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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
- News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, May 17.?Oh, my, how
dusty! The autos have a tough time
running through the sand beds.
* The game of bail between Walterboro
and Ehrhardt teams was played
on Thursday afternoon. The score in
the first game was 12 to 8; in the
second 6 to 2, Ehrhardt team getting
the best in each game. .Butler and
Crosby constituted the battery for
Walterboro and Hiers and Behre for
the Ehrhardt team.
v Ehrhardt and Oak Grove teams will
cross bats Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. O'Neal, who was thrown from
a buggy Memorial day, died Saturday.
So did Mrs. Dr. Kirkland. The writer
was informed that these two ladies
died in about ten minutes of each
other and both were buried at the
Buford's Bridge grave yard on Sunday.
Loved ones must pass away and
* leave others behind to mourn for
them. Sympathy is extended to rela>
tives of both.
A hot supper or some such gather
ing in town at one of the colored residences
ended in a fight, no one badly
hurt, but expect the council will place
about $15- into the treasury.
> \ Mrs. F. H. Copeland and her sister
* went to North Carolina last week to
attend the commencement of Mt.
Annonena Female Seminary. Miss
Edin Ehrhardt is one of the graduates
this year. They will return
Wednesday and if in good shape intend
to take in the picnic at Mt.
t Pleasant church.
> Mr. Henry Ritter lost his dwelling
by fire Saturday night about 12
o'clock. Can't say how or what caused
the fire. Very little saved.
Govan News.
V Govan, May 17.?The quarterly
conference for this district was held
at Salem Methodist church Saturday
before the third Sunday, under
the direction of Rev. Smith, the presiding
elder of this district. Rev.
Smith preached at same church on
Sunday morning, also preached at
Olar, in the new Methodist church
Sunday night.
/ His text for Sunday night was
taken from St. Luke: "I will arise
and go to my father." He preached
very forcibly and great truths, sayx
ing that we often hear people remark
that "blood is thicker than water."
He made a negation here by
saying that blood hasn't anything
to do with it, but that we all are the
children of God the Creator, both
sinner and saint, and that Characterise
nnr rplntirmshin ip* fi-ori has
the same relation towards us as his
children as we have for our children.
The idea runs in the light of
my treatise on cannubial love, in
condemnation of Mr. Bauarr McFadden,
editor of Physical Culture Magazine,
in saying that parental love
originates in physical nature, which
idea is perfectly preposterous. He
(McFadden) is truly a recreant
slanderer of the divine law!
He emphasized the truth that our
Savior "came not to call the just to
^repentance, but sinners." Told the
> . story of his trials in obtaining grace,
and how he found it in this text. He
said a great truth in this sense. A
saint is not a candidate for salvation,
but a sinner. His message
seems to have come direct from God,
laden with the spirit of truth and
love.
The new church at Olar is a nice
pattern, and gives grace to the town.
We learn that its membership is in,
creasing. It doesn't take long to increase
an organization under the
banner of "Methodism," for the
ministers of that faith are imbibed
or imbued with great power (not
baptism by immersion) to preach the
gospel of Jesus Christ in "spirit and
in truth."
, The fish fry given for the benefit
of the teachers and visitors was a
success. We were lucky in catching
plenty of fish.
Miss Lola Smithe and Prof. Nich
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( homes in the upper part of the State.
Both made many friends while here,
and their departure was quite sad.
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Mr. Johnnie Seabrook has returned
to Charleston.
Mr. .Leighton Hartzog has been
quite ill with pneumonia, but is recovering.
W. A. H., JR.
$10,000 GIFT FOR NEWBERRY.
i President Harms Announces Another
Donation by Dr. Pearson.
Newberry College, May 14.?The
college community was delightfully
? surprised when President Harms announced
the receipt of a check for
$10,000 from Dr. D. K. Pearson, the
generous benefactor of Newberry.
This is an unconditional donation,
and will be used as is deemed best by
the president and the board of trustees.
It will be remembered that two
years ago Dr. Pearson gave the college
$25,000 towards her endowment
on condition that $40,000 be raised
by the college authorities, which con1
dition was met in a comparatively
short time through the efforts of exPresident
Scherer.
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SEMIXOLK CASE.
Founder Garlington Files Claim for
$24,000 for Sale of Stock.
Columbia, May 15.?John Y. Garlington,
originator, founder, promoter
and late president of the Seminole
Securities Company, has filed a claim
against the company for $24,000 for
the sale of stock while he was connected
with the company "for amount
due me from the sale of my stock as
appears from the report of Charles H.
