The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 25, 1912, Page 2, Image 2
AVANT TELLS OF KILLING.
Says Bigham Warned Him of Unknown
Enemy.
Florence, Jan. 18.?The Florence
Daily Times of to-day published the
following concerning W. B. Avant,
the young man who. it will be remembered,
was convicted at Georgetown
over twTo years ago of the killing
of Mrs. Ruth Crisp Bigham at
Murrell's Inlet, a summer resort, on
the Georgetown coast:
"It is learned from the attorney
for Avant, Mr. Walter Hazzard, of
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ti60rg6t0WD, Wno lb iiictjieai-cu iu. 1.4 jing
to secure for Avant a reduction
of his bond paid the State when he
escaped, that he has tpld something
1 about the killing of the young wife
of Dr. Bigham at his home at Murrell's
Inlet. He has talked very freely
with his attorney, since his return
. to this State and his incarceration in
the Denitentiary. The story is that
Bigham had been holding up to him
all day a threat ?hat someone was
coming to do him harm that evening,
and that he must be prepared to
look out for himself; that the enemy
would creep up on him and do the
mischief, supposedly shooting or
burning in the dark. This story had
worked on his nerves to a great degree,
and he was quite ready to believe
that when he saw a figure creeping
through the dusk that the threat
was being put into execution.
"He solemnly avers that he did
not know that it was Mrs. Ruth Bigham
he shot at, and had no reason
in the world to bear her the slightest
ill will, nor does he believe that Bigham
knew that it was his wife. .He
thinks, if the report hurriedly taken j
from the attorney is understood, that
Bigham believed the story of someone
coming there to do them ill.
"Mr. Hazzard gives this information
to the representative of the
Times for the first time that it is
given to the public, and it was not
primarily given as a news item.
"Neither of the two men had given
out anything that could be construed
as throwing light on this most unfortunate
occurrence up to this time.
"Avant had gone to Columbia to
serve out his Sentence, voluntarily.
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just as He naa aone oeiore, out uc
thought of the rigors of prison life
and his heart misgave him/ and as
the way was open, he made his escape
but was captured in Texas. His bond
had been doubled, and he had mortgaged
his entire property to meet the
obligations of his bond, and he has
lost it all, and his wife and children
" llo hoc chftwn nil tho
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way through the case a willingness
to meet the demands of the law, except
when he saw hope closing behind
him as he returned to Columbia to
enter upon his sentence and he fled.
"This is the first light that has
been thrown on that fearful tragedv
since it was enacted, and it has been
one of the mysteries of the period."
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H on i Aujuuru uum au^usi,
Washington, Jan. 17.?Both the
Democratic and Rpublican leaders
in the house of representatives
agreed that there was little likelihood
of congress adjourning before
-August It was said this probability
largely influenced the Democrats in
^choosing Baltimore as the national
-convention city.
The Republicans will have a more
awkward situation to deal with in
holding their convention in Chicago
with congress in session. The condition
of congress being in session during
national convention periods has
not existed since 1892.
MORE BEER, LESS WHISKEY.
Liquor Consumption in America Dur
ing December of Two Years.
Washington, Jan. 20.?The American
people consumed considerably
less whiskey, but a good deal more
beer during December, 1911, as compared
with the closing- month of the
previous year, according to reports
to the bureau of internal revenue.
The tax paid distilled spirits?
whiskey, etc., withdrawn from bonded-warehouses
in December, 1911,
brought the government $15,035,000,
a decrease of $1,410,000 as
compared with December, 1910. The
income from fermented liquors, including
beer, malts, etc., increased
$228,775.
Requests Journal Corrections.
Columbia, Jan. 19.?A message
from the governor, desiring tnai me
house journal be corrected in several
instances, aroused a slight flare-up
in the house, when Mr. Sawyer moved
to refer the matter to the judiciary
committee.
Mr. Stevenson objected and moved
as a substitute that the speaker and
\
clerk make comparison as to the alleged
errors and correct them where
necessary. Mr. Sawyer moved that
the journal be corrected, taking the
position that it couldn't be corrected
unless it was wrong. The matter
was ended by an announcement
from the chair, that the speaker
of the house would assume responsibility
for making the corrections.
DR. BROUGHTON RESIGNS.
Famous Atlanta Pastor Accepts Call r
to English Church.
Atlanta, Jan. 21.?Dr. Len C.
