The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 12, 1914, Image 5
BITS ENGLISH VIEW1
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WHAT GREAT BRITAIN THINKS
OF BENTON'S MUItDKR.
TENSION IS RELIEVED
Wilson and His Cabinet Discuss the
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Mexican Situation?Agree to Stick f
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to Policy of Peace, Although !>?- j
termined to Show Firmness in its 1
Dealings With Both Sides.
Great Britain's pronouncement s
through Sir Edward Grey that tho ^
United States was in no way respon- 1
alble for the recent execution at Jua- l
rer of William S. Benton, a British 1
ubject, and that the American gov- 1
rnment would not be asked to re- 1
?ort to force as a result of the lnci- (
dent was the chief factor in tho Moxi- (
<van situation Tuesday. >
Tension, which had been felt at *
Washington over tho killing of Benton,
arose largely because it was believed
Great Britain might press tlie 1
United States into taking the most '
drastic steps to obtain reparation. 1
The British view that tho United (
states is not obliged to demand re- 1
paration for Great Britain lessens *
the tension to some extent, although *
it is declared tho Benton Incident has
developed an intention on tho part of f
the American government to take a f
more aggressive attitude toward tho i
contending faction in Mexico. t
TX7V.Ho ,1 t ~ I - ? - ' 1
H linn UC1II1IV.U til IUI IllilllUU aS tO '
the fate of Gustav Ranch, tho Ameri- 1
can citizen supposed to havo been *
killed by Constitutionalists, and *
Clemente Vergara, another American 1
reported murdered by Mexican Fed- '<
erals, was lacking, it is certain there 1
will be no let-up in tho efforts of the 1
American government to obtain
complete investigations. t
There wero few dispatches of im- {
portance to tho Stato department '
from Mexico Tuesday. Word was be- '
ing awaited from Gen. Carranza as to *
whether ho would persist in his atti- 1
tudo of denying tho right of tho Unit- <
ed States to inquire about a British
subject, which halted tho expedition 1
of commissioners who were to exam- 1
ino Benton's body. Carranza's friends {
at Washington have been telegraph- i
ing the Constitutionalist chief advis- (
ing a change in his position, but no i
word had been received by them up *
to lato Tuesday from Nogales.
That the United States again may <
communicate with Carranza seeking
protection for foreign subjects was intimated
by Secretary Bryan. Itopro- ?
mentations have been made to the 1
United States on behalf of a Span- I
iard named Ruiz and it is likely tho (
American government will make in- 1
quiries of Carranza as to him. Though
there have been intimations in press i
dispatches that the same answer i
would bo. given to inquiries about t
Spanish ^ubjocts as was given about 1
the Benton case, the intention of tlie i
American government to continue to *
act for other nations has not been \
altered. t
The phases of the situation and i
Oarranza's attitude occupied much of t
the time at the cabinet meeting.
Some administration official expressed
the opinion that, while Carranza
may not have intended to bo un- 1
friendly to the United States in defying
the right of this government to
make inquiries about foreign subjects
lie had imposed an embarrassing sitmation.
Cabinet members agreo with the
president that every peaceful means
irst should bo tried to settle the
Mexican question bfore there is resort
to armed intervention. There Is
apparent, however, a stiffening in
the American policy and a firmness
which is interpreted in official circles
as meaning an insistence on demands
hitherto made. There is
every reason to believe the United ?
States will continue to press its request
for an examination of Benton's
body.
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Chester Child Burned to I>eath.
The child of Sam Rainey, a negro
of Chester, was found dead by Its
mother on her return home Tuesday
afternoon. It had fallen among the
Waeing wood fire and was horribly
burned.
Boys Have Scrap in Church.
The pastor of a church In Falls
River, Mass. Is nursing a broken arm,
sustained In parting two boy gymnasium
teams, who began fighting over
a basket ball gamo in the church gymnasium.
Bun Over by Fast Train.
Mistaking a limited train for a
a t ??..n ? m TirAi/vM
ireigni, james J. xviunen, 01 wmui- i
town, N. Y., while crossing tho S. A. t
L. tracks at Iiranton, Fla., Friday 1
was struck and instantly killed. 1
Dinner to Underwood.
As a tribute to tho work of Oscar
W. Underwood of Alabama, as Demo- 1
cratic leader in the House, President -t
Wilson will give a dinner at tho 1
White House on March 9.
Will Pay Big Tax.
