PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKUi HIGHER PRICES State Cotton CiaTetlion Tekis Action Hooking to Tiat End. WILL CANVASS TBE STATE Farmers, Bankers, Merchants and Other Business Men of State At tend Meeting, Discuss the Situation Generally and 'Formulate Plans to Aid Co tton Sellers. The State cotton convention, call ed by E. J, Watson and E. W. Dabbs, president of the State Farners' un ion, in response to the action of the ? Southern Cotton congress, recently held at Montgomery, Ala., was held in Columbia Thursday in the hall of the House of Representatives. It was one of the most largely attended con ventions ever held in the hall, and tne personnel was such as to cause many to remark that seldom had there been seen gathered together for conference a more representative body. The convention was composed of Farmers' union men, farmers, mer chants, bankers, and business and professional men from all parts of tbei State .and throughout the proceed ings there was perfect harmony of thought and action and a unity of purpose was manifested with a, de gree of determination indicating the character of the fight that the people of tnis State propose to maKe throughout for a higher price for cotton. The action of the convention in the end provided machinery extending in to the vigorous prosecution of the 'holding, warehousing and financing movements, with the object in view of causing a substantial cessation ol the rush of cotton to market. Action was taken on almost every phase of the cotton situation and considerable work was cut out for this State's representatives in con gress to undertake. Along this line the plain intimation was given by the convention that the time had come for some kind of national legislation to be insisted upon in regard to,the marketing of the cotton crop, now representing nearly $1,000,000.000. In calling the convention to order Commissioner Watson, who is also the'president of the Southern Cotton congress and a member of the nat ional cotton campaign committee, along with President Barrett of the National Farmers' union and Con gressman Heflin of Alabama, declar ed that he was glad the hour had come In South Carolina when the pro ducer, the business interests and the hanking interests of the State could meet to discuss a situation involving the welfare of every material inter est in the State and indeed the very life-blood of every man, woman and child in South Carolina. He said that the hour had arrived at last for intelligence to hold sway, for the thinking men of the South to realize the value of their cotton. He felt thankful to the bears that they had hammered cotton down to 10 cents in the face of this convention for, perhaps 10 cents cotton would stiffen the backbone of some people why, if cotton were above 10 cents, were likely to rush it on the market. The conference was convened in the hall of the house of representa tives at 3:30 o'clock. The meeting was called to order by hi. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture. J. Whit ner Reid was named as secretary. Following the roll call of the dele gates present a permanent organiza tion was perfected and Commissioner Watson was named as president. Mr. Barrett had asked him to say to the convention that negotiations were under way but had not yet been concluded, that he hoped, however, they would be completed at an early day. A message from Mr. Barrett was also conveyed to the effect that there was every indication of a reac tion in New York almost immediate ly in the rice of cotton, and he urg ed the convention to do everything in its power to hold every possible bale of cotton off the market. Commissioner Watson further an nounced that the national committee members had about determined upon a whirlwind campaign through the cotton belt with a series of monster meetings and that United States Sen ator Smith of this State and United States Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi had been requested to< take part in this campaign. This will give five men, posted on cotton, to conduct the meetings, the committee men being .Messrs. Barrett, Heflin and Watson. Mr. Heflin in his remarks at the opening of the night meeting pre sented a number of essential facts ?bearing upon the marketing and han dling of the cotton crop. Committees on resolutions, com posed of one member from each con gressional district, was appointed as follows: W. McL. Frompton, R. M. Mixson, Alan Johnstone, ?. P. Good win, W. P. Pollock, Douglas Mcln tyre, E. W. Dabbs, chairman. There were calls for United States Senator E. D. Smith and in a very few moments Commissijner Watson, referring to Senator Smith's work in behalf of cotton in the movement that carried the price to 15 cents, presented "Cotton" Smith to his peo ple amid the vociferous cheering of the delegates. At the conc.uslon of his address, as frequently during his remarks, Smith was most enthusiastically and vigor -sly applauded. / *V -?fternoon session the bank er. & were called upon for state. ^Sj. their views in the matter ^S/> \ in the holding movement Qij. 6 ''ig the crop. These stateme&A " only most significant and re? /? but were of such a character v.. ;ach caused a speedy manisfestatio'u of pleasure of the delegates. At the opening of the night session Commissioner Watson announced that he had hoped to he able to give some definite information .