The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 16, 1904, Image 1
SERVED AT LAST.
VkUm Break Dews Boon to Amst
Platt Badfor Woman.
ARBB A 8XZOX OF 07X1A WXIK.
da In th« Streets Gaae
the Prisoner ss she
Her
Upon
Bmerse'rs from
Eiepsnt Mansion. ■ - -y
Hannah Elias, the octoroon charged
by John F. Platt with having produtjj
ad from him by bUckmail
Marly 1700,000r'passed the QlKht in
the New tfork kercer street police
station. She was taken from, her
palatial residence in -Central Park,
west, (where the doors were knocked
down with axes) and taken to police
headquarters In a carriage.' She was
arranging her toilet.
After having given her name, age,
- etc., she was taken to Mercer street
for the night. Efforts to serve a war
rant on her in a civil suit had kept.a
crowd absut her house for a week and
— whan the detectives attacked the doors
* with axes in order to serve a warrant
in the criminal action which Platt
finally,had been prevailed on to bring,
there was a large audience. AS the
woman left the bouse, leaning heavily
upon the arms of the detectives, she
had to pass between solid ranks, of
vuxiuiUk iwniuug, wiiht? strrT*L
carriages and automobUes were lined
up In order that their pas engers
might view the outcome of the strange
Msg* which has been on for days.
9be expresed no concern over her
The specific charge on which
tbs warrant was based is the alleged
extortion from Mr. Platt of 17,500 in
May last.
The woman was Wednesday held in
$60,000 for examination next Friday.
Ball was not furnished, and she was
committed to.the Tombs prison. . (
Whan the prisoner was taken from
her cell to cab in which she was taken
to the court she was met by a jerring
crowd, which filled the streeVaround
the police station. x
The woman, accompanied by two
detectivea, entered the carriage and
the start for the court waa made.
Just as the cab started, however,
luge express wagon drove directly i
Ita path, and the crowd closed in,
many men climbing onto the wheels
to pear into the vehicle. She appear
ed much frightened, but it developed
that the crowd was more curious than
threatening. Aviated by several
patrolmen, the detective succeeded in
etssuring a passage, and the carriage
continued to court. ' r
HISTORY OF TRAQKDY.
No greater horror has ever arisen
from a case of mistaken identity than
in the instance of the brutal murder
of Andrew H. Green, “Father of
Greater New York,” by the negro
Oornelius Williams, who, it n r w
develops, mistook the venerable
municipal statesman for John R.
Platt, an aged millionaire glass manu
facturer.
T^e wretched scandal that enmesh
ed the old man when the assassin’s
bullet had cut short, his life and
silenced the only voice, seemingly,
that could clear his name, has been
an undying sensation from the time
the negro told his astounding story.
Where, a week ago, men spoke
tringly of Mr. Green and declared
that she bad told hiss when Mr.
Green wqp shot that she had known
Mr. Green but bad seen him when he
visited his nephew, who lived near
the Ellas mansion. Platt said that
he had contemplated suicide when
his name was tbresteued with expo
sure. # 1/
He confessed that ha had no inten
tion Of blearing up the mystery to re
move the sbsdow (Tom Andrew H.
Green’s grave. He brought the suit
because of the woman’s alleged exces
sive demands after the muider upon
threats of exposure.
Andrew H. Green conceived the idea
of consolidating Brooklyn, Manhattan,
The Bronx and adjacent cities in Great
$r New York and succeeded in carry
ing out the plan. For many years he
was distinguished for bis civil ser
vices, and it was from these that be
gained his title.
LOOKS LIKE MURDER.
A Fatal Shooting Scraps
Street, Charleston, 8. C
im
BULLXT II VICTIM’S BACK.
The Dead ytan
a Dispensary
and
the Killer Ran a
besides an aged father, mother and I
sister, was a well known character]
about the city beingaprinter by trade
in HassllTand for some time be was connected
with,*the dispensary constabulary
oroe. He had many triads. Myers
s the engineer on the towboat Protec-
or, Capt. Flatley is the master of,the
owboat Wabanand Capt. Francis
Murphy are also engaged in maritime
work. Hunter Sharp is connected
with a transfer concern.—Charleston
Post »
Was Formerly
Constable
Blind Tiger.
la Charleston George M. Caulfield
was killei and Joseph G. Myers and
unter Sharp were woondefrby J. Pr death of Annie, The IITyear-bid
Improvement In the Cotton Belt.
