THE KANDOLPH BULLET
VOL. II.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1906.
NO. 8.
22 DEAD IPTAWfUL WRECK
Seaboard Trains Crash Together With
ightful Loss of Human Life
IN CHARLOTTE HOSPITALS f WANTS BACK IN PEN
46 OTHERS ARE INJURED I;
iving members ot. the train crow io
pull (he dead an1 dying from the
tangled heap of wood and iron. Peu-
11 l.i J T.-.-.!.;iv-
T-ov- Tln-on e ,1 nr . , ,T I'ti cane 110111 riaiuic ami joo, ois
Tweivtj,-Thiee of the Wounded, Near- ! m in ., - . . -, thf. wm.k
ly of Whom Arc Colored, Taken to j was kepi" up. When the first grey
Charlotte on Special. Train One j morning light camp 1! dead bodies, in
Dics En Route and Another on 'eluding -those ot 'two babies, had been
Reaching Station-Nearly All Be-1 f"m"1- S,'nir "f ,hn illiuml "uini,?e(1
. - . ' 1n ..,.( themselves free, others Mere
ins Cared lor m Charlotte Serious-; ,,,, down. Several wore m.-
ly Injured and Other Deaths Ex- j eouseious. As soon as it was possi
pected Wreck? ge Not Yet Cleared bio a train was brought from Mon
Awav snH fit.krr Tit w x loo: tin; ininred were placed on this.
- ....... . itima v 1 1
i Willi llie Doilies or tnosi
Add d to the Already Large Death
List.
('.. Special. Twentr
ind '2'A injured as the
u collision between
Hasnk-t. X
two are dead
ot ihe lieau
a ivcai passenger
,,i i!k- S(abiaid mi
Town an-.! Rockingham, lit
!;il are negroes. The dead are:
Krank B. Lewis. Hamlet.
Baggaga masu-i- Byrd.
Kir; man Ti.ni Hill, colored.
I'm-ier Wail Boggan. colored.
i;iibcri McFaddcii, colored. Ham
i L.
Haitie ':ipi". colored. L.nirinburg
of the dead
negroes. The dead wow taken off
at Rockingham and Monroe, the in
jured at Charlotte. Two of ihe in
.jilied died en route.
The wreek is supposed to have been
caused by the failure of the telegraph
i i.;..i i i.i:
i a speeial freight "iM'i'aior ai riocKiugnam 10 uemer
wav between this "Kiers to tne passenger nam 10 meei
of the
Hell. Rockingham.
Hai.Jiabal M.-Xair and Child, cd-
ille. S. C.
. colored.
Haiti.- Laud, color, d.
lle-ter Dr.i IV. . Beimel is
lai;e Ku-.-eli lloinui.ii.
-lohu Ha 1 1 iiigtou "s babv
ix '.;:iK::ovii men.
i hri e uuliilown colored women.
CeU Hiilton's b.Vsv. colored.
I.i7.:'ie Pownian.
I hi' injured are as follows:
I. I. Bowcn. white conductor. Wil
mington: G. S. Iii mingham, white.
Rockingham ; J. O. Bunday. engineer,
Han, let: Goo. Cross, white, tiretnan.
Raleigh; George Morgan. Cicero
! lioina- and wife. Oscar Lee. Oscar
I'lov.-ers. linn Ifaimm. Richard Doug
May iioiuia-s. her. Ovendinc,
Frank S.-oit. Jim Odell. Tonnv Lee.
.Mi
yon. Oetavia Jackson.
Stewart. liemv Stewart. Car-
Mi
am Copeis. Percy Clark,
Radlrv. Richard
Viet or Free-
it
MoNair.
Kadlec
gaii. Jane Stewart
-. and t '.iree -.i hers unknown.
Story cf the Wreck,
'a . ngcr train Xo. ti. which
i riot to at
in. wa r
ei -din:; '.l
s to char for Hamlet thiee miles
i of Rockingham.
Liigmeer Fiank Lewis pulled
i-in:' ai'ouiid a cm ve and en-!.--p
i-in he -.jiw a light wiihin
the freight train. The passenger, it
is said, had no orders to meet the
freight and it is the preMinmlion that
the freight overlooked its orders. )'
is also stated that a lap order caused
j the catastrophe. The passenger
' train, this report states, bad orders
. to meet the freight at Hamlet, -while
; the freight's orders was to meet the
passeng"r at Rockingham. ,
The freight was an extra fruit train
'.westward bound. The two trains col
lided with an awful roar and crash
in a deep cut one mile from Hamlet.
Engineer Lewis and his Hreman was
instantly killed and death came in the
( twinkling of an eye to the passengers
i in the colored coach.
j The scene is indescribable. The
I wreckage is piled high on the tracks
j and traffic is completely blocked.
; Both the second and first class coach
es were overturned and the colored
' passengeis were simply gv-ound to
death. Many of the dead bodies are
' horribly mangled and some of those
who escaped with their lives are bruis
ed almost Dewond recognition.
