The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 13, 1904, Image 3
EICHTARE MANGLED"
In Crash of Auto and in Collision
With Train.
WAS PECULIAR TRAGEDY
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Automobile Containing Nine persons i
Dashes Over High Embankment
Onto Railroad Tracks in
Front of Train. !
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Driven at the rate of 25 miles an j
hour, a three seated touring car, containing
nine persons?four men*' and
five women?dashed over an embankment
at the southern end of Jerome
avenue, in New York city, early Friday
morning, landing on the southbound
track of the New York Centra! i
and Hudson railroad. Just at that moment
a southbound local tram, running
fast to make up tinffe, rounded a curve
and struck the automobile. Three persons
were killed, two instantly; two
were seriously injured and the other
four, although badly bruised, were
able to go home.
The dead: Allen Ncyes, chalfeur of
the automobile, killed instantly;
Madge Corcoran, age 30; Eella Perse,,
died in hospital.
The injured: Mrs. Kitty Wads
worth, age 35, skull fractured, will
die; Moses Spiess, fracture of the
Jaw; Jeannette Tavis, Cnarles Doran, j
Emma Perez and Thomas Murphy, |
slight bruises.
The party were returning to the
River Side Casino from a trip to
Mount Vernon. Whether the chaffeur
knew of the short extension of Jerome
beyond One hundred and sixty-first
Btreet or not will never be known.
The corner at that point is brilliantly
lighted, but the extension. leading to
the edge of the embankment above
the New York Central is paved with
brick, and the car tracks run down to
a picket fence at the edge.
Warning Given Too Late.
Several persons, including two policemen,
saw the automobile rushing
down the avenue, and were surprised
when it kept straight ahead. They
shouted a warning, but it was too late.
With no apparent slackening of the
speed, the big car crashed through the
fence, cleared a dirt embankment, ex<
tending about five feet above the stone
retaining wall, and then clearing the
wall, made a sheer drop of 25 feet to
th6 railroad track. In its descent the
car half turned and several of its occu- i
pants w^re spilled out. When it struck j
the tracks, Noyes, Bella Perez and
Madge Corcoran were thrown to the
tracks, the others falling to the side of j
the rails.
rrrViof >> o nnon oi in tho fpw cer. I
onds that preceded the crash of the 10- j
cal train the survivors themselves i
were unable to relate. They were |
Btunned and bleeding and trying to re- j
cover themselves when they heard the j
| roar of the train and then the fright- j
ful crash. .
The tower man in a switch tower !
about a hundred feet north of Jerome j
avenue heard the automobile as it j
broke through the fence, and running
to his window, saw the car strike the
track. The Croton local was but 200
feet away, and the engine about fifty
feet north of a block signal. Jumping j
to the switch mechanism, he dropped j
the lever that worked the arm of the
signal which was working the green
light, and instantly the danger signal
flashed before the eyes of the locomotive
engineer, who just caught the
red glare as his cab passed the signal !
post. At once ne reversed his engine j
and put down the air brakes, but his !
speed had hardly slackened when tne j
train struck the automobile. The train
came to a stop in a distance of about
eight hundred feet. On the train was j
Health Commissioner Thomas Darl- j
ington, who took charge of the work
of caring for the injured. The locomotive
engineer was arrested, but
was released on his own recognizance, j
BANK VAULT IS LOOTED.
Robbers Secure Booty to Amount of
$20,OOP in Indiana Town.
Robbers dynamited the bank at Freeland,
Ind., early Saturday morning,
and it is reported secured $20,000. The 1
safe was blown open and looted and
the entire side of the bank buiiding J
was blown out.
The noise awakened the people of
the town, who hurriedly gathered at
the wrecked buiiding, but the robbers
were gone and no clew had been obtained.
Everything of value in the safe was
taken.
THROWN INTO BANKRUPTCY.
Alabama Round Lap Bale Company
Goes Into Court's Hands.
The Alabama Cotton Products Company,
handling exclusively , roundlap
bales, receivers for which were appointed
Thursday, was thrown into
involuntary bankruptcy Friday on petition
cf the Consolidated national
bank of New York and Samuel G.
Bogert, also of New York, and Michael
Flynn, of Pike Road.
JAPS ARE OUTFLANKED.
For Once Russians Seem to Be Making
Successful Moves and are
Taking the Offensive.
