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VOLUME 27.
BALLEIGH, N. MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1907.
PBIC2 Cc.
mmMmmm
TIMS:,
SWEPT TO DEATH
IN THE CATAVDA
Two Ladies are .Lost In the
. .Lcokoat Shoals I ;
A THIRD IS RESCUED
Men , "Who Were With Them Paved
i. ?. Themselves, and Spectator Saved
the Third , Girl The Men Who
' Were in the Boat Said to Have
Been Drinking.
v s "(Special to The Evening; Times.) '
5 ,p ..StatasvHIe, N. Ci April" . News of
r '. the tragic death of two young; ladldes
of -Shlloh 'township, this oounty,
:"renched here this morning. 1
.-Yestereda? afternoon between 8 and
i o'clock, a boat on the Catawba river,
containing;- Misses Salllo Fulbright,
Klisa Goblo . and a young sister of
Miss Fulbright, and Mossrs. Dan
Moore and Boyco Johnson, was swept
over Iyookout Shoals, a few mile above
Catawba station, and Mlsa Sallie Ful
bright and Miss Goblo were drowned.
Tho wen 'mnnascd .to save 'them.
. selves, and Messrs. Ed. Llpsard and
Oscar Slgman, who were on the bank,
swam out and saved the younger Ful
bright girl, who had managed to get
bold odf the boat. AH the occupants
- ot the boat were returning; from Flney
Grove Church, Catawba county, where
they attended services. It is reported
i. that the men had been drinking1 and
- lost control of the boat. The bodies of
the ladles had not been recovered
this morning;. '..
POLICE PROBINO
0
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
(Special to The Evening Titties.) J
New Tork, April 29. To determine
whether ho committed - suicide or
' walked to his death In his sleep, the
police and coroner of Jersey City to-
. day Joined in an Investigation Into the
mysterious death of a man supposed
to be Dr. Roy IVTult, of Newark, N.
. J., , and t California Terrace, Chicago
's, Ilia. The police base . their suspicion
that the man la Dr. Tult from two let-
' tcrs .which were found oh the body. .
- The body .wasvtmd with one" leg cul
. off, tightly wedged, against the guard
rail on the trestle, on : which travel
the cars that run from Hoboken to
Jersey City Heights, Motorman Hartl-
gan was arrested by the police, charg
ed with manBlaughter. It was his car
that ran down and killed the ' man.
Hart igan told this story, to the police:
; , ."On tho west trip I noticed a man on
the forest Btatlon. Ho was asleep. On
the (oturn trip to the ferry I passed
the station but did not notice tho man
again. It was very dark and I did not
know where he had gone and believed
that he had left.. The next I knew the
car ran over his body. It was in no
way my fault": .
LOVING- WANTS HIS
' BAIL MADE LESS
v. : (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ,
. . Oak, Ridge, ..Va,, April 29. Re
quest will be made by William G.
Loving some day this week to have
h(s bail of $5,000 reduced.
. This bond was'flxed by Ball Com
" mlsaioner Payne last . Tuesday raorn
ing, when the Judge was given a pre
j a Jlmlnary hearing, on ' the charge of
'' murdering' Theodore Eatea. . . At the
? tlme of the shooting, Judge Bennett
' T. Gordon, was . out of town, , and
Payne came over - from Amherst
county.', ' ri '. ; S ; '
. It waa. reported that the Estes fam
. fly would ask Judge, Gordon, to in-
crease the bond. ,. Just what-.'will be
i done hi the matter of bond will not
be known tint fV Judge' Gordon .begins
' , the May term bt court " i , .
. L-r The grand Jury will meet here in
a few days, and Commonwealth At
. torney Whitehead will bring the Lov
" Ing-Estos case before It. ' 4 " s ;
SUICIDE OF WARREN
CKOSBY, WHITER OP MUSIC.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) ,i
V Mew York, 1 April M.--Warren Cros
by, a wrltof and arranger of muslo,
said to be p. member of a well known
" Detroit family, shot himself In his
rooms, at S10 west 27th street. His
i-i. body waa - found" by- Mrs. Nellie: Ven
' sin, .who conducts, the furnished room
house at that number.
