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The News! arid Observer. :. Th Kawi tnd lnrsr Pc! Ca. iiosEPmrs vAKnas 1 -. .(.. ,.- - President : ; ' OX:ici News and ObMwt Bfiline I -'-; Martin Strnec v the oxly PAPint PunusaiED AT THIS STATS CAPITAL USX2C O Foil Associated Press n:;:rt. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:. For Tear.i .. .. .. .. ... 'i Six Month - - Entered at th postoffice lit Raleigh, c. as second-class mail scatter. WEDNESDAY. . . .Oct. 3, 107. .... W V . Xo man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong. 8Qtia. and pure, and good, without somebody helped and comforted by the very ex istence -of that xoodness. ; F.TRRANKS THE TICITM OP ROOSBTEIPS COCKTAELS The Indiana Methodists refused to elect Vice-President Fairbanks a delegate to the General Conference because, -when President Roosevelt was a guest at his home, Mr. Fair banks ordered cocktails for the President. If Mr. Fairbanks is to be punished for ordering cocktails what are we to do with the President for drinking the cocktails? There is no evidence that Mr. Pair banks drank the Intoxicants and it eeems to be admitted that Mr. Roose velt did. 4.t seems also that the Vice President!: ordered the cocktails be cause he thought genuine hospitality demanded that he f mulsh the sort of drinks he thought his distinguished. Visitor desired. Ought Fairbanks to be made to gruffer and Mr. Roosevelt applauded by the unbending temperance Metho dists of Indiana? If Mr. Fairbanks deserved the treatment meted otrt to him, what shall be done with Roose velt? The answer will he that the Indiana Methodists were punishing nelthex. but that when the "Vlce Pxesddexit asked an honor at the hands of his church consistent devotion to total abstinence demanded that some ether layman be selected -who did not depart from strict temperance rules tym tglil. .Aval -aL'ln f Vl A rMe . .&. - . ' ' ........ 'Executive was his guest and may bare been thirsty- There Is a dis tinction between selecting- as a Vep Tesentathre of a church and punishing men for serving" cocktails. ; The j. In diana Methodists did not undertake to discipline Mr. .Fairbanks for serving the cocktails or to criticize Mr. Roose velt for drinking them. They f re frained from electing Mr. Fairbanks .as a delegate because they thought his example did not encourage tm-peranee- ' " i ' i m ml mm i' Our esteemed contemporary, the Salisbury Post, discussing the fact that e Southern Railway, through Sena tor John; C Drewry, subsidized " the Raleigh jnmwa, ayz i "The Southern Railway or any oth r corporation has a perfect right to own a. paper or a dosen papers if it -wlshwi to g tat- jotimalism. but it ashonld be known that these publica .nm are the property of the particu lar corporation that controls , it, that the Interests It Is serving aa wen a fhrsja who become i its jNBlrosa -may read with clear eyes. ' mw SosEChern Railway has not that right. It Is chartered to run a rail tcsuI. It ha jao bnslnesa to run a' flhongh. of coarse, if It aOaexcad ran one St should do ex, as the ;Post says. In th open. "But th mo lt was Xjoumn that the paper was by xhs)- raOnoad. it would be to xn&ka Its raw impneijtble. The raCroad. caaraot ieeally or lapnorably axks rocsaey derived from freight and or cartssUBae sl Mwwpape. To do so as to divest fiends from the purpose axstaaOsd and tue them for a purpose oswfgm to the object for irTrhlchi Che saovpocaxaom was organiaed. ooantr leads all cofratSeei In fXarOx Carohna in cotton mills and the tCcactSo Industry. T2m issue of the Oetstxmia Gazette thla week Is com Eposed of thlrry-fac pages and la pro ifnsety illustrated, showtng the textile, snercaatflo and other Industries of the founnti'; the chsrehea, tha schools, the ipnfeUe buildings, bmsmeea booses and Ibeastlfal home and psctnres of tho l leading men of tbs county. It fi a -splendid edition, and the story of the ; progress of the county Is Interesting and valuable. Some days ago Judge Blacks one. of iTIrginta, severely crltlciiod Governor Swanson. whereupon the Richmond Jonrnal advised the Judge to preserve "a decent interval of sUehoe." .The next day' the Judge went to sleep on the bench and the sheriff had to ad journ the court. Was Judge Black stone merely trying to heed the admo nitions of the Journal? Fallsbnry 1" already a big town and It is growing into a city. The location of the Southern Railway shops at veneer, a suburb, gives It a splendid population of skilled mechanics who make good cltisens. Now 'the Whit ney Company, the biggest new enter prise In the stata. announces that its xain offices are to be In Salisbury. ' Nearly i all the Standard Oil mag hates are reported "very sick." They will not gt well until the inyestiga-tion"-ends. They do not wih to He and unless they do He, they will send ' themselves to the penitentiary;! There fore they will suffer until the; Invest!