LAST EDITION
VOLUME 83.
FRR PniSniUFIl
LUU I UiUUllLU
18 NOW BELIEVED
A Secret Autopsy Shows That
Deaifly Drug Was Ad
ministered ALARMED AT DELAY
Conspirators Becoming Alarmed at
Delay In Drag Taking Effect and
: Hearing That : Erb Would Grow
Suspicious, Shot HimPoison Was
Administered in a Highball Plans
Went Astray for Erb Did Tell Thai
He Had Been Poisoned and That His
Wife and Sister-ln-Law Were Try
ing to Kill Him. '
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. "IS A secret
autopsy ; has revealed that Captain
Clayton Erb, was shot and killed in i
his home, Red Gables, was poisoned
before the bullets which ended his
i lite were fired at him. The poison
was administered in a highball which
was handed to Erb before he was shot.
To. confirm this belief In the poison
theoty, the police turned over to Dr.
Meeker, of the Medico Chlrurglcal
College, the stomach and intestines of
the dead man for chemical analysts.
They now are convinced that a suf
ficient quantity of a deadly drug' was
administered to have killed Erb even
jf not shots had been fired. ,
It is .the theory of the police that
after the poison was administered it
failed to take effect as rapidly as hud
been anticipated, and that seeing that I
Krb -had become suspicious, It was i
necessary to kill him In order that he
might not d inclose his suspicion. If
this was the intent of the murderers
thlr-plan went astray because Cap
tuln Erb' did tell his coachman and
bodyguard, Eugene Poulson, that he
haj nnlynnail AnA thnt Hl urlfA
and his sister-in-law were trying to
kill him. ,
Roth women, who are in cells in the
Jail at Media, refuse to add to their
statements that the shots were fired
at Captain Erb in self defense, and
because Mrs. Katherlne Belsel had been
threatened by Krb with a pistol.
"list Tuesday night," said 'Poulson's
wife, "was not the first time Captain
' Krb was shot at in his own home.
Mrs. Erb slept with a revolver under
her pillow and often threatened to use
It. She pointed It at my husband one
day and threatened to kill him. She
threatened to kill him again the day
Captain Erb said he was poisoned by
the highball his wife prepared. Cap-
tain Erb begged my husband not to
leave him that day and Poulson stay-
onV although Mrs. Erb ordered him I
from the house. The captain was j
groaning In agony on a couch while
his wife was trying to get rid of my
husband, Mrs. Erb made things iv,
hot for us finally that my husband.
ll.Tr I n ( niUIHH Mf WH.M IllKlIllf lt.MHI,IlN I
In automobile driving and was to have
been chauffeur for Captain Erb this
week. I
Captain Erb expected to have a new
machine by this time and to have his
wife out of Red Gables for good."
Additlonal evidence has been dlscov-!"
ered in Red Gables. It consists of
KlfiAilatalno In tho Kail nnai ih flnnr
... j...- -
n Mu nriviia hothfnnm Tho Btntrs
-,L .... ...
are eigm ieei irom me spot wnere,
Inst Tuesday night, the body was
Touna. it is tne opinion or tne detec
tives that Erb was not killed by his
slfter-ln-law, Mrs. Katherlne Belsel, In
the place described by her and her
ulster.
They hope to show the man was shot
down without having a chance for his
life, and that the shooting was done
immediately on his appearance from
his own suite. Instead of after a rush
'by him toward Mrs. Belsel With a
pistol In his hand, as the women as
sert. The politician's sister-in-law
vand widow says Mrs. Belsel wrested
from Erb the weapon with which she
shot him, Self-preBervation Is the de-
fense, the women alleging Erb tried
to murder Mrs. Belsel. -
JACOB8EN NOT A CITIZRN.
Governor Johnson's Opioneiit Not a
Naturalized Citizen,
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) '
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct.' 13 Gover- 1
nor John .A. Johnson may have little
or no opposition In his candidacy for j
the' governorship If : a report from !
Madison, Minn., the home of Jacob F.
Jacobson, the republican candidate, has
any foundation. It is claimed there
that Mr. Jacobson has not been prop
"erly naturalized, and not being a citi
zen of .the United States, cannot run
for office. 1
Mr Jacobson was born In Norway
ana movea 10 mis coumry win nm
parents. Inquiry shows Mr. Jacobson
hs never taken' out . natural n 1 on .
XrZ.ZrZ ""nr'Z
hls father did. The matter, Is
being investigated by the republican
Ute central committee.
