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The Batesburg Advocate. ;
VOL III BATESBURO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13,1903. NO 15 1
FINALLY SET FREE
Agatha Reicalin Murdered by "a Per
son Unknown" is the
VERDICT THE JURY RENDERED
The Testimony Did Xot Teml to ln>
crimiiintc the Accused Priest.
Conicratuiated by Friends
When DiHehiirirpil.
A dispatch from Elysia, Ohio, says
at the end of a rather complete investigation
into the cause of the
deatli of Agatha Kcichlin who was
murdered last Thursday night, Coro
ner French of tliis county this evening
gave this as his conclusion of the
verdict:
"That Agatha Kcichlin came t<
her death from wounds indicted by a
stone in the hands of a person un
known."
The investigation was held in the
presence of a large and deeply inter
ested crowd of witnesses and spectators.
The conclusion reached by the
coroner resulted in the feeling of Father
Walser from confinement latci
in the evening.
The witnesses examined Wednesday
included policemen who hat
been called to the Ueichlin home at
1.:tu o'clock Friday morning an<
Casiiner Kcichlin, a brother of tin
murdered girl. Rev. Charles Kcichlin,
another brother, also testified. Tin
concensus of the testimony of the
witnessess Wednesday was favorable
to Father Walser's claim of innocence
and in support of the theory ihatu
burglar or some other desperate man
had committed the crime. Capt
l\Ull IllllU, IKlllTi Ui pUllCL, ItMllH'U
that the bloodhounds did not pay any
more attention to Father Walter's l?o<i
than to t he other beds in the house.
Describing his visit totlie house, Capt.
Ketchum said:
"Going to tlie attic 1 found fresh
mud on the tloor, that had apparently
recently dropped from a man's shoe.
There was also fresli mud on the ladder
that hud been put up to toe attic
window."
Caslmer llcichlan. brother of the
murdered girl, described the scene li
his sister's room when lie reached it
after being arouse the night of the
murder. The girl's left foot was
drawn up and her head was bleeding
and she lay partly on her left side.
The bed clothes were smooth and undisturbed
and the bed quilts drawn
up close under her chin. The body
was still warm. The door lietween
the girl's room and He v. WalserV
room was open, one bed in the latter
room had been disturbed. The othei
had not. A ladder on the south side
of the building leading to the attic
window was found. It did not reach
the window by two and a half feet.
The window itself was out and leaning
against an old trunk. He noticed no
tracks until next morning. When
discovered the tracks were small, hut
not indistinct, lie said Walser gave
him a description of the man he had
seen as being thin, tall, wore a mustache
and a slouch hat. Caslmer said
the watch dog that was on the lowoi
tloor of the house on the night of the
murder had an ugly disposition and
usually barked when any one came
around the house at night. The dog
did not bark on the night in question,
however, until after the murder had
been discovered. There was suppress
cd excitement when Prosecutor Sirou;
asked the witness: "You do not know
of your own knowledge who killed
your sister?"
"No, sir," answered Casiiucr will
emphasis.
"You do not know whether the per
son who killed your sister came fron:
outside or whether lie was on the in
side?"
"No, sir, I cannot tell you."
liev. Chas. Iteichlin said as to the
motive: "My tirst thought was tha'
it might have been a jilted lover. Mr
Itospere was her last lover. I thin!
the motive for the crime was robbery.
My sister never expressed to me am
love for Itospere. He called twice
since November. My sister liver
alone with Walser during my abseriet
in Europe last summer, liev. Walsei
put a bolt on the door between iii:
room and Agatha's at tha' time."
TIIK 1'UIEST IMSCIIAKGKI).
Father Walser, arrested last Satur
day morning in connection with th?
murder of Agatha Iteichlin, wai
brought to that cit y Wednesday nighi
from the county jail at Elyria and dis
charged from the charge of murdc
which was nlaced acainst him at tha
time. Prosecuting Attorney Stroui
said: "After having listened t<> tin
evidence presented at tlie inqucs
Wednesday 1 can sec that there is no
sufficient evidence to hold the defend
ant. The action taken on the par
of the officers in arresting Patlie
VValser has been in attendau *e witl
their duty. A terrible crime has beei
committed and if the .suspicion of tfuil
had been placed against any otlie
person I can assure you lie would no
have been treated as the defendan
has."
Mayor Kinjr tiien stated as tin
prosecuting attorney had rcmarkei
tiicre was not sufficient evidence t<
hold the accused and tliere was noth
in# to do but to discharge him fron
custody.
Father Walser then addressed In
mayor, ex pressing thanks for Ids lili
eralion and saying Agatha Keichlii
was the last person he would hav
killed. Father Walser was general I
congratulated upon his release.
