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> I LIVED BY BLOOD 'S The Horrifying Confessions of an Old Russian Physician. _ \ MURDER WAS HIS TRADE >* Forty Heaths I .aid at His I)<w?r?no Made l"se of Oiptheria and Cliol mi iirriiin in m.TUHi|)ii!iii him Ends.?Now ItriiiK Tried for Killing a Nobleman. l\ The trial of Dr. Ivan Pantehenko, \ the physician whose profession w.is murder, for the death of Count Vassili Itauturlin by the injection of diptheria Rerms, is still occupying the center of the stage in St. Petersburn, with the ripples of excitement extending past the shores of Europe and even touch inn America. The crime for which the physician is being tried, the murder of Count Tlouturlin, one of the most craftily-planned and cold-blooded in the history of Russia, is only a drop in the bucket compared with the numerous other killings the noted doctor has confessed to and which he has subsequently denied, but which will proiiably be fastened to him by the prosecution. He was a murderer by profession: a man who carefully planned each of his crimes and then carried them through to a successful completion for a certain amount of money. Artistic murders, singly, or in blocks, have been his specialty. Russia has produced many famous criminals, and during the reigns of some of her monnrclis marvelous crimes have been committed there. Put never in recorded history has one man done such wholesale slaughter by such ....in.. ; n ?i 1~ r? M-IHIIK mri 1IUUB. l)r. Pantchenko, who is 70 years old. confessed (o causing 10 deaths by means of inoculation. Tie h is done it all for hire and his fees have run Into the millions. He. has used the perms of many deadly .maladies ami every mysterious death of recent years is now laid at his door. His trail leads even into the palace of the czar and members of the royal family have been his victims In his awful work he has employed the perms of the dreaded scourge of Russia, the cholera. He is even credited with having been responsible for the terrible epidemic that has cut down thousands from the Baltic to the Black Sea wit bin the last few years. He has removed helm*who were in the way of others. 1** He has slain lovers at the behest j of rivals. He has stopped cffectu-1 ally t.he Importunities of insistent creditors. In short, wherever a man has h*^l an enemy and could pay to have Itjni killed Dr. Bantchenko has been Open to hire. Was Never Suspected, ills method have been of a nature that tended to shield him from ev n the breath of suspicion. To insure his own safety it was necessary that his intended victim should be ill nno that he should he called to attend him. This usually was simple, because of his reputatiofi as a learned and skillful physician. Once at the bedside it was an easy matter to administer hypodermically the perms of cholera, diptherea or < some other fatal disease. He ex plained in court tnat lie never sterilized his hypodermic syrln-e because (hat would diminish the effectiveness of the spormo preparation and leave a chance that the victim mi-iht r<rcover. The specific charge U|ion which the aged physician is being tried is the murder of Baron Ivan Vassili ButurHn. He confessed this deed ainon?, otliers, hut liter he retracted this confession and said that he had been Induced to make it by inducements held out to him hv the examining magistrate at the original Inquiry. However, the prosecution Is having very little trouble fastening the crime upon him. Back of Dr. Pantclienko in the Buturlin case?and, the poisoner says. In all the other murders he has committed?stands n figure that Is even more terflble to the Russian Imagination than that of the aged poisoner because of the jlroad. mysterious power that It represents. Tt is that I of Count Patrick O'Brien 'de Lassy, who is jointly accused with Pant-1 chenko of the murder of Ruturlln. His was the brain, the doctor says, that planned the horrible deeds; hts was the hand that shared the proceeds, and from him emanated the strange, hypnotic influence which sent the poisoner to the sick-hods of his victims and kept him at his work of butchery. lowering wun roar as his --lance rested on Count do Lassy in court Pantchenko pointed him out as ?lie Sevengali whose mind lia<l directed his crimes and held him in hypnotic subjection. Because of this dectuI ration of the prosecutions of tin* two men liavc been separated. Seven Dentils Necessary. The motive which actuated Pantchenko and do Lassy in the murder of Paron Rutnrlln was the same as In all the other cases? -money. The baron was the second son of (Jen. Gururlin, who