THE ASHEVIL CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: SHOWERS Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. VOL. XXV. NO. 267. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNINO, JIM A' 11, l!X)!). PRICE FIVE CENTS, f EVELYN THAW WAS CALLED BY STATE EAI Just Dokies. E UNTIL DEATH PUT INTEREST IN GIRL LE lAIHGIfiGLES MAKING 10 V SUFFERED SHAM CASE HAD FRIENDLY MARRY GiOM AGAINST HUSBAND A GOOD BOIES Naturally Refuses to Answer Any Pertinent Quest ion Asked MADE USUAL CUTE PLAYS TO GALLERY State Prosecutor Adopted Pe culiar Proceeding If he Was In Earnest Called Her "Dearie" After The Incident In Hotel Bathroom MISS BARRETTE WAS NOT THERE AT ALL (By Associated lretis.) WHITK PLAINS, N. Y., July 13. Kelyn Nesblt Thaw, as pretty as ever, petulant And school girlish and drcss- i(l In the familiar blue which she wore so much dining the trial of her husband, Harry K, Thaw, for the. murder of Stanford White, was on the stand for more than an hour be fore Justice Mills In the Kunremc 1 court here today, subpoenaed by the 1 state in Its tight to keep Thavv In the Issylum for the criminal insane at Matteawan. But for the absence of the dainty eton collar, which Mrs. Thaw wore so much "during both of the murder trials, she appeared today nutch the came as she did when Jerome was trying to send Harry Thaw to the electric chair. And though called by the state In an endeavor to prove 1 tarry Thaw Ir rational, what Kogcr Clarke, the dep. uty-general drew from her Hps today created a favorahie Impression for her husband. She waa excused from the stand shortly al ter four o'clock, hut was re-subpoenaed by the state and will probably appear again to morrow. Refused to Answer. Upon the ultimate outcome of Bve lyn Thaw's testimony the state's fight largely rests. Mr. Clarke tried hard today to set her to admit that Thaw had threatened her life when she vis ited him on one occasion after his commitment to Matteawan. But, til m 1 II unnaullnolv In I Vi nntirl - .1,. repeatedly refUMort - to answer bis rratlo'Ii,a:fta'' lnor' a 'Hash 'between counsel,' Justlre Mills ruled tliat he would hold trhe conversation In which the threaty1s supposed to havo been made a confidential one between hus band and wife, and there, privileged until the slate presented proof to ehow that Daniel O'Reilly, the New York lawyer, who waa present at the (Continued on page four.) State Brings Damaging Pacts to Light In Prosecution of Lace-maker (By AsKxIalt-d Press.) CHICAGO, July 1 3 Wrangling of lawyers and further testimony to Im peach Ella Glngles story of alleged torture in a bath room of the Wel lington hotel on February 16, mark ed the closing hours today of the states' case against tho young Irish lace maker, for larceny of lace from Miss Agnes Barrette, her former employer. Assistant States's Attorney H. J. Short announced at night that he would conclude with a few wit nesses in the morning. The case will probably reach the jury by Friday evening. ' , An alibi was furnished for Miss Barrette, proprietor of a lace store by Miss Glngles of being the moving spirit In the plot to lead her into the "white slaver1" and helpping to abuse and cut her In abath room of the ho tel. Minn Barrette Not There. Miss Mary Hale, proprietor of a hair dressing parlor, told of meeting Miss Barrette the evening of Febru ary 16, and of attending the the atre with hor. loiter she said, they went to MIsb Barrette'a, room and went to bed. All this occurred during the time in which Miss Olngles said she was unndergoing mistreatment at the hands of Miss Barrette and her companions. "Did Miss Barrette have anything to drink that evening?" asked At torney O'Donnell on cross examina tion. No s4r; I never saw her touch a toon, ,. oil .,,1 Her IjawycrsActtons. Detective Sergeant McNulty told of the actions of Attorney O'Donnell when tho defendants lawyer was In formed in a mysterious kite