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VOLUME 91
DURHAM.-N. a TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1911
NUMBER 108
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UTER SHdSThER FATHER
In. J. JU Caspian, 1 Wirni' (
tj Tlrllm of Besst la Hi ma Farm
"Father of TUni later Hon
Willi Other Xrgrees, Oteilmweri
Mat and Tarns Ulm Om to Officer
Warren ton. Sept II A negro,
C.orge Marshall, lately returned
from tha north, late Saturday after
noon criminally assaulu-d Mrs. J. K.
Cboplln, the Wife ofa respectable
farmer of Vlcksboro, 14 mllea from
here, after having threatened to kill
her.
It appeara that Mrs. Cboplln, the
daughter of Mr. J. W. Abbott, aged
22 years, on going to the spring near
the dwelling, waa held up by Marahall,
who with g'to In hand, criminally
assaulted her. Returning to the
bouse she related -to, her husband
and father what bad occurred.
The father with two or three neigh
bors, white and colored, approach!
the n-gros home, not to arrest him,
but to watch that ha did not escape
while tha sheriff waa being phoned
for. Upon tha approach of the father
the negro shot him with bird abut
la the face and In the lerst and. with
the second barrel. In tbe hip and aide.
The fette- la In a aerloua condition,
but will recover If no complications
t In..
Tbe sheriff and pots?, armed only
wilh shot guns, attempted to captura
the infra, but waa shot at and fre
quently si ruck with stray bird shot
The aberiS returned to l?n. leav
ing 'ha bousa gtsardedfo procure help
with rlfl . returned anC deuaud-d a
nurrendcr. . ; m
I'puu the appeal of the father sad
brother of tha negro they were allow
ed to capture him and tura him over
to tbe sheriff The brother and brother-in-law
made friendly approach
while tbe sheriff and pose apparently
disappeared. On gaining' an entrance
they grabbed tha criminal and called
the sheriff, who bound blm and
b ought him lo Warrnton to Jail.
Thlj course waa pursued In order to
pr vat blood abed and tbe killing of
he negro In tha home of his father,
who I a respectable colored cltlten
and land owner. The colored people
aided In the arrest and bitterly con
demned tbe crime.
Mis. Cboplln kt ready to go before
the grand Jury, now In acaelon here,
and there la no question of a convic
tion. Judge Justice, In bla remarks
to tbe grand Jury this morning, said
that tbe conduct of the cltlaena of
Warrentoa waa Juat simply admirable.
NVgro Kluta'era la their churches
here yesterday condemned the crime
In tbe strongest terms and assured the
publJ of their disapproval of aura
conduct and their readiness In aid
ing In upholding tha law.
Tba rase will go to the grand Jury
this afternoon and be tried Tuesday or
Wednesday. The victim of too flend
ab crime, bey husband and father live
on the landa or tbe editor of tbe War
rentoa Record.
FATAL AUTOMOBILE RICE
ME I'ERMnHhII.Lr.n rTHt LEE
H.lFILt.D 1ACHIU M UST
TIKE A D rLt'XfiEH I HO f KHD
Syracuse, X. T., Sept. 1.-Mne per
sons art known lo be dead and at least
1 4 hurt, several probably faulty, as a
automobile tare at the slat fair trask
result of an accident In tbe r.o-mll.
late Saturday afterifuon.
A Knox racing car, driven by Lee
Oldfleld, craabed through tha fence
on the turn after leaving the stretch
la front of tha grand stand and
Ploughed for some distance Into the
crowd, causing the casualties. Old
Id wan not aerloualy hut. The blow,
lug np of a tire on OWo-hls machine
was responsible for the accident '
Efforts were msda by prominent
Syracusans lo stop the meet at one.
Starter Fred J. Waaner. of New
York, however, refused to atop the
He started another rare, the
last me of the day, within Bve min
utes after the track had been cleared
(iramlrailu-e ilauaa Mm!?
fcnld, Olka , Sept. Jn.Ths ao-
iiei "grandfather clsuso" cases
er railed for bearing today before
Judge Cotteral n tt, federal court.
