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70MA!TS IflEOAT SLASHED DEATH FROM CXKXOWH'AGENCX t . AiiiAiikU 4iarartr ' fend About J - 1 ears of Age, Injured at Home pa btalrsvllle Road as Heeon 01 a u Ac Her Throat Which M Mjwtert oiuJy InMcted .No Trace of Btood lonnd Anywhere About the "T- Talk and Tell How It Happened Said DT MgrDH KI iter nau a Tall Man IM1 It, But H Is Gener- .tl- n.ii.Mul That KtM! Did It HT- Kir-Aprs, a Whit Man IJvtngJ . There, Arreatea Hera icimi . Suspicion. Cynthi Norman, a white woman about year of age. wm found In a dying condiUon at her boms five ' miles from the city on the Statesvllle road as a result or a slash across her throat, extending nearly from ear to 'ear.vSne was either the victim of a would-be murderer or attempted ' death lit her own hands. The last theory is the most likely and the most generally accepted. r The woman died this morning at v. the Presbyterian Hospital shortly after midnight. She was brought to " the city about 11:30 o'clock for treat nent but all efforts proved fruitless, , Jim Ayres, a young white man. who .baa been living with tne jsorman family for a year, was arrested after he had reached the city yesterday on Suspicion of d deed to cover Illicit relations with tha woman which Is charged against him, but there Is a minimum amount Of evidence against him. On the other hand, there is guod reason to that ha left the house before .h. deed was done. Thy sole fac with the declaration that he was get ting away for good. i a. wai r, ... Without a question, the case is the ....ft..lr.... titth which local 01- I A fnP.ETE MYSTERY. .lrln,. with which local pf JIIUI. tit J m - fleers have had to do In recent years. " There Is not the slightest clue upon which a wall-defined investigation Into th affair can be conducted. Mrs. Uixie Norman, mother of the woman, declares that her daughter went out to do the milking yesterday morning about o'clock. She came back to the house and said that she had milked all but one cow and had taken . ' them to the pasture; that she was go ing back to milk "Old Spot. lhe mother then went about her duties and in the meantime went to the big road In front of the house and hand ad Mr. Irving Cochrane a letter Hhe came back to the house and, thinking , that the daughter was staying away a long while, began to look around for her. SITTING IN THE PATH. When ahe started toward the barn, which is about 60 yards from the lit tle bouse, she saw her daughter sit ting In the path with her throat slit. he ran to her and asked her who did it, but no answer came. She car - rled the woman Into the house and notified the neighbors. Dr. Slmrll Jlenderson was secured by telephone and was at the house in a little while. Another telephone message to the city ' brought Dr. J. K. Alexander to the , ' scene, and these physicians worked '. with her for a couple of hours anw v Ing up her throat. Fortunately the Jugular vein was not touch.-d by the , instrument of death whl. h was raked cross this vital point. The wlndpipo, however, was cut nearly through and -this materially affected the woman s breathing. f NO BLOOD TO BE SEEN. It The mystery of the matter centres i around tho fact that there was not a ' . trace of blood found anywhere around the premises. Where Mr. Norman mid her daughter was sitting when he found her, there was not a drop of blood and no evidence of a scuffle ct any kind. Sheriff N. W. Wallace and Deputy Sheriff E. O. Johnston, who were on the scene by noon, be gan an investigation together with a score or more of neighbors, and could ; " And no trace of blood within 100 yards of the house anywhere. Neither was there to be found any Instrument with which the deed was done. This . is the most baffling element which confronts the officers. They have . nothing to work on In ascertaining the truth. WA8 IT MURDER? About S o'clock in the afternoon -''-tho woman recovered from the anaes thetics and became perfectly con scious, but could not speak a word. Several who were sitting ny ner us ST MUnghe; rqYe. which she gan asaing " J" ... ennM InterDret. but could not answer. aairait whether she cut her own Th.1 woman shook her held amohatlnaiiv. Asked whether omsbody else did It, she nodded her Mad witn equal empnai um ' scratching with one hand upon the other as if she would make known u ,, tt thA Ana aha had In mind. Mrs. Norman declares that she asked h i . a v . ......tinns whan sltlA fl rlit I . Mrs. Isorman aeciarrs w.i "nn ine couth.ii innu.uc. .nnw . her' thess questions when she first regular exercises will come the inltla- m- - . V.a c14 that a I , I A ,1 : . . .m I mm n ft Clin. ker thess quesuona wneu Biio i.iov regular exercises win uuu n mum. found her and that she said that a tlon of candidates from 8 to ; sup negro did it, but could not talk