HUMAN SPIDER MEETS HU
DEATH
Fall* 10 SteriM to Street in
New York City.
Jfow York, March With a
Broadway crowd lUmiinf iiipa and
movie machlnee clicking oat theh
yards of celluloid ribbon, Harry T,
Young, aolf-atylad "spider," plunged
10 atoriaa to hia daath today while
attempts* to acato the aide of tha
Hotol Martinique.
Woman fain tod and disorder en
aoad. Police roeervoe had to ba call
ad bafora tha body could bo wowd
and traffic raatartod.
Among thoaa who crowded Oraalay
aqua re watching tha performer at hla
atant waa hla wlfa with whom ha had
jnat lunched. She swooned Revived
In a dru« atora nearby, aha waa pe
rn ored to • hoapltal.
The square waa packed when Younp
appeared. Clinging to polnta, of van
tage en tha SSrd "treat elevated war*
doaena of cameraman. Wlndowa of
every skyscraper In tha rinclnlty were
filled with men and women laughing
and talking excitedly aa Young be
gan hla climb. Tha police estimated
the crowd at 20,000.
Young wore a white shirt, duck
trousers, and white shoes, which Barr
ed to outline hla figure againat the
drab wall. On his back hung a sign
reading "aafety laat"—for Young was
an incorporator of the "Safety Laat
society." formed laat week by human
flloa, parachute Jumpers and folk of
adventuroua liking whoae occupation
caused them to be lasted by inaur
ance companies aa "bad risks."
The spider" began hia aacent at
the north end of tha hotol. He climb
ad up a aurface that aeemed from tha
atraet absolutely sheer, but hare and
there had small Indentations on which
tha performer waa able to cling witlj
finger or tea. The fourth floor waa
gained without Incident. At that
point Young climbed over a balcony
and walked over'to tha cantor of tha
building aa if to afford tha crowd a
batter view. Young aypavwiUy felt
he waa to meet death, for people in
windows paat which he climbed said
later that they heard him muttering
ta Mmaelf: "I cant make It, I cant
mtKf n.
#
But he kept on.
When he rescued the 10th floor hit
foot slipped. Down he plunged.
From the crowd r^e a if roan that
grew like the moaning of the wind.
Falling, close to the wall, he crash
ed onto the halrony. Hi* body wan
deflected out into the ltreet.
Young, who wni 25 year* old and
lived in thia city, had en raged in
stunt,* for several year*. Hi* card
proclaimed him "America*! unique
and original steeplejack" and an
nounced that work waa guaranteed
"on flagstaff*, church steeples, water
tanks and impoaiible place* to reach."
He had performed many time* for
the Red Crosa and many times had
scaled Broadway buildings. He leav
ea a widow and a young aon.
The sign which Young bora on his
lack at first waa taken to indicate
that his climb was intended to ad
vertise the "Safty Last aociety."
In his pocket however waa found
• contract with a motion pictire con
cern and from another source it waa
reported that a new picture soon to
pot on the screen would feature •
human fly stunt.
The fact that a large battery cl
movie cameras recorded the begin
ning ana the end of Young's tragic
adventure raised a question as to the
probable coarse of some producers
who might desire to release news
fthns. At the office of the Motion
Picture Producers' and Distributors'
of America, It was stated that office
could not attempt to censor the ac
tion of any theater managers, nor
could there be any prohibition from
showing the details of the affair. It
^ was said that strong reliance waa
(laced on the good taste of producers
and managers, precluding and possi
bility of scenes of a Morbid nature
being shown anywhere.
The Psnnosia Month
pneumonia
a high rata
After
a—Ti"' 1 — ii—■
17 WAITING FOR ELECTRIC
CHAIR.
LarfMt Number Ever No*
Uuder Death Sentence.
Raleigh, Fat>. tS.—Seventeen men
•11 tn a row of "death cella," tomor
row will eratch Bob Wlllleni, nagrn
the 18th member of thatr group, wall
down a loaf, narrow runway into thi
■mall chamber of the electric chal
at the itate priaon. Not many mln
utaa later, through steelbarred win
dows, thay will aea an undertaker"!
hearaa drive away with tha na»ro'i
body.
