The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 31, 1911, Image 1
fHr SI MTI I: WATCHMAN. ICetahl!
Consolidated Aur. 2, 1
BATES RELATES STEEL HISTORY.
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i?i ? i mi - mi iMtfi < i n >
-i ii 11 ? oMPi n i k?n
TelU Hon??' Inw^iimitlim Commit?
tee How <.igunth- Cot|M>iadoii mn
(oiH i iw il and Organized?I ni ne
Irl?*'- IntcreM laken Over at DOU?
Mo \|?i>ritlM'?l Value ? Roc acfeilet
lohril hi **cll at 1.4?*.-.?VMMMN
< ompaii) \ri|iiir?Ml to Pre\ent
i ii>.it. of Mm \ork Hunk.
Washington. May -7.?John W.
Gates revealed t<? the HoUOfl "Steel
Trust" Investigating committee to?
day the hist >ry of the l'nlt*Ml States
Steel Corp-or.it:. n. Present at the
I >nimlttee'? session were some of tin
leading st.-. l m-n of the country.
Mr. (iau-s t ad of p.illi >ns lost and
created almost ?n a breath, how the
Carnegie gutta, ippraised at |lfgt?
OOO.OOu. were recognized as worth
$320,e ??? eu.t almost wi hin the time
required to make the transfer to the
corporal! MB] the grim clish in the
formative days, when John 1>. lioeke
feller amis dissuaded from Joining ?n
the corporation, and the manner in
whh h other* were prewnt.-d from
engaging in the stc-.d trad-.
.'.? biting ho.? Carnegie had been
f lo il to I ' it plans for extend?
ing his */...! i.n<.|.|.--s. Mr. Gites
frankly admitted that the gigantic ln?
dustrlal combination was formed to
throttle competition, nd he surprised
the committee arlth the further Infor?
mation that a?heg John t>. Rockefel
ler had sought t ? ?'nt?-r the ste.d
busiti.vsy. a tb- i had baen put through
by which th- Standard ? ?il magnate
wa* leaned la aafl aul for forty ceau
on the dollar.
tTiara? t. r Mr. Carnegie M ';'
Mull In a chltm shop," Mr. Gates told
<t a midnight c ?uferenc.? between
himself. Charles M. Schwab and J. P,
Morgan at whi- h the total corporati m
waa ganeafnad und how it resulted ll
Carnegie1.- getting ; ja,m.i..on? in the
corpor. lion's ??euritbs for his ste.d
lnjert^i? \ hl< h he prev|oes!j had of
fifoi for MO.C 10,.> In cash.
Mr. tl.it?-- a' ., t-'bl tin c unmitt?
of the taking Of the Tennessee C?.i
and It r i' up my by the United
States (Nlfneration during the Ittl
panic, * deal In which he was Inter-j
ested ?* ,i -t- ? . hohh-r of tio- Tn;
gjgggaa Coaanaay. This he i Id a m
a forved tfagaaettog carried out by
Mr. Morgan and dh? r Ahanclnl !?-. d
ers to save from ruin th. Trust Ct
pany nf Amerlci. threatened by the
financial uphe \..l ......... it had
b.in?*d too nun Ii m -n -\ on th.- toe a"
of the Tenn.-s-t-e Corporation.
Plans ma.b b. Mr ? iriiegto In IsfS
and Ifen, t ? strati Mi ateel toteregt?
with a rallro.id of his own and to
compete with the fftttonal Tub,. Com?
pany Just organized by Mr. Morgan,
by th?- erecting of u lube works a:
Aahtahula. Ohio, were th?? faetOfl
that led t> the birth of the steel
combine. The story of the negotia?
tions which led up to th?- combination
now the subj,. t of Congr. ssi .nal in?
quiry wer?* ? n:> rtatatngrj told by Mr.
Gates.
II ? revealed how Mr. Morgan,
alarmed by M.. Carnegie .-, plans, had
sought the advice .f himself and
James J. Mill; how Charles II. Ichwah
Wh?, hi Said, was the only man who
had Influence with Mr. Carnegie, wj
called In to suggest a way to "stop
Cam. gn .Mid how th?- pioneer Iron
and stcei King of the country was
curbed in his porpo-.. though greal y
ti his gnaaclal gain. Hi aaplained
that tin ateel buetaees was threaten?
ed with several issninlhUng forces
?a hen Cnfglgh - plans beongM know n
and that Mr. Morgan and others be?
came ,ii?rm?d. tearing thai Carnegie
would demoralise both railroad inter*
? at* and s|. el pi lees.
