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SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher loLUMt XLIX ■him Os JOE |[[|[|S IS SAD I BE SERIOUS M H \Va> Taken From Jail by B o h and Serious Opera- H o n Performed by Them Hi; CUT WAY H INTO THE JAIL Hdleman Wa s Charged Kith Assault on a Young Homan After He Had Hken Her For Ride. ■ -\. March 30. —Joseph novoling salesman for a ■ . w:K in a serious coinli spiral this morning as a v( .oi>eration upon him 'i'!,,. man was taken from the H",', . ll|t \ jail hy a hand of men. He ; ml ,'riM.ne,l diiirged w'tli an at- H . v . girl near M'illiamston. H . a- performed in a near- :lti ' r whie’u lie was freed by if wa v feiind by Sheriff H. and a posse, and taken to H Salesman wa* a< cased of commit- H [!r against the girl last week H |,.f a pistol after he had tak- H, f lir a tide in an atiromobile. He rn on! Saturday and placed in Mar jail. wliicli has no jailor or to remain at the jail all H Sunday morning, stated- Sheriff hot night, a band of men came H. ddeiice and demanded the keys jail. He refused and they left. H he >umiii* ned a posse of men to H him. lhfore the pos*e assembled. Bn broke into the jail and carried |.r:-"t)er. on whom they tarried designs. was reported quiet in Wil- Hiiii today. Slieriff Kobeson, though |Hut I'liie- as to the identity of the making a thorough investiga- TO FIND MAN H WHO KILLED HIS WIFE |Hulwank Found Not Guilty of the |Hih<- \\ aul* to Find the Ottfilttal. Ala.. March 30.—Following here yesterday on a charge his wife. Dr. George T. Ed |Hs first thought was to reclaim hit* |^■iib | who were sent to the home Julia Dudley. Mrs. Edward's on December 2nd. the date of ■ Edwards now is in Selma, the 1 1 .1. I.itt Edwards, his aged fath ■' was with the physician through- ,r ' ab After a few days rest will go to Montgomery to td' children. Further than this saul hi<* plans for the future except ’hat lie expects to at once to search for the slayer H wife. persons hurt m IN TRAIN ACCIDENT |H s "iitln!-n Train ( ollided at Clarks- Ya.—No One Was Killed. ■| ivil: “. a.. March 27. —Several fifty mile* ea.*t of here, when South- way passenger train No. 108. ■ Jhirliain. \. ('..to Key sville.eollided H * ,- ain Xu. from I.awrence |Bbi Danville. ■" injured are train attaches and wotnan;. Railway official** ■ ' iio'ie „f the injured was serious -No particulars of the wreck available, they added. Takers For County Namesd. H blowing men have been apointed for m,. different townships Boards: H oT^vshi!'—-I- W. Stallings. Hl' “ l (l 'vnsliip—\Y. F. Cannon. •> township- U. G. Summers. Hr . D'wnship--- D. H. Castor and Uuniple. ■'! E'jiwnship—d i> Casper. W. h lowiislcp— R. M. Cress. V' *; Town*|,ip—Albert Renniuger. ■ J Township- 1,. A. Lipe. ■. 1 l'' uns hip—Luke F. Shinn. lownsliip Robert L. Hartsell. Bir 1 1 "' V - I, ' lii P Asa Rlackwelder. •>__ j ] I>>ai Tinger. E H * Ridenhour. {) || above-named list- T 1 f v "- P'tlease notify the MT's'eMi at "(line. ■S \ -I. W. R. LONG. ■ ___ Tax Supervisor. ■ t<,r v ii,y Years - Employe Gets Ban V " 'Vateh. Kiaf i .. K!,glau <i- March 27. her,. ' V 1 .?- n ' au /'taploye in a soap ■ti.,-| , ’ , in punctuality and I),lrin K his fifty m h , '“inute of time. The ■ he ;) u‘ U " ''over being late was 9 a «ood b, ‘ d pari >x a !i wi ,i(,1 ‘ unique record ■'i. bv hi" PTcsented * with 3 goU Hr • “'t employers. H" I:;'-' M^-fc.SO,— Th»»ll Hcking as I! llin “ Ssi ' m * n Washington ■*a? tran*n nj ’ 1M an,J uni- easonable al B citru s P T tnt,on rfl tes from Flori P> u eapples, water |H- Mery ‘ V.' *"'*'• strawberries, toma ~o> at| d all other vege THE CONCORD TIMES WARRANT FOR HORStU RGH RECEIVED AT ASHEVILLE Police in That City Has Been Unable to Loate Him So Far, However. Asheville, Ala re h *"lO.*—YV arrant s were received by city police this morning from Fayetteville, X. for the arrest of Robert Horsburgh, former secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at Fayette vil.e. The warrants allege specifically that Hcrsburgh secured SI<KI and .s!