The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, October 28, 1904, Image 1
DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVBS IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE."
VOL.^IX,
BENNETTSVILI/E, S. C., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1904.
NO. 44.
AN AI33UJRD CLAIM.
Cortelyou Says He will Bag Two Hun
dred and Ninety Votes
BRYAH'B BT IRRING CAMPAIGN
In Indiana is Said to Have Captur
ed Fifteen Thousand Voces
fur Parker and
Davis.
A dispatch from New York sn vs
managers of the Republican campaign
profess lo be BO continent of Roose
velt's election that they have practi
cally fcuspenc-od work at national
headquarter In that city and Chair
man Cortelyou has gone west to t>pend
mest of the time remaining before the
election at Chicago headquarters. Mr.
Cortelyou has h fe for the west, coin
cldentally claiming 21)0 electoral votes
for Roosevelt. This statement, it is
said, was based upon a eu.vass of the
entire country. It concedes Parker
151 votis and classes 85 votes as
doubtful. The total clectorial vote is
476, BO that only 239 are needed for a
majority.
In tho Republican claim of 290 elec
toral votes for Roosevelt New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut aud Indiana
are clasr.ed as surely Republican. The
doubtful states, from a republican
standpoint, have now been reduced to
eight, namely, Colorado, Delaware,
Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Utah,
West Virginia and Wyoming. The
Republicans say that West Virginia,
Delaware, Maryland and Utah are by
no means sure for the Democrats, and
that with the work now being done
there is a good chance of their going
for Roosevelt.
RIDICULES CLAIMS OF KKrunLICANS.
Tammany Leader Murphy made
light of the Republican claim that
they would cany New York. He
said the result of the two dayt?' regis
tration negatived that claim.
"There was a gain in the Democra
tic districts and a falling oil in the
Republican districts," hesaid. ''What
more do we want? The failing efl* In
some of tho downtown districts ls ac
counted for by the fact that the peo
ple are moving uptown. The increas
ed registration In the twenty-third ls
distinctly favorable to us ou this ac
count. The reported failure of the
independent vote to register I have
not heard much about, but if lt is true
we don't lose anything by it. That
vote has always Leen with the Repub
licans.
Chairman Taggart said that he
never had given out any figures and
probably would not this year, but he
reiterated his claim that all doubtful
states are sure for Parker.
OB-YAM'S WniULWIND CAMPAIGN.
liewa comes frc m Indiana that the
"whirlwind" Brvau tour has had the
.^ioo or u.?t rtp..ufuithy-ir? /.Loth
parties. The Demccrats, flushed with
hope and newborn confidence of vic
tory, are working as they never work
ed before, and the Republicans have
been startled into a realization that
there ls danger, and they are ou the
alert to sive every vote possible and
conserve the state's Euppurt to their
party.
John P. Kern, thc Democratic nom
inee for governor of Indiana, sajs:
"Bryan isputtingtireand force into
this, campaign that we know not of.
He Is more earnest as an advocate for
another's candidacy than he was for
his own. Bryan's audiences in 189(1
and 1900-I was with him on botti
tours-were large and enthusiastic,
but in ne'thor of those campaign was
he greeted by such enormous crowds
as he had last week.
"I caa say without hesita-ion and
Btake all my reputation as a political
observer o i the statement that Bry
an's tour his determined tile votes
of at least ten thousand men who
were wavering, and 1 believe be bas
woo thousands who had decided to
vote for Rosse veli. "
MU rUBCIIASAULB VOTE.
Alla ..^ olservcs3 ol political drift,
say theie' aie 20,000 purchaseable
voters in that s,tate who are now ready
to talk business. Roth Chah man Cor
telyou and Chairman Taggart will
soon be In Indianapolis and it is the
steadfast opinion of those who believe
in conducting campaigns on "business
principles" that tie mun who takes
the biggest barrel to Indiana will
land these lljaters. George Foster
Peabody, secretary of the democratic
national committee, asserts that the
party will Cheerfully go down to
defeat before they will buy a single
vote, and, mi reever, he says the coin
mlttc lias not finies for such pur
poses. There are increasing signs of
democratic activity. Not only will
Chah m m Taggart glye bis personal
attention to tho campaign In Indiana,
but more speaker.-? have heen assigned
to speak in all doubtful states while
of still greater importance is the fact
that Judge Barker will speak twice
before delegations at Esopus Friday
and Sat urday.
mtlSK ELECTION BETTING.
Election betting has been slow,
taking the whole country over. In
Wall street there is always some
wagering, but there ls little or none
In Chicago. In Indianapolis it is
diffeieiit. Nearly every "Poor Man's
Olub" lu the city has a big blackboard
covered with crayon announcements
of amounts und odds that may be hao
upon application to the man behind
the bar. One of these places ( tiers
over fifteen thousand di liars In va
rious t ets, and has already placed a
like amount. The bots are all small,
most of them under oi.e hundred dol
?ars, nine over live bundercd dollars
Parker money is ottered at thirl y to
one hundred dollars, and few takers.
Roosevelt at lifty to twenty-five dol
lars is a popular wager and linds
many willing betters. Even money
is placed and taken on the Ilernck
Higgins race in New York. One bet
of two b?ndred dollars even that Par
ker will carry New York bas been
made.
But the mast s ignificant feature of
it all is that no money ls ofTerod on
the re; ult in Indiana. Ono of tho
men w io ls offering several thousand
dollars in various bets was asked the
reason for this st range omission.
"Too blamed badly mixed for mine.
No coin from these (holding up four
lingen) goes on any race where there
ain't no sort o' dope at all to smoke
on."
LED THEM IN A TRAP.
A Japanese* Night Attack IlcBultotl
Disastrous!/ to Xluin.
?The Japanese are fond of night at
tackH, which they organize cleverly.
