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VOLUME SEVENTEEN
War
Has Him Arrested for Carrying a Con
cealed - Weapon He Gives , Bond
Stephens Wat Acquitted Last Night,
Judge Peebles Raked the Jury and
Had Something Further to Say This
Morning Three Murder Cases Or.
dered Transferred for Trial to Duplin
County Today in Court. v
Between suns since yesterday af
ternoon, things sensational: have been
happening fast and furious in thV Su
perior uourt.v When court convened
this afternoon7 Judge Peebles issued a
bench warrant for young Joe Stephens
charging him, with carrying a conceal
ed weapon, and : he .was arrested, by
ninntirt KhorJfF Pwnili ; a-nA -
into court, but soon ; released under
$600 bond, given by his-counsel, Hon.
Joan p. tBellatay..- A copy-of the bench
warrant follows: ' ' ' : yi
State of North Carolina,
New Hanover County,
Superior Court, '
April Term, J.911.
. State
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.VS. H
t nj 1 j
joe aiepueus, aeienaanc
The State of North Carolina to the
Sheriff of New Hanover County Greet
ing: , . -:
Whereas on the trial of the case of
State VS. Jo. Sfenheng fnr mnrAar at
this term of said court said Stephens
testified' as a witness. for himself and
stated that prior to the 5th day of July,
1909, and up to that time he had car
ried each day while off of his premises
a pistol concealed about his person,
you are therefore commanded forth
witn to arrest said Joe Stephens and
take him into your custody and him
safely keep so .as to have him, at' the
PexXSd5Mhai erm ofaidcriojbe
held for New-HanoVer" County to ans
wer the State of North Caroliha upon
a charge of carrying a pistol concealed
about his person while off his premises.
If he gives a bond the sum of five
hundred dollars justified and condition
ed as is required by law for his -appearance
at said term of said court , you
will release him. ' - .. '
Herein fail pot and of -this warrant
make due return. This April 8th, 1911.
- t- R. B. PEEBLES,
' Judge, etc.
But this was not all, Judge Peebles,
in response to affidavits filed by Solic
itor Shaw, a copy of one being given
below, removed three murder.; cases
from the New Hanover county docket.
He ordered the cases of murder
against Dick Gause and J. E. TJsdaie,
the latter as an Accomplice, however,"
and the case of murder against Gar
field Ford, who slew hiswife , trans
ferred for trial to Pender county. This
action 'is something - sensational for
New Hanover county and has already
caused a stir. - : '
With the expectation of trying Dick
Gause, colored, for killing Ned Gib
son, a special venire of, fifty names
was drawn yesterday afternoon and
made returnable this morning but
when courtc onvened Judge - Peebles
announced that he would never try
another murder case in New .Hanover
county: that no trouble was .expe
rienced in this county in packing a
jury so that a man could be acquU
ted of whatever offense might be
charged agains him. The solicitor
stated that he would ask for a change
of venue fn the Gause case, and would
file the. proper affidavit later. s
Fifteen divorce cases had been set
for trial today but only one was dis
posed of. Mrs. Lena A. Stanley ask
ed for au absolute divorce, from John
C. Stanley. The divorce was granted,,
Several ' days ago Judge Peebles 'add
ed two years to the-sentence of Aionzo
Green, convicted of entering a house
and stealing a watch, makings his sn-
tence six instead . of four years," the
change being brought about on ac
count of the persistence of Green'a
attorney in endeavoring to - get the
sentence reduced from four years
This morning Solicitor Shaw said he
thone-ht. the sentence should - be
changed as the prisoner would be suf
fering fori what Mr. Grant did. Judg?
