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|Wfil6THTEAR. - FORT MILL, S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 27. 1907. NO. 13.
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BLOODY BATTLE.
The Legal Troop* Win After a
Very fierce Battle.
DETAILS OF MEETING.
h Which Seventy Men Are Killed
I
and a Large Number Are Wound- r
.
ed.?The Mutiners Aroxc nt u C.K-- '
m - ?
en Signal, unci Broke Into the Ar- t
mory ami Seized 1 titles anil Final
a Volley.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg.
Russia, says details of the mutiny of 1
Sappers at Kiev show that It was J
suppressed at midnight, June 17, be- I
tween the mutineers and the loyal
troops, in which about seventy men f
were killed or wounded.
Kiev is one of the cities where rev- ?
olutlonary ideas have made the ?
greatest inroads on the army and ^
revolutionary military organization 1
Is very powerful, counting among its g
members dozens of officers.
The mutiny was planned to coin- g
cide with a general political strike ^
as a reply to the dlsolution of parli- J|
ment, involving the railroads, tele- y
graphs and malls. In several of the
southern provinces arrangements for j,
the strike had been making for
months under the leadership of an t,
experienced ontanber M.
who whs p member of the first parliamont.
The decision of the revolutionary f
staff at St. Petersburg to refruin from ,l
demonstrations whs disobeyed by the {'
hot-headed sappers. At midnight of
June 17, ftOO men. at a givert signal, s
left their beds, disarmed the sentries, ,
hurriedly dressed, obtained possession
Of their rifles, broke into the
armory, seen red some loaded cartrid- ?
ges add then marched to the camp
bquare and tired a volley.in the air.
Thte officer on duty, Captain Aku- K
lofT, ran out-and addressed the mut- s
iners, advising them to disperse. He a
then called out another battalion,
drew the men and led a charge on
the mutiners, ordering them to surrender.
On their refusal to do so, ^
Captain Akuloff ordered the troops
to fire and fell dead himself at the
first volley The fighting continued
iui bcvciui 1111ii(Iit'n. nun a dozen
others were killed und al>out sixty v
were wounded. Finally the mutt- I
neers, with no ofilcers. no leaders and u
no plans, wavered and fled. Two hundren
and fifty were captured but one
hundred and nine-three eluded pur- v
suit und hid in the city. o
The mutiny at Kiev was arranged t
by Shefch -Evko, a revolutionist of p
i good fumily, who entered the army ji
I as a volunteer for the purpose of r
I undermining discipline and won over e
many"of his comrades but when he v
0 ; raised the Rtandard of revolt they r
were frightened and the little band t
of ring-leaders were overpowered.
Three bombs were found in Shefch v
Ecko'B tent. All the mutiners will
be tried by courtmartial.
The workmen employed in a big H
?factory at Kiev struck after the mut- i
iny, but they have not yet been joined
by the employes of other factor- .
ies. ' I
General SukhmlinoiT. the comman- (
der of Kiev, is taking the moderate e
\ energetic measures to arrest the lead- t.
era of the movement. Hundreds of e
houses have been searched and
citizens have been arrested, among j
them being officials of the railways (1
and telegraph service and the editors f
of a newspaper.
Numerous other arrests were made j
in Kiev, and a number of Itombs were (
found, but Order is now restored.
The city is in the hands of the mil- 1
itary. ,
I The Novo Vremaya in ail article on
the mutiny at Kiev attributes the
sedition of the army by the corruption
of soldiers in the Japanese prisOtis;
second, to the presence of Jews
in the army; and third, to the leniency
hitherto shown by the military
authorities. The paper claims, however,,
that the pmpogundu has made
but slight progress.
Trouble has also broken out
among the troops of the Third Infan- i
try division, stationed at Kaluga.
General Orloff, who suppressed th? <
insurrection in the Haltic provinces
left St, Petersburg hurriedly to take i
charge of the garrison at Kaluga. i
1 No Information is available as to |
the nature of the troubles, a strict
censorship on all incoming press dispatches
having been Instituted since
the dissolution of the parliament. ,
The dispatches of the Associated
Press from Kiev, detailing the munIt..
IU AM.V ....... i ...mw.iI rtt-ov In t hti pon,
11/ il|nv, wrtb 1111 ih;u u?i t& m
bor and held up from 12 to 14 hours
before they were delivered.
The workmen of Moscow are hecoming
restless and the commandant
of that city has brought twenty two
companies of infantry into the place.