w-as Immensely wealthy. Count do Lassy was \i son-inlaw. The general's eldest son had angI i I THE WAGES OF SIN CROOK PACES POOR HOUSE AFTER YEARS OF CRIME. Ho is Sot Froe From Prison in Ills Old Ajce, Rrokon in lloaltli nnd Knirits. Broken in health and spirit by confinement in the federal prison at McNeil's island. Wash., where he serveu four terms, Lawrence (Larry) Kelly, declared by customs officers to be the shrewdest and most daring opium smuggler they have encountered on Paget sound durin; the last three decades, was turned adrift a fewdays a - o. He is 7.1, his strength is wasted, his nerve is gone and he is without a (\pllar. Unless former accomplices come to his aid with part of the fortune he made for them at the risk of his life and freedom, it is likely the veteran will pa..s the rest of his days in a poorhouse. "Square" With lli.s Backers. Kelly's smuggling days are ovei. He is a broken down sailor. He is under the surveillance of customs officials and will be followed by them fo the grave. He never confessed or implicated others and he had the reputation of being "square" with those who profited by his traffic though lie had opportunities to fleece tliem whenever he brought a sloop load of contraband goods into the country. Smuggling always appealed to Kelly as a game of chance, to be indulged in only for the excitement and the satisfaction of eluding the officers. He did not sail under the bl ick flag for the profit and it is known that lie never fired a shot or harmed any one. worlioi the Canadian Border. K<-Uy was successful in many of his adventures between the Canadian shores and the mainland in Washington and Oregon, and it is believed he smuggled several hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of contraband goods, including opium into the I'nited States during the last la years. He always worked alone, and. though deserted when arrested the last time, he would give not the least inkling as to who financed the expeditions or who assisted him. He said little at the trial and was convicted following a brief hearing, and sentenced to serve two years. When opium began pouring into the country from over the British Ciolun^da border, for months the customs inspectoVs searched the country in an effort to trace the sinu: filer. Finally one overheard a conversation between two prosperous business men at Olympia. the capital of Washington. Kelly was caught with the goods and arrested. l'OISOX 1'I.OT l OII.KD. Candy nnd Cakes for Children Contained Arsenic. An attempt to poison the f.tniiie of David ;>. Moon, of (Jreei.sbir z, I'a., lias been discovered and an investigation is being made. Several weeks ago the children of Mr. Moon picked tip a bag of candy which they found on the porch of their homo. Their mother would not allow them to eat it. and whon the f;ither came home he threw it into the stove. Last week there was a similar instance, the children finding a bag on the porch containing cakes. This time, the father growing suspicion, the cakes wore turned over to W. F. Elwood, a ch mist, who found they contained arsenic. The fiends were foiled. * Tank Kills Two. At Memphis two negroes were killed and one white man and a thiro negro had narrow escapes Friday when an iron water tank fell through the roof of the Nuvelty Candy Company. * ered his father hy his marriage to a music hall dancer, and the general had announced that the second son. was playing with it. the baron, would inherit his estate of nearly $4,000,000. The plan was to remove the baron so that the millions would go to the daughter. Count do Lassy's wife. lit was necessary to make a clean sweep, however, and this involved not only the deaths of the general and the baron, but also of the gt npral's second wife and his oldest son. Count niiturlin. Pantchenko siid that his bargain with de I,assv called for the payment of $5,000 for the death of the count. $25,000 for the death of (Jen. Huturlin, *2."?n . 000 for the death of the second wife and another $250,000 for the death of the baron. In his confession l?r. Pantchenko said that he had inoculated the baron with diptherla baclli. Fie had at tlrst intended to use cholera germs, but the nature of the actual illness, which was slight, caused blip to decide that diptheria germs would he less likely to he discovered. The prosecution has proved that the baron really died from the effects of diptheria and Pantchenko will prob ably receive a death sentence for his work. .lust now the efforts of the state aro being concentrated in connecting Count de I.assy with the crime. * J THEY MUST QUIT The Legislative Joint Committee Mak^s Report on Trustees HOLDING TWO OFFICES % - - - - i iii-j .