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VOLUME XVII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, APRIL 1.1IKM) NO. 51
TAKES KER LIFE
Wlfa of a niionaire Kills Har
',elf with Gas
!jST TIRED OF LIFE
She AU?ndod Fashionable Dinner
Wednesday Night?Left a Note for
Husband, but Members of Her
Family Claim That Her Death was
Due to Heart Disease.
Washington, March 25.?Weary of
the gay whirl of society and face to
face, as she believed, with years of
physical suffering, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard,
Jr., aged 49, wife of *ho tobacco
magnate, committed suicido by asphyxlatinon
at her home, near the
fashionable Dupont Circle, in this
city, today. Her tragic death has
shocked the first Rocial circle of the
capital as has nothing else In years.
In spite of the coroner's certificate
of death by suicide, members of the
family declared that Mrs. Lorillard
died of heart failure. The death was
mude more dramatic by the fact of
Its occurrence only a few hours after
Mr. and Mrs. Lorillard had been the
guests of Mrs. Richard Townsend at
a dinner given in honor of Lady
Paget. In fact, it is believed that
as soon as Mrs. Lorillard arrived
at her home, shortly after midnight
this morning, she began to prepare
for her death.
About 8:30 o'clock this morning
the butler in the Lorillard residence
detected nn odor of gas. The origin
of the fumes was traced to Mrs.
Lorillard's apartments. Opening the
door to the bath room, just oft her
suite, the butler was horrified to
behold the body of the mistress ol
the house stretched lifeless. Ilex
face was turned to the mat on the
floor.
The alarm brought Mr. Lorillard
from his apartments across the hall
He and the butler carried the bod>
to Mrs. Lorillard's room. Mr. Lorillard
attempted to revive his wife b>
means of artificial respiration. Tlu
two doctors summoned resorted to
every sclent itlc method to roston
life, but after an hour's efforts gave
up in despair.
Shortly afterward Dr. J. Ramsej
Nevltt, the coronrer, vlsted the Loril
lard home and ordered Deputy Cor
oner Glazehrook to perform an an
topsy, upon tho completion of whicl
Dr. Nevltt issued a certificate o
death by suicide by gas poisoning
He said later that gas was escaping
from one or more jets in the bath
room when the body was discovered
and that the condition of the lOngf
indicated death by gas poisoning.
Extreme reticence is being main
tained by the Lorillard family am'
all others who possess lnformatloi
concerning the sudden death. Onlj
a few of the most intimate friendr
have been admitted 'to the home slnct
tho news was spread of Mrs. Loril
lard's death.
Inquiry at the residence met witl
the declaration that Mrs. I^orillan
had not committed suicide. "Shi
died of heart failure," retorted tin
servant.
Mrs. Lorillard left, a note, whirl
the coroner's jury hns seen, but
which Mr. Lorillard has declinet
to have made public.
Mrs. Lorillard was subject to frc
quent attacks of despondency, it i
said.
The last person to see Mrs. Loril
lard alive was Mr. Lorillard. H<
nade her good-night as they separat
ed to go to their apartments, aftei
returning homo about midnight fron
tho Townsond rosldencc. Mrs
Lorlllard was seemingly in the bes
of spirits. Sho had joinod froel;
in the social festivities of the evenln.
at tho Townsond home, whero ha'
gathered the Brazilian ambassado
and Mme. Nabuco; tho Danish ntin
istor and Countess Moltke; tho See ?
rotnry of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer
Senator and Mrs. Lodge; Senator rtm
Mrs. Aldrich; Senator Root, Mr. ant
Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. \V
C. Endlcott, of Boston; Lady Clll
ford, of England; Col. and Mrs. Colli
Campbell, Col. and Mrs. McCawley
Mr. and Mrs. Clarenoe Moore, tin
Hon. Maude Pauncefotf, Commodon
Rodgers, Rear Admiral Cowlos am
Capt. Archibald Butt, military aidof
the President.
