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f- f. A 5 :"rr::r. LASTJ EDITION. Lcadj til IJortli Carolina 'Afternoon Paper? in GrcuktiuiC - - ' If ' ' i.-.f s ' ; J THE 7 V0LX71IE 27, EALEIGH, ft. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1907. PEICE6C "' ??, ';Vf,k -it h' '.&AJiffi 4! s . i . t.j...i IW:;HARRYCTHAW'SRESTLESSU(; ' : AND GLARING EYES Ba EVJNS .:?.: ' SAW BRAINSTORM, INSANITY ;f a Extraordinary HenU'bndl- scribed by Expert, . I.VISITHD'TilllllSi CELL AND THE RESULTS Evans Declared That Thaw Suffered Ffom Fornu of Insanity Charac . trlzed by an Exaggerated Ego, Including Adolescent Insanity, the - Latter lue to Heredity The Docs . tor Adds That Thaw Also Exhibit- rd Symptoms of Having Recently ' Undergone an "Explosive or Ful minatinR Condition, of Mental Unsoundness," .' - (By tho Associated Press.) ! V '. New York, - Feb. 12. The fact t that today was Lincoln's Birthday nod consequently a legal holiday In ' '"this state had no effect on the Thaw i trial, which went ahead at the usual hour' this'morning. Justice FiUger ' t aid ordered last week that owing to ,the hardship on" the Jury which U to remain locked up until 'the end , of the' trial, Jthere should' be no re . cess over the holiday, t .: When :,Thaw was walking to his place at counsel table, as he was re , moving his ulster coat, and for some . moments after taking his seat he ,. kept hi eyes on District Attorney' ivv Jerome, and Ignored-bis own coun eel for the time being. Mr. Jeroma y '.was busy with his papers and did not, . ; notloa Thaw's somewhat unusual ao i .,;on.' " - f X . - --s Dr.- Ivans' Galled. ' 1 ' , The' first ; witness call 3d by Mr Dolmaa wit Dri Brit ton JJ Evans, J superintendent of the state' Insane hospital at Morris Plains, N. J. Dr. . ' i Evans 4s a short, thick-set smooth- 'Ifaced man with" a' florid cainslexIon. j Ha spoke slowly, and distinctly. He .'said he was born In' 188 and gradu- o'od from the Baltimore College of ".Physicians and Surgeons In 1883 and :,: afterwards did post-graduate work at Johns Hopkins. Ho was for fox-r ,: years ' assistant superintendent or , tho stata hospital for the feeble minded. In 1893 he became supar lnrendont of the hospital at Morris ? Plains', N. J., where he said there was 'an average of 1,800 . patisnts. , Dr. Evans said he had written and spoken a great deal on the subject ' of insanity and that he had appeared ;; In a majority of tho important cases ' f in New Jersay where ' mental do . rangement or incapacity had to do with thd matter under Investigation, r In several cases, the witness declar- ed he iad represented both the ' prosecution and the defense by con sent of counsel and under appoint-: ' . meat by the court ; ,; ' :, . '. The witness knew Harry K. Thaw; first saw him August 4,' 1906, In the Tombs and, in all visit 3d him eight - times 1 ' ";a-.V .. . ' . : . i Dr. Evans said he was alone on , the visits of August 4 and October 1. At other times he was accompa nied by Dr. Charles O. Wagner, who , testified yesterday. .. V " .- Symptoms f Insanity. vwhat during those visits did you observe in 'the mental condition of Mr. Taw?:' , , -, x . - i ''On'the-first visit on August 4 he " cxhihlt3d a .peculiar facial expres sion,1 glaring of the Ajyes, restless . nofis jtf the eye; suspicioH of his sur- rouiWings and of me, nervous aglt-f tlon and 'restlessness such as. comes . from a isvere... brain storm contmon .. in those 'who -have .recently gono through an explosive or fulminating ' condition - of mental -unsoundness. . He exhibited delusions of a personal character, an exaggerated ego, and 1 along with them7deluslons of a per' secutory character. He thought hlm-i self of exaggerated importance and - believed himself - persecuted by a number of persons." J ' By ' an - "exaggerated f : ego" ; Dr. Evans said ' he meant "a dispropor tionate Idea of importance of self, a bellaf that one is Clothed with now ers. capacity and ability far above normal or above those actually pos , sPBsed." ' ' , ' ' j, ."These, symptoms," he said, wero characteristic of several msntal die easas." - , ', ' , One of the mental diseases lndlcat- ed by Tnaw's actions, Dr. Evans de clared, is known as adolescent