Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 01, 1910, Image 3
rBOTH WERE SHOT
Dead Bodies of Two Bennettsviile Lads
Were Found ia a Branch.
MURDER OR ACCIDENT
Horn? on Thursday for ti
Thanksgiving l>ay Hunt, Prcntis*
Moore anil Ciuy Holers Not Heard
From Until SearchinK PartiPH Find
Their Remains in Hranrh.
The dead bodies of Guy Rogers
and Prentiss Moore were found Saturday
morning about ten o'clock. The
two boys left their home in lJennettsville
early Thursday morning for a
hunting trip. They went to Gardner's
Hluff. hitched their horse and buggy
and nothing definite could be learned
of their whereabouts until the
bodies wore found.
Prentiss Moore, aged 11, the sou
of Mrs. Emily E. Moore, was found
lying on the south side of a branch
"""about fire feet detp. His feet were
toward the l?ettom of the branch
and he clutched a briar between his
fingers. Examination showed that
the load from a Bhotgun had entered
the side near the edge of the shoulder
blade and ranged toward the middle
of the chest, passing through the
lHidy. The entire load, shot and wad,
was lying underneath his clothes
in front of the chest.
Guy Rogers, aged 15. son of NT. R.
Rogers, county treasurer, was found
In the bottom of the branch, only a
few feet from the body of little
Moore. His face was turned to the
ground; his body was nearly In a
knetling position, with the head In
the edge of the water in a puddle
of blood. He, too, was wounded with
a shotgun, the load entering directly
Into the heart from tho front,
passing through tho chest, shattering
tho ribs on the back side, some
shot burying themselves In the skin
In the back.
One wad, that between the powder
and shot, was found inside the shirt
near the wound. Tho wound In
young Roger's body ranged slightly
down from the front. A double balrelled
shotgun was found on the
brink of the branch, the muzzle
slightly elevated, pointing towar^
tho ditch, one trigger cocked and in
the breech was caught a small part
of the shirt of young Rogers. One
barrel, tho one with the cocked trigger,
was found empty; the second
barrel contained an empty shell. Another
empty shell was found within
a few inches of the muzzle of the
The branch runs through a broad
field. An overgrown hedge covered
> 4 the banks of the branch, which is
about five feet deep and about six*
feet wide at the top. Within about
jJSHkSw yards is a negro cabin. An old
negro woman who lives there said
that she saw the boys out there
shooting, hut that she paid no attention
to them and knew nothing of
their disappearnace. Within half a
mile away there are three other
nouses. i ne point wtiere the boys
hitched their horse was about a quarter
of a mile of where their bodies
were found.
Thursday night and Friday morning
searching parties were out looking
for th? boys. The party was increased
largely Friday night and with
lanterns the entire swamp on this
side of the river was carefully searched.
A party was again formed Saturday
morning, many who had been
out all night renewing the search,
which was begun at the place where
the hoys were last seen, with the
understanding that it was to spread
gradually and take in every foot of
the ground.
The portion of ground where the
hoys were found was assigned to a
party among whom were Frank
Crosland and W. C. Carlisle. Mr.
Crosland was riding horseback up
th? branch when he saw the body of
young Moore.
The bodies remained as they were
found until the coroner empaneled
his Jury, when they were moved and
an examination made by Dr. W. J.
Crosland. The Jury made a thorough
examination and took the testimony
of every one in the immediate
vicinity. It is practically impossible
to harmonize facts with the theory
of accident, yet nothing has developed
to point conclusively to the theory
of murder.
CJl Ill I ^ *
nimi mill .'liHMii lU'lll.
As r rosult of a quarrel over some
rent rottton on their place, Matt
Hall shot and fatally wounded Jesse
Hall. The men quarrelled Wednesday
and next morning Matt Hall entered
the store of Jesso Hall at
Thompson. Oa., and emptied a load
of buckshot Into the latter's left
side.
Some Quick Work.