They light a series of enormous camp
Ares at falso bivouac ?and then stealth
ily they creep up on the Russian senti
nels who, peering in'.o the darkness
and bllndol by thc glare, cannot see
the Japanese approaching. Or they
take advantage cf a rain storm aud
? ry to surprise the Russlaos. On
Tuesday night they adopted both
rusos, near Mukden but ran into a
hornet's nest. Tho night was inky
black, rain was falling and a cold wind
was blowing.
''A linc night for the Japanese"
every one said, and tho Russians hud
dled in the trenches had stiict orders
given to them that li the expce'cd,
but uninvited guists appeared not to
tire but to meet them wi.li the bayo
net. It was so daik that a pei son
could not seo his banu before lils face
except vaguely. Tnrough tho iain,
in thc dlreotltn of the false camp
fires, all eyes were strained auel ears
listening intently. Tho wind which
was as cold as ice and cut to the bones
was suddenly freighted with ominous
s .uuds, an unmistakable quash in the
mire and squirting of water under the
tramp of hurrying feet accompanied
by the metallic rattle of arms The
Russians stooped lower. The ollicors
passed along another caution-under
no circumstances to fire, but to meet
the Japanese with bayonet.-*. On they
came. Tho Ruffians could already
sec thc silhouettes cf tho Japaue.-e
and watched the approach of their
victims with grim satisfaction, their
anxiety being lest some nervous sol
dier might tire and thus spoil the
game. The Japanese carno on strain
ing their eyes in the darkness, evi
dently believing that the Russians
were not so close. When they wore
right une'er their feet, the Russians
i03e up as If out of the ground, and,
with a hurrah, widly fell upon them
with the bayonet. The front ranks
of the Japanese broke, turned and
smashed into the second line, throw
ing tho whole force Into disorder.
Like a rabble they tried to escape,
but tho Russians gave them 00 mercy
bayoneting them as they pursued.
For a mlle the work of slaughter pro
eec dod and few of the Japanese lived
to carry back the tale. In the morn
ing the ground was strewn with
corpses._
Will Preach.
A dispatch Trom Rjanoke, Va.,
says James II. Tillman, the fermer
lieutenant governor of South Carolina,
who.^whlle in otlice, killed Editor N.
Cr. Gonzales, in Columbia, has decided
to enter the Methodist ministry, and
has written a prominent divide there
telling bim that he has applied to the
Methodist Conference for admission.
Til--..furuwr_liiMjJt-.?;ini. ir<-v.-!--.o>- i
nephew of S?natoiLB. R. Tillman and
the killing of Eli tor Gonzales and the
subsequent trial cf Colonel Tillmau
created considerable interest, not only
in South Carolina, but throughout
the South. Rev C. P. Currie, a native
of South Caro:Ina, now a resident of
Missouri, where he Is a local M ifcho
dist preacher and who is lu that city
assisting Rev. J. C. Brown, a western
evangelist, In a revival at Green Mem
orial Methodist Episcopal Chinch, ha
received a letter fr-.111 Colonel Till
man telling him of his Intention to
preach. Mr. Currie is a relative of
Colonel Tillman.
Implicated Wime Mun.
Flete.ier Wotsou, a neg? 0 tn tined in
the county Jail at Gainesville, Fla.,
charged with the murder of Garrett
V. Chamberlain, white, has on fessed
the cri me and implicated A. G. Lamb,
a prominent merchant of Mlcaiiopy.
Watson said Fiat he killed Chamber
lain because the latter discharged
him, owing him tlnee dollars. De
said that Lamb give him a rilla and
told him to shoot Chamberlain or
Chamberlain would shoot him; that
after the shooting he ran into the
store and told Lamb, who said:
"Good thing. If you bad not klllea
him lie would have killed you. The
law will protect you." Deputy Sher
iff Livingston arrested Lind) ?a Mi
canopy Thursday and brought him
here Friday. Watson's confession
wassecuroti by John Williams, a pris
oner in the county j ii!, who gained
Watson's' confidence. Lt is new in
writing and in the hands of the elli
ce rs.
Koomi In Augusta,
E. B. Mullins of Summit, Ga., was
found on the streets of Augusta Fri
day in an unsound menial condition
ard placed under arrest. Helias beeu
mi.-smg two mouths and c'stectiws
have bern trying to solve the mystery
of his disappearance for the life in ur
ance companies with win m he had
policies aggregating 928,000. Ii was
believed that he had been murdered
and a number of negroes have been
arrested fri m time to time suspected
of having had a band in the kiding.
When recognized Mullins did not deny
bis Identity but m ide a ramhliue
statement that gave no clue as to
where he had spent the put fow
wet ks. Ho is being held until t:.t
ari i val of Iiis relativ is.
1 'or a Stolen KIUH.
Whether a stolen kiss ls woibh 815,
ooo ls thc question which will have to
he decided by a jury in Federal c urt,
which sits in Covirgton, Ky. Mrs.
Grant Mitts of Mason Ky., thinks the
is entitled to that amount for a kiss
which she declares was .stolen last
Juno, by J. li. Alexander, a friend of
her husband, who made a friendly call
while the husband was not at home,
and she has brought suit. As a result
of the alleged larceny she declares she
ls a nervous wreck, and has been sub
jected bo much humiliation and no
toriety. _
PlUllgt tl into Uiver.
In an automobile accident near
Sr ri og field, Ohio. Vernon Middleton,
brother or George E. C. Middleton,
was killed outright, Mrs. Wilkins'
arm was broken and M s? Virginia
Hundley was Internally injured so
ladly she may die. The entire party
is from Urbana, Ohio, and had been
out for an all night ride. Their
machine at a high rate of sp.ed,
swerve land plunged overa bridge?t
Mad river, seven miles from tlieie,
lauding on a pile of rocks below.
