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WHEN CIRCUMS1 EVIDEN( I A Tragedy That Crimso tucky.?The Wronj Dr. John P. Sant Stained by tragedy is every county | in the "dark and bloody ground." To circumstantial evidence is due one, at least, of the tragedies crimsoning j r f Kentucky's annals. In the early days ' of the past century Dr. John P. Sanderson was murdered in that portion of Barren (now known as Metcalf) i eounty. Suspicion soon fell on John C. Hamilton, a wealthy citizen of the , neighborhood. Hamilton was tried, ^ convicted and hanged. Wholly circumstantial, the evidence was withn al so remarkable in character as to j H convince the jury and the whole sur- j W rounding population of the accused j man's guilt, and this notwithstanding the fact that Sanderson was his friend and fellow traveler, the honored and cherished guest of Hamilton's fath-! I er. ; Hamilton canfe of a wealthy, proud and aristocratic family. His exclusiveness excited the prejudice of envious neighbors. He was a trader, driving stock to settlements in Mississippi, where he made much money and some friends. He was on a return trip that had proved successful, i accompanied by Dr. Sanderson, a rich * planter, residing near Natchez. Sanderson came to Kentucky for a double purpose?to enjoy his friend Hamil* ton's hospitality, and to buy slaves in Kentucky for service on his Mississippi plantation. To buy these slaves he brought with him a large sum of money, of which fact Hamilton was fully aware. The route on horseback lay through a wild and thinly settled portion of the Indian territory, as the vast region immediately south of " * * ??? Anllas? "Hr fiqri lS.ent.UCKy was iucui uaiivu. v.. derson was taken at the outset with a severe illness, which harassed him through the greater part of the journey. Arrived in Barren county, Hamilton and his friend went to the residence of Hamilton's father, where it took several weeks for Sanderson to * recover his health. Soon after Sanderson's recovery young Hamilton and his father's 'guest left the house, Hamilton acting as guide for nine miles to a point where the road forked, one branch leading to a neighboring county, BrStAfA Sandorsnn nroDosed to attend W. X ^ a sale of negroes at public auction. m The two men were seen together at various points along the nine-mile stretch, the last time at a point threequarters of a mile from the forks. Hamilton soon after returned alone. Sanderson's riderless horse came the night following to the Hamilton residence. V , Sanderson was never again seen alive. Several days having elapsed without any word from the missing man, suspicion arose that he had been foully dealth with. The people turned out en masse to search for his body. Covered with brush and briars, it was ' found near the road. The dead man's hat was found in a hollow stump, while under a log close by appeared a brass horse pistol with the hammer broken. In the murdered man's head i were found a number of shot and a piece of the pistol's hammer, unaer the lining of his hat was secreted a list of thirty-three $100 Mississippi bank bills, their numbers and an enumeration of those to whom the hills were payable. ^ When Hamilton -was arrested hills corresponding to the list found in V Sanderson's hat were taken on him. It was further shown by the State that he had borrowed the pistol from Colonel Gorin, of Glasgow, that the shot in Sanderson's head corresponded in size with the shot bought a few days before by Hamilton, that Hamilton's overalls, concealed in his fath9^ er's barn were blood stained. They were fully identified by the dead man's sister. For the defense it was urged that Sanderson and Hamilton were intimate friends; that for many days they had traveled together through a wild country; that a little neglect during - his sickness would have caused Sanderson's death and Hamilton could have thus easily secured the money. Mississippi money was at that time under discount in Kentucky and Kentucky money under discount in MississiDDi. Hamilton being about to vis it Mississippi, while Sanderson needed Kentucky money to buy slaves, they had, for mutual accommodation, exchanged money. Hamilton proved that he had, in order to make up the sum needed for the exchange, borrowed $1,000 from a Glasgow