-up Is promise when the exchange closes, Thursdaj November 12. Sugar opens hlghe Friday morning, November 13. Whe the price had passed all bound Brownley steps Into the pit and be gins to sell. He sells every share "th system's" brokers will take, an pounds the price down and down unt failures are of momentary occurenc< and "the system' has lost millions. H has made millions for Beulah Sand and her father. Chapter VI?Beulah Sands insist upon being assured that there Is n dishonor connected with the money h has made for her, and he cannot bon estly answer "no." He leaves her t think It out. When he returns h finds her staring at the glaring head lines of a newspaper extra announclni that her father, while temporarily In sane, had killed his wife, his daughte and himself, and Beulah Sands ha gone crazy. Chapter VII?Bob Brownley marrie beautiful, insane Beulah Sands, an takes her to Virginia. The sight o the old home does not restore her rea son. and he returns with her to Ne^ York and builds a palace for his brld< one floor of which is designed espe daily for her. He begins plunging o the "street" and adds millions to hi now great fortune. He always oppose the "system." His every appearanc on the floor of the exchange mean panicky conditions. Time after tlm he has "the street" seemingly at hi mercy, but relents before the grea crash comes. Chapter VIII ?Brownley proposes t breaw Wall street. In the midst of panic he has created Randolph threat ens to commit suicide if he does no iter, He stoDs. but assures hi friend that It Is the last time he wl stop, that the next time he will com plete the Job when he begins "I Brownley "bears" Anti-Peoples' Trus stock. He pounds "the system's prices down, down, down. Chapter IX?When the whole stree is on the verge of a crash he desist and tells them a few plain truths, an how a panic can be created by almoe any one with nerve. CHAPTER IX?Continued. A sullen growl rose from the gam biers. Robert Brownley glared dow: his defiance. "Let me show you the impossibilit; of preventing in the future anyone' doing what I have done to you s many times during the past five years All the capital required to work m invention is nerve and desperation, o nerve without desperation. It is wel known to you that there are at a! times exchange members who wil commit any crime, barring, perhaps murder, to gain millions. Your mem bers have from time to time showi nerve or desperation enough to embez zle, raise certificates, give bogus check: counterfeit stocks and bonds, and thi for gain of less than millions, an when detection was probable. A these are criminal offenses and the! detection is sure to bring disgrace an state prison. Yet members of this ex change desperate enough to take th chance, when confronted with loss c fortune and open bankruptcy, have al ways been found with nerve enoug to attempt the crimes. I repeat tha there are at all times exchange mem bers who will commit any crime, barr inc nprhans murder, to eain million: That you may see that my successor will surely come from your mids from time to time during the futur existence of the exchange, I will enu merate the different classes of mem bers who will follow In my footstep! "First, the 'In God We Trus schemer who is of the 'System' typ< but who Is outside the magic circle, j man of this class will reason: I knoi scores of men, who stand high on 'tli Street' and in the world, who have ten of millions that they have filched b 'System' tricks, if not by legal crimei If I perform this trick of Brownley'i the trick of selling short until a pan! is produced, I shall make millions an none will be the wiser. For all know, many of the multi-millionaire whom I have seen produce panics an who were applauded by 'the Stree and the press for their ability an daring, and whose standing, busines and social, is now the highest, wei only doing this same thing, and hav ing been successful, they have neve been detected or suspected. But eve suppose I fail, which can only b through some extraordinary acciaer happening while I am engaged In sell ing. I shall have committed no crim and, in fact, shall have done no or any great moral wrong, for If I fail t carry out my contract to deliver th j stock I have sold In trying to produce ? a panic, the men to wnom t nave sum af will be no worse off for not receiving ?- what they bought; in fact, they will W stand just where they stood before I attempted to bring on a panic, fe "Second, if an exchange member for >y any reason should find himself overly board and should realize that he must In publicly become bankrupt and lose all, > he surely would be a fool not to attempt to produce a panic, when its Lg production would enable him to recoup id his losses and prevent his failure, and when if by accident he should fail in his attempt to produce a panic, the a penalty would simply be his bankie ruptcy, which would have taken place ' in any event. ' "The third class Is that large one n that always will exist while there is stock-gambling, a class of honest, square-dealing-play-the-game-falr exil, change men who would take no unfair 1 is advantage of their fellow-members un5t til they become awakened to the <j knowledge that they are about to be i- ruined by their fellow-members' trickft ery. l? "Next, let us consider further il whether it is possible for our exchange A to prevent my device from being work|? ed, now that it is known to