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MURDER OR ACCIDENT.
Engineer L. H. Padgett Found De
in S. A. L. Yards.
Lexington, Jan. 12.?The new S
board Air Line yards at Cayce, t
county, claimed its first victim ea
to-day, when Louis H. Padgett, c
of the most popular engineers of i
* Seaboard system, lost his life, eitl
by falling into a "drop pit" at i
new roundhouse, or by being m
dered and his body thrown into 1
pit. How he came to his death v
probably never be known, as no c
saw the fatal accident.
Mr. Padgett was to have gone <
on his run this morning on passen*
train Xo. 59, scheduled to leave <
i lumbia for Savannah at about
L o'clock, and when he failed to app<
for duty a search was made at on
Harry Garner, night machinist at 1
Kg* yards, was the first to find the be
V and he gave the alarm. A rope v
tied around the body and it was r?
ed to the top, when it was discovei
that Mr. Padgett was dead, a 1c
s. gash being on the top of the head a
u;~ ? ?i- ~T'Vio hnHv
ills iicutv ?> ao uiuutu. a.uv 1/x/v.j
still warm. Mr. Garner notified 1
superintendent and Dr. Weston,
Columbia, the company's physici;
was called.
Result of Inquest.
At the inquest held this morni
by Coroner W. C. Reed, a number
witnesses were sworn, but no c
could be found who had seen 1
Padgett in the vicinity of the roui
house. Mr. Garner stated that
had seen the engineer at about
o'clock in the morning at the sup
intendent's office. This was the h
seen of him until his body was fou
in the "drop pit" at 6:30, three hoi
and a half later.
The coroner's jury returned 1
following verdict: "L. H. Padg
came to his death by falling intc
drop pit, which pit was open and si
ated in a roundhouse of the Seabos
Company, and which building v
without lights."
Accident, Say Employees.
TV>^ nlnvooc at thp> VArd Stick
% X WW V?v
" the theory that Mr. Padgett accide:
ally fell into the pit while taking
walk previous to going out on his r
this morning. The roundhouse
without lights, the building being i
finished. There are ten pits in t
building, but only one "drop pi
however, this being about ten f<
deep.
There are those in the vicinity w
cling to the idea that the engine
was first struck on the head and ]
body thrown into the pit to conc<
the crime. There is no night watt
man at the yards. It could not
ascertained to-day where the engine
boarded while in Cayce, the genei
foreman stating that the men had r
been located at the new point lo
enough for them to secure permane
lodging places.
Sheriff Xot Satisfied.
* Sheriff Sim J. Miller, who acco
panied the coroner, is of the opini
that there was undoubtedly foul pi
and the Lexington sheriff will r
down every clue in an effort to fi
* the truth, and it is not unlikely tl
the case will be reopened by the c<
oner.
L. H. Padgett had been in the e
ploy of the Seaboard about fifte
years, first starting as a fireman.
was well liked by all of the employ*
and was rapidly going up. Up to
week ago he was freight engine
and only lgst Sunday was he prom'
ed to the fast passenger run betwe
Columbia an<5 Savannah, and betwe
Savannah and Jacksonville. It v
stated to-day that he was one of t
most trustee! men in the entire s<
vice.
Leaves Large Family.
He was about 40 years of age a
leaves a wife and seven or eight cb
dren, all young girls, residing in i
vannah. His relatives reside in Ed*
field county and his aged mother
still living.
The post-mortem examination v
made by Dr. F. R. Geiger and imn
diately afterwards the body was tui
ed over to a Columbia undertaker,
the request of General Superinter
ent Shea, of Portsmouth, the be
was prepared for burial and was sh
ped on the 5 o'clock train this aft
noon to Savannah, where the fune:
and interment will take place
morrow. Mr. Padgett was a meml
of the Brotherhood of Locomoti
Engineers, and was also a member
other orders, it is said.
"Hang Heads in Shame."
"We hang our heads in sha
whenever asked what South Caroli
is doing to prevent tuberculosis. ^
can only answer, 'All that the legis
^ ture of the State will permit us
do,' " is a statement in the anni
report of the State board of heal
which has been prepared and ree
for submission to the general
sembly. A review of the work of 1
year and the means that have b(
used to fight the various diseases
contained in the annual report. E
phasis is laid on the greater value
prolongation of life by the suppr
sion of preventable diseases than i
cost involved.
ENGINEER BLAMED FOR WRECJ
?ad Drinking Night Before Disaster JuJ
4, Says Report.
ea- Albany, X. Y., Jan. 10.?The ei
his gineer had been drinking the nigl
rly before and had slept less than thre
me hours; hence the wreck on the Deb
the ware, Lackawanna and Western Rai
ier road at C- rning, X. Y., last Indepenc
the ence Day, in which 40 persons lof
ur- their lives and 75 others were injui
the ed. The State public service commi:
rill sion so declared to-day after a can
me fwl investigation.
