The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 01, 1913, Image 3
TURNS HIM LOOSE
GOVERNOR BLEASE PAROLES
^ "PORTLAND NED"
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A NOTORIOUS YEGGMAN
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Convicted of Bobbing the Knoree
Post Oflice, and Is the Burglar Detective
Heed Worked the Dictagraph
on Hani J. Nichols About
liast Year ?t Spartanburg.
James Johnson, alias Edward
Murphy, alias Edward Howard, alias
Edward Smith, alias Georgo Howard,
alias Portland Nod, the yeggman
whose pardon Detective Heed, of the
W. J. IVurns agency, posing as H. N.
Porter, a Chicago lawyer, alleged
that he tried to buy last summer and
failed, was Friday afternoon paroled
by Governor Please during good behavior.
Johnson, or "Portland Ned", as he
is better known, is being held until
a reply can be had from a telegram
the (governor sent the Federal authorities
asking him if they have
further charges against him. If they
have not he will ho set free at once.
Johnson was convicted, largely
through the efforts of Post Oilice Inspector
Gregory, of robbing tho post
office at Enoree, in Spartanburg
County, and served a term of seven
years in the Federal prison in Atlanta.
AS'hen his term there expired he
was tried in tho State Courts and
given ten years in tho State Penitentiary
in 19.11.
This prisoner canto into tho limelight
during tho sessions of the dispensary
Investigating committee in
Augusta last July. At that time Detective
Iteed, of the W. J. Hums
agency, gave the dictagraph proofs
of a conversation ho held with Sam
J. Nichols in Spartanburg, at which
time, it is alleged, Nichols agreed to
enter an associate counsel in the case
and undertake to get a pardon for
Johnson. Heed said that ho represented
himself as Porter, a lawyer
/ of Chicago, and that they were anxious
to get Johnson pardoned as he
was heir to a large <>state in Chicago.
It was during this sitting of the
eommitte that Thos. R. Folder, the
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Atlanta attorney, was presenting his
charges against Governor Please and
V Detective Reed was telling of an attempted
"frame up" whereby they
hoped to show that they could buy a
pardon. Hut no pardon was obtained,
and how that investigation, with
its charges raised a storm in South
Carolina is still fresh in the public
mind.
The scoring which the committee,
Folder and Hums received at the
hands of the South Carolina Governor
in public speeches, charging
that the whole Augusta business was
an attempt to blacken his reputation
and injure an innocent man, and how
these speeches and subsequent developments
fanned the campaign into
white heat, is recalled by the paroling
of the prisoner who figured in the
unnuo f { nn n 1 rltof o trrn f not I m nn \? o I
Augusta.
"Portland Ned," from his cell In
the Penitentiary, has addressed several
letters to the people of Spartanburg,
which were published in the
newspapers there, asking for one
more chance and begging them to use
their influence to get him his freedom
and give him another chance.
Several strong appeals were made to
the Governor in behalf of tho prisoner,
begging him in the name of
humanity to give him clemency. Tho
Governor finally yielded and extended
mercy.
STATE UNIVERSITY FIRST.
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Wofford College Second and Furman
University Third.
The University of South Cprolina
won first place in the annual Intercollegiate
oratorical contest at Rock
Hill Friday night, through her speaker,
Mr. M. A. Wright.
IMt. J. C. Hyer, of Wofford, took
second place, and Mr. W. L?. Feaater,
of Furman, third.
The Judges -were Messrs. John
Gary Evans of Spartanburg; J. M.
Spears, of Darlington; P. A. Ronham,
of Greenville; A. L. Geston, of Chester,
and J. L. Douglass, of Davidson
College.
Rock Hill was alive Friday with
college boys, pretty girls and gay
colors, and a great audience assembled
Friday evening to hear the contest.
Mr. W. IT. Scott, chairman of
the executive committee, presided,
and the Rev. Dr. H. W. Ikays mado
the opening prayer. Songs by the
Winthrop College Chorus and Glee
Club were a feature of the evening.
Although it was after midnight
when the speaking concluded, a brief
reception was held in the College.
A dance in honor of the visitors was
given in Friedhiem's Hall.
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To Carry Out PI An.
President Wilson and Secretary
Houston have appointed Dr. T. N.
Carver, professor of economics in
) Harvard university, to head a new
bureau of service in the department
of agriculture, which is to carry out
the plan of co-operation in .buying
and selling.
