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IpOBLISHB Di THREE VT | Ca^ Frist i ia Got. AmqL ^2Sic Dwrth Sentemoe of Fink Frank* ." ^ to , priBonxhent for Life by the Tender . Hearted (Gentleman -Wbo Happens ? ?; . ?o be Governor. ; ? .... . , , :Pink Franklin will spend the re mainder of Mb days In the.State penitentiary. .. This 5s -what we are told by The StaUi in announcing that the sentence of death imposed upon the negro in the Orangehurg county ?rort in 1907' was .Thursday com annted to1 life imprisonment by Gov. AnaeL ; Tula action follows the Alling of a groat many petitions asking:execu tive clemency. These ciime from more than a ?coro of counties and vere signed by sefrerai hundred i per ?One. There were ;&. i number', ofcpef titions protesting against a pardon er commutation. - ? Franklin' was ..convicted of the ?nurder of H. E.. Valentine, a con stable, and he was -. to have been tanged on December 23. Reoently GoV, Ansel granted a respite to the .negro until January 27. ;Ttie case ?Was deddsd by Gov. Ansel inde^ pendent of a review by- trie. State Isoard of pardons. ?Following the conviction of the ne gro In Orangeburg county an appeal ?erae taken to the South Carolina' su . jreme court, where the judgment of the lower court was affirmed." . The ;?aee was next appealed oh a writ of i?rror to the United" Stat<? supreme -court, but there being no federal ?fjnestlon Involved,' the appeal was ?dismissed on | mo lion of Attorney 'GeneraliLyon. Until several months cso the case of Franklin was handled | "wy two, negro lawyers, Mooror and j .Adams, Mr. Bonaparte, former at torney ^general of the United States, -Qkwl a brief with the United States wfeapremis court in the uesro'a behalf. fl VThett the. appeal had been dis GiLTsed by the United States eopreme . ?onrt.- . the case came. beck to;: the 5a?oed^ for .the Orangeburg coaft "to \;V.*02ten\? ^4ay.:.&!>'r Wfr. ?^ec?tlott:of .Frank meantime ^ new ; Atrial .was asked in the Orangeburg county court on the grounds of after ' d^Bobvered. evidence. The trial was ?yefuaed, and again the case came be-. ? " -JoM th'-B Stabe enprome Court. While this appeal waa pending It was der - elded to' abandon the cause and to ' ask. thsit Gov. An &al pardon or coxn Sfliato'Che sentence of Franklin. It '?Jifthat petition that Gov. Ansel baa justed .on. This case h as attracted .no ^little iittention. in the North and ?many appeals hare come from, the JKorthiern press, ? , '^Following Is Gov. Ansel's decree ???:;<fc&the case: '?? . 4,Tho petitioner, Pink Franklin, Jwas tried at the*fall term, .1907, of ?the court of general sessions for .Or &njebt::rg county for the killing of ^cne H. E. Valentine, was convicted 'by the jury*, and sentenced, by his ?honor, Judge Jt C. .Klugh, the pre siding judge, to be hanged soon ^thereafter. An appeal'was taken to .the supreme court of this State, vjrhere the; judgment of the lower *court waa affirmed, and on writ of ?error to the supreme court of the -^United (States, there being no fed eral question involved, the appeal /waa dismissed. The defendant waB .then resentenced to be hanged on the 23 rd of December, 1910, and res l:pited by me until Friday^ January iS7, 11)11, aa this petition was then pending before me. . **Thia la an application to mo for a pardon or communtation of the .sentence-passed In this case. I have given a great deal of thought to this .application and the law involved in ?the caea. MA warrant had been issued by one of, the magistrates of Orangeburg county for Pink Franklin for a vio lation of an agricultural contract, :?aid warrant being dated May 25, 1907. H. B. Valentine had been ap . pointed as special constable to exe vcute said warrant, and on the morn ing of the 39th of July, 1907. he ut ' tempted to make the arrest Pink - Franklin at that time was living on j-the land of one.Mr. Spires, about 12 < miles from where he had been living In the spring on Mr. Thomas' place. I am satisfied that the warrant was a lawful one at that time, as the act of the legislature under which this ?warrant was issued had not then '.been declared unconstitutional. $ "It appears from the evidence that TMr. Valentine took with him W. M. -Carter and very early in the morn ing of July 29, 1907. went down to the house of Pink Franklin to make 'the arrest. Mr: Carter testifies that they knocked on the door and called, but got no answer. They did not state who they were or that they had a warrant or what their mission was. Mr. Carter went to the back of the bouse to see if he got out there while Mr. Valentine went Into the house, he stating that the door was open, and soon thereafter the firing began, three shots being fired close together. "The solicitor of the circuit has been before me and contends that the sentence should not be Interfered with. The circuit judge who pre sided at the trial in hla report says' 5 r, * Jr i? All? Ifll EMES A WEEK. V . . ? /.. , ??? v ITS DTO0MJ9 AND EXPENDITURES | FOSQ THE TOta* the iM College is Doing Isjl the Gm?