*>() on forged checks at Fayetteville. Tlte police said they had been unable Ito locate Horsburgh thdugh a search is j being made of i-anatoriums in and about the city. . f Horsburgh, missing front Fayetteville •since .lanuary Htu. was found in .Mem phis, lenn., last Friday, working under an assumed name, as clerk for the Salva tion Army. He was brought back to this city Saturday. Relative** «*ay lie was suffering for asthma, with complete ltiss of memory. It was stated he had been taken to a samir >riuni for treat ment. Horsburgh was identified in Memphis through a description of the missing man published in the Salvation Army jour nal. THE COTTON MARKET Opening Was Eary at Decline of u to 20 Points and Active Months Sold Low er. New York. March 30.—Rei>orts of rains in northeast Texas, combined with rela tively easy Liverjiool cables led to a re newal of selling in the cotton markete at today s early trailing. The opening was easy at a decline of 11 to 20 points and active months sold 20 to 24 points net lower, July declining to 24.57 and Octo-1 I ber to 23.08. There , was some trade ' buying on the scale down, as well as cov ering and execution of stop order* below the 24 3-4 cent level for July. Prices rallied several jioints from the lowest. Re lief that the drought area iu the south west had been considerably reduced en couraged bearish opinion, however, and the market was unsettled at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. May 24.43; March 24.75; Oct. 24J0; Dec. 24.14; Jail. 23.85. NATIONWIDE LOCKOUT IN SWEDEN IS CALLED OFF Board of Mediation Reached Settlement That Will Send 130.000 Workers Back to Jobs. Stockholm, Sweden, March 27. —The nationwide lockout in Sweden was called off today and the 130.000 workers involv ed will resume their employment. After an all night, sesiou the labor union delega tion and the government mediation com mittee at 7 o'clock this morning reach ed a compromise settling the entire lab or .conflict in the five important imlu*- frieit affected. Shippers Can Now Route Express Via Southeastern. At'anta, Marcr 27. —Joint through routes from a large number of offices of the American Express Company to of fices of the Southeastern Express Com pany, established by the two companies in conformity with the ponion of the In terstate Commerce Commission, became effective on Wednesday, March 25th. Shippers desiring to give the South eastern'its long haul on business moving through Washington. Richmond. Cincin nati, Louisville, Cairo, Jacksonville, Sa vannah, Memphis or Montgomery can now do so by spsecifying any one of the million and a half routes included in the Southeastern's routing guide which has been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commmission and placed at the disposal of shipers and receivers of express traf fic. The routing guide contains lists of sta tion in Florida, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Dela ware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois. Wis consin, Minnesota, lowa. Missouri, Ne braska and Arkansas from which the shipper may route his business, using the Southeastern through the designated gateway. - In announcing the opening of the new through rates. President J. E. Skaggs, of the Southeastern, stated that they had been worked out by the two companies in an effort to give shippers the benefit of the. most expenditious routes for mov ing their express traffic. Plan Boulevard for Salisbury-Spencer. Charlotte, March 20. —A forty-foot boulevard from the city limits of Salis bury through Spencer, to a point a mile and a quarter from the big Y'adkin river bridge is being planned for the sixth highway district, according to informa tion released from the district headquar ters here. J. B. Pridgen, sixth district engineer, left for Salisbury Thursday to make a survey of the proposed route. The State will bear the expense of the regular eighteen-foot width along this route, it is said, and Salisbury and Spencer will jointly pay for the remain ing width of the street. _ 1 The traffic over this stretch on high wav number ten is among the heaviest in the state. In addition to the regular long distance traffic over the route. Spencer and Salisbury each furnish a heavv load. The two-mile stretch has the heaviest traffic of any stretch along thi- entire route 10, which extends from the mountains to the sea, it was pointed out. Mother ami Small Son Shot to Death; Husband is Held. Los Angeles. Calif., March 20.—Mrs. Irene Conway Hickey. 