In per hy the entertainment committee, . ,ki.K omilt ha well under- a t a in. V V. Porter, tnastmsster. a tone which could be well under stood. LOOKS LIKE SUICIDE. Th.r, seem, to be more evidence that it was suicide than that it was murder, but this is merely suspicion. as no lnsxrumeni can ue iu..u -where around the premises with . .. J ...... A.tna It I a A I - I as no instrument can w. iouna any vuk tha AtfA was lone. It Is de clared by the neighbors of the family that there had been a general row In ' progress among them f'r several days. This fact, added to the further ' fact that Jim Ayres had told the wo- xoaa that he was going to leave her ' In her present plight, makes the gen ' ral senUment in the community to tk ur,ii ulcl(1 theory. It is aid that Mrs. Norman, who is of a wondering mind, has bren scolding . her daughter for several days be ' cause of tha manner of her living ; ' and that her words had been the he- - ginning bt general row in which ah, tha daughter and Ayres partlcl- - pated. "WOMAN OF LOOSE CHARACTER. "Tho Norman woman is alleged to be of looeo character. She, it is said, does not enjoy the reopect of the people of that section because of her '. past irrea-alarltles. Mrs. Norman, the mother, is a respectable woman, al though tha has suffered the loss of ' her mind on several occasions, and ' It Js declared by come mat ox laic v she has sot ben herself by any means, fc'he has been twice married, her last husband having deserted her many yeara ago, leaving her there in tha lltUo housa with her daughter. 1 Abont t rtf Jlm Ayres took residence there and ha been work ing the farm.. THE STOBT OF ATRE8. 5 Ayres Ulls a atralght story about tha affair and waa surprised . when they arrested him yeaterday. Ha said that he helped the young; woman to milk the eows yeaterday morning and left hr at this occupation whea be cam to tha housa and got ready to tomi to town. Ha declares that he asked them what they wanted him ta bring from town and then got on bis horse and started away. Tha Urt time ha saw Mrs. Norman she a UUUng to ilr. Irving Cochraoe in front of the house. Mrs; Norman veriflea tnia story and - so. does Mr. Cochrina. Ayr rode along ii front Of Mr. tjoenrane nearly an ira wj to tha lty, pawini Jtlni Just beyojid tho cit limits.. ; -.. . . .'.(. ,S HAD HINTED AT "SUICIDE.' f !. miVm tha- rather enlighten ing statement that the woman had hinted at suicide to him on aeverol occasions and one time requested him to bring ner a poiuo oi nuu ih. .iir Ha uii that there had been reports circulated damag ing to her character ana m m had led her to the idea of killing her self. Ayrei did not tako any tock in the theory that ahe had been murdered, but thought there waa little doubt of her having- attempted death at her own bands. Ho doea not deny that there had been a general row in the family for several df. but Is A, i- hi. oi.ration that he and .1. . . . the younger woman were on tha very best of terms. GOT BLOODHOUNDS FROM NEAR BY. CAJif. i r. .)in ihnut for a clue of some kind for sevvral hours, Sheriff Wallace finally decided to go over to Superintendent Lyttle's camp and e cure bloodhounds. They wero brought back to tha scene about 4 o'clock and an effort was made to catch a trail, but this was at leasi seven hours after the deed had been com mitted and too late for the dogs to accomplish anything In the way of lo- traek had been .discovered leading from lhe barn t0 woods nearhy, nut this finding was not generally thought to have any specific bearing- on the LoiAS WOULD SHIELD AYRES. , vntnril hv a """V.""" . .T . number ot, the Mlghbors of the fam ily that tho woman would shield Ay res if he was guilty of the crime, which Ih not generally believed out there. On account of the relations the alleged assailant, whom she tried to describe by signs, was this young man. To disprove this, furthermore. Mri Norman srot It into ner neaa xhat her daughter said It was a negro - j IV. . .. v.lm a toll man Ch seemrd to ry to say he slipped up behind her and cut her throat while Khe was coming to the house from the barn. RAZOR THE INSTRUMENT. The physicians who dressed the wo man's wounda cams to the conclusion that the Instrument used was a ra sor. They found three cuts, almost In the same place, but distinct enough to satisfy them that there had been more than one stroke. The deed was either done with a razor or an ex ceedingly sharp knife. Judging from the nature of th wounds. A careful search was made about the well to see if there was a trace of blood there, some thinking that whoever committed the crime would throw the Instrument into the water to protect themselves. As has been said, there was no intimation to this effect and not a drop of blood found anywhere around the premises. MAY HAVE BEEN DONE IN HOUSE. Some of tha