.As iuiokly as possible after the dis
aster, railroad men. citizens and pas
sengers wiin weie uninjured, began
to work heroically to recover the dead
and injured, who were imprisoned un
der the cars. ff the lamps in the
coaches had not been extinguished
accident would have been made
the
escaped
red.
a:.. I
! V
'-. f-hir
b
! more horrible by lire.
i The engineer and tireman of
o . lock rsun.lay alter- freight train jumped and
i rt .-,i.-ci; wiui lew onuses. J lie coach lor col
ludes mi hour, with or- 1 ored neonle was lorn all to nieces smd
everyone in it who did not meet death
was more or less seriously injured.
Both engines were demolished and the
naggage cats and eoaelies were .iim-
1,'led together in an unsightly mass.
The colored passengers, most of
iiom were from Latirinbnrg. had
been to attend a big church gathering.
Lvery seat in the car was taken, many
of the crowd being women and chil
dren. The cites of the children pin
ioned underneath the cars, adoed to
the horrors of the catastrophe
As soon as ixsible after the
Wounded Victims of Hamlet Wreck
Being Cared For
Charlotte, N. ('., Speeial. The
speeial train bearing the 23 injured
colored people reached Charlotte Mon
day morning' at i o clock. It con
sisted of three express cars, in which
were placed -regular passenger coach
seats for the comfort of the suffer
ers. The five injured while people
wore taken to Rockingham for treat
ment. It is thought that they will
recover. Nearly all of the others are
seriously injured.
Dr. II. M. Wilder, resilient physi
cian for the Seaboard Air Line, with
a corps of other Charlotte physicians
hastily summoned, met the train and
attended to the removal and treat
ment of the sufferers. A number
of physicians from Hamlet. Rocking
ham and other towns on ihe Seaboard,
came in on the special train. The pa
tients were taken immediately to the
Good Samaritan Hospital, where they
are being shown every attention.
One of the injured died before the
train reached Charlotte. Another
breathed his last before the hospital
was reached. Their names ar enot
obtainable. Dr. 11. M. Wilder states
thai the majority of the '-2 yet liv
ing are seriously injured. A number
of them will probably not live
through the night.
The Oood Samaritan Hospital is a
scene of confusion. The hospital is
surrounded bv a large crowd of the
urious who are anxious to gain ad
mittance. The groans of the sul
fering ones adds to the horror of the
ceue. The colored trained nurses are
working valiantly and the doctors,
12 or l"i in number, are doing every
thing in their power to relieve -pain.
number of white people have volun
teered their services as nurses.
It is almost impossible to get an
accurate account of the wreck from
any of the colored people. Areport-
cr asked two or three to state how it
all happened, but they could lell noth
ing about it that is different from the
eport sent out from Hamlet. Near
y all those who were injured were
unconscious tor an tiour or more alter
the disaster. The second class car,
one of the colored people states, is a
mas of ruins. It was turned com
pletely oyer, crushing its occupants
almost he von d recognition. 'I'll is man.
who received an ugly gash in ihe
lorhead. said that he crawled out to
the ground through a hole in the
ear made bv the crash, t rum his
statements the tragedy is indescrib
able.
('apt. Lewis the dead engineer, was
well known in Charlotte. He was
one ol the most popular emploves ol
the railwav company. His home was
ii.. ... '
Wealthy Man Wants Admitted
Again to Prison
A MAN WHO "WORSHIPS HONW
and That He will Spend His For
tune if Necessary to Get Into the
Pen at Joliet, Ills.
foail
special ire. in
ouic down upon him at
n;d ,i hi- own. The col
iue -liable and the two .'u
!"geliier wi;h tremendous
I'd themselves to each li
ver in the di'i-h. The
mid clashed iido i ijn
ml reduced them to
li!': wood. Th lie--I
iishci like an ef hi
i-.-upani wj.s killed oi
' ne impact i-nameer Lewi
iri.w;. a ilo.vn
-inc. He :.evei
ro coach j wreck the injured were sent
cry
A?
. i
and e -injured.
was
i h'tte on a special train.
to liar
order to
: ney liavt y.i
co'i.ie.j fi.eir;
dec ii-,- .jehi-i
( mi' !'! h
jinei'i-.i ; : :
Tlie w..,i,
!n:nici i:i re!
in 'in inroil i
; I
tve litem hospital accommodations.
There were 2;5 colmed ieople and live
Aan.s I,,,,,, (.n. i1Ites U1 ,. number. The chief dis
drew breath again, j patcher of the Seaboard at Raleigh
ned the body of Ids lias given instructions to the nnder-
- 1 .:!
I. (
i Hill.
Bund v.
from mi-; taker at Rockingham to furnish
engineer tins tor all of the dead. All of
his (irernan boi
id v.iiJi injuries.
ex-Hi- beg.-iii jilini.-t
icnienl. The
"'d I ur siir-
1 lie
:'--s
,eh
of.
f the dead. All of ihr
j doctors from Rockingham and Ham
let were dispatched to (he scene ami
did valiant service to the injured. It
took about jive hur to get the deai
and injured from the wreck.
Our Manufaciurins Industry.
I no large-i manufacturing iudus
v i::. S..uth Carolina, next to col
li, i- the making o'- lumber, accrd-
iidleiin j;lst vc-eived n,m
nKinniaciiiies. The
coiton is bv far ihe
liig t-i
the huican "f
maiiitfactuie o
mo- mi port -.nit manufacturing j,idu.
t-y in ihe Stan-, lieing in ptlit) (;.:;
j er cen'. and in !!().". 72.11 per cent,
i-i the who!-. Lumber ranks next.
