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VOL. XLIII. NO. 309
GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 28, 1922
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INTEREST IN MOREHOUSE KIDNAPPING CASE
IS SHIFTED TODAY TO NEW ORLEANS WHERE
GOVERNOR AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL CONFER
M'KOIN'S FRIENDS ARE
: LINING UP IN DEFENSE
Officer Follow Trial Of Robed
And Masked Men -Seeking
Evidence To Implicate Dy
namiters Of Lake Where
Bodies Were Found.
BASTROP, .La.. Dcr. 27. Civil an I
tnilitury authorities today follow oil
through 1 ho rt'il low hills and swauips
of Morehouse parisli llio trail they bo
lievcd was, taken by tin: masked ami
robed men on tin? afternoon and night
Of August 21 when five nun were kid
naped and two murdered.
tin1 trail covered a distance of abo'.:t
3. miles from a point on the IJastrofi
Ni'r llougo highway where the men. wee
kidnapped to a ferry landing at Lake La
I'oureho near where the bodies of two 'if
them were found last week.
The reconnoiters were necking nihil
tioual eviiiciico :inplicating those re
sponsible for tne mysterious dyiiaiuit iu
that released tlm oodics from the lake
where they bad been weighted down for
inontliu.
The day
jiients. All
Baltimore
was di
eyes
where
void of loeal develop
were turned toward:
Dr. H. M. MeKoin.
former Mer ICouge
against extradition
mayor, was battling
to Louisiana where
lie IK to fare .1 charge of murder in con
nect ioli with the ease.
The legni fight 1" bring him baek
Jliany develop another historic ineident
similar to the elTorts to get former
oveiuor Taylor of Kentiivky. out .!'
Indiana, to stand trial for the murder .of
Governor Goebol of the liliie Grass sta'"
in Frankfurt, Ky.. two decade or moo
ago, is the belief expressed today by
friends of the former inapor.
Fund Available.
It developed during the day there will
be unlimited funds available and count
less friends to assist the physician who
does not want to return here. His frion I
iu Morehouse and adjoining parish.1"
wore lining up i" his behalf. Many nies
ttagoa for assurauees were sent his fain
jly at Monroe, where bis wife, four
Children and parents reside.
That' bond i" six figures would l.e
available in the event bail would be per
auitted is generally cuneodo here. A sum
Of $;( WO was siid to have been abail
Uble for the release of T. J. HurneC.
former deputy sheriff, the first arrest
in -the c:im A ee of fJ.'UMM) was reported
to have been offered a certain tirm of
lawyers in lend in his defense. Ware tin'
incarceration of Harnett various stran,;
crs have reitelied. the town, held brief
conversations with the prisoner and tlen
departed on the next train, it is known.
MeKoin 's friends are authority for tin
Statement that he will attraet the support
U liiiiliy throughout the Fluted Stut.'s.
Stands Hieh in Profession.
The physieian has stood high in Hi.
medical profession of 'northeast Louis:
aim nerving as president of the Fifth
Congressional District, Medieiil socio! y
last vear. He was also u ehiireh worker.
During Ins ti rm as mayor lie waged
on those who held the law lightly
W.l1' 1
nnd !
is said to have incurred the enmity .ot
many of those.
Some years ago he engaged in a di -fully
at 'Call'ion. La., and killed a man.
He was discharged bv the coroner's jury
nn, I no indictment was made a
aitist him.
II is idea
lie would
was seir ueieiise
have Iroen killed
claiiuimr Hi. 11
if he hail not
Jird first.
Governor Darker at Hat 011 Kouge to
day conferred with Special Prosecutor
Clair Adams, one of the state's leading
criminal lawyers, regarding the course
to be followed in the 'MeKoin extradi
tion. Reouisition pa porn 011 uic gov.r
the
Hor of Maryland are boiu
Attorney General Coco
j prepared.
and Ins assis-
tnats reached New Orleans today to out
lino the l-lans for January open hearing
jnd discuss the investigation program.
ctitit ffiNTRIBUTES TO
WOODR0W WILSON FUND
JtAKLlGH. Dee. 2H. Letter and
telegrams announcing contributions to
the Wood row Wilson foundation fund
continued to bo received today by Mrs.
Joscphus Daniels, wife of the former
(secretary of the navy, who is chairman
of the committee to raise Xorthv Caro
lina Ts quota . (
Mrs. Daniels stated she would make
public the state' total contribution
later.
