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A BLACK FIEND Forces His Way Into^a Young Married Lady's Room AND ASSAULTS HER The harbarous Crime Was Commit* ted in a Home on One of the Principal Streets of the Town of Haitsvilie While the llushund Was at I lis Stoie. V Ilartsville, Dec. 22.?Th\ crime of last night, heinous., black and terrible, in which a young married woman was brutally asaulted by a negro, is upi< irmost in the minds of every Hartsville citizen today, There is no clue, no o\kl< nee of who or where the guilty party is. except that the victim knows that t lu ? fiend is a negro, that he is or medium size, that he has a beard and that, he wor<> a gray slouch hat. The scene of the horrible crime was a home on a principal slniot; the time about 9 o'clock Monday nigh#. The town has no arc lights here and there 1s an i^eandescent light. It was dark and the rain to pouring. The victim is a young imirrldd woman of -"tunable character. Sh- has been married so oral years, and has a little N>y about live years of age, who was asleep, ,nd who was the only one at the time in the house with her. Tlve husband, a young business man, had not returned front hie stoto. The I lack fiend forced his way through the f'-ont dcor of the homo and en to ni the bed chamber of the lady. She had retired, but had a lamp burning on the bureau. The fiend went to thio bed and said, "I will kill you if you nuake a fuss," Btlatlng ho had a gun. He wont to the bureau and blew out the light, went back to the be 1 and caught the lr?dy -around the waist pulled her frort ' ne bed nrd carried her into the hall. She phvided for her lHo. lie repeated, "If yen scream I will kill you." She said, "Please doM't kill nte; spare mv life." He replied. ""Kctop your me nth shut and I won't 1?111 you." He aceomp IsluM his fiendish purpose, then made his escape, the rain, which continued to t\i 11 rvtv<?H Ti ir nn ??11 nrvueri l^lo trapou 1 of his tsitepe. The lady bnlieves she would recognize the fiend w?e he brought y - ?a(|^ to tace \\ith her. Chief of Po' * * H H. Kirkpat/rick of Hartsvi'le, Deputy SlToy'.ff W. II. MosLngo from Gai lingt m and kewsral ot.h< r deputized men, as well as the citizens of Hartsville, are doing all In their jiower to apprehend, arr**st and convict the right man. Several ?u? peota have been arrested and carried before the lady, but tlvy proved to be innooMnt. One feature in the chapter is th -t the negro, purposely to shroud Mr identity in mystery, Ht.vted to the lady that he was a fortume teller, that he was with the carnival and that if ahe sorosnn>d or made a noise ho would return later and kill her The Smith Great! a* shows aro here hut no one believes the negri was In in any way conneeted with the shows. It is thought that 'he ma i was amnaintod wit!i the town. Hartsvl'le is distressed, her citizens ntiupal'y are greatly enrag d at the outrageous crime, but they aro calm and cool headed, yet dili gent. A licward of $500 has l>e *n offered for the capture, apprehensi )i an<l conviction of the fiend. Tie is described .'is 1 oinir about five fe ft ten inches hign, of medium size, beard on face f^nd wore gray slouch hat. The lady ts bearing up as well as could be expect*-.! 2n the face of thir tei^iblo expe'ieuco through which she passed. FIRE FIENI) HITS SUMTER. Damage About One Hundred Thousand Dollars. Sumter, December 25 ? Fanned by a stiff southwest wind anl feeding chiefly on frame buildings, Sumter ~ 1 _ nl..V,t 1... 