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The Mormimg Port I For North Caro ' lina: Showers, i Temperature for the past 24 hours: Max. 84; Min. 62. LU O VoL XII RAXEIG-H. N. O.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1903 No. 107 ! Scales His Court Cannot Be Used as a Collecting Agency Mrs. Shipp Certain to Be Ap pointed to the Post Office at Lincolnton T THtMAI J. rXCB Washington. Oct. 6. Special. Del ga.o Crafton of Reidsville. N. C. was ;it?ncei by Judge Pritchard today to i no years' Imprisonment for the em hrtlw.fnt of more than $5,000 from ;wrgctown University. Despite the fict that restitution of the money had ln made and that strong pleas for mency were submitted Judge Pritchard refused to let the young man fro free. "Nothing pains me more than to 1m- poe a sentence in this case. Judge Pri '.chard remarked when the well tlr?5e'i defendant was arraigned for sentence. "His people, whom I know. nr of the very best, and that Is all the more reason that he should have led a different life. This crime of em r-rxlement Is getting to be rather fashionable In the district, and I In tend to put a stop to it if possible, Whi! the university has been reim- lirse,i. i refuse to make this court a mMtting agency. Such was the deliverance made by Ji i lse Pritchard in imposing sentence .nfrer appeals for clemency were made by Dr. George B. Kober. dean of the trMical faculty, and Walter B. Plummy. Prominent North Carolinians !o interceded in behalf of the young man. Judge Pritchard refused to be tr.oved by these appeals, though he let rrnfmn off light, for he could have t! him up for ten years. Judge I rtt.-hini's remarks are considered 5 ?r'.:l- ant In light of the fact that t try Machen and the other ; !ed pot office grafters on similar hir?"'. There will be no appeal from Defense Witnesses in -Hay Judge Peebles Censures the State's Method of Cross Examination, Then Ex-, plains Hackman and ; a Boy Saw the Blow. Fifty Witnesses Heard Yes terday T- the trial of Mr. Emest Haywood I- the superior court for killing Mr. l:i;--v Skinner the defense yesterday Mirrored fifty witnesses and among t twenty who testified as to facts t-" of the most Important, Mack Ful Ir. a negro hackman, and Walter Th-rr.u. a little 14-year-old white boy trrr. the country, gave their evidence yrtUy for the first time. They r r.ot examined at the habeas cof ?: proceedings. The most sensational feature of the 5iF ns the severe criticism by Judge I -M?s of the method used by the state :. cross-examination of certain !:rjjn and his subsequent modlfl ".ticn of his censure. Mr. C. B. Ho- witness for the defense, was sub : -u ! to a most rigid cross-cxamlrt'a-by Mr. Norris. who asked him i? h had not been guilty of larceny "1 other crimes. When Mr. Norris -r-.-iU 1 Judge Peebles ordered' the 2:- to withdraw and stated: Th-i court desires to express Its 'i'nrrrAhatlon of the mode of cross- '.-Ir.ation of the witnesses for the cfr.j if that course Is pursued, no r- of delicate feeling will dare to c Into the court house as a wlt- ;'.!"itor Daniel rose and his ashen ftr portrayed the feeling be was sup He declared that the state acting in good faith and had re wttnses to substantiate the rs they had Interrogated the wlt on. Mr. Peru declared the de rady to disprove them. An -!-Ti.j tlt-cusslon followed, partlci- In by Mr. Noris, Mr. Daniel and J: Ou'i.tm for the state and by Mr. ari rapt. Day for the defense. iv.bles finally closed the In e - br raying: "If these gentlemen crv..-.ntoua jn it ana believe XM Parses then I not only permit t cross-examine In that man t it I tell them it Is their duty. r.M bflieve that the charges, could founded and it Is the court's ''r t- rrotect witnesses being impro- 4rns first Introduced three t0 Prove that Mr. Skinner th. fndant anj made a mn- n Craw his plstoL They were off Justice Evenly Poised m Priteharfs Hairis the decision. The sentence will be served in Trenton, N. J." Crafton did not put up a fight in court, entering the plea of guilty. He claimed to have lost the money on the ponies at Bennlng's race track last fall. A gentleman who was at the "White House yesterday says, that the presi dent has announced his intention of appointing Mrs. Shipp postmaster al Uncolnton. lie gave the Information that the president was only awaiting the arrival of Chairman Rollins before issuing the commission. The