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Atrocious Murder Was Committed Early This Morning "Unknown Slayer Fired Load Of Buck Shot Into Night ' Watchman's Heart Believed loHave Been Intent On Incendiarism One of the most brutal murders t occur in New Bern in some time, was perpetrated shortly ; after 1 o'clock this morning when some unknown per il Attempted JRobbery. ff During the time the crowd was sear ching for the man who had fired the . . . .. (fatal okArf ar m a nArann kribfi inf-rt tko son who had concealed themselves in v... the plant, fired a load of buck, shot home of--- "rley wh resides just -Into the heart of Tony Rogers, ;oss the street from the pine Lumber the aged nightwatchman employed j Company and attempted to steal a by the Pine Lumber Company on Gri- js't 01 nour. wucu mis was uiscov flith street. The slayer made his es-jered another search begun. The of -caDe and althoueh the oolice have made ficers, who had returned with Fender- .everv effort to aDDrehend him. at 5 , son- assisted in this but this also proved o'clock this moraine no trace of the;'"'"1- .man had been found. JU8t what the obiect tne murderer . ! of Rogers had can only be surmised The old man had been in the employ of the Pine Lumber Company for some time and was known to be peaceable and, so far as is known, he had no enemies. Lying near his body, the Coroner found his revolver and this was filled with loaded cartridges, show Just after the cjock in the steeple -of the Federal building had pealed the liour of 1, A. D. Tiler and John Lamb, who reside near the plant, heard a shot and then heard Rogers scream that he had been shot. Rushing over to the shed ,in which lumber is stored thev found Rogers Ivine on the floor in a Dool of his own blood and life ; inK that he had not fired at his assail exstinct. Iant' The only plausible theory that has Quickly they began a search for b-en advanced as to the motive of tht the slayer and were in time to see a ' murder, is that the watchman, in mak megro dart through a small door in im his rounds discovered some one who the rear of the shed and make a dash had gone there for the purpose of rob for liberty. Neither of the two men bery- However, the latter does not were armed and, naturally, did nor feel seem probable on account of the fact like attacking a murderer whom theylthat the only thing that could be knew to be armed. However, they , stole from the shed is the lumber which ran to the front of the shed, fronting : is sortd there- , on Griffith street, and hollered to sev-1 . Another thing which is rather pecul eral men down toward Queen street, !'ar "d t0 the fact that the rauN asking them to be on the lookout for , derer " " acquainted with fheTocatlon the fugitive". Among these men were!01 tne various exits of the plant, is E. C. Tisdale, W. C. Wiliett and T, that the small apperture through which R. Crawford. Messrs. Wiliett and he made his escape is located where a Tisdale both saw the fleeing man and ftranger would hardly be able to fud Mr. Crawford succeeded in momentari Latest Photos of the Trio Of America's Cup Defenders .. I VJILMa, , J . i. i , , r A ' A dill 1. . 'j ly bringing him to a, halt but the negro, seeing that several persons, were closing in on him, made a dash for liberty and escaped. Police Make Capture In the meantime the police hid been notified and. Chief of Police C. Lupton, it. The police have advanced the theory that some discharged employe of the company, intent on securing vengeance, had gone to ihe lumber shed for the purpose of setting it on fire. Being' discovered and recognized by" the watchman they, in order to save them- fbotoa copyright, 1914, by American Press Association, ERE are the latest photos of the yachts' built to defend the America's cup against 8 Tnomas, Llpton's Shamrock rv which wUi racs to American waters next, September. At the upper left hand corner of the Illustration Is the Defiance, built hv crew of vtUeTanltle snapped while the brawny tars were hoisting the Dig matnaan. ot itotJfra?e'ul'greyhounj of the seas. Well, here's wlshinc eood lock to? alT three ot them.' H nrs;i 111 i Captain A. L. Bryan and Policeman selves from beingeither caught or re Cir- ported, fired thp bullet whicii caused his death. Many Attended The A. A. Ipock. were soon on" the scene. cumstances were that the old man had been shot by Tom Fenderson, his - helper and also colored and when it I r i . i. . . . i . I was iuuiiu mac renuerson was not on'n 11 ' r M. ' r the scene, the officers went in search j ilOrSe KdCCS leSterdflV uau unit unuci an cat aiiu uaiK ai liic JSrKED