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WEIRDJJORY.
A Qirl Poisoned to Death by a
Dead Man, Was
WAS HER iSUITOJP.
Takes Fatal Poison He Left When lie
Killed Himself a Month Ago. He
V
Gave Her the D.adlv Poison,
Calling it a Love
Charm.
Stranger than all the tales of the
* * 1 A?ir) an T i
pjlSODlEgS uy bJUO ?>JJK'<k3, auu ou?
passing all stories of death pacts bj
disappointed sweethearts are the clr
cumstanc^-s surrounding the death al
Paterson, N. J., cf Mae Agues Mor
ton, a ycung woman of nineteen, whc
a month after the death Of her puitor
James Boucher, by bis own hand, fel
a victim to the dead man, a murderei
in deith.
Only his surpassing belief In th<
wonderful power of the young woman's
love for him could have inspirec
the far-reaching plot ?nd sent th<
, young man to his grave confi ient that
his sweetheart, inaccsnt of any lnten
tlon upon her own life, but trusting
In the efficacy of the potion he hac
I6rc WILLI tier ail LLiou mu yaiuiLg
would soon follow him to tbe land 01
the shadow.
The church has set Its seal upoi
the verdict of murder against tb<
young man. acqaitced Miss Morton o:
the charge of suicide, although sb<
i confessedly died of poison administer
d by her own haod, and permittef
- her body to be laid at rest in conse
orated ground.
It was the law of the Roman Cath
olio Church whioh forbids the buria
of the self-slain in conseorated ground
invoked in tfcis cise on behalf of M a
Morton, that brought to light tbe re
m&rkable story of love, suicide anc
post mortem murder. In a spuca i:
five weeks the plot was formed anc
made complete in the duel tragedy.
Miss Morton, well connected anc
socially prominent, who lived witt
her father, Alexander Morten, at N j
72 Madison street, met, some monto*
t?, nnhar a unnnn mm O
agu, iiauuco ? jwuu^ Vexcellent
aroestry, the n?phe* of Or
William A. Norval, cf No. 381 Mali
street, a member of the Board o
Freeholders. - The young man anc
woman became sweethearts, but foi
some reason there was otj ction tc
their marryirg on the pare of M!sj
M.rlon's family, and after the rpp>
1 sltion to their court*hip had contic
ued for some time, and had only ssrv
p ed to oement the bqpd cf aff.otiou be[
tween them, the young mm, despal*j^it
g of bis suit, decided to leave P?ta.L
son.
I Before the final parting the plot foi
P* the death of Miss Morton and hlmsell
muBt bave formed in his mind, and al
' the last he put it Into execution. He
gave to bis sweetheart just before b<
left Paterson on F<.b:u*r> 7 an enve
ope containing a number of tablets
He told her that tbey were a love por<
tion or oharm, and that she shoulc
takb one of them every time stu
fhnnnht. of him when hn nu nh<r>n!
that the mysterious power of the tab
lets would brlig them id to & close 1
common on of souls, and that ht
would know she was tbtnfctng of nim
The trustful y ung woman belevec
him, and jeabi.sU guarded the pre
clous tablets, wnici were in realitj
corrosive sublimate, and deadly.
On February 9 Boucher was fcutn
dead in his room in the L*ciwanu<
Hotel, in ScrantOD, Pa. It was a
< first believed that he had died of hear
failure, but a farther examinatbi
howed that his death had resultet
from mercurial poisoning, and that hi
bad coubtkss killed himself. It ii
believed now that he also took corrc
Bive sublimate to end his life.
Miss Morton was so affected by thi
death that she was prostrated at he
borne and unable to attend the funer
al of look upon the face of the dea<
man. Her grief over his daath madi
her forget about the potior given ti
her by Boucher when they parted,
r . Miss Morton, grievlog over thi
tragic death of Boucher and constant
ly thinking of him, remembered a fev
days ago the tablets in the envelopi
and took a number of them, regarc
less of the pain they caused her. Shi
tnntr them lest cften enoueh to .irn
duce the cumulative which re
guloed In her death.
When Miss Morton became 111 ci
Thursday It was believed that shi
was suffering with gahtrlts. She grad
ually trrew worse and the physiclnn;
dtagn sed the case as one of polsonlnf
but believed it to be ptomaine. Shi
was then In a djiog condition, ant
the physicians questioned her aboui
what she had eaten, and for th<
first time learned of the. existence o:
the love tableis.
