THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN !
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f VOL XX NO 250
ASHBVUXB N.C, SUNf; MORNING JULY 23, 1935
PRICE FIVB CENTS
DEFECTIVE BOILERS HAD h
BEEN TALK OF THE SHIP
MAKE A BREAK
FOR LIBERTY
SULTAN HAS
A CLOSE CALL
THREE ACRES
BODY OF AMERICAN HERO
IS RECEIVED WITH HONOR
BLOWN IN AIR
TWELVE PACES.
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, PART ONE
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"Crew of Bennington Say That
Accident Was Feared for flPFRATIftnK WI! 1
Months
SOON COMMENCE
MAINE SURVIVOR WAS
MEMBER OF THE CREW ooposlng Armlos Can TaKe
the Field In Manchuria Ear
Man Was Unhurt In Former
Explosion Escapes In
' Jury Again
Her Than Was Expected
M um tun In, July -ii
mil ,ii present
Pan Diego, Cul.. July 22. Tonight's
ummiiry of casualties duo In u boiler
explosolon aboard the gunboat Hen
nlngton In San Diego liny giv s a to
tal of 5 dead and 54 serious Injuri'd
total, 110.
A number of men are Mill nils-Ins;
Rome of these rrriy te dead, and prob
ably a doien of t.lie Injured will dl
of their wound.
The watT In the Bennington today
had risen mill higher In the hold and
It was Impossible to reach the bodl
known to be hidden beneath the decks.
It Is known lhat at least fifteen bodies
will b found in the vessel. A fire tug
wit h i powerful pump w ill be ued to
empty the hold of water and give work
erw an opportunity to reurh the dead.
Commander Young today requested
Chief of Police Thomas to arest all
m mbers of the Bennington's erew who
may be ashore wlthou't a pass. In this
way Commander Young hopes to arlve
at a correet estimate of the missing.
as well as to prevent desertions.
Commander Young expresed :h
opinion that there was a weak place In
one of he boilers, but said there had
been no visible defeets so far as h
knew.'
Bojlera Defective.
The men who were Injured tell a dlf
fer lit story They said li had be.n the
talk of th ship for al least six months
that the boilers were defective: many
of them hud feared for a long time that
Just such an accident would happen
One of th men e'iid thai a year ago
last February, while th ship was ftiag
dalena Bay, i;he engineer of the cruiser
New York was sent for to Inspect the
boilers, and be reported that they wer
In good condition. While the vessel was
In San Francisco last year the b'k of
defective boilers again arose, but no
ateps wer? taken to remedy them.
The upper deck amidships presents a
mass of wreckage. The smoke stacks
have been blown out of place ind the
sirperetrueiure Is bent and twist d in
all sorts of shapes. The plates on the
side are bulging out ami leaks In a
number of place are letting in t!ie wa
ter. Was on Maine.
John Turpln. a colored man of the
crew, who was on board the Maine
when she was blown up In Havana, was
on board th? Bennington and again es
caped Injury. He rendered valuible aid
in rescuing the dead and wounded.
Out of the confusion that followed
the disaster and, the work of rescue
come thrilling stories of h rolsm and
relf-saerlflpe. The bravery of the crew
was commented on by all who had op
portunities to witness the fcenes. Men
who were badly Injured and seild d
worked to rescue those who w ere worse
off it han themselves, and all the special
instances of heroism of the disaster
probably will n?ver be fully written.
The self-sacrificing efforts on the part
of the physicians and scores of nurses
were also commented on with praise
for all. Ev ry one who could be made
useful at the hospitals was put to
work, aind those who could pot were
asked'to return and relieve those who
were accepted,
Fi. man E. G. Hmpp nukes the firs'
statement as to the cause of the ac
cident. He gays that shortly before
. the explosion one of the boilers was
found to be leaking badily, and "he
boiler maker was tit for to repair . then
damage. Before the latte rcame he
explosion occurred. Hopp saw men all
about him killed outright, and he him
self was ftunned for a moment.
Military Burial.
The dead will b given a military
reservation at Point Lima. Services
will be held at 2 o'clock on the Point,
and launches will convey across the
bay the living officers and men abl'
to attend.