- j gallon is over. The next time , a North Carolina newspaper sells out to th Houthern Railway, It will demand "the - long green 'and win steer clearof vouchers, V.. 4'- ' j " " ' . i 1':' i $1 fV ' The Southern Tobacco Journal says "there is ho place for kickers v,;lth cot ftas at It cents and tobacco around 1 3 cents. Unfortunately cotton is much below fifteen cents and average to bacco is below twelve cents. Both will probably be higher when they are out of the hands of the producers. . V We need more spindles in the South. The Southern States produce seveaty two per cent of the cotton grown in the world but manufacture only thir teen per cent. The South need have no fear of competition. In growing th staple, but it should convert more or it into high priced product. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS Enm:jrh to Make One BIukIi. Charlotte News. It is enough to make one bluh to recall the vigor and indignat.on with which the Raleigh Evening Tim as de nied that it had been subsidized when charged with being so by The News and Observer. The latter paoer hit even better than it knew. Big thousand dollars! Whew! And all that for less than $500 worth of alr e rtisin r I "In due time " savs Drewry. "I will t explain." Yes, give the man a chance to get his fences together before the ball opens. There are various conditions which make it more or less profitable to run a paper in Raleigh. A Blot on North Carolina Journalism. Winston-Salem Journal. Senator John C. Drewry has made a statement in regard to the 16.000 he, as president of the company publish ing the Raleigh Evening Times, receiv ed from the Southern Railway Com pany, ostensibly for advertising. Mr. Drewrys statement does not clear matters at best It but makes the amount received a subsidy from the Southern Railway does comparatively little advertising and The Times' heaviest adTertising patron hardly netted the paper as much as the amount named. The affair is deplor able, to say the least, and a blot on North Carolina 'Journalism. Whole Affair Makes One Sick. Greensboro Record. Mr. Drewry, of the Raleigh Times, made a public statement Saturday about the money paid to that paper by the Southern. Railway. He says he received 1 6,0 00, but when the last $2,60'.) came in he had been elected State Senator from Wake and he re turned it. It was a frank state meat but it would have been better had nothing ever been said about it; better still had the money never been paid. The whole affair makes one sick. j CoL Andrews -"Should Be Removed From His Position.'' Richmond News-Leader. We hope for the honor of the trade and because of personal ' regard for some of those involved that this af fair will be cleared up. If it is not. however, it seems to us that Colonel Andrews, of the Southern Railway, Is in line for direct punishment, as suming the payment of the $6,000 to the owner of the Time? who also is. we believe, a State Senator. Certainly he had no moral or legal right to give away that sum of money belong ing to the stockholders of the--Southern Railway. If he did so he should be removed from bis position in the company and prosecuted for misuse of funds belonging to others. Has About Spent Itself. Greensboro Telegram. The Danville Register quotes with approval the Nashville Tennesseeau as saying that "the effort to turn the South, from Bryan has about spent Itself. Nobody has, been mentioned who could begin , to compare with Bryan in popularity in the South. Op- 1 position to him is confined to the I ultra-eonservative Democrats whose attachment to the party is, we suspect, only nominal. Not Been Saying Things for Nothing KJnston Free Press. 1 .w- earth and saying things all this time Tot nothing. He scents his prey from afar off and goes after it. Tears and Smiles From Kirs. Rowland. (Continued From Page One.) divorce troubles of James T. Strange and the matter of the wreck of train i ?8h ML-co?athLI7e0arrda Spc,al early la March of this year. , Tbe First State's Witness. j Mr. J T .Strange, of Beatford. Tn- nrotlMsr of Lha dead engineer, Ctmrtee Tt. fftrange. was the j first witness tailed to the stand, this at 10:28. ' He testified that his brother left hie home tn Indiana at eighteen; that he had no heart disease. His father is S4 and living; his mother deal at T. His brother's health was good an his life up to the time of his leav ing, home and since then he has seen him every two or three years and his health has always been good, the only sickness he knew of being measles and erysipelas. He married about eight years ago In Omaha Lillle Pesner. After this they lived in Mem phis, Tenn.. and Portsmouth. They paid me two visits and his health was good. The second visit in ,106 he was somewhat run down in health. His wife gave him a brown-like tablet as a medicine, and I heard her say tt wae to build him up; that he was run down; that she had got them from a doctor in Portsmouth. Had not heard his brother's wife say she had a good time in Ports mouth or anything about knowing Dr. Rowland. Here by the request of the Solicitor - he pointed out in the court room Mrs. Rowland as having been bis late brother's wife, and that on one visit to him she had said: "Jim, if your wife was in Omaha you might not keep