BRIGHT HOPES.
Democrats Not tho Least Daunted by
Boasts of Republicans.
FINE PROSPECT IN HEW YOEE.
Parker's Popularity and Roosevelt's
Laos: of lt Make the State
Almost Certain for tho
Demoorats.
A dispatch from New York says
Democrats in thc South who are look
ing to New York for political Inspira
tion should bo sa ti stied with the
developments of tho campaign from
day to day. Privately tho Republi
can managers admit the probable
deieat of their State ticket, but they
profess to believe that Roosevelt is
popular enough to save himself by the
?'skin of his teeth." On tho other
baud, Ute Demo .ratio leaders at bo: h
State and national headquarters, be
lieve that Parker, as well as Herrick,
will carry the State. R.osavelt and
Higgins; they say, are beaten today,
and if the Democrats pan hold their
own from this time on they will stay
beaten.
The Republicans base their hopes of
capturing the electoral vote of New
York upon Roosevelt's "alleged extra
ordinary popularity, upon their line
organization, and upen their great
corruption lund. Carrying so big a
stick, lt ls true they may go far. But
the New York Democracy is not
frightened, lt has faced adverse
conditions in the past and won great
victories. It believes the conditions
favorable now, hence, with y bod rea
son, expects to win another. To begin
with, Roosevelt's "extraordinary
popularity" in New York has yet to
be demonstrated. He has been before
the people but tiwee, once when be
ran for the assembly .'a a strong Re
publican district and gota fair ma
jority, again when he ran for Gover
nor and was elected by 17,000 ma
jnrir.y. "Nnithor of these achieve
ments stamped him as a very popular
man. Judge Parker on the other
hand, has run for ellice a number of
limes and has yet to be defeated. Ile
ran lu every ir.stauce but one in a
Republican community.
Under normal conditions New York
is a Democratic State, and this year
the pulltical conditions are about nor
mal. If there are any abnormal con
ditions they favor the Demoorats, rot
the Republicans. For iDStauce, the
independent vole is believed to be
with the D.mocrats to the extent of
75 per cent, or more. Four years ago
at least dd per cent, of this vote was
Republican, and eight years ago prac
tically all of it went tho same way.
I he Watson vote will not amount to
muco in New York. Tue discovery
that Odell is tunning tito Populibt
side'3--- . ' ^ opened .thc ?--t nt de
luded Pemocrats'm ene north*-""Vare
of the State and the bottom has fallen
out of the movement there. In some
counties it has been shown that three
fourths of the siguers of the Watson
nomination papers are Odell bench
men, and in one county the names of
seventeen of O Jell's otllceholders were
on the papers.
It seems to be thc general opinion
that New York is the pivotal State
now, as fo:merly, and the belief is
growing that as New York goos, BO
the country will go. The labor vote
is evidently going to be divided, but
the trend of organized labor is toward
the Democracy, lt is easy to ligure
out a Republican victory in the coun
try at large without New York, but
signs multiply that the pirty which
gets the electoral votes of the Empire
."Stale will have a majority in the elec
toral college. Tnis canies with il
Lhe implication that the majority in
New York will be large ei.ough to
set the puce for Connecticut and New
Jersey, West Virginia aud Indiana
arebelievtd by the best-posted men
at Democratic headquarters to be in
sympathy with New York. Mary
land is safe beyond peradventure.
There is a chance tor the Democrats
?n II md?. Island, Nevada, Colorado
and Montana continue to send cheer
ing news. All three o? these moun
tain Slates, it is believed, will cut
lu se f.on Republicanism. Wiscon
sin ls the greatest puzzle in the wtole
lot of States. One thing only seems
certain, and that ls that the Demo
crats will gain three or four Congres
sional district, Including liabeeek's.
if the Democrats are true to Peck he
will b<! tho next Coven.or of the
.Slate. Tho State is claimed for
Lt (?st velt by a large maj >rlty, but
the Republican factional tight has
b come so biiur that noone can fore
roll to what length one faction or the
other ut:ty go in an effort to carry ils
point. That there is not much en
thusiasm for Roosevelt was shown the
other day when ' Uncle Joe" Cannon,
Senator Fairbanks, Congressman Uab
ook, and oilier Republican orators
addressed an audience of twenty-two
persons at Piattsmouth, in the heart
of the zinc region, in a Congressional
dist rici that has given as high as 10,
000 Republican majority.
In conclusion lt may be well to say
1 word about the betting In New
York, which the nawspapers over thc
country have advertised extensively.
There has been very little genuine
betting on the general result of the
. lection. Tire New York World, af
ter making an Investigation, expresses
Its belief that not more than $25,000
hos bron wagerod In this city since
the Presidential nominations were
made. The Evening Post places the
amount at not to exceed $20,000.
The Republican national com
initteit, in conjunction with cer
tain Wall Street sharks ls be
lieved to have conceived the
scheme of fake betting, at big odds
on R osovclt, hoping to create an lni
p rei sion which would bc of great help
to to tho committee in its attempt to
carry the country. Tnore is nothing
in the political situation to warrant
large odds on either candidato. The
professional bookmakers who wager
hundreds of thousands of dollars for
themselves a td others on Presidential
election0! have not begun business
yet, i or will they for ten days or two
wtel s. Th i big sports who havo their
own ways of "getting a lino on" a po
litical situation, will bo heard from
after icgistratlon In this city has ht on
oompletod and analyzed, and what
they consider reliable pointers hav
bet u neel ved from up the State and
from Indiana, Conueoticit, New Jer
sey anet other cl tho s'. called doubtful
States.
At this stage of the campaign of
1892 the odds en Harrison were three
to one, yet Ilarrlsou was snowed un
der.
