The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 08, 1909, Image 6
SHOT THEM BOTH
I
Young Indian Kills Englishman
and Persian.
, ASSASIN CAPTURED !
/in .h-ikmik" hro*i?{; lor Iidiun
Students drought to a Sudden Termination
by a Terrible Tragedy,
Which Seems to Have I teen IVej
meditated.
A dispatch from London says a
startling double assassination of a
^ political character occurred late :
Thursday night towards the conclusion
of a public gathering at the Imperial
Institute. An Indian student,
whose name is not known, shot and
killed IJeut. Col. Sir Win. Hutt
Curtton Wyllie and Dr. Calas Lalcaca,
of Shanghai.
Wylie, who had held important
Indian apiKiintmonts, tell dead on
the npot. Dr. Lalcaca showed signs,
of life after he fell and was hurried !
to St. George's hospital but on arrival
there it was found that he was dead.
Those near the assas.-ln seized and
held hiui until the arrival of the ,
police. He had two revolvers, a
dagger and a knife. All were new, i
and it is believed the crime was firemeditated.
The gathering at the Imperial In- ;
stitute, a building devoted to Indian
and other colonial functions, was an
*'at home" to Indian students. D. 1
W. Tborbnrn. one of th?> initials, thiu
graphically doacrtbes the scene attending
the murder:
"It was near 11 o'clock, and the
muninal program was just concluding
when 1 buw a middle aged Kng- j
lish gentleman conversing with a
young Indian student dressed in a
dark jacket and wearing a pale blue
t urban.
"Suddenly the native drew a re- |
volvor and fired tour shots with the
greatest rapidity full at the head of]
the Englishman. The shots were j
firod with the muzzle of the weapon
close to the victim's face.
"Then came another shot as the f
Englishman fell and a sixth which ]
struck an elderly Indian gentleman
standing a few yards off and who j
tell, shot In the side.
4 "I rushed at the assassin, and i
others sprang forward at the same
time. We peizod him but he strug- i
gled, and wresting one hand free, '
placed the revolver to his forehead
and pulled the trigger.* It clicked
harmlessly, as he had tired all of :
his shots.
"We shouted for doctors and the |
police. Meantime there was a terrible
scene and a commotion and the j
IUIUIUK UtJUl?* v^l'iu 1111 *4 1 J 3 IJUMHI I- CI
. prevent the people Iron; looking on
""j the fearful sight.
"A doctor in the hall finally camo
forward and knelt at the side of the '
Kngllshman After an examination
he .said 'nothing can he done for
him.'
"At this moment some one exclaimed
in a horror-stricken voice
'why it is Curzon Wyilie,' then a j
stately woman in evening dress came J
upstairs front the cloak room to (lis- I
cover what had happened. Looking !
at the, recumbent figure and not im- j
mediately recognizing it. she said:
" 'Poor fellow.' She then knelt j
down and as she looked closely at
/ the disfigured face a look of horror
leaped into her eyes and she ev
claimed:
"'It is my husband; why wasn't
I with him?'
"it was i,aay vvynie wno naa leu
her husband only a few minutes be- {
fore.
"Other doctors came Out they
could find no wound on Lalcaca's
body until the clothing was removed,
when a tiny stream of blood from
the side revealed the position of the j
injury. Screens were placed around (
the victims and the awe-stricken people
quickly left the hall."
The victims were placed in ambtt- ! i
lances and removed to a hospital. ,
Detectives searched the assassin.
The attack on Sir William ? oc- I
curred on a wide square landing lead- ; ]
ing to the staircase. Sir William and j
Lady Wyilie were just preparing to
depart when the former was ap- !
proachcd by the Indian student. On?* '
bullet shattered the face Just below i'
the left eye.
