The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 07, 1901, Image 7
ENDOF FAMOUS CASE
The Court Gives Thirty Years Imprisonment
at Hard Lab)r.
PATTERSON MURDERERS SENTENCED
The Defendants Given the Full Penalty
of the Law--A S;vere Arraignment
Bv the Judee.
rater .-on. N. J.. Special.?Walter C.
McAllster. Wai. A. Death and Andrew
J. Campbell, who were found guilty of
murder in the se.ond degree, for the
killing of Jennie Bosschieter. on Citobar
18, by the administeration of
chloral and subsequent rape, together
with George J. Kerr, who pleaded n<>r.
uVt contendere to a charge of rape,
were brought into the Court of Oyer
and Terminer here for sentence by
Judge Dixon. McAlister, Campbell
and Death were each sentenced to 30
years' Imprisonment at hard labor
and Kerr to 15 years' imprisonment
at bard labor. The sentence of all the
men. are the full terms oY imprisonment
which the law provides, but in
the case of Kerr a fine of $tv0OO might
have been added.
The.court house was crowded. In
the court rcom were the father, stepmother
and sister of Jennie Bosschieter.
Counsel for all the defendants
pleaded for clemency. McAlister
and. Campbell looked extremely pale
and Death had the appearance of suffering
gTeatly under the strain.
Judge Dixon, addressing the three
prisoners, said: "You stand convicted
of murder in the second degree. Had
you been found guilty of murder in the
first degree the punishment would
have been death, but the leniency of
tne jury in tne exercise of their law-'
ful authority saved you from the gallows.
We must administer laws as
they are. It is true these sentences
will destroy your lives, obliterating
ever)' prospect of an honorable existence
among the people. The court
cannot make any distinction, but
must sentence you for this crime, i
trust the fearful consequences from
this crime will help young men and
yuuug wcRiita ui liiis cvimiiuiiky uuii
point out to them that they cannot
hope to se:u:e happiness outside of
virtue and honor. The sentence of the
Tourt is that each of you be imprisonsd
in the State prison at Trenton at
hard labor for a term of 30 years."
George J. Kerr was then called to
the her. and by his attorney entered a
plea of non vult contendere to the
iharge of assault. Counsel asked the
^ourt to exercise clemency. He spoke
yf the prisoner's father, said to be
dying, and of his sisters, wife and six
children. Judge Dixon at once passed
seatcnce. He said:
"The evidence in this case does not
say that yon helped in administering
the drug, but participated in the rav.shmeivt
of the girl.n In one respect
four case is worse than the others.
You were older and had more obligations
for virtue. You had a wife,
worthy of the highest affections, and
children for your concern, but you
disregarded all and permitted your
self to drift away from a proper domestic
Hfe and row you stand here a
wreck of vice and crime, and such a
crime! No wonder It shocked the community
and startled every womanly
and manly heari. That pitiless ride,
that dastardly outrage, the poor victim
laid deed by the roadside regardless
of whether she would be found by
kind friends or bf beasts. How gladly
would I spare your relatives, but in
the exercise of my duty I cannot with w-vlrl
anvfhWvr which the sentence of
the law requjre3. The sentence of the
oourt Is that you be imprisoned In
the Stw+e p-ii?cn for a term of 15 years
at hard labor." r
McAlister. Campbell and Poath and
Kerr made a statement to the public
It says: "V> sre resigned to our fite
and propo<??? to face the future with
manly hearts, dark as It is. We have
no criticism to make, but we want to
thank the newspapers of Paterson for
their sense oT fairnees. We could sav
many tVnps Olso would tend to aW-1
the pub'ic indignation, but we propose
oo bear our punishment in silence. We
yrcocs^'tn ea-n the three days a month
which the law rrmit3 for good be
navior. utr ail) wuinn i,u emu v?.ii selves,
hot we keenly feel the awful
<orrow fcrn".?lrt upon our families and
friends. who rave stood so nobly by
us tbrouyh It all."