Usually, laughter and talk are ra
nounding along death row. But to
night, in itriklng rontraat, silenci
reigns. Tha thought of witneaaini
I part of the aama vena which ma]
mark tha and of their Uvea hai crowd
ed out tha Jovial apirit of tha eon
■learned-. an attitude on the part ol
the man sentenced to die that hai
suprised almoat every visitor to th<
priaon.
One would expect quietude and at
| atmosphere of diapair all the time h
j thia colony of men. Priaon official*
j however, atate that there appears U
be a concerted effort on tha part ol
each man to cheer tha othera and tc
, hold out hope that perhapa aomethini
will happen to prevent the laat wall
to the electric chair. Carh of th<
| prisoners ha* acquired a smattering
| knowledge of law aa a result of courl
trials. A large part of tha time Ii
consumed in arguing their caaaa, tell
ing Jokes and laughing.
Williams, after having been in th<
hands of tha law on other occaslona
waa convicted of the murder of spec
ial Officer Bradly Crlbb, at Fair Blufl
when placed on trial at Whiteville
Tha slaying occurred Thursday night
January 25. After the negro*! cap.
ture, tha grand Jury returned a tru<
bill at 11 :S0 o'clock January 29. Wll
liama went on trial at 2:30 o'clock
the afternoon of the aama day. Ha
pleaded "not guilty." A verdict oi
guilty had been returned, sentence ol
death paaaed and Williams placed or
train an rueta to Raleigh before II
o'elock that night.
TOU : * 11-t.A J_# A. -M iL.
North Carolina national guard. stood
with fixed bayonet* at strategic peti
tion* about the Columbu* count?
courthouse while 'he trial was being
held. Three guardsmen, with gleam*
in* bayonet*, surrounded the negrc
in the courtroom. A detachment
iruarded him part of the way to Ra
leigh. Troop* were ordered out hj
the rovcrnor to prevent mob violcnc*
just after he was captured.
The following is the lint of the con
demned men, the crime for which each
was sentenced. the status of each case
and date of execution where they hav«
been fixed:
Bob Benson, negro, fredell county
convicted of murder; first sentenced
to be electrocuted anJanuary 27, 1922;
appealed and loat; date to be fixed
by governor.
Graham White, negro, Meeklenbem
county, murder; first sentenced to
be electrocuted on March IB, 1921: ap
pealed and loat: date to be fixed by
governor.
C. P. Montgomery, white. Newhan
over county, attack on woman; first
sentenced to Be electrocuted on Febru
ary 20, 1922; appealed and loat; daU
to be fixed by governor.
Joe Dixon, negro, Craven, first de
gree burglary; first sentenced to b«
electrocuted on June 8, 1022; appealed
and loat; has bean panted three re
spites by governor and date of elec
trocution now act for April 16, 19&S,
Ed Dill, negro, Beaufort county!
attack on woman; first sentenced to
ha electrocuted on July 14, 1922; ap
pealed and lost; date to be fixed.
George Willlama. Fred Dove, Frank
Dove, and Wlllia Hardlaon. all negrr^
convicted of a murder in Onslow coun
ty; date of electrocution first fixed
for December 28. 1922; Williams,
Fred Dove and Frank Dove have ap
pealed and case is pending; Hardison
has confessed to the crime, according
to officials, and has exonerated the
other negros, his data for electrocu
tion has Seen set for April 28, 1928.
T!«i negroes are alleged to have killed
a rural mall carrier in Onslow eounty.
W. W. Campbell, white, Buncombe,
murder; data for electrocution Aral
set for October II, 1922; appeal and
eaae ia still pending.
Eugene Gupton and Sidney Gupton
whltea, Edgeeoaibe, murder; data foi
electrocution firat (faced for Deasmbe*
22, IMS; appealed and caae I* Mill
James Williama, negro, Newkaa
over, attack oa a*man; dale of elee
trecutiow fin* find for December
1». lWlj appealed and ease Is stil!
