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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1921
NO. 49.
Emerys
Girl
If.-
With Bullet ThrougH Brain Man
Lives 7 Hours Girl Has Slight
Chance To Recover
( A triple tragedy was enacted at the South
ern Hotel Sunday night shortly after the arrival j !
of the night express when John E. Emery, of
Norfolk shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Grace j
Emory, shot three times and probably fatally j
wounded Miss Eva Harrell of Norfolk and then
fired a bullet into his own brain. The girl, who
is only eighteen years of age, may perhap re
cover. She was shot in the left shoulder, thru
the mouth, the ball splitting her upper lip and
passing out through the right jaw; and also
through the abdomen, the ball entering at the
back and lodging under the skin after passing
through her body. .' - J.
4 The two women were
prisoners at the hotel,
having been brought
here from Norfolk by
Chief Holmes about 'six
o'clock Sunday even
ing. Thinking the jail
no fit place for women
the Chief made arrange
ipients for them to stay
Ut the Southern, and
officer Comstock was
on guard at their door
expecting momentarily
to be relieved by Officer
Webb.
Emery came in on the night
train. He had been drinking
and appeared nervous but
talked coherently. He went
to the desk at the Southern to
register and,, telling, the night
clerk that one of the women
in room 210 was his wife start
ed to assign himself to the
, same room.
"Hold on, you can't do that
isald tne clerk. I'll assign you
a room if you want one ;" and
he did assign the man to a
room on the third floor.
Mr. Spence, proprietor of the ho
tel bad been down to the train with
a friend and after Emery had reg
istered asked him If he wished to
to to his room.
!'No," replied Emery. "I want to
go down to the police station first."
Here the story is taken up by offi
cer Comstock. -
Emery ' approached the door of
room number 210 and inquired of
Comstock, who was on guard:
"What time Is court In the morn
, lng." '
j "Nina o'clock was the answer. Are
- you from Norfolk?
, "No I'm from Michigan," said
Emery; and according to. Officer
Comstock, Emery disappeared down
the hall.
"I stepped down the hall to a
uaiuruuiu mr uiiua ui water, uuu
xhen I left the door was locked on
iha 4naMa " uta fifllpot. Pnmhatnftlr
Wh!le I was in the bathroom I
heard shots. I rushed back to the
room and the door was open. The
girl lay bleeding. In the doorway. The
man and wife were across the bed
in "their own blood. All of them
were still living."
- Medical aid was promptly sum
moned, Dr. T. S. McMullan, room
ing in the building. Dr. I. Fearing
... ... .u-
... vuu.u uu ... uuu. lur u,
uuerers, men uugan me long vigil
till morning.
1:58.
Mrs. Emery died at
Emory himself died 'at about 6:30.
The girl was taken to Norfolk
to a hospital on the early morning
train.
r. r- 'i a t ry that hsl Its
Dead -
May Die
EVA HARRELL
STILL LIVING
Word received here by
telephone Monday after
noon from the Norfolk
hospital, to which Eva
Harrell was taksn for
treatment cn early
train to Norfolk vas to
the etfect that f-vc was
still livrnj and w?-:Ii he
operated on Mondc.y af
ternoon; but that Vitile
hope was entertained for
her recovery.
ginning Saturday evening when
Camden Blades drove the Blades
Cadillac car down to Spence & Hol-
lowell's about half past eight to get
something from the store for a cus-!
tomer. He and the customer left the
car at the curb and went up on the j
thli'd story on the elevator. Whenj
young Blades and the customer came'
down the car was gone. j
The police were immediately noti-
fled and It was found that a car an
swering the descrhptlon of the Blades
car had crossed the Camden Ferry
bridge 4t about nine o'clock. Other
towns and cities were notified of the
theft and the car was picked up in
South Norfolk. In it ,at the time
were Mrs. Emery, Miss Harrell, J. R.
Sawyer, of Newport News, who is In
Pasquotank County Jail, and another
man who was driver and who es
caped. Discovering that he was pur
sued, the driver headed his car for a
passing freight, threw on his brakes
as he neared the track and Jumped.
It is supposed that be caught the
train.
Camden Blades and Chief Holmes
went down to Norfolk on the early
train Sunday morning to get the car
and those- who were its occupants
when it was taken, all of them hav
ing b6en taken" In custody. Mr Emory
begged permission to come to Eliza
beth City with his wife but Holmes
saw that he had been drinking and
refused to let him do so.
"My refusal probably saved my
life," says the Chief.
John E. Emery has the appearance
of a man about thirty-five years old.
He was well built and well dressed.
