Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 19, 1907, Image 4
Relief Has Come to China With 1
Harvesting of Crops.
ONE MILLION DIED 1
From Starvation in the Different
Famine DistrictM of China. That J
Was the Katlniatod Number of
i
Deaths, But It Ik Thought By Some ;
That the Number of Deaths Was
I jean.
The terrible famine which has raged
in central China for several months
is now virtually over; the crops planted
with the seed distributed by the
relief committees are being harvested;
the missionaries who have labored
so acciduously in the cause of humanity
are gradually coming down
the coast for a rest, and people are
beginning to count the cost of lives
and monev.
The exact number of Chinese who
perished will never be known, but
the estimate recently made by a prominent
member of the relief organizations,
judging from conversations
with many workers, was very much
exaggerated.
He computted the loss in lives at
over 1,000,000, but on going carefully
into facts it is found that the famine
lasted less than eight months, and
at the worst period the deaths were
said to average 3,000 a day, so that
even had this figure been maintained
for the full period of the famine the
total mortality would have been less
than three quarters of a million.
The smallest estimate is three
times the maximum death rate in the
area affected, and this would give
nearly half a million deaths. These
figures are a fair estimate of the toll
exacted by the scourage. It may be
said, in short, that the famine has
not claimed anything like so many
victims as was predicted would be
the case.
XJiis is due in great measure to the
prompt way in which funds were
subscribed, especially in America,
and the manner in which foreigners,
chiefly missionaries who could speak
the Chinese language spoke in the
central provinces of the empire, responded
to the call for workers.
JL- i&IIvitj|$ tuc i ava^uo ui laiiimir nan
been a silent war in which China
alone could have achieved little because
of her official system, her bad
f financial organization and the crude
? ineffective system of relief which the
more honest officials adopted when (
16ft to themselves. It was reserved
for the foreigner to point out the
necessity of relief works both for
their intrinsic worth and to enable
the authorities to distinguish betwee i
the really destitute and the mere
loafer.
Many districts in the famine area
can point to the benefits derived
from relief works inaugurated and
supervised by foreigners; but there
are als<tsome where the Chinese officials
h^ye followed to good purpose
the example set them. To quote but <
one example, many miles of the grand
canal north of Chinkaling are now in (
good repair, and this will help to prevent
a catastrophe in the future sim- j
ilar to that which occurred last year
when the heavy rains fell.
Much of the severity of the famine
could have been prevented by public
works, of which the neglect can only
be regarded as criminal. The difficul- '
ty too often was that officials were (
reluctant to spend money on such
works, as they feared they might,
soon after the inauguration of the
work, be removed to another sphere
of labor, and thus lose the large
amount of money which it would
have been necessary to disburse from ?
the local exchequer and which would ,
otherwise have gone into their pock
ets. * I
If order were introduced into Chi- i
nosp fin?TlPP8 and an *?nd nut tr? thn .
sale of positions the business instinct i
of the nation would discover that it ,
is cheaper to undertake such works
in time rather than wait until the
misery their neglect causes has to be
relieved.
The two relief committees collected
no less a sum than $1,313,000, and
all but a small balance has been expended
in the saving of life, combined,
in some cases, with preventive j
measures against future famine. The ,
small balance, unfortunately, will
probably be insufficient for the de- 1
mands made upon it this autumn. <
The devastation of whole provinc- ,
es by floods will not cease until the |
imperial government so rearranges its
financial system that it can direct ,
large sums to be spent on adequate ,
repair of canal and river embank- ,
ments and the necessary clearing and |
deepening of the waterways ot the ,
empire.
PRKAC'IIKH SUNT TO JAIL.
lit' In (liven :t<) Ihiys ami Fine for
AMtaulfing Liltrarian.
The Rev. Eli Tartt, pastor of the J
Harrison Baptist church, of Petersburg,
V&., which has a membership *
of more than 3,000, was before the '
H Mayor's court, recently, to answer \
the charge of assaulting J. H. Ma- J
|||? son with a pistol in the law office of i
T. C. Johnson, where Mason is em- I
A ployed.
