Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The 'DO THOU LIBERTY QREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOUL?, AND MAUI OUB LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OB OUB DEATHS QLOBIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL^IX BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1904 A NEttRO LYNCHED At Scranton, Where He murdered a White Man in February. VICTIM TAKEN FROM A TRAIN. While He Wai Boinx Convoyed from Klnjcstree to tho Peniten tiary at Columbia l'or Safe Keeping. A special dispatch from Florence to The News and Courier fays Cairo Williams, the negro who killed Thurs ton O. McGee, at Scranton, in Wil liamsburg County, on the 24th of Feb ruary last, was taken from the fast West, Indian limited train on the At lantic Coast Line at Scranton Thurs day evening and lynched. It will be remembered that strategy was usod. Sheriff Graham, of Wil liamsburg County, when Williams was carried to Kingstree in February after the shooting, how he evaded the mob that went to Kingstree that night to lynch Williams, and how he finally managed to get Williams to the Peni tentiary for safe-keeping. This was tine work on the part of Sheriff Gra ham, for which he was commended. The strategy used Thursday evening, however, played into the hands of the lynchers, and they were rewarded for their efforts. THE LAW'S DELAY. Williams was put on trial at the April term of Court in Williamsburg County, but Judge Purdy had ordered the case continued until this term of the Court. Williams was carried back to the Penitentiary and kept there untii Monday morning, when be was taken to Kingstree for trial. The case was called and tried, but thc jury failed to agree and a mistrial was or dered. Thursday afternoon Sheriff Graham, of Williamsburg, deemed it advisable tospnrl Williams again to the Peal tentiary for safe-keeping, and placed bim In another prison in charge of Deputies Britton and Wheeler. The plan was to send the party through to Columbia without stoppiug, and for that purpose the sheriff requested the Coast Line officials to have train No. 32, the northbound fast West Indian limited, stop ut Kingstree and take toe four aboard. This was done and ^tiue train delayed only a moment. In the( meantime, however, the news reached Scranton that Williams was beinu sent, to Columbia as rapidly as possible, and was aboard the train that would pass through Scranton within a few moments thereafter. THE LYNCHERS GET NOTICE. It did not take long for the crowd to get the Information, for by the time train jtfo. 50, thejocal passenger rrom ubaiteston, was~cTue the crowd had their faces blacked, and with all sorts of masks and dresses collected at the station. By this time train No. 50 approached the station and the en tire train was S2arched, but Williams was not aboard. The train was then let go and proceeded on to Florence. The passeng. rs, however, were terri bly frightened. As soon as train No. 50 lett the crowd arranged to bold up train No. :)2, which was only fifteen minutes behind the Icc il. THE FAST THAIN STOPPED. As it approached the station, En - gineer Louis Mills was Hagged down by a red Hag. Having been stopped at Kingstree to take the prisoner aboard and it being an unusual thing to stop north of Line's the engineer thoughout that the prisoner was to be put oil' at Scranton, and he stopped bis train at the station. No sinner than the wheels stopped moving, the crowd of lynchers, some twenty-tive or more, boarded the tram. The out side vestibule doors were closed, bul they broke them open. Capt. Charlie Gasquc, who was in charge of the train, made every effort to shove them back out of the doors, but they had gained entrance through the dining and other cars of the train and ran into the car looking for Williams Capt. Gasque told them he was not aboard, but they would not believe him. He then begged them to get out of the coaches, as the lady passen gers and children were being scared Lo death. THE MURDEKER SEIZED. They then moved forward co the combination coach and found Williams In charge of Deputies Britton and Wheeler, who made every effort to keep them back. The door was broken open and twenty or more guns covered the depuths. They were ordered to turu Williams over. They agalu refused and a souille ensued. Both of thc deputies were considerably bruised and scarred from the scuttle. Finally they were told if they did not give him up, and that quick, both or all of them would be shot down there and then. The deputies soon saw that there was no use making any further effort to hold their prisoner, and released bim under protest. The crowd then grabbed Williams, who held tu the iron end of the seat in which he was sitting, but that soon gave way and he was carried out of the train. THAIN ARRIVES AT FLORENCE. Capt. Gasque, as soon as the crowd loft the train, ordered his engineer to go ahead, and the train came on to Florence. Toe whcle affair did not last over three minutes, but, the excite ment was great during that time. When the train arrived at Scranton it was two minutes late and the passen gers were still greatly excited. Capt. Gasque asked some of the party what they intended doing with Williams, and they told him that il lie would bold his train therefor live minutes they would show him. lt is certain, however, that Wil liams was dead when the train reached Florence only a lew mlntets later. Capt. Gasque was terribly worried over the trouble when he was seen to and shows that he did all that he could have done to stop the mob, for he wa? lilied with shot and his clothing and linen wore badly bemear ed. Engineer Mills knew nothing of