The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 17, 1909, Image 3
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BRUTAL MURDER
) Beth an Axe end a Rjaer Were
Used te Commit k.
^ BODY
CAST IN WELL
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ruemdlnK it lUvitln tl*? t'taaoas
Maad Allen Murder Onse,
In the revolting killing In the
kitchen of her home at 611 Sumter
i?ireot? Oolumbia, Friday morning
a Ho at day-break, of Mrs. VictoMa
(iriflia., who was struck in the head
with an axe, her throat cut from ear
to oar and her body thrown luto the
wen. on tne promises.
Tli? Iter or <1 says tho Columbia
police have a murder mystery oil
their hands, which is a match for
the Maud Allen murder mystery,
which has never been solved. In
hoth the Maud Allen and Orlfiin murder
cases the owner of the premises
is a resident of Ilrookluud. This
has no bearing on the ease, but is
merely a curious coincidence. The
following particulars of the crime
we olip from the Columbia Record:
Five men have been arrested in
connection with this morning's murder,
throe of them sons of the deud
woman; tho fourth a inan said to
have been on friendly terms with tho
dead woman up to live months ago,
w hen he <V.ased bounding at 'ttje
house, and the iifth a barber named
l.uko Lewis, who was a visitor to tho
dead woman's oldest daughter by a
former husband, Eula Thompson.
The three sons are Walter, Jim and
Russell CIrillin, all colon mill operative*!.
They were all found at the
house by the ihiIIco, and said they
all slept in their mother's room, tho
youngest, Russell, in the same bed.
The oldest daughter occupied a room
to the front. There was still another
daughter In the house, about 13 years
old. There a re only three rooms aud
n kitchen in the house. The other i
man in arrest is S. Wash Medliu. who
ceased boarding at tho house recently,
but who turned up there
hortfy after the arrival of the police
<?f about 5:30 Friday morning. 1
Ail the arrests made were made at
i a. . ..
(nt* loupe, except that of L.ewts, who
wart places! in arrest at his barber 1
*bof? in the McCrecry building, opposite
the union station. He said he
wiui not at the house last night, and
Kuta Thompson says, though last 1
night wus his usual night to be there,
lit* had sent word that he could not
couicx.
AJJ the children, except a daughter,
who lives in the country, were at
j homo, and they advanced the theory
> !* suicide so strongly, in the face cf
the physituil facta demonstrating
X. wiurder unmistakably, that Coroner
# TV'ulber became suspicious of them
I and made the arrests a? indicated.
The woman's husband, David Weeley
Orifhn, was a well known restdent
?r Richland county, and waa fairly
*uccse*s.sf ul in business. He wus murdered
In a quarrel with his partner
in the turpentine business, by a man
named Dennis, about live years ago,
in Georgia.
The oldest daughter says she discovered
that her mother waa missing
i abont 5 o'clock. Being awakened at
1 bis time and not hearing her mother
stirring in the kitchen, the daughter
left her room to go to her mother's
to uremic her. Not tinding her there
she made a fruitless search. The
youngest son then went to trie union
station, a few blocks away, and uotiMcd
Officer Salter, who, with another
flicdr went to the house at once.
A. horrible sight met the officers' ,
gaze in that back kitchen in the fresh
crisp dawn of the new day. A pool (
?f blood was on the floor of the
kitchen, a bloody razor, afterward ,
claimed as his by one of the sons,
was on the kitchen table, and in the <
corner stood a bloody axe, part of (
the blade being broken off and tho j
other half very bloody, and blood on ]
the handle. There were bloody
tracks about the kitchen. There (
were also some tracks leading back i
into the room where the sons slept, ,
tout it is thought these were made j
by the youngest boy in going out i
to search for his mother. Prints ,
^ of the woman's fingers on the floor
as she struggled in her own blood |
were evident.
Finally the officers were attracted i
to the welj by a few blood stain# on '
the side of the well-box. The top i
was down, the dry bucket on the '
two lids. Further investigation die- <
closed the woman, whose body was i
fUahed up out of about flftten foet
of water, though it was not>*yet
stiff. '
V The dead woman had a gash in
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_ . ?uu .v|> v/i um iivuu u? ii niaac by
YJW thro? licks from the blade of the
IjKr * axe, although tho sfcnll was not frarw3
tured. The wound9 on tho throat
l revealed repeated hackings at It with
f the razor, the assassin striking the
f cartilage of the Adam's apple and
) forcing his way through this with
fiendish energy, A chip out af the
Adam's apple was found on the
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WifVs C?fl?? Was N?r.
