The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 09, 1906, Image 5
MARCUS HANCED.
I
The Murderer Went to His Death
Without Flinching.
WAS VERY PENITENT.
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V ..
Under the (follows the Doomed Man (
Read a Statement Confessing His
LDl^Many Crlmes'and Ended With <^1
a Warning to Yourg t4
? Men.
r At nine minutes past eleven o'clock
Friday morning, in the Charleston
jail yard, William A. Marous was
hanged for the brutal murder of
Maggie Marcus, on the night of April
14, aud nine minutes aft^wards he
was pronounced dead by Drs. Bellinger
and Edwards. Ills bod/ lies in
St. Laurence c ^raetery, where it was
buried Friday afternoon.
Marcus faotd death with remarkable
fortitude, and his calmness up to
the verv moment when the ketch was
sprung wm. that of a bravo soldier
rather than such \s might be expected
from the cowardly murderer that
he undoubtedly wan. The execution
itself was most orderly and successful.
Father P. L. Duff/ accompanied
Marous under the callows and read
for him the prayers f jr the dying aud
the dead. Marcus respouded to tire
last and died fully confident that his
sins were forgiven anQ*;hat by the
grace of God he would be s^ved.
Karly Friday morning Father Duf
fy paid Marius a visit in l is cell, and
as his spiritual adviser celebrated
mass and offered prayers for the con
demned man. Then Holy Coramun
Ion was brought Marcus in his cell,
which he received most devoutly.
Marcus ate his last meal at about 8
o'clock, after the departure of the
priest. He had an ordinary break
fnat. n?virw ornrftSH^rl nn narticular
wish an to what he should be served
with. This meal was sent in to him
by the Star Gospel Mission. Following
the meal came a smoke and a
turn about the. cell.
Father Duffy returned to the jail
a little after 9 o'clock and remained
with Marcus in prayer and meditation
until Sheriff Martin appeared to
read the death warrant and the death
march began. It was about 10.50
o'clock when Sheriff Martin went to
the coudemDed murderer's cell to read
the death warrant.
"I wish to thank the officers of this
institution," said Marcus, "for the attention
and kindness which they have
bestowed upon me, Mr. Sheriff Martin,
Deputy Sheriff Poulnot, Capt. Graddick,
Mr. Rice and others." This was
all that Marcus had to say. When asked
by a reporter for The Evening Post
If he wished to send a last message to
his wife and children he conferred
with Father Duffy, who replied that
this bad already been dene by letter
the day before.
The march to the gallows was then
taken up. Straight under the gallows
Marcus marched, and wheeled around
to face the spectators. Ills features
did not move His eyes was steady.
Sheriff Martin then asked that hats
be removed and perfect quiet be given
while Marcus read his tlQal statement
before the black cap was put
over his head. Marcus read in & clear
voice and without a hault the following:
' I go to my death truly penitent
for my grievous sins against Almighty
God, the author of life; for my violation
of the laws or this State, eanacted
for the protection and peace of society,
and for the ir j lry done all those
who have suffered tnrough my unlawful
acts and beg their forgiveness.
"1 have Bought pardon for my sins
through the means Instituted by our
Blessed Saviour in his divine mercy to
sinners and die hoping for forgiveness
through infinite merits of His
death ur>on the cross.
"Liking b&ocwkrd today to the
urtiith oyiH t.Via
umvvy LIU IAJ13 Ul UU// JfUUWu ?auu vuw
good and loving parvenu from whom I
waywardly wandered, I would say to
young men who may hear of my fate:
Remember thy Creator In the days of
thy youth,' and to the Christian charity
of these aud others 1 appeal to
pray to Gjd to have mercy on my
soul "
After Marcus finished reading no
unnecssary time was lost for the
fatal signal. Sheriff Martin was beyond
Marcus, and it was his duty to
give the word for the execution.
Without a motion Marcus waited for
the jerk. Suddenly, noiselessly,
cleanly, the body of the man left the
tround. It rose smoothly Into the
air toward the cross beam of the gallows.
Then it dropped a few feet
back near tbe ground. It was then
nine minutes past eleven o'olock. The
return jar was followed by a slight
crack, which broke Marcus' neck. His
body was then taken down and interred.