what the trouble was until after reaching Florence. Ile only knew that he was stopped by a red Hag, and thought that it was on account of let ting off the passengers. BODY FOUND. ? special from Lake City says the body of Cairo Williams, riddled with bullets, bas been, found iu a bay near Scranton. Magistrate Baldwin is now holding an inquest. The lynchers numbered about 150. DASTARDLY CRIME ATTEMPTED. A House Set on Flro in Saluda Coun ty by Firebugs. A dispatch from Newberry says one of the worst attempts at wholesale murder that that section of the coun try has ever known occurred in Salu da County Wednesday. A negro tenant house on the prop erty of Jacob Long, about three miles from the steei bridge on the Klnards ferry road to Saluda, was soaked with kerosene and sot on lire when the three inmates were supposed to lie in bed asleep. A'negro woman, Sallie Ready, was living in the house with her blind mother and a small child. One of the women was awakened by the blaze in time to summon aid und check the ?headway of the Hames be fore much damage was done. On investigation it was found that Hie murderous scheme had been care fully planned and that only good for tune prevented the death ol all the in mates of the house. The building was solid, well put together, and every small, having a single room with one door and one window. The door had bten thoroughly saturated with oil and sacks of shaving bad been placed out side of and under the window. These shavings had also been soaked in ker osene und the stu tl" was poured over the structure at other places. At about ;i o'clock this completed death trap was set on lire. From the facts of the case it is evident that the woman mu?.t have been reused by the very tirst sound. She scattered the shavings, called for help and the tragedy was narrowly averted. Very early Wednesday morning a meeting of the white men of the com munity was held at Mr. Long's aud the entire section was aroused. They tele phoned for bloodhounds, but because the ground was too dry for them to bc of. use they were not sent. Suspicion pointed strongly to a gegro woman named Carrie Green and later Wednes day morning she was taken into cus today. Other parties are also suspected but up to this hour have not been se cured. Thc investigation ls proceeding in a quiet and orderly manner and there is no talk of violeuce. DEATH FROM BLOOD POISONING. Of a Prominent lousiness Man at Gaffney Ijast Week. A dispatch from Gaffney says that community was shocked Tuesday afternoon when it wasannounced that Fred G. Stacy, president of j thc Na tional Bank; was^e^^'?^fiucc?olD-' ed to blood poison a little after 3 o'clock. Mr. Stacy liad been in a critical condition for about two weeks and the end was not unexpected. Mr. Stacy's death is unusually sad. He was engaged in an altercation a few days ago with another man, and, striking him in the mouth, broke the skin or his hand against the other's teeth. . Tue wound, seemingly slight, giew worse and blood poism Fet in. Dr. William Anderson of Blacks burg, and Dr. Heinitsh of Spartau burg were called iu to assist Ur. C. A. Jeffries and ail that medical skill could do was done for him. Ile was thought to be better the latter part of last week, but Sunday be did not rest so well, and early Monday morn ing be suffered a bemorrhagc from bis band. After a time the How of blood was stoppad. but Tuesday morn ing it was decided that thc only chance was to amputate the hand which was done. Mr. Stacy never rallied after the operation. In Mr. Stacy's death this section loses one of its most usful men. Ile was one of the best bu loess men in the whole section and was interested in almost every enterprise in town. He was president of the National Hank, the Gaffney Savings Hank, the Gaffney Telephone Co., the secretary and treasurer of the Cherokee Lime Works. He was recently elected secretary and treasurer of the re-or ganized carpet, mill. He is a diieotor and has an interest in almost every enterprise in Gaffney. His place will bc bard to till. The Knights of l'ytbias conducted the funeral. Mr. Stacy was about 47 years of age and leaves a mother and a number of brothers and sisters. A Tragic Death. A sad and tragic incident of an otb erwbc happy Fourth of July celebra tion occurred at Granitville Monday afternoon about 3:20 o'clock, result ing in the horrible death of an estim able lady and loving wife and mother. A picnic was given Monday at Lake side Hark. Nearly all the young folks in town were in attendance. Sirs. .1. J. Krgle and one. of ber younger chil dren left the park after dinner, in tending to return to their home in the village. Mrs. Krgle was walking on one side of the Southern railway ? track and the child was on the other side. Just as they reached the curve white track makes a turn entering Canal street, Mrs. Krgle heard the train coming from Columbia, lt is said that she called to the child to look out and the little one started to cross the track to Its mother, who cried out to stay where it was, and Mrs. Krgle attempted to go to her child on the other side of thc rairoad. Just as she reached the middle of the track the train was upon her and she was knocked about forty feet away and was killed instantly. Author ot Dixie Dead. A telephone message recel ved Tues day night from Mount Vernon, <)., announced the sudden dcatii in that city of Han Km mott, the old time minstrel and famous as the composer of "Dixie." Kmmett was about KO years old. His last public ?pps?rancs was made four years ago when he tour ed the states with a minstrel com pany. Thc Columbia police have actually raided a white gambling establish ment and arrested