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FORT MILL TIMES. V0L* X- FORT tolLL, s. c., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1002. EE ,. = " ' 11 ... .. I. 1(). SCHLEY'S ANSWERED Navy Department Says He Was Not Commander at Santiago. RECORDS ARE CITED IN SUPPORT Th. AMrecHte A?nrrt? That Scliley T?l?l Not Control tlie Morrnitntii of Any l*nrt of the Fleet?Q uentlon of Com> munil, Ho State*, :? I'calr.rr of Minor Imporlnnco? Snuipnon'n Victory. w ssuington, u. i;.?"tdo i?i:im trutii of the matter, developed for the first time under the searchlight of tliis Inquiry. although qtiito Incidentnllj*, is that, so far as the Gloucester, the Iowa, the Indiana, the Texas and the Oregon are concerned, not the stroke of a propeller blade, not the touch of a helm, not the firing of a shot, was done under the direction or by the orders of Admiral Schley during this memorable battle." This is the conclusion of the answer made by Captain S. C. I.etidv and E. P. Ilanna, .ludge Advocate and Assistant Judge Advocate respectively of the Schley court of Inquiry, to the brief of Ilenr-Admiral Schley. In his letter to the department It Is asserted that Rear-Admiral Schley did not ask that the question of command ho determined. Refore the court such incidental testimony as came in was mi Hoar-Admiral Schley's side only. The doors of the court were entirely closed to Ilenr-Admiral .Sampson. By the preliminary judicious disposition of American forces made by RearAduiiral Sampson the battle was practically won before it was begun, the Judge Advocate and his assistant declare. and credit is accordingly due to the commander-in-chief for that. The orders of hattle upon which the captains of the American fleet acted on July .'1 were, it is alleged, in no respect modified by any orders issued or signals made by Ili ar-Admiral Schley during the tight. Rear-Admiral Seldey testified that Rear-Admiral Sampson's plan failed because the enoiuy succeeded in passing the battle line. Commander Wninwright stated that "our left was refused." "That is," Captain I-cmly and Mr. Hanrin say. "the Brooklyn did not continue to hold the left. The Brooklyn, having left her position or. the left of the line, thereby left an unguarded opening along the western shore, through which the Spanish fleet passed. The "loop" by which Commodore Schley took the Brooklyn further away from the enemy, by her tactical diameter at the very least, was executed while his signal to the licet to 'close up' .was flying." At the opening of the battle the New York was in sight, and, it Is assorted, probably nearer to the east wing of the American Hue than the Brooklyn. If the New York was within signal distance, evidence, if heard, would probably show, according to the Judge Advocate and his assistant, that Rear-Admiral Sampson was in command. During the flrst part of the engagement the New York and the Brooklyn both pignnlled to close up, but if is contend v . in i imniri" iniii neuner or these signals wns se*n. ?>r if seen, thr.r they accomplished nothing. Schley did not exercise command over any ship, it is asserted, except to some extent over the Brooklyn. TO END VMR TAXES. XVnvB nt?<l Means Committee llrcnminemle to lJepeal l'rnrtirally All of Tllcirt. Washington, D. ('.?The end to all the war taxes is in si^ht. The KepubBeans of the Ways and Means Ccmniittce have vceonimer.dcd the rep?:'! of all the taxes imposed because of the Spanish-American war. save the small and insignificant levy on mixed flour. The action of the committee came as in surprise to men at both ends of the <1 ipitol. became it was generally understood that only a portion of the imposts would lie removed at present. ( haivnuin Payne, in a statement issued to the press, snid that the decision will mean approximately a reduction of the Oovevuiiu nt receipts by $77.00Odo. "The Treasury has now an availaide cash balance of $17-1,000,000," said Mr. I'ayne. "It is not likclv that ttiis will lie increased during the present fiscal year, us the Treasury Is buying bonds at a rate that will use up the surplus that, may accumulate before the end of the fiscal year, June fiO nest. The committee therefore thought It