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CHARLOTTE, N. C.. SUNDAY MORNING,' DECEMBER 3. 1911
PRICE 5 CENTS
Biibery Scandal
Aie Expected
Lj CoiK'nent on The Mc-
V®"fiW tonjessions-Other
■potion May Follow-
jrtKftW
sms Says Others
l)t Guilty.
|(r,Vu‘
jifli 0
hnber m
entered by the McNamaras had In any
way precluded him from going ahead
with the other cases.
Fredericks Talks of Conference.
District Attorney Fredericks gave to
day a fuil account of the negotiations
leading up to the pleas of guilty enter
ed yesterday in the McNamara mur
der trial. He declared tthat in mak
ing the agreement whereby James 6.
iMcNamara pleaded guilty to murder
tiud John J. McNamara pleaded guilty
4 r/»nftr^ in dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron
.Works, counsel for the defense, came
T* ^^Uhn A to his terras and that outside influences
Franklin, Auegea prevail upon him.
ilcNamara Case—
jiBiy opinions by Labot
laitrs.
hi
Darrow Disheartened.
narrow was today a disheartened
lUciii. He read comments of labor lead
ers on the pleas of guilty entered by
both James B. McNamara and John J.
Viriuaiiy admit-IMcNamara, the latter secretary and
- ft on the attor-h*'®“Surer of the International Associa-
. . +ho Bride and Structural Iron
toiibiuu M I Workers. He declared that labor lead-
oe
inv oi
rtH
demand for the
bribery case i
€»-s would understand in due course
fTCdv >1'
-elite
' ", 1 rti f..iof A* that the procedure yesterday was the
Fraulvnn, Disin - solution of a vexatious problem
that had worried him for months.
“I cannot talk about it now,” Dar-
.. hinted at greater de-
fhe scandal that has
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NEWS WANT AD FACTS ♦
Tlie Ad.:
rt
TkE MAN who took th® wro&s
rain coat at the reception at
Tryon St. Methodist ohurch
Thursday night, please call
’phone 1206-J, or address 514
N. Poplar St.
The Result:
(Over the phone in The News
office last night 9:30.)
115? Yes, sir. Not neces*
sary to run the ad again. Man
just phoned me h« had my
coat. Saw the ad in The News.
’Nuf Ced.
If-.-*
d ^nd declared, “but organized labor
. p M Namara^ " “s not hurt and the leaders would
“ «‘ter if they knew the
K. ^-alnst whom It vhs
'be f rfbevN scandal was dl-
l/ affnro4>v bj* his
facts
Edward Nickols, secretary of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, who has
been in the city for two weeks, knew
of the situation and is said to have
'"it oD''-
■net attorney
,"nt i>ra"usl>i Into dramatic promi.
“‘“The a'tJrneys who accepted the glutton ot yesterday^ as
\ ' r. «.hrk nn Mrtn-‘ the Only practicable one.
in the dings'i Taken as a whole, the te^ of f«^
- . Tnwnshin Justice ther exposures during the tnal is said
to have cut off its continuation and it
Popcaa at Work. hinted that at some future time
. -vel^iions which it was‘labor men would know the details.
come at that time The business men of the city ^o in
stituted the move to end the trial, it
was learned today would have been
satisfied with the confession of James
B. McNamara. They thought that
would be sufficient vindication for the
tM iNj- 'oned with a continua-
heann!; itself, the myste-
"j forces that have worked under-
brinp hack "industrial
^ u) Lo Angeles following the ^ — . -
v’.'Cgbi vhai ended in the destruc-' prosecution but th« state officials
r.rjf lAid Augeles Times build-1 thought otherwise.
“i V r md two months ago, and I The committee of business men ar-
iSil h been carried on as bitterly! gued and argued but District Attorney
the denoum^nt in the sourt-ljohn D. tYedericks was oburate. It
jocn y«bterda>. are as eagerly work-j was a pica of guilty by both brothers
tjKja^v to prevent the scandal from at thi stime that he contended for or
ping farther. I a continuation of the trials.
“That was my ultimatum,” said the
district attorney today, “and the com«
mittee of business men who were prac
tically the go-betweens, persuaded
the defense that it was the last straw.’'
Thoufh many statements purport
ing to have come from the McNamaras
have been current, counsci announced
today that the brothefs had not beon
interviewed sine© they left the court
room yesterday and would not be un
til after sentence was pronounced on
Tuesday next.
