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II; liHIllt PR II1IM '--Published WMkly ABBEVILLE, 6. C. Tbe early bird doesn't get the worm merely by being early. Every little presidential candidate 'has a keynote of his own. In case of a coal strike will the oeal bin give spp.ce for a mushroom bed? The cellar of a Pennsylvania farmer has dropped into a coal mine. Lucky man. Our own weather is bad enough, but in China they are having a reign of terror. Being shot at occasionally la not one of the legitimate annoyance* of a king's job. A California woman with a "model husband" has been granted a divorce. She deserves it. Another biow to woman suffrage. " **? ?* ~ ? (nwAntivl or* AQ Illinois genius uas lunuim unbreakable window. Butter can be made directly from grass, says a scientist Possibly a misprint, for "grease." The Countess of Warwick says that a -woman is at her best at fifty. Guess how old the countess Is. A Missouri girl wants |2,000 for seven kisses. One would almost Im agine from that that kisses are scarce. I, > The New JeTsey assembly has passed a bill Imposing a $1 tax on female cats. Is there a mouse trap trust? This is not such an extravagant na tion after all. A New Yorker was kill ed crossing the subway tracks to save a nickeL - ..I.. mat. Sarah Bernhardt will get $7,000 a week for playing In vaudeville?al most enough to buy fresh eggs every morning. Proprietors of Ithaca soda fountains will not hall with Joy the news that Cornell students have adopted the no treat rule. ."V. v. , ~ A Judge In New York rules that mother love is not necessary to a child. In some cases we are in favor of the recall. , , . ' 4," .A It Is said that 200 former criminals re driving taxicabs In New York. In reading the above sentence the ."for mer" is silent : a v * - ? *3 i 'X A preacher saya that the saddest hour of the day cbmes after sunset. > That's when most of the vaudeville itunts are pulled cfiL A Parisian philosopher says that vio lent movements produce violent j tftougbts. He must nave ioudo a ?up pery sidewalk somewhere. L Ten aviators have been killed so far this year, compared with four in the same time last year. Dots this indi cato how aviation, progresses? ' " * t A man In Yonkers tried to; "tick ? Jog anu fell with his lsgs paralyzed. Even nature has Joined In the general objection to kicking dogs around. Two New York motormen ran over the same unfortunate pedestrian. Those two men are wasting their tal ents by not getung into Wall street, f Andy Carnegie arises to remark that tbe farmer is the only bappy man In tbls country. And yet we seldom bear of & steel magnate dying of *rief. > A Cleveland preacher says the Amer ican home Is rapidly disappearing. He must be missing the old-fashioned din ners be used to be invited to. tAced boots with spats have been authorized by the kaiser with the un dress uniform of German soldiers. German army officers may have 6pats, but they are forbidden to have duels. The attorney general of California has decided that when a California woman becomes the wife of an alien she loses her vote. Does a German girl who is married to an irishman become Irish? Because she had a revolver in her stocking a Los Angeles woman was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. Her hobble skirt must have been longer than most of those that \re seen hereabouts. Astronomers have discovered a new jtar in the heavens. Theatrical mana gers discover them in any old place nearly every day, and when the nat ural supply gives out they manufac ture them. A New York physician who married a doctor wants a divorce because all his patients deserted him and went to her for medical advice and treat ment. Some men are bo exacting that they are not satisfied merely to have It all In the family. A. Maurice Low In a lecture at Yale the other night characterized newspa per reporters as "men of trivial minds without perspective and with out education." Some reporter had probably referred to Mr. Low as one vho "also spoke." A Brooklyn woman spent 550 for a casket tor her pet dog. We presume ?he also had white crepe on the door. An English raining engineer Is In this country offering for sale an ex plosive called amerite. which he claims to be more powerful and less dangerous than dynamite. Indeed, he asserts that it is as safe to handle as a sack of sugar. The inventor be lieves amerite will not explode the coal dust in mines. If this is so the new explosive will be a life-saver and (hould ouickly supplant all others. 