The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 18, 1907, Image 7
HAD A HOT TIME.
The Rector and the Vestry Have
a Battle in Church.
LIVELY FIST FIGHT
In One Of Philadelphia's Churches
in Which tho Hector, Several of
the Vestrymen and Even Some
Womei^ Were Active Participants*
The Trouble llad Been Brewing
For Several Months.
A rough and tumble fight Sunday
morning, March 31. in which the rector.
several vestrymyn and even
some women took a hand was the
culmination of the trouble that has
for months been brewing in the congregation
of Emmanuel Protestant
Episcopal church, Marlborough
?t.rof>t west, of fJimrrl nvonim r?f
which Rev. E. G. Knight is rector.
It was after Rector Knight had
preached on the text. "Let not your
heart be troubled," and in closing
had delivered the message, "Peace
be unto you," that the fight occurred
and all of ^hose participating had
partaken of holy communion. The
real battle took place in the vestry
room, located under the chanel ip
which the beautifi 1 morning service
had just been held, and started over
the claims for the morning collection
entered by accounting wardens representing
the two factions into which
the congregation is divided.
The trouble was expected and was
pulled off on schedule time, when
George Shegog, who, still claiming
his right as accounting warden, having
been elected to that position on
Wednesday night by the faction opposed
to the rector, started to take
the collection from the two silver
plates that had been carried down to
the vestry room by the rector and
placed on a table preparatory to separating
the envelopes from the coin.
Shegog left tine main auditorium
during the recessional hymn and was
waiting in the vestry room to claim
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tut; money.
He made a reach for the money,
but as he did so he was grabbed by
J. H. Watkins, who also claims to be
the accounting warden, having been
elected by the rector's faction at a
separate meeting on Wednesday
night, and Jacob Davis, Sr. The two
men grappled and pummeled each
other at a great rate. Hy this time
several of the other vestrymen had
taken a hand in the fray, and the
rector, wearing the vestments that
he wore in serving the communon,
was soon in the thickest of the fighting.
Chaos reigned, while the women
screamed. The fight, a running one,
was kept upTrom the vestry room to
the Sunday school room, then
through the hall to the choir room
and finally back to the vestry room.
At one time Rector Knight and Shegog
had each other by the throat,
and again as many as four men were
hammering Shegog as he lay on the
floor.
The rector's faction seemed to have
the best of the fight at the wind-up,
while to the rescue of Shegog came
his 18-year-old daughter, Alice, who
dramatically demanded that the rector
take off the vestments of his office
flnri net Hi?orraen thr?m onv lr?r?nr_
er. Sobbing bitter, she cried:
"I will stand by my father until I
die. Let me go to him. He needs
me at a time like this." With the
ypung woman was her brother Harry,
a husky lad of 16 years, who gave
and took punishment like a soldier.
Several mixups were pulled off before
the fighters wpre seperated.
Rector Knight was exceedingly
nervous after the affray, but beyond
admitting that the money was in his
keeping he declined, as at all times
during the trouble in his church, to
discuss the matter in any of its phases.
Shegog made threats in the hearing
of all present that during the
proceedings in court, when the case
will be called to prosecute the rector
on the charge of embezzlement of
church money, there would be some
starting revelations that would not
only disrupt the congregation but
unfrock the minister.
The trouble centers around the
Easter collection of 1906, and has
brought much discussion into the
church. At that particular service
George Shegog, then accounting warden,
whose duty it is to take charge
of nil mnnnvcs wqk not nrnspnf ?o
the pastor took charge of the cash
collected. When Mr. Shegog asked
for it later Mr. Knight declared
that the Easter collection was the
rector's fund and was always given
to him personally. This began a
lengthy dispute and finally Mr. Shegog
appealed to Bishop Whitaker
that he should force Mr. Knight to
pay back the money, which amounted
to $1,060. and also remove him
from the rectorship.
The bishop refused to interfere and
the rector was arrested on a warran
sworn out by Shegog charging him
technically with embezzlement, and
when brought before Magistrate
Kochersperger he was held in $1,000
bail for court.
It is believed that tto fight of
Wednesday will result i^frthe complete
disruption of the congregation,
which now numbers onlyabout 100.
Bishop Whitaker, whose requests for
f
the cessation of trouble in the church
has been to a great extent ignored
by both factions, will probably now
take a hand in the affair that will
tend toward its untangling.
