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7 THE MORNING POSJ. JUNE.JO. 1R99. II IIS . Systematic Pilfering From the Commissary. BftGLED OFF PROHISIOMS TOR WEEKS IH 1 WiGOK Penitentiary Authorities in Igno rance of the Fact Until Five Days : Ago But Raleigh Police Depart ment Has Been Working .On the Case for Two Weeks the Thleevs Caught in a Close Trap Redhand- ed The Details. When thieves, and one of them a convict at that, get to robbing the peni tentiary commissary, one may wel ask, "Where is the place where thieve cannot break through and steal?" Yet it is the fact that this thing has been successfully done not once, but dozens, scores of times, it now appears, and at the mayor's court this morning more instances may come to light. John Holderfleld, white, formerly .a guard at the. penitentiary and for some time past fireman at that institution, ds in the city station-house this morn ing, under arrest for the alleged theft of a big lot of provisions from the com missary at the State Prison, and an other white man and ex-convict named Jeff Brack is in jail. ingsworth, who is a United States prisoner, was assigned to drive the fireman to his residence and return and bring him back each morning. about 2 o'cIock. POSTSCRIPTS. ALGER'S CASE HOPELESS. Mrs. Charles S. Allen left last eyea-5tor larrw' Ms political Sitt ing for a trip south. I tUaUMtcmlfia. Jeff T. Brack was until about six L ' X; J ' ' 1L"R.1 jSf" months ago a fifteen-year convict at ry """" . A. "V cul?rn':uo vr?i the penitentiarv. serving a term for lrs' toward r . liughes is visiting a n way to auenu a meeunR m manslaughter. About the first of the irapier. at tne latters residence iwMmiBi iiwoni present year Governor Russell par- IU uns cny. doned him, and since then he has re sided in Raleigh. For some time Brack has been mak ing his home at Holderfield's house, ate Finance Committee, today, mid .A l. - - - A. m. tl La-A. -A I. A. A - a. Mrs. B. F. Montague Is still very 111, "15 "u!ril u . T7 but her friends reported her as slight- Ior !T u U ly Improved yesterday. ' J? Mlc?In W?Ul(lr m?a U 2 ,i . ; 4 . 4 -r, .the re-election of McMillan, and 'Fresident-eleet Jjimes A. nrvan. or . - w where he rented a rooni and boarded, the Atlantic and Xorth Carolina Koae, " xSr condSons iT the State . Walter A. Phillips, who has several returned to New Bern yesterday. . Cl,"2?M i$TL J," blisses Carrie and Roberta Phillips efforts The combination between Tin are visiting in Burlington, and while gree and Alger, he thinks. Is an abso there will attend district conference, lute source of weakness to he latter. The funeral of the late William for the reason that t arrays him on " I T 1, i - 111 iLl- I I kn aft.a4tnilnlalalAn cMil " A imklt who resides on south juuuswju. wm occur xnis morning ic . u-oui.y.u.k ,, Hnnnrm nnrl ac O'CIOCK irom tile 1 reSDyteTlOn I mujCTTiiy vi jucuikuu ivryuuurapn brothers here and is extensively known in Raleign, keeps a small store on west Cabarrus street," near the "Bowery:" Henry Brown is a negro man, a gen era! laborer, W est street, between HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIII. Awards Gold Medal In Recognition of BcncfitSRc- , -ssssr irrrrfnn fuuituii ceived From 7! 12 Mtfor Boij. Bfi mil South, a couple of doors removed from church. IS? III! L" f,?mJr,!S?; the Holderfield residence. Mrs. S. W. Saunders, of Wilmington. ,11"" Vl . These, together with four or five, who has been visiting Mrs. T. S. Ste- mm QTerwneimingiy. membere of the Raleigh police force, are the dramatis personae. Now for the first act in the drama, as far as at present known: The police department several weess ago received reports from officers of venson, went to Durham yesterday on a visit. Clerk Koonce of the Secretary of State's office who has been 111 recent ly, has gone to his old home in tue eastern part of the State for. needed BALTIMORE AND OHIO SOLVENT. the force that unquestionably some rest and recreation. Cart Orders iHcslvtrs tsTam Ovtr Prp rty aad Asssts. (Baltimore, June 20. Judge Morris, Avoid t'trti. Try via Aartaal wlta Crtcktd c. Cold Medil Prrf nted by ITU ITo- , SPECIAL OFF To all who writ aaloeisx laii ta Une.Pope LoXIH. loUeo pr. we ea4 htxTk CMiMsitr rjnrtlJi d fW' lieur Anrelo Mariaai, KMmoXl RMES. PRINCXS, CA&OlXAjjS, AECIl- ofrsrifl. BISHOPS ad)'ittwii4 fTorr. MARIA7TI CO , S WEAT 3TIf