The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 09, 1909, Image 3
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SHOT IN DARK.
Peculiar Story -bjur the Death
of *rs. \Hngh.\m.
* ACCIUM ClAjMED
The Story is That While Win. Avant
and Dr. Hicham Wore on the
Former's l'iuzzu Thojr Saw a Person
Puss, Who Thej Followed and
Avant Shot and Killed.
A dispatch from Georgetown to
, Tho News and Courier says news
was brought to that oity Sunday
morning of a terrible accident, which
occurred at Sunnyside, on MurroU's
Inlet, about 8 o'clock Saturday night.
Mrs. Bingham, wife of Dr. 1). C.
Bigham, of Sniper's S. C., was shot
and instantly killed by Mr. Win.
Avant, the ownor of Snunyside, who
mistook her for a fcurglar.
Dr. Bigham was in attendance
professionally at the koine of Mr.
Avant, and took his wife with him.
Saturday veiling after supper the
two men were on the front porch.
They saw in the darkness a figure
pass the house and go towards the
creek. They hailed it, but received
no reply. Then then secured a
double-barrelled gun aud followed,
Dr. liigham expressing the fear that
they might get shot themselves.
They proceeded and saw the figure
apparently crouch close to tho
ground near the creek bank. They
again called to it, but heard no response.
Avant asked Dr. Gigliam
what he must do. Glghani, it is as
??.! Jt " u n,l Aw, lit
CU1 It'Ui SlUU DUUUV, u, % *! ^ f
fired both barrels at the object at
a distance of about 12 feet.
Both men then ran back to the
house. Not finding Mrs. Bighain
there, a light was secured and they
returned to the fatal spot to find
her stretched upon the sand dead.
Both barrels had taken effect in her
hack, even the gun wads having penetrated
the flesh. Avant came to
town with the news, and accompanied
Deputy Sheriff Ward aud Coroner
Fletchers to Murrell's Inlet.
COWARDLY ML'KDBBMK
i
Kills One Woman and Trios to Kill
A not tier One.
Chased across twa counties by two
sheriffs several deputiea and a large
posse of citizen, with the certainty
of beiug lynched If captpred by the
latter, William Stephenson, who Friday
inoruing shot and instantly killed
his step-daughter Miss Berturudo
Vann, and seriously wounded his di*
vorced wife, near Grady, Montgomery
county, Ala., waa captpred one
^ mile south of Troy and lodged in
jail at Troy. Upon advices that a
mob of considerable numbers was
Bearing Troy at 8 o'clock Friday
uignt, Sheriff Carroll called upon the
Governor for military protection, and
the Troy Hides were immediately
assembled in their armory, with orders
to assist the sheriff in protecting
the prisoner.
Stevenson admitted the shooting
and said it was the result of family
troubles. He told the sheriff that
he knew he would be lyched if
v lynched if (taken back and tried
near the scene of his double crime.
Friday morning Stevenson stole a
shotgun and went to Mrs. Steveneon's
home, where he sought a reconciliation.
Being denied an interview
by his divoced wife, he opened
fire, the first shot taking effect
in Mrs. Stevenson's right side and
completely severing her arm. The
second load of shot struck Miss
Vann in the abdomen, producing almost
instant death. *
Held Up "Wrong Man.
Lack of discrimination in picking
victims cost a negro highwayman
his life at Mllner, Ga., Saturday
night. Marshal Sims was making
his regular rounds when tho negro
eprang from a hiding place, choked
the officer and pressed a knife
against his throat. He demanded
tho marshal's money, who while giving
it, drew his gun with his freo
hand and fired twice. The negro
dropped and died in a few minutes.
I i .
Asked I)end Man for Fare.
At St. Louis, llo., John Harrison,
a conductor on the Manchester
avenue car line was startled Friday
night when he touched a pasflenger
on the shoulder while collecting
fares and discovered that the man
was dead. The corpse was Identified
as that of R. S. Barthlo, a carpenter.
He entered the car In seemingly
good health and expired of heart
' disease two minutes later.
