The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 05, 1912, Image 4
JUMPS TO DEATH
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YOUNG WOMAN PLUNGES OVER
TWO HUNDRED FEET
CRASHED ON PAVEMENT
Wearing Radge, 4,I)ea(h Before Dishonor/*
With New Testament Suspended
from Her Neck and Holding
Handbag* Young Woman
School Teacher Takes Fatal Leap.
Possessed with the Idea that she
was pursued for dishonorable purposes,
Miss Maud Van Deusen,
ears old, leaped from the twentieth
story of the McCormick building in
Chicago and v.as crushed to death on
the stone pavement of an alley at the
street level. She jumped from a fire
escape, nearly 2.'u feet above the
ground. Her body struck another
fire escape at the first floor and
bounded into the alleyway. Nearly
all her bones were broken.
'Miss Van Deusen. according to papers
found on her person, was a
school teacher in Humboldt, Neb. It
appears that she had been seeking a
position at Chicago and had been obsessed
with the idea that she had
been in danger from white slavers.
She wrote that she had been driven
to appeal for protection from Chief
of Police McWeeney to the Federal
department of justice and to social (
settlement workers.
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pinning across her bosom a strip of
white linen, which had be>en stained :
crimson at either end and on which
she printed in large letters "Death
before dishonor". She had tied
around her neck a copy of the New
Testament, in which she had marked
passages in John. She held h^r handbag
in her hand as she Jumped and it
was picked up near her body. In it
was another marked Bible and a
typewritten statement of several
words entitled "Part of My Life's
History".
<'I will dio clean, if I have to kill
myself," was written at the head of
one of the sheets. A strip of bacon, a
small paper of pepper, an ounce of
tea and $3.19 in currency also were <
found in the handbag.
The police assert that Miss Van
Deusen evidently was deranged when
she leaped from the building. The
landlady from the bouse in wbjch
Miss Van Deusen had been rooming
said that the young woman had been
without employment for some time.
"I am trying to write this without
the least emotion," her typewritten
statement began, "ana, tnougn tne
following statements may seem dramatic,
your reason will assure you
that they contain only common senb?.
"I have very little money and am
not allowed to hold a position. I will
jiccept no money but that I earn.
"If 1 do not get help it will bd <i
certainty that I cannot escape falling
into the hands of the spiritualist
white slave trade and that will force
me to self-destruction."
The police do not understand what
Miss Van Deusen meant by "spiritualist
white slave trade".
A copy of a letter in her handbag
addsessed to Miss Jane Addains, of 1
Hull House, read:
"I wonder if this note will ever
reach you. Hood people nowadays
are protected by secretaries so that it
is hard to get to them. I shall love 1
you if you are good really, or intend
to be as you determine. '
A letter apparently written by Miss
Addams fn reply stated tnat she was |
too busy to see Misa Van Deusen at
jjiat time, but would make a later
appointment with her.
One passage marked in the Testa
ment referred to was from the 14th
chapter of John. "I.ot not your heart
be troubled. Ye believe in God. I'.elieve
also in Me. in iny Father's
house are many mansions. If it were
not so I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you."
The young woman is said to have
been harassed by a hallucination that
fche was pursued by the representatives
of this cult.
'Miss Van Deusen. it is said, was
the only daughter of Dr. Lydia Van
Deusen, Falls City, Neb. She is said
to have told friends that she worried
a great deal over a Hindu cult.
Miss Van Deusen came to Chicago
from Cincinnati June L'(i. While in
the Ohio city she worsted as a stenographer
and lived at the Young Women's
Christian Association Home.
Miss Maud Van Deusen was well
known in Flails Cltv. Neb., where she
grew up to womanhood She taught
bciiooi in r aiiH vj11y, ana in iiicrr.irusoti
County districts for n nnmhpr o?'
years. Her family was well-to-do.
About six years ago Miss Van Densen,
then 29 years old, suffered mental
derangement and became estranged
from her family. She imagi le i
they were trying to deprive her oi
Iter property. For a time she w is
treated in a Lincoln hospital and later
she went to Chicago. For the last
two years her relatives knew little
about her but understood she was
making her own way in Cnicago as a
etenofirapher.
