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WILSON, N. C TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1911.
VOL. 17 NO. 112
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DAVE YOUNG !
IS ARRESED
LOCATED IN ROCKY MOUNT AND
TAKEN THEREMAY HAVE i
KILLED MUMFORD
WILL ASK SPECIAL COURT
Dare Young, . another of the Louis
"West gang, was arrested -.in Rocky
Mount yesterday and placed in jail
by Sheriff Sharpe. Young is not only
accused of being in Mary Young's
house when Deputy Sheriff George
Mumford was killed and Chief of
Police O. A. Glover wounded, but
there is evidence that he took part
in the shooting of these officers.
Sheriff Sharpe received a telephone
message Saturday night stating that
Young could be found in Rocky
Mount and he went there and was
soon located.
Messrs. Lee Perry, Tyler Pace and
Sheriff Sharpe went to Rocky Mount
to get Young, who was arrested by
the police force at Rocky Mount. The
officers there have been active in their
co-operation with the "Wilson au
thorities in search for the West gang
of criminals.
This morning true bills ' were
brought into court by the grand jury,
Mr. E. A. Darden, foreman, against
Louis "West, Dave Young and Wade
Williams. A similar bill against the
negro Stetson will doubtless be found
by the next grand jury. ' '
The county commissioners were in
special session today and petitioned
Governor Kitchin to call an extra
term of Superior Court here to try
Louis West and his accomplices. '
The capture of Louis West at ax
ton by the Chief of Police there is a
most interesting chapter "in ' the his
tory of the crime, and will be read
with great interest. ' ' ; "
Details of West's Capture.
Chief Dunlap, of Maxton, gave the
following interesting account of the
capture at Maxton Friday, at Raleigh
on Saturday: ' ' ''
"I arrested Lewis West about nine
o'clock Friday night in the store and
restaurant of Charles Brewihgton, at
Maxton. A few minutes before that
a little negro boy, Ernest Kilkinson,
had come to me and told me that a
big negro was trying to pawn a pistol
for a dollar, and as pistols ! had been
stolen on February- first in Maxton
when Officer Wrenn was shot I
thought at first that this might be the
man; I hurried to Brewingtbn's store,
the negro r boy following 1 me. -
"As I : entered the : store I saw a
tall, heavy built negro at the counter,
his back partly toward me.- I had out
my Colt's automatic and before he
could move I had him by the left arm
swinging him around to me", my pistol
pressed close to his -heart. 'Move .a
muscle and I'll shoot your heart out.
Up with your hands.' I - called out.
His right arm moved as if he was go
ing to reach for his hip pocket. 'Up
with your hands or 111 shoot,' I called,
and his hands flew up. I had my pis
told jammed against ' his body, and
just then there came in Mr. A. C. Me
Kinnon. While I kept my pistol on
the big negro I asked Mr. McKinnon
and a negro boy, Ernest' Wilkinson,
to gq through his clothes. They did
so, , the negro keeping his hands up
as I kept pressing my pistol to him
and telling him that if he moved he
was a dead man:
"Mr. McKinnon and the boy relieved
him of his weapons, finding nine pis
tols, Colt's automatics, Smith & Wes
son's and others, two knives and about
a quart of cartridges. . In - the meah:
time others had come into the: store
and a crowd was - collecting.
His appearance, from the descrip
Uon 1 had of West, made, me think I
had that negro-. just as soon1 as I got
aiook. at him. ;- He denied he was
eSt and Said his TlJimo. wac- TTS-nnTr
-cCoy" ne said he ; had-come into
the sore to buy some cheese. With
my hand on him and pistol ready ac
companied by others, I took him to
the guardhouse. A big crowd had col
lected and thinking that Officer
Wrenn, who had been shot by a
negro on the night of February first
when pistols were stolen from a Max
ton store, I sent word to him. He
had been shot through the body above
the hip, but was able to come. He
examined the negro and said he was
not the one that had shot him. Out
side the guardhouse a crowd of nearly
500 had gathered and if the negro
had been recognized by Officer
Wrenn there might have teen-some
trouble. , , " '.
