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FIVE DIE III SEABOARD WRECK I FASSEKGER TRA1I .GOES DOE HEAR CATAWBA Jl'KCTIOH, . C. Sept In a result took No. 41, Ea Roate to Atlanta. Ka oaaatered SIsklaa; Brta-g Karlr VtMcritr Moralasr Halle Ou tide WMa aao tke Eatlre Train Flanged 'Oowa lata" a Ravine Llgkt Freight, No. OW, Wktek Wti Banning Nat Par Behind, Adda to Horror Of the Catastrophe ay Piling btwi laoa the PiHrf Coaehee Fireman of tk Paaaca ajor and Knglaeor af tke Prelarkt Killed laataatlr, and Twa Wonfa Mat Drat a la Ike Coaeh Aaotker Woiaaa Died Afterwarda of Her Woaade Kvrry person aa Ike Two . Trales Saslalaea aa Injary af Boat Sort, the Majority Being; af sllsrat Ckaraeter 1.1st af the Dead aad Weaadeo Detective af the Seaboard Say Some Oae Malleloa It Tampered With the Trestle De tatla. Special to The Observer. Catawba Junction, S. C. 9 Five dead and several dying; condition Is the of the catastrophe which place at six minutes past 1 o'clock this morning, when the Seaboard passenger t'raln No. 41 Bped across a sinking bridge 300 yards south of the Catawba river and two miles from Catawba Junction, and then plunged from the tracks down a steep embankment about 80 feet hlKh, only to be followed by an extra freight engine, No. 054, with a caboose attached, mingling the two flyers In a mass of wood, steel and iron with about 40 pieces of human cargo. There was not a single soul among them that escaped unhurt. It was said by trainmen of long ex perience that a more complete demol Ishment of railroad equipment could scarcely be Imagined. So thoroughly ruined were the engines and the coach es that the trainmen were on; the point of setting Are to the debris, but the authorities of York ounty stopped them. The scene at the bridge beg gars description. The engines lie over turnedhuge, shapeless monsters of Iron, with their helmet-shaped sand boxes and other parts scattered within a radius of 100 feet. The coaches are like crushed wooden shells, with their red plush seats In indescribable confu sion; trucks, wrenched loose from the bottom of , the ears, are scattered around; about the only part or parcel of the railroad equipment remaining Intact are the two red lanterns swing ing from the rear of the Pullman. CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. There were many theories advanced to-day as to the cause of the accident. The railroad men fell In line with the opinion of Mr. George S. Fltzwater, chief detective of the Sealboard Air Line, that the collapse of the bridge and the tearing loose of the right hand rails, were the result of the work ol some malicious person or persons. Mr, fltzwater snowed six spikes and sev eral angle-bars which he picked up near the wreck and said that they bore the marks of having- been tampered with. Upon this theory', it was con eluded that the passenger train hod struck weakened spots on the lower half of the bridge. A speed of 40 miles an hour had enabled the train to carry Itself almost over the sinking structure, but the rails had widened; the Pull man. which did not quite clear the chasm, acted as a drawback, the en gine careened, tearing from their fas tenings the rails on the right hand side going south, causing the train to be hurled ' over the embankment. What motive there could be for anyone to bring about such slaughter, and who the guilty persons might be, neither Mr. Fltxwater. nor the other railroad men attempted to explain. A close ex amination of the rails, ties, road-bed and bridge was not productive of much light, on the subject; all appeared toj be sound and solid. The rails on the side where the train toppled to de struction were twisted to an arc shape, The track is not In a curve In the vicin ity; It stretches .stralght-away lor per haps a mile. THE DEAD AND WOUNDED. The killed are ENGINEER K Vllle. a C. bruised on the head fend shoulder. K C TOPLKMAN. address unknown. T. C. HOKTON, address unknown. T. F. BLACK, Ohio; Norfolk and West- era Railroad telegrapher. -MOiiKKT HIMGLK. address unknown MOLLIB CiRIFFlN. Tuskeawe. Ala. A number of colored laborers also were slightly hurt. HOW THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED No. 41 left Monroe with an express car," - tnatt-raivtwo day-roaches and a Pullman. Starting 15 minutes be hind, was light engine No. & The wreck at tha bridge was 28 miles dis tant from- Monroe. After No. .41 had rusnea across ine onuge ana ten, go ing, the engineer said, at 40 miles tui hour,' sh became envelope In total darkness. : The engine plunged and rolled from the track, carrying the en tire train with it, so that there was not a single bit of it upon the rails. Every sign of it was below the level of the track. The - engineer of No. 646 followlng about six minutes behind, ac cording to- an eye witness, could not. consequently, ha ye had the slightest Intimation of anv trouble ahead The freight's search-light was an oil burn er which did not cast Its ray very fur. No. tit took '-. the front of the bridge With, a rush and then sailed through the empty space- above the col lapsed part of the structure, grazing the