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f3l il THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:69 P. XL WeatheT Forecast FAIR AND WARMER. VOL. XVn., NO. 275. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 28, 1912. PRICE THREE CENTS 38 GUmO'YIN DYNAMITE M niREuni BOILER BLOWS PLOT; 2 ARE ACQUITTED UP, NINE DEAD SHIM Every Count Sustained Against Officials Found Guilty. KERN WILL APPEAL TO CIRCUIT COURT MAXIMUM PENALTY 39 YEARS IN PRISON Sentences Will Be Imposed Monday According to "Relative GuilC of Defendants. I XDIAXAPOLIS, IND, Dec. 28. Tlilrty-elght labor, union officials today were found guilty of com plicity in the McNuniara , dynamite, plots, including tlio wrecking of the Los Angeles Times building. I Yank M. Ryan, president of the In ternational Association of Bridge and structural Iron Workers, was onions those convicted, lie, with others, wax uivuscil of using the union's funds to destroy the property of contractors who refused to recognize the union. Two defendants were found "not guilty." Tlioy are Herman 1. Self fort of MUwaukee and Daniel Buck ley of Davenport, la. . The verdicts were brought In at 10 a. m. -" i All those adjudged guilty were found guilty .on all the counU as charged In the indictments. The Jury was discharged and court adjourned until 10 a. m. Monday, at which time the sentences will be im posed. ' Selffert and Buckley, the only two men out of the 40 labor union officials to he adjudged not guilty, immediate ly were discharged from custody. Dynamite Plotters Jailed. After Judge Anderson had cleared the courtroom of all spectators and the families of the defendants, the S8 prisoners were taken in custody by Iienutv United States marshals ana were taken to the Marion county Jail. By Associated Press. "Preparations for! the ' appeal were Washington, Dec. 28. Senator maae ln advance," said Senator Kern, " A .will t.A madM tr. Vi n TTmltjul Kern of counsel for the defendants, statcj clrculf. courrt: 0f appeala in wnen tola or tne verutcis at inaiana- the regular way. " ' -s " polis, declared the cases would be ap- ' Further than that Senator Kern de pealed. cllned to comment : "Great Surprise 'Says Attorney for Defense By Associated Prest. Indianapolln, Dec. 28. "It was a great surprise to us," said Attorney Harding' of the defense, discussing the dynamite verdict.- "We struggled through this long trial In the presump tion that all these men were innocent. Ryan "and the others declared repeat edly they were in absolute ignorance of McNumara's damnable dynamis ing. .".'' "Our hope now is to secure as light SCENES RT LITTLE FALLS President-Elect Reviews Par ade and Witnesses Dem onstration at the His toric Virginia Town. Textile Strikers and Police . - FOUR CAVALRY TROOPS Clash as Arbitration SENT FOR OCCASION! Board Works Two Seaboard Officials and Six Roundhouse Helpers Among the Dead at Hamlet. Municipality Presents Wilson with Miniatures of His Parents He Receives Many Callers. .sentences as possible. We believe on Monday some of the men will be given only short terms, as the court intlmi dated some weeks ago It had not been shown that they all were equally guilty.:. :S ".'. " ; "The court is bound 'to recognize our appeals to the I'nited States Cir cuit Court of Appeals and to - give bonds pending the . appeals, but the bonds may be so heavy the prisoners cannot furnish-them." SHOPS ARE WRECKED; VICTIMS MANGLED Two Besides the Known Dead Each prisoner, as found guilty, stands convicted of bavins in one instanc joined a conspiracy to commit an or fense against the government, this be ing punishable by two years' impris onment, or a fine of $10,000 or both. Kacli prisoner also is found guilty of 25 rliarges or illegal transportation of explosives on interstate passenger trains, each offense being punlsliablc by an imprisonment of 18 months or $2000 fine, or both. While tlie cumulated possible punishments are 39 years, the court Intimated in the course of trial he would impose sen tences in accordance with the degree of guilt. All the overt acts were charged as being related to the series of dynamite and nitro-glyerlne explosions; includ ing those on the Pacific coast as well 4S 'those m New England .which were directed against '. open shop" structur al iron and steel contractors, against whom a strike was called by the in ternational iron workers union ln 1905. After receiving their sentences the prisoners are to be taken to a fed eral prison, probably at Leavenworth, Kan. A special train probably will be used. The