The defendants are Jack fteall and
Jack quinn, of Kingfisher county.
Who art Under federal Inrflrlmanl rr
Jefimmg negroea tha right to vote
Joe congressmen at tha Isst flection
tt anforcing tba grundfaiher clause
Torsion or tba slats Conatltutlon
gainst then.
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Stihksry W-x j
Ettj ai Is Ctx;M
Salisbury, Sept. 18. Charles F.
Stewart, a well known young man
living near thla city, la under arreit
charged with using the U. 8. mail
for Illegal purposes in an alleged
black band attemnt to obtain a aum
of money froth Cashier Snider of the
Wachovia Banking and Trust Com
pany of tbla city.
Stewart la alleged, to have" written
a number or lettera mreatening
death to Snider and every member of
bla family if a Urge sum of money
waa not left In a certain apot Friday
night. Bnlder communicated with
the authorities and PostoflW Inspec
tor nulla, of Washington, swore out
a warrant for the arrest. Assisted
by Sheriff McKensle, Inspector Bulla
laid a trap which led to the capture
of Stewart Impersonating Snider,
an officer went to ths eutaklrta of the
city along a lonely road aa the black-
hand letter had directed. Aa soon
aa he beard a bell ring, aa the di
rection specified, be stopped and
finding a bag In wblcb the money
was to have bene placed, followed a
cord which waa attached to the bell.
The string led blm to a thick ander-
brush at the roadside where he
caught Stewart holding the other
end. The young man waa arrested
and brought to Salisbury Jail.
Stewart gave bond Saturday night,
Mr. Si.lder, tha man whom he had
so aerloualy threatened, going his
bond. Tha trial la set for next Tues
day. TR1HITY BASEBALL TEAM
" f
CAmi Bl'SDT CALLED HIS IE
TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOO TO
rBEPAHE FOR CAVE.
Capt E. E. Bundy, who was elected
last year as captain of the Trinity
baseball team for this year issued a
call for all of tba old players and
any new one that wished to try for
the team to report at tha Han ath
letic fold this afternoon.
Five of the old players were pres
ent and aeveral new one to try for
tbe team. Trinity will play the hoiie
ry mill team some time soon and hard
practice will be given the bora ontll
the data set for tha games.
Everything looks good for Trinity
to have another good baseball season.
Coarb Atkins will be In Durham ear
ly In tbe apriiig and will set all of the
recruit at work with bard practice.
Paymaster Is Killed.
But Money Is Saved
Pittsburg, Sept. 11. While drlv
Ing to tbe mines of the Superior Coal
Company near here Saturday, with
tbe semi-monthly pay for tha miners.
David Stecn waa shot and Instantly
killed by highwaymen. Ilia father,
William J. Steen, who waa In the
buggy with him, caught tha body of
hla aon aa It toppled over. Tba
money, 12,400, wss saved. .
Later In tha day, Quadrat a Orrig
belli, an Italian, waa arrested, sus
pected of knowing something of tbe
crime, and It was with difficulty that
troopers of tha state constabulary
presented tba elder Steen from tbrot
tilng blm.
IT
"THICK BY KWINHIMJ iMXllt OF
MOCTIIKItV FRKItaiTi KNOCK
IDl NDKlt HF..tlHlARI TKAIV.
Raleigh, Sept. II. Walter Arm
strong, a young married man of this
city, while walking along the paral
lel trarka of tbe Southern and Sea
board Air Line railroads esrly Sun
dav tmnralnc waa struck on lbs best!
by e swinging door on a car on a
Southern freight train and knocked
ancnnarlnua o nto the fVaboard
tracks, where another passing train
crushed his left arm. He la In
precarious condition at He Hospital
bere. Tb railroad autboritiea will
contend that ho aa drunk.
lire Few to Deliver
Address AI Charlotte
The committee on Asaoclatlnn Work
In cotton mill mmmnnltleg will hold
a meeting In Charlotte beginning on
tha twentieth of September and con
Uuulug until tha twenty-third. At
the first e-enlng seealon, on Wednes
day ths addro of the occasion will
be delivered by President W. I, Few,
of Trinity College. Dr. Few will
leava for Charlotte Wednesday morn
me.
independence Day In Oilll.