*ri" * nmicnimMi hi the Report ami tlie Attorney-General Is \skeil I to Make Investigation?The Heport. Was Adopted by the Senate and the House. Deciding that the trusteeship of any of the institutions of learning of the State is an oflice of trust the holding of which precludes one from | holding another office of trust at I the same time, the special commisI sion appointed by the general assembly to investigate the holding cf smh offices. Friday night reported to the two houses. The report names B. R. Tillman, senator from South Carolina; Jehu G. Richards' Jr., railroad com missioner. and Robert McFarland, judge of probate of Darlington count/, as trustees of State institutions who are holding other offices contrary t > the constitution. The commission consists of Senator W. L. Mauldin, chairman; Senator I.eGrand G WalJker, T. P. Brown, Geo. S. Mower, Frank R. Gary. The report of the commission says: The Iteport. I The special commission appointed I by the two houses in accordance with the provisions of a concurrent resolution. "That a commission of live lie appointed, three from the house and two from tlie senate, tr investigate and report back to t'n?i eueral assembly, during this session, the trustees of the various eduI rational institutions of this State, i who are serving without, conuuis! sions, and also those who are holding other positions of public trust of this State contrary to the constitution of this State, begs leave to report that it has duly investigated the matters referred to it. "Your commission decided that under the terms of the concurrent resolution its investigation was urn ited to those who are trustees of the various edufcyitional institutions 01 the State, and lias confined its investigations to such persons. Your committee has sought information from such sources as it deemed proper. " \s we understand the concurrent resolution our duty was to investigate and report: "(1) The trustees of the various educational institutions of the State who are serving without commissions; "(21 Those trustees who are holding other positions of public trust of this State eontrory to the constitution of the State. "Your committee' is of the opinion that those trustees who are o\ofiicio members of the several hoards are not violating any constitutional inhibition when so serving and we deui it unnecessary to name those in that category. "As coming within the category of those who are serving without commission your committee would name the following: The Trustees. "Trustees of Winthrop College who have not been commissioned. | Hon. W. J. Hod (ley, Hon. J. E. Rrca| zeale, Hon. Wilie Jones and Hon. R. IK. Tillman: | "Trustees of Clemson Agricultural College who have not been commis 'sinned: Hon. .John 0. Richards, Jr., Hon. Coke I"). Mann, Hon. B. H. Ua \vl. "Trustees of University of South Carolina who have not been commissioned: TTon. Roht. McFarland. ) "As to the inquiry as to what trustees are holding other positions I of public trust of this State contrary to the constitution of the State your committee would report that after mature deliberation it is of the opinion. generally speaking, that the trusteeship of any of the institutions of learning of the State is an oflice of trust, the holding of which precludes one from holding another office of trust at the same time. ''Having reached this conclusion your committee is of the opinion that John CJ. Richards, Jr., who is an elected trustee of Clemson agricultural college and also railroad commissioner of this State is holding one or the other of said offices contrary to the constitution of the State. "That B. R. Tillman, trustee of Winthrop college and also United > 1f?1 < ^t'luitcr ffnm . 1:~ is holding one or the other of saiu offices contrary to tlie constitution of the State. "That Tvobt. MeFarland. who is trustee of the South Carolina University, is also probate jtnl e of Uar 1 ?is 'ton county, is t><?1 <Jint? one or the other of said offices contrary to the constitution of tin State. liife Trustees. "Your committee lias given nurch ! thought to the question of whether! or not the life trie tee of Clemson ; Collece. ;?rc- in the same category as | trusters elect ed hv the en era 1 as-1 seiuhly or their officers. Some ot : your committee have grave doubts, upon this point. It Is a question ithat ought to he definitely and fin-1 ally settled. It can only he de m SHOOTS BOY BOTH WERE IX LOVE WITH THE SAME YOl'Xfl WOMAN'. ^ Shooting Took l'lnce Just as the Hoy Who Got Shot