Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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w \ - MOB LYNCHEr A Blind Tiger Raider Employed by Aoti-Saiooo League i VICTIM MADE SPEECH The I>?M>r8 of the Jail and the Young IM'tective, Who Shot Restaurant Keeper, Taken Out and Hanged. Writ** Personal Letters Home While Mob Storm* Jail. Car) Etheriugton, 22 years old. employed Thursday night by the State Anti-Saloon League as a blind tiger raider, waa lynched here at 10.35 tonight, following a day of almost continuous rioting. The heavy doors of the Licking county jail were battered down and Ktherington was dragged from his cell. He was shv,., kicked and bruised before the street waa reached and the finish followed quickly. Etherington, early In the evening confessed he killed William Howard, proprietor of the "Last Chance" restaurant and former chelf of police In a raid of alleged "speak easies," in a raiding scuffle at 1.30 thia afternoon and narrowly escaped being lynched at the time. When news from the hospital that Howard had died passed over the city at 3 o'clock tonight the fury or the mob took definite form. Large battering rams were directed upon the doora of the Licking county Jail, hut the deputies were powerless. The doors fell after nearly an hour's attack. Cryingly plteously. Etheringtou. a curly headed Keutucklan, who hits been serving as a strike-breaker Since he was rsleused from marine Kjrvrvrt? uiw uivuiun ? ??? ged forth. "I didn't mean to do it." he waited. His cries fell upon deaf ears. Fearing that the mob spirit would not be satisfied by one victim, Sheriff Llnke Immediately asked Adjutant General Weybrecht for troops v to protect six other "dry raiders" \ held at the city prison. In another j1 section of the town. A hurried ^ guard was throjvn out in their defense. The mob after the first taste 1 of blood seemed quiet but it is feared that they will attack the city pris- * on before the night is finished. Etherington's last moments, while he heard the mob battering down the doors, were spent in praying and writing a note to his parents, farmers residing near Wllllsburg, Ky. Howard. It is charged, did not resist the detectives when they entered his place on the outskirts of Newark. He, it Is said, however, put his arms about Ktherington, as if I t* hold him. whereupon the officer fired a bullet into Howard's head. 1 Htrlklng Baltimore and Ohio rail- ^ way employers declare the Ttherlngtoo recently came to Newark as J a strike-breaker, and the ill feeling 1 growing out of the strike was iuten- ' allied by the slayiug. Friday night a strike-breaker was 1 phrsued through the street for sev- ' eral blocks. He "saved himself by jumping through a "window of a ' laundry. The detectives arrived next morning with search and seizure warrants procured from the mayor of Granville, a nearby village. One of the first saloons visited was that of Louis Helton, where a bartender. Edward McKenna, was hit over the head with brass knuckles. The detective who hit htm was pursued by a crowd that quickly assembled. The detective was rescued by the police with difficulty. The officers with the prisoner were followed by the mob to the pall.' While the mob was battering down the doors. Ktherington was In his cell. In an attempt to commit suicide he smothered his head in bis coat and net fire to It. He was caught In time. In the molee as the mob was leaving the jail eight prisoners, held for petty ofTenses, escaped. One refused to leave. As Etheriagton mounted the block ready for the swirg he was asked to make a speech. "1 want to warn all young fellows not to try to make a living the way I have done?by strike breaking and taking jobs like this," he declared. "I had better have worked and I wouiuan i r>e nere now The swing of the rope out him short. He hung there for an hour while the crowd quietly left. After the first excteroent there was no disorder. At the finish there were hundreds of women and little children in the crowd, all eager to accomplish his death. No member of the mob was masked and no attempt was made to conceal their identity. The leaders were personal friends of the dead man. College Ciirls Drown. Near Wellesle.v, Mass.. Florence Jennison and Mary Polmer, classmates and chums in Wei leal ey college. were drowned Saturday, Miss Jennison zlvinz her life in nn nn. successful efTort to save her friend. Both were residents of Wellesley and i were 18 and 19 years old, respect-] Ively. i i BRUTAL ASSAULT S'EGHO CM'IIK WIDOW OF MUItDKItKO MAX. Hurried Away from Swne of Rrutal I>o?h1 to FjMape Kxeltttl Crowd.? Hurri?Ml to Police Station. A Km f 01 Ofonii It ? ?!