The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, December 25, 1908, Image 1

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ESTABLISHED TN It NIGHT RIDING Frank Fahrlader llalatas History ami Dark Doings of MURDEROUS 8AN0 "Whose Members We're Sworn to Loyalty on Pain of Death?A Secret Oath-Bound Band That Committee the Raskin Murder and Many Other Outrages. Union City, Tenn., Dec. 21.?The State today practically completed its ?case against the eight alleged night riders, on trial for the murder o! ?Capt. Rahkin, when it drew, from .Frank Fehringer, a member of the hand who turned State's evidence, a ?detailed statement of the .Rankin affair and a score or more of other outrages. It also called to the p.tand Mrs! Emma Thurmond Johnson, one of the two women said to have btoen whipped by the band, and had her tell her story. ? The startling testimony of Feh Tinger, who accused the men -on tria* of being actual participants in. the murder of Capt. Rankin with an-ex actness of detail, amazed'the throng -in the court room. Then, as Mrs. Johnson was called, a murmer ran through the court room. She removed her veil. Mrs. Johnson had married Joe E. Johnson, & man 30 years older than she, and lived with him four years, when a child was born. Last Au gust she sued him for. divorec, ?charging cruelty and asking mainte nance. Early In September the rid ers visited her father's home and left word that she must withdraw the suit. She failed to do-so, and on a second visit her father was whipped. On both occasions she was at her ?sister'B home. The riders seem to ; "have realised this, for on September 30, about 1' o'clock at night, they went to the sister's home. Mrj. Johnson awoke beside her child to Und her bed room filled with masked ?and*' armed men. A man whom she said she recognized a9 Fred Pinion, .one of the defendants, was standlug y-eo close that she could touch him. "Wa have come to tell you for the last time that you must dismiss that divorce suit," Pinion is charged with saying. "I will not withdraw it," she re plied. "You will before we get through with you," was the. reply. "If you dismiss it now we will see that he supports the child, but yon must not touch his property." Mrs. Johnson insisted that she would press the case. Then the men withdrew into the yard to consul; Tn a few minutes they returned. Pinion stepped over to the young woman's bed and said, "Come -with us." i Young Wife Beaten. Two others of the band seized her and dragged her from the bed in her night clothes. They hurried her about 250 yards away and one of them beat iher across the shoulders with a strap. After the first beat ing they asked her if she would dis miss the suit. She said no. Then she was again whipped. This time her fighting spirit was, broken an 1 she sobbingly said she would give In to their demands. t "Let's give her another," said one of the band. "No," she said Pinion replied, "she has had enough." Mrs. Johnson told her story under strong objections from the defense. Judge Jontcts sent out the jury be fore court adjourned and said: "There are eight defendants here charged with capital offense. They are not handcuffed and are under guard of only two deputies. I do not think this is. safe. Therefore, I order the sheriff to handcuff thes^ men and ask the military to detail 10 armed men to serve as guards.'' The defense strongly objected, but the court refused to withdraw the order. Later Attorney Caldwell said: "The order was made advisedjy upon the information which reached tho officers of the court. This informa tion was serious enough tc justify us in taking every possible and .legal precaution." Fehrin<*er Heavily Guarded. Surrounded by a detail of six fully armed soldiers, Fehrlnger was brought into court. At the court room door two of the soldiers armed with rifles, halted. Four other sol diers, armed only with revolvers, took Fehringer in charge. Four armed deputy sheriffs cleared a wav through the crowd in the aisles and . Fehrlnger was led to the stand. The soldiers sat down inside the railing, facing the throng. Depu ties, armed heavily, took positions in various parts of the room. It was a tense moment. The witness, a diminutive man, seemed to be com posed, but pale. He crossed his legs and tossed his broad-brimmed hat on the toe of his boot. Many in the crowd surged up closer, but a stern order from the judge forced them back into the!