One Chicago man will pay an In- 1
oome tax of $42,616.68, his annual ]
income being nearly $1,000,000 i
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JIANCEE WAS HIS SISTER
IROTHER WENS 1IKR IX)VE NOT
KNOWING THEIR TIK.
ting Given Him by His Slater When
They Separated Identities Them on
Their Wedding Day.
A ring, made from a ten-cent
>lece, has prevented Frank Cameron
rom ma ~ying his sister, known as
n ry Har, . The girl Is at her ranch
10k e, near Becklngham, Colo., alliost
prostrated, and the man Is brok;n
by grief. I
The revelation of their relation-1
ihlp, just three hours before the pair
vero to be married, was brought
ibout purely by chance. The boy
ind girl, whose real names are Frank
md Mary Howard, were separated in
owa when Cameron was 1 1 years old
md his sister 9. Their parents had
lied. The children were taken to an
>rplians' home, but in a short time
vero adopted, each by a different
amily
Frank gave to his sister when they
arted a little circlet?tho rim of a
iimo, out of which he had cut the
lead. This was all he had. He told
ler to keep it always to remind her
if him. The sister in turn gave the
joy a small gold ring?a gift from
ler dead mothnr?ami nnininn.i
o keep that also.
The family named Cameron that
idopted the hoy soon moved to Cali'ornia,
then back east to Illinois and
Inally to Canada. Frank had adopt)d
the Cameron name, but he had not
'orgotten his sister. He went to
[owa after attaining manhood and
marched for her. But the Hardy
amily, whose name she had taken,
ilso had moved a great deal. So finilly
he gave up the search and went
lo Colorado where ho took up a
lomestead.
By a rare coincidence, Mary Hardy
irrived in Colorado about the same
line and also filed on a homestead.
V number of years passed and then
Frank Cameron and Mary Hardy met
it a "literary", one of the popular
'onus of entertainment at the counry
schoolhouses in the plains region.
Young Cameron fel in lovo with
lis pretty neighbor, and she admired
lim. lie called often at her home,
mil, finally, when lie proposed mardago,
she accepted him. When Cameron
appeared, on what was to be the
lappy day, at the home of his fiencee
die was dressed in her wedding gown.
"Whose ring is that on your watch
iliain?" the girl asked.
"It belonged to my little sister?"
He <1 i<l not finish the answer. The
>lrl linrl run (ti onntlior "i?">
Presently she hurried to him and
placed a small silver elrolet?the rim
>f a dime from which tho head had
jeen cut.
Then the girl screamed and fell
meonscious. Friends who had arrived
to accompany them to Greeley,
lie county seat where they were to
>o married, looked on in amazement.
\fter Miss Hardy had regained coniciousness
sin? and her brother explained
all to their friends. Then
hey embraced and parted for a time,
is tho new love had not yet displaced
ho old.
11LACK
FIEND PUNISHED.
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Vcgro Gets Thirty Years As Result of
Attacking White Girls.
Protest, threats of recall and delunciations
poured In Wednesday on
Judge Willis, of tho criminal department
of tho Superior Court, because
ho sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment
Charles Guyton, a young
negro, convicted of highway robbery,
although he only stole a white girl's
kiss. Deputations of foolish white
women visited tho Judgo to demand
Lhat action be taken to savo Guyton
from such sovero punishment.
Telephone messages informed him
hat petitions were being prepared for
tils recall. Other women called in person
to say that steps would bo taken
to procure a pardon from the Governor.
Judge Willis explained that the
negro had been convicted of highway
robbery. IIo had taken a dime from
the white girl, although lie gave it
tiack after ho kissed her, but he had
subjected six other young white women
to (dmilar treatment, besides
criminally attacking two negro girls.
Execute Hold Robbery.
Two youthful robbers of Louisville,
Ky., Tuesday night entered a jewelry
jtoro, drove the proprietor and his
clerk out at pistol points and proceeded
to sank the store of $4,000
Aortli of Jewelry.
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Millionaire's IJaby Burns/
While playing with matches In Augusta
Wednesday, Joseph Speer, Jr.,
he one year old child of a northern
nilllonaire was burned to death when
le sot fire to his clothes.
Wreck Injures Fourteen.
Fourteen jersons wero injured and
nuch railroad property destroyed in
i wreck Tuesday near Port Jervis, N.
V., between two passenger trains.
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Took Poison for Quinine.
