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LETTERS WILLHDT
BE BROUGHT INTO
Defense Scores -( first Point
Which May Have Much to do
; : With Trial's Outcome
GRAND JURY HEARING
NOT YE r COMPLETED
Letters In Case Supposed to be
Those Written to Minister
.by Women Fi lends
BOSTON, Oct 17. CounMd for the
Rev. Clarence V. T. Rlcheson. the
Clergyman accused of the murder of
Avis Lionel! succeeded today In de
testing Hft plan' of the prosecution to
.compel the defense to produce before
. the grand Jury letter, photographs
and other papers taken from the rain
later room after hi arrest. Rob
in-c Burn, a private detective era-
plnved by the defense, who took the
various article from Mr. Rlcheson
ti-ja.iments, and" who had beensub-
. poenaed failed to appear before tfi
rand Jury, and It wu understood
that the district attorney Intended
to question ,hlm regarding the doc
uments, but after a conference with
Judge George A. Sanderson today at
Which both, side were represented,
the intention was apparently abandoned-
District Atorney Pelletler said af
terward that Burns had been asked
for a Hat of the papers and articles
taken .'rom Rcheon'a rooms, but
declared he had transferred them
to the attorneys representing the de
fendant. He added:
"I do not know of any law by
.which I can compel counsel for the
dentense to produce those papers."
It Is understood that the articles,
upon wftlabi Ah government, places
much Importance, include a number
of , tetters 'rttten to Rlcheson y
(women friends, Including- Mies Ltn-
' Hell. . . .;
: The special session of the grand
lory which ha been sitting on th
'case for the past two days, -failed to
oompl the examination before ad
journment was taken this afternoon
until Monday morning. .. r , ' ?.
: '- Itfl woeable; tboweveri adcSraihg
to District Attorney PeHetler, that all
Wis . witnesses will have been heard
l)y Monday evening. Thla would In
dicate that a report as to whether
an Indictment has been found may be
expected Monday night.
Father Say "Acquittal"
"My boy Is going to be acquit
ted," said Thomas V. Rlcheson, Tatfher
of she Cambridge pastor, as he left
tonight for rols- home , In Virginia.
"As sure a I am living, I know I
am going back to Virginia without
any stain on the name of Rlcheson
(Continued on Page Seven)
BY RDCKFFELLEB F
TRUSTEESF03 $699,01
Six Colleges and Universi
ties Favored of Twenty
four Applications
SOME OF BENEFITS
KW TORT, Oct. 27. Conditional
appropriations aggregating $636,000
were granted to six colleges and unl-
vveraltles by the board of trustees of
the John D. Rockefeller fund for ed
ucation the general education board,
this afternoon.
Applications from twenty-four In
stitutions were presented. From this
list the board selected 'six, among
which is distributed conditionally the
available funds. Among the alx In
stitution!! were:
To Furman University. Greenville,
S. C, 126,000, towards $100,600: and
' to Southern Methodist University,
Pallas, Tex., $200,000, toward $1,
000,000. Dnring the meeting atten
tion was called to the fact that since
Mr. Rockefeller made his first contrl-
' button to the board for the promo
tion of higher educatln. In 10, con
tributions have been made to ninety
one Institutions to an aggregate
amount of $7,625,000, towards a total
of $5,900,S12. Fifty-one institutions
; to which the board has made condi
tional contributions have completed
the plans for the sums required, and
the board ha already paid $3,600,
000 In cash.
It was' pointed out that, as a result
of the csmpalgns mad,' by fifty-one
institution, their asset have been in
creased by over 11 J.O00.00O-. the tu
dent body increased by 1,047, one
hundred and eighty-three new pro
fessor have been employed and the
annual payment to professor In these
fifty-one Institutions has been Increas
ed $421,711
In addition it was shown that th
board Is now payinsr the salary and
traveling CTnense at twelve of the
state universities of tbe Southern
state of proffseors of secondary edu
cation engaged In promoting the es
tablishment of public high school
G HESOD HEARING
CHINESE MIFilSTER
f
S
Had Narrow Escape From As
sassination and Fled to the
American Legation
TAKEN TO TIEN TSIN
BY SQUAD OF SOLDIERS
Foreign Governments Feel
Honor Bound to Give Sheng
Police Prpiecffon
PEKING, Oct 27 Sheng Hsuan
Hual, who was removed from the
office of minister of posts and com
munications, as a concession to the
national assembly, yesterday, had a
narrow escape from assassination
here today. He fled to the American
legation, from whence he was later
escorted by a squad of soldier to
Tien Tsln.
