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r r U i i ' i : (i. t i ; - ! c t cj .-'...: X, : ' . . . ... 1 t ::'.v iy iris I Ij Attorney, Sir. C. D. :: :.. :rkt At. -Trey Ilolton ' . :i. B. I. Firings, F. J. Go.T ami G. W. l Eond -The Missins Man ' ."Seel . ... - . i ;rected ( happened- yesterday " i when sMr. ; Franc. HV Jones, -f , ilt'ngr assistant cashier1 of the at 4 National Bank, suddenly ap 1 la the city and voluntarily sur r.od himself Into the custody of 'tad State's officers; to answer rge preferred Against hlmthat .lAezzlement Mri Jones arrived nithern passenger train No. 44, i lame In a few minutes before lo'cV- He was accompanied by vlfel and his attorney, Mr. C. D. ett(. Immediately upon their ar , Mrk Jon.es was driven home and joifea and Mr. Bennett called upon led Spates Commissioner : J. ; VV jv United States : District Attpr V. E. Holton was summoned from by phone and the prellml- yiearlng was hetd 1n i Mr.: Ben Vs office In the Piedmont Build apt night. Mr. Joines waived ex iatlon and was bound over' on a 100 bond, - This ball he, gave with j followlhgnamed,; as sureties,' rsLB. D; Springs, p. H. Andrews, iah Goff and, George W. ; White. JAV "WARRANT CHARGES. , 1 warrant for Mr. Jones' arrest 1 -jwn up by Commissioner Cobb month at the instance : of - Mr. H. Hull, of Ashevllle, national u examiner. It - charges that "pn Vut the 16th day of March A. D. l cis welf before as since, the said c In. Jones did violate' the laws je yhlted States by then and there . zzllfcg and abstracting from the les &d funds of the harlotte (mal Bank, then and there In his "jiqn as assistant cashier of said , the , sum of $2,000, United scorrency,' and did unlawfully (wilfully apply the same , to his use without the , knowedge and tit of Bflld hflnkl Ifa nfflpfir"? or rH with . intent to defraud ? the banking association' and to cover conceal . from the said bank taM. false, entry ; In the teller borfk of said bank kept by him as 'assistant ' cashier : In the column of 1fof the'retudlatlOBs of checks by 'said-bank, driwn on . other o wltr an entry , to 'the effect said bank held Checks drawn ie First National Bank, of Char- amounting In .the total of IS,; 1 when In truth and In, fact, the ct ambunt thereof was only $ 1, 7. he well knowing said entry to Jsjes aforesaid." - 1 BUT ONE COUNT in! Is but one count, and- has to but one Item in the total mt embezzled." It is understood there will be at least a half-dozen counts. The trial "promises to highly interesting one. "Rumors current that others besides Mr. k and Mr.: Fonvllle will be ImplI 1 before, the hearing Is over:. The -nents made yesterday by Ml! ,ett Mr. Jones' attorney, and a i sftre reproduced below, would to substantiate the current re : No positive s Information has en secured as to Mr. Jones' oabouts since his disappearance Charlotte. There are many be- that he has never been a great ice from the city." Others hold he has been all over the Coun nd heard from' last month he was in Los Algeles, Cal., and he was met in Apalachicola,- Flor ,y his wife and his attorney the for ine past weeK. weitner Mr, lett hor Mr. Jones would talk yes '"when this question was put to i Mr. Bennett stating that, . for ;ns which Would come out later, s not advisable . to make any 'neTit whatever at this time. EW& QUICKLY SPREADS. i'ttly af tef' Mr. Jonos arrived h .itjv the news of his return, flew where.' 'it was the' talk of the ithln an hour. -F-nlietms were i in front or tne newsDan-t or Ut great crowd gathered about Much speculation was lndulg- teVo the circumstances attend- rrest, nia past wnereaoouts, tar Abe had -brought back any of ,L11 fZcs money fir not and last." but 'as, whethrt or not he would be !.j lve bond. It was soon turn. f bouit the utrcets 4hat iensiti6iial pmnts would result ; at the ig srt last nighty One story had t Mr Jones was going to on- s and 1 implicate v several others, er that he had been In "hiding t a hnridred miles , of Charlotte ' th$ time and ,had more than visited his wife' : while here, wagged and one could hear v; anything. ' ' : 3KS HALE AND HEALTHY. ) Observer men called upon Mr, tt in the afternoon,, Seeking if le to secure Interview with Mr, !. ln-,addition . to Mr,- Bennett n'Jyones, there were in the office 'Jtf.W. Wallace and one or fwo .gentlemen. Mr, Jones was hale and hearty and seemed ,ve taken life easy during. the everai weeks. He had , shavsd smustache,and-hj8 aide whis nd had had his hair cut rather I I wore a light suit and a e." He was calm and collected med quite at east AH ques ' the newppaper mon were an y Mr.' "Bennett. ,.. Mr. Jones several times to elaborate 'n anr.vrra of hf attorrv. 