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ENING VISITOR. VOL XXXI. RALEIGH, X. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1894. xo. nr.. 0 ooo ooo XOT TEN CENTS Bl'T TELEPHONE NO. 10. At any time of th dan, from 7 ft. in. to 10 p. m., thin call will reach ALFRED WILLI ANS & C0..'S BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE. And whatever yon order will le promptly delivered lit your resideme or place of business. School Hooks, Plain and Fancy Sta tionery, Hlauk Books, Latest Novels or Magazines, all , School Supplies, auythiug for Business Ollice, Law Nook and supplies, Writing Material), Staudnrd Rooks, or anything elite in our line, and you will receive the vert best article at lowest possible prices. AN EVERY DAY MATTER AT- THOMAS PE SCUDS You will Hud always a complete stock of the best Family Supplies Carefully selected as to quality, at lowest possible prices, neatly put up and promptly delivered. The very best Teas and Coffees, Staple Canued Goods, Canned Fruits. Burnett's Flavoring Extracts (the best.) Canned Sweetbreads (something . new), Canned Sausauge (also new.) au8 tf THOMAS PESCUD ACADEMY OF MUSIC. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5th. 66 j a n pi THE QUEEN OF COMEDIES, By Mr. Gustave Frohinan's Company. One of the finest Comedies of the day. A Special Kngagement'at the Academy of Music. Prices, 75, 50 and 25 cents. Box sheet at W. H. King & Co.'s drug store, (HEAP CARPETS. We dare say j there can not be found in any place a larger or more desirable stock of Ingrain Carpets than we have now in sto. k, and they are so much lower in price. Cotton Carpets, best grades, we sold last season at 45c. we are now selling at 25 and 30vj aud for 50 .. we can give you last year's goods which were 76c. Carpets are down iu price and you may never see them as low again.' We can give you good Carpets for 121-2o., 15c, and 20o. a yard. These we have a competent man to wake and lay at , D. T. Swindell's. YOUR CARPET I YOU PAY LESS. Carpets are now much lower in price thau they we're one year ago. Now if you are needing a Carpet be aure and come to us before you buy. Ous skK k of carpeting is something immense ,and these we have all kinds; and we will freely tell you to buy early as the price may advance on ac eonnd of the scarcity of goods in the wholesale markets. Axminsters that Mere $200 last year we are now selling at $1.25, aud Moquets which were 1.75 last season are now $1.35. Brus sels carpets that were $1.50 and $1.75 are now $1.25. Now these are the nicest grades at D. T, Swindell. CHOICE FRUITS. The first Pine apples of the season. Grapes, Con cord, Delaware and Niagara. Peaches, of the choicest kinds. Pears, fresh and fine. Apples of " the best varie ties. AlUt Bragassa's. QELERENK Gum at Bobbltt's, 5 cts. THE MILLS CASH. GEORGE MILLS MAKES CONFES SION AS THE MURDERER. His Horrible Story Is Told to the Grand Jury. The Argument in the Case Today At tracted a Great Crowd to the Court House. After the Visitor went to press yesterday there was a i-ontin nation of argument in the trial of George Mills for the mu'der of laua Wimberley. Herbert E. Norris, Esq., made a very able argument for the defeuce. He declared thst circumstances negatived deliberate murder by Mills, aud that the person must have been able to see to have indicted the wounds so directly. He asked why Wimberley did not go to his child immediately, nnd- said that Julia Atwater, the ne gro woman who it was said' by Mills in his confession to deputy sheriff Walters had beaten Iana, might have gone to the deserted house without her tracks beiug discovered. MlLLt COHKBSSION. As was started yesterday, t he grand jnry took up the case against A. J. Wiiulwrly, the murdered girl's father, a I found a true bill agaiust him. Mills was taken before the grand jury and said that Wimberley, his wife and his daughter, Savannah, knew all about the whole thing. He then said that one day while he and Iana and Saannah were together, the latter told him Iana was in a deli cite condition; that he then told her mother but did not tell her father, as he stated. Her mother said she knew nothing about Iaua's condition. Mills further said : "This was Saturday. 