A DEPLORABLE CONDITION.
J
; AssuhsIiih Heem to llnve the I<n\v and
I iit i inidated.
J. B. Marcum, a prominent lawyer
and deputy United States commis
sioner, was shot and killed Monday,
May 4, while standing in the door of
the eourt house at Jackson, Ky. The
shot was lired from inside the court
house. It is not known who did the
shooting. Marcum was a leader of the
anti-llargis political faction and a
friend of Coekrills who was killed two;
months a^o in the Cock rill- Ilargis
feuds.
' A dispatch from Lexington, Ky.,
says Wood <J. Dunlap of that city left
: Tuesday for Jacjcson, Ky., as attor
ney for the fusionists in the Breathitt
county contested election cases. lie
succeeds as counsel James B. Mar- ;
cum, who was killed at t he court
house Monday while tilinir papers in
I these cases. It is feared that tlie'
(j proceeding at this time will precipi-j
j late furthei trouble in the CockrillL
ilargis feud in which a. half dozen
lives have already been lost. A telegram
from a member of the Harris
, faction to ex-Senator Alexander Harris
at Winchester, says that Itelven
Kwcn. who was talking with Marcum
when he was sliot by the assassin in
! the Itreathitt county court house rc.
cognized the murderer. Kwen when
, seen positively refused to say anything
regarding the shooting.
Not a line is being sent out of Jack
i son. Ky., by the local or resident eor!
respondents foi fear of the feudists.
L A reliable man who came from
1 son to Lexington over the Lexington
; and Hastern railway on being promised
by the Assoeiated Press correspondent
that his name should not he used,
said, the conditions at .lackson were
; deplorable and renewed hostilities between
the friends of Marcum and 1
i those now in power are imminent.,
i No arrests have been made and there |
. are no efforts made to apprehend the
1 assassins. The widow of Marcum!
went to seethe dead body of her husi
! hand Tuesday for the lirst time, but I
. : Maicum's friend-, have been afraid to
be seen taking any interest in him.
! Mrs. Marcum went to the court house
i and wiped up the blood of her dead
' husband with her handkerchief.
Suspicion points to three well known
men, the third standing near Marcum .
and giving the signal.
A Murder Mystery.
William Patterson, a member of one
1 the prominent and wealthy families of
j,Nuniee, Irid., and a brother-in-law of
(ieorge F. McCullocli, president or the
, Union Traction company, was shot
: and fatally wounded Wednesday
night. The trageby is shrouded in
mysteryand the police are guardingthe
1 1 house. The clay was well advanced
before news of the shooting leaked
out. One story is that l'atterson was
1 shot about '! o'clock in his own house.
< >ne bullet passed through the stomach
" and the other through the groin, j
Another report is that he was shot on
the street at an early hour. The
1 most generally accepted report is that j
the shots were lired whi'c lie was in
' his own room, hut by whom is not!
1 known. The Patterson family is one
1 of the oldest in the city and William
Patterson was pomincnt both in social i
and business allairs.
i:
Clcvcluiid an ItooHCvelt.
I Mr. Cleveland's reference to Presi
dent Roosevelt at the St. Louis dinner
; could not have faied to attract notice. :
I } "Let us not forget." said he,"that we
owe something to ibis servant of ours.
If any discredit fall upon him, his dis- j
, j credit is ours. With American fair:
play, let us. gentlemen, give him the
! benefit of the doubt, so long as we
i know that however wrong he'may he,
r he believes lie is right." I'hc llichI
i mond Times-1Mspateh interprets this
as "very nearly akin to the plea which
i they used ? ? pin on the hack of the
pianist in the Western music hall:
' I >on't shout the pianist: he's doing
i the hest he can.' "
Plague and Famine.
Plague and famine in China are
, becoming more devastating daily aoi
jcording to cable advices received at
the state department l'rom I'nited
j States Consul MeWade at Canton.
Me states that the plague is incrcas,
ing in that city and that the famine
,, in Kwang Si province is spreading. An
I American missionary is his authority
. for 11is statement, in one village the
J.! body of a famine victim was eaten by
s the starving people.
tie W11M l>I'llllk.
Scarcely had the convention of the
- city democracy of Charleston adjourn
Monday when tiie report of a pistol
s rant; out in.the lobby of tbe llibert
11 iaii Hall. A rumor Hashed through
- | the building that a man had been
r! shot. An investigation indicated,
L however, that this was not the ease.
i Policeman C. W. Cooper had an alteri?!
cation witli I'oliccman Collins in the
I ! course of which he ttrcw his gun and
L discharged it.