Mrs. Lorillard had disrobed,^ftei
arriving home, and when found hei
body was clothed in a dressing gown
The dog collar of diamonds she won
at the dinner had been removed he
fore she went to the bath room, but
the costly circle of diamonds that
adorned her hair had not been dlsnlo
_
The Lorillards 'have lived at the
Hlllyer plaoe since January. Immediately
preceding that time Mrs
Lorillard was in Europe.
Mrs. Lorillard, before her marriage
in 1 S81. was Miss Caroline J. Hamilton.
She is survived by two sons,
one of whom is now traveling in the
Orient, and the other is In college
in New York.
Invitations were out for a luncheor
today at the T/>rlllard home, but wety
recalled Immediately.
Dr. M. F. Cuthhert, the family phy
siclan, when seen tonight, held alool
from any discussion that might shet
light upon the tragic affair.
"I had not been called to see Mrs
Lorillard within the last two months
and I was startled when the mes
sage came to my office this morning,'
ACID FORCED DOWN
B
TIIK THROAT OF A YOUNG MAR
RIKI) WOMAN.
It I? Charged That the Awful I>m1
Was Done by a Man and Woman
Through Jealousy.
Vincennes, Ind., March 24.?Mrs.
Jessie Overton Culberston is dying
' todight, it is said, as the result of
having carbolic acid forced down her
throat and her jaws afterwards securely
bound. She was found today
in a shed back of her home. Revived
for a few seconds she said: '"A man
and a woman dragged me into the
woodshed and poured something
down my throat."
The police attributed the crime to
jealousy. They have held a letter
purporting to be from a jealous woman,
since Monday. The letter was
found under Mrs. Culbertson's doorstep.
It warned her to give up her
husband under Denaltv of death.
Russell Culbertson. tho woman's
husband, arrived tonight from Lnwrenceburg,
Ky. When shown the
threatening letter he said he recognized
tho writing as that of a woman
he once knew, but who had not been
in Vincennes for many years.
Mrs. Culbertson, who Is 25 years
old, came here a few years ago as a
trained nurse. While caring for
Joshua Hrazelton, Republican county
chairman, she fell in love with her
patient's step-son, Culbertson. The
two eloped to Lawrenoehurg, 111.
In the shed in which Mrs. Culbertson
was found, the police tonight
llscovered paper on which were a
skull and cross bones and the words
'Goodbye." The writing was the
.same as that of the letters.
FATHER SLAYS DAUGHTER.
Vow York School Teacher Murdered
on the Street.
New York, March 2 4.?Within
sight of several of her fellow school
teachers and pupils on the way to
tchool through a crowded street
oday Miss Anna Mangano, a teacher
in the public school on East One
Hundred and Second street, was shot
?nd killed by her father, Philip
Viangano, an interpreter in a minor
ourt, who had been following his
laughter and calling to her to stop.
As she kept hurrying on. he drew
lis revolver and fired two shots. Hi
..v.. .uiiicii nit- n!?uiv?r on nimseit,
>ut was prevented from carrying out
lis purpose by Adolph Schwartz, who
grappled with Mangano. Two more
.hots were fired while the men struggled,
but both went wild. Mangano
'iroke away from Schwartz, but was
irrested by tow policemen.
Several of the teachers ran to the
ilace where the girl fell.. She was
lead when they found her, with a
wound in the back of her head,
' "rank Laeatira, a brother-in-law of
he dead teacher, identified the prlsmer.
Laeatira told the police that
his Rister-in-law was compelled to
'eave her father's house last January
because of his cruel and inhuman
reatment. of her, and had lived at
\ working girls' home since. H<
said Mangano probably shot his
laughter because she had le.ft home.
SKIili MKiltOKS ONLY.
Threaten to l>o That to Spite Her
Rich Neighbor*.
New York, March 24. Mrs. famine
A. Dow, the widow of a real esate
operator who first opened up a
suburb of Yonkers, New York, known
is Yonkers Park, threatens to sell
ler property holdings there in a fash
finable neighborhood exclusively to
aegroes because tho name of the
uburb has been changed to Crestvon/1
She has authorized a real estate
'gent to soli her residence provided
ho purchaser conspicuously posts
ho following signs:
Hoarding house, Exclusively foi
S'egroes.
