The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 07, 1904, Image 1
I VOL. XIII.
I A NEGRO LYNCHED
^ At floranton, Where He Murdered a \
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I White Man in February. I
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|^ICTIM TAKEN XJOM A TRAIN
^ Whlle Ho Wm Brlnx Conveyed from J
P KlnicMroe to the ^Penitentiary
at Columbia fur
Ej Ha fo l/n?..l.w.
1 mwpiUA* ^
*XA special dispatch from Florence to fi
The News and Courier says Cairo 1
Williams, the urgro who killed Thurs- j1
ton O. McOee, at Scranton, in Wi\- ,
llamsburg County, on tlie 24th of Feb
ruary last, was taken from the fast i
West Indian limited train on the At- 1
lantle Coast Line at Scranton Thurs- s
day evening and lynched. v
It will be remembered that strategy t
wus used. Sheriff Graham, of Wil- s
llamsburg County, when Williams was 1
carried to Klngstreeiu February after f
the shooting, how lie evaded the mob a
that went to Kirgstree that night to t
lyuch Williams, and how he finally c
managed to ?et Williams to the l'enl- \
JT ntiary for safe-keeping. Tills was f
nine work on the part of Sheriff Gra v
[ham, for which he was commended, d
[The strategy used Thursday evening, t
however, played Into the handR of the f
lynchers, and they were rewarded fur
[their efforts. v
TBK LAW'S DHLAV. t
I Williams was put on trial at the ^
lAnrll t?rm of flniirl. In Wllll-imahiinr '
County, but Judge Purdy had ordered 1
the case continued until this terra of a
the Court. Williams was carried back v
to the Penitentiary and kept there v
until Monday morning, when he was
taken to Kingstree for trial. The 0
case was called and tried, but tho Jury
failed to agree and a mistrial was orIed.
?
'hursday afternoon SheritT Graham,
IVilllamsburg, deemed it advisable
lend Williams again to the I'enl- 8
tiary for safe-keeping, and placed 8
i In another prison In churge of 8
puties Brltton and Wlieeler. Tire 8
n was to send the party through to "
umbia without stopping, and for J"
,t purpose the sherilf re(|uested the 1
ist. Line otllcials to have train No. ?
the northbound fast West Indian
ited, stop at Kingstree and take s
i four aboard. This was done and 11
i train delayed only a moment. In j5
i meantime, however, the news
chcd Scran ton that Williams was
ng sent to Columbia as rapidly as 8
sible, and was aboard the train
,t would pass through Soranton J
ihin a few moments thereafter. P
TIIK LYNCHKK8 OK'l NOTICK. j
It did not tuko long for the crowd
to get the Information, for by the ^
time trala No. .0, *he local passenger
Htrom Charleston, was due the crowd ^
V had their faces blacked, and with all
V .sort s of masks and dresses collected at
m the station. Hy this time train No.
60 approached the station and the en- r
tire train was searched, but Williams a
was not aboard. The train was then \
let go and proceeded on to Florence, j.
The passengi r.s, however, were terri- a
bly frightened. As soon as train No. t
60 left the crowd arranged to hold up s
itrain No. 32, which was only tlfteen \
minutes behind the local. s
T1IB FAST TUAIN STOl'I'KH. U
As it .approached the station, Kngtneer
Louis Mills was (lagged down i
by a red llag. Having been stopped fr
at Klngstreo to take the prist ner
aboard and it being an unusual thing I
to stop north of Line's tho engineer >
thoughoct tir it the prisoner was to be t
put off at Scranton, and lie stopped <
his train at the station. No sooner '
than the wheels stopped moving, the 1
crowd of lynchers, some twenty-live or <
^raore, boarded the tia n. The oui' \
side vestibule doors were closed, but <
they broke them open. Capt. Charlie
Casque, who was in charge of the t
train, made every effort to shove them i
back out of the doors, but they had i
gained entrance through the dining
aud other cars of the train and l
ran into the car looking for Williams <
Capt. Casque told them he was not 1
(aboard, but they would not believe <
him. lie then begged them to get i
out of the coaches, as the lady passengers
and children were being soared to
death.
TUB MIJKDKKKK SKIXKD.
They then moved forward to the
combination coach and found Williams
in charge of Depuths hritton And
g Wheeler, who made every effor# to (
^ kiep them back. Tlie door was
brokei) open and twenty or more guns
covered the deputies. They were
ordered to turn Williams over. They
again refused and a scuffle ensued.
Both of the deputies were considerably
oruiseo ana scarrea rrom me sou mo.
Finally they were told If they did not
^ give him up, and that quick, both or
all of them would be shot down there
P and then. The deputies soon saw
' that there wos no use making any
further elfort to hold their .prisoner,
and released him under protest. The
crowd then grabbed Williams, who
held to the iron end of the seat in
which he was sitting, but that soon
r gave way and he was carried out .of
the train. I
rrjl,AIN ARRIVES AT FLORENCE.
Carpv. Oasque, as soon as the crowd
Heft the train, ordered his engineer to
go ahead, and the train came on to
I Florence. The whde affair did not
last over three minutes, but the excitement
was great during that time.
When the train arrived at Scranton it
was two minutes late and the pasf.e?
gers were still greatly excited. Capt.
Casque asked some of the party what
they intended doing with Williams,
and they told him that if lie would hold
his train therefor five minntes they
.would show him.
It is oertaiii, however, that Williams
was dead when the train reached
Florence only a few mlnteto later.
Capt. Ua?que . tvas terribly worried
i over the trouble when he was seen to1
and shows that he did all that
\ he could have d( no to stop the mob,
for he waa filled with shot and his
olothlng and linen were badly bemear<ed,
Engineer Mills knew nothing of
what the trouble was until after
rcaobing Florence. lie only knew
that he wo$ stopped by a red flag, and
thoughtti^t it. was on account of let
ting pff the passengers.
