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Pttll Leased Wire Service of the Associated Prtss. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. LASTEDmOK, ALL THE MARKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1906. PRICE 5c. WALKER ADMITS THAT BE SHOT COL BOLT AND IMPLICATES TWO WOMEN GILLETTE SAYS 'MS SUICIDE HABEAS CORPUS RULING IN LAW SALVATION ARMY HOME FOR R. B. PARISH Makes Voluntary Confession, ' Afraid to Meet God With Lie on His Lips CULLS HIS LAWYER AND OTHERS TO CELL At Graham Negro Under Sen tence of Death Says That He Piped the Revolver With Murderous In tent, and Derlares That Fanny Mc Cain and Annie Turner Assisted Him Ready to Mount the Gallows on December 6. In the county jail at Graham, at noon today, Henry Walker, the negro under sentence of death, made a full confession, in which he admitted that Se had shot Col. L. Bank's Holt with murderous intent on the night of November 6, and announced that he was ready to die on the gallowg. Walker also made the statement that Fanny McCain, the cook, and Annie Turner, the maid, employed in the Holt residence, were implicated, and declared that they had assisted him in his efforts to kill Colonel Holt. These women will be tried and will doubtless spend a good portion of their life in the penitentiary. Mr. E. S. Parker, Jr., who was ap pointed by the court to defend Wal ker, was present when the pris oner made his confession. Others in the jail at the time were Mr. R. F. Mebane, Mr. Jenkins, the jailer, and Mrs. Jenkins. Walker did noL hesi tate about larking. He. said that he was preparing to meet his God, that, he wanted to say voluntarily that he did the shooting, and that he did not want to face his Maker with a lie on his lips. He lias asked that no effort bo made to stay the sentence, as lie is anxious to be executed on the mowiing of December 0. There was no possibility of delay, but this confession will relieve the minds of those who had entertained doubt as to the guilt, of Hie negro. Much surprise was expressed in Grn ham when it became known that Walker had sent for Mr. Mebane and Mr. Parker, and that he had admit ted his crime, when no attempt had ever been made to force him to speak. Walker will, die just thirty days from the lime Colonel Holt was shot. Preparations are being made for the execution, and the orders of (he court will bo carried out quietly and with out display of any kind. THANKSGIVING DAY TOMORROW Provisions Distributed to the Poor Today His Story of the Big Moose; His Counsel Hay invoke it Both Travis and Baggett Lake Tragedy in Few Days SOUGHT TO SAVE HER THE BOND NOT REDUCED COURT MUCH DIVIDED THE CHURCH SERVICES Charities Today Bach of the Graded Schools Sent a Dray Load of Groceries and Delicacies, Con tributed by the Children. NEW YORK POUCH AUK IMPIilCATKI). (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 28. The Investiga tion of gambling houses in this city, which has been in progress for some time, was given added Interest today when "The" Allen, one of the most widely known pool room operators in tills city: Albeit H. Falk. bis confiden tial agent. .and two employes visited the district attorney's office. Falk and the. tv. 6 employee went to the district at torney's office in 'espouse to subpoenas, but it is said that Allen Went there vol untarily. All four of the men were rep resented by counsel. They were imme diately Carried into the office of Assist ant District Attorney Murphy, who has had charge of the gambling Investiga tion. This procedure was the result of the search of "The" Allen's house ih Eighth street yestereday'aiid the seizure of cor respondence, which it is said Implicates various police officials of varying de grees, in the taking of graft for the protection of Allen's pool room in Sixth Avenue. "The" Allen and his employes remained in the district attorney's offic inoii! than an hour. Mr. Jerome Joined Assistant District Attorney Murphy and remained during the inquiry. He Says She Sprang; Overboard and ' That When He Attempted to Roach Her the Boat Was I'psct and He Himself Was Thrown into the Water. , (By the Associated Press.) Herkimer. N. Y.. Nov. 28. Ches ter Gillette testified this afternoon that Grace Brown jumped overboard He was sitting in the stern of tit-' boat and when he tried to reach Miss Brown the boat upset. Herkimer, N. Y., Nov. 2N. Ches ter K. Gillette, charged with mur dering his supposed fiancee, Grace Brown, of South Otselice, today took the witness stand in his own behalf. With face somewhat drawn, but al titude as care-free as the most unim portant witness in the entire case, Gillette crossed his legs, gazed at the jury and began to tell the story of the ill-fated trip that he and Grace Brown took on Big Moos.' Lake. He said: "1 left Portland on Sunday, July 8th," he began. "Yes, I had been acquainted with Grace Brown for some time. I went to De Ruyter from Cortland and remained there one night. 