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A A I ASSOCIATED I vvzzi7 . DISPATCHES Weather Forecast: ; diMitled; showers.. JV. NO. 176. asheville,;n. o., Thursday afternoon, september"i3i9io Si r ; -...iJ.-VV.IJ'T" ;3q PER COPV. U M Iti (tniri MoT r .r. II.; t i I ' fl 'v I T if. v. -w - SIDERftBLE DAMAG DONE E S iRQUSHQUT WESJERN CftRDLHJA js Gone, Railroad Tracks Injured, Mills Washed Away; Ashe le Electric Power and Lights Stopped by Water Flooding Transformer Station Loss of One Life Reported The Situation Is Much Improved Today. 3 IN THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER WAS UP 10.6 FEET, ASSING ALL RECOnDS OF THE LOCAL WEATHER BUREAU infall of 6.04 Inches in 36 Hours Ending at 8 O'Clock Last Night- rains Running Slowly, on Account of Soft Ground Many Houses Flooded on Water Front, People Taken Out in Wagons and Boats, With Household Goods. fcttKKtt rains Nns. 6 and 8, lor o Toxuway, due to leave nl'ternoon and tomorrow rmng, respectively, nave u annulled, on account of waters. fir. Hhvos wired that waters e rising .between Brevard ToxuK'ay. It is hoped to train No. 7 back from Lake away tonight. Hopes, are ertained of operating No. 6 orrow afternoon. ('he Metric company hope have lights on all circuits ight. No street lights are pected. The company cannot r w hen stret car service will resumed. ("EH the storm and stren of yesterday Asheville, after a manner of seiikiiiR, Ilnds her ght side up today, for the city's Ian at all critical junctures, andled with care, terday afternoon, as the sun flown behind the weutern hills. I custom, forewarned Asheville i home in a philosophic, it id a Somewhat "sardonic frame id, and gave herself over to a reason of Introspection by .the tin, flickering light -of a candle. ktion upon what might have nad the river risen a foot or so was broken before 9 o'clock ie relatively luminous. If unex- rays of electric lights, and ft hat time on the situation, really metaphorically speaking, has brighter. At this moment y trafw: Is virtually normal. k n forced resort at times on the ille and SpartanbuVg line to (Ih of another day, owing to the Ired telegraph service. A train Eln from WayncsvlUe this mom mi was received with emotions y railed out upon the return of r lost friend. It had been feared hhe trouble on the Murphy dl- miKht be long drawn out, but fouthern showed Itself equal to od emergency, and soon - had feed trestles and washed sections m mudbed in a very good, safe Jof repair. 'H'l'Ii the Installation of a new miller at the Weaver power , the Asheville company, aban K for the time Its sun-dlatrlbu- tat!on on the river then under i-iver was enabled to provide r and lights In a manner fairly jfartory, with economic use. Keeler thought today that might be off. Intermittently. fng the day and night, while re- are being made, but the city Is ally advised that, In the event lights ere off for awhile, there is ring In the circumstance to lead to view the future with alarm. hone who have been viewing thfl r at the Riverside park and bther us or vantage, say the watervv" y two feet during the night, and tfady fall today Is being noted f ball park and platform or board ks, were not flooded, but conslder- water from the river ran into lake at the park, and things look t hit ominous for a time yesterday afternoon, as the lake water began to run across and under these walks back into the river. Capt. Jordan, the special officer in charge of the park, felt that It would be wise to close the park about 3 o'clock, owing to the presence of so many children, accord- J Ingly everybody w-ag asked to leave and the gates were locked. Conditions Gradually Improving. The business and commercial life of Asheville and Western North Car olina, so prostrated by the disastrous floods- yesterday are gradualy resum ing their former activity. In the city the Asheville Electric company, by getting curent from the Weaver Pow er company ,via the transformers of the Ashcvillo & East Tennessee rail road company, has maintained a par tial schedule; about 10 o'clock last night arrangements for getting current direct from the Weaver Power com-! pany helpod to obliterate some of the Intense darkness. The railroad ser vice, so badly crippled yesterday, was resumed on all lines this morning and alt scheduled trains departed from the local station. The Worst In Many Years. The' floods of yesterday were the worst that have occurred In this sec tion for years and years. The height of the water pwwed lailecrls, kept by. the local weather bureau for the past eight years. The flood reached the unofficial record of that of 1902. The height of the waters came about 6:30 o'clock last night when the -river was 10.6 feet above the normal. The total rainfall for a period of 36 hours ending