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) i I"' IKr i, i iLa. JLi .ULtJL jyJL.lLU TODAY3, VOLUME SO, SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY RALEIGH, IT, C, SATURDAY, MAY i, 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES PCI MOT I- A 4 ) lr ' IiiPi IS LCI..U1G t '.- C!f!cuuC s tTkrCwtl 1H if ; . JT ISH DAY OF ACTIVITY Diplomatic Action to be Taken by United States and Mexico; to Be- halt ot Women and Children ;A ''J-''" tested In Guatemala In.Connwtlon "V"" " With Attempt to Kill- Cabrera. " t i, J., 1 "" V 1 X 0 ' ' (By leased Wire to The Time.) ' Washington, May 4. Diplomatic rt ' . v latlona between Guatemala and Mexico . ' " are broken, according to statements . . here from a-high souroe.' This is not v! taken by officials of the- state depart " i tnent to indicate that vwer between -J'? Guatemala and Mexico will follow.- ri - The Mexican legation at Guatemala V City la to be closed and the American "- rl ' minister, Joseph W. ' J. Lee, at that ' place, is to take ' charge of Mexican ' , interests In Guatemala. - ' v , '' In addition, Important diplomatic ac ;!" " tlori -Is to be taken, probably today, ' . J : Jointly by the United States"and Mexi--'. n..-;' can governments In behalf of a large : . , number of women and children who .; i' have been arrested m Connection with ' ''.f the recent attempt to assassinate-Pres-1, vv ldent Estrada Cabrera? by throwing a "l bomb under his carriage. . ' J! Information has been received at the ' jsjf v Mexican embassy here, to the effect ' j that these prisoners, el(f merely ;on .$,;. f-.- suspicion, are being treated badly. In i tlie cause , of humanity the United .. 'states and Mexico Intend to step In for A J j their reliefs In view ot th fact that the Mexican legation is to be closed :!.: within the fortsretght hours and , n '-f the Mexican diplomatic representatives i J is to be withdrawn, the work Of caring for these unfortunates will fail upon ;":" v Y,v jir,- M. Whose legation will ba made ',' a place of refuge for them. Whether . ' there are' any Americans 'among them ? . " s not definitely known. V !--i'- ' s1 BORAH DENOUNCES v I- JUDGE J. B. BEATTY t V' x.,i 11. 1 j . Hi " V 1 '"" f . (B'baed Wire to Tb.Timss.V Qoise.' Idaho. Ulay 4. Senator Bo rah of counsel for' Ida si a to in the V jipuroachtnc trjaj of .William D; Hay wood and others, accused of the niur der of ex-Governor Steunenburg,'ye . V l!': terday Issued a atatement. attacking f ; ;Hv former Judge Jamet B. Beatty ltl t v? : ,! reply to statements made' by Beatty ' ' 'In Washington yesterday. " i-'f ' t Judge Beatty presided at the time .the grand Jury1 wad in session recent-. ', ly, which returned ' indictments v. ' against numBer of persons for al , Jeged' timber land frauds. - It is 1 ' . ; ' leged that one of the Indictments was found agalost Senator Borah., judge , '. i ' Beatty, in .hls.Washlngton interview, . "-v1 -v , aald no attempt rwas made to influ; ' once' the jury. Senator Borah's '' statement follows: ( ' ' .',"1 have read Judge Beatty's atate ''voiwMi have only this to say: .1' - Judge Beatty for the last year seems ; r; .' ' to - have utterly forgotten the high '. 'position-lie holds, -"During the last ' campaign for the senatorship he used ' ' ,. his position in a shameless ind utterly s dishonorable way for. his political ad vantage. He did not hesitate to t& . eelve favors from litigants who had V v v Important litigation In his court, and so conducted himself as to compro ; " . rnlee to a great extent , nls dignity : v aod honor. 1 am sure it Is to the -i credit and advantage of the Judiciary -H.'k- tha". he is- on his way- to Egypt" HHREE I)IO THROUGH A - . BRICK -WALL T( FREEDOM., S. V. jBy Leased Wire to The Times.) ? v; llageratowB, Md.May 4.J-Three . 