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Iis in mm. MAN WHO STOLK $173,000 AK RESTED IN CHICAGO. Wa? <'<>nimitt?'il More Thun a Year Ago and He Was finally Au? swertende?! Through III* Efforts ?? Fnn* Hill*?Other* Ha kl to be Im adaoaiiO In the Affair. Chicago. Aug. tt.?Tht mystery of M) theft of $173.000 from the United Mas mibtreasury a year and a half i, ane of the largest losses the gov lent has evet Wed In this man Mr, la belle?" : to nave been solved ay the arrest at an early hour today of Qeorgs W. Fltagerald. Others are be to have been Implicated In the which for months complstely government secret service men. Fltagerald was an assorting teller Assistant United States Treas? urer Wll'lam Boldenweck. Huspkion sat the time, February SO, 1907. re*ted ess hin?, but so plausible was his story ana* an Intense his apparent Interest SB discovering thehxeal culprit that In ceased to centre In him. Much was done on the theory that the had been perpetrated by a ne ateanwhile fltagerald was dis? tress the government employ fur cnlpabls negligence In allowing asjeh a theft to be consummated un? ease hie very eyes. The money stolen been used and was in packages, having been marked for de stton at Washington. Any of the hfl* would readily have pasesd any etcept for their large denoml u None of the bills were under and some were of the f 1.000 and fa,aeo denominations, the $1,000 ones predominating. The theft created a sensation throughout the country and congress asl the last session waa asked and re? futed to release Assistant Treasurer Bekleaweck from liability, though It promised that eongres* would consider the matter at Its next while Herbert F. Young, a newspaper reporter, now of the secret service agency, be interested In the/ case, at first t official connection with the but lataf as the agent of Mr. Mr. Young's attention redirected to fltagerald. The lat upon his discharge from the sub ry stated that his whole for consisted of M00 In cash ind a certificate for $1.000. His wlfa| a 1700 interest In the estate af mother, which was valued at it 14.000 and wastn litigation, tngerald. however, aooordlng to Young, embarked In speculation esj a scale not consistent with the slse has reputed means. There was, p. no ostentation In Fl tag? r Via. The lav urn display which Invailabry look for in de etoien funds was absent fits bought eggs for speculation stored them. In July, 1007. he an egg deal which ulu? ll la stated. Involved an ex ire of 17.000 and the following a similar deal Involved him, to Mr. Yeung, to the extent I ? 11.000. Incidentally the former teller had the possessor, rn his wife's at a neat brick residence In Park, a suburb of Chicago, at 11.100: Mr. Young declar ly that this purchase waa made a round-about way, passing through hands and finally Into those of for a consideration ?1. inly the scent Is said la have hot. when Col. Harry C. Oano. itendsnt of A. Booth A Co., a man of prominence and pub Ma spirit, reported to Mr. Boldenweck. M la amid, that rttageretd had ap :hed htm with a proposition to mb several $1.000 bills. "With your big business connec ' Fltagerald la said to havs er to CoL Oano, "you can easily them. There's $500 In It for Oano la reported to have dec a red sat be ha i a roll of similar bills would choke a horse." After conferring with Mr. B?lden? Col. Oano continued negotla with fltagerald with the result by prearrangement. Detectlv Young says, several were secretly >nt when the former teller, It Is proposed to pass two $1.000 bills to Co'. Oano. MI will bring two." Fltagerald Is al? to have said, " for you can get of two Just as well ss one." From ths moment of Col. Oano's want interview w)th the assistant Unit? ed States treasurer, It la said Mr. Yeung or r?me of his men shadowed Fltagersld. The trail, It Is Intimated broadly. Involved others, not only In helping Fltsgersld to dlaposs of the snonsy alleged to have been stolen but ta the very set of bin having extract eel It from the tressury vault* and In the later covering of track*. Who these persons were those working on the cane state they sre not yet pre? pared to divulge. It had not betn Inten ! -1 to arrf?t Fltsgersld at thin ttsne. as further evidence wan not only wanted against him, but developments expected which would conclu slvely Involve others. However, It 1* stated that those under suspicion had obtained an Inkling that untoward de? velopments were going forward and It was deemed best to waste no time In securing the man charged with be? ing the principal. The case being one properly under federal Jurisdiction, a