The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, November 29, 1899, Image 1
^ VOI IIV WINNSBOKO. S. (\, WEDXESDAV. NOVEMBER 29, 1899. NO. 16 J
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BRurdek WILL OUT. I
O pi Comes to Light in Greenville j
After Ten Years.
43?
IT CREATES A SENSATION.
Mysterious Hints as to the Motive
- -- ? ? >j 11
ot tne iviurcer, saia 10 nave
Been Committed by Two
|
Persons.
The Greenville county sheriff's office
t is it work on a murder mystery which,
| though it is ten years old, is fail of senI
sat'onal incidents and dark plots of the
p de-p' St inttrest.
' I he allseed victim of the crime was
James Kirby, and wbat makes the suppost
d murder the more heincus is the
rViofr V,*i irao anH fllimh S?Ti(l
Aa\*\j VUUV UV Tiu^ v?vu? WW.
pbjsically weak. He came into the
O'Neal section, eighteen miles above
the city, aa entire stranger, hailin?
from Tennessee, as a farm batd. A
few moDths after he had worked in that
section he married Mrs. Marion Johnson,
whose husband died a short time
before that from injuries Le received
in falling in a tit while at work at a
turning lathe in the neighborhood.
/ About six months after the marriage
Kirby mysteriously disappeared and he
has never since been seen or heard
from.
A few days ago the name of Kirbv
was recalled by public declaration of
responsible men to the effect that he
had been murdered and the crime has
been known since a few days after it was
committed to four or five persons, who
are, with one exception, interested in
its suppression. The story is that two
men killed him ai:d buried his body
and that their conversation with a third
person immediately after, in which the
details of the deed were related, was
overheard. The person who, unsuspected,
acquired the secret, declared
that the murderers said th< y had Kilkd
Kirby ar.-d buried him on the banks of
a certain creek near where a certain
trail crosses it. About five months
after the disappearance .Mrs. Kirby was
married to Ex-31agis4ira,te Tilotson and
she is now living at Arlington, two
r< >_ v .*
miJSS east 01 urreer s. tuc sujuiest
suspicion attaches to Mr. Tilotsoo,
becsuse he was married at the time of
the disappearance and for other good
reasons.
? Yesterday Deputy Sheriff J. D. Gilyeath
and a reporter for the Greenville
News went to the scene of the supposed
crime on a tour of investigation. The
principal object in view was, to make a
thorough search for the bones o? the
man said to have been murdered.
"With the author of che statement as
a guide and with four other assistants,
picked up in the neighborhood, the inproceeded
to ihe trlaoe where
the body is believed to have been
buried. The seaich proved absolutely
futile. About two hours was spent on
u the grounds with picks and shovels
and some hard wo:k was done during
^ that time. Every place that looked as
y if it at one time m;ght have been disturbed
for the purpose of making a
grave was dug into d.? p, but the fact
that the grave had b<-eu ro;ide so many
years ago and the further fact that the
inoi^afpr? area v. as so irieat. made the
search devoid cf much hope. The
search has not been given up, however;
it will be macie agai i and u.ore thoroughly.
Returning through Arlington to
board the train at Greer's for Greenville,
the reporter stopped and interviewed
Mrs. Tillotson on iur piazza.
She is medium height and size, and in
spite of her 43 years and many trials
and troubles her dark eyes are bright
and she still bears evidences of being a
handsome woman. In answer to questions,
in substance, she said:
'*1 was married to Jim Kirby three
months after he moved into the neighborhood,
the exact date I cannot remember
now. Vve lived on Uncle Tom
Babb's place there sis months and he
disappeared. Kirby was always kind
to me and always provided amply for
me and my children; I had no children
by him. We lived happily nntil about
two weeks before his disappearance,
when he informed me that he had a living
wife and child in Tennessee."
"Why did he tell you of his living
wife, when he knew that by doing so
f he would convict himself of bigamy,
deprive himself of liberty and make
you furious? Had you .'juarrellcd?''
"Oh, no, sir; we never quarrelled.
While he was deviiliDg me one day he
just_up and told me."
"The fact that lie nad a mine wire
has never beeo heard by his neighbors,
it seem3. Did either vou or he ever
tell it?"
Mrs. Tillotson first thought bho told
it, then he told it, but finally settled
the matter by saving that be Lad told
her that he bad told it, and that she
felt too much mortified to ttll it.
K In answer to another question she
said she did not know what town in
Tennessee Kirby had lived in, but she
remembered he had a brother there
named M'ke, and remembers mailing a
letter to Mike for him a day or so before
the disappearance.
4 ? J ^ A O /?A1 (?/* VvAAl' f A T\ 1 C
IViru> saiu uu was gviug w
wife in Tennessee,'' she continued,
"and that's where 1 suppose he is now.
"What was the last I saw of Kirby?
It was on the afiernoon preceding the
morning of his disappearance, lie left
me to go to spend the night at Henry
Babb's, so as to be able to go to work
^ for him early next morning. The next
day he was to meet me at Lebanon
M* Church to attend the funeral of old wan
tt 3 j t ^:J
jjiiiton baaerwooa. x uiu uuc see mui
there and I found out after inquiry
that he had not been there. I found
cut afterwards that he had never
reached Henry's. Nobody ever saw
him, nor was any trace ever found of
him after we told each other good-bye
that afternoon. A short time after
that I married Mr. Tillotson. No. I
have no record of the marriage and cannot
remember the cxact date. I cannot
tell now just ?hat year it was."
Mr. Tillotson remembered the date
as "November of the year when Tillman
was first elccted governor," which
was in 1S90.