Edward T. Williams, the American
charge ufaftaires, denies, however.
ohat Hual entered the American le
gation today, but says he Cannot dis
cus the minister's departure from
Peking furtoer.
The Associated Press has been able
to put together Khe following Infor
mation concerning the Might of Sheng
frufm a proposal circulated among
members of the national assembly for
signatures, demanding the decapita
tion of Sheng. One of Bheng's ad
herents visited the - American lega
tton today, and after a hurried con
ference, proceeded to the race course
from which two -forfiKn minister
returned. Later the French, British
and German ministers and American
charge d'affaires, drove to the rest
dence of Prince Chlng, the premier
and lodged an'objection to a possible
decree In line with the wishes of ttie
assembly.
Some say that he left by train for
Tien Tsln thla afternoon,
At Tien Tsln and . Shanghai the
foreign residents will give Sheng the
protection of the foreign police. ..Re
presentatives of the government con
cerned In the railway and currency
agreement felt In honor bound to
Intervene for hi safety a' they or
thele predecessors bad areeM htm it
conclude, these .contracts .Jam! 0so
urged hint to take tbe strong stand
C which resulted In the present e up-
heaval
WMIe the revolution had been go
ing on previous to the conclusion
of these contract, It 1 considered
here .that the foreign loan pollpy
finallypreclpltated It. - ,
PROSECUTION FAILED TO
ESTABLISH ANY MOTIVE 1
FOR YODNSJUANS OEATH
Mrs. McBee, Nervous When
Brother of Victim Dons
Bloody Shirt
INTENSE INTEREST
OPELOUSAS, La., Oct. 27. Testi
mony Introduced today in the trial of
Mrs. Zee Runge McReo, wife of a
prominent railroad official, charged
with the murder of Allan Garland, on
September 1, failed to disclose any
motive for the alleged crime, which
the prosecution mint establish before
the defendant is subject to conviction
for first degree murder.
Witnesses introduced by the prose
cution today testified as to the posi
tion In which the body of Allan Gar
land was found, the location ot the
throe bullet wounds, alleged to have
caused his death, ihe location olf fur
niture and other objects In the room
of the McRee home, wnere th kill
ing took place, and the demeanor of
Mrs. McHee as observed by persons
first to arrive on the scene after the
alleged crime had been committed.
mt - A,.-0 nrni.-. Kit" !
IU1"U
manifested th most Intense Interest
ounng tne proceeoings wnen Auerj ,
uarianu, uroiiivr ui mo uei:urui;i.
donned the bloodstained shirt orn
by his brother when he met bis death
and purported to Te-enact tho scene
of the tragedy.
The defendant, Mrs. McRee. wss
visibly nervous throughout the day,
constantly during the proceed In is
especially when the brother of the de
ceased donned the bloody shirt, Mrs.
McRee turned with
look of appeal j
ner "ev,n eys. or graspea ne
nana oi ner uusutiiiu, seaieu vy ner
In tbe court room.
Grandmother Testifies
Mrs. Henry C. Garland, the seventy-year-old
grandmother of the deceased,
was one of the most Important wit
nesses of the day.
On the stand she stated that Mrs.
McRee often visited tho Garland
home,
; 'The day Allan was killed he an
swered th telephone snd told me that
Mrs. McRee said"
An objection by the defense as
sustained.
' "All right," said- Mr. Garland,
rubbing bar noes with her handker-
(Cositinaard aa Pago Sevsra)
SHEub
HSUANHUA
NOW MARKED
1
ASHEVILLE, N,
uris in. pic
ARMY OF INVADERS
Force of 60.000 Turks and
Arabs Reported as Threat
ening Tripoli
PREMATURE ATTACK
PREVENTED CONQUEST
Forty to Fifty Arabs Shot Dally
in Tripoli. Foreigners
Want Protection
MALTA,. Oct 27. Uncenaored In
formation from Tripoli Is to the ef
fect that something In the nature -of
a panic ha seised the city since If
became know that a Mussulman force
of sixty Ohouaand Turk and Arab
are threatening Tripoli. They are
well armed and well provisioned.