24. and her two year-old soir, James., were shot to death here today. Police are holding the wom an's husband, Patrolman James J. ■ Hickey, of the Los Angeles police d ( pnrtment on a murder ehaige. Four Men Steal Diamonds. New York, March 30.— Four men with pistols today raided the offices of Sobel & Kaleko, diamond brokers, of 4o Mai den Lane, and escaped with unset dia monds valued at between $50,000 and SIOO,OOO. The robbery was opposite tne ! new Federal Reserve Bank building. . 1 Port Said, in Egypt, gets on an average only two inches of rain yearly. Seek Evidence in Tomb ■ W. 'Mm&x*. mMv-vEmhv- JSm<^& < ppi% m '■ ' Hraji Authorities have exhumed the body ox Mrs. Nelson McCliutoek. mother of William McCliutoek. Chicago’s "millionaire orphan,” for whose death William Shepherd, foster-father, has been indicted. The body was removed after having laid in a tomb for 16 years, in an effort to determine whether Mrs. McCliutoek diet! iff natural causes. SOUTHERN POWER CO. TO BUILD NEW PLANT HyAt>-Electrict Development on Grassy Creek, South Carolina, to Cost sl,- $250,000. Charlotte. March 28.—Plans for erec tion of a bydro-electrict plant capable of generating 60.000 horsepower of elec trical energy on Rocky creek, in Lan caster county, South Carolina, were an nounced here tonight by W. S. Lee. vice president of the Southern Power Com pany. The plant will cost according to the announcement, $1,250,000. This will be the twelfth liydro-electriet devel opment built by the Southern Power Company, which has plants located throughout Piedmont North and South Carolina. Completion of the new project will give the Sftntfcn.'TL- Pawo: rCrujphß'i'i'ft total power output of 625.000 horsepower, it was said. ’The Souhern Power Com pany will undertake this, construction; with its own forces and not award the contract to outside building firms as it usually does, owing to the fact that its constrution units at this time are in position to go immediately into this pro ject. Work on the project will be started at an early date and will be rushed to completion, Mr. Lee said. Early com pletion of the plan is made necessary, according to Mr. Lee, by the growing demand in the Carol in as for electrical energy, which now is taxing the caisic ity of the company's other plants in this section. The General Electrict Company has been given the contract for the giant generators anil other equipment neces sary for the establishment. McRANE IS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDER Was Charged With Having Part in the Deeds That Led to Death of Negro. Cross City, Fla., March 27. —Win. G. Meßaiip was found not guilty of the murder of Lewis Barker, negro, in a ver dict returned by the jury here today. Barker was an employee of the Put nam Lumber Co., and also a clothing salesman. Mcltane with five other men, including Tlios. Higinbotham. former convict camp “whipping boss” was charg ed with having killed the negro. The oth er five defendants have not yet been tried. The verdict was returned 15 hours af ter the jury had received the case. Immediately afterwards the judge an nounced that court would recess until Tuesday, when John H. Wiuburn, for merly chief deputy sheriff of Dixie coun ty, another defendant, will be placed on trial. Five Dollars For Marriage Li sens After June Ist. Raleigh. N. C., March 27. —Those who fall before Dan Cupid's onslaught be tween now and June 1 must pay the reg ister of deeds only $3 for marriage li cense. After .Tune 1, the amount wiU be $5. Os this amount $1 goes to the register of deeds, $1 to the county and $3 to the state of North Carolina. The law for this is found in the reve nue act of 1925. For a number of years the price of a marriage license iu North Carolina has been $3. Casting about for an additional source of revenue the finance committees of the general assembly decided tto increase the tax on getting married. There was no objection raised on, the floor of either branch of the general assembly. Commissioner of Revenue R. A. Doughton pointed out today that pros pective grooms have a little ovei two months left iu which to save two dollars. Five Escaped Convicts Caught. Pittsburgh, Pa.. March 30. —Five of the seven convicts who escaped last night from the Western Pennslvania peniten tiary were captured today in a stolen automobile just outside of the city limits at Butler, Pa., near here. State Sunday School Convention. Greensboro. March 27.