president Is going to ask Mr. Rollins to with draw Barkly's name. In doing thlc he will assure ! the young state chairman that he is not turning him down, but that It Is one of those personal cases that come up In every state, where he asks all parties to stand aside and per mit him to have the say. The presi dent Is going to take occasion to say that Rollins Is the recognized authority on all matters pertaining to tKe- fed eral patronage In North Carolina, and he will recognize no one else. The ad ministration does not want It to ap pear that Rollins has been turned down, and such Is really not the case. Mrs. Bishop's cause appealed personal ly to the president. FouNr companies, comprising two bat talion of the first regiment minute men. District of Columbia, left Wash ington today for New York city where they will participate Invthe Old Guard fair at Madison square garden. The regimental adjutant of the district minutemen. Captain Thos. B. Brown, is a former Marion boy. Thursday evening the minutemen gave an exhi bition drill under Captain Brown, using the old flint lock muskets and the Steuben tactjes of revolutionary war times, ' They also wear the conti nental uniforms of buff and blue. Re turning to Washington. Friday morn ing the minutemen will act as honor ary escort to the Honorable Artillery Company of London, who will visit the White House to see the president. Captain Brown holds a position in the White House executive office. Produced Two New Charles B. Hocutt. who testified at the habeas corpus proceeding. Mack Fuller, a negro hackman who was standing near the center steps, and Walter Thomas, a little white boy who was waiting on a wagon near the court house and the shot caused his mule to run a wayi Gld Alston and Geo. Burst, negroes, were examined as to the position of the men. The defense introduced Messrs V. Royster, JL. D. Womble and W. M. Russ to prove the time the shooting occurred after Mr. Haywood left their office and the location of the deceased after the sectmd shot. Mr. A. E. S. Lindsay was also a witness as to time. The counsel took up another phase of the defense when Messrs. Fred Woollcott. R. E. Denny, Gilbert Crab treo. and T. B. Heartt testified to see ing dust on Mr. Haywood's hat, while Mr. O.. I Parham, the jailer, and Mr. J. D. WhI taker. Sr., told about observ ing signs of a blow on his right cheek. Messrs. B. W. Baker and B. M. Cat ling established that the deceased was left handed. The last witnesses, Messrs. Jno. T. Allen andiD. F: Fort, Jr., were intro duced to Impeach the evidence of the state's witness, Mr. E. G. Simpson. Besides the above, thirty witnesses were examined as to the character of those placed on the stand. The defense expects to conclude with Its witnesses this afternoon or tomor row. Ned Barnes will testify today and the clothing of the deceased will be offered in evidence. The latter Is an important point in the case and will nroh.-iblv take some time. There are also additional witnesses here from Baltimore to prove Mr. Schmltz's char acter. The first thing upon taking the chair yesterday Judge Peebles Inquired:. "Mr. Deputy Sheriff, how is the sick juror today?" "He seems tolerable pert this morn ing" renlled the deputy, and Juror , Davis gave a seml-smlle at the kind bl!rltude ab about him. Tlit ?eton X mtrrdnj When rourt convened at 9.30 Mr. E. DeWItt' Smith 'took the stand 'and tes tified to Witness C. B. Hocutt's good character. When asked 'by the state If he knew about Hocutt s divorce from his first wife the defense objected, but Jutl?e Peebles finally overruled the ob jection and Mr. Smith replied that he did not. ! Mr. R. H. McManus of Baltimore, special agent for United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, testified to the good character of Mr. Schmltz. He said that he arrived herethat morning. He was subpoenaed for July term, but not for this trial. Dr. T. N. Ivey and Mr. S. W Whit ing testified to Mr. Slmms' reputation. rir. Ilrntt Ttln Mr. Chas. B. Hocutt of Raleigh was sworn and testified In substance: on the afternoon of February 21st. air. Krhmltz and I were coming down the RESULT A STAND-OFF Returns From Connecticut Elections Virtually .the Same as Last Year New Haven, Conn., Oct. 6 Returns from all the towns in the state where elections were held yesterday with the exception of Killlngsworth, show that 123 went Republican, 