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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, FEBRUARY 1 7 1 906. Robert Lindsay was the head whin1 owl !'Tl1'- 1 uu ,,.,! "C1' ......... u nit.tni- '" ; ;l"iilUM .til ...v-ii. .7-.- i" h'' r nnrii J iVmi I u 'wiint-MO"111'" " - louowiuu .... . . w x 11 ,lu' riT?V i lonHv nhiiQhoi ;i) ofiioc n.ui ck.hi esi.iDii.snea 11 t inCA fill' At h r. am' ihn inn j . . i.i.iT'm's III ni llal 111 V. . LU UUUll- o . J 1 ti,t. im .-....- - - 'A c, .f.:ci'.i-'S was Toci.ous d.iu hunuuiiaea wiiii ':UU1V teoimicaiittes so many m ...I :;i unt stage of the investigation I: nwnn that another man more la-j looking for a site to operate a mill-'S w 1 1 h them ue assigned to the,were my. instructions, "go to Shannon1 ,!:. iH Secretary Schurz declined, county and onen nWntmtinn i ;0 me. in p,,.n fiioapnearauce of. the name of Orlauli an iio .is iituiij oime ' . ... . .v. -.i!- t i;" ; - ;:"; . ; in, AvKHTisns ' k.ti marl it : !u;ri;,v v.no was diiowuig uiiui. iu seu him a fine tract of 25,000 acres at "l' ! S,' L TT- SnThTtiS ?o 50 CentS In Thes negotiations ':nH tT ,rffwuJfv'Tr conducted Personally. Lindsay . , his ual identity the is- claimed to own the land, assuring a . 1!1 v I1 1 had sone over Lindsay s with him in the St. Louis cf- .S72. Orlando an Hise, a Cleve- l-i.. 1 n-al estate dealer of frood stand ing A!'-!' liiivins had the beauties of t in r fxr.oundo.l to him by Lindsay, V.-!! i as! had become one ot me cnier in iitt'iits for the ring second in :uu t only iu nit? iuisstainuu. l Van Hise had made frequent . i . .... t . : . : . i fd'.ill.i ) soiiuini'siein iii&suiin aim . . -i.- r..,. i i. : . ...-.!-" ; i. t'-.()r0'.12hly Taulliiai izcu niinscii wuu t'io "lay of the land."- The base of his rra-r.s v.ps Cleveland, wnere mere sociated with him George wo; 1.:;; '1 .ilir-U IX. IUHVIU, tl ILUliUV piiun, John F. Gardiner, a banker, viiis; the investigation there had fiilil 1' f;i!i-ii into mr nanns.xne letterneaas ami a;!vertising Lean and Trust Com j.a:iv of Sr. Louis was opperate.l from ihV Olive street offices of Lindsay; wliiio (',(1 .'nternatioruil Land Agency was liirected f"ora Lindsay's private ,,iiice in Market street. The letterhead of the lait"r concern named George W. .Wlfon as the eastern agent at Fin;;!!!.! and Baltimore. Robert L. uav 'he vestern asent, W. r,;v,v.n i he selling representative A. in I.oiiilon and John Gensler the agent at Kiifinser Germany. Aiur some vork had been done at I;..iuj:'. and St. Louis I went East. In Pittsburg I found the four principal, members of the ring to be Addison F. Burns. his father. William Burns; t- ha(J no reason to beiieve they George W. Neilson and H. R. McClel- x . . . , , lan. a notary. A lare and profitable were bein& watched, they had acquir business in the sale of these lands had ed the trait of suspicion and alertness been carried on there for years. Nel-' common to all criminals, great and son had been a narticularlv active small. I could afford to take no chan- sales asent. He was partially para- lyzed and went amnnsr his friends ren- among resenting himself as "land poor," the owner of vast, unproductive tracts, part of whch he had to dispose of in order to sunport himself in his failing Physical ccondition. There was an el ement of sympathy in some of . Nel--sen's sales, but he was cheerfully dis- regardful of the svmnathptio feeling: . ir hmi in unloading worthless titles oj unousands of acres on his friends. AfUiison Burns lived in Pennsylva nia avenue, Pittsburg, and, in addition to handling Missouri lands, was, a eealer in 0n properties. .He and his lather made frequent trips of inspec tion 10 Missouri. They . .were both church members in sxod standing. Llke van Hise, they had learned the profession of land grafting to a nicety, u', iml'.ke Van Hise, they had done s"kc business in the line of actually waking fraudulent deeds on their own i-uuiv. McClellan was a notary doing tho srime kind cf work in Pittsburg as tOl-win did in Cleveland Tiie activity of Addison anu William J'liniK in using their own chirography m the manufacturing of deeds render (!1 it eomparatively easy to establish a (:ise against them, it being necessary n:y to prove. the forgery. Some of ij'is work was done so cleverly that at ,'?e tnal f these men persons whose c'g'latUreS harl Vioon fnftrnA nllmnrt ine torgeries as their own writing.! 