officers who spent the day on tho scene hold to the idea that the deed wa done In the house and that tH old woman may know more about It than she pretends. The fact that no drop or trace of blood can be found anywhere about the houftc, leads them to believe that It might have happened Inside the little hut and been, wiped up before any body reached the scene;. A cartful search was made of the woman's clothes after she had been dressed to ascertain if the blood which must have spurted in quantities from tho wound, had all trickled down her waist. It wns found that only a min imum quantity had taken this course. KEPT A LITTLE MONEY WITH HER. Some of the woman's relatives hold to the Idea that she was murdered and declare that nhe always wore In a little bag around her neck all the money which she possessed. One of her relatives declared that, to his certain knowledge, she possessed at the time of the occurrence at leam $20 dollars In gold In two pieces of $10 each. Mrs. Norman declares that this could not be found after the at tempt on her 1 if and that the little poke was gone In which the money was always carried. This Is the chief basis of their contention that tho wo man did not try to kill herself, but rather suffered at the hands of a would-be murderer. Mrs. Norman said that she found her daughter's porketbook afterward and there were only a few cents In It. yesterday while In a c. at the police u.,i,in h the woman would get Youn Ayres expressea tne nupo well so she could tell exactly how It a"., occurred, intimating- that he positive he woum ue c...r ... su-plclon In regard to u. TJ. O. T. Metlnj 1 ..ni m.Allnr of the TT. C T.'s will be held next Saturday afternoon Flve-mlnute talks will be made by mensrs. I . s. f ranniin. a. u. nmiin, a H. Wa.hburn J Q. Shannonhouse. C 11-111 I n m m Wf C TlfiPf Otncernlng the Man and the Dot'. The Man Who Whipped The Dog nn .....t.- --" called up The Observer office yestor- .(ill- nftorTIAnn TA TNH 11 Pilt Af t Vl ft t A uy afternoon and requested that a lenlal be entered to three of the itatements contained In a contributed eport of the dog whipping in yes erday"s Observer. These are, first: ie did not beat the canine with a itlck, but whipped It with a switch; second, that he did not beat it Into Insensibility; third, that the offense was not. as alleged, its following him off; It ran away three times and on the third offense he gave u a gooa i whipping. "If a man can't whip his own dog without having a long piece in the paper about it," he concluded, "things have come to a pretty pass." Music at First Presbyterian. The music for the services at the First Presbyterian church to-day has been arranged as follows: MORNINO SERVICE. Organ Prlud, "Prayer" Massenet Anthem. Te Dum In K flat feHirv "hloek Y tha itrrf" ...f?nhrta Postlude In V Niels Gade EVEN I NO SERVICE. Organ Preludn, Andante Cen Moto.... .. .. viuiunnni Anthem. "Greet l the Lord" Vincent . . a, . a. . unijriiiry. j'ut. v..mu7 .......... ,r aurs Solo. "In the Night Hhall My Bong he of Him" Buck Poatlude, March in D Gullmant Negro Rent I'p on Charge of fchoollug. Under ISOo bond for shooting Lewis Morrow colored, and $J0 bond foe, carrying a concealed weapon, Harri son North, colored, was yesterday held by the recorder for his appearance at Superior Court- . The shooting oc curred In July. Morrow said North without any provocation pulled a pis tol end said, "Let me show you how to shoot a pistol," and fired, tha bul let taking 'effect in Morrow's hip. Others testified that the two were handling a pistol and tha shooting was accidental. : , . . ELIZABETH COLLEGE KOTFA Temporary tChango In the cijatr of v IUi New Teacher In French Formal F-xerctnea Will Open on the . 11th at It O'clock A. L Rev. W. K O, Schaeffer Will Make the Address On account of the continued illness of Miss Margaret Willis, the regular teacher In Latin, Mian Zella Corrlher, of China Grove, fcaa been, engaged to teach until Miss Willis la able to re sume work. . Miss Corrlher graduated with distinction in the regular A. B. course from Elizabeth one year ago, spending four years at the college. Last year ahe took a full year post graduate work in Columbia University, New York City,.: She is talented young woman, and well' prepared to teach Latin. - - -' v , - The French claasea will he taught this session byMise Annie Dotger, of Charlotte. Miss Dotger la an A. B. graduate from Swarthmore College and has specialized la French and German. She graduated In languages from Elisabeth before oing to Swath more. -She has had eight years' study in rrench under very euperlor teachr ers. Swarthmore College ranks with the best Eastern universities. Miss Dotger Is gifted end possesses good natural qualities for a successful teacher. There are seventeen active members of the