Peebles said he would place the time
back at four years ' if the solicitor
would assure him that he would no
be worried by Mr., Grant again after
iiirterment bad been oronounced." The
solicitor laughingly remarked that h
would carry a gun fOr Mr. Grant
that he could, carry a gun without any
fear in New Hanover. :
A. G. 'Ricaud, Esq., stated the' cir
cumstances connected with the case
of A. W. Ek,' ' who is charged with
perjury, and asked that J. W. Grady
be . marked prosecutor. - It developed
that Grady was " not in court but re
sides In Goldsboro. An order r wa3
tiiiSs
fllso
Isms
Bench
rant for Job Stephens
made for Grady to show case at the I
' CUE
flbcused Camorrist Points
Finger at Another
Member of the' Terrorist Gang Who
v Accuses Others of th Murder Tells
; His Story in Court Also of Quest
of Priest.
Viterbo, Italy, April 8. The Cam
orrists trial today opened with the ex
amination of Genarro Ascrittore ac
cused vof denouncing Deanglis and
Amadoo as murderers of Cupccolo, in
order to save the real assassins. He
described how he became " convinced
of Deanglis guilt. He said: . "Two
days before the murder,, Deanglis came
to my home and asked to be given
room for three days. Latert I under
stood this was a ruse to aid him in
establishing an alibi after "Cuoccolo
was killed. Sometime afterwards he
returned, disguised, as a coal heaver,
and, opening his coat, exhibited a dag
ger. I 'allowed him to sleep in the
court yard. Later he came to me
clean sh&ved and explained his former
disguise by saying that he was at Cas-
tellamaro Adriatioo when Vitozzi ar
rived there to make inquiries into the
route of Enrico Alfano, who was then
under suspicion. Deanglis said he
feared arrest and fled. He showed a
wound in the leg, which apparently
was caused by penknife. His actions
convinced me he was one of the mur
ders of Cuoccolo."
next term of. criminal court why h
sljould( not be -marked prosecutor. .
KThe sentence of Dan: Garrett, one
of the white boys who broke into the
boat house of Mr. George W. Penny
and secured brass, etc and who plead
guilty, w 'chang. ' Instead 'of two
years on : the roads he' was bound O'H
to J. R;Gteen, of Bladen, county, for
period- of? 4waqfc
- Thetfollowlngr affidavit has been fil
ed by the, solicitor: ;' v
North Carolina, New Hanover, Coun
ty,- Superior. Court April Term, vl? II.
State vs. Dick Gause. " :
Henry K Shaw, solicitor for State,
being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is informed and believes and
so avers, that the State cannot get
a fair trial of the above entitled cause
now on criminal docket for trial ow-
ng to the great prejudice and senti
ment of a great number of citizens
of New. Hanover county against capi
tal punishment, and prays that th3
case be removed for trial.
, HENRY E. SHAW,
T . Solicitor.
Stephens A Free Man.
What is generally regarded s as a
bad verdict was returned in New Han
over county yesterday evening by the
jury In acquitting Joseph v Stephens,
the young white man who shot Ernest
Shields to death at Sixth and Camp
bell streets on the morning of July
9tn, 1909. Stephens was first tried
last July, convicted of murder in the
first degree ; and sentenced to', be 'elec
trocuted but a new trial was1 secured
While the -verdict was received with
great surprise and bitter criticism by
citizens "generally, those who heard
the evidence in both trials Were not
so - greatly surprised at the , result, a s
the case made out this time was far
weaker than in the first trial.
Solicitor Shaw addressed the jury
yesterday afternoon and made a splen
did speech, being highly compliment
ed by' both, attorneys and - citizens
Tnde-a Peebles did not deliver a
lengthy charge but gave the law bear
iner nn the case and also summed
up the ', contentions of attorneys fo;
the prosecution and defense. It was
5:20 when the jury got the case, ana
from,the instructions given the deputy
in charge. Judge Peebles was evident
ly of the opinion that there, was but
little probability of a -verdict peiore
this morning.