all. Supjr pose 'the governing committee was in i3 j V \ Robert Brownley Glared Down Defia t the Gar 8 ?? ^ formed In advance that the attempt to | work the trick was to be made. If, at any session, after gong-strike, the governing committee, or any exchange ( - authority, could for any reason compel n a member to cease operating, even for the purpose of showing that his trans- ( y actions were legitimate, the entire s structure of stock-gambling would o fall. Think it through: Suppose a i. man like Barry Conant or myself, or y any active commission broker, begins r the execution of a large order for a II client, one, say, who has advance in- j II formation of a receivership, a fire at a 11 mine, the death of a president, a dec- , i, laration of war, or any of the hun dred and one items of information that n must be acted upon instantly, where a - delay of a minute would ruin the j, broker, or his house, or its clients. If s the governing committee could thus d call the broker to account, the proII fessional bear or the schemer, who der sired to prevent him from selling, d would have but to pass the word to - the president of the exchange that the e broker in question was about to work if Brownley's discovery and he could be - taken from the crowd and before he h returned his place could be taken by ,t others and he could be ruined. "Men of Wall street, it is impossible - to prevent the repetition of those acts 3. by which in five years I have accumu- I s lated a billion dollars, impossible sol it Ions as a short sale or a repurchase e and resale, is allowed. When short - sales, and repurchases and resales, are - made impossible, stock speculation will 3. be dead. When stock speculation is t' dead, the people can. no longer be 2, robbed by the 'System.' In leaving X. you, the exchange, and stock-gambling iv forever, as I shall when I leave this e platform, I will say from the depth of s a heart that has been broken, from the y profundity of a soul that has been 3. withered by the 'System's' poison, with s, a full sense of my responsibility to my c fellow-man and to my God, that I add vise every one of you to do what I I have done and to do it quickly, be's fore the doing of it by others shall d have made it imjstssible, before the t' doing of it by others shall have blown d up the whole stock-gambling struc (? ture. In accepting my advice you can e quiet your conscience, those of you who have any, with this argument. 'If >r I start. I am sure of success. If I n succeed, no one will he the wiser, e The millions I secure I Avill take from it men who took them from others, and 1- who would take mine. The more I e, and others take, the sootier will come le the day when the stock-gambling :o structure will fail.' le "The day on which the stock-gam bllng structure falls is the day for which all honest men and women should pray." Bob Brownley paused and let his eyes sweep his dumfounded audience. There was not a murmur. The crowd was speechless. ' Again his eyes swept the room. Then he slowly raised his right hand with fist clenched, as though about to ' deal a blow. "Men of Wall street"?his voice was v now deep and solemn?"to show that Robert Brownley knew what was fitting for the last day of his career, he has revealed to you the trick?and more. "Many of you are desperate. Many of you by tomorrow will be ruined. The time of all times for such to put my trick In practice Is now. The victim x>t victims Is ready for the experiment. I am he. I have a billion dollars. With this billon dollars I am able to buy 10,000,000 shares of the leading stocks and to pay for them, even.though after I have bought they fall a hundred dollars a share. Here is your chance to prevent your ruin, your chance to retrieve your fortune, your chance to secure revenge upon me, the one who has robbed you." He paused only long enough for his astounding advice to connect with his listeners' now keenly sensitive nerve centers; then deep and clear rang out, "Barry Conant." The wiry form of Bob's old antagonist leaped to the rostrum. "I'authorize you to buy any part of 10,000,000 shares of the leading stocks at any price up to 50 points above the present market. There Is my checkbook signed In blank, and I authorize you to use it up to a billion dollars, and I agree to have in. bank tomorrow * sufficient funds to meet any checks 1 you draw. You have failed today for 8 sewn millions, and, therefore, cannot 8 K..* T o r,nnnnnn that T ^ LI auc, UUL X Iicivnnii w>m.vv...vv will pay all the Indebtedness of Barry ^ Conant and his house. Therefore he 3 1 ! / a e o ntly at 8ullen Growl Arott frwn a nblers. t g Is now in gojd standing." Bob had \ kept his eye on the great clock; as the ^ last word passed his lips, the presi- a dent's gavel descended. 