The weather bureau’s weekly sum-
if^crop cohdltions says: Asa
whole there has been quite a decided
improvement in the condition of oot-
tdh over nearly the whole of the cot
ton belt. The crop has, however,
suffered some damage in Oklahoma
and Indian territories from ovei flows
and from insufficient moisture in scat
tered localities in Louisiana. Raf)id
growth and a good state of cultivation
are generally indicated. Boll weevils
are increasing rapidly and doing 65h-
siderable damage in a number of
southwestern and south central coun-
Id Texas. The week has
ly favorable for
ing tobacco, and this work has ad
vanced satisfactorily, having been
completed in Tennessee and North
Carolina and about three-fourths
finished in Kentucky and Virginia.
In the extreme northern States there
is an encouraging outlook for apples,
but in the central Mississippi and
Ohio valleys and middle Atlantic
States the prospects ^appear Lo be
ping. In the southern States a good
crop of peaches is indicated.
Wrecked Newspaper once.
At Victor, 0ol., eight unknown
men armed with pistols, rifles, shot
guns and sledge hammers entered the
office of the Victor Record Wednes
day night, ordered the men to throw
up tbeir bands, broke the machinery
and' then told the men to get ‘out of
the** district as fast as they could.
There is no clue to the identity of the
men. George Kyner, proprietor of
the paper, was at luneb, and Foreman
Walter Sweet was in charge of the
men. The workmen obeyed quickly.
The unknown men then wrecked two
linotype machines, several job pressaes
and all the equipment of the office and
smashed the telephone and a typewrl
ter,. When tbeir work of ruin was
completed they marched The Record
employ ei.out on the sidewalk and tol
them to get out of town. The Re
cord has been known as the organ of
the Western Federation of Miners in
this section.
Soap from a Tree.
United States Consul Mahin at Not-) request of Myers, he started for his
tingham, England, has furnisbed the
Department of State with an account
of an enterprise in Algeria to manu
facture natural soap oa^js large scale
from a tree known ' as “
utilis.” This plant, which
been known in Japan, .Cbina and
India, bears a fruit of about the size
of a horse chestnut, smooth and
round. The color varies from a yel
lowish green to brown. The inner
part is of £ dark color and has an oily
Carroll on Hasell street near the cor
ner of Maiden lane Monday night,
Jdne 6, about 10 o’clock, as a result of
a difficulty previously had by Caulfield
and Carroll on King street, in front of
the Academy of Music.
Caulfield was shot in the back, af
ter be had turned to run away from
Carroll, who was approaching him
with a pistol, and Myers and Sharp
were probably wounded by the stray
bullets which Carroll continued to
shoot at Caulfield who did not fall to
the pavement until several minutes
after he had received the first bullet
tired by Carroll, although Myers said
Monday night that be thought that
Carroll meant to kill him also. Myers
was shot in the left arm, just below
the elbow and Sharp was shot in the
right leg, midway between the knee
rtop of his shoe. The wounds
of Myers and Sbarp were both flesh
wounds, which were dressed by Dr.
R. S. Catbcart, immediately after the
shooting. .
The trouble probably had Its origin
in the reporting of Carroll for violat
ing the dispensary law. Carroll runs
a place on Archdale street, and it is
said that some time ago, Caulfield,
who was onee on the dispensary con
stabulary force, and who is said to
have since been an “informer,” in the
employ of the constables, bad given
information against Carroll, causing
the enmity which existed and which
resulted in the shooting. At ail
events, while Myers and Caulfield
were standing in front of the Academy
of Music talking, Carroll came up
and almost Immediately the two men
engaged in a fisticuff, finally clinch
ing and falling to the pavement.