In less than 1 45 minutes the jury
had agreed and the prisoner, his at
torneys and Judge Peebles were has
tily sent for.- . It was some little time
before" Judge Peebles J reached th-3
court room - and ihe verdict was" re
turned a few v, minutes before The
usual tenseness that is the character
of suchy a scene r was i not evident in
the least. . Mr, L;.D. Latta walked I a
at the head .of the jury and announc
ed the verdict. , Stephens' hand was
erasned by one of his attorneys and
he was told to shake hands with the
members of the jury. He started
tnwnfiin th iurors but a look from
Judge Peebles, and a low call from
one of his attorneys , to wait, caused
him tp halt. fc V, - , . '
"Since I have been on the bench,"
said Judge Peebles, T have recelvd
four outrageous verdict in ; capital
cases and two of these were In New
Hanover county. : If it is ; administra
tion of justice, when a jury takes the
(Continued 6n Third lage.) y
Some Members 6t
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' v There is an unusual pointing out of
If -tend, the hew Democraltic member
... lucre o luc auiuvi w.'mo yum rgnuucu mmiiw j.vu toiu - j-cw ;us agv UI LUlt; INU w. XurK -J5UU. 'aiartUl W.
Littleton 1 pointed out as the lawyer who saved Harry Thaw from the electric chair. .Caleb- Powers lias his trou
; Wes when introduced because of his long time In jail, accused of complicity in the killing of a Democratic governor -
lu Kentucky. Butler Ames of Massachusetts always attracts the attention of strangers when they, are told that be :
is tbe grandson of General Ben Butler. The pointing out of Hichmond Pearson Hobson as the hero.of,tbe Merrj- "
- mac is an old story, hut it keeps up with; unflagging interest ; Nick Longwortb Is a good deal of a man on bis own
wnHt. iwit h h o hmir frpqnent introductions with "Hg married jAlice Uooserelt, you know." ' l
STILL AGROUUD
Big Liner Is Firmly Embedded In the
Sand and It Will Likely Take Two
' Weeks to Float Her All Passen
gers Transferred in Safety.
Lone Hill Life Saving . Station,
Long Island, April 8. The Prinzess
Irene lies firmly embedded in . the
shoals today. Though a swelling sea as
sails her she is as firm as. a rock.
There is no evidences of -damage to
the ship's hull. . An inspection showed
the vessel is not making water. Su
perintendent Kuwnick, of Hoboken,
has .taken charge of the floating of
the Irene which will probably require
two weeks. The ship's 1,720 passen
gers were safely, taken off and trans
ferred to the steamer Prln Frederich
Wilhelm. ::. ' .; "-- .
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Miller Found Guilty.
Aberdeen Miss., April 8.
J. H. Miller, a member of the
cotton firm of Steele, Miller &
Co., on trial - in the- United
States District Court here
charged ' with the : circulation of 4
bogus bills of lading 'through
the mails has been found guil-
ty. ;
Ta PRISON FOR LIFE FOR
E
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Independence, Kas., April 8. A mo
tion for a ,new , trial, made by: A.; A:
Truskett, convicted March 9, of kill
ingJ. D. Neeley, a wealthy Lima, Ohio
oil man I at Caney, . Kansas, January
last,', was' overruled tdday. Truskett
will be sent "to the penitentiary for
life., v , . , . ;
OIL STOVE EXPLODES AND
SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Chicago, April 8. By explosion of si
siall :, oil stove Mrs. Luddie ' Pedotil,
and her. six children were burned to
death last night, at Clyde, a suburb: '
witjvungton; Ni c.jsaturdaVapril 8 1911
':oo$
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members of congress at the present extra session; When -Edward W. Town"'
from New. Jersey,; comes along admirers
ASSASsirrs victim
American Shot From Ambush in Mex
ico Dies A Thorough Investigation
Will Be Made. f .
' Washington, April .' 8. George. . W.