% ? ? *' ?? ... uwu. ?ni>u u I n IIU a SUCK U1 *-ood w:is made Friday upon Mrs. .ubelsky. the widow of the Jewish nerchart. who was clubbed to death n his store on King street. Charleson, in broad dayliKht two weeks igo, and Daniel Duncan, a black ne;ro, U2 years of age, was arrested md charged with the crime. Again he midday hour seems to have been :hosen for the dastardly deed. About eleven o'clock Mrs. Lubeliky ran out of the store ot' her hus>and In which she has been trying o make her living, with blood dreaming from her face and calling or assistance. Just then a negro smergjd, and two men, Isaac Goodnan and Moses Needle, who were >assing, gave chase of the negro. He vas caught a few blocks distant and iromptly turned over to Police Ofti er Stanley and Detective Levy, who :iad also taken up the chase. Proesting his innocence and declaring :hat another negro had attempted to till the woman, Daniels was taken :o the station house amidst great ex:ltenionr and the patrol wagon did lot roll off any too soon from the ?xcited neighborhood of the sceneDaniels was identified by Mrs. Lubelsky before being taken to the dation house. The negro was put hrough the "third degree." but with vhat success of making him admit inv connection with the assault on drs. Lubelsky or the murder of her lusbaud it is not known. An old tegro. John Shuler. of tne neighborlood identified Daniels as having >een seen In Lubelsky's store on the norning that the man was killed. Phis is the most important testimony ef secured and made public in Ihe :ase. ' Mrs. Lubelsky was very nervous md excited, and about all that she vould say was that the negro had iinvri'u me siore ana attacked her ind that she was struck several imes In dodging the blows and makng her escape from the store. The iece of wood was similar to that vhleh was used on the .husband and imilar pieces were found on the remises on which Duncan resided, t number of negroes have been arested as witnesses. Mrs. Uubelsky's rounds in the face had to lie stitchtd. She is not seriously hurt. * DIVORCE EVIL ALARM INC. /'corgis Judge to Make Ap|?eiU for Stricter Ijiws, An appeal for stricter divorce laws n Georgia will be made by Judge iV. D. Kllis, of the Fulton county uperior court, before the general judiciary committee of the legislature. Judge Kllis considers th growth of the divorce evil in Georgia. and particularly in that territory where he has jurisdiction, so alarming as to call for new laws. He made the statement of his intention to the Jury in his court Friday morning just before the court adjourned for the week. Both the j judge and the jury had Just completed the July divorce calendar on which there were seventy undefended cases. Judge Kills believes that the essential weakness of the present law is that it permits verdicts in undefended cases on uncorroborated tea timony. either the huslmnd or wife. He thinks if corroborating testimony were required the evil would he greatly ameliorated and the number of divorces made less. FOICJIIT THK I'KIKSTS. Ttii-ee Masked Iturgluo Caught Bobbing the Itectory. Thr^e masked burglars, intent on getting $f?t>o in cash and other valuables belonging to the ehnre>h, were caught at work in the rectory of St Leonard's Roman Catholic church in Brooklyn. Three priests attacked the trio. Thugs and churchmen buttled tor more than a quarter of a*i hour, .ts a result of the encounter Fathers Konig and Op pel are suffering from bruises on the head and arms, and Father Sanders has a long knife cut in the hand. The thieve* escaped. Win* $1 but Funeral Follows. To win a bet of < 1 ?<-. s-.u made with a friend, Peter Smith, of Nov.