1 UO 0." S (' H fr'l i 11 n f . t. TCi.-.l I ngent. m ,ot,wii..3 n- 6uoi iuc x iiLbUui g v;t-iii- comparisons in the government landi i-ouamg the execution of a plan to tdt.cn Lindsay and Van Hise in such a way they could find no loophole for tlif;an''- j wvelopements nn tn th?a timo.h9fl re vealed not less than twenty active members of the land league As might expected, tney an were in close wun one anotner and with th ringleader, and it became annntPTit that in Order tO Cantlirp nil on 1 ctuftlly smash the rinS some P!an would have to be devised wriereby the reuerai authorities could move against them a11 simultaneous:y. still placing most imnortance on mnirino- . " fro -i-n r.- T ,9 i tt - .aUM 1111 - i-.iuusiiy ana van Jnise, I call- secret service operative of much abil- ity. Assume the role of a lumberman County and open negotiations with Lindsay personally for a tract of tim- ber land, holding the deal onen till we ' are readv to act " - i btedman followed instructions im- -r,i;;i.. a: j ... "" - U1 - ' - as a sawmm man of tract of 25,000 acres at land nssnrino- a good title, and reDresenti TIP- himTTiaolf as the owner of thousands of acres of other land 'in different soun. stedman left Lindsay without ; UH.v-yM A 4 A AIA.AkJ I closing the deal and went to Vinton, j Iowa, his supposed home, to which" place he told Lindsay he had been est to "my readers, was enormous. I called by important business. From ! spent six weeks alone in the Washing Vinton he wrote to Lindsay asking ton land office withdrawing papers for descriptions of other tracts. The; for examination and comparison. Fre purpose of opening such a correspon-f quent trips were . made to southeast aence was to get Lindsay on record in writing. Again the arch conspirator swallowed the bait, sending to Sted man in his own handwriting descrip tions of various tracts he thought might be suitable for his correspon dent s supposed purpose. While in the East working on the! Pittsburg angle of the case I wrote of this historic criminal case, had , from Erie, Pa., to Orlando Van Hise in been written by one Leo Whybark of Cleveland, representing! myself as j St. Louis, a former colleague of Rob James Hail, a sawmill cwner looking ert Lindsay. To all detectives it is . for a new business base. Van Hise's, well known that many of the most im- advertisement of timber . lands had attracted my attention. I wrote. .Van Van Hise answered thrt ho could sell me 25,000 acres of desirable timber in one tract, and suggested that I come to Cleveland to talk the matter over with him. So to Cleveland I went im immediately. Wearing the rough suit of a lumberman, and with my trousers tucked into the tops of my boots, I registered at the Weddel House under still anc::ier name. While the land ringsters up to this! ces of having my identity discovered by Van Hise, and therefore at every turn covered my tracks as wen as i knew how. In line with this policy, I even took a roundabout course to Van Hise's office in Superior street. I in troduced myself as the Erie party) who had written to him. "I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Hall," , said Van Hise effusively. After the customary small talk mat preceaes eettinar down to business he said: "So you are looking for timber lands. Well, I believe I can furnish what you want." "Have you much land of this kind?" I asked. Plenty of it." "At what price?" "That depends on the land. If you are prepared to take a large tract I can probably make you a price of cents, an acre for land that would suit your purpose. "What arrangements can! you make: for time? I have a certain amount! of money. I have sold my 'muley' mill, and am thinking of buving a portable . Warrants were sworn out and placed io raise the cry ot political persecu circular mill. Until I decide on this ! in the hands of deputy United States ; "on, however, was to put forward the point I