$ Worfc of Bdacatlng C2*Boya. The annual report of Clemsoa Col lege has been eent to State Superin tendent of Education Bwoarlngen, and will be submitted to tse. general assembly. The total value of Clemson Col lege property is estimated in the J report at $1,025,183.16. A summary of expendltares for the i several departments is given as;fc. lowr: Academic department.. $ 22,276.10 Agricultural department 17,329.62 Chemical department. . 7,260.86 Engineering department. 31,660.42 Military department.. . 3,423.42 Textile department. . . 6,075.30 Miscellaneous. .... 80,990.14 Total..- .. .. .. . . . $169,024.86 | The report of the treasurer shows that the receipts of the college from all sources were $269,209.93, and that, the total expenditures were j $234.482.81.; There is a total bal ance of $53.974.20. Acting President Rlggs says in his ! report that "on the wbple the work I of the faculty has been loyal, enthus iaBtlc and erflcient. Our greatest need is for more men with quallflca tiona for leadership?men who can' plan and Initiate to Improve and ex tend their worfc>even thou&h it be at present efficient." ? The following items of expense are [given as having been expended for the public work of Clemson College I during the past year: Beneficiary scholarships .$17,223.06 [Coast experiments. ,. . . ' 8.145.90 Entomological inspection 1,613.50 Extension work, fanners' 'institutes. ...... 4,413.45 [Fertilizer tags, inspection ianalyBee.;, ... . '. 24,253,40 [Miscellaneous travel. . . 56.75 I Tick, eradication. . . : . 8.166.00 Veterinary inspection.v. 1,886.80 Total....'.ieS^ST.SS It |s pointed out in the report that the health of the students has been most excellent- ' ?" ?Ii I. I I II 'I! [The'Tragic Ending of m Life Dong Companionship. Temporary insanity brought a fearful ending to nearly 'fifty years ef almost Ideal married life at Pen ?aaoola. Fla. * William Morgan, an aged and wealthy stock raiser, cut hlo wife's throat with a'pocket knife, brfnglai; death in a few seconds. I Then standing above her body with the open knife gripped in his hand he cried out: "I wish I were dead, too." The insane man's cry was a futile threat, for "he did not take his own life and Is under'arrest today. The tragedy occurred just: after dark " within ? ?sight of tixe lights of Morgan's beautiful home, one of the finest in this section. Hi's wife. had. slipped out of the houBe in terror at her husband's aueer behavior. 5he was almost within reach of escape when Morgan noticed her departure [and dashed after her. Within a few j steps of the house he overtook her. Morgan is seventy years old, hia wife was sixty-five, and it was said that for years not a cross word had passed between them. Young and Old Confess. At Adams, Ohio, first voters and [?men whose ages run as high as 75, j numbering 140, confessed before [judge A. Z. Blair Wednesday that in I the last election they sold their votes. Each was fined $5, given a suspended work house sentence and five years' i dlsfranchisement Indictments Will be withheld in many cases to plve [the accused opportunity to come Into [Court voluntarily. If tbey do so. [the Court will be inclined to greater leniency. Negro Confeseee Killing. John Glvens, a negro, today con fessed that he killed John Owobb, a young white men, who, after being missed several days was found dead In a rw&mp several mliee from Amer leus, Ga. Givens declared that Ow~ ens tried to break into his house at midnight but he shot and killed him and afterwards through fear dragged the body far into the swamp where it lay undiscovered for three days. Givens was arrestod. that the conclusion which he reached many months ago and which is un changed is that the negro ought not to be banged for is crime, and earnestly recommends and urges that I extend such clemency as my judg ment may dictate. "Taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case as shown by the evidence, together with the urgent request by the judge who pre sided at the trial that' I exercise clemency, I feel satisfied that the pe titioner outht not to be pardoned, but that the death sentence should be commuted