"Laundry for Negroes.
"Road House for Negroes.
Undertaking and Embalming, Ex
lusively for Negroes."
The residence is at present occuded
by Eva Rooth, of Sal vat lor
\rniy fame. A negro physician has
vlready offered to buy the house
hut declines to post the signs.
TEMPLARS WRECKED.
\ Ckiippiiil Train nn
and Western.
Yorkvllle. March 24.?A special
rain, consisting of two cars on thr
Carolina and Northwestern railway
carrying about 30 Knights Templan
from Chester to Yorkvllle. for a ban
quet was wrecked about three miles
wuth of this place today. The en
?lne and both cars of the train wen
lltched. Fireman Frank ITadin. o
Chester, jumped and was killed. Sev
^ral of the pasengers were bruised
but none seriously hurt. The causi
' of the wreck has not been ascertain
ed. A track Is being built a?-oun<
the wreck and traffic will proceed.
' he said. "I do know that Mrs. Loril
lard was much alarmed over the con
Ution of her heart. She had sufferer
f considerably. When she visited Pari
I last summer, she sought an emlnen
specialist, whom she consulted as t
her condition, but when she return
. od to America, she had been ill fr?
- quently. I must decline to discua
Jany other phase of the case."
MAD DOG BITES
WILL BE TREATED IN COLUMBIA ^
HEREAFTER.
1 A Pasteur Institute to be Established
i There for the Treatment of Hjr- |
drophobia.
Columbia. March 24.?Columbia (
is to have free Pasteur treatment
for those suffering from rabies or
threatened with an attack of this
frightful disease. So with the approach
of the good old summer time
cease to worry about getting "mad"
dog bites. The free treatment is
not to be confined to patients of this r
State. It will be provided for by the
State board of health at its meeting
here next month. The board is to
equip a laboratory, one of the finest a
in the country, not only for the free 1
treatment of rabies, but it will also
be used to combat other infections "
and contagious diseases.
This State, as is the case with
practically every other Southern 1
State, annually sends scores of such
cases to Baltimore, Atlanta and other 1
points for treatment, nnd the ex- "
pense is very heavy. The State
board's idea is not only to stop this n
drain, but methodically to combat a
the spread of the disease. It has ^
become a frequent occurrence for ''
some section of the State to report (|
a regular epidemic of rnbies. Only 1
recently a portion of York county '
reported such an epidemic. w
In this connection the attention
of a member of the State board was ^
lirected to the curious outcome of ?
a recent local case, where practically n
all the members of a large family ^
were bitten by a dog supposed to
be suffering from rabies. The head ^
of the dog wns Fent on to Baltimore ri
and the head of the family went
there for Pasteur treatment. Im- lf
mediately the hospital reported that "
analysis of the dog's head showed 11
a most virulent type of rabies, and s1
the family's head was put through *'
a thorough scientific treatment and
after recovery his bill, amounting to 11
several hundred dollars was cheer- "
fully and gratefull paid. Mean- ^
time the other members of the fam- ^
lly, who "took" a home, "unscien- !l
t Jfin" 4 w/\n4 V" " ** * " *
....v, ui'ituiifiii, wt-re .nso miraculousl.v
saved from the disease. C]
"That is easily explained." said
the doctor, solemnly declining to Jolr a
the smile that went aronnd at the '
expense of the profession. . "The
general lay mind," he went on Im- M
nresslvely, "has an altogether erro- v
neons iden on the subject. As a mat- ^
ter of fact aot more than a third w
of people or animals bitten even at
toints where the circulation Is most l)
active, as In the face or on the hands.
ever contract the disease, and con
ractlon of the disease where the ''
bite Is through some portion of the *
clothing is much more ' are, for the
Ireason that the saliva carrying th 1
disease germs does not get into the s
blood. All of which accounts for
the marvelous cures effected by madstones
and other unscientific treatment."
