Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 12, 1907, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES. 1
16TH. YEAR. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1907. {..!*Tt*i24. ,J|
' MOORS SLAIN.
; Six Thousand Tribesmen Participate
in Fierce Fight
THEY ARE REPULSED.
Eight Hundred Moors Reported Killed
Near Cusablancu?The Moors
Were Repulsed on All Hides?
France Sees Need of More Troops
in Monroero? -Forces Will He Materially
Strengthened.
Six thousand Moors participated in
a battle outside the city of Cascablanca
o.i last Wednesday that lasted
soven hou^s, and it is estimated that
fully 800 were killed. Wight Frenchmen
were killed and a score wounded
in the initial engagement, an attack
made by the Moors upon a French
scouting party.
The dead include Major Prevost, of
the First Battalion of the Foreign
Legion, and Licutnant Benizzas, of
the Second Battalion of Algerian
Sharpshooters. The Moors concentrated
the largest force they had yet
mustered In that vicijaity and returned
to the attack again and again aftc
encouutering the deadly fire of the
French artillery nnd machine guns.
The Moors who were -repulsed on
all sides, made a most impressive
picture us, garbed fantastically,
mounted on white horses and carrying
their banners in the front Una,
they swept down from the hills In
splendid formation and charged thunderously
to wthin about four hundred
yards of the French camp, which
for a moment seemed to be in danger
of being overridden. As they advanced,
the Moors chanted in unison
verses from the Koran.
The Irregular Algerian calvary encountered
the first shock of the
Moors' assault, but they did not
budge a foot from the position they
occupied.
General Drude quickly deployed
his forces to the greatest advantage,
and the Moors were submitted to a
fire of shot and shell which soon left i
the prnnnrt otrnu-n n-Uh nni-nuno
Major Prevost conducted a Bcoutlng
expedition, which was the actual
cause of the battle, the object being
to locate the enemy nnd prepare the
way for an extensive movement later.
The news of the sanguinary engagement
near Casablanca has shocked
as well as surprised France. The
fighting demonstrated that the Moroccan
situation is steadily growing
more serious, and thnt although
France is constantly victorious, the
dogged, fanatical resistance of the
Mooros, who appenr to be mobilizing
in larger numbers, may necessitate a
distinct enlargement of the allies'
end.
M. Regnault, the French Minister
at Tangier, left Paris last week for
8pain, where he will confer with the
Spanish officials on the subject of the
enlargement of the action and cooperation
of Spuin and France.
SHOT MAX IN CKIjIJ.
Hilled Man Who Hlopcd With Wife,
Then Went Crazy.
Fire Chief B. H. Miller, of Franklin.
Ohio, Wednesday, shot and instantly
killed J. H. Little. who recently
eloped with his wife and was returned
to Franklin Tuessday night
for trial. Miller entered the police
station and going directly to Little's
cell fired two shots which lodged in"
the victim's breast. Miller is now
a raving maniac and is under guard.
Mrs. Miller eloped with Little
a month ago. She is a handsome
woman and belongs to a prominent
family. It was because little had :
missing thumb that the detectives lc.
cated the pair. When the pair wen
placed under arrest Little denied hi'
identity, but Mrs. Miller said sh<
wus the runaway wife and that she
wanted to return home, but Little
would not let her.
T< >B ACCO I'liAXT HI' UN ED.
Fire Entails l>oss of at Danville,
Va.
The factory of the Wemple-Gravely
Tobacco Company, manufacturers of
chewing and smoking tobaccos, was
destroyed with the entire contents
by a fire which was discovered at
midnight Thursday, entailing a total
loss of alK>ut -75,000.
The fire started in the boiler room
and spread rapidly. Tho plant of
Swift & Co.. and the factory owned
by Mrs. F. X. Burton adjoining were
damaged to the extent of about $5,
000.
TKIK8 TO KIIjL HIS WIFE.
New Jersey Mnn SIhsIh-s Wife With
Sh?K* Knife.
Slashing her repeatedly with a
shoe knkife as she lay alsecp In her
room. Harry Tomllnson made an efSort
to kill his wife at the homo
f her father-in-law. Benjamin Anrnson,
in Mount Holly, N. J., Thursday.
Mrs. Tomllnson is in a serious
Condition. The police are searching
fjpr Tomllnson, who fled after the aseAuit.
