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V - t" Only Afternoon Paper in the State of North Carolina With Leased Wire and Full Pi sss i ; f UkST EDITION J V . , -THE RALEIGH; EVENING TIME VOLUME 80. RALEIGH, K. G, MONDAY, JULY 20,1908. ALL .1. .. '"fi r X1 w "I. '; QOAD EMI iiiLlii mmmusss Girl Used to Meet Fast Mail That Ran Between . New York and Lake George and Also Heard Regularly From Young Dentist in Troy Who, However, Explains That Her Night Visit to His Office Was Simply a Business Call and He Told Her He Couldn't Fix Her Teeth at Night . Detectives Go to New York to Interview Ha zel's Trainman Lover Relatives of Murdered Girl Break Silence at Last and Will Do What They Can to Help Unravel Mystery. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Troy, N. Y, July 20. Wlh the re markable Bhift in the trial of Hazel Dred's murderer from the mountains above Tarborton to the city of Troy, 15 miles away, comes the astonishing evi dence that the victim was not only re ceiving letters from a young Troy den tist, but also received notes and often met a trainman on the fast mall .run ning between New York and Lake George. Both these men are known to the police from letters found among the girl's effects and statements of friends and relatives Girl's Relatives Help at Last.' Strangely enough, Hazel's kinsfolk have broken their stubborn silence and are now fully In accord with District Attorney O'Brien's determined and absorbing endeavors to unravel the most perplexing mystery of recent year. HAS CRAZE During Ten Days fifteen Per sons Take Their Own Lives Jn Smoky City (By Leased "Wire to The Times.) Pittsburg, Pa., July 20 Between July 8 and July 18, In this city, IB persons committed suicide and six at tempted to do so. Some of the six may die. .' A majority of the self-murders was done In that part of Pittsburg formerly known as Allegheny. It has become popular to say of a sui cide that he or she has "Alleghen led." Eleven of the 21 took carbolic acid, two chose other poisons, five used revolvers, one cut his throat, one jumped from a bridge and an other from a window. . .The causes: Four because of grief; W. A. Moffltt on account of his sis ter's suicide; O. -R. Thomson because of the murder of his brother; two girls ended their lives because of love (Continued on Second Page.) PinSBURG SUICIDE Two Men Put to Death Today for Four Brutal Murders (By Leased Wire to The Times . Owing, N. Y., July 20. -Charles Henry Rogers, the murderer of Fred and Willis Olney and Alice Ingerlck, and Angelo Lauderio, who 1 shot Banker Don Michael D'Ambras to death, were put to death in the elec tric chair today. The crimes for which these men paid the penalty were of unusual brutality and cruelr ty. The . killing of three persons by Rdgers was One of the most atrocious murders ever committed in this state. i - '. Rogers was convicted and sen tenced to death tor the triple mur der of Fred and Willie Olney and Alice Ingerlck, a little girl at How ells Station, near Goshen, N. T., in October, 19 Of. At the lame time he made murderous attack on Mrs. Ingerlck, the mother of Alice. , Murderer Fled to West. So weighty Is the evidence that Hazel Drew well knew the fast mall train man, and so extraordinarily do the known movements of the girl fit into his possible whereabouts on Monday or Tuesday, July 6 and 7, that two detect ives were dlspached to New York today to question the man. The young dentist whom Hazel has visited three nights before her probable death has explained that that visit was a business one, but that she. wanted her teeth fixed at night so as not to in terfere with her work. He could not attend to it at night. Hazel Drew was last seen In Trov on Monday, July 6, at 11:30 a. m., by Mrs. Mary Robertson of 131 Bedford street, and her 9-year-old daughter, NelUe, in the union stations. Every other identi fication of the girl in Troy on that Monday and Tuesday has been practi cally 1roken down and discredited. NEGRO MINSTER BACK OF BLAZE Godlin's Incendiary Preaching Inspires Miller and Gains to Fire Cotton Gin (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Jones ville, La., July 20 .Crazed by the incendiary preachings of a pretended negro minister, Albert Godlln, two blacks, Miller and Sam Gains, last Wednesday