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(JJ - il 1 y SUBSCRIPTION. PRICE: $100 Per Year; CHARLOTTE; N: C.,-TUESDAY MORNING; JULY 17, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SPECIAL TEEM OBMRED ; DEAD LYERLYS TO BE AVENGED ; la Absence of Governor Glenn, Hi Private Secretary Call Special Term y X Rowan Court tor July 0th-4o .-' Trjr the Hra Negroes ucid in ioc- '. UnlniM Jnil on (tlHI-lTA Of Muffler "S"- In the Lrerlys Hilly Boylaa -Fall f ; From Third Ktory of Atlantic Hotel . .. io t ins jjeetn w)riwruu J ' . mlulnn - to Hear To-laV Secre ' y . tary . of State Grime' Complaint , J Aral nut TknIione v -,y.-:'' deb Mew. , v . 4,.'. ' U-?, fV': .'- : Observer Bureau, , yV.y ;,yy j2j south Dawaoa 8tmt. . '. 'v " Coi." Arlington, -privat . secretary f to. Governor, Glenn, who la abeent In V Atlantic City, thla afternoon ordered a apodal term, of Rowan county bu s Berlor Court for the trial of the al leged murderer of Ieaao Irly and member of . bta family at Barber" Junction, ' early laat , Saturday morn ' Ing July 10th la th day aet. Judge B. T. Lone will prsld.? : , -i. Judge. Thomaa R." Purnell thla at ; ternoon made an order making C . H. Belvln and E. Maxwell permanent receiver tn the caae of th -Scpenec - tady Trut . Company . tha Cap "Fear; Power 'Company, a temporary receivership having been mada early la June. The moUon otniVV.M. Mor" v ,, van and R. P. Gray to,bo made par ;, tie wa denied with leave to file a 'cross bill. '.The receiver ar ordered : to proceed with tha development and are directed to. enforce ail contract and aub-contracta. .Thla' plant la. well ; juader way and the valuer .Involved amount to about I400.O00.--.;-- Tha Stat charter tha Tetaer Fruit .' 'A Produc Company, of Wilson, with authorised capltaj atock of . 120,00, of which has been subscribed 115, ' 000 bv E. and J. Bannenbunr and II Teleer. Another charter wa granted to tha Casey Ginning m Milling Cora . pany, at Goldaboro, to handle oottpn, also to deal In lumber Incorporators, , R. Boyett and M. W. Boyette, Alex Caaey and A. A. MUler, all of Golds '.-, boro. The authorised capital ftock la IMOO, of which amount I J4 Oft,: ha been paid In. . , ., FELL THREE STORIES TO DEATH. ; Billy Boylan, tha U-year-old son of .... Mr. William Boylan, of Raleigh, pop- ular- and beloved among his -assocl ate and numberless older friends, died auddenly at Morehead City yes terday afternoon, where he was on a visit -to friend.. Tha aupposltlon 1 i that ha Buffered an acuta heart at- , tack a moment or. two before falling from a third -story wmdow of tha At Jantle Hotel, In which he wa sitting, v u It was noted by those with him that ha gava a violent gasp. The re ' - mains of tha young man were brought to 'Raleigh last night and were In terred her Ihla afternoon. .l Thomaa Jackson Brevard, a young '. man of Hendersonvllle, something . mora than JO years old, waa laat even ing atruck by a Southern passenger ; train on th trackway near tha A. A J U. College. Brevard, In company with a friend, was on tha & A. L. track and, seeing the approaching '. train, atepped upon the tracks osVthe Southern, aeemlngly unconscious of an advancing train coming into Ral eigh. He waa struck by th engine, suffering thereby a broken leg, the fracture of some -rib, and other In ternal injuries which may prove fa-:- tat.; Brevard waa an orphan and wa . - working hi way through the A. A M.. College and was engaged In the dairy- department of that Institution. Ho was a nephew of Mayor King, of : ' Jiendersonvllle. Tha negro cook on the R A. I If ; yesterday morning fell from th din- Ing ear at a point near Aberdeen and waa later "picked up by tha crew of : train No. 18 and brought to Raleigh toj tha colored hospital, where hi ; vounds were attended to. Hi con (.. dltlon 1 not considered serious. - Col. Fred A. Olds, the genlal-heart- ad director of th Sunahlners, left - thla morning with a party of M for a : stay of. two weeks, which time will '-. b spent In rand about Beaufort, and . other point of Interest about the .' coast.'. Tha crowd traveled In two ' apeclat cars whloh had been pre-ar-, ranger. Every detail has been plan ':. . ned carefully by Col. Olds, who Is a , fatherly fellow to all people of tha : young t and whose Sunshlnera have , ., ' don ao vantly much good In speclflc - charity work In and about the city '."of Raleigh. ' Tha Seaboard Air Line Railroad people suffered a delay of four or five hours Saturday night by reason of a . alight wreck . which occurred at the , north end of th brldg over Meberln - ' tixer. Seven freight cars, laden with .'. lumber and logs, were overturned. . The trouble waa occasioned by the ". ,. breaking of a standard which con ' fined tha lumber to tha car, , :. Th . corporation commlsnlon will . to-morrow hear tha casa of Secretary t of Stat J. Bryan Grimes In the mat , ter of a. petition against tha South , " arn Bell Telephone A Telegraph Com V , Jany. a to alleged 1lgh rates for" long" s distance men-ages a well ar local rap tal rates. -. Th hearing haa been three ' time ' continued. Superintendent (. Spier,- of Charlotte, ana counsel from Atlanta are here-for th hearing. -'.,' 1 T. N. Allen, assistant State chemist, , ; ' left to-day for Hartford, Conn, where ,f, h will deliver an address on food V.- ; adulteraUon before. . tho Inter-Stat ( food commission. . . , ; y The SUte charUrsd the. Newborn f .fail T or Newbcrn. ( h; 1100.00.' paid-in capttnt atock. ,;vy(; vh 'Wo I . note- Incon .' ' v -e nporporaiors are J. tJ. Bladeam. n; Li. 8. and U C. Bludea and Pendleton. W. T.