Vessel In
ReBc of Inhumanity
raaHty—In which insubordinate prta
mmrm wn confined m total dark
aeea. chained to the riny-bolts for
psrtidi of OM to OM hundred days.
Dm mlma worn in the floor by Um
IM of Um prisoner* whilst bracing
themselves acainst the rockiag of the
ship can be seen.
11m members of the Asheville Pris
oa Reform Association visited the
cads of the famous prisoners this ship
hewed. 11a following are a few «f
the many victims of this monstrous
penal system who wars confined on
the "Success" and whoae cads Mr.
sad Mrs. Stephens visited:
BUabeth Scott and child. Repre
sentative of the women who ware
tawiiportad on the "Success" and her
sister ship*. Mrs. Scott, St ysars old
was fhM a tifs term, after sentence
«f death had been reprieved, for forg
hsg three one-pound Bank of England
aetoa, about 915. The original trans
portation order for Mrs. Scott and
thirty-four other female convicts is
shea ii in the officers quarters. Small
ahUdrm ware permitted to accompany
their hnrkt mothers.
/ Frederick Mae Donald, nine years
far forgery. He was one of Captain
Mae's spies, or, in Jail language, "a
stool pigeon." A low scoundrel who
hy carrying talea, expected to have
Ms sentence nadoesd, but he was dis
appointed. Served his full term.
Whilst aboard ha filled the idious of
Iks of convict flageUator. Became
• Awe man in 1IM, and was shot dead
*a the streets rf Melbourne by an
other ex-convict, a man he had for
msrly flogged. A claw act of pra>
iM revenge.
William J one* otherwise "Black
ML" Native of Cardiff in Wales.
For attempted arson he was sentenc
ed to tm yfarn. Escaped from Van
i*s Land in • small schooner
came to Melbourne. With two
he started for Castlemame and
st Creak ditiisp. On »eir
way they started pilfcrinj and "stlek
k| »p," but were captured. The
Jndge gave the two others five years,
hat (ave Jones twenty-two years in
al, the reasoij being that he was an'
iped convict. He was Implicated in
murder of Captain Pries, hat was
titled. After serving this .long
with as muck solitary eon
he was transferred I* Pea
t*Mge. and later freed. Lsaving Met
■ww, he eatahlished himself In has
hw« to Uww George (treat.
►
kept the secret of hie past history
Whan this ship was on view
liia cariosity overcame his
and he centered aboard,
of short stature, be was almost
on the fringe ef the nrnwd.
[ to the
Ma ewn wax j
t* |
that in his yooth he was
looking jfcan the flgwv
to (mi run oa the
Si
l»plfc*t«4 to tlw M#l
▼ill* Rush. Iml>id tawmw riMt
wounds ill the neck (1MM). Croeeed
to Kew Zealand. With Lavy and Sul
livan ha killed Matthieu Kempt horns
and Dudley and Mnnflrd Da Pontiua,
a miner, with a acarf. J una It, ISM.
Murdered MoM Jamie" for tha aaha of
liipmee. Strangled a surveyor asm
ad 0. Dobson and left him sitting at
tin foot of a tree aa if ha had dlad
from exhaustion. Hia gang are said
to have rommlttad over thirty mur
der* in New Zealand. Hill waa hang
ed August 1, IMC. His hlaaphamoua
"trtirt la God far pardon" eat
i* exhibited in the officers' quarters
Henry Garrett. Left London
hoard the "Success " Aftar
hia sentence, haeama a I
robber Robbed a hank at Bailarat in
lMt of 1M00 pounds ((80,000) in
broad daylight. Ha escaped to Lon
don, hot waa followed, arraatad
r ought hack aad isat—csd to
vsars on tha "Success".
to Naw Zealand where ha bailed up
and tiad to trees twenty-three maa in
ne day, for which ha received a i
fence of eight years. Agaia hac
ng free, W wore clothes of a clerical
cut aad a white tie, aad while la thia
tress die polka saw him break lata a
-tore and eaupht him. Soase twenty
'•argiaries, of which ha had not (as*
suspected, were now traced to him,
and he received in all a twenty-two
vear sentence. Garrett died at the
age of 71, boasting on hia deathbed
that he had spaat fifty-two Christ
mas days ia jail.
wimam Mevens. name or Uorn
wall England, arrived in Australia a
free man in 1863. One night whilst
in a drunk Ai state Jie approached the
camp of a party proceeding to the
gold diggings and demandad a case
■< brandy. Hit demand was refueed
and a quarrel ensued, firearms beta*
freely used. One of tip travelers was
wooded. Stevens was arrested and
tried at Melbourne with shooting with
intent and received a sentence of ten
years on the "Socoeaa." He was im
plicated in the Melville mutiny and
was wounded by a shot fired from the
ship. When seeing escape hopeless,
and a trial for the murder /cd the
guards inevitable, he shouted: "I pre
fer this!" and jumped Into the sea.