8 With a mighty rush the gamblers 9 leaped for the different poles. Barry *" Conant with lightning rapidity gave his orders to 20 of his assistants, who, ' when Bob Brownley called for Conant, r had gathered around their chief. In ( less than a minute the dollar-battle a of the age was on, a battle such as no 9 man had ever seen before. It required 1 no supernatural wisdom for any man r on the floor to see that Bob Brownley's 1 seed had fallen in superheated soil, c that his until now secret helllte was ! about to be tested. It needed no ex- * pert in the mystic art of deciphering * the wall hieroglyphics of Old Hag ' Fate to see that the hands on the a clock of the "System" were approach- c lng 12. It needed no ear trained to 1 hear human heart and soul beats to c detect the approaching sound of on- 8 rushing doom to the stock-gambling r structure. The deafening roar of the brokers that had broken the stillness following Robert Brownley's fateful r speech had awakened echoes that 8 threatened to shake down the exchange 1 walls. The surging- mob on the outside was roaring like a million hungry lions In an Arbestan run at slaughter time. (To be Concluded.) Treated Like a Private.?Brig. Gen. Andrew S. Burt of the United States army is an enthusiastic sportsman. His hobby Is baseball, says the Detroit Free Press. Prior to 1898 when he became a brigadier, he was the commanding officer of a negro regiment of regular Infantry. Each company had its ball team, and the colonel was an enthusiastic rooter at the games. One day a contest was on which was marred by 'he poor playing of a member of one of the company teams. Burt, disgusted, volunteered to take the place of the incompetent. No one objected. At the bat the colonel was given a base on balls. He noted that the men on the coaching lines kept silent while he was on the bases, and. after he had made the circuit, he remonstrated. "See here!" he exclaimed, slipping mot "T'vo tolfpn off mv shoulder straps now. and you fellows 1 want to treat me just as if I were a \ private." Again Burt was at the bat. He hit the ball and started for first. "Run, you gimpy-Iegged, sawed-off mud turtle. Run, you miserable !" howled one of the coaches. Burt reached first safely, turned and regarded the coacher for an instant, then left the base, walked over , to where his discarded blouse lay, and j put it on. He said nothing. |Hisffllanrous grading. BLACKMAIL IN THE MOUNTAIN 8. Remarkable 8tory From Western North Carolina. f Bristol, Tenn., May 26.?a few days ago the press dispatches told a brief story of a double tragedy near Altapass, in the mountans of Mitchell :ounty, North Carolina. It was stated that Deputy Sheriff Buchanan was ihot and killed by a man naqaed 'Faul," and that "Faul" in turn was shot and killed by a friend of the dep jiy oiict 111. This appeared to be all there was of :he story, perhaps a case of hate and evenge, or simply another mountain ragedy, with the shedding of blood '01 no cause except for the satisfac:ion of a disposition to be king bully imong the mountaineers. But the facts in this case reveal an mtirely different story and uncover a ihapter of perfidy that is Indeed a are specimen among the usually frank ind sincere people of the southern nountains, and which not only ended n disgrace for one family, but sent in innocent young man of high respecablllty to an untimely grave. It was not "Faul," as was announced n the press dispatches, who killed the leputy sheriff, but Manassas Sorrells, i mountaineer of more than ordinary iretenslons, who had a diabolical plan >f robbery, in which it appears his vife was his willing partner, lending ler aid in a manner that was as disrraceful as It was shameful. Lived In Good 8tyle. Sorrells. who had the reputation of >eing a man of bad principle, neverheless lived in good style and in an ipparent state of high respectability it his home near the village of Spruce 'ine. His wife?now his widow?is lescribed as a rather handsome and hapely woman, who appeared to deight in the rustle of silk garments, nd who seemed to make a special efort to be attractive, especially when rentlemen guests were in the horpe. tfo one in the community, no matter low they may have regarded Sorrells nd his family, appeared to suspect rven such a thing as the remotest probability that Sorrells and his wife tad conceived a plan of blackmailing n order to extort money from men^ln he same community in which they Ived, for as many as may have be:ome victims of such a scheme had * - f- ? 1 * ? nA/iwAt nnrl OA 11 ttHQg HUMf [U Keep II n SCVICl, 1VUU "vr I)at silence was preserved through nany years, It may have been, of e*ortlon In which the wiles of a wonan were the winning card. But now hat the circumstances have come to ight, this appears to have been the lurpose of the woman's fancy attire jid the daintiness that marked the lecoratlons of her home. And . no.wr hat the whole scheme has been exiloded, and Mrs. Sorrells Is in Jall^U Jakersville, N. C., to answer n|t tench warrant charging her with such hameful conduct as has been indlcatd in the foregoing, and her husband's Ips are sealed in death as the result if the Altapass tragedy, she is said 0 have confessed at the preliminary rial that she had been guilty of lurng men into her home for the purtose of extorting money from them. Through a double tragedy of the iloodlest nature, in which guilt and nnocence "bit the dust" together, it iow looms up that back of all the iretenslons of Sorrell's and his atractive wife was a diabolical plot to told up unsuspecting men and rob hem of thousands of dollars through 1 cunning that has never before had tJj like in the mountains. Facts Vouched For. The faevs as revealed In this case ire vouched for by a reputable travling man of this city and by relatives tf Senator Jace Burleson, who was i victim of the dainty garments and switching smiles of Mrs. Sorrells. Senator Burleson has already given lis testimony in the sensational scanlal, and it is to the effect that Sorrells :nd his wife robbed him of $2,000 cash is the price of