- 6m - tru . ; f MR. T. IL'CHERRf DEAD. ' - At.hl- '- PJ m th office of vV h V aPtnent of agriculture, th ; , desk of T II. Cherry Is to-day draped In mourning .Mr. Cherry died af his old hom near Tarboro,- Saturday ; night jifter an lllrtea from tUbercuio . sis. II was about IS years old and loaves a wlfo and aevcral children. H wa forced to leave hi work In tha departmnt last Christmsa, having ben associated with CommlsMloner y, Patterson and having, held th clcrk ,,. ship In th oaiie there slnco tha sum mer of no.,. The commissioner held Mr. Cherry In high porsonal regard . and has much to say as to th peraon ailty of the man and bis efllcienry a clerM to the department, . - The Raleigh Typographical Union will appeal to th next General As. - eombly to change the prevent regula . ' tlons governing State printing and . will ask that such work be placed y the heads of departments or a qtiall fled printer with no personal Intere.ts to wubMrve, 'he end that the work jny be Mecured at a fair prim to th State, and properly -executed." GILLESPIFS .SOK . TALKS sAv8FATllEn KHiUOD LYERLYS Ucnry GIHrple, Eleven-Year-Old Sou 4r Aean tillIplo, Uvhl hi' Char ; otte Jail pn Uiarge of Murder. Tells ' Obwrver. tWrcbPondcnt Tliat "Ilia FaUii-r and the- Other rVur JUId ' Are1 Guilty f Lyerly Murder-TI Dllllngluuu , Women ami Neajtc's . Wlfo .Contradict lllm Plupatclior ' Juullikin'M ljuMrtaiit lart lu Liet- 4 ting me Woi l l Know nl tin 'J rag Special to The Observer. ., Salisbury, - July II. Henry Gllle pie l up against It and so " u the SUtoo: North Carollnn if H , must rely ' upon him 'entirely . for Iho evi dence that will onviot live men and ana , woman of. , Hie murder cf .Ike Lyerly' ' family-" Saturday morning. Neas Gillespie' wife,- whoao testi mony was regarded aa Important as any . earthly witness' could be, goes squarely ' back upon the mulatto grandson and it. is manifestly un to the boy to furnUh tha story that will iana me quintette on the scaffold. When Tha Observers correspondent want to tha country thl afternoon to get his confession, tha poy. Just 11 year old, waa in the most communi cative mood. He gave the 4ntrvlw without tha allghteat persuaHon and he shows all of the whit blood that 1 in him. -He don not appear to have any feeling in the matter, though freely- expressing hi belief that tha crowd ought. to be hanged. "Henry." tha correaoondent naid to him, "tell me. what you know about thla murder and who waa In It." . THE BOX'S STORY OF THE CU1MR. Da waa alx : uv 'em, Captn. five men and one woinan. Jack Ihlllng ham; George. Ervln, Uncle Henry, Ab Mayhew and paw and Jack' wlfa. Dey waa talking dat night and went out about 11 o'clock. . When dcy coma back It was . near daylight. Maw begged dem not to go and paw (this 1 Naase Gillespie, the grandfather of the boy) told ber, 'G d d n her b would do as he pleased and It waa none of her bunli'eai. ley said dey would aret Jack to ko lone and paw and Uncle Henry went out. When dey-come back, I heerd paw say dey done kill .'em an' he waa glad. Paw said he kilt Mlaa Auyusta and Mr.' I.verlr mnii Kmm 1n v.iunit ones, Dey use Mr. Ike'a axe and paw taken hla. He brung It back homo and hid tt'S The little nigger's vernacular la all that marks him a Illiterate. He talks brightly 'and - waa made to go slowly ao every word could be taken. When asked how he knew that othera went, he declared that he beard tha people of hla household say who waa along. . He told the story of tha fuss between the old aenlUman and Dillingham. "Jack wa using one of Mr.. Ike'a horses and -hit kickod him. Jack taken a board and knock ad de boas down and Mr. 'Ik fussed wld him. Uncle Henry got mad at Mr. Ike cause he wouldn't divide de wheat wld him. Uncla Henry la paW'a son and told him what dey had had trouble about.' . Unci Henry wouldn't help cut it and Mr. Ike said ha ahouldn't have any of It" Tha boy waa then asked if h had ever 'had trouble with his grand father. Ha aald Neac is a very mean fellow and had beaten him many times.. "He la a devil." he declared. 'and cuta off maw'a hair and paints ber eyea wld hot , pitch. Ha puts chloroform 'to .her face .and haa not been wld her for . a year. Me and maw waa sleeping in another room when all ov 'em went over to Mi. Ike's and. when Jack come hack he said O d d m It he had killed em' and he was glad . ami dat he didn't car if he was hung. Dey took Mr. Ike's Ufa and dey ought to bo hung. I specs to tell dls when dev haa er trial. When la de gwlne to have It? " The little follow waa told and remarked that ha was having a good time on tha chain gang, whore he belns well fed and treat J well. Ha Is allowed to move about with tha guard and really seems happy. GILLESPIE'S WIFE TALKS, Coming from the chain gang the wife of Neaso waa interviewed In th cell with the Dillingham woman. The laat named la a coal black virago but excessively polite. Th way ah waa known to Da amaaontan wa learned Incidentally. She told that Jack had once tried to beat her'and he couldn't do It That I evidently true, n man could. Tha Dillingham woman look- ad and acted very- much mora Inno cently than any one of th party go ing up to sea her. She told of th atory that she had fussed with thi mother tha day before. - She declared that thla waa 4 story. Mrs. Lyerly nd sh had never been at outa and he loved - them all:- The wash tuS episode, she declared to have taken place between Mlaa Mary Lyerly and Mrs. Lyerly. The young