United State? commissioner was first nought, but none could be found. As^latant State'?? Attornev Barbour was next approach? ed, and shortly after midnight, thlH morning Judge Chelaln ut his home Issued a bench warrant for the krres'; of Fltagerald, charging hhn with the larceny of $173,000 from the govern? ment vaults. Detective Young, with Detective Joseph Kinder of the State's attor? ney's office, climbed into a high power automobile and sped to Rogers Park. Fltagerald appeared at the door in his night gown and a pair of trousers, Mrs. Fltagerald standing at the top of the stairs with white face and strained eyes, while Detective Kinder read the warrant. Fifagerald listened to the reading with composure, kissed his two young children good-bye and left his almost hysterical wife to enter the automobile with the officer**, i "They've caught him at last, they've caught him at last," Is the exclama? tion which Detectives Kinder anil Young declare came from the Hps o:' Mrs, Fltagerald In .he half hysterical state Into which she fell when she comprehended the object of the offi? cers' visit. Fltagerald himself merely remarked: "I suppose you want me to go to Jail; I guess I'd better go along." Behind the bars today he refused to sea newspai>er men, but held a con* ference with his attorneys, J. I. Enniu and C. R. Iitaenger. John M. Duffy, attorney for Mr. Boldenweck, stated that tomonow Fitzgerald would be removed from State to federal Juris? diction. The detectives, it Is said, were un? able to satisfy Mr. Boldenweck's curi? osity as to how much of the $173,000 it would be possible to recover. Aside from the speculations already men? tioned It Is utated that Fltagerald wau Interested In other deals, and Detect!<n Young la authority for the statement that Fl tage raid had become financially Involved even before the colossal theft with which he la charged. Asked for the motive which prompted the deed. Mr. Young said that he had reason to believe that part of the money went to satisfy a previously contract? ed speculative debt, and he asserted that he had evidence that the prisoner has been implicated In other thefts prior to the coup of February 30 last year. Milan Is Harber, from whom Flta? gerald bought the Rogers Park resi? dence, said that Fltagerald. after brief negotiations, paid about $1,000 in cash, chiefly In bills of email denominations, and aomethlnc leas than $4,000 lu drafts on a Chicago bank. Thn rest of the consideration, about $4, 000, he said waa aasumed by Fltager? ald In the form of a mortgage on the property. Edward R. Utainger, an Intimate friend and counsel of Fltagerald, ex? pressed his belief In hla client's Inno. eenoe and termed the arrest "ridicu? lous and absurd." The first Intimation that any of the ?ibtreasury officials had of a short* age was on one Wednesday afternoon when Fltagerald, who had been a gov? ernment employe for seven years, walked from hla cage over to the cashier, F. C. Russell, and told him that he was short $173,000. An examination of Fitzgerald'? books showed that the shortage wai not a matter of bookkeeping, but of actual loss. Further Investigation, It la said, developed by a strange coinci? dence the balance retained by the as? sorting teller In his custody the night before was the exact amount of th* money missing. Thomas I. Porter, chief of the Unit? ed States secret service In Chicago, ascertained that three previous thefts had taken plaoe, it is alleged, in Flta gerald's cage prior to this time. These losses were respectively $600, $600 and $000. Fitzgerald laid suspicion upon a party of workmen who had been employed about the subtreasury the day previous. The money, Flta? gerald said, lay In sacks upon his desk In a dark corner of the cage and might easily have been reached from under the grating. He said that at least a dosen men had had access to the csge. * The private life of every employe was Investigated, among them Fltz gera'd's. His manner of life was sim? ple, his manner genial and he waft popular among his companions. Joo E. Wllkle. chief of the United States secret service, took personal charge of the case. A widespread and nyste matlc Investigation followed, but with? out obtaining sufficient evidence to wsrrant an arrest. No reward, how? ever, was offered. Fitzgerald, al? though out of the service, wan not en? tirely lost right of. It wax reported that h n actlonn Indicated nervousness arid that he drank more than had been hin custom. When Mr. Youn,< entered the case he reviewed all th. evidence that had been attained and conc'uded that while the