The man is said to have beeu
; ntc^rod because his wife refused to
oiovo to a nearby town to live.
WIDOW ARRESTED. ||
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She May Know Something of t
Her Husband's Death.
Cleveland, Ohio, Police Suspect that
Mrs. Phillips Can (Jive Facts Concerning
Killing of Her Husband.
A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio. ^
says developments in the investigation
into the death of John J. Phillips,
broker, banker and clubman,
took a sensational turn late Wednesday
afternoon when Mrs. Phillips,
widow of the deceased was taken
into custody. Mrs. Phillips has been
In a highly nervous state since the
tragedy Monday, when announcement
was made that her hush^'gg^
had been shot and mortally wou fUinc
by a burglar. Wednesday she . R*
lapsed and was not able to attem .
funeral. It was shortly after a
ference with Deputy Coroner He
who had conducted the inquest Th
widow was taken into custody. 75 fe
puties will guard her in her h there
till she recovers sufficiently to be ther
en to court. Soutl
The police believe Mrs. Phillipt KryM
give facts concerning the tra .
whch would solve the mystery.
At the inquest Dr. C. L. Rich ?1
son testified he had not been f of R<
moned unti> 4 A. M., more than t SatUJ
hours after Phillips was shot, injf
had been called by telephone. I ?ffen
Phillips admitted him to the ho fcroub
She exclaimed : "Oh, doctor, so
thing dreadful has happened.
Phillips hus been shot by a burgh^*"'
He found the wounded man in on. ***
He called Dr. Rhodes. After 18Hld.
reached the house Phillips as made
them to leave the bed room a rCaug"!
ute as he wished to talk with yard
wife. Husband and wife were time
gther alone for perhaps two mia nd t
tes. He said there wus a truce ot . n
blood on the stairway. The bed where ](
Phillip was found was much stained
by blood. Phillips told the physi- n
clans that he wanted as It tie notorl- t|
ety as possible connected with the w
affair. ,t
Phillip's secretary reiterated Wed- V(
nesday his belief that with the insur- w
ance policies left by him the estate c]
would pay off all of Phillip's debts .p
and possibly leave something for the
family. gi
DROPS IN SKA.
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Ikistoii Aeronaut Figlits Hours for w
Life Till Rescued. U,
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Enveloped in a dense fog and mist s<
which chilled him to the bone and
prevented all attempts at self-preservation,
John J. Maloney, a Boston ^
aeronaut, was thrown into the sea ?
from his balloon two miles off Fisher- w
man's Beach, Swampacott, Mass., on
last Thursday night, and for more (]
than an hour was swept back and
forth in the water until his cries ^
were heard, and fishermen went to t|
his rescue. ,.
Maloney made the ascension from
Mahant in the presence of a large s,
jcrowd at 8:30. He was sitting on
[ a trapeze bar and all preparations
were completed for riding out the f(
life of the balloon, a hot-air one.
which under ordinary conditions,
should stay up for more than an 0
hour. p
A moment after he had left the
ground he was enveloped in a thick p
fog and continuing on tip through k
this struck a current of cold air. ; s
For more than an hour nothing t
was heard from him. until some miles
away, on the Swampscot shore, cries
of "Help," were heard from the v
ocean. The Mahant Life Saving StaHon
was notified, and fisuermen set j
out a boat. After a long search two I
found Maloney almost unconscious
tinging to the partially infiated folds
of his baloon.
He said it had collapsed in the ^
j -old upper current sooner than he
i ,>vr?w.in^ *.i iwl InutoiiH rtf .nnitlnir no
shore ho had dropped rapidly Into the
sea between Mahant and Lynn, two,
miles off the beach.
\KGKO HA\<;KI>.
Slayer of C. W. Parks laist April I
Pays Death Penalty.
William Mackintoch. a negro was
hanged at Norfolk, Va., Thursday, ,
for the murder of C. W. Parks, in
April. He protested that he did not
kill Parks, laying this to Tom Lassi- .
ter, convicted with him, hut who subsequently
became insane and is now
in an asylum. Mackintosh has a .
grandmother living In Indianapolis
and a brother in the 10th United
States cavalry in the Philippines, and .
was himself a member of Troop 1.
10th cavalry, which fought at the
battle of Sau Juan Hill. The motive!'
for the murder was robbery.
