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RICHLAND COUNTY HAJ
MURDER MYSTfc
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Colombia police and Rfohlam. I
county officers have been confront- 1
since May 10, 1918, by two mys4
- tcrious murders, three deaths that
today remain veiled in mystery and
the disappearance of five negroes
who afe wanted on charges of snooty 'it
ing, cutting and clubbing as many
negroes to. death. Ten lives have
been?lost and thooe who may have E
been implicated in the killings have 2
not been apprehended. ^
-The death roll Includes James Mc- Loughlin,
killed by. blows on head; in
A. J. Altaian, murdered by blows oh- f,
head. Private Austin, body found t<
, mutilated o?v%-ailroad track; Mr. and ft
Mrs.., Dave Medlin, burned to death? ei
Policeman 8r?jwn, shot and kiFled; s.
Bert Dort, negro, shot to ,death; Will m
Stokes, killed Hf biUretwbuntfeV Dave t<
Cannot,, shot and itWdd; Copnne n
Patterson, ^cut to death; John Sum- g
The qsuxditif of James McLoughlin,
steward at Hips Btrgler home on Main >
street was chronicled. oh May 10. *
-y 1918. McLaughlin's body was found
on the floor" or his bedroom with deep ~
' gashes onthe head. Money and other ^
. /. valuables in the room showed that the 2
. nfbtive for the deed wal not rbbbary. g
Large rewards were offered for the jgj
Private Austin, soldier, stationed ^
at Camp Jackson, furnished the coun-1
ty with the next mysterious death. !j
The body of the soldier was found I
scattered along the crossties of the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad between .
James' Crossing and Columbia.. The
privateJs uniform was found under .j,
a tree stump about 60 yards from the
rails.. The coroner's jury was unable
to unravel the mystery and today the
manner in which the soldier lost his
life is unknown. The main theory
at last, accounts was that Austin was
stripped of his clothing, killed and .ft
placed on the railroad tracks. (jr
Shortly after the death of Private is
Austin was reported, the home of J
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Medlin on the'ft
asylum road" was consumed by fire n
and the aged couple were burned to
death. Many theories were advanced <
by county officers and there seemed 1
to be a strong feeling that the Med- c<
lins were murdered and the house b
set on fire to cover up the crime J to
The charred remains of Mrs. Medlin !.C
were found lying in front of the fire-1
place and Mr. Medlin's body was ly- ft
ing on the ground near the spot,
where the steps to the house had
been located. Their home was about
400 yards from the store occupied by
Mr. Altman when he was killed. One s
nothing developed to incriminate the o
arrest was 'made in the case, but c
prisoner and the suspect was released.
The manner in which the Med- j?
lips met death remains unsolved.
Policeman H. Frank Brown is the
fifth white person to meet a violent
* death in Richland county since 1910
with no immediate prospects for the
capture of the person who dealt the g
death blow. The officer left his sta- v
tion at police headquarters on Tuesday
night, August 16, and he was
shot te death near the corner of Park .
and First streets, Camp Fornance.
Hundreds of men searched for a ne- .
gro for several days and nights with- 11
out success. The only Aye witness
to the killing said the fatal shots .
were fired* fty a negro who fled ifn
.ji. At. 1.1 < i.niL 'j fvvi 3, >.
meuiaveiy aner ?ie Killing., rnei
coroner's jury held three sessions end I3
brought in a verdict to the effect
tljat the oftlcer was killed by per- 1
sons unknown to the jury.?The v
State. ' li
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Street Fighting in r r t
Progress Becomes Violent J
I Belfast, Aug. 80.?Street fighting t
which waa in progress since yester- a
day. became violent after 1 o'clock
today, the dinner hour at 90 factories. a
One laborer was shot dead and several
wwdnded. The civilians placed sand- :
bags .in the middle of the street and r
fired continuously against the police
and the military who were forced to
abandon the streets. The patter of ?
bullets was like a hail storm. . }
Death Claims Paid in 1920 ]
.7:. ? t
New York, Aug. 80.?Four million
and a half dollars death elaims from 1
automobile aCaidenta wbre paid by t
the life insurenoe companies In 1920. t
RIES YET UNSOLVED
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HANY RUSSIANS v
FACE STARVATION
Moscow, ftag. 29.?Leo ^ammeneff,
?ns;itf tfjaSwrinces of Hussia ate facMany
iigration has been stop^n^^i^v210
i>u^iei8h(>i
iora Seed would be suppfie^Mn order
I insure iBfedt year's crtjps. * Kamleneff
said that only -about 800,000
ersons actually migrated and tha^,
lis movement was now negligible.