(iwok vs. Ilulgiu'iu.
Macedonia is the scene of a
bloody contest between Greeks and
Bulgarians. These two nations declared
war against each other six
months ago, but as several hundred
miles of neutral Turkish territory
lay between them, an actual state
of war has been impracticable. This
anomaly of hostilities does not
prevent the Bulgar and Greek from
engaging in actual strife.
There are thousands of roving Bulgarians
and an equal number of
Greeks in the buffer state, Macedonia.
These have espoused the cause of
their native lands and are engaging
in a war of extermination on about
the same scale as characterized the
bloody feud between Turks and
Armenians. The result is that every
time a Greek and Bulgar meet there
is a fight to the finish. The stories
told by those who escape are harrowing
in the extreme.
One of the favorite modes of attack
by the Bulgarians is to catch
the Greeks, while they are in church.
In a recent slaughter they destroyed
a church by throwing bombs into it
when it was crowded. Greeks were
killed in great numbers. As the
survivors were rushing from the
church they were killed as they left
the church door. Only a few escaped
and these had their tongues
torn out or were maimed in some
other way.
Both Greece and Bulgaria are so
called Christian nations, yet they
are carrying on a war, the cruelties
of which would cause an Indian to
blush, if such a thing was possible,
Neither of them could tell what they
; are at war about, or what is to be
gained by it. Some way should be
found to put a stop to such a war.
i Why don't the adjacent powers interpose,
and teach the foolish Greeks
and Bulgar a lesson in common
sense> If one nation don't feel like
undertaking the job, let them all
join in and do it. By some means
this most foolish war should be stopped.
Christian Intimacy.
Because too great "Christian intimacy"
existed between the Rev .Solon
H. Bryan and Miss Ellen Newby, of
Millen, Ga., both are involved in a
scandal that will be aired before the
Methodist conference when it next
convenes. It appears that the Rev.
Mr. Bryan was preparing Miss Newby
for work in the foreign field and
that he took more time for his teaching
than was deemed necessary, by
his wife and members of the congregation.
They declare that he was
seen going and coming from Miss
Newby's millinery parlors at all times
of J:he day and night.
finally the wile objected and was
given a Bound beating for her pains.
The pastor was arrested by neighbors
on the charge of wife beating,
but the wife repented and baiied her
delinquent husband out of jail. Bryan
has been suspended from his conference
and will have to stand trial.
When approached concerning the
affair Miss Newby said: "Only a
'Christian intimacy' existed between
Mr. Bryan and myself." But the
people of the town refused such a
plea, and are of the opinion that the
intimacy went a little to far.
It is a pity that such men cloak
themselves with the garb of a minister,
and by their acts bring reproach
upon the sacred ministry and
the church. And it is astonishing
how many men do it. The misdeeds
of such men, unfortunately, lessens
the respect of the people at large
for the ministry. There was a time
when a minister of the gospel was
looked upon as being different from
other men. The fact that he was
a preacher carried weight with it,
and he was regarded as a good man
because he was a preacher. But
that day is passed, and preachers
are now judged after they are
known, as other men are. The ras
cals who have entered the ministry
has made this necessary. But we
thank God that a large majority of
all the ministers are cleanhanded,
and would rather die than bring reproach
on their holy calling or the
church to which they belong.
A Croat County.
The Newberry Observer says:
"Orangeburg is a great county.
Thursday's Times and Democrat published
reports of fifteen state banks
in that connty, aggregating a capital
of nearly $400,(KM) and deposits of
about one million. And these are
only state banks; there are national
banks also, which are not included in
this list." As the Observer says
Orangeburg is a great county, but
she has no national banks within her
hnrrlorH. Thorp aro onlv two othor
banks in the county besides those
whose reports were published in The
Times and Democrat two weeks ago.
The deposits in the banks whose statements
we published was nearer two
( million than one million as the Ob
server has it. The Times and Democrat.
The Socialists have announced
that for the present they have abandoned
effort to carry certain States,
#inong them South Carolina. The
Sbcialists had out a candidate for
governor last y< in this State, and
he polled three tea. We do not
blame them for uitting under the
circumstances.
Tram tilled.
The westbom Oregon Hallway
and Navigation j mger train was
wrecked In the I an lln river bottom
Phursda.v. Two r ops were killed,
? - > o o< m k- . fr ftn(j 15 passengers
wore hurt.