Tartt had declared that Mason I
j?^9^B had lied to him about Johnson being i
jflftflA out of the city. Johnson is engaged I
in taking affidavits in a controversy I
RM in|the Harrison Street church. Ma- 1
son is the librarian of the Sunday <
school. The defense attempted to I
MH^^^Bshow that Tartt was not on the I
SB Ktrcet at any time on the day of the f.
iSH^^^ssault. i
ShnHMB Tartt was adjudged guilty and 1
punishment was fixed at 30 days
raH^HflAjail and a fine of $25. Tartt took
ffiSBK appeal to the Hustings court. J
nBbBmSH was also put under a bond of *
E^99BgB^^to keep the peace for a year. 1
n Twenty-Five Years He WW Be
Known No More.
His Passing in Said to Re l>ue to the
Policy the Government line Pursued
JTonnrd Him.
In twenty-five years, according to I
estimates made by government officials,
the American Indian-^-that is,
the befeathered, blanketed and
painted Red Man?will have passed
into history and in this country will
be known no more forever.
The passing of the Indian is due
to the policy pursued by tne government.
Now, and for many years
past, the Indians have been wards of
the American government. -They
have been nurtured and nrotected
and fostered in every possible way.
At immense expense the government
has provided for them, lest
they should starve. Reservations
have been given them, food has
been furnished them and they havebeen
cared for as children.
During the past ten or twelve
years, a definite policy*has been pursued,
the government looking to the
limination of the Indian, not in his
personality, but in his tribal relations.
After years of experience it was
found that tribal relations of the Indian
were not good for him. They
encouraged laziness and shiftlessness.
Under the conditions the Indian
would not work. He depended
entirely upon the government for
his subsistence and, having nothing
else to do, spent much of his time in
fomenting trouble.
Congress finally decided to break
up, as for as possible, the Indian
reservations and to parcel them
out among Indians and whites to the
best advantage possible. The lands
were allotted among the Indians in
severalty, wherever that scheme
seemed feasible, so that each Indian
might have a definite portion which
he could call his own and which he
was at liberty to dispose of as he saw
fit. Many of tne the Indians, particularly
of the Osage and Cherokee tribes,
are in good financial circumstances.
Some of them are doing
well on their farms and all of them
have better chances than white men
are given by the government.
Francis E. Loupp, commissioner
of Indian affairs, who has devoted
much of his life to a study of the Indian
problem, is convinced that the
only way to make the Indian progressive
and self-supporting is to
. 1 l ? ??
piace mm on nis own resources, nc
says, therefore, that it is the policy
of the government to induce the Indians
to give up their tribal relations
and to mingle with the whites as individuals.
Naturally, he says, the
Indian is bright and is well able to
take care of himself, if he finds himself
forced to do so. Placed in surroundings
where be must learn in
order to live, the Indian will do well
in most instances, and that is just
what the government is doing now.
Commissioner Loupp believes that
it will require twenty-five or thirty
years to bring about the complete
change in the Indians' condition,
but\ in the end, the change
will be of great benefit to the Indians.
One difficulty is being experienced
just now that, of course,
cannot be remedied by the government.
In the allotment of lands in
severalty to the Indians, many of
the individuals of the various tribes
have become possessed of a small
number cultivate the lands themselbut
the majority of them sell
the land and live on the proceeds.
The last named class cannot be induced
to work at all. They probably
will not do'a stroke of work until
their resources are exhausted and
they will have to work or starve.
In view of all the conditions,
therefore it is only a matter of time
until the Indian shall have been absorbed
into the nation and shall have
disappeared as a distinct entitty.
The Indian of yesterday will have
become a tradition and the Indian of
tomorrow will work out his destiny
as the whites work out theirs and
the Indian blood will be a blend of
American citizenship.
COSTLY' TO JAIL YKCiiJS.
1'rial Will ( (> l)?-?'p 1 nt<? Hit' Pockets
of Farmers.
