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LAST EDITION. iLL THE MARKETS. THE RALEIGH E 717 TIMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1906 PRICE 5c. X- Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation, m t m a ORDER PREVAILS AT SALISBURY No Attempt Made to Liberate Lynchers HEAVY GUARD ON DUTY The Prospects Are For No More Present Authors of Mob Law At Incendiary Utterances in Public Arrested By Police Position ami Temper of Judge hong Story of Situation and Developments. While grave fears were entertained that trouble would break out again at Salisbury last night the town was com paratively quiet. No attempt was made jail there as to llbo. ate George Hall a leader of the mob, and the presence of troops had a pacifying effect. v The troops will remain until ill danger is over. News from Greensboro was alarming, the report having been circulated that Die negro, Bohannon, charged with the murder of a foreman on the Southern Railway, would bo lynched. The au thorities took every precaution, how ever, and the mobs did not appear. At Salisbury every effort is being made to apprehend the lynchers. (Special to the Evening Times.) Salisbury, N. C. Aug. 8. Fearing ; that the. mob would resent the arrest ' jf necessary to repel force and enough of George Hall, notorious lawbreaker,, prevent' any violence to anybody and a loudmouthed member of the m tnat jaj mob that, lynched the Glllespies and Tn'e a'ttitue 0f Judge Long has .lack Dillingham, the sheriff, obeying change(i entirely since Monday. .His the Instructions of Governor Glenn j deftan, good humor had all the seem and Judge Long, called for the Char-i,ng ot seriousness, but there is not lotte and Statesvllle military compa-on nlg wnoie countenance the sugges nies last night. Their coming took,, , Bmue. He was completely all the curious out and there was a good slaed army of perfectly peace ful people here when Charlotto's men left No. 12. Various rumors had set the law re opecters' on their sruard. Though no importance was attached to the story toid in a nunarea tortures anu twists, the-belief by some of the mob derers jf caught.' that Deputy J. H. Krider, nominee Tne city has pienty of men who for sheriff of Rowan county was the Lre willlng to risk their lives in the man who shot Engineer McLendon, upholding of the representatives of caused many of his friends to fear j , ne state when there was a search lor him. There was talk all over the j f()r men wno wlll stana by the offl city that the mot would he back to.f.ers severa citizens volunteered lynch Krider and release Hall, who L ir gervlcea and were on duty all was one of their motithiest men. There is no evidence that Krider did shoot at any time, much that he did not. But every precaution was ne cessary and the determination of any mob to lynch Hodge Krider would have meant death to the first who tried it. Then Judge Long had heard that the Investigation of the lynch ers would be stopped and he has de termined that nothing shall interrupt the court. The first show of disrespect last night was promptly checked. After the soldiers were placed in the jail lot Mayor Boyden addressed the cur ious crowd and told them that Gov ernor Glenn had sent General Arm field here to preserve order and that he wanted everybody to disperse. "God knows," he continued, "that i don't want to see a repetition of that disgraceful affair of last night and I dop't want to see any mob here to night. TMso men are here to pre serve order, and If there is any ad vance upon that, jail somebody is go ing to be hurt." A mouthy chap who had 'istened to the big talk of the mob last night chirped in that he . ng when ne was delivering his charge did not mind anything like that. 1 1 the grand Jury. Upon his fare was This made the mayor mad and he re-j H(,, tnat restless, dtermined expres plied: "You don't? Well, you are . )ht hodf,s ... for any man con- a very foolish man, though I doht I know who you are. Genoral Arm field I order that man arrested and let us stop this foolishness right here." It was pitiful to see the mis erable coward unmasked and fright ened half to death, lying.like a Cre tan. Two were locked up and that ' Y-lZT T f'any presentment of the case against the first and only disrespect o(,wes'" . . . u.n . S one was the night. In the afternoon there was a very short session of the court but noth ing doing, it adjourned until this morning. As has been mentioned, ttin tn order case for which there was : convened a special term of court, was j continued to -August 27. Judge Long , still is determined that if it Is In his I power to learn anything of the lynch ing he will be here to the finish.. In convening the court he heard a few minor motions while the grand jury was being brought in and then dis missed that body until this morning at 10 o'clock. He said that he de sired to say a few things and he then 7 j ir ,,...... ,...