end of the historic trials came at 10 A. M., the jury having been out since Thursday at 6 P. M. The Verdict Rendered. The jurors entered the courtroom. passed before the 40 men on trial and AFTER SHORT DISCUSSION PERCE ENVOYS RDJOURN Turkish Representatives Ask Opportunity Further to Communicate with Porte. ma I arln A Tt'otrlllnA I indicated the Importance of what and Kugene A. Clancy of San Fran- they were about to reveal only by in- rlseo and 3. E. Munsey or Salt lake' .... ...... ; "Gentlemen of 1 liy HUNUUIICU lim mm o charge that they aided In plotting tlie lies Angeles explosion in which St persons were killed, and assisted In the evcape of James B. McNamara on his flight from the scene of that crime. 1 By Us verdict the Jury also sus tained the charges that the McNamara brothers, now in prison in California, wore aided In tlie nation-wide dyna mite plots by almost all the executive officials of the iron workers union. and that they knowingly carried on I ' the conspiracy for years by causing explosives to be transported on pas senger trains. As head of th union of 12,000 members, President Ryan once sat In the councils of the American Federa tion of Labor. Tveltmoe of San Francisco was charged with not only supplying two men to' assist in blowing up the Lop Angeles Times building but also with havlnir asked for more explosions. He is secretary of the California Building Trades council, an editor and a leader In labor circles on the coast. Court Room Kcene Tragic At the head of those found guilty Is Herbert 8. Hockln, called "the Iago of the conspiracy"' because he wac charged with first Initiating Ortle E. ' McManlgal as a hired dynamiter and then with betraying all the dynamiters to nrnmote his own ambition. It was he who. once recretary of the Inter national union, "whispered Into the c:ir of Detective Hums the names of the I .os Angeles dynamiters." John T. Ilutler, Vice president of the Iron workers, was also convicted, having been branded by the court as a "per jurer" after he hud denied that Mc N.unara was drawing 11000 a month to pay for dynamiting. A scene almost tragic was enacted In the court room In the few minutes after the trial's conclusion. As United Hlutet Marshal Edward Schmidt or dered tha prisoners, one by one, to Men before the court, tha wives of a score of the men In the rear of the room loaned pitifully over the railings, calllna for their husbands. Mrs. I'rank J. Hlgglns of Boston collapsed. Rhe had been crying hysterically. An other disposition was shown by Mrs. John II. Barry of St Louis. With a mile she threw her arms about her husband, bogging him to hava cour age. "Be of good cheer, John," she raid, "tua cannot expect a sever punishment." As soon as his name was celled, Frank K. Painter of Oma hn pulled a stickpin out of his necktie and his purse out of his pocket and handsd them to on of his attorneys. Jnn.es Coonry, ona of the Chicago prUonera, sat with outward calm reading a newspaper while the ver dicts were being read, and threw down the paper only when his name ralii-d to st"ti before the court. 'Gentlemen of the Jury, have you agreed upon verdicts?" asked Judge Anderson. "We have," said ths foreman, ris ing. ' "His voice was like a whisper but it echoed throughout the court The sobbing of women was heard from that part of the room where the wives of the defendants sat A bundle of paper was passed from the Jury box to Clerk Butler. He By Auociatei Pr. London, Dec. 28. Peace envoys representing the Balkan allies and the Turkish empire met again today and after an hour and a halt's discussion.? decided on a further adjournment un ill 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. The first matter on hand was the presentation by the Turkish plenipo tentiaries of the counter proposals put forward by the Ottoman government ln reply to those offered by the Balkan allies. The Balkan representatives found the Turkish conditions quite unaccept able and after discussion, as no fur ther progress was made, the Turkish envoys said that they must again com municate with their government IS" :s Confesses She Planned Killing in Order to Marry Farm Han. '-'' f . , By JjmctoteiJPrut. Macon, Ga., .Dec tS.