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UNDER THE BLACK
CAP TWO MEET
DEATH
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Alfred Daniels, Slayer of
Mr. F. G. Simmons,
at Trenton.
ANDDAVISATKINSTON
The Latter, a White Man, Dies For the
Killing of Charles Pate Denying
the Crime, He Goes to His
Reward—Daniels at the
Last Claimed Self-
Defence.
(Special to News ami Observer.)
New Bern, N. C., May 19.—Alfred
Daniels, the negro murderer of Mr.
G. Simmons, and who was shot down
on his plantation in September 1903,
while driving the trespassers from
hunting on his land, was hanged in
Trenton, the county seat of Jones.
Daniels was carried to the gallows
about 1:35 p. m., and at 1:38 tire trap
fell. The prisoner hung for twenty
two minutes before he was pronounc
ed dead. It is said that Daniels con
fessed while in jail that he shot Mr.
Simmons, but that it was in self
defense. While on the gallows the
prisoner advised all his hearers to
profess religion as he had done, add
ing that' they all would lead a better
life.
Another Story of the Hanging.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Trenton. N. C., May 19.—Sheriff
Taylor with a deputy arrived . here
Wednesday at 7 p. m. with the pris
oner, Alfred Daniels, who seemed
calm and serene.
Messrs. J. H. Bell and J. B. Collins,
county officers, visited Daniels for the
purpose of hearing what he had to
say concerning the crime. At first
Daniels said it would do no good as
they would not believe him, that he
had attempted to tell before others
but that they said they would not
believe him, which hurt his feelings.
After being assured that the offi
cers would not treat him thus, he con
sented' to tell. Daniels said he was
in a boat, and that Mr. Simmons came
down to the river bank and said to
him, “god blast you, I am going to
kill you.” At the same time, the negro
he pointed his gun at him. and
then Daniels drew his gun and shot,
Mr. Simmons cried out and then Dan
iels went away.
The negro desired to be baptized.
This desire was granted him.
At eleven o'clock the people gather
ed inside the walls around the jail,
and at about one-thirty Daniels walk
ed onto the scaffold. He had nothing
to say except that he had been for
given for the crime. The trap was
sprung at 1:36 p. m., and Daniels was
pronounced dead by Dr. N. G. Shaw
and County Doctor Bay Pollock, of
Dover, at 1:57 p. m. There was no
struggle, though the lingers quivered
slightly. ,
His people took charge of the body.
THE HANGING OF FRANK DAVIS.
Ho Dies With Firmness and Asserts
That Jle is Innocent.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Knston, N. C., May 19. —Frank Da
vis was hanged here at noon today
for the crime of murder of which he
was convicted at the November term
of Lenoir court, 1903.
The execution was inside the jail
and was witnessed by only a small
number of persons, including physi
cians and reporters. The jail and
yard were kept open all the forenoon
for those who desired to see the con
demned man for the last time and a
constant stream of people passed in
and out until at 11:45 a. m. the sheriff
cleared the jail and yard.
Elder Henry Cunningham of the
Free Will Baptist church was with
Davis all the time until the last. A
detachment of six members of the
Kinston Rifles under Corporal Andrew
Rochelle, assisted the sheriff in main
taining order.
Jonah Davis, a brother of the pris
oner, entered the cell at 11:50 and
bade a most affecting good bye to him,
both weeping in a heart-broken man
ner and promising each other to meet
beyond the grave.
At 12 m., sharp. Deputy Sheriff Sut
ton and Jailer Waller entered the cell,
bound the prisoner and led him down
the short steel stairs and up to the gal
lows.
lie Dies Game.
The prisoner showed remarkable
courage, making no protest, and only
trembling slightly as he stood upon
the scaffold whle the cap and noose
were being adjusted. The drop was
sprung at 12:08 p. m.. and the neck
was broken by the fail. There was
very little struggling, only some
twitching of the muscles of the lower
limbs and spasmodic heaving for
breath, and all was still.
At 12:29 the attending physicians
pronounced him dead and at 12:48 he
was cut down and placed in the cof
fin. Thus in a most orderly manner,
with perfect decorum was the assas
sination of Chas. F. Pate expiated ac
cording to law.
On reaching the city from Golds-
The News and Obsei^er.
boro yesterday Davis made a lengthy
affidavit before the clerk of the Supe
rior court in Avhich he made a general
denial of having committed the crime
of which he was charged or of having
anything to do with any of the mur
ders, which were committed in this
community. The sentiment here is,
nevertheless, that the verdict was .a
just one, and that the law has been
satisfied.