Fa eh Looked Like Rabbit.
Frederick C. Sioane and the Rev
J. Willis Miller, both of Butlct, N\ I.
were hunting in the same field recently,
neither knowing the other wap
there. They both spied a rabbit at
the same time, both shot and both
received a shot in the legs. They
limped home together.
Sent to an A asylum.
John Schrank who shot Col. RooseYelt,
was taken to the Northern Hospital
for the Insane near Oshkosh,
Wis * Monday, Judgo Backus having
committed him to that institution on
Friday after a commission of alienIctfta
had adjudged him insane.
FARMER HELD UP
ON TIUC PUBLIC HO AO AX1> KOII1SKI)
OF HIS CASH.
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Iktornln^ From I>Arlin^tont Where
He Sold Ix>jul of Cotton, Held Up
at Point of Pistols and llobtxxl.
A special to The News and Courier
from Florence says Mr J C McLendon,
a well known farmer of 1 lcrence
county, was neld a,? oy three negro
rullians at High Hill Crook Saturday
afternoon and ''oohei of ?129
in cold cash.
Mr. AlcLeudon, who lives on and
farms the T. C. Willougliy lands, 0
miles south of that city, on the Ftergreen
road, left his home early in
tho morning with a wagon load of
long staple hale cotton for Darlington.
Reaching that place he sold his
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cash, which ho placed in his purse!
and in the breast pocket of his coat.
Shortly after noon he started for his
homo through Florence.
As ho was passing along the road
loading to Florence from Darlington,
by the sido of the Coast Line
tracks, a most frequented thoroughfare
for vehicles, bo was held up in
the High Hill Creek swamp, ono mile
east of Palmetto, and robbed of hisj
money.
Mr. McLondon, as soon as ne could
get away, hurried to Florence and reported
the matter to the sheriffs office
and a party was hurriedly made
up, with Deputy Sheriff Cain in
charge, and rushed to the sceno in an
automobile, but was impossible to
capture the highwaymen, as they had
more than two hours' jump on the
searchers.
Mr. McLondon said that Saturday
morning when he passed along he noticed
three negroes sitting on the
high trestle at that place, each of
them having a bicycle. Ho thought
little of it at the time.
When ho returned in the afternoon
and, just as ho crossed the first
bridge, which is the Darlington County
line, he saw threo men come out
of tho swamp between the two
bridges on the Florence County side.
They approached him with drawn revolvers
and ordered him to hand over
his money.
This he refused to do and endeavrtva?i
HlnfY fhi>m nfP hv threatening
to shoot them if they approached
further. He had notbing to shoot
with and soon he saw he was at the
mercy of the highwaymen, and after
again being demanded to shuck out
his coin he again refused. By this
timo one of the men had .tumped into
the wagon bohind him and quickly
slapped Mr. McLendon in the face
and placed his hand over his mouth;
he ran the other hand into his pocket
and secured the wallet with $120.
They then left him, secured their
bicycles and ruado their escape. After
leaving, Mr. McLendon saw them
changing coats and hats, but did not
know or recognize any of them. He
can do so should 'l>o seo either 01
them again, ho says.
The party from Florence, after
reaching the lonely place wln.TQ the
deed was cominitteea, followed the
trail of the bicycles and men for a
considerable distance towards Darlington,
but finally lost it entirely, as
they would walk awhile and then
carry their wheels on their shoulders.
It is thought that the negroes, seeing
Mr. McLendon pass along with
the cotton early in the morning, and
knowing he would return that way
during the day, followed him to Darlington
and watched him sell the cotton,
place the money in his pocket,
then jumped on their wheels, returned
to High Hill Creek and awaited
his coming, knowing they could overpower
him anu escape without being
detected.
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WHITE SLAVERY CHARGE.
Young Girl Trap|>e<l by Head of a
Musical Company.
Disclosures by Miss Genevive
Goodwin, 19 years old, of Cincinnati,
()., of an alleged attempt to use her
as a "white slave", resulted in the
arrest at Atlanta Saturday night of
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.Mrs. ft mm a rauiiut' riuuauu, uuur
ager, and Robert finer, stage director,
of the Metropolitan Musical Comedy
Company, on Federal warrants
charging violation of tho Mann Act. I
Mrs. Hudson and drier will be arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Fuller next Tuesday.
