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HUMAN FIEND " Dr. B. Clarke Hyde Showi to be a Cruel Monster of Crimnalitj. MANY CRIMES CHARGED Against Him by the State, in its Terrtfic Arraignment of tho One Respectable Physician.?He Was Abnormally Cruel, Torturing Women and Animals, Then Murderer. Picturing Dr. B. C. Hyde as a man whose evil propensities led him during his boyhood to torture animals, in later life to abuse the poor and helpless, and in the fullness of professional Buccess to conceive the most colossal murder plot in the history of criminality. Attorney James A. Reed made t-he opening statement for the State in the physician's trial at Kansas City Monday. Hyde Is charged with poisoning his wife's father and members of his family so as Mrs. Hyde would inherit atl the wealth of her father. Tr leading up to the motive which the State claims caused the alleged murd?ers to be committed, Mr. Reed ex- i plained an overpowering greed for money had manisfested itself in Dr. Hyde. With a purpose of adding to his ' wealth, said Mr. Iteed, the physician mane love to women and then obtained mctiry from them. The deaths of Col. Thomas H. and Chrisman Swope and of James Moss Hunton were dealt with in detail. The charges that Dr. Hyde was responsible for the spread of typhoid fever in the Swope house, and that on three occasions he tried to poison Miss Margaret Swope, composed a considerable part of the address. T.he story of Col. James H. Hunton's death was made a little more clear. According to the statement, Dr. G. T. Twymn.n protested against Dr. Hyde treating Hunton to such an extent as he did. Dr. Hydo wa- in- i 1-1111 umcu 1 Ul llt's 1 l?;t*u m killing 11uu- ( ton by bleeding. 1 "The charge that brings the defendant to this bar of justice is that of .having with deliberation, premeditation and cold and calculating pur- < poso murdered one of ^Missouri's distinguished citizens, the kinsmai> of his wife, a benefactor to him," said Mr. Reed in opening his address. The proper investigation of thip 1 charge compels, the State believes. 1 delving into a series of crimes each s of which is a part and parcel of a p gigantic scheme of criminality, an r investigation of a sequence of law- t invading wrongs so far-reaching, bo b tremendous and ruthless in its con- r ception and partial execution, as to t challenge the horror and astonish- \ ment of the world aud to stand with- c out parallel in the annals of crime. s Earlier in .his address Mr. Reed c dwelt at some length upon the Intro- duction of Dr. Hyde into the Swope p family Mrs. Swope, when importuned by the physician to give .him the g hand of her daughter, started an t< Investigation of the physician and g< thus said the attorney, Hyde's char- n act?*r was first shown to her in its g true light. Regarding the Inquiry, he said: (< "Her investigation disclosed the fact f) that he was possepsed of abnormally r; cruel tendencies; that as a boy he w tortured animals, a characteristic t] whic.h manifested itself when as a ei man and a physician he held the pos- tl ltlon of city surgeon and in thatpos- w ltlon he bo demeaned himself toward the unfortunate nauner natients that n fell to Alia charge that he wag diB- g, charged for cruelties. a; "The specific occaaalon for his dis- s discharge was the injection of oil of p mustard into the body of an unfor- w tunnte woman who was In his charge w as police surgeon. w "Mrs. Swope's further efTorts si disclosed upon his part an abnormal tA longing for money. In the gratifi- ti cation of his desire, though in reas- tt onably good practice, he made love to women and under the guise of a (f sweetheart obtained from them large tr sums of money, amounting to thousands of dollars. It transpired also p( that he had been a grave robber." tj The deaths in the household were j,. taken up chronologically, Mr. Heed ti attempting to show that I)r. Hyde had planned his conquest of the tt wealth of the Swope heirs with cun- hi nlng. in The first stop, according to Mr. nl Rood, was to do away with Hunton, tli an executor of the Swope estate, and pj then Ret posession himself. Therefor, aald Reed, the physician drew n] two quarts of blood from Hunton's i>( body after he bad been stricken by in apoplexy and in four minutes Hun- ta ton was dead. ni "Within an hour after Hunton died he requested Miss Kellar, a nurse, cii to intercede with Col. Swope," said ar