Another HtifVulo Tragedy.
r I hullalo, N. V., must he a very tough
, j place. As the culmination to domestic
troubles John Costclly, the millionaire
, Standard Oil man, was shot and perr
haps fatally wounded Wednesday
j afternoon by Ids wife, Sarah. Mis
t wife immediately surrendered to the
police. She went to her husband's
oillcc and drew a pistol. The husband
I ran into the hull and was shot us he
, tried to escape into another olllec.
lie Is < 'titiMtic.
II Tli'* Louisville Cyvrler-Journal sa vs.
"An esteemed contemporary asks us
why we refer to the Smart Set as oscillating
'between hell and the iron
works.' Mecause it gets its inspiration
from the one, its money from the
other."
! TWENTY i/I YES LOST ;
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By the Sinking of the Steamship v
' s
Saginaw at Sea.
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FULL ACCOUNT OF THE TRAGEDY, t
I
The StcniiiahipH SukIiiiiw and Ilumil- t
I
ton Collided in a Dense y
For, and the Saginaw ^
Was Hunk. *'
I
A collision at sea that cost the lives ^
of twenty or more neonle and the sink- '
- r?' " 7 ? I ?
ing of the Clyde steamship Saginaw t
by the < >ld Dominion Steamship com- o
pany's liner Hamilton occurred between
Winter Quarter lightship and ^
Kenwick island lightship, on the Yir- ^
ginia coast, at 4.40 o'clock Tuesday
morning May ">. The Hamilton left N
New York the afternoon before at 2 '
o'clock for Norf?>lk and .the Saginaw 1
passed out the Virginia capes at it
o'clock the same night bound from
Richmond and Norfolk for Philadelphia.
A dense fog settled along the '
coast shortly after nightfall and both ^
vessels were going at reduced speed !
when the crash occurred.
The scene of the collision is about {;
twelve miles olT the shore and be- J'
tween ISO and 200 miles soutn of
New York, or l>etween 12,"> and 140 .
miles north of Norfolk. The fog
whistles of both vessels were distinct- i1
ly heard by each other for several 11
minutes before the collison occurred. .
According to Capt. Itoaz of the ,
Hamilton his ship was going altout :
nine miles an hour and the Saginaw |
about ten. The fog was so thick "
that objects a ship's length away were
invisible and when the two crafts hove
in sight of each other, bow on, there J
was but a moment's interim before j
they met. j
The Saginaw veered, as did the s'
Hamiton, but they had not the time |
to clear each other and the knife-like o
steel prow of the southbound vessel J ^
struck the Clyde ship on the port I '<
quarter about 20 feet from her stern, j r
cutting the entire rear of the ship '
away. The inrushing water caused 1 v
the Saginaw to settle rapidly in the ']
stern and the impetus of the Hamilton
took her out of sight of the crip- s
pled vessel. Engines already reversed ;
were put full steam to the rear and ; ^
the Hamilton circled to the scene of1'!
the wreck, at the same time lowering I s:
two life boats. There was consterna- ! 1
tion among the passengers of the , 1
Old Dominion ship and tirst thoughts ! 1
weie of their safety, but as soon as it j
was discovered that the ship was prac- i t
tlcally uninjured, only some bow;v
plates being stove in, all efforts were i s'
directed to the rescue of the Clyde f
company's steamer. is
When the Saginaw was again sighted ll
her stern was under water and her h
ixnv high in the air. Panic sticken ?
people rushed over her decks and t
scrambled toward the bow. Lifeboats 11
were being lowered and Into the first '* v
l "> colored women were placed, accord- (t
ing to Second Ollicer W. L. Morris,:'1
who was in command. The boat was i k
swamped as it struck the water and 1 P
its occupants were thrown into t he j v
sea. All were drowned except the f'
second onicer and the colored stew- j v
ardess, who was caught by First Of- j1
ticer Cioslee and held until a boat from ^
the Hamilton reached them. The P
woman was pulled in but the gallant j n
mate sank immediately. The woman t
died before the small boat reached the '
Hamilton, more from injuries received I t
by tlie impact of the collision than by 1 n
drowning. d
In the meantime the rush of wa-1 k
ters into tlie Saginaw had caused the ?