Tne last rites of the church wen
administered to the dying girl, anc
after her death a search was made foi
the tablet.i of which she bad spoken.
The envelope whict liad contained
them was found, but she had taken
all the tablets. Some powder fron
them remained ard this was analyze
and found to be corrosive sublimate.
A letter written to Boucher by Mi&>
Morton probably the day after he lefr,
but never mailed, was found among
her effects, and in it she spoke about
the tablets and her determination t(
L* take hem.
It, Dr. McBride readied the technical
f finding that the death was a suicid*,
but the authorities of St. Joseph's
Roman Oatholio Church mace an investigation
and oonoludcd that the
dead man was guiltv of murder acd
? that the girl was blameless in her
death. Funeral services were heln
^ over her body in the church and sbe
was buried in the Cemetery of - the
t Holy Sepulchre.
B& Grocery CrusiieJ.
D At Jamestown, Iod., while nine
^ men wer?? sitting about the stove in a
grocery Taursday afternoon, three of
them were killed and live injured by
k the oollapse of the Odd Fellows hall,
which crushed the grocery,
CEREAL CON TESTS.
SOUT3 CAROLINA TO EE HE PRESENTED
IS IT
This ?tate Made an Appropriation of
Pive. Hundred Tollars for
the Frizes.
Prcf. W. G. John: on, editor cf The
American Agricultu-ist of New York,
was in C lumbia recently on his way
nack from i Florida trip. Prof. Johnson
is perhaps one of the best known
authorities In the country on farming
and stic'i raising and takes a great
jeal of Interest in anything relating to
> either. While in Columbia he called
. on Commissioner Watson and secured
r some inform* tlun cocoerning the ap.
propriation of 8500 by the State leg
islature to be upended as prJzss for
the farmers who uhall enter the na'
tlonal cereal growing contests.
The Stale says it may be of interest
i to many South Carolinians to kao*
[ that the larg >st crop ever grown rn
r an acre of laud was raised by Capt Z
J. Drake in Marlboro county. The
yield was 255 busnels and be was
; awarded the firat pr zi in the nationa
' contest. Toe national contest Is un
J der the direction of the i fflsars of The
American Agriculturist and a to-,al of
_ 85,000 is given In pr;z9S. The section
' under tbe State appropriation provld\
ing for the contest is as follows:
''That the sum of 8500 be and ie
' hereby appropriated to be expended
as State prlz ,s for the farmers of the
State who shall enter the natic nal
1 contest for the growing of cereals pe?
* acre. All rules and regulations g?*.v[
erning said contest and the distribu'
cion of the prizes and t*ie expenditure
' of the appropriation above provided
for shall be under the direction and
control of the commissioner of agri
culture, uuu uue presiueuu auu uut
J professor cf agriculture of Olemson
college, who shall constitute a board
? for this purpose."
i Prof. Johnson said in regard to the
. coltest:
' 4 'The details of the contest will soon
be finally arranged by C JccmlssiODer
1 Watson, Dr. Mell and Prof. Onamblis.
Farmers in all parts of the State
. should make up their minds to enter
this contest at once and send in their
requests to Commissioner Watson.
' "I am satisfied that when the crop
is harvested this fall that South Carolina
will stand well toward the top
, <f the Ms j if not first in this contest
We will waic'i the results with keen
) interest as 1 am satisfied that these
marvelously prodaotive soils with this
' wonderful climate will again astonish
' the world when the final records are
made by the j ages.
''Ig is indeed a pleasure and inspiration
f >r me to note from year to
' year the marvelous development along
agricultural lines in this atd other
Southern States. I know of no part
jt the country where sujh opportuni:
oies await capital and men of energy
in the agricultural and Industrial
; fl9lds.
s "We arenow parfcCtlng and work
! iDg upon another contest which we
nope to get *n shape in a year or two
' 'or the development of cotton alone:
' Tais contest will ba one of the most
unique that we. have ever undertaken
and large cash prizes will be c ff jred to
' che planters of the S luthern Soates in
the development of one of our greatest
1 staple prcduc^s. It would not sur
* prise me in the least to see a farmer
of the Palmetto Sbate again lcom up
1 as a sweepstake prize winner in the
' cotton c ntest."
