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VII
Robin Cooper Undergoes
Cross Examination With
Little Damage.
OONSPIRICY IS
STOUTLY DENIED
Governor Patterson's Name
is Again Connected With
Preceding Events.
(By Associated PrH.)
NASHVILLE). Tciwi.. Feb., 22.
When court adjourned tonight In the
miiiKt of the croas-exml nation of
John D. Sharp, the honors were .easy
between the Mate and th defense In
the Cooper-Sharp trial for the slaying
(if Honator Carmack. Young Robin
Cooper, under a bitter cross-examination
of nearly four hours held his own
with ease. He was always cool, care
ful. and displayed an inclination to
lie absolutely fair. The net witness
and the only other one of the day-
was John D Sharp, another of the
defendants.
Sharp told hla story well under di
rect examination and made a good
Impression. But he was turned over
to Attorney-General Garner of Maury
county, tor cross-examination. His
cross-examination is of the rapid fir
order. ,
Sharp Is Confused
John Sharp is a man of high tem
per and darner soon had him beeldo
himself. contradicted himself on
many minor details, but never on the
more Important particulars. Once he
got on dangerou grounds. On direct
examination Sharp swore that he saw
tho killing and that "Carmack fell
after Robin Cooper had fired three
times. "
One of the bullet wounds, a neces
sarily fatal one pierced the senator's
neck within one-sixteenth of an inch
of the spinal Cord and came out un
der his tongue- As Sharp swore that
Carmack was facing young Cooper,
aiming a, revolver at him this wound
would be impossible to reconcile with
the statement, -
On cross-examination Sharp said,
wyrth4 .Cwmok turned - his
head . ta( enough to permit' the ' ball
to enter the median line of the heck
on a straight line
Sharp left the stand with a sigh of
relief. His faithful little wife, who
has never missed a minute at his side
In court, sprang up to meet him and
cheered With smiles and words of
encourage fnenl.
Cooper's Cross Examination
Before eross-examtna.tlon began
Robin Cooper testified to his relations
with Carmack, -which he said were
limited to a Speaking acquaintance.
The cross-examination by Attorney
General MoCarn then began.
Revolvers Exltibltcd.
Several revolvers were brought In
and Robin was asked which one his
father had carried on the day of the
shotlng.
"I do not.fcnow" he said- "The
nlckle plated one looks like It. I only
glanced at it.''
The state's contention is htat the
gun said to have been found near Car
mack's -body was In reality Colonel
Cooper's, substitute for the one Car
mack carried- Young Cooper suld
the automatic revolver he shot Car
mack with Was the first one of its
kirn) he ever held in his hands. It
developed too t!tt looking for his
father the day of the tragedy Robin
met Governor Patterson ami walked
through the arcade with him at the
S-overnor's request. This was not tes
tified to on direct examination. He
was armed at that time and talked
with the governor about the trouble.
"How often had you talked to Gov
ernor Patterson that day,"
Twice- Once In front of the Tu
lane." "And were you armed then?"
"NO iSir. I got the revolver after I
saw the governor the first time.
"Toil suggested your uncle, James
Bradford, to arrange the difficulty
and you knew Bradford hated Car
mack ?"
"I knew he did not admire him."
"Do ypu know whether there Is
any reason -why Mrs. Eastman or
Charles Warwick or Carey Folk
should perjure themselves to deprive
you of your llfs or liberty?"
"1 do not."
The lawyers for the defense were
fighting each of these questions des
perately, but the court ruled against
them.
Rotates Shooting Again.
Coining to the point where the
Coopers "were approaching Carmack
just before the shooting, the state
asked:
"Will .yott say what Senator Car
ROOSEVELT ORDERS
RESTORED TO
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Fob 22. Official
amends for the sensational dimina
tion of Jeff arson Davis' name from
the stone tablet on Cabin John bridge
six miles west of this city, during
President Lincoln's administration is
riven in directions tho president is
sued today through the secretary of
war to the chief of engineers of the
army" to- rest or tbe name. Ths tab
let is on the bridge that arches Cabin
John ma on ths Maryland side' of ths
. ; Potosnae river, a structure famous for
, ., year as the longest single span atone
mid f In the world. It was begun
'- ' ander Paris as secretary of war and
mack was doing with that pistol from
the time you saw him drsv It until
you got in his line of fire?"
"He was holding it behind Mrs.