1 met Grace Brown. The next day wo went to Utica, staying at the Hotel Martin that night." "Did you have any talk with Grace Brown at the hotel?" asked Mr. Mills, of counsel for the defense. Gillette made an affirmative reply, but on objection of the district at torney the conversation that was al leged to have passed between the Brown girl and Gillette was not al lowed to enter upon the minutes. Then Gillette continued with the narrative of his trip into the Adi rondacks. He testified that he went to a I'tica laundry before starting northward. "We reached Tapper Lake at 5 o'colck Monday evening,'' Gillette sttid. "When we got to the hotel WO started out for a walk. Returning we told the proprietor that we did not care, much for the place and ho told us of a morning train we could get out on. We look that train." The Witness' and His Counsel. In his opening Mr. Thomas said merchants of the city gave a good , ' " . " Wim tnp n,ne win Kiiyypsl Pfl that t npv get off and spend the day at Big Moose, but when the witness reached that point in his story he made no allusion to what inspired them to get off at Big Moose, after the girl's trunk had been shipped through to LICENSE CASES Win Out FOR THE HOMELESS A FLAMING TRAP OF DEATH Voting Man Who Killed Dempsey Still ill .Tail, Unable to Give Bond in Sum of $','. or Any Large Amount Col. Harris May Try UuhlXIU I'tll'llllk I 'it'll, Police Justice Badgei .! . lined this morning to reduce tie, bond of $1,000 in which he decided yesterday after noon to hold It. 1 1. IV: I 1 1 In i court to answer the . hurgr slaughter that u Ml t" pivfei i i him on account of til? fciilhi. superior, ui- nian'' .1 against ! of .1. IS. if til A look in at the office of the Asso ciated Charities on West Hargett street this morning showed that the people of Raleigh were preparing to show their thanks for the good things of this world by them received by be stowing some of them on others less fortunate. - The floors were simply covered not merely strewn with baskets of groceries and eatables of all kinds that had been sent in for distribution and that were being arranged for de livery to their destinations in the homes of the deserving poor of the city. The bulk of these offerings came from the graded schools of Raleigh, the children having contributed very largely for the purpose. This morn ing a dray-load of provisions and deli cacies arrived from each of the graded schools. The packing of the baskets and the work of arranging for the distribu tion is in the hands of ladies of the general committee of the Associated Charities. Hard at work this morn ing at the offices trying to get order out of chaos of good things that had descended upon them were Mrs. John 10. Kay, Mrs. C. C. Baker, Miss Tel fair, Mrs. C. C. "McDonaldMiss Bettie Penick and Miss Dora Foster. Mrs. Ray had charge, with Supt. R. S. Ste phenson directing I he entire work. While most of I Ik; provisions for Thanksgiving dinners came from the children, there were many contribu tions from the general public, and the son street. 'of, .1. r. L. . will Instl- ii:igs on b ihc ground accidental, 1 irtid. as it ner to give ';: i. any large .-.-s-rday af i Justice Bad i been found. i .vtthout it. liv ii lor mur Bey Snow held of murder in I I FF1JH UNCUS WITH M KMPLOVKS ARJl'STFD. (By the Associated Press.) Reading, Pa., Nov. 28. The dif ferences' between the management tj of the Philadelphia & Reading Rail way Company and its employes in the coal, freight and yard service were sottled today, all the trainmen receiving an advance of 1Q per cent in wages, in addition to the adjust ment of unequal rates. A number of other concessions have also been granted the mjn with a view of im proving the service, share. Among the offerings was big box of oranges for the poor-house. There was a lot of clothing, too. A band of Sunshiners- is carrying around some of the baskets, and many of the poor people are going to the ofllee for them. Superintendent Stephenson told the ! 0''"e' reporter that he desired to express his heartfelt thanks to the people of Ra leigh for the way in which they had upheld his hands in this work. Thanksgiving Day will be quite generally observed in this city to morrow. There will be services at the churches, and many of the stores will ho closed all day and others part of the day. The state and federal offices will be closed, and so will the banks. The city market will close at noon. There will be a big dinner and special exercises at the Soldiers' Home. At the Churches. Special Thanksgiving services will be held at Central Methodist, Church tonight at 7:30. Dr. Alfred H. Mo ment, of the First Presbyterian Church, will speak on the "Origin of Thanksgiving Day," and Dr. T. N. Ivey, editor of The Christian Advo cate, will speak on "The Reasons for Thanksgiving.' A special musical program has been arranged for the occasion. A Thanksgiving offering will-be 'taken for the Methodist Orphanage. Thanksgiving services' at Kdenton Street Methodist Chtirch will be at 11 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. F. Bum )as, and the collection will be for the orphanage. In the afternoon dinner