The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, December 01, 1905, Image 1

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Tne VOL. XXX BENNETTS VILLE, S.C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1905. ---r AN ABSURD LAW Sentenced io be Hang for Mur der of Her Husband WHO KILLED II J MS! IF Wornim Took Poison With Mer Hutband. 1 She Recovered, But He Died and Under Antiqunied Uaw She Was Put on Trial for Her Life. By a singular oluoldeut sin u'tan eoualy with tho publication lu L mdon England, rf tbo cabltct report of Jo Boph Ohoate's speech at tho Lotus Club, In New York, wherein ho ex pressed tho opinion tl at british law was superior to the tu ?me-mad ? article and better administered, vie have been treated to a striking demonstration of its asstninc ii lalitlties. With black oap on head, a british j idge in Lon don has eolmcnly pronounced soutenue of death on an old woman for the murder of her husband, whom she did not murder, ard to complete ibo fir olclal tragedy a lb it lt h chaplain has solemnly invoked the mercy of God on her "guilty fiOUl," which was not guilty. And all this with the fu'l knowledge that she did not oorun i: the orimo for which she was convict. . and that she will nover be hanged f, it. In a condt inned cell tl e aged v.c tim of legal cruelty whose sad pligbi baa evoked expressions of tiie deepest sympathy from all classes is awaiting the exercise of tho crown's prorogative of mercy: After a brief period of im prlsotmeut she will probably ho re leased-to eke out what lem i? s of her wretched ?xlbtence braunen as a murderess. Judge and jury are agtii that she Should never have boen coi. vlcted. But they had no other recourse than to conform to a stupid and anti quilled law which ought long ago to Lave been repealed. Mrs. Marian Seddi n's story JB out of the most pitiful that has ever been told lu the grim old Halley court. She was (iii years old and her husband was 78. They had been married twelye years. After their marriage) they started a confectionery shop at St aines For a time they wore talriy successful. Then trade fell cl? and they moved to a shop In Mortlake. There things went from bad to woiso. The hus band's health failed. When quarter, day ottme roui d they had not enough money to pay the rent. Death or the work house seemed to be tho only al ternative open tn Hum ai d they chose death, but tho husband alone found lt. "We decidid," said Mrs. SedcTon, at the inquest en bis ii dy, "that we had better both leave tbi \ .. d to gether.1' Aftor passh g a . io, plesi night worrying ever their lot, bbc* despair gripped her. "1 can't stanc this any longer," she said to ber bus band. Rising from tho bed she went to a cupboard and t< ck fri m it a lot tie containing a liniment con pt si cl of belladonna and seoniio, which had been used to relieve l.or 1 uihaud'e pain, lt was marked "poison." She drank half it? contents. Then she said to her husband, "There i* notbh g for us but this or the work house. Are you going to take you shan ?" "Yes," replied tho man, and snatching tin bottle from ids wife's hands he drain cd what remained of thc poison. Mrfl. Seddon Iben sought her slate) In law, who lived in the BS me lu use, told her what tl ey had done and be sought here to soe to it that they were saved thc Ignominy of pauper burial. Then she returned to tho bed and lay down by her husband's side, to died with him, she thought. Hut the polsor worked slowly. As In duty bound the Bister in law told thc pullet: what bao happened. Tho police removed the couple to the work house, which they had so dreaded. There the doctors did their best to prevent them escaping from it by death-as tn duty they were bouud to do. They saved Mrs Seddoh's life, but lier husband, more fortunate, succumbed. There followed, of course, a c ironer's inquest. Tho jury brought In a verdict of suicide willie temper I ly Insane. Then tho police arrested Mis. Seddon ;vnd obarged lier with the murder of tho man who, according to the coro ncr'j jury, hr.d commit t d suicido Paradoxical as lt sounds thc lnw just! lied that charge. l<'or the lav/ di dar cs that if two persons conspire to commit suioide and one survive that .-S-Ui"river ls gullly of murder. The evidence at tho M ia) made it clear that it was not a cuso of murder -that ls according to common sense notions. Hut tho law was tqually em phatic that lt was murder, and the judge told tho jury thst they wi rile? have to stand by tho law. Thc jury reluctantly brought In a verdict ol guilty, adding a strong recou manda tion to mercy. And tho judge reluo tautly sentenced the w< m..u to death. Ile said lt was tho saddest case l.e had ever tried. His opinion of the law which compelled bim to Impi se a sen tence that was utterly abhorrent to bis notions of right and JustiC i ho kept to himself, for in a court, of Justice thc most stupid law must bo treated as something tacrcd. "Wo did not want to lind tho wo man guilty," said ono of the jury mon. after thc trial was ovor, "bin, after what the judge told us we could not do otherwise. Of course, wo know that tho woman would not bo hanged, and of course, the Judgo know it, too, when he pronounced sentenco of death upon her. In this case tho law is cer tainly 'an bass," and lt ls absurd te> retain lt on the statutes." One of thc council who took part In the trial said to tiic writer: "ThecaBO royeals a flaw In cur law rtatnly ought to be amended have murder In tho llrst the