rTHEET, JIT.n' TdnK. 8oldatallIroKliUKTorywhro. Avf ftaWtlfat. IUwt r Xraltat'.. Paris 41 BouleTard: London 82 Moitimer St.: Montreal? Si. Jamas W. F. WYATT. I c a RAY. In the United States Circuit Court, to- eml nrovision 1 line was nichtlv A V1"' ' t'11'"" v! day signed an order requiring tne re- ' ; - rnugnam cnooi, 3ieoane, w. u., spenx iv nf h nflltlmore nnd Ohio hams and oXer articled, incluaSg S'SiJ" ?!iiriSl Uuilrotd Company to turn over to the large sacks of flour, meal and corn, of " " s ' company by tomorrow night all the a aualitv and in such Quantities as Post among the numbr- rafiroad property and assets in their ai-oused their suspicions, at several Tbe flrst "watermelons of the season 1 hands. The court finds that the com. little "one-horse" stores. are here, and they are of the luscious pany has complied with all the ,re- The local Sleuths were put to work Georgia variety. Mr. W. A. Gattis re-1 quircments of the order of May ICth. on the rase, and some two weeks asro ceived the shipment l carload and he I relative to the retirement of old mort tliev oame to the conclusion that the oner tnem to jooDers wis morn- images, and has paid or given security rag. ror the payment or an its jnaeDteu- The trolley ride which was to have ness as represented by bonds, not les been ziven List Mondav nicht bv the than 00 per cent, of which has been Young Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres- cancelled, and has also arranged for byterian church was postponed until the payment-of the 4Vi pw cent, ter- next Monday night, July 3. The car mlnal loan. The court also finds that loaves the initol at 8:.V n. m. nnd the company has complied with the thorities. But as yet they had not suf ficient evidence to warrant the making o arrests. Sunday evening last, - just as the police were developing a nice little de tective plot, Mr. F. B. Arendell, the supervisor and general purchasing agent of the prison, stated to Chief Mullen that he feared there was "something wrong with some 3f the people out at the pen." The Chief replied that he had known that for some time, and was then trying to detect and capture the guilty parties. Wednesday night the vigilance of Chief Mullen and Officers Conrad and WYATT HARNESS COMPANY, (Successors f o E F. Wyatt & Soa.) goes to the park at 9, where refresh ments will be served tree. cents. II. O'Connor, a commercial traveler for a cotton supply house, and who made Greensboro his headquarters, visiting Raleigh regularly, died at the former place Wednesday night sud denly. He had a numbcx of acquaint ances and friends in Raleigh who will .regret to learn of his death. order regarding the retirement jot the Frice, 25 1 receivers certificates and that the cor poration is now solvent. " W.A. Phillips, who keeps a grocery Boasley (who were on duty ..at the tim "surrivCa him and is at .present in map. Edgar, who was shot by a n 1,6-,1, cHnt, f ha ,ir and assigned to the case) was re- fjr.boro. policeman in Johannesburg In wnrrl at! - i . i i i i ia j i was mso lociiea up, dux was laxeruu- frhpv -neTo Ilenrv Brown mitted to bail m the sum of V-'OO for leave the Holderfield house with a complicity in the thefts and for re- push-cart. Soon after two of the om- ceiving stolen property. cers "accidentally" ran across Henry Eaaltsh fioraaod oa Traasvaal. Iondon, June 29. In the House of Commons today Joseph Chamlerlaln, Secretary of State for the Colonies, said that compensation had been de manded from the Transvaal govern- His wife ment on. the ground that the EnglKh- Isoer COMING OUT IN STYLE, and equipped with a well-StUag and bandsome barness, yonr bors "will, when he has tee a furbished with oz of our toe trap, coach or bugy txr ness, triminel la rubber, gflt, nkVI cr brass. Our fine harass gives irtjla nnd benmy to your turnout, and Is en, reliable as It Is Landorne. The Carrollton Hotel is looming up in popularity since the new lessee, Mr. W. M. Jordan, took charge. A glance at the register shows that tbjfc dally riwug Mtneu muptr i . j v arrivals of transient guests are double Their preliminary trial will come off and his cart and discovered hat Aas at 9:30 this mornim? before his Honor in it . without arousing the negro s police in: was killed by a government without any JunUhcntion. officer Manufacturing Collars A SPECIALTY. Highest Cash Prices Paid for Dry Hides. Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of Harness. 109 Ea5t Martin St., - RALEIGH. N. C JUNE JOTLETS. Mayor Powell, and the evidence will fears. He -was told to "go on," in an reveal a stratlingly bold and success- off-handed way. fully planned series of robberies of the He went. So did the policemen, State's penal institution a thing which though unseen by the negro, of course, has been going on for over a month, in the direction of A . H. Phillips but of which the prison authorities, store. When the cart stopped near the days ago. This was Jeff Brack, the ex-con vicL j The ltaleigh police department had He appeared to know what to do and its suspicions aroused several weeks did it. He shouldered a ninety-slx- igo, and for over two weeks have been pound sack of flour and went to the following up clues which last night store door. The negro" swung a two- terminated in the arrest of Phillips bushel sack of meal across his back and an ex-convict named Broach while and , followed. (These articles had in the act of receiving a 9G-pound sack been surreptitiously marked by one of of flour and a two-bushel bag of meal, the officers while peering into the cart which had just been brought from Hoi-(shortly before.) derfield's home in a push-cart, and J W. H. Phillips now appears upon the the which the police claim and have strong scene. Although close to midnight, he evidence .to prove was stolen from the opens the door to his store and admits what they were a week ago and there tofore. Mr. Jordan haa been conduct ing the hotel Just a week. He de serves the success with which he Is meeting, and Indeed all that will come his way. He sets an elegant table, and is polite and accommodating virtues that count in a hotel man pa A JUVENILE HIGHWAY ROBBER, with a great the two men. groceries, - sidemeat, As the negro passes in, bringing up Frank Maora. Oaa of taa Tarsa Bys Whf Waylaid ani nbbd. 6rovtr Cappsda. Raturasand la Arrasttd aad Jalltd. for Aaothcr Crfm. The readers of The Post will recall crime, committed last winter,! wash-skirts. when young Grover Coppedge was I , x)ng lace stoles waylaid and roiDea on streets of ltaleigh in the busy hours of the day, his purse of $- being taken from him. White season. Princess ties to the fore. Striking and stylish black sunshades, with white polka dots. Many new hues and artistic designs In summer allks. ' ..ew rough-braid golf hats, with silk folds and cagle'a qullL very fash ionable. Simple muslin gowns, embellished with cashes or net. Lice or chiffon. White .silk or satin underskirts for evening wear, too delicate for ordinary women. Eauisite printed floral designs on dotted Swisses. Many new forms of braiding and stitching, and a wide variety of new shapes in recent summer separate 0000111 Ferrall on am n. rarnltun v . a wvu mm ' " o the public many dresses toilets. -Ideal summer fuorning costume or pongee. Crush ribbon collars, with neck It will also be remembered that the clasp attached. In great demand. State Prison, together deal of other hams, etc. Holderfield was taken into . custody dart from around the corner and force yesterday afternoon about 5 o clock, their way in after him before the door criminals who committed the deed Tace. net and moussellne inserts In winie at nis worn; at tne prison, .urs. can he closed. were three young white boys scarcejy velvet and satin sleeves. Holderfield will be a defendant also Chief Mullein turns the key In the older than Young Coppedge himself. I Dozens and dozens of yards of puck- at the examination 'this morning, door, arrests the whole outfit and tele- Two of the bovs after suffering Im-1 Prwl black velvet ribbon trimmmlngon thousrh she was permitted to spend nhones to the penitentiary to Mr. Uirisnnmpnt nendinsr trial were finally! white onrandie down. last night at her home oa account of LArendell, the supervisor of the prison, releasetl unon the payment of costs,!' The. de rizueur txlonaIse made In the small children of the household. Mr. Arendall a few minutes ore- two kind-hearted lawyers navlne the two nleoes. with belt at the waist, but The claim is that Holderfield and a viously was in The Morning Post hatter In the case of one of the boy Ipo cunnlnrfy constructed as to give the " '"'j . iu, "uu x& i uiinjtr, auu uuu jjmjutru iivui inio uuitc wnose iiiOiuer was uuaute w uu leuect ot our imvt