I A negro man in Aiken shot and
killed another whome he found in a
i omproming position with his wife.
A >
i { Y A SiierlfT anspended.
v Gov. Broward, of Florida, Saturday
suspended from office Sheriff George
It. Carter, Citrus County, because he
permitted without adequate resistanoc
two prisoners to be taken from hii
custody by mobs who lynoied them.
FOUND HIM GUILTY.
SEURETARY CHEATHAM, OF THE
COTTON ASSOCIATION,
Convicted of Speculating in the Cotton
Futures Under Fictitious
K&mes.
While the Georgia Legislature had
under discussion a bill to exclude
the bucket shops from that state,
Representative J. R. Anderson, of
Chatham County charged in a speech
that some one in the headquarters of
the Southern Cotton association had
been speculating in the name of Mike
O'Grady, and Blgnlng the checks or
receipts for the money In an official
capaolty; and that some one In there
had been speculating in the name of
P A. Lee.
lie also oharged that some official
of the Southern Cotton association
had been oonneoted with a bucket
shop called the PiedmoDt Brokerage
company, and had held one-eighth of
its stock, and that some one in the
cilice of the Southern Cotton associa
tlon had had slock standing in his
nanio
Mr. llirvle Jordan, the President
of the Southern Cotton Asscc'ation,
at once took the matter up and appointed
a committee to investigate
the charges. 113 requested Mr, Anderson
to appear before the committee
and name the guilty men. This Mr.
Anderson very cheerfully did, and the
result shows he was right in his
charges. In giving the names of the
men who had betrayed their trusts as
ollicers of the Association, Mr. Anderson
said:
"As to the charge in regard to the
carrying on of speculations in cotton
by an offloer of the Southern Cotton
asmclaton in the name of Mike
O'Grady and in the name of P A
Lee; the clllcer I referred to in this
charge is Mr. Richard Cneatn&m, the
seoretary of the association.
"As to my other charge that some
otllclal in the Southern Cotton association
cilice was connected with the
bucket shop called the Piedmont
Brokerage company, and held oneeighth
of Its stook. The person 1 referred
to In this charge was Mr. Ar
thur A. Fairchild."
After thoroughly Investigating the
metter the committee submitted its
report last Thursday afterncou, In
which it expressed its "strongest dls
approval and condemnation" of Richard
Cheatbam, secretary of the Southern
Cotton association, and an clllcer,
for the dealings be made in cotton
under the names of P. A. Leo and
Mike O'Grady, and also of the fsot
that Mr. Cheatham had put the word
'secretary' after his signature on the
checks with which he nald his mar
Kins.
It made the same rule apply to Ar
thur A. Fairchild, the publication
manager of the Southern Cotton association,
who had owned an eight interest
in the Piedmont Brokerage Co.,
although the report stated that Fairchild
was an employe and not an ot!lcer
of the association. This report
was sent to President Harvie Jordan,
and by him it will be sent to the executive
committee for aotion, tbe
, committee meetiug in Hot Springs on
September, 6, 7 and 8.
The report first discussed the motives
leading up to the investigation
and declares that the witness who appeared
against the association with
one probable exception were interested
in or employed by wire exchanges.
It says that no move was made
against the association until July 24,
when the Boykin anti-bucket shop
bill was in the house, although the
transactions in question came up in
March.
It says also that the oharges
against Cheatham is the strongest
reason for the abolition of speculation.
It holds, too, that it can see
no difference between legitimate exchanges
and bucket-shops, all being
ruinous to the oountry.
It declares also that while there is
no law of the association against tflicars
of it deallntr in futures. Ifc win
dentins in the strongest possible terms
such action by its officers or employes,
or who may own an interest in bucket
shops.
"Mr. Richard Cheatham," the report
resumes, "the seoretary of the
Southern Cotton association, having
admitted such dealings In cotton futures
for Mike O'Grady and P. A.
Lee, comes under this rule, and such
action meets our strongest disapproval
and condemnation.
