The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 01, 1901, Image 1
CAMDKN, S. C., FRIDAY NOVEMBER I, I'M)!
CZOLGOSZ IS ELECTROCUTED.
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Murderer of President IWcKinley Pays the Pen
alty For His Crime.
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IMMAINS OBSTINATE TO THE ENO.
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^Prisoner Went to His Death Without
Confession ? Ills IMnal Interview
With His Brother.
Auburn, ,, PrUon.. Special. -'?iAion F.
OaoUv^sz, t ho anarchist who Killed
President McKinley, was electrocuted
???v?r>"i*n>'5', -rfv ivi'irao.
Tlio prisonpv made a brief speoch in
iho chair, He said ho was not sorry
for what lie had done, but expressed
?s regret f iat he had not fi'-cn h'.s fathsv.
Ctol ?osz was given throe contacts
oTWetrlcity before he was finally pro-,
111 JJPJ'.Aced dead.
Half an hour boforo the" execution
v, y .... ? ?tho prisoner sent for the suporlnten
i__ .'-.dent and warden and said :"1 want to
. make a statement before you Kill mo."
v What do you wish .Jo say, Czol
, gosz?" asked the warden^ ^ ,
"I want to make it when\tfrefe are &i
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"lot of i.ooplc present. 'I want them to
hear i/io," said the prisoner, j
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5^. ? r Hft informed that I hip request
^ ceulfl not be granted. /
LEON P. CZOI.GOHZ.
"Then I won't (alk at all," said the
-^prisoner sullenly.
He changed' his resolution, however,
and did break the rule of silence in the
death chamber.
The 'assassin did not break down.
8$o-:-tly after G o'clock tho clothing
fn which he wa-i executed was sent
Into tho condemned min's cell and he
got up and d rowed himself. A few
minute? aft^of. he had finished dressiug
a f-ubs'.antlal breakfast was sent to
his cfcll. /****?
The preliminaries wore exactly like
thoae of every other execution. The
wltncsscfl gathered In the office of the
warden on the^second floor of th pris
on at a quarter of 7. A few minutes
before ^ tho witnesses wore told to
quickly follow the warden and State
superintendent of prisons and after
walking through the Jong corridor
took, their placcs silentiy beside tho
death chair in the' execution * room.'
Tho Iron noor leading to tho condemn- 1
ed cells was closed, but behind it the
warden.? and ns'slst'ants^vere preparing |
CzolgC32 for death. The warden wait
ed until the witnesses were seated,
and then made the usual formal decla
latioa, declaring, that those present In
the roonj were merely there as wlt
ncawgfl a lsgal exocution of a mur- 1
derer, nnd. that under ho cTrcumsJan-4
ces and no' matter what the provoca-'
lion, no one was to leave his seat or
make any disturbance.
Electrician Davis then put upon the
arms of tho chair a bank of 22 Incan
descent olcctric lamps and attaching
thfc electrical wires, passed the current
through them, so that the lights glow
ed out -brilliantly.. An assistant in the.1,
moan timo put tho two electrodes,
which were lined with sponges, into]
pails of salt Water so as to get them
wot ei\ough to prevent the current |
from burning tho yipt'm'a flesh. . .
After thc-superlntendent had left the
guards brought Czolgosz' breakfast,
consisting of coffee, tffast, eggs art*!
bacon, and berate with quite a goo<K
deal of relish. While he was partaking
of this the witnesses were gathering in
the office of Warden Meade and at 7:06
-WAiock. the proceaslon passed to the
death ? li a m ber ijgo 1 n g fHro ngfi TRVTBlf g" |
south carrldor.
final tbs* OP TUB APPARATUS.
tn'the ohamber ElectricIa%.DAvls and
Former Warden Thaysr, of Daane
mora. had acrangsd the chair test,
placing * bank of M Ineabdescent
lights aeMB
- tbeelect
-Tfcs wltn
Warden Meade stood directly In front
and Electrician Davis retired to the
little room containing tho electrical
switches. The signal was given and thu
current was turned through the eh' ***
trie lights, flooding the chamber with
brilliant light and dramatically sh av
ing the power that was used to kill tho
prisoner.
