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I. 1 DISPATCHES - LAST EDITICH 4:00 P.M. WeatUer roreout: Partly Cloudy, .'.'-it-.' '- :' . . . - . VOL. XV. NO. 170. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 25, 1910. So per con INTENDING SUICIDE, ALLISON TELLS OF MURDER ESPERATE ATTEMPT T OF THE SEHTEHGE With This in View, He Prepares Statement for Readers of Gazette-News Wishes He Could Kill Woman. BUT SAYS AS rf MM HE IS WELL SATISFIED Had Concealed Small Knife, and When Told to Get Ready for Journey to Raleigh, Officers' Back Being -Turned, Used It ALLISON'S LETTER TO THE CITY EDITOR OF THE , GAZETTE-NEWS, INTENDED AS HIS LAST - MESSAGE. Their Car Smashed; Narrow Escape For Duke Franz Josef and Party r ...v;,.,. '.:-,:",.'V-t": DESPERATELY determined not to be( the first man from Bun combe County to die In the elec tric chair at Raleigh, James B. AUI- son, the slayer of Floyd McOee, and under sentence of death, made a vig orous effort to cut his throat in the county jail this morning shortly after j 6 o'clock, when informed by officers that he was to- get ready for the trip I to the state capital. . The attempt at ! suicide was unsuccessful, although the I condemned man did succeed In cut ting a gash In his throat probably one tind one-half inches deep and four or! five Inches in length. Allison's effort to end Ms life In Buncombe rather than In the electric chair at Raleigh was made In the presence of the sher iff of the county and two deputies. It was perhaps the coolest and moat carefully planued and determined at tempt to frustrate the mandates of the law in the history of North Caro lina. ' v ' -. , Blade No Secret of His Intention. " ;r -AiHipnI-tnjio UVUeecret' during the 'T"iajit tew days that he was determined to die rather than go to Raleigh to be electrocuted; ' he hesitated between two courses: to attack' the officers when they went in to take him out of the cell for the ride to Raleigh and force one of them ta kill him, or end his life with his own hand. He chose the latter method but in this he fail ed. Allison realises and has realised since the Jury returned Its -verdict that he Is a doomed man. Howbeit he Is cool, calm and determined; he lias no repentance; he looks upon death as the Inevitable and evidently cares little what will become of his soul when life Is extinct. He Is sim ply a desperate man; a man who has made up his mind that he has but one time to die and that he doesn't pro pose that the state of North Carolina shall make a show of him and snuff out the spark of 11 to with the electric current. He said as much In a letter written last night and addressed to "Lowrie Stockton,' City Editor of The Gaxette-News." and delivered this morning. It was a planned - post mortem statement, that letter. AM , son evidently realized that be was about to be taken to Raleigh, or tnai an attempt would be made 'to take him, and he had determined that the officers of the law should not accom plish this act and thai when, the let ter was delivered and read he would be a dead man. ' . The Suicidal Attempt. It was determined yesterday after noon by Sheriff Hunter that the con demned man be taken to Raleigh this morning. It was believed that Alli son had In his possession a pen-knife; also that he had been Informed that he was .to be taken . to Raleigh this morning The officers had been told that Allison had made bold the declar ation that he would not go to the state capital for the electrlo chair; that before he would go he would either take his own life or kill an officer and force some other officer to kill him In an effort to overpower him. Realising that Allison was a desperate man and knowing that he would attempt to put Into execution his determination the sheriff's force were nuzzled to know . Just which course to pursue: whether to go Into the cell and make a search for the knife, thus putting him on his guard, and then run the risk of Alli son hanging himself last night or otherwise ending his life; or whether It was best to permit the man to stay unmolested In his cell and overpower him this morning If he attempted self-destruction. This latter plan was adopted. Everything was quiet at the lall last nicht. the only unusual inci dent being the writing by Allison of the letter to the city editor of The Gaetto.News. giving a version of the killing- and the intense bitterness of , heart that held the condemned man. AllUon Pleasantly CwWI Officers. Sheriff Hunter, . in company with Ieputy Sheriff Williams and Deputy Sheriff Mitchell, went to the county " .Jail about f o'clock this morning for the purpose of removing