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1 C3.C0 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, II 0., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1007. PRICE FIVE CENTO. EAnipH ADMITTED DEED XZZZZZZS TELL OF CONFESSION P9nui!ss ISvldenoe Against the Man Coon1 With Kidnaping and Mur. . desl&g Twang Konaetti Beasley la , Of yen to tli Jury by tho StaUy ' V.ttacaaee Several Witnesses Tea. ' tlfy to Seeing the Lad In a Baggy j v MUi the Defewlaatr Other Detail -,v7ttnlt Which Defendant ir4 Admitted Having tho Boy In " Cato!y, ' Even Malting Over ' v tarat to Lis lather (or Ula .Ban. som The) State Rest- and the De fense Seek to Establish an Alibi. 4Blteabth City, March Ilto. yea- tarda? afternoon' session th.proecu- ' tlon laid tha fpumlatlon, to proTt. tha kidnapping tbaery. tha Immense crowd which crammed every, available ' foot ot paoa 'yfU profoundly impress . ad, and many hitherto ;akptlcal" ia td ta jaitiaiai i Vannaih Da1o1Vb1 'riffl. appearance are now convinced that he ' waa kidnaped. - .';. ":.'; -v - '.Court convened thla morning 7 at MS. In less than Ave minutes raat legal .battle began;- Mr.! JT jW. r'pynr first testified." His testimony was : along: tha same, line of previous wit nesses, and dealt with the location and the search by which the prosecution intenda to disprove tha drowning 'the ory, r: ".."'?. The proieovtton produced more tan glble evldenoe when Mr. Millard Mor rlsette waa called. He testified that ha waa on the road the day the boy disappeared; that he met a mule and buggy going at a rapid gait (descrip tion of mule and buggy tallies with Harrison's) that he taw a boy In the buggy, light complexion, had on blue cap (Kenneth were blue cap); did not notice man particularly. His evidence was unshaken under cross-examination by E. F. Aydett . . 8AW LAD IN BUGGY. ijiir. 3. L. Turner next testified that he crossed the road on that day in front of a mule and buggy and aaw uMu iuruw Diuwn arouna noy. epoxe t$ man and called him. Mr. Turner aaw boy's legs through crack in cur tain; had on blue stockings (Kenneth bad on blue ones.) A 'severe cross examination by,. ex-Governor Ayoock ;falied to shake evidence. " Mr. Perry next testified that he saw the mule and buggy on that day; the man had a storm blanket over a lump of something; heard a soothing voice eaylng, "Here, there;" believes voice waa Harrison's. The' cross-examination failed to shake hla evidence. CORROBORATIVE TESTIMONY. Ur. Lemuel Slvle next testified that he saw mule and buggy; saw boy b4 on blue cap; boy waa between man's knees. Mr. J. J. pierce next testified that he lived in Norfolk at the time; saw boy on the street oar with two young men, one drunk; recognised him and aald "Helld, Kenneth;" boy never poke; had not heard of boy's disap pearance at the time; communicated with boye father. The cross-examination failed to shake evldenoe. Mr. A. It., Evan next testified that he heard Harrison say that Mr. Beas ley ought to be tarred, featkered and tied to a stake, and 'that he would like to apply the torch. Court ad journed for dinner. ."CATCHING BEFORE HANGING.' At the afternoon session of tha trial of Joshua Harrison, convening at 1:10 p. m., the first witness waa T. L. Baum, who said he had lived in Currituck county all his life and that he waa well acquainted with Joshua Harrison. Witness said that after the disappearance of Kenneth Beasley 'Harrison spoke to him about the matter several times and would always broach the subject aa aoon aa they got together, Witness aald he cautioned Harrison about his rash statements, to which he re Plied: "It's catching before hang- tng," and that he believed witness was hla friend and would swear to a lie; to save him; that some time after this witness and a colored man went Co Harrison's for some wine and Harrison asked witness If he knew why Beasley was not going to the Legislature. Witness replied that he did not, whereupon Harrison said: "Well, I do, I am responsible for It" Witness replied: "I will five you credit for It, just like I gave you Credit for the dlaannearanpa nt th. ' Beasley boy." . Harrison replied: "So you give (me credit for that?" Witness replied: "I do." ADMITTED HIS CRIME. ' "I will acknowledge, then," said Harrison, "that I am responsible for e T. C. Woodhouee testified that he waa a resident of Currituck county and acquainted with Joshua Harrl - ton; that on one occasion Harrison approached him and tol dhlm he wanted to have a confidential heart-to-heart talk with him; that soon liter that he met Harrison on the :ounty road end they stopped 'to , :ajk: -that Harrison askid the wit less to go to Mr. Beasley for him, tint to not let his name be known, . igd see what he would give for the oy return; that as soon as enough reward waa offered the child would rf.fce returned, and that he would like J als Information, aa U was mighty expensive keeping the child the way he waa being kept. Witness said he would do so, and after seeing Beaa ley, asked Harrison to go up to his room with him. That he did so, and , Harrison and witness sat down on the bed and took up tha subject of the ( lost child.