"Your committee further finds no
reasonable excuse for the use by him
of the word 'seoretary' after his name,
but believe It to have been misleading
and to have worked wrong against
the association.
"This meets the same disapproval
as that above, and we should apply
the same general rule to Arthur A.
Fairohild, although he is not an officer
of the association.
"Relieving that this committee
has no further authority, this report
is transmitted to you for transmission
to the executive committee which
meets in Hot Springs September 6th,
7th and 8bh for action."
Bov of 14 a Suicide.
Because bis mother scolded bim, Joseph
Mclntre, of Baton, N, M. aged
> fourteen, committed suloide by drinking
carbolic acid.
fiK'it.
' At Cold Springs, Texas, in an eleo
> tlon flgbt Friday, E. B. Adams, Dem
> ooratio nominee for tax assessor, * a
j instantly killed. Sam Adams, 11
i brother, fatally shot In the bead, &l<
two other men wounded.
FINE SHOWING.
Statistics Brought Out at Board
of Equalization Meeting.
THE FIGURES SHOW
That Property Generally in Every County
in the State, Except One, Has Greatly
Increased In Farms as Well
as the Country, Anderson
Claims BestLand.
At the meeting of the Slate Hoard
of Equalization in Columbia last week
all of the county auditors but tive had
tiled abstracts of real estate returns in
their respective counties. The auditors
who have not sent in their abstract
have good reasons, it is said,
and Mr. W. II. Dorrill of Georgetown,
who is late this time, Is said to he be
f.M- 1 I... Ami i.. ?
mini i v/1 i i i v in du uiiim 111 111 IlltUIII'
bency of 30years, lie is sick now, but
will be re-elected without opposition.
The other counties which have not responded
are: Edgefield, Pickens, Union
and Spartanburg.
A comparison of the figures for the
respective counties is int? rest ing. Every
county in the State shows a gain
in property valuation in four years
wit the exception of Fairfield, where
there is a decided loss?and Fairfield
has not ceded any of her lands toother
counties. Anderson seems to think
that her land is the best in the State
by the way people pay taxes thereon
and York county comes second. The
boasted rich lands of Marlboro and
Orangeburg do not show up so remarkably
on the list.
The following tables are necessarily
incomplete on account of the fact that
the live counties have not sent in abstracts,
but the statements therein
contained arc of no less interest. Fol
lowing are the figures showing the assessment
of property outside of cities
and towns:
1005 100(5
A bbe v i lie $2,180.540 $2,421,5 125
Aiken 3,435.438 4,044,(5(55
Anderson 2,820 311 3,238,708
Ham berg 024,025 1,082,140
Barnwell 1,046,000 2,111 3(55
Beaufort 1,210,105 1,33(5,455
Berkeley 1,16(5,085 1,483,210
Charleston 1,833,(545 1,058,270
Cherokee 1.227,81(5 1,480,$37
Chester 1,687,465 2,061,100
Chesterfield 778.325 1,071,815
Clarendon 1,3(50,070 1,(517,705
Colleton 1,369,430 1,877,865
Darlington 1,643,370 2,017,230
Dorchester 054,570 823,81)5
Edgefield 1,684.200
Fairfield 1,035,294 1,048,193
Florence 1,488,412 1,912,170
Georgetown 993J495
Greenville 3,009,250 2,081,950
Greenwood 1,702,215 1,704,090
Hampton 1.090,030 1,407,832
I lorry 848,075
Kershaw 1,447,525 1,498,155
< Lancaster 1,113,110 i,441/*40
Laurens 2,307.230 2,378,495
Lee 1,207,090 1,433,730
Lexington 1,590,890 1,844,300
Marion 2.154,300 2,731,015
Marlboro 1,013,445 . 1,828,775
Newberry 2,183,305 2,438,540
Oconee 1,422,280 1,721,550
Orangeburg 2,870,770 3,477,420
Pickens 974,044
Richland 2,020,147 2,599,910
Saluda 1,389,600 1,430,070
Spartanburg 3,095.570
S u m te r 1,094.090 2,350,000
Union 1,170,010
York 2,237,245 2,035,390
Williamsburg.... 1,175.361 1,720,085
Following is the valuation per acre
under the assessments of 1900:
Abbeville 15 42
Aiken 3 65
Anderson 0 41
Bamberg 4 01
Barnwell 3 54
Beaufort 2 55
Berkeley 1 60
Charleston 3 27
Cherokee 5 00
Chester 4 98
Chesterfield 2 00
Clarendon 3 20
Coileton 2 21
Darlington 4 79
Dorchester 1 80
Edgefield ?
