Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, August 26, 1909, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES
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? VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 19Q9 NO. 19
THE STATE DRY
Or Practically So, As Only Six
Counties Are Wet
TUESDAY'S ELECTION
Left Only Aiken, Beaufort, Charleston,
Florence, Georgetown and
Richland Counties in the Wet
Column?All the Other ThirtySix
Counties Are in Dry Column.
Further returns received from the
dispensary elections held in the various
counties Tuesday have removed
all doubt aB to the result and show
that fifteen of the counties went
"dry" and six "wet." The balance
In Florence, Georgetown and Beaufort
was cast for the dispensaries,
and in Kershaw for prohibition, so
that the line-up 1r as follows:
For DiBpenBary?Aiken, Beaufort,
Charleston, Florence, Georgetown
and Richland.
For Prohibition?-Abbeville. Bam
bwrg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Cajhoun,
MB*; & 'Colleton, Dorchester, Pair field,
^Btapton, Keiahaw. Lee. Lexington,
' ><K>rnitgeburg, fcSrnler and WllllamBIn
a few of the counties the returns
are not. complete, but those
yet to be received will not affect the
general result in any county.
Georgetown went wet by a majority
of only 89 votes, Florenco by
41, and Calhoun went dry by only
14 votes. The only serious talk of
a contest that has been reported li
In Richland, where the Prohibitionists
are not satisfied with the result.
As a result of the elections Tuesday
thirty-six counties in South Carolina
will be dry within a few weeks,
and in the six above mentioned the
dispensary system will bo re-established
as soon as the necerary formalities
can be complied with.
MJSS KIRK WINS CASK.
Board of Health Can't Keep Her In
Pest House.
The famous Kirk, leprosy case
from Aiken was decided In the supreme
court Thursday In favor of
Miss Kirk. The mnjorlty opinion is
by Justice Woods, Justice Hydrlck
ean/lnrln or r? d iuunii I I ttfr r\nln i/tn
* CI1UCI tllfS ? UIDOrumib V/|UI1IUU J
against Miss Kirk.
The decision means that the Aiken
board of health can not, as it tried
to do, confine Miss Kirk to the county
pesthouso. The circuit courts's
action In the case Is affirmed. It
came before the circuit court by injunction
from the action of the
board of health to confine Miss Kirk
in the pesthouso.
Owing to the peculiar nature of
the case, and to the fact that Miss
Kirk, a missionary, who had contracted
the disease in Ilrazll, was
not only a woman of refinement and
education, but aged, blind an 1 helpless,
the case has attracted much attention
throughout, this and other
States, and the decision is of interest
particularly 10 local boards of health.
It is decided that the action of a
board of health may be reviewed by
nCourt, although action lor damwill
not ile against the memOf
the board for wrong dotenor
isolation, uuleas'thta is done
in bad faith.
KILLKI) FOR HKK MONEY.
Body of a (Jcoi'Kla Lady Found With
Skull Crushed.
News has Just reached Broxton,
Ga., of the murder of Miss Mattle
Graham, which occurred some time
during Thursday night near her
home, two miles north 01 Hokerboro,
In Coffeo county. The woman was
dragged to a branch half a mile from
her house, where evidences of a desperate
struggle ensued. The body
was beaten and the skull crushed.
The object of the murder was evidently
robbery as the was a rich
woman. An autopsy, however, mayreveal
evidence of a more serious
crime. She was prominent and highly
connected.
Miss Graham was one of two maiden
sisters who occupied their home
alone. The other sister was away
from home at the time of the murder
and there Is no clue to the perpetuators
of the deed.
Sheriff Dave Rlc.ketson was at once
notified and. In company with the
coroner, went, to the scene of the
crime.
4 Dice
Horrible Heath.