decks to burst their fastenings with a f
roar like tlie report of big guns and 11
tons of freight of all descriptions soon :
littered the sea. To tills the struggling
pe >ple In the water clung and
many were rescued by the boats from 'j
I the Hamilton and Saginaw, before r
the lifeboats of the Hamilton had ^
reached the Saginaw the latter had
disappeared beneath tlie waves and r
nothing but her topmasts were visi- i \
ble. To these several men were cling- s
ing, one of whom was the aged cap- r
tain of the Saginaw, J. S. Tunnell. i
When he was taken oil it was found ^
j that he had sustained severe, if not f
serious, internal injuries. I
The Hamilton hovered around the j
: seme of the wreck for over an hour, j
ixit no sign of lifecoulu be seen among j j
the mass of floating freight. Two '
bodies, one of a man and the other of a
a woman, both clad in night dress. \
were observed drifting between tin- ,
: bales of cotton and cases of goods. The
first, news of the disaster was received v
j at old Point where the Hamilton
stopped for a few moments on her way
| lo Norfolk. She arrived at her pier
in Norfolk about - o'clock Tuesday
I afternoon. Her bow plates were stove 1
in and tons of wreckage still clung to 1
her. All of the damage was however, j1
above the water line. On board the 1
j.survivors of the Saginaw had been '
I given clothing by the passengers and
seamen of the more fortunate vessel
: and a collection was taken up among ?
the passengers to he distributed
among them.
Capt. Tunnell could not be seen. lie ^
was in a stateroom on the Hamilton
j under the care of a doctor. His injuries
are said to consist of two broken
| ribs and Interal disorders. It was
sometime before any definite state- ]
ment could be secured from the officials
of eit her line regarding the real
! number of people lost and saved, and '
even now after official lists have been
given out there is great discrepancy be-1
j tween the statements of p;issengern i
land the. company's statement. A I
ording to the Clyde otllclals. the j
tames of only 18 passengers are known
ind it is admitted by Second Otlleer j
>1 orris that 15 colored women, all of j
vhom are now dead, were in the | ?
wamped lifeboat.
The crew of the Saginaw numbered
!6, all told. From the oflloers of tlie |
Jlyde company here, the following list I
if passengers was obtained: ^
K. li. Coles, Philadelphia; J. Trevor, I
Miilndelphiu; R. B. Younghead, Cheser,
Pa.: George 11. Ho?>d, Philadel)hla;
II. F. Winters, Camden, N. J.,
ill white.
Mary A. Sanderson, Windsor, N C
Morris Payner, Northwest Virginia:
kihti Reese, Norfolk; Miller Pnell,
Norfolk; Judson S. Willis Berkley,
k'a.; David Rowland, Newport News; ^
dary Robertson, Florence Vewby, Edia
Ward, M. E. Jones. P. E. Pendle<ui,
A. Gil more, S. Jemigan, all coli
red p
Those known to he lust are: j t<
Passengers A. Gilmore, P. L Pen-, tl
lie ton, Florence Newby, Edna Ward, ' .V
il. E. Jones, Mary Kol>ertson. id
Crew Ivlward Uoslec, first mate; j S
Yin. Hittes, lirst assistant engineer; Ih
lary Anderson, stewardess: ? Cook, j 11
ook: Wm. Morris, steward: unknown 1
olored waiter.
Peter Swanson, a lamo mcintier of (
lie crew, is a among the missing.
ust how many of the above passen- 11
ers were included in the 15 that were
>st in the swamped lifeboat cannot Ik- ul
letcrmincd as yet. A number of the j
lassengers left Richmond Sunday on !'(
he Saginaw, and until the list of | J)
11csc is secured it will be impossible *,'
o secure an accurate estimate of the |(1
ead. The discipline of the crew was t(
dmirable and "women tirst.'' was tlie j
nit.ial command of Capt. Tunnell after u
lie lifeboat s had been prepared for S(
jwering. '1 lie tirst two boats from the 11
lamiltoo lirst made a brief survey of ''
bat vessel's condition and seeing that "
oserious injury had been sustained,
lastened so the Saginaw.
C. K. Hcrwin of New York was one l<
f the passengers on the steamer Ham
[ton. which was in the collision, lis M
ccount of the wreck is graphic. He
aid: '"
"Fog settled down like a pall on the '.
eean about 7 o'clock Tuesday night. ()
uddenly when we were two hours (|
ite Wednesday morning, six bulls
angaudl knew something was wrong ^
'lie crash came next and a grinding
.bicb made the snip shiver. Nothing |
ad happened to our ship below. The ,.
aginaw appeared with 20 feet of her
tern torn completely away. -J could jj
aok rig! t Into the steamer. At that'
imeshe was still ailoat.but she ?juiek- j j
y disappeared ;u the iieo?.e Yug and ' ^
:ink just 19 minutes after the crash.
