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FIENDLYNCHED
Tbe Brutal Murder ?f a Young Giil by a
Negre Speedily Avenged.
WAS HORRIBLE CRIME
Flate Clarke, After Relating; Horrible
Details of Attempt to Ravish,
Before .Murdering the Pretty Four
t*vn-Year-01d Daughter oi' a Lexington
Farmer. Shot to Death.
With her throat cut from ear to
ear. a pretty 14-year-old girl, daughter
of a highly rospected farmer of
the Little Mountain section of Lexington
County, lies dead in her home,
surrounded by friends and loved
ones, whilo Flute Clarke, a negro
lies on th e south side of Little
Mountain, a lantern across his breast
and a thousand bullet wounds
through his body.
The above dispatch to The News
iuid Courier, published in Saturday's
{ aper, tcid a story of horror and its
quick avenging. The dispatch goes
on to say that Friday afternoon, between
the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock,
the young girl was brutally attacked
by Clarke. There was no one at
the house at the time, and only the
that
confession of the negro an ?
rtoams of the true story. The
f voung girl's mother had pone to the
home of a near-by neighbor.
The body of the girl was found by
her young brother and an alarm was
Kiven. The sheriff of Lexington was
notified, and the bloodhounds from
the county chain gang were dispatch?-1
to the scene in charge of Capt.
;,ete Mack. Upon arrival at the
<jcene the dogs at once took up the
trail and carried it successfully to a
field, where the negro had been
ploughing. Mere they stopped and
the chase was given up.
Clarke was spirirert away by some
hilf-dozen persons and the officers
were eluded. To those men he made
a complete confession of the crime,
n which confession he est a ted that
he had gone to the house for water
and asked the young woman to bring
him some potatoes to the well. When
she bronght them he made his fiendish
attack. He said that the girl
creamed and said she was going to
to tell her father. He then cut her
thrcrat.
The physician who was called in
nnserts t'hat thp negro did not accomplish
his purpose. Thp girl'sbody
c ^ K-inw in thp vard near the
Wit* IVUMII IJ.UQ ... . i-ellar
door, and the surroundings
show that a desperate struggle was
Tn-ade bj- the young girl. The distance
from the well to where the
young girl met her death is about
thirty yards, and she was dragged
"the entire distance. Her head was almost
severed from the body.
Upon arrival at the scene Mondav
rugtit. at 9 o'clock. The News and
Courier correspondent, found a crowd
of armed m^n. variously eseti mated
to number from f?00 to 1,000. They
were ail avnsed to the teeth. M. M.
Huford. thf veteran sheriff of Newberry.
thinking that the crime was
committed in Newberry County.
Flute Clarke had lived on rhe
place for twelve years, having been
practically raised by the family He
was married and is paid to have been
About 21 years of age. After having
wvmxnitteed the crime. Clarke returu*?d
to th^ home of his employer and
?ven went so far as to assist in carrying
the body to the house.
The scene of the crlm?* is about
200 yards from the Newberry line
and about a mile and a half from
T.ittle Mountain. As sonn as t!ie n?
gro had confessed, tnt wora was
whispered from one to another and
The crowd quietly left In small
squads, to where the negro was being
concealed from thee officers. It
was ahout 10.P.0 when the lynching
took place.
The crowd was composed of tinsturdy
citizens of the Hutch Fork
section and huudreds of Newberry
people were on the grounds. There
were no sians of rowdyism. The victim
is a school girl, hut on account
of the l.ittle Mountain School bcinc
rlosed for two days, she did not attend
school Thanksgiving or Friday.
The crime shocked the entire community,
;inf) on every hnnd the expression
is heard thrit thp negro received
his jnst dos'-rts. At 11 o'clock
?Ae report of guns nr?> bertrd and
parties continue to visit tne seen;?
Strange, it may serin, but the crime
whs committed within less tnan twj
miles of the place whwre Cute l>ev"*r
attempted to assault the wife of a
'Prominent young farmer, about a
vear agro and for which he wa.- legally
banserl *
Kill* M iff and Another.
At Anderson. Ind.. Prank Rickets
f?hot and ki'.led his wife and Mrs.
Vellie Brit ion. with whom she h:id
been living in an apartment, in the
business centre of thf? city, inte Friday.
Rickets, who was arrested, declares
that he shot the two woment
after his wife hr?<1 shot at him.
Conductor Fatally Hurt.