tn panity. . It is characteristic of the development period of life from ten td forty years. The person . thus at- nictea is.Jcnown as naving a psyeno- pathlo taint, a predisposition to mental unsoundness, the result of heredity. - "Another form of Insanity Indicat ed," said the witness, "is known as paranoiad or fixed irisanity'on some subject. The third is aaniacal, where . the the patient jump's frbm pOe idea to another. These forms and others are characterized by the exaggerated ego. They' are well' de fined forms about which there can be no difference of opinion." Loss of Mental Rulance" "Is there any specific name, v doc tor, asked Mr. Delmas, "given to that . form of Insanity wherein one Imagines himself omnipresent tho ruler of the world?" "That is Included In the forms of lnsanit3r"ta which .1 have referred. Both adolescent Insanity and paran oiad Insanity are characterized by delusions as to self-importance and exaggerated ego. In adolescent in sanity the patient exhibits no marked symptoms.. But when the stress comes" Dr. Evans took on a de clamatory tone of voice -'the man does not break down as the' ordinary or normal man would. There Is a complete loss of mental balance, an explosive condition of the brain, th9 reason becomes dethroned, the will power Is lost and the brain Is ope rating as a ship does in the wind without a rudder the balance wheel is gone. .:-- "The acts of such a man are not the acts of a normal man, but show him to be guided by disease and stress. His mind has left its moor ings and yielded to diseased condi tions. 'V.,-, "On my first visit I also notlcad that Mr. Thaw suffered from a rapid flow of words not characteristic tit the normal mind. He showed a con dition of, abnormal ' escltement a diseased condition. ot the brain.'.' . "In the disease yon describe, hotv do the condition differ from, the con ditions in a normal man who speaks rapidly?" - ' . "An ordinary normal man speaks more ojr less deliberately on all mat ters of grave Importance, he talks slowly 1 and ' his ideas como logically and connectedly. ' ; y "By delusions,," he continuodf (it mean false ideas) "out of which a man cannot be argued by logical and ordi nary arguments, Mr. Thaw -exhibited what I believe were false ideas which my arguments could not shake." ' Speaking of the Visit of August 10, hu said: ' "On this visit I observed Mr. Thaw was still agitated, had the peculiar glaring eye so well recognized by all the persons laminar with mental ells- oases. I also observed his suspicion of me and all around me. He still ex hibited the exaggerated ego an Ecemed more disposed to tell me What to do as examiaer than follow my di rections." "He still exhibited delusions of per secution, a condition of revolt against these fancied persecutions because they were unfair. Unlike melancholia. In this variety of mental disease, there Is a condition of exaltation," The Third Visit. Dr. ' Evans next described his third visit to Thaw--Beptembor 19. . "Mr. Thaw exhibited delusions of suspicion, lack of confidence in his ad visors and an exploslveness of mental make-up characteristic of a person ot unsound mind. v "How long did the third visit last?" "Oqly fifteen minutes." - "What else did you observe?"' ' "There ere no hallucinations, Mr. Thaw dismissed the physicians and Had an argument" with his counsel which X shall hot narrate." . 't: . ' Questions relative to conversations between- witness' and Thaw led to an extended argument, after which Mr. Delmas naked the witness if as a re sult of his visits he formed an opin ion -s to 'Thaw's mental, t condition. He'replied: , 1 , ' " . ' "Tes.' Of the visit of 'September 22 ha said Thaw stlrf "had the glaring eyes and exhibited -the "exaggerated ego, itha air of self-Importance and the disposi tion to direct me rather than to be di rected by me.? ' , -. ---i-' ," -"When did you next see hlniT' asked Mr. Delmas. t ; ' "On September 17, . when with . Dr. Vf agner we went to the Tombs for the purpose of making a physical exam ination, . which was done, Mr, . Thaw being examined from head . to - foot. W examined the body as to general nntiition; ;we examined the heart and the pulsef we searched forvvldence3 of