Dr. Laleaca was a Parsee, and from
present evidence it would seem that
he was shot accidentally. The as- j (
sassin, who is also a Parsee, is about
twenty-five years of age. He was | '
cool and self-possessed after his ar- j '
rest. He has maintained an obstl- | :
nate silence. The identification of i
tho. man so far has boon impossible, J 1
as a groat number of visiting cards M
bearing different names were found j ,
on him. He will be arraigned in 1
a police court. It Is reported that he : i
A had in his possession written docu- j1
N ments setting forth reasons and jus;
tifw.at.ion for the etime. I
Lieut. Col. Sir William Hutt Curzon
Wyllie was born In 184$, being
the youngest son of the late Gen.
Sir William Wyiiio, G. C. 11. He j
was political aide de camp to the
Secretary of State for India sinco
1901. In 1890 he entered the Indian
staff corps and served in
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SPIRIT GUIDES MAN
I'.EMARKAI1LK STOKY OF GOLD
SMITH WHO TI KNS PALNTKIL
Wklow Shows Sketches That Lead
to iBYestigntlon?Psychical ltrseuith
Expects Toll of Results.
The strange story of the spirit of
a dead artist taking possession of the
mind of a living man and impelling
him to carry on the artist's unfinished
work is related by Prof. James
H. Hyslop, secretary of the American
Society lor Psychical Research, of
New York, who in connection witli
Prof. Isaac 1\. Funk, recently came
to the conclusion that the spirit of
man lives after his body is dead.
Robert Swain Clifford, the artist,
died in 1 900 at his summer home
near New Itodford, Mass. Frederick
I,. Thompson, a goldsmith, had
met Mr. Clifford only twice and knew
him hut slightly. Thompson had
never indicated any ability as an
artist until six months after the
death ot Clifford, when he did not I
even know that Mr. Gifford had died.
He was suddenly seized with an impulse
to paint a picture, and going
to work on it, Tie was surprised at
his ability. While he was palotlag
the voice of Mr. Gifford seemed to
tell him to continue his work he had
start ed.
Mr. Thompson continued painting
pictures, always possessed by the
spirit of Mr. Gifford, and found a
ready market for them. Many purchasers
commented on their similarity
to Mr. Gifford's paintings.
Fearing that his mind was giving
away in 1907, Mr. Thompson called
on Prof. Hyslop. Hy arrangement
he made several sketches for pictures
sit the instance of what he considered
to be Gifford's spirit. Prof. Hyslop
looked those up in a safe and then
Thompson went to New Bedford and
called on Gifford's widow, where he
had never been and whom he had
never met. One of the first things
Mrs. Gifford showed him was a
sketch which Mr. Gifford had made
a short time before his death and
which had been locked up and seen
by no one until a few days ago,
when Thompson called. The sketch
was exactly similar in every detail
to one of the sketches Thompson had
left with Prof. Hyslop.
This fact and other equaly surprising
features in the case prompt ,
Prof. Hyslop to even a stronger belief
thai the spirit lives after death
and that the artist Gifford's spirit
is in communication with this world
through the medium of the gold
smith Thompson. '
CHIXKHK DKI.IVKKKIt.
Out law Is Milking Much Trotibh1
For the Ki'Pnoh.
French colonial authorities in tip- ,
per Tonquin. China, a<e having no
end of trouble in their efforts to ,
check the onslaughts of He Tham,
a notorious outlaw, and his followers
From private advices the government
is informed that for humanitarian
and political reasons the officials are ,
unable to adopt the necessary sharp
?ind ruthless measures which the
forays against villages favoring
French rule seem to demand.
I>e Tham's fanatical followers have
now spread the report that he is the
divinely appointed deliverer of the
Chinese from the French. His men ,
are armed with rifles while the natives
detVnd themselves only with
sharpened sticks. Chinese who are
favorable to the French, when caught
by the outlaws, are carried to the
forest, tied to trees and there left
to die, after their tongues have been
mut iiated.
He Tham appears to be guarded by
a special providence. He has never
been captured, although at times he '
could touch the French soldiers as (
th?-V nnsed his hiftlnir i>!:ic<? tin r.n<. f
occasion they pressed so close that '
the intrepid outlaw killed his wife
and child to make certain his escape.