top of the Pullman and clashing Into the side of the rear puexenger coach with frightful force, laying Its Iron nose full In the middle of the coach. Interviews with a number of the sur vivors were ghastly. They, one and all, concurred In the essentials of the affair. Most' of r them were sleeping. There were -16 nearo laborers- In the first passenger coach, next to the matl car. In the smoking compartment of the second passenger coach there was no one except Mr. C. S. Coleman, In the coach itself there were Mr. and Mrs. Black, Mrs. McManus, and sev eral others. In the. Pullman were Mrs. Herljert, Mr.' and Mrs. Sflvey. Mrs. Clay, with her elx-mon-the-old baby and two or three men. The crash over the embankment, killed the fireman. who was . a negro . named Edward Roberts, and Mrs. Black. Engineer (J. H. Meares said this morning that he felt the bridge sinking beneuth the engine as It neared the farther side; then came the plunge downwards. He says the engine turned completely, over and half, way again, but this Impres sion was probably due to the horror of the moment. His escape with a few minor injuries was marvelous. To ime his own' words, "I managed to live and crawl from a place where I do not un derstand taw a little snow bird could have got out." The motive apparatus of the engine as I saw it to-day, was indicative of a speed! of 40 miles an hour, the engineer evidently hav ing had no time to make a single ef fort to do anything at all. SLIGHT INJURIES OF MAJORITY. The express messenger and the mall clerk escaped with a few slight bruises. They quickly got out from the wreck and built a Are on the track ahead, but not until after the freight had come with Its deadly work. The negro labor ers, who were nouna tor ueorgia 10 work on the Seaboard's projected line westward from Atlanta, sustained com paratively slight injuries, but every one carried some mark of the disaster. and one of them, James Egg-lewlon, 5 years old, Was badly cut u-bout the face and generally bruise 1. Mr. Cole man. In the smoker, was thrown vio lently against the sides, but was able to get to his feet. Things were so top sy-turvy that in the darkness) he could not tell which way to turn. He fiiml ly managed to find a window uiu) was getting ready to crawl from It -whjen he saw the light of the cominr freight looming near; He quickly drew I back and barely escaiped death, fori the freight engine fell upon the couch, not far from him. Mrs. McManus haaVnot been hurt very badly by the fall of Hbe passenger train, and two men In the conch had helped her to a reclinliig posture on the right and upper side of the coach. She was resting there when the dread black mass came tumbling forward through space, crushing .her fearfully. Mrs. Black had her neck broken from the first mishap. In the darkness, her husband struck a match and saw her lying across a seat dead. In the Pullman no one was hurt very badly, for only the light caboose had struck It with force. Mrs. t'lay war Bitting quietly nursing her child when are pur- after the wreck was the express agent at Van Wyvk. a little town nearby. He imu uearu ins ouna or ins nrat trou ble and hastened towards tha station jubi as the freight train cam along. no nw max ne naa no time lo stop it tie vauinuincl that it wna Hh.Mii al minutes behind the passenger train. jar. i-oieumn, Conductor Chapman, Flagman Duncan ami the old negro, Eggleeton-, were taken- ta thr-Anw place several hundred yards from. the wreca, wnere thev were nut ia l.i aim received medical attention. Mr. coieinan, though In a weakened con dition, talked of the tragedy. He said: i nave us tne principal impression the iwnng mm came over me aa i rmnsea that the freight was upon us. It was disheartening. I wMi ine screams and the groan sub sided after the freight crashed Into ua My principal concern whs about my wjfe, and so I wired her this morning w" getting Hiong all right. And i nin, inougn these wound very painful." THIS CHIEF DETECTIVE'S POSE. Chief Detective Fltawater fortunate ly was at Monroe when the on-blent occurred, ami he went with the first relief train, taking an energetic and puliwtaklng part In nllevtatlng the dis tress nnd In keeping order all through the day. After he discovered the spikes and bolts and angle-bars which he be lieved showed mischief, he sept a Joint telegram to Superintendent E. Berke ley, at Atlanta, and Claim Agent Stan ley, at Portsmouth, tho company's headquarters, telling them that he had discovered evidences of malicious work and expressing his belief Hurt some scoundrel hart disconnected the Joints in tne lower hajf of the bridge. Then he said to me: "I have sent for the two best detectives we have, and I ex pect to pursue this evidence of foul play to the bitter end." It muy be that the track will be in condition for travel by to-morrow night, and the crew nnd general labor em are making strenuous efforts to ac complish this. All day long crowds came from all over York ami adjoining counties to view the scene of the disas ter. As afternoon came on. It seemed that they would fill the fields border Ing the locality. The