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. ..t LAST EDITION ALL THE MARKETS THE RALEIGH EVE TIME VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. NINO RACE CONFLICTS ARE NUMEROUS Springfield Riot Bears Froit Id Various Sections of the Country REAP1NQTHEWHIRLWIND Many Conflicts and Other Troubles, Some of Them Directly Attributed to the Springfield Riot One Ne gro .Goes Insane ', and Commits Murder, Another Guilty of As sault, One Shot by Police Clash in Oklahoma. ' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Ills., Aug. 17 Clayton N. Wiliams, a negro porter, in a fit of temporary insanity, caused by brooding over the Springfield out rages, locked Lucy Briggs, colored, sixty-seven years of age, into a room at her house, 2312 Dearbon street, at noon yesterday battered her brains out , with a rocking chair. Williams' insanity too kform in the belief .that he -was the Messiah, come to regenerate the fallen ones ' of his race and that the woman was possessed of devils whom he must cast out. '- Attacked White Woman. :' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Huntington, N. Y., Aug. 17. A negro who late yesterday attacked a white woman, resident of this place, is under heavy guard in the local lockup, after having been rescued by deputies from a crowd of angry cit izens.' - , i Negro Shot in Back. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, Aug. 17. Walter Allen, twenty-one years old .colored, living at 1915 Dearbon street, was shot in the back and seriously wounded late last night by Policeman John Tee! ing, of the Harrison street station, after Allen and five others had at- tcked the officer when the latter at tempted to arrest them at 14th and State street on a charge of disorder ly conduct. The men were jeering at a white man who was passing and Policeman Teeling requested the ne groes to move on and keep quiet as the hour was late and they were dis turbing the peace. Instead of obey ing his command, the negroes ad vanced in a, body and attacked him. Teeling "struggled away from them, drawing his revolver. The ne groes then ran and when they re fused to halt at his command, the policeman fired one shot, which struck Allen. He was taken to the county hospital. The others es caped. Trouble in Washington. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Aug. 17. As a re sult of. being choked into insensibil ity and being brutally beaten by a negro who entered her home early yesterday morning and robbed her of 95, Mrs. Mary J. Cole of St. Elmo, Va., is lying dangerously near to death. White Man Killed. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) McAlteter, Okla., Aug. 17. In a fight between white men and negroes at Adamson, a mining town near here last night, Harry MIneson, white, was killed, a number of ne groes were Injured and Deputy Sher iff Wilcox was badly beaten. Ac cording to latest reports from Adam- ion a serious race clash is thought probable. A sheriff's posse has been sent to the scene. Negro Fatally Cut. (By Leased Wire to NThe Times.) Evansvllle, Ind., Aug. 17. George Mondle, a negro of this city, waa probably fatally cut last mid night by two unkown white men, who made their escape and for whom the pollco are searching. The two men were discussing me race rin at Springfield, Ilia and ona of them hid Just remarked that "all nord 1 . . . . , . . . . .3 , .... Oufnt to oe run into tne river, when Mondle came Along down the treet. The men. .assulte.l Mondi fury has been responsible for the with brlcka and-one of them stabbed , death of five person! since the riot him in the back and they fton made, ing began on Friday night, made no a hurried retreat down the Mondle was removed '.o St. atMAf Mary's ', Hospital and is now In a critical con- dltlon. t MUST BE REAL Grand Jury Will Make Forceful Investigation of tiieSpring- field Riot CITY IS NOW QUIET Streets Patrolled by More Than 4,000 Soldiers- Anti-Negro Spirit Still Rife and Trouble Would Break Out Afresh if Troops' Were Re moved People Are Determined That Negroes Shall Not Return to ' the City (By Leased Wire to The Times) Springfield, 111., Aug. 17 With two more dead today as the result of the three days and nights of riot and bloodshed, the 4,500 national guards men who are patrolling the city have, temporarily at least, put an end to the lynching and rioting, but the anti- negro element, although overawed by the militia's bayonets and guns, awaits