don't know just how much J marshals in the. various cities where i strongest available defense. Lindsay will be prepared to pay down on the were placed under bond, the furnishing! came forkard with a newspaper inter- land." - . "Those matters can be arranged to suit you. If you take the land and put a mill on it I will have no fear of your getting away from me without paying the balance.". Our conversation was of the pleas- that marks a rifta.1 ahont to be. closed. Van Hise showed me elaborate' the tract he proposed to seu me. uui I did not close the deal thea, pleading that I wanted a little time to decide on the style of mill to use and to arrange iiio nf m tn use ana 10 arraagB ntW ripteils.I told him I. would go toi Missouri to look at the lands and ask- ed for descriptions, which he cheer- rally gave me. He went further, instructing me to make mvself known tn thp Ht-rk nf the Missnnri mnntir tn roViir.Vv T wcia enn. Psed to be going. This clerk, he said, would be glad to show me the land at Ms. Van Hise's expense, anu would give me all the information relative to this nnri nth o - - mt. ..,. . . . - - - - v WLUA -l" 1J X AAA 1K11 UVkJl V inis u"- or accomodation on van wi- leaguers had on certain county offici- als and the Dart the latter played in tn marketing of the stolen goods. Mv nlan was to conduct, notations with Lindsay and Van Hise in such a way that thev would have the deeds to tho lsini th wOT to cn stoVimnn j , . ciuii ' i iiieir resnci.ivfi OTni'es im the dnv thP nrrPQts ipW t h 'madP thereby providing fresh evidence to thereby pro Stedman with the celerity displayed by a mln ot busi ious to close a deal in which Inst as ppt amv imsns Stedman with the celerity ordinarily iness anx- there was -fnat aa hio offrfto X T,io,i ok nnn e,vi acres on "James Hall," saw mill op- lv and nromised trreat results. " VlUbUl . A ilV U1U11 VIT UO V V71 JV 111 ' D1UJIU The amount of detailed work, which at this late date would be of no inter- Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the network of Evidence being, filed" in with a patch here and a patch there. I believe I neglected to say in begin ning this story that the communica tion to Secretary Schurz, which he had turned over io Chief Brooks and and which was the real starting noint portant cases have their origin in, the falling out of thieves among them selves. Ifindsay and Whybaiic had split over a division of the spoils.the latter claiming, he had been worsted byr Lindsay, who had grown domineer ing in his treatment of subordinates, wnyDarK S revenge tooK tne iorm cr bis letter to the Secretary of the Inte rior." During the investigation Why bark was of considerable service to the government, but later was arrest- ed as one of the leaguers. His senten- i ce, however, was never enforced, this ings all in favor of the defendants. being his reward for his services to " did not take me lonS to see that at " the rate matters were going the land unclebam. j ieaguers WOuld soon be free with out In Cleveland, ueorge Linn after trial, whom was named a suburb, Linndale, , At the time of his arrest Robert was. found to be almost as important a Lindsay charged his trouble to Carl leaguer as Van Hise. John K. Corwin, Schurz. In the newspapers he charged the notary used by Van Hise and Linn, that Secretary Schurz had discharged was a member of one of the most James Lindsay from the Ironton land prominent families in Ohio, but thr- office without cause, and that he, Rob ough his overindulgence in whiskey, ert, had issued a circular attacking was a nliable tool in the hands of oth- Srhnr frr this apt Tn ordor to iret 1 ers. John F. Gardiner was a banker and a man of high business standing. in the work of producing false titles : the notarial work was not the least item, as all the papers had to be sworn to, and it was necessary to find nota ries who not only would consent to take acknowledgments they knew to be false but who could be trusted to maintain the utmost secrecy. Two more of these notaries were Herman E. Schuster and John J. Brady Jr. of St. Louis. In all. twenty-two men had been dragged into our net for com plicity in one form or- another in this great conspiracy. . ; At last the time came tb strike. I believed that the evidence in all the cases was strong enough to convict. greatest secrecy vas uuseiveu iu gei- ting out the papers and arranging oth er preliminaries. With Lindsay and Van Hise, Stedman and I arranged to have all the papers in our deals with them in their respective offices on the, i dav the arrests were planned. It was nn the 15th day ot March in the year after the investigation was begun that Lindsay, iaurity and busy, was at tis desk. I quietly told him he was . j. . 