a United Mates convict, packed the for admittance to the nnson. The ,nf wn nnp hnv who a WIW tpnpnrv to exatrireratlon articles on rrom tne prison m tne .police therefore received the reply that nwnv and the others claimed he was in midsummer millinery models. wagon in which the trusty was per- he was then on his -way. However. Uiu rnr(Aer in the flffalr. This bov Splwttnl iniuarted nenancs. each one mitted to convey tne nreman to and re soon retraced his steps, and to- hs Frank Moore, and yesterday he was! just enough for one shirt-waist. irom nis nome ana tne prison, one or aether wirh the othcers, visited the hfnrp. .Tnstiee Nichols on the charce the trips being made between midnight house of Holderfield, where Brack 0f carrying concealed weapons and Those Dear Girls Again First Fair ana oayngnt., , roomed, for further evidence. thrpntpninsr the lire of Iry Thompson. I One "I wouldn t be seen at the ev How they secured' entrance to the Xo other prison provisions could be tta nan.mirted to tall In default rich balL" Second Fair One "Oh. commissary or storehouse is not yet found there, however, and Holderfield np bond for his appearance at court. you're not so Inslgniacant as that. learned, for Holderfield had no con- denied all knowledge of the thefts. He it cm thnt Frank left Ralel eh the dear." Brooklyn Life. necnon wiui tnm ueparxmem;. - was arrested at o o cloclc-yesterday at- rJnv fto-p the robberv of youne Cop- i44 vi iax ixLiao irernoon ana iasseu iue uiuc ju uie nWA vin(r tr orroiK. ana Denuiisr 1 1 1 i-l -t. -I - I M v B ' aireauy otner xnan xne one in question station house. hUwav ithere. Thence he went to where corn, nams, meal, etc., in large ,The nreliminary trial takes place at m. on tn-mAd -to thu Srato . . . Mm. MX mi I 1 1111 111 O. U 4m. w w w - quantities, wnicn nau oeen stolen irom g 0'ci0ck this morning. Holderfield had several weeks ajro tne prison, nave neen sold to tmrd- ft fmnloved counsel last evening, and i v ' i A.X.IZ Xiao iaii w Class grocery Keepers-ami otners. Phillips would not talk. vLlt: tn ILaleleh within that time, re- T -. -rtrtrt -.i t- ."4 A- I . , lf4-l . .. mi . -. I ' ----- - - - ill wuc uicu iv i-uc i mi unr secona ace win De renaereci r.. t Tnocop n rhr i iiiniiiiK lux; iu.sk. ntuc M.u.&-j uium this morning when the other facts will T.vn nirrMS later he was in jail for come out. OUR CARPET SALES MUST END SATURDAY JULY 1ST. There is not much left of the quantities, yet the assortment is still good in1 what re- mains, and there is real cheapness in real choiceness. S:e the prices. Onr Surplus Best All-wool Extra Super Ingrains, worth 75c. and 80c., at Z7c. yard. Our Surplus Best All-worsted Wilton Velvets, worth $1.2Ti. at 75c. yard. Our BurpVus Best Boyal Axmlnsters, worth $1.2.'. at 8.V. yard. Our Surplus Best American Brcsrtts worth $1.00. at 75c. TAI1D. Our Surplus Best Smith's Moquette, worth $1.00, at 75c. yard. Our Surplus worth $1. Bet Body at Wc. yard. Brussels, Every housekeeper should be on hand early, as this Surplus Sale of Car peting must be of greatest interest to them alL No extra charges for making and laying. DOBBIN & FERRALL. night two hams and a full sack of flour were thus disposed of, and other arrests will be likely to follow oon Mr. F. i- Arenaeii, tne . supervisor- arid purchasing agent of the prison, stated to Chief of Police Mullen last Sunday night that cions that thei ts or tnis nature were being committed. Contribution Concerning the Obsequies ot Miss Claudia Leach. Rrliinr Pnst! At. 0 n. m. the manv he had his suspi- fiends of the late Miss Claudia S. Tnla non- nmm l , ieach oegan to assemoie at ner resi-rlp-n rn Smith "MrDowell s-treet. to The chief was already aware of the pay their last tribute of respect and take their farewell look at her re- fact, and told Mr. Arendell so, and the another crime. The case against him in the Coppedge matter Is still hang ing over his head, t&e grand -jury having found a true bill. The boy is about 15 years old and small for his age. TEXAS RIVERS ON A RAMPAGE. tnovai clues ting followed up, the arrests maills Waiters containing beautiful Will continue until our immense stock of Men's -Youths- Boys noted have followed. floral offerings were being contiually The trial promises to prove an un- handed in. a 9:30. the time appointed. usually interesting one, ano. important ,six of hr special