The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 08, 1921, Image 1
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VOLUME XXX.
WIFE HIRED THEM
TO COMMIT MURDER
Say the Three Negroes Arrested
For Killing
^. Dr. Mohr
$5,000 WAS TO PAY
FOR THE KILLING
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jJMrs. Mohr Had Threatened
Her Husband's Female
Assistant or Secretary.
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Providence.?Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Mohr, wife of the physician who was
fatally shot while on an automobile
0 trip from this city to Newport, on
Tuesday night, was arrested today
after three negroes had signed a written
confession saying that Mrs. Mohr
had hireft them to kill the doctor.
The neiroes ;iro pharorp/1
der. They are George T. Heal is, the
chauffeur, who was driving Dr.
Mohr's car; Cecil V. Brown, formerly
mployed as a hostler by Dr. Mohr,
and Henry Spellman, half brother of
i Brown.
No specific charge has been brought
against Mrs. Mohr, who characterized
the accusations as absurd.
Healis has been detained since the
shooting, as his account of the affair
conflicted with that of Miss Emily G.
^urger, the doctor's assistant, who
was also wounded.
* Brown was arrested last night after
Heal had told the police that he andj
the hostler had plotted to rob Dr. |
Mohr. Brown was subjected to a!
searching examination, during which,
the police say he broke down and admitted
that he was concerned in the
1 shooting and that Mrs. Mohr had off^ed
him $2,000 to kill her husband.
Healis and Spellman coroborated
Brown's story.
According to Brown's story as given
out by the police, Mrs. Mohr proposed,
several weeks ago that he kill Dr.!
Mohr, promising to pay him $5,000,
nine days after the killing. He said he
asked Spellman to help him out, and
bffpmght his half brother up to talk
the matter over with Mrs. Mohr. Hea
I lis was present by request of Mrs. j
Mohr, Brown said. Spellman was toi
receive $1,000 and Brown and Healis
$2,000 each.
| Fired Into Car.
j The arrangements were carried out
detail, according to the confession.'
j At a designated spot on the Nayatt,
\ road Healis stalled the engine, and
S Brown and Spellman, who had apH
proached on motorcycles, crept
|g through the bushes and fired at the
H occupants of the car. Brown said he
shot Dr. Mohr and Spellman wounded
Miss Burger. After the shooting they
H welit back, to the motorcycles. They
threw the revolvers into a brook.
J Brown declares that Mrs. Mohr told
I him to be sure to kill the doctor, and^
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Iio kiii iviiss r>urger n ne couia. Mis
instructions, he said, were to shoot
Anybody in the tonneau. After Spellman
and Healis had coroborated
Brown's story Mrs. Mohr was formally*
placed under arrest. She made a
vigorous denial of the charges.
The negroes said Mrs. Mohr told
them she was jealous of Dr. Mohr and
also was desirous of getting posession
of his estate which she believed would '
be denied h^r if she obtained a divorce!
They said sh? explained that the payment
of the $5,000 would be made nine
days after the killing as by that time
tM estate would belong to her.
"Dr. and Mrs. Mohr were married
12 years ago. Recently Mrs. Mohr instituted
separation proceedings and
the doctor brought a counter suit.
Mrs. Mohr said that she did not ask
for a divorce as she hoped the causes
which prompted her to seek a separation^might
be removed some time and
a reconciliation would be effected.
Warned Miss Burger.
The police made public the following
letter addressed recently to
George Brooke, a brother-in-law of
Miss Burger, bearing Mrs. Mohr's
signature:
"Dear Mr. Brooke: Just a line to
a* you to tell your sister if she dares
jgo into my Newport home she will
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CONDEMNED MAN
PITIABLE SIGHT
T. U. Vaughan, Whose Sanity
Will be Tested Helpless
Invalid.
The most pitiable sight, probably
ever seen in a ureenville county court
room, says the Greenville News, greeted
the eyes of the morbidly curious in
the person of T. U. Vaughan, who was
brought into court for the purpose of
having the sentence of death passed
upon him, for unspeakable crimes
committed in 1908.
Judge Prince ordered that a jury
be drawn at the next term of court,
October 25, to try Vaughan as to his
sanity and the famous county prisoner
was carried from the court room
in the arms of two strong men and
carried back to Columbia by Sheriff
Rector, after having been in the city
less than a day.
The fact that Vaughan was in the
citV SOOn becamo noisnrl nrnnml
rapidly the court room was f,,ped.
The broken and nerveless prisoner
was brought in by two men. He seemed
to havo wasted away until he was
no more than skin and bones. His
clothing hung upon him like so much
bagging and he was bent almost double.
Always his fingers clutched at
something and he was never still always
working his arms and moving.
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MEDIATION BY I). S.
IF NATIONS ACCEPT
No Further Move by Wilson
Until England Heard
From.