2. COO of tl 3 ever de! :a and a ei fact thu 's r y ttore h-3 I, L i lua recounted It 13 I n an assur- Jones would return either voluntarily or In the custody of the proper cllcers, before nany weeks had passed. The arrest of Mr. P. G. Fonville two weeks eso and his sub sequent release on bond was but a step in the case. The surrender of Mr. Jones and his release on bail Is but another step. The trial will come next and the enforcement of the "pen alty will follow. The chapter will not De ended until every requirement of the law has been complied with. MR. C. 'D. BENNETT TALKS. "The sum of money which Mr. Jones is reported to have carried away with him has been enormously exaggerated,", declared Mr. C. D. Ben nett, his attorney, yesterday. "In stead of taking from $40,000 to $50.- ooo as is said, he lert with a very small, sum. I am fully cognizant of an details and I am telling only , tne simple truth when I say that an er ror of judgment led him to take the first step. His first venture was not. a successful one and the subsequent steps were nothing more than . des perate efforts on his part to recover and make good. As his attorney, I make no denial of the main fact of the wrong, but there are extenuating cir cumstances; It would give me great pleasure to state the whole case now from first to last, but that would not be expedient There are develop ments which will come as the processes of the law are .complied with which will throw a new light on the whole matter. , My work now Is to safeguard the interests of my client by all- hon orable means and if others are called In, then they iust bear the conse quences, m The 1 whole truth will be made known and the public will have the opportunity of Judging from the facts as they are and not as they are supposed to be. , MR. JONES WANTED TO RETURN :.''?';'''"'. AT ONCE. 'Tour days after Mr. Jones left here, he realized that he had sold h)s birthright for a mess of pottage and immediately began to make his plans to return. The only reason why ,he didn't hasten back at that " moment was because he feared for his wife's health. Her condition was such that any excitement such as would be con sequent upon his return would prob ably be fatal. . He was not moved by any selfish reasons nor was he afraid for himself foi he wasa man and could stand It His thoughts were for others. Ten days after he left he communicated with a friend In Char lotte, asking him to call upon hfs wife, vtalk with her physicians and notify him of her condition. This letter I have as well as that which he received In reply. The advice of the friend was that he remain away un til a more opportune time presented itself. Shortly after this, Mr. Jones got Into communication with his wife. He has kept her Informed of his general whereabouts ever since. I have his letters which will be made pubuc If deemed necessary.- Mr. Jones' , determination to surrender himself never N wavered. ' He referred to it time and time strain. Wa recoar- nized- his wron: and was willing to! surrer for it no one can know what he hag endured during the past six weeks. His Omental anguish was such that he was willing to undergo any physical pain ;to be relieved of even a part of it. He knew that he. had '11 t . : i: i Is Too l A a l a far l. i J ' C3 f:ate CI "'rnii'.n'' -I)e:L:.rc That Adams . AiUnfts ti i;r:."'ct Ills Connection . With te 'I'lvc-'Ullion-DolIar Conspiracy" and 1113 Opposition to the Presi dent's Policies in North Carolina Says State Chairman Has Lost His Tti;per Evidence of Money Btlr.j Used la the Souths Observer Bureau, 1417 G Street, N. W., Washington, May 11.. Former Senator Marion Butler comes back at State Reriublican Chairman Adams to-day p comes back hvith some rather hot shot He says tnat ne has known all along that Adams is too small a man for his Jfb as State chairman. He declares that Adams confesses in effect that he be longs to the "five-million-dollars con spiracy" and is using money in Op-1 pobiuon io ine Kooseveit policies in North Carolina. He says Adams - in his interview, given out to-day fails to declare himself for Taft. and that his declarations In favor jot President Koosevelt are therefore ' not sincere and many other things he "spake" in an interview with the correspond ent for The Observer - f. .''.' Mr. Butler said: "I see that Adams has lost his temper. As far as-I am concerned, personally, I will not stop to- notice his abuse,' but it Is signifi cant in that he thus confirms what I have for sometime stronelv believed, I have recently charged a number of times, that large part of the ' flve-milllon-dollars' conspiracy fund to de feat the policies of the present admin istration was being used south of tne Potomac and that there was evidence of some of it being used In North Carolina. ....