, A St. Petersburg dispatch under
Monday's date says: General Kuropatiiin's
order of the day announcing his
determination to take the offensive is
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supplemented oy mg usws mac aa uifensive
movement has already begun
and that the Japanese line has broken
at Bentsiaputze.
The Japanese occupied a front of
about 52 miles, stretching from Bentsiaputze
on the east through Yentai
and across the railway to the banks of
the Hun river on the west. The Russian
force has been moving south in
close touch .with the Japanese advance
since October 4. The Japanese outposts
were driven back in a series of
skirmishes, and on October 6 the Russians
reoccupied the station of Shakhe
15 miles south of Mukden, the railway
battalion restoring the bridge
across the Shakhe river the next day
in order to facilitate the advance.
Meanwhile General Mistchenko's Cos- j
sacks moved southwest as far as the
Yentai mines, defeating the Japanese
in a series of warm skirmishes. The
most important action, however, occurred
on the Japanese right at Bentsiaputze.
Here the Japanese held a
strong and important position, but it
acquis tuizy mauc tuc iavAi/uvuw.v j
omission to fortify a commanding hill i
which was the key to the whole situa- j
tion. A portion of General Kuropat- j
kin's force made a strong attack on |
Bkntsiaputze and, taking a leaf out of )
the Japanese book, occupied the hill
from the east and flanked the Japanese
out of town, causing a 3erious
loss in a rear guard fight. The Russian
casualties are reported to have
been inconsiderable.
While these operations are progress- j
ing south of Mukden, it is reported j
that two Japanese divisions, under j
General Fugi, are marching west up I
the Liao river and are now 22 miles !
south of Sinmintin.
General Kuroki is expected to make j
a similar movement eastward.
A dispatch from Mukden says: A ;
crossing of the Taitse river east of
Ben3ihu by Russian cavalry shows
that the Japanese are retiring on their
position at Liao-Yang and in ..he nest j
of hills east of Yentai, as though they |
were still desiring a decisive action 1
near Liao-Yang.
The inactivity of the Japanese is not |
unusual. It recalls their retirement i
from the vicinity of Kai-Chou before j
the battle of Vafangow. It also recalls ;
General Kuroki's strategy throughout
the firing line in Motien pass.
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DEATH CLAIMS GEN. RANSOM.
Distinguished North Carolina Soldier
. and Statesman Passes Away.
General Matthew W. Ransom, con
federate general, ex-United States senator
and minister to Mexico under j
President Cleveland, died unexpected- |
ly at his home naer Garrysburg, N. C.,
Saturday. He was 78 years of age.
He represented North Carolina in the
United States senate for twenty-three
years, being defeated for re-election by
the fusionists in 1895. ?
His death was entirely unanticipated
and his family was at Blowing Roclc,
his summer home, when he died. He
owned an immense plantation and his
property is estimated at nearly a million.
General Ransom was by far the most
distinguished North Carolinian. He
died on his 78th birthday, having been
born October 8, 182G. In 1852 he became
attorney general of North Carolina,
being the youngest man ever
elected to that position.
During the civil war he rose to
brigadier general and in 1872 he was
elected to the United States senate,
where he served for 22 years, being
succeeded by Maricn Butler, when the
Populist-Republican wave swept over
the state in 189G.
Aftr leaving the senate he was appointed
minister to Mexico by President
Cleveland, and on the expiration
of that term returned to his farm in
Vnrtiiamnt-nn rrmntv. where he has
been exceedingly successful, being the
largest cotton planter in the state.
PREDICTS A LONG STRUGGLE.
Count Okuma Tells Japs to Prepare
for a Stupendous Outlay.
A Tokio dispatch says: In addressing
the members of the united clearing
houses of Tokio, Thursday, Count
Okuma, the leader of the .progressive
party, warned the people to prepare
for a long war. He predicted that the
cost to Japan for a two years' war, including
the loans which had already
been placed and the expenses of the
war, at its termination, would total
$1,000,000,000, which would make the
per capita share amount to $20.
Rumor Results in Run on Bank.
An idle rumor that the Dime Sav
ings Bank in Canton, Ohio, lost $75,
000 by the failure of the Aultman
company, started a run on the bank
Monday. All creditors were promptly
paid. The bank was not affected. i
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irnrtun.-* Pair! for Hamhnrn.
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The stallion Hamburg, one of the 1
stud of the late William C. Whitney. ;
was sold for $70,000 to Harry Payn* '
Whitney at New York Monday. <
TWENTY-EIGHT DIE!