But for a premature attack by i
party of Mussulmans on last Mon
day. the Italian .would have been
ambushed, completely surrounded
and : few would have survived, so
numerically superior were the Turk
and Arab. In the subsequent re
volt in the city .the Italians suf
fered more than ISO casualties before
they gained ttie ascendency. From
forty to fifty Arab are shot dally
In the town.
Kalalns Surprised
The Italians were taken completely
by surprise. Inasmuch as th ring
leaders in the revolt had been among
the first to hall the occupation of
Tripoli by o'.ie Italian. 'Arab ap
peared ori every balcony, terrace or
vantage point, firing en passers-by.
It is now. stated that- no forward
movement will be made until the ar
rival of reinforcements -The fifteen
thousand Italian troops in the town
are panic stricken over the demonstra
tion, and the extent of the Mussul
man force. British subjects In Tri
poli are asking for' warship to pro
tent them. 4;' '. ' , - '
CAIXXLATIOX CPSET - ...
LONDON, Oct. 17.- From ncn-
so'red dispatch from Tripoli reach
ing England by-way of Malta, which
in part ar confirmed by -eenaorsd
parent that Italy's ; campaign - In
Tripoli already has cost more lives
than she anticipated, while the finan
cial outlay will greatly exoeed the
estimate.
The Turks with their Arab allies,
who at best. It was believed ' would
(Continued nn Pasr Three)
TALESMEN GKALLEIHEEO
E HE
Defense is Not Taking
Chances, Will Know Status
of Every Juror
BOTH SIDES ALERT
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct 27.
The defenae In the McNamare mur-
dej case collided head-on with a court
ruling today. The trial proceeded.
The point at Issue was made ground
for exception and may come up again.
AttoroeyClarence S. Darrow. chief
counsel for James B. McXamara, who
Is en trial for the murder of Charles
J. Haggerty, a machinist, killed in
the Los Angeles Times explosion, a
year ago, brought on the clash fur
tne avowed purpose of obtaining a
ruling on the time which the court
will take In which to decide whether
i a charge directed agalnnt a talcemtn
I shall be allowed. For the purpose of
record, Darrow refused to proceed
' until ordered to do so by the court,
j This was the third day that A. C.
I Winter, th challenged talesman, sat
In the box and the court had seld lie
.
would rule on Winter's case today if
th. d(!feI1 dlred. Tne polnt W0H
p,,, ano IaU , the day vYaltr L
Frampton, a farmer, was challengod
because he salrl he believed both
James B. McNamara and bis brother
John J.. were guilty of 'murder In
connection with the Times disaster.
The court deferred ruling nn
Frsmpton. who. on examination ry
the stste. made several apparently
contradictory statements, and Dar
row stoDDed thn trial In Ita rii.li.
u ,, tne contention of coun.e for tn.
defense that they do not knox how
to save up their peremptory chal
lenges, nor when to take chance on
accepting talesmen as to cause unless
they know the exact status of every
man In the box.
PROMIXEXT POLITICIAN DEAD
DURHAM. N. C. Oct 27. John O.
Angler, prominent In republican poli
tic In 'this state, and owner of ex.
tensive Motherlands in Florida, . died
in New' York today of neuralgia of
the h"art, according to word received.
here tonight Mr. Angler, who was
a brother-in-law of Brodl X. Duke,
la survived by a widow and six chil
dren; H wa fifty- four years of
C, SATURDAY rMORNING,
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SOME.OF AMERICA'S MOST BRILLIAN1
LEGAL MINDS WILL ARGUE STEELCASE
" 4'
United State$ Steel Corporation May Demur to Some of
File aBiil of Exceptions Government Consider
:t ompietLKKse una aemg Mtnerea
WASHINGTON, "Oct 17. Th Unit
ed State Steel Corporation's tlrst step
in the gigantic, Itgsl battle with the
government tor? $t existence wlll .be
tkcn Monaay,.Ic,
On that asy n array of counsel
which promise to include some of
the most brllllaat . h-gsl mind la
America, will formally appear before
tbe Untied State Circuit court at
Trsnton, f,-l. lo which the govern
ment's dissolution suit ha been
brought. ' -1 ";' "'
On January I, lilt, th tet cor
pcltlon la expected to file It answer
jto ;the government sensational
charge. wbJcl U Bavaultardiy been
paralleled Iri1!, the antl-uuat suit
brought by she aiepartment of juauee.