-. after the mob again and the-e was anger in me tone 01 ins voice. ne said: 1 ieei mat 11 is lncnmDem upon the court to make ;abllc an- j nouncement pending investigations of the grand jury. The probability is that the court cannot make an In vestigation this afternoon and I do sire to say a few words before ad journment. .That jail (he pointed towards It) was invaded by a mob last night and it has gone out upon the wings of electricity that Rowan county has allowed a mob to break open this prison and commit murder. It has gone out that the citizens of this county permitted this to be done. I think this is a mistake. The rep resentative citizens of this county had nothing to do with it. They are not responsible but they will be respon sible for the recurrence of a similar 4 outrage. 'The court hears that Idlers on the street are determined that the -processes of this court tfill be Interfered with further. I, therefore, deem it proper to proclaim that the square next to the jail shall be kept clear and give warning toymen whose chil dren have been on the streets ierc to keep them away. That jail shall be protected and Its prisoners. I have Instructed the mayor to keep ttat street clear and men In groups or singly shall be kept out. There shall not be any excuse for anybody's going there and the man who does it goes at his peril. I have felt it my duty to clear my skirts so mar. no body can say that he was taken by 1 surprise. "Last, night I heard and saw a mini ib of 1)ovs hooting and hollering at th . T,p,.r, ra;vv have been good men in it, and if there were I don't. want, them to get hurt. Tne sheriff is instructed to use force and to sum mon all the deputies needed to carry out the law. He has the right to summon any man for help in this work, and if he refuses to serve, he is gttiltv of a crime. The men st (innP(, thp,. ..re ordere(l to use foict nntraired hv the mob anHheir diso bedience caused him agoiy through out the day. When he said dramati cally yesterday: " Go AlmiRhty retgfct j'St and the law of. the land is still supreme, the same Inflexibility of purpose was written in his face. .e wil 'make it ,11 ..... t... 1. l,t ('.., Iha ty.11,.- the night. A second arrest was made near midnight when a drunken rowdy jumped the fence and brandishing his arms, said he didn't give a d m for the soldiers, would talk all he d m pleased, go where ho d d pleased and would shoot tlie heart out of any man, who tried to arrest him. The soldiers paid ho attention to him, but the chief of police ar rested him. LATEST F (Special to the Evening Times.) Salisbury, N. C, August 8.-3:30 p. ni. "The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exepedingly fine" was a sentence Judge Long used this raom- of pa,.Ucpatlnff ln tne m0b of I Monday night. Judge Long called the court to order at ten fcrty. Barring the keeping of his engagement witii it at thik hour it was an unnecessary session. Truly the mills of the gods do grind slowly and the grand Jury has not yet made LlUUIgC 11. 111. v - - - - - - - -- of the men who was leading the mob in its death-dealing work of torture and mutilation. Another arrest has been made, and the evidence against a fellow by the name of Cress Is being worked up. Solicitor Hammer is being urged to Peeo '' """";;: in ""V v- see an example made of him. and his trial concluded while the military in here to protect him and the town. Judge Long was still harder on the mob this morning when he said: "The court is informed that a kinsman of the murdered people plead with that band of cut-throats and murderers to j'ftne law Proceed. Any man who aided and abetted in that lynching was ROM SALISBURY """-.guilty of murder In the first degree. Any man who encoura4fement by I wuni or preMeiict? o. iwa m.ij k v it is guilty gree. or murder in me nrst ne- HIS WILD CAT FINANCIERING Stensfield's Methods Have Startled Chicago DEPOSITORS HOPELESS Woe-Begone Crowd Hangs .Around the Wrecked Bank How the Bank Was Looted More Than 120,(KI() Poor Families Impover ished Loans .Made On Real Ins tate In Kxcess of Actual Value Rank Forgeries. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, Aug. 8, "Wild cat" real estate financiering by Paul ( . Stens land in his Irving Park subdivision, will be disclosed, it was predicted to day, as soon as J. I. Ketzer, receiver for the wrecked Milwaukee State Bank checks up on the mortgages and notes given by hundreds of investors who hung on to the "bubble" let loose by tlx- missing bank presi.i' lit. A slump In value at this time, which it is feared will come, would cause much suffering and loss to owners. It has been learned that loans have been made on houses in that subdivis ion up to within SO per cent, of the'r top notch value. The cash came from the savings of depositors of the sus pended hank. Scores of houses were constructed In the subdivision which were declared, When building, to be too expensive for the character of the section. Loan houses were told at the time that if they did not care to take the security Paul ). Stensland stood ready to fur nish the money and at a low rate of interest. Today a woe-begone crowd of deposi tors continued to crowd around the bank. As on previous days the un fortunates, mostly working people, came early and- seemed determined to remain- indefinitely. Police were' on hand tn repress any tendency toward disorder. The Chicago Tribune says: "A state of affairs more startling and shocking than had been hinted previously in connection with the col lapse of the Milwaukee Avenue State I Hank was revealed last night when it became plain that through bare-faced j forgery President Paul f. Stensland I had plundered his own bank systemat ically through a period of years. "The question arose whether Cashier Henry W. Herring profited to any large extent by this plundering. His friends sav he did not, though acknowledging that he may have had knowledge of what Stensland was do ing. "At any rate there has been discov ered In President Stensland h safety deposit vault box a series of memor anda detailing how the bank was looted. "The amount thus taken from the savings of 22,000 poor families, as set down in Stensland's handwriting is $1,003,000. The money went to support stensland's real estate speculations, Ills 'co-operative' building business and his fine household in Irving Uark. "According to the police some of also went latterly for luxuries for a certain woman or women friends of Stensland's. "It Was intimated that when the bank president fled he was accompan ied by a divorced woman who is still with him. "Information about the long list of forgeries with detailed corroboration was obtained hy the Tribune from a source of unimpeachable authority. The Tribune's Informant saw the mem orandum of forgeries, memorandum notes and other fictitious paper which the fugitive president and cashier left l-ehlnd them. The thefts consist of nearly 200 items ranging from $1,000 to $15,000 each. The names forged are those of directors and stockholders in the bank and of persons associated with Stensland in other business ven tures. Some dummy names are there too. "If the entire amount of $1,003,000 is found on investigation to be compossd wholly of forgeries of course, no part of it can be recovered. This discrep ancy alone will mean the loss to each depositor of one fourth of his savings. It is furthemore feared that Stensland may have taken with him in his flight a large supply of the bank's cash." According to Charles Sommerkamp, the care-taker of the Stensland home. President Stensland was at home in Irving Park between midnight last Saturday and 9 a. m. Sunday. Sommer7 kamp stated iosltively that the missing bank president was In the houso Satur day night with several men and that when he left he took with him a small steamer trunk and a leather suit ease Conclusive Evidence land. Against Stcns- Chicago, Aug. 8. Conclusive evi dence has been unearthed by State Bank Examiner Jones that Paul O. Stensland, the fugitive president of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank has been guilty of highly criminal acts in conducting the business of the institution of which he Is the head. This was officially announced by Mr. Jones today. Henry V. He rug, the missing cashier, who was declared to be an emhattler of large sums of money, is being in a measure ex onerated because of Hie lack of di rect proof against hi 111. Mr. Jones confirmed statements that the frauds amount to over ?1,-000,000. EVIDENCE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT. (By the Associal. Union, S. C, Aug. English, of Hartsville, ards English and two .1 Press.) S. David L. S, C J. Rich negroes, John Sarton and John Ren wick, charged with the murder of Mose Hughes, whose body was found in the Tiger River June 7th, were discharged to day on the ground of insufficient evi dence. The negroes afterward were hound over as witnesses against W. R. Gil Han and Douglass