Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Fell "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. XX.X BENNETTS VILLE, S.O., FRIDAY. APRIL 14,1905. NO. Jff . i FAMOUS FLAGS Captured Banners of the South that Have Been Returned. ONE OF THIS STATES Has Most Tragic History of Ail in thc Collection, Being Held in Place by a Pile of Dead South Carolin ians at Malvena Hill. Captured July 1. 1822. The Washington Star describes some Of the Confederate battleflags which have been returned to the Seuthcrn States, among them noting the follow ing as of particular interest: A Hag iu the collection that has pei hap8 the most tragic history ot all is numbered '?2 In the list. It is the bat tle Hap: of the famous Palmetto rc gi ment of South Carolina, and the War Department records show that lt was captured at Malvern Hill, near the James River, Ya., July 1, 18112, by Sergt. W. J. Wbittrick of the Eighty second Pennsylvania Volunteers, But terfield's brigade. It is recorded that the South Carolina regiment held an advanced position under a withering enfilading lire from the Union forces until nearly all its meu had been kill ed or wounded. When the Union line advanced they found but a baud full of the brave South Carolinians de fending the position they bad been ordered to hold to the death. These had piled up their own dead as un canny works, behind which they stub bornly resisted tho assault of Butter field's brigade. The Hag was found up right, being held in position by a pile of thc dead soldiers lu gray. A foreign attache who witnessed the grim work of the Palmetto regiment of South Carolina said it deserved to bc record ed among the most gallant achieve ments of war In tho world's history. Another South Carolina battle Hag was captured after desperate resist ance at the battle of Antietam, Sep tember 17, ls'.i'i, at tl>e stone wall in front of the First. Brigade, Third Di vision, Ninth Army C irrs, by Private Thomas liare of Company I), Thirty ninth New York Yoluiueets. After capturing the Palmetto colors, Private Hare was shot down by a South Caro lina rifleman. A hand-to hand struggle resulted at the battle of Five Forks. Ya., before the colors of the Sixth South Caro lina Volunteer^ were finally 'aptured from the gigant ic c ilorbeaiei by Capt. J. W. Scott of Comaauy D, One Hun dred and Fifty-Seven Pennsylvania Volunteers, and several men on butb sides were killed or wounded. The battle ll ig of the heroic Sum ter Plying Artillery, a famous Som h Carolina military organization, was captured at Sailor's Creek, April ti, 1865, by Sergt. George J. Pitman, of Company C, New York Lincoln Vol unteer Cavalry, under Gen. Custer. The Hag had been carried througnout the war by the Sumter bat tery, which at the time of the. capture of the col ors had been reduced tu a bare cor poral's gaurd, in size. The battle Hag of the Tenth Ala bama Infantry was captured at the battle of New Market Cross Bolds The original bearer of the colors was killed and a second, who attempted lo recover and uuse it, was taken prisjti er. A United States Hag, stars and strips, was captured at the same bat tle from the Eleventh Alabama Kegi ment. This Hag was carried hy the Confederates lo deceive the United States troops, it. ls stated. There are several of the C nfeder ate digs that were found wi appe l about the bodies of their bearers, who stripped them from their stalls to save them from capture. Two of lhe-e are stained by the i i f o blood of Hie bearers, who were shot while a tte rap ing to get away willi their emblems Private John M. Hays, of Company F, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, is credited with the capture of a Confederate bat tie Hag of ll e stars and bars design at Columbus, tia., April lf>, 18(55. ii is stated that Private Hays captured the standard and its hearer, who tore lt from the stall and tiled to escape, firing his revolver and wounding one man belonging to the Fourth iowa Cavalry. A Confederate Hag captured hy l'ri vate Warren Dockum, Company II, One Hundred and Twenty-First New York Volunteers, at Sailors creek, is inscribed "For Our Altars and Our Hearts. Savannah Vol. Guards, 18(12." The Hag of the Second Georgia bat tery, captured by the Third Maryland Regiment, U S. Volunteers, bad twenty-eVgbt bullet li?les nv? it and ? Vu ree through the staff. A desperate hand-to-hand lit In the trenches, willi several casualties on both sides, resulted, before the battle Hag of the Eighth Louisiana Regiment was captured at Ituppahan nock Station, Va., Noven ber 7, 1K<?;$. The colors of the benjamin Infan try, organized April 14, 18(51, In Clay ton county, Ga , captured during ttie Kilpatrick raid on the Macon railroad, bears the inser? pl ion: "Strike Tor Youl Altars and Your Firesides." Among the colors of famous Con federate organizations In fie list b that of the noted Washington Arti ll ery of New Orleans, which was takei a| few days before, t he close of t he war tho ll.'g of the "Wigfall Bilks. Jcfl Davis"; the battle ll lg of the Tsventy Second North Carolina Infantry whiot was Inscribed "Seven P.nes, Meehan lcsville, Cold Harbor, Ox Hill, Harp ers Ferry, Chancellorsville, S:iarps burg, Frazers Farm, Cedar .Vb u itafn Manassas, Fredericks! urg." Tnls wa> taken at the timo of Gen. Leo's sur render, it is said. Tho Hag of the Fourteenth Virgin ia Cavalry is Inscribed, "God Armetl the Patriot," The hattie Hag of th? Fortieth Virginia Regiment ls r "Southern Cross." The colors of t