NKW YORK iKc. 2. Hertil Malm
tetrom, footman at the Fifth ' Avenue
residence of Mrs, William K. Yan
derbilt, and his cousin, William Malm
ptrom, butler at a fashionable home in
Park Avenue, were in the clutches of
be law today.
They found in the street a' 1 ,1 11 Ml
rr..1.l v., ', .... l.w(-- I III'....,,
I-U'lin. Scorning a reward of .floil nsjwi
uiaueipiaio. oecmm', Iliey say it is tile
fustom iu Sweden where they come
from, fur-n reward of one third tho
value of a lost aiiiele to be paid for
Jts return, they sold the case to an an
t'ujue store. LVtcetivon arrested them,
fcji charg..a of grand Wtti.y.' .
OR. M'KQIN TO RESIST
RETURN TO MER ROUGE
ASA MURDER SUSPECT
Hearing On Habeas Corpus
Writ Be Had In Baltimore
Today.
BANK OFFERS LARGE SUM.
Friends Of
c i
rormer Louisiana
Town Mayor Rally By Hun
dreds To His Support.
HALTIMORK. Dee. 27. -- Hearing
on the writ of habeas; corpus obtained
today by counsel for Dr. MeKoin, form
er mayor of Mer Rouge, La., was set
for tomorrow. Dr. MeKoin was ar
rested here yesterday on the charge of ibere yesterday on instructions from At
murder by request of (iovernor IVirker : tomey (ieaeral Coco. Hearing on a writ
of Louisiana, as an outgrowth of the of habeas corpus obtuinod yesterday by
Morehouse jiarish murder ami kidnap- j 1 'r. MeKoin to prevent his return to
ping ease. Tin- writ was obtained in. Mer Rouge for questioning in eonnc"
an effort to obtain bail for tin1 doctor 'Hon wit lit lie kidnaping and killing of
prior to his tight again it extradition. Watt Daniels and Tholnas Kb hards, is
l!cqiib-it ion papers issued by Governor ( scheduled to come u;i today iu the
Parker on Governor Allcrt If
hie of
this stale for the return
of Dr. MeKoin are not
I reach here for two or thret
eruor b'itchie today when
action he would take said
o 1 ouisiaua
( sr-ecicd to
days . Gov-
asked what
he would
await receipt of the
suing a statement,
said be would hear
ease and render an
papers before is
At that time, he
both sides of the
impartial decision.
Meanwhile friends of Dr. MeKoin are
rallying to his assistance. Telegrams
.were received today from many jier
'sous pledging their moral and financial
support. Among them was one from
i two physicians signing themselves as
: fellows of the American College of
surgeonu.
Another telegram from the Central
Savings and Trust company, of Mer
Kouge, La., offered to deposit any
l.'imoiint of money in a local bank in an
effort to obtain release of Dr. MeKoin.
I Dr. Hugh Young, head of the lirady
Institute of the Johns Hopkins Medi-
!cil si hool, with whom Dr. MeKoin has
been associated since he arrived hero
last October first, made public tin- te!e
I trams received. That from tin
j coin pa ny read:
j Offer of Funds.
'The Central Saving I and
trust
Trust
;' company, of Mer Kouge will indemnify
!fn you any amount you might incur as
'a result of the arrest of Dr. MeKoin.
The bank will deposit iu any bank iu
' lialtiinore city sufficient funds to cov-let-
and bonds that vou might pledge for
I Dr. MeKoin."
Iu .".n interview with newspaper men
prior to his arraignment iu police
, court this morning. Dr. MeKoin stated
; he was unable to throw any light on the
I deal lis of Thomas lfichards and Watt
' Daniels, whose mutilated bodies
found several days ago in Laki
I'oui'he near Mer Kouge.
"At one time," Dr. MeKoin
I was willing to go back an
wen
Fa II
them all that 1 could about conditions
at Mer Kouge but now I will fight
i requisition to the last ditch."
While angered at his arrest. Dr.
McK
0111 is
incline
to treat the matter
lightly. He said he could account for
every hour prior to the kidnapping of
Hie murdered men and every - minute
since their mystrioiis disappearance.
When asked how he could account for.
all the time so accurately since August.
vvheii the men disappeared. Dr. Me-
! lom retorted:
' When the time come
you . ' '
I will show
he was not
Klux Klau.
d to join the
Dr. MeKoin reiterate,
a menilx-r of the K11
Xeither had he been nskc
organization, he said
Iu fairness to
them however" he added, '
they have done much goo, I
' I must say
work in the
t matter of ridding Mer Rouge
ot nude
sirables. I don't mean to say that
thojvliavo driven people out of town.