—The annual convention of the North Carolina Sunday I School Association will be held in Greens boro. April 28-29 and 30. There will be Sunday school workers present from all 'parts cf the State. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1925 GOVERNMENT TO SELL HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER Will Ask for Bids for Purchase of Power Developed at Muscle Shoals. Washington, March 30.—Bids for tlie purchase of the hydro-electric power de veloped by the Wilson -Dam at Muscle Shoals. Ala., will be invited by Secre tary Weeks. Estimates given the war ffecretary by army engineers reveal that the Wilson Dam will begin development about July Ist of 1(H),(KM) horsepower daily. A decision to sell the power was made because of the failure of Congress to dis pose of the Muscle Shoals development through legislation covering that phase of the Alabama project. ASK FOR AMPLIHIC ATION OF ARBITRATION AWARD Suggest That Constabulary Be Organ ized to Fill Provisions of the Award. Washington. March 30 (By the As sociated Press). —A communication ask ing for amplification of certain features of President Coolidge’e Tacna-Arica ar bitration award probably will be pre sented to the State department late to day. After calling attention to reports of the Chilean atrocities that might affect the result of the forthcoming plebiscite in the province, the communication will sug gest that a native constabulary be or ganized to replace the present Chilean garrisons in Tacna-Arica until after the election. Will Get Along on 30 Cents a Day and Hardtack as in -Sixties, Say Veterans. Durham. March 28—For failing to give the Confederate veterans of the state an increase in pensions, the gen eral assembly of 1925 was ridiculed here today iu a meeting of the loom camp of Confederate veterans in resolutions adopted. They expressed appreciation because the legislature did not erase “from our statute books the Confederate pfnsion laws.” The resolutions said in part, “That R. F. Webb camp of United Confederate veterans, desire to hereby extend to each and every member of our last gen eral assembly our heartfelt thanks for not erasing from our statute books the Cnfederate pension Jaws. We also thank them for creating new offices over our state and raising the salaries of the old ones. God being willing, we have a few more days on earth and we will try and make out the best, we can on 30 cents a day by eating hard tack as we hail to do in the sixties.” Owner .Not Responsible For the Kick From His Flivver. New Orleans, La.. March 28. The Louisiana state court of appeals has de dided that if you crank somebody els«’s automobile you do so entirely at your own risk. Harry Perkin of this city broke his arm in obliging J. K. Lewis, a produce broker, whose car would not start, and then sued Lewis for $1,250, The court s decision was that Perkin knew, or should have known, the risk he was running. Perkin claimed Lewis asked his aid in cranking the automobile, and also as serted that Lewis gave the engine too much spark as it was being crauked- Postal Supervisors Reinstated. Washington, March 30—Postmaster General New today directed storation to duty with demotion of each of the six postal supervisors, officially suspended January 2nd for their connection with efforts to influence legislation at the time of consideration of postal pay increase bill. Reorganizing Wilson & Co. Chicago, March 30 (By the Associated Press). —The reorganization of Wilson & Company, packers, which have been in the hands of receivers, is underway in New York and Chicago, and may be effected today or tomorrow, it is fearned today. One of the oldest and most ardent base ball fans in the country is W. H. Con ant, of Boston, one of the original own i ers of the Braves, who, at 92, still fol jlows the big league pennant races with I interest. **************** * PENNY ADS. ARE CASH. * & X Please don’t astt us to charge Pen- ny Ads., as terms on these is cash. The amounts are so small that we cannot charge them. If you tele- & phone a Ppuny Ad. to the office you & will be told the amouut of the charge SK and will be expected to send it to to the office promptly. * * & * K s'&*''s/ ***** *' SNEEZES AND DISLODGES DRILL FROM HIS NOSE Quarter of an Inch Drill and Inch ami a Half Long Had Lodged in Man’s Nose. • Philadelphia, . Pa., March 30.