Only Afternoon Paper in
THE BAJLEIGH
(Mother Finds Kidnapped Daughter.
I 10 the left Is snown Mrs. Flora Avery, or Spearfish, South Dakota,"
:.to the right her daughter Myrtla. w no -was stolen from her mother 14
years ago by Mrs. Avery's divorced h usbnnd, Charles Stafford. Mrs.
Avej-y found her daughter In the Ca thollc Protectory, New York City,
.
HEIRESS IS KIDNAPPED
Eight-Year-Old Girl Carried
Off From Home
While Out Walking Child Is Picked
l'p by Party In Automobile ami
Carried Away Two Women ami
Three .Men in Party.
( Dy Leased Wire to The Times. )
Chicago, Oct. 13 While she was
' -
walking beside her grandmother yes-
terday aft ernoon, Margaret Frances '
h
Mitchell, an eight-year-old heiress to
$200,000, was seized by kidnappers,
Thi ,, v
V v""" "c" " ",ulu"u"c ,
and drove throgh the streets of the
nftv anrl tfia oil trtM n rl 1 n n iifinnlrif
- .'""'"" WU""' .
r.u,t,c fnr. .. v.n i,. n...t
! iiuuia utiui . iiit-jr ,
finally disappeared, taking the 'child'
wtH them. " t
I In the car, besides the -chauffeur,.! uncle dlCd twenty years ago in Lon- out the building
i were two womea and three men. don after accumulating a fortune of, The Evening Times has prepared a
Robert C. Mitchell father of tne Kreat magnitude. For these twenty ' booth whore thev extend an invita
i child, an. employee of the cty law yearn, the search for Ascher has been'Uon t0 a, and especially the ladles,
partment, believes that one of the almost world-wide and it was only iiy to come and rest themselves when
women was his wife from whom he a chance that he came to know of his worn or tired out The booth will
separated three ' months azo. The , heritage. ( be in charge of a personal represent-
other persons are believed to bo I six months hko Mrs. Ascher recelv- t.,qo n 00.oi. n.-
friends of hers.
The three male pussengers alone
were vimoie 10 persons on tne slcie-
walk at the time the seizure was
made and and it Is thought that the
women hid themselves In the bottom
0f the tonneau when they feared they
mibt W i-.,w.nt,d
The entire police force of the city
lias been called into the case.
Ol'TliOOK STILIj SF.KIOt S.
Indicated by Itate Lloyds Are Charg
ing to Insure Against War.
(By Cable to The Times.)
London, Oct. 13 The best evi
dence that notwithstanding most
hopeful outlook, the outlook Is still
considered serious is the fact thaf
Lloyds is charging 25 guineas per
cent to Insure against the risk of war
between Bulgaria and Turkey, on or
before Decombor 31 and 15 guineas
per cent agulnst war between Austria
and Serv)a dllrlng the ensulag month;
Commerdal drc)eg ttt esent are
not inclined to regard the hopeful ae-
.v..UOu w .bo. u-j
claratlon of statesmen as more thanjat a he'ght of from 2.000 to ,ooo feet,
pious wishes , 1 using only sails as motive power,
the State, of North
24 I flit fi'itl Tii
HEIR TO A MILIJBNAIRE
Fortune Cumes to a Glove
Fitter
Inheritance the Oltl Story of Long
Lost Nephew and Kick 1'nclc For
tune H:;d Ktvn Waiting For Hlin
For Vears.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Chicago, Oct. 13 Heir to a for-
tllno of more than a million dollars,
but ' uncertain-If he Veally can artord
.
to accept the horitage on account of
Happiness oi ms iamiiv, is tae
strange posit Ion of Kmll Ascher, a re-
toiler of men's gloves, who lives con-'
tentedly with his wife and eight chil- '
r. n. it , - i
nron in a rrairio. avenue .tat. ,
. . ..
mis lnueritance is tne old story or
the long lost nephew and the rich
uncle. In the case of Ascher his
i - . -
ea a letter rrom a friend In Germany
near the place where she was born,
saying that a family of the name of
Ascher had fallen heir to a large ror
tune and that the lfamcs of the mem
bers of the family were wanted by a
London law firm. XJrs. Ascher had
little Idea that her husband
among those to become beneficiaries.
nnn U'rnra t:mu hniVAvnp t a
cousin In Berlla, asking him to look 1
Into the report. Mrs. Ascher rccotv-1
j i,, , .vi,. ,1 ....... 1
o ivnn, 111 , n 1111.11 n wtm BLtlLUll
that her husband was certain to share
to the extent of a' least a million dol
lars In the Joseph Aschor estate.