At Nashville. Tenn., a new church
building was constructed from the
foundation painted and furniture installed
in one day through the comjMi
blned effort* of three Christian
p- Churches, and a service held in It
f? that night. There were about 150
Rffi workers and the task was finished In
^ ten hours.
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] SAILORS MUTINIED
SKIZKD Win VKS8ELS AS]
' SlIELMSI) KIO JANKKIO.
Killing One Woman ami Two Clul
drcn in the City.?Several Officer
and Men killed.
At Rio Janerio, Brazil, the crew
of two battleships oT tho llrarlllt
i navy mutinied Wednesday, and turn
ed their guns upon the loyal ship
1 and also threw a few shells into th
I city. During the outbreak so vera
officers were killed. The figlitin
ceased at night, but the .evolver
remained in possession of the lw
1 vessels.
It is officially stated the trouble 1
t not of a political character an
. should be described as a mutin
k among the sailors to enforce certai
i concessions from their officers ralb
er than a revolt against the adminis
. tration of President FonBeoa.
, For some time the men of th
navy had been agitating the matte
of more pay. They also objected t
the practices of the navy infllctln
corporal punishment upon surbordl
i nate or otherwise offending Bailors
A private cable "dispatch from HI
i Janerio says that the captain of th
Brazilian battleship Mlnas Gerae
and several officers and men wer
killed during the naval disturbanc
i Wednesday night,
i A woman and two children wer
killed by the shells thrown in th
city.
The Chamber of Deputies Frida
evening in a vote of 114 to 23, pass
ed a resolution granting amnesty t
the mutinous sailors on board th
battleships Minus Gerae:? and Sa'
Paulo, the coast defence ships Mar
shal Floriano and Marshal do Odora
and the scout ship Bahia. The Sou
ate had unanimously passed the mea
sure Thursday.
Immediately after the lower hous
had voted to pardon the sailors fo
having mutinied and killed severa
of their officers and thrown shells in
to the city, President Fonseca au
thorized Deputy Carvalho to visi
the Sao Paulo and confer with th
mutineers. *
Meantime, the mutinous vessele
which had been waiting outside tin
hnr cin.*?n nn/>? ? ?I ?? *? 4
iiuuu iui u ai^nai ill COI111
I in, put to soa and disappeared. The!
j destination was not made known.
While the revolt lasted the peo
j pie of the city were kept in a stati
1 of suspense, fearin.it that the muti
neers would make good their threa
to blow up thee eCapitol unless the!
wishes were met. '
S1IOT TWO WOMEN.
Crazetl l>y Jealousy is Said to lie tin
Cause for the Act.
Frank Rickets shot and killed hii
wife and Mrs. Nellie Hritton, wl'l
whom she had been living in at
apartment in the business center o
Anderson, Indiana, Thursday. Rick
ets, who was arrested, declared tha
lie had shot the two women atte
his wife had shot at him. Rickets wai
maddened with jealousy because hi
wife had been separated from bin
for several months.
A policeman attracted by tht
sound of shots rushed to the build
ing. found Riskets with a revolve
In his hand and the bodies of in
women lying in an upper hallway
Rickets attempted to shoot himself
. but the policeman snatched the re
i volver from him 1
OFFERS TO DIE FOR # -<><?.
Chicago Man is Willing to Kill Hi n
solf and Soli His Body.
Tired of the struggle to eke out ;u
existence, but wishing to have i
"pood time" before he ends his life
Robert Tyler, startled the Chlcag<
police by offering to commit suicidi
for $200. "I mean it, " said tin
man. "You may thing I'm cra/.y
but I'm not. If any medical rollegi
: In Chicago gives me $200 I wil
i agree that my body be given to it foi
dissecting purposes. Two liundre(
dollars would enable me to live likt
a king for about two weeks, and a
the end of that time I'd be ready t<
quit here." . '
DIME NOVEL HERO.
Set* Fire to n Neighbor's House bj
Flame-Tipped Arrow.
