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1 T, VOL. XXXI \I '• M ' SHARP FORGER BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1907 >-• • , xo. la TikM In Sivtral Ptople la Ct* lumbla For Small Amounts. ANOTHER MUDDLE. Otffleatt P«M BraoUrt Sttm At tonwy-SwMrtl Lyon. LOOK OUT FOR MM. | la Connection With the Law« Govern. iag New County ElecUonp.—Mny I Postpone Cal boon County Election The Amounts Which He Got Were The Columbia correspondent of Not Very Much in the Aggregate | ^ ,eW8 Courier says an inter But There Were Several Crooked and difficult point has come Which Originally lavolved One Hun- dre^ Thonsnnd Dollars, Is Ended After Estate Had Dwindled to Six Thonsnnd Dolton.—Each Heir Got Very Little as There Were a Great Many of Them. A famous lawsuit which has been in litigation in the courts of Virginia for a period of more than one hflW- dred years, was recently terminated there by the receiver for the property In litigation disbursing the remainder' of the estate-some $6,000—among the heirs. Quite a number of the heirs of this estate live In Atlanta and other parts of Georgia, and through the courtesy of Albert Borden Green, whose mother, Mrs. Rachael Green of Decatur, was a descendant of the Borden family, and one of the heirs to the muchly litigated estate, The Atlanta Journal recently presented a facsimile of the check which she re cently rceived from the receiver In full settlemenl 6t her share of the estate. The amount is not large, be ing only $14.69, but it was a case of .... . , \ , ,on « division, and $6,000 doesn’t street. On October 19 he was dls- a < U>e precinct where he is register-^ make much of a show when cut up I up iq regard to the election which has Deal* Which Showed Rare Persia-1 been or dered for this month on the I establishment of Calhoun County, out Hence and Nerve on the Part of the I of portions of Orangeburg and Lex- . » u. n .. " ington counties. Fori0r - * ■ " ReMU! - Ttaer. I. . conflict In tn. I... t jy The State say F. VV. Bentley, who [ ernlng rtie holding of elections on is brjmdpd as a forger by his former I Dew count l®* to that it is provided employfr, by Ooluintfti bahks and by| in the Constitution that when an half a dozenr business men about the|® ,ect,on * 8 ordered all the qualified city, is apparently possessed of con-1within the proposed new slderable nerve, and has managed to I cc * u oty shalt~'haV the right to vote, stay in ColumSia for two weeks with| w ^ erea8 Provided ta the statutes police officers, detectives and others I t hst the county board of election lookng for him, all anxious to give | conim * S8 * o ners shall appoint mana- blm a berth in the county Jail. Bont-J®® rs ^ or toose voting precincts within ley managed to pass forged checks 11* 1 ® Prescribed territory, upon one bank and a half dozen I dt so happens that some of. the business men of Columbia; beginning I d ua ltoed electors residing In the ter- his operations about Oct. 26, and, al-J r * to ry are registered at precincts though the matter w r as promptly re-1 which are outside the territory, and ported to the police department, he I toe question arises Ti'hetb^r or not is known to have been in the clty|toeae electors cgn -site, and If so, Thursday night and attempted to| w * , ®re. The .Constitution .clearly work a Gervais street merchant with 1 8 totes that they are entitled to vote, one of hia worthless pieces of paper. J as the real dewithin th^ territory, but Bentley went to Columbia about!toe statute, iris argued, makes no June 1, from Dubuque, Iowa, to work I provision for the holding of the elec tor John Neill ft Co., proprietors ofjtlon except at the boxes withiij. the the Capitol City market, 1616 Main I torritory, and an elector can vote ^nly ENDED AT LAST. Famous Uwsiilt SrttM After 0m HunAroA Ysars of Litigation. LOTTERY SWINDLE Most Importmt Litttnr ExpMurt In Rtctirt Yuri. MET DEATH A oieat loss. charged by Mr. Neill and his crooked ®<1- deal was pulled off shortly, thefeaf-1 Ah elector may change his regis- aniong four hundred heirs. Among the descendents of the ter, when he went to one of the Co- tratlon from one precinct to another (Uordens who live in Georgia and were lumbla banks and asked to borrow J ,f he has changed his residence, but ( interested in this famous lawsuit $115 on his note. He was told that this has to be done By applying to t may be mentioned Mrs. James It he could not get the money unless the registration supervisors on one Gray, of Atlanta, the wife of Hon Neill ft Co. endorsed the note, Bent- of the days when their office is open. James |t. Gray, editor of The Jour- ley, It is said, took the note and went The questions outlined, along with ; nal: J. R. Sasnett, ofMapevllle Mrs out. coming back a few minutes later other*, were propounded by the new > Frank Little the wlfe of Jndee Frank l.lttle, of Sparta; H. H. Sasnett, de ceased, of Jacksonville, Fla.,; Mrs. MSry Will Sasnett, of Sparta; Bev. B with It Bearing the alleged endorse I county advocates to their attorneys, " of John Neill ft Co. He got the mou-1 Bellinger ft Welch, and in order to ey and It was hot discovered that the I make the procedure safe the attor- slghature was a forgery. I ? e >' 8 hav « a8kwl toe Attorney General; H deceased' of AtTsnto and Several days later Bentley walked for an interpretation of the law. Mrs. R. F. Greer, of Decatur Into.the sanfe bank ang presented a I This condition again brings to the. A n of theB€ Georgians are the de- - check for $25 signed “John Neill ft front the uncertainty which exists. 1 80endants the famjJv of Co., and payable to himself. He In- and the degree of ambiguity in the Virginia, and the large holdings of formed the teller that he wished to ejjption laws, and suggests that it realty left by the founder of the fatn- get the check cashed and apply $6 on might be well tor the General Assem-; n y furnished the sinews for the long hia note at the trank. The $25 was bly to instruct the Judiciary omralt ljBga , whleh ha8 ^ waKed ln counted out to him and he passed $.-» tees of the two houses to take the the court* of Virginia for a century back to be applied to bis note. j election laws into consideration and : and m0 ie. On November 1 Bentley called at report back a bill or bills, which will The Pas< , enUtled Peck V8 Borden the Parlor restaurant and asked the so amend the laws as to make them forci ,, ly remind8 one of the celebrated proprietor. Mr. Ben David, to cash a ronslstent and plain. ! of Jarndyce vg> j arndyce( a8 small check tor him. which wes It ought not to be difflcnU as U,.in!W^ed b y Charles Dickens Tn this ^^-^The amount of this ch^ck was $10 to conduct a legal election in tbls.f^ however, the heirs have from and it was signed the vame as *he SUte but under the present condi-, tlme lo , imf> had divlded up and par . other: drawn on the Bank.of Co ton, tiona it Is practically impossible, fort^,^ ou , among lhem ov . - -bia and made payable to himseli. not even the lawyers can construe the i er | 10 o,ooo. and the case did finally On November 12 Bentley walked election laws The only way out of , ome to „ ^ unl , ke that of Into one of the leading hotels of ito to e trouble, it seems, It to postpone j arndyt . e vs. Jarndyce in that respect, city late n the afternoon and present- j the election in Calhoun until the | Everybody in Staunton. Va... knew all about the Peck vs. Borden law suit. Lawyers regarded it aa to the nature of., an inheritance, and the Interest which a family of lawyers had in the case as counsel was hand ed down from generation to genera- tion, from father to son. It was on« of the ordinary incidents of life for ed a check for $26, drawn on the Legislature can meel and straighten Carolina National bank, payable to P. out the tangle. Otherwise the election Bettttey and signed “John NettT^ft j would be Illegal. Co.’’ He stated that Mr. Neill bail Importan Decision. ' given him the check and that as it j h j g j 8 t j, e summary of an inpor- waa after banking hours and as h< T amt opinion given by Attorney Gen- needed the money badly he would ara | ^yon in responw to a request have to have it cashed by some om I ,'rom Governor Ansel. The ppiniou else. The check was cashed all right. of Mr Lyon , g M follows: i analtorneVTaa the shadows of life and the next morning it was turned 81r; your letUsnof the 11th t lengthened and affairs of life were down at the Carolina NaU ® na ' ab I Instant is to hand In which yoq ask nearing to an end to call his eon to Neill ft Co. hnd no account there to gJve my opinion as to the right ^hls bedside and say, “My son. I have The check was then taken to Mr<| a f electors, within the proposed new ] e , Neill. »ho branded it as a forgery. I -jounty of Calhonn, to vote when they Mr. Neill Informed the hotel man that j geperated from their voting places it was not the first -check which by the proposed new county line.