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VOL. XXXV Cittti Ctavetliai T iftActiu Uokiif t« That E d. ILL CANVASS THE STATE Farmers, Hankers, Merchnts and Other Husiness Men of StAte At tend Meeting, Discuss the Situation Cieneraliy and Formulate S’lans to Aid Cotton Sellers. The State cotton convention, call ed by E. J. Watson and E. W. Dabbs, president of the State Farmers’ un ion, in response to the action of the Southern Cotton congress, recently held at Montgomery, Ala., was held in Columbia Thursday in the hall of the House of Representatives. It was • tme of the most largely attended con ventions ever held in the hall, and tne personnel was such as to cause many to remark that seldom had there been seen gathered together for conference a more representative body. The convention was composed of Farmers' union men, farmers, mer chants, bankers, and business and professional men from all parts of the State ,and thrpughout the proceed ings there was perfect harmony of thought and action and a unity of purpose wa* manifested with a de gree of determination indicating the character of the fight that the people of fhta- State propose 10 mane throughout for a Higher price for cotton.^ ion of the convention in the machinery extending In- orous prosecution of the warehousing and financing its, with the o-bjeet in view g a substantial cessation o! of cotton to market. to was taken on almost every the cotton situation and Able work was cut out for te's representatives in con- undertake. Along this line a intimation was given by the Ion that the time had come ie kind of national legislation fisted upon in regard to the of the cotton crop, now ting nearly $1,000,000,000. Ing the convention to order Oner Watson, who Is also of the Southern Cotton a member of the nat- O campaign committee, President Rarrett of the ers' union and Con ti of Alabama, declar- s glad the hour had arolina when the pro- s interests and the of the State could situation involving ry material inter- as frequently during his remarks, Smith was most enthusiastically and vigorously applauded. At the afternoon session the b&nk^ ers presertt were called upon for statcMOents as to their views la the matter of assisting in the holding movement by financing the crop. These statement were not only most significant and reassuring, but were of such a character that each caused a speedy manlsfestatlon of pleasure of the delegates. At the opening of the night session Commissioner Watson, announced that he had hoped to be able to give some definite information from Pres ident Barrett as to the $75,000,000 loan from the French-Britiah syndi cate for the purpose of aiding the holding movement. He announced that he had within the last half hour had been talking with Mr. Barrett on the long distance telephone. That the banks of the State are friendly to the farmers was brought ref Amal Kcmm tf Vaterns «f Ktc** stndira Held. A Columbia dispatch says no more demonstrative gathering of men and , . „ , women has probably been seen in ont by expressions from well konwu.^-^ _ _ Tolmtnbia In recent years than the ed th^t he come Soutl ducer, the hi banking tnt< meet to dfseuS the welfarA of est in the S\ate And indeed the very life-blood of every man, woman and child in South Carolina. lie said that the hour had arrived at last for intelligent!# to hold sway, for tlie thinking men the South to realize the value of^thelTsCotton. He felt /1 hiink ful to the^ bears that'they had hammered cotton down to 10 cents in the face of fc)m convention for, perhaps 10 cents Votton would stiffen the backbone of some people why, if cotton were above 10 cents, wwe. likely to rush it on the market. The conference was convened In the hall of the house of representa- rives at 3:30 o’clock. The meeting was called to order by h. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture. J. Whit- ner Reid was named as secretary. Following the roll call of the dele gates present a permanent organiza tion was perfected and Commissioner Watson was named-as,president.