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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.
2. NO. 31
CHARLOTTE, N. C.. SUNDAY MORNING, SfePTEMBER 3, 1911
PRICE 5 CENTS
my Beattie Will
Tell His Story On
Next Monday
o) Sensational Trial
t^d H/ien Yoxmg Man
Jury.
ny of Saturday Amoun-
Very Little—Pal oj
g Sport Did His Best,
lit Rather Weak De-
may result. No, the lady I was driving
with was not my wife. Yes. I am a
married man. I never saw this lady
before or after. Just picked her up in
ills owry OJ nageay country and back again?”
Then he admitted he had been
drinking so much he didn’t know what
he w'as dolnp: that night, nor just
where he had gone, nor wben he had
stopped anywhere. Kestleberg is a mar
ried man. When accosted by corv«>s-
pondents on the court house lawn he
I said:
Trouble to Come.
!‘Yea, they gave me a pretty rough
deal inside. But, take It from me,
boys, there’s a rougher deal I have
to face yet. My wife weighs 250
pounds.”
The correspondents sympathized
with Mr. Kestleberg as best they
could.
Though he was sunken-eyed, hollow
ed Press.
id C H., Va„ Sept. 2—The
tae Beattie trial today laid
* VO >rv. points before
r «e '-m ’- thft
ouc’ hirr..' t' later today,
■'-^d T’ie rlie,-ry of the
■ r. ulah Pinford was
' I e aocused for murder-
n *he other the de-
1 f-rrriny of witnesses
.... thought
aii 'vife on the
’‘D.'iKe on the night of
PAUL BEATT
ST
LAST NIGHT
Cinannati Aeronaut, While
Giving an Exhibition Balloon
Flight, Falls to Death in Water
I cheeked, and apparently on the verge
testimony ^ collapse. Henry Clay Beattie, Jr..
^on. an intimate
V :-i~ no serious affec-
r>f B attie.
• Charles H. KesUe-
the defendant, enjoyed the grilling of
Kestleberg. and grinned openly when
the expressions “joy-ride” and ‘‘we
just burnt up the pike,” were used
by the witness in describing his ad
venture with the unnamed young wo
man on the fatal night.
Kestleberg and a few’ “character
witnesses” occupied the entire day.
among them Fred Beattie, a cousin of
the accused. They told only of the ap
parent fondness existing between Heu-
• t-;«^ accused, mid j-y Clay. Jr.. and his wife.
••f Harry's rela- Ahe afternoon session was delayed
Bin: jrd, f.ointing out fifteen minutes for a peculiar reason
‘ cre accidentally re-, a policeman. Jarrell, and a witness,
e Mr-. Beattie was wakefleld. got into a w'rangle yester
day afternoon over a question of per
sonal veracity. The words led close to
blows. The civilian had the officer
■’iven becaii?^* the brought before Judge Watson. Each
it n.ight embarrass
He ••■Jtified. how-
s motorin*: with a
Paul Beattie, as he looked on the wit*
ness stand, while testifying as to
his cousin’s purchase of the shotgun
with which he (Henry Giay Beattie,
jr.) is alleged to have killed his
young wife at Richmond, Va.
Midi-tt an *urnpike on
ti,urd -r and rhar he
; r .X . >vrM^ the wfv
’■unnlng noMvd.
hi‘t ”;n. A day :fter he
• I -f-rred - lie weapon
icn.y. " a- af'acked to-
; r.jecufion -'n cro:s-
* drew forth
1 \f .’.if' .. 3, once a
d ‘ ' i' in:?e;in''’tion.
li 'On at 1.20
Atlanta. Ga.. Sept. 2.—Within the
gray walls of Atlanta’s federal prison,
Charles W. Morse, ex-millionaire, bank-
told his story as a Virginia gentle
man. Each had called the other a
fiehtin narne. The judge ga\e Jai , steamship owner, this afternoon
rell a stinging , umpired a baseball game between two
him five dollars. Fortunateb he h.*d | Qpp^gj^g teams comiX)sed of first
it. Citizen Wakefield depaited i grade convicts in the prison whose
of r V smile of triumph. The jury and | behavior entitled them to cer-
? on cnnLv during this privileges.