SIIBSGI
DEADLY CONFLICT
BETWEEN STATE MILITIA AND
*
PRIVATES CITIZENS.
Ouc Soldier and On* Civilian Wm
Killed and Three Others Wore ^ |
Fatally Hurt.
A Dispatch from Frankfort, Ky., t
says one of tlie fiercest riots over
known in that city between militiamen
and civilians took place Saturday
night. Sergeant Ingram Tate,
of Somerset, Ky., a member of
company CI. Kentucky Slate guards,
and Jeff Cook, a civilian, were killed,
while William Nichols, Joe Conway ' ]
ami Alexander McNally were fatally
shot. J (
The riot began in a tenderloin
saloon, following a brawl. Private
William Phillips and C. 10. To ado-I
vine, members of company (J, who (
were standing near Tatw when he ;
} 1
was killed, identified Joe Nichols!*
as the man who fired the shot that I
killed thir comrade. Nichols and :
eighteen others wore arrested.
The house was almost &hot to j j
pieces by the troopers in their efforts
to gain uu entrance apparent-I
ly to lynch the men whom they ^
thought had killed Tate. For more ,
than an hour the eighteen men held
the fort against the regiment and
| tlie residents of flint secton of the
city lied to their houses, putting out j
the lights and retreating to the cellars
for safety.
All over that section of the city
every person who attempted to leave.!
was halted at the point of a hay- j
onot and every wagon was searched, 1
hoping to lind the men who had
started the riot. I
Finally, after a conference, Col.
J. A. Allen, commanding the second
regiment; County Judge James 11. |
Polsgrove and Chief of Police .Mani
gan, accompanied by other soldiers.
I
searched the building, and in the |
top Btory 1'ound the nice huddled ,
together. They were all taken to
'jail, which is being guarded by the (
| soldiers. * j
WILL 1110 GOOD THING.
Conga roe, Santee and Watore? Givers
to be Improved. ,
The welcome announcement which
conies to Columbia, Georgetown and
other towns along tho water route
between Columbia and Georgetown
in the form of a letter from Chief
Kngineer Adams to Commissioner
Watson and others interested, that
his report of the investigation of
the Congaroe, Santee and Wateree
recoil)mods securing a depth of six
feet (ind a v. idth of 100 feet from
Winyah hay to the Santee and a
channel depth of not less than four
feet to Columbia by the Santee and
the Congaree and not less than four
feet to Camden by the Wateree and
the raising of the dam at Columbia
twe feet. This means a water
freight business from Baltimore and
New York to Columbia by way of
Georgetown all tho year round and
placing that city on tho same water
basis as Augusta. Commissioner
Watson says the report is all Columbia
and the State generally could
desire. *
Found Shot in Appendix.
As is customary by the surgeons
in the Newark, N. J., city hoepitol
the appendix which w.au on* e-vn, ..
.. ..w vu v i i vy in (V
patient, Jacob Deisler was examined
and in it they found twenty-two
bird shot of No. 8 si/.e.
() being questioned Deisler admitted
that he was extremely fond
j of Hazenpfeffer, a German dish in
J which the chief ingredient was rabj
bit. His continued Indulgence in
llazenpfeffer, the physicians believed,
resulted in Deisler's consuming a
number of shot which had been
used in killing the rabbits and appendicitis
followed. *
Meteor Hansen Runaway.
At Waynesboro, (la., two jolly |
wagon loads of young people had I
narrow escapes from injury or death J
a few nights ago when the horses I
they were driving were frightened I
by a brilliant meter that passed
swiftly over their heads. The hors-1
eg ran away, but no one was hurt. I
The meteor was exceedingly brilliant
and large. A long train of sparks I
traveled behind it. The young peo-1
pie, who Raw It, Ray it was moving I
apparently parallel with the earth. *
Holt Kills Farmer. j
Alexander Ituyter, aged 35, a
prominent young planter of Clove-1
1 land county, N. C., was instantly I
j killed by a lightning bolt while sit-1
j ting in the yard of friends near I
Orover Monday afternoon. Others I
j present were not shocked. J
HIE N0\
COOK'S STORY.
i
i
ie Describes His Jourm y to and
Fiom the Muc i
SOUGHT NORTH POLE!