News reached Mobile Thursday of
the horriblo death of J. W. Harrlll,
of tho Lo'wery Lumber Company, one
mile east of tlll&vilie, Miss., Wednesday
morning. The logging train
on which Harrill wis riding went
into a burning trestle, the englno
falling through, Harrlll being Maided
and .burned to death. Engineer
Robv-t Strickland was severely burned
In trying to rescue Harrill.
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and Suicide.
.n nllch. of Lansing,
Mi-h . sbS end killed his wife Monnedinfe'v
after thr
shooting Orselleh twallot/ed a qiian
tity of carbolic acid. dyln? soon afterward.
Both were 19 years ol
ago.
YOUNG MEN FIGHT
AND ONE IS SHOT AND KILLED
BY THE OTHER.
The Slayer Claims Self-Defense bat
Others Say That He Stood Behlng
a Tree and Shot.
N. H. Hamlet, a young man, an
operative In the Langley mill, was
placed In the Aiken Jail Wednesday
morning. Hamley shot and instantly
killed John Rhoden, another young
man. with whose brother Hamlet
had a disturbance Tuesday night.
i u? Buooung occurred atK)ut 6
o'clock Wednesday morning In the
public park at Langley. Hamlet was
lmmedltaly taken In charge and carried
to Aiken. Deputy Budbee
met Mr. John Clockley, in whose
charge Hamlet was, at Granitevlllo,
en route to Aiken.
John James and Oscar Hhoden, ,
three brothers, moved to Langley i
some years ago and kept batchelors' .
quarters there. They are well ,
known young man, having splendid
reputations for quiet and peaceful- ,
ness. ,
Mr. Hamlet says that ha regrets ,
very much that be committed the ,
homicide, but said that he was com- <
polled to do so in slef-defense. He
said that Wednesday morning as ,
he was going to the mill to work, ,
he forgot his keys and started back ,
to get them. In the park he en- ,
countered John Rhoden and a dlf- |
Acuity took place then In regard to {
the disturbance the previous night j
between himself and James Rhoden, (
brother of the deceased. He main- |
tains that he did not shoot until ,
after Rhoden fired twice at him with (
a revolver. He then shot, he says, j
in self-defense. He said be had nov- j
er had any disturbance with Rhoden
previous to this.
Several partleB from Langley were
seen and interviewed and the general
version of the killing appears to
be about sh follows:
Tuesday night James Rhoden and
Hamlet had a disturbance at the
"merry-go-round" at Langley. The
cause of this disturbance is not
known, but is said to ha.e been because
Hamlet walked between Rhoden
and a young lady whom he was
escorting. The brother Is said to
have prevented the two men from
fighting. Wednesday morning, it is
generally rumored. Hamlet walked
cut In the park and getting behind
a tree, waited for Rhoden to pass
going to work in the mill. When
the latter passed, he stepped, so the
story goes, from behind his place
of hiding and fired once, Rhoden
falling almost instantly, but, it is
said, firing once as he was falling,
or hcd fallen to the ground, this shot
going stray.
The deceased was an excellent
young man. He was prominent in
the fraternal world, belonging to
several orders, including Royal
Arch Masonry, bo it is said, having
only recently taken his degree in
the Aiken lodge. The affair is deeply
regretted.
ARKANSAS RIVER OVERFLOWS.
Railroads Washed Away and People
Are Homeless.
Trains blocked in lonely mountain
risrcaq trarl/a nrocK a/1 otmom *? *** ' ~
v> Mvnu naoilCU O T? a J (111U 1 LI j
some instances pitched into canyons
hundreds of feet deek; families (
driven from their homes to shelter
in higher places; these were some
of the scenes revealed at daybreak
Thursday morning along the overflowed
Arkansas river, says a dispatch
from Denver, Col.
Alarmed at another cloudburst at
Four Mile creek near Canyon City
Thursday night, score of residents in
the lower section of Pueblo and other
points passed the night in removing
their household effects to safety.
The famous Royal Gorge with
walls a thousand feet high, has been
washed by the torrent for almost 4 8
hours and the railroad tracts have
been destroyed.
