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TOOK HER FROM GRAVE. \rA s But Husband Failed to Revive Corpse Mf of His Wife. Naperville, 111., June 25.?One of the weirdest struggles against death Va that the world has record of oc- th< curred at Naperville, this week; the cat * 24-hour struggle of Charles Hillegan in to bring his wife, who died, back ch; to life. And when it failed the "ri heart broken man s tnreaa or reason mj snapped. He is pow a raving ma- in? niac in the jail at Naperville, the sai victim of the most crushing grief da; that human being can experience. sui . The pen of Edgar Allen Poe never gn wrote anything more appealingly pathetic than the simple story of Chas. Ph Hillegan. ma Mrs. Hillegan died while visiting a . relatives in Seattle, Wash., two Va weeks ago. When informed that his oni wife was dead Hillegan would not believe it. Even when the body was taken from the baggage car at Na- Va perville, he insisted that a physician Th should be called and efforts made del to revive her. During the funeral ser- ha: vices in the simple home he sobbed for violently and completely collapsed I when the coffin bearing the body of wa his wife to the grave, was carried fro from the house. It was necessary to Jai +qVo him tn bed and eive him medi- ya] tal assistance. the He remained in bed the following day until nightfall. As soon as it se\ began to get dark, he stealthily do1 crawled out, hastliy dressed himself dis and, armed with a shotgun, an axe tui and a spade, he crept through the stu shadows to the silent cemetery, the There he sought out the freshly- the ? made grave, laid the axe and shot- dre gun at the head, and began to dig. wh Hillegan is 50 years old and in by frail condition, and it took practi- wa cally the entire night for him to reach the box that held the coffin. ] This he smashed with the axe. The the lid was removed from the coffin in S?n the same manner, but more gently. ci0 Hillegan then tenderly lifted the 0f body of his wife from the coffin and cei out of the grave, and, struggling un- Bil der his crushing burden, both men- a ( tal and physical, began the two-mile < walk to his nome. How he sue- 0f ceeded in making this long trip his b0( relatives do not know and he prob- the ably will never be able to tell. But ya , he made it, trudging through the to gate and back to a shop in the rear tha of his home shortly after sunrise. He ha< Dlaced the body tenderly upon a joc bench in the shed, raised the head t0_ slightly with a pillow and armed C0I with his shotgun, then went to at the house for food. Relatives re- 0n( monstrated with him, but Hillegan the sternly reproved them. Waving his ya shotgun, he ordered them to leave Ch2 him alone with his wife. "You robbed me of her once be- , fore," he said. "You can't do it ,now-" the He took food and a little bottle of camphor to the shed and began ja the work of trying to restore life in ^ the body of his loved one. He rub- ^ bed camphor upon the cold brow, ^ then offered food to the lips that re- reg * fused to open. t This process he continued for t hours. Meanwhile word had gone ^ out through the village that Hillegan was trying to "work a miracle." A crowd soon congregated about the ground, but nobody ventured inside __ri on ' the enclosure. Hillegan made occasional trips to the fence, trained his , shotgun on the most curious and warned them against interfering with him. of All day long Hillegan worked in j the little shed, his eyes growing wild- ^ ^ er in their look and his movements y more uncertain each hour. Then the at TT-nnf rln-ct'Ti qnr? cvenine' descend- ? ouu """" w ur] ed, and with the shadows came .the realization that his work was in vain. . ? *r . ? Ch? The tears began running down his cheeks. His emotion continued to see grow until, after one exceptionally h bitter outburst his reason gave way c] v and he became a raving maniac. Officers removed him to jail, and rela- se* tives tenderly returned the body of his wife to her grave in the cemetery. ( A Patriotic Toast. vel vel At a Fourth of July dinner in flef Shanghai, the English consul toasted ^ the British flag. He said: hig "Here is to tha Union Jack, the he flag of flags, the flag that has floated ch? in every land on every sea for a .Q thousand years, the flag or which the sun never sets." QrJ It was strong sentiment, and the ^ Americans were a little overawed, t until Eli Perkins was called to toast < k the Stars and Stripes. fr0 Looking into the proud faces of WQ the Englishmen, he said: yai "Here is to the Stars and Stripes dill of the new republic. When the settine sun liehts ud her stars in Alaska, 0, w w VU' the rising sun salutes her on the ^ rock bound coast of Maine. It is the rev flag of liberty, never lowered to any c foe, and the only flag that whipped ^ the flag on which the sun never sets." ash $25.00 up, suits to order of fine *n woolens, fit perfect; also ready-made not clothes, all wool, from $10.00 up, a v wash suits $4.00 up. Write F. G. AIERTIN&, Augusta, Ga. 3 LUGHX SAWS WAY TO LIBERTY. m Chained With