her long." and I said "Why?" and she answered. "Some of those slick fellows might steal her from you," and I said "They could not steal you from Charlie?" and she re plied: "If he was good looking, cute and had money I do not know, I do not know." The witness next told of receiving a telegram from Mrs. Strange, then in Raleigh, telling him of his brother's death from heart disease. stating, "Will be buried tomorrow." this , not giving him time to come. He also read a letter to him from his brother's wife of the 12th of April, telling him of the death, of her being Inconsola ble, of burying her husband here as he bad said not to embalm him, and that not being embalmed the body could not be sent out of the State. Mrs. Rowland Breaks Into Tears. At this point a double letter from Mr. and airs. James T. Stranve tn ! their brother's widow was introduced i and as the loving messages of sym- pathv in It and enquiries concerning Charles R. Strange's death were made, his siser saying. "It must have ' oeen on a railroad accident." Mrs. Rowland In court, hitherto calm and j rene, suddenly broke Into tears and i a soft Uiutver pf sob?.; As the letter was being read her face and neck, usually pale, slowly began glowing Into red. there was a quick reaching for her black bordered handkerchief, and as it reached her eyes the team welled out. and convulsively her body shook. Thai sudden buret Into tears did not attract Dr. Rowland' attention at firsts but Mrs. Rowland's sister quick ly saw It. and with a "Why, JJlile." she (put her arm around her sister's shoulder and softly comforted her. While the tear were mob dried yet for some time- her bdy was shaken with Internal nob. During the morn ing. I arter thl, her tstr fanned her frequently, but Ir. Rowland gave no heed. Other Utters of sympathy be tween the families were read, hut the first outburst after the remlniscenses of Charlie .strwnsje flashed into her mind was not followed by another. The rinsing evidence of James T. Strange for the State wa that his brother hsd been In good health and that he was strong. On Crow Examination. The defense here took the witness, the examination being conducted by Mr. ;T. T. Hick.. The first questions were an to Charle Strange's health, which the witness continued to hold was good, with no sign of heart dis eafMi, his brother never saying his heart troubled him. When his broth er's wife save him the brown tablets it made him sick, this at his house. His brother was later sick at his siser Mary's, Mrs. Black, but he was not informed that the sickness was from heart disease. The defense introduced a. letter from Mrs. Black, of April 11. 1907. to Mrs. C. U. Strange in Ral eigh, saying that it told of the cause of Mr. C. R. Strange's sickness at Mrs; Black's home, but the State ob jected to its being read by the wit ness to the jury. Counsel T. T. Hicks, in. his argument, stated that the letter-f?aid hat Charles R. Strange had an attack of heart disease at Mrs.; Black's house, thus putting the jury in possession of the alleged con tents of the letter. Finally the court ruled that the letter be admitted and in it Mrs. Black referred to a severe attack of heart trouble at her house. Mr. James T. Strange said he knew nothing of this, except that his sister said that he had a sick spell at her home. Attacks Witness On Divorce Matters. Counsel Hicks twitted the witness with having stated that Mrs. Strange in Omaha had .told him of possibly goinp off with some "cute, rich fel low' and wanted to know concerning this, and if he was afraid some one would take off his wife. Then of a sudden he asked; "How many women have you had as wives?" "What?" was the question in an- j swer. ! "How many wives had you had ?" i insisted Coursel Hicks." j IMd 1 ever beat you out of any j woman?" was the question reply. I r- HicKs insisted and finally ! tlle witness answered. j j nave Deen marnea tnree tunes. "Were you ever divorced ? was Counsel Hicks next rapid fire ques tion. "That is my business," replied the witness, ami as Counsel Hicks kept prodding about divorces and wives the witness asked the court for its pro tection from such peering into his private affairs. The Inquiry went on, however. Finally the witness was asked if he was not sued for divorce by his first wife by whom he had two children, the complaint being brought by her that he was living in adultery with one Florence Jones, whom he after ward married, and that neither he nor Florence Jones answered, but that the court granted the divorce and gave the wife the custody of the children. Mr. Strange said he was not in formed of any Huch charge and only of the divorce long afterwards. He bad married Hester McPherson, and two ennaren had been born, had ".,e 1 , -. De,Dff HH" H married hU pres- ent wife in 182. Being- asked why he married without knowing he had a divorce he said. "That's my business." The witness here refused to answer questions as to his last and alleged second marriage, and a report as to i his divorced wife's death as It mirht tOd to incriminate him. raislnc a "X