The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 22, 1909, Image 4
r
FIRES THE JURY
Acquitted Deterderts Who Atf\
mltted Guilt.
SERVED THEM RIGHT
The Juror* Very Much Da tub-founded,
Left tho Courtroom Crestfallen.
Tho Action uf Judge MemniRgcr
Ik Generally Approved by (he I'eo*
plo of York Couaty.
A special dispatch from York villa
to tho Columbia Record pays Judge
Meniminger Wcduesday morning <11siniKsed
a panel of York county Jurors
as unflt for further service in his
court, because it had deliberately
failed to convict of carrying conceal*
ml mooiuMiQ In u *h(?r? t Vn do
fendants opeuly admitted that they
had pistols.
The case grow out of a picnic row
at Tirzah last August where thero
was promiscuous shooting and two
HubkoIIs and a Robinson had been
indicted for assault and battery with
Intent to kill and carrying concealed
weapons. There was a good deal
of conflicting testimony in the ease,
but both of the ltussells admitted
that they had pistols.
The jury Tuesday night brought
tu a verdict of not guilty on till
counts. Wednesday morning Jmlgo
Mcminiugcr had tho jury called and
Illicitly told it. that If it saw tit to
inakc itself and tho county of York
ridiculous with such a verdict he did
not propose to allow It to make him
ridiculous.
If the jury saw proper to acquit
on tho ground of self-defense men
who had shot other men In the back,
as In this ense, that was not his
lookout., for ho could not help him
self, but when It came to acquitting
defendants of carrying concoaled
weapons, where there had not even
been n denial of the charge, It was
more than he would stand for.
He old not care to criticise the
Jury or loot 11 re It, but ho would not
continue to try cases l>oforo it. He
I therefore told the members of the
panel to oonslifor themselves dismissed
from further attendance on
court and Instructed them to Ret
their pay and go their ways. Then,
turning to the clerk, the judge ordered
the drawing of a special venire
of 17 men with which to 1111 the
places of the mo 11 dismissed.
The Jurors wore dumbfound**! for
a few minutes and finally left, the
court room very much crestfallen.
Judgo MemmInzer's action, though
Jl coming in the nature of a surprise,
has met with unqualified public approval.
4
NAItROVVfiY F.SCM'Kl) lU'KN'f
i'l fixes of Columbia Awakes With
House on Fire.
Mr. W. J. Jones had a narrow
escape Wednesday morning when the
home in which he was living took
11 ro at 9:30 o'clock, in Columbia.
Mr. Jones whs Htill in bod, but waa
warned in time to get out of the
house without injury. Ho has a
.? night job and had not wak?ni up
when tho tiro started. Tho house
in which ho lived, No. 1.807 Washington
street^, was almost totally
destroyed by tho flames. 'Very littlo
of the furniture was suved. The
house neat door, occupied by Mrs.
Lobby, was partially burned. Both
houses were owned by Mr. A. H.
Boozer, of Columbia, and lnaurunce
waa carried. Tho houses were small
dwellings. Several houses in the
neighborhood wore in danger of being
caught by tho flames, tut were
saved. ' Mr. Jones had some Insurance
on his furniture, hut he is not
sure that ho can recover as the polirv
date was out a few days ago.
IaARORKK SKKK8 GALIyOWH.
Say** He Would Rather Hang Than
Htump Ballast.
"I killed 'Joe' Zizorda by smashlr>B
his skull with a piece of angle
4^ Iron," waa the cool statement of
Fteven Cosh when ho was accused
of murder in Police court at West
Newton, Pa., thin week.
"Hut you will be handed for murder,"
he was told by the police.
"1 don't rare whether I bang or
not," protested Cosh. "I would Jdst
as lief hang as atamp ballast on the
railroad all my life."
Cosh, aged 30, and Zizorda, aged
3f>, wcro working on tho railroad
together when Zizorda walked into
tho brush. He. (lid not return and
Cosh Htarted a search. Ho stunii
. bled over' his companion while the
^ latter was asleep and killed him outright.
He declared Zizorda was lazy
and was always shouldering hard
work on him.
\ 11 ' i h
Unusual Drowning Trugedy.
Dragged from a launch by a wire
catching her under tho chin, Dorothy
Hruce was drownod at Iowa Falls,
In., this week, as was also Archie
Drake, who Jumped Into the watei
to save her.
? --
VERY FOOLISH GIRL
8HR TRAVELLED AROUND WITH
A MARRIED MAN.
