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1 f r r f . 1 " .... . t ' '.4 1 '.'-." - ; . .-., ' tt .. ''i m " ' -i v 4 , " - 1 V.' vTyvn " : - TYTELVEPAaESTODAY. . r". t, i I i r ...Id a Yi:fcs, C:3 1 . - "I 1 1 uc::i cf clack no? V ; The Husband of the Younger Wc , r man, . Believed to be ft Member of '.. That Sinister Organisation Under Anfst He Tells a Story" of! Two - Mysterious AsbIwsJm. i - .' .... ". ? I?-;-",' (By Leased Wlreto The Tlns. 1 'I " New York,1 MayjJ. Two1 women . a mother aod tier handsome daugh' "tar, were butchered In their home, No. 320 Chrystle street today, Wlten . ' the police came' a little girt of three -a thlld of the younger victim lay Bleeping beside her mother.' There are two theories as to the - murders ' One ! Jhat the i women ' had eome upon secrets' of the ''Black , Hand", society, and were killed by the husband of the younger woman. who is alleged to be a member of .-that band of criminals. ' , - , The theory 1 that mother and "daughter.7 were' murdered.' by- two .. strange men who entered their apart ments while they Were sleeping and cut their bodies .to pieces. . " . : . , : 'The dead, women are Mrs.: Maria . Bxiguoli, 65 years old, a idowr and . Maria Zlto, twenty-four,, her daugh . ter,. whose ; husband ' Giovanni,, has . long been suspected of being a lead- er of Secret organliationsv , The hus ' band Is Under arrest charged . with the double murder, . and be told :tbe police . that '4w mysterious 'men climbed- Into his apartments ion the ton floorrear of the six-story tene i ment by the fire escape 'and did, the killing. X&i-i ? LI?3 ATLANTA GREET3 m V 5 , RAILROAD HEN ' ' v (By" Leased Wire toThe Tlraes.jV,' " . Atlanta, Oa-i May 6-"Here Wthe key to Atlanta, sir. It Is, made : of . . good old Georgia pine. : Take It and make yourself at horned' ,--0M'V- ., ' With these words, as he haaded to Grand Master P. H. "Morrlssey a tnam- v moth key which he had up to that '-point j. kept concealed In an .inner pocket, Mayor W. R.'. Joy ner i-last - night brought down the bouse and provoked thunderous applause from the 700 delegates, their wives and friends who gathered at ,tne Grand ' Opera House la attendance upon the .opening evercises of the eighth bl-J . ; ennlal convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad, Trainmen. . The mayor delivered 'his . address of welcome, and the key to Atlanta, Immediately . after Master of Ceremo- nlesW. C. Puckett announced, that , Governor Terrell could n61 be present f to deliver an address, and read a letr ; , ter fron,the chief executive explain: ., Ing his absence. The occasion could not have opened under more auspi cious circumstances, and It was a happy line which the mayor adopted In his address of welcome on behalf of the city of Atlanta. , 'J ' ; . , LSAvra cnur.cn' elcauci: of ball ' . (By Leased Wire to The Times.) v ; Marion, Ohio, May 0.- Mayor Louis Bcherft has resigned as trustee of ' Epworth Methodist 'Episcopal Church because he refused to oppose Sunday baseball. As the ball grounds are outside the city, the knayor prom ised before the ? season opened he would npt Interfere. ; Frank Zuck. a member of his church,, swore to-an affidavit for the arrest of all the Ma rion players. ' The mayor is said to have been threatened with Impeach ment before he capitulated. He Im mediately resigned as a church trus tee, ta bo consistent, he sajs. " - . , "? ih'tud to I f 'tn --tititt't (Ry. I i (1 Wire to The Times.) ! . New oi k, May 8.- James Farley , was 'hit 1 i.s 'ay to break -the' strike of 10, P ) lop ' on nien ' in Greater New Yoik fi l J'oliokpn, which has practically t:- ! v.) cpan shipping , from.'tliis j'..rt. - .; V'' '' " Five thou. .nJ i are reported to nave been, sec h red by . Farley; and a laree number cf them hive already , 4 be'n put to work on the !rs, around which freight is piled i .'