THE WEATHER.
Fair, continued colder Thursday;
Friday not so cold; moderate north
west winds. '
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Government Soldiers Plan to
Trap Rebels in Moun
tains of Mexico.
MAY BE END OF THE TROUBLE
Troops Hurrying to Zone of Insurrec
to Activity Madero Reported in
Mexican Territoy An At
tack Soon.
Mexico City, Dec. 20. The tenth
battalion of infantry, a battery of six
light artillery, mountain guns; and
one rapid fire gun, left here today in
two special trains for the zone of in-
suirecto activity in Chiahuahua. An
other train carrying two regiments of
infantry is said to have left Guadala
jara last night for the same destina-
tion.
The force from this city is in com
mand of General Sanchez Rivera and
Col. Kafael Lis, and is said to be in
tended to reinforce Col. Guzman at
Jdernales.
According to official information
the government forces aie preparing
to deliver a crushing blow to the rev
6iutionists. The situation is said to
be as follows:
On one side of the valley of Malpa
so (bad pass) is the force of General
Navarro, numbering 1.000 men. Col.
(.uzman is on the other side with a
force of 340 troops. He received or
ders to wait for reinforcements.
Troops are being hurried to the
front to raise the force of Col. Guz
man to 1,000 men and then the at
tack will be made from two sides.
In high official circles, it is believed
that the rebels are now trapped be
yond hope of escape.
Francisco I. Madero, the head of
the insurrectionary movement, is
again reported to be in Mexican terri
tory, according to a story which ap
peared in El Heraldo Mexicano, this
afternoon.' The report is based upon
a letter received from Chiahuahua by
responsible persons in this city. Ma
dero is said to have slipped across the
border recently and to be now in Ojin
aga at the head of the rebels, who
were formerly under the command of
Anraham Gonzales.
Troop Train Shot to Pieces.
Chiahuahua, Mexico. Dec. 20. Forty-two
wounded government soldiers
were brought in today thus confirming
reports that the troop train which left
here Saturday was shot to pieces in
tbe mountain trap known as Malpaso,
a few miles east of Padernales, and
about 120 miles west of here. The
official report states that the Federals
lost 21 killed and ten missing and 42
wounded. The latter includes Col.
luman, who was in command of the
expedition. The insurrectos loss is
not known here.
The train left here Saturday, travel
ing in two sections, carrying three
tie Id pieces on a coal car and 500 sol
diers. Pancho Villa, the bandit who
while operating independently, still
rtgards the government as his enemy,
fired on the second section as it was
passing through Andania Canon, but
did no damage.
The mountains of Malpaso, howev
er, swarmed with revolutionists. They
halted tbe first and second sections.
Col. Guzman disembarked his troops
and for five hours defended himself
from the desperate charge. He was
in a trap, however. His enemy was
on the heights, sheltered by boulders
and other protection north to the
mountains and poured in a deadly fire.
He was unable to use his big guns
effectively owing to the nature of the
ground. Notwithstanding his precar
ious condition and the numbers of tbe
insurrectos he held his ground for
live hours. He was shot through the
lpg while the third officer in com
mand was raked across the stomach.
"Worn out with the one-sided battle
('ol. Guzman loaded his dead and
wounded together with the remainder
of his force on to the troop train and
ran back to Bustilfos. Here the unin
jured disembarked and buried their
dead.
A freight train rent out from here
Sunday to load cattle at Bustollos was
countermanded and the wounded
transferred to it. This train arrived
early today and the injured were tak
en to the hospital El Corrosponsal.
SOUTHERN RAILROAD WINS.
South Carolina Loses in Merger Suit
Details.
Columbia. S. C, Dec. 20. After a
rial lasting more than three weeks, a
Juiy in the County Court today re
turned a verdict in favor of the South
(in Railway In the suit in which the
State of South Carolina sought to dis
solve the merger of the Southern and
b veral State roads, the Asheville &
Spartanburg railroad, the 8outh Caro
lina & Georgia, the South Carolina &
Georgia extension and the Carolina
Midland.