bank. * Hamilton's father declared that he had borrowed the pistol from Colonel Gorin to lend it to Dr. Sanderson, who desired it for personal protection. When leaving Sanderson Hamilton gave the pistol to his friend. As to the blood-stained overalls, p * Hamilton averred that they had been stolen by a negro to go to a daDce, rANTIAL CE WAS WRONG ned the Annals of KenI Man Hanged For lerson's Murder. where he got into a fight, involving much blood-letting. The negro had, it was claimed, concealed the garments in the barn till an opportunity might offer to efface the blood stains. I Hamilton's defense lacked the corroboration then deemed necessary. John Rowan, one of the most celebrated of the many famous jurists whom Kentucky has given the country, defended Hamilton with masterful skill and ability. The prosecution was conducted by Solomon G. Sharp, destined himself to meet, a few years later, with a tragic fate. Thoroughly convinced of Hamilton's guilt, Sharp showed him no mercy. Hamilton's immediate relatives were almost alone in believing him innocent. He died protesting his innocence. The sequel came in 1869, when nnn/M.nl DiAViorH IT Pnccoan nf PCpTI UCUCi ai uivuaiu x*? XWWWVM.V*) vv.. tucky, then United States minister, | was visited at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, by Colonel Gibson, a rich planter from near Vicksburg, Miss. Colonel Gibson informed General Rosseau that thirty or thirty-five years before, a man hanged for murder in eastern Mississippi, had made on the gallows' threshold, a confession, clearing up the mystery of Dr. Sanderson's death. The condemned man confessed that I he and a companion, both fugitives from justice, were hiding in the ra vine where Dr. Sanderson's body was | subsequently found. Seeing Sanderson approach, they rushed forth, dragged him from his horse audi wrenched the pistol from his hand. They struck him with the pistol, breaking the hammer, part of which i remained in his head. Having rob bed their victim, the murderers concealed his body and fled. They had heard of Hamilton's execution for the murder, but maintained an obdurate silence. One of the guilty men was, soon after Hamilton's execution, led ; to the scaffold for another murder, I but he kept silent as to his share in the Kentucky tragedy. The survivor ; felt it a duty to clear the mystery.? I Springfield Republican. Lawsuit Proving Costly. i Alton, Mo., Jan. 18.?Twenty-five cents' worth of feed for Mrs. Ella ! Sulver Voorhees's horse in Alton a year ago is going to cost somebody ! more than $200 when a real, old time j "lawin" match is finished. A year ago George Loehr says he i found a horse in his lot and that he . ! placed it in his barn and fed it. The horse had strayed from Mrs. Voor| hees's place and she claimed it. ! Loehr asked 25 cents for the feed he \ had provided. Mrs. Voorhees refused to meet the, bill and replevined the horse. Then the "lawing" commenced. ! Loehr took the Case to a justice ; court and thence to the city court. The first hearing ended in a mistrial last April. The cost then amounted to $108. The trial has been re-opened in the city court, and, the costs meantime have crept up close to $200. Both litigants are firm in tneir m| tention to fight the matter "to the bitter end," and declare they are in the thing for the sake of "principle." Victims of the Mine. i A hundred men dead in a coal ! mine. Three or four hundred women and children moaning and wringj ing their hands at the entrance to the mine. Scores of workmen down in {the earth, risking their lives to rei cover the bodies of the hundred. Investigation of cause of the explosion. i'Publication of some very fine theo! ries about cause and. effect of black i damp. Coroner's inquests. Denun| ciation of corporation greed. And next day public attention goes | to a backwoods murder case, or the ! high-toned elopement of Mr. John | Doe with Mrs. Richard Roe, or a prize | fight in which is involved the hope ! of the white race, i Those dead men earned barely a ! living. Their families were poorly housed, poorly fed. poorly clothed, and the source of that poor living j lies maimed and black-dead and use' * 1 J 1 ? ^ At* A MA ??