Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ly:. h , ONLY FOR LIFE ! 9 c t I b Ike Ptaiteitiarj is the Senteace la- r I pad Oa Four Met lar ' J & MOST BRUTAL CRIME i I Ttw Shocking Story of the Murder of { Young Paul A. Williams by a Lot > \ t ,' ?f Circus Toughs on a Train From e Columbia to Augusta Last October. v Four former employees of the f Hagenhack-Wallace circus were con- ^ rlcted at Lexington on Wednesday j ( the murder of Paul A. Williams. , f Columbia, on the morning of October 2 while he w:ib riding on a cir- . eus train from Columbia to Augus ta. George N'ichols. a white man. Elijah Clark. Garland Drown and , Jahn Wilson, three negroes, are con- t eicfel men. They were all senteur- r ed to life imprisonment in the pen- , Herniary. They should have beeu t bung for their brutal crime. Nichols and Clark were tried and found guilty of murder with recom- j mondatlon to the mercy of the court. Jodie Gage directed that the same a verdict be found in the case against , Brown and Wilson, who pleaded guilty and threw themselves on the mercy of the court. s The evidence which was offered f during the trial of Nichols and Clark a Is best described by the words of f Judge Gage, who said, in imposing v sentence on the four prisoners: "I bare never heard in any court house r proof of a more revolting murdei ( than that which you have been found guilty of committing." > The evidence in the case of Nichols and Clark, who were tried first, t conflicted somewhat as to which of the four convicttul men shot Paui Williams. The witness agreed that three of them, Drown, Wilson and Clark, the negroes, had pistols , inree eye-wimosses, all cirrus em plovers, laid the guilt on Joun Wilson. He placed It on Brown. Out witness said that two shots were lred. The pistol bullet which pierced Paul Williams' brain was a .3.' calibre. Tho two eye-witnesses both salt: that, when the shot or shots wen Ared. Williams was crouching in a i orner of a canvas w?:on. begging for his life. James O. Cabe, of Cop ' per Hill, G?., one of the men In tinwagon, who was "red lighted" aftei Williams was shot, declared that while the boy was pleading, John Wilson Interrupted with "You an- ? too d?n hard on us alggere down South!" and fired point planlc in bis face,. After Williams was shot, he was < thrown over the side of the canvas wagon. His body fell on the edge of the flat car. The murderers goi 1 ut of the wagon and pushed tin ! ' body ofT the car. Drops of blood i wore found among the crosstics 50o yards front where the body was found. This corroborates the statements that the body was not thrown directly front the wagon to the grounl. James O. Cabe, who, according to bis statement, was an eye-witness of the shooting and was also among those "red lighted, " said he was from Fanning county, Ga. He Joined tite show a few weeks before the riot. Cabe said that he went to sleep In a canvas wagon after the train left Onlanihla. He was awakened by Clark. Nichols, Drown and Wilson who demanded his gun. Clark was Standing over him with a pistol in each hand. Nichols was standing at the side of the wagon. Suddenly, said Cabe, two shots were fired in quick "accession. And Clark said, 'Throw him off. Drown.' Clark looked over the side of the wagon and enld: "He ain't otT yet. Brown jumped out of the wagon. Cabe heard him say. "He got me all over with blood." After the bloody work had been done, the murderers seem to have turned 'heir attention to Cabe. He told them that he had nothing When they fotind that this was the ease. they ordered him to "unload. ' Cabe said that, as he jumped off the flat car to the ground, a pistol was red. Garland Brown. one of the negroes named in the indictment for murder, was the next witness. He wss exceedingly nervous on the tanri. "We four, Nichols, Clark, Wilson and me." Bald Brown, "got together on one of the flats. Nichols was the leader. Clark had two pistols. lie gave me one of them. We went down the flats and Into the wagons, waking up the men. We asado two or three of them jump "When we got to Williams' wat n." the witness continued. "Wilson ays. "Where are you going?' Williams says. 