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TRAGEDY EN G.E0161U.
Question is Was Wallace Insane or
Had He Quarreled With His
Second Wife.
Lawrenceville, Nov. 3.-The tragedy
of Tuesday morning, the double mur
der by Joseph D. Wallace, a promin
ent merchant, and his own suicide,
has inspired a hundred rumors as to
his motive. He shot his wife dead in
frenzy after a nightmare, and insanity
followed, is the theory of the surviv
ing members of the family. The older
citizens say that Wallace was a pe
culiar man, and that several years ago
he killed a negro with but little pro
vocation. Some of the gossips say that
Wallace and his second wife did not
get along well. That the catastrophe
grew out of a quarrel with her is
strengthened in their minds by Wa -
lace's shooting only the children,-of
his second wife, while his thre daugh
ters by his first wife were in the room
pleading with him not to shoot again.
"I have killed your mother," Miss
Estelle Wallace heard her father say
as he jerked little Cline, a nine-year
old boy, away from his dead mother's
brestbreast, "and now I will kill you."
With that he shot the boy twice'
through the heart.
The story that Miss Wallace tells is
a reality more horrible than any
nightmare.
The Daughter's Story.
"About 2.30 o'clock," she said, "my
sisters, Lena and Lolly3 Belle, and I,
who were sleeping in another room,
were awakened by mother's screams.
Then we heard -three pistol shots. We
rushed to mother's and father's room
door, and found Felton, Garland and
Cline there, knocking for admittance.
We thought it was a burglar inside.
"Father unlocked the door and there
was the expression of a demon in his
face. He grabbed Felton, who is four
teen years old, by the arm and shot at
him twice, wounding him once in the
shoulder. The father rushed out of
the house with trousers in his hands.
We ran to mother's bedside and little
Cline, putting his arms around her
neck, begged her to speak to him. But
she was dead.
The Second Crime.
"In a few minutes father returned,
jumping around the room and chatter
ing like a gorilla. He jerked Cline
from mother's bed, and saying, 'I have
killed your mother and now I will
kill you,' fired twice at <him.
"When father took hold of Cline we
all, wildly excited, pleaded with him
to stop. But he did not seem to hear.
After he had shot Cline he started for
the door .and shot into it. I hope I
may never see such a face again as
his when he turned and, pointing the
pistol at his own head. fired and fell
back-dead.
"We girls screamed and ran out in
to the night. I did not know whethe2r
I was dreaming or in hell."
J1. W. Montgomery, and his family
who lives next do'or, were awakened
by the pistol shots and the screams of
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the children in the night. They ran 1
out to see what the trouble was. They
were directed to the chamber of the
tragedy. On the bed was a dead moth-:
er's body, covered with blood; by the H
side of it on the floor was little Cline,
his body crumpled up in a heap; near
the door Wallace hims., lying on his
back, his dead eyes staring wildly at
the ceiling, and Falton writhing in
agony near him. .
All Buried Together.
The funeral services were held at
12 o'clock Wednesday, one service for
all three, (and they all three were
buried side by side in the little ceme
tery).
The people of the town were gath
ered in groups Tuesday in the central
streets. The home of the tragedy was
crowded with friends, relatives and;
the morbidly curious. A 'hundred ru
mors of the motive were being whis
pered, but no one would openly say 1
the provocation was anything but in
sanity.
One of the whispered stories was
that Mrs. Wallace would not get up
and unlock the door for her husband
when he returned from his lodge Mon
day night. It was said that his temper
was uncontrollable when he was up
set.
DR. OLIN SAWLER WITHDRAWS.
Georgetown Member Not to Seek
Speakership of House.
Columbia, Nov. 3.-With reference
to the speakership of the next house
of representatives, Dr. Olin Sawyer, of
Georgetown, who has been a strong
and aggressive candidate for the of
fice of speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, has concluded to with-.
draw from the race. When seen last
night, Dr. Sawyer stated his position'
as follows: "I am a strong believer in
the principles of local option, and, as
is well known, have fought consistent-'
ly for this positon. I find now that if
I continue in the race for the speaker
ship it will bring on a bitter contest
at the very beginning of the session
and rather than embroil the house in
a partisan fight of that kind, merely
over the selection of the presiding of
ficer, I prefer to retain my position
on the floor, so as to be free to defend
the principle of local option on its
merits."
GALE ON ATLANTIC SEABOARD.
Storm of Mid-Winter Intensity Par
alyzes Telegraph Wires and Rail
way Traffic.
Philadelphia, Nov. 4.--The north-.
east gale which came in from the'
ocean yesterday developed during the
night into one of the worst November~
storms in years. In the mountain dis
tricts of Pennsylvania snow fell to
the depth of 12 inches and in some'
places drifted badly. Railroad and
trolley service in these sections is
impeded.
The storm was accompanied by a
high wind which. played havoc with
telegraph and telephone wires.
Part of the anthracite coal region
is snowbound. At Delano, one of the
highest points in the region, and at
Frackville more than a foot of snow
fell and drifted in places to three feet.
