Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I TWO I HOLT IDENTIFIED AS WIFE KILLER | Massachusetts Dectectives Prove he is Man Known as Erich Muenter WROTE HIS WIFE LINERS WERE UUUMEU Killed Himself Last Week by Jumping From Top of Cell. Frank Holt, the Cornell University Professor, who shot J. P. Morgan in his home near Glen Cove, committed suicide in the jail at Mineola, N. Y. While several of the jail authorities declare that Holt killed himself by climbing through the opening at the top of the cell doo-" and then plunging to the narrow court below, Holt's keeper said that he was positive that . the prisoner was killed in his own , cell where he found the body. i Several of those about the jail said ? they heard an explosion the report coming1 from Holt's cell. This noise, , it was believed, was due to the fall- ] ing of boards from the to]) of the cell, i District Attorney Smith searched \ Pni! V. roll im nediatelv nftpv mvivinir at the jail ami for v.i a letter written j on yellow paper. The letter which | Holt must have written before he at tempted suicide v Ju 11 the pencil with j whu ii ha t ' 1.- vera an art' i v was , taken from him. was addressed "To My-Dears," and follows: 1 is Last Letter. "1 ma t \w '. * once more. The more 1 I think a >cv _ it the more I see the < useless;iev t living under such cir- < cum.st . is these Bring up trfe dear ; babies. 11; -v you. my sweet. Affectionately, Frank." P. S.?All please pardon me for all the heartaches I have brought you. , Pray with me that Fee slaughter will ,<stop. Fly heart aches, Good-bye." Frank Holt, was identified as Erich Muneute , the Harvard instructor who disappeared after being indicted as the murderer of his wife. Leona, in Cambrii Ve, Mass., in 1000. The Identification was made by S. r. Snvah, State detective of the district att rney's office of Middlesex county, M; uchuseits, Theodore Hillier. an auto; ol do man of Cambridge and A. T. Drown, 0. lloston. . I 1 ... ?\ , 1. Jeremiah O'Ryan, the keeper who was on guard u1 Ho'i's cell when Holt committed suicide, had recovered his 'composure sufficiently to tell a connected story. O'Ryan said he had been employed by Sheriff Pot tit to guard the prisoner from 8 p. rn. to 8 a. m. Last night at 8 o'clock O'Ryan went to the entrance of fTolt's ce^ipHolt seemed to be cheerful. "I had some food today and managed to retain it on my stomach." O'Ryan said Holt told him. "I feel much better but 1 must get some sleep These detectives have been coming in and asking me all kinds of questions and they have been bothering me day and night. I must get sleep. I have got an important statement to make tomorro wand I must be able to convince people that what I say is true." O'Ryan said Holt turned over on his side and remained there for about an hour. At the end of that time O'Ryan heard a noise in the next corridor. He glanced at Holt and saw he had chang >ed his position so he was facing the dor, but apparently was sleeping. O'Ryan then crept, he says, on his hands and knees down tho rnrri/lor to check the disturbance so Holt might sleep. He looked into the other corridor and found there was nothing there As he was about to start back O'Ryan said he heard a noise that sounded like a revolver shot. "I ran back to the cell and said to myself, 'He's done it. Somebody slip pen mm a gun.' 1 looked into his cell and did not see him. Then I thought that maybe he had been shot from the outside. I said to myself 'He might shoot me,' so I drew my revolver and went to the cell, expecting him to jump at me. It was dark and I could not see him. I tripped and fell. When I looked down I saw that I had fallen over his body." Counsel Satisfied. Martin W. Littleton, who had been retained as counsel for Holt, reached Mineola today and examined Holt's cell closely. Mr. Littleton climbed up in the iron bars in the side of the cell, as Holt apparently had done before committing suicide, to see if it were possible for a man to kill himself in FOREIGN ITEMS) GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING Kpnlpv Rrishnn O li.vaur nl<l ?"