Frequently he has sent inom- '
hers of his band to parley for sur- c
render while he and the rest have '
wormed their way out of a ti^ht '
place to their stronghold In the hills. f
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SPKCIAL TK11M OHDKItVlI). \
r<> Try Negro Arcuwd of Attempting
Assault.
t
The State says Gov. Ansel has t
ordered a special term of court for i
July L'7 to try John Jenkins, the no- y
t?ro accused of attempting criminal 1
c
assault in Georgetown county and
now in the penitentiray for safe keep- ^
Ing. It will probably be necessary
to appoint a special judge and the
governor has written the chief juf- .
tice asking for a recommendation for
appointment. This will be announced
later. The present law means
that conviction of attempted assault
carries with it the death penalty un? ?
less there is a recommendation to i
mercy.
i
Heluehistan during the Afghan war
In 1879-80, and accompanied Gen. (
Sir Robert Phayro's force to the re- ,
lief of Candahar, for which service
he was decorated.
CAUGHT AT LAST
CONFKSSKS TO TIIK Ml'HDKH OF
KNGINFKK HOLT.
Negro Arreted is Ohio Says He
Did tile Killing Because H? Wbh
l*nt OIT the Train.
Because he was put off u Seaboard
Air Line train 011 which he was stealing
a ride, Solomon Shopnrd, a negro,
according to his own confession
made at Durhatj, N. C., Monday,
shot and killed Kngineer llolt.
i no crime was committed lust Docomber,
but tho negro was arrested
only a. few days ago in Columbus,
Ohio, whore his connection with the
case was first learned through his
protestations of innocence of it. The
police had taken him in custody on
another charge.
In his confession Shepard said he j
was returning to Durham from 10 fland,
19 miles away, after a visit
to his sweetheart, when the killing
occurred. He said he remained In
Durham until six weeks ago.
Shepard spent a whole day reading
his Hilda recently and "getting
religion," and when Dr. N. M. Johnson
entered the jail to minister to
ti r>n iv |M i>*Mirr ill* ?;U1HM1 111111 lO IIIO
door of his cell and laid bare tlio
facts in the mysterious murder.
Shepnrd says that in the night of
tho tragedy he was kicked off a
train by a hraketnan and was in
search of the brakeman to kill him
when he found him, with several
other men, on the cab talking with
Kngineor Holt. Crawling nearer the
engine he raised his gun and IIred,
the shot striking the engineer.
He then walked up the track, and
seeing a light in the Oreenberg
house, fired at it ".just to scare somebody."
It was this latter incident
that had much to do with the arrest
of Reuben liar bee, who had had
trouble with the flreeutiergs and who
Is now in Jail charged with the murder
of Holt.
Shepard says that he was in Durham
at the time of liar bee's arrest
and remained until about six weeks
ago. He denies that he had a white
accomplice in his crime.
On the strength of the negroe's
confession llarbeo's attorneys have
asked for their client's release.
TO FLY ACROSS CHAXNKL.
Three Aviators at Calais to Make
Aerial Voyage to Dover.
Herbert l.:ith:im Ceimi t ._i ? >
bert and Henri Karman are on the
coast, n? ar Calais, awaiting favorable
weather conditions to attempt an
aeroplane flight across the Knglish
Channel for a prize of $.">,000 offered
by a London paper. French
torpedo boats are being held in readiness
to guide the aviators in their
flight and rescue them in case of
need.
Count de Lambert will make use
of a Wright aeroplane. Mr. Karman
will use a new machine like the
one with which he made his celebrated
ttight from Chalons to
Kheims, except that he has introduced
an arrangement by which the
alighting wheels give way and allow
skids to bear the shock of the impart.
Latham will use his monoplace,
with which lor recently has
made a number of successful flights.
He purposes starting from the top of
a cliff, near Calais, and heading
straight for the Admiralty pier at
'f'ho /I I c t ?? 1\ l?t.% ? e fin.