second degree, asl e in the United States, a person who in flying glass from wbloh fatally lr J ired any one would be teohloally guilty of murder. So would a man who shot at a fowl whioh did not beling to him and accident ly killed a man. AGAINST BISHOP DUNCAN. A Preacher AUC-ROB That Ho ls Gull? ty ol Non-atliiiinlstratlon' At tho meeting of the North Gior gia (J mfcrenco last week at Nerman, Ga., one ot the preaobers gt ve notice 1 hat ho would prefer oharges against B'shOp Dunoauof mal-ad ministration. When tho minutes were read on Thursday morning Dr. W. W. Wad swortb, about whom rumors of im prudent or Immoral conduot had been emulated, which had been Investiga ted and found fco bc false by a oom mittte, objected to the way In which his caso was referred to In tho ralnu tes of the day before, saying he had been done an injustice, that his cse was nob brought up in tho rogular way by Dr. Q llllau, his presiding elder. Dr. Walworth asked the blsh op to ru'e on a question of law COL coming Dr. Q llllin's aotion. lie want 1 ed to know if Dr. Q lillian was not i acting contrary to law when he brought , up thc question c f bis caso ns ho did , after a committee bad exonsrated bim Thc bisbop did net rule on the ques- 1 th n, but will later. i Dr. Wadsworth then addressed thc I chair, baying: 1 "Bishop, I am In a good I timor, and i I say lt wltb all courtesy, but 1 put i you on notice that I shall prefer . charges against you at the next gui | eral conference for mal-admlnlstratlon I In meddling with thc characters ol I preaobers." The bishop replied: i "Well, Dr. Wadsworth, Idon'tcare I If you do." I "I have no doubt," answered Dr. < Wadsworth, "that you do not eire. I I ion In a good humor, but I shall pre- I for oharges against you. i Dr. Wadsworth had reference to 1 the bishop asking eaoh presldlug elder as their names were called, if tbore I was anything agalust any preaobers ! under their charge. Ile claimed that ? this was wrong In the bishop; fcbat lt I Vu8 nob his province to make such In- I qulrlcs, and that lt amounted to mal i administration. 1 Tue incident caused a sensation In I thc conference rooms. ANNUAL PiN ION REPORT. : HM, winn tho Amount H lOxprnctod tn Knoll of tho Count len The annual report of the state pen sion department has bien pibllstied by the state printer: The rr part Is particularly valuable In that lt glyjs tho name of every pensioner and the amount received by him tr by her. Tuc total number of pensioners lr< the respt ctlve Clases ls as follomr?" claw A, $96 each, 75; OISRS B, $72, 102; class 0, No 1, $18 585; olass C, No 2 115.50, 4 008; claw C Ni. 3. $18, 750; olass ? N ). 4, $15 50, .1 12? i'otal number or pensioners, 8 8?4 Th? teta amount ptli to pension?is W48$196,l'46 50, dlvldtd among thc count ies m I? h ws: Abbi ville, $3, ;>S2; Alke-, $0,9005 Andero-, $11, 2 3; li uv b-rg, $1 712.75: Barnwell, $3 3.V2; M aufort, ?080 50; Berkeley, *2,4. 3; Chariest.ii, $3,080 50; Chere kee, 45,103; Chester, $3 090; Chester Hold, $6.090 50- Clarendon, $3,338; Colinton, *o,084; Darlington, $4 089 - 50; Dorchester, $1,754; Edgefleld, $2, 884 25; Fairfield, $3.357; F.orence, ?3 885 50; Georgetown, $1,027; Green v Ile, $11,014 00; Greenwood, $3,324. 5 <; ll unpton, 4 181 50; Dorry, $4 437; Kersl aw, $3 387.76; Larcaster. 15,880 Laurenr, to ot 5.75, Le, $2,940 60; Lexington 16 771 27; Marlon, $6,406; Marlboro, $.3 502 25; Newberry, $3. 610 60; O ,onee, $6 005; Orangehurg, $l 375; P kens $5 330 2H; Richland, $5 874 5J; S.'uta. $3 775; Spartan Inirg. $17 48160; Sumter, $3 07! Union1 $5 031 60; William burg, $3, 0S8; York, 7,698; total, $199,287.80. i HhockfuK Tragodyi Lving ona couo i at LU home In Wis'. Philadelphia, hcljhss from par alysis, David E\ Rowe, an elderly man, , was sbot four times by Gaspar Coop er, bia son-in-law, who then ll d from the house ard killed himself by send , leg a bellet through his head. The father in-law's wounds arc so serious that he had to bc removed to a hos pltal. lt ls believed bc will recover. Cooper had been marriid to RJWO'S daugbtor about three years, but the wife left him about eight montos ago because of DI treatment. To clay the husband returned to his father In law's bouse ai d atked to sec his wife. R:>wo said she was out earning her living. Thc father-in law reproached thc son-in-law for 111 treating his laughter and a (parrel followed, which ended by Cooper shooting bli wife's father while he lay on tho couch. _ Want State Plate. Thc members of the Gaited Con federate veterans camp in C ilo&go have written the governor for a South Carolina Hag to bo un cl by them lu exercises t v r the 0 000 Confederate ioad burled noai that city. 