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/ A MADE BIG HAULS Twelve Million Dollars Stolen Last Year i ' BY TRUSTED AGENTS Professional Thieves and Crooks n Were Far Outdone by Well-Dress- f r ed Gentlemen, in Position of Trust ^ and Honor, Whose Only Tools ^ Were Pen and Ink. a g The vast army of professional (1 J thieves who rob by force or other- ft wise, steal but a tithe of the millions of dollars that are taken unlawfully throughout the length and breadth of America each year, says the New York Press. It is the well educated, carefully dressed gentlemen wlwo hold position of trust, and whose only tools are pen and ink, who loot most of the treasure chests of corporations and individuals. They stole last year, so far as the. records show, nearly $12,000,000. The year before they got away with more than $0,000,000. If the embezzlements during 1000 keep up the record for January, this year will be another record breaker for dishonesty and loss. The report of defalcations for the first month of J 000 shows that the enormous total of $1,2 85,4 0 0 was taken during its 8 1 days. This is at the rate of more than $15,000,000 a year. Burglaries and other thefts amount to but about $8,000,000 annually. The amount of embezzlements only can be. guessed at, after all, and it is more than likely that the tigures given are far below the actual. They are compiled by one of the big New York fidt lity companies from agents all over the country, from newspaper clippings and other avail ame sources ot information. Yet, it is acknowledged by everyone fa- e miliar with the subject, that not a more than half the embezzlements " that occur are ever heard of, execpt * by those most directly int? rested. ri They are hushed up for fear they " will injure the standing ot the con- 1 cern that has been robbed. s' Sometimes the embezzler is caught redhanded and is forced to disgorge a most of the money he has stolen. ' This generally is before he has had " a chance to spend it, and usually follows a theft that is committed n under sudden and overpowering 11 temptation. In many other cases " however, it is discovered unexpect- a edly that a trusted employee's de- ,( falcations hive extended over a pe- ? riod of ma'..., months or years. If he confesses and his family and friends are able to make up even c the major portion of the loss, he frequently is allowed to go free and nnwhipped of justice. But there are others whose cases are so llagrant 1 they cannot be hid. The bonding w company los?s thousands of dollars, a and then the punishment is severe 11 and certain. ' "I could stand on the roof of almost any of the tall buildings below Futlon street," said an employee " of one of the big private detective agencies the other day, "and toss a stone on the roof of one or a score of places where I, personally, know a that heavy defalcations have occur- fi red that have never been reported tl to the police, or even hinted at in L the newspapers. In some of the cas- h es the embezzlers have been caught; n in others they are being hunted for p in various narts of tlm onrth Thoir pursuit never will end until death si or capture gets the thief. The b known statistics of los sindicating H $12,000,000 stolen last year, are f< accurate, so far as they go. lint the ei actual amount of embezzlements ? inigth reach four times that amount." li Hanks and trust companies are ] the heaviest losers, according to the 01 published reports. Last year there es was stolen from such corporations tl the sum of $5,9933,971, which was rc $2,901,970 more than in 1 907. Last Jaruary the defalcations from hanks hi and trust companies amounted to ti $794,950. If the embezzlements con- w tlnue at the same rate during 1 909 si it will bring the total of losses for b< such institutions alone up to $9,- cr 53 9,4 00, which is more than the to- hi tal losses in all lines of business re- n< ported in 1907. e\ General business, which term in- ?f oludes commercial houses of all descriptions, lost $2,402,982 through defaulters in 1908. During the first ,)? month of 1909 the total of the losses ,)e that came to light was $531,220. 