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;i:.::.Lsmt:.::j 13 IXHI3rALL i;. Co j-a Eaijj seif- I I'-r.i F.r.ibezzler to the Ca., Prison for - a ' 0 Yr irs Jones Makes I ratemclit la Which , t: j f :nry of Ills Fall and s " oral Other In Hi? Ir: IVnville, He Said, : . : : i. . 1 t ; . r a : ; i ' c ,;re I. :.3 i tl.ij f . . ' 1 i J I-'--la the strc-r-i-.-rt i -..iK.zr, an appeal which a man could hardly re fuse. I was haltlrx between two opin ions. I had my duty to the bank first, but still an equally strong one was my duty to my mother, It seemed to me at that time. In shirt, It was a situation which It was hard for a man to turn down. Q. What did you do? A. I resorted to speculation. Q. How? A. Well, do you mean with whom? Q. No, .did you buy o? sell some sort of stock. cotton? A..- I bought some cotton. My first venture was successful and then I 1. 1.3 r;rt; r ia Business, Both "2 L-rokerajro Business made enough money on that to tide rt S. C. Bovro Bell me over -1 for Complicity Sirs. for a few months, and to take care of any pressing obligations which came upon me at that time. q. What did you now do with the money that you made from this .oper ation? A. It all went, nearly all of It, to my father, and the balance to -take care of some' pressing obligations that I had then. , Q. That only' carried me for a while. My father had not gotten out of the hospital still, and It became necessary for me to raise some more money, I was at that time paying all of his expensese In the hospital and a good part of my mother's expenses at home. I resorted Again to the same thing, speculation, in the hopes that I mlo-fct V sKIa tn ma lr a enoue-h to tide sentenced Franc H. Jones, the, tnt OTM. n(j ret me in good shape. embezajer, to serve. 8 But from that time on it went agamsi me, and when It did go against me u went so suddenly, it was entirely do could even nave a , Iranc Jones' Mother, on tlio -i -. Strong 'Appeal 'by Mr. C. . i -C&urt and Spectators 1 i j Tears by Earnest Appeal i Df feudist's Counsel Tlie ;1 Wife Corroborates the e Given by Her Husband as : use of Ills Crime Tlio Told by the Prisoner Reada u Chapter from Novel T'oyd, Deeply Moved by Ap , U Brief to Passing Sen James E. Boyd yesterday af- ! l.'sed , a Federal prison as a meas- -r.l5hment.for naving robbed .iiotte National Bank of ap tely $80,000, while acting In aclty of teller ana assisim :-st March.,.'-;': ; ":- :;',';-: ing of this much-talked of j dramatic in the extreme, linself took the stand and, in ient full of Bensatlonal utter I how he had come to fall and the history 6f his operations t to last Demands made upon his distressed mother for funds for bis invalid father .had led him to take the first 6. Oace started he could nev- ier, sinking deeper and deep ebt and ever striving to re s' losses he estimated at be- 570,000 and : 176,000. Among i Vhora ' he had lost money srs. C. Boyce Bell, Bell & Fon- A. Hurley, and V. P. Rand j Co. He implicated Percy G. 1 the ex-Charlotte, Rock Hill j t Mill, 6. C, stock broker 9 declared was his partner in t As a 1 result of his dls- another arrest was made last I jutlon. vond 'mm befom I chance to get out or recover myself in any way. ' .'. ' ; ' . q.. And you used the bank's money? A. Tes. sir. HE HAD TAKEN THE FIRST STEP, O. Was there ever a time from that time on that you got near enough, by speculation or otherwise, to snore so that you might be able to see your way clear to get out? A No. there never was a time from that time on where I was any where near enough to get out in any way, shape, or form. Q. What salary were you making at that time? A. At that time I was making $1,- 300. V Q. -11.300 ? What family did you have ? - A. A wife and three children, Q. well, Mr. Jones, why did you keep up tfhls speculation after you found out It was going against you ? A. The reason is that It was the only possible hope for me ever to get straight again, u i naa v uveu 50 years with moderately good luck, the, earn luck that the ordinary man has, I never could have gotten straight and taken care of my fam ily, and it was the oniy possime bo- -l j i . ' ; .v mu:.i . "' ' ; i .t ci your trip? -Yes, t.r; aljut J2.000. -Do you know about how many you traveled? -Pome thins over 10,000 miles. A,-Q.- r.:..es A.