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VOL. IV.
BURLINGTON. N. C, SEPTEMBER 20.1911.
19*
ItSTEHIOUS RUKDER
OF Mf HTIE HAWHNS
Hendersonville, Sept., 16-vNew
and peculiarly atrocious features
of the Myrtle Hawkins murder
^Tgre uncovered today. Move-
nients of the girl on the fatal
Thursday are being gradually
traced and the identity of the
man seen v/ith her at a late hour
that day is known.
Mrs. Reuben White who lives
near the McCall home stated this
afternoon that last Wec^nesday
night she heard a woman scream
ing as though in great pain. She
arose from her bed and went out
on her back porch. The scream
ing she says gradually changed
to moans, which died away
in the stillness of the night. Mrs
\Vhite says she was greatly fright
ened and told her son and daugh
ter of the occurrence.
Frank Brown a negro v/ho lives
near the McCall home declared
that he heard a woman screaming
about midnight Thursday. He
testify positively that it was
Thursday night he heard these
noises,
A Mrs.^ Winters of Lakeview
inn near\h9 lake heard screams
’\Vednesday night.
The authorities are experienc
ing much difticulty making the
conflicting statements dovetail,
as there are a few witnesses who
swear they saw Myrtle Hawkins
Thursday.
The coroner’s inquest was call
ed at 10 o'clock this morning but
g/ijournea immediately until 3:S0
u jloc:; .vlcn^lai' afternoon. “We
Avill have Mrs. Bessie Clark Guice
men,” said one of the officials.
‘That’s why there was no hear
ing this morning,”
Mrs. Guice, it is said has been
) :cared in Atlanta Ga. Two days
the officers had her lo^.ited,
but she eluded them and this has
The more evidence developed
in the now famous murder «ase,
the more farcial terms the first
coroner's inquest, which was
held a week ago to-morrow, when
a verdiqt of “death from un
known causes'’ was returned by
the jury at the direction of Cor
oner Kirk. At that inqest Ho~
mer Hawkins and Dr. A. B.
Draft identified the body as that
of Myrtle Hawkins. Mr. E. A.
Freeman, a visitor at Lakeview
hotel, who telephoned the offieers
that a dead body was in Lake
Osceola, and Deat Reese and Will
Staton, the men who first saw
the body and finally withdrew it
from the water, were the only
ones called to testify.
It has now been nearly two
weeks since the girl disappeared
and her multilated body was
found and not an arrest has been
made. Until Solicitor Johnsson
and Detective Bradford arrived
on the scene the local officials
were entirely uninterested in the
case, but since that time have
endeavored to impress the public
with their activity.
here^”
, Lake
Haw-
know
li'
been the greatest cause of delay
since Detective Bradford and Sol
icitor Johnston arrived.
“Will she talk after you get her
was asked.
“We will make her talk. She
will have to explain her where-
■ uouts Wednesday.and Thursday
^ighis. We have witnesses who
taw her near Hendersonville.”
There will be a very interesting
v. itness who will tell of a conver
sation she had with Myrtle Haw-
Kir;s Wednesday . afternoon at
'vl/iCh time Myrtle'told of Mrs.
George Bradley's jealousy of her
uud of a terrible quarrfel they had
afternoon. Myrtle also told
witness that the Tuesday be-
lore Mi'S, Bradley had slammed
• floor in her face when she
went to their home.
At the inquest Fiiday two let
ters were introduced as evidence
A., Horner Hawkins the broth
of Ivjyrtie. The con tents, of
e letter gi>’en in yesterday
■-•server 'Wiiieh
motile:-' 01 hor shrine
,vid “ot'OTi sick i(;v
. u half,’^ wasi'eadii)
. .■;. The oilier ictter
and until today its
. s not learned.
