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taught on Rock Under Pawtuxet Falls, Alfred Jackson Dies in
Sight of Two Hundred Persons, and Freezing Spray
Makes Him His Own Monument.
After saving his brother from drown
ing Alfred Jackson, twenty-two years
?old, of Providence, was frozen to death
on a rock under the falls of the Paw
tuxet river in the sight of 200 persons
Bear Pawtuxet. R. L A rope was
rthrown to Jackson, but his feet were
Incased in ice. He made a vain at
tempt to loop the rope around his waist
and, failing in this, literally died on
|hls feet. His body was quickly sheeted
iwlth ice, the spray freezing almost as
.rapidly as it fell, and within three
hours he was entombed in a cone of
ice which rose about eight feet from
Uie rock.
The slow death of Jackson was at
tended by pathetic scenes on both sides
|f the river. There were about fifty
Jvomen among the witnesses of the
tragedy, and all gave way to hysteria.
Tan of the women fainted, and two
men were restrained with difficulty
from plunging into the river in a mad
desire to rescue the freezing man. Dr.
Clinton Westcott and Adelard Potviu.
both of Providence, almost lost their
lives in an ineffectual attempt to reach
Jackson. They put out in a boat, and
the little craft was thrown against a
rock and battered to pieces.
The men had ropes tied around their
Hbodies, and they were dragged to shore
[unconscious and cut and bruised from
In a whirlpool and was exhausted
when he was thrown out and was
swept toward the rock upon which his
brother was standing.
Alfred caught the youth by the wrist
and supported him on the rock for al
most an hour. The youth was so
weakened he was unable to stand, and
It was with the utmost difficulty his
brother held him against the rush of
the water.
Many attempts failed before a rope
was cast within the reach of the broth
ers. Alfred bound it tightly under the
helpless youth's arms, and young Jack
sou was dragged senseless and bleed
iug from the mouth and ears to the
bank. He was taken in an automobile
to the Rhode Island hospital, where it
was said his condition was critical.
It was thought there would be little
trouble in rescuing the other brother,
!but again and again failure attended
throwing a rope to him. Ropes were
flung halfway across the river above
the falls, but they were always swung
by the raging water far from the rock.
Finally, with a tremendous effort, a
man shot the end of a line close to
Jackson, and with a despairing grasp
the young man caught it.
A cheer of triumph went up from all
the watchers on both banks. Jackson
was seen struggling to loop the rope
frHE'ICE ROSE OVER HIS SHOULDERS AND CAKED ON HIS HEAD.
{Contact with the rocky river bottom.
;Tbe spectators became almost frantic
.when they found they were helpless to
[assist Jackson, and many of them left
the spot, -unable to endcre the sight.
iWithout exception the women seemed
to be held by a strange fascination,
land even those who were carried away
[fainting returned when they had been
(restored to consciousness,
i Jackson and his brother Arthur,
itwenty years old, and L. P. Mathew
son, nineteen years old, of East Prov
idence left the Pawtuxet Canoe club In
ja canoe and paddled slowl}* down
jBtrean:. Approaching the falls, they
'permitted the canoe to drift and were
Jtoo late In turning to go upstream.
[For twenty minutes they struggled des
perately to keep the canoe above the
[falls, but inch by Inch the stream car
jried them along until, caught in the
full force of the racing current, they
found themselves helpless.
The canoe went over the falls and
.Twas sunk. Alfred Jackson succeeded
in dragging himself upon a flat top
ped rock about six Inches under water
and at a point where spray was thrown
in clouds. Arthur Jackson was caught
around his body. But his strength
was not sufficient for the task, and in
a last hope he waved feebly to men on
shore to pull on the rope.
The men had hardly tightened the
line before It came away from Jack
son's hand. He was frozen to the rock,
and he fought bravely for liberty. He
tried to throw himself into the river
In the hope of being carried down
stream to be picked up in the same
way as Mathewsou, who was picked
up little the worse for the wetting.
But Jackson was unable to move his
legs, and his struggles growing weak
er and weaker the ice stiffened his
body. His cries could not be heard
above the roar of the falls.
When he seemed near to death West
cott and Potvin went out in the boat,
only to be dragged in at the end of
ropes a minute later. At times the
spray drifted aside from Jackson and
he was seen in clear outline through
the shroud of ice growing upon him.
