The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 13, 1913, Image 4

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r BOX HELD BjMlTj * EXPLODED VHcN UPtNtl) WITH AWFUL KE5ULI5 WOMAN BLOWN TO AW j - j Herrera, who is a cigar manufacI Finds Unlabelled Package in Hall, His Wife Opens it and is Killed, | While Woman Hoarder's Skull ^ Fractured and Fingero Blown Off. A woman was killed, another was moilaih injurea, ana a man was seriously hurt by u bomb which exploded in the apartment they occupied ai No. 14 73 Fulton avenue, the Bronx, Id onday night, says the New York Herald. Herera, who is a cigar manufacturturer, and the superintendent of the aparunent house wheie he lives, coneluded to go for a walk about 8:30 p. in., he told the police, and just as he had closed the door of his room he saw a parcel about the size and shape of a shoe box, wrapped in ordinary brown paper, on the floor of the hall two feet from his door. He picked it up and without thinking or troubling to see if it contained a name or address, unlocked his door and entered the apartment. His wife and Miss Fughtman, a hoarier, were seated at the dining room lable where he had left them. He tossed the package on the table and e\clalmed: "Some one evidently lost a parcel in the hall." Mrs. Herrera at once seized It, tore off the string and was unfolding the paper wrapper when there was a terrific explosion. Mrs. Herrera was virtually blown to pieces and was hurled against the Dutch wood mantel at her back. Miss Fughtman was hurled five feet against a wall. She bad been so curiously impatient to ee what was In the parcel that her right hand was extended in tentative assistance to Mrs. Herrera in opening the box. All the fingers of that hand were carried away. Herrera, who was standing on the other side of the table, watching the little scene with amused interest, was hurled through the doorway to the private hall. A piece of the bomb struck his left eye, tearing it out. So powerful was the explosion, which is supposed to have been caused by nitro-glycerine, that the paper In which the box was wrapped, waa ground to a powder. A quantity ol whitish-yellow dust was found on what left of the dining table. B.its of the box were found in the room and showed conclusively that It was an ordinary shoe box, but no trace of .he firm for which it Lad been made was discovered. This led the police to believe that probably the lable had been torn off beforo the bomb was inclosed in the box. The infernal machine had been constructed of heavy inch gas pipe, about three inches long. This waa ascertained by slivers of the pipe which fitted together and were threaded at each en I. The ends had then been capped. The beui ? ha-l I ."-n swath d in thin paper but pre t>? lug placed in the box, an 1 the hides of the box, Inside, had been padded with more paper rolled into wade. The force of the explosion wrecked the room. Every piece of fnrni ture in it was smashed. Thj ua? dining table was broken into a hundred bits. Pictures were pullei from the walls and the carpet was cut into strips, which were curled up at if they had tried to roll themselvef back into a coil in which they hac been held for a long time. The thunderous explosion not onl] rocked the five-story aparttnen house, but shook the neighborhood The shock was so great that the ten ants of the building for several min utes after the explosion remained ii their rooms, terrified. Then there was a wild Btampede Some of the panic-stricken men an< women dashed to the flre-escapet dragging and carrying their children many of whom were plucked fror their cribs. Others tumbled into th halls, screaming that the house wa afire. Most of the families thought th house might, fall down and insiste on going to the street and joinin their neighbors. By this time seve at thousand persons were jammed i otroot nml iho noliee had 1 draw linos and drive the crowd bac half a block. The throng was so congested th: the bluecoats had to make a lai through it for the ambulance to pa* Dr. Muth, who responded to the ca said Mrs. Herrera had been killed 1 tantly. Then he took her husbai and Misa Fughtman to the hospiti He said the woman might not 11 out the night. Just as Herrera and the board were being taken away Miss Ang Una Herrera, ninetoen-yoar-o daughter of the dead woman, appe* ed at the house. She had gone to moving picture show soon after su per. She was grief-crazed when s learned of her mother's death ai friends took her to their home aft the had gone to see her father in t hospital. After the tumult had subsided pDHWi whose name was not learn i I y llx ikj Vi L' wik.'