The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 30, 1905, Image 5
A MAD DASH
(For Liberty Made by the Convicts
in Yissouri Prison.
TWO GUARDS KILLED.
f The Prlsioners Used Pistols and Nitroglycerine
to Effect Their Escape.
After an Exciting Running Battle
in\he Capitol City the
Desparodoec Are
Recap" ured,
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ate attempt to escape from the State
prison Friday tive convicts fought
for freedom with weapons and nitroglycerine
at the prise 11 pate, killing
two prison otllaers and wounding Deputy
Warden See and f(ur men made
a dash through the streets of J. tT^rson
City under tioe, ouly to be captured
after two of the escaped men hai
been wounded. Five prisoners, taking
advautage of the ab>eaee of War
-den Ilall and six guards, who left
with 71 federal prisoners for B\jrt
Laavt-nworth, Ivans., attempted to es
cape, but onlv four left the prison
alter wrecking the gate.
Convicts Harry Vaughn, Charles
Raymond, Illram Blake, George Ryan
and Bill Z igler, who were working
close inslne the prliongate, having se
cured pistols and a bottle of nitroglycerine,
entered Deputy Warden R.
K. See's oflloe and shot him In the arm
and the hip as he sat In a chair. He
sank back helpess and the convicts
rushed to tho gate where they met
Gateman John Clay. Before Clay
could raise his weapon he was shot
dead. E Allison, commissary olllcer,
ran to Clay's assistance and was shot
dead.
The convicts placed nitroglycerine
under the gate, dragging Clay's body
with them. Taey slammed the gate
close and fastened it. Zdgler was
left Inside. rJ7,e convicts placed ni
troglycerlne under the outside gate
acd blew an opening through tho
sioeJ aoors. i; o rour men crawieo
through tins rupture and dashed
through a number of trusty convicis
who were woikirig in the street.
Almost before the fcur escaped
convicts had covered a block prison
cllicers were in purr-nit shooting as
they ran. The chase kept on for a
dozen blocks, the cjnvicts outrunning
their pursuers.
Near the Missouri Pacific railway
depot the convicts came up with a
wagon driven by Orville Lane.
Jumping into this wagon the desperadoes
seized Lane and used him as a
shield from the bullets of their pur
suers. One convict lashed the horse
into a run and escape seemed ure,
when suddenly a iquad of cliy policemen
and armed citizens appeared and
stopped the horse. Sheildmg themselves
as well as possible behind the
sides of the vehicle, the four convicts
fought the policemen.
Volley after volley was fired In the
street by both sides to the conflict.
The policeman sheltering themselves
behind trees, apllntlred the wagon,
finally putting a bullet through
Vaughn and Blake. Blake died of
his wounds. Then the oonvicU surrended.
Lane and his horse and Convicts
Ryan and Raymond were uninjured.
The oonvjota were immediately
taken back to the penitentiary.
Hi NtjriiiAcanc Statement,
In his speech at Akron, Oilo, Sec
retary Taft told the people tnat 1 William
J Bryan would become the sue
cessful leader of the democratic party
and a menace to the prosperity of the
country unless something should be
fcccomplifthec by President R xwevelt."
This Is not only a aigniticant statement
but it is a compliment to the Nebraska
democrat, and, reading between
the lines of the utterance, the fact
stands out that the "something"
President Roosevelt must do to prevent
democratic success in the nation
is to carry out the reforms for which
Bryan stands and which have given
1 irth to the term Bryanlsm. All of
this g es to shov? tnat Taft has a level
head. lie knows" that the people are
getting their eyes op^n and that
unle.ss the Republican par^y mends i*s
ways It will be permanently retired.
CJirl C*ut4ftd Tr?Kt (ly,
At Nyach, N. Y. the body of Willh.
m Jones who Wednesday nl- ht shot
ano kilted Ilnrryflritlon and woun.
dtd Frank Brltton, was found Thursday
morning near the scene of the
murder. Jones had shot himself
through the heart. The murder and
suicide followed an attempt cf Jones
to see Jessie Brltton with whom he
was infatuated. Her brothers refus
ed him admittance to the houNe,
whereupon he drew a revolver and
began firing. Harry Brioton was
Hilled instantly and his brother Frank
was severly w< unded. Jones was a
decorator of about thirty-live years
and claimed to be a Cuban.
