PREPARING TO ?
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HAD WITH LOVE:
MY LITTLE i
HESli CHILD
JHEOFTIIESI10CK
receive Kunprn
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rl Rp1: Pr" "t. fftft Trail and
: : ; Tbea Collapsed
' niiu iiutir.cn a urnon
' 4 I H I - IIUIIIII U , 1 1 II I
llll.lt UllllULiU II'IILiUIIU
The Crimes far Which; He' Wus Exe-
cuted Were i Peculiarly Atrocious.
?Ie Aesau1trllis Brother's' Wife
Mnd Then Killed the Husband"
; When the 1eed Was' Discovered; ;
V ' (By Xeased Wire to The Times.)
Greenville, S. C, May 8.-3brif R.
F. McCaslan ot Greenwood.- county,
y,. died, today, following general col
lapse Incident upon the'Hanglng of .Jos
, Evana, a 'negro assailant. , '
;J . . Evana wan the first man ever hanged
In Greenwood county, and; his crime
was 'particularly - atrocious. Ho as
BaUlted hi brother's wife and vthen
. ' shot hisbrothrr to death when this act
- uvea discovered.' r : , . - v
T. As the tlnv; ror the hanging ap-
..proached the sheriff, usually ' man
of splendid nerve, began to (show sign
of physical collapse and whert the day
of the execution, approached hi
, dragged himself, from j hjs bed and
v. pulled the trap that nt Evans Into
; eternity, After the man had been pro-
nounced dead by the -county physician
the . sheriff went hack to tola bed and
r died this mornings .,. 1 .
4 THE SUICIDE OP V
v ,x F. W.' WERTHEIMER
' (By Leased Wire td The Times.)
..tNew'.Ywev May .F. W. Wert
helmer, proprietor of the Fairfax Ho
tel, Norfolk Va, was found! dead last
night in Jils room at the Hotel York
with bullet -wound on the right side
of his head.1 His body was on the bed
' and. the revolver was in his right
1 1 hand, i,, ' ' J" '.
" Werthelmer left letter addressed
to hi mother and Vlfe at Norfolk,
-Va:The letter aald Wfirthe
i bee worrying' over tte' possibility 0f
a 'return of an Illness from which he
suffered last, rear; . . It was signed
-"Despondent Fred.'. Coroner Shradv
gave permission, for the body to be
moved. ' Werthetmer's V relatives- in
Norfolk wore notified.
Norfolk, Va.'k May 8. Mr. Wert
helmer was married several months
' ago to Miss Agnes HdThelraer of this
' city. Bo far a can be Teamed, his
married life has been a happy tone.
MAY DRIVE ALL OF ': ,
THEM FROM STATE
- XBy Leased Wire to The Times.)
. Jefferson City', Mo., May "B. Insur
anpe men in Missouri are awaiting
with .apprehension the taking, effect
on" June 16 th of senate bill No. 1106,
passed recently by the. legislature.
The act provides that no domestic life
Insurance company shall pay any sal
ary or emolument to any officer , or
person in excess Of $5,000 per annum
unless such payment has been author
ised by the board of directors.' 'But
eecttoh-- 2 causes the most aporehen-
v' ' ion. ft reads as follows: ? : - .
Si ' - -r "No life Insurance company1 which
''payS ' 'salary or compensation ior
-. "' services or as an emolument or al
''" lowVttcq.dr any kind' Whatsoever more
" fhanV$ 5,000 per annum t6 any' one
person ' shall be licensed to transact
'k" business (n yie staW." ;fJ; "
-" "U the soctlon Is donstrucd literally,
t"he' effect will be to drive from the
, ''Atrfrt' every one of the old-line com-
THE 'tBARGK' AOAIN8TJ '
ItANNEY" IS FOKtiERY.
aw.
' By' teased Wire TioThe 'Times.)
t fi. v O'r'n'd Rapids, Mich,, May .-The
(';" ch'arge against M., C. ' Ranney, 'who
i was aiitraivu u wt.wi uaj ,
'Vis forgery.' Ranney and .a 'Woman
T ;.( who said she was hla wife registered
. here last week. , Ranney claimed be
'.was representing an undertaking sup
' r : ply house in New York, and that the
s branch; in this city, Then, he pre-
i sented- a check for $S0-n the Dime
j Savings Bank of New York and asked
' " to have it cashed. J. E. Rice, pro
prleWr of the hotel where Ranney
'VM stopped, cashed the check on the
strength of - Ranney's story that' a
farmer in. the county was his uncle.