A negro charged with murder was
in a cell near the gallows, but refused
to look at the execution.
W. H. BEVERLY FLIES THE TOWN.
Represented Himself ns a Fa pit a list
and Gave Worthless Cheeks.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Salisbury, N. C., May 19. —W. H.
Beverly, representing himself to be
manager of the Mapes Beverly fertili
zer company of Baltimore, who, on
last Saturday announced that he
would establish a half million dollar
plant in Salisbury, has skipped. He
came here last week and opened an
office and employed a book-keeper and
a stenographer and placed drafts in
local banks aggregating $55,000 on
Northern concerns, which were re
ported unpaid. Beverly posed as a
capitalist, but succeeded in duping
only a few business men here. He
left last night and his sudden disap
pearance has caused quite a ripple
in business circles. A warrant has
been sworn out for his arrest, but he
cannot be found by the officers. His
office fixtures were attached today by
the sheriff in the interest of his credi
tors here. It is learned later tonight
that Beverly gave a number of worth
less checks, which he succeeded in
getting cashed.
WON bTsTTdman
He Will Make Almost a
Clean Sweep in Gran
ville.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Oxford, N. C., May 19.—A large and
enthusiastic conventions was held in
the county court house today by the
Democrats of Granville county. Judge
•A. W. Graham presided. Granville
county named a very enthusiastic
Stedman delegation. It is estimated
that the county will give Stedman
fifteen out of the seventeen votes. VY.
W - Kitchen was unanimously endorsed
for Congress. There were no other
instructions. Thirty-four delegates
.ire chosen to the Congressional and
State conventions.
On the Diamond.
National League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At Pittsburg— R. H. E.
Pittsburg ... 0010 00 0 1 * —2 9 1
New York ...0000000 0 I—l 7 0
Batteries: Miller and Phelps; Tay
lor and Warner.
At Chicago— It. H. E.
Chicago 0 0020002 *—4 11 4
Brooklyn ....0 0000000 I—l 4 2
Batteries: Wicker and O’Neill;
Poole and Bergen.
At St. Louis— It. H. E.
St. Louis 1 0 01 1024 * —9 16 0
Philadelphia 00000 010 I—21 —2 8 2
Batteries: Taylor and Grady; Dug
gleby and Roth.
American League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At Washington— It. H. E.
Washington .00000000 o—o0 —0 2 1
Chicago 0002 00 0 3 o—s0 —5 8 1
Batteries: Jacobsen and Kittredge;
Walsh and McFarland.
At Philadelphia— R. H. E.
St. Louis ....1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 o—4 4 1
Philadelphia 2000 10 0 0 o—3 11 5
Batteries: Glade and Kahoe; Bend
er and Schreckengost.
Southern League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At New Orleans — R. H. E.
Atlanta 00001200 o—3 7 3
New Orleans 0000 20 0 0 o—2 6 4
Batteries: Hardy and Clark; Herr
and Sullivan.
. At Little Rock— It. H. E.
Birmingham 10003403 I—l 216 1
Little Rock .0 0 0 1 000 01— 2 10 7
Batteries: Streit and Matthews;
Bracken, Hardy and Anderson.
At Shreveport— R. H. E.
Shreveport ..30010001 2 —7 8 3
Montgomery 13100000 I—61 —6 12 1
Batteries: Ross, Swann and
Graffius; Tritton, Deaver and Clark.
At Memphis — R. H. E.
Memphis .... 0020 10 0 0 o—3 9 0
Nashville ....0 1000 03 1 o—s 12 2
Batteries: Ehret and Law; Her
man and Fisher.
South Atlantic League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At Columbia — R- H. E.
Charleston ...0 1 020400 2 9 < 2
Colhmbia ....0002001 11 5 6 6
Batteries: Childs and Lehman;
Engel and Shea.
At Macon — I*. E.
Savannah ...2 2 000020 I—71 —7 9 2
Macon 0 0 012010 o—40 —4 9 0
Batteries: Welch and Holmes;
Bayne and Harnlsh.
Held Convention.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Oxford, N. C., May 19.—The Demo
cratic convention today strongly en
dorsed Gen. Royster as chairman of
I the Democratic State committee.
I Judge Graham introduced a strong
I resolution protesting against payment
| of the bonds held by South Dakota.
BALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAAi9Li>^l9o4
THE PARTICULARS
FULLY SET FORTH
How V. E. Mcßee and K.
S. Finch Conspired
THEIR UNLAWFUL ACTS
Under Four Counts The State Files Its
Bill of Particulars Alleging In De
tail the Crimes for Which Mc-
Bee and Finch are
Indicted.
The State of North Carolina yester
day filed in the Superior Court of
Wake county the bill of particulars re
quired by the court in the case of K.
S. Finch and V. E. Mcßee charged
with conspiracy in the case of the A.
& N. C. Railroad receivership, the
bill of particulars being signed by R.
D. Gilmer, Attorney General of North
Carolina, and Armistead Jones, Solici
tor of the Sixth Judicial District of
North Carolina.
In the indictment found by the
Grand Jury at the March term, the
defendants Finch and Mcßee, were
charged under four separate counts
that they “did unlawfully, fraudulent
ly, maliciously and feloniously con
spire, combine,' unite, confederate and
agree among themselves by wrongful,
unlawful and indirect means and di
vers acts, devices and practices.”
First—“To injure and impoverish
the property of the A. & N. C. Rail
road Company, and to injure, embar
rass and obstruct the President and
Board of Directors as officers of the
said railroad company.
Second —“To fraudulently deprive
the President and Board of Directors
as officers of the A. & N. C. Railroad
Company, created and appointed un
der and by virtue of the Laws of the
State of North Carolina, and the by
laws of the company, of their said of
fices and the property of the said com
pany, with intent to fraudulently de
prive them of the possession thereof.”
Third —“To have a receiver appoint
ed for the A. & N. C. Railroad Com
pany in order that they, the said K.
S. Finch and V. E. Mcßee, might reap
the benefits of the receivership of the
said railroad company.”
Fourth—“To force a lease of the A.
& N. C. Railroad Company."
To each of these four counts the bill
of particulars in substantiation is con
cluded in the same language and
makes the same allegations. The par
ticulars given in the First Count are
published in full, and the entire Bill
of Particulars will be understood by
remembering that after the allegation
of unlawfully conspiring in each
count, these particulars appear after
the charges enumerated above, follow
ing First, Second, Third and Fourth.
BILL OF PARTICULARS.
The Introductory, and the bill of
particulars to the first count are in
full as follows:
“State of North Carolina —Wake Co.
“In the Superior Court.
“State vs. K. S. Finch and V. E. Mc-
Bee.
“Bill of Particulars.
“In obedience to an order of the
Court made herein at the March
Term. 1904, of said Court, requiring
the State of North Carolina to furnish
the defendants with a hill of particu
lars of the offences charged in each
count of the bill of indictment herein,
the State of North Carolina, through
the Attorney General and the Solicitor
for the State, files the following hill
of particulars:
“To the first count of the said bill
of indictment, charging that the de
fendants did unlawfully, fraudulently,
maliciously and feloniously conspire,
combine, unite, confederate and agree
among themselves, by wrongful, un
lawful and indirect means and divers
acts, devices and practices to injure
and impoverish the property of the
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
Company, and to injure, embarrass,
and obstruct the President and Board
of Directors as officers of the said
railroad company, created and ap
pointed under and by virtue of the
laws of the State of North Carolina,
and the by-laws of the said railroad
company, the said State of North Car
olina files the following particulars:
“That in the early part of the
month of February, 1904. the defend
ant. V. E. Mcßee, proposed to His Ex
cellency Charles B. Aycock, Governor
of the State of North Carolina, to lease
the property of the Atlantic & North
Carolina Railroad Company, and
there being others desiring to lease
the property of the said railroad com
pany, the said Governor, a few days
before the 20th day of February, 1904,
gave notice to the public that he would
receive bids for the lease of the prop
erty of the said railroad company up
to the 27th day of February, 1904;
that the said defendant V. E. Mcßee,
on the 20th day of February, 1904,
made to the said Governor another
proposition to lease the property of the
said railroad company, and before the
said Governor had time to consider
this oronosition, the said defendant
on the night of the said 20th day of
February. 1904, employed counsel and
commenced to prepare to enter suit in
the Federal Court at Raleigh, said
State, in the name of the defendant
Iv. S. Finch, who claimed to he a resi
dent of the State of New York, appar
ently to force a lease of the said rail
road, and to take the same into pos
session by procuring Ihe appointment
of the defendant V. E. Mcßee as re
ceiver of the property of the said rail
road company. That the defendant K.