was safe to repeal the remainder of the war revenue taxes, amounting to about $78,000,000." A<tlnn on Cuhitn Itrriprocity Deferred, Washington, Ih C.?Tlie Itepublican mem hers of tlie Ways and Means Commit tee have decided to postpone Cuban it proci.y until after it lull for the reduction of the war tariff is framed. SHOT DE AO IN CHURCH AISLE. Cli'l'o fcmtlier Went Thcrit to Object to Vntini; Mnn'i AtlenMoiiK. ChUUcothe. Ohio. Joseph Cox sliot niitl killed 11i:\v.ad Ra.tclilV at church, r.t Ragle Mills. Cox had been paying attention to Rut (cliff's sister, anil Itattcliff strongly objected. Cox accompanied Miss Ratt cliff to church, anrl wlien RaUcIift' saw them together lie assaulted Cox, who drew a revolver and tiled, the ball passing through Rat (cliffs l)ody. lie fell i:? thj aisle and expired amid the shrieks of terrified women. Rot it nu n are of respectable families and both are schoolteaehrrs. Raticliff's wife was Cox's sister. Cox was arrested. i KIHOR EVENTSOFTHEWEEK; WASHINGTON ITEMS, Brigadier-General Wheaton's reported criticism of Professor Sehuruiau's Boston speech caused n lively discussion of the whole Philippine question In the Senate. Wilbur J. Cnrr was elected as Chief of the Consular Bureau of the State Department, succeeding Robert B. Chilton, resigned. Lieutenant Ilobson's plea for retirement was denied, the board deciding that hia eyes were not permanently Injured. .lames Altnan, who Is said to have re rused an oiTor of $100,000 If ho would poison Lincoln, died In Washington. The Secretary of the Navy nccepted the torpedo boat Blddlo, built by the Hath (Me.) Iron Works. Washington leaders believed a canal bill would be passed at this session. our. ADOrTED IST.ANDH. 'About forty small municipalities In various parts of ('r.ba island, which which wore not able to meet their expenses, were abolished aud put under tin1 jurisdiction of larger municipalities in their vicinity. The American Chamber of Commerce at Manila sent a petition to Congress asking permission to allow Chinese laborers to enter the Philippine Islands. The Philippine Commission appropriated SoOOO for improving thle harbor of iloilo and SilOOO to be expanded on the Cagclyou River, in Northern Luzon. Colonel Charles W. Miner; of the Sixth Infantry, reported thatithe conditions ou the Island of Neg|ros were unsatisfactory, and that n foro-e of bandits, under the command of the fnnatl ?[ leader. Papa Isio, were terrorizing the people. The excessive rates charged by the Cuban railroads was tnken ini hand bv j General Wood by prohibiting the ox- j I Isting practice of charging imore for short than long hauls. Governor Taft, who has, just returned from the Philippines,' said the ; Islands are overtaxed. DOMESTIC. Captain George II. Wadleljjjh, of the receiving ship Wabash, in the Na-y Yard at Charlestown, Mass.,. received i orders to report to the League Island Navy Yard at Philadelphia; as commandant. j Henry James Derbyshire; an Englishman, who was the last aurvlvor of those who accompanied Captain Hall on his expedition to find the North Pole, died at Huntington, W Va., aged seventy. Two negroes were lynched In West Carroll Parish, La., for the\murder of G. N. Grant, a police Juror, ^rom Floyd. James W. Woodford, ojf Elmore, Mich., was killed at a country dance by A. B. Davis, who was jealous because he danced with his fiancee. Mrs. Harriet Collins Hereon, wife of former United States Distrl et Attorney John W. Herron. and mother-in-law of Governor Taft. died suddenly at Cincinnati, Ohio, from heart d Isease. Fire destroyed the Crane block In Moutclair, N. J., threatened 1 the whole business section of the c ity and did ' $100,000 damage. The MIssiRstunt T.ncidl?It ? 