Business Almost Suspended.
Trolley service was maintained
with difficulty and the Pennsylvania
railroad was obliged to use the tracks
of Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
company because of a heavy drift.
Business of all kinds in Schuylkill
county was practically at a standstill,
the storm having caught the region
entirely unawares.
Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Wil
liamsport and other points west of
Philadelphia are cut off from all wire
communication.
Snowfall in Maryland.
Baltimore, Nov. 4.--Last night's
storm which played such havoc at
the aviation field, caused serious in
terruption to telegraph and telephone
service. The long distance telegraph'
companies reported no communica
tion in any direction.
This forenoon the storm showed
signs of abatement, although a mix
ture of snow and rain was still falling
and a strong northeast wind was
blowihg. The snowfall, which was'
the first of the winter, was general
throughout Maryland.
Wire Communication Broken.
New York, Nov. 4.-A storm of mid
winter intensity which came booming
up the Atlantic coast last night, bring
ing with it sharp gales and heavy
falls of snow and rain, left todap a'
broad trail of broken wire communi
cation along tte seaboard. Telegraph
'companies were beset with difficulty:
in all directions. The storm was atp
parently severest between Baltimor -
and Washington. all wires being
down between those cities. Pen-i
sylvania suffere:d from a soggy, cling
ing snow and wi-es f,:cess5 to the
State were eith;'r down .r worked
only intermittently. Early communi
cation with ('hicago was obtri:rd by
way of Bosion, tbeneo to th' WM's
)rought down the snow-coated wir
ew York State felt the storm a
vires N orked poorly.
Broken wire communications ;
ected some of the railroads a
-rains from distant points were
;ome cases far oehind their schedu,
Five steamships due at quaranti
his morning are still unreported
).50. The steamers are evidently e
:ained by the high gales and mou
:ainous seas.
IF ROOSEVELT SHOULD FALL
3uppose He Accepts Democrats' ]
vitation-Who Would Laugh?
New York, Nov. 4.-Is the Hartfc
Democratic town committee's joke
he Republicans or the Democra
[s a question which is bothering so
3f the politicians heretoday. 'I
Elartford (Conn.) committee in fa.
Aious mood sent a communication
the Republican speakers' bure
are asking: "Can we have Theodc
Roosevelt for an hour's speech
Eartford next Monday?"
Their idea of the joke apparen
mas to carry out the Democratid c(
tention that Roosevelt's campaigni
in New York State and Massachuse
bas won votes for his opponents. TI
wanted to convey thus sententiou
to the enemy in New York their fe
ing that a Roosevelt speech would
ure a Democratic victory.
But Republican headquarters
New York failed to look upon I
brief telegram from the viewpoint
the Democratic humorists. The m
sage was exhibited proudly and
chairman of-the speakers' bureau h
ried with it to Ezra Prentiss. St
chairman.
"Look here, Ezra," he shouted w
manifest excitement, "I guess we
got 'em on the run at last. The De
ocrats in Hartford must be in a 1
way. They've given up the fight a
sent for Teddy. I guess the colo
will be pretty glad to get this."
Forthwith a copy of the mess;
was ent to the colonel in Iowa soi
where. If Mr. Roosevelt should re
favorably the Hartford Democrats n
find themselves next Monday act
as the embarrassed hosts of the eh
Republican campaigner.
FLAMES RAVAGE PLANT
OF MACON TELEGRA
Printer Burned to Death in F
Which Guts Newspaper Office.
Loss is $100,000.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 3.-The Ma4
Telegraph building was complet
gutted by fire tonight between (
and 7.30 o'clock. The loss is e
mated as 8100.000 covered by 80
cent. insurance.
Raymond Clay, a printer, was bu
d to death. He had come to the<
from Knoxville, Tenn., looking
work, and. worn out by loss of slE
lay down to get some rest in the r
of the composing room. The
spread with such great rapidity fr
the back to the front of the build
that Clay was forgotten in the r'
for safety by the other employes.
Only about half of the files of
paper, dating back for 75 years, w
saved. C. R. Pendleton, editor of
papr, also, is is feared, lost a vs
able collection of old works on I
tory and Georgia subjects.
The fire, as far as can be learr
started from three boys smok
cigarettes at the back of .the bu
ing, a "butt" dropping into some
per. The flames leaped up
spread as though the 'building '
tinder. The efforts of the firena
were chiefly confined to keeping
flames from spreading to the adj<:
ing buildings, one of which is oc
pied by the Macon Evening Ne
office and the regular morning edit
was being gotten out.
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Greenville, November 3.-Comn
all the way from Omaha, Neb.,
means of its own engine, the South
railway's new motor car for
Greenville-Anderson run, arrived
this city Tuesday morning, and beg
its services this week, replacing
"gas-electric" car which has been
use for several months past.
The new car is about seventy:
long, has a seating capacity of at
80 passengers, and with its six
inder 200-horse power engine,
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reh Greenville.
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