The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 03, 1909, Image 3
MAILS TIED UP
By The Firemen's Strike on ^the
Georgia Road
NOT A WHEEL STIRS
Along the Entire System and a
Crisis Hum Reeii Reached?(H?ief
of the Federal ltureau of I/abor
Roaches Scene of Strike?Towns
Feeling the Strike.
IIonv less than a hundred striking
Georgia Railroad llrenien were able
to stop practically all train service
in a territory 170 miles long and
I u'i.nl v.li V'o t/i *i h !i till I'nrl lili lt?c
1 ft V/ 111 i ?? V I I I. J II ? IV ?? II \l H'l ? V\4 ?? ? I V ^
wide was the knotty problem into
which United States Commissioner
f Labor Chas. P. Neill plunged immediately
after his arrival at Atlanta,
(la., oil Tuesday night. An
emissary of conciliation he faced first
the race problem, the force behind
the strike; second, au announced
wish of many persons in this section
to have Georgians settle this
question by arbitration, and third,
the necessity of moving the United
States mail immediately. Within
two hours after his arrival Mr. Neill
was in private conference with General
Manager Scott of the Georgia
Railroad.
A dispatch from Atlanta says what
a remarkable feat this handful of
union firemen accomplished and what
power was behind them became apparent
Tuesday when a considerable
section of Georgia was compelled to
rely on automobiles for passenger,
mail and express service; and when
the transportation of such necessities
of life as food dropped back to
the methods of a former degree of
civilization, namely, to wagons and
even pack animals.
Tile four ncnre flr??inen ulnne ?HH
not produce this situation. It was (
the communities which the railroad t
served that stopped every wheel of
the system during the past three |
days; not the otlicials of these com- ,
nninities, but a few men who are (
said to have lighting blood in their {
veins, who came forward und announced
that negro firemen should ,
not be given seniority over white ,
firemen. From some hidden source j
^ of public opinion these men have up |
to now made good this racial ulti- 5
inatum. Few of these men were lire- j
men, some did not even claim to be l
acquainted with striking firemen, and (
a dozen or more aro said to have t
come from counties lying some dis- t
tance from the railroad. They ac- 1
complishod the tie-up without Herious <
acta of violence, with a few cases of 1
throwing stones, which appear to
have been accepted as warnings of i
what might happen if trains contin- I
f ued to run.
A settlement by arbitration should
not be difficult so far as the strikers'
demands are concerned, Vico President
Hall, of the firemen's organization,
said Tuesday, because the firemen
are not trying to exact a hard
and fast settlement. They struck
because ten white firemen wero re<
placed by negro firemen. The railroad
officiate declare that the negroes
were put in these positions
as rewards for faithful service, and
I
that tney are within their legal
rights in such action. Upon this
one crucial point of the controversy
( there has as yet been no sign of
agreement.
The directors of ithe road, the
general manager and other officials
were in almost continual conference ,
Tuesday, and It was reported that
some of the directors strongly favored
Governor Smith's proposition
for each side to select three Georgians
is arbitrators. Mr. Scott would
not say whether these offars would
he accepted. The directors include
men with local business interests,
which are liable to he affected un- l
favorably by a long tie-up. <
Hand cars, automobiles and in- 1
terurban cars made little impression 1
upon the 3,000 (toutids of delayed 1
mails in the Atlanta postofllce. Here *
r and there in the strike district a ru- 1
I ral postmaster shouldered a sack of 1
I outgoing mail, and after hours of *
hard work, riding and walking, *
managed to reach a railroad station x
not affected by the strike. Reports *
. were current that the Federal courts
might interfere and "place guards
!J on trains in order to get the mails
through. No such action, however, c
developed. Tho strikers have an- .]
nounced that they are willing to \
fire engines to carry mails, but that t
such engines must carry mails only, 1
and not passengers. 1
Reports that the necessities of life N
were lacking in some communities 1
caused Governor Smith to telegraph
along the line of the Georgia Railroad
Inquiring whether thero was a
e^any food shortage. No renlloa in- .
?
^^ ulicatlng such a condition wore reH^^B-civod,
and numerous reports stated f
^B^flhat there was plenty to eat erory- g
! /here. Business men, however, com- t
H plained of serious financial loss. ,
B For the first time since the be- i
ginning of the strike General Man- ]
ager Scott conferred with Goversor
H Smith Tuesday evening. Afterward !
H the Governor said:
FIREMEN'S POSITION
IN THE STRIKE ON THE GEORGIA
RAILROAD.
