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S M. . I, THE WEATHER :mmM prottaW fair Sunday and Monday; light van;voie wuua. - W. , v- VOL. LXXXVni NO. 107, RECIPROCITY GETS . . -A , SENATE ; rm. .HKfeaMis'.' rrzio ' A i i . j - . . ' . ,v.v.; 'm.,' -- WILMUSaTON, N. C SUNDAY MOKNING, JULY 23, 1911. WHOLE 2TTJMBEB 13.G1J8, I FIRED lEIrHflTS jSPREGKLES TELLS PRODIS LEADING 'replies to crjtjcsI'COROIJER'S VERDICT D.iiiKii Yi irnn I!hiii'hium mm i hu uiirad uiadi tM Tuvnu imih uki i AnAIMQT RFATTIP . . ill i u yilUIIUbU Ullll UMIIL UUUIIII III1MI i 111,1 LIU 1U U U II 1 1.U I ; Canadian Agreement Meas ure Was Passed With out Amendment, v END OF LONG FIGHT Congressional Practice Will Delay the Affixing of President's Signature Parliament's Action Is . Awaited. ' Washington, July 22. The recipro cal trade agreement between the Unit ed States and Canada, embodied' in the reciprocity bill that "proved a storm center in two sessions of Congress, passed the Senate without amendment tcday by a vote of 53 to 27. A ma jority of Republicans voted against it Of 53 votes for it, 32 were Demo cratic and 21 Republican; of the.2 against 24 were Republicans and three Democrats. , " ,.- This action settled the whole Ca nadian reciprocity question, so far as Congress is concerned and save for executive approval and the Canadian Parliament's ratification made the pact the law of the land. . ,. ' Congressional practice will delay the affixing of the President's signa ture until next Wednesday, when the House is again ifi session. The reciprocity, bill, having origin nated in the House, mcst be returned there for engrossment and for the sig nature of Spea'ker vJark ..while the House is sitting. . . - . - ' , i The Canadian Parliament has not jet acted on the agreement. With one exception the provisions of the bill as passed by "Congress will riot become effective until the '.President issues a proclamation that Canada has ratified the pact. The exception , to this procedure is the paper and pulp Eection of the bill, "''which,.' it "is. an nounced, will become immediately ef fective when the President sigfis the tew. ... :-' ' -The vote on tbe-Wll Wa,? aa f6llo.W8i Republicans against the bill 'Bo rah and Hey burn, Idaho i Bourne, .Ore gon; Bristow and Curtis, .. Kansas; Burnham, New Hampshire; Clapp and Nelson, Minnesota; L.ark and-Warren V,yoming; orawford and .Gamble, -S-J t-i. . i- . t r . . uaKoia Dummms ana ivenyuu, iuwa. Dixon, Montana; Gronna and' lMc- Cumbcr, North Dakota; LaFollette, Wisconsin; Linpltt, Rhode Island; Lorimer. Illinois; Oliver, Pennsyl vania; Page, Vermont; j. S mi Jh, JMich lgan; Smoot, Utah. Democrats against Bailey, Texas; uarke, Arkansas: Simmons, iMortu v-f-'lina. Republicans for the bill Bradley, Kentucky; Brandegee and McLean, Connecticut; Briges.. New Jersey; Brown, Nebraska; Burton, Ohio; Cane and Lodge, Massachusetts; Cullom, Illinois; Guggenheim, Colorado; Jones and Poindextcr. Washington: Nixon, Nevada; Penrose, Pennsylvania; Per kins and Works, California; Richard son; Delaware; Root, ' New York; Stephenson. Wisconsin; Townsend, Michigan; Wetmore, Rhode Island. -Democrat for the Bill Bacon, .Geor gia; Bankhead and Johnston, vAla- wma; Bryan and Fletcher, Florida; Chamberlain, Oregon; Chilton 7 and watson, West Virginia; Culberson, Tevas; Davis, Arkansas; Foster, Lou isiana; Core and Owen. Oklahoma: Hitchcock, Nebraska; Johnson, Maine; Kern and Shively, Indiana; Martin and gwanson, Virginia; Martlne, New Jersey; Myers, Montana; Newlands, Nevada; O'Gorman, New York; Over- TV i n n ..' n "on, .ortn Carolina; jfaynter, is.en tucky; .Ponierene, Ohio; Reed and Htono. Missouri; Smith Maryland! SmUh, South Carolina; Taylor, Ten- "es.see; Williams, Mississippi I am much trratifiori that thA hill passod," said President Taft. "It "ntXICatl'S tiio inproasa nf Tniitl-11 V beneficial relations between Canada an tins country." The President received many con Sratiilatkms before leaving for Bever at :;':,:, p. m. to soend the weefc !.ni Hp will be back in Washington HieK.iay. Senator Penrose, of Penn jJ n aniu. who led the reciprocity figit ' tnv senate, dined with the Pres- ni on board his train tonignt. In reply to congratulations the Senator " e niHde bis way through the union r :""1; w t he President's car, - ex -inied: "It wa3 eaay. .. senator Penrose ventured the me , 'V1.011 ,llllt ingress wou.d adjourn ' 'nan August 9th or 10th , , Bitter Struggle Exnected. striK1e is expected in the A n i w'-'Ck over the woortariff, c,V''' "wnocratlc House. Several uiuies have been ordered in the Thiir'. i rtllU K yote will be hU pas8ed tnan Senators ,ui to lUOIiarc for tho attnrlr nn the IT?'