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TT,f!?r.HaS tKe Lesl Circulation of Any Afternoon Paper Published in the Two Carolines TEN PAGES r II i II F T ii ii ii 11" fi : Four O'clock Edmon. .11. Til P A COT ADI lOUCn : I -ABJLOTTE THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. NEW TEN PAGES Four O'clock Edition. 3 t CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING JUNE 22, 1909 White Firemen Before Board of Arbitration PRICE 5 CENTS Ceotgia Board Mee.o After Part Of Settle Werences A I China's Loan tween Railroads Am White firemen of 7 hav , New York June 22. wmard d. . (Straight, who recently resigned his i;ti -.'uwi rr Mfitfoofjr. "position as head of the Bureau Vice-President Kelly of Ihe Firemen Makes Statement Wants Fair f reatment and Nothing More. V- A-iMxhited Press. V bum. C.a., Juno 22. When the ;.; d.i liailroiui arbitration board met !',,;. nrnming to begin taking testimony in the dispute in the caso between tl, i.iilniad and Its white firemen, ih i. wero about fifty witnesses for . u.i'loyes in the Piedmont assem- It ;is evident from the opening that rikrrs l'roi)osed to demand as !!. ;i latitude as possible in the na i i " hi' testimony. Vice President N'My of tlie Brotherhood of Locomo tor 'innun, said: hi- N a simple story of ours, sim !! '"id in our homely way. We do i" i i.rmv much of law or rules of ev- 'tin : we do know our wrongs and MittViings. If we are to be fairly t;i.it.d and If you gentle'cn are to ft iit the facts in this case, you must ! t us tell our tale in our own wav." of Far Eastern Affairs of the State Department, sailed today for Europe eu route to China.' Mr. Straight is going to China as the representative of J. P. Morgan & Co., and other New York banking firms who are interested in procuring a part of the Joan which China is presently to is sue. Negro Charged With Criminal Assault I REPEAT IT, MY NINE i .m. . . . ... fi CV I lYLINDlR CHU&-GHUG ROADSTER IS THE BEST CAR OM EARTH. IT HAS THE TWISTEROODLE SHOCK ABSORBER, ELUPT) TRANSMISSION, AND BALL-BEARINC- I&N1T10N ' v ! VI I 5VSTEM ! ) Death of Rev. F. J. Murdoch Associated Press. s.ilisburj-, N. C, June 22. Rev. Fh ik U J. Murdock, one of the leading K;.i.-'f,pal clergynien in the South, iiicl suddenly at his home here early tuJny of heart failure. Ho was C3 years of age and was a t'cnftikTatj veteran. Adidtional Details. bV-H.-iI to The News. Salisbury. N. ,C. June 22. Rev. Dr. V- I. .Murdoch died almost suddenly in Charleston. S. C, this morning at I o'clock where he and his wife were vi.-i'inu his sister. I ! wns a native of Buncombe coun ty, im ex-Confederate soldier, presi l'nt . f the Salisbury and aVnce Cot '"'i Mill. ;md secretary-treasurer of he 1'eiictual Building and Loan. His r.Tth Anniversary as rector of St. '- ii:' 's church here was to have been 'lel.r; ted Sunday. The body will ar iiVM here tonight. Special to The News. Wadesboro, N. C, June 22.--John Da vis was arrested yesterday near Polk ton, charged with an assault, with an attempt to commit rape upon Hattie Jones. The offense was committed on June 11th. Davis was given a preliminary hear ing yesterday afternoon and held for the action of the next grand jury. Hat tie Jones bears a good reputation and there is much indignation against Da vis. Both parties are negroes. Shot Woman, Then Committeed Suicide By Associated Press. Erie, Pa., June 22 Charles Ulary, said to be son of a wealthy under taker of New York, shot and slight ly injured Beatrice Kelly, early to day and then committed suicide by shooting himself. Negro Baptist Sanitarium. By Associated Press. New Orleans, La., June 22. The neg ro Baptist sanitarium, one of the few hospitals in the United States for negroes exclusively, and supported by negroes, opened today. Mayor Behran delivered the address. ' 'Mr minit y v pas YOURE NOT WITH MY SEVE.M sehg-er'honkerinoA I 1 - I I I v r t - K t I - lib- r LUA WNkt C TVPE LUBRICATOR) AKD TS MOTOR, CLUTCH, MAG-NLT0 AND CARBURETER ALL CAST IM ONE PIECE. ITS A iT3 r KM Major Grant Says Charges Are Unfounded A SIGN OF METROPOLITANISM. You Don't Hear Conversation Like the Above in Such Places as Greensboro, Ga?tonia, or Lodo. i eves That Biggers was Sane W He Killed J. i. Hood Feb hen 9 Long Buying at NOon. By Associated Press. New York, June 22. Large buyin-g of U. S. Steel, Harrimans and Read ing were the features of the noon advance. Government Won First Point FHCULS BUSY fi S T E H Y The Expert Based His An swer on The Two Hypo thetical Questions Pro pounded to Jury by, Either Side in Trial. i 1 MY 1" i;il to The News. Aslicvillc. .Tiinr. ' The govern- By Associated Press. New York, June 22.