: - Several IsgaUmaeesvera, of whlah
the steel -corporation's lawyers ' oould
avail themselves, may postpone tbe
date of their answer, for they have
the right to ask the court to give
thirty days more grac. thus extend
ing their time to February t.
In the meantime they may demur
to some of the government's allega
tions or they msy file a bill of ex
ception. Either action would delay
automatically the actual beginning of
the trial. The government expects
that none pf the formalities of law
will be overlooked by its opponents. ,
It 1 possible, however, that no legal
technicalities may be thrown In the
way and In that rase the earliest
date upon which the trial can begin la
January I. i
The procedure will he for judien
Gray, Lannlng and Buffington to ap- ,
point a master to. hear testimony. ;
The master so sppotnted. will take
evidence In various parts of the conn-
try. It requires a year and a hajf !
CLAIMS DISCOVERY OF
El
E
Director of Rockefeller In
stitute Says Disease Can
be Effectively Controlled
NEW YORK. Ot 27. A discovery
-whereby spinal meningitis cpn be en
tirely controled whs announced by Dr.
Simon Flexner, director of the Itorke
feller Institute for Medical Research,
st the closing nerwlon of the ronfer-
enr. of sanitary officers. of New York '
state here today. The control could
be established.. Ir. Flexner said, by
injecting serum into the cerebral spi
nal membrane, thus getting at the
seat of the disease.
"It has taken money snd a long
time to perfect tl 's lure," said In
Flexner. "This In the first time I
have announced it, as only very re
cently have I demonstrated to my own
satisfaction that the serum I have
prepared will do c. I claim.
"The disease In the child which
caused so many nnathS' and which
spreads so rapidly will, with tlie ap
plication of this new form of treat
ment be not one-fnth as dangerous
as It aa before."
WA8HIXGTOK, Oct
Forecsst
for North Carolina: ' Loral rains Sat- 1
orday and probably Sunday; colder
Saturday; moderate northeast winds,
8HOVYER& "I
27.
OCTOBER 28, 1911
"Jack the Giant Killer."
to take th testimony In the Standard
OH case. That was considered fairly
quick time. The government hope
to AS a well with the steel corpora
tion, 'VK:"M'
looser Will Appeal. ,
When the taking of testlmoau la
finished and both side hav keen
heard, the Circuit court will decide
the Issue. Whichever aid loses . will
uppeal, and, by the operation of the
so-called expediting sot, th case will
jump to the Supreme court, -Where
the ft of the greatest corporation
In the world will be deeided.j ,
j When the bill wa filed In 4th
United etatea. court at Trenton y
tsrda jsklag tor the --dissolution ol
th , corporation -. and -it" tn.BWrlgj
Attorney .0.:jieraj , W,lck,erham also
filed "a certificate, pf , public impor
tance." This stats that the ease I
of utmost Importance to the' govern
ment, and ask that It be heard by s
bench of three justice. Ordinarily It
would be heard by only ons..
Department of Justice officials do
not feel that the Supreme court de
cision In the oil and tobacco case
will dclde the steel case, , ' Attorney
Oenern! Wlckersham today declared
he Is convinced more than ever that
each race must he settled upon It
own merits,' and. thst the oil and to
bacco cam's' cannot fairly be called
"models" for solvlhg the trust que-
Hon.
Mr. Wlck'ershsm ' was asked today
If he hoped ti see business returned
to the conditions of competition
which prevailed before the first trust
came Into existence. "I do not," he
replied. "I csnnot because I it' not
think it possible. We cannot return
to olir swaddling clothes. We must
AWAITED E ACTING
Three Score Subpoenas Is
sued to Serve on Scatter
ed Steel Defendants
TRENTON. N. J.. Oct. 27. The le
gal rnarhlnery set In motion here yes
terday by the government against the
I'nlted Htales titeel corporation lius
laid Idle today awaiting tliu wor,
from Washington. Three si ora sub
poenas isxueit early today to lie servvi
"l'un ,""-", c,'"r"d. 8" tnf nK !
from the seaboard to fit. Paul Had
not reached the office of the (Jnllea !
