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BETHrA TRAGEDY. One of Several-Wednesday Was a Day of Blood in WilmingtOI Wilmnigton, Del., March 24.-Nev er before have the criminal annals of e city made such a ghastly show ng as yesterday. Three murders and violent shooting assaults that may Tesult in three more deaths, a half 4ezen persons slightly wounded, and two suicides comprised the startling record. The day had been one with out, parallel in the city's history. The most sensational of these was the tragedy on the Baltimore & Ohio express train, which, starting when the train had just passed Newark, 12 miles below Wilmington, continued until its arrival at the Deleware av enue station in this city, culminating in the death of the double murderer after he had held at bay for more than an hoar nearly the entire police force and a crowd of more than a thousand persons. It is not known yet who fired the shot which ended the life of J. H. Bethea of Dillon, and probably it never will be, for he was the target for tle pistols of the police and for rifles, shotguns and revolvers fired by persons in the assembled throng. Bethea's body still remains at the morgue. No word has as yet been received from his South Carolina home regarding the dispoition of the body. The body of Conductor Wellmao VMs sent to Philadelphia, and the body of the negro porter was sent to Washington this morning. The only person save the conduetor and portar of the train who was struck by one of Bethea's bullets was Park Guard John L. Wiley of this city. He was struck twice by Bethea's quick fire. His wounds are not expeeted to prove fatal. The victims of the work house tragedy, Guards Walter Hastings and Thomas McCullough, are still in a. serious condition. Physicians enter tai no hope for the recovery of ei ther. Stephen Foster, the negro prisoner who shot them, is still liv ing, but probably will die. IThe other tragedies-4iie sujcide of Mrs. Hattie Romnell and suicide of Charles Tind:1, after he ha~d shot and killed Mrs. Clara Newcomnb be cause of her refusal to elope with him-are without further incident. Was Shock in Dillon. Dillon, March 24.-The news of the tragedy in which John Henry Bethea was killed was a great shock to the town and community. It was known that Bethea had been drink ing lately, but only his most inti mate friends knew that he was out of town. He had been to Baltimore to Johns Hopkins hospital recently for a diagnosis of a malady from which he had been suffering. His able was pronounced cancer of' the stomach. This seemed to prey upon his mind and he was bent a~pon~ having the trouble removed. He -left Dillon with the intention f going to Baltimore for an opera on. It is supposed that in a state despondency he drank too heavily dthat he became irresponsible for actions, .that he reached the staite alcoholic insanity. ethea was reared about six miles * Dillon, near Little Rock. He was the son of a prominent farmer, John F. Bethea. For a -numnber of years he was a successful farmer and later gave more or less of his time to Merptaring. He became a con trator and did well at that. He was fond of travel, having taken several .,tris West. He had accumulated some proper t, and had a bank- account. He was reserved in his nature and 'of a quiet disposition. He attended to his own business. His body is expected to arrive to night and he will be buried at the family burial ground at Little Rock. He is survived by two brothers and a sister, Ajlonzo Bethea of Lit tle Roe~k, Laurin Bethea. of Latta and Mrs. Medlin of Dillon. Was at Hospital. Baltimore, Md.. March 24.--J. H. Bethea, the South Carolinian, who shot to death the conductor and por ter on a Baltimore & Ohio passen ger train yesterday evening, spent some time at -the Johns Hopkins hos pital in this city yesterday forenoon. His actions were so queer that the hospital officials were convinced that he was mentally unbalanced. Bethea had been a patient there about a year ago, suffering from an abdominal trouble. Claiming that the old ailment had returned', he ap peared again at the hospital yester day morning and talked about treat ment He was restless, however, and could give the doctors little informa tion respecting his case. Finally he left without making nothing was heard of him -by th hospital attaches until they read of his tragic end this morning. SHOOTS UP A MOVING TRAIN. J. H. Bethea, of Dillon, Kills Con ductor and Porter on Moving B. & 0. Train. Wilmington, Del., March 23.