that his client was In danger at the hotel. "O'lVinneli met me in Chief of De tective's office" said McNulty. "We got a taxicab and O'Donnell directed (Continued on page two.) Had Buying Horses For Gov ernment Tied at The Starting Point MATRIMONIALIST MAKES CONFESSION Had Wedded Eighteen And Managed to Make Liv ing Out of Them (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO. July 13. Chris tian C. Johnson, sentenced In San Joso to serve seven years In tho pen itentiary for bigamy Is reported to have confessed that he la the tivvste- rlous "John Madaon" wanted (n many parts of the country for matrimonial ventures and systematic swindling of a nu'mthcr of women under promise of marriage. Johnson's alleged confession, how ever. Is full of Inconsistencies, greatly at variance with statements he has mado since Iitst arrest (n this city last week. He declares that he has been married to so many women that he cannot count thorn off-hand. In, 1906," ho says, "I quit my tu- Inese of buying horses and from that day to this time I have tieen making my living by marrying and making love to women, getting tholr monoy and then deserting them." Made Ixivo to Ten. One of his most amazing feats, ac cording to his own confession, van maklng lowe to ten women at one thno In l'ortlund, Ore. While he ad mits that he got money from most of thcini and that hla marriages were part of a get rich quick system, John son declares that in every Instance he spent the money he received upon tho victim herself. Johnson declares that he waa born In Germany and coming to this coun try in the '70's, secured a post wltn tho United States government buying horses for the army on commission. Tnis took htm all over, the country, At Arm. he says, he was a woman hater because he hail, 'been separated from a sweetheart In Germany, who died later. He married the first of his many wives In 4prliwrfleld, Mass In 1905. She waa Mrs. Mary Brown Itot Her Off Easy. I married only one woman under the name of John Madson," Johnson (Continued on page four.) IV Jf EL4 c mas t Pit t r oi nonl f( !,ky pnr riiLo T JTT ti hao v Krrik y "7 WHEN SWISS BELL RINGERS QUIT "DOKIES" WENT ON DRESS PARADE Knights of the Stirrup, Bearer of the Royal Cup, and the Ladies in Waiting on the Princess if There is One, Harassed Novices all Day on the Streets of the City. DOHA IY AT OP OH, tOU K HOIt AS SAN! We are no other than a mov-lng Show, Of funny men wbjo- tickle, you know. We march your light strung street tonight. ' i Led by the prince, wha had us all In tow. .. Strange, Is It not, (hat of the myriads who :- ( Hove rode the rwi. and cut their capers, too, ' CIO IS REVENGED ON IDE CIVILIZATION THAT ROBBED HER OF NAME Further Details of Fiendish Crime Committed by f i a Girl. KNEW NOT OF GOO "' (Special to The Cltl.eo.) SET, MA, July 13. Another homi 'i l'' was added to the crimes of John "(,n county yesterday. V'-sterday morning at sunrise wilh 'u three miles of iielnia. Joe Tulliy. killed by his step-daughter, Marie 1 1'iilley, with an axe Hardly conceivable in the mind "f 'iHlized men Is the si'.rv of tint iiK.iv enacted w'ltliin the sound of Imnh and school T-lls V.et a 12-Var-d girl who has never been on th. inside of a school house "r licen i church and has never heard of ' "1. It seems that the girl had been f"i i couple of years treated unmer rifullv by her step-father and was in mortal fear that hi- would kill her. "id last .night after he had told her '( he would whip her half to death "il morning and then drive her from home planned to kill him and this "nniing. while he lay sleeping on a pallet, she went Into the yard, got an and struck him twice, crushing h's skull. He lived, however, with tains -oozing from x holes in his h a. until three o'clock this after ' " "n The wife, wtin was his third, "'tied hardly to realize what btid "'llened, or the enormity of the erime, as the girl is not Iv r daughter '"t the tmrlt daughter of the man's mkI wife. The present wife Is from Pender ' "inly and was a sir-ter of l-'i ed K.i. 