'n his charge, Judge Shipp held that
'"in petition as used in the constitu
tional prohibition of a merger of com
Peting or parallel lines, applied te
'mes that compete substantially and le
f i , Competition on business hand
JJ by connections with other lines at
motion points or on fchort stretches of
I araiiel lines, the court held, could not
o considered within the prohibitive
uause. The State is expected to take
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WOMAN KIDNAPPER IS GUILTY
Black Hand Oealt Another Blow in
Brooklyn, N.'Y. Wilt Go 'W Pri
son for at Least Five
Years Quick Verdict. 1
New York, Dec. 2d. Justice dealt
the Black Hand a quick body blow in
Brooklyn today, with the conviction in
less than six hours of a woman kid
napper. She is Maria Rappa, a frail,
weazened Italian woman of not more
than 30 years.
A jury in tne Kings County Court
after only ten minutes deliberation
found 'her guilty of abetting the kid
napping of little Michael Rizzo and
Guiseppe Longo. The penalty is not
less than five years and not more than
fifty years in State's prison. Sentence
will be pased next Tuesday.
The woman sat stolidly through the
proceedings and flatly denied any com
plicity in the case. It was in her
apartments, however, that the Longc
boy was found.
Judge Fawcette expressed gratifica
tion over the verdict and pronounced
it the "severest blow to the Black
HBnd" since ae has been on the bench.
Stanislaus Pittenza, indicted with
the woman, will be placed on trial to
morrow. Eight other prisoners, all ar
rested in connection with the case, are
then to be tried.
William Beall, a young clerk, ar
rested through a trap set by tiie late
Joseph Petrosino, the New York de
tectlve assassinated in Italy, was
found guilty today on an indictment
charging him with ending a threaten
ing letter through the mail to Dr
Marker G. Dadirrian. of this city. The
missive signed "Black Hand," set forth
that inasmuch as Dr. Dadirrian had
paid no attention to demands for mo
ney, "your money cannot save you
now. You must die."
The punishment provided is a year's
imprisonment, a fine of $500 or both.
SUPREME COURT OPINIONS.
Twenty Appeals Disposed of Yester
day Christmas Recess.
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 20. The Su
preme Court delivered opinions in 20
appeals this evening and it is expect
ed that final delivery will be made
Friday and adjournment for the term
taken. Opinions just delivered fol
low.: Jones and Taylor vs. Balsey,
uuftford, new trial; Lane vs. North
Carolina Railroad, Davidson, new trial;
Turner vs. Southern Power Company,
et al., Mecklenburg, no error; Council
vs. Railey, Catawba, reversed; Withie
rell 'vs. Murphy and Moon, Yancey,
affirmed; McDonald vs. McArthur,
MoDowell, defendants appear, no er
ror; Carswell vs. Western Union Tel
egraph Company, MoDowell, no er
ror; Gillian vs. Edmondson, Burke,
no error; Crawford vs. Town of Mar
ion, McDowell, affirmed; Marlowe vs.
Bland. Rutherford, affirmed; Bailey
vs. Meadows Co.. McDowell, petition
to re-hear sustained as to Meadows &
Co., dismissed as to defendant rail-i-ad
company; State vb. Simmons,
Buncombe, no error; Brevard Land
and Lumber Co., vs. Kinsland, Transylvania.-
new trial; Beal vs. Cham
pion Fibre Co.. Buncombe, no error;
Wilson vs. Wills. Buncombe, affirmed;
Weaver vs. Cotton Mills Co., Bun
combe, affirmed; Luther and Webb
vs. Southern Railroad Co., Buncombe,
reversed; State vs. Malloney, Jackson,
no error; Rogers vs. Gennett Lumber
Co., Macon, no error; Kelly vs. Tri
mont Lodge of Odd Fellows, Macon,
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THE PR06RESS IN EDUCATION
Comprehensive Review in Annual Re
port of Dr. Elmer Brown Col
leges Should Agree on Ad
mission Requirements.