"Your daughter. MissKosa Johnson, !
who died a few years ago," a>ked the
reporter, would now be 20 years old,
I believe. I understand that she was a
pretty girl with a bright and cheerful
disposition, but that during the last
fr?* \ears i4 her life she grew bitter ;
arid cro<s. Cau y> u as?igo a reason for
this, if it is true?"
"I don't think that was so.'' she replied.
"Rosa was always a bright ard
cheerful girl. I know of nothing cai
ciliated to mike her bitter. She always
euj>yed good health up to a short time
preceding her death "
"I suppose you know that the theory
now is," said the repoiter, speaking
rapidly, ''that Kirby was murdered and
his b">dy buried near where you aud he
lived."
"No, I do not; why, what for and
by whom?"
Just theu Mr. Tillotson wa'ked on to
the piazza from the street, and the reporter
turned to him for the date of his
rn* tr- i 1
marriage to ->lrs. rurDy ana aiter od
taining the information left, being unable
to answer Mrs Tiilotson's ques
tion.
The theory Mrs. Tiilotson has advanced
to explain the disappearance, j
so the neighbors understand, is that
'"Kirby got mad and quit.''
The alleged murdprrr5, it is siid.
quarrelled and fought several rioi^s recently.
But both have boasted to a
^*1 ? -, .r nnrcano ^nxpwf hit
UUU; V/ll V* y\-kV'ia*3 luuv "V V . >. - - tcr
enemies they become, they know
certain thir:g-> amone themselves which
they will never divulge."?News ara
Courier.
"Why rIhey Did Not Come
The follow iug are the rcasui<s assigned
by >Jr. Otis Asbmore, a noted aitrjnorner
of Georg'a. for the non appearance
of the metor c shower last week:
'Th -t the L- onids h^ve not appeaaed
in g'ca or numbers at this time is
remi'k-bie. While the dtta concerning
tu- orbits aud moiion are not
suliioieu Jy deteimined to make accurate
predictions concerning them, astronomers
had gov d reasons to expect a
much greater display than has yet occurred.
It is still possible that we will
have a considerable shower, but the
chaLC s are agui'-.st it, and they listen
every day. Among the probable
causcs of their non appearance are:
"First, the earlier ones may have
passed through the meteor stream in
day time, when even ihe most brilliant
display otherwise wculd have been
completely masked by the sun's rays.
It takes the earth enly from four to
eight hours to pass through the meteor
stream, ana it is quite possible for the j
earth to pass through them in the day
time. If this has been the case it is
likely that a portion of the earfh ta
least was exposed to the edge of the
passing stream duriog the early dawn.
This may have been in the ocean, or in
sparsely settled land areas.
"Again, there is some reason to
think that the Leonids travel in sieveral
groups aloDg the common orbit, and
that at this return the earth eli.'pped
between the separate aggregations without
collision with the main body of the
meteors.
"Another possible explanation lies
in the tidal effect of the sun's attraction,
which constantly tends to disin
tegratc the mtteoric mass and distribute
the meteoric matter uniformly around
the orbit. The earth at each return
would intercept a less number of
meteors in this thin stream. These
little bodies for thirty-three pears have
been exposed to various disturbing
forces along their path, and a very
slight change in their erbit would send
them clear of the earth's oath."
Hilling S-^eet Potatoes.
The rotting of s*eet potatoes in the
hill duriog the winter months is a com
mon cause of coaiplaiat, especially
during a season of continued wei. freezing
weather. The trouble ia more of^
Vvtt nr- imhrniwr filil
ICi-i uau;t;u uj vi
ing, than from any other source.
Sweet potatoes properly banked, will
never rot under any circumstances, but
will keep sound and in good shape until
the following spring. Potatoes, in
the first place, should never be gathered
until fully ripe, or until after a
killing frost has whitened the vines.
Tney should be harvested on a dry day
with the sun rhining, if possible. Potatoes
put in a band should be dry and
free from all cuts and bruises. Bank
rhp seed noisioes to themselves, using
the smallest tubers for that purpose.
1q preparing the bank raise the bed
for the potatoes six or eight inches,
put down a thick layer of straw or
shacks, and caie'uUy pile on the potatoes
in sugar-cane shape, about thirty
bushels to the hill. Next, covcr the
potatoes with a layer of cornstalks or
straw, and over that place a layer of
boards, b-eaking the joints, leaving an
opening about six inches round at the
top. Over the boards throw a thin
layer of dirt one inch iu thickness, and
cover the top with a plank to shed the
rai i. Trench around the tiiil at the
bottom to carry off all water. About
the first of December throw on two
inches dirt and close the hole at the
top. Potatoes will keep sound banked
in this way.
A Wise Decision,
The appellate division of the supreme
court in Brooklyn has denied the
appeal of Kiizabeth Cisco, ncgress,
from the decision of the special term,
refusing a peremptory writ of mandamus
to compel the school board of
Queens borough to admit her children
to the public school on Brenton avenue,
Jacacia, and make no distinction on
account of color. She claims the
right to have her childreo accepted as
pupils in the school in question, but
was told that they must go to a separate
school for colored children. Justice
Goodrich, writinz the opinion for the
appellate divi^bn, says that the provisions,
of the constitution which provides
that equal school facilities shall
be furnished to all children cannot be
held to mean that tbe white children
and the black children must be permitted
to attend the same schools.
Served Them Eight.