Otf the contrary they have, by the use
r common, sense, talk ami tact, made
good men of individuals who undoubted
llv H-i.ut.t It. ,1-., l'.u ,1.,. I in i-til ,n,ki,i, ..r
later."
Asked to cite a particular instaiei'
I-where - the klau had lieen responsible
for turning a law-breaker into a good
jciti.en. The former mayor stated:
"I know dozens of them but I do not
I care to talk about the activities of the
i k'an Sit this time. ''
1 Forn.er Unite..! States I'idKrt At
torney L'obert R. Carman of counsel for
iti'e . acused. stated he -would tiy'it any
eCi rt at ext-adition by th
governor.
Did Not Flee.
: 'Dr. MeKoin did ion
Louisiana after the tro.iole
iKoiige," he said. "He n 111
-for many weeks after the
!the two men. Ho was with
L
uisiiaa
Hoe troln
at Mei
i"o l there
death of
his father
! "0 miles .a way from
August until .Octolicr.
Mer Kongo from
whoii he came to
Italtiiitoie at the request ot Dr. Noting
who offered to penult him to .1-s.s-i.1to
tit him at the Johns Hopkins hospital.
The mayor ola'-ed himself at the
disposal .of the district attoitoy of
the couut.v -'seat and was iu consulta
tion with him :'i-r a long time b. fore
he loft. There w.,s le.ii.ng for him
to hi le and '.e i".v . r-U,r "iiformii
tiou he hard at las coiuauiiid.
WARRANT ISSUED FOR
ARREST OF DR. M'KOIN
Makes It Unnecessary For
State To Show Its Hand
By Producing Evidence ,
Sheriff To Baton Rouge Fori
Requisition Papers.
J.VTi;uri La., Dec. 2S. Chief in
terest in the Morehouse kidnaping cai.j
was hhifted today to New Orleans, where
(iovernor John M. I'arker is scheduled to !
Itohl ;i ..mi iVi-mif,. 1. VMnnuiv- i:..i,..i.l
t'iu-, .mi ;.i ..,,.,...,,(,,.. 'sit i )..;
I'l'lir
, - - ..........
, -vuaiiiH, apjiointea ny tin- governor to as
t t. il... i. .v.,...- IV- "...
pro.-entiiig the state's ease' at the open; -'""plisli'.i by the police iu many months
hearing to Is- held here January 5, to di,- il'U'W.v in main years.
cuss policies to be adopted at the hear- ' As a remit of a day i f feverish a-
ing.
I A warrant tor the
arrest of Dr.
in Baltimore
I'arker, was
B. M.
at the
issue!
MeKoin, who is held
! request of Governor
Maryland eitv. 1 he issuance, o the war
j rant,
j here,
j state
it was believed by state ollicials
would make it unnecessary for the
to show its hand by producing
whatever evidence it may have against
the doctor in his attempt to have brought
to Louisiana. Advices from Haton Kouge
; stated that requisition papers would h:
issued as soon as the warrant was r;-
! reived there.
The masked mub. which kidnapped
j Daniels ami Kichards was composed of
.about ITi men, according to one of the
investigators who has been following the
ease closely for several months. Mem
bers of the mob, the envest igatorx as
M'lted. came from the parishe sof More
house, Ouachita. West Carroll, Kiehlan.l
and Franklin .and from two counties in
Arkansas. The identity of .practical!'.'
every member of the mob, it was sail,
i known to the authorities and it was
.additional to these a I ready made will
'follow as the investigation proceeds.
Special Deputy Sheriff L. K. Calho.Uu
of llastrop, who li ft here late yesterda.x
for liaton Kouye to get requisition
papers for the ret urn of Dr. MeKoin.
:was expected to reach the capita thi
morning. Sheriff Carpentier. of Morehouse, said
the deputy would probably leave Hatoi)
Kouge tonight for ISaltimore with th"
i papers an, I express ',! the opinion th.,'
, MeKoin would be in the parish jail here
by Tuesday.
District Judge ).hni today said ne
date had been set fur a preliminary tri.il
for
former Deputy Mierifl Jell liuv
nelt,
The
the firs! man arr.-steil in the cas'.
opening healing is ot !'r Jannar'
DR.
McKOIN LOSES FIGHT IN
HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS
BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 28. Dr. B.
M. MeKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge,
La., today loft his fight for immediate
release on habsas corpus proceedings.