\ A i less, in tne aarKiiess ui uie uimc. i What becomes of the three or four j hundred widwos and orphans? They ; are the real tragedy of the mine horj ror. Paths of vice are open to the girls and boys, and the widows stand upon a cliff, the sides of which are jagged j rocks, and at the bottom of which is degraded old age. Yet how seldom does the miner, as he goes down in the earth daily to risk life, consider what will come to his wife and children if sudden death, so frequent in mining operations, comes to him! God only knows what becomes of the living victims of the mine horror. But it is all huj manitv's duty to know.?Denver Post i KILLED BY HIS OWN GUN. Distressing Accident with Williamsburg Farmer the Victim. Kingstree, Jan. 17.?News reached here this afternoon that James Dean, a white man of the Hebron neighborhood, in Williamsburg county, had accidentally shot and killed himself this morning. It seems that Mr. Dean and Mr. R. L. Mimms had gone out in the woods to get a load of wood, Mr. Dean taking his gun along. They ran into a covey of partridges and Mr. Dean killed two nr thrpft of thorn. While coming back to the wagon, and holding the gun by the barrel, he attempted to cross a log, when the hammer of the gun struck a log and the gun was discharged, the whole load taking effect in the neck, and completely severing the jugular vein. The wounded man expired almost instant. Mr. Dean originally moved from Lydia, Darlington county, to Johnsonville, in this county, and only three weeks ago moved to the plantation of Mr. Mimms. He was a good citizen in every respect and the whole community has been saddened and shocked by his untimely death. He leaves a wife and two children. J. S. Crosby Killed Himself. St. George, Jan. 19.?News has reached here that J. S. Crosby, a highly respectable white man, who lived at Harleyville, killed himself yesterday morning about 7:30. There was no one in the room at the time save a small boy, who screamed at the report of the gun, which brought assistance immediately. The facts were hard to obtain, but from what could be gathered Mr. Crosby sat on the edge of the bed, placed the muzzle of the shotgun to his heart and with a fire poker pulled the trigger, which killed him instantly. The entire load of shot penetrated his left side. There is no known reason for the rash act. Mr. Crosby was considered to be one of the best citizens of the county and besides a host of friends to mourn his loss he leaves a wife, two daughters and two sons. He was about 55 years of age. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. J. A. Hiers, of this place. Mule Eats Piano. New Orleans, Jan. 17.?"Mule ate piano shipped. Send another next boat." This message was received by a local piano house from an "upriver" purchaser, whose $500 instru ~ i J ment Had Deen rorwaraea via a iv?i?sissippi river steamboat. In its usual pine box the piano was installed on the lower deck next to a lanky, sleeping-looking mule bound for the cotton fields of the upper bends. . Although provided with plenty of oats and hay the mule ripped off a portion of the piano box, disposed of six octaves of black and white ivory keys and ran the chromatic scale up to "G" in the treble clef. He had gnawed away the mahogany panels in front, masticated felt dampers and hammers by the dozens and completely wrecked the melodious "insides" of the instrument., "Steamboat Bill," stoking a boiler 20 feet away, said the mule "must have had his foot on the soft pedal," 00 ha diM Tinf hoar a nntp When dis covered the animal was unconcernedly gazing longingly across the river at a grass covered levee. It will cost $330 to repair the piano. Refuses Text Book Probe. Columbia, Jan. 17.?The senate expressed its confidence in the State board of education and vindicated them of any charges which might have been made, either by insinuation or rumor, when it refused last night to order an investigation into the recent changes in text books and killed Senator Earle's concurrent resolution calling for the appointment of an investigation committee for this purpose. Strong defences of the board and tributes to the high personnel of its membership featured the speeches of the senators opposed to the proposition to appoint an investigating committee. BREAKS LONG SILENCE. Couple Had Not Spoken to Each Other for Many Years. For twenty-nve years l,ouis rtaser