at 8 o'clock last night was 6.04 Inches, nearly twice as much as the record one day rainfall of May 9, 1909, when 3.28 Inches felL The greatest rain record for any month in the past eight years was July, 1901, when there was a total rainfall of 11.70. A Trying lay in Railroad Circles. Yesterday was a trying day In rail road circles. Superintendent C. C. Hodges of the A .l-evllle division and Superintendent Boswell of the Murphy division were In close touch with the situation on their respective divisions and the way In which the track was opened for traffic attests their ability as railroad men. Large forces of hands were rushed to all breaks In the lines as quickly as reported and tho moment the waters receded from the tracks the work of bolstering and and repairing was begun. The most serious break In the Ashevllle-Spar-tanburg line was In Mud creek bot tom, at a point near Fletchers, where some 100 feot of the track was floated and th! Mud Creek bridge d imaged. This break was repaired . and the track reported clear for traffic at 7:30 last night. Train No. 42, for the south left here last night .Regular No. 13. due to arrive from Columbia at 9:16, was routed via the C. C. & O., and reached here about midnight, while a second No. 13 was made up at Spar tanburg and worked the local traffic to Asheville. arriving here nearly at midnight No. 43 last night was de layed for a while by trouble near Rocklirf, near where there had been trouble Tuesday night It was with great difficulty that the section forces held the traok In place. There was no train operated on the line from Hcndersonvllte to Lake Toxaway yesterday and the first train EKSOIVLLE SUFFERED MUCH Railroad Traffic North and West Stop- ped, Flood Record of 20 Yers Broken Lights Out Special to The Gazette-Nws. ' Hendersonvllle, Sept 1. Hender- sonvllle had. more than Its Bhare of rain Tuesday night and yesterday and the people of the town awoke Wednes day to a realization that all railroad traffic north and west was suspended on account of washouts. The town was also plunged In darkness Tuesday night while yesterday many visitors desiring to return to their homes were Informed that no trains would leave before nightfall. The waters of Cane creek rapidly. overflowed the banks and , washed away nearly three miles of railroad track. Train Nto. 41 from Columbia came In several hours late and was sidetracked here, tl is said that the floods broke all records for the past 20 years. The plant of the Hender sonvllle Electric . Light and Power company, located four miles from town, was put out of commission for the night Bhortly sfter 10 o'clock p. m. Tuesday. Considerable confusion at the hotels.. and boarding houses fol lowed the sudden extinction of the lights. The entire plant of the Elec tric Light and Power company was still under water late yesterday after noon. , ' on that line reached Hendersonvllle this morning, coming Into Asheville about two hours late. The principal trouble oh the Spartanburg line to day has been with the telegraph wires. Means of communication have been badly crippled, communication being restored one place only to go down at another. By noon the wires were In better shape and the opera tion of trains not hindered. All trains are moving slowly to avoid derail ments. This makes nearly all of them late. Supt Hodges, General Manager George R. Loyall and Road Engineer Gatlin went out on tbf - Asheville- S)srtanburgIlne tais morning: ( . . Tronbl'-ft'Qii tlw Road, -On the Murphy division a transfer of trains No. IS 'and: No. 1.9 was ef fected near the scene of the washout near Candler about 7:30 o'clock last night.' No. 18 coming from Murphy yesterday had a terrible time, being derailed near Whittier. The engine was got back and the train proceeded slowly towards Asheville. No. 8 the Toxaway train from Waynesville did not run yesterday but came Into the city about on time this morning. A large force of hands was kept at work nearly all night repairing the break (Continued on page S.) Rebellion Prep in Luzon; orations to x. Fifot V'i,-- '., t '.; Simson Mandate, Former Governor' of Iloces Norte, Long a Fugitive froia Justice, Is the; Leader of Uprising in ' Nueva Viscaya -Number ot FpUowWUnknown.- I, ' M' mi ANILLA, Sept., 1. An uprising against the government Is re ported In the province; of Nueva Viscaya. The constabulary : force Is hurrying to the econo and a battle Is expected hourly, The rebel move ment Is - headed by , Simson - Mandac, former governor' of the province of Ilocos . Norte, who . has long : been a fugitive from Justice. .' .; , Mandac occupied Selano, a town about 6000, northwest of the" center of Nueva Viscaya and about Ave. miles north of Bayenbongv, Telegraph, wires north of Bayenbong , have been Cut and It Is Impossible to learn the num ber of Mandac's followers. It Is doubted, however, that the uprising la serious.