Eastman ready to shoot"
"But he did not Bhoot until you got
around the pole did he?"
"No air."
He said the stone from- his scarf
pin was blown out by the concus
sion from Senator Carmack's revol
ver. "What was Senator Carmack doing
wnen you began to fire?
"He was aiming his revolver direct
ly at me."
"There had been no unpleasantness
and you did not draw your revolver
until you were shot?"
"I did not I was shot before I
opened fire."
"Was he standing erect at tho last
shot?"
"I can't Bay, he may have been
falling."
Robin showed the Jury the scar
from the wound in his shoulder.
"Is not the wound or course of
the bullet distinctly upward?" a.iked
General MeCarn. He admitted it
was.
'Old you, in the spring of 190$, to
Attorney Peples, denounce Senator
Carmack with profane oaths and bit
ter language?"
I may have criticized the senator's
political course."
'Did you use such language about
Senator Carmack In his senatorial
contest with. Governor Taylor?"
"No sir for 1 was a warm support
er of Senator Carmack In Jhat race."
me counsel ror me state consuueu
a moment and then to the surprise of
every one the attorney-general said:
"That Is all, your honor."
Judge Anderson re-examined the
witness briefly.
Hliarp Called.
He was then excused and John D.
Sharp was called to the stand. Ha
was questioned by General Meeks.
Sharp Is a tall, athletic, dark man of
middle age, hair sprinkled with gray.
and piercing black eyes. He said he
had been constable three terms, sher
iff two terms and representative one
term. Sharp said that he did not se
the Coopers the morning preceding
the shooting nor the night before, and
had not communicated with either of
them the night before or that morn
ing.
I saw Colonel Cooper Jn the Max
well House about p. m., that day,"
Sharp testified. "I spoke and passed
on, - About -4 o'clock I met Represen
tative. Matthews, while there talking,
the Coopers cams Up.
"Was there any agreement to meet
"There was not."
"Whut happened?"
He said Colonel Cooper asked him
to go to the governor's mansion. Car-
mack's name was not mentioned on
the walk until Robin saw Carmack
and then Robin tried to get his fath
er away. Sharp said that he then
turned and walked toward his own
house. When about half way across
the street he said he turned and look
ed down the street.
Why did you look down tho
street?"
Saw the Shooting.
Well, many things came to my
mind. I knew there was an unpleas
ant feeling between Colonel -Cooper
and Senator Carmack. His son Robin
had betrayed anxiety to Ret his father
away. I turned to see wnai mini
be the result of the meeting. I saw
five nconle. Robin was in the street
I saw the senator step out towards
the curbing, his hand thrown back
to his hip pocket. When he got In
my line of vision again outside th
pole I' saw he had a pistol In his
hand. As Robin got near the polo
Senator Carmack fired. CermacK shot
twice. Robin Jumped Inside and
own ne around the nole and then shot
three times. Carmack f-ll after the
third shot."
"Did vou meet a young lady?"
"I met Miss Skefflnnton a few min
utes after the shooting. Phe said
'what Is that?' I snid 'shooting.' Bh
on i,i -who Is shooflnit.' I said be
tween Colonel Cooper nnd Carmack.
A minute later she said: 'Mr. Sharp
you are Jesting.' I said 'no I am not
and I fear Mr. Carmuck has been
killed.' "
"Did you bear Senntor Carmack
any malice?"
"None sir, but I opposed him very
strongly In his campaigns. He eall-
me John when we met and often
Itert me about train schedules
on political trips."
After the non recess the direct ex
amination of John D. Sharp was re
sumed. The witness denied specifi
cally ever havng said that Carmack
should have been dead and In hell
for twenty years. He had probably
said some hard things about the sena
tor's political methods.
Cross Examination.
General , Garner's first questions
elicited that sharp and the Coopers
were close friends. The witness oe
clared he never saw the revolver
Robin Cooper used until the boy was
DAVIS NAME
CABIN JOHN BRIDGE
when he joined the Confederacy and
became Its president, his name under
government orders was chiseled from
the tablet. Repeated efforts to re
store it have been made. At the
1S0T convention of the Daughters of
the Confederacy at Richmond, a res
olution was adopted asking for the
Davis restoratin, and Representative
Myer, of Louisiana, sought unsuccess
fully to have this carried out- This
erasure of the name was made by
direction of Caleb Smith, Lincoln's
secretary or the Interior, after a Bug
geetionj by GeJosha Grow, ef Penn
sylvania, then speaker of the house.