N. C. Banks Designated.
Washington. Special. The national
11 , - . .. .-
oatiK oj rayeitevine .ortu i.arolina
. lias oeeti designated as a government
j depository to the amount of 100
000 and the City National Bank of
; oreensooro ai .ti.jo.uuo. Hotii were
unsuccessful bidders for the Panama
caual bonds.
Rockefeller Laughs at the Idea cf
His Arrest.
Clewiand. Ohio. Special.- The indi-
. .. .. . . I . . . II 1 k t . . ....
1 in.o .loim ii. 1,-ocke
s. of Findlay.
Ihe president -
FIVE KILLED BY LIGHTNING
or
and Shi.uil l.io
bus a ;t! rant !';
S.:iidar I 'ii ( 'nm
'n of the Jstii!
I la n cock county.
Ki-ekofellcr. l,ef,
icliliil In ti,;.
1ii;.'iug:i his
New York. Special. -Usually men
fight hard to keep out of the peniten
tiary, but Charles A. Oourdain, mem
ber of a well known Louisiana family,
is fighting with all the means at his
command to get in the penitentiary
at Joliet, Ills. He is busy seeking a
United Slates judge who will sign
a mandamus that will open the gales
of the pen.
iourdaiu declares that he has pledg
ed his whole energy and large private
fortune to the cause of his honor,
which he staked in court when he was
on ttial for fraudulent use of the
mails that be would not appeal should
he be found guilty. To redeem him
self in his own eyes from what he
claims was an unauthorized and frau
dulent act in violation of his word
on the part of his lawyer in suing
out a writ of supercedes and causing
his removal from the penitentiary
and release on bail. lie is exhausting
every endeavor !o get back into the
penitentiary and serve out the full
term of four years and six months im
posed by the judge at his own re
quest. He hopes to be able to reach one
of the supreme court justices with
his plea, or else lind some other plan
to get back into the Joliet penitenti
ary. If he fails, he says, he will build
a private penitentiary at Joliet, and
serve out his sentence in his own pen
itentiary under exactly the same con
ditions as if he was a prisoner in the
government penal institution.
(Iourdaiu estimates his own for
tune at $.10.0(10.000-. but if ihe figure
is exaggerated, it is at least ceriaain
that ho is well supplied with money
sullicient and more for him to carry
out the plan of the private peniten
tiary, or to carry on his present en
deavor to bo iucaiceiated by order
of the courts.
He Worships Honor.
"Some men worship money. Some
men worship (iod. Others worship
other things. I worship honor."
This is the motto of Gonrdain that
has brought about the most remarka-
THE PRELIMINARY TRfAL
at Hamlet.
Russell Sage Meets End.
New York. Special. Russell Sage
died suddenly Sunday at his country
home. Cedar Croft." at Lawrence.
L. T. The immediate cause of death
was heart failure resulting from a
complication of diseases incident to
old age. The veteran financier would
have celebrated his S7th birthday on
August 4. Mr. Sage bad been in ex
ceptionally good health since his ar
rival ai his summer home about six
months ago. At noon Sunday he was
seized with a sinking spell and col
lapsed, falling into unconsciousness
about two hours before his death,
which occurred at 4:30 o'clock.
Factories Blown Up.
Berlin. By Cable. A despatch from
Kattowitz. Prussian Silesia, announc
es the Singer Sewing- Machine facto
ries at Sosnowice and Bendin have
been blown up by bombs at about the
same time. At Sonsowiee six persons
wore severely wounded and at Bend
z.in four badly hurl.
Reformed Church Reunion.
Baltimore, Special. The 17th an
nual reunion of the Reformed church
in Maryland. Pennsylvania. Virgin
ia and West Virginia has commenced,
the attendance being very large. Rev.
J. T. Hacker, cf Roanoke, delivered
the address.
hi- atrei
mined to
the ;av.
the
niiv, charging- iula-
auti-tiii-l laws in '
are going to clash. '
'e Ik- left Kurope 1
inn! t'v, ridiculed :
npaiiion.s the idea of
Coves says he is deter- !
any out Ihe mandate of
Bolt Strikes. Grand Stand at Base
hall Game in Manitowoc, Wis.
More Than 20 Injured.
Manitowoc. Wis.. Special. r'ive
persons were killed ;nid more than a
score injured Sunday afternoon by
a bolt of lightning which struck the
grandstand of the baseball park where
leoplc had gathered to see a
l.")0
game between a local loam and a nine
from Plymouth. Wis.
e
I !ls
I H'lt.
i'-i-i.-
!!'
Weevil-Proof Cotton
P.aliin Knr.gc. La.. S
ll.iceineui linn ;1
i'-wa as triumph
reuiiy no! attacked by the bo
! was made le
the Siai.
: i- a:
nine other
:; half r
Found.
Special. A n
riety of cotton
cot ton is ap-
wee-
New England' Rifle Tourney.
Wakefield. Mass., Special. The an
nual riHe tournament under ihe aus
pices of the New England Military
Rifle Association opened here and will
continue till August (i. Kverv one of
, i
(onioiogi-t New- the New England Slates is represent -p
coiiiiiiissiiiu. ed bv picked teams including nearlv
- I '
ll
iounced to be free
cot ion pests. Tt
bale io (he acre and
eaiher conditions.