-r Having con fessed to promptlng'Nick Wllburn,.a farm hand, to" kill Her husband on December, 12, Mr8rameS King, wife of the murdered planter, today sat in her little cell in the lonely county jail at Grays and caressed her six child ren, who called early In the morning and sat with her throughout the day. Bit Associated Prest, Staunton, Va., Dec. 28. With the cheers of thousands of people gath ered in reunion from alj parts of the country, reverberating' about hlm( President-elect Wilson stood in a glow of sunshine today reviewing a parade of his fellow townsmen. It was their tribute to the son of Staunton who came on his fifty-sixth birthday to his native home. The president-elect smiled appreciatively as the demon- tration proceeded with Increasing noise and enthusiasm. Before the parade, Mr. Wilson re ceived the town officials and the vari ous committees. Officers of the fif teenth United States cavalry, com manding the four troops, sent here by the war department as a compliment to the next president, paid their re spects to Governor Wilson. As a birthday present the munici pality presented to its guests two Ivory miniatures of the Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Wilson, parents of the governor. Old residents by scores stopped to shake the governor's hand I heard your father preach many years ago, an old letter carried tola him. Did it do you any good?" asked the president-elect with a smile. "No, I'm a Methodist" was the let ter carrier's laughing reply. . The governor- said .he. - felt - "as -well as ever" today. As the stream of callers passed into the manse to greet the governor, he laughed and ' chatted with all. He pointed out objects of interest about the house and proudly, showed his callers the room where he was born. Staunton, Va., Dec. 28. President B Associated Prett. Little Falls, N. Y Dec. 28. With tlie state board of arbitration sitting as mediators in the strike of the tex tile workers, hundreds . of strikers gathered in the streets today and clashed with the police. The first con lliet came at the Phoenix mills, where the police cleared the sidewalks of massed pickets; the second on Main street where they dispersed a strikers purade. During the second demon stration one of the strikers lying prone on the sidewalk refused to move. Women In the precession began to scream that he had been clubbed but this the police denied. The board continued taking the tes timony of strikers today. Annie Ko- kis, a machine operator at the Phoe nix mills, testified that Chief of Police Long threw her down the steps of the strikers' headquarters the day the strike was called. Then, she continu ed, he threw three girls on top of her. This was while he was raiding the building to find the strike leaders. Yesterday, she added, a policeman at tempted to flirt with her while she was on picket duty. She told the bluocoat she declared, that she was married and took her husband's arm. Her husband, she said, was immediately clubbed. Mrs. Annie Malarfk, who said she was 24 years of age and received 14 a week for her work, testified that she and her husband lived in an eight- room house with 23 other persons. They slept three or four in a bed, she said. are Missing One Man Hurled 200 Feet FILIPINOS IE SEEKING El The children, five of whom are under 10 years of age, are adhering to their wl)g(m h,g eyeg here th)B morning in the same home and in II TO S1BT1EEJF HUN Understood Burnsville Bank Stockholders Will Make Inauguration Plans. I" '" ' ' v I The first name was Ryan. "Guilty," said Mr. Butler. "We find the defendant gulllty as charged ln the Indictment." All who could see him looked at Ryan, a gray-haired man of S7 years who had. traveled for the union, so much that he said he had no home. Gentlemen of the jury. Is that your verdict?" Tlio answer came from each Juror, "It is." Then began the further reading of the brief message, which pronounced the fate of the other defendants. The men were not charged actual ly with causing explqslons. The only charges under which they could be prosecuted were conspiracy and llle nal transportation of explosives. But the court ruled that evidence as to violence was competent as showing a motive. About thirty wives with almost as many children are separat ed from their husbands by the ver- Almost the entire start or execuuvo nfliplnla of the ron worKors union nrora pnnvlcted. The Only offlclalB not on trial were J. McClory, Cleve land, now secretary and Ed. Lewis, San Francisco, a member of the exe cutive board. niMtrk t Attorney's Statement rhnris. W. Miller, the United States district attorney who prosecut- ri for the sovernment said "Nothing else could havs been ex- n.t-A The evidence or wide conspiracy which began ln local slugging! and assaults on non-union workmen and grew Because ira. -u thorltles failed to prosecute becam finally so bold that