silence at the concluion of a successful effort to entrap lim. The Bristol traveling man who reates the inside facts of the tragedy lear Altapass, was in western North 2'arolina at the time it was enacted, nd is acquainted with Senator Burleon and others of the more prominent >eople involved in the affair. This nan was present and saw the bulet-marked bodies of the two victims if the double tragedy. The picture iresented In the lifeless forms of the wo victims impressed him with the iccullar wantonness which must have astened itself upon this man Sorrells Lnd the woman who, it appears, had :onsented to Join him in a scheme of obbery that scarcely has a parallel mtslde of the great cities, where, imong so many different classes of >eople, the unusual is not unexpected. Plot Against Senator. The incident which was destined to jroduce this unusual picture through i flow of blood, had its origin in an nvitation which Manassas Sorrells ixtended to his neighbor, Jace Burlelon, to join him on a hunt. Burleson, vho is one of the most prominent ind wealthy business men in western s'orth Carolina, and who has, since he day he received that invitation, )een elected to the state senate of *Jorth Carolina, from his district, ac:epted the invitation, after having >een repeatedly assured by Sorrells hat the latter knew where they could lnd several coveys of birds on his ands. This was in last October. Burleson and Sorrells agreed upon a late for the hunt, and on that day Burleson went to the home of Sorrells to be his guest, taking along his ?un and dogs. He was very fond of lunting, and especially liked shooting airds-on the wing, and he anticipated i delightful experience in the fields nearby, but had scarcely any luck to <peak of. The two men returned to the house for dinner, Burleson little Ireaming that a net had been set for tilm and that he was to be the real ?ame of the hunt. After dinner had been served?and it was one of the best that the mountains afford, carrying out the idea of generous mountain hospitality?Sorrells suggested to Burleson that he must be much fatigued after the morning tramp through the neicis wunoui any same to relieve the feeling of fatigue, and Burleson admitted that he was a bit tired, not being accustomed to hunting regularly. Sorrells then suggest ed that he remain at the house and rest a while, statin? that he (Sorrells) would go to a nearby field where he was sure to find a covey of birds and would bring back enough to serve on toast for supper. He left his guest sitting on the porch and started off in the direction of the field. Falls Into Trap. Mrs. Sorrells, .elegantly attired for the occasion, came out upon the porch to entertain Burleson while her husband was away. She lost no time in inviting him into the parlor to I view some pictures and other works I of art that adorned the walls of that I room. As she and Burleson talked, he admiring1 the pictures as the woman pointed them out, explaining: the merits of each one, Burleson expressed admiration for the pictures. He observed that Mrs. Sorrells appeared to be strangely affectionate. She seemed to be very attentive, and her i fluffy hair would sometimes get between Burleson's face and the pictures which he had been invited to view. I The woman's manner soon indicated that it was the purpose of Mrs. Sorrells to impress upon Burleson that she was the picture for him to admire. I Her familiarity continued until Burleson, not suspecting any purpose to entrap him, found himself admiring the 1 woman, and the scene of affection that ] followed became mutual. Within an < hour Sorrells, who had really not left the premises, but was watching i through a window, entered the room to i find Burleson and Mrs. Sorrells in a ' compromising position. Sorrells, with i apparent rage, leveled his gun on 1 Burleson, threatening to blow his i brains out. Burleson pleaded for mer- ; cy. Sorrells told him that it was not a case deserving of mercy and that for his effort to despoil his home he i should be shot down like a dog. Sor- 1 rells was not disposed to accept any i such excuse as that his wife had been < responsible for the condition which he 1 had discovered. He told Burleson that 1 he must either submit to being shot 1 down or agree to make amends in i cash, knowing that Burleson had a ' large sum of money on deposit in the I bank of Spruce Pine. The terms were i briefly discussed. Sorrells was not 1 willing to accept $500 or 11,000 for the i reason that he knew that Burleson had i more in the bank. He simply sized 1 up the man's deposit ana aemanaea the whole of It. Burleson realized i that he was cornered, and that to make i public such a scandal, even If he | should escape with his life, would I bring: him Into bad repute with his family and ruin his prospects as a I candidate for the state senatorshlp In 1 his district. Submit.ed to Demands. He quickly determined that the best i thing to do considering all the clr- < cumstances, was to submit to Sorrells' > demands, for he knew that Sorrells ' was desperate, and that not to com- < ply meant his certain death. Sorrells 1 had everything on his side. He could I hove killed Burleson, then been acquitted on the evidence of his wife, 1 who would have been the only witness. Burleson realized that he was completely cornered. Two thousands i dollars .was the price which Sorrells I demanded for silence. Burleson i agreed to the terms as