The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 01, 1912, Image 5
1 v -
i
DRAWS BLOOD
<
- ?
Henry Wdutmon Admits Suggesting
^ Tkat Jtyan Aid Wtfsw in
LETTER TO B. R. TILLMAN
Disclosures Drought Forth by Senator
11. 11. Tillman's Criticism of
T Matter sous thirst mawim-nt iw>
t
?
gardlng Now Famous Meeting Between
Wilson ami Harvey.
Interest in the controversy between
Woodrow Wilson and Col. Harvey
and Col. Henry Watterson, over Mr.
^ Wilson's aspirations for the Democratic
Presidential nomination, was
revived Friday night, when Col. Watterson
gave out correspondence that
had passed between himself and Senator
13. It. Tillman, of South Carolina,
Thursday and Friday. The correspondence,
in which the name of
Thomas F. Ryan figures, is as follows:
"Washington, D. C., Jan. 25, 1912.
"My Dear Sir: Referring to the
cocalled 'Harvey-Watterson incident,'
I find you quoted by the newspapers
of this morning to the following effect:
'I had given Henry Watterson
credit for more sense than to try to
* foist off a story liko this with the
material facts concealed.' The man
who makes a public statement 'with
the material facts concealed' is little
other than a scoundrel. I have the
right, therefore, to demand of you
upon what warrant of authority you
make this serious accusation against
me, and to ask a reply through my
friend, the Hon. Swager Sherley, of
Kentucky.
"With great respect,
"Homy Watlerson.
"To tho Hon. B. 11. Tillman."
Tillman's Kcply.
"United States Senate.
"Washington, D. C., Jan. 2G, 1912.
"My Dear Sir: 4 In your note of
.January 25, handed mo by the lion,
f-lwager Shcrley, you call my uttention
to an Interview which I had given
y out In reference to the Harvey-Wati
terson-Wilson incident, In which I
I say, 'I had given Henry Watterson
credit for more sense than to try to
foist off a story like this with tho
material facts concealed.'
"You demand to know, 'upon what
warrant of authority you make this
eerious accusation against me.'
"In your statement to the press,
you described in detail the rupture
4 between Governor Wilson and Col.
Harvey, but said nothing as to what
caused it. All leading papers of the
country seem to know why Governor
Wilson severed relations with Col.
Harvey, and you, as a leading newspaper
man and aolf-confessed expert
^roomer of Presidential candidates,
must have known it at the time your
statement was published. I very
* properly concluded that you knew the
reasons for the rupture, and when
you made public the manner in which
t occurred, without giving tho causes,
you were unquestionably concealing
rhr> material facts
"Very respectfully yours,
"B. R. Tillman.
"To Col. Henry Watterson, Wash^
ington, D. C."
"Watterson'H lie,joinder.
"Washington, D. C.. Jan. 2G, 1912.'
"My Dear Sir: I have never pretfonrled
to ho a groomer of Presidential
candidates, expert or othervise,
but I desire your good opinion,
iind wrote with that, as well as the
truth of this matter, in mind.
"I am with you, Senator, in wishing
a Democrat, and not a pseudoRepublican,
for our Presidential nominee.
It was no less from a sense
of party duty than o" Justice, as between
man and man, that I made the
statement to which?upon a total
misapprehension of the facts?you
take exception.
"I have been aware for nearly a
^ week that recognized spokesmen for
' Governor Wilson were industriously
circulating the story that the real
reason why Governor Wilson broke
with Col. Harvey was that Col. Harvey
had tried to bring Mr. Thos. F.
Ryan into the Governor's campaign.
But until you gave credence to the
story, it could not be invested with
any responsible authority. Its origin
was mysterious, Its circulation surreptitious.
Consequently, there has
'been, up to this time, nothing either
to deny or recognize.
"Now, Senator, I know, of my own
knowledge, that that story is a lie out
of whole cloth. If any person ventures
to question this assertion, I
have in my possession prouf conclusive,
which I hold myself, ready to
place before your honest and truthseeking
mind.
"I do not accusG Governor Wilson
Avlrvlnol Int* n f Mvaii 1 a tin tV?ia in
V L l/l ilf5 V4 v*? VUtMVAMQ V??IW A u
vention, manufactured to make a
hero of him at th* expense of the
friend who has most effectually
w ' served him. I do not assume that ho
5s aware of the dastardly work being
^ done by his alleged agents, but the
fact remains that Governor Wilson
'knows as well as I do that the story
ii false. He may or may not feel
that ho owes any obligation to Col.