Thos. A. Mills, mail carrier from
Port Mill Monday took a quantity of
poison, mistaking it for quinine. He
vill recover.
TO hlUPJBAMBLlNB
MBASVIIE DESIGNED TO STOP
COTTON SPECULATION.
SMITH AUTHOR OF BILL
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Junior Senator I*resenU? Favorable
Deport on Anti-Futures Bill?
Would Bar Use of Mails to Traders
Who Disregard Government Standards
of Value.
Senator Smith of South Carolina
Thursday submitted a favorable report
of tho committee on agriculture
of the Senate upon his bill to regulato
trading in cotton futures and
provide for the standardization of
"upland55 and "gulf" cottons separately.
Tho bill, which Senator Smith
had drawn and which was introduced
In April last, provides that any porson,
corporation, etc., engaged in interstate
commerce, in making or offering
for sale any contracts for the
future delivery of cotton shall specify
the grades contracted for in each
contract, and that theso grades shall
be according to tho government
standardization. Tho effect of this
measure will be practically to force
tlio exchanges to adopt tho government
standards of cotton.
A further section of tho bill of
Senator Smith provides that tho interstate
means of communication,
such as the mails, telegraph lines and
express companies, shall ho denied to
persons and corporations in making
contract which do not conform to the
first section of tho bill, and makes
tho violation of tho terms of tho act
a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or
imprisonment or both.
When the bill was considered by
tho committee last summer, Senator
Smith was authorized to write the
favorable report of tho committee on
it. Pending certain investigations
which tho department was making
under the terms of a resolution of
Senator Smith to test tho spinning
values of cotton, ho withheld making
tho report on his cotton futures bill
until these tests had been completed.
Now that these tests have been finished
and so completely prove the
contention of Senator Smith that after
all tho intrinsic values of the different
grades of cotton are practically
the same and that tho main difference
is in tho amount of waste, Senator
Smith has prepared the detailad
report which ho submitted to the
Senate. Tho report, although not
very lengthy, clearly sets out tho
practices of the cotton exchanges of
the country. Senator Smith discussed
in a clear manner the fixed difference
system, and shows this to he the
basis of t he nbiect innnhle nnomllnna
of tho exchanges.
I "This means," the report continues,
discussing tho method of fixed differences,
"that the price of tlie different
grades, as compared with some grade
taken as a standard or comparison
and universally known as 'middling',
is fixed arbitrarily by tho exchange
for a period of time.
"To illustrate: Prior to January
1, 1 908, the Now York exchange had
divided the different grades of cotton
into 30 gTades. 'Middling' was
the standard of comparison. This
might bo regarded as representing
zero. All of the grades below it, 15
in number, wero considered of greater
value; all of the grades above it, 14
(in number, were considered pf greater
value. Tho committee of the exchange,
charged by tho exchange
with the duty of fixing difference,
would meet on a given date and determine
what would bo tho relativo
prices of all tho grades above and be
i iow middling ror mo next tnree
months. It will be understood that
during all of the years preceding, the
trade had recognized a difference in
the value of the grades, but as a matter
of course this difference was
largely dependent upon tlio supply of
the different grades. 4
"They were never uniform in their
volume?one season might bo open
and another might be cloudy and
damp. During the open season there
would be naturally a greater supply
of the more desirable or higher
grades and a lesser supply of the
lower or more undesirable grades.
The difference between them would
be less because there wore certain
mills which regularly bought and used
the lower grades; others bought
and used the higher grades. When,
therefore, the supply of either one of
those two divisions was excessive, the
law of supply and demand was supposed
to reflect this, but under the
fixed difference on tiro exchange it
did not. The result was that there
was attracted to New York a considerable
amount of low grade cotton
which was stored and used as stock
for delivery in settlement of outstanding
contracts.
"A section in the New York cotton
exchange contract provided that the
seller of a contract for delivery
should sell basis middling but the
seller had the privilege of delivering
1 r\ a a# 1 a an f a f 1? 1 ? /*/? %* a* *
111 Dumuuiuiii ui i mo V/Uiui aci any
grade or grades admissible under the
terms of the New fork cotton evchange
at his pleasure.
"This resulted in an absolute demoralization
of the trade, the news
being sent abroad that middling cot
ton was being bought In Now York at
conts per pound, when It wa* really
worth 2 or 3 cents more por pound,
, demoralized and practically ruined
' the cotton market, Instances are op
record where the quotations for future
contracts 'basl* middling' quoted
'middling' from $7 .Vi to 110 per bale
lower than 'spot middling' could be
bought?that Is, the ac til 'spot cotton'
out of the warehouse in New
York.
