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LAST EDITiOII 'uli'1 ALL THE MARKETS mr mm IB " ft 1 I l'l! w " mmn a. -v- . n m -W W'WT VOLUME SO. RALEIGH, N. C.t. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1908. PBICE 5 CENTS. The Three Hams Brothers. MAJOR.S.G.RYAN IN WEST RALEIGH 4 VENING TIMES. lioiiui SUDDENDEATH OF DARING ROBBERY AlilFOOO 1 .JB ' " 3 - V 7 Bas Made No Statement and Will Not JUluw film Questioned CAN'T LIVE MUCU LONGER ' Was the Victim of a Highwayman Have Failed Miserably Efforts to Cover Up the Scandals by Balti more Police Mrs. Roberts With Her Husband But Suffering From Nervous Prostration -Death Mat ter of- Few Hours. v (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Atlantic , City, N. J., Aug. 31. Cbarles B. Roberts, Jr., the Baltl more clubman, who was - shot lasfN Wednesday night while riding in i roller chair, with Mrs. W. S. G. Wil liams, also of Baltimore, whose hus band was formerly ono of Robert's closest friends, is dying in the At lantic City Hospital. Efforts were made late last night to get an ante mortem statement but hla condition is such that . the physicians in attendance will not permit him to be questioned and it is more than likely Roberts will die without making a further statement. Efforts of the police 'and certain influential persons here to keep all facts leading up to the shooting of Roberts a secret, and to make It ap pear he was a victim of, a highway man, have failed miserably. In fact, only yesterday the police and other state authorities were inclined to let th "matter dron and cease further in vestigations. In this it was said they hadthe approval -and moraf'tacking of the police of Baltimore, who are inclined to keep covered any scan dals in. the exclusive circles of the ..Maryland metropolis that may be dug up in getting at the truth of the shooting xf Roberts. v The physicians have contended all along that Robert's injury was not necessarily mortal, and with the at tendants at the hospital have declar ed that Robert's liver was only slightly punctured by the bullet. It now developes that the liver was ripped almost in half, the bullet passing through Robert's body and lodging in the muscles of the back That there is almost no chance for Roberts to survive was admitted todav by Dr. Darnell, who Is in charge of the Injured man. Robert's relatives were Informed last hlght that his death was only a matter of a few hours, a day or two at most. Septic poisoning has al ready set in and at an early hour this morning he was growing ' weaker. ; . Mrs. Roberts is not at the Hotel Brighton, where Mrs. Williams has been stopping, as has been reported, but is in the hospital where her hus band is lying. Her hospital suite adjoins that of her husband, and slue has. conversed with him on sev eral occasions. " Whether she has talked of the Shooting With Roberts .Is not known, as motives' of V deli cacy compelled those in attendance on Roberts to get out of earshot when the wife was at his bedside. Whatever the reasons behind the shooting of Roberts. Mrs. Roberts' love for him has not been cooled In the least.; The excitement of the trip from New Hampshire, where she was when she .learned of the shooting, and tne anxiety . that has followed has unnerved Mrs.' Roberts 'completely, and she Is also under jthe care of the hoBpital physicians. BOY BEATEN TO DEATH. Louis Werner Died Yesterday From . Inhuman Treatment at Hands , . of Tramp. ' ,By Leased Wire to The Times.) ' Chicago, Aug. 31 Louis Werner, nlne-years-old, 4U1 Maxwell street,-, to break prices and close out small j ana a tew inenas, win journey to njH reeent Illness and has been ad dled yesterday, following two -days of investors shall result In an investiga- Oystor Bay, where President Roose-j vised to continue hla stay there. His horrible agony at tho county hospital, as the result of savage torture and mistreatment at the hands f two vic ious tramps In the yards of the Illi nois Central last Friday. The attack on the boy brought a hurry ordr from Chief ,'Bhlppy for a sweeping man-hunt of the railway yards and 168 tramps were gathered In. .. ' " ; The crime whloh resulted In the death of the Werner boy is charac terized by the police ai Inhuman. A Carload of Provisions From Atlanta Taken Up in floeloiir CLAMORING FOR FOOD Many People Begging on the Streets for Something to Eat and Wear. Relief Associations and Individuals Doing All They Can to Relieve the DistressVisitors to the City Give All Bat Their Railroad Fares to the Unfortunate Relief Greatly Need ed. ... a , -A.... (By Leased Wire to The Times) Augusta, Ga.,' 