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VOL. XXVI., NO. 36.
ASIIEV1LLE, N. C, THURSDAY MOKNING, NOVEMBER 25, M
P1UCE F1VJ3 CENTS.
SUSPECTED GIRL
MIRE'S MILLS
PRESIDENT BUSY
DRAFTING LAWS
Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving.
AFTER INTERESTS
IN NORTH STATE
When Term Ends as Presi
dent of Brooklyn Will
Come to N.Carolina
SCENE OF GRIME
FOR THE SESSION
Mystery Surrouods Murder
Trial of former Cashier Shows
Loosely Managed Busi
Will Recommend Legislation
to Stop "White Slave Traf
fic" In States
of Employer Whom She Is
Accused of Slaying
ness in Institution
COLFR WILL
FOUND HIDING AT
DREWATPLEASURE
ON BATTLE S BANK
SHE DECLARES TH AT HE
COMMITTED SUICIDE
Strange Actions of Widow
Compel Police to Hold An
other Theory of Grime
WAITHAM, Hm, Nov. 24. Minn
Hattle Leblanc. the seventeen-yeai -old
domestic whom Clarence F.
Glover, her employer, charged with
hooting him before he died, was
found late last night In the Glovr
home. The girl "was questioned and
then formally placed under arresr.
All manner of theories were set
forth aa to the cause of the murder
bringing In nearly every conceivable
possibility. The attitude of Mr.j.
Glover in refusing to visit her hus
band when he was dying and in dis
claiming relationship with the Le
blanc girl, although the latter's sis
ters claimed they were cousins, h;td
caused the authorities to seek )
explanation from her.
. Cowering Under Bed.
The suspicions of an undertaker
aroused by something he had seen
or heard In the house while prepar
ing Glover's body for burial, led the
authorities today to search the
house for the girl. Mrs. Glover whs
.not consulted. It was In a room on
the first floor, entirely apart from
the flat which the Glovers occupied
on the second floor that the girl was
found. ' Mr. Glover had used this
room solely during his life. The oili
er rooms on this floor are occupied
by a minister and his family. Lying
prostrate and closo to the wall, tho
girl wu found under the only bed in
the room. She shrunk away as tha
police attempted io reach for . her,
but when they seized her dress she
came from under the bed.
Without Informing Mrs. Glover of
their discovery the officers hurried
the girl to the police station. Then
Jtf it 9 Pu-t srovwd the house.
"At lh"tatlon the girl was put
through, ait 'exhaustive -questioning.
An Interpreter was necessary, as tho
girl speaks, but little English, matins
the Inquiry a laborious one.
Widow Guarded.
After their inquiry the police "re
unable to place any credence in the
(Continued on page four.)
E
PAYSPENALTY DFCRIME
ATTHE HANDS QFAMOBi
Drove Farmer From Home j
Assaulted His Wife and
TIwmi Lav Down to Sleep I
HUSBAND liAN VOU All)
ANNISTON. Ala., Nov. 2t .Ut.r
repented criminal assaults on 'Mrs '
W. C. Cheatwood, wile of a farmer I
ii. in npr Kdwardsvllle. Ray Rnl-,
nine
ston. a negro, was hunted down '.
a posse of citizens yesterday and af
ter being riddled with shot, the bods
was burned. Mrs. Cheatwood is In
a critical condition.
The negro went to the CheatwooJ
home, and after battering down the
door, seised Cheatwood saying:
"We've got yon 'now and we're
going to kill you." Cheatwood s
eaped and tied through the window
to arouse his neighbors. While b.
was absent Rolston attacked M".
Cheatwood. The brute then dragged
his victim by her hair to the woods
nearby and there repeated the
rtult after beating her over the head
with sticks and rocks. Finger prints
on her neck also showed where If
tried to choke her into insensibility
The negro, according to the statc-
. i-oooiveri then laid down n".c
his victim and went to sleep.
Ur recovering consciousness
Cheatwood crassied back to
...., nhre she notified her
Af
Mrs. her
has-
band and friends who had gather..,
The posse quickly found the neg
and ridded his body with bullets and
burned it t,
Cheaiwood's three small children
fled from the house when the negro
entered. It had been raining an i
was sold and they were In an ex
hausted condition when found sev
eral hours later.