Several big meetings of workmen in
I the Moscow suburbs huve been broken
up.
Wholesale arrests continue in St.
Petersburg. The preparation of the
registration lists for the election of
members of the new parliament have
begun.
V KIIXF.il BY I.ICiHT.NIXCJ.
Young Man Laid bm lly Holt at
Hock Hill.
A dispatch to The State from Rock
# Hill says Sam Anderson, the 17-yearold
son of Mr. uud Mrs. Ooo? R.
Anderson, was instantly killed by
lightning Thursduy afternoon at 5
o'clock. He was on the second story
i * of a residence being erected for his
father and had a hammer in his hand
with which he was striking the corner
post. The bolt struck the left
temple and followed the left side of
the body, tearing the pants and entering
the ahoe. One of the workIs
men was nearby and was badly
hocked but not killed. _
SOME BIG SHIPS.
fwo Immense Battleships to Be
Built by this Country.
rhi'jr Will Ik* Two of the Most Pow- 1
crful Fighting Machines Ever
Built Anywhere.
Bids were opened at the Navy Demrtment
at Washington on last
rhursday for the construction of two
\merican "Dreadnaughts," each to
>e of 20,000 tons displacement. The
otal cost of each when completed is
>stmated at $10,000,000.
Dimensions are: Length. 510 feet.
>readth, 85 feet, 2% inches; speed,
11 knots.
The main battery will consist of 10
I 2-inch guns, so arranged as to peril
it a broadside Are 25 per cent
creator than any battleship built, or
lullding.
The secondary battery will include
uunoBii o-incn rapia-nre guns and a
lumber of smaller rapid flre guns.
The actual total weight of hull ?
nd armor In the proposed designs is
.pproximately 3.000 tons greater h
lmn in the largest battleship so fur *
lUilt. .
The bids of the Newport News
hip Hullding Company with one bid
t $3.#87,000, and the Fore River :
hip Huilding Company, of Quincy, .
lass., with a bid at $4,3 77,000 were *
he successful bidders for the big 20,- ,
00 ton battleBhlps. (
The bidding brought together a
iirge number of shipbuilders and '
thers interested in naval construe- "
Ion. Owing to alternative bids the ^
idding was necessarily complete. l!
'he Newport New Company submitt- c
d no less that seven sets of plans v
nd were generally the lowest at all
oirtts ntid with all combinations, but
he law provides that no company *
hall receive more than one contract.
ltids other than the Newport News ^
'oqipany and Fore River were
'ramp and Sons, deportment plans, '
4,10.0*000; New York Shipbuilding
'onipany; $4,44f>,000.
The bids were referred for examitruction
which will recommend the ^
tructlop which will recommend the
.wards.
TIIK SICSN OF OKATI1. <
_________ \
liulc a Witness ItcfuKv (?> Testify in
a Court.
1
In a New York Court 0110 day lust
reek Ignuzio de Leonardo and Pietro
'amplnellia were convicted of kidLapping
and employing "Black Hand'
nethods of extortion. De Leonardo
ras first found guilty and at once
iffered to turn State's evidence. At
he moment he took the ^,-?and Pamdnellia
placed his hand on his temiles
and brought them down slowly
intil they met on the throut. The
fleet on Leonardo was startling. The
ritness turned deathly pale. Then he
nanaged to say, "1 atn Bick. 1 cannot
estify."
"Why?" demanded Judge O'Sullian.
With an effort Leonardo replied:
'Pampinellia has just given me the
iign of death. It is the Blatik Hand,
will not testify."
The witness was remhved from the
oom and given a chance to recover
limself. Later he was returned to
he stand only to collapse when his
'.vtrs i hum- ui inr> |?tiimt?i m
rime. He jtositlvely rtTused to give
ividence.
Pampinellia was convicted, as De
.eonardo had been, on the testimony
>f Salvator Siatta, Who Was stolen
rom his home last winter ami held
l prisoner while "lllack Hand" letera
demanded from his father, a
trosperous barber, a ransom of $10,?00.
The youth was eveiitually reeased,
though the father denied that
le had settled with the abductors.
LOST Til HI It hIVKS.
ruo Hoys Are Drowned at tlie (duck
Mills.
A dispatch from Anderson to The
Rate says Gordon Hill and Roy llanllster,
two lads of 1 o years, were
Irowned Thursday afternbon in the
ond at the (lluck mills. The bo>>
vere in swimming anil got into deei
water.