?IS SB
Uses to Which the Newly Rich
Put Their Money.
PROBLEM HOW TO SPEND
A $1,500 Bull the Purchase of One
West Virginia Farmer?Patent
Leather Shoes the Desire of Anothei?Grateful
Father and Sons
Bought an Axe for "Mother."
In West Virginia many persona
have suddenly become well to do
through tne finding of oil on their
barren furm land. The effects of
wealth 011 these newly rich ones have
been curious.
One old section hand living near
Munningiou owned a* small plot of
ground. A Ann of drillers made tbw
customary bargu n with loin, ana
planted their derrick right alongside
his house.
They struck oil, and they struck it
rich. The well developed an output
of about 200 barrels a day. The old
section hand's share amounted to
something like $37.50 a day. This Is
?... I.? .1 C .. V, ? A nnu.K
UlH ttl) liU I 1 UK U KUIIIK W UU liau
earned more than $1.25 a day la his
life.
He threw up his Job on the railroad,
and now ho Just sits on his porch day
in and day out and watches the slow
movements of the great wooden walking
beam of the pump that is drawing
for him from nature's wealth a sum
each day totally beyond his capacity
to spend. At his time of life there
is l.tlle likelihood of his acquiring
new tastes that would make his
money of use.
An old farmer living near Volcano,
on the Parker^burg branch of tho
Baltimore and Ohio, had a few acres
of barren land, and he willingly allowed
some prospectors to put down
a well on his property. A gusher was
struck, and the farmer's share of the
oil soon amounted to $2,000, which
sum all In cash was turned over to
h'm.
A dollar in cash had been an unusual
sum for him to have at ono
time, and the sudden possession of
bo much money filled him with a dosire
to spend some of It. He donned
his best suit of Jeans and took the
nc vt morning's accommodation train
for Parkersburg.
After wandering about that city
all day lqoking for a suitable Investm<
nt he finally paid $1,500 for a finely
br d bull. There was Just about as
mcell use on his farm for a hull ?s
tlu re would he in the proverbial ch:ni
shop. The sterile soil of his farm
did not produce enough blades of
grass to furnish the bull wPh one
good food, and the farmer had 1.1
other food fit for his purchase.
When asked by his neighbors why
in ihe world he had made such a u; e
of his money he simply replied:
"Well. I had to spend the money
somehow!"
At the bottom of a piece of farm
land on the side of a mountain Hvod
a snake hunter, as the West Virginia
mountain farmer is nicknamed, in a
little hut. The dally fare for this
man and his family had never been
anything other than the far-famed
"cornbroad and sow belly." In summer
he went barefooted, while heavy
rawhide boots covered his feet when
cold weather came.
Oil was struck on his farm In such
quantities that the farmer's share
promised soon to make him the
wealthiest man for miles around. As
toon as the first Installment of c^sh
was paid over to him, he took a s*">rt
cut across the mountains until he
reached the small railroad town 'hat
meant metropolis to him, and the very
first thing he bought was a pair of
pa*ent leather shoes.
Perhaps the best example of all the
emharassmept caused these folk by
the sudden acquisition of wealth was
the case of a family of mountaineers
back In Calhoun county. This family
consisted of father, mother and ' mr
grown sons. Every member of the
household was six feet tall and large
and strong In proportion.
The mother was a v'gorous old woman,
almost as powerful as any of the
rest or trie iamny, ana upon her de
volvod not only all of the household
burdens, hut the work of chopping
ill the wood as well. This latter duty
Is not a light task by any means.
The father and his sons were good
ixsmples of the West Virginia sen*d'ggers?that
Is, diggers of ginseng
roots. Between times they would
hunt with rlffes sixty years old, with
barrels six feet In length and weighing
from flf'een to twenty pounds,
with which all of them were dead
ihots: any one of the men could
easily knock out the eye of a squirrel
iL a 4 * 4l_ - %. ?- - '
ne u>|? ei me nignesi tree.
Rut very little work of any ktnd
did they condescend to do and year
after year they spent their time thus,
living in their old log house of ono
room, without seeing $10 in cash from
one year's end to the other.
Then wealth came. #
Prospectors traced oil until it led
to the neighborhood of the old log
house, and a well was driven on
the place, upon the usual terms. A
gusher resulted, and when the money
for the first month's output was
placed in the hands of the father the
very first thing he and the hoys
thought of was that something must
be bought for "mother."
