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VOL. XVIL FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 2, 1927. SIX PAGES. NO. 182
COOLIDGE WILL NOT RUN IN 1928
? ?? ??? ??? ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??? ??? h '3
Sheriff's Posse Closes In On Girl's Assaillani
: A mw
On Fourth Anniversary
(As President He Makes
Definite Announcement
Question of "Tliird Term"
Around Which So Much
Inlfrml (".entered In An-/
?wired by (}iief Executive
BKEARS SILENCE
In Fewest Possible Word*
Tells Nation That lie
Does Not Seek Another
Term ill Office
Rapid City, S. D.t Aug. 2.
? (AP)?President Coolidge
today4 issued a statement say
ing : "I do not choose to run
for President in 1928."
The statement, which was
type-written. jQIL small pieces
of paper, was handed out to
day by the President, on the
fourth anniversary of his be
coming Chief Executive of i
the United Statos, without1
comment.
Mr. Coolldge had asked news
paper men to see him at 12 o'clock
today. Until a minute or two be
fore there wan not the slightest
knowledge anions the Preaiden-1
y tlai staff of what would occur at j
the conference.
? At the conference, shortly be-1
fore 12 o'clock Mr. Coolldge gent j
for his personal stenographer, Ed-1
win (leiser, and dictated the brief {
message which was then trans-;
crlbed onto small pieces of paper j
by typewriter.
After the newspaper men had i
?onip Into the room the President
ask. .1 them to fll?' past him.
He handed each the small slip .
of paper with the message.
The paper had been folded by
him.
Newspaper men stopped to ask i
him If then* was any comment and
Mr. Coolldge replied, "No." The
dash for telephones and telegraph
wires was begun by the newspaper |
men. There were In the room at '
the time Senator Capper, a house 1
guest of the President, Everett [
Sanders and Edward T. Clark, his
?ecretarles; lilanton Winshlp, his
military aide, and Dr. James P. i
Coupal, his physician.
No word was spoken outside |
Mr. Coolldge asking If every one
was present, and Inquiry of news
paper men If there wag anything
more to say. It Is safe to say that
the President counselled with no
one In preparing his startling an
nouncement.
Those closest to him In his offl
Iclal family had taken occasion on
this day?the fourth anniversary
of Mr. Coolldge's taking'the oath
of office?to express the private
\ .view that he would not make any
% Itatement of his plans for another
f term and would accept the nom
y I ration If given to him without
r expressing himself.
It was pointed out later by
those same staunch supporters of
the President that the door to the
i nomination had not been closed
by the statement In the event of
bis selecion by the convention.
Rapid City. 8. I).. Aug I.?
(AP)?Calvin Coolldge. today
ends four years as President of
tb?? United States to which he suc
ceeded upon the death of Presi
dent Harding.
One yfear and seven months re
main In the four year term to
which Mr. Coolldge was elected
as President In the fall of l?24 ?
a little more than a year after he
first took office.
In this period It will be decided
i whether he will or can succeed
I himself for another elective term
of four yeara which would entitle
him to the office of President for
a longer nerlod than has been
{ served by any other chief execu
! tlve of the Nation, two regular
I term* totalling eight years added
to the year and seven months of
.Mr. Harding's term completed by
him.
There has been a unanimity of
I opinion among these here with
the Prealdents and among Natlon
; political leaders who have come
here this summer that Mr. Cool
| fdge would not stand In the way
1 of a movement to nominate him
at the convention of the Republl
can party next June, hot a few of
ELUa frlend? h?rn predicted that
r he will not be ? eaadldtta
^ It la pointed out br aom. a. loo
e?rly for Mr CoolM*. i? make
aucta ? decision, go tar aa la kaovn
fCoatlaaed aa paia t)
PERQUIMANS HAS
A LIVELY SESSION;
IN FIRST COURT
Ten Dinpoftrd of and
832.> in Fine* Iiii|h?h?mI
l?y Judge* MrNider of Re
rorder's Court
LARGE ATTENDANCE
Hertford. Auk. 2.?Ten cases
disposed of and $325 In fines wan
the grist of the new Perquimans
County recorder's court, which
held It* first session in the county |
courthouse here yesterday wlthJj
S. MrNider as presiding judge,'
with Silas Whedhce as prosecut
ing attorney, and with Hilary fl.
