Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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> wM The Press and Banner | ip_a_:rt second. 1 ... ~4?8 - . .. . --- - . 1 ; CAN THIS BE SO? is It Possible to Accurately Weigh the Soul of Man? ni aimc it uiac nnkir ULMIIVIOII WHO UUI1L Dr. Macdougall, of Haverhill, Mass., Tolls of Experiments. He Say* loss of Weight of Dody Was Recorded, and the Scales Showed an Ounce Gone in One Case Right Aiter Death. That the human soul has a definite weight, which can be determined when it passes from the body is the belief of Dr. Duncan Macdougall, a reputable physician of Haverhill, mass, j-ie is me neaa ot a researcn society which for six years has been experimenting in this field. With him he says, have been associated four other physicians. Dr. Macdougall's obejct was to learn if the departure of the soul from the body was attended by any manifestation that could be recorded by any physical means. The chiei means to which resort was mode wai the determination of the weight ol a body before and after death. The method followed was to place a dying patient in bed upon one oi theplatforras <f a pair of scales made expressly for the experiments, anc then to balance this weight by placing an equal weight in the opj>osit platform. Theso scales were constructed delicately enough to be sensitive to a weight of less than orn. K r\ f o n rm noo VCUIU v*- au v/uuwvi. In every case after death the plat fopm oposite the one in which 1h> the subject of the test fell suddenly bo Dr. Macdougall says. The figure; on the dial index indicated the aim , inishment of weight. Dr. Macdougall told of the results of his experiments as follows: ''Four other physicians under m> direction made ihe firBt test upon i patient dying of tuberculosis. Thi: man was one of the ordinary type otfte usual American temperament neither particularly high strung no. of marked phlegmatic disposition We placed him a few hours prece?;ulng death, upon a scale platform which I had constructed and whi-'l was accurately balanced. Four hoi:.-: later with five doctors in attendant he died. "The instant life ceased the oppf s ite scale pan fell with a suddenness that was astonishing; as if some * thing had been suddenly lifted fron the body. Immediately all the usu.i deductions were maae ior pujsj'-t loss of weight, and It was discover that there was still a full ounce o; weight unaccounted for. "I submitted another subject uf flicted with the same disease an>. Bearing death to the same expen fii^nt. H$ was a pan of much game temperament 'as the proceed;.inpatient and of about the same ph. sical type- The same res ;ii happened at the passing of his li e ' ^he instant the heart ceased to i ? :: . thpre was ? sudden aqd almost inqanny dimjnishment in weight. "As experiments. *ach physican ta attendance mado figures of his o*u concerning the loss, and. at a era 4-~fiomrDQ TL'orO POmtlJ, r? BUIiailUil, tutor- .. t ed. The unaccountable loss continued to be shown. "But this was less reraarkaMe than what took place In the third case, the subject was that of a man of larger physcal build, with a pronounced sluggish temperameat. When life ceased, as the body lay in bed upon the scales, for a full min ute there appeared to be no change in weight, he physicians waiting in ihe roopi looked into each othe;? faces silently, shaking their her.us in the conviction that our test h.d failed. "Then suddenly the same thing happened that had occured in tht other cases. There was a sudden diminution in the weight, which *as (jooii fpund to bp the same as that I 1 ' flnrr ov tiflr i Til PI1 tS. or prccct^uiug vAj/y* ? "I believe that in this case, that of a' phlegmatic man slow of thought and action, that the soul remained suspended in the body after de?.th, during the minute that elapsed before it came to the consciousness of its freedom, here is no other way of accounting for it, and it is what might be expected to happen in a man of the subject's temperament. "Three other cases were tried, including that of a woman, and in each it was established that a weight of from one-half to a full ounce departed from the body at the moment of expiration of life." BENT ON LYNCHING Militia Gnnrding Two Bank Robbers at Manchester, Iowa. At Manchester, Iowa, the state " - -?? 