drug habits ' or" serious diseased there was search for tremors we test ed the sensibility -of the surface or the body; we also tested the power of recollection and perception, examined the cranial nerves and submitted Mr. Thaw to all . the ordinary tests as to mental unsoundness." y v. ..) ' .; , Dr. Evans said the next visit was On September 29, -, '' - .. ! ' . "Many of the previous tests were (Continued on Second Page.) - v PRESIDENT OF ! StAiARDDEAi) E. lWalter, Barr's Successor; yposscd Away ILL FOR SEVERAL-WEEKS News Was rjMfwrthelcss a Shock to Officers, tond Genuine Hcgret is Felt HadJlcen President of the Company' for-Less -, Than a Year Illness f Aj'jput Two Weeks. T . . . - By thAssoclnted Press.) Norfolk, ,Va Feb. 12 Walten ureSHen't'" of the Seaboard Air Una Rat)iayi-'ftwra Jufe 1, 1906, j ne, and every man In the hall was died at 10:,$clock this morning recorded as voting -"aye." T1d an at his homo -NeV York whore he nouncement of the passage of Use bill had betn IliiSM'-teVwdayf or two i was greeted with applarso by the weeks. He ' fas -taken sick-with a slleht indisnaftJlVi which war flrcr not cpneidered "serious but which b3- came more alarming in the -fast few days. The exact cause of his death could not be stated this afternoon j at the gensral offices of the Seaboard! in this city. The hoUBe was called to order this The funeral and interment will ' morning at 10;39 by Speaker Justice, take place in Baltimore probably j and the lavocationwas by Rev. R. T. Thursday. VJce President and Oen-1 Vann, president of she Baptist Uni cral Mapager W. Ai Garrett, of tha versity for Women,' in this city. Seaboard, leaves tomorrow night for kThev following petitions were sent' Baltimore to attend the obsequies, j up: '. ' jt c. ; Mr Walter, who was 66 'ears ofi Frqm he Nortlj Carolina-Virginia age, was torn In Brooklyn N. ;Y., j Conference of the Christian Church, October 2, 1851. H Brst len,tejfo4 r a' reformatory. Pickett, railroad life Jaly 13UjW&fid Wora- Frsm Klon Ccrjlegc. for compulsory that date to June l.r 1874, 'was rod-J education. Pickett, man in the engineering corps and as-j From I. O. C. A. M., for compul sistant . engineer on the Alleghany sory education. Pickett. Valley Eallroad. After that he was To change boundary lino betweon connected as follows: September 1,' two townships in Wilkes county. 1874, to May 1, 1875, assistant su-j Park of Ashe, by request, pervisor with tho sPnnsylvanla Rail- -From citizens of Wilkes, for limit road; May 1. 1875, to May 1, 1878.; incorporate limits of Oak Forest supervisor Northern Central Rail-! Church to oae mile. Cowlos. way; May 1, 1878, to December l,t ; From citizens of Asheville, endors 1881, assistant engineer .Northern' ing reformatory. Weaver. , Central and Baltimore ft Potomac From 1,161 citizens of Moore coun Railroad; December 1, IjjSI, to Oc-( ty, against the establishment of the tober 1, 1882, assisUnt,enalneer mr; eountv of T.oe Tlm-hnnan. tlve' power Pennsylvania Railroad; October 1, 1882, to August 1 1889 superintendent Sunbury division Pennsylvania Railroad and Bhamo- kin division Pennsylvania, Northern Central Railway at Sunbury, Pa.; August 1. 1889, to March 1, 1892 general superintendent of tho Balti more Ohio lines east of Ohio River; March 1, 1892, to December 1, 1894,. general manager Erie divis ion New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad; December 1, 1894, to July 13, 1897, president Delaware, Sus- quShanna & Schuylkill Railroad; July 13, 1897, to November 30, 1942, president Lehigh Valley Rall- road.- Frora November 30, 1902, Mr. Walter was not actively engaged in railroad management work until he became president of the Seaboard last year, succeeding James M. Barr. Mr. Walter is survived, by a widow and one sonthe latter now being at college to i New York.' ;v Superintendent Jenks of this ' dl vision of the Seaboard was advlsod this - morning of President Walter's death and: he, with other officers of the company, were distressed over the sad Intelligence. . It Jiad been known for some weeks that he wa a very ill man, but there" had' been hope that he would ultimately re- VV . ... . , Mr.'" Walter was elected president of ths Seaboard 'less than a year ago when Mr. J. M. Barr retired. He was recognized as an able-railroad man and devoted most of his time to the financial details Of the comjtany. V. . ..... . .; '.