Santiago, Chill, Sept II. The
11 nth anniversary of tha declaration
of Chilian Independence waa cele
brated with elaborate . feet Irl ties
throughout tb republic today.
CtiCesuiti "
KetJ tsck" Eryait Writes I
Trl? Tkrou;h Tir Beelioa
Find Cotton Mills In Serious Trouble
With Something Wrong In the
Markets, While Tobacco HnslnesN
' Is Flourishing Interesting Sum
' ming of Senatorial Campaign.
That prince of Tar Heels, "Red
Buck" Bryant, recently made a flying
trip through North Carolina and has
an interesting review in tbe Sunday
papera of the condltloua In tba state
aa they are presented to hla keen
observation. He spent a few days
In Durham and he baa the following
to aay about tbe county and city:
"I observed that tha North Caro
lina cotton mills are in aerloua
trouble. There la danger, 1 wa told,
of many failures. Tbe mill business,
aa it relates to tbe manufacture of
cotton, has had lta upa and downs In
tbo aoutb. Just now It Is down.
There la something wrong with the
markets. China la not buying what
it used to buy. Japan' and Enghuid
are getting some of our trade In tbe
east. . $
'Tbe tobacco buslneaa, on tbe
ether hand, flourishes. Buck Duke
and hia brother, Ben, two Tar Heels,
have a fine selling organization.
They have put tobacco where It never
went bafore. They are master sales
men. Yet they are cursed and
abused dally. If tbe tobacco
business waa In the same con
dition that the cotton mill business
ia somebody In North Carolina would
suffer. While In Durham county tbe
other day 1 waa surprised to hear a
man say that he knew a farmer that
would make enongh tobacco this
year to pay for a place that he con
tracted for last apring. That state
ment Indicates a most satisfactory
situation from the farmer'a atand-
polnt
"Buck and Ben are not wholly
bad. There la good In them. If
sortie master band bad hold of the
southern cotton mill situation the
manulacturera might get out of the
wilderness. Markets are needed.
"North Carolina would be better
off If thera were Dukes In every
town. The man that makes ten
blades of grass grow where one now
grows la the one that will bless the
Old North Stste."
On the senatorial fight, "Red
Buck" has tbla to say:
"Simmons, Kitcbln, Aycork and
Clark, and perhaps General Carr!
Thla la tbe lineup, with Simmons In
tbe lead. Kitcbln second, Aycock
third and Clark fourth. What will
the harvest be? No man ran tell.
Simmons hss the best organisation.
Kltchln the good looka and persua
sive tongue. Aycock the nesrest cor
ner to the beans of his countrymen,
and Clark the greatest number of
underground wires."
Odd Fellows Attend
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Raleigh, Sept. 11. Grand For re
tary II. II. Woods!!, of the North
Carolina Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows, 14 years old, baa gone for a
Journey to Indianapolis, Ind., to at
tend the Sovereign Grand Lodge of
Odd retinas, In session all next
week. Other North Carolinians to
go art Prof. O. W. Bryant, Durham:
rof. C. K. Allen, Waynesvtlle; P.
II. Williams, Kllsabeth City, and
Frank D. llarkett. North Wllkes-
boro. Also Mrs. Dottle Reed Whit
aker, of Waynesvtlle, ex-presl.lent of
tha Rebereah state assembly.
Confessed Assailant
of Teacher Is In Jail
Langdon, N. D., Sept II. Ed
Davis, confessed- assailant and so
rt actor of Miss Gladys Price, the
Manitoba school teacher, was tonight
positively Identified by the girl aa the
man who appeared at her school
house In Pembina Valley last Mon
day morning and held her captive
for more than SO hours In the tlmtv
nearby, with no shelter and with
terrific storm In progress a portion
of the time. Dsvla waa brought here
and lodged In jail.
Falr Tickets to Stale Officers.
Raleigh, Sept. 1 1. Secretary John
R. Jonea, of the Wilkes Coun'.y Fair
Association, was here today and dis
tributed complimentary tU keta to the
fair among the slate officers. It will
be In progress September 2d to SI
and Mr, Jonea saye the prospect Is
for by far the best fair Wilkes has
ever held.
