THE ASHEYILEE CITIZEN.
THE WEATHER:
FAIR.
Associated Press
Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXVI. NO. 7.
ASHKVILLE, X. C, TUESDAY MOUNINd, OCTOBKR L'G, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GREAT FLOTILLA
BEARS 001 UPON
THE G R ESGENT CITY
Delegates to Deep Waterways
Convention Set Sail Down
The Mississippi
PRESIDENT TAFr IS
LORD HIGH ADMIRAL
Distinguished Gathering or
Public Men From All Over
Country at St. Louis
ST. LOCIS, Oct. 2 5. Water im
provement ns u part f a national
policy of conservation of the streams,
the lands adjoining 1 1 1 1 1 1 ami H i for
ests at their sources today tvv,-ltf the
theme of two notable gatherings in
St. a)Is anil in Fast St. Louis. Ills..
In which l'resld. -nt Tuft. Joseph (i.
Cannon, speaker of tic national
house of repri-fetita t Ives, and Covcrn
ors lleneen of Illinois and lladl.y of
Missouri, took leading parts.
Cabinet members, 1'niled Stales
senators and representatives anil min
isters from foreign countries listen
ed to the Fpeeeh at one or Imtli of
the meetings. Added In these wen:
state and municipal officers of all de
grees, and close to one hundred
thousand citizens who had (locked to
the two cities to see and bear their
superior officers.
Tonight, the president, the speak
er, the diplomats, the legislators and
several hundred representatives of
commercial organizations in the Mis
sissippi valley arc speeding down the
Mississippi river aboard a flotilla of
paddle steamers bound for New Or
leans. There they are to assemble
with hundreds of others in the an
nual convention of the lakes-to-the-gulf
deep waterway association.
Tart Xot IH-Iinltc.
While the president's utterance on
waterways Improvement was not so
far-reaching regarding the creation
of the fourteen foot channel as those
of President Roosevelt on a similar
occasion and therefore not entirely
cheering to the advocates of an im
mediate commencement of the work,
yet, the fact that Speaker Cannon un
qualifiedly endorsed the chief exec
utive's stand regarding bond issu.
for such projects, save these same
ndvnoatcs encouragement. The gener
al good was the ter which the joes-
(Continued on pace four.)
CUT THEIW II DIVORCE
Keniai'kfiMe Sirualioii IV
vclops From Peculiar
JOIN'S.
SUIT DISMISS MM.
AN'UFHS' IN", oil. 2" -In tin- Court
ni" I'liiiiimin I'b-as lore yesterday,
Judge Kobi-rt Aldrii h handed down
a decision in a most unusual case.
T'u re has probable in ver be. n a not In i
o: so like It In lln- courts of South
Carolina. The title of the ease was
I'iiarb-s Spencer vs. Mollle Spencer,
an. I it was nnthini; mm.- nor loss than
a suit for divorce.
The plaintiff alleged through bis al
lot rev. Mr. II. ' McKnight of Cr.-eii-vilh
. that he and M-dli.- Spencer had
lived together for Soille linn- as man
and wife; thai they had been so re
garded by th-'ir neighbors, but thai
they had been separated for about
three years mid did not intend to liv.
together any more. Ho alleged that
he had never been lawfully married
to the woman, and tin- purp.ise of lb
action was to ask a decree from the
cr uris that they bad never been mar
lied, presumably so that if eith.i
should marry again he or she could
no; be prosecuted for bigamy.
Tin- Spencer woman, or as she said
her right name is. Mollie Itoherts
si i-mi-il w illing for the (tarn- to 1"
Issued. A signed statement was prc
sonled from tier. In which she admit
ted all the allegations made by the
plaintiff.
The matter was submitted to Judge
Aldrich at Abbeville in August, and
h- referred it to Judge of Probate W
V. Nicholson of Anderson as special
master, to take testimony nnd report
at this term of the court. The special
master reported the testimony ns uiv
en above and rw ummi mli-if that th.
order asked for he issued, lie recom
mended that the order be Issued on
the grounds that "Section 2.ifi0. of
volume 1, of the code of laws of South
p. rolinn. vests this curt with author
ity to hear and determine issues af
fecting the validity of contracts of
marriage and to declare such contracts
void for any reason, provided thai
.,,rh contract has not been consum
mated by the cohabitation of the par-
(Continued on pace four.)
M URDER IN SECOND
DEGREE IS CHARGE
AGAINST WAT KINS
Jury Easily Selected For Trial of
Formet Constable at Black Moun
tain,And Witnesses For State
Testify.
