The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, November 18, 1911, Image 1
PUBLIf tTEp TRI-WEEKIA
WE MOVE ON
flu? New Enterprises w the Slate in
the Pist Nine Ruths
REPORT BY COUNTIES
Over Twenty-five Million Dollars In
vested in New Concerns, the Park
er Merger Included in the Total
Capital, Which is a Most Excellent
Showing.
Twenty-five million dollars, is a
very large amount of money and it is
approximately that much tha; has
been put Into new enterprises in
South Carolina during the first nine
months of the year, according to the
reports on file in the office of tho sec
retary of state, says the State.
This amount is much larger than
for the same period last year. The
charter fees for the o.. ce thin year
are several thousand dollars in ad
' vance of the fees for the same period
in 1910.
Greenville county leads the State,
?with $16,211,000, and Charleston
comes second, with 2,122,900, and
Rlchland county third with $1,012,
800. Charleston county really led
the State as 315,000,000, the capital
stock of the Parker mill merger be
ing included in the return from
Greenville.
The following shows the amounts
thlft have been invested in the va
rious counties of the State:
Abbeville.$ 25,000
A/ken. 18,000
Anderson .... 274,000
Bamberg .. ... 3,000
Barnwell. 146,000
Beaufort. 35,000
Calhoun.115,500
Charleston .. ..*.2,122,900
Cherokee. 132,000
Chester. 110,000
Chesterfield. 185.000
Clarendon. 196,500
Colleton. 75,000
Darlington. 784,500
Dillon. 767,500
Dorchester. ... 50,500
Edgefield.? 75,400
Falrfleld. 8,700
Florence. 331.600
Georgetown. 500,000
..Greenville .. .. ;.'.16,211,500
Greenwood .. ..... ._i 75..0OO
Hampton. .. 45,000
Horry. 26,000
Kershaw. 140,000
Lancaster .. . .: .. 123,000
Laurens ... 234,000
Lee .. .. .. .. .. ... .. 22,500
Lexington.... ... 11,000
Marion ... . 91,500
Marlboro. 76,500
Newberry. 155,000
Oconee >. .. .. 5,000
Orangeburg... 102,000
Piokens.?.. 26,000
Richland ...1,012,800
Saluda .. ... ... .? .. 75,000
Spartanburg., .. 581,700
Sumiter. 624,000
Union._ 106,000
Wdlliamsburg ... .. ,. 28,000
York. 102,500
SEEKING HEART BAIJtf.
Austrian Officer Demands $25,000
From American Girl.
A breach of promise suit for $25,
000 was filed against Miss Helen Mc
Murray of New York by Lieut. Ed
ward Stars of the Austrian army. He
alleges that Miss McMurray prom
ised in Vienna, in 1910, to marry him
and thaf thereafter he did. all he
could to make bimself pleasing in
her eyes, taking a year's leave of
absence from the army and losing his
opportunity for advancement, sell
ing his racing stables and taking up
the study of English. He also claims
to have given Miss McMurray many
of his family heirlooms, wreaths and
bunches of flowers, and that he pur
chased "at enormous cost" a civilian
outfit and evening clothes. When he
came to New York in July last to
claim his bride she saw him but once,
he alleges, and then only long
enough to discard him.
CASE SETTLED AT LAST.
Bottom of the Maine Was Blown In
ward by Explosion.
Exploration of the bottom of the
Maine Wednesday at Havana, Cuba,
about 140 feet raft of the bow, re
vealed a plate Identified as forming
a portion of the outer hull of the
ship on the port side near the keel
and under the magazines as having
been blown inward, the upper part
being folded inward. This appar
ently could result only from an ex
ternal pressure. The engineer in
charge and the other officers are
maintaining reticence, but the dis
covery is strongly confirmatory of the
theory of an external explosion. One
body was recovered from the boiler
room. It was that of an unusally tall
man.
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Killed in Wreck of Train.
Engineer W. A. Kinney was killed,
Fireman Ed Townes, colored, serious
ly injured, and the mail clerks and
passengers were badly shaken up
when Southern railway train No.3 7,
from Washington to New Orleans,
was derailed between Benaja and
Reidsviile, about 20 miles north of
Greensboro, N. C. This is one of the
finest trains in the South.
ABRUPT ENDING.
Centre, Kansas, Plead Guilty to
Centre, ansas, Plead uilty to Tar
Tarring Girl Teacher.