Men of standing in the community,
he said, had been “up against him,^
with pleas that in the Interest of
peace and society James B. McNamara
be allowed to plead guilty and that the
case against his brother, John J., be
dropped. These pleas, he said, he
th^ cHsc off his rejected.
, i Fredericks declared that since July
mpi governor is re- Yio.d an offer from the defend
N»w Turn in Franklin Cass.
A n«w turn wa« given to the Frank-
*1 i&ir late today,
?^r Governor Henry T. Gage, an
ijriey who is known for bis fighting
dflfi who has never allowed
tai ellenta to plead grullty, was ap-
y*cbed by attorneys for the defense
liM McNamara brotliers and was
Uiit U he chose he might retire
Jer. t':e case The matter was put
k:ia. it »is learned, in the most dip-
Issit! manner. He watt told that his
tesltS ’jo the rf .->cue when the attor-
3»yi (or the defense were so crowded
»1t!i icrr^ that it was impossible for
laa to go ahead with the Franklin
;i'»f iiichh appreciated, but
ti".'!• urEt>n«'y of the case had pass-
iL5 ' at theK' attorneys would be
' g!;) -
It 5: (1 .1' blank.
> fi-l ii.
t .id to '
bit!
tr)M rlio men who ap-
liaf they need trouble
iirther He Intimated
them tba* he had tiuUertakcn to
»fecd franklin and that Franklin
»lone was the only -man who could in-
^'*ee him to withdraw from the case.
••Ptoa lat® hour tonight Franklin had
no such request. It is believed
!ttit he »1]1 not (|o so and that he will
pre.'er tr> t: . his chauces and go
•-v‘ T-itii th« trial.
^ In order thu he be held for trial it
■t c;iv -in- thitt the district attorney
^he rvidcnce he has against
H If thl;: evidence, it is re-
-fted that may be embarrassing to
W .McNamara de-
It wa. !;*oudly intimated to-
rhanse taken place,
I liave been asked to
tinderstanding
^ » lliht rntcn •• l)p Imposed.
•' Diaa arn!v. ,| of ba^Mug paid Ve-
Lookwood $500 to
to have
n,o,.e hj^g jjj
t dptain C
- "h€h t*'
\rc
m
White to l)e
'■onfcssed U.vnanuter of
tt* I t, f ■'i'“u'ng was acquitted or
iJi. failed to
.f,
hir>i i;
‘ ^ *nti in I
agree, is not under
Th(; fr>mplaint lodged
Hn afBdavit of informa-
■M' to make it good,
sottiii" as a coramit-
r" ’■ enough evi-
(ipi' » BCD- through.
-p.i t'\o (courses are open, ..ot, w,
to let James B. McNamara plead guil
ty to save John J. McNamara.
Former Effort to Compromise.
“A month a&o Darrow and I were
talking in couft half seriously about it
The court stopped proceedings so we
quit,” he said.
“That afternoon Darrow came to
me and made virtually the same offer
and I refused to accept it.
“If you ever change your mind let
me know.” Darrow said as he left.
“ ‘I never will,' I replied. Then Dar
row and Lincoln Steffens got together
and Steffens went down town to get
men to come to me to urge me to
agree to Darrow’s proposal. The mat
ter was put to me but I refused to con
aider it and they did not urge me.
“I said I knew I had the goods,” he
continued, “and did not propose to lie
down. I asked two or three others
also of the same crowd, if they
thought I’d made a mistake and they
told mo they thought the case was
perfectly safe in my hands. Mean
while I had talks with Darrow and
Davis and stood pat that both men
must plead guilty.
The mbatter of punishment did not
interest me but I knew and counsel
for the defense knew hat if J. J. Mc
Namara wanted to save the life of
the brother he could help by coming
A MILITANT SOft^RAGETTE
Lady Constance Lytton, a grand-
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 2.—Because of
the collapse of the All-Night and Day
Bank of this city and the arrest of
daughter of the famous English /lovel . ,
istf Sip Edward Bulwer Lytton, who!several of the bank officials, aunouixce
was sentenced In London recently forjment was made today that the Federal
v»rlndow smashing as an evidence of Lrand jury in the United States difr
her sympathy with the militant suffra- . , i. ,
gettes. She was imprisoned before In j triot court late yesterday returned in
the same cause, and created a national dictments against all of the accused
stir by trying to starve herself to [ men charging them with using the
mails to defi*aud.