Broughton, pastor of the Baptist Tab- I
ernacle, the first institutional church i
A 1^ C?rvn tV? v c
tO ue iUUUUCU 111 llic owuiu, w
tendered his resignation to the con- c
gregation to become effective April c
1. He will go to the pastorate of s
Christ church. London, England, sue* i
ceeding Dr. F. B. Myer another I
widely known divine. I
The present tabernacle was found- c
ed by Dr. Broughton about nine years t
ago, but he was pastor of the old e
Jones Avenue church, which it sue- 1
ceeded, for the preceding six years. (
Before coming to Atlanta he held (
charges at Winston-Salem, N. C., and I
Roanoke, Va. The Tabernacle is
known as the home of the Interna- 1
tional Bible Conference, for which f
several thousand ministers of all de
nominations gather here yearly. s
Dr. Broughton has preached at I
Christ church during his vacation for f
several years, and accepts the pas- i
torate in response to the second call, c
A meeting of the Tabernacle officials I
will be held to-morrow night to act t
on the resignation. s
BAD YEAR FOR MAIL FRAUDS. \
Kesuits 01 jroswrace i^ptu-micm,=. ^
Activity Breaks all Records.
Washington, Jan. 21.?Promoters *
of fraudulent schemes, who had ob- *
tained $77,000,000 from the public,
were put out of business during the 1
fiscal year ended June 30 last, according
to the annual report of Robert S.
Sharp, chief inspector^of the postoffice
department, issued to-day. This (
showing is tjie most remarkable in
the history of the department. During
the fiscal year, 529 individuals
were indicted on the charge of using c
the mails in furthering schemes to 1
defraud. Of this number, 196 per- I
sons were tried and 184 convicted. 1
The schemes involved were of end- s
less variety, varying, as the report r
indicates' "from the simplest business i
transaction to a gigantic project involving
the sale of worthless stock 1
in fake mining companies and im- I
aginary and fictitious institutions, ex- ?
isting only on paper or in the minds
or ine proiuuLeus.
In discussing the multiplicity of
schemes to defraud the people, Chief 1
Inspector Sharp says:
Prison Sentences Effective.
"The determination to bring these j
promoters into court and obtain prison
sentences against them has proved
exceedingly successful. In no instance,
as far as known to this office, j
has a person convicted on a criminal j
charge of this character attempted to t
reorganize his scheme under a new
name, as was often the case where
the fraud orders alone were resorted
to. The result of the year's work
has developed the fact that these
fraud manipulators are a distinct
class of criminals, some of them moving
in the highest social and business
circles, but nearly all have more or
less affiliations and connections with,
or are devisers of schemes or enterprises
of illegitimate character in
which they are known as promoters.*'
Would Shift Burden.
In view of the heavy loss to the
postoffice department in prosecuting
these cases, Mr. Sharp recommends
that this work be taken over for in- 1
quiry by the department of justice. c
He adds that "the work of the past *
year has uncovered a condition t
among the swindling class which s
shows the astounding extent'of their s
operations and the enormous amount 2
of their ill-gotten gains." 2
The Dolicy of the department, Mr. *
Sharp points out, "has been to crush 1
out the strong and powerful crimin- 1
als, who have grown rich at the t
game." This plan has served to elim- 1
inate the smaller operators. *
Urges More Legislation.
Inspector Sharp suggests that "it *
is essential for the protection of the *
public that additional legislation be
enacted which" will prevent swindlers
from carrying on their operations in
the border land between legitimate
undertakings and criminal schemes."
During the year 2,491 arrests were 1
made, of which 429 were postoffice c
burglars. Of this number arrested,
112 were postmasters, 28 assistant ^
postmasters, 98 clerks in postoffices,
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31 railway postal cierKs, *4 city ict- ^
ter carriers, 38 rural letter carriers, ^
16 mail carriers and 14 other employ- c
ees, and 2,112 persons not connected
with the postal service.
Ku Klux Klan Leader Dies.
1
Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 19.?E. R. ^
Sepaugh, prominent in reconstruction
days as a leader of the Ku Klux
Klan, died to-day at his home in
Grover, N. C., aged 65. Sepaugh led b
a division of the klan that lynched c
Tom Rountree, a negro agitator a b
year after the war and suffered imprisonment
in the Yorkville jail four b
years rather than betray the names t
of his comrades who formed the
lynching party. He was finally re- t
leased without trial. Sepaugh carried
a bullet wound from the negro's t
pistol to his grave. f
TO INVESTIGATE DISPENSARY.
