UNBAY CITIZEN
THE WEATHEE:
CLOUDY.
22 Pages Today
VOL. XXV. NO. ?,2il
ash k villi:, x. c, Sunday moi;in;, skptkmbku r, v.wx
l'KIGE FIVE CENTS.
TRAIN WRECKERS IFETED, FLATTERED,
Pick The Loser.
TOUGHSI
DiTCH B.&D. FLYER FED. COOK BEARS
T
THE
MILITIAMEN A!
READY
N BATTLE
TO SUBMIT PROOF
FRRDRIZE A CITY
AND MAKE ESCAPE
HONORS MODESTLi
OF HIS DISCOVERY
Bloods Flows In Fight And In
habitants of Section
Flee to Cellars
EIGHTEEN MEN HOLD
REGIMENT AT BAY
Are Finally Found Hidden In
Garret After House Is
Shot to Pieces
(fly Associated Press )
FRANK PORT, K;., K.-j.l 4 In
one of the fiercest riots ev-r known
in this city between militiamen and
civilians Sergeant Ingrain Tat- of
Someregt, Ky.. a mem In r of company
K, Kentucky state guards ami .left
Cook, a civilian were killed while
William Nichols, Joe Conway and
Alexander MN'allv were fatally shot.
The riot began In a tenderloin sa
loon following a brawl. Privates
AVlllian Phillip and C. E. Toadevine,
members of company li. who were
mantling near Tate when he was kill
ed Identified Joe Nichols a-s the man
who fired the shot that killed 'their
comrade. Nichols and eighteen oth
ers were arrested.
The house wan almost shot to
pieces by the troops In their efforts
to gain an entrance apparently to
lynch the man whom they thought
had killed Tate For more than an
hour the eighteen men held the fort
against the regiment and the res
idents of that section of the city lleil
to their hemes, putting out the lights
and retreating to the cellars for safe
ty. ,. Aft, Pi.,. Hurt, ..section of the city
every person i -who attempted to leave
was halted at. the point of a bayo
net and every wagon was searched,
hoping to find the man who had
started the rlnt. Finally, after a con
ference, '"olonel J K. Allen, com
manding the Second regiment. Coun
ty Judge James II. Pnlsg-rove and
Chief of Police Mfingun. accom i tiled
by other soldiers searched the build
ing and In the top story foun.l the,
men huddled together. They were
all taken to Jail which is being guard
ed tonight by the soldier
VESSEL MAY PROVE TO BE
IL,
Was Suspected of Prepar-i
intr to Filibuster in Vn-
r -
tral America.
NOTHING WAS FoFNl)!
I
(By Associated Press )
NEW ORLEANS. Sept 4 As a
sequel to a rumor of an alleged tili
bustering expedition with designs
against the gov, riiim-ms of .-vera I
Central American r. publics w hich
originated In ,N'ew orb-mis two weeks
ago. the steamer F.llis. a Norwegian
vessel under charter of the Cnit.d
Fruit company, was held up late v , s
terday off the Mississippi river passes
and searched bv officers ..i tie- l'i d
States revenue Dav.v N.. contraband
goods were found and tin- st. inner
was permitted to continue to Pol t
Eimon.
No official report lias vet be, n re
ceived by the federal authorities In
New Orleans. Following the receipt
today of news of the search. Colonel
Crawford H. Kills, manager of the
United Fruit company placed tin mat
ter in the hands of the company's
counsel. It was reirt..l lo re todav
that Captain Hansen, commanding the
Ellis, would make a special report to
the Norwegian consul at New i irb-atis
upon his return to this port and that
the holding up of the steamer might
become ..n international affair.
About two weeks ago a r- p 'it be
came current here t" the effect that
the Ellis bad been charter.-, I f..r a fili
bustering expedition. The steamer
sailed on her regular run tlo- sine
day. The only. ground for the report
apparently was that the Fills carri. d
a small shipment of dynamite to I"
used for blasting purposes by a Cen
tral American railroad. Tin- report
was denied and was forgotten until
It reached Central America, where it
created considerable excitement in
some places.