-An exciting battle in which three men were killed took place on a north bound Baltimore and Ohio train this afternoon. The fight began at New ark, Del., and ended in this city. Several persons were wounded in the dead-ly affray, which occurred at the Deleware Avenue station fhere fol lowing the arrival of the train at 5:17 o'clock. The dead: 0. E. Wellman, aged 40, of Phila delphia, conductor of the train. Samuel Williams, aged 50, negro; pullman porter, whose -home is said to have been in Jersey City. J. H. Bethea, aged 40, of Dillon, S. C. The injured John 0. Wiley, aged 40, a park guard of Wilmington, Del., shot in the hand and leg. Matthew Haley, a citizn of Wil mington, shot in the leg. Others were grazed by flying bul lets. Cause of Tragedy. iThe triple tragedy was the result of an altercation between Bethea, who was a passenger, and Williams, the porter in the pullman parlor ear, Mercury. The car was bound from Washington to Jersey City. Bethea, who had ,been drinking heavily, shot the porter through the heart, killing him instantly. When Conductor Wedman saw the porter fall he ran to the scene to remon strate with the passenger, who still held the smoking revolver in his hand, Bethea fired a second shot into the negro's body. Then without a. word Bethea shot Wellman through the heart. MERCHANT SLAIN. Clinton Rhoden Killed liy W. B. Glenn ai Batesburg.-Crowd Witnesses Tragedy. Batesburg, March 24.-- Clinton Rhoden, a merehant of this place, was shot and iinstantly killed at one o'lock this afternoon by W. B. Glenn, ci'ty electrician. The shoot ing occurred on the principal street of Batesburg, which was crowded at the time. Glenn surrendered and was taken to jail at Lexington. There had been bad feeling between the two men for some time. As Glenn was going along the street past Rhoden's store the latter called to him. Glenn an s'iered, "If you want me you can) come out here for me." Rhoden then left his store and, went toward 'Glenn. A few moments' eonversation ensued, and then Rho-1 den was seen to strike Glenn. Sev eral bilows passed, and then Glen drew a pistol and fired four shots at Rhodn. The first went wild, but the next three took deadly effect. The first effective shot entered un d'er Rhioden 's chin and passed through the neck under the left ear. The second severed the right jugular vein and penetrated the brain. The last bullet entered under the left arm and plowed its way through the body, going just under the 'heart and pen trateing the left lung. It was after wards found just to the right of the ~breast-bone. Any one of the shots would have proved fatal. At the coroner 's inquest two wit nesses testified that Rhoden had punt his hand behind him. as if to draw a pistol, just before Glenn opened fire. The coroner's jury brought in the customary verdict that Rhtoden "came to his death by gunshot wound at the hands of Glenn." Rhoden was about 52 years old. He is survived by his wife and five 'children. Glenn, who is about the same age, also has a wife and five children. UNCLE SAM AFTER BLIND TiIGERS "Dry" Districts Appeal to President Taft.--More Drastic Measures to Be Taken. Washington, March 26.-" War on "blind tigers" and on "bootleggers" has been declared by the Administra tion. Hereafter persons engaging in these forms of the liquor traffic are to be dealt with much more dras tically than heretofore. This stand of the Government has prtculr reference to violation of t'e internial revenue lawvs in ''dry'' country, where local enactments pro bii dealing in 1lingor. Loud comn p1ints had come to President Taft bly in the South and West, that the prohibition laws were negative through the operation of the "blind tigers," and the "'bootleggers," and in response to demands for remedial measures, he direeted that steps be taken to stop the .practices so far as lay within the Federal power. New regulations were drawn under the supervision of Mr. Cabell, the commissioner of internal revenue and approved by Secretary MacVeagh to iday. They set out that as the ped dling of liquors are not covered by the internal revenue laws, as no pro vision is made for the issuance of any stamp legalizing such practice, peddlers of liquors, or "bootleggers," are not to be regarded as coming within the class of unintentional vio lators and should be arrested and re ported for prosecution whenever found selling liquor in such manner. Heavy penalties of fine or impris onment or both are prescribed for violations of the law. As a supplemental measure of as sistance to the State in the enforce ment of their prohibition laws, al method has been provided by which they may obtain information gathered by the Federal government of in-! ternal revenue violations. KIRKLAND COMMITTED TO JAIL Coroner's Jury Charges Him with Wife Murder. Camden, March 26.