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VOL. I, NO. 122
CITY EDITION.
GREENSBORO, N. C, rT ESDAY, MARCH 6, 1906.
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LUNACY EXPERTS ALL
DECLARE DR. MATTHEWS
MENTALLY DERANGED
Proceedings of Celebrated Trial, Where Physician is Accused of
Administering Poison to His Wife, Rapidly Draw,
ing to a Close.
The moat striking feature of yester
day's session of the Matthews trial was
' question which needed just one hour
and ten minutes for its , propounding,
making -whit is believed to bn by those
who listened to it a record sentence. The
author of it was Major Guthrie, and the
occasion the calling to the stand of Dr.
James McKee, of Raleigh, as insane ex
pert. ' The question reviewed the life of
the prisoner, of those of his ancestors
who had displayed symptoms which the
defense put forth as evidence of insan
ity, and the acts of the prisoner on the
day of the death of his wife. Then
when all was over and done and the
audience was beginning to think that
t lie expert's sanity was being put to the
lest instead of the prisoner's, "the whole
giant structure was toppled over tem
porarily by the objection of the prose
cution, who pointed out that much of
the hypothetical evidence put forth in
the question was based on opinions of
witnesses and hearsay testimony after
such parts as were not competent were
ruled out, however, the answer of the
witness was to the effect that he con
sidered tho. prisoner to come of a neu
rotic family, and that he was predis
posed to insanity.
When the big question was ta,ken
opart by the prosecution, however, and
presented to Dr. McKee he' admitted
that none of the separate facts on which
he had based his opinion was n suffi
cient cause for considering him predis
posed to insanity.
On the cross examination, though,
the witness retrieved his oosition on be-
' . . ... .. .. .
ing askea Ins opinion a to the sanity ; cnangeu, no was cureiess nooui m cium-m-
Insanity of the. prisoner, considering j ing, -and had a nervous, blanched, glassy,
his acts on the day of the death of hi haggard eye. He was always perspiring,
wife, his giving of the injection alleged! He used morphine and had' lieen observed
to have caused her death in the presence (to fake the same by the witness, who
of fore-warned witnesses, his attempts: had been impressed with the condition
to hiiish them up. and bis remarks to (0 which the drug habit had brought
.Mrs. Hay about "getting another one' tm, prisoner, remonstrating with him to
nnd giving her-the ducks. The witness no Pjtot.t. . .
htatru that graining tnose things hypo-;
thetically, the man was unquestionably
insane. ;
The three chief, witnesses of. the day
in adidtion to Dr., McKee were Mrs. j.
X. Gorman, sister of -the prisoner: Dr.
-J. jyUnfliUi
Poole.
ana the undertaker, Jv-
. . . " , jiinfflth hail absented and made - an cn-iAvwmi nafkHffp we
0 TZ Ze b en lTTX '"T ZZp to
ruuiir nau nmr ueiulr. ....u-.i n- AUtthews' ofl ce the lattt.y. ' s.. ,
Mrs. Gorman's
cneci uuu ncr oroiiicr nau never
lime sane, a nil imu irom an ear.y ngdil n()t ,PPear, so Dr. Griffith entere
ins actions .maicaieu -an unuaiancea '
mind. Mrs. Gorman also testified tothe,jle foimd the pl.isonw j1Ist .0Ulin;, 2ti
' perfectly amicable relations existing be-jof a si(,p w, coat sleeve wiled
tween Dr. and Mrs. MaUhews. .; aml his ,.,,- m,i,uttonel,-He ob-
Dr. J. W. Griffith tcstiHed to having; h m,w w ,Mli,.i
seen Dr. Matthews on various occasions I
administer morphine to both himself
and his wife, to insane acts of the pris
oner, and to the fact that Mrs. Mat
thews had remarked to him two days
before hcr death that she sometimes
felt that life was not worth living. Dr.
(.rlffith also testified as to the l arnica-
ble relations existing between husband
and WII.