- Q. Do you know how many States you went to? A. Twenty-six States. Q. When did you decide to come back? A. About 10 days after I left here. Q. What did you do in conse quence of your decision? A. I immediately wrote to a friend here. Dr. C. B. Stephenson, and asked him to tell me something about tm condition of my wife. I had left her sick and didn't know what her condition was at that time, and wanted to find out how she was before I attempted to communicate with her. I got a reply from him in about 12 days after I left here say ing that while she had been very much prostrated, she was very much better at that time. I immediately wrote to her and told her of my purpose to return. As soon as I heard from -her, I wrote her that I was coming home. Q. Where were vou when' von 'trot that letter? - a. i was m Los Angeles. Q. What did you do? THE APPOINTMENT MADE. A. I Immediately wrote to her to find out Just when the Federal Court would be in cession. I wanted to And out Just what the lay of the land was, what was being done in the case, and whether anything had been done or not I wanted to sret back. Q. Did you make an appointment ior a meeting? A. I made an appointment with Dr. Stephenson to meet me in Ap palachicola, Florida, ta- brlna- a re ply to a letter which- I wrote my wife, and also to be able to tell me anything else that s'he could In re gard to the case; -v . Q.-On what date? . A. -On the 8 th of May. , Q. Well, did you meet her there? A. I met my wife there. Q. How did you happen to come back here? A. My wife came down. Q. When? A. -She got there on the night of the 7th, and some time during the day of the 7th. about 8 o'clock, I saw ..her. . Q. Where " did you meet her? , A. I met her 'on the-wharf, where the boats land. Q. When did you come back? A.- I left there the following' day. Q. What sort of disguise did you go under, Mr. Jones, while you were away? , : A. No disguise whatever, sir. Q. Did you see anv Charlotte peo ple? ' . A. I did in New Orleans, and did v.::- ..t c: . ' 1 . '.r:' -j i.. , ,,;.:i Al-l'T i- '. lYcm JinvkJiic eil Last Mal.t j Jones Gives Ser :-, r : I r r ; :i i w:'i i : i'i -3 n. :U cf IV i ioiii l Laitk. iHW C. l'oyce T.t -31 nal Testimony at .at of Mr. - Boyce Bell, who called upon to answer the ) of "aiding and abetting" In ezzlement. pons to questions, Jones de iat there was much specula oing on around him, i this mean was the only one 'poealed to him as one by j e could get-rich-quick. GRASPING AT A STRAW. Q. Tou were simply grasping at a straw? A, Yes, sir. I was simply grasping at i a straw from that time on. Q. How did you carry 4hhortf age that arose from the use of the money at the bank? How did you caTry these shortages and keep the auditor and bank' examiner from dis covering these shortages? ' A. They were Carried from day to day. I usually knew when the bank examiners were coming, pretty close, and in fact always knew just when the bank examiner was coming in, and the day he was there I would cover up Ah shortages by making the adding machine lists as much more as I knew the cash balanced; in other words, I would put. an amount into each one of these lists which did not appear in the begin ning, but would show up In the to tal. In each one of those totals, I would make them from 82.000 to $8, 000 in each one of the bank settle ments listed, enough to make up whatever the shortage would be at that time. . ' q. when did all this culminate, Mr. Jones? When did you finally leave the bank? r A. The 16th of March. q. The. 18th of March, of this yesr? . . A. Tes, sir. Q. State the . conditions .under which you left the bank, everything about it. x CRASH COMES IN MARCH. A Well, we were at that time ra&c h. jones was me mi a v(,rv treats a very heavy of District Attorney Holton. Jt2VSLt hid bot Jl'iio -va " ------ - - a. n: the 14th and the l&tn or TEREST ALMOST PAINFUL, as followed on the stand by J mother and his heart-broken of whom made strong wlt iliis behalf. The appeal of Mr. nnett, counsel for the defense of the most telling ever, heard urt room was crowded. Inter ceptors not only occupied ev : Vat filled the aisles. As the J progressed and the word ,t that sensational develop ere taking place, the crowd .11 there was not even stand t available. As Jones made t after statement, detailing lch many' had suspected the jnt increased. A hush fell over jr which was almost painful. Intense excitement filled the Verybody strained their ears j TShat was going on. Not one missed. The hearing last a hour and a half. was convened at S o'clock. A utes after, that hour, Judga k his place and the case was ludarment In the first count sane H. Jones was the first vernment. ; ' ;' D " Bennett, counsel for the -itled for a ("number 'of.