His heavy irons dragged him down
and his body was no^ recovered.
Richard Rowley, born in Limer
ick, Ireland, in 1817. Sentenced to
'en years' transportation for attempt
ed murder. He escaped from Port
Arthur in 1864 and came to Victoria.
After working at the diggings he
took to bush ranging between Mel
bourne and the Black forest Cap
tured at the "lady of the Lake" Be
tel, near Melbourne and sentenced to
twenty-two yean. After the death of
Price he was removed to Peatridge,
where he assaulted Kihaartin, a war
der, by striking him en the head with
a pick, at the same time pushing him
inte a deap quarry. Kllmai tin's lege
were broken, and he teceUad deep
wounds upon the forshsad. He be
came the most pitiable object to be
seen about Melbourne, aKhaaffc pre
vious to the assault ha was a very
ted July M, 1858.
Harry Powvr. born at ^Wadkrford,
; Ireland. Transported far poaching
and Injuring the squire's keeper in
wrad. Tin cross-examination of th*
dfffndinl by Clyde Hoey was Mm
stato'a only chance. When the de
frndint pktuwd himself terroriaed
by the honk of «»■> Ford, church
was pretty nearly <wL Besides, he
had the praatige of moral poattion—
ha was shooting for a daughter and
frightened to death at that.
There are sundry rumors percolat
ng upward toward Raleigh that Mr.
Tola isn't through, transitory insan
ity, unwritten law or what not. It ia
certain that hia wealth haa been over
done, though the eoat of the trial to
him haa not. The verdict tally daaa
not stop the damage suit; indeed there
wQI be popular reaction enough to
start one. The Cole verdict will not
be popular. U will net surprise, but
there will bo a flarehack
the defamation of BUI Ot
haa not bean complete. Law
yers of aeaae checked the onalaught
againat hia military record. How
much that helped a defense which
needed no aid. nobody knows. The
state Supreme court baa affirmed
lodgments against slayers whom the
criminal courta would not
Two Paaqootank men alow
Hiatified. but they paid 110.000 for
the killing. There ia a caae in Wake
county now in which a young coi
legian indicted for manslaughter was
acquitted, but hia father ia defendant
in a damage action not yet tried.
Thia, however, is different from the
Paaquotank caae.
D.1.UW WA..U au.iUk - m. -tn.i-vi
of litigation over tkii koaleUe, but
many thin(> that ha»» not yet come
out would com*. The Rev. Mr. Or
mond would, of course, testify, as he
barely miaaed doinc at Rockingham.
The famous letters written to Bill
Ormond could eoase oat and the ml
status of an old love affair determin
in so far as the written word could
settle it. The pyrotechnics would ha
Mm numerous, blood and iron might
" leas glorified. Bat it would be one
horse of a trial.
And well ahead of the return of any
lawyers from Roclringham comes this
of a damage action. It ha* a
nd had K before the trial
in Rockingham began. Mr. Cole's
attorneys have beea looking for it, al
beit they do not believe that it can b*
sustained. But they do not take the
threat lightly for all that.
The qualifying of Mr. Ormond gave
the first impulse to the civil action
rumor. It is expected that Messrs.
Douglaaa and Douglass, of the Raleigh
bar. will Institute this actio*, though
neither member of the firm has ever
said a word to justify each a detec
tion. Bat Raleigh waits on the ssove.
(MO pounds had been offered for his
arrest). Becelred sentence of fear-'
leea year*, served seven years hi
solitary cooflneasent cells
hie
■tjj
hibfted. Ho
and proved •
lal manner gaiaad
At*times the
or would excite
the recital of pathetic 'neMeata that!
toard. (As g
to women.) In his old age ha,h
melancholy and deepostdeat and
»y committed suicide by jumpb
Mt May »
to bt ImC front Mm world, i
toad, far fee
Although In
ban. Ma atnd is I
thinks only of tka next flight. The
last IM dismiaeea u "only a
Pole, which every
>n» knew before. Our
ibowed the water wry daap too deep
for land to be near."