Wlnslow as clerk, and with very;
nearly the entire adult male popu-l
lation of Hertford in attendance. I
Three negro defendants paid;
high for one hog which they were
accused of stealing, particularly j
as none of them ate any of the!
ham. O. C. Jones and Tom Reeves
were fined $25 and costs on a;
charge of larceny, while Kit Ood-i
frey drew a fine In like amount j
for receiving stolen property
knowing It to have been stolen.'
The hog in question was the prop-,
erty of Clyde L. Lasslter of Ellaa
l?eth City, who has a farm in Per
quimans County.
Another case In which there
was considerable Interest was that
In which Ad l.ane and son. Her
mit I*ane. were each accused of
assault with deadly weapon, It ap
pearing that the father had heat
en the boy over the head with a
pistol and that the boy h*d fired
the weapon Into the air In an ef
fort to intimidate his father. Ker
mlt pleaded gulliy and was fined
f50 and costs. The father was let
off with a fine of $25 and costs.
I^ane the younger is 18 years old.
Liquor Is alleged to have been at
the bottom of the trouble.
Dewey C. Umphlett, on two war
rants charging the passing of
worthloss checks, was fined $25
and costs In one case and let off
on payment of coats in the other.
Edgar Foreman, colored, plead
ing guilty of operating a motor car
while under the Influence of II-[
quor, and also of transporting,
and of Illegal possession of liquor,
was sentenced to the roads for!
nine months with Judgment sum-'
nended upon payment of $50 and
coats, provided that the defendant!
abstain from driving a motor ear
In Perquimans County for 12,
months. '
Hex Jones was fined $25 and 1
costs on the same charge and de-|
nied the right to drive an automo-1
bile In Perquimans County for 121
months, while Herman West, an
other defendant on a charge of op
erating a motor car while under
the influence of liquor, was fined
$60 hut had his right to drive a
car suspended for only 90 days.
Small Boy Breaks
Leg In Accident
I Wiley Morgan, aged fi, son of
C. R. Morgan, manager of the
1 New Carolina Hotel here,
j sustained a fracture of the large
j bone In the right leg, midway be
tween the knee and ankle, yester
day afternoon at 3:20 o'clock,
I when he was run over by an auto
(mobile driven by Pat Williams.
(Colored, of Indlantown, Camden
County.
The accident oceured on North
Water street. In front of the store
of Ranks A Hughes, and the llttlr
fellow was taken to the office of
pr. R. L, Krndrlck by Oden
Hughes. Dr. Krndrlck set the
hone, and the boy was resting
fairly comfortably at home late In
the afternoon.
Police Officer Twlddy, who was
standing at the Intersection of
Main and Water streets when the
accident occurred, and who Invea
i t i sated It declared Indications
were I hat It was nna voidable. The
child ran out Into the atreet from
.behind Another cat Into the path
of the approaching automobile, he
said When rescue*. he t&i mid
j way under th# car.
LnC,'u 1
COUNCIL DEALS I
WITH NUMEROUS
CITY PROBLEMS
] Parking Problem, License*
| and Regulation*! Govertt
j ing Filling Station* l)iw
euHHed at length
WOOD giVen raise
City Tax Collector Granted
Salary of S2,l(>0 a Year;
Completion of Street
Work In Authorized
Discussion of various munici
pal problems and diitpoRal of a
number of relatively minor mai
lers marked the regular session
of the City Council Monday nl?Iit
at which little In the way of busi
new of major Importance was
transacted.