1 .
every crack shot of the New Eng
land militia. Some valuable troph
ies and other prizes will be contested
tor.
A Quartette of Politicians.
Oyster Bay, Special. A quartette
of Republican leaders went to Saga
more Hill to talk over the coming
congressional . campaign with Presi
dent Roosevelt. The party consisted
of Speaker Cannon. Representatives
Sherman, chairman of the campaign
committee; Loudenslarger of New
Jersey, and McKinley of Illinois, sec
retary and treasurer of the commit
tee. Sheiman said the President was
not going to be the leader of the
campaign but was going to co-operate
most heartily in every wav he could.
Escaped Inmate of Insane Asylum
Recaptured.
!.- Hi j
caegh
BELGIUM INDEPENDENCE DAY.
J
--l.lisbur
liodl-
spec!
del-
ill V
s
lerin
A
i:."i. a will; e riicii! w
inimbt r of years i
'irganton. ite es
John ira-
has been for
the asylum at
pod recently and
back home. Al-
Many Cities Observing Anniversary
of Belgium's Freedom Which Fell
on Sunday.
Brussels, Special. The 7bth anni
versary of Belgium's attainment of
v. as makiiig His way hack home. AI- ( national independence was celebrated
though he is not dangerous. Graham ! throughout. Belgium by popular dein
has ln'Oii nuking il disagreeable for j oust rat ions, meetings, banquets and
bp;;; 1 .':.;.Ie and will he I other ft-st ivil ics. In many ciiies the
1 ' - l i"n which : celebration of Ue anniversary, the cy-
L'- hu:. -::'"' h: i ;1, , ,.r. w fci, h i- ..,, f '
Four Killed in Wreck.
Spokane, Wash.. S)ecial Four men
were killed and a number of persons
injured, none fatally, in a wreck on
the Spokane Fails & Northern Rail
way. One coach at the end of the
train left the tracks while the train
was Hearing a htidge over Beaver
creek and rolled down the bank drag
ging one coach with i-. The rest of
the Irani crossed the btidg: in safe-
Held For Burglary.
Spencer. Special. Ernest Holmes,
colored, was bound over to court here
on the charge of burglarizing the
home of H. W. Holt at this place. The
burglar was seen taking a watch
which was afterward found on
Holmes, who was- arrested for the cap
ital offense. He is a desperate char
acter and will be tried for his life.
The crime and the capture, following
so soon afterwards, created a small
sensaiiori here and feeling van liis-h
for a i iir.e.
blc appeal that ever has called to the
attention of the supreme court of the
United Slates.
(iourdaiu was connected with a lot
tery that ran in opposition to the old
Louisiana State lottery, but claims
that when the law which ended the
existence of that giant gamble went
into effect, he and his family with
drew all interests in the lot lory bus
iness, and never engaged in ii since.
Early last year the I'niled Slates
authorities got alter Gourdaiii on ac
count of a laud scheme. in- was con
ducting from Chicago, involving lands
near the oil fields of Jefferson. La.
He says that when the posloflice au
thorities lirst accused him of fraudu
lent schemes he employed AY. Knox
Haynes. a lawyer of Chicago, promis
ing to pay him $."100 a month for life,
not to defend him. but to bring about
his indictment. Gonrdain felt thai
he had been falsely accused, and wish
ed a vindication in open court.
The case came to trial in May last
in Chicago, and Gonrdain put in no
defense. He made an argument, stat
ing that if the jury had the least
doubt of his honesty and sincerity he
wished them to find him guilty. lie
said he would make no appeal, but
would serve his sentence, and at the
l'-nelusion of that sentence would
turn over his entire fortune to the
postofhoe authorities Io pay back ev
ery iK-rson in full all thai they had
subscribed toward the land scheme
which he was conducting and the en
lire Gonrdain family would then quit
the United States forever.
While he was cheerfully serving
time his lawyer, as he claims, without
his knowledge or consent was work
ing for his release, and through a
writ of super sedas before Judge
Grosscup had Gonrdain transferred
from Joliet to Chicago on July S,
and lodged in the county jail. Gonr
dain was very angry and declared
that this proceeding against his agree
ment with himself, and demanded
that be be taken back to Joliet. The
only way he could obtain his release
. I - . - .
nom me county jail was lo sign a
bail bond, and he took this course,
and was let out on bail.
Oourdain immediately returned to
Joliet and demanded to be received
again as a prisoner, but the warden
would not admit him. Defeated at
all points in his effort to get back
into the penitentiary, Gonrdain con
ceived the idea of appealing to the su
preme court of the United States for
a writ of mandamus committing him
to the Joliet pouiteiiilary.
He Registers From Prison.
When Gonrdain reached Washing
ton he registered at the fashionable
Raleigh hotel as ''Louis A. Gonrdain.
No. 4.800, Illinois State Prison, Joliet,
Ills.." and asked for change of .$500
bill to pay tho cabman who had driv
en him from the station. He had
pledged himself not to eat. drink nor
sleep until bis. appeal was before the
United States supreme court, and he
carried out bis pledge, only breaking
his fast when he had presented his
request lo Chief Clerk Maher in
Washington.
