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NEW WAY OUT , A Prisoner, Who Acted As His Own Lawyer, Moved tn Arrest Judge WHO WAS HEARING CASE Prank Pierce, Young White Man Charged With Violating Prohibition law in Atlanta, Astounds Judge Calhoun's Court Friday by Heading Hcinarkaliie Motions. The Atlanta Journal says Judge Andrew Calhoun's court was paralysed with astonishment Friday morning by F-rank Pierce, a young white man charged with violating the prohibition law, when he snatched the conduct of his caso from the lawyer appointed to defend him, and read a long list of motion drawn up by himself which contained, among others, one to arrest judgment by having Sheriff Mangum take the court in custody.. Attorney R. R. Shropshire, the lawyer appointed, was busy striking the jury, when Pierce arose and got the attention of the court. "ir your honor please." said he, "I don't like tho way that lawyer in handling my case. So I've drawn up some motions and exceptions which 1 want to read. I tri Hi to get tny lawyer to do it, but he intimated that I was crazy." Reini<c in his usual good humor. Judge Calhoun permitted Pierce to read his motions. They were wonders. It Is probable they will go down in the annals of the criminal court of Atlanta?this being the full entitlement of Judge Calhoun's division?without peer or parallel. When the court room recovered from it3 astonishment it sat up ami began to take notice. Then it leaned back and laughed. Which not In the least perturbed the priBon\ * er at the bar. He just kept on reading. Under motion No. 1 he submitted that his trial was unconstitutional on the ground of former Jeopardy "I was tried and convicted before Recorder Rroyles?though not really guilty of selling whiskey," he read, "and I served 30 days in the stockade. Therefore, under the constitu iiou oi me united siateB I cannot lawfully l>e tried again for the same alleged offense." Motion No. 2 contained the assertion that the detectives who arrested Pierce had intimated that Judge Calhoun had said he would give Pierce the limit, if the evidence waranted conviction. "Therefore, I submit, your honor, that you are incompetent to try my case." read Pierce, ' same as a juror would have no ri'^ht to serve if he had previously expressed an opinion.' Under motion No. .1 Pierce requested the court to ap|ioint another lawyer to defend him. "I have tried to get Mr. Shropshire to conduct this, case as I think it should he," he read, "and he won't comply with my wishes in the matter. Thc?efOi?, I want Lawyer Prank Haralson to defend me." Then followed what Pierce evldentally intended to be a bill of executions. The wording of his concluding paragraph bore a faint resemblance to the familiar phraseology of legal documents. He protested against the judgment of the court, r.nd moved the arrest thereof by placing Judge Calhoun in custody?in order to give him time "to institute habeas corpus proceedings in the United States court." 'As Pierce finished his paper Lawyer Shropshire rose to inform the court that if the defendant was goJuut to handle his case he would retire. To which the court readily agreed; and thereupon turned to Pierce. "It is evident you have a smattering knowledge of taw." said the court. "Rut your method of conducting your case !s somewhat mix ed up. For instance, you cannot arrest judgment, because none has been rendered yet. And y^ur idea of taking your case to the United States supreme court is a sort of hop. skip and Jump. You can't leap that far at one hound. If you don't want Mr. Shropshire to represent you, but desire Mr. Frank Haralson instead, it is perfectly agreeable to me." ?o Mr. Haralson took charge of the case. He asked for a little time to "get together" with his client, and they retired to the nearby prisoners' cell. CAT GETS MAD. Kills a Child and Ian-crates Face of the Mother. Now York a big black house cat, rendered mad through the loss of her kittens, which were drowned, attacked the three-mouths-old baby of Mrs. Henry "Bauer, pulled it from the baby carriage and threw it to the floor, fracturing the baby's scull. The cat chouched and snarled and tl?en leaped upon Mrs. Saner, nearly gourging out her eyea and tearing L Jier face. The cat was subsequently L shot by a policeman. B ARE CUT OFF MANY MINKIIS ARK ENTOMBED S IN AN BNOLJSI1 MINK. Terrible Explosion Shuts Vp One S Hundred