THE VOTE FO?K YEARS AGO.
Tabulated Hut urns from Every Stato j
iii tbo Union.
There aro these davs numerous in
quiries by mall, by wire and by 'phone
which lt ls fuuud most convenient to
answer by presenting the following
table. Cut It out and piste lt up for
reference. It will save time for you
and others. It is a list i f the popular
votes f ?ur years ago as received by the
democ-atlc and republican candidate*
for president:
States Dem. Rep. Plurality.
Alabama.. 97,131 55,612 41,019 1)
Arkansas.. 81, 42 41.800 -:i(i,:i42 D
Cal.124.985 104,705 39.770 R
Col.122.7:;:$ 1)3,072 29,601 D
Conn. 7;$.!i!i7 102,507 28,570 R
Del. 18,858 22,529 3,071 H
Pla. 28,007 7.3.4 20,003 1)
Ca. 81,700 35,035 4G,0U5 D
Idaho. 29,414 20,997 2.2 Ki D
111.503,001 597,980 04,734 R
Ind.309,684 330,'03 20,470 R
Iowa.209,179 3 17,785 98,006 R
Kansas.1(52,(501 185,955 23 354 R I
KcntUCky...235,103 227.128 7,975 I)
La. f>:5.t)7l 14,233 39,438 D
Maine. 30,822 05,435 28,013 ll
Maryland ...122,271 130.212 13,941 R
Mass.150.997 238,800 Sl,S(i!) R
Midi.211,(586 310,259 104,584 R
Minn.112,991 190,4(51 77,6(10 lt
Miss. 51.700 6,703 45,953 D
Mo.351,922 314,092 37,830 D
Montana.... 37,14(5 25,373 11.773 D
Neb.114,013 121,835 7,822 R
Nev. 0,347 3,849 2.4;i8 D
N. II. 35,489 54,893 19,314 R
N. ,1.If 1,808 221,707 50,899 R
N. Y.078,380 821,992 143,000 R
N'.C.157,752 133,081 22,071 D
N. Dakota.. 20,61!? 35,891 15,30*2 R
OIlio.474.W .'13,918 09,030 lt
Ore. 33,385 40,520 13,141 lt
Penn.424.232 712,titi6 288,443 li
lt. L. 19,812 33,784 13,917 lt
is. C. 47,23(5 3,67? 43,0oi D'
S. Dakota... 39,544 64,530 14,080 R
Tenn.144,701 121,194 23,557 Dj
Tex.2(57,337 1 21,173 1 4(5,14(5 l)j
Utah. 45,000 17.13'.? 2,133 R
Vermont.... 12,849 42,508 29,719 Lt
Va.. .140,080 115,805 3',2I5 D
Wash. 44,833 57,450 12,(523 R
W. Va. 98,807 119,829 21,022 R
Wis.159,285 205,860 lt (5,671 lt
Wyoming.. 10,1(54 14,481 4,31c ll
Totals.. ,6?358,133 7,207,! 123
Toe vote for other candidates
amounted to 31)3,900 voles, dlstrlhu
ted as fellows: Wooley, prohibition
1st, 20S:914; Deb-', socialist, 87:814;
Maloney, socialist labor. 39,739; Bar
ker, middlc-rf the-road populist, 50,
373; two other candidates received
about 7,000. Of the popul?r vote Mc
Kinley received 840,700 m ire thou his
deme eratic opponent and 456.259 over
jail; ..'i'?? 'E?b2D'??pular S?lo of ah
candidates was 13,059.(553. It is es
timated that the vote this year will
be about is. 000,000.
There were 47(5 votes In the Elec
toral Colhg?, and 231) are necessary
to a choice for president and vice
president. These 47i> votes are dis
tributed among the states as follows:
Ala.lt Nev. 3
Ark. ? N. II. 41
Cal.lt) N..I.12
Col. ? N. Y.39 I
Conn. 7 S. C.12 |
Del. 3 N. Dakota. I
Fla. 5 Ohio.23]
(ia.13 Oregon. 4
Idaho. 3 Penn.34
lil.27 lt. 1. 4
Ind.15 S. i :.
Iowa.13 S. Dakota. 4
Kansas.lo Tenn.li
Ky.13 Texas.18 i
La. <? Dial) . 3
Maine. (5 Vermont. 4
Maryland. 8 Virginia.12
M ?eli.11 Washington...
Mass.Kl W. Va...
Minn.ll Wis.12
Miss.lo Wyoming.13
Mo.18
Mon. 3 Total.47(5
Neb. 8
A MY8TJSRY b?LVjciD
Hy the Dentil ol' a Woman Who Wa?
Murdered.
A dispatch frc m Peoria, 111., says
Mrs. Neille Thomason, wife of a form
er prominent real estate dealer in that
city, is dead us the result of injuries
received in n sensational cncountei
with Richard and .lennie ll'ggins, son
and daughter of .lohn G. ll ggins, a
prominent member of the board of
supervisors of Peoria county and prom
inent In Ltepublican politics, on
Saturday Inst. Young ll kuri ns is 24
\ ears old and his sister is 2). They
intercept cl a li t . r w ri " le n lo Higgins,
Sr., by Mrs. Thomason, In which she
asked thc older Higgins to meet IKT
in thc depot of i ie Lieck Island rail
road in that city. Hi, gins was at St.
Lmis and his son opened the letter.
Toe missive asked Higgins to be In
the waiting roora. Winn Mr.-;. Thom
aso.i arrived she was confronted bj
young Higgins and his slitter. Mrs
Thomason is said to have attacked
Higgins with a hat pin, whereupon
Higgins stiuck her In the fa c. Later
the woman askeJ Hie ticket agent lo
assist her to the train. Ho did so and
when she was gone discovered the lloor
of the waiting room covered with
blood. The woman lingered in great,
agony at her home in L uon until Bbc
dieri. Higgins is under arrest on a
state warrant charging him with
murder. The case has created a sen
sation.
