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VOL XXXVII No 94. ,' WILMINGTON ST. C, NOVEMBER 25, 1904. ' Sl-OOySS 4 9i o IS UNDER WAY Several Persons Exam ined in The Patter son Trial. THEIR EVIDENCE The Driver or the Cab in Which Young Met His Death' Told What He Knew or tlio Case Incidents tliat Follow ed the Arrest of 311 Patter son Testified to Evidence of Wil liam Etem,' Jr. Human Skeletons Brought into Court to Illustrate a ' Point and Two Pieces or Skin from Young's Second Finger Produced, that Will be Used to Refute the Sul cide Theory. New York. November 22. Several un usual features were presented in the Supreme court today in the trial of Nan Patterson for the alleged murder of Caesar Young. 'Frederick D. Mi chaels, the cab man, described the cab In which Young met his death. He said that he neard the sound of a pistol shot and" that Miss Patterson opened the trap a moment later and told him to drive to a drug store, but that he did not look into the cab. He then told what occurred up to the time when he reached the hospital where Young's body was taken. During the day a skeleton and two pieces of skin from Young's second finger were produced in court by the prosecution. The skeleton was shown in order that the course of the bullet that killed Young might be traced. The state, it is understood, expects to use the pieces of skin in refuting the suicide theory. The introduction of these exhibits caused a sensation in the court room and for a time Miss -Patterson "seemed on the verse of collapse. The court room was crowded when the trial was resumed and the corridors of the build ing were thronged. Several persons were put on the wit ness stand to testify regarding inci dents that followed the arrest of Miss rpatterson, and Police Captain Sweeney identified the revolver which he said was found in Young's pocket after th shootinjr. William Stemm, Jr., the young man who directed Michael, the cab driver, to the hospital, proved to be the star wit ness of the day. He was standing on the corner of West -Broadway and York street and heard the revolver shot just after the cab had passed him. He was startled and Sooked up the street quick ly to locate the spot from which the shot was fired. There was no one from the opposite side of the stret, and he concluded that the shot must have been fired in the cab which was about twelve feet away and moving rattier slowly. As the cab swung around to the drug store he followed and saw the driver talking with .the druggist. In the cab he saw a man and a woman, the man lying with his head in the woman's lap. . The' driver seemed to be all tangled up." said stemm, "and I rode on the step of the cab to the hospital. When we reached the hospital I helped a po liceman to carry the man in and then helped the woman to alight. She was frightened and pale and looked as If sh wanted to cry but could not." In reply to questions by Mr. Levy, the witness said that about eight or n'ne m'nutes elapsed from the time he heard the shot until the cab reached the drug store. Traffic both ways prevented the cab getting there sooner. Mr. Levy had one of the jurors hold a watch while the witness estimated one minute of time, making the Cfgm ning and ending by clapping his hands. The jurors watch showed that only six -seconds elapsed between the two hand claps. Stemm said there were several men around the cab as it stood near the drug store, but he could not recall see lng a red haired young man, referred to by Mr. Levy. He first told of his connection with the tragedy the follow ing Saturday. He had heard that the police were looking for him as a wit ness and voluntarily surrendered him self. The human skeletons which frequent ly .have been mentioned in connection with the case made their first appear- ance in the court room when Coroner's IPhysician Philip F. O'Hanlon was call ed to the stand. Tr. O'Hanlon testl- fled that he performed the autopsy in (Young's body, and said that death was to accept the money, having put the caused by hemorrhage of the left lung, matter in the hands of a lawyer. San resulting from a shot wound. The bul-! ders cafled me several names and I hit let had entered the left shoulder and him with my open hand. He fell and passed downward toward the centre of I .ed away- ter 1 heard he was the body, lodgingln the muscles of the ! arrested about a back. A probe was inserted in tne year a?Q to one of the prominent skeleton .to show thecourse taken by writers In local newspaper circles. the bullet and both the skeleton