37 returned Dem ovratlc majorities, and in one, Canter bury, there was a tie vote. Last year 123 towns were Republican and 39 Democratic. Should the result from the missing town, Killlngsworth, prove to be the same as last year the Republicans will have 124 towns and the Democrats 37. here Is a possibility of another election in Weston, where . the Democrats claim thevotlng was illegally done. The situation grew out of the failure of an express company to deliver the official envelopes. The package was located at Westport and brought to Weston by a messenger. The poll3 were then opened, late in the day, andwere abruptly closed after two and a half hours. The count fa vored the Republicans. A review of the license vote through out the state shows that 76 towns fa vored license,- while 91, not counting Killlngsworth, are against license. The license standing of the towns last year was: License 82, no license 86. Will Travel With Hearst Salisbury, N. C, Oct. 6. Spectal. Mr. W. R. Hearst of New York has invited Senator Overman and Congressman Kluttz of Salisbury to join a party In Chicago next week for a trip through Oklahoma and New Mexico, for the purpose of making a study of the state hood question. Both gentlemen have accepted the invitation. wood Trial. stopped at the Citizens National Bank corner and while discussing the post office building we walked a few steps from the curbing into the street. I saw two gentlemen near the south steps of the post office in conversation Their manner attracted my attention and I saw Mr. Skinner raise his ; lef hand and strike Mr; Haywood on the right cheek. I saw Mr. Haywood fall back and catch himself with his hand. Mr. Skinner then sprang back about eight or ten feet. As Mr. Haywood re covered himself Mr. Skinner advanced a step or two towards him with his left hand behind him under his coat. Then I heard the report of a pistol. "Mi. Skinner was near the edge of the side walk when the first report of the pis tol came. When the second shot was fired Mr. Skinner was In the street,. I cannot say the exact distance. The witness had traveled for the Darnell and Thomas music house and met Mr. Schmltz in Southern Pines. Mr. Schmltz told him that he would be in Raleigh shortly and would call to see him. He did come to the music house and they went down the street together. Mr. Hocutt was born in Johnston county. Cross-examined by Mr. Norris: Mr. He IJocutt gave his age as 32 years now clerks for Ike Sellgson and has been employed bj' him off and on for three years. After leaving Darnell and Thomas he worked for A. WHson, dry goods merchant, then went to Ike Se llgson. Last August a year ago he went with Darnell & Thomas. He was oVnploycd by the Royall and Borden Furniture Company about three years. Never represented Raleigh Hosiery Company. The witness first saw Mr. Schmltz on the day of the tragedy that afternoon. Mr. Schmltz came to tne store and they walked down street to gether, the probable motive being to see the city as Mr. Schmltz was a stranger here. The witness thought, too, that Mr. Schmltz had a letter he wanted to mall. He was looking at the post office when the two left the ctybing at the Citizens' National Bank corner, going diagonally across the street. His attention was attracted by unusual gestures of the two men at the south steps. He recognized them be fore any blow was passed. ,: He could not possibly tell how many gestures there were. Mr. Haywood and. Mr. Skinner were standing on the north side of the south steps or thereabout. He thought they were north of the steps between them and the steps but , was not sure. He saw only one licK passed and that was by Mr. Skinner. He had recognized Mr. Skinner from his side face before any blow was pass ed. Mr. Schmltsand the witness stop ped In the street because they saw the two men conversing at the south steps. VI tninx mai i paex Detween ir. pcnmi ana my-i . f m . . I self about the men. Said Mr, HOCUtt j replying to Mr. Norris. "Did he say there Is a fight? I think something was said like that: I don't know what It was." Mr. Haywood was some six or 8 feet. I think, from , the raised place at the post office. Me. Skinner was standing, when he jumped back, with his back and right side towards the witness. Possibly this would have placed Skin ner a step, or two above the south steps. Mr. Skinner threw his left hand back