'Moscow, Aug. 29.?The All-Russian
riief commission formed recently,
iw-Maxim. Gorby and representsves
of various parties as members.
ttn-^Art^ relief cowtnis-'
ion because it referred, to adhere to
a$i >18, which orQeid*' uorky > ,corailttee
hot.ta f&.Sfatfpftd, but to proI
vrjyrl 1
ice to his master who, unable to J
ove, wrote a message to his wife
> Uroisette village and tied it to the
>g's collar, telling him to go home.
Six hours later help arrived and
!otel was carried down the mountain
? the village where a doctor was
waiting him. The dog conducted
le rescue party up and down the
ountain.
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First Returns From Levy
Budapest,
Aug. 9.?Hungary"s
ret returns from the levy on capital
reduced 1,367,000,000 crpwns, Minter
of Finance Hegedues told the
ational Assembly today. He said
le money would be used to retire
taturing bonds and pay interest.
Unless the exchange on Hungary's
jprec iated currency can be improved
trough friendly action by Allied
luntries, he said not much could
3 done to put the country on a
>und basis or make up the present
000,000,000 crowns deficit.
Vo Murder
Suspects Arrested
Berlin, Aug. 30.?Two arrested are
uspected of complicity in the murder
f Mathias Erzberger, the former vice
hancellor. _
Shirt Waist and Dress
Makers Strike
Philadelphia, Aug. 30.-^-An organzed
shirt waist and dress makers
trikek is on over the reduction of
rages and it is affecting 260 shops.
PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs, Alen Heidtmann of Rock Hill
i visiting at the home of Mrs. M. L.
rawer on South street this week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gaffney are visting
in Charlotte, N. C., today.
P. J. Pittman of Greenwood is a
yaipess visitor in the city today.
Misses Rose Walker and Alma
3etenbaugh' nave returned fifcm a
isit to Mrs. Leonard Smith at Pauihe.
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Miss Bertha Waldrop has returned
0 her home in Columbia after spendng
sometime In the mountains of
forth Carolina and Union.
Mr. and Mrs. Webb Alman have reurned
from their wedding trip and
re at home to their friends in Union.
Miss Ruby Green is visiting her
unt, Mrs. A. H. Davis, in Rock Hill.
Miss Ellen Ross, of Raleigh, N. C.,
1 spending sometime with friends in
Jnion county.
Miss Dorris has arrived to take
barge of the millinery parlors at WilIBM
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Mm. Pau|%>Wilburn and children,
fra. L. C. Wharton and Mrs. J. H.
spears m nffJinp thp <Jny in Spar:
anburg with relatives.
Mvf. Boyt> J*$ptar ( Mildred Mhe
guests ?A ?5' **.* V. Af?
aw on South Mountain street.
Americans actinf: as
Co^modO^.Maitland^a
r, j .
uu8 1** Jtuik *'Jr?lBt
t 1^ ^ ,t ? ' nafl^KlH
ed lm *' When Antemo^^E^idflBl
' ? WTyF^^^HScS^BQEj
m'eniMi tijQ oroWD
ed ftJarfcoel when' he
i p Hfc 1 6U%iap
highest pinnacle of racing fame.
Rickeknbacher became a part of th<
'A-.- E. F. after a series of rebuffs
When the United States entered th<
war, he was in England buying racing
cars. He immediately returned to thii
country and offered his services. H<
tried to get governmental sanction t<
a plan of his to enlist flying squadror
from among racing drivers of th(
country, but army officials turned th<
proffer down.
A few weeks later Rickenbachei
was on his way overseas as chauffeui
to General Pershing. A short time af
ter arriving abroad, he was in an avi
tion training camp, placed then
through the personal intervention o:
General Pershing.
Hickenbacher bagged his first Ger
man early in 1918. Within a month h<
had won the Croix de Guerre, and de
spite his delayed entrance into avi
ation, he was the second American tx
be given the title of ace.
At this juncture, he met with ai
accident that nearly ended his careei
as a flyer.
His ear drums were split as the re
suit of a 6000-foot fall which came af
ter a single-handed fight against thre<
German planes. The tip of one a
the wings of the plane Rickenbache:
was piloting was carried away by i
hostile Fokker, and he' plunged t<
earth. He was pronounced incapaci
tated for further service.
The former racing driver refused t<
be put out of the running, and carrie<
his case direct to General Parshing
The latter ruled that he still migh
fight.
When he became a captain, Ricken
bacher commanded the famous Hat-in
the Ring Squadron. His victories con
tinued to pile up, one after the other
until he was acclaimed American ac<
of aces.