-. Later the check was found to be
- matter 'over to the sheriff. . -
Interest In One of Ihe Com
" ing Events of the Ex-;
position. 1
). . .
(By Leased Wire to The Tlmes.1
Norfolk, Va., May When Gen
eral. Kuroklan his staff pt .naval
aidJnllltary aldessceme to -visit the
Jamestown ' Exposition they ' will
doubtless be ; Impressed., Since no
Japanese ever ltowa anyone to
know, what, , his: Impressions really
are,, the exposition t officials and the
qfflcers oyatat'rFortress -Monroe will
have to accept the delicately turned
compliments that will be inevitable.
Plans thaf" are beginning : to take
shape- forthe reception of the dis
tinguished fighter from the Orient
seem, tQ guarantee that the gcnei-.il
will keep to himself a mental reser
vation that la at least favorable.
. By virtue of his rank and occiiha-
Uon, General Kurokl will be a great
extent' monopolized by the army dur
ing hia stay here. The1 Chamborjnin
at Old' Point Comfort will probably
be made' his official lodging-1 place,
and.' the officers' quarters. i
. In. order that , the leader of Hie
triumphant third army may not feel
bla isolation among the contingent
of American army , and naval officers,
ttost of the functions that are being
planned for . his entertainment In
clude the presence of the fleet officers
from the Japanese cruisers. -
.Colonel Harrison, in command of
Fortress Monroe, will order a gen
eral parade of the garrison for the
general" Grant is expected to come
Ueneal Grant is expected' to come
down' from Washington to represent1
the army of the United States in the
reception or , te Japanese visitors.
Hia plans 'are not. known, but it is
said ; over at ; Fortress .Tilonroe v that
very probably there will be another
review ; on Lee Parade over at the
exposition grounds, such as was held
before' the president on 'the opening
day In which th infantry and artil
lery stationed near, .-the - exposition
from the American fleet wilt partici
pate. 1 The ; etposition o tflcialsv - will
give General Kurokl a formal wel
come and the freedom of the grounds
vhichu will, pt course include per
mission, to inspect the excellent steam
roller service which can be seen on
Powhatan street any hour of the day
and the privilege of taking Jn the
two shows on th Warpath, whlcl
are now giving daily exhibitions.
,j While the -conqueror, of the. Yah
fight Is on the grounds,- there are
several , things that he cannot afford
to miss. " In the naval building there
is a demonstration of operating float
ing mines. There are also working
models of the 12-inch guns protect
ing Manhattan, which are Instruc
tive to all visitors. In the army dis
play the arsenal exhibit is complete
and entertaining. '
SAVE! HE CRIED;
AND SHOT DOWN
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Fall Frojn Third Story Win
' dow of Highsmith Hos
fcifcal May'KiU.
(Special o The Evening .TImes.i " "
Fayetteville, -, N., 'C.,: May d.Thls
morning about 7 o'clock .pedestrians
were horrified when they saw a 4nan
hanging by one hand from the window
on . the third floor of the Highsmith
Hospital yelling, "Save me!" But before
assistance could be rendered he lost
his hold and dropped to the sidewalk,
fifty feet 'below. ; After being carried
Into ' thei "hoRItal by . doctor r and
nursosl'h'e proved to be John 1 Sher
wood,, a prominent young buBlncas
man of Dillon. 8. C. .':: .' -.. - ..'
ICk Waa found that' one lr& and one
arm worev broken and that he was In
ternally Injured. This afternoon' his
condition is critical and no hope Is
entertained Tor his . recovery. Sher
wood has been, a patient In the hos-i
pltal for several days.
FOUND DEAD, HER
. THROAT SLASHED
..(Special tb The Evening Times.) .
