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7TII TEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAT, SEPTEMBER 10, 1908 NO 23
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
MAX SHOOTS DOWV WI1K>\V IN
TOWN OF SENECA.
Slayer Then Kills Himself?llud Heeu
I'erslsti'ut Suitor for Her Affections
fulminated in the Tragedy.
J. F. Hinkle shot and fatally
mounded Mrs. E. L. Anderson, a
widow with three children, there at
her hime on Main street at Seneea.
Wednesday hetweon 1:30 and 2
o'clock, and then killed himself.
Mrs. Anderson died at 7:20 that
night.
It is rumired that Mrs. Ander- I
son refused t<> '????
? vu mull) mumc ana
thiB is said to have caused the trag- I
edy. !
Hinkie shot at Mrs. Anderson's I
daughter. Christine, once and then 1
at Mrs. Anderson twice, and afterwards
shot himself once, the ball entering
his head beluw the chin and
passing through the roof of his I
mouth,lodging in the brain. lie died
instantly. I
One ball entered Mrs. Anderson's ?
left side, passing through the abdomen.
ond one broke her right arm. <
Hinkie used a .4 4 Colt's pistol.
Hinkie went into the room where I
Mrs. Anderson was sitting with sev- l
eral boarders and said to her: "I I
would like to pay my board," and
asked her to coine into the dining '
room, which she did. Upon her re- '
ftisal to marry hlui he shot her.
Hinkie left three letters, one ad- t
dressed to L)r. Doyle of that city, one
to the Atlanta Journal and one to the
public. In Dr. Doyle s letter he
requested him to buy a cheap coffin
and bury him beside his first wife in t
Senace cemetery.
Mrs. Hughes of Itichlund, a lister
of Mrs. Anderson, arrived about fout '
hours before she died. Mrs. Ander- '
son's brother, Dr. Cox of Pendleton. <
was also with her in her last hours.
The verdicts of the coroner's jury
is in accordance with the above facts
Mrs. Anderson was a native of An,1......i..
.. ?-*
uvidiii wuui), wiub ana prinuuently
connected.
A nut tier Account.
A dispatch from Walhalla. says
Coroner J. W. Ilollinan received notice
Wednesday at 2 o'clock to go t<
Seneca to investigate a double tragedy,
which occurred at Seneca, eight y
miles from there, shirtly before 2
o'clock.
The tragedy was one if the most
harrowing Oconee has witnessed In
years. J. F. Hinckle shot and mortally
wounded Mrs. Rmma L. Anderson,
proprietress of the Anderson boarding
house while they were in a conversation
in the dining room of Mrs '
Anderson's home, and ns soon as he
had committed the awful deed. Hinckle
turned the weapon upon himself
firing point blank under his chin, the
bull ranging upward and into the
. brain. Within a few minutes he had
expired before having siioken to any
one.
Mrs. Anderson lingered until S
o'clock that night, when she died
without having regained consciousness.
Hinckle fired three shots at Mrs
Anderson, one of which was warded
off by her. one breaking her arm and
the third entering her body betweer
the seventh and eighth ribs and com
ing out at the back, crashing through
her body close to the heart. Mrs
Anderson ran front the room and wai
caught by some 'one as she fell mortally
wounded.
It is stated that the first shot fired
was aimed at Mrs. Anderson's daugh
tor, two of her children being in the
room with her wheu site and Hinckle
entered the room. Hinckle engaged
Mrs. Anderson in a conversation
under the pretext of wishing to pay
Itlc Imaril 1.111 II l>
/ . it ?o imuviaiuuu Him
he had been n persistent still or fot
Mrs. Anderson's affections for sonn
tiriic and that day's tragedy was the
culmination of her refusal to marry
him. Several notes were left by him
and are in the possession of Coronet
I loll man, but their cintonts have not
been made public.
For a number of years Hinekle waspilicenian
at Seneca and was weP
thought of. For some time he and
Mrs. Anderson had been quite intimate.
She was a wiman of beauty p
face and figure and had many admirers.
Jealousy and Mrs. Anderson's
persistent refusal of him are
generally thought to be the two prime
factors that led to the murder and
suicide.
