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(I i.U VOL XXVIII. NO. 33. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28;-1901.. PRICE $1.00 A YEAR. . " . . ' -. ' - : 0;D;r MR. GftTTlSSHARPLY CROSS QI1ESTI01IED Be is on the Stand Court Adjourns. When COOL UNDER A HOT FIRE The Court Will Hold Night Sessions Hereafter. MR. UMSTEAD HAS NOf YET ARRIVED both he and Dr. Kilgo had said kindly tumgs or each other. He said that Kilgo ..- vu& 1(.u u part oi tne South Carolina conference. He related his con versation with Rev. John E. Underwood, who said that Kilgo was a graduate. mis, Gattis said, was not so and Un derwood said if that was tmP h wm.M preier cnarges of immoralitv IVlIgO against tention to injure Gattis, but say that the an objection was made and overruled. publication was made in the exercise of a legal right which pertained to them in their connection with Trinity College, and which caused them to take step's to meet and repel attacks made upon it. , The issues submitted were exactly ;the same as those submitted last year. The defendant gave notice of objection to the second issue submitted And thp. 'ftirv withdrew that argument might be made on it. This issue is. "Was SuchDefama runner questions along the line of gos siping about various members of the con ference, he denied, saying that in conver- tory Publication False?" and Judge Win nation np nnn nthrc tvmiI,! n- , : , . v m wuiu iai a. ui vmiuus men land their work. In response to questions he stated he had said he could not get justice from the conference that he was a superanuate and last year had received seventy dollars from it; that with health broken down and after thirty eight years of service he had to take it. If not he would have been criticised; that , a year ago he had to borrow three hundred dollars. Questioned about his financial condition on August 1,-1898, he calculated that his assets over his liabilities amounted to ston argued from the decision of the Su preme court in the case that it should hot pe submitted. All the issues had been agreed on at the previous trial and in this view of the circumstances Judge Shaw said ,he would present to the v jury all the issues as. submitted. To this, counsel for the defense ask that an ex ception be noted. The jury was then re called to the court room. . s The following seven witnesses were called and sworn for the plaintiff: Rev. Judge Geo. A. Shurora, Mr. i The Pnceedings Yesterday Consisted of Pre servation of Ctmplaint and Answer, Sub miision if issues and Partial Hear ing of Mr. GottisV Testimony. (fecial to the News antf Observer.) oxford, N. C, Nov. 26. The end of the i day's hearing in the Gattis-Kilgo r.u-o es only the presentation of com i u.int and answer, the submission of is nts! and the partial hearing of the tes timony of the plaintiff Gattis, who was b-ing cross-examined when the day i!o.-'d. Mr. U instead, whose testimony and j os.-ib!e .appearance in court consumed so :iydV time yesterday, has mot yet ar-!;-, 1. The telegram received yesterday said that at ten o'clock today Mr. Um c!t;iil would be here but court closed without ?his appearance and the affidavit of Mr. Gattis concerning hi3 testimony, -Hoped to be material, is still in force. nfnr adiournins court Judge Shaw renounced that after today, night ses-1 ions would be held. He wanted to be-! t'hi tonight, but the lawyers managed t i g( t one night's' grace. Mr. Gattis proved a good witness for h ':v. If. He kept cool and his answers . direct and cross examination were in i i ing with those of the previous trial. .hi.'.gc Winston was caustic and probed it ; m the cross-exatnination but des heavy fire Mr. Gattis kept cool xiiid onb-wered steadily. Telegrams sent from here statins that the answers of talesmen in selecting a jury showed a de crffts'p in the sentiment for Gattis ap- i. nrs iust the other way, the proportion 1 i'.piug eleven for and four against him of thofo rejected for this cause. After dinner Rev; A. D. Betts and Mr. H arles W. 4 Johnson were put on the vt:-nd as character witnessess for Gattis, r.v they desired to leave on the afternoon .vnn Rotti, testified that he had known O.tttis for forty-nine yrars and his char a cirr 'was good. Mr. Johnson said he had known Gattis all his life and that Gat tis' character was good. nnta than fifrnin took the stand; Hi- stated that the charge of un-Chris- iitn-lilvo conversation in his store in Durham was not true as to his knowl edge that there was no 3uch charge m trr- Clark-Kilgo trial; that the first he knew of it was the report in a daily rarer' the" following Sunday. He said