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VOLUME»XIV
, BREVAEO, NOETI CimiM, JULY 5>3.1909
IJUMBER*30
CEBBIA j^HANOED
Black Hand (^es To Death Id
Louisiana.
STORY OF BJS CRIME
MONEY GONE—KILLS 8SLF.
Hanging of Recalls Orw^ of the
Most iFeai^ul Black Hand Outrages
Ever Recorded In the ^te of
Louisiana. /
New Orleans—Leonard Qebbfa was
hanged at Huhnville, the parish seat
of St Charles parish, for the crim«
of murder. In which ten-year-old Wal-.
ter Lamana was the victim. -
Gebbia*s death on the gallows recalls
one of the most fearful Black Ha&d
(eases on record in New Orleans, a
case that stirred the whole state
of Louisiana. He alone has pand the
death penalty, his .accomplices es
caping with seotences of life impris
onment or succeeded In making their
escape altogether, with the exception
of his sister, Nlcollna Gebbia, who,
however, has had her death sentence
commuted. .
The crime was committed in the
month of June, 1907, more than two
years ago. It was on the night of
June 8 that little Lamana disappeared
from the neighborhood of his parents’
home on St. Philip ^street. In the .heart
of “Little Italy.” !The father, Peter
Lamana, engaged In the undertaking
business, was believed to have amass
ed a fortune by .the plotters, who
sent him letters dfem;iiidlrig^ ^6,000. ran
som, assuring, him the lad was safe,
but unless the money was forthcom
ing he would be killed. TJie matter
was given into the hands of the po^
lice, and a - great movement was
launched whereby It was hoped'to re
cover the boy unharmed, prominent
Italian citizens working In conjunc
tion with the authorities.
Elvery clew was traced as for as
possible, subjects being arrested right
and left, until finally it was learned
that the boy had been taken to St
Charles parish. Gebbia gave this in
formation, his story being corrobora
ted by his- sister. The officers found
the body of little Lamana In a pool
of water, hidden by a clump of wil
lows. It had been placed there sev
eral days before. The child had been
murdered w'len his father failed to
heed the warning of the Black Hand.
“I have no confession to make. *I
have nothing to confess.- Hy only
wish Is that those who have made m?
suffer will feel what I am going
through.** Thei^e were the last words
spoken by Gebbia.
Suicide Efids Gay Career of Once
Wealthy Young Cuban.
‘New York—Suicide ended gay ca
reer of a wealthy young Cuban when
Juan Balsinde shot himself in his ap
artment in East ^^ourteenth street
Kearly two hundred seat chtcka from'
theaters^ some-memoranda j^nd a let
ter Indicated that he had been Infatu
ated with an actress and had foUow-
ed her from place ta- place In Cuba
and in tills country. Kfe killed -him
self^ it Is believed, because his money
had given put and Kls love affair had
lost Its interest.
Balsinde, who was 26 years oli, had
been attending a school at Pough
keepsie.
The clerk at the Hotel America told
the police that Balslnde’s father was
a member of the firm of Balsinde
JBrothers, owners- of extensive sugar
plantations.
Louisa Von Oeston, the actress
with whom the youj^ Cuban was in
fatuated, called at the morgue, ^e
knelt beside the body, kissed the;nps
repeatedly and cried:
“Qh! Why did you do this? Why
were you so foolish?”
Becoming hysterical, 'she was led
away.
Sloop Carrying Pleasure Party
Bay.
MRS. HAYCS DIES.
Healthy Currency Report.
Washington—A healthy.^ condition
of the national banking business is
shown in the resume of the sports
sent to the comptroller of the curren
cy issued as the result cf the last
call. It shows that on .June 23 there
were, the following increases in the
principal . items since April 2Z, the
date of the last preceding reports:
Loans and discounts.....! 72,772,047
Individual deposits ..... 72,516,311
Surplus and other profits ll,^93;f26
Bue from banks i4,l72,2ri
Capital stp<^ S,624,ll»
Government deposits .... 4,082,902
Total resources 102,^48,820
The total resources since July 15,
a year ago, have Increased $757,668,-
263.
13 SAILORS PERISH.
Daughter of Confederacy’s Chief
Parses Away.
Colorado Springs, Col.—Mrs. J.
Addison Hayes,^ daughter of .Jefferson
Davis, president of the .Confederacy,
died at her home, after an Illness ci
six months.