and a bullet which the witness identified a .the one taken from Young's body were marked as exhibits. While the skeleton was being exhibit ed Miss Patterson turned deathly white and called for a glass of water. It was feared that she was going to faint, but she soon gained control of herself. Court adjourned until tomorrow. SEARCH FOR HER LOVER. Romantic Story Concerning a Russian War Nurse's Ruse to Locate th Man She Loved. Che Foo, November 22. A romantic story develops around Miss Corelle, the Russian war nurse, who Is on her wa to Japan. She refuses to talk, but a re liable authority says her capture b the Chinese bandits who took her into the Japanese lines was part of hex echeme to find her lover. The first rt ports said Miss Corelle had voluntarily entered the Japanese lines. This now seems to be incorrect. Miss Corelle, It is now said, .was a nurse during the boxer rebellion" and won the Stanislaus medal. Iurlng that war she was wounded in the arm and received the St. George medal, because she continu ed to work when her wound was dress ed. She is a remarkably handsome woman of 21 years of age. A young Russian officer fell in love with the pretty nurse who reciprocated his af fection fully. t Recently this officer was among the missing and it was believed he was wounded or a prisoner among the Jap anese. In order to find him It is al leged Miss Corelle strolled from the Russian camp and very cheerfully al lowed some Chinese bandits to capture her. This was about ten days ago. The next step in her scheme was to become a Japanese prisoner or reach their liaes. The bandits, it is asserted, allowed her to communicate with the French con sul at New Chwang, following which a detail of Japanese soldiers reached their camp and Miss Corelle was taken to New Chwang. She tried to secure per mission to go to Japan and search for her lover, but the Japanese gave her twenty-four hours in which to leave the town, suspecting her of being a spy. The French consul at Che Foo is now endeavoring to obtain permission for Miss Corelle to nurse the wounded Rus sians in Japan. AMERICAN-GERMAN TREATY Secretary Hay and Ambassador Stern Iierg Sign the Convention for Arbi tration. Washington, November 22. The American-German Arbitration Treaty was signed today at the State Depart ment by Secretary Hay and Baron Sternburg, the German ambassador. It is identical with the American-French treaty. As he left toe state department. Baron Sternburg expressed his hearty satisfaction that the treaty had been concluded so promptly. "It was," he said, "a pleasure to postpone my de parture for Europe in order to sign thlb convention, the importance of which in its effect upon the maintenance ot the good will and amnity between the two countries cannot be over-estimated. I can assure you that this is a happy day for me, as it is for my sovereign and my people." The ambassadoi sails for German with the ambassadress the middle of December. He will be unable to. accept the invitation to address an association of cotton growers at Shreveport, La., next month, hut his embassy will be represented. THE UNITARIAN" CHURCH. IStli Annual Southern Conference Be gins in Charl ton. Charleston, S. C-. November 22. The annual Southern conference of the Unitarian church began here this af ternoon, the meeting being called to order by the Rev. c. Ii St. Jchn ot Boston, secretary of the American Uni tarian Association. Tonight the Rev. C. W. Gillian and Rev. W. H. Cowan were ordained. Officers of the confer ence: John L. Moore, Atlanta, president. Albert A. Soule, New Orleans, first vice president; George E. Gibbon. Char leston, second vice president; Rev. C A. Langston, Atlanta, secretary; W. CI. Munn. Loulsvtlle. trasurer. Business sessions will continue for two days. FATAL DISPUTE OVER A DEBT. Prominent Louisville Man Killed Onf of His Tenants. Louisville, Ky., November 22. Fred erick Sanders, a dairyman, was killei today by William H. Slaughter, Jr., a coal merchant and one of the bost known men in Louisville The men had an argument over a debt and Slaughter struck Sanders with such force a3 to dislocate the "man's neck, death result ing instantly. Slaughter surrendered. Sanders was 53 years old. The trou ble rose over an amount of $15 which Sanders owed Mr. Slaughter for renr. Mr. Slaughter's statement was: "This mftrnino- T met -a-n?o.-r oi-irl i offered to settle the aoourrt. t rofiKMi AM IDEAL MAW As He is Conceived To Be By President Roosevelt. 