Highly, auditor, appointed by the
stockholders of the Seminole Securities
Company, in December, 1909."
Some time ago the receivers of the
company brought action to recover
about this sum from real estate owned
by Mr. Garlington in Laurens county.
The filing of this claim by Mr. Garlington
will likely have the effect of
long delaying the 20 per cent, payment
on stock to certificate holders,
which it has been the intention of the
receivers to pay within a few weeks
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claimants to file claims with A. D.
McFaddin, the referee appointed by a
recent court order in the case. However,
more definite information along
this line will be available when the
receivers meet here on May 20. The
time for filing claims expired to-day.
Mr. McFaddin said to-day that a
large portion of the claims so far filed
are coming from North Carolina and
Georgia, though there are a number
also from practically every Southern
State. The largest claimant so far is
Mr. Lybrand, of \Vagener,*who files a
certificate for 4,500 shares. From the
little town of Rowland, in North Carolina,
fifteen separate claims have so
far been filed, ranging in amounts
from $100 to $500.
Some claimants are disposed to
show their temper about the Seminole
deal, but most of them appear to take
the matter good-naturedly, blaming
themselves for being so easily taken
in. A Richmond man came in and
gave himself a good, earnest cussing,
ending up by saying:. "If you want
to see a correct imitation of a simple,
easy sucker, the which I never
thought I was one of whom, just gaze
on me and break out crying."
In sending in his certificate a South
Carolina stockholder enclosed one of
the pretty little folders the company
got out to show how many hundreds
and thousands of per cent, of profit
insurance companies are making out
of the South, and endorsed it thus:
"Ain't it awful?"
Kearse News.
Kearse, May 17.?The Timrod
Literary Society met at the usual
hour last Friday evening, but only a
part of the program was carried out
on account of the absence of several
of those on duty.
The program was as follows:
Current Events?Mr. Ennis Breland.
Story?Miss Melle Kearse.
Music?Miss Pearle Breland.
Debate?Query, Resolved, That a
man without children should pay
school tax. Affirmative?Miss Ethel
Kearse and Mr. Quintus Brabham; j
negative?Miss Evelyn Brabham and
Horace Kearse.
The decision was in favor of the
negative.
The society has decided to postDone
the Dublic meetinsr until Fri
day evening, May 28, hoping that we
will have a large attendance.
Mr. H. J. Ritter's residence was
destroyed by fire last Sunday morning.
The St. John's Sunday-school invites
the public to attend their Sun-j
day-school picnic Thursday, June
24th.
Mr. Philip Murphy, of Bamberg,
spent Sunday in the Kearse section.
Mr. L. A. Brabham has been on
the sick list, but am glad to report
that he is much better. E. B.
GIRL MISSING; FATHER JAILED.
Greenville Man Suspected of Making
Way with his Daughter.
Greenville, May 15.?Prince Russell
White, of this city, is held in the
local jail pending a search for his 12year-old
daughter, who has been
missing for several days. It is alleged
that he has whipped severely the
child on former occasions, and now
that she has disappeared, local authorities
are afraid that she has been
done bodily harm. Search is being
made for the little girl and the father
is held until the search is rewarded.
HAND CUT TO PIECES.
Georgetown Lumber Company's Manager
Sustains Fearful Injuries.
Georgetown, May 15.?A most unfortunate
and terrible accident happened
to Mr. J. W. Little, manager of
the Eddy Lake Cypress Company, of
Edddy Lake, S. C., on Wednesday
laat Thp fnrpman hpini? absent. Mr.
Little undertook personally to adjust
a part of the planing machine while
the mill was in motion. He was in the
act of using a wrench, and while exerting
considerable force the tool
slipped, precipitating Mr. Little forward
upon the feed rolls. Before he
could recover himself his right hand
was drawn in among the knives and
literally cut to pieces. Mr. Little is
52 years of age and has been engaged
practically in mill work all his life,
and this is his first mishap with machinery.
Medical aid was secured
promptly and the wounded man is doing
as well as could be expected.
Mrs. M. G. Anderson, his daughter,
left this city yesterday, to give what
aid she could render. Mr. Little is
intimately known here, and is very
popular wherever he is known. The
accident is regretted extremely by all.
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The Citizens' will be Ready for Business
June 15.