Tho Official Statement of the Causes
leading I p to the Trouble and
Strike.
There is considerable Interest in I
the strike of the firemen on the 1
Georgia Railroad. The firemen |
claim that their position has not been I
fully set forth. The official oircular
of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive j
Firemen and Enginemen, issued from
the grand lodge headquarters at ;
Peoria, III., on the 19th instant, after j
giving a review of urevious netro- !
tiutftons between the firt men ami I
the management of the Georgia rail- !
road, says:
"At this time ten of our members 1
engaged as assistant hosth rs at the 1
rate of $1.75 per day, were displac- M
ed by negroes at the rate of $1.25 >
l>er day. The Joint board lnimedi- i i
atoly took up their matters with the t
general superintendent of the com- I '
pany and were promptly informed <
by him that he would not deal with I
them or listen to their grievances j ?
or the propositions which they do- i t
sired to submit, lie also stated that <
ho had orders from his superior of- I
fleers to reduce operating expenses i
$1,000 per month, and that in? in- i
tended carrying out such instruc- j I
tlons. lie further stated that this,!
was only the beginning of reductions [ >
and that more would follow. j t
"The matter was then taken up U
with the general manager, who re- i
fused to do anything except to sus- (
tain the general superintendent. ?
ituher 15a" upon attempting to secure
a conference with tlie general I t
manager, was refused. k
"After bringing every possible In- I t
fluence to bear with a hope of reach- t
ing a peaceable settlement if the mat- q
ter, and failing in every effort, it he-j j
came apparent tliat it was either | i
necessary to adjust the affair and j (
protect the interests of our members f
Hi rnnirh an loonn u ~ ? ?
. .. . mi loom;, ui |>ri ill I I. I I If CUIII- I s
pany to displace them and employ I 0
leg roes at a reduced rate of pay to ^
[ill the positions thus made vacant, ,
ind it was on account of these con- n
lit ions that our members voted to s
it t ike. ^
"In further explanation of the sittation,
1 will say that the Georgia
ailroad and the Atlanta yard ter- ^
liinal are leased and operated by the
[youisville and Nashville and the
Seaboard Air Mine Companies. It j
s believed by the joint protective
>oard and by the ollicer directly in
ii
barge of the situation, that this is
0
)nly the beginning of an attempt on ^
he part of the company to dispense
with the services of white firemen
entirely and to fill their places with a
aegroes." a
It is stated that the Ijouisville 0
and Nashville employs only negro
firemen. 0
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SHWKItAbH SOAK Ml) MKAT e
c
1
At Greenville was Rendered Into , t
Soup Grease. 1
a
1 G.000 pounds of condemned meat s
in the local warehouse of Swift & t
Co., at GreenvilVp, was Wednesday t
finally disposed of, the whole lot be- t
ing sent to the Greenville central t
slaughter pen, where it was render- \
fd into soap grease. Each load was ,
weighed and taken to the tank under (
the personal supervision of Dr. C. r
E. Smith, the city meat and milk
inspector. This is the meat that was ,
submerged in the recent heavy rains t
when the sewerage pipes were back- v
i?d up by Die swollen waters of a (]
nearby creek. I
MAIIOONKI) IN SWAMP. !,
<1
t
High Water Kept Passengers Out P
All Night. J,
f
Passengers out of Columbia and
from other points along the Atlantic 0
oast Line between Columbia and '
Wilmington had a lonesome time on n
KTiday in Hoguc Swamp, between 1
iiallsboro and Waccamaw lake, e
itorm waters submerging the tracks ^
md causing tlie annuling of the
rain. It is feared the high waters a
n that section have seriously inter- n
ered with the railroad construction b
vork over the 1*00 Dee river near si
Florence. a
o
Girl Killed by Ilorse. a
Efhe Townsley, the sixteen-year- f)
>1cl daughter of Samuel Townsley, of c
fohnsonville, Hracken county, Ky., 11
vas found dead a few davs #pn en
ho road near her home. She had n
men riding a spirited horse, which ('
)ecatne frightened and ran away
vith her, throwing her off, dragging l>
ler over tho rough road. c'
e
g
Inspect tho cellar of en, and never v
tllow any animal or vegetable matter yy
o decay them. gl
ind I am now very hopeful that somo p
iteps may he taken, which will bring 0
ibout a speedy adjustment. In tho n
meantime I regard it of the utmost p
mportance that perfect order should p
prevail." a
Present at this conference were t
State Attorney General Hart and t
Major Jos. B. Camming , general ti
:ounscl for the Georgia Railroad. |
ROBS FARMERS !