Virginia regiment capture at Philippi are inscribed: "Presented by the ladies of Bath, Va. God protect the right." Another battle dag, a Virginia ca val ry standard taken in a charge at Wil liamsburg, bears the name cf the form er colorbearer, written in hiB blood after he had been mortally wounded. Another Virginia Hag bears the In scriptlon: "Our cause is lust; our rights we will maintain." The Con federate garrison Hags of "the Citadel of Charlestou, S. C.," and that of Fort Moultrie are In the collection of rare relics. Amang the United States colors which were captured by the Confeder ates and recaptured by the Union forces at the close of tho war was the battle Hag of the famous Tammany regiment (Forty second New York Volunteers;, which was captured by one of Gen. Hood's Texans, it Is said. Also the State colors of the Ninth Vermont Volunteers, inscribed "Free dom and Unity"; the regimental Hag of the Fourth New Jersey; Hag of the First Michigan Volunteers, inscribed: "Michigan daughters to hersons-de fend it," captured by a Virginia regi ment; Hag of the First Main Infantry; that of the "Excelsior Regiment" of New York; the Wadsworth Guards of New York, and many others. AN INSANE MAN Wanted to Kill Governor Hoch, ol K&nHap, on Tuctsday. At Topeka, Kansas, an insane man who gave his name as J. Everest Worthington, whose former place of residence the police have been unable to learn, was captured within a block of the State House, where- he said ho was going to kill Governor E. W. Hoch. The man was unarmed, but he is of a powerful build and undoubt edly would have handled the Chief Executive roughly had ho not been Intercepted. The news of the cap ture was withheld by the police un til Wednesday, though the capture was made Tuesday. Worthington is now in tho county jail and will be sent to an asylum. Communication with the mau is held by means of written questions, and answers, as he pretends tobe deaf and dumb. In answer to a question in regard to what his purpose was with thc Governor, Worthington said: "1 was inspired by Pyrus, the God of Fire, to come here and kill Gover nor Hock. I have sworn eternal ven geance against all statesmen who pre tend that they are self-made men. If lt had not been for his otllcer who captured me, Governor Hoch would have been no more, for when I was arrested I was on my way to the Cap I Itel to kill him. ().:e who has risen from obscurity to a high place ls the worst enemy of the impecunious gen teel. Therefore, I hate Hoch." Worthington dresses well and has the appearance of a man of intelli gence. He is tall and strong, and has red hair and blue eycB. He was ar icsted by C. D. Miller, au clllcer of the Juvenile Court, whose attention was attracted by Worthington's pe culiar actions. A Humanit? Marr i uno. An Interesting romance growing out of university settlement work among tiie tenement population on the Eist Side in New York, was re vealed Wednesday when announce ment was made of the engagement of J. G. Phelps Stokes, millionaire and philanthropist, son of Anson Phelps Stokes, to Miss Rise Harriet Pastor, formerly of Cleveland, O , and later a writer on the Jewish Dally News of New York, from which she recently resigned to ace pt a clerkship In the university settlement In Eldridge street. M'ss Pastor, who ls au at tractive young womati, lias for years been one of the foremost workers for tiie betterment of the conditions of the poor on Eist Side, and it was withe thus engaged that she met Mr. Stokes, who has always be?n actively interested hi settlement work. Miss Pastor was born In Augustowo, Bus s a, in 1879. Took Too Much Morphine. Edith Turner, 22 years old, who wont from Savannah, (ia., to Norfolk, Va , and had been liviug under the name of Edith Anderson, died sud denly Wednesday from the effects of morphine. The ghi had recently re ceived a telegram announcing the death of a Miter in Savannah and Wednesday night swallowed a mor phine powder. Sile was found uncon scious In her room Thursday, but| physicians revived her until she could balk. Uer recovery seemed certain, but as a precaution the girl was j taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. While thc doctors were working on ber, with seemingly good results, she died. Ho fused To Name Commission. Solicitor TlmmTman has refused to recommend and Governor Hey ward refused appoint a commission to ex amine into the question of the sanity of Marion l'arr, the cotton mill oper ative who is to hang in Columbia next ! week, for the murder of Clarence Shealy. Answering a petition which was referred to him Solicitor Timmer man says that Parr gave no evidence at the trial of Insanity; that on the c mtrary he constructed a very plaus ible excuse and stoutly denied his guilt until hope was gone, when he freely confess d, fully substantiating the charge and that Inasmuch as not even a prima faci? case is made out he must refuse to endorse the peti tion. _ Found a I?ot Of Gold. T. A. Ledbetter has dug up a pot containing nearly $2,000 in gold coin, i 20 miles of Mount Pleasant, Tex. The . coiu ts al! United States money, ox I cept one or two pieces, which are ; either Spanish or Mexican coins, f Years ago an old Indian said that some kind of a treasuro had been bur i ied near the spot, and search was ? made for lt at that time, but without success. Several trees near the place had Indian marks on them. 1 ?VluHt Manu, Mrs. Anna Valentine, who was con victed at Lodi, N. J., a year ago ol the murder of