S. Finch, while acting in concert iith
the defendant V. E. Mcßee, as chafed
(Continued on Sixth Page.)/
RAILS MUST BE
ROTTEN
Breaking Rails Caused
Two Bad Wrecks on
Southern.
A rail breaking o nthe Southern
railway near Auburn, between half
past twelve and one o’clock yesterday,
overturned eighteen freight cars and
blocked the track for six hours. The
westbound passenger train was nearly
four hours late. No one was hurt.
The train wrecked was the second
section of No. 173, westbound freight,
with conductor Porter and Engineer
Morton, and the rail broke just the
other side of the water tank at Au
burn.
d Seven More Cars Ditched.
Burlington. N. C., May 19.—This
morning at 10:10 o’clock, while the
second section of No. 172, east hound
freight on the Southern railway, was
coming into Burlington, a rail broke,
and seven cars were turned over. No
one was injured, but the track was
blocked about two hours. The train
was m charge of Conductor Waddell
and Engineer Fields.
AFTER THE GRAFTER
Granville Sets Pace For
Defeating Conspiracy.
Democracy of That Grand County Will
Vote For No Man Who Will Re*
open Debt Settlement of
1879.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Oxford, N. C.. May 19.—At the
Granville County Democratic Conven
ton held here i>;day Judge Graham in
troduced a most important resolution
bearing on the scheme to re-open the
1879 settlement of the State debt in
the interest of parties who have been
scheming to compel the payment of
the repudiated bonds. The people
here recognize that the South Dakota
bond scheme was but the entering
wedge. Judge Graham,s resolution,
which was unanimously adopted, is
as follows:
Whereas, the State of North Caro
lina after great deliberation and care
in IST9. passed an act to compromise
and settle the State debt on terms just
to ourselves, in view of the great
losses sustained in the war, and deem
ed so just by our creditors themselves
that it was accepted by an overwhelm
ing majority of them. And whereas,
a syndicate has been for years buying
up at a discount the bonds not brought
in under the act, and are also buying
up the infamous special tax bonds,
with a view of forcing this State to
pay the same through the courts. And
whereas, this conspiracy having failed
so far in the courts, an effort is now
actively on foot to promote the e!ee
ton of a Legislature favorable to leg
islation in favor of the syndicate, and
an effort is also being made to manu
facture or mislead public opinion in
favor of such schemes of the syndi
cate.
Now, therefore, we, the Democrats
of Granville county, in convention as
sembled do pledge ourselves to vote
for no man for the nomination for the
Legislature or any State office who
will not pledge himself to oppose any
movement at any time to re-open the
compromise and settlement of the
State debt made by our representa
tives in the Genial Assembly of 1879,
and to prevent our people being sad
dled with the immense sums which
would be required to pay the princi
pal and nearly 4 0 years accrued inter
est, which would be entailed ort us by
re-opening the settlement of 1879.
Resolved further, that we invite the
people in our sister counties to join in
this contest by the passage of similar
resolutions.
FOR A GIRL'S RUIN
Man and Woman in Jail
For a Most Horrible
Betrayal.
/
(Special to News and Observer.)
Gastonia, N- C., May 19. —Jos. Wal
lace and a Mrs. Taggart, of Bessemer
Citv near here, are incarcerated in a
felon’s cell at Dallas, the county se.it,
for conspiring against Tiney Coontz,
a young girl of that plant by enticing
her -iwav from her home under the
pretense of Wallace marrying her.
1 instead of the man s taking the girl
. ‘ i as a wife, the two led
y n <) . ‘ the woods and harbored her
61 ,‘i rherv. The affair occurred
Saturday, and when the authorities
hatuiaay, f the case went in
upon learning congplr;ltors the man
sea leh ffneV South Carolina, where
fied to Gainey- brought hack to
|he was arresteOri v i Tho , wo were
Bessemer cour t under heavy
k" U '; "d ir.- now in jail.
b °The community is incensed over the
conduct the man "
ONE BLOWN UP BY
A RUSSIAN MINE
And Another Sunk in a
Collision.
REPORT CONFIRMED
The Names of the Vessels Lost by
japan Are Yoshino and Hatsuse
—Over Two Hundred of
the Yoshino's Crew
Were Lost.
(By the Associated Press.)