"Therefore, the complaint of the
farmers was Just and righteous. As
the commissioner of commerce and
labor said In his report, there were
a few who understood ihe nature of
a contract and could possibly govern
themselves so as not to sustuln a serious
loss, but the rank and file of
the small farmers of the country who
were dependent upon the local buyer
for their prices were mercilessly
fleeced. Thso local buyers, of course,
would pay them for their 'middling'
cotton according to the future quotations
of 'middling' cotton tho the Now
York exchange.
"At the second session of the Sixtyfirst
congress an appropriation of
$3G,G50 was made for tho establishment
of standards for tno different
trrn /Ina r\f 1 *?1 ' ?
I ciumvo KJI v,vsiiuu. llllrt IU?UlieU 111
tho establishment by the government
of nine oilicial grades, viz, 'good ordinary,'
'strict good ordinary,' 'low middling,'
'strict low middling,' 'middling,'
'strict middling,' 'good middling,'
'striet good middling' and
'middling fair.' These grades were
made with reference to the color and
foreign matter of the cotton."
Tho bill which this report accompanies,
after being carefully reviewed
by tho committee on agriculture
of tho Senate, recommends to congress
that tho mall, telegraph and all
services used for the transmission of
news shall bo denied to any party,
corporation, association or individual
who does not specify tho specillc
grade being sold and tho prico at
which such specific grade is being
sold, tho date of delivery, and such
grade or grades as aro contracted for
and that tho delivery shall bo according
to tho government standardization.
This bill would eliminate
tho matter complained of above?tho
basis contract and tho fixed difference.
Some doubt has arisen as to
whether or not tho federal government
has tho power to determine the
nature of any contract entered into
and technically complied with, wholly
within a particular State, but there
can bo no doubt that tho means of interstate
communication may bo denied
parties when it is demonstrated
that such contract is not in accordance
with hnnnwtv nnd fntr flnnllntr
V4xy?.il.c.
It la but fair to state that since the
Introduction of tho bill which thia report
accompanies a very startling
revelation has been made by tho department
of agriculture, under the
term of a Senate amendment to the
agricultural appropriation bill during
tho last session. Tills amendment
appropriated $ 10,000 to teat the spinning
values of tho different grades of
cotton standardized by tho government,
so as to ascertain the real, commercial,
intrinsic valuea of the different
grades.
This has just been completed by
tho department of agriculture and
samplos of the results are available.
Tho result o{ this investigation reveals
the fact that tho difference between
the grades from "good ordinary"
to "middling fair", which extremes
comprise tho nine grades
standardized by tho government, is
practically negligible. Hence, it appears
that no great losses would be
sustained by tho producers of cotton
if tho cotton exchanges were to be
limited in their deliveries to the government
standards, and the prices of
tho different grades made to conform
to the spinning values of the different
grades as determined by the ofllcial
tests above referred to. In this
1.111 4 1. ?... 11 li-.l A? i V 1X1
IJ11I intjy UIU 11U1IIUU to lliu spucinc
grades.
It Is the opinion of the committee
that this bill should pass, according
to the findings of the department of
agriculture and the tests above referred
to, the evils complained of will
be eliminated. It Is the opinion of
tho committee also that the passage
of this bill will ultimately force the
exchanges to accept tho government
standardization and to acknowledge
that the fictitious differences as they
have heretofore fixed them between
tho several grades are unwarranted
and unreal.
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Negro Gets Light Sentence.
In sentencing a negro rapist a
[firlfnrfl Pnnn litrlfrn acilrl ThiiPOflau
i i u i 11 w i \i ^ vv/iitiif j i4ii^u ouiu i ii ui imuj
"I sentence you to not moro than 25
years and not less than 20 years In
the StAto penitentiary, and you may
thank heaven that you live in a more
or less temperate zone.
Unemployed Make Journey.
Equipped with blankets and cooking
utensils, 200 unemployed men
started for Washington from San
Francisco, Cal., Friday to petition to
Congress for work.
Negro Steals Mail Sack.
\ negro of Jollet, 111., admitted to
the police Thursday that he and an
accomplice stole a mail sack containing
$L0,000 in uncancelled checks.
AVatcr Tank Broken.
The water tank of the Southern
railway was shaken down at Folville,
Ga., by the earthquake of Thursday
afternoon.