On tha next flight he plana to go
into tha vast unexplored region be
yond the Pole. There ha belie*ea, Haa
imidtt tha tea Paiija Crocker Land.
Perry, stumbling toward tha Pole,
■aw K off to tha left of hia trail: Mac
Mill ian looked for it and K
"h waa a mirage Perry aaw, I feel
■ore, of a land much farther away, la
>k«M apkeaia aaex Maa Kava aaawaa
fceaWaw WRwV IIO Hawll OTaw ^vhV« MHl
Capt. Amundsen. "There came to oa
r*» tha lea near tha Me three birds,
Flying northwest. The instinct of
tlons are being made to erect a
Mid a mooring aust at Palhaia,
land. The dtrigikle, about one-third
the sise of tha Shenandoah, will be
flown from Room to
Lhence to Spitsbergen. It will be|
navigated by aa Italian crew.
It la safer to fly la the Arctic i
in Ohio," said Capt. Aaraadaea. "We
real sore of success. The dirigfele
has a crnialng radios of MOO milea,
compared with the aizteen hoora fly
ing radhM of the airpiaac. Even
from airplanes are observed 120,000
>quarr miles of previously unexplored
trea. In the dirigible a>e can remain
•tatioaary and make accurate ofcaer
vationa. I think, too, we can deecend
without a landing crew if we wiak.
"The pole doeant interest ua. The
pole haa been dona. We acek the ra
-•on beyond the pole, itifl unexplored.
It nay prove a new air roots for com
expedition wfli not newd $404,000.
Of this $100,000 wma pMpd to him
rMtHtr by Lincoln Ellsworth. The
balance is heme sought by Amundsen
tad the men who went with him oa
the last flight in lecture tows la
Europe, 8«*ndin*via and here. Fur
ther money, they hope, will he brought
in by the book telling of their flight
'Throught the Air to Latitude M
North," to appear soon and a motion
picture, to be released In eight wssln
Die financial results win all be pooled
tnd the six men who ventured before
sill venture again.
JtoM«m Weed a Fatal Deuert
Burlington, Oct. —Louise Quaksn
taish, S, may die, according to the re
port of a physician, the result of eat
ing the fruit of the jimaon weed, in
tensely poisonous weed growing wild
in this section, at a child*' party at
which she was an attendant yester
lay.
The idea of "something to ssrre"
it the party, it is beliersd, was sot
ipied tke pads la which the Jhaeon
•eed is enclosed, aad -ggsst.i that'
that wiU ha gaad to sat."
Mrs. Vance Quaheabaah, mathar of
the chad, called In Dr. CJt Walters,
u soun as she discoeare^that Leal—
▼as madt ill. 11a paisoaoas Med
sraa dieoorered when the child <nmH
id and as qaickty as pimftli, the
rtoasach was cleaned.
Although he eaald give no pssllin
assurance. Dr. Wai*er». «aid late to
lay that he believed Lmiise had per
l*p* a little bettor than «.»"•* aids
irjjijr |
WKam B. Cole » Acquit
ted By Uniotv County Jury
not «w Half 11
pie In the nM tempi*
waa 1®
Union mm lifted the taMMuonUtl
burden from th* shoulders of the
dapp*r little manufacturer. They
had had tha fata of Cole in their hands
• trifle oyer 21 houri. Mews of tha
verdict iwtft through tha little town
with tha celerity of a weatern torna
do.
Only three ballots were cut The
'ir»t one waa taken yeaterday after
noon. the rote standing 8 to 4 for ac
quittal. At 7J9 p. m., the jury aah
ed the court for information and
then voted U to 1 for acquittal. The
Iowa man in opposition waa heauught
by hi* comrade* to switch, bat held
his (round. With tears in his eye*,
be aahad that he ha permitted to pray
ind sleep over th* caae. After break
fast th* third ballot was taken, the re
mit being unanimous.
"Slander Letter" Chief Factor.