LEAPED FROM TOWER |
YOUNG I/OVKR8 CARRY' OUT Hl'ICIDK
PART. N
Jumped From Notre Dame Catherdal
in Autwon>? Relgium, to Certain ||
and Hure I>eath.
At Autwerp, Belgium, a youth 18
yearn old and a 19-year-old girl were
the principal characters in a love
tragedy enacted there Friday. Arm
in arm they climbed to the clock gallery
in the tower of the Notre Damo
Cathedral and from a height of 180
feet leaped Into apace, fulling at the
feet of passers-by.
Every bone in the bodies of the ^
t>oy and his companion were broken. '
As they hurtled tho air several men
and women who witnessed tho sight w
fainted. Accordlug to the police the '
leap from tho church tower was in 1
accordance with a premeditated suicido
pact.
The tragedy occurred at a time J
when the market, in front of the
north tower of the Cathedral was ^
throng?Kl with pedestrians, a large 1
number of whom stood transfixed,
helpless witnesses of every phase of v
the drama. The youth and tho maid- ?
en had purchased from the porter at J
the entrance door, tickets of admission
to visit the tower, from which a J*
wide view is possible. The porter
noticed nothing unusual In their de- ll
meanor.
The lovers placed five letters, one 1
addressed to the police commissary ?
and the others to relatives, whore
they could he seen by visitors to the 1
tower. Entering tho clock gallery (
the couple climbed up the stone ,bal- '
ustrado. With hands clasped they ?
poised themselves for a moment and 11
then leaped downward into the mar- ()
ket place, striking the flags close to ''
tho historic fountain.
Ambulances were summoned, but n
the surgeons declared both had died ^
InstnMly. The letters found in the
tower show that tho youth was Elio
Walkow and that his home was in 11
mat city. Tne girl has not t>een w
identified. Tho letters, it is declared,
stated that the young couple had
been driven to their death because
of a love affair.
? TilK li.WV AS TO FISH.
When ami When Not to Catch Fish
in Hi is Fart of State.
For the purpose of classification
tlio following fish shall be known as
game fish, viz Jack-fish or pickerel,
pike black bass or pond trout, striped
bass or rock fish, warmouth, redbelly,
robbin, beam, copper-face or
ball-faced beam, banded beam, redfin
trout or yellow porch, rain-bow
trout, speckled trout, llyer. crapple,
rook boss, goggle eye and white
perch.
Hereafter no person or persons
shall cast, draw fasten or otherwise
make use of any soino or drift net,
fike net of any other description, or
use any other appiicances for tho
catching of game fish in the waters
of this Stato other than privately
owned ponds or lakes except hook
and line and ordinary fiy, or by phantom
minnow, or by artificial bait,
between the first day of April and
tho first day of November of each
Provided, That in the counties of
Bamberg, Berkeley, Clarendon, Colle- r
ton . IlnrphPHtor ?nil WHHftmsKnrtr i
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the close season shall be between i
the lirst day of April and the first t
day of August of each year. For (
violation of this section, the party so t
violating shall be fined twenty ($30.- 1
00) dollars or Imprisoned (30) i
thirty days for each offense: i
Provided, that this section shall *
not apply to such person or persons 1
as are catching game fish with a net '
or other appliances for the purpose of '
stocking a pond or other streams not 1
for commercial purposes: Provided !
that in the counties of Bamberg, Her- 1
keloy, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorches- 1
ter and Williamsburg fish may bo
sold: *
Provided, also that any or all per- !
sons engaged in the catching of fish !
for the purpose of stocking a pond or 1
stream must notify the nearest game
warden or magistrate of his or their 1
purpose to so catch the fish: Pro- !
vided, also That no game fish shall
he sold during the months of April, 1
May June:
T'rrivWlrir? fnrthor Tlinf tnia atiall
not prohibit the catching of any kind
of fish in a private pond not erected
on a navigable stream in any manner '
by the owner of such pond or by permission
of owner at any season of
the year.
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Will Have a Park.
Reevesville will soon have an upto-date
park. On the site donated by
the Southern Railway the ladies of
Reevesxllle have planted a variety of
flowers, which will give the spot a
beautiful appearance. The park is
located just below the depot, opposite
the Reevesville Hotel. Orangeburg
needs a park the worst kind.
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Drowned in /? I*ake.
Henry Harris, a ominent young
man of Voldosta, ' was drowned
Wednesday at noon in a lake near
that city while seining with friends.
The body was recovered an hour later.
Mr. Harris was 2 6 years old and
the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Harris,
formerly of Hawklnsville.