kLZ-.I"?! Counsel Hicks argued that nn rirht of the witness would be Infringed upon; that he was not being tried, and i inai sucn questions were proper; that it would not affect him in law in In diana. Judge Long, remarking that it seemed as if there was an attempt to Fhow bigamy, ruled that the ques tions along thin line need not be un answered, as the witness claimed the constitutional protection. Irt response to question!) the wit- naod iu) it) Ihut rVavln. r w.' Present when Mrs. Strange had told of perhaps some cute ricn fellow gtt tin her. Mr. Hicks' switched at once ba to the question of Strange's sec- ujvwiwr, uui me I Strange Ssth Wax Temper. Solicitor Armlstead Jones for . the State had Mr. Strange to explain that the reason for a divorce from his wife was because of her temper, and that when she Jerked and threw down u child he took the child away and said he would take it where it could be given care and protection and thei left her. Ae to his brother s illness at Mr. Blank's, his brother-in-law's home in Indiana, he said that Mr. Black' said his brother, Charles Strange, t-aid that it was the tablet given by Mrs. Strange that made him sick, and that the next morning at the breakfast table he said, "LJIlle. the tablet you gave me like to have killed me.' He said this information came from Mr. Black, both in the habeas corpus pro ceedings and in private conversation. Mr. Black is to be here today. Mr. Strange was here excused, with notice by the defense hat he would be recalled. Mrs. Jaitie T. Strange Testifies. The wife of the previous witnes was here called by the State. She testi fied; that Mr. C. R. Strange was a strong, healthy man. and was well when at her house in 190R. As to the then Mrs. C H. Strange's talk about perhaps leaving Charlie for some "cute fellow with a heap of money." it had been said by Mrs. Strange when they were in th yard talking together. Then Mrs. James T. Strange re lated a conversation with Mrs. Charles It. Strange as to a- surf experience with a Mr. Ball and Dr. Rowland at Portsmouth. She had paid that she went with Mr? Ball, a woman of questionable character. whom Rhe would not have Charlie know she had gone with, and had gone to the sea side: and had gone Into the surf; that while holding on to the rope she had seen a good looking young man who motioned to her and asked her if she could float; she had said. "No," swid he said he would teach, and then held her i up In the water with his hands. ) After the surf experience she had gone i 1 on the street car with Mrs. Hall and i Dr. Rowland, the young man had ! 1n(nd them. She had learned hl narqe, and also that he knew her hus- ', band, Charlie Strange, then remark-') ing to her lister, and "By gosh. I was afraid he would see Charlie and tell i him: about it." ThN wai In 105. ; She I stated that Mrs. Strange ha'f some brown tablets while visiting at her ! home in Indiana and gve these to Mr. Strange, saying it was because he was run down. The tablets came from Portsmouth. Va. After Charles R. Strange's death she was told .by, Mr. Black that Mrs. Strange had given Mr. Strange brown tablets at her house and It made him sick. i da .Cross! Ksamlnagon. '! On cress examination 1 by Counsel Hicks she" told of Mrs. Strange's re marks about perhaps going oft with "a cute rich fellow. She had told Mrs. Black, her ! sister-in-law. of the affair at Portsmouth with Dr. Row land, not as gossip but as on: ner mind, but she never told Mr. Strange of this, as not wanting to cause trouble. She had later invited -Mrs. Strange to visit her, after Mr. Strange's death. She had written to -Mrs. Strange for money while her husband was sick, as Mr. Charles Strange had promised to help, and she wanted the money direct for things: about ! the house. ; She denied ever hearing through Mrs. Blaek that Charles Strange had heart disease. She Identified the let ter of Mrs. Black to Mrs, Rowland, but had only heard that Charles Strange was sick at thejhome of the Blacks. ; Again as to the. JWrorce, Here Counsel Hicks tried his hand on her as to the divorce of her hus band and she stated that her husband had been married twice before his marriage to her She did not know his previous wives, nor of a divorce until after it was granted. She knew nothing of James T. Strange's pre vious married life. Hester McPher son, the first wife, was dead, she' un derstood. She had heard of a Delia McConnelly. but knew nothing of her as James T. Strange's wife. She stated that she ' had known James T. strange since she was a young girl, having first met him when as a huckster or peddler with a wagon he had come through the little town in which she lived. Here Counsel Hicks asked some thing as ' to whether or not she was concerned about her husband having had other wives and divorces, and sharply the witness answered: "That cices not make any differ ence if he had a dozen wives. X have him now." The crowd in the court room tittered much at this and Coun sel Hicks tried to smooths matters over to which Mrs. Strange aaldj "Well, you treat me as a ludy and I will treat