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"TO THINK OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT TI,K DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN." By STECK, 8HKLOR & SCHHODEH. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA.-WBDNKSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1011. New Series No. 505.-Volumo LX11I.-No. 33. Btry Our Fall Our Mr. T. E. thc Northern IV our Fall and \ Goods. We wil by far the larg< and carefully se have ever had offer to the pu We Studj C. W. & J. E Walhalla, So a BIRD-MEN HURIJED TO DEATH. Johnstone and Badger, Victims, Try lng to Triumph Over Air. Aviation Field, Chicago, Ang. Hi Aviator Johnstone was drowned late this afternoon while (lying above Lake Michigan. His aeroplane drop ped into the water and Johnstone perished. The aeroplane fell about three miles off shore. Rollinson, in the hydroplane, re turned to the shore and identified the machine in the water as Johnstone's He said he was near Johnstone and saw his machine explode. The plane fell rapidly into the water, but John stone leaped out before it struck. A ruins of Johnstone's machine in an effort to recover his body. Robinson says he was not more than 100 yards from Johnstone when the engine exploded. Johnstone was a Chicago boy, a son of Dr. Stuart Johnstone. He learned to fly at tho Bleriot school in France, and within a month after ob taining his aviator's license made a remarkable Hight over Havana. Tried to Thrill Spectators. At the aviation met this afternoon William R. Badger, of Pittsburg, was precipitated from bis aeroplane while doing a "dip." His neck was broken and he died at St. Luke's Hospital. Badger, In a Baldwin, fell at the north end of tho Held. He was re moved from the wreck unconscious. He was caught beneath the engine and badly crushed, blood Mowing from numerous wounds on his head. He went into a deep pit that had never been filled, and was exe cuting a spiral dip when his machine doubled up like a piece of paper and fell to the ground. Badger flew as an amateur. He was the son of a Pittsburg business man and had made several successful dights. The fall was from a height of 100 feet. Badger's head was pierced by the ends of several broken rods, and one leg was broken. Bishop is Set Free, (Atlanta Georgian.) Receiving Information that, has caused him to abandon the murder theory and become convinced / that Mrs. Lyra .May Bishop, the 10-year old bride who has been strangely missing since July 22, ls alive, and that she vanished of her own free will, Chief of Detectives La ufo rd .Monday afternoon freed the young husband, IO. S. Bishop, who has been held in the police station for nearly a week in connection with the (Ilsaji pen rance. The chief's information conies in a letter from the chief of pol leo of Athens, in which he wrote that the missing woman had been In Athens, and had gone from there to Macon. The lom; of the Athens chief's letter indicated that he is positive as to the young woman being Mrs. Bishop. How he knew her te be the missing bride is not known. Chief Lapford has communicated with the authorities in Macon, but so far no reply luis been received. "I nm satisfied from this informa tion from Athens," said Chief Lan ford Monday, "that Mrs. Bishop has not been murdered, but that she is alive and well. As to whether she ran away with another man, 1 don't know. Bul 1 feel that my informa tion ls strong enough to warrant the release of Bishop." Bishop has remained calm and un disturbed ever since his arrest last Wednesday afternoon, and has all along protested that ho is innocent of having harmed his wife. Ho reit erated his belief that his wife lied with another man. When buying a cough medicine for children bear In mind that Chamber lain's Cough Remedy is most effect ual for colds, croup and whooping cough and that lt contains no harm* ful drug. For salo by nil dealers. ?ng I Goods. Bauknight is in Iarkcts selecting hinter Stock of 1 have this year ?st, most varied lected Stock wc the pleasure to blic of Oconee. r to Please . Bauknight, uth Carolina. WOMAN SHOT CONVICT. Son Avenges Mottler's Death un<i is Seriously Shot by Fugitive. Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 16.