'Tuc lot ters^ates trata handsomemonument has been erected by the camp and they ddsire a lUg from every Saith >,rn state for Memorial Day exercise,. The Confederate dead burled there those who died at tiVderal prison. Thc lotter will probaoly bi referred to tho ?tate organization of vjt eran8. Connu Mon Wmund, Too paoplo of Chcrjkco township In Cherokee county baye sent a pe tition to Govomor II jy ward u/glng thc governor to placo a state oonsta bio at Blncksburg. Tho ?tate that since tho dispensaries were voted out at Rlacksburg and Gaffney, the In crease of illicit manufacture and sale of liquor has been so groat, lt is a source of annoyance to the respectable xml law abiding residents of that township. Tho governor, of course, has not yet had time to take any act lon on tuc petition. T.nvn I turn .id. A dispatch from Burk, McDowell county, Va., ls bo the elfcob that thc entire town was dostroyod by lire early Wednesday morning. Burk is a mining town of 2 000 people about 150 miles from thorn. More than 100 buildings were destroyed, aw SERIOUS CHARCE Made Aagainst Senator John son of Fairfield County/ WHICH HE ?XPLAINS To 1lie Satisfaction of the Judge. The S.nator was Charged With Talk* log to and Trying to Infncnce a Juror in the State House Case. The noted suit for $200,000 against Mhllvaine, Unkefor & Co., and Frank Milburn, contractors and arohiteot, respectfully, for the completion of the itatc capitol for all?ger1 irregularities ind faulty construction of work, was begun 1 . tho olroult ODurt at Colum bia on Thursday, with an imposing may of counsel on both sides ant ;.M entire state looking on with derp , uterest and eagerly looking for th? 3onclusion. The light is honey comb id with politics, but while some Ren .atlonal developments heve b(et> promised. Mr. Milburn ard the con braotora appear to bo perfectly con , ident of the ri suits, and say they art uixlous for tho trial to be carried on iud liuished as they Kave nolhlr g to , Tear. The suit waa brought by Sena cor Aldrich and R pr sentative Yan j/ Williams, pppolutcd by the legis [ature to lo.ik inlo tho matter, which bas been the subjeot ot so many acri monious and spirited debat?s in the , legislature. In connection with the case the Columbia Stato says Col W. J. John ion, Benator from Fairfield county md a membor of tho former State IOUS? commission, may be called upon In open court to puree himself of con tempt of court. Col. J jhnson "spoke ils mind" very freely Tnursday at Lhedinner hour to members of the jury, and it made suoh au Impression upon at least one of them that he reported the e rcumstarc s. Judge Gage's attention was ciilod to the matter by Col. J. Q Marshall. Col. Marshall an noni cid that he did not want to impede tho progress of the trial but lie thought this mat ter should be told to the court. Judge Gago hi an mm til id manner, after hearing that Mr. Johnson had been permitted by the defendants' attor neys to go to his he m? at Ridgeway, ordered his return to Columbia. Tuo roilowlnu" fa a transcript ot tho Incl dent from stenographlo note1 ; Col. Marshall (leforo going on the witness stand:) 1 do not caro to interfere wl? h tuc progress of this capa, but I think it my duty to mention what a juror told me as if was Intering the court room. The court indioated that Col. Mar shall should prooecd with tho state mont. Col. Marshall: One of the Jurors informed me that a party has approached him outside after th? ad J mrnmcnt of court. His words were di),ut this: Tnat lt was au outrage to briug this suit against Milburn and that the work had been well done. I think lt my duty to call tho court's attention to this. The court: Who is ls this j iror. Star d up. Mr. Ruff, a uv m'ter of tho panel, stood up ai.d was sworn on his v.,lr dire at the direction of the court. Q. Now, Mr. Rt ff, state what oc cuired. A We were gohig along as Cjurt af J urned, going to oiniiO"*, and were approached by a man in thc street, Mr. Johnson from Ridgeway. He moke to us and said that it was an outrage tor a suit of this kind to go 3a. That tho work was well done lie spoke io in tho presence ot Mr. Kelly, Mr. Blair and mys if. Ho al so said he was going homo. Court: Is Mr. Johnson in oiurt. Mr. RifT: He ls not hero now. 1 rio not see him The court: Gail him at the djor. Mr. Darren, I do not think Mr. Johnson is here. If ? is o ie of thc original State house commissioners, and was a membor of the house of representatives. We had him sub poenaed here as a witness. He ls now State senator from Fair ll aid county. He appro, cied us before court ad j urned and stated that on atc unt of sickness in lils family be desired to go homo this evening at 4 o clock and wo told him we would telegraph bim in eise we needed bim. The c >urt: Telegraph bim to come bore. If you clo not 1 will lia ve a rule served on him. Mr. Ila:ron: All right, sir. Toe court: Ask him to be here F.lday. WHAT JOHNSON BAYS. In tl.o court of common picas of Richland county Friday, Sonator W. J. Johnson purged himself Of thc charge of contempt of court in so far as lie was alleged to have approached a j ?ryman and to havo danouooed the trial of certain parties as an outrage Senator Johnson did not withdraw Iiis language, but repeated lt to the ccu rt room. However ho did disavow speaking to the juror In any other titan a casual matinor. Tue Juror nan spoken to lil m first, and bc had mero ly made answer In passing without recalling that Mr. Ruff, to whom his remarks were addressed, was a juror. Senator Johnson stated that he had been very much surprised to re jclve a telegram oalllng him bnck from hts home at Ridgeway on ac count of tho allegation that ho had addressed remarks about tho trial to a Juror. Ho could not think what had inspired this but malice and hatred. "I will state thc conversation as lt ifinnr rori "frhnfr.lm nu iiAor oo ?v>.. _w^..i .-.-.- ???' *??