"The first man to identify the negro Yj
as Lewis West was Mr. Murdock
Smith, who lives near Maxton. He
came in that night and as he knew
West he saw the negro and said he
believed it "was West.- The negro still
denied it, saying his name was Frank
McCoy.
'. "Telephone messages' had been sent
to Fayetteville and Wilson for men to
identify West. We felt certain we
had him,, but wanted to make sure. Dr.
A. B. Croom and Dr. M. R. Gibson,
and a colored man, Dr. Perry, exam
ined West. Dr. Croom found the
wen on his throat. 'There, was also
found, a . wound across his breast, a
bullet hole in his left arm and a
wound, in his back. These confirmed
the description of -West, who is 6 feet
2 inches tall and wreighs 180 pounds.
I beliee he is of Croatan blood, his
mother a Croatan, .his. father white
and Croatan. At two o'clock the
train came with Sheriff McGeachy,
Deputy Sheriff J. McD. Monaghan,. police-officer
and deputy sheriff E. B.
Hall, Deputies W. H. Smith and W.
D, P. Sharp and Mr. A. L. Mansfield,
of Wilson. They were taken to see
the negro.
"As soon, as they entered the guard
house Sheriff Monoghan said, 'That is
Lewis. West, fr At that the negro said,
'It's. all up, Sheriff f you know me; I'm
Lewis West. It's no use holding out.'
He was also identified by Mr. Mans
field, of Wilson, and Deputy . Hall, of
Fayetteville. Being question he said
he had been in the woods between
Wilson and Maxton since the time of
the shooting, that he was so hungry
and worn out that he had to come in
to try to get something to eat.
."Lewis West admits that he was in
the house at Wilson, and that he.sho
from inside Jthe, house. He denied hav
ing shot . Deputy Sheriff Mumford as
he left the house. He says he was
shot by Chief of Police Glover, t of
Wilson. He gave the: names of a
number of his gang.
. "I , stayed with him till the time to
leave, and it . was thought, best , to
bring .him, to Raleigh. . I had surren
dered , him ., to the sheriff of Wilson
who had come after he had been ar
rested by me. , We came on the . Sea
board to Hamlet, and then toRaleigh,
getting here , after twelve o'clock.
With me from Maxton, came Mayor J.
C. : Parish, the officers from Cumber
land and. Wilson being along.. There
was much curiosity on the .train, to
see West, but .no .demonstration
against him. . He was . handcuff ed. , I
had left the hand-cuff . keys at home
and sent a. message -..for them. My lit
tle girl brought the keys, to me. At
the penitentiary Lewis West was
turned ever to the authorities. Here
are the two knives taken from him.
One is a large kknife, horne handle,
the other a small knife, white handle.
The large knife had blood on it. West
says he killed a bird in the woods and
Cleaned it with' the knife, that this ac
counted for the blood. : '
' On the train coming to Raleigh
from Maxton Lewis West made no
outbreak, -and to several of the officers
who : had him' in charge, making a
partial confession. From" statements
in his conversation on the train the
following is taken: ; - 1 '
; "When Deputy : Sheriff 'Monaghan
walked into the guardhouse at Max
ton, I saw that I was known and said,
'My God, men, it is all-over.' Sheriff
Monaghan and Deputy Pate had told
me 'timtV and again that I would kill
some one some day, ! and now I am
arrested for iV When yon were fetfnt
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PRES. TAFT ON
RECIPROCITY
SAYS AMERICA MUST HAVE FREE
TRADE AGREEMENT WITH
CANADA
WREATH FOR LINCOLN
Springfield, 111., Feb. 13. President
Taf i Saturday took his most ad
vanced position with regard to Cana
dian-reciprocity. In an address be
fore a joint session of the Illinois
Legislature he warned the leaders of
his party that if they should defeat
the concessions contained in the reci
procal agreement now pending in Con
gress and should persist in retaining,
in these times of high prices and
gradually' exhausting food supply, a
tariff not based solely upon the differ
ence in cost of production at home
and abroad, with a reasonable profit
to the American producer, an opposi
tion will be arousecl that will know
no moderation and will wipe from the
statute books the last trace of a pro
tective tariff.