will be served by the ladles at the orphanage. Presbyterian Church, Rev. Alfred H Moment, D. D. Service at 11a. m. The collection will be for the orphan age. At this service the congrega tion will have the prlvjlege of seeing the canceled mortgage which has been full paid and satisfied. Church of the Good Shepherd services at j l o'clock. The offering will be for the Thompson Orphanage I We went to the Glenmore Hotel in a bus," said Gillette. "Grace sat down on the verandah. I went in and talked with the younger Mr. Morrison. He told me there were some beautiful sights on the lake and when I inquired about a steam er ride he told me to go and tell the engineer that I wanted to go with him. This I did." "What did the engineer say?" asked Mr. Mills. "He said he would blow the whis tle for us when he was ready to start," said Gillette. "Then," he continued, "I went back to the hotel, and Mr. Morrison told me if I wanted to see all the sights on the lake I'd better take a row boat. 1 asked Grace which she would rather do and she said " There was objection to conversa tions with the girl now dead, and it was sustained. "We went down to the dock and! hired a row boat," Gillette went on. "Before leaving the hotel 1 went in and got my things and hung up Grace's hat." The 'Earlier Proceedings. j Herkimer, N. Y.. Nov. 28. Withl the expectation of reaching the close of the state's case in the Gillette' murder trial before tonight's ad-j journment. District Attorney Ward today continued the examination of Dr. S. S. Richards, the last pf ,the live medical experts employed by the State. Dr. Richards had been cross- J examined by Mr. Mills, of the de-, fence, to some extent when court ad journed last evening but in this case, as with all the other medical I experts, there was an abundance of re-diroct and re-cross questioning awaiting him today. Dr. Crumb, who has acted as med- i Dempsey last week i:i liie nffici Seaboard Air Line at Ji.l ll is not unlikely thai I Hauls, counsel for 1'aii I jtute habeas corpus pi.. I hair of the young man. j that the killing was enti: ! in the hope of -reducing : is impossible for the pri the bond required, or in f bond. Tin' hearing took ph.. ternoon at 4 o'clock be?, '. ger. The pistol had n. and it was decide! t.. U' The warrant had been .1 dor, but while City Attoi that there was evldon.i the second degree, he waived the mur der count and asked th.it the defendant be sent on to court on the charge of manslaughter. Col. Harris contended that the' evidence made out a case of accident pure and simple Dr. J. It. Rogers testified as to tin' cause of death from tin pistol wound. Yardtnaslcr Yates . f the Seaboard told how he had known Dempsey formerly and how he had route to him the night lie was shot and Mfcd for transporta tion to Hamlet. Witness had promised to try to get it Mom him the next morning. Richard Kiddi fled that lie hi lieved he'd sbo scare the f.Tne K. G. Brown v bad seen the pi where it wi'.s .: the yard clerk, testi id Parish ' say he be- and see if he could asleep in the corner, s sworn and said lie I. but could not (ell PAYN ACCUSED OF BLACKMAIL ual Reserve Life I'LL SHOW INSOLVENCY Rumliam Says He Paid State Super intendent of Insurance Payn $40,000, Declares Assistant Dis trict Attorney Nott Today in the Trial of George H. Burnliam, Junior. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 28. Charges that Louis F. Payn, when state superintend ent of insurance demanded $100.0.00 from the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company under threat of showing that the company was insolvent, and that President Frederick A. Burnham had said that he paid Mr. Payn $40,000 w. re made by Assit ant District Attorney Nott today in the trial of George H. Burnham, Jr. OIL COMPANY IS INDICTED (Continued on Sixth Pago.) (Continued on Fifth Page.) (By the Associated Press.) St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 2S. The federal grand jury today returned two Indict ments, with a total of 72 counts, against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, charg ing the company with having accepted rebates, and discriminated in legal freight rates on shipments of oil in vio lation of the Inter-State Commerce law and the Klklns act. Leading Opinion by Justice Hoke Holds That Court Has No Right (Jo Behind Certificates of Character Filed by Applicants for License. Justices BrOwtl and Walker Dissent. T'ne supreme court has at last made a ruling in the matter of the sensa tional objections made by certain members of the ISgal profession in their respect i ye towns to the granting by the Court of license lo practice law lo B. C. Travis of Winston-Salem and Hiram Baggett of Clinton. Sampson county. These men filed certificates of good character, signed by most reputable lawyer.: in their respective communi ties, and stood the law, examination before the supreme court last Au gust. Then other lawyers filed ob jections to the granting of licenses on the ground that their characters were not good, practices very un becoming