8y the Operations of the High
Tariff Laws.
WILL BE NEW LINES
In the Next Campaign, and Those
Men Who Call Themselves Democrats
and Betray the Party Will
Bo Driven Out and True Men i'ut
on Guard. i
(
While on a visit to Florence re- t
jently Senator Smith gave a most
interesting resume of the tariff '
light in Congress to a reporter of
Fhe Times. The Senator does not
ook for any relief for the people
n the present tight. The situation '
s entirely too much dominated by
he rapacious "interests" of the country
as represented by Aldrich and '
it her protection leaders. They are
lighting for protection everywhere, 1
uid many Democrats seeing the
endenev have scrambled for a share '
if the grabbings. He does think,
However, that there is enough life
n the Democratic party for it to
lositively declare itself in this matter
in the next campaign and by
naking its principles prominent,
with the awakening of the people
hrough the country, the indepenlence
of many of the newspapers and
heir free and fearless discussion
>f the question to win the hold the
nippport of the United States.
He lias made one speech on the '
a riff and he has been very much
gratified by the reception of it by
he senate and by the party and
he people everywhere through the t
ountry and will soon make another I
t* wUl.tU iw% %..:n - ? - ..
.< ?uit ii ihj: v. 111 Mitv many tiling tnat l
le lias in mind, for lu> has studied .
his question as ho never studied he- t
ore. He believes that his unas- \
ailahle position on the strong rock <
f Democracy has been a help to C
itn and to others and he is sure I
hat the light that is being made
ow has made real Democrats and 0
tronger in their Democracy, and y
as made more apparent the proton- '
ions of those who love the name 0
nd the name only of Democracy, v
ut oppose its principles wherever '
hoy are offered. c
He says the expression of certain 1
)emocrats will result in one of two 11
hings, a loss of confidence in and f
repudiation of these individuals
r a loss of and a repudiation of
>eniocraey. Senator Smith evidently (
elieves that the people will repudi- 1
te the so-called Democrats, who 1
re voting to protect lumber and
tlier products. He goes on to say:
"1 believe that the essential priniples
of Democracy are nearer the
icarts of the people today than
ver before in the history of the
ountry. The middle west having
>een broken up into small farms,
he population becoming denser and (
he struggle for existance sharper,
nd the products of the farm necesarily
sold in a free market, while
hose things necessary for the culivation
and support of the farm are
o b(i bought in a protected market,
he people of this vast territory are
icginning to feel the effect of this
injust legislation as the people of ]
he South have felt since the inaugu- i
ation of the protective policy. i
"No man iomkI be deceived in i
hinking that the South with her j
remendous territory and population 1
rill ever allow even in her own bor- i
lers, manufacturing enterprises to l
le promoted at the unreasonable ex- i
tense of her agricultural interests
md those politicians who allow I
heniselves to he influenced by the i
owerful plea of the organized man- 1
ifacturing interests of the South, I
/ill have a very rude, hut very ef- c
ectual awakening when the voice i
f the ballot is heard. Therefore, c
confidently expect to see pure I)e- I
aocracy gloriously triumphant in S"
he next election through the infiu- f
nee of the thoroughly awakened c
outh and middle West.
"I do not want to be understood
s being against the promotion of
innufacturing Interests in the South,
ut 1 do want to he clearly undertood
as opposing the promotion of
ny industry at the unjust expense ^
f those who produce the raw materi1.
I firmly believe that, at the
resent state of perfected mechanial
appliances that the American
lanufacturer, both North and South,
an compete profitably with tht; c
lanufacturers in any section of the h
I vi 11 zed world. The skill and in- e
diligence of the American laborer, n
ins the skill of the American finan- t
ler can produce more per unit of ii
xpense than any country on tie n
lobo and the only protection that
re need is the protection of God
dmighty granting us favorable sea- c
ons.
"The Democratic party should not ?
o misunderstood under our system o
f government; we must have a reve- lie,
therefore, we must have a tar- t
ff, and in placing this tariff on im- e
orts some intorests will be incident- t
lly protected and in the protection v
hat would incidentally come from f
his tariff for revenue there would ?
>e an advantage to that particular t
nterest. This is unavoidable, but c
DAMAGE WROUGHT
DEVASTATION IN WAKE OK KAIN
AM) WIND STOliMS. C
Crops Over Wide Territory Arc A I- I
most Destroyed, Towns l ider Wa- ^
ter and Families Take to Hoofs.