( Coronet Harburger reached the house
where Crosby, killed - himself, in less
" than, fifteen tnlnutea after being not
ided and found three representatives
.' of undertaking firms In the hall clam
oring for the body. - wnjle he was In
i the house a Xourth undertaker arrlv
? ed with -a permit for the removal of
theK)dy signed by Mrs. Vensle.v. ,- f.
The coroner was Indignant at the un-
dertaker'a actions and 'declared he In-
tended to make an investigation ; to
learn how" the undertakers received
. the notice . before the coroner's office
5 could get a "man on . the scene.
0EA3S UNDER OLD ' ;
COTTON WAREIIOUSE
Were Seen This Afternoon
8 by Detective Rogers. '
f 'Hid in Den.
' The city of Raleigh Is able to come
to ' the front tddai with a genuine
beat story for early this afternoon
two beard were seen scampering un
der' the olj cotton warehouso near
the Pilot Cotton Mill by i Mr. I. W.
lingers, ft detective of the Seaboard
Air Line, v "When Mr. Rogers Baw
them he jerked out his pistol to fire
bu before heould do so they had
got under,, the building.' He then
came down the street to got a gun
and at last accounts was on his way
to the old Warehouse with a party
of 'friends. , It Is said that under the
building is a large den and it Is sup
posed that the bears have been mak
ing tbclE. home there for some time
past. r Mr' Rogers says there is not
the slightest doubt about it being
bears that he saw, and they were
nearly as largo as a full-grown New
Foundland dog. : A negroes who lives
near the building told Mr. Rogers
that she saw the bears in the woods
nearby a few days ago.
IThere is no . accounting for how
the bears got in this vicinity. Some
think, they may have suddenly hur
ried from the northeastern section
of the state, having heard that
"Teddy" was to visit the Jamestown
Exposition and became fearful that
be would Jump into . the woods of
eastern North Carolina and enjoy a
bear hunt before returning to Wash
ington: From what Mr. Rogers says
there Is no doubt about t being two
bears .Under the old warehouse and
he was expecting to have a lively
time when he drove them forth.
MITCHELL TO BE
OPERATED ON
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) i
Biirlng' Valley, Ills,, April 29. John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, who has J net ar
rived here from Chicago; was at ence
conveyed to' St Margarets -Hospital,
whrfhy8h:hina have . been" piopar-i'
ing nim ior an operation io do maae
today. No serious , results are antici
pated, but Mr. Mitchell may be con-
fined to the hospital for three or four
weeks. , , -,
A DESTRUCTIVE
TEXAS TORNADO
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
. Dallas, Tex,, April 29, Valley
View and Hemming were practically
destroyed by a tornado which swept
over northern Texas yesterday. Many
fruit orchards and. farms were strip
ped of trees and Bhrubbery for a dis
tance of nearly 100. miles. .
- A cotton mill at Celeste was dam
aged to the, extent of 125,000. So
far, no deaths have been reported.
SAYS BEBISISTER
' DIED OFiNEOLECt
Mrs. Chesam, Writer and
Lecturer, Arraigned for
' i' Charges.
1 l ".( IS "II J 1
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
. New t York. April ,29. Allco chesam
member .of the.. Professional Women's
League, writer, and lecturer of- note,
was arraigned in .Westlsldo court to
day for further hearing following the
disturbance she raised . when she discovered-
that her sister, Mrs. 'Clara 13.
McBrlde, wlfo" of. Robert McBrlde, was
dead, having been refused medical at
tention because under ' the care.of
Christian Bclence healers. Mrs. Ches-
nm's arrest was brought about by her
brother-in-law, Robert ..McBrlde. Bo
and his wife have both been members
of the First Church ot Christ, Scien
tist, rf- .' , ,n ,
Mrs. Chesam was arrested yesterday
and had a -preliminary hearing, v She
was hysterical,..? but, despite her - ap
peals was held for examination,, She
gavo an account of HI treatment and
neglect ot her sister, which included
even starvation when she was stricken
with pneumonia. . ' ' ' - '.'