Caulfield on top. The exact words
which brought on the difficulty can
not be learned. Myers said that the
thing happened so quickly and with
the more serious trouble which fol
lowed, further confusing bis mind,
that he can not positively say Just
what provocation was given for "the
fight: Myers pulled Caulfield off
Carroll and just then, Hunter
Sharp, - John Murphy, Capt. James
.Flatley and Capt. J. B. Francis, who
hid‘previously been along with Caul
field andfMyers, rushed up and gave
Myers tbeir assistance In trying to
keep the men apartand to stop the trou
ble. Caulfield seemed disposed to listen
to the advice of his friends and on the
most distressing thing happened ne§r ling received an unsatisfactory reply to
Unlonvllle last, Frldayjalgbt in, the I certalo^demauda made by himself
upon Mr. W. Boyd Evans, Mr. Jno. G.
Mobley of Fairfield Thursday attacked
Mr. Evans with a rawhide. The
| affair created a decided sensation, for
it occurred almost in front of the
| court house at a busy hour of the
morning and before the two men
jwd had col-
daughter of Mr. T. J. Price, and the
circumstances which brought about
<bis result. The child was thought
<o have dropsy, and while sitting on
ihe piazza in the afternoon, fell over
n convulsions, from which she never
recovered before death came at 12
’clock that night. When thisaftack llected.
“saplndus
has long
— F & dark cc
their belief in Willtama’ story, noth-1 '' tn^reerbeara fruit In Its
ing ls heard . now but expre^lons of| 8lxth year an( j ylel(j8 froin 35 ^ 250
on Anson street. CarroU was
nd, as Caulfield and the rest
walked up King street
and turned Ifito Hasell street. It
was said Monday night by one of the
witness^ that just after the party
turned into Hasell street, Carroll was
seen to be following and was beard to
remark, “1 got him now where I want
him.” The party was walking slowly
through Hasell street, and discussion
of the affair had in fact ceased, when
the men crossed Meeting street. The
stre t is particularly dark in this
^ I pounds of fruit, which can easily be I block. Caulfield was walking, ahead
laurel wreathis flndinjkfts pl£Qg, bar vested In the fall. By using, water of his five friends and when within a
his ceil I or alcohol the saponaoous ingredient ■ ohnrt inne. Onul.
The crazy
WMattcawan asylum
the
* ' ■<'
negro in bis
is apparently the
Interested man In New York in
terrible mistake he' made. He
some one and vented his burning
jealousy, and he is conhsAt.^ *
HA H^RKVOl/TING D*TA
In defence to Mr. Green and his
great pubUc work the newspapers at;
tempted „quelch the scandal by xe
fusing to follow the developments.
The romance of the life of Hannah
Ellas, the mulatto woman who lived
in extravagant luxury in a' brown
atone mansion facing Central Park,.
Is now being unraveled in public print,
and forms a revolting story, almost
Incredible. v
~ Williams was jealous of the atten
tion an old man was paying to this
negress. He thought it was Andrew
H. Green. _ -
rJohn R. Platt, ifyears old, captain
of Industry, prominent in exclusive
clubs, and physically a prototype of
Mr. Green, in his suit against Hannah
•bum to recover $685,000, which he
gam the women in the years he has
known her, has identified himself as
the man Mr. Green’s slayer sought.
Platt and My. Green were of about
the same age and the physical resem-
btanoe of the two was as remarkable
as it proved fatal. ^ —
' WOMAW RKAPKD FORTUNK.
Hannas Elias, the negress* rose
wealth and luxury through.Ji$r b
upon the senile millionaire, Platt.
For yean ihe and her gorgeous home
have formed the mystery otexclusive
Central Park West.
Platt admits that he gave her $I86 f -
prevl-
Of the fruit is extracted. The cost of
production Is said to be small and the
soap, onacoountof possessing noalki
line qualities, is claimed to be superi
or to ordinary soap of commerce. *
short distance of Malden lane, Caul
field, suddenly stopped, probably see
ing Carroll loom up before him with
the pistol,-and'took a step or two
back towards the party, when Carroll
■*'-» V3 t r j Vs VS VS
F»IU to Hl« Death.
: Turning ovei^and trver In a Ibng fal
from the sixth story of the hew Bel
mont Hotel, New York City; which is
being Erected in Park avenue, be
tween Forty-first and Forty-second
streets, Charles Williams, of No. 135
Dykman street, Brooklyn, struck the
shoulders of James Davidson, another
workman, who was engaged just above
the first floor, carromed to a pile of
stones in the street, and died two hours
later at Bellevue Hospital. Davidson
had both shoulders fractured. Friends
him to his home, at No. 36 South
street, Paterson, N. J. Williams, in
pulllng a rope to get the boom of the
derrrlek into ptytee, lost his balance.