Charged with murder in the second
degree in connection with tin- shoot
ing and killing of John Hill Hunting
of Wilmington in the early hours of
August T. in a Hl.uk Mount. in hotel,
al the time when he also wounded
I': ill C. Collins or llillsboro. 1-'. C.
Wat kins, then constable of lilack
Mountain, was yesterday morning
Placed on trial before Judge J. s. Ad
amr and a jury in the Superior court
and when court adjourned for the day
tin- testimony of Mr. Collins and other
witnessed had been completed.
Jurors Kxeu.sod.
The proceedings yesterday were fea
tured by the statement of I). A. Jilll
itigham. one of those summoned as a
J.ir.ir, that ("apt. J. II. l'.rittaln of Un
convict gang, had remarked in his
p:esence that if Watkins was given a
Nil trial lie would be acquitted.
Irlttnin knowing he supposed, witness
said, that he had been summoned asl
a juror, and the excusing of llilliug
h;im by Judge Adams; the statement
of Z. H. Dillingham, another man who
hai beeti summoned as a juror, thatj
former sheriff J. H K.-.-d bad referred
to the fait that Dillingham hail been
summoned as a juror, and asked him '
when la- came to town to spend the i
tii-rht with him. Mr. It 1 being In-;
eidentnlly one of Watkins' bondsmen; i
and. by the carefully measured evi
dence of Collins who remained calm
under the hot cross examination lire
of Mr. Craig.
Array of Counsel. i
Win n the case was called for trial
there appeared as legal representa
tives of the state Solicitor Mark W
Cn.wn. Judge T. A. Jones. li. It. Wil
li. ms. Thomas Settle and for the de
fendant l.ocke Craig, J. II. Martin.
Judge J. 1 1. Murphy, dark. ml A
Thompson and Allen T. Morrison
Ni ar counsel for the state were the
brother and sister of Mr. Hunting, and
near his counsel were- Mr. Watkins
end members of his family.
Jury Quickly Secured.
Considering the widespread noto
riety of the case a jury of twelve men
was secured in a compnrfttrvffy brief
t'me. 7.. 11 Dillingham was found In-
('imnelent by reason of what he saidj
ev Sheriff Heed had said to him ami:
was excused bv the state under a pre-
emptoi-v challenge, I.i.l Judge Adams
sol aside I). A. Dillingham, saving that
lb re had been too much of a ti-nden-i
v in recent years to pii jurors after
tin! had been drawn and remarking i
EFFECT THEIR POLICY
Mills in New Kntflaiid As
Well As Those of Smith
Cut Down.
COTTON TOO 1 1 Kill.
HtiSToN, o, . :, - The officials "f
111. Ark wright dub reported to. lav
that ei, lion ma : u I ad ii n-rs in New
l-higlaiiil representing several million
spindles, have evptcosed their inten
tion of following tin- clubs' suggest ioll
lor a. i ut-laiiin. ni to 21!t bouts be
tween November I and August in-xl.
Whil. sonic of the mills may imi
curtail unless Hide Is general action
bv a large ma j.,i it y many other nulls
will close Ilu-ir factories r.-tiir,l.-v ..!
what a. Con others may take. It 1
said assuran.es have boon r.ceiv.,1
Iroitl milks in Now York stale tb.it
tllev will follow the example of lb,-
New Kngland mills. If tl Un r m.l.
represented in the Ark vv right . lub join
in tin- movement, between nine ami
t.-ii million spindles will be :iff. . . I.
0i: PAY WliliK.
c.RKF.NVILLK, S. C, Oct :,.. li
wu, announced here today that tin
cotton mills in Orcein ill.-, Anderson
and (irei-nwool counties finding it im
possible with the present price of raw
cotton to s.-ll their products at a
profit, had ib-olded to curtail produc
tion by closing down one day in c.-o h
vve.-k, efT. ctii.p immediately. on.
million spindles and 2r,.000 looms ar
represented In the mills Included in
the agreement. These mills conum--annually
iiOll.llOO bales of cotton.
I NIOV MM.I.S ci.osi:.
CN'loX S. C. Oct. 2.-,. Nin cot
ton mills In this county, n-presi nt ing
rt i) , 000 spindles and S.OuO looms, em
ploying fi.ooo operatives and consum
ing annually more than (iO.000 bales
of cotton, w ill close down, it was an
nounced today, for one ycck or more.