1., T). ,rs. militia was caiiea out van; day to guard two bank robbers arrested for blowing up the ban*: at Maconvitle, on March 6, from mob violence, and Sheriff Hennessy lias asked the governor for more a(d. The action followed the ousting of the grand jury which was declared illegal and which therefore cannot indict the men. Many citizens j-: on formed a mob and are bent on lyuching the men. PXJBCt'TlbN s is KUSSIA. They Number on an Average A bow Five a Day. If you lived in Russia you wouh stand a good chance of being pu out of the way by the government Statictics, published, regarding drumhead courtsmartial, show, uj to March 5, 764 persons were vxe cuted, an average of almost five i day. I. . TRAGIC DEATHS Of Five People Caused by Mis carriage of Justice. A Young Man Executed in Germanj for a Murder of Which He Was Innocent. The sacrifice of five lives, through a tragical error, has just been revealed by the confession of a notorious criminal that he committed a .nurder in the Prussian province of Schleswig six years ago, for which 'in inn t mon trao avAntita/1 A young girl named Mlssen was found strangled to death in the town of Nordburg and 24-year-old August Deppe was immediately arrested on suspicion. Deppe was the younger son of the local Protestant preacher. He had received a university education and was about to euter the kaiser's service as an official of the provincial administration. The police, convinced that they had found the real culprit, were extremely active in collecting evidence against him. On the night of the murder, young Deppe wa9 abseut from home for two or three hours, and no one could be found who knew anything of his movements during this time. The evidence called by the counsel for the defense that he was not in :he habit of taking long walks at night as a cure for insomnia was :oollv ignored by the judge and jury The young man was convicted. On the night set for his execution, his father was with him in his cell, and Deppe wrote a statement declaring his innocense. He was executed the Tovt mnrnlnn1 The effects of Deppe's conviction were tragic in the extreme. His .'ather, the pastor, went home from :he scene of execution, drank poison and was dead within an hour of the execution. His elder brother, who had become an officer jn the army, blew his brains out because he was requested to quit the service on the ground that his brother was a murlerer. The girl to whom he was engaged, Louise Steinfurt, threw herself "rom the summit of high cliffs on 'he coast and was shattered to atoms >n the rocks below. His married -.ister was divorced from her husjand and was driven mad by the *uin of her life. Now, after six years, the murder has been fastened on a notorious criminal named Hessnow, who was 'n Nordburg at that time. The poice have collected incontrovertible vvidence of Tessnow's guilt, and Tesiow himself, on being arrested on his charge, confessed that he murlered the girl Missen. TAKES ISSUE \yiTH KILGO. Senator Tillman Says He Represents South Carolina. A dispatch from Durham, N. C., 5ays Senator Tillman in a lecture at Oxford Wednesday night demanded in explanation from Dr. John C. Xilgo, President of Trinity College, in reference to a speech recently made in New York by the latter. Senator Tillman says: "I have learnad that an eminent citizen of my ^tate says that I do not represent ihe best people or sentiment of the South. To know what he meant I will arrange a meeting with Dr. Kil?o to decide who does represent the best people. I swear I represent 3outh Carolina when I say that we will never again have negro domination there." BROTHERS FIGHT On Account of Land Dispute and One Is Killed. Joe Hill, aged 50 years, shot and instantly killed his brother. Dock Hill, aged40, near Chestnut Hill, Jefferson county, Tenn., Thursday. The men lived on adjoining farms, which had been left them some years ago by their father. Thsy have been at outs for a long time over a disputed boundry line. Thursday they had trouble over the cutting of a tree on disputed territory. Dock Hill fired three charges from a Bhot gun at his brother, but at such long range that no harm was done. Joe Hill at once went home, secured a rifle and returning