'n ti'at Burgaw. The information f'arhes your correspondent that Joe t'Hry has been engaged at various 'uts In his life in Illicit distillery, daughter beating and has to his cred " he killing of four men, and lately h" has sold most of his furniture and Household goods; saying he was go ing to send his wifa and two children 'o their former home in Pender r"nnty, and leave the girl. "Marie" In "Neuse river swamp" until hp JUDGE ALLEN PREFERS LOBSriSTS SWARMING Delivers Strong Charge, to Wake County Grand Jury. INDICTMENTS FILED ; 'Continued on pge two.) (SMriul t The ( itiii.) HALlOKiH, N. C, July 1 :!.' I had rather sec whiskey manfuact tired and hi in every part of the state with out restraint tlulll navu pri.hil.ition law on the Matote book-. withotii rnforcem. nt. oeeiareo U' If Allen of Gob lsle.ro. here today in convening the Wake county :rinii- nal eouil for a two w. eko term, lie was .leiiwrlnir his cliarne to the gran.1 Jury and was urging "n III--jury the Importance of the enforce ment of law - unenforced, h ,. chil e. 1 breed disr. sard and contempt for law. lie lir. "I th- jurors iMeo.l regard t their personal views on pro hibition, whether f..r ..r against it. t make dili--etit investigati -n the county over as to iol..tions "t stale prohibi tion The great majority of the peo ple have voted for the law. and there Is nothing f"r good citizens to do but unite, in efforts for its enforcement, hu saM. The true bill and 'he formal ar raignment "f Washington Whitak.r. for his life, on the charge of burglar izing th- residence ..f W. K. .-ollins here and bring tor,, times at Mrs. Collins as she fled with lor infant in her arms rath, r than deliver what money there was in the house, took place in court last .v.ning and the .... c..t for next Monday. The n..ro wiw'a member of the band of a carnival company 'Hat was giving a , , .'s entertainment te ar the .o Hns resbbnec. II" was brought bark here from Wilson a week after the crime and identified by Mrs. Collins. A (rU.. bill ha? also Just been re turned against Hannah Harris, the negro cook, who slipped Into the resi dence of A. Dughi. near midnight and attempted to assassinate the house keeper. Mrs. Caswell, because she blamed her with the loss of her po sition as cook in the Ibiahi home Mrs Caswell's throat being badly cut ' The trial of the Harris woman (or her Ufa begins Friday. THE JOINT COMMITTEE ilE0 iFE mim Are Besieged by Represen tatives of Several Spe cial Interests PROCEEDINGS SECRET WASHINGTON. July IX. Ry pass ing over the cotton and woolen sched ules without taking up any of the amended paragraphs, and skipping I be disputed points connected with the rales on lumber In the wood schedule, the tariff conferees were able today to dispose of about four hundred amendment. This, number. however. Includes subject that were tied tentatively on Monday and Saturday. Many Important subjects, such as the house drawback feature in the al cohol paragraph, the rates on oil cloth, and the various Items under the bead of lithographs, were submitted to sub-conferees. The treasury ex pel ts who helped the senate finance committee in Its consideration of the bill are assisting the conferees In gathering Information about these subjects. So many matters had been put over for future sewlons. how ever, that It Is difficult to tell Just how much progress has been made. The conferees are making every effort to prevent the advance publication of decisions reached by the conferees regardless of how unimportant are the questions determined. lobbyist's There. The corridors about the con ference room In the senate office building are about as thickly peopled with representatives of special Inter ests and lobbyists, as the y were when the bill was In house and sen ate committees. K. w