'j-Isoners-John and" Harry ;Cyholts, t brothers, and VGlg" "Rockwell, escaped i. from the Hagerstown - Jail yesterday , and late last night 'were still' at large, i The dug a hole through a 'brick wall 'nearly - twa - feci thick on' the second floor with .an iron corn husker. ...It took them only twenty .minutes to. dla the opening, through which 'they-l crawled, dropping Into- the Jail yard below, i They -burst, open a gate with " a hoavy'jplank and escaped.V , 1 a tpjal 13 -; ' c ilaitted proctor (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ; . '"- Upper Marlboro, Md May4.-Judge George C. Merrick today granted a new. trial to liupoha- Proctor colored, who was found pullty by the court on "4 April J6, ISkjT.. of ' having attempted criminally to aoKnult -' Mrs. . Minnie v Spencer, at hor home, hear Rrwecroft. ( . Prince Ccorge county, on April 8, 1907. When Proctor was found guilty by the vttrt, (his attorney, Qrargo , B Merrick, filed a motion for a new trial. ' AftPr the reasons for a new trial were t filed, Judge Menlck set today, for the hearing of the same. -"At the opening ot the" court this morning the counsel for'Proctor filed three affidavits to bus. tain' his reasons. ''The affidavit of Ed ward J. Newcomb seta forth that Proc tor, who Is "well known by him, eame to his place at Congress Heights, p. C, on AprH S, 1907 about 9:S0 o'clock; and that he was dressed in a blue 'overall jacket,-, light coat .. and light gray felt hat. The testimony of Mrs. Spencer and several other state' wit nesaes- was- to the effect-that Proctor was dressed in a dark coat -and wore a black . derby hat. , . WINDY CITY SLEPT y UNDER SNOW SHEET (By Leased Wire to The Times. VMf Chicago, May;. BnowY foil in Cnl f ago yesterday In the merry month of May -for the first time ar'far back as anyone can remember, unless It be Fernando Johea, the ghost or a Potta watomie Indian,-; JuBt : as the people were beginning- td believe the point of human endurance had been reached of the eccentric meteorological condi tion, the and .of unseasonable weather sitfed -enough snow out of ' the murky sky to whiten the downtown streets un til It melted, and in the suburbs to leave a blanket last night carying from a-half to an inch and a half in thick ness. s The' people furthermore shivered in an ' htmosphere of 84 degrees : and bought more, medicine for coughs and gripped The weather man aald IT was the coldest .'May since 1875, with the single exception of May 14, 1895. when the .mercury registered 32 degrees above sero. , " , ;s J COFFIN AT HIS DOOR V s i i i r .. ':, . Gliastly Emphasis on Threat ; J Against Preacher Bv T; Ms iJghtfoot, Who Has Hee Deliverihg Severe Denunciations of ' La'wlMsness, Confronted by a tirls , Ijr Menace or a Jolde. , j . (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ii Charlotte N. C May 4.-Rev. T. M. Llghtfoot, pastor ot the Baptist Church at , Orangeburg, S. C., this morning, upon leaving his ; 'Bouse, stumbled. over, a coffin placed at his front door, with the evident purpose ot Intimidating him, because of his militant sermons against lawlessness. I To the 114 was tacked tt strip Of pa ner. OA which was Tirrittetir 1 "This will be'yoiir box on Juno 10, l407, so good-bye to T, M. Llghtfoot. Peace to his ashes. Anon." Mr; Llghtfoot took the jnatter seri ously. as did a number of cttlxens. ,whp held an Indignation meeting. and jappointea a committee to memo rialize the town' council to offer a re ward ot $250. ' The bote was handed to a handwriting expert," and some arrests are expected. The coffin was identified as having come from a ne gro 'Undertaking establishment, but white men are suspected. - . i VERY QUEER SENTENCE "i ; FOB YOUNG ROGUEa (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Unlontown, - Pa., May 4. Eight boy ranging, in age from 12 to 16 years, were found guilty of chicken stealing yesterday before .Burgess .Warman and sentenced to spend, eight days in their' rooms at home and learnthe Ten Commandments. At the exptra tion of that time they are to report to the Burgesn, who will discharge them upon proof that" they have undergone sentence ait imposed.'' - , iiurgess warman aisunguisnea nitn- sclf in a similar way last Wednesday, when he sentenced Pat McHugh to spend -ert. days in his own back yard, leaving hlnr the alternative of , going to jail for thirty days. McHugh chose his back yard and has already (served two days there. mON TEEL: WORKERS ,e . . ,.v- ARE fTtt CONVENTION. si (By Leased Wire io This Times.) -Toledo, O., May 4. Thirty-four local representatives of the Amalgamation of Iron 4kv Steel .Workers yesterday went into session at the Boody Houses The delegates compose the wage scale committee of the association Ben.:' J1.' Jones, vice president of the flnlnhlng 'division. Is the only absent member of the committee, he being do talned- at Pittsburg, owing to trouble at Conhellaxllle, Pa. The -wage com mittee Will be In session every morn ing and afternoon until Tueedayy when the big convention of the association witt be held. i - " " ,.t FRAUDS OP $36M0d , -, ; , J" ARE JOW CHARGED. j - . . f -! . ,' (By Leased Wire to The Times,) . Butte, Mont.f May 4. The State Sav ings Bank of Butte, -controlled by F. A. Helm, yesterday filed a suit In the district court against Thomas M. Hod tins 'and his brother, ,Balph IS. Hod gins. In which the charge Is made that Thomas M. Hodgtns defrauded the bank of suma amounting approximate ly to $200,009 while he was director and cashier of the bank, from 1900 to 1906. As) accounting la demanded. - ' ; I'LL DE DM ,'iiJED iiiifl When 1 Get : Out I'll Horse SO SNABLS MR. GLOVER Be Is Convicted for the Second Time "- of tlie Murder of Maude Dean, but He Intimates That a Miracle Will be Been Before fle Swings. ;: . (By Leased, Wire to The Times.) Augusta, Ga., May 4. Convicted of the murder of Maude Dean for the second time, Arthur Glover was again sentenced by Judge Hammond of th Richmond superior court .to hang. Tile date fixed was May 24 before 12 o'clock. ' The arguments of- the attorneys yes terday; concluded tho case and Judge Hammond hist night charged the jury. At 10 o'clock this morning court open-; ed and the Jury announced that a ver dict had been, reached. Before reading it Judge Hammond stated "that " If thore was any demonstration in the court room the guilty persons would be dealt' with by . him ' for contempt of court. The-prisoner sat by the "side ot Mb attorneys looking as cool and col lected as he' ever, has been since his trial began,' and not a move did he make when, the foreman handed tho verdict to the clerk. The verdict was read amid a stillness that was pro found and not a sound could be heard as the clerk read: t " ' . ."We, V the Jury, And the defendant guilty." . . . . .. .' v-x: "Stand up. Glover," ordered Judge, Hammond. In sentencing the prisoner; the Judge arraigned him for the erime which he committed and said that it was one of the hstr cold-blooded v mur ders ever perpetrated in Richmond eourty. ' - 4 ' . 'i sentence. you, to hang by the neck until you are dead on the 24th day of May,' before the hour of 12 o'clock.'1 , Officers Immediately approached the prisoner with handcuffs, and as -'he was about to be led away. Glover ealds 4' "111 Just be damned If they hang me. Every brick 'In the Stlbley mill walls will fall- and turn' Into ' arww dollar gold piece first. I.am tired of, being persecuted anyhow., and when 1 get out,-' I'l horsewhip some ot those fel lows yonder," pointing t to the court rOOm, , r ' , ' ' 1 v x There , was no .demonstration In the court, room when the verdict was an nounced.'