Geo. Romp, a 15 years old boy. h
I uinmr cusmay at uienaaie, I^ong Is
j land, charged with using a flame
tipped arrow to set firo to the honu
of a wealthy neighbor. The lad lur
ed the mistress of the house away bj
telephoning her that her little sor
was sick at school. The fire did $2,'
000 damage. The lire marchal de
clares that the boy started the flit
because he has been reading novels
about how Indians set fire to the
cabins on their way white enemies bj
means of fire on arrow tips.
Money in Ootton.
The will of Hugh T. Inman, whe
for many years was one of the besl
known cotton traders in the Soutn
was probated at Atlanta Tuesday and
showed an estate valued at from $.1,
000.000 to $.'.,000,000. Much of il
was in real estate.
" WAS DEATH TRAP
i)
rweDty-Fi?e Young Women Cruelly Burned
cr Crushed to Death
i- mi
cTnuc D A VCMFUT
U11 01UU& r/iVLlflLlll
8 Horrible SecncK Witrnwd When
n
l* Young Women Employed in Four
s i
(> Story Factory Building Attempt to
Escape from the Blazing Structure
? by I/caping from Upper Stories. <
o |
At Newark. N. J., Saturday morn- ,
s ins hi ii-n nunc nP twenty-five .'o.tuu (
^ women were burned alive or crush- '
ed to death on the pavement in leap- 1
n ing from the windows and tire es 1
capes of the four-story brick factory '
k at the corner of Orange and High 1
Streets. Fifty were taken to hospi- '
C tals, two of whom may die. Among 1
the injured is Jose E. Slonn, a fire
! chief, who was overtaken by the fall- 1
g i
" ing w~alls and buried in brick rub}
bish. He is badly jiurt, but may re- 1
^ cover.
The rush of the flames w-as so in0
|
creditably swift and threw such un1
reasoning terror into the huddled
? | working girls on the top story that 1
I the l?ody of one was found stil! sealed
on a charred stool beside the ma- 1
i
chine at which she had been busy
I when the first cry of "Fire!' petrl
fled her with fright.
j 'Horrible as must have been what '
I went in the smoke of that crowded
e i upper room, what befell outside in 1
the bright sunlight was more hor;
rible yet. The building was extrenie|
ly inflammable and the first gush of '
I, flames had cut off all possibility of '
_ ' escape by the stairways. The elevaj
tors made one trip, but took down
e no passengers and never came back.
The only exit was by two narrow fire
j escapes, the lower platforms of which
were 25 feet from the pavement be.
I l?wt
j On these overcrowded and steep
e lanes, scorched, dancinug hot by the
jets from lower windows, pressed for- 1
ward a mob of women, blind with
g panic, driven by the fire and the otlig
ers behind them. A net had been
spread beneath the windows and the f
j girls began to jump. "Elko rats out
of a burning bin" was the wnv n
e fireman described the descent.
They boiled out of the windows 1
t liko a thick trcaclev rolled on the 1
p heads of those below them and oas- (
, caded off the fire escape to the pave- 1
merit GO feet below. Some of them '
steo:l in the windows outlined against x
the flames and jumped clear; others E
from the landings; still others from 1
0 the steps where they stood. The aii v
was full of them and they fell every- t
where?-into the net. on the necks ot
a' firemen, and 15 of them on the *
r hard stone slabs. '
1 i When the awful rain ceased th.ev 1
f were eight dead in the street and the ?
- gutters ran red. Seven more were
t so badly crushed that they died >n r
' hospitals. Fifty are still under sur- 1
s geons' care. s
s j Clouds of smoke and showers op *
r burning embers spread over the city 1
| and rained down on neighboring
s roofs. As the news flew?and it
- lost nothing in the telling?panic
r spread to other factories whore many *
j of the cirls in peril had friends and
. relatives and several firms had ?i
, shut down for the day. Thousands
- flocked to the scene and made the
work of the firemen and police mor"
difficult. Italian silk workers fe'l
in the street and prayed and lamci ted
pltably.