It is not likely that farmers of
Monroe and Wayne counties, New
tfork, will want many yeggmen to
risit those districts, since they have
counted the cost of placi ng behind
prison bars three men guilty of attempted
bank robbery and burglary.
The men are Fred Scultz, sentenced
to life imprisionment for the murder
of Edward Pullman, a night
watchman; Big Ed Kelly, given a
like sentence for the same offense
and James McCormick. sentenced to
19 years and nine months for manslaughter
in the first degree. The
cost of convicting these men will
run from $50,000 to $100,000.
The yeggmen murdered the night
watchman at the villiage of Soaus,
while he was trying to prevent them
from robbing Knapp's bank, on
March 22, 1900. The men were
* ?: o?i
111 niu IICAL muiiiiug 111 ninrnester.
Seventeen post offices were
robbed in New York state within a
few months of the capture of these
men, and it is believed they were
the guilty parties, since the robberies
ceased after they were placed
behind the bars. Their trials took
nearly a year and a half. The robbers
did not lack money to fight the
law and it is believed that it was
furnished by fellow yeggmen. Sev
sral Rochester detectives and police
testified for the defense as police
from Cohoes, Troy and Tonawahda.
rhe cases are expected to lead to
tome sensational revelations in poi|e
circles.
IVith a capital of $30,000,000, the
paper trust figures that it ought
?le able to beat its competitors to
t typ.
" 5?
Yearn Old. p
A dispatch from Melbourne says a
miner has sent to the Zoological Gardens,
Perth, a live toad which he dug
out of a strata of hard cement while
sinking a shaft with explosives. It c
is believed that the creature has
been entombed for centuries.
When released from confinement
the toad was quite inanimate. Its
eyes, which were transparent, with
no pupil, gradually became normal, *
and it is now in excellent health. i
The chamber in which it was con- y
fined was perfectly smooth, and there
was no room for movement. The
toad is now being examined by geo- J
logists.
The secretary of the Zoological 1
Gardens cites an instance of a toad J
being found in a bed of magnesium 1
limestone 25 feet under the earth. 1
The age of the toad was believed to 1
1 e nnn rr*i .?_ <
ue u,uw years, x nis creature was
presented to the Hartlepool Museum.
"It is well known," he says, "that
toads at the present day bury themselves
in mud when the water in
which they have been living dries
up, and so remain there till the next
rains come.
"If a drought sets in, and no rain
comes to that spot, there will be no
change in the condition of the toad,
and therefore, pothing to bring him
to a state of animation, and so he
may continue for all time, until some
one comes along with a plug of gelignite
to unearth him.
"This seems very hard to believe,
but still we have the fact that the
toads are there, alive, and so must
have got there somehow. In some
cases they have been found at great
depths under the surface imbedded
in rock, as in the present instance.
"The toads seem to be in a state
of suspended animation, and do not
lose weight when in that condition."
Ill'HAL ROl'TKN IN THE STATU
The Number Now In Operation him]
Their OiNtrtbutlon.
Some interesting information relative
to the operation of free delivery
routes in South Carolina was secured
by The News and Courier correspondent
from the post office department.
In the state there are now a total
of 650 routes in operation divided
among the seven congressional districts
as follows: First district, 27;
second district, 50; third district, 135;
fourth district, 114; fifth district,
140; sixth district. 73; seventh district.
106.