E. Poole, the undertaker, and hia
sistant. It. C. Leavell, both testified that
Mrs. Matthews' body displayed no stiff
ness more than the usual rigor mortis.
I. A. Busick, the jailor, was called to
testify to the amounts of morphine ad
ministered to Dr. Matthews during the
first four weeks of his incarceration,!,, h.r .titimr hnt her auflvr
the defense intending to attempt to it e..ssarv. He had, how-
prove that the mind of a man accus- ,vfri often rffll9(a lhp intim,,. He
tomed to such quantities of opium hl(i gppn Mrs. Matthews under the in
vould necessarily be deranged, but this j ,tlence nf the drllJf Avnpn he visu,(1 hrr
testimony was ruled out meompe- professionally at her house.
tf,,,t; I The fact that he had seen Dr. Turner
Ihe interest yesterday in the trial
was not .nearly us .marked as hereto- (Concluded on page 6.)
DISASTROUS PRAIRIE
FIRESJP TEXAS
Five Hundred Thousand Acres In
the Pan Handle Burned
Over. :V-;'' .
Austin, Texas, March 5. Informa
tion was received here today to the ef
fect that a most disastrous prairie fire
had swept the extreme western section
;f the Pan Handle for the last. three
days, entailing a loss up to the present
time of upwards of one million dollars.
The fire did the most damage in Lamb
and Hockley counties, burning over
many acres of land and destroying hun
drcds of Bead of cattle. Inasmuch as
it will be six weeks before the spring
grass wiH come forth, it has been found
necessary for all cattlemen in that sec
tion to move their . cattle into Xew
Mexico for range purposes, which
means considerable loss to them.
. It is estimated that in the last three
days 500,000 acres of land have been
burned. '
TRAIN CUT& STREET
CAR IN TWO PARTS
Akron, 0 March 5. Eastbound pas
senger train o.'4 on the Erie railroad
hit a street car at the East Exchange
street crossing in the heart of the city
shortly before midnight .tonight. .
The' street car was out in two and
the , four occupants were thrown fifty
feet, but none was fatally hurt.
M. Meeker, the motorman, was
seriously injured but will .recover.
fore, owing probably to the lengths to
which the testimnoy is being spun, out,
and the lack of the sensational through
out the proceedings.
The first witness called to the stand
yesterday was Alice Freeman, a colored
woman,' who sewed for Dr. Matthews'
family. This witness testified to the
loving relations- existing between the
prisoner and his wife. I.era Jenkins,
colored, also testified to this.
R. C. Leavell, assistant to E. Poole,
the undertaker, was the next witness
called. His testimony, which was con
siderably pulled to pieces by the prose
cution, was to the effect t-hat Mrs. Mat
thews' body did not display any unusual
rigidity after aeath.
J, N. Pugh, who was at the depot
when Dr. Matthews arrived from Dur
ham and was met by his wife, testified
to the peculiarity of their.conduct on the
station platform, asserting that they
were laughing, skipping, holding each
others' arms, and acting like children,
and as if they had been drinking or were !
under the influence of drugs.
Dr. J. W. Griffith was then called. He
testified to having known Dr. Matthews
for five years, to having had . an office
across the hall from the prisoner's, and
to having been on most intimate terms
with him. Dr. Griffith stated that he
had gone to the Matthews house pro
fessionally and had observed the re
lations between the two to be most
amicable. In the last few months his
ideas as to the man had changed, and
I he did not think him the same as he
I had been. He was weak in mind and
body, his appearance had greatly
tt l-. -- - I 1. .l.iL
-An iifstariee was recited by Dr. Grif
fith tending to prove the: prisoner's ad
diction to the drug habit., and his men
tal irresponsibility. Dr. Matthews had
once telephoned, to Dr. Griffith, asking
him. to go with lnm to Me house ct. a
, to xlrul,. ome tcptI. .