- 't FUNERAL COACH New. York, Feb. -. 12. Four .persons were killed at a railroad crossing of the Long Island Railroad In lohg In land city today . when A train struck a funeral coach And smashed It, Three of the occupants of the coach were In stantly killed and one died, while on theway to a hospital. FOUR KILLED THE H0U5E TO A ' HAN SAYS "Ayr ,V-tXh foPsy Dill For VEnfcrc !& TO SUnDAY TRAINS ff? Hteuse Dpcidea to LetCouuty Scat Re main Vt . Weiitaprtli Hill by Mr. Kooncd to Rppnl . L'.i w w -n pti ng Newspapers? troW'iI!in':iu-s When Itptrax tion is Made. ;' I . Political UlnoSjja Itc'irrs( iiiaUve Harshaw, the;"? repuDlK an member from Caldwell4 '.fcaldv-toda.v, w.-re en tirely obliterated,-tv hen (he house voted on the. Blckttiblll for tle care nf lilt t h A mn-f ft tActtttt rf Carolina undisr p$ financial diiuction ot a commission bf av appointed by I tho cnVrrn rs vdllr! nrrr m i . .- i , i have the usd;f$f.f .1 jo.0.00 acli year for the next four years appropriated periff &ff Law Alfred4frola t,je 'nnds-of the state. Ily spe- ' cll request, the ryote, was a roll-call members. :-f ;?-.: After considerable discussion, the house voted Anally to let the county- seat, of Rockingham remain at Went- worth, thus supporting' the position of tho representatives and: senator. '".jv. ' . Bills Infi-oduced.' Prohibiting givinK of Hens on crops fo be grown ou land:; of another. Pitt. Provide for improvement of graded tcnool8 la Waynesviiie ana Dona issue for land and buildings. Boyd Improve Waynesviiie water-works and issue bonds for same. Boyd i Change time of holding superior courts in Haywood county. Boyd. To.fcuild good roads in Williams ton township, Marl in county. Whit ley. ' To protect laborers. Dowd, by re quest.. Amend and consolidate charter of town of Hot Spiins-s. Bailey. Incorporate certain churches in Carteret county. Davis Amend and consolidate charter of Pine Level, Johnston county; Jones. ' Promote, loyalty and greater re spect for ; sovereignty ... of State Koonce. (Provides for putting flags at half-staff upon death of persons who have served the state.) i' ' A,ulhorizy county commissioners ot Transylvania to levy special iax. uai- loway. . ' :-Flx'; compensation of county com missioners of Beaufort. Jacobson. . Improve) roads of C aldwell, v Har shaw. . v i " '' 'v;' ' Regulate time of holding superior courts of Bladen McLean. Relief of R. L. JlitchelL .clerk of superior court of Caswell. Johnson. Incorporate Carolina .Methodist College. McRae. -v" Appoint A. M. Sorrell Justice of peace in Oak tJrove township," Dur ham.' ..Manning, v '. - ' Incorporate Gleiiola rur,al graded school in Randolph. Wood. : t Authorize appointment 'Of special ta collectors for Hertford and North ampton. Mldyette. ,v v'! Amend Revisal, regulating salaries of certain state offlcers. Doughton. (Equalises salaries of clerks In the Various departments.) .''-. ! ; v -Compel railway and telegraph com panies to obey lawful orders of -corporation commission. Wlnborne ' ' i : Require railway companies to keep passenger Wfn borne. - cars clean and decent, t Pnntinr is not ineiuoea in iiw use, v.:fP-itof tSO.HftVfnrl'th efB not being provided for In willful or negligent refusal, to com - ' ply,! to be recovered by any person (Continued ;on Page Five.) HOT AFTER THE II State Law Now to End the Outlaw Distillery BIVES FEE TO SHERIFF New Bill tn Rocn,ltn S.larl nr4 St'ate Executive Officers and Clerks. Senator Drewry Introduces Bill to Create- Good Koada' Commission in Wak,e Other Matters. Probably with the hnpa that th sight of the "yellow-back" uoub'.e x: v.Hl act as an additional Incentive for tho enforcement of the Illicit or "moonshine" distillery fcuture of tlu Watts law, Penator Fleming to1ay In troduced a bill amending a section of tho rovlsal and providing that tha sum or $20 be paid sheriffs of the var ious counties for each illicit distlllsry seized by him or his deputies. The. United States authorities claim that at present the sheriffs give lltt'e or no nt-' teritlon to this matter nnri