Miss Rosa Salza-on , account of Mrs. Valentine's husband j -was resentenced on Tuesday and , will he hanged the 12th day of May, , lier attempts to get now trial having j failed. Extended President Roosevelt by the Kentucky People. THE BLUE AND GRAY. Gov. Beckham Welcomed Him as the Alan to Whom We Look Du:?MK the Next Four Years to Obliterate All Sectional Differences Between Sections. A dispatch from Louisville, Ky., says President Roosevelt's welcome to Oid Kentucky was typical of the State, and his reference in his speech to a united country, his greeting of Confederate veterans as "my com rades" and his allusion to the wearer of the grey who bore aloft at the head of the procession of escort the "Hag of one united countryJI greatly pleased those who could hear him. The President was in Louisville but two hours, but not a moment was lost. His reception In the residence section of the city was cordial, as he passed through the business section lt was thoroughly demonstrative of good will, and at the speaking stand and on thc short drive over the business section it was an assured ovation. Everywhere the crowds were enor mous, but orderly, and, barring a lit tle confusion in front of the speaker's stand the police arrangements were excellent. The President was greatly pleased at the cordiality of thc crowds and was much touchod over the pre sentation of three magnificent souve nirs reminiscent of Abraham Lincoln. These souvenirs were given him a few moments before his train departed for the Southwest. The Presldeut was welcomed to Louisville by actiug Mayor Paul C. Booth. The President responded brlelly, and was then escorted to hts carriage a few steps away, where he was seat ed with secretary Loeb, Governor Peckham aud Mr. Murray. Preceed ed by a detail of mounted police and by a mounted civilian escort bearing the President's colors, the President's carriage moved forward, the proces sion being under way in a few mo ments with Gen. John B. Castleman acting as grand marshal. The Presi dent was cheered at frequent Intervals by a continuous line of people from the time he tuft his train until the party neared the business section, where the greeting grew into a popu lar ovation. He was compelled to lift his hat often during the drive, but as he neared Broadway he removed his hat aud was kept busy bjwing from right lo left. Drawn up on Broadway between Third and Fourth streets were the George B. Eistiu Camp, Untied Con federate Veterans, two.posts of Grand Army men, and the Spanish War Vet erans' Associations. L moville ha* but a Bingle camp of Confederates but lt ls a large one, and its members were cut In full strength, with (ian. John H.. Leathers in command. As .the head of the escorting column moved onto Broadway the civilian es eort with the President's colors moved rapidly forward and Hie representa tives ol the blue and the gray swung into line, inc?lumes of fours, directly lu front of the President's carriage, and acted as his Immediate guard of honor for the remainder of the pa rade. At Fourth and Broadway about a thousand pupils cd thc boy?' and girls' high schools were batiked along the walls and terraced lawns of thc Y. M. C. A. Home. Flags waved a welcome to the evident pleasure of the Presi dent, whose carriage a moment latei turned into Fourth street. The retail dlslrlct was black willi people. Every window along fourth street lod its occupants and the roofs of buildings were occupied while the Street below was a mass of humanity. The decor ations on Fourth street were lavish, the beautiful Government building at Fourth and Chestnut streets, being especially attractive. The President arrived at the speak er's stand in front of the Court House, at Sixth and Jefferson streets, at 1? A. M. Ile was Introduced in a few words, by Governor B ekman, who said: "Not only the people ot Louis vide, but the people of all Kentucky rejoice today In we c >mlng among us the President of this grc:it republie. Regardless of all political differences we arc here to do honor, no'j only to the Obie! Magistrate of this great] country, but also to Theodore RuOie volt, the man. (Great applause.) "We recognize his eminent patriot ism, his integrity, his fearlessness, and wo all believe him lo be a friend of the great common po mle, throughout this country. We also io ik forward to him during the next four years as the ruler of thin republic, to obliterate tlie last faint line of sectional dill ronces that may exl?t In this country. (Applause.) I believe that lt is in the power of this great mar,, who more than any President since the big brained and big hearted Lincoln, holds the atfec Hon and the confidence of thc people of this country; 1 say, i believe it is more in his power than in the power nf any 0oh< r man to establish beyond question the fact that there ls no North, no South, no Bast and no West In this country." AK the President stepped upon the platform and the crowds saw him a prolonged cheer went up. The Presi dent tried to speak, but good natured ly waited until the applause had died out. Then he said: "'God bless Beckham and you, my fellow Americans. (Applause.) Surely any man would indeed oe gratified to be greeted In this way bv Mich an au dience, and be introducid as you have Introduced mc, Governor Beckham. (Applause.) "As the Governor has so well said, upon all the important questions, the questions that Inllnltely transcend mere partisan differences, we are fund amentally one. (Applause.) "For, in