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CAN THIS BE SO?
Is It Possible to Accurately Weigh
? the Soul of Man?
CLAIMS IT WAS DONE
Dr. M'tcdougnll, of Huverhiil, Mass.,
Tells of Kxpei'imcnts. He Says
Loss of Weight of llody Whn Hecorded,
and (lie Scales Showed an
Ounce (iono in One Case ltight
After Dentin
That the human soul has a definite
weight, which can be determined
when it passes from the body is the
belief of Dr. Duncan Macdougall, a
reputable physician of Haverhill,
Mass. lie is the head of a research
society which for six years lias been
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v?(;n IIIICIIIIIIK 111 ii11s i1pk1. \\ it ll
him he buvs. have been associated
four other physicians.
Dr. iMacdougall's obejct was to
learn if the departure of the soul
from the body wuh attended by any
manifestation that could be recorded
by any physical means. The chief
means to which resort was made was
the determination of the weight of
a body before and after death.
The method followed was to place
a dying patient in bed upon one of
theplatforms of a pair of scales made
expressly for the experiments, and
then to balance this weight by placing
an equal weight, in the opposite
platform. These scales were constructed
delicately enough to be sensitive
to a veight of less than one
tenth of an ounce.
In every case after death the platform
oposite the one in which lay
the subject of the test fell suddenly
so Dr. Macdougall says. The figures
on the dial Index indicated the dimluishment
of weight. l)r. Macdougall
told of the results of his experiments
as follows:
"Four Other physicians under my
direction made the first test upon a
patient dying of tuberculosis. This
man was one of the ordinary type of
the usual American temperament,
neither particularly high strung nor
of marked phlegmatic disposition.
We placed him a few hours proceeding
death, upon a scale platform,
which I had constructed and which
was accurately balanced. Four hours
later with five doctors in attendance
he died.
"The instant life ceased the opposite
scale pan fell with a suddenness
that was astonishing; as if tomething
had been suddenly lifted from
the body. Immediately all the usual
deductions were made for physical
loss of weight, and it was discovered
that there was still a full ounce of
weight unaccounted for.
"I submitted another subject afflicted
with the same disease and
nearing death to the same experiment.
He was a man of much the
same temperament as the proceeding
patient and of about the same physical
type. The same result
happened at the passing of his life.
The instant the heart ceased to heat
there was a sudden and almort uncanny
diminishment in weight.
"As experiments, each physican in
attendance made flgureR of his own
concerning the loss, and, at a consultation,
these figures were compared.
The unaccountable loss continued
to be shown.
"Hut this was less remarkable
than what took place in the third
case, the subject was that of a man
of larger physcal build, with a pronounced
sluggish temperament.
When life ceased, as the body lay
in bed upon the scales, for a full min
ute there appeared to be no change
in weight, he physicians waiting in
the room looked into each others
, faces silently, shaking their heads
in the conviction that our test had
failed.
"Then suddenly the sapie thing
happened that had occured in the
other cases. There was a sudden
diminution in the weight, which was
soon found to be the same as that
of the proceeding experiments.
"I believe that in this case, that
of a phlegmatic man slow of thought
and action, that the soul remained
suspended in the body after death,
during the minute that elapsed before
it came to the consciousness of
its freedom, bore is no other way
of accounting for it, and it is what
might he expected to happen in a
man of the subject's temperament.
"Three other cases were tried, including
that of a woman, and in
each it was established that a weight
of from one half to a full ounce departed
from the body at the moment
of expiration of life."
DENT ON LYNCHING
Militia Guarding Two Hank Robbers
at Manchester, Iowa.
At Manchester, Iowa, the state
militia was called out early Thursday
to guard two bank robbers arrested
for blowing up the bank at
Maoonville, on March 6, from mob
violence, and Sheriff Ilennessy has
asked the governor for more aid. The
action followed the ousting of the
grand jury which was declared illegal
and which therefore cannot indict
the men. Many citizens soon
formed a mob and are bent on lynching
the men.