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The United States will make no further
efforts to bring ^bout peace in
Europe until it has received information
that its good offices will be welcomed
by both sides of the conflict.
This was said authoritatively in Wash
ington in official discussion of the
message from Pope Benedict, delivered
to President Wilson by Cardinal
Gibbons.
From the fact taht the Vatician is
in close touch with Austria the construction
placed by officials on the
pupe s message is tnat the uermanic
powers would be willing to discuss
peace at this time. It was stated by
those in closest touch with the administration
that similar word will "have
to be received from Great Britain and
her allies before the presTcTent will
make any further move.
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Aynor Day.
Secretary J. W. Little said yesterday
that the business men of Aynor
had come together and would have
"Aynor Day" at the County fair, and
that it would come off on either Wednesday
or Thursday of fair week. It
was stated that a prize of about
$45.00 in value would be given away
in the fair grounds in honor of the occasion.
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Mrs. Butler, who has been running
the hotel at Myrtle Beach for the
Summer has resigned the position and
Mrs. DeWitt has accepted the place.
The regular guests always leave about
the 10th of September, but it is said
that Mrs. DeWitt will keep the hotel
open during the Winter.
never come out alive. I am giving her
fair warning no matter what the outcome
may be. I will see it through; I
was told about her buying linen a1
Gladdings (a Providence department
store) for Dr. Mohf. I do hope you
will try*and straighten this matter out
and I know you can not stop her going
out to dinner with him. #ut she will
have a sad ending if she keeps on
against me. My home is being watched
and if I should leave Newport this
summer my home will be watched just
the saipe and should I get word I shall
come right on. The world is with me
in my sorrow. I am heartbroken.
"Respectfully,
"Elizabeth Mohr."
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GERMAN INDUSTRY I
SURVIVES WAR
Manufacturers Show a Re- '
markable Ability to Meet
Conditions.
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Among the marvels of this war, is
the assurance and determination !
which dominates the great manufact- <
uring centers of Germany?West- 1
phalia above all, though it borders on i
the French frontier and the popula- 1
tion might be disposed to receive its )
varying impressions direct from the 1
front. 1
At the outbreak of the war, a year 1
ago, all sensible and cautious people :
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reduced ineir concerns as much as
they could. Today nearly all the con- <
cerns are busy and working to their i
full power, says a Cologne-on-the- ]
Rhine special to The New York Evening
Post. Of course, they are not <
manufacturing the same things?in- i
stead of workmen's clothes some con- 1
cerns are making knapsacks and i
tents; instead of bicycles, bayonets 5
and fuses; instead of cylinders for 1
central heating plants, containers for 1
sea mines; instead of tubes for bicy- 1
cles, shafts or lances; instead of tools ?
for getting petroleum and coal, shrapnels
and shells; instead of paper and i
india rubber collars and ruffs nnrl hniri <
ornaments, gun cotton; instead of '
^genuine scottosh homespun," woolen 1
blankets for hospitals and prisoners'
lagers.
v All these things are being manufac- 1
tured with the ?same thoroughness,
magnitude, and conscientousness as
were developed in decades of hard
work that built up a magnificent in- ;
dustry, not as if this were a passing
state of things, but as if everything
had always been thus and would last '
forever.
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DWELLING BURNED
WITH FURNISHINGS
On Tuesday night, about 3 o'clock
in the morning, the dwelling of Mr.
and Mrs. K. L. Mishoe, at Cool
Springs, was lost by fire, and members
of the family had a narrow escape
from serious injury. Al1 of the
furnishings and clothing in the house
went up with the building. Mrs.
Mishoe was ill at the t?mo and the
family physician had been with hc.r
until about 1 o'clock he left there for
Conway. It is said that no insurance
was carried on the property.
WEATHER I
For the Week Beginning Wed
Issued by the U. S. Weath>
FOR SOUTH ATLANTIC AND EA
The week will be one of generally
ture.
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[RST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER"
PTEMBER 9, 1915.
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HESPERIAN SUNK ;
NEAR QUEENSTOWN!
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Vessel Remained Afloat Many <>
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Hours After Receiving h
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London, Sept. 6.?The Allan line 1 0
steamjer Hesperian sank at 6:45 a
o'clock this morning within a few mi- ^
les of Queenstown, after Capt. Main t,
and a volunteer rescue crew of 25 had \.
made a brave fight to bring the crip- h
pled ship into port. During the night S(
the Hesperian settled gradually by the, tl
head. Daylight showed the decks n
awash and the liner about to take the a
final plunge. i h
The captain and crew were taken C(
3ff by rescue boats and landed later
in Queenstown by the steamer Em- 01
press. " ' c<
The sinking of the Hesperian in e]
ieep water probably will prevent an
investigation to determine whether f
the disaster resulted from a subma- I
rtne's torpedo or from a mine. Passengers
and crew assert positively
that the vessel was struck by a tor
pedo, but this far no statement has
been obtained from anyone who saw
a submarine, or a torpedo.