Reed, "to the end that he, Hyde, th be made executor in Hunton's place. pa Tbis was declined by iNliss Kellar." p0 Ddtails of Col. Swope's death were p0 then entered into. It was rehearsed to how, at the order of Dr. Hyde, Miss Kellar gave Col. Swope a capsule. t:c Convulsions ensued. Again at Hyde's r0 orders a hypodermic injection was rt: Riven. Death fol'owed. Having completed the history of the ca^e tc this be * . *' uygfcg|Hr AT MERCY OF TRUSTS >HIO LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SO REPORTS. Says Prices Paid the Farmer Are Beat Down While Prices to Retailers Are liaised Up. Ohio food consumers are at the mercy of the trusts says a report of t ho foori nt?A>\/* ? ,-1 - 1 vUu twu piuuc vuaiiiiinee uppuinieu by the Ohio Legislature to investigate the cause of high prices. The committee says: "The responsibility for high prices lies chiefly at the door of the packers. who beat down the prices paid to the farmer and put up the prices paid by the retailers. "Storage refrlegeratlon and speculation, the packers, the exporter and the pricemaker are the principal conditions and causes responsible for high prices." It is declared that there are 50,000 trusts in America, including associations of dealers and simular organizations, and all havo contributed to the advanced cost of living. The report goes on to say: "Residents of cities are capitalized and forced to yield dividends without regard to the law of supply and demand. Free trade between producer and consumer has been eliminated, selling to consumers at wholesale rates is forbidden by the manufacturer or some association. The retailer's proflt on trusAnade goods is reduced so low that he is forced to overcharge on other commodities or give short weights.' The federal tariff law is attcked as sheltering monopolies. Increase In food production could not benefit either city people or wage earners those who suffer most from the 1 !gh living cost?the committee [jolr.'j: out, because the laboring penile . ages are under trust control. If t' ve were an Increase in produc:ion. It is asserted, the trustB would simply reap greater profits by soiling more and paying less to the prolucers. Jn 14 years all prices hnve nd ranced, according* to the committee, it least b 1 per cent., as against an ncreao in wages of 40 per cent. PUBLIC SKKVICK COMMISSION. jovsrnof Appoints McDonald, Kiggn and ltnjior. The Governor Monday appointed Mtorney J. E. McDonald, of Wlnns>oro; Prof. William Riggs, of Clemlon; and ex-Senator Thomas M. Ray- i tor, of Orangeburg, to constitute the lew public service commission under he act of the legislature giving such l board authority to fix the maxi- < num gas, water and electric rates hroughout the State. Charleston, , larion, Spartanburg, Union and lonway are exempted. The commision's decisions are reviewable in the ircult conrt. t oint, Mr. Reed said: i "The foregoing evidence might he ( aid to bo the first evidential chap er that makes plain the plan aad ^ cheme of Dr. Hyde to accomplish as f cquisitlon of a large pa-t of th? wope fortune. f Tie next testimony that will lie In- s -oduced will be indicative of the f ict that the next move in th* car- ' ying out of this plan and purp>s> * as to remove as tnanv member* ?.f lie Swnpp family as might be l > the bd that the fall of each would swell * he fiortui?e that he. through his c ife, would be able to control." a A lengthy recital of how Dr. Hyde btalned typhoid and dlptlieria 1 erms of Dr. E. L. Stewart and the c ppearance of typhoid fever in the ^ wope residence followed. This ty- a hold could not have come from the ater used. It was said, because the t ater came from a cistern and was P ell filtered. It was on the occas- a on of Dr. Hyde's taking dinner with te Swope family on November 25 lat he Is thought to have spread le germs. It was said. ~ The alleged attempt of Dr. Hyde i poison Margaret Swope was theiy iken up. Mr. Reed said: f "One night while the girl was supused to be almost recovered from P 'phoid, a nurse learned that Hyde ! t (id pivpn hor n livixulni-n-ln l.. i..? I 1 on. P "When asked why he had made h 10 Injection, Hyde replied thai he 11 id only given oil of camphor for n i term It tent pulse. Miss Swope de- d od the physician felt her pulse and h ie nurse found no odor like oil of 1< ininphor. e "A sore has recently developed h ion the cirl's arm and the State T >1 loves it is due to the physician's tl Jection of some of the germs he ol?