So, after a long consultation, they
Anally decided to buy her a now axe.
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"KNOCKDOWN" IIAHKKIj.
Can Ik* Hciidlly DlsuMsetnblcd Into a
S11..1I Bundle.
The problem confronting shippers
in the transport!.m of fruit and vegetables
are many. .'..11 ions of barrels,
crates and boxes of every conceivable
kind are required for the purpo. e
In the great majority of cases tiies*
barrels, etc., are used but once, at
the cost of returning them to th*
shipper Is greater tliau the cost of
new barrels. A New York man dosigned
a barrel that seems to havo
solved the problem, an Illustration of
which is shown here, it is termed u
Can be Taken Apart,
"knockdown" and can be readily assembled
when doslred and as readily
disassembled when Its contents have
been removed. It can then be packed
in a small space to facilitate transportation.
This barrel Is made in
tw o sections, preferably of sheet
metal, and in form resembles the
common typo of barrel. The longitudinal
edges are divided into
tongues, each alternate tongue having
double edges, forming recesses
into which the interlocking tongues
on the opposito section connect. Perfect
Joints are thus provided, preventing
any damage to the barrel
should it be handled carelessly in
transportation. The clrculsr head*
f the barrel fit into grooves top and
bottom on the outside of the barrel; I
fitting into the groovos are band?! of
wire, both ends of which are connect* '
d to a lover. By turning the love'*
in the direction of the arrow in the
illustration, the hand contracts,
uuslng the end of the hurrel to contract
also .
What the Kyoa Toll.
Steady, widely opened eyes that
are not afraid to meet yours mean
sincerity and honor.
But tho steady, glinting eyes that
look through half closed lids at you
| would indicate a cold and suspiciousnature.
Beware of the shifting, faltering
eyes that always look away from
you.
Small eyes usually moan un alert
mind.
If they look straight out at you
steady and bright, liko a squirrel's,
you may expect the right sort of
aleremoHg, a quick tongue and a gift
of repartee.
But if the small eyes are more
dim and do not look straight Into
yours, you may look for the wrong
kind of cleverness, for lit'tle dishonor
ties and equivocations and for a
buslne## sharpness that is willing to
sacrifice too much for a little money.
Your large, tr&nqull "cow like"
eyes, on the other hand, are less responsive
than the alert, bright, little
beady eye#, but once stir them to
their depth# and they will look InAnitely
more Intense and meaningful
than the more impulsive eyes.
Round, protruding eyes show an
ambitious nature and a love of action.
The longer eyes show more the
temperament of the dreamer.
The most beautiful eyes In the
world aro clear (that Indicates good
health) and are set widely apart and
rather deep.
That width of settling always
gives a certain expression of sweet
spirituality.
About Tlint Crape Rand.
It is astonishing how many por
sons, both men and women, who give
every other Indication of culture and
refinement, aro Been on the streets
riowadadys wearing crape bands on
thlr coat sleeves. This form of
tnourntng was originally a military
ono, the British officer's cap, with Its
ridiculously low crown, not admitting
of a band. When he boasted a
decoration the medal also was covered
with crape.
From the military the sleeve band
descended to the coachman and footman,
and has long been the recognized
sorvant's mourning when
there was a death in the master's
family. Then the costermongers
adopted It because it was cheap.
When one of 'Arry's friends dies the
purchase of a black coat Is out of
the question, so he puts the band of
crape around the sleeve of his old
coat and lets it go at that.
The well-to-do New Yorker who
unwittingly adopts this custom Is
first cousin to the parvonu who invests
In a coat of arms and picks out
one with a bar sinister because he
thinks It looks just the thing.
The Elephant's Trunk.
"The elephant's trunk," says Dr
Ray Lankaster, "originated through
a shortening of the lower jaw. Therefore,
I am sorry to upset Mr. Rudyard
Kipling's explanation that the
length of the trunk was accounted
for by Its having been pulled by the
crocodile."
FOUND AT LAST.
A Tribe of Monkey Men Discovered
That May Be,
THE MISSING LINK.
i
Prof. Klaatoli Discovers a Tribe of
Hairy Australian Natives, With 1
i
llaiuls aiul Feet Like 111k Apes, ,
And Who Live in Trees. They
Ar? Very Wild, and It Was llard
to Kxamlne Tlietn.