*rom Pres ident Barrett as to the $75,000,000 loan from the French-British syndi cate for the purpose of aiding the holding movement. Pie announced that he had within the laut half hour had been talking with Mr. Barrett on the long distance telephone. That the hanks of the State are friendly to the farmers was brought out by expressions from well konwn bankers at the congress. Every banker present promised to cooperate in a substantial manner to assist the farmers of the State In their fight for a higher price for cotton. The expressions by the bankers followed a general discussion. The iniquitous cottca exchanges was repeatedly attacked on the floor of the House of Representatives and two resolutions of procedure were re ported by the committee formed by one member from each Congressionl district and appointed by Commis sioner of Agriculture E. J. Watson. W. P. Pollock favored a petition to Congress, asking that the use of Inter-State means of communication be denied. the exchanges, but this meeting with objeCLion on the ground of possible legal resistance, a sub stitute motion was adopi.ed after the debate. An agreement brought about was that CongressN be memorialized to regulate dealing in cotton by the ex- ( changes so that real cotton will be the basis of all contracts and actual delivery he had. The following resolution was also adopted at the night session of the Convent:on: "Resolved, That the county larmers' unions of the differ ent counties of the State be requested to appoint a committee consisting of not less than three men !n each town ship in each county to canvass the farmers of their county and ascertain how many bales of cotton they will pledge ?ieraselves to hold for the agreed price unless otherwise in structed by the State warmers' Union to sell. "That the secretary of the county unions be requested to forward re ports from these committees to the secretry and rpesident of the State Farmers' Union be requested to co-operate with Mr. Watson to have this plan carried out in all of the cotton growing States. 'Be it further resolved, that the president of the State Farmers' Un ion be requested to keep the local unions posted as to the number of bales of cotton pledged in the differ ent States in conforraitj' to this reso lution. "Bexit further re&>lv:jd, That the chairman of this body be and is here by authorized to n&mr from each county a special committee of busi ness men and bankers to represent each and every bank in said county, designating which banker is to be the chairman of said committee, the ? duties of this committee being as follows: They are promptly to as certain from every special committee appointed to canvass the cotton grow ers the number of .bales of cotton to be held, promptly arrange for finan cing as many bales of the said cotton as possible." MOB LYNCHES WHITE MAN. Killing of Two Deputies Leads to Yiolenco in Arkansas. Fojcing their way into the Desha County jail at Dumas, Ark., between fifty an? one hundred men, members of a mob formed so quietly that the authorities had not the slightest warning, overpowered the deputies in charge and took Charles Malpas, Sr., white, to a water tank and hang ed him early Wednesday. The mob then dispersed without demonstra tion. None o." its members is known to the authorities, according to their statement. The lynching followed a pitched battle at the home of Malpas the day before, in which the sheriff and | two- deputies were killed. The wife of Charles Malpas, Sr., a negress, and the Malnass younger son, a young mulatto, escaped from the house dur ing the fighting. The authorities say they do not think the negress and the boy engaged in the battle and for this reason it is not thought the two will be sought further in connec tion with the affair. Gen. Jackson's Birthplace. At Clarksburg, West. Va., a bronze tablet marking the birthplace of Gen. Stonewall Jackson was unveiled on Tuesday. Dr. James Power Smith, only surviving officer of Gen. Jack son's staff, made the dedicatory ad dress. liies Down Before Train. At Live Oak, Fla., Ben Hines, a stranger, said to be unbalanced on account of his religion, deliberately laid down in frout of v. train Tues day and was instantly killed Falls to His Dea:h. Lieut. R. A. Cammell, of the Brit ish oviation school of Farmborough, England, was killed recently while making a flight at Hendon, six miles from the centre of Lor.don. * ORANGEBUR( THE RED SHIRTS Annual Ren Die 3 of Vet era es of Pu con struction Held, i VERY GOOD ATTENDANCE Col. John S. Mobley, Miss Grace Lunipkin, and Governor Blease Speuk at Formal Opening of Re union.?Senator John Sharp Wil liams Unable to Attend. A Columbia dispatch says no more