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flies. is 21.7:1 mill's.
KOI'GIIT AIMX'T A WOMAN.
Who Gets Killed in the Itow Iletween
tin* Two Men.
J. \V. Mayes, 21 locomotive engineer,
and Robert Culbertson, both
>f Norton, Va., fought a duel in the
streets of Middle'sboro late Tuesday
light. Anna Hayes, over whose af"ections
the men were jealous, wjis
;hot twice during the light and is
lying. Mayes was shot twice and
jinnot live. Culbertson escaped with
1 serious wound in the arm. Mayes,
nortally wounded, tied after the
ihooting, and when the police and a
>osse overtook him, is said to h;ive
it tempted suicide by jabbing his
hroat with a pocket knife.
Meets Horrible Heath.
At Greensboro, X. C., Hryan Henon,
a 13-year-old boy, met a hor"ible
death a few afternoons ago
vhile attending a lawn party at the
Walker Avenue Christian church,
le and two or three playmates
dlmbed a tree in which there were
dectrieo light wires and his hand and
<nee came in contact with the wires,
musing instant death. He fell out
the tree, but life was extinct bepore
he struck the ground.
Three Fatally Injured.
An eight-year-old newsboy, an
>loven-yoar-old otllce boy and a forly-eight-year-old
cripled man, were
probably all fatally injured a few
nights ago by being run down by automobiles
at Pitsburg, Pa. Only in
one instance that of the newsboy,
did the driver of the machine stop to
find out how badly his victim had
been hurt.
DUTY ON TEA
It Would Produce Great Revenue
and Give Very
LITTLE PROTLCTION
Senator Tillman S[m?Uo in Favor of
Putting on a Duty of Ton Fonts
For Found, \\ tiioli Ho Had Hoon
Assurotl by Importors \\'oiild \ot
liaise the l*taie<% of 'IVa.
Senator Tillman made a speech ii
tho United States Senate on Monday
in favor of a duty of ten tents per
pound on tea. Senatoi Aldtich said
ho had no objection to a revenue
duty on tea, to which Senator Till
man replied. "1 a in making my pro |
tection argument to >(>u Republicans.
1 have already shown to my
Democratic colleagues that no man
who wants to vote for a revenue duty
can fall to vote for this, for it will
bring $9,000,000 of revenue and
about $1,200 of protection." He
argued that from both standpoints
a duty ought to be placed on tea.
After the senator had liven speak
Ing for about 20 minutes, Senator
Clapp, and after a little Senatoi
Aldrioh, came up and whispered
something into his ear. Soon afterwants
Senator Tillman announced
that it was so hot thut n?? i.i
V 111 v'WUIW I I ? ? I
speak further, but would ask that
some dnta ho had bo inserted in Tho
Record, so that senators could see
it tomorrow.
Tho vots 011 it was. therefore, postponed
till tomorrow and it is thought
by many that tho whispering and tho
snddon closing of tho speech moans
that A Id rich and tho others aro going
to grant tho dnty on ton, in some
amount, or anothor. Senator Tillman
said after adjonrnmont that Mr
Aldrich had not given tiny such assurance
but that ho was certain tho
Republicans wore in a qunndry and
if tho Democrats stuck to him tho
duty would bo put on.
Seven Republican senators interrupted
Senator Tillman and showed
a sympathy for the contention. Senator
Heyburn of Idaho said that for
several years his family had used
no other tea than South Carolina
tea. lie practically announced that
ho was in favor of the duty and
would vote for It.
Senator William Alden Smith of
Michigan said he was not sure that
there oilght not to be a duty on tea.
Senator Smith of Michigan, however,
suggested that Souih Carolina ought
to pav a bounty to tea growers.
To this Senator Tillman suggested,
"I do not think the people of South
Carolina would be willing to tax
the growers of cotton, coin and other
products in order to help grow something
else." He declared that he
IK it.
itct(i uftM'u assured ny the importers I
that there would be no incr<>suse at i
all In the price of tea to tin* consumor.