. h. I Although the strikers have been remarkably orderly, their s.vmpa-No. thlzers have attacked the non-union men several times, so that today aquads of police were on duty along the . water front In anticipation of more rioting. The Mallory, Southern Pacific and Quebec lines have given la to the demands of the strikers today Other lines: were badly: handicapped, many of their boats-nailing less than half loaded'.. - -" , Although aerly 1 11 of the crew of tbeWbJte fUr Jiner Baltic worked moat of the Bight to ipr to get her cargo, -or part pf i t In the hold of the ship. It looked: Wis morninf as If the , boa would not" te able , to' get away at her scheduled time. 3 o'clock and probably may sot sail today. -Scheduled" JoaafKoJLthe Baltic: Is Anarew carnegie and iidnry H. Hog. ere( the Standard Oil magnate, la ad dltioa to many other prominent per sons. IIAVE THEY TC3 COM ; J TI1E SCARLET 17AY I: f By Leased Wire to The Tlmei.) v St Joseph, Mo., May 8. The Rev. E3. B. tytle, the Methodist presiding elder of ; Mry villa district, .has re signed, his office and ther ministry, arterjtwenty-nvo years , service, am Mrs.. Margaret Sheldon, superintend ent of the Methodist Deaconess Home hereralso has resigned and departed frcm St., Joseph, leavlhg no one to answer:: the' ministerial , Inquiry Into the alleged misconduct of the couple. He has4 a wife and two children whom be has left behind. . His fam ily, however, have Implicit faith In him. r . , , . . PEIIOCBATS WON , t . , IN BALTIMORE (By Leased SVii e to The Times.) Baltlmoro, Md., May 8. The dem oerats -won a complete victory In the municipal election yesterday, though the size of the majority fell consider ably short of the predictions of for mer Governor frank Drown, , who managed-;; the democratic campaign Barry Hanooi, tne democratic can didate for (mayor, ; and his running mates were elected -by a majority of abOut 6,000 over! E. Clay Tlmanus, the republican' candidate. The total vote cast for mayor Was 03,345' out of a registered vOte or 114 000. Of I unes Munooi polled s,zn and Tim. fanes' 43,696 v wmauw auwi n umr Jorlty 4.63S. The democrats also get seventeen ont of twenty-four mem bers of the first branch of the city council and .three out pt the ..four members of the second. branch who were elected this year. NO GIFT FOB MABEIXK. Asked! to Contribute, '' the Working f . men Grow Furious. -. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) .Braddock, Pa. May 8, An effort was made to collect money from the thousands of employes of the United States 'Steel Corporation here for the purpose fi of buying a present for President Corey's bride-to-be but the foremen met with such, vigorous and outspoken abuse that Ihey quit the task. . 1 '. . V ; It there-Is any present sent from the Braddock works of . from - tHe Carnegie works at Homestead It will be bought.-by bosses and sub-bosses. The workmen consider the affair an Insult t to Mrs. Corey,- who Is their CAMPBELL THE Ji'EXT t s. . MAYOR OF ASHEMLLE. .;. (Special to The Evening Times.) ; Asheville, N. C. May 8. The democrats . defeated' the - republicans here yesterday; by majorities ranging from 400 to 6 00. . John A. Camp bell, democratic, cashier of the Citi zens Trust and Savings Bank, will be the next -mayor of Ashevllle, suc ceeding the incumbent, Alf. S. Bar nard. His majof ity over H, S. Har kins, Ihe republican 'candidate for mayor, will be about B00. omt PAID V.'U.OOO " , FOR LOSS OF HER LEG. ' ffiy. Leased Wire to The Tlmi ) .New York, May 8--r-The sum of t3$. 000 was today due from the New York Central Kallroad to J'lss : Margaret Noakea, a pretty girl of nineteen years, :tne oauenter or UtHirge jNoenes, or tu Itiverslde Drive, a compensation for the loss of her left leg in an automo bile crash nearly ; three years . ago, leaving her at cripple for life. MRS BRADLEY TO BE ' ' J.-i .?.::',. - TRIED, IN -OCTOBER. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, May 8. Mrs. Anna ' M. Bradley, Indicted for the murder. of 'former Senator Arthur-M. Brown of Utah, whom she shot and killed in. the Raleigh Hotel last December, will bo placed on trial In criminal court 1, October T next.' 17ILL THE STATED .. . ' V?'' FfituVf Said to Il3ye Cn3 Fcr Kayer yln :i C:y;cc j; THEIR ; CCUNSEL'-SmLE t TJib 1 fiefepoi Wltf tptroditee, Wlt , BCsse8 to Prove- That;. Outrages "Tharged Against Moyer, Haywood ' 'and Pettlbone Were Committed by Spies In the Pay of Mine Owners. v ' Boise, Idaho, Tilay' 8. Intimations of startling testimony agalnsi W. D, H,aywood' an4 other leaders of te Western Federation of Miners aro npw coming' from attorneys connect ed with the' prosecution and Dotec Uve McPharland. No definite state ments Can W obtained, for the en quirer for facts is told that the state has In ltg possession Important evi dence' the existence or which ..has never been suspected even by the at- tprneys for the defense, ' The latest;-suggestion .from, the state's . special ' prpsecutors is that one,". and possibly, two, men have been found who will go on the wit ness stand and corroborate Harry Orchard's confession. . These rumors do not alarm the de fense. They are sure the state has only the general charges that all vlo tence Incidental to the labor trouble In Colorado and Idaho werd Instigat ed by thAxhief officers of the miners' union. 'Attorney Darrow, Richurd,- son and, Nugent announce complete confidence In their a ability - to turn the" tables on the prosecution' when this line of evidence Is introduced.' The defense' has numerous .wit n eases and circumstances to present which, they, claim,, will demonstrate that many of the outragea-laid, at the, -door .pf Moyel Haywood - and Pettlbone were actually committed br prtvatv detect! yea, spies ' jn, th? Judge Wood this morriing denied the motion of the defense fn the Hay wood caso for a MIU of particulars which' was designed to . disclose the the evidence which the state will pre sents against the secretary-treasurer of tho Western- Federation of Miners, In his ruling. Judge Wood said. J ."I dp not think it necessary to state at this time what the court would do If this application had .been presented before tho pleading to the Indictment or -before the case was. set for trial As .the court now views the matter, the defendant Waived his right . o sack a bill of particulars, not on)y by pleading - to the Indictment, .but further by permitting the case to be set for trial without making such ap- nllrotlhn - - v r -- ,t . - . - -The- state bas evidently been led to believe . the defendant was ready and. prepared for trial. Such ' have been the. solemn declarations of his counsel on several occasions, and,' I am. clearly of the -opinion that It would now be at abuse of discretion to grant the motion and order - the bin of particulars which In my optn-J ' f; (Continued on Paga Soven. jfV. i ' ' u :"t' " ".j, iiohdhed lives LOST IN (By Leased Wire to The Time.) Buenos Ay res. May A- - dispatch from " Montevideo published here.; to day, announces that the French trans port .-Maritime steamer Poltou Trom Marseilles, April ,s tor this port has been wrecked off the coast of -Uruguay. One 'hundred oi her ' passengers - and crew are said to have perished. -' , . lAJOr- GRAHAII , f , VAS EE -ELECTED (Specldl U The Evening Times.) . Durham, N. C, May 8.-In the city election yesterday seven out of Jght of the ward candidates were elected, -. Only two of the old board members will go bark, on the board F. Hill, who Was' on both tickets, and T. S. ' Christian, who defeated B. Cameron. The other members of the new board are: 'J. B. Mason, J. B. Warren, W. T. Pollard, B. H. Bowling, J. D. Prldgen, N. Under wood, v Mayor P. C. Graham succeeds himself for, another two years. He defeated Caut. J. F. Freeland bv 68 majority in the entire eight wards, VRECK j CHILD "' & i..'