/ momory will permit," he continued. M Whon 1 left tho court house 1 over took Mr. Ruff and Mr. Blair. I ?poke to them pleasantly, told them good evening and Mr, Ruff said: "What aro doing down hore ? Aro you on this cast?" I told him that 1 was: that I had been subpoenaed as a wit ness. Y "I did not uso the language that he saya I ussd, but 1 told him 1 thought thu eve vt as a damned fraud, and that the work had been properly dono and paused on. -'At tho time this conversation oc curred I did not recall the fact that Mr. Rull was on the jury, although I had seen him on the jury while 1 was In the court house. "I will bo oandid enough to state, however, that if I had known this fact at the time, tho ss me oonversv tion possibly would havo oe curred, ln oau8o ho led up to the conversation." Mr. Johnson, after defending his in tegrlty, disclaimed any Intuition to be disiespeotful to the court. Judge Giry: "1 think Mr. Ru IT ws right to report the matter to the court. Mr. Johnson dlsolaims any In tention or being disrespeot'ul to thc administration of just'co. I. think lt was impr?per, Mr. Johnson, and I think lt ls impropor in anybody to re fer to a oase that is ponding in court. L think it is Improper because lt em oarrasses the juror. Io is often done, but the tendenoy of it ls to hinder the lawful administration of justloa. Jur ors are mon and they oanuot help bu* bo inlluenced by opinion on the out sddt o i the issues pending before them, espe lally when that opinion comes from one who is entitled, under ordi nary oiroumstauces, td bo heeded. 1 think the maller might as woll be s apped boro. 1 am satisfied under your statement that the conversation waa led up to. You stated you wore a fitness. J know as a matter of public record yo J had been on this commis sion, and perhaps you had more inter est in tho matter than an outsider would have. I want to say emphat ically lt ls bad practice, and one to be condemned, no matter who ex:roisos lt." THRILLING 1 XPJ5RIENCE Ol a Soboonor Fr< ni Tort ll ?yul to N W York, The three masted schooner, Wm. W. Conyerse, Capt. Nlokerson, lum ber laden, from Port Royal, to New York, was towed Into Norfolk harbor late Wednesday night by the steamer Rescue, with all her sails gone, her orew exhausted and water pouring through strained scams at the rate of ono foot au hour. The story of the saving of the Ooii verso ?3 the most thrilling lu thiH year's events along the Virglnla-Caro lina coast. From tho time thc VCB sel left Port Royal until she came to anchor Wednesday afternoon four miles elf Dam Neck Mills life, saving station, heavy seas and adverso winds had held lier at their mercy. All the way up tho ooast she battled with thom. E.rst almost all of her deck load was carried awav and then one sail after another went by the board. Her steering gear became Injured and she rolled In the trough of the sea while big wave3 crashed over her. Tho strain was so great that her sides began to open and water poured into her hold. When Dam Neck Mills were sighted the O inverse anchored and signalled for help. Norfolk wa> advised of the vessels plight and the Riacue putout to the scene. Stet a rough sea was mouing it was didi cult for the wreckcrj to approach near enough to make a Uno fast to the schooner. In one attempt a seaman on the Rescue fell overboard and was saved from drowning only hy tho heroic work of a shipmate who ran out on the point of the bow and threw a life line with aceurrc/ to tho man in the water, After a hard strmg'e against t hc wind and sea the R i cue at 7 o'clock tonight reached N >rfolk har bor after ll. Sheisin a had omidi tien and may iiavc to be beached. Mysterious Death. At Chester. PA., a tran believed to be George K?ster of Virginia, is dying from injuries received In a mysterious manner. He was found 1> lng in Hie road late one night and as he appear ed to be In a drunken stupor was taken to Jail. Daring the night his cond - tion became serious a nd a physiolan who was summoned fi und that he was supering with hemorrbages of the head and stomaoh. His condition, the doctor said, was duo to blows. The polite aro endeavoring to ascer tain whether the man was held up or was ir jurod in a brawl. He was idontllled by several residents of Chester as Q?orge Foster. Nothing is known cone.'.ming him beyond the fact that his I ome is in Virginia. To ll tl no? trio A ero? ?>. President J ordan, of the Southern Cotton G'owers As.oclatlon, In an interview said thc preparation to tie up :i,000,000 hales of cotton and hold lt for higher prions, In tho face of the already established short crop and tbs unpreosdontcd consumption, waa well under way and premisos sue jess results. He sale: "Too entire ma chinery of tho association will bo put in motion within a few days, pledg lng thc cotton growers of the South to a reduced acreage for tho next year. W0 wni begin this early te nold down acreage to give the plan tors a fu'l opportunity to make ar rangements for anothor year." DAHIK '.\ to I'M O H. Advices received from Cape Sable Islands are believed to con ii rm last night's roporttliat tho collier Turbine was lost with all on board Friday night. An ( tn?Jal dispatch says the steamor struck a rock elf Mud Island and wont to piece* ten minutes after ward. There was no timo to launch a boat and none cou'.d have lived tn tile sea that prevailed. Muds His info. Drinking carbolic acid hi his oflliO, James Snyder, Pennsylvania Railway agent at Colliers. W. Va., Wednesday night committed suicide at hlssuppor Snyder recently complained of having troubles of some sort, but told no one what they wero. His accounts art straight. Snyder was thirty years ot age, unmarried, and a very popular railroad employe Fatal Fall or Hiato. O3orgo Robinson, was killed and A. W. Wall, an unknown Hungarian, was fatally Injured by a fall of slate In the New England