-'--'V Mr. Barrett had asked him to say to the convention that negotiations were under way bi^t had not yet Keen concluded, that he hoped, boKever, they would be completed at Xn early day A message from Mrv Barrett was also conveyed to the effect that there was every indtcat>6n of a reac tion io Mew York almost immediate ly in'fhh rice of. q##ton, and he urg- bankers at the congress. Every banker present promised to cooperate in a substantial manner to assist the farmers of the State lu their fight for a higher price for cotton. The expressions by the bankers followed a general discussion. The iniquitous cotton exchanges waq repeatedly attacked on the floor ’of the House of RepresentaT’ves and two resolutions of procedure were re ported by the committee formed by pne member from each Congressionl district and appointed by Commis sioner of Agriculture E." J. Watson. W. P. Pollock favored a petition to Congfess, asking that the use of Inter-State means of communication be denied the exchanges, but this meetmg-wdtlr objectiontju the ground of possible legal resistance, a sub stitute motion was adopted after the debate. An agreement brought about was that Congress be memorialized to, regulate dealing in cotton by the ex changes so that real cotton will be the basis of all contracts and actual delivery he had. The following resolution was also adopted at the night session of the Convention: ‘‘Resolved, That the county fanners’ unions of the differ ent counties of the State be requested to appoint a conqmjttee consisting of not less than three men in each town ship in each county to canvass the farmers of their county and ascertain how many bales of cotton they will pledge themselves to hold for the agreed price uliljees otherwise in structed by the State rarmers’ Union to sell. "That the secretary of the county unions be requested to forward re ports from these committees to the secretry and rpesident of the State Farmers' Union be requested to co-operate with Mr. Watson to have this plan carried out in all of the cotton growing States. ‘Be it further resolved, that the president of the State Farmers’ Un ion be requested to keep the local unions posted as to the number of bales of cotton pledged in the differ ent States in conformity to this reso lution. ' ,1 ‘‘Be it further resolved, That the' chairman of this body be and is here- by authorized to name from each county a special committee of busi ness men and bankers to represent each and every bank in said county, designating which banker is to be (tie chairman of said committee, the duties of this committee being as follows: They are promptly^to as certain from every special committee VERY GOOD ATTENDANCE Col. John 8. Mobley, Miss Grace Lumpkin, and Governor Please Speak at Formal Opening of Re union.—Senator John Sharp Wil liams Unable to Attend. Mexican Indians Crucify Chlofaa Cit izen When They Sacked That Place —Women and Children Murdered. Within a few # hours after the re appointed to canvass the cotton grow ers the number of bales of cotton to be held, promptly arrange for finan cing as many bales of the said cotton as possible." MOB LYNCHES WHITE MAN. Killing of Two Deputies Leads to Violence in Arkansas. < ed the convention its poweeto I of cotton off t Commissjo Bounced thKt members Had a whirlwind cottop belt w meetings and t ator Smith of States Senator do everything in cy possible halo *et. n further an- onal committee termined upon through the tea of monster ilted States Sen- State and United Sharp Williams Forcing their way into the Desha County jail at Dumas, Ark., between fifty and one hundred men, members of a mob formed so quietly that the authorities had not the slightest warning, overpowered the deputies in charge and tok Charles Malpas, Sr., white, to a water tank and^hang- E> of Mississippi had been requested to take part in this campaign. This will give five men, posted on cotton, to conduct the meeting#, the committee men being Messrs. Barrett, Heflin and Watson. Mr. Heflin in his remarks at the opening, of the night meeting pre sented a number of aaaential facts bearing upon the marketing and han dling of the cotton crop, Committees on resolutions, com posed of one member from each con gressional district, was appointed as follows: W\ McL. Frompton, R. M. Mlxson, Alan Johnstone, P. Good