nine, while men for gambling. Hut the casos were dismiss ed for want of sulllcicnt evidence to convict a white man. LOST AT SEA. 8even Hundred Persons Are Lost . With an Emigrant Ship. SHE WAS BOUND FOR NEW YORK. The Small Boats Wcro Smashed au Fast as They Wore Lowered and tho Peoplo Dumped tn the Sea. Over 700 Danish and Norwegian emigrants bound for 'New York are believed to have been drowned in the North Atlantic on June 28. Out of nearly 800 HOUIS on board the Danish steamer Norge, which left Copenhagen, June 22, only 27 are known to be aiive and for the rest no hope is held (?ut. When last seen the Norge was sink ing here she struck on the islet of Bock all, whose isolated peak raises Itself from a deadly Atlantic reef some 290 miles off the west coast off Scot land. Karly on the morning ol lust Tues day, the Norge, who was out of her course lu heavy weather, ran onto the Rockel 1 reef, which in the distance looks like a ship under sail. The Norge was quickly backed off, but the heavy seas poured in through a rent in her bows. Tile emigrants who were then await ing breakfast below, ran on deck. The hatchways were scarcely built for these hundreds of souls and became clogged. The Norge quickly began to go down by the head. Hight boats were lowered and into these the women and ^hidren were hurriedly put. Six of these boats smashed against the side of the Norge and their helpless inmates were caught up by the heavy seas. Two beat loads got safely away from the side of the sinking ship and many of the emigrants who were left on board, seizing life belts, threw them selves into the sea and were drowned. Capt. Guddel, so say the survivors, stood on the bridge of the doomed ves sel until he could be of no more ser vice. The boats kept together some hours. Practically all of the occupants were passengers and not used to handling such craft. The boat occupied by the survivors landed at Grimsby .was a life boat. TURKI; HOATS LAUNCHED. One account says that three boats were successfully launched, the other two holding abuut ten persons each. The life boat made fast her progress and fell in with the Salvia. What be came of the other boats is not yet known. The rescue of those on the life boat took place at 9 o'clock* cn- the m'o>-n-: lng of June 29, the survivors consist ing of 20 men, one of them a seaman, six women and a girl. One of the survivors sa'd that when he got on deck, the Norge was half sub merged and was rapidly getting lower in the water. Half mad with fright the survivors all struggled for the places in the boats. They fought their way to the big life boat and an officer st owed in the six women and the girl and told the men to get in. The oill cer then took charge and got the boat to the side of the Norge. Seeing that the boat was already overladen, the olllcer with greatherolsm jumped into the water and tried to board another boat which was not so full. Ile failed and was drowned. The sea by this time was a mass of struggling men, wemen and children, gasping and choking from tne effects of the water. They tried to get in the already overladen boats, but were beaten off with oars. The boat rowed clear of this seething inferno and just as she diew away the Norge went down. l'etcr Nelson, one of the survivors, described as a young American, said: "For some hours we rowed in com pany with other boats, but the strong tide drifted us away from the others and nothing has been seen ol' them since. The Salvia picked us up and we were well cared for on board the trawler. All of us lost our entire be longings. We had no time in that tierce tight for life to think of any thing hut the getting of seats in the boat." The only hope except for those known to have escaped is that some few of the emigrants might have been washed upon thc barren rock. Their chance of being rescued even then is practically nil, for vessels sailing the North Atlantic give Bookal] as wide a berth as possible. The news of this disaster, which it is feared, in its death record ls greater than any previous tragedy of the At lantic, came with the arrival Sunda of the steam trawler Salvia at he home port, the quiet fishing town of Grimsby. The Salvia had been on a fortnight's cruise around the Hebri des. By a lucky chance she steamed fur ther west than ls usual for Grimsby trawlers and fell in with the survivors of the Norge, who for 24 hours bad been tossed about In a small boat on the rough waters of the North Atlan tic. The survivors were taken aboard the Salvia and were landed at Grimsby Sunday night. A PASSBNGKIt'S 8TOKY. The steam trawler Salvia put Into Grimsby late Sunday night with 27 rescued Scandinavians aboard. Only one of them could speak English, lie said: "We left Copenhagen June 22. There were 700 emigran bs. Norwe gians, Swedes, Danes and Kinns, on board. The crew numbered about 80. "All went well until June 2M. 1 lay In my Dunk waiting for breakfast. We bad a little bump, then another bump and then 1 rushed on deck. "I saw at once that something ser ious had happened and 1 made a dash below to gather up my few belongings. "Scores were rushing on deck and the hatchway was crowded with emi grants. They were launching boats and rushing into them, hut there was no panic. ' Four or live were in the boat into which I got and wc cleared thc ship. Luckily for us, in our party was thc only seamen from the Norge who es caped and he was able to navigate our little boat. '1 W< saw two other boats capsize owir the heavy weather and be cause no one could navigate theui.