• ;is ;en;cr was from Myrti-;.- ■{•';
; . her fiance,-in whic';
. iu-.ivecl an early marria'je. 1?;
•s vvdtten Tuesday before-her
and she begged b'/ni
her immediately,
t object now,’' J-'ie
1 let us be married
nv
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Hendersonville, Sept. 18. —The
cor oner's investigation into the
death of pretty Myrtle Hawkins
was resumed at 3:30 o'clock this
aftereoon only to be again ad
journed without any arrests or
other definite action taken.
Mrs. Reuben W’’right was the
first witness introduced. Mr. W.
C. Rector is conducting the ex
amination for the State.
Mrs. Wright lives near
Osceola and knew Myrtle
kins by sight Doesn’t
George Bradley.
“I think I saw Ashy McCall,”
she said, “on Sunday in a buggy
twelve months ago,. before he
was married, with Myrtle Haw
kins. My little girl brought a
little clock to my house last Sat
urday at 6 o’clock. My daughter
said ' she - got it out of the
fii^^t spillways just beyond iny
house, raked it out with a stick.
The \v.Atch showed 9:30 o'clock,
it had a white twine string tied
to it. I delivered it to the police
a week ago today.”
The spillway is the one nearest
to tovk^n going' to the lake. Mrs.
Wright said she heard the cry of
a wyman in that community last
Wednesday night, a week ago,
about 11, o’clock. She said it
was the rhost pitiful cry she had
ever heard.
“1 was in bed and got up. It
seem?d to me it was the most dis
tressing cry 1 ever heard in. my
life. Sounded to me to ; be to
wards the boat house, so it was
not possible for me-to be mistak
en about it being the cries of • a
woman. My children went to
prayer meeting at Mud Creek
church ¥v’ednesday night and
that is why I kno >v it was at that
time.” ^
Mrs; Mary Granger lives on
Shaw's Creek road, 1 1-2 miles
from town. She had known
Myrtle Hawkins all of her life.
Haw her last Thursday afternoon
i/ctween 4 and 5 o'clock pass by
hor father’s bouse with a man.
Friday.”
Mrs. Maggie Brock lives on
Willow (Osceola Lake) road just
outside of town. She knew Myr-
tle Hawkins. ^ Myrtle passed a-
lone bn her way horne about Sun
down ’Tuesday evening. She
heard Myrtle stop and ask Mrs.
Fronnie Thomas to go over to see
the McCalls and Bradleys, be
cause Belle Bradley t reated her
cpld. She had seen Myrtle pass
with Bradley several times. “I
have seeri them pass s€ veral times
within the past five or six
weeks, ’ ’ she said. ‘ Sometimes
they would be going to town and
sometimes towards thfiMcCalle. ”
Mrs. Dan McCall, mother of
Mrs. Beatrice McCall, lives near
Osceola Lake. She-said: ■
“There was no one at iiiy home
last, Saturday besides my ov^n
folks. Nobody v/as at home last
Sunday a week ago I'util after 5
or 6 o’clock; We all started to
church at 9:15 Sunday a week a-
go, I first heard that, a body had
been found in the lake as I came
home Sunday afternoon from
Mud Creek church. I heard
school children tell of finding a
little clock. I never saw Myrtle
carry that little clock. Myrtle
has been at my house many
times. I was at home Wednes
day night with my own family.
I slept well. I heard some auto
mobiles pass the house that
night. I was at home alone
Thursday night with.my little
children, When Dan came home
at 11 o'clock. Bob Waddell hadn’t
come hom6 from service at Crys
tal church. That wao Thursday
night before the body of Myrtle
was found in thfe lake on Sunday.
I was asleep when Dan came
home from driving a - Miss Free
man to the depot, bill woke up
and let him in. I was asleep
and didn’t hear Bob Waddeli
come in. I went to. church Fri
day night and got in ubout 11 o'
clock. I^obody stayed at my
house Saturday night but my fa-
mil5V»«4-«fi-ybody stayed *at Ab.
McCall’s house Wec-nesdaj^ or
Thursday night, I didn’t know
it. 1 don’t know who^ther or not
I went to Ab’s house Friday
morning.”
