The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, October 28, 1903, Image 1
The Batesburg Advocate.
VOL. III. BATESBU11G, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 10O3. NO. 32
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AN AWFUL CRIME.
A Father, Crazed With Whiskej
Kills His Three Children.
ARRESTED AND LOCKED IN JAIL
One ol the NloM FirmllHli Ac)
Kvcr Committed in the
Ciood Old Si ate of North
Carolina.
Transformed in a monster after
weeks' debauch, Dr. J. V. Jay,
physician of prominence In tile uorfcl
ern part of buueotube county, N. C
Saturday week drove his wife froi
home, brutally murdered tils ttm
cuuureu, uuu to ouru uowi
his house. The man became violet
Friday night, and after going hum
terribly abused his wife. Mrs. J a
had put the children to bed, ami wu
endeavoring to quiet her husbaut
when tiie uian attacked iier and dro>
her out of the house, bhe went l
tiie home of Thomas Dillingham, no
far from where she lived, aud tliei
spent the night. Iteturning to hi
home next morning site found her hu:
band in a dangerous mood. The ma
was even worse than before. Jay wi
coutinuiily looking for his plsto
tureateniug to exterminate the who
family. Mrs. Jay, however, had take
possession of the revolver aud hidde
it from her husband. During tt
time that Jay was searching for ti
pistol, Mrs. Jay was engaged In pri
paring the morning meal, at Inte
vals assisting the children to dres.
When tiie children had been dresse
and Mrs. Jay had tlnally finished go'
ting breakfast, tiie brute had worke
himself into a frenzied mood. Fat
ing in his search for the pistol hejtia
arined himself with a claw hammc
and with this chased Mrs. Jay amuu
the house. The frightened wife, fee
ing ttiat tier own life and the lives <
her children were In danger, went 01
of the front door and started for tt
little grocery, where there was a teli
phone to ask the nelghtiors for ai(
ano to notify theoftlcers at Aahcvllli
As she reached the road she turne
and saw her three children st&ndln
on the top step crying, and begghi
for her return. The mother stood fi
a moment in helpless agony, knowin
that the lives of her children were 1
danger, and knowing also that si
was of her own strengtli powerless I
shield and protect them. Iler Indecii
Jo CXIT r-V' 1 second's dur&tioi
^ * ? yo/^- ttie cries of hi
the The i
H^p^^HSutThusfily toldtneslory of the chl
^ dren's peril, and accompanied by sc'
eral men who chanced to be at ti
place, hastened back to her hoiui
The mother had been gone but a fe
moments, but in that brief space tl
demon had done ills work, and as si
entered her home a sight met In
eyes sucli as words of no iauguaga<ca
describe. Lying upon the porch wl^
the blood oozing from their heads la
her three children. The two olde:
were already dead, while the baby w;
barely breathing. The men who ha
accompanied Mrs. Jay tenderly gatl
ered up the httle lifeless bodies 1
place them in toe house, but the do<
was fastenned andJaywas called upt
to open the door. This he refused I
do, and declared he would kill the tir;
one who entered. It was then thougi
that he had found the pistol and ha
It i rrii>ntioi litmuolf in f tin r< u nn it
that death awaited the llrst one wl
entered.
lint tiiis was not so. The man i
that moment w.us preparing for sei
destruction. Without waiting ai
otlier moment tne men hurst iu tt
door, and as it swung open, Instead i
the crack of a pistol, the men we
greeted with "Hello boys, come In,
am just starting a tire to get war
by." .Jay was found standing over
quantity of burning clothing that t
bad gathered and placed on the flui
near the tireplace. The men rush*
upon him and succeeded in extingulsl
ing the Haines. The man was sligii
ly burned, but not seriously. II
clothing was covered with ttie bio;
of his children, as were Ids face ai
hands. Sherdf Heed was telephone
1 V for, and ttie man was held until LI
sheriff arrived. Upon receiving woi
of the horrible tragedy Saturd;
morning Sheriff lteed at once uotlth
Coroner Hemphill, and they left f<
ilarnardsville. Snelrlf lteed return*
to Asheville before dark wit h his pri
oner who appeared to only half reali
the terrible deed he had coinmitte
lie is now in jail. When asked wl
he had killed his children Dr. .lay sa
he just could not help it after catc
ing sight of their blood. All Ash
vilte is shocked by the tragedy. Il
Jay is brother of W. N. Jay, who f
many years held a position as depui
clerk in the ollice of register deeds.
II In lllooll Km In.
(Judge l'etcr S. Urosscup, appoint
t<? the federal lunch liy 1'reside
McKinley, recently said: "When
see the laws of my country in trod uc
Iui ciiauiu mi'ii hi i;<Mi.viiiuait' iiiuiii
for the public good, turned into II
excuse lor swindles t hat should lai
the promoters in the penitcntiar
and when I see that to he the alum
universal history of corporatioi
; every drop ot my blood boils wil
* bate and revenue.'' Judge (irossei
might also have expressed his indign
thin against the failure on the part
executives to enforce laws which we
intended to land the violators of ti
laws in the pemleiil iar\ .
