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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1913. Established 1891.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS 1
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the ?*
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County and Elsewhere.
* Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, Jan. 28.?In the presence
of a number of their friends,
Mr. Bradley Hiers and Miss Agnes H<
Peters were united in marriage at the th
BaDtist Darsonase Sunday afternoon
by Rev. E. A. McDowell. Mendel- "
60hn's Wedding March was rendered *
on the piano by Mrs. McDowell, who M:
also played softly "Traumerie" dur- h?
ing the ceremony. Mr. Hiers is a ja
# successful young farmer and Mrs.
Hiers is the young and beautiful
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. PJ
Peters, Jr., all of the St. John's cu
community. The young couple have
hosts of friends, who wi6h for them
a successful voyage of life. Dr
Mrs. Dr. Ketron, teacher of the er
primary department of our school, er
has resigned, her resignation to take w.
I effect February 1st. Her successor '
has not yet been chosen. Mrs. Ketron
has given entire satisfaction in Hi
the position that she is soon to va- in
cate, and it is with much regret that
the trustees accept her resignation.
There is a series of meetings in
progress at the Methodist church
that are being conducted by the pastor,
the Rev. Mr. Hutchinson. There
% v vill be services each night during
the week.
Rev. E. A. McDowell, of tne Dap- gr
tist church, has begun a series of sermons
on some O. T. Bible characters. er
He will preach the second in the se- be
ries next Sunday night at 7:30, and pi]
his subject will be Samson. th
The executive committee of the
& Ehrhardt Baptist pastorate, consist- ^
ing of ten laymen, with D. O. Hunter th
as chairman, will hold an important a
meeting to-day. er
The many friends of Mr. William
> Folk, of the Bethesda community,
are much pleased to know that he is ?i]
recovering from a long and severe
spell of pneumonia. W(
Mrs. Mary E. Beard, of the Colston
dommunity, celebrated her 86th a
birthday last Thursday. All of her Pu
children, Geo. W. Beard, Mesdames wi
Sudie Brdwrn, J. B. All and Elijah trj
Q'Quinn, were present. In addition .
to these, Mrs. Beard has 17 grandehildren
and 35 great-grandchildren, to
making in all 56 living descendants, bl
A number of her neighbors, and some th
of her friends from a distance, join- .
ed with her children in celebrating
the day. After a sumptuous feast that
was spread upon a long table in a
grove in front of the residence, the
older members of the party repaired
to the parlor of Mrs. Beard's tr:
home, where some appropriate re- as
ligious exercises were conducted by ^
the Revs. Chisolm and McDowell. It
was a matter of much regret to every Pe
one that Mrs. Beard was too unwell, m;
being that day confined to her bed, fr,
to partic:pate in the social pleasures ,
of an occasion held in her honor.
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* Fairfax Fancies. ne
Fairfax, Jan. 26.?Gen. Lee's ^
birthday was celebrated here by U. ,
be
* D. C. Fairfax chapter. Very interyo
estmg recitations by the school girls E
opened the program. Then Miss j/
Margaret Youmans read us about
"Traveler," the general's staunch _
k m<
war horse. Mr. Moorer, in a graceUE
ful speech, presented the framed picture
of Lee to the school, in the j
name of the chapter. All joined in ^
singing "Dixie," then the school children
marched out to an inspiring .
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piece executed by Miss Harrison.
Mrs. Luquire, Mrs. Addison, and
little Jessie have returned from a
pleasant visit to Augusta.
Miss Mahaley Folk has "been visiting
relatives here.
Mesdames S. Sanders and J. Har- o'<
ter visited Old Allendale recently. It W
is well worth a trip to that historic in
settlement to view the remains of bli
some of the "fore de war" grand fo:
homes. The home of Mr. and Mrs. fr<
Sam Lawton is well kept up, as they ta:
are energetic and up-to-date. They
have tree japonicas, bushes grown to ha
trees, many of them over sixty years B<
old. The Tea Olives are also trees, ca
In the hot houses one sees huge th
ponderosa lemons, which when cut t\v
With a stem, last for months. Under W
the japonicas is like a green, red, Cc
white and pink carpet of fallen wl
leaves, but there are a plenty left, *
and the generous owners kindly
share with their friends. ^
Rev. B. M. Foreman, of Orange- *
j\ij
burg, preached a fine sermon in Bap- ^
tfst church Sunday afternoon. That
m
evening the Young People's Union
held its meeting. An interesting
se
program was carried out. Mr. Harry
Dowling presided and Miss Margaret
a
Youmans was secretary. Misses
Harrison and Padgett had interest
Dc
ing papers. Prof. Coker gave a fine
address on "Character." Miss Sadie
P
Harter was organist.