The mill representatives sny that the
present prices of cotton goods are not
keeping apace with the advance of
raw cotton, giving the mills no mar
gin of profit.
that he would set aside D A Dilling
ham because be had served under
Hrittain as a guard and was again
pi. m eil in employment in the gang un
der liillt.iin.
The following jurors were selected
to try the case and were th -n placed
under charge of Deputy Sheriff Lee
wllh strict orders from Judge Adams
thi.t they should communicate with
no one save the olflcer on any subject
J M. Mears, A. V. Joynor. C. K. I'ad
gett. J I-'. Hice. 1,. A. Slroiip. J. r
Catron. .1. M. Austell. S. A. Allmall,
I: I. Itrooks. .1. M. Carroll, J. II Seig-
h r ami J. T Mel 'arson.
I'.vblciK-e Ill-gills.
Court took a recess from 12-10 t i
2. .'til p. in., when by consent of the dt
f- use two character witnesses were in
troduced out of regular order for their
( on etllence.
Key. li. I Walker, pastor of 1h
West Ashevllb- liaptist church, testified
that be had known I'. C. Collins In
i 'range county many ycurs, and that
his character was good.
J. M. Mears of Ashevllle, a traveling
nu n. testified that he had known Col
lins sixteen or eighteen years and his
character was good.
Photographer J K. TJage Identilled
a number of photographs he had tak
en of the Cladstone hotel and the
room in which the shooting occurred
and testilied as to measurements be
tweeii different points and objects in
the room.
Dr. M. IT. Fletcher testified that
Hunting and Collins had been brought
to the Mission hospital some hours
after the shooting, the latter as a last
resort. The bullet, he said, had enter
ed on the right side about six or eight
inches to the right of the center of the
body and passed through the liver and
p.increas and Injured arteries, passing
in a direct line of its course to the
eleventh lib which it shntte'cd and
showing a little way under the skin
I ir. Fletcher an id that Hunting asked
who shot him and when Dr. Landls
told him It was an officer, Bunting
asked; .
hp shoot me? T haven't
dene anything to be shot for."
The doctor said that there was pow
d. r burns on both Hunting and Col
li rs.
Mr. Collins Testifies.
T aul C. Collins, being examined by
Solicitor Drown, said that he was 32
(Com liiueil on page ftve.1
STRETCH DAY TO GIVE
CHANCE UNDER TREATY
New Tariff Law (Iocs Into
KflVct as to That Country
Last of This Month.
SHIPS KACiXO IN.
WASIIIN'OTi net 2.". - What Is
ganled as a distinct concession to
fuipoi i jug inter. -sis and to l-'ian..- vvas
made by the treasury di parlmeut to
day in directing tin- collectors of cus
tom.'! at tin- various Cntted States ports
I . keep custom houses open until 4.30
p in., next Saturday, October .10, on
which date the commercial agreement
with France, Switzerland and Hulgarlu
v. ill expire, 'i'he purpose of the or
o. r is to give ev.-ry facility to import-cr.-'
to enter goods at Hie reduced rates
of tlo expiring treaties and applies
partii ularly to New York and a few
ollnr .iti.s where tin- custom hou.se3
ci.se ordinarily at 1 p m . on Huturday
in del. relief to local law or custom.
A French trans-Atlantic liner is
m:. king a rate against time in order
I,. get a cargo of goods under the
o,v.-r rates provided by the commer
- ial agreement, 'fin- steamer Is sched
i b it to arrive early Saturday aft.-r-m.on
and today's extension of the
hours probably will permit the steam-
. r to enter the goods under tl xpir-
ing agreement.
With the return to Washington from
Paris of M. Jitsscr: nd the negotiations
so called, between France and Ameri
ca regarding application of the new
tariff act to French Imports Into this
country have crossed the Atlantic and
here In Washington will he brought
loot the terms of the agreement which
it is assiinl.-d will regulate for a term
of years the trade relations of the two
countries.
While Jf. Jusserand is diplomatical
ly silent as to the course he Is under
instructions to follow, there Is reason
to believe that having In mind the
ecncillatory statement made in Paris
by Senator Aldrich his purpose '
simply to make the best of the situa
tion and to secure the minimum tar
iff rates for French products entering
the I'nited States In return for the
smallest possible amount of conces
sions of similar reduced rates of Amer
ican Imports to France.