Miss (ioodwin's story was related
to Federal officials and the chief of
the local police department. According
to her statement she was until
recently a trained nurso in the City
Hospital at Cleveland. Desiring to
go on the stage, she listed an application
with a Cincinnati Kmployment
Agency. Last week, through tlie
agency, she was directed to the MotCnmn!inv
Hntnt*
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in that city, with an offer of a position
at $10 a week and her transportation.
Upon her arrival she alleges that
Mrs. Hudson Informed her that she
would have to "pass as the wife" of
one of two "odd" men in the company.
The two "odd" men, according
to her statement, were to he
brought before her and she was to
take her choice. Angered at the alleged
command, Miss Goodwin asked
for her return fare to Cincinnati.
She states that this was refused and
she notified the local police. *
Thought He Was a Murderer.
Remorse occasioned by the belief
that lie had killed a ma i caused
Jesse Ro.vkin to shoot himse'f dead
with a shotgun at his honn near
Wilson, N. C.. Thursday. Boykin
quarreled with Jesse Burnett, an acquaintance,
at Simms, a village near
Wilson, Saturday night and shot him
In the hand. Burnett fell to the
exclaiming that he had been
killed.
UNBARS THE PRISON
CLEMENCY EXTENDED TO THIRTY-TWO
PRISONERS.
VOUNG GIVEN A PARDON
As Thanksgiving Offering, Governoi
(bio L. lilwwo grants Parole to
Twenty-nine Convicts anil Fall
Pardon to Throe, Who Can Kal
Thanksgiving Dinner at Home.
Governor IJJeaso gavo thirty-twc
people their freedom as a Thanksgiving
present and they who are in the
lucky number will bo liberated in
time to eat Thanksgiving dinner at
home with their relatives and friends.
Among the thirty-two to whom clemency
were granted seventeen are at
present in the Penitentiary, thirteen
on chain gangs throughout the Stat<|
and two were out, one on parolo and
the other was pardoned to restore
citizenship. The prison doors of those
who were recipients of the Governor's
clemency for Thanksgiving swung
open Wednesday and marches out into
the sunshine and to freedom.
A along the number liberated is J.
Stobo Young, of Laurens, who was
given a full pardon. He was convicted
along with John Y. Garlington of
breach of trust in connection with the
Seminole Securities Company and
sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.
Recently lie lias been free on
a parole and now goes free with a
full pardon.
Plumer Ashley, who wns convicted
of manslaughter 111 1911 in Abbeville
County, was given a parole. He killed
n Mr. Stone and the evidence
shows that the gun went off accidentally.
Ashley is a nephew of Mr.
.1 W. Ashley, a member of the Legislature
from Anderson County.
William II. Mills, who was serving
a life sentence for killing a Mr. Deal,
received a parole d?*ring good behavior.
Mills was sent up from Cherokee
County for life in 1907.
Three of the thirty-two receiving
I clemency obtained full pardons, white
the other twenty-nine were given pa!
roles. A full list of the ones receiving
clemency for Thanksgiving follows:
J. Stobo Young, convicted of
breach of trust at Richland in January
1910, and sentenced to one
year's imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary (paroled April 18, 1912,
to October 1, 1912, at which time parole
extended until November 12,
1912) was pardoned.
Bishop Bradley, convicted at Abbeville
in March, 1910, of larceny and
sentenced to live years in the State
Reformatory, was parflonod.
J. C. McRltono, convicted of bas
tardy in Richland in Juno 1910, and
sentenced to pay the defendant the
I sum of $25 annually until it reached
the age of 12 years, was pardoned.
Will Jons, convicted of bigamy at
Union, in February 1911, and sentenced
to threo years' imprisonment
and pay a fine of $500, was paroled
during good behavior.
Ronnie Hicks, convicted of larceny
of a bicycle at York in July 1 91 0, and
sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and
three years in reformatory for colored
boys on State Farm in Lexington
County, was paroled during good behavior.
Nelson Hampton, convicted with
recommendation to mercy at Greenwood
in November, 190*;, and sentenced
to life imprisonment in the
State Penitentiary was paroled during
good behavior.