In his pocket was an Income taf
blank filled out and showing that
for the laBt year his income was
$3,000. There was also a bank book
showing that he was a regular de
positor at the Norfolk National Bank
and Indicating that he had kept a
good balance and that the amount at
one time was $1800. He shot hlm-
BeIf ,n tbe back of ha head and tne
buUet. ( ,
his skull Just
ihnva t ha rich ata 11arilnrflt Inn
of the ,kln ,ndcatlng ,u pre(,ence.
Grace Emery was formerly t
Miss Ballance. Her father Is Cap-
tain Henry Ballance of Moneypolnt,
Va., but formerly of Dare county,
be-who Is known here and has relatives
i cooke throws
A NEW BOMB;
A new bombshell was thrown
illtn (Iia linmo tnun rnnin. Iiiut
;
quieting down after the repeal
of the extension of the city limits
section, of Cooke's charter bill,
by the news arriving here Sun
day tliat Representative Cooke
had introduced and had passed a
bill creating a new board of
school trustees.
The bill has passed but has
been re-referred to committee
and a heaving has been arranged
for Tuesday night. f
The City Council lia met and
repudiated Mr. Cooke's action
and a joint meeting of the
Council and Chamber of Com
merce will be held in the Cham
ber's club rooms tonight to see
if another Cocfko bill cannot be
repealed.
The personnel of Mr. Cooke's
board of school trustees is said
to betas follows: E. F. Aydlett,
seven yeiu's; T. J. Murkham, six
years; IV. T, Love, Ave years;
:
!
W. 13. Jennings, four years; C
O. Robinson, -three years; Mrs
J. 15. ljeigh, I.k) years; Mrs. U
W. Ward, one year.
Order Investigation
Sinking Destroyer
Washington. Feb. 28. rA naval
court of inquiry into the sinking of
the destroyer Woolsey by the steam
er Steel Inventor off Panama Satur
day was ordered today by Admiral
Rodman, commander in chief of the
Pacific fleet.
The navy department dispatches
said the court would investigate
every phase of the collision which
resulted in the loss of the destroyer
and the dealli of one enlisted man,
also Injury to several others. About
15 members of the destroyer's crew
are still reported missing.
GOOD ROADS HILL f
PASSED SKXATK SATURDAY
' ,)
Raleigh. Feb. 28 (Special) The
Iiougiiton-ConiK.r -Bowie fifty million
iliillar good roads bill passed the
S"nati? on its final reading Saturday
with only seven voting against It.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ASST. SECY. OP
NAVY
St. Augustine, Feb. 28. Edwin
i Denby, of, Detroit, has accepted the
'appointment as Secretary of .the
;Navy, and Theodore Roosevelt, son
, of the former President, has been
named Assistant Secretary of the
.Navy and has accepted.
BENTOX-TILLETT
Mr. Joseph Sanford Bennett, of
Norfolk, and Miss Hattle Mae Tillstt,
of this city, were married Sunday
afternoon by Rev. H. E. Meyers and
left on the afternoon train for a tour
of northern cities. They will make
their home in Norfolk.
The bride is the attractive daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tlllett,
who live on Polndexter street.
BROTHERHOOD MEETS TONIGHT
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew of
Christ church will meet at the rec
tory tonight at 7:30 to transact
some most important business in
volving every member of the Broth
erhood. Eve"fy member is urged to
be In attendance in order to voice
his approval or disapproval of the
business coming up before them.
in the city. She had recently s
parated from her husband, leaving
a note to him saying that she had
become tired of living with him.
Hei father Is expected to arrive in
the city Monday morning. She was
shot through the head the ball en
tering at the back of the head and
coming out above the left eye.
Eva Harrell's mother is deadlier
father lives in Brambleton, "Norfolk.
Communicated with over long dis
tance telephone during the night, he
is quoted as saying he wished Eme
ry had killed her and he did not care
what became of. her. .
She admits that she opened the
door for Emery. '
The weapon which Emery used
was a patent automatic, apparently
of a foreign manufacture. On the
barrel It bore the name "J. P. Sauor
& Sohn, Suhl." On the stock was
the number 9563 and "Cal. 7.65."
F.mery used 32 calibre steel keted
bullets and five empty ca'n.ldges
bore mute witness that not a shot
had gone wild.
Other. details of the affair may be
oired in police court Tuesday morn
ing when the cane against J. R.
Sawyer will be tried.
