The News and Observer.
VOL. XXXIX. NO. 28
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HE LOST THE RACE
JOHN R. GENTRY BEAT JOE
PATCHEN, BUT HE COULDN’T
BEAT THE JUDGES.
WON THREE ~STR SIGHT HEATS
But the Judges Declared she Last No
Ileat, and Seven Heats V. ere Paced
McHenry Protested, and Re
fused to Pace Gentry Any l onger.
Letting Him Jog Alone to the Wire
in the Last Heat—Judges Threaten
to Deal With McHenry.
Philadelphia, Pa , Sept. 4. —The at
traction at the Belmont race track to day
was the special race for $4,000 between
Joe Patchen and John R Gentry and it
was the cause ot more dissatisfaction
than any simdar event in the history of
the association. Had there been betting
it is doubtful if Curry, the driver of
Pateher, would have escaped mob viol
ence. On the first heat, Gentry took the
the lead aud led by a length throughout.
The second heat was a repetition of the
first. In the third heat Gentry again
took the lead and held it to the wire,
winning bv a nose. It was apparent to
the judges, as it must have been to the
spectators, that Patchen was not being
driven to win. Curry was hooted and
jeered at. and cries of “take him out,"
“robber.” and such like came from the
grand stand. The judges declared this
heat “no heat.” The time was 2:08 1-4.
In the fourth heat Patchen went out
in front and led to the wire, winning
easily in 2:11. In the fifth there was
further trouble. Patchen set a slow pace
and led by two lengths until well onto
the stretch. Here McHenry brought
Gentry up and Patchen broke. Curry
claimed that he could not prevent his
horse from breaking, but the judges
thought otherwise and declared this also
“no heat,” and ordered both horses out
again.
McHenry said it was an outrage to
make his horse pace any more, he being
in no way responsible for Curry’s mis
deeds. but the judges ordered another
heat. They took Curiy down and sub
stituted Dickerson, who had driven Fred
Kohl. Patchen won the heat easily,
Gentry not being driven out and was
distanced. The judges waived the dis
tanee and ordered a seventh heat.
Patchen took the lead and jogged the
mile m 2:32. Gentry finished in about
three minutes.
The judges said they would take action
against McHenry to morrow for the man
ner in which he drove the last two heats.
The first heat of the race was the fast
est mile ever made over the Belmont
track. The best previous record 2:08,
was made by Saladin on August 16th,
1893.
The other two events were easy wins
for Fred Kohl and Lynne Belle.
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 4. — (Bulletin)
—ln the race between John R. Gentry
and Joe Patchen, the pacers, for $4,000
at the Belmont Driving Park, Gentry
won the first heat by ten lengths in
2:06 14. This beats the track record of
2:08 made by Saladin.
Gentry Entered at Louisville.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 4 —The entries
for the stake races for the meeting of the
Louisville Driving aud Fair Association,
which begins September 9 and continues
six day.-, have been completed. There
wHI be ten races, for which stakes to the
amount of $22,000 are offered, none be
ing for less than SI,OOO. The most
interesting event of the meeting will be
the free-for-all pace for a purse of $5,000,
in which Robert J., John R Gentry. Joe
Patchen and Rubenstein are entered.
Gentry and Baronet to be Retired.
Mr. L. Banks Holt, owner of John R.
Gentry and Baronet, in an interview a
day or two ago said:
“The meetings of the grand circuit
have many features which are distaste
ful to me, and I expect the withdrawal
of both Gentry and Baronet will be the
final outcome. Horses this year of all
Masses in the grand circuit ate required
to go at so great a clip and lam always
fearing they will share the same fate as
Pamlico, and feeling that they have
already won honors and purses sufficient
to equip them for the head of any breed
ing establishment in the United States, I
am anxious to retire them to Alamance
farm, wht-re they may serve the purpose
in advancing high class harness horse
breeding in North Carolina I wish to
withdraw them and exhibit them at the
North Carolina State Fair in order to aid
in making it the greatest fair ever held
in North Carolina. So you see there are
many reasons for retiring these valuable
horses, and the day is not far distant
when North Carolina will shelter the
fastest stallion in the bounds of our
knowledge.”
DR. 4V M. A. H ARRIS DEAD.