1 ft" wvn.wi?nuic |Ki?at*u an net authorizing the a pproprlatlon of $00,000 for a suitable di splay at the St. Louis Exposition. The Rev. .T. P. Fnrrelly, < >f Nashville. Teun.. secretary of the American College iu Rome, was appc luted Privy Chamberlain to tlie Pope. t Specifications nre ready for the va.ried industries building o f the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis. ' ! Two men were killed n nd two hurt 1 by being run down at a grade crossing | in Hay ton. Wis. ( A runaway boom of log: 5 nt Tnc-omn, . Wash., caused $23,000 da mage 10 the water front. Mrs. Whinifrod Carroll, the oldest woman in Montana, died at Helena, Mont., aged 101. She wan born in ireland in 1707, and came t j America in j 1811. The Sioux Indians at the Relkuap Agency, in Montana, were quieted. Tli" bank at Hartford. Ivy., was robbed of about $3300 jy four men. who escaped. A powder explosion the Kings Mills Company, Kings Mills, Ohio, killed four men and cleared away every vestige of the plan't. Judge Noycs. of Alaska, will not be sent jack to the district in which he has otllciated. Re: r-sentative Ilrownlow. of the First Tennessee District , was renominated for Congress. A'.f Taylor, murdcrpjr of Deputy Sheriff Jamoa Lucas, ivns hanged at Friar's Point, .Miss. 1 It vas announced that the creed revision of tin- Presbyter! in Church had completed its work and ftraficd an outline of a short declarar on of belief. ronsKi^t. Conservatives in Get/many and the old aristocracy are beginning to look coldly on Prince llenry'U visit to America. I Emperor William on.thc occasion of his birthday telegraphed to the Syndic of Rome presenting to the municipalIty a marble etatne of Goethe as a la stint: pled.ee of the sincere and cordial sympathy binding Germany and Italy. General Kitchener authorized GenIcrnl Vilonel, a burgher, who surren- | dered. to raise an additional Boer corps ! of 1500 men. ' I I COMMCO m ESCAPED Biddle Brothers, Sentenced to Death, Overpowered the Guards. WOMAN GAVE SAWS AND PISTOLS The Warden'. Wife ATtin Infatnnleil XV Wh One of the Murderer*?.Doomed Men Threw One of the Ocarili to the Floor, Shot Another. Lurln-il Up All, mul Obtained Trlson Key*. Pittsburg. Penn.?Edward and John Diddle. uxvahlnjc execution lu the county jail for the mtirder of Grocer Thos. I>. Kahney, of Mount Washington, overpowered tho guard i at 4 o'clock Friday morning and escaped."?Tho prisoners liad been provided with saws with which they cut the bars in their cells until ready at uny moment to make an opening sufficiently large lo pass through. They occupied adjoining cells on the second range, and evidently had been preparing for some time for escape, Both were armed with revolvers. Just before 4 o'clock one of the Biddies called to James McGoary for medicine. saying his brother was dangerously sick. McGenry hastened to the cell with the medicine, when John Biddie sprang through an opening In the cell and, seizing the guard around tho waist, hurled him over the railing to the stone noor beiiea-h, a distance of sixteen feet. Edward Kiddle joined his brother immediately, and with drawn revolvers tho two hurried to the lirst floor, where i hey met Gnard Reynolds and shot j lilin. There were but three men on ' duty, and the tnlrd was on one of the I upper rouges. He was ordered down at the point of the revolvers, and the three g ards were put in the dungeon. The keys were token from Keeper MeGenry. and the prisoners then had a clear f.cld. The Biddies went to the wardrobe where the guards keep their clothing, and each put on a. new suit, t They then unlocked ilio outside gates ! and passed out into Ross street. The escape was net discovered until , the daylight guards came m duty, at t; o'clock. They were Informed by prisoners where the night guards had been placed. These soon were released from the dungeon and sent to the Homeopathic Hospital. The injured guards will recover. The escape of the Riddles was explained later by a statement from Warden Peter K. Sofel, who alleges that his wife furnished the revolvers and saws which enabled the men to escape. SofTel declares that his wife. Infatuated wlih Edward Biddle, has left her home and four children. ROYAL HONCRS FOR A ROOSEVELT President's Daughter Will lti?nk With l'rlncssses at the CoronntUn. Washington, D. C.?MISS Alice Roosevelt has hnd her way and xt111 go to the coronation of King Edward the Kuest n >voueiaw Held. Those fa- | miliar with court procedure pay that Miss Roosevelt, as the daughter of the President, should l>e received with the most distinguished honor. Experts hold that Miss Roosevelt would be out of place as a young lady merely In the cf Vr. Held. Those