Trains on the Colorado Midland,
Denver and Rio Grande and other
railroads, most of them carrying
Eastern tourists, have been detoured
over long routes, and it Is said that
tho detouring of trains of trains will
be necessary for four or five dayB.
FOir\r> COTEOK IN RUBBISH.
It W'm for One Thousand TV>ll*rs,
in a Letter.
At Chicago postofllce inspectors
Thursday discovered a letter containing
a check for $1,000 payable to
the Mary Thompson hospital In a
pile of rubbish beneath the flooring
of Station IT., a depot suh-statlon
of the poBtofflco. With this latter
wore a number of others, each containing
smaller checks. Tho discovery
of tho missing mail followed the
arrest of one of the employes at the
sub-station. T'he postofflce authAriI
ties declare that many letters have
been rifled by the prisoner and that
those found by him to contain
checks and no money were not forwarded
to the owners, but were hidden.
Horn With Winps.
, A woman of Roanoke, Va., gave
birth, this wtek. to a child with
. feathered wings lstead of arms.
[ The baby, it is said, makes a noise
] like a chicken.
TRAGIC AFFAIR
Young Woman Shoots a Young
Man Who She Says
HAD RUINED HER LIFE
The Shooting Took Place in the
Agent's Office of the Central of
Georgia Railroad in Augusta, Ga.,
Where the Young Man Was Employed.
D. Richard Watson, cashier lu the
agent's office of the Central of Georgia
railroad, at Augusta, Ga., was
shot and dangerously wounded at
11:30 o'clock Wednesday by Miss
Elvira Todd, a young woman twentyone
years of age, for whom Watson
Is said to have formerly had an attachment.
Watson was removed to
the City Hospital, suffering from a
wound In the left chest just below
the collar bone, a flesh wound In
the throat and a broken leg between
the hip and the knee, all of
the wounds being Inflicted with a
3 2-callbre revolver.
In describing the tragic affair
the Augusta Chronicle says tragic
and thrilling as the scene enacted
it the office of the agent of the Central
railroad at the corner of Washington
and Calhoun streets, when
i tall, dark-haired and youthful looking
woman, dressed in deep black,
antered the place hurriedly. She
lad a handbag suspended from her
waist while In her right hand was
an umbrella. As she reached the
andlng of the steps she threw down
ler umbrella without closing it and
3Tiierc-d the ball. Watson worked In
he fl.-st office to the right of the
ioor and calmly, yet wtih wonde Tul
swiftness which took all of the occupants
completely by surprise, the
woman swept Into the room. Watson
was standing behind a railing
and was waiting on a customer and
lis face was towards the door that
Miss Todd entered.
Tho first shot weut wild and likewise
did the next two. L. W. Harsroves
and H. M. Cohen, who were
n the nfflpn with ?-? ?*
...v. .* wiwvu, iau UU'
brough a small gate while Watson
Tied to hide behind the door of an
ron safe In the office. Seeing the
Sate thrown open, the frenzied wor.at
took advantage of her chance
:o get on the inside and she ruBhed
n. While Watson was lying behind
the Iron safe door the woman
Btood above him and fired three
ihots, all of which took effect. She
;rled to shoot again, but was presented
by Detective Hall, who hearng
the shooting and was close by
an to the place. As Miss Todd
itepped upon the ground, after beng
arrested by the detective, she
s quoted as saying, "I did my duty,
[ am glad I have done it and I woud
lo It all over again If necessary."
Detective Hall says that the woman
had been around the Central
Railroad office for several days and
that two days ago she 'stayed near
the place from 5 o'clock in the afternoon
until 8:30 at night. Hall
says that on this occasion Watson
knew she was trying to see him
and he jumped out of a window and
ran home. Detective Hall say6 also
that Tuesday she was at the office
and when Watson Jumped out of a
window, trying to elutfe her she
?,ti?e tuust? uui was unable to catch
him. On another occasion, according
to the detectve, Miss Todd called
Watson to the window of his office
and brandishing a long knife declared
that she intended to have him
marry her and cursed hltn. Hall
says that the woman told him Wutson
had been faithless, after ruining
her life and that after repeated
promises had refused to marry her
Miss Todd claims to have met
Watson seven years ago at an entertainment.