the question of foreign and Internal polities, tl e points upon which there can be nt' proper division on party lines, infinitely exceed <n number those upon which there can be such division and, Governor Beck ham, I shall do all that in me Hes to justify the hope to which you have given expression, and to try to show myself the President of all the people of the United States. (Prolonged ap plause.) "And, naturally, I feel particularly gratified as seeing here, to-day, joined in this procession, the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the grey. (Laughter and applause.) "In the dark days-now, keep Just as quiet as you can; you won't be able to do anything more than Bee me any how (Laughter and applause)-in the dark days, each of you fought for the right as It was given him to see the right (A voice, 'That's right!') and each of you bas left us the right to feel pride not only in your valor, but in your devotion to what you conscien tiously believed your duty. (Great ap plause.) "Aud now we are all one (cheers and long continued applause) and as a united pe )ple, we have thc right to feel the same pride in the valor of the man who conscientiously risked his life in the Confederate uniform that we have in the man who fought in the blue. (Applause.) And as 1 passed by your ranks, oh, my friends in grey, to-day, aud saluted the llig of our common country, held up by a man in the grey uniform, I felt that Indeed we are one, and that we have boen able to show mankind the greatest war of the century can be followed by the most perfect uniou that auy na tion now knows. (Great applause.) "And In coming to this great and beautiful city of yours, 1 wish to con gratulate you upon the historic spirit that is found here." (Pointing to the statue of Thomas Jefferson tbatstands in front of the Court House, the Pres ident continued: "I am glad, as I say, of the spirit that makes you wish to dedicate stat ues like this ot Jefferson, aud like the great statue of Clay inside of this Court House. It is a fine tiling to keep to a sense of historie continuity with the past, and tiiere ls one statue that 1 wish the member in the National Congress from Kentucky to see ls put up by the National Government, and that is a national statue of Andrew Jackson, and the victors of the battle of New Orleans. The tight at New Or lcaus was one in which the whole na tion has a care, as far as the glory and the profit went, and the whole nation and not any one State, should join in putting that statue up. "Now, I am going to say good bye, because there ls a little movement there, aud it will be better for the wo men and small people if 1 let you gd way. Good-bye." As the President descended to th< platform from the speaker's stand tb voices of two male German singing so .erotics burst forth with thc strain., o "My Old' Kentucky Borne," the Pres Ident remaining uncovered until th famous song had been concluded Then he spoke to the singers as fol lows: "Gentlemen: I want to thank yo for coming here to sing to day and want to say just one thing suggeste by your presence. We as a people ar composed of men of many difieren stocks from the tOld We'd. F.ac stock can contribute something t great value to our national life. Th people of German origin who hav come here have contributed much 1 many different ways, and not the lea.1 of what they contributed has been tl power to know what thc joy of Uvlu means. (Applause.) There is one wor I wish it were possible to translate but as it is not possible 1 wish w could ad pt it absolutely as it ls 'gemutblichkelt'-for geruuethllcl kelt ls a mighty v doable asset. 1 on hope as missionaries you will bi ab to teach us what lt means and how practice it ali through. Good-bye. (Laughter) Toe President and party then e tered their carriages and after a shu drive through several streets in tl business district arrived at the Loul ville Hotel. The streets wore mass with pe.ople and the President std up in his carriage, bowing from rig to left lu responce to thc cheerio which was hearty and continuous. In the parlors of the hotel occurri one of the prettiest Incidents of t day - the presentation of souvenirs the Executive. These consisted o massive silver Ii agon containing wa! from a spring on the old Linc: homestead in Larne County: an li stand of oak that shaded the spri at which Lincoln drank wnen a 1: and a beautiful silver vase tilled w: orchids. The President was visil touched by the gifts as lt was a co plete surprise. Toe presentation \ made by Col. It. T. Dui reit, twenty years a friend of tho Presid? and tn whose library Mr. Roosevi years ago. spent many hours gain Information as to thc history of K tucky ar.il data as to thc Lewis i Clark Expedition. The group s roundlrg the President when tho i sent allon was made included Gin nor B ckham, Senator McOres Congressman Shcrley. the Hon. Lo? C. Murray and a few invited gue numbering altogether not more t. li i ty. The President made a feel response, saying that ho felt n than ever that he was the Preste! of all the people-North and Soi East, and Wost. A hurried departure was taken, President arriving on board his t at exactly ll o'clock. A minute 1 with the Executive standing on rear platform of the car, with car thundering a farewell salute, lesst a block away and to the rans cof c ening cheers, tho train muved ou Seventh street station, and a hour later was speeding across ] ana on Its way to the Southwest. Democrats Won. Elections