-wit-i rl n i? Jones hi mel f ' on the nes testified that he was 34 'age and had resided In Char jabVut 20 years, first havlnar 'in. the furniture business and t banker, first as head book )i the Merchants and Farmers .1 later s teller, and assistant !if the Charlotte National ' nes testimony, which . is re h sensational statements, is juEQINS HIS ) STATEMENT. . Jones, you ar6 charged '-of indictment with having i min funds of the bank. Will 1 what connection you had j lank and the circumstances p to the defalcation? ; Hi, to begin with, ever since 'rried about twelve years ago, jr's health, has been very bad. hen tn fact, an Invalid until ist July.,- here did he live? j lived in Franklin county. He irmly source of supply4 which family had. When his health r,.that source of supply was became then, as the oldest f the main sources of rev-f-iv mother'a family. These . ould come directly from her Seals for what? .icals for money for her land unger children and formy ' at gave rise to those appehls from your motherj wlat ncipally the hospital a ttentlon for my father, jl . he go to the hospital? '-, sir. '; ':.' -'',.'' . .'.. Ire? - , .':V;...- iwas In a hospital lit Norfoll Baltimore, find In RalelpT: 31, what gave rise now. to t1 y vou used that did v i ? Partial rrellnilri.'-i-y Hearing: I-st M-ht Says 11.31 and TonvUle Fal tered Into an Agreement With Him Miereby He Was to Furnish Them f Money for SpecuUUve Purposes. Charged with aiding and abetting Franc l Jones In the misapplication of the funds of the Charlotte National Bank, C. Boyce Bell, formerly of Char,, lotte, and formerly a member of the brokerage firm of Bell & , Fonville, now living on his farm seven miles south of Charlotte, is under a bond of $5,000 to appear for a preliminary trial before United States Commission er Cobb at 9 o'clock this morning. The warrant was served on him last night by Deputy Marshal Ed Milikan, the bond being arranged after a partial preliminary hearing, at which Jones made . a statment which incriminated ; bla :,- -.'. 'V; i ! SETTING OF THE TRIAL. Hardly a score of spectators were gathered in the small district attor ney's office to the east oft the Federal court room ; at 9 o'olock ; last night when an another, jvas added to the notable scenes of the ' day. In the company-were "United States Com-misioner-J. W. Cobb, District Attor ney 'Holton, Assistant Attorney Coble, Messrs. Hugh W. Harris, counsel for Mr. Bell, Crawford D. Bennett, coun sel for Jones, John A. McRae, coun sel for : Fonville, Franc H. Jones, the convicted, and" Boyce Bell, the ac cused, together witn a few friends, and the representatives of the press. JoneS looked pale and wan as .he told his story, his second statement of the day, detailing the transactions of Bell & Fonville with him and with the Charlotte National Bank, Of all the group of men who talked, smoked and laughed, he alone never smiled. He was universally addressed and refer red to as "Mr. Jones," though there was a curious incongruity occasionally when some one would speak of tak In "Mr. Jones to the penitentiary.' He smoked two cigars after giving his testimony... ;;.r,:,;. - DEFENSE'S COUNSEL ASKS POST . '. : PONEMENT. When the question of holding the preliminary trial at "once was broach ed, Mr. Hugh W. Harris objected. He had been informed of the case, he ! ca 1,1 nnln nrithln ihn lflat Vifllf linnr mo uy Her,i and was entirely .unposted. Ito- had ueie. iNune oi mem saw me except in i,MIi ninM wha he vraa th iiow uiicaue. A. Kcuueman in w fm rminaol thmifh not noun 11 v fin VfteM i WW ana reCOgmzea. J t ,,Qn tri nWmlriul .n.ea Mr Hnltnn Q. Well, Mr. Jones, in that Second jrtMi,PA(1 tn tnkr JnnnaV Rtatemenri- so venture that you made in your specu- vat there mieht be 'somethlnir tena- latlons dld you ever make anything We 0n whlch the accused might? be from: that-on inconsequence? r held. AU arrangemenlsfor the. trip to A- WO, Sir. - f