.', ' '. ' ' '.. .i : ": , His attorneys gave notice that they would make an appeal to the supreme court. , f SENATORS SENTENCED , ' , . 'i's,', FOR LAND FRAUDS. ' " (By Leased Wire to The Timet.) ? Portland, Ore., May 4.- Former State Senators Franklin P. Mays and, K. Jones were - yesterday v sentenced "by Federal Judge W.- H. Hunt in connec tton with land . fraud cases of eastern Oregon. Mays' punlahment Is a fine Of (10,000 and four months In Jail, and that of Jones Is 12,000 and eight1 months In Jail;- , - , - v BETWEEN FIFTEEN ' AfiO TIIENTlf IlilLED t fflim 11 A Great Dam. in the State of - '-Chihuahua Gives ... -:,.' ' A ih; Vrr, m'j h "yy'Ti y (By Leaded Wire to The1 Times.) Chihuahua.. Mex May 4,-One of the great walls of the Chuyiscar- dam adds denlygave' way yesterday, engulfing nearly forty- men under the enoromus weight -of masonry and water. ' Be tween fifteen and twenty of the work men -are dead,, thirteen - Injured and several others unaocouhted for., Some of the Injured win die,- ,'i.- - i . ? DAMROSCH BRINGS SUIT." ''t THE CASE OF GEORGE FOX. (Special to The Evening Times,); : "Salisbury, N. C.,, May 4 Through Walter H. Woodson, the Walter Dam rosch Symphony Orchestra. has Insti tuted suit against the Meroney Theatre for alleged, breach of contract in the pereformance of . Damroseh's company here Thursday night. '- When; Mr, Me roney' made a date with this company, he' agreed to give It 1,000 md""1ater, finding thatrthe Salisbury public -would patronize it sparingly, he wrote that he feared he would -have to cancel tire date. . The ' orchestra , came,, however, and the gross' receipts . . were : turned, over, ,S78, and a receipt for- that amount offered but refused by tit. Me roney unless It was accepted" as full payment. Damroseh's lawyer; Walter Woodson,, then ' advised the carrying out of the programme and suit, for the remainder, which the visitors conclud ed to do. An embarrassing feature' 6f the. ..business was that MrvpamroschJ ? i.',;.v. . ". S'rv- .;:,,,-,,.!rrr; t . , ,"i'j.Jrt wa4 4lte guest -of the Meroneys during his visit here., r-, ' . j iThe- preliminary .hearing of George Fox waaheld, yesterday moral the Spencer basrtan field , dnd that place, was crowded to hear the evidence which cam frotn 'ten wltnesas. -All'of it was xtremely dmpging and It is to be dyubted. If thee has been a murder pase,!; 'Of ' .ycej;.rears so desperate 'as this. .It came ouj; that Toung Fox, after having been angered, mounted his bl eychj, and -rode five miles to his. home for his hlatol. He says he is but sixteen years old. i Magistrate Ray bound him over-Without twrnd and hU attorneys waive examination. . Senator .Lee S. Overman ana State Sena-tor T. J Jerome, with a party -of meit and the; Coupty surveyor. yeBter dy:'wentf out 'to the'' Belmont Land Company , and trnafle a survey of the track rwitli a location' for the, furniture factory And the Other planned enter prtsosiiThe. Bolmonl .'ompany has de cided to erect- Ja cotton factory on the lands and the electric -railway company haft agreed to build the line across that place. , '',- -1 , ' At the' Whitheill-Stiikes Sanltorlum ycBteredoy mwnlng, Charles R Adams underwent an' pratltn, removing ' his left hand which wag so badly injured shprtly after1 mldiilght yesterday morn iiiKi'Ilc is a,jr traveling salesman and waa watting at tire passenger station for train When s; switch engine back ed up and dlarmed him so that he fell oil" the traftlc-anc'-the wheels passed over hHi hand.- jH barely escaped 'With his lire, v 'V. Bllnd Dizzy With Pain, He Drops Before Blows of f ; 'ii r KidrSulHyan. 