Inve Opal IiUHI.
The State says after voluntari
abstaining Irom Converge with worn
for llfi years, William Vail Note,
wealthy farmer of New Jersey, h
married a widow, ills silence he ret
ter is likely to be compulsory.
A PREACHER IN A FIGHT.
Kcv.-It. K. W 11 i 1 tl < - it ClmrKCd Willi
r,
AhmauII anil buttery.
Not long since the lti?v. S. b. Jones
hail a fisticuff with the postmaster of
his town and now coinec the statement
from the Greenville News that
'* Uev.lt. Furman Whilden,a well known
divine of the upper section of Greenville
county, was arraigned and given
a preliminary hearing Tuesday at
flgesvllle before Magistrate hallenger
on the charge of assault and battery
* with Intent to kill. The state was
* represented by Adam C. Weldon, of
that city, while the defendant represen
ted himself in the tr al.
11 Mr. Whllden In all. ged to have attaeked
and assaulted Spartan C. berry,
11 a leading fanner of the uper section
1 of the county on September 2.1. It is
r said the troulile arose out of a dispute
' over u piece of land which Mr. Berry
|'s had purchased, but which Mr. Wliilden
still claimed. At the hearing,
e however, a deed to the property held
^ by Mr. Berry was presented as evi>
deuce. There were several witnesses
ie sworn who testltied as to the attack of
r Mr. Whildeu upon Mr. Berry.
s" Because of the prominence of the
11 parties concerned the hearing attract
|'s ed much attention and there was a
' large crowd of spectators on hand to
0 hear the testimony, Including a uumu
her of the students from tlie North
lJ Greeuville High school. Mr. Whille
den, it Is understood, has been preachIng
for 50 years. He is now 77 years
old, but enjoys splendid health and a
r" strong constitution. It is said that
'las a result of his conflict with Mr.
1 ; Berry tie left tils mark on his oppo"
| uent's face. After hearing the test I!,(
mony in the case, Magistrate Ballcn'J
^br docketed the case for the high* r
Itouii tiud it will be heard at the next
r
. term.
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NERVE OF THE GRAFTERS.
it
ic Idge Oowlo 8?y? "SIkiw me ltetore I
llenl Vdii.
e. Dowie. ttie great religious f iker
d | who is now operating In New York,
g i has an eye on the main chance all the
g | time, lie is after money, and lie is
>r not particular how lie gets it. Dashg
ing aside ttie guards who tried to stop
n them, twenty men and women stampie
eded from tiis "Healing-' room in
io Madison >. Square <4arden Wednesday
s- afteniQou when, they were asked t<
a. utveall their wealth to the Church ol
r Zlon City if they should be cured ol
ih their ills by the Dowie treatment,
re The indignation of the invalids was
1-" intence. Many of them were on
v- crutches others were blind, while a few
le left the beds to test the treatment, The
u. prophet with many gyrations, declarw
ed it was infallible to Christians. Hut
ie they dashed over the Zlon guards like
ic a squad of heavy artillery and made
ur their way to the street,
in The stampede came after t'-e midiU.id>y
meeting when it was announced
iy that all persons who wished to be
st treated could meet < iverseer 11iper in
is the "Healing" room. M? re than out
id hundred persons went to the room,
ti- including tliose who began treatment
L<> yesterday. The place looked like a
jr hospital ward when the subject wen
in seated. The usual steps were taken t?
tiO see that no outsiders could observe
st wliat was going on.
A PoiSnnoilN Worm.
id
A number of connties In the north'
10 ern part of (>corglsi are greatly dH'
turt/ed over the discovery of a smal
worm, very much resembling a snake,
f. about" two Inches loin:, which lias beer
found in ttie heads of cabbages, and
ie whicli lias just been pronounced by
the state chemist to lie a deadly poison
rt. A number <>f deaths have o.-currec
j recently In White county, which art
m now attributed to the insect. Tin
dliudnvnru /if t hn tin .rm l?oe r.^ult ...4 '
w.i.vA.f \ a j KJ a 1/11V. nwi Hi 11(1.1 n.TUlHH II
)e cabbage hcin^ stricken from the menu
,r j cards throughout, North- -ast Georgia
1(j | The state chemist says a single worn
| Contains enough poison to kill 15 pert.!
sons.
s li I'.ijh lo be INilite.
,fj ' Recause of bin inv.lence to a lady
" who was riding on liis car a colorec
1 Pullman car porter wa>. put otT u trait
n> in tlie woods near It uuswick, Ga , uu
r Thursday. He was loft there t<
meditate bow much better politenesi
\ would have paid him. 1I-- spoke to tin
L'^ lady something about transferring t<
another train. Site did not under
] stand him and asked him to reapeat
ze what he bad said, lie did it very In
soleiitly. George II. Smith, treasurei
of the city of liruiiswtck, was on tlx
1 train, and, observing the manner Ir
which the porter spoke to the lady
' " irave him a thrashing. He was ther
'r* put olT the train,
or ?
U' I Swift .1 tint ice.