—Suffer ing from a perpetual headache, and ap proaching blindness, the cause of which physicians were unabie to determine, Harry Hutchnson, an eleetrieial, ha»* sneezed from his nostril an inch and a half piece of a one-fourth inch drill with which he had been stabbed twelve years ago. Hutchinson said he hail been stabbed through, the bridge of the nose with a steel drill during a light with a fellow workman, but did not know the. point of the drill had broken. The wound healed and for two years gave him no further trouble; then he said the head ache started. Y'esterday while reclining in a bar ber's chair, he was seized with a par oxysm of sneezing and dislodged the ar ticle. PHYSICIANS WATCH PIN PASSING THROUGH CHILD Small Boy Swallows a Scarf Pin. But Has Suffered No 111 Effects Thus Far. Detroit, March 28.—The proggress of a scarf pin through the body ot a two and a half year old child is being watch ed by receiving hospital physicians us ing a fluoroecope an instrument that will show foreign objects and substances in the body. The boy, Lawrence George, swallowed the pin February 25. "When we X-rayed the child next day,’ said Dr. Lewis Gerapy, chief sur-, geon at the hospital, today, “we located the pin in the otomaeh. We have been watching the movement of the pin twice daily through the fluoroseope. “The pin passed gradually from the throat to the stomach. Then it went through .the upper intestine and it now is in thp lower intestine. The child is out of danger and we are hoping that the pin will be naturally." Building and Loan Associations Have a Fin© Year. L Wilmingt&n, March of the building and Wn associations in this state increased between $10,000,000 and $11,000,000 during 1024, according to a survey recently conducted by the North Carolina League of Building and Loan Associations. Supplementing this fine record is the statement of Hon. Stacey Wade, insur ance commissioner, who is ex-officio the supervising official of building and loan associations, that since his department has maintained supervision over this in dustry, not a single failure has been re ported. During 1024, assets of the various as sociations doing business in North Caro lina increased from approxirately $60,- 000.000 to more than $70,000,00. Al though more than 00 per cent, of the associations reported substantial increas es. the vast amount of funds now invest ed is still insufficient to meet the de mands of those who are dependent upon this means of owning their own homes. The record of building and loan as sociations has not only proven that it has been a great factor in the construc tion of homes but has also proven to be a safe place to invest funds and has developed into a real savings institution. It further shows that there are over 80.000 stockholders in the state and nearly 1,500,00 shares in force. This prosperity not only applies to North Carolina but it seems to be general throughout the United States. Not a state ~so far reported but what shows a s plendid healthy increase over the year 1023. Communists Under Arrest At Detroit. Detroit, March 28. —Police held for questioning today seven men and one woman after the officers had broken up a demonstration of about 200 persons in front of the Polish consulate here. The police acted on request of Dr. S. Oruszka, Polish consul, who said that the demonstration was a protest against the death sentence recently passed in Poland on Stranislaw Lanzutsky. Com munist member of the Polish parliament. The consul said the demonstration was staged by Commanists. Dr. Z. Shel mieki. vice consul, told the demonstra tors that he would advise his govern ment of the occurence. Bok Makes Gift to W. H Page School. New York. March 28.—A gift of $50.