members of the profession were charged, and the cases argued in open court. The court is divided in the matter of the right of the supreme court to go behind the certificates of good character filed in due form by the ap plicants. The ruling opinion, hold ing that the licenses must be granted despite charges made, is by Associate Justice Hoke and is concurred in by Chief Justice Clark and Justice Con nor. Justices Brown and Walker dissent on t'ne ground that the statute relative to certificates of character is unconstitutional, in that the legisla ture has no right to interfere with judicial proceedings of the court in licensing applicants for law licenses. In writing the leading opinio!) of the court Justice Hoke holds that it is a matter exclusively within the control of the legislature. The chief justice concurs in the opinion of Hie cjourl end files n separate concurring opinion, in which lie points out that, the mailer :s nol a judicial one. but solely in lite discretion of the general assembly. He directs attention to the fact that in nine siates only in the union are applicants licensed by a supreme cdurt, and in others they are licensed by bar associations, com mittees, circuit judges and the like, in Indiana It seems that legal learn ing is not required, but only a good moral character. Justice Brown, in a dissenting opinion, concedes the right of the general assembly to regulate admis sion to the bar. but contends that they have plainly committed to the supreme court as a court the right to grant license, and that a court can only act judicially, and that it Is plain from the statute that a good moral character is a prerequisite and that filing a certificate is only a prelimi nary requisite to standing examina tion upon the law, and that the court has the same power to pass on the moral character of the applicants as it has to pass on their legal attain ments. He holds that It would be dangerous to the morals of the legal profession to hold otherwise, and points out how easy it is to get cer tificates of a good moral character from good-natured attorneys, as illus trated by this very case, where men of excellent character have vouched for the applicant's good character, while men of acknowledged high standing in the profession have pre ferred serious charges and bached them up with evidence. Judge Brown takes the position that It is extraordinary to suppose that the general assembly intended to require only certificates of good moral character and not a good moral character itself. Justice Walker concurs with Jus tice: Brown, and argues that granting license is plainly a judicial act and committed to the supreme court; that the requisites tire: twenty-one years of age, a good moral character, and requisite legal learning; and that this court has the judicial right to pass on and determine each. He says, in substance, that the construc tion placed on the statute is a dan gerous one. He says: "Such a con struction defeats the manifest inten tion of the legislature, that no person shall be admitted to the bar who was nol of good repute." JOHN D COUGH UP A MILLION Else I Kill You and Burn Your Offices WOMAN WITH REVOLVER I Says Husband Was Ruined By Oil, Declares Herself Saint of the Sun, .Moon and Water, and Goes to Bellovue for Examination of Men tal Health. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Nov. 28. Charged with threatening to kill John D. Rockefel ler unless lie paid her a million dol lars. Mrs. Rosa Delina Beauvois Handheld. 40 years old, was arrested today in front of the offices of the Guardian Trust Company, in lower Broadway, t he arrest was made on a warrant issued by a police magis trate. Al the district attorney's office Mrs. Handheld said thai her hus band had been in the oil business but that he had been ruined by the Standard Oil Company. Mrs. Hand field is charged with having forced herself into the office of Mr. Rocke feller's secretary last Friday and de clared she wanted a million dollars and that if she did not get it forth with she would kill Mr. Rockefeller and burn down the building where the company's offices me located, it is charged she displayed a revolver. Some one in the Standard Oil of fices made out a check for $1,000. 000 drawn to .Airs. Handhold's order and payable til the Guardian Trust Company. She accepted it, but was followed to the offices of the trust company. Alfred M. Barrett, the cashier of the trust company, had been notified not to cash the check, and when .Mrs. Handheld presented ii, said that the trust company did no have that amount of money handy al that time. He asked Mrs. Hand field to return Wednesday. Mrs. Handheld agreed lo do so and de parted. Officials of the Standard Company and the Guardian Trust Company notified the district attor ney's office and a warrant for the arrest of Airs. Handheld was issued by a aiagisrate. When Mrs. Hand field appeared today she was taken to the district attorney's office and questioned. The district attorney afterwards would not permit Mrs. Handheld to talk