Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"DO-'THOU, ?HEAT LIBERTY, I NH PI BK OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUB LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OB OUB DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL XXXII* BENNETTS VI LL E. S. C., FRIDAY, JUNK 12 1908 "NTO OA DUNCAN RULED 8y the State Supreme Court on i Serious Charge. AFTER HE HAD FILED Sousa!lonni Charges, In Which If? GI ahmed That There W/is a Conspi ,\. racy lu Columbia to Injury Hill Professionally, ?nd That Cert a ii Records HHVO l>isu|l|iOMred. Affidavits containing sensation? statements and charges wore present ed to Hie Supreme Court Tuesday li tho argument of tho case of Jessi Hunter, a negro, represented by Mr .fohn T. Duncan, of Columbia. Aile hearing Die case the Court dismisses the motion for a now trial on alto discovered evidence. Mr. Duncan, who lias put up : hard light for his clients. Jesse Dun ter and his wife, Francos Hunier convicted ol' assault and battery, pre souled ll tongi hy affidavit from him self in which ho sol forth tho progr?s' of the caso and (barged (bat cor . 'ain attorneys ol' Columbia and other.' aro in conspiracy- to injure him pro fessloually, and that certain re cords in this and other eases ii which ho was nlornoy have beet lost or stolen I rom I lu- ofllco of tin clork of the Circuit Court and tin clerk of tho Supreme Court. Ono of tito principal affidavits ir tho ease was that of a negro, .tell Taylor, who sta hal thal il was him self and not .losse Dunter who dil tho shooting for which Hunter whs Convicted, and that ho had feared tc . testify to the truth of ibis manor ot tho nial by reason of intimidation This affidavit was probated by Mr Washington Clark, an attorney ol Columbia. Solicitor Henel presented an affi davit from M. Clark, stating that lo had one day been called into the of fice of Mr. Duncan and asked to pro bate a paper signed by a negro, and that, tlie negro who afterwards owner f,c iii? li-uno oC JofL.Taylor was not the negro he saw in the office of Dun can, but was of entirely different ap pen ranee. Solicitor Timmerman also denied that he had received tho papers sail to have been served on him by Mr linean, bul on the other hand Mr Duncan presented ullldnvils to show that, ho had bien at Ibo Drain Hotel, in Lexington, and seen Mi Tim merman. on a certain date. lr his own affidavit Mr. Duncan denoun ces Mr. Timmerman as a coward tu well as a liar, ami tiled with Hu Court a note addressed io Mr. Tim merman Containing these epithets. Mr. Duncan also charges tho new Solicitor, Mr. Christie Henel, Wltll being in Hu- conspiracy against him and denounces him. Do minies Mr D. w. Robinson, au attorney of thk Car. aiul Mr. I io be rt son's father-in law. Mr. w. H. childs, president ol Ibo Hank of Coiunibin, ns among (lu . bb-f conspirators, mid declares In lliiglll nanu many others lo tho co?Tt Mr. Duncan made tho race for tin I lilted States Senate in I 806, and on .ho stump mndegrave chargesagalnsl then Governor Cary ICvaas, and in bis lengthy aflldnvll he refers io thin fact and to Governor l?J\ ans. Do presents an adidas it from Dis former stenographer, now married v'.ich contradicts ilia! ol' Mr Clark ii. rot,ard to the description ol' Hu neuro wdio gave tho aihdavll signed by doff Taylor. Tie- two negroes whoso escapad os brought about this sensations state of affairs, Jesse and Frances I Hinter, were convicted of assault and battery willi IntCnl lo kill ii .lune, lillis, and Jesse was given fl Vi years and Frances w as given I li month. The shooting for which lho> g^Avoro iriod occurred in January, DHU; ? hoy lived in lower portion of Dich ^?IIIII County and il was as oiled thal .loss/- Hunter had pul his aged moth er out ol' tho house where she had lived for years, and which was sah': to be her own property lier other children remonstrated and the offleors of Ibo law were cali cid In. Magistrale Dykes. With ? posse, wein lo the house and fliej were fired on by some one. .loss? t Hinter and his wife were arrested indicted, tried and convicted foi shooting Hie otlleers, and at tho tria .leif Taylor was a witness for lin prosecution, but since that time i has been staled thal 'taylor was Hu man who tired Ibo shots and it wa: on this aller discovered OVidOnc.i thal Mr. Duncan asked for lt HOM I ? ?al for his client -, which mot ion wa: refused. The Supreme court Tuesday after noon of its own accord. issued ai order requiring Mr. -lohn T. Duncan an attorney of the Columbia Bar, t< ShOW causo before the Court on Mon day. June 8, why ho should not. b< DO attached for contempt Of Court 01 disbarred as an attorney for sub milting what are declared un oatt HELPED MRS GUNNESS AT LEAST THIS WAS THE CONFES SION OF TEXAS JAIL BIRI). Rut When Sheri ff Smut/or Waa Remly lo Curry Him (o Indiana, Ho Changed Statement. Altor signing and swearing to a confession that, if true, would solve many ol' tho mysteries or tho dim ness murder farm at La Forte, ind., and would hang both himself and Hay Lamphere, tho suspect ?ow un der Indictment, Julius d. Truelson, Jr., 01 New York city, broke down as Sheriff Suititzer was about to take Ide, fiona Vernon. Texas., where he i.? con?nod ia jail, to Indiana and has retracted all he said. Truelsun is ii, prison in Texas on a charge of bwindllng and forgery, having re presented himself as Jonathan d. Thru, of Pittsburg, a cousin of Harry K. Thaw, and passing forged checks and iliads amounting to thousands of dellars under this name. Truclson. who says he is hut 2'2 years of ugo, boars the marks of long dissipation, and he admits that drugs have placed him in his position Aceordng lo his confession he luis two wives, and this was later corro borated, de told the prison authori ties in Vernon that his first wife, whom he married in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., in mat. was put out of di.- way at die dimness farm, and as the woman lias laen missing for some time, il. lent color to his story. His second wife, with whom he elop ed from New York city in March, of this yOaVj he also intended doing away with at. the dunness murder patch, according to his statement, lint was prevented hy Mrs. dunness writing him that the authorities were getting !'>?> warn, on her trail. Truelson's confession, complete in everything, and RI loci with details a great many ol' which had never made their appearance' in thc newspaper accounts, was forwarded to Sheriff Sin ul/er at La Porte, and that ofll cial weal lo Texas to have a confer ence with the prisoner. Winni ho arrived there be found Truelson lu prison, ami as he did not. bavo access to" tiowapnpers, how he possesed himself of all the details. Unless he was an actual conspirator, was a mystery. The Indiana sheriff*finally decided that the forger's story was true and prepared to return with him Io Indiana, hut when the time for leaving came. Truclson broke down and declared dial thc whole was a fa lu ?cat ion. sheriff Sm ut/.or Immediately be gan another Investigation, that of looking into the alibi Truclson pre sented, and aller a few days ho In - carne convinced thal the prisoners confession was tin- mere work ol' his brain, and left for home without him In his written confession Tl'UOl son stated thal he first ran across Mrs. dunness through her matrimon ial advertisement, He paid tho widow a visit, bul was loo tough a customer for her lo do away willi, and win n she asked him to join her. he consented, Together with damp hero. Truclson declared thal they had not only gotten victims for the marrying widow, hut had buried i hem alu r (.be OU I i 'uni oui of (lie way. ami in sonic instances help oil her in her bloody work of death. Tr nelson further dei hued that he and Lnmphcre, convinced thal Mrs. dun ness was ploding to do away with them, tossed a coin to see willoh should murder (he widow's entire family and set lire lo the house, and that the lol fell to l.aniphere. FELL TO UHR DEATH. From thc Hoof of a Hunting New York Tenement. One woman was killed and six olllOrS were terribly humed Tuesday in a lire in the furnished room house, No. i:: West Thlrly-olght street, willoh threatened the I leys of II score of persons. The woman leaped from the roof to death on the pavement ndow. Lieutenant Mandray, of t?ti gt tic company No. I, with four lire men, weill down in die collapse of a burning stairway,bul all escaped willi slight hum and bruises. Mrs. IJell trainc leaped from the rear of the house. An unlaced shoe caught in thc supporters as she passed tho iloor and this turned her so that she struck head foremosl on the cement paving. So,OOO,OOO Wodli of Coal for Fleet. The estimated cost fd' the coal con sumed hy (he Atlantic Heel when it shall have finished its cruise around the world is placed tit $.'