*nr?vn ^ M A Y ^ VMl vill tl V boy, waa arrested and placed in jail between 2 and 3 o'clock by Magistrate J. L. Gillis of Rembert on the J charge of having criminally assaulted the 8-year old daughter of a farmer of the Pisgah section of Sumter county. 1 The Turkish forces completely fail- ' ed in the big attack which they began ^ on July 4 against the Anglo-French forces on the Dardanelles. Secretary Lansing and others have transmitted to the president at Cor- * nish, N. H., tliiir views on the policy they believe ought to be pursued with ^ Germany . There arc now 199 cases of pella- * gara under observation in Arkansas,!* according to C. W. Garrison, State,1 health officer. Evidently bent on a decisive victory I against the Russians, the Germans,! assisted by their Austrian allies are 1 making every effort to capture War- 1 saw, the capital of Russian Poland. Tension over the destruction of the British steamer Armenian with the! loss of a number of American lives, was considerably relaxed in Washing-11 Ion following the receipt of unofficial!0 advices telling of the apparent refusal j af the ship's commander to heed the! warning of the German submarine to' stop. William Jennings Bryan. former 0 secretary of state, while strongly in ^ favor of universal peace is not an ad- 0 locate of "peace at any price, he raid \ n an address at a luncheon la. t week, j "The Russians, who in the second cattle of Krasr.ik were defeated by .he army of Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, are retreating in a northern and! northwestern direction pursued by the Austrians, who arc pressing; to attack. Possage of a law to compel editors .0 show their financial interest in po'ii. ios thov advocate was recommended 1 < ; 1 ? ;y William Jennings Bryan in an i \? ircss before the International Press congress at the Panama-Pacific expopition. J Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, who rj came to New York last week in answer to subpoena to testify against1 her husband; Harry K. Thaw, in the proceedings to determine his sanity, re- J ^ turned to her camp ai Chateaugy lake ! without having appeared in court. bfix persons were killed and eight i y injured in an explosion and a fire in ? A I < the factory of the Canadian Explos- j Ives company, at Peloeil, Quebec last! week. The wind and rain storm which;. 5\ ept cento al Indiana last week cans-' 4 ' V ?<l three fatalities, many injuries and L much property and crop damage. j. A dispatch dated July 8th, says The (.Yrran:'.a forces have pushed! their attack on the convention forces | (k fending Mexico up to within ten ;: miles of tho capital. Their military |; trains arc operating that close to the city. State department dispatches from Vera Cruz gave this report. According to figures compiled and ( published last Friday more than 50 persons were killed and several score injured by the violent wind and rain storm which extended from Nebraska to Ohio Thursday night. o Don't Carry a Handicap Through Life Did you ever stop to think that your every action, every thought, your disposition and character are influenced every day by the condition of your liver? Failure in life may be the direct result of a disordered Liver. Dr. Hilton's Life For The Liver And Kidneys will keep your Liver in perfect condition. Get a bottle. For sale by all Druggists. Distributed bv Murrav Drue Columbia, S. C.?adv. tf New student at t(ie door of Miss Noa's class in Rural Sociology: "Is this the rustic lady?" CHICHESTER S PILLS TK DIAMOND RKAM*. * I'Hit 'rut AhU yo^ir for ?i\ Evil < !?l?m??M?fTjrRnd/V\\ ig* 1*111 ? In lied *'i t ??