HAKES HIS ESCAPE
IOTED THIEF WALKS OUT OF
BLEASE'S OFFICE
VHILE MARSHAL WAITS
'ho
(Jovornor Onlors "Portland No<lM
Whom Ho 11 ad Just Paroled, to 1h?
Brought to HLs Office, From Wlioro
He Dodged an Officer Waiting to
A r refit Him.
James Johnson, alias "Portland
ied", walked out of the private ofc?
of Governor Please Saturday,
hlle a deputy with a warrant for
ebbing a post otllce in North Carona
waiting in the other otllce to arest
him. Although the Columbia
olice and the county officials are dong
everything possible to capture
Portland Ned," who was convicted
olice circles, nothing had been
eard of him up to the present time.
Announcement was made in The
tate Saturday morning that the govrnor
had granted a parole to James
ohnson, known to the yeggmen as
Portland Nedd," who was convicted
a Spartanburg on the charge of
ousebreaking and larceny and senenced
to 10 years in the State pententiary.
It was also announced
hat officers of the United States post
flice department expected to arrest
ohnson immediately following his
eleaso from the penitentiary on the
hargo of robbing a post office at
Mymouth, N. C., in June, 1 898. The
fficials at the penitentiary had been
otified of the intention of the post
Hico inspectors and the warrants
ad been left with Sheriff McCain of
tichland county. The inspectors did
ot arrest Johnson, the reason being
;iven below.
"The governor ordered James
ohnson brought to his otllce this
norning, dressed In citizen's clothes
nd under the care of a guard," said
'apt. 1). J. Griffith, superintendent of
he penitentiary, Saturday. The prisner
was brought to the governor's
fllco by Guard Kohhins of the penientiary,
accompanied by two officers
eprosenting the postal oiflicials. lie
vas carried into the private ofllce of
he governor and delivered into the
are of the chief executive according
o ('apt. Grilllth, by Guard ltobbins.
^ater \V. 11. Sondley, captain of the
;uards at the penitentiary, notilled
t. Beverley Sloan, United States
ommissioner at Columbia, that the
;overnor had ordered Johnson
irought to his ofllce at the State
louse. Mr. Sloan immediately teleihoned
to the sheriff's ofllce, and
ipon being informed that Sheriff
rlcCain was out of the city, deputized
t. S. Hipp, rural policeman, as a
leputy marshal to serve a bench warant
on Johnson, ohagring him with
obhing the post office at Plymouth.
"I was sitting in the corridor outide
the governor's oflice," said Mr.
lipp, "when the governor sent a
legro out to tell me to come into his
iffico. I went in and he asked what
cind of papers 1 had for Johnson,
vho was seated hy the governor's
losk. I handed the governor the
Jnited States warrant. He looked at
t and asked mo if I wasn't a rural
loliceman. I told him that I was.
rhe governor then asked me what
ught I had to serve United States
>apers and said I had better attend
o my own business before i was out
if a job. The governor warned me not
0 put my hands on Johnson, as ho
lad a letter from Cochrane and told
ne to go on and attend to my busiioss
or I wouldn't have any job. All
his took place in his private oflice,
which I would not have entered except
for the fact that he invited me
in. I walked out of his oflice and
met United States Deputy Marshal
3enn, to whom I turned over the
warrant for Johnson. I believe it
was my duty to arrest Johnson when
1 had been deputized by United
States Commissioner Sloan to do so
find tho warrants had been in the
sheriff's o<ftlce ever since Johnson was
put in tho penitentiary."
Later Commissioner Sloan went to
the governor's office with a warrant
sworn out by II. T. Gregory, post office
inspector for the arrest of Johnson.
He was accompanied by Charles
I) Spnn denntv mnrshall Commis
wiener Sloan turned over the warrants
to Deputy Senn and instructed
him to wait until Johnson came out
of the governor's private ofhee and
to make the arrest. Deputy Senn
took a seat in the anteroom to tho
governor's private otllco to await
Johnson. In a few moments the governor
came out from his office, leaving
Johnson. He talked for several
minutes with some visitors and then
returned to his office and found that
Johnson had disappeared. It was
said that Johnson made his escape
through the door connecting the governor's
office with the corridor.
R. Beverley Sloan, United States
commissioner, made the following
statement Saturday: "Capt. Sondley
telephoned mo to-day from the ponitentiary
that the governor had requested
that James Johnson be sent
to his office. I immediately communicated
with the sheriff's office and
deputized R. S. Hlfpp to serve a
bench warrant as the sheriff was out
of town. I instructed Mr. Hipp to
go at once to the penitentiary and
accompany the prisoner to tihe gov
ernor's office. 11? took a Mr. Hellams
along with him, to assist him. Mr.