John Harris, col .red, murdered
! Policeman I teas Imek in Atlanta ot
October 5. llairts rati away, hul
m ; was captured at Abbeville, Ins ok
I home, taken hack to Atlanta and triei
e(j last week and onvlcted. He wai
ey I sentenced to be liuiitf on Nov. 12
i, . i if:irrl.4 i'hh ! I? usIkiL* f Hint/ Km
1(| said if iu> had not been drunk at tin
y( Hme he would not have done the deed
,SL Some colored people at Abbeville in
ISi formed the authorties that Harrii
[j, wan there, and this lead to his arrest
'P Death of <?. D. I illoiao.
<lj, A dispatch from Clark's Hill to th<
" Augusta Chronicle siys Col. (teortfi
n I), rillinan, aited 2'.l years, yonn^es
11 son of the late Hon. tieor^e l>. Till
man. (In <1 at his home there I uesda;
.IKof. lie* attcinl l the Clot it
ly Academy at Charleston and was Oil
en of ton most popular students in In
a class. He was court stenographer o
as the lliir judicial circuit tor a uumhe
il- ot years and a colonel on Gov. Ale
.Sweeney's^stail.
A WOMAN'S SCREAM
He
Of Terror in the Middle of the Night
Drove a Black }
VILLIAN FROM HER BED ROOM ^
i ber
After ltohhliiit the liouwt He \V?*
UetlliiK lleatlj to Commit fat
Wor?e Crime, hat Wau
Hun or. Wti
am
Columbia sot*ms to be suffering from t)lt,
an epidemic of burglaries. The follow- j Kri
, ing ?e clip from Tbe .State of Thurs- En
dliy.
There was brought to light Thurs- frM
day the fact that there had been com- ash
mlt ted in the very centre of the city |tlk,
two robberies wlilcli were even more
brazen and daring than tlie startling an
and unsuccessful attempts upou tt.e Jjj(|
residence of Itev. Dr. Lindsay a fe-.v ^
nights ago. These last robberies oc \ ,
cur red on Lady Bt reet just one block ?n
no ..illo.r obin. f VL.tned^l L..I ...DK
vmi viiuti mug ui iiianiaviftt, uui wuu- |j^|
in two squares or the police statiou. i ^OI
TUe methods of tlie robbers are al- i usl
most identical, luJi houses ou Lady wa
street having been visited three times
at clwse Intervals, lint there is a per- I hee
fectlon of execution and evidence or fl)1|
design sinister aud repulsive uut be- 1 l|u
trayed in former depredations. ! p.If,
The scenes of the robb ries are Mrs. fuL
J. II. Folk's boarding house, west corncr
Lady and Assembly, and Mrs. H. ovt
L. Gary's boarding iiouse, west cor- |jl(
ner of Lady and Sumter streets. The >;c
tliief entered the former plac" t?y a
rear stairway to the second iloor of |
tlie dwelling, tliree rooms of wliiclii
were unlocked and presented an open !
. tield. From one room, he secured the ; A
trousers of tlie three occupants and ;
from another those of four heavy
sleepers, and repaired to tlie piuzza
where lie deliberately searched all the 1 kal
clothing, and decamped with a sum I an
of $352 and a note for $75. ass
Policeman W. G. lliers was the j dls
heaviest loser, having in his trousers j kei
$272 and a note for $75. Mr. J. II. am
Foulk, Jr., was robbed of $45. The on
others last from $J to $15 ?whatever ha'
amount left In their clothing. Toe on!
i clothing was left on the piazza and In ' c t
the hallway. There were three valua- Coi
ble watches on the dresser In Police- ha!
! man I Hers' room, but these were uii- fro
i i touched, although a lighted lamp was say
I on me uresser uurmg uie eimre mgnt. ei
?| Mrs. B. L. Gary's dwelling has tw
', three-stories. The thief (rained an fat
; entrance through the front door and fnr
unlocked a door to the *rea part, then -sir
> he worke^i ills way up t,u
i Moor, examining the do<Wsot^ht^iet^ faT
ond and third floors, all were locked sp*
! except one. From this room he took vei
tlie occupants' trousers aud carried tin
them down stairs into tire yard, lie th<
reentered and made an examination i fai
' of the ground il Kir, but again only ; tin
otic was unlocked, presenting an in- j to
' viting prey to this midnight maurau- j S'E|
I der. lie
s A married lady win se husband I tin
i works until the latter part of the |
1 | night occupied this room. She is a i tal
| llglit sleeper, slie says, and hearing a "tM
-1 noise, opened her eyes. By accident! hi
i Iier gaze was In the direction of the
wushstand mirror. The siglit that I
1 ; stie beheld paralyzed her with terror <
J' a form of a man bending over the tei
dresser iiurriedly turning over every- mc
tiling. He emptied the drawers upon i iia
the lloor intently seeking for some lie,
J particular tilings. ed.
j I She says tiiat every few moments : tin
, he would cast fugitive glances In her liii
j direction and that stir lay there, it w<
I seemed for hours, suffering tne mot ag
( torturesome agony. At la->t after in
searching the room thoroughly, tie lit
; picked up a valise and as she thought ovc
i left the room. Then the lady, In ttu* Fi
t; iifit Instant, realised that the eyes or vi<
a negro were looking straight Into her wown.