1 WORK OF Y. M. C.A. AVas Commended by the President an Trying to Bring About What is Ex pressed as the Fatherhood of God anil the Brotherhood of Man Pres ident Roosevelt Introduced Rev. Charles Wagner, Author or ''The simple Life" to a Wasliington Audi ence and He Said there Was Much in the Book that Americans Should Take to Heart. Washington, November 22. President Roosevelt introduced the Rev. Charles Wagner, the author, to a large audience at the LaFayette opera house this af ternoon where under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association he delivered a lecture on "The Simple Life." Given under the patronage of a number of well known official and so ciety people the audience which gath ered to hear the author was a thor oughly representative one of the na tional capital. ' The President, who is a great admirer of Mr. Wagner, was given a cordial reception. In present ing the lecturer, the President com mended Mr. Wagner's book, "The Sim ple Life" as containing much that Americans should take to heart. Mr. Roosevelt said: ''Mr. Wagner has well brought out the great fundamental truth that the brutal arrogance of a rich man who looks down upon a poor man because he is poor, and the brutal envy and hatred, felt by a poor man towards a rich man, merely because he is rich, are at bottom twin manifestations of the same vice. They are simply differ ent sides of the same shield. The arro gance that looks down in the one case, the envy that hates in the other, are really exhibitions of the same mean, base and unlovely spirit which happens in one case to be in different surround ings from what it is in the other case. The kind of man who would be arro gant in one case is precisely the kind of man who would be envious and filled with hatred in the other. The ideal should be the just, the generous, the broad-minded man, who is as in capable of arrogance if rich as he is of malignant envy and hatred if poor." (Applause.) The President spoke a few words commending the work of the T. M. C. A. as trying to bring about what is ex pressed in the phrase, "the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man." He then proceeded to illustrate by ex amples what he means by a man act ing Individually, and by a man acting in association with his fellows. The President referred to the work of the civil club in New York under the lead ership of Norton Goddard, saying that "The entire club membership of three or four thousand men practically form a committee of betterment in social and civic life; each member keeping a sharp lookout over the fortunes of all his immediate neighbors, of all of those of hi3 neighborhood who do not come within the ken of some other members of "the club. Therefore any case of. great destitution, of great suffering, in the district, almost inevitably comes to the attention of some member of the club who then reports it at headquart ers, so that steps can be taken to alle viate the misery; and I have reason to believe that there has been in con sequence a very sensible general up lifting, a general increase of happiness, throughout the district. If we had a sufficient number of clubs of this kind throughout our great cities, while we would not by any means have solved all of the terrible problems that press upon us for solution in connection with munlc'pal mis-government and with the overcrowding misery, vice, disease and poverty of great cities, yet we would have taken a long stride forward in the right direction toward their so lution. So much for the example that I use to illustrate what I mean by work in common. "As an example of what can be done and should be done., by the Individual citizen, I shall mention something that recently occurred in this city of Wash ington. It appears that last spring Mr. Downey started to build a new livery stable; his stable is next door to a col ored Baptist church. Mr. Downey la & white man and a Catholic, and these neighbors of his are colored men and Baptists, and their kinship of that broad human! iy that should underlie alt mir f pfl!n trwcarA rtno a nnthpr build his stable and naturally wanted to have it as big. a stable as possible and built It right up to the limits of fcis land. That brought the wall close up against the back of the colore 'Bantisf rh and air. The preacher called upon him I and told bim that they would like to purchase a strip six feet broad of the i ground of Mr. Downey upon- which he was intending to buUd. as it would be a great Inconvenience to them to lose the light and the air; that they were aware that it was asking a good deal of him