1 1 ?!' ' '" !' ii'f" ' ' v. i VBj JjGascd, Wire to The Times.) : j Itimore," Md. May 4.--When young Corbett was stretched out unconscloiis in the eleventh round of his fight with Kid Sullivan last night, there was pre sented one of those peculiarly pa thetie-pictures- associated . with ; the prlx ring. ' Once the mightiest of the little mert of th ring, and twice the conqueror of terrible Terry -McOov-etw he lay therd completely defeated a victim; It seemed,, -hla own fate: 1 He- had -really begn bcateit down In the Attn round, but Jltougrlt bimaeaano aw.tr from the b)lK k com out and gamed' Ttfthjl, 1 t ' In the tenth roundrbettbad gort ! down for a count of. eight raid "had feomw up doubled with pain an hard ly able to stand. Yet he had stalled 11 out ifo the gong and faced his' victor ious opponent without a sign of flinch inlf In the eleventh, s . ,., r-fi. v Before a Rtorm of body and Jaw blows he went through.- the - ropes, staggering around the Btage, .sought refuge In his own corner to be .given a cold-water douche, and, finally, unable to Stand the punishment, : was- knock ed through the ropes down the -Stage, stretched on his back,' face upward, completely done, his manager throwing upthe sponge before it had' been com pleted! ' 'rVsi'ft-'Wf v Dragged to his corner.' and resus citated, young Corbett's?-flrBt i thought was-for another battle with his con queror, who, even then stood over him shaking hands and wishing htm good luck. Then Joe Humphreys.. Corbett's manager, told the .departing ; throng that his man wanted to meet Sullivan again within six weeks for any reason able purse and a side bet, and -the cur. tain was rung down 'as: Corbett,. still bent with pain, made his way to the, dressing room. . r v j- EOOI BODY. OH MARVIN CHILD '41 . New York, May ' i.4-ThO body : of 'Chubby" Marvin, who was. kidnapped from his father's farm near Dover, Del, two months agoj. today was found this afternoon. The .body. was. lying in the marsh about half a mile from the straw, stack where the boy. was play ing when last seen, v - ', V j.Fronl Its condltlon.tjDr. Marvin' and Oliver Pleasanton. a neighbor, who wat with him when the body was discover, ed. Judged that the boy had been dead only a few days. v -"'i" fftt This strengthens Dr. Marvin's theory that the child was kidnapped. by ,-sorm One living in the vicinity and held prisoner, his captors fearing to begin negotiations for ranso'm' . ' . i; '- 4 Jj The Waee "where the body my had been"gonet,'bver' ddieni 'pf times iby searching 'parties. i:,aIt also had-'Men burned'over, to, clear "awmy thennder brush. , The clothing of-the -body, vra not scorched. j.J;?,. ";3 ' for. Marvin" carried' the body -to ihe farm house and immediately drove Into Do'vef ' to notify th governor and offt- cers. ':.': - ; t yvitnin an sor almost, ne. enure population had flocked o'tlie he, j , v BEATEN DOWN WILL TRY CLERK is 'i ii-.'i r i :: mm Ed Nelson, ot Wilmington Ai : -Jr, nittted tlie Crime - GOT MONEY FBOM PQUCH -s.v,. Federal Court Convene Is Wilming ton Tuesday aud Court ' Officers Ix-ave Momlay-Doubt a. i 'the Penalty That Will be Inflicted on Kelsons-Other Cases, : ' - Judge . Purnell ; and United States Marshal Dockery leave- Monday for Wilmington-' to attend federal court, which convenes Tuesday. Deputy Mar shal Sharp has' already gone and Dep uty Marshal Ward leaves tomorrow, i -There are several important cases to he tried at the- approaching term- of federal court, the most important-being the one in which Edward A, Nel son, a young pontal clerk, Is to be tried for the larceny of a package contain ing 110,600. ' There are also other charges against Nelson In connection with the same crime. ' -If will be remembered that a regis