clues leading In the direction of Fltigerald were anything but satisfactory, there was nothing to implicate any other per? sons and that as a foundation of the new investigation Fitzgerald was the one to watch. COLUMBIA FOR STATE LEAGUE. .Mr. Bob Martin Will Put Out u Team If Cohuuhia is Not in the Sallie Lcavruc Next Year. Mr. Robert S. Martin, who has man? aged the Mechanics baseball team for the past several years, yesterday gave out the information that he would place a team in the South Carolina State league next season. "I have a plenty of backing."' said Mr. Martin, and will be on hand with a good team organized in this city when play time comes around next year. Of course I can not play my team in Columbia if Columbia remains in the Sallie league and the State league continues under national pro? tection. But there is a lot of talk about whether or not Co'umbia will have a league team in the field next year and I will be ready to place a team In the flelu next spring, as I will in the meantime go on with my organization, of course provided Co? lumbia has not a Sallie team out. "If Columbia stl'l remains in the Sallie league circuit I will ask for a franchise in another town and play my team there. Columbia must have league ball next year; if not Sal'ie league ball it will be State league ball That's sure. There's hardly any doubt about Co? lumbia's being in the Sallie league next year. The fans will not stand, for Columbia dropping out of the first class C circuit. Yet they should appreciate the efforts of Mr. Martin to furnish this city with a league team at all events. There is some talk going on in the State league circles about Co? lumbia entering the South Carolina State league also.?The State. MAY PROVE FATAL. When Mill Sumtcr People Learn Im? portance, of It? ? Backache is only a simple thing at first; But when you know 'tis from the kidneys; That serious kidney troubles fol? low; That diabetes, Bright's disease may be the fatal end, I You will gladly profit by the fol? lowing experience, 'Tis the statement of a Sumter cit? izen. Luclens, R. Olbson, living at 304 E. Liberty St., Sumter, S. C, says: "My kidneys had troubled me for two or three years. The secretions were so frequent In action that I was forc? ed to arise often at night and there was a scalding sensation in passage. They were also highly colored, and contained a dark sediment. My back ached almost constantly and oc? casionally it became so lame that I could hardly get around. I had heard ao much in favor of Doan's Kltlney Pills that I concluded to give them a trial, and procured a box at China's drug store. They soon erad? icated the backache, banished the lamenesa and cleared the secretions. My back la now as strong as ever be? fore In years and I give Doan's Kid? ney Pills the credit." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-?Doan's?and take no other. 70 Spartanborg Crops Have Deteriorated. Capt Chaa. Petty, of the Carolina Spartan, says: "Information from farmers of good Judgment Indicate that the cotton crop has deteriorated since July 1st The general report Is that the squares and bolls are thinly set and not In propor? tion to the weed. In the dry section there is some shedding. In riding to Pauline laat Friday and then back by a different road part of the way we saw about 14 miles of crops. Much of the corn along the road traveled is very poor. Some fair lota at a dis? tance from the road were observed. We saw only one lot of cotton of any size that promised 1,200 pounds to the acre. There is much cotton along the road that will not make more than 400 pounds to the acre." A Wonderful Invention. London, Aug. 19.?The London Fi? nancial News records witnessing the practical operation of a new telegraph invention that transmits ::utomatically 10,000 words an hour In writing. It Is characterized as Ingenious, simple and labor saving and that It has evi? dently come to stay, although must be submitted to further severe test be? fore it is finally accepted for commer? cial and other purposed. One test of 100 lines printed matter proved that the machine could transmit and re? ceive it perfect in every particular in seven seconds. The Instrument can be affixed to any wire of the normal 110 volts. Granulated Sore Eyes Cured. ?"For 20 yc irs I suffered from a bad case of granulated sore eyes." says Martin Boyd, of Henrietta, Ky. "In February, 1903, a gentleman ask? ed me to try Chamberlain's Salve. I bought one box and used about two thirds of It and my eyes have not given me any trouble since." This salve is for sa'e by all