-News was brought here last night of a trag edy In Lee county Saturday night in which two persons, one a woman, were killed and another seriously wounded In a light with an escaped convict. Mrs. Weeks, wife of the postmas ter of a small town in Lee county, and Willie Williams, tho escaped Convict, are dead, and a son of Mrs. Weeks ls In a hospital suffering from serious wounds. Williams, who was serving a life ?flQBtflni?fti ????rf? iff VWJfjr^M1*"1 ' ? * h * WIT?RS nome:'ioY the Toiling of John White and lid Dansby, white men, six years ago, escaped from the con vict farm, together with three other life-term prisoners, Saturday night. Stealing four horses they rode to the Weeks home, supposedly for the purpose of robbery. Thinking that it was her husband returning home, Mrs. Weeks went, to the door. There she was confronted by Williams, who Immediately opened Ure, the woman being killed instantly. Awakened by the shots Mrs. Weeks' 16-year-old son ran to the door and was also shot. Ile managed to crawl back to his room, and, securing a revolver, shot Williams as he was about to en ter the door. The three other men escaped, leaving Williams lying on the ground. He remained there all night and until noon Sunday, when Weeks re turned home to lind his wife dead and his son unconscious from the loss of blood. Williams died in the yard some time la'er. FOCH DEAD; THIRTY INJURED. Pennsylvania 18-Hour Train Side? swipes a Freight in Indiana. Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 14.-Four persons wore killed and 30 injured when the Pennsylvania 18-hour train, en route from Chicago to New York, jumped the track on the western out skirts of this city, at 6.30 o'clock this evening, while going at the rate of 50 miles an hour. In leaving the rails, the two engines pulling the passenger train sideswiped a freight engine and the three piled up in a mass of beni, and twisted iron. The dead are Wm. F. A nick, freight engineer, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Peter Malone, engineer on flyer, Fort Wayne; W. Crotch, fireman on flyer, Fort Wayne; unknown passenger at St. Joseph's Hospital. The main track and the track on which the freight tran was standing was lorn up for a distance of two hundred yards. The two engines of the flyer were torn from their trucks and thrown down the embankment, while tho engine of the freight reared in the air over tho trucks of the Myer's engines. Passengers in the sinon retir cars escaped with only a fe? cuts and bruises. The all-steel cars of (he flyer were put to the tlrst actual wreck test they lia ve ever undergone and proved to be all that had been claimed for them by their designers. Only the first two cars of the heavy nine-car train were much smashed. Passengers In the seven rear ears escaped with only cuts and bruises, whereas, it is de clared by railroad nu n, If the ears had been of the old-fashioned wood construction, the carnage would have been frightful. De lui Harra is Nominated. Mexico City, Aug. 13.-Without his consent having been obtained, Francisco He La Harra wits to-day nominated for tho Presidency by a group of men representing th? "Libe ral-Radical" parly, (len. Bernardo Heyes was selected as the candidate for the Vice Presidency. They did not secure the consent of this candi date either. The general ls an Inde pendent candidate for the Presidency. MATTERS AT SENECA. Items of Interest About People and! Tl lings-Clean Up. v - < } Seneca, Aug. 15.-Special: Rev. W. S. Handler visited his friends in Seneca last week, making his head quarters with Mr. and Mrs. W. CS Hamilton. . < News of the death of Miss Maude Ellison was received hero yesterday,, afternoon. She had been sick man^, months and her death was not unefcftf pected. The sympathies of many, friends 1B felt for the parents and other members of the family in their sorrow. Little Mary Eliza, the Infant daugbjgj ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Livingston,; has been quite Bick, but ls reported? better this morning. Mrs. J. W. Stribllng, with her{| friends, Mrs. Krank Martin and fam Hy, of Greenville, are spending somef days at Mrs. St Hiding's home at Cherry's. Now that the fever season is here our people will bear in mind the fact that strict sanitary conditions should observed. A liberal use of lime may prevent a ease of fever, and since the theory of transmission of disease by Hies and mosquitoes. pre4, vention in this line should also Djs observed. There is a great deal ot<\ complaint in Seneca about mosqui?; toes and the cause should be looked,' into. Glowing accounts have been receivjg ed from the reunion picnic at Rlch'4 land last week. Verily the Richland people know how to do a thing, and, when they undertake it, they "do it up