'Don't kill me. I am going to Augusta.' Clark said, 'Don't hoot him. And Wilson says,' Yes. they are too hard on us niggers town South." He shot him." On cross examination Drown said that Williams was crouching In one orner of the wagon. Wilson stepp?d right up to him and fired In his fare. Nichols did not have a pistol, fcnt "fooled 'em with a sack of to MICC#." John Wilson, another of the ne;roee charged with the murder, went >n the stand In the afternoon. He. oo, was told that he would not be orced to testify against himself. ] His story was like Brown's except tie differed as to what happened vhen they climbed into the canvas vagon on the flat car No. 78. He ;ald that Brown and Nichols threw he body out of the wagon. It uu(Mii on mo en 'lai car ind wai pushed ot Th?> (nil <r|lne? >.lt? WJ? y toy Ores ham, a negro boy, also mown as "Chicken." He said that le had been with the Wallace- Hagtnbeck circus for three years. On he night of October 2 he was sleepng In a canvas wagon on car No. 7 8 vith Cabe. Brown woke him up and ook $1.20 and a sack of tobacco ?ut of his pocket. They threw Paui rV'illiams out of the wagon. The 1 >ody fe'l on the flat car and. after 3 noting it. Brown kicked It off. I "Who shot Paul Williams. ' asked ; lolicitor Timmerman. "John Wilson." renlie.l Oreaham. After the judge's charge the Jury 1 ook the case at 1:30 o'clock. They 1 irought in a verdict of guilty with s econunendatlon to mercy after 11 t nlnutes' conference. Court adjournal for the dinner recess. In the afternoon session, the case < igalnst John Wilson and Garland j Irown was called. A Jury wan drawn ' ind sworn en masse. Mr. Wlngard i Lnnounced that the two defendants ) vould plead guilty and throw them- f elves on the mercy of the court. "The two defendants In this case. ' t aid Judge Gage, "ought not to suf- s er any more than George Nichols t ind Elijah Clark. I therefore dl- t ect you to return a verdict of guilty ? vlth recommendation to mercy." t The jury did not retire. The fore- t nan wrote the verdict and passei j he verdict to Sheriff Corley. ? In sentencing Brown. Clark and j Clchols and Wilson. Judge Gage told , hem that they had reason to be , hankful that the death sentence had lot been ordered by the jury. He ; lien sentenced them to confinement >. n the State penitentiary at hard t abor during the rest of their natur- ( il lives " ? ~ m PREACHER IN THOl'HLK. , I le Ix-avcs l/etter to Conference Confessing Theft. i A sensation was sprung in th? \orth Carolina Conference of the dethodist Church, South, at Eliza ieth City. N. C., on Friday, when a j ttter was rend from Itev. L. N < looth, of Chowan circuit, acknow- | edging that he had misappropriated i nissionary and |couference fundi- , mounting to about $200. that h? .ad fled to New .ler??nv onH miiI.1 -- * vv""1 ( tot return the money. Charges wen mmedlately preferred and a trial or , lered. It Is a bad case. Rooth .vho was highly regarded by hlB con rregatlon and fellow members of | cnference, was said to have left , :ome four weeks ago, without the 'nowledge of the presiding elder, on ( he plea that his Invalid wife was n a sanitarium in New Jersey. Hl? ( ongregatlon had recently presentee ( Kim with a fine horse and buggy and i new suit of clothes to wear to con Terence. Died from Rabblea. August .Miller, 50 years old, of ' i South Sixth street, Newark. N who was admitted to the City Hospital last Thursday suffering 'torn hydrophobia, died on Frldav !ght. Ho Is the second victim of Tables In his family. Nine yearsgo his brother Charles died from the same cause. * A Harbor Starrer. Elbert Merida, who lived his nine ? jiaia >vjinoiii ever nnvmg been shaved or having his hair cut. Is lead of typhoid fever. He was on f the oldest settlers of Brown County, Tenn. In his little log hou?e re a number of rattlesnake skins Lhe wearing of which aa belts *?e attributes his long life. Many l>ie in Mine. At Durant, Okla., thirteen miners vere killed In an explosion at the 'ud bo asphalt mine .Monday and one ?f the 14 men in the workings ai he mine was brought out alive but iQconscious. Five men were blown "rom the mouth of the shaft by the 'orce of the explosion and the other were entombed. He .Must I'ick l'p. A member of the Spartanburg Are department of this Spartanburg Are pounds of flesh within the next two weeks or resign his position, according to a ruling handed down by city council Monday afternoon. Tnr minimum w*?lcUt r?f ? Spartanburg Is 150 founds and thl? man weighs but 14 8. The bodies of ton miners, who 'ere entombed In mine No. 3 of the Providence Mining company at Pro", dence, Ky., Friday afternoon, were >rcught to the surface, one by one by 'he government ntlne corps stationed at I.lnfon. Ind.. Saturday. Champ Clars of Missouri and J 1-rederlck C. lalhot of Maryland will be the only members of the Sixty econd congress who served In the ^ouse when that body last had f morratir majority ? SHE IS TOO BIG It Get ia the Birth and a Clyde Lia< Steward Cim Up Whea HE SEES THE FAT LADY to Stow OOO Pea ml Wonui Still an Unsolved Problem.?T*\< Kt airways oa the Liner too N?r row for the Use of the Corpuleu rnKsenger. "What shall we do with Big Aa lie?" w&B *ht question which puz :led Steward Dixon, of the Clydi Jne Steamer Comanche, which wa n port Tuesday, bound from Jacn ;onville to New York, says the New iml Courier. Mrs. Ouellette, bette (nown as Big Annie, who tips tht icales at 690 pounds and Is said t< ie the world's fattest fat woinao las been showing for a week Ii Charleston. Tuesday she tool )a6sage on the Comanche for Ne\ fork. When she boarded the shl| he steward was at his wits end t< tnow where to stow the big passen ter. It would never do to assign he 0 a berth such as ordinary pat lengers occupy, so the officer tool he matter under serious considers ion. Some one suggested 'hat ah >e given one of the big berths 01 he upper deck, but the problem o getting the fat lady up the stalrwa; ceding to the upper deck killed th suggestion on the spot. What dls lusition the courteous and obligini ,'oung steward of the Coruancb nade of his passenger Is not known Mrs. Ouellette and her daughter 1 very pretty girl of 18, named Flos lie, were seated on the comfortabl ounges of the forward saloon of thi Comanche when a reporter droppet n to pay his repsects to the world attest woman. Mrs. Ouellette can lot speak English very well, being i "reneh Canadian. Her pretty daugh cr, however, "knows United State rom A. to Z," and through the fal nterpreter the reporter plied thi arge lady with a number of ques ions. HI? Annlo ?nvo Miot o V.,, -- ? u VM?V BilC VUUIC honestly by her tremendous Biz* ler mother weighed 215 pounds am >er father 260 poinds. When asket tow long she had been exhlbltln; lerself, she said for the past flfteei rears. Luckily, she has never beei "orced to travel with the side show >f the circus, but has exhibited he generous proportions on her owi -eeponsiblllty. Big Annie says she Ms the mothe if six children. It was a rather em tarrasRlng question to ask of a fai roung girl, but the reporter aske< Miss Flossie If she expected to b 'at like her mother. She refused t inswer the question, adding, however, that she was the younges Milld and that the two older sister were women of rather generou build. At present the golden-haired blue-eyed lassie does not give prom isc of ever tipping the scales at mor than 130 pounds. Big Annie says she does not mln travelling around and showing hei self. However, she remarked tha there was no money for a fat worn a In Charleston, probably, as ha daughter expressed It, because of th fact that Charleston people all fe; bigger than the strangers wlthl their gates. Mrs. Ouellette and he daughter are now on their way t their home In Itlllerica, Mass. Did No Coral. It Is esld that a large number c people signed a petition In favor r Crlppen who was sentenced to deat tnd hanged for the murder of hi wife in London. This is addition; proof that it 's the easiest thing 1 the world to get people to sign p< titions, no matter what their obje< may be. Many sign just becaus mey love 10 put tneir name on pape others because they never like t refuse a request, ami still others, ei peclally in criminal affairs, becau* they are affected with sentiments Ism. Probably the old story of th man who signed a petition to ha\ himself hanged was not very muc of an exaggeration. Hut the pet tlon failed to save Crlppen from th consequences of his horrid crlnn From Hating Ojntem. Five persons In the family of 1 \V Gibson, residing In Mobile, AH including his noro cook, were p>'i cned from ea ' i* ; ? stars 3a? t?