Retease Officers Is ( ssferesce.
leiroit, Sept. II. The first general
conference ever held by fnlted States
Internal revenue officers began In thla
city today and will continue over
morrow. Between loo and 190 of fleers
are In atteadanca.
COflTES on THE
IIOil STRETCH
Contest Closes Wednesday
October 18, 12 O'clock
Sharjl, Noon
With Interest at a high pitch, and
everything going jto show for a Uv;ly
chase, the mauagirneut baa decided to
close the conteet.iin October 18tb, at
12 o'clock, sharp; hoon.. '
Now contestants,' ycu know exactly
what you have to do, and just exact'y
how much time you have In which to
do it, so lets gat down to sure enough
business. Just think! Only four more,
and then -hlnk how much can be done
In that time. It Is possible and even
probable that some of the ones who
sre low in the Iltft will climp to the
top and win one of those prices yet.
I these now leading don't keep a close
eye on them. '
MIjs Tapp taken the lead this week
and lias gone right down after those
prizes. Miss Nichols is keeping up
the "slowly but surely" w6rk, aud
watch girls, she will win one of thoae
3,000 extra votes w are giving
away thia week, and make two or
hrce more.
The standing will bp published next
week. Watch for the big changes!
RtilrMl azl lekii Oliidals Con.
lerriza AI fVilmlBgfoa
Rocky Mount, Sept. I S. Upon tbe
result of a conference to be beld It
Wilmington today between the strik
ing car repairers of the Atlantic
Coast Line shops here and the com
pany's supertnteudeat of motive
MAY BE GENERAL
STRIKE Oil'. G.L.
power. K. E. SmKh . ..iMt.'id4t-4aantry--apr-ared on
waetner s genera r strike, aneciing
not only the car repairers but prob
ably the machinists, blacksmiths,
boilermakera. freight engineers and
conductor of the entire system, will
be called.
Tbe union officials here claim that
the railroad refused to treat with
them, but later it. was snnounced
thst Superintendent 'Smith would
meet the men st Wilmington todsy
During the dsy the car workers held
conference with the engineers and
conductors, and if terma of agree
ment are not arranged at the meet
Ing at Wilmington It ia likely that
they will refuse to haul uninspected
cars. The blacksmiths, boilermakera
and machinists probably will go out
in sympathy. Workers at other shops
of the company elsewhere are re
ported to have atruck In sympathy.
X Statement From Company.
Wilmington. Sept 11. R. E
Smith, auperintendent of motive
power of the Atlantic Coast Line,
last night declined to make any
statements In cotn-ctlon with the re
pairers' strike at Kooky Mount. He
said he had received no Information
that Indicated there would be a gen
era! strike on the entire system, as
stated by the report from Rocky
Mount. He aek.i wl,M'd,' osr?rer
that he would hold a conference here
with one of the Pinion officials.
Dixie IV Wrecked In
Race Injuring Three
ItuffaJo, Sept Di Dixie IV.. Burn
ham's "speedy hvdroplane, which de
fend! the Ilarniiorth cup at Hunt
Ington, L. I., and won the champion
ship of the t'nlt. d States, lies a wreck
on a narrow rldx- of rock between
the Niagara river and the Erie Canal
on Kiveraide 1'arx. The Dixie waa
leading In a race for the great lakes'
championship Saturday afternoon aud
was speeding at the rats of thirty
nine miles an hour when the accident
occurred, which exulted In the wreck
and the aerloua Injury of three spec
tatora. one of whom, Harold Bell, 13
years old, will die.
IXTF-RXATIOVib tiOOU ROADS
tWarcwi Begins Two.eoks Hemlon
In (liicstfo Today.
Chicago, Sept. II. What bids fair
to be the most notable gathering
ever assembled to advance the cause
of Improved hlghwaya was ushered
in here today with the arrival of
delegations from many parts of the
t'nlted States and Canada for the
fourth International Goods Roads
Congress. The sessions of the con
gresa will continue through the re
mainder of the month. The pro
gram will Ifirldue addressee by many
of tha most notable good roads ex
perta of America.