Hinekle was about 50 years of age
and a widower, and Mrs. Anderson
several years younger. Her husband
lias been dead about three years.
IHKN TO SAVK DAl'CIHTKR.
Woman Plunk's Into Cistern of Scalding
Water and lloth Perish.
Mrs. James McMahanany was
dangerously unaided near her home
in Ix>yal llanna. Pa., Thursday in p
futile effort to save her three-yearold
daughter from death.
The child while at play fell into a
cistern which received the waste
stream and hot. water from a coal
mining plant and was so severely in.
* .iured that she died Just after being
rescued.
The mother plunged into the
seething cistern and carried her child
out.
it
MHFTS lIOItltlllLF HKATH.
Aeronaut Falls Five Hundred Feel
to His l>enth.
Ai Waterville. Mulne, in full view
of 35.000 horrified spectators, assembled
on the Central Fair ground late
Tuesday, Charles Oliver Jones of
llaminondports. N. Y.. aeronaut, fell
a distance of 500 feet to his deuth.
Among the witnesses of the frightful
plunge were Mrs. Jones and they
were almost the first to reach the side
of the dying man. Jones died an
hour and a half after the accldet.
Jones had been at the fair grounds
with his dirigible balloon, "boomerang,
known as a Stroliel airship,
since Monday. He arranged a flight
between 3 and 4 o'clock but such a
high wind prevailed that a delay was
necessary. At 4:30 conditions had
modified trnd he gave the word to
have the machine released.
When the aeronaut reached a
height of more than 500 feet the
spectators were amazed to see small
tongues of flame issuing from under
the gas bag in front of the motor.
\t this time the balloon had passed
jut of the fair grounds. Many pertons
in the great crowd endenv?i*?H I
o apprise Joes of his danger, but
several minutes elapsed before he noilced
the fire. Then he grasped the
ip cord and by letting out gas enleavored
to reach the earth. The
inachine had descended hut a short
tlstance when a sudden burst of
lame enveloped the gas bag and the
frame work immediately separating
from the bag.
Jones fell with the frame of his moor
and when the spectators reached
lint he was lying under it; the gas
>ag was completely destroyed. The
physicians who were in the crowd
round that Jones had no chance to
survive as lie was injured internally
ind his spine was broken.
Jones had trouble with his balloon
he day before on account of the
old weather which caused a number
>f leaks, through the contraction of
he gas bag. It is thought that the
tag leaked again and that a spark
'rom the motor caused the disaster,
(ones was 4 0 years old.
( HASH AT CllOKSIXf.
Two Are Killed and Three Seriously
Injured.
Two persons were killed, two fatnly
hurt and three seriously injured
tear Ottawa. III., Thursday night
vhen an electric car on the Illinois
Galley railway struck a carriage, in
vhieh were seated Walter Snell. a
ureal thy farmer and a party of six
persons.
The dead are; Daughter of Mr.
uid Mrs. Snell. 12 years. Sou of Mry.
md Mrs. Snell, 8 years old.
The fatallv injured are? Mf? vt?.
nle Townsend and daughter of Mrs.
snell, 15 years old. <
The seriouffty injured are: Mr.
?nd Mrs. Suell and a sou of Mrs.
Pownsend, 8 years old.
The crash occurred at a point wljer
he road crosses the electric line
lbout six miles from Ottawa. The
oad was not well lighted and neathe
crossing there is a sharp curve
which prevented Mr. Snell. who was
lriving from seeing the approach of a
'ar. The carriage was directly in
he center of the track when the car.
routing at top speed, crashed into it.
All the occupants of the carriage
vero thrown far from the track and
he carriage was completely wrecked
I'he horses were also thrown away
'rom the track. The car was not
(antaged and none of the passengers
vas injured.
CONDITION OF COTTON OftOIV
Vvernge on August U5 Was 70.1 I'ei
Cent of Normal.
The crop reporting hoard of tin
itirean of statistics of the Agriculural
Department reported the averse
Condition of the cotton crop on
Vugust 25 was 7t?.l per cent of nor
mal.
This is compared with 83 on .lul>
25th last, and 7 2.7 on August 28th
1007. and 73.9. the average of August
25th conditions for the past ten
rears.