girl, having written to her beau against tha wish of tha mother ' and denying It and refusing to help her mother wash. waa severely whipped by Mrs. Lyerly Sh said the girl had almost plow. ed th horses to death. - Th Dln- inhm-WQitanwas monstrously, en tertaining. Bhe admitted that. Jack and the old gentleman had fallen out about tha horse because Jack could not work tha on given bim and tha girls had worked th othor to death." : Then tha conjured Mease Gillespie squaw waa called . out. Leavlng off her story of Neas' cruelty, sh wa aa dumb a a frog In dog day. She wear th pitched eye and says: "l an' Neas ain't spoil two pleasant words lit three year. II sho Gawd waa mean to me. - But 1 doan no anvthlna- about him going oyer to Mr. Ike bouse, for I never ha a thing to do with htm and don't even live with him. He say h wouldn't etayJ with me, but ho ha to. He haa been married bet or and ha two or . three wive." . '.' "- '- " ' ' : - This 1 til that . could be wrung from her.4 , Th boy aald ' h had begged Neaaa not to go over to Mr. Lyerly's and Hho goo squarely back upon him by denying that she said any such thing. Of the two, tha boy Is fur tb more Intelligent and 'ap pears to tell th straight tale. Before the Barber tragedy ha been forgotten and nnremembered. It will b soon. as tha fall of the sparrow; there dnserves to be aald word of th part played by Mr, W. R. Mini kin, the Barber dispatcher Who has not onlv Rent out well-written atorlea of4he murder, but whose Interest has made it pos-IM for the officers to get onto th track early, the newspaper men to be on th spot at the shortest time poMlble aflr the horror, and ha did all of this while In the dlscharg- of his duties as train dispatcher, lie stopped everything and went to the ril-trnned and. In addition, furnlahed the pulilU: Hot with tl:e facts. No newnmaper man' has done his work better, and vlien thl La known, th IIILVEI0USLY FOB JEROME GEORGIANS PICK . 1908 TEAM s. v..-.-'.: - ,. Following : , Addrea " Before) .; Lower House of State Leglalaturo by tho ' Plctureaqua New York District At- v torney, Mia Hearers Adopt Kesolu s. lion Endorsing Jerome and Folk fur Presidency in 10 Little Real Differences Between North ' and ," South, say tlr. Jerome Thaw's ' Minions Hla Only Distinction From t a loinmun Blurderer. , ; "Atlanta, :, Ga., , j July l.--Wllllam Travera Jerome,-: district; attorney; o Manhattan, New York city; .waa th guest " for a ; few moment to-day ; of tha, lower branch of tha Georgia Leg islature. A short recess from the reg ular labors of the session was taken and Mr.' Jerome, upon Invitation! ad dressed the legislators, He - spoke briefly, of the relation of tha North and South, expressing th belief that there is little difference In tha way or thinking and doing business be tween the two sections, and suggested that whatever misunderstandings had existed In recent year ' had come largely from sensational writer. Fol lowing hla address the enthusiastic leglslatora adopted a resolution en dorsing "Jerome ond Folk" for the Democratic presidential team In 1908. In an Interview here to-day regard ing the Thaw murder case In New York, Mr. Jerome .referred to th case as "the every day police court story." "In the eyea of th law," he con tinued, "the defendant' millions add no luster to his situation. Most of the apparent romance Is a newspaper product." . . . Mr. Jerome and hla assistants in tn district attorney's office. Messrs. Ar thur C. Vandlver and Faancla P. Gar van, left to-day for Warm Springs, Ga., where they will be the guest of th Georgia Bar Association, and before which body Mr. Jerome will deliver an address to-morrow, or Wednesday, upon a subject which he haa not ,yet announced. CHARLOTE MAN HONORED. Mr. William' Whittam, Editor of The American Cotton iianaracturer, ana Mr. W. A. Graluun Clark, of J one, boro. Appointed on Committee to Investigate Foreign Cotton, Market. Special to Th-Observer.- -J W.-hlnrton. July 1. Wrllliam Whittam, Jr., of Charlotte, N. C, editor of The American Cotton Man ufacturer, and W. A. uranam uiaric, aon of Chief Justice Walter Clark and manager of the Eugenia Manu facturing Company, of Jonesboro, N. C. were to-day appointed by Secre tary Metcalf, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, as tho -two mambera of the recently created cot ton comlsslon to find the best- foreign market for American cotton goods. They will both accept It la stated. At th laat session of Congress Sen ator. Overman auceeded In having a bill paaeed appropriating tZ0.0 for this purpose, afur a hard .light, and these two agent will leave th Unlt d SUte at an early data ta assume their dutlea - ' Mr. Clark graduated at Cornell In 1(00 aa a mechanical engineer and Immediately entered a cotton mill, working hla way up.. Mr. Whittam waa highly endorsed by cotton man ufacturers all over the country.