win, W. P. Pollock, Douglas Mcln- ed him enrly ednesday. The mob then dispersed without demonstra tion. None of its members is konwn to Hi# authorities, according to their statement. The lynching followed a pitched battle at the home of Malpass the 1 day before, in which the sheriff and two deputies were killed. The wife of Charles Malpas, Sr., a negress, and the Malpass younger son, a young mulatto, escaped from the house dur ing the fighting. The authorities say thqy do not think the negress and the boy engaged In the battle and for this reason It is not thought the two will be sought further In connec tion with the affair. assembly which crowded the lower floor and two galleries of the CoJum- gia Theatre Wednesday night at the formal welcoming of the Red Shirt Veterans, who began their annual re union. By far the large majority of the men in the gathering wore the red shirt, and aside from the picturesque ness of the view of blazing red mingl ed with the fashionable gowns of this fair sex, the spirit of good humor was abroad In all Its vigor, and, time after time, bubbled over In cheers, ap plause and shouts upon the slightest provocation. Col. John G. Mdbley, commander- in-chlef, presided over the gathering his sldeotr the stage saV the sponsor, Miss Elize Stribling, of Pen- dleto/r, and her two maids of honor. Misses Agnes Ravenel, of Spartan burg, and Zena Evans, of Cheraw, and Miss Grace Lumpkin, who deliv ered the welcome to the "Men of ’76.” After the prayer and the Doxology, sung by the entire assembly, Col. Mobley in brief but well chosen words, introduced Senator Francis H. Weston to the audience, and he. af ter a stirring recital of some of the scenes and conditions of reconstruc tion days, introduced Miss Lump kin. At nearly every possible interval in the remarks of the speakers, ap plause broke sontaneously from those seated near the front of the house, most of whom wore the red shirts and cheers were not infrequent dur ing the middle of Col. Mobley’s talk, while he was mentioning some of the leaders who took part In the red shirt days of reconstruction. A life sized portait of Gen. Wade Hampton, which had been veiled un til now, was suddenly placed In full view of the vast assemblage when the name of that political leader was mentioned; instantly there arose from every male voice in the house cheers upon cheers, and the ovation given the portrait of the old chief tain required several minutes to spend its force. In a thrilling voice Miss Lumpkin welcomed the "Men of ’7 6" to Co lumbia. She recited briefly some of the things that the Red Chirt Veter ans had accomplished and assured them of the gratitufcde and love of e\eryone who enjoyed the great her itage they had left. Governor Blease, who next arose to welsome the Red Shirts on behalf of the State, was welcomed by the veterans with prolonged applause. Ho was several time interrupted In his remarks by cheers. Governor Please spoke of the return of the soldiers after the war, the Reconstruction times, conditions and what had been accomplished by the wearers of the red shirts during the days of ’76. He spoke also of the prosperous con dition of the State at present due to a large extent to what the men of ’76 had done. , It w'as a matter of general regret to all that it was impossible for Sen ator John Sharp Williams, of Mis sissippi, to be present. Col. John G. Mobley, commander-in-chlef, an nounced Wednesday night that he had just received a letter from Mr. WUHtams stating his inability to be present. .. It woula be a hard matter, in deed, to conceal from even the most casual observer, the fact that the Red Shirt veterans of the State are making an Invasion of the Capital Cjty. Clad very, very, distinctively. Ifi‘‘'shirts of the reddest red, set off by black trousers, and broad rimmed hats, even a single one standing in a crowded street, is easily singled out by the eye as a mark of special Interest. turn of Francisco I. Madero, Jr., from his speaking tour through the south Thursday, Mexico City again became the scene of riots whose quellln by the mounted police result- quelling by the mounted police re sulted In two fatally wounded and 15 injured. To