Blackville, May 15.?The latest!
commercial venture of this progressive
town is the Citizens' Bank,
j which institution will be ready for
business about June 15. The capital
stock of the new bank is $25,000 and
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
. Barnwell county is to build a new
jail, $5,000 having been borrowed
from the sinking fund commission
for this purpose.
Mr. John W. Hammond, who has
been editor and manager of the Colleton
News since it was established
last year, has accepted a position
with the Charleston News and Courier,
and has given up the editorship
of the News. His brother, Mr. E. F.
Hammond, is now editor and publisher.
The Edgefield News suspended
publication with its issue of last
week. Mr. Calhoun got out a good
paper, but, as we said when the pa
per was started, Edgefield had two
good newspapers, and there was not,
in our opinion, room for a third.
Therefore we are not surprised at its
suspension. How long before men
will realize that it takes money and
good business ability to make a success
of a country newspaper?
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BABY BORN IN A HACK.
Mother was Going to House in Suburb?Mystery
Surrounds Actions.
Columbia, S. C., May 15.?The police
ot Columbia and Columbia's suburb,
Brookland, have a mystery on
their hands which has defied all solution
so far. A well dressed white
woman on her way across the Congaree
bridge from Columbia to Brookland
frightened the hackman by giving
birth to a child. He thought she
had lost her mind and drove her rapidly
to the nearest physician. After
the child had been dressed and the
mother cared for he drove her on to
the house in Brookland, which had
been prepared for by a mysterious
man, whose name has not yet
been learned, and who had given directions
to the hackman, whose name
is also unknown. The proprietor of
the Brookland house says she nas a
check for $50 from the man of mystery,
but declines to give his name
and has not yet cashed the check.
The man in the case had an interview
with the bridge keeper shortly before
the arrival at the bridge of the hack
and told him that in case a lady
came along in a hack and did not
have the bridge toll to let her pass
and he would make it good. The lady
offered the bridge keeper a $10 bill,
from which to take the 25 cents toll,
but he could not make change and let
her pass. All efforts to run down the
hackman by his number have failed.
In the case of each number given the
hackman holding that number has
proven a clean-cut alibi.
4-LEGGED CHICKEN IN KERSHAW
York, Being Jealous, Says Strange
Tilings Happen in Strange Places.
Referring to the four-ounce egg,
and the four-legged chicken, of which
the Kershaw Era has been proudly
boasting, aided and abetted by the
News, the Rock Hill Herald says:
In this civilized county?York?we
are contented with an ordinary hen
egg. We do not know the weight of
the eggs of York, but we do know
that the Kershaw egg weighing four
ounces, would lay heavy on one's
stomach. We are not surprised to
know that a young chicken in Kershaw
has four legs, for strange things
will happen in -strange places. But
the strangest thing of all is why Editor
Connors claims these products.
Nothing strange at all about our
claim to "these products," since Kershaw
is in Lancaster county. We
would have you remember that old
Lancaster raises everything?except
h?1?from numerous limbed fowls to
live, hustling towns and the prettiest
women on earth?Lancaster News.
Hains Goes to Sing Sing.
Flushing, N. Y., May 17.?Unless
some unlooked-for legal obstacle is
interposed, Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr.,
U. S. A., who was convicted of manslaughter
in the first degree for killing
Wm. E. Annis, at the Bayside
Yacht Club last August, will be taken
to Sing Sing to-morrow and at once
will begin serving a sentence imposed
upon him to-day by Justice Garretson
in the supreme court. The sentence
is an indeterminate one, under
which the minimum period of imprisonment
will be eight years and the
maximum 16 years. His time in prison
must be spent at hard labor.
Counsel for Hains late to-day practically
agreed to their client's immediate
transfer to Sing Sing, when
they announced , after a consultation
with Gen. Hains, his father, and Maj.
Jno. P. Hains, a brother, that no application
would be made for a certificate
Of reasonable doubt to act as a
stay of execution. An appeal, based
on the general court record in the
case, will be taken in regular course,
however.
Catholic Car Robbed.
Evansville, Ind., May 16.?St. Anthony
Car, a rolling Catholic chapel,
I lid 1/ llcld liavcicu cl fewu pai t Vi
the United States in the interest of
Catholic church extension, was robbed
to-day during service.