-- 1 ' ".. . ' To Surround Outlaws. . Col. Taylor, at the head of the con- REGULARS LOST Republicans in State Council Adopt the Platform That Is Decidedly Progressive. . V' : - stabulary at Bayonbong. is preparing M for attack ao4 the constabulary. forces TAFT COMMENDED FOR SOME from other points, are moving toward Selano with the purpose of surround ing the outlaws, and making certain their capture or death. ' Government reinforcements are ..available if they ' should prove to be- needed. Word of the trouble reached. Manila today.- -.Mandac; while governor, subjected a prisoner to a ."third degree" exami nation of such, severity that the man died. ; : .... ' .... The governor was convicted of hom icide. and. sentenced to. 11 years' Im. prlBonment. ' He appealed and while the appeal was pending jumped bond and skipped. . It was thought until, to day he had escaped , abroad: Nueva Viscaya Is the central province of T lrn nnrl Do t rrVrn rr la ( tm nn nllnl 4wawia uuu, ukjuiiiwiuj c sf ufyii ( GenetaliSilIsOn; onuation Alarmma Strikers at Bilbao in Constant Collision With Police, Gen darmes and Strike Breakers -Many Factories Being v ; Closed -Troops Being Concentrated, etc. Bilboa, Spain, Sept 1. Strike situs- lion Is alarming. , The funds of the me,n are exhausted and the strikers are In gly mood. Collisions, with the po lice, gendarmes and' strike breakers are constantly occurring. ' Many fac tories are being closed and work In the harbor has been, wholly suspend ed. . Dock employees aa strike have EXPULSION DP CHOATE IS PETITIONED BY WATTS Hi Files With National Bar Association Charges Against the Am - bassador to Britain. Chattanooga, Sept 1 Charges that Joseph H. Chpate ambassador to Great Britain has been guilty of violation of the constitution of the National Bar assoclatlonand a petition for his expul si on was presented to the Bar Associa tion and referred to the ' grievance committee. The charges are filed by James R. Watts of New York. The charges deal with certain litigation entrusted by Watts to Choate's Vx Arm In 1886. Watts alleges that his taw suit was "sold aut, or thrown away." Other charges reiaia to si leged ' wrongful appropriation by Choate's Arm of money collected for Watts and his wife. I he Gazette-News People Also Had Their Troubles HR GAZETTE-NEWS yesterday ; was Issued as a three-column, ; four-page paper, set by hand, !ed on Job presses, two pages bo printed on a press at the Hackney loale company's place while the r two were printed at the Whlte- Printing company's ofltce. The ' were run by man power; the en was slow. The carriers stuck fully to the Job of distributing ixipers until far Into the night he printing process was so slow, trrti were so dark . that It Is nable to suppose many subscrib ers missed. e little paper, . carrying a good of the troublous 8ay. was given ratultously at the office, to aub r and strsnger, friend and foe. The newsboys sold It on the at a penny a copy; the boys he pennies. The tiny sheet was , and a curiosity; It was also 1 newspsper as far as It went. ny people have expreseed their iitinn of It tl told the big i which people were mainly In l. What few copies were left this morning were still In great de mand, aad the edition was exhausted early In the day. How It Happened. j The Gasette-News Is largely depend ent uoon the Asheville Electric com pany, which was put out of business by Tueaday-nlghfs rains, for light many lamps are burning In the vari ous offices at noon of the brightest flay for power to run the big per fecting press and the battery of Mer renthalers. and for gas to heat the metal pots. All these lanea yester day except the gss supply. The power current ceased at noon. There was no time to Improvise engines, with oni four hours left before time for pumi cation of the city edition. There was nothing to do but for the machine men to set up the story of the flood by hand and for the paper to be printed on Job presses that could be run by human engines. It was a slow, tedious J"b for unaccustomed hand. The electric equipment had never before failed entirely and that It would do so had hardly been reck oned as a possibility. E DF FROM KIEV CONTINUES , Kiev. Russia, Sept 1 Expulsion of Jews who must return to the restrict ed district set apart for them by law continues . on a small scale. A dally average of 15 persons reeelve prelim Inary notice to depart within a cer tain period. About 12 persons are peremptorily expelled every day. From July 10 to August tl Inclus ive a total of 714 persons wers sent away from Kiev or ordered to leave the city. During the same period lit Jews wore expelled from Solomenks and Demleffka suburbs.