TESTS AT EASTERN scene ot tne muraer. CAROLINA FAIR PROVED Fenderson was scrutinized by Messrs. J ' INTENSELY EXCITING winett ana v-rawtora out both gentle-j RIVER AND HARBOR BILL men were positive that he was not the man seen running from the scene of the crime by them and he was released and the police then began work on ..another clue which may lead to the . arrest of the real murderer. Coroner Holds Inquest - County Coroner Dr. Walter Watson , had been notified of the killing and t arrived a short time later. Upon ex- imanation he found that the .shot had entered Roger's heart, severed one of the main arteries and that death had ensued within ' a few seconds. n::Tll!B-.MWn krtKflA'' 1 ' 1...., L n . f .. i' . I. A .j 14 uw,. woo. uu vui. , titc IdUI. lllal ". blood stains .and" great-pools of blood were to be seen all around where the - body Jay on the floor and it could ' be seen from this that the-man had not walked but one or two steps before falling.. A coroner's jury was empanell t ed at once and an investigation of the i murder began. . - The Jury's Verdict. The Coroner's jury which was, com posed ot W. C. Mallard, ,C. B.'Smithf J. W. Martin, W. M. Westbrook, H. K. Land, secretary a nd H. J. Foscue, foreman, agter" holding an inquest ren dered the following verdict. "We, the coroner's jury, empanelled SAYS UNCOMPLIMENTARY THINGS ABOUT BILL NOW BEFORE SENATE. WASHINGTON; D". C, July 4 Senator Burton's criticisms of the River and Harbor bill, now under considera tion by the Senate, are not directed so much against the merits of the sever al projects as asrainst the "niivpmpal policy" of making appropriations for the various projects. The Senior Sen ator form Ohio, who was chairman of the Rivers ..and Harbors Committee of the House for nine years, -said, during the discussion on the bill, that it had been TO I El y THE SOUTHERN Bf. T 1 CARRY CAROLINIANS MAY Advanced Steps Taken of South. in Interest CUTS THE COLONISTS RATE In the Future No Inducements Will Be Offered to Take Peo ple Away From Home. PRACTICALLY DECIDED THAT ALL NOTES WILL HAVE GREENBACKS. WASHINGTON, July 4. Plans for the issuance of the new Federal reserve bank notes to the 12 reserve banks after their establishment will be com- l-iicieu wiuim ou uays. l (us was an nounced here todav by John Skclton Will .ams, comptroller of the currency, after several conferences with Secre tary McAcloo and Director Ralph, on the bureau of printing and engraving. It practically has been decided that notes of "all denominations will have a green back of the tea me design. This would make it ndfcessarv for notes to lhere were several hundreds lovers of horse racing in this section and the greater portion ot these went out to the Eastern Carolina Fair grounds the aim of his committee to get away yesterday alternoon to witness the rom the old method of making appro speed tests Which were scheduled to priations and that a new policy was I 4of;ni'-n1.. nA. .1.. I'll r .. I. T be tried out at that place with some of , . . um ivuMbe stacked right side up before thev the fastest horses in Eastern North u t ,0"e 5 ttlC nver ind be counted and would simphfj CarnKn, ..7i 7 , , r'mclBU "uo law- t"e work ot tellers. The notes will . ' . weturneaouroacRsontheoIdmethod.be denominations of five, ten, twenty , , uuun nun p r "HH.upimuuiis 111 mac uiii, i titty and one hundred dollars. Por rtiiioiig tne norses,; seen.on the track r "vrv """" "au tne i traits ot Linclon, .Cleveland, Jackson, was the-famous Uly Hal, owned by 7 B "-".""VK1- ? was, n we a- Grant and Fran Unfile been consider fr-tvo vi ' '' . j i vi'.' h,jcvaii wc pusneu u to com- 1 - 1 T iwon.t.wnea y pletion and .tfce Amount of the author r. Hancock ot Beaufort Dr. Wilkes; izai ion was stated in the bill." owned, by T. A. Grantham, Billy Boy, CHARLOTTE, July 4. Keenlv alive to the advantages of the section of the United States which it penetrates with its lines, the Southern Railway has announced through its various offices that the sale of colonists' tickets to the Northwest will in the future be dis continued. This is a sten which is taken to indicate that this railway through its energetic boosters and ad vertisers of the resources of the South intends to shut off at least one probable leak that is costing this section of the country an inestimable sum of money It is regarded as an important step bv the factors that are try inu tr h ii rl up this part of the State and seeking fj iiiu'iix-jiiiiiiigraiitsoiakinu that the e are abundant opportunities here their energies and resources. At same time the Southern aims to tkif. matk J . .. Y ! lino iiiviiiuu (uc ou ln a snent wa any exod us of farmesr or any other clas of people from North Carolina to th Northwest and while there has bee no great number of these within thaM no great numhar nf thpsp wiflun r. cm jeans ironi tnis immediate section pbils vi norm aroina nave suffered from such a going out Colonists' Rates. rresment Harrison has announced and ordered that his word go out from the various central offices of the South nm in T.