Each of the seven districts men-1
tioned has several petitions pending
before the department, which will be (
acted upon in the near future. The '
whole number from the state is 56. (
For the United States there are 1
now 37,981 rural delivery routes in 1
operation, which are served by 37,- (
832 regular carriers. All the routes '
are served every week day except 1
724 which have tri-weekly service. 1
The total number of petitions for 1
the service which had reached the 1
department up to September 1, was 1
54,973, upon which 15,056 adverse '
reports had been made. There are (
now 1,411 petitions for establishment '
pending, 163 of which have been fa- r
vorably acted upon and service or- 1
dered established?leaving a balance >
of 1,228 unacted upon. 1
111 YAI.FI> CAPTAIN KOFI'KNICK. (
Kllx-rinii lni|N>stcr Cleverly l>ii|?e<l v
Army Officials. I
The Herman impostor "Koepen- ^
ick,, who created such a sensation v
by fooling a whole village, has been H
rivaled in his line of cleverness by a ,
Siberian, who went to Harbin, Sibe- t
ria, and passing himself off as an t
officer escaned with a neat sum of ^
money. The victims of his bold ,
escapade were army men and offi- f
cials at the Russo-Chinese bank. (
The man appeared at the headquatersof
the frontier forces of the f
Trans-Amur territory and displaying (i
a document, which purported to be .
an order, he asked for an advance ,
of $35,500 to be used in paying his
men and buying provisions. So well ,
did he play his part that a check l.
was made out for him and he cashed .
it. "
He was forced against his will to *
take asmall portion of the amount in
silver. Telephoning to the barracks v
for two soldiers, he had them escort J1
him to the railroad station and left
them to guard the money bags for
a short time. The soldiers were on 1
guard for 24 hours before the trick
was discovered. The "officer" had "
escaped.
AlItKHII* LIKK A IIIKI>. t
ri
Snared (Anlly and Smoothly Against v
H
Strong Wind. t
c
So successful was the recent trial r
at Farnborough, Eng., of the first j
military dirigible balloon built in c
that country, that British aeronauts e
are elated and predict great things v
for future successes. In the pres- h
I nnnn * 1 Ai\ -LI
i v~11\/a aui;ui 1\A/ JATI J5UI1S LI1U snip fi
performed beautifully, and with the ,
j exception of one minor defect; the f
breaking of a belt on the machinery, -j
acquitted itselt without a flaw. c
During the trip the wind was |
blowing at the rate of 15 miles, but r
the airship had no difficulty in advancing
against it. It soared on
gently like a ship in a sea-way, the
machinery responding well to the f
canvas rudder. The airship is sausage
shaped, 100 feet long and 30
feet in diameter. It traved at a
rate of about five miles an hour. It
can carry three men besides the ma- g
chinery and other apparatus, having t
a lifting power of one ton. It uses
the exhaust gas from its engine to "
keep the balloon filled. ^
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Now that Mr. Rockefeller has de- t
cided to give out no more inter- t
views, there will be less good advice t
wasted on a cynical public. r
t:t '* * ?'v' >v". ' >
ink Franklin, Who Murdered Mr. f
Henry Valentine, Convicted *
f Murder and Sentenced to be Hang* '
ed on Friday, the Twenty fifth Day
. of October.
The court was occupied Monday
vith the trial of Pink Fianklin, the
tegro who shot and killed Mr. Henry
Valentine, who went to arrest him as
he special constable of his brother,
vho is a magistrate at Cope. Frankin
was given a fair trial and was
lefended, by two colored lawyers
Tacob Moorer of this city, and Jno.