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PREFER HEATH TO ARREST. h
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Business Man Kills Himself Wlieir
Officer Came. s
ii
Harritburg, Pa., March 2 4.- Trap ?!
oed l>y the police, F. H. Richardson *
>f Elmira. N. Y., formerly president (
if the Richardson Shoe Company. ..
wanted r??r embezzlement of
100, shot and hilled himself at. the |
Motel Lynch today. .,
Mr. Itlehardson was president, ol j
he Rirhardson Shoe Company, which ?
In 1907, was declared insolvent. A< f
hat time it was discovered that he
sides money in this concern the presi
lent has a credit of $2.r?0,000 on false f
datemonts in Pennsylvania hanks
' light warrants were sworn out for -j
'lis arr'-st. Atelrphone call from
llmira this morning warned Chief ,
if Police .George that the man was j
n this city. The chief traced his
man to the hotel.
Mr. Richardson was in his room at (
the time the chief went to the room ,
Tho door was thrown open at his
knock and the man's head appeared (
'or an instant. Then before the
"hlef had a chance to make a move
'he fugitive observed him, slammed
ho door and bolted it. An instant
'ater the pistol shot rang out. The
loor was broken open and Richardson
was found lying on the floor with
i his head under the bed.
KILLED SELF AND CHILDREN.
I
? Itodies of Woman and Children
f 't*
Found in River.
Qimahiina> Pnnn \fnmb 0 4
5 bodies of Mrs. Amos Miller and her
two children wore found In the
FarnMngton rlvpr this morning. Thr
f "hildren had hpon tlod together be
fore drowning ensued, and through
a noto loft by Mm. Millor tho prop
bahilliles aro strong that, she took
tholr llvos and hor own whllo mon1
'ally depressed. Yesterday afternoor
Vfra. Millor loft homo with the child
ron. Mr. Miller returned to the
- house about 5 o'clock, and for s
- time did not worry. About dusk
1 he began to look about for some
R explanation of his wife's disappearit
ance and found a noto In his desk to
o ?he effect that she Intended to kill
i- herself. Soon after daylight this
>- morning the throe bodies were found
is In the river, some distance from the
Miller home.
CRUEL CRIMES
Igalnst American Parents During
The Last Half Centuary
MOST FAMOUS CASES
)f tlx- Kidnapping of Children During
the l*ast Fifty Years Derailed.
Short Sketches of Kuch That Will
Be *RJead 'With Interest by the
General Header.
"Kidnapping is the most nefarious,
nost fiendish, most diabolical crime
a the calendar."
So Judgo Gregory, of Albany, char.cterized
it when he was sentencing
hree men to 15 years each in the
lenitentiary for the kidnapping of
Ittle Johnny Conway in 1897.
Certainly in the abject paralyzng
fear it strikes in the heart of
he parents, there is no crime more
errlbe. The sickening suspense and
he hopeB rising only to fall again,
lake it the more agonizing.
Onlv one kU1n?nrvi>r t- ?i
r . v-1 v* uiuuncu
ny public admiration, and then only
fter he had given up bis victim,
'his was Pat Crow, who for pluck,
trmerity and cool-headed picturesue
deviltry, standB at the head of
he "profession" In Anuorica. He
hought, like Robin Hood, that It
ras all right to prey on the rich.
After kidnapping the son of Cudaay,
lu 1900, the millionaire beef
perator, getting $25,000 ransom and
taking a clean get away to South
.frlca. Crow returned voluntarily
d stand trial In Omaha^and was acuitted
amid tho cheers of the court
oom.
Crow left notes on the Cudahav
iwn, giving directions about leaving
tie $25,000 in a certain lonely place
i Omaha. The father followed inductions
and got his hoy hack In
tie morning.
The missing Charley Ross Is the
lost famous of all kidnapped hoys,
[e wns playing with his brother in
ront of their house in Oerniauton.
a.. In 1 874, when a hoy four and
half, when two men in a buggy
ffered him a ride. Charley never
iime hack from that ride.