He wai remanded without "prejudice"
to give the Louisiana official" oppor
tunity to present their care.
Dr. MeKoin was arrested here Tues
day at the request of Governor Parker
of Louisiana who accused him of mur
der in connection with the Morehouse
parirh kidnaping last August.
Three judges of the Baltimore su
preme bench sitting in city courts, de
nied Dr. MeKoin the right to baiL
A de.-patch from Attorney General
Coco of Louiiiana. to State Attorney
Leach stated that Dr. MeKoin formerly
has been charged with the murder of
Watt Daniels and Thoma Richards. The
despatch added that a deoutv sheriff was
on his wav to Baltimore with the
cessary paper in the case.
MANY
CITIZENS
TO AID
COMING
OF DR. McKOIN
'HATROl'. La.. Doc. 2s
A mini
Iter of citizens of Monroe are coming
to the front ready to offer evidence
tliaf Dr. MeKoin was not in Morehouse
palish on the afternoon and night of
August 24 when tho Mer Rouge men
were kidnapped.
Mos eages are also being sent the
physician by person. who
state they
are willing to testify in his
is be
I. ' 1
establish an alibi for 111 Ml
hysicans
of the fifthcongressonal
istrict have
also expressed a desire to l.o of as
sistance financially and otherwise, and
have, offered to raise $10.0(i to fight
the on so. Dr. MeKoin was president
of the fifth congressional district medi
cal association. comMise.! of physicians
of several IaU1si:iu:i parishes last year,
an. has n wido acquaintance with physi
cians of the district.
DR.
RANKIN SAYS THERE
IS NO EPIDEMIC OF FLU
RALEIGH. Dee. 2. Dr. V. S.
Rai.kiu. ws-rotary of the Slate Hoard
of Health stated this morning that
there is Hot an epidemic-of ' iiillueiira
over the State according to reports
made to tho health depart incut . Tie
said largo uiiiiiIht of raws had lecit
reHrf,t from various s.s-tion of 1 lo
st 11 to. but the lii-eai- is .f a veiy
ihtI I ' form. Comparatively few i-ao
of pneumonia have icvehr.ed a a -result
of the disease, be euil.
GREENSBORO POLICE GET
GANG OF ROBBERS WHO
i PLANNED BIG HAUL SOON
Dope Sellers, Bank Robbers,
Say The Greensboro
Policemen.
OTHER ARRESTS POSSIBLE.
One Of Biggest Hauls Made
By State. Police In
-Years.
GKKF.Xfr IK.IM , Dec. 2s The break'
up of a gang of professional burglar-.
.dope sellers, bootleggers, gamblers and
! general bad nun who were planning a
big coup iu or near Greensboro this wc-.-'k
;cnd in tin- burglarizing of three or four
banks or stores is believed to have been
effected yesterday by the. Greensboro P'
liee department in the capture id' thru"
men and the obtaining of videi tleit
(May
leail to the arrest of others.
' worn was ucciareM tasi nigui o.v
I '1 he
M liief ot I'olice tieorgo J'. I rulclihoM to
oe i ne most unporinui .single jou ao-
livity the folon'in Miosis were mud':
.loseph Hiuno, who was registered at the
O. Ilenrj' under the name of H. It. Sterl
ing ami who also goe under the names
of doe .stern and Louis Isabel or l-dsd
or Isabelle, regarded by the police as the
leader of the ijang; Jack L. Mattbewson,
alias Charles Nuvella. arrested at Itees'
ciuar store with keys to rooms at the
'(). Henry and the Huffine and Harry
i.Mullins, arrested wi the ). Henry hotel.
a well known ligure to ute police oi
i Greensboro
nd
other
nearby cities.
Tooth Harry."
lied
Gold
Find Burglar's Tools.
In the room of Matthewsou at the
Hufline the police discovered a suitcase
of burglars' tools, including tiearly eery
posible instrument to. be used in break
ing in a building.
More important still, in the room of
J'.rtino or Sterling at the O. Henry the
found letters written by Kruno yesterdav
to friends and confederates relating '.!i
detail inaav of the activities of himself
land bis gang. These lot era
written and had lvu phi.'
had just he
ed in addres
ed envelopes ready for mailuii;.
The
' nolicr have already commuilicated w it
'.police in other cities regarding activituM
Idim-v.ssed ninl described in these htte'is
and a i rests will probably follow.