While Judge Dixon was sentencing
the r~isorors. Hugh Kerr, the father
of Grorpt? wxhin a .'tone's throw of
( IIP IVlll I IH.'UOC, k+Aj \AJ IU5 whis
son's disgrace.
Street Radway Tied Up by Strk*.
Paris. Py Cable.?A general strike of
Ihe employes of the underground railroad
has been declared. Stations are
ocupied by troop3. Thede is a general
oongestion of passenger traffic. The
company refused the demands of the
employes for higher wages and the reinstatement
of dismissed men. Unless
It re-engages the strikers It is not likely
to be able to resume traffic in a
fortnight. The strikers have issued an
appeal to Parisians declaring the company
and not the men are responsible
for the Stoppage
HO V. GFORjE D. TILL MAX
Died On Saturday?His I-:fe And
Labo s.
Tj? ci r ? D. Tillman w2s born on tlifl
21." 1 <".ay c : August. 1S26. at (T::.yt'n,
I! a 2,0.1 '.u uit riot. He was the ton cf
Itcnjar. n Ryan Tillman, for whom
the scaler sena.aor frc-m this State was
r.ainc1. His mother's namo was Miss
Sophia Hancock.
He revived his first education at
homo, but when quite young was sen:
to the famous Agricultural and Mechan'.tol
in. titu' on at Penfield, Ga.
lie a:.- -rward r turlicd under a private
t:. at Gr con wood, and thence he
went to Harvard where he remained
one year. He later read law under
Chancellor F. H. Wardlaw, and was
adnittci to the bar in 1847. The next
year he opentd his law office at Edgefield
court houae where he continued
the praotiee of his profession until
1S60.
In 1S62 he cr-ared the army of the
Confederacy ? ? a private .and a member
of the Fourth regiment of State
troops. A'teiwards he was with the
Se:or1 South Carolina artillpry which
Old such noble service on- John's Island
He took in the battle of
Averysboro and a number *A artillery
duels in the Lit or part of the war and
suceende red undor Gen. Joe Johnston.
For six years before the war he
served his district in the legislature
ar J ac tbest time he was considered a
"Red French Anarchist," because of
his grca.; fight to abolish the parish
system. his advocacy of smaller counties
and c-f the election of presidential
ele, tcrs by the people. The principles
he advocated hen he later had the
pleasure of seeing put Into practice,
and in great measure because of hid
fight fcr then.
In 1S64. wh^e still in the army, he
was elected to the legislature, and in
1S65 was cliossn senator from Edgefield
county. In this year he succeeded
in ove; throwing the parish system,
which was championed by Gen. James
Conne r, i nis ngnt was wun uj> a suvijority
of one vote.
In 1S35 Cel. Tillman was seat to the
cor titutlcnal convention, but the instrument
prepared by this convention
was annulled by Federal bayonets,
The e same bayonets ejected Col. Tillrr/n
from his sea.: in the State senile.
Coon. niter ISC:. Mr. Tillman went to |
Central America, where he jomca Gen. |
Walker cf Fillibuster fam9, was
released after promis.rg not again to
meddle v ith i.he institutions or government
cf the country. Ho then returned
home and again entered politics.
He ran for congress and unsue(c
sfully contested the seat of Robent
Smills in the Forty-fifth congress. He
v :s elected to the Forty-seventh congress
and took bis scot, but was again
cv.sted to moke room for Smal's. He j
finally secured his seat and in the
F'ftieh and Fiity-first congresses he
w as a xorr.Sc.' cr tr.e coxmrrxe? cn
pcrtrnts. He served With distinction
for sc .en terms till 1S92. when he was
rlo.'ertc J ty Mr. W. J. TaJbert of Edgefield
by reason of the upheaval in politics
led ty 'B. R. Tillman.