<>M inrralllcxly / 'ty ^Tw4/} boxe*. sralctt vith Blue Ilihbon. f/l iif4 via no olh'jr. l?ry of yoi.r ? I'/ ~ rtf l>rii?rarlxt. .nVforritl^imTERB IV 1>U Al??Nf> RUaNJp fll.I.A, for ttfi V'tt* U yetn Tnown ai Pe^l, Suftit, AW'tyi Rellthl' A?r SOI J) (iY OftiiGGISTS tVERYWHfW that manner. Mr. Littleton was convinced that it was. Mr. Littleton sent the following telegram to Thomas R. James at Dallas: "Holt a suicide in jail here. Undoubtedly demented. Do you wish body shipped to Dallas?" The identification came after the t three men, Smith, Hillier, and Brown had made a careful examination of the | body. Smith said the gold bridge in Holt's upper right jaw was the same as that in the mouth of Munenter. The Massachusetts detective declared he was positive of his indentification. | Hillier, who lived with Munenter and drove him to the railroad station the night he disappeared, was equally positive, and so was Brown, who had known Munenter personally. 9 THE HORRY HERA WHAT OTHER PAP Good on Paper. On paper, this nation is doing a whopping business with Europe; it's good paper, too.?Evening Post. ri ?% \jvnt tvi? What has become of the old fashioned man who used to remember the editor with a basket of fruit??York Mews. I Difference in Taste. The Jacksonville Times-Union says his is something to paste in your hat: 'Sheep will eat more than a hundred cinds of weeds that are unpalatable 'or cattle." However, a cur dog prc'crs to eat a hundred sheep rather | nan think of bothering about catchng a steer.?Morning Star . Noise Helps. ( You can never arouse sympathy byj , >rooding over troubles in silence. It s better to howl.?Daily Record. . i About Sixteen. When the average girl arrives at he age of about 1G she is usually surmised to find out how little her motnr knows.?Daily Record. i . Easy Way. All the nervy ones are not dead.! ^ bank cashier found short bv the. i xamiv.er merely credited himself k*ith the amount on the books and a Ian cod.?Selected. Knows When. Most any man who tries to raise ' hie kens can tell you about when to ' xpect them to die.?Times & Demorat i 1 11 Long Dead. Once upon a time there was a drunk 1 nan who didn't want to talk. This> < individual expired in Co43 B. C,?The ' c Tate. J . IVI a t r! m (> 11 i a i G a nve. The garric of matrimony is like setnick?more fun without a widow.? Tie State. The Sensational. Marvel not that things are still haox hn.'.' all over the world. The ui\ex >ected is : hyays happening and those: vlio are looking* for sensatinons are OL going* to be disappointed very long* J it a time.?Wilmington Star. Fortunate For Thaw. "Harry Thaw was never insane'* is he opinion of the alienists. It s formulate for Thaw that these men were j lot on the jury that tried him for nurdcr.?Chalotte Observer. lias Coth. Mexico City needs police regulation is much or more than food. Uncle Sam has both.?Evening Tost. lias a UTurtle. It is our private opinion, publicly expressed, that the weather man has nn nnn Your Made ll f J One sure make your ste; III I I replace your Walking in b( wornout floor c the daily hot harder. cariy /0','K\ of carpets. \a\ fW money's worth yy like iron. S< y)W you are refun " Lgu just starting in s SUTHERLAND FUI CONWAY, SOU" 2.D, C0:n7AY, S. 0. ERS ARE SAYING some deep-seated grudge at thi3 cestion of the country.?York News. c /\ n ^ un urape. j "Bryan Loaded, Say3 Harvey," j * Here, here, George! Do you want to ! lose a 6-cent verdict, too ??The State. From Missouri. f A big banker, at a recent meeting c of bankers, spoke of "the abnormally c easy money" of today?or words to a that effect. Show us?lead us to it.? Marion Star. s 1; Mother's Fig Leaves. t One thing certain: Eve was not ' s forced to worry about the length of f her bathing suit.?Marion Star . n r Was Not Grand. f The adjective "grand" in reference :o the Charleston grand jury should b lot be understood as having any of I 1 he significance or import usually at- 1 :ached to the word, and probably will f lot after the burlesque of a few days b igo.?Chester Reporter. <1 o g NOTICE OF SALE n Re: J. (J. Graham,?In Bankruptcy, v Under and by virtue of the Order of f< V. F. Woods, Esqr., Referee in Bank- ti uptcy; i win sen at public aution to li ho highest bidder for cash, at 31 \v /clock A. M., on the 8th day of July V. D. 191"), at the store