to the scene, shot his brother through the forehead. NEGRO ROY KILLED By The Careless Handling Of a Sho1 Gun. A negro boy by the same of Ber Sanders, 13 year old, was shot anc killed near Hepkzibch, Ga.. \Vednes day, by another negro, Fred Wil liams, of about the same age. The two boys were with a part: of hunters going with them for th< purpose of carrying the ammunitioi and game. During the day they be came soperatod from the huntsmei by a short distance and were play isg with a gun. Williams pointe< the gun at his companion and play > fully snapped it, when it fired, th i entire load taking effect in Sander' ! body." He declared he did not kiio^ ! that the gun was loaded. PECULIAR ACCIDENT. \ " Jcielo From Xjagra Fell on Trolloj Killing Motorman. A huge icicle dropped from th t cliffs of Niagra gorge into a trolle car of the Gorge road Wednesda afternoon as it was passing the ri pids. Motorman Everett Ramade 1 j was killed. Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Ne: t vv, of Sioux City, la., and Miss Ners . were struck on the back and bad] ^ T on/? uHf ? bruised, ana s. u. l/iuuso; auu "* ; p of Pittsburg, were injured, the fo - raer having his hands mashed. Ti a Injured were taken to the Prospe house. LOST HIS BABY Years Ago and Recently Found Her a Grandmother F ft m mm a . IN A UtUKUIA 1UWN i The True Story of an Old Confederi ate Soldier That Reads Like Fiction. Left His Wife and Baby Forty Six Years Ago and Returned to His Old Home A Few Weeks Later. Through the medium of newspaper advertising, W. N. Phelps, who1 for the past forty-one years has been a resident of Central America, has found his long lost daughter, who is now Mrs. W. D. Affleck, wife of Captain Win. D. Affleck, a prominent hotel proprietor of Columbus, Ga. Forty six years ago he kissed his little 6-year-old daughter goodby and marched to defend the southland from the northern invaders. When IlPXt hfl SnW hlo H Q 11 CrVl tor- olio " --~ ouu rr ao herself a grandmother. The strange story rivals fiction, and father and daughter can scarcely realize that they are united. Mrs. Affleck was firmly convinced that her father was slain on the bloody field of Gettysburg over forty years ago and when he entered the Hotel Affleck and she was informed that it was indeed her father she felt as if some one had risen from the dead. When Mr. Phelps went to the front in 1861 he left his wife and little daughter at their Georgia home He was desperately wounded at Gettysburg, being shot through t.he head and left on the field for dead. The news eame it was verified by the official report* that he was among the slain of that battle. His own mother died, years later, believing that he had perished there. His wife, laboring under the same belief, left Georgia and went to live with relatives in Alabama. But Phelps was not killed. He revived enough to be carried to a federal hospital and there recovered. He afterwards escaped but could not make his was to the south and boarded a vessel for Central America. He there took part in the construction work of the first railroad built in Costa Rica. At the close of the war he endeavered to locate his family in Georgia, but could not, owing partly to the general demoralization and confusion following the war. Hearing a rumor that they had gone to Alabama, he continued his investigation. He advertised repeatedly in the newspapers of that state, but without success. He decided to locate permanently in Central America, and for thirty-seven years was an engineer on a government railroad in Costa Rica. Recntly he retired on full pay for life, and not long ago came back to the United States, locating temporarily in Alabama, not far from Birmingham. He decided to advertise once more for his daughter and inserted notices in Alabama newspapers and also one in a Columbus newspaper. His daughter saw the advertisement in the Columbus paper and to her it was like a voice from the grave. The next train carried Captain Affleck to the Alabama village where he was stopping and he told the old man that his daughter was living. The joy of the aged father?now 74 years of age?was almost pathetic. He left for Columbus w(th bis new found son-in-law, and at the Hotel Affleck a touching reunion took place lie was