. ,Thc wol bill was made takn ,s,lwl bRincss and will be dlraii,.. " '"""ay mornirig.. The' in crati'p ' therR wll lb a Demo- the iiii t, f;if,nco before the vote on WRht L ''!,rs,lay. The indications to doVn .u, 1,:it the House will be voted t, iuiout elTort t n nmon1 i f ana effort to amend it. and bill qunntly the LaFollette wool 10 tlie HfMm- i. .... . H V .1 te'uT, wlth when the fre?e list ....c nee iiBl Dill, to De lUlt ...1x1. . ' Inth,. AuguHt 1st raRRaee ftV 'l1.8 uiat led up to the fina hu aml,e trec'Procity measure Syrian Ran Amuck Killing ' Two Persons and Wound ing .Three Others. EXCITEMENT AT NORTH ADAMS Drew Automatic Revolver and. Emp tied, It tnto Shrieking Crowd i .. " , Police Believe-Him Sud- ' denly Insane. . Nort Adams, Mass., July 22. Infu riated at the command of, the motor man to get , back from the running board and remain in his seat until the car stopped, Faldo Mallak, a Syrian, 21 yearB old, suddenly drew an auto matic revolver and fired, ten shots into a rowded electric car on the Cheshire Street Railway Company line today, instantly killing the motorman, Geo. E. Hoyt, of Pittsfield, and .Miss Mar tha Esler, aged 2L. of.lAdaihs, ,wound- ng -two women probably fatally 'and severely injuring three other women. Mrs. Stephen L. A. Hallof Adams, was shot in the right shoulder and Mrs. Alice Bryant, of Cheshire, wound ed in the neck, are the two dangerous ly wounded. As he fired the last of . the shots Mallak was seized by J. J. Mooney, of ittsfield, who took away the revol ver. Drawing a knife, the Syrian jumped from tb.0 running board down an embankment, where, he was cap tured by other passengers, '. .There were about 60 . people on the car.-when Mallak, who sat directly, be hind the motorman, signalled the con ductor? to get-off.' He stood, on the Tunning board as the car slowed up The motorman cautioned -him . about getting off while the car was in mo tion,; telling him to 'get back ' to his seat.? , .' : ,, ' - Just as the car stopped Mallak pall ed out a 38. calibre,. tenrShot automat ic revolver and begvt -firiag He aim ed- the first bUHet directly at the. back of the motorman and then turned up on the women passengers in the seats behind him and fired point blank, until . , .i i ' his revolver w tta euiyueu. Mallak' refused to talk after his ar rest:. The -police believe' he. went sud' aeniy. insane. .: -; v. .Durham,1 N C.;; July . 2&--Jobn Vick- ers. a farmer belonging ,to a wjaeiy known Durham family, committed sui cide tonight by cutting . his throat with a razor. 'He had been despondent for several weeks. was overwhelmingly defeated, party lines were variously drawn'. With one "or two exceptions, only the KepuDU can insurgents voted for the amend ments, with reinforcements from Sen ators Bailey, of Texas; Clark, of Ar kansas, and Simmons, of North Car oline, -Democrats. Every threatenea icnange in me du was defeated by the consistent union of Democratic and ' regular" Repubil can forces!.. ,-. 1 1 Senator Poindexter, of Washington, .Dd Senator Works, of California, re cognized , as insurgents, voted against nearly , all . amendments. The. Demo crat ts. with but few exceptions, voted aaainst. amehdments by Senator Bal, ley. one. to put tne larmers iree iisi in as an amendment to the reciprocity bill, and the other to Incorporate a re duction in the tariff on cotton nagging and cotton, ties. ', ' . ' " " John Norris, chairman. of the com mittee on paper, of the American Newspaper. Publishers' Association, . in a statement Issued tonight said; "The paper section of the bill be comes effective Immediately upon' ap proval by the President and paper made from timber. cutt on privately owned lands wUJ come in duty free , iout awaiting Canadian action. In that respect it differs from the genera reciprocity, section. which will not go into effect until the President shall proclaim that Canada has reduced Its duties in accordance with . tne agree ment ibetween the United States and Canad." . Setting forth what Mr. Norris be lieves will be the effect of the paper section of the bill, the statement says "An important factor , in the situa tion is the removal of umcertainty re specting the tariff on pulp and. paper which has, for at least four years de terred investment in paper, enterpris es. Hitherto, the existing American mills have been comparatively, free from fear of competition, because the timber areas tributary to . . available water power in the , United States had been : acquired, for speculative noia inea. .