restore order the police were forced to charge the mobs with sabres drawn. Groups of manifestants were still parading the' streets and shouting "Vivas” for the returning candidate when police were compelled to dis perse rioters who had gathered in the zoealo in front of the city hall. The work of the authorltleis accom plished here was repeated half an hour later In a factory district ten blqcks away, where the same drastic measures were employed to suppress another outbreak. Neither of these riots had any great political significance and their origin on the day of Madero’s return Wtt# either merely a coincidence or due to the fact that the thousands of manifestants on the streets made It easy for troublemakers to get In their work. —Instigated by thoee wbo profess to believe that Antonio Rlvergo, the governor's secretary, was responsi ble for the political confusion In the state of Chiapas, the mob marched to the zoealo. Its numbers steadily in creasing and the cries became so In sistent and insulting that the author ities called out the mounted police Twice the police called on the peo ple to disperse, but without result Sabres then were drawn and the squadron charged into the midst of the mob, which gave way, but not until a few scattering shots from re volvers had been fire by the rioters, one of which fatally wounded a mem ber of the mob. Ten minutes later the zoealo was deserted, but the neuclus of the mob remained intact and gathering fresh recruits the hoodlums marched to La Carolina, a texile mill In the north ern part of the city. A labor dispute was pending there and the rioters' efforts were directed toward precipi tating a strike. Another squadron of mounted police charged the rioters This time the mob did not reform. DEATH AMONG MERRY-MAKERS. Rockets Explode in Mexican Church. —(Madero Festival. A terrific explosion of rockets and boombs in a crowded church at Guad alajara, Mexico. Wednesday, resulted in four dead and fifteen seriously injured, cast a shadow of gloom over the merry-makers attend ing the coming of Madero Wednes day. Of the, wounded many were so seriously burned or trampled in the panic which followed that they are believed to have been fatally injured Fifty rockets and six hundred bombs had been stored in the Chapel of Jesus for use in celebrating the arrival of the sacred Image of the' Virgin of Zapoapian, which at this season is carried from church to church and believed to have power to effect miraculous cures on the faith ful. The explosives, piled at the foot of the stairs leading to the tower, Is thought to have been ignited by the careless dropping of a lighted cigar ette. Those nearest were hurled in all directions by the force of the de tonation. The building was quickly filled with suffocating smoke, which blind ed the struggling and frantic occu pants who fought one another in their efforts to reach the exits. When the smoke cleared away one man was found dead partially disemboweled, and three boys, one eight and two ten years old, so frightfully burned and mangled that they died soon af ter being carried from the building. A Witness in the Trial of Boykin, Tow III and Tatum, Former OAciaU of the Old State Dispensary, Testi fied Tlwt They Were All Bribed in the latbel Matter. In the trial of W. O, Tatum, L. W. Boykin and John Bell Towlll, charg ed with defrauding the State in the purchase of a lot of labels for the use of the old State Dispensary whsn It was In operation, John T. Earley, a liquor house representative, Thurs day testified that In the Spring <yf 1905 he talked with L. W. Boykin and J. B. Towlll, dispensary directors, about the purchase of labels, suggest ing that If they gave the order to Mr. Weiskopf of Cincinnati It would mean money In Earley's pocket. That subsequently Commissioners Tatum and Boykin went to Cincinnati v company with M. A; Goodman and Earley met them at the Grand Cen tral depot; that together they sub sequently went to the office of Nlvis- son, WViskopf & Co. to discuss the matter of labels with them, that the agreement to give the big Job of lith ographing to the firm was made; that subsequently Earley received as one- third otf the net profit