informed that the wife of his youth had long since died, which caused him to shed a tear. When he left her in 1861 she was in her youth and quite handsome. Mr. Phelps is temporjarly visiting his daughter, but may return to Central America, where he has property interests. PICKED POCKETS Notorious American Thief Went Disguised as a Priest, Frod Monaghan, a notorious American pickpocket, who has reaped a harvest in Paris disguised as a Priest, has been arrested with his accomplice, Ebenezer Brown. Monaghan, who is 70 years old, left America because the police knew ; him too well. In his operations in Paris he wore a venerable grey beard gold spec-tables and the usual clergyman's dress. [ When ihp police raided his hotel 1 they found a large collection of wigs ' and false beards, which ??Ionaghan " explained he wore to protect himself from droughts. J ANARCHIST Sl'lCJDES. l . i Only Succeeded in Wounding Man j He Sought to 1^11, 1 fnmninnrtant nf UU11 ivpuuiuuutv, e the garrison at Valto, Crimea, was 8 slightly wounded and his adjutant v and coacnman were seriously injured by a bomb thrown at the Colonel's carriage from an upper window in a houpe ou the street through which he was driving. The man who threw , the bomb committed suicide. f ' HILLS IUS WIFK y And Then Shoots His Wife's Mothei y and Himself. 11 At Port Arthur, Texas, failing tc r" effect a reconciliation with hiB wif< y E. McNair Thursday shot and killec !y wife, seriously wounded her mothei fe and put five bullets into himself or r* a Dublic street in view of many peo le pie. All shotB entered McNalr's bod: ct In the region of hie heart yet he li ' still alive. HORRIBLE DISASTEI Befalls One of the FrenCh Nav] Finest Ships. Xenrlr Onrt Unndr^l nf TTrwf Pr, Are Killed anil Many Others A Injured. A terrible disaster occurred Toulon, France, on Tuesday eveni; The powder magazine on board t French battleship Iena blew up, ki ing Capt. Adigard, the command of the battleship, Capt. Vertlez, chl of staff of the Mediterranean aqua ron, and from 70 to 80 other office and men. Hundreds of others a suffering from injuries. French n val circles are aghast, and the pub) is stunned by the appalling cata trophe corning so soon after the lo of the French Submarine boat Luti in which 16 men met death. The entire after part of the lei was blown to pieces. The bodies the victims were hurled through tl air by a succession of explosions ai the panic stricken workmen at tl arsenal fled from the vicinity of tl dry dock for their lives. S<X)res i I the men who were aboard the lei jumped either overboard or onto tl 9tone quays and sustained serious 1: juries. The primary cause of the accidei I was the explosion of a torpedo. Wh; caused the explosion is not know but the powder magazines of tl Ieua were set on fire and their coi tents, in exploding, practically d stroyed what was considered one < the finest vessels in the French nav The Iena had just undergone final inspection of her hull and mi chinery, the latter having been cor pletelv overhauled, prepartory 1 joining the squadron. The crew wj in Its full strength, being compost of the rear admiral, 24 other officei and 6.10 men. The magaziens ha been replenished recently and coi tained uiauy tons of both black ac smokeless powder, as well as a nun her of charges of torpedoes. THE YELLOW 1'EJKIL A Chinnman Elopes With Pretty G1 At Chicago. At least one white girl has bee found that does not fear the yello peril. Her name is Agnes Fullwooi While on a visit to Chicago she elo] ed with and married a Chinamai They were married last Saturday. The pair tried to get married i Hammond, Ind., but all the mini: ters in the town refused to marr them. They continued on to Crow Point, where they obtained a licent and the knot was tied. Thomas Sin Tnow Is tho chinama He is a chop eqey promoter an member of a sydnicate which coi trols several Chinese restaurant Miss Full wood was visiting friend at Englewood. While on a sightseeing tour aboi the Oriental restaurants she met tb Chinainpn. He called on her is a automobile. She eloped In the sam machine. Her friends are referrin to the romance with profanity. SAFE CRACKERS AT WORK They Robbed a Store At Westen, Ga Of Good Sam. Safe crackers, evidently profei slonals, burglarized