In the way of concrete accom
plishment, perhaps the mom Im
portant aciH of the Council were
the authorization for resurfacing
West Fearing street from Dyer to
PeraBe, and a decision to finish
immediately the brick paving on
Cedar street, from Harney to
Koad. Motions covering theae
Items were passed after brief dis
cussion.
In conformity with an amend
ment to the city charter, passed
at the recent General Assembly,
the City Fathers voted to raise
the salary of City Tax Collector
George H. Wood to 12,100 a year,
to become effective August 1. Mr.
Wood's salary formerly was limit-1
ed by the charter to $1,800 a'
| year. I
Parking:, licenses and regain-1
Hons governing the entablement
of filling stations came In for ex
tended discussion during the
meeting. Councllmen Kramer,
Hughes and Morgan were appoint-!
ed members of a committee to
look into additional arrangements
for free parking for visitors here, j
with the expectation that the W. [
T. Culpepper lot, on North Martini
street, and probably Home nearby
properly would be selected.
Theater Out of Luck
The matter of a license for the!
new Carolina Theater was consid- j
<*red at some length, members of
the Council evidencing u dlsposi |
|tlon to relieve the theater of a,
|part of the $100 tax required for j
(the remainder of the flncai year'
ending August 31. However. City!
.Attorney J. n. Leigh held that un
der a charter clause prohibiting!
(prorating, the Council had no i
authority to reduce the tax. even
though the new playhouse would I
!have to pay a year's license fori
ithe privilege of running only!
jabout three weeks. The theater
is scheduled to open Monday
night.
AIho, there was desultory dis
cussion of the status of the filling
station on the property of the Hcd
Men, at the Intersection of Co
lonial avenue and Koad street.
IThls was opened by Councilman
Conger, who announced that the
property likely would be leased
again In the early future, and that I
there wan a possibility that anoth-l
?r oil company would take It over.
He explained that that would en
tail the removal of the present
tanks and fixtures and the Instal
latlon of new ones.
City Attorney I^>|gh pointed to
an ordinance passed a few months
ago. prohibiting the erection of a1
filling station within 200 feet of
any church, and expressed the
opinion that that would bar the
installation of a new station them
---Just across the street from Csnn
Memorial Presbyterian Church.
The matter was dropped.
Plans for a proposed new
bridge across Polodexler Creek,
with estimates of the cost were
tendered by E. j. Alford.' con
struction engineer. Mr. Alford es
timated the cost st $.7f>8.72 on
the basis of creosoted timber con
structlon. and sfeted It would l*>
$633 less If the bridge decking
was not creosoted. Hteps are un
r Z.*y ~ 0,'taln a permit from
the War Department for erection
of the bridge. Funda for tin con
?t ruction Were act n,Ide from the
proceeds of the lam city bond l?
?UP.
HI met Work FWilahcl
In that general connection.
Mayor Jerome n. Flora announced
that the oil penetration atreet
work here would be completed by
noon Tueaday. The announcement
wait received without comment.
Mayor Flora alao called attention
briefly to a requeat from the Kll?
abeth City Fire Cnmmlaalon for a
leyy of t< centa per 1100 aaaeaard
properly valuation. Mating that It
repreaentetf an Inrreaae or four
"Vh'e poMtblllty of placing much
Increaaed llceaaca on chain alarm
whoae central headquarter* ire
out.tde North Carollaa. and of
(CmtlaiM oa page 1)
A COURT BEAUTY
France Ih n republic, lint it In not iwthout IIh court beauties.
Thin ucw portrait of Did! Vliwlo i* proof. I>idi now Ih raU'd ihe
outHtundiiiK woman tennis ntnr of Franc<-.
Japan Makes Final
Effort To Save
Conference
C.eneva, Aiik. 2?(AP)?Japan
ban made a last supreme effort to
I ?ave the Tri-l'artlto Naval Con
ference.
J After failing in their first at
i tempt to find any formula which
held the portability of giving sat
isfaction. Admiral Hnlto and VI*
! count Ishil this morning visited
Hugh 8. ftibson, chief American
delegate and handed him the text
of a compromise project concern
ing cruisers.