Harvey.' That Is a matter of which
"he must be the Judge, to repudiate
that story and to disavow those who
are striving to inject the calumny
t
SLAY FORHLR HlRO
IDOL OF ALL ECUADOR" SHOT,
BEHEADED, BURNED.
No Indignity Wan Too Groat to Be
Wreaked by Populace on Man Who
Wm Bat Lately Their Ideal.
General Pedro Eontero, who recently
was the popular hero of Guayaquil,
Ecuador, was Friday shot by
'the angry populace, dragged into the
streets, beheaded and burned.
General Montero in November last
was proclaimed president by troops
lu Guayaquil but handed over the
leadership in the provisional government
to Gen. Flavio Alfaro. A revolutionary
army went from Guayaquil
, in meet me Kovwrnrneut troups iruiu
Quito, who under command of Gen.
1 Leonidas Plaza, defeated them and
eventually forced Guayaquil to capitulate.
j General Montero, with other leaders,
was captured on Junuary 22 and
, Thursday evening General Montero
was brought before a court martial
and sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment
in a penitentiary.
I When General Plaza, who presided
I over the courtmartial, announced
the sentence, crowds of angry people
1 who had surrounded the government
palace awaiting the result, shouted
violent protests.
I The .excitement increased rapidly
and some of them rushed into the
court room, riddled General Montero
i with bullets, seized his body and
dragged it into the open air.
j There they hacked tho head off
jthe shoulders, gathered fuel with
which they started a fire and then
(cast head and trunk into tho flames.
I The excitement lasted throughout
the night and revolver shooting occurred
in many parts of the city.
Generals Eloy .Aifaro- and Paez,
who were captured at the same time
as General 'Montero, were, it was re/>#1
n f i p /h i i \ 4 r\ o f rv-% i n i rrh f
jjui it'U, nun u iu v^imu at uuuiu^ii t.
They will be tried by courtmartial in
the capital.
DEATHS FROM PELLAGRA.
i
0
Seventeen Occurred Last Year in the
City of Charleston.
Pellagra caused 2G8 deaths In the
census bureau's death registration
area during 1910, of which 263 of
the victims or 71.5 per cent, were
females.
Of all the deaths from this cause
returned for the registration area
of the United States for 1910, threetenths
occurred in North Carolina
municipalities of 1,000 population.
The largest number of deaths registered
were in Raleigh, 23; Durham,
17; Charlotte, 16, and Wilmington,
8. The city with the highest
mortality from this cause within
the registration area was Atlanta,
Ga., with 6 9 deatiis reported.
For each registration State in 1910
the number was: California, 3;
District of Columbia, 1; Maryland, 8;
Massachusetts, 1; Michigan, 2; Minnesota,
2; New York, 4; North Carolina
municipalities, 111; Ohio, 1;
Pennsylvania, 3; Rhode Island, 3;
Vermont, 2, and Washington, 2.
For certain cities in non-registration
States in 1910 the number was:
Birmingham, 17; Mobile, 13; Montgomery,
14; Jacksonville, 4; Atlanta,
69; Savannah, 13; Charleston, 17;
Knoxville, 3; Memphis, 6; Nashville,
9; Danville, 8; Lynchburg, 5; Norfolk,
3; Petersburg, 2, and Richnn/1
\T c* 7
II I VS II VI, 1 I
Two or three doal.hs from the disease
occurred in Orangeburg during
the past year among colored people.
Besides, several in different parts of
the county outside of the city of
Orangeburg, but just how many we
have no way of ascertaining. The
disease does not sosm to be making
much headway.
into the public mind
"At Governor Wilson's instance, I
had undertaken to assist his accredited
managers in raising tho considerable
sums of money needful to the
prosecution of his campaign, and in
this my efforts were not wholly untiuthful.
As tho business proceeded
the name of Thomas F. Ryan not unnaturally
came into my mind. He is
a Democrat. He is a Virginian. He
is my friend. Knowing him to be a
disinterested man, having no axe to
grind. I hoped that I might induce
him to help out what I believed was
a good cause. Governor Wilson's
managers wore delighted with the
suggestion. Col. Harvey had nothing
whatever to do with it, and, as far
as I am aware, knew nothing whatever
about it.
"Throughout this unhappy affair
I have been an unwilling witness?
in Its consequences, somewhat of an
Innocent bystander?having been up
to tho hour of tho Karvey incident a
sincere believer in Governor Wilson.
lie is a man of ability. In some ways
he might prove a candidate of availability,
but I fear that if ho became
our President we might discover all
oo late that ho possesses personal
peculiarities which would prove disastrous.