The indicted men are: E. L. Hen
drey, president, now in jail unwle to
furnish bond.
G. F. Toenges, cashier, also in
death.
Light on Mystzry of
Maine's Destiuction\»^,
J S. Chick, Attache of the bank.
J. H. Brooks, another official of
New York, Dec. 2.—Something to-j the institution,
ward unfolding what seems still to j The bonds of the indicted men were
persist in the my«tery of the de- j placed at $5,000 each,
struction of the battleship Maine in
Havana harbor was contributed ny
Congressman John J. Fitzgerald,
chairman of the committee on appro
priations of the house of representa
tives.
“Additional appropriations had
been urged upon congress under in- .
definite heads, like ‘Lights and Har- Houston, Texas, Dec. 2.—The fol-
bors for American Ports.’ We were lowing officers were elected by the
going to Panama for you see its —Bddcational Associatioii
better than a committee cf congress
should go to a place than that offi- j ? wi
cera in charge of the work of that) AMaHtA.
place should be summoned before
congress, as sometimes these officers | ™
2 eachers Assembly
Elects Officers
H. L. Whitfield, Oo^Bllws
dent; M. L. Brttt^n,
fiiTst vlce-presiderotrU'
••Th.„ h«vo ot Hatinva the entire President, Mr*. J. D. WatlocH, Hir
1“*^. “h ®I'.“';t|mingham, third vice-president,
work of the Maine u^vered. it is ““f directors include:
K Vm p?e JnTa^ea^^c'et ^ °“Trato»
the ship was ^own Chapel Hill, N. C.; C. H. been ovetworked by
plosion from outside or inside. gieler Aiken, S. C.: Charles (i. send its' constituent
will remain for the expert naval |
board sent there to pass upon.
BUSSm TO MODIFY.
OITIMITOM
Sudden Rtmsat of Eng1ands\
Position Thovght to Be Due \
to DesiretoRitam Americans]
Good Will And Frtendly
Feeling.
' FIGURES IN STOKEJS TRIA4-
Frem left to rigjht are Miss Ethel Qoiifad and Miss Lillian Graham, on
trial in' New York for the shooting of Millionaire W. E. D. Stokes. The pho
tograph was taken 6f the “shooting show girls” as they were about to en
ter the court'h^se where ttielr trial is In progress.
Tobacco Trust Begins Process
Of Mss(Mwn in Accoidance
C.;
Maphis, Charlottesville, Va.
The secretary and other appointive
THE WEATHER
‘One turret of the vessel has dis- announced later. The
app^red. They thmk . directors will select the next annual
cated it some distance away, 3b teet “ °
down in the mud. But recovery ot | meeting place.
that will mean nothing.
“It w'ould appear that the destruc
tion had been due to whateved ex
ploded the forward magazine of the ]
ship. I can’t# speak tor the commit
tee^ but I’m inclined to believe |
that,the $250,000 asked for to contin
ue unearthing the Maine will be
favored.
“You know the Cuban government]
has begun to restore the Havana har- j
bor to a 36 foot depth and the wreck
should be lifted.”
KftW D^c. i.^Ajiother trust
todar sulM^t^^lto pt
the government-peniilty of ^tsinteg^ -
tion. It Was the tobacco  trust, Whose ^
arcana was at. No. Ill Fifth avenue,
^o. ■ 111 Fifths avenue ii 'still there—*
not' a sign in the whole place read
ing ‘.‘No smoking”—and the swinging
doOf -showing no evidence^of having
the hurry ta
send its' constituent parts to where
they orlgi^lly came from.;
Vet at 6:3^2 this evoning there did
depart bn' a- speciah-train for St.
Louis,. C. C. Dula, who has been des
ignated to be president of the. Lig-
jBfett and Myers’ Co^mpany, previous-
y on? of the arms, or zoologically
speaking,.,one..of'.the, suckers of the
Washington, Dec. 2.—Fore
cast for Sunday and Monday;
North and South Carolina, fair
Sunday and Monday.
nrt "On Wednesday night the citizens
' '^‘♦hd'-awl^^^j another meeting; I knew all along
‘ • Othervni p Hio •’*®“‘J|that the proposals were Darrow’s and
... tlie eviiience mustlr , r nrhi,r‘a.
Expected.
i-onje development
' h« «'rf I ' I'fanklin case, how-
^J^admlued.
in that
''“1. ^ >'ealiRnment,” he
meant by the state-
■-^4nt sig-
'.;atter ‘connection with
' bri^*K' >t imi>era-
to an issue have
'i f attorney said,
•o-rf” McNamara
'flK wo fppi
* with it just now.