A dispatch from Key West Fia.,
says Annie Foy, the white woman who
recently married a Xegro near Key
West, was Thursday given a sentence
of^ve years in the penitentiary on the
charge of miscegenation. The marriage
~ ~ ^ v*> 11 o r> ri /^nm_
ucuiisiuucu ll1uvu iju u ut \j\s*+*
meet wheu it occurred, and the sentence
Thursday in the criminal court puts an
end to the niuch-talked-of case. The
Negro, Will Harrison, was tried on the
same charge, and was sentenced to one
year iu the penitentiary. The miLis-?
? ?-?-w?/-v/3 fv?^rv? Rat* \t r k nrr
ter UUf LUAl A ICU tUVUJ, AiW*. -'A,*,. i.X\,A A ?
came out in a card vindicating himself,
as he claims the couple had a legal
license and the church only asks if they
had been married before. It is likely
that inquiry will be made as to who issued
the license.
A RACK WAR.
! Battla in Night Between Negro
I a D
Soldiers and Whites.
AT RIO GRANDE CITY. TEXAS.
The Governor of Texas Asks Investigation
and Removal of Un
ru!y Negro Troops From
Fort Ringgold.
Gov. Sayers, of Texas, received a
telegram at Austin, on Wednesday
from the commanding o3icer of the
United States troops at b'aa Antonio
conveying the information ihat there
had been a race riot at KioGrinde City
Tuesday night between the federal ne^ro
troops stationed there and the citi
zcns of that town. About the time
ibis ti lt gram was received another
came from the county jutke at that
place and they are somewhat confusing.
_ The military commander at San Antonio,
Gren. McKibbon, telegraphs that
the ieport he received from the commander
at Furt Ki:jggold near Rio
Grande City states that all the troops
were in the garrisou Tuesday night at 7
o'clock when the citizens of that town
advanced on the fort and fired upr>n
the guard. Tne guard returned the
fire and the entire garrison was at once
called to arms. The citizens continued
their firing upon the fort and the soldiers
returned the Ore and finally had
to bring the Gatling gun* into play to
j disperse the attackers. Tne command
* - 1> A f vA 1"^ f f, .11 Kl A 'A r. f\ O C L* C
I er MiU'ii Luai UU icaiO I
fur more troops.
The telegram from the county judge
states that the negro soldiers iu the
fort there deployed in a ravine cn the
edge of ilio to*n and fir d into and
over the io vn for something like an
hour and a half, shooting into a number
of houses, wounding one mas, and
friuhtning the women and children so
badly that a number of them had fled
to the surrounding ranches ior safety;
that the attack was entirely uuprovoked
and that the commuuity was highly incensed
and further trouble was looked
for at once.
PAr.f 4***11 AT271 n or
VJUVCILIU; U'a.jcio ctuv <v.iv?iu6
teWraru to the secretary of war at
Washington:
{'P1 ;ase direct immediately impartial
and searching investigation into the
conduct of negro soldiers at Fort Kinggold,
Star county, Texas, last night.
Also issue order fyr immediate removal
of troops. Following telegram just received
from the county judge of Star
county: Negro soldiers at Fort Ringgold
deplo>ed in a ravine at south edge
of town at 7 p. m. last night aud fired
over 1,500 shots into and over the town.
The fusilade continued at intervals
over o-^Laod one-half hours. One citizen
wounded in his house. Houses all
over town penetrated by balls. Women
and children fled to the wooo.s and
ranches. Population terrorized. I
fear the people may decide to avenge
themselves for this dastardly act. Civil
authorities would be powerless to control.
I understand that Lieut. Kubottorn,
commanding, directed this cowardly
assault. No cause for the act.
Wire Washington and San Antonio for
searching investigation and removal of
troops at once.
(Signed) '"Joseph D. Saj-ers,
'"Governor."
Clw in eharce of the
Texas division, has revived the following:
'"Fort Ringgold, Nov. 21.
"Every man in garrison last night.
Citizens began firing on our guard at
7. Troop D and scouts placcd on
guard around garrison. Enemy opened
terrific fire on garrison at 7:30 on side
next to Rio Grande City, and continued
for some time. Our men obliged to
protect garrison, fired several volleys.
Finally ordered out Gattliog gun and
silenced enemy's fire. None of our
men hurt; no trouble since, but rumors
of gathering in country. If true, may
net d more troops. Cannot treat with
citizcns who will not even respect
United States mail carriers; unsafe for
garrison. Shall I send men after mail?
(Signed) '"Rubottom."
Gen. McKibben has ordered two
troops of cavalry from Fort Brown to
proceed by forced march to Ringgold.
Gen. McKibbin has consulted with
Gov. Sayers on the subject and has
been asked bv the governor to take
whatever steps in his power to conciliate
the citizens aad tfce soldiers.
Trouble between the negro soldiers on
the frontier posts and the Mexican
population has been brewing for some
time A collision between the police
and the negro soldiers at Laredo a few
weeks ago has resulted in the abandoning
of the po?t there. A small sized
riot also occurred at Rio Grande City
last month, in which some ioldiers
were shot and others were arrested and
fined. Since then the Mexicans and
soldiers at Rio Grande City have been
at the bitterest enmity.
A Pointer to Merchants.
The New York Herald gives this
pointer to merchants or all who have
an article to sell or buy: "Advertising
has become the merchant's greatest
help toward achieving success. The
complaccnt tradesman who relies solely
upon his individual merits to build up
a thriving business mav be commended
for the faith that is in him; but such
faith is without a solid foundation, it
is couch like that which was characteristic
of the optimistic Mr. Micawber,
who, beingbald, was of the opinion that
he had been providently deprived of his
hai-r in order that he might without discomfort
wear the wig of a lord high
chancellor. A merchant may be ever
so worthy but in these hustling times
he must in addition do something in
order 10 get the public interested in his
establishment. Good newspaper advertising
answers the purpose.'*
Buried in a Swamp.