Wrecked By A Wreck,
One man killed, five injured, twenty
five freight cars, two postal cars,
one baggage car and a Pullman car
/o totally wrecked is the result of a rear
end collision of two westbound
freights and a subsequent collision of
a passenger train into the wreck on
the Peons'. ota railroad Friday
morning ,* * N 'hombsontowD, Pa.
D. E. v ^ brakeman, of
Harriabur| A.
A BIO CATFI8H.
Yields $1,000 Worth of Anb^R ia
to a School Boy.
Gjttieb O'Brien, of Mentonne,
Mich, made a hi* strike this week because
of his knowledge of natural
nistory, which he learned In the graded
school in his village. In the process
of excavating a county ditch a large
slciWh, not far from Mystic River,
was drained out aim >st entirely, s >
much so that a number of very large
cattish, which had lived for many
years in the centre of the lake, were
almost uncovered in the shallow water,
and an easy prey to any one that
wanted them. But when a few of them
were taken out they were seen to be
thin, scrawny and unhealthy lookiug,
so that no one cared to take them
away. Now, there are no other fish
in fresh water that look so much like
whales as cattish do, and it struck
young O'Brien that rules and regulations
applying to sick whales might
also apply to sick cattish, and he
asked \he owner of the land If he
could have the tish.
The owner was glad to get rid cf
them, and t.o'd O'Brien he could nave
them and welcome If he would take
them away before they dkd and spoiled.
The h iv Wf.dod out lutn the mud
aud mire and cap'ured the ti-h, which
1 wsre of great, hi/.*, mauy of tnem as
much as 00 p ?u/iis ia weight, and
carrying them t IT to a secluied spot,
he cut them up aud found, as he had
hoped, that nearly evuy one of them
was ti tted out, as sick whales often
are, with a goodly amount of that
valuable article, ambergris, which Is
sometimes found tloating ou the surface
of the ocean. The boy found In
the tish 40 pou ids of ambirgris, and
so d It to a chemist for $40 a pound,
or a total of 11,000, which was more
than the tract of land where the
swamp lay was worth altogether. The
man who gave O'Brien the tirh was
inclined to make trouble about the
matter, but Ills lawyers told him he
had no case whatever and he dropped
it.
Will Take Oouraice.
In a brief autoprophioil sketch,
Anus Luck, who represented a New
Hampshire district in congress seme
tifty years ago, describes the growth
of the cause with which he idenxitiod
himself and the succe s of those who
espoused that ciuse. The Commoner
says In the course of his comments he
gives expression to a sentiment which
deserves to he emphasized at this
time.
lie said that these men had "some
tide to he considered far sighted,"
he adds, "they simply had faith in
the wisdom of doing right." This
has been expressed before, hut it is
doubtful whether it has ever been ex
pressen as concisely, as simply and as
forcibly. The dictionaries ought to |
detine political foresight as "faith in
the wisdom of doing right "
What a contrast between this candid
recognition of the triumph of the
truth and the miserable, shoat sighted
doctrine of exedlency! There Is no
basis upon which one can calculate expediency,
there is a standard of morality
and conscience by which one can
measure ?veey public question.
One seeks for expediency as the
hunter searches for game, uncertain
where he will Had It and fearful Uiat
even when discovered It may yet escape
him, but as the farmer follows
the plow confident that sun and soli
will reward his industry and that in
spite of local food or drouth the earth
will yeild its Increase, so he who attaches
himself to a truth knows that
he works in harmony with immutable
ane (rreeistable laws.
Let the democracy take courage
form the recent elections; let the
democracy of all the states and the
democracy of the nation, like the
democeecy of Ohio and the democracy
of Pennsylvania, appeal to the
honest and the conscientious, even If
in doing so they risk the alienation of
the seltish and the sordid. Let them
put their trust not In corruption or
deception, but in that sense of j istlce
which is at once the source and the
guarantee of good government.