This w.?the sltuatiog describ?
ed b> Mr tbii. ?. h:ui-e|| ti due ( r St
present In the Republh li->n u, i
>te? i ? ..mi,,!, w beg Mr. Morgan
sent w? rd I . Mm through James J,
lllll s. . king a ? .nf. r. ?e |o del ?
min-- what could be done, Mr. 0 I
?nid he t-Id Morgan tint Chai M
S? hwa ? v lie miiI . m in nli.aid
hjsjhn ? ? Vr (' . ih rle, l ?u? ..f rim
can,.- a i lernt i i f- r? n ?? ,? Mr
Moji ? i N< ? v. ik heeae, tie ..
roSae ??f whh h was the I nited Ht >t
ateel r i p. i lion,
Mr. Qnni ? rtlrt< il nu an ers id the
. genrnltfee when l.? dN i lined lo
g ? i? he Innti fhl i - Ihi - i k '
. ..mm -n st<?? I* ?? b. s? . | I' ??
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?Hi?*stb?n?i r* I itiog to y <? ? r- ? I ' ?
<t. ? i ?'ornor dion ? dh-i i
mi i i.manand I \ ..
he as m in b t?? no nl ? ? nuf.i tin *
price, * b mid i '?< elve s sogj i
I ? i m f h?- Mtrw ? lhai t in i 11 ? ol h
gee and transportoilon might lie sd?
sIimI April. ihm). 'Be Just I
881.
POSTOFFICE HAS SURPLUS.
I IRITf I IM | IN IIIHTORY Ol IM
l" \H IMI Vi III KHK I*- No i?i -
I M IT.
HefOfftlDl In I iehl sei \ ice. It is \s^?it
ed. Have Made PoSSlhll] Tills Show
Ihr f??r Presen! Year,
Washington, May IS.?For the first
itnte m the hlatory >f the tervlee, it
is said. Um? deficit in the pOJtofllcl
depertmt ul has been entirely wiped
? >ut and 11 ,060,000 surplus for t)U
current flacal year ending June 3i
next 1? In the treasury to the depart*
meat*! credit?
Poetmaater Qeneral Hitchcock hai
tinned a warrant returning to th?
MCretary Of the treasury 13.000,001
the last ?,f the amount m t apart from
tt',' public funds to assist in defraying
:!? expenei ?> ?f the p stni service f"i
the present nseal year.
Reforms In the field system, i; Ii
said, have made the refund possible.
W \lt \N I < ?t T FOR FF.LDKR.
I Ispenaarj Commission Instructs lt?
Bccrctar) t<? Take Step when Fei?
der l-'a i Is to \ppear.
Columb|a( May 10.??By resolutloi
d" the Stat?- Dispensary Commlssior
lb i afternoon Instructed Ita secretary
!.. r. Kell) of Blshopvlllsi t?? iweai
<oit in Mew berry County, a warrant
charging conspiracy t<? defraud
State? against Thomas r.. Polder oJ
Anderson? Felder, Roundtree am
Wilson, an Atlanta firm ?.f attorneys.
Felder has been summoned to tes?
tlfy today before the commission, but
failed t-? appear a letter from hin
a?: i received and n res dutlon pre?
i Tlblng the swearing out of n war?
rant f<>r Irs ar rest was afterward ad?
? ?pt. d. hut the teal of the letter wai
not given osj . W, A. Holman of tin
Charleston ???r was today appointed
Ioounael t.> he dispensary oommlsslon
I Mil.I.IONS MNTf AT < ONI Y INLAND
Fin Starts in "Hell fiate?" Destroy!1
? |?i eaniland."
N. \ York, May IT.?Coney Island
the playground of New Tork, suffer*
. the worst disaster "f Its hit ?ry to?
d iy, "Droamlan I," the largest of th*,
musemenl parks, was wiped out and
'?ut four blocks adjoining, covere?
