The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 17, 1908, Image 5
WILL GET EVEN
The Wounded Religions Fanatic
Swear Vengeance on Officers
H? PLANS REVENGE
On Police of Kan him* City, Who Bhoi
Mm in Street IU>w?A Pitable
Story of Fanaticism anil Superstition
Told by One of the Dupes of
f! ^ Holly Hollers.
Kansas City, Dec. 11.-^-"1 am not
going to tile. I am going to get well
and live to kill a few more policemen."
That Is the assertion of I,ouis
Pratt, self-styled "Adam Clod," the
religious fanatic, who is lying in the J
general hospital, seriously wounded
in a battle between his followers an i
the police Tuesday night.
As a result of the fight Prate's
13-year-old daughter, Lula, and
Policeman Alber (). Dalbow are dead
and two other policemen are in a
critical condition.
James Sharp, knowrljfos "Elijah
ii, illili ? iiu n <io iuu i ivuviui vn
the little band of religious enthusiasts,
is still at large.
Shortly after the shooting Tuesday
he walked into a saloon, laid
down his revolver with the remark,
"l am satisfied; I give tip."
As there was no policeman present
and no one seemed inclined to take
him into custody, Sharp waited a
moment, then picked up the weapon,
reloaded it and walked out. He has
not been seen since.
Mrs. Pratt, with two of her young
daughters, spent Tuesday night in
the matron's room at police headquarters,
but Mrs. Sharp, who flreu
two of the shots that struck Policeman
Michael Mullane, was confined
in the c. y jail.
"I've been in trouble before," said
Mrs. Pratt, and if I can be killed
for righteousness sake I shall be
eternally happy."
Mrs. Pratt beinonned the death of
ber other daughter, Lula, aged 13,
who was shot during the second
stage of Tuesday's battlo when the
woman and her children pulled off
In a rowboat in the Mississippi river
and attempted to escape
At the hospital it was said that
Patrolman Mullane had small
chance of recovery, but that Sergeant
Patrick Clark's condition was
' aRhtly improved. A. J. Selsor, the
- ny-stander, who was hit by a stray
bullet, also is expected to get well.
Mary Pratt, the little 11-yenr-old
sister of the dead girl, displayed the
same remarkable coolness shown bv
her leaders when questioned by the
police. She did not cry when told
of her sister's death.
Mrs. Pratt, in a statement to the
assistant prosecutor, told of the
band's work. "Mr. and Mrs. Sharp,
our leaders," said Mrs. Pratt, "were
known to us as Adam and Eve and
we believed their teachings. It was
re ealed to Mr. Sharp last summer
that our meetings were not to be
interfered with again. We armed
ourselves. 'If the police attempt to
arrest you, shoot,' our leader said.
rrtt Kill m/% 1*11 lion fnr.
1 Iiuy UUIIIIUI rv 11 l uiu. 1 11 1 1 > ?v/i
over.' The first I heard of the
trouble Tuesday was when Lulu and
Mary came running down to the boat
and told mo that the shooting was
going on.
"Then the oflleors came and wanted
to take us away. I got my ride
down off the wall, told Lulu to got
a gun, and we all got into a skiff
that was tied to the houseboat. I
sat in the bow with my^gun in ni"
hand. 1 was not going to shoot unless
I had to, because I had no
chance to ask either Adam or Eve
what to do. I'm sorry I did not resist.
I'm afraid I have lost my
ternal life because I think Adam
would have advised me to shoot.
"Lulu got into the back of the
skiff, which was covered, and Mary
took the oars and we started across
the river. The officers began shoot
ing at the boat. We drifted up to
the bank and when I saw blood on
Lulu's ear I knew she was shot.
Then Mary and I get out and hung
on the side of the Upat until th?-v
captured us." T
Mrs. Melissa Sharp, a slender woman
of middle age, whose statement
was taken by another ofilcof', detailed
v the occurrences leading up to Tues
i day's fight and then told of the
wanderings of the band.
| "I was born in Mount Orove, Mo ,
# 37 vears aco. on a farm." said Mrs.
' Sharp. "I married Sharp, a farme.-,
twenty years ago and we went to
Later, we went to OklaV\6ma
and took up a claim. We had
no religion then. About six years
ago my husband came home one
night and said he did not think we
were living right.