Allison from the .'all and taking him to Raleigh on the early morning train. When the officers made their Visit tq Allison's coll and notified him that lie whs to no to rinlelKh, the prisoner made smiling reply and requested that he be ennllt-i to change Ms shirt and ei.lUir .f.ue .netting the Journey. AM ; -ii ; u.e t'lTis VMM 111 a 'pur;i'e I 'ii I ' I . to 1 "if it v i -'1 r , , (' ) Mr. Stockton: , ' . Dear Sir. As I wish to make a full statement as to the killing of McGee in order that the papers may get it straight I herein state to you that we had been at outs for over a year about the Wheeler woman. And when he got "me hemmed up at her home about ten days before X. shot him, and made me run out the- back door. IrT; order to come down stairs I had to face him with a pistoj in his hand as the woman had let him in the front door. And most every day after that when he would pass me he would laugh at me and make remarks about fit. Eight then he was driving naib in his coffin, for I had made up my mind the night he threatened me that I would kill him. He KNOWS I billed him, as we were face to face' when I ; shqt him. And I am satisfied, only I wish I could kill that i Woman that lied to me so much. I tried to avoid trouble with him for over a year, but he wouldn't let me alone and I had rather be killed than to let a man like Mm run over me. He fooled with the wrong man and I KILLED II JM. I also wish to state that I am not going to Raleigh to the electric chair. I haven't got but one time to die and I will die in Ashevdlle. I don't infend that they Bhall drag me about .and make a show out of me. I will die game here. I don't intend to represent Asheville in. ; the elec tric chair of Raleigh by being the first one to go there from here. Yours truly, : - - J. B. ALLISON. ATTACK CROOKS POOR AND RICH -THEODORE ROOSEVELT Attack the Rich Crooks a Trifle Stronger A Flea for Pun ishment of Crooked and Grafting: Officials "The More, if Crook or Grafter Belongs to My Own Party." B CFFALO, Aug. 25. Theodore Roosevelt made a plea for pun ishment of crooked and graft ing officials and the election of honest ones in their places, speaking- before the Ellott club, whose guest he was for breakfast, an hour after today's sunrise. ' "I believe In party government; but the moment the question of honesty Is Involved I recognise no party distinc tions, or If I do it Is that It la a, little more my business to put the grafter and crook out of public life if he be longs to my party. I distrust, how ever, financiers who can see crook edness only in grafting small politi cians and grafting leaders; I distrust also those who can see it only in big financiers. ' . ' But you must attack a man be cause he Is crooked. If he Is poor and crooked, attack him. If he is rich and crookied, attack him; In fact attack the rich crook a trifle stronger; yes, I will put it attack him very strongly." Only Tiling He Cannot Talk Against. Dunkirk, N. V.. Aug. 25. A large gathering; nfj-allrotii men met Colonel Koosevelt here. "I have always ad mired railroad men because they have or BAVAKiA, ixzr' II 1 1 ! 'jHMWMi fy v. S V - LIST OF DEAD EIGHT KILLED STAHDSAT 142 And 106 Men of St. Joe Valley Locomotive Ploughs into Sleep- Are Missing Risk of Life ' I ing Car, Crushing Passen- to Save Timber is s Stopped gersas They Sleep Some Are Burned .1 -43 NO MORE EFEORT TO CHECK FOUR PASSENGERS MISSING; ANY BUT SMALLER FIRES THREE ARE FATALLY HURT In Clear Water Country and Thick For- The Front Train, on Grand Trunk Line, est ol Coeur d' Alone the Flames ; Stopped to Repair Brake, Tor-. Have Already Exhausted : pedo : Failed to Stop Qne Their Fury. , i Coming From the Rear.' . Car With Duke, Mr. and Mrs. Long worth and Mrs. Goelet Collides with That of 'Vincent Astor ONE HOWARD WINS, MAYNARD WILL CONTEST I10LH1 OF YOUNG Will Allege Irregularities In certain precincts ol Norfolk, Both City ' and County. certain qualities I like to think of as typically American. They know how to act. They know how to work and how to obey orders," he said. H was interrupted by an engine blowing off vteam. "I can't talk against that," he protested. He added that an engine was the "only thing he couldn't talk against." As the train moved oiT some one yelled, "Do them up In con vention, Teddy." He smiled broadly, but made no reply. Hello, Teddy I" Now Iess Objectiona ble. Erie, Pa., Aug. 25. Fully 6000 greeted Colonel Roosevelt here. "Hello, Teddy!" yelled the crowd. In an undertone he remarked to Repre sentative Bates: "I used to think It lowered my dignity to have them call me Teddy, but do you know I am get ting to