1,1 Public service corporations were r' the next heaviest losers, their total he being $1,044,741 in 1908. No one ce knows why it it, but this was nearly 11 $750,000 below the previous year's re record. i S The smallest losers in 1907 were In the insurance companies, who had $81,540 taken from them surreptltiously. Last year, though their losses amounted to $581,233, an increase of about 600 per cent. Beneflcial associations lost less than us- " ual in 1908, only $281,511, which 111 was about half what they did in nc 1 907. Court trust funds were em- w bezzled to the extent of $554,526 last year, an increase of nearly a quarter of a million dollars. Transportaion companies, by which is th meant the steam ralloards and water in FOUND GUILTY "Ot'NG WIIITK MAN CONVICTKl) OF Ml'llDKll. le Claimed That Ho Was Insane From Drinking Blind Tiger Wiliskey With Cocaiue in It. At Anderson last week Webb Slin110118, a young white man, was outld IMlilfV of Tiillfditr u-ll hunt ?commendation to mercy, for the illing of United States Deputy J. 1. McAdams on February 2 0, last, 'he jury retired at 5:45 o'clock and t 1 I returned with the verdict of uilty. The accused heard the verlict calmly, seeming unmoved by us terrible situation. Counsel for the defense at once nade a motion for new trial, and rgument on the motion was begun, t had not been completed when ourt adjourned until Monday. One if the bases of the defense's moion is the allegation that one of he jurors is over 05 years old. The arguments by Attorney Daglall for the defense and Solicitor ton ham for the State and Judge )antzler's charge were completed at >:45 o'clock in tlie afternoon, when lie jury retired with the case. Heore leaving the court room Judge )autzler instructed Sheriff King to lotify him at any hour during the light in case of an agreement. Webb Simmons is a white man of bout 2 2 years of age and was emiloyed at Orr cotton mills. While ie was in a drunken condition and irhile terrifying the mill village )eputy McAdams, a sworn constable inder Sheriff King, attempted to uiet and later arrest him. Simlons resisted and fired several shots .'it 1 i a shotgun, one load taking elect in Me Adams' body, resulting ii death shortly later. Simmons as brought to the county jail, where e lias rested until now, no attempt eing made to get him out on bond. The case was called for trial ?iii.\ r rid ay morning ami rrlday ml Saturday 40-odd witnesses testied, about half being for the State, 'he defense was based on tempoiry insanity, caused by cocaine in tie whiskey, of which he was under lie influence at the time of th > hooting. Dr. Parker of Charleston istified that the whiskey contained large quantity of cocaine. Many Xpert witnesses took the stand for otli sides. The trial of Simmons has created lore interest at Anderson than any ial in recent years. The court room as been overcrowded at all times nd Judge Dantzler caused the doors ) be guarded and locked to keep ut an overllow. Simmons has held up extremely 'ell. When the jury retired he hatted merrily with bis young wife, ho sat at his side during the entire rial. He claims not to have known anyliing from the time he took the diiskey on the morning of the fatal ay until he awoke under arrest t the jail at 8 o'clock that night. * WOMAN HUNS AMUCK eeomes Insane and Tries to Kill Her Family. Friday morning while raging in tit of insanity, Mrs. Charles Bareld, wife of a farmer residing in lie upper Hollow Creek section of .exington county, attempted to kill er family. The unfortunate womil was carried to Lexington and laced in pail and wil be carried to lie State Hospital. This is very id case, the woman leaving a husand and six children behind. Mrs. arneid is siiid to havo boon suf;ring from a complication of disises, which affected her mind. nes, cut down their losses by $111,25, their 1 908 defalcations being nly the trifle of $242,008. This is specially remarkable, considering le billions of money that the rail>ads* employees handle every year. "There isn't a safe made that a urglar can't get into with a little j me and adequate opportunity t> ork without interruption," said the iperintendent of one of the big mding companies. "Hut safe- | acking isn't half so easy as robng with pen and ink. There is a ?w system of accounting devised rery few days, but I never heard one that was embezzlement-proof. Kxperts attribute the large amount defalcations among employees of inks and trust companies- it will i remembered that these lead in e list of losses?to the small sala- ! n jmiu. j\ tenor wno Handles perips a million dollars a day will reive $1,500 to $2,500 a year salary, e lias to dress well and live in a spectable neighborhood. So long all goes smoothly, so long as there no sickness or death in his family, i may be able to rub along, lint it to save any money. Then the ly conies when he needs $100 or >00 most urgently?more than he er needed money before in his life. 1 e takes it, and then more and ore. Neither the fear of detection t )r anything else deters him for a hlle. Found In Itvler. I Altmeyer, six years old, who was lought to be kidnapped, was found i the river at Newark. , - - . . ? - i WINS FIGHT Cotton Seed Oil Will Remain or The Free List A FARMERS VICTORY Senator's Tilliuun and Smith lasl the Fight Against the Tariff?They W ere Aided by All the Southern Senators iu Their Winning Fight for the Farmers. Thursday was cotton seed oil day In the Senate, and a dispatch to The ' Columbia Record says it is largely due to the good work Senators Tillman and Smith have done that a duty of ?