CZOLOOSZ ENTERS THE DEATH
CHAMBER.
Warden Meado gave tho signal to
l>a v/> |jbA nrlii/wwr lu/iufiil in- and <ll
*7: 1 0 Vfe o'dock. Chief Keeper Ynp-or
Swung open tho big steel door !ert.n ;
to tho condemned mtu's cell, and an
the steel bars behind whlc i (./Z0I5
had been kept were swung aside t?o
guards marched the prisoner
tho corldor, two others following an t
the chief keeper walking in front. The
guards on either side of CzolgCP'- ha
hold of his arms as If either to support
him or to keep him from making a
demonstration. As he stepped over the
threshold he stumbled, but they U1
him up. as they urged him forwar
toward the chair he stumbled again on
the little rubber covered platform upon
which the chair rests, li s head wan
erect and with his gray flannel s.;i ?
turned back ?t the neck, he I00*0 '
quite boyish. He was intensely pale
and as he tried to throw his head back
and carrv himself erect, his chin quiv
ered very perceptibly. As he was nclng
seated, he looked about at the assem
bled witnesses with quite a s eat y j
^NOt'sORRY FOR HIS CRIME. |
"I killed the President because -he
was an enemy of the good P^oPle-or
the working people." His v^e |rom
bled slightly at first, but _
strength with each Word and as he
spoke it, was perfect l
not sorry- lor my. crime, ^ sald th
K ad" "ba'cK 'oTllTB.SKbMl an'
tightened and bound the Jaw. .Ugnuy,
ho mumbled: I am aw, y
could not . ??o.X'ka,when he ?ro?ed
?5S w- -
baCTHE CURRENT TURNED ON.
Warden Meade raised his hand, and
at 7*12:30 Electrician Davis turned the
switch tffat threw 1,700 Volts of elec
tricity into the living body. The rus.i
Avtrpme tenseness, ror iort>
one o e current was kept
Ave seconds the fall cttrr_ eU[.trlcU^
?Jrcw the s^ltch baclj re'luclnguttho
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SHH ?rthe si
3nS?-. DT; Igenj-W "epped^o
He'sa?2"heUtfeU no PUlsatlo^
hut f"w 'ieonds again.
Once more tho body ^hecimc r Igl^
iJrnm tho time Czolgosr, had left l is
?!? nntlf the full penalty was paid.
fe? "Sin 'our minutes had .lapsed.
"Si'ny? them visibly affected. and the
Mdy was take, from the chair and lal.l
'hands OF TH,
doctors. ^
-wh(lB the body of CiolKOS* had ttcerr
Sere wr?\oW CTctte^t nmong th-3
im? "Hireiy hpndred people h#
i.i, a* a witnesses enter and iVwwt ?
Wa?n thpv rt'appeared. The witness.!
"il1 is nulcMy aome of them leav
^^the?r hom? ?? early ... 9
!v^i ni- if V ft t u r'a 1 1 y almost the entire at
SSSsssi
*7?!: rH.ri.a F. Macnon.ld., E.^A
fhe*S?.d was ?*ed. off
t?^$?d ""to^be of normal |
TS!? it wis ths uasnlmous
22?m?f "om th. mi.ro^oplc.l ?
***?**??? th? brs?* was normal
animation . demorf
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.Jolfn Gerln, physician at the pilson. |
Tho autopsy occuplcd over three horns ;
ami embraced a careful examination
of all tho bodily organs, including tho j
brain. The examination revaled a p I
fectly healthy state* of all the org.ms, .
Including the brain.
"All of the physician* who attenue i
the execution were present at the au
topsy and all concurred in tho turnings
of tho examines.