1 weut to my home from the Wimberlys' to spend Sunday, and came back Monday morn ing. Meanwhile Wimberly had been told by his wife, and Sunday night at midnight he went to see Dr. Robert son, nine miles away, for the purpose of getting the doctor to keep Iana out of trouble. The doctor refused, and Wimberly returned home and gave me ten cents with which to go to Bitchelor's store to buy laudanum. I bought the laudanum, and with the knowledge of Wimberly and wife but not of Savannah the plan was fixed that 1 shotild carry Iana Wednesday night to the old Vaughan house iu the corn field and give her the laudanum in two doses, for the purpose of pro ducing an abortion. I carried her there, and where the Julia Atwater story came in was that Iana had been told that this old woman had prescrib ed this remedy to get her out of her (M-ulty and so she agreed to go to the Yftughan house with me for that purpose and to take the laudanum. Arriving there, I made a head-rest out of vines and leaves in the northwest corner of the hut, where she could lie down. Before going, Wimberly had asked Iana who was the cause of her trouble and he came to me and said she told him it was I a nd her two broth ers. I facfd her and she stated be fore me and her father that she had not accused me, but had told her father simply that her two brothers were guilty, Then her father told me, without the knowledge of Iana's mother, to give her the laudanum and it would effect the desired result. She thought the girl could be brought back safe. But Iana's father told me just before we started that the lauda num would do the work, and if it did not never to let her come back to the house again; to do away with her. I was at the Vaughan house, : and Iana was lying down, under the influence of the first dose of laudanum. I waited awhile, and nothing seemed to happen. Then I gave her the rest of the bottle. She slept and slept, and I waited and waited, but nothing happened, nor would she die. I remembered that her father had told me never to let her "oine back; so finally I felt around the room until I got the old wooden gun rack. I took her by the throat, and struck her pn the head i she jumped -and sprang up half-way, and I could not hold herfor a moment; she struggled forward until she fell face foremost toward the door. Then I struck her again and again, until I thought I had killed her and wen t back to the house. I waked the fami ly j the; got up and we sat around the room, Wimberly, his wife and Savan nah, talking over the matter. I told Wimberly alone what had happened; that I had to kill her that way as the medicine wouldn't work. He then said something must 1 e done; there is no way of concealing it; she will be missed and we can't bury li- r with out attracting att.-titioii. i he death was disriissed by us all. and Savannah finally hit upon this plan. She said they had been talking about ; "ingout after flowers, aud it would le a good story to say that that was the object of our going away, and then the theory about her being knocked iu the head by somebody else was proposed by Savannah, and it was adopted. We stuck to to this claim, and then the blood was washed out of my clothes; what 1 lood they saw. They did not see where I had wiped my lingers on my pants, and I forgot it. I washed my hands, aud that was the end f my part of it for that night. When 1 was arrested aud brought, to town, I weakened and said I did not see why 1 should lie in prison while others equally guilty should be free. Then the Wimberlys began to fortify them selves and to deny all connection with the crime." This morning court commenced at 9:30 and argument on the Mills case was at once begun. The first speaker was Harry Ihrie, Esq., for the state. His argument lasted about three quar ters of an hour and was a clear and well delivered effort. He said that Mills was guilty of murder in the first degree; that the murder of the girl was bound to have been premeditated, and that there was no use for the jnry to suppose, or had any effort been made to influence them to believe that Mills was not possessed of a sound mind. Solicitor Pou arose and addressed th juryj for the state. He be gan his argument by au appeal for justice to be meted out to the wilful and premeditated murderer of a young, helpless girl. He dwelt pow erfully on the motive for Mills' deed. He called the attention of the jury to the evidence that showed that Iana Wimberly had said that Mills had ruined her and to Mills' statement that if he thought he would bring a child into the world that resembled him that he would get rid of the child even if he had to kill the mother to do so We said that the plea of the defense that the motive, if there was a mo tive, was not deliberate was so mon strous a presumption that he hardly knew how to answer it. The evidence from beginning to end was in con'ra diction to that presumption. He sajd that the counsel for the defense would have the jury decide what feelings the prisoner had in his heart, and, in a burst of eloquence said that there was but one being could do this and that being was God. The solicitor, as he neared the end of his argument grew eloquent. He decribed in awful terms the manner in which the young girl's murderer had lead her to the old house and then administered the laudanum; and after he had waited a long time while she slept and it had failed to do its deadly work, had brutally murdered her. When he de scribed the affection