and Thirtyin a Coal Shaft at White Haven, England. An explosion in the Wellington coal min-e at White Haven. England, i during Wednesday night cut off the c exit from 136 miners, who were \ working below the surface. t Rescue parties succeeded early on n Thursday in saving four men who jj had been working at the bottom of C the shafts, but were prevented by j: the gas from penetrating to a point where the other men are imprisoned, f Every indication was that inner v workings of the mine were afire. His- s tracted crowds of relatives surround- a ed the pit head. The colliery is t owned by the Earl of Longsdale and its workings extend four or live t miles beneath the sea. S The.spot where the 85 hewers and 1 some fifty-odd shiftmen still iniprls- r orieti 'were working at the time of t.ho explosion is about three miles F from the shaft exit. t . b TRYING TO CHEAT JUSTICE. h t Scheme Itoing Hutched to Keep Jones I Out of Prison. j( Attorneys for \V. T. Jones, convlcted for the murder of his wife and sentenced to life imprisonment on ^ Thursday went before Judge T. S. 1 Sease and secured an order granting a stay of the execution of the sentence. The remittitur from the Stato Su- '( preuie Court, which had confirmed the verdict and sentence of the Court 11 of General Sessions for Union Conn- e ty, was received by Clerk of Court Peake Wednesday morning. That s officer proceeded to make a certified w copy of the verdict and sentence of the Circuit Court, which would have been sent to the Penitentiary author- e" ities Thursday, and nn officer would a have; been sent irom the Penitentiary s< to convey Jone?s to that institution. 'r This is the regular and orderly pro- scedure in such cases. The order of Judge Sease stays () this, however, until Saturday next, ^ at least, at which time the attorneys will appear before the Jadge for a " hearing. The affidavits upon which 11 the order is based have not been flled, and their nature or by whom they n are made is not known. The order recites, however, that affidavits have ' been submitted to the effect that there was misconduct on the part of jurors who tried the case, and fur- x ther that plnini fu rr?a,l,i tint t??C is after discovered evidence, which ? may offset the merits of the case. o GKORRIA. STRl'Clv 11V STORM. * C( Rain, Wind and Mail Ruin Oops of Tlint State. A special to tho Augusta Chronicle from Culverton, CJa., says a very 1 heavy wind and hail storm there Thursday afternoon was the worst that has ever visited that section. While there were no lives lost, so far $ as can he ascertained, there were f several houses blown from their pll- c lars and the steeple of the Metho- , dist Church was blowu down and y several houses were unroofed. 0 One of the It. F. I). Carriers, who t| has just come in. reports that oot- r ton and corn along his route are g( completely ruined and that there is ^ not enough left to tell what was planted in the fields. The peach j, crop from the section will ho a complete failure, as the main part of the p storm passed directly through the t peach centre. f, Several thousand dollars' damage e was done in Atlanta Thursday after- i noon by one of the worst hail and H rain storms in its htutorv Th? mn*. Imum wind velocity was sixty miles j an hour, rain of one-half inch was t recorded within thirty minutes, and the ground was almost covered with hail stones. KIIjLKD llKOTH Klt'S SLAYKR. * One Miui W'lio Had Killed Another Is Shot l>ead. At Birmingham, Ala., Abe Llddon. proprietor cf the Seminole hotel, who last week shot and killed ThornAlexander following a quarrel, Sunday met his death at the hands of his victim's brother, Robert H. Alexander. Liddon was shot down by Alexander on a prominent street corner, one bullet penetrating his temple and another his left side, death resulting within one hour. "You are the ? ? that killed my brother." were the brief words of warning which fell from the lips of Alexander, as he approaohed Liddon. according to eye-witnesses. Several shots in quick succession fol lowed his words. Alexander is held 1 without ball. ( ltol>lH?rn Captured. i The two bandits, wno held up the f Phoenix and Maricopa passenger c train Thursday night near Phoenix, Ariz., were captured Friday night by a posse, headed by Sheriff Carl Hayden and Immigration Inspector Cron- s in. in the deaert beyond Casa Grande, r Arix. i j. . . * i ' ? MEETS DEATH Lb Siikiog Steamer Oh the Mississippi River oa Last Thursday - THIRTEEN ARE DROWNED t ( The City of Saltillo Strikes Hidden ? Hock and Flounders Near Shore. She llad on Board Twenty-Seven DENOUNCE THE TARIFF PELLS RUW FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS IT IS. ?Bator Dolliver and Cummins, Ingurgeot Republicans, Berate th? law and Thoso Who Made It. Ringing denunciations of the tar ff bill and the men who passed I' haracterized the speeches made 01 Vednesday night by Senator Jona han P. Deliver and Albert B. Cum nins. at Des Moines, in opening th< irogressive campaign in Iowa. Tb< 'oliiseum wsa crowded by 10,00< trogressives. The meeting followed district con erences throughout the day, a vhich steps w re taken to recoil truct the old Cummins organizatioi ind to organizo the state by coun ies and precincts. Even President Taft did not escape he aspersions of the Senators, whili lenator Aldrich was named as tin oader of corporate greed and ava ice. Senator Dollivver referred to th< >resldent as the "titular leader" o he Republican party, which meant ie said, "a good man surroun.1e< >y people who knew exactly vvha hey wanted." Both Senators declared that if th< Republican party continues the pol cy advocated by the "reactionary' waders it would spell ruin t.- the par y. Among these leaaers Senator Al rich was frequently mentioned at he man "allied with the Cluggeneims and the Ryaus and Paul Moron in a mammoth trust, incorporate! as a rubber company which is alowed by the aricles of incorporation o participate in any kind of bustess anywhere on the face of the artJt. and which is 0110 of the holdjg companies in the Guggenheim indicate for the control of the ealth of Alaska." These are the men who were reponsible for the tariff during the xtraordinary session," declared Sontor Dolliver. "The bill is only a :heme to rob the people, and to lcrease the holding of such gigautia indicates as I have mentioned. \ "The troubles in the Republican arty have come not because of what as been said, but of what has been one. It has been said that the tarT bill is a good law. In fact, we ave on high authority, that *it is ie best tariff hill ever passed. But ot only do I denounce such tariff ?gislation, but I am not partlcuiarr enamored of those who passed 'i ne cotton manracturers' schedule enator Dolllver stamped aa 0110 of !ie moat daring iniqultious features f the new tariff, in which the ratee ^re either advanced or unchanged n articles of consumtive value of 600,000,000 touching (particularly atton clothes for women's and chilren's summer wear." MOKK Ql'AIvKS. lionsiimls of People l#uvu San Jose iu Alarm. Heavy earthquakes were felt at an Jose, Costa Rica, Wednesday, housaads of persons are leaving the ity in alarm. A series of severe hocks was experienced Wednesday, yhiie f. ar has seized a great part f th? populace, the authorities oonintie resolutely to work among the u.ns at'Cartago. Many living perons have been released from the deris, and some of these will survive, In moBt instances Identification is sipossblo. It is rej>orted that the ead include two Americans. The ted Cross organization, the police, he mllttarv nnH orelgn colonies are actively engagd in the relief work. As fast at Iwy are discovered, the injured ones re removed to this city, where the> eceive medical attention. The pub' ic schools have been converted intc emporary hospitals. TAKKS FATAL LKAP. mly Patient lumps from Hoof o Charlotte Sanitarium. Mrs. Virginia P. McIXairmid, r>; ears old, of Lumberton, N. C., Tues lay afternoon cast herself from th< oof of the Charlotte Sanitarium vhere she had been a patient for si: veeks, to the pavement sixty fee >elow, meeting instant death. Witl )th?P rvfitlonto o nyl nuance *' - J...V.V w ? u ?! ? 11 ll i OC9 .?1 I ?. 