- " .,.'' ' -"'. , ' t'The. cheapening of timber value In the United States is also a. factor in the situation. The opening of large nulb wood areas in the Canadian prov inces should break the artlflcally in flated price of pulp- stumpage in tne United States. . - V V , '.'The dailv. output of newsprint pa per . averages 4,000 tons. .."Within two vears new installations, snouia aaa ap proximately 1,600 tons :er day to the supply. Such an addition ought to re store competitive conditions." . . 1 i. ' Dbrt Miss the . ConcertSr At Lumina this afternoon and night, 4:30 and 8;3f.P.vM. Be sure to go Music ' extra' good: , : . ' Most Sensational Testimony That Has Developed Dur , ing the Hearings. THE UNDER HAND METHODS i A Told How Persons Threw Sand In the Machinery Bearings and .Other - , ! wise Wrecked the Plant. ? Then the Climax. v New ,York, July 22, Claus Augus tus Sprecles, son of the Claus Spreck- es, of California, and principal own er of the Federal Sugar, Refining Coruv pail?, ui i uu&ers, . i. I., louaji gave the, most sensational testimony that has developed during the hearings be fore the Congressional Committee in vestigating the sugar.trust. Besides giving a most important sidelight ' on 1 the , conference between John" Arbuckle and the late H. O. rlavsmeyer, which is believed to have ended the great sugar war, he de- scribed 'under oath the vicissitudes of an independent sugar refiner. He said that his plant in Philadelphia, before was " controlled by the trust, had been, put out of commission several times by persons who -threw sand in the machinery bearings and otherwise wrecked the plant. He swore that at the Yonkers refinery after ' he had turned down trust overtures, dead rats were placed in barrels of sugar ready for shipment and that whole vats of liquid, sugar had been drained off In the night into sewers. The nui sance of dead rates continued until private - detectives pointed out a num ber of his employes whoni he discharg ed, refusing to pay tneir, wages, m tne hope that .they, would ; sue him and thus v enable .him to question them un der oath as .to who had employed them. "Much to his disappointment he was never sueu. .-v Mr. ; Spreckles declared that H O Havemeyer, Theodore A. Havemeyer and John-EL Searles. all then officers jof vlhe rAmerl6an , Sugar "Refining Com pany, and now dead, purchased a half IntereBt in all of the California refin eries, to' end the Spreckles sugar war or $2,225,000 in cash and six months later sold this Interest to the Ameri can Sugar Refining Company for $5,- 000.000 in preferred stock, which at that" time was worth $120 a share, or $6,000,000. Interesting points In Mr. Spreckles testimony included his assertion that in four years he had made $2,000000 in a 'Hawaiian sugar, plantation on a cash investment- pf S10.000. Since starting the Federal refinery ten years ago by. a cash, payment of $3,500,000 for equipment, he has paid 6 per cent. dividends .on that $3,500,000 regularly, he declared, representing, the preferr ed stock and has turned earnings am ounting to an equal amount back into the improvement of the plant. Representative Garrett, of Tennes. see. asxed Mr. sprecKies u ne Knew anything about . the conference be tween John Arbuckle and H. Q Have meyer,. which was supposed tb have ended the sugar war. ! Yes, . something,", he1 said. I "Soon after that conference, John Afbuckle came to me and said : , 'I've" just had a little talk with Henry O. Havemeyer, He said an .understanding had been reached; that, there t; was an overpro duction1 of, sugar and asked me iim would reduce the output of the Fed' eral. . I told him the Federal would work to. its full capacity forever. He' said: '"You misunderstand Havemey er. just like I did. He is a fine, ul tivated" man why. he plays the vio lin.' ' . : - "'So did Nero play the violin said I; 'and: Rome burned'." "Did you understand from John Ar buckle that he had reacnea an agree ment with Havemeyer and the Ameri can Sugar Refining Company that the oroductlon ; of , sugar . was to be re duced " .