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THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C.t SUNDAY. OCTDRfTR i7 19 15. SENTENCED TO DIE HE to let MR ' an ' ' . 1 of the hr;r,nTr-?ny-iembr subject on any Admiral Peary Before Aero Fell 1,200 Feet. E which thl bL a,Ve trial, The Largest Circus Ever in the State of North Carolina informed hi m 7C. kTT J , n counsel to grant he bard Was Powerless Hilistro History of :Dputle Homicide swedUA:Vnhi.;r"p- to be a ; w 1 1 L b e (St ' in Salt Lake City. MAINTAINS HOG Jill ENC Joseph HUUtrom, a Persian, Charei! With Killing Merchant and Hla Son, Refuse to Tell latere He Was at ttaift Salt Lake City. Utah. Oct. ICJoseph hillstrom,, who claims to be a Persian subject, changed with the dual crime of killing- a. groceryman and his eon in this city more than, a yea' ago, still maintains his innocence, although he refuses to tell where he .was on the r.iffht of the shooting. Morrison was convicted of the crimes and sentenced to oe snot uctooer 1, but .upon request of FresidenWIlson.. was reprieved by Governor Spry until ' further" Investiga tion of the case can be made. The case noted for .its longstanding and unusual developments, has become one of na t tion-wide " interest. Joseph ' Hillstrom was convicted of the murder, of John Q. Morrison 1 grocer of Salt Lake Citv ?tf5?,al Arling, 17-ears oli "at" M0SS ore in the southern portion of city about o'clock on the eventng ot January 10,- 1914. The shooting-k witnessed by Merlim Morrison, another eon. 14 years old. According to this boy's etory which was corroborated on many ponts by other evidence, two masked .men entered the store with drawn pistols and, saying "We've go? you now!" opened flre on Morrison who fell mortally wounded with a buf-' let through his chest, Arlinorrison ran to ah ice boir in fZI a 38-callbreevolver and Arid? Before the boy ..could shoot again, he fell Pierced bythree bullets and died al most inst&fiy. The men then ra fntmw v 9re' onev. of them exclaim at'he .was shot, and were ob served to run southward from the Mt?6 on ; ben? oler his father, , who became .unconscious alter having inquired wherehls assail- anS.,Were And dled son afterward. Ulllsta-om, also known as Joe Hill. farreated , three days ter the shooting .on information given- bv a hoi -V y, uian, two and a half miles south of the scene of the crime. Hillstrom staggered into the doctor's -home two Hours after th enooting,. with a large bullet wound through his left lung. He- told thl doctor he had been shot in a quarrel over a woman and requested that noth ing be said regarding his visit or wound. The' doctor, not having heard of the murders, treated the wound end took, Hillstrom to a house where he had been staying for several days Se-ars of the murders recalled the case to the doctor and he informed the offi cers. The doctor founri sn o pistol, of , the same calibre as1 'shells found in the; grocery after the shoot ing, in iillstroms pocket. BUlistrom threw the .weapon away after leaving the doctor's home. Blood was found at aeverai peaces oetween the store and the home or. the doctor and members of or retrioi " . aia Pardon ha- "rru"uns to that effect qoV i r OBa aii over the United States and in :air.i -r . mleu Man,r 7Tu ulB1sn countries. indicated ... hPnf t - ana of some" politVcl offense. Thgov ernor-s office hasreceived thoLfnls of communications on the subjTct As the day set for his execution approach ed the number of communications some times reached rour hundred a dav Many of these contained threats of death to the governor and members gLd 1 y' Th Were placed undr fnf' Other threats were to destroy DUildlnars anr nko . J toin " -y ana many JLoilVe t 1 rtCent attemPt to burn a "b xiuiei was tne work of Hill strom -.: wuwiizers. Ti:io precautions have existed here, for -cab past as a result of the threats. Several local sympathizers, including a Woman instructor at the State univer sity, have been active in their efforts to obtain a new trial, a pardon or com mutation iOr Hillstrom. One of these who sent "a cable to Sweden in Hill strom's interest, said he desired him set at liberty, guilty or innocent.