^We made straightaway and when we last saw the Norge, a large number of em igrants were on the 1 ck. Capt Gundel stood on the bridge. Dozens of passengers had Jumped in to the sea. They wore life balts but were drowned before our eyes. After 24 hour?the Salvia bore down and picked us up. About 700 persons must, have been drowned.1' The Norge tailed from Copenhagen June 22. Rockall, the is'et on which she struck, ls about 200 miles-west of the Hebrides, lt is a dangerous reef with a rook ab.mt 75 feet above the water. According to the suivi vors the mo ment the vessel struck, the engines were reversed and the Norge came back Into deep water. The rent in her bow was so large, however, that she began to till rai i Hy. The vess-l's eight boats were swung over the sides rapidly and the women and children were put Into them llrst. There was a heavv sea running and In lowering the boats, all but two were smashed. The Norge which had been In the Copenhagen-New York service of the Scandinavian-Americrn line for a num ber of yearn, was an iron vessel of 3,318 tons gross and 2,121 tons net. ' Her principal dimensions were: Length 340 feet, breadth 40 feet, and depth 25 feet. She was equipped with six wa ter tight bulkheads. Kooltnttthc Negro. We fully agree with the Washing ton Post "that the 'negro plank' in the Republican platform is merely an appeal for the negro vote in close Northern States-simply that and nothing more." The Post goes on to say: "Our esteemed Southern con temporaries are, we think, taking much too seriously what they call "the negro plank" lu the Chicago platform. It is in the last degree improbable that the declaration is in tended as anything more than a bid for the negro vote in certain North ern Slates which may become doubt ful if the Democrats should act wise-' ly at St. Louis. Nobody really be lieves that the election laws in Vir ginia, the Carolinas, Alabama, Missis sippi, and Louisiana eau be success; fully attacked. As a matter of fact, the United States Supreme Court bas already pronounced upon most of them and proclaimed their entire validity." The Post, we think, is right. If it was not for the business men of the North the Republican politicians might attempt to carry out the "ne gro plank," bub they are afraid of the business men of the North, who have large interests in the South, and would resent any attempt on the part of the Republican party to interfere with the soiuliou of the negro question by the Southern people. The Republi cans are at their old brick of-fooling the negro._ Ilringing Ants to Kat Weevils. Secretary Wilson and Dr. B. F. Galloway, the directory of the bureau of plant industry, Wednesday received the tirst advices from Dr. ?. b\ Cook, the depkrtment's traveling agent, since the latter started from Guate mala with the newly discovered ants Intended to tight the boll weevils In the cotton districts. Dr. Cook cables from Puerto Cortez, Mex., that be will arrive at New Orlcaus on July 4th with 89 colonies of these au s. He will immediately proceed to the Texas cotton districts to begla the campaign against the weevils. The experimental colonization of these ants probably will be Instituted tirst at Victoria, Tex. The location of the colonies binges largely on soil ques tions, the shale-like soil being most conductive to the success of the expe riments. A letter received by the de ' partment Wednesday from Dr. Cook says that the colonies should be lo ? cited in districts affording a loose and moist sub-soil hut well drained. He says the ants will have to be kept un (I r careful observation for a consider able period und must be protected from birds or other dangers until the colonies have hud time to increase ma terially. The ants come from the de partment of Alta Vera Paz, Guate mala. Dr. Cook writes from Salama and says that contrary to many re ports there is nu held culture of cot ton culture. A Woman Pardoned. The Columbia State says: "Nettie Pauling, au Orangeburg negro sen tenced in I8'.)u to life for tho alleged murder of ber child, hus been uncondi tionally pardoned by Gov. Heyward. ?The petition s'lit up in ber behalf I was a strong one, being signed by ? practically everybody connected willi the trial as well as by many ouiclals und other prominent citizens. The grave doubt of the woman's guilt was brought out, und in addition to this it was shown that she was mentally un balanced at the time of the alleged in fanticide. She was represented in the tiial by a negro lawyer named Mercer, who ls said to have conducted her case in a shiftless and careless manner." There must bo some mis take about the name of the negro law yer who managed the cus?. There is no negro lawyer here by tho name of Mercer. _ Tornado KIIIH TWO. A tornado t:eur Homesville, Neb., Wednesday killed two persons, fatally injured a third and ciused the severe Injury of live others. The dead are: Two children ol' II. J. Harris, ti and '.? years old; Mrs. Harris, their mother, fatally burt. The Injured, also mem bers ol the Harris family. The torna do followed a sultry altern on and came in the shape 11 a fnnuel-bke dowd, lt struct several building:, b - lore reaching the Harris home. At the latter place part <l the family reached a cellar in safely' but Mrs; Harris and ber son, Lewis, and a six year-old daughter were unable to es cape. Tins effort to stampede the Demo eratic National Convention to Cleve land if successful would prove the most disastrous thing that could hap pen to the Democratic party. Cleve land's election on a tru-it platform would be worse than a defeat of areal Democrat on a clear cut Democratic platlorm. The party would be belter oil" today If lt never bad anything td do with Cleveland's baud or demo cracy. FIXING THE BLAME. > 'I'S ..ft*/'-...' - The Slocum's Officers and