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Pr. BRISETiT F VR R q. r ;~' diLILJ iOE The Governor is Bitterly Arraigned by the Yetn!>' of the Win'ding 'Up Commis on- and Attorney Gen eral For akint Cha:-ges and lIe fusing to Fa-ce Iten Hie Accused. The charges and insinuations made by Governor 3lease in one of his messages sent to the General Asse:n bly last y-ar" wIn reference to the acts of t:he old s:at. ispensary con mission were denounced as false by J. Fraser Lyoc and John GaryEv ans, for:ner gov; rnor, atppearing be fore the e ative in-vestigating committee, w: n convened in Co lumbia on ist Thursday. The con nittee. which is composed of Senators Sullivan. Clftn and Carlisle and Representatives Daniel. Carey and Evans. was appointed by the General Asscmb!y. During the session of the 1911 General Asse:nbly the governor sent the message in. charging a number of acts of misconduct on the part of the metnhers of the old commis sion, the attorney general and oth ers. "What was the agreement be tween John Gary Evans, H-. H. Ev-! ans. A:orney eneral Lyon and Fel der in Atltanta?" This was the first ques:on of the special message that was taken up at the session Th.urs-1 day, and the first witness called was John Gary Evans. "There is no foundation i nfact or circunstance to 'arrant the coneln sion drawn in the message." said _N. Evans. "Th-re was no agreement. orl conference. with any of the gentie men mentioncd by the governor. With reference to the insinuations of the governor as to a "frame-up in Atlan-ta." Sr. Evans said that be had never h-ld a conference with At torney General Lyon. 1. H1. Evans or T. B. Felder. with reference to the state dispensary. "I do not under stand the meaning of the statement by the governor." said Mr. Evans. "Folowing rhe election of Attor ney General Lyon." said 'Mr. Evans. "I met T. B. Fel 'er in a Pullman car on my way from New York. Our conversation drif:ed to political af fairs in South Carolina. and we dis cussed the issues raised by Mr. Lybn as to the graft in the state disnen sary. Mr. Felder stated to me that he had enouzh evidence in his pos session to convict several for graft ing in South Carolina in connection with the state dispensary. I told him I thouhtt he should conter with Attorney Generc! Lyon and conmun icate such evidence as he might have in his possession. "I later niet Attorney General Ly on in Wright's hotel in Columbia and told binm of n:y conversation with T. B. Felder on the train and suggested that he communicate with Feider with reference to the statements of graft in South Carolina. I merely told General Lyon what Felder had told mte. Knowing of the fight that Attorney General Lyon was making I believed that MIr. Folder should tell him all of his information. 3Ir. 'Felder did not state specifically what knowledge of graft he had in South Carolina." False says Lyon. "The statement contained in the governor s message.' said Attorney General Ly.on. "that I was at the meeting is false. There was no con ference. I have never met Cov. Ev ans outside of the state of South Carolina. I met hini in Wright's ho tel. and he told mte of the statement by T. D. Felder. I did: not know Fel der at that time. I later wrote Mr. Folder with a viewx to entploying him. Later a conference was held in Augusta when T. D. Felder. Dr. W. J. M1urray and mnyself were present. The contract was later signed." Reiterating his statement, he said there wns no agreement of any na ture whatsoever with T. B3. Felder. John G. Evans or H-. H. Evans. tn Atlanta. "There is n':wolutely no color of truth or foundation of fac't in the stemrent by the governor." said the attorne ceerl. "an:1l have no idea what the governor is driving at. I imagi:ne it is a fabric of his own imagination. The statemen: in the message th-at' ny inorma'tio: was given by Joh Gary Evans or 'H. H. Evans is; wtout color cf truth." Anorney~ Gene"al Lvon stat ed that no i:tmtiy ha ver be'a pronisrd H. II. Evan bt th:' - had info'ra en to the effect that Evans had re e:ed $ti) as graf: while in the tiry: of Col.utbia. At t.y-''u :: Lyon saidT.B Felde ha :1: bi~ he b-'lieed H. ago. -' yms:!tewn to At Felr to i ha -n was i' was o 'te o~ 0 io ", - 5:3sws prepare to' '::'hia " - lte atone : :'! 