Priests and rlerevmnn ---i'
? - ? - o J " '1 ,v I
their way through the press to give e
the last r nsoiaticns to those of their f
different faiths. Ambulance? and 1
1 automobiles commandeered for emer- I
gency service were hurrying 'n oppo- 1
' sitlon directions to the hospitals au 1 t
'back again. r
J The building was p four s'my t.
brick struMUie ot'voled on th' two (
' lower floors by the Newark Pap?r <
! l>ox company and the A. A. D ,?Ve \
r aper Ro< Co; on .he th""' 11 nor 1
I where the Are starved, by the Anchor c
Lamp C onpany and the A '! : I*'lec- s
f i trie company and on the top floor.
I where tho death list ran hev'tp.?i c
, by the World Manufacturing com- 1
pany, makers of underwear.
1 ho wooden floors were ?oaked t
with oil drippings from the machin- r
ery and the flames ate through them f
like pasteboard. When warped and c!
weakened, tho weight of the ma- t
chinery t .*? Mem from the wa"s and r
' I they fell .nto the basement in a box- \
" rible tangle of hot Iron and mnngb'd t
humanity.
I
Sadie Benson, an employe of the
Aetna Electric company, was clean- t
i ing an electric light fixture In a t
gnsollno bath. Tho gasoline took f
, fire?she docs net know how?and t
trickled in a little rivulet of flames on I
the floor, where stood a full can of s
gasoline. The can exploded and the s
! burning liquid flew far and wide. t
Lewis Coxe, an employe of the box
factory on the second floor, was 1
standing in the hall at the time of
the explosion. The shock was strong , I
? enou-sh, he said, to hurl him against j 1
t tho wall, hut the girls upstairs at j f
, their whirring sewing machines did f
I not hear tho explosion. 1
, | Fireman Brown, who turned in i
the alarm, was at work directly op- r
poslte the building, cleaning the 1
COLD-BLOODED CRIME
SOX KHiLKD FATHER RATH Kit
Til AX RAY
Ilrut tlf 111 Over Head With n llriek
un<l Then to Make Sure of His
.lob. Pounded llini Again.
Benjamin Smith, in Jail at Muncle. |
Ind., has confessed to the murder of
his father. Charles C. Smith, a farmer.
The confession was the result
of a sweating after the young man
had boon arrested on suspicion.
According to Smith, who is 22
years old, he and his father had
quarreled over the question as to
whether or not the young man should
pay $2 a week for board at home. ?
The young man struck his father ov- i
or the head with a brick and con- i
tinned striking him until he thought j
he was dead. Next he loaded his <
father into the family bugvy, prop- <
ped his body in the seat and started |
for an old well on the farm nearby. ;
On the way to the well, nowever. .
the father revived a little and munag- i
ed to put his arms about the son's
neck, whereupon he latter beat his
father over the head again with the |
brick which he carried with hitn for i
that purpose and continued to strike <
his father again and again until he \
felt certain he was dead. However, i
the son thinks that his father wasn't <
lead when lie threw him into the i
well. ,
"Faher drew a long sigh and sort ,
of groaned just as I thew him Into ;
the well, ' the son told the police. \
Smith, his hands smeared with ,
hlood, staggered into the home of ]
3scar Shaw and told a story of hav- .
Ing been attacked by highwaymen. \
Smith's father was mysteriously miss (
Ing, and suspicons were aroused ,
which led to the son's arrest. Under )
?xaniination he finally said that he <
would show the police where his (
father's body could be found. He i
ed the police to an abandoned well .
inn. pointing, said, "There lie la. t
Tht coroner counted 27 woundB on
he murdered man's head and face, j
ind any one of half a dozen of these ,
night have caused his death. {
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AIHtlFT AT SKA, KKSCl'KD.
Steamer Picks l*|? Helpless Fisher- i
man in Hunt.