1,595 SOULS TOLL OF TITANIC HORROR: THE OFFICIAL FIGURES GREATLY MAGNIFY ESTIMATES THAT HAD HELD OUT HOPE. BOAT SUNK BY EXPLOSION Even After Ship Had Begun to Sink Few People Knew Death by Ex plosion Awaited Them. New York.?The Titanic disaster, as written into history by many of the 745 survivors accounts for the loss of 1,595 persons at sea off the Newfoundland banks, and the subse quent death of persons who had been rescued, bringing the total of lives lost to 1,595. These official figures magnify great ly estimates which had come by wire less and the stories which survivors tell make certain, as had already been judged from the meagre wireless re ports, that the disaster is the great est ocean travel has ever known. The big facts which came to the surface in the flood of narratives are that 1,595 persons met their death; that there is hardly the shadow of a hope that this grand total will be cur tailed by a single additional survivor: j that several men of wealth and world wide prominence, as had been feared for several days, were among those I who perished; that practicaly the only women who were not saved were those who chose to die in their hus band's embrace; that nearly all of the survivors saw the Titanic sink and heard the band playing "Nearer, My Cod, to Thee," and the shrieks of those whom th'e pea claimed as the vessel sank in 2.00ft fathoms. Sunk by Explosion. The Titanic struck an iceberg about 90 feet high, which riped the liner's side open and made the water-tight compartments useless, and while the vessel was gradualy sinking the icy water reached her steaming boilers, causing an explosion which sent her to the bottom. Among the hundreds on hef decks to the last were Col. John Jacob As tor and Maj. Archibald Butt. PresK dent Taft's military aide; Benjamin HE DIED LIKE A MAN. MAJ. ARCHIBALD BUTT. Guggenheim, Jacques Futrelle, George Widener, Henry B. Harris and scores of as well-known persons. Isidor Straus was among them al6o, with Mrs. Straus, who refused to leave her husband behind when she had the op ! vortunity to save her life. Butt Defends Women, i Major Butt is reported to have been one of the heroes. With an iron bar | in his hand, he is said to have stood at the steerage passage and defended the women and children from the madden stricken men in that part of the ship. Colonel Astor is said to have met his fate bravely, after seeing his bride to a life-boat, drawing aside to watch other women step to safety and await inc hia own fatp Ismay Denies Stories. J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star line, who was one of the prominent men who escaped with their lives, is said by some of the passengers to have been one of the lirst to get into the lifeboats, but this is denied by Mr. Ismay himself. Stunned by the immensity of the trag edy, he had little to say except that he had heard of the investigation which the United States senate had begun and to express his full willlng i pess to assist the senate committee ,'u its inquiry. Archie Butt, Hero. ' New York.?Archie Butt died a hero's death; knee deep in the icy wash that swept over the bridge of the Titanic, the last view the surviv ors caught of President Taft's mili tary aide was that of his' soldierly figure erect beside a fellow-soldier. Col. John Jacob Astor. The rescued 011 the Carpathia said that Major Butt, Colonel Astor and Howard Casse were the conspicuous heroes of the world's greatest sea disasters. It was Major Butt who lined up the janicstric' ^n women. First Officer Committed Suicide. New York.?Chief Officer Merdock was reported to have shot himself on the bridge when he realized the mag nitude of the disaster. The men who were saved, most of them at any rate, were taken in the boats to help man them, or jumped overboard and weii picked up afterward. There was no confusion when the ship struck. There was no confusion while her crew and the men among the passen gers were lowering the boats and oading them with women. There as 110 panic. Int Nil ' i SURVIVORS OF THE CATASTROP HI LINER SANK OFF T HE NEWFOU NC FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND NINE! * 1 Practically Every Woman and Child Wit Refused to Leave Were " Boats and S + HOW THE PASSENGERS FIG + + The following tabulation of the pai + Titanic, together with those saved ani + the figures in the statement made hy + Approximate number of passengert + First class + Second class + Third class .. + Officers and crew .. + \ + Total + Number of passengers saved by Ca + First class .. .. ,. + Second clas3 v. * Thirrl rlass f + Total + Members of ciew saved: . + Officers .. - .. + Seamen . + Stewards .. .. .. .. .. + Firemen + + Total .. + Total saved ,r + Total number perished + First and second jcabin