The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 31, 1910, Image 6
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AWFUL TRAGEDY
A Drunken Man Slays Two Men on a
Train Near Wilmington, Del.
KILLER SHOT TO DEATH
J. H. Bethea of Dillon, S. C., Kills
a Colored Porter and (lie* Conductor
on a Pullman Car and Is Finally
Killed in Battle With the
Police.
An exciting battle in which three
men were killed took place on n
north bound Baltimore and Ohi<
railroad train Wednesday afternoon
The fight began at Newark, Del., and
ended at Wilmington, Del.
Several persons were wounded i;i
the deadly affray which occurred at
the Delaware avenue station at Wilmington
following the arrival of tlu
train at 5:17 o'clock.
The dead: O. E. Wellman, aged
40, of Philadelphia, conductor of tlu
train Samuel Williams, aged 50, negio
Pullman porter, whose home is
aid to have been in Jersey City;
J. H. Bethea, aged 40, Dillon, S. C.
The injured: John O. Wiley, aged
40, a park guard of Wilmington.
Del., shot in the hand and leg; Matthew
llaley, a citizen of Wi'minvton,
shot in (he leg. Others were
grazed by flying bullets. The foi
lowing graphic story of the awful
tragedy was told by one of the mem
bers of the train crow.
"We left Washington at three
o'clock " said the member of the
crew, "but nothing peculiar in the
actions of Bethea was observed until
the train pulled out of Baltimore.
We had scarcely reached the outskirts
of the city, when Bethea, who
was occupying a chair Mn the parlor
car, threatened to chastise Williams,
because of no apparent reason, other
than he took exception to the porter
being a negro.
"A short time later the porter
again had occasion to pass through
the car. He was busy ooening a
ventilator, when Bethea arose and
lunged toward him. The porter hurriedly
left the car aid reported the
matter to Conductor Wellman. The
latter toll Williams to remain out
of the car unless it was aosciutely
necessary for him to enter. Bethea
in the meantime had taken a seat
in a coach.
"When the train was between
Harvo de Grance and Newark, the
porter started through the coa<m, not
noticing Bethea. The latter was apparently
dosing in his seat, bet just
as the colored man passed him he
rose and said: 'You negro; I'll
shoot you full of holes."
"Williams was less than four feet
from the enraged man and as Bethea
spoke Williams turned half aroui d
in evident surprise. As he did so
Bethea tired a shot into the porter's
heart. Williams fell back into a
seat, and as Conductor Wellman approached
the murderer, Bethea tired
again. This last shot went throngn
Williams' thigh and buried it3elf in
the woodwork in the side of the
car.
"By this time pandemonium reigned.
There were about thirty persons
in the car and they made a mad
rush for both doors. Conductor
Wellman apparently didn't know that
Williams had been fatally shot, as
the negro was sitting upright in the
seat. As Wellman spoke to Bethea
the latter turned livid with rage,
and placing his revolver almost on
the conductor's chest, fired. Wellman
dropped without moving an
Inch and Bethea, flourishing his revolver,
backed toward the toilet
room, entered and closed the door.
"In the meantime the train had
reached Newark, Del, No stop was
made but a message was thrown off
asking the railroad officials at Wilmington,
12 miles distant, to have
policemen on hand to arrest Bethea.
None of us knew at this time
that either Williams or Conductor
"Wellman was dead. Before the train
reached Wilmington the door was
barred from the outside and a hasty
examination of both men showed
that life was extinct.
"So bitter was the feeling against
the desperate man among the passengers
that he could have been torn
limb from limb had they been able
to gain admittance to the toilet.
"When Wilmington was reached
a score of policemen and citizen*
were waiting on the station platform
- / r?^4i - * -
i jiu tup ui ntiiuea s neaa could lh
Been above the window blind as h<
was standing in the toilet. Captaii
Kane of the Wilmington police ?orc<
was the first man to step on 0111
train. We was folLowod by half i
dozen other policemen. As they ap
p roach ed the toilet room Bethei
threatened to murder the whol<
bunch, if they attempted to entei
the room. The officers withdrew
from the car and held a consultation
This conference was interrupted bj
several shots from the toilet window.
Uethea then drew back as Hk
policemen returned the fire.
"At this Juncture a fire appartus
appeared and a stream was turned
in the broken window. JJethea kept
on firing, but we had all secured
convenient posts and waited developments.
In a few minutes Bethea
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COOK'S SAD PLIGHT
llllOKKX IX II10 AT II AX I) WITHOUT
FI NDS OH FK HON 1)8.