to
.w Dr. Matthews' oflice the latt
- .in,,,.,! i.l.i
,, ,muvm0tt .n't.i-- a
White tablet.
putit in a spoon with
some M ater, heat the mixture and inject.
it into his arm with a hypodermic
i a ,-.inn. A ttai tlna thntf ilivtVA ,rt rhn
, houge of .he pntiet, ,nd after mc)l.
in there V Griffith found that Dr.
j Matthews had driven very much out of
nis way. When he alighted from the
ihiitrorvhr nlmrtHt. full, nnrwnrinff an if his
iltH avn v inairin iliA
given way
house he spoke roughly to the patient.
ordering her to get out of bed and get
her teeth pulled.
Dr. Griffith also testified to the fact
that he had seen Dr. Matthews give
Mrs. Matthews injections of morphine
VOTIBGJRUST ACTION
Old Ryan Williams Seaboard Air
Line Scandal Aired In
'..'.'.'." ',:'..':, . Debate.
Richmond, Va March 5 The Phlegar
amendment to the voting trust bill
which became a law without (iovernor
Montague's approval, in 100.1, was taken
up by the senate today, engrossed and
passed, after the Sears amendment in
validating the action of voting trusts
previous to the Caton bill, had been de
feated on a viva voce vole. The
acts of voting trusts previous to the
Caton bill but hereafter limits them to
five years.
It was said in the course of the de
bate that the old Thomas K. Hyan-John
Wiliams fight over the Heaboard Hail
way was involved in the amendments,
that the Hears amendment: would in
validate the action, of the ten-year
voting trust of the Kealioard formed by
UlUtams, who now desires the amend
ment invalidating its acts, ami on the
other 'hand that the 1'hlegar amend
ment would be of advantage to liyan.
Latt Honors to Gov. Hogg.
Austin, Texas, March 5. The funeral
of ex-(Jovemor Hogg took place ;--.thi
afternoon and was largely attended,
thousands coming from the border and
central sections of Texas.
Survey of Port of Memphis.
Washington,. March 5. The senate
today confirmed the nomination of ,las.
Jeffreys a? surveyor ot ciialoina at the
port of Memphis, Tenn.
COACHES PLUHEE
Mixed Train Strikes Broken Rail
Between High Point and
Asheboro.
SEVERAL GREENSBORO
MEN AMONG INJURED
Two Passenger Cats and a Box Car Roil ;
Down a Twenty Foot Embankment j
and Nearly All on Board Are More or
Less Injured.
Special to Daily Industrial News.
High Point, March 5. A broken fish
plate which caused a rail to break as
the weight of the cars passed over it
caused a serious and costly wreck eight
miles from High Point on the Asheboro
division of the Southern this morning
at 9 o'clock. The wreck occurred on a
curve about one-half mile from Glen-
ola. ''..''.
Word reached here about ft: 30 o'clock
calling for all the physicians of the
town. A special train was immediately'
made up and the physicians, accom
panied . by newspaper men and other
citizens, hastened to the scene of the
wreck. Xo word could be got from the
wreck until 12 o'clock when the special
bringing the wounded arrived.
The train, which was a mixed one,
consisted of about ten box cars and
i two passenger coaches. The two pas
senger coaches and one box car left the
track and tumbled down a twenty-foot
embankment, the cars lying broadside
in the ditch.' ' -
hTe cars did not c itch fire nnd those
who were not seriously wounded assist-
efl the nthers out. of "the wreck Thev
were conveyed to the. residenc of Daniel
Davis near by until medical attention
was secured. At the first sight of the
wreck those on board the speeinl
thought several lives were lost ; there
deep down in the ditch lay the curs
bndlv smashed; the mail matter and
re scattered
i
i( itf iracK lorn up lor ininy y:
V( more, ft is miraculous that
"iwas killed outright.
or thirty yards or
no one
The wounded were all brought here
with the exception of Conductor Eck
Horns, of Asheboro, and .1. A. William
son, pf Worthville, who were sent to
their '-respective homes. Those brought
here1 were carried to the Junior Order
hospital where they are being cared
for. " '
Three arrived on cots, Mail Agent
Frazier, E. J.. Rudd, of Winston, and
F. B. Dandridge. of Baltimore.
The corrected list of the wounded is as
follows: , ; '
Conductor Eck. Burns, of Asheboro;
seriously injured on head and in back, . - .