* seats. Feh ringer said he was one of th^ first- members of the band. Fehrlnger knew all the defendants and had accompanied them on many raids prior to the killing of Rankin. The night riders' garb consisted of (Continued on Page 5.) 169. I RAILWAY REPORTS ON PERSONS KILLED AND INJUR ED BY THEM. Totals Given on Number of Em ployes, Postal Clerks and Passeng ers for Twelve Months. Columbia, Dec. 23.?Tbjei railroad commission is daily receiving reports from the railroad companies on bus iness done in this State for the year ending June 30, 1908. There are 32 of these reports and about one half have been received. The blanks are prepared by the interstate com merce commission, ? which was very late in issuing them to the State commission. -Ail the large roads having reported and the copy is now being prepared for the State print er. One of the interesting tables sent in giv<2s the number of persons killed and injured for 12 months. Some of these roads give the follow ing figures: . Atlantic Coast Line railway?Em ployes killed, 2; Injured, 329;?pas sengers injured, 29; -other persons killed, 6; ilajuredV 20; total killed, 8; Injured, 387.' i Blue Ridge railroad?Railway em ploye's killed, 1; injured, 1; other, persons killed, 2; Injured, 3; total killed, 2; iinjured, 4. Carolina & Northwestern railroad ?Railway employes injured, 6; pas sengers injured, 1; total injured, 7. Charleston & Western Carolina railroad?Railway employes killed, 1; Injured, 24; passengers injured, 41; other persons killed, 1; total killed, 2; Injured, 65. Garolina Coast & Northern rail way?Railway employes Injured, 2. Greenville & Knoiville railroad? Employes injured, 1. Lancaster and Chester railroad?? Employes Injured, 1. Seaboard Air Line railroad?-Rail road employes killed, 4; injured, 62, passengers injured, 8; postal clerks injured, 1; other persons killed, 8: injured, 17; total killed, 12; in jured, 88. Southern railway?Railway em ployes killed, 11; injured, 398; pas sengers injured, 73; postal clerks injured, 13; other perBons' killed, 13; injured, 21; total killed, 32; jinjured, 550. The following roads report no ac cidents to persons: Alcolu rrflroad, Carolina & Western, Charleston Terminal Company, Georgetown & Western, Northwestern railroad of South Carolina and Union & Glean Springs railroad. Reports have not beem received from the Southern railway, Carolina division, the Southern railway in South Carolina, the Atlanta Charlotte Air Line, and several oth ers.?The State. * -j? MEETS TRAGIC DEATH. Clothes Caught Fire and Lady is Fatally Burned. 1 Lexington, Dec. 21.?One of the saddest deaths that has ever oc curred in this section was that of Mrs. Oairrie Hallman, Wife of G. Henry Hallman, a prominent me - ?h.?nt of Gilbert, this county, on Fri day. Mr. Hallman left for his work early in the morning, leaving his wife apparently in the best of healt'i, only to be, called back a few hours later to find her in the agonies of death. About 9 o'clock neighbors were at tracted to the Hallman house by a woman's screams, and when they ar rived they found Mrs. Hallman lylD<j on the floor with all of the clothing burned off and some parts of , her body burned almost to a crisp. It is the supposition that she had a fainting spell and fell foremost into the fire. She expired within a few hours, death relieving her from her terrible agonies. Mrs. Hallman was 42 years of ag.? and leaves, besides her husband, -in '?ged father, one brother and two sislttTS. She was a member of the Luthern church and was a devoted Christian. The body of Mrs. Hallman was laid to rest at Shiloh Methodist church on Saturday In the presence of a large assemblage of relatives and friends. The funeral services were conducted by her pastor, the Rev. B. D. Wessingen?News and Courier. KILLED WHILE HUNTING. Prominent Young Lawyer Meets With Accidental Death. Blackshear, Ga., Dec. 17.?E. Lawton Walker, newly elected so licitor general of the Brunswick cir cuit, this state, was almost instantly killed in the hunting field this after noon, aear Walkersville. Mr. Wal ker and three friends were follow ing up a scatered covey of birds when the load from the gun of Dlckson, one of the hunters, entered Mr. Walker's head just back of the right ear. He fell to the ground un conscious and died within a few minutes. The shooting was en tirely accidental. * Awful Experience Sydney, N. S., Dec. 17.?Exhaust ed by eight days of *oil at the pumps and 13 hours in an open boat with the