1 It is reported that Nicaragua plans
* to vary the usual Central American
war by having a sea fight. i
Evan Colltster, a foreman, was
instantly killed in the Belmont tunnel
when his head was caught in
an exhaust pipe and his lungs torn
out by the rush of air.
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TRAGIC DEATHS
Of Five People Caused by Miscarriage
of Justice. 1
A Young Man Kxecutcd in (icrmnny
for u Murder of Which lie Wus
Innocent.
The sacrifice of five lives, through
a trugical error, has just been revealed
by the confession of a notor- <
ions criminal that he committed a
murder in the Prussian province
of Schleswig six years ago, for which
an innocent man was executed.
A young girl named Missen was
found strangled to death in the town
of Nordburg and 2 4-year-old August
Deppe was immediately arrested on
suspicion. Deppe was the younger
son of the local Protestant preacher.
He had received a university education
and was about to enter the k.'User's
service as an oflloial of the pro- 1
vincial administration. i
The police, convinced that they (
had found the real culprit, were extremely
active in collecting evidence
against him. On the night of the
murder, young Deppe was absent
from home for two or three hours,
and no one could be found who knew
anything of his movements during
this time.
The evidence called bv the counsel
for the defense that he was not in
the habit of taking long walks at
night as a cure for insomnia was
coolly ignored by the judge and jury
The young man was convicted. On <
the night set for his execution, his
father was with him in his cell, and
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,','w .Tiwm ? Biuiuiiicm declaring
his innocenso. He was executed the
next morning. 1
The effects of Doppe's conviction
were tragic in the extreme. His 1
father, the pastor, went homo from '
the scene of execution, drank pois- !
on and was dend within an hour of '
tho execution. i
His elder brother, who had become
an officer in the army, blow *
his brains out because he was re
quested to quit tho service on the
ground that his brother was a murderer.
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The girl to whom he was engag- <
ed, Louise Steinfurt, throw herself <
from the summit of high cliffs on <
the coast and was shattered to atoms l
on the rocks below. His married <
sister was divorced from her bus- I
band and was driven mad by the
ruin of her life. !
Now, after six years, the murder !
has been fastened on a notorious I
criminal named llessnow, who was I
in Nordburg at that time. The po- i
lico have collected incontrovertible ;
evidence of Tessnow's guilt, and Tesnow
himself, on being arrested on ?
this charge, confessed that ho mur- |
dered tho girl Missen.
TAKES ISSUE WITH KHXiO. \
Senator Tillman Says He Represents
South Carolina. <
A dispatch from Durham, N. C.t
says Senator Tillman in a lecture at 1
Oxford Wednesday night demanded
an explanation from Dr. John C. (
Kilgo, President of Trinity College,
In rnfnr?nr??? tn ? hiioopIi nwnntlv i
made in New York by the latter.
Senator Tillman says: "I have learned
that an eminent citizen of my
Htate Hays that I do not represent
the best people or sentiment of the
South. To know what ho meant I
will arrange a meeting with Dr. Kllgo
to decido who does represent the
best people. I swear I represent
South Carolina when I say that we
will never again have negro domination
there."
BROTHERS FIGHT
On Account of Rand Dispute and
One Is Killed.
Joe Hill, aged 5 0 years, shot and
instantly killed his brother, Dock
Hill, aged40, near Chestnut Hill,
Jefferson county, Tenn., Thursday.
The men lived on adjoining farms,
which had been left them some years
ago by their father. They have been
at outs for a long time over a disputed
boundry line. Thursday they
had trouble over the cutting of a
tree on disputed territory. Dock
Hill fired three charges from a shot
gun at his brother, but at such long
range that no harm was done. Joe
Hill at once went home, secured a
rifle and returning to the scene, shot
his brother through the forehead.
THREE id Y ES LOST.