oqM 'Vmj fiAATl maiA u-nA n March a vry severe break in the market came, and tne cans irom lookers were so strong I saw it was absolutely impossible to carry It on longer, that if It went that way many days longer there wouldn't be any rash-to carry, and it was absolutely impossible to cover it up any longer. - Q. You were carrying a large amount of stocks, you say? A. Yes, sir.. q,How much -money went out on the two or three days Immediately Just before you left, ' Mr. Jones? A. Well, I don't know exactly what that was 820,000 to 825,000. Q. Twenty or 825,000. .' A. I have no accurate figures. Q. When did you leave? What time ? .';;:' ;-'"'-: ";,::7-'i' 7?n::4. ' "" .i A. I : left ' at 7 o'clock, over the Seaboard, on the night of the 16th of Match. . .. ' -' . LEFT WITH ONLY 87.000. - Q.. Did you take any of the bank's money with you? A. Yes, sir, I too y,ouu. - Q. How much was In the bank in ca.h at the time you left? A. I left about 820,000 In avail able cash in the bank. Q. You took 87,000 and left about 820,000? A, Yes, 89,000 in currency, 85,000 in gold, and about 86.000 In silver. Those figures are approximate, but they are very nearly correct. Q. Was ; that such an amount of money; Mr. Jones, that you left in the bank as would probably be suf ficient for the bank to do business? A. Yes, on Monday, for money was alwayscomlng in very freely on Monday. '--".' -'; ' . Q. Did you have any purpose to break or destroy the bank? A. It was my Intention not to do so, I had already hurt them as much as rwas willing to do, I took Just what I thought to be enough to get me away and get me so I could settle myself and find out what I wanted to .do.,-, :--Wv. q. Well, what did you do w!t3 that monpy? A. " ': v r -. Q. How much did the first specu lation Involve, What loss? A. The first speculation in which I lost? , 4 s Q. Yes. ' ' '. - A. The first one was . 81.000. The next one I lost 813,500. on it. ; q. ,with - whom was that, Mr. Jones Y - ' ' . ' A. Theflrst one was with C. B. Bell, The next was with Mr. D. A. Hurley . , A. How muchjlld . you lose with Mr. Hurley? ' - A. 8 13,5 (JO. Q. Whom was your next with? A. The next was 36,000 with Bell & Fonville. ; Q. What was your next?, A. The next was 35,000 with M. J. Sag & Co., which amount - we had put up with them when they failed. Q. They failed, and that carried the 35,000 you had put up as margins? A. Tes, -sir. Q. Well, the next amount? 1 A.Jrhe next amount as 35,000. paid to Mr. O. - P. Heath on his balance. Q. Paid to Mr. O- P. Heath, How did it happen to be paid to Mr. O. P. Heath?.;-. - V A. Balance Bell & Fonville' owed 0. P. Heath when I became connected with them. Q. Was it an amount you had lost In any way? A. No an amount which thevowed him on open account that I Knew nothing about when went into the agreement with him. - s ; v Q. How much did that make in all, the total loss up to that time? About how much? TOTAL LOfes BETWEEN 870,000 AND 875,000. A. That was about ' 330,000, be tween 330,000 and 335,000. Q. When was your next loss? , , A. Well, there was $4,500, money which I furnished .to Mr. Fonville, in opening up the business in Fort Mill and Rock Hill. Q. 'What was the next amount you lost?- ' A, $1,000, paid to Mr. B. . D. Springs. . Q. Was that of your debt? A. No, sin ) . Q. Whose debt ,was ,that? v A.-i-The same as Mr. O. P. Heath's " Q. What was your next loss? I a. au tne Dauince weni to v. tr . Randolph & Co. Q.-L-Wlll you give an estimate of the amount through V. P. Randolph 8t Co. A. About 337.000. Q. Who were V. P. Randolph & Co.? A. They were brokers in Philadel phia, represented In Fort Mill by Mr. Fonville. . : : - ., .... Q. Do you remember i " what your statement m the bank, which you.were required to give from day to day, showed the cash balance, or showed the cash on hand to be in the bank on Saturday the 16th? . A. About 341,000. , ... Q. Was there that much money there? , A. No, sir. A FALSE STATEMENT. ' Q. Not anything like that much money there? A. Not anything like, land had not. been for some' time.