1erfse!t repeat hi enesra ihFt: as to gatn n::33:M on - onai n to the - ers. . "Wiat wr-re Felder's fees, and] 3:,_-: wa re m vs- - Th w as n S 1 i wh a . r. er.'o 's ) nw never known or u vrk !hat r ei der- was paid r 1)a b isk hue r He invied 'I o :n o r to bring- forwIard, hiS, ei-ne, stating t ,hat the matzz:,rwu: epae m t :rdaeyin thl- hand-s of -he grand f 'ire. of the Ansel wind- C p o s.on, fld not mince his S. ile sa:i that prier to a ming of the Ansel board, he had i -aed:"I consider "lease the worst 1 :an wh o has been in the governor'sj Fr ine Franklin J. M1oses sat eas not in sympathy with I he work of the commission, his syrn- t !:hies being altogether with the li :-or houses ani the m-n who had rotten graft out of the S:ate dispen sary." Governor Blease in his mes saze last e~ar hacd charged that the Ansel board feared him. When he C had told of 'Mr. Dlease's alleged syni sai: with the grafters. M.r. Brice ;aid: "!f you call that fearing him. that's the truth as I said it at the n:eetings of the board." ir. Brice continued: "As to his charge of inc-ompetency. I did feel that I was incompetent, but I did the s best I cOul:!. The windin-up was a tedious job. The comm-nission tried to end the work and get through, but 1 it was impossile to clnse up the en :fre affair unless it abandoned the work of the collect ina dipensary in debtedn,:ss. ".\s to the charge of dishonesty." continued Mr. Brice. 'the man making the charges should s::astantiate them. The governor has asked an investigation and has turn around an' tried to prevent 1:. Mr. Price added that, personally, he was willing to be investigated by the :!hase c'ommission. Mir. Br'e was asked to give the csource of his info'rmation that Gov er'nor "!vase had ben in sympathy with the lidnor houses and the graft ets. He said that he had heard Mr. :oiease on the floor of the senate pwhecn they were both members of :hat body, state that regardless o' what evi lence couli be p-ro luced ::ins: t'em:ners of the board of :-ontrol of the dispensary. he was their friend and would Oefend the: even if they were sen to the peniten :;ary. r. Price said he had heard Senator Dlease say the State dispen sary was not wrong and he wanted it continued and did not want any legisIation that would alter its sta tus. Mr. Price said he had read evi dence taken b-.' the Lyon-Christensen :ivestztaion comniss:on. of which (iovernor Rlcase. as senator. was .ember, and that his "acts and c-on d-t on :his co:nmussion, some of -::hich he had sc-n personally. his snoken and written words. caused ute to believe that his sympeathies were with the other side entirely. After he was governor, and following out his declarations on the floor of the seate. a ana proven guilty be yondi a shadow of doubt had been pardoned." On questions by Senator Sullivan, MIr. flrieu explained that this man was the one whom the gov rnoer had said he would go to the 'enitenltiary with and wear stripes vwith if he were convi:-ted. Adding as reasons for his belief that the governer was on the side of the grafters. Mir. Drice said: "in the senate when the proposition was made to appropriate $15.000 for th prosecution o-f these men for steal ing, he (Senator Please) oppose:l it vigorously: lhe resisted it in every possible way.'' Asked about the charges generally made by the gov (rnor against the Ansel board. M1'. Price said: "So -fatr :as I amj concern ed. Gove'rnor 13ce:se's charges are false and outrace'us." On r'uestio;' by Senator Carlisle. Mr. Price fur ther stated that as far as he knee: he chart:,s against the other :nem berh of the Ansel boaird were ahs; false. As to the char'ges made by Govern or HIease, M1r. lirice said: "Since he days of the Rouman Empire and of Saint Pani, a na has had the right to face his acrsers, anrd the :tan who trefers charges should be pres'ent an ;substantiate theri. :r'enator Sullivan. of the investigatiag comumittec'. said that efforts had been made to ha-:e (:o-:. lecase aptpear be' :ore the investi:-:ators but that he re fused to come. M~r. Price denounced :s "false axI outrageous" all cha~r-:es made by the sover'nor agains: thie -nhers of t1:e .