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Slayer Says Dead >lan Made Advances
to His Wife.
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A dispatch from Augusta, Ga., to
The News and Courier says W. G.
Brazelle, a middle-aged white man,
from Columbia, S. C., was arrested
at Augusta union depot yesterday
morning by Patrolman Norris and
Detectives Bartley and Williams,
and he is now being held at police
i barracks. The Carolina authorities
charge him with murder, and an officer
will come from Columbia this
morning to carry him back.
Brazelle admits shooting at his
brother, Melton Brazelle, on Saturday
night, but he states that he did not
know what the results of his shots
, were until informed by the Augusta
officers that he had killed him.
The shooting occurred near Horrell
Hill, a small place in Richland
county, about fifteen miles from Columbia.
The man detained here
ays that his brother had been pursuing
his wife and * had made per*
sistent attempts to get on familiar
terms with her, but she repulsed his
proffered attentions. . He says he informed
his brother four months ago
' that he would kill him if he continued
to act as he was doing regard:
ing Mrs. Brazelle.
Brazelle and his wife and children
v? * reside in Columbia, but on Saturday
they went to visit a brother-in-law,
' near Horrell Hill. The man imprisoned
at the barracks says that
the deceased followed them, and on
. . Saturday night about 9 o'clock went
4 . to the place- where he and his wife
were stopping.
"I thought that Melton Brazelle
i would come to the house that night,"
said the slayer of his brother,
"and I walked away from the house,
believing that he would go there. I
went a few hundred yards and retraced
my steps, and when I reached
the house again, Brazelle was standing
near the front gate, with a
double-barrelled shotgun in his
hands. I quickly seized it before he
knew my intentions, and after a tussle,
wrested it from his grasp. When
^ he Baw that I had the gun he ran,
but I fired both barrels at him. 1
ran into the house without knowing
the result of my shots, and my wife
urged me to leave at once, although
I am perfectly willing now, and was
then, to face trial. I felt that I did
* right in killing him in order to protect
my home."
Brazelle is a carpenter, and he and
his wife have two children.
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Meeting of Farmers* Union.
\ Columbia, April 13.?Mr. J. Whitner
Reid, the secretary and treasurer
of the State Farmers' Union, has
given notice that there will be a
meeting of the State executive committee
on April 29 for the purpose
of consulting in reference to the
handling of the cotton crop of 1909.
The meeting is expected to be a
very important one and President
Harris has requested all county presr
idents and other officials of the counV
ty
unions to meet with the commit'
, tee.
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The regular annual meeting of
the union will be held on July 28
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and notices have been sent out accordingly
to the county unions .in
order that any changes contemplated
in the by-laws may be prepared
now.
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Boys Charged with Killing.
Roanoke, Va., April 16.?John
Craig was shot to death in his home
at Roaring Fork, a small mining
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and his two sons, Patrick and
Arthur Craig, aged 9 and 12 years,
respectively, were to-day arrested
charged with the patricide and lodged
in the county jail at Wise Court
House. It is said the father had been
brutally treating the boys and while
he was asleep they planned to take
his life. One of the boys pointed a
revolver at the father and pulled the
trigger, but the cartridge was not
exploded. The other boy then took
* the weapon and shot the parent
through the head, killing him almost
instantly.
Sure Enough Bad Negro.
St. Louis, April 13.?Conducting
his own defense on a charge of forgery,
Louis 0. Graves, a negro who
claims to be a graduate of Yale, today
pleaded "Supereducation."
"I am a negro, and have no business
with a college education," he
declared.
Graves was charged with forging
a check. He called himself to the
stand and conducted his own examination.
After testifying that he had
served terms in the penitentiary and
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tnat ne naa Deen an inmate ui uvc
insane asylums he asked himself:
"Did you ever try to commit suicide?"
and answered: "Five
times."
Graves said that he had no recollectioh
of the forgery with which he
is now charged, and he was remanded
to jail to await possible action by
the grand jury.
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DEMOCRATS OUT OP IT.
Republicans Must Assume Responsibility
for Tariff.