: Hruno was apparently the leader of
(the gang. He registered at the O. ,Ilen;y
: under the name of 11. II. Sterling, Rich
!inoid, Ya., yestenlay iiiorniiig betwee.i
'7 and 7:Tit."but il i thought he had
.been iu Greensboro some time. Through
! definite information, the police say, the,,
now know th.it Hruno was planning th.'
i burglarizing of at least one bank and
probably other banks, and several other i
places, probably stores.
' The .jobs were to be done oauiraa: , fflrf w hor home Tuesday, took note ofr
'Sunday or Monday. Apparently it had the slightly upward course of the .22
(been a -ranged originally tn do the work caliber bullet that pierced her heart, dis
during Hie past week end. but certain ar : dosed by the autopsy, and today iu
; rangi inents had not been complete.1. I ,.)iiied more to the theory that another
: I'.runo was acting, th.' polii'e think, not j ,.1,11,1 ( similar aye was responsible for
; only as leader but as advance man undjfi,,, tragedy.
jbad made many of t be arrangements. , T1(, jed'uetion was that the bullet's
U)u these matters Chief Cnitclitiebl -ai I ! course would have been downward.
Mast night that be was not
jhas the evidence. A great
s:ii,l he wanted to Hold bi
unessiu;
hi
leal of it lie
ok until I lie
(time of the trial.
! As sidelines, and apparently as .1
1 means to keep in ready cash, the men
!-,i-iete.l were actively engaged in selling
.cocaine, morphine and liquor, an
i oliinniiiiT to ret bob' of il
the;,
ho! el
I ,t-l,...it liev ..onld conduct traffic ill
1111-
morality and gambling. u all tliese
!..,.ii,t tln.ro Is free discission in the let
tors found in r.runo's room.
Thoso let
teri I'rimi imimrtn ill evidence
not only 11
1 tin, Ikri.KCl.t I'MM'S
but on criminal meUi
j oils' and practices 'in Greensboro and el
, where.
' Assistant Chief John S. Current I
1 Continued on page three.)
GREENSBORO POLICE ABANDON
SEARCH FOR FOURTH MAN
f.RF.F.XSHORO. IVc. 2H. Creensbn' .
ne- police today abandoned their soared lor
;the fourth member of a gang of. burg
lars, cracksmen, gamblers and done pc.l
idlers, which was continued last nigh
ollowing the arrest of th'ee men giviti;,
their names as Joseph Hruno, alias Joe
.Stern, alias Louis Isabel; Jack L. Mat
thewsou. alios (liarlos Xavella. and
Harrv Mulliii" . known hero as "Gold
Tooth Harry."
Additional information whi.h the offi
cers have today led thorn to believe thai
these inon had idanlied a series of rob
; ries in Greensboro and this set ion
,', ln ri,. the next fo,v days. This inform;!
icht'lf audition is in letters found in the rooms of
j liriino at a local liotcl. where he was ar-
hosted. Ho had inst written tho letters.
it is stated, and prepared them or mail
ing. .
The fourth uiomU-r of the gang -a
oon-idered by the officer as the man who
has had wide experience in (he use of
,, it roglyecrin
111 eruoKmg
Hilic to !
?i;il,--,. 1.'
ifai.i i.y too j
111
Xcw VorV
:.-.ty.
' The otlicers are t.lay vvmking on tin
i theory that the meii under arr.-st par
(i.-ii.-.f...! iii the j.nstoilieo robbery at M
'Pleasant, near t'on.-ord. 011 XovimiiUt
10.
CIIAKLOTTF.. !.". 2". Approxi
mately jr.";:i:t,iMM alts-ady Itas-U-en nb
'ribed tn the isiiih'.mto building and en
dowuieiit fund for Davidson college,
i Malcolm Us khart. director of the ain
pniiiii. announced h-re ti-lay. Sixty
fight churches in the North Carolina
Svnod .if the -Soulborn l'rost.vtoriau
' cliunli have raised or oveeedod their
iiuotas and -ixfv otln-is have raiwd at
' least half of theirs, be uddud .
30 Persons Injured
In A Dust Explosion
KANSAS CITY, MO., Dec. 27.
More than 30 persons are tonight
suffering from burns and injuries
resulting from a dust explosion and
a fire in the mill of the Schreiber
Flour and Cereal company here this
afternoon. Estimates of th loss
range from $125,000 to $150,000.
Firemen searched in the ruins
where a man was said to have been
seen immediately after the explo
sion. This .man, it was said, made
two attempts to escape from the
building through a window but each
time seemed to lack strength and
fell back into tho flames. Company
officials "aid all the men escaped
from the building.
