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GREENSBORO. N. C, MOWDAY, MAY 3, 1D1S
VOL. 04rJO. 3G
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M-ALKBB AND JEFF.DOR-
J JvTT ( ONVICTED OF FIRST
DEGREE MURDER.
Guilford county jury has found
, Dorsett and Ed. Walker, both
JetI -w.. f tii murder of John
colored.
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0f pleasant Garden, on the
of January 20 and they
contpnced to death in
hive Dfu
I electric chair at the state peni
tiry in Raleigh on Friday. June
,eD "nie verdict of guilty was re
medat 3.30 o'clock Friday afterr
tU 25 minutes after Judge Lyon
"Tfinished his charge to the jury,
Ud the defendants were sentehced
SC death immediately . after court
convened Saturday morning:
The execution will be stayed by an
appeal which will be carried to the
cinreme court. Just oefore sen-
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tence
of counsel for the defendants.
Hines,
r ade the formal motion ior a. .uew
tjal, which was denied by Judge
L.on. He then gave notice o $ ex
ceptionspon which an appeal would
te basedV The usual time otf O &aj
,V3s allowed tb perfect the- appeal
r Hines stated to the court that Ms
( ;ents had been given a fair trial by
an impartial jury.
After sentence had been . pro
nounced both prisoners made brief
statements asserting their Innocence
and saying they had been given, a
fair trial.
Those who had followed the case
expected only the verdict that was
rendered. Conviction was secured
under what is considered one of the
strongest chains of circumstantial
evidence ever welded in a Guilford
court. All the evidence brought out
connected the two negroes with the
crime. Tn delivering his charge Judge
Lyon instructed the jury to return
either a verdict of first degree mur
der or one of not guilty.
The case was called when court
convened Thursday morning and the
jury had been secured before half
t;e special venire of 60 men had
been exhausted. The following con
sumed the jury: J. D. Smith, A.
N. Wall. J. N. Simpson, William S.
P.rown. L. A. Finch, J. E. Black
lurn. D. W. Lowe, W. R. Robinson,
?. E. Boswell, Thomas F. Carter, J.
'. Strader, Jr., and E. F. King.
The evidence was completed by
the adjournment of court Thursday
sf'ernoon nad Friday morning was
devoted to the argument of counsel.
When the state rested, after having
introduced a mass of evidence that
seemed to point unmistakably to
Walker and Dorsett as the authors of
the crime, both the defendants took
the stand and denied that they had
any connection whatever with the
murder.
The circumstances of the murder
ous assault upon Mr. Swaim and the
subsequent arrest of Walker and
Borsett on the charge of murder are
still fresh in the minds of the peo
P;e of the county. Mr. Swaim was
returning to his home at Pleasant
Garden in a buggy Wednesday even
ing, January 20, and shortly after
crossing South Buffalo creek was
topped by two negroes who stepped
from hiding by the side of the road.
As he called for help one of the ne
c?"oes seized his horse by the bridle
;,"d the other came close to him as
i:p sat in the buggy. Then the shot
v as fired. Mr. Swaim sprang from
' p buggy and was choked by one of
T e negroes. His shouts were heard
h- Mr. A. L. Plunkett, who was driv
1: just ahead of him, and a party
'r hunters approaching from the op
1 .'Site direction. Mr. Plunkett saw
' negroes run off, but in the dark
1 f-ould not identify them.
-Mr. Swaim was carried to the
' me of Mr. I. E. Hines, near the
-V f n of the crime, and later was re
Jiovr, to St Leo's hospital, where
- ' 'lied two days later.
1 n- morning following the crime
( i is found an overshoe half bur
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ii:'ls of the place of the crime.
of footsteps from the spot i
0 'ho woods, down by the bank of
"'K-uni and into a cornfield sev
'': 'uiidred yards away, was fol
'" i 'ith convincing ease. In this
r,u Id was found a notebook bear
" talker's name and in it an inr
'rd'!,'t' Policy in the same name.
H.e officers returned to the bridge
(1 !,oir it, along the trail, was
und the second of the pair of over-
oes.
ra!ker was arrested that night
1 largely because Dorsett and Walk-
r wer close friers ' and 'assMa
vjrQfWalker admitted ownership of the
f said thev
explanation of their presence in the
cornfield when told of their discov
ery, but when he went on the wit
ness stand near the close ot the trial
he said that he had loaned his coat
to another negro and it might have
fallen from the pocket while the bor
rower wore it.