Fairfield 3 30
Florence 4 39
Georgetown
Greenville 4 95
Greenwood 6 14
Hampton 2 09
I lorry J 5)2
Kershaw 2 5)0
Lancaster 3 78
Laurens 5 25
Lee 4 80
Lexington 2 07
Marion 4 31
Marlboro 5 20
Newbeiry 5 40
Oconee 3 06
Orangeburg 3 50
Pickens ?
Richland 4 82
Saluda 4 52
Spartanburg
Sumter 523
Union 2 oy
Williamsburg 5 55
York
Following shows the valuation of
property in cities and towns:
Abbeville $ 738,010 $ 724,245
A t l/nn 1 niQ All 1 .H.1
J\ 1 rvv/l 1 JL f liOjVil
Anderson 957,553 1,140,35(1
Bamberg 277,750 302.10C
Barnwell 479.609 480,82:i
, Beaufort 075,(>65 048,191
Berkeley 05.035 84,90;":
1 Charleston 12,041,555 12,780,75;"
Cherokee 027.505 030,981
Chester 002,055 780,77?
n? i v? ?i tiiui iiiftut.
When the steamer Henry M. Stan
. ley was two miles from Oillloplllp
g Onlo, a negro entered the oabln of
woman passenger and attempted to ai
a sault her. Ha was discovered and drii
A en over the side of the boat by th
captain, and was drowned.
Cluster field 207,540 307,270
Clarendon 228,136 300,455
Colleton 174,390 201,985
Darlington 600,286 819, ooo
Dorchester 670,255 020,975
Edgefield 340 930
Fairfield 297,708 206,722
Florence: 988 805 1,031,335
Georgetown 877,555 I
Greenville 1 901,020 2,552,725
Greenwood 942,025 1,031,250
Hampton 150,020 180,012
Horry 122.390 171,220
Kershaw 477,455 521,095
Lancaster 201,19?) 314,666
Laurens 643,140 724,680
Lee 108,780 190,530
Lexington 293,915 371,703
Marlon 587,290 873,075
Marlt)oro 340,000 418,723
Newberry 753.005 801.970
Oconee 378,440 481,580
Orangeburg 997,780 1,157,070
Pickens 147,566
Richland 4,047,322 6,102,988
Saluda 03,090 79,900
Spartanburg 2,280,717
Sumter 1,000,020 1.399,090
Union 452,920
Williamsburg... 230,900 424,678
York 1,111,033 1,050.395
Following shows the increase of
value of all real estate, including cities
and rural property:
Abbeville $ 227,020
Aiken 741,458
Anderson 698,293
Ha in berg 181,505
Rarnwell 172.550
I leau fort J>0 485
Berkeley 3:10,455 1
Charleston. 203,825 '
Cherokee 271*143
Chester 4 02',445
Chesterfield 303,320
Clarendon 431,000
Colleton 630,030
Darlington 403,035
Dorchester 220,045
Kdgellcid
Fairfield (decrease) $81,083
Florence 400,288
Georgetown
Greenville 503,805
Greenwood 75,125
Hampton " 402*504
Horry 2831105
Kershaw 203 720
Lancaster 381 705
Laurens 152,705
Cee 104,440
Lexington 331,205
Mar on 803,020
Marlboro 203 003
Newberry .V.'.l 3023)80
Oconee 402,410
Orangeburg 700,700
Pickens 1
Kichland 2,080,435
Saluda 03,380
Spartanburg 1,882,070 1
nnr. o'ta
Union ,
Williamsburg 741,31H>
York 342,907
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RFJSOrs BLOOD MONEY.
Th? W l(lo\v of a M.insionary Takon the
lllKht View.