! Plates marshal, where deputies whio j
i waiting to depart with them t t lie
' hour of closing this afternoon. Word
also went out tills afternoon from the i
' offli a, of the clerk of tho United States
cirult court that they would not r.
leafie tomorrow without orders. Thero
Is little worry, however, over th.j un
usual delay. Henry D. Ollphant, rlerk
1 of th, clrcu.t court who with John
It. Vreeland, L'nlted States district
attorney, was waiting sll afternoon u
II,., ii.Tii.l.. ,W- . 1
wvn, iciruuig (fin papers, aeciMli'O
the
that there was no need for haste as
tho government need not serve :lie
subpoenas te compel the appearame
of td defendants on December 4. un
til November 14. Mr. Ollphant add
ed that he did ' not know the cause
for the delay.
REMARKABLE FLIGHT
CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct. 27.
Viewed by admiring thousands, Avis
tor J. C.'WItmer made a remarkable
flight here this afternoon. In a drlv
Ing rain, Wltmer ascended to an al
titude of 2.100 feet and attained a
pe-d of- seventy mile n hour, en
circling the city repeatedly, giving
the spectator the thrill of a spiral
giine sna nnsiiy alighting safely at
th starting point Ten thousand peo
pie witnessed his start st the fair
ground
f i
Government' Allegation or
fa Cat Practically ,
readiust to rur set of condition
entirely."
''Do, you think-that can b don
wfthln fh present laws, without fur
ther upsetting bualnesaT" bn was
asked.'
"I hbp so," h Mplled, "but I do
not know," .
"To Cnmpvt Obeprvanco."
"It ought to b mad clear," con
tlnued Mr Wlckersham. "that ther
I no -conflict In th ateel case be
tween "the department' pf Jtistlc and
th Stanls commits of th hous
of , repreaenutlves, which has been
invstigstlng th steel corporation.
That committee has been conducting
Us investlgsUona t determine what
lemslstton might be deetrabl to meet
thconomlc question raised by trust
and combination! the ault filtd bv
tha departmsnt of Justice t legal
proceeding to compel th observance
of tn In.w.tt
- Whtn th attorney-general wa
asked If he hoped the steel corpora
tion would volunteer to re-adjust Its
organisation and avert a further pros
ecution of th cult, a has been don
by th International Harvester com
pany, th eloctrlnal truot. th South
ern grocer' trust, and om other
combinations, he indicated that h
expected, no snch conciliatory move
on th part of th steal corporation.
Department of justice official think
It will be fight to the flnleh. Mr.
Wlckersham derllnsd to say If he la,
preparing or considering criminal
prosecution of any of th defendant
In the ease.
Official Washington la still wonder,
Ing how the preparation for th filing
Continued on pace threw)
ON CAUHA TRACK
Was Pulveriieft, Evidently
Having Been Ground by
the Car Wheels
,8AN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Oct. 27
Southern Pacific railroad officials
here were notified todsy of the find
ing of thirty-six sticks of dynamite in
a frog on the track st Ellwood, Cal.,
a few momenta after train No. II. a
southbound passenger, had passe the
switch. Part of the dynamite whs
pulverised, evidently having bon
rr Hind by the car wheels. The dyrvi
mlto was found within a few mlli-s
of he bridge where a similar cache
was planted when President Taft's
train passed October 17.
NATIOXAL
HIGHWAY
JOCRNEY
SCOCTDSG
JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Oct. 27.
American Automobile association of-
'erguson north upon a new national
hlghwuy scoating trip beginning Sat
urday morning. He will take read
ings for a strip map of the new road
which Is to Include Columbia, S. C
Augusta and Savannah, Ga. This new
route to New York will be much
shorter than the one over which the
Glldden tour entered Jacksonville. The
new highway will poln the "Dixie
trail" at Charlotte. N. C.
ITVITE8 SOUTHER GOVERNORS
BALTIMORE, Md.i Oct. 27. Gov
ernor Crother today sent Invitations
Vy the governor of the sixteen Sou
thern states to meat In this city De
cember t, for s conference on the best
way to increase Immigration to the
South and encourage cloaer relation
between the South and - Baltimore.
Thla will be during "Maryland week"
when there will be an exhibition of
th agricultural product of the stst.
PRICE FIVE CENTO
TIFT DETERMINED
TO ENFORCE
IT
Wants it Understood He Has
no Motive of Cultivating ;,
Political Success ".