"He had had a revelation of the
faith of God. We began to read the
Bible and a week later I got the rev*;
SUBSl
L , \
TEDDY FROTHS
itooskvklt threatens to hue
the nhwhpaprltfk
lie hhjth "If They can be itauchcd
For CrLmiiutl ldbek, i will Try va
hj*vo i'brn Reached."
Washington, Dec., 10.?"If they
can bo reached for criminal libel.
i nhall try to have thorn renclmd
said PreBident Roosevelt in speaking
this afternoon about "those AmerieauH
who have boon guilty of infamoun
falsehood concerning the acquisition
of the property and th \
construction of tho Panama Canal
itself."
It was to the committee of one
hundred of tho Lakes-to-the-C.o.f
Deep Waterway Association, headed
by Governor Denecn, of Illinois, who
were received by the President in
the Last room of tho White House,
that ho mado this declaration.
Governor Drnocn had presented a
copy of resolutions adopted by the
Association. and made a few remarks
to which the President replied as
follows:
"I have felt, as the Governor has
well put it, that no more Important
service could bo rendered to this
country than the building of ^..e
Panama Canal between the Atlantic
and the Pacific, and one thing I am
proud of in connection with the
building of that canal is that there
has not been legitimate cause for
the breath of seandnl connected with
any feature of the proceeding. We
have cause to be ashamed of only
one set of Americans who have been
guilty of infamous falsehood concerning
the acquisition of the property
and th* construction of the
canal Itself: If they can be reached
for criminal libel, 1 shall try to have
them reached. If not, at any rate
all the facts we know or ever have
known are at the disposal of each
and every one of you here, and ot
any one In Congress or of all Congress
If they wish to pee them.
"Next only in lmj>ortance from
physical standpoint to building the
Panama Canal cornea the question of
developing the use of our own waterways.
That must be done by the
policy of irrigation at the headwaters
up in the arid regions; and
where you come from, gentlemen, P.
is to he done by making our coa.-t
take a big loop in from the Gulf ?.
Mexico to the Great I,akes, and we
will see that the work is done; and
no work oonld have don*? from
beginning to end more honesMy
or moro efficiently." *
republican prosperity.
(iiguntie Lumber Trust Will S<k>ii
Rc* a Realty.
Duluth, Minn., Dec. 10.?Edward
Mines, of Chicago; William O'Brine,
of St. Paul, and W. 11. Cook, of
Duluth, are engaged in a series of
conferences, looking to a deal to
bringing lumber interests and holdings
of the Northwest and West
under the gigantic combination. The
fit. Paul and Duluth men are pine
kings of the West and Northwest
and Mines represents himself and
the Weirhauser interests. The real
struggle will come tomorrow. Cook
is opposing the plan, but probably
will be overruled. *
elation. Then we both repented for
two weeks, weeping and mourning,
not because we wanted to, but because
we could not help It. We sold
our farm and gave the money away
to people who needed it, and start
e<i on tne marcn.
Since then we have traveled
through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri
and Illinois. Then we wont
north to Minnesota, and last summer
we spent in Canada, in Manitoba and
Saskatchewan. We lived on gifts
made by converts and by small sums
offered us. One man who found tho
light, sold all his property and put
$7,000 in. We kept all the money
in a common fund.
'About last August, when we came
back from Canada, we built a houseboat
and started down the Missouri
from a place in Montana near White
Earth.
"We floated down tho river, stopping
and preaching at towns and
sometimes camping in the woods
In many places we have been persecuted
by the officers, who wanted to
take our children away and make
them go to school.