At Marianna. Fla.. Conductor .vi11 iird
Hrooks was thrown from a oar
on the Jarrett Lumber Company's
road and di?d before he could be
flatten to a physician. Death resulted
in alKii.t a half hour after the accident
happened and Rrooks never
regained consHonsness after the
fall
l>rul?es CIomhI.
A big s'jh hrs be^n posted at the
international bridges connecting El
Paso, Texas, with Juarez. Mexico,
denying any person to pass ov^r between
the hours of midnight an<l
six o'clock a. m. The action was
taken at the instance of the Mexican
'government.
SAILORS MUTINIED
SEIZED WAR VESSELS AND
SHELLED KJO JANE1UO.
Killing ()np Woniau and Two Chd(Irt'D
in tilt* City.?Several Oflice?
and Men killed.
At Rio Jaaerio. Brazil, the crews
of two battleships of the Brazilian
navy mutinied Wednesday, and turned
their guns upon the loyal shii>s
and also threw a few shells into the
city. During the outbreak several
officers were killed. The lighting
ceased at night, but the revolvers
remained in possession of the two
vessels.
It is officially stated the trouble ts
not of a political character and
should be described as a mutiny
among the sailors to enforce certain
! Hmir rath
CODCt-SSIUUS i 1 um mm
er than a revolt against, the administration
of President Fonseca.
For some time the men of tlie
navy had i>een agitating the matter
of more pay. They .ilso objected to
the practices of the navy inflicting
corporal punishment upon subordinate
or otherwise offending sailors.
A private cable dispatch from Kio
Janerio says that the captain of the
Brazilian battleship Minas (ierai'3
and several officers and men were
killed during the naval disturbance
Wednesday night.
A woman and two children were
killed by.the shells thrown in the
city.
t>i.? rn.?mKoi. nf rionnfi<ia Friday
1 Uf v^uauii/^i ui . ,
eveqing in a vote of 114 to 23. passpd
a resolution granting amnesty to
I the mutinous sailors on board the
battleships \linas Geraes and Sao
Paulo, the coast defence ships Marshal
Floriano and Marshal de Oriora,
and the scout ship Bahia. The St:iiate
had unanimously passed the measure
Thursday.
Immediately after the lower house
had voted to pardon the sailors foi
having mutinied and killed several
of their officers and thrown shells into
the city. President Fonseea authorized
Deputy Carvalho to visit
the Sao Paulo and confer with the
mutineers.
Meantime, the mutinous vessels.
? U : ~ U ? A Kftnn n-oitin fr mttsiflp f h * *
Wliit'U uau WCVU na*vui>|
bar since noon for a signal to come
in, put to sea and disappeared. Their
destination was not made kuown.
While the revolt lasted the people
of the city were kept in a state
of suspense. fearing that the mutineers
wouid make good their threat
to blow up thee eCapitol unless their
wishes were met. *
ADRIFT AT SKA. RKS(H KI).
Steamer Picks l'p Helpless Fisherman
in Hou(.
Capt. Colcord. of the steamship
American, in New York, from Puerto.
Mexico, reported a passenger not
on the list when the vessel started.
He is Thomas Hail, a fisherman of
} Stuart. Fla., who was found oa Xoivember
22 frantically waving his
; shirt, as he stood in his 25-foot moj
tor boat, helplessly adrift. A big
i wave had put his engine out of couiI
mission.
i ne liner went oui ui un iuaim:
and drew near for the rescue, but
Hall insisted that his boat also betaken
aboard and after more thm
an hour's work this was done.
Hall had drifted more than fifty
miles from his starting point when
picked up. and it has be*-n five days
since he left borne. On landinc he
telegraphed hi6 w'fe who. doubtless,
thought him drowned.
chaim;ki> with kii.mxg two.
NV?ro HHd for Murder ol' Minister
and His Wife.
Tile murder of the Rev. Anzi L.
Armstrong find his wife. Annie Armsstrong,
at their home at Dutch Neck,
X. J.. Friday night, has resulted in
charges being proferred against Jo'm
St-nrs. who w.?s arra!?ned before .lus
tice of tii?? Peace Mills, and held
without l>ail to answer two separate
oharges of homicide. Rudolph Xorh.ius.
who was brought to Tren'on
by the county authorities, along with
Sears, was released.
Investigation established tlu* fad
that tho Rev. Armstrong and ills
wife were killed with a double-barre'led
g::n. which was found standin?
in a cor.H-r in she kitchen of the
Armstrong home. This gun was i>orrowed
by ars two weeks ago from
'i neighbor. Robbery is supposed to
have b*?<-n the motive.