1 unaer arrest. . . ', 1 "Who are you and what am I under. arrest for?" he demmanded. I told him who I was and, briefly, what he was wanted for. "All right," he said coolly, reaching for his hat. "but you came just in time tn ennil a bier trflrlfi for me." Then he "This is a became indignant. ly; "a plot put up by Carl Schurz-to ruin me. It's the the work of the d d in thA Renuhlican nnrtv - - -.AA A u U . " V A . UU. . J and is going to nun. iue party. , - . l. a 1 a was physically .possible the arrests of a score more of the leaguers was made in St. Louis and other cities. All were placed underbcnd, the furnishing ot bail being a comparatively easy matter for men of such prominence means as most of them were. Thn hp.in p. most desnerntn fie-ht for freedom on the part of the land . o - leaguers a ngnt m viucn was empioy- t dignitaries in the Repub- to the intimidation of even minor witnesses by. threats of Itch mk Among me men wu.u una Doen carelessly let into possession ot in criminating information against Lind- say was Frank Smith, an employe of President Thompson of the Boatmen's Bank of St: Louis, who had a country . -t t seat at ironton. une aay tne toiioving notice was sent to Smith from a mys terious source: : Frank Smith.. Ironton,. Mo. : : Cook at Thompson's. : : Prepare with your maker you will : :want to come to "mm very soon. We: :will on August 16, at 12 o'clock mid-: night, come to your house and hang : :you to a tree until you are dead. Mav you be ready to die! BEWARE PARTY OF LYNCHERS. With the history ot, the tree of death in Arcadia Valley in their minds the persons upon whom sucn noiices were served did not look upon them as jest or idle threats. Seventeen corpses had dangled from tae limbs of this tree in mute testimony of the sincerity of purpose of the land leaguers: and the receipt of such a notice .after the league'is had been brought to bay was not a pleasant incident. The govern- ment maintained surveillance over the criminals and their suspected allies, however, and prevented the execution of any threats. The notice sent to Smith I found to be in the handwriting of Robert Lindsay. - It was in high political places that the most telling fight was made by the leaguers to escape the penalty of their crimes. To explain this fight I' must revert for a moment to the national political situation of that year.-Grant had completed his globe circcling tour and was ot-ng urges ror- a third presi dential term. Among the 306 delegates ; to the Chicago convention, that stood ; by him to the last were James Lind ; say and Carroll R. Peek. Grant was : defeated for the nomination by the un j expected launching of the name of i James A. Garfield, around whom the anti- Grant forces rallied. The schism in the party preceedingthe. convention was. .widened, by . the ? nomination and - election of Garfield, Tuthetjbitterness oi leeimg was iiowiiere luure mieuse than in Missouri. ' : 4; ! ? . ' Robert Lindsay was ' prominent in the Grant faction of that jstate, being an officer in a large political organiza tion with such staunch Republicans as Chauncey I. Filley and others of equal prominence. His father was Grant's personal friend and political benefici ary, and the relations between the former president and the Lindsay fam ily were very warm, as indicated by James Lindsay's appointment to one responsible position after he had proved a defaulter in a previous one. United States Attorney Bliss, upon whom fell the chief burden of prose cution of the. leaguers in the courts, was appointed by President Grant, and other