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A PRIEST SLAIN In His Study at Newark, N. J, by Assassins SHOT AT WOMAN ALSO Three Men Walk into Room of the Rev. Erasmus Ansion and Shoot Him to Death?l>end Priest llad Ousted Several Trustees, Cuusing Much Dissatisfaetion. Newark, N. J., March 10.?Three men whose features appear to have been concealed by their heavy overcoats and slouch hats, walked Into the study of the Rev. Erasmus Ansion, pastor of the Polish Church of St. Stanislaus, this morning and opened lire upon him. Three bullets from their three revolvers hit the I.I... I' i noi, i\ i i i 111 ^ mill i imicili i.l J The trio turned to make their escape and found their way blocked by Mrs. Antonio Sewrzytska, tho housekeeper. One of tho visitors turned his revolver upon her, inflicting a wound which is likely to prove fatal. Then all three made their escape. Tho police were put to work on tlve case within a few minutes of the murder and by noon had rounded up four suspects, one of whom the housekeeper, now in St. Harnasbas Hospital, thought bore a resemblance to the lead'er of the trio who had done tho shooting. Tho others she was unable to identify. All four denied any knowledge of the affair. No adequate theory to account for tho attack upon the priest has been presented to the police. It was learned that there has recently been considerable factional trouble in the congregation, and Father Ansion, when he came from Paterson to take charge of the church five months ago, made several changes which are said to have caused widespread dissatis taction. All the men arrested are members of St. Stanislaus church, and the police ordered the arrest of all the former trustees, whom the dead priest ousted when he took charge of the parish. The police tonight arrested three men, suspects, all Poles, who reside near the church. At the same time it was announced that the belief was growing that the priest's assassins were not Newark men, although it was thought that the murder has boon planned here and that some of those under arrest may he able to shed light 011 these plans. A crowd of 5,000 Poles gathered early tonight in front of the rectory In lvklnk *1. ~ ? 1 -- 'I-- * >11 n mull n\y inu nuuy in inu inurtiered priest, expressing their grief and demanding to see the body. The police succeeded in getting it under control by promising to grant its demand. Accordingly, a double line of police was arrayed from the street through the house, and for two hours or more the Poles marched in single file past tho casket i-n which the body lay. KNC1INK OF DESTRUCTION. A New Torpedo That Can be Controlled Perfectly. Paris, March 14.?If all that is claimed for the new radioautomatic torpedo, built at the Creusot Works, is true, it promises to prove the most terrible engine of destruction that the genius of man has yet invented. This weapon of naval warfare can l.e used against a ship of the enemy's fleet In motion. There Is 110 escaping it. Tho radio-automatic torpedo is 'Con!rolled and directed by the employment of Hertzian waves, and by aid of an apparatus which differs very little from that now used in wireless telegraphy. When loaded, it would contain 1,000 kilogrammes of guncotton and about ten times the fiilOhtity Ot' explosive charge of the ordinary torpedo. Its apparatus Is synchronized so as to receive the Hertzian waves from the "parent" ship or shore station, and to refuse those emanating from the enemy. It will be capable of maintains a maximum speed of nearly fifteen Knoia ror live noma. One of the moat Important features is the wide radius of its action. From its starting point, the operator, be ho on ship or shore, can control its every movement, stop it, send it dead slow ahead or astern, and alter its course, with as much case as if he were on board tho deadly craft. The inventor is M. Oustave Gavet, who has long devoted himself to the study of the problem, and of the science of naval warfare. Josh Ashley in Limbo. Anderson, March 12.?J. W. Ashley, a representative in the legislature from Anderson county, came to the city today from his home at Honea Path and gave bond in the amount of $1,000 for his appearance before the United States Circuit Court at Charleston on March 10 ta answer to the charge of peonage. . nil in i SERIOUS GHARGES SUPHKME OOUKT DECISION UPON A WILL CASE IlriiiKs Out Sonsutloiml Allegations Against u Minister of the Cospcl of Cluromlon County. Columbia, March 13.?Tlie Record Bays a decision was handed down in the supreme court today on a Clarendon county will caso of unusual interest. The case is that of Helen Tlndal, et al., against the Rev. Richard A. Stublett, a Baptist clergyman, and his wife, Laura A. Stublett. The contest was over the possession of a plantation in Clarendon county, which, nof.yording to the evidence quoted in the opinion, Mr. Sublett Induced his aged mother-in-law, 89 years old, to deed to Mrs. Sublett for $7,500, payable after the motherin-law's death, without interest, although tho circuit court jury which tried the case found that the properly was worth $15,000. The decision is against Mr. Sublett, the finding of the lower court including mi. ouimuli a itiuuvui aa uaouiuui and trustee. Among others the following questions put to the juiy at the trial were answered "yes" in their verdict: "Was Mrs. Sarah Tindal (the mother-in-law) so enfeebled by old age and physical infirmities that she did not have mental capacity sufficient to understand what she was doing at the time of the execution of the said deed?" "Did the defendants exercise