E. I.. Rudd, Winston, serious wound on
side of head and bruised about body.
Mail Agent Frar.ier, badly bruised
ubout bead and body.
Capt. McKnight. of the Southern, ser -
iously bruised nbout head and body.
E. B. Dandridge. Baltimore, seriously
injured about head nnd back hand cut.
Sheriff T. '. Finch, Asheboro, leg and
back sprained.
F. O. Walton, of Charlotte, slight cut
on head.
.1. E. Williamson, of Worthville, slight
cut on head and bruised.
A. J. Smith, Chattanooga, bmised and
cut.
W. P. Ragan. High Point, cut on bead
and knee injured.
II.. M. Stewart, Charlotte, cut on head
and leg injured. .
V. (J. Poindcxtcr, Winston, cut and
bruises. .
A. L. Whitehall, Thomnsville, cut and
bruised.
Oscar Reddick, (Jreensboro, cuts and
bruises. -.."'.'...
W, C. Jones, Greensboro, cuts and
bruises.
Mr. Adams, traveling freight agent,
Southern Railway, cut and bruised.
Out of the twenty or more passengers
practically all got hurt except Miss
Oliver, of Thomasville. However her
sister sustained n slight cut on the
hand; these were the only two lady
passengers then on the train.
W. Gould Brokaw's party, numbering
fifteen, had just got off at Frazier's
siding, a mile above, to go to Mr. Bro
kaw's country home, Fairvicw.
Some of the passengers who exam
ined the track after the wreck report
that some of the ties were very rotten
and that parts of , the road were in a
bad condition. "
All the injured are doing very Well
with the exception of Messrs. Burns,
Frazier, Rudd and Dandridge, those
most seriously wounded, ami the doc
tors at present think all of them will
recover.
SHOT OUT LIGHT
BURNED TO DEATH
Minefield, W. Va., March S.- Fire dc-
stroyed several store rooms, a saloon
nnd' a number of shacks nt Norwood
si,lv nmi-iiiiiir. The fiie nlmteil bv nn
exploding lamp, a miner whose -name is
UnKHOWll, SHH111IIJ HI II mi IM'I I IIUII
out of lied and put it out.
'Ihe man was burned to death,
loss is estimated at $JU,CU. -v
The
BUIrJl
lJGER counts
Whatever the Result of His Trial i
He Has no Further In
fluence. DAILY EVIDENCES THAT
ORGANIZATION IS WINNING
Dockery's Nomination Favorably Re-
ported; Frazier'. Record Being
Probed, and Holton's . Confirmation
Now a Certainty.
By JOHN E. MONK.
Washington. D. C, March 5. Devel
opments are following thick and fast
these days that give little comfort to
the enpmii' of the remihir ltenulilican
a- ,u r
organinition in North ( arolina.
Whatever the outcome of his trial
on the charge of practicing before the
executive departments for c.n.pensa-.
tion, Representative Blackburn is down
nd out so far' as his inlluence and
standing in Washington are enrncerned.
'Mr. Blackburn returned to Washing
ton today and visited a number of his
friends. The first thing he heard on
his arrival was that the senate com
mittee on judiciary had made a favor
able report on the nomination of Claud
ius Dockery to be I'nited States mar
shal in the east. The charges against
Dockery were given short shrift by the
senate committee. This nomination
will be confirmed at once.
Investigating Frazier's Record.