Vdams of Columbia, but he was conricted
of murder and was sentenced i
o be hanged on Friday, October 25,
tad Franklin, who was placed on ,
rial with him as an accessory to the \
cilling was acquitted. I
Franklin's lawyer knew that he <
vas guilty of a cruel murder, but <
.hey fought hard on technical i
grounds to save his neck. Adams, ]
who teaches at Allen University at \
Columbia, as well as practices law, ,
?aw that his client had every safe |
;uard of the law thrown around him |
3ne day last week he raised three
constitutional objections to the Juries,
two based on the Federal Con- i
itltution and one on the Constitution <
>f South Carolina. Saturday he ar- |
sued for a continuance of the case ,
leading some irregularity connected j
with the proper keeping of the coro- ,
tier's records. In all of his motions to |
luash the indictment and for the ;
postponement he was overruled by |
the Court. i
The trial of Franklin and his wife ,
consumed the entire day, the case (
lieing called on the convening of the
Court Monday morning. Franklin,
who had been in the State Peniten- i
tiary since his arrest for safe keeping
was brought from Columbia Mon- ,
lay morning by Sheriff Dukes, who
took every precaution for the safety i
f the prisoner. Franklin's wife was
kept in the jail here. There was a
argo crowd in the city to attend the ,
trial. It was perfectly orderly and i
seemed disposed to let the law take
it8 course. Sheriff Dukes took extra
precaution to protect Franklin, but
there was no demonstration. By orier
of Gov. Ansel the dispensary was ,
closed, and as far as wo itnuw ^"* "
svas not a single man under the influence
of whiskey and everything
passed ofT quietly. The verdict as to (
Franklin gave general satisfaction, <
but there are those who think his (
vlfe should he punished for her part
n the tragedy. i
The crime for which Franklin was
convicted was committed by him only ,
i few weeke ago. and if he is hung (
m the day appointed justice will be
neted out to him as it should be to
ill criminals of his class. His execution
legally a few months after the i
commission of the heinous crime will
lave a better effect than if he bad i
>een caught and lynched immediately
ifter he had killed in cold blood an i
>flflcer of the law, who had gone to ]
irrest him. The crime is fresh in the |
nemory of our readers. The doom- \
cd man. Franklin, was a farm hand \
mder contract to Mr. Jake Thomas, 1
>f Cope. For some reason he broke j
lis contract with Mr. Thomas and ]
vent to work for Mr. Sol. Spires, of i
he Norway section, where he was |
vlien he bruttally murdered Mr. Val- |
ntine. I
After Franklin left his employ in j
dolation of his contract Mr. Thomas ,
lad a warrant issued for his arrest
>y Magstrate Joseph Valentine, who (
nnt I, I- t 41 " ' ' '
iv;4.?. ino uiuiuvr, v,onsiar>ie Menry ]
/alentine, to arrest him. The later <
vent to the home of Mr. Carter and (
pent the night and at daybreak the <
lext morning he went with Mr. Car- {
er to the home of the negro to make (
he arrest. The negro was apparent- f
y asleep when they reached the t
touse and Mr. Valentine entered the ,
ront door while Mr. Carter went to (
he rear to prevent his escape. #
When Mr. Valentine entered the
ront door and reached the bed room
loor the negro suddenly opened the
loor and fired, striking the constable j
list beloiy the heart and felling him
o the floor. The negro, then hearing
he approach of Mr. Carter at his
.ack door, turned and fired in that
llrection, inflicting a painful wound, *
vhich caused Mr. Carter to ertreat,
Vitnesses state that four or Ave shots
vere fired and the first three were in
luiek succession. The result was
hat both Mr. Valentine and Mr. Carer
were wounded, as were also the
legro and his wife.
Franklin fled following the killing
,nd managed for three days to elude
lis pursuers. He made his way to
lenmark and there gave himself up
o Ex-Senator May field, who com
inn lea ted at once with Sheriff Dukes .
vho went to Denmark, got Franklin
ind sent him to the State Peniten- ,
iary for safe keeping. The murder
>f Mr. Valentine created great excite- .
nent at the time, nnd had Franklin
>een caught it is safe to say that the '
ounty would have been s&ved the
ixpense of his trial. Franklin's crime 1
vas a cold blooded one. and he richly j
leserves the punishment he will reeive.
His conviction was no stir- j
rise, and it will meet with universal
ndorsement all over the country, j
"he solicitor was asisted In the prose- ^
uMon by Messrs. Glaze & Herbert.?
"he Orangeburg Times and Demorat.
F1VK NKGKOKH KILIiKl) '
t
ly a Fast Train While They Were
Gambling.
Five negroes, their heads close to- (
;ether, as they were totally absorbed
n a game of craps on the Raltimore 1
ind Ohio railroad near Newberg, W. ,
/a., did not hear the numble of an
.pproaching train. They were ground r
>eneath the wheels and five killed,
he bodies being so terribly mangled I
hat identification has not yet been
osslble. i
PRICE OF COTTON.