Itridgo Collapses While Train Is
I'liNHing Over It.
An engineer and brakeman on the
West Pennsylvania railroad were
drowned Thursday morning while
crossing a bridge near llermansville,
Pa. The railroad bridge collapsed
and the engine with two cars of
freight went down.
ANAltCHIST SUICIDES.
l-JIH tu III ITIMIIIUIII^ 1*1(1 KB
Ho Sought to Kill.
Col. Deumbadze,- commandant of
tho garrison at Valto, Crimea, was
slightly wounded and his adjutant
and coacnman were seriously Injuredvby
a bomh thrown at the Colonel's
carriage from an upper window in
a house on tho street through which
he was driving. Tho man who threw
the bomb committed suicide.
An attack by the Socialists on I
Premier Clemenceau failed, the
chamber of deputities voting confi-1
dence. I
President Roosevelt protested .to
the governor of California against j
the new anti-Japanese legislation in |
that state.
MANY ARE LOST
Eighteen People Perish At a Fire
at Wheeling.
THE WATER SO HIGH
Jn Account of the Flood that the
II rave Firemen Were Compel letl
To Use Hunts to Fight the Flames
and Kcscue Those in Danger.
Many Other People are Believed
to Be Dead.
Eighteen persons are known to
have lofct their lives in the early
morning Are that occurred Saturday
it the plant of the Warwick Pottery
Company which is located in the
flood district of Wheeling, W. Va.
Following Ih a partial list of those
wiio were drowned:
Mike llretries, aged 3 0, storekeeper.
llosa Hertns, aged 2 2, single.
Ellas Mitchell, aged 18 months.
Allen Hertas, aged 2 years.
Frank Holmes, watchman at the
Pottery.
Simon Elias, proprietor of a dry
goods store.
Julia Moses, aged 7 years.
Waider Moses, aged seven years.
Charles Matthews, watchman.
iiiBu ui mp waier surrounding
the burned district it was impossil)lo
for the flro apparatus to reach
the scene. The firemen pressed into
service all the boats that could be
secured. They did heroric work and not
>nly fought the fire, but assisted in
rescuing many persons.
The crew of a boat that was inoor3(1
across the river from the building
manned a yawl and rescued abouC
1 00 persons.
Tho men were offered all kinds of
rewards and big sums of money for
the work that they had done, but
they refused to accept a cent At
times the big yawl was filled to overllowing
and it was with difllculty
that the riverman prevented the fran
tic Syrians from upsetting the craft.
During the process of (he lire the
scene was most frightful. The
screams for help of those in the
building could be heard as far as
the steel bridge, a mile north, where
thousands of persons, unable to lend
my assistance, watched tho blaze.
The work of rescuing the bodie?
^f those who had drowned has been
going on all day. The current has
been very swift and tho impression
Is that more bodies will be recovered
when the flood subsides.
The building occupied by the unfortunate
victims was not touched
by the flames. The explosion that
started the flro is what terrified the
peoplo living in tho vicinity.
No sooner had the report of the
im|iiudiuii uwiliuu i illlll people commenced
to leap from windows into
tho waters Not all of those who met
death were drowned by jumping into
the water. Five of them were drowned
by the upsetting of a boat that
was carrying them to a place af safety.
'1 lie majority of the persons living
in tho vicinity of the wholesale dlsdrict
are Syrians and after the fire
they refused to return to their homes
They are being taken care of in the
City Hall and county Jail. There is
scarcely a family that did not lose a
member, and tho survivors are frantic.
FLYKIt WKKCKKI)
Two Killed by Train Dashing Into
Open Switch.
East bound Hock Island Passenger
Train No. 6, the Hot Springs Flyer,
ran into an open switch and was
wrecked at Cuneo, thirty-eight miles
east of Little Hock, Ark., late Frl.1
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iiny. rjngiucfr rvinoyne una r ireman
Currier, both of Argenia, Ark., were
killed and two mall clerks, an express
messenger, the porter (colored)
and four negro dining car waiters
were Injured.