1T1C Juirniid was on the roof garden o he hospital anvt, while the nurses ittention was directed elsewhere she climl>ed a railing and throw her self to the pavement below. She wa :o have left the hospital the nex aorning for her home, her son belnj n Charlotte to accompany her. Fell I uto Ijtke. Moro than thirty persons, two o hem women, were precipitated inti 3reat Salt Lako Friday night, whei he stairway leading to the Salt Al Iippodromo gave way. They fell i listance of twelve feet into five fee >f briny water. ' F've Killed. Five German sailors were klllet md two injured while laying mine* iesr Wilhelshaven in a practlct 1 rill. < ) Passengers aud a Crew of Thirty ) Men. Eleven persons are missing and t two women passengers are drowned _ as a result o? the packet City of Sal, tillo striking a rock and foundering . in reach of shore at Glen Park, on the Mississippi River, 2 4 miles south e of St. Louis Thursday night. B The dead: 9 Miss Anna Rhea, Nashville. Tenn. Mrs. Isaac T. Rhea, Nashville, Tenn., (body recovered.) g Missing and believed dead: f S. C. Ranker, first clerk of the steamer. j Mrs. Joe Harris, Nashville, Tenn. t Mrs. Archie Patterson, Chester, 111. , Archie, Patterson, Jr., two years _ UIU. W. J. Pickett, salesman, St. Louis. Fowler Post, third clerk. Miss Lena Wall, Nashville, Tenn. i Head porter, name unknown. Cabin boy, name unknown. Two roustabouts, names unknown. Captain llarry Cran", in command . of the boat, and one of the survivors t announced Thursday morning after . checking up the passenger list that , it was almost certain those reported missing were dead. The boat carried 2 7 passengers, , most of whom were women and children, and a crew of thirty. She left St. Louis at 7 o'clock with a heavy , cargo including a number of cattle and livestock and the voyage was considered precarious because of the amount of driftwood floating in the river due to the annual spring rise. The known dead were the wife and daughter of Isaac T. Rhea, president of the St. Louis and Tennessee river packet company, owners of the bo*\t. Mrs. Rhea was dragged from the , water alive but died within an hour, i The bc-dy of Miss Anna Rhea was not recovered. 'Miss Louise Rhea, anoth? er daughter escaped. They were en. route to their home in Nashville after visiting friends in St. Louis. Glen Park, the scene of the accii dent is a river landing, the chief > buildings of which are a general ( store, a boarding house and a cement i plant. The place is almost inaccessible to telegraph lines and the news 1 of the disaster came to St. Louis In a roundabout way f-om Kimmswick . and Sulphur Springs. Shortly before reaching Glen Park the Saltillc encountered a shoreward draw, whicn was fougnt frantically by the pilots. The engines were reversed, but efforts to prevent the collision were unavailing. As the big boat swung from the current inshore despite the reversed engines and tho : rudder thrown hard over, she wan driven with increasing speed toward i land and turned completely around. With tho noise of rending timbera and the shrieks of women and ohil; tiren passengers, the cries of the . crew and the bellowing of t he eat i th*. the vessel struck a hidden rock and sank almost in reach of land . at a point where the water was thirty feet deep. i , OPPOSES T11E KING PLAN. > Thousands of Democrats in TcnncHsee Talk Out. A dispatch from Nashville. Tenn., , says more than ten thousand signa .tures from fifty-fouv counties have > been received at the headquarters of the independent judicial candidates j in behalf of the mass meeting on Wednesday. llefore the convention meets It is likely that 15,000 signaf tures will have been secured of representative citizens from all over the State. The meeting will he held to protest against the action of the State Democratic executive committee and Gov. Patterson in regard to e the so-called blanket primary plan. K A YOUNG FIEND, t , A Ten-Year-Old Negrcwt Poisons Two f , Small Children. At Demopolis. Ala., because her - mother refused to allow her to go to s Birmingham, a 10-year-old negress t employed by Davis Collins, a wealthy g pianuT, as a nurse for his two small children, gave dog poison to them. The youngest, aged three months, died in agony and her sister's condif tion is serious. The negresa was aril rested and seems unconcerned over i the matter. Indignation in the counr ty is intense and the negro child is % being closely guarded. t ? Hanged ill (Georgia. At Amerlcus, Oa., Henry Patterson, colored, admitting the killing. 1 but pleading justification, was hangi ed Friday for the atrocious murder ? a year ago of Capt W. F. McRae, a ? prominent planter. DO YOU FEEL LET DOWI^ DR. KINGS BLOOl j WILL BRING BACK ^ BOOST your LI your S MAKE YOU FEEL GOO[ NOW IS ALSO T BOWEL 1 DR. KINGS DIA1 ENTERY RIGHTS ALL WRONGS AND IS G llODY PLACED ON TRACKS. Engineer of Approaching Train Discovers Murder. A. C. 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