He always considered himself a reformer
ar.d a man of the people until
the Reformers cf 1S90. as he expressed
it "played leap frog over hl3 head."
and he declared that the Refccmera
stole much of bis thunder, as he was
the first man. in rhe State to oppose
Prcsl.ent Cleveland's policy and to
stand up for free silver. I
A "rtrvnrr V ^ mSNOt T>.Ttt CTVW'VhPa 1
UiViJ'6 l'?f iUVS/V UN.
nrnde by Mr. Tillman in congress, were
those on the silver question, his tarif!
speech and that on-reapportionment od
representation in so regress when the
ir.-oxborsbip from South Carolina wus
increased from five to seven. I
In congress Mr. Tillman wielded a
wide perocoil Influence trcatee of his
integrity and learning. Cn ques Cora
of the day, as on historical subjects,
he was recognized ?,5 one of tie besc 1
ported rr.tn in the national house. He
had rerd very extensively and his prl- ,
vnte library at his homo at Clark's
K? 11 is said to be cne of the most com- |
plotc- and valuable In this country.
When South Cttro'lna, forgetting fac- !
t!or.al divisions, selected her best and
rt.ongea; m-ea to ccoypcsa the roasti- j
tutior.cl convention of 1S95, Goo. D. |
Tillman waa chosen from Edgefield
county in one of the strongest delega- j
ttons in tka?t convention, the other j
members be ng his brother, Senator B.
R. Tillntan, Congressman W. J. Tal- ;
tcrt. ex-Gov. John C. Sheppard. State
Treasurer W. II. Timacerman and R.
B. Watson.
Col. TCllman tcok a prominent part
in tb? piccefdirs3 ar.O especially distinguished
hixro:lf by ccatinuias hs
"'"'dt <*"ht for prroll counties. The
r.try called "Saluda" called forth a
question c' nairfiEjj the new county
mo.Lo:-stole Cw-0.0 between the two
TU'rr&r.s?Ceo. D. appealing for the
self' t'on of "Butler" and B. R. for
"Saluda."
Tho closing address of the convention
was delivered by Geo. D. Tillman
at the rrqireot of the convention. In
thrc r ^dicrs he said:
"Mr. President, tills is perhaps the
lr~-t ti nro I shall ever talk in a delibertive
assembly of my courcrymcn. I
ex done with public life. As I remarked
on a previous occasion, I have
enjoyed far more than the ave.age
?' - * VU. ? amMH-n,
t ul ;jjiu i.vruvn^. m; o.iuutu^uq
have been gcstVJl-ad. I have nothing
to rnjrfit except that I oould not do
nt-cre for my conncry."
But this rotable speech, so full of
ncble sentiment, vc.s not to be Col.
TiTman's farewell. In 1898 he was
called out cs a candidate for governor
and although then 72 years old, he
made the canvass of the-State. countj
by county, delivering strong and vig
Crous speech's and outlining a fearlc-.-s
aid c.igiral platform of principles.
Col. Tillman was admitted to be
by far the best equipped man in the
race, but iit h2d been decreed that another
rhoji'd be elected and he was defeated.
Fir.eo that time, he has taken no acthe
p&rt in pub'ic affairs and has
lived quietly and ccc.te.itcd.ly z hia
country hex?, but to the last he took
mi interest in pol'tics, Stare and r.at
onal, and r.e.er hesitated to privately
ex piers his preferences of men and
measures.
Lvs health had been failing far same
mari'.ho and several weeks ago. when
lur.g trouble developed, it was resized
that the end was near.
HIS FAMILY.
In 18tJU. Cel. Tillman married Miss
Margaret C. Jones, who survives him.
They have seven living children: Mrs.
Dr. 0. A. Bun^h, Mrs. O. W. Buchanan,
Lieaitj|nant?Governor James H. Tillman,
Mas. Dr. A. R. Fuller, Mrs. T. B.
Bailey. Lieutenant Benjamin J. Tillman
of the United States army, and
George D. Tillman, Jr.
LABOR WORLD.
There were .">47 strikes and lookouts
fu New York State last year.
Germany has 290 industrial companies
that employ more than 1000 persons
each, ihe total number so engaged
amounting to 000.000.
The Havana draymen threaten to
strike owing to an ordinance limiting
a load to 2<X)0 pounds and compelling
.them to use wider tires.