31. The flood suf ferers in Augusta are receiving first attention. All the work done Sunday was to rellev the needy. A carload of provisions sent from Atlanta, last ed les3 than an hour. Supplies were! unloaded near the union depot, load- ed into big transfer vans and hurried h away to the stricken areas. Many! begged on the streets all day. Near the North Augusta bridge half nak ed white women with children madei piteous appeals to the sightseers for I help and many kind-hearted passers-1 by gave all their 'money. Associated I Charities are doing : a noble work The city has been divided into dis tricts, manager appointed for each,! relief bureaus all over town and the destitute are flocking to these places 1 for help. Ministers of Augusta were out all day wading up to their knees i in mud and water, -distributing pio vislons, cheering th9 disheartened, j praying with the sick, directing anx- lous sufferers to relief stations. The j Southern Express Company volun-! .teared. the; u?e of. several of their wa-1 gons and garage owners glodl,v ',', -, tended to the relief managers tlwlr cars. :;::, Thousands of people flocked Into the city, crowding the streets and many went away with only railroad fares. Now that the waters have sub sided Augusta realizes more than ever the enormity of her disaster. Although an estimate from Public Works Commisisoner Wlngfleld places the damage to the streets at $10,000, it is thought an expenditure Ave times that amount will be neces sary to rebuild, repave and beautify the ruined thoroughfares. Al day Sunday pumps at work on the cellars. Rumors went abroad in the early morning that dead bodies would be found in several basements and morbid crowds of spectators gath ered about many of the cellar doors. A loathsome stench arises from scores of alleys and streets. Mud' is piled three feet high in many gutters. Wa ter, will be turned on three hours every morning. Steam pumps utilized to maintain the pressure during this time, even at that there is not suffi cient water In the pipes to flush the sewers. They are stagnant channels of filth. Relief from other towns, whether provisions or cash, will be gratefully appreciated, as both are greatly need ed. Only those who have come to see for themselves can appreciate the sit uation. STUCK EXCHANGE OBJECTS TO PROBING (By Leased Wire to Th Times) ;. New' York, Aug. 8 1. The big gambling element in the membership of tho stock exchange Is making fran- i ... ... . tic efforts tc prevent further probing Into the abuses that led to the failure of A, Brown & Company. . Mem bers of the exchange are 'trembling lest the revelation of open manipu.la- Hon by which a firm of broker tried tion by the legislature as drastic as that which followed the revelations of crookedness in the management of the life insurance companies.' They fear that the general public will become too well acquainted "with the fact that the institution Is a pri vately managed concern; that it is not Incorporated and that, although It makes and break tens ot thous ands of men annually, It is amenable only to rules that are made by its 1,100 members. . - Ml' 'f- ; : if .v r: .'if! ll V-W Wit I It ' 1 !""' E'AV . 1 ft' ; ' ...... .. ' .' ' - : : Capt. Hiuns-and his tothfttey. S, iratoo, picture in the third brother, Jnor Ha'-vs. :; '. ATHLETES Will THE PRESIDENT About Sixty Members of the Teams Partake of His Hospilalily LAST OF FESTIVITIES Party Left New York This Morning For Oyst?r Bay, Where They Were Guests of President Roosevelt. The President's Wish That the Members of the Team Come to Him For a Few Words of Good Cheer arid He' Asked That They Visit Hi in in a Body. i . ' ;;. (By Leased Wire to The Times) (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Aug. 31. Thomas .L. Oyster Bay, Aug. 31-President lscl1; "ie candidate for presi- " . dent of the Independence party, will Roosevelt today paid his compliments ! be formally notified of his nomina te the American athletes who partic-)t,on at lhe Nationai independence ipated In the olympian games, -when Club( No 17 Qramnlcrcy park, at 8 he entertained those members of the Olympic team now In New York at luncheon at his home In Oyster Bay. About 60 members of the team par took of his hospitality. ' 1 , Entire Party Goes. ' (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Aug. 31 .Today will see the wind-up of the festivities In wnicn tne victorious American oiym- pic team of wonderful athletes have been the guests of honor. The entire j1)hr Springs, Va., for a longer per party, together with the reception in(i y ua wont to Warm SulDhur committee of Saturday's celebration velt will receive thom upon the lawn In front of his summer home. The party will be landed at the Emlln, the Roosevelt dock, and will then form in line for a march through the woods and up Sagamore Hill. It was the president's ; wish that the members ot the greatest team of ath letes ever gathered together come to him for a few words of good cheer. The nation's chief executive was Un able to be present in New York for (Continued on Page Seven.) -''"i'V''':.''