Capt. Colcord, of 'the steamship s
Vmerican, in New York, from Puer- t
o, Mexico, reported a passenger not '
>n the list when the vessel started,
le is Thomas Hall, a fisherman of
stuart, Kin., who was found on No- (
remtyer 22 frantically waving his v
ihlrt, as he stood in his 25-foot nio- <
or boat, helplessly adrift. A big a
vave had put his engine out of coin- '
nissinn. t
The liner went out of her course >
ind drew near for the rescue, but t
lall insisted that his boat also be t
aken aboard and after more th 111 1
in hour's work t.his was done.
Hall had drifted more than fifty r
niles from his starting point when <
licked up, and it has been five days c
dnce he left home. On landing he t
elegraphed his w'fe who, doubtless, v
hought him drowned. * 1
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SHOT HOY'S I1KAHT OUT. C
toys with "Unloaded" Gun.?One f
I
Instantly Killed.
Will Higgins, age 15, was shot and '*|
nstantly killed at his home, near
^acolet, Friday by an "unloaded" r
tun in the hands of his companion.
Charlie GrifTin. who is about the '
lame age. The two boys were sit- ?
ing on the steps when the gun in
tome unaccountable manner dischar- J
ted, and the entire load took effect
n the chest of the unfortunate boy.
Ha heart was literally blown from
iia body. Hoth were well known at
heir home town and the tragedy is s
nuch re-retted. The coroner held
m Inquest, but attached no blame to
.rifhn. '
vindowa of the engine house where *
le la stationed. He saw a girl rush s
>ut of the factory Into the street 1
creaming and wringing her hands.
"There ia a fire in there," she
iried, pointing back to the hall she
lad left.
Drown turned In an alarm and
hen dashed up the fire escape. Already
he found forty girls at the
orth story window, some of them so '
lazed with terror that they had not (
he wit to pull down the sashes and
r
limb out. Drown smashed in the
vindow and began pulling the eirls
V
hrough on to the fire escape. He
ounfed forty that filed past him.
The floor was far from cleared but
r
ho heat had then grown so intense
hat the skin was beginning to crack ^
roin his face. He pulled himself up
o the window for a last look in,
>ut at that moment a gush of red
treaked smoke blinded and almost
mothered him and he was forced to v
Irop into tht lee of the wall.
"It was. the most horrible thins 11
've ever seen." ho said afterwards. '
O
Chief Astey laid the responsibilty
for the loss of life on the delay 1
n turning in an alarm. He says that
lve minutes were lost in trying to
ight the blazing gasoline with sand
n a barrel. "IT those precious min- a
lies had not been wasted," he al- t
nost sobbed, "wo would not have t
ost one single life." v
FIEND LYNCHED
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The Brutal Murder of a Young Giil by a
Negro Speedily Avenged.
WAS HORRIBLE CRIME
Klute (larkc, After Delating llornt
ble Details of Attempt to llavisli, ;
llefore Murdering the I'retty Four- (
teen-Year-Old Daughter of a law- 1
in;;toii Farmer, Shot to Death. t
With her throat cat front ear to *
*ar, a prottv 14-year-olil girl. daugh- ,
:er of a highly respected farmer of *
he Little Mountain section of Lex- \
ngton County, lies dead in her home, I
surrounded by friends and loved c
jnes, while Flute Clarke, a negro r
lies on th e sotith side of Little I
Mountain, a lantern across his breast t
ind a thousand bullet wounds
hrough his body. s
The above dispatch to The News {
ind Courier, published in Saturday's j
imper, told a story of horror and its t
lulck avenRitiR. The dispatch goes s
an to say that Friday afternoon, be- |
iween the hours of l and f> o'clock, i
he vouuR Rirl was brutally attack- t
?d by Clarke. There w is no one at (
the house at the time, and only the;!
confession of the negro is all that j i
remains of the true story. The j
rouiir clrl's mother had pone to the 5
tome ot a near-by neighbor. \
The body of the pirl was found by r
ier young brother and an alarm was I
iiven. The sheriff of Lexinpton was ?
