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CJ iLiiiooii kp2r in the State of North Carolina With a Leased Wire Service and Full Press Dispatches . ,. .-' 'I ' ALL THE HARKED r 1 THE-BALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME SO. RALEIGH, Nv C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1903. PRICE 5 CENTS. V; f, 4 0 FW LYING WITH fflS ilROAT GAPING OPEN George Massenberg Killed last , Nlgbt at Franklfntoii DYING MfiN TRIED TO IE A STATEMENT Went to His Room Last Night With Razor in His Hand, Telling Some of the Family That He Was Going to Shave When Found Barely Alive, He Tried to Tell Something Bat Could , Not Murder is Sus pected. ' '" (Special to The Evening Times.) Franklinton, N. C, Aug. 5. There is great -excitement here today on account of the death of George Mas senberg, age , twenty-two, which oc curred last night. Mr. , Massenberg was found lying in the door of his room, with his throat cut. Was it murder or suicide? It seems that the unfortunate boy was seen to go to his room at about 8 o'clock last night, carrying a razor. He had told some of the family that he was going to shave. A little later was heard the sound of his falling body, and when found he was lying in the door of his room with his j throaft cut. A physician was imme diately summoned from Franklinton, one mile away, and everything pos sible was done to save him, but to no ,:' avail. -,".'. '. The dying man wanted to make a statement. He asked that every one leave the room except his friend, Lee McKnight. His brother, Ruf us Mas senberg, refused to leave the room, and objected to the statement being made. ' What the dying man would have said will probably never he known. The brother, Rufus Massenberg, -who so effectually silenced the dy ing man, is now under arrest, sus pected of having committed the crime. As we go to press Rufus Massenberg is undergoing a prellmi-' nary examination, Lee McKnight, the chum of the dead man, being on the witness stand. NEW CHARTERS GRANTED TODAY Articles of incorporation were filed in the secretary of state's office for the Winston-Salem Athletic Associa tion, of Winston-Salem, N. C. Among the incorporators are W.' L. O'Brien, T. W. Watson, Geo. F. Dwlne, W. M. -Hendren, CI ament Manly, and others. The object of this organization is to encourage athletics in Winston Salem. The association is capital ized at $25,000, shares of $50 each,1 $950 paid in. The R. E. Quinn Furniture Com pany, of Elizabeth City, N. C, Is to begin business with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, and with $15,000 paid in. The incorporators are Messrs. O. W. and R. E. Qiiiun, and .J. H. Wllkins, all of Elizabeth city, ' ' yV Hepzlbah Church 100 Years Old. Mr. W. H. Holloway and Rev. R. 8. Stephenson went out to Hepzlbah church yesterday, where ReT. A. A. Pippin, assisted by Mr. Hoyle, a Wake Forest student, is holding in teresting revival services. V ( Rev. Stephenson preached tw0' strong sermons yesterday and as the result of his work there were three 'conversions and several requests for prayer. Two young men and a young J lady were the converts, while old and young asked for prayer. .The ser mons were strong and full of points that are hard for a sinner to get around. The attendance Is Increasing' at every meeting.. The congregations are attentive and appreciative an'i assist in the good work. Hepzlbah church, which is about ' fifteen miles east of Raleigh, is the heart of the tobacco section of Wake county. ' The church is one hundrl years old this month. The services 'will continue throughout the week.. la' the' V. S. Commissioner's Court. Stephen Smith, a young white man, was before United States Cornmls-: loner John Nichols , this morfclng, Powafl. and he will appear as orig charged with running a "blind tiger." hjajty planned on August 8. The evidence was positive and seem? ,'. '; Secretary Cravens notified. Powers ' ingly conclusive, and the defendant bt the board's action and a telegram was sent on to the district court unwaa received from him saying he der a bond of 9100. ' t would