Many of the medals and cups woi
and conferred upon Rickenbacher dur
ing his career, are packed careful!}
away in the little frame cottage here
but there are four things Mrs. Eliza
beth Rickenbacher, his mother, valuei
mo^e than anything else. They are:
A piece of marble chiseled in th<
shape of a book, and bearing the in
scriptlon "Holy Bible."
A small wooden chest.
A silver eup, embossed with gold
the championhip trophy won by Rick
enbacher in a bitter contest at Stow
City, la., in July, 1914, when he- drov
a TinaanK<ircr fa viafnr.. iri Ji
mile race on a gumbo dirt track.
A eitation from the French govern
ment, accompanying the award of thi
Croix de Guerre.
Rickenbacher chiseled the marbl
book fti his monument making appren
tice days. The wooden chest is a me
mento of a short time spent in th<
shops of a railroad here.
His mother values them as sym
bolic of the steps in her son's life.
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Famine Sufferers
; Dying in Streeti
New York, Aug. 80.?Thousands o
famine sufferers in Trana-Caucaai
are djrijng of cholera in Armenia'fcoi
ticularly, and wagons are sent thir>ug
.the streets to pick up the victims, s
a cable dispatch sayar
GREENVILLE MAN
;;; NOWON TRIAL
' '<Sra&nvile. ^Aug. 29.?Testimony of
i 'jiyrank" Young, who was shot four
1 iliiss by Tom Harrison at the same
tube that-the latter shot and fatally
! ^rounded ni? *ife, Gertrude Harrison,
: Ht their home on East Washington
Aalil December 11 last, was the outMwding
feature of the trial today of ]
iTom Harrison, which commenced this 1
unorning in the sessions court here. 1
state rested its case at the con
v* wuwuiviiy tuig *irter- ]
nMn and one witness for the defense <
.*w*B put up/ Council for the defense
A^pounced that the defendant would <
this afternoon. He ]
g testified that he, }
go to the bathroom to <
mmh bis f??e preparatory to going
pe_ women had l^ft^thjs 3
r<^xri. ^oung said*
mswer to cnaaa-ex*
niW w^fTiinf: and that he and ,
HkH^pttvJiad been good friends. JHe
MHfre no ^ex^iatiaUon as to Why
said anything out of the
eith er she or Harrison
3 and thereafter became tincqtaeJous
and'did not remember anything furth2
er that had occurred.
Testimony of several policemen,
3 who came to the house after the troul
ble was discovered, was heard this
) morning, and afternoon J. A. Braun,
j policeman, quoted Harrison as saying
> ne had resented an insult in shooting
l Youncr and that he had shot Mrs. Har
? rison by accident during the struggle
j with Young. Harrison, in his affidavit,
made at the time he was grantp
ed bail, alleges that he found Young
p struggling. with his wife and that
- Young turned on him.
= Curfew Law Ignored
Belfast, Aug. 30.?Two were killed
_ and nine wounded in the rioting at
? Belfast when the curfew law was ignored.
_
> nvestigation of the
Ku Klux Klan
r Chicago, Aug. 30.?The federal investigation
of the Ku Klux Klan start
ed as a result of complaints that the
- Klan opposed the public policy, and
e makes profit on the regali aand that
f acts of lawlessness have been ascribed
r to the alleged members.
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? Jermany Under
Restrictions
j Berlin, Aug. 30.?Germany is under
restrictions closely approaching mart
tial law as a result of President
Ebert's decree banning demonstrations,
etc.
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I James Jeter
g Cornwell Dead
Chester, Aug. 29.?James Jeter
l Cornwell, who lived three or four
- miles from Great Falls, was found
f dead in bed Friday morning. Death
', Was due to heart disease. Mr. Corn
well was 49 years of age and leaves
a one son. W. E. Cornwell of Chester
is a brother, and Miss Kate Cornwell
a of Santuc a sister.
Today's Cotton Market
I Open Close
j January 16.65 16.92
t March 16.80 17.06
B May 16.93 17.18
_ October 16.25 16.61
December 16.65 16.87
I N. Y. Spots 16.60
Local market .. 15.60
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I Georgian Killed
B by Prohibition Agent
* Atanta, Aug. 80.?R. L. Peak, East
Point, Ga., wan shot and killed by
Prohibition Agent Harry Saphire in
' a hotel obby here today when Peak
! resisted arrest.
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J One auto in sold each minute.