- 000 by Edward Bok, of Philadelphia, to the Walter Hines Page school of Inter national Relations at John Hopkins University, was announced today by Owen D. Young, president of the board of trustees of the school. The donation constitutes Mr. Bok's pledge of financial backing to the school for one year, the announcement said. In making his pledge Mr. Bok said the new institution means development of an international mind which is needful and imperative to our national life. “We must recognize that our isolation fr m other nations is over," he said. Rickard Is Fined $7,000. Newark, N. J., March 30. —George C. “Tex” Rickard, nationally known fight promoter was today fined $7,000 by Fed eral Judge Bodine for conspiracy to vio late the law reguarding illegal transpor tation of prize fight films. Rickard and four co-defendants were convicted in fed eral court in Trenton on March 10th on the charge which was brought in con nection with the transportation of the Demsey-Carpentier fight films. Chapman .. Sx/vivS Sit ’ x: : W:. m Gerald .Chapman, "big business mail of crime,’’ to put up a stiff front while marching to the courthouse at Hartford, Conn., where he is being tried for the murder of a New Britain (Conn.) po liceman. Note how he has pulled liis sleeve over the detaining steel bracelets. ELLINGSON CASE IS AGAIN POSTPONED FOR 24 HOURS Postponement Made So Mental Examina tion Can Be Made of the Defendant. San Francisco, March 30.—Judge Har old Louderback postponed today for 24 hours the murder trial of sixteen-year o’.d Dorothy Ellingson to inquire into the present mental 'condition of the girl who is charged with having killed her mother last January as a resuit of a dis pute over the girl’s behavior. Want Mental Examination Made. San Francisco, March 30.—Defense counsel in the cafuße of Dorothy EUing son presented To Judge Louderback this morning a motion to have tl>e murder trial of the sixteen-year-old girl matri cide altered, and the present jury instruc eil to inquire into her mental condi tion. Declared Insane. Francisco, March 30. —A shift in the defense of Miss Dorothy Ellingsou, charged with killing her mother, took place today after overnight Reports from alienists, pictured the girl a)* one “who not alone was insane at the t : me of the alleged crime, but is insane now.” ( On the strength of these revelations, attorneys for the girl approached court with a motion to dismiss the jury emjian eled to try her for murder, and another proposal for a jury to pass upon Miss J2* lingson’s mental condition. Dr. Howard to Discuss Vital Question. Dr. George Howard, who will make the county address here on April 25th, will discuss in his ad dress the organization of schools on a larger basis. Dr. Howard is an ex superintendent of county schools and for several years has devoted much time to a study of rural school organization. At present he is director of the division of the work in the state department of education and he will give a close and rational discussion of various phases per taining to the organization of rural schools in his Concord address. The order of the county commencement will be reversed this year, it is an nounced, so the address will come in the afternoon and so that people of the rural districts interested in tho topic, may hear Dr. Howard by taking off only Satur day afternoon. It is- hoped that school patrons throughout five county will avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing Dr. Howard on. this vital question. Attention Teachers.—s2lß Offered For Prizes. This is the first time in the history of Cabarrus county that we have attempted to have an Educational Exhibit at the fair. This opportunity is made possible through the generosity of the officials of the Cabarrus County Fair Association. Are you pulling the rght way? Come on ! Let's make it a go. Do you want to have the best school exhibit in the county? Yes! Os course you do! Then get your children busy and get interested yourself and your wants will be realized. L. Teachers Examination in April. Prof. J. I». Robertson, county superin tendent of schools, announces that the next examination for teachers will be held in the court house here on April 14th and 15th. This will be the only examination for teachers during the year. Heretofore the law provided for three examinations during the year, one in April, another iu July and another in [October, but the recent legislature chang ed the law so that the one in April is the only one of the year. The change, no doubt, was dictated by the fact that most teachers now are ob taining certificates on school credits. With Our Advertisers. Read the new ad j today of the Cabar rus County Building, Loan and Savings Association. Series No. 55 now open. Investgate this form of saving. A9DD Ladies’ Wash Dresses at the Parks- Belk Co.’s for 79c to $6.95. Read the ad. of C. Patt Covington in i this paper today. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. STATE NOT THROUGH IMBEKCE IN " lilt CHAPMAN TRUE! Trial Starts Second Week With State Still With Much Evidence to Be Presented. —22 Witnesses Heard. ATTEMPT TO SHOW CHAPMAN MURDERER One State’s Witness Has Con fessed .to Part in Robbery and He Has Named Chap man as Partner in Crime. Hartford. Conn.. March 30.—The trial of Greald Chapman, spectacular bandit, for the murder of James Skelly. New Britain patrolman, entered its second week today with the State's case far from completed. Skelly was shot by one of two safe crackers, who had been surprised while looting the safe of a department, store. Walter Shean, son of a wealthy Spring field, Ma<*s., family, was arrested a short time after the crime. He told the po lice that Chapman was one of. the rob bers and he himself was the other. Chapman was at that time a fugtive af ter a sensational escape from the Atlan ta penitentiary. Twenty-eight witnesses already have testified for prosecution, in an effort to prove that Chapman was Shean's com panion. Alfred E. Atwater, a Xe\V Britain po lice officer, testified today that he had seen Gerald Chapman, sensational’ mail looter, shoot Patrolman James Skelly in a New Britain department store last Oc tober 12th. Dramatically pointing to Chapman, who was seated ,at his attorney's table, he said in tense tones “That man there did the shooting.” Chapman did not flinch under the ac cusation, nor did he abandon his indo leut pose. His cold blue eyes, lioweyer, never left the policeman’s face. Under cross examination in which Frederick Groefel, Chapman’s chief coun sel, accused Atwater of having exhibited cowardice at a New Britain fire 18 years ■ago, the policeman said he recognized Chapman as the gaum an because of his promineni cheek bone.,- hfor dfily means of identification, he admitted. Atwater said that Chapman, after sending three bullets into Skelly had shouted, “Go down, or I'll kill you.” Asked why he had not seen the assail ant escape, Atwater replied he had drop ped to his knees at the second shot. “Did you return the fire?” asked Groehl, "No” was the reply. "Was it because yot* were lying oh your stomach behind the counter?” roar ed Groehl. “No.” was the feeble answer. Under cross fire of Groehl's question ing, Atwater, a ruddy gray haired man of 58, admitted he had heard he was considered a coward by New Britain citi zens. ‘So you dropped to your knees, leav ing poor Skelly to get the bullets?” de manded. Groehl. i < “That's right," replied Atwater. The witness admitted he had told a store keeper on his beat a few days after the shooting that lie had not recognized the murderer. “I told him that to get rid of him,” he said. Atwater admitted had not contra dicted other policemen at a New Britain hearing a few days after the shooting when they said that Skelly bad identified Walter Shean as the man who had shot him.. Shean. of Springfield. Mass., ar rested near the scene, -was the first man to tell policemen Chapman was Skelly's murderer. DOUGHTON WILL NOT ENLARGE HIS FORCE Sprague Silver Will Direct Automobile Bureau When it Moves to New Quar ters. Raleigh, March 28.—Following the corporation commission's course in re fusing to take on more salarieiF4u*l|). the revenue office will not add anyt n>qgtii_-/ its official force when it goes over next week to the Morgan street, automobile department and absorbs it. Os course the workers in that de partment will have to be retained and Sprangue Silver, who has been head of the title registration end. will direct the automobile bureau. J. E- Sawyer, 16 years in the secretary of state’s office and retiring Chief A. L. Fleming and C. I). Sparger leave vacancies which will not be filled, though J. X. Ooppedge, former employee of the W’achovia, of Win**ton-Halem, will fit into the chief clerkship of automobile department made vacant by the Fleming resigna tion. Too many public offices are private. WHAT SMITTY’S CAT SAYS Fair tonight, heavy frost in interior { Tuesday fair, moderate to fresh north | winds. ___ t NO. 74
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