- Ar- .icle 7, section 1 of the constlruttoh Bentley had forged agatost him at several others had already been call ed to his attention. ' ■ A few days later a check tor $F turned up which Bentley had succeed S this world's goods to leave yqjrffan I could wish, but I leave u wWi my blessing and my Interest by reason of their precinct Msg But aa a lawyer In the case of Peck vs. hall order an election within a reas- -nable time thereafter, by the qual- ed in passing upon a small merchan jt|| ed electors within the proposed In the outskirts of the city and stil another one for a like amount, whlct he had worked off oh a, Hi an to th< Olympia village came to light. Two checks tor small amount which Bentley gave on the Palmett National bank, signed by himself ! were turned down by, th* bank fo lack of funds, he never having ha< an account there. eR Is also said that a draft for $4f drawn on Neill and Co and sent In b; a firm outside of the city* throngt another bank, was turned down b> •rea.’ etc. Article 11, section 9. of be constitution provides the each •lector shall vote at his own precinct' nd section 576 of the code of laws '902, volume 1, provides only for opening and conducting elections at Borden. '' It supported my great grandfather as a lawyer, it supported )f 1595 provides:^ “The^ governor m y grandfather and father and It trill . ^ ..u. doubtless supply the comforts of life to your children's children.’’ But, like all other things of this earth the celebrated case at length came to an end. It was like unto the closing up of a lawyer’s supply company when the receiver in the case enlered a final decree, and the last dollar has been parceled ont. ehch voting place within the area of | gtrong men—lawyers—wept like lit he old county so proposed to tx :ut off.’ “An elector being prohibited by he constitution from voting without bis precinct and no voting place with in his precinct and ‘In the area of the jroposed county to be cut off*' hav- one of the banks, Bentley being th< ilag been provided by law, *6 has author of It. - j inly a bare right to vote, without the It was learned at the police station J nean s or. opportunity having been that Bentley was to town Thursdaj I provided by law for Its exercise, night and attempted-to pass a check j*. therefore, my opinion that for $25 on a merchant on Gervais I electors wr situated can not vote un street. ' ; ' j less the legislature shall deem It wise Possibly others were taken in byjto provide voting places in such Bentley with his worthless checks leases god have refrained from reporting . ' the cases tor fear of notoriety. Terrible Explosion. It is said that Bentley has been llv-J Two men were killed and three or Ing with a woman on Mato street and I four' injured iff an explosion In the this woman made Inquiries over the [ grander. Ohio. The factory was de telephone of Neill ft Co. since the Brander, Ohio. Th ©factory was de- first forgeries came to light. She alao I mojlahed and a number of houres t looked after getting Bentley's trunk J were shattered In the town. Tha con- aid this action was immediately re-jcuaslon waa felt < for sixty-: miles ported to the police. It was thought | around, that she and Bentley were prepariigg to board a train and leave the city | c ity yet, people who sometimes cash together but the depots were watched I checks for strangers should be on cloaely. It is said and neither of them j th* lookout and it has been suggest- wiaa seen. ; ed that H would not be-a-bad idea , Mr. Neill had known Bentley tori t Q inform the police of all cases several jears and at one time wo»od j where auspicious strangers offer acres or Tlfla Around what Is in the-same office with him, with Ar-1 checks to be cashed, or at least to; now known as Bordentown, N. J tie children, knowing that cases like these turned up only once every few centuries, and the new crop of law yers had a long and dreary period of waiting before such another good thing would l>e discovered. Th* eaa* bad its inception more than one hundred years ago when the property of Benjamin Borden, the founder of the. family, was wrongly disposed of by a fcueirdian of his two granddaughters. T>ut of this suit collateral Issues sprang and the courts have since then been busy year after year with some branch of the case or another. When the Judge ordered the clerk to pronounce the record in court the clerk complied by trucking it to with the aid of several porters, and there was scarcely le(t room enough In the court room to turn around, so voluminous and num erous were the papers which had been filed from time to time. Sturdy bid Benjamin Borden, the founder of the family fortunes, emi grated from England and came to Virginia to 1720; settling a colony near Staunton, Va., He received for bis valuable aervicea to the crown a huge grant of land to Rockbridge and Augusta countiea, Virginia, and some mour ft Co. ’ H« states that Bentley inquiry of the hank*. 