only the departure of the troops to wage another war against the blacks. Governor Deneen ordered State At torney Frank L. Hatch to convene a special grand jury today to indict 50 rioters who are now prisoners in the county jail, two of who mare alleged by the police to have made complete confessions, telling who the leaders were in the hangings and burning down of the negroes' homes. Negro fugitives from this city are being attacked in neighboring coun ties and at no place are they being permitted to stop. . Springfield was a closed city Sun day night. Services in churches were suspended and business houses of all sorts were in darkness. The grand jury investigation will be as direct and forceful as a mili tary court-martial. It is expected that true bills will be voted with reg ularity and precision. The governor informed the city authorities that the I ensuing prosecutions must be real and vigorous. Private Joseph B. Klein, of Co. B, First Infantry, who fatally stabbed lflnrl Tslfilsnn.' n hov who nttemnted to board the soldiers' special train, was' acquitted by a military tribunal, but later was demanded by the Kankakee ! authorities on a warrant. Chief of Police Morris has ordered all drug stores closed until the city has quieted down. This was done be cause many of them were selling liquor. This was followed by the closing of fruit stores and soda foun tains. Fifteen saloon-keepers were arrested for opening their places of business. There is not the least doubt in the j ' ' mind of anyone who knows the true conditions at this hour, but that it is! Leased Wire to The Times.) the fixed determination of a goodly I Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 17. portion of the white population of After poisoning her four children, Springfield to banish the negro from ', one of them fatally," and .'-sending a the cjty forever. bullet into her own brain, Mrs. Ida Every man and woman in Spring- Spooner, of this city, is dying at field who has said anything at all, j Bassar Brothers Hospital. The trap has said that the negro will never. eJy was enacted in the small home again be permitted to live in this,0' the victims, 154 North Hamilton city in peace. The prejudice against the race is general and deep-rooted and everyone who has closely watched ths progress of events is of the fixed belief that withdrawal of the militia at this time, or at any time in the near future, will result in the slay - Ing of every negro who may dare to venture back into the city. It is not because of general law lessness that Springfield Is now occu pied by 4,000 soldiers one soldier to every fifteen of the city's lnhabi - tants and that more soldiers are on their way here. The true reason for the presence of al these troops is, as Governor Den een has expressed It, that the atti tude of the people toward the ne groes has not changed since that first night of hofror, and It Is realized by the men In authority that the spirit of vengeance will flame anew Just as soon as : the overpowering force of military rule la lifted - Overawed by the presence of the i great ooay oi troops, mo largest mm . . Ihai been assembled-, in an inin6ieoelved, from the 4my of Abdul duty camp since the rloti in Chicaio Aali, the aultan of record, say that . ..... . . ....... i - .u. lu. nnA At.... - ...... j . i. .m tne jawiesaeiement oi injjUiB vw ynmjums unytureu iu mo 'city, white and black, which in He Recent engagement with the forces demonstrations Sunday, Negroee Flee the City. " A careful estimate places the num- Continued oft Pag Seven.) Jessie L. Livermore, The Young Cot ton Plunger I "... I 1 Tr.-.'SAmS'!.).:'?- Jossio L. Livrrnir, the jouns ovep ftht-r coup hi his favorite mark cotton "P to "s n,B1 " l'"'"1 proOUtaking, while the bears on the trying to maintain his corner. Mother Poisons Her Children Sends Bullet Into Her Drain , street, nere tnis morning. Mrs. . &loner lert a letter, saying she naa 1081 heart in life s battle and wanted to save her children from the poverty that she had known, She arose early this morning and in 1 the presence of her oldest daughter, Hattle, ten years old, gve aconite to tne two Bmaiier children in the same room. Then she offered the drink to Hat- tie, who refused to take it. only sun j ping, the poison, having suspected her mother's object. An older boy, Two Hundred Massacred in Morocco (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Tangier, Aug. 17; -Reports Just of Mulal Hand, the pretender wero massacred al the "most convenient" way of disposing of them. Several foreign officers who are fighting with the sultan, protested against such a barbaric . course, but Abdul himself, it is stated,, ordered of New York. . ' '1 ' - v- -.