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I SMITH AND LEE ADMIT DITCHING TRAIN (Continued.from Page One) abuut 100.>yardsifrom where it weDt off :the rail. .I.ssaw the flash as it went over. .'.Shan was not with me. ! I "When .the strain .tippled over Shan j went Jback to ?his.wagon, and I went j these .too, but I.got to the wigor too. | I ieard "the screams of the people. ! Tteiengine .made an awful noise whsn it left the track. I could see v the wagon, too. I heard the screams of IhB jKtqple. 3 iido not know who put ;the Janterr tout. I did not take khe .tools up on .the. hill. The tools Ryfire somthing like a wrench of some description. Th*?re were two pieces. Henry .had theat .two pieces. They ' went iin Henry's vw^gon when I first saw tfibem. "** " ' * ? i~ "J. \warnea ovfrirrom my uuuoc w ; the fool of the staep.hill. Shan never | toJd J?e at first feat he was going to wrerk the train, that >when we got over to where the ttracks were he said he was going to tear the tracks up. When I saw [him :t?ar the rail loose and throw the iron .around up on the other rail with tht bar, I left there and -went up on ths- hill. I was about 18 or 29 feet from Ihim when he tore the rail np. After the wreck I met I him. He said to .me, W.ell, I tore the | thing up, and I said -yq.u will get into trouble about it, too. He said no, they will think it -wrecked itself. Shan told me if the police and detectives said anything to me about it, just to cuss them out. Told Hi. Wife of Whal He Had Done | "I told my wife abwit what was done out at the place. Shan came ! to me a little time after dark and told i me he wanted me to go over where ! he used to live, that he wanted to see \ a friend. He said, I just want to see j him, because I hate to go o-ver there 1 ^ by myself. On the way he changed the way he was going and said, I Let's go over this way, and we went 1 +/\ wV*ai*a -t-Vna + ?3i% lr c wotp TV? Pr> I he told me about tearing up the j rails. Shan had the two "bars or I wrenches. I saw them before he tore | up the track. It did not take him | very long to remove the rail. It j took him less than 15 minutes to my | recollection. Some kind of a train passed when we were even with Barnett Thompson's place. I could not; tell what kind of a train it was be- j cause we were in behind the timber. | This passed while we were on the ! road going toward the tracks. "I seen the crazy fool was going j to tear up the tracks and I got away. ! I have heard Shan say he used to ' railroad. He must have had the j spikes already up. It did not take J him long to do it. No one in the j crowd had any whisky that night. ! If they did I never smelt any of it. ' Coming back, when I met Henry and we were in his wagon, he said, you j see. I done tore it up. "I told my wife as soon as I got home. She said, Lord God, I wish you hadn't of went. I did not tell my little girl. Henry lit the lantern ! right near the track. I don't re- j member whether Henry put the, light out or not, but if it was not! out it was down in the cut. I told Henry later that some people had gotten killed and he said. I don't care anything about them.' Shan, Henry, Archie Lee and I were the only ones there that I know of. I did not see any one but Shan Henry at work on j the rails. Lee and I did not touch the rails. "Amos Smith." Archie Lee signed the forgoing statement as correct. Bouquets for Everybody "I cannot find words of praise sufficient to say what I think of the fine work done by Chief Eagan and his men," said Chief Welch. "It goes without saying that I am proud of my boys. I must say that I have | never in all my career 01 au years seen any men take hold and fight to jret the straight dope like these men have. Birmingham should certainly be proud to have a chief like Eagan and two detectives as competent as Crenshaw and Eubanks. I am overjoyed to learn that at last we absolutely have the right men. I want every man in this r-x.m to nave a ciirar on me," and he sent out and bought real cigars for the whole crowd. Joe Hill, special <*gent frr i?;e Stboard, went to the scene of the wreck with a reporter of the AgeHerald on the night of the catastrophe. Up until now his name has never been mentioned in connection with the case for obvious reasonsHowever, he was the first man to say definitely that the wreck was cansed by vandals, and was on the spot be< fore any detectives in the district "I am glad it is all over and we have got the right men," said Hill. As josual, Chief Eagan had very little to say. He pulled on one oi Chief "Raich's cigars and smiled contentedly. "I am glad the boyj have gott "the men who were responsible,-" Sie vouchsafed at length. 