- - , - KNEW CHILD'S WHEREABOUTS. - Witness Mold' Harrison' Beasley would give all ha possessed or any Jhlng Harrison could want; ' if he would only return the child. That Harrison then got up and attemnted ito leave tha room, but wltnesa locked It and Harrison beran to err and t. ' ftoutht witness not to hurt him,- at I no - same urn denying having had try such conversation with' wltnm a 4 witness aald he had. Wltnesa also I Id Harrison told him the boy 'was 4 it as wellaa ever and that ha could J.ijV his hands en him most any time ti wanted to, ' Several other wit tieeee alas testified to Mr. Harrison Laving told them tha tame thing. Mr. A. 9. Parker, next testified that he saw Harrison in Elizabeth City on Esturday afternoon.. Afterwards Harri son remarked tnat the boy was not lost, that he could lay hands on him any time. On cross-examination his evidence remained unshaken. ' The State put character witnesses on after all their important ? wit nesses to' prove their good reputation. V''y THE STATE, rests; if aV 5 o'clock Solicitor" Ward aiU nounced that the Suite would ; rent, and 'the defense opened with ' J, B, Harrison on tho stand. Harrison aid he was a son of the defendant, and that his father was home on Monday, tha 18th of February, ,105, and waa also .-s there -.Tuesday ,w.and Wednesday, .with the exception of a short time he drove over to the store. This was confirmed by. Thomas Har rison.' another son of the defendant. His story was regular, ' with the ex ceptlon of his etatlng that they went out in the "woods'-Tuesday; and j got atraw.,.for ?ithavatablea,-and.A-.-Uter stated that th ground ' waa covered two or three inches with snow - that felli Monday ; night , before '-t-Lea Thomas also testified to having seen Joshua Harrison at. home .Monday afternoon pf the th.n So far the defense Is relying solely on" an nlibU There have been ' several lively bouts ; between opposing counsejj, bjit Judge Allen,' before whom the case Is being heard, -has managed to, pour oil on the. troubled waters.; , Alt APPEAL -TO SOIJTHERjyBS President .Flnley, of Sonthern, at Business Banquet at New Orleans, Asks Support of Itallroada. New Orleans, March .15.- An ap peal to aU Southerners to stand by the railroads for the sake of the de velopment was made to-night by W. W, Finley) president ottho Southern Railway, at a business banquet ' ten dered him here. He aaid in part: "It railways of the South are to be brought -up to tha atandard required by the expanding business of South ern communities, the people of the South must be actuated by the same spirit of co-operation they ihowed in the early days of railway building, when communities vied with each other In ottering "inducements for construction. Tha day) for govern mental and municipal financial aid for railway lines has passed and tha. manty millions of dollars tnai wn oe required for additional track capacity and terminal facilities must be ob tained from private investors. "The great part of the money must be borrowed. "Identified during most of my business career with the railways of the South. I know the resources of its railways will be taxed to the utmost to provide the additional faculties that wil be required. The provison of these facilities at the earliest pos sible date Is of Incalculably more Importance to the South than any pos sible rata reduction, or any propesltlon to penalize roadr for failure to per form services which are beyond their present capacity. "I believe that It Is t the Inter est t the railways and tha people that a spirit of harmony and Just dealing be fostered." BLOODSHED AT WILMINGTON. T. N. Simmons Fatally Shoots M. H. Bryan After Drinking With Htm the "Onp of Good Cheer." Ktwlal to The Observer. Wilmington, March 15.M. H. Bry-4 an, son of a jormer poucnii. " shot and perhaps fatally wounded late this afternoon by T. N. Simmons, a carpenter. The men were "found the nolle in the fifth ward and had retired to a rear room In Halls drug store. They had a drink together and then began Jibing one another about which was the best man. One word brought 00 another and Bryan told Simmons that If he jumped on him, he had better make peace with nls God or words to that effect; contain ing a veiled threat to shoot . Simmons knocked Bryap down and the latter drew a pistol. Simmons drew his and fired upon. Bryan, twice the ball entering Bryan's breast and the other graslng his head Both ran out of the store and Simmons gave himself up. Bryan was found about two blocks from the scene of the shooting and sent to the hospital, where, It Is stated, he cannot live, bryan is unmarried. Simmons has a wife and S children. ENEMIES ENGENDER PLOT. Shots Fired In Yard ot Georgian with Apparent Purpose of Enticing Him Out of House. Augusta, Oa., March 18. Several shots were fired Into the bedroom of J. D. Watson, son of Thomaa Wataon, the former presidential candidate on the Populist ticket, at their home at Thomson, Oa.. early to-day, and while It was later claimed that the investi gation Indicated plot against Thos. E. Watson or his family, no definite clue was obtained. - Several shots were fired last night in the back yard of Oscar Lee, 'the former presidential candidate's son-in-law, but none of the shot were di rected at the house. At t o'clock this morning two loads ot shot were fired through the younger Watson's room, but did not go near tha bed. Wataon Immediately summoned Sheriff Hawes and the premises were searched, but without results. 