-". ..;:,..;. ; . " : CALLED NO NAMES. ,.; "I failed no names, but I accurate ly described the conduct of some few office-holders and certain politicians, which, to my mind showed conclu sively that they were , in the conspi racy. The description briefly, , was that these agents of the conspiracy were busy saying that of course, ev erybody was for Roosevelt, if V he could be a candidate again but that they were too good friends of the President to believe that he would break his word, ajid that, therefore, he was of course dut of the question: next, - they would take up , Secretay Taft, and dismiss hinj with a wave f the hand, by saying that his speech at Greensboro made it Impossible fr any Southern Republican to support him: and then, they would put the Climax on tneir conspiracy iajK y saying, that since there was to be a new deal and no one could Know -nor who would be the winner, that It was to the best interests of the Republl- I : t: Tift, th s y reasc t l.t x...s d who p-t r t" 1 machinery atov. party and its tro..'.-i This la why the-patroa-" !r,e fellows hate Secretary 1 at the bottom of their hearts I s the President for the same , f :r they know that he approv- ! ed the Tocretary's speech. The con duct of the present State chairman doe3 not surprise me in the least I knew when ,he was elected that he wa stoo small for the job and besides, unfitted for it but unfortunately the situation got to be where it was a choice between him, as a negative compromise, and the other candidate, who was impossible in everyway. "Adams says that you have been re pudiated by your State and that you are politically as dead as a door nan. - "Oh, I do not care to notice that He borrowed that statement from Jo seohus Daniels, who happens now to be the Democratic oracle In North Carolina. v It so happens that Adams and Josephus Daniels are In harmony on two things they are both against Roosevelt and Taft and they are both against Republican growth in North Carolina." . ;- "But Adams says that you -cannot live In the State and have come Nortn for a refuge." - ; MADE MANY SPEECHES. "I made ten times as many speeches In the -last campaign in "North Caro lina, (to say nothing of my campaign speeches In Indiana) as Mr. Adams did, and no Democrat had to force me to. meet him in joint discussion. "No charges, were made against me by any Democrat or any one else, that I did not bromptlyanswer, and oe sides. I challenged .the Democratic speakers to meet me o nthe stump face to face. I regret to say that Mr. Adams did not do this on the other hand, sat silent during the whole cam paign under ; charges that were most humiliating,1 to say the least. He uieither replied on, the stmp nor mrougn tne press, mis, in aauiuuu to hik failure as chairman to run a vigorous campaign again lost the party many thousand votes at the last election. ' . f Concerning the charge or running an office brokerage ouslness here in Washington. Mr. Butler said: "This charge Is . without a shadow of foundation; it is cowardly and base ly raise. Besides, every department m wasmngton knows the same thing.'' ZACH McGEE, ervcr. . - Durham, ; May ll.A fatal affair grew out of at play and 'scuffle be tween two , negroes on West Main street, near, the Duke factory this af ternoon at 1 o'clock. James Simms aqd Harvy; Lyon were first in a play and then in a scuffle that resulted in Durham. cans of North Carolina not to. com-J Special to The Observer. mit themselves at this time, but, to go to ihe convention umnstructea ana there be ready. to taKe care of tnem. selves. - SEDUCTIVE SCHEMES OF 'CON - SPIRACY? "It was this exposure of the 'se ductive schemes of the conspiracy that has: so excited" Mr. Adams; and he has,, by his blustering denial ana personal " abuse. r confessed that the above dsfirlntlon fits him exactly. There is much evidence in aaai- tien as to him which I can- give; m detail and besides give my authority for each detail, I Dredicted a month ago that when such false " leaders were cor nered, or when they discovered ' that their underhanded and r treacherous work could not succeed, that they sinned against his family and had1 would try tc get on the, nana wagiiii placed upon the name a blot which nothing could eradicate. This was the cause of his keenest suffering. MR. BENNETT AND MRS. JONES MEET MR, JONES. - - ' "Mrs. Jones' V health improved, and last week it' was believed that the proper time had come for Mr. Jones to return. She knew where she could peach him and then she and I began to arrange for the trip. I might have gone alone, but I knew that Mr. Jones would not know me for a friend If someone he- knewdld not accom pany me. Mrs. Jones and myself left here last Saturday afternoon. -V VThe trip was