bridge spanned a marshy ravine, on each side of which the bluffs about 80 feet high, rise rath er precipitously. At Rock Hill and nearby towns there was a Ueep sense or awe 10 De ODservea. .people remem bered the disaster, somewhat of a sltn liar nature which took place on the Southern Railway at Fishing Creek about the same distance from Rock Hill as l Catawba Junction, nnd It hapiKtied Just' about the same time of last year. To-night tho wounded who had been In the farm houses near the wreck were removed to the hospital at Hook Hill. Crowds of people were at Catawba Junction and at Rock HI! when the train arrived. ROBERT E. FOLLIN. MILS. S11ERR1M ON THE STAND thr rroHV W sours th Ante tcim Aa Affeetlaar Heeltal af a Metkev iMea to Spare Her Beya Mte-The Croaa-tCsaatlaatloa Very Brief Other Wltaeaaea Testify to the Whites' Aekaowledaaaest af the Killlaawrh state Heals Its Case The Defeare tatrotlat.es Arra of Charaeter Wltaesaea Jar? Ma eased While C'oaaael Argue. Special to The Observer. Salisbury. Sept. . A sweet-faced woman, with waving black hair drawn over her templed, fine dark eyes, and an ner feature -ana pea ror beauty. Mrs. Josephine Hherrlll, the Drat Wit ness for the Stats In the White case. She was dressed In mourning, When not under examination she held her hand to her forehead and seldom raised her eyes. No witness could have made a better Impression than she. Perfectly frank, answering all questions prompt' ly, her voice soft and clear and unmls tskably the voice of a lady, she whs listened to by the Jury and siieclators with marked attention. She Is a widow she says, living at Mt. lillu with her children, In a 2-story brick house 100 Y. BARKSDALE, Abbe- F1HKMAN ED ROBERTS, (colored) At- kintu. On. MRS. T. F. BLACK, of Ohio. MRS T. B. McMANUS, of Wilmington. The Injured: . MRS. JAMES CLAY, Oakland, Tenn.. fractured Jaw. . . T. C. JUROME, Atlanta, Oa.. slightly brnlsejf. , MRS. T. C. JEROME. Atlanta, Ga., shoulder and head injured. I.H. EDWARD BANKS, - Athens, Ga., back Injured. - MRS. SIDNEY" HERBERT, Maltland. Fla., foot amputated: - mar - die. - -MRS. JEROME BILVBY, Atlanta, bruls- e6. VV.' HINBON.: Lenox, Oa.. Jaw In , jured. ( -- ' .. :. - . 1 TOM MITCHELL colored. brakeman f Abbeville, S. C head and shoulders In- jurea. . v O. 8. COLEMAN, Bon Air, Vs., arm die 4ocatid.' head and chest Injured. " - PINK. CARPENTER, Monroe, .porter. neutranu uouy injurco. ,. V. 8. ELERBY, Atianta, Ga, colored Pullman porter. , J. G. CARPENTER, Atlanta, Oa.( Pull man conduotor. ' i., , 7 G. H. M EA RES, Monroe, eglneer; bruis ed and wounded on the head, - -: ' J. J. DUNCAN, Abbeville, brakemalt, , badly wounded on the 1 head and slioul- ders. ..v..A-.'.-.- ,--v.: ' H. H. CHAPMAN. Abbeville, & C, con- uucior; neaa aeriousiy nuri.- O. "H. . DAVIS, Atlanta, . Ga.; express tneMsener ' W, FAIRMAN. Atlanta, Ga.7 mail clerk. B. F. WEST, Monroe, conductor; sllgbt- 17 injureq. . , , r O. TOPI.EMAN. Henderson. , TOM JEFFERSON, Ureiuaa for No. 816; if'' , V the freight came. It threw her again the glass cutting her about the face There was not the least scratch Initlict ed on the child., which she held all the while In her arms. Engineer Barks- dale, of the freight, was probably kill ed Instantly. At about the noon hou his body was recovered from the cnb of his enelno, with a few bruises nnd a bad wound on the' head. His watch was runnlner on schedule time when the dead engineer was taken from his post of duty. His fireman, Tom Jef ferson, escaped with Inconsequential wounds on the head and shoulder. According to tha testimony of severs or the passenger I talked with. brakeman was heard to shout out Just Derore tne freight arrived the freight la coming on us!" It wa Impossible, however, for any one of the trainmen or passengers to flag it down in time to avert the added disaster. HEROISM AND, FORTITUDE DIS PLAYED. ' Mr. Black, with his young wife dead beside him, stuck1 to the foach tnd was the hurt of all the men to make his way out. Then he proved the atuff he's made of. for, In a bruised condition, and stricken -with grief, he walked the cross-ties two miles to CataWba Junc tion, got In the telegraph office and sent word to Monroe for a relief train. Black Is tall and dark and hla natur. ally melancholy cast of features was haggard with misery as he returned to the scene and eat , with his hands clenched about hls.knees and waited for the crew to get the body at his wife from the wrecked coach. He is a tele graph operator for the Norfolk -WesU ern Railway, and stationed in Ohio. He Is a native of South Carolina, and was on his way to Atlanta, Ga., to testify In a damage suit. , His wife was a na tive of Kentucky and only 22 years old. At about 12 o'clock a. wrecking- train arrived on the scene rfrom tha com pany's shops at" Abbeville, : S. r C. A large force of hands were at once put to work on the .track and the wreck. The dead bodies were removed to an other train that had been brought fron Monroe and were taken there In ;, the afternoon. . That of the : fireman was lying on the ground almost entirely ea posed, part of his - head and his left