The pond is about I t feet deep in
i he deepest place. They sank and
before assistance could reach them
life had departed.
Coroner Fruitt went to the scene
hut decided an inquest was unnecessary
as death was due to accidental
drowning.
The hoys lived with their parents
in the mill village, ahout three miles
south of Anderson. The deaths have
east a gloom over the mill village.
SAYS \VK'I> WIN.
Chinese Minister Docs Not Itelieve
War Talk, However.
This country has an ardent champion
In Sir Chen Tung Ling Chang,
the Chinese minister, Before leaving
Boston for Ando- c. where he will
revisit the scene 01 his school days at
Phillips-Andover academy, he forgot
liis professional caution enough to
say that in tho event, of war with
Japan, there would he no doubt of
the American army being victorious.
He, however, did not believe there
is any prospect of a war between Jppan
and the United States. "In my
opinion Japan does not want to fight.
America is too powerful."
FIRST NKW BALK.
Texas Cotton CominK on the Market
Very Farly.
The first bale of the new crop of
cotton arrived at Houston, Texas.
Thursday by express from Hidalgo
county, Texas. Last year the first
bale arrived July 6. and the earliest
bale heretofore was June 22, 1901.
HUNG AT LAST,
)
The Closing Chapter of a Noted
Case in Georgia.
Convicted of Hurder, Escaped front
fail. Surrendered in California.
mid Filially Huug.
A dispatch from Cardale. Ga.. says
after having made two sensational
^scapes and finally surrendering to
authorities in California, George W.
Bundrick was hanged in the jail yard
there at noon Friday for the murder
)f John Shroeder.
This was the first execution to
ake place in the new county of Crisp
ind perhaps in any of the new counles
created at the last session of
:he legislature. The trap was sprung
ly Sheriff George W. Sheppard. forner
sheriff of Dooly couhty in which
?ffice he officiated at several execuIoiib.
There was not a hitch.
Bundrick inarched coolly to the
gallows and met his fate stoically.
Je has been resigned to his fate for
mine time, rending his Bible and conversing
cheerfully with his death
vatch. He had made a desperate efort
to secure executive clemency.
In niflnv WRVR If H?? linen nno r\f
he most remurkable cases In the hisory
of the state. Several years ago
n Dooly county a feud grew up bewe
m the Hundrlcks and John Schrolev.
(ieorge Hundrlck and his brother
net Schroder In the public highway
Icliroder and Ills wife wore In a bugty,
and the Hundrlcks stepped from
oncealment and shot Schroder to
loath und seriously wounded his
vtfe.
Walter Hundrlck was sent up for
ife. (ieorge Hundrlck escaped and
ifter several months was captured.
)n trial he was convicted and senten:ed
to hang. Then came a long legal
Ight, which terminated In the su>reme
court aflirmiug the conviction.
Then followed the fight before the
>risou commission to save Uundrick's
ife. On the day prior to that on
vhicli he was to die on the gallows,
he governor granted a respite, and
hat uight Hundrick escaped tmm
ail. For weeks nothing was heard
>f him. Then came news of his sur ender
in California.
I>KAF Ml'TES ftlAltllY.
nterest ing Marriage Ceremony Witnessed
by Many Friends.
The Spnrtanhurg Journal says at
he Baptist Church at Cedar Springs
it two o'clock Thursday, Miss Docla
nnoak, of Uedur springs, and Wiliain
W. Worloy, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
vere united In marriage by Rev. J.
kV. Michaels, of Little Rock, Ark., a
leaf Haptist evangelist, who performed
the ceremony in the deaf language,
the only language known to
he contracting parties. In order to
nake the marriage legal there was
>ne deaf witness.
The marriage ceremony was novel
ind interesting and was witnessed by
1 large number of friends, marty of
he pupils of the Cedar Springs institute
being present.
The bridal party entered the
hurch at two o'clock and the bride
ind groom took their place before
he minister, who went through the
egular ceremony of the church, usng
the sign language. The usual
juestions were asked and the reHies
made by signs, after which the
iiiuidiui |)i uinnim.ru i iiv wu?le
man and wife.
Thd bride graduated at Cedar
springs two years ago. She is attractive
looking young woman and
ias many friends at Cedar Springs.