one which I do not care to take again. We were en route for the better part of three days, go ing by rail, by : private conveyance and almost on foot. Finally .we reached our destination and Mrs. Jones shortlyafter found her hus band. "No sooner were they together than ! they decided to right-about face, and , return. We arrived here early yes terday morning over the Southern. After seeing ' Mrs.' Jones home, . Mr. Jones and myself drove to the resi dence of United States Cpmmlssioner Cobb." I stated to Mr. Cobb that Mr. Jones had come" to, surrender himself and that I would be personally re sponsible for his appearance at the preliminary ' hearing to-day. : We drove back to Mr. Jones' residence, Where we -had breakfast ''We, then came up to my office, where we have been all day. .: ' , HE DID NOT DISGUISE HIMSELF. '" "The" reports to the effect that Mr, Jones had disguised himself are al together wrong. He looks now as he looked when he left : Charlotte six weeks 4g0." - - h - "Yes," interjected Mr. Jones, who had been sitting quietly .by the open window in Mr. Bennett's office all the while. "I hAve done nothing more than cut my hair and shave off my mustache. This suit of clothes I wore when I left here. I have made no effort to disguise myself." " Mr.lBennett stated that he had rea son, for . not revealing where Mr. Jones had been since he left Char lotte, but that full particulars would come out later. $ He expressed ; the hope. that the public would deal len iently, with his client 'until the full story Is revealed. He added that he was ready to glve-a bond fpr his ap pearance in, court, which was not but a month off and expressed the wish that it be a reasonable one. and not excessive.',1' : " v -; ; - s DR. C. Bl STEPHENSON X FRIEND. It developed last night that Dr. C B. stepnenson was the citizen who had been in communication with Mr. Jones and who had advised him to re turn and give himself up. Dr, Steph enson communicated with Mrs. Jones and arranged for the meeting place, which was In Apalaohicoia. Fla., last Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. While Dr. Stephenson would not divulge any of the facts-it was learned that Mr. Jones had been traveling throughout the Southwest - ever' since ho- j rrt c: i'.."-. He wes In Cr.V." - and swear louder than ' anyone else that they were always true to the ad ministration, r "The evidence is accumulating fast and I now file Mr. Adams as another exhibit ' - "But, In spite of all his .loud pro testations of loyalty to T the admlnis tration. if you will examine his inter view, you will see that he does not even now get'in line squareiy, as ne would, If he was sincere m his pro fessIons.r He says that if the; Presi dent is a candidate that he wiir be for him. This : all of. the hypocrites have been saying all the time., but no tice that he dodges again as to who wlir be his Becond choice for President This is in keeping with his ipast du plicity ' TO ENDORSE ROOSEVELT. "Two months ago I tried f to get the State chairman to come out in a statement declaring that a second nomination should be tendered Pros' Ident , Roosevelt at the next national convention, and that if he declined then, that the Republicans of North Carolina were unqualifiedly In favor of endorsing his administration and naming for, president and vice Pres ldent men who stood without reser vatlon for the principles and policies of the Republican party as exempli fled by the Roosevelt administratis a, "At that time he positively' declined to commit himself until he knew nnr' about the situation. "I wish to say that there will ne no 'lis' nor 'ands' in the resolutions passed by the next Republican State convention, but that It will . Instruct Its delegates to tender to.' President Roosevelt second . nomination; also that the delegates win De. runner in structe'd that if he should then re fuse the call of the : people, to vote fnr Rprretarv William H. vaft as sec ond choice. This is the overwhelming sentiment of the people : of the State to-day, and my belief is that it will grow stronger each day. Chairman Adams does not even know this as yet, KILLED WITH A ROCK. James Simms and' Ilarvev fivon.' Col ored, In a Friendly Scuffle, Becomo by, cl C."-"r ? Govtr:.-.?, rollowi.. r J -l I'cderal J.u. I. PuriK :1 in a Hotel Loli .-ices lllm Vmndly, De it He Should to Ilemov- rr3 liTOcs i"j.ijuiiHir, .''-.--- t. j..: Eti'..:. j :,tv...,; i (: : : i t:.-i c j c-f t t i ; , c cf l.ii; t. ! . - . . a i . ..l - -i C a.baut X1' J. v-r- .1 t- cc.Tirfll to go to the ju -e. T:? r r;...Iir Judje resides In lu 1 i. criiouncs from the bach that ha will not call the equity dket or the cl.