that it was in 1S94 that-he told Dr. Pea. rock of the good reports from Kilgo a friends in South Carolina, and it was .vrr three years later, that .be told him ,!r thnt fitaffl ceoDle were laughing in their sleeves about Kilgo in North Car- T. J. Gattis. Judge Geo. A. T? XT T?nrm-)n Vt av A - 11 Rot t a Cant Vl about two thousand dollars. In relation! Ballard. Mr Jno. R. Webster. Mr. C. W. Johnson. to his tax returns being less than given in ne cxpiainea Dy saying tnat his son made the statement and the books outstanding with numbers of the confer ence were neglected in the report. Here a line of questions involving charges made by the Equity Liife In surance Company that he used opium and had renewed a policy by misrepresenta tion were denied, Mr. Gattis saying he knew of no such charges. It was sought by his attorneys to get his defense to introduce papers in this suit for the can callation of his policy. This they re fused. Then the defense asked him about mon ey loaned him on the endorsement of B N. Duke. He said this was fifteen hundred dollars and had been repaid with-eight per cent interest, and that ho had sued Duke afterwards. He also said that J. S. Carr, as well as Duke, had loaned him money without security but that after his. trouble Mr. Carr took a mortgage for two thousand dollars. Later the questions turned upon a let ter published by Gattis in the News and Observer just before the pamphlet was issued in which he denounced Kligo and which counsel said in, questions was as vituperative as the language used by Kilgo about Gattis in -his speech. This language which said that KHgo would not hesitate to ruin any man in Southern Methodism or anywhere else, Mr. Gattis said he believed was true then and true now; that the treatment he had received from Kilgo -made him believe it. THE MORNING SESSION. The iurv before whom the Gattis-Kilgo case is being tried is composed of eleven farmers, these being Messrs. Herbert Gregory,. Erastus Mitchell, Wiljiam Dan iel, J, W: Strother, R. S.'Royster, William R. Currin, R. M. Rlggan, J. R. Renn, For est Hammeil, J. D. Williams and M. B. Crews the twelfth man, Robert D. Roys ter, being a merchant. There are but three men - over 50 years of age n it, the others ranging between 25 and 40. In appearance it is above an average jury and the attorneys on both sides seem well satisfied with its personnel. Of the original panel but seven men were chosen. The rejections from tne panel and of the talesmen summoned were for the following causes: peremptory challenge by plaintiff, four; by defendant, three; because of serving on the jury in the last " two years, four not free hold ers, two; by consent, one; formed and ex pressed an opinion, one; formed and ex pressed the opinion that Gattis ought not to , recover damages, four; that he should recover damages eleven. Before beginning the hearing of wit nesses this morning it was stated to the court by Gen. Royster that it seemed that the hearing of the case would con sume the remainder of the term and ;c.;nn wn asked that a number of witnesses be allowed to depart and some Before anv witness went on the stand the pamphlet containing the account of the investigation of the Clark-Kilgo con troversy was offered in evidence After this Mr. Gattis related his con nection with the Clark-Kilgo trial. He was-seen, by Judge Clark in Durham and was asked to testify. He declined. Judge Clark insisted. He declined positively. Was subpoened and declined to accept service until the Bishop told him to do so. "Other parties urged me to appear. I declined.; Saw Maj. Guthrie and he told me to see Mr. Southgate and get his ad vice. I did so and Mr. Southgate said it was an' important matter and I was urged to testify. I advised also with Col. J. S. Carr and he at first advised me not to and afterwad said to do my duty and testify. This also, was 4.he advice of Boone and Brvant.." Finally this question was asked. MIn his" cross-examination of you what was Dr. Kilgo's manner to you?" Here there was an objection, and the jury wa3 sent out. After much argument it returned-and the judge alloved the .ques tion, Mr, Gattis answering. 'It was abrupt, domineering and im perious.", I During-the course of the examination, Mr. Gatfis denied that he wasthe "origi nal slanderer,'' and said that -his infor mation about Drr Kilero being a "wire TOLD HIM THE DAY AFTER THETRftGEDY Mrs. Bonine Asked an At torneys Advice. The plaintiff also offered in . evidence puller and manipulator," were obtained sieevca ttuwui. iwbv ;-. witnesses ue aueu iu . . . . r -.