The tlrst time I saw them after
the body was found was Sunday
afterno^on about 6 o’clock,' and
'asked them vfho it wjis found in
the lake. They seemed not to'
toow. anything about it; just like
me wondering ab?ut ?c. T heard
about. Myrtle's being away from
home Thursday, because Mrs.
Hawkins’wrote Beatrice a note
and ask.ed her if she did nc.
know something about her. I
don't think I went up to Ab-. ’s
Wednesday or Thursday. I was
with no strange woman Siinday
morning. ^There was- no strange
woman at my house yesterday
morning. Don’t know whether
McCalls and Bradleys were at
BY THE MAniR
Udies'
T}
Burlirittbn, N. €., Sept. 18 1911
To the Board of Alderra'^ of the
city of Burlingtpn. .;■
^ntlemen: ' , i
I deem it an oppor
tune time to call to your atten
tion me following ihatters of pub
lie interest folr your consideration
- Fir^t. The Union Church Bro-
perty. I beg to say that, in my
opinion, this piroperty should be
preserved as a natural park for
future generations, and to that
end I would respectfully suggest
th^t the streets shotild have nat
ural outlets through this property
thereby liiaking it a shapely re
serve for said purpose. The re
moval and repairing and remodel
ing of the church; whi6h is fast
becoming a nuisance to this sec-:
tioii of the city, would be a natur
al and necessary consequence. I
therefore respectfully recom
mend that action be taken in this
matter at once.
Second. That we establish and
maintain an incinderating plant,
for the pnrpose of burning dead
animals and the refuse of the dty
as many complaints have already
been properly entered by private
citizens on the outskirts of the
city on account of the deposit df
carcasses and refuse in their vic
inity. ,
Third. City Hall and Market
house. ; I These are imperative*
needs of this city, and it is need
less to dwell upon their impor
tance to the community.
Fourth!' Another imperative
need, of the city is a hom« for the
fire company of the city and a fire
systen. We now occupy
rented quarters, and the rent now
paid would more than pay the in
terest on the investment. \
Fifth. That the city take
cvfefge of the olxire lot imtiied'S
ly after the sarri'-' is vacated by
tiie Air-Dome and control the
same as a sort of public park, ja-
bandon the well and replace it'
with a drinking fountain, con
nected with the well, and that
other public wells be treated like
wise.
Sixth. The city 'should look
out for a site for ;.i hospital and
a public library, f;stablished and
maintain public privies on a san
itary basis. -
Seventh. !Fhat we take an ad
vance and aggressivestepin sa:n-
itary matters and'elicit the co-op
eration of the citizens in this un-
d[er taking.
Eighth. That v/e take the nec
essary and proper steps to provide
. 0081^ of
. Mr. Lemufei Riggan was
June 14th, 1875;; sihd departed
this life Aiig. ^nd, 19ll, aged
36 years, 2 monthi^ d^s.
Mr. Riggan was the son of Itfr*
and Mrs, Jtjec R^ who live
611 No. 9 abodtjdfduir niilies south
of Burlington.: He married a
daughter of Mrv Calvin H. Hom-
aday, a niece of Rev. J. A. Hom-
ady, and in his death he leaves
the widow and five children.
Mr. Bi^fgan used to T live in
Burlington, v But for a number
of years he resided in High Pt.
For sometime he was sorely af
flicted with^^^ ■ ^ and
some weeks before Ms death he
went to Hot Springs, Ark. for
treatine|ii, Wliile^ h he con
tracted. or developed a case of ty
phoid fever apd died on the date
aboye written. He was a faith
ful member of Washington Street
M, E. Church in High Point and
a member of the Jr: 0. U, A.M.
His funeral was ^conducted on
Sunday, Aug. ^th, attended by
more than a thousand people. ^
To one of the laddies attending-
him just before death he -said:
‘ ‘Yes, 1 feel that l am prepared
to. meet r&y; "Gx^dv’’ ■ Rev. Mr.