come. ' ,. ; - . ' " 1 I " i "..' ' . . . . ' WIFE OF DEAD IN STAND Tells of the Killing of Her Husband MURDERED YEARS AGO Dr. Puryear on Trial for Crime Com. mltted Twenty-five Years Ago. Has Had Varied Experiences Since Crime Case Will be Pushed to 'Conclusion.. (Special to The Evening Times.) Oxford, N. C, Aug. 5 At half past nine this morning the trial of 'Dr. James D. Puryear was called in Granville court. A selection of a jury from a special venire of 100 men was reached in the course of an hour's time. , The star witness, the wife of the deceased negro, testified to the kill ing of her husband as a result of a failure of removing some cane from the land of Dr. Puryear. The special features of the case is the long span of time since the com mittal, which was in January of the year 1883; also the wild abberrations of' varied experiences since his es cape from the insane asylum, where he . was lodged at the time of the term. When the examination oft this wit ness was completed the. court ad journed for a recess until-- 2:30, f when the case will be pushed to a termination. It will be remembered that Dr. Puryear shot and killed the negro and when brought to trial was sen tenced to the Insane asylum, from where he escaped some two years af terwards.' After his escape Dr. Pur year went west and lived for some time before returning to hl$ neigh borhood., After his return here four years ago everything went along very nicely until recently, when he had trouble with a farmer, which terminated in his arrest, and hence the trial for the murder of the ne gro, which has been twenty-seven years ago. ; FLOODS KILL 25. Storm Wipes Out Portion of Mining Town. Dnlnar CirCRt Damniro. I . El Paso," Tex., August 5 A report Was received here today from Blsbee, Ariz., a rich mining community, that floods and landslides last night wiped but a portion of the town and killed many., At least 25- lives are believed to liave been lost. Enormous dam age is reported. Blsbee b,as a popu lation of 25.Q00. booze venders Before justice The unlawful sale of "old Booze" was the subject of discussion in the police court this morning. As the re sult of the discussion, Lucy Jones, colored, is to serve three months on Jthe county roads; Vernon Upchurch Will pay 129.40 and J. B. Harris, col ored. wlll also help improve the roads for three months. .. Lucy Jones was up on two counts, J. B. Harris on one, and Vernon Up church on four different accounts .Upchurch and the Jones woman Aid their flourishing business last jgunn-ayi while Harris "Just accommo- dated a white gentleman," on 17th pf July. the . Caleb Powers to Lecture. -'By Leased Wire to The Times) Madison. Ind.. August 5 After a hiated discussion the directors of the Madison chatauqua have reconsidered their action as to the lecture of Caleb Honorable Joseph Chamberlain. BPfliiilliplf Joseph CknnuH'-rlaln, -who Jihh n from a Kuro;ioan triy and is reported' to be in most serious physical con dition. - SULTAN: lOUNC PAUCE IN,N Token From Jail and Rumor of Attempted Assassination Causes Great Excitement in Euro pean Capitals A Com lution and the Overth Turkish Government Feared Be- lief Now Prevails That Stoiy Ema- nated from Young Turks in Oixler to Keep Political Pot Boiling (By Cable to The Times.) London, Aug. 5. A private dls Datch received here this morning .l.l.J tL.l 1 1. - ...li mHl.nl. nrna j attempt at complete revolution of government in Turkey would follow, As no confirmation of either message Biaieu UUBl iu BuilB.i oi m de., ,,(lv of wlll Millings, a negro, stabbed by a minor palace ofllclal W11S t0um this morning hanging to a who had been bribed by the leaders tree by. the side of the dirt road lead of the young Turkey movement. Jt Ing from Brighton to Woodward. He was detailed how the would-be assas- had bee.i taken out of the Brighton sin drove his dagger at the heart of jail during the night and. lynched, the sultan but the. point of the blade I Millings was arrested Tuesday was deflected by the coat of mail night and taken to the little jail at which the ruler wears beneath his J Brighton. Warden