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THE DIFFERENT LAW Crime Punishment as Testament Prac ? as Now A Twenty-five centuries ago the equivalent of the Missouri State statutes governing capital offences were in force in the Holy Land. Mur ? derers were hanged, those who com? mitted manslaughter suffered the same penalties that are enforced in Missouri to-day, and some of the chief defenses to charges of murder and manslaughter that are figuring in criminal trials now were recognized then?self-defense, the "unwritten law," inevitable accident and s j insanity. The Book of Exodus is one of the chief sources of information on Jewish laws of the age when Roman v * triremes swept the Mediterranean and Caesar was yet unborn. "Whosoever smiteth a man so that he die shall surely be put to death," says the Book of Exodus, chapter 21, verse 12. The next two verses add that "If a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hands, then v 1 shall appoint thee a place whither A he shall flee. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor to slay him with guile; thou shall take him away from my altar so that he may die." This means that when the defendant charged with murder could show v that he had killed his adversary in a sudden heat of passion then he ? * - At- ?:e should escape xne aeam peaamy ii lie could flee to the horns of the alt tar. If the defendant had waylaid his adversary, showing premeditation, then there was no excuse from death. This is pretty much themod'? ern criminal law. Verses 18-19 provide for the collection of money damages from one | * responsible for accidental injuries inflicted on another. "And if men strive together and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed; if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall - he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time and for his cure." Personal injury suits were known to Roman civil law and to the laws of the ancient Jews. Had there been a United Railway company in Jerusalem the provision in Exodus would have covered the ground?the company would have to pay for loss of time and doctor's bills and other items usuallv sDecified in a suit for \ damages. The death penalty was not the only one denounced against the murderer by the ancient law. In Genesis ix., 6, it is stated that Cain was not capitally punished. The exceptions to the rule, that death should be the penal v ty for taking the life of another, forced themselves on the lawt makers. There were certain situations that could not be dealt with by i * the death penalty rule. In Deuteronomy xix, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, it is provided that "whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past as where a man claveth wood and the axe flieth from the helve and killeth a man, he shall flv to the citv for refuge." These ex ceptions were not fully recognized and the "avenger of blood," supposed to be the next heir of the deceased, had the right to avenge the killing of his kinsman by slaying the one who had killed his kinsman, if the slayer could be caught before he had reached the horns of the altar. , $ "But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him and smite him mortally so that he die and fleeth to the city of refuge, the elder of his city shall send and fetch him hence, and deliver him into the hands of the avenger of the blood, that he may die." This makes it clear that the 9 * chance of escaping the penalty was not to be extended to one who had committed first degree murder. Vol9b untary homicide was inexplicable and SB inexcusable, as appears from NumMr h*rs xv.. 27. 31. If the avenger of blood was unable to execute the slayer of his kinsman, the slayer was capitally punished by judicial sentence and no ransom was permitted him nor could he buy off the prosecuting witnesses by paying damages for the wrongful death, as appears ^ in Numbers xxxv., 31. The killing of one about to commit Hr a felony was justifiable, as appears i from Exodus xxii., 2, where it is pro* vided that "if a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him." And to-day if a householder shoots a burglar in the dark he is % guilty of no offense against the law. Killing in self-defense is dealt with in the same connection, as where a burglar is entering and is caught by the householder. Self-defense was recognized before the Saxons had ever heard of England. Tht usual manner of execution CRIMINAL S OF THE BIBLE. Laid Down in the Old tically the Same /leted Out. I was stoning or strangulation, accordi ing to Leviticus xxi., 9. Where a I priest's daughter had gone astray ! she