Tokio, May 19. —(9:30 p m.) —Vice
Admiral Togo has reported as follows:
“A report from Rear Admiral Dewa
says that the cruisers Kasuga and
Yoshino collided during a fog off Port
Arthur on May 15. The Yoshmo sank
only ninety of her crew being saved.
“On the same day the battleship
Hatsuse struck a Russian mine and
sank.”
Giving details of the disaster, Vice
Admiral Togo says:
“At fourteen minutes past one in the
afternoon of May 15, in a deep fog
off Port Arthur, the Kasuga rammed
the Yoshino, sinking the latter in a
few minutes. Ninety of her crew were
saved.
“The same morning the Hatsuse
while cruising off Port Arthur cov
ering the banding of the soldiers,
struck a mine ten knots southeast of
the harbor entrance. She signalled for
help, and instantly struck another
mine. She sank in half an hour. Three
hundred of her crew were saved by
torpedo boats.”
The Yoshino was a cruiser of 4,180
tons displacement, and 15,000 indica
ted horse-power. She was built in
England, was launched in 1892, was
350 feet long, had a 46 1-2 beam and
her draft was 17 feet. The armament
of the Yoshino consisted of four 6-inch
guns, eight 4.7-inch guns, and twenty
three 3-pounders. She had five tor
pedo tubes, her armored deck was
4 1-2 inches thick and her gun posi
tions were protected by shields 4 1-2
inches in thickness. The cruiser’s
speed was estimated to be 23 knots,
her coal capacity was T,OOO tons and
her crew numbered 300 men.
The Hatsuse was a battleship of 15.-
000 tons displacement and of the latest
model. She was only completed in
1900, was built in England, was 400
feet long, had 76 1-2 feet beam, drew
27 feet of water, had 16.300 indicated
horse-power, and was fitted with
water—tube boilers. She was com
pletely' armorede with steel. Her ar
mament consisted of four 12-inch
guns, fourteen 6-inch guns, twenty 12-
pounders. eight 3-pounders and four
2 1-2-pounders. She had four torpedo
tubes, her estimated speed was 19.11
knots. Her crew numbered 741 men.
Russian Flotilla Repulsed.
•
(Ry the Associated Press.)
Washington', May 19.—Advices re
ceived at the Japanese legation from
Tokio, confirming the Associated
Press accounts of the sinking of the
cruiser Yoshino and the battleship
Hatsuse, state that after the Hatsuse
had been struck by Russian mechani
cal mines a Russian llotilla of sixteen
torpedo boats and destroyers appeared
but were repulsed by the Japanese
cruisers which saved 300 of the Hat
suse’s crew, including Admiral Mash
iba and Captain Nakao.
The Looses at Kiu-Lien-Clieng.
(By the Associated Press.)
Tokio, May r 19.—4:30 p. m.—Gen
eral Kuroki reports that the Japanese
losses at the battle of Kiu-Lien-Cheng,
May 1, were: Killed, five officers and
218 men wounded, 33 officers and 732
men. Thirteen hundred and sixty
three Russian dead were buried, and
18 officers and 595 men were made
prisoners. The Japanese captured
twenty-one quick-firing guns, 19 am
munition wagons, 1.417 shells; 8 ma
chine guns, and 37,000 shells for these
guns, 1,021 rifles and 350,000 rounds
of ammunition; 63 horses, 10 wagons
and 1,244 coats and 541 tents.
At Feng-Wang-Cheng the Japanese
captured 357 shells for mountain guns,
188,000 rounds of rifle ammunition,
1,720 coats, 40,000 loaves of bread
and other supplies, together with a
quantity of tools and telegraph stores.
Skirmishes South of Kin Chou.
(By the Associted Press.)
Tokio, May 19. —4:30 p. m.—lt is
unofficially reported that small skir
mishes are taking place south pf
Kirt-Chou. On the Liao-Tung penin
sula the Japanese line extends from
Chinchaton to Chulesshan, across the
ridge of hills a mile and a half north
of Kin-Chou. Kin-Chou is seven or
eigh thousand metres north of the
narrowest part of the peninsula and
forty miles north of Port Arthur.
The Japanese line therefore is less
than forty miles from Port Arthur.
FIXED HIM FOR CONTEMPT.