Dorsett denied having left his im
mediate home neighborhood during
the day of the crime, but witnesses
were introduced to show that he was
with Walker in another section of
the city at 8 o'clock that night and
that they had a revolver.
The tacks on the heel of one of
Walker's shoes fitted perfectly into
indentations in one of the rubber
shoes and the shoes were made evi
dence. Walker could't explain this,
but denied the overshoes. He had
possessed some, he said, but they had
worn out a few weeks before the
shooting.
Jim Jackson, colored, a prisoner
in the county jail, was introduced by
the.iBtabs to tell of an alleged confes
sion made to him in the jail by Jeff .
Xorsett$ He said Jeff, told him that
3x6 beld the horse while Walker shot
Swaim. " "We got the wrong man,"
Dorsett told him, the witness stated.
SHOW TRAIN WRECKED HERE
YESTERAY AFTERNOON.
. A serious accident occurred on the
local yards of the Southern Railway,
opposite the Central Carolina fair
grounds, yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock, when a train of 15 cars that
was conveying Smith Brothers'
shows, a carnival company, from
Chester, S. C, to Reidsville was
wrecked in a head-on collision with
an engine that had just left the
round house for High Point. Both
engines and three baggage cars were
badly damaged and five people were
injured.
The most seriously injured was W.
A. Andrews, of Spencer, a brakeman,
whose foot was crushed between the
tender and a baggage coach of the
show train. Four laborers employed
by the carnival company received in
juries. The injured were removed
to St. Leo's hospital and given medi
cal attention.
The engineer and fireman on both
engines jumped just before the col
lision and thus saved themselves.
Had they remained on the engines it
appears inevitable that they must
have been killed. The engine of the
show train was operated by S. K.
Wilson, while Engineer W. W. Smith
was in charge of the light engine.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
An automobile party consisting of
Mr. W. S. Holt, Mr. John Williams
and wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liams' child and niece had a narrow
escape Thursday morning from a
8eriqus automobile accident near
South Buffalo. They were returning
from a visit to Randolph county and
had almost reached the bottom of
the hill between the South Buffalo
school building and the bridge when
the steering gear went wrong and
the machine ran out of the road and
into a telephone post. The impact
broke a front wheel and a fender and
Mr. Holt was thrown partially
through the windshield. Mr. Holt's
left wrist was badly sprained, but
the other members of the party es
caped any injury further than shock
and possibly a few slight bruises.
That the accident was not more
serious is due to the fact that the
machine was making very slow
speed. Mr. Williams, who was think
ing of purchasing an automobile,
was running the machine at the time
and was congratulating himself that
he was becoming quite a driver when
the car left the road and collided
with the telephone pole.
Jackson's Home. The farm near
Wheeling, W. Va., on which General
Stonewall Jackson was reared is to
be transformed into a public park
The old homestead was destroyed by
fire recently, but the grist mill in
which the famous Confederate gen
eral worked during his boyhood is
still standing. The place has been
named "Stonewall Jackson Park."
Gen. Tyler Dead. Gen. H. A. Ty
ler, noted as one of the cavalry lead
ers of the Confederacy in the war
between the states, died at his home
at Hickman, Ky., last week after an
extended illness. He was 77 years
old and a form
former member. Tof tlie
state senate.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF FORI! I
HATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
READERS OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
Welcome Rain. The rain that fell
last night and this morning came as
a welcome relief, breaking a dry
spell of about three weeks.
Early Closing. Beginning Satur
day , the wholesale grocers of Greens
boro inaugurated a plan of closing
their places of business at 2 o'clock
P. M. every Saturday during the
months of May, June, July and Aug
ust. Doctors to Meet Dr. W. M. Jones,
Dr. G. W. Norman and Dr W. P.
Reaves are on the program to read
papers at the meeting of the Eighth
District Medical Society, which will
be held in Elkin Wednesday aud
Thursday.
Child Found Dead. The four-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Loman, of White Oak, was found
dead in bed yesterday morning. The
funeral and interment will take place
at Lee's chapel this afternoon, the
services to be conducted by Rev. A.
R. Bell.
Building Permits. During the
month of April the city building in
spector issued permits for the erec
tion of 27 buildings at an estimated
cost of $66,800. This was an in
crease of $17,865 over, the value of
buildings for which permits were is
sued in April, 1914.