' Prof Johnson left on the evening
train for Washington, where he will
3 consult with Secretary Wilson of the
1 department of agriculture on many
1 matters affioting the agricultural In
1 ter?stsoftbe South. Prof. Johnson
I stated that among tbe most loyal sup3
porters of the. farmers' interests in
Luc htuaue auu uuuao were tuo repre9
sentatives from the S mtbern States
He is of the op'.nion Chat we can reasonably
expect greater advances Id
e agricultural development in the nrxi
r 10 years than we have seen during the
' past 25.
The farmers in this county should
2 take part in this CDntest. The>
0 sLand a chance to win a great prize in
b money'.
Cangdt in a Sturm.
* The steamer Tavinui, from the Sae
moan Islands, bring additional details
* of the storm which swrpt. ver Society,
t Faumatu and Oook Islands on February
8. The only white person who is
- known to have perished was a caretaker
who wa% drowned. The dam1
age to the harbor at Papeete is esi<3
mated at 1600 00J and on the whol<*
island of Tahiti 8900,000. It is be
b lieved that three schooners were lost
i at sea. Heavy ssas swept over many
? Islands, natives seeking refuge b;.
i climbing cocoa palms. Six lives were
t> lost on the island of Tahlic including
5 Father Pcul a Catholic mis-i ;nary.
f Tweney-five persons were drowni\r>
A non TclanH onH q{ v nn fho lo_
tu '/VI ot'WV aoiwuu uuu giA vu AO
> land of Motuto'iga.
Former M )nk to Marry.
Joseph Graham, who spent 25 years
I of his life as a Trappist monk In the
i monastery at Naw Millory, Iowa, and
i left that instl u .ion a year ago on a
I special dispensation oi tbe pope, Is to
marry Mrs. Dora Colbert, a your?g
: widow of Dabuqu3. The Trapp'sts
bave rigorous ruies. Tbe members
[ never leave tbe monastery, and hold
conversations among themselves* for
] only an hour each week. T went}-six
years ago Graham, then a young man,
took the vows of silence and entered
Che monastery. A year ago tbe head
| of the society &&ked his release, so
. be could go back into the world to
, market a patent wpgon body which
the monks bad patented. Since then
Grabam has lived in Dubuq le where
tie became acquainted with Mrs. CclI
bert. Tbe marriage will take place
in the spring.
Battle Orer Religion.
A dlspath from Warsaw says five
persons were killed and fifteen woun- :
ded in aiightatS/rykcff. government 1
Plotork^ fif, Tnursday between Catholics
and sectarians, who occupied in
force a Catholic Church. Knives,
sticks and pitchforks were used, g * 1
? ?
A FATHER'S APPEAL.
Be Wishes to Fiad His LtteJe Sod
A
Who Was Stolen.
The little son of Dr. S. L. Byers,
of Seeleyville, Indiana, was stolen
from bis hcm9 one year aeo last May. '
Dr. Byers has spmt his entire resources
In seiroh for his child and be
08
says unless the big hearted mentors
of the p ess come to r is assistant jn
bis son will grow up an outlaw and ^
an outcast among the lowest people 9
of tbp earth. It is a cause tbat should Ul
app al to everyone and no father ^
reading these lines can do so without l<f
a quickening of the heart and a sym- h
pai/OKLIU IUIUU. + ?
It is believed that if this article Is dl
re-printed in the newspapers It will ct
form an endless chain that will un- hj
cover the lost boy's concealment and ^
return him to his distracted parents. fa
Dr. Byers believes his boy is now on ai
some houseboat on some river wait- gc
eg to take the road In the .Spring w
Tnere is a reward, of 9500, awaiting lQ
iny Information that will le&d to the m
boy's rtc very. No questions will be r
asked and if the abducter himself bj
would deliver the boy to his parents
he would not be molested. Tae be ^
reaved parents are heart broken with
Krief and want only their child. *}*
If each Journal will reprint these rj
lines, they will travel to very ex- u
change table in tin United States 1E
and'bring back to a wretched home a
ohild who is now no doUbt suffering D<
with cold, unfed and wretched to a
degree. Tnlnk of*what ycur own w
feelings would be under similar clr e:
cumatancfs! This appeal is Indicated 61
I*" ? mV>/\ flOTD Tlv
ungiuaujr ujr a (iuuudugi nuu oan
B;ers only once, has no personal in- P]
terest in his quest' other than the
bond of sympathy*, that makes the 81
world akin, and Is Inspired from the
belief fcnafrthe lost boy can- only be *
found thrcu^h the united cfljrt of
the country press of which be its Q
proud to be a member. His rec,very ai
will be a triumph in advertising and ?j
no e dltor whose heart Is placed right f'1
will refuse this appeal. Remember,
It may be your child next! The fol- a
lowing is a description of the lost a
boy: .