JhaMiOer, hcm, Um*) aw*r;
! rlnt» for electrocution Mt for Hair I
3, IKS; appealed and caaa la pending
Bob William*, nipo, Cohunbw
, murder; date for tlwtnmtlM se
for March I, 1028; no appeal.
D. M Noble*, white, Columbui
> murder; date for electrocution flxe<
' for March SS, 19**; no tppeaL
Wiley Perry, negro, Granville mar
;, der; date for electrocution aet fo
1 Marrh 9. 1929.
Jerry Dalton, white, Macon, mur
der; date for electrocution flrat *e
' for October 10, 1910; granted nei
1 trial, again convicted, escaped fron
1 prison at Asheville; captured In CaH
fomla and returned to state prison
appealed but supreme court dismiss
1 ed case; date for electrocution ha
1 not been fixed.
This Is the largest number of prl
' wincr* under sentence of death eve:
' held in the state prison at one tin*
according to officials,
i
ALARMED OVER GASOLIN!
SITUATION
Some Are Predicting $1.00. ,
Gallon Price
Washington, March 5.—"A dollar I
gallon for gasoline" Is the prospec
held u$ for the consumer In the repor
of the I.o Follette oil inveetigatini
committee to the senate, unleis meam
are taken to break what the repor
declare* to be a complete dominatloi
I and control of the oil industry by tlx
Standard companies, tf a few grea'
oil companies are permitted to "man!
pulate price*" during the next fev
years as they have been doing sine*
'920, the report presented yeatefda]
•aid, the people of the country mm
be prepared "before long4' to pay "at
least" that price.
The result of a three months' In
quiry into conditions in the industry
the report declared the Standard com
panics, in violation of the 1911 dliao
lution decree of the aupreme court
exercise slleged control in such man
ner a* to fix "the price which the pro
ducer of crude oil receives at the "-ell
the price which the refiner receive!
for his raaolim and kerosene ai wsl
as the retail price to the consumer.
Asserting that the "more aubfle'
methods of such control placed ilu
industry and the public even "mon
completely at the mercy of the Stand
xrd oil Interest*" than before the su
preme court decree dissolving tin
Standard Oil company of New Jersej
and its mib*ldi*irie«, th< report de
clared that with "slight <-xreptions'
there was still a total avoidance ol
competition among the Stnndard com
panic*. Not only is there (itill a divia
ion of markptlnif <orrit«»v amnnn
• them over the entirr country, the r»
port Mid. but "two of the leadin|
Standard romp>.i.e«—New Jersey ant
New York—dhtde the world betweei
themselves hi marketing operation*.'
Other methods of control net fort)
in the report are ownership by th<
Standard companies of th« principal
pipe lines, interlocking stock owner
ship, fixing of pricM in the prodocin|
fields, and ownership of basic patenti
for the cracking process of gaaolim
production.
Among eight measures recommend
ed by the committee to curb the evib
found art establishment of a uniform
accounting system for oil companies
to show coats and profits; compulaorj
monthy reporting to a government
agency to show particularly the quan
lities of crude oil and its product* Ir
storage and transportation; divorce
ment of the membership of pips line)
from companies transporting the oil
and prohibition or regulation of th<
exportation of petroleum. Investiga
tion looking to contempt proceedingi
before the supreme court in all caaai
of "implied" or expressed agreement
to fix prices arbltrarial or reatralr
trade also was recommended, aa th«
institution of grand Jury proceeding!
wherever price manipulation la at
tempted.
Jumps From Washington
Monument
Washington, March •.—A lea(
from a small window near the top oi
the Waahington monument 504 feel
from the ground, brought instant
' death today to A. Bimey Seip. grand
son of the late General William Bir
ney, who served with distinction dar
ing the civil war as a brigadier gen
eral in the Union army. Seip hai
I been suffering from a nervous di***aa
for several yeara, relatives said, aix!
had left haase unknown to his mother
, Ha had suffered a breakdown several
years age while attending Cornell uni
versity. and had Just bom home from
a Philadelphia sanitarium. IConu
1 meat attendants eatpreasad the MM
! Seip amid not have fallen frea tha
I wUm, which la anly abort IS inefcaa
high aad three fee* wide.