Another World's Fair Train;
in Frightful Crash.
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DASHES INTO A FREIGHT1
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Disaster Occurred on Missouri Pacific !
Railway and Was Caused by i
Freight Engineer Being
Deluded.
Twenty-eight persons were killed
and sixty injured by a head-on colli- j
sion by Missouri Pacific trains 3 j
miles east of W&rrensburg, Mo., Mon- |
day. The trains were the second sec- j
tion of a passenger train from Wichi- |
ta, for St. Louis, and an extra freight i
train. Most of the dead were resi- |
dents of Missouri and Kansas, as are j
the injured. ffl
The passenger train, consisting of ;
two day coaches, a Pullman and a
caboose, was loaded with world's fair
excursionists from southeastern Kansas
and southwestern Missouri.
The Wichita passenger train had
been cut in two at Pleasant Hill, on
account of the heavy load, and a lo
comotive attached to the front car
without a baggage car as a buffer. The
extra freight had been sidetracked at
Mount Serratt for the first section of
the Wichita train, which carried signals
that a second section was following.
A local passenger train passed
and the freight crew took the local
for the second section of the Wichita
train and pulled out of the side track.
Three miles west the freight met the
second section. The impact telescoped
the tender of the passenger locomotive
and the front car, which was full
of passengers, and it was here that
the sacrifice of life took place. The
passenger conductor, E. L. Barnes, ran
all the way to Warrensburg to report
the wreck. Every physician in Warrensburg
and hundreds of citizens hastened
to the wreck to assist the
wounded.
Twenty persons were killed outright
and eight died within a few hours.
A coroner's jury is now seeking the
person responsible for the wreck.
The conductor of the freight train
says he was dozing while his train
was at Mount Serratt, and when the
local train passed Engineer Horton
believed that it was the second section
of the Wichita train, and thinking the
track clear, pulled out on the main
track.
E. Drexel, postmaster at Kansas,
was taken out from under a heap of
seven bodies, suffering only a broken
leg.
GEN. RANSOM LA:D TO REST.
State Capital at Raleigh Closes and
Flag at Half Mast.
The funeral of the late ex-Senator
Matt Ransom, of North Carolina, was
held Monday afternoon at his country
residence, "Verona," near Garysville,
in Northampton county. The
body was interred in the old burying
ground with Masonic honors.
The services were conducted by
Rev. John A. Weston, of the Episcopal
Church, of Hickory. General Ransom
was a member of that church.
Notable men from many sections of
the state were present.
In Raleigh the state capitol was
closed and the flag was at half mast.
RAILROADS ARE HELD UP.
Atlanta to Grant No More Privileges I
Until Freight Rates Are Adjusted.
The Atlanta y>eight bureau won
during, the special -session of council j
the first of the series of fights it will
wage agsinst all railroad interests un
til Atlanta is given oetter ireigni
rates.
The ordinance of the special committee
on the Washington street viaduct
matter an-J the proposition of the
Louisville and Nashville and other j
railroads tor terminal facilities, was i
re-referred to a committee with in- '
struciions to report during council's '
first November session.
WYNNE SUCCEEDS PAYNE.
Office of Postmaster General to Be ;
Temporarily Filed by Assistant. j
President Roosevelt Monday an- '
nounced the appointment of Robert J. '
Wynne, acting postmaster general, as
postmaster general. The appointment i
is temporary, and George B. Cortelyou !
will succeed to the office about Jan-1
uary 1, Mr. Wynne resuming the position
of first assistant. Chief Clerk ;
John J. Hawley, of the first assistant's
office, will become acting first
assistant, and no new appointment to
that place will be made. Mr. Wynne
was inducted into his new otnce Mon- (
day afternoon.
TAGGART SURE OF MONTANA. !
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Labor Organizations Pledge Support to ;
the Democratic Ticket.
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Chairman Taggart. cf the democrat- j
ic national committee, received a dis- j
patch from Montana Saturday, stat- |'
ing that the labor organizations oi j
hat state had indorsed the Parker
ind Davis electoral ticket, which Mr.
raggart says means the electoral vote
Df Montana for the democratic ticket
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JAPS CONTINUE RETREAT;
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Forward March of Russians Against i
Their Foe Eegins Auspiciously, I
But Result Is Speculative.