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HI n.^a l*? I?rjrt n.
Mull Looses I.ife Tryliin to Save IIis
* Ruby in r>iirnin4 Home
John C. Adams, of Cornelia. CSa.,
was burned to death in his dwelling
last Tuesday night. The house cnught
on tire tiom the stove flue. Mr. Adams
made a hard t'niggle to save his
house. Thinking his baby was still
in the house, he rushed in and was
not able to come out. Later it was
learned that his wife had the baby
^ outsif.e
iS <4 A 'ju.\ ; Z
REIGN OF TERROR |
Cossacks to Aid In Exterminating
the Jews.
HELPLESS ARE SHOT.
Yomcn Mild Children Slain ^Vhile
at Prayer?It is Believed that
Outrages Arc Ik'KinniiiK of War
of Revolt?Police Are Acting in
League With the Jewish Prosecutors.
A dispatch last week from Odessa
* new mills and find every-here
; running smoothly, quiet y ias"
i maximum speed and noand
of a belt or piece of shaft-jee1n
the entire mill. ... rof
e foundation of this mill is iiris
et wide, and 300 feet long, ind
i is plenty of room for fur- ir a
extension if necessary. The
lern Railway company is
ing a convenient sidetrack to ,
e mill. the
Policeman Charles Miller, by
>ck Hill, had a lively time 18
rday afternoon while arrest- ln
lanuel Williams, a notorious rs.
der. The negro has had iil_
>le a number of times with de 1
fficers of the law and has
n vengeance against Miller ,
ore than one occasion, it is ?e
When the arrest was u_
i Saturday the fellow was rv <
\it unawares at his mother's d. 1
and nabbed before he had an 1
to resist. But the mother
wo other womon
esoluhon to kill the members of the
>ague has been passed by the union. 1
The "Black Hundred" began their
lassacre with a wild onslaught I
irough the streets. Wherever Jews '
ere to .be found, they were clubbed '
nd shot. Then the rioters poured,
elling Into the Jewish cemetery '
here thousands of men, women and '
hlldren were kneeling in prayer. 1
hey were at the graves of relatives 1
nd friends, victims of former assas- i
inations.
Among this throng, the mob burst, i
rmed with pistol and knout, stick 1
nd sword. "Slay and spare not"
-as the watch work. To resist meant
i invite death, and seeking to escape
lie fury of their assailunts. hundreds i
treanied away in all directions In
lie wildest panic.
A girl and a Jewish actor were
uthlessly shot down by the furious
ursuers and an old man of seventv
nd two little four-year-old children
rere beaten into insensibility.
In the rush to flee, score were
rumpled on.
Nowhere the scenes in the Jewish
uarter were less terrible. It was ,
here that the rabble began their
ioting.
Alleging that the Jews were reponsible
for the explosion of the
omb, which, a few days ago, caused
he deaths of a military officer and
our policemen, they started in to
ollow up an imaginary Injury.
It was stated at the time that the
fflcer dropped the bomb, but any
retext was enough.
Firing right aud left and gatherng
strength at every step, the mob
illed three and wounded sixty perons
before they started for the cempary
.
At every window where a Jew was
iting a gun was leveled. Doors
i'ere broken down, windows smashed,
;oods stolen and women subjected to
;ross indignities.
In vain did the people call on the
lolice. The police were there, but in
etlve spectators of the scene of pi 1age
and cruelty. Not one raised a
land.
FHKKS FATHER.
'hroiigh Intiring Efforts <iirl Haises
Money to Free lliin.
Through the untiring efTorts of
'anny Dick, her father, Joseph E.
lick, was Thursday freed from Ludow
street jail. New York.
The prisoner's release was entirely
lue to the uevotion of his daughter,
vho worked day and night for three
nonths before gaining her object,
lick is now 64 years old.
Rack of the daughter's devotion is
he story of an involuntary petition
n bankruptcy.
Joseph E. Hick was the senior
nember of the clothinc firm of Hick
brothers, of 129 Mercer street.
The firm got into financial diffl ulties
Inst May. During the investi;ation
of the firm's affairs, Bick was
onvicted of contempt of court and
vas lodged in Ludlow street jail.