Terrible Hiory of the He*
Third Mate E. G. Price, of the
british steamer K.tranna, just arrived
at New York from Calcutta, tells of
the terrible plight of the crew of the
German bark Werra, which thesteamer
cime upon a hundred miles north
east of Cape Verde Islands. Seven of
the bark's crew out of twenty-two, he
said, were laid out on below decks
about ready to pass over while the
rest were so weak they could hardly
keep awake. The crew wire suffering
from scurvy and starvation. The K >ranna
supplied Warra with lime juice
and provisions. The sickness was
caused by her cargo of redwood fumes
which destroyed all food on board
with the exception of salt pork and
salt beef, and upon these the crew
had been subsisting several days. Toe
ship became calmed.
Ocorgetowa'H Ge menial.
The people of Georgetown are making
elaborate preparations for the entertainment
of many thousands of
iiioifYkfa of. f hn Cnnf/.itniol aaI
Tiaiuui9 i?u vug wguuuuLiidi U' iCUi AU1UH
whlce will take place on December
l?th. The railroads have gran ted a low
rate and many from all parts of the
State v 111 no doubt avail themselves
of the opportunity to see the "awakening."
Many pleasing and attractive
features have been provided for th<
day. The marine parade will beespec
tally attractive. Tne Third Reglmem
will attend in a body and many diver
slons are promised. In*snoic i as this
Is the eyent of Georgetown's lifetime,
It Is likely that the event will oe made
notable.
\ ALLliii wr PlJlP,?.
J Fow North Carolina Protects Her
Fiathered Tribes.
(ilvo 1'uhltoity to Movrmuut in Tiii
State Will Causo tbo
People to Think.
In view of the fact that an Audubon
society is being formed In South Carolina,
It will be Interesting to many
to know just how the work of this
organization is operated elsewhere and
what may be accomplished by the Audubon
society in this State. Mr, T. G.
rearsou, secretary of the National Au
dubon society, who Is in tne city, was
seen Wednesday morning at the < 111
of the State superintendent of education,
where he has made his tempor ary
headquarters, and the following
statement of the work of the Audubon
society In North Carolina was secured
lrom him:
"During the year UI02, this society
was orgunizid In that State and a
general call was made for all persons
(interested in the protection of birds
and game to become members of the
society and ooutribute financially to
ito support. When the legislature met
in Jauuary following, the organization
which had then grown to several hundred
members, was incorporated with
the powers of a State gem 5 commission.
The society vai glvjn authority
to select game wardens who work
under the dlreottou cf the Aucubon
society In the enforcement of the
bird and izame laws.
"A law was also passed requiring
non resident hunters coming into the
State to secure a hunter's license at a
cost of $10. Tne money received from
ihis source, together with' the fees
and contributions of the members of
the society and friends of the bird?,
constituted the income of thcpoclety.
No State appropriation was asked of
the legislature, but the iucorae from
thcsr two sources has amounted to
about ilO 000 anuually. With this
fund, the org imzation has b ien able
to employ 46 game wardens In the
field, some of whom are paid ov salary,
others per diem.
"Large quantities of educational
lea Hots bearing on the value of various
birds to.the agricultural interests
of the State have been distribu.ed
among the school children and others.
Digests of the game laws have been
printed on cloth notices and tacked
up in conspicuous places throughout
the State. As an example of the ex
tent to which this educational wurk
has been carried forward, it may be
stated that during the past year m ire
than 2,600,000 pages of printed Information
were distributed in the State.
This does not include a large number
of circulating libraries of bird and nature
study books, which are used and
enjoyed by hundreds of teachers and
children. "Though the activities of ;
the game wardens, many persons I
aUIltv of violating t.h? i/amn hiws I
nave been successfully prosecu'ed in
the courts, Since the last annual report,
wnlch was Issued in March, 54
convictions have been secured. Tne
whole idea of the work is well rec lived
among the people generally, and al
though the game is not as effectually
protected as could be done if a larger
fund was at the disposal of the society
at the same time, it must be borne in
mind that what bu been and is being
accomplished does not cost the
taxpayers one cent, with the exception
of those people who voluntarily
subscribe to the support of the organization.