and his wife lived in the same house at Mayesville, Ky., without speaking to each other. Last Sunday, without any apparent reason, the wife broke the silence by asking her husband to have a cup of coffee. He replied: "I believe I will." Hardly had he uttered the remark than he was attacked with heart trouble and died. The incident leading to the tragic climax was not disclosed until Thursday, when his will was- made public. The dead man, who was a large property owner, willed everything to his wife. His body was cremated-and his ashes cast to the wind from the Cincinnati suspension bridge. SALKEHATCHIE CLAIM LOSES. Unfavorable Report on Proposed River Improvement. Washington, Jan. 16.?Secretary of War Stimson sent to congress an unfavorable report from the army engineers of the preliminary examination of the Salkehatchie river with a view to its improvement to Morros Crossing, S. C. The report of Capt. E. M. Adams, district engineer, to the effect that nearly two-thirds of the 227 miles of the river under consideration is of insufficient capacity for even canoe navigation, that the country is sparsely located with lit tie prospective commerce except a moderate amount of timber movement, and that there is but little interest manifested in its improve- , ment, and that the stream is unworthy of the attention asked, was concurred in by the division engineer and Gen. Bixby. Girl Lived High on Stolen CashNew York, Jan. 18.?Joseph W. Cushman, head of the real estate firm of Joseph W. Cushman & Co., with offices at No. 240 West Twenty-thirdstreet, was looking over his books last evening when he gasped: "A shortage of $2,000!" He called his private secretary and bookkeeper, Miss Ada M. Ellis, 23 years old, who for five years had enjoyed the full confidence of her employers. She came forward smiling. . "What does this mean?" he asked. "What does what mean?" she queried. "This $2,000 shortage. You're the only one can explain it." The suggestion that she was $2,000 short in her accounts seemed to amuse the girl. "How did you discover it?" she 1 -3 | asKea uoucua.ia.uti>. "When a check for $300 came in," he replied. "It was endorsed by you and was cashed by you. You falsified the books and used the money." The young woman was beginning to pale, but she was fully composed as she said: "Well, that doesn't make a $2,000 shortage, does it? I don't think there is more than $1,200 gone." "Then you admit there is a shortage?" "I admit nothing," she retorted, and biting her lips she returned to her work. Detectives Martin and Scanlon came from tbe west Tnirtietn street station. They and Mr. Cushman say that Miss Ellis made this statement: "Yes; I took the money and used it. You know my home is in Englewood. It's so slow out there I got fearfully bored, so I came to New York and rented an apartment with a girl friend at No. 3,100 Broadway. Several days a week I would go out and spend the night with my mother in Englewood, but I loved life in New York. I gave theatre parties and dinners to my friends." "You couldn't have done that on your salary of .$45 a month," spoke up Cushman. "Who said I did?" she retorted. "I tried hard to make good all the money I was spending. I heard of how some people made big money ! on the races and I began to play th m. It was not unusual for me to make a bet of $100 or even $150 on a race, but I was a bad picker of winners. Luck was against me. s"But I want to repeat, Mr. Cushman, that I don't believe the shortage is more than $1,200." On a charge of grand larceny Miss Ellis was taken to the West Thiri! OVvn nroe Vmn 1161Q Street stimuli. unc nuu uu.. died up in handsome furs, and her hat and gown were stylish. She answered the lieutenant's questions calmly until she was asked to give her street address in Englewood. "That I'll never tell you," she cried, losing control of herself. "My mother must not know anything about this." To a reporter for the World Miss Ellis said: "When I was fourteen my father sent me to Paris to be educated. I was in a convent there four years. * * ?i - 4.1* After my return to America my ituuer met reverses and I was compelled to go to work. I am in all this stew simply because I love a good time.1' Oushman said last night that he beUeved at least two other persons were implicated in