\tnsei board. IH -ecasts ais did Felde, ortat I nath C:::olia a:: y c:h Mr. \"ver" P:on) of qreea~i!t> omberof te h di-ensar'y com :::ision. nown s th Are'.'ei on nymus ettr f-o Newb-r. ;-1 inThV~r ef''orts :t n e or~ajaro t' lPir n b'*'' --rq eto e ,h e rn rts r e' - ease had removed the Ansel com so H replied that he did not :nw unliss It was because it had ored 's duty. He said the overnor had charged it with :ln. that the supreme of this State and of the Unit S'ies hd upheld the work of the ,::m:ussion and he did not think its po:'ts would show inrompetency. Charges Against Blease. A'torney General Lyon was recall 'd by the committee. He was ques ioned as to the work of Lyon-Chris ensen investigatinr committee, the st to be appointed to delve into the .fairs o the Sta-e dispensary. He ae %, 0 .e m:hers and to! of the hbarges brought :maitst Cole L. lease. State senator from Newberry rl member of the committee, to the fiect that he had been accused at he Spartanburg meeting of repre erfi'e an Atlanta brewery. The attorney general rcad a state nent issued by Blease at the Spar anbrg hearing in which he denied -at he represented a brewery. It cas shown by the testimony read hat he did act as an attorney for he brewery in. the statement of a ieree with a Spartanburg beer is-enser. The attorney general. was shed to zive a history of the inves i-atlons by the committee and how h testimony was obtained. Hc .as alcel if the governor of he Smte had ever given any assist ace in the straigh'ening out of the airs of the dispensary. Mr. Lyon aid that C. L. Blease had never giv n any assistance or cooperation so ar as he knew and to the contrary ad used every mears to block the nvestigations. even though he was a nemiber of the commission. Attor ew eneral Lyon said that when the ommittee was appointed, that it oon became evidient that Blease was n a vwhitewashing mode. Its whole ttitude appeared to be hostile tc he work in showing up the work of he grafters. "If the governor of South Caro na has any information why did he at come before this committee and estify?' This nuestion was asked .y Attorney Ceneral Lyon. testifyin: Wriay before the committee at the ifternoon session. The attorney gen ral outlined his work in securing formation against the dispensary rafters and told of the employmen )f T. R. Felder. He told of the re =ults that had been obtained by Fel ier in collecting information to bi Ised in the collection of the clain' .,.d the prosecution of those implica ed in the steal fron the State. Not Fit to Brush Shoes. Dr. W. J. Murray. of Columbia :airman of the Ansel winding-uT omiqssion. told of the organizatioi af the commission and the beginninp f the auditing of the dispensary': !ccounts. lie told of the dispositior by the board of the immense over :oclt on hand in the dispensary. H went ntao details of the work of hi oard in winding up the affairs. an< the nioney thus saved the State He said that every gallon of thg -ock had been disposed of, being sldl to the Geer Drug Company, o spartaanrg. Bruce & Doster o Greenvi!!e. the 3Murray Drug comn pany of Columbia, and the count: listensaries. lt appeared from Dr. MIurray's tes imony that the alcohol stock ha< ben dlisposed of in a business-iki way. He said that in this transac :on of a muillion dollars there wa: no error. and he invited the investi ~ators to inspect his accounts. Gov ~rnor Iliease, in a message last year ~ad asked the investigators to fin< t what had been done with thi: tcohel. Dr. 3Murray said that hi ad paid out large sums in the wind ng-up business out of his own funds As to the governor's charge tha ntoney. had been received by the comi ission andl of Sundlay work by them r. 3Murray explained that a sligh nistake had been made of one dal n one of his vouchers and that Cov -:nor Please had taken this day tt dea Sunday. He offered an afldavi romcn air. Thrope, book-keeper fot he dispensarty, showing that th( noney for that extra day had beer eturned. The error had been nmad< y calculating -the month as havint I days when that month had onl .The e~ ror was full. corrected o chanrge had been made for Sun aywork. Dr.M31urray spoke of the dispen'sary is a "mtiserable affair" and said thc tan who ma'.-es the insinuation thal y n:embe~rs of the cotnmission had e~ted wrongly in mana ging the af' :irs of the -dispensary "is ntot fil brush our shoes." When read thai ortion of the message of the govern ras to a 'eeting of te Ansel board whih, he ovenorcharged, he H~eseshadb.e di uscussed. Dr. u~ra sad tat e knew of ac uhmnng an :"n the first place e 'ea'se 1'"~ not' worthy to be dis -ed n/.:he iar h.ad not reason a dis::na hi. Goernr DIlease had aid n hs r:esege hatif the comn aisson ad oneno rong he sa~w a r:asn wy i shuldfear himu ant :"-e-ithc't'wsso o: him and ' ''-'''f3!: ntn -.te th::t they had I::: I(ost ' ''" Money. The :eeedwi n-s o1 the after nonsosd~nwas John afe::wee'n, a chan b erof itnmons S o the'- windIng-up - oas has e FIRST iM IS FIlEl (Continued from first page.) "What