"There, is no doubt that the work
of the Audubon society is responsible
for saving the lives of countless thous
adds of birds in all sections of the
State, and all reports go to show that
not only birds but deer and other
game are on the Increase, owing to
the vigilance of this organization.
"About a year ago the members of
the society contributed $1,400 for the
building of a launch, which is used
by the game warden located near
Cape Hatteras, whose special business
it is to guard tbe breeding places of
the sea birds during the summer
months. These valuable and beautiful
creatures had been nearly exterminated
in North Carolina waters,
owing to tbelr wholesale and systematic
slaughter by men who killed the
birds to get their feathers for the Now
Yurk millinery houses.
"The lirst year of that protection
there were deposited In the breeding
colonies about 1.700 eg#s. So greatly
did the birds Increase from the protection
fcll'jrded them that summer,
that the second year about 2,800
were laid, while the past summer,
which is the third year, between 0,
000 and 7,000 ckks are known to have
been laid aud hatched.
"Tne Audubon societies now protect
the sea birds in their breeding
places alon# the coast of every Atlantic
State except South Carolina and
Georgia, and it is very important that
anttfjrt be made to secure wardens
at once for this important region.
"Hy means of public speaking by
the distribution of literature and the
use of circulating libraries, by constant
recourse to the press and by the
vigilance of its game wardens, the
Auiubon society of North Carolina is
doing a tremendous work for the preservation
of birds and game."
IOimIh HIm lit To.
Drinking carbolic acid in his Gflbe,
James Snyder, Pennsylvania Railway
agent at Colliers. W. Va., Wednesday
night committed suicide at his supper
Snyder recently complained of having
troubles of some sort, but told no one
what tney were. His accounts are
straight. Snyder was thirty years of
age, unmarried, and a very popular
railroad employe.
A Citizen of North Sues lUilroat)
For a llltc Sum.
For alleged failure to post certain
rates and schedules at North, a station
cn the Seaboard Airline liiilway,
suit was brought by a cltl/in cf that
place for $.12 900 some time ago and a
decision was rendered by the supreme
court last week, throwing the suit
out of the courts. The case was decided
by Judge Towsend In the lower
or urtvs on a d jmurror entered by the
Seaboard, which stated that the complaint
was defective and that parts of
It were unconstitutional. This dis
poses of this suit, b it It is said that
another case will be brought shortly,
The complaint was one of the most
interesting brought in a long time
and was as follows: That section
301)2 and 2093 of the civil code of
South Carolina provides that the railroad
commissioners of said state shall
tix a schedule of reasonable freight
and p issenger rates for each railroad
corporation doing business In tbis
state.
That the defendant Is a railroad
corporation doing business in said
state, an 1 that North Is a station on '
said railroad corporation between (
Columbia, S. C., and Denmark, S. 0.,
but the said station of North is wholly
within the state of South Carolina.
That the railroad commissioners of
said state more tlian one year prior to
the commencement of this action ilx
ed a tchedulc of freight and passenger
iates for the defeudeut corporation.
That section 2093 of the civil code
or South Carolina provides that any
railroad corporation failing to post at
any of its stations a c )py of the schedules
aforesaid shall Incur and sutler a
penalty of one hundred dollars for
each and every day during which
time such corporation shall fail to
post su ih schedule aud that such penalty
may be sued for by any oltl/.eu of
the said state, and the recovery shall
he equally divided between the citizen
10 suing and the state of South Oaro
lln*.
Tnat the defendcnt failed to post
nnc 1 schedules at toe said station of
North, S C., from .January i, 1903,
to 1) cember 9, 1903, a period of three
huudnd and twenty-nine days, and
and that thereby the defendant has
incurred and is liable for a penalty aggregating
thirty-?wo thousand nine
uuudrcd dollars. Tliat the pUintUV
is a cit zdn of the said state, and suts
for the said penalty of thirty-two
thousand nine hundred dollars according
to the provisions of section 2093
of the code.