...Mrs. Chesam la a. woman of social
standing. Her father was .Robert
Compbell, ot Lexington, Ky., and she
Is well known in the southt ' She has
given lectures at the Waldorf-Astoria
and at private gatherings. .. v -v . . -
Dr. Albert, T. Weston, coroner's phyr.
sfclan, made an investigation of the
death, and said he found Mrs. McBrlde
had died of pneumonia. - He said ha
was told that Mr. and Mrs. McBrlde
were Christian Scientists, but after in
forming himself of the, circumstances
suggested, he could not refuse to grant
(a certificate
1ST MAINTAIN
THE CONNECTION
Supreme Coiirt Decides the
Selnia Case
THE COAST UNE LOSES
The Highest Tribunal Sustains (he
Corporation Commission In Its
Contention. That the Atlantic Coast
Line Must Connect With the
Southern Railway at Kelmn.
Tho United States supremo court
today sustained the North Carolina
corporation commission in tho suit
brought to compel the Atlantic Coast
Line to maintain a connection with
the Southern Railway at Bclraa. This
case was fought bitterly from the
very start, for the railroads rocof?
nlzcd that a most Important point
was Involved. In tho state courts;
the case was decidod in fnVor of tno
commission and then it was carried
to tho Unitod States supreme court.
It was before that body for more
thn a year and tho general belief
was that the point at issue was nm-li
an important ono that tho court de
cided to give the matter the fullest
Investigation before rendering Us
decision. The principal point In
volved was the power of the corpo
ration commission to make such an
order, it being contended that it was
practically a confiscation of tho
roati's property.
. The Coast lLne has operated the
train since the order was made.
iTbe following was received this
afternoon:
Washington, April 29. After more
than a year's consideration, tho su
preme court today announced its de
cision in favor of the North Caro
lina ' Railroad Commission In its
efforts to compel the Atlantic Const
Line to make desirable passenger
connections with the Southern Rail
way at Belma, N. C. ; . :
This ease'was argued beforo.rtho
supreme couri'a year last February
COLONIAL DAMES LEAVE
-"'.TOMORROW FOR WILMINGTON.
Delegates from Raleigh to the
mooting of the North Carolina Soci
ety of Colonial Dames, which meets
in Wilmington this week, will leave
tomorrow for the City by the Sea.
Thursday tho monument erected by
the Colonial Pamos to Cornelius Har
nett will bo unveiled with appropri
ate ceremonies. '
Tho delogates from Raleigh who
will attend are: Mrs. A. B. Andrews,
Mrs. E. E. Moffltt. Mrs. W. J. Martin
and Mrs. Loeb. Miss Josephine Ashe
will also attend the meeting, and, al
though not a member now, will be
elected as such: whilo In Wilmington.
FOLLOWED ACROSS
THE OCEAN TO KILL
Russian Shoots Woman Who
Married Another, Then
Falls by Bullet. '
' 1 1 " ""v-ft.::' ?,'.'
. (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Philadelphia, Pa., "'April .29.
Martha Cartas, a Russian girl, ; was
shot and killed at Twelfth and Lom
bard streets this morning hy-a, Rus
sian named Frank, who shot himself
and is dying. ... tie' followed her from
Russia and. swore to kill her if she
married any other than him. , He
heard, he was to be married and the
tragedy followed. ; '
THREE DEAD BABIES
J FISHED UP BY BQYS
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
"-Elgin, .ills, April 89. While Ashing
In Fox river yesterday Stephen Boras
hooked a bundle 'of clothing Which he
I pulled ashore and found io contain the
bodies of three infants,, twin boys and
a girt
The. boys , found ' their : bodies half
way between the Chicago A North
western and -the Chicago, Milwaukee
it St. Paul Railway bridges and . the
pumping station Of the-state: hospital.
.Coroner Norton is of the opinion
that the bodies may have been hurled
from a passing train. The bodies evf
dently had been In the' water several
days. The clothing, found .with them
was ot fine quality but had no-marks.
- When the coroner'had examined the
, bodies .he had them, buried without
j holding an inquest,.
HER -ACCUSER IS
UNDER HOT FIRE
The Baroness Flashes on Her
' ' - KagFind jdisdain
CHEERFUL AND BRIGHT
Thus" Slip Appealed ; When She I n
i 'tfteA the f Court 'Rhiih, ltu( nt
Hlfht '.of - Mis' jWXKMl-iin. IUt
AiWT) " Blltt Hrfnn (I nt Oner
rr.uisforined. .,.. ' ,
(liy Leased Wire t The Tunes.)