We want in the White
House a man of broad mind, as well
a/ polished intellect, of heart grateful
and kind, no lo*s than daring.
"I remain, with g-eat respect, your
obedient servant,
"Heary Wetterson.
To tho Hon. B. R. Tillman/'
<\
<?
RYAN'S MONEY
Declined by Vilsdi aid His Naiafer
Wbfo (Wired by Wattersiii.
GIVES TEE REASON WHY
/
?
Wilson's Campaign Manager Declares
That He Twice Informed the Kentucky
Editor That None of Kyan's
Cash Was Wauled in Woodrow
Wilson's Campaign.
A dispatch from New Tork nays
suggestions by Col. Henry Watterson
that he solicit contributions to the
Woodrow Wilson campaign fund
from Thomas P. Ryan were met with
declarations ,by William F. iMcCombs,
Governor Wilson's campaign manager,
that Mr. Ryan's money could
not be accepted, as "such contributions
were not within the spirit of
the Woodrow Wilson campaign." Mr.
McCombs made a btat.enient as follows:
"I have read the correspondence
interchanged between Col. Watterson
and Senator Tillman, which appeared
in this morning's papers. I had
thought that Col. Watterson s statement
of several dags ago, itself, entirely
disposed of the alleged incident.
I so stated in an interview a
day or so afterwards. I have made
no statement with reference to it
since that time. From the beginning
of the campaign for Governor
Wilson, which I have managed, I
have received all cf the contributions
made to it. I assume responsibility
for them and I know of the
contributions made to it. I assume
responsibility for them and I know
al! their sources. They have uniformly
been made by people who had
no interest except the consummation
of the idea which he represents. Not
one of them expects any other return.
"Any communication which has
been had between myself and Col.
Watterson regarding campaign funds
has taken place in personal interviews
between him and myselt. There
have been two ir.rerviews only. I
intensely dislike to make a public
statement of a private conversation
and regret very much that Col. Watterson
has forced me to do so. In
October of last year I had a general
conversation on Presidential
politics with Col. \\ atterson at the
Waldorf, where he was stopping. I
visited him at his suggestion. In
the course of that conversation he
gave it as his opinion that a large
amount of money v.ill be needed and
volunteered the suggestion that he
would go and see hb friend, Thomas
F. Ryan, and that ho was sure he
could induce him to make a very
large contribution t the campaign.
"I said to him that we could not
take Mr. Ryan's money and that su(ch
ccntributions were not within the
spirit of the Woodrow Wilson campaign.
Ilis reply was:
" 'I have been i.i politics fifty years
and I know that money and not patriotism
counts in a Presidential
campaign.'
"I repeated to Col Watterson that
we could not take the money. Early
in December 1 met him agai 1 and he
renewed the discussion of a Ryan
contribution. I mode the same answer
to him that i had made before.
"I heard nothing further from Col.
Watterson on the subject and thought
no more of the conversations! I have
not seen him since that time.
"If I mistake not, there is an implication,
perhaps, in Col. Watterson's
letter to Senator Tillman?
probably not Intended to the effect
that ho secured funds for this campaign
from Mr. Ryan. No such contribution
lias been made, and this, of
course, Col. Wattorson well knows.
"The well-timed assaults upon Governor
Wilson are rendering a real
service. I will specify in one respect.
Since the beginning of these attacks
I have received in my mail many
small contributions from all over the
country, from people who have not
been asked to contribute and whom
neither I nor Governor Wilson know.
Their letters all convey expressions
of resentment at the unfair kikI concerted
attacks that are being made
upon him."
SKA'S TOLL OP LIFH.
Number of Vessels Lost and Number
of Bailors Drowned.
The sea claimed the lives of 190
persons with 3 25 American vessels
during the fiscal year of 1911, according
to a summary of losses published
In the list of merchant vossels
of tho United States just issued
by Commissioner Chamberlain of the
bureau of navigation, department of
commerce and labor.
The loss of sailing vessels, prlncl
pally by foundering, resulted in the
death of 107 persons; with steam
vessels 87 lives were lost. The principal
disaster of the year was the
foundering of tho steamer /rkadia,
| which sailed from New Orleans for
Porto Rico with thirty-seven persons
! in hoard and never was heard from. 1
In the foundering of the Pore Marquette
ferry No. 13 on I^ake Michigan
twenty-seven persons were lost. I
In all 159 steam vessels were lost
CePiKS A TKAirOK
?