faculty who give all their time to teaching. The faculty represents thirty-one years of poet-graduate work In fourteen American and Eu ropean universities and conservatories of International repute and one hun dred and fifty-seven years of teaching experience, or an average of nine years each. The faculty and boarding students will arrive on the 16th. The formal opening will take place on the morn ing of the 17th at 10 o'clock. The address will be made by Hev. W. C. Schaeffer, Jr., of Atlanta, Oa. The public Is cordially invited to these opening exercises, avhlch will be held In the college auditorium. - Estimates on the Crop. The farmers of this county aTe very much depressed on account of the damage done the cotton crop by the recent rains. Various estimates are made as to the extent of the Injury Mr. John W. Cross, who has traveled about the county, declares that the crop will be SO per cent, ehorter than that of last year. Mr. John A. Kell, who Is a close observer and a careful reader, thinks that the crop In the entire cotton belt will be 25 per cent off. Mr. J. A. Blakney, of Provi dence, is quoted as saying that his crop will be one-third off. Mr. George V. Williamson, of Paw Creek, puts his loss at a third. Mr. Cannon Bays a Home. Mr. Ernest R. Cannon, of Mount Holly, has purchased from Mrs. E. L. Russey her handsome residence in Dllworth, the price being $10,000. The trade wasi made through Mr. J. E. Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon will move here the second week In Octo ber and he will begirt work at the Charlotte Casket Company. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon will add much to the social life of Dllworth. Picture Show Changes Hands, Mr. John T. Reese, of Greensboro, has bought the Monarch moving pic ture show at 204 South Tryon and will manage it In the future. A num ber of features of Interest will be In augurated, not least of these being orchestral music. Mr. Reese Is a young man of ability and will no doubt make the business a successful one. Charges Piled on Braswell. Will Braswell. the young white man who was arrested on the charge of beating a Charlotte lady out of a board bill. and also of assaulting Mamie Baker with a pistol, was bound over to court under three bonds aggregating $200 yesterday. The other charge was fdr carrying a concealed weapon. Death or Mrs. fcallle J. Tannahlll. The Observer has received the fol lowing telegram from New York: "Mrs. Sallle J. Tannahlll, widow of Maj. Robert Tannahlll. ex-prealdent of the New York Cotton exchange, and mother of E. D. Tannahlll, of Paulson, Llnkroum at Co.. died Trl day at her home In Inglewood, N. J." Never Mind what may be said to von against the Stieff Piano by dealers, deal ers' agents and perhaps some of the dealers' friends. We Have been in business 66 years and our artistic pianos sing their own praise. If There is a better piano than the STIEFF is not on the market at the pres ent time. Don't buy an inferior piano when you can get the Artistic Stieff ' direct from its maker without the middleman's profit CliAS. M, STIEFF Manufacture of the Stieff and Shaw, the pianos with th ' sweet tone. v. Southern Wareroom 5 West Trade Street'. G.H. WILIIOTH, Xlgr. . OlARLOTTE, If. C ? i e22 YDU MAY W I I I T I I sw a Baa wsf nasr BUI I fltT Kt TWICE THF Pr? rF VrtH MAV FIMrS K0Sm AS LITTLE BUT THFYI ;f( "OWLY HAI F THF ONE FpUftTH LUZIANNE Wltr2 its d&Iicloua ' price iatfec most safisfa.cTory g) coffee oatlte mxrKr. , V$ Indigestion whether occasional or chronic Is subject to InsUnt relief. Let Kodol dlgeet the food. One must stop that Irritation, etoe the .stomach can neer recover. 1 You can't do better than to come here for your clothing and fur nishings. 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Grade Pupils male and female, wishing to enroll In the Eleventh Grade will report at North Graded 8chool to Mr. H. P. Harding, Principal of Char lotte High School. ALEXANDER GRAHAM. -Supt City Schoola September 19, 1J0I. "-. . - FILING SYSTEM SUPPUES Indexes, Folders and Guides for Vertical Files; Record Cards and Guides for Index Systems.-. Ask for complete Y. E. System supply catalogue. . Pound & Moore Co. Commercial Stationers and . Office Outfitters. S2 S. Tryon ht. 'Phone 40. Wc have m all the latest novelties In Gold and Sliver Belt Buckles, Hat Pins. Baretta, Bracelets, Waist Sets, Cuff Buttons, Brooches, Cuff Pins; also Gold and Gold Filled Lockets and Chains. Anything we sell engraved free. g GARIBALDI BRUNS & DIXON f . Finest Repairing Department In tha SUte, WlutDiYoiWut? TiSateKaey? The butter bill Is a good place. We don't mind paying a good price for good butter to eat - ... , ... . . We don't want te pay a high price for good butter, to melt up In cookery. 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