Lato tonight Manager Ellis ..f the
United State Fruit company gave
out a statement which indicated that
thfcr was little likellihjM,d of the
matter being- made an international
Thousands of Dollars In -Sat
chel May Have Been
Booty Coveted
REMOVED WHOLE RAIL
FROM RAILROAD TRACK
All Clues to Perpetrator of
Outrage Lost to Eager
Searchers
( Ity Associated Presis. )
NKU'CAHTl.K, peim., Sept 4- liver
a hundred men, all meinh.rs of state,
railway or private criminal catching
rga n iztit ions. are here bought
straightening out a mass ot U-w ihler
ing clues that may lead to the dlsoov -
ry of the person or peisons who eaily
today pulled spikes Irom a sixty bet
tail on the llaltimore and ohm tail
road near the siding known on train
schedules as Chewton. ditching the
lioyal Ulue tlyer. en route from N. w
York to Chicago, killing two persons
and Injuring seventeen others. Tim
dead are Engineer Charles A. hill and
Haggage Master C-nrge Wh.ntcroft
Clue after clue t.i those thought to
he responsible for the deed was offer
ed th me officers today, but each led
to nothing, or worse, w hen the valua
ble time consumes! In running down
vague rumors wus considered lllood
Diounds were worn out. tutoinohile
hauffoiirs broke wpcod records and
ifficial red tapo became entangled in
the wild rush to be on the spot when
the train wreckers w-re htoiiKhi to
bay.
Lost the Trail.
The. train ditchers made across the
marshy lields in the direction of Wam
pum, three miles from the railroad,
bloodhounds used by railroad detec
tives; followed the trail from the wreck
but after bringing up abruptly at a
slaughtering pentnwrl by New Castle
butchers at Wampum, the animals
lost the seemingly fresh scent and re-
fllMcd to be goaded on any further.
Tonight the consensus of opinion
was expressed by one of the Haltimoro
and iihio police when he said:
"The train vvr.ilM-is are in the vl-
cillitv of New Castle They IlltAe not
attempted to My nor will they They
left the scene of their dastardly work
and taking a round-about way came
(Continued on 1'iui' Seven. 1
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF
FARMERS AT RALEIGH
WILL BE GREAT SUCCESS
Nearly Thousand Dele-rates
From All Over Country
Are Expecied.
NOTKl SPEAKERS
(Ssial to The Cltl7.cn.)
liAI.ElUH. N- .. Sept 4- For the
Farmers'
annual st
I'r.si.leiit National congress to be In
isinli- here November '! to X,
H.-li. bam Cameron and
ll.-orge M. W'liitak.r are
Scorctarv li.
conferring li
..f providing
w ii li ev ery pr utilise of
espe. lally
ICSsf III
speak-
till. I
f l.atiil
Among tin
els are to be
man, 1'inv. rsitv
K P. . liable
Pr. sol. lit E A. Al.ler
v of trginia ; President
. I'mo rsitv of North
i 'a rolina
Supr- no
bet Just ice Walter 'lark,
,ui t of North Carolina;
Pr.-sident 1. 1 1
colli g. ,. agri
ails. Major W.
V lit. North Car olina
lilt in . and no clianic
A p, i iiah.tin. North
Carolina commissi
r .1 agriculture;
pb Hv.le Pratt.
Stale
Prof
John
hert
dogist .1
W
II.
F
Mis
I n
no I
, i ' .UKres.sm.in
S. A Knapp. iil
'lai.nc. II Poe
u ot b. rs f i .m a
...,k is especiallv
altendalice. Th"
i h nv entiori is
bill confer, nc.-s
irmg on agrieiil-
I eiolloinic llles
i. t.'irmers of the
Tliele Will he
. I. stance. The
bright for v. i v
principal work
n.,t s p.. ch - ma k
and resolutions
tural problems
lions that a IT.
count rv dir.-. i lv
President ' si
v j, . -pre-id. nts
Italti to the eff.
will . ..in. : i -.in
I..tittti.i K.ui
(Jeolirla. oh.-,
e in ia. K n t u- k
' Milllli-fl 1. 'i'"k
jolliers -Th.-r.
i tl
i,. ion b is letters from
and ..rh.-rs in mariv
t t bat big delegations
. o b These in. hid--a--.
Arkansas. Ill.nojs,
Alabama. VS . st 'ir
T. nness.-e. 1- lorlda.
riroa. N- w Mexico and
ar- usually something
111;,. 7-11 .1. . tales from states ..th.-r
than the nil.- in which th tigress Is
hi id. Last v. ar there were over 1.1'di
at Madison Wisconsin. It is learned
that pr.-Jii rat ions are in progress for
special iTirs of delegates from many
distant slate- and for th- congress in
Kaleigh this v. ar it Is the determina
tion to accord the best acoommoda-
(Continued on page four.)