Charlotte, N. C, May ft The body
of an unknown: colored girl, evidently
dead three weeks, t and with only a
skirt knotted about the waist, was
found on a rocky island In the Cataw
ba river. Her throat was cut from
ear to ear. - . , ,
I 1 1)5 "'3 f1. '.icvj' f;' ' I
7 ".j i " i i fTJi ririiiaaaiirrnsattiiiississMiMi ismisisi inii m. 1 1
. :-':'.;-'r.:siW'.t'.;'..i
; This Is from a snmtshotof George J. (lould and his family taken Jnst
t'he Hambnrir -Amerlcnn IJni-r Amcrlks. . Jiitit hl'fnw Irnvins fne Knim
lit the great Wabash system, told, for
mop towara xne ranroiioj), wiun no
TCRKv , DEFEATED. Bl(
. ARAB INSURGENTS
Seven Battalions Beaten by
1 r the; Fierce; Sons " of
1 ; , the Desert. , -' '- ..'
(Special Cable to The" Times.),.
London, May t The Report that
Seven battalions of Turks were'decls-1
tvely 'defeated by Arabian insurgents
Is confirmed by a dispatch from Copr
stantinople to a news agency here. .
TRAPER ItlLLEl) IX AN v- .
" i -. V.- AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
' : (By Leased Wire to The Times.) .
' Buffalo N. Y.j May ,6. Hermann
F. Traper, at one time labor leader
of this city and prominent ln labor
circles, was instantly killed 'yester
day In an automobile accident :
'A ; ' There was sold for last Saturday's issue of The Jlaleigh Evening Times eoh
siderably more advertising than appeared in any paper in the state, either Sat-
: urday or .Sunday pot excepting tlie Charlotte Observer, which always has a large
Sunday "patronage, that p"aper handling a lineof cotton mill machinery adver-1
.f'tisements that cannot Jbc secured by The Times on account of Charlotte being lo
" eated right in and amongst a nest of cotton millsout of the reach of our circula
tion. - y';' " ' ,.-, ,
. Nearly three pages of live arlvcriisenien'ls were lrft out of The Times Sat--urday
on account of. the late arrival of copy and cuts. These advertisements will v
" appear toniorrow and during tthc week, and will showfor themselves. . , ; i
To carry moreadvertising matter than any other paper in the state, issued
i either Saturday or Sunday, is saying a great deal; but when it is taken into con- ?
sidpration that not a line of this extra advertising matter was sold and copy ar- ;
ranged uefore last TuOsdiy it peaks volumes for The Times. It simply shows i
rthat what We have always claimei is coming true-that advertisers are learn-;-
ing that the evening paper id 'imdoubtedljrthe -.bisst 'advsliii ipo$ryH$ty$jp V
; it is delivered in the home at a time Avheri aU inembers- o'khefanuty Jiaye' an ,
-opportunityto read : The busy world settles !oVvri a't nightfall, - and it is - then -f
that business men, the women and 'the .'boy and" girls wan,f ib Mbw ,whaf 'Mb I
, vvvu uuiuj; uuiJLUfj;inc pasi uayy. -.wimuui. uivtxjgtw an,
when all have to hustle to itheir .work and to. school; s'5'.
. - , Here is the record; which speaks for itself Y I " ' ',
4 - The Raleigh Evening Times, 1,75? cheg.i'dvertising.1'. - ,
..;, The Charlotte Observer, iltfiftM of'advertiBingJ
The News and Observer? 229fJckt'0l Advertising.1 ' '-
the first tini since the Federal G
inougn or aiirf rate tegisintio ina
lUnLMOXT CONTGRAT,KXATEI -
OS BSrAPE. FROM DEATH.
New. Yorlt. May C Friends of Au
gusf -fielniont were congratulating
him today on a fortunate escape from
danger when the gas house on his
estate at Dubylon, L, I., blew up.
(,iOnly a short time before' the explo
sion Mr. Belmont had been at the
gas house on a visit of Inspection.
William Buckle, a "fireman, of
Hempstead, was killed while fighting
the flames which followed the explo
sion. Tlio damage was considerable.
RUMOR OF la ARTHUR'S
UKATlfJ IS LAI GHED AT.
Washington, May 6. The rumor
that Major General MacArthur Is
dead Is declared by officials at the
army department to be absurd, i. They
say that five army officers are accom
panying In in, and It la unbelievable
that he could have died without one
of them immediately notifying the
war depart ment, which has received
no word of stioh a calamity-, o-
THE TIMES AGAIN LEADS IN-JUDVERTISING.
r
ft!.
before thf-y sailed tor Knrorpeoa
Mr. Hnnll. tht 4,iitmllliiai fn-lnr
overnment gtdoptcd 1U present atti-
tne existing situation gcnwally.
