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LONE ROBBER H< UP TJ Engineer Captures the D and Inflicts Wounds Which May 1 New Orleans, Sept. 5.?The lone [ bandit wno last mgni nem up duu | j , robbed the New York limited train : on the Louisville and Nashville Rail- : road near Mecheaud, 12 miles east of New Orleans and was later felled by < a blow over the head by Engineer I Baer, was brought to New Orleans < on a speical train from Bay St. 1 Louis, Miss., this morning and placed in a charity hospital. J , * The man gave his name as Howard 1 E. Edwards and said his family liv-: J I ed at Jupiter, Fla. He gave the; 1 police information which is expected i s ? to lead to the early capture of three j 1 other members of a gang which is j believed to have been responsible < for a series of sensational robberies ; 1 in this section. 1 Edwards is in a precarious con-: 1 dition and attendants at the hospital 1 this morning stated it was doubtful {'< if he would recover from the injuries 1 inflicted by the engineer. 1 Daring Piece of Work. j 1 Following so close on the attempted robbery of the Cincinnati South- 1 ern-bound passenger train on the ( same road at almost the same spot ^ the night previous, when a freight train was held up by mistake, the work of Edwards is considered most * daring. * Edwards crawled aboard the en- j1 gine and covered Engineer Baer and j the firemen with two revolvers. He 1 carried a small valise containing 1 * dynamite and nitro-glycerine. The 1 train was stopped and with the en- j1 gineer and fireman preceding him, s Edwards rifled the mail car of reg- j' istered mail and then relieved the v r male passengers in five Pullmans j and a club car of their cash. He \ $ declined to take jewelry and did not; offer to molest women. He then1 marched the engineer and fireman: back to the engine and ordered them | < to proceed. |< Felled by Engineer. After riding on the engine for; about 25 miles, Engineer Baer;] caught Edwards off his guard and j < struck him a terrific blow on the' < head with a brass torch, fracturing! i the base of the skull. Edwards fired j one shot as he fell, which went wild, j ] Engineer Baer proceeded to rain! j hinws with the torch until he had the bandit unconscious. 1 When the train reached Bay St. i Louis the robber was taken off and j placed in the charge of the railroad surgeon until police officers and de- ] tectives from New Orleans arrived j there in a special. Although Ed-1 ? wards was unconscious at intervals 13 throughout the night he gave the po-j] lice valuable information concerning,, his ''pals" and Inspector Reynolds,! * of the New Orleans force, to-day said he hoped to make some arrests short- j ly. Edwards stated that he had a j' brother in Oklahoma City and another brother in Meridian, Miss., j Edwards is a small man, only five j feet, six inches in height and weighs . i: ' ? 130 pounds. He appears to be about. 30 years of age. Superintendent Marshall, of the. New Orleans division of the Louisville and Nashville, who was a pass- j enger aboard the train, stated that but one man on the train had a revolver, but could not use it because the robber kept the trainmen in front of him when he passed through. Conductor's Story. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 5.?According to Conductor Rabon, who was in charge of No. 38 when it was held up last night, the robber got on the train at the sugar refinery, near the station, at New Orleans. He compelled the engineer to stop at the | point where he previously had left his valise and a lamp. When the train stopped Conductor Rabon went forward, walking in weeds breast high, making his way toward the engine, he looked up to be confronted by the bandit with two automatic pistols levelled. Conductor Rabon said the robber searched him but did not take anything. According to one of the Pullman ? *-V?? .nhhor'o ntfritllrip trkwftrds puntis, iwuuvt u uv??wv ?? * the passengers was very polite. "He just took what they gave him," the porter said, "and passed on." From some he only got two dollars a piece. He did not take any watches or jewelry and he did not j bother any of the ladies. He did not ? seem to think he was getting money enough, so he said, 'people, I ain't getting nothing; shell out something for me.' "We had warned our passengers | that there was a robber on the train i and I think some of them had hidden most of their valuables. "A lady sitting near the door was writing and a preacher was reading v liis Testament. The hold-up man! DLDS ilAIN ON L. & N esperado Single Hande< With Brass Torch Prove Fatal. threw his guns in the face of th preacher and when he looked up th man said, 'Oh, you're a parson ain' you?' and passed on. Vnorinnar Rsor WAS vprv 7T1 Afl PC as to the part he played in the cap ture of the robber and loath to tall concerning how he captured Ed tvards. He said that after the robbe marched him and his negro firemai :o the engine, he made two of th legro train porters get up with him Edw-ards began assorting the mai sacks and had the negroes openini :he letters and counting the monej "While he was opening a register cd package, I grabbed the torch am et him have it full force. At th irst blow the robber fired one sho :hat went wild among the negroes