was burned. j The "unwritten law" is no new I doctrine. It was' recognized thous| ands of years ago, as soon as men i had homes and sought to keep their j women spotless. A Bible story along i this line, which seems to sanction | the killing of the seducer, is that of ! Jacob's daughter, who was seduced j by a member of another tribe. | Simeon and Levi, her brothers, were | at work in the fields, but they left | their task, took their swords and i killed the seducer and his whole t?TVurkir. fotlior (lDnlrtrO/1 thpiT ' U iUC. I ilCii lairUVJL UV^/iVA VVi VMW** | j hot blood. They replied, "Shall he ! deal with our sister as a harlot?" j i The story goes that Jehovah led Ja- j ] cob and his family up into Bethel, a | place of safety, "and they journeyed; j I and the terror of God was upon the | cities that were round about them; ! and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob." | Translated into modern conditions, the brothers of the seduced girl killed her betrayer, and as public sentiment was somewhat in their favor, but they might not be able to win if tried judicially, they left the country, and they were not even indicted, for the public endorsed their acts.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. MR. TILLMAN'S CONDITION. The Facts as to His Health Jind Activity at Washington. TT" -*r 1 A A nv im \v asmuglujj., :uaj j. v. ; pression that Senator Tillman's I broken health is such that he is not | able personally to direct his senaI torial business with intelligence and i force or that he is not able to go ! about by himself in the discharge of j that business is erroneous. The senator is daily in his seat in ! the senate, daily confers with his colleagues, daily dictates a quantity of correspondence, and visits the various government departments in person whenever he has occasion and goes alone unless accompanying : some one in whose behalf he is acting. As a matter of fact, he often goes unattended. He walks daily from his hotel to the capitol back to his hotel, and the distance between the two buildings is at least a mile. ! He did this even in midwinter when j the streets were covered with snow. It has frequently been remarked by Washingtonians, nearly all of whom j know the senator by sight, that he is ! looking much better and displaying ! much more strength than they had ! any idea of from the reports which i | they have read of his poor health. It would be absurd to say that I Sanatnr Tillman has recovered the I physical vigor and endurance he had j of old, but it is equally absurd to de| pict him as helpless physically or as j a wreck intellectually. He is not a | dummy that has to be led about. He j leads an active and independent life, ! considering the fact that he has to be ; careful of his health; and he is thor| oughly in touch with what is going : on in and out of congress. The 1 newspaper men who interview him j invariably comment upon the fact | that he speaks in the same characI teristic vein and that his comment j shows a strong grasp of whatever I subject he undertakes to discuss. His i office force has to work hard to keep | up with him and no visitor to his office would take any. stock in the statement that he requires to be directed by others. MYRTLE HAWKINS STILL ALIVE? Atlanta Man Claims Saw Girl Since Alleged Murder. Atlanta, May 10.?Myrtle Hawkins, the Hendersonville, N. C.? girl who was supposed to have been murdered last winter, was seen in Jacksonville, Fla., since her alleged death by W. O. Shelnutt, of this city, according to a statement accredited to him. A North Carolina lawyer came here to-day to take his deposi! tion, to be used in further defence of I several men now held in connection j with the alleged murder. Details | of the reports concerning the locai tion of the girl could not be learned. A. H. Johnson, a solicitor, and J. j E. Shepard, lawyer for the accused, ! are the officials here to get Shelnutt's ! alleged statement. Up to late this j afternoon he had not been located, j The case against the four men and ! three women, all of the former and ; one of the latter of whom have been j indicted," was largely the result of I the identification of a body found in ! Osceola Lake as that of Miss Haw| kins. Further action may depend j upon Shelnutt's testimony. "NEWBERN FLYER" WRECKED. Nineteen Hurt When Norfolk and Southern Train Leaves Track. Norfolk, May 12.?Nineteen persons were injured when Norfolk and Southern Train No. 2, known as the "Newbern Flyer," was wrecked half a mile south of Hickory Ground this afternoon, while en route to Norfolk. Two coaches and a parlor car were derailed and turned