-v- Viaf? hfiPll I . . t x - ..nthov - form H Tie oiina. He saia nis cuaiw. , " 1 cases be aeierrea iu ttuuui - . aunrcved dy conicrtutc iui ( 4Uflee neia mis uuuei - - . a" Z s.-w V I '- i m . 4- Vx y-v lnVCCT 1)11 LilV 1 . y. ai-s and that after the investigation the rr-pcrt to conference was, "'mere is against. Brother Gattis" as to the Mark-Kiigo trial at Trinity. -Ke testified that it was private, citing iho case of the exclusion of Mr Merritt, of the News and Observer, from the room. The testimony there was not un .U r oath and the stenographer, the pri vate secretary of Dr. Kilgo, was not :v.orn. That Dr. Kilgo and others ob jected to an oath being administered to i he beard. " . ' .n,f Judge Graham here read Judge Clark s -hallcnge to the trustees in hearing tae mutter, and Mr. Gattis continued, tie. t old of his statement to ue. u - -Hat he would give a hundred dollars to be out of the matter and this wa td.l 5o confidence on the way home and not a wcrd said in the board meeting; vhat he did not try to dodgo questions hre. tut told the truth. He told of i.U determination at one time to prefer .targes against Dr. Kilgo in conference ;,;!, of the matter of a settlement of the ;fr which was attempted through sev :.-,al preachers, Rev. F. D. Swindell among f" lrst her- all the questions were di rected to snowing feeling existing against Oat lis by Kilgo before the ClarK-KiUP inv,stigation. the refusal o : Kilgo to Imvo iq.buzey and enter Gattis store ' ;V' h eolation about Stat, Tun ,o the University with Gattw , being bought out. To these questions excep Jions were noted. -.ii-m,a The direct examination concluded with his statement about the Cttect of the publication in the PP1 nniainmg Dr. Kilgo's speech uponhim lie told of his mental anguish and of ?h charges weighing upon him The cross-examination by Mr. nston sharp.- His first Qe?tlo8 thos asking -Gattis if he did not have a lad idling over- tattling and gossipmg nhout-a man who had toeendeS: Oatti, at all times denying gossiping and saying that he did not regard it as Uj5dPe Winston went f'j1 jnt ard Dr. Peacock about the Kilgo reports .v-. o..w n.,nnnr The first Gattis ::tid was in confidence after he had been i!d by Jd Clark oi : his .r1- JnTZ said It Till I It W TfJ U ni.'l LIT " .that in South Carolina at a 4. nf the mornins s ses- rne nrau - sion was the reading of the pleadings. hv Mr. J. J. Tne corapiiiiin Biggs and section by section was an- swerrd for the defense by Gen. li. b- Rovster. . ' . , . The complaint is well known. T,t is tne same that was made a year ago, and dam ages of 810,000 is asked. It states that the plaintiff. Rev. T. J. Gattis is a min ister in the Methodist church and was. prior to the charges made by Dr Jno , Kilgo, a person of good fame and credit enjoying the good opinion of all persons who knew him, that he wa s . of the book firm of T. J. Gattis & Son loin- a good business in Durham up to thl time when the alleged slanderous het t m vnn nnd Messrs. uuen , Ibou I the Clark.Kilgo controver y given, the publication of ee f basis of the suit, it being charged that the publication brought the FJ tis into public scandal and disgrace and destroyed his usefulness. ,a5n This publication is claimed by he .plain- . i i i,r wrnne-ed him. aam . tilt -to nave utcpij 7 . y,of. aged his feelings and injured, his bus! nts'in the sum of one hundred hpusand dollars damages, this beimg the sum asked to be awarded. . . seperate . answer was made by tne A Eep-i fmm that of Messrs derenaant ui. ""h- T Duke and Odell. He denies any intent in the publication of his . speecn but claims that the publication jas pmU leeed a true and accurate account of tne Kngo-Clark controversy which the mem berfcV the Methodist church were en ners ci t nnnirl -n malice, the iW declared, the aHegs tlon J made " tS o' Trinity College. They tflJ. f iu.ti.ied a Privileged gay Tn made necessary by cer- communication madene neWgtaper ain misrepreseu- r - Clark-Kllg omments concerning the. c of ontroversv as h-ard r t Th the answers of Dr. Kilgo, as president of Trinity College, and Messrs. Duke and Odell as set forth in the pamphlet; as showing their connection, with the .Board of Trustees of Trinity College . in the publication and circulation of the pam phlet by authority of a unanimous vote of the board, and hence of their partici pation in the publication and circulation of the alleged slanderous matter. Tp this the defense objected and Major. Guthrie read portions of the pamphlet which the plaintiff desired to put in evidence.. Ob jection was made . by the defense that lines and sentences were being selected and insisted that full