North Carolina Newspapers

ISJSIlfiRNOOSSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN TEN PAGES. First PartPages 1 to 6. j THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA VOL. XXXI NO. 4892. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS First TEN PAGES. Part Pages 1 MRS chw rIE FAMILY MURDERED. CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBERsTlSoi IMS ARRAIGNED BEFORE U.S.COMMISSIONtR The Woman Appeared Very Weak and Leaned Heavily on the Arm of the United States Mar shall, as she Went to the Fed eral Building, All u 1, v,r8n:a. W commemoration of riuietuimg nuorney leeier, at uie nrsi nSsh settlement there or pi j nil n tf- rePrt any bill authorizing an op- Uleveland, Uhu, Receives a propliation- r . ! !t was directed that the sub-eommit- iviessage rrom Andrew Carne- !? rf tbreo sha11 be named to consider me naaynara QUI and report some suit able form of commemoration of the event other than by holding an indus trial exposition. jegy Resembling Statesbpro Af fair. Near Trenton, S. C. Atlanta. Dec. 8. A special from Trenton. S. C, says that an entire white family near there named Hughes has been murdered. The tragedy, judging from the mea gre details so far received, resembles the killing of the Hodges family -at Statesboro lastAugust. NO JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. House Committee Decides Against Holding Industrial Exposition. Washington, Dec. 8. The Housp Committee on Industrial Arts and Ex positions today decided not to recom mend that authorization of the indus trial exposition to be held at James- ii'wn, virainia. m PRICE: 3 CENTS. i 1 gie in Which He Denies Again the Signature on the Notes. MAP SHOWING HOW 203-METRE HILL D OM IN A T ES POR T ARTHUR FORTRESS. SENSATIONAL RUMOR. New York. Dec. 8. With the arraign-in- r.t of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, be United States commissioners to i ay on a technical charge of aiding abetting bank officials in misapply ing funds of a national bank, the see on I stage in this remarkable case was begun. POKER PLAYERS FINED. A Number of Norfolk Gamblers Made to Pay Fines. Norfolk. Dec. 8. The indictment of a sextette of alleged poker players came up for disposition in the police court yesterday. The cases of Tobe Mapp and Hugh Me Kav wpnt nvor tn December 10th r.n annnimt of ni- f is. Chadwick informed the United i counsel, Judge D. Tucker Brooke. M. States marshall this morning that she ! Hofheimer. signed McKay's and Mapp's was ready to go to the Federal building bwS ,each for ,, rellm,ar.v hear,g. Sh. mi&ggf&ftZ'SZ she was feeling better than last night, j away and James Barkley for playing although she had been restless. : cards when $300 was lost and won in Appeared to Be Very Weak twenty-four hours against the Virgi- icaueu ucavjiy upon me arm ot the and Lawless were counsel for the de I'nited states marshal. jfendants and also appeared for Hath- On the wav from the hotel to the "f - wnose case went over until De Federal building. Mrs. Chadwick said cember 10th. Barkley did not appear and his at torney. W. H. T. Loyall, was disinclin ed to enter a plea, and this case was postponed without date. The cases of W. B. Stokes and W. S. ItVwi 1 Mnno .1 - a t .... have gone through in the ' T i - WUQ Pern""ing weeks I wonder that I am S, PaJmS n their premises were . i i-uu coo case is set ior December 10th and Stokes' for today. J. T. Davis became surety for Stokps in the sum of $500, and B. Selig for Pentress in the same amount. to the marshal who had her in cus tody: "The time will come when the peo ple will se I am a very much malinged : persecuted woman. When I think of what I have gone past few not insane. Everybody has iumned on me. but I will come out of this all right and when I do I will issue a statement to the public that will show how inno eent 1 have been." Carnegie Again Denies Notes. Ck eland, Ohio, Dec. 8. County secutor Keeler today received the following telegram from Andrew Car- iegie. at New York, in reply to the TWO OFFICERS INJURED. By Explosion of Gun That Guards New port Harbor. iNewpcrt. it. i., Dec. 8. Lieut. Col. J. It CRUM CASE CAUSES THE SENATE TO JIOSE ITS-DOORS TO THE PUBLIC Flashed Over Wires That Government Estimate Was 600,000 Too Large. A sensational rumor was flashed over the wires this afternoon at three o'clock, after the cotton exchanges had closed, to the effect that the govern ment crop estimate of last Saturday was 600,000 bales too much and the report further stated that the New Or leans exchange had been set wild by the rumor, the