I
A dispatch from Memphis, Tonn., !
says reports from the surrounding II
country bring advices of devastations
by the recent rain and wind storms. I
Mississippi and Arkansas seomed to
have suffered most.
The Arkansas river is out of bank
* 11 d flood warnings have been sent ;
out that other rivers will rise above
the danger point.
in both States crops are said to K1
have been almost totally destroyed w
while numbers of towns are under ((
water and families have been driven
to the roofs of their homes and the
only means of transit is by boat. i ("'
Great damage was done to the 111
railroads and in several places trains ()1
are tied up. ri
A tornado passed over the north
pin portion of Mississippi, wrecking i
many houses. No deaths are re- i l>
ported. | ,(
Practically every stream In lower , /(
Alabama and Mississippi Is at flood :t
stage. They have practically destroy- i
5(1 all the lowland crops.
Destruction of cattle and loss of I s'
timber has occurred. The Mobile
ind Ohio suffered a serious inter- 111
ruptlon of traflic.
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Fl'UITlYH CASH 1101C. 11
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Pi
Cttllgtit by Detective When lie \ isits [
111 Soil. I 111
of
After live months of flight gi
hrough Western cities, and into j
dexieo, lOdward H. Towne, Jr., lias | v(
eturned to his home in Orange, N. I il
I., to set* his sick son. lie was i hi
iniekly arrested by detectives, whose ' at
igilance lias never ceased on charges co
>f embezzling approximately $ 110,- m
ihO from the Matheson Lend Com. fb
>any of that city. at
Tow no, who is only twenty years st
ild, rose rapidly with his employers, la
ud was cashier when lie disappeared
n December. Following the dis- in
overy of his alleged shortage, it in
wis revealed that he had been livng
extravagantly, having two motor ph
ars and maintaining a residence a
telieved to he beyond his legitimate dr
neans. It was believed that he had th
onsiderable money with liini when
le disappeared. pa
Towne quickly moved out of one ac
ity to another in the West and de- lii
ectives were never able to catch oc
ip with him. Hut the watch on his ge
oung wife never ceased. In some
nanner Towne heard of tlie serious m
llness of his little son and dashed w
ip to the house concealed in the te
onnean of an automobile. 111
Private detectives on guar* sum- w
noned tin; police and, when the home at
vas entered, Towne was found in
in exhausted sleep on an upper hi
ioor, and was dragged away to jail, w
MFN KILLFI) IJV HAIL. sa
al
Stones Ten Pounds in Weight Fell
fc
in Texas. m
Ix
A dispatch from tlalveston says
liailstones that are said to have ,n
jieasured nearly a foot and a half f.,
n eireumferenco and ranged in (||
weight from 7 to 10 pounds, fell j(]
n southwestern Texas for nearly an
lour a few days ago, and eight lives ;i.
ire rojjorted lost. The number of
ive st^ck killed is given anywhere fa
'rom 500 to 2,000 head. NV
James Carpenter, while searching w
\)i- horses, was caught in the storm (j(
ind killed by the hail. So far the
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>odi<*s of several Mexicans have been | (;c
bund in different parts of the IJvalde I w
md La Salle counties. There were | j1(
anch employes who were caught out ! jlt
>n the ranges. Telegraph and tele- I (0
ihoue wires are down for miles. |
searching parties are out looking fl.
or bodies and checking the loss aI]
?f cattle.
The storm was most severe in
Jvalda county, where the greatest Q11
amage resulted. It Is estimated 8j|
hat the loss to crops and farm prop- h<>
rty will aggregate between $LJOO,- rn
00 and $.'{00,000. The hailstones
died up in some places four feet
igh, and the temperature for sov- jie
ral hours was 4 0 degrees.
hu
Making Iloth Ends .Meet. w(
A lawyer, who is the son of a
lorgyman, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., ^
as been attorney in two divorce cas- ^1'
s, where his father was otliciating ot
iinist? r at the marriage of the pi r ',l
e* to tie divorce suit Is this mnkng
both ends meet, or is it merely
loving in a circle? b''
th
Some men never ninth I ni
? .. v . v. ?-? ?? w il'-'H A A I A Mi 1 j
ially embarrassed.
The chorus girls and ballet danc- kn
rs hope to make their figures count ( tw
n pay day. i pli
, , j hn
he end Justifies the means and that hfi
nd is a revenue for the expenso of In
ho government. Hut 'there is a
yorld of difference between a tariff th
or the expenso of the government ar
nd a tariff for the prflt of Individ- C!
ials. This distinction should bo kept , y?
lcurly in mind." . _ . fr
FEARED ARREST
lommits Suicide in Tragic Manner
With Razor.