News was received at Jackson, Ga.,
Thursday that a small posse of citizens
who have been searching for the Negro
who attempted an assault on Mrs.
llmmas McClue Monday came upon the
mon in -> cxamr* on the Ocmultree river
near Jackson late Monday night and
immediately riddled his body with bullets.
It is reported that he wis buried
in the swamp. The posse quietly retnrnor}
linmp and 15PW3 of the killing
has just been madekno^n.
TAREED AND FEATHERED.
White Woman and lugro Jten Thus i
Treated "Up North."
The town of West Liberty, Ohio, is
ULUer great excitement over tue lamug >
and feathering of three people?Mrs.
Ne'.l .JacksoD, white: Ei. Jackson and
David Rickinan, colored. Marshal
Krabill's barn vas burned on Friday
morning, with the contents, including
a cow. Mrs. Jackson, who, it is
alleged, had made threats to burn the !
bare, was arrested, and her father-inlaw,
Ed. Jackson, and Ilickman were
arrested fur resisting officers. About
midnight ou the dav of the arrest one
c? ? -
hundred and fifty masked men gathered
at the jail, demandiug the prisoners of
Marshal Krabill, who refused to surrender
them. The mob battered down
the jail doors and formed three divisions.
The tirtt party took Mrs. Jackson to
a mill stream near by, stripped her
naked, covered her with tar and feather?.
put her iuto three fc-et of water
and made he march up and down the
stream for the amusement of' the crowd.
The second divi ion cairn with iujkman,
and the woman was placed oq the
bink, while 11 ckrnan was treated the
same as the woruaD, with the addition
of btirig whipped and pouoded. Fie was
made to march up acd down in the water
until the third section came with
Ei. Jackson, who was treated in a similar
manner. The trio was then forced
back in the water and made to "play
'possum." The prisoners were then
marched through-several streets, naked,
and were whipped. All then started
for Bellefontain. still naked, Kickman
walked several miles before he got any
c'o'.hiug. The two Jacksons walked
ihr^e miles, shiwrin^, before they
nn j r.i T1 ,k ??
C 'UlU 11 ja UltHUU'g i IIU LUUU UJCI. mv
colored people going to the aid of the
prisoners, whca they were partly disrobed.
an] made to fl^e. Today t!.e
vicliius aro bjd-fasc, covered with outs
aiid bruiies. All deny any connection
\*iih (be barn burniDg. Jackson is a
well respected man seventy years old.
Twe've years sgro the woman married
r i v. .? n.?*
2> 5U11 VJTiautj a t j;uicu ivu^u,
who afterwards bceame notorious for
insulting white womeo. until he, like
his father today, was tarred and feathered.
He was arterwards killed in a
fight. The widow and two children
have sipce made their homo with their
father in-law. After Jackson's death
the widow led a wayward life, resulting
in the present trouble. Physicians say
the victims bad vitriol thrown in their
eyes. ' To a reporter Mrs. Jackson said,
regarding the barn burning, that she
was in bed when awakened by fire, and
she called her father-in-law. The
burning shingles were falling in her
? 3 OIA TT? rwy 1 rvrvf V> lira
y'*lU. C1IC SdlU OUC ywum uw auiv
fired a building so close to her own
home. Herbreasc was tcrrib-y lacerated.
BREASTPLATES WERE MADEThey
Were Made to J?r. J. Dudley
Haselden's Order.
The fallowing cards on the charge
that Mr. J. Dudley Haselden had
breastplates made at tbe Marion Iron
Works a few day3 before his fight with
the Sellers is interesting reading:
Marion, S. C., Nov. 23, 1899.
To Whom it May Concern:
Having been requested by Mr. B. B.
Sellers to state what I know about the
manufacture of breastplates by the
Marion Iron Works for Mr. J. I). Has
elder1, I beg leave to slate that 1 am
employed in said works; that on or
about the 14th of November, 1S99, Mr.
J. D. Haselden came to me and placed
an order for two breastplates. He
directed them to be made so as to fit
over his breast and stomach, with holes
at the shoulders and near the bottom
so that they could be tied on. They
were also to be oval ia shape. lie
stated that some one had threatened
his life and he wanted to be prepared
against him. I made the two breastrwtf
r?-P frvrlr c t no 1 onrl nnn nf t hnm
yuv Vi VVAft UUU v u V* ?. *-*>?, ?-*-*.
was sent to him that evening and I am
informed that the other was shipped to'
him next day to" Columbia. They
weighed 12 pounds each and were made
out of tork steel. J. F. Spears.
Marion, S. C., Nov. 23, 1899.
To Whom it May CoDcern:
At the request of Mr. B B Sellers T
state what 1 know about the manufacture
of breastplates by the Marion Iron
tforks. "I am employed in the iron
works. On or about the 14th. of this
month Mr, Spears, the blacksmith of
the iron works, nr.ae two breastplates
out of boiler steel at saiu ^orksfor Mr.
Dudley Haselden. I saw Mr. Haselden
in the shop while the work was
being done, and heard him say to Mr.
Spears that a certain piece of steel
would answer. One of the breastplates
was deliyered to him that day acid I
packeJ ths other the next day and
shipped it to Mr. Haselden at Columbia.
His
Attest: Enos X Powell.
H. E. Dunford. Mark.
To Whom it May Concern:
At the request of Mr. B. B, Sellers I
will state what J ':dow of the manufacture
of breastfby the -Marion Iron
works for Mr. J. D. tfiselden. I am
employed in said works. On or about
the 14th of this month I saw Mr.