1 .. . ?w?,l ,Uo. VY iUS lu-ll I Kill V I HI If U l?.Y l,< . ; I'.lUOl \nr>astrotis fire it has experienced in years, entailing a property lovs that "will reach $100,000. The origin of the fire is not known definitely, but it is supposed 'o have been from the explosion of dreworko. Included in 'the buildings destroyed were the hose reel house of F'ro Company No. 2 and the office of the Western Union Telegraph Company. The loss is variously estimated, but will probably be in th" neighborho^i of $100,000, with possibly twothfrds insurance. The toss will fail heavily upon the occupants and owners of the buildings, and as yet It Is Impossible to know just, what steps will l>e taken to rebulln, but it Is nafe to say that more suhs'aTitial an ' pafer buildings will soou take the place of those'destroyed^ SUBSC 1 VERY SAD STORY. Ol*T OF WOKK FOR SFVKKAI. MONTHS. IVnnllotis Amid the lUunpaut Joy of Christmas Kvo u Youu^; M?n Tttkoo Ills Own lJfe. Now York, December 2 5.?Out of ^ work for months, and without a cent on his person, Ekigur Verner, tweutyilvo years old. of No. 1027 St. Denis street, Mont rial, Canada, threaded his way lust evening through the crowd of Christmas shoppers ou Sixth avenue. All about him everything seemed to breathe the happy spirit ; of the holidays. The lights were , bright, children were romping home ( with presents, and the whole world seemed to he laughing. Vomer wandered down Thirtieth street and halted in front of the hardware store of Rudolph Herold, ( ;it 330 Seventh avenue. He gazed longingly at revolvers in the window. Hut he could not buy one to carry out the resolve, which for days had been in his mind. Ho was unwilling to write homo and tell the folks he was practically a derelict, lie could not send them presents. Altogether, life seemed worthless to him, and he had determined to ?ml It. Vomer entered the shop and priced some revolvers. He chose one and asked Herold how the cartridges were Inserted. Herold put a bullet into the weapon to demonstrate. Yernor said: "Three dollars, eh? Guess 111 take this." As Herold turned to place the other revolvers buck in a case the yo? n , man suddenly pressed the pistol near his throat and fired. He did not fall tit once. Herold, believing the man had fired at him, (lodged behind the t counter. Hearing no other shot, ho peeped over the edge and saw Vernor standing, with pallid face, just where ho had stood u few moments before. Uerold then remembered there wan only one cartridge in the revolver, and ho yelled: "Von get out that door! I'll liiM? yon airested." "Just get an ambulance, old man " said Vomer, quietly. "I'll K'?t u policeman," shouted Herold, its ho atartod fioiv behind the counter, atill not realizing wh it had occurred. VTerner staggered to the door, flung It open, and then pitched on t faco to the sidewalk. A crowd gathered and polloema i McNally rushed up. He summoned Dr. Dlakely from Roosevelt Hospital. The surgeon found Verner h ?d shot himself in thorax, and had nim removed to the prison ward ot l.e'le- ue Hospital, where it is said he oobauly will die of bis wound He refused to say where be has t>een living In 'his city All he remarked, .n ndditio* to explaining the cause of hi o \ o 1.1 W 5 I "Things went wrong, an i ; could not stand it any longer. It's Christmas and I seemed to lu the on.y one in the whole town who nad no reason to be happy. That's all. * SHOOTS W1FK, KILLS CHILI). West Virginia Dentist Follows V\t Quarrel With a Tragedy. Cameron, W. Va., December 24.? ! Dr. M. C. McCracken, a dentist of this place, today shot his wife and fatally wounded his two-year-old child, it is said, after having quarrelled with his wife. He then turned the gun on himself, but it failed to explode, and Mrs. McCracken succeeded in taking it from him. After the shooting the mother picked up the child and started for the home of her grandfather, \V. M. Kincaid, about four squares away. The blood was streaming from the wound in her back and that in the child's head. The baby died shortly after reaching the Kincaid home. McCracken was arrested at his home and taken to the Moundsvllle jail tonight. FATALLY 1UTK\KD. Child's Dress Set on Fire by Fire triiiarini Savannah, (la., I)eceml>or 24 ? While her mother was down-town tonight' buying presents for her first real Christmas, three year old Annie McKenzle was fatally burned, her dress ignitt.ing from a firecracker. The child inhaled the flames and portions of her lips were burned away. Her brother, who was with her, sought the baby's nurse ami calmly romarkc<l that "little sister is burning up." A hack man passing the house put out the flames too late to save the child, who died three hours' later. * * ;ribe n( BRYAN SPEAKS " < 'refers Not to Run for the Presidency, but Is STILL IN POLITICS Ho Kays the Commitment of (k?nt- ^ pors, Mitchell ami .Morrison In ' s I'nique in t!?e Annuals of the la- y lM>r Movement.