He Was President of the Virginia Col
lege lor Young Ladies.
Roanoke, Va , Sept. 4 —William An
derson Harris, I). D , President of Vir
ginia College for young ladies, located
at Roanoke, died this morning at four
o’clock, in the 69tb year of his age. The
remains were taken to Staunton to-night
and will be interred to-morrow morning
in the Staunton cemetery.
Dr. Harris was born in Albemarle
county, July 21, 1827, aud was one of
the foremost educators in the South,
having been president of the Wesleyan
Female Institute at Staunton for about
27 years. Before that, be had served as
president of Martha Washington College
at Abingdon, Va. Dr. Harris moved to
Roanoke in 1893, and established Vir
ginia College which is now one of tin
lauding institutions of leaning in this
section of the country.
CAPT. A, !I. A. WILLIAMS DEAD.
He Was Taken Suddenly Worse and
Died at Light O'clock Last Evening.
Special to tlie News nml Observer.
Durham, N. Sept. 4.
Cant. A. II A. Williams, ex-
Corgressma l from ihV, the Fifth
district, died at Chase City this
evening at eight o’clovk. Ho had been
sick for quite a wh.L with Bright’s Dis
ease, and h.ul gone to Chase City for the
benefit of the mineral water. He
seemed to improve slightly under the
treatment tbeie. No longer than to day
he was reported as resting easier and his
condition was said to be improved. The
news of his death came to-night as a
surprise, in spite of the fact that he had
been sick so long.
He bad a relapse this afternoon and
died within a lew hours.
DR. SPAINHOUR A DELEGATE
To the Ethnological Congress—Mr.
Scott Thinks we are not Talking Poli
tics Much.
Special to the News and Observer.
Washington, I). C.,Sep. 4.
Mr. W. W. Scott, law clerk in the
Treasury Department, who has been on
a month's leave of absence to his home in
Lenoir, N. 0., has returned to Washing
toD. Mr. Scott says the people are not
talking politics much now, for the good
crops have given them other things to
think about. He says the silver senti
ment is very strong but there are a good
many “sound money” men also.
* * *
Mrs. H. D. White and her mother,
Mrs. Jackson, who have been visiting
relatives in Raleigh, have returned to this
city.
* * *
Mr. Lee S. Alford, of the Government
Printing Office, returned yesterday from
a month’s visit to relatives in Johnson
county.
* * *
Maj. Wm. S. Stanton, of the Engin
eering Corps, who has been stationed for
some time at Wilmington, N. C., has
been ordered to Oswego, N. Y. He will
be relieved by Lieut. Col. D. P. Heap,
of Portland, Me.
* * ¥
The Smithsonian Institution has ap
pointed Dr. J. M. Spainhour, of Lenoir,
N. C.,a delegate to the Eleventh Con
gress, Ethnological, Archaeo
logical and Geographical, of the Ameri
cas, to be held in the citv of Mexico, Oc
tober 15 20, 1895.
Arrivals.
Walter Murphy, Salisbury.
W. D. Mendenhall, Greensboro.
TARIIORO’S BIG “OPENING DAY”
Large Crowd Present—Ail the Ware
houses Filled with the Golden Leaf.
Special to the News aud Observer.
Tarboro, N. C., Sept. 4.
This is “opening day” on the Tarboro
tobacco market, and the town is crowded
with visitors. All three of the ware
houses here are filled with tobacco, and
many thousand pounds will be sold to
day and to morrow. Prices rule high,
and the farmers stem well pleased with
their luck here. The men at the head of
this movement say that they expect to
establish in Tarboro a tobacco market
second to none in Eastern North Caro
lina, and all the prospects point to their
complete success. This means a new
era for Tarboro, an era of rapid growth.
And the visitors appreciate Tarboro’s
bountiful hospitality. -
There were about two hundred thou
sand pounds of tobacco on the market,
prices ranging as high as one dollar a
pound, with a large number of buyers
on the floor and sales continuing until
night, yet all of the tobacco was not sold.
A game of ball was played this after
noon between Tarboro and Wilson, re
sulting in a score of 14 to 12 in favor of
Wilson.
A grand concert was given to night,
after which there was a german and
banquet..