WAERENTON NOT
ENTIRELY DESTROYED
WABRENTON. Va.. Nov.. 14
Lest the outside world should think
that Monday night's fire took War
renton completely off the map. a com
mittee of cUlsens got together today
and iwued a statement to reassure
very body thut the best part of
Wnrfento is still left and what -ai
turned will rebuilt in a ubstnntlal
fashion, ,
WITNESS DECLARES
ONE NOTE SPURIOUS
Judge Boyd WU! ' Suspend
Trial to Observe 1 hanks
glvlng Day
GREENSUORO, X. C, Nov. 24.
The third days' trial of Lee H. Battle,
former cashier of the City National
bunk, of this city, Indicted by Ihe
Federal court in connection with the
failure of that institution - was re
sumed this morning.
Most of the evidence offered by the
government today was confined to ex
aminations of the individual ac
counts of Lee II. Ifattlo and the
Pomona cotton mill, of which tha
defendant was president and treas
urer. These accounts showed over
drafts of Battle's personal account
running for two years and ranging
in umounts of from hundreds to thou
sands of dollars, while me personal
account of the mill showed constant
overdrafts from a thousand to as high
as sixty thousand with an occasional
credit balance.
Ilenies Nolo In Genuine.
The cross-examination of the wit
ness showed, however, thut the mill
had a credit balance or over thirty
thousand dollars on the day the doors
of the Bank were closed by the gov
ernment. The principal witness of
the day was J. Allen Holt, a former
director of the defunct bunk. He de
clared most emphatically that a note
for 3,000 supiMiMtid to have been giv
en by him and entered upon the
books as an asset was fictitious,
stating positively that he. had never
seen" the paper before today and de
nying that he had given Instructions
to any one to -nil Out MMr -i
letPPd hy -the defendant. "'
Judge Boyd announced Just befoitf
adjournment that the jury, court of
ficials, government experts and wlt
nesses here for the trial would he
allowed to observe tomorrow
(Thanksgiving day) 111 accordance
with the proclamation Issued by
President (Taft. The case will be
taken up ngsln Fridaiy morning.
DIFFICULT TO GET JURY
TO TRY THE LEftDERS OF
REELFODT NIGHTRIDERS
lint Four of .Seven K'emaiu
When Counsel for State
Got Through with-them
OTHEIJS INDICTED
rxiux CITY", Teiin . Not 2 1.
When court adjourned late toduv
four jurors remained of the original
, leniallvelv accented to li'-ar
the case of Arthur I'loar anil (Jurrett
Johnson, the alleged leaders of the
"night riders." band of Keelfoot
Lake, charged with the murder of
Captain Quenton Itankln. Today
Jurors llefllln and Johnson were ex
cused from service because of state
ments they are credited with having
made in connection with the case
and when the trial Is resumed Frl
,i,.e Tom Kennard. one of the four
remaining, must explain charges of
Ineorrmetencv because of alleged
statements. liefer? adjournment
was taken until Friday. a special
venire of two hundred men was or
dered summoned.
Ileinio was Mccused of having sulil
that the night riders sjiould have
killed every member of the lipd
company to which Rankin belonged,
llettlin had no recollection of msikinu
this remark.
Indictments were returned by the
grand jury today against Ilud Mor
ris. Tid Iturtnn. Hoy Ransom. Ifob
Huffman. Sam Applewhite' and F,l
Marshall, charging each of them with
the murder of Captain Quenton
Rankin, tho night of October 1 V
1908, near Walnut Log, on Reelfoot
Lake. All of those Indicted, with the
..,.iinn nf Marshall, were trie!
and found guilty and with the excep
tion of Tid Burton and Hoy Ransom.
who were given twenty years in me
penitentiary. ,were sentenced to tie
h.n.il Their cases wefe reversed
by the Supreme court and sent back
for a new trial.
CHICAGO CKTS MARRIKO.
euieifin TTiv 24. Cuoid !!!
i. h,. .-hief celebrant in Chicago's
Thnnkseivinc tomorrow. According
to the clerk of Jtie Cook county mar
riage license bureau, more than I.0OC
i persons will be married on the nnii
rtav.
AMENDMENTS TO
INTERSTATE LAWS
Would Prohibit Railroads
Prom Owning Interest In
Competing Lines
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. 'resi
dent Taft devoted the entire after
noon today to a series of important
conferences covering the subjects of
proposed amendments to the Inter
state commerce laws, legislation look
ing to the suppression of the so-called
white slave" traffic, and the ap
pointment of a new governor of lbs
territory of New Mexico.