?he tirst thought was for our own safe-j ui
y and our own boats were lowered and [
he hull examined. Wlicn it was
Liund tliat she was nut injured then
he captain and his crew turned to-;
rard the other boat, hoping to save
omc human lives. When the Ilamil- s;
on circled and we again saw the, *j
teamer through the fog and mist only i
,er two masts were showing, as she ; w
ad scuttled and was resting quietly j,
n the bottom. It was providential
hat the sea v as quiet. Our boats jj
rought otr lt? people, four of whom j ^
,-ere white. The captain was lashed > w
u the mast with one white passenger, a
ut two of his ribs were broken. So . jc
reat was the confusion that one man I,(]
ut life preservers on his feet and vv
dien seen later was drowned tloating (j(
set up. E. H. Cole of Philadelphia, 11?
k'lio was saved from the Saninaw, had (j
ust sold out his business in Newport y(
Jews and was en rente h une. He|
laced $700 and a diamond pin be- j e(
leath his pillow l>ofore retiring. When ,,,
he crash came all thought of valua- ai
iles was forgot ton and he sought safe- y
y on deck. When he rememiiered his a|
noney lie started heluw, hut he was s,
riven back by the waters. Mr. Cole I (j
rasped a piece of wreckage and man- fj
ged to reach one of tlie topmasts, : y
roin which he was rescued by one of' ai
he Hamilton's boats." jr
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Foot Itacr lor Hride. p
A dispatch from New York says ir
Tom Dalton and James lb-sen are to;
iin a two mile race, the winner to *
et for a bride Hay Hernste'.n, a pretty si
ast side milliner. The race will be d
un at the outing of the Young Men's K
Valdorf Club. The fair trophy savs ! U|
he does not care which of the young u
lien is tlie victor. She loves them 11)
oth. The young men love her des- N
>erately. They'd run their legs o!T !i
or her. llosen Is a drummer and j a
)alton an insurance agent. There is o;
it tie ditTerence in their ages, ItoLh he- si
ng about twenty. The object of K
heir athletic atTcctions .is nineteen, a
fhe young men met Miss llernstein n
it a club entertainment about six S
veeks ago. The other day a member si
if the club suggested that they run I.
i foot race for her. The proposition's!
vas readily accepted. h
The Deadly I'arlor Kitlc.
The Atlanta Journal says "a parlor ^
iile in liie hands of Clyde Walters, a|
12-year-old boy, Thursday afternoon ^
ansed tile death of little George l'nrly,
a lo-ycar-old lad. The shooting j j
vas entirely accidental and young j.
Waiters is hearJ broken over the death
if I lis chum and playmate. The { .
,hooting occurred Thursday afternoon
it :t::tO o'clock, in the rear of 48 '
Drukl Circle, Imuan l'ark. Death
ivas instantaneous. No arrests were '
made, as the shooting was the result '.
?f an accident. ,
Ilcnuty t'oiHlN.
One thing to he set down as gospel, (
Lo begin with, is l hat allot the advertised
heauty foods "skin foods,''et Id (
genus mniiie are humhugs. The best (
if tliein are useless and not a few are j
harmful. The only real foods for (j
beauty are of the every-day kind, but
to be properly and judiciously selected.
N
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
in a Public Highway in the County
of Bishopville.
V. E. CREECH SHOT TO DEATH
ly Hpalu Kelloy, Who, After Wounding
Creech, l'ursued Him on
u Horse, Caught (J|> und
Finished Him.
A special from Camden to The State
i>s: W. E. Creech of Hishopville '
as killed by Spain Kelley t?f Lee
aunty Wednesday evening on the
ublic highway leading from Camden
j llishopville, about 10 miles from
lie former place. It is stated that
lr. Creech was returning from Camen,
driving a buggy, Mr. -Howard
ingleton lacing with him. While golg
up a hill near the Lee county line
liey met Mr. Kelley in a two-horse
uggy driven by a negro l>oy.
Kelly evidently did not recognize
reech until he was nearlv past him.
s soon as he did, however, he picked ]
p a pistol lying lieside him and tired (
!iree shots in rapid succession which
ntered Mr. Creech's back. Mr. .Sin- !
leton gt?t out of the buggy and was
>1 lowed by Creech, whose horse took ]
igtit and bolted, whereupon Mr. .
reech ran up the road to a buggy ^
riven by Mr. King, which was going
>w;irds Mishopville.
As Creech ran up the road Kellcv, 1
'ho bad in the meantime gotten out, .
;i/.ed a double-barreled breechloader |
01:1 his buggy and aimed it at him, ,
lit Singleton stepped in front of the ]
iu/./'e of the gun and Creech reached .
ie buggy in safety and was driven '
if at, a rapid pace. Kelley attempted :
> f .How them with his team, hut the
ursued had made such headway that i.
e realized he could not overtaken
<vm. He thereupon unhitched one j
I his horses and jumping on its back, ' {
med with his breeciiloader, galloped !
iter the buggy, overtaking it after it |,
id passed the Lee county line. Kelly [,
red three more shots, killing Creech, j
It is rumored that tills act on Mr. 11
Alley's part was in consequence of I (
II irremediable wrong done by the de- j |
;ased to a member of the former's
unlly.