Being asked how much land there
was in the South suitable for t?*a
growing, he said he believed that tea
could bo grown all tin* way from
North Carolina to Texas. When the
1 question of labor came up he pleaded
for the Southern negro as .against the
| ,1 aps and Chinese. "It is just a quos|
tion of giving the people an opportunity
and a little help so they can
start even with the Asiatics," he
said.
The send tor hart sonic t? r? on his
desk, nnd ho promised to give Senator
Aldrioh, whom, ho said, for all
practicable purposes was the senate,
some South Carolina ice tea tomorrow
which "will cool his in'ards and
make him grant, this little help to
the tea growers."
Senator Tillman was interrupted
by the Rhode Island senator, who
suggested that there were some
things that ceased to be jokes, "lie
is the senate of the United States
and he knows it," replied Mr. Tillman.
Mr. Aldrich made no further
reply.
Senator Smith of Michigan said he
had been greatly surprised to lind
that South Carolina is raising 15
times more tea than did the island
of Ceylon In 1875. This discovery
had, he said, caused him to be very
friendly toward any suggestion looking
to the protection of that Industry.
Hy a vote of 55 to 1S the Senate
Tuesday refused to place a duty of
ten cents a pound on tea in support
or t ne amendment offered to the
tariff bill i)y Senator Tillman.
FATA liLV S<\\ IJ>F.I>.
Little Child Met Accidental Death in
Itolton.
A dispatch from nolton says a
little boy about three years old, son
of Mr. <1. M. Stewart, was so badly
scalded by falling in a pot of boiling
water Saturday about 1 I o'clock that
he died from the effects of the scald
about 7 o'clock that evening. .VIr.
Stewart lives in the mill village.
The family was making preparations
to visit some of their relatives at Iva
and had taken a pot of boiling water
off the stove when the lit Ho hoy
I accidentally fell into it. which re|
suited in his death as stated above.
EQUANIMITY JARRED
KXPKKSSM.W ( Al KKS OIIVWIAN
TO 1IAVK HILAI\ STOll.M.
Former I loom MiiU' of Alleged Sl.?t>cr
of F.lsie Sljff I (Vufronlcd h \
\Y i t IIIVSH,
A dispatch from New York says
t he coin placeney of ('hung S11? oik*
I t he room mate of Leon long, who is
( wanted for t tie murder of Klsic SSLgel,
on Juno wont all to pieces \N (Incs|
day afternoon, when Arthur Logan,
an cxpro.-sinaii, walked into the cell
j " here Cluing Sin is held as more than
la material witne.-s, and brusquely
shouted "11 ullo."
Logan is the man \v ho carried the
I trunk containing the body of the i
;girl down-stairs from Loon's loom
ton the day of the murder. He had
I told the police that Chung Sin is
one of the men he saw on the top
lloor of the house. Chung Sin, on
the contrary, has sworn hy all Ins
ancestors that he never saw tie trunk
packed or moved.
"Van are the man," Logan saul in
Chung Sin's presence, "who told no
to take tlie trunk down-Mails care
fully. There was another slim r I
low with you in the room the same
that came over to the olhce half an
hour before to give me the oider to
call 11?r tli trunk."
"All inistak?\" protested Chung
Sin, "lit'vci' see \ou lit inr?
Th?* Chinaman s voice iniiko, and
lu? shook as in tear as Logan was
led out, still positive in his id? ntiti
ca t ion.
Chung whs not Kept waiting long
bot'oro he had anotlnt \ i^xt<>r this
time Martin Luria, tho chauficur,
who drove a Chinaman and a trunk
from tho Harlem laundr\ to a chop
suoy restaurant in Newark on the
morning of June 10. The police had
a theory that Chung Sin might have
been the fare and not Leon Ling.