It was thought at first that the com
rade’s shoulders had saved his life.
Old Death Avenged.
W. T. Eldridge, general manager
and vice president of the Cane Belt
tohavtf WSed^pa^iDg any attenttoo to
Carroll, and it w$s suggested Monday
night that he had probably walked
around the block, bounded by Meeting
and Pinckey streets and Maiden lane
and in this way gotten ahead of the
party and come face to face with
Caulfield. However this may be, Caul
field was shot in the back, as he was
retracing his steps from Carroll, god
Carroll continued to shoot, until he
had emptied the five cartridges of bis
pistol. The'party naturally separated
as the bullets began to fly, backing up
against the .^buildings on. Aba-south
side of the street. Caul field was near
est to Murphy. He remarked that
he bad been shot, a moment or two
after Abe fire, and a little later, when
the firing which bad been done at
oloee range, probably within a few
yards, bad ceased, Caulfield fell into
Murphy’s arms and was laid on the
sidewalk. He had a convulsion and
then expired, before a physician could
CANDIDATES FIGHT.
Messrs J 0. Mobley and W. B. Ivans
Have an XnoounUr.
NEITHER MAN IS MITCH HURT.
Sad Affair Near Monroe.
The Monroe (N. C) Journal says a I
Mr. Mebley Attacks Mr. Evans, Who
Defends Himself. . The Two
Gentlemeii Are Sepa
rated b.r Friends.
The Columbia State says after bav-
came a doctor was called, and the pa
rents first learned that a crime,
which is known to the law as felony,
had been committed upon the person
of their child, and before she died
another life bad been brought into
existence. The child mother gave no
ndloatlon as to who the perpetrator
was, and this seems now likely to for
ever be a mystery, and if so, the
State's prison will be cheated of its
ust deserts. The occurrence itself is
very unusual in medical history in
this climate, if not. altogether une
qualed, particularly as theoffspring is
of ordinary size, living and doing well.
Boy Heroes.
At Great Barrington, Mast,
wrecking of the Pittsfield-New York
express with the almost certainty
of a great loss of life, was barely
averted Wednesday by the presence of
mind of Raymond Perblzet and Step-
ien McCue, two thirteen year-old
xiys. An unusually severe rain storm
lad undermined the tracks of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad on lhjp outskirts 6f the town
and carried away 25 feet of the road
bed. The dangerous spot was dis
covered by tbe youths shortly before
he express was due at. this station.
The boys ran to tbeir homes near-by
and procuring a red sweater retained
i/o the track and flagged the train.
Tbe eugine was brought to a stand
still within a few yards of the wash
out. The train was well filled with
passengers who rewarded the boys by
making up a purse for them.
OoL Bryan’a Joke on His Foes.
A subscriber writes at length to
five his reasons for believing that
i be reorganisers will capture tbe St.
Louis convention. He is earnestly
advised to search for tbe moral in tbe
following story: A resident of a Min
nesota swamp district beard that
frogs’ legs were commanding a high
prloe In Chiesgo. “How much will
you pay for legs?’LaHUfcek. ouestion
ie wrote to a Chicago commies ton
house. “We’ll pay $1.50 per dozen;
low many can yob furnish?” replied
the oemmiseloa bouse. “Ten thous
and dozen,” replied tbe resident. A
week later tbe commission bouse re
ceived the folic wing: “I ship to day
three dozen frog legs—all I could get.
misled by their hollering.”—
The Commoner. ~ ~
Happy Household.
When tbe toils and cares of the day
are over, and the children are at home
from, school, then comes the most de
lightful hour to the family circle. The
outside world is dismissed, and father
and mother and children are together
in sweet communion and unshaken
trust. There is no vacant chair. There
is not a face missing, Death has never,
visited this home. The hour of re
tiring comes, and blessed with father’s
instructions and mother’s prayers, the
It was evident that no mere politi
cal disagreement caused the affair, for
Mr. Mobley, though a man of high
spirit, has always been regarded as
very amiable and kindly m his nature.