Washington, April 17.?The
Democratic senators will not delay
the passage of the tariff bill. They
held, their second conference to-aay
and while no formal conclusion was
reached on any point, there was a
consensus of opinion in favor of permitting
the Republicans to take entire
charge of the measure with the
understanding that they assume, as
they necessarily must, the entire responsibility
for it.
It was stated that the postponement
of proceedings in the senate
was due to a request from the Democrats,
but they take exception to this
statement, and say they will be prepared
to proceed with the consideration
of the bill whenever the Republican
senators desire to take it up.
The nearest approach to a formal
agreement of the senators was a re
iteration of their former expressions
in favor of an income tax. There is
no doubt that the party in the senate
is united#cn that point, but there
was no efTort to bring about a concerted
understanding on rates of
duty on any of the articles covered
by the tariff. There was no divergence
of opinion as to the desirability
of a general reduction of rates on
necessaries of life, but there were
some indications that individual
Democratic senators would stand
against specified decreases in the interests
of their own localities.
Attorney General Pleased.
Attorney General Lyon, who was
out of the city when the decision in
the dispensary case was announced in
the United States supreme court, has
returned. Naturally he is very much
gratified at the victory won by the
State, although he expected all along
that the court would sustain the contention
of the dispensary commission,
which was that the State had
charge and jurisdiction of the funds
and could wind up the affairs of the
institution in its own way.
Mr. Lyon did not discuss his plans
for the future and, in fact, there is
nothing to be done until a conference
is held with the dispensary commission
and attorneys- There are two
vacancies on the commission, caused
bv the resignations of Messrs. C. K.
Henderson, of Aiken, and B. F.
Arthur, formerly of Union, these two
having been named as receivers along
with Jos. McCullough, of Greenville,
under the original order of Judge
Pritchard.
The governor has under consideration
a number of names and will
probably announce the new members
in a few days. In the meantime
Mr. Lyon will hold a consultation
with the others and there will probably
be some announcements as to
future proceedings.
In his absence Mr. Lyon has visited
Atlanta and Cincinnati, although
for what purpose he will not state,
but the speculation has been quite
freely indulged that he is getting evidence
for the prosecution of the
graft cases.
In discussing the dispensary decision
yesterday an attorney connected
with the State declared that Mr.
Felder, of Atlanta, did some excellent
work.
"Mr. Felder had considerable
knowledge of the workings of several
whiskey firms and this information
to the commission was very valuable.
He has as a result aided the commission
considerably and much of
this will be brought out later in the
investigation to follow."
On his return to the city yesterday
Mr. Lyon opened a large number of
letters from friends .throughout the
State congratulating him on his victory.
These letters showed that
there are several thousand people in
South Carolina who wish to see the
prosecutions pushed and the support
given by them may aid considerably
in securing the convictions which Mr.
Lyon thinks will come.?Columbia
State.
Each Killed Man.
\ Knoxville, Tenn., April 13.?Advices
have reached here from Mentor
of a fight between Theodore Rose and
Dick Thomas, in which the former
was killed and the latter is not expected
to live as the result of the
wounds. The men were gambling
and a dispute arose. Each drew a
revolver and began firing. Rose
shot four times and Thomas three.
The place is a coincidence in the
tragedy, as both men previously killtragedy,
as both men previously
killed a man. Rose killed Harvey
Birchfield, twelve years ago,
and Thomas accidentally killed a
man six years ago while shooting at
another person.
"I'd Rather Die, Doctor
than have my feet cut off," said M. L.
Bingham, of Princeville, 111, "but
you'll die from gangrene (which had
eaten away eight toes) if you don't,"
said all doctors. Instead, he used
Bucklen's Arnica Salve till wholly
cured. Its cures of eczema, fever
sores, boils, burns and piles astound
the world. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co.,
Bamberg, S. C.
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WHITE MAN CONVICTED.
i Poses as Woman's Husband Because
of Resemblance.
Yorkville, April 17.?The jury in
the case against Marshall Steele, indicted
for assault with intent to comA
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verdict of guilty of simple assault.
Judge Klugh imposed a sentence oi
30 days' imprisonment or $100 fine.
This ended one of the most remarkable
cases ever tried in South
Carolina.