- The more prominent inrai Q -Hlllstrom's cause were cited before the board of pardons in September' and re quested to present any facts they had in addition to those offered at the trial. ah admitted they had no additional evidence to offer. May persons familiar with the case believe the murders were for re venge, as no attempt' at robbery was made when Morrison was killed. Mor rison had been a police offer and was known as a man of great resolution and courage, which he , had demon strated on two former occasions in - u i. awucxd. x1 (j lii men entered his store the evening df Feb ruary 2, 1913, and demanded tftat he throw up his hands. Instead of com plying, Morrison ran to a rear room and returned with a shotgun, which he founded would not work. Dropping the shotgun, and under flre all the time, he rushed to the rear again and got his revolver, with which he shot down one of the intruders and .drove tne otners irom the store. They car ried their' wounded companion with them, but failed to get any money. A running fight with the gang fol lowed, in. the course of which one of them was shot and killed by a police man after he had seriously wounded the officer. The others escaped and the dead man was never identified Morrisons' second encounter was the night of September 20, 1913, when he was walkiner home from the fit APA with $800 in cash in his pocket. 'Two noldups confronted him and demanded me uiuiicy. iixorrison arew his pistol and fired on them. One of them re turned the flre and, after several shols haa been exchanged, both ran away. Morrison said he thought he knew the men who tried to hold him up, but would make no- charge as he was. In drtn o A o -r-I-. : inu -i lu avbuct; someone unjustly. Some believe Hillstrom and his companion were these men, . I I iff . Jk'h- tiM:: : mm Tents at Gun Club, 17th & Castle Streets ne B! E.' Ft Appearance in Wibnington of the Comhin. CoR1w.T1,ajdpAdmUsD 'I1cket2 on Sale Circus Day at WoodaU & Sheppard Drug mm em mmn The flying boat vrhlch carried Ad miral Robert E. Perry, discoverer of the IVorth Pole, on his first flight, fell -with him 1.20O feet. With his aviator he landed safely on the water near Long Island, and did not even know there had been an accident. At a height of 1,200 feet the engine stall, ed and failed to work further. Thomas W. Post took him up, and as the engine broke down the aviator yelled to him that all was safe but he didn't understand what was meant. The Admiral sat quietly in the car wnne tne aviator made spirals to land. From below the see that there had been an accident, mui ie tuscoverer or the North Pole Qlan T Know it. When he was safe on tne ground he was told. "Why I thought that waa the way every one came aown in an aeroplane," sum lie. ENFORCING VITAL STATISTICS LAW j the family wtters Hilistrnm . na SJ a companion; had, ylsitfed1- him. laie the mgnt or tne-muraers,, talked"" privately with him and left. This man was not apprehended and has not - been, ieard of since.- , - - v- . . . The Morrison 'boy,'-' because of the masks and confusion' of 5 that shoptlng was not able tv ideniay Hillstrom ex cept in general .-description of his size and clothing, but. another witness, gave a minute ahd Particularddscrlption of iliilstrom as one of the assailants seen in bright moonlight -ear ah - electric arc lamp .with snow ;-ohJ ; the Aground iliilstrom also was identified, as man uo visnea the store the afternbon of the murders and talked with Morri- BOn. y. : . Hlllstrom's recovery from "his wound Was rapid and complete. He has always maintained his innocence; bujfhas never told where he was the night of the murders or who shot him. " He created a scene at his tria.lby dramatically cyscharging his attorneys in open court, later giving as his reason ; their failure to "tear young m Morrison ; to Pieces on cross-examination," referring to the bov who witnessed- He refused to go on the witness stand himself or to offer any evidence as to w here he was or what he did the night of the murders He was found guilty by the trial jury, the Judgment was affirmed by the Supreme court, and the board