vho became panic-stricken and ra: ili over the engine. Seeing that lad the man down, I struck him a east a half dozen times before h Decame still," said Baer. Baer is a freight engineer, an :ook No. 38 out last night on ac ;ount of the force being short. Has Family in Jupiter. Tampa, Fla., Sept. 5.?A dispatc! :rom West Jupiter, Fla., receive) lere to-day says that Howard E. Ed vards, who held up a Louisville am S'ashville train out of New Orlean ast night, left there August 25. H las a wife and three children in tha alace. A letter was received fror iim September 1, dated New Orleans saying that he would depart for Ar sansas the following day. BEACH TRIAL POSTPONED. sensational Case Called in Aikej Court Next February. Augusta, Ga., Sep. 3.?Frederic] 3. Beach will not stand trial at tb September term of the Aiken cour of general sessions on the charge o assault and battery with intent t till his wife, which grew out of th sensational assault upon Mrs. Beac! :>ne night last February, when sh svas knocked down with a fence pal ing and her throat slashed. Th Beach case has been postponed unti lext February. . This action is construed by man; to mean that Beach will never b brought to trial. In fact, that i Ereelv predicted. On the other hand Mayor Gyles insists that Beach wi] be called upon next February to .es plain some of the things worked up b Detective Baughn and included in th mass of testimony. The mayor state chat he will assist Mr. Gunter in th prosecution of the case. Cruelty to the Trick Animals. The current issue of Our Dum Animals contains a protest agains the trick animal. The writer say that methods of cruelty are emploj ed in training. "Xo dog or horse o cat," he says, "ever finds it accord ing to its nature to jump throug flaming hoops, roll barrels, walk tight rope or do scores of othe things it is forced to do by trainer; The lump of sugar or the bit c ?u meat given deceives no one wu knows anything about animals. R< fusal to applaud, persuading chi dren not to attend these exhibitior because of the cruelty that is behin them, influencing one's friend against the whole scheme of makin money through trick animals?thes are some of the ways in which w may help."?N. Y. Tribune. His Lamb Was There. Last month a Cleveland travellin man was married and was given month's vacation. He and his brie have been spending their honeymoo in a quiet summer resort. The other evening as they entere the dining room and sat down, as usi al, in a secluded corner, the youn husband noticed a very good custon er at the table nearby. "Say, dearest," he whisperer "there's Mr. Jones over there. Yc won't mind if I go over and dii with him, will you? Think how fir it will be if I get back from my wet ding trip with a smashing big order. The little bride agreed, rather ru< fully. Her travelling man hurrie over to Jones and shook hands wit him, and ordered his dinner, whic included roast lamb. Then he b gan to talk business. 4 He was so earnest about it that I didn't notice when the waiter r moved his meat dishes and placed dessert before him. Then sudden he looked down at his plate and e: claimed: , "Why, where's my lamb?" A little voice in the corner pipt out "Here I am, dear!"?Buffa News. BANDIT PROBABLY DOPE FIEND. Edwards Charged with Mail Robbery. * Condition Still Critical. New Orleans, Sept. 6.?Howard D. Edwards, who held up the New York J express of the Louisville and Nashville Wednesday night, was charged to-day before United States Commissioner Browne with robbery of the mail. Whether Edwards will live to face e the charge or not, is doubtful. He 0 still lies in a critical condition in a * local hospital, suffering from the fracture of the skull that Engineer Baer inflicted when he captured him. h The belief of the police that Edwards ^ is a dope fiend is considered to have been substantiated to-day when an analysis of the contents of capsules r found on him showed the presence of a opium. 0 The police are still searching for l* the bandit's suspected pals, but In* spector Reynolds admitted to-night ~ - - i * _ & tfiat tie may nave oeen m me rouueiy r- alone. No positive proof has been furnished that any one was with him, ^ either in the hold-up Wednesday e night or in the hold-up by mistake * of a freight train Tuesday night. A "hero" fund for Engineer Baer, Q the modest captor of Edwards, who * has shunned publicity in the case, * was started to-day by Mayor Martin e Behrman. d Interesting Trials in Orangeburg. Orangeburg, Sept. 6.?Two cases of especial interest have been tried this week in the court of general sessions that is now in session in this county. One was the case of the State vs. Ransom Moorer and Barnwell Gross, two young boys of prominent families of the Holly Hill secg tion of Orangeburg county, in which 0 these youths were indicted upon the charge of arson. Last December the fine school building at Holly Hill was '' burned and shortly afterwards the town hall was fired, but the flames were extinguished. The defendants ? 2 -3 ? J A rw /*/\? _ were suspeeiea. 