Clerk Maker refused to receive the
petition, as such papers must be pre
sented in open couir. In red ink,
which he thinks dutiable for bis use as
a convicted urisonrr. Gonrdain wrote
a formal rejuest that bis petition be
received or 'lu-.t reason be given m
writing why il was not received and.
Clerk Mabel- formally wrote out the
reason for i:--t receiv ina ike pi i; -.
Attorneys Getting at the Truth in the
Now Famous Lyerly Murder Case
The Witnesses.
Public interest in the, new famous
Lyerly murder that occurred at Bar
ber's Junction now centers in the
trial of the five negroes now in the
Charlotte jail charged with the crime.
Tha first examination of witnesses
for the State was held at Salisbury
lis;t Saturday, and the proceedings
are given in substance as reported by
Mr. II. E. O. Bryant, a staff corre
spondent of the Charlotte Observer.
Story of Murdered Man's Son.
The first witness to make a state
ment was Mr. J. G. Lyerly, a son of
the murdered man and a halff broth
er of the children. He said: "Jim
Taylor, the boy who had been work
ing for div father, told me of the
murder about 4 o'clock in the mo-n-ing.
Taylor had spent the night at
Mr. R. V Cooke's, with Sam. 1 went
wi,!i Mr. Ploss Barber to the old
home. Ed.. Barber. Charlie Brown and
Ed Cart"r were there when wo ar
iive.1. 1 think Mr. Matt. L. AY ebb
w:;s the hist man o;i the promises
after the girls left, lie was accoin
(ompanied by a Mr. Watson, a cattle
:lealer who occasionally with my fath
?r. Watson was on his way there
that morning to get breakfast.
"Soon alter 1 arrived there those
who had assembled thought it best to
arrest J;uk Diiiiiigl.-tm, as the girls
had said something about a quarrel
that father and Jack had had the
lay before. T'le negio had said some
thing r.boid cursing father.
" vYheu we ci'teit-l the house we
found Ibe front door pin, jusi, as
;kc gills had left it, whei. they slart-:-d
foi Mr. Cooke's h no. The bodies
if father and John were on the floor.
Dr. Chenault and myself hunted for
and found the money, about .$175
tiip.t father kept in the house. Some
A it was upstairs in a drawer, and
remainder in the little rear room,
tear the kitchen.
'The house n which Nease Gilles
pie lived is located about a quarter
f a mile west of the Lyerly home,
lack Dillingham lived southwest,
about 300 yards.
'When we weiii up to father's
home we saw a feather bed. a bureau
drawer and a lamu in the front walk,
. , . , , i .... i rPl -
where the gins Had leu mom. rue
Lyerlys were all friendly. Father
and bis children were on the best of
terms.
"Last Christmas I heard father
say that be and Nease had bad some
words about their contract. Father
'iad told Nease that be would have
lo work a crop, as lie bad promised
to do, or get out of his house. Nease
cursed him, an, in turn, was ordered
ut of the yard. Henry, old Fannie
(lillepsie's son, left and wont to Mr.
Leroy Powlass' to- live. Nease con
tinued to drive for Mr. John Ponning
t. a saw mill man."
Miss Mary Lyerly Makes a Statement.
l ne next witness to take the stanu
was Miss Mary Lyerly. the oldest
laughter, of Mr. Isaac Lyerly. She
was dressed in black. Miss Lyerly
is 18 years old, 'nas an attractive face,
light chestnut hair and soft, attrac
tive brown eyes. Her lips are thin
and sensitive. She seems intelligent
and sprightly. After a most trying
vveek she appeared fresh and composed
yesterday. Her manner was of a
juiet, modest but plucky maiden. She
is neither backward nor blazon, but
willing and ready.
"I knew nothing After I retired
about 9 o'clock," said Miss Lyerly,
"until Addie called me, declaring
that the house was on lire and that
papa and mamma were dead. I was
nearly suffocated. The house was full
af smoke.
"When 1 went down I found Ad
die at work. She had already drag
ged papa and John from the bed and
was lighting the tire. 1 caught hold
of papa ami pulled him further out
from the bed. We threw water on
the bed and carried out the burning
things.
"I wont over and felt mamma's
face: it was cold. She was Iving
Cronford, who worked for us then,
said that Nease declared that he
would kill 'old Ike Lyerly.' Mr.
Cranford told us about it the next
morning. Nease was mad. Papa
told him that he would have to sow
the wheat or leave.
"Mr. Crnaford went from here to
his home at llildebrand.
"Nease was down there once or
twice after that but 1 never heard
any more until a few days before the
tragedy. Nease came down and ask
ed papa what he was going to do with
the -M.-at. Papa told him 'thrash it.'
"Delia, Jack's wife, and mamma
had trouble Friday morning about
the soap suds in the tub. After mam
ma left I went down to the spring
and heard Delia say: 'If she (mean
ing mamma) had said three more
words I would have downed her.'
"Jack and papa di not get along
together. Jack bad been there just
about a week. He told papa that he
was going to work for lir. Penninger.
Papa said, 'Well Jack, if -on there
and work live days without laving
off. I will treat.'
"I heard J;.ck sav that be would
not go to work for no man before 7
'clock.