The report by States, giving the
condition on August 25 last and aver
ige ror ten years past respectively.
follows: Virginia. 87. 81: North
""arolina. 80, 77: South aroliua. 7 0
76: Georgia. 7 7. 7G: Florida, 80. 7;:
Alabama. 77. 74: Mississippi, 70. 77;
Louisiana. 6.1. 75; Texas. 7.r?. 00: Ar'cansas.
SO.. 7.">; Tennessee. 88, SO:
Missouri. 00. 81; Oklahoma. 70. 77.
Warehouse (turned.
At Columbia. .Miss., two warehouses
the property of the Lampton eomnany
and occupied by the Hill Hardware
company, were destroyed by
fire of an unknown origin Wednesday
causing a loss of $75,000, partly covered
bv insurance.
Civil War ltaging in Persia.
The troops of the shah of Persia
met a decisive defeat, last week, at
the hands of men under Satar Khan
Eight hundred men wore killed and
wounded. Civil war Is raging: in Tabriz.
*
Twenty-Seven Perish.
A dispatch from North Whale? says
the British hark Amazon, for Tort
Talbot, has been wrecked near the
latter port. Only five out a crew of
thirty-two were saved. Six bodies
hav* been washed ashore.
DROWNED BY FLOOD.
WIIOIJC FAMILY OF NKOROKN KNGt'LFKD
BY FLOOR.
Not S?rii Siucc litisl Wednesday mm)
oh Thursday Nothing But Top of
Cabin Could Im* Seen.
With the subsiding of the Moods
come continued stories of destruction
of property and loss of life. Mr.
William Lykes of Lykesiand Monday
afternoon telephoned The State of
a pitiful case.
It appears that a negro, Addison
Fuller, and his family occupied a
cabin which since has been covered
to the eves in the flood. The family
consisted of a wife and five children,
Dne just four days old. They had a
boat with which to make their es
"ape, out neither boat nor negroes
have been seen. It Is feared thut he
:ind his entire family were drowned.
Coroner Walker lias been notified and
will make investigation at once.
Thursday afternoon the house was
approached in a boat by Lawrence
Erwln, and even then the water cov red
the body of the cabin. The cur-,
-ent there being so swift the boatman
did not go very close, as he at
'hat time thought the negroes had
tbandoned the house. Hut as nothing
has been heard from them, it is
"eared that the whole family has perished.
It would have been almost suicidal
o have attempted to cross the river
\o the Lexington side and there were
fearfully swift currents on the Richland
side. Even had Addison Fuller
attempted to come back on the Richland
side it is more than likely that
he would have- been swamped, and
had he stayed, it is sure that they per1
islied. for there was no signs of life
about the house. The boatman who
approached did not go near enough
to see whether the boat had been
aken from the house. The house is
vet surrounded by water and a party
will go there in hoa^s to inspect the
iremises. Mr Lvkes states that the
place is about 12 miles from him and
he would have reported it sooner but
'bought that the negroes nearby had
ione so. but the negroes have acted
mi a singularly cold blooded and indifferent
manner.
FOLK SEAMEN' PERISH.
Killed by Fumes of Hunting Pitch
and Oakum in Vessel's Hold.
A dispatch from Boston, says sue- ,
umbing to the deadly fumes of burning
pitch and oakum deep down lu
'he forepeak of the British bark
Puritan as she lay at anchor in Presli'
-lit roads Tuesdays four seamen were
suffocated and a fifth wsa partly overx?mc
before he was rescued by shipnates.
The dead.
Harry E. Olson, Carl Moreen. Peterdon
Becks, George Sunblade.
The fire, which caused only slight
damage, is supposed to have been
caused by spontaneous combustion.
The Puritan, which is a bark of
2.2S3 tons burden, was in command
>f Capt. F. \\". Chapman and had
aken on a cargo of 14,000 barrels of
*ar. oil pitch and oakum for Vancouver.
B. C.
Tuesday afternoon Capt. Chapman
sent Seaman Olsen down into the
'orepeak to stow away a sail. When
the man fulled to return to the deck
after some time had elapsed, three
other men were sent down to investigate.