Alexander Tkrooks, convicted of
manslaughter at Richland in September,
1910, and sentenced to five
years on the public works, was paroled
during good behavior.
Knowlton Davis, convicted of manslaughter
at Richland in tne spring
of 1 908 and sentenced to live years'
imprisonment, was paroled during
good behavior.
Wvla Alford, convicted of larceny
at Florence in the spring of 1911,
and sentenced to two years on county
works, was paroled during good
behavior.
J. H. Pope Jr., convicted of manslaughter
at Hampton in the fall of
190fi, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment,
was paroled during good
behavior.
Uufus Jones, convicted of murder
at Orangeburg in May, 1901, and sentenced
to life imprisonment, was pa
roled during good beTiavlor.
Jnko Thomas, convicted of manslaughter
at Chester in July, 11)08,
and sentenced to six years' Imprisonment,
was paroled during good behavior.
James Boulware, convicted of manslaughter
at Fairfield in February,
1009, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment,
was paroled during good
behavior.
Travis Bright, convicted of manslaughter
at Cherol to in the fall o*
1911, and sentenced to two and onehalf
years' imprisonment, was paroled
dnrinir crood behavior.
Sam Langford, convicted nt Laurens
i 11 June, 101'J, of assault and
battery of a high and aggravated nature
and carrying concealed weapon*
and sentenced to twelve months on
the chain gang of the countv, was paroled
during good behavior.
Jim Lewis, convicted of manslaughter
at Chester in March, 1011
and sentenced to two vears imprisonment,
was paroled during good behavior.
Plumer Ashley, convicted of manslaughter
at Abbeville in the fall o1
1011. and sentenced to seven years
Imprisonment, was paroled during
goo' behavior.
Elbert Wallace, convicted of as
snult with intent to ravish at Aiken
I in June. 1 007, and sentenced to 12
venra' imprisonment in the State Penitentiary,
was paroled during good
heh a vior.
Tnmoa M Confer convlrlod of o?j.
snult with intent to kill at Greenville
In January, 1906, and sentenced
FIRST OF THE SEASON
THIN MANTLE OF SNOW COVERED
THE SUNNY SOUTH.
It In the Earliest Fail or Know Ever
Known in Some Section of the
South.
Snow fell Wednesday and Wednesday
night on an area of the Southern
States extending from the Panhandle
of Texas to central Virginia and the
( South felt the effects of a sudden
drop in temperature with prospects
I of colder weather.
At Vicksburg the Bnowfall was the
" first recorded there in November and
at Jackson, Miss., it was the heaviest
on record.
> At Atlanta, the snow began to fall
shortly after noon and a storm raged
i for several hours.
1 At few places did the white mantle
- remain long, in many cases previous
rains being responsible for the snow
melting as soon as it touched the
- earth.
Snow, mingled with a drizzling
i rain, began to fall in Columbia
Thursday morning, commencing
1 shortly after midnight and continu1
ing for some time. The scattered
1 Hakes melted as fast as they fell.
Spartanburg was visited by a snow
storm Wednesday night. Snow began
falling at S:4T> o'clock and continued
to fall for several hours, tho
' it did not stick, melting as fast as it
; fell.
The first snow ever seen in Macon,
Ga., in November. according to
weather bureau records, began falling
nt 7 o'clock Wednesday night.
In three hours there was more than
an inch of snow and it was stili
snowing hard at 10 p. m. The temperature
is 3 1.
At Vicksburg. .Miss., snow began
falling about 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning and recorded the first snowfall
for November in this section. It
melted rapidly.
The heaviest fan of snow ever recorded
at Jackson, Miss., began at 11
o'clock Wednesday morning and continued
for throve hours. Rain had fallen
earlier and the snow soon disappeared.
The first snow of the season in Birmingham,
Ala., began falling Wednesday.
The flakes melted almost as
quickly as they touched the earth.
A light fall is reported from Augusta,
Ga., and that vicinity. Arkansas
was covered on Tuesday night.
The snow storm took in all South
Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
The fall seems to have been light
everywhere.