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BODY FOUND.
A special from Lake City says the
>ody of Cairo Williams, riddled with
mllets, has ueen found In a bay near
>cranton. Magistrate Baldwin is now
loldintt an Inquest. The lynchers
lumbered about 150.
A COWARDLY ATTACK.
Vn Atlanta l'roaoher A h n k u 11 <mI
While in a Harbor's Chair.
At Albany, Ga., on last Monday
31ilcf of police it. N. Wesbrook assaulted
l)r. Len G. Iiroughton, of
Vtlanta, with a rawhide whip. The
ittack was made In a Broad street ,
mroer shop. The encounter caused
vlld excitement.
The trouble started Sunday after- i
toon when Dr. Brou^hton who In ,
eadliig a series of meetings in Albany, ,
tated In the presence of a lar^e con[relation
that rotteuness pervaded '
he city government of Albany. He (
peclllcally charged that Chief of Po- <
Ice K. N. Westbrook had been taken ,
rom a house of questionable resort in
i state of intoxication. He promised
o produce atlldavlts to sustain his '
ihar^es If they were desired. Chief <
iVestbrook denied the charges. Ills .
rlends contldently stated that he ,
vould personally resent what they
leemcd an unpardonable insult and
heir confidence piovcd to be well '
ounded. 1
The ball opened Monday afternoon
vhen State Senator-elect Cruder West- 1
>rook a son of the chief, made a peronal
attack on It. W. Jordan, who (
ias been taking a prominent part In
he revival meetings and who, It was
,licked had furnished Dr. Brou^hton
vlth the information which, had been ;
ised in the sensational charges made.
Monday afternoon Just before G {
'clock, Dr. BrouKhton went Into a
troad street barber shop, accompanied 1
>y several of his friends. In a few
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mniilAn iiu v?o n lUllUWCU Uy t/UICl
Vestbrook. I)r. Hroughton was In a (
tarber's chair. Chief Westbrook made (
cveral Inquiries as to which of the 1
everal gentlemen who were being
havcd was the Atlanta divine. As 1
oon as he identified l)r. Hroughton
ho chief produced a heavy rawhide
/hip and struck him three or four '
lmos, but owing to the Interference '
f a dozen persons the blows did not {
ake full effect. There were several 1
ide fights precipitated In the excitement.
It Is charged by a number of f
ersons who were present that Dr. '
troughton had a pistol and threatned
to use It. lie assumed the defen- '
Ive with a heavy Iron cuspldore, held 1
ightly in one hand, the other hand (
eiug thrust deep into one of his coat
ockets. Chief Westbrook used some '
inprintable language in denouncing 1
)r. Hroughton, who did not reply. * (
VEAVHER AND CROP REPORT. <
t
Vhat Is Haiti About Them by the
Section Director J
Section Director Hauer, in his crop ^
eport issued last Tuesday, notes the *
.ppearance of a trace of the c >tton
tolll worm pe?t in some parts of the 1
itate. There had also been some 1
.larrn from the report from Newberry !
hat the cotton there was helng de- '
troycd by the something remse.mb- !
ing the fxill weevil, but Mr. Hauer
ays that this Is the boll worm which
rets In its work every year in the
Hate to a greater or leas extent. 11 is
vork, while destructive, is not as
treat as tlie weevil by far.
The week ending 8 a. m., June 27,
urn a, lutau uuiutvuui u ui i ? uu^ I?ch,
vhiob Is practically normal. Tuc ex- i
remes were a minimum of 04 at
Greenville on the 24th, and a maximum
of 08 at Allendale and Blackhllc
on the 22nd. The relative humidity
was high In the eastern porions
and was below normal in the
jentral and western ones. There was
more than the usual amount of bright
iunt-hine. There were local high damiglng
winds early in the week in the
lorthern and northeastern counties.
Scattered showers occurred early in
the week in the central, northern and
eastern counties, amounting to -more
than an Inch In the Bee Dee sections
cf the State, and with variable
amounts in other sections.
The reports of correspondents Include
the rains at the close of last
week and those of this, both of which
were in the form of thunderstorms,
and, as is characteristic of such storms,
the showers were heavier in places
than in others in the immediate vicinity.
The conditions of the different
crops correspond very closely with the
amounts of rainfall received during
Mtn lout t IMA ft r?/l cinvlftn
liiiVy tuou unv TTCunn, dim vailU) 11UU1
poor In localities where the drought is
unrelieved, to exceedingly line where
the rainfall was copious, and while it
Is dtillcult to determine the comparative
areas of these conditions, it is believed
that over most of the State the
conditions are very favorable. In
general, the Savannah valley and
parts of the central and northern
counties are most in need of rain, although
drought areas exist in all parts
of the State.
Early oern is almost all laid by in
good condition; late oorn is doing well
generally but In places the lack of
moisture is causing it to yellow.
Cotton continues to make seasonable
growth, but the plants are, as a
rule, undersized on clay and red lands.
are less prevalent than last we k.
Fruiting Is reported from all sections,
especially on sandy lands, but blooms
continue sporadic. In parts of Chester
and Lancaster counties fields are foul,
but generally they are clean and well
cultivated. Sea Island cotton has
made good growth during the week.
Tobacco was damaged by hail in
Darlington, selecting and curing has
begun In Marlon; the tobacco crop is
developing rapidly and is quite promising.
Late rice sowing is up to good
stands; In the Gkorgetown districts
early rioe will soon receive its harvest
Hooding. Melon shipments will soon
be heavy. Peach shipments continue
and the commercial portion * of the
orop is free from rot. Wheat and
oats thrashing is under way; yields of
wheat are generally above the average;
oat yields are variable. Wells are
still failing, and water courses are
drying up In a few counties and cattle
are suffering. The orop outlook is
generally* promising, but a general
rain would be of great benefit to all
crops. #
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CONWAY, S. C.. J
TWENTY-ONE DROWNED.