Sears is a "half breed and his
mother is a negress. The mother
has been housekeeper in the Armstrong
family for more than thirty
years. *
Vtuli Cotton (turned.
At Troy. Ala., the cotton compress
:and warehouse of the Atlantic Com|
uress conmany were desroytd by fire
j Friday morning. Several railroad
'cars were also burned. The total
' ions is about $i<i0.000. partially covI
- ?.? Tl.r* ,,r
Ithf rt is unknown. Itelween l.s>00
:h!(1 ?.OOi1 bales of cotton were hiirn:
ed.
! ?
ij Crippen Was flanged.
i A London dispatch savs I>r. Crippen
was hanged at it.02 o'clock Wednesday
morning, in the yard of the
Penionville prison. The morning of
the day sot for Dr. Crippen's execution
afforded the gloomiest setting.
A dense fog overhung the city and
, traffic wis at a standstill.
Thousand Dro\vii<*d.
A dispatch from Saigon, Fren'h
Indo-China, says one thousand peri
sons were drowned and 100 bark a
i wore lost during floods In the province
of Qaungngia, in Annua.
RED HANDED WAR
Is Now Ob is Dead Eanest Bttweea the
GmiraeBt and Rebels.
MEXICO AN ARMED CAMP
In Clashes With Government Troops
Revolutionists Seem to Have Been
Victorious.?Reports Say the liepublic
Faces Most Serious Situation.
Southern Mexico practically has
>Hen cut off from the Capital, railroad
bridges have been blown up and
ihe revolution has attained great
proportions in that section of the Republic,
especially in Yucatan. Thi3
is the burden of unofficial advices
received at Washington.
The recipients of the unofficial information
declare that Vera Crn:
will be captured by the revolutionists
within three days, and that the
revolutionary movement is sweeping
northward. A copy of the proclamation
issued by Gen. Mad?ro was
received at Washington Wednesday.
iSo far it has not been presented
to the State department. It contains
an outline of he proposed new Government
and pledges Mexican protection
to American lives and property.
One of the highest official and one
who by virtue of his position is in
close touch with the revolutionary
movement in Mexico, that fighting
is now going on in Cuatro Cienega3,
a large and prosperous city just below
Monclovd. It is regarded as a
stronghold of the anti-Diaz forces.
This same authority says the sitj
iatiun now in Mexico is more serous
ihan at any time in the past several
years. He dclares the excitement
on -the herder is nothing comred
to what it would be if al! was
known of the situation in the inter
iur.
\ high Mtxican official stat?*d that
i: was his opinion that the Diaz
reimi was at an end. West LIvujdais.
a New Orleans business man.
wha has reached El Paso, Tex., from
Torreon. confirms the report of
Hash between Federal soldiers and
revolutionists. The Government,
forces apparently were beaten and
the rebels investtd Gomez Palacio
and I .ori'o.
"The rebels at 3 o'clock Monday
morning,' said Livaudais, "shjt
town the police on the corners at
t'.omez Palacio. The garrison was
s-nt against them and manv -vere reported
kilted. The soldters were
'orced to fall back and when I left
Torreon a large force from there had
*>e<-n sent to retake the town. Tor:fon
is practically under marti.il
;aw and everything is shut tight."
Reports of fighting in Gomez, Paiacio
and Torreon, Mexica, are in
;>art conflrired by Mexican officials
and army officers stationed in N'euvo
Laredo, although i>t is denied thai
h^ battles assumed serious properties.
It is admitted that in bat
1 \ Vi A inmcto
lira IM'IW rni UIC UIJ>UI ic uumoic ami
'he .Mexican troops at both places
sevtral deaths resulted, the >oss of
life being evenly divided on both
sides.
It is generally understood ihat the
Government forces succeeded 'u
quelling th<* disturbances at both
places. Reports were to the effect
that Torreon had fallen in>'.o the
hands of the revolutionists. This is
denied by army officers iu Neuvo.
I.aredo, who claim to be in touch
with the situation.
The army officers admit that the
most bitter struggle occurred at Goi
1'alacio, which is only four inih>3
j north of Torreon, in what is known
a? the famous Laguna cotton district.
At Gomez Palacio it Is acknowledg.
1 several deaths occurred on both
sirl-s. )>ut the officials decline to give
out any figures.
A passenger train on the Mexico
Northwestern Railroad, rnnuing bo
]?>vr<Mi Chihauhua and Madera, was
fir^d into and several i-econd-olass
Pis.-f UK'Td killed. The number,
names and the other do-ails eouil
not be secured as the tde^rap?
wires have all been cut.