Christian K. Ross, the hoy's fathr.
spent all his fortune, nnd nevef
nve up the hope entirely until he
i d. a broken nnd penniless old man
l 1 897. The kidnappers were killed
hile burglarizing a house in New
ork, and the secret of the hoy's
hereabouts died with them.
j\ Bunwr or cases of kidnapping
y Indians were reported in colonial
istory, but the first big kidnapping
V times comparatively recent was
tiat of 4-year-old Mary Gaffney, in
few York, in 186 4.
Mary's father was a union soldier
nd the little girl was her mother's
reat comfort. One day she wanderd
out on the street with her little
ink sun bonnet and gltvgham dress
?and never came back.
The case aroused the-sympathy of
he nation, but the child was never
eard of ugain. The father died in
attic, leaving her $10,000, which is
till held in trust for her.
In the half century of kidnappings
ince then is a trail of broken hearts,
nsanlty and bitter desolation. Periaps
one of the most, strange was
hat of 5-year-old Rosle Adams, of
Jhleago, who was carried away by
:ypsies.
The parents turned all their beonglngs
into money and stnrted or
i hunt that carried them as far as
I angary and Egypt. Everywhere
he girl had been sent on to another
ribe and they lost the trail. .
Finally in Massachusetts the
ouple found their daughter in the
amp of Chief John Stanley. Here
nine the strangest, part of the story.
The parents were penniless and broken
in spirit. The gypsy who had taken
heir daughter offered to take the>n
nto the tribe. And the parents ac
'pied the offer.
Daring in its successful rescue atempt
was the story of Johnny Conway,
of Albany, in 1897. A ransorr
->f $5,000 was demanded. Instead
the father, P. P. Conway, a tralr
niiiutuur, cunenea it posse and won
io a place In the woods where h<
thought the kidnapping party wa<
in hiding. Ills surmise was right
tnd a revolver battle was fought be
tween the two parties.
The hoy was rescued, unhurt, ant
three of the kidnapeprs arrested
One, A. S. Warner, was an Allmn;
lawyer. Each was sertfonced to li
years In the penitentiary.
There Is a ghastly touch In th
abduction in 1898 of Oerlad T-apimer
a two-year-old New York baby, wh
was heir to $200,000.
Baby flerald simply disappoacrd
There was no demand for ransom, n
word from the kidnappers. Folic
and detectives were unable to gai
any clew. It was a nine-days' senss
Mon. this disappearance of the hah
heir.
It was several months before th
mystery was solved, and then h
chance. Gerald was discovered lit
ing on a farm near Palnesville, O
with an old couple of Imbeciles nan
ed John Collins and Anna Tngersol
The baby was returned to his roll
lives, the couple sent to an asvlun
They seemed to have no motiv
for stealing the baby except thi
they wanted it.
The kidnapping of 1901 of Fredd
Muth, eight-year-old son of a Phlli
delphia Jeweler, furnished an e:
MANY LIVES LOST
AND MANY THOUSAND DOLJiAID
DAMAGE DONE
By Destructive Sturm Tliut Swcpi
| Through Northwestern Part ol
Wine County, Texas.
Dallas, Texas, March 24.?Twelve
known dead, property loss reaching
into the thousands of dollars and
1 possibly a score injured are the
, results of a tornado which swept
over the northwestern part of Wise
county late last night. Severul
small towns were visited by the storm
but none were entirely destroyed, although
each suffered serious damage.
The general course of the tornado
seems to have been from tho west
to southwest. Starting at Craftou
in the northeastern part of the county
it passed to the north of Decatur,
the county seat, and struck several
small settlements of which St. Idell
is the centre. From here the tor|
nado appears to have ttirimH ur>nti?
east, continuing its course without
doing further serious damage.
The greatest loss of life occurred
in the country. Tito destruction of
one farm house alone caused the
death of eight persons. This single
tragedy of the storm occurred near
St. Idell. The farm houso of Ira
Rice was crushed in hy the furious
wind and the family of eight members
pinned beneath the wreckage.
