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POLICE SCANDAL IN TAMPA. (
Mayor Suspends Chief and Captain.
Result of Graft Charges.
Key West, Fla., Jan. 15.?Chief of
Police John Cates and Captain of Police
Rafiel Reinosa were suspended
here to-day by Mayor J. N. Fogarty
after they had refused to resign.
The action of the mayor was the result
of disclosures made in an in
vestigation of the police department,
members of which are alleged to
have been receiving graft from illegal
resorts and allowing gambling.
The investigation is not yet concluded.
Mayor Fogarty instituted the
probe of the police department as a
result of statements made to him
last Saturday night by Richard
Lloyd, a member of the department.
Lloyd, according to the mayor, said
that he had accepted graft in the
guise of a watchman from banks,
business houses, coffee shops and
gambling houses, and that the same
thing was being done by other members
of the police force. The patrolman
asserted that the police officials
kept him out of the business section.
"If I am allowed one-half hour
off my beat, I will produce results in
the way of gambling," Lloyd asserted,
according to the mayor. Consent
was given by Mayor Fogarty and a
raid followed, the reputed gamblers
and evidence being brought to the
mayor's office. The investigation was
then ordered.
Major. S. J. Wolf and Capt. Joseph
Stirrup, of Florida National
Guard, have been appointed chief of
police and captain of police, respectively,
by the mayor to succeed the
suspended officials.
? ?
Andy Clark Convicted.
Spartanburg, Jan. 17.?Andy
Clark, a young white hack driver,
who was indicted by the grand jury
on the charge of killing M. R. Atkins,
a green-grocer, was to-day
found guilty of manslaughter and
recommended to the mercy of the
court. Sentence lias not yet been
passed. ]
Atkins was injured Christmas ;
morning while being driven about
in Clark's hack. The hackman left
Atkins in an unconscious condition
at the home of a relative. The in- i
jured man was removed to his home, 1
where he died after a few minutes
without having regained consciousness.
The evidence against Clark 1
was circumstantial. J ]
\S FIN
: received the I
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enty-five head,
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We have also a la
ing at the closest j:
and are therefore z
ess money. We
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SPIT OUT PISTOL BALL.
Sumter Xegro Shot, Spits Out Bull
and* Walks to Doctor.
Sumter, Jan. 15.?Ed Richardso
colored, performed a feat yesterdj
which is seldom seen save in sid
shows and at vaudeville iperforr
ances, where jugglers and sleigh
of-hand tricks are expected. Ric:
ardson was shot with a pistoi, whi
he and another negro were exami]
ing it and a second later he calm
spit out the bullet and walked off i
have a doctor examine and dress tl
wound which was inflicted. The ba
entered just below the nostril ar
was stopped against the roof of h
mouth. Dr. Birnie, who attend*
him, stated that he would probab:
suffer no serious effects from tl
wound. The . shooting was said 1
have been accidental.
Why He Didn't Like Pistols.
Discussing pistols as duelir
weapons, a Paris papaer sought tt
views of a man who had the reputi
tion of an expert on the field of hoi
or. He at once began to rail at due
with pistols. He could not bee
even to speak of them. The fact w<
that he had once himself at an ei
counter of that kind received a ba
in the shoulder.
"Then you disapprove of thei
simply because you were defeated?
"Why, I was not defeated."
"What!"
"No; I was a second. You ma
well believe that I promised myse
never to mix again in affairs of th<
sort. However, one day I had to a*
company a friend on the field. E
had asked it of me as a personal f<
vor. I could not refuse. But I ii
sisted upon one condition."
'"What was that?"
"That I should climb a tree du:
ing the firing."
"A good scheme."
"You think so? Well, I wa
wounded again. My friend fired. i
the air!"
Slow Chap.
"Yes." laughed the girl with th
pink parasol, "he is the slowes
I'oung man I ever saw."
"In what way, dear?" asked , h:
fhum.
"Why, he asked for a kiss and
told him I wore one of those knotte
veils that takes so long to loosen."
"And what did he do?"
"Why the goose took time to unti
the knot."?.Mack's National Monti
ly.
E AS Y(
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First of this week
JLES direct from
Come where y<
>m. We are rec
lave a large lot, tl
t pick. There ar
bandied and we
rge line of Buggies, 1
jossible prices. Reme
ible to sell you better \
in sell you your Horse
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SENTENCED TO HANG, LYNCHED.
et Texas Mob Wreaks Vengeance on
Little Girl's Slayer.
n> Paris, Texas., Jan. 17.?Henry |
iy Mouzon, a negro, who shot and killed
e_ the 12-year-old daughter of D. Mern_l
rill, a farmer, near Pecan Gap, a
week ago, was hanged from a teleh"
phone pole on the public square at
*e Cooper, Texas, late to-day by a mob.