1* married and that his wife is howl, a warrant was sworn ont before living in Iowa. He says that Until Fowl** by Mr. Ben David, Bantler'begun forging his nsmt he j charging Bentley wiLi uttering and had nevar heard anything against his]publishing a forged instrument if character and always considered him I writing. If he Is captured a half a ytrigbt, honest man. Idoaen other warrants will bo served As Bentley is thought to bo to Benjamin Borden, Jr., succeeded to the property at the death Of his father,, leaving it to turn to his sod, Joseph Borden. Upon the letter’s death, th* property -reverted to Ms two minor daughters, and this was the beginntog of the famous la* suit. jTh* guardian for tho two girls sold Many Wealthy and Prominent Per* sons Are Likely To Be Canght in Drag Net by Secret Service. The biggest lottery swindle im the United States which has been run ning for more than twenty years with headquarters to Chicago, was expos ed Wednesday nght by arrests in that and other cities of the country. The United States secret service claims that the promoters of the scheme have made millions of dollars and that there are big men behind It who can be reached by the prosecution of the men now under arrest. Under the name of the Old Reli able Guaranty Loan comgany, the company maintained nicely appointed offices at 225 Dearborn street, 171 Washington street, and 12 Sehrman street and a large printing establish ment known as the Martlfi Fountain Printing Company at 26 Randolph street. Secret service agents Harry T. Donague, Otto F. KUnke and Law rence Richey, who have engineered all the big lottery, exposures of recen* years raided all (our of these estab lishments and obtained thousands of tickets, lottery paraphernalia, checks and returns from agents, and the plates from which the tickets were printed. D. H. Jones, alias D. H. Klssam. who has lived to expensive style at the Great Northern Hotel and well- known about the city, was arrested as the head of the concern. He has been in charge of the concern since Its Inception In 1885, and Is said by the--secret-service-men to have as the representative and go between of the man higher up. He has also grown tremendously wealthy out of the profits of the concern. John E. Miner, of W. Minter ft Co., waa arrested aa a partner in the concern. Miner claims to be in the real estate business. Warrants were Issued for Miss Cor* Green, the, confidential secre- S ry of Jones, and Walter Schimbey, e bookkeeper. At midnight. Jones, Miner and Miss Green were arraign ed before United States Commission er Foote. George E*. Geisler, the St. Louis agent of the concern, was arrested in that city and a large-uumbee-ef-ie*- tery tickets and records confiscated. Frank Falkner, agent at Fort, Wayne, waa arrested by Agent Donohue. Charles and Royal Hamm an were, rested at Indianapolis by * Agj Klink .and John T .Markland waa rested at McKeesport, Pa. Al! were held under heavy bond. The secret service men from the records they have obtained expect to make more than 200 arrests in vari ous cities In the country. An attempt alse will be made to Involve the ex press companies as agnts or accom plices, under the federal act forbid ding lotteries. Commissioner Foote held Jones without ball. Jones la more than 70 years of age, and very feeble. - — ■ Under Its various names, the lot tery has been conducted to the regu lar lottery manner, except that the process has been all out of proportion to the risk and the commissions have been fery heavy, putting hundreds of thousands of dollars into the pock ets of the promoters yearly. It is believed that even with the heavy precentage to their favor, the lot tery managers did not live up to their promises to their dupes and failed to share receipts as advertiser. In a Burning HeM at few Hnvtn, Cann Monday CAUGHT LIKE RATS In a Trap And Are Barned Beyond Recognition. Awakened by Pan ic-Stricken Bellboy, Gnats Fled To Street la Night Robes. Six People Perish and Many Others Narrowly Escape. At New Haven, Coni}., six persons are dead as a result of a disastrous fire which swept the upper stories of the hotel Garde, early Monday. Hun dreds of guests of the hotel, the blg- get to the state of Connecticut, were thrown into a panic and rushed into the streets, clad only In their night robes, as the flame swept through the wooden structure. Patrick Anter, a porter, was killed by the snapping of a rope wtth which he was lowering himself to the street from the fourth atory. Five other