Hutchinson: Visited him a short
while before dearth and : sang
‘ ‘ J use as I am Without one plea, ’ ’
Mr; Riggon joined in the first
verse.. ' '"■;: ' ■ ■ , ■',^: r-;. ■
Mr. Robert L. Walker, of Gra
ham, N. C., was with Mr. Rig
gan at the time of his death^^^ a
writes tliiat%3 left ; feve^^^ assur
ance of a f ull hope'ln t
death. Thus another good man
h^s passed over and as we say
good-bye it is with the brightest
be Ladies’ Aid Society of ths,
. Methodist Episcopal church was
delightfully Entertained by Mrs.
L. L. Keniodle at her spacioiis
home on Main street Friday even**
ing, Sept. 15th, from 8:30 to 11
o’clock, r-'-v'-:;'.' . .-ii;;
, In a^difion to the iaerabers of
the society tiiere werfe several ■
specially interested g^iests, i
mong whom wei«: Miss Carter
and Kennedy of Albemarle,
teachers in o\» excellent schoolv
here^ also JRevs. Vickere and
Green and Mr. Tamer; all of i
whom contributed greatly to the i
pleasmj;e of the evening.
After various games the guests
were invited to the dining room
where a delicious ice course was
served', 'r"'-"--;--: ;■
words of appreciation
reached th^ hostess on the dfer
parture of the guests.
Greensboro, Sept. 6.—David
Settle, son of the late Jud^e
Thomas Settle and one of the
best known farmers of Guilford,
is being held in custody of Guil
ford county authorities pending
a full investigation and explana
tion of circumstances leading ui&.
to and attending the’ death of
Bob Allen, a negro, whose bodj
this morning lies w'itliin an arru^^
length of the front door of 'Set-
tie's' bachelor quarters^ 12 miles
from Greensboro. Settle was
brought to the city at 1:30 o’clock
thiS; mbrniiig biy Sheriff^^ 5^^
and Deputies Shaw,. CrutehfieM
and Weatherly, and, after con
sultation with his attorney,Sher-.
iff Jones permitted the prisoner
to spend the night in a
. , ., . . . _ _ room at
expectation of meeting hirrt bn (t^e McAdw^ custody
the: resur^fttibn.Tp'the ^
" *reaved widow * aijd
little' children we extend
the
hand.of sihcer^ syi|flpathy. :
J. D. Andrew,
Burlington. N. C.
Sept.. 18, 1911. ■■:
v/as no-
content-
n
she
- l.i-c
”.::e.ncG
jnan-y
Lher vron’
She wii
The fcllov^'ing wedding invifea-;;
tions which have • been received
here, will 1>G of interest to their
many friei^s : throughoitt the
state: ■' “Mrs. . Alice Marshall
Clary will give in marriage her
daughter, Grace,, to Alexander
Currie Holt, on the evening of
Wednesday,' the fourth of Octob
er, 1911, at 8:30 o’clock. Holy
Trinity church, Greensboro, N.
Thei honor of your presence
i I'i
I
knovv-^ we will be poor,
I can work and after we are
Tried •' v;e will be . happy. _ I
Wf,;nt be a i-'Uixlen to you. and I
dread tii3 long wait. Next Jan
uary is so far oil.” The letter
was intercepted and Hal Cooper
never received it. Homer Haw
kins found it in the top dresser
drav/er of Myrtle’s room.
Solicitor Johnstpn has told Hal
Cooper that he may return to his
home in Johnson City. He v;ill
not be needed and the heart-bro-
ken and disillutioned child will
leave Monday.
Mr. W. H. Hawkins, father of
Myrtle, will testify at the inquest
Monday. He has engaged the
lav/ firm of Staton & Rector to
assist Solicitor Johnston in the
prosecution. He has expressed
himself since yesterday’s hearing
as being determined to have the
v/hole mystery surrounding his
daughter's death cleared away,
if human power and brain could
do it.