undef his overcoat, his Hght side being partly toward HoCiitt. When he threw his left hand back his hand could not be seen but he eould tell from the part of his arm seen and the coat that lie had thrown his hand be neath the coat. As he threw his hand back he took a "step or two forward towards Mr. Haywood and the first shot I was .fired. Mr. Skinner was near the edge" of the sidewalk. I Immediately -after the first shot you can't say bow he turned? Surely not. - He was near the edge of sidewalfc and a carriage hid him from view ' as he left the sidewalk. He was going faster than a walk. At the time of the second shot he thought Mr. Skinner had cleared the carriage and was about 13 feet, probably, from the curbing. Mr; ' Skinner's position at that time would place something like his back and j rlsht side towards Mr. Haywood. Mr. Skinner's face was not towards, the witness at the time of the second, shot. ' 1 i Mr. Norrls asked If the witness did not swear before the Justices that Mr. 1 Skinner was going towards Denton's 1 ana now coma- tnat nave piacea nis right side to the defendant "I beg pardon, when I said right side just nowj I should have said left side. I meant his left side." At the time of the second shot Mr. (Continued on 5th page.) KNIFE VS. WHIP - e A Georgia Minister Stabbed by His Son Whom He Had Chastised Argyle, Ga., Oct. 6. Rev. Richard James, a Primitive Baptist minister and one of the wealthiest , planters of Clinch county, was literally cut to pieces by his son, Edward James, last night. Just as Ihe left the church where he had preached. The father was stabbed In thirteen places by his In furiated' son, 'and one of the wounds in the throat causes the physicians to have grave fears of death. Just be fore church' the son. who is twenty two years of thrashing by age, was given a sound the father for refusing to go back and look for the hind gate of the wagon which had been lost on the trip iotlie church. When the son refused to ' obey hisK" father's, cpmrtjahd the latter announced that he never expeoted to let a son disobey hlnrand proceeded to flay the young man with a' buggy whip. This so enraged young James, that he procured a knife and fell in on his father as he walked from the church. He would probably have cut him to death on the spot had not bystanders pulled hjm away from his parent after a. hard fight. Rev. James says thate is to blame for the affair and has requested that no prosecution be brought against his son. Seward James has gone to Homervllle, where he surrendered to the sheriff. I STRUGGLE ON A ROOF Dramatic Suicide After a Des perate i Fight Between Two Women New York, Oct. 6. A crowd of sev eral hundred men. women and children witnessed one of the most dramatic suicides that (ever took place in this city today, when, after a desperate fight with another woman, Mrs. Annie j Martin, a young widow, threw herself I a- 4-Va a c sNwr tana. irom ine rwL VL l"c ""V' ment at bzb west 4tx;n sireei, wnere sue lived. The crowd in the street . below and scores of people in the windows of the tenements .opposite witnessed the fifteen minutes fight that pre ceded Mrs. Martin's final leap. It was a fearful scene, for time and again the young widow succeeded in getting to the edge of the roof, only to be hauled back by the woman who would save her, Mrs. Stella Young. Finally, Infuriated at Mrs. Young's in terference, Mrs. Martin clasped her in her arms and tried to carry her over the roof with her. She almost suc ceeded. Witnesses of the struggle closed their eyes to shut out the awful tragedy that seemed inevitable, but Mrs. Young managed to free herself and Mrs. Martin, after hanging in mid air a few seconds,v dropped to the ground. Mrs. Martin's husband died several months ago, j and since then she has been nursing in the .Metropolitan hos pital for the insane. Two weeks ago a patient struck her over the head with a - club, causing . a clot of blood to gather on the brain. After that she j showed signs of being demented, be- coming very violent at times. Judgment Against Venezuela Caracas, Oct. 6. Judgment was given yesterday by the umpire, 'who is the Snanfsh minister here, in favor of Mar- ,.na, arw1 r TMo Mexican hanker 1 1 1 i v 1 " " ' i Venezuela for funds when i -rlrtK; The claim vatnounts to $550,000 and the award is JSO0.00O. The judgment has immenselv excited the press and public