A. dispatch from Birmingham. Ala.,
says reseating the imputation of C.
tt. Carper that Mrs. Kelley could not
make good coffee, W. T. Kelley, and
his brother-in-law, Will Sparks,
Sunday morning met Carper at
Boyle, a suburb of Birmingham, and
proceeded to "settle" the matter.
Ah a result of the affair, Carper
Is dead. Sparks is fatally injured
and Kelley is wounded in the arm
and le<r.
It is sold that Kelley attacked
Carper with a cluh, whereupon Carper
drew a pistol, two other pistols
being Immediately produced by the
brothers-in-law and a general fuslludo
of shots followed with the above
reaults. *
KILLS KA1LMKK AX I) MXTIJS?
Mnu Struck by Lightning While
Ploughing.
Suuiuel Hoggs, a well-known and
prosperous farmer, was killed by
lightning late Tu?ksday, while ploughing
in u field at his home near Central,
north of Anderson. The mule
he was working was also struck by
the bolt and instantly killed. Mr.
Hoggs was about 3D years old nun
hi survived by his wife and four
children. The funeral was held at
Sharon church Wednesday afternoon
and was largely attended. This is
the second man killed in Anderson
county by lightning in the last ten
days.
MAIUUKD BY WHOLKSAU:.
Five Couples I'nited by One Single
Ciweroouy.
Rev. Alfred W. Bur roughs, of
Bristol, Tenn., Wednesday, with a
single ceremony, joined in marriage
live young couples who elop?ni to
Bristol from points in Virginia. The
five brides, each attired in wh,te.
Left their resp<?ctlve homos, ostensibly
to attend commencement Qt
Kmory and Henry Colleges at Bristol.
All the couples arrived 011 the
same train. This ceremony brings
Rev. Mr. Burroughs' record up to
nearly 3,000 couples, and he claims
the world's record for marriago ceremonies.
kitchen floor by Dr. L. A. Griffith,
who afterward conducted the post
mortem.
The woman's next door neighbors
are negroes. They could tell the police
nothing to throw any light ou the
mystery.
The coroner and police found the
children all In tears and they appeared
to be grief-stricken in the extreme.
In the face of all these facia
disclosed by the poUce they vtlll
affect to believe their mother committed
suicide.
Neighbors say the children were
very affectionate towards their
mother.
In support of the suicide theory the
children 111 rnrH nvor fn ? N >
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u two-ounco bottle of Iodine, half
empty, which they Bald their mother
bught Thursday. The bottle bears
the Imprint of W. C. McMillan's drug
store.
When fished out of the well the
women was chad in two night gowns,
and the small amount of blood on
them gave rise to the suspicion that
the body was thus dressed after the
murder.
Kula Thompson stoutly maintains
to the coroner that she is a good
girl. She went so far as to offer
to undergo any sort of examination
it the hands of a physician which
would satisfy the coroner that she J
had always been a good woman. I
She pays she Is willing to do this
:>r most anything else to throw any
light on the mystery of her mother's
murder or suicide, whichever It is.
The dead woman suffered from
cancer of the stomach, the children
ifiy, and they believe she took her
)wn life on,this account, because she
bad been saying lately that If sTfe
^ould find a good way to kill her?elf
she would do It.
A theory of the police is that Medlln
committed the murder m a lit of
I r* o 1 * * * <? v '
nuving caught Mrs. j
Griffin In company with another man.
Tho children admit that Medlin slept
in tho same room with their mother
when ho was boarding there, but they
deny there had been any quarrel be- ;
tweon tho two, so far as they are in- 1
formed. Medlin has boon to the !
house frequently up to within a week
of tho murder, It is said.