-? He Stiil llolieveN ( in Democracy. 1 Phi lad el pit la, Dee. 2 4.?Win. J. ,, (1 Hryan delivered the prlncii>al ad- o dress at the annual commencement of a busiiu-BS school here. His theme * was "Business Integrity." "You will find that more of your . temptations i 11 come from a desire y to get rich quick thau from any t other source," said Mr. Hryau. "There is nothiug more empty thau ' a life entirely devoted to social en- ! joyment." "l*-t money he you servant rather r than your master." < "I/)ve of money has a multitude of ways in which It works tlie de- I moraliiwition of those whom it rules. v Mr. Dryiui described the court ' room as a "soul's market wher?? I many barter nwwy their Ideals in the hope of winning wealth or fame," 1 referring tx? lawyers who boost of 1 having secured the acquittal of men known to them to l>o guilty of crime. Referring to corruption in politics a<s one of the temivtations to which i tho commercial man in subjected, Mr. Bryan oa/id: "Just in proportion as a corruption secures a monojioly ! of the btiAitiess in which it is engaged, in that proportion the necessity of government regulation is increased and, I may add, tho difficulty of securing regulation increases in proportion to the necessity for it. Municipal corruption has lvocome a byword, and tho lobbyist has made his evil presence felt at tho national and State capitals. Bribery is Incoming a tine art, and neither the voter nor his representative is spared." He appealed to his hearers to errata public sentiment against corrupt ion. When naked concerning: bin attitude toward another Democratic nomination for the presidency, Mr. Bryan said: "All T can say atxiut 1912 is that I hope it will never l?e necessary for me to run for office again. I prefer to do my work as a private citizen. When asked whether I would refuse in advance of ever being a candidate again. I have said that I would not promise any laxly not to he a candidate for any oflice. "I will add one other thing, and that is that I am still in politics, and exjxx't to he for alnmt 2 0 years, and I shall make it convenient to he present whenever and wherever a man or group of men attempt to Republican ize the Democratic jxtrty. Six million five hundred thousand voters of tlx* Democracy endorsed the platform adopted at Denver. I am satisfied that a great majority of those who voted the ticket honestly hollev<vl In the platform, and I shall cooperate with them, rather than with those who would attempt to conciliate the s|w?cla.l Interests that have defeated the Democratic party and now dominate the country through the Republican party." Mr. nryan was much interested in the decision in the Buck Stove company. He #avc considerable prominence to the courts' injunction issue in tho late presidential campaign. An interview with him on yesterday's decision was sought. Mr. Bryan ' said: "The commitment to prison of two men so prominent to the labor world as Crompers and Mitchell is unique in the annals of lal?or movements in this country. Until I have road t.h? court's opinion and considered tho matter carefully, I 'have nothing to say regarding the case." * Kll,u:i> BY TBAI.V Xcgro Man and llis Wife ltan Over on Tlilirwdiiv. Aikon, December 25.?Information reached the <*ity this aft.orr.oon of t V. killing of David Zenhan and his wifo art. Ellenton last night by a train on tho C. and W. C. Road. It Appears that Zephan and wife and son, who are negroes, had been at. Lilcnton shopping all of yesterday, and had started home last night walking down the ra.ilroad track. They had gone only a short, distance when they were overtaken by a freight train. Tho boy jumped ofr In time to save his life, hut the man and woman wore caught bei oath the wheels and crushed to death. The j engineer states that he did ?ot see them unt.il upon them. * I J >W TO SOME LATE NEWS IUUSTMAS TKA(iKI>ll'?S KKPOHTKl? FltOM A I.I. S11>KS. 1 5 Ioiim* Killed by Accident, Some by ( iNtdgn tiud Some by Wind and 1 Worm. < Lancaster, S. C.. Dec. 2 7.?John ^ VIlfon was killed by Hob Oral*;, , Kith colored, at Van Wyck today. sTo particulars of the homicide urc f mown here. 1 Jewot City. Conn., Dec. 26.?Rob- | rt Jeffrey, aped 17. and Hector il. ( tigras, 1 f>. broke through tho tee , vhlle skating on a lake here today md perished. The bodies were re i overed. , Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 26.? 