The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 29, 1909, Image 1
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VOL XLVI NO. NEWBERRY S. C.. FRIIDAY. .JANUARY 29, 1909. .TIEAWE,S.0AYA
Yeggman Ded
Policeman
RADEGY IN LAURENS
IN RAILROAD YIRD
OCCURED AT 2:15 O'CLOC
YESTERDAY MONING.
afe-Cracker Was Killed By Co
paion Officer of the Wounded
Policeman.
An unknown yeggman dead and
policeman of the city of Laurens fa
ally and probably mortally wound(
is the result of a pistol duel at 2.
o'clock yesterday morning in the ra
road yards at Laurens, in which t
un1nown safe-breaker, who had eon
in on the through freight from Spa
tanburg, and Patrolman McDuffie :
Stone, the wounded policeman, ai
Patrolman W. F. Walker, of t
Laurens police force, were parti
pants. Patrolman Stone received fi
bullet wounds, the most serious
which was in .the abdomen. Yeste
day morning it was thought there w
-a,chance for his life, and Dr. LeGrai
Guerry, of the Columbia hospita, w
wired for to come to Laureno on t
Columbia, Newberry and . Laure
train, arriving at Laurens about tv
o 'elock yesterday afternoon, and pe
form an operation.
* The wounded policeman did n
get in a shot, the yeggman being ki
.,ed by Policeman Walker after t
yeggman had fired at Policemi
Stone, hitting him five times, a
then fired once at Policeman Walk
The first news of the tragedy w
'received in Newberry at an ear
hour yesterday morning, and T
Herald and News secured immedia
connection with Mr. S. E. Boney, ed
tor of the Laurens Advertiser. bo
by:Western Union wire and long di
tance 'phone. Mr. Boney gave t:
following details of the tragedy:
Details of The Tragedy.
"On the arival at 2.15 a. m. of t
,t+rugh freight from Spartanbi
bound for Augusta, Patroimen Xl
Duffe H. Stone and W. F. Walk
were in the railroad yards. in t.
course of their rounds. Patrolmn
Stone walked down one side of t
train and Patrolman Walker walk
down the other side. Patrolman Sto.
m-et a stranger on his side of t]
train, the stranger carrying a litt
sack in his hand. Patrolman Sto:
aeoosted him, saying:
" 'What are you doing here?'
"The stranger answered. 'I am
train hand.'
" 'Where are you going?' ask
Stone.
"'Going back to the caboose,' i
lied the stranger.
"'it is strange you haven't g.>t
light; train hands' always have light:
said Stone.
"With this remark, Patrolm.
tone stepped up a little nearer to t
stranger and laid his hand on ,hi
whereupon the stranger whipped o
a .45 callibre magazine pistol from 1
ves: pocket and emptied it at Stoi
firing eight shots, five of which to
effect in Stone's body-one in t
abdomen. three in the legr. and one
the lower lip.
"The shots from the magazine p:
tol came immediately after it w
drawn, and before Polieeman Sto
had time to realize the situation, a:
the shots were in such rapid sucec
sion that Stone did not have an o
portunity to get out his pistol. Stoi
however, clenched the stranger, a
they fell together. Stone, of cour
aii growing weak. and the strane
worked loose from his grasp.
A Clever Ruse.
"Patrolman Walker, in the mea
time. had crawled under the cars
Stone's side of the train. As WaIlk
appeared on the side of the tra
where the shooting had occurred, t
stranger said:
" 'Don't shoot; I am already si:
to pieces.'
"Tahis, of course, was false, t
stranger not having been shot at
all, and was a ruse to give him tii
to relad his pistol. Slipping anotbi
2d; Laurens B]
3adly Wounded
NI
magazine in his empty pistol the
yeggman fired once at Policeman
S Walker. Li
Yeggman Shot to Death.
"This shot missed Walker, and
K Walker emptied his revolver at the
yeggman, firng five shots, four of
which went through the yeggman's is]
body. The yeggman lived about I0o
- three-quarters of an hour. He did su
not speak after being wounded. B.