The project In quite provisional
In nature, but designed to prevent
| the wrcckln* of the conference on
I tills outstanding difficulty.
Huntsman Reports
Remarkable Catch
! There have been mighty hunt
| ers who have stalked the savage
i lion In his native haunts, and
! brought home the hide of the
| beast for the acclaim of the mill
Itltude. Hack in the days of the As
j syrlan*. they carved the tales of
thel? exploits upon tablets of
? stone, to endure through the oen
| turles.
In more recent years, other
hunters, disclplV* of the famed
Nimfod. have brought In trophies
of the chase. Klephants. Hons, tig
; er?. wild boars and the bull moose
of the Canadian wilds- all these
I have fallen before their guns.
| In common with the rnst of the
| world. Klixaheth City has her
[skilled huntsmen and trapper*.
Not the least of these Is I.. W.
Trlppe. of tlie Hpenre-Ilollowell
Company. Mr. Trlppe'* exploit Ir
[ probably without parallel |o ail
Northeastern Carolina.
Karly Haturday niahf. he s??t a
mouse trap of the t wo-for-a-nirkel
j variety in one of the front win
| dows of the Hpence-Hollowell
store at the Intersection of Water
and Fearing street. Cautiously and
[quietly, he watched for results.
Presently, a young mouse came
along and nibbled at the bit of
, cheese that served as bait. The
i >r*P.T (I Id not spring. A not her
' youthful rodent ramble<| up and
Joined In the feast. Zip! went the
trap, and both mice were caught
I Mr. Trlppe was telling gleefully of
| his exploit today.
Carolina Theater
Opening Deferred
For Another Week
The opening of tlir $200,000
Carolina Theater, Krhcduliil fori
Monday night. Iiaa been poatpon'-il
to the following Monday night.
AURUDl III. Tlila wn* necerialtated ,
by the need for additional ilme.
'in inHtalling rubber tile floor mata
In Ihi' ulah'H and corrldora of the'
handsome n?>w iilayhouKo, acrord-1
Ing to announcement by C. D. I
lluckner, manager.
Tho entire aectlon In eagerly
awaiting the opening of tin- Caro-j
Una Theater. count run Ion of]
Iwhltli wan begua morn iban a
year ago. Varloua delaya have
developed from time to time; but
Mr, lluckner given strong nsaur
ianri> tliat. barring Ihe >>tt?*rly un-j
foreneen. It will be ready for th<>
| public Monday week.
, The management of thr theater
1 la working out thr dHallx of a
Inpeclal program for the openlnK
I night. and a d? finite announce
intent along that line In promised
!ln the next few day*. Mr. Huck
ner explain* that tliln latent delay
mud** MMHllt the cancelling of
.arrangement for Monday night,
and that In mnaequenre be In bav-1
Ing to arrange the program over,
again, prartlrally from the Mart.
Many InnovatlonN In lighting,|
deroratlonN. flxturen and ventila
tion are embodied In Ihe new Car
lollna. which haa hern deacrlhed
by vlNltorN an by far the moat
beautiful theater anywhere In thl*,
part of the State.
Fireman Injured In
Automobile Wreck
Oreenaboro. Aiik. 2.?(AP) ?
(Captain K W. Ithyne. of Knglne
. Company Numter F? of the Char
lotte Klre Department, who wan
Injured In an automobile wreck
which occurred Monday 10 mile*
north of here on the Danville
road, wnn reported thin morning
to be In a aerloua condition
It was reported from the hoapl
tal here that an u-ray had been
taken of h?? aplne but that no
fracture wan found. X-raya of bin
head and cheat will be taken, lie
eomplalna of pain* In hla head
and back.