The Naval Post band of Norfolk fur
nished the music.
TEMPERANCE IN HALIFAX.
County Temperance Society Organized
on a Non-Partisan Basis.
Special to tlie News and Observer.
Scotland Neck, N. C., Sept. 4.
A non partisan temperance meeting
was held in Halifax yesterday. A good
crowd gathered and the Halifax County
Temperance Association was organize*!.
Rev. R P. Troy, of Weldon, was elected
president; O. R. Taylor, of Scotland
Neck, first vice-president ; W. F. Cop
pedge, of Halifax, second vice-president;
E. E. Hilliard, of Scotland Neck, record
ing secretary; Rev. J. H. Frizzell, of
Aurelias Springs, corresponding secre
tary; G. K. Moore, of Hobgood, treas
urer. An executive committee was ap
pointed, consisting of a member from
each township in the county. The meet
ing was harmonious and mild of ex
pression and promises to do good. It is
strictly non-partisan and has for its ob
ject the general promotion of temperance
on educational lines.
Mrs. J. R Ballard, of Williamston,
died Sunday. She was formerly a resi
dent of Scotland Neck and had many
friends and relatives here.
Huntingdon Swept t>v a Cyclone.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 4 —A report
has reached hero that thirteen houses at
Huntingdon, Carroll county, were de
molished by a c\clone to-day. One man
is reported to bo seriously injured.
RALEIGH. N. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1895.
FIVE MEN ASPHYXIATED
THEY MEET DEATH FROM
DEADLY FEMES IN A PROVI
DENCE ( AS HOLDER.
QUITE A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
The Men Were Overcome by the Gas
Before They Knew' It--One Ilad Al
most Peached the Bottom of the
Stair When He Died—Foreman ol
the Rescuers Overcome While Dig
ging for the Unfortunates—He is at
Death’s Door.
Providence, R. 1., Sept. 4.—Five em
ployes of the Providence Gas Co., went
to their death in the cellar of the West
field Street Gas holder about 2 o’clock
this afternoon asphyxiation by gas being
the cause. The names of the dead are:
COLTON, James,2*3, single, Bird street.
KILEY, John, 45, married, with six child
ren, Thornton Pike.
M’MANUS, John, married, Borden and
Mary streets.
BURNS, Lawrence, ID, single, East Provid
ence.
N’MAMEE, John, 36, single, Brook street.
The accident was a peculiar one. For
several days leaking gas has been de
tected in the holder and to-day the com
pany sent six men and a foreman to re
pair the leak, which proved to come
from a defective valve connecting the
four inch main, which supplies the
Westfield street holder with gas from the
main holder on Globe street. The men
had just returned from dinner at 1
o’clock and going down the wooden
stairs which led from the entrance of
the holder to the cellar below, began to
work on the broken valve. They
disconnected it and tied a cloth
bag about the large main extending in
from the street when the bag gave way
and an immense volume of gas rushed
out. In less time than it takes to tell it,
all were overcome with the exception of
one, who managed to grope up the stairs
where the fresh air enabled him to re
cover sufficiently to reach the street.
Immediately after it became known that
the men were there and unable to get out,
willing hands attempted to go to the res
cue. but nothing could be done while the
escaping gas rushed up the stairs. Fore
man Charles Allen did all he could but
there was no cut-off in the street and he
knew not what way to turn. The police
were quickly on the spot and roped off
Westfield street and Medical Examiner
Palmer stood in the doorway to prevent
anybody from going down the stairs.
At the foot of the stairs lay one of the
men who had almost reached the bottom
stair when he was overcome and sank
back with a look of anguish on bis
| countenance. Soon after 3 o’clock the
gas company sent a gang of men to dig
up the street and get at the main shut off
further along.it being understood that no
other means of shutting off the gas
could be attained, and even then it
meant two hours’ work Foreman Allen
took a hand in the excavation and was
overcome before the digging had pro
ceeded far.
He was taken to the Rhode Island
Hospital in the ambulance, which ar
rived a short time before. His lift* is
despaired of.
LUDLOW ST. JAILBIRD CAUGHT.
Charles Alien, Who Escaped on Inde
pendence Day, Found in Springfield.