?Pleas of guilty were suddenly an-;
nounced in the circuit court at Lin
coln Centre, Kansas, on Thursday, by
three of the prominent citizens ac
cused in connection with the tarring
of Miss Mary Chamberlain, the Shady
Bend school teacher. These announc
ed pleas of guilty: Everett G. Clark,
president of a Shady end milling
company; Watson Scranton, Shady
Bend farmer; Jay Fitzwater, Shady
Bend faiTner.
A flood of affidavits was let loose
in court at the beginning of the hear
ing of an application by Everett G.
Clark, the wealthy miller of Shady
Bend, for a change of venuo in the
case, in which he with eight other
men are charged with "assault and
battery" in connection with the tar
ring of Misa Mary Chamberlain last
August. Miss Chamberlain was in
court, Accompanied by her mother
and brother.
Since Miss Chamberlain was de
coyed to a lonely spot on a country
road, seized by a band of a dozen or
more men, her clothing torn off and
her body coated with tar, she has re
mained in close retirement in her
home in the little Shady Prnd com
munity, where she taught school and
where it is said her popularly with
the men caused jealous wives and
sweethearts to inflict on her the tor
ture which created a storm of indig
nation throughout the State.
Another confession of gulit in the
tar party case came on Thursday
whbn Edward Ricord, a barber, ad
mitted he decoyed Miss Mary Cham
berlain, a school teacher, to a point
near Shady Bend, where she was
"tarred" on Aug. 7. He went before I
Judge Gover and entered a plea of
guilty. Sentence was suspended un
til after the trial of the other accused
men.
R'cord has been in jail for the last
three months, awaiting action on an
appeal of a justice court sentence of
one year for complicity in the attack
on Miss Chamberlain. He was the
first man arrested in connection with
the "tar party" case. It is alleged he
received $5 for his part in the .affair;
According to Miss Chamberlain
she accompanied Ricord on the night
of. the attack under the impression
that he was taking her to a dance.
Ricord expects leniency as the result
of his confession.
KILL GIRL IN JEALOUS RAGE.
Enraged Because She Accepted At
tentions From Another.
Crazed by jealousy, Ed J. Brazell,
a white cotton mill operative, forty
two years old, shot and killed Carrie
"Belle Duncan, a Blxteen-year-old girl,
in the presence of Brazell [a sick wife,
Thursday morning.
Before the man could reload the
single barreled shotgun and turn the
weapon on himself, his wife, though
weak and-feverish from illness, wres
tled with him and prevented him
from accomplishing his purpose. Of
ficers soon arrived and placed Brazell
under arrest.
Brazell and his wife and the dead
girl and her family lived in the same
tenement house. He was enamored
with the girl and was insanely jeal
ous because of her alleged acceptance
of attentions from another man.
While the Duncan girl was In the
room with the wife and just after
she prepared breakfast for the Bra
zells, the husband seized a gun and
blew the girl's brains out.
The wife is prostrated and Brazell
refuses to talk, although letters
found in his pocket stated that he
loved the girl, was jealous of other
men and that he intended to kill her
and end his own life.
GAVE IT ALL TO CHARITY.
Woman of the Underworld Disposed
of Fortune That Way.
Anna Willson, a woman of the un
derworld, who died recently in Oma
ha, Neb., left her fortune of $250,
000 to charity. Margaret Alice
Piatt, lived in St. Louis with her pa
rents until she was seventeen years
old, when the family removed to
Memphis. Three brothers were
steamboat engineers. Margaret
eloped soon after they went to Mem
phis, but was followed by one of her
brothers and forced to return home.
In 1S67 the family removed to Jack
son county, Illinois, but Margaret re
mained at Memphis, where she was
employed as a maid in the family
of Dr. Thomas. Anna Wilson was a
character of considerable notoriety
in Omaha for forty years. She died
four weeks ago and objections were
raised to accepting her bequests on
the ground that the money was
"tainted."
Buried Dog in Flag.
Muggsie, the little terrier mascot
of the aeronautical corps of the army,
is dead and buried at College Park
at Washington in a United States
flag. Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball of the
Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary' to
the Grand Army of the Republic, is
highly Indignant and has appealed
to the Secretary of War, demanding
an investigation.
KILLED BY ENGINE
UNKNOWN MAN FATALLY HURT
BY LOCOMOTIVE.