--With one China man in custody in this city and anoth er detained in Schenectady, and a re port that -a third was held under sus- "letit won the ttrst point in the case ' pect n Revelstoke, British Columbia, Ills! r.l'CCXe nnrl nthrrp. nllotrorl ''im!. wreckers, when Judge Newman ' s miming ruled as the burden of H'"f that tho bill of Indictment was fy tiv,. on the defendants. ( "'trt records WCre introduced to ili' w li regularity in drawing the jury '"'I Unit the Indictment was not re- ' "ii in ,,f.n (.onrt. 11 possible that the case may end '"i.ilit. l; the mystery of the murder of Elsie Sigel was still unsolved today. All evidence obtainable by the au thorities indicated that the man under arrest in Schenectady was not Leon Ling in whose room the body of Elsie Sigel was found. New York, June 22. Chu Gain, manager of the Port Arthur restau rant, who was' arrested Saturday, charged with aiding and abetting in the escape of Leon Ling and Chun Sin, was discharged in Tombs court. Held as Witness. In the belief that his testimony might be of help in unraveling the Chu Gain was rearrested Blount Will Appeal. .New Orleans, j,., j,mo 22. It was '.""""""'I that Avery Blount, con- -1 j i r i -, i tii if.nti f, v. rr mvsterv -'ifiwi iui lilt; II1U1UUI i - ISreelanrl Mu uifn mi, i ,innrh. and placed in a house of detention, "i take an imnon dm TTnttnrf.ann neia as a witness. t-r, bt it ' U'renie court. UTS PIS GREEN QN THE FREE LIST a tticlated Press. '"ton. June 22. When the Met today Senator Aldrich on w "f Hie finance committee, offer; i"Mf iki nifiits to several paragraphs ' "! tariff bill which has been '" K'USly ' tiator I't ! in .1. . .. .. ii , , " ""'miuy in tne interest oi t '" r-M-rnr8, of placing Parlq green ,n,i London purple on the free list !' '"iH,1(;llon Wlul arsenic anci( upon 'K'sUon of Mr. Aldrich he proposed 1 ;iri"n(ltnent to the free list, which thorn wt K Schenectaby, N. Y., June 22. When the prisoner was brought be fore Sigel the latter declared the Clfinaman was not William H. Leon, alleged murderer of Miss Sigel and that he had never seen the prisoner before. Vancouver, B. C, June 22 The re ported arrest of a Chinaman sup posed to be Leon Ling at Revolstoke, B. C, is eroneous. Think They Have Leon Ling. Tittsburg, June 22. The Tittsburg police say that they have arrested Leon Ling, the Chinese wanted in New York, in connection with "the Sigel murder. The Chinese has boon released. He is from New York, answers to de scription but is apparently not Leon Ling. passed Tillman over. called attention Alienists on The Witness Stand All Morning Mr. fl. H. Hood Told The Story of Events Leading Up to Tragedy. The state propounded its hypotheti cal question this morning and scored a point when Dr. Ross, of Morganton, answered by saying that under the conditions described in this question, as well as in that asked by the de fense, he would think Biggers was sane. On cross-examination, however, he answered a number of hypothetical questions propounded by the defense favorably to the theory of Bigrs' in sanity. Dr. Ross made a 'splendid witness.' His answers were quick and ready and always to the point. He was as un biased and impartial a witness as has been introduced at all and every an swer he made was a convincing one. Dr. S. M. Crowell was also examin ed and allowecLhimself to be somewhat confused on cross-examination by the state. Dr. C. M. Strong made a good wit ness, too, for the state, holding vig orously against the insanity theory. It was a battle royal today, largely between Mr. McClammy, for the state, and Mr. Keerans, for the defense. Both had evidently read the medical books on insanity, and knew as much about its theory as the experts; in some instances more. Officer Hunter's Testimony. The state had its innings in the Big gers trial yesterday afternoon, the de fense" resting at about midday. The state made its first serious