?'? booths, r ?i nirants, hotels, mov?
i n picture th? atrei and r i >rts el
varied types, were destroyed,
The firs broke out at - o'clock i?
tl ? mornlni end was not under con<
(ro| until three hours and a half later
The lees will amount t" between $-.?
.,. and 13,000,000,
in nil about 100 buildings wen
t urned and perhaps 2.000 persons
concessionaires and employees! wer?
turned Into the streets', homeless am
penniless, No lives were lost?
M im.i: (di l ls roll's ins BARN
Tire Destroys Barns ami Content
Frida) While Owner is In Town.
Mr. J. L. (Jillis' two barns with al
of their contents wer.- destroyed hj
fire Friday while he was in Sumte.
>n business, The loss is estimated ft
between $-'.<'<h> ;,rHi $::.*? on, while th<
Insurance is about $"???o.
The the started about B o*clocl
Friday afternoon and burned rapidly
owing ie the dry condition of th<
j lumber and t<? the fact that the hart
was full rf f"d- and COFD, It WS
only by hard work that the dwelllni
house was saved.
DR< >\\ Nl l? IN i.v\( HKS RIYKH
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Ihiiaie < .(><>,t\\ in |.u?.c?. lit ? l ife Wlol
mi BatliliiH WMi nnipanloiis,
I .a ke i 'it v. m ay -'v -While 11 >r
I aee Goodwin, with several other boy
I Itasb bridge tin uftornoon, be ws
? ? Hi in a S hil l and v ? - drOWII".!
111(t Fear not-^-Lot fill the ends Thou Aln
sumteu, s. o., wedn:
viti kw i diiok i>i:\i>.
I'?I, Thomas It. Crews Passes Aw?v
Ifter Inncris of Pour Weeks?His
< ar err.
Laurens, May 28,?Col, Thomas D. 1
Crews, fdit??r. former legislator, i> >st-I
master and ex-?'onf ederate .soldier. J
died shortly after l o'clock last night [
at the hoine of his daughter, Mrs.
John ?I. Bolt, after an illness of about
four weeks duration, He suffered
from heart trouble and as Ids illness
progressed complication* developed.
On Monday last he experienced a
( hau.-- for the worse, and to friends
who t ailed to set: him and t ? mem?
bers of his family he expressed his
absolute faith and hope of the future,
saying that while his life had been
far from perfection, he relied on the
promises of God and had accepted
them.
At ?'. o'clock this afternoon services
were held at t'"- home of Mr .and
Mrs. John P. Bolt, the Rev. I.. 1?.
McGoe, pastor of the First Methodist
church, >f which the deceased had
been a member for more than hair a
century, officiated, assisted by other
ministers of the day. At the city
< emeterj w here he was laid t" rest
bead.- the graves of his wives, the
last rites were conducted by the
Masons, a tremendous throng was
present, \mong those from other
n >lnl i prcseni Included Gov. Blease,
Col, Wylle Jones and James A. Hoyt
of I 'ol umhin: (?ol, B. Ii. Aull yt Mew
berry and Rena tor TUlman.
Col, Crea*s was twice married, his
first marriage being to Miss Eugenia
R, llance, October 21, 1856. Forty
four years ago yesterday she passed
rtway, leaving besides her husband
tl ree sous. William 'I'.. Janu s T. and
:!d. ar ii. Crews, and one daughter,
Mis; gallic, now the wife of .lohn I'.
Bolt, clerk of court of Laurena
county.
Col. CreWS was one of the oldest
editors and publishers iti South Caro?
lina, having continued his connection
in newspaper work Since 1^1", eon
tlnuously, with the exception "f the
fhtrr years gl ten to Southern con?
federacy, up to the time of his death.
?I ? ierved one term in the state leg?
islature in the vn'.s and afterward rep
rosented Laurens county in the State
senate four years, in 1^:*:: h< was
appointed postmaster a' Laurens by
President Cleveland, serving a term
of four years, At the time of his
de tMi he was a members of the board
of trustees of the soldiers' home,
commander ol ''amp Garilngton, V,
i'. v.. and i member of the Htate ex
1 eeutlve committee from Laurens
for a number of years, Politically
he was one of the leaders In this
county.