the large sal of C. A. C. Reddick, at Western, Ga befor daybreak Saturday mornini Eight hundred dollars belonging 1 Mr. Reddick, his neighbors and tt postofflce department was stolen, tt postofflce being located in the Re< dick stor. Powerful explosives were emplo; ed by tba burglars, as the safe w? literally blown to pieces. Other sun of mosey belonging to Reddick neighbors and contained in envelopx wero overlooked. BURNED TO DEATH | A Spartanburg Lady Met Death Lil Her Brother. Mrs. Mary E. Llttlejohn, 79 yea of age, was burned to death at nil o'clock Tuesday night In her hon at Cowpcn9, S. C. Her clothing believed to have been Ignited by tl fire before which she was slttin She was a Bister of Mr. John T. W kins, 75 years of age, who was bur ed to death on last Wednesday ne the Mary Louise Cotton Mills, ? miles from Cowpens. Mrs. Littl john's body was found by a nepht on his return home from the burl of his uncle. VOTES OUT BOOZE By n large .Majority Kvoxvlilo Yot To Abolish Saloons. By a majority of nearly two thoi and Knoxville, Tenn., last week v< ed to abolish saloons. The featu of the election was the memor vrana nf ri.ftoo womes and chlldr parabling the streets before the po opened. All during the day worn worked at the polling places, reque lng the men to cast their ballots I the temperance oause. HAI'IST PRESS SOLD, . Bought by the Baptist Courier a Publication Stopped, A dispatch from Union says 1 finptist Press has been sold to R V. I. Masters and Rev. L. M. R to the Raptist Courier of Greenvil The good will and mailing list " ^ Hf 4 with the deal. nev. ;ur. lunai will go to the Wost to take chai } of a Baptist publication and R | Mr. Rice will remain here as edi [ and manager of the Umou Tim 1 Killed Himself. Horace G. McDowell, president ' the Farmer's Hank of Canton, 01 3 shot and killed himself Thursd No cause for his suicide is kno1 * FOOTPAD KILLED fS ? But the Merchant Who Slayei Him is Himself Killed. ew lT6 DATli r/tiuin npin ouin ruunu utau. at ns be Edgar Marshal, Wayward Son oi 11- ? er Eminently Respectable Resident ef of Columbia, Holds Up Charles B drB Green, a Merchant, at Midnight ^ and is Shot to Death by Mr. Green, lie Who Is Also Killed. >888 A most shocking affair occurred n, last Saturday night In Shandon, a surburb of Columbia. An attempt ia to waylay and rob Charlie B. Green, of a Shandon merchant, resulted in the ie aeatn or Mr. Green ana or tne wouiaid be robber, who was identified as Edie gar Marshall, Bon of Mr. P. Q. Marie shall, an eminently respectable and of highly respected citizen of Columbia, la The robbery and double homicide le took place within sight of the home n- of Mr. Qreen, in the ~ surburb of Shandon, shortly before midnight at Saturday night. The bodies lying at feet to feet, were not found for sevn, eral hours and the affair has created le a tremendous sensation in Columbia, a- as it is possible that there was anothe er robber or robbers. of Mr. Green ran the store on the y. Garner's Ferry Road, near the Epa worth Orphanage, in the pretty vila lage of Shandon, about two miles a- from the city of Columbia proper, to On Saturday night he locked up the is store and left in company with his id clerk, J. B. Ward, who also lives in rs Shandon. They walked two blocks id together along Woodrow street, and a- when they reached the corner of id Woodrow and Preston streets Mr. a- Green turned to his right to go to his home one block down on Preston street. When about half way of this block, just at the rear gate of his neighbor, Mr. Toney, he was aci costed by a man in hiding and was probably struck across tne neaa wun a slung shot, the man being concealed behind the open gate. Green, it is thought, was carrying w his pistol in his hand, as that was j his custom when going! home late from the store with money In his possession. He evidently threw up 1* his left arm to ward off the blow, and fired with the pistol in his right n hand at close range. Four chambers of his pistol were fired, and three * of his shots took effect In Marshall's ? body. One entered just below the left collar bone, another entered his face just where the lips Join, making . a flesh wound on the left side of the _ face, and the third entered at the back of the neck, on the