Owners Held Responsible for Disaster. / - WUjL BB TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. Story fit tho Fire and Dlaanter sa - Told by tho Captain ol the i 'if ' ? ll l-K nt od Steamer on :" the Stand. The lnquliy conducted by Coroner Berry and a jury into the General Slocum disaster in New York Harbor was*concluded Tuesday, and after nearby four hours deliberation a ver dlct/w?s rendered in which the dlrec torsof the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, the captain of the Slocum, Captain Pease, the commodore of the company's fleet, and others were held criminally responsible. Warrants for their arrest were issued. The mate of the Slocum, ac cording to tlie Jury, acted in a cow ardly manner, and the misconduct of Steamboat, Inspector Luudb >rg, it was recommended, should be brought to the attention of tbe federal authorities. Thc ch.irge tn each case was man slaughter in the second degree. Bail waa ?xed by the coroner in amounts cari} lug l'rom $1,000 to $f>,000. Tue directors of thc company are: Frank A. Barnaby, president; Charles E. Hill, vice-president; James K. Atkinson, secretary; C. Delacey Evans, Robert K. Story, Floyu S. Corbin and Fran G. Dexter. When tbe assistant district attor ney moved that warrants be issued after'the verdict bad been given, Mr. McM?nus, counsel for the steamboat company, protested that such proce dure was unnecessary, as all the men were ready to appear and give ball when called for. The protest was of no avail. The mate, Edward Flanagan, who was under detention as a witness, was the first arraigned. He pleaded not guilty and bis ball was fixed atSl, 000. No bondsmen being on hand, he wi'.s committed to jail. Inspector Lundborg pleaded not guilty and was released on 81,000 bonds. Ball was fixed at 85,000 each for President Barnaby and Secretary At kinson.' and bonds were furnished at once, \\ Captain Van Scbaick is a prisoner In the Lebanon hospital. At the assist ant district attorney's request thc cor oner committed the assistant engineer, Edwin Brandow, and the deck bands, Coakley aud Trembly, as witnesses, seudiiiy them to tbe bouse of deten Captain Van Schlick, the command er of the Slocum, was the principal witness. He said he had nothing to do with' 'ra-'general,tqijjpment.cf j.that steamer in the Urst place*," ?or with' her life-saving apparatus. He said Captain Pease looked alter the equip ment ol the Slocum each season. Ile said the government inspector had condemned s nie of the life preservers since 1891, and be, personally, had throw out abuut thirty. In the course of the beariDg Cap tain Van Scliasck was asked what he when ibformed the steamer was on lire. He said be ordered lull speech, "lt was Hood title and the boat was mak ing fifteen or sixteen miles an hour," said the captain. "The smoke came back to the pilot bouse. We were then about lour lengths deyond the sunken meadows. Thepilatsaid tome: 'What shall 1 do?" Ile said: Let ber go; the.i 1 ran to see what the tire was like. At the head of the stears I found a wo man on her knees. 1 lifted her up and down the hatchway, lt was all Hame. I ran back to tbe pilot bouse and said to the pilot; 'Ed, she's gone, befell ber.' Ile said 'Where?' and i pointed to North Brother island. 'Shave that dock and put ber starboard side on the beach.' Then I started to go aft, but the Hames were coming like a vol cano and my bat caught Hie. That's where my face and hands got burned. There was no chance to move, lt was coming like a locomotive headlight." Tbe witness said it was impossible to reach the boat any whet e else with as good a chance to save life. He de nied that be received Information of a tire before the alarm be acted upon reached him, and branded as abeu red the report that a boy told him at Ninetieth street that tbe boat was on tire._* Aumiulti-d mid Drowned. Miss Pauline Edwards was tlrowned In a ?-.reek near ber home near Dun ville, Va., on Wednesday. The body, partly submerged, was discovered be fore the young woman was missed from ber home. The discovery of tbe body was made by a farm band. There was every evidence of foul play. The young woman's clothing was lorn and disheveled anti the sod on the bank of the stream was loosened as if in a struggle, lt is believed that tbe girl, who was not more than lf> years of age, was assaulted, and that ber head was afterwards held in the stream un til she drowned. The water in the creek is not more than a few Inches deep, which eliminates tbe possibility of her having fallen In anti drowned. Clasped in the coltl lingers ol the dead girl was found a piece of cloth which might have been a part of a man's coat. The position of lite girl as she lay in the water, the condition of lier clothing and thc signs of the struggle on the bank, all Indicate that she had made a desperate tight for ber life and ber honor. There were marks on her neck, which might have been the im pressions of human lingers. l'uni tho Penalty. A dispatch from Carte rsv! Ile, Ga., says .lohn .louts, the negro assail int of Mrs. Banister, was lynched near the scene of bis crime about nightfall Friday. .1 udge A. W. Fite made a speech in an attorn pt to restrain the crowd of about 200 but it, was useless. The negro's body was riddled with bullets, more than f>ou shots being Hied. Mistrial, The tr'al of Hat voy Dean at Spir tanburg for t ie killing of Miller Mc Kinney r stilted Ina mistrial on Fii day the jury having failed to agree after being in their room all night. They stood eight for manslaghter and four for acquittal. A BOODLEB'S CONFESSION. ne Tells District Attorney Folk or" n VaBt Bribe System. A dispatch from St. Louis Mo., says lt