In the Persia correspondence in the
portion of tho Red Hook on foreign
relations which was made public by
ohe state department recently is contained
a strong protest addresied by
Mrs. Mary Sohautiler Labareo formerly
of Urumia, Persia, to Amerioan
Minister Rlohmond Pearson, at Teheran,
against the exaction by the
United States government of an iniemnity
of $.r)0,00C for the murder of
oer husband, Rav. Benjamin W. Labvree,
a missionary, killed on Mount
Ararat by religious fanatics.
While believing that when an
American citizen has been murdered
because of the criminal lawness of a
foreign government those dependent
m him for support should receive a
suitable indemnity, Mrs. Labaree
made the following declaration:
"I believe that the great mission
cause to which my husband and I dedicated
our lives, and wnloh has become
even dearer to mo because of
the terrible saoritlca I have been oallsd
upon to make for it, I believe that
this may receive serious injury if my
children and I aocept an indemnity
for this murder.
"The matter wou'd not be understood
by the great mass of people in
this distrlot who would Inevitably
know of it, as the Persian idea of
blood money is so different from our
civilized understanding of an lndem
Qlty. Thus serious and blasting injury
might be done to the mission
cause for whloh we have already sacrificed
so muoh that I prefer to waive
nrtv rlcrht.M u *n A mcrin.in />.!
rather than to see this cause suffer."
Sae further protested against the
size of the Indemnity, saying that,
while her husband's life could not be
measured In value by the standards
prevailing In that country, which tlx
ed the life of a Christian at 33 tomans
(dollars) and the maximum value of
life of a Moslem at 1,000 tomeans, yet
the disproportion between the sum demanded
In this case with that of sumb
paid In similar circumstances by other
governments was too great.
Mrs. Labaree asked that the at rongest
measures be taken by the United
States government to see If any indemnity
was In the end exacted, it
should not be extorted by the Persian
government from tbe Innocent people
1 of tbe provlnoe where tbe murder oc1
ourrcd.
In spite of her protest, $30,000 was
\ctually paid to her by Persia before
the thirty days' period named in the
ultimatum of the United States had
expired. This sum was three times
1 greater than the maximum ever be*
\ fore paid by the Persian government
J for the murder of a private person.
, Minister Pearncn obtained a promise
, that the money should not be levied
1 under any pulse of special tax from
>J ohe inhabitants ot the province.
uauty MouiiUoa,
i* In the red light distrlot of Green
* vllle Friday night Geo. Burb&gc, a
* young man about town, was serloush
out up with an axe by a Greek frul'
? dealer about a woman. Greenville i
a dry county.
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FIENDISH OUTRAGE
yUICKIj V AVENGED BY llKLATIVE9
OF THE VICTIM.
3witt aDd Rare Juttio Mooted Oat
to a Brute for Heinous
Crime.
A special dispatch from Atlanta to
to The News and Courier says la the
presenoe of Annie Laurie Poole, the
leautlful fifteen year-old daughter of
k prominent Atlanta family, whom he
lad assaulted, Floyd Carmlohael, a
legro, was literally shot to pleoes
tbout 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by
ihe male relatives of the girl. When
ihe negro fell, out and torn bv a hunIred
bullets, It was proposed to burn
r.he bleeding remains and steps were
akeu to kindle s fire, but the relatives
of tho outraged girl decided not
to go to this pxtreme. The girl was
outraged In 100 yards cf her home, on
South Pryor street, and her assailant
paid the penalty of his crime in front
jf the Poole residence.
Tho girl was seized by the negro
ihortly b< fore noon as she was retorting
from a visit to a neigh xir. As she
passed an alley she felt a hand grip
her, and she was dragged from the
street far up Into tho alley, which
was deserted and rank with weeds.
The girl struggled desperately, but
was ellOeWed ilirnnt. ntn tnu^nulVUlttw/
rhe negro Wept her la the alloy for
nearly an hour, and as he left threatened
to murder her family If she told
what he hart done. The girl had beeu
.o badly Injured that she could not
move, and was found bruised and
bleeding In the alley by her mother,
who, alarmed at her absenoe, had
gono In Hearoh of her. The girl was
almost nude, all her clothing having
been torn from her by the negro.
