The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 02, 1909, Image 3
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NOiE Abmohitt
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( lti> Jkm dons blsciil
pastry; coir
the most h
* 'badly beaten"
Youig IVitlolm John>tone Set Upi n By
Men E.ideavi rn g lo Molest Piopeity.
CHARGED WITH ATTACK
Three .Men AiivhUhI Near l*ee?ville
on SuKitieion of Having lnjure<l 1
Newberry Youth?Young Man i
Cruwli d to h Tenant House and
(iu\o i lie Alarm.
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Mr. Malcolm Johnstone, son of
State Senator Alan Johustoue, was ,
terribly beaten and possibly fatailv ,
injured by robbers at Newberry j
Thursday night near the home of his ]
aunt in Newberry, where he was j
staying to protect her and hi- property.
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Hearing a noise late In the night. (
he went with his loaded pistol and ,
foun . a man le.iaiug one of the hors- t
es out. He fired upon him and as j
the man ran he emptied his revolver ,
after him. doing back to the house, j
he reloaded his weapon and returned ,
to a lane in pursuit. Here he ran
upon . everal men, but could not dis- c
tinguish in the dark whether they j
were white cr black. He fired upon ?
(them an they returned the lire, j
neither side being hit. N
His weapon empty, the robbers
tnen ^et uj on young Johnstone, who
is i. I t? >ears old, and beat him
terribly about the heal and. body (
Some tin e afterward he managed to
crawl to a tenant house, and the
alarm was given.
A ispate.h to The State says Sun?tflv
nlirhf Sheriff Hueord arrived in
Newbei i y w.th H. W. Welch, G. W. J
Martin an.l J. W. Williams, all f
white, who were arrostod near Leesvlll>
on suspicion of being tho par- *
tiee- w ho attacked young Malcolm J
Joht*stone l hursday t|lght In the
yarrl f his aunt, Mrs. T. J. McCrary, E
while seme one was attempting to y
steal ;i hette out of the stable. These ?
parti s left Newberry Saturday morning
on the C., N. & L. freight at ;
8::tn. At fvrosperity they were met 1
by a brother of one of the men. who 1
lives bet eon Prosperity and Loos- c
villi, at <1 spent the night with him. ,
^ Sun ay they were arresto 1 at the 4
hot-e oi a :'tiend, four miles front (
Le? s'.'illf. it carried to Newberry. *
Chi f of rTlice A lams of Newberry (
got :r i"k of the parties at Prosperity '
onr! ussiste' the sheriff, who was 1
' also n 1*1 * by the chief of police of f
Batesbtt rg
Tti .-r?? q nnlv rhp nllcrhtpst olrcum
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stanflal evi 'ence against the parties.
They claim that their trip had been
arm aged for several days an 1 that *
th* v ha ?>re over to attend a
frolic " hov had musical instru- 1
v meat v ifh them. Young John- fi
.stone s' tep that one of the parties
that attache1 him had on a light p
suit f eirthes. One of those ar- c
rest" w g dressed.
^ Ye t Johnstone Is somewhat bet
te-, but i: ctlll In a critical condl- c
t'on *
tVra tbv Woman a Hulcfde.
1 envlng a note in which she said
she arrl- 1/o much over her money
Vt v* I'r'en T. I>ester, of Hal 1^
wlnsvU'e. V. Y., committed suicide j
bv h i gj"rr herself to her bed. She
wn - fit vears of age and leaves an
r -th *8f>.000. J
i Iftu Ton V on t-u
Phil Alien, aged 68, former vice
pre* out < f tho Firat National Bank (
of Mineral Point, Wis., charged with f
the rnbezzlement of $168,000 of i
that i"ctTtntion, waa a few dnya ago 1
sentence' to ten years In the fed- t
/ eral pri?o>n. i
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LITTLK .MI ST l'AV l<Oii SIA Li * 10s
W i lli I11S OMl.
Virginia M uiderer Convicted for
Cold-blooded Killing; of Whole
Kan.ily at llurloy, \ a.