Springfield, Mo., Sept. 4.—Charles
Allen, one of the Springfield, 111., post
office robbers, who broke out of the Lud
low street jail in New York on July 4,
last, was caught here to day. He was
arrested on a telegram from Park, 20
miles south where he had film slammed
the postmaster aud several bankers
out of small sums. Claude Webb, a
confidence man, recently chased out
of St. Louis, was caught with birr.
Allen’s picture sent out by M. D.
Wheeler, Inspector at Washington, D. C.,
offering $3,000 reward for him, tallies
perfectly with the prisoner, and there
is no doubt but that he is the right man.
Letters found in Allen’s pockets show
that he has gone under the aliases of P.
M. Hogan, M. D. Miller and Charles
Robinson. These letters, which are from
his wife, arc dated Oakland, Cal., and
found him at many points between that
place and this city.
Joseph Killoran aud another man,
who escaped with Allen iu July, each
havo $3,000 reward hanging over their !
heads.
Dedication ot Cbickamauga Park.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 4 - Prep
arations are going forward vigorously
for the dedication of the Chickamamja-
Ohattanooga National Park. Indie: -
tions are already abundant that there
will be from 35,000 to 40,000 people
present. Provision has already been
made in hotels and private houses to
take care of 20,000, and in temporary
buildings for from 10,000 to 15,000
more. The Governors of twenty-two
States and their staffs have already re
served quarters during the three (lays.
The first detachment of United States
regular troops arrived from the Colum
bus, Ohio, Barracks and went into camp
on the Dyer field. Others will follow
Thursday.
Col. Muldoon Gets the Contract.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 4.—Ten
nessee Ohickamauga Park Commission
ers have awarded the contract to Col.
Muldoon, of Louisville, Ky., for four
monuments for the park, to cost $2,000
each, the monuments to be of Tennessee
marble and bronze.
DURRANTS MOTIVE
HIB BOON COMPANION WILL GO
ON THE STAND AS IIIS
ACCUSER.
WHAT CLARENCE WOLFE WILL SAY
Dnrrant Spoke to Him ol Blanche
Lament’s Beauty and Purity and
Stated in Words too Plain for Print
His Devilish Intention—“ From His
Own Circle Ilis Condemnation Comes
Like a Thunderbolt.”—Progress of
Die Trial.
Ban Francisco, Cai. , Sept. 4. —When
the trial of Theodore Durrant was re
sumed to-day, hundreds struggled to get
admission to the court room The pros
ecuting attorney commenced the intro
duction of evidence to-day. The first
witness was C. G. Noble, the uncle of
Blanche Lamoct. He testified to her
disappearance on April 3, and the find
ing of her body in Emanuel Church on
Apiil 14. Cross-examination was waived.
The next witness was Dr. A. S. Bar
rett, autopsy physician at the morgue,
who described the autopsy. He said
death was due to asphyxiation. On the
left cheek were several marks made by
finger nails. Asphyxiation was caused by
strangulation. He expressed the opinion
that the finger marks on Blanche La
mont’s throat were made by only one per
son. There were no solids and very little
liquid in her stomach, this statement
carrying out the theory that the girl was
murdered between 4 and 5 o’clock in the
afternoon. The discoloration of the
girl’s neck gave evidence of there having
been a violent struggle.
The cross-examination was continued
until the noon recess, and occupied the
larger part of the afternoon session, but
elicited no points of advantage to Dur
rant. The police in the afternoon
brought to the court room a model of
Emanuel Church exact in every detail,
to be used in the trial to illustrate the
testimony of the witnesses.
Ban Francisco, Cal., Sept. 4—At the
Durrant trial to day the taking of testi
mony was begun. The first witness was
Dr. Barrett, who performed the autopsy
on Blanche Lamont.
The Examiner says the prosecution has
a witness whose testimony will show a
motive for the murders— something
that has been lacking heretofore,
on account of Dnrrant’s standing
in social and religious circles.
The name of the witness is Clarence
Wolfe, and it is said that he will swear
that in April, or the day before Blanche
Lamont was murdered, he and Theodore
Durrant held a conversation which ex
plains with terrible significance the
young student’s motive for killing the
girl. Wolfe has told the police and will
tell the jury that on the afternoon in
April he and Durrant held the conversa
tion which meant so much concerning
the pretty girl, whom both knew only for
a few months.