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Washington, December 20. A com
prehensive review of the progress
made in American education during
the past year is contained in the first
volume of the annual report of Dr.
Elmer Ellsworth Brown, Commissioner
of Education of the United States
made public today.
There are many activities closely
related to education which have re
ceived a large measure st attention in
recent months, according to Commis
sioner Brown. Libraries and museums,
apprenticeships, public playgrounds
home and school associations such
interests as these are sometimes treat
ed as lying just outside of the educa
tional enclosure.
"There is," he says, ."an unmistak
able tendency to widen the enclosure
and to bring these things into some re
lation with the regular scholastic ad
ministration. "There are, moreover, numerous un
dertakings whicn look to an extension
of educational opportuntiteS to those
who liave left school and have passed
the age of compulsory schooling
Evening and other 'continuation'
schools, public lectures, correspond
ence courses, home studies of the
chatauqua type1, are all familiar ex
amples. "Some of t-ese tnings," he says,
"are distinctively American and have
helped to make a reputation for Amer
ican educational enterprise abroad.
"The extension of the area of com
pulsory school attendance has gone
forward," says Commissioner Brown,
"but the number of young American?
who are allowed to grow up with only
meagre schooling is still distressing
large."
Taking up the subject of higher ed
ucation, Dr. Brown says that this wort
in the country is one "great natoinal
undertaking, the prosecution of whict
is divided out among many institu
tions." He declares that there should be an
agreement among the colleges with re
spect to admission requirements wttich
should uo away with minor differences
that harass the preparatory schools.
This he argues would nu the educa
tional situation of some of its most se
rious embarrassments.
WHAT TAFT TOLD THEM.
Does Not Seem to Satisfy the More-head-Butle
rites.
(Raleigh News and Observer.)
Washington, D- C., Dec. 16. Just
what happened at the White House
yesterday when Congressman More
bead and his flying squadron dropped
in to see the President, was a subject
of much discussion at the National
capital today. Little by little the in
side of what happened is coming to
the surface. It is known that the Tar
Heel visitors are not very much
pleased witM what the President had
to say to them. His conversation was
not of a very reassuring character.
Mr. Morehead and his friends let it be
known that they wanted the State
carman to dish out ti, pTi.
made knoforn their opposition to Dun
can as a participant in the distribu
tion of the patronage. But the Presi
dent was not disposed to make any
air-tight promises, and this very fact
was the occasion of no little gloom
amongst some of the visitors to the
White House.
Gives the Final $ 1 0,000,000
In the Founding of Uni
versity of Chicago
LEAVES IT TO OTHER DONORS
Withdraws Further Representation in (
Its Control Hat Given Approx
imately $35,000,000 to the
Institution.
Chicago, Deceniier 2. John D.
Rockefeller has completed the task lie
set for himself in he founding of the
University of Chicago. Today public
announcement wa4 made of a "single
and final" gift of 110,000,000, which
includes' all the contributions that Mr.
Rockefeller had planned to make to
the University. t
This sum, which is to be paid in ten
annual installments, beginning Janu
ary 1st, will make a total of approxi
mately 135,000.000 ffcat Mr. Rockefellei
has donated to the University.
Mr. Rockefeller says he now believes
the school should be supported and en
larged by the gifts of many rather than
those of a single donor. This, he be
lieves, will De better accomplished if
the public understands the limit of his
contemplated assistance. The found
ing of new departments he leaves to
the trustees as be says funds may be
furnished by other friends of the Uni
versity. Up to the present time, the sum of
nearly $7,000,000 has been -onaied the
University in addition to Mr. Rockefel
tor's gifts.