Finally CHpt. Chapman, convinced
that some accident must have happened,
ordered Mate Hatt'eldt and
Seamen Roberts and McLnnc to in. nutlirnt
A A u tliov pimAiid llin fnnl
>f the ladder, they almost stumbled
ivcr the bodies of the tour seamen,
who had gone down before them.
Roberts was also overcome. The flre
was quickly extinguished and the
lodies brought to the deck.
AIltlNG FLOOR Sl'FFKRKItS.
War Report ment (irb Report from
its Agent at Augusta.
A report regarded as encouraging
was received by the war department
from Capt. Adolph 11. Iluguet, of the
17th infantry, who was detailed by
3en. Ramsey, commander of the dethe
department. Capt. Iluguet says
10 make an investigation of the needs
>f the people of August a. Ga., stricken
bv reeent floods.
In n telegraphic communication to
he departmet, ('apt. Iluguet says
that l>etween 4,000 and a.000 persons
in destitute circumstances have been
orovided with rations and medicines
by local relief committees. The supplies
furnished are expected to be
sufficient lor nressinc ncerts
On Capt. Muguet's rrcommfnda'ions
the department authorized him
o supply shoes and clothing to about
800 men. women and children who
lost everything they had in the flood.
Capt. Huguet will make the purchases
locally in order to save the time
of shipment.
Champion Pauper Dead.
A dispatch from Ctica, N. V.. says
the champion pauper is dead, after
being a public charge for SS years
Hezekiah Monk was born in the Herkimer
county poor house 83 years
ago. spent all his days there and died
in that institution Wednesday.
"IMMORTAL SIX Hl'NDRED."
.Money to Ih* liaised for a Moiiiiinenl
to Conftfk'rute Soldiers.
I
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says confederate
camps throughout the South are
receiving copies of a circular letter
being sent to them for the purpose of
raising funds to commemorate the
deeds of the six hundred soldiers,
I who braved death on Morris Island
and at Fort Delaware in the War lietwee
n the States. If sufficient funds
mi- ihiwhi a suuauie monument will
be erected in thoir memory.
J. Ogden Murray, of Charleston, j
W. V"a., is secretary of the Society of .
the "Immortal Six Hundred." and g
would like to receive any donations
that are given for the erection of the
monument.
The circular being sent out is as t
follows:
"The Society of the Immortal Six ^
Hundred, survivors of the six hundred
Confederate officers, prisoners of (|
war. who by the order of Edwin M.
Stanton, Federal Secretary of War,
taken from the military prison of
Fort Deleware and placed under lire (
of the Confederate batteries shelling (
the United States troops on Morris
Island, S. C.. in August, 18t>4, and '
kept under the lire of our own guns
for forty-two days, fed upon a ration n
of four rotten hard tack army crackers,
with the addition of one ounce of ^
fat meat, and one-half pint of mush,
or bean soup each twenty-four hours.
as our only ratlou, obtaining our ^
water suply by digging holes in the j
stnd and waiting until sufficient water
inspid and bad, would ooze out to
quench our thirst, determined at
their last meeting held in the city of
lliriningham. Ala., to build a monoment
to the memory of our dead comrades,
who remained true and died '
for the cause of the South under this
cl
torture of retaliation.
"After this ordeal of fire and star- s
vat ion on Morris Island we were rec<
moved from the island to Fort Pulaski,
situated at the mouth of the '
savanna!) River, Georgia. At this
(>oint our number was divided: part
sent to Hilton Head. S. C.. remainder (>|
detained at Fort Pulaski. Our rations
in both these prisons were alike,
ten ounces of rotten corn meal, with
onehalf pint of cucumber and onion ,
pickle each twenty-four hours, no
salt, no grease: nor meat of any kind
was issued to us. simply ten ounces 11
of rotten corn meal filled with bugs '
and worms and hard lumps. This ~
meal was ground by the llrandywine '
Mills. 1861. When we picked out the
bugs, worms and dirt we were com- ' 1
polled to throw at least three ounces
away unfit for use. and on this ration
we flved for sixty-five days, causing 1
1 tat dreadful disease, scurvy, amongst 1
our men." u
The officers of the Society are: s<
Capt. J. L. Hempstead, president; o1
'apt. J. W. Mathews, first vice-president;
Capt. T. C. Chandler, second w
vice president; Lieut W. W. George, 111
color bearer.