? Keeping up with the justly celebrated
f birth rate.?Toledo News-Bee.
a . 1
C Mrs. T. L. Craig has returned to
h, ,her home in Lancaster alter a visit
p to Mrs.t. Preston Barnes on South
Church- stoqpet.. v.>; - jm, >
REQUEST FOR FEDERi
IN WEST VI
GERMAN LABOR
READY TOFIGHT
Berlin, Aug. 29.?German organized
abor, comprising 11,000,000 mehlbers
belonging to general and independent
federations, informed Chancellor
iYirth this afternoon that it was
ready to "go to the front" in defense
vt the republic. , x, .
The majority and independent Socialists
ala<f jfenfc.g deputation tQjtfia
chancellor,. Informing nim' that botn
larties demand that the government
rroceed without fear or . favor against
:he elements responsible for the an;l-ort
pablican demonstrations and ma
hi nut ions "to which the assassination
of Herr Erzeberger is attributable."
,
This deputation demanded in behalf
)f the radical par#**, fundamental reform
in the civil service and judiciary
account of public suspicion, especially
of the latterV conduct of
sases involving the defense 01 democratic
principles."
Thb decree , issued by President
Elbert earlier ih the day; prohibiting
all acts likely to encourage seditious
Movements is to be sent to the ministry
of the interior with instructions
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-uai. ?v oe muue eiracuvc bi once.
/irtlial Dictator of Turkey
Angora, Aug. 27.?Mustapha Kemal
pasha, head of the Nationalist army
uid virtual dictator of Turkey in!
\sia, who is fighting the Greeks, is a
ihort, stockily built man who wears |
European clothes, speaks French and
German fluently and looks one over!
with keen, gray eyes, the right one
of which is marred by a cast.
The Greek offensive was just beginning
when the correspondent found
him at his pretty villa on the hills a
mile distant from Angora yet he dismissed
it coldly, a though it might affect
some other country than his own.
Mustapha Kemal's name is known
throughout the East where he is iar
more powerful than the sultan oooped
up in his palace at- Constantinople
under the guns of the Allied'warships
in the Bosphocus.-- Every child m tn?
East knows- his name. Both soldierand
politician,: tho?e familiar the j
American struggle for liberty f re>
In his^moments of leisure, Tiis
Turkish comrades say he has a rare
capacity for the telling of peasant
stories and something of the sense of
humor and innocent fun characteristic|
of the Turks, but these are not often
displayed in the presence of strangers, i
His sterner qualities were shown in
his resistance to and contempt for the
Germans during the great war, and,
since the armistice, in his organiza-1
tion of resistance to Ally peace terms,
and of the Greek army.
At the moment the correspondent j
saw him, he had just refused to meet I
the British General Harrington to talk
peace terms, as he is convinced that
such conferences cannot now have any
practical result.
"They won't realize that we are in
earnest, that we are speaking the
plain truth when we say we will make
peace only on our published terms," he
commenter. "To yield now means
turning over my country to the
Greeks, to foreigners, to a fate far
more bitter than that of the- Hungarians.
The only way is to fight on
for independence.
"Will the Nationalist movement survive?"
he said, slowly repeating the
question of the correspondent. "That
is a question which interests not only
ourselves but is of vital importance to
the peace of Europe and to the United
States and other countries wishing toi
reestablish a prosperous world fit to'
live in. Why don't the Allies see this?
Haven't they learned anything since
fUo rwonnf wni? ??O
tlic TTOJL CI1UCU ?
"From an exterior point of view, we
Nationalists are trying to prevent the
Balkanizing of Turkey, prevent our
house being divided against itself,
prevent the Allies from establishing
zones of influence leading to future
quarrels among themselves."
While out of politeness he didn't
say so, it is known he feels the Americans
should understand and help
diplomatically, at least. He asked for
news from the outside world, for the
trend of opinion as to commercial
stagnation.
He objected to the-French point of
view that the Turkish and Near East
Siestions will be solved only when is
at of Russia.
"Ours is a question in itself," he
said, "and a very important one.
From the point of view of international
law and order, I think it is admitted
that the destruction of say, the
Austrian Empire, has entailed insolvable
problems. Have every state in
the United States warring with its
neighbors, and this will give you a
conception of Europe today,
i "Why destroy the fabric that holds
the Near East together? No political
arrangement is perfect but this was
the best to be found. It is my honest
belief that a pre-war Turkey is still
the only solution, with the Turks even
made responsible, as before, for the
neutrality of the Straits. We have
given up to the British and the French
Mesopotamia and Syria, and the peoples
there must work out their national
destinies as tnejr see fit. But
where the Turk population is in majority
we should control and we ey
pect to.