. i> w-' -^ I hoi.im:ic iias ri t \i\k \ii;\ HHATII I JO; ALLY I j ? I'm* Which He Hum Nul Hetcited OutCent us No l*?o\ision is Made lot- | j His Hay. | One of the most unique ligures connected with the penitentiaiy ia ./. i C. Kobius, who for the past ten years j has been connected with this inati- j tution. He left Monuay morning iur ? Jonesville with his bloodhounds, I , where he Is attempting to catch a j fugitive in that town. Mr. Robins j has perhaps the most undesirable job ! , \ a 1 j pt' 1 Ot/ii ill lift/ O LC w4 a? vl i ut peculiarity about this is that he seives absolutely without pay. He has killed nine men tor the State and has never received one cent for his services. One of these men was a boyhood friend, but that did not matter; he killed him for nothing. it seems that when-the bill was passed by the last legislature abolishing hanging as the means of inflicting capital punishment and instituting the electric chair, no provision w.i8 made for the salary of the man who turns on the current and looks after the details. Thus, during the fast year nine men have been electrocuted, all by Mr. Robins, and he has been paid nothing for it. He makes Ins living by renting his bloodhounds to various parties. "I have been doing that killing at the pen," Mr. Robins said, "but I am going to quit it unless there is some pay coming to me. Not that I mind doing the killing so much but you know it is a hard <ob and it is worth some money. If this legislature don't make some appropriation they are going to have to get somebody else to do their killing." Mr. Robins also spoke on whipping at the penitentiary and said that there was just about half enough of it going on. He said that Superintendent Griffith had too good a heart. He was loud in his praise of tho superintendent. llOWMAN ELECTED JUDGE. ? He Went in 011 the First Ballot Over Two Competitors. The Hon. I. W. Dowman was elected yesterday by the General Assembly Judge of the First Circuit on the first ballot in place of Major "*\. L. Glaze, who declined the honor on 1 account of his health. The other ' two candidates were Senator Dennis, 1 of Berkeley County and Hon. J. Otey Reed of St. George. Mr. Bowman re, ceived a clear majority of the vote3 over both these gentlemen, who are i both quite popular, which is quite a [ complimen to Mr. Bowman. I Mr. Bowman is a little over fifty , years of age and has been a practi( tioner at the Orangeburg Bar for about thirty years. He is well qualit tied for the position and will fill it with credit to himself and honor to , the Circuit. Hr. Bowman is a grad, uate of Wofford College, and is well , educated both in a literary sense and ; as a lawyer. He will enter upon hia I new duties at once. j t>ia #>lPf?tion of Mr. Bowman will i give general satisfaction to all his [ friends, who will guarantee that he will fill the position to the entire . satisfaction of the people of the State. He will qualify at once and as i soon as he is commissioned ho will . hold his first court , ? t Large Cat in the Mail, * When Thomas Jessup, a parcel ' post carrier at Kingston, Pa., opened I one of the large package mall boxes in the center of the town to take its f contents to the post office, he was t badly scared by a largo black cat . which jumped out. The animal had - a tag around its neck with parcel . post Rtnmps attached. i ? Ruicide and Not Murder. ? That Ike DuRose, who was found ft dead at Rath, in Aiken County, with h his throat slashed Wednesday mornit lng, came to his death by his own n hand was the verdict of the coroner's