passengers.. + Third cabin passengers + Total cabin passengers l^st + t New York.?How the White Star line sank off the Grand banks of Newfoui 1,595 of the 2,340 persons aboard, was details for the first time with the arri liner Carpathia, bearing the exhausted REPORTED THAT CAPTAIN OF TlTA SHOT SEl One of the most sensational stories one that Captain Smith and the first ol shot themselves when they realized th< were denied by most of the passengers they had heard there was some shoi PASSENGERS REFUSED TO LE/ Of the many accounts given by the that the shock when the Titanic stru her great sides like a giant can opener, the blow was a glancing one along her The accounts also agree substantial!; taken off on the lifeboats there were ; wished "to remain on board the Titanl able." The most distressing stories are thoi passengers In lifeboats. These tell not give the harowing details of how the; stand on end and then uppermost foi bottom. As this awful spectacle was * ors in the boats, they plainly saw mai left leaping from the decks into the wa DEATH LIST HAS GROWN LARi DECREA! Of the great facts that stand out frc edy, these are the most salient: The death list has been increased rai The list of prominent persons lost st Practicaly every woman and child, refused to leave their husbands, wc The survivors on the lifeboats saw glimmer to the last, heard her band pte dreds on her deck and heard their gri sank. Captain Smith was washed from th< to where a baby was drowning and ca back to his boat. TITANIC WAS GOING AT FULL SPEI ICEBEI Accounts vary as to the extent of was the Titanic tearing through the nij of steam crowded on, but was under < the line to make all the speed of whi statement made by J. II. Moody, a qu helmsman on the night of ihe disasti 23 knots an hour, and the officers wei to smash the record. "It was close to midnight," said Moi the second officer, who was in comma) your helm!' I did so, but it was too lat tion of the berg." I Six persons died after being re: cue iff ' INIC WENT 001 ? ' ' . ; .. . 1 I TELL HOW THE WHITE STAR I GRAND BANKS OF LAND. . Y-FIVE LIVES ARE LOST h the Exception of Those Who raken on the Life aved. + URE THE DEAD LIST. + ' + ssfcngers and crew on board the + i lost, has been compiled from + the comniittee of passengers: + } on board: + 1 ' 330 + *.320 + 750 + 1,400 + 2,340 + rpathia: .. .. 210 + + + + j ! j , + 4. + *' + 11 ,,. M. + v-'~ ... + f r + + r Titanic, the largest, ship afloat, ldland, carrying to their death i told to the world in all its awful val in New York of the Cunard I survivors of the catastrophe. NIC AND OTHER OFFICERS -VES. that came from the Carpathia was fficer and the chief engineer had i ship was doomed. These reports >, although one or two said that Dting. WE SINKING SHIP. passengers most of them agreed ick the iceberg, although ripping , did not greatly jar the vessel, for side. - y that when the passengers were no serious panics, and that many 1c, believing her to be unsink se giving the experiences of the only of their own suffering, but y saw the great hulk of the Titanic minutes before plunging to the itnessed by the groups of surviv iv of those whom they had just iter. SER INSTEAD OF BEING 5 ED. >m the chaotic account of the trag i iher than decreased. ands as previously reported. with the exception of those who >ie saved. ' the lights on the stricken vessel lying and saw the doomed hun aans and cries when the vessel e bridge into the ocean. He swam rried it to a lifeboat and swam ED WHEN SHE STRUCK THE RG. the disorder on board. Not only ;ht to her doom with every ounce orders from the general officers of ch she was capable. This was the arterniaster ot the vessel, and the ?r. He said the ship was making e striving to live up to the orders ady, "and I was on the bridge with nd. Suddenly he shouted, 'Port e. We struck the submerged por d. STORY OF RESCUE Iff II SURVIVORS COMMITTEE OF SURVIVING PAS SENGERS ISSUE STATEMENT DESCRIBING DISASTER. PRAISE CARPA7HIA OFFICERS The Carpathia Answered the Wireless of the Titanic and Picked Up the Boats Containing Survivors. < r Cunard Pier, New York.?The fol lowing statement Issued by a com-, mlttee of the surviving passengers, was given the press on the arrival of the Carpathia: "VVe, the undersigned surviving pas 0A*ierA??o f??Am tho of"*** TTI ftVl 1 n TltfllliC.. in order to forestall any sensational on exaggerated statements, deem it our duty to give to the press a state ment of facts which have come to bur knowledge and which we believe to t?e erue. "On Sunday, April 14, 1912, at about 11:40 p. m., on a cold starlight night, in a smooth $ea, and with no moon, the