who know foreign customs say that Miss Roosevelt would rank with the Princesses of the blood. She would, therefore, wear n robe cf royal purple. She will ho distinguished from the peeresses by additional bands of ermine miniver. The Princesses will wear golden coronets. Miss Roosevelt will be < .nspleuous among this group because the will not wear a coronet. Miss Rcosevelt has asked this favor cf her father as a birthday gift. BOY OILS FIGHTING THIEVES. Shot to ttin Kcurt'Whllo Holding Ills I iitplojrrr'ft Money. Chicago. ? Horace Schroedcr. aged seventeen, was found dead face downward, with a bullet hole in his heart, on the foot* of D. C. Burns's groci ry store. Beneath the body was fotiul a bag of coins and bilft, the change received lu the procery. Near-by lay a i revolver, four chambers of which were | empty. The boy worked for Burns and it was lils du.y to opea the place <f business each morning. Two bullet holes through the window of the store and a .1 nunbcr of holes in the woodwork anil showcases indicated that the boy had f.efendcd the property of his enipioyer from robbers. CICARETT-: KILLS A WOMAN. Smotccil It to r.rll?Ti> Txotlinrlif and I>le?l of t;)oo<t-t*?i?nnli>c. Atlanta, <Ja. ? Mrs. C. K. Chandler died cf blood poison ng brought on. according to physiriaus, by smoklu_ a cigarette. A few days ago Mrs. Clirndler smoked part of n cigarette to relieve a toothache. Flic had a little blister on her lip. and as the cigarette pained her lip she Immediately threw i 11 ?? ? ? T T ? ? * .1 m r up u'giin to swell and echo r.nd soon licr whole face V.'as hadly swollen. It. is not contended that her death was the result of inhaling the nicotine, but the theory is that the end of the cigarette contained some disease gerui that brought on the Mood-poisoning. Gagn lilds l'iira<T>-U to Cabinet. Secret try Cage has participated in his last Cabinet meeting and President Itooscvelt and the Secretary's associate members individually erpressed to bint their most sincere regret at the sever- I aace of relations which always have J been of tho closest possible character. t NATURE OF SCHLEY'S PLEA The President Asked ta Sustain Admiral Dcwsy's Findings. THE QUESTION GF COMMAND Rrnr-Adcilnil Sclilry Itrqurntrw I'ronlclout Komrvrlt to licvirx* tlio l1 IntUitR* nl tt?o Court of Inquiry, llitftluc III" Appc:?l on tbn CpUInn (if Adnilrul Drwrj ?Arcurarnt" in Support of Contention* Washington, i>. P.?The npp :il maile l>y Kear-Adniiral Schley from the findings of the court of i lquiry has liecu made public. The Admiral states three general grouuds upon which ho pell* t'.ona tlio President l<? rovers.; the action cf the Navy Department. 1. The court erred itt ignoring the quortion of command or. July a*tJ of credit for the victory of the battle of Santiago. 2. The << urt erred by failing to re port on the eJUoiemy and adequaey of tile blockade cf Sai.tiugc by the Flying Squadr in. o. The findings of the majority, in variance with the t pinion of the presiding officer ot the et urt. are not justiticd by the fuels adduced. It is declared that the record of the court shows that Schley did r.etrally exorcise the command, and the point is made that if lie did r.o in the absence of any right, under naval regulations his conduct would have been "g.-i ssiy insubordinate and highly censurable, and should have been so hehl by the dniirt * It is recited that Sampson signalled to "disregard Dictions Coinn n..der-laChief" when he started eastward that morning, thereby conferring command upon Schley. Counsel also cite I'ecr tary l.ong's statement to tlie Senate that when the Spanish ships emerged Sampson war. proceeding towards Sibency under orders .'torn the department to confer wi.li Shafter, and it \ Is held that there rrders detaelic i ltiri I temporarily fro n li s m i maud. > that ' Schley was actmilly in command at tlie battle. Further argument made is that think and Clark, the two ship captains, present at the surrender of the Colon, recognized Schley's seniority, r.nd a' o that Sampson's order of battle failed entirely as soon as the Spanish squadron succeeded la passing the westernmost extremity of the American vessels. Counsel deal with the