"I never knew what "froien olt
with fear' meant until that moment," T<
said she. "He stood there forages, wi
it seemed, never taking hi?. eyes olf < >1
mine, then stealthily he crept closer rls
to the bed; 1 could not more or orj
out until he put Into winds his ilia
helical purpose." he
i Her agonizing cry awoke the whole on
i hou>e, Mr. It. (J. Aughtry, Mrs. t?arv's li
i brother, and others were up Instantly, set
, hut could not get a glimpse of thetl t,
lug criminal. In the morning a suit
> of clothes and a rlpped-open valine
, were found in the yard; a cititar and de
some housi hold artiel-s of value were in.
, found around the premises. m.
It was known b> a few that the tw
r lady's husband carried large sums of th
money at times. Fortunately he had im
i deposited in a hank a very large u.n sit
, recently. This Is the third attempi n
i to roh Ills rooms since last. Frid.aa th
night. ag
M rs. Fouik's home h as ah > been un- <1 i
r!er the ban for some week*. Tnree da
' weeks ago a burglar sue-cessfuli.v bur- on
I .fliri/.rl Iw.r luiul. .n.i'j r. ...... rlnr...,. I,
' I tic nielli and relieved him of alt v<
' | he had In liis pockets at the time. pa
1 Olllcer lllers Is the custodian of the l'i
s Slate house and has neavy expense fri
on accont of Illness but by scrupul hi.* an
1 saving had made some money, the
' loss of wnlch falls heavily on him.
(iiint <>n the Deep. .,
s 1
On the schooner tohn K. Kirk man, ro;
which arrived at Newport, Va.. sei
Thursday nitfht, are two seamen of h>
i* the crew of the Olouccsier fishing fn
e I clUHiner, .1. T. Williams, whicn w.-ni p>
t to pieces on a reef olf Cape C d lipi I wi
hn the siorin la>t, Friday in ruinu to
y j Toey ar pr >hihlv the only >urvioii
I of tn ll mi n on hoard wIpii h M
e , m-iio iner strilcK. Tile rescn I up u, ml
s Walu-r J. Harris of li.inp'or, M.- . and \e
f Cnarli s Kei ler of New York, wi le in
r picked up last Fi iday nit! hi ???? miles tie
> east of Cape (Jod, alter liic dory in sol
which Ihry escaped. he
SAD FATE OF A B3Y. 'j
Wnw Hiiiothurcd to Death In a 1'ilo _
The 1
of Cotton.
Srnest, the 11-year-old son of Mr
1 Mrs. Jo'in L>. II. Kinard, of the
3htnau Chapel community, of Newry
comty, met with a horrible
till Wednesday, lie was in his ? '
tier's cotton house, playlnif hide ?
1 seek with his little baby brother,
en he fell he id-foremost Into a hole
lch he had c1uK' into a pile of cotton
1 his life was sm ithercd out. At
dlnt.er hour at Mr. Klnard'n home
day, Mrs. Kinard asked her son, What
nest, to take liis bsbv brother, a L. W
,le boy about three years of a^e. was t
; to play. As the boy started away ...
m ttie house with the hahv he v?:o
:ed by his father where he was if<?- ^ie ^
and replied that he was tfolng last i
the cotton houte to play. In about been
hour M s Kiuard called Ernest to eXL)i;l
mer. lie faded to answer aud Mrs.
tiard. becoming alarmed, weut to rt.Kar
s cotton hou^o. She found her son yyhai
the pile of cotton dead. The four \y|liA1
,le boys, sous of Mr. Klnard, had t)acj
ic to the cotton house as they luullt
lally did every day, to play. Ernest ull
s the oldest child. It Is supposed urcac
; children were playing hide and ^ial
k. aud e rnest fell mto a hole about ovur ;
ir feet deep which he har\ dug in S(
: pile of c itton. lie was In this
iltlon when taken out. It was {
ind that breath had left the body. c j,
e neigh ?>ors were called In and
:ry effort was m ade to restore the . k
tie hoy's life, but all to no avail.? '
wberry News & Herald. stair*
A QUEER TALE. "1^
Iiearc
Defaulter (;i*r* lleiuarkahlr Mi- Willi
escat
plniiat ion of His Crime. ,j.|*
The Mapletnn State bauk at Man- wb(iu
lo, Mum., has been closed pending moth
Investigation jf the books. The the d
istant cashier, Alfred A. buck, has
appeared. Mr. buck weut lo W'al- l'ylei
r aa week ago Saturday on business, | hofce
1 left there, ostensibly for Duluth, j Wha
Tuesday, and since then nothing ?ycnl
< been heard from him. He is the a re':
y sun of Judge Daniel buck of this e*(C?
v, a former justice of the Supreme ' note
urt, who Is president, and owner o ,K; h?