"At this hour, 10 a. m., Stone is ti(
resting very well. The only serious
wound is through the bowels. It is H
thought that he has a fighting chance w
, for life, or else he would have died pr
d from hemorrhage before this time. br
L5 - "Dr. Guerry has been wired to di
1- come to Laurens this afternoon, and E.
ie it is very likely that Stone will be ar
operated on this afternoon, if he is lo
ie still living when Dr. Guerry arrives. w]
Safe-Cracker's Tools. d
- "In the sack which was carried by ch
id the yeggman were found all the tools a.b
ie and explosives usually used in safe- gi
i. cracking, including nitro-glycerine
ve and dynamite. The equipment was th
DfComplete. bu
r-: May. Be An Accomplice.- Vo
as "One of the train hands says there ru
id I was a companion of the dead yegg- ba
as man on the train, and the police au- en
le thoriwes in various sections of the it
as State are being asked to keep a look- th
70 out. Patrolmen Walker and Stone, ne
r- horever, saw o:ily the one man."
ta
ot Laurens, Jan. 28, 2 p. m.-Police- til
I- man Stone at this hour is about -the m
je same, there being no perceptible da
in ohange in -his condition. Dr. Guerry
id will arrive on the train from Colum- th
r. bia at shortly after two o'clock this of
s afternoon. -ri
ly The dead man was in height about t.h
i-e five feet six and one-half inches; th
te weight about 160 pounds: age about no
ti 40. He wore a broad sack suit, and of
.h good shoes-size 6 nr 6 1-2, make
s- "Atlanta Shoe Co., Atlanta, Ga." j
le. Wore celluloid collar, size 15 1-2; ti<
shirt of very small stripe (blue);- new sa
suit of underwear marked "H. J. ca
ie Porter Co.. Augusta, Ga." Had been ov
g, operated on for appendicitis and wore
e- an abdominal supporter. Had lineal s,
er scar as from a knife cut. beginning se
ae at centre of upper lip and continuing ne
in across chin almost to point very near w~
1e middle line. This was an old scar. pr
ad Vaccination mark on left arm high
1e in. Teeth small and irregnlar, mueh on
1e wvorn on right upper side; one gold th
le crowned and two gold faced on cut- or
le ting surface upper left hand side; is
one eve tooth has narrow cold band. la
Hair scant. close-cropped, dark he
a brown, curly. Eyes blueish-gray. bi]
Heavy-set jaw. clean shaven, scant ed
ad wiry mustache. Nose straight and th,
rather long. Mouth broad, big. Harh th
'e- forehead, with hair line well back on ag
right side, inereasing area. Muscular or
a development good. Long-waisted;
,short, stout legs. eni
I S. E. Boney. cr
n tit
ae RBMARKS EXPUNGED. on
n, at
at Representa.tive Willett's Speech on
.is President Stricken From e
te. Record. - lo'
he Washington. Jan. 27.-Thie house Ci
in with but a few faint "nays"' today J(
ado)ptedl -the report ot the special M
.s- committee on the Willett speech. Si
as Rep)resentative Mann (Ill.), chair- W
aie man of the spe-cial c-o:nttee, pres
id ent-ed the report which, he said, re- F<
s- presented the unanimous opinion of L:
-:he emumittee. Af:er the report had ~S
Le, been re:ad. Mr. Mann offered to yield to
d timi to any member wishing to dis-I
e eiss the report, but as none evinced a.a
er desire to do so, the resolution striking th
out the speech wats passed with hard- jdc
ly a dissentig voie.te
n- Recommending that the speech de
to livered in t,he house last week by ye
er Representative Willett of New York, hi
in in which the president was severely hi
be criticised. be 'expunged from The or
Congressional Record, the select corn
ot mittee appointed to consider the in
'peech submitted its report to the er
bhue'od:1v. A letter written to the he
at r-mmtt-ee by Representaitive Willett. er
ne rgin:? that his speech .Ihould remain n<
er . on reonrd,accomrunied the report. sh
LL FOR INCREASE
OF SILARIES KILLED.
) TEST VOTE YET ON PROHI
BITION.
,n Law and Fertilizer Tax Discuss
ed-The Work of the General
Assembly in Detail.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 28.-The leg
ature on yesterday began the bal
;ing for an associate justice of the
preme court to succeed the Hon. Ira
Jones, who was elected chief jus
e.
As stated in the last issue of The
Drald and News five candidates
re placed in nomination. It is not
obable that the dead-lock will be
ken this week. Four of the can
Jates - Representative Cothran,
c-Gov. Sheppard. Judge Hydrick,
d Judge Watts-on the first bal
- had very nearly the same vote,
iile Judge Gage, the other canli
te, had only 22 votes. Several bal
:s were taken with no material
ange except that Judge Watts lost
out four votes and Judge Gage four
ing to Sheppard, Cothran. and Ily
ick a sufficient number to make
eir votes within one of each other,
t with less than one-half eaongh
tes to elect. With these cariCidates
nning so close together it is pro
ble that several ballots will be tak
before the result is reaeber., a.vd
is the opinion of the members that
e dead-loek will not be braken until
xt week sometime.