Documents found in the house of
i revolutionist are said to have ? ?j
waled a conspiracy for the wh '!t*
j-.le assassination of prominent Govjeniment
officers. including Foreign
I Minister Creel. Viee-Prtsddent C.jrr
li auii other prominent men.
I Mi- tie) S Macedo. Bub-seer?Vtary ?;f
r'f Government. was also listed for
fi.-iith. President Diaz was to oe
t.il'en. but iiis life was to be spared,
because !f his pasit services to the
'country. The bodies of those killed
were to be suspended from elecirit*
hipht w 1 re> in the streets. The building
of El Impareial was to have be
destroyed with dynamite
j The papers exposing the oonspirj
ac> were disco; ered durinir a r::W'i
: hv tlw? notice on Sunday. Th.-,?' m
ployees of I?1 Imparcial had b<-en furj
; nished with the explosive and !n(structed
to use it at th<- first repo"'
of the uprising, which uas planned
for last Saturady The seizure of
the plans on the day upon which
ihey were to i>e executed is thojgv'
j to have a great effect in heading olf J
j ih- r'-l'e*"ion.
i - - t
h illfd His < otiisiii.
| I
!n a fi1 ' a! Crane's savviiull ne ir !
jl ' . -t v :?j>i r.f>-"v was s"?*if and
: t Vill* i '-y hi> ' i'Misiii. iJnivy i'.xggs j
j Th! y promipmntly ciihium />d The j
sla-er surrendered tu the ph'-rifT and
I lioih arc reported to have been
drinking
Convict Attacks White Man
Alleging that the white man had
him whipped while he was a convict!
jon the Chatham county farms, at
i Savannah. Ga.. E. J. Williams, a negro.
attempted to assault Hritl Rollers,
was shot and killed. *
SLAIN BY TROOPS
THE SOLDIERS FIRK \VOLLKY IX- ?
B
TO CROWDS OF PKOl'LK.
Hundreds of Whom Are Thereby
Killed And Wounded and the Rest |j
Flee for Life.
One hundred persona were killed ^
in riots which took place at Zacatecae
in the interior of Mexico, opposite
Tampico on Saturday night. Mexican
soldiers fired into a struggling
body of rioters with disastrous results.
One hundred is the lowest estimate
of the loss of life, which may
reach 500?
The American consul at Zacatecas >
telegraphed the first news of the riot A
to the Mexican consul at San A?i- C
tonio stating that that town was m
a state of terror and that the losa '3
of life was not less that 100. No d"- d
tails were giveu other than that a w
company of soldiers were ordered to r
fire upon a vast crowd of rioters ti
which thronged the streets. I &
Zacatecas is the capital of the Ie
state of Morales, and is remote from P
lines of communications. News of k
the riots did not reach the outside a
world until late Sunday, althon;h 0
the battle took place on Saturday a
night. It is stated that quiet has
now been restored by placing the
city under rigid military rule. The 11
latest reports are that the slain are c
still lying in the streets, where they
fell. t:
Keyes to Lead the Rebels. b
A dispatch from Eagle Pass ,Te<c- 13
as, says "Gen. Bernardo Reyes is Q
coming." This is the whisper which h
has gone with telegraphic swiftness a
up and down the Rio Grande. If It 0
is true, and many Mexicans assert a
that it is, it means tha/t the revolu- P
tionists have at their head a man
superior in military training 'to any d
nthf-r man in Mexico, not exen ex
cepting President Diaz himself. f'
'Gen. Bernardo Reyes, once a bos- w
om friend fo Gen. Diaz, is now said f
to be an exile from his country. He ^
was sent a year ago to Paris, France.
on a "military mission." Since 'then c
no word has come from him until n
now, when the coutions words were e
sent from Matamoras to Las Vacas. 1
It was reported among the Mexicans f
that he had already -taken passage ^
for New York, and would reach Ea- *
gle Pass within ten days. c
Reyes was Govenor of the StaV c
of Neuvo Leon, the hot-bed of revolution
in .Mexico. During the late
campaign for President of Mexico,
some of his admirers proposed his *
name as vice president. Subsequent a
events appeared to prove that Reyes,
while avowing perfect amity and a
friendship for Diaz, was rioting e
against his downfall.
Then it was thait the stirring
events in May 1909. occurred. Rey- '
es was surrounded by troops and 1
was, to all intents and purposes a a
prisoner. He prepared to Mexico ^
city, where he was sent on the for- S
eign mission. Adherents of Gfn?;r- '
al Reyes openly assert that he is
now foot-loose and they claim be 11
has a strong following in all pans
of the republic. r
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THE WAGES OF Sl.V.