?,000,000. Tho cosl frmn San Francisco through the Sue/, canal ls est hunted at OltO.OOO. only American coal is be lng used. I to be "false and fictions" affidavits in the case ol' Jesse and Frances Hunter, argued before the Court last Tuesday. ? . ..... " . FATAL DUEL. OXE MAN KILLED AX OT 11 IO lt IX j oreel. In a Bunning Fight in Autos A.i Abductor is Killed by His Brother I II-Law. In a running light between tbo oc cupants of two automobiles, in which two revolv?is wore emptied, William Patterson was shot and hilled friday afternoon by his brother-in-law near Millcrshiirg, Ind., and Fi nest Franks, the brother-in-law, was dangerously wounded by Patterson in tho thigh. Patterson had as a prisoner in lils motor cur Mrs. A. Sargent, a young woman, Whom, if is alleged, he had abducted In an excllive and daring manner under the supposition that she was a counterfeiter and was flee ing from Franks. Mrs. Patterson lately had sepernted from her hus band, it is said, on account of his rough .treatment. Ho blamed Mrs. Sargent for much of lils (toniest ie tronidos and it is supposed thal ho had borne a grudge against, lier. Several weeks ago. loaring for her life, Mrs. Patterson left her home and look refuge with her father. Mr. (.'ranks. Mr. Sargent, al his who's request, accompanied her io Lignori er and was her guest for some days, but had intended returning to lier homo at Wuwasse. Patt? ison, filled with liquor and in an ugly humor arrived at Ligoni er Friday afternoon a little before Mrs. Sargent started to the depot with Mrs. Patterson's fal her. "I want that woman lo get out of that buggy!" shouted Patterson. Mo pointed a revolver af the doc tor and ut lb'' samo time dragged Hie woman from the buggy. Mrs. Sargent cried loudly for help, bm was dragged into (lie automobile fainting, ami placed in ber seat. News of tho abduction spread throughout Ligonier like lightning. Ernest Franks, biol her of .Mrs. Patterson, organized a posse of armed fanners and started in pursuit, taking tho load in a big touring car. The fugi tives were overtaken just east of AI i 1 lorsburg, near Ike Wabash (repot*. "Half, or ru slvoot!' tdioiio-,.. Franks, standing up in his motor car. Patterson replied willi a string of curses and immediately opened lire with his revolver, shooting his hj'Otll er-in-law in the thigh. though dan gerously wounded, franks nd urned tin- tiro willi such unerring aim thal Patterson was inst ant h killed. * Voil Nd' BANDITS. Four Lads Hold l p and Hob a Hail way Train. four boy bandits in knee trousers, the lender only 16 years tdd, bel l up and robbed the North-bound pa . < a . er train on the ('.nat Northern, a mile and a half frb.,1 Croat falls. Mont., Saturday night, Ono man was shot. 'I'he boys were captured aril gave their names as follows: Albert Hatch, I fi, w ho is saul to have planned the hold-up. William Kantian, I V. Georgi Creswell, 1 0. Harry Kheiltnes, i;.. Creswell ? daim., he und; no part in executing the robbery. Creswell, lihou mes and Uanda 11, say thai Hatch turned ibo switch.I ordered the en gineer lo back up the train timi went through the (dailies wiih Conductor Jack Hayes, forcing Ibo latter, at the point of a revolver, io rob the pas sengers for him The> also alleg,- Hlitch shot Wil liam i)enip$?y j who resisted him, and shot I brough Conductor Hayes' coat sleeve. al' . r Which the boy bandit- escaped; Then Hatch drew his gun on Rheums because Hie hit ler refused io join him in a hold up (d' another train. Hatch persuaded him not to attempt another robbery while being pursued. I'HI.At HEH PLEADS Gl'IL'I V. 1'iifrockcd Minister Used Hie (Jil it cl States Mails lo Defraud. lu Hie United Slates Court at Hieb mond. Va., .lame.. 