The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 06, 1912, Page 3, Image 3
"HUB" EVANS F
NOT GUILT
Jury Sets Him Free J
Deliberation?"J
And Gost
^foi r 00 "Va+ eriiiltv
U. ILL U LCI y JI a * Mi/. Vb ^Uil VJ
W. B. Kelly, foreman," was the ver
diet returned by the jury in the Hut
Evans case within ten minutes afte:
it had retired to its room following
the judge's charge. The quicknes;
of the verdict followed over fou'
hours of testimony on the part o:
the State and speeches on the par
of the State and the defense in th<
case of Hub Evans, charged with ac
* cepting rebates and with conspiracy
to accept rebates while a member o
the board of "directors of the lat<
State dispensary.
The verdict was received with only
a few spectators in the room. Evan!
and his counsel were present and als(
Solicitor Cobb. The jpdge had charg
ed the jury and they had retired t<
their room a little after 2 o'clock
and the judge had gone when won
came in in about 12 minutes that th<
> jury was ready to report. The judg<
was sent for and then the jury an
?. nounced its verdict of "not guilty.'
' .sf
Trial Opened Wednesday.
H. H. Evans, or as he is tette:
known "Hub" Evans, was placed 01
trial this morning charged with ac
. cepting rebates and with having con
spired to receive rebates while i
member of the board of control o
the late dispensary. That on Decern
ber 10, 1900, he accepted in Colum
bia a bribe of $50 from M. A. Good
man, a liquor drummer, at the tim(
representing Strauss-Pritz & Co., o:
\ Cincinnati.
The main evidence against Evam
consisted of three checks drawn ii
his favor by M. A. Goodman on th<
* National Bank of Savannah and en
dorsed by H. H. Evans, and three let
ters written to Goodman by Evans
The checks were dated from Savan
nah, Ga., and bore the dates as fol
lows with amounts: September G
1902, for $300; April 1, 1902, foi
* $200; December 10, 1900, for $250
They were drawn on the Nationa
171 v ktt \t
DctllK UJL Oityauuau, wcic oigucu u; in
A. Goodman and were endorsed or
the back by H. H. Evans.
The letters were from Evans tc
Goodman and told of receiving cer
tain checks and also spoke of certaii
orders for whiskey.
Crowd Heard Testimony.
There was a large attendance ii
the courtroom this morning when th?
Evans case was called for trial. I
was expected that the case would bi
called yesterday, but it was postpon
ed from time to time during the day
The testimony was not bulky and wa?
* adduced in short order and the argu
ments commenced shortly after noon
H. H. Evans, of Newberry, was amom
the visitors. He sat in the court
* room and listened closely to all o
* \
the testimony and the arguments pre
sented. He was represented by Eu
gene S. Blease, of Newberry, and R
H. Welch, of Columbia.
The prosecution was represented b:
Attorney General Lyon, W. F. Ste
i venson and Wade Hampton Cobb, so
P licitor of this circuit.
All the attorneys made forceful ar
guments, the representatives of th<
State charging conspiracy by a Stat<
official upon the letters alleged t<
have been written. Goodman was no
present to-day.
In one of the letters alleged to hav<
.i been written by Evans there was i
nosorint in which it was stated tha
"some coffee and Goshen butter" wai
needed. This caused much merri
ment and was interpreted by th<
State to mean money.
The Letters.
The two letters which played sucl
r an important part in the case are ai
follows: "
Newberry, S. C., Mar. 9, 1902.
Dear Goodman: I know you fee
disappointed at the month's purchase
but it could not be helped. If yo:
will look at Friday's State paper yo;
will see and also that Crum and th<
legislative committee was there an<
we were asked only to buy on*
_ month's supply of the goods we ha<
already purchased from house an<
that was out. If you will note Join
Early only got 50 barrels X rye anc
^ no other goods; that is why I mad<
motion to buy only for one month,
intended to give you and John ail m:
order. As it is none of my friend:
got hardly anything this month bu
next month things will be better. Th<
committee and Crum just asked fo
goods; we are out of it; was hard oi
p. me; it shows that somebody is push
ing somebody's stun, i am aimos
disgusted with it. There will be n<
more new goods for quite awhile
Your 66 is going pretty well whei
sub-dispensaries can get it. I am go
ing to put it in in bulk. I could no
work the corn in without samples.