of th# deal a check for $6,534; that Goodman told him that he had paid Boykin $3,000, Tatum $300, somthlng to Towlll, and something to W. J. McCartha, anoth- ei dispensary employe. Here is the substance of Earley’s testimony: Q. What business are you engag ed In, Mr. Earley? A. At present In the wholesale liquor business. Q. Salesman for a wholesale liquor business? A. Yes, sir. Q. What liquor house do you sell for? A. The Flelshmann company. Q. Did you eVer have occasion to sell any liquor to the State dispen sary? A. Yes, sir. Q. While you were offering these liquors for sale, did you ever come to Columbia to see about it? A. Yes sir. Q. Mr. Earley, state whether or not you were In the city of Colum bia during the year 1905? A. Yea, sir. Q. Who was on the board of di rectors of the dispensary at that time, do you recall? A. I think it wae John Bell Towlll and Whit Boykin and Hub Evans. Q. John Bell Towlll, L. W. Boy kin and H. H. Evans? A. Yes, sir. Q. Mr. Earley, while you were vis iting Columbia during the year 1905, did you have any conversation with Mr. Towlll or Mr. Boykin, or Mr. Goodman, any of them, In reference to purchasing labels? A. Yes, sir; 1 spoke to him about it. Mr. Lyon: Well, sir, was the mat ter of purchasing labels discussed there? A. I told him that I had a friend who was interested on some labels, yes, sir. Q Did you tell him who that A. Yes, sir. that these sketches were sent from Nivlsston-Welskopf company? A.T^.1 sir. Q. Mr. Earley, state whether or not, subsequent to your conversation you had In Columbia, if Mr. Boyttf and Mr. Tatum went to Ctncl: A. Yes, sir. Q. In whose company were they when they arrived In Cincinnati? A. M. A. Goodman. _ y 7 Q. Where did you find them In Cincinnati? A. Goodman telegraph ed me to meet him— ,Q. Never mind what Goodman did; where did you meet them? *A. Grand Central depot Q. From there where did you go? A. I am not pretty positive—It tea been four or five years ago— Q. Did you or not go on that oc casion to Nlvlson-Weiskopf company’s place of business? A. Yea, air. Q. For what purpose did you go there? A. They said they were go ing to buy bottle supplies and labels. Q. And you # went to the Nlvtoon' Weiskopf company? A. Yea, air. Q. Did Mr. yoykin go? sir. Q. Mr. Tatum go? - A. Yea. air. Q. And Mr. Goodman? A. Yee, sir. Q. And yourself? A. Yea, air. Q. Did you dlscusa the label mat ter going along there or during the day, at the iNlvisaon-Wetskopf com pany? A. Well we spoke about It la a general way. Q. And you were going ther# to make a contract for labels? A. Yea sir. Q. Well, was there a contract en tered Into there? A. I do not know whether It was made there or algned there or signed here. Q. Was there any agreement or understanding about buying the lab els there that day? A. Mr. Goodman told me— Q. Never mind wtet Mr. Good man told you. Mr; - Earley, those sketches made In Clnctnnmti at tbe time you were discussing the matter with WVeiskopf? A. Yee, Mr. the profits were you to receive? A. I was to receive one-third. Q. One-third? A. Yee, air. L*C Q. State whether or not that ia check you received in payment of the profit? (Handing paper to wltneae. Mr Johnstone: We object now unless these men knew it, your hon or. The Court: I will let him th&L question. Mr. Lyon: Is that the check, Mr. Earley? A. Yes, sir. Col. Nelson: $6,500, la It not, Mr. Lyon? ___ Mr. Welch: $6,614. Mr. Lyon: We offer this cheek In evidence. Mr. Lyon: Earley, you had Her Family U.; r teat Fifteen ■& young woman of lean wttmcUon, under arrest for tbe murder of a younger sister, whom life wae insured In her favor, Thurs day night admitted to the district attorney that she had administered morphine to the girl but ted done so by mistake. Three other members of the Craw ford family have died under cyster- ‘ous circumstances within the paet fifteen mqnths, and Annie Crawford was the beneficiary named ia the tn- evrance policies on the Hfe of each. JL Tfifcl fte jftlHfiS shs held on four amounted to only $1,766, The police nay she the money on clothes. Elite Crawford died saddenly Saturday, and nader cite* that the th# contents of the stomach analyse sd by an expert chemist. The find ing of tracee of morphine was ♦#$- lowed by the street of the sister, the authorities indented that the of the three otter members of the femily would be exhumed for a ste llar examination. District Attorney Adame declined to state whether he contemplated charging Annie Crawford with the murder of family but he sta;ement to the "It was established Annie Crawford la a drug probably la addicted to Crawford hh!