.-L-'J.f, !W: mth.Y f:t tillf.ie -r , ' ., . 1 i - 1 . . V - .. ' L... A 'i,;j.T:':i.'::;rpoi)r. cmunLW CXTWO OLD IfaH heATilieaMiioe ot Having Been - CanglUl by tyx-i ana its need : Hit ou Croun4- Jlay a'jtd Dirt Had Bcen.v'.tnffea?-N .ChiWs Mo,Hth.' . Rosa Johnston paced Cnder Arrest. i-. ;-.,t ,-.w.-J. .;, - 1-4i4S-JAijhIte 'wethan by the name of 'Roaa'' Johnson?- who lives oh South. Blount' strieti. was arrested at .30 o'clock vUpfi the charge of coq- cealing-the deaHl Of -her child. A ''-'. ' ... L 1 ' ... . ... more serious .charge' win in ail prob- ablllfy - be' preferred'. Jatei, buft the coroner's 'iury hae tot yet made Its report. The womjis li in the eustody ( Constable Byrum, She Is said to bo unmarried, i 'fi-, ; The. body of As Inewly born babe, fuller developed and? a . day or two old, 'was found today 3o a vacant lot on. .tho-. aoulh' side laf 'Pavle street, between South Blount and Wilmington- t streets, .k It vaa a whito child. One- arm tind the -'collar bone were broken, a-nd its skull was fractured, the Injuries loading those who found the body to believe that the child was held by 'the , feet :ti struck on the ground. in Its mouth was some hay and dirt, aad it if believed that this was Shoved Into , the ' mouth of the babo 't'o keep It from crying. j ' "XCronoi: Separk' was notified soon after thc body ' wis found, and be carried It, tp tho Brown undertaking establishment, ': A Jury was empan eled and viewed tUo body, but It was decided to postpone the inquest until cms atiernuon ni p-cjock,-- xf, w, McOee, county plivnlclan, "alsv" Viewed ta txxlf jid -isiaiu)e4"b.tnySeH' its beiievlhg-'that Ike child was mur dered, 'y' r .4- S ft Z It Is. eaid that the authorities have a clue as -to who the guilty party is, and an arrest may be male some time this v afternoon or . tonight.) -There seems1 to be practically no doubt about the' child having been murdered. It was a jiiale child. . .r - ',.:.- T nit L t t , , i rt ' r ' '-'- -- x' COuCOIlD LADK IS A SUICIDE if .cn !.Mii wira to The TImes.I : Baltimore, Md . May 8. Mrs. Em ily Magruder Gibson, wife of Robert K. Gibson, a wealthy 'cotton. planter and manafacturer, of Concord, N.C., committed suicide yesterday by drink ing carbolic acid at the home pf Wil liam : Hv florman, a brother of Sena tor Artbur P. Gorman, at Catonavllle, fashionable suburb of '. Baltimore. Mrs, Gibson was a hiece f the -fa mous Confederate soldier,; General Magruder, a sister of Julia Magruder, the. Virginia authoress, and a daugh ter of Allen B. Magruder of Virginia She had been In bad .health- and came , bpre a week ago. with- her sis ter to enter Johns Hopkins Hospital. She . found the Institution' crowded. and went to the home of Mrs. Ger man!, also a native of Concord, N. C She was very despondent and - was being watched for fear that she would attempt her life. While Mrs.. Dor man's back- was turned, Mrs.' Gibson took a bottle cf Carbolic acid, from a closet and drank Its contents. TEA1N BANDITS . ' . i . UNDER ARREST (By t-eased Wire 'e.'The Times.) 'i Helena, Mont., iilar h 8.- Sheriff Shoemaker has been, advised that two young men 'were arrested '.late last night at Baslnj near Woodville, trhp aro i believed to be this bandits who held; up' the North: CeABt . limited of the Northern Pacifia ear Welch on Monday morning and killed the en gineer ; The train was stopped short ly after 2 o'clock and when Engineer James Clow showed fight he wasahot down.. -Hie fireman was also wound- i the engine and than 1iimnn4 ttsw" 1 rlnn ' air K nbiV 1 a nnnnrel ft ny4 ' Thla'ofavV J f,'0 iu'OICATipN .: jpclfct? Tfirnatea o 5Wihe r-.v a. 4 .? . HiE'; LATTER - DISARM Tills 'Follflralthe Thpeat-Tha tji$a far Men Ask the Head of lb Street i Railways la. ,Co-Pllfrt . ' WUb THem , in Keening the Pea V San Francisco. ' ,v .