> per cent was not placed on this commodity. S? nator Aldrich, chairman of the finance committee, raised a storm ! of opposition on the Democratic side j of the Senate by offering an amendment to the tariff bill, making cotton seed oil dutiable at 3 cents a ! pound. After Senator Reveridge, of Indiana, had come to the aid of the South ern Democrats, Mr. Aldrich consented to withdraw his amendment and I allow this product to go 011 the free list. it is claimed by Mr. Aldrich that without the duty upon cototi seed I oil some foreign country might, under favorable conditions, dump its oil on the United States. This supposition was laughed to scorn by Senator Tillman, who declared that 110 other country could possibly compote with the United States in this industry, lie claimed that the proposition of the chairman of the committee was indefensible 011 every ground, for it would ! yield 110 revenue. He called attention to the enormous exports of this product from this country. Mr. Aldrich said a number of cotton seed oil manufacturers in the South had asked for the duty, having been presented to the committee by senators, but if all of the Southern senators were opposed to the duty, he would withdraw the ainend, tnent, which he did. When the item was read, Senator {Tillman promptly arose to ask on I whose suggestion such a duty was recommended. Senator Aldrich explained that the Dingley law provides for a duty of I 4 cents a gallon on cotton seed oil, ! so that this recommendation caused a reduction of 1 cent a gallon. This suggestion had no effect in pacifying the Democratic senators. I Senators Tillman, Bacon and Monj ey were especially urgent in insistI ing that they wanted no duty whatever. Before the discussion had gone on very far, Mr. Aldrich proi posed to withdraw his amendment, [ but that action did not have the effect of putting an end to the critii cisms. Mr. Aldrich said that Oremany and other countries were offering bounties for the production of cotton seed oil, and he believed that if the ! American market were not protected, ( it would be overuowed with the foreign product. He had been appealled to by Southern men engaged in { this industry for the protection he suggested. Mr. Bacon declared that the American cotton seed oil needed no protection, but he feared that such duty would result in having maximum duties imposed on cotton seed now admitted to those countries free of duty as well as on other duties on American products, but Mr. Aldrich would not concede the point. Senator Tillman wanted to keep up the markets abroad for cotton seed oil made abroad, and then imported into tiie United States, he replied: "Of course, I would if we get a higher price on cotton seed. The farmers are entitled to some consideration." The matter ended there. * STUDYING CIVIL WAR ILYTTLKS. Army Officers Going Over Virginia Battlefields. The fields of Seven Pines, Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill, which were fought over in trie Seven Days' battle in which (ion. McClellan's army was driven back from Richmond, then the capital of the Confederate States, were traversed Monday by the 32 student officers from the war college at Washington who are encamped in Sherwood park, just outside Richmond. Tuesday they visited Cold Harbor, Mechanicsville, Frazer's Farm, Gaines' Mill and other serenes of sanguinary engagements. The whole detachment of 3 2 officers and 4 2 cavelrymen will travel through Louisa Court House, Trevllian's Station and Orange Court House to the theatre of Stnnoiuaii Jackson's famous Shenandoah Valley ca mpaign. Firemen Strike. News from Augusta says about 50 freight firemen on the Georgia railroad struck Monday night against the rules of the road giving seniority places to negro firemen. The 30 negro firemeu are at their places. White firemen have been employed and are In the places of the white | strikers. .. .. 