He and Mr. Evans are candidates for
tbe office of railroad commissioner,
snd were contestants for the same po
sition two years ago. It was said
Wednesday that at a political meet
ing at Hampton an encounter of this
kind was narrowly averted.
Mr. Mobley, witnesses say, struck
Mr. Evans at least four blows with
bis horsewhip which he bad purchased
for tbe purpose. Mr. Mobley was un
armed and offered this, be says, as tbe
deepest insult which be could to one
who, he believed, had invaded bis pri-
life in making a political cam
paign, Tbe two clinobed after tbe
first few passionate blows from the
rawhide, and friends rushed up- Mr.
Mobley torafiimaelf away from those
who were trying to calm him and
there was another short encounter be
fore Sheriff Coleman appeared and
separated tbe belligerent parties.
Each was put under a peace bond "
$300 and summoned to appear in the
recorder's court Friday morning.
Mr. Mobley stated Thursday that'
the last campaign stories damaging to
bis character were circulated. Not
withstanding tbe tact that be has
court records and affidavit* from hon
orable men to show that tbe attack
upon himself wit unjust, the same
stories have been put into circulation
recently. Wben be came to Columbia
Weduesday from his farm in Fairfield,
be was told tHkt Mr. Evans was re
sponsible for the circulation of these
damaging reports. He immediately
determined to demand an explanation
of Mr. Evans, and failing to get a sat
isfactory statement, he would apply
the horsewhip.
Thursday morning Mr. Mobley, ac
companied by hla oounsin, Mr. F, M.
Mobley, jraited on Law Range until
Mr. Evans appeared. After Introduc
ing his cousin to My. Evans, Mr. Mob
ley stated the object of his interview.
Mr. Evans denied Mr. Mobley’s accu
sation, whereupon Mr. Mobley, it is
said, drew his rawhide from the paper
in which it was wrapped and struck
at Mr. Evaos’ face. The latter, ward
ing off the blow, received tbe stroke
on bis shoulder. In an instant several
blows with tbe whip were struck,
when Mr. Evans dosed in upon his as
sailant.
Before serious hurt was received by
either party friends interfered and
pushed them 15 off 20 fe& apark Upon
both demanding to be released and
freeing themselves, they rushed to
gether and several blows were passed
before tbe sheriff arrived.
Tbe sheriff immediately telephoned
for Magistrate Moorman and as soon
as tbe papers could be executed Mr,
Evans and Mr. Mobley were put under
peace bonds. Mr. Mobley stated that
WEATHER AID CROPS.
i ' i
| A Very General Improvement in tbe
v Cotton 'Crow-
Section Director Bauer Monday
issued the following report of th* crop
for the part
~ The week ending 8 a. m., June 6th,
had a mean temperature of 78 degrees,
which is practically normal. The ex
tremes were a maximum of 96 at
Clark’s Hill and Little Mountain on
the 4th, and a minimum or 59 at
Greenville on the 3rd. The relative
humidity was about normal
much higher than last week 1
winds were generally light to fresh
southerly. The sunshine was slightly
below normal.
The week’s rainfall averaged nearly
twice, the normal amount, with a
maximum fall of 3 05 inches at Wal-
halla. It waa well distributed, hot
was insufficient in parts of Charleston,
Chesterfield, Bafnwell, Marion, New
berry,* Richland, Fairfield, Williams
burg and York counties where tbe
drought was only partially relieved.
In a number of localities the rainfall
PITCHED
In Which a lumber
Are Killed
m
Soldier* Beoertag tbe
tbe Kleen Firing Upoe
Intense Exe
Mining ffrgSSSU
A pitched battle between
tart and union miners
T , M-d
Dunnvllle, the new mining
miles out of Victor, Colorado,' ^
after 3 o’clock p. m. Wednesday.