Mr. W. K. Creech, a North Caronian
by birth, was a partner of the ,
ishopville brancii of Mr. George T.
Itt'ie's Camden livery stable. For ,
:veral years previous to bis departure
>r iiishopville tlie deceased was emloyed
by Little in Camden and here
>re the reputation of being a peace
ii ami quiet, citizen.
anotitkh account.
A dispatch from Bishopville to The
late says: This town was shocked
hursday morning to liear of tiie '
agio deatli of W. E. Creech, who
as shot to death Wednesday evening
y Spain Kelly. Mr. Creech was re-,
truing from Camden in company with
. H. King and Howard Singleton, i
bout 12 miles from Bishopville tliey :,
ere met by Kelly, who was riding in 1 j
buggy, accompanied by a negro and i (
aditig another horse. As he came (
jposite to Creech and Singleton, who
ere riding together, Kelly drew his
luble-harreled gun from under the
Liggy seat and aiming his gun at: <
ree*-h said; "I have been hunting
ju for 4b hours."
lie then tired, but the negro knock- \
1 up the barrel and, the load went I
ver tiie top of the buggy. Creeeh i,
ad Singleton then jumped out and
ie horses ran away. Kelly tired
s'ain, the load striking Creech in the ,
de and arm. King then caught:
rccch and pulled him into his buggy, |
riving rapidly away. Kelly mounted (
ie horse he was leading and rode
ftcr the retreating men. King, see- .
lg Lliat Kelly was fast appproaching,
hipped his horse into a run and this
ace was kept up for more than two
liles.
Coming opposite the house of Mrs.
allie Hoykin. Creech begged King to
,<>p ax lie couiu go no iuriner. i nev
rove Into the yard, Kelly following,
ing pleaded with Kelly not to shoot
gain as the man was dying. Kelly rode
p to the buggy and tired twice with
is revolver, killing Creech instantly,
[either Creech nor the two men with
im were armed. The verdict of the
roner's jury was that the deceased
line to his death by means of gunlot
wounds at the hands of Spain
[elly. The cause of the shooting is
mystery to everybody here and no
lOtivc can be assigned for the deed.
Ir. Creech was manager of the livery
table here of the tirm of Creech &
little, lie had made many friends
inee his residence here and was a
ighly respected young man.
IIAI> MOT WUOMOKD HIM.
The State of Friday morning says
urther information in regard to the |
hocking tragedy was brought to Co- j
inub'a Friday night by Mr. John
Illady, who was in Bishopvillc when
he shocking news was brought to the j
own. He stated to a reporter of The j
date that the entire town is in gloom,
nd practically all work has been sus>ended
and "stores closed, both of
h price!pals in the awful affair were
cipular in the town. It is said that j
/.th his dying breath Creech declared
lis innocence of any wrong toward
veil v. The body of the dead man
vas taken to Tennessee Friday night
y Mr. J. It. McLaughlin, a lawyer of
hat place.
Young Kelly is said to be a man of
inlet demeanor and well educated,
laving attended the grammar schools
n Bath, England. ills father is also
. man of refinement, and was at one
,ime the champion cricketer of Engind.
Hie State's informant says
that Kelly is one of the commissi*
to adjust the debt between the coui
ty of Lee and the old counties fro
which it was made, and-is a inemb
of the legislature. In this connectioi
however, it she Id be stated that tl
member of the legislature Is B. F. Kc
ly. while the dispatches declare tb;
Spain Kelly killed Creech.
The escape of Mr. Howard Slngl
ton is said to be remarkable, for 1
received but one slight wound in tl
hand. The horse which he was dri'
ing was struck by six buckshot ar
the buggy was riddled. Mr. W. I
Trantham, a leading lawyer of Can
den, stated Friday night that he kne
Creech very well. The latter wi
about 32 years of age, a splendid jud|
of horses and a man of pleasing pe
sonality. In Camden Creech was ri
garded as a man of blameless lib
Mr. Trantham at that. tim?? rtirt r??
know which K< lly had done the shoo
log.
PREACHER SLAIN BY MOB.