a jury, which meeting Wednesday, held en adjourned meeting Monday to investigate further Into what at Ant e rppearod to be a foul murder, d ? ? ? g Four (turned toy Death. r* Flames that destroyed a farnr 1D house near Canfield, O., Thursday caused the death of Curtis Shnfor aiu his daughter. Rffle, and fatally bum ed Mrs. Shafer and another (laugh at tor. A son ten years old escaped 10 * * unohio in exnlain the ctttlfti Il?5 m<JB MIIUUIV V.. .. l8, of the Are. 11. n" fold Janitor Farrell that a few min lc* utes before tho explosion she ha< seen a man enter the vestibule o ve the house and after peering sever* minutes at the names under th or hells ring one and enter the bona# o- This man had under bis arm d package tbat the woman ?aid looke ir- like a nhoo box. 9be did not sec blr a leave ?be bouse. Herrera was pos P- tlve tbat the doorbell bed no* hr.o ho rung. ad Owing to th? excitement of th or other tenanta it could rot be lenrno he |f any of them had received s surr mona to their doors. The detectlvf o could get only a meagre desoHntfe ed of the man the woman aaw. ii.-. i.. i.. tiuNi il ill W If IH >' ?Xfntiif D h UKIih APPAKTMtM HlllM tiUMiViii UiiiLK mm Attia/.iii^; ??l DuMliMigeil A|?attint* lit Hiiuno pjii|i|o)tM', Soivtuti several M)h(ri tout Viuideiw and .Attempt to Kill Causes I'ulice to I)out>t i'risoiior's Sanity. iviiu IMui i1 iii i i1 ?! .i ..mi iainni y.purimeni house januo. ui New ^oik ? ? hit bbcd i uesday uua uc huu Kill* ed Mrs. Bernai d lleiieru ouu.lu. ui&lu by uicutib of a uu.nl lie bail ihade. and that, by similar means, he hud caused the deatn ol Ails. Helen i'aylor a \ ear ago and attempted the lile 01 Judge Olio A. Kosalsky, ol the Court ot General Sessions, last March. Farrell was held Tuesday nighi on a charge of murder for the killing of Airs. Herrera. Although the police are convinced the man is mentally unbalanced, Deputy Commissioner Dougherty Tuesday night said detectives he ha.I sent out in numbers to investigate the case have learned enough to lead them to believe Farrell's story ie true in the essentials, though false In many details. Every time Farrell had a grievance he seems to have settled the business with a bomb. The trouble with YT..O Horror:) hp said. was that she had "fired" him from his job as janitor and hired a negro in his place. He wanted to get Judge Kosalsky out of the way because the jurist had sentenced Joseph Harvey, a "pal", to serve 39 years in Sing Sing for stealing $16 worth of jewelry Farrell told the police he helped Harvey rob Peter Johnson's homo in the Bronx In 19U8, but easily escaped. Why Farrell wanted to kill ttu Taylor woman, sometimes known at Grace Walker, was more than the polico could fathom. In his early story Farrell said she was his daughter and he slew her because she had gene wrong. Later he recanted thif and said she was an intimate friend but gave no reason for killing her. He also told Mr. Dougherty wh\ and by whom "Kid" Walker was shot down and slain in 1 887 on the Bow ery. He said Walker betrayed the Taylor woman and a woman namec Lestrange killed him in revenge. Having disposed of the bomb mys teries, Farrell confessed, the police assert, to have perpetrated a seriei of robberies in Brooklyn, and th< robbery of the Johnson home. Har | vey and Harry Hartman, his corapan ' u - 1 /.wnlrtlt lroro q^n IOI1H 111 111H luun I A^IUUI nut v uvu tenced to Sing Sing for 39 years anc 9 years, respectively. Farrell ha< never been suspected for complicit: in the crime. Besides this, Mr Dougherty said Farrell served 11 years in the New Jersey Peniteu tiary, at Trenton, for burglary an< other crimes. As John McDermott, alias "Liver pool Jack," Farrell's picture is in thi rogues' gallery in Jersey City, ac co ding to Information brought V Dougherty. Farrel's desire to con fees to so many crimes led Mr Dougherty to doubt his sanity. II immediately set about verifying Ui story. While detectives were bus at this the janitor kept two stenog raphers busy taking down fresh de tails of his protracted story. After an all night grilling an I more of it during the foronccn, Fai re!l was tractable, and answers without hesitation every que.nhri pc t?? him. He said he .vas boin ' Ireland 53 years ago and had seive as an orotrly in the arrav in tl. Spanish-American war. He was usl ml if he had served in vlie navy, an p.o nptl/ displayed "U. B. 