Falling heir to a million, however.
: ,11.1 not ..,.m In i.rnrt,.,.o h M.HH l !
r... ai,. ,. r L ....
mi", ioi uti u 1t1u.11; tnui III I 111 j
be 'expected lu these
times. She found cause
dlsplens- .
ure Instead of Joy and feared that so
much. mono? in her family might Us
rupt tho prevailing general happl
ness In her little fireside.
Lcmans. Franco. Oct. litWllhiir
wri.M n,i. i .1..
near future he will said his aeroplane 1
Carolina With a Leased Wire Service
RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1908.
BIG CROrD SEES
OPENING OF FAIR
jWitli Parade pfl Address by
Dr. Dixon Great Fair
is Ocsned
MANY. VISITORS HERE
I'tirmle, Hearted by Third Kegiment
Maud, Forms up Town and Pro
ceeds to Valr Grounds, Where Fair
Is Formally . Declared Open, Fol
!(nvln(j Address by' Dr. IHxon !
Every Booth in Floral Hall Taken. !
The Midway a Place of (irent In-1
teres! Tomorrow's Haco Program. !
Ever since Sunday visitors have
been arriving in the city to attend
the greatest State Fair that has ever
been aeld. The week lias op-.-nod
I with fair weather and everi-thing
j promised to make the fair a -treat
I success.
i During the week several excursion
I trains will he run into Raleigh troiu
, t.ie surrounding territory, allowing
j all to pay the fair a visit. This
morning promptly at 11 o'clock the
I parade w.as formed in Iront ot the
Yarborough Hotel, headed by the
I'lhird Regiment. Band and Chlf
Marshal O'Berry and his aids. Fol
j lowing Hhe chief marshal were car
! riages which carried all the repre
sentative citizens, among tiiose being
Dr, B. F. Dixon, who made the open
ing address at the fair grounds.
The parade proceeded up Favette-!
j ille street to Morgan,, down Morgan I
'to Salisbury and p to Hillsnoro and i
; thence to the ground. Reaching
jtlie grounds at 12 o'clock, the open
' ing address was made ity, Dr.- Dixon
!:n the :loral hall. .
I President J. H. Currie, of the Fair
'Association, Introduced the speaker,
I who dealt along the agricultural pro
; ducts of the state and showing, in
; many respects, wliera the state's pro
ducts could be greatly improved and
a more extensive export business
carried on. In .closing nis speech Dr.
, Dixon said he had been invited to
open the fair, and if it was not open
rit was not his fault; "when you ap
proach the big doors of the building
and If they are not open to you, then
take an ax and knock them down and
, walk In."
j One of the largest crowds that evef
.attended the Stale 'Fair, was present
'. at the opening this morning. All up
ami down the midway the people had
begun to move along and the many
attractions were well In rendiness to
entertain the spectators.
The Floral Hall.
Every available space in the floral !
hall has been taken, and the exhibits
j "ere win De somotning never equauea
I bef'"e-, , , ,
The local merchants, as well as a
number 0f foreign enterprises, have
their wares here on exhibit,
As customary throughout the floral
hall a number of spaces have been
let to foreigners who have here for
' snip nmher of tliplr forelc-n irnods
sale a numDer or iiioii ioreign gooas
and wares.
some of the women's societies of
r..iii. i i i. t'n
.aiivc - i. i. lie t. uua, c v (9 uvumiifj .--
I tests will be on, which will be of
1 great interest.
The Midway.
The Pike, the Pike, they are all
there, from the merry-go-round and
the little man to the big fat lady.
Never before has the fair had such a
la,rf 6 variety of attractions along the
midway as they have this year.
eaain at ,he "oral ha"'-"d
exten,n !' J and beyond the
grand stand, there the attractions
. .
One Idea, and one that meets wlta
the approval of all the fair visitors. Is
the discontinuance of the ever an-
"J'S
nobody geta
iniad but old maids and school-teacii
era, and as It will be this year, they
This week at the fair grounds Is
going to be one of the most glorious
in Its history.
