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Afternoon Pcp and Full Praoo Dispatches. LAST EDITION. ' j fir tV;' - I ALL THE IIAEiniTa THE RALEIGH EYENING TIME vnT.mrp on ' . "" " - . 1 RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, fik 18, 1908. . r " 1 , , I nnuion oTiinniT ouiiono uut PRICE 5 CENTS. OVERMAN IN FAVOR OF FREE DELEGATES Takes Stand With Senator Simmons Agaiast Instructed Delega tion From North Carolina to Democratic National Convex tion in Denver-Says He Sees No Need for Instructions. OPPOSED PARKER COMMITTMENT FOUR YEARS AGO Views asto Hard and Fast Directions for Any Particular Can didate Haven't Changed Since Then-Other Southern Senators for Strongest Man Possible. The following terse and 'characteristic letter' front' Senator Overman,' received by the general manager of The Raleigh Times today, places Senator Overman on the same ground as Senator Simmons, who in The 'limes of .Tuesday admitted he did not, want an Instructed delegation from the Charlotte convention to the Denver convention: I'nited States Senate, Washington, I). C. May 15. l'JO.s. Mr. .1. V. Sininis, Raleigh, N. C. Dear Sir: Iteplying to your telegram, will say that four years ago I opposed Instructions for Parker upon the grounds that North Carolina had never instructed her delegates to the National Convention, 1 did not believe that. North Carolina should Instruct . then, and 1 am of the same opinion now. Whoever may be sent, I believe that they will al ways re Meet, the sentiment, of the people. Very truly yours,,- (Signed) LUli S. OVERMAN. DOESAWFULACT Coifmanjethodist Revivalist, Strikes Down Wife With Stovepfedllome LYNCHING F 3 SURELYTuiOME (By Leaicd Wtf't? to The Times.) Falrraount,' WKf Vkjks? 18-Kev. W. ;P. Co(j.w:'U,;iciI iOi one of the best kriowit Jtfstjjisdlsr. Episcopal min isters Ji; tJoJstricCliilled his wile early litis'- morninS while snfforiner from a fit of inianityV When he hud cut her t'iroat he Immediately be came sane. 0 i now under arrest in the county ,jft. - . - Uev. Mr, Coffmap resides at lioss town. about thtw miles from here, and is in (charge of two or three local churches. His wife was a member of a pronnnent local family, 3 3 .'years' of age.; ;:.' ; During the past week or two Mr. Coffman las been conducting a series of revival services ant has been add ing to the membership of the church es under his care. Yesterday he fin ished his. revival and appeared to be If Man Who Wort fep Palmer Is Eaaflit I to; ( (heatre lias ,.' .'..- ,e "Vetter 11 ADMITS MILLING ed Money, So He Shot flown Whole Sheppard Fam ily and Robbed Them cot FA imR nC J 'Xenil 1 ft ill L 11 Ul ere 'name ' ickfaee '1 and 11 i foliar , , - - Badly Slashed B y and M1;1; HisEscape-BiiiodSounds on the Trac(. Times) (By Leased Wire to Tie Dyersbiirg, Tenn:, May i S Should tile three .participants' iJ two trag 1 'tiles her.! be captured, tips commun ity may' witness a .trijie lynching, with one white man and f wo negroes as lite violins. Indigtntlon is at white heat. .- . '.- 'John P. Palmer, a la'iner, living several, miles- northwest f this place, stabbed aDd probably fa tillv wound (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, May. 18. ''I did It! I did It! Now let me alone and I'll tell all. t killed all three of them." Frank Z.istora, the boyish act stu- lent who became a farmhand when his 1 Health broke down, glared through the i liars of the Freehold. X. J , jail today, .after confessing. to the murder of ,Vil- jllam B. Sheppard. his wife, Mrs. Joe- ' p-hine 'Sheppard, and their wi viint, Jen 1 j die Bendy, near . Wickatunk oil Sutur .jdiiy 'lie mil, it. 1 , "Why didn't you kill the ha by, too?" : Za'stera was asked. '.. .'" '-. "I ilea'! know! T never thought about the baby," he said. ".,astera does Hot. look the cold-blooded - murderer ho eonf.sses himself to be. la 'appearance ho Is more of the ar list than the farmhand. He uses Eood SMUTZER CERTAIN WIDOW BELLE LIVES " . ' 1 Believes She is on Her Way to Old Country and Has Cab led to Have Her Arrested if She Steps From Ship Dania at Hamburg, Hue There in Ten Days. WOMAN GOT FIVE THOUSAND IN INSURANCE HONEY