to cramp the building out or which he Intended to make his llvli hood, but that they hoped he would d o It because of their need. After a good deal of thought Mr. Downey came to the conclusion that he ought to grant the request and so he notified them that he would change his plans, make a omewheat smaller building and sell thom the six feet of land in the strip adjoining their church. After a little while the preacher came around with the trustees of his church and ad that they very much appreciated Mr. Downey's courtesy, and were sorry they had bothered him as they had. because, n looking into thev affairs of the church, they found that as they "were already in debt they did not feel war ranted in incurring any further finan cial obligations, and so they had to withdraw their request. They thank ed him for his kindly purpose and said good bye. But Mr. Downey found he could not get to sleep that night until finally he made up his mind that as they could not buy It he would give it to them anyway-; (Applause) which re did.. But, unfortunately, we know that the tower of Slloam orten falls upon the just and the unjust alike, and Mr. 'Downey's livery stable caught fire and burned down, rt was Sunday morning and the Baptist church was in session next door to him; and the clergyman stopped and said: "Now you women stay here and pray, and you men go straight out and help our benefactor, Mr. Downey," and go out they did, and got his horses all out, so that none of them were burned, al though he suffered otherwise a total loss. Now I call that a practical ap plication of Mr. Wagner's teachings. Here in Washington we have a right to be proud of a citizen like Mr. DoV ney; and if only we can develop enough i-uch citizens we shall turn out just the f ind of community that does not need -o. but will always be glad to, study 'The Simple Life, the author which I low introduce to you." (Applause). , CHARGES OF LAWLESSNESS. Several Men Arrested for Various Connection With the '1 Crimes in Strike of Union Moulders. Cincinnati, November 22. Gharked with various degrees of lawlessness in connection with the strike f moulders of Cincinnati. Covington and Newport, Ky., a half dozen men are un der arrest tonight and others are under surveillance. Those in custodvor wn r v-- w Ham Patton alias Friend, charged with murder; Eugene Trainer, charged with murder; Thomas Bracken charged with murder; Fred Ranhauser, Jr., charged wim malicious destruction of proDorv- Fred Rauhauser, Sr.. and John Hook charged with aiding and abetting ;he aestructoin of property. a warrant was issued today for Jo seph F. Valentine, President of the Iron Moulder's Union of North America, but as he is out of the Htir tho. - - l.J im- ilCl v could not be had on him. Valentin.-. tele-raphed from- Cleveland that he would be hero tomorrow. The head quarters of the Iron Moulder's Union cire in tnis city, and it is claimed that President Valentine has been directing the strike that has been i Cincinnati. Covington and Newnort fnr several months. During that litre there have been disturbances at differ ent foundries and on the streets of the three cities. On October 7th, Samuel Weakley, a non-union molder, was killed, and Frank, who accompanied Weakley nar rowly escaped from strikers who as sailed them. During the "past few days the situa tion became more threatening aroun i the foundries and attempts were made last night to b'ow up two of them with dynamite, one in this city and the other in Newport, Ky. No arrests have been made in Newport, although the situation is more theratenirrg there than in any other localitj-. The arrests of the father and son Rauhauser, in this city charged with dynamiting the Eureka foundry, and their alleged con fessions implicating others promise sen sational developments. Charles F. Waltz, secretary ar.J Charles F. Williams, attorney for the Employers Association . of Cincinnati and Commissioners Brigg3 and McClin tock, of the National Founders Associa tion who "secured a large force of de tectives from Chicago are still work ing on- different cases involved in the protracted strike and claim that offi cials of both the international and the local unions will be Involved in charges of aiding and abetting lawlessness. Edward Bergen, secretary here of the union moledrs strik? committee, denies that any officials of the union have even countenanced lawlessness. He says they are making no defense for Patton. held as the principal in the murder o? Weakley. He denouces the reports about plots as