At the Rock Island general offices
it was stated that the wreck was
without doubt the work of a train
wrecker. There was a number of
passengers on the train,* but beyond
a few cuts, none of them was Injured.
KILLS HIS WIFE
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And Then Shoots Ills Wife's Mother
and Himself.
At Port Arthur, Texas, failing to
effect a reconciliation with his wife
B. McNalr Thursday shot and killed
wife, seriously wounded her mother
and put five bullets Into himself on
a public street In view of many people.
All shots entered McNalr's body
In the region of his heart yet he is
still alive.
EXECUTIONS IN RUSSIA.
They Number on an Average About
r'lvo a l)ay.
If you lived in Russia you would
stand a good chance of being put
out of the way by the government.
Statictics, published, regarding
drumhead courtsmartial, show, up
to March 5, 764 persons were executed,
an average of almost Ave a
day. 1
Patrons of the 18 hour trains between
New York and Chicago are
signing a petition for a slower
schedule.
Secretary of the treasury Cortelyou
decided to regard more the business
interests than the stock speculation
interests.
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FOOTPAD KILLED.
But the Merchant Who Slayed
Him is Himself Killed.
BOTH FOUND DEAD.
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Edgar Marshal, Wayward Hon of ^
Eminently Kesjioctahle Resident n
of Columbia, Holds 1 p Charles II. "
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Green, a Merchant, at Midnight (
and is Shot to Death by Mr. Green,
Who Is Also Killed.
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A most shocking affair occurred f
last Saturday night in Shandon, a r|
surhurb of Columbia. An attempt \
to waylay and rob Charlie 11. (Jreen, \
a Shandon merchant, resulted in the j
death of Mr. Green and of the wouldbe
robber, who was identified as Edgar
Marshall, son of Mr. 1'. G. Mar- '
shall, an eminently respectable and '
highly respected citizen of Columbia.
The robbery and double homicide t
took place within sight of the home n
of Mr. Green, in the surhurb of t
Shandon, shortly before midnight
Saturday night. The bodies lying 1
feet to feet, were not found for sev- r
oral hours and the affair has created
a tremendous sensation in Columbia, i
as it is possible that there was anoth- J
or robber or robbers. ji
Mr. Green ran the store on tb<?
Garner's Ferry Koad, near tli? I0p- s
worth Orphanage, In the pretty v 11- |
lage of Shandon, about two miles 1
from the city of Colombia proper, c
On Saturday night he locked up the i
store and left in company with his c
clerk, J. it. Ward, who also lives in i
Shaiulon. They walked two blocks <]
together along Woodrow street, and 1
when they reached the corner of s
Woodrow and Preston streets Mr.
Green turned to his right to go to I
his home one block down on Preston t
street. When about half way of i
this block, just at the rear gate of n
his neighbor, Mr. Toney, lie was accosted
by a man in hiding and was a
probably struck across the head with t
a slung shot, the man being conceal- \
ed behind the open gate. a
Green, it is thought, was carrying tl
his pistol in his hand, as that was i
his custom when going homo late
from the store with money in his
possession. lie evidently threw up
his left arm to ward ofT the blow,
and fired with the pistol in his light
hand at close range. Four chambers
of his pistol were fired, and three
of his shots took effect in Marshall's
body. One entered just below the
left collar bone, another entered his
face just where the lips join, making
a flesh wound on the left side of the
face, and the third entered at the
hack of the neck, on the left, also
making a tlesh wound.
Green was also wounded three
times, each of the three wounds being
in his left breast and one of the
balls probably piercing his heart.
i' 11*5 last shot was vldently fired af- c
ter Green had fallen to his knees, j
and It is supposed that the first shot >
which struck him killed him.