Richmond Byers, if alive was' 6 *
years old last. July, Is of . light com ^
plexion, has gray eyes, left eye nqticlbly
crossed, has a small Y shaped a.
nick in the edgebf the left ear, has a
sharp chin and, and a narrow prcjece a
ting roreneaa. ?ie is ratner smau ior his
age and is unusallj bright and in- |j!
telligent, talking after the manner of
a boy much older. Dr. Byers has g
searched amoDg the roving bands that
irequent the United States and b - ?
lieves tbat his Bon cm be found *
am ;ng traveling jank dealers, so call*
ed ho- se traders or movers. Ae does w
not think the boy was stolen by genu;
ine gipsies. He thinks be was taken
by a wandering band tbat used him
for the purpofe of begging in the |(
towns along the route. "
A WAYWARD GIRL. *
" ' n
a
An Atlanta Young Woman Who Is 1
d
Stage Struck. ,
Atlanta. Ga . like other plaoes has Jj
some foolish young women among her Q
residents. One of these is Bianohe t
Winters, a handsome 17 year old girl, fc
whose home is on West Pcachtree b
street. The foolish young woman Q
prefers the life on the stage to that of h
any other, and wanted to commit
su:c'.de because her mother had her w
taken from the Star theatre In Atlan- t
ta and sent her to the Horn3 of tie s
Good Saepherd In Cincinnati. 0
M ss Winters, who is an.unusually 0
prepossessing looking giri and has t
been raised well, recently disappeared 3
from her borne. Her mother lnstitu* b
ted a search and located the recreant r
daughter In the chorus of the Star, a a
theatre of the burlesque olass and
which is frequented only bp men.
Policemen fuund the girl in a equal1^
room, littered with the remnants ?
of a late supper, and carried her to S
the police station. When her mother e
and Recorder Broyles tried to extract 0
a promise from the young uwoman to t:
Kiv3 up the stage she exclaimed dra- b
matically: . c
"I wi.l die b3fore I give up the ti
stage." Is
Whan fVio oforka^ Kortb- frv fiia a
VI ugu uuu uuiwo oiaiwu UMWA uu uuu a
cell wi:h her ?he begged.him for his r
revolver with which U blow her baalns f
out. She said she had rather d!e than o
go to the Cincinnati home. She was ?
carried to 0 nclnDatti home by Mrs. ri
Boneflsld, police matron. Her mother a
is heart-broken over the glrls's ac- lc
tlOQS. t
Is
Hart in a Runaway. ^
The Columbia State says "Mr. Gr3o. ri
L. Baker, who was painfully injured ti
by be ng thrown from a runaway at t
Oiargeburg Tuesday afternoon, Is
improving and Is expected to be able
to leave his ror m In a day or two. Mr.
Bauer, Dr. J. J. Watson, Dr. E. M ,
Wnaky and Mr. Brown Hyatt were .
returning from a hunt about four J
miles from Orangeburg when the ac- *
ciclent in which Mr. Baker was injured
occurred. Mr. Hyatt and Mr. ^
Baker weie in a buggy together and income
way one of the shafts broke w
and the vehicle ran upon the horse.
The animal became frightened aDd
dashed t ff throwing both of them cut d
and dragging Mr. Baker some dls- H
fl n AA T_T . n BATTAVA V\1 Am
iduuo. jllz icucivcu a acvoic uiun vu
one of his eves and three ugiy cuts on ^
the hack of his head besides being
badly bruised about the body. Mr.
Hyatt's back was badly wrenohed and
ue was otherwise bruised. He has R
sufll^iently recovered to be out on the pi
streets. The physicians did every- p,
thing possible for them and all re- ye
turned to the city after the acoident de
on the night train. cf
The Usual Result. aj
Georgia hot suppers seem to be as P
ratal to the colored attendants as the h
South Carolina article. Bob Th kar, .
colored, Is in Clarkecounty Jail on the tt
charge of killing Jim Jackson another ,
ne?ro. Jackson was cursing the wife
of Thokas when the latter took his p
pistol and killed him. Tbe killing d'
book place at a hot supper at the home
of Thokas a few miles from Athens,
Georgia. so
i
!
TWO HAV1L CADBTSHIP?.