Vlr. Worley graduated at (jie deaf
ind dumb institute in Bristol. Tenn..
ind also at the deaf add dumb instiute
in Washington. He now holds a
resiK>nsible position with the Westinghouse
Electrical company in PittsImrg.
On Wednesday Robert P. Smoak, a
teacher at Cedar Springs, and Miss
Caroline McCaslan, of Hodges, were
married at Hodges at the home of
the bride's sister by Rev. Mr. Mich-,
tiels. The bride and groom being
[leaf the sign language was used. Mr.
and Mrs. Smoak went to Spartanburg
to attend the wedding of Miss Smoak
and Mr. Worley at Cedar Springs.
WOMEN IN TERROR.
Plead Against Release of Murderer
Who Killed Their Protector.
The people of Coleman county,
Tex., have been appealed to In pathetic
earnestness by Mrs. Heulah
Hanks, who has asked them to refrain
from signing a petition for the
pardon of Sam Cole, who murdered
her father and threatened to murder
her mother and sister.
If Cole is released she said he
would carry out his threat and add
two more murders to his list. Her
mother and slater have not only been
broken hearted, because of the murder
of the husband and father, but
they are in mortal terror of the man
who took his life. They feel sure
that the moment he is released front
prison their days are numbered.
Sympathy for the prisoner's moth
er has arroused the people. Mrs.
Hanks said she, too, pitied the old
lady, hut she has warned the people
against causing the unhappy mother
any more sorrow by releasing her
son to commit more crime.
KILLKi) I1IMNKL*'.
A Wealthy Citizen of Macon, Gn.,
Com in its Suicide.
At Macon, Ga., N. D. Cobin, general
manager of the Macon Grocery
Company and the wealthiest citizen,
committed suicide at his residence ic
Vineville, by shooting himself in the
head with a shot gun. Ill health and
a general nervous break down is th?
cause assigned for the shooting.
SAFE CRACKERS
Gets Ten Years [and One Day j
in The
STATE PENITENTIARY.
Convicted of Blowing Open the Safe 1
of J- V. Ghtilni* at '
_ _ v. ? . ?? VlIVli ^
Short Sketch Of Other Noted t
Safe Blowers Convicted Several 1
f
Years Ago. e
I
A special to the State from Aiken
savs: William McKinley, alias "Day- c
tos Scotty," and Edward Duggan. v
alias "Los Angeles Star," two of i
the notorious gang of safe blowers c
which operated in Souta Carolina f
several years ago, were convicted t
in Aiken Friday In the court of general
sessions and sentenced to serve r
ten years and one day each in the c
State pententlary. This was per- a
haps, tlie most interesting case tried I
In Aiken in years and large crowds 1
were attracted. They were charged t
with having entered the store of Mr.
J. T. Shuler, at Moutniorenci, Aiken 11
county on Dec. 16, 1902, and steal- n
Ing therefrom the personal funds of a
Mr. Shuler after having blown open a
his safe. ,
The case was taken up at 9:20
o'clock on Friday morniiiK and was
given to the Jury at r> o'clock In the \
afternoon, the jury rendering a verdict
of gulty in ten mlnuteH.., ,
McKlnley and lJuggan had no attorney
a lift" dd not ask for one.
They seemed to realize that a conviction
was sure to follow and their
manner was rather that of insolent
indifference.,
The State put 20 witnesses on the
stand, including the following from
Columbia: W. C. Dowie and W. .1
Garner, former policeman; Sergeant
W. W .Quarters and W. T. Morse,
at present members of the Columbia
police department, and Mr. J. H. Ele
zer. a prominent merchant of the
capital city.
The principal witness for the State
was Postoffice Inspector H. T. Gregory,
who was on the stand for one
hour and a half, detailing the crimnal
history of the defendants and explaining
their plan of operation in <
pursuing their profession as safe
blowers. His testimony was interesting
and was of tself sudicient to
establish the guilt of the two "yegmen."
Mr. Gregory has had
charge of all the cases aalnst the
gang of safe crackers which operated
so successfully in South Carolina
una nas Deen detailed i?y the government
to handle similar cases in
other States. His straightforward \
unostentatious manner on the witness
stand and his polite, quiet demeanor
on the outside make him admired
by all and it Is evident that
when he enters a case against one 1
of these professional "crooks" he
is able to 'deliver the goods." a
The defendants introduced no wit- 0
nesses and did not nttempt to plead B
their case. s
The chain of evidence against a
them was very convincing and there e
can be no doubt about their being u
the parties who "cracked" Mr. Shu- lers's
safe. Judge Klugh's charge
to the jury was brief but clear strong '
and able. As soon as the verdict *.
wus rendered the defendants were ?
asked if they had anything to say '
why sentence should -not be passed
upon them. They asked the mercy
of the court and Judge Klugh gave
them 10 years and one day each ^
at hard labor in the South Carolina '
penitentiary. They will be carried
to Columbia Mondav morning.