'J' tart< ed on his right arm. lie 'dsn o: the police he had been i fa short time in an insane s.\?wm : Danville, Pa. The bomb Farrell placed opposh Ilerrera's door he made in his root 1 he said, according to the same fo mula used in manufacturing the Ro alsky and Taylor infernal machine The materials conHiBted or ire pipe, Bprings, paper, two boxen, Bteel button and a percussion ca The explosive in each case was nitr t glycerine. Tie gave the police a apt , imen of his handy work by construe 1 ing a dummy bomb and demonstrt - ing it as he told of his crimes. The Taylor and Rosalsky bom . were made In the cellar of a house p Fast 14th street, Farrell said, who he was employed an an elevator c - orator. The superintendent of t - buil'Mng recalled Tuesday afterno d that Farrell used to lock himself ?f a cellar at times and became c il raged ir aiaturDeu. wiuiwuun . e j tween the Taylor and Rosnlslty cat i. was BURpected party through the f? a 1 that the address on the two packn* d I wp^p mndo apparently hv the aai n i typewriter. ! Pom mfsslnnor noechcrtv n Tee?dav nlnht that Pirrell, In ' ! c nteoefon, told of buvlnu a ?eror e I hf?m* typewriter. Fnrrell made \ d et this machine when tie pent ? | bombs enrlv last year a ! T 'he the bombs font to Mrs. Ti n lor smd Judflre Kosn^Vv the Herrt Infernal machine was enclosed In imm i ' WANTS IT LOOKED INTO | OLD SOLI>|KICK' HOMK IS MANAG* j Kll VKKY BADLY. 1 I At Ixuttft That Is What Some Old Vet* oralis Charge, Who Want It fovea* | tigated. ' The petition from tweuty-two Con| uderate veterans, asking the.house a to investigate the management of the Coniedeiute infirmary in Columbia during the past two years, which was referred to the committee on ways and means last Tuesday night, is given below in full "To the Honorable, the General As1 1 ... 1>..U Oi ouUUl L.u uiiiia, in iivq uiai auou.uii, January . ., iblJ. , "Humbly petitioning, the un <erugned veterans ot the War of Secession would respectfully show: , "I. t hat we have heard from whai ivh consider lehabie sources lhat oui i.ore unfortunate comrades at the Confederate inhrmuo of the Stat* are not so well cared tor aa the> .should be. ( '"J. That they are not aiiowea to e.xeicise the righta of citizens aa other citizens do. ".'I. That they have not been prop! erly clothed or fed. "4. That unreasonable rules are made for their control and restraint. "5. That they have been subject k to tyranny, oppression and deceit. , "6. That they are sought to be terrified Into submission by threats of ( suspension or expulsion, and some have been suspended and others expelled for trivial offenses, or no of, fense at all. "7. That we can not believe that the laws contemplated suspension or , expulsion from the Infirmary of a veteran who has severed all social ties, has nowhere to go and is in. tended to be the honored guests of the State for the rest of his life. I "8. That the laws of the State are amply sufficient to govern these veterans Just as other citizens of the State are governed who live In their ( ,' own hoires. . "The premises considered, we pray j ; your honorable body to fully invest!-1 , gnte the management of said infirmary l'or the pabt two yeaxs or longer,] I and that such enactment shali bo had as will insure the freedom, comfort I and satisfaction of its inmates, so that they may feel like honored , guests and not as convicts or erring ? persons who are taken to a house oi correction; that those who may have! 3 been expelled or suspended may be j reinstated, and for such other, further and general relief as unto your ' honorable body may seem meet. 3 "And your petitioners will ever j i pray, etc. 3 (Signed) "W. D. Lowrance, W. E. j Harth, Capt. J. L. Wardlaw, H. J. I Fulmer, Company H, Third regi- ' ment, S. C. V.; John Parker, Cornj pany C, Palmetto Artillery; Capt. j