Knows no One lie Could Trust to go
to Airtlc Regions After l*roofs il
lie llud the Money.
. Dr. William II. Axtell, of Delllngham,
Wash., a personal friend ol
Dr. Frede iek A. Cook, the explorer,
Wednesday received a letter from
Mrs. Cook, dated Valparaiso, Chile
. in which she says the explorer it
linik'ini it) hi<:)lt)i vi it limit fundi: n 111
unable to continue bis fight to es,
tablish his claim that he discovered
the North Pole.
Dr. Axtel said: "Mrs. Cook telli
mo in her letter that Cook made con
siderable money out of his trip whei
he first landed in New York, bin
that he spent it in defending himself)
against the bitter attacks from his
enemies before the Copenhagen de
cision was made public. Cook left
New York later to escape contumely
says Mrs. Cook, and to go before tlu
board of iquiry at Copenhagen ahis
own representative. Then Mrs
Cook sought him, met him in England,
found him a nervous wreck
and very ill.
"She writes that it was her fault
that Cook did not appoar publicly at
the time he was unfavorably reported
on. She says she took him to
Holland, France, 1 tally and then to
Spain, where they embarked f?>'
Huenos Aires.
"Fnom Htienos Aires they went
around Cape Horn to Chile. Cook
is still very ill and will he in no condition
to take up his light for th*1
honors which he still says should
been his."
Dr. wtell added that, according to
the let er, the explorer and his family
w iil arrive quietly In New York
an . st: tie down for a quiet life
"Aiis. Cook says," ho continued,
"tin t her husband lias no funds with
which to go to the Arctic regions
after the proofs required by the
University of Copenhagen, and that
if he had the necessary cash, he
kiuows of no one he could trest to
do the work for him."
TWELVE CI it LS PERISH.
In Factory Ftro Caused by Explosion
of Ren/.ine.
Twelve persons are reported dead
in a fire which attacked the L'Fish
Furniture company building at 1006
Wabash Availue, Chicago Friday..
About 4 0 employes escaped. A
girl who jumped from a third story
window died at a hospital. The dead
were tntnped, it is said on the fourth
fifty anal sixth floors, when an explosion
of benzine on the fourth
lloor wrapped the building in flames.
Ladders were raised to the sixth
floor, the topmost one, in a desper
aie enori 10 resuoe any person who
might be alive there.
The lire is said to have started
from an explosion of benzine in the
repair rooms on the fourth floor,
probably from a carelessly dropped
match. Two cabinet makers who
at work in the repair room were
among those who escaped slightly
burned.
When a great shheet of flame shot
across the floor they were knocked
down, but although almost stifled
they managed to crawl to the front
stairway, whence they made their
escape to the street below. The lire,
the said, was preceded by an explosion
which shook the building.
A Tug and Crew Lost.
The tug Arthur B., from Tacoma
to Vancouver, floundered Wednesday
night off Frazer river lightship. Six
men were drowned. The tug was
used in the cement and plaster carrying
trade between Pugct sound and
British Columbia ports.
Fifteen Drowned.
The Norwegian steamer, Dixie,
bound from a Scotland port capsized
in the mouth of the Elbe river, during
a severe storm Thursday and the
crew of 15 were drawned.
staggered from his arsenal, lie was
still firing his revolver. As he started
to leave the car an officer shot
him in the face and a second later
another shot shattered his arm. Still
! struggling to thrust his revolve!
from his injured arm to the sound
1 member, the man dropped dead,
i "In the toilet room we found near.
ly fifty empty cartridges, while the
j window was a full of holes as a pep
3 per box.
i There was no way of identifying
? him by baggage, as we could find
r none. In his pocket was a memv
orandum book containing the name
- of J. II. Ilethea, Dillon, S. C., aged
i 10 years.'
"There were half a dozen wounds
r on his body. lie was shot in the
' arm, face and shoulder.
"I never saw such a scene in my
r life and never want to see a rep.
etition of it. The women passen?
gers were screaming and wero so
hysterical that they even attempted
\ to Jump from the train. Even after
It was known that the murderer
was dead we had our hands full In
quioting some of the more nervous
in the run from Wilmington to this
city."
mJtoHZZ'Z* - ..
MANY PARDONS GRANTED
BY T1IK BARRON BOARD RIKINO
T1IK VKAK lyot).
i Nearly Kvory Crime ami Comity Is
' Represented by Those Who Received
Pardons.