left, also making a flesh wound. Green - was also wounded three t times, each of the three wounds being In his left breast and one of the 1 balls probably piercing his 'heart. The last shot was vidently fired af1 ter Green had fallen to his kneea, and it is supposed that the first shot which struck him killed him. The two men were found lying feet to feet, about four feet from the gate, where Marshall was conceal>.? ed and toward the road. By Green's * i - ? - n A rignt nana was nis pi?toi, ? ^ omuu and Weston, with four chambers 3. fired. Dy Marshall's right hand waB ?e found a 38 Smith and Wesson, with none of its chambers fired. By Marj' shall'B left hand was found a 41 0 Colts, with five cham.bers fired and [e one intact. Underneath Marshall's [e body was found a slung shot, the }_ bag bfng filled with email shot, and the string being a leathern thong y_ several feet in length. It was a lB highwayman's weapon, intended to 1S knock the victim unconscious. 8 Green's derby hat was found near his head, with a hole, evidently made by the slung shot. Marshall's face was concealed by a black mask through which the_ bullets which entered his face had 'gone, and be also had a woollen comforter around hie te neck. A soft black hat was near his head and another soft black hat rG was In his overcoat pocket, while ie th gray hat which he was usually ie seen wearing was found inside the *8 gate of the Toney yard. The 4 hat? ae the unfired pistol near Marshall's right hand and the position of the wounds on Green's body might inn_ dicate that there was a confederate ar Marshal) and that the confed '*x erate shot Green from the left side after Green had shot Marshall al closer range. al When found Green's clothing wai on fire and the mone1* In his right' hand pockat was burning, "^'he currency had been practically ^-nsunW and the coins were melting. Th< os coat was burning and the money sue* also. The homicide was discover** when Mrs, Green aroused her neigh bors at 2 o'clock, when she could nc longer endure the suspense in whlct 3 she had existed for several hours |r? because her husband did not coin* 1 home. Neighbors went to the ston ?.n and then along the route Green fol lowed, finding the bodies In the pos en itlons already described. The offl , cers of the law were notified and th< or bodies were brought to the city. None of the neighbors knew Mar Rhnll and he was not identified fo several hours, until his father wa taken to the undertaker's establish nd ment and said It was his son. Hi was a young man, not yet 30 year old, and hadn't been around Columbi; . for several years until a few month ago when he returned from Panama ice where he had a good position as ; .. machinist. For several weeks h has been staying at the home of e friend not far from the scene of th Tip tragedy. His father is employed a the store of J. L. Mimnaugh an ' the family connection is a large on r?r in Columbia. Young Marshall was seen In store not far away, a half hour o nt hour before the the tragedy. A cit! x QKonHn zen wno went, out uu mo car with Marshall, saw two othe men, whose actions aroused his su( piclons !n connection with Marehal REFINED CRUELTY. Shocking Tales ot tne way pu1 pils Were Treated. Sticking Plasters and Stockings Used .. As Gajjfl and Children Tied to the Desks. Some years ago It was proven that the hides ot negroes who had died in the Massachusetts State prison and other public institutions t were taken and tanned )?nd made into shoes, which were worn by the keepers of these Institutions, and ; now comes another shocking tale from the came state. This'1 time It . is a cnarge of cruel and brutal treatment of school children In the pub14/% ? us. kuuui? i^ynn. A dispatch from that city Bays the ^ school committee met one evening last week and listened to serious charges against supervisory | teachers In the Eastern Avenue . Training School. It was openly . charged that Normal 8chool graduates under supervision were guilty of sealing the children's lips with sticking plaster, placing Btocklngs ! over their mouths and applying , green soap as a remedy for talking. About three hundred Indignant fathers and mothers were present to pross the charges of abuse of pupils. Helen Thompson, thirteen, had her arms