"Wo have boon going armed for
many months and have practiced
shooting. None of tho children can
road or write. We teach them, hut
wo teach thorn righteousness. Paul
says the wisdom of this world is
foolishness. Christ chose his discipies
from Ignorant people. Chris:
did not go to school. My husha id
and I can road and write. That is
, enough to teach the Bible."
in
MAD WITH TEDDY
i v
Committee Will Consider Roosevelt's
Criticism of'
ACTION OF CONGRESS
Hlat<Mu?aUi is the A??brI Mofwwgv
ItoLuilug to the Mecret Berriec mill
lleceivo Careful Attention and the
Committee mill Recommend What
Course to Pursue.
Washington, Doc. 11.?Tho Indignation
of the membors of the llou^e
of Representatives ovor tho para|
graph of tho President's annual
message relating to tho secret service
found expression todhy in a resolution
offered by Mr. Perkins, Republican,
of Now York, providing for
tho appointment of a committee of
five to consider the subject and report
what action should he taken in
connection with tho matter. The j
resolution was as rollows:
"Whereas, there was contained In
the sundry civil appropriation bill
which passed Congress at its last
session and became a law, a provision
in reference to the einploymetn
of secret service in the treasury department;
and,
"Whereas, in the message of the
President of the United States to
the two houses of Congress is was
h*at*m1 in reference to that provision,
'it is not too much to say that this
[amendment has been of benefit only,
and could be of benefit only to the
criminal classes,' and it was further
stated the 'chief argument in favor
of the provision was that the Congressmen
did not themselves wish
to be investigated by secret service
men,' and it was further stated,
'but if this is not considered desirable
a special exception could be
made in the law, prohibiting the use
of the secret service force in investigating
members of Congress, li
would be far better to do t? s than
to do what actually was done, ana
strive to prevent or at least to hamper
effective action ngainst criminal?
by ttie executive branch of the gov
eminent.' Now, therefore, be it
'Resolved, That a committee of
the President, and report to tno
House lie appointed by the Speaker
to consider the statements contained
in the message of the President
and report to the House what action,
if any should be taken in reference
thereto."
HAD MAN WITH A GUN.
Saloon Keeper Shoots and Kills
Throe Negroes.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 11.?After
a brief argument with a crowd of
negroes engaged in a game of billiards
at a saloon on Desota street
near Reale, shortly after midnight
this morning, William Latura, a
white saloon keeper of this city,
shot and killed three of the negroes
and wounded four others, one mortally
and the others seriously. One
of those wounded is a woman.
According to statements of bystanders
tho negroes were grouped
about tbe table when Latura entered
the saloon. As he appeared a
few heated words passed and in
the next instant Latura had drawn
his revolver and begun firing. Hach
of bis bullets took effect with the j
result as stated. Latura, who it is |
said had boon drinking, was taken i
into custody after the shooting.
CllOli I'll TO UtMTII
Man Falls Over Dash Hoard and Is
Killed.
Spartanburg, S. C., Dec. 10.?Luther
Thompson, aged 3T> years, a
well known young farmer of the Inman
section of the county, was found
dead in his buggy by members of
his famly. He had fallen forward,
his head hanging over the dash
board and it is believed that he was
strangled to death.
From what can be learned it appears
that Thompson went to a still
in North Carolina on Monday, iveturning
to his homo late Monday
night he drove into his lot to put up
his horse and buggy and being in
an alleged intoxicated condition, he
fell forward and his head caught over
the dash board and before he could
extricate himself, he strangeld to
death. *
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Holly Hollers Dlspursed.
Sandusky, Ohio, Dec. 10.?The
Holly Roller organization at Berltu
Heights, almost 200 strong, was ordered
disbanded by Irate townspeople
today, and the organizers, Jacob
Hoppinger and D. K. C. Deecken, of
Buffalo, N. Y., were served \V?1 th
notices to leave the community.
I %
)W TO
r
TEDDY USURP POWER
HAD NO 1UUHT TO TKAK DOWN
lHTIJHNCJ.
(V>l. Ilrownwcll Claim* Ho Cited Fact
of Uck of Authority, Itoowvolt
Giving IHrwt Order, A ay how.