^ 1
Man Murders a Woman and Then c
Kills Himself, 1
At Los Angeles, Cal., J. W. Wheei- t
er, a blacksmith 36 years old, for- t
merly of Echo, Ala., last Wednesday
night murdered a woman who rejls- g
tered with hira as his wife, under f
the name of Mrs. May Wheeler at r
an East Fifth street hotel. He then b
attempted to kill himself. The cou- t
pie had been in their room less than \
five roinutos when five shots rang a
out in quick succession. Persons g
in the hotel rushed Into tho room a
and found the woman's body oil the a
floor and .Wheeler standing with a
wound in his head. He held a re- b
volvr-r in nnp hand and a knif?* m (
tlu* o'hf-r. Hefore any ont* could in- t
terfen* ho slashed his throat. f
a
hosk \v;\?(?x smashes i:i <;<:v. i
, I
?
Crashes I lit t> Vehicle cm Stjuarc at
Diirlinulon. t
v
While (in the way lo a 'he Friday r
morning at o'clock in response co i
an al inn turned in from the tobacco '
n-urnlimic . cor-finn nf !)arlinzfon. ftK
v ' y
ho.-o wagon collided with a bu:-gy on
the square and came near killing' the 11
occupants. Charlie Law. a nepro ,
who drivf-s for one of the sales f?t**hies
of tho town, was driving ihrough
the square near the corner of Cash
ua street when the tire team dauhed
around the corner, meeting him.
The buggy was torn all to pieces,
and Law was thought to !> seriously \
hurt. Medical aid happened to i-e
near, however, and the ne^ro was
setting alon? all right l:iI ?.- in tinday
* 1
(till I>i-iiik*? Poison.
After handing two uividdr?-?s*-(i
notes to by standers in tht- F'.ii?u;? -
Visto hotel a' Home. fJa.. Wc!ii?'sday.
Miss .May I.ancaster. aged IT", of
Early. G?.. drank an ounce of carboile
a< i'i and died in gp>nt agony a ?
fi-v minutes late. One of th" rotes ?,
rend: "*?"??11 Hob goodbve." The t
oth^r toid or lor relations with f(
"Bolt."
liny* "i?* Seeking SJst"i\ i
At N">rrnn. Va.. while searching c
thr?>nph 'h<- flames for their little ?
sister. vViopi they believed to be in
their burning home, two little sons f<
of J. I! Robins\ met d?-*?f h Friday. I V
When found by rescuers, the hoys j I
were so severely burned that death j si
qulcklv resulted. The sister was j a
saved. The fire was due to an ex- j w
plo.siou of powder.
FIEND TO HANG"
ligbtmr, the Negro Convicted of Criminal
Assault in Coloobia
i
WLL HANG NEXT MONTH
iftor Hearing Testimony of Victim
e
and Several Other Witnesses Jury c
Returns Verdict of "Guilty" in |
Case of Brute, Charged With Rav j
Lshing Young Columbia Married ]
c
W oman.
For the heinous crime of assault, 1
tip us Hightower, a young negro 1
end, will pay the death penalty in 1
lolumbia on December 23. 1
The hand of the law moved swift- J
f and with unerring decision Mon- 1
ay, in the trial of the young fiend, 1
rho, on October 18, ravished a maried
woman of Columbia. Placed on '
rial Monday morning, at a special 1
arm of Court ordered by the Gov 1
rnor, the evidence in his case com- 1
leted at 5:30 o'clock, Hightower 1
new his fate within three miuutes 1
fter the jury retired. The sentence 1
f the Court was Immediately anounced,
following the verdict of '
guilty."
There was no special demunstra- 1
Ion against the negro, although the 1
rowd appeared eager for the law 1
0 be carried out. It is only within (
he range of surmise that might *
ave been done if the verdict had (
een otbtrwise. Likewise is the '
uestion us to how many of '.he men J
ad pistols. The Governor's Guards '
nd the Richmond Volunteers were 1
n guard during the trial. These 1
re two of the oldest military com- 1
anirs in the State.