like It now." His speech here followed that at Buffalo. Large Oowd at Ashtabula. Ashtabula, O.. . Aug. SS. Twelve thousand persons greeted former President Roosevelt this morning when his special train stopped here. CoL Roosevelt briefly addressed the crowd. .. , TIE IfflEBS 1 BROUGHT TO JUSTICE THE OTHER LOSES r ' - . Smith's Popular Majority About 4.000 Feldor Defeats Hall in Attor ney General Race. Norfolk, Aug. !5. Representative Harry L. Maynard announced today that he Would cor test the award of a certificate to former Representative William A. Young as the democratic nominee for congress from the seo ond Virginia district on the grounds of Irregularities In certain precincts of Norfolk -city and Norfolk county in Tuesday's primary. ' The returns show that Young was nominated by 13fi majority. Mexicans Who Killed William R.Boggs, r., ol Mexico, Were Sentenced This Morning. Will Take Teft Party to Panama. Portsbouth. N. H., Aug. 15. The armored cruisers North Carolina and Tennessee have been? ordered to the local navy yard for thorough outfitting preparatory to taklnai President Taft and members of his party on their trip to Panama. " 1 Annoyed Brother's Wlfcj Killed. Vllkenbarre. Pa., Auif. 20. During a quarrel at Plltnton Mittteo Fliianto was snot and klllM hy his brother Frank. The man had quarreled be- , :,iin Frank win iitnuivlns lii tiruth- Washlngton, Aug; us. The , mur derers of William R. Bogga, Jr., son of General William R. Boggs of Win ston-Salem, N. C, have been brought to justice at Durange, Mexico, ao cortliiiir to a state department report Young Boggs was slain In November, 190T, while acting superintendent to Pla ' Mining company. Boggs was waylaid at nightfall and killed by two dlsguntled employes, Jens ' Monarres and Amello Montenegro. Monarres hss been sentence, to death and Monteogro to imprisonment for ten years. Torpedo Boat lestroyemt In CoUlsloii. Norfolk, Aug. It Report of a col. llslon near the Virginia Cupee venter day between the torpedo boat destroy- rs Flushing and Preston of the At lantlo torpelo flo'llla hus been for wxrUed to Washington. The accident occurred while the vessels were Imad d up the Chesapeal bay for Solo mnn's Islam! for tar-ret practice. The Ih.w of the II uhIi I nsr was stove In. Tl I : n v ii untiurt. Thinks Crisis Past. Washington, Aug. 25. Two companies of troops, request ed by Supt. Morgan of the Flathead Indian reservation for fire fighting duty, will not be required Owing to a fall of snow last night. Associate For ester Potter, basing his judg ment on telegrams from the northwest, expresses the opin ion that the crisis has passed. About 80 Lost In the Forest Service ,- Spokane, Aug. 25. The fact that about S6 men of the forest service perished has been defi nitely established by reports to the supervisor at Wallace, Idaho. Estimates Dead at Twelve. ' Detroit, Aug. 25. The De troit Journal estimates the number of dead In the Grand Trunk wreck near Durand at 12. (t -x- St t. n k a it st a n n t it kt H t t FLINT, MICH., Aug. 25 In a rear end collision of passenger trains Nos. 4 and 14. both eastbound. on the Grand Trunk railway, two miles east of Durand, early today, eight were killed, three probably fatally hurt and five seriously injured. Four passengers are missing. No. 14 stopped to repair a defective brake when No. 4 crashed Into a. Atlanta, Aug. 25. "Cannonlsm" played an Important part In Georgia politics - during the past several months, and at the democratic pri maries brought about the defeat of Leonidas F. Livingston And William M. Howard, In point of service the oldest, members of the Georgia dele gatlon In the national house of rep resen tatlies. In the fifth district Wil liam Schley Howard, a young attor ney, won a decisive victory over Llv Ingston. In the eighth district the re turns show a convention majority of four votes for 8. J. Trlbble, and Con gressman Howard has filed notice of contest of the election. He charges irregularities at two precincts in El bert county, which gave Trlbble a majority of four votes. The other nine members of Geor gia's delegation In congress are as sured re-nomination. Of the six Georgians who joined the democratic bolters In that light on Cannon, three were re-nominated. Brantley without opposition, and Ed wards and Lee. Former Governor Hoke Smith won the nomination for governor over the incumbent, Joseph M. Brown. Smith's popular majority In the state was ap proximately 4000. Two years ago Brown, whom Governor Smith had removed as chairman of the State railroad commission, defeated Smith for- re-election by a popular majority of more than 