Died at the Union Station at Colum
bia as the Train that Struck Him
Pulled In.
The State says unknown and ap
parently far from nome, a young
white man, about 21 years of age,
was sruck by a south-bound passen
ger train of the Southern railway,
coming from Charlcftte, near
Chappels, Richland county, Thurs
day morning and was fatally Injured.
He was brought to Columbia, but
death came as the train rolled into
the union station.
Acting in the absence of R. D.
Walker, coroner, Jas. H. Fowles,
magistrate investigated the case ani,
deemed and inquest unnecessary. It
is alleged that the unfortunate man
was sitting on the crossties, seem
ing asleep when passenger train No.
35 rounded a curve and struck him.
He never regained consciousness. His
skull was fractured and left leg brok
en.
The dead man left little clue as to
his identity. He was dressed in a
pair of blue overalls with a black
coat, and carried a.B his only baggage
a small bundle of underwear. On
the inside of his coat collar was the
name "H. M. Lewis, Staunton, Va."
The name was sewed on a little tag,
and was evidently the firm from
whom the coat was bought. The un
derwear was wrapped in paper mark
ed in two places, "C. A". Carter,
Smith's /Turnout, S. |C."< Smith's
Turnout is on the Southern railway,
between Chester and Rock Hill.
Judge Fowles is doing everything
Smith's Turnout Thursday in hope
of getting some Information as to
who the man was, but secured no
news. On the man's coat were a few
cotton linters, and the presumption
is that he may have been a cotton
mill operative, going to some manu
facturing town in search of work. He
was seen at Ridgeway on Wednesday,
and asked an old negro the distance
to Columbia.
Juge Fowles is doing everything
in his power to identify him. He was
five feet, nine inches in height, had
?blue eyes and rather light hair, was
clean shaven, and: looks as if he part
ed his hair in the middle. A promi
nent side tooth is badly decayed, and
he had at some time been operated
on for appenicitlfl. The body Is be
ing held at the undertaking parlors
of J. W. McCormick on Hampton
street for identification.
SLIPPED ON PEEL OF BANANA.
May Result in ?Crippling for Life 01
Man Who Stepped on It.
The Greenville Piedmont tays tes
timony to the fact that the city ordi
nance against the throwing of ba
nana peels on the sidewalks of the
city's streets is not enforced as it
should be, and that failure to en
force the law puts pedestrians in a
precarious situation is borne by a
sad incident that occurred recently,
barely failing to cause death to a
Greenville resident.
Mr. Robert Nash, a man who has
lived here for about eleven months,
having come here from Virginia,
was walking down Main street near
the postoffice building a week ago.
Near the corner of Main and Broad
streets he slipped on a banana peel
and fell to the sidewalk, the base ol
his spine striking the pavemont. The
foot that stepped upon the peeling
went high into the air and he suf
fered a hard fall.
Persons on the street came to the
aid of Mr. Nash and he was taken
to the Salvation Army citadel where
he was given medical attention and
Dr. 'Black and Brown have been at
tending him since. It was found
that the base of Nash's spine was
fractured and that the nerves were
badly deranged.
Nash has suffered terrible pains
and it is likely that he will never
walk again. The attending physician
said that the injuries may heal, but
the chances are that he will never
again have the use of his limbs.
His legs have been numb and feeling
less since the fall. It is thought that
the break in the spine will heal but
that his nervous system will never
be whole again and that this will
prevent further use of the legs.
Nash is a young man and rather
tall and it is believed that his height
made the fall more serious. It is
thought, that if it had been an old
mean to suffer the fall death would
have resulted. However, Nash, be
ing a young man, the wounds will
not, it is thought, prove fatal.
Beattie Will Have to Hang.
A Richmond, Va., dispatch says
the supreme court of appeals denied
the petition for a writ of error by
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.. convicted of
murdering his young wife last July.
This decision on the appeal from the
judgment of the Chesterfield court,
which sentenced him to die in the
electric chair November 24, is final.
"Unloaded" Pistol Kills Boy.
At Chattanooga, while playing
"jail" Tuesday evening, Dewitt
Clarkson, 13 years old, a son of A.
Clarkson, a prominent real estate
dealer, was shot and killed by Dennie
Hughes, 11-year-old son of J. N.
Hughes, a contractor and builder.
The pistol was not supposed to be
loaded.