'I'. Hargraves, an "unfrocked" clergyman of the Kpls eopal church, residing in llanover ( ninty, pleaded guilty to the charge Pf using tho Hulled Stales mails lo defraud, ami was sentenced to eight moni hs in jail. Hlshop Brewster, of Connecticut, was among tho witness es against Hargraves. Tried to Sell Military Lands. An alleged plot to hell lah i Iii tho military reservation al Fort Nlobrnra, Neb., by false deeds, was revealed bj tho arrest al Indianapolis of ?"our real ( Mato men. Dela lives w li > aro reine moored in tho will wear mourning, and those who aro not do a little mourning on Iholr own account FATAL TORNADO Sweeps Through Nebraska and Kansas Friday Evening DOING GREAT DAMAGE Twenty.Ono Pcoplo Killed and ? ?iront Beal of Property is Destroy ed, |t Was Um W?i*f That visited Thar.Section in Many i oars. A in; aa du whiub ptissed ?ver south ern Nebraska and portions ot" north ern Kansas Friday evening was tho most destructive and covered (lie most territory ol' any similar storm w hich Una visited that region in many yoai'sj At. leam. L' I persons were Iv? 11 - ed/, flteV.yyere fatally injured and a score of .others hurt. In addition, report^ received say that several per so ria vere killed at Byron. Nob., and rhillipahurg and Courtland. Kan., , which ?jown have beeu cul off from communication. Known casualties: Dead Lula Smith, near (?oneva, , Neb.,. Irene Shively. aged ?, near Ceuev.-; Mrs. Maud Carter. Trenton: Hauy Canter; two children of Mr. Small, .tear Cuide Rock; Henry Madi- , son, near Franklin, Net?.; Mrs. Au- , gii?t' Fonlell. mar Shickley, Neb.; iOlijaii A i ionhricht. near Shickley; , Sa.V (dinning, drowned near Fair- , field, Neb.; Mrs. Clifton Simple. , H ryon. Neb, ! Fatally Injured .lohn Shively. (leneva; i^ns Shively. Ceueva; .lolin Merrimau, Shickley; Freston Hailey. Carlton :t. Mr. August Fonloll, near , Shickley, Seriously injured -Mrs. .lohn , Shively, i'Cienbva; Fd wa rd Russell, , Honey;;: K. F. McKay mond. Fairfield; , Miss Youan, near Cuide Rock; Mr. ? and Mrs$tlray, near Riverton: Mrs. j Kennett, Shear (leneva; bester and Carter and wen nd child, Carbon. Tho siijrni Vvas gen'eral throughout . Kilmore, Vt&Jbster, Franklin and , Thayer eil uni ?es, Nebraska, and reach- ( ed tfcrol ttansus, from wliero reports ( aro *O'IO;.^ ob groat destruction. The . to' !%itf)u, Fairfield,, Hospler, P . A\\t,- ?..'?nu'Vlin. nug L .1. Rive.ion, Nenraska, are among those ? visited hy the storm and In no ono of thom did tho oloinonts spare lifo or property. At Carlton live resid ences and two churches were destroy- . ed, while a new sahel bill'dlilg and 30 houses were partially wrecked. Thfl home of Lester Carter was de- ' molisllOd and his wile and lathy were killed, while Carter himself and an other child sn fe red severe injuries. At Ceueva tho storm wrought great destruction and in the adjacent coun try claimed several victims, dead or injured At Fairfield 40 houses were partly wrecked Ol' demolished. The loss lhere will exceed $100,000. Va ti ge reports from other points can not lie COnflrniod became of broken wires. Trains in ntl directions are abandon ed because of washouts and destroy ed roadbeds, The storm covered stub a wide area and was so destructivo where over it touched Ibo earth thal it bus almost caused a panic among I he rur al Inhabitants. Hundreds of farmers drove into the towns, seel.big shelter, many of them being homeless. SF.Klot s AcetiM'.M. Lost fol F.yo by the Hurst lng of Pepsi Coin Rodie, A Mr. Pope, who keep '. statu ant at Slalesville, N C. was tho victim of a painful and serious ac cident on Monday, ll" was in tho ?u l of transferring a pepsi .Dla hot tie from ll crate to an ice box when tho hollie burst with stich forco thal pieces bf the glass literally split open tito ball of Iiis left eye. Mr. PojIO ap plied simple remedies to tho eye and (ben boarded a train and Weill to Salisbury, where he bad thc injury dressed by Dr. Rrawloy. lie return ed lo Slalesville on the next train and went to