A HummIaii Submarine Beat Hail Serious
Disaster at Neva. ]
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
the submarine boat Del tin sank at her
moorings In the Neva, oil the haltlo
shipbuilding yard, at 11 o'clock Wed- I
nesday morning with the loss of an
otllcer, Lieut. CherkasofT, and 20 men. ,
The accident was due partly to the
excessive number of the crew, nnstly
inexperienced men; and chiefly to the
unfortunate attempt of a man to escape
wlille hlscomrades were screwing
down the manhole.
The officers and men detailed for |,
submarine instruction had assembled f
at the haltlc >ard and three of the y
officers d.c'ded to go down In the Del
tin although iter captain was not pres t
ent, relying on the experience of her e
skilled erew. A score of novices were ?
anxious to go with tlie three officers. ^
Tlie Deltin's nominal capacity Is ten w
men, instead of which 32 entered Die s
boat, bringing her manhole in dangerous
prox'iulty to the river level. a
Just then a tug passed, sending a y
heavy wasli against tlie boat. t
As soon as tlie water splashed into w
the submarine boat's interior, it ere- j(
ated a panic among the novices and p
one of them tried to get out of the r(
manhole which the other hands were j(
screwing down preparatory to tlie de- g|
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FIXING THE BLAME.
The Slocum'* Officer* and Owner*
field Reiponsible for Disaster.
WILL BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
Htorjr of the Fire and DiwaHter wa
Told by the Captain ol the
lll-Fatod Steamer on
the Stand.
The inquliy conducted by Coroner
Berry and a Jury into the General
Slocum disaster in New York Harbor
was concluded Tuesday, and alter
nearly four hours deliberation a verllct
was rendered In which the directors
of the Knickerbocker Steamboat
company, the captain of the Slooum,
Captain Pease, the commodore of the
company's fleet, and others were held
crlmlnully responsible.
Warrants for their arrest were
Issued. The mate of the Slocum, according
to the Jury, acted in a cowirdly
manner, and the misconduct of
Steamboat Inspector Lundborg, it
was recommended, should be brought
to the attention of the federal
Authorities.
The charge In each case was mandaughter
in the second degree. Ball
was tlxed by the coroner in amounts
carrying from $1,00U to $5,000.
The directors of the company are:
Prank A. Barnaby, president; Charles
E. Hill, vice-president; James K.
Atkinson, secretary; C. Delaeey
KvanR, Robert K. Story, Flo'yn S.
Jorbin and Fran G. Dexter.
When the assistant district attorney
moved that warrants be issued
After the verdict had been given, Mr.
McManus, counsel for the steamboat
company, protested that such procelure
was unnecessary, as all the men
were ready to appear and give bail
when called for. The protest was of
no avail.
The mate, Edward Flanagan, who
was under detention as a witness, was
Lhe tlrst arraigned. He pleaded not
guilty and his bail was fixed at$l,J00.
No bondsmen being on hand,
tie was committed to Jail.
Inspector Lundtiorg pleaded not
{uilty and was released on $1,000
xmds.
Bail was lixed at $5,000 each for
1'resldent Barnaby and Secretary At<inson
and bonds were furnished at
>nce.
Captain Van Schaiok is a prisoner in
;he Lebanon hospital. At the assist
int district attorney's request thecormer
committed the assistant engineer,
Elwin Brandow, and the deck hands,
3 oak ley and Trembly, as witnesses,
>endiny them to ttie house of detenCaptain
Van Schaick, ttie commander
of the Slocum, was the principal
witness. He said he had nothing to do
with the general equipment of that
iteamer in the tir?t place, nor with
tier life-saving appaiatus. He said
Captain l'ease looked after the equip
ment of the Slocum each season. He
said the government inspector had
condemned some of the life preservers
since 181)1, and he, personally, had
uiirow out aooub Liuriy.
In the course of the hearing Cap
tain Van Schasck was asked what lie
when ihformed the steamer was on
lire.
He said he ordered full speech. "It
was flood tide and the boat was making
tifteen or sixteen miles an hour,"
said the captain. "The smoke came
back to the pilot house. We were then
about four lengthsdeyoarl the sunken
meadows. The pilat said tome: 'What
shall 1 do?" He said: Let her go; then
I ran to see what the tire was like. At
the head of th? shears 1 found a woman
on her knees. 1 lifted her up and
down the hatchway. It was all Maine.
I ran back to the pilot house and said
to the pilot; 'Ed, she's gone, beach
her.' He said 'Where?' and I pointed
to Nortli Brother island. 'Shave that
dock and put her starboard side on
the beach.' Then I started to go aft,
but the Mames were coming like a volcano
and my hat caught fire. That's
where my face and hands got burned.
There was no chance to move. It was
coming like a locomotive headlight."
The witness said it was impossible
to reach the boat anywhere else with
as good a chance to save life. He dented
that he received information of
a fire before the alarm he acted upon
reached him, and branded as absured
the report that a boy told him at
Ninetieth street that the boat was on
ttr<* *
A Fighting I'roaclior,
A dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla.,
says Rev. J. B. ilolly, a prominent
Baptist clergyman of that State aud
one of the editors of The Southern
Baptist and Baptist Witness, was
lined $250 in criminal court Wednesday.