INQUIRY IS HALTLD
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HOAHD INVESTIGATING HKXTON'S
DEATH IS STOPPED.
FACTS ARE III MED II. S.
Cnrr?n/a, Rebel Lender, on Saturday
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Declines to Answer American Dip- '
loinntic Inquiries as to Denton's
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Death?On Sunday He Itefusos to 1
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Allow Hoard to Examine llody.
Gen. Carranza Saturday declined to
furnish the Stato department at
Washington information regarding
the killing at Juarez of tho British
i subject, William S. Benton. The
revolutionary leaders say that the
death of Benton, a Briton, should be
taken up through tho diplomatic
channels of his country. Tho fact
that England has recognized the
Huerta central government was not :
mentioned in tho reply, but occasioned
much speculation among those
familiar with tho situation.
All correspondence on tho Mexican
sido of the matter was given to the
Associated Press with the statement
of Senor Fabela that tho Benton case
was being investigated for tho information
of Gen. Carranza, or perhaps
In caso England should request the
data. This, it. was pointed out, would
put England in the position of either
actually recognizing tho constitutionalist
party in spito of tho previous
recognition of Huerta, or being unable
to obtain information regarding
tho wolfaro of its subjects in territory
^controlled by the insurgents.
In tho meantime, information has
reached Washington, which is deem
ed conclusive, that Benton was unarmed
and was shot to death In Villa's
oirice, pistol bullets through the
stomach ending his life. Benton carried
no arms when ho approached
Villa's ofllce in Juarez; he spent two
hours waiting for the interview that
ended in his death, walking back and
forth in front of the ollico building;
ho was shot through the stomach after
ho entered the office and received
other wounds afterwards, although
the first was mortal.
On Saturday it was not known exactlyywlien
tho committee, appointed
to investigate tho killing of Benton,
would begin its works. Its start depended,
it was said at Washington
Saturday, on tho availability of tho
special train which Villa promised to
provide for tho transportation of the
party. Secretary Garrison early in
tho day authorized Gen. Scott, in
command of the post at El Paso, to
detail two army surgeons to make a
medical examination of the body;
and Acting Secretary Moore, of the
Stato department, said it had been
1 r> f t to tho onllontor nf rrnei a m r* nr?/l
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tho United States district attorney at
El Paso to select two representatives
of tho Stato department.
Sunday great surprise was occasioned
at Juarez, Mexico, where the
Ronton investigating committee was
prevented from proceeding to Chihuahua
to examine the slain Ponton's
body by rebel order. Col. Fidel
Avila, military commander, declined
to permit them to board the regular
passenger train which was waiting.
Whether the incident means delay
or the permanent prohibition of the
mission could not be learned. The
mystery thrown around the occurrence
led to many apparently exaggerated
rumors. Persistent inquiry at
Juarez and in El Paso failed to establish.
anything but the one fact that
tho commissioners were refused passports
on tho Mexican side and returned
to El Paso. No official in
Juarez has authority to tako such action
as was taken in this case. Only
two persons in Northern Mexico have
the power?Venustlano Carranza and
Clen. Francisco Villa.
mo order surprised tho commissioners.
Villa at Chihuahua repeatedly
has expressed his desire to hasten
the inquiry, and his offer of a special
train to take tho commission
from Juarez to Chihuahua, where
Benton's body is said to bo buried,
was formally accepted by Marion
Letcher, the American consul there.
Coorge C. Carothers, agent of the
State department in many of tho dealings
with Villa, delayed his departure
for Chihuahua.
Villa Demands Huge Hansom.
Louis Terrazas, Mexican refugee,
Thursday appealed to the United
States Consul at El Paso, saying that
Francisco Villa would kill his son
unless 500,000 pesos wero paid immediately.
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Woman Arrested in Man's Clothes.
The Charleston police Thursday arrested
a man, supposedly, but leter
discovered that "ho" was a woman.
She was charged with drnnkenness,
hut gave bail and disappeared.
Covers Clerk and (Jets His Money.
A well dressed stranger walked
into the ofllce of an Atlanta loan firm
and covered the clerk with his revolver,
taking $15 from his pockets.
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Ilahy Hums to Death.
When its cradle caught fire from a
stove nearby the baby of Charles Louik,
of Iowa City, la., ten months old,
was burned to death Wednesday.
THEY STEAL ONLY AUTOS
NEW YOKK CHAI'KFKIK 1VLIS
OF TIIIKVING KYNIMCATK.