She claims also that
at the time she formed an attachment
for him which has continued
ever since; that she was assured
by Watson time and time again that
he loved her and would marry her
when his financial Circumstances
would permit of It; that he had ruined
her character and continued for
>spars to protest his devotion, yut
he "would never consent to marry her.
and '"ten finally he la ?tld to have
lafornud ber that he did not cure
to go with her longer, she was a
crazed woman and shot hint. From
his cot In the City Hospital Wat
son etated most emphatic*!!" that
he did not rnln Miss Toild and that
he hoped the public would withhold
opinion until he was completely recovered
when he would make a
| statement (or himself.
Five M*y B<7 Lost.
The b?rgo Stoawmont with a crew,
of five bound from Philadelphia fot
Portsmouth. N. H.. broke away from
a tug off Shinn^cock, L. I., Tuesdaj
morning, and it is feared that she
went to the bottom with all hands
Five other barges broke away and
floated helplessly for ten hours be
fore they were picked up.
Fatal Fend Fight.
Addie Chapman and John I,uttrel
arc dead and John Chumlcy nn<
wife, the son-in-law and daughtei
of T.uttrell. are seriously wohndet
as the result of a feud fight In Caso:
| county, Ky.
STABBED TO DEATH
DEAD BODY OP A MAN FOUND
WITH KNIFE WOUND.
The Dead Man is Will Brooks of
Angusta and Mark Duncan Is Held
as Murderer.
The swollen and partially decomposed
body of Will Brooks, a white
man of Augusta, Ga., was Friday
found in a corn field near Bath, with
a wound in his left side, evidently
inflicted with a pocket knife. The
man had been dead at least two days.
It is thought that the body was found
by some negroes in -rousing. The
body was drawn up and showed evidences
of the deceased having under- c
gone excruciating pain before death. 1
Coroner Johnson was not in the I1
city at the time of the finding of the t
body, having gone to hold an inquest ^
over tho body of a negro laborer to
who was killed near Sand Bar ferry
on the Savannah river by the caving *
in of Bald and the Inquest has not v
yet been held. c
The magistrate at Bath had Mark C
Duncan, white, taken In charge and
he will be held in the Aiken Jail n
pending the investigation of the b
death of brooks. On Wednesday a
night Duncan is known to have had h
a fight with Brooks near Duncan'3 h
home. Durncan is a married man n
and an employe, it is said, in the
Bath mill. Brooks is alleged to have t
Had or attempted to have illicit re- n
lationa with the wife of Duncan, v
It Is said that Duncan had warned k
him against these advances and a
warned him to stay away from his c
home.
Wednesday night Brooks again w
paid a visit to Duncan's home, it is g
said, and when Duncan accosted him T
about it Brooks Is said to have tl
struck him in the face and pulled b
his knife, whereupon Duncan also
drew his knife and they had a gener- tl
al fight, during which Duncan cut tl
Brooks in the side. tl
Brooks went away and from the w
fact that he went through a corn h
field it appears that he was attempt- h
ing to get away from Duncan. He
evidently died after getting n short li
distance from the house. Duncan F
does not deny having had the fight t!
and having cut Brooks. Duncan was ii
seen In the Jail by a newsaper cor- F
respondent, but he would make no b
statement. Duncan is about 40 years a
of age. Brooks resided in Augusta w
and was not employed at Bath.
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DOING A GOOD WORK. a
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The State Laboratory Popular With s
the Doctors.
The Columbia Record says num- n
bers of physicians from all parts of *
the State are beginning to take ad- l)
vantage of the recently-opened state
bacteriological lal>oratory. Dr. F. e
A. Coward, the physician in chargo, 1
is kept busy making examinations.