Meanwhile his daughter went to
ler friends and business acquaintinces
of her father and raised by
uibscription the sum of $9,500 for
lere father. This money was paid
>ver to United States Marshal Henkel
is an evidence of good faith on the
?art of Rick.
Moved to sympathy United States
darshal Henkel accepted the money
?nd by order of court released Mr.
Sick, who will be again examined as
:o the firm's affairs. This time, it is
mid, he will answer all questions put
o him.
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SUICIDE OR MURDER?
Two Men Met Death Under
Wheels of Train.
The Police Believe That They Were
Bobbed and Thrown From Car?
Suspects Held.
Three negroes are under arrest at
Champagne, I'ls/, whom the police
believe to have murdered and robbed j
two white men on an Illinois Central
flyer Tuesday and to have thrown
them under the wheels, where the
bodies were ground to pieces.
The victims of the double tragedy
were found near Clifton, a small
town south of Kaukakee. and when
the fast train, which left Chicago at
6 o'clock at night, arrived at Champagne
early Wednesday, the suspects
were arrested.
All ? V. ~ 1 ~ M.
n>i uouj men Killll, Ulll One OI
them had considerable money, and it
Is the belief of the police that it may
have been obtained from the two
men who were killed. The three
men under arrest show the effects of
a terrific fight and are marked v*itb<
scratches and bruises which may have
been inflicted by the victims of the
tragedy. All show marks of a desperate
struggle.
Five men were seen to board the
"blind baggage" on the flyer, which
left Twelfth street depot in Chicago
at six o'clock Tuesday night.
E. R. Bell, the express messenger,
tells a graphic story of the affair.
"Near Clifton,"'he'said, "I felt a
jolt. A few seconds later there was
another one. It seems as if the
train was running over some obstruction.
The train was stopped and we
backed up and found the bodies of
two white men ground almost* to
pieces.
"There was nothing about them
that would indicate tlieir identity.
When the train was stopped, the negroes
who were arested could not
be seen, but when the train arrived
at Champagne they were captured."
One of the negroes admits he rode
an the tender of the engine part of
the time, while the other two were on
the platform of the car. They deny
there were any white men stealing
a ride on the train, but the express
messenger declares that they were
seen when the train pulled out of the
Chicago station.
When the police attempted to arrest
the three men found on the
front of the cars, they made a desperate
resistance and hud to be quelled
by force.
NO BOLL WEE VIES.
Government Expert Talks of tlie
Pest.
F. H. Chittenden, assistant eutom- j
ologist of the department of agriculture.
Wednesday gave it as his Ann
l?elief that there is not a boll weevil
east of the Mississippi, with tlie exception
of the State of Louisiana.
So far as the pest being found in
Laurens County is concerned, Mr.
Chittenden does not think there is a
remotest possibility of such a thing.
"I heard of a pest in South Carolina
and elsewhere in the South."
Mr Chittenden suid, "but I am satisfled
it is not the Texas boll weevil.
So far the pest has not been found
anywhere east of the Mississippi,
with the exception of I^ouisiana."
When asked is it was possible that
the weevil could have been carried to
South Carolina in cotton seed secured
by seed crushers from Texas and
other states in the Southwest he said:
"There is only one chance in a million
for such a thing to happen. It
could only occur through some person
knowingly and wilfully carrying
the weevil from Its present location
in the Southwest to the other States
in the South. There is not the least
for people in South Carolina to become
worried o\*6r what they think is
the genuine boll weevil, for I am
satisfied it will not be found to be
such upon a careful examination."
ANOTHER 1UOT IN 'FKISC<).
Police Act Quickly, However, and
Results are Not Serious.
Another riot resulting from labor
troubles occurred in the Mission district
of San Francisco Thursday, but
was quickly quelled by the police after
several arrests were made. A
large number of members of the
Structural Iron Wokers' Union returning
from the funeral of one of
their former associates. J.J. Peterson,
who was fatally shot during the Labor
Day attacks on United Railroad
employees, had reached the cornerof
Guerrero and 16th streets when
some of the men began to create a
disturbance. Soon stones and other
missiles were flying, and in a few
moments the windows of four or five
street cars had been broken.
The crews of the carR drew their
revolvors and fired several shots into
the air to intimidate the crowd. This
caused the arrest of Motorman P. J.
Delphs for carrying a concealed weapon.