Hut Luria could not Identify Chung
Sin, and still believe* that it was
Leon he had in his taxicab. A letter
from Chung Sin, written since his
arrest, to the Society of the Four
Brothers, was intercepted ami translated
to the district attorney's office.
It protests that the murder
was done by one man, and that,
therefore, only the murderer should
be held; denounces the authorities
and implores aid ot all members in
freeing him.
The police believe more and more
that little reliance can be placed
in any of the various rewards and
offers of eo-opeiatlon promised by
the clans of Chinatown, and accord
ingly Hist ricf Attoreny Jerome wrote J
John laliiii-otf Uiii'.lii"'
..... vi ii' i i |n wii-n; ui til
Orient ial Iuiikuukc ?m<) literature in
tin* t hi versify of tho Pacific at Kan
.lose, Cal., requestiiiK ion co-operalion
in tin- cast' .an a trust worthy
interpreter.
A NOVIOl, nXPKUIMK.NT
I
Makes a I'l'mdn'i* Chief of I'olirej
For One Night. ]
Mason City, Iowa, is to be policed
for out* night by the pastor of the I
Methodist church, Dr. Will W. Carl- i
ton. For this ono night ho will bo I
I
tho chief. The forco will obey bis
instructions to the letter.
Mayor Klrschmtui has promised
that ho would prosocu'e all cno'H
brouglit before him by t..< pr? .uh< r- |
policeman. j
When Mayor Kl'vohmnr* wa e!"."i.
ed to the position, he, It is said, j
tendered the position of chief of police
to in*. Carlton. I)r. Carlton refused.
.Many p? rsons are not now ideascd
with tile general tone of the city
at night time, so the preacher was
asked to see what lie could unearth.
There will be no public, announcement
made of the night when the
minister is to poliee t lie city.
Ill IU*I. \It KILLS rOMCKMAN
Caught in \ct of I'oreing l-Cntiance
to Stole Shots H\cbanged.
At Cliicago r'oMeiniiMi Minry
Sehnadle was killed Thursday l?y a
burglar he was attempting to ?rrest.
The imrglar, who is thought to
be a negro, was forcing an entrance
to a store at Wabash avenue and
Thirty-fourths street when surprised
by tlie policeman.
In an exchange of shots the policeman
was wounded, dying a few
minutes later. His assailant is also
thought to be wounded.
lU'vrn^s Husband's l>euth.
In revenge for the alleged murclor
of her husband years ago, Mrs.
Lout so Lahartift Monday In Now York
fired four bullets Into Domlro Versagia
at Spring and Sullivan streets.
Versagia's wounds are probably fatal.
Mrs. Labartia was arrested.
Sudden Heath,
Aiken vias again startled and surprised
Tuesday morning by the sudden
death of Mrs. Julia B. Kennedy,
who dropped dead while combing
her hair before a looking glass at
her resldonco there. This is the
third sudden death of prominent
women in Aiken in a few weeks.
SLAYLR FOUND I
Corpse of Chinaman Fouid in I
Hudson River. I
LEON LING'S BODY I
,\l' lieiiufi ('<?tn|)lrt?? Itli'ni ilii ati<?n
H
\\ .is 11?>- Tliiirs<la> '? I
s.i 11?-111 Pruliirrs th*i Ihid) IW*a 9 I
11 Mai k< <1 lt? st'tiililuiiv <- to (ik miaa* i
i 1?t_T t
i 11 > .\ u \ ork
Thursday says, although complete
itlt'iitiliration v ,e impossible, 'here*
appeared to !> a strong prohahility
that the lx><l\ of a Chinaman * hich
was found do,.imp in 'he II tdsou
ill iii tin upper part ut t !i? city,
was that of la on Linp, or William
i L. I on. tlie mo tail-1 -r of Kan
Slice I. The malt h hoiKht, weight am. I
Kiitrtal appi-aiattre tallies with that |H
of Leon Linp, hut as the body was
node. ?>\eepi for a silk undershirt, H
and had heen in the water for aiore H
than a Week, a. thorough cxamina- H
tion will he necessary. Coroner \fH
I'onald who was the first, to inspoi t H
the hnily, believes that it is Leon's H
a S i'o :i i. i i?' I" ' ' ! ' -*
"t rni' ll, 1)111
until luiitsiiriii.rrits and faeiul char- I
aot? rustics urn oarofnljy gone ovor
tin' id? i: f i fi< a (ion will remain In ?