brown." The family of T. M. Lowery will move to Americu8, Ga., within the next week or ten days. This move will cause sincere regret to their many friends here, and Seneca can, ill afford the loss of such citizens. Mr. Lowery hag held the office of; mayor for a year, and ls otherwise prominently identified with public affairs here. Miss inez Dickson is visiting he friend, Miss May Hamilton., He friends arc pleased to sec her again. Mrs. E. C. Doyle will give n."picnl IO her Sunday school class at Cihevvy' next Friday. Miss May Hamilton tendered a dp-1 llghtful affair,Ju the natur,; of a-, afternoon p?enlo to her Sunday school class last Friday. S. K. Dendy, Jr., is expected to ar rive in Seneca soon for a visit to his family here. W. P. Nlmmons is on the sick Hst this week, though he hasn't fever, as was reported. We hope to see him out again soon. Miss Dit White, of Greenville, has been visiting Miss Sue Daly. There were three different bunches of straw-riders passed through Sen eca last night, and "lt wasn't a good night for straw-riders either!" A heavy rain fell here last night. Whltner Cary, of Greenville, ls vis iting his relatives here. Mrs. Mart Floyd, of Spartanburg, is visiting Mrs. F. M. Cary. Charley Byrd has Issued invitations to a party at his home Tuesday even ing. Miss Flora Monroe, of Laurlnburg, N. C., will arrive in Seneca Tuesday afternoon for a visit of ten days to Mrs. L. W. Vernor. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Neill and daughter Ailee, are in Seneca. T. S. Stribllng, R. S. Vernor and Harry Sligh left Tuesday for a fish ing trip to Joeassee. The fruit and vegetable vender ls a welcome visitor io Seneca these days, since his long delay occasioned by the drought. L. W. Vernor is with his home folks for a day or two, en route to Spartanbu rg. The death of C. T. Phillips occur red at his home here last week. He had been a sufferer from paralysis for many motnhs, but was patient and strong in the faith to the end He was born September 2d, 1847 and was married to Margaret Susan a daughter of Thomas and Eliza Har per, when yet a young man. To this union seven children were born, four of whom preceded him to the grave Those who survive him are Misses Daisy and Bessie Phillips and Mrs Ida Cochran. Ile was a faithful member of, thc Baptist church for twenty-live years. He waa a kind neighbor, a devoted husband and in diligent father. To tho sorrowng ones is extended the sympathies of many friends. On next Monday afternoon, al thc manse, there will be held a joint meeting of the Aid and Missionar Societies of tho Presbyterian church The object of the meeting ls to ex change dates for the regular meet ings of tho two societies. The mein hers will bear the fact in mind that two collections will be taken, one for each society, and to come prepaied Husband Saw Wife Rilled. Fori Payne, Ala., Aug. 12.-Mrs. Tobias Walker, of Little Rive, near Pori Payne, was Instantly kille near here to-day by hoing thrown from her buggy. The horse was frightened by a dog and ran away, Mr. Walker, who had alighted to get a drink of water, witnessed tho tragic death of his wife. Tho woman's body was frightfully mangled. Constipation is the causo of many ailments and disorders that mako life miserable. Take Chamberlain's Ston.ach and Liver Tablets, keep your bowels regular nd you will avoid these diseases. For salo by all dealers. THE NEWS FROM "WESTMINSTER? ni and Personal Items of Interest , to Many. JLoc i \Vc I min tn-, A iii', I . Special: Mrs. Harriet Peden ls on tho sick Hst this week. Her many friends wish tor her a speedy recovery. m Mrs. \V. J. Strlbllng will entertain ?the Royal Ambassadors Friday after noon at 4 o'clock. I \Ji S. Carter, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Gladys, and sister, Miss Winnie Carter, left last Mon day for a visit to Baltimore, Md. 