That Detective William E. Murphy,
who was murdered u ider Mich sensa
Donal circumstances In that city last
June, wasconnected with thc Higgins
Thomason e ise wns a startling devel
opment of the afternoon, lt appers
that on the night. Murphy was killed
he was shadowing John H. Higgins at
the Instance of thc members of Hig
gins' family. Young Diggings says
that either on t hat night, or on the
following night, Mrs. Thomason called
up tho II (ignis residence by telephone
and said:
"Murphy was a good friend of
yours. Weill He got los lon'ght.
Kiorans (a f How detective of M urpby)
is your friend, too. Ho will got bis
n st.." Wollard Higgin says that
the family had made frequent elTorts
to break up the attachment between
the elder Higgins and Mrs. Thoma-on
and had In vain offered her Urge sum?
of money.
Chargea With the Killing of the
Rfcgro Prisoner Bookhardt
AT EU^TAWVrXLE LA8T SUMMER.
Town M urn Ii ni of thc Town and Con
stable ol tbO Mnnlntr:ilo Are
Among ThoBO ArrenCcd
for thc Crlmo.
The Columbia correspondent of The
News and Courier rays it took real
bull do? tenacity to do anything in
the Eutawville lynching. Just as
soon as Governor Eley ward went over
tho case with Solicitor Hildebrand be
realised that lt would take hard and
delicate work to t-ecure the evidence.
Governor ileyward went into the
case with the full aud Axed determina
tion to tee that the law was vindicat
ed and that such a brutal murder as
that of Kltt Bookhard should not go
without brining the culprits to trial.
Solicitor Hildebrand pledged and give
his loyal support. From thc very lirst
lt was suspected who were the men
implicated in the killing and the sub
sequent throwing of the body into the
river.
Solicitor Hildebrand know, but he
plainly told Governor H ey ward that
there was no use to go Into the case
without evidence. Governor Ileyward
promptly got J ito touch with tho Pin
kerton detective agency and has had
that agency persistently at work since
he went to work on the case.
THE riNKKUTON MAN.
Mr. F. P. Demiio, Jr., who is
assistant superintendent o? the
Pinkerton National Dotective Agency
of Philadelphia, was placed in charge
of the case. Ile is lb charge of this |
district and has a force working under
him. The first difficulty was that
Edwards, the hired man of the
Martins, who had the tn.utile with
Bookhard, left EufcawYille Immediatc
tely after the killing. Whotcr he
lett of his own accord or was made
to leave by thess Interested dees not
appear, but that was tile ti i s o serious
blieb and it took patient work to lu
cite Edwards, who had evidently been
spirited away and was agreeable to
being kept in the backgre und.
At hist it was thought he was in
Savannah, but he was not to be found
there and the hunt continued for
moutlis. In the meanwhile every
day of the week and every week of
the m >nth there was a detective in or
around Eutaw ville gathering evidence.
Tneyiwere not welcome and m-tde
short stavR and then were supplanted
ny otl'.er detectives.
Whin it ls known that J. II. Pal
mer, tho town marshal, and S. A.
EadoiJ;, the constable of thc local
."Pftfl ..*atc *i ..tu?-Penitentiary
walis,' charged with tho crime, then
the diillleulties of the detectives will
ba better uuderstcol.
The men who were wanted In con
nection with the killing of Bookhard
wore H. C. Edwards, the young man
with whom Rookhard had the quarrel,
Penny Martin and Benj. Martin, on
wbese place Edwards \sorkid; Ad^er
Butler, who was ou the wagon on ttie
famous li-liing expedition; Eadon, thc
magistrate's constable, aud Palmer,
the town marshal.
ON TUE WA o ON.
The two Martins and Butler were
on the wagon when Edwards and
Bookhard bad their quarrel and ex
changed drunken compliments about
spunking each otlu r. Dd wards was
taken In custody several days ago and
has been ut the Penitential y since
Sunday, where he is being held as a
material witness for the State, an ;
be km.ws the details of the tragedy
in which a town marshal and a magis
trate's constable are said to have tig
uied so prominently.
Governor Ileyward ha? toiled and
worked patiently on the eas;', never
once despairing that poislstency would
win. Wednesday night on his return
frc ni the Lexington Fair ho bad the
p!> a^ure of receiving a telegram from
..wileriIT Morrison that be was on ins
way to Columbia willi five prisoners
in the Eutawvllle eas; and another
mi Stage irom Mr. F. P. Demain, Jr.,
assistant superintendent of Pinker
ton's National Detective Agency of
Philadelphia, that Penny Martin,
Benj. Martin, Adger Butler, S. A.
Eldon and .1. H. Palmer wotdd reach
Columbia Wednesday night under ar
rest. Ev_n after ttie wat rants had
been sworn out constable! from an
other county had to t:o called in to
serve the arrest warrants. Tue pris
oners wore primarily brought to Co
lumbia for safe keeping a. d also to
have a safer place tuan L!:e Berkeley
Jail ls reputed to bo.
IT WAS NOT KOHGOTTEN.
Many have thought and said that
the shameful Eutawvllle lynching
would sink Into an unpli asant mem
ory, as so many other similar cases
before lt have done. Governor iley
ward, however, felt there was a
chance in this eise to arrest those
Implicated and to get the evidence
and he grappled with the task with
determination. There was no money
with which to employ detectives and
he full well knew that nothing could
be done without competent detectives
in such ciicumstinces, und so he obli
gated himself heoausu he felt the
shame of the killing of the helpless
negro and tue necessity for calling a
halt.