JRG, S. C, SATURDAY, NOV
TRIAL OF T?TEN
fie Is Accused of flordtricg J R. Lang
ford io Hampton Coooty
WHAT WITNESSES SAID
PJary Harris, the White Woman in the
Case, the Principle Witness for the
State, Testified that Tuten, the De
fendant, Did the stilling of Lang
ford, WTiich the State Claims.
LeRoy B. Tuten, of Hampton
County, iB not guilty of the murder
of J. R. Langford, according to the
decision reached by the jury in the
case early Thursday afternoon. Two
and a half days were consumed in the
trial of the case which was brought
to Bamberg from Hampton, and ac
cording to statements made, it took
the jury scarcely three minutes to de
cide the case, once the matter was
in its hands.
The case of the State against Le
Roy B. Auten was begun in the court
of general sessions at Bamberg on
Tuesday. The defendant is charged
with the murder of J. R. Langford,
just outside of the town of Brun
son, in Hampton county, about a
year ago. Both the deceased and the
defendants come from large and
prominent families. The case was
transferred to Bamberg County on the
ground that a fair and impartial trial
could not be had at Hampton. Below
we give the testimony in the case:
The first witness called by thb
State was Dr. J. W. Mole of Brunson,
v;ho held an autopsy the^ay after the
killing. This witness testified that
the body of Langford was found in
the woods near Hampton, and that a
wound was discovered near the left
ear. The skin waB not severely in
jured and the skull was not fractur
ed, a hemorrhage near the brain be
ing the imediate cause of death.
Dr. J. L. Folk, the next witness,
testified that he was the family phy
sician ofLangford ,and that he had
never seen any evidence of apoplexy
about the deceased.
E. W. Addison stated that he saw
Tuten the day after the burial, Octo
1, and that Tuten: told him that
he had been near* the place where
the body was found, on the morning
of the killing, and that he had been
hunting birds there. The witness
testified that a horse and buggy was
tied to a tree about 36 feet from the
spot where Mr. Langford's body was
discovered.
It was testified by Gray Rivers that
he saw Langford leave Brunson on
the mroning of the killing, and that
he himself was in the party that
found the body about 8:45 that
night. He stated that Langford was
found lying on a lap robe, and that a
horse and buggy waB hitched to a
nearby tree.
J. C. Dowling told of finding the
body of the deceased in the woods,
and also stated that about a week
after the killing Tuten had said to
him that he had been near the place
of the killing on November 29, look
ing for a covey of birds. After flnd1
ing the body, several men went to the
hcuse of Mary Harris, and took her
to tbe Hampton jail.
John Allen, a colored hand of Tu
ten, testified that Tuten offered to di
vide $100 among Allen and some oth
er negroes if they would tell the
truth at the trial. Allen swore that
Mr. Tuten was in the field with his
hands at about sunrise, and was in
their sight almost all the time until
the train went by, which other wit
nesses testified was about 9:30 in the
morning.
A good deal of Wednesday's ses
sion was taken up with the testimony
of Mary Harris, who has played a
most important part in the case. The
night of the killing this woman was
arrested, and after bting confined in
the Hampton jail for a. time, she was
removed to the penitentiary, where
she had been kept since. Richard
Williams, the negro, whose name ap
pears often in the testimony, has
also spent some time in the peniteiv
tiary, where he was hurried soon af
ter the homicide, the officrs faring
that he might be lynched.
The testimony of Mary Harris, the
principal witness for the State, was
greatly weakened by the proof
brought out on cross-examination
that she had made a number of con
flicting statements as to who struck
the fatal blow. Sne stated on the
stand Wednesday that the defendant,
LeRoy B. Tuten, hit Langford on the
head with his gun, but it was shown
that soon after the killing she told a
number of people that the act wat.
committed by Richard Williams, and
told another man that Mr. Langford
died a natural death. Several spirit
ed contests by counsel over the ad
mission of evidence arose during the
examination of this witness.
Tbe defendant sits in the court
room beside his counsel and appears
very cool and collected. He is a tall
man, with gray hair, and Is very
prominently connected in his native
county.
P C. Brant testified that as the
wound on Mr. Langford's head was
so slight he was not fully satisfied
that it had been caused by a blow,
and 60 about two weeks after the
death he examined carefully the
ground upon which the body had
been found. He stated that he had
found no roots, sticks or other oh
_\
"EMBER 18, 1911.