Washington, Doc. 11.?Attention ,
was called today to tho fact that the
utterances of tho President n regard
to tho action of Congress In
limiting tho use of tho secret service
force 1h not the only action of the
executive that Is considered by members
as objectlonablo.
It became known today that the ,
sub-committee of the committee on |
appropriations, having In charge the ,
preparation of the leglnlutive. exocu- ,
tlve and judicial Appropriation bill, i
has been investigating tho raising ]
of the old Pennsylvania station that
was located on tho Mall until the
President had it torn down.
That the committee failed to ex- .
punge its Inquiries about this action |
from tho printed hearings Is taken
to Indicate tho temper of that com- ,
mlttee toward the executive. ,
When Col. Hromwell, military al l"
to the President, and superintendent
of 1111 1)1 ir* llllll/lituru
.......... <imi Hi (Milium, UJI- ,
pen rod before tho committee Kepre- ,
sontuti olliirloson, of Texas, asked
him if he had not requested an ap- i
proprlation last year for a watchman
for the old depot.
"I think so," replied Cof Promwell,
"but I have not had any oc- .
cation to use It, because 1 havo torn
down the railroad station."
"What? Torn down tho railroad (
station!" exclaimed tho Texas mem- (
bor. ,
Col. Tlromwell explained that he |
tore down the building on the writ- (
ten order from tho President of the ,
United States. ,
T)o you know of any law on tho
statute books that author'zes any }
executive ofllcpr to sell any of the ,
property of tho United States of |
that character, real estate?" inquir- (
od Chairman Tnwney, of Minnesota i
"No, sir," ropliml tho President\v j
aide. "I called the attention of the j
higher authorities to that fact, and t
1 received tho order to tear the j
building down." ,
Replying further to the chairman
Col. Broniwell said that ho knew of j
no Immediate necessity for its re- ,
nioval. (
The committee also went Into an f
examination of the government, of- t
fieials to ascertain what right tho v
commission on country llfo appoint- .
cd by tho President, had to use the (
franking privilege, as It claimed was ,
being done. Members of the committee
referred to the q'ommision {
as "one created without authority ]
of law." * ,
BRYAN WAS A11RK8TED. ,
' i
His Hunting Party Had Kille<] Too
I
Many Ducks.
Galveston, Texas, Dec. 10.?William
Jennings Bryan fell into the
I
hands of a game warden yesterday,
when he and three other hunters
were arrested at Lake Surprise, the
famouns game preserve of Banker
Moody, of Galveston, in Chambers
county.
Bryan, Moody and two friends
were charged with having violated
the State game law by killing more
than 25 fowls each. The law limits
the number of ducks to be killed
by one person 2 5 in 2 4 hours.
More than 150 dead ducks testified
to the work of the four men
up to the time the game warden appeared.
Then it was Hworn that
Bryan had really killed but a few
canvas backs. Moody and the other
two Nimrodr pleaded guilty and accepted
the penalty, the fine being
$25 each.
SUDDENLY STRICKEN.
1
Was Prominent in This State During
Reconstruction.
Washington, Dec. 10.?II. G.
Worthlngton, a former representa- ,
tive from Nevada, was stricken with
paralysis in tho house of representatives
today. Mr. Worthlngton,
who is a resident of Washington,
was removed to his home, and physicians
called. This is his second
stroke. Mr. Worthlngton, It is said,
is the only surviving pallbearer of
Abraham Lincoln. Worthlngton
was a prominent politician in South
Carolina during tho days of Reconstruction.
Among other offices he
held the Collectorship at Charleston,
ton.
Deadly Hot Supper.
Cartersvllle, Ga., Dec. 10.-?TIamp
Harris was shot and instantly killed
by Walt Boozer at a negro danco
Wednesday night, near Htilesboro.
| Both are negroes. I
THE HO
ELEVEN KILLED
Big Explosions of Dynamite In
Panama Canal Cut
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
Ten laborers Are Killed and Fifty
Are \VouikI<h1 by tlm Premature
Explosion of h (Hunt IllnM of
Dyuumito, Which Hot OIT Twenty
Tons Stored Near by.