Chance for Horns of Oar Bright
Young MeDj
The following notice, published by
quest of Senator Tillman, will
lubtless be rc ad with interest by
any ambitious young men and theli
vrenta In South Carolina:
I hereby give notice that an exan.atli
n will be hold In the State
'U<tt at. Col imbia, beginning at
3J o'clock, Tii2sday, April 10, 1906
id^r cbe direction of State Sapsrinint.
of Education O. B. Martin and
?o ass'stants. T< e i ximication wll
> written, and be by numbers, anc
le physical examination will be con
icted by Dr. J. W. Bibaoak, wltb
ie a as I s ar.ee of two pnysioans whoa
? will select. The physical examiaa
on will be held first and no boy wh<
lis in this, can take the mental ex
nlnat on. Candidates in order to b<
imltudtothe Academy must bi
ell versed in reading, writing, spell
g, punctuation and capitals, gram
ar, geography, United States histc
r, world's history, arithmetic, alge-a
and geometry.
The physical r quirements are: N
indidate will be admitted who is un
ir 16 yeais of acje or over 20, who li
if jrmedor afflicted with any disease
e shall not _e less than live feet tw(
lobes, between the agesoi io ana is
id not less than Ave feet four laches
3tween tde ages of 18 and "20.
At this ezamiualloa two principal!
Ill be Darned to fill the vacancies no v
cistlog, and three alteroates fo:
ich /tfcanc?. The alteroates an
ime so tnit in the event of the
riooipal failing mentally or physical
' the better qualified alternate ma]
lcceed to the vacancy.
Inasmuch as some of the alternate
hom I have appointed heretofoa
ave failed to put themselves to th<
ecessary expense of appfearlDg for ex
mlnation, 1 give notice that in thi
ise boy do will be permitted to stani
le examination who does not pledgi
imself to comply with this require
ient, Bhould he be given the pl&ce o
[tern ate.
After the selection of principals am
Iternates by this examination thos
ilected will have to report the secon
'aesua7 in April, at a place here
fter designated for examination, phj
cally and mentally by the represent
tivesof the civil service commissions
q case of failure then another oppoi
unity will be offered at Annapolis 0:
tie third Tuesday In June.
This examination is only open t
outh Carolina boys who are oona fid
ermanent residents of the State an
'hlte.
I will be obliged If all State papei
111 copy this notice.
B B. Tillman.
A Real Tragedy.
William Thomas, of Sagio&w, Mict
ran, a member of the ohorus of tb
Wonderland" company performln
t the Columbia theatre, commltte
ulcire at Washington, D. 0., Wed
esday night by drinking cirboli
cid while the piay was in progrea
'hemas was an admfter of Idra Go:
or, a 16-year old girl, also a membs
be company, and who is said to llv
1 Naw York. The suicide was cause
y disappointment because she wou]
ot reciprocate his attentions. AfU
ohnm nrdD \TIOQ (loHnn BAr
UO OUUTT WWtMO VfWi| iu-iiw VI waviwm ..
o the hospital to which Thomas ha
sen removed, and on seeing his bod;
aid: "I did not know he thought ?
iuch of me. I did not mean to brea
Is heart. He misjudged me.
?oomas was 22 years old. The coup
?ere In the property room of tt
hca re at 8 45. Thomas sat with
oblet In one nand and a bottle in tt
ther. Pjurlng out the poison he at
used her of playing with his affii
Ions, and, saying "Goobby, old<glrl,
rank the poison before sheoould btc
im. The play continued unintei
uptedly, the audlenoe not beln
ware of what had transpired.
5
Villages Destroyed.
The cfflc.rs of the steamer Slern
rblch has arrived at Hawaii, froi
w n m ^ v... 4> 4-V
yaney, m. o rv., rcpuiuo uuau uu
ruptioa of the vclc&no on the Ialan
f Savaii, of the Simoan group 001
Inues on a largB scale. Three villagt
ave been completely destroyed, ii
ludlng Malaeola, where was loo&te
be finest cocoa plantation on tfa
sland. The residences of A. Kin
nd G. B irleley, have been reduced t
uins and are a total loss. The lav
:cm the volcano Is fljwicg irto tfc
cean In a stream quarter cf a mil
ride and twenty feet deep, at tb
ate of twenty feet an hour. At nigt
solid wall of molten lava five mile
jng can be seen reaching far out lnt
be sea. For a distance the sea wate
> boiling and the surf breaking ove
lie fiery stxeam. The governmec
scently chartered the steamer Mao)
3 lemove women and children froi
be zone of danger. *
Suicide Co Avoid Trial
Louis Brown, twenty-nine years ol
waitirg trial for the murder of Flof
c Beese, at whom he threw a llghte
imp which exploded, fatally burnin
le woman, committed suicide In hi
jll In Norfolk jail tnis morning b
attlcg his threat with a sharp pec
uife which he had in some ucknowi
tanner smuggled Into the jail. Browi
as formerly prominent In Forts
nufch. Va. He was without friend
r money, his family having aban
med him, and grew desperate as th
ly of bis trial approached- Durioj
le recent jail fire here he escaped
it surrendered a few hours later.