Thomas Bissel] Crew s was a son of
Thomas and Mary CreWS and was
1 born at Rutherfordton, N. C? June
7. 1^::J. and therefore lacked only 10
' days of completing his T'.'th year. He
came to this town when a boy of is, j
having attended the schools In hi*
? home town When not at work in his
father's wag ?n and buggy shops. He
? entered Ihe office of the Messrs. God
man, the i proprlel >rs ?and editors of
the Laurens Herald, completing his
' apprenticeship two years later, Later
he worked as a state printer for some
time, and then ?ante back to Laurens
L to work on Tie- Herald, Just before
the war he accepted the position of
foreman of The Banner of Abbeville.
v When the War Between the Sections
? broke out he enlisted with Company
? A.. Flrsl South Carolina cavalry,
1 Hampton's brigade, Army of North
? ern Virginia, He succeeded to the
? llrsi lieutenancj of his command and
frequently led his company as cap
lain, He was engaged In many of the
? Important battles.
\t th,- close of the war Col. Crews
p returned to l^aurens and with o local
company purchased the Laurensvllle
Herald. In 1872 Col. < ?rew? became
- chief editor nnd proprietor and thus
? continued his relation to tin paper up
f lo tli,' pr. -ent tau?.
While living in Ail.mi.i Mr. Crews
ln< .i mi , \ p. ditlon ti nd pro< eeded to
I Cuba to assist L ipez and other revo
la't at be thy Country's, Hiy God's a
ESDAY, MAY 31, 1911
I M.I.M \\ M IKES ICTO TRIP.
Makes \ Cross Country Run of sc\
i?ntj Milfs to <?<> to Funeral ol
* ?lit??r Crews.
Columbia. May 29.?Senator Till
man traveled 7" miles across country
by automobile Sunday t<> attend the
funeral of his old friend. BditOI
Thomas Boons Crews of the Laurens
ville Herald. Senator Tillman went
from Trent in t?> Greenwood in one
automobile with his son, B. R, Till?
man, Jr. At (i ?enwood, changing
to another car he was joined by his
son Henry C. Tillman. Senator Till?
man stood the tri]) as well as his sons.
?'Col Crews was the first Tlllmanlte
l ever heard of in Laurena county,"
said the Senator. "And he has been
my life long friend." Another old
friend of Col. Crews who was present
was Hugh Wilson, aged 74, for many
years editor ..f the Abbeville Presi
ami Banner, He learned the printers
trade with the late Col, James A.
Hoyt in the office of the Laurens
vllle Herald in the fifties, Col. Crews
i oing foreman.
?."S Mild.ION \< RES IN COTTON.
Increase Over 1010?Condition- Ro?
ported to Memphis Newspaper.
1 Memphis, May 28.?The first of iii
season's cotton crop reports from
correspondents of the Commercial*
Appeal, of date 'f May 23 and 24, In*
j dlcate that there is an Increased
[area planted to cotten in ?'.'Ii ovei
! that planted In 1910, of about Id
(four and six-tenths) which la about
35,000.000 acres in all.
Over v per cent of the crop has
? >me up to a stand. Planting is prai ?
tii ally completed save in Western ' >k*
iahoma, where if rain falls soon oati
land will be put In cotton. This com?
pares with ss per cent to stand or
May j."> last year. Broadly speaking
it may !??? said that north of a Ilm
somewhere between the thlrty-thlrd
and thirty-fourth parallel the cr >p
somewhat later than last year, owlni
to the fact that the ground is to*
dry for the proper germtnation of th<
seed, South of that line the ralni
have been sufficient to start the cro|
off well, and it Is flourishing.
Among other conditions, the cottor
?s well above the average. There i
no grass In the wei d, There is b
tendency to bettt r land preparatloi
and to the employment of Improved
machinery, There is a r? turn to cot<
t( a in the old. r weevil Infeste 1 dis?
tricts of the Mississippi Valley, bui
;i d< crease In the sections newly In?
vaded.
RECEPTION FOR tiRAMWTES,
Boys and fiirls ol (irnduatlng Class t<
Bo Entertained at Dam e on Xigln
of dune First.
The young neu of th< city hav<
gotten Up a reception and data ?' foi
the "sweel girl graduates" from tin
high school and for the young met
wh i will receive diplomas t-? be glvei
on the night of June first, after th<
closing <d' the commencement exer
ciSeS.