A general strike of the employes of
the underground railroads in Paris,
France, has been declared The stutiors
are occupied by troops.
The Kowanee Light and Power Company.
of Illinois, will pay employes the
same per cent, on their salaries as is
given' to shareholders as dividends.
Wages of the 2000 employes of the
Sharon (Penn.t limestone quarries
have been reduced from twenty cents
a ton to seventeen and a half cents.
After a strike hasting live weeks the
puddlcrs of the Lebanon (Penn.*) Rolling
Mills Company returned to work
without having obtained the wage increase
demanded.
Last year there were 023 cotton factories
in the South, with 0,207,163
spindles and 121,023 looms, as compared
with ISO mills, with 1,172,930
spindlts and 30.231 looms, in 1SS0.
The differences have been adjusted
between employes of the Longniead
Iron Company and employer, at Consholiocken.
Pemi., and the striking iron
workers have returned to work after
eight weeks' idleness.
In the Gera district, Germany, the
wages of weavers last summer were
only $1.90 to $2.38 per week, with
which a weaver was expected to sup
port a family, beside paying Government
tax and school rates.
The Council of St. Joseph.-Mo.. Is
considering the advisability ot increasing
the cost of billposters' licenses
from $50 to $100. It is thought by
that means the practice whereby the
walls and fences of the city* are covered
with unsightly posters may be
discouraged.
RAM'S HORN BLASTSr*r\HE
only way t0
I have *he very
present help is to
The preccher whe
r ' tb-nks OQly ?|
- JUj) cJtonR'L pruning flowers o1
mfca rhetoric will pluck
U tvESi/ 1 If fie of the fruit ol
IN * A ~ h righteousness.
Souls are not
Eaved by slovenly
i ? ? " service.
Probably Paul was a D. D. before
he was con-verted.
He who takes all he can get orten
gets more than he can take.
Every man bos his own message.
When love calls His Lord there ia
no sweeter word.
The magnified church will offten
mean the minimized Christ.
' The New Year will be as the old one
if tho:e be not a renewed man to live
| ti.
The preacher*.-, oratory in the sanctuary
:mist fail unless prayer has its
oratory in his soul.
Heaven may include earth.
The dance is the devil's litany.
You con never tca-:h a toad to trot.
There is much difference between
| l*cirg washed white and being whitej
washed.
i There is much difference between
the tally cards of <aith and those of
I heaven.
| When mon servo as '.veil, we must
not worship them b. ,i Ceil who made
them His instrument^
Jacob had to give up <s cunning. Job
his goodness, and Peter his strength
before they got a blessing.
They who boop near the Good Shepherd
do not know that there are
either dogs who guard or wolves who
attack.
There is a good deal of difference between
seeking to have the truth on
your side and seeking to be on the
side of truth.
Tho prescription for salvation must
have an application as well as an understanding
before healing Is found.
I Patriotism is based on principles
1 Restraining prayer is retaining care
*
SMASHING SALOONS.
More Kansas Women are on the War
Path
I
; MRS. NATION ENTIRELY OUTDONE.
flany Saloons Wrecked and the
Wh?ck3y Turned Into the Gutter In
Kansas.
Anthony, Kan., Special.?Mrs.
tion was outdone here Wednesday,
when a band of W. C. T. U. women,
i headed by Mrs. Sheriff, of Danville,
Kan., completely wrecked the fixtures
in four "Joints," smashing plate glass
windows and mirrors right and left
| and tu; ned gallons of liquor Into the
! gutters. The women, who were of .the
best families in Anthony, were accompanied
by their husbands and
sons or brothers, who assured protection.
No arrests were made and the
i bands will, it 13 said, start out on a
tow of destruction throughout Harper
county, which Is prolific in saloons.