am I here for, you ask," he said. "I gave up the highest otlice in South Carolina to become a candi date for Governor. I havc given the best years of my life to public ser vice, having served as the head of both the legislative and judicial branches of your Government. and for a number of years in the Legisla ture as a representative from Lan caster County. But I have never I been elected to an office by the whole people of the State, and that is my anbition. I have served you for twenty-two years, and I have a right to speak to you to-day and offer my self for this oiice. And I say to you that if things go -on like they have been for the last year, you will all regret it. Let's raise the standard of our government." "I have been called an aristocrat," continued Judge Jones, "but I want to say that I am sprung from the working people of this State. My fa ther was a carpenter, and my mother, when he father and mother died, learned dress-making to support her self. I am proud of their toil. And. as for myself, I went to Lancaster a young man, with a wife and a baby and $10 (that was borrowed) to start life. I know ajl the heart throbs of the working man, and I am here to-day to join him in redeeming South Carolina from her shame, of raising the standard of government and developing this great State of ours. "If you regard it as a job," said judge Jones, "I was the biggest fool in South Carolina to resign the Chief Justiceship: for there was real pow er. Like the roots of a mighty oak, the Court of the State is the power upon which grows and develops so ciety and civilization. A silent and unseen power, true, but a mighty jpower, nevertheless. And any agency which seeks to nullify this power of the Courts, to impeach it and to in sult it, is an enemy to society, a Socialist and an Anarchist! "The, darling hope of my heart, if elected Govei-nor of this State," said Judge Jones, "will be to foster the cause of education. I believe in Just appropriations-mind you, I say just appropriations for all the State col leges-liberal support to all the schools and particularly to the rural schools. I want to see what I can do !or you. There are so many things a Governor can do for progress at home and for the reputation of his State abroad. "I will not be the Governor of the people who vote for me." declared the speaker; "I will not be the Governor of my friends only; I will be the Gov ernor of the whole people" (loud ap plause). The Constitution is design ed for the protection of the minority, as well as the majority, and when a Governor is for his friends alone. he is violating the Constitution of his State, in that he disregards therights of the minority, or those-who oppos led him. The Constitution would ex tend to the minority the same privi lieges it extends to the majority. "You have heard the motto: TIll go to hell with my friend.' Let me offer you a motto: 'I'll go to the brink of hell to help pull him bacek.' (Applause) 1 won't say that I'll go to hell with anybody; but I'll do my best to keep my friend or anybody from going there." At this point there was an unin t elligible interruption from the audi ce, whereupon Judge Jones, wIth considerable force declared: "You can't scare me by saying booh! If anybody thinks I have feathers on my legs, he is very much mistaken. I am keep for the fight: I am anxious to get into it. The Supreme Court was :oo tame and quiet for me. "And let me close with this, my friends." said the speaker: "instead of the motto 'stand by your friends' let rue ogfer you another one, 'stand by your trust and pray that your friend would not have you do other .wise." As Judge Jones took his seat the audience applauded with a vim. That his speech had mad.o a profound im pression was evide'nt. A stranger in Ihampton, never .before having visi'ed the place, he came Wednesday and presented his cause: he was warmly received and the generous applause accorded him indicated that he had made friends in no small numbers. TROUBLE IN MEXICO. Thirty-one People Were Killed in a Pr'son Revolt. Thirty-one lives paid the penalty of Thursday's revolt in the peniten ?iary at Montery, Mexico. Six of the prisoners were kiled during the out break and 25 others, regarded as ring leaders. were executed at 4 o'clock in afternoon. There were abu ,0 prisoners in the institu Go.Thursday's reports do not ac "ount in detail for all the deaths. \\edneosday nigh:'s report said the warden of the penitentiary was among the slain. r~iinas to a mian who i'.ould makeI suceh charges without proving them. answered Mir. MuSween in a digui Sied nmanner. The committee adjourned Fridary e:enoon to mot'et ar:nn ext Thuirs :0.Wieno ofttcial statement hs 1 ta" n ade by the members, it is r - ra!!y believed t'hat T. B. Felder. the .