you as a gentleman," which brought more laughter from the crowd. j Counsel Hicks declared that he had no other! purpose, said let ns go on. and end the examinalon in go-j-i hu mor. The lady was evidently in good humor, and on the alert to take care of herself, and she did it ; State In Rebuttal. The State brought out in rebuttal that the money sent by Charles R. Strange was to help a sick brother, and an aged father, that Charles Srange had not sent, as much money as he had promised to send. , j Judge Fines An Absent Ultno. The State here called .for Robert Reed. He did not answer, anj I the State declared it must have him as he was a material witness. He was reported to have left the court room hortJy before, but being calUd and not answering Judge Long fined him $20 and required that an instanter capias be Issued for him and tnat he be put under a JlOfl bond lo sttend the sittings of the court till dis charged, After another witness had been put on Mr. Reed ; came Intc court. Dr. Rowland at Widow Straio's Door. W. E. Cole, a fireman on the Sea board Air Line was the next witness for the (prosecution. He testified that he had never seen Dr. Rowland and Mrs. Charles Strange walking togeth er, but that about a week afta En gineer Strange's sudden death In Ral eigh i he had seen Dr. Rowland .o u Mrs Strange's house, on Franklin street, and about the time he and others got in front of the house lr. Rowland, who was on the steps, came down and walked off fast. This, wan after after dark. . I 'f Here the court ,it being one o'clock, took a recess for dinner, and at J:3o the examination of witnesses for the State was resumed Had Seen Them Together, j The State began Its cross-examination of Mr. Cole Immediately court convened at 2:80. Mr. W. I Wat son asked the questions and Mr. Cole stated that he had seen Dr. Rowland "T w otner doctors r passing i otf Franklin street, that he had seen Dr. Rowlnad and Mrs Strange on the cor ner of Halifax and Franklin streets talking together, had also seen Mrs. fctrenge on Fayettevtlle street In April, Mr. Mike ighe had told him who Mrs. Strange was. The State Examines Again. Hare the State endeavored to show why Mr. Cole had remembered see ing Dr. Rowland and Mrs. 8trahge and not others, but this was ruled out, as being testimony as to statements of a third party. Mr Robert Reed TeetlfieM. j Mr, Robert Reed for the State testi fied that his home is In Portsmouth, and that In September, 105, he. saw Mrs. Strange; in Portsmouth and at other, time in 1905 and 106. In lt0 he had sen Dr. Rowland; and Mrs. Strange in bathing at the game time at Ocean View. Did not know whether they were 'together, neither saw nor heard an v conversation, the v war ft teen to twenty-five yards apart. En gineer Strange had left Portsmouth about six months before his death. The defense did not cross-examine Mr. Reed. Engineer Mike Tighe on Stand, Engineer Mike Tighe. pf the Sea board Air X4ne testified that he had known Engineer Strange for three years and he had Jived here in Ral eigh on Franklin street, two doors west of Salisbury street; near the Johnson street depot of the Seaboard Air Line He had known Mrs. Strange only by sight for two months before Strange's death. Knew Dr. Rowland by sight for three months before Strange's death. Had seen Dr. Row land, about three weeks before Strange' death on the i corner ! of Peace and'- Halifax strets, going I to wards Mrs, Strange's saw Dr. Row land with Mra Strange; on Peace street, They had walked down Sal isbury to Hargett and there Dr. Row land had gone towards Fayettevtlle street and Mrs. Strange down Sails bury. She went up through alleyway next to Jail, crossed Fayettevllle; to Tarborough House and walked upi to wards Martin, passed steps leading to Rowland's office, turned and came back and went up the steps leading to his office. This was at night, after dark. At another time he had met her at night In an outomoblle coat, on Peace street, she had gore down Salisbury to Davie and to Fayette ville an-1 p steps to Rowland's j of fice. He was right behind her and it was at night, these Instances soma three weeks before Stranges death,; At another time she had rotie with Dr Rowland and had parted at the Capir tol Club Mrs Rowland going around and up to Rowland's office. DM Not See Strange Body. Learned of Strange's death and went to his house. Did not see ithe body and left, after asking a Mrs. Johnson to; se the body.; He is a member of ;the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers. Went i. again and did not see the body. Did not go to the; funeral. ; Sunday night about two Weeks after Strange's Death saw Drl. Rowland r ass North side drur. store and with Mr. Cole, he and others wen on and saw Rowland go up steps of Mrs. Strange's house, but he earn off. Some of the boys told him to get off and he left tn a hurry. Being asked again how he left he said 'he got off and away and i this brought some laughter from the audience. Strange was a healthy man, "able to j earn mors ' money than, I can, said Tighe. A month before his death ;ln a conversa tion about a medical operation with knife or under either for piles, strange had said -I don't know I have a heart" and that he had ao heart trouble that would effect him if uider the knife for aa operation. Cot. J, O. L Harris Kxanalnes. CoL J. C. Iv Harris took the wit ness for cross-examination and held that Tighe had never testified be before as to the heart disease state ment, and Tighe said that he had started to testily concerning heart dis ease, ether, and chloroform but had been dismissed from the witness chair and i had no chance to tell of It He stater that be was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers, that It was assisting in la paying for the -prosecution, but that at a time when 'he watched Mrs. Strange j here was nO prosecution. He had watched Mrs. Strange because of reports he had heard? of her behavior. He was in a ; room with a. crowd in Richmond and they f talked of Mrs. Strange and I her carrying on with a street car conductor 4a Portsmouth. He had said1 the ought not to. talk of her unless It was true and they said it was the truth. He did not know her, but one, day after she and! Engineer Strange had "moved to Raleigh while standing On Peace street PatWatklns had bowed to a woman and! he asked who It was and Watklns said: t. "That Is Stranges's wife. Don't you want to meet her? She will give you a good time'' and when I saw her going down the street I followed her to see whom she was going to meet, and! that 1 the reason l followed ner. One reason I had , was I wanted, to see if reports about her were true, and i I proposed to let Strange know, as he was a Brotherhood man. I wanted to tell Engineer Steele wno was a Mason, a Brotherhood man, and a married man, who could tell Strange, and 1 1 did tell Steele. Did not ten Strange. Here Col. Harris' questions to show that there was a real estate office, a skating rink and other offices In the building in- which Dr. Rowland had his office. Engineer Tighe agreed -to thia He insisted that Mrs. strange had j gone up the steps towards Dr. Rowland's omce, to the right, that he saw ! her that he was at the bottom of the steps. She could have gone on up to the skating rink. ' The witness denied that he followed Mrs; Strange tn the pursuit of hie own! "good time," denied that he had climbed a telegraph pole on Halifax street to look Into a young lady's room, or that he had turned the blinds to look into young ladies rooms his details were positive and la decid- de tones. j The lAogh on Col. Harris. But Col. Harris was not satisfied and j went at Engineer Tighe again, this ; time getting the laugh of the crowd on him as the result, while Engineer Tighe was evidently highly pleased at the outcome. CoL Harris begati? by asking Mr. Tighe If he did not keep a little book with, dates of his experiences with young ladles in it. s.Thls Mr. Tighe flatly contradicted and then Inquired Col. i Harris "Did you ever go f: to Hermitage. Va.? 4 "Tea," replied Mr. Tighe. Well, what about the time there that yon took a young lady's hat from a buggy, and there was a demand for Its return and some talk about a horsewhipping r I Mr. Tighe looked lat Col. Harris blankly, then his eyes twinkled and his face "broke Into laugh lines, and with) a real chuckle of merriment he exclaimed "You've got the wrong man. Colo nel. ; And then there was a joyous laugh from the audience, , which saw the fun In Mike Tlgh's Seyes, who con tinued as Col. Harris Insisted about it. "Tou're right about the affair, but you re got the wrong man, some one has misinformed you,- and I'll bet you a thousand dollars." Th crowd laughed some more and CoL Harris tried another turn at the buss-saw. ?; "Do you know a place called Hood's Alley?" Mr. Tighe disclaimed any acquaint ance with such a place. "What?" said Col. J. C. L.. "don't .you know about the. fight there In wmcn you were in With some negro women?" ' l Again Mr. Tighe grinned in delight and laughed, and the crowd laughed with! him as he said $1 "It's the wrong man again. ColoneL some one has misinformed you." And then Mrs. Rowland, who had beent In tears daring the morning, laughed, .it was a soft delicious little gurgle of a laugh, very sincere, and very ; low, her face lighting up with smiles. She saw the fun of it and she couldn't keep from having her minute of mirth. There was some fftrthee r.o.A. nrnming of Engineer Tighe s to ZZilZ a lM aerense let him loose without . .hayjng -fT0wn him -TT1 " " examination. Wanted to Make Strange Wise. x?2S examination again by the State, Engineer Tighe said that in talking PS "a"1, with Engineer Steele about Mrs. Strange's conduct, he had aid t Steele that he wanted him to get Strange to sign the book showing he was going out and then -not to go. so that he could show Strange his wife's conduct without telling him. This was three weeks before Strange's dat5r He had never done this. Xkigiaoer Knnlss Gives Testimony. Engineer C. I. Enniss. of the Sea board Air Line, was a foreman when Strange came on the Seaboard and he knewhim and his wife. One night he saw