Professor Klaatsch, of the University
of Heidelberg, has discovered a
new and most important link in the ,
chain of evolution that|binds man to
the ape.
He has observed a race of Australian
natives who possess some of the
most marked characteristics of apes
and yet are undoubtedly men. Those
characteristics consist in having the
thumbs but very slightly developed i
as in the apes, and in having great
toes of almost identical form with
the thumbs.
Professor Klaatsch set out to explore
the country between the Daly
and Victoria rivers, in northern Australia.
This country a few miles in
land from the coast has hardly been ;
touched by the white man. While in
Port Arthur, on the coast of this region,
he happened to be present at
the trial of some natives who were
charged with the murder of a white
man. The trained scientific eye of
the professor noted with amazement
that one of these natives possessed
hands and feet like those of an anthropoid
ape and many other similar
characteristics.
Professor Klaatsch with great difficulty
ascertained the direction from
which the man came and then started
thither with the intention of finding
and studying the rest of his tribe.
He reached the locality indicated
after a journey of three weeks across
the desert. At first he could observe
no signs of human habitation, but he ;
was prepared for this, because ne
knew that the natives were exceedingly
timid and possessed no regular
houses. He spread out various glittering
objects as bait, and after a
few days these aroused the curiosity
of the wild men to such an extent
that they crept up to steal them.
The professor then put out food, and
after they had tasted this he was
able to make friends with them just
as he might have done with some
wild animals.
lie found that these natives were
covered with long hair from head to
f#ot in all parts of the body except
the face, the palms of the hands, the
soles of the feet and their haunches.
The most remarkable feature of all
was the formation of their hands and
feet, i he padns 01 ine n umo v\u
almost as long proportionately as th<
| muc vi on Miuiiiai ; vviim: man a iUU1
and the fingers were proportionate]}
short. These were partially joine*
together by skin. The thumb wa
noticeably short, and its tip did no
reach half-way towards the base oi
the fingers. It did not possess th<
power of moving freely across th<
hand, which is characteristic of th?
civilized man's thumb. All the pecu
liarities noted in the thumbs of th<
natives are found in the higher an
thropoid apes, especially the chim
panzee and gorilla.
The feet of the natives were form
ed in almost exactly the same manner
as their hands. They were also
slightly turned up on the inner side,
so that the little men did not move
with the same apparent ease as white
men, whose feet came evenly upon
the ground, but nevertheless the>
were able to run very well. Their
feet possessed the same prehensih
power as their hands, and they used
one and the other with equal facility
in climbing trees and seizing objects.
Now, the possession of a thumb by
the ape is one of the most remarkable
facts indicating his close relationship
to man, but its lack of development
shows the immense gulf
which still separates him from the
human family. The Klaatsch apeman
possessed an absolutely ape-like
thumb and great toe, together with
the structure of a man in other respects,
and therefore apparently he
partook equally of the characteristics
of an ape and a man.
Professor Klaatsch examined the
physical conformity of the natives
with thf* irrnntnut minntunncu orwt
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found that apart from their hands
and feet their bony anatomy did not
differ in any fundamenta' respect
from that of man and did n 4 uresent
any of the minor charac'erotics that
differentiate the skelet< r. of the anthropoid
ape from that of man.
The wild men are very eimian in
general aspect.-. They have scarcely
any forehead and they have lartre
projecting ndges above their eyes.
They are highly prognathous, that is
haviny p otruding under jaws. Their
nose.- aie flattened almost to nothing
at the bridge and are very broad at
th< other end. the nostrils being large
and opening forward.
They build no houses but shelter
themselves under bushes or in the
branches of trees, when the women
are raising children however, the
men make night shelters of boughs
over them. They have no regular
marriage, but when a man desires a
wife he lies in wait for her behind a
tree, springs upon her, beats her into
unconsciousness with a club and
drags her off to his lair.
They do ir> > >^s?ss a'properly articulated
la ire, and they make
known their v . ics by criesandhowls
resembling l noises made by monkeys
and ot . animals.
They know bow to build fires and
they kill small animals with rude
bows and arrows. Kxeept in these
two respects they do not exhibjt the
rudiments of ordinary human nowledge
as exhibited ov savages. They
cannot be said to posse a vestige of
civilization. They eat snakes, frogs,
insects and all kinds of things that
would be generally considered unfit
for human food.