pnsnge from Cieufuegos to Santiago, and again object to the majority conclusion that i Schley should have proceeded with all I despatch, and have disposed his vessels I with a view cf interce-.itire tl><? nm. iv I Counsel submit that the Admiral's squadron was a unit: that he had no power to atomize It; and that In view of the prevailing Ignorance cf the enemy's location it would have been the acme of military foliy to hnve disintegrated his squadron. CRYCEN ELECTED SENATOR. New Jersey I.rclsluture Formally tlnllot* For Oenerul Karrell'n Surccimor. Trenton, N. .1.?The Senate and Assembly met in jo'ut session and elected Tolin F. D.yden, of Newark, to till th? unexpired term of the late General Sewell. Mr. l>ryden entertained the two bodies at le.neiicou after the adjournment. ANARCHIST ENDS HIS LIFE. Rlohr Tan ah t III; C'liililien to \tj:Ulioiiia- . liti tlin Ui'uil I'rowidntt. rntorenn V 1 ? TTi?m .1. . ?t. .... 1 arch lot, wli? was scut < jail for eta Iiy j to liis family, committed suicide because lie feared a second arrest, lie was released from jail on giving bail for $509. auil lie went to hL; home to ftct square with ids wife for putting Li in in jail. Molir learned tliat the police had been called and h.c went into one of tile rcoins nr. 1 ptit ids mouth over a gas jet. When the police arrived they found Moltr lying ca he tloor dead. Molir bit 1 not worked for a yea". I He took the money that his wife fid t oldest daughter entiled and bought anarchist literature with it. 11 > prai -ed Czolgosz mid denoun vd McKinley, a*i?l made his children r< peat after bin an nuatluiua against the dead O.tir Girl ff Twelve I'oison* Mother. Ionia Turner, twelve years old, and her schoolmate. May Holland, thirteen years old. at Springlield, Ohio, were ?r rested charged with the murder of Mrs. (leorge Turner, the inn tt.r of" Ionia, a few days ago, by pu.iing rat poison i:i the cotYce pot. In a confession the girl, Ionia, said that she p <t the poison in the coffee pot in a lit of temper because her two mothers were constantly telling their mother stories about her which, the girl says, disco tugged her so that li e at home was unbearable. It now develops tlint the Egyptians were acquainted with wireless telegraphy In 1612, at least Miss Marie Oorelll, in a recent lecture at Edinburgh. read an extract from a book on tho pyramids, published In that year, which described the system as usee*, by one Sw*d, a,high priest of Memphis. MARINES' AWFUL PLIGHT Americans Dcscriod by Filipino Guards Eat Raw Dog- Flesh. MImIdc Mrmlirr* of lH-Tntod I'artj l nuiwl IlrlirlouH in tin* Junclo, Two of Thrm llarkln - Likr Do;;*. Manila.?It Is now learned that the ten men who became separated from Captain David D. Porter's command ? ? kiuiiik .1 iii.ii H cm i'u :tii oxpeiiuion Into tlio interior of Saiuar three weeks aso trot into stteh desperate straits that they were eonipell'd to kill do.us ami eat their llesli raw. The lirst reports weie tluit they hail ntff-'ed hardships, hut thneral Chaffee. who has just returned here from a tour, says that their sufi'erinr;:'. were cater than inure hardships. Th? re wer> at tie* start thirty-six marines 5u the party. 'I'hey took with them rations for only live days. Two wee' s later Captain I orter and twenty-six cf his men reaehed the eoasi of the ls'and of Santar. They were greatly exhausted, and said they had lost ten ntcti somehow, and that they were prohahl.v dead. Captain Porter and ins men were Wider the '.uida i a* of some natives, and when there was no longer any fm d the natives deehmd that tiny could not distinguish ihe edihlo roots in WllN'il t lip fip'imlc 'IM.? " * vim's dWl not believe tliem, but wore una I >lc lo foree tl.oni to t' tut the root a with which to mstain life. It was while the little party was starving and was hunting about for somo suit of food that the ton men became rcparrated. The others were so weakened that they eouhl uot make a search for the wanderers. The natives had deserted them. When Captain Porter and three of his men staggered into the cat iu oti the coast they were delirious, and it was with ditiieulty that the whereabouts of their companions was learned. Tlu y were soon