New York exchange having closed at the hour named. The government's estimate was 12, 1G2.000 and the report this afternoon which came over the wires said that the Agricultural Department had made an error in their calculations and that 600,600 would have to be subtracted from the former estimate. Mr. L. A. Dodsworth. of L. A. Dods worth & Co., cotton brokers, telephoned to the News this afternoon, that in so far as he was able to learn the wild rumor was based upon a mistake made by a Georgia ginner who included all the cotton ginned up to November 20, instead of up to November 14, in his re port, and if all ginners had done like wise the difference would have been about 600,000 bales. This, however, Mr. Dodsworth ex plained, would not have any effect on the government report but deals direct-, ly with the ginners' report and he is of the opinion that it would not affect the government report at all. On account of the wild rumor cotton W FOUND DEM (Special Tnt News.) Gastonia, Dec. 8. Mr. J. A. Butler, a well known mill Wright, whose home in New Orleans advanced from ten to ! Heaell county, was found dead IN BED AT HOME OF GASTONIA CITIZEN Mr. Butler, of Iredell County, Died Suddenly Last Night. Was a Millwright by Trade and Was Well Known in This Sec tion of the State. Father and Two Brothers of Mr. John F, Love, Endorsing Notes Being Given to Depositors of Banking Co. National Bank May be Organized. fifteen points. MURDER CASE. inquiry as to the genuineness of the i H. Willard of the United States en Chadwick notes: gineer corps and Lieut. Frank W. N yer signed such notes; have no Rawlston of the United' States coast notes out now; have not issued a note j artillery were injured yesterday by the ' 1,a"; nupc JUU cau airanse I premature explosion of a 10-inch sun to have any necessary affidavits exe-jat Fort Wetherell, at Jamestown ""V r. which guards Newport harbor and the The county prosecutor has subpoena- j entrance to Narragansett bay Both ea President Beckwith and Cashier j officers had their eyesight and hear Spear of closed Oberlin, Ohio, Citizens 1 mg affected and faces cut The ex National Bank, to appear before the, plosion blew the parapet awav lifted (.ran - Jury tomorrow to testify as to! the gun from its caniage and threAV it where notes were signed. , back on the trunnion.,, partly wrecked. Hearing Set For December 17. Twentv artillprvmAn wo thrm u;s. uiauv.icK was arraigned netore Senator Tillman Brought the Mat ter Before the Senate and Soon Thereafter, Senator Aldrich Asked That the Senate Doors be Closed. TO COME SOUTH SURE. Invitation Extended the President to Visit Birmingham. Washington, Dec. 8 If Congress should not be in session next spring it is the President's intention to take a trip in the South as heretofore indi cated, but it will not be, as at present contemplated, a tour of the South. Commissioner Shields. The hearing was postponed until December 17 and Mrs. Chadwii k was held in $15,000 bond. It was not ready and she remained in the marshal's office while her attorney Bean hed for a bondsman. The Woman Faints. As Mrs. Chadwick was returning from the United States Marshal's office after hr arraignment, the battery of cameras which had been set up outside the court room door, were turned upon her. The sudden flash of powder so startled her that she fainted. ELEVEN MINERS DIE. As the Result of an Explosion in a Mine. Tacoma, Dec. 8. A dispatch to the edger from Burnett. Washington, fays; "Eleven miners have been killed an explosion in the Burnett coal mine, and it is believed the death list will f tal 15. At least four other miners are in the shaft, and they have practically been given up for lost. M. SIVETONX DEAD. Found in His Room Late This After noon. Paris, Dec. 8 M. Sivetonx. the Na tional Deputy whose action in strik ing War Minister Andre in the Cham ber of Deputies November 4th, led to the Minister's resignation, was found dead late this afternoon, having been asphyxiated by gas. Maryland Contests. Baltimore, Md.. Dec. 8. Congress man Jackson and other Republican State loaders held a lengthy conference tonight, considering the question whether or not to carry before Con gress contests fo rthe seat of Thomas 1 Smith, Democrat, returned as elect from the First of Eastern Shore dis trict, and for the electoral vote of the State. Mr. Jackson submitted reports pf the number of Republican votes thrown out in the district by the se "j trick ballots. John C Rose, United tates district attorney, is counsel for Mr. .a' kson. N'o decision was reached at the con rerence, and