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VOL. XXX. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 11)15. NO. 22
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Murderer of Herman Rosenthal
Pays Death Penalty. .
Sing Sing Prison, July 30:?The 1
? crooked trail upon which Charles
? Becker first set foot when a gambler's jj
gold lured him from the straight s
way of his sworn duty led him today a
around its last c< mer and into an t
I impasse from which there was no
v escape. e
A dozen steps, from his cell in the ^
Sing Sing death house to the chair s
of destruction in the execution h
chamber, formed the last part of 1,
the twisting, winding journey, four o
3 ears ago began in dishonesty and t
now ending in the most ignominious a
of deaths. h
The man who caused the murder s
of Herman Rosenthal died with a t
fear thickened tongue, barely able
to ejaculate a prayer, with his body s
shaking in spasms, with eyes that p
must have been darting up, down, d
L to the rifch*. to the left, under tne u
"merciful bondage, for they had so a
darted before the covering was fixed, n
He insisted to the last that he h
t was guiltless by deed or by direction v
of the murder for which his life was p
about to be taken. tl
The greatest sympathy he won he p
' gained by wearing directly over his tl
1 heart a little photograph of the wife si
who had fought so long and so hard j li
for him?that and a public procla-j
mation that the only legacy he could | g
leave her was his love for her as the i tl
purest and noblest of women. j tl
Becker's last words, a religious o
aspiration, repeated after Father v
^shin, one of the two priests who i f
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tood in front of him, were spoken
it 5:44 o'clock.
"Into Thy hands, oh Lord, I comnend
my spirit," he said haltingly,
lalf-chokingly.
The yolt of 1,850 volts of elecricity
stopped forever his voice just
is he had uttered the final word and
ent his big bulk heaving upward
ind outward against the straps that
>ound him to the chair.
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ven if at that instant the current
lad not swept through hir and
eared from his tissues all life. For
le seemed so near to an utter colapse
(and this not/an individual
pinion, but the firm belief of many)
hat if a few seconds more had been
llowed to pass the chair would haye
ield an unconscious man, whose
enses had been taken away from him
hrough sheer nerve-panic.
The prison doctor who gave the
ignal for the throwing of the switch
robably knew that. Father Cashin
oubtless did not know it, for in the
ist few seconds he pressed nearer
nd nearer to the doomed one, and
lade his voice louder and louder as
e called the prayers to which Becker
/as responding. The voice of the
riest seemed actually the only thing
hat kept the man in the chair in
ossession of his senses. It was as
hough the cleric were literally
training his own strength to keep a
ttle strength in Becker.
From the bodily standpoint the
iant died hard. For a full minute
he electricity was permitted to course
hrough his frame.with the voltage
f 1,850 and an amperage of nine,
jhir?h moans nn pnnrmnnsdpsfrnvinc
orce. Yet the stethoscopes of the
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1 doctors found beneath Becker's
i broad breast?after all that?a
strong, steady heart beat, almost a
pounding.
Once more the current swept
through the big body, this time for
the space of ten seconds. Yet even
then there came through the little
| rubber tubes to the listening ears of
j the physicians the sound of the man's
I heart beating steadily, though faintly
now.
Late this afternoon an undertaker's
automobile here carried the
i body briskly away from the State
i prison. The postman put in his bag
about the same time a long envelope
containing the formal documents,
which will be placed in the archives
at Albany to show that the man was
duly executed and that his end had
been viewed by the prescribed number
of witnesses.
That was the end of Charles Becker
and of the Becker case, which
began one June night in 1912 at
One Hundred and Twenty-fourth
Street and Seventh Avenue, New
York, when the man now dead, then
in the flush of his police powers,
said to those evil creatures of the
underworld?Rose, Weber and Vallon?"Rosenthal
must be croaked!
Croak him!"
PRICE PAID FOR LUBLIN.
Cost Germans Seventy Thousand
Men, Says Dispatch.
Geneva, Switzerland, August 1:?
"The capture of Lublin cost Gen J
Woyrsch 70,000 men in killed, J
wounded and prisoners. Four miles
north of Lublin the Russians are
fighting fiercely, disputing every
foot of ground while covering their
retreat," says an Innsbruck dispatch
to the Tribune. "In an advance of
seven miles with seven army corps
Field Marshal Von Mackensen lost
35,000 men. The army massed
from Lowicz to Ostrowiec has begun
an advance upon Ivangorod and Novo
Alexandria, the evacuation of
which was commenced by the Russians
Friday night, according to the
Germans. The latter have dispatched
more than ten trainloads of ammunition
from Radom to Lodz towards
Warsaw since July 23.
"The Russians, who attacked south
of Prziasnysz, killed 5,000, wounded
8,000 and took prisoners 13,000 of
the eighth German army corps."
The Tribune's Laibach correspondent
says: "A general Italiah offensive
was begun yesterday on the
Tyrol, Trentino and Carnia front,
forcing the Austrians to evacuate
some of their strongest positions.
The Italians have pierced the second
Austrian line on the Carso plateau,
taking several miles of trenches."