Charlotte that night h> have tho eye treated by Dr. Wake field. The physicians have advised him that the Sight Of thc eye is lost for geod and that il might have io 1)0 taken out at once to save the un injured Oyo. An overcharge of Kits caused tho hollie 10 bttl'Sl. rofl! MASKED MFA. Hobbed Hie Hunk at Cuba. Kansas, on Tuesday. Four men robbed tho state bank of Cuba, Kansas on Tuesday and es caped with Pel ween ?G.000 and $8, 000 after a light With citizen-. No one was shot. After the vault had hoon ransacked the robbers went to tho Rock Island depot, hoarded fl handcar and di appeared in the direc tion of Hollovlllo. Tito robbers all woro masks. Posses aro tn pursuit. THIEVES FOILED PREVENTED MOW YORK ROBBERS FROM STEALING $1.1,000. In ? Daringly Conceived Do ht-Dp Three Men Were Kepi From Get ting Bunk'? Cash. Fearlessly thrusting herself lu among rigorously wielded black jacks, Mrs. Eva Javornicka prevent ed y daring attempt upon the part of three highwaymen to steal $43,000 from the messengers who were carrying it in a thickly populated New York street to a bank. When the robbins made their attack, the woman, ti witness, ran from a res taurant and put herself between the messengers and their assailants, screaming loudly for the police. Ky clinging to the robbers, she not only hampered them in their attempt to beal dov.n thedeft nsolf the messenger hut soon attracted a large crowd of persons who wen? to the rescue. Frightened ?I the hubbub being rais ed, tho robbers ceased their attack and tied in different directions. Lat er a man accused of having been une of them was captured and evi dence enough was soon found to hold Idhi Daringly Planned Crime. The police department of tho me tropolis declaro tho robbery was the nerviest on record, lt being evident that (ho robbers trusted to their quickness to beat tho messengers in to submission and get away with Iholr booty Indore their capture could Ito effected. The attack was made in a thickly lopulated toneuient district, and nnny saw the faces but. Oinking it 0 bo ono of Ibo numerous drunken uawls, common in that district, paid io at lent ion to il. Hut Mrs. Juvor ilcka, seeing the flash of steel, bought different and threw herself nlo tho fray. The struggle while it asted was vicious. Blinded hy pop ior thrown in their eyes, clubbed iver ino heads with blackjacks, and heir wrists and arms slashed by calves, tho messengers hung on to heir precious burden like grim loath, the woman meanwhile bother- ' hg the robbin's so much that one t dtenipiot] to stab he:. , Wh?n ?.'otP. a. 've,'., two of' H>- , nessengers sank to the ground, over- , .onie liv tho struggle, and were later , liken to a hospital. Meanwhile one , d' tie' robbers, his hand covered by , ilood from his victim's wounds, was | m rs ti ed through several st roots by , 1 crowd of small boys. Du was in , i fair way of making bis oscapc when , ie bumped into an ofllcer, and his ixplanattous were so unsatisfactory ie WHS locked lip. Later Mrs. Jnvor nleka posltlvol) Identified h I lit as me ol' I ho I bree thugs. LOCK I'M) UP IX VAULT' Ind Had to Be Dug Out by Fellow Workmen. To 1)0 buried alive in tho reserve /ault ii? tho 'frent?n. N. J., postotlice ind lo bo dug oui by fellow work con because 110 one could be found ho had the combination is tho ex perience of Coaovrtr Thompson, a di am tit 101*. Thompson was sent to the reserve faull to make some con neil ions with ne new building now being erected. io bored n small hob- in tho wall ind vas SO intent on forcing through i pipe thal ho did not hoar tho vault loor ( lose. Ile foll suffocated, called brough Ibo pipe and was heard by 'ellow workmen. The door lind been closed by Post nasfer Alexander c. Yard, who lind ,eon called .?ut ol' town. Thomp son worked from the inside and fel o\\ workmen from ibo outside nu il the bolo was larg? enough for he steam litter to crawl to freedom.