A reception has been given th<
graduates for several years, but it It
expected that the one on this occasloi
will be larger than any of the others
Much Interest has been taken in th<
affair by those who expect t > at tern
and it is probable that it will be on<
of the most successful affairs of tin
year.
CLEMSON COIXEOE COMMENCE
M EXT.
j Fxorclscs Begin Saturday, dune l'i
am! Continue Through Tuesday
dune I?.
Invitations ar< oul to (Temson col
, lege commencement which this yen
will begin Saturday, June i". and wil
continue through Tuesday. June 1 '-.
The lirsl f* at i re of t he i r igran
Ih an entertainment lo ?? given b;
the Glee ('lub un Suturda .. The Ue>
J. Henry H?rmen will preach the hue
. a la urea te sermo i and the add re a t<
the gradutiting class will ,'" made 0
I <> IS" a. in, Tue.-daj bj Pres Jas, 1:
|?att? i ton, I 'h. I i . I,. 1.. 11,
ml Truth's."
THE TKUJ
MADERO SUSPECTS REVOLT.
VLLFGFI) PLOT REV FALK I) B\*
IRREST OF MEXICAN.
Aro/co and Vllljoen Offered Large
sums by Agents <>r Cfenttflco Party,
it Is Charged.
El Pas-. May 28.?What is looked
upon by Francisco I, Madero a.s a
well-laid plan to prevent his reaching
Mexico City, o? overthrow his lead
? rahip and to start a counter revolu?
tion against hun, was revealed to?
night in the arrest of Daniel de Vil?
li, r.-s of Mexico City.
W. F, Dunn, an American, accord?
ing to a telegram received by Ma
dero's chief military adviser, was ar?
rested in Monterey. Mexico, by a de
tectlve, who had trailed him fr >m \,
Paso.
The alleged plot Involves cert, n
sums -d* money, which veto to have
been paid out to Madero's military
leaders. Madero. according to the ?ie
tails giv.-n out by him. was fully ad
vis.-d of the scheme ami allowed 1C to
I .- encouraged. A ten days' trailing
by detectives then b*?gan,
j The arrests followed what is bo?
I lieved to have been an effort by mem
I hers of tin- Clentifico party to over?
throw Madero. De Villleres and Dunn
r tin- last ten day.-, it is alleged
have be<-n attempting to Influence
Gen, Benjamin Vllljoen, chief mili?
tary adviser to Madero, and Gen. Pas
cual Orozco to desert Madero's stand
ard.
The two chiefs?secret? ly < n< outraged
the conspirators until evidence could
be collected t . make tin; arrests
Dunn was arrested in Monterey today
by order of Madero.
c-n. Vllljoen declared $25,000 had
been promised him if he would p\r
tidpate in the conspiracy. Gen
Orosco, he saih was to get any
amount he named. Just what com?
plicity with the Mexican government
existed in tin- work of the accused
men, c.en. Vllljoen declared, was not
apparent.
Gen. Vllljoen asserted that the most
prominent Clentlflcos were mentioned
t > him by De Villieres and Dunn, es
pec tally Rosendo Plenedo, leader
II the Clentifico party In the Mexican
r ingress, The plot, he declares w
to put Plnedo In tie- presidency. In
their efforts to procure evidence
ngainst Dunn and de Villieres, Gen.
I Vllljoen accepted $480 and Gen.
1 i ?rozco 1200.
The warrant for the arrest ?f de
Villieres was issued by Justice of
Peace E. B. MeClintock on a com?
plaint charging "conspiracy t i mur?
der Francisco I. Madero" lil.d by
Gen. Vllljeon. De Villleres was stay?
ing at a local hotel and was arrested
by Deputy Constable Brown. Brown
ind VUlejoen went to the hotel oa
enslbly to further the details of the
illeged plot.
SMALL PO\ AT DAI.ZKLL.
County Su|M?rvlsor Pitts Goes to l>nl
zell to Fstablish Pcsl llouse, If
Vecessury.
Supervisor Pitts. County Commis?
sioner Brogdon and County Physician
Lemmon went out t i Dalsell this
morning to look into the small pox
situation there and to sc.- if it is ad?
visable to establish a pest house In
the nelghhorh.I.