PASSED OR KILLED
LEGISLATIVE BILLi
Thing* of Lorgor
That W«n Dom or Wt U»
doM hy Body
rMfnW . . JiMir; M
■4)#enwd March Ml
Bill* IrtnhiiJ . .MM
Bilk ratified MM
Bill. killed Ttl
Major Bitla 1'iawi
Hichwajr Bond laane, providing at
additional fund of (15,000,000 (or tlx
continuance of the preaent road build
ing program, and the Wry of en ad
ditional 2-cent gaaollne tea.
Permanent Improvement bond lara*
for JJtato institution* and the eon
pl«ti»n of work now under way, total
inr $10,007,600.
Appropriation! bill carrying a tota
of 115,000,000 for the maintenance ol
State institution* uid departmenti
for the biennial period.
The Revenue Act, re-enacting tha
1921 schedule of llrenae and privilegt
taxe*, and the 1921 schedule of taxea
on income* and Inheritencea, and alac
exempting atocka in foreign corpora
tion! held by citiaene of thia State
from ad valorem taxation.
The Machinery Act, providing foi
the valuation of all property undei
the direction of the county commla
aionera and utrangthening the powei
of the State Revenue Commiaaion to
maintain • uniformity of valuea be
tween the countiea.
The Machinery Act, providing foi
the repeal of the mandamua to compel
the levy of taxea, and requiring the
county hoard* of education to ait
jointly with the county commiaalonen
in preparing the county achool bud
get. Power of the board to contract
debt i» limited to the amount of the
budget.
Mothera' Aid biU appropriating
$50,000 a year to be matched hy the
countiea for aid to worthy mothera
deprived of the aupport of their hua
banda.
Permitting two or mora atiohtafl
countiea to build county homee to
gether.
Providing for State-wide eradica
tion of tick* by the countiea with
State and Federal aid.
The Grill bill lubmitttng to popu
lar vote the question of iasulng
$?M>.000 In bond* for loan* on home*
to veteran* of the World War.
The Turlington codification of the
State liquoT law* to eatahli*h con
i form it y of State law* to the Volstead
! act.
The Moore-Warren wllHton' *«l
l *ry bill, placing the solicitor* on »
| snlary of H.SOO annually with an ex
pen** account not to exceed |7J>0.
The "I-o*t Province*" railroad bill,
pledging the credit of the state not
1 to exceed $10,000,000 for building a
railroad scross the Blue Ridge moun
tain* into Alleghany and Ashe coun
; tie*.
| Three constitutional amendment*,
providing for the (1) limitation of
the state debt to 7 1-2 per cent of
the aa*e«*ed property valuation; (2)
the inviolability of ainklnir fund* to
retire the State debt; and (S) to
exempt from taxation one-half farm
and residential property under mort
' (rafre and one-half of such mortgage,
not to exceed $8,000.
Railing the age of consent from 14
to 16, but amended to provide that
| violations by persons leas than IS
shall be punished as misdemeanors.
Abolition of the criminal insane de
partment of the 8tate Prison, and
providing for a sanatorium for the
treatment of tubercular criminals.
Investigation
Under resolutions passed by the
House and Senate the following in
vestigations were instituted.
Ivestiffstions of the charge of a
deficit of $5,000,000 in the State Trea
' sury, begun under the Joint finance
! committees and continued by authori
i ty of both House* until the comple
tion of an audit of the hooka.
Investigations of the relations be
tween the State Department of La
bor and Printing and contractors for
, State printing under charge of dis
crimination. After two weeks com
mittee returned report disallowing
the charge*, but recommending cer
tain changes in printing which were
postponed indefinitely.