The husband of tho prosecutrix, 1
uring the morning hours, had a pis- 1
01 in his pocket. When this was (
ound out by the sheriff, the pistol (
ras taken away. The talk around 1
he Court room was that the hus- '
mud intended to statft something
f his wife had to testify before the 1
rowded Court room. That after- *
oon, the husband was closely watch- 1
d in Court. He is a printer by 1
rade, and there were many of his '
riends, both inside and outside the 1
!ourt room. The police co-operated
rith the militia and officials of the '
ounty and Court in handling the
ase systematically. 1
In addition to that of the prosecu- '
rix, there was testimony by a negro, '
ohn Frnnklin, who slated that 1
Hghtower did not go with him on 1
hunt, as the accused had stated in '
ail. Policeman Hlte, who made the 1
rrest, and one or two othtr witness6
also testified.
The Court appointed Alfred Walace.
Jr., and Richarl E Carwile 1
o defend the negro. When Minus
lighower was arrested, within half
n hour after the assault, with which
le is charged, was committed he
;ave the name of "Ed Byrd." Durng
his arrest he had other aliases.
iut Minus Hightower is his right
lame.
Under the law. the newspaper* 1
nay not print the name of a wonan
upon whom an assault or at
erupted assault Has neen commuieu. i
'he prosecutrix in this case is a pret-l
y young woman. She lives in the
lortheastern section of the city. The
Itate did not take advantage of the
aw of 1909 as to the prosecutrix's
e6timony, but she was in Court and
estified.
On the convening of the Court the
;rand Jury, Gen. John D. Frost bein<;
oreman, was polled and the lndic'nent,
drawn in usual form, was
innded out by Solicitor Cobb. O3
he bench was the Hon. T. Yaucey
Villiams, of Lancaster, presidiug by
ppoin'tmeut of Governor Ansel. The
;rand jury retired, briefly examined
1 toy of the witnesses for the State I
nd soon returned with a true bill.
'Shortly afterward the prisoner was
wrought in for arraignment. Sheriff
'oleman headed the little group, in
he midst of which walked the negro,
tural Policemen Hipp and Huffman
nd Court Bailiffs Grinisley and
)umiug were the officers immediatey
in charge of the aroused They
ented the n>>;ro In the dock anl
00k ch.'tirs around it. Other dep<:
les and rurai policemen nan preioiislv
been disposed about Ihe
oom and anions Mie spectators Mail- '
ff's moved with their staves, enjoin- 1
ng silence on all. One rural police- 1
uan. standing, took post in the gateway
leading lo the bar from the main
ortion of tho room.
The* tension was less than mi3.1l
iave been expected. An interns' 1
eon. bur Impersonal, composed iu
ho main ol a lively curiosity, whs
he prevailing emotion manifested,
"here was no display of arms. The
nly soldier* within th?? Court room *
tself--though. of course, it was <
nown two companies were under "
rins nearby in their armories?wer" i
la.ior Joseph 11. Allen, commanding !
he Columbia battalion of the 2d
eginunf. and his orderly, Private W. I
!. Williams. i>oth in olive-drab set- '
uniforms. '
The victim was not in the* Court
i.?oni. H?t husband, a slight young
lan. ,?at beside the s-?licitoIt mi
apponfd th;i': the attorney retains:
y the victim's family, to assist 'n (
h?* pros'Tiition. \f r. A. F. SjdgiMior. !
; Mir sarin* who defended the vilr- ;
liti s husMnd upon the lat-of s tri.?< ?
nr murder several vr.irs aeo. the if
ase arisinc from the death of a .
ounp tinn"r at Rpwrrth. following '
n alteration. In this ra-e ;h * ar- 1
used was acquitted on a plea ~>f t
elf-defrnre. (
The Court appointed as eoun-vl f
or tho defendant Meters. Alfred t
Wallace. Jr.. and R. K. Carw ?!?=!. i
:pon his arraignment 'be aeons-i
aid his na.ne was Minus Hijrhtowei, t
nd. refusing to plead, was credited i
ith a plea of not guilty. His conn- <
el retired with him for a consultant
#
WHAT CAUSED DEATH? |
WAS WALKEK WINN, OF HAMP<
. TON COUNTY, POISONED? *
Ph? Coroner's Jury Unsatisfied
Whether or not Young Man Was
Poisoned with "Doctored" Whiskey
Was young Walker Winn poison- .
>d to his death when he took a
Irink of whiskey one Friday afterloon
about two months ago? This
s the question that is perplexing the
esidents of the Fechtilg communty,
where young Winn lived in
Hampton county, and the members
>f the coroner's jury.