'The affair caused considerable excitement. SAVANNAH CARPENTERS STRIKE Contractors and Builders Itefaaed to Concede to Demand for S-Honr Day to be Effective at OnceV Savannah, Ga March IB. Three hundred and fifty members of tho lo cal carpenters union .went on strike to-dsy because tho contractors and builders would not consent to make an 8-hour day effective Immediately. It has been understood thst the t hour day would be operative on and after May 1st next, but the carpen ters decided that this agreement gave too remote promise for, a shorter pe riod ot work.' Conferences were held to-night but no understanding waa reached. Both sides seem determined to ad hero to their 1 positions. Work on sev eral Important building projects came to an abrupt halt.: ',-;- . eaasaesBsaesMBassMSMBsaaasaBjMMBasjw Quarantine Soon to be Raised. 1 Washington March 15. Archie Roosevelt's condition Is still Improv ing and Surgeon General Rlxey to tight announced that tha. quarantine restrictions Imposed on account pf the boy's Illness, will baf raised In a few days. Archie est np In bed to day. Thee. Roosevelt, Jr., arrived to day from Harvard and will remain at th White House until after Easter. t . AN AIDEBMAMG TICKET THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ACTS. One of the Most Enthusiastic Meetings ; Ever Held Was That Of the Bualucus Men'a " Municipal League at the . .' Court House Mr. Mcltao Starts ! Off With a Capital Speech and lies - olutlons Liquor Out of the Contest The Recorder is Not an Issue ' Many Speeches Made by Candidates and Others The Democratic Parly the Place to Make the Fight. ' : One of 'the most significant politi cal meetings ever held In tha. .felly nf Charlotte was Ue Vona at the court house last - night underl the auspices of the Business ' Men'', Municipal League. Charlotte people are more in terested In who ehall represent them On their board of aldermen than ever before. All sorts and conditions of men took part In the meeting last night and tha Ocket agreed upon is representa tive of-all elements, v.! '-'fvV.'iV; t ' Mr.: Thomas J. Davis, president of the league, called the meeting to or der at 8:15 o'clock and Mr. William It. Robertson, secretary read the minutes of the last meeting, '. MR. M'RAE LEADS OFF. ? Immediately after this Mr. John A. McRae arose and addressed the audi ence. Among other things he said: "A great deal has been said about the recordershlp. Personally I am tor Mr. F. M. Shannonhouse against the field for the office. He Is a capable officer; he Is a fearless officer, and, in my Judgment, he Is' an Impartial offi cer, and if he shows any bias, which I deny, it Is born of a hatred of vio lations of the law, and not of per sonal bias. "But gentlemen, the city of Char lotte is too "large and its demands too great for It to concentrate in a muni cipal election all of its energies on the election of a recorder and I, for one, am willing to leave the election of this officer to a board of aldermen, capable of dealing with this and all other questions that may arise." These sentiments were ckeered by the crowd, which by that time had be come large. Having concluded his remarks, Mr. LMcRae read the following resolu tions: SHOULD LEAVE RECORDERSHIP TO ALDERMEN. "Be It resolved, by the Business Men's Municipal League: "1. That the Business Men's Muni cipal League Is a Democratic organi zation and that all its deliberations and operations shall be entirely with in that party. "2. That It Is the sense of this league that the whiskey question does not nor should It arise in an alder manic election for the city ot Char lotte and that all elections on the whiskey question should be called by petition of the qualified voters ot the city as prescribed In our general li quor law, known as the Watts law, and as declared In the last Demicrat to platform, and In the recent charter of the city of Charlotte, and when the people speak upon the question their voice should be heeded and all offi cers charged with the enforcement of the law should faithfully and Impar tially perform their duties. "t. Thlt It Is the purpose of th league to Induce progressive business men, ot discretion1 and pudgment, to offer themselves as candidates for the municipal offices with a view to giv ing our municipality a progressive and business like administration. "4. That the question of the elec tion of recorder by poular vote of the people was recently agitated, and It was the concensus of opinion that this officer should be elected by the board ot aldermen of the city of -Charlotte and not by a popular vote. If the re corder should not be elected by a vote of the people and the recordershlp be thus directly brought in issue, then it la too clear for argument that the recordershlp should not be indirectly in Issue in the municipal election, but that men of impartial Judgment, capa ble of dealing with all questions as they arise should bo placed upon the board of aldermen and that the ques tion of the election of the recorder, aa well aa other questions, should be dealt with at the proper time by the board of aldermen In the manner that will best conserve the Interest of our city. . It la distinctly understood and declared by this leaugue that It Is not organised for the purpose of electing or defeating . any Individual for the office of recorder." DEMOCRATIC CLAUSE DISCUSSED. Mr. J. E. Little declared that he was In full sympathy with what Mr. MoRae had aald and urged the adop tion of tha resolutions. Mr. W. W. Haywood