First Day In Copenhagen as
Strenuous as Climb
ing Icebergs
KINGS AND PRINCES
PAY HIM TRIBUTES
Gets Into Party Clothes as
Guest of Honor at Not
able Banquet
(lly Associated Press.)
CtiPENIIAdEN. S.pt. -l)r Fred
crick A. Cook stepped from the steam
er Hans Kgeile In Copenhagen har
bor on the arm id the crown prince
..1 lieiimark at ten o'clock tills morn
ing, uiedi and looking like a sailor
before the must He sal down to
dinner at H o'clock tonight in the city
hall, the :ucst of a brilliant company
ot t he capitals most distinguished men
and woin. n. He was arrayed In
evening dnss provided by the king's
tailor.
The hour" betwicn the events were
the busiest of III Clink's life They
were hours of speech-making, hand
shaking, bowing io clamoring crouds,
and then after addressing the people
who almost ton- him to pieces in their
eagerness to see the discoverer of the
pole. In. Cook was the recipient of
formal welcomes at the hotels where
he Is the government's guests, I iter
h.. lunched wlih lu- Maurice K.
Kagan. tin American minister, being
Idicd incessantly lor an hour with
.piewtloiis. He went through hundreds
..f telegrams, Including congratula
tions from geographical societies of
several nations, explorers and friends
offers of .xplollation ranging front
books to music hall engagements, anil
tb. n hurried to the palace and gave
the king and other members of the
rovnl family a long account of his ad
ventures. Answered AH Question.
Returning to his hotel he received
a battalion of correspondents vtIio
subjected him to a merciless cross ex
amination, demanding explanations of
all the crltii Isms that have been level
i .1 against his i la ims.
'H.'ese io stlons I ir. Cook answered
with the best temper, frankly and
fully What- it may be thought of
lir. Cook c -w o-l'e. he has impressed
all nil talk.-d with him here as n
1 1 'out iniii-d on pu;e t hree.
LAST CURTAIN FALLS ON
LIFE'S COMEDY FOR AN
AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT
'lyde Fit cli Passes Away al
Chalons, France, of
Appendicitis.
WROTH MAN V PLAYS
(Ity Asi lnl.d lress )
'TIAI.11NS SCIl MA UNF. Sept. 4
Civile Filch, th.- Ameli.an play
wriirhi died at tins evening ir.
I1.1 tj .l.ieti lllii'iili-iliiim JHIIH'.- jthrei
.. . I... k in the air. moon. The doc
lot's 11 1 1. 1 his fri.iid, Eugene ilaulhlcr
w. re present at ue bed .Ide. 11.
died of a pp. nd i. -it is
NEW VullK. S. pi 4 Clvde Filch
e...t! the Hoot ,.ilih- of voilllgei
A llty 11. a n Lira m i
Eltiiira. N V . in
t.-,l foi ...lleee a
and gi.oluatil (ii
lists. wts born al
hi;:, ii.- w-is 111
llol.lel i,. HS. N. II
on A111I1. rst in I .m;
I loth ill scl I and In college In
was an untiring niiialinr a'tor Oi
leaving .oll.-k;. h. bt-Kall at ..rue t-
wtil. toi th.- ma aziii. and publish
ers In I'Vi hi lirst hover. "Tin
Wave of Erie ' f,,llow.-,j j utile In
t.-rv;il ot SU I e-c . 1 1 1 1 lit activities, hv
"Some I ' o f I e.s 1 ,0 1 1 1 1 , nee and SlX Cill
V el S.I I clis" ami "I'll. Smarl Het."
Cohl mporrineoii with bis 'r.v.d
' l!i ttv s Finish " -1 playet bad a brie!
run (it Ibe Huston thetitre but 110th
ing from hi-, p.-n found inn prom
Ineni e until the production .rf H-ai
Humiiol" in I Vu bv the hue itn hiiiil
Maiisllel.l.
Thereafter the tilavs cam. in., and
sometimes tin..- to the ve.n with on
Hugging regularity
' Nat ban Hal. " "The Cwhov am
the Ea'ly." "I'arhara lietchi..
"Sappho" (from the Fr.olii. "Th.
climber-." "The Cirl and the Judge.'