night fired the valuable gin belonging to Capt. J. W. Swayze. In less than 24 hours the men were captured, along with God lln, and strung up to a tree not far from the Jail. , ". Godlln had had the negroes of the town of Harrisonburg upset for a week, prophsying the end of the world, and (Claiming that he Jwas Christ returned' to earth. He took up the same work here and had equally as great success with his ignorant disciples, causing several to quit work and bringing on a general unrest and (Continued on Second Page.) ' After the. murder he fled to the west and was gone a year and a half before a letter written by him to his brother In Mlddletown led to his capture. On his way east he made a remarkable . confession, in which he admitted that robbery was the motive for the crime, although he got only $l4 in money. , Angelo Lav derlo was the "bad man" of Mulberry Bend, although he tailed himself the king of that location. . Ia December, 1906, , be wreaked his vengeance on Don Mich ele D'Ambras, a wealthy Brent coo tractor,; whom he had tried Unsuc cessfully to blackmail. The two men came from the same town In Italy. Lauderio lay in. wait for D'Ambras in Hester street And rushed at him, holding a revolver Jo hli face and firing Ave shots. D'Ambras was in stantly killed. Prickett, Minister-Judge in New Jersey, and Archibald Jferrtm, Who ill ill s r; ec.- t Photograph, of man with beard is corder of Metuchen, N. J., who was shot down and killed by" Archibald Hctron, whom he. had sentenced for wlfobe-Al'Iog. Smooth-faced man with mustache is the murderer, Archibald Ilonoij. Woman slHxvn here is Sirs. Archibald Herron, wife of tlie murd(!rer, mnA a cnt Of Pr. Prickitt'g home in Metuchen, N. J., and the lawn upon jvliU.li he was shot down by Herron is also shown. i t .. . ' Handsome Sunny (By Leased Wire to The Times.) WaeiimRtcm, i. Qr.Jmi io. All uiii Ing a bexutlful SmMe. a perfect ava lanche of animation des;-ndd on Washington today -In -the- lorri, of 17 young girls, all southern beauties, com prising the Nashville Tennesseean's European party. As the guests of The Tennessean, the girls are starting on a tour of Europe. They only stopped off In Washington and are doing tlio "city beautiful" In whirlwind fashion. Prom the- moment they walked into QUEBEC GREETS Quaint Old Dominion City is 300 Years Old Fair banks to Attend (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Quebec, July 20. Americans are storming Quebec today. Thousands of tourists from "the states" are flocking Into the city to participate In the cele bration of the founding of the city 300 years ago by Samuel DcChamplaln. Regiments of militia from all parts of Canada are arriving today, and are en. camping on the Plains of Abraham, where Qen.' Kolfe wrested Canada from Montcalm and his French sol diers. Ships of Three Nations. The British battleships Kxmouth. Al bemarle, Russell and Duncan and the cruisers Venne and Arrogant lie off the "Gibraltar of America." Beside them ride the French battleships Leon Oam betta and Admiral Auhe. Farther down stream is the New Hampshire. This latest type of United States battleship Is awaiting the arrival on Wednesday of the Prince of Wales, who is on board the cruiser Indomitable, with the Mlhotour and other warships as es corts. - The New Hampshire will escort the Indomitable to her anchorage. She will also da the first to salute the prince. .. f ? Fairbanks tone Tomorrow. ! Vice President Fairbanks' Is expected here tomorrow. The tourists from the United Btatee are entering heartily into the spirit 6t the celebration, ai It lt.be. longs te them, in a measure, just the same ae to Canadians. The city is beautifully , decorated and the holiday spirit prevails gtnerally. Clock Shop Gete Going. (fiy Leased Wire to The Times) ' New 'Tork, ;july JO. The , Ansonla clock factory at Seventh Avenue and Twelfth, street, which employe more than " L0OO hand, - was opened this morning with a full force, after a shut down of nearly three weeks, MANYVISITORS Re. S. ir, PilckJtt, the Iwinw rri Girls of Tennessee w . . V". t -'-t. .. ' . bodv anfl .nV t' . n't t J i'lautcd teVory -wn George's .' Vomit. j AfiO"- a hasty liiuiwu at the' totel . i . a?,ain .r tut. vemon. Yhi!.' Ui. .re ihey planted a Email hick ory tree on tho tomb of