were held In the h cities of Kansas last week. The mocrats carried Kansas City, K and Leavenworth, this being a lotion and entirely unlooked ft eaeli ease. Topeka and Wichita ted republican tickets. Wm. Hose, democrat, was elected may KansaslClty, Kans., Thursday by ably 1,500 plurality. Tue ele was notable because of the act of the women voters. Of a tota istration of 18,000 voters, 5,000 women. Leavenworth elected Everhardy, democrat, mayor bj majority. BLOWS ON GANG. A Bank Robber Confessed tc Many Robberies in this AND OTHER STATES. He Implicates Two Charleston Merchants in the Different Robberies the Gang Committed In South Carolina. Chris Rabeas and H. R. Rabeas are the Two. A story that causes the operations of Raffles, "The Gentleman Burglar," to appear tame and suitable for tbc nursery; a story that marie thc Nick Carter and Diamond Diok series to pale into insignificance; a tale tbat held the throng of spectators breath less with attention, was told in the United States Circuit Court, of Char leston Friday afternoon, when John F. McCarthy, alias John O. Danrell, now serving a sentence In Vermont State prison, was put on the stand to testify in the Latta postofllce robbery case. When District Attorney Capers asked McCarthy if he knew John King and Edward Morgan, alias Murphy, he replied: "Oh, yes, I know them. I co-operated with them In the rob berry of the postofllce at Latta on February 25, 1904." On further ex amination McCarthy gave a full ac count of the movements of the gang which infested this State some two years ago. In part McCarthy said: "I mot the two Rubens, Rudolph and Chris, in Charleston in 1U03, and saw King and Morgan at the house of Itibens frequently." When asked to give an acceuut of the robbery at Latta McCarthy, in part, said: "Well, after a conference with several members of the gang lt was decided to have a try at the post ofllce or bank in Latta. Two of us went up uhere to look over the ground, and then the rest of us followed Morgan, ?King, myself and one other. We went to Dillon and got breakfast in a house in the factory district. Mor gan and Shorty, who had been over to Latta, came up to us and reported that it looked good. We cooked din ner and supper In the woods, near the track, between Dillon and Latta, and after dark set out for Latta, halting on the elge of the town until mid night, .^lien we entered. We broke open ac rpeutjer's chest In an uniinish *,-v,K;'ut,. endea voring tc. find the nec essary tciolsj we flcally went to a black smith's shop and got a sledge ham mer, crowbar, chisel, braes and other instrumente. We went to the bank, and King and myself kept watch, while the two others did the work. The bank, which was in the same building w.'tb the postofllce, was blown all right, but the force of the explo sion jammed the door and there was nothing doing in the swag line; so we tried the postofllce safe. Morgan and Shorty were inside, and pretty soon I heard two explosions, following close ly upon eacli other. The stamps, mon ey and letters were put In a sack aud thc two came out." "After coming from the building we all axed for blood bounds-that is we tied a string or cloth t ) the 'lapels' of our shoes and sprinkled it well with mustard-a dog cannot fol low such a track. We went down by the depot and across the country to a hrauch track and when ahout four miles from Latta went in the ?roods and divided the swag. We had about ?180 in money, a large number of stamps, two pocket books and a lot of letters. I lost one letter from Win nie Lewis and tore up another letter. " Inspector Gregory then produce:) two letters, one of them intact and the otner put together on a pane ot glass. McCarthy identified both as the ones left in the woods. O.ie of the missives, which must have been a very tender one, began "Sweetheart Johnny." The contents were not read. The papers, said the witnesses, were left In the woods. When asked what was the character of the papers re ferred to McCarthy said they were newspapers and religious perl diesis. District Attorney Capers wanted to knuw If tin gang had read the relig ious pipers In the peaceful seclusion of that quiet and sequestered sp it. The witness said that they had not. "We burled about 200 pennies, as tli-y were too heavy to carry, and they went down the track about two miles, keeping under the cover of the woods constantly. We skirted Dillon and then the gang separated. 1 went on to Fayetteville, N. C., with Shorty. We stopped at the Davis Home and the next morning Morgaa and King showed up at the breakfast table. We then went over to Hamlet the next mc ming, which was Sunday, i and King ti ici the stamps under a freight shed." Going back a blt, McCarthy said, "I first met the two Rabens in the fall of 11103 at the Star Theatre. Shorty was with them and I met Gus De Ford either at the theatre or at Rabens's h ?use. DeFord brought dy namite to city and the glycerine was extracted, so that the pure glycerine might bo obtained. The operation was curried on in Rabens's bouse. Shortly afterwards Shorty, Morgan, DeFord and myself began discussing a good joo, and we decided on Den mark. An Investigating committVc was sent out and lt reported thal Denmark was all right. We worker lt safely and came back to Charleston taking tho money to Rabens's house We had alwut S800 between thc foui of us. We all counted out our part and Habens went out and bad lt changed Into paper. I spent most o: mine at tho Star Theatre. "We thought