Now .York, ' April 2.- Cheerful
and smiling,.' tho l);u .uie Amsia
Loniso De Massy.'ac.cijsecl oi tae mur
der of merchant Qustuv simmi. trip
ped lightly into the enininl li ranch
or tho supromo coiu t. ix-.iiik' uepnty
Hhoriff Cannon k today. An -r shak
ing hands cordially with her n.. nisei
and tho ropreBontatho of il:,- French
ror.nul who has rat :ii her side
r.liice the .trial began, fsiie Kh.iiee.l to
ward the witness cnair. vvln-ie .Miss
Cocliia GiiKRenhrlni, an ev.uilo.e of
tho iilllrnery enop of Solomon Cinl
lor, o Broad street, ws just taking
hor scat.
Tho little French woman h coun
tenance underwent a complete change
In an instant.i Her lips curled dis
dainfully and her eyes .shot a malig
nant look at tho young woman, who,
on 'Saturday gavo most damaging
testimony against her.
Miss Guggohheim was conducted
over a rough road of crossexamina
tion bv Mr. tie Barhier. She was
made to admit that she did not
know whether the defendant woro a
hat or'nola She swore she was
about six wet from Mine De Massy
when Ottof Schlsel intercepted her,
coming down tho stairs after the
shooting.' .'
BATTLESHIPnTO
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SPLIT THE AIR
Dr. Bell Says an American
' Inventor is Perfecting
an Aerial Warship.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
London, April29 America will bo
tho first country lo perfect aerial
battleships .according to Dr. Alex
ander Urahani Bell, the famous
American scientist now here. Dr.
Boll says he is in a position to state
from positive inside information that
there is even now in the course of
perfection an aerial battleship of
enormous speed. Very few are
aware, he savs. how near America
Is. right now to solving a question
which will revolutionize warfare
throughout the world. t
"The next step In aerial flight'
said Dr. Bell, "will take the form of
such improvements as will make
possible the creation of taerial bat
tleships. I expect that an airship
Will be perfected capable of making
from 150 to 20U miles an hour,"
SEVEN REPORTED
ALIVE IS MINE
' '. (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
'Jobston, Pa., April 2fl.-rlt was, un
derstood today that seven men Impris
oned in the flooded llerwin-Whlte mine
at Foustwvll were still-alive. Signals
have been received from them and the
rescuers hope to reach .the-s. miners
within a tew hours. The men, entdmb
ed since Friday afternoon,; are. wider
the direction of Mi lie liolya, and ,"hla
experience is probaljly used by htm to
keep; courage among his employes, ell
of whom are fellow countrymen..:,
f Under direction of Mine Inspector,
Joslah Evans, mine pumps have been
battling against the water -.which
leaked, into the mine aud flooded it
Friday, night. , There wasr a fear, that
some ot the men must he1) dead as the
party has now been cut oft from pure
air for many hours. Relatives of the
men still Jingcr nt the mine while hun
dreds hate arrived from Winder, Scalp
Level and nearby towns. t..r i. I , ;
'-' Ball 'Game at' Burlington.'. s - f
(Special tQ'Th Evening ThneSt- ;
"Burlington, N. C... April 89.-wBur-i
lingtonV' 'played Bingham School of
Mebane here Saturday. j,1jh8 teatuj-es
ot ,the gAmo were bunting, hy TSIng
hamand a throe-bas hit by, Khotts
ot .JSurlington-- Bingham , won., by.
score of 4
to S.
FOUR PRISONERS
WERE PARDONED
Pecnliar Circumstances At
tended Two Convlc ions
ONE PARDON REFUSED
Dcfondnnts Who Regain Their Free
dom Were Sentenced Prom I'nioii,
Caldwell ami Halifax Counties
; Graham County I'liHoncr 'Will
Have to Reinaii' In Prison.
.
Three pardons were granted by Gov
ernor Cilenn toduv and one was re
fuced. Two of the men pantoned were
convicted under rather peculiar cir
cumstances. Thev were officers In
Smith Carolina and came over the line
Into North Carolina to make an ar
il csi, anu m proieci memseives, me
nian whom tnpy werP afu.r w(lR Killed
: The two men were convicted of man
rlnuRhter, but under the ruling of the
' .unfae thev would not have been Kuilty
If Ihev had been officers of Nosth
Carolina.