--: rait y docket at Wilmlng, Siavs Ju,' PurneJl Sfued AUantio ton or i.i i;;vbern or at Elizabeth llaIroad I'-lawfuIly, That He Has city, but thn t parties and their lawyers lieen Guilty of Spite Work and, must come t him at Raleigh, or wtwre That lie Does Not Observe noursiever lt may te 3 pleasure to be. He Nor Hold Courts ag Prescribed bylKjve9 as a , reason for this that the the. LawDemands That the State g-overnment Is not payinff him enouh: Bar Aswxlation Take Some Action that his expenses for the courts should in the Matter. Special to The Observer. Wilmington, May 11. Following a spat in the lobby of" the Orton Hotel here this afternoon between Federal Judge Thomas R. Purnell and j Governor D. L. Russell, with reference to differences between the two as to the hearing of an admiralty case here this week. In which the latter was ; interested and had charged that the Judge had failed to appear for the hearing, and had gone to Wrights yille sound for an oyster roast in stead,' the ex-Governor this afternoon gave- out a lengthy statement to the rpress In which he roundly denounced the Federal Judge. The ex-Governor said: "If there be .such a thing possible under this government as the . Im peachment and conviction of a Fed eral Judge for official misconduct and delinquencies and for Incapacity, then Judge' Purnell should be removed from office by the Impeaching House and the trial : Senate. Perhaps you cannot convict them for anything short of Indictable crimes, but you can expose them and hold them for trial before the bar of the State and the Intelligent part of the public. What is the bar association for un less It Jie to look, after the delin quencies, wrongs and misbehaviors of lawyers ana Judges? ? Now, what has Purnell done? , m "IGNORANT AUDACITY." "Firstit With Ignorant audacity, he seized the 'Atlantic Railroad by ex- parte orders; appointed receivers and took charge oft the property upon a bill of complaint that did not set out a cause of action. His misbehavior was so - gross that the parties whose property he toolc, the State of North Carolina" and others, could only get be Daid; He has refused out and out to even call the equity docket ana the admiralty docket If this Is not enough to move the bar association or xsortn Carolina to action, then it should re tire from business.' i y. 3LRS. PATTERSON SUICIDES. Violent and the Former is Killed, at relief by , getting correction from Chief s justice Fuller, ana men Dy eettlmr Judge Slmonton to ro to Raleigh and undo. Purnell's doings. v. ."Second: He Issued a conternpt ruling and adjudged a man guilty of contempt, for criticising his official conduct This man was deprived of his l&erty, made a prisoner for dnlnar Krhai Anv AmArtfan citizen has tinth nartlM vetHn mini Tk. Villi, it . -.JL 4 . .Iv,t oi simms ioiiewed, a rock being usa wtt,n -whif.h thu rnnmmi follewed, a rock being usod by Lyon. Coroner Maddry was soon on the scene and a Jury of Inquest was- impaneled.. The evidence brougnt without which tlIs government would degenerate : into an out and out despotism. i,- ' '-..--V; "Third; Having a Spite against a outwas that the two negroes; i,-.- -t. ,mm, h. t loft iiJ-.: rvt .a. T. y. i . . both of whom worked in the, leaf tde partment of .. the factory got Into A scuffle and this led to bad blood and bad feeling. , , . . ; When the friends of j the two saw that there was going to be trouble one negro man held Simms,, who hadj ?r the plaintiffs were not in court, at, that time secured a stick and was me judge canea m case oy "a .pressed frequently to rhany men (this lawyer, representing the plaintiff in an important case) the Judge stepped upon the bench on a certain morning at 10 o'clock. Seeing that the lawyers preparing for trouble. ' After it was He said: 'Is the piaintm reaay ior thought that the. whole matter was trial? The plaintiff's lawyers not settled Simms was .loosed and it was being,' at that moment, . In court, then that Harvey Lyon used a rock there was no response. . 'Is the de that he held in his hand, this rock, fendant ready? said the Judge. The weighing some three or four pounds, defendant's lawyers happening to be The .rock was thrown ' and struck present, answered that they were Simms on the right side of the head ready. Then the Judge said to the and this resulted . in his death some.oierk, 'enter up a Judgment against 15 minutes later. ' . I the plaintiff.' Before he got the After knocking his, man to th word9 weu 0ut of his mouth the ground, and without a waiting to plaintiff's lawyer appeared. jssaasaj'js.'si shocked ciBc"" cdrt- by officers, an automobile being press-j "The evidence Is that not ' three ed Into - service In the-race. He was-fl!iinutes had7 expired .from the mo captured in the western .part of : tli ment that the Judge