L Joint Committee to Investigate
Winding-Up Commission.
Columbia, Jan. 19.?Following the
>assage over the veto of the goverlor,
a few days ago, of the dispen;ary
investigation act, Speaker Menlel
L. Smith has named the members
>n the joint investigating committee
is provided for in the act. The house
nembers of the committee are:
dessrs. F. M. Carey, Oconee; W. L.
laniel, of Saluda, and J. J. Evans,
>f Marlboro. The senators who are
o serve on the committee were nam;d
last year by Mr. Chas. A. Smith,
ieutenant governor. They are Messrs.
J. W. Sullivan, of Anderson; H. B.
Carlisle, of Spartanburg, and John
I. Clifton, of Sumter.
The investigating act was passed
>y the general assembly last year,
ollowing a message from the gov
(rnor, in which he asked that such
in investigation be made. The act
>rovided for an investigation of the
Ormer dispensary winding-up comnission,
succeeded last year by a
:ommission appointed by Govornor
Blease, and of the acts and doings of
he governor, the attorney general
md others connected with the windng-up
of the affairs of that institu,ion.
No steps have yet been taken
ooking toward the conduct of the
nvestigation. The senate committee
ias been waiting upon the announcenent
of the members from the house
md were not in position to-day to
nake a public statement as to what
mmediate steps would be taken.
WOMAN LAUGHS HERSELF ILL.
?hlorofrom Used to Stop Her Mirth
Caused by Circus Story.
Ames, Iowa, Jan. 20.?A daughter
>f Mrs. A. Fox told a story of an aleged
amusing incident which hap-.
)ened at a circus here yesterday,
rhe yarn appealed to Mrs. Fox and
;he began to laugh. The daughter
epeated another incident and the
nother's mirth increased.
After she had laughed continuousv
for two hours doctors were ap
>ealed to. They used chloroform
tnd to-day Mrs. Fox is slowly recovering
from the sickness that followed
her laughing fit.
The story that caused the big
augh has- not been made public.
BURIED SIDE BY SIDE.
Double Funeral Over Remains of
Aged Spartanburg Women.
Spartanburg, Jan. 19.?Mrs. Isajella
Cooper and Mrs. Betsy Pruitt,
)oth 86 years old, died yesterday at
heir homes, both located near Arlelia,
this county. The funerals were
leld jointly to-day at Oak Grove
:hurch; both bodies were brought to
he edifice at noon and one funeral
;ervice was said over the remains,
rhey were then taken in to the
;hurchyard cemetery and buried side
>y side, only one service being said
it the graves. Both were widows,
>oth had been ill but a short time,
)oth were in excellent health up to
he time of their death and both resided
with their daughters.
Firebug is Insane.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 19.?B.
darion Burdell, the confessed incenliary,
was committed to jail to-day
>y Magistrate Williams for trial at
he term of the court of general sessions
next month. The detectives
seemed to have made out a clear case
igainst Burdell. He is 20 years of
ige, of a good family and apparently
las a mania for setting fire, as shown
>y the several big fires which he adnits
that he started in Charleston in
he past year or two. The young
nan is said to have been hit upon
;he head with a hammer some years
Lgo and his parents attach the mania
or setting fire to this blow, believing
lim to be mentally unsound.
Youth Confesses.
Charleston, Jan. 18.?Arrested
lere this morning at the burning of
he Charleston Fibre company's
)lant, Marion Burdell, a young white
nan, is alleged to have confessed
>ome hours later to many acts of in;endiarism.
Among other fires which
?
le is said to have confessed to was
he starting of the big Meeting street
ire of July 8, 1910, in which six
arge stores in the heart of the wholesale
district were practically destroyed
with a loss of about $215,000.
Burdell also, it is said, confessed
0 having started the Leland Moore
3aint store fire on March, 17, 1908,
vhich occasioned a loss of $23,000.
True.
"Now, Johnny," said the teacher,
tfter she had explained the meaning
)f the word, "I wish you would write
1 sentence containing defeat."
After a struggle which lasted for
ibout 20 minutes, Johnny announced
hat he was ready to be heard.
"Please read your composition,"
he teacher ^ire^ted.