- Bv loosed Wire to The Times.) Ban Francleo,tCal., MayJI. The city passed a peaceful bight, and this; morning there was no Indication that tbe rlotina ot yesterday In which-dne- man-was-shot dead and six . perhaps fatally Injured, ; would be resumed today The threat of Chief pinan to arm his police with rifles' and shoot the strike-breakers. seems 'to have made these men din card their firearms; 6r else hide thetd In such a way as to give, bo chance for the police to take action.' - Although everything was quiet up till 10 m. both sides are engaged in. bitter denunciation of each other. President Calhoun, ot ' the United Railways Company, declares that bis men will protect themselves, Bhouid they be attacked.:: The men accused df kilting James' Walsh . are - held Without bail.:. In a statement Issued by President Calhoun .this 'morning he aays: ' ' , ? 'i'My company will spare no effort to" resume lawfully and' peaceably the operation of Its cars,: but It Will not' be' driven to compromise witq rong, and - will fearlessly -defend its right." , " ' 1 i The car men's nniou baa made the following statement:- 1 Y "We would psk Mr. Calhoun to co operate with v in keeping the peace. ' We are law-abiding citizens and wanj no trouble. 's 'TheretDrei : we , would ask Mr, Calhoun to stop turning his OU1-UB into iwrireBsu? ijnu cmuiiin(f armed, men In the streets, "Jrobody is going to" attach the 'barns and all hlSydlsplay of force, serves to draw crowds which no power on earth casj keep, trom becoming unruly, v .? r In k dispatch ,from Los Angeles, Governor Oillett refused to turg out the state militia until asked , to do so by the civil - authorities pf Ban Francisco. ' Both state and ..federal troops are ready to go to San Fran Cisco at a moment's notice,1 but it is the opinion at this hour ithat they will pdt be needed as the union men declare they ' have dot. and will' pot make any trouble, and If any troubje arises It will come from the crowds that always assemble at such times and -which are .easily excited by the sight ot armed strike-breakers; in the streets, . , AREESTED ON A PERJURY CHARGE i (By; Leased- Wire to The Times,) .- " St Louis,' Mo., May 8. H. Clay- Pierce, president of the Waters Pierce Company, was arrested Here on the chare 'of oeriurv todav.,i' ' EVELYN AL mm. Br LeasedWlre to The Times ) NeW fork, "May t It is understood that the Countess of Yarmouth; sisur of Barry K. ' Thaw, : will sail late to day pn the White Star jiner Baltic to rejoin, her titled . husband InJBngland, Harry- iThawr m his cell m v the Torabshaa "been practically deserted by his family; and the.: only- fcn that will not leave the city for a vacatloti is his: beautiful, wife.: ' She. will con tinue her da)y visits t the Tomb and wiit'jfamala' at her husband's id nit ta the beginning tit to second trial in ttoe tell.." i ww v"i A"" TTUROTTT EI7TIIUSE3 33 V i 1 ' V IflTTTt r,rmTr ITTrT ,i i h""i tit f 'P'M-f ""i M 'r. ft -i :- Chicago, May S.Geaeral Baron Tamotemto Kurokl, hero of the' rigHt wing at Mukden a nd crpwned veteran of , the1 ( Japailese-RUgsIan, dls- covered last Ight what -an r etnthu could give. , It wag t the union sta oti?; r 1 -i west; '1 There may 5 have been two hundred - Japanese t tbe : station. Supplemented by S,00( hero worship pers of every other nationality' that makes Chicago great, they cheered the little brown man in the gray-gold cap, who unconcernedly wprmed his Way through the crushing crowd. The general departed at , 1 1 : 4 $ on the Fort Wayne train No, C of the JPena sylvgijla Iip.Ior Washington and the JamestQwn Exposition. He informed Consul Sblmltq, who' .went down to Aurora to meet Jbim, that, he woold De oacg in isicago in mrea weens Shortly before the train : arrived, Gen A. ' W.