dynamite ws re sorted to. ..... Ths dynamiters grew bold In vlolat Ing federal laws in carrrylng these deadly explosives on passenger trains, but they never dreamed of prosecu tion. This prosecution hould be i a nmnral labor. It will purge It of the rough tactics. The whole United States owes a debt of grati tude to that Jury." ; immense crowds assembled In tha streets about the federal building. Wheu the prisoners were nrousni the streets became so domed that police had to force the throngs back. As they emerged handcuffed on the top steps of the hullding the group of nrl.nm.ri stood between two collHMnl mother, notwithstanding her confes Blon that she plotted, her husband's deliberate death and Illicitly loved the man who fired the fatal shot. In his cell in the Bibb county Jail in Macon, Nick Wilburn, the slayer, coolcy de clared that he "guessed they would hoth hane." but expressed the hope that Mrs. King would not have to die on the sallows. A special term of the Jones county court will be called by Judge Park for the trial of the confessed mur practically the same surroundings as 56 years ago today when he was born, He had slept ln the manse of the First Presbyterian church of which his father. Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, was pastor, more than a half century ago. From far and wide admirers and childhood friends of Mr. Wilson have come to Staunton. The crowds be, gan to surge through the streets early to gain the best points from which to oaten a glimpse of the future presi- Delegates from Island Coming to Work for the Jones Bill Special to The Gazette-New: Raleigh, Dec. 28. Nine persons are known to be dead and two negroes are missing as the result of the explo sion of a stationary boiler at Hamlet today. The white dead: CHARLES B. UTTER, general roundhouse foreman. WILLIAM UTTER, the foreman's brother. . H. G. REYNOLDS, electrician. Negroes: Charles tdbetter, Ed Gilchrist Jim Powers, William Bal lentine, John Thompson, John Mor rison. Charles B. Utter and his brother went to the roundhouse at 7 o'clock this morning to work on an injector that had been reported In trouble. Both men were In front of the boiler when the explosion occurred and their remains had to be scooped up with a shovel. Reynolds, the electrician, was killed in an adjoining room by the force of the explosion and falling walls, and five negroes were killed in the wash room. Most of the machine shop was de molished by the force of the explo sion and Charles Ledbetter was blown a distance of 200 feet Part of the boiler was blown BOO feet All the white men were married and leaev families. The funerals of the victims will be held tomorrow. All the principal lines of the Sea hoard pass through Hamlet, and the principal shops of the system are lo cated there. A large number of men are employed in the shops and it is considered remarkable that' the casu alty list was not larger. 1 Bt Auoelatet Preu. Columbia, S. C Dec 28. Seaboard Air Line officials here report nine men were killed in the explosion of a boil er In one of the shop buildings of the system at Hamlet N. C. Charles B. Utter, general foreman, his brother, William Utter, Electrician Reynolds and six roundhouse ' helpers, mostly negroes, are reported as killed. The cause of the explosion has not been learned. , de're. Only the recommendation of o.n,-- the jury lor tne mercy a Governor Wilson Inserted a few ex can save tne woman iru... u". mher. , ,hA nrneram todav. Her brother has empioyea -- --- r -,,, '"h--n' the trap. when he decided to visit three women a lawyer to plead tor mercy ... , , while the brother, or ner muruer husband have also engaged mlrlneiv mummed hi. first teeth. The Americans is too high, due largely to -- , - i ..... . . , , i By Associated Press. San Francisco, Dec. 28. Samuel Queseon and M. Earnshaw. delegates to congress from the Philippine 1st lands, who will renew the fight for the independence of the Philippines, are here today enroute to Washington, They seek an autonomous government under the protection of . the United States. The Filipinos believed they should have their own government and offi cials, said Queosedn. The cost of the eovernment administered by tne TO F in the prosecu- Bpecial to The Oatette-Hewt. Knlelgn, uec. zo. oian on ex aminer S. A Hubbard telegraphs tne corporation commission that he is still ln charge of the Citizens' nanu or Burnsville, whose cashier, James B. Hensley, was arrested Tuesday after confessing to a shortage of 131,000. Very lltllo infot motion has been