VAS HOUNDED DOWN
\y Detectives, Who Searched llis
House on I mI.sC Tuesday?In a
Note to Mis Wife Declared llis (
liuioeeiiee?Then Went Out ami
K i I liul I I t itk.x.l # -- *?- *
........ inrii nil UK' PIIICtH.
A sad tragedy took place in Auusta,
Ga., on Wednesday evening,
hen a man hounded down by de'Ctives
took his own life.
Rendered desperate because suspi- j
on was rested against him in conaction
with the sensational robbery
f the Southern Kxprcss Company's
tr on the Charleston division of the
outhern Railway recently, says the j
ugusta Chronicle. George f\ Hum-j
hrey, a baggage master on that
)ad, slashed his throat with a ra>r
Wednesday night at 11 o'clock,
I the corner of Houston and Kills
roots, and died an hour later at |
te City Hospital. Humphrey never
Kike after the cutting.
When the razor cut his head aliost
half off, Kvander Humphrey,
is brother, was at the corner of
reene and Houston streets, lulling
to overtake him, as George |
uniphroy's wife had sent him to j
rortake her husband in order to !
event him from taking his life.
Kvander Humphrey arrived almost
time to catch the prostrate form
his brother as K^^-olI to tlie
ound.
The hrnt hni* orln/1 J ? 1 1
. . . < <i "III III (I l()11(1 j
>ice, horrified at the sight. of (ieouge
uniphrey dying on the street at
s feet. I>. F. Meredith, who lives
131 Ellis street, ruuhod to the
rner and the brother of the dying
an and Meredith carried him to 1
e store of Mr. W. II. Broadwater,
the corner of Houston and Ellis
reels, where the hospital abibunco
was telephoned for.
The lightning flashed and rain fell |
torrents whilo Humphrey was beg
carried into the piazza.
.lust prior to ending his life, lluinirey
took a drink of whiskey from
pint bottle. After laying it down,
ew his razor, and slashed at his
roat.
Lieutenant Britt, of the police dertmont,
as soon as notified of the
t, sent Station Guard Tom VVilims
to the point where the killing
icurred, ordered tin? ambulance to
t there as quickly as fHissihle.
Humphrey died at the hospital at
idnight. Coroner W. A. Ramsey
as notified at once and he perrnitd
the body to be taken to Wilson's
udertaking establishment and he
ill make an investigation of the
Tair.
To a Chronicle reporter the heart oken
widow, between sobes, told
hy her husband ended his life:
"Ho was as innocent as a child,"
iid Mrs. Humphrey frantically, "and
though throe detectives came here
id searcelul our house, still they
uind nothing that would implicate
y husband in that express car rolr*ry.
He was tlie best of husbands
id every month he gave me all he
ado. He had worried alsiut being
ilsely charged so much that he was
riven to frenzy, although I bad no I
lea that he contemplated killing;
imself. He told nie over and over'
;ain that lie was Innocent.
"Tonight we had been sitting down j
Iking just after he came from his |
ork, and about II o'clock he was I
riting something in a book. Sud nly
he got up, and tosiring the i
ink into my lap, put on his rain i
>at and left hurriedly, saying he
as going to use a telephone. After
? had gotten out of the door T was
irrified to find these words writn
in the hook.
" 'I kill myself this night to keep
om going to jail and save my wife
id little children from disgrace.'
"Oh, God! I cried, and called for
sorgo's brother to follow him at I
ice. He ran out as quickly as pos>le,
lint failed to reach him before
had cut his throat. I ran to where
y hushanl lay on the piazza of Mrs. ,
oadwater's store and he tried to |
ss me and talk to me, although \
i could not speak. j
"There was never a more devoted I ,
isband and father than George, and I |
; had lived so happily together over .
ice our marriage three years ago. ! t
e have tw o children, one a little h
rl a year and a half old, and our j ]
her is a baby boy, that was born I i
March." j,
Mrs. Humphrey was formerly Miss
11o Spooring, and many of the poo- ,
3 who live in the ncight>orhood of ]
e couple say that they wore very
uch devoted to each other.
Humphrey cut what is commonly
lown at the "Adam a apple" in
ain, and also hia wind pipe. The
lysiciana assort that there would
tve been no chance to save hia life
id he received surgical attention
i mod lately after he cut himself.