CHARLOTTE HAS ANOTHER
EARLY MORNING FIRE
'Thomas And Howard, Whole
sale Grocers Suffer Loss
Erskine Boyce, Of Gastonia,
Was One Of Owners Of
Firm.
'HAIi'LOTTL, Dee. 2s, The buihi
jii'g occupied by the Tliomns and Howard
company, wholesale groecrs. was de
stroyed with its contents here early to
day by fire of imknowu origin. The loss
uhi. li was partially covered by insurance
was estimated as high as $10U,UUU.
i Tin' flames which appeared to'huv
(started iu the. rear of the structure wel'.'
i discovered about 2: Till a. m. by Yie Fev
Jpormnn, a deputy sheriff who was driv
ing into town in an automobile and saw
them from a distance of about a mile,
; He hastened toward the tire ami turned
; in the alarm.
The building which was of brick con
struction which w.ih one story high in
I front ami two iu the rear was nt 403
j South College street and had been, coin
IpleteJ during t lie present year. The coin
j puny .which lias been in business sin:e
(last September is tlltf scccssor of is loot
land company iuid is a partnership con
sisting of C. .'. Thomas, C. L. Howard.
(W. D. Fbnton, K. K. Boyee. un'd "O. 11.
iWenlz. Mr. Kliutoit who is'1 maftnger of
I the concern," said a large shipment jf.
groceries was niched Wednesday' and
'that, the compauv bad a full stock on
j hand.
Adjoining buildings were not damage:
i to any cutout.
dciicwc lurrrucD nuiin
ULLILIL HHUIIILn UIIILU
' DID THE SHOOTING
Brooklyn
From
Think
Detectives Judging
Course Of Bullet
Small Child Fired
The Shot.
XF.W YORK, Pee. 2S.
j keenest detectives, puzJed
-Hrooklyn '1
for a solu
fh.Ming lf
oi l seho.il
lion of tho mysterious
"l'hresa McCarthy, 10 year
I rather than upward, had an older and
.taller person fired the shot, and in this
b( lief the search was continued tor one
of Theresa's playmates, frightened into
silence ,by the tragic coi:sei(UcltceS.
I he police, working 011 various angles
in the hope o the merest clue and with a
tdiagnet over the city have in custody
'James I'. Grace, of Jirocklyn, 2.", a col
I lector, 011 complaint of the father of a
j six year Uroux girl, who was attacked
by a man in the hallway o her home IV
! comber i. The prisoner, the police said.
Ms being invertigati'd in connection with
'a similar complaint concerning a girl
in Hast sOth street, Manhattan, t
'lavs later, ami also in tho ease of the
.McCarthy girl. Thus
far, however, noth
bed, the police said.
ing had been establi-.'
to connect this man
with tho ISrooklyn
mystery.
The slain child's mother has been un
able to aid the police in identifying any
person she thinks may have been enter
ing the house to see Theresa while j"-'
her to permit no boys iu the house during
her absence.
'There wore orc few girls that
Theresa ever played with in the house,"
she said, 'ami never were any boys here.
Occasionally, on very cold nights she had
one or two girls chums in the House
W." ,
j 'Scores of mothers and children in ta-
! neighborhood have been . ouostionod
uu effort to Ira.o tin- owner of a .22
ioaliber 'weapon: The pupil of St.
Cooilia's school nearby also have been
! asked to help I1"' detectives but none
could recall 0 child having one. ,
NEW BERN HOST TO
SUDAN TEMPLE
SHRINERS
, NF.W 15KRN. IVc. 2s. - New
'Horn, was host .today to memlH-rs of
j the 'Ancient and Arabic frrder of
t Xobles of the Mystic Shrine here for
the mid winter ceremonial or Mnlan
I rw .
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The. seioti included II Imsiness moot-
-iiig tlii- morning followed by a parade
liu all the gaudy uuiforms of the order,
: an oyster roast, the ceremonial session
1 during tho afternoon and a grand ball
tonight . . 7 t
XumU-rs of c.-iiididatos for initiation
'at the ceremonial session this afternoon
"Were attending the gathering along
with hosts of Shriner" from throughout
-the eastern part of the state and many
.from nt her section-,.
COTTON MARKET
I Receipts.-:
. . . .5
,264
Bales
Cect
av a atv
Columbus Police Unearth Plot
To Blow Up Homes Of Five Gity
Commissioners Factory, Etc
Police Say There Are Twelve
Was Hatched In Cemetery
Some Members Of Police
uang Have All I heir Names.