demonstrative gathering of men and women has probably been seen in Columbia in recent years than the assembly which crowded the lower floor and two galleries of the Colum gia Theatre Wednesday night at the formal welcoming of the Red Shirt Veterans, who began their annual re union. By iar the large majority of the men in the gathering wore the red shirt, and aside from the picturesque ness of the view of .blazing red mingl ed with the fashionable gowns of the fair sex, the spirit of good humor was abroad in all its vigor, and, time after time, bubbled over in cheers, ap plause and shouts upon the slightest provocation. Col. John G. Mobley, commander in-chief, presided over the gathering and by his side on the stage sat the sponsor,'Miss Elize Stribling, of Pen dleton, and her two maids of honor, Misses Agnes Ravenel, of Spartan burg, and Zena Evans, of Cheraw, and Miss Grace Lumpkin, who deliv ered the welcome totthe "Men of '76." After the prayer and the Doxology. sung by the entire assembly, Col. Mobley in brief but well chosen words, introduced Senator Francis H. Weston to the audience, and he. af ter a stirring recital of some of the scenes and conditions of reconstruc tion days, introduced Miss Lump kin. At nearly every possible interval in the remarks of the speakers, ap plause broke sontaneously from those seated near the front of the house, most of whom wore the red shirts and cheers were not infrequent dur ing the middle- of Col. Mobley's talk, while he was mentioning some of the leaders who took part in the red shirt days of reconstruction. A life sized portait of Gen. Wade Hampton, which had been veiled un til now, was suddenly placed in full view of 'the vast assemblage when the name of that political leader was mentioned; instantly there arose from every male voice in the house cheers upon cheers, and the ovation given the portrait of the old chief tain required several minutes to spend its force. In a thrilling voice Miss Lumpkin welcomed the "Men of '76" to Co lumbia. She ^recited briefly some of the things that the Red Chirt Veter ans had accomplished and assured them of the gratitutde and love of everyone who enjoyed the great her itage they had left. Governor Blease, who next arose to welsome the Red Shirts on behalf of the State, was welcomed by the veterans with prolonged applause. He was several time interrupted in his remarks by cheers. Governor Blease spoke of the return of the soldiers after the war, the Reconstruction times, conditions and what had been accomplished by the wearers of the red shirts during the days of '76. He spoke also of the prosperous con dition of the State at present due to a large extent; to what the men of '76 had done. It was a matter of general regret to all that it was impossible for Sen ator John Sharp Williams, of Mis sissippi, to be present. Col. John G. Mobley, commander-in-chief. an nounced Wednesday night that he had just received a letter from Mr. Williams stating his inability to be present. It would be a hard matter, in deed, to conceal from even the most casual observer, the fact that the Red Shirt veterans of the State arej making an invasion of the Capital! City. Clad very, very, distinctively, ir shirts of the reddest red, set off by black trousers, and broad rimmed hats, even a single one standing in a crowded street, is easily singled out by the eye as a mark of special interest. ELEVEN' DROWNED IN SEINE. Auto Plunges from Bridge into River With Direful Results. Eleven persons were drowned and ten others hurt by the overturning of an automobile 'bus into the Seine Thursday afternoon, says a Paris dispatch. The automobile 'bus with twenty-five passengers, was coming from the .Tardin Des Plantes in the direction of the opera. It was half way over the Archeveche bridge lead ing from the left bank of the river to the island immediately behind the Cathedral of Notre Dame. In trying to avoid a collision with another omnibus the chaffeur gave his steering wheel a sharp turu. The heavy vehicle skidded violetly, shot onto the sidewalk, crashed through the heavy iron railing as if it were a pipe stem, and dropped into the river below. All the passengers were carried down with the exception of two or three who jumped just in time. 5, S. C, SATURDAY, SEPTE1 POLICE QUELL RIOTS FORCED TO CHARGE MOBS WITH DRAWN SABRES. Mexican Indians Crucify Chiofas Cit izen When They Sacked That Place ?Women and Children Murdered. Within a few hours after the re turn of Francisco I. Madero, Jr., from his speaking tour through the south Thursday, Mexico City again .became the scene of riots ? whose quellin by the mounted police result quelling by the mounted police re sulted in two fatally wounded and 15 injured. To restore order the police were forced to charge the mobs with sabres drawn. Groups of manlfestants were still parading the streets and shouting "Vivas" for the returning candidate when police were compelled to dis i rse rioters who hatf gathered in the zocalo in front of the city hall. The work of the authoritieis accom