Another piece of news developed to-
day that jarred the insurgent represeii-
tative. It was to the effect) that a
1 postonice inspector had been sent to
(Jreensboro to look into the record of
I ' vrus P. Franier, whose noiniiiation for
the post mastership at the place named
has been suspended in midair for sev-
WASHINGTON
eral days. j The suffering among the poorer
This information was received by the 'classes is greater than had been antici
senate committee on post unices .today pat ed and much more money will be
from the posl master general. I'ntil the needed for relief than was thought
inspector makes a report -nothing will probable. No additional names have
be done w ith Fraxier's nomination. j been placed on the death and the
It's a safe bet. that District Attorney report that Charles Klmire. proprietor
A. E. Holton will be confirmed bv the of the -.'Empire restaurant, where most
senate. Blackburn is putting himself
in a very ridiculous position toward
this nomination. So far the represen
tative has filed no charges against Mr.
Holton that are worthy of serious con
sideration. Today .Blackburn submitted
more "charges" against the district at
torney, v
Claudius Dockery arrived here today
accompanied by National Committee
man Duncan. They are here in regard
to the former's nomination.
New Postmasters.
Elbridge (!. Daniels was today ap- j
pointed postmaster at I.ola, ; Carteret i
county, vice h. . J. Cillikcn, resigned,;'
t and Lock .V MeCieachv at Saint Paul's.
- j Robeson county, vice I.. Shaw,, resigned.
An additional rural free delivery
I route will be established at Wilkesboro
j Wilkes county, April 111.
j 1 .
! Ig nig N PANIC
AT ITALIAN DANCE
Florence. Ttalv, March .-. At the:
'village of Fueecehio. twenty-three miles
west of Florence, a house where a dance
was in progress tonight took tire.
In the panic among the quests which
ensued, the floor -gave, way and sixteen,
pei-sons perished while many othei-s were
injured.
'
Southall A Delegate, . -
' lvl:nrtAn'.Mant a !tinMMtiit iv
j Southall. of the Fourth Virginia district,
was elected todav bv the Virginia dele-
gation as the Virginia member of the
Democratic congressional campaign com-
mittce. Representative llavnard's name
was also before the caucus.' but he with -
drew before a vole was taken.
ATTEMPT TO KILL
Woman Tried to Assassinate
Governor General of
Moscow.
Moscow,
March .". A boldly planned
attempt
on the life of Vice Admiral
Doubasoff, governor genera, of Moscow
and memlier ot the council 01 me em- only to attend a session of the .Mat- tj there is visible only a small part
pire, was frustrated today. The would-1 thews trial now going on in Guilford of the bloiid-shot and dull eye, his lips
be assassin was a woman and her method ! county court lamse. I'here nils day by ;bang in their weak and sensuous curve,
.. ,, ' .i.. f (i... dav a miserable wreck, brought to his his skin becomes ashy, and he cares no
was practically the sa ne as that of the , w,wlitioB.-hv-; "..f a pi. i m0re for court and jury, for evidence
woman who atleinpled the lite of icc Mllllw ' ,nlr, and because he used it damning or favorable, for the great dis
Admiral Choukniii. jthere is assembled there a gathering of 'grace -he lias brought upon his family,
.Representing that she came from per-, brilliant . men. a throng of witnesses, or for the possible shadow of (he gal
sonal friends of the governor general and all the great .machinery of the .' Inw : lows.
j she gained ndmittiim'e to the chancellery,
but her agitation attracted the utten -
i1 ion of an aide, who noticed particularly
the .luxuriance of the woman's hair,
which was coiffed high upon her head.
When interrogated, she attempted to
IH-C, Wilt. l.l-l.,-,l n , v,-u.( bw. ..
sum II bomb was discovered concealed in
i her trcnses. The identity ot the woman
lliaa not been established.
CLEARING UP OF
STORM
WBECK
AT
People of Meridian Making Stren-
uous Efforts to Restore
the City. ;
LIST OF DEAD MAY
BE SWELLED TO 22
Relief Committee Accepting Outside
Donations Which Are Arriving by
Every Mail Plans Under Way to
Rebuild the Destroyed Area Promptly.