druggists. Do not go over the head of your chief with either Inquiries, statements or complaints, un'ess called upon to do so by some one in authority over him. THE COCOA THEE. This Evergreen is Found Everywhere in Tlu? Tropics. The coca tree is an evergreen and grows to a hight of from fifteen to twenty-five feet. Its leaves bt ing bright and smooth, somewhat resem? bling the foliage of a rubber plant. It If very low branching, and the blos? soms are small and pink. The blos? soms and pods not only spring from the branches, but often fr m the trunk Itself. The fruit is a yellowish pod about the size of a cucumber and is filled with seeds, all strung together In I a pulpy, pinkish mass. It is from these seeds or beans, each about the size of a chestnut, that the chocolate and co? coa of commerce are manufactured. The trees bear from the fourth to the thirtieth year, and it is not unusual to see on the same tree buds, flowers and fruit. When ripe the pods are gatherecsJBB the native women and are allowelB lie on the ground for a day or iE after which they are opened. aH pulp containing the beans then 9 ments for about a week, the astrin^E qualities of the beans being ml modified and their flavor improvers After being throughly dried wJsal beans are packed in hundred pound bags for shipment. When received by the manufacturer they are carefully picked over for quality, assorted and roasted. The nibs as the roasted beans with the shells removed are called, are then fed into a hopper and old fashioned flour mill. The grinding ground beween stones similar to an old fashion flour mill. The grinding process coupled with the friction of the stones, which produce a tempera? ture of some 120 degrees, changes the solid nibs (without the addition of anything) into a thick, heavy liquid. This is technicaUy termed "chocolate liquor" and Is sold to confectioners. This same liquor, subjected to hy? draulic pressure, wi*h the resulting separation into a near oil, gives the coca butter of commerce. The re? maining pressate when powdered forms drinking cocoa. The chocolate liquor solidofled becomes cooking chocolate and, with sugar, vanilla and spices added, it is sold as "sweet" or "eating" chocolate. Lincoln on Mob Law. In Sprinfleld, Illinois, Just seventy one years ago, says the Augusta Chronicle, Abraham Lincoln deliver? ed an address upon mob law. In this address he referred to recent cases of lynching in the North as well as in the South, among other acts of vio? lence being burning of a negro in St. Louis, for shooting a white man. Mr. Lincoln's words seem most ap? propriate and forceful Just at this time, when the town in which, as a young man he practiced law, and which Is so closely associated with memories of "the Great Emancipator," was so recently the scene of one of the worst mob outbreaks that has ever taken place In this country. In dis? cussing mob violence and its inevitable effect upon our political Institutions Mr. Lincoln said: "Such are the effects of mob law, and such are the scenes becoming more and more frequent in this land so lately famed for love of law and order, and the stories of which have even now grown too fa? miliar to attract anything more than an idle remark. But you are perhaps ready to ask 'What has this to do with the perpetuation of our politi? cal Institutions?' I answer ' it has much to do with it." ? ? ? ? I know the American people are much at? tached In their government, I know they would suffer much for its sake; I know they would endure evils long and patiently before they would ex? change it for another?yet, notwith? standing all this, if the laws be con? tinually despised and disregarded, if their rights to be secure in their per? sons and property are held by no bet? ter tenure than the caprice of a mob. the alienation of their affections from the government is the natural consequence, and that sooner or later it must come." Attention, Asthma Sufferers, ?Foley's Honey and Tar will give immediate relief to asthma sufferers and has cured many coses that had refused to yield to other treatment. Foley's Honey and Tar is the best rem? edy for coughs, colds and all throat and lung trouble. Contains no harm? ful drugs. Slbert's Drug Store. Mr. Buckner, Vice-President of the New York Life Insurance Company 'said to an employe, who asked for a raise in pay, "I would feel much more inclined to double your salary if you lived on half of that which you now have. This is no business of mine, but I express this to you as a friend." For Sore Feet, ?"I have found Bucklen's Arnica Salve to be the proper thing to use for sore feet, as well as for healing burns, rores, cuts and a'l manner of abrasions," writes Mr. W. Stone, of East Poland, Me. It Is the proper thing, too, for piles. Try it. Sold under guarantee at Sibert'B Drug Store. 