nlished here was repeated half an hour, later in a factory district ten blocks away, where the same drastic measures were employed to suppress another outbreak. Neither of these riots had any great political significance and their origin on the day of Madero'3 return was either merely a coincidence or due to the fact that the thousands of manifestants on the streets made it easy for troublemakers to g&t in their work: Instigated by those who profess to believe that Antonio Rivergo, the governor's secretary, was responsi ble for the political confusion in the state of Chiapas, the mob marched to the zocalo. Its numbers steadily in creasing and the cries became so in sistent and insulting that the author ities called out the mounted police. Twice the police called on the peo ple to disperse, but without result. Sabres then were drawn and the squadron charged into the midst of the mob, which gave way, but not until a few scattering shots from re volvers had been fire by the rioters, one of which fatally wounded a mem ber of the mob. Ten minutes later the zocalo was deserted, but the neuclus of the mob remained intact and gathering fresh recruits the hoodlums marched to La Carolina, a texile mill in the north ern part of the city. A labor dispute was pending there and the rioters' efforts were directed toward precipi tating a strike. Another squadron of mounted police charged the rioters. This time the mob did not reform. DEATH AMONG MERRY-MAKERS. Rockets Explode in Mexican Church. ?Madcro Festival. A terrific explosion of rockets and boombs in a crowded church at Guad alajara, Mexico, Wednesday, resulted In four dead and fifteen seriously injured, cast a shadow of gloom over the merry-makers attend ing the coming of Madero Wednes day. Of the wounded many were so seriously burned or trampled in the panic which followed that they are believed to have been fatally injured. Fifty rockets and six hundred bombs had been stored In the Chapel of Jesus for use in celebrating the arrival of the sacred image of the Virgin of Zapoapian, which at this season ;s carried from church to church and believed to have power to effect miraculous cures on the faith ful. The explosives, piled at the foot of the stairs leading to the tower, is thought to have been ignited by the careless dropping of a lighted cigar ette. Those nearest were hurled in all directions by the force of the de tonation. The building was quickly filled with suffocating smoke, which blind ed the struggling and frantic occu pants who fought one another in their efforts to reach the exits. When the smoke cleared away one man was found dead partially disemboweled, and three boys, one eight and two ten years old, so frightfully burned and mangled that they died soon af ter being carried from the building. BLUE AM) GREY LINK ARMS. Climax of Union and Confederate Gathering at Memphis. To the strains of the fife and drums 500 veterans of the Blue and Grey marched with arms linked through the streets of Memphis Wed nesday night bunting bedecked and gayly illuminated in their honor. It was the culminating feature of the reunion of soldiers who fought in the opposing armies during the civil war of the 'GO's. The Sons of Veterans and other auxiliary organizations. State troops, fraternal associations and mounted police paraded with the gray-haired men. Former slaves, body servants during the war, marched in the wake of the veterans and spectators crowd ed the streets to cheer the old sol diers. The most important action taken at the Reunion was an endorsement of a proposed peace jubliee and a general reunion in Washington in 1913. Other than this the Reunion was principally a happy interming ling of those who were foes fifty years ago. They participated in a barbecue arranged by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. VIBER 30, 1911. LABEL CASES The Shadow of the GId Sratt Disptn sray Frauds Loom Op Again. SAYS THEY WERE PAID A Witness in the Trial of Boykin, Towill and Tat am, Former Officials of the Old St* ie Dispensary, Testi fied That T?: y Were All Bribed in the Label Matter. In the trial of W. O. Tatum, L, W. Boykin and John Bell Towiil, charg ed with defrauding the State in the purchase of a lot of labels for the use of the old State Dispensary when it was in operation, John T. Earley, a liquor house representative, Thurs day testified that in the Spriag of 1 905 he talked with L. W. Boykin and J. B. Towill, dispensi-.ry directors, about the purchase of labels, suggest ing that if they gave the or?er to .