* BROWN KLA IS SMITH. Georgia Changed lier Governor on Last Thursday. An Atlanta Dispatch says official relbrns from 126 counties and offl ial counts from Ibo remaining twenty ,t th" voles cast in Friday's Demo .rat ie primary, gave .los M. Brown, lor Governor, a majority 'd' IL',eui ?ver i toko Smith cf the i u? coun ties in Hie Slate Brown carried 0'>. l'or railroad cominis: inner, Judge George Hillyer and I". C. Callway were the successful candidates. The race for prison commissioner is still hf doubt. All of Ibo present Coit gressmen wore returned with the exception ol IO, B Lewis, in the Rd dislilct, who was defeated tty Dudley M. li ii chea. Death Sentence for I I Bandits. Eleven men and three girls have I.n sentenced lo doa til by court martial at Warsaw, Russia, for at tacking a post ear al Sokolow. A I bomb thlOWn at the ear killed two soldiers and wounded ten. Follow lng the wreck the train was looted.* EIGHT DEAD As a Result of a Collision on Trolley Line ANO MANY ARE HURT. Tho Honor Occurred ?ii tho Wash ington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Hallway and Was Oausod hy Confusion of Order .. At / inajjolis. Hid.. 1? * n8ad OVL collison between two special car? of tho Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway company, shortly before 8 o'clock Friday night, olgut poisons wore killed oulrtghtand a score of others worn seriously in jured, some of them perhaps fatally. Tho collision was duo to a confu sion of orders, as tho lino has hoon running several extra cars each way in connection with tho commence ment I'estjvitics at the Naval Acade my. The dead are: Richard Norton, 25 years old, Baltimore; Police Patrolman Schri bor, 40 years old, employed by tho railway company at Academy Junc tion: om; unidentified whIto woman, apparently about 25 years old. said to he from Baltimore, and dressed in hall costume: Zach O'Neal, 26 years old, Now York, motorman of ono of tho wrecked cars; lint h Slaughter, six years old, daughter of General Trafile Managor William IO. Slaugnt er of the road; J. \v. McDaniel, Baltimore; George White, Balti more. . i AI ) B1U0 A KS H IS NECK. Hy Fulling From Stair Railing Whtlo Sliding Down. While sliding down a stairway railing in tho cotton mill al. Tu ca pu, in Spurt anburg County, Friday. [.Marylee Prince, aged 9 years, foll to tho floor and broke his neck. Ho ling home after bavin;;!; oiivrl d linne- to his tai her. Ho straddled tho railing at the stairway and start .d to slide down when be lost bis balance and fell. The coroner was aol i lied, an inquest, was held and a verdict of death hy accident was re lumed. . HORS!. SHOT AND KILLED I nder Revenue Officers by Moonshin ers in Ocoiioe. Revenue Collector R. P. Merrick was bred on hy moonshiners in Oco neo county friday and though lils horse was killed under him. ho es caped uninjured. Merrick ami sev eial officers were returning from a raul on illicit stills in thal County, and had in custody one prisoner. Thc; ball ilrod at Merrick from tho rille passed his body and struck bis horse in the top of tho head killing iiim Instantly. OI K MFA Kl 1.1,Kl). A Boiler Tube Explodes on the ("rms* cr Tennessee. A report from San Podro says au explosion occurred on the United States Cruiser Tennessee. A boiler tube blew up, killing four and injur ing many others. The cruiser has not eut ned San Pedro harbor and I he details arc not yet available. Tins Tennessee sailed from San Francisco on May 17, and since then has been cruising in southernCnllforna waters, lOUChng Santa Barbara, San Pedro and San Diego. HAN DH ISM N FAR PITTSBURG Mounted Masked Men Hob Store and shoot Up Town. A dispatch from Pittsburg. Pa., says following the holding up and robbing of ?i Pennsylvania railroad express train and a street ca.- tho Vicinity was treated to a third wild Western affair Thursday when two masked men, heavily armed and riding horseback, smashed the win dow Hi the Monogahela Consolid?t Od Coal and Coke Company's general at Kastnian, appropriated valuable articles and galloped away tiring rovolvors, Pdow From Bat Fatal. Al Ka Fayette, (?a., WilliO Wat son, aged to, was instantly killed In a gall game friday. WhP.c engaged in a game with a number of hi? friends a hat slipped from tho hands of a boy who was attempting to blt the ball and struck him over tho I heart, causing instant death. *