The pardons granted. IncludlnR thos
nbfve mentioned, were as follows:
State vs. A. P. Hood and W. D. Gil
bert. October term, 1900, Union coun
ty. The defendants were officers of
the state of South Carolina, and came
across the line to make an arrest.
Tho deceased resisted, and In protect
ing themselves, the defendants killed
him. If they had been officers of
North Carolina, under the ruling of
tho Judge, thev would not have been
pullty, but being officers of South
Carolina and across the line, though
acting In ?ood faith, they were techni
cally guilty. The trial judge and so
licitor urge me to grant them a par
don, they having been convicted of
manslaughter. The governor of South
Carolina a-lso requests this pardon,
certifying that they are the best of
officers and were acting, as they
thought, according to law. After care
fully considering tho case, I think
these men should be granted an abo-
4uta nardon, and same Is hereby given.
ant was convicted February term 104,
Caldwell county, of larceny and sen-
H-ttner to -nvw year. He hag served
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over throe years; his conduct has been
good. He now has consumption and
tho officers of Gaston county say that
if he is longer confined he will die, and
will likewise give this disease to other
prisoners. On account therefore of his
health, a pardon Is granted, condition
ed on his good behavior.
"State vs. Cager Arrington. Defend
ant was convicted fall term 1905, Hali
fax county, of disposing of mortgaged
property and sentenced for two years.
County commissioners and county phy
sicians certify that defendant has con
sumption and will likely die if he re
mains in jail, and will give the. dis
capo to other prisoners, so as he has
already served eighteen months of his
two years' sentence, pardon Is granted,
condition on his good behavior.
PARDONS RKFUSBD.
"State vs. Newt McHaffey.. Defend
ant was convicted spring term 1906,
Graham county, of larceny and sen
tenced to two years. He had a fair
trial and was convicted by at Impar
tial Jury. The judge does not recom
mend the pardon, and sentence of the
court does not appear to me to be ex
cessive. Application Is therefore de
nied. 9
"R. B. GLENN, Governor."
LABOR TO MEET
THE PRESIDENT
Committee from New Tork,
Representing 200,000 Hen
Ordered There.'-
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Now Tork, April 29. As a result of
the differences of opinion in the Cen
tral Federation, Union over President
Roosevelt's attitude in the Moyer-Hay-wood
mining cases, It was declared
today that many of the workingraen
would not march In the parade next
Saturday.
The discussion In the Central Feder
ation Union yesterday Waxed bitter
and It lasted more than three hours,
ending In ordering the committee if
three appointed! at last Sunday's meet
Ing to, .go to Washington, i nnd . have -a.
heart-to-heart talk .with. h president.
This conjmltt;eo wi UV Represent ,. more
than one hundred thousand workmen
In Manhattan. .'
... X .
Death of W. H. Arrington... "
. Loutsburgt N. C.y Aprils Z9Mr
W. ' Hi Arrington, a "pronvinehi nil
ten ot this county, died suddenly Sun
day morning, of heart failnre, at the
residence rt his daoghtcV, MrsV Lee
Battle of thls piaci, !Tbe emhi8
were -carried - to-Castalia ' for tnter'!
ment this morning: His age' was 71
years. He leaves five: chlldren-cfqur
autrHtApe .anil nno arm
f V? ..j
EFFORT IS, MADE TO
SET ASIDE A DEED
Suit of Elie Ann Prince vs.
Al6ni6' Prince itt Supe
rior Court.
When superior court xOnvened this
morning the first case tackled was
that ot Ello Ann Prince, by her next
friend, Seth Taylor, vs. Alonza Prince,
Joseph McKoy and others. The suit
was brought to set aside a deed made
by plaintiff to Joseph McKoy early In
the year 1S8, it being Irialmed that
when the deed was made that Kile
Ann Princo waB non compos mentis,
and that for some time prior to the
execution of the deed her mind
was afTecterj. It was alleged further
that her' husband made threats that
he would beat' her if she did not make
the deed.
TheBo allegations are denied by the
defendants, and it is contended that
the price paid lor the property, $ 40,
was a reasonable consideration, the
plaintiff alleging that it was only
about one-tenth the value of the. land.
The property in question is located
in Panther Branch township. The
suit has been on the docket for sev
eral years, but first one sido and then
tho other got it continued from term
to term. Maj. S. G. Ryan and Mr.