BAYS THE BLACK ,tVING OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY. ^
lily Wliltes Allege That They an<l
Not Adanis-Co^hran-Harris Wing j||
Will Be Recognized at Chicago.
The socalled "regular" Republican
state committee met recently in Columbia
and adopted resolutions endorsing
the administration of President
Taft and denouncing John G.
Capers, National committeeman, who
is the leader of the "Lily White"
republican movement in South Car
ollna. The committee issued a call
for the meeting of the state convention
in Columbia February 2 9. dc
The committee especially com- bi
mended Mr. Taft's stand on arbitra- gJ
tion, the tariff board and the Slierman
law, and urged his reelection.
Capers was denounced as a traitor to M
the party who had been seeking to 'M
undermine the regular Republican or- ju
ganization.
Following this meeting, which was
held several days ago, and was engineered
by the Adams-Cochran-Harlis
wing of the party, L. W. C. Bla- ('(
lock, chairman of the "lily white" 0>
wing in South Carolina, has issued 1:1
a letter to the Republicans of the
State, in which he says that he is G
the chairman recognized by the Republican
national committe and 'l'
that only delegates elected by the ti
convention over which ho presides d?
will be recognized at Chicago next D
June. E
The letter Issued by Blalock was
sent to several hundred Republicans tn
of South Carolina. The letter states In
that this wing of the party is the T
regular party in South Carolina and d:
will be seated in Chicago next June. P
The letter follows in full: d<
"Goldville, January 25, J 91 2. h<
"My Dear Sir: Please take no hi
steps toward organization in your tc
county or district under the 'call' tl
for a convention, county, district or C
State, issued by what claims to be tc
the executive committee, uf which n<
Joe Tolbert says he Is chairman. Del- e^
egates elected under such a 'call' si
will not be seated at Chicago next ir
June, as tho Republican national d
committee lias recognized mo as di
chairman and Mr. Wallace as secre- d
tary. Mr. Heyward of Chicago, the tl
national secretary, sent us the 'of- tl
ficial call' through our national com- p<
mitteeman, as required by tho present
law, as you will see from the m
attached extract from the 'call.' We w
are recognized as regular and ready l
for action. We w?.nt you, the man w
to whom this letter is plainly and y
individually addressed, to mark time <p
and Ignore the Tolbert 'call.' j.
"Our plans for the counties and tl
districts will be isbued within the q
next 30 days. ei
"As far as the colored man in our q
party hero in the State is concerned, q
we believe it is 'our kind of white V(
alks, the trustworthy, high-class o)
colored man respects and trusts. We J>(
do not fool him ai.d degrade him. jc
We will insure him just and fair V(
treatment. r(
"Capt. Capers, the South Carolina p
member of the Republican national
committee, after visiting me here ,t
and others in the Si ate, has returned
t ohis Washington ofllce, where he ?
guides and advises us from headquarters.
Under his leadership we
have never failed to seat our dole- ^
gates in the national conventions, ^
and he will meet and match all opposition
by standing by us. He is *
with us to tho finish.
"The national committee says we
[are 'regular.' We will prove that we
I are nlso right!
"Let mo and Capt. Capers hear
from you; be patient, trust us and
I we will bo safely seated at Chicago's
| j
great convention next June.
"Faithfully,
"L. W. C. nialock, D
1 J
"Chairman."
cr I
?
PRIOLEAU STILL CONTESTING. w
til
c
81
Would-bo Congressman Again Socks r{
Expense .Money.
For the fifth successive session, la
Aaron P. Prloloau is contesting for
the Congressional representation of ai
the 1st South Carolina district. His ai
contest for the seat of Representative *>3
Legare will come up before elections di
committee No. 2 of the House of Rep- Li
resentatives February 1, next. In P(
Prioleau's four prexioue contests he
has received $2,000 each time for expenses,
but it is doubtful if he will
get the allowance this time. The fu
Democrats should refuse to let this
negro further bleed the public treasury.
? ?