Spears at work on what he said at the
time was a breastplate. I saw Mr.
Dudley Hasclden at the works that day.
I do not care to state what I heard
from others at the time.
Carl Mathews.
The Vice Jfresident Dead.
Garrett A. Hobart, vice president of
the United States, died at his homo in
Paterson, X. J., at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday,
morning Nov. 21. At his bedside
were Mrs. Hobart and his son, Garrett
A. Hobart. .Jr., .ogether with Dr.
William K. Newton and his wife and
Private Secretary Evans. Mr. Hobart's
death had been expected for some
hour?. The beginning of the end came
Monday afternoon when there was a
sudden failure of the heart, and from
this attack Mr. Hobart never railied.
He had b^-en sick for a long time, and
had suffered frequently from heart failure,
and his strength had been undermined.
Gradually the failure of the
heart's action became more apparent,
and soon af'cer midnight Mr. ffobart
became unconscious. He remained in
that condition until his death. Mr.
Hobart's death was due directly to
angina pectoria. complicating myocarditis.
HARD FIGHTING,
The Insurgents Are Disputnig
Every Foot of Ground.
AGUINALDO FLEES NORTH.
Generals Young and Wheaton's
Columns Failed to Close in
on Him as Expected They
Would Do.
A dispatch from Manila says severe
fighting in the north of Iloilo begin
Tuesday, Nov. 21. Four Americans
were killed and 25 were wounded, including
three officers. The insurgents
are retreating to Santa Barbara, but
the fighting continues. Col. Carpenter
Nov. ]8; advanced to Santa Barbara,
straight north from Jaro, taking trench
after trench, the enemy lighting and retreating.
Gen. Hughes' column has I
steadily been advancing north to gain
a po-ition west of Santa Barbara. It
encountered the enemy in small detachments.
Six to ten Americans tfere
wounded in this column.
OjI. Carpenter started during the
night of Nov. 20 and opened with Battery
G of the Sixth artillery, at daybreak,
Nov. 21, on the trenches. The
eneaav volleyed as the artillery took
nn o uyrmnrlirnr fmir torn
U|/ u jjvjitivuj ?T vuuuiug IUUII ^ n u
companies of the Twenty-sixth regiment,
garrisoning Jaro, moved through
Capacaz, attacking the enemy on the
right flank, just north of Jaro at daybreak
Nov. 21, driving them toward
Co!. Carpenter. The country between
Jaro and Santa Barbara is thickly entrenched,
especially near Pavia. The
Sixth artillery fired oil the trenches
and the Eighteenth regiment charged,
the enemy retreating to the next
trench. The .Eighteenth again charged,
encountering and attacking a force of
id ' i L:J ii., i
D'Jioiuea, wuu were uiu iu me
grass, and who severely wounded several
Americans.
Daring the afternoon of Nov. 21 the
fighting was severe immediately south
of Pavia -three miles north of Jaro.
The twenty-sixth's companies returned
to Jaro after the flank movement, having
captured three six-pound smooth
bore cannon and a quantity of arms
and ammunition. The enemy's loss
was not obtainable, but seven men
TCATCk ?nr>r?rl rl in rtno
insurgents are falling back on Santa
Barbara, which, it is expected, Gen.
Hi>gh?S has attacked before this. Genera!
Young reported that Aguinaldo,
with a. party of 200, including pome
wcaiei>and a few carts, passed Aringy
on'thecoast between San Fabian and
San Fernando in the province of Union
on Friday, Nov. 17. The general adds
that Aguinaldo probably intends to
sl-lke inland through the Binqu monntirrre
-4o:rard Bayombong, in the
province of Nueva Yisaya. General
Young, with cavalry and Maccabbee9.
is pursuing the Filipino leader, part of
the American force taking the direction
of San Fernandino. In a fight
with Aguioaldo's rear guard at Arinjrya
rtnrt Afonrtonrao onfl t.Vio
insurgents retreated. Their loss is unknowo.
The opinion of many military
icen aDd of resident foreigners is that
AguiDaldo has probably escaped by
changing the seat of war into the northern
part of the island. They think he
has taken a considerable army with
him. This, if trae, will necessitate a
new series of operations on our part,
and Agninaldo has gained a temporary
strategic advantage. Those holding
this view point ont the fact that the
insurgents never intended to hold the
alleged capital at Tarlac as a permanent
capital, as it was only slightlj fortified.
.LiitSV &13U Uid.I III mat I iauivau
bridge left iDtact while much rolling
stocK was burned and destroyed indicate
that a rapid retreat was made several
weeks back.
This retreat must have been accomplished
at the time Lawton began his
San Isidro movement. Therefore the
insurgents have had time to move out
their principal supplies and munitions.
It is aiso a fact that our circle of troops
has been closed up so far without material
resistence, except in the region
of escape to the-north, near Wheaton's
column. The captured supplies, too,
have proved insignificant compared
with those that would be required.
Aguinaldo's supposed army in this
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20,000 men. Their known large quantities
of artillery are still unaccounted
for.
The opinions of General Otis and
General Schwan differ somewhat from
th:s view. They say today that they
do not know whether or not Aguinaldo,
with hi3 army, has escaped into the
tobacco valley to the north. If so,
they doubt whether he has escaped
with any considerable force. They believe
that Aguinaldo himself has gone.
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number of the insurgent force is scat
tered in smill bands within our lines
as amigos.
Killed in a Runaway.