government officials, the the weight of whose influence should have been on the side of the prosecu tion were found lukewarm in the cause. I do not mean to imply that there was any overt neglect of duty on the part of the government prose cutors nor that any of the Grant poli ticians used their influence corruptly; but I do say that from mysterious sources and in the most mysterious manner there came strange happen- re venero for the issuance of this cir- cular Schurz had concocted this plot aeainst the Lindsays, according to those worthies. The Secretary of the Interior was a member of the anti Grant faction, and this gave some col or, with the uninormed, to the cry of his political plottings against the Lind says. This is the first time since the celebrated land fraud cases came be fore the public that the exact truth concerning their origin has been made public. The starting ppint, as I have related, was the . falling . out of Rob ert Lindsay and his lietenant, Why bark, and not any desire on the part of Secretary Schurz to punish his political adversaries in tne Republican party. ' . '' ... ... .uiac " demnation of the federal authorities Carroll R. Peck, in the Ironton paper owned by him, charged me with hav ing involved the government in an expense of $80,000 to satisfy the po litical enmities of my superiors. As a matter of fact, about ?1,000 had been spent up to that time. The strongest pecially, and the bitterest of feuds were fomented. ' After the 19th of September, 1881, ( when the word flashed across the land that the shot fired by Gutteau on tne railway platform at Washington had proved fatal, a prominent government official xaid to me: "Now that Garfield is dead there is little chance of convicting the land leagures." This statement was made on the assumption that President Arthur was friendly to the Grant element; but turned out to be an erroneous surmise. In answer to it I said: The Republican , party cannot af ford to stand sponsor for these men." Fully as I realized the strength of the political movement in favor cf the criminals I was scarcely prepared for the sudden turn which affairs took. . The cases had been brought in the United States Court. Suddenly it be camo whispered about that the federal law governing land patents had been construed in such a way as to release the conspirators. This construction was to the following effect: That a land patent once issued was valfd so far as the government was concerned without reference to the manner in which it had been obtained in other words, if the fraud was not discovered before tho patent vas issued it could not be used to nullify the patent nor punish the guilty. Here was a pretty how-d'ye-do. Af ter a year's hard work had revealed a crime involving the clear theft of from six to eight millions of aeres of valu able land from the government and thousands of individuals had been robbed, the promoters of the plot were to be restored to liberty and their former places in ' society because a judge claimed to have discovered a possible construction oi. the federal law that would attain this result. There was no claim that the land leagures had not committed the acts with which they stood charged, but their f rienas claimed and unfortu nately they found ready support among government officials that the discovery of this technicality justi fied the dismissal of the cases. My position was that merely of the Officer who had been largely instru mentl in planning and carrying out the investigation at the orders of my sup eriors. But I was determined that the criminals should not escape if it was in my power to prevent. I had seen all the august power of government ar rayed against malefactors whose ciimes had been infinitesimal comper ed with that of these kind-gloved con spirators, and to me it seemed a vio- llation of every tenet of eternal right r . . , . 