\h~ta a''orney-. wil b' sumr~mone :a apiear at the meeling next Thurs day It is very n:-ohable that James -.Fram of Charleston will also 1. n"'~moned' to appcear and g!':e t 'iny Thbe a. fairs of the oil Stat A sooin sbrane toalel Sa fro the ciy bteen" ThmaP Ad '~"ms, a whisaey costire n W:" ook,' aI 'ego,. at' the com 'fRn.Ttroubles rte.r~i a n i Jo Rook. 3 ser of Wi ok. po' n a' maooksTn' wtrrant. rrharin .a. ma +-ns.rn - o"rmn' nr in o THEORY Of THE MURDER IELIYEUBY SOME THAT NEGR BOY SLEW L.AD. Eight-Year-Old Andrew Jackson May Have Been Killed by Negro Boys in Neighborhood. While nothing definite regarding the identity of the slayer or slayers of young Andrew Jackson, the Florence ,:oy who was foully done to death Wednesday afternoon or night, and wahose body was found in a box car In the Atlantic Coast Line yards at Flor ence Friday, has been revealed, it is now held by many that the little eigh-year-old lad was killed by some negro children in the neighborhood. sc Lending color to this theory is the n fact, as stated by citizens of-Florence who claim to be in a position to :e know, that there'is what might be P ermed a feud between the little white bovs and the negro children of in the neighborhood. It is believed that L little An-drew Jackson was set upon by s6me of these small blacks and ey beat into an unconscious condition by in negro children. That the negro men and women of n the district, finding the lad in this condition, took him into one of the bi 'houses and when he began to regain t consciousness realized the seriousnces " of their predicament and, thinking it the easiest way out, choked the c little fellow to death. To hide their F crime, according to the theory, the In body was taken in a- hack to the N1 Coast Line yards and there hidden in br the box car. c It is stated that on Wednesday afternoon, just about the time the lit- E tle fellow left his grandmother's TO home there was a fire alarm and the t automobile fire trucks going to the : scene was stuck in the mud near : the section of town in question. The s theory is that, boy like, Andrew join- G ed the crowd about the auto and that a he later became involved in a difiical- s ty with some of the little negro boys. It was stated, in support of the s theory, that buggy tracks had been a traced from the sez'tion of town in vuestion to the grounds in the vicin ity of the car where the body was w found. It is said further that the S Pttle boy seemed to have been chok ed to death by means of on old apron X or apron string and that such an ar- t tice was found in the box car near 1E the boy's body. i The Florence Times says this case h has reawakened the interest in the two others that have occurred in that b same neighborhood where white boys -1 or young men had been found dead c on the tracks of the yard. and there a was doubt as to whether they naa a been killed by an engine as they were sleeping on the tracks or killed first : and put there to hide the evidence ot a crite. The police will follow up ev ery clue that is possible and they will run the culprit to earth if possible. i Two M1en Attack the Editor of the Anderson Intelligencer. V. B. Cheshire. editor of the An-I derson Intelligencer. was attacked in1 his ofice Saturday by MIagistrate W.\ .T. 'Muldrow. The encounter grew cut of the publication of an article in The Intelligencer which Mr. Mul drow considered to reflect upon hi seriously. Accompanied by C. E. Tolly. a re ative by marriage, MIr. MIuldrow weat to the newspaper office and demand-a ed a retraction. As MIr. Cheshire reached back for something, MIr. s M1uldrow struck him on the head ,~ with a billy. MIr. Cheshire backed* out of the office on the street while Mtr. cMuldrow continued to hit him over the head. After going about 100 feet on the street MIr. Cheshire pulled out his automatic pistol and fired twice. Oficers and friends in tervened. and the fight ended. M1r. Cheshire was taken to a drug store to have his wounds dressed. He bled profusely. .t Later Saturday afternoon Mlessrs. te Tolly and 3Muldr'ov were arrested on cc warrants, charging assault and bat- el tery with intent to kill. The affi- at davits were signed by Mr. Cheshire. in They were admitted to bail in the - tb sum of $5>00 each by Magistrate Wil- to son. t WHITTE MAN GUILTY OF MURtDER i: But .Tury' Recommends Him to Mercy ' and Saves H is Net. .