employes sleeping on the same floor were suffocated by the dense smoke. Starting In the north wing, follow ing S' violent explosion, the fire spread rapidly and ravaged the upper stories of the hotels to the extent of $50,000 before the fireman could get" it under control. Awakened by the crackling of the flames In the room next to his own, a bell boy rushed through the halls £acli Yuar. some of the property and did not ac count for it, and suit was instituted to recover it. That suit continued in the courts for more than one hundred years, and the list of heirs had grown way up into the hundreds when the final settlement of the case was made early this month. Of this same Borden family was Colonel Borden, who presented the Capital City clqb with a shell fired from the Oregon at Santiago, which stands on the^ corner of- the club's lawn with an inscription plate on lr. Gale Borden, of New York, of con densed milk fame, Mr. Borden, of Canada, and the Bordens, of Fall River, Mass., belong to this famous family. The atory of the final settlement of the case is told in the following press dispatch from Staunton, Va: A case which has been occupying the various courts here for consider- ability over 100 years was ended re cently In the circuit court by Mayor W. H. Landis, receiver, entering a decree, which is considered final, showing all the disbursements in the case of Peqk ts, Borden and Borden va. Borden. Over $100,000 was involved and various decrees have been entered by aTmoit every lawyer here. The heirs numbering 400, were here from all parts of the country. The final decree approving the settle ment, of the receiver, Hon. William 000. One heir represented to the origi nal suit as an Infant died some years ago at the age of 96 year*. Nearly every lawyer at the bar for the past century has represented some heir. The paper* to the case were so nnm- eroos that no man living, even judge or clerk, were fammar wtth all of sleeping guests. All of these were able to reach the street In safety, although narrow es capes were numerous and Jjhe fire was marked by thrilling rescues, sev eral women being taken from their rooms by means Of ladders. MALHJIOUH MISKOHIEF Marble Steps to Charleston Residen ces Upset and Pat in Street." * 4. The News and Courier says there was sdme excitement and conslder- was some excitement and consider- of Wentworth street when they arose Thursday morning and found that many of the marble steps In front of their houses had been not only inter changed. but carried into the street. It has developed that oae of the blocks had only been placed on the Loss to the Farmers Through Wash In Their Lands is Appalling .Each Year Hays Expert * The farmers of the United States annually permit one billion dollars worth of potential wealth to roll into the seas, without apparently the slightest effort to prevent this enor mous waste. This was the remarkable state ment made recently by Prof. W. J. McGee, chief- of the bureau of noils of the agricultural department. Then Prof. McGee seta about proving his assertion by reciting some of the follies of the American agricultural ist. Much has.been said lately con cerning the conservation of our nat- urnl resources, and so great-fcas this agitation become that the president TOOK HIS LIFE tin uti prnkut »t tm uses- ' ffbocksf Trust CuufeMf Will devote one chapter of his forth- 10 1114 totenta apd pair os ta elim- coiulng message to a discussion of the subject: According to the views of the agri cultural experts and scientific men In Washington, farmers are responsi ble; for more of the damage to bis lands than he la blamed for. Prof. McGee says lhat careful Investigation Justifies the department in thA aueer- tion that the rains are permitted an nually to carry off into the small streams and through them to the great rivers and on to the seas not less than one billion tons of the sur face soil, which is the richest and most potent in reproductive elements of any portion pf the tillable land iwf alarm onA wrouain* iw ot tb ® country', and that practically l* 88 ka nd. had entered the body h*- * ^ 'Tow treWrl s handful of frienda at a down-town office were concluding an arrangement by which the leone ends of the banker’s man/ enter prises were to be gathered np snd financed by a stock company, which, if not wholly successful, would at least have rescued from tbs wreck age sufficient to Incur* th) promoter s the entire amount could be retained if a proper system of plowing was followed. His criticism is made with par tic*, ular reference to hillside farming and the cultlvation^f sloping areas. Instead of plowing np and dawn the hillside, as most farmers In this coun try-dor-Mr.