With the announcement of Mr. Rock
efeller's final donation came the resig
nation of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and
Fred T. Gates, Mr Rockefeller's per
sonal representatives from tbe Uni
versity ooard of trustees.
In enclosing these resignations, Mr.
Rockefeller explained that he was only
carrying out a conviction that the in
stitution shouiu . c controlled, con
ducted and supported by the people,"
with whom up to this date he had been
simply co-operating.
Mr. Rockefeller's ideas, it is under
stood, is that he is turning over the in
stitution and its endowment to Chicago
and the West, and in so doing with
draws from any further representation
in its control-
The official announcement of the
benefaction was made at the quarter
ly convocation at .(he University this
afternoon. President Martin A. Ryer
son, of the board of trustees, read a
letter from ' Mr. Rockeieller in New
York, which bore date of December
13th and was addressed to the presi
dent and trustees of the Univerity of
Chicago.
FATAL FOR THREE.
Men Injured in Explosion in Sampson
County Death.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Clinton, N. C, Dec. 20. Samuel
Faircloth, Cleveland Williams and
Daniel Bass, three of the men injured
in the boiler explosion near Orange,
Sampson county, last week, have died
of their injuries.
Henry Tew, who was lingering be
tween life and death, is improving and
his recovery is hoped for.
Dallas Herring, a prominent citizen,
died at his home south of here today
after a prolonged illness. He was
about 50 years old and leaves a fam
ily.
A HURRICANE RAGING.
Worst in New Foundland in Years
Shipping Disasters.
St. Johns, B. F., Dec. 20 New
Foundland is in the grip of a hurri
cane declared to be the worst that has
been known here for many years. The
storm has been raging for 48 hours
and shows no signs of cessation. Fear
is expressed that many shipping dis
asters will be recorded before the
storm blows itself out.
OUTLINES.
A wealthy Granville county farmer,
his daughter and grandchild were
brutally murdered at Hester Monday
night and the home set fire in an at
tempt to conceal the crime. A negro
believed to be guilty, has been ar
rested. John D. Rockefeller has
completed his task in the founding of
the University of Chicago in making
his final gift of $10,000,000 to the In
stitution yesterday. The govern
ment soldiers in Mexico have been
sent to the zone of the insurrecto ac
tivity and have planned to crush the
revolt A woman was yesterday
convicted of kidnapping in Brooklyn
and will be sentenced to a term in
prison. This is considered a crush
ing blow to the blackhand.-v A com
prehensive review of the progress in
American education is contained in
the annual report of Dr. Elmer Ells
worth Brown. New York markets:
Money on call steady 3 1-4 to 3 1-2,
rulinjt rate 3 1-4, closing bid and of
fered at 3 1-4. Spot cotton closed
10poiuts lower, middling up-
lands 15.15: middling gulf 15.40. Flour
was fairly active with prices about
steady. Wheat firm, No. 2, 98 3-8 ele
vator and 97 7-8 f.o.b. afloat. Corn
barely steady, No. 2 new 52 3-4 f.o.b.
afloat. Oats steady, futures closed 1-4
cents decline to l-4c advance. Tur-
pen tine firm. ,
CLOSELY WATCHED
Feared She May be Preparing
to Aid in Revolution
at Honduras.
CUSTOM OFFICERS ON BOARD
Consul Requests State Department to
Prevent Steamer From Sailing
Still in the Mississippi Ri
ver at Midnight.
New Orleans, December 20. The
United States revenue cutter Davy to-
day anchored alongside the steamer
Hornet and special Customs inspectors
were placed on shore opposite the Hor
net's anchorage with instructions to
report promptly any activities observ
ed in connection with her preparations
for sailing. A special agent of the
Honduran government was also keep
ing watch on the alleged revolutionary
craft.
At midnight the Hornet still lays in
hihe Mississippi river. It is not
known wnen she will sail.