The light in the house at the time
of the disaster caused the ruins to
become tguited and fanned hy th?
strong wind the flames destroyed the
lives of the helpless victims.
The towns of Sanger and Greenwood
were hit and a number of houses
were moved from their foundations.
The G*>od View school house
near Sanger was wrecked. In this
vicinity Ren Wilson and Glasgow
ClaTTt. farmers, and two children of
a negro tennnt were killed. Mrs. C.
M. R-entley Is seriously hurt with a
broken leg and several negroes are
less seriously injured.
At Grafton every business house
save one was blown down. The
Methodist and Raptist churches were
completely wrecked.
Several residences and two churches
were blown down at Hruinlow.
This town Is located near St. Idell.
which appears to be the storm centre.
Heavy sand storms occurred yesterday
at Dubliu, Gainesville and
other points In that vicinity. Fences,
small buildings and wind mills
were raised by the storm In the outlying
districts.
ample of swift legal vengeance almost
without parallel.
Freddy was stolen on June 12,
1901, by John J. Kean, who started
to rup away with him, then ehanged
bis mind and decided to bury the
boy alive. All evening the two
wandered about the city, going to
theatres. In the morning Kean made
the child dig its own grave.
While the boy was still toiling
puiice Dursi in and took Kean to jail.
Arraigned within a week, it took
the prosecution only two hours to
bring in all the testimony and arguments
thry needed. Five minutes
later the jury had called him guilty
and judge had sentenced him to 20
years solitary confinement. in the
penitentiary.
Tlie "nurse girl ease" in New
York In 1899 was a tremendous sensation.
A nurse maid named Bella
Anderson had taken her charge, 18months-old
Marion Clarke, out for
a trip through Central park. They
did not come hack.
Instead a note was found pinned
on the doorstep the next morning.
"If you don't leave the money here,
or if yon tell the police," It read,
"we'll pin the baby's ears here."
Despite tlte threat, the parentf
appealed to the police, who found the
i haby alive and crowing a few dayf
later in Summit, N. J. They arrested
the nurse, also Mark Barrows
and his wife. 'ihe nurse, who was
only an accomplice, got four years
i while Barrows drew 14 and wem
I insane. Tils wife got 12 and is stii
i in prison.
1 The most famous black hand cas<
was that of Tony Mnnnino, of Brook
4 l.vn. .Dist $r,0.000 was demanded foi
. Tony's release. The parents refuses
- to appeal to the police, and woult
never tell whether any of the mon
1 ey was paid over or not, but th<
. haby was restored.
V The note demanding the mone;
5 was unusual. "We are not. criml
nnls," It read. "We are nico gentle
e men. like you. Only we have no
made money like we expected, so w
o take this way of getting money t
get back to beautiful Italy."
I. To find little Erica Egbert, wh
o was snatched from her mother's arm
e on the streets of Chicago, a 30,00(j
n mile trip was made. The
l- who was editor of the Bache'.o
y Rooks. was shopping at. the tinv
when a man grabbed the baby an
e disappeared in the erpwd. A hn
y and ery was set. tip, but the bah
r- could not be found.
Leaving her work, Mrs. Egbei
ir set set out In search of her ohlh
1. following mysterious clews, until sh
i- finally recovered it at Madras, Tndii
i. In addition to the successful a'
re ductions, many other efforts hat
it been made at different, times. Mar
threats were made about Orov<
ly Cleveland's family, and the Goull
i- have kept guards over their cblldre
k- for years.
THE RIGHT ONES
Man and Women Held For kidnapping
Are Identified
BY THE STOLEN BOY
MONEY COMING
4 INSURANCE COMPANIES BRING
IX G SURPLUS HERE.
t A High Insurance Official Says the
f Companies Will Invest Very Heavily
in South Carolina.
( Columbia. March 24.?"Life ln,
surance companies of the North are
I seeking desirable investments not
, only in this State, but throughout
the South, and there is no reason
t to doubt investments of this kind
I will become more general and heavy
l in the immediate future," said Mr.