Was Entering a Gate. Will Carter, a young white boy altout IT years of age, lies dangerously wounded at his home in Langley. and another young whjte boy. about 1 C. years of ag~, i* in the Aiken jail, charged with the shooting. From information that c<"?uld be gathered Thursday morning, it seems Mi it Walter Cowens and Will c'ar tcr were in love with the same youn lady, who was about their age. or t younger, and that Cowens, taking ( exception to the attention pa'd her by Will Carter, shot Carter in the j back and side. . Cowens boards at a home in Iturnett town, and it was at this house that Carter was calling. He started ' there Wednesday night, and about 8 o'clock opened the gate and started in. Cowens. seeing him coming, , picked up a shotgun and fired at , Carter. The load took effect in the side 1 and hack. Carter was only about ten yards from Cowens when the shot was fired, and the wound is a 1 very serious one. Wednesday night : the wounded boy was resting well as could be expected. Cowens In jail was interviewed by The News and Courier correspondent. He says that Carter had boon ' throaten'n j him for the past few days, and that on Tuesday night had made threats at him as if to draw ' his pistol: that he saw him coming into the house last night, and that ' ho picked up his gen and fired at him. Ho says he shot Carter in the hack, just as he was latching the ! gate. He also said that Carter was mad : with him about something that lie | had said about a young lady. it may he stated that Carter has served several years in the State Re'ormatorv. Cowens is in knee pants, and ' \Vhen seen in jail was pitiful in appearance. ' t , t _____ < Might Men Fly. At ran, France, last week, M. I,a- ' martin, one of the host known of French aviators, flew with seven , , i ,...>inviih<-i o .11 it iuiMiuiw;im> ior :i per-| iod of five minutes, creating a new world's record. The total weight carried wis 1,012 pounds. * ] { Harris Iler Children. i Rats are so numerous in the Chll- , dren's home in Kansas City, Kan., , that Mrs. I.illan Davis, the matron, is compelled to sit up at night to keep them away from the sleeping cjhildren. The rats have invad?d the i'o'.'o fr mi an old building nearby, formerly used as a county jail.* term i nod by a .tribunal whose pro vince it is under the law to determine legal questions. Your committee therefore reconimends the adoption of the accompanying concm rent resolution directing the attorney general of the State to institute quo warranto proceedings, o? such proceedings as in his judgment are proper, before a proper tribunal for the purpose of determining whether or not a life trusteeship of Clemson Agricultural College is an office of honor or profit, or whether it Is an office or positiou of prom or trust under this State, the United States of America or any of them or under any other power. Until tin* question shall have been finally determined in the manner Sugg 'eo it ,,-ill l.n ? ?? - - ..... ... .. . uimi.iiiLiy rrc illllg source of annoyance to tlie peop'e of the State and to those who are holding such trusteeships, and an ofhct at the same time, besides under the honest belief that they are not violating the law. "Your committee, composed of laymen and lawyers, does not undertake to decide this purely legal question. but for the purposes above indicated it reports that Alan Johnstone is a life trustee of Clemson Agricultural College and also State senator from Newberry county, and that n. It. Tillman is a life trustee of demons agricultural college and also United States senator Trom South Carolina." The Resolution. The following is the concurrent resolution the commission attached to its report: "That the attorney general of the State is hereby authorized and directed to institute in the name of the State quo warranto proceedings, of Qll?*ll nt ltnr nrAOAA/li.w^.. ? - J ? 1 ' . ,.,vKcru,i,ns n? III IMS judgment may be proper, before a : proper tribunal, for the purpose of ' determining whether or not a life trusteeship of Clemson agricultural ' college under the will of the late ' Thomas C? Clemson is an office of honor or profit, or whether it is an | office or position of profit or trust within the meaning of the State constitution under this State, or (lie i'nited States of America, or any 1 other power, and If so, whether a,' I person holding such life trusteeship;' I is inhibited under the constitution : I of this State from holding at the ' same time any other office of honor 1 or profit, and especially whether a.' I person raphe a member of the gen- ' oral assembly of South Carolina ' while holding a life trusteeship on the Clemson agricultural college." t MAKES A FIGHT < 'ongres man Lever Would Curtail "asses of the German Trust. i Will HUNT DATACU TT lLilj UU1H I VII IVMtlJU \ .ever 11ns the Agricultural Approc print ion H?ll Amended. Providing ,j $IU..">tM) for Investigating to l?e- i terminc Whether or Not l'otush tl Deposits Kvist in this Country. t Congressman I ..ever on Friday se- s :ured an amendment to the agricul- ' Lural appropriation bill, providing * that the Secretary of Agriculture r shall, sit an expense of not over $12,- ' >00, make investigation in the I*nit- 1 ?d States to ascertain if there are f !