-McGee suggests that the agriculturists try the plan of “plowing [Inture financially. The conference across sloping fields. This would iuoke up following the announcement make ridges that form natural, bat tiny breakwaters, thus preventing the water from rapidly flowing Into the ravine, aa Inevitably is the case wheu the furrows of a field plowed to the opposite and customary direction are converted Into rivulets that In time grow Into feeders that carry off the water at a ruinous rate. Mr. McGee states that by following the plan suggested by his bureau water ta not only atop./ed from rapidly carrying off the surface earth, hut the natural track of the electric car line, but bad < springs and other sources of water been struck by one of the cars, result ing, fortunately, in no Injury to the car, those In charge of it nor any of the occupants. The slabs >vere In’ some cases broken In several pieces. Who 1st df are, gunty of ifcis wan ton act is not known and while it is said to have been the* work of some young men. it will not be definitely known until the officers who have the under investigation make matter their report, have to answer in not only the Re corder's Court, but that of Oenerol Sessions. * . supply are prevented from replenish ing theim elves. If water la not per mitted to sink slowly into the earth, he declares, springs eventually will dry up and wells will fall., From an economic viewpoint the situation as sumes a graver aspect In the eyes of these experts, as Prof. McGee says at a most reasonable estimate this bil lion tons of the richest soli that Is an nually lost cannot be replaced by the DEAR KOSHER MEAT And some one may use of fertilizers costing vastly more thAn a billion dollars. (The question alao has another phase directly connected wltli the subject of the enlargement of onr In- Iknd waterways, upon which also the president has declared his purpose of addressing the congress. Heavy rains carry this soli into the streams and the muddy and swollen rtvera- rusbing on towards the sea, erod ing their, banka Causes Trouble Among the Women at Patterson, N. 1. At Patterson, N. J., angry women visited homes in the River street sec " tlon, and in all places where Kosher meat appeared on the tables for the noon day meal, it was either destroy ed, flung from the windows, or made unpalatable by having kerosene pour ed over It. The Kosher shops were all picked and a few purchasers got away with Prof. McGee says that only Wuddy water will erode the banka, and that this silt and fine dirt and sand cuts its way ruthlessly as It moves rapidly along eating the banka and filling up the channel. If It were not for this soil carried to the sea, the depart ment experts declare there would be , . an enormous saving, in the annual meats. In scores of cases, purchases expendlture8 of the government for were torn from wms of men. j dredg , ng and oth( . r , )Mr work( , , n Butchers have decided to close their, connectJon wlth the ln1and rlver8 In the same way the levees and other works at the mouths of such rivers as the Mississippi become nec essarily. almost solely, because of this waste of the land that Is permit ted to flow down and block qp the mouth of streams by their efiormous deposits. shops for thirty days to atop .the boy cott of the shops. The high prices for meats caused the trouble. FOUGHT WITH SHOTGUNH. Enemies Meet While Hunting and Both Are Wounded. '> SHOT HIS RIVAL In a duel with shotguns near Rad ford. Va., Thursday evening, James Newby, custodian of the Casers Lith- Aml Married a Girl Within an Hour ia Springs, was fatally wounded by! - Hugh Peterman, and toe latter was; After, seriously wounded by Newby. The| Half an hour after Clarke Norton men were out hunting and when they killed William Franklin, at White met turned their gum, on each other and began shooting. The trouble is result of an old grudge which grew Rock, N. C., Monday, he and Miss Elizabeth GAntry, for whom they were both suitors, were married at out of jealousy on the part of Peter-, Asheville man, who imagined Newby was pay-j Norton waa not arrested until the tog Attention to his Fife. , : following day, when he waa taken in WRECKED SCHOOL BUILDING j ® n ** C H ® w “ ■** companied by hia bride, who begged Blown Up Wtth Three Bombs, of Nitroglycerine. Three big nitroglycerine bombs dis charged in rapid succession early on ^^o^Jnvolyed only kbout Ji.