Heinous Crimes a Fugitive. Greenville, June 26.?T. U. ,ughn, former superintendent of 3 Odd Fellows' Orphan Home, lo:ed near Greenville, and a prisoner the county jail since May 31, arged with the triple crime of ape, living in adultery and procur; abortion," the alleged victim be; an orphan girl under his care, ved his way to liberty early toy and to-night flees before the puring arm of the law, with the odds jatly in his favor. At 2 o'clock this morning Jailer illips was aroused by a negro worn prisoner, who was confined in cell on the second floor, above ughn's cell, telling him that some e was escaping from below. Trvrv T ,o f/i JL W JLIHiV* Before the jailer could reach ughn's cell, the bird had flown, e alarm was quickly spread and a :ermined, but unsuccessful search s been made throughout the day the fleeing prisoner, t is practically certain that Vaughn s aided by one or more persons >m the outside, and it is said that iler Phillips rushed out into the *d i:i time to see two men go over i jail yard fence. The prisoner made his escape by rering a section of one of the win5V bars with a hack saw. A short tance from the point where he nbled over the jail yard fence, he mbled and on the spot "was found ^ saw frame, pieces of the blade, i prisoner's hat and a letter adissed to him. The hole through ich the man went measured twelve seven inches and only one bar s sawed in twain. Bible Found in Cell, in the vaeant cell to-day was seen i section of the bar the man had ved out. It had been wrapped in ths to deaden the rasping sound the hack saw. On the floor of the 1 cell lay the prisoner's thumbed )le, a copy of Whittier's Poems and lopy of ''Pilgrim's Progress." Some rather ugly looking evidence carelessness on the part of somely, and which throws suspicion on i man's brother, in assisting ughn to escape, has been brought light to-day. It is reliably stated it the man's brother purchased the :k saw and three blades from a al hardware concern a week ago day, and Chief of Police Holnbe, who learned of this purchase that time, stated to-day that he at :e notified the deputy sheriff and i jailer to be on the alert, as ughn's brother had that day purised a hack saw and blades. Mortgaged Home. The fugitive is evidently well suped with money, as the records in i office of the register of mesne lveyance show that since he was .ced in jail he mortgaged his home the sum of $4,000. He is a man rather keen intellect, is well inmed, and the county authorities dize that they have a difficult task perform if they capture him. As whether he is armed they do not DW. The Vaughn case created someng of a sensation in Greenville en the warrant for his arrest was Dm out. Worse Than Reported. The press, out of consideration for i Odd FePows' Order and the orm children at the home, and out respect for the sensibilties of the Dlic, has suppressed a volume of ails of the heinousness of the life aghn is charged with having led the time he was in charge of the ?han Home. Vhile the warrant against him irges him with wronging only one 1, a statement in writing has been n wherein this girl states that of own knowledge Vaughn wronged of the orphans in addition to herf. Vaughn Still Flees Pursuers. jreenville, June 28.?The only deopment?if it can be called a deopment?yesterday in the case of >ing T. U. Vaughn, who Wednes 7 morning unceremoniously look leave of the county jail cell which had been occupying since May 31, Lrged with a most diabolical crime connection with his guardianship orphan girls at the Odd Fellows phanage, was the increasing of i reward for his capture from $200 $700. Sheriff Poole received a telegram m Gov. Blease stating that he uld increase the reward for ughn's capture to $600. Of this ount $500 will be paid by the ,te and $100 by Gov. Blease as an d Fellow. The $100 reward offerby Sheriff Poole makes the total 'ard $700. Sheriff Poole stated iast night that re was "nothing to give out" when :ed if there were any developments the Vaughn chase. He said he did ; expect any developments under reek's time. : fcub-My Tism wfll cure you. SHOOTING IN COLUMBIA. Conflicting Reports About Affair Between White Men. Columbia, June 27.?J. H. Altee, who runs a restaurant near the Union Station, shot and seriously wounded Henry Times this afternoon, the ball striking the latter's nose and ranging downwards. The wounded man was rushed to the hosiptal and given attention. His condition is serious. Altee was lodged in jail, where he will be held awaiting the outcome of his victim's fight for life. Both parties are white. Reports as to the cause of the affray are conflicting. One is that Times, who is from Augusta, Ga., went into Altee's place .of business and playfully told Altee to "hold up your hands," making a move towards his hip pocket, whereupon Altee, in the same spirit, reached for what he thought was an old pistol, but picked up a good gun, pointed it at Times and fired, the bullet striking the latter's nose and ranging inwards, and it is feared may have cut an artery. The ball is said to be lodged