Coal Company's ?lato mine at Santery, O.ilO; A Man Ordered by His Wife io numil Suicide. HOW HE FOOLED HEB And Had ? Oood Time With thc Money She (lave Him to Bury Himself Withv Lam?h on the Side of the HusLand. Beoaus? ho failed to oh3y his wife's orders to o mc mit hari-kari, Henri Noguos,of Paris Francois now lodged in j di, aooused by her of cjmmltticg burglary, forgery, and a variety of other holrjous c ilanscs. All tho same Nogues thinks that tho laugh is on rds sido, and Paris agrees with him. No^uesjls au expert machine litter and a practical philosopher. W netti er ho is tim other things which his wife alleges, remains to be proved by the lady, who keeps a green grocery shop in tno Hue d'Allemagne. Mme. Noguos isla woman of thrifty habits, out. a shrewish tom per. She and her husband did not get along well to gether and ho rr joloed wheu his work took him away from home for a few days. Hi was engaged on a Job at Rennes the other day, and congratu latlng hiriiBcif on his temporary relief from dooQCStio worries, when ho re celvad thia exhilarating epistle from his bettet half: "Inhumin monste I You have brough disgrace and dishonor on your family. If you do not ommit m elde within tWouty-four hours, 1 shall de nounce you the police. ANNA." Any ordinary man would have boen greatly depressed oy Buoh a missive, but lt did not upset Ncgucs a bit. He docs not seem to have denied tim c larges, but wroto his wife that be was prepared to commit suicide. To cave her ,the necessity of having to attend to/ such disagreeable details hersclt, hp wovor, he begged that she' wou d send him bu Ol .dent money to enablo him to mako provisions foi his deceniburial. He besought her also to se?d him a photograph of her self and ins two daughters, that thoy might be placed in tho c?Jii 1 with him. ill oonoluded by pleading for ber forgiveness! and subsorih?d lum self, "yolr felfjctlonato husband." Nogu'v,' fellow workmen noticed that, ho jin a particularly good ttuuio. VAOf tho day for hr chuckled frequently to himself, bel deohned to tell them what lt was that tickled his fancy to much. Mme. Njguc8 was delighted with thc letter, but she would not risk her precious monty on her husbands mere word. Instead of sendiug lt to him by mall, she intrusted lt to her brother-in-law L?grls henonle, and instructed him I to seo that Nogues carried cut hit part of the bargain, and to send her a telf gram when the j b was done She gave him $120, having figured it out that amount would enable her husband to blow his brains out d c cntly and pay for the ifunoral expen ses. And she considered that she would bo rid of him cheaply at the j price. Nogues had o calculated on Le gris taking ar./ part In the ?til \ir, but ue readily adapted bimse f to the changed circumstances. When lieg ris liad explained his mission, Nogues professed to be well satisfied with the arrangements and th y went cir to gether to buy a revolver. After the weapon had b:en pur chased, Nogues proposed that they should eat a farewell dinner and crack a couple of bottles of wine together) bcfoie he made his exit from this world. You can cut down the funeral ex per.sos a bit to make up for what it costs," he suggested, "and Anna-she is a dear, good wife, but a bit close listed--need nover know that wo had a good time with the money." Ligrls acquiesed without demur and t:iey adjourned to the hotel wticrc i\ vues was staving. There they did full j istice to an ample dinner. "The landlord lias treated me so well here," said N jgues when it was ilnislied, "that 1 couldn't think of committing suicide and making a mess In ills place? lt would not be troat mg him fairly. I'll have to do the j JO sema where else." "You will have to hurry." said L? grl : "I promised to send Anna a tel ara?a when lt was done. Time is Hy ing and she will be getting anxious." "Don't yen think itt would take a load olT her mind if you wired at once that I've done lt? 1 observed Nogo. s. "lt. would only be anticipating my dc oease a little and would allow us time to got matters llxcd up io that everything will go through smoothly." "It is atc xoellcnt Idea," said the aCCOmodatlDg Legris, "and lt will K'lvo lier mjrc time to get her mourn lng ready." This was Hid dispatch that ho sent .Mino. Noguoi. ' Job ilnislied. Everything pas.od olT satisfactorily. Obsequies at Rm ues." Then tiley settled down to arrang ing details. Nogues insisted that a funeral service should bo held over his b -dy. Ligrls objected that a man wiio took his own life was not entit led to that ceremony. Nogues con tended that his case BtODd on a d l? ;r ont footing from that of an ordinary suicide, since he was not seeking death voluntarily, bub was going to kill himself merely to satisfy his wife and carry out her orders, houris re cognized tho force of Nogues' logic and promised to do his best. Then Nogues begged for <lhe prlvl lego of being allowed to solcot his own ni/...Ati.A? ?"<>,-.i ?. ... ' ' ? -4.Wftt.il.il>! HJU.JF ...