He was charged with assaulting
the liev. W. A. Hobson, pastor of
the First Baptist church of that city
and also an editor on The Southern
Baptist. Mr. Holly struck Mr. Hob?on
in the face several times and
bruised him severely. The trouble
arose from a dispute as to the management
of The Southern Baptist and
Baptist Witness. The paper In nues
tlon Is the creation of John B. Stetson
and Mr. Holly Is his personal representative
in the business. At a meeting
of the board of deacons of the
First Baptist church held Wednesday
fellowship was withdrawn from Rev.
J. B. Holly for conduct unbecoming a
Christian minister.
A Cloud Hurst.
Over 500 homes, business houses and
school-houses, a short distance from
Pittsburg, Pa., on the Pan Handle
railroad, are inundated in two to ten
feet of water from Robinson's run by
a cloud-burst Wednesday night. Many
bridges and buildings were washed
away, horses and cattle were drowned
and at least one life was lest. It if
rumored that others perished, but the
reports have not been verified. Then
were many escapes. Both electric line
plants at McDonald are flooded anc
the town is in total darkness. Traffic
In the Pan Handle district is com
pletely tied up. The only fatality se
far known was the drowning of an un
known Italian, and his bodv has beer
found floating In Robinson's run thli
morning.
o^cuu, urn Huumurging u:jmpartmcni
having already been opened. The ^
water rushed in and as the submerged ^
vessel sank like a stone, the officers '
and some of the men were saved, being
blown through the manhole by a
the rush of escaping air. t
The Del tin shortly afterward was ,
raised. Lieut. Klaguin, who was one ?
of the officers saved, said to the cor- v
respondent of the Associated Press: ^
"The tragedy was like a dream. I
remember a sickening sense of sulTo- a
cation from the fumes of the storage v
batteries and then a rush of air and a
water. The next thing 1 knew i was j,
ashore." The Deltin is Russia's best ^
submarine boat. She was designed by C(
Naval Architect Boubnoff and Capt. q
BekolmishetT and underwent a success- .
ful trial in 1893. j,j
PAINTON'S WONDERFUL CRAFT. "
ii
With Multiple Hlectrlc Propeller, to d
Cross Ocean in Throe Days.
Preliminary steps were taken Tues- ii
day for the organization of a company
that will build a ship that will si
cross the ocean in three days. The h
meeting was held in .e office of d
Lewis Nixon, at. No 20 Cortlandt ti
street, at which was present Richard a
Benjamin Palnton, Inventor of the q
"multiple electric propeller." The h
plan tentatively agreed upon Is to e
build a vessel 000 feet in length at V
a cost of about $2,000,000, with which n
It is confidently asserted, the passage v>
time between New York and South- o
hampton will be cut in two. The in- d
ventor claims that forty knots an
hour can be made. d
Mr. Palnton lives at Williamsport, a
ra., itihi i? <i iiiucitame. iii was wmie i
working at his trade that he envolved u
the Idea of the multiple electric pro- w
peller. The device consists of a series p
of propellers arranged along the side o;
of a vessel and driven at great speed u
by electricity. For a torpedo boat v
destroyer the size of those at present h
in use in the United States navy, p
twelve propallers would be necessary, a
six on each side. In addition, single
or twin screws could be provided, to v
be operated alone or jointly with the h
side propellers. ci
Mr. I'ainton outlined to a World re- 11
porter what he expected would be ac- f<
complished through his invention. <>
"One hundred and lifty revolutions L
a minute is the limit of steam power, tl
wliile my electric reversible motors a
can make 1,500 revolutions a minute," ft
he said. "The power is transmitted
by electric wires direct to motors c
built on propellor shafts. No belting n
is required, and the machinery is li
simplicity Itself. 1 claim that there p
Is practically no limit to the speed of o
the screw under this system. p
"The only noise on the new vessel V
will be similar to that made by a lly- a
wheel in motion. Another advan- f<
tage is that the terrible heat furnaces p
and steam pipes will be obviated. t
"A distinct feature t)f it is that the u
screws extend from stern to stem and b
thereby tend to maintain an equilibrium
that will materially diminish t
the pitching and rolling of the vessel, o
rue long snail being disposed of, t
there will be no thumping and no jar n
will be felt from the horizontal mo- e
tion.
"The most efficient turbine engine
in the world will be used, which
means a great saving weight of ma- i
ohiney and In space now occupied by v
coal. Steamship propulsion now con- p
sumes J,000 tons of coal at a cost of f
<18,000 a trip to Southhampton, t
The electric ship will induce the coal v
consumption to l,r>00 tons, being a e
saving of $9,000 on each trip."?New j
York World. * c
In OihmI Shape.
The State of last Friday said CompJ ^
troller Oeneral Jones returned Thurs- 8
day after "making settlements" with v
Orangeburg county officials, all of (
whose books and records he found in c
good condition. Mr. Jones was par- f
ticularly impressed with educational t
conditions in Orangeburg as tbey (
u/nr/i r. nri tlin nnnntu onnn.ln.
*vv*v * V ? ww\4 v?? wuv wuil v JT ou|/v>iiU' ||
tendent's records. The schools are ,
> not only running on aoash basis, barr- ,
Ing a bounded debt for which a sink- j
ing fund has been provided, but a sur- (
> plus is maintained for them. This (
surplus amounted to 919,000.00 the ,
:u)th of April with two months more |
of the term to be paid for. Orange- ,
I burg is running eight months schools .
i throughout the county. In all the
t offices Mr. Jones balanced the cash to
i date. ________________
Alloted to t*he Militia. 1
' Acting Secretary Oliver of thesWar \
department has made the annual allotment
of the 91,000,000 appropriated J
4 by congress to provide arms and equip)
ments for the organized militia of the
* United States. The money Is appor-t j
, tloned to southern States as follows:* j
| Alabama 921,942; Arkansas 917,952; ;
' F.orlda 99,973; Georgia 925,932; Ken- .