the only alter- < native, and he and Sorrells left im- I mediately for Spruce Pine, where 1 Burleson's money was on deposit. They < made the trip alone over the mountain i road, with Burleson In front and Sor- I rells close behind him, with his shot- l gun ready for use In the event Burle- i son should make any attempt to es- i cape. It was a case of life or death, i and Burleson calmly submitted to the < terms of the desperate man In whose i power he was. The men entered the i bank calmly, no one at Spruce Pine i suspecting that there had been any < trouble, It being supposed that Sorrells had his gun with him for the reason I that the two men had gone hunting together. Burleson wrote his check for $2,000 In Sorrells' favor, and Sorrells had the cash counted out to him by the bank teller In the presence of i Burleson. The bank officials suspect- i ed nothing unusual In the transaction, ' thinking that Burleson and Sorrells had made some deal of a legitimate l nature. Becomes Noted Scandal. This concluded the first chapter of ; what was destined to become a noted i scandal. Burleson returned to his home and maintained silence about the i transaction. Sorrells returned to his home a few miles away with the $2,000 I In pocket, and with an evident air of ] triumph that his scheme had' worked I successfully and that he had Burleson In a position that he did not dare give the secret away. 1 Because of the general popularity of | Burleson, he had every assurance that he was to be elected to the state senate | In the November election, which was then less than a month ahead. In this i he was not disappointed, for he won i by a decisive majority, being held In high esteem, as he was, by the people of western North Carolina, who knew i him well and admired his ability and the qualities which had brought him i success in business. He was anxious i to give Sorrells his just dues for the : perfidy which the latter had perpetrat- i . V.I? K.,t that ha could not 1 ea upon miii, uuw ....... afford as a candidate for office nor as a man of family to make public a scandal Into which he had been led by the cunning- of a woman, whose perfidy had not previously had cause i to suspect. Weeks went by, and Burle on still nursed his secret. Sorrells was naturally apprehensive of an evil i day, and he.was afraid of Burleson und his friends, realizing that If at any , time Burleson should give the affair publicity, the $2,000 wrung from him might not prove such a boon after all. .Sorrells Go to Florida. On account of unfavorable condl- < tlons growing out of this affair, and the increasing apprehenslveness of Sorrells, he and his wife decided to leave the community for the winter. Thev went to Florida, where they re mained until this spring, enjoying the luxuries of the tropics on money which they had taken from Burleson. While they were enjoying themselves among the tropical scenes of the "land of flowers," Burleson turned over In his mind many a time the problem of how he was to get at them and bring them to justice for the shameful manner In which they had robbed him and sealed his lips. He had gained sufficient information in their absence regarding what had been their methods to understand that Sorrells and his wife had not only planned to rob him, but that they had probably held up other men for large sums of "hush money." The matter so preyed upon .Burleson's mind that he Anally decided to take action. Going to Raleigh, he laid the whole matter before Governor Glenn. As a result it was decided by the governor to issue a bench warrant for Sorrells and his wife, who were still in Florida, but who were expected to return home soon. The warrant was issued and placed in the hands of the sheriff of Mitchell county to be executed. The sheriff turned the warrant over to his deputy, Stokes Buchanan, a young man of high respectability, who resided not far from the home of the Sorrells and who knew both Sorrells and his wife well. Officers After Them. The sheriff had learned that Sorrels and his wife were expected . back from Florida within a few days, and he instructed his aeputy to deputize as many men as he might need to arrest Sorrells and his wife as soon as they returned. Arriving at Marlon on Sunday morning, Sorrells hired a hack for the trip across the mountains from Marion to Spruce Pine. Knowing that he was to pass the home of Senator Jace Burleson, and fearing trouble from that source, he requested that he be furnished a vehicle with curtains. Such a hack was provided, and Sorrells and wife started for their home. Deputy Sheriff Buchanan had reason to believe that the man and woman he wanted would arrive that day. He deputized an intrepid young man named Boone to assist him, and the two left Spruce Pine In the direction of Marion, expecting to meet Sorrells and his iwfe on the public highway between there and Marlon. Sorrells and his wife had made the trip most of the way from, Marion unmolested. When nearing the Burleson home, Sorrells requested the driver to pull down the curtains to the hack so that, in the .event Burleson observed the vehicle, he would not know who occupied it. The trip by the Burleson home was made In safety. Sorrells carried his pistol In his lap, prepared to shoot at a moment's notice. He had occasion to fear that lie would be molested by officers, If not by Burleson, for. some acquaintance at Marlon, N. C., where he had left the