N. H. W, Slstraik Arrwte4 (a Qr?e? ill#
at lB.staace of FutJirr ( MJhm
I/?nis? W. Norrlw.
Charged In a warraut Bwor# out
by tho father of Miss Louise W. No"rls
of Greenwood, who had eloped
with him, with being a fugitive from
Justice, N. E. W. Slstrunk. a merrygo-round
operator, about 2 4 years of
age, whoso home is in Spartunburg,
where his wife and her mother live,
was taken Into custody by tho ollloers
at Greenville on last Saturday
: and held until lute In tho afternoon,
| when his mother-in-law, Mrs. Emma
j C. Cash of Spartanburg, said to be
j worth probably more that $50,000
I gave bond In the sum of $500 for his
appearance before the court In
Oconee county within tho next threr
mont h?.
A dispatch from Greenville to The
State savs the father of the girl (she
Is alK>ut 22 years old) came here In
company with his friend, Mr. J. K.
Durst, president of the bunk in
Greenwood, and took tho young woman
home. She confesses to having
loft McConnlek, where she had been
visiting, with Slstrunk and to have
followed him to August, Atlanta
and back to Seneca, where be was
arrested and where she paid his line
of $4 0. She drew out of the bank
$200, all the money she had, and left
with tho man whose wife was In
Spa r tatiburg.
When (ho train from Sonoca arrived
Saturduy the conductor informed
MeLeskoy of Bonio trouhlo the man
had boon In in Seneca and that ho
was then In company with the gt^.l.
Slstrunk was at once arrested and the
Klrl went to the Mansion house,
where she registered as Miss Louise
W. N'oriis, Greenwood.
After his arrest Slstrunk sent a
wire to his wife and she uud her
mother came t o the city at once.
In the meantime t he father had gone
before Magistral Stradley and sworn^
out a warrant, charging the man with
being a fugitive from Justice. Sir- j
trunk went before the Justice of the
peace with the wife and her mother i
and Mrs. Cash gave a cettided hood
for $500. Tho man accompanied his
wife to Spartanburg, in tho evening. 1
At llrst it was thougnt that the
charge of abduction would be lodged
ugalst Slstrunk, but it seems that,
-uch a charge could not be substantluted,
tho woman being old enough
to know her mind, so it was said by
the attorneys for the man. Just
a*hut charge will t>o preferred against
him is a matter of conjecture.
Mr. NorrLs in one of the beat known
'iti/ens of Greenwood. For a number
of years he has been the agent
?f the Seaboard railroad there and
for a long time his daughter worked
In the office with him. Ftecontly she
.vent to MeOoriuick to visit friends
rnd while there met Sistrunk, who
was operating a merry-go-round and
who boarded at the same house with
her. lie is alleged to have persuaded
her to leave with him. They went to
Vugusta and from there to Atlanta.
They are alleged to have registered
as man and wife at hotels they visited.
*
FWTTKN A niG TAX IWVKH.
Chicago Wheat King lias Ills Assessment
Ikmhled.
James A. Patten, who Is said by
a fellow member of the board of
trade to h.'ivrt made a profit of $000,000
within twenty-four hours
Wednesday, found himself on top of
the list of Rvanston taxpayers and
his option on this distinction he proposes
not to close out for some time.
Mr. Patten Was assessed this year on
$500,000 of personal property, which
is tweo the amount levied last year.
Mr. Patten himself asked the change.
"ilow much personal property
ought I to assess you on this year,
Mr. Patten," asked Mr. Milne, Rvanston's
assessor.
"How much was it last year?"
said Mr. Patten.
"fiomethlng like $250,000," responded
the assessor.
"Never mind the figure," Mr. Patten
Interrupted, "whatever it was
Just double that now. I reckon
that'll fix ft about right."
F/YJJaS .THKOlTGn MAN HOI, K.
Atlanta Drummer Victim of a I'ecu*
lar Accident
L. H. Ollston, a traveling salesman
of Atlanta, Oa.f waa tho victim
of a peculiar accident Monday, which
may result In his death. While waiting
for ft car In the business section
of Atlanta, a manhole, upon which he
stood, gave way and precipitated him
into the basement beneath. Aa he
fell his chin caught on tho side of
the grating ami he hung auspendod
i for an Instant before dropping Into
' the opening. Tho mnnhol? cover,
, which had only tipped, fell In upon
> tho unfortunato man, fracturing his
skull. His condition la very sorioua.
WAN 15 tXPEKi
SKNT AHltOAD TO COLLECT DOTS
ABOUT COTTON.