Durrant commented upon the beauty
of Blanche. In a tone of exultation and
not of respect, he assured Wolfe that
ahe was a pure girl, and that he intended
to rob her of that virtue which she so
prized.
This overwhelming testimony which
Wolfe will give has been kept a
profound secret by the prosecution. The
defense and the public have
held that the young friend of the
accused would take a stand only to
speak a good word for the man who; e
life is at stake. Intimations were given
that Elmer Wolfe would be dragged into
the case in a manner little to his liking,
but there was no suspicion that Durrant
had confided to his friend the ignoble
purpose which inspired him. He spoke
in words far plainer than those which
have been published. He left no possible
doubt of what he meant.
The source of this evidence is, in the
opinion of Capt. Lees, one of the strong
est proofs of its reliability. Had some
one who enjoyed no more than a simple ac
quaintance with Durrant come forward
with it there might be some doubt, but
its sponsor here is one who possessed the
student’s confidence, shared with his
pleasures and took part in much of the
daily routine of his life. From his own
circle his condemnation ha? come like a
thunderbolt.
Buckner Pulls Out of the Race.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 4 - Gen. Simon
Bolivar Buckner, in a card to day in his
home paper, the Hart County News, an
nounces his withdrawal from the race for
United States Senator. The General states
that in many legislative districts personal
interests are against party success,
and that candidates supposed to be
favorable to him aie, nevertheless,
a target for opposition in the party. He
says that untrammelled with any can
didacy of his ow r n he can’t more earnestly
urge the support of the whole Demo
cratic ticket and advocate the platform
of principles as construed by every mem
ber of the party at the time of its adop
tiou.
Dr. Taylor Fatally Injured.
Washington, D. C., Sepr. 4.—A spe
cial to the Times from Richmond, Va.,
says Rev. Dr. Taylor, of Rome, lf-aly,
one of the most prominent foreign mis
sionaries of the Southern Baptist Con
vention, was thrown from a buggy as.
Appomatex Court House to day and.
sustained probably fatal injuries. He
has served a number of years in Italy
from which country he has just returned
to visit his son, Rev. Dr. G. A. Taylor,
of Appomattox.
DEFENDER-VALKYRIE RACES.
The Regatta Committee Annonne*«
the Programme of Rules.
New York, Sept. 4.- The regatta
committee of the New York Yacht Club
to day announced the programme of
rules governing the America’s cup races.
Their principal points follow:
Sailing directions —The start will be
made off Sandy Hook Lightship, the pre
paratory signal being given at 10:50 a.
m., and the starting signal at 11:00.
Courses —No 1, (letter C.) —From the
starting line, to and around a mark fif
teen miles to windward, or to leeward
and return, leaving the mark on the star
board hand.
No. 2, (Letter D.) —From the starting
line, ten miles to and around the mark;
thence ten miles to and around a second
mark, and thence ten miles to a finish
line, turning the marks on the outside
of the triangle, to port aud starboard,
according as the yachts are sent around.
Starting and finishing lines—Will be
between a point on the committee boat
designated by a white light on the main
shaft or stake boat if they start in farther
out to sea. The lines will be at right
angles with outward and home courses
respectively.
In case of serious accident to either
yacht, prior to the preparatory signal,
she will display letter “M,” and shall
have sufficient time to repair before be
ing required to start in the next race.
In case the start is postponed or the
starting point is shifted from the light
ship, a preliminary signal will be made
by firing a gun and displaying the yacht
ensign at the fore.
The racing rules, time allowances and
system of measurement of the New York
Yacht Club shall govern.
Best three out of five races, outside of
headlands, over courses each thirty
nautical miles in length, and with a time
limit of six hours.
The first, third and fifth races shall be
to windward or to leeward and return
The second and fourth races shall be
around an equilateral triangle, one leg
(and the first, if the wind permits,)
being to windward. One day shall inter
vene between each race, unless by spe
eial agreement. A race postponed or
not finished within the time limit shall
be decided before the next race in the
series is taken up.