>It is generally talked and was (
)rough out in the testimony before
.he coroner's jury that Winn was
idt on good terras with his young (
vife, Lillian, nor with her father, >
VIr. J. W. Lee, that their relations (
vere estranged and that threats on
he life of young Winn were made. ,
Walker Winn, on Friday, Septem- '
ierl6, at Fechtig, was taken suddeny
ill. It is stated that he had just (
aken a drink with his father-in-law. (
fie had convulsions, was paralyzed {
and blinded, and, although given
medical aid, died witnin twentytour
hours to the minute after he t
was stricken. His skin turned ,
olack, and he died in conculsions. |
By request an inquest was held, .
ind the teBtmony adduced at the ,
3rst meeting of the coroner's jury '
svas such as to warrant the sending
)ff for chemical analysis of the coa- :
:ents of the stomach of the deceaj?d.
It appears that no other par-.a
jf the alimenary canal were sent
\t subsequent meetings of the jury
jf inquest, letters from chemises ,
tvere read in which it was stated !
whether or not any traces of poison
were found.
At the instance of the jury and
:he coroner, Judge Memmiuger at
:he recent term of Court passed an
>rder requiring the body of the deceased
to be disinterred and other
larts of the alimentary canal to be
sent for chemical analysis.
The coroner's jury or^Inqueat held (
ts fourth meeting ueTsday, and in ,
:heir presence the body was interred
inH Hr P A Piich trvnlr nut fha In
testines and sent them off as retired
by order of the Court. Further
testimony was offered.
>G. C. Owens testified that on Fri- .
3ay, September 16. Mrs. Lillian
SVJnn, wife of deceased, who at that
Lime was not living with her husband,
asked witness if he had seen
tier father with Walker Winn that I
jay. When witness answered in the 1
affirmative, she then said that Walker
would be dead within three 1
iays, and that it was a wonder her
father did not kill him that day.
It is understood that Mrs. Winn
will appear before the jury of inquest
at Hampton next week.
Dr. T. B. Whatley is reported to 1
have testified that if the deceased
had been given poison, it was possible
for it to have passed out of the
stomach. It is stated that this direct
question was asked of Dr. What
I t-J.
The results of the chemical analysis
will probably put an end to the #
work of the jury of inquest, who
will have met six times on the ca3e.
The report of the Columbia chemists
is awaited with mucb interest by
people there."
HT3R WORDS WERE TRUE.
Child's Premonition of Death Works
Out Tragically.
"Barbara." said Mrs. Mary Hegensberge'r
to ber daughter of eight
Thursday afternoon as she was dressing
the child at her home in New
York, "I want you to be a good
girl today because I had a tooth to
drop out this morning and that's a
sign somebody is going to die in
the family."
"Why," said Barbara, "that's me;
I'm going to d'e."
Her mother could draw no explanation
from her, but while she was
playing on a pier end she fell between
the stringpiece and a barge
find was drowned.
Stole Bibles and Whiskey.
Out of an assortment of freistht.
burglars removed a case of whiskey
and a box of Bibles from thee Texas
and Pacific railroad depot Natchitoches,
La., Friday night. The packages
were broken open, evidences
stymied, after the outside rof the
building had been reached. Thej
Bibles were found by a night watchman.
* i
(Yushinl to Death.
At Cleveland, Ohio, the wife of)
Simon Frutkjn, n tailor, his twoj
*mall children and a customer were I
"rushed to death by th*> collapse of j
i new concrete building An ex-j
plosion of unknown origin is be-i (
Jeved to have caused the disaster. i
:ion, and. returning announced *hey J'
?*ould waive their threeday contin-!
lance rind would iiroceed to triai at j'
12 M.
When the ji?ry hnd be^n empnn lled
and polled. Vlr Ci-wile. of
ounael for the .icrused. moved th it
he four' room be cleared, lie said
bat his fir?', witness would he the
iros?*('iilrix hep?df. The Judge or- '
lered rho Court room cleared, leav- 1
iii: present only the jurors. t*s? 1
fudge, the sheriff and one bailiff, 1
'hicf C.itheart. of the Columbia p-"?- '
ire force: the husband and a fe- (
nale relative of the prosecutrix, the
"oiirt stenographer, the clerk co?:r.tel
tor the State and the defence,
he nrem??>d himself and or.' or '.wo i
>thers who were deemed necessary, t
Into the presence of these was led '
he prosecutrix. She was placed 1
ipon the stand and there told h-T i
itory ro 'he jury. The telling tO'-A i
ibout half an hour. <
OFFKMJCODNT1
fow Tbt tbe Dements Bin Large
Mijaritj io Ik Hwe. .