If the stock of the bank. A letter i caust
in thn miuuin.i i.W..i?1 ll'Jimr
v??v. 1111.1.1111^ ">>n |?[ 1UUIIM, ?v?r
ioK that the shortage of the writ- after
was if 1 H.70U, with the hank, and be- w:ls a
een $7,000 and *s.000 with his daug
her who had placed hlsJ|h-8onal daug
ids In his possess ionb^|^^fc The Wha
angest fcaturr^^^j^^^^Ke is yard*
; for mane
flh~g "clie miiney^^Tie^^F'hiTtirT-^a-t-ii.
'dilation or fast living. lie is 21 had I
irs of age. He informed ills wife prti-su
it twelve years ago he was made and a
j victim of blackmail by a Chicago he sii
nlly, paid the money demanded, 't w'
nigh not legally or morally bound dent,
do so, and that this family has ever that
ce from time to time held him up. slve 1
has paid every demand, fearing went
j result of exposure on the health of how
. parents if he refused, and the to- a?d
amount paid over, he says, is $.'10,- to a
He has finally obtained a receipt then
full. housi
ter n
Monument ton Hero. Ram
flentlcmcn of Augusta, Ga., In- the 1
-okted in thcCahill monument move j ''res*
*nt have decided to order out a decet
udsome and costly bronze tablet, '^ne'
irlng the inscription already select- hised
. to record for coming generations had {
e name, deeds and birthplace of dead
n whose noble sacrifice of his life Wl
>n the admiration of all. Two years eye *
i I'.it rick (,'ahlll, a young I rishman, , in hi
endeavoring to save ttie life of a u<? ht
tie girl, woo fell from the bridge and <
r tne main level of the canal, at the f
fteenth m reet, went down with the dan#
tim a d was drowned. Cahill was level
irking on the bridge gang of ttie i" U*
y. I'nev were r? tl wring the bridge. flash
if child fi ll intoone of the openings, ' icillir
lere the flouring had U-en torn out. iard
i several other ocea-ions Cahill had prevt
tied his life and saved drowning Me a
r.sona. A subscription fund wa > visit'
irted to erect a m niiment to tne "Id g
r >. The moiiunv lit has heen placed discu
the scene of his last heroic deed, the
to this the bion/.e tablet will he in- Simp
that
ence
Mr*, rillman'a Injur lea. ,,f jj,
A dispatch from Trenton says it lias prop.
m loped that Mrs. lienjainln II. Till- hers
in, the wife of Senator Tillman, was riote
re seriously injured In tne runaway Tues
o weeks ago than was at first l,e tr
mi it tit. At present her condition is that
proving, hut the improvem -nt is day i
>?v. For several days she was criti- Mlak
ily ill as a result from the shock and whei
e injuries she r celved, and a week refu
it was feared tier life was in grave so'J '
nger. Ii is now thought that all Mien
og r is p isi Mrs. Tillman, while "is
I. driving with her son. Mr. U. It. h
llman, Jr.. was thrown from the went
hide and received very severe and j l?*avt
inful t;a>lies upon I he head and face. hous
a- horse attached to the hiitf^y wa.s ^ ha
K'liti iif l and became un manageable j llani
n ran av\av. from
was
Cri'Alol a 1'inlc ! COOl
While poln^ from Washington to c*u>c
ttsiiuri/on the Pennsylvania Rail-1
id it was discovered A. Iiasyona, a,
rvant employed at the Japanese A
tit ion m Washington, was suffering ! that,
in smallpox. I'lie foodiiclor huh jsassi
elf. I thai 1 .ere was something Dra*
noand sent a nessa^e to HunLintf- Tt
n, A.fif a physician discovered Macl
iii.i'i n> f > ii dip >* I*is>eiitfers ^rad
' i l d\, a (I 'i ? i Wil l ^real mi.
h ult.? i it .i serums crush was pre- depa
ni>-I. r.,f i ar dorrs were locked, war,
d fro ii 11 urn iiu'lo to Allooua, otlic?
arI\ all inili >, the Japanese was the kuni
ii..try ft iipant ol the enact). Here stiip
was removed to a pest house, ! $10,<
RIAL OF WHAM.
h
Defendant On the Stand Tells of
the M rder.
C
lM pleads self defence, v
a
lilnUtw Writing an Improper e
ii
iolc lo the Niece of the Man n
Whom lis Shot d
V
Down. n
e case of the State vs John t>. 11
n, charged with the murder of ^
. Ba triage on the 9th of last July, p
ried at Laurens last week. L. o
ama^e was shot and killed hy n
efendat John li. Wham July 9
n the yard of the latter who had y
IInun liv Hill Hiiiinnai.H In I
in and reach a settlement, (1
ibly If possible certain conduct ! c
ded reprehensible and charged to 1 '
u toward a niece of Mr. kama^e. ! ^
u admitted that tils pliirht was t
,ud agreed to make aeknuwledn- o
at ti.e proper time and that|c
1 be froiu his viewpoint when ids | ^
her would be present, probably I ^
day. Hamate insisted that he uo :11
it ouce and explain to Mr. Simpfamily.