The two men were found lying
feet to feet, about four feet from the
Kate, where Marshall was concealed
and toward the road. Iiy Green's i
right hand was his pistol, a 32 Smith
and Weston, with four chambers
fired. By Marshall's right hand was
found a 38 Smith and Wesson, with
none of its chambers fired. By Mar- (
shall's left hand was found a 41 <
Colts, with five chambers fired and 5
one Intact. Underneath Marshall's 1
body was found a slung shot, the 1
bag bing filled with small shot, and :
the string being a leathern thong '
several feet in length. It was a <
highwayman's weapon, Intended to 1
knock the victim unconscious. '
Green's derby hat was found near .
his head, with a hole, evidently made '
by the slung shot. Marshall's face <
was concealed by a black mask
through which the bullets which entered
his face had gone, and he also
had a woollen comforter around his
neck. A soft black hat was near
his head and another soft black hat
was in his overcoat pocket, while
th gray hat which he was usually
seen wearing was found inside the i
gate of (he Toney yard. The 4 hats
the unfired pistol near Marshall's
right hand and the position of the .
wounds on Green's body might indicate
that there was a confederate 1
with Marshall, and that the confederate
shot Green from the left sido
after Green had shot Marshall at <
closer range.
When found Green's clothing was
on fire and the money in his righthand
pocket was burning. Tho currency
had been practically consumed
and the coins were melting. The
coat was burning and the money sack
also. The homicide was discovered
when Mrs. Green aroused her neighbors
at 2 o'clock, when she could no i
longer endure the suspense In which
she had existed for several hours,
because^ her husband did not come
home. Neighbors went to the store
and then along the route Green fol- :
lowed, finding the bodies In tho positions
already described. The officers
of the law were notified and ?the
bodies were brought to the city.
None of the neighbors knew Marshall
and he was not identified for
several hours, until his father was
tnkon to tho nndortnknr's ok I :i hi lull
ment and said it was his son. He
was a young man, not yet ?,0 years
old, and hadn't been around Columbia
for several years until a few monthH
ago when he returned from Panama,
where he had a good position as a
machinist. For soveral weeks he
| The Protestant Episcopal Church |
purposes to rasse $1,750,000 for mis-1
sions as a thank ofiering for 800
years of Christianity in America. ?
The consolidation of all of H. H.
Rogers' railroad interests in Virginia
and West Virginia has been ar-1
| ranged.
WATERS RECEDING.
The Property Loss Will be at
Least Ten Million. i
U Nine O'clock Friday Night the
Ohio llad Fallen Fight Feet and
Was <*oing Down Knpldly.
With tho rapid receding of the
raters in the Monongahels. Alleheny
and Ohio River, which is takug
place at Pittsburg, Pa., Friday
ight, condition are faat assuming
lormal proportions and tho greatest
.nd most destructive Hood in the hisory
of that city is at an end.
At nightfall the approaches to the
irldges were clear of water and sevral
hours la ter car service in the
looded districts were resumed,
'housands of suburbanites who have '
teen stranded In this city since ear- '
y Saturday were able to reach their <
koines, while the down-town section, ?
vhich has been crowded with slghteors
since the mwiii ?? e 1
"x.v. inu ill (lllir 1
s almost deserted. i
The only apparent Indication of '
ho flood in the down-town section
ire many pipes across the sidewalks,
hrough which water is being sent.
Several districts power plants have
teen repaired and candles, used for
eplaced with electric lights.
At nine o'clock Friday night the
Ivor had fallen almost eight feet
U. that hour the stage was 2K feet
ind dropping a half foot an hour.
Immediately following the subilding
of the water the task of commtitig
and repairing the damage was
tegun. A majority of the employees
>f the large manufacturing establishments,
who were temporarily thrown
>ut of employment, were endeavortig
to put the plants in working (trier,
and it is said that by Sunday at
ast 2111 these establishments will retime
operations.
Various estimates of the loss are
>eing made, ranging from ten to
wenty millions of dollars. It is said
tevertholess that the total loss will
lot exceed $10,000,000.