"ah rri 4- oVi Anc- ri o f'c? fnn
VV 11C11 )UU fell/ ouugo uui o ivu
ite," Johnny read, "it's hard on de
eet."
FOR SUPREME COURT.
Senator Mauldin Wishes to Erect a
$100,000 Building.
Columbia, Jan. 18.?A favorable
report has been made to the senate
on the joint resolution read for the
first time last Friday and introduced
by Senator W. L. Mauldin, to provide
for the appointment of a commission
to erect a building for the supreme
court on property of the State and
to prescribe the powers and duties
of the commission.
The resolution provides that the
governor, chief justice of the supreme
court, attorney general, comptroller
general and one member of the senate
and one member of the house,
thse last two to be appointed by the
respective presiding officers of their
houses, constitute the commission,
with power and authority to employ
an architect, procure plans and specifications
and let a contract for the
erection of a building for the supreme
court. The location of the building
is to be left to the commission though
it will be on the property of the
State.
The resolution goes further and appropriates
$ 100,000 for the erection
of the building, to be paid out of any
available funds in the State treasury
by the treasurer on the voucher of the
comptroller general. In case there
are no available funds in the treasury
the comission is empowered by
the resolution to borrow money for
the erection of the building upon the
credit of the State, the sum borrowed
not to exceed $100,000.
Fertilizer from Air.
The Southern Power Company, or
tn hp pxaet. the Southern Electro
Chemical Company, is ready to begin
the manufacture of fertilizer at its
plant at Nitrolee, S. C. This plant
will manufacture or produce fertilizer
from the atmosphere. Nitric acid
is the product and this will be mixed
with limestone from the nearby (hills
to secure the commercial nitrate of
lime. It is the first plant of the kind
established in this country and all the
machinery used in it was ordered and
manufactured abroad. It could not be
obtained in this country. Electric
power, furnished by the Southern
Power Company, will operate the
plant. The plant is somewhat in the
nature of an experiment, though such
plants are successfully operated
abroad, and the results will be
watched for with interest.
LOOKS BAD FOR RICHESOX.
Preacher Learns of Governor Deny
?- a
ing clemency in uiuruer wise.
Boston, Jan. 20.?The Rev. C. V.
T. Richeson, sentenced to die for the
murder of Avis Linnell, learned tonight
for the first time that there
will be no commutation of the death
sentence of Silas Phelps.
"May God have mercy on Silas N.
Phelps, I am deeply sorry to learn
that he must die," exclaimed Richeson,
as his counsel, Win. A. Morse,
broke the news to him.
The decision in the Phelps case
has been held to. have a vital bearing
on the case of Richeson, and on account
of the latter's nervous condition
the news of the governor's action
has been withheld from him for
several days, in the fear that it might
cause a collapse.
Richeson bore up bravely, however,
according to his counsel, who
said he still has hope and that the
fny onmrYintatinn nf his sen
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tence would go on.
Starved to Death.
Seattle, Jan. 19.?How Miss Claire
Williamson, a wealthy English woman,
starved to death under the immediate
care of Mrs. Linda Burfield
Hazzard, a sanitarium keeper, who
it is alleged, wanted her money, and
how Dorothea Williamson, a sister of
the dead woman, was rescued a delirious
living skeleton by her childhood
nurse, was recounted here today
by Prosecutor Frank H. Kelley
to a jury trying Mrs. Hazzard on a
charge of murder.
In April, according to the prosecution
the sisters, who had put themselves
in Mrs. Hazzard's care last
February, were taken to Ollala,
where it is asserted Mrs. Hazzard induced
Claire to add a codicil to her
will endowing the Hazzard sanitarium
with $125 annually and obtained an
order on banks holding funds belong- ,
ing to the Williamson sisters.
Claire died on May 19, literally
reduced to skin and bones. No notification
was sent to relatives but a
family nurse in Australia hearing of
Claire's death came to Ollala and
found Dorothea a living specter. Mrs.
Hazzard, asserting that the girl was
insane, already had applied to be '
appointed guardian to Dorothea and
administrator of Claire's estate.
The British consular service has
taken active interest in the trial.
The Allendale oil mill is to be sold
at public auction by the Master of
Barnwell county on the first Monday i
in February, the action for the sale
being brought by T. B. Warren. The ,
mill was not successful last year. i
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