Manv of our citizens expect to attend
the corn show in Columbia. _
Mrs. Rosa Platts, of Hickory in
Grove, visited Mrs. Julia Harter re- he
cently.
A business league was formed M
among the citizens recently. be
Miss Alice Singleterry, after look- ai
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iVALHALLA GIRL IX ATLANTA
elieved that Miss Poole is Victi
of Boston Bigamist.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 24.?The appe
' J. D. McCloud, an inventor
yde Park, Boston, for a loan fro
secret order, to which he belon
?re, precipitated an investigatic
hich led to the belief th
j has been leading a double lii
e has been placed under arrest <
e charge of bigamy. McClou
ho is 58 years of age, was marri<
Dvember 10 in Walhalla, S. C.,
iss Essie Poole, a young girl, wl
is since lived with him here in A
nta. Investigation brings out tl
large that he has a wife in Hyi
irk, Boston, who is in destitute ci
tmstances. When she confront
m in the police station, his gii
ide denounced him as the destro
of her happiness, and then thres
ied to commit suicide. McCloi
is taken to the city prison hei
it denied information to reportei
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IS attorney, now ever, uetiaics uc
nocent.
LOXG COAL TRAIX.
>rfolk and Western Fulls 175 Ca
of Coal.
Bristol, Tenn., Jan. 27.?For se
al months the Norfolk and Wes
n and the*Virginia Railways ha'
en vieing with each other in tl
illing of long coal trains. Whi
e Virginian hauled 110 loaded ca
th two locomotives, it was felt th
e record had been broken, but wh<
week later the Norfolk and Wes
n sent a train of 150 cars of co
it of Page Hollow, in West Vi
nia, much comment was aroused.
"Rut tViic rcnnrH TVflc siirnflRSPf] la
?ek when the same company se:
train forth from the same mine
lied by thfee locomotives, th
is made up of 175 loaded cars. Th
ain was a mile and a quarter
agth, and in passing through tl
wns along its route, crossings we
ocked from 15 to 20 minutes, ;
e speed had to be reduced with
e limits of incorporated towns.
Leaves Jail to Claim Bride.
Spartanburg, Jan. 24.?Mark Ge:
r, the vopng man who several da;
o married Miss Nellie Woods, ar
10 was arrested on the charge i
rjury within 30 minutes after tl
arriage ceremony, was release
am jail by Magistrate Kirby ye
rday, the father of the bride ha
g relented and expressed a willin
ss for the couple to live togethe
When young Gentry made applic
>n for a marriage license, he swo
fore the probate judge that tl
ung lady was 21 years of age.
Wood, the father of the girl, wl
es in North Carolina, arrived in tl
;y within a few minutes after tl
arriage and took the young brie
ider his care claiming that she w;
ly 16 years of age. When he hj
irned that Gentry had made oai
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at tne giri was years ui age i
ore out the warrant charging hi
th perjury.
MR. R. A. WELCH A SUICIDE.
iwberry Man Kills Himself?]
Health Probable Cause.
Newberry, Jan. 26.?About ]
;lock this morning Mr. Robert .
elch, a citizen of this town, we:
to his yard and in an outhou
bw the top of his head off, usii
r the purpose a Colt's army piste
Dm which death was almost insta
eous.
He was about 64 years of age ai
.d been in bad health for some tim
id health is the only cause th
n be assigned. He is survived 1
ree daughters, who lived with hii
o brothers, Dr. S. G. Welch, A. 1
elch, and two sisters, Mrs. E.
>ppeck and Mrs. Wilbur, all
10m live in Newberry.
Engineer Convicted.
Cartersville, Ga., Jan. 25.?Sa
irris, engineer of a Louisville
ishville railroad passenger tra
at recently crashed into .an aut
obile at a road crossing near he
Ld killed Miss Caroline Dubose ai
riously injured her father, W.