n-iy on thi agents or Uncle Sam entirely to breik up tne moonshiners outnts and buwl- ness of illicit dlstlllinir. The hill is l.i I the hands of the commute' on salarlej ! and fees. Mr.. Drewry today In the senate In troduced a bill or great importance to the people or Wake county, namely, u bill to provide Tor a public road com mission for Wake county, and jlook Ing to better roads ror Wake county. The bill, In Its Tull text, consumes forty typewritten pages. The passage of the bill to repay a loan or $7,500 used In a sewerage sys tem at the A. and M. Col lege provok ed a lively discussion, during which the agricultural department was criti cised by several senators. Another bill considered by the sen ate was the house bill providing for an Increase in the number of chal lenges allowed the state in cases less) than capital offenses. The bill allows to-Hrtitfrreriges for each defendant in the trial where more than one person Indicted for relony is on trial. On ob ectlon to third reading the bill was returned to the calendar tfrter Ing second reading. pas.-.- Another railroad bill went on the senate calendar today thU time af fecting the operation of freight trains on Sundays. One or the important bills in the sen ate today was that of Senator Gr.i h.'.m. which empowers the governor to expend not exceeding $4,000 annu il ly l:i employing lawyers to represent I the state bsfore the Interstate Com merce 'iimmisslon nt Washington in cases involving delays in freight transportation and delivery or Treight. There are other bills ontthe same sub ject that have not yet been reported, and this bill was Anally recommitted with the understanding that the com mittee will send in a substitute bill embodying other Teatures in addition to those provided ror in the Graham bill. Senate Proceedings In Detail. When the lieutenant governor called the state senate to prder this morning at 11 o'clock the proceeding f the day were begun with prayer? by Rev. McNeely DuBoso or St. Mary's School, Raleigh. x . 'The Journal or Monday stood approv-, ed on the certification of the commit tee on the Journal. A number ,of bills reported back by the standing committees were added to those left on the calendar yester- I day and made up a bundle of business ' Wblch furnished ample material tor a busy day's work. -Among the bills reported ly the com- mittee on claims, favorably, was that for the relief or Mrs. Florence P. Tucker of Raleigh, and. under the rules. It was sent to the jcommltteo i I I on appropriations. MOONSHINERS B..c,.,clllnd , t. could emp:oy additional committee reported favorably the bill i ncol ,vv of Senator Long "to discourage kawdy i houses. uses. ' I The bill to promote education In Surry and Stokes counties (by Mr. Carter) w-as reported unfavorably. Hill . Fixing Salaries of - Executive - State Officers Reconimlttcd. The substitute for the Webb bill providing for state executive officers. agreed upon by tlfa senate committee on salaries and fees. Is not entire y satisfactory, and amendments will be offered to it when it comes up for pas sage. The bill at present fixes , the salary of the governor at $5,000; that of the state treasurer at $4,000! secre tary of state $4,000; auditor $3,000; at torney general $3,600 and; -i expenses when? called away fforh Raleigh t su perintendent ;f ledueatlon ' !3,Bp6; ' in surance commissioner $3,500; chairman of the corporation commission $3,500, the other two members f the-corpora at ion commission $3,000 each sioner of agriculture $3,600. The' commissioner ' of "labor and t AnnrfHnt AH . ... , This W1L which kii oeen, reported, 1 w'll be re-ommltted to the commlttes on salaries and fees, and Will again be ' PASSENGERi STEAMER;:;;'; ' AND SCHOONER SINK' AT DAWN IN ICY SEAS considered in connection with the Ay cock bill on the same subect,- Ghatr-' maji Webb stated ' io The Evening Times reporter this morning. There has been no new. laws rati fied for several days, ar.i account of the absence rrom the city of the Bpeakcr of the house ot representa tives. New Bills Introduced. By Mr. Fleming: To allow county sheriffs fees for seizing Illicit dlstlll- TH8' etc- Salaries and Fees Commit- 1 By Mr.