inroad upon the testimony which the defense had secured to prove the insanity of Biggers when Policeman Hunter swore that, sandwiched in between his ravings from the. square to the cell and carried on for days afterward, Big gers quietly asked that his lawyers. Maxwell & Keerans, be notified of what he had done. The state will in sist in its argument that this was a lucid, reasonable, logical thing to do, and that it goes to show' that the de fendant was not an insane man. In Mr. H. H. Hood, too, brother of the deceased, the prosecution strength ened its case. Among other things, Mr. Hood testified to hearing Biggers his fondness for fine horses, some o: make a threat against the life cf his brother. ' Mr. H. H. Hood On the Business Failure. Mr. Hood gave at length the prosecu tion's side of thqdisastrous benture of the J. G. Hood Company. The wit ness had been asked to go into this deal and would have done so, probably, if the first idea of buying the Henry M. Nathan business had been caried out. When this idea was abandoned and the other proposition was decided on of securing the stand now occu STATE STILL CALLING EXPERTS uis conversations witn witness prior to the shooting and his remarks to Policeman Hunter at the time of his arrest. Now, doctor, state whether or not. in your opinion, the defendant was sane or insane at the time of the tolling of J. G. Hood? I could not say without other inform ation, was the answer. Assuming this state of facts to be true would you say the defendant knew right from wrong? I cannot say. Why? asked Mr. McClamy. who con- pied by the Myers Company then I ducted the' examination. Mr. H. H. Hood balked, and also se riously advised Biggers not to go into the scheme. In all his contact with Biggers, wit ness said, he noticed nothing to indi cate an unbalanced mind. There was a hot legall battle over the defense's question as to whether witness had not heard J. G. Hoed, in the presence of Biggers, say that he had lost money in a bucket shop. It was finally admitted as possibly show ing something tending to unbalance Biggers' mind. Mr. Hood answered affirmatively, but declared that his brother had said the money he lost was his own and not a cent belonged to the J. G. Hood Com pany. Mr. H. H. Hood was recalled to the stand this morning by the defense and asked where his brother was living at the time that he was killed. He He stated at Twelfth and Tryon streets. Hypothetical Question. v Dr. S. M. Crowell was then called to the stand and asked the hypothetical question framed by the prosecution. In it was embraced all the evidence that has been adduced by the state as to the defendant's early life and habits, t Princess Born to Queen ofSpain-Everybody Happy , Mr- AMrlch'a l""ilU:-;iiili I desire to approved met have this an ohiec- '" ''in Senator Jones of Washing t bought a duty should be Ma !.(! duty should arsenic, and consideration paragraph was postponed. By Associated Press. La Granja Spain, June 22. Queen Victoria gave birth to a daughter at 6:25 a. m. today. When it was seen last night that of the Royal family, the Premier and a number of high court personages, were hastily summoned to the palace. The birth of a princess is partic ularly pleasing to both King and Queen, as they had hoped that this child, the third, would be a girl. The Goods Do Not Grow Old on the Shelves of the Merchants Who Advertise in The News t Because I don't know the condition of his mind. How could you answer the hypothet ical question asked by the defense, then? I combined the things that I knew with the hypothetical facts. If you had no personal knowledge of' the circumstances and had had the same hypothetical question asked you how would you have answered that question? I would have answered it the same way. Then, why can't you answer this one ? I don't see the things as I saw them in the other. Then you are influenced in your ans wer by your personal knowledge inde pendent of the hypothetical facts? No. Answers "Sane." After a more lull explanation of the question Dr. Crowell answered that if the hypothetical facts should be found true he would say the defendant was sane. Then, doctor, in your opinion, did the defendant know right from wrong? No. The witness was then turned over to the defense for