The Wurman's Record.
McKinley and Duggan were joint- (
slons at Aiken oil Feb. 5 for the ^
sionsat Aiken on Feb. 5 for the j
breaking into the store of J. T. Shuler.
The postofflce at Moninorenci
was then located in Mr. Shuler's '
store, he being the postmaster as
well us the railroad and express
agent. For the robbery of the g
Montmorenci postofflce. at the same j
time as the store, Dnggan and McKlnley
were sentenced on April 16, c
1903, in the United States circuit j
court at Charleston, to serve sen- <
tences of Ave years' imprisonment j
in the United States penitentiary, j
Atlunta, Ga., and to pay Anes of (
$500. j
The leader of the gang of three ,
in the robbery of the store, postof- ,
Ace and blacksmith shop of Honnett (
& Keel at Montmorenci on the (
night of I)ec. 16, 1902, William ,
Morray, alias "Kentucky Hilly," is ,
now in the Massachusetts State prison,
Charleston, Mass., serving a sentence
of 19 years for manslaughter
nrhinh Ko r.o.nmihn/1 of U/vatoil
Mass.. in May, 1004.
This gang of three were the ploneen
meml?ers of the Nolan gang
at Columbia and associated on the
closest terms of intimacy with the
four members who followed them
into South Carolina, occupying the
same houses, frequenting the same
resorts, etc. But in actual safeblowing
the general gang usually divided
into two squads of three and four
safe blowings and burglaries committed
by Billy Duggan and McKinley
In 1901 and 1902 were postoffices
in the following South Carolina
towns: Central, MayosvlMe,
Blacksburg, Walterboro, Rowesvllle,
Montmorenci and Batesburg.
Brought to Aiken From Atlanta.
.Duggnn was relased from the federal
prison at Atlanta Jan. 21, 1907,
and was brought to Aiken and lodged
in the county Jail. McKinley had
to serve 30 days more at Atlanta
1 than Duggan on account of having
of tKo M-o rrl on c at tho
HAHHIIIICU IM'U Ul vuu ?.
federal prison. He was relased from
the penitentiary on Wednesday, Feb.
20, after United States Deputy Mar.
shal Scott of Atlanta had carried
? him before O. C. Fuller, clerk of the
> United States circuit court, Atlanta,
I to make oath as to his inability to
* pay the fine of $500, a part of bis
sentence. Immediately after his re
WIPES OUT FAMILY.
\ Man Kills His Wife, Three Children
and Himself.
I'lihappy Domestic Delations art* Said
To have lieeu the Cause of the
Awful Crime.
A special to The Journal from Jas>er,
Fla.\ says \V. \V. Barton, a car>euter,
shot and almost instantly
tilled his wife, three children and
llmself at his home, there on last
Thursday night. One victim, a child
Ive year s of age, survived long
mough to tell that Barton did the
tilling.
The shots were heard about ten
? viui-n mat nigni, mil no attention
vas paid to the matter until early
lext morning when neightbors dis- i
overed Barton's body lying on the
ront porch and that of his wife on
he back porch.
The children were found in a bed
oom, the pistol having been held
losed to the month in each instance
,nd the faces were powder marked.
Tnhappy domestic relations are he- i
ieved to have been responsible for
he crime.
Barton left home Tuesday and did
lot return until late Wednesday eve- |
ing. when he found the doors nailed !
gainst him. lie battered them down |
ud began his work of destruction. |
ENDS HIS MFK
i
Vhile ill Custody of an Officer for i
1
Forgery. ,
After presenting a forged order J
or $850-in the office of the paymas- s
er 01 me aoparinipni 01 me gun in .
he Candler building, Atlanta, aud
.hile handcuffed and in the custody *
f two policemen, a negro giving his
ame as John Williams, swallowed
arbolic acid, which he had conceald
on his person. He fell to the floor 1
nd died in a few minutes.