English,, charged with the. murder of Hughes, and who now are out on $.r,tni0 hail, Letters were produced to show that W. I). Smith, the name by which Douglass English is said to have -one in At lanta, had been cautioned to avoid detection because, "if you are caught jit. means a life term or the rope." I The letttrs give details or murder of Hughes. IN THE PEN. TO AVOID LYNCHING (Special to the Kn Greensboro, N. ('., three negroes, Frank and Oscar Crutchflehl fling Times.) Aug, s. The Bohannon, Kid in jail here for the alleged murder of Beach am last week, were brought, before Justice of the Peace and waived examination and were recommitted without bond. They will be,: taken to tho peniten tiary at Raleigh for safety this af ternoon. '""V., The fact of their examdntalojn and ofc.th-tr -',pov-; k now n tjo bui ieV. 'Tfe strain of guarding jail last, night, ' added to repeated rumors again today of plots for lynching led to the precipitate action of the au t horities. The whole city sat up last night waiting for the reported incursion of crowds from other points, hut thor ough determination on the part of tne authorities, military and citizens generally to proterl the jail and the prisoners til till hazards prevented any overt action or even presence of large numbers of strangers. It is a relief to have the prisoners away. NEGRO SLASHES Parties from this afternoon ting affair liter noon. It upp Wendell in tho city ell of a serious cut- - today shortly aft jr ! a is that a negro 1 named farmer Lou Todd slashed a white named Jtidd Jones about a mile below tin iwii of Wendell, ig for Mr. Jones, and some water to the 10 place. Todd with it he was not, going ues then told him to that he had no fur Todd repeated that y where, swearing all es finally started to hlm out of the Held, Todd was wpi ) was told to can other hands on 1 an oath swore ii tiny where. Mr. .1 get off the place, ther need for hill he would not go the time. Mr. Jo ward him to pie when Todd drew a razor and cut his employer in two places on the left arm. under the left arm. en the left hip. Mr. Jones, badly cut as he was, grappled with the negro and seized the open razor with his rigid hand, getting four lingers nearly cut oft. T.dd then ran and got away. Mr. Jones, bleeding from his many wounds, mounted Ids horse and rode the mile into Wendell, and wh;:n the partie telling the story left him he was having the wounds sewed up, while others were hunting for the es caped negro. The cuts are severe ones, from 2 1-2 to 5 inches long. STANDARD OIL IS INDICTED (Bv the Associated Press.) Chicago, Augusi 8. The federal arand Jury this afternoon returned an Indictment against the Standard Oil Company charging it with having il legally received a railroad rebate on storage charges. HS MPLOYER r.Eiu ADuntin b iiLiii nniNiiLLu I, iiuirrrn nnnrne Mmu unucno the , le What Disposition to Make of Troops in Rowan QUIET IN SALISBURY Instructions From Governor To Con fer Willi County Vnthbrities And Retain Troops fl rough Tonight If Needed Gov. Glenn Can't I'll dertsand Why Blank Cartridges Were Used. Gen. J. V. Armfleld, in command of the troops at, Salisbury to pro- j teci the jail and hold tiny lynchers t arrested, wired Governor Glenn this morning that he had 110 men un der his command, and thai till was quiet now. He asked the governor what, disposition ho must in it lie of the troops. Governor Glenn telegraphed him instructions to confer witii the local authorities and if they thought ii advisabl to hold the men over in Salisbury this afternoon and to night. Otherwise to take steps to send the Charlotte and Slatesvill companies home. Up to a late hour this afternoon the bean notified what In commenting governor had nol action was taken, on Hie lynching Governor Glenn said today that he egrets very 111 itch that the proper did not ask him for troops olticers on Monday as thsy did on Tuesday its he could have gotten them there just as promptly. But he has to look to the officers for reports as" to these matters. The sheriff had told him that the troops were not needad. Neither judge nor solicitor had inti mated any need of troops and so the governor jcopctijitod that all would be quiet. if The governor says that even he had known as late as 9 o'clock Monday night what I he situation really was he could have gotten Charlotte and Greensboro troops I there in ample time to prevent tlu lynching, lint there was not a Sug gestion of danger until 11:30 Mon- j t j n(Wn night tind then within a half the negroes were lynched. But. ven in thai short time- lite gover nor Bays le: had gotten the Greens boro and the Charlotte