25c. Dr. James K. Gilder. Jr.. of New berry, has gone to Buenos Ay res, Ar getlne Republic, where he will prac tic his profession in dentistry. 1 The Hind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per* sonal supervision since its infancy* Allow no one to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and" Just-as-good "are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment? What Is CASTORIA Gastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil. goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It neither Opium. Morphine nor other Narcotic , guarantee. It destroys Worms It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Troubles, cures Constipation i i bates the Food, regulates the healthy and natural sleep. [?The Mother's Friend. TORI A auways he Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. Profitable Fanning. 1 Much farming is not profitable to the farmer. Sometimes the fault is in the land, but usually it is in the man. Good manage? ment and proper fertilization will make a profit for the farmer on pratically any land in Sumter County. jLA But the profit is made with greater ease and there is more of irW when the land is fertile and well drained. I am offering in a tract of 190 acres, 120 cleared, seven miles from Sumter and one mile from Oswego, a farm which comes up to the requirements to make the greatest profit with the greatest ease. It has a nice seven room dwelling, ample out buildings, several tenant houses, and other things that make the farmer and his laborers comfortable while the soil is^ doing its part of the work. School and railroad facilities are within t a mile, buch property is not often offered on the market, and if you are looking for a nice farm this is your chance. SE R. B. BELSER, EPSF* 1 Real Estate Broker. SUMTER, S. C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE Time Table No. 7?Effective Aug. 3,1908. Schedules of Trains Arriving and Leaving Svimter. Tr?D it (Subject to Change Without Notice.) P 5?Paw enger?Florence to Augusta, 'eaves Samte r 64? 44 67? M 62? ** 46- 44 68? 44 881?Mini ?Co'umbia to Wilmington,?eaves Sumter ?Gibson to Sumter, arrives 8umter ?Charleston to Greenville, lea.** Sumter ?Orangsburg to Charleston, lsares 44 ? Sumter to Giuson, leaves 44 44 44 Bobbins, 44 44 * 79?Peesenger- Fayetteville to Columbia, 69? ?4 -Gibson to Sumter, arrives 44 ? s 78? ?? ?Columbia to Fajettoille, leaves 44 * a as? 44 ?Greenville to Charleston, * 44 44 * 12? K ? Annita to Florence < 44 ? 56? -Sumter to Gibson, 44 44 44 47? 44 ?Charleston to Orangeburg 4 4 44 830?Mixed ?Bobbins to Sumter, arrives 44 44 ? ?? e 56? ?4 ?Wilmington ?o Colombia, 44 44 44 71? 44 ? Caxcltn to Sumter, srrives 44 * 71?Mixed ? Bnmter to Camden, leaves * * 72? 4 ?Wilton Mill to Sumter, arrives 44 44 78? 44 ?Sumter to Wilson's Mill, leaves 44 44 68 - 44 ?Camden to Sumter, arrives 4 M 69? Pa?renger?Sumter to Camden, leaves 44 Note?All trsins marked * daily. Others daily exospt Sunday. 44 ?No. 82, Augutta to Florence, is through train ; Sumter to not stop at loc -1 stations. Note?Nos. 66 and 67 dsilj except Sunday. 44 ?Nos. 24 and 26 does not carry passengers. 6 60 7 80 9 26 9 40 986 9 46 10 00 10 66 6 06 6 10 640 660 5 60 8 16 690 9 86 900 940 12 80 880 6 46 680 em pm I? PS P? pm pm pm pm am am pm pm pm pm Florence and will J. A. PARISH, Ticket Agent, A. C. L. We Keep a Record for You. One of the advantages of having a bank account is the fact that every transaction recorded on the books of the bank in connection with your ac? count is a record to which you may have access if necessary; Snch a record often proves of great value. This bank will be pleased to have your banking business. ? The Bank of Sumter. RICHARD I. MANNING, President. M. MOISE, V. President. W. F. RHAME, Cashier. The Southern Hallway officials have promised to make certain improve? ments on the passenger station at Kock Hill, and to buiUi a new one as soon aa business conditions will per? mit. Extensive Improvements are to be made on the curtoms house In Char? leston. Eleven national banks In Oklahoma have surrendered their charters in order to secure State charters and thus share the advantages of the State law for insuring bank deposits. Two barns in Florence county were struck and destroyed by light? ning In one day. They belonged to J. D. McCown and Dozier Flynn.