MERIDIAN
Meridian. Miss.. March 5.-St, irdv ef.'c,1 no 8Uch P"?" !n T,-M:
f..t r j. i, .1. ,,i , f pital, innrmarv or sanitarium. 1 ney
''"? .' 'v" , . I
, , . j. ..
snepv iiy rrmays luruuuu. nuiiuicus
I. v Friday's tornado. Hundreds I
I of workmen nnd convicts are emnloved. '
land remesentative ciiiens are lendiiiL' i
I a" 1 repiesentatne eiueiw aie ienuinb
i .A.lJ . . .i
Ti,a i.,ii, i;.e A.n;1ta-
; , although it n.av possibly be
twcflty.t,v0 viotinls. A;notlg
fc . f .. rf -
dition.
The relief committee is accepting out
side donations, which are arriving with
every mail. -No appeal has been made
LUtside the state, but the distress is so
great that the relief committee decided
to accept al contributions voluntarily
made.
Plans are forming to encourage the
immediate.' rebuilding of the destroyed
urea. :
The general relief and finance com
mittee, having the storm situation in
! hand, resolved at a meeting here today
j to accept 'every outside contribution.
j which may be made voluntarily, but
' to make no general appeal to the eoiin-
try at large, governor nrdaman was
thanked for his prompt action in bring-
I ing relief and a request for additional
state convicts to aid in clearing the i
i debris was made. '.
j of the deaths occurred, was dead, was
proved to 1m unfounded. He is desper
ately injured and was but slightly im
proved late today.
'1 he militia probably will be removed
from patrol duty tomorrow. Only
eighteen bodies have been cared for at
the local morgues, but others are bs-
lieved to be under the ruins.
Ml business houses in the ruined dis
trict, it is stated, will be rebuilt.
TORNADO WHISKS BABE
SAFELY OUT OF HARMi
. j
) " -Meridian.. Miss.. , yarcii o T I he , lor-
nado winch swept me cuv rnaav even-
. ' '. ,
ing, killing nineteen persons a"il dam-
aging mch pn,perty. dealt kindly -with :
the babv ot .lames Mewart. L
Sweeiiinc the child through the air.
the wind deposited it gently on the j
eronnd. The babe lav in the rain' 'for'1
several hours. It was found sleeping
peaectullv.
to the fact that he is a cripph.
, Charles Harris, an operator for the
Queen and .Crescent Lnilroad, probatily
owes his escape from injury when the
: wind struck the. depot building. Many
others in the building attempted to v-
cape and several were injured. Harris
I sat on the floor, hoping the storm might
pass over his head, which it did.
j A million and a quarter, dollars a
(w,nprvui ive estimate of . the . damase
! wrought.
Alter leaving Meridian and entering
Macon, a suburban town about fixe
miles distant, all trace of the storm
.seems to have disappeared, little if any
- damage being reported from the couu-
i try.
MATTHEWS CARES ONLY
FOR HIS DRUG OPIUM
Whole Machinery of Court Must Cease When Alleged Wife Poisoner
Cries for His Soul-Enslaving Potion, Fiend of
the Poppy.
If one wished to realize to the full
Ithe subtle and impelling power of the
unguoreus fiend of the .poppy one. has
- to decide at great' expense to the state
: whether that self-same drug is ; re -
sponsible for the death of the prisoner's
I wife. . '
I Yet more than' that the whole machin-
ery must stop when this moral wreck
. his dcsiVe for more of the druir. for
M .111 nin.r in iv. iu lUii.T ir.
! which he has sold his birthright of mall-
'lines, respectability, and humanity.
QITTMAN, THE MISSING
WITNESS, GOES TO CHINA;
PROSECUTION EMBARRASSED
- ' v -.sjrftsiiiifj
Pullman Cond'tctor, Who First Found Stricken Woman Leaves
This Country, so it is Said, to Avoid Being Called into the
Celebrated and Salacious Case.