arm being pinioned under the- over turned engine. Many of the wounded had been taken to Monroe, early hi the morning. The first man to arrive on the scene , , v. - - TWO Kil l. Kl) l FHKIOHT WRECK. The Knalnr of a Train Itannloa Thlrtr Mile nn Hoar Tarns Com pletely Over Near III roil nahani Birmingham. Ala., Sept. 9. Two men were JoTTed and another seriously In Jureo in a freight wreck on the South ern Railway between Dodgewood and Wilton on the Birmingham & Selma "My Qodr-f division this afternoon. The dead: W. H. Cherry, engineer, nnd Will Ivey, brakeman. Dangerously wounded: N, L. Snow, white, fireman. While details of the wreck are mea gre, it seems that the train was running at 30 miles an hour when the engine Jumped the track and struck the cross ties, turning completely over, crushing the engineer beneath It. Sev eral other employes of the road are said to have been bruised, but not se riously hurt. - VICK PRESIDENT IIARR TALKS. Hull Joints Said to Have Been Koand Ulaewunected, Showing- the Work of Wrecker Details Ulven Oat. Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 9. At the of. fIceH of the Seaboard Air Line In this city It was stated that Immediately after the receipt of the news Of the ac cident near Cutawba Klver, 8. C, a special train with wrecking outfits and doctors started from Monroe to th scene of (he wreck. The dead and, In jured were brought back to Monroe. J. M. Barr, first vice president nnd general manuger of the road, said to day that there was evidence of a mall cuius attempt to wrecK tne train, a number of rail Joints having been found disconnected. He gave the fob lowing details: 'Train No. tl was In charge of Con ductor Richard West and Engineer Uiistnn Meares. The wreck occurred ahout 1 o'clock this morning at the trestle Just south of Catawba River H. C. and 22 miles southwest of Mon roe, N. C. The engine passed over th tnntle and went down the bank, kill Ing Kd Roberts, colored fireman, and seriously injuring Engineer Gaston Meares. A light engine and caboose, running as No. 19, In charge of Con ductor Chapman and Engineer E. Y. Darksdale, which train wa passed by No. 41 a Bhort distance east of the point where the accident occurred, ran into the damaged trestle and m top i( the passenger train, resulting in the death of the engineer of No. 19, the fireman of the passenger train and of Mrs. Black and an unknown ludy pas senger. Two Pullman employes, six railway employes, ono moll clerk, one Southern Express Company employe and 23 passengers were Injured." GOING TO VISIT FRIENDS. Mrs. T. S. McMannn, One of the Vie. tlma. Wife of a Wilmington Man Wsa a PaHaengrr In tke Sleeper. Special to The Observer. Wilmington, Sept. 9. Mrs. T. S. Mc Manus, wife of the munnger of the Bell Telephone exchange In Wilming ton, was among those who were killed i the Seaboard Air Line wreck this morning at Catawba Junction. She wae on her way to Atlanta to visit friend nd left here yesterday afternoon. Mrs McManus was In the sleeper and It it believed that she was killed by the second train plunging In on top of them. ' Mr. McManus went on to-night to bring; his wife's remains home. Sh was about SS years of age and an ex cellent . woman. , Recklnajham Maa May Hare Beea . Killed la Disaster. Special . to The Observer. Rockingham. Sept. . It Is feared that vouna.msn bv the - name of Bright Hammond was one of the victims of the wreck at Catawba Junction early this mcrnlng. . He Is known to have been a passenger on the Ill-fated train and his nume has not Iieen mentioned In any of the reports of the disaster. - y.-:. yards from the depot. She described tho premises carefully, especially tho porch where the tragedy occurred, the hallway, and the staircase. MRS. SH ERR ILL 8 STORY. "It was sun-up before they came," She said, speaking of the prisoners and think I am giving her words. "They came from the south In a two-horse buggy.jsnd hitched their horses on the south side to a post fifty yards or more from the porch "It was on the morning of September 17. Some one knocked at the door. I went to the front room to the window and told them I'd be down shortly. went back and dressed, went down, opened the door, and found two Strang era I had seen them before, but when they first came I thought them per feet strangers. "They suld to me, 'We want to see Mr. Sherrlll.' "I said, 'He's asleep,' and one of them said to tell him to come down "I went- up to my son's room and told him some gentlemen wanted to see him. "He said, 'Who Is It?' "I said, I don't know. They are strangers. Come down.' "I went buck Into the hallway and waited there until he came down. When he came down, I stepped back, and he stood on the right of the door. They (the defendants) said to me, 'You stay hack. We'll see you later.' I didn't do It. I went immediately to the front door. Two pistols were drawn on my son in this position (indicating). " 'We are Chal and Tom White,' they said. "You are aware you have ruined our niece, Annie White. We have come to make you marry her to-day, or we will kill you before you leave our Hlghf "Russell said, 'I did not ruin