The car was filled with fashionably
gowned women of the city, who went
to attend Mass, and during the services
some one emptied the large
glass bowl that sat on the altar, and
which was nearly filled with silver
and gold pieces. It is said . there
were several hundred dollars in the
bowl.
met, in fact, so great was the demand
for stock that the promoters would
have experienced no difficulty in raising
twice the amount. Back of the
enterprise are some of the most substantial
and successful business men
of Blackville, the officers being as follows:
H. D. Still, president; I. Rich, vice
president; H. M. Mathis, cashier;
Reynolds Martin, assistant cahshier.
More than 80 per cent of the stock
has been taken by home people. The
.banking house will be located on
Clarke street, a few doors from Main.
The building is now being put in
first-class shape, and will be fitted up
with modern furniture and fixtures.
When the Citizens' Bank throws*
open its doors, Blackville can boast
of two financial institutions second to
none, the other, the Bank of Blackville,
having been in successful operation
for a number of years, due to
the admirable management of its
capable officers.
LOVE ROBINSON HANGED.
Negro Executed at Yorkville for
Murder of Little Girl. ^
Yorkville, May 15.?Love Robinson,
the negro boy, who on the 26th
of April of last year, killed a little
negro girl in Fort Mill, township
named Lina Watson, paid the penalty
of his crime yesterday by being
hung by the neck until he was dead.
The hanging took place in the
debtor's room of the county jail, in
strict accordance with the law, in
the presence of a number of witnesses.
The drop fell at 11:07, and
death, which resulted from strangulation,
^followed within fifteen min- 1
utes, although to make sure, the
body was allowed to hang for about
fifteen minutes longer.
The instrument of death consisted
of a scaffold, supported by four
legs, with a platform on top, supported
on one side by hinges and on
the other with a rope. The noose
was suspended from the ceiling overhead
and after it had be?n adjusted
around the condemned man's neck
the trap was sprung by cutting the
supporting rope with a hatchet.
Led by Sheriff Brown and Deputy
Sheriff Quinn, Robinson came from
his cell with a firm, unwavering step,
and climbed to the position that had
been provided for him on top of the
death platform. He gave no sign of
fear or other emotion, but on the
contrary appeared to be the coolest '
man in the room. The work of tying
his legs and adjusting the black cap
consumed something like a minute,
and during all that trying period the
prisoner stood firm.
After all the preliminaries had
been arranged, Sheriff Brown said
to the negro in a kindly tone: "Now,
Love, if there is anything you want
to say, you shall have an opportunity
to say it." The condemned man
hesitated a moment, and then said:
"I want to thank the sheriff and
all the rest of you for being so kind
to me, and I want you all to see
where I am for what I have done,
and I want you to meet me in glory."
Then after a pause he said to the
sheriff:
"I am ready to go."
With hatchet in hand, Sheriff
Brown said, "Goodbye, Love."
"Goodbye, sheriff; goodbye all,"
returned the negro.
There was a brief silence. It was
evident that the condemned man had
nothing more to say- This silence
was interrupted by the sudden
"swish" of the hatchet, and the negro's
body shot down through the
trap. It was perfectly still at first,
but later there were a few contortions
of the body, and these were followed
by absolute quiet until life
finally fluttered out, when Dr. Miles
Walker, the county physician, pronounced
him dead.
There were several hundred people,
both white and colored, about
the jail on account of the hanging.
They were allowed to go up into the
jail before the hanging, but just before
the time for the execution everybody
was asked to get out except
those to whom the sheriff had previously
extended a special invitation
or permission. After the body had
been hanging for some minutes, the
door was opened and the crowd was
allowed to come in, view the hang- ing
body and file out.
The whole thing passed off in a
decent and orderly manner. Although
it was evident that the job
was a very distasteful one to the
sheriff, he showed no signs of ner
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his duty, from the reading of the
death warrant to the cutting of the
rope and to treating the curious
crowd with all due and proper courtesy.
During his long imprisonment,
Robinson had the ministration of '
Revs. E. E. Gillespie and R. E.
Sharpe, but for weeks past has re- <
ceived closer attention at the hands
of ministers of his own race, Revs. '
J. B. Middleton, M. A. Murray^and <
G. W. Jennings. He was able to 1
read and at the instance of the col- '
ored preachers, has repeatedly read
the 14th chapter of John. The col- '
ored preachers say that he had quite <
an intelligent idea of what he read, i
and they believe that he was truly 1
repentant and entirely reconciled to 1
his fate.
There were no friends of the ne- '
gro to take charge of his body, and 1
it was buried on the county home i
farm. I
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Daring Robbery on the Great North.V'5?|
ern, Near Spokane.