was announced that Charles A. Gutke, former member of the house of delegates, convicted on a charge of bribery and soon to be tried on an other similar charge, Tuesday made a complete confession to Circuit Attor ney Joseph W. Folk, in which he declared that Former Delegate Charles F. Kelley bad told him he bad received 850,000 for going to Europe when his presence in St. Louis jeopardized men of prominence. Kelley is also resting under one con viction and is soon to be tried in an other case. Circuit Attorney Folk attaches great Importance to the revelation? which have been made by Gutke. When be came from 'the circuit attorney's ofllce, Gutke hand ed out for publication written extracts from bis confession, which the follow is a part: "The tirst bill that came up after 1 bad become a member of the com idas in the bouse of delegates was the 'suburban loop bill.' The combine got $20,000 for their votes on this bill; on the 'Union avenue blll: we got 818,000; ou thc 'Ceutral traction'bill we got $75,000; on the Third street line bill $15,000; on the lightning bill we got $47,500, on the Suburban bill we were to get $75,000, which is now iu the safe deposit box in the Lincoln Trust company, being placed there with the agreement that lt should be turned over to us when the bill had been passed. "While these are some of the largest bribes during my term of ofllce, there were i numerable others ranging from $10,000 for switching bills to a few hundred dollars for some minor privi lege. The bribe prices were Bxed in meetings of the combine. We would select an agent of the combine by ballot to negotiate for and receive the money. This agent would distribute tiie money among us. From my inti mate, knowledge of dealings yfiih this cambine and from information secured on what bas been going on here for the last quarter of a century, I make the positive statement that there is hardly a corporation in the city of St. Louis of 8250,000 and over that has not either been held up for bribe money or bought oOlclal action from I the combine in the house of dele gates."' Oilier details were given by Gutke, who mentioned the name of a promi nent local politician, who, he Bald, had been ab the head of nearly all the combines in the huu.se of delegates during the past 25 years. He said thc "boodle" gang in St. Louis has already planned to capture the circuit attorney's otllce at the next election. PAINTON'S WONDERFUL CRAFT; With Multiple Electric Propeller, to Cross Ucean in Three DayB. Preliminary steps were taken Tues day for the organization of a com pany that will build a ship that will cross the ocean in three days. The meeting was held in the olilce of Lewis Nixon, at. No. 2(5 Cortlandt street, at which was present Richard Benjamin Palnton, inventor of the "multiple electric propeller." The plan tentatively agreed upon is to build a vessel 000 feet in length at a cost of about $2,UOO,000, with which it Is coctideutly asserted, the passage time between New York and Sout hampton will be cut in two. The In ventor claims that forty knots an hour can be made. Mr. Painton lives at Williamsport, Fa., and ls a mechanic. It was while working at bis trade that be envolved the idea of the multiple electric pro peller. The device consists of a series of propellers arranged along the side of a vessel and driven at great speed by electricity. For a torpedo boat destroyer the size of those at present in use in the United States navy, twelve propellers would be necessary, six on each side. In addition, single or twin screws could be provided, to be operated alone or jointly with the side propellers. J Mr. Painton outlined toa World re porter what bc expected would be ac complished through his Invention. "One hundred and fifty revolutions a minute is the limit of steam power, while my electric reversible motors can make 1,500 revolutions a minute," be said. "Toe power is transmit ted by electric wires direct to motors built on propellor shafts. No belting is required, and the machinery is .simplicity itself. 1 claim that there is practically no limit to the speed of the screw under this system. " The only noise on the new vessel j will tie simiiar to that made by a fly wheel in motion. Another advan tage is that the terrible beat furnaces and steam pipes will be obviated. "A distinct feature of it is that the screws extend from stern to stem and thereby tend to maintain an equili brium that will materially diminish the pitching and rolling of the vessel. The long shaft being disposed of, there will be no thumping and no jar will be felt fr un the horizontal mo tion. "The most eillclent turbine engine in the world will be med, which means a great saving weight of ma chiney and in space now occupied by coal. Steamship propulsion now con sumes .?,000 tons of coal at a cost of $l,s,000 a trip to Southhampbcni. The electric ship will reduce the coal consumption to 1,500 tons, being a saving of $'.?,000 on each trip."