"Mr. Jim Taylor, who had been
working for us and sleeping in the
house, spent last Friday night with
Sam Cooke. T was straining the milk
when he eff. Sinn Cooke had come
over to our house 0 bring- a grain
"radio which his father had borrow
d that morning'. Jack vs at the
'of with Delhi who helped us to milk
Lfbo cows. Jim Tavlor. Sam Cooke
"lid Jack left logetho.' -oiug down
'he path toward ihe miiig'. That
'uoruing- J;!, k had worked for Mr.
!'ock- and then he went down lo Mr.
Poiiuiivcer and secured work."
On being questioned by the law
yers Miss Lyerly continued: "Papa
':ept most of his money in the bureau
'ustairs. Nothing in the bouse was
disturbed. Even Alice's little pocket
'look, which contained 25 cents, was
just as she lay when she went to
sleep, except that her feet were hang
ing out. I saw blood all over the
pillow. I picked Alice, who was still
alive, up in my arms and carried her
nut into the yard, where we tried to
bring her too. We could barely hear
her breathe. Addie went back up
stairs and brought us some clothes,
which we put on in the yard. We
then left for Mr. Cooke's, Addie lead
ing Janie and I carrying Alice.
Door and Window Open.
"The front door and the window
that opens into papa's room from the
porch were open. The key was on
the inside of the door. T always lock
ed the door at night but after papa
went out and. on returning, forgot
to turn (he key. Any one could have
gotten in through the window, with
out much effort.
"Papa's axe lay at the woodpile,
for I saw it in ere the afternoon bo-
fore. John and Alice had been cut
ting -wood.
"When I went to bed papa was
fast asleep, snoring. Mamma was
dozing off. That was a lew minutes
before 9 o'clock. Addie and 1 slept
together. 1 hoard no noise.
"The lan'p. which had a porcelain
bowl, was nearly full of oil. It had
been filled the Saturday before. I
know that it was sitting on the bu
reau and the burner w;;s on. When
we arose, the lamp was on the health.
"John Gillepsie and Henry Lee,
son and step-son of Nease, started
a crop. They lived in the house with
Nease and his wife, old Fannie. One
day Fannie came dow n home and. got
after papa for having Henry and his
wife Ivie in with thc-ni. She was mod
because they slept on her beds. Sat
urday following, Neare enm? and ask
! ed father vvbai was ;l:o trouble vi'u
biin and the lo.-. They had some
eomtTs&tum and Nc-aiv curs.1.! papa
ftjio dvnye jiim ii'ii os5 il-.-1 "ird Gv.k
ett on (he bureau bv her bed
"We did not go by Jack Dilling
ham's house, which was dose to the
path that leads to Mr. Cooke's, for
we were a i raid that Jack might hear
us. We slipped by. fearing- that he
might kill us too. Sister Janie, who
is 10. going on 11. said that she heard
talking in Jack's bouse as we passed.
I was (hen about 11 :.10 o'clock. We
irrived at Mr. Cooke's at 11:55."
"A fire was buivong slowly but
steadily in the middle of (ho bed.
The bureau drawer lay inverted upon
the breast of John, who lay on his
stomach. 1 he drawer was burning.
John's feet extended over the edge of
the bed.
''I pulled papa and John to the
Moor and called Mary. Wo worked
in the dark.
"After we had put out the lire 1
run upstairs and got some clothes for
us. I did not see any light or hear
any talk as we passed Jack's bouse."
Miss Addie. corroborated other
statements made bv her sister. On
being interrogated she the made the
.following additional declarations:
" hen I went down mania's face was
cocicu wiin a piiiow. ne ol tier
feet was on the lloor. Little sister
lay beside her on her back, just, as
she had slept.
"When papa turned off the Gil
lespie boys, Nease came down and
asked him why be bad done it. I 'a pa
told biti that they would not work
he land, and they had to get out.
.Ve.ise was ordered away and as he
went h muttered something but J
could net understand what he said.
Mr. Cianford told uus that Nease was
aymg that he would kill 'old Ike
Lerlv.'
"Jack' wife said that if mamma
had u'iered three more words she
would have downed her.
iietia, mat is Jack s wil
how we slept."
Mr. Matt L. Webb, an illiterate
white man drove a wagon for Mr.
Peiiuiiiger. stated that he and Nease
had worked together. In part he
;aid: "Threo weeks before the irag
'ly. in conversation with mo. while
loading lumber at Mr. Powlass'. Nease
brought up the subject of wheat. He
declared that he thought Ihe crop
would be pretty good this year. I
told him 'yes.' Then he said: "Well.
old man Ike Lyerly can cut mine but
ue won't oat it. or get the money
for it. I told Jones Thompson what
Nease had said and he declared that
Xease wasn't dangerous."
Little Eenry Tells His Story.
After the foregoing persons had
had their say a small, bright faced,
Mirly haired boy, with blue eyes, and
iretty features came in. lie" carried
i liltle white, soiled hat in his hand.
His lips twitched nervously, and lie
seemed uneasy. He looks 'more like
'lis Anglo-Saxon father than he does
his African irother. When asked
who his father was he called the
name of a well-known white man.
kill them, and so, by God, I did.'
"It skeered maw nearly to death
wheii paw said that. John didn't say
nothing. Jack and paw done it. Paw
said that Jack's wife held the lamp.