Mrs. M. A. Vickroy, of Alexandria,
Va., died Wednesday as the result of
an accident. She was out driving with
Judge N. L. Griffith, of Preascott,
Ariz. The horses bol-.ing, both occupants
of the vehicle were thrown
violently to the grom.'i. Griffith was
unconscious for two Lours and is in a
criticil state. Mrs. Vickroy and her
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iiusuaiiu. iuaiucu m aiiivja m tuo j
early days, the latter owning extensive \
interests here. He erected the first
stamp mill in the territory. Mrs.
Vickroy was a familiar character iD
the national capital daring the past
fifteen years, having successfully put
claims of $400,000 through the courts
for the destruction of mining property.
Killed by a Train
A dispatch from JEastis, Fia., says
John E. Wheelock of Grand Island
was run over and istantly killed by a
railroad train at that place Friday
morning. He was walking on the track
and, being deaf, failed to hear the
caution signal of the engineer. Mr.
Wheelock was an old Union veteran.
Some years ago he went to Ecuador
and was imprisoned on a trumped
up charge, but through the intercession
of the state department at
Wasnington was finally released. He
received a large indemnity from th.3 :
republic of Ecuador.
KILLED A HELPLESS PRISONER.
An Unarmed Man Shot Dead While
Begeing For Mercy.
Theo Cuttall, of Lawrence Kansas
formerly of the Twentieth Kansas regi
merit, in a letter to The Topeka Journal,
makes the charge that Colonel
Metcalf, recently breveted brigadier
general for gallantry in the Philippines,
shot and unarmed and supplic:trng
Filipino prisoner, and in support of it
furnished the follosiag affidavits of
Private Iluskey, of the Twentieth Kansas,
and Fir>t Lieutenant Ferguson of
the Thirty-six infantry:
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Personally appeared before me tbis 2-ith
day of July, 189D. Private Harris 0.
Huskev, of compiny K, Twentieth
Kansas infantry, United States volunteers,
who beiog duly sworn, deposes
and says that at the battle of Oaloocan
he was orderly for Major W. S. Metcalf,
Twentieth Kansas infantry,
United States volunteers; that at a
point where the insurgent trenches
cross the traveled road nearest to the
right of the tramway, he saw a prisoner
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Met calf. Deponent further says that
Major W. S. Metcalf, Twentieth Kansas
infantry, United States volunteers,
shot the prisoner with his revolver, and
at the time of the shooting the prisoner
was unarmed and on his knees.
' Harris 0. Huskev.
"P:ivate company K, Twentiety lvao.sas
infantry.
"Swora and subscribed to before me
this 24th day of July, 1899.
UF. H. Lawtox,
"First Lieutenant Twenty.first infanfrrtr
"
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The affidavit of First Lieutenant
Ferguson reads:
"San Antonio, Philippine Islands,
August 24, 1899.?Oa the 10ch day of
February, 1899,1 was engaged in the
taking of Caloocan by United States
troops, being a corporal in company E,
Twentieth Kansas infantry. Immediately
after the crossing of the first line
of insurgent trenches, about 300 yards
south of the Caloocan church, 1 heard
a shot fired to my left and rear, and
looking that way, saw a native falling
apparently lifeless to the ground.
AT o inr VI *>t nn If trae ciV
or eight feet in front of the native with
a smoking pistol arid the impression I
received was that the major had shot
the native. Bat other matters called
me and I went on with the line.
' Aathur M. Ferguson,
"First Lieutenant Thirty-sixth infantry
United States volunteers."
Metcalf has made a denial of the
charge.
A SERIOTJS CHARGE.
Against the Wife and Daughter of
John Laird.
The Columbia Record of last Friday
says the sheriff of Richland County
received a letter from Orangeburg
"Frfcich contains charges which, if true,
prove that a diabolical murder was committed
in this eity a week previous
to the fair. The letter is as follows:
Mr. V. V. Laird was in here this
a. m., and tells me his brother was
killed in your city near the phosphate
mill. He was buried Wednesday,
November 8th, 1899. He wants to
lrnnn7 if cmi or?T7 rmA in Toil fr*r
killiDg him. He tells me that he is
satisfied his wife and daughter had him
killed and Policeman Riley and Dr.
Gibbes can tell you something about it.
So write me if anything has been done.
Has there been any warrants issued for
.any one. He seems to think his brother
was murdered. Yours truly,
W. Hampton Dukes.
The facts in the case, so far as developed,
are as follows: John Laird,
a mill operative, was found lying along
the railroad track near the Globe phos
pha'e mill in Uolumoia last a week I
before the opening of the fair. He was
unconscious and it was presumed that
in a drunken spree he had fallen. Tnere
were a few bruise? on his body and a
slight cat on his head, but an examination
iuaue by Dr. Gibbes did not indicate
that the man was seriously hurt.
In fact, it was believed that it was a
case of acute alcoholism and Laird was
taken to his home in the mill district.
He lived a week, when he died. Dr.
Gibbes made postmortem examination
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cracked and that death was cause! from
a hemorrhage of the brain. It was a
rather suspicious case and Mr. P. B.
JVIcMaster, acting coroner in-Mr. Green's
absence, held an inquest. Not much
light was thrown on the case, though
it evidently was the belief of some of
the witnesses that Laird had been murdered.
It was developed that another
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that this same fellow had left for parts
unknown, leaving somemonev due him
at the Richland mill. This man's name
could not be ascertained today, but it is
known to the coroner, whose records
were not available this morning. It
appears, however, that the testimony
implicating this man wa3 mere" conjecture
and little attention was paid to
the circumstances.
The verdict of the jury was in effect
that Laird had come to his death by be
ing struck on the head by some blunt
instrument in the hands of parties unknown.