re ceived at the office of the corporation commission because of the inaccessi bility of Burnswille. but It is under- iimtil that the stockholders of the honk niti-eed to make good the short age and continue the Institution If no other mlnapproprlatlons are rounn. Alexander Webb of Raleigh has been appointed chairman of the clti r.ens committee at the Inauguration of Governor Craig January 14 and Major J. J. Bernard has been appolntod chief In charge of the visiting guardsmen. Details of the inauguration are rapidly being worked out. and Governor i-miir'i enmlnir to Itulelgh will he made a distinctive event Many mm tary companies will participate. to assbit the state (Inn Mrs. King, widow of the Round -., ta nlanter who was killed near here December 12, last night nnnrri that she plotted with Nich olas Wilburn, a farm hand, to kill her husband so that she might marry vyu are Mrs. Eiizaoetn nayser, L. Hoover and Mrs. Amanda women Mrs. H. Flutx. The parade today, which the next president reviews with Governor Mann, will follow an informal recep Hon in the manse. Rev. Dr. A. N. Frazer, pastor of the church which the salaries paid to Americana In offi cials positions. There are in the Philippines ,- 000.000 natives and of these less than 400.000 are uncivilized. Our schools have graduated 1,500.000 pupils who can rend and write English and Span Ish, and 25 per cent of the population burn and secure S2O00 life lnBUrance Qovernor wuium's father headed, and can read and writ-. We believe the onrriol hv her husband, Mrs. King was arrested at her home near Round Oak yesterday after Nlch i U.-.1I.,,.-., as. In a confession to h iIpa admitted that he killed Mr. Klnir's husband because she of fered him $600 to comm't the crime and promised to marry him after it had been perperratea. to Kinr. a prominent planter, disappeared December 12. His body was found with J bullet wound ln the heart ln a woods where he had gone hi.ntin. His bird dog wn keeping watch over the body. Indications were ih imA that King wns responsible for his death. Investigation led to the arrest of Wilburn and James Barber, .. ih. Kirth hnmA f I .Tones bill now before congress will Governor Wilson, will deliver the wel- settle the present status of the Philip coming address. At the recetpion to follow, the first in line will be a negro. Frank T. Ware, who wheeled Governor Wilson during his babyhood. pines if it is passed and lighten the burder of taxation and give us more national unity and pride KILLED TRYING TO IMtEVF.NT YOUNG MAX FROM SMOKISU HAS CHOSEN SEGRETRRY 10 EXECUTIVE CLERK In Frolic Over PosMesslon of a Cigar ctto Box a Young Widow Meets Death, pone wu- Mr. Craig Selects Mr. Kerr for ... ..... . ..: . m.ri,l .tatties representing no"" . .m.s.0,0 ..imM.. m-ni. vary ro.n ...n ' . .,.. .... i,,thed In minimum ( )iir-i. In i'n POLICE CHIEF'S BODY IS FOUND IN SWAMP By Associated Press. Ashburn, Ga., Dec. 28. After hav ing been missing since Friday .after noon, the body of Chief of Police J. D. U Moore was found early today in a awn nip back of the farmers ginnery on it.o outskirts of the town. His pistol was clutched In one hand, with one chamber exploded, indicating that he mot death at his own hand. Ths the ory of murder also has been advanced and an investigation la being conduct ed. Memorial to Heroes of the Wlrdesa. Anoeiatrt Preu. New York, Dec. 28. A public foutl .in memorial to wireless opera tors who have stuck to their posts and gone down with tnetr snips, particu larly to Jack Phillips of the Titanic, la to be erected in Battery Park by h. Phllllna Tltanlo Memorial com mute to announcement of Its plans today. A sum of U700 collected from the public, mostly from nu--ngers on steamships. Is In ths hands of the committee and It I proposed to de vote a port of thla fund to the foun tnln If the city consents to Its erec tion at the battery. a negro. In his confession to the burn is quoted as asying. VnmDr- Mr Trirtmasnn fnr Mrs. King had otrerea me ouu i viuiu-i uiu hr husband. Bhe said she want ed to get rid of him and promised to m.r,, m tr i ki iea mm. m 9nnn nr Insurance. "On December 12 I was passing the vu. hnma. She called to me and ma that Mr. King had gone hunt Ing, and for me to go through the woods, find him and shoot him. I fol lowed him and when he stopped to rest I Latter Place. Governor-elect Craig today author ized the announcement that he win appoint as his private secretary J. P. Kerr, and as his executive cierg uar- land A. Thomason, both of Asheville. By Associated Press. Los