Chinchfield, the American shot sf rom
ambush .recently at his ranijh, near
Tuxtan,. Mexico, died .yesterday. " This
fact is reported to the State Depart
ment, in a telegram , from American
Consul Miller, at Tampico. Miller is
awaiting the arrival" of Crichfield's
brother, who left New Jersey tor
Mexico as soon as he heard of the
attack. A thorough Investigation of
the case will be made. ; '-'"'
ESS MUST JCT
F
Washington, -April 8. President
Taft will wait until Congress acts be
fore he decides whether , he will ap
prove or disapprove the constitutions
adopted by -the Arizona constitution
convention. The President told a del
egation of Arizonians he preferred to
wait until Congress had-taken up the
matter. The President believes the
debate in Congress will shed much
light on the matter;. -
Stocks Today.
, New York, April 8. Wall Street.-
The heaviness which characterized the
closing of the stock market' yesterday
was renewed at, today's opening. Most
of the issues recorded fractional de
clines on a moderate degree of activ
ity. Weakness of the Gould securities
carried the, general market, fractional
ly' lowers ;:- The -market closed firm.
Covering of shorts, put out earlier sent
the prices up briskly in spots. . '
A $200,000 BLAZE
Fire Does Big Damage In New Haven;
,v ' -i L Today. . ;
New Havenr Conn., April 8. Five'
buildings; adjacent to the manufactur
ing district, was swept by fire today,
the total loss being two hundred thou
sand dollars. A score of families', one
cupylng tenements, were made home
less. r
CONGR
who know him only by sight remark,
FOR WIFE CIDER
Proprietor of Michigan Hoter Charged
With Killing His Wife A Saloon
Said to Be the .Cause.
Sault Ste Marie, Mich., April 8.
George Cook, proprietor 'of the Frank
lin House, is under arrest I charged
with murdering his wife. The w6man
was shot, twice through; the head about
midnight last nights -Tbe "wife's re
f usal to open a; hotel -barroom Upon
her husband's return . home,' it is said,
was the' motive for ,'the;sho6tlng;
' Teddy.' Jr.. Makina Good..
San F rancisco; ' April v 8. Theodpre
Roosevelt; Jr., is making good as a car
pet '. salesman here. ' -s; : ;c y . '.
P. Towler, manager of jthe San Fran
cslco branch' of. the : Hartford Carpet
Company, spoke with enthusiasm to
day of the earnestness and ability dis
plays by the son of the former Presi
dent, and declared that .lie planned to
promote young Roosevelt to be a road
salesman soon ' If. he makes good on
the road he will, then become.- manager
of one of the carpet company's smaller
branches. , . '.. ' :-f-
CORONER'S JURY DECLARES
A
Philadelphia April 8. The coroner's
jury ' empaneled to : inquire j into" the
death of Craige LippihcpttJ head of the
J. B. Lippincott Publishing Company,
whose dead body, .with bullet hole in
the temple, was discovered in his mag
nificent home Thursday morning - ren
dered verdict of suicide this morning.
Lippincott was -.buried today the fun
eral being: private. ; A " ' x ;
WILL ADDRESS TRAINMEN.
President Taft Accepts Invitation
, -'. Speak, to .Brotherhood. .
to
Washington April '8. President
Taft has tentatively accepted , an in
vitation to address the tenth bi-ennlal
convention of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, . at . Harrisburg, Pa;
May 14th. : ' j " ; ,.
' Hear Mr. -Henry's
New song. Grand Theatre today.
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Circuit : Court Judge On
itinn6S(itp;p. Case ,
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Decides the Case, Against , the Minne
sota State Railwayi Commission for
Reduction of Passenger Fares and
Certain -, Freight '"Rates-Declares
Constitution Would Be Violated. ......