went on " the city,, and was then-locked up by the bench to - the moment that ' the ooilce. -He did not know, ud to tha I Plaintiff's attorneys abneared at ahe tlme. he had killed Srmms, but onljr, bar, , They asked that the Judgment thought , that Simms was wounded When overtaken he did n5t resist ar rest and Lyon was brought down street in the automobile that had giv en chase. NARROWLY ESCAPES DROWNING. FORCED ON- BAND : WAGON? u "He has Just been forced to get on the Roosevelt band wagon though wlti en ir because he thinks the 'if will not happen But: If he should seel the Taft tidal wave coming, ne win 1nmn into lt with both 4 feet, and swear that he was the original Taft man. The fact is that Adams Is not for Secretary Taft, , and therefore not hpnestly for the President and the nollctfes of his administration. ..When he reads this he will no doubt do some more blustering, In another at tempt to cover his tracks, but he can not escape; his-double dealings wilj. be fully uncovered." "What about his attempt to read you out, of the party?" ' "Mr. Adams is a' product of the old Southern patronage machine like 'Ephralm Is wedded to his Idols.' . Jle hates every recruit that haa come to the party. MIe does not want a strong and militant party; he wants it to re- R. H. Crane, a Young Millionaire of Cincinnati, Ohio, While Out Canoe ing,, Is Capsized, Bat in Rescued at Iiast Minute by W. H. HughiU. Special to Tlie Observer. Ashevllle, May 11. News has been received here that R. , H. Crane, a young mllHonaire"f Cincinnati, Ohio, and a senior student at the Ashevllle School, five miles from Ashevllle, nar rowly escaped a watery grave while canoeing along on the big lake near the school, young Crane had gone on the water alone an while some distance from the shore the canoe cap sized.' Crane, unable to swim, strug gled in the water and at the time cried for help. W. H. HughftV employed at the Ashevllle School, heard the boy's cries and hurried to his rescue, reaoh ing the drowning student - Just as Crane went down the third time. 'It Is said that HUghill's reward for rescuing the Voung millionaire will be a princeiy sum pf money. ." It was Just a year ago- that young Crane came, near losing his life In an unusual man neF. - At the tlrnA frana an A 0 nm panlon were In11 the woods gathering wild flowers. ' The companion climb ed a tree, carrying a hatchet While Rmlth unwnrrantahlft mnAurt to- iurn again ip ine .comiortaDie size of 1 ward Strong's slater. mo oja jtfjtmMi'-an pprpnai-patron-age machine of 1 or 15 years ago. ' DESCRIBED V.Y TAFT (?) '"Adams 13 one of that c!ts of rin cuttlngyhe limb the, Ratchet slipped from his 'hand, and fell, and struck Crane In the head, (inflicting an Injury, which at first,, it was thought, .would prove naiai. The lad recovered, however,' and again t resumed; his siuQies ai ine scnooi. be stricken out; they reasoned and begged and explained that there was really no delay; that the defendants wf-e not prejudiced by the two m 'jutes' delay and that their clients Strong Sentenced to Three Tears. ' Macon, Ga., May li. After delib erating 21 hours, the Jury in the case of L. D. Strong, charged with the murder of, Henry Smith, to-day re turned a verdict ' of guilty of man slaughter and Strong was sentenced to thrA vdflri ImnrtKinmcnt Mnt of appeal was filed. Strong shot anfl Kiiiea smun, it is aii'gea, Because oi Financial Fiatcmont of ' U. C. V.'s. New Orlofinx, Mav ll. The flnan--; r,tm(,rt for 1816, of the Unit"! should not be thus denied the right to a trial of the cause. Purnell re fused to listen to them, signed the Judgment and directed the execution against men whose right to a hear ing he had ruthlessly and maliciously denied. . The - plaintiffs were com pelled, at much expense, to apply to the Circuit Court of Appeals, the Judges of which were shocked and in dignant at the mere recital or the facts. ' ' ;- One of them. Judge Golf, came an the way; to Wilmington for the one pur pose of repairing the wrong. And this is the ludsre who seta cases ioroertain hours then waltzes off to the sound, to fill himself with oysters, and never once aooloRlses or explains to the law vers and Dartle whom he has insulted and, wrapping nimseir in tne mantle of his infallibility, says, as Boss Tweed says; "what are you going to do about it." - - - .. ' OBSERVES HIS OWN HOURS, , Fourth: This Judge Is paid a great salary, upon the assumption that he Is to try cases and administer Federal law The Court at Wilmington is fixed by law to oegin on aionaay. iia shows up on xuesaay; xnn is not vwnat ne may have done once or. twice, but it is a habit, a habit that has no breaks, he opens hla court about 10 o'clock on Tuesday, He sits there a little over