The probabilities are that the Heliseo,
(Jayety, Alvin and Bijou theares
will he open to the puplic Satirday
evening A large force of men |
ire repairing tint electric plants
lamaged by the water in tlio base- j
nents of the playhouses.
SAFN Clt.Vt'KFltS AT WOltK
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I'liey ltohbed a Store At NVesten, tiu., I
Of tiood Sum. I,
Safe crackers, evidently profeslionnls,
burglarized the largo safe
>f C. A. C. Red dick, at Western, (la.,
>efor daybreak Saturday morning. 1
Oight hundred dollars belonging to ;
dr. Heddick, his neighbors and the
>ostoillce department was stolen, the
jostofllce being located in the Uedlick
stor.
Powerful explosives wero employed
by Hue burglars, as the safe was 1
iterally blown to pieces. Other sums
)f mosey belonging to Roddick's
icighhors and contained in envelopes
voro overlooked.
DURNED TO DEATH
\ Spartanburg Lady Met Death Like
Her Hrothcr.
Mrs. Mary 10. Littlejohn, 7 9 years
age, was burned to death at nine
Tclock Tuesday night in her home
it Cowpens, S. C. Her clothing is
i)elieved to have been Ignited by the
tire before which she was sitting.
She was a sister of Mr. John T. Willi
ins, 7f> years of ago, who was burnad
to death on last. Wednesday near
the Mary Louise Cotton Mills, six
miles from Cowpens. Mrs. Littlejohn's
body was found by a nephew
an his return home from the burial
of his uncle.
KILLS II1S SWEETHEART
Kills (ilrl and Self Dermises She Refuses
to Marry Him.
Accosting Mis;* Dudoz Dobson, his
seventeen-year-old sweetheart, on
the main street of Pointo-A-LaMache,
La., Friday evening, Whintye
a young planter, asked her to marry
him. Upon being refused Moliere
shot and killed the girl and himself.
Miss Dobson was the daughter of
ICrnest Dobson, a prominent planter
of Plaquemine Parish.
DO AT (iOEtt DOWN.
In Tl?n Ohin PI..... .....I I I
a iiv? x/un? mvri UiiU I' l ? i; llir
(Vcw Drowned.
The towboat CrniHer, one of the
largest in the coal shipping trade
on the Ohio River, is reported to
have gone down near Sewlcklew,
al>out 20 miles down the river from
Pittsburg, Pa., Five of the crew are
reported drowned.
has been staying at the home of a
friend not far from the scene of the
tragedy. His father Ik employed at
the Htore of J. I,. Mimnaugh and
the family connection is a largo one
in Columbia.
Young Marshall was seen in a
Store not. far away, a half hour or
hour before the the tragedy. A citizen
who went out on the Shandon
car with Marshall, saw two other
men, whoso actions aroused his suspicions
in connection with Marshall
but ho did not know Marshall at
that tlrno or the other two men.
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.VllS. IVU?>S?.*II nilgf, W1UOW OI mo
Now York financier, has set aside
$10,000,000 for what is to be known
as the Sage foundation, the income
to be used in improving social and
living conditions in the Unittd
States.
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WAS HE THERE?V
\ Man Arrested in Union in Connection
With
THE GREEN MURDER.
A'as Arrr'sted by the Police of I'nlon
on laist Thursday. Ho Wax lit
Columbia About the Time of the
Double TruKcrly, aiul Tells Many
Conflicting Stories Alx?ut lliiuKolf.
Tho Stato says there are many
hlngs to indicate that Marshall was
lot alone when Mr. Green was murilorod
in Shandoti. nelir Columbia
Saturday night week ago.
Conceoding that he was alone at
the time of the murder, there are
many things to indicate that there
were accessories before the fact and
prehaps after the fact.
There are many things to indicate
that there might have been a third
party on the scene of the homicide.