10,000. , smith's major ity In the convention will be about 35 votes. ! ' .' . Among the few contests for other state offices, J. A. Perry won over O. B. Stevens for railroad commissioner: M. L. Brlttaln defeated B. M. Zettler for state school commissioner; T. 8. Felder won over the Incumbent, Hew lett A. Hall, for attorney general. . Newport, R. J., Aug. 2l-By the narrowest margin the' Duke Franr. Josef of Bavaria, Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth -and Mrs. Robert Goclet escaped serious Injury in an automobile accident which befel them here. As It was no one was In jured, although the Duke's car was put completely out of 'commission and it Is doubtful if he will be able to use it agHin during his stay here. ' The French touring car in which they were riding was run into by a car driven by Vincent Astor, and had the impart been a pound heavier It Is believed that the Duke's machine would havo been turned completely over. ' . The Duke's machine was in charge of his chauffeur, and he and his party were going to make a call upon Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer. They were going at a slow rate, and were just turning into .the gate of the Thayer place when along came Vin cent Astor in his touring car. He was hurrying, as he was going to make a call upon his mother before leaving with hid father, Col. John Jacob Astor, for a cruise to Bar Har bor on the Norma. , He was not ex pecting the Duke's machine to turn In, and so he was running close to the car In front of him. When the Duke's car Curved In, Mr, Astor turned off his power and put on his emergency brakes, but too late to avert a collision. H It l( It 1 H St H SI t St St S( Silt H H St H I sleeper, ploughing . half way through POKANE. Aug. 25. One hundred ,nd crushing the sleeping passengers. and six men living In the St The wreckage caught nre ana many Joe valley are missing. Twen- were burned or scalded. The' dead ty-two bodies, supposed to be those ,,, ,ured. were. tekw to Durand. . ! ui eoiuon, wore luunu jBiervs. bv-i ... . . . , . era! days ago- 40 supposed rangers ' When the forward train stopped a were found dead over an area of albrakeman was sent back to signal the mile. 'Adding the lead rangers, 71 to tmlnollowlitent the. warning" Jrbr.u 44 found near Avery, ten Japanese pedo exploded too late for the en who perished near Avery and various gneer of the onrudhlng train to avoid Known aeaa in wasmngion, laano, i, collision. ; ' - ' The dead Include two unidentified women and six persons so naaiy burned as to render Identification Im possible. Labor Report From Seen of the Wreck. Durand. Mich., Aug. 25. Probably eight persons were killed and eight Injured, three probably fatally, when Grand Trunk line train No. 4 crashed Into the rear of train No. 14 on the track two miles east of Durand lite last night The engine of No. 4 plowed way three-quarters of the way through the sleeping car "Nebraska," catching 18 persons asleep In the and Montana, the total Is 142. not In cluding 185 rangers imprisoned on the head waters of the St. Joe. The appalling loss of life among the forest employes has resulted In an or der not to risk life to save timber. Little fires are being extinguished, but the greater ones will be allowed to burn themselves out. In the Coeur d'Alene mining coun try and In Pen d'Rellle valley the fires have exhausted their fury. In the Clear Water country and in the thick est timber of the Coeur d'Alene the forest flames are hungry as ever. It is believed that the preset,! fires are about the most expensive the COach. The fire box of the colliding FORMER STUDENT HERE KILLED Bl AUTOMOBILE Tragic Death of Daniel Douglas, In Michigan, a Week Ago ToPay.' -1 TIIK DAY'H CENSUS FIGURES. Reports of InTtses of Buffalo, ft, Y., Denver, Col., Hunt Orange, N. J., and l'sUern, N. 4. Washington, Aug. 25. The census returns show the population of Buf falo, N. Y., l be 4 23,715, an Increase of 71,328 since 1900; Denver, Colo., has 213,281. an Increase of 79,522; Fast Orange. N. J., 34,371, an Increase of 12.885, and Patereon, N. J., 126,000, an Increase of 20,429. THE WK&TKER. For Ashrif.le and vicinity: Partly cloudj weather with showers tonight or Friday; .ooler Friday. For North Carolina: Unsettled wenthfT with phow.