Advices of Monday from the Far
East indicate that v/hHe General Ku- |
ropatkin has continued to advance his I
entire front against the armies of |
Field Marshal Ayama ,he has roc |
met with any formidable opposition, j
However, the expectation is that a j
battle of magnitude must he fought
within a few days. it is Dcuevea mat i
the Japanese %'ill make a stand at I
Liao-Yang. Several positions east of j
that place have been abandoned by the !
Japanese.
At Petersburg it is surmised that
Field Marshal Oyama's forces have
been weakened by the dispatch of !
troops to aid General Nogi in reduc- J
ing Port Arthur, and that this con- j
dition has afforded General Kuropat- j
kin an opportunity to recover ground j
lost during the month of August.
According to the Associated Press,
the advance by. fhe Russians actually
begun October 5 and the preparations
were enveloped in the greatest secrecy.
Sunday night a correspondent of
the Associated Press telegraphed the
first news that the forward march
had begun auspiciously for the Russians.
the Fapmese having lost a
most Important fortified position. Bentsiapulze,
the key of the Benishu road,
and the ford of the Taitse river, and
having exposed their right flank.
Monday morning came the news
that the Japanese were being driven
back along the whole front. But these
are only advance guard successes. The
heavy work is still ahead and a Russian
victory will only be certain when
the Russians re-enter Liao-Yang. The
Japanese armies are prepared to meet
the Russians and the advance of the
latter is expected to develop quickly.
The decisive moment of the campaign
is close at hand.
Japs Si t'< Russian Ships.
It is reported in Tokio that the
Japanese recently centered a fire from
the land positions and from the fleet
blockading Port Arthur on the west
harbor with the object of destroying
The Russian fleet and succeeded in
sinking three vessels, the names an 1
character of which are unknown.
The failure of the Port Arthur fleet
to make a sortie is creating the impression
that the Russians intend to
destroy their ships just before the fall
of the fortress in preference ta taking
the risk of a sortie.
PROMINENT CLUB MAN SUICIDES.
?u~-e' 1 Ulall DAtnrts
r do I lllj oiiamciui viioiywa II ? .. . ..... ?
to Self-Destruction.
Frank dePeyster Hall, a member of
several prominent clubs, Monday shot
and killed himself.
A suit brought by him against two
other clubmen alleging slander and
demanding $100,000 damages, was to
have come up in court during the
day.
The suits were against Alfred H.
Bond, president of the Calumet Club,
and George A. Carmack, secretary
of the New York Yacht Slub. Hail
alleged that both men, in conversation
with others, had accused him of.
disgraceful practices while he wa3 a
member of the Calumet Club.
BRYAN TOURING MISSOURI.
Nebraskan Takes Clp Cudgels on Behalf
of Parker and Davis.
William Jennings Bryan addressed
an open air meeting at Marysville,
Mo., Monday, pleading for the election
of Joseph W. Folk, democratic
candidate for governor of Missouri.
Touching on national affairs, he i?id
he believed his hearers would give him
credit for courage enough to oppose
Parker openly if he did not regard him
as the best man for the place, and that
he hop'fi his -eputatic*i for truth and
veracity was such that his friends
would believe him when he said he
was supporting the democratic nominees
hi' every means in his power
Bean Eaters Win Pennant.
Boston vanquished New York on
the baseball field at New York Monday,
winning the American League
championship pennant for the second
time.
COUNTY OFFICER SLAIN.
Deputy Sheriff In Florida Shot Dead
in Public Road.
About 4:30 Friday afternoon Deputy
Sheriff Garrett V. Chamberlain
was shot near his home at Tacoma,
Alachua county, Fla., by a negro
while in a wagon with his wife. He
died, instantly. His wife was prostrated
and could not talk, consequently
particulars are lacking.
The people are very indignant and
big crowds went to guard the roads
and approaches. Sneriff Fennel, of
Alachua county, sent to Fairbanks for
bloodhounds.
MAY WINTER AT PENSACOLA.
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Atlantic Training Squadron Officials |
Favor Florida Port.
Rear Admiral Wise, commander in
chief of the Atlantic Training squadron,
has recommended that the squadron
spend the greater part of the winter
in Pensacola harfJhr and that vicinity.
He says the facilities for boating
there a.re good.
Officials are disposed to favor the
recommendation.
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watson's letter:
Populist Candidate Accepls;
Nomination' of Party.
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A SCORCHING EPISTLE.
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Both. Democrats and Republicans are
Spiltcd on the Same Pitchfork. i
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An Appeal to the Voters of
the Country.