-The tragic death of Mrs. Sam Kirkland was wired the News and Courier yester day. Since that time fuller details have been obtained, which are shock ing in the extreme. In brief, Sam Kirkland was a drinking man, according to all ae counts, and -when under the influence of liquor was a turbulent fellow, and treated his wife brutally. On Thurs day 'he is alleged to have asked' her to get in his buggy with him; that he wanted to talk to her. A neighbor, who saw them in the buggy, is reported to have said that their actions were suspicious, and he detected that Kirkland was drink ing. He is said to have left home with a jug of whiskey and imbibed freely of the ardent spirits. When he returned home in the evening his wife's face was swollen, and there were sears and~ bruises upon her. Her bonnet was lying in the foot of the buggy in a bloody .condition. In 'her desperation she is alleged to have said that she could not stand it any longer; so she saturated her hair with kerosene oil and' set fire to it, dying as a result early yesterday morning. Coroner Dixon was notified, as was also Solicitor Cobb, who attenided the inquest. The verdict of the coroner's jury was ''that Mrs. Belle Kirkland came to her death by self-inflicted' Want Good Black Pays I The Southern, Seaboard, and Coa: the South. All pass through Ricbn go out on next train. Shipments m in S. C. the next morning. .All goods guaranteed under Pure Imperial Holland 4 Quarts $4.0o. 8 Quarts Red Deer Corn 3.00 Red Deer Gin 3-00 Belle Haven Rye 3 00 Sydnor XXXX Rye 4 Qts. $2.( Sydnor XXXX Corn 4 Qts. $2.( Sydnor XXXX Gin 4 Qts. $2. Name 4 qts. Old Capitol Rye$57 Fern Spring Rye 4-50 John Black's Private S. 4.00 I. 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Woodward, president of the North Central Association of Col leges and' Secondary Schools, at the opening of the fifteenth annual meet ing of that organization here to-day. He ,continued: "It is not our place to educate a privileged class of in dividuals, but to train men to fight their way under modern conditions and these conditions are becoming more and more industrial. The great burden of the American Republic to day is the number of edeated, un trained floaters, who are ineapable of efficient effort." FEATHERSTONE, SPECIAL JUDGE. Laurens Lawyer Will Preside Over Abbeville Court -Columb>ia, March 25.-The Hon. C. C. Featherstone, of Laurens, can didate for governor of South 'Caro lina, was to-day appointed special Judge by Governor Ansel, upon ree ommendation of -Chief Justice Jones, to preside over the term of Court to be held in Abbeville county, begin ning the fourth Monday in March and lasting for two weeks, if so much ba necessary. NTOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement, as guardian, of the estate of Elmer G. Piester, in the Probate Court for Newberry County on Wednesday, A.pril 6, at 11 o'elock in the fore noon and immediately thereafter ask to be discharged as said guardian. D. E. Halfaere, Guardian. 3-8-.4t-1taw. It Saved~ His Leg. "All thought I'd lose my leg,''. writes J. A. Swensen, of Watertown, Wis. "Ten years of eczema, that 15 otors could not cure, had at Thst aid me up. Then Bucklen 's ArnicaI Salve cured it, sound and well.'' In fallible for Skin Eruptions, Eczema, Salt Rheum, 'Boils, Fever Sores, Burns, Scalds, Cuts and Piles. 25c. t W. E. Pelham & Son's. .Whiskey? hie Express. t Line reach nearly every point in ond. Orders received on one mail de from this point reach any place Food and Drugs Act. Gin 100 per et. $7.75. ' 12 Quarts $1o 5.75 8.50~ 5-75 8.50 5 75 8.50 o. 8 Qts. $4-75. 12 Qts. $7.00. o. 8 Qts. $4.75. 12 Qts. $7.00. o. 8 Qts. $4.75. 12 Qts. $7.0o. 8Sqts. 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