Those present at the conference
with regard to the Interstate com
merce law changes were Attorney
General Wlckcrsham, Chairman
Knapp and Commissioner Lane of the
interstate commerce commission;
District Attorney IC. W. .Sims of Chi
cago who conducted the government's
prosecution In the famous 129,009.-
000 Standurd Oil case and who has
been prominent In other cases. dealing
lantl-trust laws, and Representative
Mann of Illinois, chairman of thj
house committee on foreign and in
terstate commerce.
White Slave Truffle.
11 was with Mr. Sims and Mj-. Munn
that the president also took up the
"white slave" question, Mr. Mann
Is to introduce a bill on this subject
at the coming session of congress. He
believes the government can prevent
this truffle, through the exercise of lis
power to control Interstate and for
cifM ei.inniercc.
The bill which Mr. Mann has draft
ed, ami In which the president today
rxprvscd !ls deep Interest provides a
heavy penalty for the enticement of
a woman or girl from one place to
another Tor immoral purposes and
thchbyi!auB her to go as a passen
ger over (iti.v transportation line en
gaged In interstate of foreign com
merce. "The investigations in Chicago un
der Ihe direction of District Attorney
Sims, ami elsewhere," said Mr. Mann
today, 'have disclosed a situation
startling In Its nature as to the ex-
(Cnmiiiiicd on page four.)
ATTORNEY tS WITNESS
THAT CAUSED TRAGEDY
Trial of Ellis for Murder of
His Wife's First Hushand
Begins
INSANITY DEFENSE
LITTLK Ito'CK, Ark., No . 21
Tile odd spectacle of all attorney ad
dressing the jury from the witness
stand developed In the trial of "W. V.
Kllis. charged with the murder of N.
I Willis, of Indianapolis. In tho Clr
i ult court here today, when Judye
A. Mustin, or fine ISluff, called us
the first witness for the defense, re
hearsed on the stand tin nieeeh he
made as counsel for Kills In Jndc
Folk's eourt st the hearing which
terminated fatally for Willis. The
defense Is pleading temporary in
sanity caused by brooding over the
ifed iierseeul ions of Mrs. Kllis by
A'lllls. her former husband, and the
speech of Judge Mustin, which. In
effect, outlined these troubles and
alleged wrongs, was admitted by .the
ourt on the ground that their recital
before Kllis might havo had an ef
fect on his sanity.
The state made out a simple prima
fa vie case, showing that Willis was
shot down by the defendant, appar
ently without provocation
Judge Ouy Folk anil Iieptity Cir
nit Clerk Lorendo J. Oibson. i-yi-
witnesses to the tragedy, were the
principal witnesses for the state.
They detailed the manner In whim
ivim -i,ii killed leHincr how as an
order whs being made out by J mire
Fulk, giving Willis temporary con-
tody of Mary Francis Willis, .h".
child In controversy, Ellis drew a
revolver, fired wild once and then
breaking away from Gibson, wli
rrntinled with him. took deliberate
aim and shot down the Indiana man.
They said he was apparently calm
and collected.
Court will continue all day
Thanksgiving.
SHOT FOK IVRCLT.
LoriSVlIJ.K. Ky., Nov. 24
William E. Pria-tor. republican can
didate for the city auditor in the re
cent election was shot today by It.
M. Culley. Culley claims irocior
Insulted his wife. Proctor died
without recovering consclout-ness.
" t :.'.
DEATH POSE OF MINE VICTIMS TELLS
OF THEIR A WFUL STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
Hundred and Fifty Bodies Found in Groups But Cannot Be Removed Because of
Fire. Ghastly Scenes Speak Mutely of Horrors That Must Have Been En-
dured Before Kindly Death Came to Their Relief. .
CHKKHV, Ills., Nov. 24, After
more than luO bodies hud .been dis
covered in the Kt.'1'aul mine, efforts
to carry them ' to the surface were
temporarily nbamloned while nn ef
fort was made to cheek a lire which
again threatened the main shaft. If
the efforts to control the fire ure not
successful tomorrow. It la' probable
thai the inlnu will be sealed and will
remuin so for weeks.
That no men survive In the mint
now Is gnnerally pma-eded. The only
part of tho 'mine as yet unexplored
apd In which living jmen (posidbly
could i tovnA Httf --ost working
of the second Vein at ths'entrnnce of
which the fire is burnin fiercely.