Itetdgns to Muily Meollclne.
Mr. Wallace C.ihba, who haa been
employed with tha Krwln rotton
mllla for some time, haa resigned his
position to take up the study of med
lelne. He leaves In a few daya for
Baltimore, where he will enter
medical school.
F
Persons Killed and Wound
ed in fight With Troops
01 HIGH m OF LIVING
Following a Hnge Socialist Ic Demon
strallon Xob Marches to Parliament
Building, Khootlng Revolvers In the
Air and Throwing Stones, Break.
Ing Windows and Lights.
Vienna, Sept 18. A critical equa
tion has arisen in Vienna owing pri
marily (o the brgh price of the neces
sities of life. RloU broke out yes
terday and many persons were killed
or wounded. Troops fired on the
mob?, which had erected barricades
in tbe streets. There was a fierce
exchange of bullets and tbe soldiers
were pelted with all sorts of mlniles.
Following a huge socialist demon
stration yesterday afternoon outside
the Ratbhous. held to protest against
the bigh prices of food, it became
necessary to call out troops to dis
perse the riotera. In the early claahes
fifty of the rioters were wounded and
one hundred arrested.
Fifty thousand persons were pres
ent at the demonstration and fiery
speeches were made demanding that
the government permit the importa
tion of foreign meat and take other
measures to remedy the conditions
which have resulted from the prohi
bitory Increase In the price of food
products. A(ter tbe meeting a large
procession marched to the parlia
ments buildings chc-ering for revolu
tion and Portugal. Revolvers sere
fired In the air and then tbe mob
began atone throwing. Tbe windows
of many public and private building!.
restaurants snd tram cars and street
lamp were amashed. Finally a squad
ron of dragroons and a . detachment
tbe scene.
They ebarged the rioters and dispers
ed them. The mobs reassembled.
however, in the" suburbs, which are
occupied by the working class, whers
tjjey wrecked more property. The
troops were retained tbrouhou. the
day guarding the Imperial pal?ce and
government bu!!dii.;s, and halting all
approaches to the inner city.
Towards even'ng the rioting in the
Ottakring qujr;;r became more fu
rious. The mtt demolished all tbe
street lamps In the mam tharugj-
fare. plunging tbe streets Into dark
ness. They erected barricades aud
burled missiles of varioua kinds on
the soldiers from the upper windows
of houses. The order wis at length
glren to the troops to fir. A', tho
first volley many riotera fell, either
killed or wounded. Several of the
soldiers and policemen also wer In
jured and one hundred mor of the se
engaged In the conflict wore placed
under arrest
The agitation la the culmlni'ion of
months of bitter discontent over tbe
steady Increase In the cost not only of
food but cf lodging, clothing and a'l
tbe necessaries of life, and unless
parliament takes sction it is feared
that the development of the disturb
ances will be very serious.
The rioting waa of a most deter
mined and savage character. Al
though an official account states that
only one person was killed by a
bayonet thruat several wounded by a
volley and about aixty seriously
wounded, there ia reason to believe
that the casualties were much high
er. 1'nofficlal reports say that six
persons were killed and more than
two hundred severely Injured.
Prof. Flowers Leaves
For Belated Vacation
Professor R. L. Flowera, of Trinity
College leaves this afternoon for
Glenn Springs. S. C. where he will
spend some time In resting after an
unusually strenuous summer's work
in tbe office of the college. Profissor
Flowera haa been in the office all
during the vacation w ithout Interrup
tion and it is largely due to his ef
forts that the opening of the college
has been so successful. Thn good
wishes of every student of Trinity go
with Professor Flowers.
Meet to Dlcsss Bills of Lading.
New Orleans, La.. Sept 18. Repre
sentatives of southern cotton ex
changes, buker and business men
assembled In this city today to dls
cum the phases of the Liverpool bill
of lading plan snd to devise measures
for the protection of the mutual Inter
ests of those engaged In handling and
financing tbe south- rn cotton crop.
Waco Has Talleet Kkyscraper.