Text of ltC8olutioa Paused by Um
Farmers* Unioa at Thoir Meetinn
Columbia fteceatlj.
Tho cotton producers of tho State
aro very much interested in tko federal
government sending a cotton
expert to tho various foreign countries
for tho purpose of collecting
data on the cotton trade. Ity u resolution
passed tit a meeting of the
State 1'armois' Union, held recently
in Columbia, Commissioner Watson
is requested to go to Washington uud
press the matter with President Tuft.
The commissioner while in Washington
next week will fake tke question
up. The resolution asks that tho
representative bo selected from tko
Cotton belt territory. A resolution
of a similar nature was passed at
tho meeting ot tho National Farmers'
Union, held in Atlanta souir time
ago.
The following Ih tko resolution
panned:
"Whereas the cotton producers of
the South aro in of sped tic
Information from the viewpoint of
tho producer of essential facts as 'o
length of staple, grading*, etc., that
iiic required by tho consumlir?; nanufacturern
of foreign nations, facts
that would bo of inaferial value In
the development of the cotton growing
Industry of tho United States,
an Industry representing many millions
of dollars in the annual agricultural
exports of the United States,
and
"Whereas heretofore all special
missions directed to securing Information
abroad in relation to cotton
have been rather In the interests of
the manufacturers than the producers,
and
"Whereas efforts are now being
made by the producers to twitter the
crude existing system of marketing
cotton, and
"Whereas the class of Information
Deeded can only be oeeurcd by a
man from the cotton belt skilled in
the growing: of cotton and thoroughly
fainllfnr with all of the details
of the present local system of grading
a rut buying crude cotton; therefore,
bo it
"Kesolved, That the commissioner
of agriculture of South Carolina, he
requested to voicp to the president
of the United States the request of
the SUite Farmers' Union of South
Carolina that this matter be given
prompt attention, and that the fe ler
til povcrnmi'ut, through tho department
of agriculture, or the depart-1
ment of commerce and labor, arrange
for a special representative, selocted
from the cotton belt territory, to
be sent to the various foreign countries
to collect tin* data needed, and
that his rei>ortH be published and
furnished to the producer."
lvvperts in Iavo Stock.
The following resolution, as to
the detailing one or more field experts
from the United States bureau
of animal industry to be stationed
in the State for the purpose of advising,
directing and assisting m live
stock raising and particularly in
the raising of beef cattle was also
passed at the meeting:
"Whereas we realize the grea'
good that has been wrought in the
realm of plant ludustiv In So.:ih Carolina
by the Introduce >o in 'he ?tat?*
of the farm demomtr v?.!on w >* k by
the United Stutes department of :<g
ricultue, and
"Whereas one of the greatest needs
of the State at this time Is a proper
and Intelligent development of the
live stock Industry, and
"Whereas wo believe such development
as is thought will be more speedily
obtained by the conduct of such
practical work on llv,; stock lines as
Is being conducted in the matter of
plant life; therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the Farmers'
Union of South Carolina hereby indorses
th<? request of the State department
of agriculture; of the se<-~
.!< It... r I 1. .1
i i; vi? 4 y kfi H uiiuii! ui lilt? UUlltM
States and of tho United States. bureau
of animal industry to detail
one or morpi field experts from tho
bureau to bo stationed in tho State
for the p-njpose of advising, directing
aud assisting those engaged In or
about to en>gago in live stock raising,
particularly in tho raining of beef
cattle.
"Ilcrsolvtkl, further, That tho see- |
rotary ot' agriculture of tho United
Statos be specially requested to give
this matter his earliest and most
careful attention." *
PROVFDK H'MSIIMK\T.
r!^wAtwirl o t* u Puitk! Illfl MuL itw# TtefuniM.
??<?n mmmmrn *?? IU|^ ?* ? ? ??*tion
of Women a Prison Offense.
The penitentiary stares scandalmongers
in the face now. The Georgia
boi.) a to P&ks'hI a Mil Wednesday
making It a penal offense to utter
falso or defamatory remarks al>out
a woman. Heretofore tho women di>famod
had no recourse except, in the
civil courts. Hut the MeOurry bill
changes all that and will, it Is bolloved,
put a bridle on scandalous
tongues. It was not passed without
long debate, many senators believing
It impaired right of free speech.
REVOU IN PERSIA
Portions of Government Troops
Are Making Stand.