"(Slgnod) John Uerin. M. D.; jtarlos
V. MaeDonald. M. D.; 10. A. Sp U*:?.
Tho surgeons' repot t a was of ft high
ly technical character. After ailentlPc
; ally describing u> tho minuted detail
iht* brain of the dead muidcrei, i<
report concludes us follows: ?'no an ?
malles found. The brain in genial is
well developed, sufficiently marked
with fisures ami the lobes are In a n ?r-~|
1 mal proportion." The an* goon* have
I not yet drawn a report on whit t^e an
topsy discolsod as to the other j
THR llOPY DRSTltO\KD \\ 1 I H
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' Tl?o body was pis cod In a blaoM !
stained pine coffin, every portion o
the anatomy being placed unoer the
supervision of Dr. Ocrln and Wanton,
i Meade. Shortly aftorwaid it was tafc-.-n
to the prison comet- ry, an 1 an oxtia
ordinary precaution taken to comp et- -
ly destroy it. A few days n'-'-o. undoi
thl. warden's or.!*:-. aft,^perluien,t was
male to determine t!f6>?^r of du.efc
lime in tho destruction of 1'e-di ^n(l
bone, which was not satisfactory. \\n"
don Meade at once conferred with some
of tho physicians present ami Oe'e-- j
mined, iu conjunction v;Uh Superin
tendent Collins, that the purp_s? of
the law wtis the destruction of the
body and that it was not necessary to
iise Quick lime for that end. Accord
ingly a oarboy of acid was obtain"1
and poured upon the body in tho coffin. ;
i after It had been lowered Into the <
I grave. Straw was ured 1n tho four eor
! ners of the grave as tho earth was put
I In to give vent to such gases as might
! form. is the belief. of the physicians
i that thfl body will bo entirely dlslnte- .
grated ftrlthln 12 hours. During, tint
time and as long as deemed nec-ssary
I a guard will be kept over the un
i marked grave.
History of tho Crime.
History's blackest page shows
white when compared with tho at
rocious crime for whlcj^ Ta-oii 1'.
Czolgosz was executed 4o7lay. in
spired by anarchistic idea, Czolgosz
went to Buffalo where President Mo
Kinley waa visitor to tho 1 an
Amcrican exposition, determinea u>
murder tho executive. I.nte On the af
ternoon of September Cth. the presi
dent was receiving tho people in the
Tom pie of Music in the exposition
grounds. In tho line of people who
w<Ve passing the President was
Czolgosz. . ?
As the President turned to -vccfiivo
him, he extended his right hand in a
' friendly manner. Czolgosz thrust the
extended hand aside and raised a re
volver , which he carried concealed in
i a handkerchief, fired two shots atrfjio
President. Tho assassin made, no at
tempt to escape and was speedily dis
armed and. hurried away. His only
'words were that he "had done
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j The wounded President was
to the emengency hospital on the j
grounds, where an operation was per
formed. Ono bullet struck President
McKinley in the chest and the second
entered the abdomen. Only one bul
let was found. After the operation
the President was removed to the
home of President Milburn of the
Pan-American Exposition and the
best medical attendance sought. l<or
.several days the President gave ev
i erv promise of recovering, but early
I on the foiowlng iMday
lapse occurred. For twenty -fou*hours
President MoKiriloy
deaths door. Ehriy Saturdav mmW
Sent 14th. he breathed his last with
the words: "God's will bo done, not
ours." on his lips.
Vice President Roosevelt was. quick
ly quietly sworn into the office i of
President that afternoon i" Buffalo,
the cabinet being ?ijj?
QUief) were begun tn-Buffalo on Sun
dav when the bbdy laj^tn state tn the
city hall. All the nation mourned and
everywhere there were outward man -
^festatTon of the national grief. The
i bodvHwas taken to Washington to the
! White House and on TuesdayBer vices
were held *?SiS?h?a
j of* Congress were present.