The Ice rose over his shoulders and
caked on his head. It fell down
the sides and took the shape of a giant
cone until the body was almost hid
den from view.
Lived Five Months on Lizards.
fLong Island Sailor, Returning Home For Christmas, Teils Awful
Tale of Shipwreck Near the Equator.
Enduring privations mure remarka
ble thau those of Robinson Crusoe.
KMate Donald Morrison of the long lost
'Norwegian bark Alexandra Oubis re
turned to his home in Southampton,
tN. Y., for Christmas,
i He and nine other sailors from the
ibark were marooned for five months
of the present year on an uninhabited
Island near the equator in the Pacific
ocean. They were compelled, after a
few meals of turtles, to live on the
meat of lizards. The captain of the
bark went insane from suffering, and
[the survivors were near death wheu
finally rescued by a sloop manned by
other members of the crew who had
reached the mainland.
"We were compelled to leave the
Ibark after drifting for two weeks
when becalmed." said Morrison. "We
entered two small boats and kept to
gether for a few days, but finally sep
arated. We landed on Indefatigiblc
island without water and little food.
'"Our one luxury was a solitary pipe,
which we smoked by turns, using dried
leaves and the bark of trees in lieu of
tobacco. Wheu we landed on the is
land we had eighteen matches. We
found no water on the island at first
and were compelled to strip the skin
from cactus leaves and drain the juice.
Later a small spring of brackish water
was discovered.
"We left our first camp and had to
swim around a cliff to another section
of the Island. An American member
of the crew refused to go. and I under
stand a party is still looking for him."
Three Persons Killed In One South Carolina Duel.
S. W. Welsh and T. W. Clyburn were
fkilled and Berry Mobley fatally wound
ed In a duel which took place at Ker
shaw. S. C. The tragedy grew out of
a difficulty between Welsh and Mob
[ley, which was settled by u fist fight.
?The men shook hands and made up,
(but a few minutes afterward Welsh.
I angered by a remark by Mobley, drew
his pistol and opened fire at close
range. Clyburn stepped in between
the combatants, receiving two of the
bullets and falling dead at Welsh's
feet. Mobley returned Welsh's fire,
killing him instantly. Mobley received
four bullets from Welsh's pistol.
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Draws Judge Who Tries Him.
Astounding Nerve of English Artist Accused of Killing a Young
Woman of the Street.
Public Interest In London lately has
been engrossed with a murder trial
which, sordid and repulslvt es it was.
In some of its details possessed fea
tures that prompted Presiding Justice
Grantham to say that it was the most
remarkable case in the criminal annals
of England for many years.
For five days Old Bailey was crowd
ed with women of fashion and men of
prominence in drama, literature and
the arts, and outside the court daily
gathered thousands whose tense inter
est led them to indulge in demonstra
tlons that have recalled the days when
the whole population of the usually
staid city went mad over the news of
the relief of Matching.
After nein;; out only fifteen minutes
the jury returned a verdict of not
guilty in favor of Robert Wood, the
young artist who was charged with
the murder of Phyllis Dimmock. a
woman of the street. The demonstra
tions began in the courtroom Itself,
cheer after cheer greeting the verdict
and even the barristers joining. In
fact, the only man in court who pre
served calmness waa the prisoner him
self.
If the ease was remarkable, still
more remarkable was the man around
whom it centered. Throughout he was
cool, calm and collected, showing no
emotion. Cheerfully he answered the
searching cross examination by Sir
Charles Mat thews and quite held his
own with that practiced barrister.
While the jury was absent deciding
the question of his life or death he
sat back composedly In the dock, mak
ing a pencil sketch of the Judge.
"You must not do that," said an
usher, tapping Wood on the shoulder,
and the prisoner shrugged his shoul
ders, crossed oue knee over the other
and smiled.
Miss Dimmock, the murdered wom
an, lived at St Paul's road, Caden
Town, with a man named Bertram
Shaw. Wood stated that the first time
he ever saw the girl was In a public
house in Easton road on the evening
of Friday, Sept. G, when they had a
conversation about a picture post card
which he promised to send her. On the
following Monday evening the two
met again "at the public house. On
Wednesday morning Miss Dhumock
received a letter inakiug an appoint
ment for that eveuiug. She went out
during the evening, presumably to
keep the appointment. It was 11:30 on
the next morning that Shaw, entering
the room on returning home from a
uight's work as a train attendant,
found her lyiug dead on the bed with
her throat cut. The finding of the post
card led to Wood's arrest. No other
evidence was found against him.