Scenes at the hospitals today were
. trying to those unused to them. At
.' AgTiew sani arlum thlry-seven men lay
swathed in bandages, many of th m
having their features covered with
masks of medicated cotton, with only
openings for the mouth and nostrils.
Nearly ail suffered severely about; the
' hands and irck. Not more thin three
'men were In any one room, and the
- ararrgementa for caring for them was
complete in every detail. There were
nurses and to spar1. Every one of the,
1'iiill.ipupil.
The J.ipnnc?
cupy tin- .nl Inn ir in I in in. use sick
le, Willi he handle reaching from a
few niil K soma ot l.ia.i Yang and
passing thmug.i i 'lianiaru. the blade
circling north .ird toward Klrln, w ith
the lp on the K'ire in coast south of
I'usslet Hat. It I estimated that !eii.
Xogl has Mi battalions. Crn. I Iku 80;
i XihIkii ::u: ii Kiimkl 160: Hen.
K.i w .i mm .i :n. .m l ton. ll.iM K.nt a
th.. halt. ill.. us ;im raging a thousand
men. which makes the numerical
tieuKt.i nf tin- Japanese "ifl.nilO bayo
nets. w:;h LMui.i j, , p.ei'. s anil moun
tain K'ln a:nl about Hill slcgc guns.
Tin .lap. in s,- ex reiiie It fl Is guard
I by Hen Tamura's cavalry division.
The I'hliiise in ihe Japanese ser
vice an in th. liter, screen il by cav-
ilry under i maud nf Hen. okihara.
The rains tins y. ar have been less
htavy than usual, and li tt 111 lie possi
ble to hcit.n operations sooner lhan
xpcclcti.
Japanese cruise: s arc making dem
onstrations along 'hi' coast in the rear
f the Itussl in fmc s In Korea, evl-
lenily Inteii; on fat-llitufing Ihe ad
vance of Ceti. llascgawas force liy
men -.icing the Hussinii line of ciiniinu-
1 1 it'll 1 1 1 Ml.
LIGHTNING KILLS
MINING ENGINEER
Nineteen Government Pris
oners Attack Guards
. While at Work
LUCKY AMBUSH ENDS
IN FAILURE OF PLOT
Two Passing Soldiers Appear
While the Fight Is In
Progress
New York. July - A j.loi of nine
iccn nullaiy pit-one tthn attempted
to ot'ipotter the lone soldier guarding
them on (ioten.m s lland and to es
cape, failed by reason of , lucky am
bush of two tinned soldiers who hap
pened 'to be passing
Three hundred prisoners, under . oin
u oi utenit-iitc guarus in li un
loaded rill's, were working In small de
tachments about i lot ei inn 's Island a
"he time. 'Ihe nineteen men. undet
guard of I'rlv ite I .yon. Company I',
Klgjith Infant i t . while working near
the shore, where they look il across
he narrow mihH to Brooklyn, made n
preconcert ed break for liberty. Four of
them, led by Fred It. Snyder, attemp ed
to disarm the guard, whir the others
scatt red. running In every direct Ion.
Private I.yon o,,lc, his piece and
pulled he trigger just In Inn- to pier e
tin' hand of Snyder, reaching forth to
grab the till' . The guard was ti en al
the iner y of the other three leaders.
I'nknotvn o he plotters, a corporal
and a prlva c, passing by ch nice, were
behind the trees n ar by. As this pair
advanceil with leveled rides the at
tackers xurendci ed, evefi before secttf
lug Lyon's w4 aism.
Bomb. Thrown by Unknown
Man. Explodes but a Few
Yards Distant
ABDUL-HAMlD SHOWS
A WONDERFUL NERVE
Drives His Own Carriage
Through the Streets to
the Palace
Immense Ledge Overhanging
Plscataqua River Remov
ed In Second
if 'list inllllOl) C I
V a. Sofia, RuIk iim
honib tt hlcll w as i i:. e
ihe sultan fell -ht,
about 30 yards diManl
Jisty. The latter n.e
III' Sit p Of Ihe II Kill
the mosHue. A i mi
l.i d the sultan's . i t..
oin t dlgnlta: It s i i-h.
.if July 21.