J. H. Toumerlin clothing. . declares that he heard no'dlsturbance A later dispatch from t! same during the night, but that when he source stated that the attempt to kill 'went to look for his prisoned he was the sultan was made from the rear ' missing. Laterly the body of Mlll and that the man who made the at- ( lugs was found suspended from a tack actually succeeded in driving his tree and Coroner W. D. Parrlsh was short-bladed dagger up to the hilt,' summoned from Birmingham. Mill seriously; wounding the sultan. ; ings was accused of participation itt Both messages purported to come the dynamiting of the home of Find from a leader of the young lay Fuller, a n6n-union negro miner Turkey movement, who Is now in ' at Parker Sidings. Geneva. J Fuller and wife were arrested The message created no end of charged with blowing up their own alarm, for it was predicted that an domicile, and Tuesday was taken to has thus far been obtained,-the be- for Its object the laying of plans for lief prevails that the rumors were the suppression of the dynamite out inspired by young Turks, whose ob- rages which have been so numerous Ject is to keep the revolutionary pot of, late and Is a direct cause of the boiling. V twiw& to his KlriiUitutuuH r Iwme STASMrSY:.: WM LEADER !fiSiflLEieCIION SLEEPING : JAILOR Lynched r;r:;-;:JAiLOSi NOT DISTURBED oflicer Was Surprised When informed Tltut His Prisoner Was Hanging by tin Bondsido Dead Negro Was Accused of Being Implicated in Dynamite Outrage. (Uy Leased Wire to The Times) Driv.liton, Ala., August 5 The , Jefferson county Jail. ' A mass meeting of the citizens of ' Brlgthon was held last night, having I miners' strike in this district. SUCCESSFUL ADE BY ZEPPELIN ABSCONDER I L BUY HIS FREEDOM Now Serving Jsil Senrence for Embezzlement CAPTURED IN MEXICO William Walker, Member of "Wire Trappers' Trust," Convicted of .Swindling Operations, Seeks His Liberty and Will Refund Large Portion of Stealings. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, August 5 It is be lieved that. William Walker, abscond ing treasurer of the Savings Bank of New Britain, who is serving a jail S3ntence for embezzling more than half a million dollars will purchase his liberty by refunding a large por tion of his stealings. It will be recalled that after Walk er's flight to Mexico ; the arrest of Charles Condon" and others in this city was believed to have broken up the manipulations of a band of ex pert wire tappers that had. been' en- (mged in extensive swindling opara- tions and was known to the police as the wire trappers trust, U was said, and was generally be lieved by detectives who had worked on the- Walker -.embezzlement, that l ias .band had boon the ultimate ben eWcuiriearof a Targe 'proportion of the securities atoleii hv . Waltter " ihr jin-h i if- lint! Tw.vnr hcinti lcCiTiitl. nlnnitA ... ! whether its -.members, obtained from him substantially the whole of his bank Irfot or only a large part of It, It is now said to be definitely! known that Walker has knowledge of the present whereabouts of something like $ 100,000 of the stolen securities and he is .well aware that he is tie only 'person through whom the bank has: iMiy chance::, of recovering this property, or any consicleralile part of it. As ii is all in listed securities, most of which are higli class rail way bonds, these cannot be easily dis posed of without risking exiiosure. lie "Is "understood to be. willing to give' most of this back, retaining a competence for himself. Efl'orts have been made to per suada W'alker to testify against Gon rlorf, who is now awaiting trial .but j he has steadfastly refused thus far i ail overtures tending in that ..direc tion.: -Tiiereforo his refusal has now 'appeared, lor he believes he holds the cards in his own hnndsXahd that by playing them skilfully he can be come a free man again after little more than a year. RADICALS WILL LAUGH NO MORE . (By Leased Wire to The Times) 'Lincoln, .Neb.,. Aug. 5. William J. Bryan yesterday spent a busy day. The torrid weather did not seem to affect those desirous of taking the long trip