lotified, and the bloodhounds from f
lie county chain pang were dispatch- t
?d to the scene in charpe of Capt. c
Pete Mack. Upon arrival at the r
scene the dogs at once took up the I
rail and carried It successfully to a t
teld, where the negro had been a
ploughing. Here they stopped and I
he chase was given up. 1
Clarke was spirited away by some
:iilf-dozen persons and the ollicers
were eluded. To those men he made
i complete confession of the crime, (
n which confession he estated that
te had gone to the house for water
ind asked the young woman to bring
lim some potatoes to the well. When
she brought tliein he made his fiend- n
sh attack. He said that Hie girl a
screamed and said she was going to ?
o tell her father. He then cut her
hroat. 11
The physician who was called in '
isserts that the negro did not ac- (
omplish his purpose. The giiTsbody v
vas found lying in the yard near the 1
ellar door, and the surroundings 1
ihow that a desperate struggle was *
nade by the voting girl. The dis- '
ance from the well to where the
oung girl met her death is about ,l
hirty yards, and she was dragged ''
lie entire distance. Her head was al- 11
nost severed from the body.
Upon arrival at the scene Monday:''
light, at 9 o'clock. The News and
Courier correspondent found a crowd
if armed men, variously esetlmated
o number from r?00 to 1,000. They i
vere all armed to the teeth. M. M.
luford, the veteran sheriff of Newterry,
thinking that the crime was
ommitted in Newberry County. p
Flute Clarke had lived on the f
dace for twelve years, having been
radically raised by the family He t
vas married and is said to have been h.
ibout 21 years of age. After having j
onimitteed the crime, Clarke return d
to the home of his employer and ,
ven went so far as to assist in car ylng
the body to the house. j.
The scene of the crime is about (.
100 yards from the Ncwl>erry line
ind about a mile and a half from (
kittle Mountain. As soon as the ne- _
?
:rc? had confessed, tht word was
vhispered from one to another and
he crowd quietly left in small
quads, to where the negro was beng
concealed from thee officers. Ic '
vas about lO.I'O when the lynching
ook place.
The crowd was composed of the
turdy citizens of the Dutch Fork t
ection and hundreds of Newberry y
eople were on the grounds. There e
vere no signs of rowdyism. The vie- C
im is a school girl, but on account F
if the Little Mountain School beine h
losed for two days, she did not at- v
end school Thanksgiving or Friday, r
The crime shocked the entire com- ?
nunity, and on every hand the ex- p
iresslon is heard that tho negro re- *
oived his just deserts. At 1 1 o'clock w
he report of guns are heard and |;
parties continue to visit the scenj j
Itrange, it may seem, but the crime h
vas committed within less than two
ailes of the place where Cute I^vr
ttempted to assault the wife of a
irtominent young farmer, about a t
ear ago and for which he was legal- s
v hanged.
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Killed in Football (iamc. y
At Wlnated, Conn., Harry I.ee, 17 v
ears old, was killed there Thursday q
n u football game between the Tier- r.
icy cadets and an Independent tenni, p
oniposed of Gilt>ert Preparatory
Ichool Students. Ills skull was frarured.
p
Accident ally Sliot. J j]
At Spartanburg, Virgil Illggins, !s
gtrd 14, was killed by his compati- w
ion Thursday when the latter's gun a
Ion Thursdat when the latter's gun w
tag discharged. * P
DRUNKEN NEGROES
Sll<H>T AM) KM.I. A WHITF f
IN rtlKKOKKK MH'NT!
If llio ltepoi ts ns I*riiitoil Itclos* >.<
True It Wus a Cold lllooded, i>ri*.
tal Murder.
If the account of the affair sent
0 The State from Gaffney is correct
1 most cold blooded, brutal inurifoT
vas committed in Cherokee County
m Thanksgiving night. Here is the.
eport as we find it in the Sate:
Robt. Davidson, a young whit?
nan, died at his home in the Wtl(insville
section of Cherokee Couuty
Friday night as a result of a v.unsliot
vound inflicted by one of three negroes.