did not think that tha club should be designated as Democratic Mr. McRae had read the section of the rules thst will govern the city Democratic primary, In which the executive committee explains who Kshsll or shall not vote. Soma confusion arose after the reading of tha section from the rule, some seemed to think thai that was a port ot the resolutions nf the club. Dr. Joseph Graham, one of the most earnest cltlaena in the audleuoe, want ed to cut out the De"mocrall.? clau:. Me'krs. D. B, Smith, J. E. Ltttl. T. C. Guthrie, T. L, Ktrkpatrick and Mr. F. B. McDowell spoke for It. After It Was made plain that the league had nothing to do with who eh'tul-1 vote In tha primaries and that matter was left to tha executive committed, the debate closed. One tact was. brought out In th discuwlon snd that waa thst tho mem bers f f the Business Men's M-i.M.'Ipal t.i'saue raaUne that the one place to fight for what they wart Is In the DMnorratlo primaries. 3pkr after speaker tried to make thla plain. ALD1RMEN AND COMMi JtONErt4 ' NAMED. '. Whoa this matter had bitn settled ?e:rtry Robertson callel the rol' r f wnrds and tha following ct.TO.i Rvn llimn n suggested for nMermon aa.l erJictl commissioner Ward 1, Junur W. Wadsworth, Wttlla 1. Hin der in. T. Davis and - J. 11. Mc Laughllnffer aldermen, 'tnd W, IT. VAK W; A. Neal and W. M. Wallace, tchi'.l commissioners; Ward 2,' F, B. MfbovHU U L, Haokney anl W. L. Rrtins, ald.tmen, And T. T. Smith anl J. O Halrd, school, commissioner: Wsrd I. 25. T. Smith, W. n, IJ .N tt. on Mad Charles A. Williams, sll.f. tnfn, and K. F. Cresswoli - and J. Hlrschlnger, school commissioners; Ward 4, P. M. Cave, O. O. Scott and Ernest 8. Williams, aldermen, and John R. Pharr and D. B. - Smith, school commissioners! Ward 1 1, and Ward I, no reports; Ward 1, W. a Maxwell, alderman, and UcD. Wat kin, school commissioners; Ward f, T. L. Kirkpatrtck and Jo Garibaldi, aldermen, and B. I. Davis and J. U Sexton, chool commissioners; Ward I, J. M. House and Joe Klouse, a tie vote, tor alderman, and' Oeorgo I Dooler, school commissioner Ward 10. H. C. Severs, alderman: Ward 11, A, Bunn, alderman, and L. C, Hern don, school commissioners. - Mr, McRae moved that the gentle men named be accepted as candidates of the league before tha primaries. Speeches were in order. Mr. James W. Wadsworth wsa called on and he , excused himself by declaring that he spoke like he talked over the tele phone an dthe only time that he ever tried long distance wire the conversa tion cost him $7.48 before he could telkthe man at tha other end of the line his name. Everybody, understand ing that Mr. Wadsworth haa a little attractive Impediment in his speech, enjoyed the Joke on him. ". . v.v ?; ' i;t::'v; MR. WILLIAMS i FAVORS ' IM- 4 :. ,, .pRoy BMENTs. , ? i , Mr.. Carles X Williams was tho next to speak. He aald that he was glad to see so many business men out Ho had not . attended any political meetings before, but that he was very much Interested in this one. He did not want to be an alderman but he was ready to abide by the wishes of the people. . . "As I undrestand the situation, we want men who are able to and will meet the demands as they arise. If I am elected I, promise you that I shall go In with my hands untied. If I go in I shall deyote much of my time to the work of the city. We should build streets. You may count on me for anything that will Improve the city.'.' . MR. M'DOWBLL CHEERED. Mr. F. B. McDowell said: "I shall not make you any promises, but would meet the Issues', as they come. Our merchants are entitled to bettep. pro tection. The streets should be im proved. Macadam roads will do for the country, but we must have some thing better for the town. "We have a great debt and we need many Improvements. Our water sup- ply is inadequate. We desire to see Charlotte move forward. "I am read yto answer any question as to how I stand on any proposition that may Interest a good citizen of the city." Mr. McDowell waited to give any one in the crowd an opportunity to Interrogate him. His proposition was so fair and so frank that some fellow in the audience cried out, "You will do." The house whooped and cheered and the speaker took his seat. Mr. Jo Garibaldi said that he felt sure that the candidates of the Mu nicipal League would be elected in his ward. The boys cheered this state ment. Col. Kirkpatrtck made an enthusi astic speech. He said: "We must put. our shoulders to the wheel and forget past differences. We must push for ward to ' etter things. I am here to obey the dictates of the sovereign will of the people. I want to go in un pledged save to do my duty." Mr. A. Bunn, being called out, de clared: "If elected I shall do what I deem to be my duty without fear or favor. No one haa asked me to promise anything." Capt. W. R. Robertson said that he was one man that did not believe any thing impossible. He declared that he stood for the . upbuilding of the city and for all of the people. Mr. L. L. Hackney was called on. He said that it did not suit him to run, but his friends had insisted ott his accepting the nomination at the hands of the league. Mr. T. J. Davis spoke. He Bald that he was very much interested in the welfare of the oity. He was will ing to do his part. If elected he would rise above cliques and elans and Individuals. He thought that pro gressive business men should be select ed for