maliciously false. He does not beleve that Bracken or Trainer are in any manner implicated with Patton in the killing of Weakley- While there I3 much excitement In the foundry districts tonight " there were no reports up to a late hour of further disturbances. In addition ti the strong guards that have been maintained for months at these places, the poliie of the three cities assisted materially tonight. II. B. DavU Paint Factory Burned. Baltimore, November 22. The paint factory of the H. B. Davis Paint Com- , destroved fev fire tonieht. Th io, estimated at about $70,000- SAFE IN JAIL Three Murderers Taken From Lexington to Louisville. FEAR RACE RIOT There is An Ugly Feeling Among a Certain Class ot Negroes In Louis ville and Their Way Caue a Cla.sh With tho WhlusPrelimlaary Hear ing or tlie Murderers Caused Great Excitement and a Strong Guard Was Xcceary to Prevent Lynching A Fund Started to Buy a Homo for die Wire anil Children or the Murdered ' Man. Lexington, Ky., November 22. Car field Smith and John and Edward Tay lor, colored, were today taken under heavy guard to Yarnallton station, seven miles from the city, and there put aboard a Chesapeake and Ohio train for Louisville, where they will be kept until the authorities believe it safe for them to appear for trial here. Rev. R. O. Kirkwood today started a fund to buy a home for the widow and ten orphans of the murdered white man, and an effort to raise a large sum will be made. The finding of s!x ne groes armed with shot guns on the out skirts of the city today shows there is an ugly feeling among a certain ele ment of the negroes, which may lead to clashes with 'whites. However, ne gro preachers and the better class of colored people are doing their utmost to keep down the race feeling, deploring the acts of the murderers and counsell ing deference to to the whites. The funeral of Moore took place to day. It was marked by no excitement. Authorities believe that the feeling will soon "subside and that the men may then be brought back here for trial. The preliminary hearing of the ne groes today was the cause of much, ex citement. They were taken to the court house about 11 o'clock in a patrol wag-j on, guarded by twelve policemen. A, large crowd had gathered at the Jail, j and the streets were lined with shout- j ing people. The patrol wagon was driven at break neck speed to the court house, where, after a preliminary' hear- ! ing, the negroes were held to the grand jury. The same exciting scene attended the return of the negroes to jail. The doors of the jail wereopen when the patrol wagon returned and the negroes were literally thrown through the en trance and the doors slammed in the face of the mob which surged around the place. iMany threats of lynching were heard. ENGNEER BURNED TO DEATH. Fatal Collision Between the Hot Springs Special ami an Freight Train Little Rock, Ark., November 22. A special to the Gazette from Hoxle says: Passenger train No. 17. south bound from St- Louis, known as the Hot Springs special on the St. Loui5. Iron mountain and Southern railroad, today ran into an extra freight train which was taking the siding at Swifton. a small town 20 miles south of here. Harry Wells, fireman on No. 1 T was burned to death and Engineer A. De Guire. of the same train was badly hurt, his arm being broken. Foifr passengers whose names are not ob tainable were seriously injured. Fif teen other passengers were bruised and otherwise slightly injured. The passenger engine was demolish ed and three coaches and ten freight cars were burned. The wreck was caused by the density of the smoke from forest fires, making it impossible t to see twenty feet ahead. President Clark and General Mana ger Sullivan and Train Mater Walton went to the scene of the wreck on a special train. The estimated loss is $100,000. Supreme Court Opinions. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, November 23 Su preme court opinions: - TUlery vs. Land. plaintiffs appeal from Nash, no error: Tillery vs. Land, Taylor's appeal from .u, ciiur. xiueiy vs. .nana, Lna s ; appeal rrom isasn. no error; Daniels va. Railroad, from Pitt, no error, Hendrick vs. Railroad, from Davidson, affirmed; Patterson vs. Ramsey, from Iredefl. error; Lee vs. Railroad, from Mecklen burg, affirmed; Moor a vs. Electric Railway, from Mecklenburg, error; Plumbing1 Company vs. Hall, from Mecklenburg, per curiam, affimed; State vs. Billings, from Cabarrus, per curiam, no error; Alexander vs. Rail road, from Gaston, per curiam, af firmed. ' - r ' FATAijMIL lTf A Warm Time In Wen 0im mnnitiwimi Knot. aiuntiastoa. W, The settlement ac cro T Sandy river, from TorkvillA has v scene of a fatal feud botat -. ily of John Wallace Vad brothers. The Curry'a deniar.i at Wallace's saloon last nkht. v." refused because, it is allegti, tVjHre already Intoxicated. The Qarrj i. era then began hootlng ai Yv closed his saloon. Later tat tv and others went to Walla&s demanding that Wallace clrsa Z When Mrs. Wallace told them W-r band was not at home the crov bsvk. Into tho windows, whereupo Mr Wallace fired, fatally woundlnATh Curry. The crowd then began tAteu? down the Wallace home, and seix&c a oouna him hand and foot and laic vu .1. 