Tolls How Automobile* .\ie Su?l?*a
nn<l "P'pneed" on a Scale That i?*
Nation.will? in Its Work.
The existence of a country-m id?syndicate
of nutomobll? thieves and
"fences", with headquarters in N*?w
York. New Orleans, Ilostoon, Chicago
and Philadelphia, was revealed a t* w
days ago in a confession made t<?
Judge Rwnnn and Assistant DlstrP t.
Attorney Deeul, in New York city.
l>y Charles Hudy, an accused chaut'
four. Hudy admits he made thou
sands of dollars in the laat year as
director of a gang of automobilo
thieves and receiver of the machines
they stole. Rudy's story has result tul
In the arrest of Frederick K.
Goodman and Felix Leopold.
An Important part of Rudy's confession
deals with his relations with
automobile insurance companies.
itutiy ueciares many or the tnortt*
were made as a roan It of a tacit tinderstanding
with tho insurance ad
jesters. They agreed to i)tiy hack alt
insured machines he stole "and ask
no questions".
According to figures given to Judge
Swann, 258 automobiles, valued at.
over $.">00,000, were stolen by the
gang in 1012. Of theso 188 wcro
sold to insurance companies. Ninety
per cent, of tho rest were shipped to
other cities in exchange for cars la'
er sold in New York.
Rudy asserts that when cars were
stolen they were run to garages in
various parts of New York city. Ho
insists there is not a garage in tho
metropolis in which he has not at
some time had such cars instorajsc.
After a time tho cars are altered a*
much as possible and then resold
Where it is deemed too risky to make
a sale in New York city they are
shipped to other places and disposed
of. The scheme is followed in other
cities.
Rudy asserts that insurance adjusters
were eager for business with
auto thieves. These adjusters would
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can ivutijr quvt'iai iiiuun u un/ aiiu
ask if ho had any oars. If not Rudy
would summon Ids accomplices, toll
them what cars to steal and how to
steal them. Then tho adjusters
would offer a reward for tho stolen
car and take it off tho hands of tho
thieves, ltudy declares this plan was
followed to advertise tho wisdom of
having cars insured, and to make
money for himself and the adjusters.
llOIlllEKY UNKOIjVKD.
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Express Mystery of Last September
Still Defies Southern Detectives.
Although flvo months have passed
Rinco $7 1,900 was stolen from a port
able safe in transit from New York to
Savannah, tho mysterious expree?
robbery is no nearer solution than the
day it was discovered, when tho safe
was opened. News that tho money was
missing was telegraphed to official*
of tho company a day or two before
it leaked out on September 10 last. It
was tho signal for a small array of
detectives, officials and special agent*
to go to Savannah and solve the theft
They worked several days and nights
ther<9and sent a voluminous report tohigher
officials in New York.
r.very employe, wno nan an opportunity
to steal tho monew was pur
under surveillance. A suspicious step
would have resulted in an arrest, bat
none has ever been made. Every employe
is still working for the company.
It is the belief of officials of th?
Southern Express company that sooner
or later the thief will make a false
step and his arrest will follow. Confidence
that the mystery will be solved
is expressed by them.
CASH DKAWEIl ROBBED.
Ticket A Kent at Chester Knocked Unconscious
by Strange Men.
Tho boldest robbery committed in
Chester for some years occurred Friday
afternoon at tho Seaboard Air
Line depot, when Mr. A. Pat Wilson,
day ticket agent, was knocked down,
it is said, by two strange white men,
who then rifled tho cash draper ?f
$261.80 and fled. Tho robbery was
committed Just after the departure of
a passenger train, after the crowd
had left tho station and Mr. Wilson
was preparing to cross the street to
tho freight depot.
One of the men la described by Mr.
Wilson as being about 5 feet, 6 Inches
In height, and heavy set, while his
companion was taller. They are believed
to bo strangers. Mr. Wilson
was knocked unconscious with some
blunt instrument, and lay in that condition
for half an hour, or more. Upon
coming to his senses ho was able
to glvo only a partial description of
his assailants, as ho was knocked
down Just as ho opened the door, and
was preparing to stop out.
Drugged and Hobbed Old Man.
Drugged by burglars, who broke
into his homo near Silver Creek, N.Y.,
George Lillie, 98 years old, was found
dead, and his daughter, Emma Lillie,
3 0 years old, in in a serious condition.