of the confer ees predict that a report can be mad, before a week from Saturday, and some go so far as to forecast August 1, or later for the adjournment of the extra session. A representative of The Associated Press today interrogated one of tbe conferees as to the progress that has been made. A list of practically all of the amended paragraphs of public Interest was submitted to him. It covered nearly ore hundred subjects and not one of them had been settled delinitely. It was learned. meat. What to discover through. we must trawl Think In this ahllltop'T-aravanHeral. Whose portal are now open night and day; We'll put on "Dog" and also pomp up aorne. For this short week, and then we'll go our way. In a Scotch mist which at limes leaked through street ablaze with ten thousand electrics, with the crush of brasx throated Instrument and the rattling roar of half a hundred drums. there passed last night In the view if an enthusiastic multitude which thronged the business streets and packed the Pack square, the splen did parade of the knights and fol lowers of the Imperial Palme of the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassn n. It was one of the longest parades ever seen In Ashevllle and by all measures the moHt gorgeous and spectacular, the bright colored gar ments of the Imperial officers and the varied costumes of the knights of the different templea represented making a show Which would be Im- Not m wilt-vsi Wfl tnk wmr Ires! hwmin by daylight, ltohte h'uiAf It" -tiM. -o th,. Blltmor Vltltga the white light from overhoail anil the glare of the hundreds of red lights borne bv the panniers made a fcetie of surpassing effect I veness. and the people showered It with praises which if trnnslateil Into rain drops would have railed for morn umbrellas than were on the streets. Contesting Temples. It wss the closing demonstration to a day of demonstration In I lie- wsy of parades of Ibo notable drum corps of Klbla and Suez temples and the all day antics of the trained and harassed victims who seek tonight to learn at the Auditorium what may bo the mysteries of the order which attracts so many and makes th'-m so anxious to attract more. The close of the day came with a magnificent ball al the Battery Park where the scene In the big ball room waa one of striking plcl tiresomeness, scores of ladles In white femes and wearing the Insignia of the rival temples eon traMIng with the brilliantly colored aouuva cos tumes of the knights from far and near. t'oniM-tltlvn Drills. Today wtl .furnish ' siHiotatda lass notable In tha compatiuva arm Sreon at 4 o'clock between the rival teams of Klbla temple of Atlanta. El K.-ilan. ut Chattanooga. Hakoo, of Columbus. Ohio, and Kl MUM, of Peoria, Illinois, for the blue ribbon and prlsteg of 1600 first, $.100 second and 1200 third. The drills will be In the highest degree spectacular, call Ing for Involved marching and skilled and beautiful designs In formation The officers will be In gorgeous cos tumes and the knights in the multl colored souave attire which never fulls to attract. Accompanying will be the two drum corps which have so seined the admiral Ion of the crowd. The Judges will bo Major END TOTBICEOr Father Kept Silent Rather Than Bring Disgrace Up on His Daughter MOTHER'S AFFAIR REVEALED SCANDAL Wrecker of Home Barely Es caped Lynching at Hands of Enraged Mob fvntlntiff1 on piw fmr. ) HER FOR Ifl INTRUDER Couple Had Been Married Only Few Months lint Had Had Trouble. (Kiecial to The Oltiwn.) CONCORD, Julv l.l. Sam (iil.son. young negro, aid a good farm hand, living on tie plantation of Mi. William II. Host in No. 10 township. shot and killed li wifo about I lock yesterday morning, thinking the woman was son.- one coming mio his room for lb. impose of rol.le r. or something else. ills wife hail r ten nut of I,. ,1 and went to the I or. but as the liKir was so fast, n I that she could not get out, she v. ot to a window. nd was In the a. i re-entering ih. bouse wb.