- JUROR'S CinLD DYING. No Sewilon of Court Yesterday for Trial of Walker-Edward Breach of promlne Suit. Special to The Observer. ' Union City, Tenn.. July 10. There was no session of court her to-day for the trial of the Walker-Edwards breach of promise case on account of the dying condition of Juror J. A. McBryde'a child. The Juror, who Uvea in th extreme edge of tha eoun ty, was accompanied to hla horn by a deputy sheriff. Schooner Ashore on North Carolina Coast. Washington, July 16. The schoon er Matilda D. Borda. coal laden from New York for Savannah, went aahore at Gull Shoal. North Carolina coaat The crew of eight were landed by a live aavlng crw. country at Urge will discharge It debt of thanka to him even aa hi nearest neighbor hav dona It THE ROWAN PRISONERS. The Trial of the Alleged Aaaaaaln Will Begin the utn jimom cer tain That Four of the Five Negroes Confined Here Are wnwy uon- Tinting Evidence at Band. It la now considered Almost certain that four of tha five negro now bald In .the Charlotte Jail ar guilty of th murder of th Lyerly at Barber's junction laat Friday night - Ona . of th boy. Oeorg Brwln. I belleveoVto be Innocent. Two axe were used and a lamp waa held by a woman. - Mich Graham, batter known tn tho Barber's 'Junction section .aa Nease Gillespie, lived with a Mecklenburg farmer, who live ner now, aDout 11 or IS rear ago. In talking of th negro" yesterday, hbf former "amployer aid: "Well, If ha I guilty old Fan nie, hla wife, fanned him ' en, for she wa th meanest negro I ever aaw. Mich, or Neas. whatever you -call him, waa then good worker.' but quick tempered. - He would fly . Jnto a passion, but was oon over It Old Fannie ' never did get over a mad To a man wun a near. ucn a crime aa the Rowan negroes are cnargea with seem almost Impoaslbl. Many parson hav been curious to the negroe sine they arrived here, but Pherlff Wallace and Deputy Johnaon have kept out all except a fewwho trad passports. - Neas seemed .eager to talk with his former master and denied any connection with th crlm. II did ask, "'Where was . th whit man who had been sleeping at the Lverlv home for a week. I saw Mm there Friday afternoon when I passed by, in company witn sir. jonn pen nlnger, my employer 1 ' It waa learned her yesterday, that the aood . people of.. Rowan bad d. .1. , f 1 Ik. law, l.b, it m Th moh spirit ha subsided. EverjM effort win na maa to giv tn mur derer a fair trial, ' . ' An Observer man telegraphed Gov ernor II. B. Glenn, at Italelgh, last night, and asked when th court to try tha negroe would ba'held. . Th following reply was received: ' . "special, term of Rowan court to bein July 60th. , Th law requires two weeks' notice. - ' (Signed) ;'; , "R. R GLENN. ; ' , A ? , , (."Governor.' ' Th trial of th nerrbe will tak but short time. The Ilowan au thorities are collecting the evidence and. there Is no 1 reason why the criminals should, not Vscelve swift and proper punishment, .w - ' ' ', tfi'?at.: BROWN TAKES ; OAWftf Statewvllle Man A.sunica" Dutlea a Collector of Revenues for . Western District, Succeeding 11. S. Ilarklna . Old Force of Clerk HohU Over .' for Prenent. Special 'to Th Observer, r"' ' , - , Ashevllle, July 16. Mr. George H. Brown, of. Sttevtlle, Is nowcollector of Internal ' revenue for the western district of North Carolina. Th oath of office j was administered to .the new collector .at 6: JO, o'clock ? thl morning by Clerk W. 8. .Hyams, of the United SUte Circuit Court, and Mr. - Brown Immediately entered up on the discharge of his new duties. Former Collector H. S: Harkln is onq mora a private, cltlsen. He has held th office of collector of in ternal revenue for this . district for mor thaa eight years and goes out of office with a record for efficiency that Is seldom If , ever equalled or ex celled. . . w" . i The transfer of the office this morn-1 Ing waa accompanied by little cere mony. Tha oath of Office was ad ministered and, In strong parlance, tha . new . collector was told to go hi route. The ame employes that held office under Collector Harklns at the close of business Saturday hold office under Collector Brown to day. Just how ' long these old em ployea will remain, or If they are! slated to stay permanently. Is ground ior mucn speculation among tno politically Inclined. Home are of the men, that this is a special term of the opinion that there will be few if any court, called for the trial of citlsens changes In the present force, while of Anson county, charged with lynch other take j different view and. In Ing. If any of you have formed and a knowing manner, say that omelal heada will ghortly begin to drop and that thla -"execution" will continue until tha old force Is weeded out and new men ar appointed to fill their places. It la. contended that the new collector haa, upder Instructions from the Department, baa much latitude In making change: that he Is author ised to make changes for the "bet terment of the service'' and that thla "betterment-: of the service" is not surrounded by a very strict con struction. . It is also sUted that no time has been . set for civil service to apply In this Internal revenue dis trict and that anch changes as the new collector may desire to make may be made without a violation of th order. To say the least, there Is some uneasiness among those now holding office under the new col loetor and future developments will be watched with Interest by thoso occupying places at the plc-counter and those-who desire to get their feet in the trough. STRIKE IN BIG DANVILLE MILL. Sixty Weavers Walk Out as Result of Employment Of 12 tierman Immi grants, Fearing the Precedent Management Firm and Adjustment Danville, Va., July 16. As the re sult of the employment In the River side Cotton Mills here to-day of a number of German Immigrants, 60 of the weavers went,' out op. a. atrlka at dinner hour. While the Introduction of the foreigners waa not Intended In any way to aup plant any of the old men, th, weavers considered it a menace. . v- Tha officials of tha mill take an optimistic view of the situation and hope to sea the men return at an early date. For some time there has been a scarcity of