ship struck an iceberg which had been reported to the bridge by look outs, but not early enough to avoid collision. Steps were taken1 to ascer tain the damage and save passengers and ship. Orders were given to put on life belts and the boats were low ered. The ship sank at about 2:20 a. nr. Monday and the usual distress sig nals were sent out by wireless and rockets fired at intervals from the ship Fortunately, the wireless mes sage was received by the Cunanj steamship ;Carpathia, at about 12 o clock midnjgfht, and she arrived on the scene- of the disaster at about 4 a. m., Monday. When the Ship Struck. "The officers and crew of the steam ship Carpathia had been preparing all night for the rescue and comfort of the survivors and the J&st mentioned were received on board with the most touching care and kindness, every at tention being given to all, irrespective of class. The passengers, officers and crew gave up gladly their staterooms,, clothing and comforts for our benefit. SHE WAS SAVED. . MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR. Mrs. Astor was thrust aboard one of the life-bpats, but her husband went to his death, a hero, when the vessel sank. "The net total of 745 saved was about 80 per cent, of the maximum ca pacity of the lifeboats. * t "We feel It our duty to call the at tention of the public to what we con sider the inadequate supply of life savins apparatus provided for on mod ern passenger steamships and recom mend that immediate steps be taken to compel passenger steamers to car ry sufficient boats to accommodate the maximum number of people car ried on board. The following facts were observed and should be consid ered in this connection: "The insufficiency of lifeboats, -?"= r\f trained Rpampri lento* civ.., iuv-n vi to man same (stokers, stewards, etc., are not efficient boat-handlers); not enough officers to carry out emerg ency orders on the bridge and super intend the launching and control of lifeboats; absence of searchlights. "The board of trade (British) rules j allow for entirely too many people in J each boat to permit the same to be properly handled. On the Titanic the boat deck was about 75 feet above water, and consequently the passen gers were required to embark before lowering boats, thus endangering the operation and preventing the taking on of the maximum number the boats would hold. Boats at all times should be properly equipped with provisions, water, lamps, compasses, lights, etc. T,ifesaving boat drills should be more "frequent and thoroughly carried out, and officers should be armed Women Driven Insane. New York.?Two women apparently violently insane were carried from the steamer, while there were scores of women mentally unsettled. It was plain from the appearance of the sur vivors that they had lost all of their clothing and had been fitted out by J the Carpathia's passengers. Clothes did not fit, and in many instances the .../vmAn oivootorc Hno WAro on V\ UIIICTI1 HUIC O" VUIV. ?. vi.v >'W4? MM . opera hat on lier head and an old ! skirt that had severa. rents in it. She was surrounded by several fash- j ionably dressed women. Heroism of Jacques Futre.'le. New York.?Standing out clesr as a cameo was the story of the hero ism of Col. John Jacob Astor, mutU millionaire, Jacques Futrelle. the fa- 1 mous author, and others of the well-1 ' known men in the rst cabin list. The 1 rule of women and children first was 1 rigdly enforced by the men in the 1 boats. The Titanic was going: at fop ' speed at the time of the crash. That i was the real cause of the disaster i according to all the survivors. The 1 Carpathia only received the frantic 1 appeal for aid by chance. i ?, : NOT ENOUGH LIFE BOATS The Titanic Carried Boats to Accom modate Approximately Nine Hundred Persons. The English board of trade pas Eeogers' certificate on board the Ti tanic allowed for a total of approxi mately 3,500. The same certificate called for lifeboat accommodation for approximately 950 in the following boats: r*? * 1 lJKk ruuneeu iar&e uieuuaia, lt*u man er boats and four collapsible boats.V Life preservers Mere accessible, and apparently in sufficient number for all on board. ? The approximate number of pas sengers carried at the time of the col? lision was: First class, 330. Second class, 320. Third class, 750. ; j; Total, 1,400. ) v Officers and crei*, 940. Grand total, 2,340. Only 745 Persons Saved. Of the foregoing abput the follow ing were rescued by the steamship Carpathia: c^irst class. 210. ' Second class, 125. Third class, 200. Officers, 4. | Seamen, 39. K ' 'Stewards, 96. 