He
LOVE OF CHILD DROVE BIGAMIST
Identification of Skeleton Found in Islip Woods Through Detective Work Covering
Two Continents Leads to Arrest and Confession of Man
NEW YORK, Oct. 25. A year and
a half ago u friendless girl wu mur
dered in a forsaken patch of wood
land near lollp, Long Island; u week
ago her bleached and charred kel
tou was found with nothlntT to Indi
cate Its identity but her Jewelry und
a. bill of salt from a Herman shop;
three days later, through tihn police
of Hamburg, tiermany, her Identity
wa.s established as Anna laitber.
though the oufolos Hrst carried the
name as letter; last night her hus
band, Frederick Gebhardt, who had
marrijxl her under the name of Otto
Mueller, was caught In Afltortft, L. I.
by a photodtrolieT' flashlight, and
tonight he confessed uver Ms signa
ture that he Is her slayer.
The con-fession follows:
"Alsmt December, 107, I first met
Anna Luther. We were married In
February, 190s. and went to lOurope
to live. We returned April fi. 11I0S.
She went to Henry Wertupp's, In Ne
wark. N. J , to spend a day or two.
On the pretense that 1 wni going to
rent an apai tuu tit for us to live In.
I returned to my home and wlfo In
Astoria, I nut Anna again on April
K, In Newark and we went to an ad
dress 1n Thirty -fourth street. New
York, and th.-n went to Jamaica, ly. I.
MID LEFT (LONE TO OIE
Wiiiston-S.i Itin Highway
man Itlcnl ilictl liy Man I fc
K.iMicl.
WINSTi N -SAI.C.M, Oct. 25. J. I".
U.-id. a m.-ichaiii of this city w.i; held
ip mar !! logu's pond, in Ho- ii.u'lb-
-iii pint ot the i. iv early tins morn
ing and lobbed b. -in unknown while
man. li.-id s iiM.s.i , l.i nt shot him twice,
bullet taking effect In his right
t.-iiiplo and the oilier in bis left side
near the heart, li'- was removed to
l local hospital when- It Is staled he
will probably die.
The wounded man this afternoon
Idem Hied Kim-M I -v molt as the man
who shot him. "Hi eers are no.v look
ing for Do. k Hi--'-!'. who Is alleged
o have been f. . -i with Dymolt
GINNERS' REPORT
SHOWS DECREASE.
WASH I NOT' iN.
sus bureau toda ,
showing that r, '
rourur as half ba 1
from the giovvth
Is, as compared
190K; 4.420.L:r,S l
CL'l for laOfi.
In this report,
were Included, as '
120 for I DOS; II 7
1 32.1 44 for l!0f,
Island IkiI.-s im lu
compared with It L'
n t. '1 5. The con -isHUed
a report
'!i I hales, counting
j had be-n ginned
f I'JO!) to October
with fi, 296,106 for
i 1H07, and 4.931.-
- 7 . s r. 4 round bale
'inparcvl with 1 1 K,
:c,7 for 1907 and
The numlier of sea
!.-.! was 36.330. as
'H3 for 1908; IS, 775
o:il for 1906.
for 1 907; and 1 2
WABHINOTOV. Oct. !5. Forecast
for North Carolina: Fair and warm
er Tuesday; Wednesday fair tight
variable winds.
Got Away With The Goods!
,N '
TO MURDER WIS ILLEGAL WIFE
Who Committed the Crime.
We stayud in Jamaica until next day.
Win Ho Killed er.
"April 8 we wet to Bay Bhore and
! wu walked about and I showed her
some property. I got Into an argu-
' ment with her about some money
matters and 1 turnod away and want-
. cd to go back. Bho followed me up,
; screaming, und I shot her In the head.
I didn't look at her, and do not re-
I member whether I ahot her more than
i once.
"immediately after I went to the
! Islip depot and took a train for hom.
; train 1 threw the revolver out of the
car window.
i "1 want to fltato that T didn't kill
Anna Luther for iher money us the
newspapers have stated. My original
reason for marrying Anna Is that I
didn't care to live with my flint wife
any longer, but as she my first wife
had given mo a child, my desire
to again see my child caused mo to
want to get rid of Anna Luther and
return to my first wife and child.
"Tills Is the reason why I shot Anna
Luther, end I told her In Hay Shore
I that I wiib married and had a wife
and child and must leave her.
"She screamed and ran after me,
MBS. HAYES ASHES WILL
REST BESIDE HER FATHER'S
Removed From Colorado
Springs to Davis Lot in
Richmond.
COLOItADO SFTUNOH, Colo., Oct.