the board of aldermen. Col. A. L. Smith made a few re marks and presented Mr. T. C. Guth rie, who made a clear-cut, ringing Democratic speech. DEMOCRATIO PARTT THE ME DIUM. Mr. Guthrie said that he did not have any patience with a business man Who sits down and complains about the election of certain men, when he haa taken no part m their selection. Every man should take part in the primaries and the elections. Business men must vote in the primaries. "We must get good men to make the fight here." declared Mr. Guthrie. "As I understand It there is no liquor cry in this campaign. This meeting rep resents no faction. Wo are looking to the betterment of the city. There Is one political party In thla State. We must get what we want through the Democratic party." Mr. Guthrie was heard with a great deal of Interest. Mr. E. L. Sargent made a very at tractive speech. He caught the crowd. He said that Charlotte should be business-like. He declared that a debt of $1,000,000 waa not great If a city had something to show for It. NULLIFIES PRIMARY, 8AYS MR. COLE. Mr. Cole, ot Ward I, was the only dissenting cltlsen present He rep resented one of the two wards that did not make a report. It was evi dent from his speech, a warm onefef about five minutes' length, that Ward t did not send In a list of names be cause there is an element in that sec tion of the city unfavorable to adopt ing measures except In a primary. "I do not believe that yon have a right to say to any section of the city," said Mr. Cole, nom!nate your can didates for aldermen,' for the reason that this nullifies tha primary. I tell you that you have started up a move ment that will stir up one of the bit terest factional fights ever known In the city of Charlotte It is not rep resenting any ward for certain num ber of cltlsens to get together and name the men of their choice when tha entire cltlsenshlp may not be rep resented. It does not leave an open field. Task you not to come In our ward and ask us to have anything to do with this movement" NO INTENTION TO BE DICTATO RIAL. Mr. McRae here interrupted Mr. Cole and stated that the latter had misunderstood entirely tha objects of the Business Men'a Municipal League. "We do not mean to bo dlcatorlal," said Mr. McRae. "We believe that we have done nothing but what we had a right to do and we believe that wa have dona what a majority of the peo ple of Charlotte appreciate, . it Is our poller to leave It entirely with the people to nam their candidates." Mr. J. Frank Flowers, also of Ward I, sta ted that he would be very much surprised and grieved If Mr. Cole red resented the sentiment of their ward. : .Mr, Cole replied by stating that at a meeting several nights ago, attend ed by J00 cltlsens, a, resolution was passed with . hurrahs unfavorable ' to the Business Men'a Municipal League. - Thus closed one of tha moat remark HUMMED STORY ADMITTED TELLS OF! ALLEGED AFFIDAVIT Delmaa Fought District Attorney Ev ery Inch, but White's Former Attor ney Waa Allowed to Give Full Story of Affidavit Alleged to Have Been (Signed by Evelyn- Thaw in u, Cliarging Defendant With Beating Her When She Said Stanford White . Had Not Drucswd and llulned Her Mm Thaw Called in Effort to Keep Hummel' Silent Witness Dragged Through Details of Pros ecution for Conspiracy by .Debnaa. New Torsi March 1 5. With Attor ney Delmaa fighting him every, inch of the way. District Attorney Jerome to-day secured from Abraham Hum mel his complete story aa to the affi davit which it is alleged Evelyn Nea bit Thaw made in the lawyer's office in-lUOJ charging Harry K. Thaw with beating her when she had told him that the statement that Stanford White had drugged and ruined her was not true. The Hummel testimony came during the afternoon session of the trial to-day and Mr. Delmas' first objection broadly to all of Hummel's testimony, offered a speclflo objection to each question put by the proseou tor. Justice. Fltigerald overruled ev ery objection and Mr. Delmas had ex ceptions to tho rulings noted on the records.' , Evelyn Nesblt Thaw was called to the stand In the effort of the defense to keep Hummel silent. She declared she had called upon Hummel In his professional capacity and to seek his advice aa a lawyer. Stanford White had token her to the lawyer's office with that end in view. Judge Fitzgerald declared that ad mitting the proposition of counsel and client Mrs. Thaw had herself waived the professional privilege by taking the stand early In the case and giving her version of what transpired at Hummel's office. Tho bond of secre cy once removed could not be re-established. CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY. Unsuccessful in blocking Hummel's testimony. Attorney Delmas In cross- examining the witness brought from his own lips the fact tnat he had Deen conivcted in December, 1905, on a charge of conspiracy in the same court room in which Thaw is being tried. He further admitted that two indictments for subordination of per- Jur yare pending against him and that one ot these Indictments charges him with having caused a false affidavit to be made. Mr. Jerome protested against the witness "being dragged through the humiliating details" ot his trial, but Justice Fitigerald declined to inter fere. Mr. Delmas asked Hummel - If he had not heard the speech made by District Attorney Jerome when sen tence was about to be