Colon, Dec. 12.?A giant blast of
lynamite, already prepared for firing,
was prematurely exploded In the
workings at Has Obispo toduy. Ton
men were killed and fifty Injured.
It may be that others have been
killed, for debris is piled up in all
11 ructions.
Has Oblsjfo cut Is about thirty
miles from Colon, and the shock of
the explosion was. distinctly felt
here, as in addition to that in the
blast twenty-two tons of dynamite
was exploded. All the killed were
Spaniards except two, who were
Americans.
Numerous reports are current a s
to the cause of the accident, hilt
the official version from Culobra.
which gives an estimate' of ten
killed and lifty wounded, states that
luring the loading of the last hole
[>f the blast the dynamite in this
putting was discharged and the remaining
twenty-two tones were exploded
by concussion.
The holes hnM ..
....v. in-cii LUli UflHI'd
electrically uk the discharge of
tho blunt wuH set for f> o'clock In
the afternoon. The last holo was
being loaded under the supervision
)f one of the most efllclont powder
men in the employe of tho coinmisdon.
Relief trains were sent to the
joene of tho disaster and one which
returned here several hours later
brought hack the report that 4 ">
)f the injured had been sent to
\ncon hospital. The officials on the
rain stated that eleven dead had
jee.n found, while many others In
he gang of a hundred and twentywo
who were employed In the cut
vere missing.
It was also reported by tho trninnen
that the explosion was due to
i passing steam shovel, which hook
?d the wire leading to the immense
:harge of dynamite. Whether or not
his was the cause of the accident, a
iteam shovel and crew which ha*>K'ned
to be on the scene were practically
buried under the mass of
ocks and earth thrown up.
Gangs were soon searching for
he dead and assisting the wounded.
Klectric lights were sent up, and tonight
steam shovels were at work
removing the tons upon tons of debris.
Many of the men have been
seriously Injured, some of them
probably fatally. Tradition has ic
IV.., t #l,? T>.. ~ * ?1
linn uiu i <hi<hii<i jitiiiruau cost, one
human life for every lie, nnd with
accidents, insurrections and disease
t he construction of tin* canal has not
gone along without exacting its toll.
There have been a number of accidents
in the last two years, chief
among which was the premature explosion
of dynamite at Pedro Miguel
in June, 1007, which resulted in the
death of seven men and the injury
of a hundred. *
TWO MOKE VICTIMS.
\ Fanatic and a ltrave Pollcemnn
I>les From Wounds.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 11.?Two
more names were Thursday added to
the list of dead as< a result of Tuesday's
battle between religious fanatics
and the police here, the total
number now being four.
Shortly before noon today Tx>uls
Pratt, 45 years old, the foremost
disciple of James Sharp, died at the
General hospital and an hour late'
UUhanl ?. ''
ki miiiianc, a |M?| M t'lllit II, MllC
cumbed to his wounds at. St. Joesph's
hospital. Policeman Albert C). Da.
bow nnd Lula Pratt died immediate'.y
after being shot Tuesday.
Mullane suffered himself to ht>
mortally wounded because he woubl
not shoot a woman. According to
witnesses he dodged behind a wagon
when Mrs. Sharp attacked him wim
a revolver and, though she continued
firing, he made no resistance
though armed.
"Hoys, I could have killed the
woman, but I would not," he claim
ed as he sank to the pavemenl
piorced by four }>ti 1 lotB. *
KxploHlon in Mii^axlno.
Calcutta, Dec. 7.?An explosion at
at military station, where men wer.
engaged in converting ball cart
ridges into blanks resulted in th*
killing of eleven men and wounding
of twenty-six others. The casual
ties were all among natlvo soldier*
on.
RRY HEI
FIEND PUT TO DEATH
DllAGGKl) KICK YOUNG LADY
FROM IIKK 11KI)
After SUootluK Kevornl Time* !
Her Ilootu?Tr?ll?Kl by IKikh un<l
(' aught aim! Whh I/wt.