Constitutional Committee?Major
McD. Carrtngton. Capt. Thomas J
PInckney, Lieut. R. Lee Bell. ''
Chaplains?The llev. T. S. Artnistead.
the Rev. George \V. Finley, the '*
Rev. I). M. Laylon. * '
WIFK 11KTILIYH MinPFItKR. ,V
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English Woman Writes I/Cttor to lte- '
fi
corder in Patterson, X. J. I)
The mystery of the killing of Miss ?
Mamie Sullivan, in Patterson, N. J.,
in 1 896, may finally yield to solution. n
Last week Recorder Carroll received ^
a letter from a woman In Chester, a
England, which is now being invest!gated
and may lead to an arrest. The r
......I sun|?-iii'u ill I lie lime OI UK* "
killing. The letter follows:
"Recorder of Paterson:?I write to
j toll you that my husband is the slayer 11
of Mamie Sullivan, who was killed I
March ?. 1 8< 0. He did the deed with a
a coupling pin. and notwithstanding v
the fact that he was arrested and put |J
through a series of questions was al- f
lowed his freedom. He came to En- c
gland later, where 1 met and married '
him. Two years ago he confided to ^
me that he was the man wanted in *
your city for the murder, and swore
hat if I ever showed him up he would
have my life. M? conscience has
troubled me so that I had to write to
tell you of the crime. For God's sake
have mercy on him. 1 love him
dearly, and this confession has broken
my heart and will result In my <
death." * t
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RANGER HIMSELF TO RE AT II. i
. \
Htmly-Gunly Causes Young Mulatto
to Execute too Many Figures.
At Pittsburg, on Thursday a young
mulatto "danced himself to death" i
will probably he the verdict of the
coroner's Jury in the case of Albert
Mill ton. aged twenty-five, who was
found dead In his hed. ,
Hultonwas attracted to the street
hy the tune of a hurdy-gurdy, and
throwing the operator a quarter of a
dollar, told him to repeat the tune,
as often as the coin would pay for It.
Then Hulton began dancing, executing
two-steps, waltz, jig and buck
and wing steps as the movement
changed.
A crowd gathered and when the
music for the first coin paid for ceas'
ed. another one ?Ss passed up and
the dancing continued until the police
interfered.
Hulto retired to his room and a
1 doctor was called, when he was found.
I He said death was due to heart disease.
due to over exertion.
MOODY CONFESSES
SAYS ANOTHKHASSISTKI) IXltOll*
UBIIV VM? KILLING.
Jim* of the Xt'^rik's Wlio Sliol I'u'-m
at Y 1'inns.sfe Caught?Lynching
Xol K\|K'cIt'il.
Henry Moody, a mulatto, has been
irresled and lodged in jail at iema?iee.
charged with stealing from Atantlc
Coast Line cars and with beng
one of the negroes who were purued
by a Yemassee merchant and
t blacksmith and who shot and killd
the two Yemassee men
The Savannah Morning News of
Sunday has the following story of
he capture of Moody and of his conession:
That one of the Yemassec negro
nurderers has been captured and has
onfessed. and that the officers have
clue to the whereabouts of the othr,
is tiie report ltrought to Savannah
y Chief Special Agent G. S. Godold.
of the Atlantic Coast Line, who
eturned from the scene of the houiiide.
Henry Moody is the name of the
egro captured. He is a one-armed
lulatto, who is known in Savannah,
aving been brought to this seetion
f the country by a circtis and left
1 Savannah. Mr. Godbold recognized
tie negro as soon as he saw him. He
> in the Yemassee jail.
Moody has made a confession of
lie railroad thefts, but claims he was
ot implicated in the shooting. He
ives the name of his companion as
lelvin Curry, who is a young, heavy
?t, black negro. Moody says Curry '
id all the shooting, using a \Ylnliester
pump gun, loaded with bucktiot.
Moody told of the haunts of his
inipanion. Curry and also what part
f the country lie comes from. He
Iso gave the officers information by
hich they may be able to arrest .
utry. Moody says there is little
tiance of Curry being taken alive.