Waco, Texas, Sept. 18. The office
building recently completed in this
cltr by tbe Amicable Life Insurance
company, was formerly dedicated
and opened today. The structure Is
S2 stories high and la ssld to be the
VIE HA SCENE 0
tallest office building In the south-
. : .J
MOTHER WEST
STORM
Expected To Suing Up Through
Southern Stales
Washington, Sept. 18. Another
West Indian disturbance which may,
if it follows the usual track of these
storms, swing up through the south
ern states, wag developing Saturday
in the Carribean sea at a point south
of Haiti and east of Jamaica. Al
ways alert during the hurricane saa-
son for any signs of such storms.
Chief Willis L. Moore, of the weather
bureau, baa Issued warnings to mas
ters of vessels and steamnip com
panies operating ships along tbe At
lantic and Gulf coasta and In the
Carribean -that they should be cau
tious during the next week or so in
handling their ships .n tha vicinity
of the West Indies. Tne wireless
stat'ons along the coast flashed the
dancer warnings over th.i seas so
'espels on the ocean m'.iht e in
formed of the approach of the storm.
From almost all of tbe West In
dian Weather reporting stations came
word that the barometer "egistered
low and was falling a aure indica
tion of the approach of a storm.
The first indication of the disturb
ances came Saturday and tbe weather
experts have been watching closely
for its development. Sunday's re
ports indicated the storm more clear
ly than those of Saturday. It was
impossible for tbem even to guess
tbe intensity of the storm and
wbetber it would assume hurricane
proportions.
DISTURBANCE OVER PLAIN
STATES ADVANCING EAST
WARD FROST IS THE NORTH.
Washington, Sept 18 More sharp
changes in temperature over north
era.awJxcutraJ dUtrjcao! tha coun
try during tbe coming week were
forecasted In a bulletin issued last
night by Chief Willis Moore, of tbe
weather bureau. A disturbance now
central over tbe plains states will ad
vance eastward. It will be proceed
ed by warm weather and followed
by a change to colder weather. This
cold will likely cause frosts by to
night or Tuesday in tbe northwest
em states and by Wednesday in the
lake region, the upper Mississippi
valley and the northern plains states.
It will be attended by showers to
night in the great central valleys and
tonight or Tuesday in the middle At
lantlc and New England states. An
other disturbance which will prob
ably crosa the country Is promised to
appear In the northwest Wednesday.
It will move eastward, preceded by
rising temperature, attended by local
rains and followed by a pronounced
change to lower temperature.
Much Interest In
Gov. Harmon's Visit
Raleigh, Sept. 18. There la mark
ed gratification here and throughout
the state at the announcement of the
coming of Governor Judsnn Harmon,
of Ohio, to tbe North Carolina state
fair October 18. Following as he
does Governor Wilson, of New Jer
sey, who visited Raleigh In tbe early
aummer. The coming of Harmon
and its bearing on North Carolina's
tine-up In the matter of the demo
cratic presidential nomination In
1912 Is a subject of keen Interest
Jilt! IIS SWORN 11
TOOK OATH OF OFFICE HATCH-
IAV AXI LEFT StMtAV To
HOI J) FIRST COIRT.
Mr. II. A. Foushee took the oath
of office aa Judge of the superior
court In his office Saturday afternoon,
and left Sunday morning for Taylors-
ville, where he holds his first court.
Tbe osth was administered by
Esquire R. C Cox In the presence
of Messrs. C. It. Green, W. J. Oris
wold, R. it. Sykes, W. L. Foushee
and Miss Hortense Cowan.
The style of the law firm of Fou
shee and Foushee will hereafter be
known as W. L. Foushee.
Fireman Killed and
Engineer Fatally Hurt
Laurel, Va , Sept 18. The Rich
mond limited on the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac rail
road, which left Washineton at 12.01
p. tn. bound for Rirhmond. was
wrecked here Saturday evening, kill
ing Frieman uyrd. The train was
running 4.1 mllea an hour. The loco
motive and four coaches were over
turned. Engineer Kootiti snd Hag
gageman Bush were Injured and
some of the passengers were bruised
Engineer Koontt died later from bla
Injuries,
COOLER WEm COMING
TO FiX NIGHT OF
Some Say They Heard Them
Wednesday; Others Thursday
ICE
Report Was Sent Out Thai She Wa
Accused of Participating In Affair,
Whereas he Was Only Wanted as
Wkness-tlflirer Are Still Very
Much rp la the Air."