friends bore the cas developments are likely to be brought Jket containing her body to the hearse. OUt Dy tne examiuduuu w me wll"ITTer'nnll-hp-nrprs wprp Thnm.U nesses not incorporated herewith,- for good reasons. Particulars ml the Robbery- The Post talked with Chief Mullen and other officers of the Raleigh police force last evening and the following ac counts the bold and systematic rob bery is ' based upon the information thus secured. - John Holderfield and his wife. and children reside on south . West street. J-'or years he. and his -brother Isaas vere guard s and overseeis at times, at the penitentiary. Each of them slot several prisoners while engaged ir this work, and two or 1 more of them, it is said, died either at the time rt . pve-ntuallv or tne wounas. For some time past John Holderfield has been holding a position as fireman at" the central prison and nis auties require him to repair to that institu tion about two. hours before daybreak to build nres in the-boilers. Six weeks ago, he experienced an at tack of partial paralysis. . Owing to his infirmity the prison authorities have been : furnishing him with con veyance to and from4 his home and the (orison the vehicle .usea.peing a. ugui wiisron. ' -' ' - ' ' ' A "trusty" named Adolphus , Hol- Denson, Walker Williams, Ed. B. Crow, Frank K. Ellington, Capt. W. H. White and John T. West. One by one the carriages filed up to the door and were filled, and then began the long, silent ride to the family burying ground in Johnston. At. Mt. Zion Church her old friends and neighbors were assembled, where, after a short but beautiful service conducted by Dr. Eugene Daniel the remains were taken to their final resting place be side the dear ones that had gone be fore, to await the sounding of .the last trumpet, when she shall, come forth to meet her risen Lord..- Her memory hangs like a sweet aroma around all that knew her, and her family have had the keen edge taken-from their Railways Suffer Severely and Crops Dam Austin, Texas, June 29. All streams jx$$kj4$34 in central Texas are on a rampage. gSHSi,43 The International and Great Northern jHefS ltailroad tract is suomergeu ror len miles and washouts are numerous. The bridge of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas over the Brazos river neur Smlthville is washed away. Several c II ITS THAT WFRR Cm NOW ZXCl LOT HINOI bridges on the Houston ana Texas Central are reported washed away. The San 'Antonio and Aransas rasa Railroad is also a heavy sufferer. Thousands of acres of lands are flood ed, with great damage to crops. The property loss aggregates several hun dred thousand dollars. ? v V At the following reductions is disposed cf : SUITS THAT WERE S12.?0 NOW $ 9.00 ' 11.50 l?.6o 7.50 9.00 10.00 5.00 6.50 7.50 44 t 15.00 17.50 20.00 , Tragedy Follow Dlsappolatmeat Muskegon, --..ch., June 29. Because Mayor Balbernie would not reappoin James W. Tayer director of the pooT . . Have you seen these bargains? if not you should, as you have the opportunity at LESS THAN COST of minuracture. ;Many availed themselves of this sale, why not you? ' We add to this for the coming week a'line of Washable .Kq cKrkf thp mflvfir in the breast rndav grief by the many hands that minis- wJile the latter was standing in front xereu in every waj .itfiuKviaie uer sut- f h!a stre. Taver then shot himsei f ering, and their hearts are overflow ing with gratitude. With deep sorrow we say farewell. T. NECKWEAR and drank carbolic acid, died shortly after. Both men These are exceptional values Four-in-Hands, Club Ties and Bows, the regular 25c line, go now 2 for 25c You should not pass this sale by. .Miss Minnie L. Crowson has finished her course as a trained nurse at Rex Hospital, and, as announced elsewhere Riots Result la Woundlno Severs! JKes. Cleveland, June 29. During the riot- Ing todiv as the result of attempts of TERMS STRICTLY CASH: in t.hls roiner. offers her services .to the strikers and sympathizers to drive non nublic. Miss Crowson has made an unlonlsrs from cars, three men were. excellent recora in ner cnosen prores- seriousiy uu srcii viutns augivuy m sion and she is highly recommended Mured. Several shots were fired, a hv the medical profession of the city, number oi cars uemg swmeo. . G1R05S hw: EHAM. UP-TO-DATE CLO THIER5 AND FURNISHERS.
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