'Firemen, 71. Total, 210. of the crew. Mrs. Straus Died With Her Husband New York.?Arm in arm on the first cabin deck of the Titanic, the aged husband tenderly and quietly reassur ing the partner of his years of toil In amassing a fortune, Isidor Straus, the noted New York millionaire, and his aged helpmate went to their deaths together. As the lifeboats* receded from the scene the two old persons stood; calmly waiting. Death was in IrnAW If Vvn + tllOV WDrA C> HdUiC. mcj Alien n, wui vmvj ..WW not dismayed. C. N. Stengel of New ark told this story. He was saved after he had jumped into the ice-filled seas. Speed Mania Caused Horror. New York.?Speed madnessi and ac express train-* schedule for ocean lin ers caused the Titanic tragedy. Dash ing at a rate of 20 knots an hour through an. ice-filled ocean, the at mosphere as clear as polished glass/ the great liner, the acme of luxurl ousnesB and the last word in naval architecture, hnrled madly against an immovable mountain of ice and two hours and 25 minutes later disappear ed from sight forever. Every surviv or who landed agree the racing for the record caused the horror. English Sailors Were Brave. 1 New York.?Heroism of the Eng lish sailors who went down with the Titanic was the one thing which most impressed Paul Cheveret, the Cana dian sculptor, who left the steamship JU Ulie UL me uioi mcuvaio ivn^tcu. He said there was 110 sign, of coward Ice among the male passengers or the crew. "I was off the Titanic before there was any real panic," Mr. Chev eret said. "I will take my hat off to the English seamen who went down with their ship and to the men who manned the lifeboats. Everyone of f.hem was a man. John Jacob Astor, a Hero. New York.?Passing his' wife to safety and returning to death, John Jacob Astor hold his wife for a mo ment in his arms, kissed her, placed her in life-boat; stood erect and, with a salute, turned back to take his place on the sinking Titanic. This was the story told by survivors. "I didn't see it myself, but they told me about it; it was fine," said Charles William Daniels of Richmond, Va., as he came ashore. "They said that As tor stood up as the boats went away, with a military salutefi as he return ed to die. Passengers Fought Wireless Operator New.York.?Wireless Operator Jark Phillips did not desert his post when the Titanli sank, but was torn from the key by a party of fear-crazed first caDin passengers, who assauutu unu in an effort to take from him a big life belt he wore. A terrific fight fol lowed in the little wireless cabin, the outcome of which will never be made known. Phillips fought with the men who were trying to drag the belt from him. according to the story told by' the (Titanic's survivors when they arrived here. Sank With Band Playing. New York.?When the Titanic's lifeboats' pushed away from the feteamer, the steamer was brilliantly lighted, the band was playing and the captain was standing on the bridge issuing directions. The bow was well submerged, and the keel rose high above the water. Suddenly the boat seemed to break in two. The next moment there was an explosion and everything disappeared. The sur vivors were so close to the sinking vessel that they feared the life-boats would be dyawn into the vortex. "Be British, My Men." New York.?"Be British, my men.' This thrilling command megaphonea from the Titanic's bridge by Captain Smith, sealed the fate of great num bers of the ship s crew, but steeled cor.Qaprifirliif ?r>tinn thnf probably saved scores of passengers. The command was obeyed. Like mar tyrs the sailors hurried passengers j into the boats, then they stepped I back to die. The sailor said Bruce ! Ismay was almost thrown into the | last life boat. Widener and Ryerson Died Like Men ; New York.?George D. Widener, the wealthy philadelphian, and Arthur L. Ryerson of New York went to their deaths like men is the statement made by .Mrs. Jtyerson 10 ner iiru?n er-in law, E. S. Ryerson. who resides here. She says that when the wom en were put into the life boats they saw Mr. Ryerson and Mr. Widener standing behind the rail of the Titan ic. both waving their arms, throwing kisses and calling farewell, to their wives and children. They believed there were boa's enough for ail. UVING BEING CARED THE I WHITE SEPULCHER i nai Been umciaiiy tstaDiishea rnar the Titanic Was "Speeding Up" When the Disaster Occurred?Bruce Ismay is Held Responsible. New York.?The living cared for. the dead beyond recall, survivor^ of the Titanic disaster were able for the> firfet time to see in calmer retrosp9$t, the tragedy of the north Atlantic, and* from their more normal utteranoe*; there is slowly unfolding the full story of how the great