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Hon. Thomas E. Watson made pub- j
lie at Birmingham, Ala., Sunday night j
his letter accepting the nomination of j
the People's Party for the presidency. I
The letter is very lengthy, and much
of it is devoted to a bitter arraignment
of tke democratic and republican
parties.
He devotes considerable space to
explaining why the people'3 party,
stands for the initiative and referen- j
dum, and the imperative mandate and
right of recall, under which officials j
who fail in doing their duty can be J
summarily punished. He declares j
strongly for the election of all offl- j
cers by the people, which "for one!
thing would bring the federal judges
to their senses and take out of their
inflated souls the ideas that they are J
earthly editions of Jehovah."
In the beginning Mr. Watson says: j
To Hon. Samuel W. Williams, Chair-!
man Committee on Notification: j
When two great political parties have, j
in turn, governed a country, and have j
between them brought about unsatis-1
factory conditions, it is but a natural j
fact that a third party should arise.!
Citizens who have looked in vain to J
"the two great parties" fcr remedial
legislation lose confidence for both i
after a while, and adopt one of twg
courses?they either submit to the
evils of bad government, or protest by
organizing a third party.
To the student of history there is 1
nothing more saddening than the ten- j
dency of the people to submit. As a !
rule, political education never reaches 1
the masses. Statecraft, like priestcraft,
jealously guards its secrets.
There is always the inner sanctuary
which the people are taught to believe
would be profaned by the touch
of their unholy feet
Again, in organized government,
there is a mysterious reverence for j
authority. "Whatever is, is right" to j
the unthinking multitude; and the votaries
of power never cease to deepen j
that impression. Thus, partly from j
ignorance and partly from reverence !
for established authority, the people,
in every age, have shown more in-1
clination to submit to bad government j
than to resist it. i
In concluding Mr. Watson makes a
direct appeal to the voters in the folInwinrr
To the courage and the intelligence
of the voter I appeal. If you think I j
am right, vote that way, or you are a I
moral coward. Do not fear that your j
vote will be "thrown away." Your
vote is never thrown away until it
ceases to be the representative of your j
honest convictions. |
To the extent that the opponents of
republican principles support me in
1904, the hands of those will be
strengthened who shall make war upon
the republicans in 1908. The present
attitude of national democracy is an
impossible one. They will be driven
from it, beyond all doubt. Four years
from now the Belmonts, Gormans and
Hills should be put into the republican
camp where they belong. The real
democrats will return to their Omaha
and Chicago platform. In some honorable
way the Bryan democrats must
act with us; the cause demands it;
duty requires it; patriotism exacts it,
to the success of true democracy it is
indispensable To preserve an organization
of resistance to the plutocracy,
to show them that they cannot play
their selfish game quite so easily as
they had imagined, to make them feel
that there is life in the people yet, to
form a nucleus around which the betrayed
people could rally, we make
this struggle.
It has already grown into larger
proportions than I could have foreseen
It promises to bring forth good fruit
without heart sickening delays.
I accept the nomination tendered me,
and indorse the platform upon which
it is made. In this campaign, when
plutocracy has captured both the old
parties, it seemed an absolute neces
sity that some one should erect me
standard of Jefferson democracy. Had
no one made the effort to infuse the
spirit of resistance into the people,
four more years of apathy and discontent
might have rendered the case
hopeless. The leaders in 1908 who
would seek to rekindle the hopes of
the masses might have been met with
the cry, "Too late!"
SPAIN AND FRANCE AGREE.
Treaty on Morocan Difference Has
Been Signed Up.
A Paris special says: Foreign Minister
Delcasse and M. Leon y Castillo,
the Spanish ambassador, Friday signed
the Spanish-French agreement relative
to Morocco, which has been the
subject of extended and difficult negotiations.
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HITCH PLACED ON TRIAL J
The "Statcsboro" Courtmartial Begins
at Savannah and Case of the
Captain Is the First Called.
Tho courtmartial ordered by Cover- '
nor Terrell to try Captain Robert il.
Hitch and other officers of the Geor- :
gia State Troops, on charges of incompetency
and dereliction of duty in
connection with the Statesboro lynch*
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ing and incineration of two negro prisoners,
began its sitting in Savannah .
Monday morning. The proceedings
were open to the public.
The charges against Captain Hitch,
who was in command of the troops at
Statesboro, were taken up first.
Colonel Toomer, of Way cross, repre- 2
senting Captain Hitch, moved that the
charges be quashed on the ground of
incompleteness, indirectness and irrel- j
evancy, but the motion was denied.