He declined and went 1 t
in ttie house having met Ka'nage | u
lis companion at the irate. Kara- j b
I seems entered the irate without I K
' invited and proceeded to the I *
of the house iroinir around. In a b
ent Wliam appeared at an up c
i window and ordered iilukely t
had accompanied Kamuge to P
A* lie was withdrawing he 1
i tlie sliot. Wham siiot Uatua^e 1'
a purler rille and immediately 11
>ed. | \
e State had ten witnesses, two of d
a were ladies Mrs. Thus. Simpson, t
lerofthe younir woman,whose life
lefeudant is alleired to iiave tried
eck and Mr. .las. 1'. 1 >i I lard of
sville. Mrs. Simpson told of the "
received liy her daughter from '
m invillnir her over to spend tin- .
nir explaining that a young lady,
itive, was visiting at liis nome, .'J
The witness when shown the ^
at once realized that there mu?t 'j
me mistake, somethiiiir wrong lie- ^
: she knew Mrs. Wtiatn and tier
ir, 11 V W(>ri> nl I'llnt..-, L,i..n,lin.. * I... ^
noon and that the note therefore
i deception and an insult to the v
liter and the family. Taking the s,
liter, witness proceeded to c.
m's house only a few hundred
> distant across the road, and de- c
led an explanation of his conduct. [
fci* ' 4 t lii; - ?p QMo-.t i.ui ^
jeeti found on the dresser written
iinably by Ids young lady visitor .
uidrcssed to Miss Simpson, that '
mply picked it up and dispatched
thout thinking much of the inei- a
Finally however he admitted
he was the author of the oHonxdsstve.
Mr. Keid Rlakely who
with R image to Wham told
they were met at the front gate
that Wham seemed to he willing
ppologi/.e hut did not suit to go
and turned to go back into the
e. Witness said to it image "betot
let him go back," whereupon
age followed but did not enter
iou.se, going around to tiie rear.
;ntly he heard shot . Called to
used but received no response,
v lie was shot, but Mr. Wham reI
to let him and the others who
irrived go to the body of their
friend.
ham and his \\ ife who was the only
Hllll'W LU lilt' MIOUlll ns
hehalf. Wham showed little or !
\sltancy In making his stalemetit
leclared he believed when lie tired ! t
atal shot his life was m imminent
er; that Itnna^e had his pistol.!,
i*d at him and was standing with
n feet of hlin, when quirk as a j ,
he presented his rdle and tired, |
in Itamane, w i ? ha 1 entered his !,
unhidden and who was li ving t<>
nt Ids escape fro n his own limjse. I (
dmlt.ted sen dun notes and tie ,
s of the Slninstiiis, includinn tile f
cnllem in to his house, and the ,
issi in concernitm the Import ot ,
note. He denied elusion Mrs. v
son as had ht-eii stated, savitin ,
he used ttie lannuanc with refer- |
to the party who t<.ld her or any ,
ie family that he had st>>le his
iTty as chiitn<'d hy the lady upon
iecorul visit to his house. The J
was sent Monday morniiin. [,
day lie heard there- was nolnn to ,
ouhle so lie left home and lay nut f
ninht, Wednesday and Wednes-! (
unlit, lie saw that U imancand f
ely had a nun In their hunny ,
i he met t hem at the pate and he
>ed to no witti Liiein to the Simp ' ,
iouse simply because lie had no J
d to no wnh hiii at that time. (
wife substantially corroborated i ,
er bushaiid had sworn to. She j (
, out and henn- d Mr. Uaman?' Lo i(
: and followed him around the ' .
t\ .him as ne ar unu siie saw
in appear at the hack door. Mr.
ajfe drew his pistol and a shot
her husband's nun was tired. She
looking at Ramayfe. She was
and told her story quietly. The
will he concluded Friday.
.-\nnn*??liiM Worked 1'limply.
story is published to the effect I
the Servian army officers who as i
nated kins' Alexander and Queen <
ra received payment as follows: ?
le Queen's brother-in-law. Col. 1
mil, now commander of the Itele
and Danube divisions of the ar$ii,o<tO.
Col. Misehitch recently
,i linental chiel of the ministiy of
and two others, $4,MOO. Junior
rs from 4400 to 41,000. M. A va- <
ovics, for undertaking the leader- <
of the provisional ytuvermuent, ' I
)U0. |<
HUNDREDS SEARCHED.
'or MinNiiiK Millionaire, Hut noTrace
flint
Im Yet Found.
The disappearance from the Wise
lounty, (Yd.), mountains of E. L.
Veiitz, ttie youiiK millionaire, Is sti'l AH
itreat mystery, notwithstanding the
arnest work of a thousand men form- ,fho
i|t a searching party. The party is
ow divided into 10 squads of a huu- tl
red each, and the search is beiutt ex
ended alotiit Black Mountain. The
ilsstn^ man's father had not been
otttled of the disappearance of his son .