ceedinga. , _ , j I Morse seemed to enjoy the fresh air
Henry s Pal on Stand. . and exercise and seemed to have for-
‘ Billy” Sampson, young * gotten none of the fine points of the
best friend, was the first witness i game he used to love.
th»- afternoon. He admiuea Among the players no the two nines
and Henry Clay were “fast were Lupo. “the Wolf.” a notorious
■ A o last yo'mp men. inquiiet hand man, and Edward Valen-
Prof f'cinor \\ ennenhurg. , ' tine Lee. alias Carmichael, the former
H^nry wasn’t any fastei paymaster's clerk of the battleship
was, ' rei'iied the witness, loyally Georgia who was recently caught at
, A - incrnuou?!.'-. | Buffalo. . i - ■> ^
Sampson is the friend of Henrietta i Christopher Columbus Wilson and
•' Oi let.- PMttman. Beulah’s '’hum. He wa- ooiig^ , p ^ Butler of “wireless” fame w^ho
•'lines'! tt, teii of the renewal of Heury s recently began their terms in the pris-
' ' ' {rcl tions with Beulah after Hen’ y dozen others whose names
irarried. Sampson and Beattie went to , been feared in the undrworld,
Norfolk, where the two girls were i-v^-ere among those in the improvised
ing in the segregated district, to see gj-aj^d stand,
thf* races last April. He was forced. |
*no. to tell just w'hat sort of young I
V omen thev were, and to confes? tJiat i
he and Henry sought the girls .:>.it—
in fact, the youns men didn’t decide
he ne-er.se were i
A white man named John Reid, of
No. 6 tow’nship, Cleveland county,
was struck by an outward-bound
Lakewood car. No. 40, as it was pass
ing under the Southern Railway
tracks between Mint and South
Graham streets last night about 7:40
o’clock, and was seriously injured. He
received an ugly wound in the fore
head and it is feared his skull is
fractured.
He was put aboard a car that was
coming to the city and taken to the'
Presbyterian hospital, where Dr.
Boyd and several other physicians
made an examination of the injured
man. He was still unconscious at a
late hour last night and the physi
cians feared that the skull was frac
tured. It is not thought, however,
that his injuries will necessarily
prove fatal.
Motorman C. W. Teeter was run
ning the car and in the partial dark
ness did not see him until within
25 or 30 yards of the man, who was
walking in the middle of the track in
the direction of Lakewood. The mo
torman and several passengers on
the front seat of the car saw the
man at the same instant and the mo
torman applied the brakes and re
versed the power. The car was going
at a pretty good speed and some
what down grade. The contact of the
car knocked the man down and evi
dently turned him round, as the ugli
est wound w'as on the forehead.
There were, several slight bruises,
but no limbs broken.
The victim of the accident had evi
dently been drinjiing. He had with
him in his pocket a pint bottle
which contained a small quantity of
whiskey. He had been at the i,*rocery
store at the corner of Mint street and
the street car line and was observed
to be under the influence of drink.
Whether he has any relatives here
could not be learned last night. He
was identified by a receipt in his
purse which alEO contained about $7
in money.
TO PROBE ELECTION
OF STEPHENSON
Madison, Wis., Sept. 2.—Subpoenaes
for witnesses for the investigation
of United States Senator Isaac Steph
enson w'ere served in Madison today
Most of the persons subpoenaed are
commanded to appear before the sub
committee in Milwaukee at t^, hotel
Pfister on October 19.