J. N. Holding are attorneys for the
plaintiff, and Colonel Argo and Mr.
John W. Hinsdale, Jr., represent the
defendants.
This suit was set for Thursday of
last week, but as the attorneys were
not ready for trial at that time, it
was continued until today.
Docket for This Week.
There seems to be no doubt but there
will be plenty to do this week and
Judge Jones Is apt to make the law
yers get to work this and next week.
The docket for the remainder of this
week Is as follows:
TUESDAY Thomas Hughes vs. The
City of Raleigh et al, Q. I. Hudson &
Co. vs. S. A.' L. Railway and South
ern Railway Company, State of N. C.
ex rel. Corporation Commission vs.
Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co., Davy
Jones by his next friend, etc. vs. Sea
board Air Line Railway, Alexander
Patrick, admr., of Frank Patrick, vs.
Seaboard Air Line Railway, A. R.
Hololway vs. Atlantic; Coast Line R.
R. Co. and Southern Railway.
WEDNESDAY Holly Springs . Land,
and lWperaent Co. vs. i, W. Bar
ker, The City of Raleigh vs. The
Southern Tiding' Stamp Co., Ellington
Lumber Co. vs. Southern Railway Co.,
Strickland and Wheless vs. Seaboard
Air Line Ry. and Southern Ry. Co., A.
R. Holloway vs. The Southern Rail
way Co., R. D. Weathers vs. John
Harrison.
THURSDAY Ida J. Pool and hus
band vs. John M. Crenshaw, Eliza
beth Bellamy, extrx of Elizabeth John
son, etc. vs. Geo. W. Andrews, et al,
Virginia G. Eatman, fextrx. of James
I. Eatman vs. Southern Railway Co. et
al. J. H. Stone & Co. vs. Southern
Railway Co., R, E. Williams & Son vs.
Southern Railway Co.
FRIDAY W. J. Ellington vs. S. W.
Holloway, A.. Jones, exr. of Lacy H.
Belvin vs. Edney Yeargan et al. D. H.
Wllborn, insane, by next friend, etc vs.
J. D. Ballentlne et al, B. A. Jones vs.
J. W. Adcock, Hunter & Olive vs. Dur
ham and Southern Ry. Co. and South
ern Ry. Co., D. A. Saunders vs. Dur
ham and Southern Ry. Co. and South
ern Ry. Co.
SATURDAY Fannie Keith vs. Jere
miah E. Keith. L. D. Heartt, admr. of
James Brooks vs. Seaboard Air Line
Ry. et al, Nannie J. Myatt vs. W. A.
Myatt, E. II. Kemp vs. Iola V. Kemp.
WILL INVESTIGATE
CHAlEiOF FRAUD
To Probe Elections of Direc
tors in New York and
Mutual.
u .. i.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, April 29. The fact that
at least ono well known Insurance man
In this, city has received s subpoena
calling him to the .district attorney's,
office became, known today and was
taken as .,anlndi'catlon that District
Attorned ' Jordmo has already begun
or Is about to begin "John Doe" pro
ceedings, to inquire Into the charges
of fraud and forgery made in connec
tion with the recent elections of dl
reutors in the New York Life and Mu
luBt Life Insurance Companies.
These charges have been In the
hands of the district attorney since
even before the election of the Mu
tual, whose administration ticket has
been declared elected. In the New
STork I :ie the votes have not yet been
counted
Body of Linney is Recovered.
(Bv Leased Wire to The Times.)
; Wilmington, N. C., April 29. The
jiody o'VV'p.jC. Ljadleyl any insurance
tgent, who catno' to 'Wilmington Sev
Aral months since - from Powder
Springs, Ga., and who was drowned
fear here on April , 1 2th .has -been
Recovered, the remains have been
hipped to Powder Springs.
mokticRf
Alleged Attempt to Exlcrt .
"BIG HAWLEY" ACCUSED
f-' 1
Attempt Foiled by Lawyers of How
ard Gonld "nig Hawley" Said He
Was Employed to Get for Gonld
Information 'for an Action in
Court Gould's Domestic Troubles
(By Leased Wire" to The Times.) .,
New York, April 29. Efforts to get ;.,
$250,000 from Howard Gould, through
what he termed a blackmailing scheme
were balked ' today, according to the
multl-milllonalre's lawyers.