The People's Mercantile Co has
just unloaded a carload of Flour
made from the new wheat crop.
This firm is headquarters for plain
or self-rising Flour and is selling it
now at a lower price than at any
time since the war broke out. See
this reliable firm when you want
Flour. 8-o-2t
People's Mercantile Co.
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SKETCHES.
Enjoyable Events among Young
Folk There.
Scranton, August 3:?The annual
picnic by the M?thodist Sundayschool
was held at Cockfield's landing,
on Lyneh's river, last Thursday.
Bathing'in the river proved to be
the popular pastime with the boys.
Of course there were girls who did
not "paddle their own canoe". Then
there was lemonade "made in the
shade, stirred with a spade"?and
kodaking. Next came dinner on the
grounds. Rev J B Prosser invoked
the blessing. Appetites sharpened
by this time did (in)justice to the
bounteous spread prepared by the
good ladies. The only interruption
to mar(?) the delights of the afternoon
was the watermelon cutting.
Mr N H May was the donor of those
appreciated melons. The crowd was
large and enjoyed the occasion immensely.
Perhaps the most enjoyed social
outing of the season so far was the
camping party of girls chaperoned
by Miss Lilly Graham and Mrs R B
Cannon. The party spent from Thursday
until Saturday on Lynch's river
at the Fanny Lee homestead. The
girls cooked and lived in open air in
daytime, but when night came, no
tents or wigwams for them, they :
took sleeping apartments in the Lee
house. The girls learned to swim j
(in this they did not drink the river
dry) and row the boat. They are j
wishing for a return trip. And now,
boys, what those gentle lassies don't
know about feats in the "old swim- j
ming hole in the crick" would fill a !
volume the size of one of Uncle
Sam's agricultural year books. Friday
night a car of young folk called
on the merry campers. In the auto
party were: Misses Janie and Rosa
Wall, Messrs Tommie Creecy, Dessie
Graham and W A Myers at the
wheel. "Bill" says his party was
not served fried trout on tin platters
(i In camper's style. I M G.
Gleanings from Salters.
A *i /viin f O ? W! A QV*a Vl Q \7_
OfcllUJIS, nu^usi MC ?iv
ing some very hot, dry weather
which is doing much damage to the
crops. Corn and cotton are burning
badly, especially on light land. A
good rain would be more than welcome
and be of much benefit to
growing crops.
Mrs J W Bailey and little daughter,
Ruth, have returned from a
pleasant visit to relatives in the upper
part of the State.
Rev W I Sinnott is conducting a
protracted meeting at Lake City this
week. He is being assisted by Rev
A R Woodson.
Rev J W Bailey and family spent
several days in Charleston last week.
The young folk gave a dance at
the town hall Wednesday night,
which was enjoyed by all present.
Mrs M J Salters has returned to
Blenheim after spending some time
with her daughter, Mrs C E Moseley,
at this place.
Miss Jane Salters is visiting rela- i
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visiting relatives and friends here.
Mr S D McKay was quite sick
Sunday.
Dr and Mrs J G McMaster of
Florence visited relatives here Sunday.
Look Out.
Items from Bryan.
Bryan,August 2:?Farmers in this
section are busy gathering and curing
tobacco, a season that is hard on
chickens, as it calls for chicken sup-,
pers.
Mr S B Timmons, who was painfully
injured in a runaway accident
about six weeks ago, being thrown
from a wagon and his ankle broken,
is now able to get about on crutches, s
Mrs Ulmer.her son and daughter, 1
Harvey and Frances,of Columbia are1
here on a visit to Mrs W D Bryan,,
Mrs Ulmer's mother.
Mr S J Walters spent Sunday with ,
his parents at Suttons.
Mr J R Barrineau visited Andrews
Saturday. Subscriber.
F;re at Clinton last week caused a
loss of $50,000.
RESCUE WHEN NOBODY ELSE
WHEN YOU ARE OLD "MONE"
WHO IS GETTING THE MO
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Farmers & Mercln
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tives at Blenheim this week.
Mr Walter David and family of
Marlboro county are visiting relatives
here. We are always glad to |
see our old friends.
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VICTIM OF RATTLESNAKE.
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Little Girl Lives 24 Hours aiter
Being Bitten.
Walterboro, August 3:?The twoyear-old
daughter of Mrs Aunie
Garris of Round, in Colleton county,
met with a horrible death yesterday,
the result of a rattlesnake bite Sunday
The child, it seems, was going
do.vn a path iri some weeds and the
snake apparently was ijing across
the path, the child stepping upon it.
Tne strike was fair, tutting the child
in the large toe a id making a deep
wound, from which blood was pouring
when assistance came. The leg
was corded. prolonging the life of
the child for twenty-four hours. Had
this not been done,the doctors state,
death would have resulted in ten
minutes. The snake was a male,
which,unlike the female rattlesnake,
has no rattles, thus giving no warning
of its deadly strike.
When an attempt was made to
kill the snake it put up a fierce fight
and two men were required to kill
it.and then with considerable danger
to themselves. This is the first fatality
of its kind in the county for
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