1 1
THE RESULT PLEASING j
rbere is One Socialist in the Body,
and the Democrats Ha7e Sixty- "J
three Majority.?In the flf H ^
the Insurgents Will Assist tW
I
Democrats.
' V;|
/The Democratic representation i?'
Vl n n Va>im/v ?nl11 _ n Itt
.uc ucai uuuoc win m> til, mm
iga'nst 163 Republicans and one Socialist,
according to the roster oC
:he house, published Tuesday. These
igurea give the Democrats a majority
of 63 and a plurality of 64. 1 &
According to this publication, Kansas
is the only State of any siut
which has a solid Republican delegation.
A number .however, contain
only one Democrat, among those
thus included being Iowa. Minnesota,
California and Wisconsin.
uA.ll of the Southern States bave
solid Democratic delegations, except
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Maryland and Virginia.
bave one Republican each, while
Tennessee and Kentucky hare two
members of that party apiece. Colorado
is the only Northern State represented
entirely by Democrats, but
Indiana, possessing a much larger
representation,, presses close opoa
Its heels with 12 Democrats out ft
13 members.
Illinois has 11 Democrats in ita ':)
membership of 25, Massachusetts
four out of 1?, Michigan two out at
12, New Jersey seven out of 10, New
York 23 out of 37, Ohio 16 out Of
95 a n H PonnowlvonU -
ty per cent, nitro glycerine."
NOTHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR. >
.Man in Sew York City Tlierefor*
1 Commits Suicide.
At New York, feeling that he had
nothing lo be thankful for while all
about him were people enjoying
Thanksgiving day, Michael McGe?,
L'fi years old, committed suicide In
Central park by shooting himself in
the head. "I have nothing to b?
thankful for on this day of thanksgiving."
passers-by heard him mutter.
With that be drew a revolTer
and pressing the muzzle to his bead. I
fired. He died instantly.
Eight Injured in Wreck.
Eight persons were injured < non?
fatally) when Missouri Pacific passinner
train. No. 2. collided with a
freight train at Otterville, Mo. Frith'iy
afternoon. The freight train had
Irawn in on a switch to allow til*
passenger train to pass, but did not
entirely clear the main track and th*
collision resulted. *
Plead (juilty.
At Mays Landing. N. J.. Charles
Vaughn, Charles Quinn and James
Sears, leaders of a mob that tarred
and fMthi>red Frank Sichort. a far
mer a? MrKee Cif. pleaded guilty
:o indictments charging assault and
battery. For a married man Sichjrt
was too attentive to a widow.
Shot by I'nknown Man.
Oda Hubbell. a farmer near Rerlard,
\lo., and his wife. azed 3 0. and
nn children, a boy and a girl, aged
I and 0 respectively, were shot and
tilled at their home Wednesday
ii??ht. by nn unknown person, who
-ft Are to the house to conceal tfc*
- V UUU ? VUUOJif UUiO IllUC l/Ul Ui OA. V i
Missouri's delegation consists of - IS
Democrats and three Republlcana
The Nebraska delegation is evenly
divided, three and three, as i*
Maine's two and two; Oklahoma bu
two Republicans and three Demovats;
Washington is represented by
three Republicans. All of the States
having one representative only are
Republicans. g
AUGUSTA TAKES CENSUS.
Which Shows a Gain |Over United
States Census Report.
The population of the city of An- s
Kusta is 41,295, according to thm
count taken Sunday by 300 voIba- s:
teer enumerators, composed of mil
classes of people, including many oC
the most wealthy and prominent
business men. This compares
against the official count of 37,82t '
sent out by the census bureau last
week, and 39,441 as the official census
10 years ago. The city's count
shows that the federal enumerator*
missed 3,469 people in the city, and, *
In substantiation of this a member
of council, acting as a volunteer eno- .
merator, reports \n entire district,
in the ward whe .in he was working,
wihich had never been visited
by the federal enumerators. Every
ward in the city shows an increase
over the federal report.
WOULD BLOW UP THINGS.
i
The Trunk ot a ck Hand Filled
" With Explosives. i p, . '*4
Explosives enough to blow th?
city hall into fragments were found
in a trunk in the police clerk's office
at Cincinnati Wednesday afternoon.
The trunk has been kicked from eopner
to corner for the last two months
with no regard to delicate handling.
The trunk was found by local detec- v 3
tivea last September while searching
the room for several men who were
suspected of being members of the
black hand. Wednesday afternoon.
when it was decided to store the
trunk, it was cleaned out thoroughly
and in the bottom were found two
packages of explosives marked "thir