troops under I arms and at the depots ready to take the train for Salisbury. Tit.' governor says he cannot un derstand why the military did not I shoot and why blank cartridges Were used, as the use of such cart I ridges on such occasions is a farce. In justice to the officers of Rowan , county tin- governor says he teals sure ilia' the reason ho was not notified of the impending danger in time was that they were sincere in their belief that there was no dan Igor until it was too late to prevent the disgraceful affair. LEGISLATORS FIGHT IN GEORGIA CAPITOL (By Atlanta, Whiteley 1 iter c. D of Fulton the floor i the Associated Press.) Ga., Aug. Representative if Douglas county and Solie- Hill of the criminal county, had a fight tod; f the house. Tllc Well iiirf y on il to M The rated by friends before either orloUfdy hurt. The fight is sa have grown out of Whiteley in the luuisi lie was passed betua day and blows follow -marks vesterda by ATTEMPT AT MUTINY SAILORS IN IRONS (Bj the Associated Press.) Philadelphia. Pa., Aug. 8. It be came known today that five marines are in double irons on hoard the re ceiving ship Lancaster at tho League Island navy yard and ten sailors are under urrest as the result of a mutiny on Monday night in which two of the mutineers were badly injured. A boating party consisting of j privates Burnett, Kenzy. Haggerty, Alderson, Elbe and Nowland left the navy yard. They went to Gloucester and. it is alleged, sold their uniforms. With the money thus obtained beer was purchased, and when the men re turned they had two half barrels of beer In the boat. This they smuggled into camp, and about a score were Under the influence of the IntOX- 1 this condition the men at o leave the yard and when attacked (lie corporal. The whistle sounded and the men Lancaster nuiekiv responded. A -fa I fight ensue. 1 during which sev shnis w-re. fired, Burnett, one of right hand lenders had his throat ut and Kenzy's right arm was frac-1 t u n ing the 1. After nearly an hour of figltt llle mutineers were subdued and principal placed under arrest. NEGEO PREACHERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. (Bv the Associated Press.) Loudon, Aug. S. h is being sug eested that a small liarty of Ameri can negro preachers who have been I advocating 1 he. Ethiopian propa ganda, "Africa for the Africans," j should in- i deported from South ! Africa. Tli - government litis not taken tiny action and ii is a question I whet her it will. The agitation against the preachers lias been re ivived by lite recent trouble at. Cape Town for which they ai'3 held by J Certain London papers to he partial ly rosponsitne, may have made no secret of llu-ir mission to South Africa, advising the natives to use their efforts to secure black suprem acy in that pari of tha world. MISTOOK BROTHER FOR A BURGLAR. (Its- the Associated Press.) Pensacola, Flu., Aug. s. Mistak ing his' brother-in-law for a burglar, .1. K. HI Hot i shot and perhaps mor tally wounded Robert Powell at Mil ten. Fla.. yesterday. Elliott's home had tee silly been burglarized and he Ihoughl another attempt was be ing made when he heard his brother-in-law, wlio hoarded w h him, raising a window to gel into the house tit an early hour. He secured his revolver and getting near the window fired without investigation. FAMOUS PHILA. PASTOR DEAD. (By tb i Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. S. Rev. Dr. J. Addiion Henry, pastor of the I Princeton PAwbyterinn Church of 'this city, died today in Ashury Park, N. J., where he had been ill for about a month. Owing to ill health Dr. Henry had been unable during the last two years to attend to his church duties. He was seventy-two years old and was one of the best known Presbyterian clergymen in this coun try . He served a term as moderator of the general assembly. WIVES JOIN IN CHICAGO STRIKE. (By the Associated Press.) CHicago; August 8. -The first family strike to be recorded in the labor movement in 1'hlcugii was ordered yes terday when 200 janitoresses voted to j go to the aid of their husbands to w in inn inerea.se in wages demanded by window -washers large ! -1 1 ! ! 