" tucky 925,932; Louisiana 917,952; ,
Mississippi 919,947; North Carolina
' 923,937; South Carolina 917,952; Ten*
1 nessee 923,937; Texas 935,905; Vlrgrata
923,937. (
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?HURSDAY, JULY
ANOTHER MURDER.
i B. Wallace Killed by Wm Jacobs
Near Latta, Marion County.
LOW ABOUT WALLACE'B SISTER.
in Vlvila tlic IIoumo to Which Sfie
Hail Fled From Her Father'*
11 o 11 ho anil W ?h Shot anil
liiHtatitly Killed.
We Dave to record one more murder
n South Carolina. A special dispatch
rom Latta, In Marlon County, to The
tate says:
Oue of the most terrible tragedies
hat ever occurred In tin so paris was
nacted In the old V idalia school house,
o occupied by the Jacobs family, at.
alf past 10 o'clock Saturday nl^ht
dien Mr. Will Jacplw shot and Inlantly
kil'o 1 Mr. Lt. B. Wallace.
"It Is said that.the dispute arose
bout Mr. Wallace's sister, Miss Bell
Vallace, who had taken her abode In
he Jacobs home. She, It is claimed,
ras made to have, or any rate did
?ave, her father's home some days
revious. On her exit from hi r pa
[jntal home she was immediately
idged In the house of Mr. Jacobs as
tated above.
"Her brother, Mr. R. R. Wallace,
avlng heard of her whereabouts, left
aturday night from Dillon In comauy
with Messrs. 1). W. Wggs and
t. M. Jackson. They arrived arrived
tthe house of Jacobs something afer
10 o'clock, all in rather buoyant,
ood spirits. Without further cereaony
Wallace knocked at the door
diile his companions remained In the
uggy.
"At the time of Jaob's appearance
t the door they seemed to be In a
ery friendly mood and both gave the
ccustomed greeting with a hearty
andshake. Wallace did not enter
lie house but was led by Jacobs to a
orner at the rear end of the building,
'hev were In conference for some tive
r ten minutes when the> returned to
lie door-steps, where Wallace sent
ut a volley of oaths, against his siser,
threatening to give her a thrashlg.
He then began to penetrate the
ark recesses of the little cabin and
ras followed by Jacobs, who up to this
I me was unaware of the pistol he held
1 his hand.
"When both were within another
bower of oaths and threats escaped
its lips. At this Instant lie was orered
from the house, but instiad of
liking heed he, It is said, rather
imed his weapon at Jacobs, llut
ulck as lightning the latter seized
Is gun from behind the door and
mptied its contents In the head of
Wallace. His companions heard the
olse and hastened to learn the cause
tlwwt .. rv#
iicii u [juuuic ui uiuuii uuu iuu uinuin
f the deceased were in evidence of the
eed that had been committed.
"Jacobs escaped through the rear
oor .and no clue to his whereabouts
s yet has been ascertained, but it is
bought that he is lying concealed
til after the inquest of the jury,
dien he will deliver himself up in
erson. Mr. Jacobs is a farmer living ,
n the place of Dr. F. M. Monroe and
p to this time has conducted himself
ery well. Those who know him say
e is quiet and peaceful, but has
lenty of "grit" when thoroughly
roused.
A dispatch from Dillon gives this
ersion of the killing. "The old school
ou8c one mile south of Latta and ocupled
by a Croatan family by the
ame of Jacobs was the scene of a
iarful tragedy Saturday night about
o'clock. Hob Wallace, foreman of the
Mllond Herald oillce, lies dead with
tie whole back of his head blown
way, bis young wife a widow and his
)ur children fatherless.
"Saturday afternoon Wallace, in
ompany with a Mr. Biggs and a young
ian by the name of Jackson, all riding
1 one vehicle, left Dillon. One of the
arty claims they went to Latta, and
n their return, as the buggy got oposite
the house mentioned above,
Wallace asked that they hold up a molent.
He went into the house, and a
ew seconds afterwards there was a reort
of a gun. When the house was enered
Wallace was found lying dead
pon the Moor, his pistol near his
ody.
There were two or three females in
lie house, Wallace's sister being one
f them. Thev did not hesitate to say
hat Jacobs did the shooting, but Tuners
are contlictii g as to wtiat provokd
the tragedy."
i\H?aulled and llrowncd.
Miss Pauline Edwards was drowned
n a creek near her home near Danille,
Va.. on Wednesday. The bodv.
tartly submerged, was discovered beore
the young woman was missed from
ler home. The discovery of the body
vas made by a farm hand. Thero was
:very evidence of foul play. The
'ouug woman's clothing was torn and
lisheveled and the sod on the bank of
-he stream was loosened as If in a
truggle. It is balieved that the girl,
vho was not more than 16 years of
ige, was assaulted, and that her head
vas afterwards held in the stream un<11
she drowned. The water In the
ircek is not more than a few lnchef
leep, which eliminates the possibility
>f her having fallen in and drowned.
Clasped in the cold tingers of the dead
{Irl was found a piece of cloth which
n^ght have been a part of a man's
/oat. The position of the girl as she
ay in the water, the condition of her
Nothing and the sitrns of the atruoalA
>n the bank, all Indicate that she had
nade a desperate tight for her life and
per honor. There were marks on her
aeck, which might have been the Impressions
of human lingers.
Sold Under Mortgage.
What is regarded as another failure
)f negro ownership and operation of a
jotton mill was marked Wednesday
when the Coleman cotton mill at Conjord
was sold at public auotion under
in execution of two mortgages held by
the Dukes of Durham, N. 0. The
property was bid In foi the mortgages
it 110,000. The concern owes 120,000.
Die Colemen mill was the tirst in
North Carolina to run with colored
pel p. The organizer of the mill was
Warren Coleman, a well known negro
>f Concord. lie had considerable means
ind it la Mid that the failure of the
venture odB him most of his property.