[SENTHTi
CmiTEII SUED
FOR 120,000
Lakewood Park The Scene Of
Tiagedy Late Last Night-
Death Witnessed By Crowd
"> b •]) h Til
surceeri?.l
■■ f'hdrlC'
dent oi
much
: he proi);
^fpn wit;’.
le riip’-
,i:iikeo. on
e"ipd to sw'ay.
lie way or
'■"tiniony
t’-A sMnd to
and hl-=
“ ;e'', or eU-i
‘Mi.- ir hn
f'd to him -
to CO Norfolk for the races una;
th. V wrre sure they could meet Beu-
il.-h :’nd Henrietta.
i bani.:son was a pugnacious ivitness.
told nothing except what was
‘^id agged out of him and he fought oit-
'i-trly' against telling anything that
Suary and Gomez
In Close Race
McNAMARA DEFENSE
FUND STAMP APPROVED
Washington, Sept, 2.—A new de
sign of the McNamara defense fund
stamp, submitted to the postoffice de
nartment by the American Federation
of La nor, has been approved. Certain
objections of the postoffice depart
ment caused the change. The new
stamp must be placed on the rever&e
side of letters.
Mexico City, Sept. 2.—With only 1
fifteen votes separating them, Jose
Pino Suarez and Dr. Francisco Vas-
quez Gomez today renewed their con
test before the progressive conven
tion for the nomination as vice presi
dent of Mexico.
Afredo Robles Dominguez, who re
ceived only 297 votes last night and
whom, therefore under the rules, is
eliminated from the race, w'ill, it is
said, urge his supporters to back Pino
Suarez.
Fernandino Iglesia Calderon doubt
less also will be eliminated today, his
vote of 321 being added to Domin
guez's 297 and split up between Vas
niiihf hurt his pal.
Then came that “character vit-
nesses." the obvious reason for their
appearance being that th'; defense
vished to “stall for time.” so that
■ ounr Beattie might not be called to
W tr>-c;8. gtory before Monday,
b-ough* gaining a day of rest and
nid court pj.gpi^ration. An adjournament w^as
l i^erotjtinr Judge \^’atson; but he
d - 'at he not'allow the defendant to be
Ir ed ?rove into the Richmond city jail.
1 e. t > fin ! Mondav will undoubtedly be tne big
the trial, when the wealthy quez Gomez and Pmo Suaiez.
t • £rr>rly. himself.
There w'as a story about town thife
afternoon that Beulah Binford—for
love of whom Beattie is said to nave
slain his wife—had given an interview
,in which he said; '‘They dare not
I c:in me to the stand. They nil );ncw
^.>r? ^ ^^s^’ -'that I am certain of the truth—and
hen, upi^r Henry is not guilty.” But when
cell she denied she had made any *e-
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Death of Rev. W. P. Wright.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 2.—Rev. William
P. Wright, aged 69 years, for 44 years
a member of the Virginia conference
of the M. E. Church, South, died in
a hospital here, today, following an
extended illness. He was colporteur
here for the American Bible Society.
The interment wdll be in Petersburg,
Va.
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FRONT OF COURTHOUSE
rf a da-ly scene in front of the Chesterfield court house, where f
leged murder of his wife. Even trees around the courthouse are used by the crowd to get a g p e
Washington, Sept. 3.—For using his
fists in a rubber store here, Friday
afternoon. Representative Charles D.
Carter, of Oklahoma, is made defend
ant in two suits for damages of $10,-
000 each.
The suits were prepared by an
attorney for Joseph Josephson and
Samuel Gerber, clerks in the Good
year store. They will probably be
filed on Monday.
Representative Carter, w^ho is also
charged in the police court with as
sault and battery and w'ill have a
hearing next Thursday morning, is
on the warpath.' Through his veins
courses the blood of the Indian, and
he declares that before he smokes
the pipe of peace” with his adversa
ries, he will have demonstrated to
their satisfaction that he can fight in
the courts as well as he can use his
fists.