And Officials Are Trying to Fathom Probable Disposition ol IH-liollen Cash-Reason to Thinh $720 Was All She Had Day of Fire. l-aporle, lud. prielresK of. the t By Leased Wire to The Evening Times.) May IS. Mrs. Belle Uunness, arch-assassin and pro-' "house of horror" to which her suitors were lured for ALABAMA'S VOTE IS HEAVY TODAY Johnson and BryanHave Work ed State Hard and Inter est is MORSE GETTING TOPRKAGAIN (By Leased Wire to The Times) Montgomery, Ala., May 18 There With Maine Corporation Hopes to Take Over Bank of North America (By Leased Wire to The Times) - , " s wi n. iiiuj x o it an nil ci'i U every indication that an unusually : ,0.irued today that Charles W. Morse heavy vote will be cast throughout;. , . , , . , urn ut!1K, Tn,i, i. f .imillas incorporated In the state of In the state's history In which the; Mallle tne Morse Securities company voters have had a chance to directly I113 the first, step In a comprehensive express their choice for the nrpsi-1 scheme to rehabilitate '-his fortunes drntlal nominee. It la eonreded thnf iand assume a position In the financial William Jennings Bryan will receive! world e(1"ul to. that he held before a heavy majority, though Gov. John lne Slllml) 01 October. A. Johnson, of Minnesota, has made' Ml'- Morse Plans nothing less than much progress the last few weeks tne talilnS over of the National Bank nnd will surely receive a flattering I of N'orth America, now in the hands vote. of a receiver. It is said Morse wish- Much Interest is manifested In the'es t0 acQl,lre the securities now held race of Senator John A. Lusk for the j by the fallel uank, In the belief that supreme bench. Senator Lusk's fight (the,r Presnt low market prices will Is looked upon as more of the admin- j rlse before the end of a year to what lstration light for the approval of its j,ney ce before the smash of his nets. Judge Simpson will doubtless lfortunes' he returned to the supreme bench. For tnls P'fpose, emissaries of Mr. - I Morse have been to Washington con- Moore, Ahead In Guilford. Oreensboro. N. C, May 18. In the legalized primaries here, C. C. Moore, for agricultural commissioner, lend all ..-competitors by a handsome vote. ferrlng with the comptroller of the currency. It la said Mr, Morse and his friends have made an offer to the comptroller to deposit $1,500,000 as (Continued on Page Three.) This Will Be Susy Week in Some Circles of Democracy (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, May 18. While in terest in the republican contest Is subsiding, this week will be a busy one In democratic circles. Demo cratlc conventions will be held today in California, at Fresno, and In Washington at Spokane. According to advices from the coast, Bryan Is certain of endorsement by both con ventlons. State primaries will be held In Alabama today. H On Tuesday a primary election will be held In Florida, at which del egates to the Denver convention will be chosen. There Is little doubt the entire Florida delegation will be for Bryan, as the opposition bas been weak and dispirited and the Nebras kan Is a favorite with a large ma jority of the democratic voters. - Wednesday will be an Important well pleased with the resuit. About cd his son. Green Palmer, vesterd; midnight he and his wife were dis-! afternoon. .'The-trout '.e arose over , cussiag the services, when he sud- fthe elder Palmer's ai ten.pt ; to ."'break' ! denly seized a noker and hesran up the familv. it is said: FIi ordered ! striking her on the head. ::j bfsi son to leave home and. upon the ! There was a struggle, during , 'atter's refusal, attacked him with a which Mrs. Coffman succeeded in es-; knife; slashing hfm severely on the ' caping from the house to a garden i arm" and body. It Is thovght the ' at the rear. She was followed dose-j young man will (lit, owing to great I ly, however, by her husband. When ! loss of blood. , , ; KnullRh. Z::stera made his confession to Pns efiiter Andrew A. c. 8fuke's after he had been subjected to a severe sweat - n its the pollee could give. He . wa slaugiiler, is today speeding' across, the Atlantic on the Hamburg-Ameri can limir Dania, according to the belief of Sheriff Smutzer. The police authorities at Hamburg have been asked by cable to arrest the woman on her arrival. The identification in Galveston, Tex., of a woman who tallies exactly i-.vth the -missing murderess was made by James Stokes and Frank Day ton, who talked with the woman just as she wts about to sail on the not permitted to '.sleep and every me-1 -i,inia. . Bcvei-ai passengers . were discussing the gruesome Laporte case :m lit a detective yottld -ply him with .'