There the matter dropped and
Laird was buried. The circumstarces
of the case had passed out of the minds
of the officials until this letter was received
from Mr. Dukes. There is no
such policeman as Riley and the police
know nothing of the case. Xo arrests
have been made and it has not been
decided what will be done about it.
Mr. Laird only thinks that the wife
and daughter are implicated in the
murder and future investigation will
determine what action will be taken in
regard to them.
Everybody was so engrossed with
the fair that the circumstances of the
death of Laird were not generally known
even to the sheriff and other county
officials, butthe letter from O-ranguburg
may institute an investigation which
will throw some light on the crime.
Town Destroyed.
A telephone message from Paris,
Lokan county, Texas reports the town
of Magazine destroyed by a tornado
Tuesday night. Migazine is on the new
Choctaw and Memphis roud, CO miles
east of Fort Smith. All efforts to
reacn Magazine by wire touay iaiiea.
Bocneville. ten miles from Magazine,
suffered a severe storm, houses being
blown down and cattle killed.
HUMAN BRUTES HUNG.
Ed Luckey and Tom Mitchell Hanged
at Darlington.
A special dispatch from Darlington
to Tne otate says Yamuna .Lucsey and
Thomas Mitchell, two Negroes about 18
years of age, were hanged there Friday
in the county jail for brutally assaulting
and ravishing Mis3 Josephine Lafferty,
a young white woman, near Lamar,
in that county, Oct. 8th. The
drop fell at 10:45 and both necks were
broken, death being instantaneous.
The manner in which the execution
was done reflects credit upon Sheriff
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the condemned fully realized that they
would die and Thursday professed conversion.
The colored ministers have
been with them daily. Their breakfast
Friday morning renumed untouched,
and when first seen abo*.l 9 o'clock they
were sitting on their ot with their
faces buried in their hands and chanting
a monotonous dirge, swaying their
bodies from side to side and patting the
floor wiih their feet. Luckey stated
that he was guilty, but did not think
that he ousrht to be hanged, and in the
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same uica'vU auucu iudt JLUUI -jjLituueu
was not with him at the time and had
nothiog to do with the commission of
the crime. This statement is different
from the one he made during the trial,
and upon whose testimony Mitchell
was largely convicted. Mitchell has
always protested his innocence and
held out to the end.
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.
Sunday morning, Oct. 8, Miss Jose
phine Lafferty, who lives within two
miles of Lamar, in this county, with
her aged mother and sisters, left her
home at 10 o'clock for that of her
brother, about a mile distant to procure
some necessary articles of food. To
shorten the distance between the
houses a path had been made throngh
the woods, which led by a negro cabin
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m wnicn were conectea a numDer 01;
negroes, as is their custom on Suuday ]
mornings, to shave each other, smoke
their pipes and discuss the events of
the week. Miss Lafferty was not at
her brother's home more than half an
hour when she returned by the same
route. As soon as she passed the negro
cabin, according to Luckey's testimony
in court, Mitchell called him out
and they followed her. She wore a
large sucbonnet, and doubtless little
thought of the danger behind ner.
Sneaking stealthily up behind her
Luckey grabbed her by the neck and
choked her into insensibility. The
only exclamation she was Heard to make
was, "Please turn me loose.'' The rest
of the story is too horrible to relate, and
she was left on ti-.e ground for dead.
More than two hours afterwards she
was seen approaching her home, scarcely
able to walk, her hands supporting
her head, nose and mouth bleeding and
her eye-balls protruding beyond the
lashes. To her sister she said: ''Edmund
tried to kill me; lie choked me
nearly death, but thank Grod I am still
alive."** Dr. Jositr iraooummonoJ q..<L
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nas aiLeuueu ner ever siuce, uer urutuer
Will stating Friday that an abscess
had formed on each of the large arteries
m the neck and one was now discharging
on the inside of her mouth.
Her condition is still critical.
SAD END OF A HERO.
Suicide of "Brave Bill" Anthony Who
Made Famous Eeport to Sigsbse.
"William Anthony, better known as
"Brave Bill" Anthony, died at the
Presbyterian hospital in New York last
Friday half an hour after he had swallowed
a quantity of cocaine at one of
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the man, -who, oa Feb. 15, 1S9S, when
the battleship Maine was blown up in
Ilabana harbor, reported to Capt. Sigsbee
in the famous words: "Sir, I have
the honor to report that the ship has
been blown up and is sinking."
Oa his return to this country Aothony
was accorded receptions everywhere.
He received invitations from
cities to be their guest. For months
he traveled over the country, being accorded
the honors of a hero. When
his leave of absence was ended. An
thony was promoted to be a sergeant of
marines and was detailed at the Brooklyn
navy yard.
In one of his pockets was found a
letter written by him to his aunt which
read that he was discouraged and disconsolate
and was going to end it ali.
Among the other articles found was a
picture of his one-month-old child, on
the back of which was written: "Bury
this with me." A Spanish-American
war medal, such as all survivors of the
the battleship Maine received, was also
found.
They Swung Him.
The b^dy of Wesley Lowrance, the
>iegrowho a fo* days ago criminally
assaulted Mrs. W. M. Bowman, near
Mc David, in Escambia county, Fla.,
*as found "Wednesday morniog swinging
from a tree near the scene of bis
crime. An armed posse found him in
a swamp near Canoe, Ala., too exhausted
by hunger to offer fight. He
was carried to the home of Mrs. Bowman,
and after he had been positively
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ing tree. As his body was hoisted
from the ground it was riddled with
bullet from some 200 rifles and revolvers.
Sheriff Smith is investigating
he lynching.
Two Men Drowned.