mill labor here and many of the machines In tho weav ing room have been idle. Yesterday 1J German Immigrant were sent down from New York and started to work to-day: A delegation of other weavers objected to working with the foreigners and protested to the o (Ti dal, who declined to do away with their services. One of the head officials said to night: - T "It has aim-ays been the plan of the management to keep on friendly re lations with Its employes and to give American labor the preference over foreigners. . The Germans were secur ed on account of the fact that we could get no local labor." There Is no union among the mill operatives hare, and the officials, while declaring their Intention not to yield to th demand of th strikers. look to a reasonaoi adjustment of th difference at an early dat. TO GIVE UP CLUB FEATURE. " s--aw- !.''. J Columbia Elk Will Abandon Their Quarter Effort to . Secure Direct bteamship Connection for Charles ton With Northern and European i-ona. Observer Bureau, 1101 Main Street, , Columbia,. S. C, July 16. In a little while th Columbia lodg of Elks will abandon it club house at 1141 Main street and temporarily give up the club . feature, retaining Ita charter and Identity as a lodge, however. Recently the club haa nol been Very prosperous, the Rldgewood and the Metropolitan, to both of which cluba moat of tha local Elk .belong, having overshadowed th Elk club hou. - :.. Commissioner Watson ta arranging a conference with Mayor Rhett and other, people, interested on,.; the , que-., tlon . of direct steamship communi cation with tha Northern and Europe an porta for Charleston. Hi took th matter up some ttm ago and ha very satisfactory negotiation under way now with tha official A several line. It Is likely that a tfHnferenci may be arranged at .Charleston the latter part ' of thla ' week and . that Commissioner Watson will afterward go abroad to puh tha negotiation- to a successful conclusion. . . ' ASSAULT BY WOULD-BE ROBBER Negro Beat Young Man Into Inscnsl j, .- , blllty , at. Wilmington. ; . i Special to Th Observer, f,. r ' ; Wilmington, July 16. A ,' negro lurking about th premise, evidently bent on robbery, assaulted young Leo Lacy upon-golng to hi horn on up per Market street last night and beat and choked him into Insensibility when ho came forward with a stone to diiv th black mnn ' off. Th young man'a father;, latrfc coming to th house, found hi son unconscious in th front yrd. The negro . has not been arrested. III Identity la not known. ' 1 v;.;;.y ; ; , THREE BLOWN UP, 80 INJURED. Powder Mil! Disaster at Aehlanil. Wl. Auprrlniendent Among tlie Dead. ., , Ashland, .Wis., July 16. Th' pow der mil) of th Atlantic Dynamite Company blew up, killing thro men. Twenty other war Injured. J. L. Pierce, of Wilmington, general superintendent of the powder mill, and two workmen were killed. , The neutralising plant wa destroy, ad. Titer wtr f building In the group. .''' w TRUE BILL AGAINST , FOUR TRIAL OF ; AlXEGED LYNCTIERS Special Tern of Union County Court i for Trial of Twenty-One Alleged ": ly nchers of John V. Johnaon, Con , venes at Monroe, Judge T, J, Miaw I'reetdlim; TrUo ;BUIa lleturned Against Four Out of Five Consld y ered, None- Ilemg VunI Against Jim Swlnk Motion to Qnash In dtctmento Argued and Dec-uUon W HI . he Rendered 11la Morning Court Room Crowded. ; 8peclal to The Obaerver. , i- Monroe, July 16. Af 10:10 o'clock this morning the court bell rang, after Judge T'J. Shaw had taken his seat. In a few minute th room was packed. The atmosphere waa humid and hot and there waa a ettr of fan ning and mopping. A train load came up from Anson this morning. Among the crowd . Were the ' de fendant charged with the lynching of John V. Johnson, on May.8th, to wit: John. McLaurin, Tom Adams, Zeka Lwls. Joe J. Meacham. Clyde C. Bow-man, John Jones. Elmer Dunn, Lester Johnson, Jonn w. tsevins, . F. Timmons. Otl Martin, Frea uunn May Gutledge, . Lewla Adams, Jim , Swlnk, Frank Graham. Will C. Dunn, Will A. Nevlns and Will Dew When the grand Jury had been called Into th box and his honor had put the usual questions as to taxes. etc.. Judge Bhaw said: "It Is a mat- ter of common knowledge, geniie- i expressed an opinion as to tne guilt or Innocence of the defendants, hold i up your hands." j Mr. M. 8. Secrest raised hla hand and frfenned un. "Have you been talked with about thl- case?" asked the Judge. "Not by anyone who waa Interested In It." the Juror replied. "Who Ulked with youT" "Nobody but my own family," he said. He expressed the opinion In his home that they ought to be ac quitted. The Judge excused him from the Jury. This episode wa duplicated when Juror W. M. Parks rose and declared 'that he had expressed the same opinion In his home, but that he had not been improperly approached. The Judge excused him from service. CONFUSED BY NEWSPAPERS. Mr. James A. Marsh rose and stated that his mind had been confused by the newspapers: that according to some of these the defendants would be guilty, and according to ortiers not guilty. He would not be gov erned, however, by newspaper infor mation, but- by the evidence. No body had tried to influence him. Judge Shaw retained him on the Jury, and appointed him foreman of It. "The reason I have asked these questions, gentlemen," the Judge ex plained, "Is that from' newspaper re ports, I learn that parties have been In this county seeking to mould pub lic opinion, either for or against the defendant, and I want to know If any of you gentlemen have Been ap