-n Cil. ' was awaken. .1 and took deliberate m with bin shot gun, which or. n I almost Iron;, ct death to the worn. is Sheriff Hom-v utt and Coroner IP-ward Caldw- II were called to the --cue earlv Una morning, and whit- with the man's da ng was an aechh i Ing held in Jail. MR.TOMPKINS MENTIONED NEGRO KILLS THREE IN HIS OOMESTIG TROUBLE Is Being Advocated by the Southern I'ress for Mis sion at IVkin. married only and was very sir been stated n Ih 'ity today, howev- his wife have rt - magistrate's couit ach other in. verdict agre.-s i that the shoot- the negro is 1" -: tb.son -had I.- n last Nov- rubor, itltlous. It ha.. -treets in this 'hat Gibson snd Hv figured in a th cases again, i 8H0WER& WASHINGTON. .July 13 Foreca-t North Carolina: partly cloudy, local showers Wednesda . Thursday fair; light variable winds. (Shm ial lit The Clllwn.) ('II.VHI.'i'iTi:, N. ''. Julv li.- Tor ...ii,. tiin. p.o.i the name "f Mr lun el A 'I oinpkMi. i-l tin il bin. been no ni eoe d in i onto I tl'OI v 1 1 1 1 tin I'n'lid -1 :t I - mission lo I ' I i i II .1 This .i,,.g. ten Ii.ik ip.i i-oi.e from Mr. T. .ini-l.iii himself .is Ihos- who liimi bon are will av.il' hot from inMiji ntial m-n North and .South, par te ni.irlv lli-.- Interested In the com iie l- lal future "f til" gtat oriental . . i, pile Alio in an lia-l" Willi- the I-.h:-i i- -on b Just at llie lino- that a l.iisll,- ss lir.lli of lli ilol- -xpeli-fe- . t.i-n vi oi and . on 'trie tlv. - onmcr--i.l s! ,i i -. in.i n.iiip is ii'-ed. -i an-l parti- ul. uly -in- ;.ki.oi la'o-l in a n.spori sill. ...pielty Allh Ihe t.-xtl'i! d'-vul-,1-tiM ol of the country Ih- uggesti'.ri of -'fit a man for th. pi,,. .. an -I tie ' hoi it Mr. Tomp- t r th' mission first 'aire- from . er'iiri "it. ' r- of tie- Am' man Col f.ri M s n i ' i- ' II r ' I s" SSKoeilion who. P r-.t -ii "f lli'ir ' -.mrnerelsl rela li.ii, n Hi Hi- orient, r.allwd fully th'- imp -ri i-i- e of the post. Thev eomiiiije - '" -I with other influential nianlil.n 'or- North and Houth. rneniln r, -I l. -tli of the great textile orgntii.itioiis ot tin country as well as ohcr Tad- 1.-.-II-S Th"' who are urglna Mi. Tompkin-' appointment are h -e li.l '-f .u" i ' for there Is no te ti-r kli'-w rna fiufa' turer and prac 'ual e-"tioirust in the rtouth. K'-r "h p-'t the Northern press, parte ularlv that .lem- nt Interested in such topic-, has had fre'iuent ref- ren'ea to the appointment of Mr. T'-mpkins to -Oils mission, the per sonal allusions b- ing highly compli mentary and the r f' ri nres to the growing Konth appreciative The Southern press ha iut taken the matter up. Brother-in-Law, Wife, x and Himself Fall Under His Vengeful J'istol. (By Associated I'ress. ) WIl.MlN'iTON, N. C. July 1.1.---A ,i i lal to The. Hlar from Huigaw. N. says Dial early today Waller Wll iafus. . olor- d, thirty live years old. Iluing mar that place shot and killed Henry Hay s, his brother-Ill law, his wife, Mary Williams, and tluii bun s' If Williams and his wife bad not lived happily and three- weeks ago agreed mi a peaceful separation after divid ing their personal i-fteets, the man having for Georgetown. S. I' lie returned Sunday, how r. and att mpt.-d a rccoiu tl wt ion and upon Its failure this morning larik'-.t up on a so-'alletl prohibition leverage and repaired lo a br i k ard wheru his broi her-in-law was at work and tired ut'ort biin, killing him Instantly. Then going lo Ihe home of his wife be shot h-r to death through Hie right breast. Ke-loadlng bis gun be emptied the contents of both barrels into himself dying two hours later. Williams charged his brother-in-law with undue intcrfcrcm e In tils domestic affairs. WOMAN SHOWED HER BRAVERY OHKKNSROHO, July 13 Yester day morning about two o'clock, Mrs John Tate was awakened by some one raising a window In an adjoining room. Instead of going off