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MAT BAVXS CLIpTO THE CBIME.
Mae !■ Flor.rnce May Have Assault
ed Young Han and Woman.
STILL UNCONSCiOUS.
The YonnK Woman Was Found Near
Cemetery Yesterday Morning.
Durham, Oct. 11.—^Miss Lula Powe,
a young white woman was found in
an unconscious condition in the woods,
north-east of Andrews store, which is
locate at the "cemetery curve” early
yesterSty morning. The find was by
a man who was gting to work in one
ol the^actories. Sheriff Harward
was telephoiiad and in company with
Dr. Cheatham went to that section.
The girl was carried to the Watts
Hospital where she is at present. A
report from the hospital late last night
was to the efiFwt, that Miss Powe ws.s
still in a semi-conscious condition'
^ and had made no statement, relative
tj the condition and place in which
she was found. Her condition is ex
tremely serious but she has an even
chance for life.
There is an air of mystery sur
rounding the crime that no one has
yet been able to pierce. The finding
of the girl and her condition has caus
ed much speculation but no plausible
theory has yet been advanced that
throws any light on the matter in the
least. The bold facts are that jiiiss
Powell had suffered terribly at the
hands of some one but why and by
whom is as great a mystery this morn
ing as yesterday.
The young lady’s head and face
had been terribly beaten. , Her fea
tures were swollen almost beyond rec
ognition and both eyes were tightly
closed. When found she was uncon
scious and she remained in this state
until far into ths day. She then
showed some signs of “eoming- to,
bat h?s not ss yet regained consci
ousness. While she had been terribly
maltreated the skin was broken in but
one place. This was a slight scratch
on the arm. Tlie head, face, neck and
shoulders were badly bruised but the
skin was unbroken.
The assault is supposed to iiave
t.iken place early Friday night. If
ivill be remembered that papers print
ed the assault on John Thomas yes
>• terday morning. Mr. Thomas was in
such a condition when brought to the
city Friday night that he did not tei!
of the assault on the lady. It inter
developed that the assault made
oil Mr. Thomas and Miss Powe at the
same time.
The story goes something like this:
Mr. Thomas and Miss Powe have beoi
sweethearts for a number of years
and have been en.eaged for some time.
Friday night the two visited the fair
and tiring of this they decided to take
i!? the movies. With tiiis in view they
left the fair encio.sure and not finding
a street car waiting they decidcd to
walk a part of the distance to the
city. Thomas remembers pa.ssing tlie
heme of Capi. J. R. Wrenri, which is
between the park and the cemetcry,
isat from this point the young man’s
mind is blank and the young lady has
not recovered siifSciently to explain
what happened after the Wrenn house
was passed.
Mr. Thomas was almost as badly
handled as was the young lac'iy. The
■ fjct that he revived earlier lhan she
is probably because of sex for natur
ally the man could endure more and
reeo-.-er more quickly than the ^rl.
When Miss Powe failed to return
home Friday night her parents were
not especialJy uneasy. Knowing the
i-eiationship between the boy and girl
with whom she left home the paretits
thought they had procured license and
married. All this time the girl was
lying alone in the woods, her head
pillowed on Thomas’ coat in an un
conscious condition and the man was
under treatment in the hospital.
Miss Powe was examined yesterday
by Dr. Cheatham and this examination
showed that she was uninjured other
than the injuried received about the
head and body. It was at first thought
that the girl had been criminally as
saulted but the examination proved
otherwise.
The officers have absolutely noth
ing on which to work and the pros
pects of "roundiDg up” the guilty
.party or parties is out of the question
at the present time. When Miss Powe
and Mr. Thomas reg»in their senses
they may be able to throw.some light
on the matter but sear^ihg for the
Xuilty parties at present time is sim
ilar to hunting for a needle in the pro
verbial haystack;
Early this morning the police and
sheriff were notified by a message
itoth Florence/South Carolina, that a
jaan was under arrest in that town
who might be the one who committed
such a brutal assault on Mr. John
Tho>nas and Miss Lula Powe near the
cemetery some time Friday night.
'Ihe report which reached the Dutt
ham officers wid'that a man had been
arrested there on a charge of hobo
ing. When .wrested the man let it
put tv the officers that he had just
left Durham and was wanted for as
saulting k man and woman and rob
bing them.