"The East k.f lle Tai.rs. rin
r.irl With the Creen Eves," "Her own
Way." "Her Ureal Matches." and hit
terlv. "The ;irl Who Has Every
thinn." "CirU." "The Win- Mouse
(from lIk- Oermnni. and "The Hup
pv Marriage." Still other plays of his
are in rehearsal for the c!iiing sen
son and the count In all Including
(Continued on page four.)
it
JACK" BRADLEY MAN BEHIND COOK
ALMOST A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY
Has Spent Several Winters Here, Courted His Wife Here, and Last Spring Describ
ed Preliminary Part of Polar Expedition to Audience at Battery
Park Without Telling Them What It Meant.
While all the world Is dlsi uanlng
l)r FriileTh-k A. Cook's wonderful
11 lil. v eincnt In annexing the North
pole and surrounding Arctic- regions j
to the Insular and pelagrlc poHsonslons
f tin- United States. Ashevllh- has
1 peculiar Interest In his accomplish
ment because of the faot I bat Mr.
J. H. Bradley who financed and en-
luraged the enterprise counts this
as one of his many hoou-a.
Hardly less cnbsptcuoua In the
great discovery than Dr. Cook him-
"lf Is "Jack" llndley of New York,
'hlciigo, Palm H.-ach and Asheville,
ind his friends lere, while not aware
that he was the man behind a polar
xiM-dllion, arc nol at all surprised
that It was his energy, his pets, ver-
nce, his determination and his cash
that made the hn'!r of the discovery
if the pole possible to Am rica and
o at: American
An Interesting Chip.
There Is no more Interesting vis
itor to Asheville than "Jack" Uratl
:ey and w hen h conies h. re each
.vlnler for a tav of s.v.t'a! weeks
after the Palm lieach season closes
he limits a h'.-l of fi lends u lm are
always glad to so' him. His nomi
nal connection vulh the Palm Hea.-h
LOEB'S NET FOR GLOBE
TROTTERS CATCHES WELL
IVo I lurid red Seizures of
of HaJrjr;il,e M.'lde ill the
Fast Tim e Weeks.
(lly A
NEW Vol!
Eo.-b In an 1
on the groiitu
Increased vigil
leers In bob
prominent pi
Ihelr arrival :
"Two huiol
made In lb.
gates of th.
tor
"That vv-oi.i
vigilant. ..I "
s.-iztif en w 1
nlng of in. oe
examined an
iciig.-rs vv.-i-So
large a 11 '
lakeii In il, is
pelleil to ore
s. . (i aitn !
"Not a 1 .11
at the , .,11. -si
nger regai d
arniiiatlou 'd
gers on tie
soclnted lress )
i; Kept. Collector
noiview lotlay Juslilietl
I - I' "good r.stlliH" the
1 ... of I he 1 llsloms of
! v m a lid .'--a rchlng
I IIS on tie .1... I.S till
1 10 Europe
1 I seizures have been
1 Hire. nol,. al 1 he
. Ks." said I In- colic -
Pp.-ar to Justify the
tlst o III s 111 1 n 'I'll . o-e
1 nil- after tie- b.-gm-.
pass, iiij.-i v h nl h. . n
1 isserl and Die pas
it to h-av . I h. do. ks.
lit of goods iiaH be. -n
that J shall be . ..111-
a Special sal' of tie-
nt has been r i-- h ed
- office fr..rn a pas-
. tile met hods of 11-
tiigages and passen-
WASH INCH iN. Kept. 4. Forecast
North Caroline Parley cloudy Bun
day, with cool, r in west portion; Mon
day fair; mod. -r 'te variable winds.
Casino bus given him an acquaint-
mice isiverlng nlmost the entire
world, ami bis worldwhle travels,
and rainhling cxhcdltloiis Into unfre
ouontcj parts of the world have
made him familiar with every coun
try, cv-ry nation, and afmoHt every
thing that Is to be known of the out
side of the plnnei.
M'r. .IVrodley was Itorn k'st fall
with his wife and remained until lha
Florida season opened. Again In the
spring he returned nnd spent mv
i ral v" eeks at the llatlery Park hotel.
While he was stuping there the re
ports of his wlil.. travels and novel
experiences spread among the guests
nti. I at their re.iiesl he consented to
entertain them one night with tin
stories of his rumblings These he
Illustrated with 11 st eroopt lean and
those who were present now recall
many of the Arctic scenes that he
showed and dctorlhed. and rocog'hls'.c
thai thev were a part and parcel of
this very expedition which has (on
on to the discovery of the pole.
In desorMilng the plenties Mr.
Uradlev said they were taken while
lie was on a walrus bunting trip In
the Arctic regions hut not a word
did be breathe of his connection with
KILLED HUSBAND BECAUSE:
HE WAS NOT FAITHFUL
lien 'ruined Pistol to ller
Own Hreast nnd Will
Proh.ililv Die.