- Greejy, contmaHder of tt(a 'department of the lakes, anivsd with hla ii lof nf at T.lont.' rl r . m , j ill Lu r , tf m a. una, kuu ins fiiaes, vaiJi. il, It. Shield and Lieut E. D. Warfield. iney were in full aress uniform Later they were Joined by MaJ.' Wil Ham V. Judson of fhe engineers, in Vclts," who was BilHUry aUaebe fur tba United States during the War. THE PIEDMONT RAILWAY.' ' CA8B OF YOUNG XMBEZZLER, . (Special to The Evening tmes.) Salisbury, N.: C; ''May 8. The Spen cer municipal contest which ended yes terday resulted in the election of J. R. Thomas for -mayor Over W. IX Petiiel, Thomas representlna the Ins or the ad ministration,' and Mr. Pethe! the' inde pendents or insurgents. A board ot al dermen' favorable to the new mayor was elected and there will, be no de parture from the present' polfcyv r ' Hotel Jackson was yesterday sold to D. U Qasklll for ?2.S00. - . A fraitchise has been granted ' the Piedmont Carolina Railway Company, to build a Jlna from Salisbury along th. new . Mocksvllle road to South river, n)ne miles away. Tha road Is then tto extend to the Piedmont toll bridge' on the Tarkln, six miles from Salisbury towards 'the north.- ' - The case of State against RW. Gray for embezzlement of Southern Ehcprest funds was. settled at least temporar ily yesterday when Judge Fred Moors required the kid robber to pay tsoo in cash and deposit tGM with the clerk while the prayer for ; Judgment .was continued. , His father is under prom ise td take care of him and Dean J. I. Foust, : of the Normal, will give him work. ' .."" MOTHER AND DAUGHTER '' . DEFRAUDED WJFB SEEKERS. Evansville, " Ind., May l.r Mrs. Violet Lancaster,: aged 4 b .years, and her, daughter Garnet., aged. ?t, bare been: arrested here en tha charge of alldged that they have been- conduet- ing'a matrimonial 'agency and nave defrauded hundreds ot wife-seekers out of money,. t t v , . . In their rooms were found .several hundred letters which Showed that money had been received from nu merous men on the pretext that the women needed money to Join them to be married. s v, J . The women were preparing to de part for Portland, ..Nebraska, where a daughter , was to marry a farmer named Mlschmlck.' - - CORBY TOO VALUABLE ' ' - TO BE DISCHARGED. : ' (By Leased Wire to The Tlmea.) , ;. New.; York May 8. While It was denied tday at the offices . of, the steel trust that William Ellis Corey will have to give up his IIQO.OQQ a year presidency as a result of tha talk attending his marriage to Miss Mabelle GUlman, it became known that Mr.. Corey's associates have given him to upderstapd that he must attend more closely to businesaJ v Chairman Elbert tf. Gary said' to day that Mr. Corey was too valuable A man in the steel business to be dis pensed with, , and .. that his' private affairs 'would npt.be allowed to In terfere witjt big keeping bis position. JAMES JIALEY PROVES, i ' HIMSELF INNOCENT. By Leased Wre (o The Times.) v Augusta, Ga.t May 8 Jamea Ha ley, the young man who was charged with shooting and -robbing Mr. Amos Clark, a pfomtnent citUen of this city. On, the canal, banks, almost a month ago, was acquitted last night by a jury In the Richmond superior court The pla. of Raley was that he did not shoot or rob Mr. Clark, and be proved an alibi by several wit- nesses. v The families Of Both principals are wry prominent la this section. - . y-rr v, v. ..tt . . . '.' ' : : if BURLINGTON ELECTION. ' - " " "(Special te The Evening Times.) Burlington, K C, Ma .The elec tion here yesterday s resulted in the cfiqice. ox A. Jr. Hurreu pv mayor ana ail the democratic nomiijees 165 alder That 1 FuriingtoA to., have nr nbond steel bridgfenna structural irufi manufacturing plant ; s now .assured, - which, according to Ferguson, a tor-. a. sue for th buudiDgs, sidings; etc..itoeP resident' of Newark.. wrlUng to. having been seoured nd the work et .-i.. ... r cMMmetiotv having ' n begun W,:""V rrZ. " TJ 17 IZ ""I ,the i Carolina BngtneeNng : Cqmpahjt. j ) u.Jlu r : J ii .-..4 - A. .J 1 1 r '.j-'J:-":: ' , Wilt. TOEEEf SAFES 'CLC'i'il t f - 1 'r " - I The Headqaaitera Of the Cay la Said ..!