Ilia companions la Ihe
? automobile, llarry Uriffin, alao a
fireman, and llarry Hpoon, of
' Charlotte, returned to their bomea
I with relatlvea y<*terday after
I noon
FARMERS PICNIC
FOR CURRITUCK
IN SEPTEMBER
Farmer* of Knliri- AI lie
uiarlr Sceliim or Stale at
l-arjic lnvilril lo Attend
Kvenl al I'oiul llarlior
AUK. (;KTTIN<; hkahy
linmniillro in (lliar^r (if
Picnic I'laiuiiiif; Killer
tainmcnt anil Instruction
Kealurfs for tin* l)uy
Currituck. Aug. 2.?A farmer*'
picnic for nil Currlturk County.'
to whirli farmers of tin pdIIi*1
Albemarle or the Slain at lark**
art1 Invited, will be held at Total
Harbor on tin Virginia I>ar?*
Trail Saturdn>, September it
wan announced today liy J. S.
Newbern of tho Currituck Agri
cultural CommlKnlon.
The picnic will be in th<> na
ture of a blis Kct-tORetlier day
*pon*ored by the Currituck Agri
cultural Coiiimlaalon. tin* kround*
for which will !?? Wild (joom* I'ark
on the property ??f A. S. (SrlggH
abutting the Virginia Dare Trail,
and both entertainment, amuse-;
nunt and instruction will feature
the program. All win* will may
bring ih? Ir own dinner, but for
Ihone who do not wInIi to do this
dinner will be hold on the grounds
at down-on-the-farm prices.
Topic* of ifpfclal Interest to
farmer* will be di*cu*hed by the
speaker* who are expected to
come from the extension bureau,
{of the State Department of Agrl-I
culture or from the I'rogresHlve!
i Farmer. Name* of the apeakere*
will lie announced Inter.
Itoat racing will be one of the
feature* of the day with the silver
.cup provided by the Merchants'!
Association of Klizaheth City as
.the flr*t prise. A program worth
| while is assured by the perHonnel i
of the variou* committee*.
Thorn* constituting Hip rnler
tnlnnu-ut committer nre: II. I..
CtIkkr. chairman. W. n. McClan
non ami Will Flora. I
On the pr?Karm committee arc: I
Emory Smith, chairman. T. II.
Elliott, and Ml** Itachrl Everett.
The grounds committee con-ints
of: Smith Harrell, clialrman. i
Archie Mldgett. Walton firlggs.1
Clyde ScafT. and Howard Fori*1*.
Those In charge of the lioat
racing an-: firmly f ? r iuus. chair
man. C.raham Snow and Arthur
Hampton.
Members of the Currituck A?rl
cultural Commission in addition
to Mr. Newhern are: I). W. Ilagiev
and T. II. William*.
Waynesville Youths
On Dawn-Dusk Trip
Murphy. Auk. 2.?(AIM ? II*
verslng the schedule of l>. T.
Houghton. Old Fort sportsman,
who recently succeeded In drlv
Ink over highway 10 from More
head City to the (Jporxla line Junt
heynnd here In a day, two
Waynesvllle youths, sponsored by'
tho Waynesvllle Chamber of Com
merrn left the OeorRla line at ft
o'clock thin morning determined
to he In M'irehead City at 7:40 p.
in., and then !>??:?t Houghton's
time.
The youths are Curtis I'. Logan,
Jr.. and John r. Swift. Jr.
Dempsey Objects To
Date September 22
I<os Angeles, Auk 2. ? (ATI ?
Jack Dempsey will not he resdy
to meet done Tunney in a return
heavyweight championship match
on September 22 hut will requMtj
that the fight be staged any day
after September 26. The former
champion said today he would In
?Int upon thin delay In deference
to conditions which he could not |
foresee when he was In the Kasi
recently.
New York. Auk. 2 ?(AP)?Thej
date for the return heavy weight I
championship match between dene
Tunney and Jack l>emps*)r In Chi
cago has been definitely shifted
from September fifteenth to Sep
tember 22, Rllly (llbson; Tunney's
manager, sa!d Ho was Informed to
day by telephone word from Tex
Hlckard.