opinion. . ,1 .... . Head-on Collision of Trains Near Goldslboro Locomotives Damaged and the Track BlockedNo One Badly Hurt-Wires Being Down Probably Ac counts for the Ac cident Goldsboro, N. C, Oct. 6. Special. The Southern Railway- had a wreck ibis morning less than a half mile from the depot. Engineer Harris of 107 jumped and sustained slight Injuries in the back. Fortunately none of the passengers of either train was injured. A young man named Elmore from Mt. Olive saw the approaching train and jumped. He lost his gold watch. The wreck occurred between the pas senger train due to leave here at 7:20 and the passenger train from Greens boro, due here at 7:30. Both engines were thrown from the track. Traffic was delayed until noon today. The engines were-not damaged to a very great extent'. The pilots were broken off and the front part of the . boilers was broken in. The 'wreck occurred at an early hour, but in a short time hundreds of people were on the scene. It was,flrst report ed in the city that several passengers were injured. The place where the wreck occurred is at the sharp curve just outside of the corporate limits. There is a deep cut at this point and it , was impossible for the engineers to see each other until the trams were within a few yards of each, other. There af e several rumors afloat as to the cause of the wreck, and as usual with railroad men they refuse to talk; so it is entirely impossible to verify or contradict the rumors. It is said, however, that the incoming passenger train had orders to meet the outgoing train at Grant's brick yard, which is just about one mile frim the city. When this train reached the meeting place the crew discovered that a fire last night at Griffin's brick yard had burned the wires down. The outgo ing train had not shown up and it is thought that the outgoing crew had not received orders on that account. Engineer Piper sent his flagman out and proceeded slowly around the curve. T in wMcdv Due to Familv Troubles George T. Bland Killed by His Father-in-law in Conse quence of Complaints' Made by His Wife Wilmington, N. C; Oct. 6. Special George T. Bland was shot and instant ly killed by S. Hill Terry, his father-in- law, this morning at the home of Bland in this city. Terry was standing on the sidewalk and Bland was in his front yard. Bad blood has existed be tween 'the two men for several years. The shootfng was the direct result ot family troubles. The men have been carrying pistols for each other for some time, and a clash between them has been expeoted for weeks. Today Terry sat across the street in front of Bland's residence and waited for a long time. The latter drive up and went into the yard. Terry walked across the street, nnd when he srot on the sidewalk pulled his pistol'' and fired twice, the second balL passing through Bland's right lung. 1 Bland drew his pistol but did not use it. He died grasping the revolver. Terry gave himself up to the police. A coroner's jury investigated the shooting and found that Bland came to his death from a pistol ball wound at the hands of Terry. Coroner Bell committed Terry to jail without bail. He is held for murder. Terry was seen with a shotgun yesterday and he told a friend that he was looking for his son-in-law Bland and wanted to kill him. .- i The murder reated considerable ex citement in the northern part of the city where j the men lived. Terry ts sixty years old and is well known. The murdered man was thirty years old. He leaves a wife and three small child ren. Friends of the family say that Mrs. Bland's complaints to her father about her husband were directly the cause of the tragedy. Charlotte,! N. C Oct. 6. At Wilming- tor this morning, George Bland, thirty five years bid, a liveryman, was shot and almost instantly killed by his father-m-law, S. H. Terry, a watch man for the Atlantic Coast 'Line and a doorkeeper at the last session of the state legislature. Bad blood had ex- j isted between i he two men for several ye"Srs, and today when Bland drove to his house Terry was across the street, presumably waiting for him. While Bland was still in his front yard Terry came across the street: a word or two 'noa Kota-aon tfirm an1 TattV L1 his son-in-law c?ad from the sidewalk, firing twice. He claims self-defense and said Bland fired first. Although Ithe dead man fell with a pistol la his Passengers who were on