4. ? W SOME TEA FACTS j I W HICH W'EKE llKOI(JUT Ol'T IN I THE TAIUFE l>EHATE. South Carolina liaising More Toil Thau the (itltntcst Tea Kaisiug Country Hid Thirty Years Ago. . "1*. 11. Met*.," in oue of his Wash* , ington letters to The News and Cour- , ' ier gives some interesting facts in . I connection with the raising and con1 sumption of tea in the United States. Ho says whether or not it is true iu<ii American consumers are paying GO cents a pound for 12-cent tea, some interesting information relative to the efforts of the (iovern, inent to encourage the industry in tile United States has been brought out in the Senate. it is not generally known that so far the best results in this country have been obtained at the Suminerville tea farm of l)r. C. U. Shephard, near Charleston. Reports have just been made to Chairman Aldrich. of the Senate tinance committee, showing what has already been accomplished here, and what may be expected in the future if the industry j is encouraged. (leorge 11. Maey, an expert on this I subject has just written Senator Aldrich as follows: "The tea industry in South Carolina is now raising 15.000 pounds annually, which is ten times the amount of tea which the Island of Ceylon produced in 1875. 'Today Ceylon ranks among the largest tea producing countries of the world, having exported last year I!{2,000.000 pounds. "I understand that the exporta-' itions of the department of agriculture show that South Carolina is 1 producing Goo pounds of tea p< r an-| j nuni to the acre, whereas in China } and Japan the maximum reached is' ; 350 pounds to the acre. "The tea trade of the United States 'is fast becoming monopolized by the foreigners, and in this connection I would call attention to the fact that the Japanese (!f>vern men t is | now paying a subsidy of $05,000 gold to Janunesc vos?i>i*i , . ? ? .11 I J lift Japanese t< a, for each round (rip I between Japan and the United I Slates. The Japaesne have, under subsidies, established agents of tea throughout the United States, and it is a well recognized fact in tin?, trade that within a few years they I ( will control, not only the growing, exporting and shipping of tea to the United States, but also its very distribution in this country. it was demonstrated, under the Spanish war revenue tax, that a duty on tea, involving a rash tranasetion upon withdrawal from bond of such tea, severely curtailed the operations of t hose foreign linns." Those who are asking for a duty on tea claim that such a duty of ten cents a pounds can be relied upon, even in times of business de- I pression. as a revenue producer of i about $10,000,000 per annum, and can be collected with but little ex-; pense. The Government is now tinder a heavy charge in the administration of the tea law of 1897, which protects the consumer from adulterated tea, suid even if the consumer paid the tax, a per capita tax of four to live cents per annum would be i a small price to pay for this pro tec- : tion. W. A. Courtney, of New York,! another man who is well versed in the tea industry, has written to Sen-! ator Aldrich. He says that during the years of 1900, 1 907 and 1908 he held the position of Ceylon tea ! commissioner to the United States. ' During those years he distributed in this country $75,000 per annum in ?iid of the Ceylon tea. He states , that at the outset he was met with the fact that America was consuming tea of the poorest average qualii ,r ... U 1 ~ * ii.v, nut which retailed at prices from Go to 100 per cent higher than J those charged in London, where a | revenue of five pence per pound is I first, collected. That there Is a tremendous profit i in selling foreign tea, in the United , i States, is evident from the fact that I the total capitalization of f> of these , I largest concerns is more than $25,- j 000,000, and that three of them have i 1 a chain of almost 1,000 stores? I scattered all over the country. It is highly improbable that any ; change in tin? present tea rates will ( ! be made in the tariff bill, but it is ; 1 interesting to note the progress that J is being made here, and so estimate the extent of tho industry during ^ I the next ten or fifteen years. Wild Mini Cuiifrht. j! A wild man has boon captured v in the swamps near Prentiss, Miss., r who has shunned civilization for (j five years. He refused to eat cooked c food when it was offered to him. v He was identified as Marvin White- c head, whose relatives have long t searched for him. t 8 Handed in Florida. f Will McFadden, colored, was