‘‘I will be with them at every
move,” he said tonight. “You can
say for me that I will fight the case
to a finish in every phase, and that
1 will be on hand whenever my pres
ence is required.”
The clerks insist they did not offer
insult to Mr. Carter’s daughter, Italy.
Their story of the affair is that Miss
Italy became angry when the clerk,
Josephson, told her rubber coats for
women were not made with belts
across the back. They say that w’hen
Josephson informed her he had been
selling rubber coats for fifteen years
and knew w'hat he was talking about,
Representative Carter began using
his fists and cane. Josephson w^as
felled with a blow from Mr. Carter’s
fist, Gerber went down from a blow-
over the head with a cane, and an
other clerk received a mild stroke on
the back. He is not seeking redress
in the courts.
THE WEATHER ♦
♦ Washington, Sept. 8.—Fore
♦ cast for Sunday and Monday:
♦ North Carolina, generally fair
♦ Sunday and Monday;
♦ South Carolina, generally fair
♦ except probably show'ers on the
♦ coast Sunday and Monday.
BEAUTIFUL BELLE
NOW FRIENDLESS.
W. L. Brown, of Cincinnati,
Engaged by Management of
Lakewood Park to Give Ex
hibition, Falls into Lake
From Balloon and Drowns.
Bellefontaine, O., Sept. 2.—
Word was received here today
that Mollie Helmick, once the
belle of Urbana, who won first
prize in the international beau
ty contest, held at the Chicago
world’s fair, died yesterday,
friendless in a New York hos
pital.
T
Drank Poison in
Milk And Died
WITNESSED
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 2.—Miss
Mary Emerson, the 20 year old
daughter of ^v. and Mrs. S. R.
Emerson, of Birmingham, died to
day soon after drinking milk, and in
vestigations by physicians called in
immediately pronounced the case
carbolic acid poisoning. As was her
usual custom, Miss Emerson took up
the milk bottle off the front porch
and made malted milk which she
drank. Sfe tasted something strange
in the milk and immediately sum
moned her mother who in turn call
ed in physicians but the girl died
in less than an hour. There is sus
picion that the milk w'as poisoned
after it was placed on the porch by
the dairy people.
On Panama Line Steamship Allianca
(probably off Bamegat, N. J.)—Sept
2.—By aid of searchlights fifty-eight
passengers, fifty-three cabin and five
steerage, were successfully transfer
ed tonight from the crippled Panama
line steamship Allianca to the steam
shi Oruba, of the Royal Mail steam
packet company. Twenty-four of the
passengers are men, twenty women
and nine children.
The work of transferring the pas
seagers was accomplished without the
slightest semblance of panic or fric
tion. The women and children be
haved splendidly and the men were
content to allow the others to go be
fore and t£> be the last off the disa
bled ship.
The transfer was effected with the
aid of a wrecking tug of the Merritt
and Chapman Towing company. Pre
vious to the transfer of the passenger
the mail was transferred. This was
done more as a test and for the addi
tional purpose of giving confidence to
the passengers who watched the pro
ceeding.
Captain Haynes and the other offi
cers of the Allianca w-ere much con
cerned over the situation as they were
obliged to make the transw'er after
dark. Captain Haynes exhalsted ev
ery expendiency to get the Oruba
along side before nightfall. This he
did. But when the Oruba came along
side it was found that the sea was too
heavy and that the lives of the pas
sengers would be endangered by any
attempt at transfer. Moreover, there
was danger of a collision should the
Oruba come too close. Both ships
were bobbing up and down on the high
waves and Captain Haynes thought it
advisable for the rescue ship to keep
at a safe distance.'
Fiance Kicking
On High Pi ices
Paris, Sept. 2.—Shops werfe being
sacked by the rougher element atid
women were parading the streets in
protest against the high cost of neces
saries, in half a hundred cities of
northern France today.