'As I Wm Hlttin* the l?olo 1
Could Not llclp Smiling at the
i
IVople Who, on Mf ltd urn, '
Would Cull the Whole Expedition .
u llumlmg."
A special dispatch received at
,ondon from Skagen navs:
"As the a tea in or linnsogede steamMi
by 1 caught through my glasses
i vision of a small man in a dark j
uiit and peaked cap shading his |
jyes with his hands, as if straining!
o see the welcome civilization after!
t
rears in icy exile. It was Dr. Cook, *
he explorer, whose namo is on every
tongue. lie was chatting with the
aptain o? the bridge, now smiling,
now waving his hand. I was allowed
to board the llansegede.
"Somebody gave Dr. Cook a bouinet.
Tears dimmed his eyes an he
hurled his face is their fragrance.
It's years since I hare seen flowers,'
said the explorer with a quiver of
emotion in his voice.
"When he smiled one noticed the
loss of two teeth. 'A fight with a
Polar hear did that,' ho said.
" 'You can tell the world,' the
explorer continued, 'that I am in better
condition than at any time and
look forward with an appetite to
the festivities that are promised me.
My dinner has been poor these last
few years and 1 shall have to make
up for it.'
"Dr. Cook then briefly described
his journey. Regarding his discovery
ho said:
"'Then cam? April 21. That was
the great day. Wo looked for the
mn. As soon as we got it. I made
sevornl nhnnrYiitlnna mir
?.ame over us. We woro only rixteen
miles from the desired spot.
I said to myself, 'Hully for Frederick,'
then wo went on.
" 'The last stretch was tlm easiest
I over made in my life, although
I had still to make two observations
and the ice was very broken hero.
Hut my spirits were high and I
shouted like a boy. The Eskimos
looked .at one another, surprised at
my gayety. They did not share my
joy.
" '1 felt that 1 ought to be there.
I made my last observation and
found that I was standing on the
pole.
" 'Mv feelings? Well, I was too
tired really to feel any sensation.
I planted the Stars and Stripes in
the ice field, and my heart grew
warm when I saw it wave in the
wind.
"How does the North Pole look?"
was asked.
" 'Well,' said Dr. Cook, smiling,
'it amounts to the size of a twentyfive
cent piece. There is nothng to
see but ice, ice; no water, only ice.
There wore more holes hero than
at the XT th degree, which shows
there is more movement and drift
here; hut this and other observations
I made afterwards?when I got
more settled. I stopped two days
at the polo, and I assure you 11
wasn't eat-y to say goodbye to the
spot.
" 'As I was sitting at the pole I
could not help smiling at the people,
who, on my return, would call the
whole expedition a humbug. I was
sure the people would say that 1
bought my two witnesses, and that
my note book with my daily observations
had been manufactured on I
board this ship.
" 'The only thing I can put against
this is what the York Eskimos have
told Knud Rasmussen. Let the
sceptics who disbelieve my story go
to the North Pole. There they will
find a small brass tube, which 1
hurled under the flag. That tub?
contains a short statement, about my
trip. I could not leave my visiting
card, because I did not happen to
have one with me.
" 'Perhaps,' the explorer added
dryly, 'I should have stayed there
longer had it not bogun to freeze
us in our idleness. The Eskimos
were uneasy and the dogs howled
fearfully. On April 23, therefore,
1 again turned my nose southward,
which was much easier, as yon cannot
turn your nose in any other direction
when you stand at the pole.'
Describing the return journey, Dr.
Cook paid:
" 'Fortune now smiled. We did
twenty miles per day until we reached
the ominous 87th degree. Then
I felt the ice moving eastward, carrying
us with it. A terrible fog
swept us and kept us for three
weeks. Wo got no further than the
84th degree. Then began a heavy
V TO
O/VL TOOK HER HAT
WII1LG HKK AND 11 EH KSCOltT
WE HE WALKING ALONG.