doubt. b
Ii it is L?miii f]?#? rausf of his death b
will in- another mystery, although b
one theory, that < t" suicide, would B
appear reasonable. b
In salient features tho body bore b
;i marked resemblance to Leon Ling. b
Tbo tooth wer?? good, as wore Loon's; b
the In-iglit about fiv * foot, four ineb- .b
os, which was Loon's height, ami tho b
weight. Ilia pounds, which was about fl
Loon's. T h a no appeared to l>e b
about fwonty-llve or thirty yearn. b
Loon's ago was given out hv tb* b
police as thirty. An autopsy will bo b
performed. Tho coroner's jury was b
unabl?< to arrive at a conclusion a** b
to how tho Chinaman mot. his death. b
Larly Thursday morning Ung Yow. b
an ineonspieuous, hard working Phi
noso laundryman of the Last Side. I
was found by his neighliors strung I
between two wash tubs with his h?ad I
beneath tho water of one ami his I
foot in the other. There were bloody I
flngor marks on his nook, bloody I
footprints on the floor and a knot- I
ted cord about tho man's iwck. In I
Mm on ii drawer the police found
one cent. I
All attempts to connect the murder I
of Lug You with the murder of Kisie I
h'igol by Leon Ling have failed. I
Investigation soon showed 'hat I
t'ng Yow was beaten over the head I
iwifh flat irons, probably by more |
than oil" man, ami then tlnug In the
i m ha. Ilf ; r ci ha hi y died hy dropping
v h ile unconscious. ,
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wmrrKo to and rrto. 'A
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Two \ir Navigators llu\r Thrilling
Time I(l,0<I0 I'oiM Cp.
Th?ir balloon, "tin- Melba," whippod
helpless to and t'ro by a sixf.vniih'
gale in a d<nis?> cloud, ton thousand
t? ?'f above tlw curt h, John B?jrry
and .M. A Kcimann Wednesday
clung to the li;ok"t and finally descended
safi-ly at Kock Hill, t? n mil* s
from St hoiiiK, ttla'ticc they ascended.
On ascending they worn carried
swiftly to an altitude of ten thousand
feet into a thundercloud, where
[ the bag was dashed about. At times
[the balloon lay on a level with the
ba.-ket as the wicker was pitched
high up by the careening gns bag.
The balloonists pulled the emergency
valve, and although the hag
almost collapsed, the balloon was
held up by the gale. Suddenly the
wind ceased, and the half emptied
inwlopo shot, downward, then formed
a parachute and let the men to
earth safely except that Heimann
sprained an ankle,
MISTAKEN KOIt III KhbAlt.
Hxciteitienf in Itnom Wlvre Men
0
Wrestles With Dog.
The New York police are seeking
the owner of a huge black dog In the
hope that the animal may be restrained
from repeating an annoying
performance. Israel Moskowitz arid
his wife were asleep In their Brook- n
lyn home before daylight when a y
strange dog leaped through the win- I
dow and bounded upon the bed. Mrs. 1
Moekowitz screamed that thoro were
burglars and her husband grappled
with the intruder and was wrestling
him about the room when the police
arrived. The dog escaped.
Well IMiwod. 1
Bacon That oftico seeking frUnd
of yours has landed a job at last. *
Egbert?Good! What has he j
landed?
I fe'? keeper at the pesthouse.
Well, he's the right man in the
right place. He's the greatest pest
1 ever knew -Yonkers Statesman.
After a woman has bnried her
third husband you ctan't tell her
much about men. 1
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