of pardons, after an exhaustive review of the case, declined to com mute his sentence of death. He was sentenced to be shot October 1 and was reDrieved hv d September 30 at the request of Presi dent "Wilson, who acted on a request of the Swedish minister. The case had previously been Investigated for the Swedish minister by the Swedish vice consul for Utah, a well known attor ney, who advised that his investiga tion developed nothing that would jus tify the board of pardons In commuting the sentence. Hillstrom declined to make any statement before the board of pardons or to give it any information as to where he was or what he did the nighjt of the homicides or the circumstances under which or the place where he re ceived his wound. He also declined to 've the board any reasons why he should receive clemency and refused Doctors and Undertakers Prosecuted ; .Agent :works western Counties. ". Raleigh, : N. C, Oct. 16. Mr. y. " A.' jut-iniyre, state prosecuting agent for the vital statistics law of North Car- oiinai -leaves Duplin county for the western, part; of the . State. His work- mer in tn western ennntiso' o vi time., isrjdue to the inconvenience of Lravei ana tne intense cold weather later on in the winter. He goes first .to Burke oounty. Other counties sus pected of incomplete registration that will also.be visited by the agent are Buncombe, .Jackson, Swain, Graham, Cherokee, Macon, Yancey, Mitchell and watauga. Before leaving for the western part of the State, Mr. Mclntyre visited Du plin and Lenoir counties and . brought suit against J-r. uuad Myatt, of Le noir, for failure to report births. Prose cution proceedings for th sam nt. fense;;.were brought against Dr.- John Jtsynum of w inston-saiem by . Mr. E. s. Armfield. local nrosecutine- ae-ent on1 for failure tto report deaths against .Mr. R. L. -Lortln, undertaker of High i'oint. - "There's nothing else we can do to get complete registration but to en force the law," said Dr. J. R. Gordon, cnier or tne bureau of vital statistics. "We must have accurate and complete registration of births and deaths." Dr. j Gordon stated that there are now local prosecuting agents In Duplin, Samp son, Johnson, Pender, Bladen, Robe son, wiumous, surry, xacucin, Davie and Union. It appears that the vital statistics law is no longer to be lightly 1 MR. R, W. HAYWOOD INJURED. Managing Editor Raleigh Paper Run uown oy AntomoDiie. WILLISTON, N. 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Haywood, of the News and Observer, was painfully . injured this afternoon by being run down by an automobile driven by Capt. w Drummond Morrow, of the Coast Ar tillerv. an electrical contractor. Haywood stepped from In front of a macnine driven by Gavin uortcn only to be hit by the right fender of the Morrow machine. Several stitches had to be taken in a cut over Haywood's right eye and there was a cut on his wrist. TRIAL, BY COURT MARTIAL. OF ADMIRAL LITTLE POSTPONED I In Order to Give Him More Time to Prepare His Defense.' Washington, Oct. 16. -The court martial of Rear Admiral William at Little retired, was postponed today un til November 1, Admiral Little explain ing to Secretary Daniels that he would be unable to prepare his defense by next Monday, the original, date set. The officer is charged with neglect, of duty in having, as machinery inspector, ac cepted submarine K-2 from the build ers, when he is alleged to have known that there was defective construction in her electric storage batteries. - In documents made public today, Ad miral Little is quoted as having said that acceptance of the boat was based on the contractors agreement "in stand back of , the battery for all time as to the alleged careless workmanship." The present navy inspector at the Fore Kiver shipbuilding plant, where the submarine 'was constructed, reported he was unable to find any written rec ord of the agreement ni the files of his office; - - . STORES EVERYWHERE STORES EVERYWHERE lllll III I I I I M II I Fall aid filter' Woolens low (to Displa THE WORLD'S LARGESTGRANDEST AND BEST CIRCUS CAPITAL INVESTED, $3,000,000. 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