of the said J. o 9. Graham, near Loris, in Horry ri 'ounty; all and singular all of the i; >tock of goods, wares and merehan- g ,'se, including all store furniture and IV "ixtures. of the said J. Q. Graham, ankrupv; and will sell also at the iJ ;amo time and place on the same tl r..v. all and singular all of the ac- a cunts, debts, and bills receivable due t< o said bankrupt in said business, the c successful bidder must be prepared to cake good his bid in cash on the day )f sale. n J. A. LEWIS, v Trustee. p m irnw fl C\- - -Tnrifk 04th A n 1Q1K GENERAL BLACKSMITH, WHEELWRIGHT, REPAIR > WORiC J S For the Farm and I. 'T* 1 1 *' i r 'Al; ?5 A. t ~} ?! V I AM NOW IN BUTTER SHAPE TO 1 SERVE YOU, .AS 1 HAVE A LARG- 1 ER SHOP AND BETTER FACILITIES i Horseshoeing and i A u to m e b i i e W c r k A Specie.-.tv , I HANKING YOU FOR PAST PATRONAGE, I HOPE TO SERVE YOU < IN THE FUTURE J. E. ALTMAN c Located behind Porter Stables ? ?W?iimi?I MHW I /" X I ijlp Steps If Easy IN | way you can );'!! ps easier is to old carpets. jluLIUiil ;aten paths on lk\ Ifi fm overings makes WilfjU isehold routine w||w several makes T(^ /ou get your /OXa\ . They wear 14V ?V/ ;e our line if us Vy nishing or are yjlx i . 1N1TURE COMPANY rH CAROLINA STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE John L. McLaurin, State warehous ommissioner, has gone to Atlanta vhere he will confer with, legislator elative to the introduction of a ware louse bill at the present session o he Georgia legislature. A petition in bankruptcy has beei iled against I. Read, dry goods mer hant of Charleston, by three, allege* reditors with claims of $477, $121 ,nd $113. Miss Ida Dudley of Bennettsvilh tepped from a street car in Columbi; List week and was badly bruised fron he fall upon the paved surface of th? treet. She was taken to the hospita or medical attention and late las ight was resting well. The car wai unning souih on Main street boPweei Dimpton and Washingon. Application was made to Gov. Brun augh of Pcnn., by Attorney Genera 'homas II. Peeplcs and Solicitor Geo tell Timmcrman of South Carolina or extradition to South Carolina o Tederick Brown, charged with mur cr. On a plea that if Brown wer< iven up he would be in danger o /nching, the governor recently refus d extradition. The number of South Carolinians isiting the great exposition in Cali ornia is growing steadily. A speria rain of 102 Virginians, North Cn.ro nians and South Carolinians left lasi eck fot a 30-day tour of the West. i'bn %*<>! ! fill/- C.-. 4.v.. ? ? - ... * V I IV ? III! v V/V/CCMl V>?|[ l/WMlljail} f York has filed notice with the sec star.v 01 state of an increase in capi ii fi or. $40,000 to $50,000. eneral assembly to empower Beau 3rt and St. Helena townships, it The act passed in 1011 by tin Icaufort county, to issue bonds fo tie purpose of building a bridge an< pprt aches from the town of Beaufor 3 Ladies' Island has been doe!arc< onstitutional by the supreme court. The Havtsvifle Fuel and Trading ompanv of Hartsville lias been corn lissioncd by the secretary of state Hth a capital stock ot' .$2,000. Th ?etitioners are E. B. Price, L. A. Me crair, and S. O. Goodale. It is understood thai the fedora government is now carrying on ; > nspection cf all first class post office mder any efficiency tost. The objec >f the lest is to find out how th vork of tlic postal- vepaint ea >? accomplished more economical 1 i >, I i .. 