Mrs. Strange near the State Museum and as he had heard of her meeting Dr. Rowland, he followed her. She went on Fayettevllle street and tip the steps of the building in which is Dr. Rowland's office. He went ; on up the eps to the skating rink and he did not see Mra Strange there. This was some time early in March. .i . OnUrroas examination by Col. Harris he said he is now ai member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, though not at that time, and that he paid his dues, that it. was the purpose of the Brotherhood to pay money for the . prosecution, though he had .seen no receipts, and that -the Brotherhood was at the bottom of the prosecution: Coli T. M. Argo here arose and said that to save time he would state that the Brotherhood had' employed eoun wsl and was paying them liberally. CoL Harris had tried to keep '' Col. Argo In his seat without a statement, but the court ruled It lq. Keeping Tab On Engineer Strange. Mr.; t, B. Pusey, round house fore man of the Seaboard Air Line, stated that he had charge of a board show ing the runs of the engineers when they were in the city land when out of it. Ion the first and .second divisions. He knew Engineer Strange and ; pnysicajiy he was strong and healthy, making same runs as other engineers and n complaint of sickness, or of his heart, or- heart disease, bqt always responded on cell, night or day. - Met Mrs. Strange once at her home. Met Dr. Rowland a year ago when he gave him "medical attention for ton sllltls.! He went to Dr. Rowland's of fice opposite the post; office, on the second floor on the right hand ride, and know, there were at least two rooms. rr. Horn land came to see him at the round house at pight, where he asked horn the board was run. Ono night he asked when Strange would go out. Another night he asked a boy. Claude Jones there, "where Is Pusey?" and I was la the office. When I came out Dr. Rowland had gone. Once a ti ter that he was there, and at times he asked when Strange "would get out." The Wreck of No. 4. One night about 10:10 or It he asked me when Strange would get out ana i saia "On Jf That mgni ran ahead of. S4 and went out first that night. That night S4 was wrecked at Pamlico Junction, a mile and a naif or two miles of Johnson street. I saw the wreck, and saw where the engine went off. The switch looked all right. Waiting Por Stranges Train. Had seen Dr. Rowland at very late hours of the night, four o'clock la the morning. One night I went to call Foreman Xeal for a train. J He lives on Salisbury street and coming back towards Franklin street I met Dr. Rowland coming from the direction of Mr. Strange's house. Strange was not in town that night. This was shortly before Strange's death.' One night Dr. Rowland was in Sasser's office, and was waiting for 4S to come in. En gineer Strange on the, engine. On the Cross Examination Griddle. On tho - cross exam t nation Major Ryan began by asWng Mr. Pusey if he had taken a drink. "Tea," said Mr, Puseye t'and have taken another." He denied .'being drunk at any time or "loaded: that If he took enough he would get .'"full." m Msjorf Ryan here went after some dates which Mr. Pusey could not state . exactly, saying It was a matter of record. There was a tangle between the counsel and the witness and into this came CoL Arxo, this bringing on a clash between . Col. Argo and Major: Ryan. , Finally as to other matters Mr. Pusey said that one morning tie , had asked Dr. Rowland what he ' wa doing over in that sec tion, and Dr. Rowland said "to attend a case - of dlptheria." , He had - a large practice among the mill people. He claimed that there were errors In report, of his testimony at the habeas corpus proceedings. v- 1 To questions from the Stats he eatd that ft was; three or four o'clock in the morning . when be - met Dr. Rowland coming from the direction of Mr. strange's house, and he hadt Just turned 'the corner of; Franklin and Salisbury streets. Confirmed by Claude Jones. Claude Jones, now yard clerk at the Seaboard, before thia. working .under Mr. Pusey at the round house, knew Dr. Rowland by sight. Saw him one night between 10:10 and n looking at the . board at: the round house. Dr. Rowland told him that Pusey was In the office with his head on the table and that he had better .wake up and get some of those trains out that "he will know what I. mean Dt Row land had been there several times at night.';':- - ' ,r v. Counsel Hides and Xegro Boy. William Dunn, .a young negro, was next called. Lives ! 