Into hys terics, she arose from her bed. went to the room Jut In time to scare two negro burglars by threats of shoot ing them. The two men beat a ine t Ipltate retreat from before thla brave and Intrepid lady In wlhte. Mrs. Tate i says that she bad no pistol In the I house, or aba could bans killed both. (Ry AoHaleI Pre rat.) WATHFIKA, III., July 1 3. Moll lion of his daughter Oolda, aeTenteen years old, la said to h caused J. B. Hsyler, vice nreatdent of tha , First National bank of Creoctni Ofy, -III., to suffer In silence tha demeatlo trag. edy thtat led to hia dwath Hunday nlcht at tha htuwla of Or. W. R. Mil ler,.-wh for many month had paid ardent attenUon to tha iMuikcfg wlfa, mother of (lolda Sayler, Acconllng to W. R. Nlglitanc!, oaaliler of the tk of Wbtdh, Mr. Sayler was vlca nrasMant, the davo tod father dfvUtnmlned to luffar In slleiico rather than take any action which would Involve tha child in any notoriety. - f , FVamtt m Tragedy, "lit. ae tuned to fear mrm trwtgkl ao Intlon to the alluatlon," aald, Mr. NlightetfiiB tortus "Whenatfa ha left the iiliy during tha laat yea of 1 it waa his b-afhlt to aeott privacy. after which ha would fa-appear with) i bulky envkss containing papara. Should anythln-a- ttappen Uj ma,' ha always toldi mo, 'npsn thl iMuikst ' anl follow tu the bitter tha InatfUe" Hons contained therein.' After, Mrh trip but tha luat, ho destroy ad tha paper upon hi return, lie waa atway : a little while ago, but whan ha cam back nl tiiiluA to follow thk prac tice. That packet I twUeva toi ha ' looked In hla private tKw In tha tsunk'a vault., Whether It will abed any light on the tragody which ended hi Ufa I camot aay. Tha coroner 'ha tha kWt and ?lll .tqaa4hab9x lata, sllily after the funeral totirurimw." . JNtngoV of Ijym liln. That Dr. -Miller stood n read dan ger of lymhlng last night- la aaatrt ed tiy, Mr. Night ngle and many others. More than a hundred man thronged the streets, of , tb tanially quirt village trying to organ Is aa attaok on the Jail. One nan with rope, wss forcibly taken to til home by cooler person, whoa ootnuwl fl- (fV-nfJntimt rm pit four.) LIEUT. SOHON'S DEATH TO THE MIL PUBLIC If Thin Coin-Be la Adopted It Will Be to Allay Curiosity. ' INQUIRY BROAD (liy Associated fretM.) WAHIIINOTOV, July IS. Whether the pr-wiedinga of tha court of in- ooir- which will Investigate tha clr- umataiues , -,iiuo:ted wtth the death if Lieutenant James N. Hutton from Ihe effects of a pistol wound at An napolis, In 1(I7, will be oen to th public or will be held In ecret will he determined tomorrow by AHtsf- ant Hecretary Wliithrop of the navy I'-part merit. Ordinarily mstter of thl kind are left lo the dwriiUon of the court but ther. has been much widespread Interest In this ease thai the matter has bet ii brought to the attention of the asHlstant secretary. If the ss- sloiis aro pulbllc the purp.ce wilt b lo satisfy the pMblle concerning th facts In tho case. AVVAI'OUH. Md.. Julv IS. An- notiiH einent was made at Ihe offl.'s of HiiM-rlntendent Bowyer of the nam I acalc-mr today Oral Major Harr. l-eoptird. t ' H M. .. would a--t is the judge advocate of the Decon 1 ourt of I ii ii u I rv irhl. h will trv tr slralght.-n out tbe tangle of conflicting teitmiony ur rounding the death of l.leuienant Hutton. Major Ieonaid It had previously twn underntood, woiibl ut as the recorder of th ourt. A I tie prosocutlng officer In the case It will devolve upon Major Leonard to su in nwm alt witnease who may be desired bv tho mtirt. He Is now on dutv at the naval orison at Portsmouth. N. II. Neither William Owens tha Annan. olis chauffeur, who took out th of. titer Involved in tho affray which re. suited In rhn death of Button, nor undertaker Taylor who Dreoartxt tha body for burial knd saw the wound baa yet roe olved a summons. general court the second tmard, It ( now stated, will hav full away t summon civilian aa well aa naval