IMI'ltOVIM; It MIDI.V !
Edwin James, son of Mr. and;
Mrs. A. (Slibert Jam?*. In reported <
rapidly Improving after an upi-ia-1
thin performed at the Elisabeth I
City Hospital laM Thursday wrt-k I
for the purpoNf* of Irni l henlng bin I
lei. Injured In an accident sever
al year* ago.
Shoots Negro To Death
As He Wildly Tries To
Flee From His Pursuers
s/.Y POUND BEET
DISPLAYED HERE
The Kreat-grnnddaddy of all
the beet family. Insofar on evi
dence In hand at present Indi
cates, woa escorted lo the of-'
flees of Tlie Dally Advance
Tuesday morning by Hohert L.
(Srimii. of this city. Mr. ? ? rlf
fln had JuM weighed the huge
vegetable and declared It
tipped the brain at six pounds
and two ounces. It la i:i Inch
ps In circumference.
The ureal heet wan prnwn In
\ garden cultivated Jointly hy
Mr. Crlffin and his father, H.
I.. C.rlfTin, on Went Ehrlnghaua
street. He atated that It came
In for no particular considers-"
Hon In the matter of cultiva
tion. being Juat one In a fifty
foot row.
Clings To Life As
Police Seeking
Assailant
I Hickory. Auk. 1.?(AP)?Barl
, William* victim of a mysterious
1 attack on the highway near her?
yesterday afternoon died In a lo
. cal hospital about noon today. lie
never completely regained con
sciousness after he told police late
yesterday that he had been shot
! by a ngro man who wanted to sell
I hla some liquor.
However, local authorities* are1
Increasing their efforts to arreat
'two white men, one of whom will
be charged with the murder of|
' William a.
Chief of .Police E. W. Lentz.
| wild thin afternoon that he had
aecured the number of the auto-l
mobile licenae which carried the
wounded man away and that the
I owner of the car had been re
VMled |o h I in by tho Revenue I>e
partment In Halelgh. He would
not--give out the name, hut aald
the man wan well known In Char
lotte and wonld doubtlessly he ar
rested before night.
Hickory, Aug. 2. (AP)?Earl
Wllllama, about 30 yeara old was
stIII rlluglng to ltf? at a local
hospital thla morning while police'
of three rountlee searched for hla
mysterious assailants. Wllllama laI
shot through the liver and hla ab-1
domen la punctured In three pla
ces.
Just before he was placed on
the operating tuble, from which
doctora told him he might never
return allye, Williams swore to
police Investigators that he was
shot by an unknown negro who
wanted him to buy some whiskey. I
Hut members of a railroad section'
, gang who are said to have Mil
'the shooting yesterday afternoon
declare that Williams was shot byj
a white man.
The railroad laborers said that
while they were working Juat
across the Hurke County line,
about four miles west of Hickory
they saw a car stop on the high
way near them. Three men got
out. they declared, and an argu
ment begun. A pistol fired several
time* and one of the three men
dropped to the ground, the work
ers told police.
flefore any one could get to the
car they said the two men picked
up the third and place(| him In the|
car, driving away hurriedly
Williams was brought to a lo-1
cal hospital by two men In a car
who said they found him on the,
side of the road. One of the men (
gaye his name as W. A. Young of'
Charlotte.
Police said this morning that'
they had a strong clue and ex
pected to make an arrest any;
time. Chief l>?nts said, "I am
wailing on a long distance call!
from Italelgh and will probably |
make the arrest a few minutes af
ter It comes through." He would j
not divulge the nature of the call. ;
N. C. MCA IKS SOUTH IN
aij'ix> km.istkations
Charlotte, Auk 2. ? (A I* i
North Carolina led lh?? Mouth in
automobile r?-Klntr?tlorin up to Ju
ly 1. 1027, arronllru; to figure*
rwp|*i'd In motot clrcki here to
There wore 44l,fif.O roglntra
tlonn In thU State up to thai p*.
rlod, a gain of 49.977 over the
prevloua year. the largest la the
South, the flgurei showed.
| Nprw Shot Twice, Says Re
port l{ea<-hiiifc Kniley;
Body Brought in Town
for I lie Inqurxt
CHIME WAS SUNDAY
l'ro(jrp?? of I'lwup Impeded
By Ituin on Monthly; Ne
! gro lliul Hern Arrested
and K-iiipid from OITirera
Bailey. Auk. 2.? (AP) ?