train, told him of the bench warrant that had been Issued for him. and of what he might expect on his return home. The fact that he had passed the Burleson home without being disturbed, led him to feel that he would reach home in safety, but in this lie was disappointed, for half way between the Burleson home and the railway depot at Spruce Pine he met Deputy Sheriff Stokes Buchanan and the young man Boone, who had been deputized to assist Buchanan In the event they located Sorrells and his wife. Seeing that the vehicle contained the parties he wanted Deputy Sheriff Buchanan approached from the front, saying to Sorrells: "You are under arrest." Sorrells' revolver still lay In his lap. The Double, Tragedy. Seeing that Buchanan did not present a pistol, Sorrells raised his quickly and fired upon the officer. Two shots were fired In succession and each.one passed through Buchanan's body. Either shot by Itself would have proved fatal. Buchanan fell dead under the hoofs of the horses that were attached to the vehicle. Sorrells and his wife then Jumped from .the hack and were In the act of starting1 for the mountains. But Sorrells had not more than set his feet upon the ground until he was confronted by courageous young Boone, who stood ready to act his part in the tragedy. Realizing that It was a life and death encounter, Boone, whose companion lay dead beside him, immediately turned his revolver upon Sorrells, catching him before he had time to steady himself after leaping from the hack. Boone shot Sorrells through the body from right to left In the region of the heart and sent a second bullet into the man's abdomen Sorrel i fell to the ground In a dying condition, and soon expired. Seeing that he had been successful In getting Sorreils out of the way, Boone turned his attention to Mrs. Sorrells, who was then several yards away from the scene and going in a run. At the point of a revolver he caused her to surrender and brought her back to the scene of the double tragedy. Trembling with fear, the woman begged the officer to be merciful to her, praying that he might spare her life. As soon as the woman became somewhat pacified, Boone took her to Bakersvllle, where she was lodged in jail In accordance with the bench warrant which had been issued for herself and husband. Later she was given a preliminary hearing, and when asked for a statement of affairs that had led up to the Altapass tragedy, is said to have confessed that but for her perfidy in aiding her husband to carry out a. diabolical scheme to rob men, the public highway would not have been saturated with blood on the fatal day of the return of herself and husband from Florida. Mrs. Sorrells admitted, according to news of the preliminary hearing brought here from Bakersville, that she and her husband had entered Into that scheme of robbing men some time ago, and that Burleson was not the only man who had been robbed of his money in a similar manner. It is not known how much money Sorrells and his wife may have received in this way, but the explanation of their lavish manner of living and the abundance of ready cash money which they seemed to have at all times is now explained. A Sold Scheme. it lu Hoiihtl'il whether the south ever before experienced so unique a scheme or one so boldly planned and defiantly executed as this one seems to have been. It was not strangers whom Mrs. Sorrells sought to entrap by her wiles, but men of means In the region where she lived, and she and her husband seem to have been very careful to select such men as would most likely have motive to keep the scandal concealed. The nature of the scheme ore-supposes a study of men, and how well Sorrells and his wife succeeded In extorting money from unsuspecting men of families Is reflected In the example of Senator Burleson, who was reticent for many weeks, but who nevertheless hoped to find a way to recover his money, and who, finally laid modesty aside, and sought the advice and aid of Governor Glenn.?Charlotte Observer. RAILWAY MAIL 8ERVICE. th H One of the Beat Perfected 8ystems of th the Country. I Cne of the most highly perfected In- tu stitutlons In this country Is the gov- be ernment railway mall service, says a writer In the New York Tribune, nc When the letters,and papers come In If the morning, few people stop to think He or tne Dusy worners wno spcuu uuuio |/? and hours of weary toil Jn the travel- mi lng postal car as It thunders onward an through the night, bringing the com- us munlcation8 of commerce and society ba hours and hours ahead of the sched- mi ules known anywhere else In the mi wor!d. Uncle Sam has about 14,000 of railway postal clerks, who ride In especially constructed cars, and work w< the mail as It rushes across the vari- ra ous states of the Union to its deitlna- kr tlons. ge The Burlington runs a train from he Chicago to Omaha, a distance of 500 da miles, that makes the trip night after no night In about 600 minutes. To make dr all necessary stops and slow downs, gr and still maintain' a speed of a mile a minute for such a distance, Is a re- an markable performance. This train w< consists of four cars, carrying nothing bu but fifty tons of mall, which Is han- Br died every trip. Fifteen clerks ride In st< the cars to sort the letters and papers bli while the sensational dash Is being W made. In addition to the Burlington's bo famous train, there are some thirty Fi other special mall trains