- .... .... '. Q. Why had there not Iri, !'r. Jin- i? t ; :,t t r;;--- t'-V g-.t c: cr i; tjri?" A. "I.o, lr, I had furnished t'aeni s:r:2 i previous to thia." Q. ",h,.t amount?" A. "Can't szy exactly, probably $2,500." Q. "Did you make any entry of that in tha books cf the bank, show ing their connection?" A. "None whatever." Q. "Did they give you any security whatever for that money? A. "None at all." Q. "How did you make the books of the bank balance after having torn that check up?" A. "I hid that by padding the amount of checks on some of the oth er city banks or by counting it. as currency." " Q. "Passing over the transactions, if any, to September when they de posited 32,515, did you advance them any additional sums?", , A. "Advancements were made in small amounts ranging from 3500 to $3,000 all along from the time of , the v agreement in May until the time of the deposit of the twelve thousand dollar check in November or December. That was the last trans action with which Mr. Bell was con-"; neoted." :,:.v.v . ,-.;.vv ' - A. "Do you. remember a check of 312,000 coming into the bank in the month of October which was en dorsed by Bell & Fonville?" A, Yes, sir. Q. "And placed to their credit In the bank?" ; A. "I don't remember whether it was placed to their credit or went to reduce the shortage in the bank. Whichever way it was done it reduced their Indebtedness," Q. "What was the amount of the indebtedness at that time?" A. "My recollection is it was about 318,000., Q, "How did that acrue?" 1 A. "From the money which we had been advancing from time to time." Q. "Do I understand that Mr. Bell was connected only with the first transaction detailed?" A. "He was connected as Jong' as the accounts on the books of the Charlotte National Bank ran in the name of Bell & Fonville." OTHER TRANSACTIONS. Q. "Do you remember a transac tion of $6,000 which was advanced to the bucket shop in the name of Bell?" A. "I don't remember that. There was only one $6,000 transaction and that was my own before these gentlemen went into business. It was transferred from Mr. D. A, Hurley, of Rock Hill, to Bell & Fon ville, of Charlotte." -"Do you remember a transac tion of $8,000, In which Mr. Bell de posited $2,500 or $2,600 upon which advances were made to the bucket shop of $8,600, about one month be fore the $12,000 check came in?" : A. "I don't remember that spe ciflcaily. The only way I could get at that would be by reference to the i, Q. "Do you know what was ad vanced to the bucket sitops for which they received in return the $12,000 check. How much was put In, In oth er worde?" ; a. "something like $8,001 er .$ 9,000."" -rTPT .v"' ,f:n--;1fMWh(i Q. "How did they get " hold of that money?" .. . A. "The money was advanced to Mr. Fonville whenever he called for it in. different amounts." Q. "The $12,000, as I understand you, closed out the transactions of Mr. Bell? of Bell & Fonville?": A. "It did." Q. "What was the total amount advanced to Bell & Fonville from the time you made the agreement in May until tne lz,ouo check was deposited?" A. "The total shortage at the time Mr. Bell got out -was something like 8l2,ooo. The amount . advanced would sty was something like $30,000. They at times returned some money : Q. "Do I understand you to say that mey came out square with the bank?" , . - - A. "No, When Mr. Bell's connec lion , with the firm ceased they were aDout 812,000 short." That'll do," said the district attor ney, and the examination with its sen sational developments, was an an end, After a delay of a few minutes the remalng formalities were dispensed with anc io;ij of Bell was slim i The arrest or Boyce Bell , came as the culmination of rumors which have bcjit in ctr-.u utu.n -v.r since the be ginning of the JonesFonvllle affair, He was summoned to this term of court under a subpoena as a witness and then when he came was informed that there was a warrant for him. This warrant was Issued on an oath made by Mr. Fred A. Hull, national bank examiner, who had investigated the books of the bank exhaustively, when . a. r . i r ;J CI.;.:" :,' . i ::: y i- ; 1 ty 1 3 ti : ave:r; :r, l: 1 berths provided for. ti. prisoners. Mr. Harris, however, demurred on the ground that he "would 'wish to cross examine the witness at greater length and to more advantage than would be possible on present information. It was finally agreedHhat the statement should be takenbut that Jones should be held until this morning when, at a continuation- of , the session at o'clock this morning the trial will be continued. District Attorney Holton