* think this was put up job. Will tel
you all when I see you in April buy
OUND
Y AT COLUMBIA.
Vfter Only Few Minutes
Out of Coffee
len Butter."
,' ing. Regards to all.
-1 Your friend,
> H. H. EVANS,
r Newberry, 's. C.
I Dear Goodman: Your two checks
s | and letters received, one for $250 and
r one for $50 and $50 in Columbia
f makes $350. Here is the list you got
t 5 barrels X rye, 400 barrels X corn,
5 35 barrels X gin and 10 barrels apple
- brandy. Will put in some case goods
7 next month and keep building up.
f Many thanks for kindness.
3 Your friend, HUB.
1 o r< 17 i Qn9
i\evv utri i j, o. v^., a * j. i, jlwu.
r M. A. Goodman, Savannah, Ga.
3 Dear Goodman: How are things
> getting along in Georgia? Have you
-! got home yet? I could have gotten
> 25 cases 66 in this buying but I was
, afraid it might cut me down in June
1 buying when think can get 2 or 3
? hundred and some XX. Crum asked
3 j for Silver Brook this time and left off
- the X's. You of course saw what
' we bought. Nothing comparatively.
Regards to all. Come over in June.
r I may go to Pawley's Island to fish
j in about ten days. Can you join
. i us there? Let me know. Most kind
. | regards to your family.
J Your friend, HUB.
t P. S.?Am out of coffee and Goshen
_ butter.
Given Seven Years.
3 Anderson, May 30.?John C. Ellif!
son, the wealthy Brushy Creek farmer,
who killed R. A. Hunt, a farmer
3 of the same community, March 13,
i last, this afternoon was convicted of
3 manslaughter, and was sentenced by
- Judge Prince to serve seven years on
- +V.A nnnnlTT 0V1 oir> trnrtsr c\r in thp State
' penitentiary. Pending an appeal to
- the supreme court Ellison was admit
ted to bail in the sum of $7,000,
? which was furnished within 30 minr
utes after the sentence was passed.
The Ellison case was the hardest
1 fought in years in Anderson county,
an array of able counsel being en1
gaged on each side.
Henry Feaster, the 17-year-old ne5
gro, who, while driving an automo
bile several weeks ago, ran over and
i killed little Lillie May Wright,
daughter of W. P. Wright, on one of
the principal streets of this city, was
x acquitted of the charge of murder.
5 The solicitor argued for a verdict of
I manslaughter, but the jury returned
*1 a verdict freeing the negro within
. ten. minutes.
CLAUDE ALLEX GUILTY.
" Verdict of Murder in Second Degree
I
for Killing Judge.
Wytheville, Va., June 1.?After
^ j deliberating two hours and a half,
j the jury in the trial of Claude Allen
I this afternoon found' him guilty of
murder in the second degree for the
killing of Judge Thornton L. Massie.
They recommended that his punish7
ment be fixed at fifteen years in the
State penitentiary at Richmond.
, Sentence was suspended in order
that the prisoner may testify in the
trial of others charged with shoot~
ing up the Carroll county court on
* March 14 last, when five persons
t were killed by the Allen clan.
Other Cases Against Claude.
J Four other /indictments against
" Claude Allen are pending, on any
I nno of -crhirh hp. mav be found eruilty
| of first degree murder. The prose_
| cution taking advantage of this fact,
4 sprung a surprise on the defence
when it announced that it would next
go into the trial of Claude Allen for
the murder of Sheriff Lewis Webb.
1 The defence raised objection to this
5 and the objection will be argued and
passed upon when court reconvenes,
! July 1.