Ifteen Cents a Pound Possible
' If Farmers Stick Together.
t
lut Not Unless the Men Who Raise
It and Sell It Work in Harmony
to Maintain Price.
t
Last week the Farmers' Union Conrentlon
met at Little Rock, Ark., and
he executive committee of the Southern
Cotton Association met at Jackson,
Miss. The most important ac.ion
of each of these bodies was to
It the minimum price for which cot:on
is to be held this fail, and each
>f them agreed on 15 cents. If the
farmers of the South to any great extent
stand by this demand they will
undoubtedly get 15 cents.
Cotton is now selling in South Carolina
above 13 cents, and the crop in
Lhls State Is eenernllv unlit t" 1" ?
J ?, .TO III U
better condition than in the South
western States, a condition which
would Justify the higher price. But
the only way in which the cotton
planters can get 15 cents is to hold
their cotton until they do get 15
cents. If the crop is rushed on the
market when 13 or 13% cents is being
ofTered the price will never go to
15 cents.
In discussing the matter Thq News
and Courier says the question is how
far can the two organizations of farmers
control the marketing of the
crop? The Farmers' Union and the
Southern Cotton Association are not
exactly antagonistic but they work
somewhat on dtfforent lines and are
not affiliated In any way. It is impossible
to say how far their respective
organizations extend and to what
extent they can secure an observance
of their resolutions.
They have taken similar action in
recent years and it is umloubtedly
true that while their demands have
been respected by some planters who
do not belong to either organization
there have, on tbo other hand, been
some members of each organization
who have not stood by their resolutions,
and consequently the amount
of cotton has not been withheld from
the market that might have been expected.
When the Southern Cotton
Association demanded 11 cents the
farmers stuck to it and got 11 cents;
when President Jordan two years ago
demanded 15 cents the farmers sold
for less and got a good profit.
The truth of the matter is that the
farmers of the South consider that 15
cents is a very fine price for cotton
especially as some of them have sold
cotton at five cents and managed to
live. Of course the conditlous then
and now are different, hut the facts
remain. The matter of sunnlv anrf
demand is supposed to fix the price
of cotton as of other commodities,
but it is not exactly correct to say
that this Is the case with cotton
if however the farmers by combination
in withholding the commodity
from the market can decrease the
supply they can get their price.
The difficulty is that so much of
the cotton crop is sold before It is
picked, even before it is planted; the
farmers who have to sell to meet
their fall obligations cannot regard
the advice of their more fortunate
!>retheren, no matter how good that
idvice may be. The organizations
tiave recognized this difficulty and
tiave endeavored to devise some way
in which the stronger may protect
:he weaker by providing for the storing
of cotton, etc., but these means
ire not yet perfected and cannot be
it once put in operation.
If the farmers' organizations succeed
in this effort and cotton goes to
15 cents there will be good times in
iouth Carolina this fall. The mone\
:entres report that money is tight and
he banks, even in South Carolina,
ire not putting out money with great
:aution; but if the farmers get 15
;ents for their cotton and the crop
urns out to be as good as the prosicct
the farmers will be able a*
Christmas to loan money to the banks
ind has some to spare.
THK C1I>A1>EL HCHOIjA HHI111'Ss
Announcement of Successful Contestants
and Alternates.
Following are the successful contestants
for beneficiary scholarships
it the Citadel:
Abbeville?W. E. Bell, Jr.; alternate,
George C. McKelvey.
Aiken?B. T. Cripps; alternate, C.
5. Hatch.
Anderson?J. C. Pickens and H.
\cker; alternates, J. K. Russell and
5. L. McCants.
Bamberg?H. A. Ray, Jr.; alternate,
C. O. Kirtsch.
.Barnwell?S. S. Pison; alternate,
none.
Beaufort?C. A. Sanders and Mcleod
Hutson. Jr.; alternates, none.
Berkely?H. F. Porcher; alternate,
*. W. Wilkes.
Charleston?B. R. Leggc and J.
it. Oglesby; alternates, E. H. Carnenter.
Jr. and P. H. Gadsden.