Raising Cattle. Mr. J. Con Coble,
an energetic young man of the Harts
horn section, has gcrae in for raising
cattle and is meeting with encourag
ing success. A few days ago he sold
on the Greensboro market a native
dressed beef that weighed 864
pounds, and it is said that he has
others that will show up equally as
well.
Frazier-Brower. Mr. Shelly C.
Frazier and Miss Ora Annie Brower
were married Thursday afternoon at
the honte of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Brower, near Liberty.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. G. F. Milloway in .he presence
of quite a number of relatives and
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier left
soon after their marriage on a bridal
trip that will embrace visits to sev
eral cities in the North.
Rush to Pay Taxes. The sheriff's
office was one of the busiest places
in'the city Friday and Saturday, the
rush being caused by people who
were paying their taxes so as not to
be disqualified from voting in the
city election tomorrow and the court
house bond election June 1. Satur
day was the last day of grace, and in
f the eleventh hour rush of
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taxpayers, the names of many delin
quents still remain on the books.
Electrician Killed. Mr. J. Will
Mangum, whose parents formerly re
sided in Greensboro, was instantly
kil.'ed Friday afternoon it Arlington
Junction, Va., near Washington, by
coming in contact with a live electric
wire in a power plant where he was
employed as electrician. The young
man's father, J. W. Maugum, died a
few years ago in Charlotte, where he
was engaged in the grocery business
He is survived by his mother, who
was visiting in Charlotte at the time
of his death, and two uncles, .Mr.
Thomas F. Mangum, of this city, and
Mr. A. D. Mangum, of Greensboro
Route 5. The funeral and interment
took place in Charlotte yesterday.
Election Tomorrow. The city
election will take place tomorrow,
and in view of the fact that the pri
mary last Monday settled the mat
ter decisively in favor of the present
officials, it is not expected that a
heavy vote will be polled. The only
contest, if it can be dignified by the
name of contest, is over the office of
mayor. Mr. J. H. Cook, who was de
feater by Mayor Murphy in the pri
mary, by a vote of practically two
to one, will have his name on the
ticket tomorrow. The candidates for
the other offices who were entitled
to enter the election gracefully with
drew, realizing that the primary ex
pressed the wishes of a large major
ity of the people of the city.
Red Cross Manager. President
Wilson, as head of the American Red
Cross, has appointed Brigadier Gen
eral Carroll A. Devol, the quarter
master's department, U. S. A., gen
eral manager or tne Red Cross, a
newly-created position.
Gored to Death. Jesse Earnhart
a well known farmer and highly -es
teemed citizen of Cabarrus county,
was gored to death Wednesday night
Dy a maa uuu.
COMMISSION FILES REPORT
FINHSt SUDGE CARTER "WAS AR
BITRARY AND HARSH BUT
NOT IMMORAL.
The ;$ommission appointed . by the
legislature to 1 investigate charges
against the of ficial conduct and mor
al character of Judge Frank Carter,
of the jBuperior court, filed its report
with Governor Craig Friday ' after-,
noon.: The report absolves Judge
Cartel from all charges reflecting
on hiaimoral character, but finds
that atarious times, including the
Newborn contempt incident, the
judge fjicted harshly and arbitrarily r
unwisely exercised his judicial dis
cretion!.: lost his temper and used In
temperate language, but at no 'time
acted corruptly. Furthermore, the
committee rules in favor of Solicitor
Abernethy in holding that he ,is en
titled to have the contempt records
entered against him oh the minutes
of theiCraven county court expung
ed insofar as the records reflect oh
his official conduct or private char
acter, "if this can be done by any
exercise of constitutional authority."
The committee recites that it is in
evidence, "and the committee so
finds," that Judge Carter had a seri
ous nervous collapse and breakdown
just before he went on the bench
and that since assuming the duties
of judgeship he has had an occa
sional' return of nervous disorder
which, in the opinion of the commit
tee, seriously affects his tempera
ment, provokes irritation and a de
rangement of his accustomed mental
equipoise; that since he assumed of
fice he has held court in 56 counties
of the state and while holding courts
in at least six of these counties he
has exhibited some evidence of a re
turn of his nervous troubles.
Concerning the charges against
Judge Carter of immoral conduct
with. women, the report says:
'.'The copamittee heard and con
sidered all evidence whieh it was
ahiHtodiso6er or elicit Ja&d;iftn4?r
that the rumors concerning these al
legations are without foundation and
that the charges are in no wise sus
tained, and the committee promptly
notified Judge Carter of its conclu
sion at the close of the evidence re
lating to this charge. The commit
tee finds that there were widespread
rumors of the nature outlined in the
resolutions introduced and that the
rumors impaired the usefulness of
Judge Carter and called for an in
vestigation; the committee trusts,
however, that these rumors are now
set at rest."