!- ''' .. mi Ji? w Ml 1 'if , i : ,liidi,ijff'iii - together. .: Lower HISGEN WILL BE NOTSFIEDTODAY Exercises Will Take Place Tonight al Eigtu O'clock ia New York COL. GRAVES ABSENT Both Candidates Y'ere to Have Been Notified Tonight llut Mr. Graves Who is in Virginia for His Health is I'nablc to go to New York His Notification Will Take Place Later. Henry A. Powell to Make One of Notification Speeches. o'clock this evening. Mr. Hisgen will arrive In New York,' accompanied by friends ... and business associates from hiB home. Henry A. Powell, chairman of the Kings county organization of the In dependence party, will niake one of the notification speeches.' While It was Intended originally f t0 notify both Mr. Hisgen and Col. Craves tonight, Col. ndvlsablo to remain Graves found It at Warm 8ul - ; smlnu's a week ago to recover from .formal notification of his nomination for vice president will thorefore take place later. i William Randolph Hearst, chair man of the national committee of the independence party, will be present tonight., as will Charles A. Walsh, secretary of the national committee, and a majority of the members of the much was taken that it was lmpos natlonal committee, as well as the sible for Mr. Meyer to make up a members of the notification commit-, complete list, and Mrs. Meyer was so tee. , Practically every state and ter-' overcome that she could not enumer (Contlned op Page Seven.) v I ate and describe her missing gems. . I , Friends Missing Him Yester day Vent lo His Room . Finding Him Dead DDE TO HEART FAILURE Missed All Day Sunday Appear ances Point to An Attack of Asth ma, and Heart Disease Funeral This Afternoon From Christ Church Was Last Seen Alive About 11:30 O'clock Saturday Night Apparently in Good Health But Death Probably Came Soon After He Retired. The body of late Major Samuel Garland Ryan was found in his room in the Commercial National Bank building, about 11:15 last night, by a few of his friends, who had be come alarmed by his absence from his meals and by not being able to reach him over the telephone. He was last seen going towards his room about 11:30 Saturday night, apparently feeling all right. But from all appearances when found, it seemed if he had gone to his room not feeling very good, and had lay down without turning off his electric light, and had died in a short while afterwards. He was a great sufferer from asthma, and a burnt, match and the remains of some' asthma cure beside his bed pointed to an attack of this trouble during the night, Major 'Ryan had given Mr. J. A. Hinnant some chickens to have cooked at his home for him. Yes terday morning Mr. Hinnant called his office over the telephone to see If 'Major " Ryan ,VRtit';V- th(V., forwi brought to him, but the telephone was unanswered. Mr, Hinnant then went around to the office and found the door locked, the morning paper iiv the mail box and the electric liKbt bi'rrins. He rled to gain an entrance but could not do so with out breaking a lock. : He becimio alarnied at the circumstances Of! Major's absence and notified several of Major's friends, all : of whom thought, that .'Major had . probably gone out of the city unexpectedly. Last night Policeman Beasley and several intimate friends of the Ma jor decided to force an entrance to the rooms and see if anything had happened. The janitor was sent for first to see it he had a key to the room, but he only had a key to one lock and there were two locks to the door. Then the gentlemen, among whom were Chief of Police J. H. Mullinr. J. C. L. Harris. W. II. Penny, Marcus Crocker, J. A. Hiu nant, Policeman Beasley and the janitor, Sylvester Jeffries, forced the door to his bed room and enterd. When the door gave way before the great, pressure against it and flew open, there lay Major Ryan cold and stiff, with his arms partly folded and his eyes wide open. Hia Clothes were in a bed nearby and his asthma cure and a burnt match were near the bedside. Chief Mulllns Called in (Continued on Second Page.) POSTMASTER GENERAL MEYER'S ROUSE ROBBED (By Leased Wire to The Times) Hamilton, Mass., Aug. 31. Jewels valued at