An examination of the pardon re[
cord for the year 1909 shows that
- the following pardons were granted:
i Usra Alnian?Spartanburg conn,
ty; crime, manslaughter; sentence,
a two years imprisonment. Pardon
I granted August 2, 1909.
Matthew Atkinson ? Darlington
I county; crime, drunkenness and
stealing; sentence, thirty days on
i chain gang. Pordon granted Octo
. her 2, 19 09.
i ;\V. It. Cade?Williamsburg count
ty; crlnve, murder; sentence, life lmt,
prisonment. Pardon granted April
$ 24, 1 909, upon recommendation of
. board of pardons.
I J. M. Cortex?Aiken cofinty; crime
housebreaking; sentence, eighteen
> months in the penitentiary. Pardon
; granted March IS, 1909.
Mike Durham?Spartanburg coun.
ty; crime, receiving stolen goods;
sentence, fine of $00 or six months
on chain gang. Pardon granted to
restore to citizenship.
Henry Fowler?Spartanburg county;
crime manslaughter; sentence
, two years imprisonment. Pardon
! granted October 1 9, 1909.
Hansom Gardner-?Lancaster county;
crime, receiving stolen goods;
senteco, line of $1,000 or two years
in the penitentiary. Pardon granted
to use as witness April 24, 1909.
Joseph Green?Orangeburg county;
crime, burglary and larceny; sentence,
life in penitentiary. Pardon
granted Dec. 1, 1909.
Gus Jackson?Fairfield county;
crime, entering house with intent to
kill; sentence, one year in the penitentiary.
Pardon granted to restore
to citizenhip Feb. 17, 1909.
Abram Joffnrdn?.t .OvilUnn nAnn- i
ty; crime, burglary and larceny;
sentence, life imprisonment. Pardon
gran tied Jan. 6, 1900.
bark Kirby?Greenville county;
crime,, statutory burglary and larceny;
sentence, impirsonment for
life, but coni'muted to live years, Dec.
1 8, 1007. Pardon granted to be
used as witness May 6, 1000.
John Martin?Hampton county;
crime, murder; sentence, imprisonment
for life. Pardon granted April
14, 1009, unon recommendation
ol ooard of pardons.
John Priestley?Oconee county;
crime, manslaughter; sentence, 15
years In the penitentiary. Pardon
gran bed October 19, 1909, upon recommendation
of board of pardons.
Robert Robinson?Greenwood
county; "rime, petit larceny; sentence,
30 days imprisonment. Pardon
granted to restore to citizenship,
Oct. 18, 1909.
Shelly Robinson ? Orangeburg
county; crime, housebreaking and
larceny; sentence, three months on
chain gang. Pardon granted to restore
to citizenship, August 10, 1909.
(Walter Samuels?Edgefield county;
crime, rape; senetnee, ,1 ife in tin
penitentiary. Pardon granted October
19, 19 0 9, upon recommendation
of the board of pardons.
bige Simpson?Newberry county;
crime, receiving stolen goods; sentr
nee, pay a line of $8 0. Pardon
granted to restore to citizenship,
December G, 1909.
Robert Singlctary?Florence county;
crime, obtaining goods under
false pretences, sentence . Par- I
don granted to restore to citizenship I
October 15, 1909.
Samuel Smalls, George Simmons,
Thomas Rivers?Charleston county; I
crime, rape; sentence, life In the I
penitentiary. Pardon granted April
24, 1909, upon recommendation of I
board of pardons.
It. N. Terry?Greenville county; I
crime, bastardy; sentence, three hun-j
Id red dollars flive to he paid twenty- J
live dollars each year for twelve. I
Pardon granted October 19, 1 909.
S. C. Timer?Spartanburg county;
crime, manslaughter; sentence three
years imprisonment. Pardon granted
April 8, 1909.
Rlic Thompson?Barnwell county; I
crime, housebreaking and larceny; I
sentence, 18 months on chain gang.
Pardon granted to restore to citizen!
ship for witnessing .July 15, 1909.
I K. S. Villeplgue?Kershaw coun.
ty; crime, obtaining money under!
! false pretences; sentece, tine imposed
by magistrate. Pardon granted
to restore to citizenship March 17,
1909.
William Westmoreland?Taxing-1
ton county; crime, adultery; sen-J
r tence, fine, which has been paid.
[ Pardon granted to restore to citizenship.
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I Incendiary Sentenced.