1 ! i ! i : tow n. INTO DEPOT (Hy the Associated Press.) Howie;-,, Russian Poland, Aug. S. mil. was thrown today into a led waiting room at tile railway in. One man was killed and wore wounded. A frightful panic A I: ensu. other childr throw , resulting 111 injury to many persons. Women fainted ..nil n were trampled upon. Tin: r of the bomb escaped. CANNOT DEPORT THE SYRIAN LEPER (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 8. Xo action will be taken hy the United States govern ment authorities concerning George Rossi. th Syrian leper, who, it was thought, might he a proper subject for deportation. Information has been re ceived by Surgeon General Wytnan of the marine hospital service, indicating that the man has been in this country about four years and tihat the disease of leprosy developed in him after he had been the United States two yea rs. The matter was referred to tic im migration officials and a decision was reached that, in view of the circum stances, nothing could be done look ing to the deportation of Rossi. The Wxn will have to be dealt with by the health authorities of West Virginia, where he is domiciled at present. BOM THROWN CARPENTERS ARE LEAVING RALEIGH Going to Other Towns in tiie State ORGANIZING PAINTERS Men of the Brush Have Applied for Charter Central Labor Union to Meet Tonight Six Men Have Gone to Henderson, Several to Mocgan ton, and Ten or Fifteen Will o To Wilmington Tomorrow. The striking carpenters are begin ning to leave Raleigh and take work in other places. Six have already gone to Henderson, some have gone to Morganton and ten or fifteen will have for Wilmington tomorrow. Most of these men are getting from fifty to seventy-five cents more in these places than they received in Raleigh. Three have gone to Apex. The strikers declare themselves as firm as ever in their determination not to go hack to work under the old conditions. They. say they will never do it if they all have to move from Raleigh, and General Organizer Grif fin, speaking for the national organi zation, says they will bo taken care of and not allowed to starve. It is stated that there is no possible chance of any union men coming here from other towns to take the places of Raleigh men. Mr Griffin says thai not a single man has thus far complained of remaining idle all this time. General Organizer W. A. Davis, who was expected here to organize the painters, was prevented from reaching Raleigh and sent power of attorney to Mr. Griffin, who last night called together representatives of the Raleigh painters and effected a pre liminary organization. Application was signed for a charter, and as soon as this is received permanent organ ization will he effected. The paint ers will then be in a position to give aid to (he carpenters, if nothing more than an expression of moral support. The Central Labor Union of Ral eigh will meet tonight, W. T. Barrow president, and some action is expect ed from them in the way of support. President Barrow is himself one of the striking carpenters, president of local union No. 630. Mr. Barrow stated this morning that lumber had been secured since yesterday by parties employing strik ing cart mters. notwithstanding the edict of the lumber men and the other day they would not. sell material to anyone employing union strikers on the wage scale demanded. Mr. Griffin said this morning that the other side, in making the state ment that building operations and other carpentering jobs hand been inconvenienced in only one or two cases, had madt a misleading state ment. Such wtis positively not the case, he said, Bill all contracts save those where the union conditions were complied with are still in the same position they were on August 1, iinworked. NO LET UP IN THE HOT WAVE. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 8. There was little relief today from the In tense heat and humidity from which -this city has suffered since last Sat urday. Two additional deaths oc curred early in tho day and the pros trations were numerous. The tem perature was slightly lower than yes terday, registering 82 at 10 o'clock with 7 4 per cent humidity as against 07 per cent at. the same hour yester day. Xew York, August 8. There was some Improvement today in the tor rid weather ln which Now York sweltered the first three days of the week. Clouds obsured the sun and fresh breezes cooled tho atmosphere. At noon the death of one person was reported as a result, of the heat. Five cases of prostrations were reported. Georgia Convicts Escape. (Hy the Associated Press.) I Valdosta, Ga., August 8. A special I from Milltown, Ga., says two negro I convicts, "Bob" Henderson, serving a I life sentence, and "Pete" Williams, serving a twenty-year term, escaped from the convict camp there today by boarding a locomotive iand dashing down the track about foul' miles, whet'o they abandoned the engine. Ttoey re versed the epgiie, sending It bflck t Milltown at the rate of forty mites am hour. It was stopped by sending It against a row of empty freight cars on a side track.
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