- ' MEASURES HE HAS PASSED Roosevelt Ilalied as the New World's Champion of the Rlghta of . '- ' Man The. Platform. 1 FATAL flCIIT Issued appeal to their foreign col leagues to refuse to handle merchan dise Intended for shipment here. The troops are being concentrated. .- ' Twenty-two ' Organisations Go Out, -. Saragossa," Spain, Sept 1. -Twenty, two workmen's organizations have de clared a general strike, In sympathy with the strike at Bilbao. v , - lEfiROESlZfllJ II FAST One Woman Fatally, Another Seriously ' Hurt"-Blazing Controller Caused a Panic. Gasette-News Bureau, Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Hollemoni Building, Raleigh, Sept. 1. Rachel Bryant who died this morn ing, snd Mary Bryant were severely Injured from Jumping off a Raleigh street car soon after midnight as the car was running at high speed. They and six other negro passengers became panic-stricken at a biasing controller on the front of the car. As they ran to the rear platform they 1 knocked down and painfully trampled the conductor; trying to calm them. . The flash of the controller was not at all dangerous to street car people. NEW YORK'S POPULATION i TO BE REPDHTEO TONIGHT Estimates Art That Greater New York i Now Has More Than Four and ' a Halt Million People. nenn n IIILULLL lilLMILU fl SIXTH Former Democrat of Wilmington Se lected by Republicans as Candi- diate for Congress. Washington, Sept, 1. The census bureau tonight will make a. statement of the population of Greater Ne York. No Intimation as to the exact figures has been given out, but. It Is known that the bureau baa prepared an estimate of growth, based upon the increase shown between 1100 and 1805, which was something over 83 er cent, by which the present popula tion would be over tour and one half million; In exact figures, 4,(13,104. Special to The Gaxette-News. Wilmington, Bept 1. The repub licans of the Sixth congressional dis trlct In convention here Tuesday nom Inated Iredell Meares of Wilmington to oppose the democratic nominee to be named by that party's convention this month. Mr. Meares Is a former denjocrat and a prominent member of the Wilmington bar. He Is well known over North Carolina and the republi cans In the district feel that they have made a splendid cholec in select ing him as their standard bearer. In his speech of acceptance Mr. Meares said that he proposed to can vass every nook and corner of the dlS' trlct and tell the people that If many of them would vote their true convic tions they "would b found with the republicans In November. He said that ha had no fear of the result If the citizens of the district had the manhood and courage to vote their convictions. All the speakers referred to the democratic muddle In this dls- trlo. There Is much dissatisfaction among the democrats of the district who feel that the state committee should have declared Godwin or Clark the nominee and not called another prl mary. They hold that If the conven tlon was not regular organised then the commute should have ordered reassembling of the delegates. While many prominent democrats express dissatisfaction and others less promi nent declare they will not take part in the primary. It la not believed that the district will be given over to the republicans. The democratic majority Is too' large for them to overcome. It Is said, however, there Is every rea son to believe that the republicans of the state will wage their strongest light in this district this year. SON nOKV TO CONDEMXEn MVR DEBER OF COU HWOI'E. Norfolk Shoots Wife and Isugl- "-m ler. - ',rfolk, Bept 1. After brooding for hours over a family quarrel which lasted well Into last night, J. J. Smith, a bartender aged II years, shot and killed his wife and. It Is believed, fatal ly wounded his 13 years old daughter, Rita, who, pleading with her father not ta shoot, ran between her parents as he tlrew his pistol. Smyth express ed no regret af. the murder of his wife hut was overcome when told that the child would die. Jcalouxy Is asnlgned ss the cause. Kansas City, Mo., Sept l.--The birth of a child to Mrs. a C1rk Hyde, whose husband Is under life ' ntence for murder by poisoning of Thomas B. Swope, spurred this morning. Hyde was not at the bedslds when the child a boy, was born, but arrived from Jail two hours later and was escorted by a deputy marshal. POPVIiATIOW OP BROOKLYN AND YON K Kits. Washington. SeptlThe population of Brook lyn.N. Y. Is 1.(14,351, an In crease of 4(7.081 or II. 1 per crnt as compared with !.