FIGHTING IN STREETS
i
The Nationalist Forces Futered th? '
City antl the Fighting Started at
Oneo?Tho Citizens of TVheriui Are
Wildly Jubilant Over Sincess of
the XatioimlistH.
One thousands Nationalists enter- 1
ed Teheran, Persia, at 11 v? o'clock |
Tuesday morning by three gates, j
says a dispatch from that city. The ,
Cossueks occupied the central square
and surrounding streets. Fighting
started at once and vigorously proceeded
for some time. Tho Shah is j
...viuvnuil ny UIKC ri'IUgO ]
In a foreign legation.
Tho Royalist tioopi, particularly
tho cossacks, have taken up a powit
Ion In tho central square and surrounding
tho streets, aiol it is Ik - i
lieved tho Nationalsts will attack j
their position 1:. tail forces if they j
do not surrender.
Safety of fort lgnc, a does not. up
pear at this waiting to bo seriously
t h rou toned.
Slpahdar and Sardaha, Nationalist i
leaders, aro In possession of tlw> parliament
building. A body of local
Nationalist under the leadership of !
Voung Sevivl have taken possession
of the resldonoo of Saad-Ed-Wowloh,
tho foreign minister. Many of the
Royalist soldiers, including a number
of cossacks, have deserted to the
Nationalists.
The populace of tho city Is enthusiastic
over tho advent of the Nationalist
forces. They throng the streets,
wearing red badges and offering encouragement
to the revolutionary sol- !
diets.
There was a sharp outbreak of rifle j
fire Tuesday morning near the Hritlsh
legation, but it did not last long
and the casualties among the Nationalists
were slight. The Nationalists
tire In possession of the central offices
of the Persian internal telegraph
system. Indo-European telegraph
line, the outlet to London, is
still working, hut with difficulty.
The Royalists and Nationalists are
fighting in the square in front of
the offices of the company, which ar,..
under lire.
i
ADMITS KILLING EMPLOYER.
'
linker's Helper I'ltsuls (inllly ol'J
Murder at Now Orleans.
Carl Bortunu , a young Herman,
charged with the murder of (Joorge
Kneoht, m halter, plead guilty when
arraigned Monday afternoon in the
Second City Criminal Court of New
Orleans. Knerht was killed in New
Orleans lust Thursday morning and
Bortunn, his helper, disappeared and
was arrested in Mobile Saturday
night. The State cannot accept u
plea of guilty to the charge of murder
and Boruina wii- committed to i
prison to await trial by a Jury.
Bortunn says that five years ago ho I
killed his sweetheart In Pfal i \;f v.] or- |
many, as a result of a suicide pact.
He had agreed to commit suicide nf!?.??
lining i?. # i~ ., ?.i.. -
i< > niiiiiip, II' I, WUl IU?L HIS IlflV,
1lo nays ho forvd three years as a
result. Then lie eumo to this country.
KnW'ht charged Bortuna with being
too attentive to his wife and the
quarrel that followed re?ulie<l In the
killing of Kneeht.
KN'SIGN AIKKN KII.J.KD.
Oflker mi the North Carolina Meets j
I'lolcnt lH\ath.
I
TOnalfnt Hugh K. Aiken, of the
United States uavy, died aboard the
armored erui.cr Nortb CneoMna e 1
Naples a few nights ago from In- I
juries resulting from a coal gas explosion.
Ho was born In Now Orleans
in 138 4 and entered the naval
service In 190H.
Peter Mullan, of Brooklyn, N'. Y., j
also was Injured slightly at the time i
of the explosion.
ICuslgn Aiken was one of t.b? best j
Known mom do m or tuo foot ball team !
whllo at the Naval Academy.
Formers IIHd for Peonage.
W. H. Komp and Hon, W. H. Kemp,
bo'h prominent (armors of Wllmor,
Ala,, wore arrested a fow days ago by
Deputy United States Marshal Clatoa,
the charge against thorn being holding
persona in a p-tate of involuntary
servitude. Four negroes, alleged
vlctlmn, wcrn carried to the city of
Mobile with the defendants. This !
Is the second arrest of farmers on !
chargefl of a similar nature. Tho nr- '
rest of the men o.reutod excitement I
at VVIlmer and at Mobile, whore both
ure well known.
. ' V.- ,
Masked M<*n Rob PostofTlro.
Threo masked men robbed the hotel
and postofllce safe at Utah Hot
Springs, Utah, of $500. two-thirds
being government money.
btVtRAL BURNED
TWO DKAD AND TWO FATALLY
INJURED.