discovered and taken into camp, and Williams, of the First lufanii v. headed a relief expedition for .Ill- H'U Hint null. 1 III! JVlM't force faced a torrential rain storm that flooded the rivers and seriously hampered progress. After a hard march the rescue command canio upon the lost o:ies. All of tlie ton were delirious and would have very soon perished. Two of tliem were discovered in the branches of trees, harking like dogs. They were taken to headquarters, where some of them are so ill that they will probably not recover. At n time when they wore overcome with hunger, there were two dogs following tliein. These were killed, and as there was no manner of building a tire, the flesh of the animals was devoured raw. General ClmfTec says he found ma ters apparently satisfactory in all parts of the archipelago except on the Island of Saranr, where the continuous rains of the past two months had retarded the campaign against the elusive euemy. H|V_ NINTH CABINET OFFICE. Senate Vol#-* Pnr a Ilrpr.Ttiurnt of Commerce anil Labor. Washington, D. C.?Senator Nelson's hill creating a Department of Commerce. which has passed the Senate, was amended in various particulars. I'robably the most important of these amendments was the one changing the title to read, "The Department of Commerce and Labor." It provides for a Seen ..try. who is to he n member of Hie Cabinet, an Assi: isr.i Secretary, and also the other ohicials and clerk i urn sary. The proposed departniei t is especially charged with the collection and distribution of itailatical | mi on iui ioi> ami w1111 Kie Ue\ elopine'i; I :iml I'jr.lvriiiR v>? foreign and t oinesiic C III1I1K vco. In the depart rout (hero is to be a ! new Krr.au it' Manufactures, U".l \ many bureaus 1 ow inciiulr 1 it. oilier | iii par. meats are transferred to this new department, i icludinix the LifeRavi:.*.; Service, tli * hive dilutive Si rvice, t!ie Marine Hospital Service, tlie Steamboat Inspection Service and the Ke.ivaus of .Navigation, of i'hippi ir and of 1 minimatIon, as well as the control of tiie fisheries atnl Chinese exclusion <iu? si ions, all now will.in tlie jurisdiction of the Treasury Department; the Fish Coins lis ion and tlie Census lUucuit. The department also is Riven ji risdietion over the Consular fervice to tar as it pertains to com mere j. ONol L.1V..J WITH CANNiDALS. llrutti of ii Maiiic l'liyticlu.i tV'.to I)nr!t Two Years With Saviijcu. Aulc.irn, M Dr. Charles F. Rwett, Who died here at the :i" > < t \ ?v.f? .> lived two years among the cannibals ?jl* tit Marquesas. While ou .1 vcyng iu liic l'aeilio hi was tr.kt 11 siel; ami ag it was thought lie was going to dir. In- was put ashore. He recovered anil l> came a favorite of the chief of t ie cannibals. l)r. Swett was happy 011 the island and probably never would have left iiad lie not hci 1 Kiiliia.i 1. A ship put in there one day to trade with the na'ives. Dr. Swett wen. o;i board to do the bartering. The captain of the ship was short of hands, and forcibly detained Dr. Sweit. The t natives started i.i pursuit ia canoes, j and as the wind was light, for a ti.ae it looked as though the cap.ain was ilcslined to pay dearly for his treadier.v, hut the wind en mo up and the uhiy slid away to safety. ?w Cialil Dice in;;* in Klonillkr. Coid diggings panning $Jf> to $30 a 1 ( day per man are veportcd In Alaska ) froui Musk Creek to i'orcupine. ML BREAKtRS S.iOT EflVVH 3iddIo Brothers and Mrs. SoiTel Captured Atter a Desperate Fight. OVERTAKEN ON SNOWCLAD ROAD Shot# Wrrn l.xrlmtigrtl Sixty VariU Apart ? ttotti MunlcrcrH Wmimltd, One Mnrt.illy, unit t !