4'I don't faeiieve anybody could have done harder work than the raer who were on ;fhe case. It is a cincli we have the 'right men and everyone knows it." Gene Eaibariks and Robert Crenshaw, the veterans of some of the most baffling icases in the annals oi the police department, had little tc say. It has bee a case in which every man put forth Ms best efforts," said Eubanks. "Immediately after the wreck the men were tracked by dogs to the spot where they got into a wagon and left the scene. From ther " " * on we toiiowea every possiuie cic? and were finally rewarded by getting the right people. We foughl hard over every inch of the ground and now I know that we have the right men. Our chief is still a very young man, as shown by his staying up with all of us night and day tracing down the criminals who did the wrecking of the train." Men Are Characters All the men under arrest are married and have families. Henry is a character unique within himself. He is auburn-haired, about 30 years ol age and has a head that is abnormal, His hair comes down to his brow just above his eye-brows, and the top of his head is almose flat. From his ears to the top of his head is perpendicular for about six inches, then flattens all the way across. His eyes are yellow and beady and his look is one of scornful indifference. The police are of the opinion that Henry will undoubtedly confess sometime during the day. In the meauwhile he walks up and down his cell mut tering supplications to God and crying out in a loud voice for "God to throw his light upon me so that I may see the right way to do." Archie Lee is a young man probably about 21 years of age, and is married and has three children. None of the men know exactly how old they really are. Lee is of a mountain type with small, beady blue eyes which are never still. He is well built and talks with a nonchalant air, apparently not realizing what he has -done. "I gotter gel home to see my woman and kids,' said Lee last night at the conclusior of his confession to the plot. Amos c>mitn is aiso married anc has six children, the oldest being 2 daughter 16 years of age. She has never gone to school, according tc her father. Smith does not know how old he is, t>ut "thinks he is about 50." DEATH PENALTY RELIC OF BARBARISM (Continued from page one.) terward for their own glorificatior that they stood beyond the walls when their heroes were put tc death." Schiff Cites Frank Case. A letter from Jacob Schiff, citing the case of Leo Frank as an argument in behalf of the proposed omanflmmit irnc filorl witli tV)P rnm. f " mittee. Mr. Schiff wrote in part: "If there are no other pood and practicable reasons why capital punishment should be abolished, such as the fact that in countries and ir States where this has been done, the commitment of murder has actually decreased, the experience in the cast of Leo Frank of Atlanta, Ga., furnishes the strongest argument in favor of the abolishment of capital punishment. Here is a man believed i by many to be innocent of the crime charged against him upon whom, ir a trial by jury, capital punishment was pronounced, but who actuallj has been sentenced through populai passion which at the time of the tria I ran riot." "Many of the convicts now in Sin? Sing," Chairman Marshall of the committee said, "have written me asking that favorable action be tak en by the committee on the proposal: to do away with the death sentence.' "I come to you," appealed Warder Osborne, "from the dread habitatioi of twenty-five men and one womai waiting to be put to death, and I an expected to see that they are put t< death at the time the courts havi fixed. You will scarcely find a hu man being who has anything to d? 1 with the carrying out of the death penalty who is not unalterably op posed to capital punishment, so I am no exception. Would Kill for Warden. r "There is a man down at Sing'Sing now who has told his pals that he likes me so well that he would do > anything for me within reason. 'I would croak anybody for the Warden . when I get out,' I have been reliably s informed that he has told his in i timate friends. I talked to one man i the other day who confided to me that there was not any reason in the world why he should have escaped the same medicine that was; handed J to the gunmen for he, as he told me, r had killed two men himself. Another ? man now in prison averred that he would commit murder when he got r out. It is hard for us law abiding 1. citizens to think in the terms of. such i men." ; George Foster Peabody said the l educational vr-.'ue of giving the vot i educational value of giving the votr ers of the State the opportunity to pass on the amendment to abolish ; capital punishment would be tremen1 dous. s1 W. Bourke Cockran declared that r Warden Osborne's admission that, he ; was the keeper of twenty-five men - and one woman doomed to death was I degrading. | "Think of it!" he said, "twentyfive human beine-s herded toerether. . fed and pampered by the State in orl der that they may be in fine physical > condition on the day set aside for f butchering them by the State. It is , barbarity without a refining touch. ; The State taking human life is worse f than a cannibal who kills and ati tempts a decent pretense at justifi. cation by eating his victim. The i State profits nothing from the lives i it takes. The death penalty has : brought the law into discredit by i raising many of its victims to im' morality." i Dr. William 0. Stillman of Albany, i also spoke in behalf of the amend. ment. Chairman Marshall declared that a i bill abolishing capital punishment had been brought before the Legisla, ture every year for about twenty-five . years, and had never got out of com; mittee. He said he believed this -Li. u ~ J , iiugm uc a guuu reaaun iui aiit'wiu^ r the people to vote on the matter in i the form of a constitutional amendi ment. ' ! GENERAL NEWS ; j Senat<a?