to life Imprisonment in the penitentiary. "Wherefore, it la adjudged that the sentence of death heretofore passed upon the said Pink Franklin be, and the same Is hereby, com muted to life Impusonment In the State- penitentiary at hard labor." I OB AKXJEHUBG, A HARD LUCK ROBBER "?? ? ' :?: I >? : ": BURIED HIS LOOT, THEN FOHGOT ITS HTOCTG PLAGE; Drttttk-MB Trailed Him $ct* Six Yean tu the Hope of Ee&dalng Loot GoM, Bu4 Failed, Charles Beeler, who robbed the Welle-Fargo Express company, at San Antonlb, Tex., of $50,000 eleven years ago, is running an engine on the St Louis, Brownsville and Mex ico railroad. He Is apparently suf fering no pangs of conscience over his crime. The penalty which be paid for taking the money was five yearn In the penitentiary, the court giving nim that sentence on a plea of guilty. What became of the'$50,000 is a myBtery to the Wells-Fargo people and the detectives, who have been .searching for ever since. It is known thit Beeler never had reaped any benefit of the stolen money. From the time be left the doors of the penitentiary until a short time ago there was never a Jay that he waa not shadowed by detectives.' At last the express company is said to be convinced that the man . lost oi mifipiaced the money, Now the com pany has given up all hopes of ever obtaining possession of it. Beeler stole the money while he was hauling It from the express of fice to the railroad station, in Ss.n [Antonio. He buried it on a ranch a short distance from the city and then j fled into Mexico.- He was captured | and taken back to Texas for trial, j and after he had pleaded guilty made i a confession and led the detectives j to the place where he burled the money. But he could not find Jt, I either from mistaking the location or., having some one else dig it up, and he was accordingly taken back and ' sentenced to five yeara in prison, which he served. Wells, Fargo & Co.. sued him and obtained judgment for the amount I of the" Btolen money. During the time that he-woe in' the penitentiary J detectives kept a constant watch on I Heeler's wife, thinking he might] have turned the stolen money over j to her; ' I .?When he stepped out of prison, two detectives met him and accom-] I panted him to San Antonio. Beeler j worked at odd jobs for a time, ana : then-obtained a piece .ns^fireman ,on [;a-; Jpeomatfeve;-cw?- / 'the^: Trinity -?and?) Brases railroad. A detective rode I on every tr&la that big engine pulled-. Beeler.wae patched day and night He went io.-the St Leu Is, Browns ville and Mexico, railroad from the Trinity and .Brazos Valley-in the hope of getting rid of the detectives, but they followed! him. It is now eix years Eince he left the penitentiary, land until a few weeks ago there never was a moment in all that period that he was not being spied upon by detectives. It 13 said the express company .is at last convinced that Beeler's Btory oi some one finding the buried money and getting away with ilt is true. As a locomotive engineer this former express robber is performing good and faithful service. " 1 . B?KSED TO DEATH. Five Children Loj?e Tlielr Lives by Upset of Lamp. At Pittsvllle, Pa., five children of John Markasavafe were burned to death in their beds early Monday. The children ranged in age from two months to eight years. The origin of the fire is credited to a new year's .celebration by boardeni In one of the hounes, an upset oil lamp. It is said, atarting the blaze. When the fire was discovered Markeavage and hla wife ran Into the street and being unable to speak English, gav<s rescuers the lmipreeBlon that there were no chil dren in the house and they made on efforta to enter the plstee. The fath er, unmindful of the flames dashed back Into his home but failed to reach the little ones. He waa eeri ooftly burned. Fire on Street Ca*. Fire which broke out in the mid dle car of a speeding "L" train at the highest point of the Ninth Ave nue Elevated railroad In New York , furnished an unusual morning spec Itacle. The car burned like tinder. Thirty passengers fled to the rear of the train in a panic. Firemen were half an hour extinguishing the blaze. The blaze was due to defec tive insulation. Take? Poison and Lead. M. E. Beaver, aged 38, agent ot the Raleigh & Charleston railroad at Mafiette, N. C, committed suicide early Wednesday by taking carbolic acid and then shooting himself. Ois appointmnet in love affairs ia as cribed as the cause. Dam (?low Out. One man was killed and 23veral Injured by the blowing out of lock and dam No. 6 above Monroe, La., Thursday. Others were