NEVER ASKED WATTEItSON\S AID 111
la
ci
Wilson Denies Editor Was Asked to ja
-- . _ _ T\
lielp Kaiso Funds.
th
Governor Woodrow Wilson, on his w
departure for IlostD.i on the midnight lu
express Friday night, made the fol- br
lowing statement in reference to the or
Watterson-Tillman correspondence, tli
given out in Washington: "In so far A
as I am concerned, the statement that ar
Col. Wattorson was requested to as- w
slat in raising mousy in my behalf is tc
absolutely without foundation. Neith- m
er I nor any one authorized to ropre- th
sent me ever made any such request w
of him,". i h i , n<
< . .. 41 U. I rf '.v
RULE OR RUIN
M>b io Ecnadtr Pot It Death Five
Re?els?i#oaiy Generals
/ILL BE END OF REVOLT
Former President and Other Leading
Lights of That Hot Tempered
Country*s Latest Devolution, Taken
From Prison by a Mob in Quito and
Shot to Death.
A dispatch from Guayaquil. Ecua>r,
says an infuriated mob Sunday
oke into the Quito penitentiary, in
lite of a double guard, and lynched
ens. Elroy Albaro, Flavio Alfaro,
edardo Alfaro, Ulpiano Paez and
anuel Serrano, all prominent revotioniste.
With the putting to death of Gen.
lroy Albaro, Ex-President of Ecua3i";
his brother, Gen. Flavio Alfaro,
'.-minister of war; Gen. Medardo Airo,
who is believed to have been a
-other of the two other Alfaros, and
ens. Paez and Manuel Serrano, the
adlng lights in Ecuador's last revoition,
although it had been a leng
me browing, begau in reality a few
xys following the sudden death, on
ecember 22 last, of President Emilo
strada.
The first of the drastic measures
i.ken by those who opposed the revoition
was carried into effect last
hursday, at Guyaquil, when Gen. Per?
Montero, who was proclaimed
resident by tho troops, after the
eath of Estrada, v as shot and beeaded
by a mob, which later burned
is body. The sheeting of Montero
>ok place in tho Court room, where
le general had just been tried by
ourt-martial and sentenced to six>en
years' imprisonment for his collection
with the revolt. The people,
irldently angered at what they condered
a too light sentence, rushed
tto the Court room, and, after ridling
Monero's body with bullets,
ragged it into the open. Then they
ecapitated it, built a bonfire and
irew into the flamqs the torso and
le head of the man who once was a
apular hero in Ecuador.
Elroy Alfaro and Gens Paez and
[ontero were captured January 22,
hen Government troops under Gen.
eonidas forced the revolutionists,
ho held Guayaquil, to capitulate,
lroy Alfaro was proclaimed Presient
on Ecuador by the populace in
inuary, 190G, after he had defeated
le Government troops at Quito. In
ctober of tlio same year ho was
lected President by the National
onvention and hold the ofllco of
hief Executive until 1911. In that
3ar Gen. Emilio Estrada ran for the
lice, with Flavio Alfaro as an oponent,
and was elected by a inanity
of over one hundred thousand
3tes. Flavio Alfaro then started a
jvolt. and in it lie was aided by
resident Alfaro. The charge was
ade that Elroy was trying to set up
dictatorship in Ecuador and from
ic first the efforts to take away the
residency from Estrada met with
?verses.
The Alfaros and their followers
ad not been idle during Estrada's
nure of office and there frequently
lino reports of their intention to
art a revolution in Ecuador. When
strada died, Gen. Montero, a trust1
lieutenant of the Alfaros, had
imself proclaimed President by the
adicals and the troops in Guayau
11. Montero at the time was comlander-in-chief
of the military in the
uayaqnil district.
Severe fighting followed the outreak
of the new revolt and the
nited States Government sent the
unboat York I own to Ecuadorian
at.ors to protect American interests.
10 fighting continued with varying
lccesses until January 19, when the
^bels suffered a had defeat at
aguayche, northeast of Guayaquil,
our days later Guayaquil capitated
to Gen. Paeza.
Elroy Alfaro and Gen. Montero
id Gen. Peaz were found in hiding
id were then only saved from death
? the intervention of Gen. Julio Anreade,
of the Government forces,
liter they were taken to the Quito
mitentiary.
PILOT DROPPED DEAD.
i Consequence liflrgo Liner Rammed
Cruiser Colorado
In a collision Thursday between
e Hamburg-American linor Clevend
and the United States armored
miser Colorado, at Honolulu the
iter suffered considerable damage.
lie collision was duo to the fact
at the pilot., Milton P. Sanders,
ho was in charge of the Cleveland,
id dropped dead on the liner's
idgo. The steamer struck the Colado
astern, Jamming a gun near
e cabin occupied by Capt. Wlldam
Gill The turret was wrenched
id the resetting of tho gun probably
ill bo necessary. Although the exnt
of the damage could not be Imediately
determined, it is bolieved
le propellor of the Colorado also
as damaged. The Cleveland was
>? damaged.