COLl'MLCS. GA . , Dee. 2S. -- The
Museogce county grand jury will con
vene here today in extraordinary ses
sion to investigate the alleged bomb plot
unearthed here yesterday which caused
the polteo to place guards around the
homes of the five city commissioners,
an apartment Lous, and a large factory.
The police reported early today that
there was no visible movu made on the
part of the alleged plotters last night.
The police continued their activity
early today to obtain evidence to round
up suspects and it is said they wt-rc
ready to prestuit to the grand jurors
full details of the hocalled plot which
they claimed had been formulated to
bring about wholesale destruction in
this city.
Marshall Morton, a city commission
er, iu a statement mado public last
uight, claimed that the alleged plotters
had planned their tirst attack early
this morning. He Naid that lie bawd
his statement on what had taken place
at a meeting of the alleged plotters
held Tuesday night in a local cemetery.
In his statement he intimated that
the authorities have the names of every
man who attended the meeting, al
though it was supposed to have been
veiled in the deepest secercy. Auother
meeting had been planned for yester
day, but the activity of tho police'is be
licvcd to have called off this session.
The police sny there arc 12 men in
volved in the alleged plot, which in
cludes members of the Columbus police
department, malcontents, criminals and
one or two persons from the Alabama
cities located ncros the river from here.
, At a meeting of citizens willed yes
terday afternoon it was stated by the
authorities that they had information
to the effect that the plot w:rs for the
party to divide, each group going in
automobiles carrying a juantity of T.
X. T. aud at the appointed moment to
use tho explosive on tho property mark
CHARLOTTE FIRMS VIOLATED
STATE CHILD LABOR LAW
CHARLOTTK Doc. 2. Warrants
charging violation of the state child
labor law have boon sworn out by M.
M. Grey, county superintendent of
public welfare, against the local repre
sentatives of the I'ostal Telegraph and
(..'able company, ti. li. Kress company
and Hoik Hrothers, a department store,
it was learned here today when K. A.
Fischrupp. manager of the loeal Kress
store, was brought into court for hear
ing. ; '
Mr. Fischrupp admitted having cm
ployed two girls during the rush of the
holiday trade without teeing to it is re
uired by law that they had iige certi
ficates. J. Laurence Jones,-counsel for
the welfare superintendent, stated that
jMr. 1-ischrupp had co-operated previ
ously with the superintendent and that
in this instance action against him
j' would not be prossed.
; Filial judgment in the case of the
rvress manager weui oer uiuii M'luc-
metit of the other cane. The Uelk
brothers case was set for Friday, De-
! comber 2i, and that of the Postal for
j January s.
Many violations of the child labor
(law in Charlotte have caused renewed
activity on the part of .Superintendent
Grey, it was stated.
REPUBLICANS ARE SILENT
OVER WILSON RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.
Without debate and with a chorus
of ayes from democratic senators
and silence from most of the repub
lican side, the Senate today adopted
a resolution offered by Senator
Harris, democrat, Georgia, expres
sing "the pleasure and joy of the
Senate" upon the recovery toward
health of former President Wilson.
Eddings Was Not
Bessemer City;
'Searching Party Failed To Find Body Of Man Reported Burn
j ed Mrs. Hough Was Not As Seriously Injured As At
j First Reported All Household Goods Burned.
l;KSiEMFK CITY, Dec. 27 A search.-
i"g
party, with Chief of J'olice J'ortor
jXvne leading, passed 1 no most 01 i. wi ,Wr , Mr, UtusU wht, Wis at fir,
. morning going' through the ruins of .tho j thought to lw fatally hnrt, is doing terj
fire and the only bodies found were tlow (well, and it will not be mvessary to re
1 . 1 1,1 ...
'of Mr. J. D. Nought, aged 2. year.!"""' o.t i a .op..a.. ,.., hit -u-
iarnl bis step son. Clarence Ha er. uged
1 , . T, ,. ..,.,.,.i
I others were burned too. but this' is ,t
Jcomvi. One man. E. .T. Eddings. can
inot bo accounted for. but Mr. l'ayne
sav-s he is immRivo there are no other
: bodies in the ruin. The boarding houso
Lviit l.v Vr. CiolerwiMwl who wo;
! the first, he "knew of the' Tiro was coming
Suit of the dining rdoin. It was rcort0'i
'that there, wore
Movenil children in the
11. ,..!.( it,- l.nt tliis. iu. ; iocorrocl.