%
Tim Cruder of "Sanctified People
l.yncticd in Mlt.oouri
D. M. Haione, a preacher for a se<
known as "Sanctified People," an
Constable W. J. Mooneyhoon wei
shot and killed by a mob at Wardel
Mo.. on Wednesday. Malone had bee
prosperitying in this county for scve
il months and considerable feel in
had been aroused against him. A w<
man named Mrs. Frill having left h<
husband, caused much agitation n
L'ently by living with Malone, who lei
his own wife. Mrs. Alice Malum
the preacher's wife, objected vigorous
ly, and Malone declared her insan
md caused her to l?e detained in ja
pending an inquiry. This actio
aroused the citizens to frenzy, and
warrant was issued against Malor
and Mrs. Frill on the charge of ut
lawfully living together.
Constable M??oneyhoon Saturda
night arrested both because of tt
lateness of the hour decided to tak
them to his home for the nigh
Shortly after midnight there was
knock at the front door and Moonei
hoon opened the door. lie was sin
lead in the door. A mob rushed int
the house, and, seizing Malone, draj
ging him into the darkness. Mr
Frill frantically begged that no hari
Ikj ''one to him. but she was rough!
pushed into tliehouscand flier <>b d<
parted. Malone was taken to a woe
c.iue distance away and shot tudeatl
The mob then dispersed. No hari
was offered to Mrs. Frill or to Mr:
Mooneyhoon.
Intense excitement has resulte
from the tragedy. It L not explaine
why the constable was shot by tt
mob hut It is believed lie was eitlu
mistaken for Malone or the mob ws
inhered because the constable too
the couple to ins home after arrest in
them.
t'apturcd Ten KortH.
A dispatch from Manila says *_ap
Pershing's column has defeated ti
sultan of Amparugano's strong fort
>f Moros in the Taraca country, c
the east shore of bake La nan, islan
if Mindanao. The Americans ca|
Lured 10 forts. One hundred and ti
teen Moros were killed, 13 wei
wounded and ?i0 were made prisoner
The Moros captured included the su
tan. Two Americans were killed an
seven were wounded. The 10 fori
constituted serious and strong pos
Lions on the hanks of the Taraca riv<
and from them the Moros vigorous
resisted ('apt. Pershing's ad vane
The American trinips attacked ti
forts Monday and captured eight <
them without suffering any losse
though the 3d obsolete cannon moun
ed on the fortitications were serve
with the best of the enemy's ahilit;
The garrison of the ninth fort resist*,
fiercely and Capt. Pershing order*,
the forts to be shelled and capture
by assault, which was done. Lieut
Shaw and Lracie, leading two comp;
nies of the Twenty-seventh infanti
and a detachment of cavalry surroum
ed the tenth fort, where tlie sulta
had sougiit refuge and it surrender*
Tuesday. The forts have been di
mantled.
.'\iiiI>uhIi<mI and Sliol.
A dispatch from Eastover to TI
State says Wednesday evening wlii
going toward his home riding a mul
just after dark. Carolina .lones, one <
the staunchcst colored men of tlti
section, was shot from ambush ne;
his house, about three miles sout
of Eastover. The weapon tised by tl
would-be assassin was a shot gi;
loaded with No. 7 shot, the load ta
ing elTect in Jones' back and fac
Jones, who has ample means, at ort<
telephoned Sherd! Coleman to set
bloodhounds to the scene of the shoo
ing. The hounds trailed Jones' ov
sons to his (Carolina's) house where
nun was found with one empty chat
her apparently just shot. From ;
that can lie gathered it seems th
three of his own sons did the shoe
inn. However, no arrests have y
been made. It it thounht now th
Carolina will recover.
In (*ooil IIiiiiUh.
tThe Augusta Chronicle, the olde
newspaper in the south, was so
Tuesday at public auction. The p
per was bid in by Thomas W. Loyles
chief editorial writer of the Atlan
Constitution, for $40,000, representii
himself and II. II. Cabaniss, businc
manager of the Atlanta Journ:
Messrs. Cabiness and Loyless will
to Augusta to assume the actl
management of the paper, the form
as business manager and the latter
editor. E. II. Hook, editor of T
Chronicle, will continue in tho edit
rial department of the paper.
LOST IN A FOCI.
n' The Fiahing Schooner Gloriana ia
Wrecked on Whale Cove.
e- FIFTEEN LIVES L08T IN WRECK.
f- There Are Only Three Survivors
) and They Had to See Their
^ Companions Die lie fore
18 Their Kyes.
r. A dispatch from Caoso, N. S., says
B. the American fishing schooner Gloriana,
L'apt. George Stoddart of Gloujt,
cester, Mass., rand ashore during a
j,. tliick fog on the cliffs at Whale Cove,
nt.\r White Point ledges, Wednesday
lupin* ami 10 or trie crew, including
the captain, were drowned out of a
total of 18.