For having twice set lire to teno5
mont houses in New York, where
( dwelt a married woman who repulsed
his advances, Daniel Roe, convict.
ed of arson in tho first degree, must
, serve twenty years and one month in
the penitentiary. lie is twenty-eight
( years old.
Bodies From Wreck.
Two unidentified bodies, a life
buoy marked Prinz Willent II, sev
eral oars and much miscellaneous
wreckage were washed ashore at
Belle Isle, France, last Wednesday.
THEY RAN HIM DOWN
MAX WHO SWINIHjKD PEOPLE IX
THIS STATE CAUGHT
At Oklulionm .City, Okla., Wore He
Was Itunning a Hinder Swindle
Than at Greenwood.
A special from Greenwood to The
X? ws and Courier says I'ostolhee Inspector
Gregory, who went to Oklahoma
to arrest W. .1. Xicholls, former
president of the Metropilitan Loan
and Trust Company, lias returned
after having performed his part of
the business in locating the man,
arresting him and having the Federal
authorities there "put next."
Inspector Gregory's report of the
trail and final capture of Nicholls,
as well as the varied career of Nicholls,
himself, re axis like a romance,
WJien located in Oklahoma City,
Nicholls, now going as "Mr. C. L?.
Jackson," was tit the head of a concern
that was doing about the biggest
business in that hustling community.
He had an ofllce like a railroad
president, and Mr. Gregory said he
had seventeen stenographers, young
nik-n and young women as busy as
bees, llis oncern was alread attract-:
ing attention from Uncle Sam's men,
and Federal district attorney there
told Mr. Gregory that as soon as the
time was ripe he would have been
nabbed.
He was "selling the right to sell
the right to sell," a certain kind of
stove, a sort of endless chain eontract
business. No provision was
nuade us to seeing how or where the
stoves could be secured but the
right to sell the right was what
Jackson was doing. It was the washing
machine swindle attempted sn
this State some years/ago with stoves
substituted for washing machines.
Mr. Gregory said when he called
on Nieholls he had no little trouble
in getting into his private oflice. (
When he finally reached it, he found
his attorney there, and his private
stenographer also present. He asked
Nieholls or Jackson for a few (
words in private, and was told to ,
go ahead as the other two were in
a confidential relation.
Mr. Gregory insisted, so these two
finally returned to an adjoining room
and then Mr. Gregory addressed him
as Nieholls, and asked about Greenwood.
Jackson was quite indignant
it the joke, and carriet his part out
well, until Mr. Gregory showed him
his own photo, and he saw the jig
was up. He trembling all over, Mr.
Gregory said, although he still stoutly
denied that his name was other
than C. L. Jackson.
As an indication of what a rushing
business Nieholls was doing in selling
the right to sell the right to sell a
stove that needed no right to sell a
hardware man at Oklahoma City
told Mr. Gregory that Nieholls
had paid him ten thousand dollars
cash for a lot of stoves to bo
used by his demonstrators. People
love to be swindled.
gone to see teddie.
And Talk Over Party Troubles in (he
Party Hanks.
Tt is said in Washington on the
best of authority that both Garfield
and Pinchol wrote letters to Roosevelt
at Khartum, telling him of the
sad occurrences there under the leadership
of Taft. They told Roosevelt
that if he wished it one of them
either Garfield or Pinchot would l
meet him in Europe and give him (
further particulars.
Roosevelt cabled to them to come.
Garfield was to go, but owing to the c
Ohio government matter Pinchot f
went. Now what does it mean? "All I
Washington" is speculating upon s
that question.
Hack from Elba? Is that it? i
Mr. Taft is now squarely allign- C
ed with the so-called "reactionaries" t
of the Republican party, those who 1
have all along been fighting the so- s
called "Roosevelt policies"?the (
central idea of which, as we all un- i
derstand, is to stav the t.h ronton in or t
storm of wrath against the alliance
of the Republican party with "predatory
wealth." The same man that
made these "policies" made also Mr. .
Taft, and promised the American
people that Taft would carry them
out. Now what is he going to do
when lie gets back here?
Echo answers "what"? I
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Let Them Alone. ]
Does the man who sends to a mall <
order house ever take into account I
the cost of postage, cxpressage and |
other expenses involved in placing an i
order and getting it filled? Does t
he also take into account the vexa- i
tious delays he often meets, and the I
probability that what ho bought is t
not in quality and other features I
that which he expected it to he? 1
When a man buys of his local iner- 1
chant he knows what ho is getting
ana no does not have to wait for it.