How came the hood to he lifted from
Kdgar Marshall's head? It was not
a light mask, hut a hood. How
came the II calibre revolver, lying
at some distance from his body, to
have been partially burled In tho
sand.
Is it not possible that the man
who tired tho fatal shots Into Green's
body thing the pistol on tho ground
as in his anguish he leaned over to
lour flu, i f?? ' '
v mum i nun i no race or his
dying friend? Was ho then frloghtonod
by tho raising of tho window
at Mr. Gage's or the opening of the
door at Mr. Miller's? These are the
Questions which the Coroner wishes
to have put before tho Jury.
There Is one other matter which
Indicates that there was a third party
at the scene of the homicide.
Provided that J. A. Ward spoke accurately
on tho witness stand, he
had taken l!)f> paces after he had
parted with Mr. Green and up to the
time that Mr. Green was herd upon
when being faced by tills frightful
hooded object with stealthy blow of
dung shot.
While Ward was taking 19f> paces
Mr. Green took 88; according to witness'
testimony. Therefore, unless
Lhe testimony be in error. Mr. Green
must have been accosted by someone
and had engaged in conversation
before they readied the spot where
tho agent of death was concealed. * *
There were other things which the
coroner wishes placed before a Jury
and If the man who Is arrested in
Union can provo an alibi there will
be no harm done aud Coroner Walker
will have tho satisfaction of
knowing that he had tried to bring
the matter out. The almost universal
sentiment In Shandon is that
Charles H. (Jrnon wnn n/if irin.wi
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Edgar Marsliall.
RufuH \1. Walton, white wan arrested
at Union Tuesday by the
chief of police, was brought to Columbia
Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff
John Carr and la lodged In the
Richland County Jail. He ia suspected
of being connected in some way
with the double murder in Shandon
Saturday night and will he held
pending a thorough investigation by
Coroner Walker.
Walton was seen in the Jail immediately
upon hla arrival by a representative
of the State. He was ashed
to give an account of hla recent
whereabouts. Ho talked freely, giving
his name and place of birth,
Rlythedale, Missouri and other
facts connected with his life. Ho
said that he came to Columbia about
five o'clock Sunday morning, 10th
011 a freight train from Denmark.
Asked what time he left Denmark,
he said he could not tell exactly,
that it was probably after 12 o'clock
that night.
Ho said he was In Savannah Friday
and Itft thero that evening and
came to Denmark, that he got off at
the latter place and stayed there all
day Saturday. He said ho left Columbia
about 6 o'clock Sunday morning
and walked up the railroad to
Frost Mill, where he flagged the
train and went on to Union. He
claims that he had about $35 that
morning. Asked as to why he did
not go the Union Station and take
the train, he said that he had been
drinking and didn't wish to be seen.
Asked if he had ever been arrested
before he said that he hud not
On being questioned more closely
and asked the direct question as to
whether ho wasn't now under Indictment
in Harrison cousty, Mo., for
bootlegging, admitted that he was.
Ho also admitted having been arrested
on several occasions and said
he was arrested In Florida several
weeks ago on suspicion, but was released
a few hours after he was put
up.
He is about f> ft. 9 inches; weight,
170 pounds; color hair, light; eyes
light; prominent scar about center
of forehead, also scar on upper lip
to right of center; "It. M. W." tattooed
on right arm, scar back of
elbow, right arm; scar on back of
neck. Poorly dressed. Claims to be
a carpenter and has wor'ld around
livery stables and Haw mills. Has a
record as a gambler and general all
round crook. It la possible that ho
bad nothing in the world to do with
the murder of Mr. Chas. H. Green
and the death of Edgar Marshall,
but the circumstances are such that
his detention was believed to bo the
proper thing.
John Temple Graves, editor of the
Atlanta Georgian, was struck in the
back of the head and stnnned by J.
H. Crutchfiield who has been in jail
for shooting his wife. Crutchfield
was taken in charge by the police
and Colonel Graves soon recovered*