The family was employed at the O-age
! mill, and had 011K l.cert bore aUuit two
'weeks. Thev are' natives of A!alnu
' His mother is reported to Ih isiting . Ci
-Salisbury, but iu response to a mesjt;c
Men Involved In Plot Which
Malcontents, Criminals. And
Department Are Members ' Of
jed for destruction so that all the ex
.plosions will occur simultaneously. ; ,
j The places to be destroyed, aecotj
iing to the police were the following: ''.
j itesideiien of J . Homer Dimon, eily
! commissioner and mayor.
I Residence of Miss Anna Griffin, cily
j commissioner. ,. .
! Residence of Marshall Morlou, city
j commissioner.
Residence of R. K. Diemuke, city
commissioner. '.',:'.
: 1'iant of the -National Show Cae
ICompnny, of which Mayor Dimon ' U
(president. '.'.,
j Dimon Court apartment, owned in
jpart by Mayor Iimon.
j Itosolutions were adopted at the citi
Jen's meeting to back tho eity co
; miioner.s to the limit iu any irtep tbf
lituld take to onforco the law, pre,
jKorve order and protect life and propr
'ty. Citizens offered their services 1
any extent needed in ridding Columburf
of "this band of outlaws." : ' ",v
Tho disclosure of tho alleged plot'j
regarded throughout tho city as having
probably cheeked a scrionn outbreak".
Much alarm is being felt because of the
i recent disorders of this nature iu Cd
jluiubus. Some time ago three meu w
Isaulted II. Gordon Hinkle, then actiajr
jcit.v manager. . '
! n the night of May 21. last, th
I homo of Mayor Dimon wan dynamited,
the front of the house beinjr wreckod
'by the explosion of a bomb.. Two tae'm
I wen; eharged with the outrage." On
of them was acquitted and tho other
' en ye was olio prossed. .
j The attack 011 the acting. city man
ager, the bombing of the mayor's home.
I and other outraged occurred within 11
inhoft tiine uf tor. tho inauguration of
I commission form of government here.
! They were regarded as a protest of
tin: lawless element against this form
!of municipal government and agaia.it
i... .. i .rf ..... . .
jioo poiii- 01. iaw enrorcement luaugu-
ra'od .
HI6H SCHOOL GRADUATING
CLASS TO BE TRINITY GUESTS
Annual Banquet Of Gaston
County Alumni Association
To Be Held At Country
Club Saturday Night Each
Member To Bring Hi
Father.
Plans are being perfected for the ai
inual bampiet of tho Gaston Count
; Alumni Association of Triuity College U
be held Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock
I at t he Country Club. The program eom
'mHtee, of which W. ti, Gaston is chai.
111 in, has about completed tho program
'and it will lie published tomorrow. .
All of the boys and girls comprising
tl.e gntduatiug idosn of the city fcin'i
school invited to attend the banquet tit
jgnoHtn of tlic asociation. Kach one is re
: quested to notify noinu member of thrf
, ei tortaiiuneiit conimitteo to!ay or tow.
! morrow that he or she will be prescn;.
I The committee is composed of CharlvH
'Jordan, Cecil Corn well and John Ruf
;h:;m. All of these may bo reuchod by
1 phone.
Luch meinber of the association in ex
pected to bring as his guest bin father.
i Indications are that there will be a
larger attendance thau usual nt till
year's - banquet and that it will lie aa
' u aiaHy interesting occasion.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, South Carolina, fair
tonight and Friday; colder tonight,
i Virginia, mostly cloudy and colder te
night; Friday fair..
Burned In Fire At
Mrs. Hough Unhurt
isent, she could not W found there, and
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;"" '"'lu
son and husband, she aare orde
of ktr
r o
Go ir rem.in buried iu th cemetery
l"'n'- 1
! All of the hous, hold and kitchen effect
ibolonging to the I ndorwoods, ptoprte-
tor of tfio boarding house, were cntire'y
destroyi-il. the only things saved lieing th
' week 's lauioliy that wa nwav fit th
1 washerwoman s lmimo. It rop.rfcd en
'good 'authority that there were nppro:
lnatelv bales of -ott..i to the Wuro
I hous.-. Th.- people hero are vrtv ' J
;Hi red up -vor tho Hg-t fro in tic
, history, and an' fullv BW.ire tlttt V..-
place should h ue an u'-.o Jjf fin
jeqi ii'incut, -
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