Will Meet Teddy. <
In roHponce to a cablegram from r
former President Roosevelt it be- i
came known Tuesday that Gifford c
Pinchot, the deposed chief forester '1
sailed from New York Saturday on i
the steamer President Grant, and f
will meet Roosevelt in London. a
LOCKS GCCD TO HEM
KECK NT ELECTION RETURNS
I*LEASES DEMOCRATS.
The Election in Massachusetts Tuesday
Turned Out Better Than the
One in Missouri.
Zach McGhee says the Democrats
in Washington are jubilant over the
results of the by-elections in Missouri
and Massachusetts. The Missouri
district, the ono formerly re
presented by the late David A. ?kArniond,
is taken as a typical Mldd.e
Western district.
In it the Democratic candidate
made large gains in the election in
January. Now in Massachusetts, in
the most hide-bound Republican district
of all New England, 0110 never
heretofore known to go Democratic,
not even in the Cleveland landslide,
has been changed from 14,Odd Republican
majority to G,0o0 Democratic
majority.
In each of these district trie ta"iff
and the Republican ring rale wcr*
the issms. Mr. Llody, the chairman
of the Democratic congressional
committee, who went up there last
week, came back with the opinion
that there would be Democratic gains
and declaring that if the 14,00b Republican
majority should be cut
down to G.000 Republican nnjovty
the Democrats would be doing mighty
well and should be highly satisfied
When the returns came in Tuesday
night, with 12,000 nio^e Democratic
votes than Mr. Lloyd had
counted on, there was jollification
itlflrwwl !) 11 U lllr. Ilonillvli/1.1 > --- -
n ii hi i< <i ii w-ru un*.*
stricken. The Republicans do not
pretend to minimize tlie significance,
but frankly admit that the situnt oa
.i onininous of a Democratic tidal
wave n November, unless it can be
stayed. They generally stay these
threatening tidal waves, you know;
and they may be able to stay this
one; but they are wearing exceedingly
gloomy faces.
The whole political situation gets
more and more interesting every
day. On Capital hill the Democrats
are standing together in solid phalanx,
and, contrary to the usual habit,
are saying mighty little. The breach
in the Republican ranks shows no
signs of healing. Not even the
threat of Democratic victory seems
to frighten either faction into making
overtures to the other.
The Cannon or organization men
in the house are disconserted, it is
true, and all the insurgents are sure
of it that they have strengthened
their own individual position at
home by finding a scape goat in Cannon
for the sins of their party.
But those same insurgents have
little spirit in any further attacks
upon their organization. The victory
last week, so far as they are concerned,
is a sort of Borodino. They
may have captured Moscow by it
but are so disabled as to be unable
to hold it. And it looks as if they
are going to let Cannon dominate
the rules committee after all. The
regular Republicans, or the Cannon
forces, are counting on Mr. Taft to
help them out, if not in the house.
then in the country, and Mr. Taft
seems in truth to be doing all in
his power to fulfill the expectation.
IIOGUS IIONDS AGAIN.
Vevada legislature Is Anxious to
Take Them Up.
A special dispatch to the Charotto
Observer from Italeigu says
governor Kitchin received a telegraphic
request from the Governor
>f Nevada asking for all possmle in'ormation
regarding the repudiated
S'orth Carolina special tax bonds,
tome of which have been offered
Nevada in order to induce that
hate to sue North Carolina 'I he
Governor of Nevada says lie declines
o accept the bonds, but the Legis- '
ature is trying to force him to do
;o. Governor Kitchin and Attorney
ienoral Hickitt sent him a mass of
nforination showing how fraudulent
lie bonds were.
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Hi'iH I'.ll.tlj
Clinton It linden Shot to Boath by \V.
II. Glenn on Street.
A fatal shooting took place at
ttatesburg on Thursday when \V. B.
31enn, superintendent of the electric
ight plant, shot Clinton Rhoden, to
leath, on one of the main streets of
he town. The weapon used was a
[>istol; four shots were fired, and
?ach shot took effect. One witness i
Rated that Rhoden was unarmed. It
s stated that there had been bad
blood between the men for some
line. Much sympathy is expressed
for all parties concerned, as each (
nan has a large family. The affair
las cast gloom over the town. <
Maple Sap Kills Flames. i
Maplcsap saved the blazing house i
if George Fall at Pharsalia, N. Y., i
Thursday night. According to dislatches
receive, Fall was boiling
lown the sap when the roof of his 1
ioubo caught fire. His cries brought .
ieighl)ors who quickly put out the (
Ire with several hundred quarts of ]
iap from the storage tank. , .i 1
Ini?thiN* - . ?