the matter will be further jonsidered. The indications are that there will be no contest taken before the House. the ground but were not injured. The explosion was said to have been due to a defective primer on the gun, which was recently installed in the fort and which was being tested by the offi cers. Lieut. Col. Willard and Lieut. Rawlston were standing on the plat form of the gun carriage while the men were grouped about, when the gun ex ploded hurling officers and men to the ground. The two officers were treated at the fort hospital The artillerymen are members of the Ninety-seventh coast artillery. Both of the officers were removed to the post hospital, but Lieut. Col. Will ard later walked to his quarters. Lieut. Rawlston will probably be under medi cal treatment only a few days. The gun had been loaded with a 570 pound shell by a detachment of the Ninety-seventh coast artillery, under the direction of the two officers. Thb breech had been closed, but the recoil ing gear had not been placed in posi tion. Without the slightest warning the gun was discharged and the recoil lifted the piece from its carriage and threw it back on its trunninens, wreck ing them as well as the platform. For tunately no one was standing directly behind the gun, but every one near it was thrown to the ground. The shell wrecking it, and continued on out to wreckin git, and continued on out to sa. i me president an invitation to visit Alabama if he should take a southern irip. HE BEEF TRUST CASE It Would Seem From the Action Taken Today That the Siuth Carolina Senator Will Die Fighting the Appointment of the Charleston Negro Doctor, Washington, Dec. 8. An attempt tri KPflirp tllli nnncidflrotrnM -, ? 4-1, .. c j the Supreme Court of tne United States pure food bill by the Senate was pre- j m the case f Swift vs. the United aunts, popularly known as "The Beef Trust" case, was today passed to an unfixed future date at the request of A CALL IS ISSUED C0TT0NF A R M Eft S Meetings are to be Held Decem bes 17th, For the Purpose of Agreeing on Some Set Plan for the Holding of Cotton. Ten Cents the Price to be Asked. J. B. Cobbs, vice-president of the. ti,. , tlm 4d T tl0oaIT?ank f BTS5l; Raleish' Dec" 8--A 'call has been is icJiJL 0F?n- Internal! sued by T. B. Parker, Secretary of the a rTSAraf8. Carolina Farmers Alliance fork "Juoj WUKU eXLCIlUS tO mass mooHno- if ffT. r i l I . ... " o--r - Goes Over at the Request of the Gov ernment. wasnington, Dec. 8 The hearing In vented today, and the objections indi cated that it will not pass. The Crum case came up immediate ly afterward and forced the Senate into executive session. Mr. Tillman, cf Soulh Carolina, asked for an appeal from the judiciary j committee on his resolution regard- j the government. DISABLED SHIPS SLOWLY SINKING in: as collector at Charleston. Before the discussion proceeded far, the doors were closed on motion of Mr. Aldrich. At 12.45 o'clock the Senate adjourn ed until Monday. the recess appointment of crum j The Great Russian Sea Fighters Doomed and Harbor of Port Arthur. The Work of the Shells From 203, Meter Hill. MRS. LONGSTREET CONFIRMED. The Incident Closed. ( Constantinople, Dec. 8. The Porte "as yielded to Austria's demands re Sat ding tne detention of the Austrian '"ails and the incident may be regard as closed. Threatened complications nave, therefore, been averted. Badeau Assigns. New York, Dec. 8. W. E. Badeau. of the officers of the Consolidated htor-k Exchange, has announced his suspension. Negro Gets Ten Years. Danville, Va., Dec. 8. Jack Dilliard, colored, outlaw and desperado, was convicted in the corporation court this morning of the shooting of Officer John J. Hall several months ago and sen tenced to serve 10 years in the peni tentiary. The Negio was brought into court in chains. Mr. Hall testified against Dilliard. positively identifying him as his assailant. Prior to the shooting of Officer Hall. Dillard had armed himself, swearing that he wouid not be taken until he had killed Charles Hunt, also colored, whom ne accused of intimacy with his wife, Rosa Dil liard. Officer J. H. Davenport, who at tempted to arrest Lilliard for shooting at Hunt was held up at the point of a gun until the negro could make his ecape. Dillard was captured in Roan oke. The city council had offered a re ward for his apprehension. As Pastmaster at Her Home, Gains ville, Ga. Washington. Dec. 8. The Senate con firmed the nomination of Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet as postmaster at Gaines ville, Ga. Mrs. Longstreet is the widow of the late General Longstreet. who at the time of his death was holding an ap pointment made during the life of President McKinley. Death of an Infant. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. McKinney, who live at No. '304 North Smith street, died this morning. The funeral services were conducted at the residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. T. F. Marr. Handsome Calendar. H. J. Green, general agent for North and South Carolina and Tennessee for the Royal Benefit Society, of Washing ton, D. C-, has distributed today some very handsome and attractive calendars for the year 1905. The Morrell Bill. Washington. Dec. 8. Representative Morrell of Pennsylvania, today intro duced a bill to reduce the represen tation in the States where citizens are disfranchised. The bill is more gencrai than that one introduced by Senator Piatt yes terday and its provisions apply to any state limiting the suffrage. North Carolina Postmasters. Washington, Dec. 8. The following fourth-class postmasters were ap pointed today: ( North Carolina: Balden. John F. Holbrook ; Belhaven, Theoplius White ; Boos, Robert P. Cheek; Milibrook. N. W. 'Hatch, Patterson. Rosa M. Austin, Self, Lee L. Perry; Spear, D. Buchanan. One By Sherman. Washington, Dec. 8. Representative Sherman of New York, today introduc ed a bill identical with that introduced by Senator Piatt, reducing the repre sentation of the Southern States in Congress. Tokio, Dec. 8. The commander of the Japanese land naval batteries in front of Port Arthur, reporting Decem ber 7th, says the turret of the ship, Poltava, lies sunken, as reported De cember 6. The battleship Retvizian seems to have sunk, her stern being un der the water. The bombardment on December 7th heavily damaged the battleship Pobei da, which is listing to the seaboard, and showing the western portion of her hull. The protected cruiser Pallada seems to be slightly sinking astarn. The ar mored cruiser Bayan is burning to her foredeck. Battleship Peresviet Fired On. Tokio. Dec. 8. (11 a. m. liwwwial headquarters has made the following announcement: "The result cf the bombardment of Port Arthur by four large calibre guns on the 7th inst, was very good. Many effective hits were made against the battleships Peresviet and Pobieda, and the protected cruiser Pallada. In con sequence the Peresviet caught fire and at 3:15 o'clock the Pobieda listened to starboard." Russian Ships Sinking. Tokio, Dec. 8. The following report from the commander of the naval land battery in front of Port Arthur was re ceived this afternoon: "Battleship Pobeida's middle funnel is seriously damaged. The vesesl is listing aft and is submerged to ' the stern walk." The battleship Peresvite's upper deck j is submerged. The battleship Pretvizan i is listing to the starboard and the upper deck is nearly submerged. Japan Will Be Third. Washington, Dec. 8. Japan has ac cepted the American government's invi tation to participate in a second peace conference, provided the rulings of the conference should not affect the present conflict. held in every county where cotton i grown, for the purpose of agreeing on some set plan for holding cotton and marketing only as the prices offered will justify. Price to be not less than 10 cents. The meetings will be held the 17th of December. A charter was issued for the Hern-lel-Haywood Co., of Trenton, with cap ital of $6,500. L, A. Haywood is the principal incorporator. A change of name of the Wither-spoon-Bennefield Co.. of Greensboro to the Bennefield Furniture Comnanv. was authorized by the Secretary of State. The State Board of Pharmacy in ses sion here the past two days announces that nine out of the fifteen applicants for licenses passed the examination successfully; They are George XV. Brittian, Reidsville; JV. Z. Gibson, Gib son; E. V. Harrison, Greensboro; F. V. Hunter, Hendersonville; J. C. Ray, Raleigh; T. H. Reeves, Weaverville; J. S. Webb, Wadesboro; T. C. Wood ruff, Charlotte; James D. Douglass (colored), Durham. The next meeting Blirnino- in ho or tne state board will be at Morehead "6 111 lI,e Citv JnnP M Governor Aycock pardons Andrew Wilson, who h3S served three and a half years of a fifteen year sentence for the murder of Will Cothran at Ox ford. The pardon was at the request of Judge Shaw, who sentenced the prisoner. The killing was in a meas ure self defense. Commissioner of Agriculture Fatter son in his annual report to the state board of agriculture and legislature recommends the establishment of two additional test farms, one for the berry and truck growing