1 lltzy ixiaut: a. fession, it is alleged. Upon motion of a attorneys representing the defendants, the judge ordered a verdict of not guilty upon the ground that the k youthful defendants were too young 0 and incapable of making a confest sion. f In the case of the State vs. Arthur o Robinson much interest has been 0 centered. Robinson, a white man of b the .Fork section of this county, was 0 indicted for the murder of his broth - er, Mike Robinson. The brothers 0 were returning home in June from 1 the town of Neeses about midnight. On their way home both being drunk, 7 they became incensed at each other 0 and a cutting scrape followed, it was s charged. Mike Robinson was found l? the next morning, lying in a pool of U blood, his life siowly ebbing away. He > died that morning. Arthur Robinson y stated he knew little of the affair, 0 as he was so drunk, but that his s brother had him down choking and 0 cutting him and he cut at his brother until he was released. The jury found Arthur Robinson guilty of manslaughter. His attorneys have b moved for a new trial and the motion t will be heard at the close of the s court. " Negroes Threaten to Dynamite Town. >r [_ Cummings, Ga., Sept. 7.?Race jj trouble was imminent here to-day, 1'iilirtwinc thp arrpst nf two negroes. ,r charged with assaultnig a white wo3. man. ^ When Grant Smith, a negro 0 preacher, made disparaging remarks about the women of Cummings, the j. preacher was almost beaten to death 1S by a mob of whites before the of3 ficers rescued him and locked him ls in the vaults at the court house. The g negroes were aroused and threatened se to dynamite the town if any negroes were lynched. No effort was made to molest the negro locked in the vault. The officials feared serious trouble and appeales were made to Gov. Brown for & troops. a _____ le Troops Sent Out. n Atlanta, Sept. 7.?One company of militia was this morning .dispatched in automobiles from Gainesville and i- one from Marietta to Cummings, Ga., S by Gov. Brown, upon receipt of inl formation that a clash between the whites and blacks was imminent, d, Cummings is about 22 miles from m Gainesville. ie ie 30 Girls Leaped to Escape Death. I- Chicago, Sept. 4.?Thirty girls " were forced to leap out of second e- story windows to escape death to-day id when an explosion caused by benzine :h vapor wrecked a building occupied by a dyeing and cleaning establishe ment. Rudolph Spinner, foreman of the le establishment, was crushed to death. 9- His body was dug out of the ruins by a firemen. One girl who jumped out of ly a window was picked up unconscious x- and with both legs fractured. Others in rushing to reach the stairways were knocked down and trampled. )d The explosion was the third within lo a week in dyeing and cleaning shops in Chicago. MOTHER AND DAUHTERS DIE. Explosion of Gasoline Stove Claims Three Victims. Tampa, Fla., Sept. 4.?News was received here to-day of an explosion at Malabar, east of here, in which Mrs. Frank Westendorf and two little girls, aged two and four years, lost their lives. Mrs. Westendorf was filling a gasoline stove when it exploded, the flames enveloping her and her two children. Railroad employees nearby came to the rescue in time to save the building. The husband was away at the time. The Westendorfs came to Florida from Teutofolis, 111., several months ago. Watch. South Carolina Groan. The appeal to reason in South Carolina fell upon barren earth. From Pea Ridge and Wadmalaw, from Bandana and Bloomingvale and Bucklick, from Catarrh and Due West, from Fingerville and Frogmore and Galivant's Ferry and Hayville and Horsegall and Jedburg and Monks Corner and BiumD tsrancn and Pregnall and Turkey and Venus and Wildcat and Yauhannah the unterrified Democracy of the Palmetto State went to the polls Tuesday and decreed that the newspapers and preachers and corporation men have got to stop kickin' Cole Blease around, even if he is acknowledgedly the worst governor the State has ever had since the renegade Moses sent messages to a mongrel legislature. Shaking his pompous black pompadour in the faces of his "enemies," "Coley" sits tight on the lid, and as their re-elected governor prepares to treat South Carolina to the most continuous menu of crow that ever was set before the people of any State. There will be plain crow for the common people who dared vote against their protector and preserver, there will be broiled, boiled and rare crow for the preachers and cotton mill presidents and prominent citizens, and there will be special extra dry crow, vintage of '23 with the feathers on, for the practically unanimous press that opposed the man who consigned the constitution to a place that's too cold for Jones supporters. "I stand by my friends," is the battle cry of Blease, and when there are offices to hand out, his friends and none but his friends will get the hunks of pie. If any Jones man gfets appointed even notary public, he will stand with the Etfhesian temple and the Rhodesian Colossus and the other world wonders. The triumphal procession yesterday in Columbia, the South Carolina capital, must have been a thing of beauty and a yell forever. What a martial figure the commander-inchief of the army and navy of the Palmetto State must have cut yesterday as he blessed the beaming populace. What rejoicing there must have been in the "clubs" and blind tigers, and what "hallelujahs" must have freighted the air around the State penitentiary where yeggs and thieves and crooks and