Wanted Parkhurst Killed.
The report of alleged plot to kll
sv. Charles H. Parkhurst was madi
lbliC In Naw York Wednesday. Mr
irkhurst has been prominent fo
;ars as a pcllce reformer. It Is un
:rstood that the district attorney'i
flie has prepared to sumirons sever
witnesses in connection with thli
ot, which Is said to hava origlnatec
soause of a raid made on a dlsorderlj
)use by agents of the Parkhurst sc.
ety seme time ago. According t<
le report, a man has been hired tx
ub Dr. Parkhurst at the first op
irtunity presenting itself. Dr
irkhurst refused to either confirm o:
my the report.
Be patient with the old folks anc
aooth their pathway.
,
MADE ARREST TJffDER BIVEB j
, W
Polloeman'4 Du'y Took Him D wn j
8b?ft and Iato Taanel. ?
A New York policeman had a queer *
' experience recently. A dispatch fi-om '
I that city say a Patrolman Norton 1? {
' ' taking it easy" at hi) home after J
making an early morning arrest under o
conditions remarkable for even the *
New York police department.
Dowd a 100 foot shaft In a bucket 3
5 and then through a succ sslon of ai- j
' locks to a pjint more tnan 100 feet I
' out under the Eist. river in search of |
. a negro desperado, wao had J jh?
dmastu.d a comrade's skull wiiu a |
| steel drill, l- n -t an ordinary morn j
log's job, even for a patrolman. A ,
quarrel tvar a crip game ltd to the |
assault.
Out tber*, 125 feet from the river "
bank and 165 feet below tne surface,
) the world seems far away and remote
The wounded man's c< mpanion stocd
3 by and saw the thiDg ooae, too fascl3
nated with terror to move a finger to
' save him?until It was too late.
Patrolman Norton learned of tbe
assault shortly af-er It had taker
place, and tbat the negro, Co eman,
had remained in the air lock. He
} hastened to the s^aft head and had
the ergineerl< g staff lower him dowc .
5 tbe clear hundred feei, between tbe
- clammy, dripping rock walls, in thr
1 omiill Kiifttal-. r.haf. ovan t.h? Rftn.1 hOP
. are careful with, to the bottom, whe; e
? be started off Into the yawniDg blackness
of the tunnel m uth toward the
tirst air lock.
r He finally reached a point where he
f could oommuoloate with the half dcz
^ en men, among whom was Coleman,
> remaining at the head of the line. ;
next to the shield. He ordered them
T to ocme out and they cam9 willing
enough, especially the negro, who en
s deavored to push by the policemaa. J
5 But the latter was too quick for him, 1
- and had him safely under arrest be- ]
fore he reached the foot of the shaft.
s J
a KILLED HER OWN SISTER.
b
f A Terrible Tragedy in Atlanta
Caused by Jealousy.
0 / '
e At Atlanta on Friday Mrs. Edward 1
d M. Sandifer, aged 25 years, shot and |
- killed her sister, Miss Ofcajpell Whise j
mant, aged 18, alltglog that she com- 1
mltted tbe deed bacause of her hus- band's
attention to her vicilm. The j
- dead girl was to have been married i
n this week to a young business man ]
of Seneca, S: C , and all plans for the \
o marriage had been practically com- i
e pleted. I
d Mrs. Sandifer went early Friday to <
the home of her brother-in-law, D -t
s P. Dunham, with whose family Miss
Whisemant made her home, and entered
the sleeping room of her sister
What words passed between tbe two <
wore known only to the two, but soon ,
l" four shots rang out and Miss Whisi
*- * 3 3 J _ i? 4.1. U ??..4 1
w mam ien, wuunaeu 1u iu iuo uroast .
K just above the heart, and la other d
vital parts. She died half and hour .