-null Mil ! I to tho cemetery, lt was evening bo foro Nogues had scleotcd a sito that satistlod his exacting notions. "Since my wife thinks I'm dead anyhow,'}ho ?:ald to his companion, "we might a's well put off tho Job un till tomorrow and get a comfortable nights rest." Lcgrls consented and the morning found Nogues apparently resigned to his fate. "I'm quite prepared to shoot myself," he ?aid, "but I think lt would not bo a bad idea If we first hal a good breakfast together. You oan shave down tho funeral expenses a bit further to make up for it." T.ioy had a gorgeous breakfast and got somewhat fuddled ever lt. Then they started elf to tho o< metery where Nogues was to b!ow out his brains. There ano'.her idea captivated him. "I will expiro," ho said, "on the tomb of my parents. They He at Montfort. Obviously that ls the best placo to do tho j .b I shall rcBt easier If I Ho with them." As there was no train to Monfort .hat day the diro deed wis postponed until tho morrow. When Moutfort was readied Nogues suddenly romem bored that his cousin was tho priest of tho parl3h and his death la the cemetery would bring dlsgraco upon bim. Rather than do that Ito wouH saorifloe lils own convenience: So it was di cid?.d that the tragedy should be enaoted at Pantin. Toe two mon took tickets for Paris and arrived at Monparnasse station ab mldn'ght. Thou N gucs discovered that he had forgotten to make his will and sever al hours were spent in drawirg up that document, various cafcB being visited in tho Interim, In conso querco Le^rls was reduced to a con dition in which further locom tlon was impossible. Tho two men sepa rated, Nogues vowing that when dawn broke his corp3o would be f^und jin the Pantin o?mct'.ry. Before daybreak Nogu:s staggered into his wire's homo in the ll te d'Al lemagne. When she discover*.d that lt was not a ghost and that all thc money she had intrusted to her broth er In law for the funeral had b:cn ex pend jd, her fury knew no bounds. She called In tho police and made charges enough against her husband to keep him In j vii for many years if he be guilty.. M.it he stanly declares that ho is Innocent and that her sole motive in making tho accusation is to got rid of him. \ PECULIAR CABE. A Cit./."ii ol' North Sues . Railroad For ? Big Hum. For alleged failure to post certal rates and schedules at North, a sta tion cn tho S : aboard Airline Hillway, suit was brought by a ol tx. n of that placo for 132 OOO some time ago and a d.cisi?n was recdored by the supreme ojurt last weok, bbrliving the suit out of tho courts. The caso was de cided by Judge Towsend in thc lower Oi urts on a demurrer entered hythe Seaboard, which stated that the com plaint was defective and that parts of lt were unconstitutional. This dis poses of this suit, b it it ls said that another $&se will babrono'ht Bhortly, ix-no o:Httptremri/4v& . ~-^nA?!fffll?0Hr interestlng brought In ? long time and was as follows: That seotlon 30'.)2 and 209:, of the evil cede of South Carolina provides that the rail road commissioners of said state shall lix a schedule of reasonable freight aud passenger rates for each railroad corp ration doing business In this state. That the defendant is a railroad corporation doing business in said state, an3 that North is a station on said railroad corporation between Colon, ba, S. C., and Denmark, S. C., bub tile said station of Noith ls whol ly within thc state of South Carolina. That the railroad commissioners of said state more than one year prior to the com monet mont of this action lix cd a schedule of freight and passen ger i ates for thc d?fendent carpera tlon. That section 20S>3 of the civil coic or South Carolina provides that anv railroad or portion failing to post at any of its stations <. c. py of tile sched ules aforesaid shall ino.-r and vellora penalty of one hundred -i/jDars for each aud every day during wlilc i time such corporation shall tail to post BU >h scho.iule an I that such P^M alty may be s ied for by any oltlziu oi tho said state, and the recovery shall be equally divided between tho ol tlx m so suing aud the state of South Caro lina. Tnat the d?fendent felled to post sue'' sobed ules at the said station ?if North, S. C., from J ..unary I, 10J3, to I) comber 9, 190?,, a peril d of throe hundred and twenty-nine day8, and and that thereby the defendant bas incurra! and ls liable for a p'nalty ag gregatlng thirtj '.wo thoo - .nd nine hundred dollars. That the pl tint, il' is a ol ti zen of tlie said state, and silts for the said penalty of thirty-two thousand nine hundred dollars accord ing to the previsions of section 2993 of the code. A Sitfiiitloaiil S.Atonionr, In his speech at Akron, Olio Sic rotary Taft told the people that 1 W 1 liam J Bryan would become the MIC cessful leader of the democratic paroy and a menace to the prosperity of tho country unless something she n d be accomplishco by President RJOS< valt." Phis is not only a significant Statement but it ls a compliment td the Nebras ka democrat, and, reading between tho lines of tho utterance, tho fact stands out that the "something" President Roosevelt must do to pre vent d?mocrat ie success In tho nation la io carry out the reforms for which Itryan stands and whioh havo giveo blrtil to tho term Hryanism. All of thia goes to shh H that Taft has a level hoad. He knows that the people aro getting their eyes open and that unless the Republican party mends Ps ways lt Will be p. rmanontly retired. -1 t'xtal Horno. At New York a quit roi over election matters is believed by tito pollco to caused thc murder 1 .st night of W. IP, Harrington, in Littlo Naplos dance hall and also the probable fatal Injur ing of Abraham .luokerman, who was found with a fractured skull some distance away from Littlo N iples, whioh is conducted by Paul Kelly, loader of an IO ist Side gang. At Jaokson, Tonn., Hugh 0. Ryals ,of that otty, was instantly . killed and Warnor Blackard, of- Paris, Tonn., seriously