Washington, wh'rh was brought by them from the tomb of Andrew Jackson at the Her mitage. Miss Oretta Williams, of Bir mingham. Ala., did the honors as speeehmiiker. LANDED IN CELL Burly Negro Who Assaulted White Woman Subdued After Fight With Gotham Cops (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, July 20. Police Lieuten ants McLaughlin and Sullivan, two of tho Digest men In the 'central ''police, broke into the room of Walter Bryant, a six foot tar black negro, at 153 east Twenty-fourth street, today, and ai rested h'm on a charge of attacking yesterday evening Marcolla Klein, a beautiful girl, 19 years bid. Bryant, who Is built in proportion to his height, put up a desperate fight against the two big detectives and was a sorry sight when they put him in Jefferson Market court. Victim Resisted 15 Minutes. The crime of which Bryant is ac cused was daring and brutal to a de gree. His weaker victim resisted him for 15 minutes all over the flat before the pressure of his powerful ' fingers choked her into Insensibility. ' There wore persons in the apart ments surrounding that in which the struggle took place, but no sound es caped sufficient to alarm outsiders and the girl was unable to scream because one of the assailant's hands was clasp ed about the lower part of her face. . Will Get the Limit. Xt Is the Intention of Inspector McCaf- ferty to make an example of Bryant. As soon ae the case can be prepared, the negro will be Indicted and placed on trial, and that he will be given the maximum sentence prescribed for his offense, If he is found guilty, is fore gone conclusion. Bryant gained entrance to the apart' tnent in which the assault was com mltted through his acquaintance with a maid employed by Miss Klein's aunt. He chose yesterday for a call on the maid, who was absent at a time when Miss Klein was alone. WALTER BRYANT Shot Him Down V - ft ! n tv ruv- 5ri v lit " -J I HI mJ v W "f ku& 70 Buckeye Athletes Take Mc- Ciellan-Busse Message on to Adrian, Mich., Today (By Leased Wire to the Times.) Toledo, O.. . July 20 The local Y. M. C. A. runners In the New York ChiraKo relay reached Toledo at 5:15 this morning, one hour and four min utes ahead of their schedule. The message from Mayor George B. Mc Clellan, of New York, to Mayor Fred A. uusse, of Chicago, was at once rushed on to Adrian, Mich, a distance of 35 miles. There are 70 Toledo athletes In the raee, and each man Is to cover half a mile. Chicago nt Noon Tomorrow. If the runners continue to beat the schedule at the rate they have maintained since leaving New York at 10 a. m. Wednesday, it is believed the message will be In the hands of Mayor Busse by noon tomorrow. Will Run Last Lap. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, July 20 Fifty crack runners of the Y. M. C. A. left this morning at 10 o'clock on the steamer Theodore Roosevelt for Michigan City to take up their stations for the last lap of the New York-Chicago re lay. They will be entertained by the Y. M. C. A. of that city. Early this evening 25 of the ath letes will be taken to South Bend, Ind., In automobiles. Massachusetts Cotton Mill Opens, (By Leased Wire to The Times) Lowell, ' Mass., July 20 Fifteen hundred employes of the Nakekeag Cotton Mills were put to work today when the plant resumed operations on a full time schedule. New Tork Bar Silver. (By LeaBed Wire to The Times) New York, July 20 Commercial bar silver, 53; decrease, c; Mex ican dollars, 45. 1''8Wimwi'iiiiial r RUNNERS REACH TOLEDO AT DAI mm ffiSK i MS FE7 J. .-' :'" .- ...v ,. ' -:' . v'! . 7 -: : t Democratic, Candidate Draft of .Reply He Will Make to totioii:! f vention's Notification Conpitteej!aL. Aug. 12r-Won't Have Speech .WiidOnti Cincinnati July 28, for He Means to fetf publican Opponent on Every Campaign Isci:: --Much Space Will Be Devoted to Publicity c: Campaign Contributions Frank Monriatt t: Support Bryan and Kern. , ; l . (By Leased Wire to The Times) Lincolm Neb., July 20. Refreshed by a quiet Sabbath and cooler weath er, William J. Bryan this morning turned his attention to the prepara tion of a rough draft of his speech of acceptance, to be delivered Aug. 12 at Fairview before the democratic notification committee. Mr. Bryan, is awaiting Mr. Taft's speech of acceptance before complet ing his task,' as