Joleman dffd some months ago. ?
i
WwT
7, 1904.
ABOODLER'S CONFESSION.
tie Telia District Attorney Folk of a
Vaot Bribe System.
A dispatch from St. Louis Mo.,
says It was announced that Charles A. i
Gutke, former momber of the house
of delegates, convicted on a charge of i
bribery aud soon to be tried on an- <
other similar charge, Tuesday made a 1
complete confession to Circuit Attor- '
ney Joseph VV. Folk, In which he J
declared that Former Delegate ]
Charles F. Kelley had told him he j
had received 150,000 fur going to ,
Europe when his presence in St. Louis
jeopardized men of prominence. ,
Kelley is also resting under one con- |
vlction and is soon to be tried In another
case. Circuit Attorney Folk ,
attaches great Importance t) the ,
revelations which have been made by
Gutke. When he came from the
circuit attorney's olllce, Gutke hand- ,
ed out for publication written extracts (
from his confession, which the follow- ,
is a part:
"The tirst bill thut came up after ,
I had become a member of the com- ,
bine In the house of delegates was the |
'suburban loop bill.' The combine ,
got $20,000 for their votes on this j
bill; on the 'Union avenue bill' we got (
$18,000; on the'Ceutral traction'bill ,
wo got $75,000; on the Third street i
line bill $15,000; on the lightning bill ,
we got $47,600, on the Suburban bill j
we were to get $75,000, which is now (
in the safe deposit box in the Lincoln j
Trust company, being placed there (
with the agreement that It should be ,
turned over to us when the bill had i
been passed. ,
"While these are some of the largest j
bribes during my term of otlice, there ,
were inumerab'e others ranging from j
$10,000 for switching bills to a few >
hundred dollars for some minor prlvl- ,
lege. The bribe prices were fixed In ]
meetings of the combine. We would (
select an agent of the combine by ]
ballot to negotiate for and receive the ]
money. This agent would distribute
the money among us. From my intl- (
mate knowledge of dealings with this
combine and from information secured ,
on what lias been going on here for
the last quarter of a century, I make .
the positive statement that there is ,
hardly a corporation in the city of St. (
Louis of $250,000 and over that has ,
not cither been held up for bribe .
money or bought otllclal action from ,
the combine in the house of dele- ,
gates.|
Other details were given by Gutke, |
who mentioned the name of a proml- ]
nent local politician, who, he said, had ,
been at the head of nearly all the |
combines in the house of delegates ,
during the past 25 years. He said ,
the "boodle" gang in St Louis has
already planned to capture the circuit ,
attorney's otllee at the next election.
DEATH FROM BLOOD POISONING. !
I
or a Prominent TluHliieBB Man at I
I
(iaffnoy Iiast Week. ,
A dispatch from GafTney says that 1
community was shocked Tuesday (
afternoon when it was announced that ,
Fred G. Stacy, president of the Na- I
tional Bank, was dead. He succumb- '
ed to blood poison a little after 3 ]
o'clock. Mr. Stacy had been in a ,
critical condition for about two weeks <
and the end was not unexpected. Mr. i
Stacy's death Is unusually sad. He 1
was engaged in an altercation a few ,
days ago with another man, and, ,
striking him in the mouth, broke the
skin of his hand against the other's ,
teeth. The wound, seemingly slight,
grew worse and blood poison set In. |
Dr. William Anderson of Blacks
burg, and Dr. lleinltsh of Spartanburg
were called in to assist Dr. 0. A.
.IclTries and all that medical skill
could do was done for him. He was
thought to be better the latter part
of last week, but Sunday he did not
rest so well, and early Monday morning
he suffered a hemorrhage from
his hand. After a time the tlow of
blood was stopped, but Tuesday morning
it was decided that the only
chance was to amputate the hand
which was done. Mr. Stacy never
rallied after the operation.
In Mr. Stacy's death this section
loses one of its most usful men. He
was one of the best business men in
the whole section and was interested
in aim >st every enterprise In town.
He was president of the National
Bank, the Gaffney Savings Bank, the
Gaffney Telephone Co., the secretary
and treasurer of the Cherokee Lime
Works. He was recently elected
secretary and treasurer of the re-organized
carpet mill. He is a director
and has an interest in almost every
enterprise in Gaffney. His place will
be hard to till. The Knights of
Pythias conducted the funeral. Mr.
Stacy was about 47 years of age and
leaves a mother and a number of
brothers and sisters.
Found Body Floating
At Miami, Fla., the body of W. A.
MADIIOAB u/UQ fr\i i nrl 11 on I?
nun 1WUUU 111 iliU
river at the old bridge Thursday
i Morning. Judge IIill impaneled a coroI
ner's jury and the body was view at
i King's undertaking establishment. On
McQueen's head there is an ugly bruise
and the theory by some is* advanced
that he was murdered and his body
thrown in the river. The Jury has not
brought in a verdict at his time. McQueen
was well known there as a quiet
and inofTensive man.
I'airt (he Penalty.
A dispatch from Cartersvllle, Qa.,
says John Jones, the negro assailant
of Mrs. Banister, was lynched near the
scene of* his crime about nightfall
Friday. Judge A. W. Flte made a
speech in an attempt to restrain the
crowd of about 200 but it was useless.
The negro's body was riddled with
bullets, more than 500 shots being
fired.
About * C?bl)?Ke Patch.
At Fayettevllle, Qa., Steve Renfroe,
an old man 70 years old, shot his
daughter-in-law throught the head
Thursday killing her instantly. Mr.
Renfroe and his daughter-in-lew disagreed
about a cabbage patch. Feeling
ran high for awhile against the old
man, .but it is unlikely that vloence
will be done him.
THE AIKEN TRIAL.