Spokane, Wash., May 16.?Following
the hold-up of a Great Northern
passenger train by six bandits between
Colbert and Mead last night,
twelve persor* were injured when
the locomotive and the mail car, cut
off from the rest of the train, were
run back wild by the bandits, after
they had rifled the mails of an unknown
amount, and collided with the
rest of the train.
The conductor saw the wild cars
coming back at 25 miles an hour. He
and another trainman placed a tie on
the track, but the cars, though partly i ;'l
stoppepd, plunged into the coaches,
throwing passengers from their seats,
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NEWS OF THE CONTEST.
THE GIRLS OF BAMBERG' COUNTY
IX A WONDERFUL RACE.
Information as to the Progress of the
Contest and a Big Offer for
this Week.
The Herald's great popularity contest
opened last week with entries
from all parts of the county and more
to follow, and the' success of The
Herald's undertaking is assured.
This week, and this weeek only,
in order to inspire and encourage our
contestants we have decided to offer
double votes for all subscriptions
that are turned into The Herald office
before Saturday night. For instance,
a new yearly subscription will count
2,000 votes instead of 1,000, and a
five year subscription will count 20,000
votes instead of 10,000. The
same offer applies to renewals also.
You can easily realize what this offer
means and if you have promised
your subscription to any young lady
now is the time to give it to her, as
this is positively the largest offer we
will make during the progress of the
contest.
We have decided to commence the
publication of votes in our next issue
owing to the fact that several entries
came into our office 'yesterday
and these young ladies have just
started. We will publish the votes
each week commencing with next
week's issue.
Now then, girls, remember, every
single subscription secured this week
means that you derive an advantage
not to be secured later in the contest,
and if a fellow tells you he will
give you his subscription later on,
just show him that by giving it to
you right now it will amount to as
much as if he gave you two subscriptions
later.
This is the week to pile up the
votes, get in the lead and stay there.
FOUND DEAD IN HOME.
St. Paul Meat Dealer Murdered by
Unknown Parties.
St. Paul, Minn., May 13.?Louis
Arbogast, a meat dealer, was found
with his skull crushed in his home
early to-day. The police say no arrests
have been made. Arbogast's
eldest daughter, Louise, aged 24, and
her sweetheart, were taken to the
central police station this afternoon,
where they were cioseiy questioned
for several hours. Mrs. Arbogast,
who is suffering from prostration,
is being cared for in a hospital.
The police claim to be confident
that the murder was committed by
some one of the occupants of the
house, as all of the doors and windows,
they assert, were found the
way they had been left when the family
retired.
Mr. Arbogast's pocketbook and
watch were found unmolested on the
dresser. Neighbors stated that they
thought Mr. Arbogast frequently
quarreled with his family.
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His Answer.
Pat, who was noted for a quick
tongue, was digging potatoes when
the parish priests came by. By way
of a pleasant salutation the priest
said:
"Good mornin' to ye, Pat, and
What kind of p'rtatoes are ye diggin'?"
"Raw ones, you riv-rince."
"Och, ye're so smart. I'll just give
ye a question on the catechism. What
Is baptism?"
"It used to be four shillin's afore
ye came, but now it's twenty shillin's."?The
Circle.
Leaps from Moving Train.
Anderson, May 17.?From a Southern
train running 50 miles an hour,
near Greenville, Robert Sams, a
white man, being brought here for
trial for attempted assault, leaped to
the ground in hopes of gaining freedom.
The train was stopped and
Sams was found in an unconscious
condition with face and nose broken.
He arrived here in the care of a physician.
His condition is very serious.
Sams was arrested at Waynesville,
N. C.
USED LIVER FOR BAIT.
Gillsburg Angler Backed Up Story
with Proof.
An unusual trout story was
brought here yesterday by Bill Boydf
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fishing in Spruce Run, says a "Gillsbury"
dispatch to the Philadelphia
North American. At first his tale was
received with doubt, but when Mr.
Boyd exhibited twenty-eight fish, all
of them more than fifteen inches in
length, he received respectful hearing.
"I learned from trustworthy authority,"
said Mr. Boyd, "that a number
of fine trout had been placed in
the run about four years ago. Although
the stream had been fished repeatedly
and by experts, few of these
trout, which were of the California
variety, had been caught. Indeed, it
was feared by some that the fish had
all died.
"In walking along the run I caught
sight of many big fish, but I could not
catch them. They refused to rise to
the ordinary flies, and they would
bave nothing to do with worms.