Mrs. Poole Immediately informed
her husband, and ho, after offering a
reward of 11.000, summoued his sons,
brothers and nephews, and started In
pursuit of the negro. Bljodhounda
were used and the dogs led the avenging
relatives to a cabin In the south
ern portion of the city. In the cabin,
hiding under a bed, Floyd Carmlchael
was found. Ills olothlng was bloody
and he bore evidences of a struggle.
The negro denied that he had d one
anything wrong. We'll take him to
Annie," said tno girl's father, "and
see if she oan Identify him."
The negro was taken to the Poole
residence, and the girl was borne in
the arms of her father to the front
porch. "That's thd negro," orled the
ohild hysterically. "O, why didn't
you in mercy kill me?" she scro&med,
as she pointed her linger at the assail
ant. A dozen plBtols were out ore the
girl's voice died away and In a few
minutes the negro was shot to pieces.
Not a shot was IIred save by relatives
of the girl. Oftloers arrived and removed
the body shortly after the lynching.
The feeling against negroes
in this section of the olty Is now exceedingly
bitter and there are threats
of foioing a general exodus.
BRIDEGROOM SLAIN.
Supposed to Have WronKOd Hlayor'i
Sister.
W. M. Brown, a bridegroom of ar
hour, was shot and killed by John M
Kinoald at Bessemer, N. (J. Wednes
morning. Brown was married at I
o'clock to Miss Betsle Parry, a Bosse
mer Olty girl, and they were escort
ed to the depot by a number of frlendi
and intended going to Danville,
where the honeymoon was to havi
been spent. As soon as the brida
party arrived at the depot Kincaii
called Brown aside and walked wltl
him to a nearby room. A moment la
ter live pistol shots rang out, a num
ber of people rushed to the room an<
found Brown dead, with Kincah
standing by holding a smoking pistol
Death was instantaneous.
Klncald immediately gave hlmsel
up to the authorities, lie sale
Brown was to have married KlnoalcP
sister, whom, it is alleged he betray
ed some months ago. Both mei
worked in the cotton mills here. Kin
oald has a wife and <three children
His father is a farmer and lives nea
Bessemer Oltv. Brown's people 11 v<
at (Jowpens, S. 0.
Murder and Suicide.
At Kingston, Mass., because tin
father of Evelyna Vezzeni would no
allow her to marry Emlde Zioohl, he
ardent lover, the latter faually sho
the Klrl and then sent a bullet lnt<
his own head. II3 ran a short dls
tance, a^ain shot himself and died
The tflrl was only nineteen years ol?
and one of the most beautiful in th
village. She Is not expected to liv
but a few hours.
Herloun Ciurso,
Jerry Tollerson, a rie^ro man ahou
45 years old, living on (Japt. A. U
Foster's place near Jonesvllle 1;
Union County, was arrested an
brought before J. W? Bates, ma^U
trate at Jonesville charged with ooir
mlttm# rape npon Arlminta Fostei
a married woman laat Snnrtiu r?r?
? - - I ? N/ttuviaa/ VU UU
way from church. lie was given
preliminary hearing and hound ove
to court. The case 6xitcd consider!
blc interest among the negroes and
large crowd attended tho hearing.
lluinotl by l/lgaiotttiit,
That an alarming percentage
i young men in the cities of the Sou
l are unlit to enter the army, owing
b cigarette smoking, late hours a
s other bad habits, Is the statement
Lieut. Bennett, recruiting offloer.
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AWFUL WRECK.
Three Hundred Passengers I ost
by Sinking of Steamer
OFF CO 1ST OF SPAIN.
The Captain Took All Blame for the
Terrible Disaster Upon Himself
and Committed Suicide. The
Rescued Passengers Are
In a Terrible Plight.
A dispatch from Cartagena, Spain,
says a terrlblo marine disaster recurred
Saturday evening ott Cape Palos.
The Italian steamship Sliio, from
Oenoa for Barcelona, Cadiz, Montevideo
and Buenos Ayrea, with about
800 poraons on board, was wrecked olt
Hormlgas Island.