the examination which had been deferred. Re-Direct Examination. Doctor, what is a hallucination? ask ed Judge Osborne. The state objected on the grounds that the matter had been gone over before. The objection was over-ruled. The question was repeated. A disturbance of sensation without physical basis, was the answer. The state objected to the witness reading from a note-book, and this was replaced in his pocket. Is an hallucination an evidence of insanity? Yes, one of them. State whether or not that is one of the highest evidences of insanity. Yes. Suppose that the prisoner, reasoning without evidence, thought Hood intend ed to take his life, telling Paul Chat ham that Hood had threatened him, and telling his wife his life was in the hands of Hood, assuming: this to be true, and if Hood had made no such Continued on Page Two Dr. James R. Alexander was the first witness called this afternoon by the state. Do you think you can express an opinion satisfactory to yourself based on a hypothetical auestion as to the sanity or insanity of a person. Dr. Alexander stated that he had read both hypothetical questions, and when he was asked gave it as his opin ion that the defendant was sane at the time of the kiling of Hood. He also stated that in his opinion the defendant knew right from wrons:. Cross-Examination. What is the difference between a delusion and an ilusion? A delusion is based upon a fact but is a perception wrongly carried out. What is a paranoia? . I could not give you the definition of it. You don't claim to be an expert on insanity, do you? I No, I do not. Assuming the jury should find as a fact that the defendant went to Chat ham's office and told him Hood was going to kill them both and there was no evidence of such a threat by Hood, what, in your opinion, was the condition of his mind? It may have been a delusion. I would not say he was insane. The man may have had a motive. But; suppose he had no motive would you say he was sane? Unless I had something else to base my opinion on. Suppose a man should see another man coming down the street and think that the other man was a horse and try to put a bridle on him, what would you say about him? He might be sane. Perfectly sane? Yes, I have seen people do such things. suppose a man thought himself a mule and put a bridle on himself and trot up and down the streets, would you say he was sane? He might be. Suppose a man might think himself a clock and stand on the street and move his band like a pendulum, would ne be sane? ' .. He might be sane. So, according to your idea of what it would take to make him. insane, a man must consider himself a horse, mule and a clock, all together, is it? Well, I didn't say that. Suppose a man had delirium tremens and imagined he saw a snake, what would that be? It might be an illusion or a delusion. Would you say that he was insane? I would say that he was drunk. If the jury should find that the de fendant was insane at the time he kill ed Hood, state in your opinion would Biggers have known right from wrong? Suppose the jury should find that Big gers was acting under an insane delu sion, believeing that Hood was going to kill him, state whether or not he knew right from wrong? No. Suppose the jury should find that on the Sunday mentioned in the evidence, Biggers was going around peeping through cracks, looking for people who were not there, etc.? I would say that was the action of an anxious man. Suppjose this man became wild and incoherent a few days after the kill ing and failed to recognize his friends what would that indicate? That he was suffering from hys teria. Declares Statements of Rackman Reg ar dins His Alleged Relations With Kelly Woman are Totally False. "Only a Part of Black mail Scheme, he De clares Thinks Some One is Endeavoring to Oust Him. Special to The News. Raleigh, June 22. A big crowd listened from 11 to 1 o'clock to Major Hiram I Grant, clerk of tho United States district and circuit courts here teli on the witness stand in police court his relations with Maude Kelly, in a sensation growing out of testimony by William Jones, hackman, that he frequently drove Major Grant, to the Kelly place and conveyed her and other women to his apartments. Grant charges the whole story is a fabrication, growing