The children are covered with a
soft fur, which disappears at the age
of about ten, and is then replaced by
coarse hair, resembling that of the
ape.^C ? I* y CT.* C^r r "Z i
It must be a wonderful sight to
watch these wild men, women and
children playing in the trees, hanging
by the feet and swinging from
branch to branch with the agility of
monkeys. Professor Klaatsch narra
teshow one of them escaped ir a arm
at the sight of his camera by running
up a gum tree and then hanging by
the feet, looking over his shoulder
to see what the thing was.
The Australian bushman, as nreviously
observed by scientist., was
regarded as the lowest existing tvpe
of man. He possesses many ol ;ne
characteristics mentioned as bel iging
to the new ape-man desci ibed
here, but not the apelike formation
of the thumbs and great toes. He
has the prominent eyebrows and
jaws, the flat nose and the lank
limbs.
With all their degradation and sav
it i * ....
ugery me uusnmen possess skill of a
certain kind. They are the constructors
of the wonderful boomerang,
which when thrown for a distance of
hundreds of feet comes back to the
hand of the thrower and damages
him unless he knows how to receive
it. The bushtnen are also noted for
their "corroborees" entertainments,
at which they imitate the play of various
animals.
The newly discovered ape-man represents
one distinct stage lower or
farther back in the scale of evolution
than the bushman. Whether the
bushman is a direct descendant of
the ape-man or a cross between two
races will be an interesting question
to decide.
The newly discovered ape-man constitutes
a most important factor in
the evidence that establishes the doctrine
of evolution. Dr. Dubois, the
Dutch army surgeon, had already
discovered in Java, which is adjacent
to Northern Australia, the remains
of an ancient creature, which he called
Pithecanthropus Erectus, or
"ape-man who walked erect." This
creature possessed even more apelike
characteristics in its skeleton
than the man now discovered by Professor
Klaatsch, but yet in its erect
attitude and the formation of its
skull it proved itself much nearer to
man than any existing ape. Now we
possess four links in the chain of ev?,Uw.U
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W1 UVIV/II WIIIV.II JMOVl'S nil* Ul'SCt'ni OI
man. These are the ape, the Pithecanthropus
erectus of Dubois, the
ape-man of Klaatsch and the Australian.
There is no longer an inexplicable
gap between the ape and
man. There is no longer a missing
link.
A DKPAIHIL WARNING
Mas Thrown tin' Colored People IiU
Consternation.
Consternation of the moHt aggravated
type has reigned ut Summerton
for Home time. It seems that about
a week or more ago a deaf inute near
there for the first and only time In
his Hlxteen years of existence was
hea d to Hpeak by reliable members
of hlH race, and these are the wordH
that fell fro.n his hitherto unused
tongue: "Tne Ixml Is goin' to rain
down fire and brimstone." ,,
It is not known by what phenomenal
chance his lipH were unsealed
after all these years of silence and allowed
to utter this prophecy. Reliable
segroes have attested to the facts
of the case, and when the story got
abroad amongst the negroes of Clarendon
county It did not fail to have
a most profound effect upon them.
Some regard it in the nature of a
Divine utterance, while others say
that before many days the boys tongue
will be loosened and he will make
strange and fearful prophecies of the
wrath of th"1 Lord which will he
poured out upon this evil generation.
The colored man from whom The
News and Courier correspondent got
the story w..s in tears of genuine
fright when it wns suggested to him
that the boy's words were full of
deep significance. It will be many
days before the full effects of the
miracle will wear off, and while It is
felt the churches of the negroes In
that section will he crowded with
penitents and mourners, who road a
dreadful warning Into this event.
PLOT TO KILL.
( mi Powder is Pound In Auto that
Blew Up W. J. Jarvey.
Chas. E. Moore, a wellknown dealer
In automobiles In Boston, caused
a sensation by declaring that ho had
stumbled on a murder plot in connec
tkiii wini me explosion or one of his
automobiles In the town of Auburn,
Mass., last Friday afternoon in which
Wilfred Javery, of Boston, was so
severely injured that his death is imminent.
Moore says that he removed the
sparker box from the wrecked automobile,
and upon examination found
in it two tablespoonfuls of gunpowder.
Further, he found as much
more in the oil. He believes it was
placed there by some one who wished
to cause Javery's death, for it was exploded
by the sparks.
Jarvery is the man who holds the
mile 'coord (45 seconds), and knows
of no enemy who would attempt to
encompass his death.
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