Ir.rextijjatior. of charges of Mis
management, cruelty, extravagance
and nepotism against Dr. L. B. Me
Brayer, superintendent of Stat* san
atorium. Investigation continued un
til after adjournment on authority of
the General Aaaembly
Malar Bills KM.
riiinwls t* iseoe $2,000,000 tor
\
ad ateamnhlp Una*. Senate aubetl
tut» prov Idea 125,000 and rommts
lion to Inveatifate and report to Oov
•rnor and General Assembly.
PrafOMli by Governor to MtabUik
new department tf Cbmmerce and
Induatry. Introduced and died in
Houaa. •
Propoaal to incraaaa tha numbar
of Superior Court jadgaa from 10 to
27. Killed In Hooae.
GUaa propoaal to laeoa 12,600,000
to aaaiat farmara In owning their own
komta. Klllod In Sonata. Inveatl
gating commlaalan provided.
Moore-Parker-Warren Workman'*
Companaatton act. Killed in
Alt lagislation dealing with the ta
bulation of secret fraternal organise
tlona. Houaa paaaad M Milken bill
twlta. Banata adopted substitute and
declined to concur in MllllKen bill.
Propoaal from M counties to alaet
county superintendents of public In
■truction by direct rota of the peo
ple. Killad In Houaa.
Propoaal to allow corporatlona to
pay Interest on two-year loan* at
eight par rent Instead of tha statu
i tory tlx per rent. Killed in Houaa.
Propoaal to make incurable Insanity
ground* for divorce. Killed in Houaa.
Propoaal to tax and refulate pub
lic motor bu* and motor truck line*.
Killed In Senate.
Propoaal to reduce age of juvenile
criminal* from 16 to 14 year*. Se
nate amendment killed in House.
Proposal to aboliih flogging of
prisoners. Killed In Senate.
NEGRO JAILED FOR
KILLING SON
Angry Mob Gathers At Hon*
Whm Coroner's Inquest Is
Hold Over The Body
Muifieeeboro, S. C., March 6.—In
the presence of over four hundred
people white snd colored, Carey
Vaughan, negro. snd notorioua for In
flicting torture on the members of lib
i family, was sires ted Sunday morning
<nt his horns s few miles from Mar
freesboro. The arrest followed the
post mortem examination of his son
who died Friday night and was buried
Saturday without either death certifi
cate or permit and against official or
ders to keep the body out until exami
nation was msde. Hi* son Reuben
•ibout 17 years old, stunted, and
weighing lea* thsn 78 pound* wsi
ieen to be given the moat violent and
brutal beating by his father prior to
his death.
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock be
tween 'our and five hundred people
had gathered at the home of Vaug
han.
Dr. Futrell and Deputy sheriff Tra
der were the officers from Murfrees
boro. The body wss dug up snd
found to be upon examination • most
horrible spectacle. It had been bur
ied in the dirty rags in which he died.
One arm was broken, shoulder blade
dislocated, two toes gone, (he wore
no shoes during the freesing weather)
gash in his head; and the body from
head to foot was covered with bruises,
cuts and scars both old and new.
Dr. Futrell opened his skull, took
out his brain which was found to be
full of blood clots. Clots were found
slso in the crantnum. From the ex
amination the conclusion was reached
that the blow that caused his death
was given against the back of his'
head which was badly cot in. Dr.
Futrell stitched his skull beck and
he was again buried.
Dr. Gary and six Jurors from Mur
frffesboro held the Inquest, after
which Vaughan who during the pro
ceedings, had been in a very agitated
condition, was Handcuffed without
resistance. In the meantime, the
colored people in their rage, clamored
for expression snd their sentiment
ran high for lynching Vaughan, had
they been allowed to do so.
Vaughan was brought to Murfrees
horo snd the trial wss held at >.00
o'clock Sunday afternoon. He was
found guilty snd sent to Win ton jail
where he awaits trial at the April
term of Superior Court.