, to one year's imprisonment or pay
fine of J.100, (Center was aDsent at
trial and sealed sentence loft with
clerk of Court. He was arrested and
brought before clerk of Court May
HO, 1012, and sentence then opened,)
was paroled during good behavior.
.John Klrod, convicted of obtaining
goods by false pretenses at Spartanburg
in January, 1912. and sentenced
to one year on the public works
of Spartanburg County or in the State
Penitentiary at naru lanor, was paroled
during good behavior.
Fletsy Calhoun, convicted of arson
at Abbeville in September. 1010. and
sentenced to ten years in the State
PonltmttaPy, was paroled during
good behavior.
Hamie Fields, convicted at. Barnwell
in March, 1901'., of murder, with
recommendation to mercy and sentenced
to life imprisonment in the
State Penitentiary, was paroled during
good behavior.
J. F. Morton, convicted of highway
robbery at Snartanburg in November,
1 90f?. and sentenced to ten years
in the State Penitentiary, was paroled
during good behavior.
Alonzo Camack, convicted of manslaughter
at Fairfield in September,
1911, and sentenced to three years'
imprisonment, was paroled duriig
good behavior.
Will Dunlap, convicted of murder,
with recommendation to mercy, at
York in April, 1 908, and sentenced to
life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary,
was paroled during good behavior.
Charles linger, convicted of man
slaughter at Dorchester in April,
1 D 1 0, and sentenced to six years' Imprisonment,
was paroled during good
behavior.
(}. C. Sunimev, convicted of assault
arid battery with intent to kill at
CJrcenvillc in May, 11> 10, and sentenced
to four years' imprisonment or
pay a fine of fSOO. was paroled during
good behavior.
Robert Duncan, convicted of larceny
at Oreenville in May. iniO, and sentenced
to seven years' imprisonment,
was paroled during good behavior.
S. M. IUitt, convicted of manslaughter
at Oconee in March, 1010,
and sentenced to three vears' imprisonment,
was paroled during good bi3havior.
William IT. Mills, convicted of
; murder, with recommendation to
mercv. at Cherokee in July, 1 007,
find sentenced to lif" imprisonment
in the State Penitentiary, was paroled
during good behavior, and upon
the further condition that if he decides
to live with the woman about
whom tliis hilling seems to nave tak'
en place, that he must do so beyond
1 the borders of the State of South
Carolina: for his living with her in
his state will he considered a violation
of this parole.
Robert Daniel, convicted of assault
with intent to ravish at Fairfield in
February, 1000, and sentenced to ten
years' imprisonment in the State Pcnr
itentiary, was paroled upon the con>
ditlon that if he is neroafter convict,
od of any criminal offense in the Sessions
Courts of this State that he he
re-committed to the State Peniten,
tiary to serve the remainder of this
? sentence.
William Rrown, convicted of murI
dei, with recommendation to mercy,
at Crecr.ville in March, 181 3 and sen-!
. fenced to life imprisonment in the
. State Penitentiary, was paroled dur-l
[ ing good behavior.
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DISTINGUISHED DEMOCRAT OK
MAHYLAND PASSES.
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If is Death Makes the United States
Senate Very Close as a Republican
Succeeds llini. j
Jsidor Raynor, one or the loading'
Democratic memoers of tho United;
States Senate and a man wnoso name
was offered to trie Raltlnioro Convention
by William J. Uryan as a
suitable candidate for the Presidential
nomination, died at Washington
early Monday at the end of a long illness
resulting from continued attacks
of neuritis.
Senator Rayner had been in a co
matose state since last vveunesuay ui
week with only one or two slight rallies.
His severe illness covered a period
of about six weeks, dating from
the efforts made in the joint political
debate with Rourke Cockran at Haitimore,
late in September. Physicians
compelled him to retire from the
campaign immediately after that and
he returned to his Washington home,
where he died at G:20 o'clock Monday
morning.
His death creates a vacancy in the
Senate that probably will bo filled by
a Republican through appointment
by Governor Goldsborough, of Maryland.
While the legislature of that
state is I>emocratic it does not meet
this winter and the Republican governor's
appointment will hold thro'
the opening sessions of the next congress.
Senator Rayner was one of
the striking figures of the Senate,
lie had been a member of that body
for almost eight years and was one of
its strong* st debaters ami a recognized
authority on constitutional law.