' »ik fftr ‘ with it
un when
hp °o doubt
- rc there
' now unH • °tber attorney
Will Go^A** defense.”
other..
■ t.:
,v prosecuted
DillrVl * ot
■> Bhown vjxnert.
• ofhors state-
(•ity i,
Attorney fYeder-
tii^ intended to
I ri Parties apprehending oth-
t ■ lentr.rt .t,:, ..
iiience must U t^j^t I had the goods. Thurs
day one of them called me up and said
some of them might come to see me.
“ ‘If you have any Influence with
them tell them to run along and ‘lend
to their own business,’ I said and they
did not come. Darrow and Davis
came again and said they could not
agree to a joint confession. I told
them in that case I’d go ahead with
the trial and that I'd rather proceed
with it anyhow.
“Finally they said they would take
my terms and both men pleaded guil
ty. That is the history of the nego
tiation.”
Asked if it were tru^ that the state
had obtained from the prospective
witnesses money supposed to have
been given them in such quantities
that the total practically equalle_d the
amount of the rewards offered by the
city, state and county, in all about
$50,000, Mr. Fredericks said it was
“more or less true.”
That prosecutions would end by the
McNamara confessions, however, has
been the hope of counsel for the Mc
Namaras and tacitly they have ^
lieved the state would lay down its
arms.
“The citizens committee, I should
Continued On Page Four
Fighting Continues
At Amoy, Chmal
Special Cable to Thee News.
Amoy. China, Dec. 2.—Fighting be-1
tween disorderly bands continues spas-
modicaly in the northwestern quarter
of Amoy, causing considemble uneasi
ness in other parts of the city. The
United States monitor Monterey has
been hit several times by bullets.
Several trands of marauders, rep
resenting themselves as revolutionists,
are traversing sections of the adjacent
country and holding up the inhabi
tants of villages. A band tof 400 ruf
fians demanded enrollment as revo
lutionaries here today, biit were re
fused and are now threatening trouble.
William Monroe
Painfully Hwt
Special to The News.
Durham, N. C.. Dec. 2.—Suffering the
wounds of a whole load of a shot gun
and following an operation tonight
William Monroe, living with every
proise of recovery. Mr. Monroe came
here from Biscoe yesterday and rep
resented that institution in the decla
mation contest in Which three states
were entered. He started hunting
this afternoon and his companion, a
son of\Monroe Hall, handed him a gun
which ^red the whole load into his left
side.
the Dlcas of guilty
SOCIALIST BERGER G««DS
UP HIS LOENS.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Confident that
the American people are tired of t^-
iff tinkerlJiS prefer sub
stantial legislation, Victor L. Berber,
the socialist representative, annouiw-
ed today that he will introduce in
congress a woman’s suffrage amend-
i*ent to the constitution.
He will also introduce, he s^s,
bills providing for the nationalization
of railways, express companies, coal
mines, telegraphs and telephones.
Can'' save - much tiresome,
walking and hunling by care
fully rekding the advertise
ments in 'The News. The
mostprogressive merchants in
Charlotte are telling every
day through these columns of
bright, new, seasonable mer
chandise and attractive
prices that prove conclusively
that this is one of the bfst
markets in all the south.
Make up your mind that
whatever you wMit you can
get in Charlotte. Our mer
chants are progressive and
reliable, their stocks are
large, wi^H selects and seas
onable and their prices lower
than you will find in other
large markets.
Read their advertisements
In The News every day. Do
not miss one of them for they.
are all full of suggestions
that mean satis&ction and
saving to the buyer.
f
13
, - . - .
octopU?,° to there-majntain'a; physical- Myers Company, the P. Lorillard
i.r ' inmnnan'v and the tl. J. Reynolds To-
hand men to consult. There’s no
doubt r hilt that . the aggregation o£
talent is a good thing. Some *men
Wtittld come it, who ieeme^ idaport
ant^ bui, like i watei*, th^ .would find
their leveir ‘ " " ,
“Administering the different con
stituent t^roperties, I think additional
clerk hire will not be necessary. It Is
to the credit of the president, J. B.
Duke—I say this* impersonally—that
he ► surrounded himself with men who
have capacity, men who in this emer
gency are fit to take up the admin
istration of the several companies.”