An accurate account of tho victims
has not been made, but It Is now be
lived all but a score of the missing
men have been accounted for.
The bodies discovered today were
found live hundred feet from the
main shaft, on an elevated surface,
where they had retrsuted before the
advancing water and filial black
damp. They died alter a struggle thai
may have continued for two days.
McsscagcM scrawled on wood and
the natural slate cropping from the
walls, placed tin number of dead at
100 or 108. One message read.
' We are all lu re to die together."
This Is aecepli d by mine off li lajs
as indicating; thai many men whose
escape from the second vein had been
cut off by tire had descended to the
lowest level and that less than a don-
(iovcnioi-Kitcliin Aililicsscsj
OjM'ii Lctti'i-Asking Tin-in
Cooperation
ItAI-KKUI. N i Nov. 24. On b--hall
oT sanltan S iiiibiy. November
:'S, (Sovcriior Kiteliln has addresw-d
a letter to the North Carolina asso
ilatlon for tin- Prevention of TiiIhi-
euliiKis In which le suys:
"I feel sore 'hai the ininisters of
lh.- state will I" ilad to co-operate
with your organization In flu- cru
sade against t ule i Miosis. Their ac
tivity In the mall' i and tlielr diseus
sion of It will i 1 ill In very great
good to the pi' !,!, of this slate. I
am vers glui! thai you ime io m
ministers In an effort to enlist (heir
u.relee. In behalf 't Ihe IHlbllc
health. Let no ac.ilu assure you of a layman, he wishes to indicate Ih.l
ins thorough siu.eathy with you bis own altitude and that of his as
louchlng tills subject."
jsoi'latis, though vitally conccrncil,
;KT IM A
WASHINGTON.
L. Uuvellpnrl, fir:
IOV JOIt.
Nov. 24. Jann i '
deputy commis-
sinner of penHions, has been selected
for the office of c ..mmisslotier, made
vacant by the
pasiuii Warner
ri
yinnutlon of
f Illinois.
Vc
WAKH1NOTON. Nov. H Fore
cast: North Carolina: Fair Thurs
day, slightly warmer; Friday,, fair.
warmer: moderate nortn to norin
east winds.
on bodies will bo found In other N0
tlons of the mine. ' !; '
Today's exploring party of four, led
by Anton lodlyclelil, were in the gal
lery for more thau' an hour before
the bodies svVre found. They had
waded In water waist deep through
the circular tunnel, making their way
toward the levutlon of w shaft or
"ridge" where they had expected lo
find tlio men, living; of dead,
Hoillcs lIM lit llcnjirf. '
', "When we climbed up ' un the
ridge. said Jodlyelent. "wti almost
stepped UPOV ,tho bodies, jilled up pn,,
J. - .. ... Kt i'. .. .i
top or eiu-n oilier in, iivups. nuiiiu uu
their lieiuls rested on, ffildoil nrnjs
as If asleep. Others were lying across
each other, nnd some were sitting as
If resting a gill nst the wall." Nnilcd to
the wall svere two fans, made of
timbering tied about pick handles.
Under tho fans the largest heaps of
bodies were found.
llrl Struggling.
"One mun had his blind up holding
the ran. I think he died us he was
turning It. Another had a busket In
his hand. Me wns flut on his buck and
must havo died as he climbed up on
the ridge. The bucket was half Ailed
with blackwliter that he must have
gone some distance to get.
"The bluek damp surely killed
thern Ions; before the water reached
them. We had been In the shaft more
than an hour then, and though the
air was fairly good we knew It was
time for us to get out.
STANDARD APPEALS JUST
TO SETTLE SHERMAN ACT
Alti uislii' in its Dcttiro to
Si-c Law 'oiistriu d for
Public's Jlcnclit
I NliW YOKK, Nov. IK William
1 Iti" kc feller, u s lei--,resldeiit and n
! director as well as one of tho large
'shareholders In the Standard Oil
' guve n, ilifTeieuf color today l tlei
uieal which Mortimer V. Klllott,
jt1(. v,,mvy n general solicitor, ban
alreidy announced Is to be taken
from lb" decree of the 1'nlted Stales
circuit court. The legul affairs of
tin- company. Mr. lioekefeller said,
; would continue to remain In tho
hands of its legal department, bul jn
for purely selfish reasons, had
also
"s shuro of altruism,
"II seems to mo desirable," be said.
i' nol only for my own Interests and
I those of my associates, but for th
I public at large and for all other r it
business venttirns, that the Khermari
act should bo finally set beyond con
tention as Interpreted by the ffii
pn me court of the I'nited Ktati s.
rndoubleifly our use w ill be appeal
ed, and for this reason.