All met at the branch. Paw took his
axe with him. I saw hiiu get it. He
washed it off at the branch but there
was some blood left on the pole, lie
and John said they washed it. We
saw the axe the next morning and
there was a speck of blood on it. Paw
said he killed Mr. Ike and Miss Gus
sie (Mrs. Lyerly) and Jack killed
John and Alice.
"Maw never asked no more, for
she was skeered.
"Jack used Mr. Ike's axe. He
and Mr. Ike fell out about a horse.
Paw and John said they set the bed
afire.
"Before day paw put his old over
alls with John's, in a bod tick of
straw and burned them. He burned
his shirts, too. We saw them burn
ing them. They burned them be
cause they had blood on them. Blood
was all over the shirts and the over
alls.
"I left home early that morning
and told Mr. Mann Walton that paw
had killed Mr. Ike and Miss Gussie."
"Do yon know where you would
go if you were to tell a story, Hen
ry?" asked Solicitor Hammer.
"Yes, sir, to the bad place," ans
wered Henry.
"Who made you?"
"The Lord," was the ready re
ply. "Paw said they threw the lamp in
the brier patch. I saw a church
lamp at Jack's house the day ma and
me went down there.
The boy started when Mr. Ham
mer called to some one in a loud voice.
-ind said: "Thev arc not going to
hurt me are they?"
He was assured bv a number of his
country acquaintances that he would
be all right if he told the truth.
"I saw the lamp on the mantel
niece. Paw- said that thev threw it
in n brier thicket."
i Ins lit tie negro tells a most m-
f cresting story. His words are full
of meaning and the State must rely
largely on what he says io convict
'he negroes who aro now imprisoned
in the Charlotte jail. Henry is dis
pnssed lo lell too much hut his story
tallies, in the main, with the one he
told the day after the murder at the
coroner's inquest. He is smart and
very brHil. If his story is true
Nease Gillespie. John Henry. George
Ervin and Jack and his wife will
bang-. No half-grown boy ever bad
more responsibility resting upon him
ft is a question of life or death.
The testimony of the negro women
contradicted that of the boy. nuin
tier ot witnesses are still in reserve
for the State.
Foot Mashed Off by Train.
Dm barn. Special. A w hite, man by
the name f Henry Humphries, who
. . ... . . i. .
says mat ins nome is in no.xooro, was
found on the right of way of the
Southern road, in the western part of
the city, with his right foot mashed
off. An ambulance was called and be
was taken to the Walts Hospital
where his right leg was amputated
His injuries are not serious. Humph
ries refused to make a statement as
to how the accident occurred.
Knew
For Illicit Distilling.
Washington, X . C, Special. Wil
liam and James Sexton, of Jamesville
were biought to this city and lodged
in tail. The chaige against them was
operating an illit distillery near
Jamesville. This distillery is suppos
ed to be the same one raided and
captured by Revenue Collector J.
Meekins. Jr., a few weeks ago. Both
prisoners wtre if quired to give bom
in the sum of each for their ap
itar.-.iice at :be i.i-t term of coi.i
CZAR TAKES HIS STAND
Troops Are Being Massed at Great
Centers Revolutionists Are Also
Prepared For Emergency.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. An
imperial ukase has been promulgat
ed dissolving parliament and fixing
the time for the convocation of the
newly elected assembly as March 5,
1907.
A second ukase places St. Peters
burg in a state of extraordinary se
curity by the declaration of a minor
form of martial law.
A large part of the province of
Kiev, where armed uprisings are an
ticipated ill consequence of the disso
lution of parliament, has been plac
ed under martial law. The conditions
for the new elections will be publish
ed later.
The emperor, discouraged by his
failure to form a coalition ministry
and the distinctly revolutionary paths
which parliament has chosen, has ap
parently been persuaded to risk a
Inal appeal from parliament to the
people, or in other words, to dissolve
paliainent and order new elections
on the basis of universal suffrage.
Thursday the imperial ukase caus
ing the dissolution of parliament was
signed, and was enforced Friday at a
final, momentous conference on the
subject held at Pcterhof. Exactly
who was present cannot be learned,
but it is understood that the grand
dukes, Gen. Trepoff and other officials
and one or two ministers were at the
palace.
Evidently the government is not
hi, nd to the fact that the dissolution
of parliament will be accompanied by
tremendous excitement, riots and
bloodshed, if nothing worse. Troops
are being massed at St. Petersburg,
Moscow- and oilier centres, prepared
to apply physical force and in addi
tion to the guard regiments, which
were hurriedly inarched into the capi
tal Thursday night, the entire Twen
ty-third division of infantry arrived
here Saturday from Pskov. This
imposing military array is expected
to overawe the masses. The Social
ists and the Group -of Toil in parlia
ment have prepared for an emergen
cy. They drafted an address for is
suance to the country the moment the
dissolution was declare. I.
Bloodshed on a large scale with a
dictatorship in tho background is con
sidered to bo the inevitable sequel of
the dissolution of parliament, but the
supporters of a dissolution claim that
the emperor must take the risk, ar
guing that new elections may give
different results and, in any erent,
that it is better to tig-lit than to ab
jectly surrender to the revolutionary
parliament.