SA S HIS DUTY UES
STRAIGHT BEFORE HIM
lhat Whatever Conseqjences
Are to Business, Hj Will'
go After violators '
Ml
TRUSTS
CHICAGO, Oct !$. In (paeon,
her tonight, which it retarded a
having a direct bearing upon th gov ...
rnment' latest ' trust .: prosecijtlon
aialpst the United State BUl cor
poration, President Taft denied ' in
vigorous language that tha adminlat
trstlon was being lnftusnoed by poll
tlosl motive. . ., , ,
"1 would rathsr cut off any right
hand," h exclaimed, "than to do any.
thing to disturb th business of thla :
countiy, especially with a motive t,f;
cultivating political suCcss."' :
Th prednt said h wanted it t r
b understood for ail tim that he
Intended to onforc th antl-trusi law
to th letter.
"Statement as to what I may bo
responslblo for In bringing about
business troubles, howsvsr rsgrsttul it
may b that it is so, cannot turn me, .
ffonv th duty that Ilea otralght be ,
for m," eontlnud Mr. Titft. r
, Storm of Apple into !. v"'
-, H spoke to an Immense throng la
th First ' Rsgtment armory and hi
anti-trust declaration : called out '
storm of applause and cheering. Thero
wa no doubt a to what was lo th
presidant's mind when h witd:
- "t com to th subject of - th '
trust st a tlm when th matter is
boiling. ' .
Th trldnt bad tfeolared he ho-,
Ileved the railroads of th country
had brought, themselve within tne
law snd were conscientiously trying1
to keep within It. '
' "I bop. that st som not far d!tant
time the same thing can be said of
the great Industftal oomhlnstjom " he,
aid, , ,"Mer.!blgn,f. plant. ..tnoe .,
blgnss of company or corporation,
doss not const! tut a- violation of tht
taw. It I th purpose 1 to rs'trulnl
trad," to suppress competition, snd ,
control prices that transgresses th '
statute snd th suprsm court a ile- -creed
that these practices must tnd,
"Throughout my carter t bar con
ducted myself with th Idea jf pro-j
motlng business snd prompting pros-1
psrlty. If there I anything that
arouses disgust In m it 1 th ca
lamity howler -th tpan who' attack
business and seek to arouse preju
dice s'lalnt It. Prosperity w all noL
W are all In th asm boat,"
"Would Rather Cut Off Hand" ' f -It
wa here that th president de
clared that he would rather cut off
hi right hand than disturb buslncs
for polltlcsl motlv. . ; - - , j ,
But.'' he added, "we have s eon .
dltlon of lawlessnes to deal ' with.
W had It for twenty year. 1 W havs '
fContlmird on Pre tswa '
AMAZING SELF-GQHTROL
TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY
Norval Marshall, Who Com-:
mitted Terrible Crime, ;
Goes to Electric Chair
FIFTY MEN PRESENT
RALEIGH. N. C, Oct IT With
mazing self control, Norval Marshall,! ' -
the negro who criminally outraged I
Mrs. Joseph Chaplin near Warrenton, '
September 19, entered tb death -chamber
at the state prison at l:Id i '
thla morning and allowed himself to
he strapped in the death chair. ' Be-t ,
fore leaving the cell he reiterated hl( "
declaration that be wa ready to die. i
When Warden Sale pulled th WvatlL'
turning on eighteen hundred volts, '
there was a contracting of th mux- . -
cles and the body jerked, pulled and!
twisted under th powerful current ' I '
Tho current was carried to 1,100 volt - ',"
back to sera, returned to tho limit sad
then shut off. The vlotlm sank back1' -Into
the chair limp and relaxed. Dr.; v. .!
Jordan and McGeachy mad tho mdl- -cal
examination and although ho wa . .
evidently dead signaled another volt', ;. V
age to be made. ' Thero wr two rap-, , .
id pulls of the lever and st 10:3 n .
was pronounced dead. ' , - . . .
Th electrocution had taken five ,
minute. There weTe over fifty spec. . ...
tators. Including a considerable dels-f
gallon from Warren county headed by j
Justlc of the Peace T. R. Blacknsll, f
who committed ' tho negro snd , Ed t -word
Peoar. th deputy sheriff, who!
delivered him to . the state prison.
Marshall seriously wounded th fath-
er of his victim and also .ths sher 1 1
of tho county before he was captur-1 ;
and was sentenced to doath i n t
Tuesday- after th cr---
mitted on Friday, J
tic Imposing r
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