Washington, December 20. The
Honduran minister today protested to
the State Department against permit
ting the departure of ftne steamer Hor
net from New Orleans on the ground
that the vessel contemplates leading a
evolutionary expedition against Prei
ident Davitla. The complaint was
based upon advices received from the
Honduran consul at New Orleans, who
reported that he was convinced that
the Hornet would be used in a filibus
tering expedition against the govern
ment. The minister in the light of
this information laid the matter be
fore the State Department officials for
such acticTn as this government teem
ed proper to prevent the alleged utili
zation of a port of the United States as
a base of war operation.
The State Department officials feel
that all of the usual precautions have
been adopted to prevent the embarka
tion on the Hornet of a hostile expedi
tion directed against the government
Acting through the Department of Jus
tice and the treasury, the State De
partment -as nad close surveillance
maintained over the Hornet.
It is realized that the Hornet might
meet another vessel at sea and em
bark men and arms. Or they might
be taken aboard at some little fre
quented Central American port, a?
was done in the case ot the Venus
which was purchased by the Madriz
faction in Nicaragua to operate
against Estraaa.
To prevent a repetition of that af
fair orders have been sent to the com
mander of the United States ship Ta
coma, now at Puerto Cortez, to endea
vor to prevent the landing on the Hon
durian coast of any expedition that
appears to have originated in the
United States.
Meanwhile, there have been some in
ternal troubles in Honduras to distress
President Davilla, according to a tele
graphic report to the State Depart
ment from United States Minister
McCreay, dated yesterday at Teguci
galpa.-
The minister says that last Friday
Colonel Albarado, of the Honduriar
army, led an uprising against the gov
eminent at a place called Aliana. on
the Salvadorean frontier. The gov
ernment troops dispersed the band
several of whom crossed the irontier
ino Salvador, including the leader
Colonel Albarado. The President of
Salvador, unon the reauest of Presi
dent 'Davilla, has ordered Salvadorean
troops to guard the frontier. Mr. Mc
Creary concludes that it is. not yet ab
solutely clear whether the attempted
uprising was to be ultimately directed
against Honduras or Salvador.
BIG FIRE AT THOM ASVIl.LE.
Cramer Furniture Plant Destroyed
Entailing Loss oi $200,000.
Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 20. Fire of
unknown origin at Thomasville to
night destroyed the main plant of the
Cramer Furniture Company, togethei
with storage, finishing and shipping
rooms, dry kilns and two hundred
thousand feet of lumber, entailing a
loss conservatively estimated at $200,
000.
The fire .was discovered shortly af
ter the plant closed down for the day
but owing to a high wind and inade
quate flre fighting equipment, the
flames spread rapidly and it required
four hours fighting of volunteer bucket
brigades to save adjacent property.
The plant destroyed manufactured
chairs and tables and was owned by
Stuart W. Cramer, of Charlotte; T. J
Cramer and John Myers, of Thomas
ville, and the Whiting Company, of
Wmton, Mass. The company em
ployed 500 men and fully 300 of the
number will be thrown out of employ
ment for several months. The plant
was insured for a little more than one-
third the total loss.
DR. COO KCOMING HOME.
Will Arrive on Steamship Geo. Wash
ington Next Thursday.
New York, Dec. 20. Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, the traveler of Brooklyn, will
return here on the steamship George
Washington, which is due to arrive
Thursday evening. Dr. Cook has not
been in the city since his disappear
ance shortly after the submission of
his polar records to the University of
Copenhagen over a year ago.
flj
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould will
soon announce the engagement of
fiheir daughter, Vivien, to Lord ' De
cies, of London.
MRS. TURNBULL STAR WITNESS
Met Attacks of Cross-Examiners and
Gamely Fought Back Seeking
$2,500,000 as Daughter's
Share of Estate.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 20. More
?tters came irom the past today to
confront Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turnbull,
star witness in the "Lucky" Baldwin
will case, but the woman who is fight
ing for $2,500,000 as her daughter's
share of the late turfman's estate, not
only met 'the attacks of the cross ex
aminer, but fought back.