(lly AhfMM'ialed 1'resH )
NEW Vokk. Sept. I "I shot him.
II, W.l-'- IHltl lie to mr. He VM1S going
around with nlln-r women; so I made
up inv mind to end It all
This Is the explanation the polite
i', Mr,', I lata liuiitli. r gave them
wlo n lie . rushed int.. her little hat
11 HiooMvu this altr-ruooii and found
),. 1 bosb.ind dead and the woman dy
ing, lleorge (lumber. Hie husband.
Hi. lead. Mrs. Otinther had a Mullet
wound in le i hn-asl. The revolvr was
till in lei hand '
.N. ik'hi.ols sav that (lumber, who
was . li. lull. 111 employed al a public
gaiage. drove up to his home In an
a .,1 oinobil. tliis afleinoon anil shortly
afl.iw.ld th.v In aid sounds, of a
. 1 0.1 1 1. I, of a struggle and of fund
lllle h. I Fig ov . I -I 111 lied, then a Suc
cession ..I r. v olver shots.
Th. ib id limn was thirty-five years
old and Ins wi'. ihlrty-lwo. Ill wife
IS expe. t.;d to die
ROADS CONGRESS
WILL BE SUCCESS
(sMilal Ut 'llii- t'ltlwn.)
P.AI.EICM. N. , Sept. 4. Stale
CieologlHt Joseph Il.V'de iTlltt IS herO
for a da. or two after visiting seven
teen lounties in the Western section
of the slat.- with 1'nited Htates Road
Expert H 11 He says the otrthiok
for the s o 1 ess of the Appalachian
Itoad congress at Asheville October
fi Is especially line. He believes that
the whole of the Piedmont mountain
section of the state will h represented
and that great good will be accom
plished. There are also to be dele
gates from (leorgl.i. South Carolina.
Tennessee and Virginia, with at least
four governors in attendance, fjover
nur Kllililn, of North Carolina Is to
attend.
11 polar expedition. In fact he was
not very definite In his location ut
places and most of (hose present un
derstood that the views were taiien In
Alaska.
IMwrllMl Part of Trip.
Now It develops that the very trip
which he doscrlbsd that evening In
the Mattery Parle bail room wut nana
olht-r tiun tha 'praHtnlnarjr utflt
ttn f tha, aadmn -which
Dr. Cook has carried on to so con
splctious a success
Hut "Jack" Itrndley'a anlorinjrs
in search of big game have carried
him to the. darkest of dark Africa
to wild and unfrequented parts of
Asln, and If there Is a spot where
giijiie abounds In the Untied Males
t.hut he has not vJalted from Maine
to California, ho doesn't know of It
Therefore, when he wiui relating his
experience in the Arctic region he
Intersperwol thern with his experien
ces In the tropic nnd In the JJunajtita,
and In the wilds of three communis
si that no one could suspect them
underneath tho debonair, casual.
gloho trotter and hunter of big gum
ljr)r)j--)j-j-j-tjnj-l - mm
VntliiiH'd on paw rour. )
COUNTY HOME KEEPER
Became En raged at Inmates,
Broke Into Their Rooms
and Wounded One.
(Special to The Citizen.)
KINHTON, Sept. 4.-Hhortly sflei
noon yesterday Mr. It Tur
in-r, keeper of the county home,
made a murderour assault upon two
old white women who were Inmates
of the home, shooting at them wllh
11 pistol Mrs Poard. one of lln
women assaulted, was hit In tin- lefi
breast, the hall entering above tin
heart and passing through the breast
came out on the left Hide. Inflicting
but a slight wound
It seems that Turner Is-cnme en
raged at the two old women, both of
whom were over 70 years or age, he
cause they left the home est.rdav
without permission. It was also salo
that they hare nagged 111 him ev.-t
since his taking charge of the Insti
tutlon.
Aliout two oviix k he went to Mrs
Evans' room broke down the tlsir
and .hot al her. Th.- ball, however,
missed anil kultfe.' In the wall Tur
ner then went 00' of tin: house snd
around to tin- window or Mrs
Hoard's rtsim anil shot at her through
the window, tin: I ill p.-iietriU Ing her
left breast. When last seen Turner
was going up the road from the home
cursing, shouting anil acting like a
crazy man.
in the absence from the cltv of
the county superintendent of health.
Iir. Fred Whlttaker. Ir F W. liar
grove attended the wounded women
The wounds nre not thought to be
serious.