The Hi^ Hird Attnckdl the Girl
I
and Tukes ?ml Flies A way With
Her Millinery Exhibit.
A dispatch from Montclalr, N. J.,
says there is a big owl which has
headquarters in tho park on tho,
Herbert Bradley estate, between
here and West Orange, that does not
like the headgear now worn by women
or the style of the helmets of
local policemen. It attacked Teresa
iMunn, of West Orange, Thursday
night, made repeated dashes at her I
at, and finally tore it off and flew
away with it. Her escort, Adolph
(irahnm, struck at the bird repeat-J
edly with his umhrolla, l)Ut the owl
disrogardd him.
Mists Miinn's fac? was scratched
by tin* talons of tin* owl, which,
(irahnm says, has a spread of wins I
of at least 5 feet. The young; woman
was frightened badly, and was
almost in hysterics when she reached
home, hat less aid with her face
covered wit 11 blood. It is thought
it is the same owl which a year age
attacked Patrolman Harry Martin
and afterward sailed into Patrolman
Patrick Cannon, Both were on duty
near the P.radley estate when they
| were attacked. It was only by the
| use of their clubs that they succeeded
in heating the bird off.
Miss Mnnn was the guest of
friends iu Montelair. Between 10
and I 1 o'clock Thursday night she
started to walk home with (Jraham
as her escort. The flrst intimation
she received that sb h -had been
j singled out for attack by the owl
| was when she heard the purring
fo wings, the snap of a beak and
received a blow ou the head which
knocked In r down. She staggered
to her foot and looked about, l'or
her assailant.
In an instant the bird renewed
the attack, and then (Irahnm saw It
dimly as it approached. He swung
his umbrella at the shining eyes,
and must have landed a blow, because
the owl retreated. With the
bird dashing at them as they ran,
.Miss Munn and Graham hurried to
a lamp-post, whore they could tight I
to hwttcr advantage. They did not
have long to wait. The infuriated |
owl swopod down on the girls head,)
fastened its talons In her hat, and
llapped its big wings, until it tore
the millinery from her head. With
that in its possession it flew away. *
An Old Man Dead.
Isaac Itrock, who claimed to have
seen twenty Presidents elected, is
dead at Los Angeles, Cal., at an ago
said to he 1 1! 1 years. According to
Ilrook's family llible and other documents.
he was born in Iluncomhe
county, North Carolina, on March 1,
1 7 S 8.
walk towards lleihergs Land and
another three weeks of fog. When
that cleared 1 saw we had drifted
southwest to Kingnesland, where wo
found, open water and tower-high
screw ice which stopped our way
east ward.
" 'We now began to suffer bun
ger. Our provisions worw becoming
exhausted, and we were unable to
find depots. \\> entered Hingcsland
and on June 20, found the first animals
on our return?bears and seals.
We shot a hear.
" 'And now our goal was the whalers
at Lancaster sound. We followed
the drift ice to the south eighty
miles a day, hut was stopped by pack
ice in Wellington Channel, which
was impossible either by bont or
sledge. Here was lots of game, but
wo did not dare shoot it. Wo had
only taken a hundred bullets to the
r\/ v 1 r\ o n .1 1 "" 4,1
, ...mi now umy nrieon were left.
We went Into Jones' sound after
walrus and bears, and found open,
calm water. We met Polar wolves,
with which some of our doge made
friends and ran away.
" 'Now wo spent day and night
in an open boat ten miles from
shore. This lasted for two months
while storms often raged over our
heads. At last we got ashore again,
but we had no fuel and were obliged
to eat birds raw. One day we
found fuel and what a feast we had.
Hut we suffered much hunger during
this period. One night a hear
came and stole our food. We had
many fights with musk oxen, which
attacked us. Our best weapon
against them was the lasso.' "
The correspondent's story quotes
Dr. Cook as saying in conclusion:
" 'Say that the day we reached
our provisions stores at Etah was a
greater day than April 21. I long
to get back to civilization, to move
among my fellow men; I long to
press my wife to my heart. I am
the happiest man living. Tell the
whole world I thank God I am
hack.' " ?