thermometer hovering around zero, seven men rowed ashore at Port Morien today and reported that the French schooner Marcellnc had foundered off the Cape Breton coast at midnight on Tuesday. ? imt ORANGEBUH FOUR SHOT DOWN (n Fight In Streets of a Georgia Town. THREE MEN KILLED The Wanton Firing of a Cannon Fire Cracker Brings Forth Mild Remonstrance From Police Officer Walters and the Wholesale Trag edy Follows as Described Below. Ocilla, Ga., Dec. 23.?Within a stone's throw of each other, their Mfe blood making crimson the shad ed stirettts of tfhfis quiet town, three men were instantly killed tonight and an officers of the law received mortal wounds. The dead are: Oharlie Moore, Virgil Moore, Leonard Smjtlh. Fatally injuerd: Policeman Ca'n WdaWters. Jack Sheppard Bind Charlio Moore met Police Officer Waiters on 'the ijtreets shortly after nine o'clocs. Just aflber passing the officer, Shep pard, it is stated, fired a giant crack ?r. The officer mildly remonstrat ed wtth him for *he act, whereupon Moore took the side of Sheppard and words passed between the trio. Moore, 4t is said, because violently angry and artacked tthe offloer with his pistol, shodtiiae at short range. Sheppard got out of itjhe way and took no hand further than related in the <trage*dy. The offloer, mortally wounded by Moore's first bullet, summoned his energy and gamely fired upon Moore as the latter ran Tie officers aim was unerring, tue baQl striking Moore squarely in the back. He ram aorosLn *iho street fron, the officer and fell lifeless. While the duel between tfhe officer n.nd Charlie Moons was dn progress Leonard Smith, a son of Chief of Police Smith, rushed to the officer's add. At this Juncture, Virgil Moore, brother of Charlie Moore, went to the hMp of his brother and, it is said, fired upon SmitJh, killing him instanft/ly. SmitJh, like the officer, re turned the fire upon his assailant, shooting him dead in his tracks. ] EATEN BY SHARKS. Man Is Attacked and Bitten in Two By Them. Mexico City, D^c. 22.?Inquiry in to the recent death of Col. Harry J. Earle, who was reported drowned off the coast of Quitaina Roo terri tory while waiting with a companion in an open boat to be, picked up by a steamer, develops that he was de voured by a shark instead of meeting death by drowning, as first report ed. The small boat capsized and Col jcael Barle was swimming to the I ^e when a shark overtook Mm, biting ihis body squarely in two. Earle owned a concession of sponge fisheries off the coast of Quintano Roo and he was looking after that business when he met his death. FATAL SNAKE BITE. Man I ?ies After Being Bitten by a \ Big Rattler. Gainesville, Fla., Dec. 22.?While hunting 30 miles down the Kissimee river yesterday afternoon H. C Fountain, a prominent contractor, whose home is here, rouired a big rattlesnake and in a fight killed the reptile only afiter it had sunk Hs fangs into his flesh. With his hunt ing knife he cut away the poisoned flesh, digging out the wound, and when hid was found by the two men who were hunting with him wais able to hobble with their aid. He reached this place this morning, but died despite all efforts to save him. DOUBLY AFFLICTED FAMILY. Four Members of It Die in Short Time. Lancaster, Dec. 21.?Mr. and Mrs Lee Taylor both died at their home here yesterday weithin four hours of each other, the wife passing away first. Only a few weeks ago their ???on, Edward Taylor, and his Mttle boy died on the fame day. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were victims of pneumonia. Mr. Taylor was about 50 ye..rs of age and his wife about 45. They were originally from Kersha? county and their bod ies were taken today to Buffalo, church, in that county, for burial. Eight children survive the couple. DROPS BOMBS And Shows How a City Could be Destroyed. Los Angeles, Dec. 18.?To demon strate how easily a hostile force equipped with a fleet of airships might destroy an American city, Roy Knabenshue, the navigator, last night circled over Los Angeles in his dirigible balloon and from the darkness above dropped harmless bombs on the roofs of the ct'y hall, the courthouse and other pnbllc buildings. Neither Knabenshue nor his craft could be seen from the streft. the only intimation of his j whereabouts coming from the bombs, j which took fire as they felrr ?, S. C FRIDAY, DECS TEDDY IN NEW ROLE TALKED LIKE A RUFFIAN TO SOME LADIES Because They Dashed by Him on Horseback He Cut One