LIVED A DUAL LIFE
MAN PLAYED THE JEKYLL AND
HYDE ROLE FOR YEARS.
He Was a Highly Respectable Gen
tlemen by Day But Burglar and
Murderer at Night.
The trial of Bertram G. Spencer,
who is charged with murdering Miss
Martha G. Blackstone, a Springfield,
Mass., school teacher, has begun.
The killing took place on March 31,
1910, but the trial 'has been delayed
in order that the prisoner might
be watched by alienists, for the de
fense will be insanity of a "Dr.
Jei-yll and Mr. Hyde" type.
'Spencer has admitted to the police
that he was responsible for a series
of hold-ups and robberies, which for
nearly two years kept the city almost
panlcstrlcken. He was known among
his acquaintances as an honest, hard
working young married man.
About three years ago, while em
ployed aB a railroad man, Spencer
fell in love with an attractive young
woman from a highly respected fam
ily and not long afterward they were
married and went to housekeeping.
A baby was born, and tha couple
were to all outward appearances hap
py and devoted.
Yet during all this time Spencer,
according to his statement to the po
lice, was terrorizing the city by bold
robberies. Most of these were com
'mitted in the early evening, so that
by 8 o'clock he might be at home
with his little family.
On the night of March 31, 1910,1
Miss 'Blackstone was visiting at the
home of MIbs Harriet Dow when a
i man entered and shot both women.
Miss Blackstone was killed, but Miss
Dow was only slightly injured. After
the police had exhaused every effort
to run down the murderer and had
about lost hope, a locket which had
been found In the yard of a home
robbed several months before was
turned over to them.
The locket bore the initials "B. G.
S." and by a coincidence the only
name in the Springfield directory
with these initials was Bertram G.
Spencer. Pictures in the locket were
identified as of his wife and a rela
tive. Spencer was arrested. He ad
mitted, the police say, every crime
laid at his door and told a remark
able story of his dual personality.
jects In the ground which could have
produced the injury, but that the
land at the place was quite open.
Mary Harris was then placed upon
the stand. She Is 21 years old, and
lives with her aged father near Mr.
Tuten's house. She testified that on
November 29 Langford came by her
house, where she was cutting wood,
and asked her to go with him. She
said that the two then went out
in the woods together. Tuten walk
ed up, the girl testified, and struck
Langford on the head with his gun;
and then told the girl that if she did
not Bay that Richard Williams hafl
hit Langford he would kill her, as he
had already killed two men. The
girl says she then ran home, and
went Into the cotton field, about 100
yards from the scene of the killing,
passing a colored man in a wagon on
the way. The witness said that she
was afraid of Tuten after this, and
that this was why she told Herman
Lightsey, J. G. Bowers, and a detec
tive, in the penitentiary, that Wil
liams had struck the blow.
The witness said that after she
had been taken to the penitentiary
she told several men chat Tuten had
killed Langford. She stated that Tu
ten had been intimate with her for
three or four years, but that the ne
gro, Richarde Williams, had never
made any improper remarks to her.
It was brought out on cross-exam
ination by Mr. Welch that at the
coroner's inquest, a few days after
the killing, Mary Harris swore that
Williams had struck the fatal blow
with a stick. The witness admitted
having made this statement at the
inquest. It was shown that she had
made similar statements to Mr. Dowl
ing, Mr. Harter, Mr. Gray, and in the
penitentiary to Capt. Roberts, Mr.
Griffith, Dr. Butler and members of
the penitentiary board.
Some testimony was also brought
out that Mary Harris had told sev
eral men that Richard Williams had
been intimate with her. The witness
admitted having told J. P. Bowers in
the Hampton jail that no one struck
Langford but that he had died from
natural causes. In addition it was
shown that the woman had told the
solicitor at the penitentiary that Tu
ten had never been inimate with her.
The girl testified that Langford had
been attentive to her for about two
years.
Three negroes were placed upon
the stand in order to throw light up
on the whereabouts of Richard Wil
liams at the time of the killing. E.
W. Rouse testified that on the morn
ing of November 29, as he was driv
ing into Brunson, he met Williams,
near the Cossawhatchie swamp, and
took him in his buggy. John Mil
liard swore that as he was driving a
two-horse wagon out from Brunson
on he Matthews filuff road, he pass
ed Mary Harris near her house, walk
ing fast and looking back several
times, an 1 that later after driving
two miles further down the road he
met Rouse and Williams in a buggy,
coming toward Brunson. In passing
near he scene of the killing, he saw
a horse and buggy in the woods, and
it was between this place and Mary's
house that he saw her. John Preach
er stated that he saw Williams get in
WAR? ROAST FOR TAFT
IDAHO EXECUTIVE INDIGNANT
AT MAN'S PARDON.