St, Paul, Minn., April ' 8. Judge
Sanborn, senior United States; Circuit
judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit,
in an exhaustive opinion has decided
the Minnesota rate, case against th
members of the Minnesota, State Rail
way Commission on the grounds that
the necessary effect Of .the reductions
ordered was substantially ,, to regulate
interstate commerce, to create' uri-
just - discrimination between localities,
in Minnesota and those in adjoining
States, in vioiatio'n of the commercial
clause Jit the constitution and to take
the properties of the' railroad" com
panies without just compensation in
violation of the fourteenth amendment
to the.' constitution The suits were
brought by the stockholders of - the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
companies," against those companies,
the Attorney General and members of
the Railway and Warehouse Commis
sion of Minnesota to enjoin the re
duction of passenger rates from three
cents : to two cents a mile, ; merchan
dise rates from 20 per cent to 25 per
cent, and commodity - rates 7.37 ..per
cent. . ' . ;.
FF . Tr . Fr TF FF FF
Grand JurVVlgoro;,' t
i Up to iSO'clbcki this after-
nnnriti'hanranA JiirvihaI not. 4
- na;it&rejbrtf. butlt.wUl ime-fc
ly be-matms MternoonK Afc-Jp
v tne -nour noten tne jury was . t
still vigorously at wOrk.r lA'big
4 s batch of indictments;-was sent
r down tothe iurv this- afternoon. . -
After the' noon recess today the .
Grand Jury : handed in an 1'
dictment against Ralph Kenn; 4
dy for a common nuisance and-
; one of a same calibre, against
one W. J.' Sirk, the latter 14-
ing owner of; the wax works
now in this city.
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ALIVE IH MINES
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-Littleton, Ala., if April S.-It js fear:
'ed ' one hundred and sfiftyl Sjtate and
county; convicts Were" killed by a mys
terious' explosion occurring in th
Banner coal: mines.near here- at "6:40.
o'clock this morning. "1 One j hundred
and ninety miners were sent j into , the
underground workings. - This i momini?
iip to 10 o'clock only twenty had been
brought' out live; ".
Tbe- explosion : occurred f' far under
ground. 1 Most" of; the' mineri (are ne
groes. ' At 11 :S0 a. mv between; for ty
and fifty had been taken out. .'A num
ber of them is injured. Two of the
negroes were dead. Rescuers are go
ing down into the mines. There wen
165 convicts and, about ten free, min
ers in the workings. The greatest
damage was done to the shaft known
as No. 2. The fan in this shaft was
destroyed, making rescues .difficult.
Thirty whites are entombed.
ON WHOLESALE PLAY
Chicago, April 8. James ,F; Penn,
of ithis cify, eloped with aj girl, and
seven trunks .in - Independendence,
Mo'.,' and arrived at his - parents!
home this evening with the bride -and
the trunks. W. H. Waggonner, a mil
lionaire of Independend0i, thought his
daughter; Maud, who is Ttwenty, was
too young' to - nfarry.1 -t He , had , brought
a new automobile and the car .brought
about' the runaway. Tbe seven ; trunks
were smuggled into the house .while
Mr. Waggonner and Ferin were trying
ut the car. These were - packed . by,
the' bride and her friend; Miss . Anna.
Swygart, of Toledo. . Then, before the
parents returned, the trunks were tak
en out of the house and" sent to Kan
sas" City. -'' ;
YesWday morning Miss Waggonner
and Miss; Swygart went to Kansas
City "to shop." There Fenn met them,
and the marriage followed. Miss Swy
gart, accompanied, .them to Chicago.'
The young couple said , the bride's
parents bad not been formally notified.
"We don't know when wei will,"
added the husband. The Chicago. parents-
bestowed already blessing.
PRICE THREE CENTS
Hlflorele
r . ' . u . i $ U'Ti.
Work, of Recovering Bodies Frorri the
: Pennsylvania Mine Still in Progress.