near the back of the neck. Another report was that Altee placed his gun in Times's face and fired. vicciiio1 Ruhbincr. Deciding that "kissing is a menace to health and decency," the Milwaukee Physicians' association will attempt to secure legislation making it a punishable offense. They suggest rubbing noses as a popular substitute. We doubt whether this or any other imitation or substitute, such as touching heads,, brushing cheeks, etc., will ever become really popular among a highly civilized people educated to the genuine and refined article. Kissing is regarded with disgust in China and Japan. It is even unknDwn among Polynesians, Malays, negroes at home and Indians of South America. These latter rub noses or bite or smell instead. The Samoans (save tne mara:) aiso iuuiv upuu kissing with disgust. But the kiss is almost the token of true civilization. It has been questioned only on grounds of propriety in isolated instances, as when a Roman senator was censured for kissing his wife in his daughter's presence, or s.s when the bishop, kissed the wife of Rudolph of Hapsburg on receiving her, for which the bishop was banished. Kissing has been considered canny and respectable by the higher-minded since before the dawn of Christianity. It has been fairly popular among civilized and progressive peoples since the 11th century. It was the rage in the 15th, and the only doubt about it was as to whether it was expedient. Showing in what esteem it was held in high places, an old sermon of the 15th century informs us that a young bejle of rank in France would rise in the midst of divine service, incommoding everybody, to kiss on the mouth a cavalier who entered the churph at that dramatic moment. In mqdern times, indeed, even some hajfcivilized and barbarian peoples, ipcluding the Hottentots, have bepn taught the beauty and value of tjie kiss. It has remained for modepn Americans to find it uncanny. Rubbing noses, however, will fye found appropriate for these snoopeps who stick their noses into other pepple's private affairs. Yet some such noses are likely to get rubbed tl^e wrong way.?St. Louis Post.DispatcI|. ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL ASSAULT White Man in Richland Jail Facing Serious Charge. Columbia, June 27.?J. C. Easterling, a white man, was arrested an(^ lodged in jail here to-day on th^ charge of attempted criminal assault on a little 11-year-old white girl yesterday afternoon at Ridgewood, a suburb of this C'ty. Easterling is said to have been an intimate friend of the family of the child and they permitted her to accompany him to Ridgewood. It is stated that another man says that the little girl ran co him and asked him to protect her from Easterling, but that the latter denied the child's story and came on to the city, although under the influence of drink at the time. It was on a warrant sworn out by the father of the child that the arrest was made and the man lodged in jail. A preliminary examination has not yet been arranged for. Safe in Penitentiary. Ed Alexander, the negro, who was arrested by Sheriff Hood, of Fairfield county yesterday, charged with hav ing attempted criminal assault on a white woman near Rion, in that county, was rushed to the penitentiary this morning for safekeeping. Alexander was arrested yesterday near Broad river and hurried to Chester last night, and from there brought to the penitentiary. This "was done to avoid any possible mob violence. ? We recover all kinds of umbrellas, also make buttons. Send us the goods and state size wahted. F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. READY TO BE SHOT. George Barry, of Milton, Mass., Tells of His War Experience. Optimistic, with a ready laugh and a hearty handshake, every man, woman and child in his neighborhood knows and loves George Barry and can distinguish his horse and cart among all those that help to make and keep Milton roads smooth and delightful to the pleasure driver, says the Boston Globe. "I was twenty-four when I enlisted and went to Washington with the rest of the Milton boys," said Mr. Barry. "From there we marched to Manchester, Pa., to head off Early, but he was away to Gettysburg. We were all tired out and most of the boys had lain down, but I belonged to the mess and had gone to a spring about a mile for a bucket of water. When I returned the regiment was moving to the battlefield, only a few stragglers, like myself, being left behind. I snatched up a cup of coffee and we took after them. Marching all nighc, by noon the next day we covered the 40 miles between Manchester and Gettysburg, and there the first thing we saw was the burying of the dead. It wasn't an inspiring sight to a tired, hungry man. "Bushes? You just bet! There weren't any macadamized roads or velvety lawns around Gettysburg those days. We struggled through bushes so thick you couldn't see the man next to you. When we got behind Little Round Top we laid down for sleep, for we didn't take an active part in that battle, but were held in reserve. "There were a good many hot fights but