Germany's President Gets $18
Lenine snd Trotsky are earning tit
a week bcaaing Russia. Ho Russian
official's salary may exceed IJOO,
000,000 rubles, or (it a month. This
makes the salary of all the highest
Bolshevik leaders fit a week. Hew
ever, the reds ate jhtocul* eoatf
pared with the Oenaaa sxeeottvea
With Marks at sore than IMN to
the dollar Prssidnat Chert's anneal
salary of SOO.0M marks la |ll a year
aboet 11.40 a month, er aheot 40 oenta
a week. Better be a boos ef a peanol
CONDEMNED MAN 19
HOPEFUL
B*U«vm Governor Will Km*
Hbn Out of Dm EUctric
Chair.
Raleigh, March 1.—Uadtr
to be electrocuted, Jerry Dalton. «to
»«i twtea convicted of Border fat
lowing hia alaying of Merrill Angel
and Maud* Grant In 1*19 and who
•ecaped only to Kara tha nadl^r W
a birth announcement In California
to raault In hia capture, Ullevaa la
rapltal puniahment "whan a M
wilfully kills another," ha told t)M
A aaoriatod Praaa today.
Bat Dahoo, whoaa casr ha* at
tracted nationwide attention, dm
not believe he shoold be esecoted for
the rrima for which he waa ton rifted,
because, according to hia atatement,
he killed Mi.a Grant, deacrlbad aa •
"*iacinattng widow,* through acci
dent and Angel in aelf defenae.
"I want to live bat I do not fear
death. I can walk into that room
yonder," pointing to tha cell In which
the electric chair atanda, "with a
rlear conscience. But if I die tn tlda
manner. It will b* an injustice bo
rauae I hare not been given a fair
trial. I believe in rapltal punish
ment when a man wilfully kills an
other.
"When I rame upon Angel and Mr*.
Grant riding together on a road to
Franklin, aha wanted to go with me.
Thia angered Angel and the quarrel
atarted. He reached for Ida gun. f
pulled mine and tha trigger caagfet
In my clothing, discharging and kill
ing the woman. I then ehot AngeL"
Throughout tha trial, it waa chang
ed that Mra Grant waa a "awaot
heart of Da Hon. Thia waa denied
by Dalton today. He declared that
he "had gone with her," but waa "not
In love with her."
After hia flrat trial. Dalton waa
granted another hearing by the state
Supreme court, which found an error
in the charge of the Macon county
Superior court Jodr*. Judge Bta
Ray waa tha praoidtng Juriat. tn tha
second trial. Judge T. A. Bryeon pro
aided and Dalton again was found
guilty and sentenced to be electro
cuted.
Dalton ramped from the Buncombe
county Jail, while awaiting removal
to the "death row" at the state pris
on. Stories were published to the
••ffrct that the prisoner had escaped
through the use of an airplane and
the assistance of friends.
The lore of a woman for a pris
oner In the Jail, however, led to the
■ scape according to Dalton. She
Virnuirht her lover a pound cake hi
which was concealed a thine file, ha
«aid. Dalton and the other prison
ers worked at t.ight and finally sepa
rated the hars. The man who re
ceived the file was Um> stoat to get
through the opening, and tha other
inmates went away into tha night,
while he languished in tha heat of •
sultry Jfly nirrht.
After walking across the moun
tains for nina night*, Dalton caught
a train. He traveled toward tha weet,
stopping in Wyoeitng, Montana, Ore
gon. and California. Then ha want
to Mexico, hot returned to San Diago.
He aaumed tha name of Bill Birch
field, later became superintendent at
a laundry and was going to a night
school at the time of his capture,
day, a birth notice attracted Dalton**
attention. The child's mother was
the eecaped convict's aunt, residing
only three blocks away. For many
months Dalton said, he had beet
homesick. He longed to hear news
from home and to learn how his wi
dowed mother was fari ig.
For months, he visited the aunt
and heard from his mother. Finally,
the family moved to Michigan, bat
secret of Dalton's life to her "boeota
friend." The "bosom friend" told
her "best friend." TV wife of a
court official then heard the secret
A reward of nearly a thousand dol
lars had been offered in North Caro
lina. The reeutt: Dalton waa ar
rested and returned to North Caro
Dalton
I
"If
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