Mr. YerurJlefv, former minister of
agriculture and leader of the Con
servative Centrists in the lower house,
who several weeks ago vainly tried
to form a coalition ministry, in con
versation with the correspondent of
the Associated Press declared that the
situation was oxtormely critical. He
was without hope that a conflict could
be avoided.
"The stuation is so complicated,"
he said, "that it 5s impossible for
any man to predict the course of fu
ture events, but 1 feel safe in predict
ing two things: first, that Russia
will como to ;i constitutional basis;
second, that there will be no great
revolutionary cataclycism in the sense
that foicigners anticipate."
Hoback Murder Trial.
Roanoke, Special. The Fred Ho
back murder case was called at Floyd,
this being the second trial Hoback
has had. He was sentenced to eight
years in the State prison at a former
trial, the decision being reversed by
the Court of Appeals. At Friday's
session W. A. Sowers, editor of the
Flod Press, w-as the principal wit
ness. NEWSY GLEANINGS.
"Do you
some one asl
like
ed.
Nease G
spie
to me.'
"No. he has been mean
was tho quick reply.
Solictor Hammer took Henry bc
ween his legs, puilod off his hat and
patted him on the shoulders-, saying:
"Boy. we're not going to hurt you.
Xobody wants to h.uin you. Now you
-nusi tea us aii you know. '
"Nease Gillespie beats me. He's
ny grandpa. He whipped me last
Friday. Pa (meaning: Nease) and
John met Henry Leo and Jack at ihe
branch. Ibis side of Mr. Ike's, Fri
lay night. That's what pa and John
said when they came back. Pa said
flint be didn't care v. hat they did
with him after lie had done what lie
wanted to do. Maw, old Fannie, ask
?d paw where lie was going and he
said 'It's none of your business, but
you '11 know when I come back.' She
said n i inure. Paw r.nd John came
back before day. I wr.s in bed with
ilia w.
"When paiv aainl John came in
they sot down by I lie fire and maw
isked paw- -vhire ho had been and
He saM : 'I've l.ffn tV-v:n to old Ike
T.yevlyV I w?i.i .br;n lL?? au.l l.ill-
-.-!d
I
rroi
Several battalions of Kuban Cos
sacks have been disbanded.
Cities in New Mexico and El Paso,
Tex., w;re shaken by earthquake.
An incipient mutiny occurred in
the fortress of Satnts Peter and Paul,
in St. Petersburg.
Complaints of favoritism and in
competency are being made against
distributors of Sau Francisco relief
funds.
Three aldermen of New Rochelle,
X. Y., surrendered and were held in
bail to answer charges of attempted
bribery.
Conditions in Russja are apparent
ly growing worse; members of Par
liament are campaigning among the
peasants.
The National Convention of Bill
p-isters in session at Chicago barred
from the billboards pictures of Satan
in whatever form.
A3vices from Rio Janeiro said that
the rebellion in Matto Grosso was
practically over and that no further
trouble was expected.
The coroner's jury at Salisbury
brought in a verdict that the wreck
of the Plymouth express, on July 1,
was due to high ssepd.
B. F. Yoakum outlines the future
of the St. Louis, Brownsville and
Mexico Railway as the longest low
grade line in the country.
The Navy Department recom
mends an international agreement
requiring wireless telegraph systems
to exchange messages at sea.
Presi'ent Roosevelt offered .ae
Marbiehead as a neutral ground for
neace negotiations between Guate
mala, Salvador and Honduras.
Counsel for both sides in the
Ranje divorce case were severely re-
bnk-?d by the trial judge for inject
iu too much pe-n?atloiialfm into
the trial.
Painfully Hurt.
Knoxville, Special. Mr. George
Manning was painfully hurt on Gay
street, near the corner of Commerce
avenue when be attempted to board
an electric car. Mr. Manning evi
dently thought the car would stop
for him at the corner but Ibis it did
not do and while it was going at a
lively rate he attempted to board it.
As a result he was thrown and drag
ged some distance. One of his shoul
ders was dislocated and he was other
wise injured.
Negro Mob Pursuing Negro Murderer.
Decatur, Ala., Special. A mob of
i .1. -
negroes are seaicning me wuuua
around Monitor, Heights, a suburb of
this city, for Henry Howard, one of
t:eir own race. Howard killed all
ot Ik r negro, Charlie Davis, with a
shotgun, i'i a quarrel over a woman.
Howard is believed to be hiding in a
S":i:np near Moulton Heights. lie
will vrobahiv be lyncht.i if caught.
Lightning Strikes Depot.
Scotland Neck. Special. The depot
and warehouse at Speed station, on
the.Norfolk !c Carolina railroad, was
struck by lightning and entirely de
stroyed. A considerable quantity of
goods was burned. The station agent
lost his trunk and dot lies. The loss
to the railroad company is'estimated
at -$3,000. The thunder storm passed
ever the entire region throughout and
lasted several hours. Mr. Newlin, a
farmer living a mile or two from town
had a valuable cow ami calf killed by
lightning about the same hour of the
burning at Spc?d.
Memphis Cotton Finn Suspends.
Memphis, Special. The announce
ment is made that Armstrong & Co. l
pany commission brokers, has sus
pended operations. It is said the cor
respondents of the firm demanded
margins of cotton futures which
could not be covered. A member of
the firm said the suspension is only
temporary.