Ina the hody was takfen to Gatttop,
O.. the home of the *JcKlnleys. The
; day of the interment, Thursday . Sept.
?20 was observed throughout the na
i tion ?a a day of mourning.
| F. Csolgosz was indicted ami
i arraigned In court in Buffalo Sept. ,
ICthNand as' the feeling was so l>ittor
againfft him. Attorneys; refuaedto
SStftfak ~ <?> ??*
Fh?
ho"!? No' defeS"? *?"
The jury reU.rncd . vcr^of
?'guilty." Two days later he was sen^
SS% EStt&SZt to Auburn
about 28 years %go. *Je rc^e)v^t<*
common school church
took tip his studies In , ?* ??u??b
school. nevjrl?wm^
. po ana <*???
ptMBUk. and
priests to confess or ask divine fa
vor. ^
Prior to tho late evening Inter
views, Czolgosz reluctantly received
Fathers Fudzlnskl and Hlckey. It
was late In tho afternoon and occur
red after l?o hud once refused to
meet them. After they- reached the
prleou, Superintendent Collins con
veyed tho; request for ux?, Interview to
the prisoner. Czolgosz sent hack
word that ho did not care to sec
them, but tho priests naked to ho al
lowed to ko to hhn, despite his re
fusal. o Superintendent Collins con
sented and personally escorted tliein
to the eel]. Tho prlosts remained
with CzolgoBZ for three-quarters ol
an hour and earnestly pleaded with
the prisoner to repent and pray for
divine forgiveness. Ho rejected all
their advices, however, and they re
fretfully withdrew. They told the
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in readiness to answer a call from
aim at any hour of the night. It wlis
7 o'clock when Superintendent Col
ilns went into the death house and
tried to get the prisoner to talk to
him.' Although he remained in the
?ell sometime, he was apparently not
iuccessful in getting anything from
dm. At eight p. m.. Ills brother and
brother-in-law arrived, ami Super
ntendent Collins took them down to
ho condemned man's cell. There was
10 demonstration when they met.
O/.olgosz merely stepped to the front
?f his steel cage and said: "Hollo!"
The brother ventured, tho remark, "I
wish you would tell us, Leon, who
*?ot you into this scrape?"
The assassin answored In a slow,
hesitating manner: "No one; nobody
had anything to do with it butN me."
"That is not how you were brought
MP." na Id the, brother. . "and you ought
| o tell us everything now."
' . "I have nothing to tell," he answer
! cd in a surly manner.
t "l)o you- want to see the priests
> again?" asked hi? brother. And he
i answered with more vehemence than
ho had previously shown; "No;
damn them. "Don't r.cmV them here
I igain. 1 don't want t'juttiu." The
' brother-in-law Interjected
? "That's right. Leon."
I . The body of Leon Czolgosz, tho mur
Icier or President McKinK-y, will not
I ')e removed from Auburn. Superlntea
! ,lent of State Prisons Cornelius V. Col
lins and Warden J. jfcarren Moad, after
'ifinrH of controversy with C'zol^osz's
brother, succeeded in obtaining from
' him the following relinquishment of
the family's claims to the remains,
when the executioner shall have flu
shed his work:
"Auburn, N. Y., Oct. 28.
"To Warren J. Mead, agent and War
den, Altburn Prison:
hereby authorize you as warden of
Auburn prison Jlo dispose n' the body
?of my brother, Leon F. Czolgosz, by
burying It in the cemetery attache:! to
the prison, as provided by tho law of
! the State of New York. This request Is
made upoi^fthe expicss understanding
I that no part of the remains will b?
alven to any. person or society, but
| that the entire body will be buried In
i accordance with the law in the ceme
tery attached to the prison.
"WALDECK CZOLGOSZ."