MUST STRENGTHEN
TlIC mV I AWC
iiiij mil urtutj
Anti-Saloon Members and Fed
eral Prohibition Agents See
Need of Immediate Law En
forcement Legislation
Raleigh, Feb. 28 . (Special) Un
favorable report of the Cooke bill to
co-ordinate the State's laws and to
make the eighteenth amendment ap
ply with the prohibition laws of
North Carolina raises the question as
to whether there will be any law
enacted before the close of the Leg
islature to check the liquor viola
tors. It Is the opinion of the Anti-Saloon
members that there is wide
spread violation of the prohibition
laws in North Carolina possibly
worse than at any time before and
this opinion is backed up by the
Federal prohibition agents in the1
State who have already persuaded j
the superintendent at Richmond to!
urge the establishment of a State po
lice force to aid the Federal officers
in running down the bootleggers. In
his letter to the . State's executive,
who was at the time Governor Bick
ett, Superintendent S. It. Tframe
says:
"Without meaning to reflect In
any way upon the State or local au
thorties I am constrained to , offer
the opinion that the time Is at hand
when the State -wf North Carolina
must decidedly strengthen its laws
and initiate comprehensive measures
and establish a strong and directly,
operating system, directed to the
one purpose of preventing the inanu-
facture.and Si;le of intoxicating U-j
quor." j
i
And the Federal agent expressed i ,
the belief that the State could put a!4
large torce or omcers in tne lieid
without cost to the State taxpayers.1.
The State's record "of captured stills!
from December 1, 1919, to December!
J-4-1920. Is Intevestinir.
' 1
Total number of illicit distilleries!
se.'zul and destroyed was 3,424, of
this number 1,989 were in operation
at the time. Prosecutions institut
ed, 1,375 and the taxes and penalties
assessed against violators amounted
to $1,153,181. This work was done
by the 40 Federal prohibition agents '
in North Carolina. .
Only one week of the General As-j
sembly is scheduled and it is very,
unlikely that a law the Anti-Saloon glad they were there. Not only did
leaguers of the State are seeking! they enjoy the half hour's medlta
will be passed. Certainly It cannot tion, prayer and praise, but also they
be done unless another champion Is . thoroughly enjoyed a duet sung by
found in the legislative halls. ( j Misses Emily Mann and Louise Out
The fifty million dollars good roads; law. of the Junior Choir. Rev. H.
bill written into the law, appropria-j K. Williams, pastor of the First Bap
tions for permanent Improvements, tlst church, made a splendid address
recommended
by the appropriations'
committees for the State's education'
al and charitable Institutions and the
revenue bill passed by the lower
house the legislators have made a big
hole in the work that must be done
during the week If the session Is to
be held within the 60-day limit.
The education bills drafted by the
Joint committee and endorsed by the t. , . , ,,,, .
, . . . ' . . i on the head of which is engravad the
State superintenden have started rd.g
through the legislative grind and j Th(J engravlng , the work of c H
will doubtless pass without any .... w.ki..u. .,
. ., ,,, ... ,,,, ' Baker of Spokane, Washington, and
trouble. All of the bills are now be-Lho . . ,,,. '
, . . . , .. . . . the Job required three years to com
ing printed for the benefit of the ,.. tn w. . .
f , , . . ,, . plete, according to Mr. Lowder.
members and will not be called up1 . 0 fl. , . . .
. i inere are lxtv-nve words, two nun-
for passage until tomorrow or Weu-ld
nesday. Amendments can be offered'
and for thin reason the measures
were ordered printed. These three
bills provide for the following:
To provide revenue for six months
school term; to provide for a State
wide bond act of five million dollars
to be loaned to the counties for
building Improvements, and amend
ing the law adopting text books for
the (elemtnarya ftngfhe2r
the elementary schools.
Reorganization of the State Build
ing Commission Is .provided for in a
bill being advocated by Representa
tive Glover which will Increase the
membership from five to seven with
authority to engage a whole-time ar
chitect at $7,500 per year.
This b:i Is the result of agitation
and the subsequent inxestlgation of
the commission and the State archi
tect. The Glover bill would give the
Governor authority to replace mem
bers of the commission, three of the
seven members to "be Republicans.
The bill has the endorsement of the
committee wplch conducted Jhe In
vestigation and It doubtless all that
will be done toward giving approval
or disapproval of cither department
of the State. '
The Old Soldiers' Home at Raleigh
for Confederate veterans Is to be
made a fit place to live at last. A
Joint committee conducted Its Inves
tigation and urges the expenditure,
of $32,500 to put the buildings In re
pair, and to make other Improve
ments. The committee found condi
tion!! at the Home "really deplorable."
33 Dead Bodies
Taken Out Wreck
Six Others Visible, Entangled In
Wreckage of New York Central
And Michigan Passenger Trains
DEATH LIST
Porter, Ind., Feb. 28. The death list of the wreck
has been fixed at forty-two by the coroner.