then open ed up, and the following testimony was. adduced: "State what, if anything, you know relative to the wilful misapplication of the funds of the Charlotte National Bank, involving the defendant Bell? Or false entries In connection there with?" "The connection began about the 1st of May, 1106. Bell & Fonville telephoned me one day for me to meet them at the Colonial Club one after noon, which I did. They had this proposition to make me, Mr. Fon ville had been working In Rock Hill for Mr. D. A. Hurley, Mr. Bell rep resented Mr. Hurley in Charlotte. When Mr. Hurley sold out in Rock Hill the firm of Bell & Fonville was formed in Charlotte and these gentle men stated to me at that meeting that they had come to Charlotte with some money, but Instead of depending upon their commissions for profit, they had speculated themselves ,-. and had lost what money they had, and stated that they wanted some one to furnish some capital on which to run their business. They stated to me at that time that they had no liabil ity and that all trades were fully, margined at that time. ? I at first re fused to go Jnto partnership with thfl defalcation was first discovered inem, out aner considering tne mat- , Jt wai noi know last n!ffht on wh4t ter and knowing just the position I train the party will leave for Atlanta, was in at that Urn r finally agread t glnice the cVirinal plans for the trip to to go in with them and furnish what j xa.lnU haic bem carded, no others capital was necessary staUng at the . have been maa6i Thls morning's trial Washington, June 17. In Louis II. Van Riper, a New York broker, tha government to-day Introduced the first witness ia tha trial of Edwin II. .Holmes, Jr., who has directly con nected Holmes with the premature Jivulgence of the information In which the cotton crops of the Agri cultural Oeriartment are based. Mr. van Riper was on the stana aii aay and the direct examination had not been concluded when the court ad- ourned. maklnsr tt urobable that he will monopolize the attention of the court to-morrow. He said that ne had met Holmes In 1904 through F. A. Peckham, and that he had agreed to give them two-thirds of any nrofits that mleht be derived through stock deals made on points supplied by Holmes. -He then told now Holmes had kept his part r tne agreement by giving out information a day in advance of the appearance of the official report; quoted figures to show the degree of accuracy of the information supplied, and related In stances in which Holmes had been paid money through Moses Haas. He said that i67,uoo naa oeen oleaned up on the information secur ed In advance of the report for No vember 1904. He also testified that Holmes had agreed to keep him In formed of the plans of other cotton brokers and told hom in the end a regular partnership had been formed in which Holmes was one of five members. ' -'-'.'- Mr. Van RiDer said that after first mee.lng Haas and Peckham In Wash ington he had seen them m unicago in company with Holmes, and after wards in St Louis. They had con siderable conversation . at both places concerning operations in cotton with the result that they began selling cot ton in November and continued the process until the December report was -1. jued. He had generally op erated on the sertngth of the rep resentations of Haas, who was sup posed to be in frequent conference with Holmes, and indicated a very bearish condition. He had dealt through a number of brokers In the November transactions and had been successful to the N extent of about $187,000. Of this amount $57,000 was dlivded with Haas and Peckham, Haas taking half and Peckham a mourth of the amount Part of Haas' share was paid in cash. "What did Haas do with the cash?" "He paid it to Holmes." "When and where?" "In the office at that time." Mr, Beach, for the prosecution, brought out from the , witness, the facts concerning the organization of the brokerage firm of L H. Mercer & Co. He said that while the names of only Mercer and Peckham appear in the articles of agreement, Holmes, Haas and himself were equal part ners with - the other two. As the working capital of this firm, $25,000 or the money secured in the Novem ber deal was used. Tart of the money made in that deal was re-invested In December on the strength of Haas' forecast of the cotton gln- nerr report and $43,000 had been realized as profit. One-fourth of this amount was paid to Haas . in currency and by him turned over to Holmes. . , x-:j..'