three hours, call lt four ' hours. He leaves the bench and spends the rest of the twenty-four hours in inane Idle ness. ' The witnesses, the litigants, the Jurors, the lawyers and the people hav ing business with the court must hang around and ' watt until his .highness shows up next dayt and so on, from day- to day. The State Judges, whan hokllnr court, work on an average of -hardly less than ten hours A day, Many of them. sit for seven or eight hours In the day and then hear their eases at night They are paid much Jess than half the compensation of the Federal Judge. The Judges of the Supreme , Court of North Carolina, during the sessions of the court, work harder that any field hand In the State, The State Judges work about ten months lm the year, besides more or less chamber work during the other two months.-Jurge .Seymour, of this am United States district, sat here at Wilmington for seven, !ght and ten hours a d.iy. Judjr Slmonton, whenpver j.o !:.! Cf.irts at its circuit 1 V Thia Saintly Woman, Tempowi'y In sane, Cuts-iler Throat, Bleeding to Death in 43 Minutes at Her Home at MiU Bridge. Special to The Obsenvr. ; Salisbury, May 11. Persons from Mill Bridge this morning told the bathetic story of Mrs. Blna Patter son's suicide yesterday evening at her home ten miles from Salisbury. The stories vary In that some, of them represented Mrs. Patterson ss cutting her throat in a room and dying quietly, while the others declare that She was In the yard' and, after slasty- ing her throat' ran after her children, whom Mr. Patterson had told to give the alarm to .the I neighbors. Mrs. Patterson lived about 45 minutes after committing the deadly deed. t She was conscious a portion of that time, although It appeared that she was entirely, deranged. Laboring under the delusion that she had done some great theological wrong, she scrawled as she rapidly bled to death these words: "God has revealed to me the day that I have overthrown the king dom of God." . Mrs. Patterson was Miss Blna 1-ingle, belonging to that brilliant Rowart family, whose sons and daugh ters have. Immortalized themselves. Her brother, Rev. Dr. Walter Llngle, of Atlanta, is one of the SoutH's foremost Presbyterian ministers, and her brother, Rev. W. H. Llngle. Is a missionary in China, Dr: Thomas ungie is president of a Western uni versity. Mrs. Patterson was in her days of lucidity a delightfully gifted and brilliant woman. It Is believed that Mrs. Patterson's temporary in sanity resulted from cumulative sor- I rows. AVlthln the past year she has lost momer and sister, Mrs. J. A. McCubbins dying very recently. Recent revivals of religion had caused her unrest and she had been observed praying for a mercy that her goodness will neverneed, She was a saintly soul and Jived her life In Thyatlra church, fromwhich place she will,.be. .huriedMr4 "Patterson had spent some time in ft sanitarium 15 years ago and her bright mind was restored. Until recently there were no evidences that she was act ing tinder the Shadow of coming In sanity. She leaves, besides her three brothers and husband, four children and relatives in this city. The press seldom chronicles anything more sad. LITTLE GIRL RUN OVER. ' - - 1 T I ' . . Edna Noman, $ Years Old, Taken to voiumma Hospital ana dies from injuries. - Observer Bureau, 1209 Main Street --Columbia, S. C.i May 11. ' Mr. D. W. Roof. DroDrietor of & wood and lumber business. Is under arrest at , police headauarters. as the result of Injuries sustained by lit tle Edna Noman, the 3-year-old child of a Greek fruiterer. . The girl was taieen to the Columbia Hospital! un conscious and died an hour , later. The girl was run over by a -buggy wnicn Mr. Roof was drlvlnir In. front of the Greek's place on Main street this morning. The girl was coming arouna a wagon ana was struck be fore she could be seen by Mr. Roof's buggy. Both wheels passed over the child's back. Accordlnsr to all - an. pearances the accident could not have been prevented. Mr. Roof Was not driving at an excessive rate of speed, it is- said. Almost as much sympathy is felt for him as fox the child. In the buggy with him was his nephew. iviiKe xvoor, w no was not arrested. nt ins Ti on Cotton Southern IV TernUiiaiarr-1 Carrier Or I ' Juno 15 Jlat Ton on ""Plj In . to Cordcle. Washington, 11 2 j slx cases were h-.. by the lrtter-Stata ' sion. One of the Enterprise Manufactur of Georgia Rallroa.l Georgia, against tha road Company ar. volving the . rates points to Pacific coast t of great Importance. 