-.Thnrsday momtng practlcany wrecr-T going to Wseciwtly married. and had ed the new $100,000 Henry school at Germantown, Pa. For squares around the residents of that section of tho shrub were awaked by the noise. Thus far the polio* have no cine of the idenUty ot tho** who committed the act. It Is though the explosion was caused by parties opposed to tho $10,000,000 loan bill, which gives to be allowed to go to jail with him. but was refused. She and Norton assert that Norton shot and killed franklin in self-defense. They say Franklin had found out that Norton and Mias Gentry were T • $$00,000 to the board of educatioq. ^stantly. gone to the girl's home for the pur pose of preventing the marriage. Franklin had said that Miss Gentry and Norton should never wed. When Norton made hi sappearance, Fraak- lln. H Is alleged, started the trouble, and Norton opened fir* upon him. his first shot taktag.effect in Frank lia s heart and kllieAnMm'Klmost fa COMMITTED SUGBL He Was Mixed Up la the Late la New York, aad Was Hpeculatiag ta the Trast's paay’s Deposits.—Dlsaapatl His Private Fortoae aad lluslaess Ntsadiag Upeet His Uharles Tracy Barney, the president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, of New York, and until re cently a power In the financial world, shot and killed himself Thursday to his home. Hia loans with the bank. It la said, are assured, and when be was forced from its presidency touted as a factor in banking circlet. What lll-effecta hie unexpected taking olT might hav> had on the financial situation gentjrally had long since been discounted, to distress of mind over the dissipation of his pri vate fortune and tho losi of bis high standing among business associates, intimate acquaintances dnd the hid den drift that broke hia health and reason. Much of his peruonal wealth might have been saved. At the rime that Barney Fas dying ht. his home at East Thirty-eighth street and Park avenue, and surgeons prol^ed for a bullet thut, misdirected '>y u nerve- that Mr. Barney was dead. Mr. Barney, who was io his fifty- seventh year, shot blmxelf while alone in his chamber at the rear of the second floor of his home The bullet entered below th*. heart afid lodged under the left shoulder blade. He died about 2 o’cioeh tfiit after noon after suffering Klfenffriy. The death waa reported to the coroner * little past three o'clock-] From the confusing stories due to the excite ment of the hour It was detrnnftmd that Mr. Barney deliberately shot _ himself while alone and soon after naing. As the bullet eater el bis body he fell unconscious upon ths bed. The report of the revolver startled th* family. Mrs. Busan Abbot; Meade, e guest, was the first U* reach the chamber and she summoned the phy sicians. Dr. Dixon respioded, aad also called two other physicians Mr. Barney was revived, aud to Or. Dix on. for twenty years tin family phy- alclan, said; “Doctor, this Is an aocktont.’' In reporting this to the coroner. Dr. Digon added, "with this I cote- ~ clde/’ Ether was admioleL red and efforts we-e made to remove ths bullet, tut they were not succesr'nl. Dating consciousness the patient suffered mneb, bat a<.e •rdtog to those who were with him made no statement other than that quoted by Dr. Dixon. A desk in the Chamber was llttor- ed with memoraadsnls and piled high * frith papers, including letters from bankers and other hnattcts; correel jondents 'throughout the country. • But the coroner was unable to find any communication frorr Barney to suggest a purpose of self-destruction. Mr. Barney was born to devsland, Ohio, on January, 27, If51 Ho waa the son of A. H. Barney, president of the United States Expxwr Company After graduating from Williams Col lege, 1870, he married Mtsa Lilly Whitney, sister Of Wm. C. WBHBif. This is the first trar'c echo trom the late gamblers panic to New York. Mr. Barney played the game of fren zied finance, lost and paid the ty. The Knickerbocker Company badly involved to the lata panic, and President Barney, and all th* direc tors were removed, hnd an investiga tion of the company is now oeteg made, and some of Qie big deposit*** have given out that all officers of th* company w ho have violated the law will be prosecuted. No doubt this had something to dd urith th* Presi dent's suicide. H6 had borrowed money from hjs own company. MET A HORRIBLE DEATH. Mr. Kobt. King, of Fairfax, Killed At A special dispatch to Th* Nemo and Courier from Allendale' says a horrible accident occured at ahopt 11 o'clock Tharsday at the Brown ber Company, situated at which reault^Jfijim Robert King, of Fairfax. Mr. while engaged to big work ad was caught to Urn was.^maitor of before he was terrible