Declared guilty by a jury of niuri
er i;i the first degree an 1 sentenc8
1 to be electrocuted In Richmond,
January 7, whh the outcome of the
trial at Grundy, Va.. Saturday of
Howard Little, who was charged
with the sextuple muraer of Mrs.
Hetty R. .1 ust is, Georio Meadows,
bis wife, and three children. The
jury rendered its verdict Saturday
morning after having been out all
light.
i ne murder occurred at Hurley,
Buchanan county, and the bodies of
he vlctima were burned.
The crime for which Little wan
ound guilty wan a particularly atrocious
one. The only motive which
low can be conceived by the auhorlties
la that of robbery- They
>el.'eve Kittlo Bought to obtain the
noney which he thought was in the
louHC, amounting to $1/100, and that
nurder an I arson followed, bu'
;ince the crime was committed nom
>f the money baa been found. Feeing
against the prisoner ran to such
in extent that an extra guard w:u
>laced around the jail to prevent
'iolenee.
ITUST LOVK TIIK ONLY ONK.
deuplo Arrives at That Belief After
Being Separated.
Asked how it happened that he
lad remarried his divorced wife,
A'111iain 10. Huson of No. 2128 Call
ornia street, Denver, Colo., said:
"You oan't get around, it?the
irst love is tho only lasting one. '
I hey had been separated two yours.
When found Huson was in h.H
shirt sleeves washing dishes, and his
vife criod, "See, I have him busy
ilready."
Huson looked at her sheepishly
ind began whirling the dish cloth
neditatively. "Well, I am willing
o do it for you since I thid tnat 1
can't get along without you."
Just like real Newly weds, Mr. and
drs. Huson fondle and caress each
ither, and they say that they are
foing to follow the a lvice of Judge
... V. ^ * - - a* A - ?
jjiviii wuu innrriiMi mem, 10 me t*r"ect
that whenever either one of
:hem- starts to quartrel the other
'hould wulk away.
Mr. and Mrs. Huson lived together
the Arst time for eleven yeara beore
they came under the impression
hat they could no longer live together.
That waa three yeara ago.
Mra. Huaon waa bually engaged in
mpacking her trunka that have been
itored away ever since the divorce.
Vt varioup times alio would come
Lcroas things that would remind her
>f her former marriage days. In
ipite of there being a third party
>ropent, both of them commented up>n
it, and Huaon Anally said, "Gee!
am g'.ad we di I it over again.'
drs. Huaon Just smiled and hit her
lusband a playful whack on the
heek.
Hoy Foot Hall Victim.
Leonard Ettler, aged 13, died at
lis home in Ilanlsburg, Pa., Wednealay
from blood poisoning caused by
in injury to his knee while playng
foot bnll
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A Hrnvo Woman.
Miss Grace Witherspoon, 20 years
)ld, a few nights ago, overpowerea
i burglar who had entered her home
in a wrencnea from his grasp a pilowsllp
containing $200 In Jewelry
ind furs, which the Intruder had
itolen from an upstairs room.
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TRIPLE MURDER
Man and His Wife and Their Little Son
Meet Horrible Death.
THE WOMAN ASSAULTED
\nd Then Hh? t 1 h rough the llonrt.
The Little Hojr Wtw Evidently
Murdered to Keep Him From
Teliinir \Vhi? # %>??? i.
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Crime??Fiend Will bo Lynched.
A triple murder and an assault on
a woman was enacted 0:1 a lonely
road a milo north of Frontenac,
KansuH, aomo time Saturday night.
The dead ate Mr. and Mrs. Will.am
Bork, Germans, of Frontenac, and
their son, who was 2 1-2 years ol 1.
Mr. Bork presumably was killed
while trying to .efend his wife.
The chll 1 probably was slain because
the mur.leror wished to silenc*
him.