"I am not a lawyer and ' cannot
discuss ine decree of the Circuit
i ourt. but Mr. Klllott has said thf.t
an appeal will be taken and the m il
ler Is entirely In tho hands of coun
sel of the company.
j "In this comVrctlon I want to say
las a largo stockholder, that, however
the case eventuates, there will Ihi no
i
unwillingness to comply fully, t not
only with the letter but the spirit
the law as It shall be settled by the
Hupreme eourt." .. ; . ,
"We didn't slop to examine any of
the boil Us or try to Identify thorn
although we prohubly obuld have if
re had had nroro time."
IlluwhT of OffiHuK ' ' .
No evidence that the iiH'ti had at
tempts! to barricade themselves
from the bluek damp wns seen. Many
of tho former worker: in the mlnn
protested angrily after they discov
ered Hint, the men would have been
afu front tho deadly gas had not
tho .ventilating fan of the, mine -been
reversed nhortjy . after" the discovery
Vf ilr. They scrt (hat tht in,i had
retreated to the f,rUlg where upder
orUinarjlurifio't)s'tlia "noxious gas
es would flot have reuchad them, and
believing thenuiclses In no danger,
merely had fortllled themselves
against hunger, thirst and the sup
posedly lesser danger of gai that nat
urally would bo generated after a
tew days 6f Imprisonment. ' '
TallliKi up V'litlina, '
Itobert 8lmw another member ot
tho exploring ' party that found ths
bodies, told of reading a piece of slate
on which one of the victims had
checked off tho totals of tho groups
who clambered upon the rldgn ' tit
their hist sland for life. Tho writ
ing as remembered by him was:
"Thirty or morn came In. 24 mope.
14 more. 120 hero how."
Other' figures which were not to
talled on the written tally but -hastily
computed by Khaw, Indicated that the
number exceeded 150 when the tally
ended.
BY THE SUPREME COURT
Seventeen Appeals DiHpoNi'd
of by Opinion or Other
wine lv Ktate Tribunal
KALL'Kilt. N. C Nov. 24. Opinions
were delivered this' evening by tho Su
preme court In seventeen appetls
from many purls of the slate. Th'y
follow :
yuarry vs. 'onstrui llon company,
lliiivan. iillirmcd; Huff vs. Hcnboard
Air Line Hallway company, Franklin,
affirmed : Kennedy vs. Douglass
Itrunswbk, alllrmed; Htate vs. Hay,
Alamance, new trial: Copeland vs.
Fowler, Durham, error; Craven vs
North Manufacturing company, Ran
dolph, ufllrmed: White vs. Power
company, Dasfdson, new trial; Htate
vs. Mitchell, Forsyth, affirmed: KIioo
company vs. Hetifrow, Forsyth, new
trial; Htnte vs. Mitchell, Forsyth, af
firmed; Jordan vs. insurance coiu
pmiy, Forsyth, no error; Alexander
vs. Furrow, Forsyth, error; Htato vs,
Klmbrelt, Mecklenburg, affirmed:
Holtou vs. Andrews, Mecklenburg,
error; Water Commissioners vs. Chap
man, Cabarrus, motion to dismiss up
peal, allowed: Lenoir Mills vs.
Rall-
way,
Cnldwnll, dismissed under ruU
17; Htato vs. Hlackman, Mecklenburg,
per curiam, affirmed; Lumber com
pany vs. Southern railway, Alamance,
j W curiam, alflrmed
TEN, COII'KH IMV1UKNO.
NF.W YOKK.- Nov. 24. The Ten
nessee Copper company today resum
ed the payment of dividends on Its
stock, declaring a dividend Of It. 2 5
a share. The last previous dividend
was in September 1101. and was of
the same amoiint as that declared to
day.
SAYS CHARGES A0A1NST
HIM ARE SWEWDRK
Interested In Syndicate That
Owns Gas And Power !
Hants jtjran.bbro
OltEliNHBuno, N. C Novell.