-ark. N. drank seventeen whiskies and died as a result. Smith had been drinking in a saloon early Friday morning when an argument arose among the crowd as to their r ?s pert i ve drinking abilities. The wager and death followed. Lightning Strike* Tree. During a very severe elect rllol storm at Abbeville Thursday lightning struck one of the large cedar trees in the Hpiscopal church yard, tearing the tree from top to bottom and breaking out two of the windows One of the windows demolished was a very handsome stained glass. CALLS FOR PEACE Senator Robt. L. Taylor Urges Tennes set Democrats to Write. DECLINES TO SPEAK For Governor PatU'iftou ax Promised. Hwhiisp of Friond's Protest. Sm>> Itis A'.ivirc is UfjcciMl and He WilJ Therefore Keep Out of the Fight. Saying that he saw with dismay that the Democracy of Tennessee is rushing madly to destruction through hitter dissenlions, Senator Robert L. Taylor Saturday at Washington gave out a statement withdrawing his promise to stump the State in the interest of the "regular" Judiciary ticket. The senator says his action is taken because he can not intliet his advice where it Is rejected in advance. Senator Taylor had agreed to speaa for Gov. Patterson and his Judiciary ticket. This announcement aroused a storm or protest from friends of the senator who said they did not care to hear him on that subject. Senator Taylor made this statement on the eve of leaving for a Western lecture trip. "I have seen with sorrow and dismay that the Democracy of Tennessee is ru>hing madly to destruction through its bitterness and dissensions. and my impulse was to fly to it and by entreaty and persuasion induce Democrats, if I could, to waive t.heir passions and differences, .ind reunite against their old-lime enemy, but I have been con .kc- J !>y niOSt pvpra-hjilmlt' ?v ooi.l - from hundreds of men of all persuasions, all over Tennessee, ih i. ny services in that role are not * in'el. ind that, instead of aceoiuplishinq good. I would a id fuel to the t'ames and widen the breach. "I am, therefore, constrained .1 withdraw my promise to canvi?s n e State, for I can not inflict my n.t vice where it is rejected in <1 and when I am insured i. .* " ?'c harm instead ol ?u u. "I niu s.ngled 'ui of Mi crats in Tennessee and threatened with political destruction, no matter what I do or uu not do, and now I am ready for the sacrifice, for if my tenure of the -high office the imsjple have bestowed upon me depends upon ar.d requires that I shall joi.i cither faction of Democrats to tigh. the other 1 will lay it down ?!u>! v ind retire with a. 'ecst a consvi.-rce void of any offense against my party or my people. "This must n "t be tuVn as r??ceding in any respect from the poi itlon I have announced, for there can be 110 safety except in organisation and in obcdiance to continued authority. (Signed "Robert I,. Taylor." 4U30.00A FIltK. r iuniis Sweep Five Business Kstabli>hnients iu Charleston. Fire which broke out Friday afternoon in Charleston completely nutted five large wholesale establishments on Meeting street, and threatened the Charleston hotel. Just ae ross the street, and caused a iosi which is estimated at |2"?0,ft00. Thi buildings gutted are t.he Paul K Trouohe company, the Bailey-Lobby company. T. A. Wilbur At Sons. th? Marshall-Wescoat Hardware com pany ant two bulldiugs of the A. It rhomlinsr 11 company. The big nev department store of Louis Cohen <K Co.. was saved only as the resu't o desperate work on the part of tin fireman. The flames for a tinu threatened to get beyond the con trol of the firemen and to desire; the block, whic.h is one of the mos important in the city. Two tlreui'-i and one telephone lineman were ov rcome by suioke. but recovered con sciousneas. A heavy rain, whlc) set in at about 10:30 o'clock, helpei the firemeu get the flames under con trol. ' I telle It ii liters Busy. The telephone pole from whlc! i the detective was hung at NeVftfd Ohio, is guarded from the ravage jf hunters, but before the cit; ollieials encased it in sheet iron, thi pole had been hacked half throngJ .?