- v .' "Yes, he said that he and the Amer ican had burled the hatchet." "Did anyone else ever try to get you to reduce the production of sugar r "Yes. Mr. Warner, of the American con-many. 'He said he would create better feeling among the refiners gen erally and that an understanding could be reached. I think that both Arbuckle and , Warner were sent by the American Sugar Refining uompa ny to get me to enter an agreement V DURHAM. TIGERS SENTENCED. Brodie Duke's father-in-Law Gets Six Months Judge Scores. Jury.. ; Dufham, N. C. July 22: Judge Al len today - sentenced, all convicted bland tigers, including Leander Ro helle. 'father of ' Mrs. Brodie Duke who received six months-in jail and costs. -He moved for a new trial, was denied and s appealed to the Supreme Court. ' . ' - . ' Judge Allen scored the grand jury for its aequittal of one 'whom he de nominated "the guiltiest ot them an," Steven Chandler, brother of a police man on the local force, -who IjErtbeliev ed to hav6 backing from -.wholesalers in other States. - , : , . Raleigh N. C' July- 22. A' telegram was received from Edgar M. Hall, of L Newport; News, Va.,a tonight to the et- fect tnat ne naa accepiea me can io become gefieral secretary of .the Ra- leign ';X, air..j. -A., Mr, ,naii. was -re fcently re-elected secretary of the New Three-Fourths 01 Counted knd jResult is Very Close. STATE IS PROBABLY "OB," ': i Returns From All Largq Towns and Rural Districts Are Against Sa loon The Earlier Fig ures at Dallas. Dallas, Texas, July 22.J-With what s estimated to be three-fdurths of the votes cast in today's litpior election counted, the prohibitionists are lead ihg by the narrow marginj of 3,461, ac cording" to ' the returns o The News,. up to midnight 539,773 voikes had been accounted for. .'Returns. from all the afger towns are' in ands the' rural districts . are ' against ' the saloon it seems ja safe prediction rat this time that the State has gone "dry.": f The prohibitionists, as : was expect ed, received a heavy maority in the blacklapd counties of north Texas. The anti-prohibitionists' got their majorities almost exclusively in south exas counties and in some of them they were smaller than had 'been ex pected. Perhaps the greatest disap pointment for the antl-pfohibitionists was. in the vote of the cities. In San Antonio, or Bexar county, the antis' majority seems ' to have - been only about 8,000. In the city of Dallas the anti majority was only 1,600. In Tar rant county the anti majority tip -to 2 o clock was not over 800. Of the larger towns Palestine, - Greenville, Denton, McKInney, Sulphur Springs, Gainesville and Jacksonville went dry. Daco's anti majority was only a little more than 300. ', Dallas, Texas, July 22. Returns re ceived by the Dallas News up to $:40 o'clock show a majority for the prohi bitionists of about 13,000, This is a total of . about ,140,000 votes, probably one-third of the jrote Doited. Returns from whichtirese tot&ls'ae mads are rather -more 'from- prohibition-' than from anti-prohibition territory. They include no returns from the cities and the larger towns and are, therefore, indicative of an anti-prohibition, vie tory, though It will require much ful er returns to warrant any prediction. - i I, I, . , BITTEN BY- RATTLESNAKE. Negroes Terrorized by Whites at Lum ber Camp Other News. - (Special Star Correspondence.) Whiteville, July" 22. Mrs. Lou Bright, who lives to the north of Whiteville, last Sunday went into her corn crib and was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake pilot, the most ven omous tot snakes. .Prompt attention was .given and her life was saved. The permanent railroad the White ville Lumber Co., is building to Reaves Ferry has the iron laid within three miles of the Wiaccamaw river, and the work of grading the ibalance of the road-bed is progressing. This road is built for permanent use, and.,. when completed will be turaed into-a regu lar freight and passenger road. - .The building of thi-s : line will develop a fine farming section, now almost an uncleared wilderness. , The Whiteville Lumber Company of fered a reward of $100 -to any person or persons who 'will secure the arrest and evidence to convict, the party or parties, who made an assault on their empolyes at, Whiteville, N. C, and who, at the same ,time, shot into their camps, on the night of July 18th, wniteviiie is he. name of a camp on their Reayes Ferry