paragraphs mu3t be used. Argument on the matter - re sulted in the Judge ruling that detached could not be offered. To this exception was made by the plaintiff. . The plaintiff then put in evidence cer tain paragraphs in the pamphlet going to fiiinw the narticination of Messrs. Kilgo, Duke and Odell in the publication and circulation of the pamphlet, and the first witness was put on the stand. MR. GATTIS ON THE STAND. This was Rev. T. J. Gattis, the plaintiff, in the case. He testified that he was and is a minister in. the Methodist church of the North Carolina Conference, having been so for forty-one years, that he is 63 vears old. that for a number of years he had conducted business as a colnor terr and Sunday School Agent In Durham 'The examination' of Mr. Gattis then went into an examination of his business affairs before and after the' publication of the pamphlet compjanea oi was. -sued and circulated. Counsel for the de fense made numerous objections during this -testimony, but it was usually overruled.- The testimony of Mr. Gattis ui to adjournment at one o'clock,' was practi cally the same as that offered" last year, the questions being propounded by Judge Graham and the verbiage being the only difference. Certain questions were : asked Mr. Gattis about the loss of Sunday r school trade. To this the defense objected and were overruled, their objection being that special damages were not alleged in the c6mplaint. When Mr., Gattis was asked about the preaching that he bad nQ Murine- his work in the colporteurage the objection raised was also overruled and he stated that preaching was one of the duties he performed, doing this from thirty to sixty times each year, this ser vice being rendered in both tne worm Carolina conferences and in the South Carolina conference. In answer to questions concerning his hndness Mr. Gattis told of his receipts and expenses prior to the publication of j the pamphlet, and after showing a great contrast: In 1897, he sa;d, his sales orr,n,,r,tPd to 824.500. In 1898, after the Kilgo speech they were $12442, and in 1899 they were $3,774. In December, 1S97, they were $4,649.37, while in De cember, 1898, they had fallen to $2,133.78 and in January, 1900," he went into bank ruptcy. , , . . In 1897, Mr. Gattis stated, that his profits were about $4,700, expenses about $1 900 his exne-nses each year being from $1,800' to $2,200. In 1898 it amounted to about $900 and decreased till bank nir.trv" came, because he could not pay his creditors. ? . i; Having told how his business had gone to wreck, this question was asked Mr. Gattis by Judge Graham: 'What was the cause of the aeeime iu your, business?" Here the defense put in an objection that was overruled after some discussion, and finally this answer was given "So far as I know the Investigation at Trinity College and the publication of the pamphlet in South Carolina, the idea seeming to be that he was this in "ecclesiastical mat ters, seeking position for himself and to get others out or the way. EDWARD E. BRITTON. BISHOP GALLOWAY TO PRESIDE. ' Members cf the South Carolina Conference As f . . sembling at Columbia. (By the Associated Press.) ' Columbia, S. C, Nov. 26. The members of the 116th Conference of the Methodist BIDDEN TO REMAIN QUIET Gardner ISaid, "See if Suicide Theory Will Hold " SEVtRAL 0THFR WITNESSES X WINED tilled that be could not exactly say Mrs. ' Bcnine was excited. She was hurried -and her manner was ' tense. She had asked his advice as to the advisability of making a public statement and he had advised her to remain quiet til! it was determined whether the jsuicide theory would hold good. James Burns, who. was Ayres intimate friend, and who had uceorapanied him to his room the night of the tragedy was next called. He. said that on the night of the tragedy Ay rs had gone with him and several others to two or three saloons aroynd the corner where he said Ayres had drunk sparingly. He had then, at about 12:31 o'clock aeeompenied Ayres to his room, leaving him in a perfectly sober cqndUion. The witness said that while originally Ayres and Mrs. llonlne had been on friendly terms, these rela tions' became strained. He did not know of Ayres having a pistol. On crosa-esatnlDation Ilurns said that he had not spent more than two minute in Ayres room when he accompanied him up, ar.d that he had had no confi dential conversation with him. "I do not know that I could have had a confU dential talk. There might have been some one under the bed. but I do not know that there' .was," he said. Hums said that on the night succeed ing; the tragedy he had not remained In