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Mil mi x$x mmmT mmi
ROBS OFFICERS ANI
REGAINS FREEDOM
They Brought Prisoner
Three Thousand Miles
Only to Lose Him.
.BRISTOL, Temt, Feb. 22. After
being brought across the continent
from Oregon, D. H. Meade, wanted In
Soott county Virginia for murder,'
made a daring escape at an early
hour this morning from two officers
at Appalachla, Va after robbing them
their money, gun and watches.
Meade was captured In Oregon sev
eral weeks ago, having been a fugitive
from notice for several, months. He
Jtad bea brought safely, 1,000 miles
by officers to Virginia. When the eel-
cers reached Appalachla. with their
prisoner they repaired to a 'hotel to
rest and await a train that wuld take
them to Gate City, their destination
Tho prisoner was handcuffed, to one
of the officers. When they were
asleep Meade released the handcuffs,
overpowered the offloers, robbed them
and made his escape.
Shooting It. and had no knowledge of
KoDin cooper wanting to borrow
gun. The state's theory is that the
automatic revolver Is John Sharp's
ana three times it has had the num
ber on the gun entered in the record.
"If the Coopers and you had kept
on north, there would have been no
killing at the telephone pole."
"Not at the pole, no sir."
"You felt so apprehensive of
trouble that you broke, your promise
to go witn coionei cooper to the gov
ernor's mansion and started home?"
"Well, yes."
The defendant fought off these.
questions but General Garner pound
ed them, and repeated them half a
dozen times.
"Those shots were fired very rapid
ly were they not?"
"Yes, close together."
"So the shots went Into Carmack
all at once before he fell?"
"No, after the first shut Carmack
friend shot and you went on home?"
fall."
"Yon saw It all. You saw Car
mack dtad, and the son of your best
friend shot and you went on hone?"
"I started home. I lntened to tell
my wife what had happened and re
turn to the scene."
"Here is Senator Carmack's revol
ver, the one found near his body. It
is a dark pistol, yet you say on that
cloudy day you saw this pistol at that
distance. And you saw Robin's pis
tol also, a dark one?"
"I did."
The witness was closely pressed too
about his conversation with Miss
Shefflngton. He denied very emphati
cally that he had used the words
"that Is Dune Cooper shooting Car
mack." He admitted that he had not
turned back to the scene of the kill
ing until he had met Miss Skefflng
ton. He next went around down town
and stopped at a number of places.
He denied that he did this to establ
ish an alibi.
The state declared at this Juncture
that It proposed to take up the cross
examination on a new line and that
as the hour was late. It would be bet
ter to adjourn until a. m., tomor
row. The court so ordered.
NEGRO ' Ml'RDERER
JACKHO.N CAPTCRED
(Special to the Citizen.)
SALISBURY. Feb. 22. John
Jackson, colored wanted here
for killing of Policeman W. A.
Monroe in Salisbury on Feb
ruary 13. was arrested in Clin
ton. Tenn.. today by the police
of that piace- He will be
brought to Salisbury Wednes
day by Patrolman Frank C au
to le, of Salisbury, who went to
Tennessee tonight for the
prisoner. ' Jackson shot ths of
ficer with a Winchester rifle
and' fled at "night . There 1m
considerable excitement here
ever his capture.
. if. ,. . . 4:
SEVEN PERISH
IN WRECKED
EXPRESS TRAIN
Passenger . Train Collides
Head-on With Engine
on Delaware Division
FIRE PREVENTED
RESCUE OP INJURED
Only Two o f the Passengers
-Wre Hnrt.: Educated
Horse Trixie Lost.
fBv Aiioclitee Prsss.)
WILMINGTON, Del-, Feb.. 22.
Seven men were killed or burned to
death early today 'In' a heaB-on col
llsion between un express train and
two locomotives on the Dolaware de-
vlalon of the lvrensylvenia railroad at
Delmar, 60 miles south of this eJty.
Two passengers were Injured- The
dead are: Oliver Perry, exprtww mes
senger, Philadelphia; J- D. McCready,
baggage master, Wilmington, Del.; W.
T. Corkran, mail clerk, Philadelphia;
J. W Wood, mull clerk, Wilmington;
R. M. Davis, mall clerk, Philadelphia;
Wllhelm, mall welffhman, Newcastle,
Del.