tied behind her, her feet tied to the desk and her head fastened to the desk by rags. Irving Wellman, fifteen, declared a sticking plaster was placed tightly over his lips by a teacher, who wet It with her own lips, and when taking It of! cut It off with a pair of scissors and picked the smaller pieces off with her finger sails. Clarence M. Strickland, fourteen, was punished by use of a black stocking fastened tightly over his mouth. This caused much difficulty in his breathing. The same stocking was used on every pupil. William O'Dosnell, eleven, did not answer a question to the satisfaction of his teacher and was taken into the dressing room, seized and shaknn. after whirh h* wah thrnom down on a sofa and, sat upon. The teacher then forced, a half a cake of green soap Into his mouth. The school committee will meet again to listen In private session tc more detailed recitals of the grievances that parents and pupils are experiencing The names of the teachers practicing these cruelties were not devulged, but It is alleged that they were acting under instructions from the principal, Miss Marie E. Paus, who they claim is responsible for all the cruelty practiced on the pupils. ANTI-8U1CIDE BUREAU. New Feature of Salvation Army In This Country, Commander Miss Booth, of the Salvation Army, as a result of an analysis of the work accomplished during the ten days of Its existence In New York, announced that the anti-suicide bureau of the Army had successfully passed the experimental stage, and that it would be added aB a permanent feature of the organization in this country. Since its Inception the new departure, it was stated, had saved many men and women from self-destruction and proved of asslstancce to a large number. DANGER LINE FOR ROADS. Seaboard's President Sounds Danger Signal. President W. A. Garrett, of the Seaboard Air Line, while inspecting the company's property said the railroads of this country had reached the financial danger line on account of legislation Imposing reductions and penalties. It means that many roads will i psBs Into the handB of receivers unless the penalties are modified. Antagonism of the people is responslble. The Seaboard for seven months of the present fiscal yeSr," he said, ? "has made the expenses and interest on its bonds." GIRL HELD FOR MURDER Bertie Falto, Aged Fourteen Charged With Heinous Crime. The coroner's Jury returned a veraffalnat Fal > U1CL Ul luuiuct ... - ton, the girl of fourteen, who admits - shooting E. H. West, who with Oscar I Tune, tried to enter her mother's ) home near Aatalla, Ala., at a late ; hour of the night and when the door 1 was partly opened the girl put the - muzzel of a shot gun into the open> ing and fired, killing We6t. Tune 1 was fired at but escaped. 1 ANOTHER BODY FOUND " Death List Of Steamer Marlon la Now Twenty-one. 2 The list of the burnt and drowned - in the steamboat Marion disaster on r Wadmalaw Sound has been increasc aA tn tw?ntv-one. the finding of a - woman's body adding an additional e name to the mortality list. The b body is bo badly eaten by crabs and a decomposed that identification is out b of the question and the body was t, ordered to be buried by the magiBa trate on Wadmalaw Island. a THRKK UYE9 LOST, e ______ j Bridge Collapses While Train Is 9 Passing Over It. a An engineer and brakeman on th? r West Pennsylvania railroad were I- drowned Thursday morning while n croBBing a bridge near Hermansvuie it Pa. The railroad bridge collapsed >- and the engine with two cars ol ' freight vent dowTi. WAS HE THERE? ___ % A Man Arrested in Union in Connection With THE GREEN MURDER. 1 .... Was Arrested by the Police of Union 'M on Last Thursday. He Was In Columbia About the Time of the Double Tragedy, and Tells Many Conflicting Stories About Hlsv8elf. The 8".ate says there are' many things to Indicate that Marshall was not alone when Mr. Qreen was murdered in Shandon, near Columbia Saturday night week ago. Conceeling that he was alone at the time of the murder, there are many things to indicate that there were accessories before the fact and prehaps t.fter the fact. There are many things to Indicate that there might have been a third party on the scene of the homicide. How cams the hood to be lifted from Edgar Marshall's