The negro represented himself us 1
ohn Williams, a discharged corporal !
f the Twenty-fifth Infantry, which
as been giving the government trou- (
le for some months by presenting
orged orders for back pay.
He recently tried to work the game
n the army paymaster at Kansas. '
ut failed, and made his escape. The
apartment of the gulf officials had
ioen notified of the forger's operaions
and were watching for him. .
When he appeared and presented ,
he order he was held in conversation |
intil officers arrived. As the negro ,
wallowed the poison he said: 'I will |
[ever go to jail." ,
IjAIUiK donation. 1
c
'underbill t'niversity Given One Hun- i
deed Tliousand Dollars.
^A dispatch from Nashville says at
he annual alumni meeting at Van- .
erbilt Chancellor J. H. Kirklaud
nnouneed a contribution of $100,- ]
>00 from William K. Vanderbilt,
randson of the founder of the univer
Ity. W. K. Vanderbilt of New York :
nd B. C. lluflington of Chicago were '
leeted members of the Vanderbilt
miversity l?oard of trustees.
ase he was taken into custody by
lossrs. J. Tye and N. A. Chastain, :
eputy sheriti from the office of Sherff
Nelnts of Pulton county, Atlanta,
nd later delivered to Sheriff T. P.
ta'?on of Aiken cousty. McKinley
k-as accompanied on his trip to Aik- '
n by Sheriff T. P. Rabon, Deputy
iheriff A. L Edison and Postofllce
nspector II T. Gregory.
Ansel's First Requisition.
The requisition on the governor of
leorgla for Duggan and McKinley
ras the first requisition made by |
Jov. Ansel, and on the hist day of <
lis administration. 4
The trial of these men was set for i
une 24. hut the date was changed. |
Ten Convicted Second Time.
Of the 11 safehlowers sent from
louth Carolina in April and May.
903. to the United States penitently
iry at Atlanta, On., to serve senten- (
:es each of five years' Imprisonment,
mposed by the late Circuit Judge
limonton on four at Charleston and
list riot Judge Hrawley on seven in
he United States circuit court at
Jreenville, ten have been released
ind extradited from Georgia for trial
in other burglaries. The eleventh
man, James Lang, alias "Black Billy"
)De of the four convicted of the postifflce
robbery at Greers, in Greenville
county, will not be released before
October of this year.
The ten who hove been extradited
have all been tried and convicted and
received sentences to the penitentiaries
of this State and North Carolina.
Nine Sentenced to S. C. Penitentiary.
The following professional safecrackers
are now serving sentences
in Son?H ('.nrn.lnR nen itentiarv.
all mem hers of the famous Nolari-McKlmoy
gang: John Fisher, alias
"Connecticut Shorty," and Charles
O'Day, alias "Missouri Charlie, sentenced
to 10 years each for blowing
the safe of the Heath Hanking and
Mercantile company at ncath Springs
in 1903.
Tom Hamilton', alias 'Toledo Danny,"
Joe Bird, a.ias "Columbus Joe."
and William Oliver, sentenced in
January to ton years each for blowing
the safe in W. P. Cook's store at
Iva, Anderson county, Feb. 3, 1903.
Thomas Nolan, alias "Chicago Nolan,"
and Charles Howard, alias
"Texas Dutch," were sentenced at
Spartanburg in April to ten years
each for blowing the saf J of the Enoree
Manufacturing company. They
have taken an appeal to the supreme
court and are yet In Jail in Spartanburg
awaiting the hearing of the appeal.
When McKlnley and Puggan reach
the penitentiary at Columbia there
will be including Nolan and Howard,
nine of the notorious gang of yeggmen
doing hard labor for the State
in tuis prison.
RAPIST HANGS.
Will Johnson Pays the Death Penalty
for Assault.
While on (a'ullows, Confesses. Many
Other Mysterious Crimes Are
Cleared.
A special from Atlanta Thursday
says: Standing on the gallows, Will
Johnson, a negro convicted of criminally
assaulting Mrs. George Hembree,
a white woman, in a suburb,
last August, today confessed his
crime and included in his confession
a list of other assaults and -uurders
that have mystified the polic" of Fulton
county for the past year. When
he had tlnished lie warned his hearers
to avoid his example and the trap
was sprung. His neck was broken
und life was pronounced extinct in
35 minutes.
Johnson admitted on the scaffold
taat he shot Amos Moody a white
farmer, who was murdered on his
way home on August lt?, last year,
that he attempted an assault on
Miss Lawrence, near Atlanta. Aug.