several thousands of dolr lars, the property of Postmaster Gen- eral and Mrs. George Von L. Meyer, of Washington, were stolen from their palatial summer home In the town last evening while the family i was at dinner, t covered by Mr The robbery was din- Meycr, who irnmedi- alely started a secret investigation in the hope of recovering tho Jewels, some of which were collected by him self and Mrs. Meyer while he was ambasasdor at the Italian and Rus sian courts. Among the articles stolen are a set of rare and valuable black pearls, each the size of a pea; large diamond set In a pin, a diamond necklace and a box containing Mr. Meyer's per sonal jewels, which are priceless on account of their asosclatlons. So A White Man and Negro Enter Residence of EJ.GrogaD On Ellis Lane WOMAN SHOOTS THEM White Man and Negro Enter Home : of Edgar N. Grogan Mrs. Gro gan Alone With Baby Shoots White Man in Hand Negro Holds Woman While AVhite Man Searches Trunks They Get $13 Blood on Sheets and in Trunk Woman Drugged. : A daring burglary was committed yesterday morning at the home of Mr. Edgar N. Grogan, on Ellis Lane, in West Raleigh. Mr. Grogan is an employee of the Raleigh Milling Com pany and runs an ice machine on the night shift. About one o'clock yesterday morn ing Mrs. Grogan was awakened by a noise on the back porch. She was frightened, but thought perhaps it was Mrs. Reeves, who lives in an other part of the same house. She went to sleep. The clock had Just struck three or four, when she was awakened the second time. This time the door which opened on the back porch was slowly pushed open and two men walked in. A lamp burn ing in the dining-room, which joined her bed-room and in Its light she saw that one was a white man, a large fellow, wearing a sweater and rub ber boots. The other man was a tall, slender negro. The white man partly closed the dining-room door leaving only a little light. Mrs. Gro sat up in bed, too scared, to speak. She a id u TjtniifT nVW pis'col, of the "bull-dog'.' variety,. 3 2-calibre. It was under , her : pillow. The white man began to search her trunks, neither of which were locked. She said she never thought of shooting 'till she saw the man open her trunk. Her husband's razor was in the tray of the trunk and her' first thought was that he; would cut. herr throat with it. She grabbed her pistol and tried to shoot. She was : so weak with fear and excitement that she "couldn't pull the trigger," to use her own words, She caught the gun in .'both hands and fired. The man uttered an oath and sprang for the bed. She slipped the gun under her body as he came toward her and threw up her hands and tried to scream. He caught her by the throat and said: "I haven't hurt you, d n you, but I'm going to!" Then j the negro came to the bed and took J charge of her. He held her, one j hand on her throat. "Hold her tight," said the white , man,- "She's shot me in the hand." in a row minutes the man was through with his work, "Their he took a pin or needle of some sort,' said Mrs. Grogan, "and turned nie over on my side and raised my arm and stuck the needle in me, right under my arm. I thought he was going to kill me. It hurt awful bad. Then they held me a little bit and started to go out. . I got hold of my .'pistol again and I shot at them foiif times more. I don't think I hit them." . When seen this morning Mrs. Gro gan was still very weak and nervous. She said she remembered very little after firing the last shots. She felt for her baby, which was sleeping with her. The white man had taken hold of it and pulled it out from under her as the negro was holding her. She said it didn't cry much and the i last thing she remembers was hunt ing for It. Then she got so sleepy and drowsy she went off to sleep. She 'didn't want to go to sleep, but could j not help it, she said. About 8:00 j o'clock Sunday morning Mrs. Bea- mnn, who lives next door, saw Mrs. Grogan's baby at the window with the pistol barrel In his mouth. She ran in and found Mrs. Grogan still unconscious.' Her husband had not yet come In from his work. Mrs. Grogan showed the stains on the sheets and her baby's goyn. The cards, photographs and clothing In tho tray of her trunk were also blood-stained. There was one bul kt hole In the door and three In the plaster by the door. , Mr. and Mrs. Reaves, who live In the same house, two rooms away, heard the shooting, but thought lt some one hammering or splitting wood. Mr. Grogan sometimes comes (Continued on 8ecoud Page.) V: ' , ' '' ',:. ,':'. :. - ,..:".''. ..'V-'':'; 'A V-.;. ;;?:T':
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