Libose. to-day was found guilty 1
jury of involuntary man&laughtc
idge A. W. Fite sentenced him
ty a fine of $1,000 or serve :
onths in jail. The case will be a
;aled.
Mr. Dubose is an Atlanta newsp
t man.
g after her two new rented hous
;re, Has returned to nony nm.
Mrs. Polly Best is extremely i
ost of her family are around h
jdside, nursing faithfully ai
lxiously. Erysipelas has set in.
IN IKE PALMETTO STATE
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! SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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State News Boiled Down for Quick
m
Reading?Paragraphs About
,n> Men and Happenings.
at
An appropriation of $20,000 for
5n a State exhibit at the Panama expo^
sition will be asked of the general
ed assembly.
to The town of Bennettsville is pretio
paring to put up street signs and
Lt- have the houses there numbered in
be order to obtain city delivery of mails.
fle The celebrated Beach case is
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ii~ scneuuieu iu ut; uicu a.l auvcu uv-ai,
sd week. Whether the defence will
rl- fight for a continuance is not yet
y- known. It is understood that Sort
licitor Gunter will press the case to
id trial if possible.
e' The legislature is wrestling with
the question of special dispensary
1S elections. Barnwell, Bamberg, Williamsburg,
Colleton and others want
to vote on the question as soo^n as
possible. The general assembly has
rs not decided the matter yet.
When the S. C. C. I. is moved to
Greenwood from Edgefield it will be
v- called the Bailey Military Institute
?t- and will be strictly a boys' school,
ve the co-educational feature being
tie done away with, no doubt on ac?
sn count of Lander college being lors
cated at Greenwood.
at The Spartanburg Journal says that
r11 Harrison Ferguson, a white man of
!t~ Spartanburg, is preparing to sue Senal
ator B. R. Tillman for libel on acr"
count of statements made about Fer+Vi^
Conatnr'fi reppnt letter
g UdUUl 1IX tUU kJViluvx/i, w * wwmv _
st to the general assembly. The amount
at of damages claimed is not known yet,
!S' but it is rumored to be $25,000.
at
Col. F. N. K. Bailey, president and
owner of the S. C. C. I., which institution
has been conducted at Edgele
field for a number of years, has anre
nounced that he will move the school
clS
. to Greenwood, having accepted the
offer of that city, and will begin the
fall session there in new and commodious
buildings which will be erected
by that time. The citizens of
Edgefield are taking steps to replace
ys the S. C. C. I. with a boarding or
high school.
Senator B. R. Tillman was elected
le Tuesday by the general assembly for
3C* another term in the United States
s" Senate the legislature simply conv~
firming 'the result of the primary
g~ last summer, in which Senator Tillr*
man defeated two opponents without
a~ making a speech, yet his opponents
re stumped the State. On Monday some
ie members of the Senate had some'
thing to say about not voting for
10 Tillman because of his expressions
ie about railroad influences in the genie
eral assembly, but when it came to
ie
vote the senator received all the
3.S
votes. No doubt some members of
l(* the legislature would have liked to
have voted against Tillman but they
ie, wore afraid to.
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HELD FOR IMBECILE'S DEATH.
Alleged Confession of Boy Leads to
01 Father's Arrest
Rutherfordton, N. C., Jan. 25.?
Joseph Price, a white farmer, is a
prisoner in the county jail here toDt
night charged with the murder of
se Jno. Allen, an imbecile negro, on
lg the night of August 11, 1911, as a
}1? result of a confession made to-day to
Q" the authorities by the prisoner's
son, Ernest, 16 years old.
I(* The youth asserted that his fathe
er killed the negro with an axe while
a*- he and his mother were at church at )y
tending a revival service and that
n? when they returned home his father
C- compelled him to aid in burying the
S* negro's body in a small woods near
the house. The skeleton of a man
was found in the woods last March.
His father, the youth asserts, kill+v.?
noorm hor?Aii<5^ he wanted "to
?Q CU 111C U^b' W
& get his gold." The authorities discredit
this motive for the killing, as
0_ the negro is not known to have had
re any sum of money. ^
ld WANTED MOTHER-I$-LAW SLAIN
F.
t>y Decatur, Ala., Dentist Convicted of
ir> Alleged Plot to Murder.