The Borks were last seen alive
late Satur ay night, when they st irl
oi to drive home to Frontenac from
the homo of Mrs. Borks mother
two miles out In the country. Sun
lay morning the Borks* horse and
buggy were foun 1 stan ling in tin
roadway at a deserted spot. In tin
bottom of the buggy was discovered
the child, dead from a bullet
wound in Its head.
Hastily pursuing their investiga
tions, minors who found the child >
body, came across the l>ody of Bork
in the ml idle of the road some dis
tance away. Bork had been shot
once in the bead and twice in th<
body.
A trail through the dust plalnh
lei the miners to a cornlleld a hundred
feet further away. There they
found the body of the woman. Slu
had been assaulted and bad then
oeen unci through tho heart.
Mr*. Bork had fought desperately
against hor assailant. Aloug th?
trail to the cornfield weru founu
l>oth the slippers she had worn. Ribbons
from her hair and her cloak
were also found.
It 1h supposed Bork was the firs
to be killed. Tho indications were
that he had been shot us he sat In
the buggy und that ho foil from hitneat
to the road. Two bullets cvi
lently were fired into bin body aftei
he fell.
Ooronor Dudley, Sheriff Morrisoi
| and County Attorney Wooloy bur
i rled to the scone from Pittsburg
Kas., as soon as they heard of th?
' crlmo. Tho bodies were carried lnt<
town and an Inquest was held Sun
day afternoon. Bloodhounds wort
sent for to bo used lu an effort tc
trace the slayer. He left no clue 1
I Lynching may result if he Iscaught.
LOUISIANA LYNCHING.
Crowd Take*) Girl's Assailant From
OiUeers and Hang Him.
Two hours after tho crime was
committed Henry Rachel, negro,
charged with attempting to assault
a 7-year-old girl, was hanged by u
mob in West Bhreveport, La., lute
Saturday. ' j
With a companion, the little girl
wont to an unoccupied house to secure
a pail of water, when nh<> d?.
clarea, who waa Reined by Rachel and
dragged Into the building. With
the approach of pnBnlng pedofltralnn.
ahe aaya, tho negro became fright- 1
cned and ran.
Rachel wa? captured by a pon?e of
olhcerH with tho aid of bloodhounds
and identified by both the little
glrlfl. En route to prison the oflicbrs
having him in custody were overpowered
by a mob of 200 poraonft and
the hanging of tho negro from n
Htreet car trestle followed in nhort
order. Tho mob then disposed.
Khot Wrong Negro.
At Tampa, Fla., mlHtaking
Mward Jenktaa. a negro, for Henry
Jones, who cut Sophia West, his
mlatreoa to death two weekn ago
and haa been In hiding In the city
hIhco, patrolman George Rawla Runday
nlgbt Bhot and fatally wounded
Jenkins, and, when Robert Simmons,
Jenkins' companion made a threatening
gesture, shot him also, inflicting
a alight wound in hl? knee.
Rawla said Jenkins reached for a
gun wheu ho commanded hi in to
hult.
Hunter's Note Telia of Tragedy.
"Accidental, slipped and " was
the contents of a note found near
the dead body of I. B. Borland, in
| me wuona noar r ranKim, tniH
paat wook. An exploded Bhell In
' his gun and a wound in hin loft
log explained how norland had mot
hin death. Bvtdontly Borland bocamo
exhausted beforo bo oould
lluiah hla note,
W TO
GAVE UP FIGHT |
The Pathetic End of Miss Jannette Calder
at the Hospital.
TOOK POIS i AND DIED
The Sue! FuU* of a Young Hootch
Wonuiu In Columbia, Who After
liciiig Taken to ttie Hospital,
Hegged the Doctors to lj?'t Her
Die at Oikc.