Robert Lynn Cox. manager of the
association of life insurance presi,
dents, which ex-President Grover
Cleveland presided over up to the
time of his death. Mr. Cox was
here todtay in conference with insurance
Commissioner McMaster
with regard to the new laws passed
by the legislature affecting insurance
companies.
"Truth is." continued Mr. Cox.
"the Insurance companies wnnt to
distribute their assets throughout
the country, and they are doing this
to a much greater extent than is
generally understood. We want investments
of a desirable kind all over
the country. One of our companies,
and not the largest one, has
investments now in every State in
the Union, where it is doing business,
and in addition in five States where
it is not doing business.
"Rujt the pulpit should under*
stand that the insurance companies
have certain well defined limitations
in making investments, limitations
which are provided for in the by-laws
for the proper handling of trust
funds if they are not laid down in
the law of the State in which they
are chartered. Insurance companies
can not invest trust funds in
business ventures or industrial enterprises.
The money is to be had
on adequate security, but can not
be got without the security. Ilea'
state loans up to half the valu?
of the property are desirable when
there are settled conditions, wher<
the vahie are not likely to depreciate.
in growing communities.
"Yea, county and municipal bonds
are acceptable, where there is a fair
rate of interest, for you know the
law requires the Insurance companies
to earn a certain amount of
interest. But there must he no
question about the validity of the
bonds. I don't know that I have
seen any case of State or county
or municipal bonds being repudiated,
but there has been some experience
with school bonds which
have made the companies avoid thest
sort of investments. Some schoo'
districts have been very anxious tc
get hold of the money, but thought
nothing then of turning about and
repudiating the bonds which were
given as security."
Within the past few months much
insurance money has l?een placed
in Columbia and elsewhere through
out the State, at rates of interest
ranging from !> 1-2 to 7 per cent
Nearly $100,000 was recently placed
t\n \f n I n c* I foot rv ? * -- 1
. nuni, |?i u|in i y III inilimhia
at F> 1-2 per cent. However,
on account of the companies declining
loans for more than half th?
value of the property the new cheap
money is not doing tho small holder
of property much good. Inasmuch as
the loans are for a term of three
yenrs, the fees for passing upon the
papers eating tip the difference in
the interest.?Columbia Record.
FIRED OX OFFICERS.
, Attempt. Made to Assassinate Citj
Policeman.
Greenville, March 24.?A bold at'
tempt was made to assassinate Pat"
rolman Attaway, of the local po'lce
* force, this morning about 2:3d
! o'clock. Mr. Attaway was going to
his home in the western part ol
f the city, having been relieved fr>m
I duty at 1 o'clock. He was walking
up a railroad track, and when hi
II neared a small house near the ron.l
" a man stepped out and asked: "I:
r that you, Attaway?" Mr. Attawax
' replied In the affirmative, whereup
' on the man commenced firintr. Aftei
" firing tho first shot the man begar
s to run, firing at the officer six tlmoi
as he ran. All of the shots went wid<
v' of the mark. In the darkness Mr
* Attaway could not recognize thi
" would-be assassin. The police forci
* Is working on a clue.?News am
? Courier.
o
SEVERAL GOOD POSITIONS
o
p
i. In the Hureau of Plant Industr
Hard to Pill.
r
?. Washington, Mnrch 14.?Severs
?1 jobs paying from $1,500 to $2,25
e In the bureau of plant Industry hav
<7 gone begging, and to supply the d<
mind for properly equipped men. th
rt government, through the civil sen
1. Ico commission, has scattered broa<
ie raft an announcement of a forthcon
#. ing examination to fill the varai
v cies. "Physiologist In poisonous
re plant investigations" is the posltic
y for which tho commission 1n var
?r ous parts of the country will te
Is applicants. Women are barred fro
n the examinations, which will he he
on April 28, 1909.
The Man and Woman Arrested in
Cleveland Prove to be the Ones
Who Stole the Sharon Lad and
the Ones Who Received the Money
From the Father.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 24.?V
lie Whitla today identified the man
and woman held on suspicion by the
Cleveland police us the persons who
kidnapped him from the school at
Sharon, Pa., last Thursday and held
him for the $10,000 ransom, which
was paid by the father. Attorney J.