Before ho entered the Senate he
had attained a national reputation
because of his vigorous conduct of
the late Admiral Schley's case before!
the naval court of inquiry that inves- (
tigated the action of American olfic-,
ors in the battle with Admiral Ccrvera's
Spanish fleet. Mr. Ttaynor was
a native of Baltimore and was ??
years old. lie was a member of the
Maryland legislature when 2 8 years
old and served three terms In the national
House of Representatives in
the period from 1886 to 1892. He
was elected to the United States Senate
in 1 904, after having served a
four years' term as attorney-general
of Maryland.
The control of the United States
Senate after March 4 may hinge on
the death of Senator Itayner. The
Republican whom it is expected CJovernor
Goldsborough will appoint in
his place will hold ofiice at least until
the Maryland legislature meets in
January, 1914.
Senator Raynor's death removes
oik! of the Democrats on whom the
control of the Senate denended in the
new Congress. With his vote the
Democratic leaders counted on tnustprine
4 9. or one more than a major
ity of a total membership of 96. In
any event, 4 8 votes, with the vote of
the vice-president in case of a tie,
was looked upon as sufllcieut strength
to insure control.
While the Democrats still have an
apparent strength of 4 8, the death of|
the 'Maryland senator reduces the
supposed majority to a point very
near the dividing line of party control.
YOl'XG WOMAN WANTED.
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Hundreds of Letters Awaiting Miss
ItadclifTo at Elgin.
The postmaster at Elgin, 111., has
over 4,000 letters addressed to Miss
Z. X. Hadcliffe and is receiving them
at the rate of more than 8 00 a day.
[The cause of this flood of mail is a
letter made public by Miss Hadcliffe
in which she says: * * I f I do not get
a husband by 1913 I will lose a fortune
of $3 0,000 and a large estate,
i / ?{!m ir ho is si hod-carrier or
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a bricklayer ao long as ho is wellmannered
and kind." The postmaster
is waiting for Miss KadclifTo to
call for her mail. llcr names does
not appear in the city directory.
The President's Thanksgiving proclamation
breathes the spirit of
thnnicfulnens. There is no cause to
question tho sincerity of his feelings
ir, sending lor?h such a document at
this tlmo. Disappointed he may be
in a party sense at the outcomo of
tho recent election, but that does not
and should not afoot the gratitude
ho feels, in common with all hi?
countrymen for tho manifold blessings
this nation has received during
the year. He is a poor kind of a
citiren that lets a political defeat
sour his temper.
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. TKABIORY IX TfMMONSYIIiliK.
C. K. Jones Sends Five Bullets Into
It. F. Williams.
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A dispatch from Timmonsville to
The State says one of the most shocking
tragedies ever enacted in Timmonsville
occurred Saturday afternoon
about 2 o'clock, when C. E.
Jones, a saw mill man. or' Fountain
Inn, S. C., shot and instantly killed
R. F. Williams, of Baldwin, Miss.,
who has been there several days representing
a laundry machine company.
Williams was sitting in his place
of business in the heart of town reading,
when Jones walked in and. it tfl
said, without any warning began
shooting Williams, five shots being
1 fired, all taking effect, one near each
nipple and two in the stomach, the
fifth in the neck. As Williams fell,
I Jones walked on the streets and gave
himself hp.
The dead man 1ms u wife and three
children in Haldwin, Miss., to which
place his body was shipped Saturday
night, the Masons of tl>is place as- ^
sist.ing in preparing the body fo*
shipment. Jones was taken to Florence
and lodged in jail to await
trial. A brother-in-law of Williams
stated that the two had had some
little trouble, hut on last Sunday adjusted
their differences and shook
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Thoy Make Peace,
i A truce was declared between Turkish
and Bulgarian families in Now
! York Thursday and the two nationalities
mingled on friendly terms at th?
wedding of Miss Alegre Fclnach, to
1 Bahamin Samuels, a Bulgarian dla^
mond merchant. Miss Ueinach Is
pure Turkish and has two brother?
i fighting at Tchatal'a. Samuels wai
: born in Bulgaria and has three brothj
era in the armies of the allies.