Chesterfield?J. K. Shannon, Jr.;
Alternate A. Brock.
Claredon?G. W. Green; alternate
t. L. Griffin.
Colletcn--J. F. Richer; alternate,
W. B. Garris.
Fairfield?H. K. Pickens and J.
G. Craig; alternates, de Saussure
Glarke and S. C. Lupo.
Georgetown?W. R. Buie; alternate,
Ehrlich Jones. *
Greenvil.e?C. H. Fowler; alter
late W. E. Kilgore.
Lancaster?B. A. Sullivan; alterlate,
J. D. Armstrong.
Lexington?C. B. Livingston, al:ernate,J.
S. Steadman.
Marion?R. F. Bethea; alternate.
Charles Gilchrist.
Marlboro? Dargan Odom; alterlate
Earle Dunlap.
Newberry?L. A. Lester: alterlate,
none.
Orangeburg?S. A. Porter; alterlate,
J. C. Fair.
Pickens--Louis Kay; alternate,
lone.
Williamsburg?J. H. Floyd alieriate,
R. M. Hemenway.
-A QUEER CASE.
___
An Old Man Thinks He Has Found
His Son
I'Ut the Young Mun Says. He Never
Saw His Woulil-Ile Father Anywhere
lief ore.
? "TV
The New York American says
standing in the store of JohnGalvin,
a young merchant, of No. 513 Third
avenue Brooklyn, John Galvin, a
wealthy manufacturer, of Brattleboro.
Vt., late Thursday afternoon
pleaded with the former to acknowledge
their relationship as father and
son.
"Come home with me, John, Mother
wants you ever so badly," said
the old man.
"I am not vour son. I am not John
E. Galvin. I am just plain John Galvin.
ahd I have lived here all my
life," was the reply to the entreaty,
a reply the young man had been
compelled to make repeatedly during
the past few days.
Sorrowing and despondent, the old
man departed for his hotel at Fourth
avenue and Forty-second street, not
fully convinced that he had not been
addressing his son.
For a week the Brattleboro manufacturer
has been haunting the store
owned by Mr, Galvin, insisting upon
their relationship. So confident was
he of the identification he had made
of Galvin as his boy who ran away
from home ten years ago that he enlisted
the aid of the police, and two
detectives Thursday visited Galvin at
his store and questioned him about
the case.
"It was just a week ago that Mr.
Galvin came in here," said young
Mr. Galvin Thursday night. "He told
me he had a son who left home in a
fit of anger ten years ago. He had
searched everywhere for the young
man without success. Then he suddenly
put his hand on my shoulder
and said, "Your mother wants you
home, John. Every night she walks
out the rear door and through the
lawn to the gate, where she looks up
the road, waiting and watching. I
frequently have to go for her and
take her indoors; otherwise she would
stay out until midnight.'
"Of course I was amazed, and
after I had repeatedly denied being
his son, 1 asked him what had
brought him to Brooklyn and to my
home.
"He said that Mrs. John Greeuage,
of Ninth avenue and Tenth
street, Brooklyn, had spent the Summi-i
in Brattleboro. He had asked
her in his simple way if she ever saw
his son John in New York. She told
him she knew a John Galvin, and
then described me to the father and
mother. Both were sure I was the
missing son.
"I remembered then that Mrs.
Greenage had come home and told
me about a rich manufacturer, of
Brattleboro, Vt., who had inquired
auuui mt as mwung one uescnpuon
of his missing son.
"At first 1 was inclined to treat
the old man's search humorously,
but the pathos of his story made me
feel like giving him all the aid I
could. When he still insisted that I
was his son and wanted to take me
back to his wife, I brought him to
my residence at 118 Prospect avenue,
and had all of my friends tell him
that I had lived in Brooklyn all of my
life. We made several trips to New
York, New .Jersey, Coney Island and
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"The old man appeared quite
heartbroken Thursday and t<?ld me
that he was leaving for his home on
a midnight train. His last words
were:
" 'What will my poor wife say
when I come back alone?'
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