Mrs. Griffin's son Waiter, who says
he slept in the same bed with his
mother, although ho Is fourteen
years old, says his mother had ?
habit of going out to the back steps ,
several times a night on hot nights
and dipping snuff. She went out
last night, lie does not recall her
returning after she had gone oat
the third time. She was wearing
dark clothes them.
many KlUtD
By EtfilnwM StMck In the
Swih it fnnci.
many pthoons hurt
l*kn (*>11 IxtfBt mi (it? Disaster Not
Yet Kmnnn?lirrat HuflVrliiK is
Reported im Remote Districts,
\V bem Food In huk in^1?The
Monetary Dohh Ls Very Heavy.
A dispatch from Marseilles says
from 76 to 100 dead and 100 injured
is the estimate of total casualties
as to the result of the earthquake
which devastated several towns and
villages In the southernmost part of
France, particularly in the departments
of Hourie and Houehes-deKhone.
Great suffering is reported from
tho remoter places, owing to a lack
of bread and tho necessaries of life
before tho arrival of assistance. The
casualties may bo greatly increased,
as tho ruins havo not yet been entirely
soarohod. Tho villages of
Saint Canuat and Hognese were completely
demolished by the earthquake
and I^ambostc, which is 12 miles
from Alx, suffered hoavlly. According
to advices received a number of
the wounded are still imprisoned in
tho ruins, and soldiers are working
desperately to rescue them.
Survivors are sleeping In tents
and the streets uro impassible. In
many places they have been torn
up and are encumbered with masses
of wreckage. Houses, public buildings
and churches are crumbled to
pieces.
Among oth'?r villages seriously
damaged are \ a*oenarguos, Vanelles,
Pellssanne, I'uy-ste-Ileparado and
A 1 ?
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The victims at Saint Cannat and
Ilognwofl wer? horribly mutilated.
There wor? evidences that several
of the victims had lived for hours
imprisoned by the debris before they
died. The people rushed Into the
streets when the iirst shock occurred,
crying out la terror. Many of them
returned to the rest.ae of their families.
At Rognese a family of four were
buried In the ruins. Th?dr cries
coukl be heard throughout the night,
but all were dead in the morning,
when a rescuing party reached them.
At Saint Cannat an old man and
his son were watching a billiard
game. They were Instantly killed.
The players escaped with slight
bruises. The chateau Val Mousse,
near Saint Cannat. was badly damaged.
The communal chateau at
Argullles was split in two. The
historic village of Vernegues was
wrecked, but no one was killed.
The monetary loea in the affected
district is very heavy.
COTTON AUAIXST CKRIALS.
Home Interesting Facts Fro in the
Census Report,
A bulletin lust issued by the bureau
of the ctHtsus contains some
interesting facta on cotton production,
says th? Anderson Mail.
It is found that revised figures
for the crop of 1908 expressed In
equivalent 500-pound bales urni including
Haters, show a total production
of 10.587,306 bales. This rep
resents an inereaso oror 1907 of
2,211,8 45 bales or 19.4 per cent.
It is the third largest crop over
produced, being exceeded only by
the crops of 1904 and 1906, and
Is 97 8,751 bales larger than tho average
crop of the last fivo years.
Hut what is more Interesting, It
is shown that the aggregate valuo of
the cereal crops for the United States
In 1907 was estimated by the department
of agriculture at $2,378,000,000,
while the value of the cotton
produced that year was estimated
at $7 01,000,000, nearly one-third
the value of all cereals.
No less than 9,000,000 persons are
employed in producing, handling and
manufacturing American cotton, of
whom some 6,000,000 are fanners
and farm laljorers, 1,000,000 otherwise
engaged with the fiber In this
country and about 2,000,000 are concerned
with It in foreign countries.
The value of the goods manufactured
from the average American cotton
crop is estimated at $2,000,000,000.
Whitewash Iteoefpt.
The "whitewash season" is at hand
and a receipt tx> make whitewash that
will not crumble off may be of use
to someone who rends this. Here's the
formula used by Uncle Sam at the
various government works: "Ten
parts fresh slacked lime and one part
hydraulic cement. Mix well with
KiV 1 f WCltAP QMlt
uuu U|r\JiJ IUJU. \flVH
this formula a trial the next time
you whitewash.
Tried Female Attire.
John Robinson, a negro, tried to
aid in the solution of the female servant
problem In Chicago. 111., by
donning female attire and assuming
the name of "Jeanette Robinson..
Detectives discovered hia trick this
this week and he was fined $85 and
ordered to resume the conventional
dress of hla sex.