Imposed, when Mr. Jerome .urged the court to pass the longest and heaviest sentence within its power upon Hummel, as he "had been a menace to the community for 20 years." Justice Fitzgerald fi nally sustained an objection to this and Hummel was not compelled to answer. Mr. Delmas wanted to know If Hummel had recent business transac tions with the district attorney, and asked If Mr. Jerome was pressing the charges against him. JEItOMS PRESSING CHARGES. "He certainly is," said the witness with spirit. Hummel's testimony was to the ef fect that Evelyn Nesblt told htm that Thaw had beaten her when she re fused to sign papers he had prepared charging Stanford White with her be trayal; that he had dictated a state ment to a stenographer In the pres ence ot Miss Nesblt and Stanford White; that he gave the affidavit to two of his clerks to take to Miss Nes blt and that the next day the paper was returned to him with Evelyn Nesblt's signature attached. He kept the affidavit until Miss Nesblt called one day and demanded it. He re fused to give It to her and turned It over to Stanford White, advising aim to have a photographic copy made. Hummel first said he bad himself ar ranged for photographing the affidavit and that the photographer came to his office. A few moments later, how ever, he completely contradicted him self on this point saying he did not make the arrangements; that the photographer did not come to his of fice; and that he had not eo testified. After Stanford White had the copy made he returned the original of the affidavit the photographic negative and the prints made from the nega tive, to Hummel, who swore to-day that he had subsequently delivered the original affidavit to Miss Nesblt and he had not seen it since. HUMMEL'S CLERK CALLED. Abraham Snydecker, one of Hum mel's clerks, was called, and said he took the affidavit to Mr. White's rooms and handed it to the woman pointed out to him as Miss Nesblt She kept the affidavit for five minutes and signed it saying she had read It through. At the conclusion of this testimony, District Attorney Jerome asked per mission to introduce the carbon and photographlo copies of the affidavit In evidence. It was near tae closing hour and Mr. Delmas asked that ad journment be taken before arguing as to the admissibility of the affi davit He said that after reading the paper over no migni not onject to Its being offered In evldenoe, "Coming as 11 aoes," ne aaaea, "in such ques tionable shape, we may deem it best to have the paper go In evidence." District Attorney Jerome completed his medical testimony during the morning session. Attorney Delmas for tha defense declining to crose ex amine any of the exjerts. Dr.' Flint who testified yesterday, formally was excused and then five other alienists were called one after another. Each said ho was familiar with the hypo thetical questions framed by the de fense and by the prosecution. Baa ing their opinions on these questions they , all declared that Thaw on the night he shot and killed Stanford White knew the nature and quality Ot his act and knew that the act was wrong. One question was put by Mr. Hartridge, of the defense, to Dr. Wil liam Mabon, the last of the State's experts. MR. JEROME. OVERRULED. "Do doctors often disagree as to tha form of a man's Insanity," he asked. able meetings In tho history of the city. Dr. Joe Graham, one of the leading elttsens of tho county, attend ed tho meeting from start to finish and was very much Interested in every thing that .transpired. He waa vary enthusiasm . ; , ' ;, It is believed that tho ' Municipal League haa picked a winning team, , .'. "i ..... , , 1 , .. . , . , Mr. Jerome's ' objection was ' over ruled and Dr. Mabon replied;. "They do.'f Mr. Jerome announced that when the matter of the admissibility of the Hummel affidavit is disposed of, ; the prosecution will rest "The .defense, however, will not, said iur. Delmas, and he further Inti mated that more experts wilt be called by him on sur-rebuttal. r -v.- Adjorunment was taken until Mon dy :. ,.' 1 7'- -j, SPENCER CONDUCTOR ARRESTED Southern Railway' Employe. Charged With Robbing Freight Car Impli cated by Vall's Confceon-rpther Arrestt to Follow. -fy.?? Special to The Observer. Spencer, March 15. -Capt. A. L. Pritchard, a well-known Southern Railway conductor of this place, was arrested to-day on the charge of rob bing freight cars in, and around Spencer, the warrant having been sworn out by Special Agent Setglo, of the Southern's detective force. The ar rest was made by Sheriff J. Hodge Krtder, of Rowan. The alleged operations of the con ductor were learned through the con fession of Brakeman 8. P. Vail, Who was arrested yesterday on the same charge. Other members of the same train crew were implicated In the con fession, and more arrests are expect ed. The investigations ot a half-dos-en detectives In Spencer during the past month has caused a decided sen sation here. Both Pritchard and Vail will be given a preliminary trial next Monday. Following the arrest of Conductor Pritchard, and Brakeman Vail, of the Southern Railway. Norman Benson and J. T. Banks, two well known rail road men of Spencer, were arrested at Greensboro last night on the charge of car robbery. The arrests were made by the Southern Railway detectives who have been working on the cases against a number of railway employes for some time. Both youag men stood well in Spencer. USELESS TO SEE PRESIDENT. Four Railroad Presidents Confer at Grand Central Station Mr. Harrl man Doea the Talking. Now York, March 16.