When he left the court a free man.
10.000 voices hniled him as a hero. He
bowed his acknowledgments as if he
had beeu a monarch accustomed to the
somewhat fervid enthusiasm of the
populace.
Society Girl a Shoplifter,
Pittsburg Belle, Wooed by Many Millionaires, Elopes With an Al
leged Bigamist, Who Makes Her His Slave
and Teaches Her to Steal.
Only nine months ago a leading fig
ure in the younger set in Pittsburg so
ciety, Miss Mabel Hall, nineteen years
old, daughter of Professor E. A. Hall,
was recently locked up In Plttsburg
police headquarters ou a charge of
shoplifting. The girl was arrested iu
a flat with Frederick Allerton, also
known as Clarke, with whom she
eloped last spring, and another wo
man, who said she was Georgeue Al
lerton and who is alleged to be Aller
ton's first wife. Miss Hall eloped to
New York with AUerton, and follow
ing their return to Plttsburg she said
her bridegroom coufeseed he already
had a wife and Introduced Georgene
AUerton as wife No. 1. Miss Hall also
told the police that the Allertons had
taught ber to steal.
Many of the old social friends of the
young woman called at police head
quarters to offer their assistance, but
she refused to see any of them. Sev
eral said they would provide ball to
any amount There was an affecting
meeting between father and daughter.
Soon after the elopement Professor!
infatuation, but all in vain, and the
climax was reached with the elope
ment to New York.
Miss Hall went away with $500 in
cash and Jewels valued at $1,500. She
charged that AUerton had got both
money and Jewels and that almost
from the day of their elopement she
was absolutely dependent upon him.
She said her happiness was unclouded
until she returned from New York.
She imagined her husband loved her
dearly, and she was filled with a hope
of winning the approval of her father
to her choice. She said it was her
greatest atobitlon to prove to her fa
ther that he had been mistaken In his
judgment of AUerton, but hardly had
she reached Plttsburg from New York
than her dreams were dispelled.
AUerton drove to an apartment and
the girl found a woman there. A trag
ic scene followed, and Miss Hall, de
manding an explanation, was Inform
ed that she had been the victim of a
plot She told the police her humilia
tion and remorse were so great that
she could not summon courage to go to
she-was
fbLLDWED
fe? he? roms
SHE WAS OBSERVED STEALING A MUFF VALUED AT $100.
Hall, it was said, forbade his daughter
to euter his home, and they did not
see each other again until they met in
police headquarters. Professor Hall
conducts one of the most exclusive
private schools in the city and has pre
pared the majority of the Plttsburg
young men of millions for the univer
sities. His daughter, possessed of un
usual beauty, was the object of atten
tions from many young millionaires,
and her engagement to a member of a
family known in the steel trade was
reported when she eloped with AUer
ton, then posing under the name of
Clarke.
Miss Hall met (he man in a private
dancing school. He paid court to Miss
Hall from the start, and Ihe girl Invit
ed him to her home. Professor Hall
met AUerton and took an Intense dis
like to him. He Informed his daugb- j
tor she would have to cease encourag
ing him. and in reply she declared her
Intention to marry the young man. J
Hall tried to cure his daughter of her|
; her father, particularly as he had
closed the door against her. She took
the advice of Allerlon and the woman
and, as she said, decided to "make the
best of a bad case." A few weeks aft
er the first revelation she discovered
that Georgene AUerton was a shop
lifter, she alleged, and she tried to
leave the flat. But, she asserted, she
was held a prisoner, and finally, aban
doning hope of a return to her old IIP?,
she decided to cast her lot completely
with the Allertons. The girl said that,
for nearly six mouths she had been in
structed to steal, with a view of reap
ing a harvest in the Christinas shop
ping season.
The girl was observed stealing a
mult valued at $100 in a Plttsburg de
partment store, she was shadowed to
the flat in Durand street, and de
tectives kept watch upon the place un
til the next day. a raid was made us
soon as AUerton had entered the flat.
The police said that a large quantity
of stolen goods was fouud.
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