This announcement came on the
heels of news from Washington that
the reciprocity agreement had . met
with a favorable report in the House
Committee on Ways and Means only
through the help of Democratic votes.
President Taft feels keenly the op
position to reciprocity, agreement by
members of his party, but he is san
guine in the hope that they will see
the "light" before it is too late.'
Gratified By Reception.
He was immensely gratified by the
manner in which his reciprocity
speeches were received, especially by
the Legislature audience at the State
Capitol. His first-announcement there
that his theme was to be reciprocity
called out a burst of applause. Pro
ceeding then to outline some of the
schedules of ther Canadian pact, the
President was listened to with the
greatest attention. . As . he reached, a
summing up of the situation the In
terpretations of applause . became
more freqquent and wrhen he had con
cluded the plaudits .were fairly deak
ening and- this despite the fact ' that
Speaker Cannon had sent , a message
from Washington to the -Legislature
strongly opposing any sort of ., reci
procity. - ; :
, The President came to Springfield
for a dual purpose. The first of these
was to place a wreath on , the tomb
of Abraham Lincoln and to pay a
tribute . to the memory of "the great
emancipator." ,. -
Tribute To Lincoln. j
- "He was the greatest citizen of
your State," the President said, "and
with Washington the greatest citizen
of the United States."
-' His" second purpose, was to speak
in f a ror of the reciprocity agreement.
The crowds which greeted Mr. Taft
were the largest of any of his tours
as President.' The streets of Spring
field were thronged as the presidential
special arrived over the Illinois Trac
tion system. - ! '
Arriving here the President went
direct; to the Capitol. He is the first
President who ever addressed the Ill
inois Legislature. State Senators and
Representatives were in many cases
accompanied by their wives or other
members of their families." '
' Speaker Adkins introduced the
President. Jhe President launched at
once into his prepared address. He
reviewed the tariff provisions ; of the
Chicago platform of 1908 ' and said
that the' conditions of production in
Canada and the United States are so
nearly similar that a tariff based on
a difference Of cost 'as between this
and : other countries would amount,
in the case of Canada' to substantial
free trade. -'' ' -" -" ''
After the conclusion of his address"
he vas driven in an automobile tr
be eld Lincoln-home, where 'he
. "pent nearly an 'tour 'going-over th?
KANT ELAM
REMOVED
RAILWAY POSTAL CLERKS SAY HE
IS OPPRESSIVE-INVESTIGA-
TION PROMISED
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS
Washington, D. C, Feb. 13. The
railway postal clerks running between
Norfolk, and "Wilmington have filed
with Senator Simmons, of Nor'h Caro
lina a signed statement . asking for
the removal of Chief , Clerk Elam, of
that Division, upon the ground that
he is autocratic and .oppressive, in
other words, that he exacted of the
employees of the government under
him physical impossibilities in the
wayt of hours and labor, and service
and treated the men under him as
machines rather than human beings.
: Senator Simmons filed his protest
with Mr. Vickery, chief of the rail
way mail service, but, having heard
nothing from , him for a week or ten
days, Saturday demanded of Second
Assistant Postmaster General Stewart
that there should be a thorough-going
investigation of thse charges. He
made it clear that nothing short of
' such an investigation would meet
what he regarded , as the. right of
these faithful employees of the gov
ernment, some of whom had been in
ihe service twenty-five years or
more.
Mr. Stewart assured Senator Sim
mons, that there would be a thorough
and searching investigation made into
the matter. ,
, May Get Fish Hatchery.
"It is ery probable that North Caro
lina will soon have a first-class gov
eminent fish hatchery. Sometime
ago a bill was introduced by.Repre
senative Cowles authorizing the establishment-of
such an institution in
the territory embraced in the coun
ties of Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Al
leghany and Wilkes, including the
purchase of a site, the construction
of all necessary buildings and ponds
to be selected by the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor.
