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MANY CRIMINAL* GREA1 Convicts Have Given the Contrivances.?A ] Things Discove It is but repeating a nacKneyea < truism to affirm that many a noted ; 1 criminal has shown himself possess-; < ed of brain power, which, if it had : ] * been utilized in a legitimate fashion, ! i would have enabled its possessor to | < attain to a position of fame and af-1' ftuence. Some have proved them- i selves inventors of no mean ability, 1 and only the other day publicity was; '< given to a convict's remarkable in-1 < vention. This is a machine design- 1 ed to prevent the alteration of checks < or the forging of signature to nego-1i tiable paper, and the inventor, who | < is at present a convict in a Califor- : nia prison, has patented his prisonborn idea. i About three years ago a convict 1 left the State prison of Waltham, 2 Mass., a rich man on account of his ( ingenious contrivance which he had 1 invented. A great lover of mechan- ( * ics, he perfected a device which abol- 'l ? iches the necessity of a bobbin in a 1 sewing machine, and, better still, he 'c sold his own invention to a New ( York company for $100,000. * Thermite, which has. helped latter-day science and mechanics to such 1 an extent, was discovered by a noto- 1 rious scientific criminal named Fritz 1 Von Schmitz, known to the European ^ police as "Count Ether," because of his ability to vanish as quickly as that volatile spirit. So terrific is the heat obtained with the use of thermite that the best steel melts like wax in a fire, and as quickly. Nearly $10,000,000 were stolen from the strong , rooms of London, Parisian and Ber- . lin banks during the early part of { ^ % 189o, and thermite was the open se- ? same on each occasion. But Von J Schmidt shot his bolt when he attempted to patent his discovery. He offered to show a patent agent in Belgium a sample of his effectiveness i-1 r, * by making nis way miu me agem o, safe. Half an hour later he was be- j ? ing cared for by the police. Charles Woodstock,- who was I j known among his own class as "the king of coiners," and one of the most ^ desperate of men, invented in prison, r among other things, a baby's rattle, , a murderous steel-toothed burglar trap, an anti-nicotine pipe, and a } hooked contrivance which, placed in-| ^ , t * side the vest pocket, would secure a man's watch from being snatched by r pickpockets. Another celebrated coiner, a Man- J Chester (England) man, whose bestknown alias was Henry Harvey, pro-! duced a coin-making machine, and so perfect and satisfactory in every j , ? detail that the German, French and {, Italian mints are all using it to-day. j Unfortunately for Harvey, he could not resist the temptation to turn coin er on his own account, and the result ' is that, instead of now drawing over 110,000 a year in royalties on his in- ^ vention, he is at present leading a i healthy if monotonous life at Portland penitentiary. The medical fraternity have every reason to be thankful to a certain Du j s Challion, whose inventive genius gave, to the world the hypodermic syringe. ] This syringe is, and has been now for many years, one of the most bene j? j ficial of medical instruments, auu: thousands of lives are saved annually j, by its timely aid. Du Challion was a j ( man gifted with exceptional powers, I and gave promise of a brilliant medi- j cal career, but an unfortunate esca-1, * pade shut him out from intercourse i with all self-respecting men. He; drifted into crime, and formed a , "crime school," where the young j genius of Paris, stimulated by the hypodermic syringe, accomplished j deeds of daring and roguery thati > . were absolutely amazing. The school' was eventually raided, but the pre- j I siding genius of the establishment escaped. Sufficient, however, was re-: > vealed at the trial to show that all j his great coups had been the work ; of boys, who had been wrought up to j a steelness of nerve by means of aj syringe. The value of the syringe j was obvious, and medical men all: over the world soon took full advant-! age of the instrument which the tal-: ented criminal had so extensively j ? used to accomplish his evil deeds. It is to another scientific burglar j ? ~ ~ **' ^ 4 * Trk'h n of r\r\ nu r\'' o r> H ! t U C LilC DUIIUOIUU [/UU1(> uuu 1 "helmet." With the aid of these ap- ^ l pliances a diver is not only enabled; to descend to great depths in the sea, but also to explore caves, and turn six or seven sharp corners while un- j , aer water, a thing which was quite impossible before. The inventor, Ar- j thur Johnston, was a burglar, and it I was to enable him to enter one of the I largest banks in London that his j "pump" and "helmet" were invented. For a number of years, Johnson con- j fessed, he had kept an eye on the i bank, even procuring a job as porter j in it so that he might make more j > POSSESS r BRAIN POWER s wa i World Many Valuable Li: Few of the Many ^ sred by Them. bu ins ?? ric certain of his ground when it came Sa io the crucial moment. Then he rent- th< sd