The negro was taken from the sheriff
ly and his deputies near Cooper after
t0 he had pleaded guilty and had been
16 sentenced to be hanged.
U Mouzon's body was cut down early
L(* to-day, placed on a pile of railroad
is saturated with coal oil and
turned.
Iv
le Providing for Mother.
to
Oil had just been struck on the
rough quarter section of Oklahoma
farm land which for ten years had
yielded only a scant living for the
rugged settler, his wife and their
ie four boys, now just about grown,
a" says the Kansas City Journal.
While the mother busied herself
Is
with the dinner for the drillers the
ir farmer and his sons stood near the
is flowing well and indulged in a dis- *
cussion as to how they should spend
^ their newly acquired wealth.
' 1 ' ? - ?? ~/\l? /v ? 4-r? 1? a a twi r\ 4- a CIa i )
I III a-guiug tu iai\c a nip uu \_,in
cago and Niagara Falls," the oldest 1
boy declared.
"Reckon I kin afford that horse
and buggy Jason was offering for two
L* hundred last week." The speaker
If
doubtless hadn't forgotten the pinkcheeked
daughter of the nearest
c" neighbor.
"Now boys," the father expostul~
lated. "Boys don't be forgettin' your
1_ maw. Jes' you remember how she's 1
slaved for all of us these years. We 1
mustn't forget to provide for her."
r~ "Course we won't forget maw," {
replied the youngest lad. "We'll pro- 1
vide for her?we'll get her a new
LS axe." 5
.Declines to Commission Cain.
Columbia, Jan. 15.?Gov. Blease ,
ie has written Mayor Gibbes declining
^ to commission Mr. John J. Cain
whom the mayor named as a memls
ber of the Richland county dispen- (
sarv board. The governor says that ^
I t
because he believes in rotation in office
and for reasons satisfactory to
himself he declines to commission (
Mr. Cain and suggests that the mayor c
e name some other party. T
l- 1
Read The Herald, $1.50 year. t
MIHA1
: another car
the West, and
ou are always c
eiving new stc
he drove now i
e some as pre
want you to <
Wagons, Harness,1
mber we buy all o
goods for the same
, Buggy, Wagon, H
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LAWYER RETALIATES OX MAYOI
Has Indianapolis Executive Arrestee
for Breaking Speed Law.
Indianapolis, Jan. 18.?Mayo
Samuel L. Shank to-night was ar
rested on a warrant sworn to by Ed
ward Little, an attorney, charginj
him with violating the automobile
speed law. The mayor's bond wa
fixed at $250 and though Mrs
Shank offered to sign the paper, Jus
tice of the Peace Teal was in doub
as to its validity, -and late to-nigh
the matter had not been settled. A.
constable was guarding the mayor.
Mr. Shank's'arrest was the resul
of an "anti-speed crusade" he ha:
been waging, in which he caused tin
arrest of Attorney Little's son.
Neighborly Amenities.
There had been serious difference:
betwen Mrs. Blobbs and Mrs. Dobbs
who were neighbors, owing to th<
former's fowls trespassing upon th<
latter's flower beds, whilst the foj
terrier of the aforesaid Dobbs had, ii
retaliation, cut short the "span o
life" of Mrs. Blobbs's favorite ban
tarn, says Tit-Bits.
Words were strong and heatec
"nvpr thp o-nrden wall." acconmaniec
by smacking of hands and furious
threats, till at last, losing all contro
of herself, .Mrs. Blobbs, who had beer
doing the week's washing, "let fly.'
What happened was next told ir
the police court, Blobbs answering tc
the summons of Dobbs, whose fact
was "partially closed for repairs."
"And what have you to say as tc
this assault, Mrs. Blobbs?" asked the
magistrate.
"Please yer waship, I was doin
the washin' an' simply hit her over
the face with a pillow case."
"What! A pillow case inflict that
damage? Two black eyes and a fractured
nose?" gasped the magistrate.
"Well?er?yer waship, if I must
say, there was half a brick inside it
somebody left there."
CONFESSES OX THE SCAFFOLD.
Man Hanged at Ocala Admits Assaulting
White Woman.
Tampa, Fla.. Jan. 15.?Just as the
.T-n r- A i n o?-c>a i- Vi ic Vocsrl nrp.
Jciy \> ao C? VIJ U>J.VU \sry*,L * -w
im^nary to hanging, J. J. Johnson,
;he negro tried and convicted at
Dcala last week for criminal assault
)n a white woman, confessed the
;rime this morning. A moment later
;he drop fell.