There has been so much "wild talk" i
about the absence of Pullman car Con-!
duetor Gittman as a witness for thc
; prosecution in the Matthews trial, now
in piogress nere, me conuensea repoi i : prse the speculative element in this
given of his testimony at the prelim-; reinarkablv sensational and repulsive
inary trial of Matthews before Mayor ' tragedy it is known that another mvs
Murphy which is reproduced below on terj0Ug absence is reported since that
December 5th. will prove of interest. It storv ., introduced in the trial last
has been .'impossible to locate Gittman.
At the beginning of this trial the prose
cution stated that he was sick at a san
itarium in Philadelphia. The Philadel
phia papers at once exhausted every
means known to modern newspaper en
terprise to .find Gittman there, ami
have bombarded -the
press correspond-
ents
but
i i j. l
ciri.i iinic lui uiM-iiinu a auui.o
' , u " u T V ill, u ' v i
,,, u tn f,,,..,:,!. :
.. nt.t r '. . . ..
. A t- u 1l,""V"" P'1'"
,pft RlcBmomi t.0 r three months ago,
would indicate that ne changed
ii 13 i tin as i uuiiraii t'uuuuvivi uclwcth ;
Richmond and (Jreensboro pretty soon :
after he testified in the Matthews trial, i
That his sister could not give his ad
dress and had riot, heard he was sick. i
Jt was learned last nignt trom the
most reliable authority that Captain 1
bittinan had set sail tor China trom the
port at (an rraneisco on the tenth oay
Of February.
His Movements Problematical..
Whether the story of the dead wo
man's alleged abandoned life, introduced
Navahoe. of Clyde Line. Driven
Hard and Fast on Middle
Shoal.
Wilmington, NY C. March 5. "While
on the way to sea Saturday evening, 'the
Clyde Line steamer Navahoe. Captain C.i
.M. Hale, was caught in a southwest gale I
just inside the Cape Fear bar and was
driven ashore on Middle Shoal, about the
same location where the schooner. Gen
eral Adelliert Ames foundered about
three weeks ago.
Cnsuccessful efforts were made bv the i
I'nited States revenue cutter Seminole.
the tugs Marion and Blanche nnd the
steamer Compton to float the vessel Sun
day and again today with the further
: assistance of the Standard Oil tils'
Astral. The vessel draws seventeen feet
of water and is hard ashore in seven
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lire- wiraimui(j iuv .t
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.iiunnei- aim navai is win-; iigmen
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ed and .further attempt will be made
to uoai me vessel -on nign iiae minor-1
row morning,
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i ill- ,riH' I iiiii; ra
and is in no peril with favorable weather, j
Seymour Merrill, of Wilmington, was
the only passenger aboard and returned
to this city on the tugs, proceeding by I
rail to New York. !
STEAMSHIP ASHORE HEARING BEGINS IN
NEAR WILMINGTON ELECTION CONTEST
"I he weather was extremely rough ' cliav2ert with robbing the mails and coii
Saturday night. The night was dark and j vjptc,f .
there was a driving rainstorm. Captain! y. A. Ifnlman and M. PiUtioilge ap
Hale says it was impossible for him to ipMrPti for l.ega.re. Mr. Ilolman defend-'
keen liis bearings and about 7 o'clock thc:pfi the South Carolina constitution, say-
j steamer was driven bard and fast, the
i bow of the vessel being beaded in. ;
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Postmasters Named.
I ' 'v..i.itA M.h x Th P.lHnl
I today sent the following nominations to
the seiwte: .;
Postmasters: Georgia B. A. T.ifsey.l
Barncsville; .T. F. Thornton, Greens-;
jboro; S. T. Nance. Arlington.
North Carolina Elizabeth H
Scotland Xeck.