proached on the subject" By the time the preliminaries were concluded and the Judge made ready to deliver his charge, not only the bar and floor were full, the lat ter to atandlng room, but there was little unoccupied space In the gal leries. Moat of the ladles present were from Anson county. COUBT ROOM CROWDED, "There are a great many people In the court, house this morning," said the Judge to the crowd. "I am glad to have you here, but you have no right by your misconduct to inter fere with the court's business. He ordered the sheriff to place officers In the gallery and at the doors, and to arrest anyone guilty of disorder. "If you are obliged to get mad with somebody sbout this and cannot live without It," he said to the crowd, "then get mad with me. I shall leave thla county when the present term of court 1 over, and shall likely never hold court here again. Hut that would not make any difference." Hla charge was long and It took him a good while to get down to tha raisins. "There Is no reason why we ahould deal with thla question with gloved hands," he charged, referring to the lynchers. "I had Just aa well face It squarely. The charge against these men overshadow all the other chargea on the docket. And I don't know what else la on th docket." LYNCHERS ARE SCORED. He emphasised then the oath they had taken and elucidated the crime by perjury. The only escape for th guilty men Is through perjury. So help him God, n declared to the Jury, It Justice ahould miscarry InJ thla case, ha (the Judge) would not be resoonslblo for it He described th lynchers of Johnson as a molof cowards and aatlrtsed their claim to good cltlsenship; he warned tbe Jury against improper Influences, and said that th issue her waa cloarly drawn between law and lawlesanews, and that th men who participated In that mob "ar guilty of murder in th first degree." Th charge was an unusually bold, uncompromising utterance and the defendant, their counsel and. friend heard it with rapt attention. FOUR TRUE BILLS. The grand Jury thl afternoon re turned true bill against four of th alleged lyncher, th two Lewises. Dunn and on other. No tru bill waa found against Jim Swlnk. Th namea war taken up 'separately and theae five are all on which th grand Jury haa ao far reported. 1 During th afternoon a motion to quash the Indictment against the en tire SI, made by the attorney foe the defense, was argued. This occupied the attention of tha court up till th hour of adjournment for the day, 6:10 o'clock. ' On the opening of court In the morning Judge Shaw will deliver hi opinion on thla point. As the fata of the trial rest on hi decis ion th reconvening of court to-morrow I awaited with a degree of In terest both by the prisoner and th spectator.-. Should th Judge sustain th motion' to quash tha Indictments, th trial will proceed at once. The clal term 4 .concerned, though It I probable that the Burgess-Hill mur der trial : will then -be taken up. -Should the motion not be ausUlned tha trial Will procead at once. The first of th 11 to b tried la Zoic Lewi, -wy. .;, .;,! .'. .",;'.)'" '..yy i v, ? ; i.i .j. ii ' nl U, - lionet Virginia Iron Man Dead. , Roanoke, Va July .16. John W. Robinson, a prominent citizen of this section of the mate; died at hl homo at Graham Forge, Va., to-day,- aged 07 years, lie had long been promi nent In th manufacture of Iron and waa a pioneer In that Industry. , , lie was the founder of what Is now tlie Virginia iron, Coat and 'Cok Com pany and waa prominency Identified with that corporation. TITASMOTIIER IN CHARGE REVERSES ALL HE HAS ' DONE Following Her First Meeting With Her Bon Klnre lie MurdereU Man- ford White. Mrs. William . Thaw Itetalna Mervloee of mw Firm Dls- nil-mod by Thaw and Will Presum ably Follow Their Advice as to Relying on Ilea of Insanity The Interview an ' AnTeilng One Thaw'n Notorious Wife Ignored hy iter stother-tn-Law. New York, ; July 1 6. Immediately following the Interview with her son Harry K. Thaw, in th Tomo to-aav, Mrs. William Thaw assumed full chara-e of the defense and arranged to retain the service aa counsel of the firm of Black. Olcott Gruber Bonynge, who were dismissed by young Thaw a few day ago. This action U taken to mean that Harry Thaw's dealrea and opinions regard Ing tho defense will be Ignored and that reliance will be placed on th plea of Insanity, insistence on which by Mr. Olcott resulted in the rupture between himself and his . client Whether an application will be made for tho appointment of a committee on lunacy to determine young Thaw' mental condition probably will bo de termined at a conference to be held by Mrs. Thaw and th aounael to morrow. s CONVERSED THROUGH BAR8. iThe meeting between Mra. Thaw and her son at the Tombs was an af fecting one. After the first greeting they were left alone torether to con verse through the bar of the cll for half an hour. During the interview the prisoner's wife stood in silence In the corridor a few feet away from the cell door waiting her turn to spaak with her husband. No words were exchanged between Mrs. Thaw and her daughter-in-law. From the Tombs Mrs. Thaw was driven directly to the office of Lewis L. Delaneld, where arrangements were made for former Judge Olcott'- firm to resume charce of the ease When a note was sent to Harry Thaw thla afternoon asklnar whether he conourred In the new arrangements, the renly returned waa: "Mr. Thaw haa nothing to say." GOE8 TO COUNTRY BEAT, This evening Mrs. Thaw, accompa nied by her son, Josiah, and ner