railroad, and at which a number of negroes employed in the work -of grading the road-bed are staying. . On the 'night in question certain unknown "men fired a volley Into, the camp from- shot guns, scat tering the blacks ' into the bushes None was seriously hurt, but one was struck on. side of face by shot. The nextday 16 of the negroes quit work. being thoroughly terrorized. x' It seems that certain, white men living in that section' are determined that no ne groes shall live or work in their town ship, and" they have organized a gan t frighten and run away any. colored people who invade the prescribed ter ritory. These 'whites will not ! grade the road .themselves, and are deter mined that the cohipany shall not em ploy negroes to do the wdrT?, The bet ter -class of people living in that sec tion condemn such ; outrages, and. will lend their aid to the company in bring ing: the shooters , to punishment! .Philadelphia, July 22. Chicago won today's game from Philadelphia 5 to and Went into first -place in the Na tional League race. The visitors hit Moore's, delivery . hard, while Brown was effective at vall-stages and, with perfect support would have shut out Philadelphia. v , ' Chicago 100 300 1005.11 Philadelphia .... 000 001 0102 5 Brown and Archer; Moore, Stank and Dooin; time 1:55; umpires Rigler and Finneran. , v ; r - - - v Don't Miss, the' Concerts. At Lumina this afternoon and night. bi:60 and 8:30 P. M. . Be sure to go Music extra good. , t ' Don't Miss the Concerts. At Xumina this afternoon and night, ' " ana ' 8 : 30 M Be sure, to go GOV. KITCHIN HIS POSITION ON TRUSTS Answers Attack of Raleigh heimer and Lockhart, Reviewing His Course Before Legislature With Reference to Trusts. '- (Special Star Correspondence.! : RaIeigh7N"0 July " 22.:iUovernor Kitchin issued today hi, expected re-1 ply to-the attacks made on him in the Raleigh morning paper through .the M. L. Meisenheimer, J.. A. Lockhart letter and the editorial -of .Editor; Jo sephus Daniels impeaching the sin cerity of the Governor in his anti-trust professions as contradicted by his course since he has been ; Governor. The reply comprises a number of quo tations from his inaugural address and messages to the Legislature. The Governor says: Editor News and Observer: I have this to say in reply to the joint attack of yourself and Messrs. Lockhart and Misenheimer, which is in accord with other unfair attacks on your part. When the Legislature of 1909 met. was hopeful that a thorough' anti trust bill would pass. After learning the sentiment of the Senate, I became thoroughly satisfied that it was impos sible to get. any' trust measure through the Senate , beyond the requirements of the platform. On the night of Feb ruary 1, 1909, .one of ; the best inform ed gentlemen of the Senate said to me that when the Lockhart bill came from the committee, after his speech, a motion to lay the bill on" the table would be made and carried, and that would end , trust legislation for that session. A Senator present 1 shared that opinion. I promptly replied that that would never do and read the plat form to them ana declared its require ments must be performed. "They both agreed with me. The Lockhart bill had been some time prior thereto in troduced. A short time thereafter, Senator Lockhart, upon my request, came to see me with Senator Nimocks to talk over the situation the only conference I ever had with these two gentlemen. Our conference was full, frank, and unreserved, all of us agree ing on what ought to be done and all doubtful whether anything could be done. I have a copy of a letter writ ten on April 6, 1909, within thirty days after that Legislature adjourned; which compelled me then to -recall that conference, and I remember much of it. -. : I asked Senator Lockhart what were the chances of his bill' passing ; the Senate. He replied that counting all the doubtful men, he' could muster only 22 Senators in its support. T stat ed that from my talk with Various Sen ators. I had also concluded we would not secure the passage of his bill. I distinctly remember repeating to them rthe conversation which occurred ifi my office on .the night of February 1st above - mentioned. After - Senator Lockhart,- Senator Nimocks Snd;my. self had canvassed the situation my clear recollection is that it was .our unanimous opinion that a' comprehen sive bill could, not pass. I stated that if the Leeislature