- T' to be to Jackaonyllle, Flprida, and J.. the Work" Is Redneed ( a Bcitfit tine SystewXHow the S Gang La- , bora, S " ,( 1 ,' fBr Leased Wire to Ths Times.) . 1 Oliver, , Ga Ma S.-Tbree large safes-lne mercantile" establlshmsnts , were dynamited in a series of the, boldest robberies ever perpetrated let . this section of the state. ,v A eoaslder- , s able amount oi money, was takem but 0 the exac amount has not been asoer :" talned. . ' ' ' The safe of the Oliyer Supply Com' pany was almost completely wrecked :,' . bat - the" section containing a large : amount of cash did not yield to the explosion. A monster safe In the ' office of the Oliver Trading Company, ; was, blown to atoms.) and, tha entire ; office Is a mass of rains., A good sum in money and checks' was se- " cured. Dr. Lauder's drug store was ' " burglarised. The spoils were divided u ; a mile and a Jaalt .from towa, where 1 more than 100 la checks was found. A man named SImma is held on . suspicion, , though there la no direct evidence of his guilt , . ' , Savannah detectives. who., have. beett : at work on the case declare that. the . robbery of three safes in tfais'cltyvwa " pulled . oR by : an organized, gang .- of . yeggmen who are' .. nbw operating .. throughout, the south. , They" declare ' : that they knewth -' headquarters of-v'' the gang is Jacksonville: Fla and that ' the banker" and "lawyer1' make their headquarters tn Atlanta, A,' portion pf the money' stolen ii deposited with the -banker in Atlanta to be used In getting .,: members of the erganisatloa out of the x - tolls of the aw. .The case of s man : reeentiy arrested la Atlanta for st e Uw... ng a watch, gave cash bond for v and has not been seen alne.' Is tlted 'f As evidence. Several bf her cases are r ild to be known. Tha man, Slmms, arrested on susr- plclon of the Oliver robbertea waa re- ; . leased. r f .. . , 1 v . LBN ROOT WITHDRAWS ' " ' ' , -1 AS ONE QF THE CANDIDATE. r (By Leased Wire 'to The Tlmes. . Madison,-' ' Wls- May . t.--Former . ; Speaker Lanroot has withdrawn from ': the senatorial race. His withdrawal if was announced after the first, ballot in : ' cancus and caused a sensation. Lan root, In his letter: nays if the contest ' is prolonged further It may effect Im portant legislation and -that he has no - disposition to stand In the way of ths public good.: The Stephenson men are jubllaht as they claim most ot the Laa- : . root supporters will go to the Marietta ' man- ' , v J. t 1 t V V .'. , SHE WROTE O00D-BY 'j ; . IN HER QCTtf BLOOD ' - ' " --"I " " x 1 (By .Leased Wlre-JB The Times.): . York, Pa.; 14a 8. Leavfnk fare well letter, penned In her own blood, Mia Elsie IlgenfriU, daughter , ot Thomas IlgenfriU, committed suicide yesterdajr. by closing, the door ad -, windows of her room and turning on :)-'. the gaa,' III health la silbposed a h the cause.' . ' v. ' ' u . WENT TO WEDDING; ; BTABBEI? DEATH : (Bv Leased: Wlrd ta The Tlmea.1 M I Chicago, May t. John, ptock, tl years old, of Clever street was stab-i bed ten times in th back and sides last night by several youag men ho attacked him In front of Apollo HaUv where he bad gone' to attend a wed- ding. He wlU dle ' ',, TWti AMERICAtTS W-' X; a wS'Ttrrrv a tt . a wr x4 ftrxym (By Lease! VtYmeI. Akron, ' Ohio, May .-fcuaator 1 jilcK and Ptralfei:1JiaYe,beeniappeal4 " to in connecuon wtta,, ine.piigffV -op :s twn Americans, Edward Stover, ter-merly-of tb,u cltjr, and W 38. peed. Who are confined tn: a Mexican dun 3 geon, sentenced- tp fifteen 'years' fUqt : .srisonment to.r a m vderkof ThJc on i i ney were cnargea witn murder,) : and aftev a tfiaj.ltefore Judge Gomes. "J I ' is owned r""f yrt k r . , KjWa8hln?ton, ' , ' .. ' ' i - . art "J , , f , ' I , -
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 8, 1907, edition 1
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