tered pouch -was out and the package containing $10,000 removed. Within two weeks' time Ed Kelson,, who had -putt the service a few days- after the rubbery was committed, made a con fession, and went' to his home and got all of the money but. tsoo, the package having been hid In the sand under his house. He stood high in. the communt tty and the newn of his confession and arrest- came as the greatest surprise Vail who knew him. Be was released oil- a 5.000 bond. Some think that in asmuch as he made a confession and turned over the full Amount extracted from --the mall the government will not be severe on the young clerk and that he - will escape the minimum penalty, which is "one year and one day in the penitentiary. . Others think he will get a longer term. . The maximum penalty torv the crimes committed is thirteen years, , t Another Important postofflce' case on the' docket Is -one In .Which Ed Smith, colored, 1 charged-wlth raising money orders. . Smlth operated In 'several of the .southern states and. managed to elude the postofflce Inspectors for sev tral months. , Two ot the negroea went together, and the partner of Smith was Arrested first Ttnd" given ftenn in Me Atlanta penitentiary.- They truo North Carolina about a year and half ago and swindled merchants right and left. They 'would have a money order made dot in the regular form and then , would -raise the denomina tion. The men -went to merchants af ter tkfi office had closed for the day and got the orders cashed. Sometimes a small Increase was made and again It would be large. Both of them pre tended to be employes of the railroad and wore overalls. Postmaster ' Wal lace, at Wilmington, was Instrumental In getting the men arrested. They were a slick pair and Smith wilt probably ?et all the law allows... -. '-' The Wilmington docket is never large jnd these are the niyr gases' "Of any 'taectal importance, " V - ; T - , .j i ii, MRS. ROOSEVELT IN AN ACE OF DEATH Flagstaff of Sylph Snapped and Fell" Close to ; i Her Head; s k ! ,: ( (By Leased -Wire- to The Times.) ' Washington, fo! C, May 4. Mrs. Roosevelt narrowly eeecaped death while returning from a. cruise On toe 'Potbmae river in the yacht Sylph yes terday afternoon. : ' '" j The facts leaked out today and were admitted by Mr. Loeb, secretary to the president, this afternoon. , The accident , occurred when ' the Sylph," Ih. trying to dock, crashed into a ' pier and the - -flagstaff snapped oft close to the deck. The heavy pole fel within two feet of Mrs.'' Roosevelt's head, v : - J t v 30N'S HUO BROKE v yMOHERffiRlBS IB TjwhuhI' Wlrs" trt Ths Time. Vs. . , Evansvllle lir to ' 1 OTtail0"1"'' B,r1111 learael1 of this :yed,at,seelnp jieragaiiy Benjamin iee4-'tii(d', his" mother yesttnfday loptof Jotind hhv rihi :' .m 1 :$&k i-si . :'t : , ; d ii wrin x 'm Mil i ihl - Lumberton. Ni CL Mav a-9l&f aaratton Is being made for the celebra ti6n''bf Miyl0th."' The' ptonhment will W learned1 hj 'she screamecf. j'A be- ready for unveiling: Workmen are using every effort to get everything in readiness by that day. The address wbick is looked' forward to " by ' the people :of Robeson will be made by Governor R, B. Glenn.. Dinner for 600 veterans ; will be - prepared, 'An im mense crowd is expected. , Mr. 8. H. Hamilton has returned from Hope Mills, where he went to at tend the burial of his brother, Mr. John Hamilton,- who died after a short ill ness of pneumonia. ' Rev. "A. E. C. Pitman, of Rennert, has moved to Kemper, S. C. where he will have charge of the Baptist Church. Mr.' P.' A. Bryant, who . has"- had charge of the Robesonlan the past year, left Friday for his home In Mecklenburg county, where he will spend several weeks before taking up his work with the Statesville Land mark. Mr. Bryant has made many friends here and his departure Is much regretted, both by those who know him personally and those who have learned to know him through the paper which he edited so well. DEATH HASTENED BY HUSBAND'S ARREST. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Bellefonte, Pa., May 4 Mrs. Jacob From, whose' husband ts In the Cen ter county Jail on the charge of mur dering Joseph Dale, of Center Hall, died last night of cancan, . The' arrest of her husband pre: eyid on her mind and hastened her death. From will be permitted to . attend the funeral under guard of an .ofBcer, - J.;v ' " " - : v'. , ,);'t:':'V.;:'::.' PAPT !SI SOPRESSED? Portion of the Letter Exon- . , efatlog Estes Newspaper Men Claim to Have It on Good Authority That Not All of Miss Loving's Letter Was Given to the Public. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Charlottesville, Va May S. Fur ther investigation of the authenticity Of the letter said to have been writ ten by Miss Elizabeth Loving, daugh ter of Judge Loving, who killed The odore Estes at Oak Ridge, to a girl trlond in Albemarle county, nas con duced the newspaper correspondents nere wuo Handled, the original atory that tjhe letter exonerated Bates f that iutir uiiuniiauyu cuius iruiu -excellent authority,, despite vthe 'denial from Jiudge' Loving's counsel," A. 33. Strode . They are satisfied that the tetter that reached Mr. strode la but fragment of the orlglnaL ; ' , : Upon receiving tlie .letter from Miss Loving, . the young : woman. whose name is withheld, telephoned Its contents to a friend, who, hanging bp the receiver, repeated what had been told her, and one of those who heard the story, a woman ot the high est standing, repeated it to those who communicated It to the newspapers. As repeated, the . story Includes all that the public letter contains, and that' part which is of chief signifi cance, the' exoneration of.Theoddre Estes. ' The woman through whom the letter reached the public re affirms all that she had communi cated, and expressed surprise' at the denial. ' THREE MORTALLY HURT BY BLAST (By Leased Wire to The Times.)' Gate Cltyi Va., May 4.-At Camp Np. I, on the South & Western Railroad, thirteen miles from Gate City yester day Lucas' Dickens, E. Meffett and an Italian laborer,- were fatally injur- 9d by the premature explosion of the blast. ' ' Two of the men were thrown out of the cut and -fell down a 49-foot cliff. Several others were injured. .'- ;"'- -. : SUPPOSED" DEAD WOMAN TURNS UP AGAIN ALIVE. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) , Chicago, May 4. Mrs. Alfred Ter rlll, wife of the manager of the Sim mons Manufacturing - Company, who Lwaa believed .to have been drowned with her: two children after kidnap ping: them in Kenosha on Tuesday, is alive, and so are . the children.; Mrs. Terrlll is staying in the vicinity of EJltla Avenue and Fbrty-saventh street nd paid a -visit to her father, William t. Harkness. on Greenwood . Avenue. pat "'night.' Her husband' and his at- ta. tn 'an' unSQcceegful search for the children, who are thought to be se ll creted nearby.;"jA :j '.XtxJ " J, '' Concert at Wake ' Forest. (Spoclaj t Tle veln times.) i , Ya.K orewupiMejgev, tayr .rr fonoert $f JhbjhrdeB.was given, here lait night by; the : Maid .rtette. Brass Quartett-Anl.Be)l BJjigersc fliey, wefOj b,oard .by a -large, u4t- ence The. music was appreciated no, lbyt the audience,, thaf the -nvislclanfl, 'were called, back, agiijn and .again, j? GUILTY C; i So tesit Pcttl C:t it 3L OFHCERS On VATCll 1i- i' f t Had They Attempted to Escape. Ttvej Wonld Have Been . Arrested Po lice Arrived front Hetnpstemd to Take the Man, 1m, Cbarge'FoauUI to be Not Ones Wanteds j ' -i i . "' (By Leased i Wire to The Times.) . , New York, May 4, The Rev. J ere Knode Cooke, the unfrocked Hemp stead pastor, and Floretta Whatey, his helrtss ; ward, , with , whom ha eloped were found today t ,Peka-: kin. "...o , Chief of Police Vandewater and Constable Cooper, and Smith . left , Hempstead on - an early train to place the former minister under ar rest and to return the . 