tindue influence on Mrs. Sarah Tindal and did they thereby obtain the execution and delivery of said deed?" It appears from the language of the decision that Mr. Sublett removed to Texas after marrying Miss Laura Tindal, and aftorward removed to Atlanta, and failing in his profession as a minister, came back to Clarendon county to live on the home place with his mother-in-law and her son, Ezra, to whom the property was to go, under the will of the older Tindal, at Mrs. Sarah Tindal's death. A year leater Mr. Ezra Tindal died, after which Mr. Sublett took charge and managed the piace as the agent of Mrs. Sarah Tindal. "Soon after," the opinion says, "on account of these new and unpleasant relations, Ezra Tindal's widow and her children left the place," and then on investigation Mr. Sublet discovered that the place never did belong to Mr. Tindal, the elder, but was Mrs. Tindal's, from her father, Ezra Allen. In 1908 Mr. Sublett prevailed upon his mother-in-law, is is alleged, to make a will dividing the place into three equal parts, one-third to the children of Mary Rembert, another third to the children of Ezra Tindal and the remaining third to Mrs. Sublett, Mr. Sublett being made executor and trustee, with authority to sell without advertisement. "Strict secrecy as to this will was enjoined by U. A. Sublett." Shortly afterward, It is further alleged, he prevailed upon Mrs. Tindal to execute a lease to Mrs. Sublett for eight years at $100 a year. In 1904 she made the deed of the place referred to above and died the following year, "the mortgage being witheld from record for a considerable time." Mr. Sublett is well known throughout the State, both his own family and that of his wife having wide connections among prominent people. For some time after giving up resident pastoral work Mr. Sublet conducted evongelical meetings in different sections of the State. His sons, Alvah T. Sublett and Hubert Sublett, were athletic stars during their career at Furman university and tho former was assigned the position of full-back on nearly every All-Southern football team chosen during the three seasons he played intercollegiate ball. * HEAVY LOSS FROM FIRE. Six People Are Hurt by Walls Falling on Tlicm. Spartanburg, March 12.?Property valued at $65,000 was destroyed here tonight by a fire in tho very center of tho business section of the city, when half the Cleveland building A ? J .. cs?..?u nu 1. -i ? i ni unni muiu uuu ouuill Vyll UI DII HH'tJI M was completely gutted and other portions of It considerably damaged. The Harry Prince clothing firm lost a stock of goods valued at $25,000, and R. L. Bowden, the oldest dry goods merchant in the city, sustained a loss estimated at $20,000, while the loss on the building will probably exceed $20,000. The building is owned by J. B. and J. P. Cleveland and is fully insured. Insurance so far reported coverers only about half the value of the stocks burned. In the course or ino lire live nremen ana one Wofford student were Injured by falling walls. Odd as It may seem, throe tongues are required In hitching a span of ! horses to a wagon. - FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS TKllM. The Defendunt Killed Ills Frieud While Riding in a Kuggy With Him and Young I^ady. Laurens, March 12.?Overruling a motion for a new trial, Judge Prince tills afternoon senteneprl vomitr Wu<l? Cothrau Pinson to a term of two years in the State penitentiary for the killing of Thornwell Boyce. Counse 1 for the defense will carry the case to the supreme court, pending which Pinson is released on a bond of $ 1,000, signed by his father and uncle. The appeal will be based on alleged errors 'u the rulings and charge of the presiding judge. Young Plnson received his sentence without any change of expression, lie to all appearances being unaffected. At 9:55 this morning the jury, after remaining out more than 10 hours, brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter with recommendation to the mercy of the court. Mr. Cannon, for the defense, at once gave notice of a motion for ji now trial, which was heard later in the day. People generally were somewhat surprised that a verdict had been agreed upon, since the jury had stayed out all night, thinking that the outcome would be a mistrial. It is thought that the verdict rendered was a compromise, some of the jurors holding for an acquittal and some for plain manslaughter. However, the general opinion was that manslaughter would be the verdict. Judge Prince charged the jury very clearly on the points of law relating to involuntary manslaughter, defining the distinction between accident and death resulting from an act in itself wrong, or "malum in se." The point that the jury had to decide was whether or not the effort 011 the part of young Plnson, who was trying to adjust his pistol, when the fatal shot w]as fired, constituted an unlawful act because of gross negligence, or whether or not it was the result of a wanton disregard for human life. The tragedy which culminated in sending Cothran Pinson to the penitentiary was enacted after the midnight hour on the public highway, four miles below the town of Cross Hill, in Cross Hill Township. The young man, Pinson, and the victim of his deadly pistol, Thornwell Boyce, accompanied by Miss Brown, all of Cross 11111, was returning from an entertainment given at the home of Mrs. Eugene Leavell, who resides just across the lino In Newberry county. The principals, Boyce and Pinson, worked in the same town as salesmen, and were boon companins. Mr. Boyce was a son of Capt. Martin