her. "They said, 'You did, and you must marry her or we will kill you. A MOTHER'S PLEA. "I stepped between the two men an said, 'You Shall ot kill my son.' I told them If they could not spare him for his sake, to spare htm for the sake of his mother. They said, "You go back In the house and we'll see you later "I stepped right Inside the door, and they said again, 'Qo to-day, or we will kill yoiy and my son said, 'I will not ?o.' They stepped to each side and kept him from going In at the door. "They said, 'You will go with us.' "And when he said, 'I do not love her ind cannot do It.' two pistols tired I in mediately, nnd he fell. She explained how he lay on the floor. "When he fell, I do not know whether I fell or sank down. Then I got up and went to my son to see If he was dead. I spoke to him and he did not an swer. She said her son had nothing In his hand: that he threw up his hand as If to ward off the pistol. He had come lnwii with his shoes untied and In his shirt sleeves. He was 21 years old. Mr. Watson cross-examined her. "Did you know your son was going there and calling on Miss Annie White?" There was objection to going Into this matter, but after considerable argu ment. the question was allowed. "I did not know he was waiting on her. He took her to preaching one time. 1 know of three times he went there In response to another question "When they said, 'you go back,' 1 humbly stepped back. I thought It might make peace." Did your son tell you to step In side?" "No; he said nothing to me. The last thing he suld to me" here the wit ness' voice choked, her eyes filled with tears, and Mr. Watson said, "That will do. Stand aside." But she finished the sentence, "was When he asked, Who Is it.' " PROF. CLEOG'S TESTIMONY. Professor Clegg, a school teacher, slept with Sherrlll that night. His testimony. In the main, corroborated Mrs. Sherrlll. He heard only parts of the conversation down stairs; such as Mrs. SherrlU's, "God have mercy!" and Russell SherrlU's, "I didn't ruin her." Old man J. H. Thayer and his son slept in the house that night Their evidence, also, corroborated Mrs. Sher rlll, In the main. They heard only parts of the conversation. air. carson, a farmer, said he saw the prisoners In the sheriff's office that day. He there heard Chal White say, "We went there and gave him his choice, either to marry her or we would kill him. He refused to marry ner, ana we Killed him." Sherrlll was lothing like so stout a man as Tom White. He was 5 feet and some Inches high. Mr. Watson cross-examined - this witness pretty vigorously. rUKUUIT OF THE WHITES. H. E. Miller, brother of Lawyer B. B. Miller, testified that he and one. w. w. Miller, pursued the Whites on horseback. In about 7 miles thev came in sight of them. One of their horses was galloping. About half a mile after they. were sighted, the Whites halted beyond a bend In the road. "Tom held up his hands and motioned with his DunaKerchief for us to come on." What does this mean?" said W. W. Miner. ..- . We have shot ; Russell SherrHL" jaid Tom. He seduced Annie White. and we shot him.- We laid two di-odosI- tlonsDefore him; that he: would either marry her or we would kill him. He wouldn't do it, and we shot him." . "He showed fight."- said Chalmers. "and we shot lum," pro and Mr Miller," said tha wit- ness, "were talking without an tar- trumpet." v- "Could he hear what the other man aid?" "He wss answering him all right." This raised a laugh. "Tom told Mr. Miller," the witness continued, "that they were coming to Salisbury to sur render to the sheriff. He said they had got a letter from Mrs. Archer the da before telling them about Miss Annie. - At this point court adjourned until 2:W. In the afternoon Mrs. McConnell and Mrs. Patterson, to say nothing of Mrs. Houston and Miss Lucy Hherrlll, were in tne tmr as comforter io Mrs. wner rill. Mr. Archer, the mother of Miss Annie White, was there as comforter to the prisoners. Mil. MILLER CORROBORATED. W. W, Miller look the stand, and cor roborated Mr, II. R Miller more than corroborated him. When he got through the preliminaries, he went on "I said, 'Tom, what does this mean?' " 'We shot Russell Sherrlll. He se duced Annie. We got a letter from Jennie. Is he dead? I think he must be, for we both shot htm." "I am your friend," said Miller, "but I want to see you punished. Tom, didn't you know It was wrong?" "Yes, 1 knew It wus wrong. But we went there with that Intention, and we mude a proposition to him to marry hr or we'd kilt him. He refused, and we shot htm." "Chal said, 'He showed a little fight' "Tom was a waiter at my marriage. We had been friends," Dr. Brown was the formal witness to the wounds" and testified that 'death was -the result thereof. Ten character witnesses were then examined, whereupon the State rested. TH19 CASE B10R DEFENDANTS. The defense opened with IT witnesses to the good character of the prisoners. These Included farmers, merchants, Senators, preachers, and others. Whether or not Tom White Is deaf be came a prominent inquiry. Judge Mont gomery looked after these witnesses, all of whom were from Concord. There