sections of the east Likely Not to be Heard at Present Term Other Work of Court. The hearing of the cases against Eph and Clayton Little, charged with the killing of John Thompson, will not come up at the present term of crim inal court but will be continued, ac cording to a report this afternoon. It was also stated that the negroes will submit to manslaughter and mur der in the second degree when the case does come up: The matter has not been finally determined, however, and it may be tomorrow before the time of hearing these cases is finally settled. The court has been disposing of cases at a rapid rate today and the machin ery of the court has been working smoothly without a hitch, and the docket is being quickly cleared. This afternoon the court was engaged in hearing the charge against Mack Mcllwaine for carrying a pistol. The following cases were disposed o: up to the reassembling of the court this afternoon: John Henderson, retailing, submit ed and judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. Tom Walker, larceny, six months on the roads. Bud Douglas, affray, judgment suspended. George Crenshaw, larceny. six months of the roads. Grey Coleman, larceny, taxed with the costs. Baxter Stewart, larceny, six months on the roads. Jack Myers, gaming, sixty days on the roads. John Barber, retailing, six months on the roads. DAILY HARVEST. Of Sinners Before Recorder This Af ternoon Several Went Amuck. Before the Recorder this afternoon the daily harvest of sinners, brought in by tne police since the close of court yesterday, will be brought in and the law enforced in the case of each as his offense merits. Albert Blount, colored, will tell the ccurt this afternoon how he came to run into Hazel Porter, a white lad, who was riding a wheel on Tryon Street last evening, when Blount ran into the boy, causing a general tang ling up of wheels and spokes. J. P. Martin, who was brought, in last night by Officers Johnson and Mack Earnhardt, for being drunk, and vao v.as released on toni. will an na Dea at the home of Mr. Pelham Morrow this morning. Mr. Butler came to Gastonia several days ago to see about some property interests, and went to the home of Mr. Morrow last night. After con versing with the family for a while, at 10:30 o'clock retired to his rpom. Nothing more was seen or heard of him until this morning, when his life less body was found in bed. Mr. Butler had been a sufferer for some time from a complication of dis eases, though last night he expressed himself as feeling unusually well. The deceased was about 45 years old, and his home was at Hirmony, a small village about ten miles Loin Statesville. As soon as the body waa found, his brother, who lives in Statesville, was notified, and will ar rive today and take charge of the re mains. This morning the coroner visited the home of Mr. Morrow, but after ascer taining all of the facts decided that there was no need to hold an inquest. It is learned by your correspondent that the depositors cf the Gastonia Banking Company are being paid their claims with notes given by Mr. John F. Love and signed by Messrs. R. C. G., Edgar and Ft. A. Love as en dorsers, payable twelve months after date. These gentlemen endorsing the above mentioned notes are the father -ar.d two brothers of Mr. John F. Love; these parties all have large property interests, and the fact that they are endorsing for Mr. Jtohn F. Love is sufficient guarantee that all the claims will be arranged satisfac torily. Those parties who wanted their money in cash are being taken care oi by sucn arrangements as are satisfactory. It is understood that the Love interests will, just as soon as the affairs of the Gastonia Banking Company are settled up, arrange to open up a national bank, provided a charter can be gotten, and the writer believes that there will be no trouble in securing one. The Postal Telegraph Company are moving their offices from the old stand in the front of the Ozark Cotton Mills offices to a newly fitted un office in the front of J. A. Glenn & Co.'s wholesale grocery store. The linemen are putting in excellent fixtures and all the modern equipments in the way of switch boards, etc., are being installed. This will give the Postal a very neat office, and will put them much closer to the wholesale section. Hon. John F. Leeper is in town on business connected with the Gastonia swer before the tribunal of the court ! Bankmg ComPY's affairs; Mr. Leep- and the otheh for the fruit section of uwu Ud&lus inRse aDove mentioned. the western part of the state. The State Board of Agriculture