we'd try Mount Olive N. C., next. We got the tools frorr Rabens's house and started out Didn't know exactly where wc wen going, but were going up against tin tl rat thing we came across. Wi blowed a bank, but the Inner door jammed and then we went Into th postofllce and got about 9500 in cash besides stamps. I came back t< Charleston with the stamps and sav 1 Rubens the next morning and deli verec to him the stamps which be put in i safe in his store. The money ir stamps amounted to about $3G5. j 1 planted our tools in Rabeos'? bael yard. "Morgan bad left me and I bad ia structions to come whenever I re celved a telegram to that effect Shortly after I had returned frorx Mt. Olive, Chris Habens received i telegram form Morgan which he gav? tome. Ineffeetlt was: "Send Johnny to Greenwood." "I dug up thc tools in Rudolph Ra ben's yard and after securing som? fuse from Rahens, went up to Green wood, where I was met by Morgar and Shorty. "We went over to Senecr. and robbed the Courtenay Bank, secur lng some $0,000 or 38.000; we gol about $500 worth of diamonds In th( haul. We hld about $2,000 in silvei in the ground and put the pape; money in a satchell. I came on bad to Charleston and was met at tin depot by Rabeos and another man We went to Chris Babens's store, anc I gave him all the money burnt and torn by the explosion. 1 told Raben* all about the robbery, and he and J went hack after the buried sliver, but lt could not be found. Rahens and myself then went up to Baltimore tn get Shorty, and became back with us and the silver was located. It was shipped to Charleston in a dress suit case and a trunk. "One uight after we came back with thc silver. I went over to the Star theatre and burned about $50 for champagne. Then I went up to a jewelry store and bought some diamond gurters, diamond earrings, several diamond ph s, a watch and chain. Then we all went over to a clothing store on King and Ilasel streets and we all dressed up. 1 gave the diamond garters and earrings to-. "Rabens said I had better let him have some of the money as Detectives Brennan and Hogan had been about the theatre, and it would not be well for me to be caught with much money on my oerson. "1 went to Baltimore from here, taking the stamps which had been placed lu R&beo's chargo with me. I went broke and telegraphed for S5C from Ilaben~s Ned Morgan was broke, too, and 1 wired for $75 for him. Bjth of the telegrams brought quick re sponses and 1 and Morgan came down to Charleston and went to RabeD's house. We had a conference at Rabeu's house, and decided to see how things stood at St. Georges. The mem bers of the gang that went up to look over the situation reported favorably, ?and we started to St. George's. Shorty and King went on the train, Morgan and myself wore driven out tc Seven mile Bun by Ribeus. We broke up so as not to attract attention" though we were arl together on thc train. Up about ?regna'l's a truck broke or something happened to th? train, and we were delayed aoout ai hour. When we got to St, George's i posse got after us, and many bhot were lired. We seperatjd and lied ti ttie wouds. I started to board th< train and come bnck to Charleston but noticed tbat the same conducto which had Luken u? np to Si Georges was ou the train, and as 1 iinderstoo that he had given us away and ciusei the formation of the posse wilie' chased us out) of town 1 didn't g? on tile train. 1 came back to Char leaton later and put the tools In i bureau drawer in ?aben's house. Th others of the gang came b '.ck later and we all mee at Raben'sstore. W discussed J huston's and Monk's Coi ncr, but M irgan s dd that Latta look ed good to hi." . While the district attorney still ha a few qiesuoin to put to Hie witnesi and so slated to the Court the wltnc! was turned over to thc cross* exam! ot tum. Ile said that be had been sec tanned to serve a term of sixteen yt ai IQ North Carolina for burglary, bu Lliac lie had escaped after .sixtee months in jail. He i* now serving sentence in Vermont for robbing posi t Mee, and WHS brought from tt State prison to this place and Frida faced his alleged old comrades au gave bbeabove testimony. Of court he was often Interrupted and mar ol jections were mane to questions t the defendants' attorn ys, but tl story as given m ove is substantial the mest interesting parts of hts na rat ive. McCarthy told bis story In a qui?] littles-, fashion, displaying no emotlo and svith a half smile playing abo bis lips most of th? time. He look once or twice at King and Murpli hut for the mo^L part kept his eyes < the distrlci attorney. Postofflice 1 spector Gregory was sitting beside tl district attorney and assisted him directing thc questions. A Quoor Catio. A rather queer case has been coi manced in Greenville. J. li. Mclnty has sworn out a warrant for the { rest of Charlie Schafer, whom he ? leges defrauded him to the amount $20. The two men were before t mayor several clays ago charged wi disorderly couduct. They had a p Bonal dlfJlcultv and were arrested. Tv Intyre says ho paid Shafer $20 to kt lilm from testifying to certain thii 1 In the city court and lt ls alleged McIntyre that Schafer did not cai out his agreement and defrauded ti ? by giving damaging testimony. A rebuttal to the warrant for defrai ' ing, Schafer is out with a warri ' complaining and alleging that Mc tyre made an assault on him with deadly weapon, the same being nan In the warrant as a :i8 ealllbre re> : er. The case is sol for trial on Ar. 11th and counsel has been engaged . both parties._ I Hanged 'it Fayetteville. Walter Partridge, a negro boy years of a?e, was hanged at Fayei \ ville, N. C., Thursday for a crlmi assault upon Mrs. Lillie I. Hales I white woman. The negro's nerve f not desert him. Ile died from stran latlon In li) minuit s. Shortly al Partridge's crime a special bill 1 put through the legislature allow a civil term of court jurisdiction s< 2 to hasten his trial._ 9 Willi n linke. 