1 . to allow these men to go iree Because they were strong in the councils of their political party. , It vas also concieved that the judge inquestion was. in error legally, and support of my view I had a ltter writ ten by Assistant Secretary of State Bell to .John Sherman, Secretary vof the Treasury, calling attention to ses tion 5403 of the statutes, which pro vided that any person stealing or des troying any paper, record or document from any federal office could be fined anS1 imprisoned. This section covered fully the thefts of land patents. Be sides, it had been held by the Supreme Court that the actual delivery of a patent, as with a deed, wastnecessary So fair as :tae uof-'ttiltIinlcalf' ty was concerned the defendants gain ed 'their point. On the construction referred to the cases were allowed. to die in the federal court by the judge who had made the strange construc tion of the law. There was but one resource. In the perperation of the big crime numer ous individuals offenses against state laws had been committed, such as forgery, perjury andobtaining money under false pretenses. We might find justice in these state courts. This was suggested, but my superors in Wash ington doubted the possibility of our being able to convict in the state courts on the theory that they were even more subject to influence than the federal courts. Most fortunately there came to the rescue of justice at this critical mo ment a man with splendid fighting ability and a deep -sense of duty- Circuit Attorney Harris of bt. l.ouis. He nosessed in a marked degree the qualifications that the federal prose cutors lacked, witn mm 1 weui uvei the evidence. He leaped into the breach with a vim. that was refresh ing. He was invulnerable to political or other influences and soon mastered and marshaled for use the great mass of evidence. In the meantime a touch of romance had been added to the drear details of the case in Cleveland. In the office of Orlando Van Hise there had been em ployed a clerk named Mary A. John son. Her sister had married George Linn, anotner member of the ring. She was' also a notary public, and had taken many fraudulent acknowledg ments for her employer. The govern ment had intended to use Mary John son as a witness against Van Hise, but Cupid took a hand after the arrest and Van Hise and the girl were married, thus giving ,the. government a serious setback in tfoe prosecution of Van Hise, for .a wife could not be used as a witness against her husband. The dismissal of the case in the federal courts and the institution in the state courts of course necessitated the re-arresting of the defendants and the furnishing of new bonds: When we went to Cleveland we found that Van Hise and Linn had decamped for parts unknown, presumably Europe. The The others were secured, however, and the trials were hed in St. Louis, Mo.; Steubenville, Ohio, and Carlton, Pa Circuit Attoney. Haris had mastered the evidence so thoroughly and had all the cases so well in hand that he went to Steubenville to assist in the prose cution of the Ohio conspirators. Rob ert Lindsay re tained the most able lawyers he could 'find and every arti fice known to them was employed. At the end of the first battle in court Robert Lindsay was sentenced to serve nine years in the penitentiary. This term he served, minus the time allowance for good behavior. I do not know if be be alive r dead. Far be it froni me in these narratives to seek to follow any man past the point where he expiated his clime In the manner prescribed by the courts. I hope he learned well the lesson that education, a good position in society and powerful political- affiliations do not palliate crime. Crime in broad cloth in still crime. The entire twent-two were convict ed and were sentenced to serve from two to nine years. These were the con spirators, big and little: Robert L. Lindsay, Addison F. Burns, William Burns, Orlando Van Hise, George Linn, John K. Corwin, John F. Gardiner, Samuel L. Carter, David S. Bigham, J. F. Richards, Ben jamin F. Picker, Herman E. Schuster, Charles Vassell, Charles Newman, John P Norris, H. R. McClellan, George W. Nelson, Cyrus Smith, J. S. Wolfe, John Brady Jr., George L Brown, Samuel C. Clark and Leo Why bark. There were sixty-one indict ments against Lindsay, fifty-two of which . Attorney Bliss nolle prosequi ed in St. Louis while Lindsay was on trial in Steuben ville. In the little