was intense Interest when Mr. Watson called, "Chalmers White," Tull, slender, erect, handsome, that defendant went to the tank, took a drink of water, and set himself In-the witness box. The people were crowd ing about the rail of the bar. Pleuse speak out," said Judge Cooke to him, "so as to be heard In the house." "I'll try to," said White. He sat straight In the chair, with his fingers interlocked. Judge Cooke then proceeded In his own testy fashion, to compel the crowd to clear the aisles and windows and take seats. Annie White," said the witness In response to Mr. Watson's questions, "Is my niece, the daughter of my dead! brother. She Is 21 years old. At the time of the killing she had been home from school about a year. She left school on account of 111 health. On the 17th of September my brother Tom came up the street and met me and said to me" Mr. Glenn objected to his telling what was said. Mr. Watson said that the facts, if they are true, muke out a case of con spiracy. Whatever bear upon it will there be competent." Mr. Olenn argued that It was no part of the res gestae. After a transaction, he said, men may get together and manufacture testimony for themselves. Solicitor Hammer cited a case In the 30th, which he suld In the ablest opln Ion which hus been written In the United States on the subject of deo- lurutlons and such-like. In that opln ion it was held that a declaration of the defendant made before the time of the killing und known only to himself, should have been excluded. Mr. Glenn read Howard's cose In the 82nd, and commented that) here are two men whose. lives lire at stake, who want to explain whut passe! between hem on the day before the killing. Of lourse they will be presume! to fix It right. When Judge Cooke asked counsel to address themselves to the question of a conspiracy, Mr. Glenn said with some heat, "we don't allege any conspiracy. We rely upon the fact that two men went to u house and killed a man. ' COUNSEL AKGUE A POINT. At this point Judge Cooka ordered the Jury out, that the discussion might proceed in frankness and without pre- udk-e. Mr. Watson then spoke and said they proioned to show: That trie defendants xot u letter from their sister-in-law, saving that she had Just discovered the condition of her daughter. Annie; that liussell Sherrlll was the author of her ruin, and concluding, "O U(M, come at once! That tney naa left ac once in a buggy, and went there In the night and the ru'ln. They hod discussed it be- ween themselves, and concluded to go o Mrs. Archer's house. That they went nd talked It over with her and her daughter till 12 o'clock. That Annie's mother said, "I ought to have taken a gun and killed him myself." That they told her that would have been foolish since Sherrlll living might shield her daughter from shame, but dead he could not do so.. That when they left they told her to have breakfast for three, since they would be back In half an hour with him. The admissibility of this evidence was learnedly discussed by Messrs. Watson, Hammer, Overman, Clement, and Mont gomery; and the discussion consumed the rest of the day. All the while Chal mers White sat patiently on the stand. Judge Cooke requested that they fur nish him with authorities and let him consider his ruling to-night. J. C. M. ALMS PAYS THIS PENALTY, Nearra Who Criminally Asaaalted a Little Ulrl la Uraavllla , toaaty Meets Deal k I bob the Seagele. , Special to The Observer. 1 ' ' ' t-rxrora,- sept. .-Jess Allen was nanged here to-day forv crimin al aesault upon - a little girt. The hanging was .private .There were nn outside r the Jail . ysrd. There were three ministers, the com mender of the Granville Grave, rant. Devln, with It) privates, anil, about S others who witnessed in txecutlon. Al len displayed wonderful nerve, showed llttlo sign of emotion and never flinch d. He suld he was prepared to die,-and told everybody present lo meet tilm ln Heaven, The cap was placed on hlin by Deputy Sheriff C, J. Turner;- Sher. Iff Howard sprung the trap at exactly iu.o(. Alien was pronounced dead at ii; 47. iv minutes afterward. His neck ws not broken and he died of strang ulation, making a few quick muscular twitching and all was over, Dr. ft. IX Huolh held the watch end he and Dr. 8. II. Cannady examined the prisoner to see that the heart had ceased.' The crowd present was very ordtnly. Sher iff Howard was highly ' complimented for the orderly way In whkh the exe cution was conducted, Allen dressed hlmelf with perfect composure and ate a hearty breakfast this morning. He ascended the scaffold himself and stood erect while the rope and cap was placed on him. The .hanging was early, to prevent the crowd of curiosity seeker from congregating, The lat previous ha nglng In this county was 17 year ago, ' . . PllOF. J. A. HIVI KLKCTKD. t harlot leKdnentor Che-eft to Dee eeed 111 II rot her a lleaantaster of Trinity Park High School An other Addition lo Ike Law Depart meat of Trinity. r M Hneclul to The Observer. mehnm Rt.nl 9 The wKHcittlvs o.tmmlt tee of Trinity College,- at a meeting held Hi mornliiff. eiactmi rrof. i. A. uivins, principal