>otash deposits in this country. * Germany now has an entire mo- r lopoly in this trade and we buy from .them anuaiiy $S.000 worth. ( There is very little actual, and possi- ' >le knowledge regarding deposits of 4 liotush in the United States in com- ' tniercial quanititee, for the reason 1 ihat no serious attempt has been ' made ot locate them. The German ' supply lias always been available ' and, while the present trust or syndi- t ate methods have long been so 1 shadowed, it is not until the present that we have been forced to make ourselves independent of Germany. ilo>\ I'otasli Formed. Potash i> the result of centuries of leaching through feld-par and lies ' i :rent depths. There is every reason to ln-lie ve that iti the sin.s of the Western States an 1 in the desert ounlry, where fehispur abounds, potash may and will he discovi red ' ihrough proper investigation. No ' systematic work has been umlertak- J 11 011 an) adequate scale, German* has spent immense sums in exploration, the result being her present monopoly of the world's supply. One ( company invested $1,500,000 in Fruitless work and another lias a ash capital of ?2,3S0.000 for such ' exploration. To-day Germany has $250,000,000 prolltahly employed in the working of its potash mines. Mr. Lever's Statement. Mr. Lever said: "This amend- ( tnent, if adopted, will effect a very , Important niece of work to the peo- ( r?lo of 'lie I'nited States, and espec.i- ^ ally those engaged In agriculture. ( The purpose of the amendment is to | authorize the department of agriculture to make investigations ^ throughout the country in an effort , o locate potash and nitrite deposits. , "These gentlemen of the committee will understand that the people f the ''cited States consume comI menial fertilizers to the amount o> $1 20.000,000 every year, and of this amount $8,000,000 of it is expended ] for potash alone. The gentlemen will also remember that a complete commercial fertilizer consists of err- , tain proportions of nitrogen, phos- , phoric acid and potash. Nitrogen from Chile. "The bulk of the nitrogen of the country used for fertilizer purpose's comes from Chile. Almost the entire amount of potash consumed in this country, in fact nil of it nnnmc from (lormnny. The fact is that Ormany has n complete monopo?.? 4?)op tho potash business of the world, and the people of the United States are absolutely dependent ui? on the Herman people for their supply of potash, one of the essential ingredients of a complete commercial fertilizer. "I do not intend at this time to discuss this controversy, though it is my purpose later to have something to say about if and to ascertain. if possible, the reasons for tho delay of the State department in hriir-Mng about a settlement of it. It was this controversy which directed my attention to the fact that the people of the United States, the greatest agricultural people in th*. world, were absolutely dependent upon a foreign nation for their supply of one of the essential ingredients of a commercial fertilizer. Ilelieve* Prospects Favorable. "1 am satisfied that the prosperts for locating pjotash deposits and nitrates in this country are favorable. The expenditure authorized by this amendment.Is only 11 2,50ft. It may be that nothing will be accomplished by the investigation nn k.. this authority, hut even if we do not discover any deposits of nitrates or potash in this country, I think it well worth the while that the investigation should l?e made, so as to settle the question for once and for all. i "If there are such deposits in this country. if the investigation pro*. * conclusively that they can loeat these mines, i' means a world ?>' ste.nl to the entire people of the l'n i Ited States," * Overrun '-' iili llohhers. A dispatch from Amory, Chin i, *ays the1 surrounding country is ov- ' >rrun with bands of armed robber . lid the holder have ventured in n the heart of that city, terrorizin g' 1 ho Inhabitants. The authorities !iavo adopted strong measures ;o 'uppress the outlawry and four roht>ers were beheaded. The famine i las made thousands of men desper- < He. * < MANY USt Tilt DRUG ! THAKIiB&TON POLICE WAKE W.