> those who sougl't mementoes o the night's grew some work. ? Drops Into River. I Dropping 7r? feet. A. L. Pfitizncr of Hammondsport. N. Y.. Inu?le?i will liis Kurgess biplane in the Plum Is land river, near Newburypart, Mass. Saturday. He managed to disentan afle himself and get ashore, severe! shaken np and bruised, hut not set iously hurt. The machine was bad ly damaged. Itlrw l j? Safe. Robbers Sunday morning dyni tnited the safe of the Central c Georgia Railroad at Sumter, Ga and afterwards roblted the loe: nostofflee. It is not known just ho ' much money was secured. ' PFNIES ALL CHARGES I THK AIKFN CAMPAIGN MKKTINU A L1VKLY OXK. I.yon Cited I lu? llecords to Prove Evans' Stories False.?Oilier Candidates Warmed Up. A sensation was sprung at the campaign meeting at Aiken on Saturday when Chairman Henderson, following the speech of Mr. B. B. KvI ans. arose and declared that Attor, ney General Lyon did not employ him to appear before the United States Supreme Court, the South Carolina Congressman employing an attorney. Mr. Henderson said that Mr. Lyon's argument before this hi&h court was good and that he nn oKIa 1?? Mr. Evans then arose and attempted to speak. He was cheered and hissed. "I.et him speak," requested Mr. Lyon, but Mr. Evans sat down. "If there is any person in this audience," said Mr. Lyon, "who is so simple or foolish as to believe a single thins Harney tells you, he i will go and laugh at you." Mr. Lyon received an ovation, as he told the large audience that Mr. Evans does not believe his fairy tales himself. With trfte brief time allowed to him, Mr. Evans took up one by one the charges made by Mr. Evans. He proved by the State treasurer, the clerk of Ric.hland county court, the Comptroller General, the chairman of the dispensary winding-up i commission and others the falsity of the charges. ? "And yet." declared Mr. Lyon. l "Bar. ey has the gall to stand up and > tell you that Lyon misused your . money. Tbe merger case is on the i j Richland county, docket, set for | iriai tnis tail. 1 Mr. Lyon said he employed a detective to root out a crowd of gratters. "And I came near getting Harney's Cousin Hub Evans. Would Harney prpsecute his Cousin Huh? I do t think so." Here Mr. Lyon took up his opponent's record and declared that his most important case in the Supreme Court was concerning a "pointer pup." "And he lost that." He has had uine cases in all, and has lost seven, losing several of these because he did not know how to draw his pleadings. Mr. Lynn declared amid great applause that outside his own word Mr. Evans couldn't prove a single churce that he has made. Mr. E?.ins made nrnctionll*- ii<? rl ? ? J same charges of incompetentcy and extravagance that he .has made heretofore. A few persons tn the audience shouted encouragement as he spoke. "Ovw it to him, Kvans!" they cried. When Mr. Kvans concluded a part of the crowd cheered aud a few hissed. .Mr. Lyon had a bundle of affidavits, which he referred to briefly proving by them that every statement made by bis opponent was false. Another mil.I sensation was sprung when ("apt. W. W. Moore, candidate ior adjutant general, replied to alleged Insinuations made by his opponent. t'apt. Richardson. He drew the record of the adjutfcnt general to show that Richardson's men had bivn. guilty of insubordination. Capt. Richardson had taken him to task in regard to his stay at the Cidadel. alleging that his opponent .had left the impression that he was a grad1 uate. This was Richardson's home town and he received much applause. KILLS WIPK AND IKMKKLP. Ideai I'.sialc Agent Shoots Wlf?\ Son anil Himself. i I Cs aides iK'sforges. a real estate 8 agent. shot and killed his wife, prob8 ably fatally wounded his 17-year-old - sou, and then blew .his own brains >' out ;it New Orleans Thursday. I>e.sf forer*-s and his wife were seperated j i seve-al months ago. Tli.-t night the - in:iM went to the house where Mrs. , - Deforces and the son wore living i and at once began u revolver lire j 1 upcn the two, who were sitting on - the gallery. After they had fallen i ' Desforges turned his weapon upon hinise!f. Both he and his wife immediately died. At the hospital to 1 which the son was taken it was said he was probably mortally wounded."* s i? Three Thieves Injured. f? While Col. H. P. Hope, vice presi ideut of the Carnegie .steel company, f .v; s attending a baseball game in I'tobes Held. Pittsburg, three auto mooue tnieves stole hit touring car. The\ ?pre getting away until they t col ided with a smokestack in a h str?? t and the oar turned turtle. i. John Miller ar I A. (?. Lucas will die and Charels Hays is seriour'v in.jur< I as the result of the attempty <*d robhory. Killed iii Storm. One person was killed and several injured by a terrific wind and electriea! storm whic.h swept over llillsi ??