of the north graded school, ,xt uhuriutir, iieaumntiittr or Trinity t'nr; High School, to succeed III late brother, Prof. J. F. - Hlvtrrn. who met a tragic death by falling from a train a few mile from Durham a few day ago. - It is un derstood that the committee has hail some col rcsDondence with Prof, ttlvlns concern ing the position and that ho will accept. Trinity Park High School was founded in the fan or the year iwt and now. at the opening of Its sixth terra, it has an en rollment or shout wo student. It I un der the management of the board of trus u or Trinity college nu very ciostuv HHMieiuled with the col log In work. It is ono of the best known high schools In tno mate ami tne prospects ror a useful future ore indeed might. At the meeting of the hoard this morn Ing Dr. Atwell C. Mcintosh, of Tavlors- vllle, one of the beet known lawyers of ne ninie, was elected a member of the faculty of the newly inaugurated law de part merit of the college, Mr. Mcintosh I tn A. M. of JMVIdSon Col ese and has had itoim eg-perlenve In teaching-. He hue Muccewsruny iieen practicing kiw, however auring tne lest 15 year, it is exoected that both of the newly elected members of the faculties of the respective deposit meht Will take ud thetr work tmma. uiaieiy. STATES VII.I.I0 M0V1VAL HMDS, Interval In the Meeting: a rat If? lag -eronai ana Hew Note. Special to The Observer. Stoftesvllle, Sept. 8. The union- relig ious revival, wnicn naa seen In pro gress in tne warmer- warehouse since Sunday, August 28th, closed with hist night's service. Two services were held dally, morning and evening, con ducted by Rev. E. C. Olenn. of Greens boro, and the local ministers. The at tendance was most gratifying to the managers throughout the meeting. In terest In the meeting was very man! feet. There were seventy odd acces sions to the different churches and many others professed conversion. Among those from here who have al ready visited the World's Fair and re turned this week, are Messrs. K. O. (lalther and R. H. Itlckart.Capt. W. T. Rowland, Messrs. Fleet Bleete and Clarence Stknpeon left thl week for the exposition. Mayor Bleete, Sheriff Summers, Messrs. J. K. and Eugene Morrison visited the soldiers this week nt Manassas, Va, Mr. David L Craig has returned from a two months' trip abroad. A HHITISII-THIBKTAN THKATY. FREIGHT MERGER IX TEXAS. The Harrlnaan Management to Have Hat One Department for Faar Lines Complete Merger May Fol low. ! Houston, Tex., Sept 9. Announce ment will' be made to-morrow of the Intention of the Harrtman manage ment in Texas to consolidate and op-. erate as one line, the freight department of the- Galveston, Harrlaburg ft San ntonlo; the Houston & Texas Central; the Houston, East & West Texas roads. and the Galveston, Huston & Northern. The Texas A New Orleans being, con sidered by the railroad commission as competitive with the two last named lines, will not be Included . In the pro posed -merger. The merger will Involve the displacement of a number of of ficials and clerks, ,-.4. ....... Thl Is believed to be preliminary to merging all departments of the roads named. , - ' Tho Term Read Only In Thibetan nt Potnla Ualal Um Aat to Be Saperveded Colonel Yeangkaahaad Heady to Itetora. Uuisfta, Sept. 7. Via Oyangtse, Sept I. Col. Younghusbnnd, head of the Brit ish mission, and the Thibetan officials signed a formal treaty to-day In the apartments of the Dalul Lama at Fo- tula. The ceremony was . simple and wus conducted amid quaint and pic turesque surroundings. The terms of the treaty were read out only In the Thibetan language, and) It details will be published later by the Foreign Office at Simla. The proceeding closed with a short speech by Col. Younghusband. The Dalai Lama Is now supposed to be well on his way Into Mongolia and the officials Insist that his action amounts to abdication. The adminis tration is now carried by a council of regency. It is believed that the Tashl Lama will eventually be recognized as the supreme religious head. j The arrangements for the return of the British mission are complete. OYAMA'S tro:;. HE FINALLY Alitv While the Ostooale last. They Are t ; -Jag Shots Wo I-. 1- Sine Taeeday IIh- ; Mvertasoa by l-V r-Maa - ang 'on s- -Flereeet A merles n ; i tie Moeelaa Dead 1 arse to Barr, There Is still a lack t.r mat Ion regarding' the ex Manchuria. The ftusM--- n lacking details. Is um 1 thorltatlvely, while a.).. aiiese source are siipi.: It la established that tl : Is safely at Mukden, u; was accomplished In r Spite of the harassing -f t sodden roads, and the f ' -pat kin had many gun f 1 to handle them.: Otmeral ports that there was no 1 Thursday- and while t'? stHI in contact, they ate r changing shots. It Sen ,1 tabllshed ; that Oyattin' abandoned the attempt to ) ropntkln, and the last d : fort to bring the Russian made on Tuesday, A oh Russian losses Is proml-. i 1 urday), and It Is thouk m losses will, approximate z :.' A correspondent of tis Press, who accorn pan led 1 rt-ar guard from Xloo Yi ' place the losses on both ; battle of. Llad'f ahg at E, , erate estimate, lie con: ported resemblance of tin- the most bloody battle " can civil war. From Mukden comes L. -that 2,M wounded have I by the Russian Red Cro- . ditties are greatly overt . Tliere la no news from J. ; A dispatch from Viceroy .' nounces that both ralln... 