which she had for the prisoner and the trusting man ner in which she had followed him to the house, and asked the jury if any of them had a young seventeen year old girl at home, one juryman was moved to Bitter tears. Mr. l'ou then reviewed the testimony for the state and took up the line of defense laid down by Hubert Norris, Esq., yester day afternoon and slowly picked it to pieces, piece by piece. He stated that the plea of murder in the second degree had no place in this trial. His whole argument was a clear, incisive demonstrative of facts and law and at times was full of brilliant eloquence and touching pathos. Several times during his speech members of the jury was moved to tears and the prisoner, who has been steadily stolid, was visibly affected. At 2:35 T. M. Argo, Esq., counsel for the defense, began to address the jury, warning it not to be influenced by feeling, He denounced the crini as one of the most brutal and disgust. ing that had ever been committed. He said that admitting everything that the counsel had said against the prisoner, he was still not guilty of 1 v -mA in tlia Aval jlikivwaA anm I pared Mills to an animal, a man with out reason well developed and asked the jury, if they could 1 able to find that he had the power to deliberate. premediate and formulate a purpose. He said he doubted if Mills was as re sponsible si Denton's monkey, "Jo k." lusanity, be said, is uot confined o total iusauity; the prisoner's in sanity Im congenital, dating from his mother's womb. His is a partial idiot and an unfortunate instrument of de singing persons, uo more responsible than a dumb brute. ' ' At 4 o'clock Mr. Argo was still peaking. PERSONAL POINTS. A son of Prof. Hugh Morson is very sick with malarial fever. Mr. W. H. Holleman is somewhat better. He is now at the Park hotel. Mrs. George W. Blacknall is quite sick at her home on West Martin street. Miss Annie L. Jones, of Greensboro, has charge of the kindergarten de partment in the institution for the blind. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Clay of Greenville, are here. Mr. Clay, is in poor health and comes for special treatment. Mr. B. B. Bouldin, who has been in charge of the revenue department at Greensboro, received notice yesterday of his transfer to another division, lie is to be married on the 10th. Among today's arrivals are Col. John S. Cunningham of Person county; G. iS. Bradshaw, Esq., of Ashboro; Mr. Weston R. Gales, of Winston; Mr. G E. Leach, of Washington. Mr. Fred. H. Williams, a prominent merchant of Rocky Mount, assigned yesterday with Joseph H. Baker, Jr., as assignee. The liabilities are about $5,000, with assets nominally larger. THE WEATHER. The Conditions and the Fore- . cast. , For North Carolina: Fair. Cooler Saturday morning; cooler in eastern portion Saturday evening. Local forecast for Raleigh and vicinity: Saturday, fai , slightly cooler Saturday morning. Local data for 24 hours ending 8 a. in. today: Maximum temperature 71; minimum temperature 50; rainfall 0.C9. The area of low pressuie which has been several days crossing the north ern part of the country, and which has caused more or less rain nearly everywhere in the northern and mid dle states and far south as Georgia, is now central over northern New Eng land. This morninj the weather is generally clear except in the vicinity of the storm center. The clearing is accompanied by a fall of about 10 de grees in temperature. Killing frost at Kansas City this morning. The center of high barometer is in the ex treme northwest. There seems to l.e a storm in the east gulf of Mexico. Key West reports brisk, southwest wind, with over three inches of rain fall. The winds at all stations along the gulf coast indicate a considerable disturbance by storm somewhere in the gulf. ' It Will be a Great Attraction. "Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works" and concert will be presented at Metro politan hall next Tuesday -evening, Oct. 9th, aud not Thursday as was in advertently stated. Several of Ral eigh's favorites will sing and Mrs. Zaidee A. - Smith, of Washington, whose sweet, rich voice so delighted her hearers at the church of the Sa cred Heart last Easter, has kindly consented to take part. The wax "Aggers" are being arranged and the public may expect something good. Seats are on Bale at H. F. Smith & Co's. General admission 50 cents; gallery 25 cents. Ransom Brodie Pleads Guilty The trial of Ransom Brodie for murder will probably be settled with vat the case going to a jury. His counsel, W. B. Snow and Perrin Bus bee, Esqs., "will enter a plea for him of guilty of manslaughter. The sen tence for manslaughter is not less than 4 months or more than 30 years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. FRIGHTFUL SCI'XL AN ELECTRIC LINEMAN SlSPEMi ED ANI SIZLING. C. E. Day Killed in Boston Yes terday Morning. A GilUtil ComraJe KilliM While Coin v. to the Kescue il the Dy ing Man. lio.