2 Thos. Austin wai mortally wot s ed with a rake by Thos. Ross on ? c day In Greenville, dying on Wed i day. EIGHT MEN KILLED. A Fearful Accident Neai Allisonie. Pulaski County, Ya. Two Otbor Persons May Die From Injurien. Feared Others aro j ? Burled Under tho Debris. A special from Alllsonia, Pulaski county, Va., says: While tamping powder lo a blast Saturday afternoon at the Ard way limestone quarry, lu that county, about four miles west of Allhonia, the blast was accidentally discharged. This caused the explo sion of two other blasts that had been set near by and a fearful accident fol lowed. Eight men were instantly killed and two others were so badly injured as to leave but little hope of their re covery. 'She nnmes of the victims are: John Fortner, colored laborer. Walter Miller, colored laborer. John Harris, colored laborer. Tube Sutton, colored laborer. O. Diyis, colored laborer. A. Vaugha, colored laborer. A. O. Walton, white laborer. One unknown negro. The injured: Tom Sampson, colored laborer. William Dalton, white, foreman, who was in charge of the gang of work men. So far it ts not certainly known If these are all of the vic?ims, and it is feared that other bodies will be found in the debris when it ls moved. This quarry is operated by the Vir ginia Iron, Coal and Coke company. The explosion occurred on a bluff projecting over the track of the Nor folk and Western Railway company and the whole mass of earth and stone was precipitated upon lt. A wreck car and a force of about 100 men has been sent by the railroad authorities to the scene to clear the track and thc quarry for?a is lending as-dstance in getting the line open, lt is impos sible at this hour to secure the address es of the dead and injured but lt is believed that the greater part of them are from this section. An eastbound passenger train was behind the blockade and a train was iun from Pulaski to that place and the passengers and mail transferred. Toe wounded men are being given the best attention possible. WAKITI) KNOT TIE!) TIGHT. Alarricd In South Carolina and lie married in Georgia. A dispatch from Aiken to The State says the report that Mr. and Mrj. -Woodbury Kano were iomarr'.cd hy Magistrate Bennett In Augusta Friday created considerable surprise In Aiken In view of the fact that the parties were married in St. Thaddeus Ejlscopal church hy tho rector, Rev. T. W. Clift. On Monday, March 27 last, wlrnCapt. Kane and Mrs. Elliott were married In Aiken this wedding aroused considerable discussion, owing to the fact that Mrs. Elliott has been divorced and the laws of South Caro lina are very stringent upon the sub ject lt ls said that Mr. Clift performed the ceremony in the face of c insider able object-Ion upon the part of some of his congregation. lt ls also said that some of the ladies of his church harassed him con siderably upon the matter, some, pleading with him hysterically and seeming to think that tho church was d' s crated by such a C?remony. Mr. Clift is an earnest mau of strong con victions, and, as lie knew that the marriage at which he was to onlciate was strictly sanctioned by the la ss of his church and hy the laws of South Carolina, and performed tiiecercmouy, his congregation are now apparently satisfied. Thesecond act. which occurred"In Augusta Friday was one totally unex> ptcted in Aiken, and, as before stated, has created some surprise. There was no apparent reason for a s-^coud cere mony. R;v. T. W. Clift was seen by The State corresp indent Friday night ann lie seemed as much surprised as every one else. He had no statement to make, anu all he would say was that he knew no reason for it and could not understand why the Augusta ceremony was performed. The resi dence of Capt. Kane was communicat ed with by telephone and a reply was received stating that Capt. and Mrs Kane were driving out and nothing was known there of a second marri age ceremony being performed in Augusta. Catto ul Suicide. Mrs. Ruby Darned, wife of Wm. Livingston Lamed, an illustrator, who died a few days ago, in New York, under circa instances which were eousldered suspicious, came to her death by poison, self-lutlioted with suicidal Intent. This conclusion was reached by a coroner's jury Thursday. The dead woman's husband test;lied at the Inquest that Mrs. Lavu- 1 had been unhappy ou account of a\s fre 1 quen. forced business trips; that she was nervous and excitable, and had threatened to commit suicide. Both Lamed and his wife were from Geor gia and were quite young. Klllled by Gan. , At New York four persons were killed hy illuminating gas Thursday , In a tonant house lu the upper East 1 Side. Tiley were Marry Rogers, 7u yi^arsold; Helen Clark, 12; Kate Clark, i 10; and Elizabeth Clark, 7. Their i bodies were found by the father of thc three children, Samuel Clark, a truck driver, who with his wife and young son, occupied an adjoining room. 1 When Clark awoke he smelled gas and " traced lt to the next room, where he ? found his three children and the wo 1 man, a friend of the family, dead. 1 The gas had escaped rrom a defective " gas stove. S It ls a Tlo, ' A girl in Pennsylvania stabbed i s man and killed him tho other day be cause he "dared" her to. Another li New York state married a man be cause he "dared" her to, and sh? . wouldn't take a dare. The Newherr; i. Observer says it is a tie between th two as to which ls the bigger goose. MANY WERE LOST An i Wounded by the Collapse of a Reservoir in Madrid. FEARFUL DISASTER. Tbe Terribie Accident Caused Great Ex citement Among thc People of the Spanish Capital, and a Dem? onsiration Was Made Against thc Guilty. At Madrid, Spa!