, The Free Attractions.
ni- a 1 1 11 j
"""ocuy opposue mo BrHauiBuU
and In view of all the free attrac-
"ns wia oe given aaiiy. tne nign
'dive, the high wire walkers and the
(Cnotlnued on Fifth Page.) ,
Chief Justice Moiville W. Fuller.
mxtX: s.'KjSff.-i;! i'm . : :vm:- : . s ..v. .:: s -w k: si-.fe .s-:-:? ; 5
r ;:
i t Iks
Sf
Moiville . 1'iilltT, ( lii -l Juslic: of Suprenv Cotni of the V. S who
has just lici'n rc-clcctcd i'li-sidi'iil nl (lie Coiud nl liiisli rs of the Peabody
KililCHlionnl i- I oi S,50(I.IIIMI.
ELECTRIC CHAIR
NOW JN VOGUE
I lJ.v l.e::.-v;l -Wire 10 The TiumiO
I'tchmoiiil. V:i;.'" l ie!. . Kl Vii(;int,rf!
now cl'H'ti'le cli 1 i v. I Ii" lierm.-! Il.'llt sue-cepwu-
,.f Hi.- p.H,l-i.. i.i J!i 1 1'.l II -minion',
-thi- j'iiiim:ii;r ' c!:ilm.cd..'.lt.i'. liisi
vlctiiti v.lien It. 111 v Smith, alius c it'
I'ei-ry, nii;is Jolin Willinms,-' 11 iifRin
riiplsi,
o'clock.
. wi lit to; Ills .death lit
The Win- .substituiing -dentil- Iiy
el.:
ti'lcity for the "hemiun i-invat" ill
cases Of cn:lt;il ' p"inii!tiiiii':it- quietly
folliids the pulilk'iiiiMU .of . details' "ii
nected with ; sueli eaWuthipx-.5 Sntlie.
11 to say 'that the 11. -w chair cll.l it
work whir tcrrite1 nei-iioii. , aivd tli.it
tliiv prisoner seeinine.Iy w.isi.d-ad in le-'s'
than thirty-.'-seconds, ari. i- tlie vt.lr
hail been tin lie. 1 11.
Smith was coiivicle.l in riirlsinmi.il
at the September '.term of (;..nrt for. an
unspeakable, crime, of whieli an iiKe.l
white woman was tile v'h llin.
NARROW ESCAPE lUNCLE JOE IS
OF BAllOONISTSi SELLING LAND
(By Cable to The Times) j
Berlin, Oct. i::.tN. H..( Arnold, pilot j
of the St. Louis entry; In the Interna-j
tlonal balloon races and his iisilslant, ;
H. J. Hewnl, had a very narrow escape
from drowning last night In the North .
Sea, when Ihelr balloon collnpse.l, ul-!
lowing them to fall Into the water at 1
a point about, thirty miles from slime. ,
Thoy were picked up at the point '
of drowning by n German steamship,
and further delay In rescue would have !
meant their doom. !
Tills Is the second sensational deel-1
dent to befall the American entrants In
the great race. Shortly after the start 1
of the race Augustus Post and A. II. ,
ForbeB fell 4,000 feet, havbag a mlra- .
cuious escape' from death. j
and Full Press Dispatches
fX ME 8
9ic
4 fa & 1 i
A
OVER POLITICS
I By
l.e
Ii
Ml Wire
so. In. I..
to The Times, J
vV l:! Highjand
I.oil;!",.. A 111,1 ljr,i iii.il 1 .t
W11; by. .1 pivicl.i
1 1011 ;and Steel
ally.'' unanimous
a itlnln xv
fmei the central-.labor'-tie;
i-ntial body had
Ulli'.il! 1 because
I. . .i. .1 I.i Ii.-m.-.'MHS
le-:.-1
lie (i'-juiKTa 1 ic
i..m.ir for a Giunpers
'iHtinhiy'. ' .arranged by
nati.inal committee'. -.-'-
,li.-liael Casey, one of the steel work
ers' (l.'!i;:r.i,t. s to the central union, was
cl,:ct. ii ii-i--i.i i--.iiii.iit . luii refused the
'illli '. "ii -i.i'K ii .was given to him as
11 -.. 11 tl i.-ji 1 1, .1 i -placate; republicans..
''.,1'Hinp' I'wis was i-xi.ell.'d 11s a vice
p,!.lile.iit i.t'j .iiise of al!.'s;vil Intimacy
wiih tic clja ii him 11 i.f tin- republican
eittint): C iiiui.il lee, . as Was also : . Re-"
c.i ilin;; "-Sec'rcli. rj" Tmji am, hut President-.
Slciiiiiioii.s is actively associated
w;;!li !i-:.!i.)(-tats and was .111 the. com-initt.-.'
o!' i-.'ivntioM for Mr. I'.ryan. The
i. -ill' is li. lv to he th,. disruption
of 1 In- ( ' hi nil hod'.'