Witnesses: John A. Slelcher, George
E. Graham.
jfjho resolution of Superintendent
Collins to prevent sonsatlon in tho
transportation and burial or cremation
of the body^of Czolgosz took new rest
>rom two offers that were submitted
by meiv^rJf^aueBtioDaW^ enterprise. A
museum kecWy in/one of the larger
Easte/n 'cities telegraphed him an ot
for it $5,000, spot cash, for either the
ba/y or tho garments of tho murder
er. and the owner of * a klnotoscope
wired Warden Mead that ho would
pay $2,000 for permission to take a
moving picture ot Czolgosz entering
the death chamber. The superintendent
also had suspicions aroused as to the
motives of some of the relatives of
Czolgosz in securing the body In viow
of their jSaverty npd fhetronblcand
dange* priii&lblc In connection with Its
removal and dlsposel, The superinten
dent chanced to meet Waldeck Czol
gosz as he was being escorted to the
death cell shortly afier his arrival,
and at once took the matter up with
him. He as'keiT Czolgosz~if htv
tho body. He said he did. Collins then
told him that he did not believe it
eoufd be ' removed without f.crious
"trouble and strongly advised him
against the attempt. The plan to take
It to Buffalo, where Czolgosz had .as
sassinated the President, he regarded
as particularly darigo/ouR. Collins d:s
eussod the matter fj^un the stand pal in
of the Czolgosz^tffay and said- thoy
would surely a\Wd serious annoyance
and possibly violence by consent In 5
burial h?M. HeaMured WaJde :k
JliolgosTtwm Mm he family xould,
attend, 'that they would be protected
and that the body- would be given de
cent burial. Czolgosz was obdurate.
howeve?ratnr ctrtttns
that, If there was ft well grounded" su
spiclon as to the metivo ?<? claiming
the body, lift would refuse to surren
der It, lew or no law.
1 ' Farmer jind Daughter Shot.
- Part*. SpeclaL? A sp?c al
from Merman. Him.. reports ijie
shooting of A* A. Creaakaw, a Newton
coOBty ll-jntr-oid .
daughter, by a lawyor ?amadW. whol
had called to serte a writ of ^ttacb- 1
meat.' Tfcefarmer aa4 fcia 4u?ht?r
turned the fire. Cr?a*ha w-ta thought
. "
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a^TifiTi^y'
HORRIBLE COLLISION
Col. Cod)'s Show Train Is Badly
Wrecked.
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ENGINEER MI&KEAD IHS ORDERS.
Second Section of Uutfalo Bill's* Wild
West Show Collides With ? South
Uoup Freight.
Salisbury. N. C., Spedal.M'he lUtlo
village of LlnvMOd, 12 miles north pf
Salisbury, wan tho acono of an accident
at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning, which
will be heard of with regret hyfcdmlv.
i\al \V. F-. Cody .und.hls^ Wild.
WohJ show.
Engineer Lynch, of No. 75. tha
aouthbound through freight, mls:eul
his orders, henco the accident. Ho
was to pass the second so-tlon of tho,
show train at l.oxington but misread
Llnwood. As a result tho two train*
had ft head-end collision half-mllo
north of Llnwood, tho collision in
curring on a perfpttty straight section
of track.
Doth engineers eaw tho danger In
time to slow up though not to stop
and the trains were only gb'ns about
eight miles an hour at the tlmo. Doth
engines were badly smashed and all
the cars of both t *nlns violently Jol
ted. Flwo care of tbo show train weja
almost completely smashed. Doth tho
engines crows Jumped and escaped In
jury. the or.Vy man ucrlously hurt be
ing.- Trainmaster W. A. WMiania. of
Greensboro, who was on tho Q^glno of
tho show train. Ho got fi violent
shock in Jumping, though no bonai
were broken and he wan \>iken home
t, hours later.
The employees df-thc ?how tin u
wero thrown out of their bertTtB-Alut^
none were Injured. Col. Cody was In
his private car "Cody" at the roar of
the train. After Inspecting tho wreck
ho left his head cowboy, Mr. Coropton,
in charge, am! prooneded north with
his uninjured caru and a fresh engine
sent from Spencer.