Two hundred and fifty specimens of
sputum, blood and fetal matter have
been examined since the first of July. |
Two suspected cases of rabies
are now undergoing treatment, and
two patients have been but recently
dismissed. Six animals have been
examined for rabies. On some days
Dr. Coward makes as many as 16 N
bacteriological examinations, which s
Is a hard day's work for one man.
The latest addition to the labora- 8
tory apparatus is a cool biological ^
Incubator, which lowers the temper- '
ature to 20 degrees Centrigrade. It
is used in making gelatine cultures 1
of germs. Gelatine makes a splendid '
culture medium for germs, but, on 1
account of the fact that it melts at a
low temperature, It must be kept
very cold. The germs thrive as well
at a low temperature as they do at a \
higher. The cold makes no differonce
to them.
Heat Kills Weevils.
Reports from many sections of
Texsas indicate Hhat the extreme
heat of the past few days had not
njured cotton in the southern portion
of the state, but has practically exterminated
the boll weevil so that
the late crop will be improved rather
than injured. Heat has caused the
weevil to fall off on the ground by
thousands.
Gayo ITp Fnrtunn to Marry.
In order to marry William T.
Foley, 21 years old, of Evansvilln,
Tnd., Mrs. Louise V. Reltz, aged 41
years, widow of John A. Rolts, of
Mt. Carmel, 111., abandoned a life
Interest In an estate valued at more
than $200,000. Mrs. Reltz has a son
and three daughters older than her
. husband.
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Seized With Cramps.
A dispatch from Gadsden. Ala.,
says while hurrying home to join
r his bride of a fow weeks. Sam Wood.
a prominent young man of thht
! county, was drowned a few days ago.
r Wood In his haste undertook to sVlrc
i the Coo6a river and was seized with
. cramps. The bodv has not been re[
covered.
Plague of Mosquitoes.
Great herds of cattle are standing
in the Gulf of Mexico and starving
1 to death owing to n pest of moaqul1
toes that has struck Texas. Outr
door work along the coast has been
1 fuspended and railroad passengers
r must cover their faces If they wish ,
I to travel In comfort. |
BRUTAL CRIME
A
For Which a Fiend Is Quickly
Caught and Hur g by
OUTRAGED CITIZENS
rite Fiend Was an Ex-convfct and
Was Taken From the Sheriff.
He Wm Charged With Assanltlng
and Murdering a Woman and Her
T.lttln Uahv
Henry Haylor, a negro ex-convict,
harged with assaulting a white wonan
Tuesday and then murdering
ler and her infant, was Friday af- ,
ernoon taken from the sheriff of
Villcox county, Gft., between Lumpen
and McRae, and lynched.
The crime for which the negro
vas lynched by indignant citizens
ras one of the most brutal ever reorded
in the criminal annals of
leorgla.
The negro's victim and her 8aonths-old
baby were left at their
tome at Lumpkins Ferry Tuesday
fternoon and that Bight when the
iusband and father returned from
is work both his wife and baby were
lissing.
A search revealed the fact that
hey were not at the home of any
ctghbor. Soon their disappearance,
rlth suspicion of foul play, was
nown throughout the neighborhood
nd search for them was immediately
ommenced.
Thursday afternoon the bodies
rere found in a small pond not a
reat ways from the woman's home,
he woman had been assaulted and
hen choked to death, while the bay's
skull had been crushed.
Henry Taylor had told of seeing
he woman with her baby, going in
he direction of the pond in which
heir bodies were found. Suspicion
as Immediately directed toward
im on the finding of the bodies, but
e had disappeared.
Early Friday Taylor was arrested
l Ben Hill county, near Lumpkin
'erry. He was taken in charge by
he sheriff of Willcox county, who
mmrdli ely started for Fitzgerald. g
'lni'.'.ng that his way was blocked
y the presence of largo numbers of
roused people, a circuitous route
ras taken.