No SnorotH From tfio IVoplo*
Mayor Tom Johnson, of Cleveland,
announces that one of t le policts
which lie will pursue in the city which
lias Just accorded him a handsome
endorsement by a reelecjion will be
to "keep fcOpe.n all doors arid books in
the city hall." No secre s from the
ueople. Mayor Johnson lias been
classed as a demagogue, but the people
of Cleveland appear to like his
kind of demagoglsm. His elfort to
make the acts of all public servants
an onen hook that all t ho taxnavprH
may know the exact status of their
own interests will not detract any
from his popularity. The people have
been getting a waste of publicity and
they are now demanding it to the
fullest extent. Designing politicians
may not like the idea of publicity,but
the people have learned that it is the
proper way to curb the grafter, and
that It is better to prevent the mis
use of funds than to punish thos who
are recretnt, after the funds have
been dissipated. Removal of the
temptation for graft and punishment
to the fullest extent of those who are
false to their trust ought to bring
about a better condliijn of alTairs in
all municipalities.
Talking to tlio II iyn,
A Missouri ootempirary rises to remark:
"Once I was young but now I
am old, and I have never seen a girl
that was unfaithful to her mother
that ever came to be worth a one
eyed button to her husband. It Is
the law of God. It isn't exiotly in
the bible, but it is written large and
awful in the miserable lives of many
unfit homes. I'm speaking for the
boys this time. If one of you chaps
comes acrc.ss a girl that, with a face
full of roses, says to you as she comes
to the door, T cant go for thirty
minutes, for the dishes are not wasned
yet,' you wait for that girl. You
sit right down and wait for her, because
some other fellow mav come
ai .rig ana carry ner cir, ana right
there you lose your angel. Walt for
that girl and stick to her like a burr
to a woolly riw
AlroHtt-Cl in OoiuiiiOi*.
The Columbia State says: "A negro,
James Chapman, was arrested here
Wednesday night charged with hav
In# stolen several articles of clothing
from the negro with whom he toirded
while in Orangeburg attending the
recent festival. lie was taken to
Orangeburg by Deputy Sheriff Frank
Dukes Thursday afternoon on a warrant
Issued by magistrate C. P. HrunHon.
ehartred with netlfc larr.env rPhp
arrest was made by. Detective Broom
in a resort on Senate street. Chapman
at tirst stoutly denied any knowledge
of why be was arrested, but tin
ally said tbat he was probably held
on suspicion." Chapman was tried
and convicted before Magistrate Brunson
in two cases. He was given tuirty
days on the chain gang in eaoti case.
DiBAStrouM K?rifM|UAlcn.
Thirteen monks were killed during
an earthquake at Mount Atnos by the
fall of ruck, which crusaed them.
Several others who were in a boat
were drowned by a big wave which
orushed the boat.
iMiN MUHPttA'-j C-VSJB.
Beirg Keca'led by His Arrest at
Bwainsboro, Georgia
Tho Man Wfia AhmahhI na to<l yrrsnuior
CopON, d| (>rkiiK<'l)urK County.
WMI Horvo Out Ilia Term.
Tho story of the career of Dan Murphy.
the escaped convict who is said .
to have been captured at Swalnsboro,
Ga., has recalled some singular Incidents
In connection with tne oc iur
ence. It was published In The Hu?te
on Tuesday of last week that the
amount taken from the body of Treasurer
Copes was *10,000. The State
of Wednesday says "the accuracy of
this statement has been questioned by
two former oitlzsnB of Orangeburg,
one of whom says that the murdered
treasurer had ou his person but $1,000 <
and another former citizen of that j
place states that the amount was not
more than $I2f>.