\fter remaining out all night at .i ligefield the .jury in the case of thee Sate against Will Rtearden. charged with murder. Saturlay morning r turned a ver'dic't of guilty with re cmmendation to m'e'r'. The pris onoir killed C. H. Coi'r In a store. at igefieldl thiree' weeks aro. .. The testimn fo te Stade was to the~ eff'et th t ,h !::ris havla re'vious diffleuhy and :hat Ftearden had avowed h is puirose to ki!l the ecc::'iedi, and that on meing'r 1 him, "withu notice or werning car"'i'l il Rede iand theat 0"7 r 1 im expe* ed*y in a store :"e t '"1'.: d.Cls . ad an :usre o ( il \ It evr~ is life' was in d'angu-. A mno:!on for' : nv'ralws r to the Suparemet ("o::rt. (r'a' f- - :tg a'nong thie friends of .pari Cprevaie 'abot tetil h F"oumndl in I :-unmken " ..7 iles fromi town "n sayi the fo.und -n! d loired in jail. A: Passaie. N. .J.. the exploslon of t BLOODY BATTI vE MAN KITLED AND OTHE] INJURED AT WINDSOR i FIUlT WITH POUR inford Cushnan K7illed by Jo] Cleckly, Chief of Police, and L. Johnson, His Assistant, and Thr Other Citizens Were Fatally Ht by the Town Officers in the RoN Windsor, in Aiken County, was t ?ne of a bloody battle Saturd -ht, in which Hanford Cushm Ls killed and three others we riously wounded by the town ( ers, and John Cleckly, chief of r e, sustained more or less serio juries. Cleckly. and his assistai 1.. Johnson, are in the Aik unty jail and John DuBose, Sim Randall and Jet Atkinson are he the Windsor lockup. The injured are Aleck Nun, sb the arm; George Weatherfoi ot in the leg; Sweet Cushm: other of the dead- man, s1 rough the hand. The fight, whi s general. seems to have groi t of an attempt to intimidate t icer, John Cleckley, who was f rly a member of the police for Aiken, and for the past year, sin indsor was incorporated and anch dispensary located there, ! en town marshal of Windsor. Threats have been made, it is ged, to drive him away from t wn because of his activity iD ma ining law and order, and last nig e trouble began when, between id 9 o'clock, the officer heard ot in Jet Atkinson's butcher sn Ding into the shop Cleckley fou crowd gathered and saw somethi ash as it fell into a tub of water. Thinking it was a weapon tl me one had thrown away, he ma search for it but without succe en demanded to know who fi :o shot. He arrested Atkinsi hose sois were present, and it d, declared that their fatl ould not be taken into custc thout a fight. Outside-the door e street the fight began as Cleck d Atkinson away toward the to ckup, and no one will ever kn w many shots were fired. There was a fusilade wh -ought Cleckley's assistant, L. >hnson. to the scene to help iief, and another fusilade follow a- when the smoke had clea ray Hanford C. Cushman, who aniiarly known as "Son," lay d( id the others who were shot wi arsing their wounds. The combatants not only used th ins but brought knives into pl leckley sustaining several sevi its in the arm and face and he e and his assistant, however, m; holesale arrests, locking John I se, Smiley Randall and Jet Att n in the Windsor 'jail before co to Aiken. where they are be] ld pending an investigation. The coroner went to Windsor Si t afternoon to hold an inquest -the body of Hanford Cushman. te past Windsor has been the sci many fatal street fights, 15ut1 '.'.n had quieted down duringi tst few years. Ceckley was known as a fearl icer. It is understood that the to Windsor will defray the expen his and Johnson's defense. It t known whether Cleckley or Jol n fired the shot that killed Cui an as the fighting took place e dimly lighted street and firi as general. TLOODY DICTATOR DOOME -_a urdeer of a Great Many Men S. - tenced to Death. Gen. .Jules Coicou, formerly mi ry tyrant of Haitii, was condemn death by a jury in the crimli urt at Port Au Prince on 1 arge of having been the princl ithor of the fusillade of 'March] 0S, in which tea persons, includi ree of his own brothers, were sL death. Acc'omplices of Coicou crime were acquitted. Gen. Jules Coicou, who, at t 11 of the outbreak in Port -eein 1908, was military co ander of the district, was chie town by his tyrannical charact< Sthoroughly hated all white pi e and it is said he threatened arve cut the hearts'' of all I eies. Hec was absolutely iil ate and while he was in office us rubecr stamp