Mrs. Hayes was the wife of J. Addi
son Hayes,*~prej8ldent of the -First Na
tional bank of this city. ■
Many messages of Inquiry were re
solved recently from friends through
out the country, who had-gained the
impression that Mrs. Hayes was suf
fering from cancer. _
The cause of her death as an
nounced by the attending physicians,
was a complication of diseases.
Mrs. Hayes, the last ai the family
of the late president of the Confede**-
acy, after the death of her sister, Miss^
Winnie Dftvis^ at Rlchmmi^ Va.,
made a tt^ sout^ a few years ago,
when she was made a Daughter of
the Confederacy in her sister's stead.
Her mother, widow of the southern
president, died in New Yoric about
two years ago.
British Submarine Sent to Bottom
by Collision.
Cromer, England.-^The British sub
marine designated as C-11 was sunk
by .the cargo steamer EMdystone at a
point four and a half miles morth
west of the Hansborough lightship.
Thirteen members of the vesseFs
crew went to the bottom wl^h her,
and only three were saved.
The cruiser Bonadventure, with a
flotilla of eight submarines, was pro
ceeding in a .flouthernly direction
when the EJddystone ran in among the
vessels and collided with C-11.
The submarine C-16 and"C-17, in en
deavoring to avoid ~a collision wit^
the freighterj ran into each other.
C-17 was damaged, but there were no
fatalities on board either craft.
SUDDEN SQOALL CAME
Captain of thet^i««el and Twelve
Survivors Wer^. picked Up Linder
Great DifficuitifS In Rough and
>
Chopi^ 8«a.
New York^Sixtl^ persons, five of
them women; havll _ met death by
drowning in the .filters, either sur
rounding or->in t^ Vicinity of New
York. - ^
T^n of the victims" perished afte?
the capsizing of tiie excursion sloop
Eoxana, carrying twe^tyrtwo pas
sengers, which w^ dtfiick. by a sud
den squall in lower New York bay,
midway between Coney Islaikd point
and Hoffman lsla|]kd. Of the suiVlv-
ors, one woman, Mrs. C. iCnudsen, of
Brooklyn, Is . in such a serious condi
tion that she problUily will die. Her
two daughters were/* drownvsd. '
The other ■ drownl^s, with but one
exception, were swimming accidents.
The captain of the Roxana and;;5^he
12 survivors wert picked up und^*
great difficulties l|i a rough and chop
py sea by the tuj Lamont.
^ -
FATAL STREET FIGHT.
Miss Saylef Will Do Everything to
Avenge His Death.
Watseka, 111.—Golda Sayler, the.
seventeen-year-old daughter of J. B.
iSayler, the Crescent City (111.) bank
er^ slain by Dr* William L. Miller, de-
elaxes she will do everything in her
power to avepgC het. fatlj;>r’s death,
although her mother, who ft in a cell
here as an accomplice in the killing,
may be one of the greatest sufferers
t>y reason of the prosecution. This^
is the first public announcement Miss
Sayler has nade, although friends of
Mrs. Sayler have declared repsatedly
that the girl would aid her mothsr.
When the banker’s private drawer
n the safety deposit vault of the bank
was opened they were confronted
by facts which showed that the slaia
t>anker knew a crisis in his family
affairs wars coming and evidence said
to be damaging .to the cttse of Dr.
Miller and Mrs. Sayler.
Added to this, it Is said, was the
development that Sayler had planned
to leave , his wife and live alone.
Peeling against Dr. Miller and Mrs.
Sayler continues at high pitch. A
possee is continually on guard at the
JalL ‘ .
Comer Calls Extra Session.
Birmingham^ Ala.—Governor Co
mer's message calling an extra ses^
slon of the state legislature asks for
constitutional^ r{»rdhlbltion, new ooAn-
tles and a tAennfol session legislature.
Mamm^ I^avol Dlsptay.
London.~iii^don*s^iia'\^ parade,
in which 160 'Wanships IooIe'part cm
the Thames, was favored by fine
weather and was an entire siiecess.
The whole river was ea fete.
Editors EfSet Officers.
Douglas, Ga.—The following are
the newly-elected officers of the Geor
gia Weekly Press Association chosen
by the convention: held^ at Douglas,
Ga.: A. S. Hardy, of. the Gainesville
News, president; C. M, Methvln, of
th^Bastman Tlmes-joumal, first vice-
president; L. E. Heath, of the Coffee
'County News,, second vice-president;
Berry T. Moseley, ^f the DanlfTsvine
Monitor, treasurer; W. A. Shackle
ford, Of the Oglethorpe “Eeho, secre
tary; H. M. Stanley, corresponding
secretary; J. M. Freeman, of Douglas,
honorary Mf^ member. .AmeHcus
was chosen for the next convention.