July -The
I i in blow up
ami exploded
fioin his ma
tit' time on
leading from
I '1 1 11 !' I I , I
ui.ige. aiiil the
'I up ainl 1 1 1 1 -
THREE YEARS SPENT
MAKING PREPARATIONS
Amount of Explosive Said to
be Largest Ever Set Off
at One Time
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YELLOW JACK IS
AMONG ITALIANS
(Special to The Citizen.)
Salisbury, X. ('., July Tt V. J.
Parker, a mining engineer of Cleve
land, Ohio, was Instantly killed by a
stroke of lightning at Whitney, lr
miles south of Salisbury, lute yester
day af.eitioon. Mr. Parker, who was
also an electrician, had Just complete!
an clce ileal plant for the Whitney
Reduction company at the Xarrows
on the ladkin nver. At tile lime or
the unfortunate occurence he wa
mounting a horse, which was Instantly
killed. The body has been shipped t(
Cleveland.
plnreil A bilul-IIa nil I to remain In the
niosiiue. The sill in. however. Mi
ls ed ou proceed an, and entered the
'.Ullage with a ciiiiness not usually
iltt llutt'.d to him. aiiil t icking up Ihe
le ns iliove hlins-It tn th. i IKliz pal-
ce anil 1 the ch-. i nf the admiring
fflclals.
The explosion was heard as far ns
the Peru quarter. Several horses w iv
killed, carriages were smashed Into
matchwood and In- windows of the
pavilion reserved f.u the diplomatic
orps were broken. The pit ill. in con
tained, among ollnrs. t". S. (Irani
Vnllh. second secre:ary of the Amerl
lli ligeatlon 11' 'iv. who was accom-
pannd by ( apt. Smiley of the 1'nlteil
ates army. Xo one was hurt in the
pavilion with the ixeeption of a f.
itendants who receive 1 scratches
ftoin flying glass.
Iintni'dlately aftei he sultan had
ileparteil .a detachment of cavalr.
charged down the strei t pnrullcl with
the niosipie' and from w hich the liouih
was thrown In hopes of finding lite
author nf the attempt, who. however
has not yet been discovered.
DERAILED TRAIN
DELAYS TRAFFIC
HELPER ENGINE JUMPS THE
TRACK NEAR WILLITS.
New
Trucks Placed Under Tender.
Trains Delayed Several
Hours.
Train Xo. 20 on the Murphy branch
was delayed ten hour yesterday on
account of a derailment in from. The
engine which assists the trains up Bal
sam Mountain was returning from the
mountain top when It left the track,
carylngi'he t nder with It. The engine
was priced on the track In about art
hour and a half, but it was found that
the trucks under the tender were dam
aged to such an extent 'that ihev could
not be used.
The wrecking crew at Ashvlllo was
sent for to bring out new trucks and
the damage wis repaired about naif
past ei. ' v
POLICEMEN REMAIN
OUTSIDE THE GATES FARMER KILLED U
cvniDcinM TDA1M
St. Louis. Ma, July ..-mder order LAUUIX I ltU
oue or iitiveruor josepn vt . eoiK, sev
enty-live policemen under command of
Chief K ly, of St. Iuis, went to the
Delmar race track,. Jus; outside the city
limits, to .'top gambling on the races.
The policemen were not admitted by
the track ow ners, so t.ey camped out
side the 11 nee. The chief of poll e. po
lice commissioner and Chief of Detec-
Ives Desmond bought tickets and
watched the races. After the list race
the officers Joined 't'hl- men on the out
side and returned to St. Louis. No ar
rests were made. The police officers
and the track managers held a pri
vate meeting at thr- truck.
(Special to The Citizen.)
Marlon. X. '., July Charlie A.
Hint, a promim lit farnn r of McDow
ell county, was instantly killed this
afternoon near Kberman staliou by
an excursion train from Asheville. as
he was walking on the Southern track.
His deifuess .in. I the unusual hour for
the train cinnhiiied in causing Ihe ac
cident. Mr. Hird was a bmther of J.
1 4. C. Hird. a well known lawyer of
Marion, lie was about 4H years old,
mil leaves a wife and child: cu.