\H OX IS KRS OK COCA INK. rho Unusual N'umlier of Drug Fiend Cases Has Aroused the Oi'.Icials of the City. Seldom has there been as much oeaiue using in the city as was evilenced by the police docket Monday eorning, says The News ami Courier, .lost of the cases were summarily lealt with by Recorder Jersey, while wo were continued, pending the reult of an investigation of the drug ound on two of the prisoners. Dr. \ L. Parker has been authorized to inalyze the drug, as the prlsonets n question claim that they did not lave cocaine, stating .that the drug ound on.their persons is not wnat is cnown among the criminal classes is "happy dust." The police are much wro-ieht up ner the increase in the pe-nicious iractice of the drug using, and they date that most of the crimes coinnitted in the city are either directly >r indirectly due to this drug. They ire all under strict orders from Chief toyle to arrest a'l offenders, a id to nstantly apprehend anyone who jives indications of having fc? en usng the dust. The use of the drug is not confined o the neg-o population, as a glance it the list of those arrested will iliow. Feveral white nien are said to iave lu.otne notorious in the city from tliis drug, while there are one >r two negroes, one of \vh"in is a .voman, who are arrested about once 'very week. Just how the people obtain the lrug is not known, tint from all inlications there is an easy ni> thed of jotting it. The police and I lie .1>?eciives on the force ar?? endeavorn : to 1? at n the headquarters for the tale of the stuff, but so far have lot been very successful. Ho ,veve?\ hey are in hopes of making sotm inportant arrests in the cocaine lino n the near future. Alfred Coleman, a young white nan. who was arrested late Satn-d .y light for using I'ocaine, was rep . sod >11 deposit of $7hail. As he failed o appear yesterday morning for trial he l?ail was declared forfeited. .1 tV. Cox. v liite, who is well known o the police, was also arrested for laving cocaine on his person. His ase lias been continued, pending Pr. Parker's investigation. Another white man, C?. D. Iz.rd. was convicted of having cocaine n lis person, and was sentenced to >ay a ?T"t flue or serve thirty da s in the gang. The ea. e against Fred 'ainpboll, colored, who was arrest" I m the same charge, was continue I, is the drug which was 'oun ' in lii.s dotlies, is bting analyzed l?.\ l>r. Parker. Practically all of the chn : igain.-t tlie prisoners are n t re I 'S. "Having cocaine on the pes >?i," s II19 cliarge of c<)c:iine using ! as to 0 proved, and that is found ver\ e!:t'l:cult. To be convict* d of u. in" (!,?? drug, the criminal has to he en ?lit in the very act of taking a !< 10. It is hoped that the praetir. of '.bug cocaine will be reduced to a leinir.ium within a reason ilily short time. Mlhl.iONS Alii: ST.\lt\'!\(I. Inhabitants of Uiimine Districts Dislike Flies. Unless relieved 2,000,'> ><> penp'e in China will die of rt irv. tion .Tliis is a calamity predicted by V;r. \VihIer, Atueriran consul general . at. Shanghai, in a cablegram n eiVi i from him by the Am rican National Red Cross society. * * . In describing the pit if 1 eomUtinn Mr. Wilder says the sc ; in the., famine district are liorr fying. Chlldren are beinj given aw y l?y the n<tlicted people and the dead lie by the road side. In a mail report to the state department dated December froa? Mr. Calhoun, American minister Peking, it Is stated that the number of sufferers in two prov'nees Kiangati and Anliul is not less than 3,000.000. The minister estimates that 2.000,000 gold dollars will he required to provide relief. * IU?V OF F.I.F.VEX IS DICOW Mil*. Either A-Icop or Mlsc in a Delirium of Tuesday rvenin, ;?f about 7 o'rlotk at Arlington, a mill villa e, t so miles from Oreer I>?*w? l it . i-"d II. son of J. W. liiit, either In ?. '( < ;> sleep or < ? !! in -a ..!'< ' ; to \pr:ln< In pond an I is ! i? ?I. The boy bad bet i. ' all t tornion and mm, ' n d of lictn^ s ry warm. Alton* 7 o'rlo : 1 a missed from bis roo n. A 'ir n crv . s In >rd. On iroin on' > ins iato nothing foeld 1 fi :nd a iiu h?ld. II was traeket to ??.? in,.it .. svli? re t! water w a 1"- !' > ' !< < rise bod\ was not r cov< red vin .1 iter 1 0 o'clock. Sail'.it"-. I>r .uti'i1. The Russian l> rk (.lent.auk ;ih ivreckod off fo-^ick, Australia, i* n lay. and nil except oil' of the n. w if thirty were lost. , *