“1 don’t know the rnah,
said. “They were-walking to-
■vDvds the Brevard road. I carae
in tOvvn week before last on Thurs
i -^.y. My sister Wcxs at'my fath-
; .;' s house at the time. I know
i.Irs, Abney McCall. Hav.e seen
her here at the court house since.
I f:i.m positive it was Thursday.
Myrtle had on a white dress trim
med in black-Eind had no coat with
her^ Had a newspaper in her
htincl. pidn‘'t seem, excited. .It
might be possible it was Wednes
day, but 1 am almoBt sure it was
Thursday.’’ ^ ,
Miss Rose Sunof sky (much ex
cited and nervous)! lives in the
last house on South Main street.
She saw Myrtle Thursday even
ing for the last time. She had
on a white' dress trimmed in
black, , ,,
“I know it was Thursday,”
said the witness, ‘ ‘and think it
was Mr. Bradley she was ^th.
They were walking towards Flat
Rock. They were together. I
had seen them together before
but not very often. In the last
five or six w^eeks I , have seen
them pass once or twice. I have
known Beatrice McCall all my
life, r sajv her Friday at the
court house for. the first time
sicce the tragedy. She asked
me did I see Myrtle and when. I
told her yes, that I saw her.
Have not talked to Beatrice since
. C.
apureand adequate water supply [ is requested;’^' >
for the future needs of the,city.J Miss Clary is the daught^i^ , of
Ninth, That we establish ajthe late W. J. Clary, ..Who was
system of inspection o:f fresh ; for years one of Greensbbro’s, .
home Wednesday, Thursday, Fri-| meats and the handling and sale i iiiost prominent mer^^^ She ^ ty
day or Saturday night. I never j of the same. . i i; onp of ,+hp moRt ::Parties “
know anything aboat them at j Tenth,- That , we
fiight, . Bradley and McCall nev- j public hitching plot
er told me they were suspected | eoiTmiodation
of being connected with Myrtle,3 i the country tr _ . i-r. o,- u .en,
death.” . ■ j the same with the necessary fac- icial musicai '.Brograms,'.: At-th6j£ lt .was lU.w^ '^^her-^.
•• » TT - ^ • • ! ilities and sanitary conveniences; :.present--tiiiie---MjSs''0ary: is a idem-' W©« % Jones recu-ved a tele*.
Eleventh. That tl\e congest-; her of the: Holy Trinityt church' phone..message rrom Settle - re
ed condition of t!\e pnma,ry de-; choir. ■ / ■' ,'■■ ' [qne^ng^MmstO'.c^^
■partment OL th%g.faded school be1 ' Mr.Holt- ,haS'V.be3ri' cohnected ^and rei^^ negro’s :, body ;out
investigated anti the ;neee..isary Irwith the iProSihit3f^i^ahufaGtur--l-'0f ;h then^pl^in-
steps be taken to .relieve-the pri- :'ing cQiripany.'-: for ^ tKe'.;,-pasfc 'few !ed-to..the!:.sh^.^^^ he had ki>i-
O’ades of tii:s conjiiested;*-years., havirir corhe‘hei'e 'fTOni:' ed'a.nc^ro and that ue had walk-
the neighboi'hood
b ihe Burlington Sundlay Schools;
Sunday, Sept, 17, 1911.
Sunday School Totaln.
of Delsuty Sheriff Weatherly and "
W. F,. Beall, jr., a nephew ■ of ^
Settle. Coroner Wood declined
to go with the officers last ■
night and until he views the J ':^dy
of the de«d hegro a
a report, Seattle must remain iit
the custody of officers; so must
the body of the dead man reihais
exposed.
jXliei[i:; C^rne to his death from^m
gun shot wound apparently fire€
at close quarters. Whetia;i^r he
iiihed the shot or whether Settle ,
fired it is as yet undeiermined,
there being no witnessed to the
affair. Settle at first stated that
he killed the negjfo accidentally.