out of blackmail and an effort on somebody's part to oust him from his official position. He explained that he was induced by an interested attorney to loan $1,000 on the house the Kelly woman occupied and because he was ashamed of this, managed to purchase and then sell to clear himself of the affair. The court still has on trial William Jones for illegal relations with the Kelly woman, the latter being white. Major Grant, had in court J. N. Holding, as' counsel, to protect his in terests although there is no action the court can take in regard to him. Cotton Men Gather At Montene, Ark. By Associated Press. Montene, June 22. Seventy-five delegates representing many cotton growing states, were present at the annual meetins: of the national cot ton association. Jonn D. valkcr of Georgia, pre. sided. The convention will discuss ways and means of marketing the cotton to the best possible advantage. Gov. Approves Actors Pardon By Associated Press. Hirrisburg, Pa., June 22. Governor Stuart approved the action of the board of pardons which recommended a pardon to James B. Gentry, an ac tor who killed Madge Yorke. Booker T. Makes Tour. By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., June 22. Booker T. Washington, left Norfolk today on a tour of the Virginian Raiway in ex ecution of the plans laid before tho death of Henry II. Rogers to have Washington investigate the condition of negroes in the new country open ed up the the Virginian system. Bandits Make Haul. By Associated Press. Greenbay, Wis., June 22. Two arm ed bandits entered the night office of the United States Express Com pany here this morning and compell ed the man in charge to open tho safe. They obtained $5,000. Important Case Postponed. Richmond, Va.. June 22. At the request of West Virginia counsel Spec ial Master Littlefield has postponed the Virginia-West Virginia debt hear ing one week. Train Held Up. By Associated Press. Vancouver, B. C, June 22.A Can adian Pacific train 97 westbound was held up last night near Kamloops, by four men. Tax on Corporations. By Associated Press. Washington, June 22. Attorney General Wickersham, today laid be fore the President and cabinet a rough draft of the tariff bill amend ment which provides for the im position of a 2 per cent tax upon the net earnings of corporations. A conference is to be held at the White House tonight at which all Republican members of the senate finance committee will be present to gether with Attorney General Wick ersham, and Senator RooL accouchraent wasMmminant members first two children are boys. I 7 wo More Kings of Forest Brought Loxv By Associated Press. Naizha, British East Africa, June 22. All members of the Roosevelt expedition, at present in camp on Loietta Plains, in Sotik district, are in excellent health. Theodore Roosevelt bas shot an other 'lion, vhile a very large tawny rifle of Kermit. This animal holds the record for size on the present expedition. Ker mit also has killed two cheethahs. In addition the party has secured three giraffes, two eland, six topi, and a large number of minor ante lope. All skins are being preserved for the Smithsonian Institution at IN DEFENSE OF IS. GOULD'S REPUTATION maned lion has fallen before the Washington, By Associated Press. New York, June 22. The task of rebutting the testimony of using pro fane language and intoxication on the part of Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould, who is suing ber husband, Howard Gould, for separation and alimony, was continued at the trial today. The array of rebuttal witnesses In cludes housmalds, butlers, garden ers, and various other employes from the Gould estates in Port Washing ton and Lynchburg, Va, and stewards and other servants from the Gould yacht Niagara. Proves Good .Witness. William W. Lynn, propritor of tho Carrol Hotel In Lynchburg. Va, testi fied In regard to Mrs. Gould's stay at the Hotel in November, 1906, when the defense . contended that Dustin J$ r num and Mrs. Gould were together and ate their mealg in Mrs. Gould's rooms. The witness produced a bill dated November, 19, 1906." made to Mrs. Gould, charging her $21 for 1 day's board at the Carrol hotel. The bill showed only one meal served la Mrs. Gould's room.
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