of Their Horses. Washington, Dec. 22.?The query, "Is the president in his right mind?" has b'3en discussed in JVashingion by a party of college girls, even before the now famous message de nouncing certain newspapers, as slanderers of the government, and their editors as Wars. An incident occurred on Thanksgiving Day in one of the parks of Wasnmgton, which has just been made public, and which has been the (subject of much discussion among the girls who attend the National Park Sem inary, at Forest Glen, Maryland. A teacher at the sohool in ques tion was riding, in company with three of the young ladies, in Rock Creek park on Thanksgiving Day. As they were going along one of the roads of the national reserve they saw a party ahead of thiem which in cluded two ladles and two men. The teacher says that as they came near er the party, she 'recognized one of the men as the president. For some time the seminary party rode be hind the presidentiall party, but as the ?piritefd horses wished to go at a faster pace, the girls finally gal loped past. When the horses were slowed down a few. minutes later, rapid /hoofbeats were heard in the rear, and the rider pressed hia horse forward and overtook them. "As we were riding four abreast," says the teacher in telling of the Incident, "the president's horse crowded us no little as he dashed paisit. As he brushed past, his horse struck the foot of one of the young ladies, knocking It from the' stirrup, and a blow from the president's crop fell on the horse's flank. The young woman's horse ?ifaared, anjd but for vher coolness and admirable horsemanship, she toi^htt have been thjrown beneath the feet of the horses. I do not know whether the blow was inten tional. " 'You know that you should not go ahead of our party,' said the president, as he rode past us, and turned in the saddle to look us squarely in the'face. ? He then jota'd Ms companions. Naturally, we fs.lt very muoh mortified. None of us intended an affront to the president, and-1 cannot understand his action. The president appeared to be in a rage, but of course, I do not know about that. I only know how we felt about It." This was one of the bits of presi dential news not given out at th White House, as nearly everything concerning Roosevelt is given o t In that way. It was probably thought that the story would not get into the papers. But It has come out. And there are <some pei ple in this city who are asking the question, "Is the ?resident in his right mind?" WANTS HIM TO SPECIFY. House of Representatives Calls on Teddy for Facti. Washington, Dec. 17.?The House of Rrepresentatives today by unani i mous vote, adopted a resolution re questing the president to supply it with any evidence that may be in his possession that will justify the statement in his last annual message in relation to the attitude of mem bers of congress toward appropria tions for the secret service of the government. Following is the res olution: "Resolved, That the president be requested to transmit to the House any evidence upon which he based his statements that the 'chief argu ment in favor of the provision was that the congressmen did not them selves wish to be investigated by secret service men,' and also to transmit to the House any evidence connecting any member of the Hous j of Representatives of the 60th con gress with corrupt action in his of ?fiual capacity and to inform the House whether he has Instituted pro ceedings for the punishment of any such individual by the courts or has reported any such alleged delinquen cies to the House of Rrepresnta tives." * CONVICT PROVED INNOCENT. Has Already Served Ten Years of His Sentence. Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 17.?Judge Thomas H. Sutton, of Fayetievllle, has affidavits that go to prove the innocence of A. B. Norton, who has served ten years of a thirty years sentence for murder. Affidavits signed by men who were associated with Thomas White, who recently died at the Northampton State farm set forth that White cu? fessed that he was guilty of the murder for which Norton ib impris oned. The crime In question was com mitted In 1898, in Robeson county, when Jesse E. Telar, a white tenant of Whites, was shot and killed while peaceably rnter'ng the door of White's honje. White and Norton, another t.cnnn|, each charged the other with the killing, and Judge SuHnn sr-nfeno'-d hofh to the peni tentiary for thirty years. ? ' IMBEH 25, 1908c