Tt is expected that both houses will
ke a recess on Friday afternoon un
Tuesday in order that the, mer'ers
iv be home for the Februarv sales
Y.
No time has yet been appointed for
e election of members to the board
directors of the penitentiary and
istees of the various colleges where
ere are vacancies. It is probable
at the time for these elections will
t be fixed until after the election
an associate justice.
In the event of one of the cireuit
dges being elected associate jus
e another election will be neces
rv to fill that vacancy. Not much
n be done until these elections are
er with.
The two houses voted in separate
;sion on Tuesday for United States
2ator and in joint ballot on Wed
sday elected Mr. E. D. Smith, who
is the nominee in the democratic
imary last summer.
The lien law was up for discussion
Wednesday in t,he house, and after
we who desire to get rid of their
atory on the subject, are heard, it
probable that the bill repealing the
x will be passed by the house. The
se at the last session passed a
.1 repealing the lien law but it fail
of passage by the senate.. It is
agCt that the vote in the senate
is year will be close on this subject
an, and it is not certain whether
not the bill will be passed.
In the senate there was some dis
ssion on Senator Croft 's bill to in
ease the number of associate jus
es of the supreme court to four but
Tuesday it failed to pass the sen
by the necessary two-thirds vote.
The vote on the motion to pass the
olution in the senate was as fol
Aes-Bass. Carlisle, Clifton. Croft.
-osn Graydon. Hardin. Hough.
h nstone. Kelley. Lide. McKeithan,
ontgomery. Muekenfuss, Otts,
kler. Spivey. Sullivan. Townsend.
alker, Weston. Williams-Total 22.
Nays'-Bl ack. Carpenter. Earle,
rirst Griflin, Harvey. Johnson.
ey, Mauldin, Ra insford, Rogers,
iterrt. Summers. Waller, Whar
--Total 15.
The senate again on Wednesday
~opted a resolution -to reconsider
e vote whereby the bill was voted
wn and after some debate the mat
r was carried over.
The prohibition question has not
t come up for debate though the
ls providing for State wide prohi
tion have been introduced and are
te calendars.
Senator Lide. of Orangeburg, has
trodued a bill providing for a gen
al election throughout the State to
taken on the question as to wheth
the State shall go prohibition or
>t. It provides that tile election
policy regarding the sale of alcoholic
liquors and the election is ordered for
August 24th. The questions to be
answered in this election are:
1. Are you in favor of State pro
hibition?
2. Are you in favor of local option
between county prohibition and the
county dispensary system?
3. Are you in favor of extending
local option between a system of pro
hibition or license or the county dis
pensary system?
Charleston through Senator Sink
ler has proposed a bill along the same
line.
Senator Appelt has a bill to impose
a heavy license tax upon whiskey
drummers soliciting orders for whis
key in this State. The purport of
the bill is to make it prohibitive.
Just what will be th-e result of all
these proposed measures on the whis
key question seems to be in very
great doubt.
It will be recalled that the house at
the last session passed a State wide
prohibition bill which was killed in
the senate. It is not at all certain
that this legislature will pass State
wide prohibition. The sentiment
seems to be growing amongst the
members that the cause of temperance
will be best promoted by allowing
each county to vote on this question
as under the present law. It may be,
however, that the referendum propos
ed by Senator Lide will be adopted
so that the matter may be passed up
on by the people themselves.
The dispensary committee of the
house to whom was referred the pro
,hibition bill introduced in that body
submitted a majority favorable re
port and a minority unfavorable re
port. Mr. Kibler, who is on this
committee. signed the majority re
port.
Senator Crosson, of Lexington, has
introduced a bill providing for the
office of State highway engineer. The
bill provides that the engineer shall
receive a salary of $1950 per year and
his actual expenses, and shall hold
office for two years, and also appoint
assistant engineers. The appropria
tion carried in the bill is $3000. The
officer is charged with the duty of
furnishing county supervisors plans,
etc., for improved highways, bridges,
and anything else that may be re
quested of him to further the good
roads movement. He is also requir
ed to gather statistics along the lines
of road building and -instruct the
county supervisor as to the best
methods to be followed.'