20, by which she was left unconscious.
with one eye gouged out,
for which crime another negro was
sentenced to 4 0 years imprisonment;
that he emptied a shotgun
through an open door of the residence
of J. w. Bryant, a farmer
living several miles north of the
:ity on the night of Nov. 12 last,
seriously wounding Mr Hryant and
liis sister; he confessed to attempted
issault on two white women in the
suburbs of Atlanta last fall, and he
soncluded his admissitions by teling
of the murder of a man whom
le called Jackson in Texas, several
rears ago.
So convinced were the attorneys
>f Johnson's Innocence .that they
irought the case before the State
>rison commission as late as Tueslay
of this week, asking for a com
nutation of sentence to life imprisjnment.
This was refused and Gov.
rerrol also declined to take action
>n the appeal for clemency.
FOl'NI> llAliY IN IIIU SII.
Wandered ill WlldcriicsN, IIis Throat
Parched With Thirst.
Walking alone in a wilderness of
iage brush, his throat parched with a
hirst of forty hours, his sturdy little
legs torn and bleeding from briar
horns, the 19-nionths-old baby of
Lawrence Marsh, residing near Calivell,
Idaho, was found Thursday
llive and prattling to himself after
tearch which began with the child's
lisappearance on Saturday night and
In which a posse of several hundred
men were employed.
As Henry A. Hunt horn, one of the
marchers, led his horse to where the
boy was standing, the little fellow
looked up wide-eyed at the strange
man in blue flannel shirt and widetiriinmed
hat and then to the horse.
"Pony, baby ride pony?" the
youngster questioned with glistening
jyes.
"You bet you can, bless your little
jld heart," cried Ilanthon.
TWO COWS IHtOP l>l<:.\I>.
Mr. \V. H. Austell ot CintViicy Ihiscs
Two Pine Animals.
A speciul lo The State from (inffaey
says Mr. W. (J. Austell had two
fine cows to die under rather peculiar
ircumstances last week. They escaped
from the pasture where they
were confined and got into a patch of
iorghum of which they ate si little as
hey passed through. This was about
noon; at seven o clock after they had
l?een driven home they both dropped
lead within two minutes of each oth*r.
Mr. Austell does not think that
I lie cane caused the death of tne cows
because the quantity which they ate
was so small.
lU'R.NFD TO DHATII.
Colored lloy Supposed To Have Coiniii
it led Suicide.
A dispatch to The State says a colored
hoy named Feaster, was round
dead in the woods near Gregg Shoals,
20 miles from Anderson. When last
seen he was going hunting with rifle
of small calibre. When found by a
colored woman all of his clothes had
been burned from his body and a
bullet hole was through his neck, it
is thought that he committ^-d suicide
and his cloths cough) fire from the
explosion of the cartridge, being at
close range.
1 ALLS FROM TICAI'KZF.
When Her Partner's Teeth Failed le
Hold I p Hope.
A. Desmoines, Iowa, through the
failure of her mate's teeth to hold in
a flying trapeze act in Robinson's cir
ens, BfTle Minerva was dashed to tin
ring from near the top of the hiy
tent. Her back is sprained, her rigid
ankle broken, and right side cut ant
bruised. It is feared thai interna
injuries may result in death. Kfllt
Minerva's real name is Mrs. Will Ian
Davis, and her home is in Freeport
III.
STHI'f'K HY A TRAIN.
.Man and Horse Killed and The Wag
(III IM'inOIIMHMI.
A Beaufort special to The Stat<
says a colored man named .lame
Gregory was killed Thursday morn
ing at a crossing on the track of th<
Charleston and Western Carolina rai
road near Sheldon. The train hle\
for the crossing nnd the negro in
wagon drove on the track. It wa
too late to stop the train. The mai
was thrown 6G feet, the horse kille
and the wagon demolished.
ON THE ALERT.
War Ships Should All Go to the
Pacific Ocean.
i -i
SAYS NAVY BOARD.
liitlm!* and S?-a War <??? <> a. ?i...
F.ftlelciicy of Our Drfcucps,?Itusli
Work in All I lie Xavy Yards.?
Orders Sent (o Manila ami llouolula
I rging (irrai Activity in Fortifying
the llarltors.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York American says comprehensive
plans for putting the *
Navy in a state of preparedness for
any emergency were sent to Secretary
of the Navy Metcalf for immediate
dispatch to the president, on Wednesday
of last week.