I The prisoner asks to be excused from
i he room, and. when He comes bacK ne
Ih";
j He has had his "dope;- he lias given
1 his .soul 'another push back into the
! balck quagmire of morbid dreams and
he watches it lieing engulfed in the
! black horror without a quiver of pro-
test, only hoping that at some time its
may yield himself completely to his
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(miserable bondage, without even the
I memory .of freedom behind Un.
by the prosecution, to show that Dr.
Matthews had a motive in killing his
vife and that it was not done nnder an
mflfl.np rienisinn has niivfhinflr to do with
fjiltman's mysterious movements, is of
KTiday. That night the High Point
man, who Dr. Matthews told the police
man was responsible for the last trouble,
and through whom his wife had invested
her $3..)00, took a northbound train and
has not been seen since, though a sub
poena has been issued for him.
It will be noted that in the testimony
of Conductor (littntan, neither on the
'direct nor cross examination was anv
uiiraiiwii
asked him remotely sugges-
Uve 01 an nnporper lite led by .Mrs.
'Matthews, although at that time the
prosecution must hare been in posses-
. tfc evidence from the no-
,Wm.B. th, it ,
it now has.
Captain Gittman's Evidence.
December 6, 1003 '"The revelations
in the Mat thews trial .yesterday were
worse than had been previously told
llPlieved. The Pullman' car-conductor.
vn rlln llPtween P.ii-lnninid ami
(;reensboro and Kalei"h, Capt. Jas. T.
:f;ittman of ' Richmond ' waa the first,
M-tnBa inlincr rif hiiiiT pulloil at 1 hn
Matthews residence at 0:30 on Friday
(Concluded on page 0, column 5.)
House Committee Takes Up South
Carolina's Legare-Prlolean
Fight.
Washington, March 5 House Elec
tions Committee Xo. 1. began hearings
today in the Legare-Prioleait election
contest tor the seat in the house irora
the First South Carolina District.
Tames H. Stewart, attorney for Aaron
P. Prioleau. the negro wlio is attempt
ing to unseat Representative George S.
Legarc, opened the case with a review
!0f the charges against Legare's cam-
paign managers. He alleged tnat tne
system of voting was illegal: that legal
ballots were kept from the ballot boxes
and that the South Carolina constitu
tion of 1895 limiting the right of suflrage
was unconstituional. :
Stewart denied the allegation of Lc-
o-are's supporters that Prioleau was not
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niadO IU millf I nciiHU m-iMinc
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gress.. '.." .-.' .
He also charged that Prioleau. who
was a mail clerk, had to shut himself
in a. mail ear to avoid the mob lit
i t-t.i,iri-;iin si C mill n-as falsely
jug jt contains an educational qualifl-'
cation for voters, which is enforced
against blacks and whiles alike.
Mr. Rivers denounced as absurd the
rkursii that an attempt was made to
mob Prioleau and said it was based
merely on nearsa . in
prosecution of PnoR-ati for robbing the
mails and said he was convicted by a
jury on which two m-groes sat.
plain the small vote for Prioleau.
IDAHO ALARMED BY
BIG DYNAMITE THEFTS
Armed Men Guard Boise City
Penitentiary and Home of
Governor.
Hoise City. Idaho, March 3. Follow
ing the confession of Steven Adams as
to his participation in dynamite plots
against officials who have prosecuted
members of the Western Federation of
Miners comes disquieting new of whole
sale robbing of powder and dynamite
magazine. ,
The first robliery discovered was that
of the Star powder house in the hills
west of this city. 400 pounds of dyna
mite and caps having been taken,
Excitement attending the discovery of
the theft mentioned tiad hardly subsid
ed when it became known that all the
other powder magazines in the nearby
hills had been broken into.
Governor Gooding ' immediately 'had
100 or more guards thrown over the
eity. and especially around the peni
tentiary. ;
Armed 'men were also placed around ,
the homes of' Governor Gooding. Special
Prosecutor James II. Hawley and others.