DEAD CRUSHED AND ;
HIS LEGS SEVERED
Body of an Unknown Man
. Found on Track Near
, Guthrie. 5
(By Leaded Wire to The Times.)
Winston-Salem, N. C, May 6. The
body of a stranger was found on the
railroad track at Guthrie, a flag sta
tion on the road between this city and
Greensboro early this morning. Both
legs were cut off and the head crush
ed. The poroner n jury decided that
the man, supposed to be an Italian,
was killed by a freight or passenger
train. It Is thought that he was beat
ing his way on a freight train and
fell.
The sale of the old arsenal
building has been confirmed and
work of removal was begun today.
ynui, mib MCii mvJHyjfti i
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i VLt
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Strange and Fatal Passion 'of
STABBED HER, HIMSELF
UJ teved. per." Be Said ; of the
Eleven-Vear-Old Olri. "I Meant to
KM Her. I Didn't Want Any of
Those Railroad Mea to Get the
Girl I Love,
(By leased Wire to The TlmeiO
Lafayette, Ind.. May 8. John
Vaughan, thirty-nine years aid, laflt
nlghretabbed to death Lizzie Strubel,
the eleven-year-old daughter of Chas.
Strubel, a gardner. Vaughan, after
committing the murder attempted to
kill himself and in doing so inflicted
ten wounds in his neck and breast
He was taken to Jail. Immediately af
ter "the crime became known excite
ment ran high, and it was feared that
an . attempt would be made to lynch
th murderer.
Vaughan eald he and the girl quar
reled and nhe struck him. He said:
. "Being high tempered, I took out
my knife and plunged It into her
breast. I meant to kill her, because
I did not want any of those railroad
men to , get her. I . loved her and
wanted to marry her."
FIRE IN NIGHT
AT VILHIu'GTON
u 1 ',
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Wilmington, N. C, May 6. Fire
broke out here at a little before 3
o'clock Sunday morning In the block
between' tDawson and 'Wright and
front and Second streets. The fire
dg"dlBc6vered -1 aTram "1joHiioc
cupled by David Jacobs, colored, on
Second street between Dawson , and
Wright, and it spread both ways to
ward Dawson street soon igniting the
Mt. Olive Methodist church and par
sonage, both of which were soon in
complete ruins, and toward Wright
street setting on fire four other frame
houses which were soon reduced to
ashes.
In the center ot the block there is
a deep nil and several small nouses
in these were soon on Are.
The Weed Distilling Company,
across, front street toward the river
and several A. C. L.' box cars were
in great danger from the heavy fall
of sparks, the wind having been
blowing in that direction, but the
employers at the plant placed
streams at several places and saved
the property from destruction.
The fire started at the time the
flredepartment was over in Brooklyn,
and It was 15 or 20 minutes before
any apparatus could be gotten to the
scene. Then the nearest fire plugs
were several blocks away, one at 4 th
and Dawson and the other at the
foot of Dawson street and more valu
able time was lost before water con
nection could be made.
Some of the burned houses were
occupied by white families, but the
most of them were Inhabited by ne
groes. It Is believed that very little
Insurance was carried. A large part
Of the furniture in the different
houses was saved and the organ and
other furniture In the church was
gotten out.
The lire over the railroad was on
James street, between Taylor and
Howard streets, and three frame
houses wore destroyed there.
COREV A MISS GILMAtf
.WILL WED NEXT MONDAY.
' (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Pittsburg, ?a., i May, t William
Ellis Corey, who : Is to wed Mabelle
Glllman, has presented to his mother
a ; br block of dtocfc of the United
States' Steel Corporation said to .be
wtrfrOl half a million dollars.