.and t'.ioir first suspicion that the woman with whom they were talking ouestions, j was Sirs. Gunneas was aroused by the curiosity she manifested and the :..stet a declared for a time that he I'reniienev with which she rleelnrert sho hnt' nnw wm t,wA nt,ir, ----- . - . . . . ... . w 1 1 . ,iiu nuj .uiug and that he could j about the case. . ... , '."- ; . . WOUld III Uliy Wliy She K.lhl ha wna fnmilinr with Tniliana -hti I. T4l...-1t . ; ....... ,.., uu,is iidiicu iu iimiaunuua a number of tiliies. In exxplaining her object in going abroad, she said (Continued on Page Seven.) - -.. li:id lost his iriemor reeall nothing that throw llyht; on the lnurdei he screamed: : . "1 see it all now. I see It all come bark to me!" Suddenly It lias .'he carried on the Inside of his coat j pocket. When I cot ui to-milk the cow I last Tlmi jiday morning It came to me t to kill them. n caught up with her another bat- When It became known tlivt. Pa-ltn-i "Did you kill themr' he was asked, tie for lier Jife took place and she er had almost killed hiK son, a potsse "I did," lie screamed. "I wanted was overpowered. ; j was formed in Dyersburg nd, seetir ' money.-, .1 knew Mr. -sheppard laid a Mr: Coffman had taken a knife ; tog bloodhounds, they wont in search j Iot ot m"ney and ' wanted it, 1 knew with him when he followed his wife : of the fugutiv!. If he U cauaht it '"? Kept nis money In a leather purse to the garden. When, he had her ' s said the posse will sfing him to powerless. In his grasp he cut her -the first tree in sIkI'I. ' tliroat fronr earHo ear, causing in- j The elder IV y ;:; : yt , old stant deatb? Aetfording to a state-j while his suti' ' is Vuiy '''i ' . ' vv; ment mude by Mr. Coffman, , when he John Anderson, a "white man's looked on the llftless body of his'; negro," was the victim of the second wub ins sanity w'as immediately re-. iragony, Me was assiulted bv two Old Smokv I'llv lifilnilm, negro holdup men yestdrday and shot ' ; jo Shut To Shoo, live times, dying almost instant ly.i (By Leased Wire "to The Times ) tu ui, .!..:.. . . .. . . ; jnc winiu ciuzeus are indignant at' piitsburg, Pa i lie irageay ana win lynch the tie groes if capttireti. DERRICK BOOM -MOXTCOAJKICVS Ji.WK LSi;.S. KILLS WORKMAN FLEET IS AWAY T05EATTLE NOW He realized what he had stored. done. He came here and surrendered to the police whom he told it had been his intention to kill not only his wife but also his family and himself. Giants Want Pitcher Raymond. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, May IS. It is learned that John T. Brush, owner of Giants. has made an offer of $8,000 to the St. Louis . club for the release of Ray mond, a pitcher. Death of Mrs. Ferobee. (Special to Tli? '. Evening'.. Times.) Oxford. N. C, JIa- IS. A message to relatives here thUCmbrning bore the in telligence of the sudden death of Mrs. N. M. Ferebee, vife of Pr. Ferebep, whitih- occurred I; Norfolk," where she was visiting. The remains are to ar rive in Oxford to:nonow. May 1 S. This iuorniug the doors of the Allegheny National Dank, long prominent in the financial' life' of the city, failed to open. Alleged defalcations and ir regularities of former Cashier Wil liam 'Montgomery, now confined in Allegheny county jail, were found to reach so enormous total that the continued activity of the institution has been found to be impossible. I. W.Biackwell Meefo Sudden Death While Lifting Stone in Fiat Car Denver to day in the democratic calendar, since state conventions will be" held in Pennsylvania, Missouri and South Carolina. All of these states have been centres of opposition to the Ne braskan and the action of the con