Brave Man Leajding Rescuers Meets
-Death Many if the Victims ' Foi
eigners. .C ' ': !' -;
Scranton, , Pa.,' :April " 8. Fifty ' f our; -bodies
had been recovered at 8 o'clock
this morning from the Pancoast minei '
at 'Throop, . Where yesterday's fearful:
disaster occurred. The'mlner'lpffijcials'.'
admit tbat twenty or more men may
yet be in the mine. "The fire! which ;
started in one of the hoisting engines,
seems in, China 'Vein, 750 leet beneath
the surface.';-; The lowest ' working in
the mine did not do as much damage ;
as was first believed. " The fire did not
reach the entombed 'men and the con-
dition ..of their bodies showed death,
was due to suffocation fro msmoke or
asphyxiation from accumulated .- gas.
None of the bodies found in a heap in 1
the - blind gangway, was in the least
mutilated. Forty four of the dead. have
been identified; Many of the' victims
were foreigners and known only by
nicknames. Headipgtrie list of victims
is Joseph' E." Evans; of West. Scranton,
foreman of .the United-States rescue
car which was hurried fb the mine
form Wilkesbarre'. He. was' leading a:",
gang of rescuers into the. smoke-laden '
mine, filled with' deadly black damp,
but; it has'-not been definitely estab-
lished how he camVtb his 'death; One-
theory is that in adjusting his helmet,
after bumping it against the low; roof
of the smoke filled gangway, he released-it
slightly; and. in doing so inhaled
the black damp. i -..:!?," 1'.,-;V
-y '.vl'Tlie List Grows. , .
Up to 9:45 o'clock this morning sev
Likely in
enty i bodies. had " been taken ' from .the a ; ; fi
Pcoast.fMbherimtr
originally. anticlpateil3. .j; :r ; '
v - a Three More. Bodies.
. :At I2:3Q o'clock this afternoon the
total' number ' of : dead brought to the
surface reached seventy -tbree.
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THREE LYNCHED
v Ellaville, G.a., April 8 Dawson Jor
dan, Charlie Pickett, and Murray, Bur
ton,, negroes,, were lynched near ' here
this morning. . They were accused of
murdering NewtOn Eason, a white
man, January 5. Jailor Cliff Bough
was awaken by several men, who told
himUiey .had a prisoner to place in
jaiL . He- admitted them and was im
mediately -overpowered and forced to
unlock ' the cells containing the ne
groes. They were taken to the out
skirts of the town, hanged and shot.
f Tried to Pass As Men.
Trenton; April 8.-jTwo bf the three
girls who, clad In boys' ' clothes, es-v
caped;frbm:,the:'Sate..Home for Girls
here on Saturday, were captured near
the university grounds v in Princeton.
They were Henrietta Wakefield and
Hattie Conklin. v. " ; f
A special officer, Rodwell, was in
Nassau street, Princeton, when he saw
in front of him what seemed to be two
young men." They were clad in over--;
alls, wore peaked caps and were uffing
on pipes., Occasionally they perform- -ed
cute little swaggers and burst Into ;
a song sometimes heard at Princeton.',
It was -"We Won't Go Home Until
Morning." .
" Suspecting nothing;' Rodwell walked
past them. Then he turned. On look
ing into their faces he was convinced
the individuals were not Princeton
freshmen. - Taxing them with that fact,
the girls admitted their Identity. They
added that they liked a little freedom
now and then.
The young women were returned to
the State Home and a further search
instituted for Elsie Seeds, ? who ran
away with them. It was learned she
left the trolley car at Lawrenceville on '
the trip because of an accident. She
was; wearing a fat person's overalls
and ;the;-suspenders "busted," to em
ploy a f-college . term. . Every garage
owner In the vicinity will be question- r
ed .in the belief that she applied to one
sit them "to repair her galluses. .
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' " Seventy Latest Death Report. -
.Amboy, China, . , April 8. Twelve
deaths from the bubonic. plague and,,
five deaths from smallpox were report
ed here during the past two weeks.
TO THE BEACH.
Cars every half hour in afternoon.
Concert at Lumjna 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. ..
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