I guess Spottsylvania was about the hottest. Cedar Creek was another; the Johnnies got in our rear and we had to fall back about three miles, but General Wright rallied us and was ready to sound the advance when Sheridan came on the field. The men cheered and hurrahed when he rode down the line and he, instead of Wright, gave'the orde~ to advance, but we'd have gone just the same if he had been in Japan. ''No, we were not in the battle of Antietam, being detailed to guard Harper's Ferry, and it was late in the afternoon with the fighting all done when we arrived on the field. The dead were lying where they had fallen and we lay down among them X to snatch a few hours' rest, expecting to renew the fight in the morning "When we were in winter quarters at Falmouth, Burnside was superceded by Fighting Joe Hooker and he put the regiments in splendid shape. There was only a small stream between us and the Johnnies, while the best of feeling prevailed on both sides. Our pickets and theirs did quite a commercial busness. The gray-backs rigged up a miniature boat, which they named 'The Louse,' and when the wind blew from the south they would send it over loaded with tobacco; then when it blew from the north we would return it loaded with sugar and coffee. "When the weather grew warm our men wrent in bathing, and, one day, a shot was fired from the Johnny side, which struck one of our men and killed him instantly. Hooker sent an officer over the river with a flag of truce to learn what it meant and Lee informed him that he had not heard of the event, but would inquire and if the culprit could be found he would deliver him up to our general for punishment. A few days afterward a boat carrying a white flag came over the river, bringing the man who fired the shot. Hooker immediately summoned a court martial, the man was tried, found guilty and sentenced to be shot the next day. Accordingly a grave was dug, a coffin placed beside it and the man was brought out and ordered to kneel upon it. Then his sentence was read to him, the firing party took position in front of him and his eyes were bandaged. After a few minutes of silence the bandage was removed and he was told that as he was not considered worth the powder to shoot him he would be sent back over the river. What was done with him there we never learned, but no more men were killed while bathing." Queer Mental Quirks. Doctor's sign in Montreal: <4Do not absolutely abandon hope until you have seen me." Notice at Stone Lake: "Boys, no bathing allowed while ladies are around without suits." At Highland, N. J.: "Ten dollars reward for mutilating this poster." We'd do it for half the money. Advertisement in the El Paso Times: "Wanted, to know the whereabouts of Fred Campbell, who died in Chihuahua four years ago." A Western editor is frank enough to say: "We print this paper to go into the homes and fireplaces of our people." From the Buenos Ayres Standard: "Wanted, situation as plain cook! no objection to doing a little plain cooking." Evidently a very accommodating person.?Boston Transcript. BURGLARS MAKE $400 HAUL. Rob Aiken Trolley Line Pow House?Bloodhounds on Trail. Aiken, June 30.?The pow house, near Clearwater, of the A gusta-Aiken Electric and Railwj Corporation, was entered by two < more persons at a late hour lastnig! and cash approximaing $400 tak< from a heavy iron-bound chest. T1 nocturnal burglary was pulled c successfully, the robbers making clean get away without apprehensic or of any clue as to their identity. The robbery was discovered at < early hour this morning and a speci car run out to Aiken, when the a thorities at this place were notified ' the affair. A telegram was sent the State penitentiary calling for tl bloodhounds, and these came in th afternoon with Mr. Jacobs, a penite tiary guard, and the party was tran ported by a through trolley car the scene of the robbery. The ro bers left tracks behind them, ai from these the dogs immediately toe up the trail. It is expected that capture will be effected before mor ing. The chase began at 6 o'clo< this afternoon. The robbers were evidently we acquainted with their surroundini and the conditions prevailing, it b ing necessary for the conductors deposit their collections over night the power house, and the big ir< chest was used for that purpose, was pried open with a crowbar, < some equally effective lever, thouj previously it had been consider* proof against entrance. This is the first crime of its kii that has been perpetrated in Aik< county within a considerable peri* of time, and in a sense the affair h; created something of a sensation. "UNLOADED" PISTOL TRAGED Accidental Killing in Rock Hill M: Village. Rock Hill, June 28.?The "u loaded" pistol got another victi here last night, when John W. Ste enson, aged 20, in the presence of h widowed mother and brother, at the home in the Manchester Mill villag was accidentally shot through t] heart and instantly killed by W Poole, a boy of 15 years, while han ling a pistol. 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