--l. t..- .1! .... I. . i r- ... 4,1,1m tuuima tnac in tne tuture there will be no sale of r-nlnntetV t;,.i-.tc j'.i. mcic is uo concercea action on the part of all the railroads penetrating he south to cut out the alluring features but the head of the Southern has de termined to take this course whether the others do or not. For rhe Tin st- Ipn ears these colonists' tickets have been ffective from March 15 to April 15 and from September 16 It is known that during this time, rep resentatives ol lug Western railro ids have visited the South and have come into North Carolina, even into tlu section, with alluring literature por liaving the unparalled advantages ot of the Northwest as an agricultural field. According to the Asheville Citi zen, last March. 26 renresenr.it ivp; if other roads made extended visits to Western North Carolina, called on the farmers of the different counties of this section of the State and indue ed many ot them to "go west". Thev made their headquarters at this city and left nothing undone to induce farmers and stock raisers to investigate the advan tages of the States traversed bv their lines and their efforts were not without auv.Li.-a3. laiwug auvaniage ot the low rates from Asheville to the different Northwestern States, scores of the peo ple of the Western part of North Caro- i: i . i- una nave gone to tar awav States to spend the remainder of their lives FOURTH OF JUlY BERN IS SAFE AND SANE Partial Suspension of Business The City. In SEVERAL EXCITING EVENTS Horse Racing And Baseball Feature Of The Occasion Maky Visitors. wing its usual custom New tizens yesterday celebrated "the by a partial suspen and a general feelintr Folio Bern c glorious fourth ion of business 01 testivity. Early in the dav th non- ping of fire crackers was heard and this continued, intermittently, until mid night. There was a large number of visitor. from nearby towns in the city and these participated in the numerous events which had been planned for the dav. The first of these events was a base- M game at Ghent Park yesterday lorning. I his was well attended and horoughly enjoyed. The feature of the afternoon was the orse racing out at the Eastern Carolina Fair grounds and a large number of the "turf fans" were on hand to wit ness these speed tests. Another base ball game also took place at Ghent Park yesterday afternoon and this, as the previous one, was well attended, in fas a larger number were present than during the morning game. At night it seemed that every citi zen Ot New Hern had turner! r,r tr. lid in celebrating the close of the eventful dav and dow n in the hllsinetsti section of the citv, the streets presen ted a scene of marked activity. Many went out to Ghent Park where a spec ial program had been prepared for the occasion, while others artenrlerl t-h.. performance at the Athens theatre Taken as a whole the Fourth in New Bern was a safe and sane one. No one was imured and pvervnnA nrKf, oined in celebrating tf he event to it s fulles enjoyed eorge Gerrall Was Painfully Injured NEGKO BRICK MASON DROP- Pi.D 1 (' BRICK ON CRAM CM a n I, , litem A-hlord ad street dropped lleyro w; t ri ed tor use on thv frtfrjous notes, but I definste decision lyasw'af been reached. owned by Jonnie Cox and a number of others. There, were three races during the afternoon and the heats in each of tnese were wen . worth witnessing. JNot only did the horses show up to advantage but the drivers handled them better than ever before seen on a locil track, The first race was won by Dr. Wilkes. Local Police Fail . To Locate Thief Young WBite Man Was Painfully Hurt devel- rates and various railroads men to YV estern MAKE SEARCH FOR NEGRO WHO CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO SHOT AT MATTHEW , AT ROPERS' MILL ONE HALL. . I ARM BROKEN Although the local-noliVo made a . vRtpmatio 9i, i, ' A- King, a young white man who The second .race 'was won hy' Dan negro who! on the previous nieht at- is employed at tWvlttffll plant of the - . vve uie coroner s liirv. emnanoiiori the fifth dav of lulv IOU 7 77Z . 