L. W. Taylor, Company K, Third j regiment; J. P. Baawell, Company G., P. B. L. A.; George Bruns, 3 Company A, Second regiment, S. C. I.; J. W. Altee, Company F. j Third regiment, S. C. ?; It. T. Moore, Company I), Twelfth S. C. I.; It. C. Nash; W. P. Clayton, e Company F, Second regiment, Kentucky cavalry; J. A. Schwartz. Conmanv C. Twelfth regiment, S J * C. I.; Joseph Bates, Ninth rot'l- | ment; Lieut. H. C. Heise, Comw pany C, First regiment, S. C. V..: ^ S. P. Drafts, Company F, Fifth S. y C. C.; J. Cray, C. S. S. Beaufort, John A. Bourke, Company C, Fira; regiment, S. C. V.; J. C. Long, J. W. Brown, Company B, S. C. Batd tery; J. Stork, Company A. Fifteenth regiment, S. C. V." d ~ ? it Bride's Hat Afire at Altar. n While the Itov. William H. Walsh d of Ballstou, N. Y., was officiating at e the marriage of Anna Guito and John i- Curico, the bride leaned too close to d the candles on the altar and her hat >- caught Are. In an instant Fiither d Walsh beat out the fire, calmed those >r in the church who had become panlcit stricken, and proceeded with the ceremony to * ? n, We do not see how any honest man r- can object to having the primary s- law so amended as to en*" >n a pasteboard box. Herrera found It and .p. took it to his wife. She opened it, o- It killed her and probably it ruined >c- Ilerrera's eyesight, it- Mrs. Taylor, or Grace Walker, w?u it- killed a year and a day ago. The Infernal Instrument was made up to re hs senible a box of candy and was mail in ed at the Grand Central Station re Opening it, she was Instantly killed >p- and until Tuesday the reason whj he her death was sought and the Ident on lty of the assassin remained ui\ In known. ?n- The attempt on Judge Rosalsky' ie- life was made during the height o - 1 - . ^ ...? nrknn Itl ies the IB-ranrtt case, at a lllllt? nuvu >< tct terest was focused ori the thirty r#?? year sentence Imposed by the Judg me on Brandt. Mortimer Schlff's va'et ! The Instrument was sent lo the Jur it'' Ist's home and placed on the Ilhrar hh* j taliln. He did not like Its appear id- 1 a nee and notified the bureau of com i o husflhlea. .hi* Inspector Owen opened It In th Judp-oa libraiv and In the explosio *y- which followed, his hand was iin.ut %r 1 i ft nr?' *<* *** *?*%* '<*/??? i n JfcNltS I Ht CHARGE' fOUNG MAN ACCUSED Of KILLING ' HIS fATHEI m SHOT DOWN IN HIS HONE Arrest of Young Man Result of Efforts of Otilcern, Aided by lilood* hounds, to Capture Assassin of llobt. Coleman, Aged and Well-to* l>o Citizen of Cpper t'nion County. Hubert Coleman, 65 years of age, an excellent citizen of Union county living near Joucbville, was iouli.v muruered between seven and eigni o'clock Friday evening, having beet, shot in his lelt tact and neck as he sat by his fireside alone reading a newspaper. His sou, Harry Coleman, about twenty-six yea is ol age, is In jait charged with being the murderei. the motive ascribed being the Ue sire to come into his inheritance ai once. The dead man was quite wellto-do, and, except lor a sun whv. ha: not been heard of in a number oi years, Harry is his only child or heir Theie was a ram Fri ay and when Sheriff Fant early Saturday morning examined the premises he found thu the assassin had stood behind <> clump of evergreens close to tin house and fired a big charge of slug.and bullets into the old man's head the trail led to and from this pom. to a blacksmith shop. Robert Coleman's gun had been t this shop. During the night Man Coleman got tills gun, it is h?uu. an took it to the house of a neighboi and when examined Saturday noi * ing one of the barrels was wet am* showed every sign of having been i cently fired. The tracks in the soft niud fitted the shoes of Harry Coleman, it I.said, exactly. Dogs were sent to tin scene from Columbia Saturday morning, They took up the trail an wont over it. Harry Coleman wn pent to climb a tree some distam away, and the dogs put on his tin promptly treed him, it is said. H? was then taken into custody. It appears further that itobei Coleman's housekeoper was at tl?? house of a neighbor Friday evening They heard a gun