.- . -i - - -i . ,:': In December, 1 1904. the firm was d lssolved and Van Riner : testl fled that $38,282 had been paid to Haas in checks and the same amount to "Imes In currency, Mr. Van Rluer was still under ex amination when court adjourned for the day. - t r : : . i ( . r-. a .1 II;.: ' , . CLc,::i;- I , From ' Sec." . Laiter a-7 I . ; ated as to 1U .:. ficult. Newport News, Vj , In full naval unifor: land hands fearfully bodies of Midshipmen Virginia, class of is", son, North Carolina, F. P, Holcomb, of I 1907, were found in C to-day. The bodies, c,' amined and ldentliiel, the naval tug Potomac Hospital at Portsmouth. ' This morning a fisher View discovered the 11 a midshipman and turr one of the numerous 1. had been scourin ? t ; Captain " Mann, K or t Washington stear. ported to Admiral 1 sighted a corpse off Uu Lightship. The body v bruised and the face a nearly been eaten -hw.r. Identified as that of J1U comb by the clothing i was put aboard the tu , which was also searchin , BODIES TAKEN TO I, Several hours later f. picked up tfte bodie3 of Stevenson and .Ulrich. T seemed to ' be bruised, h and faces were consider ed,.The Potomac steamc : oRads and went alongs-M -the battleship Ohio, to r; to Admiral Emory. The were taken to the battle to for Identification. A 1 geons examined them, th. r were placed In metal ca '. aboard the Potomac to i Norfolk. The bodies of four of drowned in the Mlnnesot week ago to-night have found. The bodies of thr men and four seamen Br ing and launches and tr searching the lower bay a them. ALL MAY NEVER BE On account of the fact dies found to-day had dri: miles from the Bcene of gives rise to-a fear that will never be found. Otb picked up In the bay, but Midshipman Holcomb was pldly seaward when it wa some of the others may carried past the capes into tic ocean ere this. " The Identification of th" . confirmed on board the r RUSSIAN OFFICIAL MURDERED. not mine and would have to be taken from the funds of the Charlotte Na- j tional Bank. Mr. Fonville stated to me that he did not think it would re quire more than three to five "thous and dollars, to put the business on its feet, where we would be able to make large profits. The agreement was thoroughly understood between we three and Just a few days after the agreement was entered into and sdme money had been advanced to them they came to me with the information that they owed Mr. Oj P. Heath five thousand dollars for a balance which was due him on their book previous to the time of this agreement Mr. Heath was urging payment of this amount and they though that to avoid any possible publicity that we had better pay Mr. . Heath this money which we did on the following morn ing after this conversation. Q. "How did you get it to pay?" A. "Mr Bell came to the bang and I gave him the currency." Q. "How did he secure it?" DESTROYED THE CHECK. Q. "He gave me a check signed by Bell & Fonville payable to cash for $5,000, which check I immediately de stroyed. Q. "Was that check deposited to their credit 7" A. "He passed In the check to make It appear that ho had given me something for the $5,000." - Q- "LM you make any tntry on the looks of tl- b'-ic inVfrenc to thf.t 1- - - ' . I -.(-' - . ALSIOST OUT TO DUITTI. Mr. Ix)wcry Lee the victim of the Knife of an insolent Negro Named Brown. - ... Special to The" Observer. Waynesvllle, June 17.- Mr. Lowery Lee, a prominent young citizen of Waynesvllle, came very near ; being latawy nurt m an aitercauon with a negro named Brown last night Mr. Lee took umbrace at some insolant remarks of the negro and, despite thejtaoiign a rumor, is current ?to the ef- News of Dissolution of Douma Causes Mutiny In Black Sea Fleet, Seamen Openly Defying Their Officers St Petersburg Policed by Troops of Soldiers Deputy Commissioner of Port of Sevastopol Assassinated A Strike Impending Among Work ing Men. . St. Petersburg, June 17. The sparks of revolution have struck fire. The seaman of the Blark Sea fleet of the Russian navy, as soon as - they heard of the dissolution of the Douma, mutinied. They openly defied the na val offiners, and to-day seven hundred sailors were thrown into irons. This act prevented the temporary seizure of the warships by the rautiners. Great masses of troops are to-day policing the streets of Petersburg. To-day a proclamation was Issued toy the liberal - and anti-government parties, following the dissolution t the Douma, When the circulars have yceo reaa oy me people a reaction is expected against the government, A strike is exjected to be th w resort of the revolutionaries. To-day ! vi m woramg men in se cret session are planning to call out their followers. 