a house near by and set to work. un He discovered that a kind of sewr to ran under the bank's strong room, va: md from it he meant to chisel his he way up into tne "'treasure trove ibove. But it was impossible to stop ong in the sewer without some guard Pa against the chance of being dro\ynad. Then he invented his pump and lelmet, and, although he himself fail- do ?d in his daring scheme, his inven:ion has enabled men to explore we depths which were previously be- W3 fond them. hii Even Charles Peace, that most renarkable and notorious criminal, his when not engaged in "business" was sa] i man of many ingenius pursuits, and So jould have earned a handsome com- sh< petence by other and manlier meth- ,,va )ds than crib-cracking. His skill as se' i violinist was well known, but few As were aware of the fact that the in- wa i man of many ingenious pursuits, and frc .exceedingly ingenious method of fix- lea ng the hair of a violin bow. Wainwright, the murderer or Har iet Lane, while awaiting trial for lis dastardly crime, invented a brush- pa naking machine.?Buffalo News. sei ne Little Girl Assaulted and Murdered. an he Carmel, Me., July 25.?The dis;overv of the body of 14-year-old Na .. of imi Etta Mitchell in a cornfield near ;he town, her throat cut from ear to ph jar, and much of her clothing torn iway, brought to light to-day a mur- in? dr( ler which the authorities believe to tre ie the work of a mad man. To-night search is being made for a farm hand vho was seen in the vicinity last m light. He was at one time an inmate t0 >10 )f the Bangor insane asylum. This on nan has not been at home since last light. The murder apparently was com- * nitted early last evening. The child, mc i daughter of Phineas Mitchell, a eni Mr 'armer, had been sent to a grocery, a * nile distant after supper. She made sai ler purchases and started home. That was the last time she was seen sh< ilive. u Searchers to-day came across the tr )odv in the cornfield. The girl's rai lands had been tied behind her back ind a gag placed over her mouth. wa There were many indications of a m? struggle. Her bundles were found se( piled up by the roadside and $14 kil cvhich she had on her person was un:ouched. no The man for whom search is being a made was in the store when the child tfl< made her purchases and followed her down the road. ha Public feeling has been aroused to i high pitch and threats of summary ha vengeance, should the man be :aught, were freely made in the village to-night. S01 Physicians who examined the body declared the girl was the victim of an assault before she was killed. w* kii BARNWELL COUNTY KILLING. a m< Robert B. Sanders, Farmer, Slain by Bi His White Employee. an his Barnwell, July 24.?Mr. Robert B. kn Sanders, of Red Oak Township, this els county, was shot and killed yesterday by Jesse Owens, a white employee on ws Mr. Sanders's place. The particulars th; of the homicide are very meagre, but Bi from what can be learned ther? Bi seems to have been a difficulty of ol< some sort between the wives of San- ta: ders and Owens. The weapon used off was a shotgun. Practically the entire th load hit Mr. Sanders in the face, caus- of ing death in a few minutes. w< Mr. Sanders was a well-to-do, high- loi ly respected citizen of Red Oak Town- th ship, and has always been considered he a quiet, peaceable man. Owens had \v? only been working for him as a farm wl hand for a few months. an mi GAIXES IX SCRAP. to ?? ha Former Tennessee Congressman Whips Xegro Chauffeur. cr an Nashville, Tenn., July 20.?John po Wesley Gaines, former Congressman \y from the Nashville district, early to- al] day became angered when a negro chauffeur narrowly missed running hi him down with an automobile, and, th climbing over the radiator of the be moving car, began to belabor the in thoroughly frightened black. The ou chauffeur, in trying to defend himself dc against the enraged ex-congressman, fo lost control of the machine, which ed crashed into a telegraph pole and w< broke things up considerably, also Bi the fight. No one was seriously in- to jured. tr; Gaines was later arrested on a charge of asault and battery but was to releasel on bond. ba WOUXDEI) AND ROBBED. ! BI ut!i Carolina M;qi Victim of Thugs j Hi in Savannah. Savannah. Ga., July 25.?While .Iking through the Atlantic Coast dr ae yards last night, V. R. Caldwell Ri s shot by two negroes, who held Mi 21 up and robbed him of $90. The cit llet entered his left shoulder, caus- to; a painful, but not necessarily se- to us wound. He was taken to the hij vannah hospital. The police, al- fe( augh investigating the case, were able to obtain any clue upon which es work. Caldwell has been in Sa- wi nnah only two weeks, having come all re from Lake City, S. C., with his be fe, and was looking for work. foi Although suffering a good deal of in, Caldwell, managed to walk from on tere he had been shot to the freight su ice, where he half fell into the frt or, with the cry, "I'm snot. In one of his back pockets Cald11 stated he had $90, in $10 bills. ben