legal- a ly executed at Titusville, Fla., Friday for one of the most brutal criminal assaults in the history of that community. * I t They Marry Young. I Prince Jeassu, heir apparent of the t Abyssinian throne, 13 years old, was i married a few days ago to a princess , 7 years old. ^ g > / TRAINS TIED UP Demands That State Promise Safety From Violence. | STRIKE OF FIREMEN Cuusm All the Trouble, liecnuse ' , I 1 I in* I'oople Art* in Sympathy Willi ' j Them?The Olllct'i-s of the Hail- ' I road Will Not Try to Move Trains 1 IHless Protected. Dispatches from Augusta indicate ' that the firemen's strike on the (Jeor- 1 gia Haiiroad is becoming a very serious matter. The nianageinea". is < not trying to move trains, simply ! announcing that it ha; the men, the i cans and the equipment to proceed I and will do so when t lie State an- ?' nounces it is ready to protect its i property and employes. ' The strikers arc* standing pat. They assert that tley have not been ' and will not be parties to any violence. Sympathizers with tho 1 strikers, it is set out, have done till ; tlie hurt that has been done. (ien- ' oral Mating* r Thomas K. Scott, jnade the annotinceiiient that "no trains 1 are moving." ' (Jov. Hoke Smith has wired the 1 sheriff of MeDutlie county to eo-operate with the municipal authorities ' and to summon all deputies necessary to protect life and property. It is in this county that Thomson is located and it is at Thomson that 1 the crowd issued a decree* last night 1 that no trains should pass carrying ' either non-union firemen or nemo 1 tit'elUdl. (lov. Smith has also asked tin? ' sheriff there to keep him fully advised of the situation. The gover- (l nor has also wired the sheriffs of ' itockdale and DeKalh counties, giv- 1 ing t hem information that engineers c' Ldaiin to have been rocked at Con- ' vers and Liihonia and urging upon * them prompt action for the prot.ec- 1 lion of the ruilroad's employes and property. from the olllces of the Georgia railroad it is announced that all ' freight accumulated at Atlanta for ( Augusta and points beyond will be ^ moved tonight by the Central and Seaboard. The Georgia railroad N freight, station here will bo opened ' for delivery of freight to consignees, hut shippers are requested to with- f hold all shipments until further no- r lice. After thus admitting how colli- ' plete is the tie-up the road says: "The Georgia road is omitting ^ nothing that offers promise of early * resumption." ' The Georgia railroad is 171 miles 1 long, running from Atlanta to An- 1 gusta, and branches at Camak to Macon, at Harnett to Washington, ' ;it Union Point to White Plains and * at Union Point to Athens. It. is 1 owned by a stock company and is being operated by the Louisville & Nashville, lessee. The Atlantic Coast f Line is joint lessee. It employs ' 2,400 to 2,500 men, 400 of whom are in the train service. Its last ( monthly payroll was $80,000. _ t liUltGLAIt CIIASHI) 15V WOMAN. ' t ( Gen. Longstroet's Widow Uses Her j Revolver. i Awakening at an early hour to I lirul a burglar In h?>r home on a farm 1 several miles from Gainesville, Ga., N Mrs. James S. Longstreet, widow of 1 the famous Confederate general, opened tire on the intruder, causing ( him to leave poste haste and ahan- ( Joning his booty as he fled. 1 Mrs. Longstreet heard the burglar ' In the dining room which adjoins f her bedroom. Quietly arising from Ued she seized a revolver and tip- 4 toed down the room. There the ' man was busily stowing the family lilat.e in a sack. She immediately opened fire. Neighbors who heard the shots bur- '| "led to the Longstreet home, but VI rs. Longstreet had a gate calmly etired. * WII.I, l?L.\C.\KI> TOILS' DOWN. ___________ e o 'oininissioner Sends Warning With j, New Notice?. ? v, The lirst case of interference in \ no enforcement of the new labor tl nspection laws was brought to Com- *' nissioner Watson's attention Fri- ? ay. A mill in Yorkville reports that (>l turning cards posted to protect child- b en from the machinery were torn own by unknown employees. The lommissioner has sent new cards /ith a notice that at the next oc- si urrance he would send two inspec- s ors to encamp on the scene until 1 he guilty parties were arrested. Mo ri ays he is trying to enforco the law h or the protection of both the man- s igements and the employees. a Scared to l>eath. | Adeline Hawkins. a negro of 'ordoche. La., was literally frighten- i> Ml to death Friday morning by the t >owerful searchlight of the battle- ( ship Mississippi as it was on