A Young Man Who Expressed an
Opinion to Escape Jury Service.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Durham, N. C., May 19.—The Sun
says in this morning’s issue that just
after the jury was secured in the
Powell case Mr. S. A. Johnson, a book
keeper for the First National bank,
one of the special venire men, was
called before Judge Cooke and fined
one dollar for contempt. On being
summoned the young man had ex
pressed the opinion that the negro
was guilty and afterwards admitted
that he did so because he wished to
escape jury service. The judge was
lecturing the young man severely
when Major Guthrie said that he was
an estimable citizen and that he hoped
the court would not lay a heavy hand
upon him. The judge replied that
such was not his purpose, but that
the court must be respected and he
wished to teach the young man a les
son. He therewith imposed the fine as
stated, and which was immediately
paid.
Sure the Lord Would Get It.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., May 19.—When
Postmaster Tyre Glenn was consulted
yesterday morning as to the best
preacher to offer prayer at opening of
Republican convention he gave the
following advice: “I don’t know as to
the best preacher, for they are all of
the best, but if I was going to send a
message to the Lord and wanted to be
sure he would get it I think I would
take' my chances on old Dr. Cara
way.” It is superllous to add that the
opening prayer was offered by Rev. Dr.
P. J. Caraway.
Two Men are Drowned.
(By the Associated Press.)
Charleston, S. C., May 19.—Two vis
itors to the Confederate reunion, J.
D. Carmichael, of Dillon, S. C., and J.
W. Harmon, a Confederate veteran of
Lexington, S. C., were drowned this
afternoon in the harbor between Fort
Sumter and Fort Moultre. The har
bor was calm as a mill pond, and the
small cat-rigged boat capsized in an
endeavor to put about in order to pick
up the hat of one of the party which
had blown off.
DEATH IT DROPS
One Killed, One Stunned
and Flung Under Crus
hing Wheels.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Washington, N. C., May 19.—0 n
yesterday during a terrible thunder
storm a white man by the name of
James Boyd was struck by lightning
and instantly killed, and another
white man named James Sawyer, was
knocked senseless.
Sawyer fell across the track of the
log road, belonging to Mr. Surry
Parker, situated about eight miles
from Pfnetown, and the log train, in
backing ran over him. mangling his
arm to such an extent that it was
amputated later by Drs. Tayloe, of
this city, and Dr. Hunter, of Piqe
town.
The case of Stat& vs. John Reid and
James Moore for the murder of John
Rue, is now in progress. The State
will only ask for a verdict of murder
in the second degree. Messrs. Rod
man & Rodman, C. F. Whrren and
D. F. James, of Greenville, appear for
the defendants.
MORRIS TUCKER GIVEN 20 YEARS
The Case of the Staneills Boys Con
tinued Until Next Term.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Wilson, N, C., May 19.—Morris
Tucker, the negro who killed John
Gay, also colored, sometime ago, was
placed on trial this morning. Tucker
and Gay, together with several other
negroes, assembled in a colored wo
man’s house below the railroad and
commenced a game of cards. A dis
pute arose. Tucker said that Gay
commenced cursing and throwing
bricks at him when he pulled out a
pistol and began firing. Two shots
took effect, Gay dying two days af
terwards.
Tucker made his escape, but several
months later Avas located in New York
by a detective of that city and brought
back here The case was given to the
jury this afternoon, and they brought
in a verdict of manslaughter, giving
Tucker twenty-five years in prison
The case of Bam and Dick Htincill
for killing W. T. Harrison Avas con
tinued until next term.
CHOICE OF RECLAIMERS.
To Speak for a Gold Medal in Craven
Memorial Hall.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Trinity Park, Durham, N. C., May
19. —This morning at the Trinity Park
school, there Avas held a preliminary
contest for the purpose of selecting
the six best declaimers in the senior
class. As a result the folloAving were
chosen: Messrs. L. J. Carter. E. R.
Hines, S. W. Horton. J. R. Sidbury, J.
S. Stroud, A. L. WSsshurg and J. B.
Aiken.
On Monday night, June 6th. these
young men will speak in Craven Me
morial hall for a gold medal, given
by the literary societies o fthe school.
This annual contest has heretofore
been of a high order, and has proved
to be one of the most enjoyable fea
tures of the Park school commence
ment exercises. This year will not be
an exception, in the least.
FIFTY-FOUR MEN KILLED.
The Government Forces Lose Heavily
....in Reported Fighting in San
Domingo
(By the Associated Press.)
Turks Island, Bahamas, May 19.