the man who was searching ii reached back to the pocket in elc tich the money was, * he says he Ta ide a grab for his hand. At the ed ne time the other negro shot him. di< close was the revolver when the Dt was fired that Caldwell's shirt loi s blackened by the powder for ya reral inches around the wound, wi the shot was fired the negro who ne s after the money grabbed the $90 th? >m his pocket and the two ran, we iving him on the ground. flu - sis Bilkins. Bilkins is' made up of ten equal ^ rts, two human, one goodness, an<? >-en mischief or devilment. He e\ ed ver has a bad taste in his mouth. te] d if he ever had a serious thought, was alone. Before Pasteur made his discovery h. the treatment of rabies or hydro obia, Bilkins was bitten by a real id dog, and he lost no time in go- Gr I to his family physician, who pe sssed the wound, and put him on a go >atment much to his liking. He fa! d Bilkins to keep up that treat- su ?nt for three weeks at least, and bo have all the fun and mischief that trs could, to play practical jokes on Tt y one and every one he could. st? So Bilkins returned home, smil- ?=? ; from ear to ear like an April an irning or a sixteen year old miss co gaged for the first time. He told ws 's. Bilkins what the doctor had wi d in regard to his treatment, and Bi course under the circumstances an 3 was willing that he should carry yo out, but not to carry either the ro :atment or the jokes to any unwar- gu ited extent. th The nearest neighbor to Bilkins to .s old man Grey. Now this old ha in knew it was his duty to go to ^Ja i Bilkins, but he feared that Bil- th is might go mad while he was It =re, and even if Bilkins did him er harm the very thoughts of. such Ja thing would kill him then and ril 2re. But the old man went one rif ?ht, and ere he saw Bilkins, he d a talk with Mrs. Bilkins, and in m; !e acl-orl hor if VlPf husband d shown any signs of going mad. ev Ikins over-heard this and right so 3n he made up his mind to have fu me fun out of old man Grey. When ni, 3 old man entered the room where co Ikins was, he wanted to know mi lat he could do for him, and Bil- w( as told him that he could give hira tie dose of medicine, which the old he in did. After taking this medicine, ev Ikins began to growl like a dog, ur d when he did so, old man Grey in m; 5 stampede out of the house, ni; ocked down chairs and everything bu ;e that came in his way. bu Bilkins saw that old man Grey of is easily frightened, and he knew at the old man had to pass by his, be lkins's home, next morning, so to Ikins was up early fixing up for m; I man Grey. Bilkins had a long w< il coat. One skirt of this he took it r. He cut two holes in a cap, and ar rough this drew out two long locks pu hair, making it appear that he was ha taring horns;' he combed out his th ag side whiskers, and did every- wl ing else to appear ugly and when w< had completed this toilet (?) he tii is a fright. He went near the road tv lere old man Grey had to pass fiF d concealed himself. Soon old ki in Grey appeared, and was talking th himself. Said he: "I know they K; ve got Bilkins chained down, fer H ; a teetotal fact that sich a crazy na itter ain't safe ter have loose HI nongst sane people: an' jess sup- oc >se he'd bite a feller in passing, to hy dog-gone ef that would do at H< l." ar Just then came Bilkins from his of ding place, looking much more like fic e devil than he did like a human th ing, growling, snarling, and bark- w g like a dog. Old man Grey yelled h( - - J Ar it, "Oh my L,ora, save me: anu iwn the road he went with Bilkins w< llowing, barking like a deep-mouth- te hound pursuing Reynard. Here fr snt old man Grey and here went eti lkins. However, the old man took hi the woods and Bilkins lost his w ail. th The night following Bilkins went W a near neighbor's, took away his ai ick steps, went to the fowl-house, XE RIDGE TRESTLE BURNED. ghest Structure of Kind in State, j Loss Fifty Thousand Dollars. Anderson, July 25.?The six huned foot wooden trestle of the Blue dge Railway, spanning Twenty-Sixle Creek, six miles west of this y, was totally destroyed by fire late day, entailing a loss of $50,000 the company. The trestle was the Shest in South Carolina, being 118 it high. Superintendent Anderson announcthat passengers, mail and baggage 11 be transferred ai the creek, but freight shipments will have to detoured by Greenville, probably r the next two months. A steel structure will replace the e destroyed. The fire to-day reIted from live coals dropped by a fight engine. Bachelor Rooster Adaps Kittens. Atlanta, July 26.?A lonely bach>r Dominicker rooster, belinging to x Receiver Armistead, has adoptfour tiny kittens whose mother id last week. The old rooster has been living in lely state in the Armistead back rd all summer. He hasn't a single fe to give him joy, and his loneliss recently became acute. When e family cat died of the heat, one >ek after giving birth to a litter of ffy little kittens the rooster inited on adopting all four. He forages for the kits, bringing em all sorts