There are to be four companies, as
the- International News Service al
ready has pointed out—the American
Tobacco Company, the Liggett &
Feared That American Pubtic
Would Show Resentment if
Shuster Did Not Get Fmr\
Deal—Persians Reply Not
Public.
London, Doc. 2.—The Brtish foreijn
cfiice today sent a long dispatch to
the Russian government urging the
Czar to modify his ultimatum to Per
sia. This move is a complete rever
sal in England’s position, as the gov
ernment yesterday cabled the Persian
government to accept the demainds
contained in Russia’s ultimatum. Eng
land, it is understood, desires to re
tain the good 'will and friendship of
the American people at large and
fears that the American public will
show resentment if it is decided that
Shuster is not getting a “square deal.”
The opinion prevails in official circles
that the Czar will consent to modify,
his ultimatum, as England is Russia’s
most powerful ally in t^e entente.
Pei^la’s Reply Kept Secret.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 2.—The reply
of the Persian government to the ulti
matum sent by the Czar in the Shuster
case has not yet been made public
here. It Is understood, however, that
the reply rejects the Russian demands
although the Persian government in
timates reasonable satisfaction. Per
sia also asks that some time be grant
ed in which to formulate proposals and
that meanwhile the Russian forces at
Resht, should not be permitted to ad
vance beyond Kashin.
The -newspapers of St. Petersburg
urge precipitate action and take the
occupation of Teheran by the Russian
troops as granted.
Excitement Intense.
Teheran, Dec. 2.—The excitement of
the populace at the news of the Rus
sian advance pn the capital is intense.
The streets ^are filled with crowds.
The walls of the city aftd the legations
are cover»^ ^his morning with red pla
cards “death or independence.”
v.^P^nsian PoWti«lan*^ ^ ^—
Two more Persian politicians were
ass^ssfnated tCKiay. Hadji Mohmad
Tagl, prominent a reactionaj-y, was
killed In the capital this morning
Prince Piman Firma, at one tinle mih-
ister of justice and later governor
vOf the province of Azerbaijan, was as
sassinated at Kasbln, a town ninety
miles northwest of Teheran.
Jy separate ^ existeppe,
Said Mr. Dula: » '
4t is “an absolutely phys^^^ sepa
ration. We are aerifying odt as speed-;
ily as we can the de.cision; of tne
court" only three "Weeks ago,' and this
is an important step^_^^ ; ' . ^
“I am going out ’as. president of the
Liggett and' Myei?B Company. HayWg
be^n here sihb'e. 1899,' it'is 'some
what Of a wrench, this brealving up
of a happy ■ family,'and 'we iall feel
it deeply. ' ’
“Yes, of‘ Course, there are friend
ships and social connectiqns that will
suffer—and, yes, my famfly teeis the
breakup.
But St. Louis is a great-pl^e for
manufacturing aiid, distribiitlon.: It' is
obvious what a central organization
meant. If meant that it' had right' at
Company and the R. J. R^jTiolds
bacco Company. Liggett & Myers
Company is to have 2T.82 per centage
of the business in cigarettes, lip,05
X«r cent m smoldn'g tobacco, 33.83
per cent in plug,. 41.61 per cent in
fine cut, 43.78 per . cent in little ci
gars; >
Capitaliz^ion of the Liggett &
Myere Company is placed at $67,-
447,499. Disintegration was brought
about by selling $115,000^000 of the
property of the American Tobacco
Company to the newly formed Lig
gett & Myers and P. Lorillard Com
panies for. cash and securities and by
distributing to the common stock
holders of the American ^Tobacco
Company, the two-thirds of the stock
of the R. J.‘ Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany. ' * . •
Noted Author
Gets Divorce
New York, Dec. 2.—George Ran
dolph Chester, creator of “Get Rich
Quick Wallingford,” and other fic
tion/characters, was divorced today
from Mrs. Elizabeth M. Chester, Su
preme Court Justice Guy granted a
final decree in favor of Mrs. Chest
er, awarding her the custody of their
two children.
Mrs. Chester named Mrs. Lillian
Deremo in the divorce proceedings.
When the interlocutory decree was
granted last August Chester and Mrs.
Deremo were in Europe. They were
married abroad and returned to New,
York before the ^final ’ decree was (
granted. Although the divorce was
not effective in New York state until
after the * marriage ceremony was
performed Mra. Chester, the first,
stated that she did not care to
bring bagamy charges against her
husband.*
entries FOR.RACES . .