((, SR3 In 1100; that of Yonker Is 7I.S0J, sn Increase 11.171 or ((.5 per cent ss compared with 47,3l In U00. FORCE OF GOLF, STORM FELT AT CORPUS GHRISTI Louisville, Ky., Aug. 31. According to advices received here the gulf storm Is making itself felt In full force at Corpus Christ!. Tex. At T o'clock the wind was blowing at 41 miles an hour from the east NO CHOLERA IN BERLIN. Berlin, September 1. It Is . of ficially announced that med ical authorities have - establish ed by bacteriological examination that no case of cholera exists here. Nine suspected cases have been diag nosed as other maladies. There are . .. . . t m r no new vases in me umnuii rpnn dau. ' ,, ' Topeka, Kans., Aug. 31. With Insurgent faction of the republican party of Kansas completely controlling the situation, the state party council yesterday adopted- platform decided ly progressive, j'.'. ."- ' Governor Stubbs was elected chair man of the council, but later he re signed and Senator Bristow was chos en to preside during the rest of the session,- . When Senator Bristow took the chair he spoke on party Issues. He", upheld the inheritance tax, con demned monopolistic control and de clared that more legislation should be enacted controlling the railroads.- The tariff next received his atten tion. "The tariff bill enacted by the congress of 1909 did not follow the standard fixed In the national plat form," he said, "and was a violation of Its pledges. I believe that a new tariff measure, should be passed .and 1 mean to fight for It Just as long as I am In the senate." ' Defeat for "Regulars.' Following the Bristow speech the committee on . resolutions ' submitted Its report As "boon as the platform had- been read by Congressman Mur dock,-Senator "Curtis (Tegular) pro tested against adopting It In toto ana moved that a separate vote for the -national Issue be taken. His motion was lost and the platform was adopt ed as reported. The council then ad; Jouroed. - .: " Portions of the platform are aa lot- "We, the "repabllcans or Kansas, in party council, desiring to express our pride In the traditions of our party feel that respect - and veneration to those traditions and for history we have made may be most adequately and fittingly expressed by turning our faces forward rather than backward, Therefore we bind ourselves to spe cific future performance rather than ask for votes by reason of our past achievement however great It la. Our platform shall be a guarantee of performance rather than a confession ot faith. President Taft Congratulated. "Yet we must congratulate Presi dent Taft and republicans on the suc cessful outcome of the progressive party measures In congress; the postal uvinn hank law: the railroad law nd the law providing for the public ltv of ramDaign expenses, and In tnis connection we wish to commend Rep resentatives Murdock and. Madison tor their work in congress pursuant to the instruction of the Kansas republican ni.tfnrm nf 1908 In modifying the .. . . rules of congress so tnai me ennui ment of these long delayed measures was made possible. We wisn to com mend Senator Bristow for his hard and efficient work to carry out suc cessfully his platform pledges to se cure the enactment of the well-known i.n and short haul clause in m inUHtola enmmerce law. "We pledge anew our loyalty to the ..n..Kiin untlonal olatform of 1901 and bind ourselves to carry Its decla rations, accepting the policy of pro- .oinn outlined in our pany pu" the established policy of the nation and binding our members of congress in both house to vote swan .. .mi without reference to an: other Instruction for a revision of the tariff law of 1101, using as a " . fitn duties the. difference be tween the cost of production at home nd abroad with a reasonable profit for American manufacturer. T.fr itavbrion Not Satisfactory, w do not recognise the revision of the tariff of 1101 a a satisfactory fulfillment of the .tariff pledge of the republican platform, we, inrmu.. pledge the people of Kansas and our ..nnhiican senators and congressmen to work and vote for legislation that will create an Independent non-partisan tariff commission to ascertain accurately the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad and Immediately to flx the dutle on the basis of this platrorm. "We pledge our senators fcnd rep ..u.t.ti.a to vote for a Joint resolu tion that will promote the revision of the tarlfr, one scnooum . m him. Msny other ' progressive Ideas of legislation wr endorsed Including election of senator by direct vote." Rnsniutlon concerning conservation of resources were pasvml and form or President Roosevelt Is commenaea in the following resolution: "We send our greeting to Theodore Roosevelt, the new world' champion of the right ot man In the world-old eontest between rising humanity and tha anernaohmenta of special privi leges. And as republican we tand ready to enlurt under his banner In the fight for human right. Will Swink, Shot in the Stomach byV. E. Sevier, Dies After, s Being Taken to Mis- - . sion Hospital. ' SEVIER, IN PRISON CEU, ' t ? WILL MAKE NO STATEMENT J. K. Bojnton Held as Accessorf Flgh Was Probably Result of Swlnli'i r Feeling ; Against Judge . ; : W - Tini WEATHER. For Asheville and vicinity: Unset tied weather with shower tonlghtoor Frldsv. " For North Carolina: Partly cloudy with shower tonight or Friday cool er In extreme east portion tonight ILL SWINK, at young i white . - man. . of the town,.'