*:, on Saturday four hundred people were killed or injured by the collapse of a new water reser voir in course of construction. One hundred bodies have been recovered. Troops sent to the scene engaged in helping the sufferers and recovering the bodies of the dead. Tbe catastro phe caused a profound sensation throughout the city. All work waa suspeuded aud the people flocked to the scene. King Alfonso was shooting at Cara bauchel when he heard of the disaster and immediately repaired to the scene. Ills arrival was the signal for ovations from the crowds. The king was deeply moved and insisted upon personally supervising the relief measures. Working parties are grad ually removing the debris and con tinue to recover mutilated bodies, fragments or llesb and limbs. A workman who was injured says the collapse was so sudden and com plete that it was impossible to tell what happened. Thc men at work on the reservoir, however, anticipated trouble, as a fortnight ago three of the arches collapsed and cracks devel oped in four others. The public hold the engineers and contractors respon slide for the catastrophe, into which the cabinet has ordered a strict in quiry. As the day passed the indignation and excitement increased and serious disorders are feared, especially on the occislod of the funerals of the vic tims, should the authoVides under take to prevent processions passing through the centre of the city. Al ready incipient demonstrations hav been directed against those held to ba responsible for the disaster. Proces sions of women carrying blaok Hags paraded the district in which the dis aster occurred. A great crowd marched to the centre of the city and forced the merchants to close their es tablishments as a sign of mourning.' TW5 workVof recovering the dead and injured- was hampered by- enor mous crowds of angry men and wail ing women The estimates of the number of per sons Injured are increasing. Nearly all tho injuries are o' a serious nature. The ambulance stations were over lie wed, bu ti assistance arrived from every direction. PUTTING IT STRONG. A Lndy't* Pungent .Uomnrks About Sim ri aye ? and Divorce. Miss Jeanette L. Gilder, editor of Che Critic, Dlaces the morals of di vorce in this lucid manner before the readers of the New York Globe: "An honest man. doss not repudiate his business responsibilities nor refuse to pay his gambling debts. Then why should be bo considered honest in re pudiating his domestic liabilities or (, refusing to pay a debt Incurred in thc great lottery? It is not consid ered honest for a woman to have chil dren and no husband. Then why should it ba considered honest for a woman to have children by two living men? They cannot both be her hus oands. And surely the fact that s?-me words have been said by some lie msc d cflicer over one does not make her more virtuous than the other, for apparently they have not bound her any firmer. Neither does a trip into a complaisant state legalize these con nections or alter the moral aspect of the case. These are perhaps ugly tacts to look lu the face, but they are none the less true, and if the sweetness and sacredness of American homes are to be maintained the ugly facts of these progressive marriages must be en visa ged;" Troublu lit Ku-.si.-.. A telegram from St. Petersburg says that the prospects of a general upheaval of the city and country with the advent of spring increases dally. Evidence accumulates that the radi cal forces are acting in unison and awaitlug a signal which it is general ly believed will he given shortly after ' the Russian Elster. The terroriste are showing great activity and re ports from all over the country prove that the workmen, who in many cases have been formulating petty demands which aro no sooner granted than they are succeeded by others, are act ing under instructions from the revolu tionary leaders who are ouly biding their time. The employers frankly admit that it is Impossible to try to continue their business and some of them have already shut down. The people are plaiuiy becoming panicky i and the authorities also cannot con ceal their unasiness. Di I.I Uti at Strawberry. The second section of express train , No. 40, Atlantic Coast Line, was de , railed at 10 45 o'clock Friday morn ing at Strawberry, 25 miles from . Charleston, six cars being overturned and several of the crow being slightly I Injured. The Injuries were of no , moment. The train was a vegetable ' freight. The road sent out a wreck ing crew which soon cleared the track, . not, however, without some delay to traille. __._ An om Mule. The E?sley Progress says that Nel ? sou Smith, who lives between Easlcy and Pickens, has a mule that is over 1 4:i years old. The mule was foaled In . 1863. It ls bound and can eat corn * and fodder as well as ever. Though r not quite so fas , lt is still a good ? plow animal and make a orcp every yo?r.