1 * " i.vi iu ui.m i/vM wuiit neeus, 11 a n \ ho employes should have to faeili.at heir work . Suven of the 132 men who were fac ng charge of election fro ids in th egi;t ration, primary and election <: 914, in Indiana pleaded guilty who ir ranged in criminal court. Repeated appeals by the gov err nent to the Southern farmers to r< luce their cotton, plantings in view c he stagnation in the market cause )y the war has resulted in a reductio u' 5,871,000 acres from last year icreage which would according to las fear's yield, reduce cotton productio approximately 2,454,078 bales of 5C pounds each . Governor Manning conferred la: week with the jury commissioners < Charleston county with regards to t! methods pursued in the selection < grand and petit jurors in that count Governor Brumbaugh, it was lear' ed, has withdrawn a requisition wa rant issued by Governor Tener in 19! for Fred Brown, a negro, wanted South Carolina for a charge of mu der. o Whenever You Need a General Ton Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tastele chill Tonic is equally valuable as General Tonic because it contains tl well known tonic properties of QUININ and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Driv out Malaria, Enriches the Blood at Builds up the Whole System. 50 cent HORRY REALTY, BROW OFFICE IN SF Conway, We find you a purchaser foi secure for you anything y Those who have land to s< either farms or town lots, w< 4 *11 I 1 MCViniU PAD1TAI | IWJllUJUli UHITIJ ML NOW DANGEROUS e w s Hearing of Charges,of Conspir- # f acy Against Huerta and I ? Five Companions. I Washington, July ?Officers of I the Zapata forces in Mexico City, dis- I F) regarding orders of the convention I government nominally in control I i there, are charged with inciting the \ r. masses to violence in dispatches car- H 1 ried from the Mexican capital June t 25, to Vera Cruz by courier and cab s led today to the state department. The I ! texts have not been made public, but I they are known to state that the in- H 1 subordination of "some Zapata offi- H 1 cers" is rendering the situation more I acute. j , No prospect of relief for the staiv- H 1 lit''" fivil nnnnlofiAn VI - ty v * ? j/v|'v?mv n'li V/ 1 I'AIV U \?/l I ** held out in the dispatches. It is de> B j. clared that until the railroad to Vera /B . Cruz is reopened there can he no V } I abatement of the suffering. The con- \ 5 vention officials, it is stated, claim B to have "repulsed" the Carranza for- ^0 cos under General Gonzales. Appar- w^0 l entiy whatever fighting has taken I place around the city has been in the ^0 more remote suburbs at such distance 01 from the residence and business sec- ^0 lions that no definite knowledge of . the result have come to the foreigners mb j) B B invigorating to the Pale and Sickly fl The Olrl r vnerr -'.retisrt'icusiijf totllc, , R > )\ > S v . CONIC, drives out 0 t alarla.etitiches t he blood .auti builda up t he sya* - '&'4 I I *$S I i I I . " ,yij ^ H H Yon Have I J Another Chance H The surco-> last S?i! urelay of c;iu distribution ;!i the stores named I below of <>vi? rc*;r>il-tr 2*?r nov >lly'l rial l!ol ties i.T Hicfrcr'.i new l? !o\vcr Drops perfume fur 10 cen'.K was r. lusaiiomil. <)u account of the re- f hov. ii 1 >v I lie i.ul i<-: v.e ha cxtciuioa our special introductory off? is > nothcr chance tomorrow to get B thcee B^^H Trial ^ P II t&j ?/V E5ott!e3 jjj ^B .'< Special Jt~* H Yes, this is the new, superior kind of norfiiitu* tli itnil your frieiulsara talking about, > at perfume thai is different. Wonderfully B 1 isrin;*?retaining all the sweet, delicate fra.j trranr-* of 1 he real flowers. Subtle, seiiuctivo :i:ni appealing. N' t liko the ordinary per- B .p fumes you nre familiar with hut different from anything you ever have seen before. ^^^B^B m 1 Trad<>UrV&:<]hlm4 cIvlcxjer^ H fTowerDrops I | Perfume ?7.0O per ounce r- Any quantity detired ' Remember, this special offer of a B noveLy trial b ttfe for only 10 cents has never been made before and Is con lined to kthe ladles of this vicinity. Take advantage B of it tomorrow- at any of these stores: CONWAY DRUG CO. se Be sure to ask about Reiger's Toil^ ? Water, etc.?all scented with the QHBB ^ bewitching New Flower Drops Perfume. ERAGE & COMMISSION' CO I >IVEY BUILDING * I South Carolina II * everything you have to sell; we I ouwant to buy. :11 or those who desire to purchase Duld do well to see us first. ^^^H LL YOUR HIDES AT HOME HI And Beef Clubs?Send me your Hides II ?s and get Check by return Mail at high- II telephone for information. WILSE W. MARTIN y ^H incr and Leather Dealer COLUMBIA, S. G.