which leave do Chicago every twenty-four hours. This as statement will .give an Idea of the na- Is tional service as It extends from every do city in the Union. he The fast train Is th^ pet of .the railway service. It Is " make way for the pll lady" when the flyer comes. Some night, if you happen to be at the sta- wl tlon when the fast mail departs, you sh will find a dozen.brawny fellows working like beavers loading the car with st! bulging sacks; a conductor pacing sa back and forth with watch in hand; an he engineer rubbing and oiling a big steel Inj racing, machine, like a Jocky petting oh and coddling a frisky thoroughbred. Tn This engine is a marvel. It will carry ten tons of coal and 6,000 gallons Be of water. An average sized man can he stand erect in its firebox. It is gaunt and angular and powerful. It will fret ya and fume like a living thing. Impa- sa tlent for the start. When a lantern swings the signal, the driver will give wi his steed the rein and it will disappear ah in the darkness with a roar. wt CATCHING A GR0U8E. D/ Pursued It Five Miles and Then Caught * It by Hand. "That it 1s possible for a man and th a well-trained bird dog to capture a ar partridge or ruffed grouse unassisted m by the use of a gun," writes A. F. co Wells, "was proved one day last fall by J. P. Penoyer and Brownies Robin- mi son of New Haven. Whether or not te the feat is possible or impossible has wl been a much disputed and much ar- bl gued question among the sportsmen ra and wing shots who frequent Bassett's an gun store on Church street Here is td what Mr. Penoyer tells: tr; "He and Brownie Robinson went he shooting, as they always do, on Octo- th ber 1. Their success was indifferent, w but Bob walked into Bassett's that th evening, and withdrawing from the re pocket of his shooting coat a beautiful na specimen of an old cock partridge dli Dlaced it on the .counter and remark- da ed: in " 'Them patrldge be a hardy bird de and no mistake. Brownie caught that f6] one in his hands, but he's home in bed now getting rested, and I doubt if he'll jDi be able to take another tramp before wi Oct. 1. 1907.' be "The crowd sat up and began to sa take notice, and Bob continued: he " 'Brownie and I went over In the oe Turkey Hill section, out Orange way lei this morning. It was hot and the tri leaves were too thick for shooting; Cu still, we got down live woodcockers and be a couple of patrldge. About 3 o'clock ed we was settln' on a rail fence that 6r bounds Johnnie Merwln's big pasture. m; Brownie says, 'Bob, let's cut across in and get the machine and home for us.' " 'All right,' says I, 'home It Is, but ro I'd like to know where that last bird fla dropped; I marked her down about here.' B? " 'Just ahead of us, running kittycorner across the pasture, was an old bi stone wall and nothing beyond for a b* quarter,of a mile. We started along, ^ with the dogs trailing around just as pa they do In open lots. Up near the c0 stone wall Mack made game and pe Brownie's dog came around, backing uc him on as stlif.and as pretty a point de as you ever put your peeps on. co " 'Flock of quail,' said Brownie, as fr, we stood looking at the dogs; 'what a picture they would make!' til " 'We moved up a little agreeing not re to shoot quail, because they were toj scarce, having winter-killed for three ba o- four seasons. Coming up with the he dogs, both standing stanch, Brownie th: says, 'I guess rabbit In the wall,' and ba he stepped forward, at the same time er] calling to his dog, when buz-z, whir- by r-r?up jumps an old patrldge and wj sails away across the pasture Just as an open as though flying from the flag < pole In the green toward Thomas th< Trowbridge's house on Elm street I an brought my gun up and let the bird WJ go what I thought Just easy shooting ch distance. I pulled the trigger, the gun p0 went, nothing dropped. I pulled the pr other barrel, it went, nothing dropped, ^ not even a feather floated off in the no air?but that old patridge was still a- er< heading for a clump of white birchee op half a mile away, going like a cannon ball. I watched her, expecting every qu minute tcr see her drop. She didn't, tj, but finally set her wings and dlsap- ou peared in the birches. I couldn't even W{ swear. do " 'Brownie looked at me one of those dii funny looks he has, and I said, 'Why ca didn't you shoot?' an "'Shoot!' says he; 'suffering hay W( rakes! I didn't come out here to shoot h0 at a mark.' Wl " 'That madded me, and I Just In- co formed the Hon. J. B. R. that I'd have fr( that bird if I had to stay on Turkey Hill till Christmas. Calling the dogs, ? ' ~.1 HlfstViao nraaulp fol- ^ 1 SULllCU iUl UiC UUV.IIVJ. .... lowed along. chaffing me every step h< until we reached the birches. The dogs th circled two or three times, and Pet m was making game when Mack (the old * fool) flushed the bird. We watched pj her going through the tops of some h< chestnuts out of gunshot. After I had e<3 Whaled Mack and let out some mad, fr? We pushed on, Brownie having marked cc e bird down on a nobble to tne norm, e took one side with his dog and I e other. The bird got up wild and watched her fly back across the pasre to a clump of bushes, we hunted fore we raised her in the stone wall. " 'It was Brownie's time to get mad ?w, and he vowed he'd have the bird he stayed till New Tear's. 