'Tn one particular they both agree. 1
Tne money was not found by the mur- 1
j derer. Treasurer Copes had the bulk 1
of the money In his pocket whore it '
was not discovered. Tne money which 1
the assassin secured was not more 1
than $HJ, principally in pennies. Tne 1
oowaraiy murderer perhaps did not
stop to open the hand bag, whose
weight no doubt deceived him into
thinking that it contained currency
of value when as a matter of fact it
was tilled with one cent pieces. And
upon that depended the conviction of 1
Murphy.
l aw crime startled the State and
for acme time there was no clue. It
la said by one of those Orangeburg
gentlemen that the case was ferreted
cut by Mr. Ueo. H. Klttrell, a man of
Inquiring and Investigating turn of
mind, who got his tirat clue from an
examination of the subscription books
of a county paper. He discovered
that Just 30 days before the murder a
man from some point In Florida had
subscribed for this paper for a short
period. On Investigation It was
found that the paper waH going to the
fictitious address given, but Had been
taken out of the postotllce by Dan
Murphy. If there was any remtlve at
all In tills move It was that the man
planning toe robbery might know the
aates on which the county treasurer
would make his rounds from town to
town hi tne discharge of his duty as
taxgatherer, as was permitted under !
the law of that time.
"In tois way Murphy's name was
for tne first time connected wilh the
all'atr, even by suspicion. Murpny was 1
tnen followed and It was found that ai 1
a remote place In (Jolleton county be 1
bad exchanged a large number of
pennies for silver. Tills was another 1
link in the chain. 1
"Flnanly it was discovered that Murphy
had a shot gun which showed *
certain characteristics noticed In
connection with the shells tired in the '
gun which Kinea Mr. uopes. The
plunger struck the shell In a peculiar
plunger struck the shell in a peculiar 1
manner winch c ^responded exactly
with Murphy's gun.
"These facts taken in connection 1
with Murphy's stolidity when arrest- 1
ed and his refusal to say anything In
answer to charges or to excuse himself
In any way wound the rope around
his neck. The evidence was circumstantial
In the m In, hut had he been
lnnooent he might have proved an
alibi, when his neck was in danger.
However, he would ?ay nothing and
would tell nothing of his movements
or 10 days proceeding the killing.
"as recounted yesterday, he was
convicted and sertcncedto be banged
and the very afternoon before the ex
ecutlon he was given a commutation
of sentence on an alibi framed up in
Augusta, it Is said, by relatives of
Murphy. This alibi was discredited
oy the people of Orangeburg to the
extent that they cried out In criticism
of the governor who at that time
granted the commutation and of the
attorneys employed by Murphy's
relatives.
"It is said by parties who knew
Murphy at school that he was not a
man of nerve, but was a skulking
coward, and that he was a black
sheep all of his life, his main occupation
after being grown having beeu
the peddling of lluuor at negro nimn
meeting*."
Tue county paper Murphy subscriber
Tor while in Florida wasTneTimes
and Democrat. lie did not subscribe
in a ticbltlous name but in ids own
name, Toe amount of m >ney Mr.
(Jopes had with him when assassinated
was $000 00. All of this money, except
about thirty dollars in change
Mr. Copes had in Ills pocket. Tne
small change was In a sale lei In the
l.os.l.r Af ?. "'I ?' -
wttvyrv vi IIIO IT UCU (jilts (IKSilH
sin had done his dastardly act of assassinating
Mr. Cjpes, he nurriedly
grabbed the satchel which he evident
iy thought contained all the money
Mr. Copes had collected that day, and
in this way he failed to get what he
had assassinated Mr. Copes to get.
Toe amount the assassin got was 3U
dollars, much of which was In cop
pers, which Mr. Cjpes generally earn
ed with him to make change. Mr.
Geo. B. Kittrell worked hard to tind
out the assassin, and, as The State
says, was the lirst man to suspeot the
man wno was convicted of the crime
Dan. C. Murphy.?Orangeburg Times
and Democrat.
Town ftiurneu.
A dispatch from Burk, McDowell
county, Va., is to the effect that the
entire town was destroyed by tire
early Wednesday morning. Burk is a
mining town of 2 000 people about
150 miles from there. More than 100
buildlogs were destroyed.
BOLL)
Burglars Cast off Safe With
Seventy Thousand Dollars
WORTH OF OEMS.
The Nome of a Millionaire Resident of
Patterson. New Jersey, Robbed
While He Wai Attending Revival
Service. Safe.Thrown
Prom Window.