Hipp says that they went to the governor's
olllce along with Mr. Hobbins,
from the penitentiary, who had the
prisoner in charge. I was informed
that upon arriving at the governor's
olllce the governor forbade Mr. Hipp
to serve the warrant and ordered him
out of his olllce. As to the truth of
this I can not say. Tho governor's
private secretary telephoned to me
and 1 at once went to the governor's
olllce, taking with me a warrant
sworn out by H. T. Gregory, post office
inspector, and in company with
Deputy iMiarshal Senn. I was informed
and was shown telegrams the
governor had from Judge 11. A. M.
Smith. United States Marshal J.
Duncan Adams, and District Attorney
Cochrane substantially to the effect
that there were no other charges
against James Johnson. In justice
to tiov. Blease I will say that these
telegrams were in response to other
telegrams be sent these parties bofore
the parole was granted. When
I arrived at the governor's ofllce I
immediately sent into him the warrant
which Inspector Gregory had
sworn out. At this time I understand
that the governor was in conference
with James Johnson in his
oflice. I could not get access to him.
Immediately 1 sent Mr. Cochrane the
following telegram: 'Have warrant
sworn out for James Johnson by
Gregory on 2<>th February, 1913.
Wire governor at once.' I then turned
the two warrants over to Mr. Senn
and instructed him to wait at the
governor's ofllce until Johnson came
out. I came back to my ofllce and
called Mr. Cochrane up over the telephone.
He informed 1110 that he had
wired tho governor to please detain
Johnson. Hut I am sure that the
governor did not receive this telegram
until after the prisoner escaped.
My recollection is that at the
time I was talking to Cochrane over
the telephone Mr. Senn came to my
oflice and told me the prisoner had
escaped, lie stated that he was in
the governor's anteroom and the governor
came out of his private otlice
to speak to a lady. The governor
then went hack into his private offlco
and immediately returned to the
anteroom and stated that. Johnson
had walked out of the door in his
private otlice leading into the hall of
the State house and could not be
found. 1 called up the governor's
oflic and verified Mr. Senn's report
as to the fact, that Johnson had escaped.
I at once communicated with
the Columbia police department and
requested them to use every endeavor
to apprehend Johnson. In .addition
I deputized W. T. Marsh, a constable
of this city, who knows Johnson
personally, to serve the warrant."
(lovernor Hlease makes the following
statement:
"I was sitting in my otlice, and
Col. John K. Aull, my secretary,
came in and stated that there was an
officer outside who wanted to see
James Johnson. 1 told him to come
in. He walked in my office. When
he came in I asked him to let me see
his papers. He showed his warrant
to me. I saw it was a warrant issued
by the United States commissioner.
I also saw that lie was a rural policeman
for Richland County.
"I said to him 'are you not a
rural policeman for this county?' He
said, yes, sir.' 1 said, 'haven't you
enough to do to attend to your own
duties as rural policeman without
trying to run the business of the
United States Government and of the
Governor's office?' He said he supposed
so. 1 then said, 'well, if you
want to hold your job you had bettor
try to attend to the business of Richland
County, for which you are employed;
I don't know of any business
you have serving warrants for the
United States Government when you
are in the employment of the people
of Richland County; and don't you in
your position put your hands on this
man Johnson.'
"With that he left the office, and
the next I heard from the warrant 1
learned it was in the hands of the
man who was sitting in the outer office
of the Governor's offices when
Johnson walked out of the other
door. Rural Policeman Hipp was not
ordered out of my office and was not
treated Impolitely either by my secretary,
so far as I know, or by myself.
I spoke positively to him, as 1
always speak positively on a matter
of immediate business to everybody.
"Neither I nor my secretary or
stenographer have any duty to perform
either as detectives or as marshals
or policeman, and if the marshal
sent by the United States commissioner
wanted to sit down in the
outer office, to which I was called by
my secretary on a matter of business,
while James Johnson walked out the
other door, it was none of my lookout
and none of my business."
Whore Is Your Hoy, To-night?
The Sumter Herald says: "The
sad tragedy In Greenville was an eyeopener
for some of the parents in
this land of ours. There are parents
in this city who know as much about
their boys' habits as an old grey
mule. They know they have gone
"down street", but where, is another
question. And the sad part about it
Is, they don't seem to care." Where
is your boy, to-night?