^the . Xo morphine and wae Us threhm Q. Mr. Earley, what proportion of a position to obtain it In practically I mAjl I H * any quantity during that perid^U Indisposition friend was? Q. Who VvaS ft? A. Nlvisson-Wcfs- RLl'E AND GREY LINK ARMS. ELEVEN DROWNED IN SEINE. Auto Plunges from Bridge into River With Direful Results. Gen. Jackson’s Birthplace. At Clarksburg, West. Va., a bronze tablet marking the birthplace of Gen. fitohewall Jackson was unveiled on Tuesday. Dr. James Power Smith, only surviving officer of Gen. Jack son’s staff, made the dedicatory ad dress. . Climax of Union and Confederate Gathering at Memphis. tyre, E. W. Dabbs, chaUjtean. There were calls fomSnlted States Senator E. D. Smitijgtnd ln_a v#ry n, in few momenfs referring behalf' o - - that Lies Down Before Train. At Live Oak, Fla., Ben Hlnel, a stranger, said to be unbalanced on account of his religion, deliberately laid down in front of a train Tues day and was instantly killed llTOD. Falls to His Death. Lieut. R. A. Cammell. of the Brit ish oriation school of Farmborough, England, wae killed recently while making a flight at Hendon, abt mile# ewtre of London, ^^ttme. Eleven persons were drowned and ten others hurt by the overturning of an automobile ’bus Into the Seine Thursday afternoon, saye a Paris dispatch. The automobile ’bua with twenty-five passengers, was coming from the Jardin Des Plantes in the direction of the opera. It was half way over the Archeveche bridge lead ing from the left bank of the river to the Island immediately behind the Cathedral of Notre Dame. In trying to avoid a collision with another omnibus th* diaffeur gave his steering wheel a sharp turn. The heavy vehicle skidded violetly, ahot onto the sidewalk, crashed through th# heavy iron railing na If it wer# n pipe stem, end dropped into the river below. All the passenger* were carried down with th* exception of two or three who jumped Just in To the strains of the fife and drums 500 veterans of the Blue and Grey marched with arms linked through the streets of Memphis Wted- nesday night bunting bedecked and gayly illuminated in their honor. It was the culminating feature of the reunion of soldiers who fought In the opposing armies during the civil war of the ’60’s. The Sons of Veterans and other auxiliary organizations, State troops, fraternal associations and mounted police paraded with the gray-haired men. Former slaves, body servants during the war, marched la the wake of the veterans end spectators crowd ed the streets to cheer the did sol diers. / — - The most Important action taken at the Reunion was as endorsement of a proposed peace Jubilee and a general reimtow in Washington In 1613. Other than this the Reunion waa principally a happy interming ling of those who were foea fifty kopf company of Cincinnati. Q. Was Mr. Goodman also interest ed in the order? a. Yes, sir. Mr. Lyon: Mr. Earley, were Mr. Goodman and Mr. Bowkin and your self, were you together at any time for the purpose of discussing this purchase of labels? ,A. Yes, str; we spoke about It together. Q. Was Mr. Tatum present at any time that this label matter came up before you all? A. In Columbia? Q. Well, anywhere else? A. I could not say positively whether he entered Into any conversation on the label question at all. Q. Was he present when any com- versatton took place? A. I could not say that positively. Q. Did you meet Mr. Tatum in Cin cinnati on that occasion? A. Yes, sir, .. Q. With Mr. Boykin and Mr. Good man? A. Yes, sir. Q. Were any labels purchased from Nlvisson Weiskopf company on that occasion? A. Yes, sir. Mr. Lyon: Mr. Earley, state whether or not you had a conversa tion with Mr. Boykin In the city of Columbia In regard to this label transaction? A. Yes, sir.' Q. What was the conversation? A