After refusing to aid In the fight
that was being made for her life and
expressing a steadfast wish to die,
j Miss Jeannett Calder, who took a
large tiuantlty of poison a week ago,
died Saturday morning at 4:.r?0
o'clock . Death, which had been expected
for the past two days, occurred
at the Columbia hospita.,
where the unfortunate young woman
was taken Friday a week ago after
she had carried out her intention of
ending iter existence. The following
account of tlie sad case we take
from The State:
Miss Calder was a strikingly handsome
young woman an I a few weeks
ago friends aver that she was the picture
of happy, contento I young wotnanhoo
i, apparently with no thought
of ending iter life. '1 he case is a
pathetic one and seldom have the
hospital authorities, the coroner aud
the undertaker, people who come in
laily contact with trouble and sadness
in its most exaggerated form,
mih'ii so enectea wh.ie performing
their duties.
The misguided young woman wuh
a native of Scotland, but her pronounced
brunette features and beautiful
dark eyes showe I her contention
that a bit Oi Spanish blood
flowed in her veins was true. She
wuh 2 7 years of age and came to
Columbia sevoral years ago to take
a position of domestic in a Columbia
family. Since that family closod
their house in the summer she has
been occupying a room at 190b Main
street, with Eugenia Kessel, who
wuh formerly employed as a domestic
in the sumo family.
Thursday afternoon, ono week before
Thanksgiving, these two young
women visited Dr. VV. M. Lester,
Miss Cal ler complaining of a slight
indisposition. I)r. Lester's examination
disclosed that she was threatened
with an attack of grippe and he
gave her some medicine, admonishing
her to go at once to her room
mil retire after taking the medicine.
l'he physician told her that he would
pay her a visit the next morning.
Early the next morning ho received
i telephone call from Eugenia Kennel,
telling of the mad act of her
room-mate.
The physician found that Jeannette
Calder had dissolved five tablets
of Mehlori !o of mercury, containing
seven and one-half grains oaeh,
in a glass of water and had swallowed
the deadly poison. This oecurred
about 6:30 o'clock but the
physician did not hear of it until
nearly 9 o'clock. Eugenic* Kessel
being forced to dreRs and seek a
telephone before sho could summon
medical aid. In the meantime Mrs.
Sallie L. IvaGrand. who lived on the
lower tloor, came to the aid of the
frightened WIhk Kessel by preparing
hot coffee and making an effort to
cause vomiting and offset the work
of the polHon. The unusual quuntlty
of the drug taken did cause
much vomiting and when Dr. I*e&ter
Rrrived the Htomach had been
apparently relieved. Bl-chloride of
mercury la an antiseptic and rh auch
1r used by physicians, but nearly alwaya
externally. In aomo instances
.It ha? been g(!ven internally but
the general done 1h one-twelfth of
u grain. Had the young woman taken
but one of the tablet" bhe would
have been dead beforo the physician
could havo reached her room. The
largeat dono of this drug that ha?
been taken without fatal effect i?
probably three grains.
In a dna^erouB condition the
young woman waa removed to the |
Columbia hoHpltal where until her
death Hhe wua attended by a number
of nuraeH, who wero much affected
by her pitiful cane. After reaching
the howpltal ?he begged the physic-1
laiiH and nursea to ceaso their effort*! j
to nave her life, saying who wished
to i!le. Hhe HteadfaKtly refused to take
' nourishment and It was only by
force that liquid foods were pressed
I through her lips. After a few dayB
of Buffering she bocamo wild In actions
and language and the physicians
wore satisfied that she had
become Insane. Sho repeated over
and over, "Oh, I must go to hell and
burn forever and forever, oh what
will I do?"
Was 111 wane.
Later It was evident that she
stood a chance to recover and It
was decided that rh she wan cleurly
insane, ahe ahould bo committed to
the hospital for the insane and
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THE HO
PRISONERS ESCAPE
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TWO WIIITK MKN HICK A K JAIL
IN LEXINGTON COUNTY. '
A Conviotod Murderer and an A1(?K?d
Former Hawed Away liu' Crll
llara and G?( Away.