One passenger. Mrs. C. L. Gage,
was struck in the face by a stone.
No one was seriously hurt, however,
owing to the prompt arrival of the
police who quieted the turbulent
crowd. Five men. believed to have
participated in the attack on the
cars, were placed under arrest.
THIEF KILLS THIEF
Because He Didn't Divide Booty
With Them.
ROBBED BOOKMAKER.
liand Wasn't Told About (lie Dig
Haul of Seven Thousand Dollars,
and They Derided Revenge.
"Moxie" Srlioenhui'K l.urcd (o a
Launch and Dnmnnl, Declare the
Detectives.
"Moxie" Schoeuburg was drowned
on lust Sunday in the Hudson river,
near Nyack, N. Y., and Inspector McCafferty
believes he was killed by
thieves because he refused to divide
$7,2 00 he stole from Frank Worth,
a bookmaker, on the Brooklyn Bridge
on June 30.
Schoeuburg, it was learned, met
George Howard, alias 'Beansy"
Holland, on Sunday morning, and
was invited to ride in a naphtha
launch, the others in the party being
"Tim" Ueadon. "Andy" Collins, "Sop"
Henry and Mark Abrams.
They wont as far at Nyack, oidered
dinner, and. leaving a $5 deposit to
apply on the restaurant bill, again
took the launch and started up the
river.
Some hours later. "Jakey" Wolff
appeared at Poliee Headquarters and
Reported that "Moxie" Schoeuburg
had been drowned in the Hudson.
"The boat was nearly swamped by
the swell of a big steamboat," he
said. "Moxie was on the rail and he
fell over. The swell took the launch
away from him, and his friends could
not save him."
Following close on the heels of
that story comes the allegation of the
Detective Bureau that the Sunday
trip was simply a ruse of Schoenburg's
"pals" to get him in their
power and murder him for revenge.
Inspector McCafferty said that following
the theft from Peter Worth
he learned that "Moxie's" band had
been implicated. "Beansy' Holland,
who goes by the name of George
Howard, was nrpoutort >"?
"Sop" Henry and the others keep under
cover and were never found
Some, in fact, had not been told of
Schoenburg's hip haul, and they decided
on revenpe.
The ride in the launch was the opportunity
sought. and Captain McCafTerty
is copvlnced that the band
choked their victim and hurled him
into the river when a steamboat was
missinp. believinp the swell would
I furnish a suitable alibi, if one were
| needed.
Inspector McCafferty has a partial
confession from one of the men who
was in the boat. He would not admit
in direct terms that arrests have been
made.
"If you pave the names of the men
who were with Schoenburg on the
day he was killed, you must have
them under arrest, or you must know
where you can pet them" the detective
chief was told.
"Well," he said, "they were a dangerous
band of thieves: easily capable
of killing a 'pal' who didn't play
fair. 'Moxle' was the man who got
the big roll and 'Beansy' Holland was
arrested for it.
"They all went out in the launch,
and all came back safely except
'Moxle.' His dead body floated in at
Edpewater.
"Whether I have a confession or
not, I won't say, but I pave out. the
names of tlie band. If you believe I
wouldn't do that, unless I had them
arrested, T must have them."
One of the men connected with the
Inspector's Department secretly said
that his chief had at least three of
inc i mm i iiuuri ft i i r~r? i aim nao twniident
he had unearthed the details of
one of the boldest and most deliberately
planned murders of years.
"I don't believe they gave him a
chance for his life," said the detective.
"I think they told him he had
thrown him down: cracked him
over the head with a blackjack, and
shoved him over the side.
"If the boss has the goods. I believe
he has some of the band."
Dl'.MIl PROM OPKKATIOX.
Tattle Hoy May IMe As a Result of
Horse's Kick.
A dispatch from Rock Hill to The
State says news came here of a new
phase of a case which was watched
with great interest. It will he remembered
that several months ago
the little son of Mr. J. P. Glass of
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(idRoninrp wan icrriiii) uijmcvi i??> ?
horse's kick.
The skull was frightfully fractured
and in the operation which followed
a large piece was removed as was also
a portion of the hrain. The operation
was a wonderfully skillful piece
of surgery, and as stated the outcome
was watched with interest.