head? It was not a light mask, but a hood. How came the ^1 calibre revolver, lying at some distance from his body, to have been partially burled in the sand. >. Is it not possible that the man who fired the fatal Bhota-lntyjOrden's body flung the pjstol'on the ground as in his anguish'-fc* leaned over to tear the hood., from face of his dying friend?' Was he then /rtaghtened by the raising of the: window at Mr. Gage's or .the, opening, of the door at Mr. MllleV's? These are the Questions which the Coroner wishes to have put before the jury. There is one other matter which indicates that there was a third party at the scene of the homicide. Provided that J. A. Ward spoke, accurately on the witness stand, he had taken 195 paces after he had u. J ? > ?? 1SB1 ICU r* ALU iBI. WICTJU ?UU U|? W? ?UO | time that Mr. Green was flerd upon when being faced by this frightful hooded object with stealthy blow of slung shot. Jg While Ward was taking 195 paces Mr. Green took 88; according ta witness' testimony. Therefore, unless the testimony be in error. Mr. Green mu6t have been accosted by someone and haft engaged in conversation before they reached the spot where the agent of death was concealed. ; v There were other things which the coroner wishes placed beforp ft.Jury and if the man who is arrested In Union can prove an alibi there Will be no harm done and Coroner Walker will have the ^atl?faqtlon of knowing that he had tried to bring the matter out The almost universal sentiment in Shandon is (feat* Charles B. Green was not killed by M Edgar Marshall. Rufus M. Walton, white was arrested at Union Tuesday by the chief of police, was brought to Columbia Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff John Carr and is lodged In the Richland County jail. He is suspected nf holnff In " ^?-o WMMWI.VU ?u oywo no; with the double murder In Shannon Saturday eight and will be held pending a thorough investigation by Coroner Walker. Walton was seen in the Jail Immediately upon his arrival by a representative of the State. He was staked to give an account of his recent whereabouts. He talked freely, giving his name and place of birth, Blythedale, Missouri and other facts connected with hie Hfe. . He said that he came to Columbia about five o'clock Sunday morning, 10th on a freight train from Denmark. Asked what time he left Denmark, he said he could not tell exactly, that it was probably after 12 o'clock that night. He said he was in Savannah Friday and ltft there that evening and came to Denmark, that he got off at the latter place and stayed there all day Saturday. He said he left Columbia about 6 o'clock Sunday mbrnlng and walked up the railroad to Frost Mill, where he flagged the train and went on to Union. He claims that he had about $35 that morning. Asked as to why he did not go the Union Station and take the train, he said that he had been drinking and didn't wish to be seen. Asked If he had ever been arrested before he said that he had not. On being questioned more closely and aBked the direct question aB to whether he wasn't now under indictment in Harrison cousty, Mo., for bootlegging, admitted that he was. He also admitted having been arrested on several occasions and ;feald he was arrested In Florida several wenks ago on suspicion, but was released a few hours after he was put up. ^ He Is about 5 ft. 9 inches: weight, / 170 pounds; color hair, light; eyes light; prominent scar about center of forehead, also scar on upper lip to right of center; "R. M. W." tattooed on right arm, scar back of elbow, right arm; scar on back of neck. Poorly dressed. Claims to be a carpenter and has wor)|>d around livery stables and saw mills. Has a record aB a gambler and general all round crook. It 16 possible that he had nothing in the world to do with the murder of Mr. Cha6. B. Green and the death of Edgar Marshall. [ but the circumstances are such that . his detention was believed to be the proper thing. BOAT GOES DOWN. , In The Ohio River and Five of the Crew Drowned. , The towboat Cruiser, one of the ) largest In the eoal shipping trade s on the Ohio River, Is reported to mor flAvi/>V1aW , UtlYB KUUC UUnu uvai vn, I about 20 miles down the river from t Pittsburg, Pa., Fire of tbe crew are reported drowned. tj V 1