his room in tbe hotel. Asked why he kept away he said: "Mrs. Bonine knew that Jimmy "Ayres and myself wero The Story She Told the AttorreyiDid Not Differ From That Which Mrs. Bonine Lattr Gave to the Police, 1 frionHs T did not know but that she Washington, D. C. Nov. 26. The fact might thinlc Ayres had told me enough was orougni out. xn loaay s: trial or Airs, j to convict her. I did not propose to tane L,ola. Ida Ronlne for thfi killing- of James . any chances- so,,, a vrflo t,ot cv,0 mo,iJ "Afraid?" asked counsel for a private confession of her part in the tragedy on the evening after the homi cide, several days before she tookthe til Htv'tndav hvt everv train. Already a boarder at the Kenmore Hotel, and a large number of the ministers have who usually sat at the same table at arrived and preliminary board and class j which Mrs. Bonine took her meals meetihers were held today. This morning tho examination' of undergraduates be gan andr is still in progress. The first public meeting incident to the confer- nntx -vuaa hAiri this ftvenin? in tne vvasn Mr. Gardner was on the witness stand tod-y and told his story for the first time. He said that Mrs. Bonine had sought him out and asked his advice as to whether .she should make a public the de fense. "Yts, and the next night too." ' In reply to further questions by Mr. Douglass Burns said that Mrs. Bonine police officials into her confidence. This. had nursed ?Im recital was made to George B. Gardner. ' coming to h s room day and. nlfht. both , , . alone ana with others, and also that he of the 116th Conference of the Metnodist an attorney empioyea in me-iaw aivis- j - . - rsons since the tragedy that church of South Carolina are arriving in ion of the Interior Department, who was J-d told P1 he had been intimate with Mrs. Bonine. After recess Mr. Douglass sought to show that Burns knew that Ayre owned a pistol. t He asked the witness if he had not advanced the theory In a letter to a friend In Michigan that Ayres had taken the weapon found in his -room from his old trunk. The witness aid that he had written a letter expressing the opinion that if Ayres had a pistol at all he had taken It from his trunk and laid It on the dresser. He also had expressed the opinion in that letter that there had been a struggle In the room. . Michael Hoffan, 58 years old, who said he had been a police Judge In New York ington Street Methodist church and statement, and that he had suggested to, tlierfl'waa a fine attendance. It was the annual meeting of the Historical Society of the Methodist church and was full of interest. There are about S20 members of the Conference and Bishop Galloway, of North Carolina is to preside. Bishop her that she should delay her confession until the theory of suicide, which was first entertained, should be fully ex ploited. " A number of other witnesses were heard during the day, several of them being men who had, taken Ayres out' to . l. . -; l i l i . . i . l Duncan, of thU State, Is here also. A ' j "f.h"'"u" ana who was one of the party out with .W Conference Thankssiving service, at . ot lHK young nl,ht 0( delth which Bishop Galloway win deliver tne "L vTlo ' called when Mr. Burn was excused, lie address and which will be attended by i two hours before he met .his.V he lived at the Kenmore. The the chUdrL of the Epworth Orphanage death- These witnesses IdAm WM n 8aid. had asked him to 'pro- Theatre' "here on "" v-v " . . , . -.ut. -4. .Vtll b Theld in the Thursday.: ' u .-''iv, Enounce the valedictory" as Ayres waa William Schoenberger, keeper.of ihe, . n t. ,hnt th(k npxt dav. t hal RURAL FRFE "DELIVERY i Postal Revenues Incrsased by its Extension. As a Cons? quince the Service is NevIStlf Sus taining, Says the First Assistant Post master General. ( (By the. Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., Nov. 2.8. A self- sustaining service, brought about by tho yearly increase of the postal revenues resulting from general extension of rural free delivery is the conclusion reached by First Assistant Postmaster General Wm. M. Johnson in his annual report. Of the cross postal revenue receipts of the United States for the past fiscal year j S74, 205,394 came from 866 delivery cities. The remaining 3,600 presidential post offices yielded $16,063,252, while the . 72. 