its way t up the rivor to Natchez. "Its' the ? judgment light." she exclaimed and i then fell dead. * < LOVED ONE'S DEATH UAOF A YOUNG MAN' A IIKKMIT in i*i:aki:u mountain. Returning With a Fortune to (JJaiui Ilis Itride lie Met ller Funeral 1'roces.siou. Far up the valley of ('rooked rive-, u Washington county, Maine, Lo'oud the lituits of the logging camp-;, ivea Jack Wllber, tiie hermit of I'eaker tnountain, who for 13 years las dwelt in solitude in a log hut. Something of a mystery lias always surrounded this slender, palefaced recluse, whose physique did Kit Seem ul I"." ? ? ,...,.1* riuMiKn to withstand ho hardships of a winter in tho Maine woods, and who in every a ay appeared unfitted for the life which lie had chosen to live. It was known that VVllbor had to tiis credit $110,000 in a local hunk, ind this made his conduct all tho more inexplainablo to those who iiicw of tho lonely oxistunce. The explanation has, however, >een provided by two lumbermen who returned to Machias from a trip through the Crooked river valley, tnd who partook one night, of the hospitality of the hermit. They injured him to tell his story, which revealed the cause which induced him to forever isolate himself from lie haunts of civilization. This romance of his life, he says, he has never told before. ".My homo was in tho West." uiid Wilder, "and when I was a lOiniK boy my parents db d and I was intrusted to the care of an incle and aunt, who lived in Monana. .My new guardians seemed to 'escnt tho additional burden which tad been thrust upjn them, and my ife with them was not pleasant. "As I became older, the slights beanie still more unbearable, and had t not been for the growing attachin nt between myself and their laughter, Mary Stoninghum, I would lave long before started out to liud 111 ploy men t and, if possilile, a less rksome existance. "One night, when I was about 20 ears old, I asked .Mary if she would rust nre smd wait for me three years. Hiring that time, I said, i would arn enough money so that we could ;et married and go East. " Yes, Jack,' she replied, 'I will vait for you three years, and 1 know can trust you.' "The story of my attempts to gain i living for the next two years is 10I of especial interest, hut at the ml of that time I succeeded in pur hasing a building lot of L. 1*. Small, vho owned a large ranch In Southern Jalifornia, and by whom I was emdoyed. Soon after natural gas was liscovered on the ranch, and I sold ny section of it for $30,000. "The three years were nearly up, ind my first. thought was of Mary honingham, with whom I had been n constant communication. ".When I arrived at the little town a1 hero she had lived with her par nts I deposited my money in a bank ind then started for Mary's home. "On the way I met a funeral profession. I ask"d a former acquainauce w ho was dead. His reply shatered in a moment the air castles vhich I had been building, for he old me that my sweetheart had died >nIy two days before, after a brief lnness. "My money seemed valuless to ne. All the charm of life had gone. did not feel that I could meet my incle and aunt, so 1 immediately vithdrew my money from the bank ind took the tirst train East. I tept on In that direction until I aine to the wilds of Washington ounty in Maine, in the easternmost >art of the country, and here I ereot d my log hut. Here is where I shall 11 ways stay. "When I go it shall he to meet dary, and until then the loneliest dace is none too lonely for uie." ItllOTIIEIt KILLS KKOTUKit Miey Were Both Funnel's and Near Xeighltors. A duel between Joseph and Monk Iray, brothrs and prosperous farmrs residing near I'ensacola, I'M a., ccurred Friday, in which Monk '.ray met death. They had quarreled vcr the dividing line of land, and rhen they met both were armed, lonk Bray cursed his brother, and len fired at him. Joseph then leveld his shotgun, and with the statelent. "I hate to do it," fired, the ontents entreing the breast of the rot her, who fell dead. I<ady Drops Dead. Mrs. L. I. Clayburn dropped dead luicienly at DeKalb Friday, just as ho alightod from Southern Train 17, returning from a visit in Camon. She was apparently in good ealth up to the moment of death, ho leaves surviving her a husband nd five children. (ion. Boyd Better. Monday afternoon Adjutant Genial .f. C. Boyd loft for his home in 'olumbla, after s wading seve*d' lays at Aiken, suffering from an a*aek of apoplexy, having been stricken Friday afternoon. His recovery s rapid and Dr. T. G. Croft feels lonildent of a complete recovery.