son In-law. George L. Carnegie, went to the lattor's country seat at Roslvn, Long Island. The largest crowd since Thaw was first taken to tho Tombs had -assembled In thb streets outside when Mrs. William Thaw arrived at the Tomba shortly before noon to-day. Her driver wasVcompellcd to force a passage through the crowd, which fairly blocked the street, and when her cab stopped at the door the by standers pressed forward so closely that the police had difficulty in mak ing a line throuKh them to permit Mra. Thaw into the prison. Mrs. Thaw was met at the door by the prison warden, who told her in an apologetic way that It would be necessary for her to comply with the prison rule that all visitors must be searched. Mrs. Thaw then retired to the rooms of the Tombs matron, where the rule waa compiled with. The warden. Joslah C. Thaw and Mr. Peabody escorted her to, the corri dor In which Harry Thaw's cell is located and then withdrew after ahe had thanked them. Mra. Thaw then made her way alone to cell No. Z20 and greeted her son for the first time since ho shot Stanford White. IGNORED DAUOHTER-IN-LAW. Aa Mra Thaw reached the cell of her son It was seen that her daughter-in-law had left the . consulting room and gono to th cell of her hus band. When .the young wife saw the mother approaching she slowly backed away from the cell to a spot some 16 feet down the corridor, Thera was no sign of recognition be tween the two. On the mother's ar rival at the cell. Keeper John Smith saw that -he was somewhat feeble and opened the door of Thaw's cell for the purpose of getting out the stool of the cell on which she might sit during the interview with her son. Tho mother not knowing the rules of the prison, upon seeing the door openod rushed forward to her son. In an Instant both her arms ware clasped .around the neck of her son while he with bent head clasped his mother to hla breast. Tears streamed from the eyea of both mother and son. There ensued a few minutes silence, broken only by the mother's cr-- of "My boy, my boy." TALKED HALF AN HOUR. Keeper Smith stood with hla back turned for a short time, and then in formed Mrs. Thaw that the , prison rules allowed vlsltora to talk te pris oners only with bar separating them. The mother atepped out of the cell, while Smith ahut. tha dbor and turned the key once mora on Thaw. A small atool waa then plac- ed in front of the cell and Mra. Thaw took her seat on -It, and continued talking to her son for about half an hour. She then kissed her aon through the Iron bara and waa taken down stairs, where ah waa Joined by Josiah C. Thaw, who had been wait ing for her in the consulting rocftn. After the mother'a departure young Mrs. Thaw spent a few minutes with her husband and then hurried to the office of Mr. Hartrldg, wher a coun cil was held. Thaw to-day declined an Invita tion by th warden no exercise In the prison yard. He aald to the warden: "It aeema to be cooler In here, and it It doea not make any difference I would not care to be mixed up with that company." . y LONDON'S RICHEST MAN DEAD. Alfred Belt, South AfrKan Gold Mln . ing Magnate, U Furwd to Leav Hi Million Wa Implicated In V Jameson Raid. - - London, July 16. Alfred Belt, a well-known South African financier, died, to-day. He had been in bad health for om time. He wa life governor of the DeBetta Consolidated Mines and was reported to have been Implicated In tha Jameson raid. Early In 1101 Belt had an apoptettu stroke while . at Johannesburg and ' never fully regained his healtti.- . ,, Belt, who Is said to have been th richest man in London, and who con. trolled th output of gold In South Africa, waa at on time alleged to be forming a "gold trust." In which th name of prominent American finan cier were mentioned. 11 gave large urn of money to th Red Cross and Other Institutions and recently donat ed 1300.000 to found a university at Hamburg. v.V.y .,-) .-, y Whole Town of Franklin, Va.,' rire .. .,. ;. . Trealencd. y v,' x ' Norfolk, Va.. July 16. Th myor of Franklin, Va., in a mesaag to th chief of th fir department of Porta, mouth, says th whole town Is threat ened by fir and haa asked for !. lance. The Seaboard Air Lin Is hiaklng preparations to take the Portsmouth department to th scene on a special truln, . . , PE.iCE riANS PROSPERING United ( Ktatr Government Offer Warring ItcpnbJIr the Cruiser Marbleliead m . Place for Peace Conference. YeaerJ Now Being at La Llhertad, Salvador Guatemala , Kxpreaee . WlHiiifcnemi ' to Refrain From Further lioatlliflca if Salva dor Mill do the Kame Salvador and Honduras Acting Together. Washington, July 11-Th Navy De partment was Informed this afternoon by cablegram from Commander Multl- , gan of thesarrlval of hi ship, tb Mar- ' blehead, at La Libertad, Irotn Panama, which port he left lust Yrldar night. Iifore Bulling Commander Mulligan wa Instructed by the Navy Department to report to th American Minister. Mr. Combs, at I.