"Along about noon I built a fire on
the bank of the stream, and, getting
out my saucepan, I proceeded to fry
some liver and bacon. A commotion
[n the water attracted my attention. I ;
looked down and saw the run alive
with the finest trout I ever beheld.
Then I understood. Those trout had
been raised on liver, and they recognized
the odor. I used my fried liver
for bait?and here is the result.
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trainman sprang aboard the locomotive
as the collision occurred, and
shut off the steam, stopping the ' 1%^
havoc.
When the train reached Colbert
late last night, while the crew was
busy with some switching, two men
sprang into the cab and thrusting revolvers
against the breasts of the engineer
and firemen, ordered them to
do as commanded. The engineer and
fireman complied, and the mail cars
were cut off from the rest of the train
by four other robbers. The locomotive
and mail car then ran up the
track a few miles. Then the engineer
and his firemne were forced to leave
the cab. Two of the robbers went to
the door of the mail car and ordered
it opened. Their co"mmand was obeyed
by Benjamin F. Stumpf, mail
clerk, who was hurried away from the
cars with the engineman by a dozen
revolver shots. Manning the locomo- .
tive themselves, the outlaws took the
mail cars down the tracks and looted
the registered mail. Then they started
the locomotive back toward the vf&'4|
rest of the train and escaped.
Conductor C. L. Robertson cut in a *
telegraph wire to send word to Spo- j*M
kane. While he was telegraphing ,
about a half hour after the locomo- / ? /j||
tive and the mail car had disappeared. : *
he saw the powerful locomotive ca- 'jjaB
reening towards the coaches in which
many were asleep. Many of the pps-. .j$|
sengers knew nothing of the hold^up 5 J|
until awakened by the collision.
As soon as Conductor Robertson i|j|
realized that a collision was imminent
he called on the brakemen and porters
to aid him. While the conductor
and another man threw a tie across
the track, a brakeman stood ready to . ^
board the cab as soon as the shock of
the collision checked the impetus of ~/ Zjm
the wild locomotive. None of the passengers
was fatally hurt.
Two special train-loads of deputies
and doctors, were hurried from Spo- >. y&gi
kane. No trace of the robbers was
found to-day. , v
While it is reported that the bandits
obtained as much as $20,000,
railroad officers and mail inspectors
say the amount is not known. One
of the bandits who entered the cab
was more than six feet tall, and evidently
an experienced engineer. As
the two robbers entered the cab this
man said to the engineer:
"You have heard of us before," in- *
dicating that they had been involved
in similar hold-ups.
Large Reward Offered.
St. Paul, Minn., May 16.?At the
headquarters of the Great Northern
Railway it was said to-night that six
robbers held up west-bound passenger
train, No. 3, just east of Morse,
Washington, early to-day, cut off the
postal car, ran it about two miles west
and rifled the registered mail. The
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trainman was injured. The passengers
were not molested.
The Great Northern has offered a -^gji
reward of $10,000 for each robber
captured.
CONFESSES TO MURDER. '>M
Chicago Baker Admits Committing
Crime in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., May 13.?Vincent
Karcz, a baker, of Chicago, who was ? y r:|
arrested here last week on a charge
of murdering Harry Teitelbaum, a
driver for a Chicago bakery, in that
city on May 5, to-night broke down ^ )'
and made a confession to Detective
Charles Polpwski, of the Chicago police
department.
Karcz said that he shot Teitlebaum . -|?
three times from behind and struck
the driver in the head with an iron
pipe. He admitted that the trouble \ &
grew out of the bakers' strike. Karcz
weDt in his cell and repeatedly asked
the detective if he would be .hanged.
The Chicago officer will leave here
to-morrow for Chicago with his prisoner.
Three other men are under arrest
in Chicago in connection with the
killing of Teitlebaum.
SNAKE FOR NECKTIE.
Seven-Year-Old Child is Deranged by
Practical Joke.
Tacoma, Wash, May 10.?Raving
in his childish treble, the; 7-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Seeley, around
whose neck, in a spirit of fun a companion
a week ago wound a dead
snake, may never recover his reason.
The children were playing near
the Seeley home when one of them
found the dead snake. Picking it up
without being observed by the other
children, he quietly approached the
Seeley child from behind and sud- s
denly wrapped it around hi? neck,
shouting as he did so that the snake
had jumped upon him. {
The sight of the snake with the
yell of the joker and the fact that
the child for a moment could not 4
jerk the snake away from his throat - v
toppled the boy's reason.