The capture of Moody was accomlished
by Deputy Sheriff White of
eaufort county. The oflicer was on
is way to Jack sonboro. a short dis- '
ico from Yemassee, when he reeogized
Moody on the road. He loft
le train and put Moody under arrest,
ipping up on him and give him no 1
innce to resist. 1
At Yemassee Moody was Ideutlfi- '
1 by several Yemassee negroes who
ad recognized the pair at work. !
'hen Mr. God bold saw the negro, '
p recogized him and advised him '
) tell the truth. This brought !
>rth a full confession, and also in- '
ructions as to how to capture the
tlier negro.
A description of the two negroes 1
as received by the otticers front Ye- ,
mssee negroes. It was these negroes i
ho identified Moody. The officers,
>iniug In the chase were Sheriff T.
!. McTeer, of Beaufort county; l)eaty
Sheriff White. Special Agent <
.'illiam Elliott, of the Charleston
nd Western Carolina railway, and
Inrshal W. F. Slonian.
Mr. Godbold does not think
[oody will he lynched at Yemassee.
t least, not until the other negro Is
aptured. He exacted a promise
oni the citizens of Yemassee that
ley would not lynch Tiloody in view
f his confession.
The negroes are charged with the
ltirder of Mr. S. W. Litchfield, of
I 1- 1
uiifTivfu * *?uin ? i <iuti I 1 <1111.13,
negro blacksmith. The murderers
ad boon discovered breaking into a
ail way car and an nt tempt was beng
made to catch them.
That the negroes had made a good
iaul from the broken cars is shown
i>* the fact that between $300 and
1500 worth of goods were found
bout 500 yards from the station
rhere they had dropped them when
ursued. The goods were stolen
rorn four cars, which had been placd
on a siding by the Coast Line, to
>e taken up by the Charleston and
Vestern Carolina railway, and which
vere delayed owing to the washouts
MITINV AM) TftACiKDV.
tioniustrd in Storm, Sailors Itebel and
Kill One of Their Number.
A dispatch from San Fracnlsco.
"al., says news of a mutiny and a
ragedy on the Chilean bark Futon
Flail during a stormy voyage in which
he vessel was dismasted was brought
Wednesday from Tahili.
The Eaton Hall was bound from
S'ew Castle. Australia, to Valparaiso.
with a cargo of coal On August 12,
when the ship was about (10 miles
from Theresa reef, a storm sprang up,
tearing the masts out and littering
the decks with dehries. Subsequently
while Capt. McLean was making
every effort to bring his almost helpless
ship to port the sailors became
mutionus and In the trouble that followed
a sailor was killed. Finally
the bark was picked up by a French
power boat and towed to Papete.
where she will be repaired.
Woman Perish in Fire.
A dispatch from Gadsden, Ala., says
Mrs. Elizabeth McNeal. aged 7 5 years,
and he.r invalid daughter-in-law.
Mrs. .Idb McNeal. aged 55 years, were
burned to death Wednesday night in
a fire which destroyed their home on
Lookout mountain. It is thought ihe
fire originated from a defective flue.
The twa women were aione in the
house at the time.
OI TLOOK SKKMS UIIIGIIT.
Parker Itetiirus From West With
( ooil .Vt'ns For 1 leinocrat*. |
Portlier Judge Alton It. Parker,
who has returned rrom a visit to the
Pacific coast, where lie made several
speeches tor William .1. ilryaii, conferred
for over an hour Wednesday '
night with National Chairman Mack
at the Democratic national headquarters
in New York. Plans for a speaking
campaign in the Hast by Mr.