Angeles, Dec. 28. Because she did not anorove of cigarette smoking, Mrs. Hortense Koetch, a young widow. met death last night At hnlldav party where Mrs. Koetch was a guest, B. C. Jtowe, young man. exhibited a box of cigar Mtes and announced that he was go In outside to smoke. Mrs. Koetch said she did not approve of cigarette smoking and playfully snatched the box as she ran to another room, uow giving chase. Mrs. Koetch shut tne aoor just Howe reached It and his shoulder went through the glass. Mrs. Koetch tried to pull the door open but she snaiierea 'rovisional Government for Eight Years, Then Inde pendence His Program. By Associated Press. Staunton, Va., Dec. 28. President elect Wilson favors a provisional gov ernment for the Philippines for eight yenrs .'.t.d independence thereafter, according to Representatives William A. Jones of Virginia, chairman oi me house insular affairs committee, who discussed the Philippine situation witn him on the train yesterday. The nresldcnt-elect announcen merely that he had talked with Mr. Jones about the general aitustion. Asked particularly if he had tamea about the bill being pressed by Repre sentative Jones in congress, proposing a provisional government for eight years and independence afterwards. Mr. Wilson replied: "Oh, we talked about that at Sea girt last summer." Representative Jones, however, had no hesitancy ln saying that Governor Wilson already had heartily endorsed to him the pending bill. "We really don't expect the meas ure to pass this congress," said Mr. Jones, "but it surely will go to you In the extra session and will be one of the first pledges of the democratic na tional platform to oe cameo ouu mm sm.n ti wnru iid - . mil inrwuru akiuiisvv sneaked up behind him, grabbed Mr. Thomason Is the junior member A of gIaJM p,.rce(1 hi. gun and then .hot him Just over of the nr otg - he, neck, severing the Jugular vein mi i " - .1 n n i ash a fi tan n imnr lniianuy. the breast He mkm mi i """" 7. - mh,r of and she died almost insutnuy. -ht him nv mors. Just men iw u "". I - i ...... ii . i. it a r v fit!.n to ai-i . . ... ... fell over. '- .. V . . TJ" il.f in No Trace OI naming Niip, i ritf ma on in in nw iia.nu am - . . i . s , im. ni Mr. i.nm. was iui in.", . v.. -. - - back to tna nouse ana turn --- nil..-, hold I 01 ln -cnuun-r what I had done. Bha said I was a of th. publisher, of the Llttaen. heh3 r wM found bjr two Mvenu, good boy and she thought a lot oi i - cutters which spent tne nigm cm..- ' I for soma time, and his counsel la ai-l, . rh.w ,ni nu( me." MAN KILLS HIS WIFE AND HIS STEP -MOTHER Mi A bmmUIjw fafa T...rne. lnd.. Dec. I g. Edward Hart shot and killed his wife. M ti. iiart. from whom she was sop .r.fl snd her mother. Mrs. Barah Mcllrld. today, ..v. .niisht and highly respected In Mrclus identified With tn leaaersrep of his party. Youth of 17 a RuMtlei Stock Market Gambling. ln oft Block Island. They continued their search today. f ) Throughout the nlghtan Icy north west gale blew along thrf coast With ths rising of ths sun the wina moa rsted. Ths flr was first reponea irom riirwb uinnd lost nlsht. . The burn ing craft appeared to be a four mas i.r about 11 miles oft shore. Sesfsr hnme of a brother and was captured. Hnrt hud been mmrrUd only a few months. 4 .m jmmUI 9t mmm. Vwton. Mum. Dec. II Bad luck LSt Xnoiic: ,ou,;rv. ... h h. - - , win aehnoner must nave oeen unvm After the shooting Hart went to the IT years o.o tiw "-";::., v., htf th. names. The sea was the son of a wealthy mining man who la now In Alaska. was so rough that small craft could I not stay afloat long. Army Official Mes Suddenly In Cab, B Anodate Pre. Washington. Dec. II Joseph Bell, chief of ths quartermaster-general's office of the army, died suddenly In a cab last night while on his way home. He was a cousin of Msjor General J. Franklin Bell, ln command of the army In the Philippines and formerly chief of staff of the army. An Inquest probably will bs held to day, although physicians agreed that Mr. Bell was a victim of hearty fail ure. , Deaf-Mute Murdered. atioofcifad Pmm. Union, 8. C. Dec. 28. K. D. 6moa!, an aged desf-muts farmer, who lived slon near Cedar Sprlnss. twenty miles from here. ws found d'sd In h homs yesterday, according to newii brought here today. A wsfh nl some money on the d-nd man's p r- aon were untouch'!, imi ' ' belief Is that -'.nnk WHS tl.ir-.'l'e,. Ths authorities i" I"" ' l; in,, v ii M urn in .(, - ji - . , r. .. f .,. I (Con'li.ued on pane 4)
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