-Graham: To prevent miv-j Ing or ordinary freight trains on Sun- i day and to promote the safety of trav- I elers. Committee on railroads. By Mr. Burleson: To appropriate I S2,(.00 towards the support of Elhann Institute at Marlon. Committee on ; Appropriations. By Mr. Holt: To inenrpnrats town of StoVeJale, Guilford county. Com ties. Cities and Towns Committee. 1'y Mr. Long: Appoln'lnff certain justices or ths near-e In Iredell county. Committee on Jurtlce3 or the Peace. Ty Mr. Drewry: To establish a roa 1 rnramislsoncr for th Improvement of the public roads of Y.'ake county. Calendar. By Mr. Soawell: To amend section -727-44 or the revival, relative to the compensation of certain state em ployes. Salaries and Fees Commutes. Ji :'cucs. xo pioviue oener roads in Wayne county. Calendar. j The Kolt Four-months School Bill. On its second reading In the senate today fl. 13. 4:3, tha bill of Senator Holt i or Guiirord providing for at least one fnlir-mnnf H' Krhnnl In pvuru fntintv In the state was taken up. The Fenate j "ding ith the schooner Harry Know!, ordered 1.0C0 copies of the bill printed ! !0"' The survivors reached this island and it was then mode the pppclal or- 1n BlJ boats. f-: I der for next Tuesday. i:ta Inst., at Tho Larchmont sailed from Provi ! noon. dence for New York last night with A synopsis of this bid was print-1 about 160 passtngers aboard and a ed In The Evening Times the day it was introduced. Calendar Eills Passed. The following senate roll call. Win passed final reading in the senate and were Sent to the house for concur rence: S. B. 633 Authorizing town of Jack sonvilleto Issue bonds to-provider fire protection. 1 P. p. C34 To Incorporate the town or Ooldstjon, Chatham county. 1 S. T? F.47 To IneornorritR Ihe town l;j cmuS(, Lincon county. I The following house bills passed final ; leading in the senate and were or- ' den-d enrolled for ratification: j i H. B. 310. S. B. COS Providing for i th" working ot the roads of Macon : county. I ! H. B. G07, .?. B. r.C.- Authorising ! Caswell county tit levy a special lax. ! -H. P.. 673. S. B. G23 Amondincr the charter of the town of Newton, Ca tawba county. Ainend-'-l n:id ivturn ' erl to house for cuuui i cnce in amcr.d 1 nient. II. I!. 622. S. B. M0 Amending sec tion 1'7I)7 of the revisal. relating to tolls Ion ferries. Amended o as not to ap ply to certain counties and returned to the houpe for concurrence in amend ments. H. B. 55. S. B. BIS To amend sec tion 10P! of Ihe revisal. Amended and returned to house. S. B. C21 Relating to sale of liquor within one mile or Maple Creek Church In Nash county. Sent to the house. H. B. 409, S. B. 624 To establish a criminal court for tho county of Pas quotank. Enrolled for ratification. S. li. 158 To amend section 1097 of the revisal, authorizing corporation commission to compel operation of ad ditional trains and require them - to make connections under certal.i condi tions, t-'eiu to the house. S. B. 471 Authorizing the rovertio.' i to expend not exceeding $4. COO annual My In the employment of counsel to ap- ,,,:,, M,i(1. nt" w. .hl,: , ..aa,,a Involving, delay by railway companl.'S In transporting and delivering freight Mr. A:cock opposed and saij thj M; MciLhants Association had an attor- ! npv vhr mlphl Innli nftr thli matter i .., t,i Tr - . .. . ... , oupporiea tne oui ana inoasiu .;ine provisions of this measure very im portant and necessary to the enrorco- j meet or tha laws, which have been passed and which this session or the legislature may enact' pa thH impoit ant matter ot bettering freight trans- portation conditions in North Caro lina. Mr. P.eld moved that the bill be re committed to be considered in conneo tlon w'ta other bills of like character, and this course was pursued. The committee will later report a substi tute bill. S. B. 468 "To amend section SS4I ii regard to railroad carrying freight." Sent to house. . . , Senate bill amending section S135 ot the revisal relative to time when caveat t wPl may be filed. Passed I second reading and returned to calen- S. B. lSJ To construe certain penal statutes and declare . where penal statutes and declare where the burden of proof la Under said statute. Amend ed so as not to oprly to caes "that arose prior Mv pkssago of tfih bill." and returned again to the" -calendar for .. . I Continued on Pagf Seven.) - . - 'r i. .'1- " "lis -v Bodies from the Steamer nn f Ann Ulil 1UUA3U1CUULUUU - .. 