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FATAL PISTOL FIGHT
CORPORAL MOOTO CAJTTAXK, ?
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BoMtar Bmim HkraxHl Bk*
tag Rr^iliuudrd fur Staying t?tr I
L?yt.
A dispatch from I>ch Moines, Iowa.
nays Corporal Lisle Crabtree Sunday
probably fatally shot Capt. John
C. Raymond, commanding officer of
Troop 11, second U. S. Cavalry, at
Fort Res Moines; shot and seriously
Injured First Sergenat James II.
Washburn and Con>orul Klijah Such,
who attempted to disarm him, and
then shot himself, the bullet rtrik- ^
ing a rib above the heart and crushing
the bone. He may recover.
Crabtree had been reprimanded by
Capt. Raymond because of failure
to reprot when a leave of absence
had expired. He had spent the night
in I)es Moines and was to have returned
to his barracks at 7 a. in.
The corporal insisted he had leave
of absence until 7 o'clock Sunday.
Captain Raymond accepted this explanation,
but later Crabtree denianded
that he be transferred to
another department of the army.
This Capt. Raymond refused to consider.
telling the corporal he could
not do that as long as he was not a
good soldier.
c
Immediately Crabtree drew a revolver.
and began lirlng. Sergeant
Washburn Jumped to bis feet and
grappled with the soldier, nattering
a bullet wound In the hand,
>nd another in the Jaw.
Capt. Raymond seized Crabtree's
arm, and was about to disarm him 1
when a bullet struck him in the
neck, lodging in the spine. The j1
Captain dropped to the floor, paralyzed.
A bullet also struck Corporal
Such In the left arm. Crabtree then
fired a bullet Into his own body.
Capt, Raymqfid is the son of
Brigadier Charles W. Raymond, re- r
tired. He was 3 8 years old. He
was commissioned from Pennsylvania.
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FAMILY LIYKD IN STUMP. k
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t
They Build a Cosey Homo in a
Gigantic Cedar. *
A dispatch from Seattel, Wash., s
says with seven children and a fat
wife, John Seivert, lately from Iowu,
is living in a stump in the northern u
part of that city. 1
Sol vert went to Seattle several v
months ago. Ho had but little monH
ey and a large family. Because of
the great boom there ho was unable
to find an empty house and resolved h
to build one of his own. He bought 1
an unimproved lot In the north part i
of the city, In a district where log- i
ging operations ceased but a year t
ago, and on going out to plan his r
house ho found half tho lot occu- c
pled by a gigantic cedar stump thir- 1
ty feet high and eighteen feet in t
diameter ten feet above ground. i
Wwith an auger and saw Seivert
cut out a seven-foot section fVoca the
south end, and walked Into bis
stump. The walls were found to be j
fifteen Inches thick and the whole
stump was a hollow shell. Ho cut
out windows, laid a tight floor and
mado a celling of planking and flooring.
?
With an auger and saw Selvort a
twelve feet above ground, went in- j
side and made the wiudows for the j
second story. Third story was con- ^
structed and a tight roof of shiplap 0
and shingles was made over the \
top. t
Selvert peeled off tho bark and i
painted the stump a light green and c
the window and door frames pure j
white. The whole makes a very \
pretty home at a coat of only $4 0, 8
and the ownor has refused $2,500 j
for his unique abode. L
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WATCHING STUAMKIl. 1
I
n
Probable That Fill busk-ring Kxpedl- e
tiou Fitting Out. j4
The presence at Kdonton, N. C., r
of the steamer Nanticoko, which so
mysteriously changed handB recent- e
a
ly at Elizabeth City, after having ^
been put in thorough readiness for c
sea service, has aroused tho govern- ^
ment to activity under tho impression
that filibustering expeditions is
urkuuiziug. a. revonue cutter Ih
looking after the expedition.
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BUILDING COLLAF8KD.
Five Floors of Stove Works Sink
Under Weight. j
Five of the floors of the six-story 1
g
house of tho Peninsular Stove Works ^
of Detroit, collapsed from the weight j
of stocks Saturday. The flre which ]
followed was soon under control, j
Search is being made for victims. ,
Four are reported killed and a num- ,
ber injured. ,
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It may be braaa, not gold, that <
comes to view when the copper Is required
to show his mettle.