I'm t - tn. hi I Ii. N. H . July An le. -111
spaik today illseliat gel fort-lite
Ions ot dt n .ml v and a tin ee-acre ledge
that ha. I men ...-.I navigation In the
Pi. itiliua liter ttas tlestrovetl
I I t selling on of his enormous
amount of xploslte. said to have l
the grea est eter hall. lied at - tlmr
iii this lounliy. If not In Die world, w
a telnletl lit little itauget- ami lit no at
blent. It tt .is de l.ire.l a .nuplelt
suces ," hotii ht h cnniractors wh
ha. I eairlcil nut the undertaking ami
lit t'nlte.l Stn es government ntllclals
who had su ; ervlscd the work.
The swlt h by tthl.h the Iniiiu
hi si whs ill'cli.ug.'il was operated by
Miss K h I Foster, tjie young daughter
of the stiiei In enilent of Hie contract
Ing tlrm .at a signal given by Hear Ad
in i ra 1 Meade. lommniiilaiil of H
Portsmouth navy yard.
The event wa- Ihe climax of ;hrc
years worn. Willi n involved Ihe xpen
liture of n il ly lln ee-iuai lers of
million dolhirs. and as a resul of It
Ihe new. government dry dock at the
navy yard here Is given an approach
of sufficient w ill h and depth to i r-
mlt the safe passage of the largest ves
sel i Moat.
A; 4:10 o'clock (leaf Admiral Meade
gave the signal for which .Miss Foster
was walling. Her hand moved the
w itch, ther was a fraction of a second
Interval, then came a tremendous up
ln-ival of w titer, rocks, clay and liim
ber, accumpanled by a sound like the
boom of a distant cannon. From the
center of the commotion a great muss
of water was t'hrotvn up to a great
h,igh and n huge wive rolled over
toward the Newcastle shore. The only
element of danger was the great rush
of wa.er toward the Newcastle shore
which was some l.Tillil or 2.(100 feel away
On great wave stvep' '.cross with trc
menilou c lor e anil others, resembling
tne sun in a siorin roiiowen.
New Orleans Fruit Handlers
District Center of Terrible
Disease One Death
Wiv (irleans. !.... July . The offl
. l.il autopsy ou a patient, mi Italian,
who dle.l today of whit has been call
il l leloii- feter. ills, limed thll: he dls
ease wis yellow fever. Ir sl.lent Sou
'ion. of the stale hoard of health. Il.1
ik. tilled il.it I'Mi.ir 111, in. liai d and In
health oill, . is of Mississippi, Texas
and llab. una. Arrangetneuts hive tie n
made for a detent ion hospll.il to reat
the remaining cases Appli anon of
the same methods which were purued
at liar n. i is to be mad and the ail
iliorllles are hopeful tha ihe disease
i an be stamped out.
President Solli hull said: "It Is the be
lief of Hie Louisiana slate hoard nf
Health tha, yellow f ver cxls ed In He-
lle and Puerto Cortex for sever
ttecKs lielore II was I'eporleil In II on
May and that a case from Hellie
or Puerto Cortex In th j erlod of tin u
ballon wa- In-rndiice.l here before ihe
I nitc.l States marine hospital authori
ties ndvlsed us on May i'4 Ih it yellow
fever existed at It llxe and Cortex: tha
Is. before we had he quarantine on.
"During ihe (ii.uant Ine season of 1M1.1
and pull there was no report of tiny
suspicions use from Hellxe. A soon ds
Hi existence of ihe fever was an
nounced on May 24 no passengers were
taken by he fruit ships. Medical In
spectors were placed on lsaard of the
vessels and all other qu.iran In restric
tions were stringently appplled. hilt a
se In the period of Incubation may
have already i.-is-ed some time during
the time the y How fever was tinre
porled. II
"The renter or Infection Is on Dem
ur street. In the vicinity of St. Philip,
union. a number of Italians, who hnve
been working on the fruit ships."
GOING TO PHILIPPINES.
Washington, July 22. Orders hnve
been issued at the navy department
to prepare Ihe torpedo boat Biddle,
Hani. t. Kagley, Shtlhrick, Thornton
and Tmgey for service In the Philip
pines. The boats are ilow In the re
serve force at the Norfolk. V a., navy
yard, and to reach their destination
It will he necessary for litem to traV'l'
half way around the world.
FLORIDA QUARANTINES.