The citizens, however, learned of
h? rliariFB r>f nlana and. continti- c
Uy augmented by blood-thirsty men, ,
he mob followed the trail of the ,
herlff and Anally came upon him j
etween Lumpkins Ferry and Mc- t
Lae and quick work was made of the ]
egro. After being strung up to a j
ree, Taylor's body was llled with ]
ullets.
Taylor had only recently complet- (
d serving a chalngang sentence In ,
his county. *
DIED PROM TAKING OPIUM.
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'hysiclans Believe Ifolloway Took
Poison.
A special dispatch from Augusta <
0 The State says P. P. Hollaway,
vhlte, aged 37 years, died Friday 1
ifternoon at the city hospital, and
he physicians are sure that It 1b
1 case of suicide. Dr. G. T. Horre
vas called to the boarding house at
?36 Broad street where Holloway
ived abotu 2 o'clock Friday afterloon
and found him in a comatose
condition. His eyes were wide open
ind his general appearance caused
Dr. Home to believe that the man
haM f o Von nnl u m
i u vi vancii v^/iuuii
Mrs. Taylor Brown who Is the proprietor
of the boarding house where
Holloway bad been living for four
months, stated that Holloway was
a native of Gaines, 8. C., which is
a small place near Greenwood. He
was married to a Miss Btallwortb
when about 21 years of age and has
a son aged 15 years and a daughter
17. The son Is in Greenwood
and the daughter is in McRae, Ga.
Holloway was a fireman on the
Georgia railroad. Recently he went
to McRae to see his daughter and on
bis return Mrs. Browne says that he
told her his daughter' aunt would
not let him see her. Mrs. Brown
says that his daughter and eon Inherited
retvura! thousand dollars
each from their mother and that on
account of Holloway's drinking at
times she supposed that he was not
permitted by his daughter's relatives
to see her. |
FHfcht TraJn FUmn Handcar.
Daniel Hayes wan kllle d and
Missee Addle and Ola Porcher were
Injured near Brunnwlck, Ga., Friday,
when a freight train on the Atlanta.
Birmingham & Atlantic railway Col1
fded wlVh a hand car o'n vbirh thv
young wcrnc'n, wtfo w'eYe boYi'nd foV
their father's tfawmfl'l. were rlfilnir.
D. T. O'Neal, also a phkeeng'dr Cn
hand car, wan badly cut in the collision.
Adjourn Court.
Justice Daniel's court at Shack.
Ga., was broken up by a swarm of
bees being dislodged from the celling.
During the argument of an attorney
the boo? dropped and scat:
tared oVer tho crowd. Almost evtnry
| perron prestmt wsa stung. The magistrate
eecaped through a window.
Several persons were seriouely inI
Jurcd by the stinging of the bees.
WILL BE TRIED
DISPENSARY CASES WILL COME
UP NEXT MONTH.
The Alleged Grafters Will Answer
to the Charge of Wrong Doing at
Columbia.
The State says the trial of a number
of the ex-of!lclals and others employed
at the old State dispensary
and charged with graft as a result
win iane piuce nexi monm, u me
plans of Attorney General Lyon are
not sidetracked In some way.
This is practically an official statement
given the attorneys representing
some of those now under indictment.
Judge Memminger will preside
at the coming term.
There are now a number under
indictment, all being out on bond,
but it has not yet been definitely decided
which of the cases will be
taken up. However, Attorney General
Lyon wishes to clear the docket
as rapidly as possible and ho will
consult with Solicitor Cobb as to
the disposal of the "jail cases." It
Is probable that the first week will
dispose of these and the officials
will be able to take up the dispensary
trials.
Among those now under Indictment
are: W. O. Tatum, John Black,
John Bell Towill, L. W. Boykln, Jos.
B. Bylle, J. W. Rawlins, W. A. By?rs,
J. S. Farnum and Norton A.
Soodman. Warrants were sworn
3ut for these men at various time,
following the Investigation of the
legislative committee and the work
jf the State dispensary commission,
ifter evidence adduced by those Interested
in the Investigation.