- ii ined from Dr. Twyman into this h ember. | a "A few days after th-e injection in- I e dent, Dr. Hyde left a capsule 11 nong the medicines belonging to w e girl. A nurse administered the ai psule. Miss Swope was seU-d wiih tl nvulsions. An examination of the cc ntents of her stomach showed it be strychnine." A significant feature of that sec>n of the sta'eraont which re 'erred kl Hyde'p purchasing poison was the p| ferente to th- store of tip* drug- c; jt of whom the poison was ?x>.igiu co lng burned recently. Ja FATAL TRAIN WRECK FOUR MAIL CLERKS DEAD AND FOUR ARE HUltl Flames Break Out and Bu?*n Up Ihf Wreckage, But All the i'ussenneri Escaped Death. Four mail clerks are dead ant three trainmen and a mail # *?? .u jured. as a result m a wreck of th< through flyer on the Il'.ianis Centra railroad, five miles north of Jack son, Miss., early Monday. The dead are. W. R. Lot*, mai clerk, of Memnhls: V. E. Una-y. -? rnni clerk, of 199 Adams avenue, M -m phis: Jones, Treoloar, mail clerk, o 223 Court avenue. Memphis. A. W Woods, negro, mail clerk, of Nev Orleans. The injured are: Ed Palmer n n? clerk, of Memphis; Engineer McKeer of MeCombirty, Miss.; Fireman E. A Ames, of MoCombrity,, Miss; Hag gagemaster G. G. Farrell. The wreck was caused by the en gine leaving the track and plunging down a fifteen-foot embankment carrying with it the baggege car mail, library car and~two Pullmans The remainder of the train remained on the track. The wreckage caughl fire and the bodies of the dead mall clerks were cremated. Col. Wm. C. Crane, of New Orleans, who was officer of the day during the recent Shrincr drills at New Orleans, was on the train and organized a relief crew, taking the passengers out through the windows. Procuring fire extinguishers from the mail car, Mr. Crane and his fellow passengers played streams on the flames In an effort to rescue the mail clerks, but without any effect on the fire. A few of the passengers sustained minor bruises, but none were seriously injured. It is said Supt. Hill i< ' other dlvU'iou cJTi- ials wio have b -T making .. n ?i vestigatio ?. arc convinced that' the train was deliberately wrecked and it is stated that special agent of the company have secured a clue to the guilty parties. The cause of the derailment was the removal of several fish plateB nt rail joints. The train ran a distance of eight rails from the point where first loosed fish plate was found bebefore it jumped the track. Holts and nuts bearing all evidence of having been freshly unscrewed were picked up along the track at daylight. A rail wrehch and bar was nlso picked up by the side of the track. Tho bodies of Mail Clerks Ix>t. Trelonr and Woods were recovered and F?e?t to Jackson to be prepared for burial. R. Howze was Injured, but not killed, as first reported. COMMON IJAR ANI) SLANDERER. That Is What Harvie Jordan Kays Tom Watson Is. Harvie Jordan, former editor of he Ootton Journal, of Atlanta, anlounces hi6 intention of appearing at )nce before Fulton county's grand lury and charging Tob. e. Watson, >ditor of the Jefforsonian, with libel. "I mean to preas the charges tgalnst Mr. Watson without delay," inld Mr. Jordan Monday, so, as the crand Jury meets again Thursday, it s probable that Mr. Jordan's charges vill be presented to It then. In a recent Issue of the Weekly efTersonlan Mr. Watson made ceraln charges against Mr. Jordan in onnection with the Cotton Journal ,nd the Southern Cotton association. In a letter dated Atlanta, April 6th, Jordan responded by a vigorius denial of everything said by Vatson reflecting upon him, and aid he proposed to present Watson's 'slanderous accusations to the Fulon county grand jury and make -him rove his charges or stnnd convicted s a common liar and slanderer." SCOURS HIM UOl'NDLY. 