* B. R. Tillman of South ' Carolina, accompanied by his family, i arrived here today from New York. i All the party are well, although they [ had rough weather for two days on t the way down. They will leave ; Panama for San Francisco about > June 22nd.?Panama Dispatch. r t: Great Britain is beginning to pay for the cotton seized by the English order of council and a first payment of something over three hundred [ thousand dollars has been paid in. jln March and April Great Britain . : detained in all twenty six ships car I , 5 rying over two hundred thousand , bales of cotton valued at twelve million dollars. Most of the cotton seized was bound for Holland, *Nor, way and Sweden. The British or. ,der in council directs that the cotton I be disposed of in England at contract price. ^ Anderson county had a begger ar| rested one day last week who, when searched, proved to have thirty odd dollars in one dollar bills and six I dollars in small change on his person. He was told to move on as a r man carrying around an estate is not safe in a small town like Anderson. . I II Henry C. Tillman, A. F. Lever and ' Solicitor Cooper will be among the ' attractions at the big Ware Shoals : picnic on July 3rd. i ; James Richards, a respected far r mer of the Liberty section, was i ( found dead, hanging from his barn I window by a wagon line last Friday. The line was suspended from the f I attic cross bars and Richards had J made a noose of the line and jumped , from the second story of the barn. - He was dead when found by his wife. 5 ' Trains coming into Kansas City, 1 Mo., all have passengers who comI plain of seasickness. The thousands i! of acres of waving wheat seen from | # II the car windows, is given as the > cause. e The battleship Arizona, of the o super dreadnaught style, and said to ^ ra/iiJiLriirdniJTiJi^^ iiijjj: SciTLOSS RALTIMC ' 7/Rb7Z f-y /NTTTTC ! XHIjK UiA^? l IT" CO |ffi| The new ligh Serges, whi ||K|! we!I=dressetl J Park be the biggest battleship in the world, was launched last week. Both wai ter and wine was used in the chris- j tening ceremony. A carboy of i water, the first that spilled o-\ - the j Roosevelt dam was dashed on the side of the big ship, while the tradi- | tional bottle of wine was brouen over her bows. Judge Prince, who was holding a four weeks term of court in Greenville, was taken sick last week and on the advice of his physician, went to his home in Anderson. The Greenville bar asked chat Former Governor Ansel be appointed to finish out the term. The Alumni of Furman is planning to build a stadium which will be a credit to the University. The seats I of the stadium will be of concrete and the athletic field will comprise of a base ball park, a football gridiron, several tennis courts and a quarter mile track. John J. Bishop of Spartanburg, in a fit of insanity last week attacked his sleeping wife and cut her face badly with a pocket knife, her tongue was almost completely severed. The man has been taken to the asylum. The Greenville Cotton Mills are i . i beginning to get direct trade with the countries of South America, as a result of the Eurpean War. Credits that formerly belonged to the English and German banks have been arranged for in New York and a nvofitahle trade will be carried on. ir Singing at Chick Springs. The friends in Abbeville of Mrs. Caro Miller Lumsden will be glad to know that she is at Chick Springs again this summer and her sweet voice will be heard by all who go to this popular resort. Mrs. Lumsden has many friends in Abbeville who enjoyed her visit here last summer to Mrs. Kerr and who were glad to hear her sing. Huyler's candy, Martha Washington and Monkey candy always fresh at Speed's Drug Store. graiirajiizmrarafiiranriij - YouMa J ?: / noticed that wl the law not t most everybo fflr swim at all : ^ keeping well-( } ;Q It may be a ? ^.\ but most peoj % look well,?at q one s circumsi 3 o. tion justify. *0 i Nowdays, it's n< for a man to 1 1 in Summer a ||J but to wear w< which are ex( i comfortable ii well. t Worsteds, Palm ich are being wor I men this year ca :er & R Comparison is the highest form of I flattery. All cigars sold in Abbeville j | are represented to be as good, or better, j ] than Speed's Cinco's. There is nothing ; 1 like them. Stick to them. They keep . j a good taste in your mouth and a clear head. ( | PALM BEA k | Cleaned an I 30 c< | Wehavebou | Press for th I Try | Abbeville Ste; ? Plione Cigars ? Speed's Di Phone Always [Ready Stationery iy Have [I lile it is not against is | Be o be well-dressed, ill g|:. >dy who's in tbe ij|j |i| makes a point of ijl Eg: iressed. * ijg oincidence; |i g| )le find it pays to ij| || ; least as well as jj| ||; tances and occupa- ij] ji uuiy puddiuic De Well-Dressed ;jlg| . t Small Expense ;jjjgl| sll-tailored clothes ijjffig; :eedingly cool and iSgfg a hot weather as Beaches and tjjl-' n so much by jigg; n be had here. :?|| ^eese 1 : ? \ MalarialrCiiills&Fm Prescription No. 668 is prepared^specufigr or MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVE3& Five or six dotes will break any case, andS i taken then as a tonic the Fcvcr wiltooC: eturn. It acts on the liver bettttc tfeean Calomel and does not gripe or sickrns gk= ffl suits | d Pressed I ants t "11W % ght a $250 j?: ie purpose. |r Us t i im Laundry f, GS-B . ~ 1 Candy j ug Store. ! 18. to Serve You. Tnilft Hnnfls