Injured Wednesday night by falling over a bannister, whlloongag ed Ina friendly sou ill) at tho South western Presbyterian Unlvorslty, Both wcro students and tho ions of minist^rs, ? DAN MUBPflV? CASE Beiog RecaUed by His /mst at ? walnsboro, Georgia Tho MM? Wh? AwmtiHinntoa TrcBBur or Cope*% ot Ontngrburft County, wm SorTO Out Jil? Term, The story of the oareor of Dan Mur phy, tho esoaped convict who ?B said io nave been captured at SwatuBboro, Ga., has recalled some singular tr ol dents in connection with tuo oe vir euee. It wan published ia Tho State on Tuesday of laut week that the ainouht taken frena tbo body of Treas urer Copes was $10,000. The Scatc ot Weduesday ;-.,s "tho accuracy ot this statcmciib bas bee ii q lestloned by two for mur citizens of Orangobu*g, one of whom says that tho murdered, treasurer had on his person but $1,000 and another formor citlz n of that place states that the amouh'j was not moro than $425. ' In ono particular they both agree. Tao money was not found by the mm - deror. Treasurer Copes had the bulk of the money In his pooket where lt was not discovered. Tue money which the assassin secured was not more than $2J, principally in pennies. Tao cowardly murderer pornaps did not stop to open tho hand bag, whose weight no doubt deceived him into thinking tihat it contained currency of valuo when as a matter of fact it was Ulled with one cent pieces. And upon that depended the conviction of Murphy. ' Tac crime startled the State and (or some time thoro was no duo. lt ls said by one of these Orangeburg gentlemen that tho case was ferreted out by Mr. Geo. li. Kit,troll, a man of Inquiring and investigating turn of mind, wno got his Urst elm from an examination of the subscription books .fa couuty paper. Ho discovered that just 30 days before tho murder a min from some point in Florida had . uescribed for this paper for a short purled. On investigation lt was lound that the paper was going to the fictitious address given, hut had been c?ken out of the post?nico by Dan Murphy. If there was any motive at all in tills move it was that the man planning the robbory might know the dates on willoh tho county treasurer would make his rouuds from town to town in tho diBOhargc of his duty as tax^atherer, as was permitted under tho law of that time. "lu this way Murphy's name was for the first tin e connected wrth the alUlr, even by suspicion. Murphy waa tuen followed and it was found tbat at a remote place in Colinton county he " iwxjmtft?** number of pennies for 'allv?F,1* WDis was another link in tbe chain. "Finanly lt was discovered that Mur phy had a shot gun which showed certain characteristics noticed in connection with the shells tired In the gun whlou killed Mr. Copes. The piuuger btruok the shell in a peculiar plunger struck the sholl In a peouliar manner wnlcb orrespended exactly with Murphy's gun. "These faots taken in connection with Murphy's stolidity when arrest ed and bis refusal to say anything In answer to oharges or to excuse himself in any way wouud the rope around his neck. The evidence was circum stantial in tho m In, but had he been Innooent he might bav) proved an alibi, when his neck was In danger, llowover, he would say nothing and ! would tell nothing of his movements or 10 days proceeding the killing. "As recounted yesterday, ho was convicted and S3? tenced to bo hanged and thc very afternoon before the ex rcution he was given a commutation cf sentence on an alibi framed up iu Augiibta, lt is said, by relatives of Murphy. This alibi was discredited uy tho people of Orangcburg to the I extent that they cried out in criticism lf thc governor who at that time granted the cimrmuatlon and of tho attorney employed by Murphy's relatives. "lt is ?aid by parties who knew Murphy at school tnat he was uu\. a mau of nervo, but was a skulking coward, and that he was a black snoop all of his life, his main occupa tion after being grown having been the peddling ot liquor at ncg; o oamp meetings. " Tue county paper Murphy subscrib ed for while in Birrida was Tue Times and Duvioorat. Ile did not subscribo Ina llctltlous name but In lils own name. Tno amount of ni mey Mr. C.pes had with him when assassinated was $000.00. All of this money, ex cept about thirty dollars in chango Mr. Copes had in his pookot. Tue small chango was in a satchel in the back of his buggy. When tho assas sin had dune lils dastardly act of as sassinating Mr. C)pes, he hurriedly grabbed the satchel willoh ho evident ly thought contained all the monov Mr. Copes had collected that day, and in this way ho failed to got what he had assassinated Mr. Copos to get. Tno amount the assassin got was 30 dollars, much of whloh was lu cop pers, whloh Mr, Copes generally oarri ed with him to mako chango. Mr. Geo. 13. K iI,I i ell workorl hard to find out tho assassin, and, as Thc State says, was tho ti rat man to suspect the man wno was convicted of thc crime Dari! 0. Murphy.