The wound healed and the child
recovered so far as to be up and
play around. There was seemngly
one defect?he was dumb. He would
intelligently obey any Instructions
given him, but was unable to talk at
all. The sad news now received if
that the chid has been taken suddenly
worse and death is looked for at
any monent.
TERRORIZE ALASKA.
Bold Japanese Poachers Defy the
Government.
lU'vcimo Cultcrs t nnhle to tk?pe
With Thrill?Many Other Depredations
Have Been Committed.
Dispatches received at Seattle, ,
Wash., from Alaska state that Japanese
seal poachers are terrorizing
the residents ol the coast and have
become so hold as to defy the efTorts
of the government to prevent their
thievery. They are also st?.xlne ?*>?
ror to the hearts of the people in
the sparsely settled region by pilaging
whole towns. The United States
revenue cutter service is entirely inadequate
to cope with the Japanese
and they are taking advantage
of a knowledge of this condition.
Seals are being killed with impunity. ,
Piracy against the inhabitants is an
ordinary occurence and many other
depredations have become common.
The United State government has
been informed of these conditions,
but it did not become known until
receeutly that the sealers were so
numerous and bold as to defy the
authorities. They are further emboldened
by the atitude of their government
to this country. The three
cutters, McCullough. Manning and
Perry, are doing duty on the Bering
sea. consequently the Pacific coast of
Alaska, is unprotected.
In 190G, five poachers were killed
in Alaska and it is said Japan will
soon make a demand for indemnity
The poachers were shot while resisting
arrest, but the Japanese investigators
made a contrary report. This
demand is to be made in face of the
knowledge the Japanese government
has of robbers. Only recently a hand
of Japanese theives were caught robbing
the town of Uguyaik. They had
stripped the churches of gold ornaments
when the white inhabitants returned.
The Japanese fled as soon
as a white man got within shooting
distance of them.
A dispatch from Denver, Colo.,
says Luke 10. White, former governor
general of the Phillippines and exambassador
to Japan, is having a
look at Yellowstone Park before he
goes to Washington to take formal
farewell of the president and other
government officials before resuming
private life in his home town, Memphis,
Tenn. Mr. Wright will leave
for Washington in a few days.
Mr. Wright was asked if it were
true that the Japanese intended demanding
indemnity from the United
States for five Japanese, who were (
killed while resisting arrest on
charges of seal poaching. He said ,
that he had not heard of any such ac- (
t.lon. but it might be true for all |
that. He does not believe there will j
be any serious repute, even if the
United States refused flatly to consider
the indemnity proposition.
"I do not believe that Japan wants ,
a war with any one at this time,"
said Mr. Wright. "Her finances
would not stand it. rtesldes," he (
continued with a smile, "so far as ,
we are concerned, well, the United
States is a pretty big country and
Japan knows it well."
Mr. Wright said the Pacific coast
should soon have trade with the
Philippines, which would amount to
millions yearly. If politicians stoppod
gossip long enough to permit the
natives to quiet down, this will be
brought much sooner.
COMMITS SUlCiDK.
Found Dead in llooni Wit It the (ins
Turned On.
I)r. William Abercrombie, former
ly unnen siaies consul to Nagasaki,
was found dead in bed aliout 8:30
o'clock Thursday morning in hn
apartments in Stonleigh Court, Washington.
I). C.
(Jas was flowing from two jets,
which had been turned on full head,
both windows in the room were closed
and the cracks around the door
had been packed with absorbant cotton.
After viewing the remains, (lovdrnor
Nevill gave a certificate of
death by suicide, lip to a late hour
that afternoon, the police had failed
to locate any of the dead man's relatives
or friends. Nothing is known
of the causes for his act.
Dr. Abercomble was born in^New
iuik hisu?* in ne was uppoinied
consul to Nagasaki by President
Harrison in 1890, and remained in
the consular service until the election
of President McKinley in 189t'?.
PHARMACIST SIHTDKS.
Ijpft u Note of Farewell to His
Family.
With a note of farewell to his family
lying on the dresser beside him,
the dead body of .1. P. Ledbetter, a
prominent Birmingham, Ala., pharmacist,
who dissapeared mysteriously
from his home two day before, was
found on last Thursday morning in a
room in the Colonial House. Indications
were that he had been dead 1
hours or more.