in signing doc ~nts. He betraye his brothers, Mass . !!uraee andi Pierre Luis, to Prc ar .A!c-xis on March 14-, 1911S. a roa!!y dlire'ced their executii the following day. Altogether< :tr. occ~aonl he killed twenty'-sev< - in less than an hour. hut on of the-se mlurd.ers were includi rhe c-harge against him. -r'men ('on;iht U-ar1-r F'alli Walls in Fire Explosionl. At \innipeg. Man.. seven persoi -dead. onie is possihly mortally I '4, and a ;nmber surfter'ed se nirias the resul: of an e ":nn urin a fire in the rear to lefr-Wright Company,' Li: d. alalesash and door fa -y. late S:tudy igt Capt. I ' nisxfiremen were trainr nthback of tho haildin r1. of an in'endiary, had star:e a la:o ranrex, when the bat i was blown out. the little parl nz down in wre'tage which ab. :rhr and over':whelmed sever: e:ators. Seniied in Coustic Seda. aml Syd.i' enhman Eng*amm 'e onl rida, siaay hwrka 'ii E 1I "P&A 2f A an' B. xt --ES A ME he ay n Light B >f- . Delieioi us Dant Flaky .ot ch The only Balh vn he from R yal Grai ce ce a as a! ELEVEN vo [HE KILLEDI Ln ~ht s THREE WRECKS OCCUR O a THREE DIFFERENT ROADS. >p. nd ng Eleven People Lose Their Lives an< iat de .. a Great Many Are Injured in th, SS, Wrecks. -ed >n, In a head-on collision in the Wil is mington yards of the Atlantic Soas ier Line Friday night between an in dy oming passenger train from Fay on etteville. N. C., and a relief engin ley being sent out from the shops to th wn assistance of a train disabled on an ow other divission. H. B. Goodnight, foreman of the Wilmington shops; i: ich charge of the relief engine, and J. E B. Williams, engineer, and his firemar his isorden Branch, white, all of Wil ed, mington, were instantly killed. Th -ed fireman of the relief engine is miss is ing and is believed to be buried i ad the debris. A score or more passen are gers on the incoming train were bad ly shake up but none seriously injur eir ed. Responsibility for the wreck ha ay, not been placed.. iie Four Killed and Nine Hurt. ad. Four persons were killed and nin Lde injured, six of them seriously, whe )u- passenger train No. 4 of the Georgi in- railroad, which left Atlanta at mid m.. night-, collided head-on with a freigh :ng train three miles from Social CirclE Ga., on Satu.rday morning just befor mn- daylight. Three negro men and on negro woman were killed. On I Ocials of the road stated that th mne wreck resulted from the overlookin :he of standing orders for freight train :he to take a siding at Rutledge station between Augusta and Social Circle sand thus give the passenger train the .right of way. . msThe bodies of the four negroes wh< Is were killed are buried in the wreck in- age and so far efforts to remove then sh-hare failed. They were pinned unde: in the negro coach, which was telescop nged by the baggage car. The two locomotives, telescoped b: the force of the impact of the collis nion, were- practically demolished The first class passenger coach ani the Pullman sleepers remained oi tn- the track and while some of th4 sleeping passengers were considera bly shaken up, none of them wer( Ii- injured. ed Four Killed and Scores Hurt. lal Four persons were killed and near he iy three score injured Friday nighi >ai at Redwood bridge, two miles wes1 [5, of West Lebanon. Ind., by the derail ng m;ent of the Continental Limited ot train, westbound, on the Wabasl: In railroad. All the cars left the rail an~d some of them turned over. A he broken rail is said to have caused 4.u the nccident. m.. The train was going towards St. fly Louis and passengers were preparing tr. to eat dinner as the train approach* o- &d the Redwood bridge near the Il. to !inois State .!ine. Without a jolt at ~is First, the whole train seemed tc it- swerve to one side, and then the ed choaches rolled, collapsed and piled u- un alongside the track. The baggage and mail cars suffered the most. ii.. Nearly every pasenger was hurt 5s- the roiling over of the cars. Those a ersons in the coaches that were 'erushiel suffered severe injuries. One >n or two were ki!led instantly. Others a were p'inned down or splintermtDpft it w:ere pinned down by seats or splin ad tered timbers. The uninjured drag ;wdl the injured from the overturned en-s. with the exception of those who D). could not lie extricated until derricks arrivedi. Alont the snowy banks of the river f-res were kindled to keep the women an I children warm. Residents of West Tkhbannon and Redwood cross 's In hrr-ied to the wreck with hot coffe nd bandages for the wounded. Found in a Car Frozen. ~e--rly dead' fromi cold and hunger e- "d wi~ their feet so badly frozen they co:1bl not walk. two Chinamnen who hai"bhen snu~:led neross the e oserhvI-mi:r'ion inspctor d Tnesayngh at. 