10 Railroad street. . He had seen Dr. Rowland and Mrs. strange one day crossing Hali fax street, this was the Friday after Christmas. On cross-examtnatlonr said his at tention was attracted by Mrs. Strange's automobile coat, but- remembered no one else he bad seen. Counsel nicks tried to tangle up the young negro as to how he knew tt was an automobile eloak and William Dunn said he knew It from reading notices in the newspa rpes and fashion magazines, and on the question of the first Friday after Christmas he knew ft because he knew Christmas camel on Tuesday and ft was the Friday t after. Tha yoxmz negro is intelligent and he took care of himself In the conflict with Counsel Hicks, while the crowd would laugh repeatedly at his apt replies. Mr. Hicks made no Impression on his testi mony. , When the nesrro 'bor told of ths fashion mags sines Mrs. Rowland had another gurgling laugh, ' and It was worth ft as the encounter between the boy and Counsel Hicks was very cans, fag. :4 . .' A. D. Carter, .the negro barber for whom William Dunn works, testified as to hearing , of the day to which William referred and what the boy said. On cross-examination he said he got patronage from railroad men and others, and. among those Engi neer Tighe.' i'.r ' Mrs. Strange and the Telephone. Mr. T. E. Moore, alderman of Ral eigh, who has a store close to where Mrs. Strange lived, said he knew her and she used his telephone, and fre quently called No. 204 of the Inter state, using this about 7 or S o'clock. She talked very low. Among other things J heard her say in long; con versations: "He's Just gone out" "I'm looking for him in," a pause and "Most any time." Again. "What, one o'clock,", then a pause and "that will do all right." This was In January br February. On my book 204 was Goodwin, a black smith. Used Phone Many Times. On cross-examination said his phone was used many times. She made no effort to conceal the.mxmber . or to keep me from hearing what she said. She used the ' phone two ' or three times a week in January and Feb ruary. She used the phone so much that I wanted to find out to whom she was talking. Mr. Hicks endeavor ed by questions to bring out that Mr. Moore's election was by railroad men, that he was now receiving much rail road trade, and that he bad been In dicted for selling liquor, but . Mr. Moore was not caught napping. He said the railroad mea voted against him, that some did trade with him. and that he and other merchants had been reported for selling some kind of cider, but that no case was evci made of It and there was no indict ment, .those facts being; brought out on cross-examination. It Was Dr. Rowland's Te.TepIone. Mr. H- I. Satterneld. city foreman and chief Inspector of the Ben Tele phone who the first part of the year held the same position with the Inter state Telephone Company, testified thst In January, February and March phone No. 204 was in Dr.; Rowland's office, that Mr.- T. E. Moore had aa Interstate phone, and that he did not know that he had another. The court here adjourned until :t0 this morning when the State will go on with Its witnesses. It looks now as If the case would last all the week. Death of X. BIcX Bale. Goldsboro. N. C. Oct 1. -The death of Mr. N. McN. Rule, one of Wayne county's most honorable and highly esteemed citizens, an upright Chris tian gentleman of the old school, oc curred yesterday morning. ; : at his home in ' New Hope township. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Fanny Bizzeii. a sister of Messrs. J. W. and Frank Btxzell. of this city, two children, a son and daughter. He was 70 years of age and was a devoted member of the. Presbyterian church. SELECT O0AQ0I113 HOUSE Mrg, Wiley M. Roserg S aftentirt to the- fact that this large bouse, within half square of the capitoL has been newly painted, papered : and famished, aoa l open , tot boarders by the day, week or month; LARGE AND AIRY ROOMS. RJA- . SONADLX3 PICICTS. Within one. v half square of .the carltoL 113 17 I. 11 3 r r? cur.rc; all HEADACUHG. io czmu, cvznvv;::rr.r. H -.P ' HIT" r '? rMCtUiZCT nnmQu, c. I iwi .1. . WW SW Ureses An. c : r c . . i -.. p , e- r ' I tsiiwuM V- ATS n V." r : I CgWgJtS. PAVUIO. !!r IsGIenvioadGchij kU ; Hnilrl J!n? Glenwood Avenue Is nor & t oughfare which will soon lo r- amlsed. we nave instructor. z !- c eight handsome homes on l::i i sold there. . Think of a I acre park Jest bf-yonl. . r : , constructing btsndin-ri ty t!;v f other. parts of Uih. x Cse ns if voti v.'ant t ; . . .- i f ) " in you have anytime t' f ::. - We nave acquire z ur . which makes it eary fcr v ; ; wins t tSkm c5ecr! ci::i; c-sersfJoa tt cr C::tr:: i U2ae. we vrCl t? t-la ta f tho best and cLtanc-t ccal e to ZtcJcirSa.. .Contracts nr... Ccrs left ntk . rrzr V : ;; ;. t7. C CtrorcJi Czr.i d C,--. flee foot of Jenlins C:r: :t. TicTJ and tntcretita r : '. FOIT. CALC 'v x" Bids will be recelvei ur t o'clock . m Thursday. O; :r 1fr7. for the pvv.tvv of tr I Carolina Kt ate but Id in -7. Jan.tr Exposition grounds. This Is a rare orrortur..tr f t a beautiful colonial home of f y rooms, overlooking historic I.ar Roads. . . , Tbe commission reserves t: . : ' to reject any and all L!d3. 1 - For further particulars ei'r" S. Powell, president N, C C t r. sion, care N. C. Utate j: - J .. whom also address oircrr. 0-27-eod-Ct. 1 QOYSTER'S ?7! THE MUCH: . BAIIK -t !T r c!, - si,c:?,r Sapl'JS, - - 002 lis, c.c": ilea ch .... . 1. w . .1 L t Cv..t..t e.-, 1 1, , i. I: T r -1 C .... . I M la 1 1 ww c t r tsT!; firtlM V , ! 1JK8 1 1
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 2, 1907, edition 1
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