The Injured are: Miss Ashansopl
tos, Memphis. Tenn., left shuUler
bruised, and Lewis Brockway, In
charge of the pony of Princess Trlxle
company. Internal Injuries. Princess
Trlxle the educated horse, was burned
to death
Immediately behind the locomotive
was the ciunhlned baggage und mull
car and a N'V York. Philadelphia and
Norfolk bagman- car All the men In
them were eltli- r killed or Injured
The wreckage Immediately took tire
and it was Impossible to rescu" those
under It. Th- lire gained such head
way that nothing could be done for
the unfortunate men under the burn
ing cars. The names burned until 9
o'clock this morning when the last
body wus taken from the ruins- The
bodies were badly charred.
The two locomotives) which floured
in the wreck met on the main line.
Ordinarily theno locomotives come
down the main track ami wait on a
siding for the express. This morning
the engines started for the side track
bu-t were stopped by a train which
was on the main track ahead.
Superlntendi i t A. G Whitney of the
Delaware division of the Pennsylvania
railroad said tonight the wreck was
caused by tlx- neglect of the firemen
on the rear engine.
BCRGLAHS W"ECK BANK.
FLEMINGTOV, N. J. Feb. 22
The First National bank bulldimc ut
Calif on, N. J . near this place, was
wrecked and the entire town aroused
eary today by an explosion of nltro
gylcerlne set off by burglars, who got
nothing for their pains, a crowd of
citizens reaching the scene before they
got the safe's inner door op-n. Th
burglars fled leaving their tools be
hind.
- WASHINGTON, eb. it. Forecast
for North Carolina: Rain Toesday and
Wednesday, colder Wednesday In west
portion Increasing south to south
east windsw
I Vs. Ui
WEAVER LOSES OUT
ON NEAR BEER BILL
House Refuses to Vote With
Him and Finally Tables
The Measure.
RALEIGH, N. C, Feb. 2 !. Ths
night session, enlivened with sharp
and spicy debates on the Buncombe
bill of Mr. Weaver, tightening tbe
prohibition law with the purpose of
preventing near-beer establishments
of Asheville from selling Intoxicating
liquors under cover of their llglttmate
business tabled the bill finally, on mo
tion of Mr. Underwood, the house ap
plauding. The Buncombe bill called
forth a vigorous protest from Mr.
Morton en account of the. provision
allowing search of premises. Mr.
Weaver offered an amendment to his
bill that made a regular search war
rant necessary to examine premise
after complaint made, but still tho
opponents were not satlflsd, Mr.
Henderson objected on the ground
that It changed the rules of evidence
so us ot put the burden of proof upon
the defendant.
Mr. Weaver explained the situation
In Asheville, telling how his people
hud hud a prohibition law before the
passage nf the general act, and how
the city had become rapidly honey
combed with near-beer establish
ments that were violating the law
and how hard it was to reach them
without some such provision as this.
No search of a private residence could
be made under the act, he said, but
only of some places where soft drinks
or near-beer were sold, and then only
after complaint by some reputable
person about a particular establish
ment by right of a warrant. Mr.
Kltchln proposed to amend by pro
viding that In case the person ar
rested Is acquitted the one making
affidavit against him shall be Indicta
ble for perjury. Mr, Grant wanted
to amend by providing thai any Per
son buylnu intoxicating liquor from
one sellint it illegally shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. The amendment
was put. and the vote was It for and
38 against It.
Then Mr. Kltchln's amendment was
lost 31 to 37. Mr fnderwood's mo
tion to table carried rt-lthout division..
RAINEY MAKES
NEW CHARGES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. A sec
ond speech by Mr. Ralney, of Illi
nois, reiterating his former state
ments concerning the Panama ca
nal, and a bitter arraignment of Mr.
Italney by Mr. Burton, of Ohio, fur
nished the principal Incidents in the
house of representatives today. After
the Illinois member hud Spoken for
an hour In further denunciation of
William Nelson Cromwell Mr. Bur
ton took the floor to make reply. He
vigorously defended Mr. Cromwell, C
P. Taft. I'renldent-elect Taft and oth
ers whom Mr. Kalney on a former
occasion had made objects of his at
tack. Mr. Rainey, he said, had fur
nished no proofs of wrong-doing in
connection with the purchase of the
Panama canal franchise, but Instead
had conjured up wrongs and buttress
ed them with slander and falsehood.
thereby placing himself on a level
with "the scurvy politician. He
challenged Mr. Ralney to get from
behind the protection afforded him by
the constitution of the United States
and rules of the house and make his
charges in the open.