\It. Weiskopf of Cincinnati it would mean money in Barley's pocket. That subsequently Commissioners Tatum and Boykin went to Cincinnati company with M. A. Goodman and Barley met them at the Grand Cen tral depot; that together they sub sequently went to the office of Nivis son, Weiskopf & Co. to discuss the matter of labels with them, that the agreement to give the big job of lith ographing to the firm was made; that subsequently-Earley received as one third ci the net profit of the deal a check for $6,534; that Goodman told him that he had paid Boykin $3,000, Tatum $300, somthing to Towill, and something to W. J. McCartha, anoth ei dispensary employe. Here is the substance of Earley's testimony: ? Q. What business are you engag ed in, Mr. Earley? A. At present in the wholesale liquor business. Q. Salesman for a wholesale liquor business? A. Yes, sir. Q. What liquor house do you sell for? A. The Flelshmann company. Q. Did you ever have occasion to sell any liquor to the State dispen sary? A. Yes, sir. Q. While you were offering these liquors for sale, did you ever come to Columbia to see ab?ut it? A. Yes, sir. Q. Mr. Earley, state whether or not you were in the city of Colum bia during the year 1905? A. Yes, sir. Q. Who was on the board of di rectors of the dispensary at that time, do you recall? A. I think it was John' Bell Towill and Whit Boykin and Hub Evans. Q. John Bell Towill L. W. Boy kin and H. H. Evans? A. Yes, sir. Q. Mr. Barley, while you were vis iting Columbia during the year 1 905, did you have any conversation with Mr. Towill or Mr. Boykin, or Mr. Goodman, any of them, in reference to purchasing labels? A. Yes, sir; I spoke to him about it. Mr. Lyon: Well, sir, was the mat ter of purchasing labels discussed there? A. 1 told him that I had a friend who was interested on some labels, yes, sir. Q. Did you tell him who that friend was? A. Yes, sir. Q. Who was it? A. Nivisson-Wels kopf company of Cincinnati. Q. Was Mr. Goodman also interest ed in the order? A. Yes, sir. Mr. Lyon: Mr. Earley, were Mr. Goodman and Mr. Bowkin and your self, were yon together at any time for the purpose of discussing this purchase of labels? ,A(. Yes, sfr; we spoke about it together. Q. Was Mr. Tatum present at any time that this label matter came up before you all? A. In Columbia? Q. Well, anywhere else? A. I could not say positively whether he entered into any conversation on the label question at all. Q. Was he present when any com versation took place? A. I could not say that positively. Q. Did you meet Mr. Tatum in Cin cinnati on that occasion? A. Yes, sir. Q. With Mr. Boykin and Mr. Good man? A. Yes. sir. Q. Were any labels purchased from Nivisson Weiskopf company on that occasion? A. Yes. sir. Mr. Lyon: Mr. Earley, 'state whether or not yop had a conversa tion with Mr. Boykin in the city of Columbia in regard to this label j transaction? A. Yes, sir. j Q. What was the conversation? A. As I repeated before, I was interest ied in selling labels for a friend of i mine who had submitted a bid to the I State dispensary, and I would have l liked to see him buy the labels. Q. What else did you tell Mr. Boy ; kin? A. I do not remember what else , I said to him. Q. State whether or not you told him that you could make some mon-j j ey out of it? A. To the .best of my knowledge I told him that. I could make some money if they bought ! the labels from the Nivission-Weis ' kopf company. Q. You could make some money out of it? A. Yes, sir. Q. Now, Mr. Earley, as a result of 'that conversation, what did you do? Where did you go when you left Co lumbia? A. I made a trip and re turned home. Q. Your home is in Cincinnati? A. Cincinnati. Q. Did you ever have a conversa i tion with the board of directors? A. I spoke with Mr. Towill and Mr. Boy kin. Q. About what? A. About secur ing an order for labels. Q. Were there any bids or any thing of that sort before the board or sketches or anything of that sort? A. Yes, sir; Nivissor.-Weiskopf com pany of Cincinnati sent them a bid. Q. Mr. Earley, state whether or not it was discussed in your pres ence by Mr. Boykin or Mr. Towill that these sketches were sent from Nivission-Weiskopf company? A. Yes, sir. Q. Mr. Earley, state whether or not, subsequent to your conversation you had in Columbia, if Mr. Boykin and Mr. Tatum went to Cincinnati? A. Yes, sir. Q. In whose company were they when they arrived in Cincinnati? A. M. A. Goodman. Q. Where did you find them in Cincinnati? A. Goodman telegraph ed me to meet him? Q. Never mind what Goodman did; where did you meet them? A. Grand Central depot. Q. From there where did you go? A. I am not pretty positive?It has been four or five years ago? Q. Did you or not go on that oc casion to Nivison-Weiskopf company's place of business? A. Yes, sir. Q. For what purpose did you go there? A. They said they were go ing to buy bettle supplies and labels. Q. And you went to the Nivison Weiskopf company? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did Mr. Boykin go? A. Yes, sir. Q. Mr. Tatum go? A. Yes, sir. Q. And Mr. Goodman? A. Yes, sir. / Q. And yourself? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you discuss the label mat ter going along there or during the day, at the iNivisson-Weiskopf com pany? A. Well we spoke about it in a general way. Q. And you were going there to make a contract for labels? A. Yes, sir. Q. Well, was there a contract en tered into there? A. I do not know whether it was made there or signed there or1 signed here. Q. Was there any agreement or understanding about buying the lab els there that day? A. Mr. Goodman told me? Q. Never mind what Mr. Good man told you. Mr. Earley, were those sketches made in Cincinnati at the time you weia discussing the matter with Weiskopf? A. Yes, sir. Q. Mr. Earley, what proportion of the profits were you to receive? A. 1 was to receive one-third. Q. One-third? A. Yes,- sir. Q. State whether or not that is a check you received in payment of the profit? (Handing paper to witness.) .Mr Johnstone: We object now, unless these men knew it, your hon or. The Court: I will let him answer that question. Mr. Lyon: Is that the check, Mr. Earley? A. Yes, sir. Col. Nelson: $6,500, is it not, Mr. Lyon? Mr. Welch: $6.534. Mr. Lyon: We offer this check in evidence. Mr. Lyon: iufe. Earley, you had this conversation with Mr. Goodman? A. Yes, sir. Q. What did Mr. Goodman ten you on that occasion? A. He told me a short while afterwards he paid Mr. Boykin $3,000. Mr. Raysor: I object to that, on this ground, that it was not in fur therance of this conspiracy. He said it was several months afterwards, he paid money out. Mr. Lyon: I will ask the question a little bit differently. Mr. Earley, with reference to this conversation with Mr. Goodman and yourself, when was this check of $6,500 and odd dollars paid you? A. It was af ter the labels had been shipped and paid for. Q. After the labels had been ship ped and paid for that you got the check? A. Yes, sir. Q. When was this conversation had between you and Mr. Goodman; was it before you received the check? A. Which conversation do you refer to? Q. When' he told you ho had paid Mr. Boykin $3,000. A. it was prev ious to the check. Q. About how many months after they were in Cincinnati? A. Well, 1 do not know positively. I will say a week. Q. Within a week after they left Cincinnati? A. Yes, sir. Q. Now. Mr. Earley, you state that Mr. Goodman told you that he had paid Mr. Boykin $3,000 ? A. Yes, sir. Q. Or an amount in that neighbor hood ? A. Yes, isr. Q. Did he say whether or not he paid Mr. Tatum anything? A. He said he paid Mr. Tatum $300. Mr. Raysor: We object to that. Mr. Lyon: Did he say whether he paid Mr. Towill anything? A. Yes, . sir; lie said he paid him some amount; I do not know the exact amount. Mr. Tlmmerman: We object Mr Lyon: Did he tell you whether I he paid anybody else anything or i not? A. He told me he paid another j party some money, a Mr. Mac k. Q. Was it McCartha? A. I think so. Q. What relation was McCartha to Towill? .Mr. Tlmmerman: We object to that, your honor. Mr. McCartha is not indicted. Mr. Lyon: The indictment, your honor, stated that he paid various sums to Towill, Boykin, and other persons to the jurors unknown. Q. Mr. Earley, state whether or not Mr. Goodman, at this conversation to TWO CENTS PER COPY. MODERN BORGIA New Orleans Police Sajptct Yoaog Wo-? mm el Several Crimes. SAID TO BE DRUG FIEND Annie Crawford, Arrested for Mur der of Young Sister by Use of Mor phine.?Three Other Members of Her Family Died Mysteriously in Last Fifteen Months. A young woman of French-Amer ican extraction, under arrest for the murder of a younger Bister, whose life was insured in her favor, Thurs day night admitted to the district attorney thac she had administered morphine to the girl but had done so by mistake. Three other members of the Craw ford family have died under cyster ious circumstances within the past fifteen months, and Annie Crawford was the beneficiary named in the in surance policies on the li:fe of each. The poliiies she held on all four amounted to only $1,750, however. The police say she spent nearly all the money on clothes. Elise Crawford died suddenly list .Saturday, and under citcurastances so suspicious that the coroner had the contents of the stomach analyz ed by an expert chemist. The find ing of traces of "morphine was fol lowed by the arrest of the sister. The authorities indicated that the bodies of the three other members of the family would be exhumed for a sim ilar examination. District Attorney Adams declined to state whether he contemplated charging Annie Crawford with the murder of all four members of the family but he dictated the following statement to the Associated Press: "It was established Thursday that Annie Crawford is a drug fiend and probably is addicted to morphine. It Is also established that Annie Crawford had access during the past three weeks to morphine and was ia a position to obtain it in practically any quantity during that period. During her indisposition Elise Craw ford ? complained that her food and drink were doped. I have charged Annie Crawford with the murder of her sister Elise." (For five hours Thursday the Craw ford woman was under examination by the police. She stoutly maintain ed innocence and appeared cool and unconcerned throughout. She is al leged to have made numerous contra dictory statements and when con fronted with evidence tending to in criminate her she would declare. again and again, "tisn't so." Annie Crawford also holds and In surance policy on the life of her younger sister Gertrude, w ao told