Mr*. Sheriff, who led the raid, is under
bond to appear in Danville to answer
a charge of saloon-wrecking placed
against her six weens ago. Mrs. Sheriff
came to Anthony and worked all night
procuring hatchets, axes and other
implements of destruction and It was
2 o'clock in the morning before she
bad perfected plans for the raid. She
enlisted the following women: Mesdames
M. J. Davis, Wm. Scott, K H.
j Brubaker, Louis Macy. T. C. Hooper,
Chas. Robinson. John Hicken3, oJhn
Kendall, J. H. Shelton and the Misses
I McKay. Page. Massey, Robinson and
Nixcn. all ^ Anthony. They began
their attack shorty after daybreak,
talcing the saloon-keepers and the
town officials by surprise.
A drug store was the first point attached.
but. though demolishing costly
bar fixtures and a register, they were
unable to locate the stock of liquor.
The next place, a half a block away,
was thoroughly wrecked. Tne proprietor
attempted to stop the work,
but the husband bodyguard, with a
blow on the head with a beer bottle,
quickly rendered the irate proprietor
hors du combat.
Two more "joints" were vi9ited in
niiut sn-vMsinn Their furniture was
demolished and the stocks of liquor
emptied. The women then knelt and
prayed. They asked the Almightty
God to guide them to other dens of iniquity
and direct their footsteps to
other rum-cursed town;, in Kansas.
Immediately warning was telephone
to adjacent towns by local saloon sympathizers,
who wished to warn their
fellow-salocn-keepers. . The mayo*
swcre in extra police and the crusaders
were placed under strict surveillance.
He also preserved the names
of the women engaged in the day's
work.
. As a sequel to the raid a number of
young men and iwo or three small
boys became reeling drunk.
Also in Boston.
Boston, Special.?Mrs. Mary Green,
who seamed to be familiar with the
i methods of Mrs. Carrie Nation, of
Kansas, wrecked a Cambridge street
' bar-room Wednesday evening and was
sentenced to sferve a term ait the house
! of correction. Mrs;. Green not only
laid the bar-tender low with a plate,
but also reduced the bar ware to moler
curies, shattered several plate glass
mirrors and drove the frightened patrons
of the establishment Into the
wine cellar. "I'm Carrie Nation," sue
yelled, "and I'll leave no rum shop in
the town when I get through."
Indemnity Against Lyncher?.
i Washington, Special.?The President
has sent a message to Congress renewronnmm#11/)aH(1Ti9
Of the Ia3t
session that Congress make "gracious
provision for indemnity -to the families
of the two victims of the Tallulah, La.,
lynching. July 20. 1899, who were subjects
of the Italian government.
Necley Arrives ft Havana
Havana, By Cable.?Clias. F. \V. McNcelcy,
former chief 01 the bureau of
finance of the Cuban Po'.tofflce D >pa,-tment,
who was prrested ;n Rochester,
N. Y., last May, charged with embezzling
$36,000 of the department fr.nd3.
has arrived here on the steamship
Mexico, from New York. January 27.
Capt. Lucian Young, captain of the
port, took charge of the p-isoner- a~.d
delivered him to the keeper (J the carcel.
Lawyer Vtcndi, Neelry s couusoi,
u_j _ i ?:*v *v,
I iiiiu u lung tairv niui mc p* .swirci
Not ley is in good spirits, received many
visitors and talked confidently of his
acquital.
>
Train Derailed by Dynam'te.
Pretoria, By Cable.?Thursday a
train with Lord Kitchener and a body
' of troops, proceeded toward Middle1
burg, an armored pl'.ot engine preceding.
It was denrikd by dynamite near
1 Balmoral. The Boers, who were In
force, opead fire and the British rei
plied heavily. Ultiavately the Boers
were driven off. The British sustained
no casualties.
I
V
VICTORIA'S FUNERAL
Last So'csn Honors Paid to the
Dead.
WERE MANY ROYAL MOURNERS
The Emperor of G;rmany and the
t Duke of Connaught Ride Witb
Edward in the Procession.
?
* ' W' 'l1,
Ltjtdon. By Cable.?With every /
rtf sr?lAn<tid nomm berflt
ting the obsequies of ao mighty and
well beloved monarch, all that i3 mortal
of Queen Victoria has been borne
through the streets of the capttal and
started towards the ancient fortress
palaoe of the sovereigns of England.