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The Kowesvllle school and the
South Goodland school each has been
i allowed one hundred dollars from the
State fund for term extension pur
poees.
THEY BLAME TAFT
MOOSE CLAIMS THAT HE CAUSED
THE TROUBLE BY
UNDOING TEDDYS WORK
IVotfresMvo Ko|>ul>lionn.s Declare
Thoy "IIhv? tho Goods" on President
Tuft in Si^uin^ ttwo Itecont
Treaty With Jupun und Wlilvli is
CtkiisiiiK so Much Feeling.
HrwjKYiisihility In pkioed directly
utinn I .? -
..,,w.. inf ouuuiuurs 01 wiiiiain Howard
Taft for embarrassment Buffered
by the federal government In the
present situation in California relative
to the Japanese question. The
Hull Mooaors are the ones who tlx
the blame on Mr. Taft, and they say
they "have the Roods".
At the time of the difficulty over
the admission of Japanese children
to the public schools of San Francisco,
it. will be remembered that
President Roosevelt fixed up the
matter of restriction of Japanese immigration
by means of a gentleman's
agreement with the Japanese government.
It devolved upon President
Taft to negotiate a treaty to continue
that agreement, and he did so thru
Secretary Knox.
Hut, according to the claims of
those closest to 'Mr. Roosevelt, Taft
made a mess of it.
This is explained by the fact that
in the Roosevelt arrangement, while
it was agreed that the United States
would accept the word of the Japanese
government to see to it that the
tide of Japanese emigration to this
country was stopped, there was a
reservation of the right to restrict
the Japanese by legislation. In the
treaty negotiated by President Taft
mi (I Secretary Knox (his was left
out.
The self-spoken Japanese ambassador
appears to have argued to the
president that since the reservation
of the right to apply harsher methods
was not harmonious. Tie, therefore,
suggested that it bo left solely as a
gentleman's agreement, and that the
reservation of legisratlvo authority
bo stricken out.
About this time Colonel Roosevelt
heard of what was pending, and although
bis relations with the White
House then were not of the best, he
considered the emergency so urgent
that ho sent a special messenger to
Washington from Oyster Ray to warn
the president of the grave error he
was making.
The messenger, however, reached
Washington too late. While he was
en route from New York to Washington
the treaty was consumated
with the smooth suggestion of the
Japanese ambassador incorporated in
it as one of the salient provisions.
The colonel's messenger wired his
chief "too late".
Ever since then Colonel Roosevelt
has known that the treaty contained
possibilities of indefinite trouble for
the United States. As it stands it
gives the Japanese government the
undoubtable right to protest against
legislative acts in this country that in
any way apply to tlie restriction of
Japanese rights. If Colonel Roosevelt's
reservation had been retained,
the Japanese government would have
no tangible ground upon which to
stand while presuming to interfere
with American legislation.
It is on this point of the existing
treaty. It will do the Wilson adminrassment
of the Wilson administration
conies in. Treaty was ratified
and promulgated and is in full
force. Japan is a friendly country
To legislate against the Japanese is si
breach of the express terms of i
solemn international covenant.
To legislate against them even un
der cover, California may prove e
technical violation of the treaty, sub
Ject to revision by the courts. Ir
any event the situation is quite a?
nasty and undesirable as one admin
istration possibly could pass along tc
its successor.
That Roosevelt and Governoi
Johnson have been astute enough t<
use the loose work of the Taft admin
istration to their own political advan
tage In California is only another o
the injuries Mr. Taft bestowed upoi
Mr. Wilson.
If California legislates Japan wil
undoubtedly allege violation of th<
treaty. It will bo the Wilson admin
istration little good to claim lack o
responsibility for the acts of a state
for a treaty in the supreme law o
both Japan and the United Statei
and Japan will hold the federal gov
em men t to account.
It can do ho either in an interna
tional court of arbitration or b;
force of arms. Hut that it will do s<
much ho accepted as a certainty. I
was this situation which was fore
seen by Colonel Roosevelt when h
made his ineffectual attempt to in
terfere in the negotiations betweei
the Japanese government and th
Taft administration.
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Kxplodes Willi Fatal Results.
Fifteen or twenty men are estl
mated to have been killed or wound
ed by the premature explosion Sat
urday afternoon of twelve tons o
1 dynamite between Pedro Miguel loc
and the Mlraflorea locks of the Pane
ma canal.