Later he stated to the officers
that the negro fired the shot
which caused his death. The n^-
gro was dead wh.en Sol Neal, «
negro tenant on the Settle place,
arrived, and Settle was at tjhe
time.on hii way to the home of
L. A. Walker to phone the coitn-
:m. e.
Baptist
Presbyteri.an
German Ref.
Christian, .
M. P.
Webb Ave.
130
202
20o
120
1305
$11.40
6.51
3.,90
years,,
ig ■ corne
is-a bUsinesspdtb:thehom^ A. Walker,
^'.esrity and! a nlile and a. half lavay., -to phone
the ‘ textile | him ,abpu^ Replying, a query as
.4.76
3.05
4,97
$34.58
MEN’S BIBLE AND BARACA
" classes, TOTALS. ‘
• Collection . AUendnnce
condition and offer trie-best .pos-ii ; Burl ing^n.,.., ....
ble facilities to the children of I man of s;Ceriii>g .;ird:egrity;. ;and | a .mileand^
the city who need most-fco be pro-., I wide ' experieh^^^^^^
perly accommods' '
1 make these
not because I
he carried out
future, but in order that the cil;-y -News,
aptist 61
resbyterian 14
Christian 29
M. P. 26
German Ref.
Webb Ave. 38
M.E. 86
Snow Camp,
Total today 254
2.73
1.75
L60
1.10
3.37
4.60
115.10
- John H. Vernon, Secretary
President Taft may Jje coldly
received at some points on his
western trip, and at others he
may get too warm a reception.
But in either case he “ain’t a-
fraid. ” Bill is used to facing the
music.
may begin to adjust itself to
natural growth and developmont
Respectfully submitted.
J. H, Freeland, Mayor
Box Social.
. ’ ■ ■ i
The Ladies’ Aid a,nd Mission
ary Society of the Burlington Re
formed Cnurch will hold a ,box
social on the grounds of the
church next Saturday evening at
7 o’clock, Sept. 23rd. Ice cream
will be served. Thei)roceedsare
to be used in purchasing the fur
nace for the church. The young
ladies are asked to bring boxes
and the young men are asked to
come and buy them. r.'
St. Atltanasius’ Parish.
The Fifteenth :Sunday after
People are getting mighty
sour over ’ this increase. in ' the
price x>f^ugar.
Trinity, Sunday the,:24th, k,^ ,xv-
es will be conducted the Rector,
Reverend John Benners Gibble,
as follows: . :
Sunday School, 9:30 A. M.
Morning Prayer, 11:00 A. M.
Confirmation Talk, 4:30 P. M.,
Open to, the public:'
Evening Prayeir, 7:30 P. M.
Sermonik ^11 fee /P at
the 11:00 A. M. and the 7:30 ser
vices. Pews free. The
cordially invited. ^
Our idea of a really indepen
dent man is one who wears his
straw hat as long a? he doggone
pleases.
I told otiiers-.tM he had ■ killed • a'
liegrd'ahd; couldn’ t go back ii^e
until his -body was moved out of
his yard. ■ '" ■'.
When the officers reached.
Walker’s home they found ^ttk
there and Sheriff J ones remained
with Settle wiiile Deputies Shaw*
Weatherly and Crutchfield pro
ceeded to Settle’s qua^iters. A
Daily News representative, thr»
the courtesy of G. 0. Coble, ar
rived on the scene shortly after
^ ^ Mng
f^ir. Sol Neal, father-in-law
tne dead man, and a .tenant
the Settle place, “Stated that he
heard the shot and at first didn’t
thinic 4iixt|iing unusi^l of it, but
that after a few minutes became
on up’to the house and found Al
len dead. Settle was not at tibe
be having already starts
Fancy molasses. Coble’s Gro. * (Continued EiGifb)
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