Mr. Levering, of Massachusetts,
Joined In the discussion and Insisted
that Mr. Rainey had proves nothing.
The incident was closed by a dec Is ra
tion b Mr. Cockran. of New York,
that persons whose reputations were
attacked In the house should have an
opportunity to defend themselves is
the same place.
Evidence from Panama. -Mr.
Rainey stated that ths eridencs
be produced In support ef his charge
of graft in connection with the buy
ing of ths esnal, nearly all was ob
tained from Panama. . : '
TWELVE MORE
DAYS TO PASS
BIG MEASURES
Legislators Have More to D
Than They Have So Far
Accomplished
IMPERATIVE BILLS
AIIE STILL SLEEPING
Among the Most Important
Are Those Providing for
Bond Issues.
RALEIGH. N. C, Feb. -The bill
to create the Asheville police commis
sion cams to the senate today from
the house and was referred by the
president to the Judiciary. However,
Senator Brltt. who says he will op
pose the passage of ths bill took tho
matter In hand and brought about It
withdrawal from this commutes and
Its reference to ths committee on
counties, cities and towns: Judge
Jones Is here in opposition to the bill
and a hearing will bs arranged later,
Two new bill were Introduced by
Mr. Gaston, one for better roads In
Beavordam, Buncombe county, and
ths other to amend ths revisal to pro
locution and defense bonds In cities
and towns, A bill by Weaver would
amend th charter of Graham rail
road company.
.Both branches of the general as
sembly adjourned today In honor of
Washlnfton' birthday aft.r long tyid
Important sessions, . A bill ; Intro
duced ky Senator Ormen to amend r
tlcln eight of the constitution rela
tive to corporation other thsn muni
cipal Is designed to relieve the legis
lature cf ths consideration of Innum
erable local bills that cumber th
calendars and consume the greater
part of the sessions, this to be ac
complished by delegating to the secre
tary of state, the county commission
ers and other local authorities ths
control of various matters that cum
ber legislature calendars.
The house Dassed the senate bill tor
13,600,000 bonds to refund bonds fall
ing due In June. 1910.
Much Work aimnmi.
The a-eneral assembly has usl
twelve more working days ahead and
as milch or more work than has been
accomplished in all the forty dsiys
that there have been business sessions
thus far. The sixty days session , to
which the constitution limits the leg
islature Includes Sundays, hence un
der the constitutional limitation there
can only be fifty-two days of actual
work this time, unless the lawmakers
stay over the limit without pay
round up the work, in saying mat
there remains as much or mqre work
for the assembly thun has already
been accomplished, the time that
should lie devoted to highly Import
ant und far-reaching measures In
their careful consideration Is consid
ered. Several of the most prominent I
members of the legislature , In dls-
usslrig the matter today, agreed that
If there wss to be the careful Inves
tigation and discussion of measures i
yet to lie disposed of thut their Im
portance really reciulres. It would
take less than six weeks, )
First and foremost Is the question j
of bond Issues. Bonds for the com-1
pletlon of the plans launched by tho (
907 legislature for adequate enlarge-;
nent and equipment of the state hos-;
pltals for the Insane this culling forj
IGO0000, then there Is the million dol-;
lars bonds declared to be absolutely
necessary to attain anything like prop.
.nnfiiv and eiulnment tor ins
state educational Institutions--ths i
University of North Carollna.the A a
M. college, the State Normal and In
dustrial college, and the Hat.rn Car-'
oilna Teacher's Training school, these j
being embraced along with the state
hospital needs In the $1,600,000 Man-'
nlng bond Issue bill. The lf.00.000 for
the hospitals Is regarded by the lead- j
era as absolutely Imperative, and sep-
jsfvsjyjisys'Ti-f-y ' " ' rww-wii " ' 1 '" 1
fCentlnus Of! ease "vs.)
REPORTED THAT THREE WHITE MEN -
WERE LYNCHED
(By Associated "rets.)
MINERAL BLUFF, Oa., Feb., Ji
lt is reported here that hree whlt
men have been lynched nar here as
the result of outrages! committed upon
the stepdaughter of Robert Robert-
eon, of Culberson, N. C-
The son of D. Londermllk, cnargeo
with being the main perpetrator In the
alleged fiendish crimes uppn til
young wman, has been placed tn Jail
at Murphy, N. C.