ThTI
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FOLLOWED COOK
Seoond Tima an American Has
Reached
TH? NORTH POLE
Mcfisa^cn lleoeivoil From Now
Foiiiullmul Toll of IVrsl.stcnt Ivvpl*
?ror'H Final SuccoHN Ono Year
Affor limoklyu HItiiI's Hriontilh
World Stunned at Uo|M>rts.
From St. Johns, Now Foundtnnd,
comes I ho message that, Commodore
Poary has just telegraphed tl? governor
of New Found land by wireless
from India Harbor, Labrador,
announcing ho has discovered tho
North Polo and congratulating Now
Foundland oa its part in this discovcry,
seeing that, the captain and
crow of Peary's stoanior uro Now
Found landers.
| Now York, Sept. ti.?Poary has
succeeded.
"Indian Harbor, Tia Capo Pay,
X. P., Sept. (>.?To tho Associated
Press, Now York:
"Stars and Stripes nailed to North
Polo.
(Signed) "Peary."
"Indian Harbor, tia ('ape Pay, N.
F., Sept. f>.- Herbert H. Pridginan,
Hrooklyn, N. Y.:
"Polo reached. Roosevelt safe.
(Signed) "Poary."
"Indian Harbor, via Capo Pay, N.
F., Sept. 6.? To tho New York
Times, New York:
"I have tho polo, April f>. 10 xpect
arrive Chateau bay Sept. 7.
Secure control, wire for ino there
and arrange expedite transmission
big story.
(Signed) "Poary."
South llarpswell, Mo., Sept. 6.?
Commander Robert 10. Poary announced
his success in discovering
tho North Polo to his wife, who is
summering at Ragle Island, as follows:
"Indian Harbor. Yin Cane lf.-ir
I "September f>, 1009.
"Mrs. U. E. Penry, South Harpswoll,
Me.
"Have made Rood at last. I have.
I the old polo. Am well. Love.
I Will wire again from Chateau.
(Signed) "Bert."
In reply Mrs. Peary sent the folI
lowing dispatch:
"South Ilarpswell, Me.,
'September G, 1909.
I "Commander K. E. Peary, Steamer
Roosevelt, Chateau Bny.
"All well. Best love. God blest
J you. Ilurry home.
(Signed) "Jo.'
Peary has succeeded.
J From out of the Arctic da rimes?
I there were flashed a few days age
I these messages which stunned the
I scientific world and thrilled the
I heart of every layman. From th<
J bleak coast of Labrador Peary age
I to the world the news that he had
I attained his goal itr the Far North
I while at the same moment in far off
Denmark Dr. Frederick A. Cook of
I Ptrooklvn was heitrg dined and lionI
i/ed hy royalty for the same achievement.
METOK SEEN AT INMAN.
It Was Brighter Than the Moon a*
It Kmii Across Sky.
At Inrnan on Thursday night the.
J brightest of "shooting stars" was
I seen. It fell In the south at 1(J
I minutes before 12 o'clock. The
I moon was shlnig brightly, hut the
I light of the "shooting star" was-.
1 brighter; for when it finished up tc
I its brightest the moon paled, and
I t .
us shadows were no longer visible
while those of the meteor were a*
plain as the shadows cast by the
sun.
The star made Its appearance
about 4f? degrees west of the moon
and following the meridian towart
south. It was a divided light, ir
two sections, shaped somewhat lik?
the wings of a bat and at a propor
tional distance apart. It appeare(
to be about one and a half time:
as wide as the sun looks, and near
ly trt?e times as long as It wai
wide.
No heat was felt from it; nor wa
any explosion hoard. A rustling
hissing noise was heard, preceedlni
the light; which could hardly hav
, come from the samo source as th
light. The "star" burned out befor
I reaching the ground. From first ap
poarance It last, It was loss tha
thirty seconds in view.
IRRY HE
1
TELLS HIS WIFE
OF TIIN (JURAT DISCOVERY IIH
HAS MADE BY CABLE.