White Star liner, .her' band playing to the last, sank off thef Grand Banks with, more, than l,50fr souls aboard. From the Countess of Rothes, now quartered luxuriously in a New York hotel, to the six Chinese coolies who escaped by hiding under the life-boat seats, all of the 70S have been provided with food and clothing Many, however, and of these ,the hos pitals shelter scores, still remain in New York where the (iunard line*! Carpathfc* brought them. . ; Even after all that has been told: * of the disaster, the death list remains; approximate. Last total estimate was: _ 1,595; the White Star Line issued a statement placing the toll at l,63p. Ex actly how many dead will never be known. It has been established olfi-! cially, however, that the Titinic was traveling 21 knots an hour when she. ' Xjjw struck the iceburg. Notwithstanding' this, however, none of the survivors,! - from steerage to saloon, has as yet condemned Captain Smith, who went down with his ship. y.$ The Titanic's rate of' speed, which was approximately 26 1-2 land miles was brought out from the lips' of J. Bruce Ismay, president of the Inter national Mercantile Marine and man aging director of the White Star Line,, who appeared as a fitness before' the United States Senate committee which is investigating the disaster.' ? ? i , I i. u.m %Jb prucc isrnajr 19 nciu nmpviiiiuiCd, Washington.?An indictment, rare ly equalled fn its vigor, of J. Bruce Ismay, managing director, and other officials <?f the White Star Line, hold ing them responsible for Titanic dis aster, was delivered In the Senate by Senator Rayner of Maryland, who pic tured Ismay aB "the officer primarily responsible for the. wholp disaster., who has reached the destination in safety and unharmed.' Senator Rayner pointed out that while there were no civil nor criminal remedies available in the American' courts, criminal and civil suits could; be brought in the.British courts, an# >:.. that a congressional committee would have absolute authority to subpeonai '' ^ everyone connected with the-disaster . - J and that if anyone should refuse to* answer questions, he could be indicted "Mr. ismay claims, according to re-; ,/ ports, that he took the last lifeboat,' , cried Senator Rayner. "I do not be-! lieve it, and if he did, it was cowardly! 'I to take any lifeboat, for the managing1 director of ^the line ,with his board, is responsible for this tragedy." Major Archie Butt Hero of Disaster. Washington.?With all hope for the rescue of Major Butt abandoned, Pres-" ident Taft issued a statement showing the high regard in which he held his military aide, and his belief that he. died as a man should die in the fac* of such a disaster as that to the Ti tanic. The President said that Major Butt was like a member of his family and' that he felt his loss as if he had be a younger brother. A graphic story of the heroisi Maj. Archibald Butt on the TitJEHc! was told in an interview given in New York, by Miss Marie Young, a former resident of this city. Miss Young Is believed to have been the last woman, to leave the Titanic, and the test of, the survivors to have talked with the President's military aide. Heroism of the English Sailors. New York.?Heroism of the English Bailors who went down with the Titan-'; ic was the one thing which most im-J pressed Paul Cheveret., the Canadian' sculptor, who left the steamship in one of the flrat lifeboats lowered. He said there wu no sign of cowardice' among the male passengers of the crew. "I W3*' off Ihe Titanic before there was any real panic," Mr. Chev eret said. "I will take my hat off to the English seamen who went down with their ship and to the men who vanned the life boats. Engineer* May Walk Out New York.?Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, notified the associa tion of railway general managers that' wrnnlH wait fOT IXJH ntlglUOClD TT UU.U , further reply from the railroads to their demand for Increased pay. If no reply is forthcoming, Mr. Stone said' he and his lieutenants would leave the city then and a walkout of th? engi neers on fifty eastern railroads might be expected at *uy time in the near "uture. Woman Shot By Jealous Suitor. Chicago, 111.?While walking along the street together two persons were shot from behind by Nicholas Staples,. 22 years old. One of the victims was Florence Miller, a year younger than the assailant. Her companion was Philip Tenerelli, a few years older. One bullet struck Miss Miller behind the right ear and inflicted a probably fetal wound. The shot that hit Tener eljl furrowed hta scalp. Staples and JtyftOTclll were rivals. The police locked both up.