The questions hurled at her made
the women in the court room blush.
"Yes, I said these letters were for
geries, she said defiantly, referring
to letters concerning her acquain
tanceship with Col. Albert Pope, mil
lionaire Boston manufacturer. "I said
they were forgeries, emphatically so
If you ask me why so, ask Mr. James
M. Wood, who forged so many others."
James R. Wood i the Boston detec
tive who, according to the testimony,
arranged a settlement between Pope
and Mrs. Turnbull in 1894, when Pope
is said to have purchased for her a
house in Pasadena.
Wood was in court and when Mrs.
Turnbull expressed doubt as to the
authenticity of one of the letters said
to have been written by her, Gavin
McNab, the 'cross examiner, said he
would refresh her memory by giving
her a glimpse of Wood.
"Stand up Mr. Wood," he said.
Wood arose. He is an elderly man
with a white moustache. ,
"Yes, that Is James R. Wood,"
quickly responded Mrs. Turnbull,
"and I wish to say that Mr. Wood is
the wickedest man I ever knew."
McNab. in cross examination en
deavored to show the jury that Mrs.
Turnbull had not been an unsophisti
cated woman until she met "Lucky"
Baldwin as she allegias. In this con
nection he introduced a letter which
she admitted she had written to Lew
is Leach, president of the Farmers'
Bank, of Fresno, Cal., some time in
1889.
Attorneys for the estate said later
that they had scored a tacital advan
tave by Mrs. Turnbull's admission of
this letter.
In one of these alleged forgeries oc
curred a passage describing an oath
Mrs. Turnbull took regarding the pa
ternity of Miss Beatrice Anita Turn-
bull, the plaintiff. At written, it read:
"May God smiie me into a thousand
atoms if Col. Albert Pope is not the
father of my child."
"That is a forged interpretation,
promptly interrupted Mrs. Turnbull. I
did make such an oath on my knees
in the office of James R. Wood. But
1 said then 'May God smite me in a
thousand atoms if E. J. Baldwin Is
not the father of my child, and if he
was not married to me by contract
prior to my entering marriage ela-
tlons with him."
"Why is it. Mrs. Turnbull," queried
Attorney McNab. "that your memory
is so clear on things that favor you.
and so bad as to things that do not
favor you?"
"Shame has burned some things on
my memory. Mr. McNab. Then, too,
there are things a woman never for
gets," Mrs. Turnbull replied.
KNAPP IS CONFIRMED.
Will be Chief Justice of New Court
of Commerce.
Wasington, Dec. 20. Martin A
Knapp was confirmed today by the
Senate to be an additional Circuit
Court judge for the United States for
the second judicial circuit. Auto
matically he ceased to be chairman of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and now is ready to ascend the bench
of the Court of Commerce as chief
justice of that tribunal once it is or
ganized. The names of the four other
members of the proposed court now
are in the hands of a sub-committee
of the committee on the judiciary and
will be reported out shortly.
In order to fill the vacancies on the
Interstate Commerce Commission ihe
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce held a special meeting today
and decided to report favorably on
the names of the C. C. McChord of
eivntueky, and B. H- Meyer, of Wis
consin, to be members of the commis
sion. Their names will be reported to
the Senate tomorrow and it is expect
ed.they will be promptly confirmed.
LYNCHING NARROWLY AVERTED
Set Home Afire in Effort to Conceal
the Crime Assaulted Young
Woman Before the Murders.
All Three Killed.
Durham, N. C, Dec. 20. The charr
ed bones of J. L. Sanders,' his 22-year-old
daughter, Mary, and his
tour-yeanjDld granddaughter, Irene
Overton, in the ruins of their home
at Hester, in Granville county, near
here gave stratling evidence today of
one of the most atrocious crimes ever
committed in this section.