Mr. John F. Hooker, chairman of
the county commissioners, went out
to the home when the matter was re
ported to him and put Mr. L,. W.
IllKitles In charge temporarily.
Turner was arrested at o'clock
by Deputy Sheriff Hartslleld and ar
raigned before Magistrate Peetrlee
who place'l hltn under I2() bond for
trial tomorrow at t o'clock.
Turner has the sympathy of many
friends who believe that the assault
was due to a temporary mental
aberration.
Gives Further Details of His
Successful Search For
The North Pole
EXPLAINS HOW TRIP
WAS MADE POSSIBLB
Eskimos Are Not Stupid
But Know The Earth
Is Round
(fly Associated Presa )'
COPENHAtlEN, Hept. 4 -The Rioal
detailed account of his polar Journal
as yet given by Dr. Cook was falnsd
from him by a large body ot nwip
per correspondents whom he met thut
evening. Dr. Cook at Ihe request oi
I He correspondents consented to tn
swer alt (jut stlons.
First he was asked whether or not
the first account ot hla discovery of
the puis could be accounted as an
tlrely hla own work. Ha replied In
the affirmative, except tor tha obs
vluiis errors In transmission. Ha than
explained the doubt about tha thirty)
thousand aquara miles dlscovtrsl,
raying that he meant they war abUl
to see fifteen miles on each aids during
ihelr Journey to the pole and that
therefore, a hitherto unknown tarrt
tory of- 30,0(10 square- ml 1st WM 0WI
discovered. I
Tisik Olwervationa. 1
Dr. Cook proceeded to ahow thai
he was fully competent to tak all obs
aervatlons, saying that on pravloui X
plurlng expeditions he had vary HttM
observation work, Which usually tU -divided
among tha mamber ot tha
party. "ThU time," ha oontlnatd, "w
had started out to reach tha pola and.
nvsrythlng sis waa ot acondary con
slderatioa. It was nnt . poaalbla t .
carry certain tpparlua and It waa Irn
poaalbla alio to atudy tha dat a "
take soundings. We carried all teMMas
snry simple Instrtimenta for aatronom
leal observations and wa wsra vary;
lucky to obtain observations virtually
every day. The position noted must
have been nearly corfoat.
"We hud three chronometers, on
watch, rompassos and pedometers. All
were carefully controlled 'by each oth-,
er from time to tlme!'( Tha watch, ,
however, got out of ol"fler. '
"We had all the mddarn. Instru
ments which other explorers hava had '
Including thermometers, baromattrg
and sextnnta of the latest . mod
els. It Is possible that our observa
tlons were better than thoaa of th
arller days, but I do not assert that
I am perfectly familiar with making?
astronomical observations, specially
In the polar regions. I think that all
explorers will be satisfied with my,
data."
FlskliiMHt Not Dull.
"Why should I sit down and Invanf
observations''" he exclaimed. "1 did
not do this thing for anything but
sport, and because I take a real In
terest in the problem. It would nog
((Viiitinued on pagu four.)
BARBEE ACQUITTED OF
ERING E
Kvidenec of Self Confessed
NYtfi o Left Jury No Alter
native.
(By Associated ITess )
DURHAM, N. C, Sept. 4 After ait
hour and thirty minutes deliberation,
th. Jury In the Harbee murder caa
returned a verdict of not guilty to
night an 1 the prisoner waa released
alter eight months confinement.
The jury had no trouble in reach
ing the verdict, the evidence yester-
lay or Solomon Hhepard, the confess
ed murderer of Engineer Holt having
confused 'be Issues that tha Jury,
said tiny had to give the defendant
tin benefit of the doubt.. Until Shepard
teatitied the court speaking after
wards, said the state had made out
the rase.
P.arb. e himself took the Stand, ad
milled he had served a year for shoot
ing In a train and had been acquit-
tod of tha murder of Bill Cola tan
years ago. A
Win n the Jury acquitted him before
the citizens or the city held an indig
nation meeting. The foreman's an
nouncement tonight was greeted With)
inlbl applause.
SC.ISII.II, IN HIGH LIFT.
IIUNTVIIXE. Ala., 8ept. 4. WIJ.
Hum U Council), a negro physician.
and son of the well known negro edu
cator, was arrested her today
charged with burglary and attempted
criminal assault upon a woman of hla
own race. The woman claimed that
Counclll broke Into her homo WhUa
her husband waa away. -V .
(Continued on page four.)