Fuol Tttuk of Au(?nuibil? (U^d
Open, Throwing I.iqaol Piro oil
Car's Occupants.
Two persons arc dead, two mortally
Injured, while three others are
more or less seriously hurt as the
result of an explosion of the gasoline
tank on the touring car of
George M. Hill, late Tuesday night
at Jacktonhoro bridge, live miles
from Sylvanla, (Ja. The dead: Hewlett
Hill, Miss Fannie Mills.
Tho fatally injured: George M
Mill, .Jr., twin brother of Hewlett
Hill; Mrs. George M. 11 ill.
The seriously injured: Miss Itu- I
bio Thomas, badly burned; George
M. Hill, severely burned about head I
and trunk; Miss Lurlino Cooper,
severely burned; George Hillton,'
aged 14, painfully burned.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill had taken a party
of young people for a moonlight
outing. While preparing to leave for
town the car was backed onto the
bridge, tho tank containing compressed
gasoline being ripped off
The fluid was thrown over the occupants
and flames quickly spread,
oove?dng tho entire party.
The clothing of the hm Infants
and the women was almost entirely
consumed. Several youths gave Mich
aid as they could, but it was not un- I
tl! the shrieking women were dragged
Into the waters of the creek that i
the Hani oh were extinguished.
News of the accident was telephoned
to Sylvanla from a farmer's
house, two miles from the scene, and
physicians wore rushed to the bridge.
The injured wore carried to Sylvonia
at tin early hour Wednesday.
l.IQCOK I'OI KKI> INTO SHWKIC.
I >a tire us Sheriff Gets Itid of Thirty j
Gallons.
Thirty gallons of "good lleker"
coursing down the sower main of the
city of Laurens Is the sail tale of an j
official act by Sheriff Owings and j
his constables of that p)a< **. Some- I
one could not stand the sight, ?nd
to "not oven" with the slier Iff wrote
on one of the eases about to be opened,
"Sheriff John I>. Owing?, Laurens,
S. 0. Express Prepaid," and
then the laugh was on the officer
for brlngiug out his own "Jug" und j
destroying it by mistake.
The thirty gallons of whiskey have i
been held in tie' sheriff's office for the j
allotted thirty days. It had been j
seized, at various times, from per- j
sons In and around Laurens, who i
were under suspicion of si lling It. 1
No claim and delivery papers having j
been served upon the officers, it was
destroyed Thursday morning by due 1
process of law. This is the fiivl official
act of this kind in these parts |
in many years.
TKACJKDY OX MOIUUS ISLAM).
Young Twwiies Just Escaped Dentil, j
Assailant a Suicide.
After attempting at about daylight (
Thursday morning to chloroform two
young ladies, the daughters of ('apt
Wirkin;, head keeper of the light
house on Morris Island, near Charleston,
who were a roue <1 b> .c c latuu
clock ban ly in time to save them-|
s? lves from probable death. Ludvlg j
Jaeogson, one of the assistant keep- I
ers of the Morris Island Light Mouse, I
locked himself In his room, and when
officers from Charleston reached Mor
ri? Island and attempted to take him
prisoner, he first ran Info a closet
and took a drink of whiskey while
the otllcors sought to effect an entrance,
and then lyinK down again
In the hammock, In which he was
accustomed to sleep, ho placed his
pistol barrel in his mouth and flred
a shot, which penetrated bis brain
and ended his life. The scene of the
tragedy. tho light house keepers !
house on Morris Island, is an isuLu- j
ed Hpot, ho mo ton miles froxri tho city :
of CharlfBton, where tlio ronr of the j
waves is heard perpetually.
ASIIKYIIXE MNEMKN KILM-Hi. |
Touched High Power W'fro Which J
He Thought. Was Dead.
Suspended by his bolt from an
electric power pole near the Southern
Hallway round house, Wednesday
afternoon, J. II. I Leonard, a
lineman In Ashevlllo, N. C., In the
employ of the Weaver Elootric
Company, hung lifeless, shocked to
death by a high-power current coming
over a line which ho believed to
bo "dead."
Tho deceased, who went to Ashevlllo
two months ago from Columbus,
Ohio, on account of his wlfo's
health, was ono of a force of linemen
repairing a break In the transmission
lines, and is believed to have
met his death when he reached up
to turn a switch. Ills comrades ontho
ground hoard no cry, and did
not know of his misfortune until j
they looked up and saw the dangling
! t?ody. Leonard leaves a wife, but
1
I
BUILDING FALLS 1
Disaster In Busiest Section of ]
Philadelphia ! .1
SEVEN ARE KILLED j
Thirty-two llnrlod IVuouth
tho liulns of a I-Tvo-Story Iluihliftp,
\\ hu h Wns Ih'in^ H<vonst.ru?