-New York World. * Promptly Acquitted. At Charleston .1. I'. Carroll was ac quitted Thursday afternoon of the murder of (?eorge M. Caultield. The defendant set up the plea of self de fense. A messenger boy testified that he heard tine of Caullield's party make a threat against some one. Dr. Mullally lesli lied that from the nature o? the wound, be thought that Caul lield's arm must have been extended as if in attack, this testimony being to offset the previous evidence that Caullleld was being pursued when shot In the back. Five wltnessos, in cluding Lleutouant of Police Steenl ken, teatitied that Carroll was of good character. THE ?IEEN TRIAL. Vi hut the niel i moml NowH-Herald * Bays About Green's Acquittal. It would be interesting to know, says the Richmond News-Herald, whether it is possible to prevent in a South Carolina court any case which would be declared murder provided the defendant could command a few hundred dollars for the conduct of his defense. At Aiken, S. 0., Lee Green, a you UK white farmer, was acquitted last week of the murder of Abram Surasky, a Jewish neighborhood ped dler. The evidence showed that the ped dler had called at Green's house in tho cours? of bis regular rounds and was killed there. Three leads of buck shot were tired into his bead and back and h's skull was battered to pieces witta an axe. After the killing, Giern went to bis nearest neighbor, a negro named Henry Drayton, carrying his gun, and between threats and promis es induced Drayton and wife to return with him and help to scour the blood stains from tup. lloor of his house. He also tried hard to Induce Drayton to help h'm bury the body, but there the negro balked. Ile test!ties that he re plied: "Mr. Green, if J put my hand on that man, I'll be in as bal a tlx as you aie, and I wou'dn't do it for a thousand dollars," whereupon Green upbraided him bitterly for lack of friendship and neigbb J ri y feeling. The two negroes gave evidence which bore the stamp of truth. They said that on the walk between their bouses and Green's the murderer told them with brutal frankness the story of bis crime. He said he shot the peddler in the back and then "let him have" the other barrel. He failed, however, to indict an immediately fatal wound. The pror, terrlfled, humble creature del into the house, Green following him reload.ng his gun. Cornered ip the hou-e, Surasky fell, but lifted himself to his knees and begged for his life. "I'll give you everything I've got." Green Lulu Lue negroes, Surasky said, "I'll give you the clothes I've got on me. I've got little children." ne was trying to pull off his coat and offered it to show bow earnest be was in bis promise to surrender every thing when the beast shot him again, and that failed to kill bim, seized an axe and crushed his bead into frag ments. Then be took tho body into the woods near by and hld it there temporarily, turned the peddler's horse loose in the road and dragged his wagon into to bushes, where it was out of sight. Ile got in money from the body 93 50 In silver coin, which lie showed the negro, who tes tified ttaat lie exclaimed: "My God, Mr. Green, did you kill a man for three dollars and a half?" Green's defense was corroborated by his wife. It was to the effect that when, he returned hovnc froto, z. vsAW be found Surasky in the act of as saulting his wife, and that when he interferred the peddler attacked bim with a knife. Certainly a more pre posterous defense never was submitted to the intelligence of twelve good and true men. The idea of an inotlenslve, middle aged Jewish peddler, with a family of ids own, wbo lived not. fif teen miles away, had been making his rounds In the neighborhood for months and was well known as the mall car rier; attempting a violent assault on a young woman of twenty and then rushing at ber husband with a knife, the husband having a doubled-barrell ed gun in his hands, is as icrude and wild and impossible as the dullest and most ignorant mind could devise. Yet, the jury accepted the defense and acquitted the prisoner in the face of the fact that be bad made no report of the tragedy, had left the peddler's b dy lying concealed in the woods four or live dajs, was de tected by white men who found the horse astray, reeoguized it and tracked it back to Green's house, and after the discovery had lied and remained in biding until the sherill got on his trail and caught bim in bis father's corn crib. Shavings from the floor of Green's house showed stains of Sur asky's b'ood and confirmed the story told by the negroes as told to them by Green, that the peddler had Held into the room in ttic tinal effort to prolong Ids', life a few seconds. The Hebrews at Aiken interested themselves in the case of their un fortunate bumble fellow and employ ed an array of talented counsel to aid in the prosecution. The evidence was overwhelming and appears to have been well presented, and we cannot doubt that the arguments were able; but the prisoner's friends had rallied to him gallantly, and be, too, was represented by able counsel. So br went home triumphant, odi cially stamped &s an innoncent and law abiding citiz?n. So far as de velops, the only suffers outside of the murdered man and his family and friends are two negro witnesses. In consequence of their evidence given at the coroner's inquest, they found themselves unsafe and were forced to leave their home. They are living in thc town of Aiken and hardly dare to go beyond the line for fear of the vengeance of the friends of the in jured Green. One of them found employment, with a local nebrew merchant and of this fact counsel for the defense made much. Possibly that very fact caused the intelligent and conscientious jurors to wave aside all the direct and cirumstantial evi dence which established one of thc foulest and most horrible murders ever done. Alloted to ttic Militia. Acting Secretary Oliver of the War department has made the annual allot ment of the $1,000,000 appropriated by congress to provide arms and equip ments for the organized militia or the United States. Tho money ?R appor tioned to southern States as follows: Alabama $21,942; Arkansas $17,952; Florida $9,073; Georgia $25,932; Ken tucky $25,932; Louisiana $17,952; Mississippi $19,947; North Carolina $23,937; South Carolina $17,952; Ten nessee $23,937; Texas $35,905; Vir ginia $23,937. Deadly Kct-oMoiie. Two