1 this case rendered by Lane and is against th being held that the highf on such goods from poiu: to the Pacific coast are J . able. In its announcers, mission says: - ''The fact that euch r.s Southeastern States ara those obtaining from the : States does not In and or lish the unreasonableness rates, as the conditions two localities are dlsslrr : England mills, which competition of the r situated Southern mills t point of the product! v to such advantages in 1 j-have from being i.tu closer to ports where eh petition has been estal Pacific coast point? of cor existence of a lower- rata what remote past does r prove anything of value i tne reasonaDieness of a to-day." .- . ' In the case of Tom' chine Company versus et wasnvtue Railroad t others lt was shown tt ; coal and pig iron front Ala., to Cordele, , Ga., f net ton and 12.73 per grc tlvely, and from Birming Ga., are 51.60 per net ton gross ton, respectively, a nearer point Upon c such rates to Cordele are and unduly discriminatory sion, In an ' opinion i sloner Lane holds the facts shown rate is not unreasonable c tory, but that the pig ire Just and excessive. The ordered to put In force June 15, 107, a rate of t ton rorvplg Iron from E: Cordele. . ' r -j ON CERTIFICATTpN OI Laurinbnrg Oil Company ocrton Ginning and C Fined $10,000 and $5,r ively, forObtainlng Lo Hate Than That in ESv Charges. ' , Wilmington N4 C, Ma United States District C day before. Judge .Thomo the Laurjnburg OU Com; Lumberton Ginning and against whom indictmen turned earlier n the w grand Jury charging the counts each with having Inter-State commerce act a freight rate lower than on the common carrier s by means : of a false ct weights,, submitted to th corporations and were f and J5.000, respectively, ' the costs. At the suggestion of torney Skinner Tthe cas officers and directors c were nol. prossed with of the case ofR E. I perintendent pf the Lu for whom the corporatt become responsible. The Corel! was continued to term. ';'". :z. ,., . The maximum penalties counts aggregated $80,0 cases . have attracted t cause of these being the tneir nature instituted t mission, the shipper ai transportation company t fendant MOORE ARRESTED AT Charged With Murder c ; Another Negro Woma Negro Slen, Who Dra ATii8key He la Allcgt Given His Wife. Roanoke, Va., May 11. W. J. , Rigney, -M the r: police force, this mornir Sam Moore, a negro, who with the murder of his w TWO BOYS KILLED AT CROSSING. Wagon in Which they Were Riding hegro woman, and two r oirni uj 010 w iy Aiovuur Train and uanvuie, va., several wee Hoth Thrown Beneath Wheels of dead bodies of the four r Engine.Train Crew KxoneratHt ( dlscoverd in a room at t Fitzgerald. Ga.. ' ' Mav 11 Jn Rev. W. H.-Atwills. Sur Rook and John Rook, aned and 11; ed, to Moore as tha t" years, respectively, were killed by a1 quartette, lt being all irain uii me uciua at vaiaosta Rail- sougni vengeance on 1 road this, afternoon. The boys were peisoned some whiskey v unvuig in a wagon, as tney approacn- nms aranit. aioore ma eda crossing they failed to e the and came -to " Roanoke, v tram, their view being obscured by a been living, since., the warehouse and some box cars on 4 made no resistance wh: Sidlrlg. Nor could the engineer, Dan, day and will be carrie ! Meeks, see the boys In the wagon. The ville to face the char train wag "moving-1 slowly- and couUh!-'. -..,' C;" the engineer have' seen the boys Via' LONCT MEETING OF ' ?puid probably nave stopped it in time to urevont the accident As it was, the wagon was struck by the en gine and the boys were thrown be- neath it, one naving nis neaa cut orr.j Beleived That the as Affected by Was Thoronshly by Judge Locke to a fine of $3,000 and hieeUng To"day h t -. -v,v..fc. i:45 o'clock van The coroner's . Jury exonerated tl e train crew. ' 1 END OF PEONAGE CASE TRIALS. It Is believed that u atkm as affected by Ohio was thorough' None of the . memtor-' that it was not. i:jr asked about the mf did not relate partfc in his department. 1 ference of ItepuM Two Officials of Prairie Pebble Phos phate Company v at Tampa. Fla. lined $3,000 and 11,000, Respee thcly. .v. Tampa, FJa., May 11. F. J. How-LrrMrrtfti of irt den, former general manager of the! tion circles, and f Prairie - Pebble Phosphate Compan i.l t,y a Cabinet o " convicted of peonage In the Unitvid; intJ to-day the in states Court, was sentenced to-day: ca'me ur, for a 1 by Judge Lock to a fine of $3,000 adcuton. The po. : iu. ensi?n, prsjueni ana generat pie, from what manager,, wn wo rctuminenaea Vf mercy on the same charge,- tl.oeo. f BOTH FINES WERE PAID. -In nasslnz sentenca Jurlfffl' Lfcke responsible for. peonage violations j and thought a campaign of eclucatiuil' C! should be conducted to ' acquaint etn-j tr- ployers of l-rhor in t'J i '-' . Cabinet said, the prcskl'-nry 8 Ohio should h Sorretarv Tafr V V,4
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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