Mljlally until Wednesday. Tne Sited aWaI
lan itave out a statement In I'hlladelhia
that he was dumbfounded, and Ul^,\
ould not understand the theory of
lurder, as his son had no enemies,
'lie father Is on tlie wav to Hivr Stone
? - ?? AI Vtk
lap, Va., having left Philadelphia ur
Vednesday night. It is giv? n out here ^ 1 j
hat wfille young Wenlz was an ad- IJau(j
urable young man, still he ha 1 in- j
urred the enmity of certain niituu- (,fth
ameers. When Wenlz left liig Stone iut,nl
rap It is stated he was to have joined ,j,{
he sheriff that day to serve warrant* .
11 certain trespassers, who had felled A ,.y
liestnut trees on the land of the
Irginia Coal and Iron Co npany ^'dUiJ
liestnut trees had been freshlly cut ife
t every point where tlie young mill j>ren
inaire would have gone. The theory
iiat Wentz was murdered by outlaw ^
nd his body iild away is most plausi- tju> {
le. Certain of the mountaloeers who
avo up tiome8 at a nominal figure sUorr
rhen mountain lands were bought up ^)Utl#
y capitalists fifteen years ago, have j
vcr since cherished the feeling that iWar
hey had tieen cheated out of their ^ r
ropcrty. An idea of how cheaply
hose lands sold to capitalize is gained , ,ana
a the statement that coal properties st iu
a Southwest Virginia, owned by the ^ccoi
Ventz family, were bought for #100,00.
The same properties are now esimated
to be wortli #2 000,000. ^
A Urate tllrl. one.
The heroic conduct of a young lady
f Linares, Mex., during the recent *'e *
ellow fever epidemic there, has at pclle
ractcd the attention of President tere-s
>i iz and the Mexican congress and a prcvi
uedal lias been conferred upon her.
^lie name of this young woman is mine
liss Manuela Flores, and she Is the t?n><
aughter of the mayor of Linares tue j
Vhen the epidemic of yellow fever was Ti;
aging in the city , thousands of peo- buun
tie were stricken and among these U)
ru? iuayor r sires. jtis (laughter as ",ut:
umod the duties of mayor and has whftr
apably directed the affairs of the city, inlet
'he population of the city was reduc- tflviti
d from 15,000 to less than 3,000 as a la,,d
esult of death and the panic due to sea *
he epidemic, All the city officials Kdat
n-ic J" itrTrd" 'JJOithciicvi. fl i' li f
nd the burden of directing the at- j'nu I
airs of the city fell upon Miss Flores, 'n a'
he governor wiving' her full power to vlsk)i
ct as mayor of the city. "ig
Unit
The Outlook In Coiton. ghun
W. P. firown, the new cotton king, eutri
nnounces on his return to New Or- oceat
rails that the bull campaign in which destx
lis syndicate actually liandled 300,000 and
tales of cotton lias been a complete to Ca
uccess. lie predicts that the success
if the corner inaugurated by him will
lermanently raise the price of cotton.
)n the other hand it is reported that ?as ^
ne New England mill men have en- .^vei
ered into an agreement to refrain to ha
roin purchasing cotton except in ?d in
mall lots from time to time, hoping work
n this-way to diminish the demand mhUJ
n tlie autumn and winter to such an polio
xlent as to hold down the t>rlce of u?i,i
Hon. Whether they can succeed in c(j a,
lieir aims a doubtful.?The Mate. ilarr
VeSti
The HnNiilj Steal. . ot)jje
The Washington correspondent of cue i
tie Chicago Tribune reports thai Uarr
igents of the ocean steamship trust that
ire collecting in the government de- thee
jartmerits data to be used in an at auco
empt to revive the ship subsidy bill fori
vhen e ugress meets. Commenting ing I
'dilorially upon this statement., the- in se
l'riliune .-ays*. " Phis is to be expect- of S
d. The nun who has unee set out ence
>n t he-hunt Tor a subsidy never ahan- |
Inns it." Mr. IIanna set. out Ou the
unit for a subsidy and yet^tic has de- fi
lined to enter Into a Joint debate tu.ax
villi .his opponent on the ground that seCu
here is nothing to discuss. Mr. panj
llanna is one of the chief promoters ^yea
>f liiteship subsidy scheme.
~ succ
A Kino Hit ?f I?iplomacv. skill
At Vincennes, Ind., recently a di- nan
. orce was granted to a woman and in ^ iiaUj
he order she was prohibited from ten
narryiiiK within two years. Thejprnn
lewspaper dispatches say that the wo- j u,e
nan arose and dramatically declared j
hat tiie judtfe could make it ten I by t
rears so far as she was concerned. tiurjj
she said she was done with men as she j
lad had cnnuirh experience; but before j
he astonished judge and lawyers had
line to recover, the woman added
hat she had reference only to men j u<
>utside of the court room. That was l,le
i line hit of diplomacy, and might 'jVcri
aj^est an opening for such talents c,ilv
n4tiii c uri circles of Kurope. 'in0"
ItenniieH of IMvorcen.