-Messrs. MoCrea, Mellen, Hughttt and Newman, the four rallroa presidents for whose visit to tht Vhtte House J. Plerpont Morgan arranged before his departure for Europe, held a conference at the Grand Cen'ral station In this city to-day. The wqoI situation was canvassed with gr-ai care and It was finally decided not to go to WaahlnRton. It 1 understood that the reason for this conclusion was that the four gen tlemen Involved did not feel that they ha any proper mandate from the rall roau corporations to represent them. They felt that they could not assume tha position of a self-oonstltuted com mission to formulate or present the views of the hundreds of railroad com panies which In turn are owned by mil lions of shareholders. They recognised that the railroad managers o? the United States are not themselves In per fect acoord, and tr ' until some method could be adopted for securing a consen sus of opinion, a visit to the President would be idle. At the conclusion of the conference the various presidents left for thlr homes. H. H. Harrtmsn will leave this city to-morrow for Virginia n Join his fam ily at one of the resorts of that State. Mr. Harrlman In making the an nouncement of his Intention of taking the trip, said that he did not Intend to stop at Washington either on his way Bouth or on his return. Regarding the Wall Street rumors that the control of Union Paotfio had passed from his hands during the recent violent slump In tho stock market Mr. Harrl man said that the report was quite In correct CORTELYOU SAVED THE DAY. Jacob Schlff Says ne naa Hopes that Much Good Will Result From Pres ent Money Situation. Augusta. Oa., March 15. Jacob Schlff, of New York, who is stopping near Aiken, S. C. declared to-day that he could see no reason why tho Wall Street panic should spread to the general business conditions of the country. "The prompt and clear ac tion of Secretary Cortelyou saved the day," he explained. "I have strong hopes that much good will result from the present situation." In re ference to the present railroad situa tion he said: 'The railroads and the people will be brought nearer to gether. The welfare of one Is Indls solubly connected with the success of the other. President Roosevelt did not bring about the muddle; he simply recognised earlier than most others whither we were drifting. By the wise eourse he has taken he has rendered a grest service to the people and to the corporations themselves. The les son will be valuable to the corpora tion managers In the future." WERE NOT ADVERTISEMENTS Savannah Tobacconist Released on , Charge of Attempt to Aid In Lot tery Scheme. Savannah, Oa., March IB. United States Commissioner W. R. Hewlett to-day rendered a decision In the case of A. W. Masterson, a Savannah to bacconist who wss indicted In Mo bile, Ala., upon a charge of conspiracy with others, to advertise ' lottery scheme. It being alleged that Master son had been the Savannah represen tative of tho Honduraa Loteery. The hearing was held several days ago, Commissioner Hewlett taking the matter under consideration. His decision discharging Mssterson and releasing him from the 1500 bond un der which ha waa held, waa based up on the view that tha lottery lists pre sented In evidence as advertising mat ter were not advertisements because of the fact that they had been Issued after drawings had taken place. i. 11 VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY. Humphrey Acquitted of Murder of Mrs. Daniel After Four Days' Trial at Milieu, Ga. MlUen. . Oa . March 16. R. B. Humphrey this afternoon waa found not guilty of the murder of J. B. DanleL Tha trial had consumed four days and wide Interest had been man- lfeeted. When the announcement of tha verdict waa received, Humphrey hook hands with tha members of tho Jury and with Judge Bawling s, al so receiving the congratulations of many ot those who had thronged tho court room; ,-,r ... Humphrey, shot Daniel soma weeks ago whan the two, driving hi their buggies, mot on ' the publlo road. Humphrey declared on the stand that bo had fired In self-defense, aa Daniel waa reaching for a weapon ; Both men were prominent farmers, with a wide relationship. The trou ble between them, Humphrey alleged. had been caused by Daniel , remarks about Mra Humphrey. TO AID COAST ARTILLERY GOV. GLENN JIECEIVES LETTEX1 Invite Oo-oneratJnn RaIvam 1 Kit Militia and the United States Regu ; lare in the Coast ArUIlery Instruct- tlon at Fort Caswell, Beginning Ju- ly 1 and Ending July 15, or at Such .Time as May be Most Acceptable no upoue 10 tne suite ana tun Instructions Will be Given bf Chief, . of Artillery Ex-Senator John L. McLaurin, of South Carolina . Third-Term Roosevelt Advocate. . v"- v . '?" '"V v ", r BY ZACK M'GHEE. ( ' - j v : j, Observer Bureau, .' -1417 G. Street N. W., , , v Washington, March 15. ' -In pursuance of the plans of tho " War Department to reinforce tha coast artillery with detachments of the' State militia, the War Department1 last night wrote to Governor Glenn, asking him to detail 3 companies of infantry to go to Fort Caswell from. July 1 to the 15th. to drill with th RUIara at thA Port. Thnra sr. nnt ,-. enough men In the coast artillery at present to