1 vs. 11 u saia ono or xr Curry brothers was about to decapi the youngster, when Wallace fired the crowd scattered, leaving the bo unnurt. The Curry party again attacked Wal lace's home and Mrs. Wallace was shot in the leg and In the shoulder. She rode to Louisa, Ky., and the sheriff and dep uties started for the scene of the trou ble. Wallace escaped to Yorkvlile, bat all of his livestock was killed by tho mob. It is estimated that about 600 shots were fired and that ten members of the mob were badly Injured,, a re ward of $1,000 has been offered rbYh? apprehension of any member of the mob. A PATHETIC FAREWELL. Last Words of a Young Woman WIio Disappeared rrom an Old Dominion Liner Between New York and Nor- folk. Norfolk, Va., November 22. "Good bye, God will take care of me," wroto a- young woman whoso berth aboard the Old Dominion Lino steamer Prin cess Anne, was this morning- discov ered to have been unoccupied after she took passage from New York for Nor folk yesterday, and who has never been seen since- On the paper in which she apparently bade farewell to her father and to life, was also written a request that hn- fathom tr- c Henkel be notified at 43 Crescent street! Wakefield. Mass.- Search was instituted this morning for the girl and in th stateroom whirr she had hired, but In which ho had never gone to bed, it appeared, was found her pathetic note. The missing younir woman, who described as a youn sirl budding into womannooa, tooic passage, at New York yesterday for Norfolk, giving nor name a Miss Elizabeth Henkel. Tif this was her true name appears to be indicated by her note to her father. v hen the liner arrived hero at about 11 o'clock this forenoon tho occurrence was reported to Mr. M. B. Crowell. general agent and president of the company. Mr. W. L Guilleadeu. at New York was asked to transmit the news to the father- TAFT EN ROUTE TO PANAMA. The Secretary of War and Hi Inriy Make a Brier Stop at Pcnsaoola. Pensacola, Fla.. November 22 Secre tary Taft and his party arrived here at 7:20 o'clock this morning on the Dol phin from New Orleans. They sailed for Panama at noon on the Columbia. The secretary was met by a commit tee of Pensacola citizens representing the local chamber of commerce. The intention was to give him a view of the harbor and shipping facilities, but his hurried departure prevent" excursion. The secretary received the committee aboard the Columbia'short ly after 10 o'clock. He was welcomed by a brief address by the collector of th port, John E. Stillman and re sponded expesslng his regrets at not being able to vlw the harbor. J. Ed. O'Brien welcomed the newspaper men accompanying the stcreary. Secretary Taft was accompanied by Mrs. Taft- With him on the Colum bia are Admiral Walker. Senor O'Bar dia, Panama minister, and Mr. Crom well. The Dolphin took the reart of the party. On account of the slow speed of the Dolphin. It la expected five days will be required to reach Colon. Secretary Taft told the committee that he would recommend the appro- l priation of 22,000 for the construction of a Macadamized road to connect the navy yard with the city of Pensacola. Wr eked Yawl Boat Picked Up at Sea. Newport News. Va, November ,22. The achooner Governor Ames. King, from Fall River, reports having picked up a wrecked yawl boat 'November IS. 1 in latitude 23.23 N longitude 78.23 west. Th boat was white with green bottom. Name had been painted over. close inspection revealed the following l- 1. JJ. A. X. R. Will Not be Here. Miss Sallle McRee la not-with the Beauty Doctor Company now but has gone with a stock company in Pitts burg. The Beauty. Doctor is sched uled to be at the Academy of Music next month. , Miss McReo is a Wil mington girl and there are many who will be disappointed at her not appearing- In the show. AiTTY 1 ft 1
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