-T"N, Oct. 4. C. E. Day, au em ploye of an electric light company, at the top of a pole was trimming an are light when, with a shriek, he fell backward and clutched the wires. He was prevented from falling by the body belt fastened t" the pole. He hung limp and lifeless, his hands and clothing burning with a sizzling noise. In a few miuu'cs a r piir wagoa was at the scene with several employes and ran to the top of the pole to his com rade's rescue with a pair of nippers to cut the wire. As soon as he touch ed the wire with the pinchers, he re ceived a heavy shock aud was thrown to the ground, striking his head and fract uriny his skull. tli iikii diil from tluMf injuries. GOEROIA ELECTION. The Democratic Nominee for Governor Badly Scratched. Atlanta Ga., Oct. 4. Returns come in lowly, but enough have been re ceived to indicate an average demo cratic nominee for governor, h:is been scratched. His majority will not ex ceed 15,0(X). The democrats have 30 majority in the senate 150 iu the house. And the negroes voted solidly with the populists. The heaviest democratic majorities are returned from counties endorsing the adminis tration's financial views. The indica tions are that constitutional amend ments increasing the number of su preme court j udges to five and in creasing pensions to 'confederate so, liers are lost. A Big Circus. The Walter L. Main circus appears here on the 17th. The Saratoga, N. V. daily Eagle says of it : " The rid ing lion, the baby monkey and the ba by lions, the cute, baby monkey whuse mother clings to it as a mother would cling to her child, attracted the most attention, even more than the double-homed rhtnoeerous. In the three rings of the circus there was something going on all the time and .vas a clean show from start to finish." A Libel Suit. Yesterday evening J. Sam Sharpe, colored editor of the Wilmington Her ald, ' brought suit against Mr. C, Thomas Bailey, Jr., editor of the Raleigh Evening Press, for maliriucs libel. Mr. Bailey, gave bond in the sum of 100 for his appearance at a hearing next Thursday. In his ar ticle, on which suit is brought he said Sharpe's reputation was shady, Mr. Bailey will plead justification. BLOWN UPON ..THE TRACK- An Express Train Cuts . a Railroad Station to Pieces. Reading, Pa., Oct. 4. During a cloudburst the station at Rickenbach, on the Philadelphia & . Beading rail road, was blown upon the track. Be fore any warning could be given the "Cannon Ball" express crashed into the structure, completely demolishing the depot. The pilot of the engine was4knocked Off. The engineer 'Jwas cut out of his cal, in which he had been imprisoned, but escaped with a few bruises. The passengers escaped injury. Married, ' In this city on yesterday evening, by Rev. J. L. Foster, Mr. George W. Williams to Miss Lovie Ruth. THREE POINTS OF SUCCESS : GOOD GOODS. HONEST VALUE. PROMPT DELIVFRY. J". TELEPHONE 77. 'Xl.V A FKW I 1 KT. exactly Cost To make room for other goods. at .5 05 . 5() j c 75 f e $8 (X) jftf 50 j9 25 ras. on. irasa & , RALEIGH, X. C. CIIHA1' GOODS" "" Are coming in car-load lots The extension of our store caused Hie delay, but. this delay proves a benefit. The' season north being practicably oyer, all goods were much cheaper, giving us the advantage of selecting the mem ST a. LITEST Things just as they come out of bond, at prices some lower than others have paid, hence . im wFrnmnB Must be attractive to keen shoppers. Yon can't get 'Something for noth ing," 'tis true, but when the -B7 ixll Tariff Is taken off the prices are so lowered as to occasion surprise. W. H.&li.S.Tl'OKEU&CQ. INNUMERABLE OFFERINGS IN A NEW Every department in our Great Dry roods Establishment is.uovv complete. We have never bemm a season with more confidence in our ability to please i-iid our sales are proving this. Our patrons have the advantage of making their purchases from the largest and best selected stock of Dry Goods, it has ever been our pleasure to offer to the public. We call special attention to our New Black and Colored Silk, Black aud Colored all-wool Dress Goods, Gloves. Hosiery aud the new Vaudyke Collarette-), in Point Venice, etc. We are ready for Fall Work, and ve will make it to your interest to shop with us, within person or by mail. ' POR : Nervousness aud Dyspepsia i chew Celerene (rum. For sale at Bobbltt's. Extra bargains iu furniture at Thomas & Maxwell. Bed louuges with ietachable mattresses a specialty. We guarantee all of our goods to please or they may be returned with out expense to the customer. We guarantee our prices as low as any house iu the trade, quality con sidered. We make every effort to deliver vjoods as soon as purchase is iuido. B.XjXj Sc CO, ires i eo.
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