The Senate has passed a number o
such bills and it is not improbable
that the one referring to North Caro
lina will be enacted at an early date.
Simmons On Tariff Board.
Senator Money, in behalf of. him
self and his Democratic associates on
the Finance Committee, has offered
an amendment to the bill creating a
tariff board,;, providing that members
of that board should be composed of
five Senators and five members of
the House. This amendment, it is
supposed, will have the solid Demo
cratic support and may get consider
able support from Republicans. If it
should pass, .it is understood that
Senator Sirilmons will be a member of
the board.
The promoters of the Pan-American
conference to be held in .Washing
ton this i week have announced the
following delegates from North Caro
lina Manufacturing Association: C. D
Tuller, W. A. Irwin, C. B. Bryant,
Andrew E. Moore, Z. F. Wright,
LeRoy Springs.
THE WEATHER
Washington, D. C., Feb. 13. For
North Carolina: Increasing cloudiness
followed by rain late tonight or Tues
day. Rising temperature; moderate
variable winds, mostly southeast or
south. ' ,
historical collection maintained by
the government. - Next the President
proceeded to the Lincoln tomb, where
with: head bared, he reverently- placed
a wreath on the sarcophagus Frfam
4 j to 8: p. .m. the . Presi2efit J.eMCa
reception at the Governor's Mehsionrf
The banquet of theSLiiaebjHi Cpnieji
iial Association girasiQre Jargesfc everJ
NEWS ITEMS OF -GENERAL
INTEREST
MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE HAP
PENING THROUOHOUTJHE
COUNTRY
Washington, D. C, Feb. 13. The
United States Senate laid aside its
routine business and stopped the
grinding of legislative machinery Sat
urday afternoon to pay tribute to the
life, character, and public services of
two of its late members, Stephen
B. Elkins, of West Virginia, and Chas.
J. Hughes, of Colorado.
Tarboro, N. C, Feb. 13. The coun
ty commissioners have decided to
have the court house remodeled, the
amount to be expended not to exceed
$20,000. -A bill will be prepared al
lowing a bond issue for this work.
Washington," Feb. 13. For failure
in studies at their recent semi-annual
examinations, thirty-seven midship
men have been dropped from the
rolls of the Naval Academy at An
napolis. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 11. Permanent
headquarters have been opened here
from which will be directed the work
of organizing throughout the country
for the nomination of Governor J"
son Harmon for President on the
Democratic ticket in 1912.
New York, Feb. 13. William Ver
non Cole, Christian Scientist, wrho
was arrested oh the complaint that
he practiced medicine without a li
cense, was held for trial in special
jessions by Magistrate Freshchi. Cole
was arrested after he had treated a
woman. She alleged Cole prayed over
her and told her she would soon get
well.
Winston-Salem, N. C, Feb. 13. The
Forsyth County Good Roads Associa
tion has endorsed the new road bill
to be presented to the Legislature fo'
the enactment into law. A bill which
provides for a $750,000 bond election
to be held at a date to be fixed next
Tuesday.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 13. With
out debate or amendment, the joini
resolution locating, the Panama Canal
Exposition at San Francisco passed
the Senate Saturday.
SALOON KEEPERS TABOOED.
Declared to Be Ineligible to Citizen
ship in Tennessee
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 13. Saloon
keepers, bar-tenders and all others
whose business is to - sell intoxicants
in Tennessee, were declared ineligible
to citizenship in the United States in
a ruling announced by Federal Judge
John E. McCali. , -.-:-
Summarizing, Judge McCall saidr-
"No man caft support the Constitu
tion' of the United States and "of the.
State ,ct Tennessee and uphold' the
laws, of both, as they are required : to
do under oath in securing, naturaliza
tion papers, and at the ;same timj& en
gage in the. unlawful yo;a tion of sell
ing liquor in a. State where its sale
is prohibited by law. ' J. ;.. ' .,. .