( By -Leased Wire to The. Times.) ,
..Omaha; Neb.. Oct, 111 -"V'ncle Joe"
"luitidii, 'speaker of III.' house, Is cvi
.lenlly hard up, He. lias .Hint sold J49,
Oi)ii worth. of his Nclii.iska farm lands
and Is olfcriiiu for sale still other
pi-opcrty lie owns in eastern Nebraska,
The farm Cannon has Just sold con-
tains "Wi acres, mid sold for 170 an
m ro. The market price for lands of
the same class In Hie vicinity is $75
to XsO.
: Mr. Cannon purchased Ibis land years
ai,o 'when- lands wore going at a song,
He; Is imported to own thousands of
acres o land In eastern Nebraska.
rlphl In the heart ul' corn and wheit
bull.
FIGHTING
ALL THE UAESET3
PRICE 5 CENTS.
PROBABLY BROWN
AGAINSTDONOVAN
Cfian ce Announces Brown to
Twirl But Jennings is
Silent As a CI am
DETROIT NOW A FACTOR
Chance Threw Down the Gauntlet
When he Announced Last Night
that Brown Would go in Against
the Tigers Today, bnt Jennings
Did Not Tae It Up Is Jennings
Game Enough to Send His Star
Twirler Against the Mighty
Brown? Does He Think Him
Great Enough?
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 13. The De
troit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs
were whirled into this city on Bpeclfll
trains early today to meet"" In the
fourth battle of the world's cham
pionship campaign at Bennett Park
this afternoon. It took three days
to develop a contest in being serious,
but that Is what it is now. After
playing like bush leaguers for two
days, the Tigers finally caught their
great rival off guard - and reversed
the situation. It was the Tigers that
looked like world's champions in the
pinch yesterday and the Cnhs that
blew up. ; - .. '
That each team now takes the
other seriously was plain from the
moment Cubs died impotently in the
struggle yesterday. Since then the
talk of both teams has bafsn of pitch
ers. What man will Jennings use to
morrow If Chance uses so and so
today? If Jenniniss sends" in Don-
I ovan, will Chance use Brown or will
Jennings ; risk Donovan against
Brown?" ,.
And so on. The fans of two cities
were watching for Jennings to show
his hand in the pitchers in today's
game, but he refused to commit him
self. Chance threw down the gaunt
let when he announced last night
that Brown would go in against the
Tigers today, but Jennings did not
take It up. Now they are waiting to
see If the leader of the Tigers is game
enough to send his own star twirler
to a duel with the mighty Brown
if he thinks him great enough to
meet the pride of the westslde fans
find beat him. - ,
It will be either Donovan' or Sum
mers today, and the choice will de
pend on how much Jennings wants
a stand-up and knock-down fight. If
he intends shoving his stack to the
centre and back Donovan to wipe
Brown out of the Beries, It will be a
great pitchers' battle today.
If he declines the challenge and
plays safe, taking an almost certain
chance of losing today with Summers
in the equally good chance of beat
ing the Cubs with Donovan tomorrow
the series will be played out further
than was thought possible 24 hours
ago,-'
Much will depend on Jennings' de
cision. :
The Tigers now have a good long
chance to win out. They are a game
behind and that is a good deal In a
seven-game series. They have their
best pitcher ready for action, but so
have the Cubs; so that it Is an even
break. But, better than this, they
played all round the world's cham
pions yesterday in spite of the fact
that they got a bad start, or rather
slowed up badly in the middle Bectlon
of the game. .
With the fans who saw the battle
at the westslde grounds yesterday it
is no longer "Jennings, and his Tig
ers," it Is "Ty Cobb and the Tigers."
This young man from the cotton
states was the whole game. There
Is no doubt but that the shake-up in
the field which eliminated Downs, put
Schaefer back1 at second and brought
Coughlln into the game at third base
had much to do with the improve
ment of the defense and the morale
of the team, both in attack and de
fense. Jennings must bo given full
credit for that, but Cobb was what
we used to call out home "tho life of
the party."
Chance admitted it smilingly after
the game.
"It Is the first one we have lost In
eight jgames at the flnUh of a hard
season and the boys Just had to get It
out of their systems," he said. "I
could feel it comlnr. and T em Tat
that It Is over. We will be all right
m tne next game." ,
Tbey certainly got a whole bunch
(Continued 00 Page; Three.)