1 distaking a drunken man clad In a i ong buffalo overcoat for a bear Thomas Deck mar, a well-known < Miner, last night shot and instanMy tilled Thomas Andrews near I.afay tte, Tenn. Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 27.?John ' ^tornier, a blacksmith, on a much raveled street today shot his wife, ier brother, Wlllla mKuriz, and th?? atior's wife, and then Mow out Ills xvn brains in plain view of a crowd >f horrified bystanders. l.ancaster. fl. C., Deo. 2 6.?A nrejro hoy about eiglit years old, r. von of Nettle Wvans, was aooldentally shot nnd killed in the suburbs of town today by Anion Lindsay, h tonns: vhlte man. Mr. T.lndsay wae shooting at a mark, and did uot see the child. vnnrinnnti, nr., Pec. 2fi.?-Jaw. Geary, n brakoman on the Cincinnati Rout horn Railroad, shot. and instantly killed his sister. Mr. Pldla Dltton. yesterday at a family rennlon nt hlR father's homo tn Mount 71on vlllaeo. In Grant rouuiT, Ky. Ho thon blow out his own bralnR. Manning, R. C., Hoc. 20.?A white* man named Frank PrlRRors today shot his sister, Mrs. Mamie Ftoseiran, with a Run, lnfllletlns a wound from which sho dlod In about an hour. Mrs. Tloseman llvod at Alnnln. hut had boon on a visit to her hrothor, on Major W. T. I.esesno's place. hnmlror City, Oa., Dec. 27.?Six poisons were Injured, none fatally, when a special freight train on Iho Routhern railway jumped the traofnear hero before day break today and rolled down a hlfih embankment WAS I/OST AT SKA. Solf Survivor of Oow of Schooarr Reaehee I'ort. Newport News, Va., December 2 4. ?News of tho h)sa off Mog Island WVnlTiesdiay of the throe-maRted schooner Joanlo Ijlppltt and tho drowning of Oajrt. Robinson and Ave ni-c-iii I?r-i n ?>i Lli?? Mil I J) H crew, WU8 brought to Old Point this morning by Andn'w Jorgensen, tho solo survivor of tho wreck, who was picked up at sea Wednesday afternoon by tho American steamship Rnvenscraig, Oapt. Johnson. Tho Uppibt was liound up the coast from Jacksonville, Fla., for Now York with a cargo of lumber. Bhe ran Into tho recent heavy northeast gale off Oape Charles Tuesday afternoon and after taking aboard considerable water and sustaining much damage to the hull, she ran on a shoal off Hog Island and soon went to pieces. Oapt. Robinson and four men were washed overboard and drowned v n< n the ship struck. Jorgensen and the other seamen of the crew also were washed overboard, but succeeded In lashing 'themselves to a piece of the wreckage. The other seamen became exhausted from cold and died before the Ravenseraig could reach port. ' The men were picked up off Wlnterriuarter light ship Wednesday afternoon. The Haven sc. raig's machinery became disabled during thestorm and was returning here for repairs wht>? the men were sighted. The Idppibt was owned by Corn well & Thurlow, of Boston, and was built, at Boston in 1880. She was 74 8 tonnage. * iiorm.Y \i ti.kmi:d family. Four Members of It I>ie in Short Time. Lancaster, Dec. 21.?Mr. and Mrs Loo Taylor 1>otli (Hod at thoir home hrre yesterday within four hours of each other, tho wife passing away first. Only a few weeks ago their ton. Edward Taylor, and his Mttle boy died on the same day. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were victims of pneumonia. Mr. Taylor was about HO yo..rs of age and his wife about 4T>. They wore originally from Kershaw county and their bodies wore taken today to Buffalo, church, in that county, for burial. Might children survive the couple. THE HO I>li:i> ON TIIK TKII\ I'lie Faithful I .overs l/ong Walt Was in Yuln. Now York, Ifcs*. 