7 .... Island Coast BOTH VESSELS WENT Not Only Wore Numbers of Pentj Cast l ;i On the Beach Bntr Stark Forms Were Stretched in the Coats Tlmt Fought Their Way Through the Freezing Waters From thr Sunken Steamer to the Shore None of Those on ' tho ; Schooner Was Lost. (By the Associated Press.) Block Island. It. I., Feb. 12,-Oniy nineteen out or an estimated total of , from 130 to 00 persons survived tho; sinking of the Joy Line steamer Larch ; mont in Block Island Sound last nignt, according to an estimate made at. P. m. today. Of tho saved eight wer passengers and the rest were members of the erc.iv, including Captain AlcVey. The Larchinont went down after col- crew of about thirty. The passenger list was on board the steamer. 'The Larchmont collided with the Know loton oft Quonochontaug about mid- night, cutting off the schoner's bow. The steamer was so badly damaged that she ran for Block Island- but be- ; fore se ould reach ih 'faland she, aanic ... '.'.'.' j.i' t , 'f Tho Knowletion' was ruH tgroutidv:' west of Quonochontaug and Captain -Haley, and - his crew, of . six men reached shore safely in their 1 own r boats. The seas were running high and the temperature was at. about zero. ' Appalling Loss- of Life. : Captain George McVey of the nteam er Larchmont said to the Associated Pre;;s today that he hod on board be- -t-.u-cii 119 and 2f passengers when the v collision occurred, and only eight of , these escaped with their lives. At the v time he made that statement fourteen bodies had been washed ashore, making only 22 out ot the total passenn(jt;r list accounted for. . The passengers met their deaths in . various ways. Borne or them attempt ed to launch life boats' and were froz en to death on the decks of the found ering steamer. Others were drowned in tho attempt to escape before the vessel went down, and still others who were successrul In launching a lire boat were Trozen to death before the small craft reached shore, Captain McVey said he could not estl-' mate the exact loss of life at this time. His steamer left Providence late v in the evening and at the time of the collision. Captain McVey had not had an opportunity to examine the passen ger list, which had been handed to hinv just before his steamer left Providence. The captain's estimate ir vhe number of those on board agrees, however, with the estimate made by the Joy Line of llcials at Providence, who said that the Larchmont carried about 150 passengers and :i crew of thirty. The inhabitants of all parts of the island turned out to assist in rescue work although manv of them live sov- i eral miles fiom the point off which tho steamer sank. The northwest gale con- llmm.i rt,H . f Q,nnn,vit,i,u 1 h rrmirli- out the forenoon. At 11.30 o'clock four more bodies were washed ashore, making a total of eighteen bodies recovered, with eight survivors ot the accident carod for on the island. Captain Haley's .Story. ( 'I shall never quite understand how this accident occurred," uald Captain Haley of the schooner Knowlton, "The night was dark, but starry, and it was not thick. A long time before the acJ clder.t happened we had sifchtcd the iarchmont as she steamed steadily to the westward. All her lights wera seen. Some Of the rrtw were en deck a while, and we trpote f th picture that the Larchmont Ynadtf, 'all 1 lighter up. Then we' "Saw 'that Xhte Steamer,,' eeemed to be heading direiHly fori us, I remember that, I looked up Bt out. lights, which Were , burning all right, and Course jl expected .. that j-thej sietunar wuhii. iooK uut'Curi m, -xsuv . she kept right on.- om me shouted warning, and one laiember of the. crew blew a horn constantly. ,IUr- "1 scarcely kiHiw what to dot- i.I did not dare attempt t? rack to clear ithe path of. the steamer boost: :le I thought she would turn ut for W;. When (ahs was rlgbt ahead of uaHher-e was noth ICenP.aued on Fate Five.), ,- A--t. 'V
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 12, 1907, edition 1
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