Parker in the interest f the ticket
were discussed. (
A report circulated was to the effect ^
that the former Democratic candidate
might lie nominated for governor of
his State. Mr. Parker had nothing i'
to say regarding the report. As to d
Democratic prospects generally. Mr. ti
Parker said he was surprised at the ti
show of early Democratic strength in h
the West. I visited Oregon. Wash- o
ington and Montana." said Mr. Park- Ji
er. "and everything there was a sur- f<
prising growth of sentiment for tho h
Democratic ticket. jj
"I talked with many Republicans vv
who told nu* they were going to sup- t|
port the Democratic ticket. Some
gave one reason, some another. I a,
met an Ohio manufacturer who told ,)(
me he was seriously considering sup- ;1(
porting the ticket on the ground that C(
lie wanted to maintain the status quo.
lie said that with Bryan In the White |l(
House and a Republican senate 110th- ,|.
tug could be done and everything al
would go in busienss just the same. w
"1 am going to make several speech- ^
es in the East for the party, but the (l(
dates and places have not been fix- jj
*? " * H
Ml ltPKH MYSTERY.
ot
Two lleail iiodics Kouiiii Near Each |?1
hi
Other. t0
Washington Pa., has a double murtier
mystery. Coroner W. II. Sipe had
scarcely begun his investigation into
the death of a young mail whose
body was found two miles from tiler? Tl
Tuesday afternoon, when the niysterj
was deepened by the discovery of another
body lying fifteen feet from the
first in a dense underbrush. sn
The first body was found in a a
thieket close to the trucks of the p<
Monongahela and Washington rail- si
road. It was nartiallv deconnios???l I
Marks of a struggle, were easily dis- |)
cernable, while the trousers i?oeketsol R
the dead man turned inside out point- F
itl to murder and robbery. Iv
At ti o'clock Tuesday evening men ai
searching about the thicket for clews V{
to the man's identity'stumbled upon
mother partly decomposed body. A w
search revealed three bats and a re- jn
volver, indicating that three men flj
were involved in the strange tragedy. (j,
S'o residents of the region who view- p,
I'd the bodies were able to identify
them and it is said not one in thai r|
neighborhood is missing.
Some think it probable that the
two men fought a duel, which was ft,
watched by a companion, and that ^
each, mortally wounded, crawled into
the thicket to die. i?
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KIIIIJS l ATIlKIMN-h.WV. p]
hi
,in Aged and Hrsiiortod \egro, Shot di
hi
to Death.
At Cedar Grove negro church, two u
miles from Walterboro, John Henry ai
Anderson Tuesday afternoon fatally
shot Josh Carter, the latter dying d<
Wednesday morning at daylight. iy
For some months Anderson has not
lived with his wife, but she has lived si
with her father. Carter. One of An- w
derson's children died Sunday and ii
was just before the burial began ii
that the shooting took place. ii
Carter Is ail aged colored man, who II
bears a good reputation. Anderson it
regarded as a dangerous negro. Six
moths ago he shot a young Mr. Ren p
jalltill. Ii
The inquest over Carter's l?od.v was 0
held hy Magistrate W. W. Campbelle. $
acting for the coroner. Anderson
made good his escape, hut ."in or more
determined men. whites and blacks,
are seiuring the country for him. A
family fend was the cause of the trouble.
_
I <1STI.V Flltlv IN ATLANTA.
.A
Trunk Factory and l?o\ Company (
I'laut llurncd?Loss Jtcjno.oon. v
d
At Atlanta (Ja.. a spectacular fire t
ruesday night destroyed the plants <
?f the Atlantic Trunk Factory and 1
the Knipire Ituildiug and Hox Com- "
puny, hurtled a quantity of lumbdr ^
and damaged a number of small
wooden buildings. The loss is estimated
at $200,000.
The fire spread rapidly soon after it
was discovered and a general alarm ;
was turned in. Only a nurrrow street
separated the burning factories from
many residences and if was with
great difficulty that the firemen kept
the flames from crossing this street.
The hurned buildings are located on
adison avenne, between Peters and
Castleherr.v streets, and run hack to
the Central of Georgia Railroad track
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Attorney Sues Harry K. Thaw.
Papers have been served on Harry
K. Thaw in a suit brought by John
R. Gleason. a counsel for Thaw in his
first trial, to recover ISh.OOO. the.
balance of his fee of jsn.000 which
' the attorney claims his services were
worth.
HORRIBLE MURDER.
iVOM AX'S 1 >ISM EMBEHKD BODY
FOl'XD IN TRUNK.
Ictor Kills His Wife nod Cuts H??r
llotly in Pieces?Says it Was Accidental.