What the Richmond Newidlerald j
Hays About Green'* Acquittal.
It would be interesting to know,
says the Richmond News-Herald, j
whether it is possible to prevent in
a South Carolina court any case which H
would be declared murder provided
the defendant could command a few
huudred dollars for the conduct of his
defense. At Aiken, S. C., Lefe Green,
a young white farmer, was acquitted
last week of the murder of Abram
Surasky, a Jewish neighborhood ped- S
dler. o
The evidence showed that the ped- ii
dler had called at Green's house in n
the oours': of his regular rounds and t
was killed there. Three leads of buck b
jh< t were tired Into his head and back t
and Ids skull was battered to pieces p
with an axe. After the killing, Gieen v
went to Ids nearest neighbor, a negro
named Henry Drayton, curryiug his li
jud, and b tween threats and promts- t
as Induced Drayton and wife to return t
with him and help to scour the blood "1
>talns from the tloor of ids house. He t
llso tried hard tn inrtiir?? lifnut/ni /
help h'm bury the body, butthere the Q
negro balked. lie testilies that he re- a
plied: "Mr. Green, If I put ray hand t
)n that man, I'll be in as bad a tlx as g
you are, and I wouldn't do it for a a
thousand dollars," whereupon Green li
jpbraided him bitterly for lack of p
friendship and neighborly feeling. The t
two negroes gave evidence which bore '1
the stamp of truth. They said that ?
nn the walk between their houses and t
Glreen's the murderer told them with i<
brutal frankness the story of his c
jrirae. He said he shot the peddler lu
the back and then "let him have" the t.
jther barrel. He failed, however, to t
inflict an immediately fatal wound, f
The poor, terrltied, humble creature l<
ilei Into the house, Green following b
tilm reloading his gun. Cornered in C
the house, Surasky fell, but lifted a
liimself to his knees and begged for )<
his life.
"I'll give you everything I'ye got." t
Green told the negroes, Surasky said, n
"I'll give you the clothes I've got on l
me. I've got. little children." t
He was trying to pull oir his coat t
iiul ofTere:! it to show how earnest he t
was In his promise to surrender every- s
thing when the beast shot him again, p
and that failed to kill him, seized an l
axe and crushed his head Into frag- t
ments. Then he took the body into t
the woods near by and hid It there c
temporarily, turned the peddler's f(
horse loose in the road and dragged
Ills wagon into to bushes, where It
was out of 3ight. He got in money v
from the body $3 50 in silver coin,
which ho showed the negro, who tes- s
titled that he exclaimed:
"My God, Mr. Green, did you kill a J
man for three dollars and a half?"
Green's defense was corroborated by s'
his wife. It was to the effect that G
when he returned home from a mill a
he found Surasky in the act of as- J<
iaultlng his wife, and that when he .
Interferred the peddler attacked him '
with a knife. Certainly a more pre- j
posterous defense never was submitted (
to the Intelligence of twelve good and '
true men. The idea of an inoffensive,
middle aged Jewish peddler, with a ^
family of his own, who lived not tif- a
teen miles away, had been making his J"
rounds in the neighborhood for months
ind wii8 well known as the mall carrler,
attempting a violent assault on a
young woman of twenty and then .
rushing at her husband with a knife, 8
Lhe husband having a doubled-barrell3d
K'un in his hands, is as Icrude and 11
wild and impossible as the dullest and
most ignorant mind could devise. 81
Yet, the jury accepted the defense *
and acquitted the prisoner in the
face of the fact that he had made 0
no report of the tragedy, had left *
the peddler's b idy lying concealed in '
the woods four or live dajs, w?is de- c
tected by white men who found the
horse astray, recognized it and tracked
it back to Green's house, and after _
the discovery had lied and remained in a
hiding until the sheriff got on his a
trail and caught him in his father's ?
corn crib. Shavings from the floor of
Green's house showed stains of Sur- a
aaky's blood and contlrmed the story
told by the negroes as told to them 11
by Green, that the peddler had Held
into the room in the Anal effort to ^
prolong his life a few seconds.
The Hebrews at Aiken interested
themselves in the case of their un- E
fortunate humble fellow and employ- c
ed au array of talented counsel to aid 8
in the prosecution. The evidence J
was overwhelming and appears to
have been well presented, and we r
cannot doubt that the arguments 8
were able; but the prisoner's friends
had rallied to him gallantly, and he, 1
too, was represented by able counsel. J
So he went home triumphant, ofti- j
daily stamped as an innoncent and J
law abiding citizen. So far as de- 1
velops, the only suffers outside of the
murdered man and his family and (
f rlonHu u rn t u/A nmrvA miinnooaa T r? I
VMV4U UIV V*VV UV(S?V AAA
consequence of their evidence given J
at the coroner's Inquest, they found
themselves unsafe and were forced to J
leave their home. They are living in 1
the town of Aiken and hardly dare to
go beyond the line for fear of the
vengeance of the friends of the injured
Oreen. One of them found i
employment with a local Hebrew
merchant and of this fact counsel for I
| the defense made much. Possibly
that very fact caused the Intelligent
and conscientious jurors to wave aside
all the direct and clrumstantlal evidence
which established one of the
foulest and most horrible murders
ever done.
Author of Dixie Dead.
A telephone message recel ved Tuesday
night from MouDt Vernon, O.,
announced the sudden death in that
city of Dan Kmmett, the old time
minstrel and famous as the composer
of "Dixie." Kmmett was about 86
years old. His last publlo appearance
was made four years ago when be toured
the states with a minstrel com- ;
pany.
They know Hiin.