Carley, a union miner, was ktQed
five others. Tbs trw
Victor at ^o’clock We
bringing with them 14
Before tbe special train left
bearing tbe force under GaC
was reported that the mlnsm I
hllla about DuuDviUe numbered i
250 meo, and that It waa their I
^ tlon to march Into .Victor
was excessive and lands ware badly foght in $ bod/ and attorn^ to
washed, damaging corn And cotton to
a slight extent. ^ A few places report
the occurrences of damaging hail on
May 3m . •••'-
Although farmwork waa interrupt
ed by the heavy rains that rendered
cultivation impracticable, it is gen
erally up with the needs of field crops,
but with numerous reports of
and weeds springing up rapidly since
the rains, especially in cotton fields.
Such reports originate in localities
where the rainfall waa heaviest sad
where the crops could not be worked.
Generally all field crope are clean.
There was a general Improvement
noted in tbe growth and color of corn.
lands and stubbie Herds hivi
been planted, and the late plantings
are coming up to very good stands.
Early corn has received its third culti
vation, and some has been laid by.
Stands of cotton have Improved,
the rains, on red and clay lands,
with late plantings and replan tings
all up to good stands. There is a gen
eral improvement in color and looks
cotton, extending tothe sea-island
vaHety that was suffering seriously
from isck. of moisture. The week’s
growth *$8 rapid, due to the more
favorable ihqisturo and temperature
conditions. The whole crop Is now
quits prom taing/NSquares have
noted in Colleton amkHamptoo coun
ties; lice in Greenville comity.
Tbe rains benefltted both wheat
and oats; harvesting made slow pro
gress. .Rice is growing nicely, .and
June sowings have begun,
doing well, but is small, and it con
tinues too dry in places A large
number of sweet potato slips were
transplanted. Truck shipments con
tinue hss^y, with generally poor yields
of white potatoes Peach shipments
Increasing; the quality of peaches
Is normal. Sugar cane has poor stands
Melons are late but have improved,
ss have pastures and gardens All
minor crops are flourishing. *
— THX SCHOOL LAW
opened fire. None of tbepmy'seflMfta mtle group fetfrfdFTf^ ntRbt. May as farjs.he .was ConoeraoL
it not be that angels hover over such I satisfied and that be would not offer
a home during the silent watches. All any fmAhar personal violence to Mr.
homes where tbe family circle is on- Evans. Later both were summoned
broken can be just such a home as this to appear before tbe recorder’s cohrt
with a slight effort onTthe part of each | Friday morning on the charge of
An Important Change Made By the
Late Legtelatare.
There was an Important change
made in the school law last year which
escaped tbe atteotiou of a majority of
those Interested in education' and
which is now being called to the at
tention of the county superintendents
of education br Superintendent Mar
tin. The law has changed the time
for the appointment of trustees by tbe
county* superintendents from
even to the odd yean. Under the other
law the appointmenta were usually
made in a political year and from a
political, standpoint this was bad as
many of them were made with a view
re etetlon and those that' were
rate by force tbs inmates of th* tem
porary “bull pen” in Victor. That
the force actually consisted of but 21
men is the statement of one*of the 14
who were captured by the militia.
The train proceeded in the after
noon tp * the immediate vidnlty of
Dunnvi)le without unusual laeMsnW
a quarter of
tent from the Dunnvllle
station the officers could see the
of the miners. It included oa
and six or seven tents. The
left the train at the command of Geu.
Bell and prepared to ad vanes upon
the camp of the unionists in regular
skirmish order. As they
ourto vrhfeh the
come to a stop they were greeted with
a volley of shots which earns from
points of vantage surrounding the
hillA —>
The deputies returned tbs tre and
promiscuous shooting was indulged Iff
for a period of ten minutes From
the character of the shooting from
the hills Gen. Bell ImmedlalMr recog
nized the tact that the streiMth of
the miners had been greatly oi ewtl
mated and that he had sufBetmttome
under his command to soaks an im*
mediate roundup and capture tire en
tire opposing force.