Three hundred omlgr&nts, most of
them Italians and Spaniards woro v
drowned. The captain of the steamer
committed suloldo.
Tho Bisliop of Sao Pedro, Brazil,
also was lost, and it is reported that
another Bishop is among the missing.
The remainder of tho paisengors
and the otlljers and crew got away in
the ship's boats or were rescued by
means of boats sent to them from the
shore.
A number of fishermen who made
attempts to rescue were drowued.
Thoso rescued from the vessel are now
at CADS PalOS In a nlt.ahlA mmrlttlnn
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being without food or clothing.
The Slrio struck a rooky reef known
as Bajos llormlgas and sank soon
after, stern tirst. Ilormig s island
lies about two and a half miles to the
eastward of (Jape Balos. The Slrio
was owned by tho Navigation ltaliana
of Genoa.
Before lie oommltted suicide, the
captain declared the steamer had 545
passengers on board, and the crew
numberod 127 men. The Slrio had 171
passengers when leaving Genoa, but
additional Spanish passengers were
taken on board at Barcelona, where
the vessel touched a few hours before
the disaster.
The disaster occurred at 5-o'clock
Saturday aftornoon. The steamer was
treading a dltllcult passenger through
the Ilormigas group, whore the Bajoa
llormlgas reef is a continual menaoe
to navigation.
PRISONERS ESCAPED.
Throe Whlto Men Work Cloyer
Hohomo on Jailor.
Frank Butliagton, J. W. Mahan,
and Geo. Collins three white prisoners
in the .Sumter Jail overpowered Jailer
Hancock Thursday night, took the
keys and escaped. Two of the men
were playing cards in a largo room in
the jail. Mr. Hancock unlooded the
big Iron door to walk in. As he did so
Bufttngton threw a chair Into the
i opening, and ran to the door. The
other dashed the cards Into the Jitter's
face, and the bunch of keys openj
ning the cells upstairs were taken
from him. Bulll igton held the Jail!
er while the other prisoners went up4
stairs to release Collins, who was
. locked in a cell. The three then
. broke away from the jillor and made
B good their escape.
The polloe department was immedb
lately notltied, Mahan and Collins
1 were oaught near the waterworks,
3 more than a mile from the city. Buf!
tlngton was not in the company of
. these two.
The plan to escape was evidently
3 prearranged, and was well carried
3 out.
Buftlngton Is the fellow awaiting
trial at the higher court for passing
f spurious money on oolored people here
1 two weeks ago. The money is a
B clever imitation of Uncle Sam's it
. did not bear his endorsement. The
a name of the "Richland County. Build.
lng and Loan association" was printed
on one side. He is well dressed and
r makes a good impression as a prosperQ
ous business man. The police are
eager to capture this fellow, and have
invoked the aid of sister towns.
Collins was awaiting trial for stealc
ing a drummer's sample case of rat
z)rs and knives from the Atlantic
r Coast Line In this olty. Some of them
i ^resold in Columbia Through the
0 ctl >rts of Detectives Wheeler, Broom
and Dunning he was arrested and
confessed. He had an accomplice,
j but he rscaped. *
e J. W. Mahan is a wife-beater and
e notorious character from Oswego,
this county. He was arrested for
uttering threats against his wife.
Magistrate llarley found him guilty,
t and he was sentenced to a $1,000
peace bond for a year. He could not
' furnish it, and was committed t
a J*11el
j. Syrian Leper.
i George Rossett, the Syrian leper,
r, vnose [Quvemeuw uave oeen wagcneu
e for the last few weeks arrived In
a Parksvllle, W. Va. Wednesday and
;r his'travels were brought lldenly to
i" a halt when the Iialtlmor * and Onto
a officials refused to allow aim to ride
on that division of the road.
l>rowne(l by Cluodburnt.
of a terrific cloudburst struck Ham<
V. W??? IV. T.I.I J A I)?A4
uii i uuiKi x tt., riiuuy. a b?u-iuuu ujwu
to' swept through tbe main portion ot
nd . tbe town. Alfred J. Rjmlg, who was
ot | working in a tinsmith shop, was
I drowned. Tbe shop was swept away.