The Columbia Record wiyR about
two o'clock Friday morning two
white priHonerH, ThomuH J. Craft and I
i. /%. w niuie, intuit) tnetr escape
from the county Jail by sawing the
bars of the cell and letting themselves
down to the ground on the
outside. Craft was convicted at the I
February term of court for the killing
of CJarileld ilutto, ut a dance
last Christmas, and was convicted
and sentenced to life Imprisonhent.
An appeal Is now pending in the su- ,
preine court. Whittle was awaiting
trial at the next torm of court
In January for forgery.
Craft Is a heavy set, bright looking
fellow, about 2 2 years of age,
and weighs lf>5 pounds, f? foet I
Inches high. He Is from the lower
part of Lexington county, near Swansea,
and it is predlctod that he will
Ik; hard to locate, and If located i
that he will be a game party to arrest.
A negro who was confined In a
lower cell, In another part of the
jail, sfays he heard a noise about 2
o'clock. It Is believe 1 that the prisoners
received assistance from parties
on the outside, as tracks were
found which indicate I that this ha I
been done. The otlleers are ben ling
every energy and putting forth every
effort to capture the fugitives.
The Indications arc* that a buggy
was waiting for the prisoners near
the Jail and they made their escape
In this way. 0
/:IIMJ4 l<'W'U r etT.ii nee*
Sensational KndiiiK of Quarrel in
Alicia, Arkansas.
In a street duel with knives at ,
A^lda, Kansas, near Bradford, |
Miss Nora Owens was fatally Injur
(Ml a few days ago by MIhh Stella |
Hoik and died within a few minute. ,
Hot were prominent at Alicia. ,
The duel was the result of a nils- |
understanding tnat haa existed be |
tweon the two young women fo* |
pome time. Miss Owens waa cut In |
four different places, tho fatal cut
being in tho left breast, whet an ,
artery leading to tho heart waa severed.
M!sa Hoik wus arrested.
Ikdy l-Viuiul in Woodshed.
The body of Charles C. Martin, un- 1
til recently bookkeeper of a local
flrin, wus found in a woodshed near
his residence at Macon, (la., Thursday
with a bullet hole througu nls 1
head. A revolver clasi>ed In his 1
left hand showed that tho wound 1
waa self-inflicted. Despondency because
of 111 health Is supposed to '
have promptod the deed. 1
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Indians and Whites May Hash. 1
Kiowa Indians in a reservation <
near Hobart, Okla., may clash with
tho white authorities because the
lattor reecuod a half breed whom
they accused of murdering a full- 1
blooded squaw. I
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Hteps wero taken to secure papers !
admitting her there. Defore these '
documents could be prepared, how- "1
ever, the patient commenced to grow 1
worae and it was Been that she wan 1
too ill to be moved. Gradually grow- <
Ing weaker the end came early Sat- i
urday morning.
The Inquest was hold Saturday
afternoon, the verdict of the Jury
being rendered without the Jurymen
Jeaving their Boats, the foreman
and members agreeing that the caae
established polntod to clear Hulcide,
At the loquoet the principal wit- i
ness wa? Eugenia Keflftcl, the dead
glrl'a room mate. 8ho testified that
Jcuuette Calder had told her on one 1
occasion that a man had given her j
a diamond ring and diamond locket
and had promised to marry her and i
at another time the girl had tearfully
exclaimed, "I wan* to die. He
has ruined my life." The witnens related
the Htory of how Hho whh ,
awakened by her room mate who |
told her that Bhe had taken poison (
aud wante 1 to die. j
Dr. W. M. Lester In addition to
testifying to other polnte of the case
already outlined in this Htory, teBtitled
that when he questioned hiR
patient oh to the reason for her attempting
suicide, he whb told, "I
whh getting low In money." She
reiterated this statement to the i
physician aovoral tlinew, although
through letters found and other 1
facte brought out It was found that '
thlH assertion was not true, the 1
young woman told the physician
that she had purchased the tablets
of bi-chorlde ovor a year ago. The'
girl also told Dr. I^ester that she
had sevon brothers In this country,
and her father and another brother
llvln# in Scotland.