It was learned from one of 4he
jurors "that slander letter" written
by young Ormund to Cole was the
weiirht that tipped the scales in th*
defendant'• favor. Judge Finley said
that the jury could not bar* acquitted
Cole under Urn law and therefore must
have turned to the unwritten liw.
Moral and legal issue* are so cioe«iy
UM that it la hard for tha aver***
man to distinruish between them, he
•aid.
At 9 o'clock the jury notified Sher
iff H. D. Baldwin that an agreement
had been reached. Judge Finley,
who is suffering from Jt deep cold,
was aroused and hurried to the court
toom, leat there be a demonstration.
Everything war carried out without
any farftare. When Judge Finley
reached the bench J. H. Pou and A.
L. Brooks, of the defense counsel,
were anxiously pneint tha floor. At
9:45 o'clock Cole, accompanied by
bis youthful son, Robert, entered.
The prisoner showed no appdrent
emotion. His nenraa ware steady and
he looked confident of victory. Hia
ton tit WiMf Mi father, rTmiiig
him gently. Judge Finley waited «a
til Solicitor Don Phillips coold ranch
the
Then the high ihsrtff opsnsd the
jury room aad the prayinr Jury
man-had silently to their Mti in the
lory box. It was a tepee moment.
Clark of Court W. S. Thomas was
ordered to call the roll. The tension
was almost unbearable, hot Cote re
newed the grip upon himself and his
son encouraged bias.
to stand. Then ia a firm voice said:
"Gantamen of the Jury, have you
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CENSUS BUREAU GIVES
OUT DATA
r«p ■>■»■■ M
rasa calculations of rttjr popnlatlwm
u of July 1, this year, i in siing I
large part of the United States, win
made public today by the department
New York baiitr omitted, Chicago
with a total of 2496,289, was the lar
faat city liatcd. For Philadelphia Mm
bureau estimated 1478484; for Da
troh IMN4; for Cleveland, 988
4*6; for St. Looia 821448; for BaBi- <
mora 7*8488; Boaton 781429; Pitta
burgh 831488; Buffalo 08,081, and
Milwaukee 609,192.
Tkaaa vara the only citiaa listed
which war* usignsd mora than a half
million of portion Tha burean's
cakalitloM were baaad a* tha rata
of incrawaa in growth shown by tha
citiaa considered during tha darada
1910-1920, tinpt in a law caaaa
wher* ricmt ititc or ccasim
fifivfi ffw iniliM#. CftlnaUtiooc
ware not mad* for Los Angelas, At
lanta, Norfolk and a few other point
whare than waa raaiaa to believe tha
results would be far frem correct.
Other Large Citiaa
Cities shown to have populations
between HOjNO and half million in
cluded Washington, D. C-, 497408;
Newark 462413; Minneapolis 428,438;
New Orleans 414,493; Cincinnati 409,
383; Kansas CHy, 9*7,481; Indianapo
lis *68419; Rochester 318,788 and
Jersey City 3154S0.
Above 200,000 thr bureau a1, so plac
ed Portland. Dnfoft, 282488; Toledo
287480; I<ouisvUJe 26*460; Denver
200411; Columbus 279, 888; Provi
dence. R. L, 287,918*; Oakland
700; St. Paul, 246.001 jamahs 211,
788. and Birmingham 206470
The figures by states tackMH:
North Carolina: Aaheville 81474;
Charlotte 53418; Durham 42.268 (4*
cial census September 24. 1*25); Gn* .
tonia 16499; Goldsboro 14484; ^
Greensboro 47,182; High Point, 2tr
848; New Barn 12418; Raleigh 80,
871; Rocky Mount 18418; Hallriwij
17,888; Wilmington 87481; Wiboa
12418; Winatow Salem 89481.
Tenneaaee; Chattanooga 88478;
Jackson 19425; Johnson City 1440;
Knoxrill* 95,484; Memphis 174488;
Nashine 134420
South Carolina: Anderson 11,007; $
Charleston 78,125; Columbia 41488; '
Florence 18,182; Greenville 27411;
Spartanburg >8437.
Virginia: Alexandria 18,478; Chnr
lottaevflle 11411; Danvflk 22484;
Lynchburg 30496; Newport News 47,.
083; Norfolf (no estimate); Peters
burg 88.712; Portsmouth 68428; Rich
mond 188.403; Roanoke 68488; Staun
ton 10,888.