-Ts torltbt or Frl d.iy; cooler In n 1 i iituni Friihiy. United States has ever known. Condi tlons on Clear Water reserve are hope less, and forestry headquarters at Mls soula have ordered the fire fighters re called from the Interior of the strick en region and sent to work on the outskirts. Beyond Control. Seattle, Aug. 25. engine1 dropped out and sleeping car was biasing. soon the Launch Run Down; Two Drowned. Cedar river valley la beyond control. The Washington forest fire assocla tion Is powerless. The governor will be called upon to order out the militia. New York. Aug. 25. Two lives were lost early today when the excursion boat Majestic, returning to Newark The forest fire In I from Coney Island, ran down and sank a launch containing merrymakers. UN IS SOON TO TAKE i T IS 0 il f SERIOUS HURTS Text ot Convention Mads Known to Powers but not Published Soon Operative. ,, Wreck Occurred Near Connelly Springs and Passengers Had Nar row Escape. ' Special to The Gasette-Newa. Connelly Springs, Aug. 25. Train No. 23. which left Asheville this morning at S o'clock for Goldsboro, was wrecked at 10:48 a. m. two miles News has reached the city of the traglo death of Daniel Douglas, for merly a student at Asheville school In an automobile aecident on the Michigan peninsula August 18. It seems that Mr. Douglas was driving machine In which there were three others and that he noticed a stone In the roadway just ahead. He attempt' ed to steer the machine oft the stone, and lost control of It the automobile running over an embankment and turning completely over, catching the driver under the machine. The other occupants were thrown out but were not badly Injured. They succeeded In raising the machine off of Douglas. He died on the way to a hospital. Mr. Douglas lived at Houghton, Mich., and for the past two years h was at the Asheville school where he made many friends among the stu dents and faculty. He Intended enter ing the University of Virginia this fall. Washington, Aug. 25. Baron Uchl- da. Japanese amhusador to the United States cume to Washington yesterday I from Buena Vista Springs. Pa., where) he Is spending the summer, for a con-1 west of Connelly Springs. None of the rerence witn acting secretary Wilson i passengers were Injured to any extent. or tns state department. I only slight bruises being sustained. While both the ambassador and the I That the whole train left the track secretary declined to discuss the ob- near a 150 foot gorge, ran Its length Jeot of the ambassador's visit. It is and stopped, on the brink -of thu believed that the baron bore a copy of gorge, almost, and about 20 feet from the text of the convention reported to the track. The fireman. John Lenoir. Lnnchen With President Pal Here Paris, Aug. 25. The Virginia dele gation which came to France to at tend the dedication of the bronxn re plica of the Houdon statue of Wash ington, presented by Virginia to the French republic, were guests of Pres ident FSIIlHres at luncheon at Km bouillet today. Amerkan Ambassador 1'iuon also attended. have been concluded between Japan and Korea for the Japanese control ot the "Hermit Kingdom," and a mes sage from the Japanese government to the United States bearing on the pur pose of Toklo In taking this step. . The United States has a number of treaties with Korea which would be affected by the proposed control of Korea by Japan and negotiations are expected to be opened shortly between the two governments looking to an agrKmrnt on the status ot these In strumenta. Text of Convention. ,! Toklo. Aug. 24. The text of the convenUon, under which Korea Is en- had his left jaw scalded, his left wrist snd left hip bruised and leg slightly scalded. The engineer waa shaken up. Earl Norman, clerk at the Batterv Park hotel, and his mother were on the train and escaped without bruises. At the dispatcher's office the fol lowing official statement was given out: "Train No. tl. bound from Ashe ville to Qnldshoro, was wrecked this morning at the , 70 mile post, about two miles west of Connelly Sih-Iiiks, the engine and all the coaches leaving the rails, the baggage roach tuinln slightly on Its side. Train was In nexed to Japan was communicated at charge of Engineer W. V. I -owe an.l 11 o'clock yesterduy to the represents- Conductor H. L. Tomlln of Asheville, tlves of the powers. The document Fireman John Lenoir had his left hip which, according to new established facts, was signed August 23, will be effectlvs when officially promulgated. This will occur, according to some of the mlnlMer, August iO, or when the Independent existence of the Her mit Knu"l.m, the struggle for whose iiot;iiued on I'fiu'n 4.) and left leg slightly scalded. Tin wrecking crew st Urlduewater v . sent to the scene of the wreck, nr. relief t'Mln was sent from Alw to transi.r with wi-nlnunl i train No. 11. About r.O y. : - i f was torn up. Tip ( ! if i i u n !.' -! in ni-i"
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