to Fairvlew. They came in great numbers, some on business bearing on the Campaign, and many purely out of a desire to pay their j respects . J Mr. Bryan gave out the following , statement In regard to dissemination of speeches by Mr. Taft by means of the phonograph: "The republican papers have been mnklnir fun nf inn for nalncr tha j phonograph as a means of reaching ! the public, but since the republican I candidate has followed the example I presume that the criticism will j cease and that this wlll now be re garded as a dignified method of dls- cussing public questions. It looks j as if the democrats were going to j have a hard time this year protcct . ing their patents from infringement. I ICUUllLnilB DQOIU U)jUl. imitating not only our platform but our campaign methods. There is, however, some advantage In the fact ! that we are setting the pattern tuls year. FLIGHT Count Covers 206 Miles lo Nine Honrs . NEW RECQBQ CREATED Sensation Caused by Success of Count Zeppelin's Voyage Suffered From Two Accidents But Still Made Re cord Great Activity in Airship Experiments, More Trial Trips Be jng Made Than atf Any One Time in the History of the World. NOTABLE: AIRSHIP FLIGHTS AND RECORDS. ' ' ' : Wright Brothers- aero plane, 48 miles an hour, for short flights, Kill Devil Hill, N. C, May 31? Count Zeppelin's airship, 39 miles-an hour, in seven hour flight, June 29. Alexander Graham Bell's aeroplane ship White Wings, short flights at Hammonds port, N. .Y., May 18. Henri Farman, aeroplane airship, circular kilometer at Paris in one minute and 20 seconds. Winning Deutsch Archdeacon prize of $10,000. Leo Stevens, 130 miles in non-dirigible balloon in three hours, Hampton Falls, N. H., March 10. , Leo Stevens, In non-dirigible balloon Centitr, . 126 Tfrlifsr-nr twor Htid: one-'h a if hours, November S, .1908; as balloon- record. . . ,, Santos Dumont, In balloon airship Santos Dumont No. J O. 35 miles in one hour and 40 minutes, Paris, November, .14, 1902. . Pierre Lebaudy's balloon airship La Dirigible from Paris to Moisson, 35 miles, in one hour and 30 minutes, November 10,1902. . Count Zeppelin, 12 hour trip in his balloon airship at an average of 34 miles an hour, Friedrichshafen, July 1 Count Zeppelin in 24 hour trip, August 4 and 5, cover ing 500 miles from Lake Constance down the river Ithiiie to Mayence and return. c ft a (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Aug. 5. For the past twenty-four hours airship experi ments have been pernaps the most active in the history of the world. Count Zeppelin, in his dirigible, ascended from Lake Constance yes terday and is still in the air. It was his intention to make an unbroken record for twenty-four hours, but owing to the breaking of a propeller he was compelled to descend at Nack enhelm after a continuous journey lasting twelve hours. His flight was again interrupted by a break down at Stuttgart this morning. The count covered 250 miles In nine hours and carried in his balloon two persons besides himself, proving more than any other navigator the coming possibility of the air vehicle for passenger traffic and commerce. Other Kxperlmcnts. While Zeppelin was making his experiments in Germany Henri Far man made three successful events at Brighton Beach here and the Wright brothers, the American navigators, were making preparations at Le Mans for their great Journey. The flight will be made either Thursday or Friday. At the Bame time Thos. S. Baldwin, in his big dirigible bal loon, covered himself with glory in the army trials at Fort Myer. Suffered Mishap. (By Cable to The Times.) Berlin, Aug. 5. Owing to a mis hap this morning to the propeller of Count Zeppelin's airship interrupted ship getting back kto Freldrlchshafen and precluded the possibility of the ship getting abek to, Frledrichsaten within the prescribed time. When the airship was near Stuttgart the motor broke and It was necessary to bring the aerial flyer to the earth. The injury to the motor will re quire several hours for fixing. (Continued on Second Page.) i v
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