25.-?When tho big inor Haltlc warped Into her dock \fter ono of tho iiioh. tempeatous voyages of hor oaroor, Charle? C. Clarke, of Rureka, Utah, learned tnat ho woman ho haa waited y<virs to wed had dlod while crossing tho H-onn to join hint lu tho homo ho tuvd inado for lH>t.h. Tho girl, Prlacilla llewlson, of While Havon, Kngland, was stricken with peritouitls soon aft t tho si.lp Miihst. So rouxh was tho k<?h that tho ship's surgeon fonud it impoaMt>lo to porforin au oporation. and after two days' Illness death ended her uifforlng. Neither tho young woman nor * or brother, accompanying her. had money to defray the cost of buri >1 ashore, hut several first-cabin pashongotH, nmong them Mrs. Whltelaw Held, wife of the American ambassador to Croat ltrltain, made up a libera) purse and arranged to lrvvo tlw body brought to New York for b?*m1. Clarke and Miss llewison had been childhood sweethearts, and they had planed to he married l???fc?re Chrldtnas. Instead, he and the dead girl's will he oheif mourners when the l>o<;y | e . i .. ! ? i<ihi away in Kentsco cemotary on what was to have been lior wedding day. to become a mass of wreckage with in a few years of tin* banks <?f the Ocmnlgeo liver. Fairmont, W. Va., Dec. 27.? When Oscar ITarr igulted with' a cigarette stump a bottle tilled with mine powder tonight he and three companions living at Bellevlew, a snbnrb, were probably fatally injured and several others were seriously hurt by being burned and cut and bruised by flying glass. OIiI>KHT TWINS. Money Brothers, of Babylon. U. I., Are it Kcmurkahlo Pair. Brooklyn, Dec. 2.r>.?1 ho old st. twin brothers In the United States will celebrate Christ.mas today In their homes at Babylon, L. 1. Ther nre Wililnm and Samuel Mnncy, and they have passed their ninetieth year. They were born In Babylon and have always lived there. The old twins are in fairly comfortable circumstances, and work around thoir farm dally. They used to ho fishermen, hut falling eyesight and rheumatism lately have kept them from the nets. A few months ago ?. 111 unt'iiiu iiiMiiu^nr onorou mem u big salary to upi>car on the ouiio platform. William, who u fond of his lit,tie joke, replied that thev would accept provided they ^ere allowed to make addressee on religious and temperance topics, Both are teototallers. NFXiHO ATTACKKl) YOL'NO IiAI>Y Who Found Hlin Hiding on Her House Porch. Athens, (la., December 2 4.?Tonight about eight o'clock a negro man attempted to enter the rear door of Mr. A. P. Hearing's residence with the evident intention of theft. It so j happened that juwt at the same time Miss Kartio Hearing, the young daughter of Mr. Hearing, opened 'th<? hack doon to go out ui>on the porch to get a drink of water, and ran right over the negro. He perceived that he had been de tooted and seized the young lady by the throat. She screamed and her father came at once to her rescue. The negro ran just as Mr. Hearing came upon the scene and made good his escape. The police lvoliovo they r.iuifw i n<ii may icuq to mc arrest r>f the criminal. * YOUNG LADY ATTACKIOI). And Almost Killed in llcr Home li.v llurglnr. Richmond, Va., December 2 4.? M<q?i Klarcncc Jones, the grand niece of the Rev. J. William Jones, chaplain to Rolvert 10. Lee during the civil war and now grand chaplain of th: Grand Champ United Confederate Vet erans, was attacked and almost killed in her home in this city tonight by an unknown burglar. Miss Jones was sitting with the family when she started up-stairs and had reached the top of the steps when she uttered a scream and the family heard her fall. A base ball bat by her side was the weapon used. The burirlnr hurl eviUontiv m.x.r. ? -J " ' ' " prised by her and felled her with the blow. Physicians, tonight hold out some hope of her recovery. Blind Tiger Stutr. Darlington, Dec. 2f>.?Although Darlington Is a prohibition count, Christmas whiskey, it is said, sent several to the lock-up yesterday an last night and at least two carving affairs are said to ho attributable t< Its effects. 