There is also an order for an
Indictment of J. D. Allsbrook, c
former dispenser at Manning, who
:estifled before the legislative c ?mr.ittee
and wL-cse arrest was afterwards
ordered for perjpry. aIIearook
will be remembered generally
because of his remark, "Whose bread
I cat his song 1 sing."
There will be a number of attorleys
on both sides In these car.es
ind the testimony will be read with
nterest throughout tho ennnti'v. he
anse of the prominence givon the
tivcstigation and the results that folowed
the death of the State dispensary
and the adoption of the local
option plan and, later, prohibition in
nany counties.
In the testimony produced by the
state or the defendants some of the
nost prominent men In the country
will probably be Involved. From a
egal standpoint It is expected that
:here will be a battle from the start,
:>ut the outcome In the lower court
probably rests with the jurors of
Richland.
The fall term of the court of gen>ral
sessions will convene on Moniay,
September 6. *
TRAGEDY IX POLICE OFFICE.
Shoots His Wife Ilccause She Had
Left Him.
George P, Marlon, aged 52 years
of Atlanta, Ga., shot aud instantlj
killed his common law wife in the
office of the chief of police in
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Friday night.
Marion and the deceased, who was
formerly Miss Frances Lee, of Zion
City, 111., had, it is alleged, been living
together as husband and wife for
seven years.
Marlon, during the winter, was
a theatrical advance agent and a
Pullman car conductor during the
summer. Several weeks ago. It Is
said, the woman ran away with
another man, taking her child with
her.
Marion traced them to Wllkeabarre,
and through the chief of police
arranged to meet his wife at
police headquarters. When they met
he kissed her and both appeared happy
Turing to Chief of Police L-ong.
Marlon asked the latter to step from
the office a few moments while he
spoke to his wife In private.
The chief, thinking he was accomplishing
a kind act by bringing man
and wife together, readily consented
As soon as he left the room, Maron
asked his wife If sho would return
to Atlanta with him. Hhe re
fufced, whereupon he pulled a re
Volver and shot her deed. '
Sues for Large Sum.
Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey o
the Third Judicial circuit Thursda:
fleled .mi t\ le Jaekj.v> county cir
cult at Newport, Ark., against 65 In
surance companies doing business li
Arkansas, asking penalties amount
ing to S65.000.000 for sllegerl vloln
Ucm of the Arkansas anti-trust laws
Mubi HAVo Iioozle.
, At "EdgetMd tht sh'c'riffbUfco v'a
Krolco'o into Friday night ani fou
sallctne of contraband llqlitfr, rc'ceni
ly Seized by the officers. wrTa stolei
Mr. Ouzas hao offered a reward c
$100 for tho apprehension of tb
guilty party or parties. There is n
clue to who they are.
Two Trains Crash.
A terrible railway disaster occti
red Friday when two trains came 1
to collision 3D miles north rff ?n
tiatfo, Cfhile. Many peVHrms we
killed or injured. Both trains we
eoi;jf>l?toly destroyed. Tho monela
Iosh -will roach $150,000.
WILD AUTO RACE
Frenzied Carnival of Speed Cost
Two Lives.
STORY OF THE DRIVE
. .Car Driven by William A. llonrque
Crashed into a Fence, Killing
the Driver and the Mechaniean,
Harry Molcolmb?Cause of tlio
Aeddrnt Merely Conjecture.
Two lives were lost and two speed
records were broken on Thursday
at Indianapolis, Ind., in races by
automobiles during the inauguration
of the motor speedway in that city.