over. The exact cause of the accident has ? ' ? J?1 3 MISS ELEANOR PEREGRIN. The Nurse Who Inherited a Fortune of a Half Million. Miss Eleanor Peregrin, of New York, who for years nursed wealthy young Walter E. Duryea, who lived for thirteen years with a broken neck, is likely to inherit another fortune. Duryea often referred to his nurse as "my hands, arms, limbs and feet," and upon his death left her a fortune of $500,000. After his death Miss Peregrin confirmed the rumors that she had refused Duryea's proposals of marriage several times. The young man's father, Edgar E. Duryea, who died recently, left an estate of $1,000,000. This has been distributed among the heirs and there is a balance of $278,561. Under the will Walter Duryea would fall heir to the residuary estate, but under his will the legacy would go to Miss Peregrin. An Elaborate Cathedral Clock. Twenty thousand minute pieces of wood entered into the construction of an elaborately ornamented Notre Dame cathedral clock made by James Calway, of Skowhegan, Maine. This clock, which is finely carved, stands seven feet and 10 inches in height and took Mr. Calway six long years to complete. In the upper story six folding doors open every ten minutes and the apostles appear marcning m time to an air played by a large music box that is governed by the clock, each one bowing before the Saviour as they pass, except the fourth one (which represents Peter) who turns his back upo nthe Saviour, and the devil comes out of the top of the, clock and blows a trumpet in honor ] of Peter. The second story is in the form of a mansion with double doors in front which also open every ten minutes. Lazarus appears at the rich man's door and on bended knees asks for charity, the dogs licking his sores, and the rich man stands in the door swinging his arms as if he were throwing crumbs from his table. All these movable figures are run by machinery connected with a time movement, so as to work on the minute. The bottom story is a very elaborately designed foundation of fine inlaid work.?Scientific American. The Uses of the Dictograph. The detective dictograph has been used for many odd purposes besides catching criminals. When Torrey and Alexander, the revivalists, were holding their meetings in Philadelphia in 1909, there was a demand for seats far beyond the 5,000 capacity of the armory in which they preached. By request Mr. Turner installed a dictograph transmitter, suspending it from the ceiling about three feet above the speaker's head and. six feet in front of him. The wires from this transmitter were connected by Na specially constructed apparatus with 2,500 telephones, whose subscribers heard the service in their homes. At the same time wires were run to Bethany church, where a horn in the pulpit gave out the sound to 2,500 more auditors, so that altogether 10,000 people heard the music and the yicatuiag. The dictograph has been used also to study the minor activity of Mt. Vesuvius between eruptions; to enable man to hear the sounds made by wild beasts when undisturbed by men; in the Metropolitan opera house and the Hudson theatre, NewYork, to permit the managers "0 hear the reahearsals on the stage from their private offices; to enable representatives in congress, while S>iLtlli? 111 lucii ivumo iu vuv building, to hear the debates on the floor of the house.?World's Work. WOMAN SETS HERSELF AFIRE. Commits Deed at Son's Grave, Dying from Injuries. * Tampa, May 10.?After kneeling in prayer at the grave of her baby son, recently buried, Mrs. Maria Morterello, wife of a prominent manufacturer of this city, poured wood alcohol over her upper body and set herself on fire this afternoon in a local cemetery, dying while being carried to a local hospital. Two negro women passing the cemetery at the time were attracted by the dying shriek of the woman, as she stood a pillar of flames for a few seconds before falling in the sand near the grave. The negresses rushed to the scene and recognized TVTr?'rf 1 n "Hiirrving- tn her i D. 1UV1 Wi vaav/( ** v%? * ^ -*-0 home they summoned the husband. The call was also sent to police headquarters for an ambulance, and when this arrived the distracted husband was pouring water into the dying woman's mouth with a spoon. She died before reaching the hospital. Mrs. Morterello was the mother of seven children, all girls. The eighth was a boy, who died recently. This seemed to prey on her mind, and her trips to the cemetery became so frequent that no one paid any attention to her. It is believed that she was mentally deranged. not Deen aenmteiy aeiermmcu, uui the supposition is that some defect developed with