' later without having spoken.
lc Mrs. Standlfer went to her home
s< and telephoned to her brother-in* ,
c* law's hone, asking If Miss Whlsenant ,
iT was dead. Bbing Informed that she
had died, Mrs. Sfcandifer expressed no
regret for her act, and said she ,
v would fallow Mr. Dunham's advice (
iT and surrender to the police. She was
l* arrested later, during the day she
? conversed freely with the police offl 1
olals, declaring she had "avenged
10 her outraged womanhood."
* E. M. Scandifer came to Atlanta ]
' about two years ago from Gadsden, j
le Ala., where he married his wife. His j
18 father, he says, Is W. E S.andlfer, ,
a United States marshal at Gadsden, j
ie and his ucc'e, W. H. Standifer, he (
5 asserted, is assistant Uuited States (
district attorney at that place. .
" He was detained at the po- ,
'P lice station after bis wire was arrestr"
ed, on the susplolon that he may
'8 have bad some guilty knowledge of
the orlme. The dead girl Is said to
have been engaged to be married to
. J. E. Sltton, of Seneca, S. 0.
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n Mardorer Freed."
? Word reached Boonevllle, Owsley
d county, Ky., Frl'ay, that the Court ,
l* of Appeals had denied a rehearln? ,
w to Hiram Brandenburg, wbo was recently
convicted of tlie murder of ,
? Robsrt Lynoh. At an early hour ,
16 that morning half a dozen friends of
? the condemned man entered the resli0
dence of the jiiler, Jobn B.>ker, and
a at the point of their pistols oonopel- I
16 led bim to open the door of the prison
ie and release hi< prisoner. They lockie
ed the jall-.r In the cell with his owe
it keys. The jailer says he Is ortaic .
he does not know who the men were.
X)
If Rebels Beheaded. ?
sr The leader of the rebels of Kuarg i
it Si province, and three others, who J
ri were implicated in the attack on the t
n house of Rev. Dr. Andrew Beattie, ?
American missionary, at Fati, in Feb- '
ruary, were neneaaeo, Mircn iz. xne
, executions passed rfif quietly and with j
, no unusual lincldent. >
i- ' t
d Will Hun Again. s
K FjrmrrJudgeA B. Parker In at j
6 Interview at Birmingham A'a.,Wed <
J nesday said: '*1 am convinced, pc h
'* far as I am personally concerned, c
Q chat Mr, Bxisevelt will ask for the (
Q nomination of the Repnblicm par- ?
i- ty for a third term, and," he- addtd u
8 "has intended all along to ask for the *
* nomination." t
Assassinated. j5'
T. C. TbompsoD, colored, was sbo' ?
and killed on the place of Dr. J. B. ?
Steppe at Switzer, Spartanburg coun- ?
ty, on Saturday night between 12aod p
1 one o'clock, while he and severel others H
b were sitting round the fire. The wea 'j
pon was a shotgun and it was fired ?
r from the outside through a winrinor
s
GotTwtiity Year?. ti
s Dr. J. B. Matthews, the Greensboro d
] physician charged with the iturdcr of 0
1 his wife, was found guilty on Friday c<
- cf murder in the second degree and a*
j was sentenced to the penitentiary for 01
j 20 years.
Death in ? ?non?lide, ei
I A dispatch from Norway says a 11
snow alvalanche at Lofoten islands ;a
Friday buried a number of flsherI
men's huts. Refcuers extricated 21
dead and 30 injured. J
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Tbis sad story com 28 from Savinlah,
Ga , Rjbert Lse Harper diet
Wednesday In tba state asylum ad
Slllledgeville. Oa Sept. 27 he was iniured
at Savan-ah by a Central railway
eDglne. Soft was brought and 9.'
verdict for $15,000 rendered 1? his
!avor, and this was affirmed just a
'aw d iVR a.in bv the suoreme court. I
tfr. Harper was bojn in Augmta and
vas thirty-four years old He leaves
i widow andv three children. The
njarles he received in the acolient
caused him to be sent to the
isylum.
Jail Delivery.
Douglas, 6a., had a wholesale jail
delivery Wednesday night. While the
Idler, S. 0. Brown, was away, five
negroes, one charged with murderr
jhree with assault with Intent to
muider, and one withrVniisdemeanur
jawed off the hinges of the door and
walked out with no one ? hinder.