Sheriff J. S. Griffin's posse
today closed i n on Tom Brad-'
shaw, negro attacker of a
young white girl near here
Sunday, and shot him to death
as he was trying to flee, It-to
reported to newspaper men
here.
The negro was shot twice.
His l>ody was being brought
hero for an impicst at 6
o'clock this evening.
The posse caught the negro
at Toisnot Swamp near here.
Nanhvllle. Auk. 2.? (API?R?
newed reports that their quarry i
riad been sighted early thin morn
Ing In tho vicinity of Vlck's Mill.
Hpurroil the posse headed by
Sheriff J. S. Griffin of Nash Coun
ty. In their search today for Tom
HrucMiaw. also known as Paul
Illedsoe, negro, aliened attacker of
a youiik whlto girl near Hail*?
last Sunday.
The posse was augmented thU
morning by fresh groups 0f cm?
zents as 4H hours of continuous
March Inn told on their physical
endurance. The mun-hunt contin
ued through the night and morn
Inn despite a drlviun rain which
made increased difficulties for the
searchers.
Hloodhounds aro again on tlie
trail as tho result of tho report
from Vlck's Mill, after they had
been withdrawn because of the
downpour of yesterday and last
night. The neKro was trailed Into
a dense section of underbrush
which is being combed systemati
cally.
Sheriff CSrlffin made a flying
trip to his office here early to*dgy
and added new strength to kla
posse, wearied after long hours
of tramping and bush-beatinK Gt
er a 12-mlle area of detiflely. yqjp
ed. and In many places swampy
territory as conflicting reports of
persons having sighted the negro
were received.
Feeling amonn the memliori of
the posse continued hlnh today.
The negro, once in the hands of
the law and once In tho target of
a fusilade of posse bullets, made
his escaped from W. (J itosw?|l,
Hailey policeman, and two <5>m
panlont, by a ruse while the ditto
were rushlnn him away from tho
scene of the crime to avoid possi
ble mob violence upon orders of
Sheriff Orlffin Sunday. , ^.Jj
With their prisoner, the threa
men left th-! main roud and were
headed over a wagon path to the
homo of W. T. Strickland, whera
It wss planned to hold hits until
he could be removed to a plate ?f
safe-keeping.
Near the Strickland hoius the
negro asked lloswell to stop and
let him net out and pray.
He landed running, took out
across a cornfield, and easily out
distanced his pursuers. Hlood
hounds again placed in his trail
but they lost him when he took to
a pond.
early Monday morning he wan
flushed again at MoMnllan'* Lum
ber Camp where he was attempt- .
Ing to file off the handcuffs. Dep
uty Ambrose Lewis, lltinh Junes ]
and Dolph Johnston closed'upon
him. fired nine shots at him as ha
broke for liberty, and failed to
brlnn him down. Hloodhounds
failed analn to rollow his trail
when he crossed a pond.
I.1VKI) FIVE DAYS
WITII HIIOKKN NECK
Klnnton. Auft. 2 <Al*> Aft?r
KiifTfTliiK nvp ilnyn with a broken
11' 1 '? I?1 11 ' .i mi il m Ji> ii Ihru wu
from n mule h?. wan riding whllo
al work on hi* farm n?nir Or
tiioiMlxvlllf. flrwn County, Lloyd
Faulkner, 33. dUd in a klnstoa
hoRpital late y?at?rday.