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Decatur, Ala., Jan. 25.?Gilbert
p_ W. McCarley, a dentist of Priceville,
was convicted by a jury to-day of
a_ attempting to hire two negroes to
kill his mother-in-law, Mrs. Delia
Fennell.
es A few months ago McCarley caus
ed the arrest of the two negroes,
11. claiming they robbed him. Investier
gation resulted in the charges- against
tid him. Mrs. Fennell is said to be
wealthy.
SICKLES AWAITING ARREST. j
To be Held in Connection with
State's Suit.
New York, Jan. 25.?Gen. Daniel
E. Sickles sat amid the war relics
in his Fifth avenue h ne to-night
expecting momentary arrest in a suit
brought by the State to recover $2 8,476
for which he has failed to account,
it is charged, as chairman of
the New York monument commis- 1
sion. Within his call were his son, 1
Stanton, and an aged negro retainer.
Save for them he was alone.
The order for' the veteran's ar- i
rest, issued this afternoon by Supreme
Court Justice Rudd at Albany, 1
and a copy of the complaint were
placed in Sheriff Harburger'-s hands <
this evening by Deputy Attorney I
General Francis Kennedy, who :
Aft* V I
L?1 uugu L Hi em UC1C, .111. Iivuuvu.'
announced his intention of asking for <
immediate service. After a talk with
Mr. Kennedy, however, Sheriff Harburger
said he would give the docu- i
ments to his lawyer to determine 1
whether they are to be drawn. This,
he thought, would give the general
respite from arrest until Monday. <
The order can not be legally served
on Sunday.
May Go to Jail.
Unless Gen. Sickles is prepared to
furnish at once a $30,000 bond, I
Sheriff Harburger said he will have
to go to Ludlow street jail until the
bond is forthcoming. There was no
inkling to-night as to who, if any
one. would come to the veteran's aid. | <
Gen. Sickles's aged negro met all
comers at the dooj and turned them '
away. For the first time the shades 1
at all the windows of the house were
raised, and in each window there was
placed an American flag.
The order for Gen. Sickles's arrest 1
comes as a climax of a distinguished
and picturesque career. Born in J
New York in 1825 of a wealthy fam- ;
ily, Gen. Sickles served as soldier,
legislator and diplomat. The guest
of honor for many years at gatherings
of war veterans, he was recently
refused admission to a local organi- 1
zation of war veterans on the ground
"of military unskilfulness and reckless
sacrifice of. the lives of his men." ]
Congress, which in 1897 awarded him 1
a medal of honor for bravery, three ;
years ago refused to grant him a lieu- i
tenant generalship. In his olid age
financial troubles beset him one after i
another and his wife, son and daugh- i
ter became estranged from him.
An Affair of Honor.
Gen. Sickles was a member of the
house of representatives just before 1
the outbreak of the war, and it was
in Washington that he shot and killed
Philip Barton Key, a United 1
I States district attorney, for alleged
attentions to his first wife, the daughter
of an Italian musician.
At the outbreak of the war Gen.
Sickles raised and equipped at his
own expense five regiments of volunteers
and as colonel of one of them i
went to the front. He participated 1
in most of the great battles of the '<
war, including Gettysburg, where he
lost a leg and achieved distinction
for bravery. He was rewarded by
promotion to the rank of major gen- 1
eral.
From 1869 to 1873 he served as :
minister to Spain, where he met and
married his present wife, the daughter
of a Spanish councillor of state.
Shortly after his return to this country
with her the couple separated
and Mrs. Sickles went back to Spain,
where she remained until 1908. Then '
she returned to New York. There
were frequent reports of their recon->
ciliation and for a year or more Mrs.
Sickles lived in a house adjoining '
her husband, but it never appeared 1
that they were, really reconciled.
Trapping a Lawyer.
T" no poc nrmnfipl TPPftive
JL i-L ovuiC taovg w answers
to questions that they had
no business to put, which if not quite
to their liking, are what they justly
deserve. The following story of
George Clarke, a celebrated negro :
minstrel, is a case in point. On one
occasion, when* examined as a wit- ;
ness, he was severly interrogated by i
a lawyer. i
"You are in the minstrel business, ;
I believe?" inquired the lawyer. !
"^es, sir," replied the minstrel.
"Is not that a rather low calling?"