Aa idnit Ocnii s nlMitit Ono < '? 1<k U
and T? rrilloM PuNNrrNhy.
Iii oiH' of the busiest sect'ons ot
the city ot Philadelphia, and at a
time when thousands of pedesfrainn
were passing to ami fro, tie live- iffl
lory brick hutldiuK !?t the northeast
corner of I'h venth ami Market
Ft reels, which wan helnjf reconstructed
for (lie United <l,is Improvement
Company. collapsed with a ter
rifle roar shortly after I o'clock
Thursday afternoon, burying or
pinning beneath the ruins 37 persons,
7 of whom ar(> dead, I misuinK.
I fatally injured and 2 4 more
or less seriously injured. The dead
are; |
Charles Larscii, 45 years o'd, sutestlttite
foreman of carpenters
I'eter Kritz, 0(i years old, carpenter.
Paul flannlnK. 4 0 years old. laborSicmuud
Tansher^, 23 years old,
laborer.
Alvin ?, 50 years old, a Sv,<de.
Unknown man .terribly mangled
Pa tally Injured:
James Ua^Kerty, 30 yeais old. freetnred
skull.
The two lower floors had been
torn out ami the three upper tloors
were shored up by heavy timber.
Steel girders were bracing the shoe
ing. It is supposed that by moving
one of the Ktrders, the entire structure
was loosened.
The crash came without warning,
and the narrow escapes were many
'['tie roar of the collapse was h? art!
for blocks. Hy-standorH and pass< rsby
fled in desperation, as it. was
thought an explosion had occurred.
When ttiey realized what had happened,
people flocked to the ruin?- and
began a series of thrilling renin*,
ltefore profesBional aid could be
mustered, automobiles, teams N rs'
wagons and all sorts of nearby vehleleH
were ftllo<l with the dead f>r
injured, and hurried to hospitals. It
was a swaltering day and several of
the roseuors were overcome by tieheat
and dust I'rjm 'he del-tin. Almost
as strenuous as digging up f le->
injured was the task of keeping the
congested masses of people from surrounding
too closely tile Wl'i ckage.
The walls which were I? Tt. standing
looked unsafe, hut tlu people surg ?,J
forward heedless of the danger.
For a time service on tho subway
line, which runs along Market afreet
in front of the building was tied up.
A woman subway ticket seller, terrified
by the crash of the collapse and
the shower of bricks and stones that
dropped down the subway stair,
fainted In her ootllce. ., ,
Many Instances of heroism wer?
witnessed . One man whose !? >? v/ae
broken was pinned beneath some,
timbers. When firemen came within
hailing distance he asked that they
attend the more seriously injured
The entire fourth floor of the
building la> slant against the tudo
of the adjoining building cutting off *
air in a section twenty feet square
where It is believed the mO.uinir
is burled. Workmen continued dig*
King in the ruins.
koiiui.ks mi nt (;<>.
f?reoitv lllv ntlwiiM Determined to
Put a St4?p to Deprivations.
Admitting that the police force Is
powcrlfiSM to cope with the gang nI
burglars that has terrorized (Irecrville,
S. (!., for months, Mayor Mahon
ban deputized u number of prominent
citizens to arm themselves and
patrol tho streets of tbo residence
district. These raon will servo without
compensation and announce that
they propose to end the reign of lawlessness
at the expense of bloodshed
if necessary. The homos of the mayor
and tho chief of police are among
those dispell* d by the burglars, \od
though depredations have occurred
nightly, not a single arrest hui been
mado.
Speedy Trial <Hveu Negro.
Judge Hardy, of Waynesboro,
Miss., holds the record for speed/
trials In Mlsslssppl. Will G&mhlin,
a negro, was arrested last week for
burglarizing a store at Waynesboro.
Under Judge Hardy's decision, he was
indicted, tried, convicted and sent
to the penitentiary for two years on
the same day. ... ...
.(
HherMT Kllln Negro.
Sheriff J. 0. Kakley, of Gentcrville,
Ala., shot ami killed an unknown no- *
gro Wednesday afternoon, who was
suspected of the brutal murder last
week of E. B. Wilson, a prominent
merchant of Drlartiold, Ala. Wheu
| the sheriff went to arrest the negro
[ be showed fight and was killed_.__^_MM.,