Track dogs were on the feme within
lalf an honr, but it was found that
the eseaprs had washed their f et
wloh the dlslnfeotaut left in the corrid
>r and tie dogs failed to take the
brail. Eastman BrowD, o lored, anJer
a charge cf assault with intent to
murder, refused to go and is now the
only prisoner In the j ill.
Accidentally Shot Himself,
Mortally wcuaded by a pistol which
nad fallen from his Docket and whioh
3ad accidentally discharged its load
[ to his abdomen, A E Batele, nig't
watchman at the plant of the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical company, lay for
3 ?e hours calling for help Thursday
aight. Tae accident occured shortly
if ter 6 o'clock and Batele was picked
up by the crew of a switch engine
if ter 11 o'cl ct He remained cjp
wious until the end came about 2
D'clook and gave & full statement of
Lhe peculiar accident. He was sixtynine
years of age and was highly esteemed
by all who krew him.
P? cmlar \ooident.
Jick Myers, a young white man,
met a peculiar death at Hamersvilie
9-a,, Wednesday. He was an electric
lineman. While loading a loo cf poles
the hook he was using in the work
slipped, fljw back and broke his mck.
Hi died Instantly.
The tender care of a g od wtfe is
the fln?st thinar ia the world
PUGUtf &P0T8 IN THIS BLOOD
1 1VCU1CUr r UUUU LU Viouov KUV ??
System.
Half of the diseases from which mankind
lufiers are caused by impure blood. That
lendachp, th se pains in the jointsaud muscles
:hat tired feel ng, are all caused by poisons in
;he blood. The reason Rheumatism, Sciatica
md Gout cannot be cured by rubbiug with liniments
and oils is that the disease originates
n the blood, and on internal disease cannot be
lured by an externa remedy.
RHEUMACIDE is he most powerful blood
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ight to the seat of ths disease," sweeping all
he p isons out of the blood, toning up the
tomach, regulating the liver and kidneys, and
estoring each organ of the body to its normal
unctions. This is the reason it cures to stay
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;indred diseases alter all the other means fai
:ause "it gets at the joints from the inside."
' I gl :dl> testify that RHEUMACIDE com>'etely
cured me of as *ve ec^se Rheumatism,"
v ites James Kensry, of 1200 1-reierick aveme,
Baltimore. "About four months ago I
as t ken with the disaa e in my lo*er limbs'
el icli spread throughout the body. My back
roubled me g eatly. I suffered acutely, could
o up and down stairs only with the greatest
ifliculty J .-eceived tr atmeot at the Johu'a
lop ins Hospital, this city, for near y three
ionths, but was not benefited. Your m dicine
us recomme dedto me, and alter taking two
ottles, the disea e left me, and 1 have been
erfeotly well ever since. I also found that
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I tr st that others will try it and be
ured also."
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ren, we have a Special Propositiou to make.
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i great value in after life as the knowledge
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irlety ' than Succession Cabbage v
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a Doctor? m
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If You Are Sick You Should Con- *
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just how yu suffer and he will give you his
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you?based on an experience of 25 years and
will not charge you one cent for the service
and you do not obligate yourself to take treatment.
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Dr. Hathaway is without doubt the most ex*
pert, reliable and successful specialist in the
South to-dav. He has been established longer ?
than dny other specialist and has boiit up *
practice larger than that of any specia.ist
in fKa fin?fan Qfotna in Vtia lino r\9 traotmsnt
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Not only is he an expert, but an honest, conscientious
physician. He has always conducted
his practice in an honest, upright manner and,
you can corsu'.t bim with perfect confidence.
DISEASES HE CURES.
Dr. Hathawav's specialty includes &!1 the
chronic and private diseases of men acd women,
such as Kidney and Bladder Diseases,
>ervous Debility [lost vit?lity, nervous prostration,
etc..] Stricture, Varicocele, Specifio
Blood Poison (syphilis) hydrocele, Gleet, < &tarrh
of the different organs, Skin Diseases. ~
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Stomach, Lung Trouble, dkeasea pecuiliar to fg
women, eto. ?3
His methods o f treatment are without doubt
the most expert modern science affords and he
will treat you with just as much .are and attention
as you would receive in the highest
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are assured ot a cure without great cost. Hit
charges are very reasonable; no more than you
would be willing to pay for successful treatment
of your case. Every person writing him
will receive a valuable book on their disease,
iree. Have no hesitancy in writing. Everything
strictly confidential. Address Dr. bathaway
& Co., 88 Inman Bldg? Atlanta, Ga.
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