BLOW AT LABOR Organizations in the United States by the Courts. LEADERS ARE JAILED. Gompers, Mitchell and Morris* n, President, Vice President and Sec retary of the Labor Federation, Condemned to Prison Because They Advised Their Members Not to Buy Certain Goods. WaEjhlngton. Dec. 23.?Tweive months in jail for Samuel Gompers, president, nine months for John Mitchell, oae of the vice, presidents, and six months for Frank Morrison, recretary, all of the American Fed eration of Labor, was the sentence imposed by Justice Wright, of -tl?? Supreme Court- of the District of Odun.bia, today for contempc or Court by violating an order previous ly issued enjoining them from plac ing on the "unfair'' or "we don't patronize" list the Bucks Storve and Range Company, of St. Louis, Mo. All ithree of the defendants were in Court. Notice of an af peal to the Court of Appeals, of the District of '-lunilMa, at once was filed, Gom pers being releafeed on $5.000 bond, Mitchell on $4,000, and Morrison on $3.000. In addition to tb? wife and daughter of Gompers, there were present a number of local labor leiadersand others who were attract ed by the notice tbsl a decision in the famous case would be announced today. Mr. Goraper's family were visibly affected. With tears coursing dewn^his own cheeks, PnwW.ent Gompers' heard the order of the Court, which condemn ed Mm to prison for a year. Both Mitchell and ^Morrison seemed stun ned by t*e sentence, nlthr ugh^ICtch ?11 appeared to be the least con cerned. Asked Ii* he .had anything to say why sententee should not be pro nounced, President Gompers declar ed that he had not consciously vio lated any Jaw. There was much he woulc" line to say, ho said, but he could not do dt'that time. He added, however, that "this Is a struggle of the woriolng n?j?iiie of our country, and it is a struggle of the working people for right. It is a struggle of the ages?a struggle 'f the men of labor to throw off some of the burdens which ha r? bjen heaped upon them; to abolish some of the wrongs and to secure some of the rights too long de nied." Mitchell and Morrison confined themseJlvevs to an endorsement of what Mr. Gompntrs had said. History of the Case. The Bucks Company's prosecution of the officials of the Federation be gan in August, 1907. The original aotion was u teat case wherein r was sought to enjoin the labor un Ions from using the "unfair" and "we don't patrouize" lists in their fight against firms and individuals. Justice Gould, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, issued an injunction whica was later mado permanent forbidding the publication of the company's name in thlese President Gompers in an editorial in "The Federationist" of last Jan uary, claimed that the labor organ izations had a right, to advise their member? not to patronize certain firms that was not friendly to laboi organizations, and made known his intention not to obey the Court's or der, contending that the injunction issued was in derogation of the rights of labor and thh press and an abuse of the injunctive power of the Courts. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison subsequently were cited for contempt ?md this pha-'e of the case has been before the Court for many months the proceedings taking the form of i hearing of testLmony before an examiner and many argumiemts. HIGH SALARY FOR FARMER. Russia Wants American to Make Profits on Corn Crop. Washington, Dec. 18.?An appro priation for some highly educated and thoroughly practical American agriculturist is offered by the gov ernment agricultural society of Bes sarabia, Russia, which wants such a man to take charge of an expei1 ment station which It proposes to establish. The puropse of the sta tion Is to demonstrate the possibili ty of corn as a profitable crop for South Russian farmers. Special Agent Dennies, In a report to the Bureau of Manufactures says that the society will pay the right farm er $4,000 a year and furnish him gratis a comfortable homo to live in. ? Steamer Wrecked. Crookbaven, Ireland, Dec. 23. The British steamer Irada, Captain Roberts, from Galveston, December r>th, for Liverpool, i? a total wreck on the southwest point of Mhm lead. Captain Roi>ents, a steward ess rnd four m??n were drowned, the remainder of the crew, sixty-fir mop., pavi-d themselves by climbing the face of the "cliffs % mm. READY FOR THE f KAY SENATOR TILLMAN WILL BLESS OUT TEDDY. A Washington Paper Says the Sen