KELPS HIS POISE
SENATOR TILLMAN TELLS WAT*
TERSON TO PUBLISH.
0 I
The Controversy Ha? Helped Woodrow
Wilson Instead of Hurting
Him as Enemies Hoped.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says there Is,
cf course, a great deal of discussion
in political circles there of the Till?
...nn U'? 11 -1 I1?
aiicieuu uui rfopuaueuce, wnn
regard to the brea.'c between Governor
Wilson and Col Harvey ard Editor
Watterson. The subject overshadows
Congressional matters in the
public mind for the time being.
In all his conversation with Democrats
at Washington on the affair,
The News and Cour'er correspondent
has not found a single man who had
previously pronouueed in lavor of
Wilson, or who had admitted an inclination
towards Wilson, who will
say that he is lesa inclined towards
the Jersey Governor on account of
the incident In its present status; on
the contrary, there are numbers of
Wilson men who declare that they
are more enthusiastic than ever before
in behalf of Governor Wilson,
and who express the opinion that the
statements thus lar made by Col.
i Watterson rebound in the aggregate
I very much to the advantage of tho
Wilson boom.
In a jocular spiri* Representative
David E. Finley, ot tho 5tn South
Carolina district Saturday morning
informed Senator Tillman that he
(Mr. Finley) would b^ glad to brush
lip on "the code" and put himself at
the Senator's disposal as 3econd in
any affair of honor that might be
impending. There was no indication
of excitement in t.ie Senator's oilice,
and the Senator h'mself seemed to
be in a thoroughly good humor.
An additional statement made Saturday
by Col. Watterson, in refer
enco to the controversy, is as follows:
"In my letter to Senator Tillman I
promised proof of any statement
made by me that might be disputed.
Governor Wilson denies that I had
any authorization from him or any
agent of his to raise money for his
campaign. I have the proof that I
not only have authorization, but that
)I actually raised a considerable sum.
I hold myself ready to furnish this
proof to Senator Tillman at once If
he will do me the honor personally
to call upon me, as I am confined
to my hotel and cannot call upon
him.
"If Senator TMlman f single averment
after inspecting this proof be
either equivocal or insufficient, I pro|
p?se that Governor Wilson name two
'confidential frieinl3, I naming two,
the four to name a fifth, and this
i Court of gentlemen established to
determine the issue between us.
"I must insist that this be done
without delay, as 1 shall have to
leave Washington next Tuesday
night to fill important engagements
elsewhere."
Senator Tillman declined to reply
to Col. Watterson's "challenge" of
Friday night in connection with the
controversy.
"If Col. Watterson has any proofs
of what he says, he ought to publish
them. 1 have nothing more to say."
This was Senator Tillman's only
comment. Jt had been reported earlier
in the day that he would make
e dotailod reply.
? -?
iiiitu IIIM/I; i i<j/iutirjU iviiihbiii.
Shot by Husband of Woman She Accused
of Slander.
'Miss Eva Chambers, a young school
teacher, was shot ano kiled near her
school, at Lockett's store, in Roanoke
county, Va., Wednesday by Joshua
Raines. Later ho shot and wounded
Charles Day, one of his neighbors.
Raines then surrendered himself to
the police authorities there. The
killing is said to nave been the result
of a suit for siander against Mrs.
Raines, tiled several days ago by
Miss Chambers.
The contention is substantiated by
a statement reported to have been
made Wednesday night by Raines, to
the effect that he went to see Miss
Chambers, walked about a hundred
yards with her and tried to get her
to dismiss the suit, and when she refused
he shot her.
The slander suit was instituted
after Mrs. Haines had attempted to
oust Miss Chambors as teacher. It
was then that Mrs. Raines is alleged
to have circulated reports reflecting
on Miss Chambers* eharactor.
Raines was taken to Pulaski Wednesday
night and lodged in jail there.
This was a precautionary measure,
(ho Judge fearing a lynching. Raines*
only motive for attempting to kill
Chas. Day was because of the interest
that Day had taken in Miss Chambers.
The grudge that Raines held
against the young woman began
when she left his home as a boarder
and took up her residence with Day
and his wife.
?
Negro Convicted of Murder.
At New York, Joseph Roberts, a
negro, was convicted of murder in
the first degree Friday afternoon for
the killing of Isaac Vogel, & Jewelry
salesman, on December 6. The prisoner
hoard tho verdict with a omiio,