<>ro. Texas, late .Monday night. Con,f si lerable damage was done to buildine.s and growing crops. A child of il Henry Mitchell was killed when his w home near Massey was destroyed hy ' tho storm. ENDS HER LIFE After Shooting and Killing Her Hosbant and Her Little Girl. TOOK CARBOLIC ACID In Letters She Wrote She Gave an u ItrK-on for Her Acts the Brutality of Her Husband.?llorrowi*d Revolver from Her Father for Alleged Protection. At Chicago on Friday Mrs. Henry Mulsaw. goaded to desperation by the alleged brutality and unfaithful ness of her husband, a street ca\ conductor, shot and fatally wounded the latter and their three-year-old daughter, and then killed herself bytaking carbolic acid. Mrs. Mulsaw borrowed a revolver from her father alleging that she needed it for protection when her husband worked at night. Then she wrote letters to her parents, her mother-in-law and to the public. In these she declared that she had been a good and faithful wife, but that Mulsaw spent his spare time with other womep and often bet her. | Mulsaw- is alleged to have ^.beeu with another woman until 4 o'clock Thursday morning, when he returned to his home. According to the police he began abusing his wife, seising her by the hair and kicklug her. She then drew the revolver aud shot him in the abdomen. He fell to the floor and she sent another bullet into his back. She went to her bedroom and fired a bullet into the body of her little daughter. Satisfied that both were dead she completed the traged by taking poison. That she kissed her child af'er taking the poison is shown by the marks on the child's face. BRUTAL ASSAULT. Janitor Fired Five Shots into I'knI) of Patrol Wagon Driver. Stealthily approaching hU victim from the rear. J. B. Allison, aged 4f>, a former janitor at the city hall, fired five shots in the body of H. M. McOhee, driver of the city patrol wagon Tuesday afternoon at Ashevilie, every bullet taking effect. After his victim had fallen, Allison beat out the former's brains with a 10-pound hammer. Allison surrendered and is now In jail. Indignation runs high a bong the citizenship, and there is some talk of lynching. The killing according to the prisoner's statement, is the outcome of an old quarrel concerning a woman. Sl'inilK AT WASHINGTON. Southerner Ikslurrd to His I-a.st Nickel Through Illness. Reduced to his last nickel by illness. J. C. Ilean, aged forty-seven, of Hattlesburg, Miss., ended his life at Washington Friday by drinking carbolic acid. His body was found by a park policeman in a clump of bushes on the mail. A small cmntv bottle was found near the body. Written on the fly leaf of a notebook In the dead man's pocket was the folio wing: "My brother's name is K. W. Dean, Q. and C. freight depot. Meridan, Miss." The only articles of value found in the pockets were a dollar watch and a five-cent piece. Dean had been stopping at a local hotel for the past two w??ek? and appeared ill and despondent. COW A MONKY MA KM It. Iowa Fanner Avers She Cleared tlllk" Din ing Past Year. James Patterson, of Kossuth. Iowa, Jia.s a cow that is a profit-ma ker. She is a Jersey-Shorthorn cross, and during the last year she has made Patterson $165 in clear cash, after deducting all expenses of her keep. And that. too. in selling milk at five cents a quart, while others! were selling it at from six to eight cents. This cow gave 10,458.71 pounds of milk, or 4.864 quarts. This was sold for $114 J. The keep ot the cow amounted to $8u. KverytJiing in connection with this test was under the latest approved meth wun. Clrnose KiikINIi l<aiiKiisu<*. The Chinese throne approving ;i recommendation of the board of education. decrees that English shall he the otTicial language, for scientific and technical education. Tht study of English is made coiupulsorj in all provincial scientific higl, schools. Cliaii- ChiommI Death of Xcgco. A row on July Jth at Oolnmhi; over a broken chair resulted fatall; for Austin Townvell. a negro hoy whose skull was fractured by a blov with a hat In the hands of AI ex and* i Itrooks, an 1 8-ycar-old-negro. ^ DISASTER AVERTED BAND PLAYS WillLK THK IK)AT is iiritNixu. Ixx?k Like a Repetition of