Valdoota, Gft., I)oc. 12.?Pnrtlo?
who came hero lust night from
Stntonvllle, In KcholH county,
brought Romn rather meager detail
of the exciting experience which tho
family of Mr. Fisher lloloto had at
the handa of a negro doRperudo who
ran amuck during tho provloun night
and bolted Into the houae where the
memberB of tho family were sleeping.
The negro whr evidently one who
ha,d had some trouble with Mr. ltelobo
and, after becoming drunk at
a negro frolic, later went to tho
white man's home for trouble.
The negro first broko open tho
door of his home and rushed into
tho room where the wife and sick
daughter were Bleeping, exclaiming:
"I want old Fisher ltelote," and
firing three shots from his revolver
Into the roof. Mrs. Hclote, who kept
her nerve remarkably well, told the
negro that Mr. Heloto was not
the room.
The negro then stumbled to tho
bed where tho sick daughter was
lying, catching her by the foot and
saying: "Here lie lu " ?>? >.? <> e.?
.... ItUU 1U 111*1
] 8nmo tlino firing two shots Into the
head of tho bod.
I Hy that time, Mrs. Helote had
gotton out of tho bed and aocuro.l
tho rIMo and was calling her busband
from tho adjoining room t.,
I como and shoot tho negro. A youngI
or son. Harper, in tho meantime, ran
in with hia little single-barrel guo
and fired once at the negro, but In
ilia excitement tho shot wont wild,
I craahlng through a bureau mirror.
The negro then left the place and
fled from tho scene.
Messengers were sent to tho convict
cnmpa at Tarvor for tho track
dogs and they were put on hia track,
following the negro for many miles.
Ho was trailed along the Georgia
Southern road townrd Valdoata, but
I disappeared in Grand bay, where
tho pursuers followed him. They
wore close upon Ida heels when they
entered the bay.
After several hours In there, tho
pursuers came out without the negro.
They stated, however, that he would
I not make any more midnight raids.
I They did not aay so, but it is the
general belief that the negro either
I resisted arrest and was killed, or ho
I was given a speedy courtmartial and
received the verdict of death.
The affair happened in a section
fhat doea not believe much in burI
denlng court dockets with such casI
os when the right man can be
caught.
WOIIK Or WIIITIO FIKXDS.
Cowardly and Hi atal Assault on tho
Gibson Family.
n -? A 1 ?
v/ Hium'sv 11ip. (;a., Doc. 11.?On t'io
charge of bring implicated with two
other men in tiring on the (Jibson
family near Cantersvilie, resulting
in tin; wounding of Mrs. Clibson ami
attempting an assault on her and
pillaging the house, Tom Collier, a
young man has been jailed hero.
The o'flloers also havo warrants
for Hud banham and Steve Heath,
and are making efforts to locate
them. Lanham, Heath and Collier
left, after midnight after imbibing
freely o.?Whiskey and near-beer anJ
terrorizing the county wherever thev
, went.
They shot the house full of hoi ?
after breaking down the doors and
forcing an entrance. Tho husband
was forced at the point of a pistil
to sit aside while the house was being
robbed and the women assaulted.
Lanham, at the poinst of a pistol,
dragged Lizzie Hardy, a sister of
; Mrs. Lizzie Cihson, 10 years of age,
by the hair of her head from the
house Into the bushes away from
the house and criminally assaulted
her. The other men attempted to
assault Mrs. Gibson. *
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1 DEATH BY TRAIN.
i ____________
Loses His Life Soon After Leaving
th? Court Room.
Cuthbert, Oa., Dec. 10.?Mr.
James Chesire, a well known cltl'
7.en of this country residing near
fountain Bridge, was run over by
the Cenrtal of Georgia pasbnger
' train, No. o, yesterday afternoon,
? at the Bell's pond crossing, one-half
- mile north of the depot, and died a
* few hours later. Mr PhAaim
>y..vwii u nail
; I been to Cuthbert, where he was
-1 serving as a juror on the Randolph
. I suporlor court and was on his wa/
I home when the accident occurred.*
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