courtroom at Clarion. Pa., was laid the pathetic closing scene of this memorable crime. Willi am Burns, the grayhaired father, and Addison, his son, in the prime cf man hood, were tried together. Their law yers fought a good fight but lost. Af ter they hed been found guilty by a jury they were called before the bar for sentence. I can give the exact language of the judge, for it was stenographically preserved not a general custom in those days: "The offense committed by you is a very grave one. It was committed under very remarkable circumstances an dseldom is crime committed which is so deeply imbedded in purjury as this crime has been. In order to make this forgery effectual, to impose the persons victimied, it was necessary to resort to falsehood, to impose upon notaries-public andto impose forged papers upon the' official of the United States in the land office. The evidence shown that this single transaction was interwoven with many others of the came kind. That these several transac tions have extended ever a period of several years during which falsehood was continually resorted to; that one cr the other of you have repeatedly forged instruments, imposed upon the officers of the land office and that you have repeatedly victimized the citi zens of this commonwealth is proved. In the history of the crimes of this country there is no one that I know of that has developed so complete a system and so skillful an intertwining of falsehood, purjury and forgery. "You had abundance of time to re sect vou are both men. of mature years. Youknew the effect of your con duct. You knew that you were im posing upon the men who indicted you. You knew that you were reaping gains in this unlawful way and that you were imposing on the department at Washington and deceiving the of ficials in Missouri. You knew you were unsettling the land titles in that state and giving to the citizens of this com monwealth an entirely worthless, title and were gettin gfrom them as much money as you could by a system of false dealing. We regret the position you .are in ,and that the evidence was not such as would have warrented the jury in doing otherwise than they have. We do not desire to continue our remarks -in a way to lacerate your feelings, but it is our duty to adminis ter -the law as faithfully as we can. William Burns, I sentence you to pay a fine of ?500 andto serve seven years at hard labor in the Allegeny pen itentiary, and Addison Burns, the same sentence is imposed on you." Father and son was led away to solitary confinement and the curtan was rung down on the greatest con spiracy if its kind of the century. Next week Captain Tyrrell will tell tne thrilling story of the pursuit and capture of the famovs Biebush gang of counterfeiters. 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Done on short notice with the best ma terials, p ' Goodyear Rubber Tires a Specialty Geo.A.IRage Corner Fourth 9nd Church Street. Shoeing ilLABORD. &.ir Line Railway.. Direct Une to Prta- ' clpal Cltiea, Xot-tb, East Soutfc a4 .. Sonthwcut Schedule Effective Jaay. 7th 1906. - ' - '. Trains Leave Charlotte aa Follow No. 40, daily, at 5.01 a. m. for Monr.. Hamlet and Wilmington, connects at Monroe tor Atlanta and Doints South at Hamlet for lialeigh, Norfolk. Ricli- noncl,, Washington, New York and al r-oints north and - east, for Columbia Savannah and Florida points. ..v -L No. 133 daily, at 10,10 a. m. for Llh- oolnton, 'Shelby and Rutherford ton ornects at Lincolnton with C. & N. W -No. 122 daily, at 7,15 p. m. for Mon roe. Connects for Atlanta, Birming ham and points South, also Hamlet Raleigh, Norfolk, Richmond, Washing on, New xork. and all points North ind East, at Hamlet for Columbia. Sa vannah and Florida points. Pullmrti sleeping Car Charlotte to Portsmouth Vorfolk. - : No. 8 local freight, daily except Sun lay with coach attached at 9,00 a. m 'or Monroe. ; lYains Arrive at Churliitir a Follour No. 133 at 10,00 a. m.. from Dointi Vorth and ootuh. No. 132 at 7,05 p. m. from Rutherford- ton. Shelby and Lincolnton. No. 39 at 10.45 p. m. from Wilmtnirtot- Hamlet and Monroe, also from nnin. North and South. Connections are made at Monroe wii - all through trains for points North an- ;outn, wnicn are composed of vestibul uay coaches , Pullman drawing rootr sieep-cars and dining cars between At lanta through Richmond and V"li ington to New York. For rates, time tables, reservation apply to tio.kt agents or JAMES KER, C. P Charlotte. N. C C. H. GAfTIS. T. P. A. Raleigh. N. C C. R RYAN. G. P. A, Portsmouth, va. SOUTHERN .RAILWAY In Effect'February 11, 1906. This condensed schedule is publisher, "or inforinatiion and subject to changt without notice to the public. 