of bugs and worms, lich they canot eat, and in the ening the kittens go to sleep curlup against their be-feathered fos:-parent. Highest prices paid for beef cattle. G. DELK, Bamberg, S. C. Adam C. Welborn, an attorney of eenville, who has been a strong rsonal and political friend of the vernor for a number of years, has lien out with him and will not pport him this year. Mr. Welrn gives an account of the whole insaction in the Greenville News, lose who think the governor mds by his friends should read it. d caught an old rooster, which of urse raised an alarm that would ike even the seven sleepers. The fe of the house woke first, and lkins heard her awake her husband d said: "Jake get up, and get ur gun. An owl has got an old ester." Up got Jake, seized his n, cocked it, and made a dash for e back door, opened it, and went step on the steps as usual, but they d been removed, and down went ke, the gun barrel sticking into e earth, and off it went: ''Boom!" rebounded, and sent poor Jake seval feet under the house. Now, ke's wife after hearing such a teric report calld out: "Jake did ic report called out: "Jake did "No, doggone it! but I've killed yself, and broke both legs!" Bilkins had a spike-eared fice that ery darkey in the country wanted, he concluded to have a bushel of n, selling this fice. So the next ght he tied the fice with a strong rd, and off he went to see how any times he could sell it. He )uld make a sale, the darkey would ? the dog under the house in which lived, and Bilkins would wait till erything got quiet, and would ttie the dog, carry him off and ake another sale. For two or three ghts he kept up this fice selling, it the last sale he made, the party lying it, took it into the house, and course Bilkins couldn't get it. On the following Saturday every>dy from the Bilkins section went the nearest town, and the party aking the last purchase of the fice, ant too, carrying the fice, leading by the same cord Bilkins had tied ound its neck. Many of the other At. . 11 irchasers were in town, so tney an .ppened to meet at the same time, e party with the dog, and asked tiose dog was that she had. One )rd brought on another till in less ne than it takes to tell it, about 'o dozen darkies were in a fierce r,ht. It was Bilkins this and Bilns that and Bilkins the other, yet ey were fighting like bull-dogs or ilkenny cats, and Bilkins drove up. e saw the melee, and heard his tme being used in very high key or 1LKINS GAL 2 . . . . taves and he reined up his horse try and find out what it all meant, e happened to look on one side, id he saw a picaninny at one end a long cord, and a spike-eared :e at the other, and he knew then e cause of the mighty battle which as heine waeed. He turned his )rse toward home, and his wife >n't believe to this day that Bilkins ent to town. And Bilkins will drive n miles out of his way to keep om meeting me. And he has vowl never more to see a dog of any nd. He says the Bible is right, hen it says "the price of a dog, and ie hire of ?" oh! well never mind hat, is true, too true. "Durn a fice lyhow," says Bilkins. A. W. BRABHAM. 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I made bv a citizen is but one of the lie ueiweeu me vvuncs auu uiav^ivo. ? ? ? Sheriff Owens of Calhoun* Ernest many that have Preceded [t and the bherin uwens ot caihoun, Ernest hundreds that win follow< Read it; Johnson, of Calhoun, and Dr. Miller, Mrg L B Fowler> Elm> gt Bam. of Plainville, all of whom were shot berg, s. c? says: "My little daughby the negroes, are resting easily, ter suffered "from weak kidneys for Johnson being the only one seriously several years and she had practically ininrpri no contro1 over tll kidney secretions. bf&M injured. .. She often complained of her back When Sheriff Owens's forces were hurting her and her health was poor, reinforced early this morning by a Finally I got a box of Doan's Kidney posse of deputies under Sheriff Dune- Peoples Drug Co., as ? . .. , they had previously been used in Our hoo, of Floyd county, they stormed family with g00d results In a feyr the house in which the negroes had weeks after my daughter began taktaken refuge. The blacks were well ing them, the trouble with her kidarmed and an exchange of shots were De*s corrected and her health im1? a ? . . proved. I shall always recommend kept up until daylight,i when a rush Doan's Kidney Pills." (Statement' was made and the negroes captured, given in March, 1908.) The prisoners were placed in jail A PERMANENT CURE, at Calhoun. No attempts at lynch- Qn January 26, 1911, Mrs. Fowler ing were made, but several negroes was interviewed and she said: "It were badly beaten by infuriated gives me pleasure to again endorse , . .. ~ Doan's Kidndy Pills, for the cure they whites before the officers could con- made ,n my family'has been lasting. t.rnl the erowd. None of the negroesj vmi mnv continue to use my state were seriously injured and no fur- ment." ther trouble is anticipated. For sale by all dealers. 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