the forward truck of the leading coach, No. 247, as it is known to have been the first to leave the track. The injured were brought to this city on a special train and sent to a local hospital. Most of the injured were discharged to-night and all of them probably will leave the institution to-morrow. ELECTRIC CHAIR ORDERED. Installed in Penitentiary in Time for Use in June. Columbia, May 8.?The contract for the electric chair at the State penitentiary, where condemned criminals will be electrocuted, was let to the Adams Electric Company, of Newark, N. J.f at the meeting of the board here to-day. The chair will be of mission oak, and this company is to complete the job, erecting the chair and eauipping it thoroughly with the electrical apparatus. The electric current will be secured from the local company. The death chamber, which will contain the electric chair, is now being erected within the walls of the penitentiary. The first legal electrocutions in South Carolina are set for June 21, that being the day on which two Charleston negroes were sentenced to be electrocuted, and the chair will be in readiness by that time. L. M. Green's Check Held Up. Columbia, May 11.?Comptroller General A. W. Jones has held up the voucher for some $400 drawn for Leon M. Green, one of the governor's = detectives, out of his law enforcement fund, on the ground that the law calls for the accounts to be itemized and dated and this, the comptroller general alleges, was not done by Mr. Green. This is similar to the warrant drawn in favor of the Rev. C. W. Creighton, also one of the governor's detectives, on the same fund, and which was held up by the comptroller general, as already told in the News and Courier. The comptroller general's office stated that two warrants, aggregating > some $412, drawn in favor of Leon M. Green, on the governor's law enforcement fund, each one of the warrants for some $200, were held up because the accounts were not itemized and because they were not dated properly; that the first was sent to the bank and that it was returned to Mr. Green, with probable dates of his work for which the account was rendered, but as the. law required exact dates and itemized accounts, the warrants were again turned back to the bank by the comptroller general's office. The comptroller general stated that during Gov. Ansel's administration detectives employed similar to Messrs. Green and Creighton always rendered itemized accounts and proper dates, and he exhibited one to prove his statement. This is what he is contending for when he refused payment to the warrants in favor of Messrs. Creighton and Green, drawn on the governor s law enforcement fund. One such warrant for the Rev. C. W. Creighton, as a detective, was paid, but it was through Mr. Holmes's misunderstanding1 of the orders of Comptroller General Jones, who has issued instructions that none be paid until itemized accounts and proper dates are on all of them. Leon M. Green and C. W. Creighton were appointed by the governor as special detectives to assist in the enforcement of laws, and it was in an interview given out in Newberry that this matter was made known by the governor, although it had been generally understood in some quarters before. The Rev. Mr. Creighton is editor ?of the Christian Appeal at Green- ^ wood, and was formerly a member of ^ the Methodist conference. He is *1 known throughout the State. 4 Mrs. Tillman Seeking Divorce. m rinninnati. o. Mav 8.?Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman filed suit for divorce!^ in the insolvency court from Benja- df min Ryan Tillman, Jr. The petition Lfl alleged gross neglect of duty and fail- * ure to provide. Mrs. Tillman is a descendant of the famous Pickens *1 family. The couple were married at 4 Edgefield, S. C., December 2, 1903. ^ Their two children have been the J source of a widely discussed episode *2 in which Senator Tillman figured, j* Mrs. Tillman recovered her children through the medium of the courts. ^ ^ is ?? FORD AUTOMOBILES I .. ."I? BPHMBWHBi | w) ~>x j i >\ ^vt L. \\ FORI) MODEL T FORE-DOOR TOURING CAR n FORD MODEL T TORPEDO RUNABOUT 'Tis the "Age of Steel" and Vanadium is the steel of the age?toughest, strongest, lightest. It's Ford steel?and is used only in Ford construction?a big reason why every thousandth person in America will this year own and operate a Ford car. More proof that there is no other car like the Ford Model T!' It's lightest, rightest?most economical. The two-passenger car costs but $590, f. o. b.< Detroit, complete with all equipment, the five-passenger but $690. 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