'Iiinks Patterson Should Bp Tarred and Feathered. The Doublln, Ga., Courler-Dlsatch says "if lynching was ever jusifled it is justified In Tennessee 'he people of that State have been ut on notice by t.he governor that is henchmen can. whenever they ke, shoot down his political eneiles and go scot free He has trauced the great office of governor, as turned a red-banded criminal lose upon the people, has violated very Instinct of a gentleman and as outraged law, order and decency, he people of Tennessee owe it to tiemsolves and to the country to npeach this man, tar and feather im and ride him out of the state on rail. He is a menajce to good govrnment. to decent society, to a civized community. The Coojcr case ill for a long time hold the hoards * the most conspicious example of te miscarriage of Justice that this nintry has ever known." Kilhd About Itoo/.e. Dave Durham, colored, shot and lied P. S. Maze, colored, near Mt. leasant church, six miles south of reenville. Durham made a partial mfesslon Tuesday at the county < 11. Fought over a pint of whiskey, i THE PEOPLE WON I Sends a Real Deiracrat t? Congress ii Place 9r a Repablicaa by A DECISIVE MAJORITY ' r'rom the Thirty-second New YorV ? ConprNsiuaal District foj? Firs 1 Time in Twenty Years.?Remocru Advocated Tariff Reform \VIiil< Republican Candidate Stood Pat. 1 A dispatch from Rochester, N. Y. says between 6.000 and 8,000 voter1 of I.Monroe County changed from tht ,, Republican to the Democratic col umn Tuesday and elected the firs 1 Democratic Congit ssman that ha: represented the 32d district in 2( years. James S. HavenB, a Demo crat, running on a tariff reform plat form, defeated George W. Aldridge for a score of years the ruler of th< ' county Republican organization, bj 6,900 votes. Monroe County, which comprise! the 32d Congressional district, is ' normally Republican by about C,' 00ft. James II. Perkins, whose deatt ' in the middle of his third Congres sional term necessitated a special election Tuesday, carried the district in 1908 by 10,107 votes. Taking the vote of the Presidential year, 19CS for comparison, the total turnover of the district was 8,033. It is acknowledged, however, that Mr. Perkin's vote in that year was abnormal, and accepting the average Republican plurality as a standard, the change from the Republican bo the Democratic columns amounts to about 6,000. Havens had arrayed againt him one of the strongest political organizations in the State. Yet in a campaign lasting but seventeen days, and with a hastily constructed machine he accomplished one of the most remarkable overturns in political history. The result of the election takes its place beside the Democratic victory rn the 14th Massachusetts district, where Eugene N. Foss was sent to Congress from a district supposed to be as rock ribbed Republican as this one. Mr. Haven's platform advocated tariff reform in the interests of the consumer, revision of the duties on wool and woolen goods, a removal of the tax on hides and lumber, a removal of the tariff on iron ore, an income tax and finally, advocating as inadmissible all political losses of any party. Mr. Aldridge. his opponent, contented himself with general proclamations in favor of the policies of the Republican Administration. On the tariff proposition he was regard(\H n u n tfnni!-iiolt?r The Democrats acknowledged that one of the main factors in the reversal of political sentiment was n personal issue raised by Aldridge'e record as a party boss and evidence presented at the recent fire insurance investigation. Mr. Aldrldge acknowledged that he received a $ 1 ,000 check, but said he turned the money into the treasury of the Republican organization. This so-called mroal Issue was taken up by the citizens, and clergymen announced themselves in Havens favor. Mr. Aldridge'e defense was that his record stood for itself. The overturn in the city was from a Republican plurality of 6.215, in the Congressional elections of 1908, to a plurality for Havens of 2,7 4 6. The towns, which in 1908 went Republican by 3,972, gave Havens a plurality of 2,154. Mtit DKItKIl <X>\KKSSKS. Implicates Two Other Negroes in the Foul Deed. For the killing of aged Zack Hendriek, a merchant near Harlem. Ga., Inst December, Julian Lambkin, a negro, was hanged at Appling Tuesday. Hefore going to the gallows the condemned man made a full confession and stated that Charley Allen and ?