SINK WITH CREWj
lUssUn Safcraarino 6oas Down
Id Blank Saa.
ONLY ONE MAN SAVED
Uarlnc MMo^uvren Id the llluck
S??, Nmi* SebaNtopol, u SubsurlWo
JUmt <'?llitlrs With Ilattlo Ship,
i
uud All bu'. On*> ti (lir 'Y? K t?o
I>o\*t? With the (Y??ft.
Twenty men went down in the
Russian submarine Knmbala, after
i collision with the battleship Kosisluy
during manoeuvres Friday
night. Hope, though it is slight,
Is entertained that they are still
ilive.
Dospornto efforts arc being made
>y the officers and men of the Hlack
aa Ileet, with the assistance of dives
and salvage workmen from Sobas.ojk)l
to raise the submarine before
he imprisoned men succumb to the
tital air.
Admiral Hostrem, commander of
he naval ford's in the Hlack seu,
las taken personal charge of the
xmtoons, one of which Is equipped
?vith a powerful hoisting craft, astern
b)o<l at the scene of the catasrop
he.
All through the afternoon divers
?nd technicians wore busy in an enleavor
to fusten chains nround the
lull, which li<-? in an awkward position,
about i!8 fathoms down, in
>rder to haul it to the surface.
Ho far their efforts have not been
luccostiful but reports readied shore
ndicate that there is a good chance
>f raising the boat.
Apparently the submarine was not
rushed, as had been feared.
The submarine flotilla was conluctlng
a series of night inanoeuves
against the battleship squadron
?ith the idea of forcing an entrance
nto the harbor.
During tho operations the Kam- (
iala, uy?on which was Capt. Hlelloff,
the conimundcr of the tlotilla
nd in chargo of the manoeuvres, (
inaecountably let her course and
wung across the bows of the batleship
ltostlslav. The two vessels
ollided a.nd the submarine sank in
ta nUy.
Tho commander of tho submarine,
Aquilonoff, was on deck at
he lime of the accident. Ho swam
iway and was saved, but Capt.
liellkoff, Midshipman Tnchkoff, a
warrant oftlcer, and 17 members of
he crew went down with the vesel.
AH Hope Gone.
A later dispatch from Sobastapol
ays all hope Is gono of saving the
Ives of the erow of the Russian subnarino
Kampala, which was sunk
n collision with tho battleship Roaislay
during manoeuvres Friday
light or of recovering? tho wreck,
twlng to tho great depth of water.
Two divers have died in the attempt
0 rescue the men, on account of the
ntense preseuro.
MAJ>H TO PAY HNK
because He Did Not Pay First
Class postage.
The Aiken correspondent of The
Hate relates a case that should be
1 warning to all pt-ople. He says
dr. John Wallenburg, one of the
rrominent citizens of that city, was
ined $10 by a postottlce inspector for
in alleged violation of tho postal
uw. The inspector Informed him
hat about a year ago he inclosed a
ine or two of writing in a fourth
lass palkage and that ho was duo
Jncle Sam $10 for it. At first Mr.
Vallenburg had no recollection of
uch a violation, and refused to pay
t, declaring that ho would carry the
natter into the courts. Ho afterwards
remembered, however, send1)1?
ft rtiirkuvn rvf riling fllmn ?>'
abeled each one and Htnted how
aany of euch ho wished of the dealr.
He then went to the poHtofllce
nd oakod tho clerk to weigh it,
atonding to pay first clans postage
ates, paying on one ounce, but tho
nnpector .sayn it weighed two ounch,
and he waa duo $10 for the same,
a it was a violation. Mr. Wallon- 1
urg paid the $10 as it would have
oot him a good deal to have tho case
rought into court.
KIIJLKD IN Kl'NAWAY.
L IVosporou* Farmer of Honoa Path
Meetn Tragic Death.
A dispatch from Honea Path saya
is Mr. fl. K. Callaham wan driving
nto town Saturday afternon his
lorse iook rright at an oil tank
landing on the railroad track. The
ines broke after the horse had run
'or some distance and Mr. Callalam
attempted to Jump from the
>uggy. He, was thrown to the ground
with such force that his whole body
was paralizcd at once and he died
about an honr afterwards. A negro
In the buggy with him jumped out
when the horse began to rnn. He
was considerably brnhed, but escaped
without serious injury.