But it was among the horses that
tho greatest danrtago was done. 92 .of
tho poor animals being either killed
outright or having to bo shot. Their
bodice lay in heaps among tho wreck'
age, frightfully mangled.
In some cases a fragment of wood
was driven entirely through tho body
of q poor animal, disemboweling It. Of
tho survivors, almost equal In number
to those killod, there was hardly ono
but had a torh side, a lamo foot or n
glazed eye. The horses on this sec
tion too, wero the finest tralnedhorses.
Col. Cody could not restrain his tuars
at the sight of ^he Wangled body of
his pet, the little horfce ho rode In
breaking glaas balls with a rifle.
Tho remaining horses wore loaded
on cattle cars at Llnwood atatlon at
night and taken to "a largo railroad
stock yards at Spencer, where
will bo eared for by tho company.
This day was ono of the busiest In
the life of Dr.D.H. Manogue, veterina
ry surgeon of Salisbury. Promptly af
ter tbe, accident a wrocklng train was
sent out from Spencer and the tiack
was cleared In time to Jot mojnln^
trains get through avera^hg several
hours late.
Tuesday afternoon the wreck wna a
confused mass of spllnterred cars,- En
gines, tenders and the bodies Qf the
dead horses lying down a l^foot em
bankment on the east Slde^yjf tho
track. J
^be bodies were aoUr at 50 caflfit a
pi ere to Mr." H. T. HiUton, of Sfllabu
ry, who will Bhlp them to Baimnore
for tHo value of the hides and bonesl-r
Railroad officers on hand were Divis
ion Superintendent N. J. O'Brien, of
Grconsboro; Road Master A. A. Wells,
of - OMaaoboro ^-Traveling - Auditor.- W.
C. Strachan. of Salisbury;, . Route
Agent, H. L. Adams, of Charlotte, and
Capt. W. Cr. Crutchfleld agent at Sal
isbury. Col. _Co_dy:_ discussed the oc
currence with some of thece, ihowhig
a commendable spirit
Ho was to have given his last per
formance before wintering at Uan
vlllo, Va., Wednesday but of course
thfa had to bo given over.
He had a contract atipulatloa with
the Southern In case of accident, s.'at
hng- values of stock, etc. The total net
loss is estimated at between $40,000
nnd 130,000. The careless engineer
did not wait to be discharged but left
for the North on No. 36.
; Brie J Aler.t'on.
.. Count Boson de P?rjgoA who re
cently married Miss Hely*
has bought the chateau 4>t Valencay
for $543,673.
Tho Pan-American "J*
meeting In the City <* Mexlco^*?
elded to bold three ?essUasa wmiy.
President CartTQ, on _*?%*** . ?*
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. TIM trmM
RACK RIOT IN LOUISIANA.
Ask For Receiver.
Ailanta'; Special. ? A bill has lota
died Id the Unlted'States Circuit Court,
asking for a receiver for the Intsr
' State Bulldinng and Loan Association
of Columbus,. Oa. The b!h was file 4 j
upon application of M. P. Wfffls ? of
EdgefMd, S l C., and others, on tfcs
charge that tile association Is lnsoife
ent. The assets are said to .be abottf
$960,000. Tfc? officers of theUUWKtiE
tton plsim this amount more than cor
ers the liabilities. The assocUtlon has
stockholders from Virginia to Texas.
Other stockholder* haj* filed a supple
mental Wll asking W*an examination h
of tha account* of the com
llary bttla will be- ftled at
totrt lalwyrtedc1
Three Whites And Eleven Negroes
Killed aft Sunday.