Dispute About a Cow Results In a
Tragedy in Mississippi.
■ Union; Miss.—One old cow, which
would nc^t have brbusht fifty dollars
on the market, Cai»<^d a bloo^ pis
tol battle in the streets of this^little
town. It resulted In the filing ol two
men; the fhttd lajjplag of nwre,
-^nd the serious wcfUndfng of still an
other.
The fight was between the two Me-.
Donald brothers on one side and Jos
eph Miller and Cornelius Chrlsholm
on ^the other. Bad blood had existed
between some of the men for years
the dispute over the ownership
of a cow, it Is^sald, brought about the
shootlikg which resulted as stated
above.^
The town was ^rown Into great
excitement It was thought that troops
might have to be called out to pre
vent further trouble.
All the parties were prominent In
this section of the state.
Killed By. Bee Sting.
Mason City, Iowa—Killed -by the
sting of a bee was the fate of Mrs.
Mary J. Buck, a resident of Garrl
son. A hive of bees belonging to
a neighbor had .swarmed and lit on
a tree on th^ Buck premises. Mrs
Buck was sitting on the porch of her
residence n^hen one of the bees
stung her on the right temple. She
called for help and was carried Into
the house. Physicians were sum
moned, but before they could reach
her side she was dead.
V In fUes for GeverndrsHI^^
Nashville, ^enn.’H3«®®^*Mi Harvey
HsUmah, mem^i&r x)f th^ state rtllroad
i^mnalssidn, and former adjutant gen
of the state, has announced for
the democratic nomination for gov
^nor. Mr. Hannah has the dlstlnc
■ tlon of having spoken in every court
house in Tennessee, and has-, a wide
reputation for oratory^
Woman^s Brave Defense.
Lake Chartes, La.—^Attacked by a
negro burglar at her home h^e, Mrs^
Alice Lon« finally succeeded in break-
iMMte ^m her assa^nt aadv^^^
ing hlm. She then fainted. »It is he-
the •'ironiM' ^he negro-re*
^Iv^ ^^as a m^rtaripne, because
the ^reat amount Of blood discover^
on the floot* of the room and t^slaw
progre^ he apparently mad©: iif e®*
caping. ■
Fall of Ba&ti^e Celebrated.
New Orleans.—The Fourleenth of
July society, compos^ of patriotic
Frenchmen, has celebritted the anni
versary of the fall of the BastUe with
a festival Owing to 4he large num
ber of French people in -New Orieans
and the fact of V New Orleans' early
French settlement, this ocpasioa is
always one of note here.
IH Health Causes Suicide.
JJ^pnia, Ga.—^Mrs. Mattie SinqUe-
'M4 was found dead at her^ home by
Q. M. Sinquefield, her fi^sband,"
giranite cutter*: It Is si^^sed she
committed suicide by shootJfng her
self In the right temple. Ill health
is said to be the cause.
, $525 for Persian Cat.
London—^A record price for a cat
been paid by Mi9. L3TMias,~"pi!
_£3ii<ago, who^has Iwught the cham
pion male Chtncffla Persian of Eng
land; fiby vK/ fer |5^ ‘ Mrs.
Lynnas* ^ttrchase goes tQ Arnica on
the .Maj^tic.
7 ' ;-|H»ip's Crew
ba^-^Brrol, bound from Soath Anaer-
^*iMH4Wton on June
18, and tl^ 'capti^ hts wife an^d 18
of the crew .peHd^ed- ' .
TRUE TO HER FATHER.
Comity Govemmeiit«.
Bepresentative—G. W- Wilson-
Clerk Superior Court—T. T. Lof tis.
Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. C. Kilpat
rick.
Treasurer—Z. W. Nictiolls.
Rcfi^ster of Deeds-^B. A. Gilkspie.,
Corpwr-Dr. W. J. Wallis. • *
Commissioners—W. M. Henry, Ch’n; G.
T. Lyday; W. E. Galloway.
Superintendent oi Schools—T. C.
derson. ^
Physician—Dr, Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash A^Galloway.
Tovra Govemraent*.
SHAH DETHRONED.
Crown PPlnce Sultan Ahmed Mlr::a
Proclaimed Regent.