1 graph communication betwo and Harbin have been li.t- - . OYAMA abandons rt ; Last Attentat to Brine; K to liar - Made Tael Barylaar the Dead Left t a Hospital ' Taxed 1 Utmost. , ' St, Petersburg, Sept. 10. I ' seems lo be duflnltoly ewtiil.., Field Marshal Oyama's tired i" Ik-ully abandoned on Wedm.' " lemitt to . head off Genernl 1- and the bitter's army has au nt Mukden, after frightful floundering tnrougn mud and i the mandarin road. , Home descriptions Of the e the line af retreat, are atm-c 1 1 They tell how the men lav t. mud and slept In a dretniili , without shelter. It is evident that the last ri fort of the Japanese to brln 1 to buy was made on Tumn-, ltuslan eommander-m-chlrf 1 and two corps with artillery 1 Japanese while the - retimm.!-1 troop continued In man h - After that the Japanese couM - into the Hank and try to - - treating columns from the pouts ore still in-contact, but t even exchanging shots. A late Associated Press u from Mukden describe tne hk fit the tentlee and shelteri. -The - detailed v. statement of losses, which it la promised v ( i Saturday, Is awaited with tt- eats. The general expectation i iiMtses will approximate 20.M i- 30.000 of tha Japanese. w The work of burring the d'-nii to the Japanese, who were f.n tempt the task as a matter of valion, but It was almost lmi--awful rains have handlcappe.) 1 of cremation on which the J : lied, and only shallow trench huv possible- under the: elrcumiUa only Is this work one of the n. ncuity, but it I almost vbIih-i. sanitary point of view, the Hi doing It soon after it is ucom The ears of the wounded lum ; hospitals to the utmost. One dent say that 12.000 wounded i inrougti the MUKaen hosu lulu u day, and only the taimt severe be attended to by the .nurtx s geons. Many, therefore, had 1 to the rough but well meant comrades. . . .y:-" y:. FIRK LOSS OF OVER gl,000,000. Aa Kntlre Baalaess Block Wiped Oat Before tke Flames Ceased at Pre greeeo, Mexico Little Iataec. Progresso, Mex,. Sept .-rThe fierce Are which - broke ut , here yesterday raged unchecked all day. It wiped out an entire block of business houses oc cupied by Arms engaged in the general merchandise business. The loss Is esti mated at from 11,000,000 to $1,200,000, with but little insurance. -, The warehouses In which' henequlen was stored were burned to the ground and the loss on this fibre alone will ag gregate. $300,000.- In another - building corn was stored .and the loss will reach $30,000. A large quantity of asphalt destined for paving the streets of Me nd ia. the capital- was destroyed, and a considerable losa entailed. , ' ' The loss of the dry goods and grocery, drug and coffee Importing concerns will approximate $400,000,- The balance of the loss falls upon the brokerage firms and smalt store-keepers. - ' ';V; . MI1 I II ( ' I ! M, I f -i '.. Prlnee Alert Break a Record. Syracuse", N- T iSept .---Prlnce Alert to-day broke the record :for geldings going the mile In 1:69 1-2, which beats the record by 1-4 second. The first quarter was made. In -.29 3-4. ihe half la :C9 and the three-quarters In 1:29 8-4. 13.SOO WOIKDBD Ti-. Itaealan Red Croa Taxed : Heavy FIchtlnsr The K.i. oompllskad Wltkont L-. Mukden, Sept l Delyel In " slonl-The Russian retreat here accomplished without losses "'. precision of a review at Kr;i - The Accumulation of woumi- i Llao Yang and Mukden tesi.- l t most tha resources of the Red ( of the transport was carried In 1 eat kind of two-wheeled cart. 1 rengements for providing the 1 rood along the Une of relr-.i magnificently - ror the nve days "from Aiu September 4, 12.SU0 wounded w In Red Cross ambulance, tho Mercy vlelng with-the doctors in courage and resistance to fati, Much of the Jananese succes uted to the millet fields. In whir! slana were not accustomed to it . AH - Oalet : at Makde Mukden, Sept 9, 12:30 a. m. tinues quiet at Mukden. All garding tho Russian transp, The Japanese have crossed t and are now resting. Only V and Japanese outposts are ia tact Thousands of wound : 1 ; sent north, - . . . Makdaai Cat Oaf From I St Petersburg. Sept . A Viceroy Alexleff announces C rood and telegraph linen beiv. and Mukden have both been 1 BEFORE3-DAY CLIBS A Rare Trooble Derrraxi :- lakaaaee Coroaer' J i r Verdlet. - Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. fi ber's Jury which met thi. Inquire Into the klltlna School Superintendent 1 , that Mr. Eppes came to 1 -a gun shot wound, the ' by Isham Kd wards. Ed for murder, and Caldwe were held as accessor fact,;-:. "V-' No evidence was intr the existence ef "V r. though one witness t to church after Ji'iui is subsiding. It i.i l murder was committed ! the existence of "Def beginning to be dout Ceorge Wllli imi, laid and erinun ii v nade, near 1 airo, was hn ti : i f-t:te prison l;i 5:1!) o'eln.K. -Uoceiu-e to t' i O . i ' ' i
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