the train say that the flagman was only two tel graph poles ahead of the engine av.d therefore the engineer of 107 could not have seen the flagman until the two engines were right on each other. On aocount of the wires being down the crew of the train due to leave here at 7:20 had not received orders at the regular leaving time and pulled down In front of the Hotel Kennon to load the baggage and take , on passengers. When this had been accomplished the train went back again to the freight depot to get orders. Whether or not it got orders can not be found out. In a few minutes the train came by the regular starting point without stop ping and went on down the road to the plate where the wreck occurred. While the train was gone to the freight de pot orders were received over the At- . i . i . . uniic i.oaRt i.inp wires ov wav di vun- tentnea stating that the incoming train; had orders to wait' at Grant's brick yard. These orders were not delivered because they were received while the train- was passing the telegraph offle. These are the grounds for the conclu sion that the Incoming crew did not comply with- their instructions, but took it for granted that the outgoing crew could not receive oraers on ac count of the wires being down and sent out a flagman and tried to get into the city. There were not many I passengers on either train. Mr. "W. Wl R. Simmons arid his family of Seven Springs were on the outgoing train. He says that) the first intimation he had of the col lision was from a fellow passenger whose name he did not know. He saw the approaching engine of the other train and turned very pale. He set tled himself in his seat and braced him self against the back of the seat In front of him. At that time the crash came and the women and children be gan to scream.. All were shaken up very badly and some of the nassencrers were thrown against the side of the cars. The engineer of the incoming train saw the other train i and applied, his brakes and reversed his engine. When the crash came the incoming engine wheels were revolving backward. The other engineer had also applied his brakes and reversed his engine, but the speed at which jhe was running, to gether with the, momentum of 'the heavy train, would not permit much decrease ofi speed in so short a dls- tance. hand a coroner's jury, summoned to in vestigate, found that it had not been discharged and committed" Terry to jail without bail. Sir Michael Herbert Buried London, Oct. 6. The remains of Sir Michael Herbert. ; the late British am bassador at Washington, were interred this ; afternoon in the family burial ground at Wilton, Wiltshire. The fu neral was largely private. King Ed ward and the Prince of Wales sent rep resentatives. Ambassador Choate and Secretary White of the American em bassy, represented the United States. Simulatanecmsly there was an Impres sive memorial service in the Marlbor ough House chapel, St. James palace. POSTAL BUSINESS ''- j j Immense Transactions Shown by Official Report Washington, Oct. 6. Henry A. Cas tle, auditor for the post office depart ment, today completed the trial bal ance for the fourth quarter of the year, which gives a final announccir.ent of the Income and outgo of the entire postal service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903. The footings are as fol lows: Expenditures 1138,784.487. Receipts $134,224,443. Deficit $4,560,044. The total financial transactions Of the postal servicefor the ye, includ ing the money order systei are $1, 026,731,408, thus for the first t.-ne pass ing the billion dollar mark. TRIAL HELD UP Tillman Case Halted by Ill ness of a Juror Lexington, S. C, Oct. 6. The con tinued illness of Milton Sharpe, one of the jurors in the case of J. H. Till man, necessitated an adjournment to day of court until tomorrow. Sheriff Caughman announced that Juror Sharpe was In bed unable to ap pear In court. Upon Inquiry by Judge, Gary the attending physician. Dr. win--' gard, stated that Sharpe would hardly be able to do jury duty within twenty four hours, and probably not then. lie is suffering from bilious fever. Th improvement, which was noted !aie yesterday, does not continue. The could proceed with eleven Jr.nr.- i; both sides consent and the i.;x!in: waive his right a to tav tr, ttfch Man. Wilmington east side of. Fayettevllie streeu
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