The captured miners laetud* John
jnes, charged with * K<wt t l ng John
vis In the riot at Vietov. Among
the dead was John Qarfey, a
miner of Cripple Creak,
meat prevailed in this city
receipt of tbe news of tbs
The deputies secured tbe areas and
unitioo
tbs
deputies drew up
unlnw
borhood, ojfeoed ffre. Gen. Bell got
his men out
meet, capturing iVtbe arms tai
munition being captured. In
fierce light which followed six
miners were killed. , . \ l
The miners occupy well
positions In tire hills and are
down at tbs soldiers and
every opportunity. The
country Is favorable to the
and it seems that Gan. Ball wW ham
to take every defense separately.
t
VIcm OCI/U1CU vAim ms seam saasan
on of parti of the minora.
train bearing the
drew up at Dunavtila tbe
Town at
Unless the courts
entire town of Carlisle,
about 8,500 acres of
the town are to be sold at publlo aao-
tlononan order granted by the pro
bate court of Lonoka county to tda
belli of the orignal owner. Tbsocder
was secured by tire guardian of three
minor befre of a Frenchman, named
Oomio, who yean ago owned all tbs
on which th*ifOWff of OhriWa
stands, as wall as mash ef the
The ortglnat
owner sold much of tbe land
made on merit sometimes made others ago, but io 1879, presutagbiy to make
member of the household.
429 last year and $128 209 the pro
oua year. Other yearly gifts ranged
from 4t$,075 to $87,090. The re
markable con ten tlon of tbs millionaire
is that aha deceived him into believ
ing that she was in love with him,
and, believing this, he gavqher freely
of his fortune.
Mow, ha mys he oonsiden that
did not love him, hut displayed afie*~{]
tfcm solely tor tbs purpose of
railway, wae^ fatally ^ wounded by^an j ^ summoned, dying probably within
i- -- T - , — m nr " ‘- three minutes from the time that be
was shot.
No attempt was made then to stop
Carroll who walked aw quietly, and
was arrested later by Sergt Quinn at
a place on Market street, who bad
been ordered by Chief Boyle to follow
up Carroll and arrest him.
Tbe news of the shooting spread
rapidly and on account of tbe parties
to tbe affair being all well known
men, tbe shooting soon became a gen-
'erel topic of con venation and several
hundred people assembled in tbe street
about tbe dead man who was lying on
tbe sidewalk, awaiting tbe verdict of
oorooer. Everybody was asking
locations and eagerly gathering infer
matton about the shooting. -After
tbe woueds of Myers and Sharp tied
been dressed by Dr. Qathoart, all the
witness were arrested, being later re
leased until tbe Inquest Tuesday.
above, tiro parties are all
Shot Through the (leart.
At St. Louis, Don Menuel Cervera,
a Spaniard, who on last Sunday week,
before an audience which bad gathered
in a pavilloa near tbe fair grounds to
see a bull fight, wss introduced as the
favorite matador of tbe King of Spain,
was shot through tbe heart and In
stantly .killed Wednesday by Carlton
Bass, known as “Tbe American Mata
dor.” Bass and five other bull fight
ers, who witnessed tbe shooting were
arrested. Tbe shooting resulted from
a quarrel regarding the fiasco of Sun
day when the authorities stopped tbe
bull fight, and tbe angry crowd burn
ed tbe structure. Oervera’s body was
taken to tbe morgue.
assassin at Eagle Lake Texas. This
was the third chapter ig the fam<
feud that started with the killing
Captain Unovant, president of the
Belt railroad, two years ago by
Eldridge. Both are mlllionaries. On
a previous occasion, a year and a hal
ago, Eldridge was ambushed, but es
caped death through tripping in his
steps. At the time of the killing of
Unovant, his sister look s Solemn oath
if’toveoge.
Ken Burglar Off.
Sister Theodora, of St. Vincent’s
tholic school, four miles from Shel
by vllle, Ind., early Wednesday heard
some one prowling through the build
lug.
She Instituted a search |
ly met a negro face to faqe In
He flourished a revolver
Mm grabbed aaptfeA&o (Ml in
Tba burgMr escaped,
At Waldron
Killed by a Oave-ln. t
i, Ga., one man dead, two
1 dyIngland two more In a pre
carious condition was the result of a
cave-in late Thursday afternoon el
Mitchell street, near tbe centre of the
city, where excavations were made for
tbe NeV business block. All the men
were negroes. Eight men were ebgag
ed at the worit when tons of earth
with little wtfpibg tijpped -down on
them from ondttds iR the excavation.
The escape of tbs five was stopped by
s wagon which was being loaded with
dirt. *
Took Heg Life.