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FATAL WRECK "
Army Chief of Staff Sericusly Injured in
Auto Crash.
. V:
MRS. SLOCUM IS KILLED
A Trolley Car ami an Automobile
Crash in Washington, by Which
Mrs. Herbert J. Slociuii Loses Iler
Life an<l (Jen. J. K, Bell was Very
Seriously Injured.
Maj. Gen. .T. Franklin Bell, chief y
of staff of the United States army,
who was injured early Wednesday
in Washington in an automobile accident,
in which Mrs. Herbert J. Slocum,
wife of Maj. Slocum, U. S. A.,
was almost instantly killed, was reported
at a late hour that night to
be. resting comfortably. One of his
ribs was broken and he suffered some
scalp wounds but no internal injuries
have been discovered and no
complications of any sort have set
in.
Maj. Slocum, who is a member
of tHe Seventh Cavalry, now stationed
at Governor's Island, N. Y., arrived
in Washington Wednesday
I night.
The accident was caused by a
south liound trolley car of the Wisconsin
avenue car line, near Tenskirts
of the city, colliding with an
automobile owned by Gen. Bell. The
car was occupied by Mrs. II. J. Slocum,
aged GO years, Mrs. H. L. Green
and Gen. Bell. Mrs. Slocum, who
received internal injuries, was removed
to Georgetown hospital in an
automobile, where she was pronounced
dead.
Chauffeur Ward was unhurt, but
was soon arrested, together with the
motorman and conductor of the trolley
car. They were latter released
from clistnd v V? num.*"*** ? ?
V.wvw?j ? uuh wci 9 uii uruers
from Coroner Nevitt, who instructed
them to appear at the inquest.
Mrs. Slocum, whose husband is a
nephew of Mrs. Russell Sage, was
visiting her sister, Mrs. H. L. Green,
at the Wyoming, a department houso
in Washington, but Tuesday went to
Fort Myer to visit Mr. and Mrs. Bell,
with whom she and her husband were
on terms of intimate friendship. It ^
was on the way back to the Wyoming
that the fatal collision occurred.
The Tennallytown road, oflicially
known as Wisconsin Avenue, runs
north fnom Georgetown through the
westernly environs of the city, and is
a favorite route for automobiles.
Crossing the Georgetown bridge from
Fort Myer, the car turned forth
into Wisconsin avenue and was about
to turn easterly along the northerly
boundary of the city when at Garfield
street the collision occurred.
The fast moving trolley car, when V.
the two came together, completely
demolished the automobile. Tho
automobile was hurled about five
feet against a trolley pole. It finally
turned over.
General Roll was thrown out.
Ward was pinned under the front of
the car, but managed to extricato
himself. Mrs. Slocum was crushed
under the body of the car. Bleedin
fT nlmiif U" 1 1 - * "
me iiuiuis ana nead, Gen.
Hell directed the passengers on the
car and others in lifting the automobile
from the injured woman.
Mrs. Slocum was then hurried to tho ^
hospital.
HEATING A HIDE.
Falls From Moving Train and Is
( round to oDath.
While heating his way on a freight
train Wednesday afternoon Charles
I.ockahill of Lexington, X. C., better
known as "Clad", fell under the
moving train and was cut in two
across the stomach, dying almost instantly.
The accident happened in the
eastern part of Tltomasville, a short
distance above the cllege.
No particulars further are known
of the killing. Uockahill has a wife
and four small children. He was
a brick mason by trade and was considered
a good peacable fellow, except.
at times he would get on a
spree.
SHOOTS DOWN1 GUARDS.
Mortally Wounds Wardens at City t
Workhouse.
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Hunter, a negro prisoner at the Newcastle
workhouse, who recently camo
to Delaware from South Carolina,
shot and fatally wounded two guards
Walter Hastings and Thomas McCullough.
The negro struck clown Has'*
tings as the latter handed him his
breakfast through the cell door. Se- ^
curing the guard's revolver he emptied
two shots into Hasting's body
and then dropped McCullough, who
had come to the rescue. The nei?ro
was himself wounded before being
overcome. His mind is believed
to have become deranged.
Poetry read recently in the Okla-?
homa senate nearly caused a fight.
Apparently the period of gentle toleration
and pity for the versifier has ~
passed away from the confines of 7
hat State.