The most brutal crime commit loci in
irenter Huston since the death of
tusau M. Geary, a chorus girl, four
ears ago. and one much resembling
L in its details, was disclosed Thursay
night by the discovery of the
ursu of Mrs. Honorah Jordan, an across.
aged 2:t years, of Sonierville.
i a trunk at No. 7 Hancock street,
n Ileacon Hill, Boston. Later the
ead and bones of the limbs were
jund in the furnace of the Jordan
onie at Sonierville, and the scalp,
air and other gruesome remains
ere taken from the kitchen range or
le house.
Chester Jordau, aged 2 5 years, an
ctor, of Sonierville. is held by the
d1 ice charged with the murder, and
ccording to the officers, he made a
jmplete confession of the crime.
According to Jordan's confession.
e accidentally killed his wife Tuesnv
night in a quarrel at thekr home,
ml because becoming desperate over
hat he did he Itought a butchc's
uife, razor and shears, cut up ?.hc
>dy and placed the torso in a trunk,
e then planend to take the steamer
arvard for New York and throw the
irts of the body overboard. The
ict that the Harvard was laid off.
ving to an accident, disarranged Ills
ans, and he was obliged to hire a
ickinan to take the trunk to a 11 >sn
house to await a more favorable
port unity.
HAR1> HIT 1IY FIHK.
Iiree Tliousaiul People Homeless and
? Ia>ss of $7.~tO.OOO.
A dispatch front Rawhide. Nov.,
iys three thousand people homeless,
score or more, injured and a pto?rty
loss of over (750,000 is the relit
of a disastrous lire, which startI
at ! o'clock Friday morning In
r. Gardner's office, located tn the
awhlde Drug company's building,
aimed by a gale the lire swept rapidsouth
and east to Balloon avenue
id up Rawhide avenue to within f?0
trds of the People's hospital.
Over a ton and a half of dvnnmito
as used in t he demolition of huildigs
which in a measure stayed the
lines' progress. The volunteer fire
apartment and .'>00 miners worked
Toieallv, hut owing to the inflaniable
construction of tl?e buildings
ley were swept away like tinder.
At 1 l a. m. the business portion of
awhide was a smoldering ruin, tn?
lines being finally cheeked south of
alloon avenue.
Among the first buildings to go was
ullin's hardware store, which routined
two tons dynamite, that cxloded
with terrific reports, hurling
timing planks and hoards a great
(stance, setting fire to numerous
tiildings simultaneously.
The scenes were similar to those
i the fire at Goldficid in July, lOOfi,
lid at Cripple Creek in April, 189t>.
Many people were injured by flying
ebries, imt none is reported serious'
hurt.
A famie wnas feared, as ail the
ipply houses and grocery stores were
iped out.
A subscription list was started and
i a few minutes over $5,000 was
itisod and a relief train started from
leuo. carrying food and bedding.
All the mining towns, of the State
ante quickly to the assistance of
lawhide sufferers with cash contriutions.
San Francisco mining exhnnge
also sent a contribution of
R00. *
GltlKP I,Kit TO SL'ICIOK.
Mother I tend; Father Dying"?llu*t.n"d
in Jail and No Money.
I'nable to Itorrow enouglt money to
nrrv her to her home in Georgia,
Jrs. Sylvia Stoaks committed sti
uitside the prison walls in Pittsburg,
t here her husband is doing time tinier
sentence for larceny. Added to
he disgrace of her husband's crime
ante the lack of funds and just when
i,r> u-nniflTi u-jKi iwnrlv starved a tele
train reached her which read:
'Mother dead: father dying come
tome at once."
Mrs. Stoaks tried to borrow money
?ut cont'd not. Finally a man gave
her ten cents" for coffee. With this
die bought acid and ended her grief.
The frantic husband is now in the
prison dungeon.
<;i-:oi;<;i.\ woman assai'I/tkd.
The I'xual llesult is Kxpcetcri to Follow.
A special from Damascus, Oa.. says
John W. Town, a negro who Thursday
night attempted to criminally assault
the wife of Joe Wheeler, a white
man. is in danger of being lynched.
Mrs. Wheeler's screams aroused hbr
husband and frightened the negro
away. A posse captured him later
and he was placed in Jail. Keeling
ils running very high and mob violence
is feared