ventions will be watched with a good deal of Interest by Washington poli ticians. In South Carolina the fight over Bryan has not been so bitter as In the northeastern states, but there has j been much nowerful onnositlon to' the NebraBkan. Senator Tillman, j the most powerful figure In South j Carolina "politics, is thought to favor , Bryan, but he will not take an active part In the campaign. The conven-' tion to be held Wednesday In Co lumbia will elect the district dele- (Contlnued on Page Three.) , (By Leased Wire to The Times) Denver, Col., May IS. Political affiliations do not figure In the elabo rate preparalicms that are under way in Denver for the entertainment the delegates to the democratic national convention, which convenes the new auditorium next July. The one idea In the minds of the citizens of Colorado's capital is to make the convention a success. The huge Bum of $100,000 was raised by the people of Denver to bring the convention here, and men of every political faith contributed as liberally as they were able. To understand how determined the people of Denver are to make the convention a success It is necessary only to state that a committee con sisting of prominent business and professional men Is in active charge of the local details. This organiza tion is known as the Denver commit tee, and It Is working with and under the authority of a sub-commitee of the democratic national committee on arrangements, of which former Gov. John E3. Osborne of Wyoming is the head. Denver has a unique organization known as the Denver convention league. C. M. Day, representative of the Adams Express Company In Denver, Is president of this organiza tion. The object of the league Is to secure conventions for Denver, and it was a committee from this organi zation that went to Washington and Induced the national committee to select Denver as the next meeting place for democracy. After the convention was assured for Denver the league named a com mittee of five 'prominent democrats of Denver to work with the national committee p:i arrangements in look ing after the world of details that go with preparation for such an Im portant gathering. ; Chns, W. Frank lin, a prominent attorney of Denver, was made chairman of this commit tee, which Unofficially styled the Denver committee, democratic na tional , committee. Mr. Franklin's associates are Mayor Robert W. Speer, of Denver; Harry E. fnsley, commissioner of supplies for the city; Charles F. Wilson, city auditor, and John F. Shafroth, former con gressman from Colorado. President Day nnd Secretary W. F. It, Mills, of the convention league, are ex- oftlclo members of this committee. They are both republicans, hut they are taking as much Interest In the preparations for the gathering as are the democratic members of the com mittee. Had Denver secured the re publican national convention mem bers of that party would liavo been selected to serve on the Denver com mittee.' ''. It will be seen,' therefore, that Denver goes about the work of secur ing and handling conventions in a business-like manner. For that rea son Denver always makes a success of conventions. The finest convention hall In the world Is being built as a meeting place for the delegates. But Denver will not stop with the construction of the auditorium. Plans for enter taining Hie delegates are under way, and the visitors will be made to feel that they are welcome in this hust ling western city. The committee oh decorations and illumination is working out some original ideas. One of them is to construct' a huge tiger of "paplor niacne ana place the tigure on a pedestal at the head of Sixteenth street, in what is known' .'as the Majestic triangle. The tiger will be outlined with red, white and blue electric lights, and at intervals a searchlight will be Hashed on the figure to Illuminate It more promi nently. It Is likely that smaller tigers will be placed on prominent down town corners. Another-Illumination. Bcheme that will be adopted Is to suspend artistic transparencies at the intersections of downtown streets that will show the pictures or leading democrats of the