4.00 a. m., No. 8. daily for Rlchmon and local points, connects at Greensbo ro for Winston-Salem. Raleigh, Gol? boro, New Bern and Morehead City, a Danville for Norfolk. 6.05 a. m.. No. 27 daily for Rock Hill Chester, Columbia and local stations. 7.10 a. m., No. 16 daily except Sundav for Statesville, Taylorsville and local points; connects at Mooresville for Winston-Salem and at Statesville for Hickory, L.enoir, Blowing Rock, Ashe -ille and points west. 7.15 a. m.. No. 39 daily. New York an? Atlanta Express, Pullman Sleeper U Columbus, Ua., and day coaches to At lanta. Close connections at Spartan burg for llendersonville and Ashevtlle ' 8.33 a. m., No. 33, daily, New York nd Florida Express for Rock Hill Chester, "Winnsboro, Columbia, Savan nah, Jacksonville and Augusta. First class day coach Washington to Jack sonville. Dining car service . 9.25. a. m. No. 36 daily, U. tt Fast Mail for Washington and all points north; Pullman drawing rooms.sleepers to New York and Richmond, day coaches New rleans to Wasbine-ton: dining car s vice. Connects at Greensboro for Wins. ton-Salciu, ltalsigh and Uoldsbdrd. 9.30 a. m. No. 37. daily. Washlnelorf nd Soutn western Limited, Pull mat drawing room sleepers, New York u New Orleans aad Birmingham; Pull man observation ctr New York to Ma con; dining car service; solid Pullman train. r 10.05 a .m. No. 30 daily, for Washing ton and all points North. Pullman sleep rs to New York; first-class coach to Washington. Close connections at Dan ville for Richmond. Va. Dining car ser vicer . , 11.00 a. m. No. 28 dally; for Davidson itlooresville, Barber Juntion, Cooleeiue Mocksvillo . Winston-Salem and Rob noke, Va., and local stations. 12.35 p. ni. No. 11 daily, for Atlanta and local stations; connects at Spar tanburg for llendersonville and Ashe ville. - - 6.00 p. m. No. 25 daily execept Sun day, freight and passenger, for Cheste S. C. and local points. . , - 7.00 p. m.. No. 12 daily for Richmond and local stations, connects at Greena loro for Goldsboro. Pullman sleepe? Greensboro to Raleigh; Charlotte to Richmond, and Charlotte to Norfolk. 7.50 Taylorsville and local station; con for Statesville and local stations; cou tjects at Statesville for Asheville, Knor ville, Chattanooga and Memphis. 8.18 p. m. No. 38 daily, Washlngtc. and Southwestern limited for Washing ion an i all points north. Pullman sleep ers and Pullman observation car to New lorn. JJtning.car service. Solid Pull- 10.33 p. m., No. 34 dally, New York and Florida Epress for Washington and points north. PulLnan sleeperi trom Jacksonville and Augusta to New Yor. First-class day coaches fnom Jacksonville to Washington. - . 9.50 p. m., No 29 daily, Washington and Florida Limited for Columbia, Au gusta, Charleston, Savannah and Jack sonville. -Pullman drawing room sleep ing car to Jacksonville First-clas day coaches Washington to Jackson ville. 11.05 p. m.. so. 49- daily, Tor Wash ington and points north. Pullman sleep ar to Washington. First-class day coach Atlanta to Washington. 10.20 p. m.. No. 35, daily, U. S. Fast Mail for Atlanta and points South and Southwest. Pullman drawing room sleepers to Mobile and Birmingham sleepers to New Orleans and Birming ham. Day coaches Washington to New Orleans. Dining car service. Baggage called for and checked from dotels and residences by Wadswortb Transfer Co., on orders left at C. T. O. H. S. SPENCER. Gen. Mgr. S. H. HARD WICK, P. T. M., W. H. TAYDOE, G. P. A., Washington,-C - . R. L. VERNON, T. P. A, ; T. J. WITIIERSPOON. C. T. A 11 S. Trvon St.. Charlotte. N. 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