Bird 8. Coler, president of the bur
ough of Ilrooklyn. arrived In Greens
boro today , from Charlotte, t
: When , shown a 1 New York . dts
patch to the effect, that he had ben
charged with alleged neglect of duty, '
mismanagement, exlravggancs sutd, '
political favoritlstn In selecting sub- '
ordlnates, Mr, Coler aald: , " -f .. ' .
"Things like that am always hsp
penlng In New York political realms '
and this Is merely on ot the tmuiy
Instances of personal polltol grltivt
snc.es of the retaliating kind In HI- -
gated by the , spite of Ulsppotjitd
and disgruntled small ' men, . nl .
amounts to nothing save cheap no
torlely." i t m. -, v , .
"Afttjr ' January lst,"i he said, -when
my term as president of the -
borough of Ilrooklyn expires, 1 shall
take a rent i and spend most of nix j
time in .i, the, Month with Oreenshor'n
as hesdiiunrlers, assisting In the. div
velopment of uome flno rwsourcrs m ; :
this section." . . i , .
. i k Will jH-vHop .. Iiitoresta. ' , ,
Mr, Coler left hero, tonight for..
Brooklyn., I lo-. said be would tiil:sr.
Up the clirgev preferred ugulnst ,
him upon hie arrival In Kev .Yovl., ,
Discussing 4il visit ! tho Houtli,
Mr. WoWr wld: , , ,
"At present llm 'public utilities of .
trolley, vleotrlt) power- and . gut do- ,
velopment si Greensboro utid , Illvh ,
Point, , N. C iilto cnintnundlng' pric ,
tloBlljr all f 'triy 'ultentlvn, ; but as.
soon us llieso" plnlis , arw a completed,,., '
the large plans of Interurban triilb y .
and power uevelopment' will bit nc-".1
tlvely pushed' by myself and ,aso-
elates." -
Kir. Coler declined to ssy that hi -.
syndicate was kh-ntlcnl with' the In
terests that are projecting a two ,
hundred mile Interurban trolley line ,
from Anderson, H, ., ' via Charlotttt .
to Greensboro which is backed bv,
the Dukes, but It lssald that tho,
Qreensbor and High tnlw ' JSlectrto
ilervloe at the head of-which Is Vf. ,
Coler, has just completed an etpen-. '
slve sub-station here nnd the sftes
of th Hoothorn Power company hava ..
been strung to this station. , .
GETS 3 YEARS III JAIL
Made Good Defalcation but-'
Solicitor Declined to Drop
I'roMeeutLon
CHARLOTTE. N. C, NoV, . '
Charles It, May, former treasurer of
tho city of Hock Hill, H. C who was
Indicted by the yprk t-otintr grand
Jury this week for breach of trust
with fraudulent Intent, plead guilty
this afternoon to thrf charge and wav
sentenced by Hpeclat Judge Moor at
Vorkvillh, H. C, to thret' years In the
county lull find begun jienlwnce at
nee. May wns short In his accounts,
and though friends raised the money
and made good the shortuge the sollc
Itor declined to nol pros the charge,
May Is a mwmber of a i prominent
South Carolina family.
STILL LOOKING FOR
BELLE OUNNES3
ifiiiiT WORTH. Terus. Nov.. 24.
Hherlff W. K. Antlss of l-iortc, ind,
and former aherlft A. W. HmuUer, of
tho same plsre, .who -rame io on j
Worth today to Investigate Ihe report
that Mrs. ftelle (Sunness. who won the
title of Arch murderess was living and
In hiding near this city, reiurnen
home tonight . empty handed, the .
woman under usnli Ion not answering ,,
In any respect the description of Mrs, ,
Ounness. -
"Mrs. Ounness Is dead, of that there
Is no doubt In my mind" said Sheriff
Antics.
HAS EVENTFUL
THANKSGIVINGS
noAVfigK Vs.. Nov.. 24.- At .
Tawwell, Va- today a nol prosequi
was entered in the ease in u.
Lawson on an Indictment charging
him with shooting nt an officer at
Pocahontas last Thanksgiving Day
ahd striking police c.JiwMre , Owens.
Lawson was Indicted ftr killing
Frank Hull at Pocahontas lat
Thanksgiving and subsequently releas
ed by a Jury.- The nolle entered to
day dispose of one of the most fa
mous criminal trials of the county.