I! Judge Staples gave instructions for
j the summoning of a venire from
j Washington county to report on July
i 9
1 J *
? Agree on Second Ballot.
j The case just ended was given to
fVio inwir of 9 - OA fViio offornrtnn an(f
| L11C JU1 ? 0.0 . O V lUio uicviuvvu.
3 i
j | the first ballot taken stood 9 for
j I second degree murder, two for first:
21 degree and one for manslaughter,
j | The second ballot was unanimous.
Just before adjournment Judge
j j Staples ordered that the prisoners be
j taken to the Roanoke jail, pending
: the reconvening of the Wythe county
11 court, and five of them left to-night
! under a guard of detectives.
3
~ j Byrd Marion was again released
| to-day under $1,000 bond.
~l Jim Brown killed Bub Elrod in
t j Brushy Creek township, Anderson
3 j county, on Sunday?both negroes.
I The difficulty was about a woman.
Hats and caps the largest selection
t in Augusta; straw hats $1.00 up;
, $8.00 Panamas at $4.75; Stetson
; and other fine makes $2.25 up. Caps
1 and hats, a full line, 25c up. Write
- j F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga.
j?
BEGS FOR SURGEON'S KIFE.
Convicted Man Anxious to be Curt
of Gambling Mania.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 31.?Willia
L. Bernard, 30, of Columbus, who t
day pleaded guilty to having pawnt
$540 worth of samples of a loc
knitting company to pay New Yoi
gambling debts, asked the court '
permit an operation on his brain
cure his craving for gambling. Be
nard desired the operation rathi
than a prison sentence.
Bernard said his gambling fevi
robbed him of all reason; that he b
lieved an operation would cure hit
but if not, he nevertheless would 1
happy to have given surgical sciem
opportunity to determine whether
gambling mania might be cured wil
a knife.
The prosecuting attorney agre<
to have an examination made 1
alienists, and, pending their repoi
sentence was postponed.
Woman Dipped in Barrel of Tar.
Baltimore, May 29.?Details we:
learned to-day of the beating and ta
ring of Mrs. Mary Holzman in Oces
City, Md., last Tuesday night by
gang of vigilantes. These men brol
into her home, kicked and beat hi
and dipped her in a vat of tar in tl
presence of her 11-year-old son, wl
made desperate efforts to protect h
mother. When the vigilantes h?
gone, the woman left the town ai
sought shelter in the home of To
Jones, a negro, three miles out in tl
country.
It is charged that the town officia
were in collusion with the vigilant
and allowed the lights of the town
be extinguished while the tarring wi
in progress.
Sheriff Hanson, by instruction <
State Attorney Johnson, visited Mr
Holzman at the Jones home. She cl
clared she had been the victim of d
famatory gossip, which led to the a
sault. Mrs. Holzman says the m?
who attacked her were fisherme
She was known in the community i
"Red Light," and resentment w;
aroused against her because of tl
charge made that she harbored cc
ored men. She declares that there
absolutely no truth in the report ai
maintains that the offensive epith
applied to her is entirely unjustifie
She assured Sheriff Hanson that si
is not afraid of an investigation.
"It was 10 o'clock Tuesday night
said Mrs. Holzman to-day, "when
was awakened by the smashing
glass in the room where I slept,
was frightened, of course. Hard
had I time to put a few clothes (
when the door was burst in. Tl
men numbered about ten. Three
recognized (and she gave tl
names). The others I-did not kno1
When I screamed, they struck n
and sometimes kicked me. ' Eve
tooth I have is loose, and the cone
tion of my face you can see for you
self. My back and limbs are bla<
and blue from the blows and kicl
they gave me.