Pcnsacolu, rju , July 22. The stati
mil city boards of healt htoday or-
1( red a nuarantlne against New Or
leans. Freight will b,. permitted to
pass after fumigation, bin Inspectors
stationed at Loiningtoii with In
structions to allow no persons from
X'etv Orleans In pass.
Remains of John Paul Jones
Enters American Waters
Instate
VIRGINIA CAPES WERE
PASSED AT DAYBREAK
Long Line of Battleships do
Honor to First American
Admiral
X. folk Va . July In the tarljr
l.gh of ,i mid-summer morning the
body of John Paul Jones waa brought
back today througcSie Virginia cape
lo th,- land of bis adoption. Cnttasitr
pe Henry, ocean View and WIN
loiighhy Spit lined ihe shores to we!
come home ihe body of the American
idimral. The sight as the ship)
pas. led in line was one of stately
grandeur and beauty. Across the bow
f the gieat cruiser Drooklyn as she
passed Ocean View sailed little
schooner. Tim those who looked thla
ship appeared small and puny In con
irast to the magnificent flagship, an!
yet this stray schooner was almost aa
large as the Hon Homme Richard,
aboard which John Paul Jones stood
as she sunk with the broadsldea ot tha
Hera phis (muring In upon her. many
of his men wounded and dying,, until
Hie captain of the Seraphli stopped
Hie fighting fur a moment to ask him
SPENCER MAN DIES
OF HEART FAILURE
(Special to The CItlaen.)
Spencer, N. C. July 22. Chas 0.
Burton, a prominent young man of
this place, died suddenly here last
night of heart rouble. Mr. Burton re
tired in .ordinary health at his usual
hour, but was found In a dying eon
dotlon an hour later. . All efforts to
revive him were futile.
t:
(Continued on page 5)
Stopped in Second.
Shreveport, La., July 22. Shreveport
Montgomery game stopped during aec
ond inning by rain, with store 3 to 0 tn
favor of Montgomery.
GRANDSON OF JUDGE PARKER NARROWLY
ESCAPES DROWNING WHILE SWIMMING
.t Poughkeepsie. N. V.. July 22. Alton
. Parker Hall. grandort of Judge Alton
B. Parker, had a narrow escape from
, drowning while swimming In the
Hudson river with his grandfather at
Esopus today. He was rrwd by
Kdward Frlta of Poughkeepjde. Judge
; Parker, was swimming with the little
Vetlnw on his hnrk.. when the boy be
rame frightened and suddenly began
choking his xrnndrtfbeT.- Pr the time
that his grandson released his hold
and fell Into deep water. Judge Par
ker was thoroughly exhausted from
want of breath and could do little to
assist the lad. Frits, who was on a
wharf with if family wartlng for t
boat. tHrewe off Ms coat and jumpd
into the river. The boy was out. -of
ig)t. but Frltc dived and caught hold
nf his hind about six feet under
wster, bringing him to the surface
and o the' shore. 'Judge Parker
reached the shore without assistance.
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FIFTEEN HURT
IN A COLLISON
Two Crowded Street Cars
Rush Together In a Curve
Three Victims Will Die
Portsmouth. X. H July 22 Fifteen
persons were injured, eleven of them
I seriously and three of them probably
fatally. In a collision between two
electric cars on the line of the Ports
mouth electric railway near this city
early this evening. The cars clashed
tog. ther on a steep grade .Jnd while
rounding a curve, neither motormiin
seeing the other car In time to pre
vent a collision. One of the cars was
well tilled, carrying about 40 passen
gers, while the other was ciowded
with passengers, most of them resi
dents of Haverhill, who had Journeyed
Ito this city to witness Ihe destruction
by dynamite of Henderson's Point.
if he was ready to surrender. "We
have not begun to fight yet." was the
famous answer.
Under a threatening sky the three
divisions of the North Atlantic fleet.
headed by the big battleship Maine,
flagship of the commander-in-chief.
Rear Admiral Kvnns, bore majesticat
down the rape, and at 1'tO tha
long lino of battleships forming the
escort of the body of John Paul Jones,
nlmnrtl the cruiser Brooklyyn, passed
the capes. ,
When the flagship Brooklyn came .
ate the copes orders .from-the navy .
department Instructing the command
ing officer, Capt. John M. Haw ley, hot
to try to enter the Severn river were
imnsmltied to the ship by Wireless
telegraphy. ,.