Hoth 'the father and mother of Wil
liam" 'E. OorteywlH go tp7ew TorK to
be -present at 'he marriage of their
son and the ' beautiful'' sinter in the
Motet 'Gotham',rfSrt Monday., Xt the
ftme'df 'the'aivor'ce "secured "by Corfeys
WrteyTKKll nai rainer ana moiner siumi
with Voung Mrs". Corey: but 'there, vas
no iestrarrgehient"' between ? 'them; ' arid
their son. - ' " '
There nas "beefi a persistent rumot
tn'Braddock.',Pa..-'the Old home ot the
Corev.' that th Sel magnate and
eym," mat ne sisei i roagiimo iiu i
b Oilman re already married. I J,
Miss
So L:rvl3Cv:r 1:
tHEara'cjf;::D
The CiirmuVaees IbVIi i Jhe Jlody
, Was Found Point to- tit Commie
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skn ' of 1 Marder Mrdf none
"Vittiin the jUet,Two'eekt.Ie.
tectlves Are Active,
1
In the second aditloa of Saturday's
Evening Times '. appeared a compre
hensive report from Dover, Del., com
ing over our leased wire, anhoutnlng
tliA flnillntf that a M.nnnB mM Km JuJ '
body of the Marvin boy, the circum
stances pointing strongly toUho com
mission of murder.. JLir this ser
vice furnished the fallowing- details:
' No medical examination baa yet
been made of the child's body, but
the place . where, the body -was ,dls-'
covered and the conditions surround-.
Ing the discovery are such as to give
the strongest possible evidence that
the child could not have accidentally
met his death, sixty-one days ago la
the place where he was found, m ,;.
Throughout the country the opin
ion is heard that the kidnappers be
came frightened at" the developments
of tne last two week, nd thai be
boy was killed and brought baclf to
the farm for that his body might be .
found and suspicion
diverted from
his captors. - -;
Indications of Fool Play.' ' .'. (, .
The body was found by Oliver
Pleasanton, a young farmer, Who Wsa
ont hunting. The. child's body waa
lying in five Inches. of water which '
accumulated overnight, owing to the
heavy rains. For several weeks be
fore the last heavy1 rain atorm there
had not been one Inch t water .at
this spot, and .daring the, two weeks
of hot weather In the latter part, ot
March there bad; been no water, at ;
this particular Apot, and -tfc-ra
had all been burned over, , n ,
Sticking out ol.the low water, were
the burned tops of the grass, yet the
boy's body when found Showed that
no - fire had reached it. Detee ,
Uvea ' had tramped - time', and again
over the exact spot where the body :
was found. Only yesterday- old :,Mf,. ;
Marvin had been ' wording within a .
few feet Of the spot, and there was
not one inch or water there at the.
time to have concealed the body. .
The condition Of the boy body
points, above all, to the absolute con -'
elusion that he has not been dead
more than two weeks. - The body to
in an . excellent state of preservation,
an impossibility had he been dead .
two months, In view of the continuous -warm
weather, when the thermome- '
ter registered 93 degrees for three
successive days over a month ago.,
The sheriff, who took Charge of the
body when, it was found, refused to
permit any examination this : after
noon, but expressed himself as con
vlnced that the child had been mur
dered In some manner and. bis body
brought back to the farm., r
The body, when discovered waa ly
ing so plainly In view that It conld
scarcely be overlooked by a perspa
one hundred yards distant in any di
rection, and. the flnt work of the de
tectives is now being devoted ,to dis
covering the. identity ot the man who
Is supposed to have taken the; bcjly
of the child from -some hidden place,
and in fhe dead pf night thrown the
little body upon the spot v where he
felt it would be quickly discovered. ,. "
The father of the boy tarried the
little body from the shallow pool to
a shed, where a-sheet was.. thrown
over the child.. , He, was amased Ife-. v
vond words at the finding of the child
In a snot which hadieen so .com- -
pletely searched and here Jh had .
been working the day frP-Hiitf-'"
vne gainer ftfan-nw-nj. ,
"My , worst , fears thave"; on .real-
ized," said old Drv,Marvtn1ihe heart-1
broken fatherTt,v,'t'The ,fljj4Iji.,oJ: my
poor (llttle, oy under ithjes4,.v'c,M,
stances eonjBrms.Jilt'fha,!' iav, be
lieved, concerning hlsf fate fj(rohl the
very "beginning. My nojr was' mhr--dered;
he most certainly had' r been
in the place where lie Was, found but i
a aboil Profeasibnat 1ildn4p-1
pera never took my child, but some
one toolf, hm., If . was an. amateur.
la degenerate or a man oI,weBji'inen- .
talW. who, beiieying ihar, had more
money1 than, I. have, decided nalmost
a.momenji:uponihilspU f , .. '
;.';ll,beileyexjfiat1 Ws Jbelng found
he was' oday is the., reeult,. of .the;
great tear aroused In the mind' of thla
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