Tho men will bo given a fair and
prompt trial. Tue. arrest of tho al
leged Eutawvllle lynchers mean-? very
muon at this lime.
The news that arrests wore ex
pected has been known for several
days, but in response Lothe request ol
che authorities no use was made of
the Information until tho arrests were
actually made.
A STORY OF TU Ii CHIME,
Several days after thc cline was]
committed tho correspondent had cc j
easton to visit Eutawvllle and at that
time this story was given concetnir g
thc erhno:
"The evidence shows that on tho
day before the Monday on which the
kill ng occurred Kltt Bjokhard, a ne
gro boy, about 21, went on a fi hing
r p with two or Limo Martin broth
ers. Ileura C. Edwards and Butler.
Bookhard worked on the farm with
tho Martins aud Lld? ards and know
them all well. On tho return trip]
the crowd get boisterous and o Lien
hive, and there was talk of "licking,"
and Bookard told Edwards tbat if be
did not leave him alone he would
spank bim. Tbere was no fight or
other Incident at tbe time. O J Mon
day Edwards, who was employed by
the Martins, swore out a warrent be
fore Magistrate Wiggins, and the ne
gro was arrested and tined ?5. MagiH
trate Wiggins thinking this) the bent
course to stop the trouble. Bookbard
was sent to tho town Jill, a two-story
frame building In the heart of tbe
town, and that very night was taker)
out, mutilated and killed. ? 55 pound
iron rod was tied to his body, which
was carted to the Santee River, three
miles away, and thrown In.
TUB BODY FOUND.
The negroes suspected foul play and
found the body floating six miles from
where lt had been thrown Into tbe
river, with the 65-pcjund weight,
brought up by the iloatlong body, ti
whic-1 it was tied, Instead of keeping
it hidden under the water as was ex
pected.
Several negroes swore that they
identified Bnokhard and part of bis
clothing was brought into the Inquest
and there recjgniz.-d. There has been
some suggest 1 m that other bolle*
have been fouud In the same viclnlt\
and are caught by a boom in tho river
built to catch logs, and that th's
might be one of such bodies. The re
ports are that the identifications were
far 10 ) complete to admit of such a
story and that the weight, the track
and all indicate that the body ls that
of Bookbard.
There has not been a day since Gov
error Hey ward returned from St.
L irs that he bas not himself known
every move that has been taken In
this case, and there has not been a
day during which something ba* not
been done. It has been a slow proc?s-,
but the po-icy has been to mo ie slow
ly rather than to make a stage play
There will be- abiulutely no- let-up"
in the case and the laws of the State
will be enforced. A. K.
ARRIVED IN COLUMBIA.
Ten passengers cime Into Columbia '
Wednesday night from Eutawvllle.
There wera live prisoners, Sherill
Morrison, Superintendent Demalo and
ihree deputies. They got into three
backs and went to the Penitentiary,
where the five prisoners were lodged.
This closes the first chapter in the
Eutawvllle aff ilr, the arrests cf the
suspects.
The Martins, Palmer and Eldon all
say they know nothing about the kill
ing of B ?okhard and insist upon their
innocence. Sherill Morrison this morn
lng made all of the arrests with the
assistance of one deputy. The arrests
wi re mad j before the deputies from
other places arrived. He states tbat
the pritoners all surrendered without
protest.
TB.is J??C?WLS?iuN.
Barbera arni NeRroeu of Pittsneid,
Mase., in a Row.
There ls a reign of terror among
the barbers of Pittsfield, Mass. The
artists of the lather brush are In a
state of mind, a mixture of anger and
dread, because of the persistent pres
ence of a champion of thc negro race,
who, they say, is a "sure thing
hocico," a regular "Jonah man."
The negro, who ls Frederick 0.
Gould, of Boston, recently made com
plaint against William H. Frank, a
West street barber, alleging that the
barber refused to shave liini. The
bart er was ordered to pay $25 damages
and $5 for the co^rt costs. The bar
ber appealed, and ihe case is now
awaiting tao next sitting of thc c.iurt
Monday.
Gould, with confidence made s'.rontf
because rf the decision in his favo;
by tiie district c urt Judge, tried tbe
tonsorial artists again, this time ask
ing for the best and latest thing in
the haircutting line.
With a white companion for a wit
neis, he entered the shop of Jobi.
Gilbert, but finding all the barbers
near sighted and somewhat deaf, he
put Mr. Gilbert's name down In bl*
notebook and the left shop wlthoutbb
hair eut.
Next he tried the Gregory barber
sh ip and was told that all hands wen
busy just then, but that if he would
come around later, say about ll or 12
o'clock at night, they would see what
! c uki be done lor him.
When last teen Gould's hair was
still unttimmed and his fighting spirit
was'rising, and ho declared he would
camp on the trail of thc Pittsfield
barbers until the call "Nextl" is dl
i rioted his way.
The barbers are afraid of losing
their white customers if they accept
tlie pat ronage of negroes. The local
barbers' union is expected to take a
hand in the race war, while Gould
bas the backing of all the other ne
I gross of tae city.
Meanwhile Pittsfield barbers look
and tremble before they speak ano
call out "Next!" lu a subdued tone cl
rising Inflection._
DiHiiiiKHod from Sorvloo.
Capt. R. M. Hitch, who was in
charge of the the troops at States
boro, Ga., on the occasion of tho re
cent lynching and burning of the ne
g ri es Reed and Cato has been dismiss
ed from further service In the martial
was approved hy Gov. Torrell. In ad
dition to dismissing Capt. Hitch, the
verdict contains the following recom
inondations: Lieut L. A. Mell, who
was lu charge of the camp willie Capt.
Hitch was at the court houso, is sus
pended for one year and is to be pub
licly reprimanded. Lieut. Grlner, who
was in charge of the reserves and who
left lils command without authority,
is to be publicly reprimanded. Lieuts.