My special direction of the President
the General Hoard of the Navy,
of which Admiral Dewey is the president.
has been in session for several
days discussing the needs of steps to
insure the presence of the war fleet,
in fighting condition, at the point
where it could render the most effective
service in case of an emergency:
and the board has now formulated
and handed to Secretary
Metcalf a series of recommendations,
which include the following:
That the entire battleship squadron
of i lie Navy be "fconcenlrated on
the Pacific Coast.
That prompt measures be taken to
improve to the highest point of elliciency
the shipbuilding plants and
dry docks on tlie Pacific Coast, even
to the extent of taking those plants
and docks under Government control
if that be found necessary.
winer recommendations of similar
tenor are included in the plans submitted
t?> Secretary Metcalf.
While these plans have been prepared
by the Navy Board at the direct
request of the President, it is
not certain that they will be approved
bv him. But the fact that he has
thought it necessary to seek counsel
from the navy experts at this time is
regarded here with the utmost significance
and has stirred navy circles
to an unuasual degree of activity and
interest.
Nor is this likely to be lessened by
the announcement made that the Secretary
of the Navy will leave for California
where he will make a special
study of naval conditions on the Western
coast, and that a joint naval
and army game is shortly to be inaugurated
on the Pacific slope for the
purpose of ascertaining what success
a foreign foe would have in passing
fortifications and entering certain
specified ports with landing expeditions.
Information is to the effect that at
Honolulu and Manila orders have also
been issued to put more energy
into the work of fortifying the two
harbors that has heretofore been
shown.
Immediate interest, however, attaches
to the recommendation of the
Navy Board, and therefore of Admiral
Dewey as well, that our complete
force of battleships be concent rated in
Pacific waters. The board has many
times expressed the opinion that the
greatest usefulness of the battleship
is attained when such vessels are
maintained in squadrons in the
places where they are most likely to
be needed.
It is significant, that, in pursuance
of this opinion, the battleships which
have heretofore all been gathered to
get her in the North Atlantic, with the
exception of the Oregon and Wisconsin,
at present out of commission,
should be recommended for concentration
on the Pacific. Here is tlx*
full complement of ships which the
Naval Board desires to have sent
around the Horn, traveling in a reverse
direction over the course of
the historic Oregon:
Cnnnnli,.,,* U?i,l> Oot.?.
haus, 6,000 tons.
Mains. Captain Nathan E. Niles,
12,'?00 tons.
Missouri, Captain E. C. Pendleton,
1 2,500'tons.
Louisiana, Captain A. It. Condon,
1 6,000 tons.
Virginia. Captain Seaton Scdiroeder,
14,9 IS tons.
Georgia, Captain It. G. Davenport,
14.948 tons.
New Jersey, Captain \V. \V. Kimhall,
I 4,94S tons.
Rhode island. Captain C. G. Rowman,
14,948 tons.
Alabama, Captain S. P. Comly, I I ,552
tons.
Illinois, Captain G. Rloeklinger,
I I .552 uuis.
Kersarge, Captain llerbnr Winslow
I I ,520 tons.
Kentiieky, Captain K. R. Rarry,
11,520 tons.
' Ohio, Captain L. I lei I nor, 12,500
tons.
Indiana, Captain l>. II. Mahan, lo,
2 8.8 tons.
i Iowa, Cnptain Henry MeCrea, 11,
.'14 6 tons.
Mnnesota, Captain John Hubbard,
; 16,000 tons.
i Vermont, Captain William C. I'orI
ler, 16.000 tons.
I Four flag ofllrers are assigned to
? these battleships. Rear Admiral
i Robley D. Kvans, Rear Admiral
, Charles M Thomas, Rear Admiral
William 11. Kniory. The vessels
could lie made ready tc? start on their
i/oirnnv to I hn Piwifu* III kIvI V (lil VH*
time or less. should the President op.
pose tho recommendation, and as to
that there In naval circles there la
current a belief that the order for
them to prepare for the trip will bo
p issued by the president in a few days.
h .
llad to Ix>ave Town.
'' There is no race suicide* in or
1 about the town of Charlotte, Tenn.,
v where no family has loss that eight
il members. Not long ago. John Nabb,
s of Indiana, moved to Charlotte and,
" because he had but one little girl, ho
' was so unpopular that he decided to
move.
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