Attorney General Wickcrsham's
Agents Usurp Functions of Reg
ular Officials in State of Idfiho
Governor Hawley, of Idaho, Wed
nesday gave out at Boise a signed
statement, addressed to tha people
of Idaho, in which he condemns the
action of President Taft in granting
a pardon Wednesday to Clarence W.
Robnett, bookkeeper in the Lewis
ton National Bank of Lewiston, Ida
ho. He was convicted of embezzling
funds of the bank and was sentenced
in the federal court at Idaho Springs
to ten years' imprisonment. He nev
er entered upon service' of his sen
tence.
"I feel that the pardon of Robnett
is a fitting sequel to the proceedings!
in the United States court during the
last four years, while the special as
sistants to the United States attorney
general have been usurping the func
tions of the United States attorney
general and his assistants and have
been running the cases in which the
United States has been interested
with a high hand, regardless of jus
tice or decency," the statement sets
forth
"I am not surprised at this par
don. In fact, no act ever done in
connection with the courts of Idaho
has brought justice more into dis
repute and weakened the courts more
in the estimation of our people. For
more than four years, In every im
portant case in which the United
States was interested, the regular
prosecuting officers have been retired
and these special assistants to the at
torney general have been given full
control.
"Without the slightest interest in
our State, caring nothing for our
people, simply desirous of establish
ing a reputation in the department
of justice, these special prosecutors
have done more to injure Idaho and
retard its development since the fall
of 1907 than all other causes com
bined.
"The injustice of Ihls action of
President Taft, Inspired without
doubt by the special prosecutors, will
long rankle in the minds of our citi
zens and will inspire them with a
wholesome contempt for such dis
graceful methods.
"It is probably unfair to severely
blame President Taft directly for this
unspeakable action, as he undoubted^
ly acted on the request of Attorney
General Wlckersham, who evidently
had been in collusion with his asso
ciates in charge of this prosecution."
JUDGE SPEER ON COTTON.
Tells Jury, to Investigate Conditions
Causing Low Price.
Judge Emory Speer's charge to
the Federal grand jury Wednesday at
Savannah was featured by his refer
ence to the present low price of cot
ton and the probable forces that are
alleged to be at work holding the
price down.
He read a newspaper interview
with the Attorney General of the
United States, touching upon a pos
sible prosecution by the government
of cotton "hears" holding the price
of cotton so low.
The judge charged that it would
be the duty of the grand jury to in
vestigate such conditions, if any are
found in the southern district of
Georgia. He said that it would not
be necessar> for any instructions to
be received from the Attorney Gen
eral before that body could proceed
In this district.
the buggy with Rou3e.
After argument the Court allowed
the introduction in evidence of what
Mary Harris said to her sister when
she reached home just after the al
leged killing, for the reason that the
girl should be permitted to explain
her conflicting statements.
Florrie Harris, the sister of Mary,
swore that on the morning of the
29th of November Langford came to
her house in his buggy and entered
into conversation with Mary, who
was vinthe yard cutting wood; that
soon after he left Mary followed him
into the woods, and thPt in a short
time Mary hurried back to the cot
ton field and said to the witness:
"Florrie, Roy has killed Mr. Lang
ford."
Soon after Langford had left the
house, stated the witness, and before
Mary returned, Tuten passed by, and
after a talk with Robert Harris, hej
went in the sane general direction
Langford *iad taken. On cross-ex
amination it was shown that Florrie
had said nothing about Mary's state
ment until a very short time before
che trial.
Ait this point Mr. Davis announced
that the tSate rested its case. After j
a conference of the. defendant's a
torneys, Mr. Welch stated to the
court that the defense would put up
no testimony, but would rely upon
the weakness of the State's case. It
was agreed that each side have three
hours for argument. Col. W. S. Til
linghast made the first argument for
the defense followed by Solicitor Gun
ter for the State.
John Duncan for Governor.
Mr. John T. Duncan of Columbia
announces his candidacy for the gov
ernorship. The announcement is
made in Saturday's issue of Mr. Dun
can's newspaper, "The Reporter."