Tho latrepld Explorer Htul Not Boon
lleurd From lit Orer a Year Vn(il
U(Mln?M<la7.
"Successful. Well. Addross Copen
huKen."
Full of moaning, If "successful"
were interpreted to indicate that lie
had readied tho North Pole, tho
foregoing cable message, exasperating
in i?s briefness, was received In
v ... x' . .... . -
.now i oi k vNtMinoHuay rrom Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, the American explorer,
whom tho latest cablo advices
credit with having accomplished
what no man over did.
The message was sent not to any
scientific society, nor to any of his
associates interested in ills expedition
from a scientific viewpoint, but
to iiis wife who lias been counting
the days and hours and praying for
his Mifety since his departure from
New York on Jnly i. 1907.
Hut by chance his. Cook was not
at her Hrooklyn home, but spending
the summer at Harpswell, Mo., so
the dispatch was received by Dr.
it. V. Davidson, a personal friend
of tho explorer, who made its contents
known, then flashed the good
news on to Mrs. Cook.
l'.rief as it was, it was tho first
news that she had had from iter
intrepid husband since March 17,
1'.MIS, when ho wrote from Cape
Hubbard on tho edge of the Polar
Ice Sea, on tho northwest sido of
Kllesmero Land.
At that time ho advised ids companion,
Rudolph Franko, then stationed
at Htah, (Jreonland with supj>lies,
to wait there until Juno for
his return, but in the event of Dr.
Cook's failure to appear to proceed
to America.
Franko waited as instructed, hut
as Dr. Cook failed to come hack,
lie caught the l?eary auxiliary ship
and reached New York last fall.
Since that time Dr. Cook's whereabouts
have been a mystery, although
members of the Arctic Club
in New York, were inclined to think
that lie had readied t lie l'olo despite
ids long Bilence.
There was, of course, the everpresent
probability that he had perished
and it will be recalled that a
relief ship Is now en route to Ktnh,
where she is due the middle of this
month. The vessel, the schooner
Jennie, left St. Johns, N. F., about
two weeks ago with the double purpose
of searching for Dr. Cook and
taking supplies to Commander Deary.
The expedition wns tlnaced by ti
special committee headed by Dr.
, Roswdl (). Stebbins, of New York,
and composed of friends of Dr. Cook
and men of science who were most
keenly Interested in his venture. To
these men the news that lie was
K safo and the report thnt bio had
( readied the Role were received with
, rejoicing, although none of them had
, any further advices.
The message from Dr. Cook to
, his wife was dated at Lerwick, ShetI
land Islands, the first available point
of t rariHTii isslon in the regular steam
, I ship course between Greenland ports
, I and Copenhagen, whither ho Is
hound. Because of its briefness the
assumption is that the message was
sent primarily to assure his wife
of his fasety and not to apprise tho
world of his discovery.
lias No Telegraph Ollloe.
1 Although Pickens, the town, is
county seat of Pickens county, it has
I no telegraph connection with tho
>1 oter world and for communicaton Is
i j dependent upon tho telephone. Now,
( it is said, the telephone service has
deteriorated. Complaint to that effect
has been lodged with the rail*
road commission and steps have been
? taken looking to the establishment.
, a telegraph office there.
,
Killed by Train.
* At Woodbury, N. J., Mrs. James
> Crazier, sixty years old, and Mrs.
Cm ma Driscoll, seventy-four, were
i about to cross the tracks of tho
, South Westvllle station a few days
1 ago when they saw a train approachi
ing. They tried to cross before it
3 got near them, but were hit by tho
- locomotive and all of the cars ran
I over them, cutting them to pieces.
3
Made Bad Mistake.
3 While huntjing squirrels near
Roanoke, Va., Wednesday morning
B ? ? - -
3 opviicfr nusrooK the gray hat
'? of his son, Charles J. Spencer, for
K a squirrel's tail and flred his shoto
gun through the bitches at the obe
ject. The load of shot took effect
o in the son's face, neck and shouli
dors. Tie was carried to town and
n ; given medical attention. The wounds
/are not fatal. r ^
?> i
"WRALD