Pilot Frank W. Walter and an Italian
sailor were drowned at Pensacola,
Fia., Thursday night. Walter boarded
the Italian bark Pensacola to pilot h.er
in. A high sea was running and the
vessel begin to bump the side of the
channel. Walter ordered the anchors
out and with three of the sailors started
in a small boat for the pilot steamer
Somers X. Smith to assist the bark.
The boit capsized. Two of the sailors
were rescused but Walter and the other
sailor were drowned.
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fcieuiiuiis .ueciareu.
The State board of canvassers met
Wednesday and eanvasscd the returns
from several special elections, declariag
the "esults. Mr. McDermott was
declared elected senator from Horry
county: ana Mr. Crosson will succeed
Col. Griffith in the senate from Lexing
ton county. Mr. Brantley was declared
electcu a member of the house
from Orangeburg county to succeed Dr.
Sturkie. resigned.?The State.
DEWEY IS MAD.
Because He Was Criticised for
Giving Away the House
THE PEOPLE GAVE HIM.
Says He Would Give it Back
to the Donors if it Were
in His Power to
DO SO.
A special dispatch from Washington
to The News and Courier says Admiral
Dewey is out in an interview complaining
against what he claims to be unjust
and unpardonable condemnation of his
course in transferring his house to his
wife, who subsequently transferred the
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The Admiral displays considerable
temper in his condemnation of the
newspapers and the public for criticising
his action, and declares he would
not have accepted the house had he
understood that a string was attached
to it. He claims the right to dispose
of it according to his own ideas, and
he believed he was doing an act which
would meet universal approval by giving
the house to his wife so 3ne might
have the pleasure of bestowing it upon
his son. The Admiral is reported to
have made the following remarkable
statement:
"While I was a hero two months ago
I am now reduced to such a position
that certain DeoDle cannot sav ihinza
too villanoua, too scurrilous about me;
and no one defends me. If I was so
much of a hero then and tne American
people thought well enough .of me to
give me this house, why do not some of
those people defend me now?
"If-1 had known how much trouble,
how much villanous abuse was to come
upon me as the result of accepting this
house I would never have taken it at
the hands of the American people.
When I sailed into Manilla Bay oyer
danererons firronnds. with death and even
worse in front of us, I little thought
that in such a brief period of time after
I returned to my native land the
American people would countenance
such monstrous attack upon me because
I was doing what I considered to be
the most gracious thing I could do, to
present my home to my bride.
"I do not intend to arraign the entire
American people for the acts of a few,
but I am hurt; I am cut to the quick. I
have never felt so badly in all my life.
I want the American people to know it.
I want them to know that if I could I
would return to the contributors to the
I fund the house purchased with it. I
would never in the world have accepted
it if I. had known what it would cost
me.. If I should feel to-morrow as I
feel to-night X would cut it all, throw
up everything, go on the retired list
and go- abroad. In fact I feel so dis-r.HUlXgr.ll-,?nr/vrw
^nf tlUIUghtthafcT .
scarcely know what I will do. I hardly
feel like living in a country where I
can be attacked in such an outrageous
manner without being defended by any
jj
one.
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transfer was made to preserve the house,
as Admiral Dewey fears a suit for
breach of promise will be instituted
against him by a lady employed in the
bureau of equipment, of which the admiral
was the head before he was assigned
to the charge of the Asiatic
squadron. It is stated upon what appears
to be reliable authority that an
engagement of marriage existed between
the two at the time of the admiral's
departure from thi3 country
more than two years ago. There is
flfln rnrrrnf nnth f Vi a
j TT1VU ViiV iUW^Ution,
but no one as yet lias felt called
upon to defend his course, and even his
best friends feel that fce has shown
bad taste in the matter, to say the least.
.
Gold Hedal for Blue.
A dispatch from Columbia says the
beautiful and artistic gold medal for
Lt. Victor Blue, U. S. A., South Caro
lina's aero in tne Uuban war, nas
arrived. The association for Patriotic
A ward was formed January 31, 1899,
with Mrs. Ellison Capers as president
and Mrs. E. W. Screven as secretary
and treasurer. Its object was to procure
a suitable testimonial toLt. Victor
Blue, and it was then and there
decided that the testimonial should
take the shape of a handsome gold
medal. The secretary was instructed to
write to a lady in each town and considerable
village informing of Iter ap
pointment as collector for the association
and requesting her to gather funds
for the medal. No sum was named
the association desiring the offering to
be as general as possible, what each
one was able to give, however small, a
voluntary and cheerful outpouring
throughout the state. In four months,
over $300 were sent in, coming from all
quarters of the state, and accompanied
by let ters testifying to the senders
pleasure at me opportunity.
Returned to Columbia.
The Keeley Institute, which for some
months has had its establishment in
Charleston, is now located in Columbia,
where it will be ready for the reception
of patients on and after Monday, December
4th. The fame of the Keeley
cure for the whiskey habit is now firmly
established. There are so many instances,
all over the country, of its
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monials of its success are in the numbers
of men whom it has released from
the thraldom of the bottle and restored
to happiness and usefulness.
The whiskey habit is recognized as a
disease, and for the cure of that disease
the Keeley treatment is employed witJ?
the happiest results.
Hanged Himself.
Joseph Richards, of Macon. G-a.,
white, twenty-eight years of age, the
owner of a dray line, hanged himself
Thursday. The suicide was the result
of religious mania. Richards had
attended the Salvation Army at
Augusta. Thursday morning he told
one of his men that he had oeen tried
Wednesday mgnt beiore tfc.e bar ot
God for a great crime that lie tad committed
and that he must die an.d not
see the face of God. An hour- later
his body was found suspended from a
rafter in the barn.
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