A $70,000 jewel robbery, cngineerid
with remarkable delicacy and daring,
occured Inj Patterson, N. J.,
Thursday fnlght, when the^home of
Frederick W. Cooke, millionaire memoer
of the P issalc Steel Company, and
>ue of the bant known men in Northern
New Jersey, was entered and a
heavy safe, containing practically
every bit of jewelry in the family possession,
was hurled from :l second
itory window to the soft dirt in a
yard and carted away.
Absolutely no trace of the direction
the housebreakers t:>ok could fmmri
by the police. Toe..8k111 of the robbers
was amazing- They used no
tackle to lower Uio safe, the content#
of which wore diamond* and other
gems, currency and valuable papers.
The only attempt to hide their pres
once was made when they chose the
rear of the house by which to escape
with their loot.
Mr. Cooke went to the Chapman
revival meeting about 8 o'clock, and
remained there until the end of the
services. He returned promptly to
his home at No. 384 Broadway.
No evldeuc38 of the roberry were
found by the millionaire when he
opened the door which was socurely
locked, but when he reached the second
floor he found a window open.
Tnis was unusual, and he investigated.
Thinking of the safe, which contained
jewels left by Mr. Cooke's
mother to his wife, he entered the
room where the steel device, about
two feet square, had been stored. It
was gone.
Looking out the window the victim
saw a hole in the turf of the yard. He
descended and found a dent such as
the corner of the safe would have
made had it been dropped. It made
no noise when in struck the ground,
and the burglars presumably tigureu
on this ruse for avoiding attention.
The police were Immediately notified,
but not even the suggestion of a
clew to the robbers could be found.
Nobidy had seen a vehicle standing
opposite or near the Cooke home, and
it is certain tiiat the looters did not
carry olT their booty by baud.
When Mr. Cooke's mother died she
left all her jewels, worth many thousands
of dollars, to her son's wife.
There were family heirlooms worth
just as much in the safe, and jewelry
belonging to the millionaire's wife
and to himself, besides valuable papers
nuiuu XTir. <jjom cannot air jrd to
lose.
Whoro la the Fool Killer?"
A dispatch from Louisville, Ky.,
Baya & unique social function was that
#lven on Friday by Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur K. Lord In honor of their do#,
Hoots, trie Oceania# bain# the el#hteentn
anniversary of his birth. Surroundln#
the board wore a number of
well known local people. The #uest
of honor, BooU, was seated at the
rl#ht hand of the hostess, and, all
thln#s cjnsldered, he babaved remarkably
well. Ills menu consisted of tid*
bits of beef, rice and bread, and he
went throu#h the bill In a manner
said to ha?e been edlfyln# to the
guests. Hoots had his dinner served
in silver platters, and he would not
accept anything less. Mils one article
of adjornment was a blue bow about
his neck
Blown to i'teooa.
Four men were blown to pieces
Wednesday afternoon by an explosion
at the lab ratory of the International
Smokeless Powder and (Jnemlcal company
aft Parlln, N. J. The cause of
the explosion wilt never be known, as
only trie four men were In the buildin#
at the time. The bulldin# was a
one story frame structure and because
of the liability to explosions was separated
from all the others in the plant
except one b/ a spice of several nundred
feet. The next butloin# was a
storehouse In which supplies used in
r.nu oritur mof 'n"'~
uuu uvaivt nuio OU'HCU. Xlllft
tire aud was burned.
K?i?l AOOIUulu.
A special from Cranberry, N. C.,
says two acjidemts oocured there Frl
day at the plant of the Ciaiberry
Furnace Company, as the resuit of
wnich one man. Thorna* nt
, ?? * V/ ?? IV! I V/l
Johnson City, Tenn., will die, and
three other men are seriously injured,
bowlers' injury was due to his clothrng,
being caught by a belt, which
wound his body about a revolvlug
shaft. The three men injured, whose
names are not given, were at work on
a bCiit <ld. tnlrty feet high, when It
gave way. Both accidents tciurrad
within a short time.
iNcgro iijrnofietl.
Dave Sims, the negro who shot and
killed It. F. Jones, Sunday night,
was lynched by an armed mob at the
scene of his crime, near Baugh station,
Ala., early Friday. Sims was captured
last nignt and brought to this
place. The negro is said to have
made a full oonfesslon.
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