it is his purpose to meet his republican opponent on every issue the latter discusses at the Cincinnati notification on July 28. Mr. Bryan's every utterance on campaign publicity proves hia deter mination to push this question to the front. Bryan's Nebraska . lieu teurnts pre exulting over Secretary i'ait's rtOeiu announcement that the revubiicaa nommlttsiO, .wjauid aot.'e.c cept contributions' from corporations, which, according to Mr. Bryan's, fol lowers, is tantamount to a rebuke of Treasurer George C. Sheldon of the republican national committee, who had said publicly less than a week previous that corporations' , . gifts would not be refused. : Mr. .Bryan is SON OF ACTOR IS Fred Bond's Boy and Claudia -JobpsoB Couldn't Waitj Longer They'll Be Forgiven (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, July 20. L. McGregor Bond, son of Frederick Bond, the actor, living at the Hotel Sir Henry in Flatbush, and Miss Claudia Ran dolph Johnson, 19 years old, daugh ter of Julian B. Johnson, genearl manager of the Southern Cotton Oil company of 145 Broad street, grew weary with waiting for parental ac quiescence in their matrimonial plans and eloped, . The news that the young people ran away on Saturday and were married in Hackensack, N. J., was made public today, by the parents of the bride, after forgiveness had been granted. ' Young Mr. Bond and his bride have gone to. Boston on a (Continued on Second Page.) ELOPING HUBBY Japs Won'tGoto War With Us Declares Our Ambassadi (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, July 2 0 Thomas D. O'Brien, United States ambassador at Toklo, Japan, Is at the Auditorium hotel on his way to Grand Rapids, his former home. Mr. O'Brien was ap pointed ambassador to Toklo- about three years ago. "The United States Is the last country in the civilized, world the Japanese would care to war with," be said. "They realize that the United States Is the best country they can deal with commercially and indus trially. Japan needs America's trade Get? BusyoiisR:: now putting stress on that phase c the questioin, providing , public" prior to election, and his Nebraf followers insist that Mr. Taitm; follow suit or forfeit the support c a large number of progressive .to publicans in the middle west who re sent the interest of Wall street flnan ciers in national electiomt'v-..i-v-' ' ':.. .Monnett is For VUefvi,'. Frank S. Monnett, former ifepub' lican attorney general of Ohio, spen two hours in private conference will Bryan last night at Fairview, aftei which the Ohio man announced hi; intention of supporting, the demo cratic ticket. Mr. lonnett Ba4d thii morning that Bryan . WMi promised If elected, to use the machinery o the, departaient, of Jwtteji, tobreR1 W the wool mc'nopcjQf Mounett saysTds Its la4q5a; Ohio. ; .. y'yCirS-- Wool Trust's Ungodly" Profit. According to declarations; of tb foraier Ohio .official, the wool mo nopoly has forced down prices of rav, wool and forced up the price to con sumers until the monopoly is realiz ing a profit of 900 per cent. i .'I ) Is Charged With Larceny r Rams and Shoes From 1 Freight Car . j The greater part of the day In y perior court is being consumed the hearing of the: case aga-(' Frank Purdee on the charge of. larceny of hams and shoes fr; m box car of the Seaboard Allr Tho theft Is alleged to have OC ec'l on Sunday, March 15. putd at that time chief car inspec the Seaboard and it is claime-,,' he broke the seal of a frelgl f-' took out the goods ' and con -'')'. ' them In a ditch near the Pllot'M with the Intention of getting th later. - : - '; . 'f , ' - : The young man claims that tie! f but on a drive on ,the evening; question with Sam Beal;che had r viously reported the breaking of (Continued on Second Page.) A and will do everything, almost hold It" :;'''''V';'vVU.-'v'':' Brown Men Await, bar Fleet, The Japanese government eag anticipates the coming of Adc Sperry and his big fleet, and arra ments are under, way for giving fleet the greatest and grand t tlon any country, could por ' another. The sending of U I to the Orient le emphatic r r President' Roosevelt' fore;.', t diplomacy. Nothing eould h better done, and the matter v its Influence with other com: FRANK PURDEt ONTKIALTODA
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