murderers await the hour of their speedy deliverance! And what an experssion of exultation must have lit the handsome features of "the best governor South Carolina has ever had" as in his mind's eye, his motor, driven chariot sped along, with the former chief justice who was his opponent, "Cubans" who fought him hardest of all in the public prints, the mayor of Charleston, "Uncle Ben" Tillman, the five living exgovernors who opposed him and his other foes, all chained to the car of victory. What a hot time there must have been in the old town of Columbia last night! South Carolina has not yet repented of Blease, but sackcloth and ashes will come. It was an overdose this time and it will be an emetic the next time. It is true in politics as in medicine, that there are times when people have to be made very sick in order to get them well. Two more years of Bleaseism will cure South Carolina for all time of the things for which Blease stands. Cole Blease can fool some of the common people of South Carolina all I of the time, he has just fooled a majority of the people some of the time, but he will come to the end of his rope. The only antidote for Blease is that familiarity which will breed his ultimate defeat. Watch South Carolina Groan! ? Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va. 1 n f vnnnoii'O Hmn illl JUAp^IIO'l v V/|" Mr. Hiram Johnson had just returned from a personally conducted tour of Europe. "I suppose," commented a friend, "that when you were in England you did as the English do and dropped your H's." "Xo," moodily responded the returned traveler, "I don't. I did as the Americans do. I dropped my V's and X's." Then he slowly meandered down to the bank to see if he couldn't get the mortgage extended.?Lippincott'e. IC^EA^R^ES^^^^^^^OOOD^DELlVERE^l 2 I LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! | | I Ladies Must Have Attention As Men S I Uncle Sam's Pressing, Laundry & Bat Cleaning Parlor I 9 provides for all. We represent the largest laundry in j| the State and will satisfy all. We also clean, press and .3 mend all Ladies' and Men's garments at a cheap rate. 1 No tearing, scorching or burning, all work is guaranteed 1 when once in the hands of Uncle Sam's Pressing, Laun- 1 dry and Hat Cleaning Parlor. I F. K. GRAHAM, Proprietor I J UP-TO-DATE WORKMEN WORK GUARANTEED. n _ ??? 5 I I A Safe Combination | J | In the Banking business is ample capital, careful methods, shrewd judgment and unfailing courtesy. Thus fiS the fact that our deposits are increasing rapidly is sufficient proof that our customers realize and appreciate fig that this combination is our method of doing business. 8$ WTe shall be pleased to number you among our new gg customers. We pay 4 per cent, on Savings Deposits. gg j^EO^S BANK ^ II f f The South Carolina Co-Educational Institute ^ LOCATED AT EDGEFIELD || will begin its twenty-second session on September 26th. Colonel Bailey has been President of the .|| Institution all these years and has associated with him a large expe- - everything that is rienced faculty of J necessary for car14 instructors. !& *??rying on a high Last session ||HP^2pg grade institustudents attend- tion. ed this school ? JMpjiil Graduates of from all over the S. C. C. I. can South Carolina w | Vf be found all over and five other gf wRp South Carolina, States. The dor- L JKi|. J filling positions mitories are al- L- of honor and ways filled to the trust, utmost capacity If you contentand each year the JBjl plate patronizing school grows in HH9. bHH this institution it favor with the jpjMKfraHH is important that people. BMWMHI you communicate The ' buttdings BkHH with the presiare of brick and |?J ^ ? _J dent as early as furnished with possible, it is always necessary to engage rooms before the session begins. COL. F. N. K. BAILEY M PRESIDENT . If? EDGEFIELD, SOUTH CAROLINAJ 1 WHICH BANK DO YOU USE ? I gft. Is your money hid away in an old trunk, closet or bureau, ?) where the burglar is likely to find it any night, or is it locked up tight in our vault, protected not only by a mr gC, massive steel safe, but by ample burglar insurance as ?? % well? You do not perhaps realize what great danger t your money is in when kept around the house. Every * gft. day the newspapers tell of losses sustained because of 48? Jj! this habit. If you would sleep soundly, with the knowl- JI / edge that your money is perfectly secure, bring it in at gC. once and open an account with us. You are then taking j no chances. ? 4 EHRHARDT BANKING COMPANY * I 1 EHRHMOT, SOUTH CAROLIXA^^ Bridges Time and Space TT WAS A QUESTION of life or death and - - ? ? 1 ' .1 1 A the victim's life hung by a slender tnreaa. a difficult operation was necessary. To be successful the operation must be performed at once. The services of a specialist were required, but He z was in a distant city. j i jj The specialist was reached over the Long Distance Bell Telephone, the case described and the operation arranged for. -The sufferer's life was saved through the ability of the Universal Bell Telephone Service to bridge time and space. By the way, have you a Bell Telephone? fjTj SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE ^55^ AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY . .. '' m . *. * ia ...