RRY HEI
SHOT BY HIS SON
Father At tack in* the Whole Family Wit
Fired Upoo.
BOY DEFENDS MOTHER
Fathw, Anger***) bjr Dunning Awmj
of Hon Ho Had Attacked, Aroae
in III Mood Asaaultod Wife With
llrouan .Inlin. Ol?
, p mFU, 1/C"
fcndtil Ills Mother.
A dispatch from Laurens says
Jesse \'. Fuller, a substantial and
hard working farmer of tho county
was fatally shot at an early hour
Friday morning by his el?hteen-y?arold
Bon, John lrby Fuller, death ensuing
four and a half hours later.
The shooting took place at five
o'clock and wub, it seems, the se(|uel
of a series of domestic troubles,
periodically precipitated by the head
of the family himself.
Apparently brooding and chafing
over his treatment of the day before
of another son, Hen Tillman
Fuller, whom he is alleged to have
brutally assaulted out In the field,
Jesse Fuller, the father arose Friday
morning in an extremely bad
mood and became furiouH ujkhi finding
that Hen hud left home during
the night.
He aroused the entire family and
started in, as he declared, to clear
out every member of the household,
by assaulting Mrs. Fuller with a
very heavy hrognn shoe, after whleh
he Hocured his pistol and was In
the act of leveling it on his wife
when the boy, John lrby Fuller,
standing on the Htalrway with gun
In hand, warned hie father not to
shoot or Htrlko his mother another
blow.
Instantly Fuller, who was standing
in the Uvln? room Across the
hallway, faced tho son and was
*hot down, the entire charge of shot
taking effect In the abdomen.
After coming to town for a doetor
young Fuller returned to the
City at 8 o'clock and gave himself
up to the Sheriff, requesting that ho
be permitted to attend the funeral
In the event of his father's death.
He Is at the county Jail In Laurens,
but will probably secure ball latei.
Jesse Fuller wan 43 years old and
i member o ft he W. O. W.
IUItlKl) IN MINK.
Scores Have I'rolwibly I Vr is hod in
Japanese Colliery.
A dispatch from Tokio, Japan,
*ays a hoavy loss of llfo in feared
in tho result of an explosion a few
lays ago la a coal mine at Onoura,
rumioku province, fifteen men are
known to have perished, while 228
minora aro entombed In the workings.
Kvery attempt la being made
to reacue them, but their fate la
yet In doubt.
Itying Man Loft Note.
"Accidental, slipped and ? ?"
ivaa tho contents of ft note found
Sunday lu the denso thicket beside
tho body of I. B. Borland, aged 60
yeara, former county troasurer and
\ prominent politician of Franklin,
Pa.,- who has been missing from
home wince Friday. A woun 1 In the
left leg caused Borland to bleed to
death, according to the coroner. The
iccldont was the result of a hunting
trip.
Women Hlain.
Firing from a doorway of their
home on a sheriff's posse to give
their father and brother time to escape
h.reHt, Mrs. Qharloe Daniels
and her slxtoen-yoar-ol I daughter
wore shot to death Friday. near
Devon, Mingo county, by officers.
The shooting grew out of a family
feud between the Christians and Daniels
families on the borders of Kentucky
and West Virginia.
Threw Herself Before Knijine.
Despondent because ravages hv
the Mexican cotton boll weevil had
resulted In the entire loss of her
crop this season, Mrs. S. It. Woe ma,
attempted sulci !e near Alexandria,
I,a., this past week. She threw herself
before her son's locomotive but
received only slight Injuries.
Woman Killed.
At Rrocheator, N. Y., Mrs. Mar
Kftret Smith, aged thirty-live, and
Mrs. Minnie Wright, ago 1 fifty, were
killed by a gas explosion In a boarding
house on North street Friday as
a result of applying a match to a
leaking Jet.
Insane Man (V>mmlts Suicide.
Taken from a train at Sandusky,
O., because thought to l>? Insane,
David M. Tullock hanged himself la
a police station.
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