Come and Morrison wero acquitted.
The finding of tho court ma-.tial ls
the result of a trial which was held in
Savannah, Col. Clifford L. Anderson
of Atlanta ticing president of the
co;:rt. The most careful Inquiry into
I the facts surrounding the lynching ol
the two negroes was made, the hear
ing lasting nearly two wekft.
Throe ir*iuiiiuu ut hui.
In a rear-end collision on the Cleve
land Pittsburg Rill road near Alliance
Wednesday morning a fireman,
messenger and a breakman were kill
ed. Several eira w^re wrecked and
ono other brakeman was Injured.
HOW IT STANDS.
What tho Republicana and Demo?
crntH Claim in Electoral Voto.
The Re publican" National Commit
tee officially announced last week its
li?uie9. It gives Eocsevelt 290 votes
In the Eiecbcral College, concedes only
151 to Parker and classes 35 as doubt
fal. Two hundred and thirty-nine I
will elect the next President. Hcie
are the figures:
California. 10
Connecticut. 7
Idaho. 3
Illinois. 27
Indiana. 15 |
Iowa. . 13
Kans is. ll?!
Maine. 0
Massa ch lisetta. 10
Michigan. .14
Minnesota. ll
Nebraska. . 8
New Hampshire. 4
New Jersey. IS
New York. 30
North Dakota. 4
Ohio. 23
Oregon. 4
Pennsylvania. 34
It iode Island. 4
Sou Ul Dakota. 4
Vermont..-. 4
Washington. 5
Wisconsin. 13
Total.290
The States olassed as close or doubt
ful are:
Colorado. 5
Delaware. 3
Maryland. 8
Montana. 3
Nevada. 3
Utah. 3
West Virginia. 7
Wyoming. 3
Total. 35
Toe Prooklyn Eigle riiieulis ttie
:bove cs imate and claims that Parker
will hive 25(5 elec'.ora', votes in the
electoral ool?eg?, which it says is tue
figures of tho Democratic managers.
Tbe Eagle claims that lt has been
placed iu pohossion of the inner facts
upon which th-? demoorat'C belief is
250 votes for Parker In the electora'
college is ba.ed, and here sets tbem
forth. As a mat.'er of ? cb, says the
Eagle, more than 25G v ites are hoped
for. Whcousin, it is held, is quite
likely ti cast its eactoral vote for
Parker, and there are even hopea ef
the slate of Witsch gton. Here ls bhe
lisb Counted on by the democratic
managers: New Jersey, 12; New
York. 39; Connecticut, 7; Delaware,
3; Maryland, 8; West Virginia, 7; In
diana, 15; Montana, 3; Colorado, 5;
Idaho, 3; Wyoming, 3; total 105.
"One hundred and fifty one v.te.
. f the southern states are conceded
by the republicans to Parker. Add
these to 105 and the result is 250, a
maj ri&y of. 17 ror Parker in the o A
egc." The dcmccratic claim, the
E igle says, is that Now Jersey will go
domccratie by 17,000. The indepen
dent vote of the state they claim, is
known to be 90 per c int f jr Parker.
As to New York state, the claim is
that Parker will carry it by 30,000
plurality aud 00.000 for Herrick, al
though there are eathuslasts who
cla'.m the state f jr Horrie* by 100,000
THE"DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
They Aro Certain of Ono Hundred
and Sixty-Nino VoteB.
The democratic national leaders |
consider 1G9 electoral vobes of the 239
necessary to e'.ect Judge Parker
practicilly won. Elghhty-four votes
ih y consider are in the balaric-.:
Chairman Taggart, James M. Gally,
of Pennsylvania; ex-Senator Janies
Smith, of New Jersey, and others,
discussed the situation at length at]
Mr. Gully's room* In the Holland
House Thurday. Mr. Guffey, who has
large oil interests in West Virginia,
IH sponsor, in exjunction with llenr>
G. Da\ is, for that state. Mr. Gulley
told bis conferees that if the election
wore held now, West Virginia would
g j d. mocratic. Mr. Bryan is making
speeches there no.v, and by constant
. Hort for a fort-n'ght it ls hoped the
s ate can be held lu the democratic
cidamn. Word of a siml ar nature
was received from Senator Gorman
regarding Maryland. There, is not
believed to be as much chance for the
republicans carryiug thab state as
West Virginia, whatever course ls
pursued from now cn. The other
state of which the democrats feel as
sured is Nevada, with its three elec
toral v ites. The solid South, Mary
land, West Virginia and Nevada
make lii9 electoral votes, just 70 le;s
than is necessary to elect. Tr.ereare
Bight states, New York, New Jersey,
Ci mm c.lcut, Delaware, Colorado,
Mo:.tana, Indiana and Wisconsin,
tiavlug a total of 97 electoral voten
from which they hope to obtain the
rtquisite 70. Of these, New York,
Coloraeo. Montana and New Jersey
look promising, if suilloient money ls
available for whirlwind effort. In
lndiaua, Delaware and Connecticut
the situation ls ulm si as
biighb. Wisconsin is deemed a long
chanco. The inslped republican es
timates give Wyoming and Utah as
doubtful, but Chairman Taggart be
?ieves the rc-bublloans conceded Utah
as doubtful because they didn't want
to be placed in the position of claim
ing the Mormon vote. From perons j
wno ha\o conversed privately with
Judge Parker, it is learned that the
candidato feels sanguine of election.
He thinks the trend ls in his favor
and Kullloiently strong to reverse con
di ti ons by November 8.
Wants HeywarU io KeHign.