Premier Calliaux issued instructions
to the provincial prefects to repress
energetically- revolutionary agitatiou
in connection with the food manifest a-
tiona
A national inter-industrial commis
sion, composed of the ministers of
commerce and agriculture, and repre
sentatives of the wholesale food deal
ers, was summoned to devise meas
ures for the lowering of the high
cost of food.
Troyes. France, Sept. 2.—Before the
eyes of thousands of horror stricken
spectators today, Lieut. De Grailly, one
of eight entranst in an aeroplane race
among army officers, was burned to
death w-hile in midair, the explosion of
his fuel tank causing the fatality. The
accident occurred at Rigny La Noneuz,
5 miles from Troyes, and the man
who met death had made more than
one hundred flights without an acci
dent. He W’as considered one of the
most expert %viators in France.
The accide. + to De Gailly had barely
been reported to the officials here
when w-ord came from Tousses Le
Noble that Captain De Camine, also
the hero of a hundred flights, had been
killed by the falling of his machine.
Captain De Camine,. however, w'as fly
ing in an event distinct from that in
which De Grailly lost his life.
The ascent of the eight men in the
event which terminated fatally for De
Grailly was made from Troyes. The
lieutenant said before taking his seat
in the machine that he w’as going to
make a distance flight.
In a few- minutes he had risen to a
height of 1,000 feet and was seen to
veer to the southwest. When above
Rigny, 25 miles from here, those who
were watching the flight of De Grail
ly were horrified to see the machine
enveloped in flames. A few seconds
after the sight of the flame there came
a report that was likened to the burst
ing of a bomb and the spectators real
ized that the burst of flame had been
the explosion of the fuel tank of the
machine, which a minute before had
been soaring so gracefully above
them.
With the speed of an express train,
but guided by the foreward planes, the
horrified spectators saw the aeroplane
coming eastward, with the man who
held the steering gear a mass of
flames.
The planes were burning, and the
terrific speed at w'hich he was travel-
ing in the downw’ard sweep fanned i as follows
STERN OF SCHOONER
HAS FLOATED UP.
SERIOUS RIOTING WHEN THE
POLICE BREAK UP MEETING
Helsingfors, Finland, Sept. 2.—Se
rious riting broke out in Viborg today
where the police broke up a mass
meeting that was being held as a pro
test against the Russian government’s
proposed annexaion of Kivinotz and
Nykirka from Viborg. The Fins re
gard it as the first step in the parti
tion of Finland.
Charleston, S. C., Sept. 2.—The
stern of the lumber laden schooner
Margaret A. May, Captain Jarvis,
Charleston to Philadelphia on August
23, has floated up on Cole’s Island,
near here. No word has been heard
from Captain or crew and it is fear
ed that they have drow^ned. The
schooner, a three master of 500 tons,
was evidently w’recked in the hurii-
cane. The May was built in 1882 and
her home port was Wilmington,
Del.
JMUIOiPPEil
GI III MS STILL
Atlanta, Sept. 2.—The ninth negro
woman victim of Atlanta s ‘ Jack the
Ripper” has been identified as Ann
Duncan, aged 20, but the police have
not succeeded In finding her assail
ant. The arrest of two negroes in
connection with the case, howe'ver,
is said to hate resulted in the dis
covery of a clue.
the blaze. It was a desperate effort!
of a man wounded to death to save his
life.
It dropped sheer to the ground.
Persons who ran to the wreck found
Lieutenant De Grailly dead and burn
ed. The hands that had gripped the
steering wheel were charred upon
the backs, while the palms showed
clearly that to the last he had tried
to put to use his knowledge of aviation
and steer his machine to the ground.
The lieutenant undoubtedly was un
conscious before the machine started
to fall.
The accident that cast a gloom over
the officers and men of the eighth Cur-
rassiers was followed by another in
which Captain De Camine, considered
one of the aviators of first rank in the
French service, lost his life. His ma
chine fell for some unaccountable rea
son, killing him instantly. Captain De
Camine had taken part in all the aero
plane maneuvere and w'as virtually an
instructor of officers in this branch
of the service.