,For this reason-Judge ..McCall .re
fused the - petitions -of ' Filippi' Vanni,
an Italian1 and " George Cpngois, " .r a
Greek.iiThe :formeri it -was shown r
was engaged as 'a" bar-tender, 'and the
latter in "the "general 'sale ."of, liquor
Others whose means - of - - livelihood
were said to Jbe.. similar, immediately
withdrew-, th,eir petitions. e ,a ; i
Mrs.Thee, Cheatham; and i dugter,
Miss:., Olivia, ofT Oxford, are. visiting
at the i home, of Mrs. J. .T.jCheatham.
COTTOM MARKET
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.! ? TtVe "Kew Yorkr-CottonExthange-is
closed; today being Lin.toIn's.-rbiEtlif
U. S. POLICY
CRITICIZED
JOHN COLLINS SAYS IT,' IS WIN
NING HATRED OF SOUTH
AMERICANS
NO COURAGEI IS SHOWN
Chicago, Feb. 13. Judge Lorin C.
Collins, for more than five years an
assistant justice of the Canal Zone
Supreme Court before the Commer
cial Club Saturday, criticized the
State Department of the United
States, saying it was pursuing a
policy in connection with Central Am
erican republics which was winning
for itself the hatred of all Spanish
speaking nations, was being made the
victim of a malign influence and was
gaining the reputation of a country
that "raises its arm to strike, but has
not the courage to give the blow."
Judge Collins, after relating a se
ries of incidents within his own ob
servation which, he said, were spe
cific instances that this government's
representatives were being insulted
and affronted in the trops, without
apology or reparation, declared the
American hopes of increased trade
from that territory wrould not mate
rialize. He also said the common ex
planation in Spanish circles of Am
erica's over looking insults from Hon
duras was that J. P. Morgan & Co.,
who were arranging to refund the
national debt of Honduras, protested.
Continuing Judge Collins said: "How
was the secession of Panama, and its
recognition as a republic by America
received in Colombia? . That, nation
asked Mexico to Intercede with the
United States for 'her, and asked us
Eo allcw her to send troops to Pan
ama to suppress the rebellion. These
requests were denied by John Hay;
Secretary of State. This was follow
ed by a long letter from Colombia
calling America's attention to the
treaty of 1846 and the violation of
that treaty by the United States In
recognizing Panama as an independ-'
ent republic. Colombia offered to sub
mit t to the Hague. ' The United
States declined to discuss It further:
"The most deplorable action of the
United Stages, in that " it gave color1
to gossip and criticism against Tip, oc
curred last summer ' in Panama.' On
the death of -President Obaldia Dr;
Mendoza became -acting President of
the Republic. The United" States in
formed Dn Mendoza that ' he was in
eligible and thai shouid he be elected
they would not permit him to hold
the office, ;for the-' reason that - the
constitution of Panama prohibited any"
person' from succeeding" himself -iri
that office. i yj ' 1
- "The-next move of Washington was
to-'-Inform" thef Panama "Congress -'that'
they should -elect Samuel Lewis pre3
ident. : - The - pressure from Washing-
ton Was so strong- itiat one day at 1:30'
o'clock"- in : the- morning it was - agreed
that at that day's session, - Lewis
should be elected. v At 10 ' o'clock a3
cable1 ame from Beverly; Mass., dis
claiming" any intention on the part of
the Uni'ed States ' to annex Panama
or to' dictate to the Congress whom
the members should choose. The
Lewis campaign ended then and there,1
and Dr. -Pablo 'Arosem6na':wasr elect-1
ed president. ' All of this was -unwise5
;and meddlesome interference5" W'hich"
gave i;s the ; same reputaidn -we bear
iri ; Nicaragua of ;Taising3ur' 'arm to -strike
-and -not' navirig -the courage to:
dO SO. ' v-'
viStifl : we "are Jjuilding 'A 'canal and 1
pluming j oif selves on -our - wonderf ul -unaertaking;
'Are' -f we - building for
peace or for war? For the world's1
development or foi futtire aggression?
-Tf -for 'peace; of-fdr :theevelop
;mentf -the Central--and-Sonth Ameri-''
carifi tfc?"-irade m-not- be outs', but
vtiil g&itoUmr wripetftorS, 'unless wei
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