forced to fly Tor their lives. The accident was caused by a rise In the river. Many llorsw Burn. At Troy. N. Y., thirty-eight horses were burned to death, ten families rendered homeless and seven build ings destroyed by fire originating in the Keef livery stable. The loss is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. B. C., SAT I B D?Y. JAlkl kAik?s Besieg hvm hVt htM BecMM of ?ho BMfl of the Robbers in Directing the Train Crew in Handling the Train, Railroad Of* flcials Say. the Bandits Are Far mer Railroad Men. i "Working on the theory that the two masked bandits who held up the Southern Pacific Overland limited at Rees, are hiding in Ogden, Utah, ev ery rooming house, in the city is be ing searched and all suspects are be ing brought Into , Custody.. There are.;now working on the case all the deteetlves of the Harr im an lines and. private detectives, in addi tion to the sheriffs.and police of Salt Lake, Weber. :and Box-Elder coun ties.'- ? ?[ Five suspects* answering to the de scription of the bandits, were ar. reBted Wednesday night Because of the skill of the bandits in directing the train era j in handling the train, railroad Officials bay the robbers are former railroad men. The. bandits not only displayed -.a. knowledge of . automatic block ?lgnal apparatus, but also showed that they were informed In the method of the operation of trains on the Southern Pacific. The semaphone which halted the train was Ingeniously tampered with. The lock had been broken and a match Inserted-so as to prevent the copper contacts from . touching, thereby throwing the Bignal In the block and' slopping the train, j H. H. Hancock, flagman on the Overland Limited, who was com pelled to carry the sack In which the bandits collected the valuables, gave the following ?'?account of the rob bery:. . i ??About .11:3? the train was, stopped a mile and a half weat of Rees stationi'hy an intermediate block signal. ".^Brakemen Cross went ahead to lo^atertbo trouble. I went east, to prd^-the rear of^tbe train. I had gonet about a third of a mile whop;!' w8*j^gnaii^:hy' &$>nj#n?etf: to return.-" Josfcas^r w?srabour't?" step- to the rear platform I was con fronted by two ugly guns and heard a stem command to, get on the plat form and do it quick. I climbed on. just as the train started and two men followed me. Ab soon as we were together on the platform one of the men said: "Here, you take this sack and.hold it as we go through t(he train.'* > ?" - ? ? "Enteriug the car we found tike door of the toilet room locked acd one of them fired through it. Both carried sawed > off,' repeating sh nt guns and each had a revolver in a belt well filled with sheila." Hancock described the robbers, saying that one was tall while the other was short . . y.r' "As we passed through the car," said Hancock, "the short one ordered the Fassengers , from., their berths. They were told to drop what thtey had in the sack. . ... ... ?"At one of the berths two young women protested tsat they did not have anything. The short robber pushed his gun violently against tie breast of one and struck the other over the right eye with the butt of the weapon. "When we came to the drawing room of this car. William Davis, the porter, tried-to keep them from en tering. The short man deliberately raised his gun and fired. Davis fell to the floor dead and Taylor, the other porter, grappled with the rob ber and wrenched his gun away from hdm. The bandit pulled his revolver and fired. Taylor dropped to the floor wounded. "By this time the train had reached Rees /And Brakema/n Cross bud boarded. We were Just starting to gain speed when one of the robbers reached for the cord and released the air, bringing the train to a stop. Engineer Rows* got off to try and locate the trouble and the- robbers ordered me to get off the train with them. "A minute or two later the engi neer returned to our side 6f the train and while one of the robbers covered him and ordered him to his cab, the other commanded me to cot off the train back of the baggage car. I made an attempt to do so, or pre tended to do bo, when he Bald: "Get out of there. Let me cut it You are altogether too slow.' I was then i ordered to signal the engineer to pull up slowly. The engine moved for ward." Given Three Years. In the circuit court at Salem. Va., Thursday afternoon a jury in the case of J. H. Body, white, charged with killing James Mack, a negro, re turned a verdict of involuntary man slaughter and fixed Body's punish ment of threp years In the peniten tiary. A motion will be made for a new