The races will be started off Sandy
Hook Lightship, the preparatory signal
being made at 10:50 a. m. But if on
the day of a race to windward or lee
ward, the course cannot be laid from the
lightship, then the race will be started
from some point further out to sea.
Although the measurements of Defen
der and Valkyrie 111 will not be an
nounced officially until Friday, and pos
sibly not until Saturday, enough has
been learned about the spars and
hulls of the boats to make
a reasonably correct estimate of the
racing lengths of the yachts and
the time allowance given by the challen
ger. It is the first time since the big
sioops began contesting for the cup that
the American boat has had to take the
time, although it will not be as great as
was expected. The racing lengths as
estimated by a well known designer and
yachting expert are 101.38 for Valkyrie
and 100.22 for Defender. Under the
rules of the New York Yacht Club this
would mean an allowance of a little less
than a minute on a thirty mile course.
TO FIGHT THE TOBACCO TRUST.
Plug Manufacturers in League to Re
*ist the Encroachment ot the Ameri
can Tobacco Company.
New York, Sept. 4.—Much interest
was manifested in the meeting at the
Holland House to-day of the plug to
bacco manufacturers. Gathered in the
hotel were the representatives of such
large plug tobacco firms as Pierre
Lorrillard & 00. and Buchanan & Lyall,
of this city; D. Mayo & 00., of Rich
mond, Va.; Sorg & 00., ot Middletown,
Ohio; Scotten & Co., of Detroit, Mich.;
Finzer Bros., of Louisville, Ky.; the
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., of St.
Louis, and the Pepper Tobacco Co., of
St. Louis.
The plug tobacco manufacturers are at
present at odds with the American To
bacco Company, and assert that the
company has encroached on their terri
tory by the manufacture of plug tobaoco.
One threat of the plug tobacco manufac
turers is that they will manufacture
cigarettes and give them away to pur
chasers of plug tobacco.
The meeting, which was behind closed
doors, lasted two hours. Col. M. O.
Wetmore, of the Liggett 4 Myers Tobacco
Co., of St. Louis, was president, and the
secretary was J. H. Drummond, of the
Drummond Tobacco Co., of the same
city After the meeting Mr. Drummond
said that there had been a general dis
cussion at the meeting as to the advisa
bility of manufacturing cigarettes and
that the majority of those present were
in favor of the move.
“But,” added Mr. Drummond, “the
manufacturers of cigarettes will engage
in that branch of the business individ
ually, so that it will be in no sense a
combination or a trust.”
The meeting adjourned to meet at the
same place to-morrow at 4 p. m.
$300,000 Fire in Boston.
Boston, Sept. 4.—One of the most dis
astrous fires that has occurred along Bos
ton’s water front in years started on the
d. cks at East Boston this morning, and
before it could be controlled, destroyed
three piers, two large storehouses, a
freight shed, fifteen loaded freight cars,
and a large quantity of freight, aud
slightly damaged a number of dwelling
houses. The loss is estimated at $3(0,-
000; partly insured.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE FRAKER SWINDLE
A DRUMMER’S SHARP DETEC
TIVE WORK IN UNEARTHING
THE KENTUCKY FRAUD.
PROMINENT MEN IN THE DEAL
If Their Names Were Given Out. the
Blue Grass State Would be Shocked
But the People and the Insurance
Companies Seem to Have Made
Terms That Will Keep the Promi
nent Kentuckians Thoroughly Under
Cover.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 4.—J. S. Hack
ley, one of the best known drummers
in the United Btates, whose business
address is Louisville, Ky., and whose
residence is Moberly, Mo., is the man
who out-stripped the best detective
talent in “turniug up” the big life in’
surance swindler, Fraker. Mr. Haekley
arrived in St. Louis to-day. In speaking
of the ease, he said:
“One of the important witnesses is
dead. He was drowned in Kansas on
August 13th, the day after the insurance
companies paid the money over to J. E.