the shortage. "I might add also that the shortage may run to many times $2,000," he went on. "I have only examined the books b^ck to last September. The girl's father was a prosperous piano manufacturer some years ago. It is my impression that he is dead." The Camilla, Ga., city council has evolved a new way of enforcing the prohibition law. The ordinance requires all railroads and express companies to file reports with the city showing the consignor and the consignee in liquor shipments received by them and the size of the shipment. It is a further provision that there shall be published in the Camilla Enterprise the names of all those who receive more than one gallon per week. Farming Implements We have on hand a full line of Giadiator Stalk Cutters, Chattanooga one horse and double plows, Rex Guano Distributors, Gantt Distributors, Gem Cotton Planters," Harness, Canvas, and Leather Collars, Traces, Hame Strings, Back Bands, Collar Pads, Bridles, Halters, Plow Lines and anything the farmer may need on his farm. We also have a quantity of Fence Wire in the various heights, which will be sold at rock bottom prices. . M When in need of anything in the hardware line call on us, and when you purchase to the amount of $50.00 we give you Free of Charge a hand! some Standard Talking Machine, and guarantee to sell you as cheap as any of our competitors. ' J. A. HUNTER I THE HARDWARE MAN. BAMBERG, S. C. A National Searchlight THE SENIOR PARTNER disturbed ' W The little boy of one of the firm's traveling men was critically ill. The distracted mother begged that her husband be notified. A Long Distance Bell Telephone call located - . him, but he had gone to a neighboring town to soli goods. MB. ' '* Would the Telephone people reach him? The Telephone people would try. They found him and he started for home at once. The Universal Bell Telephone System is a national search- /. , . ' ^ light. It seeks the distant person for you and locates him if it : 'v! is possible. By the way, have yon a Bell Telephone? S S0UTHERN hELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 11 Will* Credir You | eft * I have just received a shipment of brand new bi- _. cycles of the latest make which I will sell you on Mm easv terms. A small amount when you get the J wheel and the balance in weekly payments. I also r ^ 1 have a large supply of bicycle supplies and will 'J/it?-. repair you old wheel at a reasonable price. Auto- * y ' A mobiles, Bicycles, Guns and Pistols repaired on ^ ' ' ?? , 1 ?? CDHQT PDHOF rARRAP.F PI. A NTS X llV/k/ A A -W4 Am mm w+ w PRICES, 1000 to 4000 at $1.25 per thousand; 5000 to 9000 at $1.00 per thousand; 10,000 at 90 cents per thousand. Special prices on larger lots and to parties getting up clui> orders or acting as our agents.r We make a specialty of growing cabbage plants and have all the leading V; * varieties viz: Early Jersey Wakefield; the earliest cabbage grown; Charleston Large Type Wakefield, second earliest. In late varieties we have tlje Sucession and Short Stemmed Late Flat Dutch, both producing large flat % heads. Our plants are all grown in the open fields and will stand the most ' severe weather. We guarantee count, safe delivery and satisfaction. We have special express rates to all points. Our personal attention given to all orders which . & are shipped same day received. Send cash with osder as it saves us trouble and you expense, but will ship C. O. D. if preferred. Catalogue / mailed on request. ' THE CARR-CARLTON CO., Box 60, Meggetts, S. C. . 4 \ 5'j % ^$0 / Down on the rainless coast of Peru and adjacent islands, / throng thousands of pelicans. , orTh#??^ ViirHc Kvn nn fish and their excrement is the richest / guano in the world. It is Nature's own plant-food, made in / her factory without acids and high-proof chemicals and contains I plant-foods that man has never been able to imitate. I And now we are balancing Peruvian Guano to suit varied soils I and crops with high-grade Ammoniates and Potash. I We have joined Nature's skill in making to the skill of scientific \ mixing. \ The 3,000 tons of Mixtures which we sold last year brought > an avalanche of testimonials?an insistent demand for more. T * 7~: Anr WviWt j?nH full information. xv* wui wwww< ?? ' "' ? Vl- w*ci , r f v' ? ' -c Xv^f * .' i> > i