The national bank officials of 8a- i
vannah were recently the guests at a
fish supper of President Leopold
Adler, of the Chathan bank. After
supper a straw vote was taken On the
presidential question. Fifteen voted I
for Cleveland for the nomination and
two for Parker. i
NO. lk^BH
CLEVELAND'S BOOM. ^
lyan at the Head of a Movement
to Infl&te It.
ABKER'S FRIENDS ON DECK.
? ?
ome InteroHtlnic Qosslp About the
Democratic) National Convention
Which 1m Now In Senalon
at Ht. IiouIh.
A dispatch from St. Louis last
aturday said two distinct Hues of
peration developed in the prelimnary
skirmish of the Hemocratic
lational convention. One is a scheme
o rush the nomination of Judge Purer
on tlie tirst or second ballot and
he other is to scatter the vote and so
revent an early nomination with a
lew of naming Cleveland or Gorman.
The friends of Gorman and Cleveuud
are working to hold the convenion
for several ballots in the hope
hat their cand d ite may be named.
?he Gorman men are not parties in
lie Cleveland movement nor are the
Cleveland advoctes combining with
Gorman's friends. There is no allince
but It is to tho interest of botli
hat the Parker strength be disinterated
as soon as possible. There are
few men here men of the old Clevoind
guard who are watching every
olnt and who are Inclose communlcaian
witli Cleveland's supporters.
^hev are usiinr t,h? rm?A luanu n? n.~
, ? o www BU^UV VII UI1D
outhern men and with all delegates
hey use the argument that Cleveland
s the only man that the Democrats
an elect.
The man who Is credited with being
he head and front, and manager of
he Cleveland movement, Thomas F.
tyan, will arrive Sunday. Mr. Ryan
s a delegate from Virginia, and has
>een identified with the Atlantic
toast Line railroad. He has also been
^sociated with Charles F. Murphy,
eader of Tammany nail.
Gorman's position is stated to be
bat he will not enter into any com dilation
to defeat the nomination of
'arkcr unless it means his own selecion.
Around Gorman is gathered
he Maryland, West Virginia and Pisrlct
of Columbia delegations and
ome from other States, witli a bare
ossibllity of securing New Jersey and
'ennsylvania. It seems now that
decontrol of party affairs will pass to
he east, no matter who may be tho
and id ate or what will be the platorm.
ltltYAN WILL NOT llOLT.
Strong assurances are given that
Vm. J. Bryan will not bolt. It is
fated that Mr. Bryan will offer vigorus
dissent to the platform and penally
to the candidate, but some Demorats
say that after expressing hisdlsent
it is not the intention of the leadrs
to allow any great latitude to him
fter his minority report has been rcected.
The movement in the interest of
lr. Cleveland so far as it took shape
'riday was directed against the candlacy
of Judge Parker. Tiius far no
eadquarters have been established in
lleveland's interest and 110 delegates
rho express a preference for him have
rrived, but each train coming in frdm
he States east ?f the Mississippi seem
j bring passengers who regarded the
jrmer president as a formidable posibility.
This circumstance led to the conclu011
that a systematic campaign had
een organized in Now York or Washlgton.
The friends of Judge Parker met tho
ituatlon boldly and apparently were
relcoming it. Tiiey freely expressed
he oplniou that the serious discussion
f Mr. Cleveland's name in connection
run tne presidency will have the ef3ct
of driving many delegates to their
and i date.
DA UK IIOK8K8.
Amonif the "dark horses" most of
he spoken of are Arthur P. Gorman
nd Jos. W. Folk. John T. McGraw
nd former Senator Henry G. Davis
f West Virginia, who are among Frl- i
ay's arrivals, were outspoken in their A
dvocacy of Gorman, saying that the fl
Vest Virginia vote would be cast fop
i i m from the beginning. -Jfjl
Evidently the principal contention
vili be over the point as to whether
here shall be a spescitlo declaration ^K|||
avorable to the alUrmatlon of the
irlnciples enunciated In the platforms ra
?f 1890 and 1900. There is already X|||||
trenuous contention as to whetlter ||
here shall be any reference whatever B|||j
o those two declarations and there are
nany shades of views as to how the ^Bpjp
ubject should be covered. pf!
Some delegates express the opinion ^|||
;hat the preparation of the platform
will be left almost entirely to Senator ^
lorman and Congressman Williams, *
Jte Democratic leaders in the two
muses of congress.
It is generally believed that the
iharacter of the platform will have a
narked influence upon the presidential
lomlnationand as only a majority vote
is required for its adoption its exact
wording will be awaited with much
interest. ^
Promptly Acquitted. I
At Charleston J. P. Carroll was ac- jJm
, ...it i..#i f ?
14uiuuou jl iiumuajr ttlbcniuun UI LIIO
murder of George M. Caulfleld. The
defendant set up the plea of self do- ^Hhhh
fense. A messenger boy testlfled^HpSH
that he heard one of Caulflcld's partufl?nffiffl
make a threat against some one.
Mull ally testified that from the nati^^^^^^^|
of the wound, he thought that
field's arm must have been
as if in attack, this testimony
to offset the previous evidence
Gaul field was being pursued
shot in the back. Five wltn^^j^^^^^^^Pfe
eluding Lieutenant of Poll^^^^^^^Hpr
ken, testified that Oarroll
character
Shot Hlin?el4^^^^Mg^EKIr
A dispatch from Spart^luRggpfr
William M. Lowe, nlgi^^^^Hman
at the Whitney mills, ^^^^^Hself
Friday afternoon by sdj^^^^Hrm&elf
through the heart w||^^^^K?4Jbre
pistol In an up sta^^HB^fl his
dwelling, "'bksh is loH^^^mthe mill
town. Lowe was 48 years old. His ^
wife and si% children, the moat of
whom work in Whitney mills, survive
him. For se^en or eight years be bad
been engaged fta drayman for the factory,
but gave up recently to become
night watchman.