William H. Schroeder. the enginee
}Ut thus accused, was indicted for mar
rpr slaughter, but never brought to tria
2o- the indictment being dismissed upo
7 motion of the district attorney.
5ar "The primary cause of the wreck,
ce. reads the commission's report, "wa
the the entire failure of Engineer Schrc
)dv eder to observe signals. The trai
i*as into which he ran was protected b
Lis- a full stop signal 250 feet east of th
-ed tear of the train, by a flagman 2,55
>ng feet east and by a caution sign?
nd nearly 4,500 feet east. All three si?
/as nals were disregarded,
the "The investigation developed tha
of the engineer had disregarded th
an> duty of taking proper rest before a"
tempting the important work of rur
ning the train. He acknowledge
ing drinking during the evening befor
0f the accident.
)ne "The action of the engineer shoul
dr_ be considered as much an offenc
1(j. against the Brotherhood of Locomc
he five Engineers, of which he is a men:
3 ber, as it is against the railway an
er_ the public."
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XOl
nd RACING FOR A WIFE.
its
Physicial Excellence Counts for Chie
Merit Among Tribes.
ett ???
Among some of the ruder tribe
' a of men, where physical excellenc
tu~ counts for the chief merit, the cuj
ird
torn of running races for a bride ha
'as always been a favorite one.
Among the Huzarehs, a people c
Asia, the suitors of a maiden, us-ua'
t0 ly nine in number, appear in a fiel
a^~ all unarmed but mounted on th
' a best, horses they can procure. Th
un bride herself, on a beautiful Turkc
IS man horse, surrounded by her rels
in~ tives, anxiously surveys the grou
'k? of lovers.
' The girl has the advantage of
2et certain start, which she avails- hei
self of to gain a sufficient distanc
k? from the crowd to enable her t
manage her steed with freedom, s
his
as to assist in his pursuit the love
301
whom she prefers. Whichever firs
succeeds in encircling her waist wit:
his arm is entitled to claim her a
ier his wife.
ral .... .. o -i 1 :a: ?
wnen satisnea witn ner pusiuu
she turns round to the impatier
ng suitors and stretches out her arm t
>nt
them. Each of the eager lovers dart
like the.unhooded hawk in pursui
of the fugitive dove. The savanna!
m" is generally 12 miles long and thre
011 in width, and as the horsemen spee
across the plain the favored love
un becomes apparent by the efforts c
n(* the maid'en to avoid all others wh
iat approach her.
On a certain occasion, after tw
hours' racing, the number of pui
m~ suers was reduced to four, who wer
!en all together and gradually gainin
FT p
on the pursued. With them was th
favorite, but his horse suddenly fel
1 a and the girl turned anxiously to pei
er' seive with dismay the hapless pos:
tion of her lover.
en Each of the more fortunate leac
en ers, eager with an-ticipated triumpl
as bending his head on his horse'
mane, shouted at the top of his voic*
2r~ She, making a sudden turn and lash
ing her horse almost to a fury, dart
ed across the path and made her wa
nf* for her lover. The three others ir
lil" stantly checked their careers, but i
3a~ their hurry to turn back two of th
= ~ horses were dashed furiously agains
*s each other, so that both steeds an
riders rolled over on the plain. ,
as The maiden laughed for sh
ie" thought she could easily elude th
:n" single horseman, and flew to th
^ point where her lover was. But he
1(*~ only pursuer was rarely mounte
,(^ and not so easily shaken off. Mafe
1P" ing a last desperate effort, he dashe
er~ alongside the maiden, and, stretch
ra* ing out his arm, almost secured th
t0~ unwilling prize, but she, bending he
)er head to the horse's neck, eluded hi
lve grasp and wheeled off again. Er
the discomfited horseman coul
again approach her lover's arm wa
around her waist, and amid th
shouts of the spectators they turne
me toward the starting point.?N. "Y
na Herald.
kVe
ia_ These Times.
to Ex-Gov. Pennypacker, discussin
aal the divorce evil in Philadelphia
Ill, SiilU, \> ltll a omnt.
tdy "In these times one never, as tli
as- saying goes, knows where one is a'
the An acquaintance of mine extende
ien his hand to me at the Historical Sc
is ciety the other day and cried:
m- " 'Congratulate me! I am the hai
of piest man alive!"
es- "I looked at him doubtfully.,
the " 'Engaged, married or divorced!
I asked."?N. Y. Tribune.
i. W. L. HARRIS IN WASHINGTON.