All of the persons ImpllcaU-d ar
white, although H ha been Impossi
ble to leant tho names ot th others
Magnificent and Inspiring
Siwtacle Marks End of
Epochal Voyago. ' ;
PRESIDENT REVIEWS
SHIPS FROM YACHT
Roads Alive With Crafts,
Tooting Whistles and,
Playing Bands. :
t-essjsl esv Am ,
FOrtTltfJHH MONltOE, Va.f 4W
21. "Not iintlL some American fleet
returns victorious from a' great sea
buttle will there be' another such
home-romlng, another such sight as .
this. I drink U the-America nav."
This was the toast of President
Ronserelf today a he Mond radiantly ;
hnppy in the cabin of ths graceful
little cruiser yacht Mayflower at the1
eoncluslon of the rvlswnd ' the
ceremonies attending ' the . welcome .
home of the American battleship fieeU
Ho wo surrounded by the admiral
and captains of th sixteen world en
circling vessels brilliantly attired In
all the gold lac and paraphernalia
of special full dress, uniform, , and
very ids was raised In response to
the president' suggestion., "
Briefly th oommander-in-chlf of
the returning ship mads hi response
lo ths commander-ln-chlst of ' the
srmy and the navy." .s.
Thanks Men,
To th men and Junior officer the
president expressed hla, appreciation
and the thank of th country for tho
prestige which th cruise of the et
has given to th Arnerlcnnavy by
making' visit to th four divisional
flagships. Xv ' V ;-,,., i '
Previously , on th Mayflowec hs
hod paid a personal word of congrat- :
uUitloh to all of tit flag and com
mending officer.-- Among 'them were
many warm personal friend of trie
president. - and the hs fairly em
braced after the formalities of their
first salute had ended,
on the Connecticut th president
climbed upon th barbette, or steel
foundation nf th attsrturreL with
Its protruding twelve-inch rifle and
In the shadow o those great guns ho
briefly addressed th crw, " ,
When the president had concluded
and ws about to be. "piped over th. .
side" to continue hla round of the
flagships, a member of th crew pro-
posed three, cheer and a "tiger,"
They were given with a vigor that
fairly swept th chief eiecutlv off
til l feet. , , ,
KiiormiMU) Crowd. ,
Old Point Comfort never held atich
throng as today and strong detail
of artillerymen front , Port Monroe
was required to keep the crowd from
pushing those In th front rank Of
the lines of spectator overboard in
to the sea. Chr-lsdn bretsee twept
from the shores out to ths Incoming
vessels. The Old Point dock WM
black with a restless crush of peo
ple as the long column of ship drs '
near. Tonight the fleet once more St
home, rests In two Ion lines. The
vessels were brilliantly Illuminated .
during the evening, th outline of
their hulls, their masts and their
towering funnels being painted tit th
brilliant lire of electric bulb. ,, '
When they pointed their prows at -daylight
for the gateway of th toad, r
the Mayflower with the president and ".
his party on board was steaming
down Chesapeake Bay to the anchor
age ground.
While the leading ship were still
a mile or more distant from the May
flower, a puff of whit smoke from
the forward bridge of the Connectl
cut, followed by a muffled boom
served as a signal to all the fleet
that the flagship had "made out" th
president's flog on the Mayflower.
That first gun of the Connecticut'
national salute to the president found
every ship In the lino with' saluting
cannon ready and the second pow
der puff from the flagship had not ,
sounded when the guns of all the
other ships had begun to speak In
unison.
The president mad his way to th
bridge of the Mayflower while th
saluting was In progress. On eith
er side of ths Incoming fleet were
scores of excursion steamers which
constantly were keeping up a eon-
tinuous roar of salutes from their
varl-toned whistles and tho crowd
aboard as well as tho throngs ashore
were cheering In a chorus.
NEAR MURPHY N. C
or to ' confirmation of the) re
ported lynching of three of the youruj
men. '.,'';'.-. v-'V-' -
It Is said that young Londermllk
deceived the young woman by pro
ducing a fake marriage certificate. In
ducing her to leave horn wKh him
and then assauHIng her. It te at;
fcged that he forced her to submit to
further outrages at the bands of sev
eral companions She returned homo
Yesterday almost prostrated so a re
suit ot ths awful experience and re
luctantly told the story to her unci
and aunt.