ator Has Plenty of Fight m Hin? Yet Washington, Dec, 19*.?That Sen ator Tdllman is expected to give fur ther exhibitions of his ability to wield bis famous pitchfork is indi cated by the following article which appears in one of ?he Washington afternoon papers: "All- these stories about Senator Tillman to the efftrct that his recent illness took all the old-time fire out of him and left him in a condition where he will be nothing more than a harmless speabator of the pro ceedings of the senate, which he used to enliven to no small degree by his pitchfork taatics, are certain ly all to the bad. Uncle Benjamdu is right back on the job in the old form that made 'him famous. He demonstrated this to the queen\s taste while the matt^ of rebuking the president was under consider artikm. "Once more he nose from his' seat on the center aisle and brand shed his big hand over the cham ber. Once more that half plaintive, half threatening tone ilssued forth from his mouth. And*once more he fixed his quizzical eye on the Repub lican Side of the chamber to see what Messrs. A'ldrioh and Hale might perchance have to say to his onslought. Hla even ? cast a glance in the direction of Senator Lodge of Masstachusets, the president's par ticular friend, and the senator of telephone flame, whom in the past tba doughty South Carolinian has always delighted to twit. This was conclusive evidence that the 'fire eater' is s-till in his prime. "And the curious thing about it ''-> there doesn't seem to be a sena tor, not even a Republican, who really minds it much. He delivered his parting shot in the debate on the pnrtsddent's message when he hurled this dedlarratibn across the aisle: ? " 'Some senators may consider Miai they ? need Investigation, but God knows I don't.' v'Sei*aitor Hale smiled and anybody who was watching him real closiel..' might have seen that he even nooded his ihead just a wee little bit, as much as to fray, 'That's my senti ment, too, though of course, I daren't say it that way." ' DOUBLE TRAGEDY". A Shooting Scra.ie in Which Two Men Die. Hartsvilltet, Dec. 21.?A shooting affair among white people occurred Saturday rvening at Ashland, about six miles from ncre^ just across the line from Darlington, in Lee county As a result two m'pn, Charlie Moore and W. L. Smith, are dead. There was a Woodman of the World han'-iiut or supper, at which W. L. Sral'h, about 45 years old. a merchant of Ashland, his son and a young man named Charlie Moore, the principals in the tragedy; were present.. Ill feeling between Moore amd the Smiths had existed for soma time. A dispute arose over a trival remark made by the younger Smith while at s ipper and the difficulty assumed ominous proportions after the b:mq':et. Moore and the Smiths had come downstaiis from the hall-. It is re ported that on having the table the elder Smith made a remark, using an oath, crying- "We'll fix you!" Moore, it seen.?, was standing by the fire when one of ithe Smiths made an attack on him with a cat sup bottle. Tt is also stated that Smith started on Moore with a piece of wood. Mo""o then .opened JIre on the e-der Smith, shooting him three or four Times. One of the Smiths then ,it is claimed, fired at. Miiore k 'l!?ir him Instantly. W. L. Sniit' tiled at 3:30 yeaterdaj afternoon. You*.r Smith. r> boy of about IS or 20 years old, has been lodged in jail at Bishopville. The tragedy Is a most evpl r.i*le one. It Is said wMsVey was in evidence.?The Stete. TAFT IS HEARTILY GREETED. Great Throngs Surge About Him Up on His Arrival. Augusta, Dec. 18.?A vociferous Georgia welcome was extended to President-elect Taft on his arrival here. The train shed was crowded with people who cheered lustily as Judge Taft appeared on the car platform. Official welcome was ex tended him by a large committee. Mrs. Taft also was cheered by the crowd which 3urged around the par ty on its way through the station to the waiting automobile of Mr. and Mrs. Thorne, whose house guests the Tafts will be until Monday when they will occupy the Terret cottage. As the automobile moved away a company of Georgia's mounted mili tia fell in behind as an escort of honor. Taft acknowledged the dem onstrations both at the station and as he was driven through the city by raising his hat and making a .plentiful distribution of the "Taft smile." ? $1.50 PBB ANNUM. A BLACK FIEND Forces His Way Into a Young Married Lady's Room AND ASSAULTS HER The Barbarous Crime Was Commit