The Brooklyn will, accordingly, not
venture closer to Annapolis than,. the
mouth of the Severn. The orders were
Issued ns a precautionary measure, to
prevent the grounding of therrulser.
In accordance with these orders, (he
body of the American ' hero, , not
nenrlng Its last resting place In, tho
soli of his nntlvlty, will have to, be
transported to Annapolis pn a launch :
from the Brooklyn, which will anchor
about two miles from the naval acad
emy. The bn'ttleshlp accompanying
the funeral cruiser also remains W
low with the Brooklyn.
The two fleets met yesterday morn
ing at o'clock 250 mllea from 'the
capes. During the Journey down the.
coast Admiral Plgsbee and ' Admiral
Evans held constant conversation by .
wireless telegraphy. When Admiral
F-vnns' battleship left Admiral -Slgs-bee's
fleet today the Kersarge, tine.
Kentucky and Missouri each ' fl red a
salute of 15 guns. The Brooklyn re
sponded. Admiral Davis, In charge
of the cruiser division, will . accom
pany Admiral Slgsbee to Annapolis.
Admiral Rvansw III remain with Ma
fleet In Hampton Hoads 411! Tuesday,
when nhe ahlps will go a JJew York.
MINER SHOOTS A
SUPERINTENDENT
Bristol. Va July 22. A special from
I Big. Stone (lap, Vu., sn.vs:
This afternoon at Irondale, about
Id vi miles east of his place, Jasper
Abshlre shot and fatally wounded A.
M. Hull, superintendent of Kelly and
Irvine's mines. Mr. H ill is still living.
but the physician says he can live but
shut while. Abshlre was drunk and
I rough and was asked to leave, but re-.
fused and. a man led him to the com
missary door and let him go, when he
I shot superintendent Hall three times
in t:ie breast with a 45-callbre revoiv-
Ior. Ahsmre maae nis escape, dui is
being holly pursued by an armed
posse.
FREIGHT TRAINS
CRASH TOGETHER
Nashville, Tenn., July 22. One man
was killed and three others fatally In
jured as a result of a head-on. collision
of freight trains on the Louisville
NasWvlll? road thla evening at Hop
kins Crossing, near Pulaski. Tenn.,
eight mile south of here. A. L. Por
ter, fireman, of Pulaski, was scalded to
death. The Injured: Charles Welden
bakcr. nlneer, Nashville: thigh and
leg broken; , will die. Joe Zanona, en
gineer, Nahv!!le. hurt about head.
Kramer ; .brakeman. N'JshvlUe, back
badly wrenched. .
Failure to obey orders la said to hare
b en the -ause of the wreck.
NEW RANGE.
"t
The Swannanoa hotel Is having In
stalled an up-to-date kitchen range,
which includes ovens, dish warmers
snd all of the modern kitchen necis-
jsltles. ' "'. I ,
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TWO MEN HELD FOR OFFERING BRIBES 1
TO JURORS EXAMINING BRIBERY CASES
Little Buck. Ark.. July "2. Final ad- ingtnn, who was rocentljr acquitted.
Journmeut of the Pulaski county grand; Cook was released soon after his ar
Ths Get-Rich -Quick Man Tho Lambs r ithw all broks or got wi .
Jury, whl-h has been Investigating leg
islative bribery charges, was followed
I this evening by two arrests. 8. M. D. L.
I Cook, rn taken Into custody on a
I charge of bribery In paying to John A.
Kills, who wan until Monday a member
I of th- grand. Jury. 1100 to Indues him
to vote against indicting Cook. Cook
was a lo accused of perjury tn Ills testi
mony before (he grand Jury on tha, 11,000.
bribery charge against Senator A. cor- num.
rest, giving bond In th sum of S-sOOs.
John A. Flls, of Ellis township, was
arestsd on a charge of offering a bribe
of I10O to W. 8. M. Oarvm, a fellow
grand Juror, to Indoco him w tm
against Indicting Cook and of offering
a bribe of X to J. H. Steed, another
fellow grand Juror, for a similar pur
pose. Ellis was released on a bond of
No furth r arssts eavs fcfsa