The deceased was connected with
the Patton-Pope Drug company and
for some days had given evidences
of being mentally unbalanced, and
Tuesday afternoon he left the establishment
after taking a two-ounce bot
tie from the morphine case. This was
found In the room whore he suicided,
with but half an ounce left.
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FIEND LYNCHED '1
Boastful Sheriff Fails to Carry Out
His Threats.
VICTIM CONFESSED. 1
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Twenty Masked .Men Hoarded (lie
Nebraska Train, in Whieli (lie Murderer
Was Being Taken to Trial
and Executed S|?cedy Justice?
None of the Lynchers Were Recognized.
Twenty masked men held up a
train near Bancroft, Neb., last week, 4413*
and took therefrom Loris Roy lilggins,
a white man, and hanged him
from a railroad bridge one mile from
the scene of the hold-up. Higgins
liad been in prison in Omaha since
tie killed Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Copples,
near Rosalie. Neb., last May.
He was being taken to Pender for
trial by Sheriff Young and two depnties.
when the masked men entered
the train and exacted from Biggins
the punishment for his awful crime.
While in prison he had made a clean
lireast of the murder and confessed
ill the facts relating to the crime.
Despite the boast of Sheriff Young
hat he would "shoot the can off of
iny man who molested his prisoner,"
he "0 masked men rushed from behind
a grain elevator at Bancroft.
)no party stopped and uncoupled the
mginc. The engineer was instructed
o run ahead one mile. A second .
larty kept the passengers in the
oaches and the third took the prisiner
from the baggage car, where he
vas found handcuffed to two deputy
iheriffs. Sheritl Young ottered uo
eslstance on behalf of his prisoner,
liggins was quickly unshackled and
(ragged from the car. Then he was
daced in a wagon and hurried to
he railroad bridge, where he was to
>e hanged.
The murderer seemed unconcerned
luring the entire proceedings. So
;alm was he that, his lynchers became
ingr y and tried to start some resistmce.
I liggins was given a chance
.o make a statement as he stood on
;he railroad bridge. He availed him- r K
self of the opportunity, saying that ho
lad long ago repented of the awful
ieed and made his pence with God.
md that he was ready to pay the
[)ennlty for his crime. | ^ |
He had no excuso to offer and
stated no motive, lie asked God to
:are for the seven children who had
been made orphans by his crime, and
then asked that a note be sent, his
parents telling his end. The impatient
lynchers pushed him off the
bridge before ho had finished his
statement.
Then all unloosed their revolvers
and riddled the body with hundrods
of shots. The lynching was committed
in daylight, but there is not a single
person among the hundreds of
witnesses who admits having recognized
one of the lynchers.
The crime for which lliggins was
lynched was the killing of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Copples, near Rosalie, on
May 17. The murder was committed
at night. A shot ironi a rifle was the
first warning of the crime. Then a
cry was heard from the father," You
have killed me." The children next
heard the shrieks of their mother,
who was being clubbed to death by
Higgins.
When they rushed from the house
they saw the hogs fighting over the
bodies of their dead parents. Higgins
escaped, but was captured a
few days later and imprisoned in
Omaha until the day of the lynching.
NKGKO ItOY ritH.MATKl?.
.1 u 111 |mmI Into I'ile of Sawdust Tliut
Was on Fire.
A horrible accident occurred at
Marlboro, six miles southeast of
Bennettsville. late Wednesday afternoon
when John Mollis, a young negro
boy, was cremated. Mollis and
another boy were playing on a pile of
sawdust which had accumulated for
years, and with a base covering
about an acre rose in the shape of
a pyramid 60 feet high.
The lltle darkeys were near the
top of the pyramid and Mollis made
a leap in the sawdust and dlssapeared
from sight. Mis body had broken
the crust above a small (Ire which
had doubtless been burning for a yeur
or more and he plunged into the cavern
of (ire. It is a matter of almost
impossibility to remove the Immense
pile of sawdust and even if that wore
done the ashes of the little negto
could not be secured.
Mini.' I.KVP l-'ltOM llltllM^K.
The llody \ot Seen Aflcr Striking
tho Water Below.
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While the illumination of the falls
of Niagara wuh in progress Tuesday
night, a man made the awful leap
from the center of the upper steel
arch of the bridge to the liver, 200
foet below.
His body waa seen to cause a mighty
splash as It struck the water after
which It dissapeared from sight