New TirTcana, Special.- Tho I'lcv
and night. Throo thousand manifests
yune's A ml to City special so yd*. "Throo
white men and 11 negroes killed U tho
startling and terrible news from j
Washington parish. Your eorresnQii- 1
dent has Just oonveraod with a man
from .Franklluton and he confirms tho
above Information, but he know noth
ing of what has happened sine? Sun
day evening. The first nowu of tho
rlo&Avaa brought hero by Cornollua
Mexon, who. with his mother, loft
from near Krnnkllnton Monday mprn
lug. He stated that white men rode
Into Frankllngton at 2 o'clock in t as
morning, asking for hvl p. aaylug that
tite uegrouH wore up lu arms tnr^iu
onlng to exterminate tho white*.
The aceno of the trouble is at or roar j
Dalltown, where a negro was burned
last week for criminally assaulting a
white woman. r This waa not tho
cause, however, of the murdora Sun
day, in which 3 xvl? i t men and 11 ne
groes wore killed and several wound
ed. Mr, Ml yon saw and talked with
many men from tho scene and they
said the worst trouble waa oxpentfld,
ns armed wen were Hocking to the
Scene anil It w?a reported that tli*
blacks were equally active) in prepar
ing for a battle. A maiv/numtd Car
ter arrived from Krankllnton a little
after dark Monday night, and told
your correspondent that the situation
was terrible and trouble i# feared. He
said .loo Scald and Charles iBUlott end
another white man whose name he
did not know, wero dead, and E. 11.
Thompson, ti white man, wounded
and 11 negroes werO dead. 111b in 'or
mation was obtained from people who
went to Frankllngton for help.
"At 3 o'clock Monday morning la
posse left Kranklmgton for tho- keen?
In charge of Sheriff Simmons -nfid from
all ovqr tho county armed men wore
Liuu'ryln'g to the same place. Mr. Car
ters8W^tiVnt probably 500 men wore
under arms ^Jj^ghlngton pariah.
The trouble occurred nfTt
meeting and the origin, as near' afl
can bo ascertained; was as follows:
" 'Crook Lett, a negro. was running
a refreshment stand, and a constable,
a white man, name not given, wont to
him and nsked for his - license, lie
had nono and became Impudent/ cursed
the constable and defied him.% The
constable withdrew and obtained as
sistance. He returned with several
white men, when (the negro. T^ot t rush
ed out and fired point blank Into the
crowd killing Joe Seals and Charlo*
Elliott. The whites returned tho fire
and killed Ivitt. Then a nogro preach
er named Connolly rushed out a
house with gun In hand, attempting to
shoot, when was killed, ills daughter
also was killed, It is said, accidental
ly. In the ehootlng which followed
another white man was killed and Mr,
Thompson wouuded $ and eoven ol
eight negroos killed.
/ "The shooting had no direct con
nection with tho burning of the negro
Morrla in that section last woek, but. It
undoubtedly a, eequel to that trag
ic ovont, Slnco that (time It Is repor
ted thfit the negroes have bcon hold'
Ing night meetings, preparing to at
tack the whites.
"Dalltown Is about 20 miles from
Frankllngton In a spanselyseltlod sec.
tlon. It Is Isolated, and almost entire
ly cut off from tho outside world.
Frankllngton is 27 mllea cast of this
place, and tlu^e are no telegraph ot
telephone llfios.*'
Decision Renews Rqllrosd.
Dallas, Toxy Special.? The^ Texas
Supreme Court decided In favor of the
lit, Louis Southwestern Railway Corn
any, and against Secretary of State
odd, In a case V^rhere the Secretary
attempted to collcTt "$5,800 from the
company for filing sn amendment to[
its charter. The company contends!
Th?t Ti W onTy was' ffie Ie?a7 cHlfp."
The Supreme Court decided that where
an amendment does not exceed $100,030
4ncrease of stock over $100 cannot be
olleirted.
MADE A BOLD DASH
Aii Exciting Chase in Nashville After
fxpress Robber.
j A IHD MAN FLUSHED AND LOST*
! Clubi tits Way Out From Policemen
Ami Alukos a Daring And Successful
Break l:or Liberty.