"I don't know but what it is, sir,"
replied the minstrel, "but it is so
much better than my father's that I
am rather proud of it."
The lawyer fell into the trap.
"What was your father's calling?"
he inquired.
"He was a lawyer," replied Clarke,
in a tone that sent the whole court <
into a roar of laughter as the discom"
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nuea lawyer sai uuwu.? wwkij xciagraph.
MRS. LONGSTREET WILLAID
SOUTHERN VETERANS WILL RELIEVE
GEN. SICKLES.
Will Raise Amount Due Among
"Ragged and Maimed Followers
of Gen. R. E. Lee."
New York, Jan. 27.?Mrs. Helen
D. Longstreet, widow of the famous
Confederate general, came to the aid
of her husband's c:vil war foe, Gen.
Daniel E. Sickles, to-day, with an offer
to raise $23,4 76 among the "ragged
and maimed followers of Lee,"
to pay Gen. Sickles's alleged debt to
the State of New York. Sheriff Harburger,
who arrested Gen. Sickles today
in the civil suit brought by the
S*ate to recover the money, also directed
a letter to many of the richest
men in New York asking them to
am tne*agea veteran.
In a telegram sent to Gen. Sickles
from Gainesville, Ga., Mrs. Longstreet
said she had telegraphed to
the attorney general of the State of
New York that she would raise the
money among the Confederate vetgrans
if allowed sufficient time.
Republic Not Ungratelul.
"The republic, whose battles you
fough*, will not permit your degradation,"
were her closing words to Gen.
Sickles.
The sheriff addressed his letter to
J. P. Morgan, - John D. Rockefeller,
Andrew Carnegie and the 450 members
of the sheriff's panel, composed
of wealthy New Yorkers.
Sheriff Harburger dealt gently
with his prisoner. Instead of serving
the order of arrest this' morning he
waited until Gen. Sickles's lawyer,
Daniel P. Hays, had arranged with
a surety company for a $30,000
bond for the veteran's freedom. Mr.
Hays brought it to the snerin s 01flce
and they went to Gen. Sickles's
5th avenue residence this afternoon.
Sheriff Does His Duty.
"Well," the sheriff greeted him,
"it's a bit of formal business to-day.
You know I have to serve you with
the papers; I'm sorr^ I have to do
30, but. I have no choice."
"It is all right," Gen Sickles replied,
tossing the unopened order and
complaint on his library table. "You
are one of the best friends I've got,
sheriff."
They placed the bond before the
general and he signed it in a flowing
hand.
"That handwriting is not so bad-,
for a man who is more than 92 years
old, sheriff," he commented. "It
cost me $600 to get this bond."
General Picks Up Pennies.
There was a fee of $5.25 owing
the county for service of the papers.
Gen Sickles summoned Miss Edith
Wilmerding, his housekeeper, to pay
it. She came into the room with her
hands full of pennies, tripped on a
rug and scattered theih over the
floor. The general assisted in picking
them up. When the sheriff left
Gen. Sickles shook hands with him
and renewed his declaration of
friendship.
The issnnnrp of the bond makes it
unnecessary for the sheriff to place
Gen. Sickles in jail, as he feared Saturday
he might have to do. The
sheriff said this afternoon he thought
the case would be speedily brought
to trial at Albany.
Mjrs. Longstreet's Offer.
.Gainesville, Ga., Tan. 27.?"I will
raise the money to relieve Gen.
Sickles of his embarrassment if New
York pushes the prosecution and
none of his Northern friends go to
his aid. The ragged, maimed veterans
of the South will rush to respond
to the need of one of the most
gallant soldiers America ever knew."
This statement was made to-day by
Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet, widow of
the Confederate general, after the
publication of her telegrams to Gen.
Daniel E. Sickles, at New York, and
the State attorney general, at Albany,
offering aid in the soldier's
Bnancial difficulties.
"My husband always spoke of Gen.
Sickles as the hero of Gettysburg,"
the statement continues, mey >v?ie
opposed to each other in that deciding
battle of the war, and Gen. Longstreet,
in the last autograph letter
he ever wrote, September 19, 1902,
to Gen. Sickles, told him that the
taking of the peach orchard by
Sickles's corps won the battle for
the Union forces.