Two People Were on Lake
When Man Fell But he Had
Sunk From View Before
They Could Reach Him—
Ballon Found.
W. L. Brow'n, of Cincinnati, a native
of Michigan, w'ho has been giving
balloon ascensions at Lakew^ood park
for two days, w^as drowned last night
about 10 o’clock as he w^as giving hia
final Saturday night performance.
The body had not been recovered at
midnight, although searchers . were
still at work.
Brow'n made his rise last night, as
on the previous evening, above the
roller coaster on the south side of the
car line at Lakewood in the shadow
of the pavillion. He should have
descended beyond the lake, but in
some unaccountable way the balloon
began to come down before he ex
pected. Brown endeavored to loosen
himself from the big ball, as he feared
it would fall on him in the lake. At
the same time he kept firing the nre-
w'orks he had with him and called for
help.
Many people heard the aeronaut
call, but none could reach him in time.
The only ones near him, however, were
Mr. J. T. Hall and Miss Daisy Gilbert,
w’ho were in a row boat in the lake,
about 100 feet from the unfortunate
man.
As they heard him scream the first
time they saw him fire his fireworks
around him, as if he was looking for
a boat. Mr. Hall said:
“We immediately rowed toward him,
but his airbag low'ered him to the
lake before w'e could reach him. Just
before the balloon touched, Mr.
Brown let go, being afraid it would
fall on him. He screamed as he fell
in the w'ater, but the balloon rose
again. W”e could not reach him be
fore he sank.”
The balloon was found a half mile
from the lake by Mr. T. C. Toomey,
one of the members of the Cincinnati
Amusement Company. Attached to it
W'as the parachute and the aeronaut’s
lantern. The bag fell at Elliott’s store,
at Hoskins. The silk w^as split.
A gentleman who saw Mr. Brown
before he made the ascension said
that he looked In the car and remark
ed: “I hope this thing goes all right
tonight, for I can’t swim. I almost fell
in the lake last night.”
Messrs. Archie Templeton and'
Banks Kirkpatrick remained at the j
park tonight to aid in the search for ,
the body of the unfortunate man.
Chief Orr, of the fire department, and
Chief Christenbury, of the police de
partment, w'ere the principal ones
conducting the search.
Brow^n w’as said by some to have
been about 16 years old, while others
declared he was two years older. He
is the same man who made a flight at
the baseball grounds last week.
Brown's reference to his narrow es
cape of the previous night was explain-
As the balloon roso
above the airdome it became entangled
in the limbs of the nearby trees. Brown
cut himself loose and dropped into
the area of the airdome.
The bag, being lightened of his
weight, sailed on, missing a landing in
the lake by a few feet.
There were between six and eight
hundred people at Lakewood at the
time of the accident, the greater
part of whom heard of the death of
the young man. They were not able
to render assistance, however.
Depoited Editois
Reach Santander
Madrid, Sept. 2.—Jose Maria Villa-
verde, nev.'spaper editor and his
nephew, Manuel Villaverde, an edito
rial w'riter, who were deported from
Cuba by pre.sidential decree, arrived
at Santander today.
Various Madrid newspapers made
their arrival the occasion of adverse
comments on the administration of
Cuba,
KENTOGKY NIGHT
RIDERS GOME
INTO SPOT LIGHT
Jackson, Ky., Sept. 2.—Night rid
ers, it W'as discovered today, have
precipitated a new situation in the
Morgan county feud, in which four
men were killed last month.
The riders put a stop to extensive
lumbering operations on the Jeff
Brown farm on Slaughter Creek,
where several families contest the
line dividioig timber rights.
After posting death warnings on
the Brown farm, the riders “shot up'’
the neighborhood. As a result a gen
eral outbreak is feared, and a cail
has been* issued for the organization
of a law and order league.