man the guns provided, j and tho Department upon the suggea tlon of the chief of artillery of the) army wishes to make this interesting , experiment. If it proves successful' the coast artillery will be permanent-.' ly reinforced by these details, having; '1 as many State troops at each fort aa regulars. The letter to Governor ' Glenn is similar in form to -those ta ' i ower uovernors of coast States,'; and it Invites a co-operation betweeia the Stats militia. And th. TTnltal ' States regulars In tho coast artillery...)' Among oiner inings, the letter sayS: 'To DUt this nlan trt n nrnrtlfal t. ., camps of Instruction will be held in thfe artillery district of Fort Caswell' from July 1 to July 15th, or at suet a time as may be most acceptable to you. and vou are invited tn num.,. . ato with tho regular forcea by desig nating organizations of the national " bukiu oi your eiaie tor auty to tno commanding officer of said artillery1 district for one week or ten days dur ing that period. All field staff and non-commissioned staff officers of regiments Irom which companies may be detailed are Invited to take part In' the course Of Inotrilntinna Thla Ant-m will be without expense to the State and full instructions will be given by me cniet or artillery should you de cide to assign your troops to those camps of Instructions." M'LAURIN A ROOSEVELT MAN. There is one mn.n in thA Smith wht thinks T. R. is all right anyway. Some people In North Carolina have heard of him. His name Is John L, McLaurin. They used to call htns "Little Curly-head?d Johnnie" over In South Carolina In that earlv d. John L. was a Senator once, but ho lsn t now. Anyway he says T. R. Is about tho greatest man who ever sat UDOn the thronA or m m Hnwn th pike, and he wants him to rule -over mis country many days. John L. went up to see the Great Man to-day. ana lauting aoout him at the Raleigh Hotel, he said: "The neoDle of the United BtatM iaught to disregard all party lines and nominate rresiaeni Kooseveit Tor a third term. I. for one. intend tn inn. port htm If he. is a candidate tor tha preaiaency next year." The former Senator doesn't thlnlr thore is much chance, thouo-h. In thA first place, he says the suggestion is too wise a one to ever be adopted by the Democratic party." You see he doesn't think much of the Demo cratic party. His suggestion Is too wise for It. But there Is something else In tho way. "In my opinion," continued the former Senator, "Presi dent Roosevelt Is the arraateat man who has ever occupied the Whit uouse. He was honest and sincere when he Issued the statement on elec tion night In 1904 thst h would navar accept a renominatton for the preai aency, ana i tear tnat he 'win be too honeet to disregard thla pledge to the neoDle." Think of thatl H.r la a man who is actually too honest uut ur. MCLAurln continued, 'Tha nation Should, however, disregard hta wishes and give him a unanimous re-. nomination and re-election. Tha work which he has begun of regulat ing tne railroads and corporations and the building of the Panama canal e,anaanue aJti Lumuiaiiiu nun ur ansa nnsM v ent administration and there Is not another man In the country who can carry the work on as tho President haa and Is now doing." And that is not all Tha ax-flaneaox closed with this remark: "It seems to me that God Almighty created tha man for the great work which ha la doing; tor ins piuniry. No wonder as Mr. McLaurin passed through Washington on his way from New York to Bennettsville, he stopped over to go up to the White House and shake the Great Man's hand. POSTOFFICB PROMOTIONS. V Under the terms of tha re-claaalfl. cation bllL easaed at tha last uniait of Congrese, twelve clerka and thir teen carriers In the Charlotte post office will be promoted on July 1. In eacn case ine salary increase will be from $50 to $100 a year. Similar promotions In other postofflces In tha State will be made on the same data as follows: AahavilU 11 nlarka. tan carriers; Greensboro, 11 clerks, ten camera; naisign is cieraa ana lb car riers; Wilmington II clerks, la car riers; Winston-Salem IS olerka, II car riers: Durham, elaht clerka. seven ear. rlers; Fayettevllle five clerks, four carriers; Elisabeth City three clerks, five carriers; Salisbury six clerks, four ' carriers; High Point five clerks- and four carriers; Newbern five clerks, five carriers; Kinston, three clerks, three carriers; Goldsboro five clerks, , three carriers: Btatasvllla three rlerka thru carriers: Washington, three clerks, tnrea carriers; wuson fonr clerka, four carrier. Wax, J. Oliver Made President of TJ. 8. Trust Company. - ,; , Washington, Marc. William J. Oliver, of KnoxvlUe, Tenn., whose bid ; for th construction of the Panama canal, recently waa rejected, wast last night elected vies president of the United States Trust Company; ef this city, which -was recently organised with a capital o 11,000,000. Danlet N. Morgan. .- former United States Treasurer, la president ' K Guilty of Second Degroe Mardm-. . 'Birmingham, Ale., March '15. . Richard Wray, charged' with the kill ing ot George Freeman two years x was to-day found guilty o fthe mur der In the second degree and sentr-m--ed to 10 years Imprisonment. Fry man was well known artit here r l came from Boston. Wray la v ; known In sporting circlo. hav1 : torn her from NashvUle, Term.
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