Lincoln for the Fraker estate under or
der of the court, and the other is now in
jail at Springer, N. M., awaiting trial
tor burglary. The first man was drowned
under the name ot Phillips. I have ex
cellent reasons for believing, however,
that his name was Jim Triplett. Trip
lett, George Harry, who is now in Mex
ico jail, charged with burglary, and an
old negro, who has since died, were with
Fraker when he was supposkl to have
been drowned. I have known both
Fraker and Harry for nearly 20 years and
when I read the story of Fraker’s drown
ing while on a fishing excursion with
such a crook as Harry, I was at once
struck with the strangeness of his com
panionship as evidence of rascality. I
have been quietly at work on the case
since and from the first I was convinced
that Fraker was alive.
“I came to the conclusion that George
Harry was the only person with any
knowledge of the affair from whom I
could force definite aud conclusive in
formation. So I began to track him.
After treating him, I decoyed him to
Moberly, and without letting him know
that I bad anything to do with it, I had
the Marshal of the town, who is a friend
of mine, arrest him for carrying con
cealed weapons. After he had been in the
lock up a day without knowing definitely
what charge would eventually be
lodged against him, I called on him.
After an hour’s conversation I got from
him not only all the details of the con
spiracy of the Fraker swindle on the in
surance companies, but also the exact
location of the doctors hiding place in
the woods of Minnesota.
“Then I hurried to Topeka, Kan., and
told the officers of the Kansas Mutual
Life Insurance Company all I knew.
Fraker’s arrest soon followed and that
is all I will say about the matter at pres
ent.
“Had not the insurance companies
been after Harry and Triplett,?” he was
asked.
“Os course but they could
get rothing from them. I know posi
tively that Mr. Herrick, attorney for the
Kansas Mutual Insurance Company not
long ago, offered to lay $13,000 in
Harry’s lap and guarantee him immunity
if he would tell him Frakor’s where
abouts.”
Further than this Haekley wouid say
nothing. That feature of the story
which Mr. Haekley refuses to discuss is
pronounced by others who have given
the case close attention from the start
and who have inklings of what it is, as
the most sensational of all the elements
which comprise the conspiracy. It
is hinted that in it are involved
the names of two or three promi
nent citizens of Missouri, who if men
ioned would shock the State. It is
probable, so it is said, that the insurance
companies themselves have make such
terms with these men for obvious
reasons, that will be no sort of action
against them which will reveal their
identity or the important part they toefc
in the conspiracy.
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.
At New York (first game): r. h. e.
New York, 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0— 3 3 4
Pittsburg, 01010 0 400—6 12 4
Butteries: Clark and Wilson; Foreman anti
Merritt. Attendance, 7,000.
At New York (second game): u. h. e.
New York, 5 0 0 l 0 oO « 6 4
Pittsburg, 0 0 1 0 1 2 0— 4 6 0
Batteries: Basie and Farrell; Moran aittl
Merritt.
At Brooklyn: b. h. e.
Brooklyn, 11 000102 0— 5 11 3
Cleveland, 01111S0 *; o—ls I*3 l
Batteries: Daub aud Grim; Wallace and
O'Connor. Attendance, 3,000.
At Washington: r. h. b.
Washington, 00030 101 0— 5 77
Cincinnati, 20105120 *—ll 11 1
Batteries : Gilroy, Malarky and McGuire;
Parrott and Vaughn. Attendance, 94u.
At Baltimore: u. h. k.
Baltimore, 4 0 0 2 1 00 0 *— 7 8 2
Louisville, 0 1 0 00 0 9 0 2—311 4
Batteries: Iteming and dark; Cunning
ham and Spies. Attendance, 1,400.
At Philadelphia: r. h. b.
Philadelphia, 0 0030043 o—lo 16 2
St. Louis. I 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0— 2 3 ,0
Batteries: Lucid and Clements; McDougai
and Pieta. Attendance, 5,364.
At Boston; R. h. b.
Boston, 0 0 4 2 3 1 2 3 *—ls 19 4
Chicago, 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1— 5 11 5
Batteries; Sullivan and Gauzel; Donohue
alnl Terry. Attendance, 2,000.
More Large Shipments of Gold.
Washington, D. 0., Sept. 4.—Tele
grams were received to-day by the Sec
retary of the Treasury stating that
$1,700,090 in grfld had been withdrawn
at New York for export, and that J. P.
Morgan Jk 00. had deposited $2 500,000.
whichjleaves the true amount of the gold
reserve at the close of business to day
$100,115,172.