17-year-old girl to ker home. Hempstead ie- came wildly excited by the newt anl -as Cooke hag been roundly denounced by tb towna-peoplerlt" waa feared that he might be attacked on .bit . arrival tn Nassan county, a. . - v The chief of police at Peekskill telephoned Assistant District Attor ney E. J. Bennett at Mlneola early today that bo bad found Cooke and ; ; the girl in the hotel at Peekskill, " . known as the Curtis .Cottage, the v girl wearing the eame nnmietakattle tailor-made suit she wore -when rhe left Hempstead,. u".t "-5' v .The information, at Peekskill Vas' r that 'the couple had t, arrived" there last n I ght from i Albahy n4 ' had tried, to conceal their identity. , The Peekskill chief of police ( was called, and, he visited Cooke. end ,the. girl, , and after questioning; them, -.he ian- v nounced that he was certain -of tr.eff ' identity . and' placed sfneers '.'aodat tho Curtis Cottage with instructions to arrest, them if they tried to jm ' cape. .. ( .1l?.,,' t jt Mos fierioaa Cnnrge. -;, The charge-IS hot sbdnctloa as Cooke was the girl's guar." 'an, ap pointed suqh on-her fatuor's dcatti-- . bed, But n, much more .serious J charge has been made against him f ; a&4 the fl)cera sax they will be able to prove It. It was believed at Hemp- ' stead that Cooke .had shaved off his moustache and, had otherwise' dis guised .himself In order td conceal Ms. identity. Why he did not have the girl change her attire Is a mys tery. : .. w- v. p, v ... t w - As soon as the - news . spread " through Hempstead that Cooke and the gir) had been;, found Crowds gathered on the streets,: despite! the rain, and not for many years had there been such excitement Many Hempateaders,. Went , to'- Mineola where it was understood that the runaway, minister, would j taken instead of to Hempstead. ' -; News of the finding ot the couple quickly reached Mrs. James B. Wha- a ley, grandmother of the eloping girl, and she , was for a while overcome. Recovering herself she set about making ready for the homecoming of the prodigal daughter, With her , tt was to be a true feast.. Her room : was made ready and Floretta'k little : ' sister Edna cried for joy, . . "Vow God Won't Save To.m. Cook's flight from Hempstead was precipitated by the receipt, ot a. let- -ter which was anonymous and which warned him that if he did not get out of town immediately, his "God would not save him." , , ' , The threat made it plain that If " he did not at once,, avail himself of ' the opportunity of making himfelf , . ccarce he would'suffer bodily lnjsry. ' This statement comes from he relative of a , vestryuwn of the de- ' posed minister's 'church. , In part it" " read: rt ".'r'j'- ' V ' "1 have Just come back to Hethp- stead and become acquainted with ' the gossip, of ,4 the. . town. It l a shame that om. One. Slid not take . the initiative before, v, I want fou ; to know that your cloth will not saye-T0iv koow.thatj,. yea have v been mining young girls and women va for A long, UmclLLMl- Three days' later Cooke diaap 1perW "with 'Miss ,whaley,. ; 4 ' Jxf.Jv -" , "l NOT THE- PAIR WHOM-THK IV 1 .; " - OFTcTCKlRK ARK RPFUIVfl. (By Lease? .Wire to The Tlms. New York, May 4. The man and young girrunde surveillance at Peek- skill as the eloping-Hempstead mlu- ..PonUnued, oh Second Page.) jS i S .
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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