The American embassy is receiving!
reports from Wesley Frost, American: ]
consul at Queenstown on the question
whether warning was given to the ,
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liner. Persons so far seen bv Mr. Frost
state that no warning was given. Capt '
Main's statement probably will be ta- ^
ken later todav. ^
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Ma kcs Fine Sale.
On last Thursday Mrs. E. J. Squires f
sold on the Conway market one lot of i ^
her tobacco crop at forty-one cents
per pound, or $42.00 per hundred; and
[>n the same day her husband sold a
part of his crop weighing 190 pounds
nt the price of sixteen dollars per hun-i
rlred. This shows that there is some'
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thin*/ to be made out of raising tobac-i j
Co if the growers will onlv select the
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light kind of soil for the crop, and
will sive the crop the attention and .
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skill that it requires to produce a good j
grade. Asked how they made such a
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fine grade of the weed, Mr. Squires
stated that it was a mixture of the
right kind of soil with the knowledge
and industry necessary to produce a
good leaf. Mr. and Mrs. Squires reside
on the Galivants Ferry R. F. D. ^
No. 1 route. They believe in patron- ^
izing their home markets.
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nesday, September 8th, 1915. ^
er Bureau, Washington. D. C. j ^
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fair weather and normal tempera- > \\
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DEAN OF TOBACCO
INDUSTRY PASSES
Japt. J. E. Cples Dies Suddenly
on Last Sunday
Here.
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Capt. J. E. Coles passed away very
mddenly at his residence here last
Sunday. For some time past he had
>een troubled with attacks of heart
lisease, but he had apparently reeov red.
Last Sunday, September 5th,
ibout the middle of the day he was
itting down at his home reading a
lewspaper. Mrs Coles discovered
hat he had been taken suddenly ill
ilthough he made no complaint. He
ived only a short time.
He is survived by his wife, one son,
Ir. John Coles, and two daughters,
rlrs. Frances Burroughs and Miss
Emmie Coles. The funeral took place
n Monday.
Capt. Coles was the pioneer in the
obacco industry in this county, havng
moved here about the year 1897 to
ngage in the tobacco warehouse busness
with the Horry Tobacco Wareouse,
the first building of its kind
ver erected here. This was at a time
rhen literature and circular letters
were being: sent out to acquaint the
armers with the fact that the soils of
his county were suited to the raising
f a good grade of tobacco and showig
them how tobacco might be made
n additional money crop. Mr. Coles
ras very active in this work of introucing
tobacco growing in this section
f the country. His labors were contant
and unceasing and the wareouse,
under his management became
success. After some years other
warehouses were built, and the indusry
grew until to-day Conway has
Dur large tobacco warehouses, all in
peration every year. Besides those
t Conway there are two at Loris and
wo more at Aynor, making eight toacco
warehouses as a result of the
ibors of Capt. Coles and other live
usiness men here who engaged his
srvices. He knew a good deal about
le tobacco business and he gave
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luny a j^iuwt?r ui mis county acivice
bout the planting and cultivation of
is crop that counted dollars and
2nts when he went to sell it.
Capt. Coles had many friends, not
nly among the business men of the
>unty, Tiut among the tobacco growrs.
iARRANZA CHIEF i
DENIES ATTACK
Washington, Sept. 6.?Major Gener1
Funston reported today that Gener1
Naffarette, the Carranza commandr
at Matamoras, had again denied
lat Carranza troopers were raiding
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le iviexican Dorcier and proposed
ringing more Carranza troops to the
Icxican side to suppress disorders,
he Carranza authorities have sugested
a conference to arrange joint
ction.
ifficerschased" i
mexican thugs
Three of the Mexican bandits operting
just north of* Brownsville were
illed last Friday by county officers at
,os Cuatros, .14 miles north of Brownille.
In addition to the Mexicans killed it
i said a Mexican woman, deserted by
er husband, when tho outlaws appear
d at her home north of here last
ight was accidentally killed by Unitd
States soldiers when she approachd
them in the darkness in search of
rotection.
The Mexicans killed by county offiers
were members of a band which
urned a trestle north of Brownsville
nd killed two Americans, Earl Donldson
and J. S. Smith.
At Fort Brown it was stated that
roops would remain in the field until
11 of the bandits had either been
illed or captured.
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This paper published the premium
1st of the Horry County fair last
^eek. Save that issue of the paper
juLhave a list at hand.
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NO. 22.
BOARD OF HEALTH
GAVE NO WARNINS
Says Owner of Building Tom
. Down Recently anH
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Destroyed
THE LAW QUOTED
COVERING CASES
Board of Health Must Act With
Town Authorities After
Notice.
Recently a building situate on the
private property of Mr. M. F. Sarvis,
on 3rd Avenue in Conway, was condemned
by the Conway Hoard of
Health, as detrimental to health, and
upon this finding by them an order