-Orangcburg Times and Demoorat. Talking to tho iloyu. A Missouri ootcmpor&ry rises to re mark: "Onoo I was young but now I am cid, anet 1 have never seen a girl that was unfaithful to her mother that ever came to bo worth a ono eyed hutton to her husband. It ls tho law of God. It Isn't exaotly In tho bible, but lt ia written large and awful in t e miserable lives of many unfit homos. I'm speaking for thc boys this timo. If one of you ohaps comes acre ss a girl that, with a fao? iud of roses, says to you as she cc raes to tho door, 'I oant go for thirty minutes, for tho dishes are not wash ed yet,' you wait for that girl. You sit right down and wait for her, be cause some other follow uay come al mg and oarry hex civ, ucd right there you lose your an^el. Walt for that girl and stick to ber Uko a burr tc ? woolly dug. Burglars Cast off Safe With Seventy Thousand Dollars WORTH OF GEMS. The Home of a '.Millionaire Resident of Patterson. New Jersey, Robbed While He Wai Attending Re vlval Service. Safe Thrown Prom Window. A $70,000 Jowel robbery, engine ed with remarkable dolloaoy ?nd dar* lng, occured in^Patterson, N. J , j Thursday night, whcn,tthouhome o? Frederick W. Cooke, millionaire mem ber ot the Passaic Steel Company, and one of the bast known men in North? ern New Jersey, was entered and a heavy safe, containing practically every blt of Jewelry in the family pos session, was burled from a second story window to the soft dirt in a yard and carted away. Absolutely no trace of the direction the housebreakers took could be found by tbe police. The skill of the rob bera was amazing. They used DO tack lo to lower the safe, the oontonta of which were diamond? and other goms, ourronoy and valuable papers. Tho only attempt to hide their pres ence was madd when they chose the rear of the house by whioh to escape with their loot. Mr. Cooke wont to the Chapman revival meeting about 8 o'olook, and remained there until the end of the 1 services. He returned promptly to his homo at NJ. 384 Broadway. No evidences of the rober ry were found by the millionaire when he oponed the door which was ooourely looked, but when he reached the sec ond fljor he found a window open. Tnls was unusual, and he investiga* ted. Thinking of the safe, which cou lai nod jewels left by Mr. Cooke's mother to his wife, he entered the room where the steel device, about two feet squire, had been stored, It was gono. Looking out the window tho.victim saw a hole in the turf of the yard. He I descended and found a dent suoh aa tho corner of the safe would have . made had it been dropped. It made no noiso when in struck the ground? and the burglars presumably figured un this riiiO for avoiding attention. The police were Immediately notifi ed, but. not nvon the suggestion ot a o:o,v to the robbers oodla be found. Nob jd y had seen a vehiole standing [ opposite or near the Cooke hom?, and lt is c?rtala that the looters did not [ oarry off their booty by hand. When Mr. Cooke's mother died she left all her j ?weis, worth many thous ands of dollars, to her son's wiro. There were family heirlooms worth' just as much in tho safe, and Jewelry belonging to the millionaire's wife and to himself, besides valuable papers which Mr. Cooke cannot afford to loso. <j Goos Up Hoad. At tho annual mooting of the stock holders of tho Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at ll oh mond, Va., last week r. M. Emerbon, of Wilmington,N. C., was olec.ed president; vioo lt. T. Er? vin, resigned. Mr. Emerson was for merly iou th vloo president and trafile manager. Ho succeeded Mr. Erwin ou the board of directors. All the other otu ?ors and directors wore re elected Alex Hamilton, former seo oud vloo president, was promoted to oe li iso vu-a president. C. S. Gads den was promoted from third to sec ond vice president. J. it. Kealy was made third vice president. A divi dend of :i par cent, was declared on tho stook, plaoiug io on a 0 instead of a 6 pjr oout. basis. Too annual re port showed au I crease in mdleage, gross and net receipts. President Ejaerson started with tho road as ft [clark in the frelgnt otil?os In WU ' mauger, N. C., ab $75 per month. Whore Irt tfool Klllo*?" A dispatoh from Louisville, Ky., says a unique soolai f Uuotion was that givou oa Friday by M.;. and ?MAS?" Arthur K. Lord ia honor of their dog, Boots, tue occaslag being the eigh teenth aaalvorsary of his olrth. Sur rounding the hoard were a number of well known local people. The guest of honor, Boots, was seated at the right hand of the hostess, and, ali things ojnsldored, he behaved remark ably well. His menu coasisted of bid* 'oits of beef, rloo aud . bread, and4 he went through tho bill in a manner said to have beon odlfylng to tue guests. Boots had bis dinner served la silver plabbers, and he would not accopb aoybnlog less. His ono artiole of adjornmeut was a Mue bow about his neck Illowa, to Pf eeo?. Four men wore blown to pieces Wednesday afternoon by an explosion at the lab ratory of the International Smokeless Powder and Onomtoal com pany at Parlin, N. J. The . cause ot the explosion will never be known, aa only tue four men wore in the build-* lng ab thc time. The building was a ono story frame struoture and .because of the liability to explosions was sep arated from ali the others in the plant cxCspt ono by a space of several hun dred feet. Toe next building waa a storehouse ia whioh supplies used in tao other wore stored. This caught fire aid was burned. fcVtatl Aootrtent. A speolal from Cranborry, N. C., says two aooldants occured there Fri day at tho plant of the Cranberry Furnace Company, as the result of whioh ono man. Thom?? Fowler, of Johnson City, Tenn., will die, and three other men are seriously injured, Fowlers' injury was duo to bis cloth ing, baing ouu?ht by a belt, whioh wouni bia budy ahont & resolving shaft. The three men injured, whose names are not given, were at work on a so. ff dd. thirty feet high, when lt gavo way. Both accidents coaurr?rl Within a short time,