2r. i:.trcnie simplicity will mark the
d.-p.-irtiii,. of the allies of Mis. .1.
Addison Hayes, the daughter of the
Conlederacy, lor Iheir final lesllng
place at lilchinond, Va.
Tho usIh-h will be, removed this
evening from Fvergreen cemetery,
where they have been resting since
the funeral servicea here and taken
to Itichinoml, leaving here u'.cr the
Hock Island at 8.40 o'clock. The
party will go by way of Chicago,
'-aching Richmond Thursday after
noon at three o'clock.
Tin- urn containing the ashes Is ac
companied by Mr. Hayes, Jefferson
Hay. s Davis, their son whose surname
vvas . hanged by authority of the leg
islature to perpetuate the Davis name,
and the other children.
Arrangements for the funeral ser
vices at Itichmond have been left with
tin- committee of arrangements there.
Tho exercises will bo held Friday, ac
cording to present plans after which
the members of the Colorado Springs
party will return Immediately to this
city. Mrs. Hayes died Sunday, July
1 i. lirlef funeral wrvlce were held
lo re the following Wednesday, leaving
tho exerclflcs to take place at Itich
mond. The ashes will be Interred In
the Jefferson Duvlr '.ot In Hollywood
cemetery at that place.
DOMESTIC QUARREL
ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
ROANOKE. Va.. Oct. 25. Follow
ing a domestic, quarrel In their home
near the Norton Coal company's mines
In Wise county this afternoon Charles
Ithlnehardt fatally shot hl thlrteen-year-ofd
wlfo end then killed himself.
When the glrl-wlfe started to bring
bucket of water from a well she was
shot three times by Rhlncfiardt, all
the bulletji taking effect in the back
and corning out Just below the breast,
rthlnehardt then turned, the revolver
on himself and blew out hie brains.
It Is said Mm. Rhlnehardt cannot sur
vive the night. The couple had been
married about (X month. 1
.
and kissed me and wanted ma back,
and I shot her.
"Thla confession la made on my
own free wilt without any 'hope of
recompense being offered me,"
;hhI I'ollco Work.
From the time of his arrest last
night until he broke down today un
der pollco Questioning, Qehhardt, al
though he admitted that he committed
bigamy when he married Anna Lu
ther, denied ail knowledge of her
death.
A letter written to the Owrenaa
consul last night, Muellt-r, the author,
spoke of a Mr1. Hradley, of Denver,
a halving called to aee Mueller'e wife
during hie absence. The description
of this man who existed In Imagina
tion only, answered exactly to that of
tlehttitrdt.
(lebhardt when he was In Germany
brought two aerinun police doga and
it was by tracing the dogs that the
detective found hie homo In Astoria.
While a newspaper photographer
chanced a flashlight at the dog, the
flare revealed the pale face of Geh
hurdt peering from the chinks of en
outhouse. He was run down und ar
rested.
ICE TRUST METHODS IN
L!
Testimony Shows How Its
Agents Tied Up Every In
dependent Dealer,
NEW YORK, Oct, 25. The thor
oughness with which the American
Ice compuny on trial for attempted
restraint of trude Is alleged to have
gobbled up Independent competitors,
was shown today by Deputy SUite'n
Attorney General OwlHirne, who read
a list or the businesses purchased by
1. O. Hlack, at one time a branch
manager of the company. The inde
pendents gathered In were of varying
slo, tho assets of some of them con
sisting of nothing more than a single
horse and wagon. Most of the agree
ments signed with tin-so independent
dealers provided cash penalties If the
d .-ale is engaged In the Ice business
in New York within ten years. The
penalties varied In umount from 1200
to $75,000.
The names of Charles W, Morse, tho
convloted financier, was frequently
mentioned In today's proceedings and
the name of Augustus C. Hprogue, the
mysterious person who received 115,
000,000 from the company "for value
received" also figured In the testi
mony. KILIiKD ON TltACKS.
ATLANTA, Oct. 25. While trying
to get out of the way of an ap
prouchlng freight train early today,
J. H. Cleveland, aged thirty-three.
Junction clerk for the Southern rail
way at Howell station stepped onto
another track and was Instantly killed
by an Incoming passenger train on
the Louisville and Nashville road.
Cleveland leaves a wife and four
children.
AN'DKIISO.V MI LI J CLOSE.
ANDERSON, 8. C. Oct. 2S. Be
cause the price of cotton goods does
not correspond with the high price
of raw cotton, the cotton mills of
Anderson cuirf adjacent counties will
operate but Ave days a week. This
action was decided upon today and
became immediately effective. Several
thousand operatives are affected.