-la night and had a narrow esea|>e fro death. They ate turkey stuffed wit oysters left over from the Thank giving dinner and soon af'uwarc suffered excruciating agony for se1 oral hours. Senator Tillman Hotter. Senator Tillman will at'pnd tf ess Ions of con, dur'rjr pie ent winter. This announcement *1 made Friday by Dr. J W. Babcorl who returned to Columbia fr?. Trenton, where bo spent Thanksgi' ing day with c?nator Tillman 1) nabrock said that he found 8ena!< 'min In very much Improv* health. i 7 COLORED PREACHERS AND THEIR FIELDS OF LABOR FOR THE COMING YEAR. Appointment* of the South CnrolLnn Conference Recently Held in City i f Greenville. , The following ere the appointment* mad* by the South Carolina Conference of the Methodlat Church, which is the largest branch of the , Methodist family. All the preachers In this State, except one, are colored, but at the North nearly the whole membership, clerical and lay, are composed ef white people. Here are the appointments: f Beaufort District. t D. J. Sanders, district superintendent. Aiken?S. D. Williams. y Appleton?\V. McWillie. ' Allendale?A. H. Howard, t- Iteaufort?It. E. Romans. i Barnwel.?W. M. Steele. Bamberg station?J. B. Thomas. Bamberg circuit?A. M. Wright. " Cottageville?M. O. Stewart. < Ehrhardt?W. O. White. ? Grahamville and Hardeerllle? I Wm. David. 0 Green Pond?J. T. Wilson. Hampton?W. M. Stoney. Jacksonboro?J. L. Chestnut. 1 Lodge?G. W. Gantt. RufP.n?S. A. Funchea. k Springtown? J. T. Latson. SeigJlnville?Moses Mayson. t Walterboro?E. W. Stratton. c Ulmers?E. J. Curry, t Yemasjoe?E. Forrest, i Malet and Cook chapel?to be supplied. Rocky Point?to be supplied. y Rennettsville District. t A. C. Asbury, district superintendent. Bonnettsville?B. S. Jackson. Rethune?I. H. Richardson. * Rishopvillo?R. F. Harrington v Cheraw?C. C. Scott. i Cheraw circuit?I). E. Thomas. t. Cheraw mission?C. R Cleaves. Chesterfield?C. C. Robinson. (, Clio and Tatum?W. It. Romans. Darlington?L. G. Greggs. f Darlington circuit?J. A. Gary, i Darlington mission?E. M. Wash , ington. Dillon?J. McI.eod. Dunbar?W. S. Neal. ? llartsvllle station?J. M. Phillips. Hartsville circuit?F. W. Vaac? a Jefferson?J. R. Graham. 3 Little Rock?S. Greene. t McBee?L. A. Thomas, t. North Marlboro?R. C. Jackson. Spears?R. S. Cooper. * Society Hill?R. L. Rrower. i Smyrna?J. McEaddy. 0 Charleston District. J. W. Moultrie, district auperin1 tendent. Centenary?M, M. Mouzon. , Old Bethel?C. H, Harleston. n Wesley?R. I... Hickson. + EaRt mission?S. Ilonnean i West mission?Daniel Brown. Dorchester?M. Stewart. ,, Holly Hill?B. G. Frederick, j. Johns Island?I. L. Hardy. f Maryvllle?F. D. Smith, t Plnopolis?J. S. McMlllen. , Ridgevllle?A. R. Smith, t St. JohnB?J. F. Greene. St. Stephens?O. F. Miller. 0 St. Thomas?Thomas Judge. Summerville?N. W. Greene. ! Washington and Ladson, T. G. u Robinson. i, Florence District. t. I. H. Fulton, district superlnten?, dent. b Black River?J. F. Martin. .i Brookgreene?A. D. Jackson. f, Cades?D. Salters. Fleorence?W. S. Thompson. Georgetown?'T. J. Robinson. Grreleyville?W. B. Bowers. , Kings tree G. J. Davis. Kings tree circuit?J. T. Robinson. h Lake City?Wiley I.ittlejohn. 1 T.nnes?C. B. I.owery. ( Lntta?York Goodlett. n Marion?A. S. J. Brown. Mars Bluff ? W. M. Eaddy. !t Mulllns?J. F. Wood. |e McCIellansvllle?J. A. Norris. Rosemary and Pleasant Grove? 0 J. A. Gibson. Snletn and Wesley?J. A. Harroll. ;p St. Mary's?BenJ. Brown. j St. Luke?C. H. Hood. St. Paul and Waccamaw?O. W. e it^dpors. h flprinpfleld?W. Wilson, j Tlnimonsville?J. L. Grlce. Turkey Greek?N. T. Bowen, Jr. " Greenville District. J. F. Pa?e, district superintendent. Abbeville and Lowndesvllle?8. E Watson. Anderson?A. O. Kennedy. Belton?T. C. Frailer. "* Easloy?L. L. Thomas. Eaat Anderson?W. G. Dens. " East Greenville?S. M. McCulluni n Greenville station?W. G. Valonv cntlne. ,3 Liberty?J. C. Martin. v" North Greenville?J. A. Curry. ^ - - - rcuuieiun nna uentrai?AJTrs'i !