Humphrey had been working for
o Southern Railway for six years,
id lias lieen baggage master on tho '
1?rl"8ton division for about throe'
firs. Wednesday nlerht he came In !
om his "run" from BramrtyMle on
STRANGE DISEASE
OF I'l.M.AOKA TO UK l>IS(TN%D
IIY ( AllOIJNIANS.
, e<TEsii
l>r?. llalx-ock ami Williams Asked
to Addn'Mi Scientists on the
Uracil} Malady.
The Columbia Itecord'says a paper
upon pellagra is being prepared
ioiiit I v ?.i/ I >. I \\r ?> ?
j....... j ...? .?i. .1. ?> . uaiitum aim
l?r. C. I*'. Williams and will l>e road
next week by I>r. llabcock at the
meeting of tin- Asylum Physicians association
at Atlantic City, and by Dr.
Williams at the meeting of the State
boards of health in Washington.
This paper will gi\e the statistical
and geographical history of pellagra
in this country. It has been found
that the disease exists not only in
South Carolina, but in Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
Ceorgia, Florida, Alabama Mississippie
Louisiana and Tennessee, with
isolated cases in New York, Texas
and Arkansas.
It Is estimated that not loss than
1,053 cases have been recognised in
his country, and I)r. Lavinder, of
the I Tilted States marine hospital
service, who is now in Columbia
with headquarters at the State hospital
service, estimate that thero
have been l.fiOO cases in the Southern
States in the last two years.
The paper being prepared by Drs.
llabcock and Williams will give a
thorough review of the invest Igutlons
concerning this disease in the South.
Dr. llabcoek, superintendent of the
State Hospital for the insane, leaves
early next week for Atlantic City to
attend the meeting of the asylum
physicians, ami l?r. Williams, State
health oflicer, leaves about the same
* * - *
mm- iur i no meeting in Washington
of the State boards of health.
cloi'diuhst nows damagk.
Track Washed Out, Bridge Damaged,
Mines KI<HMled.
Over two miles of track of the
Virginia Anthracite were washed out,
bridges were damaged and the Merrimnc
Coal mines near lllackrtburg,
Va.t were Hooded by a cloudburst
\ few days ago. Ofllcials of the road
say it will be at least five days before
Lhe track can be put in shape for
t radio, again. Meanw hile all mail
and passenger service between
Blacksburg, where is located Virginla
Polytechnic Institute, and Christiansburg,
must be carried on by a
hack line. The cloudburst extended
over three miles between these two
places. An early report indicate*
much damage to crops by high water.
Many telephone lines are down. Th^
storm at Illackshurg was the heaviest
for many years.
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AKKKSTKl) IX)\(i AFTER CHIMB.
WilHain Drown Held for <Simplicity
in Murder Case. <"1
Seven years almost to a day since
the alleged crime was committed,
William Drown, a hard working man
who has been a citizen of Macon,
(la., and provided well for his family
for two years, was Wednesday
arrested, and, upon requisition of
C.ov. Corner of Alabama, will be carried
back to Tuscaloosa, where he
nlli im- iin-d Mir complicity in a murder.
Hiown mmle no effort when arrested
to conceal his connection with
the crime. He said that he, in company
with (Jeorgo Moore and Warren
Fuller, killed a negro in a difficulty
at Dadeville, Ala., and that ho
escaped. The other two men served
sentences in the penitentiary, ho
said.
I)i:i AI LTUK srHUKNDKKS.
Come** Hark After Being Absent
Some Five Years.
Kx-Sheriff and Tax Collector John
A. Perkins, of Calcaseiu Parish, La.,
who suddenly disappeared tlve years
ago, going to Honduras and leaving
an alleged shortage of $70,000 in
his accounts, returned a few days
ago and surrendered. Ho was released
on bond. Ho disappeared
while the State auditor was checking
up his accounts. The parish recovered
$50,000 from property left
by Perkins.
the passenger train duo in Augusta
at 10:30 o'clock and went directly
IwMiin "" " 1
?*aa oagguge master on
the same train the night that the
express car robbery occurred.
Mrs. Humphrey stated that the
letectives had all of the train officials
examined regarding the robbery
and that a negro swore her
husband was in the robbed car when
It passed Broad street, attired in a
white cap and shirt. Mrs. Humphrey
says that her husband always
wears a blue shirt, which kind ho
wore when he ended his life.
D. F Meredith, a fireman of the
Augusta department, says th^t not
only was Humphrey's resldenco
searched by the detectives several
days ago, but also was Thomas I*.
Hutto's, the express messenger who
was found locked in a chest when
the robbed ear reached the depot.