'etroit. The r inmnh~y b-- p lar-cd in rhe car -rsm ieSna ih a eek ago. Tb-' ' 3 teM -a i -. v."vz'cea 'n '-r.~r~ -, eenvi:-ted of criaminatl care I. sns n June. 1911, and son'enced er yearsv on the chain gang. PoWDE :eiy Purel IsY. PU BAKING EASY is Cake Pastries iddings z.usts ag Powder made )e Creaz of Tartar AIKEN I3 1 STIRRED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS RE WARD OFFERED FOR ARREST Of THE FIENDS - Who Attempted to Assault Four Wo men Over in Aiken in the Last Few Weeks While Walking Along the Streets .of the City Without Male Escorts. 1 The mysterious attack. upon the prominent Northern society women at Aiken which was made several - nights ago continues to puzzle the a police of the place, who are just as - much at sea as they ever were. The 1 investigation is still being pushed, - but no additional light has- been shed - upon the matter. - It is known that a Pinkerton de S tective is in Aiken, trying to fathom the mystery, and it is also stated that the reward of $1,500 has at tracted private detectives to the 1 place, and they are working on the Icase, but just what progress, if any, they are making remains a secret. Of the $1,500 reward already of fered, $500 wasmade by city coun cil. This sum supplemented by Mr. C. Oliver Iselin, a prominent winter resident, to the extent of $1,000. And Saturday Mr. Iselin offers the additional incentive of $1,000, -mak ing a reward of $2,500 for the arrest and conviction of the person who so murderously assaulted the woman. The offer was made through a letter to Mayor G~yles, which, in part, reads as follows: -"In order to stimulate the entire police forces of the United States of America to run to earth the person -or persons who during the past 'two weeks, have assaulted four different white women, I am prepared to offer, in the name of the city council, $1, 000 in addition to the $1,000 that I have already guaraxiteed for the ar Irest and conviction of the person ~or persons who attacked -, pro vided that the persons who may be found guilty are convicted of assault with intent to ravish. I am also pre pared to offer $250 for the arrest and conviction of the person or per sons who assaulted -(still an other woman) on Dupre avenue, in this city, on the evening of Friday, March 1, and I agree to increase this reward to $500, provided the person or persons are convicted of assault with intent to ravish. I sincerely trust thar these rewar ds, and those that will be offered by ohers may se cure the results that we all hope for It will be noted that Tfr. Iselin says. "the person or persons who, during the past two weeks, have as sauited four white women," and to those who have not followed the pa pers closely this will not seem quite clear. On Monday .vening of Feb ruary 2G, and about thirty minutes previous to the attack upon the Northern resident, two girls, while standing about two hundred yards from the woman's home and at the extreme southern intersection of Lan rens street and Park avenue, were anproached hy a negro. who attempt ed to embrace them. but took flight upon the unexepected approach of a man, who was acq'uainted with the iris: about thirty or forty minutes later came the murderous attack up on the woman above mentioned: and cour days later, a woman in th'e em 'nor of Mr. Iselin was, approched on nuunre avenue, on Whiskey road. Pccruliarly enough, first hand ac counts of the three incidents coin cide in describing the person as wear ing a derby hat. black coat and light trousers: the man of medium build. Just what these coincidences are worth is. of course open to conjec tre. The persons may be one and the same-or they may not be. Three thorsatnd dollars is the re r~r ,,o- outstanding for the arrest an'd conviction of the individual or indiiduals guilty of these three as s'uuts. and this sum will doubtless toe rcwr'rd will draw quite a number og detcetiVc5 ne police to the city wih what results remains to be seen. Unuiled B~ody Six Miles. At a mullet supper near Amern cus. (a.. Thursday night. Citchings delirately killed Sherry Watson, no:hor negro. his only excuse for he' crime being that Watson had cured in public. After shooting ;atson's head o:T, Catchings hauled the body six miles and dumped it in