William A. Bourque, driver of the
Knox car in the 200 mile race, and
Harry Ilolcolmb, hiB mechaniean,
wero kiPed In the frenzied carnival
of speed.
n?m jfl-i J j-i-i
uni uvy uiutifiu, unviug a nigupowered
Benz, covered a mile In 4 3
1-10, breaking DePalma'8 mark of
51, and Louis Chevrolet, in a Buick,
negotiated ten miles in the marvelous
time of 8:56 4-10, cutting Oidfleld's
time of 9.12. Both of these
are now American track marks.
Robert Burmnn, in a Buick car,
won the 250 mile race, the feature
of the day, and the contest which
cost Bourque and Holcolmb their
lives. Tho winner's time was
4.38.57-10.?slow, because of the
many accidents that mared the race.
The death of the two men caused
the American Automobile Association
to Issue an ultimatum to tho
owners of the big track that certain
changes njust be made, or the sanction
for the races will be withdrawn.
The Association demanded that the
track be freed from its many dangerous
ruts, which are claimed to be
unavoidable in a new track, and that
every inch of it be thoroughly oiled
and tarred.
Thursday only a short portion in
front of the grand stand was oiled
and the dust on tho other parts is
blRmed for the collapse of two drivers
in the long race?Louis Chevrolet
and Fred Ellis?who were
blinded by the dense white dust that
covered the major portion of the
track.
Tho Knox car, driven by Bourque,
was in second place, with Burfnan
in his Buick leading. It has covered
nearly 150 miles when the crash
came. Coming down the homo
stretch, the car suddenly swerved
and tore into the fence at the left
of the track, turning completely over
and pinning its two occupants beneath
it.
Both men were alive when taken
from under the lllfated machine,
but Bourque died in the ambulance
on the way to the Emergency Hospital.
Holcolmb lived a few minutes
longer.
According to the story told by
Private Frank Brandoer, Company
H, 2nd regiment, Indiana National
Guard, who was nearest the scene
of the accident and had a narrow esf?n
nn frnm I n 111 rtr cntnof M n tr on numl
both men to suddenly turn and look
around. As they did so the steering
wheel slipped from Bourque's
hands and he threw his arms helplessly
In the air. Then came the
crash.
One of the rear wheels was foun
a few hundred feet fro mthe seene
of the accident, and this has let to
the advancement of the theory that
the axle nuts on t had not been properly
tightened when the machine
had taken on a new tire shortly hefore.
The men probably felt that
wheels slipping off. and after they
looked behind they realized their
helplessness to prevent an accident.
Bourque was 26 years old and Holcolmb
22. Both were unmarried.
Albert. Denlson, the racing partner
of Bourque, collapsed after the accident
and the services of physicians
were required. Tho sight of the
two men lying dead was too much
for the friends of both.
T,ouls Chovrolet, tho French driver
of the Rulek, was led Itno the hostxUnl
alm/vai I.llrw1*-w1 mtik il.n tee
}MUU luiiiuai uiiuuuu w i ui i ii" uu
and dust from the track shortly after
tho two m*?n had died. Tho Fronrh~
man. who led during tho oarlv part,
of tho race, was forced to glv'e up.
As the result of tho two deaths,
the Knox Company has withdrawn
' all Its entries for tho next two days
and It Is raid It will probably novor
again enter Its cars In a raco.
Dead B?dy Found.
Will Long and Will Gilr,ath, two
mountaineers, were palled at Greonvlllo
on Thursday night on. a serious
charge of seriously injuring a white
man b'y the name of MarVin Rey*
n'oldr, whoso .lead body war. foxitid
r mutilated by the side of a rallrtfnd
t-- frark in the vicinity of Tvro'n. N. C .
> I but on the South Carolina side of tho
>f I border.
ie
10 Yonng Hero Drowns.
Claude Goddard, aged Beventeen.
and his brother. Matt, aged fifteen,
were drowned In the Tennessee rivr
or, near Dayton, Tor.n., Monday
n- morning. The older boy ventured
n- beyond his dbpth, and thr. youngor
fo lord, his life In a heroic, effnrt to
I'd save his brother. They sank clasped
ry in each others arms. Tho bodies
were recovered.