The survivors are John Richards,
Eugene Lehlauc and Frank Nlckerson.
The drowned aro Capt. George
Stoddart of Gloucester. Armsworth
Thomas, Eli Manson, Ansel Goodwin,
Reuben Surr, Harry French, Fred
r>oucette, Thomas Frazier, George
'd V. Muizee, Martin Goodwin, Alex
re Hanson, Charles Fierce, John Moul1,
song, Arthur Bonaghan and one un,n
known.
Tlie Gloriana left the northeast bar
r~ of Sable island Wednesday afternoon
K bound for Canso. There was a heavy
> easterly gale blowing, with thick fog.
?r The vessel was kept under short sail,
, and it is presumed that Capt. Stoddarl
" believed be had plenty of sea room.
^ When the Gloriana struck on the
u. ledges she passed over the outer ones,
?- but brought up on the inner reef, butc
ted against a clitf of rocks and then
il fell otT into the sea. When the vessel
n struck the clilT Richards, Leblanc and
a Nickerson were on deck and they ran
?c forward, rushed out in the bowsprit
i- and climbed up the clitf to a place or
safety before a receding wave carried
y the vessel off again. The others of
ie the crew who were below rushed on
e deck half clad and started to lower
t. the dories. As soon as each boat
a touched t.he water it was smashed to
>- | pieces.
?t The high seas were breaking clean
X) over the vessel and she swung broadf
side on the ledges aud commenced
s pounding heavily. Lines were thrown
n ashore from the schooner several
ly times, but they were either broken
8- or torn from their fastenings on the
>d rocks by tne surging of tiic vessel.
1. Four of the crew Jumped overboard
? and attempted to swim ashore, but
s. they were caught in the breakers,
dashed against the rocks and killed in
d the attempt. The others who were
d on the vessel took to the rigging and
ie clung there while their strength
ir lasted, but the enormous seas were
is more thau they could battle against
k ano one by one they were swept away,
g The three men on the rocks could see
their companions clinging to the rigging
and their shouts for help above
the-roar of the sea, but it was lmpossible
to do anything to save them.
le The three survivors spent a terrible
-e night on the clitfs. When daylight
" | dawned ttiey saw one man still cling01
ing to the rigging, and made their
P*! way to the mainland for assistance,
f* I The shore folk flurried to tlie scene of
re the wreck and the man was taken
s- from the rigging, but he was dead.
i The place where tlie Gloriana was
'd wrecked is one of tlie most dangerous
Ls on the Nova Scotia coast. It is less
1* than a mile from where the steamer
-r Hlaamanden was totally wrecked last
'y year and only a half mile from the
e- sccnce of the wreck of the steamer
10; Tiber in February, 1002, when 22
P* I lives were lost,
s,
Skeletons Kxhunied.
;d ! The Charleston Post says while eny.
caged in digging trenches for water
?d mains in Franklin and Magazine
:d streets Thursday, negro laborers un>d
earthed a number of human skeletons
s. and rotting coffins. The trench diga
gers dug through a number of graves
ry and grinning skulls were thrown up
j- | from under ground one after another,
in The digging up of tlie skeletons and
id rotting coffins created a sensation
s-' among the negroes for a time, but
! theif nerves soon became steady and
tlie work was continued, tlie laborers
throwing the bones and skulls to one
,e side in tlie street. It is believed that
'c tlie skeletons are the remains of Hrite
| ish soldiers, who were killed in an cxplosion
of a powder magazine that
stood at tlie spot during revolutionary
ir days. It is on record that about 1780,
while the city was in tlie iiands of the
,c Uritish forces, there was an explosion
1,1 of a magazine in that section, iu
k* which a numlier of soldiers were killed
c- and their bodies were buried about
ce tlie site of the building. The locau'
tion of the magazine is shown on
ltr some old maps of the city and it was
m from that building that the street aca
quired its name.
II- j
Mail Carrier Held Up.
at
j A dispatch from Gollatin Tenn.,
et says the carrier on rural route No. 1
al' was held up Thursday afternoon by
two masked men and threatened with
j death if he did not resign. The car,
rier is John Allgood, a colored man,
st and the feeling has been strong
id jagainst him ever since his appointa
.nent. The matter is being investiis,
gated l?y the postortice authorities
ta and another carrier was sent out over
ig Friday morning. There is no object
:ss tion to the carrier personally, but the
il. patrons along the route are opposed
go! to him on account of ids color. Fostve
master General Fayne has suspended
er service on the route pending investigaas
tion and if the reports of the affair
lie are continued summary action will
:o- follow. The incident may become a
i second Indlanola case.