While the clues to the pejjietrator
of the r..£lignant assault on the two
young people seems a rather far fetch
ed one, the officers will investigate, for
so far th?.t is the only intimation they
have that would lead them to a solu
tion of this which is one of the most
mysterious crimes that has ever been
been committed in Durham. It is
possible for a man to be in Durham
one night, get out on the east bound
morning train to Selma and get into
Fiorence 'on the Coast Line that night.
BOY HELD IN FLORENCE HARD-
LY CONNECTED WITH THE
BRUTAL CRIME.
Durham, October 12.—Mystery still
shrouds the deadly assault that was
made by unknown persons on Miss
Lula Powe and Mr. John Thomas last
Friday night. The boy being held in
Florence, S. C., is not thought by the
officers to be connected in any way
with tiie case, although his statements
are still being investigated. In the
3-ieanwhile Miss Powe lies at the Watts
Hospital with a wandering mind and
Mr. Thomas is slowly but sujely re
covering. Dr. Hill, superintendent of
Watts Hospital, stated this afternoon
in his opinion that neither will die, al
though it is admitted that Miss Powp’s
condition is grave. Hospital authori
ties feel that she is some better, al
though recovery in her case is slow. |
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COMPLETE MYSTERY. |
Thus far the terrible tragedy re
mains a mystery. There ar« no clews *
to give the ofiicers a start and it is j
rumored that citizens interested in |
tion t> health is a task that ^yeieians
arc laboring at with untiring energy.
Could she have only been found soon
er, it is probable that her condition
would have not been so critical.
NOTHING NEW.
Mr. Thomas cannot throw any ad
ditional light on the case. He is fast
recovering, although, he cannot re
member just how the assault came
about. He does not remember any
thing that happened until late Sat
urday when ha awoke to himself to
find that he was in the Watts Hos
pital. Miss Powe is still incapable of
making any statement. Her mind
goes arid come in flashes. She knows
but very little of what is going on
aroutid her and her mind wanders in
many different channels.
BOY DIDN’T MENTION CASE.
The boy held in Florence, S. C.j is
hardly connected with the case ac
cording to authorities. He is only a
lad in knee pants and was picked up
in Florence on a charge of liirceny.
He boasted of various crimes he had
committed, but at first did not men
tion the assault of Friday night. He
is still being held and should anything
connecting him with the brutal attack
of Miss Powe and Mr. Thomas be
learned he will be brought to this
city.
DL%HAM PEOl?LE INDIAN a'm."
Durham people in general are in
dignant over the horrible crime Nev
er before in the history of Durham
has anything of a like nature occur
red and the mystery surrounding it
makes the indignation of residents of
this city even greater. Every one is
an-'dous for the officers to gain a clue
that will aid them in bringing to light
something of a definite nature. In
justice to the officers they are doing
all in their power^ as the mystery
could not have been greater in any
case of recent history.
WILL CO.NTINUE SE.4RCH.
The search for the criminals com
mitting the act is not to be stopped.
It will be carried on with increased
vigor. Every little detail that comes
to light is being run to earth with
efftctireness. The idea of getting
bloo^ounds to_attempt to catch those
connected with the crime has been ad
vanced and the authorities may take
this course although it is something
since the assault was made and the
tracks are doubtless covered already.
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“Don’t you think those lovers will
get ofl the stops soion?” queried the
new burglar.
“No, i just heard him say that was
the last kiss. They’ll be an hour
yet.”—^^Kansas City Journal.
“Coiae on. Bill,” whispered the old
burglar, in disguest. “It’s no use
wasting time here.”
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A Missouri woman, in v/hose breast
Kipling’s “a rag and a bone arid hand
of hair,” has been rankling for some
years now, counters with “a jag, a
, drone and a tank of air,” which will
probably detain Ruddy some.
Y3UR attention is r«>
•pe^uUy called to
an important point
not generally known,
that a laxative •honld have
a tonic dement to tuicceM*
fuQjr meet const^tioa.
J^ia B. Ciipera* o£ 6lo F«cda
St, Fort Worth, Tax&e, bad a
Rificiuit experience In tMa particular.
He was aiSicced ‘frith a severe of
cQQtftlpation find bowel trouble. He
spent a s:ood deal of money tn tryins
find a remedy. To bis astonish
ment Penma very quickly rellered
idm of his bad
symptoms.