9 The Czar has assembled 60,000 troops at Warsaw because of a threat ened revolt against the government In Poland. To-day the police are search L1 . ,noue8ea Indiscriminately. The dissolution of the Russian Douma and the promulgation of the new franchise edict has practically disfranchised the masses, -who are threatening a tremen dous uprising and revolution. Ashby SUU at Large. Written for The Observer. Concord, June 17. Edward Ashby, the young man who yesterday slew Daniel Overcash in the upper edge of Cabarrus county, is still at larjre. SCHMITZ OUSTED FRO 0lnjr to Incarceration Jail -Following. Convict onv Charge He ia no I to Perform Duties aa ? , ianclsco. San Francisco, June Schmltz was formally re office by the supervisor' meeting this afternoon, lames Gallagher was na Ing mayor in his plac. This is the first step t graft prosecution in the the plan to restore go ment in San Francisco, on which Mayor Schin; moved is that, owing to ' fition in the county Jail : conviction on a felony i no longer able to prii duties, .r ' Gallagher' will not 1 tln of - acting mayor a few days, . The rr certain member of the ! pervlsors will make r appointment of a r... ; who will take OaUas!.--. acting mayor. The oases against Pr hcun, - General Mann chief counsel Ford as Counsel Abbot, of the 1 roads, . for bribery of were called before Ju,' hearing of motion to set ; dlctments. v:.;.--'.'. DROWNED IX SAIX: fact that one of his arms is in a slinir. being sprained in a fall, he almost succeeded in knocking 'the negro down with his one free hand. The negro drew a knife and infHct ed a gash on Mr. Lee's arm and neck. Had the cut on the neck been an Inch deeper it would have severed the Jugular vein a-nd proven fatal. The negro was promptly arrested and lodged In Jail. Feeling ran rather high for a time, but no violence Is antici pated now. ' Savannah Graduate of Tale Dies at v ' Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., June 17. Sydney G. Ftubbs, a" prominent young business man of Savannah died here to-day at thercsldence ofhls father-in-law, Capt E. S. Gay. He was 25 years old. Mr. Btubbs was a member of the cM"" of IS 0 1 of .'Tal-3 Uatvtr. tty and w as a i -ilf-r of V " varsity crew. feet that Ashby had been traced to popetown settlement in the extreme western section of the county and there disappeared among his friends. It la only a few years since Ed. Ash by was scultted for killing his father, Jim Ashby, a noted blockader and bad many Bad Blood Leads to Killing. Columbus, Ga, June 17. Fred Askew used a shotgun on his brother-in-law, Burt Smith, killing htm tin Beech Spring neighborhood in Ilarr's county yesterday. Smith married Askew's sister about one year ago. Bad blood is alleged to have existed between the men for. some time. A second report received to-nlsrht says thai the killing of Smith ty As kew was entirely accidental, a pistol bofng discharged while 'Askew -was handling lt,-nd that' there v 'U I r prosvutlon. Man Wanted at Waynes Saultlnjr Woman IViili : From Train Near Ft an Attempt to Fscr i Columbia, S. ' C., Ju Townsend, 30 years oV Waynesvllle, N. C, for ? man In the head wi!:i drowned in the Sal-' Pelzer this "afternoon escape from nn o' did not reslrt an l, took precaution t they reached th-- leaped overboard curelv manacled. La s ress across the s'u .. . . within a few f --t of r side, he went down ia ; of water, and was KILL1ID OVI1II t Tlio Boily of Oscar Near High Point ! ing. Special to The Observer. ' High : Point,- Ju--Kearns, colored, w ? f woods east of llv' ' ing. Tester, '.a;.- a. home and hid t t mojnlnj, whf-n tho . The dead body was f In It. It U not Kearns comnvi'tel s it Is generally be'! ed in a game of ( rel ensued end K The coroner I. ' will arrive t -! ' -
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