did not enact, the substance of our State platform that the party would probably be defeated in the next campaign. To. this they assented. It was finally understood that Senator Lockhart would elimi nate from his bill its parts whitih were already ihe law, he having substan tially copied tne original Reid-Justice bill, and that 'we would all strive at MiT cost to have the platform decla ration enacted.. I then stated that 1 had been contemplating sending a spe cial message to : the Legislature on thesubject and asked Senator Lock- i DEFENDS Paper and Messrs. Misen- tioned, would he deem a special mes sage necetasary, HerTeplied,,-'!'Yes, and as hot as ypu'eari' make it. foi it would be hard tp put the ten' commandments through the Senate."" :' '; As I said'apbve, he conference was for , the purpose of ... accomplishing something against trusts. I recall no difference in sentiment between Sena tor Lockhart, Senator Nimocks and myself, the question being whether we should contend ! for a "particular bill and accoinpllish ' nothing, or try to accomplish, .the best possible legisla tion, and 'wnen our conference ad' journed I was 'not aware that we dif fered upon the latter policy. The statement of Mr, Lockhart that I ever at any time said that I hoped nothing would be done. Is untrue and is con trary to my inaugural address, my in terview, my special message below cited, and the very purpose of our con ference. The, reniark of the gentle man in Durham was made in March 1907, two: years prior to the confer ence, and was to show the kind of ar gument to be expected in the contest for anti-trust legislation. Senator Lockhart. knows that I did not en dorse that statement, for J added that I at once , toldj the- gentlamen that If suD-secuon A had passed In 1907 and any property! in Durham had. been for sale at 50 cents on the dollar1; I would have raised.. evry. dollar I could to in vest in ii. riis siaiemem uiai i saia that Mr. Reid was defeated on ac count of his, anti-trust : record is . not true. -I never' thought , his tru?t rec ord had anything to do with Senator Reid's .defeat, but always know his defeat was on account of the local is sue in regard to the location of the court house, and his splendid anti trust record was not sufficient to save him from the disastrous effect of the purely local issue, and I am positive that I never made a statement about it which I knew to be untrue. . I have no idea that I made any statement that I was nominated on my personal ity, 'as l am not apt to have made a statement which I did not believe, nor did I state that the people of North Carolina wanted nothing done Tnis, too, is contrary to my message. my interview and Jhe object of the conference. . In 'considering the chances of get ting anti-trust legislation enacted we discussed : the . apparent bppositlon from various tobacco centers in for mer, legislative contests, but whatever was said along this line was in lllus tration of the argument to be'encoun' tered and which had' already appar ently put -a majority of the: Senate against the. Lockhart bill. . We, agreed that the . surest way to accomplish somefhing was to Insist upon the dec laration of the Democratic platform', embodying the vital principle of fa mous , sub-section A. I will add that I never had a secret opinion about this; subject at any time. The statement that any man in the Legislature was authorized to speak for me (outside of my message) Is un true and it was never reported to me that any ohev claimed or exercised such authority. Senator Lockhart has simply been dreaming. If it. should be presumed that any one was author ized to represent my- views, tne nat ural presumption would be that my brother was, and he favored and as chairman reported as a substitute for the bill that passed the Senate the en tire Texas Anti-Trust law introduc ed by Representative Koonce." : -tThe Constitution in fixing my duties -. Richmond Man Charged with Wife Murder and Placed in Henrico Jail. GOUSIII A!I0 WOMAN ABE HELD Young Beattle Re-arrested When Ver- diet Was Rpndered Blnford Woman Fainted at Hearing . , Decision Features, Richmond, Va.f July 22. The ex- pected has happened in the case of the killing of Mrs. Henry Clay Beat tie, Jr., While she was automobillrig with her husband on the .Midlothian ' turnpike, near Richmond, last Tues day nightiThe coroner's Jury,' at 3 : 35 o'clock; this afternoon, reached