M(a N. V. Collier, of Talbottoo,
Ga, committed suicide at noon Wed-
neadsyr She was visiting Mrs. Finley
Grew, five miles In the country. At
dinner she complained of being
ill, went to an adjoining room and
shot herself through th* heart with a
pistol. She was cheerful and
years (fid i
“disorderly conduct”. It Is probable
that a full account of the whole affair
and circumstances leading qp to
Thursday’s denouncement may be
brought out. Mr. Evans, whCfl asked
by a reporter if he desired to make
a statement of the affair, said he was
reluctant at this time to go into the
whole matter and only cared for the
present to make the following state
ment. ,
“1 have bean summoned to appear
before tbe recorder tomorrow morn
ing, being charged with disorderly
conduct, and I presume that Mr.
Mobley is also to be tried. At tbe
trial I will testify, and do not think
it proper for me to make a statement
prior to that time.”
Mr. Mobley was also asked for any
statement that he voluntarily oared to
make public. His position as ebarae-
erlzed by himself is as follows:
^“Having been Informed by a gentle
man ot high standing that Mr. Evans
was using unfair methods to damage
my character I gave him an oppor
tunity to deny or confirm tills, which
he evaded In an Insulting manner, I
then applied a horsewhip to him.
“I was totally unarmed, not hav-
tag even a pocket knife on my person
the time <A the encounter, - As
much as I regret having to do this I
have no excuse to offer, for having
thus protected my honor, which I
hold dearer than my Uto."
Bandits Hold Up Train.
A Denver and Rio Grande west
bound passenger train was bald up
osar Palisade, OoL, early Wednesday.
Two bandits seriously wounded a
ditched the engine and
the
mad so that a good officer was some
times defeated. Tbe following letter
is being sent out.
To county superiutendents of
tion:
Gentlemen:—I desire to call your
attention to tbe amendment to Sec
tion 1219 of tbe Code, 1902, found on
page 528 of tbe acts of 1904. It says
T ‘Each County Board of Education on
the first Tuesday of July 1905 and on,
tbs first Tuesday in July two years
thsreafter, shall appoint for each
school district in tbeir county three
school trustees, from the qualified
electoroand taxpayers residing in the
district” etc. As you knew, the old
law read 1896 instead of 1905; so in
title dear, be secured a patent
the state for tbe whole tract,
failed. It is said, to make new
for the land which he had sold, and as
a result tbe heirs now claim ths prop
erty. Three of tbe grandchildren of
tbe original owner, who restd* in Lou
isiana, claim an undivided Mitesoth
of tbe property, and through their
guardian secured an order for the aria
of the whole tract.
Cruel to Hie 1
A dispatch from Eastover to Tht
State says the Star Band of Mercy, *
the local branch of the Society for tlM
Prevention of Cruelty io ftnlmsM '
tucceded in having a negro, Paul
appointing trustees this year, allow Grant, ooovloted of cruelly fruiTtif
me to suggest that you commission
them for one year only* so as to be
ready for the new law next year. If
you simply allow tbe prerent trustees
to hold over. It win bav* th* same 1
effect. v
Sincerely yours,
O. B. Martin,
* Superintendent
Mob Threatens McDonald.
At Indianapolis, Ind.. James Mc
Donald, who wss acquitted of the
murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, a young
school teacher of Bedford, after a jury
trial which lasts two weeks, has been
twice sought by a mob in the last two
days. Except for the precaution that
be had taken'not to remain at boms
at night be might have been hanged.
McDonald applied to the authorities
for protection, and Thursday night a
guard was placed at tbs house.
Friday morning a mob appeared for
|fee second time, but when th* police <
themselves the
an ox. He was sentenced to pay $
fine of $16 or work on the ohalngmng
for 30 days. Tbe society has ths law
on its side and Mr. Trumble, ths part-
dent of tbe bank, expects to prosecute
vigorously every cam of erarity^to
animals reported to him.
Filed!
The .State says among the candi
dates who filed their pledgw'
with Gen. Jones were P. a
for governor, U. X. Gunter,
attorney general, O. B.
State superintendent of
Jha D. Frost for sdj
A. W. Jones for
The candidates have only
20 to file thalr pledges and
backward this year.
I-
Private
to a belief that