*ewia. Pickens?J. C. Glfobes. if Hock Hill?L. W. Williams, f- Seneca?B. S. A. Williams, u South Greenville? C. L. Logan, k. St. Mark ?H. W. Williams, n Townsvllle?Lawrence Rice. Westminister and Walhalla?J. E. r. C. Jenkins. >r Went Anderson?W. F. Smith, d Willlamston?J. A. Brown. Sterling College?D. M. Minus. . ^ Orangeburg District. E. B. Burroughs, district superintendent. Bradham mission?W. C. 8um eers. Branchville?A. B. Murphy. Columbia?A. S. Cottlngham. Columbia mission?J. H. Johnson. Denmark?V. 6. Johnson. Edisto Porks?J. B. Thomas. Jamison?I. E. Lowery. (poetofflce C olumbLa). Lexington?G. W. Williams. Macedonia?8. J. Coooer. Midway?J. S. ?^i?nn?J. 11. Neeces and Norway?R. H. Cunningham. Orangeburg-?A. E. Quich. Orangeburg circuit?J. L. Henderson. Plneville?N. T. Bowen, Sr. Rowesville?A. O. Townsend. Reevesville-?H. H. Cooper. iSt. Geor?e?J. R. Taylor. Springfield?W. J. Smith. Swansea and Woodford?G. Livingston. Claflin university?L. M. Dunton. Sumter District. J. E. Wilson, district superintendent. Antloch?A. D. Drown. Blaney?J. A. Murray. Borden?James Richards. Camden?R. A. Cottingham. Camden circuit?J. C. Burch. Lamar?S. S. Sparks. Lynichhurg?Isaac Myers. Longtown?A. H. Hayes. Mayesvllle?\v. H. Redfleld. Mechanicsvllle?G. W. Moore. Mount Zion?R. A. Thomas. Rock Springe?G. B. Tillman. Shiloh?C. H. Dangerfleld. Sumter?W. M. Hanna. Sumter circuit?V. R. Camlln. Sumter mission?R. J. McDaniet Wateree^W. H. Jones, tuit?A. D. Harris. St. Matthews?T. W. Williams. Field agent Sunday School board? C. C. Jacobs. Spartanburg District. C. R. Brown, district superintendent. Blacksburg?C. C. Campbell. Bradley?II. 11. Matthews. Campobfcllo?W. M. Smith. Chester?J. L. Miller. Clover?J. B. Middleton. Cowpens?1). H. Kearse East Spartanburg and Chenie cirGafTney station ? R. F. Freeman. Greewood?J. A. Glenn. Greers?E. W. Adams. McConnellsville?W. M. Griffin. Newberry and Trinity ? Frank Quick. Ninety Six ?J. W. Groves. Pscolet?C. C. Clarke. Reidvllle?T. E. McLaughlin. Rock Hill? D. P. Murphy. Spartanburr,?G. W. Cooper. Spartanburg circuit?S. A. King. Spartanburg mission ? C. B. Brown. St. Jamfs?A. IT. Fuller. Union and Jouesvillo?H. J. Kirk. tir m nmu'jiu?w. i. rveny. Wllkinsville-?J. A. Summers. Yorkville?N. S. Smith. York circuit?J. C. Armstrong. Lauren* ?M F Putter. A Ql'KEK SENTENCE. I n usual Conditions Imiioml by a Georgia Judge. Extraordinary conditions were Imposed at Columbus. Ga., by Judge Price Gilbert, In Muscogee Superior Court Thursday in modifying the Bentenco of Frank A. Stockton on a plea of guilty of violating the prohibition law, was sentenced to pay a to $750, or twelve months on the the chain gang, and also to go to jail for two months, without the alternative of a fine. Stockton pleaded for a remission of the jail sentence. Judge Gilbert withdrew i*. but increased the fineto $750, ar twelve months on the gang, and suspended six months of the sentence on condition that Stockton leave the State of Georgia January 1st next and stay away two years, and that he pot en--age In the near-beer business In the adjoining Alabama counties of Leo and Russell. If the conditions are violated the chain gang sentence is to become automatically operative. Snake llite Was Fatal. Mr. Samuel Klnch, of Butler, Pa. fled at the hospital at Ocala, Fla. Saturday from the effects of a rattle make bile received while out hunt ing. In trying to capture a raobii which he had chased into a hole, Mr Kinch put his hand in the hole and *as bitten three times by the snake (netting Seared. A cut of $1 4,000,000 In the es tlmateH for the running expenses ot the government during the next fls cas year was reported to President Taft Thursday as a result of h!? ultimatum to the various heads t: departments at the cabiret confer ence Wednesday. iteraine Despondent. Despondent over blindness, J. W. Hull, aged 60, of Merrlmac, Ala., swallowed carbolic acid, dying la terrible agony within a few minutes Hull lost his eyes 20 years ago by being shot while hunting. He leaves a wife and six children. A woman's Idea of a brute is any | man who declines to (latfer her. A woman Is'nt necessarily wise because she can fool a fool man. ? TRIO TO HANG \ Ob One