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MAN AND COW
WfliJL *K WtraD OTF XM laRTfl
AATt) NiTKAN 9Tlll?iL
Tk? New Twfc rflfiiili iplgy
by Twbwrctilosis, Valiw (t I'
Fought Successfully.
Cows and m<*n are In danger of
ultimate extinction through tuberculosis,
declares Nathan Straus, of
Now York. This startllug announcement
was made by the Now York
philanthropist in u paper road before
the International Dairy congress,
at. Budapest, Hungary. Ah the result
of IS years speut in warning against
tuberculosis ho declared that he ta
convinced that time and persistoaco
In present methods will certainly
assure the extinction of the dairy
industry and of the human race.
Instating that the great white plague
exists and spreads among cattlo and
among people largely because of tho
peril of tuberculous milk, Mr. Struua
said:
"Tubereulosus cows bear healthy
calves and straightway infect them
with this disease through the milk
that they give to their young, and
when the calves are weaned these
diseased cows supply the germs of
the white plague to the human beings
who us? their milk. Thus* we are
Inviting the extermination of the
dairy industry and of the human
race, for this plague is Increasing
both among cattle and among men,
and it will Increase like the spreading
of a lire so long as tn? milk
swarming with tubercule taieilll Is
used as food for calves or tobies.
There Is a mathematical certainty
as to this fact.
"Eighteen years ago I declared
that it would soon be regarded as a
crime to feed a young child upon
milk that had not been pasteurized.
I was optimistic. Intelligent farmers
now regard It as folly to feed a calf
or n pig with unpasteurized milk
unless they know by the tuberculin
test that the cow is free from tuberculosis,
but Chicago Is the only city
In the world that takes such precautions
to savo its people from tuberculosis."
As for the consequence of dairy
m?'U soiling tuberculous milk Mr.
Straus pointed out thut tboro had
been in New York city in two years
an increase of 33 per cent In the
number of now castas of tube.rculoHts,
a fact which the Health department
of the city tried to explain,
but did not deny. At this rate, he
said, within a generation the great
wealth of the American metropolis
would be Insufficient to provide hospitals
for the tuberoulosls patients.
Mr. Straus said that bovine tuberculosis
now costs the American farmer
$14,000,000 a year, and the immediate
killing of all the tuberculosis
dairy cows, if it could be effected,
would cost a billion, but that pasteurisation
would infallibly *111 the
germs of tuberculosis and all other
disease germs that might bo In the
milk.
BOUL-MATRH 8WITCHXD.
Nee? Ctiro Administered by tike Irate
Relatives,
Jasper C. Crum, of Lexington. Ky..
disappeared from his home this week
and it was believed that he had been
kidnapped, as he was forced to leave
at the point of a pistol.
Kor the past woek a posse searched
the mountains for him and be was
D?% j-. 11? * " "
uuunjf luuca iq a mlnlag camp,
where he was living with Misa Lizzie
Moore, his soul-mate. Doth were
brought back to Lexington. and after
being mado to strip to the waist,
they were soundly switched. The
woman then was turned loose, while
Crum, who is married, was taken
to his lrnto wifo.
Letters found in the Crum home
showed that the elopment had been
planned in advunce and that it was
to be made to appear that he had
been kidnapped.
Saved Man's Life.
Cleveland Strow, a teamster, buried
a hnge stone at a bull that was
trampling David Purchis to death,
fractured the animal's skull and saved
Purchls' life. Purchis and &
neighbor were driving the bull along
the road near Vormontvllle, Mich.,
when it became unruly. The creature
had no horns but after knocking
Purchis down proceeded to trample
the life out of him. The neighbor
was unable to drive the bull away.
Value of Radium.
The fact that a pound of radium
is theoretically worth over S36.AAA -
000 1b an Inducement to produee it.
and science makes lta prod notion a
necessity. The total world production
of radium has not yet equaled
one gram.
Killed the Sheriff.
At Florence, Texas, Saturday
Retugio Jaureque plunged a charpened
spoon handle Into 8heriff
Wright while the sheriff was placing
the black cap on Jaureque preparatory
to hanging him. for criminal
assault.