ttlocum Kxcursion. ? Thousands Wati'hfsl Blazing Vessel. The old wooden three-decker. Grand Republic, sister ship of the iM-fat?d excursion K'^nmer. Gen. iioeum, caught 1 ii*- \\ .nesday alternoou while passing through the narrows in New York harbor, on her way to that city from Far Itockaway, and hurried full steam ahead her whistle blowing a continuous succession of short, nervous blasts and a plume of smoke trailing hehind her, for the Cresent Athletic Club pier on the Brooklyn shores. Her 245 passengers were all landed safely and the tire extinguished with 12,500 damage, but there was no little alarm in the city and on the harbor until the full details we-* known. Everybody remembered how a little more than six years ago, the Slocutn, caught fire in the Eust rlv er, when crowded with 1,500 pleasure seekers, mostly women and children. and was burned to the waters edge with 938 drowned, crushed, or baked alive. Wednesday, as then, the fire started, nobody knows how, in the gal.ley Just abaft the starboard paddle wheel and spread quickly through the wooden superstructure. Th?*re was no panic. The women were badly frightened, but the crew had no trouble In keeping them In hand, and the children were so pleased with the music of the band, that they kept playing through the dash for shore, that they never knew their danger. The calls for aid from the Grand Republic brought fire bouts, tugi steamers and a Brooklyn fire engini to the pier and the passengers were quickly put on shore and the fire extinguished. Thousands of people had gathered along the shores to watch the blazing vessel. Capt. Carmen, when the fire was discovered, directed the engineer. who was sticking to his post, in a smoke-filled engine room, to keep up as much steam as possible and put on full speed. Capt. Carmen and Purser John Mc Oonaghey, by prompt attention, quelled what seemed for a few minutes would develop into a panic. Men and women began to scream for help, but as the shores, at the point where the fire was discovered were close by, the fears of the passengers were quieted. Life preserves were banded out to the people as fast as they could be taken from the racks, and for a time it looked as if many of those wno had life preservers would jump overboard. Children were lost In the general excitement, but were re3loied to their parents after the vessei had docked. Capt. Carmen ordered the band to play until told to stop. The work of getting the [>eop)e off the boat was done quickly and without mishap. IIROKKX XKCK IlKiHTKH. Burgeons Save Coal Miner's Life Itjr I Line Operation. By a bloodless surgical operation Jack Bowers, a coal miner of Nelsonville. O.. was cured of a broken neck. Four weeks ago he fell and fractured and dislocated the vertehrte of ?! neck and was uuable to move his head though he could walk and talk. up was unable to sleep because he could not rest comfortably an ? ?vas in imminent peril of paralysis and death. An X-ray examination revealed to the doctors that his neck . could be restored to his nornml condition by hand manipulations. The operation was made and an hour later the man was talking and laughing. with full power of sensation > and muscular movement. Kills Two NVpoes. Two negroes were killed and a third wounded by H. Y. Kvans, a white man at Knoku, about 19 miles i from I^ike Providence. La.( Monday. It Is reported that Kvans' brother was being beaten by a negro bartender when Kvans opened fire, k. 111i ing the negro. A second negro, who interfered, met a like fate, and a negress was struck by a stray buli let. Killed by Lightning. Geo. G. Wilson, a prominent young man of Mayodan, X*. C., was struck KV i;?rh -- ..., v... inuay afternoon and instantly killed. Mr. Wilson wbr standing near the chimney flue In i the store of his brother, whe^c he worked. A bolt from a passing thunI der storm struck this flue and in some way was communicated to Mr. Wilson. . # r - ? o i Negro Killed b> Train. Kd Rogers, a negro man, about 2."> years old. was found dead Tuesday night near the track of the At? lanUft Coast U n? railway near Ren. neiurlll.. A coroners Jury nndcr, ed a **rdlc> to the ffeet t.hat Rogers it i w?* killed accidentally hy the Atr I lantic Coast I.lite train and that the 1 railroad company was blameless.