1 ' V . lvlC4veel ana mPa to murder Matthew. Hall at-1 John L. Koper L$thWff Company and Rnra fir, A th.l . v: . . . " s" ,, ,uOUlg lne noUse, watl nainflliIv ;t,,L by a wound inflicted in the left arm and side by a shoot gun in the hands of party unknown to the jury." . Despite the lateness of the hour a largo crowd gathered, when "it became known that the murder lad had been committed and a regular man hunt was in progress in that locality, many believing that the slayer was still in the vicinity. ot guns and revolvers were very much in evidence and the entire section was thoroughly sCoured but no trace of any suspicious charac ter " : ' und. 10,000 PERSONS DROWNED. Canton," China July 4. Re bery was a most" daring 7,::,. ports; received here say 10,000 persons were drowned in -the West river floods,' which this jreac was worse than usual, and that deaths from starvation- in the affected districts have been numerous. , t if they failed to find any clue which may leaa to the man s anW. ' Hnor they will continue the search and there w yruuauiity xnat, tne thief will yet be apprehended.'- This attempted rob- one in everv detail and but Vfor the fart . tha M- Hall happened to return home when he did, valuable articles might have been taken. The bullet fired by the intruder was found to be lodged in the wall. But for the fact that the negro's aim was bad Mr. Hall would probably have been either seriously injured , or killed. ' ' - V;. efwen S; which could the accident, was assisting and in some these and his ecljji'hile iulc rriuuy iugii From the few be secured in regi it seems that Mr. in Coupling seven way was caught bl right arm broken..'!"' The injured man - was carried to Fairview hospital: to; receive medical attention and a report from that In stitution last 'night was to the effect that he was restitfe Easily and would probably be out agJain' within ' a few days. j , - Had Lost Hope. Considerable opposition h opea nere to tne colonists the action of the sending their best North Carolina to induce the faVmers and stockraisers to dispose of their holdings here and cast their lots among strangers in an unknown land. However it has been generally realized that circumstances were such as io mali CARS it necessary that the Southern meet . i. . uie competition ot other lines and those who had entertained hope of getting the colonists' rates rescinded had about arrived at the conclusion that there was no remedy for the ex isting conditions. They are therefore, totally unprepared for the announce ment of President Harrison and the announcement that he has decided that the Southern shall discontinue putting , the tickets on sale at the low rates will come as unexpect ed information here. Through its land and industrial department 4 the Southern is making great effort; to, attractVthe attention of farmers and i "stockraisers of other sections and to get them to investigate the possibilities' 6ffered along its lines. targe appropriations have been niade for advertising and many of the repre sentatives this department are kept on. the road all the time presenting the claims of the Southern States to the roppe tory, ,ind hrst il t! on trie lelt him uiK.onseio They physio, he stated th.i one m il neare that the res.il! V'H.m; (j r when the linek unirn ide ot the he: oiis lor aliout trician em- vew, Bern Klectric as wriainfully ln- on while- at his . resilience which lvinij c iii-tructed ri a e ircl brick his head. in erecting din. whii-h - t ie second Mas wiring )l'ied man si ruck him I, rendering uilt an hour. hi. enu ,1 artel 1 n was in ii had the liri " the center -t would have ned and ick struck uis head een fatal. Hundreds Witnessed Two Games Yesterday BIG DOUBLE HEADER TOOK" PLACE AT GHENT PARK MANY ATTEND The Railroaders defeated the Ghent team in an exciting game of baseball by the score of .5 to 1, at Ghent Park yesterday morning. The batteries for the Railroaders were Spencer and Harker, for the Ghent team, Mitchell, Bonds and Bartling. In the afternoon the Single Men walloped the Married Men to the tune of seventeen to three. Although this game was a little one sided it was at times very exciting and was attended by a large crowd of "fans." McSorley and Scales comprised the batteries for the Single Men while the pitching and receiving for the Married Men was done by Willis and Seifert. fa rmers of other sections of the country. Heretotore, this work has been offset to a certain extent by reason of the fact that many of those attracted to the land lying in the Southern's territory have come. South only to take the places of. tnose who been led to invest . in Northwestern. -
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