Four eases of the disease were re?
ported on the Edens and Parker
places some time ago, but the c unity
physician was sent out to vaccinate
those who had come In contact with
the parties having the disease and to
establish a quarantine over the cases
which had already broken out It
was hoped that thc*e measures would
*\ >p t he spread of t he small pox,
but It seems that it did not, for dur?
ing the past week several no re eases
Imvi developed In the n- Igtiborhood,
! t
he
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sell
loped
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? BOOTBRON, l .-mlilL-in .1 .lime.
Vol. XXXII. No. 29.
BLE?SE FREES FOURTEEN.
GOV. BLEASI GRANTS PAROLES
TO DISEASED COXVH is.
\v Rosiill of Governor's Reeenl Visit
to Penitentiary, Eleven Prisoners
Suffering with Chronic Ailment*
and One of Advanced Age Given
Liberty?Two More Freed for Other
Reasons?Action also Favored by
Prison Guard Cr main?The List.
Columbia, v .?Fourteen pris?
oners will l" t Btate Penitentiary
tomorrow x*
This : ably the record in South
e
Carol1 'V one day's leave-taking. Of
tin- if" ?een men to be released by
c . , A Governor Blease twelve are
? ? . their freedom upon the endorse*
C? nt of the prison physician and the
' aptain of the guard at the Peniten?
tiary, following Governor Bl case's
personal visit to the prison, where he
saw these prisoners' condition. I inc
other prisoner leaves also as a result
of Governor Blease's visit, and the
fourteenth goes tomorrow as the re?
sult of a hearing In the case Saturday^
it being simply a coincident that he
will be released at the same time that
the other prisoners go. According to
the certificates elev< n of the paroled
prisoners are suffering with chronic
Illness and oife gets his certificate be?
cause of advanced age.
There are tum- 1 iftermers who
will receive paroles. They are: John
Hall, Orangeburgi burglary; Joe Gad
dy. Colored, Ilorry, murder; Frank
Murray, colored, Berkeley, murder;
Daisy Cicero, colored, Falrfield, mur?
der; Green Brown, colored, Chester*
murder; Walter Perkins, Greenville,
murder; Arthur Whltener, colored,
Chester, murder: Hugh Campbell,
Greenville, murder; James Carter,
colored, Marlon, rape. The last
mentioned is not in the list of twelve
whose cas- s Governor Blease investi?
gated at the prison.
At the time Governor Bteaee went
t<. inspect the hosiery mill a n urn beg
of pris no's suffering with chronio
illness were brought before him and
h.- stated at tie- time that he would
release those win. have a home to go
to and wh >se cases v.< uld 1 ?celve the
endorsement of the captain of the
guard and of the prison physician.
Some ??f those who leave the prison
tomorrow will have to be carried
from tie- very door of their cells in
the hospital building. One of *he
prisoners, an ..id negro, i>- bl'nd; two
others are suffering from locomotor
ataxia. which disease renders them
helph ss; another fell from the third
tier of tin- cell building and had one
side paralyzed: he glided on his cheek
bone and was saved from death in
the fail, but has never been aide to
use one side since the m Utting he
dropped from the dlssy height: two
of the prisoners that leave have tu
berculosts ?>f the stoma< h.
One woman is in the list of pris?
oners. She was sont tip from Fair
field County for murder in 1901, hav?
ing been, theref >re, in the Peniten?
tiary lor ten y,ars. she has asthma
and weak eyes.
NEGRO STILL IN JAIL.
Witne? Supposed to Have Fled From
the state o Keep From Testify?
ing.
Rufus Bacot, the negro arrested
several days ago for setting fire to
M irrls College, i- still in jail awaiting
tin preliminary hearing v hn h has
been postponed because of the to tt
arrivai ..f an Important witness.
it is stated that tin- principal wit?
ne.--. a female pupil of Monas college,
signed an affidavit prepared by Mr.
Wharton, constable for th? Stat< in
?urance eommlsstoner, that Bacot had
s. t tire to u, 1 utldtng. Th d.!\ at'tep
Wharton lefl Green? 'd inty,
whore the woman lives, ?h? >?? imc
frightened at her act ard. on ti el
vico of her Li a?ls, to*?k herself
off, supposedly ? ' the st in r
sheriff, ab
h.-r. Her '