Teheran.-^Mohammed AH, shah of
Persiaf lias been dethroned and the
crown prince, Sultan Ahmisd Mirza,
has been proclaimed shah the na
tional assembly, composed of the
chi^ Mujtehids and the lecfd^s of
nationalists forces,presence of
an Immense crowd' Jn parliament.
Mohamnre^ Alf hae*-taken refuge, at
the tlussian legation at Zernade
The new shah Is yet in hla mlnor-
it3^, and Azad tJI Mulk, one of the
most active leaders of the movement,
has taken office as minister of war
and governor of Teheran.
Three Hundred Earthquake Victims.
Athens, Greece.—Three^ hundred or
more were killed by the earthquake
which devasta,ted the province of Ellis,
accjording to advices just received
frcSn Pyrgos, the capital of^ the pro
vince. Thirty bodies have been re
covered so fur. While the dispatch
says that the estimate of -dead is in
the neighborhood of 300, it adds that
this Is merely an estimate, and that
conditions in the stricken district are
such that many hours must elapse be
fore definite details can be expected.
The earthquake was of volcanic ori
gin.
Fou** Triannrien Killed. »
^ Hoyal, £ii.—Four trainmen were
killed, several persons were seriously
Injured and the lives of forty passen
gers Imperiled wh^n the St. Louis
Flyer, from Chicago, on the Chicago
and Elastem Illinois, southbound, ran
into an open switch, opened, accord
ing to railroad officials, by train
wreckers, an^ collided with a north
bound passenger train near here. Ail
was rushed to the scene of the acci
dent from nearby towns.
Mayor-W. E. Breese, jr.
Bo^d of Aldermen—^T. H. Shipman. J.
M. Kilpatrick, T. M. Mitchell, A. H. King,
E. W. Carter.
Marshal—^J. A. Galloway.
Clerk-and Tax Collector—T. H. Gallo
way.
Tcpasurer—^T- H. Shipman.
Health Officer—Dr. C. W. Hunt
Attorney—W. W. Zachary.
Regiilar meetings—First Monday night
in each month.
Profesdonal Cards.
W. B. DUCKWOR.TH.
A.TTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Eiooms 1 and 2, Pickelsliher Building.
GASH (& GALLOWAY
LAWYERS.
Will j^acfcice in all the courts.
Rodms'O and IprMcMInn iBlock.' '
SOUTHEHN RAILWAY COMPANY.
TransTlvanji^ RaiUo^d.
SUMMER SCHEDUX.E
Effective May 30, 1909
Time Table No. 5
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’ StopoufeiguaU ‘V’ Regularatop.
Mrs. Eddy's 88th Birthday.
Boston—Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
founder and leader of the Christian^
Science denomination, passed he? 88th
birthday at her residence in Chestnut
Hill. According to cnstom the anni
versary passed without any particular
observance. Members of Mrs. Eddy’s
household said that “the mother", as
she is known, was in splendid health
and attending tO- her affairs With her
usual vigor. •
Death Rather Than Arrest.
Charleston, S. C.—Rather than be
arrested for tr^ng «o chloroform two
dau^ters of the Morris Island light
house deeper, Ludi^g Jacobsen, as
sistant keeper, blew the t<^ of his
head off, wh^ called to surrender by
a sheriff’s jkjss© . at the door of a
locked room. H«b wai? in love with
the daughter of the keeper, but his
advances were refused.
Fowr Klllsd, Twenty ln.^Ar^
persons were
tore tiM twenty Injupsd,
and a >dozen ^others injmred
dko rMiitt of ^e eia)lo«M niOto^
a l^ it dn*
'^ng a -^cle race at the Old Botanical
Qardena.
E. W. CARfER, Ag’t.
J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, Afiherille, N C.
Summer Excursion Round-Trip
Tickete
Now on sale via Sonthem Railway.
Week-end to Asheville $1.^5—-On
sale all trains Saturdays and Sun
day mornings. Gocd returning
Mondays.
Summer excurMon to Asheville
$2:05.—On sale daily. Good re
turning October 31st.
Other points On application.
J. H. Wood, D. P. A.
E. W. Carter, T. A.
Chaige is Huiffiig of IlHijihis-AsteAlc
SfeeiMg Car Llie.
Effective Stmday, June 20th.
Under new arrangement leaves
AsheviUe westbound daily 2:05 p.
m., arriving .Meniphis 7:30 a. m.
Eastbound leaves Memphis daily
8:15p.m., arriving Asheville 1:86
p.m. ^
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