fired. About hal au hour later, it is stated, ilair came to the house. He and the housekeeper went to the Coleina. house Borno time later and there the found the old man lying unconsciou on the floor. He died Saturday morn ing without speaking. The News and Courier correspon dent visited the accused in the Jai He stated that he knew nothing o the killing, who had done it nor why He was not indisposed to talk, bu Hinted that there was nothing foi him to say other than that. There are various rumors concern ing the young man's character and manner of life. A close neighboi j says ho is a hard-working man, but inclined to gamble, and of a somewhat roving disposition. The ollicert who brought him in declare the> have strong evidence against him. There was much Indignation and excitement there and at Jonesvllle over the outrage. Had suspicion fallen on almost any one else there i*little doubt that there would have been a lynching. As it was the officers brought their prisoner to jail before the inquest in or !er to avoid ? crowd that was becoming increasingly dangerous. The coroner's jury returned a verdict charging young Coleman with the killing. He refused to comment on the jury's finding. Duck Hunt's Tragic End. While duck bunting Thursday on Lake Jeffrey, near Lake City, Eta , Rob Hendercon, F. P. Raugh and Ke fiaunders, a negro helper, were *1? wntor hv the feink j IIIIWW1I iiuu 1.11^ Ing of their boat. Baugh and tnc negro being drowned, while Henderson. being a good swimmer, made bis way to shore. Rome of Blease's opponents In th< legislature are *oing all they can t< elect him to the Senate. BANK Oi 1 Conwt Has largest capital and surplus of f i than the combined capital and su OAPITAL flTTOOK.. .. S1JRPLU8 1 ? i? nn iTiirfl ar stot I iil API lil 1 ? WM ~ ? M *WOI7RTTY OF WKPOS1 ; MRt e B. 8tnrl>ormRh, K, l$iu*k ! )f%.w T Holiday, V 4 1 We offf-r our customers every a< will justify, anJ w< * I <o*KNT H. ?0\RBOROnOB. '? j PlttaVltMT. i? I j We continue to pay 5 ] W&M # THE HORRY HERALD CONWAY, S. C. ' THURSDAY FEB. 13, 1912 pwmNMoiiMi inmrn n. It. WOOM AAJU# IIUFY M?/ aiuv -~w roNU AV. M. C. if ?t. tl. UN A > M. ? <1 % I4f4#ra?jr ?l M at uiti + t t.M *11 MIK'.OI' || . ("l. t, V /V i/iniai .'Mirs'con 1 .V11 .1 > . \. C\ % ;1 * . i -\\ ? ! v Ml ? 1 ,II ct my Drniiinuf I ' ' < \ ME WORLDS 6RCATESTSEWIN8 MJkCHfll MM B % m Wpawant either*Vibrating 8hnttl*lM|? TKtf 1* or a Wlnrto Thread [C/urin AttaiTT Sewing Machine writs to f m W IfiMI SCWIM MACM1NII WML Orange, MmMi fcy|wM?a?c^?twiwaad?toKBrttM#M^| J A A Oonw*f, H. O. i ~~ Known as a "poor man," Horace William Howard, a recluse of Brockton, Mass, had a fortune of nearly hali a million doll'trs. liis will, fil. ed for probate in court there Tues*i da*, .eaves MdO.OOo to charity, ini J eluding $lSf?,COU for itif; establishj ment of a home for tho aged In j Brockton tin.! large funis to the 1'ioclwon hosoltnl and inner institutions there. Howard, who had lived in a room for which ho tiald J'.L'S a week, 'reared poori> and seldom rp uiL more than fit't.?.oi cents lor a meal. Sr rainr Tillnuin does not evade any ishite in hi? lot.'or in reply to 'uvernor I flense ft uncalled for attack. The Senator ridicules the charge of jealousy, proves that no one dictated to bi n what should be his attitude in tuo camnaigu, proves that he had not oonsj * ed wit h anyone in giving out the Ferguson let' tor and paints the Governor as a post-master In the art of hamboozt ling the people. The Senator's* reply is certainly a convincing state' ment and only tends to show tip the Governor in his littleness. ? Governor Oddie, of .Nevada, has > asked that greater restrictions be placed around divorces in rns state. ??????wtw* ?i i "ivmmmmmmmmmwmrnmmm p imitp V r I M f I % ' s: ? a ? iy. 8, C. any bank in Horry county. Mtro. rplus ol ail other hanks in thecounyt I&o.ooo . 12,500 *? JKHOLDERB . . r?n nn<. [TORS 11 Js.fi AO C'l ORS %Ri>f50'v W. N.J I'lm/ll. V i) ' p r/?( > :commodation which the.r scccmnii c solicit your biwin?ww. D. V. Richarooo.N, v?f. >KfHH?raa Vint PujtciaMtn ^luarf per cent on yearly depart* 4 m