Noflhvllle, Tonn.,
pcrato man fought his way Clebr Ot
I two pity detoctlvos here Sundiy %&6
J after(* thrilling chase made good hit
! oeiapeJ In hla race for vll.borty tot
utlllze<\a two-horao wajw& teaiiA, ft
; horae mn "'OS*? . *v ?
: forcibly taken, while two dead bjood*
hounds mark the first portion of hit
trail. 0 Ulcers believe tho man Is one
of (ho gang that hold up the Great
Northern express near Wagner, Mont.,
I?:u June, h'a attempt to . lj|et change
for a $20 bill of th<rsorles 'secured In
i that robbery attracting attention of
J the police to hint.
Sunday morning, a rawbqoed man
i about 5 feet 10 Inches high, with. flo
rid complexion, offered the bill In pay
ment of a small purchase made in a
storo house ou tho public square. Dlf- s
Itculty In making the change caused
the salesman to closely notloe the
bill, which proved to be on the Mon ?
tana bank. The police were q?|J?tly"
not i [lt ii, the clerk meanwhile delaying.
the mUttor of change Detectlvee n
Dwyor and ^>lukena were soon on hand
and approaching the man demanded
hJa name. "Ferguson," was 'the re
ply, and another question or two, ??*
t active Dwyer informed the inan that
ho was under arrest. Quick aa a flash
Ferguson ha to a revolver in each hand
and Btartcd for the door. A. hand-to
hand fight onaued,. both #fhcerigTlp-l
pllng with the stranger.ijrho proved
MGFO..ikau -tt match for theqa. Using
bis pls&ls as clubeTie' fffcr?httftK*AJL?,
to the door and fled down the street, ?
A nasHing tee waicon caught hli .afttn?.?
tion and' the negro occupant* were
ooon out of hie way!" Then at a Are
ongino clip the wagon ?was headed
across ?the Cumberland fl-lver bridge
into East Nashville, a fusllade of fliote
fdTlowlnp it.
Out Woodland street went the mM
and a sudden turn Into Flint street
brought tho "wagon to grief. One of
tlw horses fell and broke his lejg. .
figltive, however, wae not to b* de?
layed. Running1 acroee Kaat street he
held up an, old negro who wae driving '
In a -buggy and the flight wae contln
ued. Oilt into the oommona he ppftl; - v
Once the buggy overturned,, but was
quickly righted. Finally the tlrei
horse was abandoned- and after a dHr#
Into Shelby Park on foot, the supposed ?;
bandit ??jaured another Itorse
at a point near the park. Then*
a sensational ride', thr horee .waa !.J
and the flight contlhuad on fool||
ther out pursuers found two of
blood-hounds shot to death AM
distance apart and after that tl
tho man w ws lost. The eherllt
large posse Is out scooting the
for the missing man. When the
gy1 was abandoned the
away a wallet containing
and $20 bllle of the Ifot
Tho money waa recovered by
Police Curran.
Production ofPt
Washington, D. O.. .
ter Roberts, of the^mint, baa
a statement. sh/winiMhe
of precious
>year of 1900. Jit shows
(taction of
4S7.287 ounrifr, of the MWE
614,700, a loss in value of ,
from 1809. ? The silver WfimK
world amounted to . lt>,7M,7M
ounces, tbe largaa* trtr liwrtifc ' ' 1
^i)r. Rixy'i Report
Washington, gpeelal;-~-MIn the
of duty, while receiving the
waa ehot by Leon P. CsOlgoea" I* ti
ofllolal statement filed with the fs
geo? evr.orur of tbe a?v/ ?>y
M .Rlxey. feedic*l ine^epto*'. U.
at the introduction {if it
on - the. wound Inc. tiflfcess an*
V* )nt* rrtSdrm
nf 4eatib ia thna
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