The solemn magnificence of Friday's
opening phase of these last rites was
fully maintained. Perhaps the stately
grandeur of Saturday's sorrowful pageant
through the 8warming streets of
London with hundreds of thousands
of moiwnere forming a blank border
to the route, will never be surpassed.
Never in English history has a sovereign
been borne to the grave attended
by so many distinguished mourners.
The gathering cf crowned' beads surpassed
those who rode in the- Jubilee
procession. All the great officers of
Stale participated.
The display of the naval and military
forces reached the great total of
3.i.000.
.The day was sombre, wet and chilly.
as are most of London's winter days.
The sky added to the gloom of the
whole city.
Most of the spectators expected am
imposing catafalque and the coffin >
was almost past before they recognized
its presence by removing itheir bats. It
was a pathetically small oblong block
concealed beneath a rich pall of white
satin, on the corners of which gleamed
the royal arms. Across the pall the
royal standard was draped and a large
crown of gold, encrusted with jeweie
rested at the head of the coffin, which,
was at the end of the gun carriage,
just over the gun. On the foot of the
coffin were two smaller crowns with ,
a gold. Jeweled sceptre lying between
them. The eight horses which drew
the gun carriage were almost con1
VsAnrvntVi f Vi A i V inUK V? O.rTi PCCOQ A
LXaiCM uoucant uicit rivu uu? mwuvu. . ?
large bow of purple was attached tt>
the coffin. This was the only symbol
of mourning.
The funeral procession occupied two
hours in passing from Victoria Station
to Paddington, a distance of three
miles.
It was precisely 12:20 pcm. when the
guards lining the platform at this station
came to a sharp "attention," and
with a solemn tread the head of the
procession entered the building. For
half an hour all was hushed save the
occasional clatter or horses' hoofs as
the Hussars and Lancers trotted 1j:i6
view, or the rattle of heavy gun car*
riages as they lumbered by. Then.
tha.r-a n-oo o hnkaIr In t.hft nrOCCSS'On
uird in 'through the archway came the
royal bier, followed by the mounted
representatives of Toyalty. Then came
a score or more of attendants. The
King and the German Efmperor alighted;
the music of the massed "bands
echoed throughout the 9tation; the
pall was removed 'from the coffin, and
the casket was deposited In the saloon
carriage which the Queen had so often
occupied during her life time.
. King Edward. Queen Alexandra and
the Duke of Connaught, stood grouped
together aa the coffin was borne in and
then they all took seats and thot rain
started for Windsor.
Capt. K'tcheu Dead.
Scotland Neck, N. C., Special.?Captain
W. H. K itch in, passed away peacefully
at 9 o'clock Saturday night Captain
Kit-chin was well known throughout
the State and bis death will ba
greatly regretted. The high estimation
in wuich be was held by the people
was attested by the fact of his election
by them first to the State Legislature
and afterwards to Congress. In
both of those bodies Captain Ki-tchin
performed the duties which devolved
upon b;:m with an abilily and conscientiousness
that won the e3teem of
all who kne w him.
Briefs by Wire and Cable.
A dispatch from Pretoria announces i
that Pretorius, one of the leading
Ece;~. has surrendered. Protorius.
states, however, that the Boors are as
determined as ever to fight.
It is officially announc-ed that King
JDdward has definitely decided to open
Parliament in -person Fflbr.-.ary 14th.
The President algned ithe bill for the
re-organ:zat!on of the army at 12:40
p. in. Saturday. It is cow a law.
The engagement of the Duke of
Roxburghe to Mi9s Pauline Ax tor.
daughter of Mr. W. W. Aslor, haa
been definitely arranged for nexst sum"
, mor.
Col. George Tillmsn D?ad.
Edgefield, S O.. Special.?Ex-Congressman
George D. Tillman, died after
a long Illness at his home at
Clark's Hill, In this county, Saturday,
aged 76. He was a brother of Senator
Tillman, and was a member of Congress
from 1876 to 1S93, when he was
sticceeded by the incumbent, John W.
Talbert . ?.