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LIFE FOR LIFE
Govtrncr Hann g! Virgioi?, Refused Res
pile in the Beatlie Case
KILLED BIS OWN WIFE
The Convicted Virginia Wife Slayer
Must Die in Electric Chair on No
vember 24, Unless Unforeseen Cir
cumstance Prevents Execution of
the Law's Sentence.
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With the frank and ( emphatic
statement that he believed in the
prisoner's guilt, Governor. Mann of
Virginia declined to grant a respite
to Henry Clay Beattie, J'r'., convicted
in Chesterfield County, September 8,
of wife murder. .The refusal of the
Governor to. interfere with the sen
tence, which the Supreme Court de
clared on Monday to be plainly right,
means that Beattie will:"?ie in the
electric chair at the State, peniten
tiary on Friday, November 24.
Being aware that a final, decision
would be reached in his case Wed
nesday, Beattie, in the death cell,
waited expectantly for some word
from the Governor's office. His gray
haired father, utterly broken in spir
it and strength, who notified him on
Monday that an appeal had been de
nied, was spared the ordeal of con
veying a second message that all
hope was lost.
Rev. Benjamin Dennis, an EpIs-<
copal minister, who had interceded
in the young man's behalf, went
quickly and quietly to the prison to
inform him that every possible ef
fort to save him. had failed. Beattie
heard the announcement in silence,
though he was visibly affected.
Later In the afternoon his father,
brother and young sisted called to see
him.
Unlike the Supreme Court, which
filed no written opinion in refusing
a writ of error, Governor Mann gave
out a statement, in which he said
that Beattle's appeal was made with
"the purpose, if possible, of avoiding
the consequences of a crime which
he knows he is guilty."
The Governor also stated that the
socalled affidavit of Paul Beattie was
not worthy of consideration as evi
dence. In a ? signed statement to
Beattie's lawyers and the public,
Governor Mann said:
"While I sympathize very pro
foundly with the- father of H.1 C.
Beattie, Jr., and would be glad to
help him if I could do so with proper
regard for the public interests, I
cannot with any consideration for
those iinterests interfere with the due
execution of the sentence of the
Court In the Beattie case.
"I followed that case during the
trial, and as its horrible facts were
developed, regretted that a crime so
cruel and malicious should have oc
curred within the confines of this
State. In the decision of every ques
tion which was presented to the able
and impartial Judge who presided at
the trial, he was careful to give the
benefit of every reasonable doubt to
the prisoner; his instructions were
as favorable as counsel for the pris
oner could have expected; that he
did not err in the admission or ext
ension of evidence or in his instruc
tions given to the jury, is shown in
the refusal of the Supreme Court of
Appeals to grant a writ of error.
"There is no question of the hon
esty and fairness of the jurors try
ing the case, nor is there any ques
tion that the defence made by law
yers of character and ability obtained
for H. C. Beattie, Jr., every advan
tage guaranteed by law to persons
charged with crime.
"That Beattie is guilty of the wiK-^
ful, deliberate and cruel murder of
his young wife I have not the slight
est doubt, nor is It insisted that there
shall be any greater relief offered
than the commutation of his sentence
to imprisonment for life.
"I do not think the affidavits of
Taul Beattie, printed in the p?pers,
or any other evidence or considera
tion brought to my attention, suf
ficient for that purpose, nor do I
question the wisdom, I might add,
the necessity of capital punishment
in cases where human life has been
quickly and deliberately taken.
"On the contrary, I believe that
this punishment is necessary for the
protection of society, and if on a jury,
I would not hesitate, in a proper case,
to agree to a verdict requiring life
for life.
"To grant a respite in so plain a1
case would be to set a precedent;!
would be to temporize with the law,
and to encourage appeals to the Su
preme Court, with the sole purpose
of gaining time. I believe the best
way to prevent such crimes as this
is to punish them adequately, cer
tainly, speedily. Therefore, the
judgment of the Circuit Court of
Chesterfield will he carried into ef
fect without interference from me."
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Must Serve Thciif Time.
John Y. Garlington and James Sto
bo Young, officers of the Semincle
Securities Company, must serve pr:
on sentences of three years and o:ie
year, respectively, on the charge of
appropriating to their own use the
sum of $55,596, the property of the
company. The supreme court af
firmed the verdict secured !u the
Richland county* court over a yean
ago. i