479 fourth class postoffices produced $1S,913.519. As rural free delivery reaches out into the country, giving equal facilities with out regard to locality, Mr. Johnson says it increases the revenues at a rate at least equal to that maintained in the free delivery cities, where during the past five years it has averaged eight per cent. At the end of the present fiscal year 8, 600 rural routes will be in "successful op eration, 6,000 being in effect by Decem ber 2. The latter figure represents just fifty per cent of the applications for such service filed since its inauguration five years ago. The inflexible policy is an nounced of avowing 'hereafter mainten ance of unnecessary postofficeg end super fluous star routes contemporaneously r morg-ue, testified to having- taken charge 1 of Ayres' body. He had been present at the autopsy, and .had taken photographs showing the location of the Avounds on the body. The films were introduced as evidence and exhibited to the jury. Mrs. Bonine save one hasty look at the pictures as they were held by one of the attorneys, but she quickly turned her head and gave them no further attention. She engaged in conversation with Attor ney Fulton most of the time while this testimony was being given-; The witness said there were powder marks on the breast and arm wounds, but none on the thigh wound. Under the arm there was a burn. Describing the. condition of the trv. Ipbvp thp hotel the next day. I hat spoken "quite a little piece, just to jol ly Ayres," and then the party left for the saloons around the corner, returning about 12 o'clock. He said that when Ayres returned he was perfectly sober. Jos. C. McCabe and Arthur K. Mc Cubbin testified that Ayres' was sober when he returned . to the hotel. James K. Ford, a friend of Ayres, saw Mrs. Bonine on the morning after the tragedy. He asked her if she had danced with Ayres the evening before the killlnK. and she had replied that they had danced together. The next day she had ex-, pressed her regret over Ayres' death and Vioi. ntfnihmpnt thftt. in ViCW Of the a burn. Describing the condition of the h no enemies, he should corpse when he found it Mr. Schoenber- . b killed Her demeanor wa ger said the arms were drawn up inj not dlfferent from that of other lady front of tne race. I . . hrttd "In orr1fr thnt thp nhfttftdranhpr mav gUeSIS OX tpe uovti describe the posture," said Mr. Gould, THE IWITCHMEH'S STfilKE- I sunpese there will be no objection to! his noting that" the attitude w;as one of! " . defense." The First Day'i DTlopments Are Hot In . , -www mm t 1 . . ! 3 . 11 t ' . we ao ODject most aeciaeaiy, re- i - couraging to ux aieu The court agreed SDonded by Douglass that the description would be improper and it was decided that he should say (Ey'the Associated Press.) Pittsburg,, Pa., Nov. 26. Judging by ...rni frco flpllvprv routes. On July 1 inGt thP force of 4.301 rural carriers Via nnmnhlet. I' ' i - -,nlrn r'Acra ohw after thinking over was serving z;4u,t peopie ai Later, Judge Shaw, alter m nni B . . ,Srnlta. and on De- tho matter, dectaea mat me yuv. conference should not have been allowed, and or dered it stricken from tne recoru, jury not take it into consideration. This being done the counsel for the plaintiff went at the matter from another angle, as the following question and an swer show: "Before the publication of .the pamph let, what was the returns from your busir.ess?"- . . "Best returns from Sunday school itinerant ministers and laymen of the Methodist church." "How did the publication affect your . . . TO9C! 9" rvn tnis an esceyuu" taken and sustained, to this the plaintiff s counsel objected. "After the publication of the pamphlet what of your business?" : . ' -Main Street Methodist church, Durham immediately withdrew its patronage Mr. B N Duke being an officer. Rev. J. Hurley, Edenton Street church, Raleigh; Goldsboro Sunday school; Fifth Street, Wilmington; Faculty of Trinity many students, though two or ree of the fa c ulty and a half dozen, students made some few purchases afterwards- Some of the parties who had bought on time, have never yet paia. Did the defendants stop? over 75 cents per capim, "u cember 2, next, 4,000.000 of the rural population will be enjoying free delivery. Every establishment of a route, the re port savs, is followed promptly .by a steady increase in thfe volume of mail both delivered and collected. BULLETS FBOJI MOOKSHISEKS. , that the arms were placed as'if shield- apparent conditions - the switchmen ine- the face I Lrt "wufiumicu n cross-Wamination the wltncei Pren a t "J ' "I"!!!.)?! said that when he entered the room this may result if the strikers mike where the killing occurred he saw sev- Sod the claims put forth tonight eral empty cartridge shells in the slop The strike was ordered b the 8u itch jar and had also seen some shells and men's Union of America and the claim cartridges, on the trunk and on the was made early in the day by the uu ctnr1 . I ion officials that every road in the city, wasn-siana. j exception of the Pittsburg, Fort xne next wunets v,B5 x. . ,;v,0 on1 (h. TMtt.hurir VYajrut; auu vuiofe"! - - c. Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis would be tied up completely. The develop ments of the day, however, demonstrate that only one road, the Alleghany' Val ley was seriously affected. On this road but one crew was at work and the road's business was badly crippled. The company officials, while admitting had come to me because she wanted my that freight trainc mvs nen advice. She told me that the morning suspended, say that wl h In twenty-four of Ayres' death be came to her room hours they will have all the men the and knocked on her door and complained need and ork will be resumed ul. of being ill and asked if she could not The other roads affected were the Bal do.netl.Uir.fr bim; that when she, tlmore and .Obic. 12 men ou Usbur, t Avrci' i vP had asau tea juuwuuu, v ner to whom Airs, lionme maae ner nrst confession on the night after the tragedy. ' She stated to me," he said, "that she . knew more about the death of Ayrc3 than had been given to the . public. I think she hesitated a moment and either by manner or something' I had Induced her to go on and she said she was present j 1 (. U.-nnn n nr" TflO that C Vt O I (Special to News andObserver.) Winston, N. C Nov. 25. During a raid in the northern part of Stokes County, Revenue Officers Joseph Petree and James- Preddy were fired upon from am bush by moonshiners. Petree was. shot tho r-iprht hio and Preddy in the right leg. The injuries of the first named are the most gerious. ine ouia- tli firp but were unable to una or 10- her and had a pistol in his hand and in the scuffle which ensued he was killed." "Did she describe the struggle that took place?" asked the District Attor ney. . The witness stated that she said noth- Ohio. 15 men out; the Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 4 men out; the Pennsylvania, 15 men out. One hundred and fifty would be a bish estimate of the number of men who struck. None cf these reads guttered Cfficen Petree and Preddy Wotinded by Men in a uiuuou' i i. Ayres was under the innuence oi nquor at the time of the shooting," said Mr. j Gardner. He also said that Mrs. Bon : ine had EDOkf n to him again on the next dry or the second day after the tragedy. She sat at the same table with him In the dining room and she again sought to talk with him concerning the tragedy. "Sbie said." Mr. Gardner testified, "that was feeliHK badly and that nothing i was sustaining her except the conscious- .. 1 . . M .1 A . o . cato: the men who made tne assami ( ness of ner innocep.ee. sue v" upon them. Four stills and several thou- shs CouM not get rif out and asked me if sand eallons of beer, were destroyed by she had better destroy it. By if I un the officer -t - I derstood her to mean that she referred SuWrvising Architect Taylor returned to one of her garments, but I did not to Washington tonight. He carried a kHOW v.hat. I tcld her to destroy noth-proowui-. to sell Forsyth', , Ing as she had not, dec!ded upon a public court house to the GoTernmcnt for a confession.' T0 this1 Public building -fdr.n5O.C0Q. j On eross-cxammauau . The witness stated tnat sne saia uom- onuiv- . v-. iL.i i u ,,,ia mnph inronvpiilenecl because new men ing more man tuai wueu iuc cu6&i. . - followed the assault, the pistol was fired, were rapidly secured to take the place The witness stated that she did not tell of the strikers, and some of them, upon him In whose hands the pistol was, but discovering that the strike order had not later corrected himself by saying that been generally obeyed returned to their he believed she eaid the weapon was in places- A meetln of the union wan . . , j i mo that hii ihii nftpmoon and the claim wan AVrPS nan'i. outr iiisu mm ut a..u i made that the trlke was a success a far a it had gone, and that about .oo mere union men would be out within forty-eight hours. Nation Wouldn't Build the Pires. (By the Associated Press.) Mcd".:ine Lodge, Kansas. Nov. 2C the divorce si.t cf David Nation against Mrs. Carrie Natien wa3 completed today, eo far as tefctir en;1 is concerned. Today Mr. ion reai i letter from his wffe In wVVh she d?n: need him- as a "hell bound hypocrite." t he retaliated by de nouncing him In tne witness Ijox aj a husbasd who ' woul 1 not build the fires cn cold mornings. The decision will be givxn tontorrow. ; " p
The North Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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