>:ini I.fimhkin otuiollt/ in the murdvr These two negroes were arrested soon after the killing of Kendrick, hnt later were released and now cannot ho found. The negro gave the usual advice to a crowd of negroes who surrounded the jail and t.hen died bravely. Poisoned l?y Wood Alcohol. T'rof. Whitney, of Harvard Medical School, who examined the stomachs of Daniel E. Sullivan and Wil11 am Porrin t wn r*f f ho 1 1 rwv_ I sons believed to have died from the effects of drinking whiskey supposed to contain wood alcohol, reported Thursday having found wood alcohol In Sullivan's stomach, but there was no evidence of poison in Perrin's. Found on Snndbar. Christen L. Jensen, aged twentyfour, a Mormon preacher, was found dead on a sandbar in the Arkansas river about eight miles east of Little Hock Tuesday night. lie has been missinsr since March 6. He had been lead about throe days. There is no i suspicion of foul play. 1 WILL BE IN RACE GKN. BOYD SAYS HIS ASSISTANT 1 DECEIVED HIM. Withdrawn His Support of Mayor Brock and Will Be a Candidate for Re-election. The Columbia Record says warm k Interest is being manisfested In the I coming race for adjutant general on account of the break between Genl eral J. C. Boyd and his assistant. Col. T. W. Brock, who have served together for four years. Following the announcement of the randirtni?v of Cnin,,ni ? ? ? ..v ^ v, 1 vujuii^i HIUIK, ai> companled by the announcement of s the retirement of General Floyd a , week ago. General Boyd heartily endorsing the candidacy of his assistant nnd retiring in his favor, G^n1 eral Royd Tuesday announced his re3 entry into the race, taking hack all ) the kind things he said about Col. onel Rrock and claiming that the . latter deceived him and induced him to retire under false representations. ? General Boyd's opinion of Colonel Rrock is intimated in an advertisement which he has prepared for pubj lication. Colonel Rrock is absent on ; an inspection tour, hut it is known . that he is loaded with u large bat, tery of explosives for his chief, and the atmosphere is expected to beI come sulphuric in the Immediate t future. , In the meantime Colonel Henry T. Thompson, who retired recently . from the colonelcy of the Second regiment, has decided to enter the race for adjutant general. He has i scores of friends in every section of the State and will be warmly supported. It is expected that there will be , still other entries since the camp of the ins is so badly disrupted by internal strife. Capt. 1\ K. McCully. adjutant of the First regiment, ha* b en spoken of as likely to become a candidate, but he has writt< a Colonel Rrock that he has no suei :rtention and that he will support Colonel Rrock. TALKKI) 1.1 KM OI.I> CKONIKS. ! Bryan and Taft llave F.ong Chat al White lfouse. Win. Jennings Bryan and President Taft spent U1 Ore than an tiotir closeted together at the White House late Tuesday. The two great travellers exchanged reminiscences, it is said, and both commented upon how well the other was looking. The President rather intimated that being beaten at the polls did not seem to be such a bad thing for one's health nnd happiness after all. "The call was purely a social one," said Mr. Bryan. "Did you discuss the tnriff bill?" was asked. "No," smiled the Nebraskan. "We forgot all alout it.* "Or politics?" "No, that did not occur to us either." Roth the President nnd Mr. Rryaa I a'--t-iiiru iu nave morougniy enjoyed j the quiet chat, Mr. Bryan walked in p Democratic fashion to the White r House. He was received with unusual courtesy by the attaches and was shown without a moment's delay into the President's office. Mr. Itryan 4 left at 7.55 Tuesday night for Lincoln, Ne'o. DEATH PEN A LTV FOR M I'ltDER. f Trembling and Crying Man Dies in ^ Electric Chair. e Showing fear in every movement c and expressing it in a voice that 0 tremblingly muttered "Oh. God! oh. jj God!" Earl It. Hill, convicted on (. May 7, 1909. of the murder on August, 20, 1 908, of Eldrldge Davis, a i> farmer, living at Hainbridge, Chen- jj ago county,, N. Y., was put to death n in t.he electric chair in Auburn pris- w son Tuesday. si One contact of 1.850 volts at eicht ? ] amperes and of a minutes' duration w was all that was required to carry the law's mandates into effect. Hill ni passed his 21st birthday in the pris- $ on four days ago. His crime hod as |? its motives revenge and robbery. it He and David If. Rorst. now a life convict in the prison., murdered nnvic Ir. 1.1= <"? O' ........ ... ..... |.I.OI UK IUI. DIA SIKHS were fired into the victim. Then |{ they robbed the body of a gold watch, the only thine of value that they could find. Rorst, first arrested, laid the crime upon Hill. The latter, suspected of the murder, surrendered ' on August P.O. He was placed on trial at Norwich on May 7th, was " found guilty and sentenced to death. J,' 5/oss Ten .Million. J i At TV s Moines, Iowa, Secretary ,, Green, of the state horticultural de- ^ nartnient ostlniiiiorl th-it ti>? in,o Iowa's fruit an 1 vegetable crop from w he freezing weather will he between t)i five and ten million dollars. Snow Is falling in many parts of Iowa. Killed in Street Fight. jc A special from Prince Rupert. tr, Mon., Tuesday says: "C. Heat.on, f>d known as the 'Colorado Kid,' was fri fatally s.hot by Detective McKensle in \\a street fight. McKensie was former- ia, ly a Cincinnati newspaper reporter. ch HIGH LIVING COST Gave Victory to Democrats Is Soccessfol Caoidate's Theory of Resak. VICTORY OVER CANNONISM The Democratic Victory Has IJitle ^ Hearing on Sti\tc Politics Except as lU'Knrds the Issue of "IIossIsm"?Revised Returns Cut l)own( Haven's Plurality Somewhat. In the first flush of victory tho friends of .lames s ..u.cud, inc 1 Jeill? ocrat who was elected to congress Tuesday by a large plurality in on? of the strongest Republican districts in the state of New York, or in fact, in the whole country, are already talking Habens for governor this fall. Judging from the conservative tenor of the successful candidate's remarks, however, he accepts his victory as bearing little on the political situation In the State except as regards the Issue of "bossisni." "This is not wholly a partisan victory," said Havens. "It is a victory over the things for which Cannon has stood and for the ideals which Governor Hughes typifies. The Hughes Republicans declare that although Haven's election shows that the people of the district aro dissatisfied with the tarlfT policy of f.he Republican national administration and with the political control of George W. Aldrldge, Havens' defeated opponent, the result entrenches Governor Hughes and his policy more strongly than ever. According to Mr. Havens, the high cost of living was mainly responsible for Tuesday's political revolution. Revised returns from the towns reduce aHvens' plurality slightly, making the figures 5,4 4(1 for the district. !MIt. IlKVAX IS HACK. Snys Chances foi' l>emocrntH is I'nusually Encouraging. William J. Rryan came homo Monlay from South America. He reached New York with absolutely no Ideas, so far m willing to admit, about the political affairs "i tills country. "The late subject of my trip" lie ?aid, "was a study of economic and sociological conditions in South America." "What are the chances of the Democratic pnrty?" "Good, always mod," was Rryan's rcpiy. He thought ^ he chances of the pnrtv in the coning congressional election unusually irlght. He was asked if he would consider mother candidacy for presidency. "I inve said all I am going to snv on hat subject." he r- plied emphatlcaly. "I think my position Is under,tood perfectly, lie hardly thought t necessary to dear storiea that ho vas to hfromf a candidate for tho Tnited States Senate and thnt he was rointr to embrace the prohibition noveraent. WANTS MONEY WASHED. ln<l the Size of AH Paper Money Reduced One Half. "We must wash our currency hills 0 prevent their convoying disea-e ernis, and reduce them in size, so hat. they will better fit our pocket. ooks. before we will have approachd the ideal in our medium of exhange,," says James MacVeagh, son f Franklin Maceagh. secretary of ho United States treasury, before ho South Side Business Men's Assolation. of Chicago,. Monday. Mr. MacVeagh exhibited a dollar ill, half of which had been washed 1 chemicals at the Philadelphia lint and the other half left as it as when received. There was the tme noticeable difference as In a lean collar and one worn a week ithout changing. Mr. MacVeagh said the governicnt would save from $200,000 to CI0 0,000 annually by washing its mer eurreiiov instead t?f ?ie?tpn?in.? T1111CI? ItKGIMKNT IIOXOIlFIl y Itcing Sclcclt'd to Go to ("hit nniaiiga This Summer. This State's allotment for inanlvers this siimin r being only $2:{ rio. sufficient to pay subsistence and anspartntlon, Gen. Iloyd Monday welded to solid only one regiment io h lea manga and designated the liird regiment which will spend ily la to 24 inclusive at ChieknaU'Ziia. The Third camped at iken hot year. 'I ho other two r<.r. irnts will camp In the State. Towns anting tlieni should get in their ds. A I'atal Pistol l ight. At Indianapolis, In<1.. Patrolman iseph Jefferson Krupp and Paolman Alfred C. Groves was wound- wj in a revolver battle with two I amps or "yeggmen" early Tuesday. I alter Whitelock and George Dough *s of Pittsburg were arrested and J arged with the shooting. ?