trial. Chops Off Fingers. At Spartanburg Robert Smith, a little boy 5 years of age, while play ing with his little cousin, Thepza Lancaster, Thursday accidentally chopped off the little girl's fingers with an axe. She lost all the fingers i of her left hand. rABY T, 1911. SAVED FROM DEATH SBAMEB. OLDN3ING TO OV@R~ TXRirED BOAT RESCUED. ; Jinasjie Deal ?ad Bogen? Cross Ar rive Sxntt in Time to Save toe Live* of Sevea Sailors. Clinging to the bottom of their boat, which bad capsized and turned turtle, seven seamen of the British steamship Navarra wsre rescued in the harbor of Charleston Wednesday afternoon, says The News and Cour ier, by Jimmle Deal and Eugene Crces, two apprentices of the Char leston Pilot Association. The res cued sailors were benumbed) with cold, having been exposed on the bot tom of their little craft to wind anu water for over an hour.1 It is doubt ful If the? could have held out much longer in the perilous position, in which they were found when taken aboard the pilot launch and carried back to their ship. {Messrs. Deal and Cross were out in the launch "Uncle Simeon,'' being out on a special mission. While go ing down the channel they heard four Whistles, the distress signal, blown by the BteamBhlp Navarra, which got out of the channel Tuesday morning in a fog and grounded near Buoy .No. 7. Young Deal, who was In charge of the pilot launch, looked about to see what was . the trouble. Nearly half a mile away, from the Bhlp he spied a small object drifting With the tide, which appeared to be a boat botitom-upwards with several men clinging to: It. A second glance showed plainly that the men were waving a handkerchief and beckon ing for aid. With all possible dis patch, Messrs. Deal and Cross made for the acene of trouble. When the pilot boat reached the upturned craft the men were found to be so benumbed with cold that they had to be literally picked off and taken aboard. When the rescued Beamen thawed out sufficiently to tel} their story they told the pilot boys how while trying to run a cable from the Navarre their yawl boat * as caught by a strong ebb tide and cap sized. They' were all thrown over board, but swam to the up-turned boat and clung to It for dear life. With their' clothing wet through and in the exposed position in which they were placed the cold, northwest winds so chilled "thorn .that In: a few mlnV utes their liaM became*1 a!mow use less. ' ? ' . ? ? , (With a white cloth one of the sev fon made frantic efforts to attract at tention. The men aboard the Na varra eaw the trouble; but had no boat to send out for them.- The best the ship could do for her sailors in peril was to blow the distress signal. Luckily young; Deal and Cross were at hand just In'time to save the men on the capeiized boat from a watery grave. They took the men aboard, and towiing their up-turned craft, carried them back to the Navarra. DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE. ? I* Many People Killed and Houses'-Are \- x* . . Demolished... '?? i A violent earthquake was feit at various points of Russia Turkeystah at 4 o'clock -Wednesday morning. Many buildings were destroyed' and there were many fatalities. v }? The loss of life is not known as there is very little communication to be had with the country suffering from the shocks. Great fissures opened in the ground and buildings were Bwallowed up. Small streams were changed In their course. Practically all stores and resl dencee at Vyerny, capital of the ter ritory of Semiryetohenk were de stroyed or badly damaged. The city has a population of twen ty-three thousand. Communication with the disturbed district has been' broken up. Took His Own Life. Despondent over his failure to re cover health, after walking out of a second story window some months ago at Atlanta, Taylor Durrett, aged 32 yean, shot himself while in bed with bla couein, Dr. R. B. Garrett. He was later removed to a hospital where he died of bio Injuries Mon day. War/on Parlor Match. The "parlor" match, ordinarily /used in the United States, Ib to be prohibited in the future, if a .bill introduced today by Representative Mann, of Illinois, becomes law. He states that the making of such matches Ib attended with much dan ger to the health of those engaged in the manufacture of them. Total Tram Wreck. (Fifteen persons were killed and forty or fifty others were injured in the wreck of a passenger train near Natacart, Cape Colony, early Thurs day. The train which was loaded with holiday makers from East Lon don, left the rails and turning over rolled down an embankment. Four Were Killed. In the Northern Pacific yards In Cheyer, Washington, the North Coast Limited No. 2, struck a car of the Burlington passenger train No, 42, east bound.; Three coaches , were wrecked. Four, trainmen are. re ported killed. Several .seriously i?dis3 SAYS'SENATOR IS NOT EN ??'