"It was Gen. Longstreet's detachment
that shot off the leg of the
brave Union general, but, as Gen.
Longstreet said: 'Sickles can well afford
to leave a leg on Gettysburg,
for he has made sure his place forever
in the hearts of Americans.'
"I have made no plans as yet, but
if Gen. Sickles needs my aid, and
the aid of the South, he will get it."
GUN STOPS CATO BAKER.
Shot J. M. Pennington from Ambush
Last July.
Walterboro, Jan. 25.?Cato Baker,
who shot J. M. Pennington from ambush
at his residence below Green
Pond in July, was lodged in jail here
this afternoon in a serious condition,
having been shot while resisting arrest
by Deputy Sheriff Lucas Padgett.
The negro was plowing for Mr.
Pennington, having persuaded him
to let him go back to work. Mr.
Pennington agreed and notified Sheriff
Owens, who sent Deputy Padgett .
down this morning. He, in company
with Bert Drawdy, went to Mr. Pennington's
place and went into the
field where the negro and several
others were at work. Baker came
out to the end of the row where Mr.
Padgett and Mr. Drawdy were talking
to Mr. Pennington, presumably
selling him a new kind of plow. The
negro suspected something and turn- x
ed to run, meanwhile drawing his
pistol. Deputy Padgett jerked up
his gun, which was in the buggy,
and shot the negro down. The gun
was loaded with buckshot and three
shot took effect, one just below the
ear, another in cheek and a third in
shoulder.
Dr. Esdorn was called and states
that the negro is seriously shot. He
is in an unconscious condition, and i3
under the influence of a stimulant.
He h&s not yet probed to find the
shot penetrating the brain. "Baker
is considered a dangerous negro, and
had twice attempted Mr. Penning- /
ton's life from ambush, shooting him
o+ n i orVi + mhil/i coatoH fin hie
at Ulgut TT U11V 0VWWU vu. ma?
porch. Since this time he has been
in hiding and only recently came out.
ARRESTS FOR BLINDING A MAN
New Yorker Struck in the Face with
Stockings Filled with Lime.
New York, Jan. 24.?John Lynch,
formerly a conductor employed by %
the Union Railroad Company, will
be led from his home, No. 1073
Tiffany street, to the Children's court
to appear against three boys.
One of Lynch's eyes is gone and
the other is fast failing, so that it
is feared he soon will be blind, all
because the three boys celebrated
last Hallowe'en with a stocking filled
with lime.
Lynch says he was on the rear
platform of his car, which had come . v
through- Tremont avenue and was
nearing Bronx Park, when several
boys in costumes and masks boarded
the car. Thr^e of them' struck the
conductor on the face and head with
stockings, in one of which was lime.
One Eye Removed.
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The conductor ien, nis eyes nneu
with lime. The boys leaped from
the car and escaped. Passengers on
the car went to Lynch's assistance,
who became unconscious. He was
taken to Fordham hospital and the
next day described the boys who
attacked him. His right eye was
removed, his deft eye was badly affected
and he was taken to an eye
and ear hospital, where he has been
under treatment.
With a description of the boys the
detectives learned that three youngsters
on Hallowe'en night went to a
building in course of construction
and one of them filled a stocking
with lime. The other two . had
stockings of cement mixed with
flour.
Boys in the neighborhood were
questioned and suspicion pointed to
Sidney Diamond, twelve, of No. 1139
Wyatt street; Isidor Cohen, fifteen,
of No. 1170 East One Hundred and
Seventy-eighth street; and Lewis
Sapz, twelve, of No. 1151 Walker
avenue.
Since then the boys have been
under careful watch. They had no
notion that they were under suspicion
of having blinded the conductor;
nor had their parents. They have
attended school and played with
other boys in the neighborhood. ,
Arrest of the Boys.
The incident of blinding the conductor
had- been almost forgotten
when last evening detectives went to
the boys' homes and arrested them
as juvenile delinquents. They were
taken to the rooms of the Children's
Society.
The police said last night the
boys had not been arrested before
because Lynch's condition was such
that he could not appear against
them in court. It was decided, however,
when doctors said he probably
would lose his left eye also to make
the arrests without delay.
The races opened at Charleston .
last Saturday and are going on right
along just as if there was no law
against racing in thia State. We
have no idea they will be interfered
with, either.
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