Representative Cosgrove 's bill to
issue State bonds to be used in aid
of building State roads has not yet
come up for discussion.
The house has killed the senate bill
providing for an increase in the sal
aries of State officers.
Tihe house has also killed Mr. Ay
er's bill to provide for a commission
er to study and revise the education
al laws of the State.
Mr. Kibler 's bill to require all
sehool warrants to be approved by
the county superintendent of educa
tion has passed the house.
Mr. Brice, of Chester, has a bill to
prohibit cotton mill operatives at any
time working more than eleven hours
in any one day, with the proviso that
time lost on account of accident
might be made up.
Mr. McMahan has introduced a bill
ini regard to the inspection tax on fer
tilizers. so that when the tax is paid
to the State treasurer as now p)ro
vided by law, it shall niot be sub.ject
to the order of the board of trustees
of Clemson college, but shall go into
the general fund to reimburse the
State for all expenses in connection
wih theC inspection and experimienta
tion provided by law. This tax for
tie present fiscal year :already
amounts to more than $170.'000, the
largest in the history of the tax. If
Mr. McMahan 's bill should pass it
wud be necessary for the legisla
ture to make appropriations direct
for the support of Clemson college
as is done for the other State insti
tutions.
There have been during the week
several important hea rings before the
committees on insurance legislation
which is proposed and on railruad
legislation, especially the bill provid
ing for electrie headlights on oil en
gines in this State. The bill rprovid
ing forj these electrie 'nndights h:w
received a favorable report from the
house committee, though it is being
DEADLOUK Oh BALLUI
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
FIVE CANDIDATES AE IN TIE
RACE.
Reported That Governor Ansel .Was
to be Entered as Dark Hors
Ballots so Far.
Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia, January 28.-Three bal
lots were taken for associate justice
today with no result.
The first ballot resulted: Cothran
37; Gage 20; Sheppard 38; Watts 32;
Hydrick 36.
Tthe second ballot resulted: Cothran
36; Gage 21; Hydrick 37; Sheppard
38; Watts 31.
The third ballot resulted as fo
lows: Cothran.39; Gage 19; Hydrick
37; Sheppard 38; watts 31.
The joint assembly receded from
balloting until 8 o'clock tonight,
when balloting will be resumed. There
is talk in Columbia today of entering
Governor Ansel as a candidate in or
der to brepk deadlock.
J. W. King, of Columbia, has an
nouncd himself a candidate for di
rector of the penitentiary to succeed
B. F. Thomas, resigned.
Three ballots were taken by the
general assembly on Wednesday for
associate justice to succeed Associate
Justice Jones, recently elected chief
justice. No candidati having receiv
ed a majority, it was decided to re
sume the balloting again on Thurs
day.
There were five candidates before
the. general assembly, as follows:
Thos. J. Cothran, of Greenville.
D. E. Hydrick, of Spartanburg.
Geo. W. Gage, of Chester.
John C. Sh.eppard, of Edgefield.
R. C. Watts, of Cheraw.
Three of the above, Messrs. Gage,
Watts and Hydrick, are circuit
judges, The other two are prominent
members of the bar of the State.
The first ballot on Wednesday was
as follows:
Cothran 38; Gage 22; Sheppard 36;
Hydrick 33; Watts 35. Necessary to
a choice, 83.
The second ballot showed Cothran
37; Hydrick 35; Sheppard 37; Watts
33; Gage 21. Necessary to a choice,
182.
Tihe third ballot showed Cothran
38; Hydrick 38; Gage 18; Sheppard
37-, Watts 32. Necessary to a choice,
When the two houses were conven-.
ed in joint assembly at 12.30 o'clock
Lieu-t. Gov. Thomas G3. McLeod, pre
siding, called for nominations for the
position of associate justice of the
supreme court to fill out the unexpir
ed term of Justiee Ira B. Jon.es, who
has been elevated to the chief justice
ship.
Senator Carlisle of* Spartanburg
placed in nomination Hon. D. E. Hy
drick, a son of Orangeburg county,
but now of Spartanburg.
This nomination was seconded by
Senator Lide of Orangeburg and
Representative Wyche of Newberry.
Seniator Rainsford of Edgefie'ld
placed in nomination Hon. J. C. Shep
Ipard; seconded by the Richland dele
gation, through Hon. J. J. McMahan
of .the .house, .and by 1kepresentative
IGarris of Bamberg.