Reciting the Wayne county inci
dent, in which M. W. Allen address
ed a petition to "Judge Frank C.
Carter," much to the irritation of the
judge, the committee finds that
Judge Carter's manner and words
were "inconsistent with the dignity
of a Superior court judge and adds
that Judge Carter, as a witness, con
fessed he was heartily ashamed of
his conduct on this occasion.
In concluding this phase of the re
port, the committee says: "That on
a number of other occasions the
judge displayed anger and . impati
ence toward attorneys, jurors and of
ficers of the court, but as to the cases
not herein before separately consid
ered the committee is of the opinion
and so finds that while the judge
was in some instances impatient, ir
ritable and harsh, his conduct was
not so oppressive as to be in substan
tial contravention of the rights of
the parties in the premises."
The report is signed by each mem
ber of the commission R. A. Dough
ton, chairman; H. P. Grier, JR,. S.
Hutchison, J. C. M. Vann, W. B.
Stacy, L. H. Allred and A. R. Dun
ning. President Will Remain in Washing
ton. Washington, April 30. President
Wilson plans not to establish an of
fice at the summer White House at
Cornish, N. H., but to spend most of
his time in Washington. He will
make several brief trips to Cornish
to visit his family and short cruises
on the yacht Mayflower.
It was said at the White House to
day that these plans were made not
because the president looks on the
European or Mexican situations as
specially critical but because he
thinks it his duty to remain in
Washington as much as possible to
keep in close touch with public ques
tions. The president has declined an in
vitation tq speak In New York Max
i7 and 18 during his review of the
J Atlantic fleet.
CRIMINAL TERM OF -COURT
CAME TO END SATURDAY,
The criminal term of Superior
court adjourned ' Saturday afternoon,
having disposed of a -uvery : heavy
docket during the week. All the
jail cases and many others were
tried, though a few cases in which
the defendants are out on bond, were
continued.
June Willard, white, who was
found guilty of retailing at the last
term of court was sentenced to 12
months, from which he appealed, ap
peared Saturday and- pleaded guilty
in two other cases and the former
sentence was repealed. In all the
cases a fine of $500 and costs was im
posed and a bond of $500 required
for his appearance at every ternr of
court for the next two years.
John Artes, colored, charged with
retailing, entered a nolo contendere
and was taxed with the costs.
John Page, colored, was found
guilty of abandonment and sentenced
to 12 months.
Cornelia Hobson, colored, was
found guilty of retailing and send up
for four months. '
' Bessie Davis, colored, was sent to
the workhouse four months for re
tailing. Harrison Maibie was sent to the
roads 30 days for retailing.
Wesley Goins, colored, was sent up
six months for carrying concealed
weapons and 'for retailing.
The next criminal term of court
will be held in June.
The Mayltyil term will convene
Tuesday oi
am
:t week, May 11.
WHEN ZEB. VANCE SAVED
HOLDEN FROM ARREST.
Mr. R. D. W. Connor, secretary of
the North Carolina historical com
mission, delivered the last of a series
of interesting lectures on North Car
olina history at the State Normal and
Industrial College -Thursday night.
He talked in a very entertaining
manner of events leading up - to the
reference to the life and experiences
of Governor W. W. Holden.
Because of his activity in politics,
Holden was a notable figure in
North Carolina life in those days.
Following the election of Vance to
the governorship, Holden began a
series of vigorous attacks on the
state administration and against se
cession. His attacks upon the Con
federacy became so violent that
President Davis had made up his
mind to have the objectionable char
acter placed under military arrest.
Governor Vance came to Holden's
rescue and saved him from arrest
and serious trouble.
It was some time after this that a
regiment of Georgia soldiers, in
passing through Raleigh, took re
venge against Holden-by destroying
the plant of his newspaper, the Ral
eigh Standard.
Patriotism No Match For Appetite
For Alcohol.