The case was entitled the State vs.
Marshall Steele, and the charge was
attempted assault.
The beginning of this trouble was
on Saturday night, February 6, when
a lady came to Rock Hill from Lancaster,
to meet her husband, from
whom she had been separated for
seven or eight years, the husband
having just received his discharge
from the United States army, had
written his wife to meet him here,
but the husband's calculations miscarried,
and the wife after alighting
from the train and not finding her
husband, secured a colored hackman
by the name of Price Cloud, and was
driven to her uncle's. Steele was at
the depot, and being an almost exact
counterpart of the husband, the
wife naturally gave him a searching
glance, which Steele claims was more
than ordinary, and one that might be
expected from a woman of the world.
After she was carried to her uncle's
the driver returned to* the city, anu
meeting Steele told him the lady he
had just carried was looking for some
one to meet her, and from the de
scription given Steele filled the hill.
Steele told the negro that if he
thought she was "all right" to go and
get her and that he would be in the
pool room. The negro returned and
informed the lady that a man wanted
her\ uptown, and the negro described
Mr. Steele. The lady thinking that
her husband had sent for her, came
with the negro, and was driven up in
front of the pool room, the negro going
in and informing Mr. Steele that
he had the lady. Mr. Steele went out
to the carriage, which was a closed
one, and on opening the door was
greeted in a very affectionate manner
by the lady. She called him by
her husband's name and he indulged
the deception. The negro was instructed
to drive, and the couple was
driven to the outskirts of the city.
What happened in the carriage was
not fully brought out at the hearing
before a recorder's jury, as Steele
was being tried for disorderly conduct.
On this charge he was convicted
and a fine of $100 or 30 days
given, from which he appealed, but
the evidence showed conclusively
that the lady thought Steele her hus
band and Steele was just as sure he
was not her husband. After considerable
parleying the driver was instructed
to drive back to town, Steele
telling her he was sorry the mistake
had been made and that he thought
her a perfect lady. The driver was
told to take her to her uncle's, and
that gentleman learned of the affair.
He immediately had a warrant issued
for Steele's arrest, and he was tried
as above stated, on the charge of disorderly
conduct in the city of Rock
Hill. On the charge of attempted
rape before Mayor Beckham he waived
examination and was bound to
court under a $500 bond.
The lady is a very beautiful woman
and her character is above reproach,
so say those who have known
her since childhood. She married the
husband about eight years ago at l>er
home in Lancaster, but they separated,
the husband joining the army,
but they have continuously kept up a
correspondence and the meeting that
was planned to be a happy one was
turned into one of remorse and much
notoriety. They have been living in
Charlotte since February.
Mr. Steele is prominently connect
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case of this nature he has figured in.
Robbed by Two Masked Men.
San Francisco, April 17.?James
M. Thompson, vice president of the
Thompson Bridge Company, on entering
his office to-day with a sack
containing $3,200 was confronted
by two masked men, one of whom
shot him through the chest, 'inflicting
a serious wound. The men escaped
with the money, but were captured.
During the shooting William
Roseburg received a stray bullet but
was not seriously hurt.
Mr. Thompson had just drawn the
r? Bonl/ r?f Palifnrnia
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and when he entered the office he
discovered his bookkeeper tied to a
chair. On turning his head Thompson
was confronted by the masked
men, who promptly fired upon him.
Then grabbing up the sack, the men
made a dash for a buggy nearby,
which one of the robbers with the
money entered while the other made
his escape. The fleeing man was
pursued by policemen in an automobile
and finally captured.
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County of Bamberg?By Geo. Pv-?c?j
Harmon, Esq., Judge of Probate. '
Whereas, Mrs. William F. Hughes *
hath made suit to me to grant her
letters of administration of the ee- ^Jjj
tate of and effects of Sam Beard; '
These are therefore to cite and.'^l
admonish all and singular the fcindred
and creditors of the said Sam
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appear before me, in the Court o
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publication thereof, at 11 o'clock In ,
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day or April, A. D., 1909.
GEO. P. HARMON,
Judge of Probate. /
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
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Bamberg, S. C., April 1, 1909/