William oWodward, alias "Big Haw-'
ley," who brought the action, was re
ported as mysteriously missing today,
he having been surprised to read in
the newspapers an account of his loag
swindling career. . ; , ' V
The suit of Hawley . against .Gould.'' .;
"for secret Information furnished, and
for personal and private services" has
in no manner effected a reconciliation
of Gould and his wife, formerly Kath
erlne Clemmons, the actress. Their
friends said today that they are now '
further apart than at any time sines
their separation last September. J "
Do Lancey Nlcoll, personal . counsel
for Gould and named la Woodward's
suit as co-defendant, announced to
day that Woodward, or "Big Hawley"
as he called him, would not dare re
turn to New York to prosecute ' his
claim. . ' . : ; i.'.v
Mr. Nlcoll said It was another hold"
scheme of the swindler to exact black
mail. .' "
Many secrets concerning the suit fer
a quarter of a million dollars have be
come known- since ; the ; papers vers '
served on Mr. Nlcoll on Saturday. He '
accepted service for himself and Mr.
Gould jmi4 at once- kimM tarOaMm "
City, where he remained with Mr,
Gould" until today when both came into
the city, , , -"v?-
"Bitf Hftwley on the Bcene. ;
The family troubles of 'the Goulds , '
had become so embarrassing to 1 Mr,
Gould that after the final, separation - ,
last September Mr. Gould had no eon
templatlon of a reconciliation. He. is
understood to have been' greatly wor- t.'
rled by litigation growing out of his ,
wife's dealings with -' merchants and
others. That he did net propose to be
reconciled was Indicated ' When ' they
met accidentally in Delimenleo's last
winter and neither spoke to the other. '
It was about this ttme that "Big Baw.
ley" appeared on the. scene. He said
he had Information which would-end
all of Mr. Gould's wom. Woodward
was turned over to Mr. Nlcoll. He
maintains that he was employed, by
Mr. Nlcoll for Mr. Gould to obtain evi
dence to use in a contemplated action
at court. Mr. Gould asserts . that . '
Woodward was no- so employed, but
that he volunteered certain Informs- -j'
tion which he said was trtfe and which
could be used as evidence In a court
action, provided it were true.
Detectives were employed and after
working on the information given by
Woodward they declared It o 1m
without foundation and Woodward
was dismissed. -, ,
Then appeared the real object of .
Woodward, who has frequently eon- -15 .
fessed to his swindling oneratlona anil "iJ
who brags that he has been arrested ' lr i
thirty-seven times. He made ft de- 1 J
mand on Mr. Gould for pay In a large ' 5
sura for his alleged servloM., threat-, '
emng a sun ai courc ana , censequenc "
puDiicuy unless ne was psia JlseraUy.
Would Have Bought Him tMfv "
While It was understood that Wood
ward had no claim, in reality, Mr.
Gould does not relish undesirable pub
licity andy as Woodward's threats
meant additional notoriety 'and '"the
publication of his private, affairs, It Is
said the millionaire was ta. favor of
bi.ying Woodward off by-the payment
of a compromise sunu.,?-.. a..j,w
To this Mr. Nlcolj objected and said
that the payment of ', such.- ;a, -claim '
would be a submission, ' to blackVnall
and that he would not countenaneeait .
as Mr. Gould's chief counMl. ;Thwre- -
.upon, although Mr. Gould 1 Is said to
' have expressed a desire, .to , settle.
Woodward Was notified that he would
not be paid one penny and that if he
made further demands, his wnole Yee
ord which had been, revealed by the
detectives put on the ease, would .be '
made public and that his arrest might
i follow on.icharges ot attempted .black
, mail. ..Woodward did abb fear' this as '
! he knew that W do so Mr.'OouId would ,
be getting the notoriety he wished to j
avo(d. , .Still,,, demanding the '. money 1
Wood ward , retained lawyers who have .
been practicing in New Tork City only--about'
alxtmoatha, Mr. Kiootl and Mr.
Gould believe that - Woodward's taw ,
yers have, been acting in good faith. '
ignorant of t their , elient'a record of i
crime and believing that his claim was i
. bona fide.' ,''' .'r. , ; .
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