-Libertad.., wbtcn t the Enrt near 8m d Salvador, the capital of. . alvailur. In th absence of Mr. Combe. : who I detained at Champerleo, await-- -ing next Kiidity'a steatunr, Mr. Brown, . the American secretary and charge ia ' Salvador, - will commanlcat with Com- mander Mulligan and that efftcer will place his ahlp at the dtsponal of , the' American legation, so that Mr. Brown . wilt be lit a position to carry out the In- . structlons whir were cabled him to-day. from VVimhlngton to prn-r to th gov---, eminent of Halvador and Guatemala -the uae of this American warship a a place of meeting for the peace com mis- . sioners. :.'' NOT AS PEACE COMMISSIONER. y It Is stau-d that neither Minister Merry , ' nor Mewra. Com ha and Brown will act . ' -In the capacity of a ieac -commissioner . tit either country; they sre ehurged Sim--, ply. as good friends tn both parti. - to .. endeavor to bring the hostile nation In- : to friendly relation without further lo of blond. ' Thl is not th first time th deck ef a United Btatea man-of-wnr haa been . the scene of peace conference. The 1 Marietta was thus employe,! iix er elabl ' years ago In bringing about peace be- ln Co-ta Kica and Salvador, th . . Philadelphia played a similar part at Panama durlna the revolution there about to year ago, and more recently Commander Dillingham .brought the Monte ChrUtl Insurgent and the Do minican government agent- together elf - Monte Chrlstl and ecura eeac on the ' deck of th Detroit. . . - GUATEMALA WILLING TO QUIT..' The Important development of the day. aside from the offer of th Marblehead. . was an assurance to the State Depart- t ment from President Cabrera that Uua- temala would refrain from further ho-.-tllltlM if Salvador would undertake to do the same, which new waa promptly -communicated to Minister Merry at San Balvudor in order that he might trans mit the proposition to th government '.. at thut place. - Another point developed wa that'8at-t" Vador and Honduras had entered into an alliance, the nature of which la not cer tainly known, but it I believed bv th - officials here that the purpcie la to agree upon ins terms ot pears mat anau e H proposed by th two countries to Ouats-,-' mala. Still another cablegram, this one from Mlnlater Merry, Informed the State , Department that the government of Honduras insisted upon being considered along with Salvador in the peace nego tiations with Guatemala. KAHTIIQIAKK IX SOUTHWEST. People In Albuquerque Experience . . Hic-kening Ken nation, but Ho Kertou Damage to Froprrty la Reported. Albuquerque N.-M.. July 16 Thla ' reglea to-day experienced another,, slight earthquake shock at noon. - Pendant object In Albuquerque moved ' perceptibly and a sickening aensa- . tlon wss experienced by many per son. ' No serious damage haa been ' reported. People In the- Armltajo building, thinking th building - waa ' about to collapse, ran to the atreet. -Towns to the south of Albuquerque also felt the shock and residents of Socorro and Han,,.. Marclal ar In a state of alarm. Adobe buildings at ' Bocorro were damaged. - Slkle Cause Severe Earthquake In ' - ew Mexico. Sante Fe. N. M July 16. Con- ' alderable property damage wa done this afternoon at Socorro, San Merclal and near-by. ' ttlements by an earthquake . shock which was'th severest of th . two hundred shocks that have oc- curred In that part of New Mexico -during the past two years. The shocks are local ami are caused by... earth slides In th Magdalen maun-, :y tain. FJ Paao Get Terrifying Knock. El Paso. Tex.. July 16. A distant earthquake shock wss felt here at 11:60 a. m., to-day. Buildings rock ed and awayed and many persona fled to the. street. The thermometer ' and Instruments In the Weather Bn- : reau In the Federal building awang - ' back and forth for several minutes. No damage was done. . v: ; GEORGIA CHILD LABOR LAW. ' , . Bill Barring All Children Tinier lo, ' All IllltcraU" I rwlrr I and Iak- , Ing Mght Work for AU Cutler 14 . Vnlawf ul, Iaee Iiower Hue and , tn Expected to Paaa Upper. Atlanta. Oa.. July 16. By ft vol of lit to 2, th lower branch of tha ' , Ueorgla Legislature to-day passed the " so-called child labor bill. This btit - ia Identical with the Senate. measure. ,' which already haa tb approval of . . a majority of th upper house. Th bill provides that no child under 10 -' years of age ahatl be employed In any factory or manufacturing estab- V llshrnent within th State; that no . child under 12 year shall be ao em- y ployed unless such child be an or--.' phan or ha no other meana ot sup port, or unless such child- shall be the -y aole support of widowed mother' or aged or disabled father; that no child under 14 yeara shall - be em- y ptoyed at night work: .and that no child under 14 yeara shall be employ d unless he or she can show a cer- y tain required ability to writ and read hall hav attended school to a pre scribed extent Th provision ot th act ar to - bcom operatlv Jan, 1. , , 1001. ' ' ; THREE DIE IV FREIGHT WRECKS Foul Tlay Believed lo be Reeponalble for Fatal W reck of Pencil Train Near Maraluillvlllo, , Ca Road , ' Official Reticent , ,v Macon. aa July lO.Foul play ia believed by official of th Central of Georgia Railroad to have been re sponsible for the wreck of a freight train ot that road near Merahatlvilie. ' Oa., at 4: to thla afternoon, In which three men lost their lives. The dead are: ' o. , , '" '. CHARLES GREEN, of Macon. Ca.. engineer. 1 ' ' - HAM NEDD. Of rowersvllle, Oa., colored, fireman.' i i JIM . KKDDINO, of Macon, Os,, colored brakeman. t , . At th time the wreck -,- occurred there were only two cats attached t the engine, which wa moving nt a rapid rat. It waa auddoniy (irati I and thrown with grent vloln t the .side of the track. Th three r i were killed. v IMtaila from . "th. secena of ' wreck r mngte, f,, w. trdubl. but ottl.-UU f ' t ' state that It la thou ; of the eniilue vBi piny. Tln-v lv no i. i i belief, saving thny Ciiuiiul v l; a i i .. r t 1 1 -. -' nt. J
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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