(ftTNB WTTH TIMES. ?"'' ,.-. . Governo^el^' Says Veteran FolMI? ' da? Stands Pa* on Sverr Ia*w> oad Ca? Kot Win. In answer to Senator Lodge's speech., in Symphony hall Tuesday night, Gov.-elect Eugene N. Foss Is sued a statement, saying in part: "Senator Lodge's speech of last night was an eloquent personal remi niscence. It told of the past, but not a word of the present and the fu ture. If there was any doubt as to the fact that the senator was de feated, this speech has completly dis pelled that illusion. For his own utterances have defeated him. . "He stands pat on the tariff, on reciprocity with Canada, on the in come tax, on the direct primary, on the election of United States sena tors by popular vote, on the recall, on the Initiation and on the referen dum." The governorrolect says that upon these issues the election was fought and won in Massachusetts last fall and declares that Senator Lodge evaded all. these Issues. It is seen, he . adds, that Mr. Lodge is opposed to; every one of them. After declar ing that Senator Ladge is a discred ited man in the eyes, of the public, Mr. Foss continues: "He does .not stand for the new order of things. '. He does not believe in the capacity and the. right of the people to govern themselves. He has said unmistakably that he does not think the people competent to advise their public servants. ?He is a reactionary. He faces to the rear and he belongB to an era which Is already dead. . "Massachusetts demands some thing besides oratory. She wants a man In the senate who, in the first place, stands for the will of the peo ple; who believes In the people, whose heart and conscience and ef forts are with the people."' " _^ i BREAK SAFE IN HOTEL. The (Bold and Daring Work of Two Masked BasdHe. :/Two masked. bandits entered .the r^r^%tU| . Thursday' and "'robbed the safe.of- about ?5,000 in cash and Jewelry. ? The clerk and porter were forced Into the basement at the point of Mrfforvem- Thirteen safety deposit tboxes were extracted and carried away. The boxes were found later iff &b? basement of the Angel no theatre ad joining the hotel. All had bees broken open. The -bandits forced ?the night clork to deliver the key tx the inner- door of the safe before driving him into the basement. On? man thett stood guard In the'base ment, while the other opened an<3 : -looted- the?saffi?. - ? - About '25 boxes containing several thousand/ dollars fn / cash' ??d" dla r'mond's were'' left untouched." \ Th< hotel cash box yielded' $600. Ont box left behind Is't?ifi't? have con ?'talhe? $0,000 JU gold. No 'irresU : have "been iflad?j' ' ; ;r . t?. J< V"' ' BEATS THE AUTO. The Horse and Track Killed Mnnj People in New York. As usual, the horse and truck killed more persons in the Btreets oi New York last year than the automo bile or the trolley cars. The report of the highways protective society for 1910, made public today, shows that for the last year 158 persons were killed by wagons, 114 by trolley cart and 104 by automobiles. Oddly enough the list of Injured runs in versely. By automobiles 930 per sona were injured; by trolleys 607 and by wagons 105. Among the deaths of children the society puts down forty per cent to the careless ness and contributory negligence of parents Agreeably Surprised. George E. Wilson, of Roanoke, Va., received a telegram from a man named Deal, at Naehville, Tenn.. tell ing him hie brother, M. E. Wilson, bad been found dead in that city. George E. Wilson was preparing to go to Bristol, Tenn., to meet the body of his brother, when he re wived a message Wednesday even ing from him at Nashville, saying he was alive and well. A Mean Thief. Sam Hawkins, a negro, formerly porter for an Atlanta undertaking establishment, Is under arrest charged with stealing the clothes off a corpse. The stolen goods were found in bis possession. Hawkins confessed. Taking Her Dead. Miss Almy Schmidt, aged 60, after 40 years' residence in America, has started back to Germany by way of New York, accompanied by the bodies of all ber relatives who have died In this country.