"PeAce ? Of eourae we want it. 11
is the Allies and the Greeks who continue
the war, It is ruining all of us
bat o?p ruin would be immediate il
we accepted their termc. Whten w<
UL TROOPS
RGIN1A MINING TOWN
Washington, Aug. 30.?Troops may "
yet be despatched to Mingo coal fields
result of conference between the Prea- 4
ident and West Virginia delegation
late today.
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Charleston, W. V., Aug. 80.?T>ts- r
quieting reports continue to emadgte a-". r
from Mingo coal fields. Governor
Morgan said the request lor federal
trpops was again following the alarming
advices: All males from 14 to 60 ?
are under armg-reftfjy for the clash,
and that the magistrate and four' others
are held as prisoners. ' . *
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Washington, Aug. 0.?Governor V
Morgan's second request for federal
troops to suppress the alleged lawless-* ..."
ness in the coal fields is before the
President and the war secretary, the
delegation of business men are here _ .
from Charleston to support the governor's
troops request conferred with . T
the President.
Charleston,* W. V., Aug. 29<? *V
lov. E. F. Morgan at midnight tele- y *
raphed an appeal to President Hardr.g
to send federal troops into West ...
/irginia. ,
Reiterating that large forces all* v
gain leaving the Cabin Creek dis- ** '
rict tonight for the Logan odunty
border,. Gov. E. F. Morgan sent the >^
fallowing statement to Washington
t midnight, addressing it to both
Resident Harding and Secretary of
Var Weeks:
"General Bandholtz left here Sattrday.
At that time armed men in
'ain, Cabin and.Lens creeks and Bip
Coal river field were dispersing. On
.little Coal river in the vicinity of
iharples, Ciotheri, Blair and Madison, J ^ ?
armed men in excess, of 1500 have
used to disperse when requested by
epresentatives -of the federal Ann
tate governments.. .
; ,lQn Saturday night: near Sharpies.
)n arnidd patrol attacked a body of
tate police which returned the.
fcr.d. killed three men. > These arm$d
bodies ,h,ave also .captured five Logan
oupty peace officers and arc h<oTclfng*>?_
hem prisoners'. ' ; '
"We have information.<that several,
undred men from cgal fields of .other r.
tates are gathered with these ioBarectjonists
in the Little Coal river" '
action and-^tae^areinpassesslon .of'
hem to disperse.
"Adjutant General Chamock has
ust returned from the vicinity of
Siarples where he commanded the inI.
urrectionists to disperse but they
hive refused and are maintaining
riany. armed patrols on the roads
nd have seized passenger trams on
Jtie Chesapeake & Ohio ?railvoad to
ransport reinforcements : to their
camps. They have cut telephone
/ires and refuse to allow their re-.
Jj'acement and they continue to defy
onstituted authority. ?V,;"The
men now assembled in Logan
rom McDowell, Mingo and Logan
ounties, to resist the invasion will be
jutterly unable to repel tha attack.
"Because of the imminent danger
'of great loss of life if there is a
lash between the Logan officers and
itizens and *he armed insurrectionsts
and believing it Is my duty to
eek protection for the lives and
roperty of our citizens, I must respectfully
renew my request for federal
troops to be sent forthwith to
West Virginia for the purpose of
uelling the insurrection and disbrming
those engaged ii\, it. Delay,
| n my opinion, will prove most disi'a>trous."
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jCripple Girl Runs
Away From Home
New York, Aug. 30.?Edna Townsend,
the 15-year-old cripple girl, ran
away from home in Baltimore in a
wheel chair and was arrested in New
York.
Attempt to Make
Atlantic City Bone Dry
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Atlantic City, Aug. 30^?f ha greatest
attempt ever made to make Atlantic
City bone dry occurred today
when the prohibition agents raided
more than 100 hoard walk cafes.
Petitions Court fot Relief
Birmingham, Aug. 30.?Alleging
fear of being kidnapped because of
willingness to testify against her
father, charged with murder of Father
James E. Coyle, Mrs. Ruth Stephenson
Gussman petitions the court .lor
"relief" asserting that since the appearance
against her father. Rev. Edwin
R. Stephenson, threats have been
made against her.
Rime Expires September 1st
Berne, Aug. 30.?The allotted time
for the residence in Switzerland of
Former Emperor Charles of Austria
expires oa SepteipJjer 1 and if he is to
remain he mast curtail his retinue of
SO persona.
jsggsEHaaaa have
gotten rid of the Greeks, we will
.continue our sincere effort to keep going
an honest national government.
For one think, /WO^NUi clean up Con;
stantinonle, motaity. ntrring the great
.war and since the Ally occupation'it
. has become a disgrace to civilization,
r a place that might well be Jtarned to
) ashes as it stands.**