1 RRY HEI FIEND CAUGHT The Negro Brute Who Assaulted a Lady at Hartsville HAS BEEN ARRESTED And Tiikru to ?h? Penitentiary for Snfc Kcr'itlDK?Would llnvo Iteeu lynched 11 ii<I lie lleen Taken to the Scene of Ills Hellish Crime. Kurly Trial Wauirtl, Hartsville, Iter. 2 7.-?The black bend who entered the home of a merchant of this place on Monday night of last week and criminally assaulted his wifr' has l?<>eu caught ? nd taken to the penitentiary for safe keeping. it has been a terrible week of waiting and disappointment to every good citizen of Hartsville as the days passed and the many el ties gave no results and the many suspects failed to he Identified by the lady. Knraged and determined that th ? crime should not go unavenged If . n> unman aK^nev could uccompiIsh 1 he detection and arrant c?f tho crt ilnul. every man has felt. mora and I nu re hopeless and ha Hied us on 'h siKTt'dlnp day was fruitless. Every j Ivat rument of ft ho law and ovory moans that could l?o employed with at y hope of pucoowh have boon used at Rot to tho bottom of tho outrage and quietly, hut constantly, tho town end county authorities have workcl day and nlchl every hotir. ^nd added to tho efforts of tho authorities has boon tho voluntary work of many person a In their private capacity. Through this latter source came tho first clue, which hits finally l??d to the arrest of a bruto arralnst whom the evidence Is very positive. K nej?ro named Johnson was arreste<l at Effingham Saturday morning by Sheriff Tturch of Florence, acting with Policeman Seegars of this place and Mr. Ed Perry, a I.>ofhor of tho victim's husband. Tho negro was taken to Florenco and thence to Darlington, rhrro Tin ' a? turned nvrr Saturday 11 fight To Sheriff Slack well at R o'clock. It ".van proponed to bring him hero f'*r ' lontlflcatlon, but the authorities bore fen rod trouble and advised Sh'-rlfT Slack well to keep bftn nt Darlington. Deter on. acting on further advices from here that a threatening crowd wan waiting to r? sight of the negro. Sheriff Slackwell drove to Florence at 2 o'clock In the morning and there took the 4 o'clock train fr Columbia. A crowd met the train coming In bore at 9 /o'clock Saturday night and H la pretty certain would have made short work of the negro once. Indeed, many of them believed that the negro had been taken off the train on the outskirts of town and was nomowhero around, and all right and all day Sunday crowds or m<*n have been congregated arourd town awaiting developments and anxious to locate the brute. There wss never any Intention on tne part of the town authorities to allow the man to be brought here. This Is the first crime of Its kind committed at this place and. indeed, ore of the few In the county. It fairly sta/ggered people r>y !fs enor niltv, Int loft no doubt as to the abort work that would have bee.t made of the criminal bad It. been T' fslble to lav bands on btrn. Tbo citizens of the town look for fh? governor 1o order an early trial of the fiend, and If be Is guilty, of which there seems no doubt, a speedy conviction and a speedy hanging. Quick work should be made of such fiends. FA KM Kit KILLS IIIM.-iKLF. Kecause lie Did Not Have Money to Kuy Toys. Quitman, Oa., Decern l>er !!S.?Hecause be did not have money enough to provide the usual Christmas toys for bis children C. A. h>iters, a I farmer, near here, delllx rarely plan ned his own death this morning and died as he had planned. . Leaving the home where t ii?? chll! dren were he walked a short distance i away, fitted his shot mm over ; , ed Jitiok, pressed his broart against I tiho muzzle and pushed the trigger with a stick. The wound was a tor. t'ible one. J lis wife and several small , children ran out at the sound of the snot and found the husband an I fathi or dead. Shot IIim Dead. i Spartanburg. Doc. 2T>.?A fatal ' shooting occurred in the Spartan Mill t village early this morning. An aged I white man named Collins fired a ; load of buckshot into Joe l.ockman, > who formerly conducted a restaurant ' on Kast Main street. ItALD