Hndersonvllle, Sept. 18. The au
thorities appear Just aa much up la
the air about the Myrtle Hawkins case
as they were last Sunday, when the
partly decomposed body of the young
girl was taken from the waters of
Lake Osceola. Tbe week has been one
of Intense txcitenient In Heuderaon-
vllle; there have been thousands of
rumors floating about. But the state
aided by Detective Bradford, of Wash
ington, has been able to get little
evidence upon which they felt they
could bank upon. The work of the
prosecution is being di.'coted now with
a view to determining who the man
is about whom the Hawkins girl wrote
her mother was not entirely to blame
for her delicate condition, for he bad
done all he could to help her and
would continue to do so.
There was somewhat of a surprise
Saturday upon the re-assemll lg . of
the coroner's Jury to contlnuo the
aecond Investigation, when It was an
nounced that an adjournment would
be taken until this afternoon at
3:30 o'clock. Tbla leads to tho be
lief that the officers are going to set
about in another direction to lay a
basis upon which they may finally
land In Jail tbe person or persona
who are responsible for the death of
the girl and the later throwing of
her body Into the waters of Osceola
Lake.
It Is believed here that an Injustice
has been done to Misi Estelle Grant, a
trained nurse of Atlanta and a kins
man of Congressman John O. Grant of
the tenth district some stories about
whom have almost aa good as said tbe
girl had been arrested for murder. It
seems entirely probable that the
young lady did not hear of tbe Haw
kins girl's death until she reached
Hendersonvllle Saturday. When ahe
waa informed that her name had been
mentioned In tbe rase she came
to Hendersonvllle aud volunteered to
testify. Solicitor A. Hall Johnson and
Coroner Kirk are said to have stated
they do not care to examlue Miss
Grant
The Hawkins family has employed
tbe firm of Sutu and Rector aa pri
vate prosecutors to sld in tbe case.
Solicitor Johnston notified Hal Coop
er, the Johnson City youth, who was
engaged to be married to Myrtle Haw
kins, that he would be needed no long
er as a witn..
Evidence definitely locating tbe
girl on the Lake Oseola road Thurs
day at noon will be offered at the In
quest this afternoon, and several let
ters found In the girl's room yester
day are expected to aid In throwing
some light on her disappearance and
death.
It waa learned late laat night from
reliable source that evidence of a
new aud startling nature, implicating
others than those toward whom sus
plclan has been directed, has been
discovered and will be presented at
the inquest this afternoon.
FIENDISH WOHK OF NEGRQ
KILL MAX AMI CRIMINALLY
ASSAl LTS HIS WOMAN CUM
PAMON NEAR JACKSONVILLE.
Jacksonville. Fla., Sept 18.
Cicero Thompson, a carpenter, aged
4-, waa killed and a woman com
panion whom he waa accompanying
home was criminally assaulted by aa
unknown negro at Ortegn, a suburb
of this city, early yeeterday morning.
It la feared that a lynching will fol
low the arrest unless the authorities
can spirit the fi to Jail without
giving the alarm.
Tbe shite couple had taken the
last car home and were accosted by
the negro about half a mile from tho
car line. Without preliminaries the
near) fired point blank at Thompson,
MUlng him Instantly, one bullet go
ing through the brain and the second
near the heart. The woman stood
terror-stricken and was net at
tacked by the negro, who choked her
Into unconsciousness before accomp
lishing his fiendish deed.
Frog ram at Bay rity.
Hay City. Mich.. Sept. 18.-H,iy Off
is decorated In the national colon In
honor of President Taft who arrives
here abont o'clock this evening and
remains In tbe city over night, Ths
program for the evening provdeS for
a banquet, an open-air address at
Wenunaa Park and a public rscepUoa.