'Mrs. J. S. Carter, who has been In jthe University Hospital for several weeks, expects to return with them. Miss Madera Alexander, of Cone 088, Is the guest of Miss Ada Marett his week. , Mr. and Mrs. .). E. Barton and son ?ave returned to Townville, after a pleasant visit lo their parents, Mr. gp Mrs. W. .1. Strlbllng. Dr. W. C. Marett, who has been lu fyi/estniiitster for the past, few weeks, jins returned to Baltimore to take up is work in the Bay View Hospital; Misses Phillips and Culpepper, of Hartwell, Ga., aro the guests of Miss Mellie Lou Carter this week. Miss Sallie Holland, of Lavonia, a., is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Om Holland. Mi's. Holland has een quite sick for the past week, ut is Improving steadily now. vMrs. W. J. Strlbllng and Miss race Strlbllng attended the associa tion at Old Liberty last week, ?j Rev. A. P. Marett ls carrying on a irotracted meeting at Village Creek is week. j Misses Nellie Lou Carter and Nell hr?lth have returned from an extend d visit to Hartwell, Ga. S. B. Marett, of Lavonia, was In __wn last Tuesday. ?fr.J. H. Carter made a business trip *p Lavonia last week. I Mr. and Mrs. W. L. England left |thQ latter part of last week for a Measure trip to Baltimore, Washing Jon, New York and several other joints of interest. lb' Miss Grace Strlbllng won the Win throp scholarship in the recent exain apatloh. This speaks well for our ;Sehpol. fi.-Mrs. I. S. Pitts is in Atlanta to *avevd\ereyca-treated. . .,W^?uttt?V, of //acksonville1, Fl*:'; is Ip town. He has jolhed Mrs. Hun ter on n visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Tray'or. J. B. Quarter nus. of Dunn, N. C., arrived Sunday to spend about two weeks In Westminster with Ms fam ily, who are spending the summer here. Dr. S. C. Moon is spending a few days at Comer, Ga., with lils parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Moon. Mrs. Hoper and daughter, of Gainesville, Ga., ire guests ol' Mrs. W. J. Carter. J. M. Hull, who has been traveling In Virginia for the past two weeks, was at home Friday. Ellis Hyde, of Central, recently spent a few days with his friend, H. B. Ballenger. Mrs. 1). I. Mulkey spent a few days here last week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hull. She is taking vocal music In Gainesville. Dr. Hurt Mitchell sustained painful injuries one day last week by acci dentally falling from his barn loft to the ground, a distance of fourteen feet. No bones were broken, how ever, and he is getting on all right now. His numerous friends hope he will soon be himself again. R. L. Brownlee, salesman for J, & J. S. Carter, made a business trip to Lavonia one day last week. Miss Eva Reeder, the accommodat ing saleslady for Mitchell & Reeder, is in Greenville for a couple of weeks. M TB. J. P. Kecse will fill her place during her absence. W. D. Hull, who travels for the Wizard Floor Cleaning Company, is at home taking a short vacation. Mrs. M. S. Stribling, who has been quite sick for the past few days, is improving slowly. Joe Price left this week for Hat tiesburg, Miss. He superintends tho getting out ol' logs for shuttle blocks for Norris Bros. Frank H. Carter, of Walhalla, was in town Monday. GoorRo Hull, of the Southern Rail way, is spending a short while at homo. PENSACOLA SWEPT BY GALE. Shipping Damaged, Hut Timber Inter ests Heaviest Losers. Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 12.-With wind at S?0 miles an hour accompa nied by a terrific downpour of rain, Pensacola Friday experienced the worst storm since the '?vest Indian hurricane of September, 1!)0(>. A number of barges were blown ashore and nu nierons small vessels suffered severely. The heaviest loss will bo to thc timber Interests, immense quantities of export timber, held in booms, hav ing been strewn along the bay shore for mlle.s and piled In immense jams along the water front. Last night the etty was In darkness, as the light ing system is disorganized, and few telephones are working in the city. There has been no loss of life so (ar as can be ascertained. i.u you know that fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism aro simply rheumatism of tho muscles, due to cold or damp, or chronic rheu matism, and require no Internal treatment whatever? Apply Cham berlain's Liniment freely and see how quickly it gives relief. For salo by all dealers. BOUNTY LAND AND VICINITY. Death of Miss Mamie Ellison Casts Gloom Over Community. Bounty Land, Aug. 14.-Special: Frank Wakefield, of Greensboro, Ga., was a guest a few days last week of his uncle, J. B. Pickett. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Marett, of-La venia, Ga., and Pope Yow, of Martin, Ga., visited at the home of the Misses Davis recently. Miss Bertie Smith leaves Tuesday for Johnston, where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Cromwell Whittle. She will be accompanied by her niece, little Miss Mildred Heller, of Fair Play. Miss Sallie Davis returned Wednes day, after a delightful visit to rela tives In Lavonta. MID. Delia Bruce and 10. J, Stone made a recent visit to Greenville. A few of our young people, to gether with some of Seneca's young gallants, with Mrs. Jasper Doyle as chaperone, enjoyed a most delightful picnic at the tunnel last Friday, and quite a number of others, chaperoned by Miss Zola Hubbard, are unfortu nately getting a wetting at High Bridge, on Coneross, to-night. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lt. Smith are vis iting their daughter, Mrs. J. R. Hel ler, Fair Play. Miss Annie Stone, of Jordania, was a guest of Miss Irene Stone Sunday. Miss Emily Dendy, of Anderson, is with the Misses Davis this week. Miss Susie Hawkins, who has been on an extended visit to friends In the community, ls on a brief visit to her sister, Mrs. S. A. Davis, Greenville. Oscar H. Doyle ls spending a few days thlB week in Seneca and is be ing delightfully entertained at the home of J. W. Byrd. D. A. Perritt and daughters. Misses Bertrand and Lura, were In Walhalla to-day. A camping party, consisting of Ed "glir and David McMahan, Robt. Hub bard, Robt. Davis and Ervin Barnett, of Pendleton, left this morning for different points of interest in the mountains. MISSOB Dessie and Wilmer Newton, of Pendleton, visited the Misses - .Smith lust -wook> and Hoo'k vin the Richland picnic' Misses Ella and Minnie Whitten, of Anderson, are guests at the home of M. T. Hubbard. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Moorchead and five children and Mrs. Susan Moore head Lewis and little daughter, who have been visiting their aunt, Mrs. Julia Shanklin, left Friday for Amer-j icus and Helena, Ga., their respective homes. Jesse D. Strlbling and sister. Miss Mary, of Helena. Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Strlbling, of Seneca, and Burns Gillison, of Clemson, spout Sunday with Mrs. J. M. Gillison. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Davis, of At lanta, have been on an extended visit to relatives in tho vicinity. The sympathies of the entire com munity go ont to the family of Capt. A. H. Ellison on account of the sad, but not unexpected, death of Miss Maude Ellison, which occurred to day about 8.30 o'clock. Miss Maude had been a patient sufferer for nearly six years, and during all those years had boen cheerful and uncomplain ing, bearing her atfiictlons with a for titude seldom equaled. Miss Maude was a lady of bright intellect, coupled with a most genial and happy dispo sition. She was the life of her home, and in her death the entire commu nity, as well as tho home, sustains the loss of a Christian example. The romain? will be interred in the Rich land cemetery to-morrow at 10 o'clock. May the Heavenly Father comfort the bereaved ones in this son affliction. ---^ . *~ MET DEATH IN STRANGE WAY. Chas. Mckies Covered Himself With Fodder and Set. Eire to lt. Abbeville, Aug. 13-Chas. Nickles, son of L. C. Nickles, of the San tuc section of this county, died last night from the effects of burns re ceived last Friday, when he made an attempt at self-destruction, with the result thai his father's barn and its cont eui ts were destroyed. Young Nickles bad boen Bilgering for some time with melancholia and Friday went into the barn on his fa ther's farm, covered himself with fodder and set fire to it. Others on tho i?lace were attracted by the smoke, and with great difficulty sav ed tho young man from immediate death. It was impossible to check the Hames, however, and the building and its contents were burned with a total loss. Young Nickles lingered until Fri day, when death ended his suffering. He was 22 years of age and had been farming with his father. Strike Cost $7,500,000. London. Aug. 12.-London ls al most its' If again to-day. The offi cial announcement that the strike had been settled last night sufficed to release the Hood of traffic which has been held up for two or three days, and supplies wore rushed out to replenish the empty markets and stores. It is estimated that tho strike of the dock men and carriers hast cost the metropolis at least $7,500,000. Carmon employed 1)y two railroad com panics claim to liavo private grievances and refused to return to work under the general sottlemcnt. NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE. Pennsylvania Mob, Acting Liko Ma niacs, Apply the Torch. Coatsvlllo, Pa., Aug. 13.