The Greenville news received Fri
day night a copy of a letter to Gover
nor Hey ward, signed by 112 citizens
of Oconuc cou uty, asking for his resig
nation in view of his course in the
Hoyt Hayes murder csa. In declin
ing to publish the petition the Green
ville News, which has held that
Governor Heyward blundered, urges
the citizens not to pursue such a
course for thc reason that tl e gover
nor was undoubtedly conscientious In
what he did. Tue feeling in O ioneo,
while sharply divided, is bitter, many
people believing strongly in bbc guilt
of Hayes. In a persona1, noto to the
editor the signers ot tho letter say
that lt has already been mailed to the
governor.
White Soldier Who Hariied Negress
Dismissed From Army.
APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT.
Gun. Fred. Grant Rccomu ml od
tho Man's Dise?arse for tbs
Good of the Military
Serviao.
A dispatch from Washington to Thc
state says President Roosevelt ia faoa
tu face with the negro problem in on?
of its ugliest phasep. Private John
Smith of the United States army
hospital corps, stationed at. For*
Mu tte, N. J., bas married a negress.
Elis CLmmandlng officer, Surgeon
Shallenherger, bas recommended his
dismissal. The commanding officer
ut the post refused to endorse thia
recommendation. It was approved,
however, by tho surgeon general.
Smith's plea is that if the constitu
tional commander in oblef thinks a
negro good enough to eat with he
should not obiectato a private in the
army mari y lng a negress. Smith is a
white. The war department ls en
deavoring to sidetrack the case till
after elections.
A dispatch from Washington says
the surge m general of the army has
coucurred in the recommendation of
(Jen. Grant that John T. Smith, a
member of the United Stabes army
hospital corps, stationed ' at Foit
Molt, N. J., who is said to have mar
ried a negress, be discharged- from
the army, "for the good of .the ser
vice."
This recommendation has been for
warded to the Secretary of War for hil
action. Smith wrote to the War De
partment inquiring if there was any
reason why he should not bo permitted
to marry a negro woman, Betting
forth that her charaoter was good,
ind that bc 1 could es'abllsh a good
character for himself by his record.
A special to.iThe Baltimore Sun
from Salem, N.J., tells of the case as
follows: Soldiers at Fort Mottj are
awaiting v '?vh interest to see what ac
tion President Rojsevelb will take in
cunnectlon with the marriage of John
T. Smith, a member of the hospital
<:rors, attached to the Forty-second
Company, coast artillery, and Sarah
Wolfert, a Southern Maryland ne
gress.
Smith's discharge was called for by
Hospital Surgeon Sparrenbsrgar, as
soon as he learned that the wedding
uad taken place, but Smith refused
to sever his connection with bis com
pany. At the time that he was rep
rimanded by his superior Smith ls
said to have declared that according
to the M th amendment to tbe Con
stitution all persons are free and
equal,
"if President Roosevelt sat au a
table with a negro," Smith 1B reported
to have said, "it is my right to wed
thc girl of my choice, regardless of
creed or color."
Smith's refusal to resign and his de
claration that he would not do so un
bll his case had hesn passed upon by
the highest authorities was the cause
of several conferences among the offi
cers of Fort M itt. BMng unable to
decide the cas? for themselves, it waa
decided that the matter should ba
submibted to President Roosevelt.
As soon as Post Surgeou Sparren
bcrg was satisfied that Smith waB
married to the negress he communi
cated with Gen. Fred. D. Grant, com
mander of the department of the east,
lu this letter the post surgeon object
ed to having attached to bis corps a
man with a negro wife. He said them
was much indignation among the ar
I tlllerymen over the affair, and wound
I up by requesting that Smith be dis
I charged.
to the meantime Smith write to
Secretary Moody for his decision.
A beut the same tim?, so the report ia
here, Gen. Grant referred the post
surgeon's communication to the Sec
retary of War. Now the whole mat
ter has been referred to the President
for adjudication.
The President's Anding Is feverish
ly awaited at Fort Mott.
Back of the wedding is a story dat
ing from ihe. Spanish-American war.
Smith then was a member of the Six
teenth Indiana, stationed in Cuba and
was stricken with yellow fever. He
was ordered to Camp Wyckoff, New
York. For two months he hovered
between life and death and the ne
gress, a member of the Volunteer Rod
Ctois Society, nursed him faithfully.
A sturt courtship followed and Smith
was ordered to Fort Mott, about eight
miles from the city.
Letters followed and Smith's form
er nurse came to Salem on Septomb3r
20, where tuey were married. O.ily a
fe.v of Smith's soldier friends attend
ed the wedding, and the matter was
k^pt very quiet.
Merchants With l?arkor.
Democrats are surprised at the Par
ker and Davis sentiment manifested
among the business men of New York
in the past few days. There has been
nothing like it in the history of the
party, uuless it was In thc campaign
of 1802, when Cleveland and Steven
son received the bulk of t^e support
of the busln ss men. Some of the
business men's Parker organizations,
which have been effected in the past
three days, are the Coffee exohange
and the Downtown Merchants' Par
ker ar.d Davis Club aud the Printers'
Parker and Davis Club, which em
bract s nearly every prominent printer,
publisher and book manufacturer in
New York; thc Jewelers' Parker and
Davis Chin, the Washington Market
Parker and Davis Club, the Wholesale
Wine and Liquor Trade Parker and
Davis Club.
Threw banip ut Woman,
At New York Mrs. Nellie Mc
Carthy was burned to death at 247
East Sixty-second street and Mrs.
Annie Martin ls under arrest, charged
with homicide. The tragedy is said
to have resulted from a quartel be
twecu tho two wi men over the respec
tive merits of their husbands. Annie
Martin, who ts only 22 years old, ad
mitted that she had flung the lamp in
the other woman's face. Tho lamp
struck tho unfortunate woman square
ly, breaking into fragments, and de
1 luging her clothes with burping oil.
?-he died soon after.