"Some of the men grabbed n
around the neck, and others by tl
arms. They also caught my fee
Holding me in this way, they start<
from the house. ^ My son scream*
when I was first struck. They box*
his ears and threatened him. Oi
man waved a big pocket knife, tl
kind sailors carry. He threaten*
to run it through me if I did n
keep quiet. Another had an oa
He said he would knock out n
brains. They rushed with me fro
the house to a barrel of tar, in whi<
I was thrown. They forced n
J x:i i i _ t j_. _ _
uuwu, until my wnuie Doay was co
ered. Some of it still clings to me
She turned her head. Traces
the tar were plainly visible on tl
back of her neck.
"The lights wer out," continu<
Mrs. Holzman. "I knew that tl
town officials were aiding the me
because the lights continued out f<
half an hour. When the men finis
ed their work the whole town w;
lighted as usual. After I had been
the tar barrel for perhaps ten mi
utes, they dragged me out, threw n
on a drying board close by and waL
ed slowly away.
"I was too frightened to do an
thing, but the cries of my son a
tracted the attention of Elmer Jone
son of Captain Jones of the Isle i
Wight life saving station. He to
me to come to his father's hous
Water was heated by a colored gii
A gallon of coal oil must have be*
used in getting the tar off, and sti
some of it sticks." '
Mrs. Hoizman's face was discolo
ed from the blows and is still bad
disfigured.
Warrants have been issued for tl
arrest of the three men she reco;
nized. Constable Campbell took tl
warrants to Ocean City. Word he
gone to the railroad station, whei
probably 100 men had gathered.
is believed there would have been z
outbreak if an effort had been mac
to serve the warrants.
Suits from $10.00 up, all woo
pants $2.00 up; rubber coats, f<
rain or dust, $5.00 and up. Wri
F. G. MERTINS, the clothier, Ai
gusta, Ga.
i
NOT GUILTY OF KILLING BABIES.
?d Brooklyn Woman is Acquitted of
Charge of Poisoning Infants.
ra New York, May 30.?Winifred
o- Ankers, the young woman accused of
id poisoning nine babies in the Brookal
lyn hospital and infants home, has
*k been acquitted. The crowd which
to filled the court room cheered the verto
diet.
r- The indictment against Miss Anker
ers, who was a kitchen helper at the
nursery, with causing the death of
er only one of the children. As other
e- indictments are still pending, she will
n, be held in $2,000 bail. An important
3e point in her favor during the trial
ee was made through testimony that
a her "confession" of the alleged ofth
fenses had been obtained by threats
of taking away her baby, which was
id an inmate of the nursery, but which
Dy she had been permitted to care for
t, after her arrest.
It is believed by many that the
verdict of acquittal on the first indictment
practically will end the case
re against Miss Ankers.
r" Threo Die on One Scaffold,
m
a Jacksonville, May 31.?Eugene
ce Baxter, alias Eugene Nelson, Tom
sr White and Steve Johnson, all colored,
le were hanged at St. Augustine this
10 morning from the same scaffold. Baxis
ter and White were convicted of the
id murder of Simon Silverstein, a Jackid
sonville grocer, on March 2, while
m Johnson confessed to the murder of
ie another negro in St. John's county.
Baxter and White denied any knowlls
edge of the crime for which they
es died, professing their innocence even
to on the scaffold.
as Both were convicted on circumstantial
evidence and were given a
of trial in St. John's county on a change
s. of venue from Duval county after
e- threats of mob violence here. Silvere
stein's murder was a sensation here
s- for many days, his wife and two chil?n
dren who have now recovered, laying
a. for almost two weeks almost at the
as point of death at a local hospital as
as the result of blows inflicted by the
ie murderer who killed the husband
>1- and father.
^ Shot Wife in Quarrel.
et Gaffney, June 2.?Sheriff Thomas
this morning received a message from
10 a person, who refused to divulge his
name, saying, that a tragedy had oc?
curred in the Macedonia section of
1 the county and asking that the offleers
come at once. Deputy Sheriff
* Watkins was dispatched to the scene,
and he found that a negro named
)n Frank Shippey had on Friday shot
3e his wife, fatally wounding her. There
1 is no explanation of why the officers
3e were not communicated with at an
w- earlier date.