-Zacarlah Walker, a ne ;rc desperado, was car ried on a cot from thc hospital hero to-night and burned to a crisp by a frenzied mob of men and boys. The negro, who last night shot and killed Edgar Rice, a special policeman of the Worth Iron Mills, was first drag ged to the sceno of the shooting, beg ging piteously for mercy. He had boen arrested by a posse Into this aftornoon after a search which stirred tho country. Tho posse finally found him hiding In a cherry ! tree. The negro with the last bullet in his revolvor shot himself in tho mouth, falling from the tree. He was removed to tho hospital and placed under guard. A few minutes after 0 o'clock a crowd numbering almost 1,000 per sons appeared at the hospital. Tho leaders were denied admission, but they quickly smashed the window frames and crawled through the cor ridor. When Walker was llrst taken to the hospital ho was strapped down In order to prevent his escape. Tho mob, seeing this, gathered up tho bed and placing lt on tho shoulders of four men, started for the country. When half a mlle from the hospital they entered a field and quickly gath ered up a pile of dry grass and weeds and placed tho bcd containing their victim on lt. A match was applied and the flames shot up quickly, entirely en shrouding thc screaming victim. That not a vestige of thc murderer be left, the mob toro down tho fence along the road and plied the rails on the burning negro. After waiting for half an hour the mob dispersed. A curi ous feature of tho burning was tho fact that there were almost as many women lu the crowd as men. During tho inarch from tho hos pital to tho scene of the burning of the negro not a policeman was en countered by the mob. Even tho man on duty in the hospital made no effort to stop thc leaders who gained admittance to the Institution. . . The only masks worn by tho m cherri' of ' tho mob were hiiudkerch drawn over thoir faces. Coatsville ls a town of about 10, 000 population and ig located on the main line of tho Pennsylvania rail road, about 30 miles west of Phila delphia. MOONSHINERS NIGHT-RIDING. Tennessee Highlanders Bent Man who Housed Revenue? Officers. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 14.-? Nows comes from Spencer, Van Bu ren county, situated in a remote part of the Cumberland Mountains, of a series of outrages committed by moonshiners, and developments of the past few weeks have proved that in spite of stern efforts to break up night-riding, continuous marauding in the mountains Is still a thing to bo dreaded. i ollowlng a recent raid by reve nue officers near the little town of Silencer, in which a man named Sulli van was killed, eight mountaineers organized themselves Into a band of whitecaps, wont on horseback to the home of Dan Whlttenberg, who, lt Is alleged, had given lodging to tho revenue officers, The outlaws enter ed his house at 2 o'clock thia morn ing, took Whlttenberg away from hill wife and children, and, carrying him out In his own yard, almost whipped him to death. Before arriving at tho homo of Whlttenberg, the night-riders visited his father. Pete Whlttenberg, and threatened him. While they wore beating him, Whlttenberg recognized the entire band, some of them by their voices, others by their horses. When he had sufficiently recovered from his terrible experience, Whlt tenberg swore out warrants against the eight suspects, When tho caso was called for trial a few days ago, Whlttenberg failed to appear, and lt was alleged that he had been threat ened by night-riders, so tho cases were dismissed, but tho crimi nal court, which meets in October, will investigate tho matter thor oughly. Only a day or so before this, Slato Morris, of tho same vicinity, who had given lodging to tho officers, was shot from ambush while plowing in a Held. Part of a load of buckshot en tered his body, one striking him in the face. True Bill Against Beattie. Chesterfield 0. H., Va., Aug. l i. A true bill charging murder in tho first, degree was returned by tho grand jury of tho Chesterfield Circuit Court to-day against Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., of Richmond, Va. Ho will ho placed on trial for his lifo as the alleged murderer of his you h g wife, tho vb Hm of the Midlo thian Turnpike trag ly of July 18th fast, on Monday, August 21. Beulah Blnford was not. eallod be foro the jury as a witness. Nolthor was Paul Beattie, cousin of tho accus ed man, who says he purchased tho gun with which Mrs. Beattie is sup posed to have been killed nt the in stance of tho latter's husband, Both remained in tho auto room during tho timo tho jury was in session, ex pecting to be called as witnesses. Tho indictment covers broadly all degrees of homlcldo from murdor lu tho first degree to manslaughter.