Senator Mauldin of Greenville
placed in nomination Hon. Thomas
P. Cothiran, whose nomination was
seconded by Representative Carey of
Pic.kens.
Senator Hardin of Chester placed
in nomination Hon. George W. Gage
and this nomination was seconded by
Representative Hines of Lancaster
'a:d by Senator Stewart of York.
Senator Laney placed Hon. R. C.
Watts' name before the joint assem
bly, the same being seconded by Sena
tor Wharton of Laurens and Senator
Kelley of Lee.
There were other seconds, but the
chair ruled that in each case the re
quired number of seconds had been
received.
- The general assembly then proceed
ed to balloting.
The First Ballot.
The firballot resulted as follows:
For hos.P. Cothran.
Senators Christensen, Johrnstone,
(Cntinued on nage four.)
opposed ery strenuously by the rail
roads on account of the additional
cost which it will -entail, and because,
they say, that it does not aid any en
gineer in seeing objects on the track.
It is very probable that this bill will
be passed by the legislature.
Quite a number of visitors have
been in Columbia during the week
who are interested in the elections.
No action has been taken by the
ways and means committee as yet on
the appripriation bil' and, of course,
these bills cannot well be reported
until it is known what disposition
will be made of the new measures
carrying with them additional appro
priations.
T.he estimate of the comptroller
general on the basis of appropriations
made last year is that with the other
sources of income the expense of the
government can be met with a five
mill tax. That will depend, thowever,
upon adoption of new measures car
rying with them additional appro
priations. It seems that the disposi
tion of the present hous-e is to keep
the appropriations down.
Mr. H. C. Holloway, attorney of
the board of county commissioners,
was in Columbia last night to confer
with the Newberry delegation as to
county matters. He is going to make
up a statement showing th-e financial
condition of the county and send to
them at the earliest possible conven
ienee. He estimates roughly that
the expenses of the county' during
1908 were about $36,000, the income
only about $22,000. The note fox
$7,000 which was borrowed from the
sinking fund has not yet been paid.
The county fund has been overdrawn
about $3,000, and the balance of un
collected taxes- estimated at only
about $4,000. It is probable that
the tax levy will be made four and
a half mills for county purposes.
POSED AS MINISTER.
Young Man Calling Himself "Rev.
Ivan M. Gray" Turns Out to b'e
a Swindler.
St. Louis, Jan. 25.-That a young
man who for four months preached
from the pulpit of the Congregational
church in Greenwood, a suburb of
this city, was an impostor, using the
name of a Chicago clergyman, was
the allegation made in a letter receiv
i ed today from th? Moody Bible insti
tute, Chicago, by Rev. Herman
Swartz, pastor of the Webster Groves
Congregational church. The clergy
man called himself "Rev. Ivan M.
Gray " and .just before leaving Green
wood he paid several accounts with
cheeks drawn for greater amounts
than the bills called for. In this way
he received $100 in change. T.he
checks were returned as worthless by
a suburban bank. As the man said
that he was a graduate of the Moody
Bible institute, inquiry was made
there. The answer states that Mr.
Gray is pastor of a Chicago church
and has never .been in St. Louis. He
was robbed, according to the letter,
by a young convert whom he took in
to -his home and it is believed that
the man who passed the checks .in
Greenwood was the same individual
who robbed Mr. Gray.
NEW COLUMBIA PAPER.
Business Men, Headed by Mr. Jas. A.
Hoyt, Have Well Directed
Movement on root.
Columbia State.
The secretary of state has issued a
commission to The Evening Sun com
pany, of whieh tihe .corporators are:
Messrs. James A. Hoyt. M. L. Kinard
and George L. Baker. and the capital
stoc~k i.s to be $25,000. Mr. Hoyt is
the organizer of th:e company and is
to be editor and general manager of
the paiper. He stated that he ex
pects to begin the publication of the
paper within a few weeks, as soon as
a plant can be purchased and install
ed. The Evening Sun will use the
afternoon news service of the Asso
e-iated Press, of which organiza.tion
Mr. Hoyt was recently elected a mem
er.
Mr. Hoyt will be the largest stock
holer in The Evening Sun company,
het he stated that a number of busi
ness men in Columbia and other parts
of the State are a.lso interested in the
enterpri::e. reg:rding the afternoon
newpaper field in Columbia as very
inviting