Captain Hitch entered a plea of not ' -M
guilty to every charge. The names of
some fifty witnesses were called, and A
they were ordered sequestered.
Lieutenant Colonel Grayson testified
with respect to the orders under
which the militia went to Statesboro. 1 "iti
Lieutenant A. J. Fulton, who went
with the troops to Statesboro, testi- 'J3k
fled that the orders to the men prior
to the attack on the militia were that
the soldiers were not to shcot even
it attached, shot'at and hit, without '11
specific orders from the commander! jM
Lieutenant Mclntyre was on the -i|J
stand in the afternoon. He stated that .Jl
one time he asked Captain* Hitch for |j|
permission to shoot, and it wafc denied
him.
Lieutenant Mclntyre said that when
he importuned Captain Hitch to let *|?
him follow the mob, and tha: officer v'siS
refused, he stripped off his coat, (le- ;5jl
daring that he would belong to tiO x>JS
such organization, and told Captain -'M
Hitch to accept his resignation.
Colonel Toemer p.sked Mclntyre if he '
had not testified at the court of in* /igm
quiry that Captain Hitch had said. -/-M
in answer to his request to let him "
shoot, "Jimmie, you can do as yon .|9
please." He answered in the affirm*"Then,
why do you change your tcstlmony
now?"
"Because," and the witness faced
the .court, "I did not feel tbat* I was
compelled to tell it then; in fact, I
was trying to shield Captain Hitch as
well as I could. He was my superior
officer. But in a courtmartial it is \r%
| different" 'v%|f
Mayor C. S. Johnson, of Statesboro, ||3
told of his efforts to pacify the crowd, -gm
! Less than 100 men had taken actual '/M
part in the rioting. In answer to quea- '..,^9
; tions by the court the witness thought ' /rJ|
! r. messeneer could have gotten
| through the crowd to the jail; in fact, '.'SI
i he thought he could have carried such ,
j a message.
I He was one of the committee who
sent a telegram to the governor to jgj
tne effect that he thought there wonld }
be a lynching after conviction. He
did not remember if he had cow- pmunicated
his fears to Captain Hitch, '*?jH
hut thought he must have done so. :|?
Dr. Morrison, first lieutenant and a? ^
sistant surgeon, was called.
! He had sent a telegram for Captain
P\'tch. He had free access to the
crowd as he had on civilian clothes,
He first went to Judge Daly aboti?; Wm
j asking for help and was referred to
Captain Hitch, who told him that it
| was not needed. About thirty minutes i||
! later he made the same round and j|g
was told to call for help which he did '
by telegraph. The witness was stand- -j&k
i ing not far from Captain Hitch when Ygi
I the latter was seized and hustled into
' the crowd. = *^||
j Lieutenant Cone was recalled. Ho 3||
! said nothing had been said to him
! about loading and firing. As the mob
| crowded up the steps the soldiers start*
! ed to use the bayonets as they were j||
i driven up the stairs.
| On one occasion he had seen Cap- {fii
! tain Hitch stop Private Rogers from :J|
i using his bayonet when he was being
j crowded on the stairs. ?.
I The force at the camp was entirely ^||i
i available as reinforcements. Lieuten- ^9
i ant Cone estimated tnat irom nuy
to seventy-five men took part in mob ysjs
j violence and that not over 200 men ;|||
i were with the prisoners.
FEAR OF COURT WANES.
. Alleged Lynchers Who Skipped Out
from HuntsviJIe are Returning.
: A Huntsvrlle, Ala., dispatch says:
Finding that the indictments against
> them will not hold, because of the de|
cision of the supreme court on the
! Lusk bill, sc-veral of the men who
i left their homes when the last grand -^j
; jury began its investigation of the ?|jjj|
; lynching c-f Horace Maples, have re- ,.r$j
turned, and many others have written jtJlj
relatives and friends that they are
coming.
FATAL FIRE IN HOTEL.
' Four People Lose Life and Two Badly ^sf
Hurt at St. Joseph.
! Four persons, three men and one ;s?l3
: woman, lost their lives in the burning ^
of the Travey hom?, South St. Joseph.
Mo., Friday morning. Two per-. ...?
sons were probably fatally injured.
! The fire started in the kitchen of ^J?
the hotel, which was a frame build- J|
lng, and the guests and boarders were '"v|
; aroused with difficulty. The three
dead men were boarders and unmar- ^