As I repeated before, I was interest ed in selling label* for a friend of mine who had submitted a bid to the State dispensary, and I would have liked to see him buy the labels. Q. What else did you tell Mr. Boy kin? A. I do not remember what else I said to hlifi. Q. State whether or not you told him that you could make some mon ey out of it? jL To the best of my knowledge l told him that I could make some money if they bought the labels from the Nivlsslon-Weis- kopf company. Q. Yon could make some money ont of it? A. Yes, shr. , /\ Q. Now, Mr. Earley, as a result of that conversation, what did you do? Where did you go when you left Co lumbia? A. I made a trip and re turned home. Q. Yonr home la r years ago. They participated in a CtnehmatL this conversation with Mr. Goodman? A. Yes, sir. Q. What did Mr. Goodman tell you on that occasion? A. He told short while afterwards he paid Mr. Beykln $3,000 Mr. Raysor: I object to that, on this ground, that it was not In far th;>rance of this conspiracy. He said ir was severST mOnThi Iftcrwards, he paid money out. Mr. Lyon: I will ask the question a little bit differently. Mr. Earley, with reference to this conversation with Mr. Goodman and yourself, when was this check of $6,600 and odd dollars paid you? A. It was af ter the labels had been shipped and paid for. Q. After the labels had been ship ped and paid for that you got the check? A. Yes, sir Q. When was this conversation had between you and Mr. Goodman; was It before you received the check? A. Which conversatlpa do you refer to? Q. When he told you he had paid Mr. Boykin $3,000. A. It was prev ious to the check. Q. About how many month* after they were in Cincinnati? A. Well. I do not know positively. I will say a week. Q. Within a week after they left Cincinnati? A. Yes, sir Q. Now, Mr. Earley, you state that Mr. Goodman told you that he had paid Mr. Boykin $3,000 ? A. Yes, sir. '' /• Q. Or an amount in that neighbor hood? A. Yes, Isr. / Q. Did he say whether or not he paid Mr. Tatum anything? A. He said he paid Mr. Tatum $300. Mr. Raysor:/We object to that Mr. Lyon: Did he say whether he paid Mr. Towlll anything? A. Yee, sir; he said he paid him seme amount; I do not know the exact amonat. Mr. Timmerman: We object _ lur Lyon: Did he tell you he paid anybody else aaytfilng or hot? A. He told me h# paid another party some money, a Mr. Mack. Q. Was it McCartha? SOw ■" ^ Did Mr. Welshi mei\to you as to over expense ^ get this money or not? Mr. Nelson: We object * honor.* Mr. Wplskopf is here oat in ground already stated; by the police. 8h* \ efi nuiiliij' jlW'HM leged to have made numerous contra dictory statements and when con fronted with evidence tending to In criminate again and Aanle Crav suranc* policy on th# life of Mr district attorney Thursday that she was afaraid of her stator. % In one fifth of a cupful of the contents of Elise Crawford’s stomach Dr. A. L. Metz, the city chemist found 3 and 1-2 grains of morphine, sufficient to kill two persons. The first of the Crawford h« hold to dleTwaa Mary sistef of toe prisoner, occurred Jane 25, Iff*, supposedly of aoute meningitis, weeks later, July 11,’ 161*, er died, uremic a* the cause. After an itedrval of two weeks, or, on July 2t^T$16, her mother died. In her ease.Uremlc poi soning was also given as the cause. Annie Crawford »■■■ policies on th* live# of the In the following su Walter C. Crawford, father $860; Mrs. Crawford, mother. $400; Mary Agnes Crawfpfd, sister. $800; Elise Crawford, *i*tor. $280. She collect ed the Insurance dy each uuse uxcepr that of her sister Elise, payment ol which was withheld he*/ of the certificate of death. On day morning foHowtng her deeth, Annie Made demand on the in&u ran On that day she also went to railroad office where h«tpHM been employed as stenographer ahd collected $45 due th'e ■ Mr. Weiskopf told you told me he advanced some money. Q. Do yon have the neighborhood j He tpld me j check that tt was 75 /£ Q. We do not want to know thing about the check. Mr. or not, were ▼isuing barbecue ar of <&Did ittoh and while Mr. ITyou ey or gave that sort, from to the 1 entirely _ can rule as you see fit H*v* a con versa- The Court: Go ahead.