'She'll i closer next time,' says he, as we ked across the pasture. The dogs a.de game In the edge of the bushes id up the bird jumped. Neither of saw her, but Brownie let go both .rrels, hoping to frighten her and so BLke her lie on the next point. I arked her down in a little swamp full briars. " 'Well, to make a Ions' story short, i chased that bird for another hour, ised her three times and I don't iow but more. Neither of us could t a shot, and we did not shoot at r again. Finally It began to grow rk, and the last time she flushed I tlced she only flew a few rods and opped Into some little bushes that ew around a boggy swale. " 'Brownie got round in a good place, d I took an opening also; both dogs >re pointing stiff as ramrods Into the ishes, where I had seen her drop, ownle ordered the dogs on, and we >od expecting every second to see the rd come out, but she did not come, e could urge the dogs no further; th stood quivering from Jowl to tail, nally Brownie walked In behind his g, and carefully pushing the brush Ide, said, 1 can see the bird. She sitting by that log with her wings wn, bill open and panting like an old n.' " 'Don't let the dogs catch her,' I reled. "Well, you'll have to shoot her lien she comes out I'm too oloee and e's headed toward you,' he replied. "'Brownie walked a little closer and 111 the bird lay quiet Suddenly I w him make a grab, and next Instant held the fluttering blrl aloft wrlngg Its neck. 'There,' he said; "you 1 sinner! I said I'd have you and 'e got you.' '"That's the bird there,' concluded >b, 'and there's not a shot marie on r.' " fj| "If any one but you had told the m Rnh' mid Hlnl? Rfthfleld. I'd 'a' Id it was a He.' "It was estimated after the story is told that the sportmen traveled out Ave miles before the partridge is captured."?Forest and Stream. IRING RESCUE BY TERRORISTS. Bit of Russian Prison History Mors. 8tartling Than Romanoe. Like the invention of a romancer is e following true incident from an tide by Leroy Scott in Everybody's, ustratlng the resourcefulness and ol nerve of the Russian terrorists: "In Warsaw a year ago one of the oat skilful, most daring of recent rroristlc plans was consummated? Ithout a shot or the loss of a drop of ood. Ten political prisoners In Pavck prison were condemned to death, id a group of Warsaw terrorists dermined , to rescue them or to die ring. Toward midnight, about thirty >urs before the time set for execution' e voice of the Chief of Police of arsaw called over the telephone to e assistant prison warden: 'Get ady these ten prisoners,' giving' ,mes and dates of arrest, 'for iramea.te transfer to the cltadeL Gen,rme Officer Baron Rudberg will call half an hour with the necessary orrs and will take charge of the transr.' "That gruff, authoritative voice was dubitably the chiefs (the Imitation is perfect), so. the assistant warden gan Instantly to prepare the necesry papers. Within the specified half >ur Baron Rudberg was at the prlsi with six policemen. The latter were ft inside the yard, at the prison enance, yawning, smoking, sleepily ' irsing the revolutionists. Baron Rudrg, very stiff, very Insolent, prooeedi to the assistant warden and dellved the orders for the prisoners. The Inutes while the warden was examIng the papers were hours of rackg strain to the terrorist beneath Ban Rudberg's mask; If.there were any lws in the forgeries, he and the oomdes would die with the ten. jt the forgeries were perfect. "The warden humbly begged pardon, it his papers were not yet ready, iron Rudberg abused his slowness 1th true official arrogance. An hour seed?two. This delay had not been unted on; momently the baron excted some telephone call, some po:e visit, that would send them all to ath. But finally the formalities were mpleted and the prisoners ordered >m their cells. "The prisoners, of course, were en ely Ignorant of the scheme for their scue. When the ten were all brought gether, one of them recognized the ron, and so sudden was the Idea that d 4U.1 re was a piui iui men ueu???iw at he could not mask, his face. The ron saw the look?trembled lest oths had also seen It Immediately he rst Into new abuse of the warden, ilch turned all eyes to that official d reduced him to cringing apology, "The ten prisoners were led down to e entrance, where the six policemen d the black prison wagon were In ilting. The policemen, with all the aracteristlc brutality of the Russian lice, shoved Into the wagon the ten Isoners, still Ignorant of their fate? king care that their comrades did t attempt a desperate dash for 11bty. Then the gates were thrown en and the wagon rattled out. "As they were going through a let, almost houseless street, one of e policemen on the back step called t, 'Hold?a wheel Is broken!' The rgon stopped, and the driver climbed wn and stopped to examine the in;ated wheel. Suddenly he was ught by the throat and thrust In nong the prisoners. Then the horses jre driven to a secluded country iuse; clothes, money and passports ;re furnished, and Immediately all ncerned were hurrying toward the sntler." r Servant Maid?I left my last place ?cause I couldn't get enough to eat. Master?You won't find that the case sre. My wife does the cooking, and ere Is always a lot left after every eal.?Meggendorfer Blade. & There are 130 camps and roadjusea in Alaska provided with telelones. In addition to many business )uses, residences and cabins sltuatl within the limits of the larger imps. The main exchange is at ome. Skagway and Whitehorse are tnnected by telephone.