to any one. When arraigned in police court Mrs. Handheld said she had gone to Mr. Rockefeller's office with the purpose of saving his soul, or if be refused lo have his soul saved, to save ii for him "by blood atone- In the Fire Glare-Frenzied Men Fight at Windows for Life Lines DESPERATE LEAPS TO STONE-PAVED STREET Four .Are Roasted to Death in the Mazing Building, Two Others Have (tied of Injuries Received ill Leap ing, and Still Others Are Expected to Succumb to Hurts Sustained at (he Destruction of the Lighthouse Hotel. a revolver, 'saint of the and that she Sin sun con- . men I." She bad I said she was a I moon and water." I trolled them all. Herman Handheld, foreman of a ! trunk factory. the woman 's hus 1 ban 1. said thai his wife had been jading in a peculiar manner for some jtime. tie declared that he bad no. been ruined by the Standard .Oil Company nor had he ever had deal lings with thai company, j .Mrs. Handheld was sent to Belle vue Hospital for observation as to her mental condition. A SUICIDE AT SOUTHERN PINES. (Special to The Evening Times.) Southern Pines, N. C, Nov. 28. Qui' community was saddened this I morning by the announcement, that Mr. P. H. Deck bad taken bis own life during a fit of temporary Insan ity, He had complained of pains in his head, and. falling to get relief from remedies applied, committed the terrible deed. Mr. Heck was one of our most, prominent business men. recently of the firm of .lunge & Beck, and had long been Identified' with the town and her people. He was 38 years of age, and leaves a wife and three children. The act was com mitted at S o'clock this morning. (By the Associated Press.) St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 28. The Lighthouse Hotel, a three-story structure on the northwest corner of Ninth and Market streets, util ized as a Salvation Army barracks, was damaged by tire early today when probably 500 homeless men were lodged within it. Six lost their lives and probably 115 were injured, about half that number being seriously injured, some not being expected to live. Four were burned to death and two died from injuries received in jump ing from the upper windows. Six others of those who jumped are ly ing unconscious at the City Hospital and are not expected to recover. Two of the dead men have been identi fied as follows: Oscar K. Davis, old soldier, of Quincey, HI., jumped, died at hos pital. George I). Rose, jumped, died at hospital. The most seriously injured are: John Brady, internal Injuries. Charles J. Ross, shoulder frac tured and internally hurt. John Shaw, 52 years old, one leg ged man; leg fractured. James Clark, 110, burned all over body. James Varley. George M, Perry. Thomas Walsh. Thomas Fleming. John llutler. Charles Meir. All of these men were burned and sustained injuries in jumping. None of them is expected to recover. The building was a three story struc ture. Watchman O'Connell who was stationed on the third floor discovered the tire. He said he bad gone to the clothes closet to get some wearing ap parel fur several of the men who were practically without clothing, and upon opening the closet door a sheet of flames burst out. burning off all bis hair and eyebrows. The watchman was unable to shut the door, and the whole room was quickly filled with flame and smoke. - O'Connell gave the alarm and hur ried around, waking up the sleeping in mates. The closet had formerly been an old elevator shaft, and with the door open a draft resulted that quick ly spread Hie fire through the build ing. Men fought at the windows to secure the life lines, and slide lo the street. butf so gnat was the frenzy with which the: lopes were seized and held that they were of little avail and those who could nol escape by the stairway 1. aped from the windows. A large number of those win. jumped were caught In nets, but many jumped before the nets wei e stretched and were Injured. There was but one stairway and the panlc-sti tcketi men surged down this stairway to the street, only to find that door locked. A jam resulted .and probably a great loss of life would have occurred bad not fire mi n promptly burst the door open, per mitting the frenzied men to pour out into the street. Terror took possession of the men. and many of them started to run through the streets as soon as they es caped from the building. They were pursued, and when caught, were taken In ambulances to places of warmth. Some of them, apparently not hurt at all. were crying like children and were not able to tell what was the matter Willi them. About eighty-five men were asleep in the basement when flic lire Was .discov ered. They were unable to get out, as the door was apparently locked. Their cries attracted the attention of police men, ant! the men Were liberated, the policemen breaking open the door. The fire swept through the second and third tTbors. hnd damaged the structure to the cf.limated extent of $2,600. It was an old building. The cause of the fire hus not been ascertained.
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