' , AT COLUMBIA.
-Entries tor
Columbia, S. C., Dec".
Monday:' •' ^
Piret race/ 3 .year old and upwards,
5 1-2 furlongs, selling:: Elizai^th 0,
109, Helen Scott, 103; Tiger Jim 111;
Leon B, 111, Si/Mincemeat, 111; Doris
Ward, 103; Dandy Danger 111; .Teddy
Bear 11; Starboard_x 106.. ‘ •
Second race, 3 y^r olds^ and ,up,^ 6
furlongs selling: Mason _3.11; .’Grace
Kimball 111; Angnier,' '108; J. .H.
Barr: X -106;' DanceWay x 106; • Ca-
troke, 111; ^Sabo Blf^,.( 111; ’ Sir Ed
ward 114; Dune Camifb^i 108. i .
Third race, two year olds, 5 fiir-
longs selling: Loathly^Lady x 92; Lady
Mc^e .100; Shreve 108; \ Stelcliffe,
1(M); Excalibur 103Christmas Daisy
97; Sergeant ' Kirk x-9fe; Charlie
O’Brien 107. . ^
Fourth raco," 3 y©atr olds, lip and up,
1 l-8> miles, selling: y Dolly -Buliman
X 108; Spring ^og x 100;, El pro 111;
Golcbnda, x 100; Naduz, lOS; Hatteras
X 9i&.'
B^fth race, 3 year qlde and up, .6
furlongs: selling: Pajorita,, 115; Bar
ney >Igoe 1113; Cawl lit); ^^s 113;
Hoffman, 118; Donald McDonald 115;
Casque, 115; Sig Levy 110., /
Sixth race, 3 ‘ year ol4s and up, o
1-2 furlong, selling: Pr^er x 103;
Clem Bitchy’X 106; Mark Anthony
.11 X 106; Thrifty 108; , Chilton Squaw
103; Dominica X IpS; The Moat, 111;
Tippy l65. '
X-^Api>rentice^^Iciwance claimed.
Piiwt i^ce At 2 :16 ■ ei^ day.
Shanghai, Dec. 2.—The surrender of
Naking to the revolutionaries gives'
th^m' control ' of the waterway from
Shanghai to ^Hankow with a fleet of
twenty, warships. ’
- The total revolutionary, ai’med force
available to the south of the Yangtse
Kiang' river how^ afpproximates thirty
thOuBand men with more than 400
^ns.
i The capitulation of Nanking was
very tame. ^
Plans of the revolutiphartes are
kept secret but there is evidence that
they are prepaxing to- reinforce Wu
Chang with guns and men from the
fleet. ^ '
The revolutionaries'say the Manchus
mu»t .be' eliminated before they day
down their arms.
FINE SUORT ON
FIR^T HUNTING DAY.
Atlanta, Dec. 2.— Eleven hne
bucks, and nobody knows^ how many
hundred b|FdB and riabbits were tne
prizes won- by Atlantians on their
first hunting day afield. ,
'■ It is estlmat^ that fully. 500 peo
ple, With, dog and gun, left  Atlanta
yesterday for variwi^ parts of the
; state. Many returned this monung.
Set of Furs Stokn
Fwm Little- Long's
Yesterday afternoon a set of fnf^
valued at $75 was stolen from the
store of Little-Long Co. A negro, sus
pected of the theft, was arrested but
the furs have not been found. One tyl
the salesladies at the store was show
ing a set of furs to a customer. She
left the furs on the counter while she
went to the telephone to answer a
call. A negro man was standing by
when she left and when she returned
the furs and the negro were gone.
The police were called. About an
hour later the clerk, pointed out to
the policeman a negro standing in
front of the store, as the one who waa
standing my the furs when she went
to the phone. When the jwlic^en
started toward the negro he ran, but
was overtaken and arrested. He gave
his name as Howard Maloy and claims
Greensboro as his home. When quesr
tioned asi to his business in the store
he said that he was wanting to pieet
a woman there who had gcwe, first to
another store. The police regard the
actions of the man as suspicious and
are holding him until investigations
can be made.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT OF
CONVICT TO ESCAPE.
Atlanta, Dec. 2.—Just a few mlnu»
tes after he had been sentenced to
the penitentiary for robbery, Charlie
Johnston, a desperate young wWte
man, who was being taken from tlie.|
court room to the jail, knocked down;
one of the deputies who had him in
charge and made a bee-line down ft
side street.