^ . Senator Elk ins Dead. : At Washington Senator Stephen B. Elkina. of West Virginia died at 12 o'clock "Wednesday night after a lin gering illness. Members of his fam ily were present when the end came. WO CENTS PER COPV UVE WIRE COIL &Us a Hm tsfHa Tis Digs ' Vftfe Try to Kasse Bin Fnm It THE DEADLY CURRENT A Crowd of One Thousand Peojfe Stand Around Powerless to Aid 12?. Unfortunate Victim, Whose Body is Recovered by an Undertaker Wearing Rubber Gloves. When Giovanni D'Ainelio, a hoes, plasterer, of No. 127 Main street* Union Hill, N. J., finished his day's, work on a house at Thirteenth* street and Went New York asenoe? that township, at 6 o'clock last nigh** two collies, his constant companions, scampered down Thirteenth street, ahead of him. But D'Ainelio, owtoR. to the rain, determined to walk hon?r -by a short route, which- took ?in . along. Bergenline avenue, and whln tied to the dogs. , They, obeyed reluctantly, an* seemed to plead .. with him .id; takx the old way home. One of them: tugged at his trousers leg, as though: to persuade the master to face jooct ?But D'Amelk). spoke sharply to htss petB, who with hanging heads fol lowed at his heels. As D'Amelio, passed under an elec tric light at Ninth street and Ber~ genllne avenue, a secondary feed wire snapped and fell. When .that. end came in contact, with the. ddeV walk, yellowish sparks shot out. D'Amelio turned at the sound ana the do?s cowered, whimpering witik' fear. A word of encouragement to ths crouching animals was on the man's llpa when' the wire swung toward j D'Amelio, who raised his arms to guard himself. The next Instant tb* heavily charged wire began eoilingc Itself around his body. As the wire wound D'Amelio in its. fatal embrace, the end whipping is. an ever shortening circle; hissed enft spit forth sparks and a never endtos stream of. fire, whose- cokrra were; '% ^changing continualfe\ from gxeenisk Ted'to blue, yellow to purple.., Thus, the wire become taut sind flung ;tfc*: ? man to the ground, where ae lajtr ? r " Alf thle 'had' taken7 S?ouf ten mi**} utea, and when the dogs savr their master -twisting and turning on tks sidewalk One of them, with a ehzrja bark, rushed toward him. The ani mal seized one of the coils in -Ma teeth, as If t$. rend it Then, with ? yelp of palh, it dropped dead. .Ds spltethe fate of its pate *?g oTSfer* dog dashed to the rescue. It,, too, grabbed one1 ~ Of the deadly rings, is ite fangs. Death came instantly. Meanwhile about one thousand, persons, men and women, had gath ered, i None dared to attempt to. t? leeso D'Amelio. After he had bees dragged to the sidewalk the coile bo- ' came red hot, then turned to a whits heat. All the time hissing flames 'Bhdt from the twiEtlng endY Whett the ?? terror-stricken spectators re alized they bad seen a nlan and his ' two dogs electrocuted before their, eyes they became horrified, Women, screamed, and many were led away ?half fainting. r Some one telephoned ? the police and Capt. Vleltsmann, with Sergta. Bauer' and Wallace and Patrolman. Wallace, soon appeared. They were aa powerless to lend aid as the oth ers. Then an ambulance was called from Sharp's undertaking shop and, the driver, Charles Darke, was tedd! to fetch rubber gloves and S; pair of wire cutters. When he arrived be put on the gloves and cut the wire, which flew into the air, its fiery tall still pitting sparks. D'Amelio was hurried to the Nortlt Hudson Hospital. The doctors said he had died within a few minutes after the wire coiled Itself arouse? him. He leaves a widow and three children, the oldest five years of age. Sent to the Asyhnn. Irving T. Fleming, colored, poarfr master at Lynchburg,. was adjudged insane on Wednesday and sent to tks asylum. Fleming has lately been s very enthusiastic member of a Holi ness sect of this neighborhood and It ia supposed that the constant excite ment manifested in the religious riles has unbalanced his mind. Gets Twelve Years. Jas. J. Gallagher, who Bhot Maysr Gaynor last August, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years' imprison ment. He was convicted In Jersey City on an indictment charging him. not with shooting Mayor Gaynor, but with assaulting, with Intent to kBU. William H. Edwards, commission of street cleaning of New York. Held to be Lawful. The bank guaranty laws of Okla homa, Nebraska and Kansas were de clared constitutional by the supreme court of the United States Wednes day and thus the fight over the es tablishment of- the policy of guar anteeing" the public and State depos its in banks was won by advocates of such a policy. Hanged in Ireland. At Cork, Ireland, Wm. Scanlan, as American' army pensioner,- was hanged Wednesday for the alleged murder of his Blster-ln-law In 19 OS. Scahlan was convicted on purely dp? cemstantlal evidence.