P. Whitla, Monday.
Willie said the man who gave tho
name of Jas. 11. lioylo was the one
who took him from school and carried
him through a tortuous routo
.o Cleveland, then to Ashtabula, back
to this city, and placed him in tho
house in the east end, where he was
held until the money was paid.
Willie also declared that the woman
was the one who cared for him at
the house where he was detained,
and who acted the part of a nurse.
Boyle said the woman is his wife.
The police have no other identill
cation or the couple than the names
given. So far as the man is concerned,
the police believe the name
is correct. Boyle is said to reside
in Sharon, and is a plumber by trade,
tie is said to have a widowed moth r,
four brothers and a sister.
The woman, who is accredited with
being the wife of Boyle, declared
loon after her arrest that her identification
would cause a sensation
.n Sharon. When identification was
completed, Mr. Whitla would say
10thing regarding the woman. He
said he knew Boyle slightly. Attorney
Whitla, accompanied by Mrs.
tVhitla, son and. daughter, Willie and
inline, a boy school mate of Willie;
tlarry Forker, a brother of Mrs.
Whitla, Janitor Sloss, Chief of Police
Crane, Detective Kempler, district
Attorney Llninger, former Disrict
Attorney Cochran, and Detective
Ward, nil of Sharon, arrived at 1
> clock today to seo the prisoners.
Mr. Whitla went to the police staion,
but was not allowed to see tlio
irisoncrs himself. lie was informed
by the chief that the only identitl ation
he desired was that which only
he boy, Willie, could make. The fa?her
then agreed" to let Willie st o
the man and woman. Mr. and Mrs.
Whitla, their children and Janitor
Sloss appeared before the chief of
police.
The man was the first one taken
before them. Boyle was a little pale
ind nervous.
Chief Kohler asked Willie if he
had ever seen the man before.
"Sure," said Willie brightly.
'Why that is the man i left Sharon
.vlth. He took me to Cleveland, then
?o Ashtabula, and back to Cleveland."
Tiie boy was asked the same ques.ion
again to make certain of his
memory, and again the lad declared
lie was positive.
"He had a mustache when I first
jaw him at the school house," Willie
supplemented, "hut he must have
'ut It. off later. This is the way he
looked when I last saw him in
Cleveland."
Boyle smiled sarcastically, hut said
not a word. Then the woman was
brought in. She was defiant and
haughty In her demeanor. Blankly
sho stared at Whit la and the other"
members of the party. Her only
relapse from the indignant mann r
was when she first saw Willie. The *
woman smiled. ^
Immediately Willie walked up to
her and extended his hand and said;
"How do yon do?"
"Hello, Willie," the woman re,
plied, as she placed her hand upon
his head and caressed him for an
, instant.
The hoy then stepped back to hjg '
father and was asked several questions
by the chief of police.
, "Yes, I know her." he said. "Rht *
was the nurse who took care of me
, in Cleveland. She told me I was
, sick and in a hospital. I saw bor
4 a whole lot and she was with me
, most of the time."
Notwithstanding the woman's for?
mer assertian that there would he
p a sensation when she was identified
j or when Whit la saw her. Bhe wid
Whltla looked at each other -Without
any outward evidence of recognition.
They did not speak with
each other. Neither did she spe?Tk
with any of the other members of
51 the party. Whitla made no comments
regarding the woman tinder
suspicion.
il The movements of the Whitl^ parfi
tv were greatly hampered. Thous
e ands of persons followled their every
s- move. At the police station the ofie
fleers had difficulty in handling the
ir- throng. The steps outside and the
1- corridor Inside were packed,
v When leaving fhe station Mr.
r?- Whit la picked Willie np and placed
i him on his shoulder. The police
>n formed a wedge In front, and with
1- a foot ball rush they hurried out.
st As they passed nlong the corridor
m the crowd shouted: . "Hello, Wllld
lie/* many attempting to fouch him
and others tried to^shake hands.
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