Boyce, decoased, one of the prominent men of the county for many years. The defendant is a son of Mr. Enoch B. Pinson, a substantil citizen, and connected with some of the leading families of the county. NEGROES NOT WANTED. President Tuft Will Not Appoint Tlieni to Office. Chicago, March 12.?"The passing of the professional Southern negro politician as a Federal olllce holder by right of color has been made an j essential feature In the proposed policies of President Taft," says the Tribune today in a news article. "Hereafter Southern White Republicans will receive the utmost consideration In tilling the 'big' places in the Federal service below the Mason and Dixon line. The places which has been allotted to negro ReI publicans as a matter of custom will go to Northern negroes rather than to Southern black men. "News of this complete change in the administration policy has arrived in Chicago directly from the White House." * BRAVE TRUCK DRIVER i Dies After Saving Boy by Pulling llis Team Aside. New York, March 13.?John Vant, a truck driver, is dead after having Rftfl'IflpOfl Ilia Ufa fn DOWA ? r.!.. ? U IU oa?u a BlA-JfCttl'" old boy who darted In front of his horses in East Twenty-second street. In an endeavor to turn tho team aside Vant was thrown from his seat, falling under the wheels of his truck and being crushed. lie died two hours later in the Bellevue hospital. INJURED RY MOLTEN STEEL. Three Fatally and Three Severely Hurt in Explosion. Cleveland. March 12. ? Thre? workmen were fatally Injured and three other employes seriously hurt by an explosion at the open hearth furnace of the American Steel & Wire Company today. Water coming In contact with the molten metal caused the explosion and hot metal was thrown on the workmen, severely burning them. The building was damaged. \ TRAMPS RITUAL AS RECITED BY ONE OF THE TRIBE In a Police Court, Where Ho Had Been Carried to bo Tried for Loaflng. Question?Who comes here? Answer?A poor worthless candidate for charity, who begs to have and receive part of the free lunch r^P fl.lc. ? vi tmo tv;w u| art IUI I't'^UUir customers, as many thousand tramps have done before me. Q. How do you expect to gain the rights and privileges? A. By being a man too lazy to | work, uot ashamed to beg, and under the tongue of generally bad report, Q. Where can this report bo had | of you? A. It is in the police reports, inebriate asylums and at the cafes. Q. From whence came you? A. From a town in Texas called Booze. Q. Then you are a regular tramp, I perceive? a. i am so taken and arrested wherever I go. Q. How do you know you are a regular tramp? A. By being often arrested and tried and never acquitted, and exj pect to be arested, tried and convicted again. Q. . Where were you first preparj ed to be a tramp? A. In a small bar-room adjoining my place of abode. Q. How were you then prepared? A. By being kicked and cuffed around until divested of nearly all my clothes, having been previously deprived of all my money and diamons. Q. What first induced you to beconio a tramp? A. That I might travel all over the land and indulge my ravenous appetite for beer, and sponge my living from an easily humbugged public. now am I to know you to be a tramp? A. By the size and laziness of my feet, by signs, grips, and words. Q. What are words? A. Certain plausible tales that will best Induce the lady of the house to give iip her cakes and pies. Q. What are signs? A. Dirty face and hands, torn and dirty clothes, with a bad limp in either leg. Q. What is grip? A. A tight hold on anything portable that may be turned into ready cash. Q. Will you give me a grip? A. No, get some other fellow. Q. How did you first gain admission to this town? A. By a good long tramp at 'low twelve," the time when all policemen are called from labor to refreshments. Q. How were you received? a. ny a cop just on the point of taking a Manhattan eye-opener. Q. What did he do with your? A. He put me in a cooler in due form. Q. What was next done with you? A. He conducted me around from east to west to the court house, and told me to stand erect and face the public judge. Q. What did the judge say to you? A. He told me to say my name, promise to obey the law, after which he ordered me to take a step to the left and follow the cop to the place from whence I came?the jail. CONK MADE HEAR ADMIRAL. He Distinguished Himself With the Atlantic Fleet. Washington, March 12.?Liuet. Commander Hutchinson I. Cone has been appointed head of the bureau of steam engineering of the navy, with the rank pay of rear admiral. He especially distinguished himself by safely taking the torpedo boat flotilla rrom Newport News to San Francisco in company with the Atlantic battleship fleet and was fleet engineer under Admiral Sperry during the around-the-world cruise, assuming that duty at San Francisco. * Killed by An to. New York, March 11.?Mrs. Leopold Raumann, wife of a wealthy New York furniture dealer, was was struck and killed tonight by an automobile owned by Holly C. Estee, a flour merchanit. Mr. and Mrs. Estee with a party of friends were in the car at the time. WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT MUSIC? Don't say, "can't afford an Organ o? Pinnn We will make you able, granting from one to three yeans to pay for one. We supply the Sweet Toned, Durable Organs and Pianos, at the lowMrt prlcos consistent with quality. Write at once for Catalogue. l*riceH and Terras, to tlie Old Established MALONF MUSIC HOUSE, Columbia, S. O. I \ Experiments Show Often ? 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