Gallows for ihe Harder of a Florence Canity Cilia* n. I KILLED MR. EL1H0 MOYE Five Negrow Were Arrwt?l at Flnrt ClitrpMl With the Crime, Which Wan Committed in the Home nl the Victim, but Two of Them Were Discharged. For the murder of Ellhu Moyo, Willie Burroughs. Ellie Weldon and Clarance Ham were convicted at Florence Monday and sentenced Hi> >e hanged on Friday, December IS. The usual motion for a new trial was overruled. Five negroes were under arrest charged with the killing of Ellhu Move SfVI'Pnl ttnl'lm o?" Ol five the solicitor held three and had no bill returned in the case of Henry I ones and Senior A6kins. The negroes on trial were Clarence Hub, long a trusted employe and friend of vir. Move; Willie Rorroughs and EHlle Weldon. The court house and court yard were crowded long before the hear for trial by people from all over tt>n county, who came to hear the case ?nd see the negroes who had committed a crime that shocked the entire community. Judge Brown's charge to the Jury was brief, covering, as usual, the degrees in homicide cases, and on 'heir duty to the country. The solicitor wished to use Clarence Ham is a witness, so did not put him >n trial with the other two. W. F. Clayton, E. S. Oliver and Claude Casque were appointed by the court to represent the accused. Clarence Ham was put on tho stand first. He testified that he had met the other two negroes and they told him Mr. Move bad gone to Tlmmonsville and that there waa money in the house and they must have it. He consented to watch in he road while they went to get It. He was to whistle in case any on? ipproached and he did so when Mfv Move drove up later. Mr. Move went into the house and struck a match, tho other negroes forced him to go to the house. He henrd one shot, then another, then saw some one stagger out of Lft? ioor. He grabbed up the gun for his protection, but they led him away ind offered him a drink, gave him 13.00 and told him to say nothing tbout the affair. They offered bltn 125 and to pay his way to Florence tf he would say nothing abont tho iff air. There was practically no testimony for the defense and though the counsel for the accused earnestly worked to prevent injustice or prejudice affecting the case, the Jury, without difficulty, found both Welion and Hurroughs guilty. The trial of Clarence Ham wu then entered Into. He acknowledged his guilt and in response to tho ub?itl question by the solicitor 6aid thtft ?ny method of trial would suit him. | He was promptly convicted. Refore the close of court shortly ifter seven o'clock all three negroes were sentenced to hang on Friady, December 16. Mr. Clayton, on behalf of hi? clients. moved for a new rinl on the ground that the evidence lid jmt corroborate the confession ?f Clarence llnm and that the crowd ind pressure of public opinion in the matter was an obstacle to unbiased opinion. Solicitor Wells replied that the ;ury was competent to judge the ?.r-t? s presented and that there hid not been the slightest success attendant >n the efforts of the defense to dlsj prove tiny of the statements an l th?vt | :he verdict ought to stand. Judge Rrown conipHmented the crowd tor fs ordf r and refused to gran*, the uew trial. Safe Found Inturk. The Iron safo containing ? I 6,(t?0 stolen from the substation of tfie Wells-Fargo Fx press company at \fuskogee, Okla., last Saturday nlg'at vas found Tuesday nlgtft and all th? money recovered. Tho safe, which was found under the porch of <*n ahondoned house, had not been open*d. Several suspects are being held. Arrest Aliened Hoblwr. R. F. Rutz, wanted at Eagle Pru, Texas, for bank robbery last June, was arrested in Nassau county, Fl% , Sunday afternoon, glsgufsed as * farm hand. According to Detectlr? Cheatham, Rutz has been heard from at many places In Mexico and South America sine? the robbery wra# committed. Thrills the Crowd. At Jackson, Miss., Thursday, lit an attempt for an altitude record Ely had seconded to a height of 1,500 feet when his motor failed. Ho glided down without power to an almoBt perfect landing, ills act thrilled ttw? large crowd of spectators. When some women feel the need I of physical exercise they go ehop? Ping.