A sensational shooting alTalr oc- 'UtlI|
mrrred near Kinston, N. C.,on Mon- anf
lay. Mrs. lUchard Ward went to *1 r'
Jook K. Stroud, from whom she was t?.
iivorced two years ago, and demanded Ul (
possession of her children. Stroud
refused to give them npand a quarrel
nsued, i;i which several shots were ?'c
xchanged, both parties being injured,of <
Liut neither seriously. \ wee!
iHtah
Itcnil in itin Hold. I
After reaching the navy yard at Con:
Rro klyn toe lifeless body of J. Mc- sear
roomer of Klizabeth, N. J., a me-j tere
lianie, was found in the hold of tlie satii
Uhattanooga, where lie had evidently j and
fallen from a platform near the cruis-! quui
&r's bridge. aist
S'tiJtY AND PIQUED.
,dians Refused to Sign the Alaska
a Boundary Line.
D THE FEELING 18 BETTER.
Mountain lane Adopted Olvea
he L ulled States All the Territory
in DiHpute Includliifc
the Coaat.
i engrossed copy of the Alaskan
d was hitfoe ? iu Loudou WedaesTbe
Canadian* declined to sign
iward, and In cousequeuoe of the
ude maintained by tbe Canadian
nissiouers Lord Cnief Justice
rstoue dicided not to bold tbe
used public meeting of tbe Alasboundary
commission, but So
1 tbe decision to Messrs. Foster
Sifton, respectively, tbe amenta
e American and Cauadian RoveruU?.
te Canadian commissioners not
declined to sign tbe award, but
san: mey publicly withdrew from
mm mission. Tuey a* well us the
.diuns connected with the case,
very bitter. Telegrams from
lier Layrler and othir prominent
his In Canada shows the seuti.
is shared generally throughout
io min ion.
wsrs. A vies worth and Jett will
lit contrary opinions to the tri1
so as to go oillcially on record,
while they decline to sign the
d. they signed maps agreed on by
najority.
;ssrs. Jett aad Aylesworth, the
,dian commissioners, In their
meat or reasons for refusing the
d, say they consider the (hidings
e tribunal regarding the islaud at
mtrance of the Portland channel
the mountain line not a judicial
They said:
Ve urged our views as strongly as
rere able, but we have been comd
to witness sacritice of the intsof
Canada. We are powerless to
Mit it, thougli satis tied that the
?e which a majority was deterd
to pursue in respect to the matibove
specially referred to ignored
ust rights of Canada."
ue mountain line adopted as a
dary lies so far from the coast as
ve United States substantially all
territory In dispute. The line
i completed clears all the bays and
s and means of access to tne sea,
ig Ibe United States a complete
harrier between Canada and the
rom Portland canal to Mount St.
i.
f ? - ?- uvnn r?nn. ?**
follows the waterslied, somewhat
ocurdance with the present prortal
boundary. Tlie award relatto
the Portland canal gives the
?d States two islands, lvannauiu!
and Sitkilan, commanding the
nice ci I'urtiand channel and an *
1 passage to Purl Simpson and
oying strategic value of Wales
Pearse Islands, which are given
inada.
Wan N.*t
. S. Love of Savannah, Ga., who
ifeen missing from his home for
al months, aud who was reported
ive been drowned, ha.-, been locatDeuver,
Col., wnere lie has been
inn as a bookkeeper. Au eastern
rauce Company, in w icn he held
iesf delayed payment upou thein
1 an investigatlou into his report;ath
could be made. John W.
isort was detailed to make tne ingatibn
-and wlii.e iu Denver on
r business aoeidently met L ?ve on
?treel and recognized him. Mr.
ison sa>s that lie does nut believe
there was.an attempt to deiraud
sorppauy in Mr. Love's disappcarMr.
Love says lie mahe no efto
cone* al his ideti lty since comtere,
hut Used his r?-al name, and
eking employment gave tile names
avauoah business men as refers.
Hnnk Katlurt-H.
ie Maryland Trust company,
ry backers of Mexican railway
Titles, aud the (Juiou Trust comr,
tiscai agents for the South aud
tern railway in Virginia, both
d on Monday, the two failures
ceding each idler iu rapid succesaud
causing great excitement in
imore tiuauciai-circles. Toe total
lilies of the two companies exceed
million dollars. Money was
nptly .shipped into itallirnore and
situation was relieved. Tnese
ires was followed on Wednesday
lie failure of a hi* hank in Putsf,
I'&.
More Tramps,
laws against tramps and vagals
are to he enforced in the norm,
Southern Stales may expect an
i more formidable invasion oi that,
?, particularly during the winter
tils.. Tramps are annoying enough
he cities hut in the country they
a menace to the unprotected,
y of them being able-bodied ruf?.
if our laws against vagrants
j enforced tpe building of public
|< ivrllllri nrmrroco
"W-.V (/IVKIWIO lU^IUtJ UUI 1 I I K
weather.?The State.
Shot by n Constable.
>hn Dendy a noted negro desperado
Jrcenville county, was shot last
k ajid seriously wounded by Ck.nile
Davenport, of Lhe constabulary
e, in a hand-to-hand encounter,
stable Davenpoit, who was in
oh of an illegal disliliery, iiad en- ?
d the neg rue's house after being
died froui looking 111 the window
observing the negro handling 11r,
that he was connected with the
tilery he was seeking.
A