children of Jesse Evans of Wil liamsburg county were badly burned on Tuesday while kindling a tire with kerosene. One of them died and thc other is seriously injured. * ANOTHER MURDER. R. B. Wallace Killed by Wm Jacobs Near Latta, Marion County. BOW ABOUT WALLACE'S SISTER. Ho Visits the Houso te Which She Had Fled From Her Father's House and Was Shot and Instantly Killed. We havo to record one more murder In South Carolina. A sp?cial dispatch from Latta, in Marion County, to The State says: "One of the most terrible tragedies tbat ever occurred in these parts was enacted in the old Vidalia school house, no occupied by the Jacobs family, at half past 10 o'clock Saturday night when Mr. Will Jacobs shot and in stantly killed Mr. R. B. Wallace. . "It is sild that the dispute arose about Mr. Wallace's sister,- Miss Bell Wallace, who bad taken her abode in the Jacobs home. She, lt is claimed, was made to leave, or any rate did leave, ber father's home 60me days previous. On ber exit from her pa rental home she was immediately lodged in the houss of Mr. Jacobs as stated above. "Her brother, Mr. R. B. Wallace, having heard of her whereabouts, left Saturday night from Dillon in com pany with Messrs. D. W. Biggs and R. M. Jackson. They arrived arrived at the house of Jacobs something af ter 10 o'clock, all in rather buoyant, ' good spirits. Without further cere-* *i~ mony Wallace knocked at the do^r while bis companions remained in the buggy. . j "At the time of Jaob's appearance at the door they seemed to be in a very friendly mood and both gave the accustomed greeting with a hearty handshake. Wallace did not enter the house but was led by Jacobs to a corner at the rear end of the building. Tliey were in conference for some five or ten minutes when they returned to the door-steps, where Wallace sent out a volley of oaths, against his sis ter, threatening to give her a thrash ing. He then began to penetrate the dark recesses bf the little cabin and* was followed by Jacobs, who up to this time was unaware of the pistol he held in his band. "When both were within another shower of oaths and threats escaped his lips. At this instant he was or dered from the house, but Instead of taking heed be, lt is said, rather aimed his weapon at Jacobs. But quick as lightning the latter seized his gun from behind the door and emptied its contents in the bead of Wallace. Ills companions beard the uu'is? uov\ -hastened lo team t?xs cavstt ? when a puddle of blood and the brains of the deceased were in evidence of the deed that had been committed. 1 'Jacobs escaped through the rear door and no clue to his whereabouts as yet bas been ascertained, but it is thought that he is lying concealed until after the inquest of the jury, when he will deliver himself up in person. Mr. Jacobs is a farmer living on the place of Dr. F. M. Monroe and up to this time bas conducted himself very well. Those who know him say he is quiet and peaceful, but has plenty of "grit" when thoroughly aroused. A dispatch from Dillon gives this version of the killing. "The old school house one mile south of Latta and oc cupied by a Croatan family by the name of Jacobs was the scene of a fearful tragedy Saturday night about 9 o'clock. Bob Wallace, foreman of the Dillond Herald outee, lies dead with the whole back of his head blown away, his young wife a widow and his four children fatherless. "Saturday afternoon Wallace, in company with a Mr. Biggs and a young man by the name of Jackson, all riding In one vehicle, left Dillon. One of the patty claims they went to Latta, and on their return, as the buggy got op posite the house mentioned above, Wallace asked that they bold up a mo ment. Ile went into the house, ard a few seconds afterwards there was a re port of a gun. When the house was en tered Wallace was found lying dead upon the tloor, bis pistol near his body. There were two or three females in the house, Wallace's sister being one of them. They did not hesitate to say that Jacobs did the shooting, but ru mors are conti leting as to what provok ed the tragedy." The Weevil in Texan Oat8. The State says railroad men of the freight departments are asking What districts in Texas are affected hy thc boll weevil, in order that they may know as to the shipment of oats from that State. South Carolina takes a large quantity of oats from Texas and freight men say that the law may cut down their revenues some. Although the States between South Carolina and Texas have laws forbidding the shipment of oats and other crops from that district it seems that none of these have been looked into. The counties affected in Texas, according to the report tiled with the railroad commission, are bounded by a Hoe through Texas running north and south through Starr county, thence in a northeasterly direction to Gray son county, thence in a southern dirctlon to the cen'.re of Cabine parish, La., and thence south to the county of Jefferson, Texas. The rail road commission will interpret the law in its strictest sense, and the rail roads will not haul any oats or other products from that district unless they decide to carry the case into court and have the law tested. * .".lint Himself. A dispatch from Spartanburg says: William M. Ljwe, night watchman at the Whitney mills, killed himself friday afternoon by shooting himself through the heart with a 38-callbro pistol in an up stairs room of his dwelling, which is located in the mill town. Lowe was 48 years old. His wife and six children, the most ot whom work in Whitney mills, survive him. For seven or eight years he had i been engaged as drayman for the fae? tory, but gave up recently to become night watchman. >