-. wmmams 3 r-a 111 S.rf: 4 ill ( oiron lhniSer, ulio has just, pulled -t. Having piisli-d the price of lfc would. tanl, lie then began market thought lie was desperately Korris, sixteen years bid, was lock e.l in another room fiiek from the drink his mother had given him. Hattie rushed out of the house and , alarmed the -neighbors ;. after her ' mother had sluvt herself and fallen on the bed where the girl was watch ing the horrible tragedy. The police found Gardner, six years old, dead; Eastman,-'', seven years, dying, and1 Morris, sixteen, in agony from the poison. The bullet from a small re volver was lodged in the woman's head and she cannot recover. : Mrs. Spooner was former Ida Gid ley, daughter of a rich farmer. She was married twire and both hus bands are dead. Neighbors say that she often complained that her peo ple, not pleased with her marriages, had refused to help her, which made her despondent. : The doctors suy that the three children may be saved. Prisoners their death in " retaliation for the losses his army sustained In the early stages of the battle. The battle, which will undoubted ly terminate the war in the tultan'e favor, was fought nearly Marriakonh and it was at first reported as u sweeping victory for the pretender. The arrival of reinforcements was unexpected and the tide of battlo turned wholly -against Mulal. Abdul Aziz reports that 800 of the pretend (Continued on Second Page.) DESPERADO SHOT BULLY KILLED Notorious BlindTiger Operator and General Bad Man Meets His Finish ENEMY GETS DROP ON HIM Desperado Was Making Will Chand ler Say Prayers at Point of Pistol Before Shooting Him, When Pray ing Man, With the Aid of His Brother, Got a Bead on Him and Shot First Dead Man Had Made a Fortune Selling Whiskey. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Borden Springs, Ala., Aug. 17 Wiliam Smith, proprietor of the no torious "bell tree" blind tiger and all 'round desperado and bully, was shot and killed Sunday afternoon by Will Chandler. Chandler gave himself up to the Cleburne county officials and was taken to jail at Heflin. Smith and Will Chandler engaged in an altercation and the desperado got the drop on Chandler, forcing the latter to go on his knees to say his prayers, saying as soon as they were completed he would shoot him dead. There were many bystanders, but none had the hardihood to inter fere with Smith's amusement until Dave Chandler, a brother of the in tended victim, came up and struck Smith in the back of the head with a stone, This ptnnned Smith and be fore he could 'recover Will Chandler arose from his knees, whipped put his own pistol and shot the desperado dead, : ,.; The shooting was witnessed by a nt'uit,i' ol visiters at the -springs hotel. . It Is said that Smith had accumu lated at least $50,000 through his operations of the blind tiger, which gained its naino from a bell which hung In a tree for those who intended to buy liquor to ring. ; Smith had thwarted arrest for many years by dodging across the state line when an attempt was made to take him by of ficers from Alabama and Georgia. He leaves a wife and several child ren. Will ChandUir, his slayer, has a wife and '.children also. The Chand ler hoys are well known and are of good standing In. the' community. INSANE WOMAN SHOOTS HUSBAND AND HERSELF (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Aug. 17 Mrs. Mary Cas sldy today shot and killed her hus band while he was asleep and then I turned the weapon on herself, inflict ilng a wound which the doctors say will prove fatal. The woman Is be lieved by the police to have been temporarily insane. She is said to have been discharged from an asylum !a few months npo. Last Saturday she ran away from a hospital where she had given birth to a child. The un fortunata woman also is a sufferer from tuberculosis. Cassidy was injured in the right hand and both breasts. He ran from his room and was found by a police man. "She did it," were his last words. In the bedroom Mrs. Cassidy was found with a. bullet in her breast. She may recover. ASSAULTS LITTLE GIRL. White Man Who Has Borne Good Reputation Accused of Serious - Crime. ' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Summervllle, Ga., Aug. 17 Late yesterday afternoon R. T. Williams, 50 years old, white, was arrested, charged with feloniously assaulting the nine-year-old daughter of Mrs. Hamson, his next door neighbor. The crime is alleged to have been committed on the public road be tween Summervllle and Trlon, when Williams was bringing the .Child home from the country In a buggy., Williams says he knows nothing about It, claiming he was under the influence of liquor. He has been removed to Rome for safe-keeping. Williams has borne a fair reputation, Is a married man and has grown daughters. The child la said to be In a serious condition. . HANS BROTHERS SENT TO JAIL Bail Refused the Men Who Shot William E. Annis. Accusing Him of Wrecking Home PLEAD JUSTIFICATION The Unwritten Law Will Be Invoked in Behalf of the Murderers But Mrs. Mains Vigorously Denies Any Improper Conduct on the Part of Herself and Annis Says Confession AVas Forced From Her After She Had Been Drugged. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Aug. 17. Captain Pe ter Conover Hains, U. S. A., who shot and killed William E. Annis, advertising manager of a magazine on the float of the Bayside yacht club, with his brother, T. Jenkins Hains, : who with a pistol kept back the crowd, Was arraigned today in the police court in St. Mary's Ly ceum building, Long Island City, before Magistrate Smith. Both are charged with homicide. They were held without bail and sent back to their cells. While the two brothers apparent ly unconcerned, were being arralgn trater at her home, No. 47 Claremont ed in court, Mrs. Annis was pros Avenue, where her husband's body awaited burial tomorrow. She was unable to add any word of explana tion or defense on her dead him band's -behalf. This was left to a friend, Mrs.; Bennett, who attended her. ' :' ' " "The whole terrible tragedy," said Mrs. Bennett,, ''lies at the Jioor of Captain Hains' brother Jenkie.s. It was he who filled the captain's ears with all the gossip he heard. That was what caused Captain Hains to begin the divorce proceedings. . It is based on gossip and ; nothing more." '-'' It now Is known that the basis of the defense of the two brothers between whom the law makes no distinction in the degree of crlme will be an alleged confession signed by Mrs. Peter C. Hains, in wh'ch wrong doing with Annis is said to have been admitted. Justification under the so-called unwritten law is the superstructure to be builded by the brothers on this document. The confession is repudiated by Mr3. Hains, who declares' that she was forced to sign it under duress and that she hnd no knowledge of what it contained. Letters have been furnished to District Attorney Ira G. D. Darrln, of Queens county, by Harvey Rock well, Annis' friend, which were found in the pockets of the dead ! man. In them Anis was warned iht I his death was impe shrdlu nagnana urged to remain away from the Bay side yacht club. By whom the let ters were signed has not been made public. Mrs. Peter C. Hains has reached this city, coming from her home in Winthrop Highlands, Mass., . in an effort to gain- possession of her chil dren. They were placed with Cap-" tain Hains' mother when the officer brought a suit for divorce against the wife and she has not been per mitted to see them since. As she was leaving her home to come to this city, Mrs. Claudia Llb by Hains said: "There is no confession In exist ence. I had nothing to confess. I did sign a document, the contents of which I knew nothing, but I did it because I was forced to. "I had been kept without food for two days and in this weakened con dition whiskey was forced upon me. Then they brought me a document and made me sign it. This must eb the confession that they speak . "Jenkins aided my husband iu the scheme and I do not care what is done to either of them; but I hope that the law will hang them both. "All I want Is my children and I will take steps to get them. I will carry this fight to the courts, the killing of Mr. Annis Is proof enough that my husband is no fit custodian for my loved ones. : "t never gave my husband any cause for jealousy. I have done nothing for which a wife might be ashamed. All my thoughts have been and are for my children. It was when my husband beat me, yes, beat me black anli blue, last May, that my mother came and took me (Continued on Second Page.) -
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