<*> Womiiii Turnrtl KrvoI> ver on Ilrnclf?Xour of the l'urtturrt I tij urcil?St iilrinr tit oT Dying Outluxv. Ttntler. IVnn. ? After an exciting lias * through the tmowelad hills ami valleys of P.utler County. Edward ami John P>idd!e. the condemned murderers. who escaped from jail in Pitts-burg on Thursday morning, aided by Mrs. Kate Snffcl. wife of the Warden, wero brought to hay hy two sleighloads of officers. Mrs. Kofi'cl was with the out* laws. As a result rf the battle, Edward Iliddle was wounded mortally, being shot in the left breast and in one leg; John lt'ddle was riddled with buck* 'hot in the breast and head, and Mrs. ifi'el. see in that recapture was inevitable. turned one of her revolvers ou herself and fired into her breast. The story of the close of the Bidillo tragedy Is a thrilling one. The scene was a snow-covered road two miles as! of Prospect. P. u'ler County, near Mount Chestnut, and ?he exact place was at Met.'lure's barn, llere two Inuhlc-tciiiu sleighs, tilled with eight officers, three of tiiem l'ittshurg detectives?Join Poach, Aliwrt Swinehart though numerous, failing to reach a vita] spot. Aft? r the Riddles fell to the snowcoven <1 ground (he ot!ieers picked tip the apparently lifeless hollies of Mrsj Koflfel sind the Biddies and came bade to Ruller. bringing (he stolen sleigh, patched up harness and worn-out horse that the trio had tried so strenuously /o ;ret away with toward Canada and liberty. At the Jail Bd Riddle called for a priest and made the following statement: "I have heen accused of a great many serious crimes. I want to say now that I did not kill Detective I'itr.gerild. nor did 1 shoot Thomas Iv.'.hney. nor was my brother implicated in the latter affair. Mrs. cofi'el aided us In getting out of the county jail, and had It not been for her we would have made orr escape to-day. She gave up everything for us and I was bound tr> heel: her. I did not shoot Iter. Sho shot herself. I nni grateful to the woman who helpe d us to escape. Kim did i! out of sympathy, and I persuaded her 10 do it." At this p ant Middle showed signs of collapse and made an effort to signal li e priest. Father Walsh then admin leered Hi'- rites of the dying. Hiddlo w:is asked if lie wanted lo send any wonl to his brother and he shook bin head, "No." Chinamen l?i?j;uUr?l an Women. Isaac Puiney hns been arrested nt Ogdi nshurg, N. Y., charged with bringing Chinamen Into the country from Canada, having them disguised utt women. .iiim \ 'K.ii It . .MVAMIM III illt'l I Hi" lUU Diddles and Mrs. So.Tol In a ntie-liorso sleigh stolen at Porrysvllle. The short hut decisive liattlc followed. Trace of the fugitives was obtained when they stole the sleigh in I'errysvllle. They drove in the direction of S.i? .otiburg, and local oflieers Immediately started in pursuit, being certain of the Identity of the party. Word also was sent to Pittsburg for aid. The Pittsburg police were met In IV.ith i- hv Deputy Sheriffs Itninev and lioon and Frank llollidny and Aaron Thompson, locit' p. lieetuen tuuler eosnmmul of Chief of Police Hubert ltay, of Butler. The Biddies and Mrs. Poffel ate dinner in the home of .1. J. Stephens, in Mount Chestnut, live miles east of Butler. They had made a detour of the town of Butler, and after going several miles east turned nortli nnil then west. The Pittsburg onieers. only a few miles In tin? rear, took the wrong rend for about eight miles, but when they found their mistake they made up for lost time by telephoning and telegraphing nhend for fresh horses. They reached Mount Chestnut not less than half an hour after the Biddies and Mrs. Soffel. At this point William Watson, a storekeeper, had fresh horses awaiting them, and tho chase for life began anew. The two sleighs with the eight cflleers aboard started westward and met the Biddies and Mrs. Soffel at MrOlure's barn, two miles from Mount Prospect, the Bhblles having learned that they were almost overtaken, and taking what they considered the only chance they bad drove eastward and tnei i heir doom. The Pittsburg and other onieers wero armed with Winchester rifles and revolvers i f large ealihre. They shot to kill, and their aim was perfect. The Biddies also were heavily armed, hut not one or the e ght officers has a wound as the result of the battle. When the detectives got within about sixty yards of the fugitives tliey opened tire. Tho Biddies promptly answered with shotgun and revolver. When lid Piddle fell and Mrs. SofTel saw .die was about to lie captured sho f.rod a bullet inio her breast. An exa ni.iation by physicians shows that she will recover, as (lie bullet was dedeelcd by her corner, and the wound ic. eomnavntively slight. Kd Piddle got a bullet in tho breast which penetrated his right lung. John P.idd'e may recover, ids wounds.