different states and territories. Each block will represent a state or territory, and.tthe state and terri torial shield will e placed In the center of th blocks. . . j Chairman Frkn.Jlu has completed his list of oomnjitttes. and former residents states' and territories have been, lamed 6n tke various en-j (.Special to The Evening Times.) Greensboro, X. I'., May IS. I. V. Blaekwell, a stonecutter, was Instant ly killed yesterday by the breaking cf a rope which held the boom of a hu'e derrick. With other men he was as sisting to rai'se-'n large, heavy ston3 in a. flat cur, preparatory to breakli it before it w;m taken out of the car. V. M. P.oach. of the llrm of TlOic'i & Roach,, by whom BlackWell was t in ployed, was ureseiit and superintenl- ' lug the Work, I Without the feast warning the roi e I broke, and the boom, striking him 'n the head, crushed his skull, death en ' suing immediately. ' He Is survived by , a widow and One child. After Return Trip to San Fran Cisco Will Sail for Honolulu Mr. Ili-oughton Cliali'iiiHii. lieeial In. The Kvening Times.) j ilivensboro, N. '.. May W At a mass meeting of the Stale Kunday School as- social ion executive committee, which ! met in re .yesterday afternoon, X. H. , Brougliton, of : llaleigh. was elected ciialrnian of tin' boiird and James V. . Kobei-tson field secretary. (By Leased Wire to The Times) San Francisco, Cal.. Mav 18. Tha Atlantic fleet of battleships sailed this morning for Puget sound. They arrlv off Seattle on Friday. One-half the ships will dock at Bremerton navyyard and the others will return for repairs and paintings below the water-line. The orders call for the reassembling of the fleet In San Francisco harbor not later than July 3. On July 7 the lieet Rails for Honolulu and, after a week's stay there, Is going direct to Auckland, New Zealand. The fleet of armored cruisers, under Rear Admiral Dayton, sailed south this morning and Bear Admiral Sperry, in command of the Atlantic fleet, hoisted for the first time his commanding flag of blue. The last of the official entertainments was the banquet last night at the Fair mount hotel, tendered by San Francisco Council, 615, Knights of Columbus, to the petty officers of the two fleets. Ad miral sperry made his first speech since j assuming command of the Atlantic neet. He declared the enlisted men were the bulwarks of the navy. Calm, Not Nervous, on Stand Saturday Say s Harry Thaw (By Leased Wire to The Times) Poughkeepsle, N. Y., May 18. In the first statement niade by Harry Kendall Thaw since he came here from Mntteawan, Stanford White's slayer today denies he was unduly nervous on the stand In his exami nation before Justice Morschattser, and declares he is confident of early release. "Say for me, please," said the prisoner, "that t lie reporters must have misjudged tne when I was on the stand. They all say In their stories I was nervous and did not tertaiu merit committee to welcome act calm. I want to say for myself visitors fvoot tliclr ol$ homes. No that I was perfectly calm when 1 one will be ovfirlopkqj, and every-j went on the witness stand. It was body will 'ht a ichaajce to see all: not my nervousness that caused me there Is to see In Denver. Extra at- to ask for a repetition of Mr. Je ( Con tli ued od Page Seven.) ronie's question, but it was some thing that everyone seemed to miss. Just as Mr. Jerome began to ques tion me there was a change of sten ographers and one passed between Mr. Jerome and myself. That caused me to miss the question. That may have led to my acting; nervous when It was repeated. I feel well and , quite happy, and am sure of my re lease." Efforts will be made by Daniel O'Reilly, counsel for Evelyn Nssblt Thaw, to secure a further adjourn ment of the hearing; scheduled fqr tomorrow In the proceeding! brought by Mrs, Thaw for the annulment ot their marriage to Harry K. Thaw. Mr. O'Reilly will base his request for a further postponement, on the ground that certain evidence he ex (Continued on Page Seven.). -if " '-'"; .:e ' ' '." .. ...'...'' .'. ' '' , ' ' - if'-", i :":'--'.v V,'' .' '; .'
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