the foliating verdict: ; 1 We, th; gentlemen of the jury se- ected .bytNthe coroner on July ; 19th, ; 1S11, and dtily sworn, on view of the body of Mrs. Luise Owen Beattle. to inqufre,,when, where and by what means the said Louise Beattle came to her death, do, on pur oath, find that the said Louise Owen Seattle came to her death on the night of July 18, 1911, between 10:45 and 11 o'clock, on the Midlothian turnpike, at a point about three miles west of Richmond, one. and a , fourth miles west of the colored church, as a re sult of a gunshot wound, the "same being fired by her husband, Henry Clay Beattie, Jr. "Given under our hand, this 22nd day of, July, 1911." (Signed)- - . .. J. G. LOVING, Coroner. - J. G. ROBERTSON, Foreman. J. T. COUSIN, W. A. JACOBS, , , JOHN A. MORTON, CLAYTON. LERBY P. C. YERBY, Jr. Immediately on the rendering of the -verdict young Beattle was re-ar rested on the - charge of murder ana taken v before Magistrate Jacob. He waiyed .examinatienand ffali-.at once placed . Inl an automobile and taken to the Henricp; county Jail, which Is within-the, limits' of Richmond city, and placed there for' sefe-feeeping. . It was at first thought h would be taken to Chesterfield ponnty4 jail; but fear' of trouble therd (caused the officers to drongrhim. to! this' city.' " ! Commonwealth's Attorney Gregory announced after the verdict had been rendered that he would' Insist upon Paul BeattrVs furnrshlng jf heavy bond ' for his appearance as : a -.witness for prosecution, or be detained in prison. Paul Beattie is the -cousin or Hen ry Beattie, who purchased for ; Henry and delivered to him, the gun with which the killing was done. Beulah Binford, the "woman in the case, anection ior wnom on tne pan or. Henry Beattie is supposed to have been the motive for. the-kinlng of Mrs. Beattie, was also required to fur nish heavy bond or be held 1 in Jail ' as a witness for the commonwealth. On hearing this decisjpn she faint ed. On reviving, however, she was taken, with Paul Beattie, to the Hen rico county Jail for safe-keeping. " The great; crowd ' at 'the lnquesi surged 4nd fierce mUtterlngs were heard.' but ho ' attempt was' made to interefer with the removal of the pris oners. '.UV ; : ' v ' ' Paul Befattle Chief Witness. Paul (Beattle, who made the confes sion yesterday as to buying the gun, was the. chief witness 'at the inquest today. On being sworn he stated that he had been quite sick and in a hospi tal since yesterday and was still in bad shape. He had to be helped along as he 'walked to the stantt. He was a first cousin of ;H. ;C.: Beattle, he said, and was employed as a watch man on Mayo's bridge. Mr. Wenden burg, 4 counsel for commonwealth, picked up the gun from the coroner's tr.ble. .', "Where did that come from?" he "It looks like the one I bought,",an swered Beattie in a low voice. "I bought it on last Saturday afternoon." "The crime occurred 6n Tuesday night of this week," said Mr.' Wenden tug.. "You mean that you bought Ihls gun on Saturday previous to that?" "Yes. Last Saturday." "How much did you pay for It?" "Either $2 Or '$2.50. 1 don't re-4 member which. I got It at a pawn shop." ; ' "Whose place wa6 it?" : "It was on Sixth street, the first one you come to from Broad." v "Well, tell all about ' It hQW did you come to buy it?" "My cousin, Henry Beattle, called me up one afternoon and asked me to meet him at Short and ' Main streets, and I met him there, and he csked me to get him a shot gun. He didn't tell what for and I didn't think there was any harm In buying it.' I' went over to Beattie's store on Sat urday .night and told him I had picked out one, and he came over in his aufc" mobile on Saturday night and got It. We left the Beattie store at: 10 o'clock Saturday night. He stopped the car on Sixth street, this side of Broad to fix the lights, and asked me to go on over , to the pawn shop "and. get ' the gun, and I did.". . ,' "Wliere did you get the tnoney?" - "He gave, me $4 the night he called me and met me at Short and' Main, streets." ' ' 1' ",' "Did he ask you to buy hlmsome' (Continued on Page Elnt: - ; ' , ". V: ma amendment after amendment 'port News Y: C. A----;:M? music xtra good. art if he made the elii&nations anea-l - rf - . - , :l. . 'if .J..' . ' (Continued on Page -8.) ' :f- -... ' v - . hart r
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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