. was shot and mortally wounded , In a cafe on : South Main street this : morning by W. B. "Pete" Sevier, also a well known young man of Asheville. The, trouble that re suited .in the, killing probably grew' out of Swink's ill-feeling toward "for. : mer Police Justice G. 8. Reynolds. It seems that something .more than a' yeftr sgo Swlnk was fined ISO by. Judge Reynolds, - which , aroused hi' : anger. - It Is alleged that1: he had , 'talked about" Judge Reynolds and had ' made threats. ; This t morning y shortly before 3 o'clock Judge Rey-: : nolds In passing along South Main . street was ' told that Will Swlnk was - in the cafe formerly run by Talley and, that he was making threats. It i ' said that Judge fteynolds went , Into - the cafe, saw Swlnk and asked him . what he wanted to be , "knocking' ; hint about.' Swlnk made denial of the."' charge and later accused: Pete Sevier, It Is said, of telling, Judge Reynolds about the talk. It Is said that Sevier . - ' had nothing to do with it Sevier and , Swlnk stood In th -cafe and "chewed the rR" for a time about, the alleged ... conversation when tt .i is'', said that Swlrik drew." a' knife frin bUJCgat pocket and started toward Sevier. It was then that .Sevier drew a plaint and fired,- The Fight N The first shot missed. Another shot was fired which took effect In ywlnk's abdomen. It Is said that even this did not stop the man, and he and Sevier clinched. Just what else hap pened about that time Is not made plain except that In a few seconds Swlnk staggered out of the place with - several scalp wounds and his face covered with blood in addition to the fatal wound In the stomach. He went out of the building, staggered down the street a few steps and dropped' Into a chair near the sidewalk In front of W. H. Bush's cafe. The cafe was about to close. but before tho . 'V doors were shut Swlnk arose front the chair and staggering Into the' place fell headlong on the floor. . . - j , . Physicians were hurriedly summoned. ,. , Dr. Morris was the first to respond' while Dr. Reeves was only a few min utes later. An examination . was made and It was found that Swink , had been shot through the stomach.. ' . It was realised that the wound was probably fatal and Swlnk wa ln-: , .--formed of thl fact and that h would . .; be taken to the Mission hospital. The : f Vy man protested against going to the. hospital, saying that he wanted to go ? home. He realised that, h wa golag - ( to die. He was taken to the hospital . and died shortly after reaching the :v ; Institution. ' Scalp Wounds. - . ' Today the body was taken to the undertaking establishment of Hare, Bard ft Co., where many people during ,' the morning went to view the body. t Swlnk' head was bruised and bloody ? ' the scalp wa cut in probably six or even place while three old wound were found. '. f After the jshootlng Sevier and J. K. Boynton were arrested, the former charged with the deadly assault and the latter charged with being an ac cessory. The arrest of Boynton grew out of the statement of Swlnk before his death that Boynton had struck him In the head with the butt ot a pistol. '. , Doe Not Car to Talk. . In city lock-up this morning Mr. Sevier declined to make any statement about the affair. He said that he bad nothing to say; that he, did not care to talk. Mr. Boynton, In the same celt,, said that he had nothing to do with the fight; that he was standing on the outside of the. building when the fight occurred. Judge Reynold said that he knew nothing about ' the wounds In Swlnk' head; that he sX Swlnk attack Sevier wjth a knife and that the latter shot and the two mea grappled. He did not know how the wounds were made on Swlnk' head. ' ' -. lite Coroner' Jury. Coroner Morris, when Informed of Swlnk' death, jnsde ready for the In quest and a Jury this morning was summoned to Investigate Into the kill ing.' The Jury, composed of George Cathey, J. H. Reed. R. O. Patterson, R. t Lee, P. H. Thresh and W. H. Lasater, were summoned to alt at 8 o'clock thl afternoon In Hare, Bard Company' undertaking establish ment on South Main street At that hour the Jurymen were present and promptly Coroner Morris began hold ing an autopsy. The autopsy was of no great length since only the one bullet the shot In the abdomen, had ' to lie traced. That was the wound Continued on page 8, 1
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