Nathan Montague, a young negro,
accused today by a coroner's Jury of
assault, muruer and arson, is believed
to have killed Mr. Sanders and his
little granddaughter and then to have
attacked and finally cut the throat
of Miss Mary Sanders, leaving all
three bodies in a pool of blood in the
house to which he is thought to have
set lire.
The negro is safe tonight in the
State penitentiary at Raleigh, but an
gry mobs are reported to be gathering
to seek vengeance. Sheriff Wheeler
foiled an irate crowd at Hester last
night in rushing his prisoner to Dur
ham. Sheriff Harwood, at Durham,
not wishing to take any chances with
the people who were reported to be
coming here in a special train after
Montague, hustled the negro to Ra
leigh in an automobile. It is charged
that the negro, who had been at a
bog-killing in the afternoon, which
Mies Mary Sanders also attended,
went to her home at night, killed
Sanders and his little granddaughter
by means, not yet determined, at-
tarkeri Mias Sanders nn H afterwards
cut her throat in a struggle in the
yard. He is then believed to have set
flre to the house and burned the bod
ies. The charred remains were found
early today. .
The finding of Miss Sanders' skirt
covered with blood In the negro's
possession and a knife at the scene of
tne tragedy wmcn was idenxined as.
the one used by Montague at the hog-
kllllng, forms the chief evidence
against Montague.
Near the ruins of the Sanders'
house a path of blood leading to a
nearby well indicates that an attempt
was made to cast the girl into the
well. Strands of auburn hair were
found on the well posts and near the
house, giving evidence of the stub-
born, but vain struggle for life which
the girl made.
The discovery of a partly loaded
pistol near the well at the Sanders
home and the fact that neighbors de
clare they heard pistol shots just be
fore they saw the flames last night,
are believed to indicate that Mr. San
ders and his little granddaughter
were shot and killed before the at
tack on Miss Sanders, though the
burning of the bodies swept away
any clue to the exact way In which
they met death.
The negro denied his guilt tonight,
but the blood on his person and the
fact that he was to have reported at
the Sanders home last night for some
work, is said to furnish strong evi
dence against him.
Another Story of Crime.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 20; Last night
between 8 and 9 o'clock, in Granville
county, near Hester, there was found
in the ashes of a burned house the
charred bones of three people, later
identified as J. L. Sanders, a farmer,
his 29-year-old daughter Mattie, and
his four-year-old granddaughter, Irene
Overton.
A blood bespattered well house with
a knife beside it gave the clue and
this morning Nathan Montague, a
young negro of the neighborhood, was
arested. In his house the bloody skirt
or tne girl and other parts of her
clothing were found, with blood and
hair on the negro's cloths. He was
arrested by the sheriff of Durham
county, taken first to Durham and
then brought to the State's prison In
Kaleigh for safe keeping,
The negro had been working at a
hog killing in the afternoon at which
the young girl also attended. The ev
idence is that he went to her father's
bouse at night, killed the father and
little child by means unknown, then
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ing her cut her throat in a struggle in
the yard. HiB next step was to R$g
Urc to the house to conceal his crime.
The girl's mother was in Oxford and
this probably saved her life.
, Evaded the Mob.
Just before the fire, neighbors heard
three shots and a pistol was found
near the well house. Sheriff Wheel
er had learned of a mob gathering
and by a misleading route got away
from it. A report of a mob forming
to go to Durham caused the negro to
be brought to Raleigh. He denies his
guilt, but the condition of his under
clothing gives undoubted evidence
against him.
New York, Dec. 20. Frank B.
Hayne, head of the cotton firm of
Hayne & Brown, of New Orleans, who
was re-indicted this month by the Fed
eral grand jury here in connection
with the alleged cotton pool conspir
acy, appeared today before United
States Commissioner Shields and fur
nished $5,000 bail for his appearance
for trial.
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