The morgue at Chesterton contained Z6 bodies, some
only fragmentary, four are still under the wreckage, two
are at a hospital.
Porter, Ind., Feb. 28. (By The Associated Press) Re
lief crews early today had taken 33 bodies and scores of in
jured from the wreckage of the Michigan and New York Cen
tral passenger trains which crashed last night at a crossing
here, and at least six other bodies entangled in the wreckage
were visible.
Six Irishmen
Duly Executed
("oik, Feb. 28 (By The Asmo-
elated I'res.s) Despite appeals
for clemency made by the Cork
corporal Ion, the six Irishmen in
jail here, whose death was fixed
for today on charges of levying
war against frown forces, were
.1 . . t . . .1 1. . 11 ! ..
"
mis morning.
The men wore shot in batches
of two each at 15 minute in
tervals.
rev.
II. K. WILLIAMS
MARKS A FIXE TALK
Those
attending last Friday's
Lenten service at Christ church were
to the congregation, which also was
I greaiiy enjoyea. .
PRAYER ENGRAVED OS
ORDINARY PIN HEAD
New Bern, Feb. 28 J. O. Lowder
has on display at his ' shooting gal-
Inrv In thta rltv an nrritnnrv .tool ntn
. , flf f . j
pimctatlong on the pln head,'tors here who will minutely Inspect
. . , ....... . . t. . the business district, and lmnortant
oi.u eauii id u penecuy luruieu iuui ,
befle'ath a magnifying glass
tnpv:
stand out clearly and, can be
with ease.
read
MLETIN'GS THIS WEEK
The Woman's Auxiliary will meet Tm 8l,ch before ,l ,s to late
this afternoon at the home of Mrs. The flre wa8te of our state reach
Flnra at 4 n'dnrir i ,n8 the Poln 1 whore It Is considered
morrow afternoon at the home of
M-s. Flora at 4 o'clock.
The St. Catherine's Guild will
meet tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the rectory.
The Young Girls' Church Club will
meet at the rectory tomorrow after
nnnn . i nvinrv
MOTOR EDENTOX SUNDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Trannle Crank, Miss
Nellie Crank, Mrs. Annie Basnlght,
Misses Earsle and Catherine frank
motored to Edenton Sunday.
GIFT FOR MARSHALL
, Washington, Feb. 28. A large
silver loving cup, a gold eye gloss
case and a box of cigars were given
Vice Pres'dent Marshall today by the
Senate as. a going away gift.
LOST SATURDAY NIGHT ON
sidewalk In front of my house, child's
white gulmpe, trimmed In dark blue
ta'tlng. Finder please return to
Mrs. J. P. Greenleaf. 203 East
Ing St.
Feb28 marl,2-np
FIXED AT 42
The. forward coaches of the
New' York Central train lay
upon two splintered coaches of
the Michigan, through which
it had plowed while going at
nearly 50 miles an hour.
Most of the injured and iden
tified dead were from Northern
Indiana and Southern Michi
gan. r .
The statement by the tower
man on duty declared that a
block two miles away was set
against the Michigan v.-hile the
track was left clear for the
New York.
The Michigan was derailed
at the crossing and came to a
stop with the engine and sev-;
eral cars off the rails and the
day coaches across the New
York track. ;
A moment later the-'New
York Central . train plowed
through. .
The engineer and fireman of,
the New York Central wers
killed. All the other killed
and injured were on the Michi
gan. Fire Inspectors
Here March 9
On March 9th the Conservation &
Fire Prevention Association of North
Carolina will Inspect the city,
There Will be about thirty Inspec
outlying territory. The water works
stations and fire department will be
(thoroughly Investigated by expert en-
gineers, members of the Association.
The object of the inspection is to
point out causes of fires and seek to
a crime, and efforts ara being made
to reduce it as far as possible. .
The Association Inspected Ellia- ;
beth Cli about f'Sht ar an(1
If the cItlzn3 ,wlU now et bv0'
,ore thMe in"Pec"" "turn, by
Waning. up their premises, cleaning
- 1 b;'ent " correct.ng any ,
fects they find in ehimneys, flues
and electric wiring, much good will
be done, and aid towards our fair
city getting good reports rather than
a poor one.
The orth Carolina State Insurance
Department w.111 be represented by
Deputy Insurance Commissioner N.
J. Heyward, of Raleigh, N. Cris
president of the Association, and
Ralph h. Lewis, of Greensboro, N.
C secretary. Members are scattered
over the entire State, and these will
begin to gather here on the evening
of March 8th, and morning of th
9th.
At the earnest request of rural
5.000 Club" members, Banner Vote
Week will extend until
Fear-lnisht of this week, but
Saturday
rill posl-
tlvrly close tho.