Mail service from San Domingo, an
nounces severe fighting at Navareto on
May 14. The government troops were
defeated. losing f»4 men killed and 67
Avounded. Express trains carrying the
wounded arrived at Puerto Plata, and
Santiago de Los Baballeros, May 15.
convoy conveying 20,000 cart
ridges from Puerto Plata to President
Morales’ forces fell into the hands of
the Dominican insurgents.
Occasional silence would improve
some people’s conversation.
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Stung by the Disgrace,
Leading Republicans
Shrink Back.
A SICKENING PAGEANT
Violators of Law and Men Convicted
of Fraud and Free Under Bond Only,
High in Republican Counsels—
Secret Service Men Sent
to Watch This Extra
ordinary Gathering
“THE TRUTH OF THE SITUA
TION IS PAST BELIEF UNLESS IT
HAD BEEN ACTUALLY WIT
NESSED, AND THE SCANDAL OF
IT CAN NOT BE COMPREHENDED
BY THOSE NOT ON THE SPOT.”—
SECRET SERVICE MAN’S COM
MENT ON THE DEGRADING EX
HIBITION AT GREENSBORO.
Greensboro, N. C., May 19. —Out of
the many bargains and agreements
made by the forces necessary to con
trol policy and action of the Repub
lican State convention, held here yes
terday, it is definitely ascertained here
this evening, that J. A. Giles, of Chat
ham county, will receive appointment
as assistant United States District At
torney in Eastern North Carolina in
place of Oscar J. Spears, resigned on
account of incompatability of temper
ament Avith Judge Purnell.
It is reported here today, that deals
and trades, made by revenue offi< e
holders, revelations concerning which
are just becoming known, so strongly
connect that element of party Avhich
controlled the Republican State con
vention held here yesterday with whis
key interests, suspected or convicted of
frauds against the government, as to
promise a wholesale repudiation of the
organization as at present constituted
by leading Republicans of the State,
folloAving the sensational publication
of Judge Bynum’s interview utterly re
pudiating revenue office-holding oli
garchy. Since that intervieAv, it has
been learned that Bynum himself had
no conception of the extent or signifi
cance of the arrangement whereby
eastern revenue Federal officials, se
cured absolute control of the conven
tion and party organization, and that
District Attorney Holton and Ste :e
Chairman Rollins Avere innocent and
umvitting victims.
Anticipating some crooked political
Avork, or desiring to be acquainted
with the nmnner of conducting polit -
cal conventions in the South, especially
here since recent convictions of promi
nent government gaugers, and mem
bers of the party avlio Avere large dis
tillers of frauds, it is learned today,
that the Internal Revenue department
at WashingUon, sent tAvo secret ser
vice men here to get the lay of the
land.
Prominent on the stage was a self
confessed violator of revenue luavs, re
cently appointed deputy collector,
more recently discharged from ser-
A r ice by the collector of the Avestern
district, who Avas an actiA’e delegate.
Parties out of jail, Avho were convicted
here three Aveeks ago, of defrauding
the government, out on bonds on ap
peal to the Circuit court, had been sent
as delegates from their counties, some
of them actively participating. The
significance of the success of the ele
ment these men sided with caused one
of the secret service men to declare
before he left for Washington last
night: “The truth of the situation is
past belief unless it had been actually
witnessed, and the scandal of it cannot
be comprehended by those not on the
spot.”
Already there are rumors of a move
ment among leading Republicans to
issue a manifesto utterly disclaiming
responsibility for office-holding com
pacts, and asserting ignorance of exis
tence of such.
CASE AGAINST REGISTRARS.
Tills is Continued Until the November
Term of Court.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C.. May 19. —The case
against ('apt. Ferrell and (’has. Bum
gardner, the two Democratic regis
trars who Avere indicted in the Federal
court in 1902, charged with refusing
to register negroes at the November
election that year, Avere called in the
United States court yesterday for the
fourth time since the two men Avere
indicted, and the cases continued until
the November term of court. The rea
son assigned for the continuance of
the cases Avas that Attorney General
Gilmer will represent the Asheville
registrars and also other registrars in
dicted at the same time and for the
same cause, and that the Attorney
General desires that the case against
John Simpson, the Rutherford county
registrar, be tried first. This case will
be called at Charlotte next Monday,
and the result Avill probably determine
Avhether the cases against the other
Democratic registrars will be prose
cuted. If Mr. Simpson is acquitted
or if the case is nol pressed, the indict
ments against the other men will very
likely he dropped. The Asheville reg
istrars renewed their bonds in the
sum of SSOO each.