3e A Cowpens doctor had been called
ry to see the woman either Friday or
Saturday, but after making an exr~
amination, he left, stating that her
spinal column was shot through, and
^s that she could not recover. Officer
Watkins arrested Shippey and lodged
3e him in the county jail here. The
3e negro says that he was having a quarJt.
rei with his wife and that she at-d
tempted to shoot, him. He wrested
the weapon from her and fired one
2d shot, which took effect in her back,
ie he claims.
le
3(j And the Dog Came Back.
ot "
A bird dog belonging to a man in
Mulvane disappeared last week and
3y the owner suspected it had been
stolen. So he put this "ad" in the
paper and insisted that it be printed
exactly as he wrote it:
V~ LOST OR RUN AWAY?One livver
culered burd dog called Jim.
Will show signs of hyderfobby in
20
about three days.
The dog came home the following
day.
le ^
n, FALLS FROM SECOND STORY.
or
h- Child's Head Strikes Pavement, but.
as Only Slightly Hurt.
in ?
n- Memphis, May 31.?Surgeons at
ie the City Hospital here are nonplussed
k- at the case of Katherine Gilmore, 2,
who yesterday fell from a secondy
story window, alighting on her head
.t- on the pavement and was rushed to
!S, the hospital in the belief that her
of skull was farctured.
Id The child suffered only unimporte.
ant scalp wounds and frets at the
-1. restraint imposed by nurses to-day.
^ Dr. Wiley Offered $7,500 Job.
LAI
Boston, May 30.?Dr. Harvey W.
r" Wiley, the foremost authority on matters
of health sanitation and pure
food in the world and editor of Good
ie Housekeeping Magazine, may be
g" named chairman of the Boston board
ie of health.
IC* Mayor Fitzgerald returned to Bosre
ton to-day from Washington. While
there he called upon Dr. Wiley. He
in tendered him the office and offered
ie a salary of $7,500 a year.
Mayor Fitzgerald said:
j. "Dr. Wiley is to cons''er the mator
ter and let me know later."
te
u- Highest prices paid for beef cattle.
H. G. DELK, Bamberg, S. C.
AMERICAN GIRL A SUICIDE.
Paris Music Pupil Sends Bullet
Through Her Heart.
Paris, June 2.?Miss Margaret
Cravens, of Madison, Ind., committed
suicide this morning in her apartments
at 29 Rue du Colise. She shot
herself through the heart with a revolver,
death being instantaneous.
Miss Cravens received a letter
from America Friday, which seemed
to affect her greatly. She was a
member of a well known Indiana
family and was believed to have considerable
private means. She came 0
to Paris five or six years ago to study a
music. j
THREE BURIED IN ONE GRAVE. *
Boys Die from Rattlesnake Bites, |
Baby Drowns. x
Do1a!(,>i "Vf o it Q1 Ttlti 'nrtva a P'od ^
eight and six, died as the result of
rattlesnake bites, and a baby was
drowned when the mother, Mrs.
George Adams, went to the rescue of
the brothers, according to news re- ?
ceived here to-day from Greenville. J
The tragedy occurred just across the
line in Craven county on Wednesday.
The boys were attacked by the <
snake when they attempted to take a
hen off the nest. The mother was ^
washing clothes, with the baby near- ^
by, when attracted by their cries. After
aiding her sons she returned to 1
find the baby had climbed into the "
tub and drowned. The three children
were buried in the same grave.
Need No Jim Crow Air Ships.
Sandy Hoyle, negro janitor of. the
Greenfield Advocate, listened to a discussion
by the foreman and the intelligent
compositor qd the commercial
possibilities of the?aeroplane. Sandy
seemed deeply interested, but at the 2
close of the conversation he shook his
head solemnly and said.
"White folks may do great things
with them flying machines, but one
thing I knows fo' suttin?they wont
never need no Jim Crow cars on 'em."
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