It was not announced how long this
curtailment would be in force.
CHAUFFEUR S STORY
E
T
Detroit Murder Laid at Door o
Fhyslclan Who Perform
ed Operation "
AUTO DRIVER AIDED
IN HIDING THE BODY
Tells Gruesome Story of Ride
at Night With Dismember- ,
t d Body of Woman
DKTHOIT, Mich., Opt IS. After
'Chauffeur Joseph W. Leaob, had tea.
tilled In pnlk-e court thla afternoon '
that on the night of August IT he
drove Dr. George A. Frltoh from the
phjvuk-lanli office d Kcore cntek
where the doctor threw into the Wat- .
er three sacks, which they had taken
from his office, Dr. Frltch wu held
for trial in the recorder'! court on
the charge of manslaughter In -eon .
nectlon .with the death of Mlaa May
bell Mlllman, of Ann Arbor.
Mlaa Millman'a. body waa found In
three aectiona In aacka In Ecorae
crewlt ahd the lower Detroit ; river
early in September, The , body bore
evidence, the police end county phy-
Iclana were iMtiafled, that's criminal -operation
had been performed or ftt
tempted,
At the conclusion ot Leach'a croaa
examination. Attorney Lodge for Dr.
trtvllnfti vmmHa n itnaiinMufttf .llan.nl
to have the complaint dismissed on
th f round that evidence necessary
to establish the manelaughter charge
had not been presented. j.
Chauffeur's Mory, ' 1 ' t .
Chauffeur Loac'h today on tha :
stand ave a graphic description of
th story he told th police about the
events of th night of August S 7,
which led to Dr. Frltch's re-nrn.'L
Cross examination tailed to shak his
testimony. 1 ' ' s ' - v
Leach said that h responded' to
Dr. Frlteh's call for an automobile
early In thif' evening tf ' August IT,
tha'foifi9ortM- told him. he was In
trouble and needed a frltmd, and ask
ed him about aocessihl deep water.
'ITv vmi hiiiiM itfl!tns om nflfeT
th chauffeur testified hs asked Dr.
Frltch.
"You are not supossd to know My
thing," was the response Leach said
he received.
They arranged that Leach was to
return to the doctor's office later and
drive him down th river.. : , .
Disposed of Body. -"When
I called for the doctor1
about nine o'clock, Leach testified,
'He brought out a newspaper park
age perhaps eighteen inches long and ;
said for me to drive to his house. W .
drove Into the alley behind th doe-. '
tor's house and under the doctor's di
rection, I took half a dosen brick
from a pile In the alley and put them '
In the automobile. While I was doing
this the doctor went Into the yard.
He returned without the package and
we drove back to his Office. W did :'
not remain near the office mora than
ten minutes. During this the doctor
made two trips up th steps into his
(Continued on page four.)
Declares Young Man Gave
Him Liquor and Then
Ktole His Monev.
CHA RLOTTK, N. C, Oct. 26. It
seems there is more in the case of
John Robinson, the aged white man
who was found unconscious near th
Southern railway tracks between
Third and Fourth streets Saturday
night, than first appeared. When e
recovered his senses yesterday he
claimed that he had been drugged
and robbed and the circumstances
support this claim. He states that he
fil Into the company of a young fel
low whom he did not know, on Cedar
street. The youth left him for ,
moment, returned with some liquor
end Insisted on his taking a drink.
He took a small swallow or two.
"Oh, you haven't had apy liquor at r
all!" protested his new found com
panion, who prevailed on him to in
blbo again. He then shoved him over
to one side and he remembered no
more until his eyes opened on th un
inspiring walls of his cell, his ears
gr feted by the unmusical notes of
voices across the corridor.
1 he old man says he Is 75 years old.
lie had been ditching and doing aim- '
liar work for Mr. Paul Chatham on- his '.
farm and the latter had paid him oft
Saturday. Mr. Chatham stated last
night that this was trua ana insi kod
Inson since he had known him had
been as straight as a, dye: It will be
recalled that Robinson's pocketbook
and a tobacco bag were found empty
at tils de, wntie nta ciotncr were in .:
disarray. A cheap watch was lying on x
th-' ground. Robinson Said he waa Just .
going to tnov to Providence. v- 't
Th police decided to credit -nls 'v
story and turned him loos lust night
to Investigate the robbery.
MAKES DARK GAS
GAIS
DOCTOR
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