ted in a Home on One of the Principal Streets of the Town of Haitsville While the Husband Was at His Stove. Hartsville, Dec. 22.?The crime of last night, heinous, black and terri ble, in whieh a young married wo man was brutally asaulted by a ne gro, is uppermost in the minds every Hartsville citizen today. There is no clue, no evidence of who or where the guilty. party is. except' that the victim knows thai ttoa fiend Is a negro, tthtff he is or medium sitae, that he has a beard and that he wore a gray slouch hat. The scene of the 'horrible crime; was a home on a principal strfciet; . the time about 9 o'clock Monday night. The town has no arc light* here and there is an incandescent. ight. It was dark and the rain was pouring. The victim is a young married woman of -estimable char acter. She has been, married sc - eral years, and has a little boy about five years of age, who was asleep. : nd who was the only one at the time in the house with her. The husband, a young business man, had not returned from his ?rore. The black fiend forced his way through the front dcor of the homes and entened the bed chamber of tue lady.^She had retired, but had a lamp burning on the bureau. The fiend went to the bed and said, "I wiKl kin you if you make a fuss," stating hft 'had a gun. He went to the bureau and blew out the light, went back to the bei and'eauebt the hdy around the waist, pulled heir from tne bed ?rd carried her iuto> tue hall. She pleaded for her life. ' He repeated, "If you scream I wll* ?*(M you." She said, "Please'dot't kill me; spare my; life." He replied.* "Koup your mc nth shut and T w*>n*fc hill you." . He aciocm Ish*>d his. fiendish purpose, then mado" his ^es cape, the rain, which continued tu> fall, covering up all possible traces of his igteps. # 'The Udy believes she would rvc- " egnize the fiend w*:?o be brought 'ace to face v,iih her. Chief of Po R. IT. Klrkpatrick of Hartsvne. Deputy Sherifi' W. H. Mosrfngo frojrt Darllngt m and several oth?:r depu tized men, as well as the citizens of Hartsville, are doing all in their power to apprehend, arrest ana con vict 'the right man. Several ?u* pects have beon arrested and car ried before the lady, but they prov ed to be innocent. One feature in the chapter is th -t the negro, purposely to snroud Ms identity in mystery, stated to the lady that he was a fortune teller, that he was n'ith the carnival and that if i\e scre-.med nr made a noise he would return later and kill her. The Smitn Greater shows are here but ho one believes The ne?;r:> was In in any ?vay connected with the shows. It is thought that the ma i was acquainted wtth the town. ? Hartsvi'le is distressed, her *cit 'zens natiraPy aro greatly enrag tt at the outrageous crime, but they are calm and cool headed, yet dili gent. A reward of $500 has be*n offered for the capture, apprehensivx and convict ion of the fiend. He is described as I'tednp' about five fes:|t ten inches hign, of medi um size, beard on face and wjre gray slouch hat. The lady la hear ing up as well as could be expeot?'.r In the face of tHV t?>r-ihlo exne'ie'ice hrough which she passed. MKT TRAG FATE. bather Kelley Jumps Frrm Steamer Into the Ocean. Queenstown. Dec. 20.?A marconi gram received here today from the White Star liner Arabic reports that the Rev. Father Thomas A. Kelly, pastor of Agne's church, in Pater ?on. X. .1., leaped overboard li?t Thursday and was drowned. According n tht, "m-irconitrraW Father Kelly was is-ufrerlhg frf.m elancholia and he jumped into the, ocean at 3 a. m. Thursday. He had ?een walking on deck for some time 1 efore this, owing to insomnia. There was a heavy sea and it was=i impossible to launch a boat, but the steamer's engines were reversed and* she circled about a number of times while a searohlItght played on the wa fers and life belts were cast ov<r in the hope that one of them might fall near the drowning man. The tragedy was not generally known on board until Friday morn ing, and it caused great grief among the hundreds of Irish passengers. Father Kelly was on his way ty Ire land to ispend Christmas with rela tives. Shot in His Store. Hampton, Ark., Dec. 17.?Charles Abbott, a merchant of this place was shot and killed and his brother. Bunk Abbo?t, county treasurer was wounded by two negroes at the store of the former today as a result of a disagreement as to a business trans action. Intense excitement p.avails and posses are in pursu?' of the_ groes.