Hut her Curry, Ned Morten <>r
A"i 11 Curry on Thanksel vine nt?hr
t is impossible to say exactly whiclt
me killed the man, although suspi lon
strongly points to Luther Curry,
t seems from the evidences tli it ali
hree negroes did some shooting
The sheriff was summoned t? th<*
icene as soon as the affair hapc-n ii
ind the three nenroos are n? v. ir.
ail. Davidson was picked up and
aken to his home directly after thei
(hooting, by some of his friends and
>hysicians were summoned who at
>noe decided that his leg in, ji?
imputated as it was practical/ t. ra
rom the body. This was <1<>
w was unable to survive tin t
md died Friday nigiit.
Coroner Vinesctt went to t It M-enn
Saturday piorning and an inquest
vas held. It seems from the t- stinony
introduced at ilie inqm>st ?hat
3a v Id son had been hunting ami
(topped at a negro church wh# e "*
rolic was going on to get s? roehing
to eat before going hnn 11*>
ibtained something to eat and starl>d
down the road but was pursued
>y the three negroes and tired ai t>r
wo pistols and a gun. A short timet
ifter he fell the negroes rearln d the*
>ody and fired three more shots at
lini. All of the ne.'iroes were drunk.
IIOSK \VA(>ON SMASIIKS 111
hashes Into Vehicle on Square nt
Darlington.
While on the way to a tire I'riday
norning at 11 o'clock in respond'' tn?
11 alarm turned in from tin * j
warehouse section of Darlin :t? ( t-o
iush coiiiucu wild :i i< \
he square and cunio near k l;i ? i*. o
iccupants. Charlie Law, .1 .?
rho drives for one of the s,(:. riilea
of the town, was driving thro igU
he square near the eortier of C.vhua
str<et when the fire team darkd
around the corner, meeting Inrn.
Mie buggy was torn all to pieces,
nd Law was thought to he s? riously
nirt. Medical aid happened to do
ear, however, and the negr<? was
etting along all right later 10 \ tie
ay.
FOU.NI> IIIS DHATII < \\>K.
tallied Detective Killed Himself farfore
Admitting Defeat.
In practical admission that ho
ould not solve a case which had tie re
ntrusted to hint, Harnard (Ikr> I. . 7.rus,
one of the famous detectives m
ho country, committed suicid* by
hooting in a hotel at Rochester*
'a., last week.
He had been running a privet' <1?ect've
agency, and some tint ago
1 as given a case of systematic Uo 't
rom a big firm to ferret out 'to
ould make no headway, and in d??erat.ion
made nood his lifelong honst
hat if he found a case he ? mid not
olvo lie would commit suicide.
TIIK "I'XI.OADKI)" (il'N.
i<>(H III Its Fatal Work :n i i>n it
Port, Ni'w York.
The coroner is today investigating
he death of Charles Mnlcey, .1 |(>ear-old
hoy, who was shot ami kill*
d by a companion of the same ace,
Jharles loties, near their home in
"orest Port, N. V . Friday. The two
ai been hunting and were on their
fay home when the shooting oci nred.
According to the store told .he
oroner. loneg pointed his shotgun
layfuily at Mulcey, telling hun to
iialt on pain of death." Tt *
.ent off and the charge -ntei i
id's head. dc..th resulting im
ones declared that he did n 1 .u<
is gun was loaded.
Hoys Die Seeking Sister.
At Norton, Va., while searching
(trough the tlatnes for titeir little
isier, whom they believed to bo in
heir burning liome. two little newt
f .1. FI. Robins met death Friday,
^hen found by rescue . the boya
rere so severely burned that death
uirkly resulted. The sister was
uved. Tho fire was due t" an oxlosion
of powder.
\V<>nnde<l Man Holds Robber.
Although probably fatally woundd,
Albert E. T/Oe. station agent for
lie Pennsylvania railway at Edwardport,
Ind., grappled with the rob iter
/ho forced bis way Into the station
nd In id biin until help arrived. Pea
ras shot just below the heart and
robably will die.