last night adopted resolutions to the effect that Whereas the government report on the present cotton crop has caused a sir.mp in prices mat won in entai! a er, as was mentioned before, is ths temporary receiver appointed by Judgo Allen to take charge of the banking company's business for the present. Mr. Charlie Farrir, of Mountain Is land, is in Gastonia on business. Messrs. J. Robert and Dave Craig came out on No. 97 yesterday and re lumed on No. 12 to Charlotte. Mr. J. B. P. Bryscn, of Begonia, was in town yesterday un business. Mr. J. R. Lewis and wife, of Stanley, spent the day in Gastonia yesterday. The many friends of Mr. R. M. Gard : i.er. whose illness war; mentioned in Two Women Arrested For Crime Last .TTTLl0?' VU be m"C? fcjUUIUCU IU II ft! II t.Ittl iiu lo home the charge nendine against him Fons Houston, colored, engaged in a course of conduct on the streets today which is denominated "disorder ly" in the annals of the police, and he will explain to the court what strange mental or physical condition rendered him incapable of resisting the temp tation to indulge in the kind of con duct charged against him. There will be several other cases called before the Recorder this after- RAN HORSE TO DEATH. August. This afternoon the police completed ter. loss of $40,000,000 unless the farmers I , u"f u. J (nam OI evmence I afternoon that Mr David ' Khiraid rescue themselves, they resolve that Thu J uited in the apprehension of ! SSTil fflfiS noted in they deem it wise for farmers to mar- arge j J KJ? l SS SJt jket the remainder of their crop slow-I - tn last a- orltlca, condUion, and s,jKbt hope;. I iv ana imiy at remunerative prices. m, TT, . r.re entertained for his recovery. Curtailment of prices is urged for the next crops so that there will not be more than 1 1,000,000- including that carried over. Cepew to Give a Dinner. Washington, Dec. 8 Senator Depew will nurse his re-election boom. He will give a dinner to celebrate the Republican victory at the polls. He will make "Uncle Joe" Cannon the guest of honor. He will invite Sena tor Piatt and other Republican mem bers of the New York delegation and a large number of other public men. Between the peans of praise he will try out between those of the leaders wnom he regards as noubtful and rush his Senatorial boom along. The women are Hazel Horner and Mollie Wilson. Officer Torrence has gone to Salisbury where the officers were informed that the former of the two women had been located and he will return this afternoon at four-thirty with the woman. TWO MEN HURT. Auto Frightened Mule on Pineville Road A Runaway. Last night while J. A. and W. T. Gowin Defeated by 856 Votes. Providence," Dec. 8. The State Returning Board completed tonight its le-count of the ballots cast for State officers. For Governor George Utter, Republican, received a plurality of 858 over Governor L. F. C. Garvin, nmocrat, in a total vote of 76,460. The rest of the Republican State ticket was elected by large pluralities. ine other woman was located in the Thrower were returning tn their home city and will also be placed under ar- and were driving a buggy along the rest- 1 road leading from the city to Pineville, The crime with which the women are an auto, with a full head of speed charged was that last August they came dashine: alone the mad and nassed hired a horse and buggy from the stable : the vehicle. ci Mr. R. A. Lemmond, and taking the The mule attached to the buggy be- animal out they drove it so hard that came frightened at this strange and the horse died, having been driven to sudden appartion which came and death. - went an siiHrlpnlv onl hrrlro nlT in n The preliminary hearing of the case dead run down the road, will probably take place tomorrow af- j The animal could not be stopped ternoon before the Recorder. i until the buggy was wrecked and the ; i occupants thrown out on the ground. Others Quit Race. Both men were considerably bruised New York, Dec. 8. Caldwell-Hooper and Mr. J. A. Thrower lost several team has quit the six-day bicycle race teeth in the smash-up which resulted and it is said Keegan, the Lowell, from the wild run cf the frightened Mass., man, is in such distress that he animal. may be obliged to quit at any time. I The accident happened five miles out Indiscreet indulgence in ice cream i from the city and the occupants of the and other good things during the night j vehicle do not know who the autoist is said to have contributed to the trou bles of Caldwell and Keegan. was who so thoroughly frightened the mule which they were driving.