In a speech in New York Friday
night, under the auspices of the Na
tional Abstainers' Union, Secretary
of State Bryan declared that the Eu
ropean war had shown that patriot
ism was no match for the appetite
which alcohol cultivates in its vic
tims. "There has been a growing dispo
sition in this country and through
out the world to emphasize the evils
of strong drink," he said, "but even
the most enthusiastic advocates of
temperance have been surprised at
the ghastly light which the war in
Europe has thrown upon the sub
ject. It has been found that patriot
ism, that compelling force which
throughout the ages has led men to
offer their lives for their country, is
no match for the appetite which al
cohol cultivates in its victims. Loy
alty to Bacchus, Gambrinas and bar
ley corn is greater than loyalty to
king or kaiser or czar. The aero
plane that drops its bomb from above
and the submarine which shoots its
torpedo from below are less to be
feared than the schooner that cross
es the bar."
Must Respect Uniform. A long
series of alleged discriminations
against soldiers, and sailors at pub
lic amusement places in Washington
culminated a few days ago in a po
lice court trial, in which the owner
of a dancing school was fined $10
because he refused to admit a troop
ed in uniform from Fort Myer. Sec
retaries Garrison and Daniels have
taken an active, part in prosecuting
those who discriminate' against the
uniform of the United States.
GOILFORD HAS REAL DOC LA3
WAS PASSED TO 1913 AND CAME
TO IIGHT.ONIjY A FEW
DAYS AGO. '
The people of Guilford generally
will learn with surprise, and per
haps quite a few" with more or less
indignation, that the county has a
dog law ra bona-fide law with teeth
to it that makes it compulsory uppn
the owne of every dog to list the
canine for taxation. And what is
more to the point, the -law is to be
enforced.
The law is found in chapter 646 of
the public and private acts of the
legislature of 1913 and provides that ,
an annual tax of $1 oh every male
and $2 on every female dog shall be
paid. While the law was passed over
two years ago,, nothing' waa known
of it here until a few days ago, when
Clerk of the Court Gant discovered
it in looking through the acts of the
legislature. .
The chapter is entitled, "An Act
to Mitigate the Evils of Hydrophobia '
and Protect the Sheep Industry in
the Counties - of Rockingham, Cas
well, Person, Guilford -and Union."
However, a representative from
Rockingham had a section inserted
in the bill providing, that the lav
should not i become effective in ithat
county until adopted by a vote of the
people and leaving it to the county
commissioners to call an election on
the question."-The-commissioners re '
fused to order an election, and con-
sequently the people of Rockingham A
have never had an opportunity "tct ex
press themselves on the subject.
So far as Guilford is concerned,
the law is in full force and effect, ,
and in their meeting with the coun
ty assessor here today the tax-listers
will be instructed to see to it that
all the dogs in their townships, are
listed" for taxation. Failure to "give
in", a dog, even if he be of the mangy
cur breed, is made a misdemeanor
on the nart 'of. the owner .the Kama A. - "
During the session of thelegisla- y .
ture last winter the Guilford Coun
ty. Farmers' Union had a dog law
drafted and sent to Raleigh, but it
got lost in the shuffle and was never
passed. It is felt that the newly
discovered law will answer all the
purposes of the bill that failed to
pass.
MORE VESSELS ARE
DESTROYED IN NORTH SEA.
A report from London says a Ger
man submarine on Saturday sank
the old British destroyer Recruit in
the North sea, but the score was
more than equalized by other British
destroyers, which after a stern chase
overtook and sank the two German
torpedo boats that had accompanied
the submarine on her cruise.
Some of the crew of the Recruit
were rescued by the trawler Daisy,
but as the submarine fired on the
fishermen they were compelled to
leave the others to their fate. The
British destroyers rescued most of
the crews of the German torpedo
boats and two officers were picked
up by a passing'steamer and taken to
Holland.
There has been no further bom
bardment of Dunkirk, which would
seem to indicate that the Germans
only had one big gun in position and
that the French airmen have made
it so uncomfortable for the gun
crew that it has been withdrawn. As
a reply to this bombardment the
French have brought one of their big
gOns to bear on one of the forts at
the south entrance to the Metz.
It appears' that the Turkish report
that the Asiatic part of the Darda
nelles is free of the invaders was
correct, the French having gone
ashore there only to make the land
ing of the British on the other side
easier, and this accomplished, have
been withdrawn, doubtless to land
at some other point. News of these
operations is awaited with the great
est interest, as for the moment they
are considered among the most im
portant of the war.
Hanging Still Lawful. Governor
Strong, of Alaska, has vetoed the
anti-hanging bill passed recently by
the territorial legislature. In -hia
veto message the governor said the
present law, leaving it to the discre
tion of the jury to declare whether
murderers should be hanged qt ini
prisoned for life, ' "was' " suit f fciently
lenient. The senate sustained the
veto.
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