The hanging occurred at Ocala in
he presence of 2,000 perosns.
7F ?7171?
VL. LVE
load of extra
we now have a
ertain to find a
>ck all the time,
s unusually larg
tty Mules in thi
:ome and see t
Whips, Etc., which \
f our goods in extra
money, or the same
[arness, and all necei
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ST. GEO!
I GEORGIA POSTMASTER IXDICTE
I Charged with Taking $837.77 <
Uncle Sam's Money.
r Macon, Ga., Jan. 18.?Henry !
- Jackson, former postmaster at Wi
- liamson, Pike county, Georgia, t<
- J**.- ? ? < ? a! A J a TT? If A/1 Of of /
5 Ucty was 1UU.1CLCU uv LUC UU11CU OLQ.LL
e grand jury, charged with embezzh
s ment of $837.77 of the postoffic
i. funds. A warrant has been issue
- for his arrest.
t 1
t TWO YEARS FOR JACOB JETEI
^ Was the First Prisoner Paroled b
^ Governor Blease.
Lexington, Jan. 16.?Jacob Jete
3 the Swansea white man, who las
night was convicted of assault an
battery, was this morning sentence
to serve a period of two years a
3 hard labor in the State penitentiary
. without the alternative of paying
2 fine and without the alternative c
? serving his sentence ofr the publi
i works of Lexington county,
i In passing sentence Judge Gar
f said that it was his information tha
- Jeter was the first man to receive e>
ecutive clemency from Gov. Bleast
1 and that he had not taken advani
1 age of the clemency extended him b
s the chief magistrate: that h
1 " 1 A -NUAHI/1 LA AAfnr
1 ieil tnai bUL'lt;i\ Slivuiu uc
i and also the wife of Jeter who ha
' stood by her husband during the tria
l with such remarkable zeal, should b
) protected.
i Jeter is said to have made a threa
I against the life of Solicitor Georg
) Bell Timmerman, who presented th
? case with his accustomed vigoi
During the speech of the solicito
' yesterday afternoon Sheriff Miller sa
near the prisoner, and kept bailiff
nearby in anf'cipation of Jeter'
: attempt to carry out his threat.
It Was Unanimous.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer over
heard this dialogue:
"What's the matter with you thes<
days, old man? You look all brokei
up."
"I am, to tell you the truth."
"Confide in me."
i "Well, I'm grieving about a girl
I can't marry her."
"What's the trouble?"
"Parental opposition."
"Oh, darn parental opposition. G(
ahead and marrv her anyhow?don'
let her parents stand in the way o
your life's happiness."
"But she seems to side in witl
her family."
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D A SUDDEN ENTRANCE.
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>f Negro Mails Clerks Were Surprised
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by Robber.
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5. Aliauia, Vjci., ?J ail. l?. cj. xj.
1- Croughman and R. L. Bailey, the two
d- negro mail clerks on Southern Rail's
way passenger train No. 12, which
5- was robbed of a portion of the regis:e
tered mail it carried early to-day by
d a lone bandit, at Riverside, Ala., are
at their home to-night.
Both assertde that the first they
knew of the presence of the robber
? was when he ordered them to hold up
'y
their hands and demanded that they
show him where the registered mail
r was. The bandit made no further re!
marks to them, the clerks said.'
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d Southern Railway passenger train,
^ No. 12, runs from Shreveport, La.,
Lt to Richmond, Va. X*
*' Was Enough Music There.
a
?f Pianos on the installment princ
ciple was his theme. You pay oneand-six
a week and torture the
y neighbors. ,
t As he knocked gently at one door
> he suddenly remembered he had
s, been there before and received a curt
> j refusal. This time it was different,
y j "Oh, it's you again, is it?" asked
e the housewife cordially. "Come iii,
1? won't you?"
d Full of hope, he entered and foll1
lowed her down a dimly lighted hall.
e She threw open a door and he walk- *
ed in, to hear the key click sharply
t in the lock behind him.
e He was locked in a room with five
e children, all howling, who beat even
r- their own records at the sight of a
r stranger.
t And the woman resumed her washs
ing.
s An hour later she came to his rescue.
"Now," she said sweetly, "if you
still think I need more music in this
J house I am ready to listen to you."
! But he had gone before she had
finished.?N. Y. Mail,
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1 Whole Family at College.
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 15.?Fath
er, mother and two sons will he stu.
dents at the same time at Washington
State College. .W. W. King, a
wealthy farmer, living near Ritzville,
Wash., accompanied by his wife
) and two grown sons, will enroll next
t week. The men will take a short
f course in agriculture, and Mrs. King
will "brush upw on theoretical cooki
irig in the domestic science department.