HONORED IN GERMANY (
THIHUTK TO THE OKXIUH OP I>R*
J. MA HI ON KIMS.
Who Wiw (lie First American I'liyslriiui
Ever Consulted bj the Hoyalt/
of the Old World.
The New York Sun bays It 1b gratifying
to note that the (lay on which
the pioneer of gynecology naw the
light has been remembered in that
Heverely scientific nation, Germany.
The great regard In which men who
have accompliHhed things for the
world's betterment am held In that
wuiur/ coairiDuieo materially to
tho renown and prosperity of itfl people.
Our republican simplicity haw at
times revolted at what la euphemistically
called horo worship.
It is u significant fact, nevertheless,
that the achievements of Its citizens
are the most valuablo assets of a
country. Regarded even In this unsentimental
light the courage and
genius of our J. Marion Sims in originating
an entirely new branch of
surgery deserve to be commemorated
and to be held up to the present generation
as an examplo for emulation.
Dr. J. Marion Sims, a native of
Lancaster, S. C., emigrated to Montgomery,
Ala., in order to enlarge his
field of practice. Thero ho devised a
method of surgical procedure for the
repair of serious injuries which in
that proantisentlc day was made possible
only by the substitution of tho
silver suture for the silk suturo. So
fruitful was this and other work of
Dr. Sims for tho welfare of suffering
women that his fame spread to Kurope,
and ho was the first American
physician consulted by royalty.
Those whose happy privilego it was
to know this grand man personally
were not surprised that he rapidly
uwniuo tne vaiuea adviser of tho
nobility. In him woro discerned all
those element# of character which
are the attribute of true nobility;
simplicity almost childlike, sympathy
almost feminine, courtesy without ostentation;
tho charming manner, the
kindling eye, the cordial handgrasp
bespoke a great soul, as did his deftness
betoken the great surgeon.
The Muenchner Modizinische Wochenschrift
in a recent issue published
an excellent portait of I)r. Sims
with an appreciative sketch of his
life, concluding that "America is ontitled
to honor in tho history of operative
gynecology. The names of
Mc-Dowell, Nott, Battey, Emmet,
Bozeman, Edebohis and Kelly will
be known for all time, but none
shines with such lustre as tho name
of J. Marlon Sims."
CHESTER VETERAN MURDERED.
John (i. Lewis Victim of Foul Deed
on Thursday Night.
John (r. Lewis, an old Confederate
soldier, was murdered at his home,
three miles west of Corn well in Chester
County Thursday night, tho motive
evidently being robbery, as a
watch and pistol belonging to the
deceased woro missing. Friday
morning the murder was discovered
by James Dove, a farm hand, when
he went to the house to perform
morning choree, and tho alarm was
spread hurriedly through the neighborhood.
It was at first thought that it
might havo been a ease of suicide,
but tho finding of two wounds, on*
in the side and the other in the back,
discounted this theory and the coroner's
jury brought in a verdict of
death at the hands of some unknown
party. However, it was necessary to
continue tho Inquest on account of
' scarcity of testimony.
Mr. Lewis lived alone at some dis1
tance from the nearest neighbor, and
1 as ho was a man of some means it in
tho general opinion that he was murdered
for money that ho was suppos1
ed to have on the premises. Most of
his money, however, was in the bank
1 at Chester, and tho sum of forty dol4
lars, which was in tho house, was
not found by the murderers.
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THINKS SOUTH SUIGHTEIh
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No Ainbassudor or Minister and (Vmsuls
From This Section.
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l Senator Johnson, of Alabama, has
asked tho Senate to have the foreign
1 relations committee investigate the
3 geographic distribution of ambaesa
dors, ministers and consuls. 11? dt>f
clared that, not an ambassador came
, from the South and only SO consuls
f from 1 1 Southen States despito the
s competitive examination system. Sen
ator Williams declared that the Senate
should hold up nominations If
r the South were ignored. Upon his
y suggestion, Senator Johnson amendo
ed his resolution to inquire into the '
t politcial faiths of the present consuls
- but, with objection by Senator (lale
linger, the resolution went over.
n Shot at "Peeping Tom".
e Dr. S. D. Parson, president of the
Dank of Woodruff, found a man up a
tree peeping into his hoxse Thursday
night and fired a shot gun at him.
1- The man dropped and fled. A poeeo
I- searched vainly for several hours.
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>t The new tariff law puts many
k things the farmers use in their bueii
ness on the free list, which will make
them cheaper.