[y Charleston Postmaster Investigating
Status of Recommendations.
l- Washington, Jan. 10.?Postmaster
it W. L. Harris, of Charleston, is here
;e looking into the status of his recomi
mendations for appointment of post1
masters in South Carolina. Mr. Har1
ris has been referee of Federal patst
ronage for South Carolina, but since
r- the decision of the National Republi5
can Convention in favor of seating J.
3- R. Tolbert as national committeeman
for the State, Mr. Harris's ad?r
vice does not seem to have had much
i- weight with the administration.
1, The nomination of J. R. Montgomn
ery for postnraster at Marion, Representative
Ellerbe's home town, over
" Benjamin Miles, who was supported
is bv Mr. Ellerbe, was in opposition to
j- Mr. Harris's recommendation and
n within the past few days the presiy
dent has renominated Geo. A. Reed,
e a negro, to be postmaster at Beaufort.
0 It is said that this Reed nomination
U was made without consulting Postmaster
General Hitchcock. Mr. Harris
did not endorse Reed, and says
it that he has never recommended the
e nomination of a negro postmaster
t- since he has been referee for South
i- Carolina.
d National Committeeman Tolbert al e
so is in Washington.
^ A Soldier of Napoleon.
:e " ' "
Dr. W. W. Keen, one of the most
distinguished of living surgeons,
^ sometimes tells his friends how he
assisted in an operation on a soldier
of Napoleon:
"Tn 1Sfi2 whilp n fitnripnt nt thp
Jefferson Medical college, Prof. S. D.
Gross, my "teacher of surgery, took
me in his carriage to a house in the
northeastern part cf the city to give
!S chloroform for him?he always used
:e chloroform?for an operation. The
?- patient, a man of seventy and over,
s had been wounded just fifty years
before, at the battle of Borodino in
1812, at the time of the disastrous
retreat from Moscow. The ball had
d buried itself in the calf of the leg
e and had not emerged. A mere flesh
e wound at Borodino was not of much
)_ account. There were other fish to
L~ fry. After lying there quietly im- 1
P bedded in the tissues for half a century
the bullet had at last woiked its
a way to the surface, and finally caus*"
ed an opening through the skin. One i
e day, through this opening, the. old
0 fellow had pried it out with a hair- ?
0 pin; but the wound did not get well.
r There was a email but annoying dis;t
charge and moderate but continuous
k pain. Some hard substance could be ,
s felt deep in the tissues.
"This Professor Gross proposed to i
a remove. Accordingly, when he had
laid out all his instruments, as was
0 his custom, had whetted his knife on
,s his boot?a fine septic procedure!?|,
it
but remember it was in 1862, years
k before the antiseptic method was dee
vised by Lister?he said to the paa
tient:
ir " 'Now, my good man, lie down on
^ the sofa, and my young friend will
0 give you a little choloroform.'
" 'Do you suppose,' replied the pa0
tient as he straigntened himself up
with pride, 'that a soldier of the first
e Napoleon wishes to take any chloro?
form?' Here he stretched his leg
out straight and concluded with an
' emphatic: 'Go ahead!'
"Professor Gross went ahead and
1 never once did the old soldier wince
^ or budge. The lump was cut out and
proved to be a bony mass cup-shaped
' in form, that had been caused by the
irritation of the ball during its long
sojourn. He made an excellent recovery?in
spite, too, of the boot incident.
How near to me it brought
^ the great emperor!"
Q PASSED AS GIRL 18 YEARS.
e l
?t Police Discover Y'oung Fellow's Sed
cret and Arrest Him.
e Victor, Colo., Jan. 8.?After mase
querading as a girl for 18 years the
e sex of Irene Moynahan was learned t
r yesterday. He was arrested in fta
d Junta by the sheriff, who, because oi;
his masculine appearance, aeciaea ne
d was a boy in girl's clothing. Irene
L~ was on his way to visit his father in
e Bisbee, Ariz.
r Until the holidays Irene had been
s a student in the Victor High School
and all of his life had passed as a
d girl.
s Mrs. Moynahan, wnen told that her
e son had been arrested and that his
^ sex had been discovered, stated that
she had always passed him off as- a
girl because of her disappointment in
having two sons. Not even her husband
was aware of the boy's sex, she
s said. This was borne out by the
l> discovery of a letter in the boy's effects.
The letter was addressed to
c hie fnthpr in Bisbee and declared
that the mother was "sending a son
d to him as a Xewj, Year's gift." * j
Robert W. Lawson, who was con)
victed in Laurens last week of manslaughter
in the killing of his father
at Clinton last October, was sen?'
tenced to five years in the penitentiary.
He will appeal.
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