T^iis hap;>ened «
mmber of years
Since then>
l&T. Capers stateai
that he has had
similar attacks of
trouble, thfe promt-
nent symptom of
Tvhic}! is constipa
tion, and has al-
•ways found
prompt and effi
cient relief fron%
Peruna. He says:
“Up to the time Z
started uslngr your
Beruna I couZd
drink castor olL
like "wateT. It dSd
no ffood. As for
salts, they vrere of no use. Ph7sl?!3 of
all kinds and classes 'tvere naedt but
had to call on the fountain syringe
for help.** Peruna vras ablcs to cor
rect this condition complotely in Mr.
Capers* case, and there Js e\-ery rea
son to believe that It was the tonic
Qi:alit!es of Peruna, added to the laxa
tive qualities, that procured tWs very
desirable result.
AID THE KIDNEYS.
PRESBYTERIAN CHCRCH.
Burlington Sufferers Should Take Ko
Further Risk.
.. Why will people continue to suffer
tiie agonies of kidney complaint, baes-
ache, urinary disorders, lameness,
I'tcadaches, languor—why allow them
selves to become Chronic invalids,
when a tested remedy is offered them ?
Doan’s Kidney Pills have been used
in kidney trouble over CO years, hive
been tested in thousands of cases.
If you have any, even one, of the
symptoms of kidney diseases, act
now, for gravel, dropsy or Bright’s
disease may set in and make neglect
dangerous. Can Burlington residents
demand more convincing proof than
the following?:
E. P. Land, bookkeeper, 109 Eouth
Edgewood St., Greensboro, N. C.; says:
‘•Pour or live years ago 1 had kidney
trouble. I was often dizzy and nerv
ous. My sight blurred and my back
hurt me. It was hard for me to
straighten after stooping. Doan’s
Kidney Piils made me better. I still
use them once in a while and they
keep me well. I am pleased to coii-
fiim ths statement I gave some tinia
ago, praising this remedy.”
60c. at all dealers. Don’t simply
ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s
Kidney Pills—^the same that Mr; Land
had. Poster-Milburn Co., Props., Buf
falo, N. Y.
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The Same Old Bi!l; but badly bat
tered up—again.
Rev. Donald Mclyer, Pastor.
Services every Sunday at 11:00 A. M.
and 7:30 P. M.
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. B. R.
Sellars, Superintendwt.
prayer Meeting, Wednesday at 7:30
P. M,
The Public is cordially invited to all
services.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. M. W. Buck, Pastor,
{ CHURCH DIRECTORY |
REFOR.MEO CHURCH,
Corner Front and Anderson Sti’eets.
Rev. D. C. Cox.
tht ease will obtain dettctives to come
to this city and assist the officers. The !
case is one that has completely baf
fled the city and county authovitiss
aial they admit that the chances for
running down the criminals in the case
are small. So far as can be learned
there is not a single dew as to who
committed the crime.
ANOTHER VIEW.
Physicians attending the couple this
afternoon state that it is possible that
no drug was used, advancing the idea
that both Miss Powe and Mr. Thomas
were beaten insensi|)l, instead of
drugged. Dr. Hill stated this after
noon that he now thought this was
th,'. ease, rather than the theory that
a drug did the work. If a drug was
used it is now the unonimous opiniOE
tilat it was chlorofonsi, although the
physicians state that oijly experts
can use it to advantage.
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NEGRO SAW COUPLE.
A negro woman that cooks for a
prominent family in the Lakewood
sections, report.? that she passed along
near the ravine returning to her home
when she heard groans and horrible
sounds. She reported then to a negro
man who went to investigate and
found both Miss Powe and Mr. Thom
as. It is. understood that be reports
Mr. Thomas having been in his right
mind enough to ask him to go for
help. The negro became frightaned
over the condition and fearing he
would be arrested in connection with
the case ran without reporting his
find. The officers are investigating
tile story, which may possibly lead to
a clew.
THE RESULT.
The result of the negro running may
cause the death of Miss Powe. Lying
upon the damp ground for over teo
hours, she was numb and chilled when
found. She had remained unconsci
ous for su many hours that restora
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Services every Sur.day except the
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Board of Stewards meet on Monday
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