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s 1 :.y; ;? a. iIRST " 1 '-'' f ) ; t j vpl : V0L. XXn;No, 12 HEW BERN, N. C.. THURSDAY MORNING JULY 23, 1914 FIVE CENTS PER COPY , ; ...... - ' . 11 .... ' ii...... .. . ..... . ! ' ", ' 1 - ... ft. ..0 I!FK CLEWS Di IH THE Police NowOn Trail Which They Think Will End Successfully Arrests Arc Expected Soon Robbery Is,Noiy Firmly Believed. Have .Been . s-fcfiJ' y 1STrt-faJf4 - . ' :Early -'tttt tthav;pjprofng'f Sunday,. July some person whose exact identi ty is at present, unknown, entered one of the lumber sheds of the Pine Lumber Company and with a shot gun, fired a load of buck shot into the heart of Tony Rogjers, the. Aged negro night watchman' employed by . the company to keep a -watch over their plant dur ing the night. The murder was brutal in the ex treme and the police, who were on the scene a lew minutes aner cue su made every effort to locate-and appre - nena tne siayer anu no uw "ithe water but E. H. Meadows. Jr.. have already been arrested for the crime but both of these proved absolute ali bis and were released. A crime of this variety must have had - some deep motive and discover ing this has baffled the police and has hindered them in their work, So far as is known the murdered man had no enemies and the theory advanced by - many that' the murderer went to the plant for the purpose of setting it afire u not believed to have been tjielf j(erlM5anders be even better than the object. Robbery the Object. It is now firmly believed that rob bery ,w-as the object. T" i I . L. to light during the past week have lead the officers .to believe that Roeers was in the habit of carrying his savings around with him and that his slayer was aware oi tne lact. -rvpowing cne old 'man's habits he went to the plant, not wun me intention oi Kimng njs intended victim Tut carrying along , tne snot gun ior tne purpose ot ingnt- . the me connected with that establish ning him into banding over the-.rnon, ' ment WOuld tackle any sort; of a job, ey. The old negro finally reached the n0 matter how intricatiand, stick to it " Ppt -where the murderer is kno.n to ; unt,i jt was concluded. : nave stooa . ana was tnere praoaDiy toia to tnrow up nis nanqs. Insteadol 'doing -thisr it is believed that Roger, madeari4ffort to get his rcvoivci-.wiiw-u lie. '.uii i n;u m m ucit i nd whicn-jVas iouhd underneath his tiJn attar fUa til Riir i nA it- MrAa ' tk.n . rthat the slayer, seeing that he-would either have to shoot or be shot, fired the fatal' load into the negro's body and was nearly one hundred barrels of new , then made a quick search of the oId;one8 at the NorfolkSo..thiii' freihr man's clothing, securing his money and . made h escape. " ' ' - ' Who Wa the Man? ; Br lmmecateiy alter the v snooting a negrd is eaicj to hye been seen, to run out into the street a short distance be- i low the mill and that he acted suspi v ciously when he was told to stop. It '..was at first believed that this was the murderer. . However, this belief has also -changed. The negro qaestton did not have a shot gun "and if he had Ibeen the slayer it. would have- been neceaaary for Kim to have hidden- the 'weapon within the few second whic Relapsed after, thckilling andthisappera ance on Griffith street. ' ' ' - A thorough search of that locality on the 'following day failed to reveal any hidden weapon adthta practically eliminated , that man Jfrom , the, Jlist . of. : suspects'.'' Taking this" into Considera . ,rtion and by the process of .elimination -' and deduction the police have found a ) clew which they believe will end in, the. arrest of the guilt . party and when this '.arrest is made It, w.ill. cause considera i ble surprise to alU( ,.:rVi., j. ... iv. . us? when the arrest will be made, ' ' if at all, is a iriatter of speculation. t The . police want to be sir ' that they have the right party or j :' s before tak- ' ing anyone into custc ' ; of circumstances is not - several d.iys will proba i t i the i t coi.-i . , tlapsebe- forea-ytl 13 d "e, ;.-.ii!i. i ldt. I ( vine - s O MURDEfl OF iSHT WATCHMAN NW BCTO IrOIi VVOrltS DO Excellent WOfk DEMONSTRATE .THEIR ABILITY TO HANDLE MOST IN TRICATE JOBS. Last ' Saturday the sea-going tug, Argonauta, owned by the Wilming tontrTowing Company of Wilmington, N.. C. Ipft that nnrfr pnrnnfp tn Ralti- Tmbre with a tow of barees. In comine throueh the Inland Waterway Canal. the tug lost a shoe when she struck a snag in that waterway and this dis abled her. Without this shoe the vessel was un able to proceed and W. A. Sanders, the manager, who was on board was in a quandary as to where to have the repairs made. He did, not think that there was a marine railway here of suf ficient size to allow the large craft to be placed on it. However, on Monday night the vessel was brought here and carried to the Meadows Marine Rail- r0siderahle tronblo wa9 . perieiiced in getting the vesse, out of finally accomplished this by himself getting down into the river and placing the blocks under her. ' Next it was necessary to have a shoe made to replace the one lost and the services of J. C. Hill and Ephriam Brinson of the New Bern Iron Works were secured. Mr. "Hill and Mr. Brin- son went to work and for thirty-six hours they labored in getting this ready and the finished product was said by one which was first on the vessel. Mr. Snaders was especially profuse in his praise of Messrs Hill and Brinson rates uiougtffl. their exceMent wrl, w s(.at(H " that he did not at nrst beIieve that the ' t u u t j biiuc luuiu uc iiiauuiciucureu excepc in gome well equipped Northern plant aVld 1n act had amost given up hope o such. However, he ,was agreeably 8urprised. He found that the plant of the New Bern Iron Works wag we? equipped for ju'st such work and that xhe vessei ,eft port yesterday after- nnnn to cnW:l,',de hpr vnvan . 5 SWEET POTATOES ARE ON THE MARKET' , s i ' 1 " : ' ' i Y ' "f '.. . '' i ' -.( withstanding it haa'hwii nit. ly a 8h0rt time since thf "J9icrop of -weet notatoes has hepn xhai iirl there ( depot yesterday morning ready to be shipped to northern markets.;. ' These 'potatoes were grown dowft Neuse river :n Carteret countv, and were brouf ht here by water for shipment to another market. WATER IN NEUSE RIVER ' VERY LOW. ' Captain S. . Phillips, of the steam er S. . Phillips that plys between New Bern; and , Maple .Cypress, stated . yes-. terday to, a. Joumal tepurter that the water ts Neuse nver is exceedingly low. When asked what effect the heavy rain fall, around Raleigh and other points near the head of the river had, he stat ed that it all seemd to Come in a gush, and! now the water is as low as it "was a few weeks ago. . k . . T. ' Captain Phillips is loud in his praise of the condition of the crops in the sec tion 'of the county that . he passes through. ' ' i -at"' r-. ; MArV" WATERMELONS. ; 6 "' . A'i ,"1- ' I- NOW; SEEN ON THE ..NEW BERN fi, y MARKET.-, - New Bern. market is beginning to be crowded with watermelon grown' in this and ; adjpning counties,; There were severaL boat loads of the juidy product of the soil in port yesterday li.oriiSiig including one large flat loaded to iti capacity. The prices, which have i - vtt ' i ' "'v ' - . ; ; 'i ' - . -: ; Mrs. J. P. C. Davis left yesterday !i',"rnoon for Taufort where she.wiM ! f -vfral t' --a vl . her s'.tcr. F. M. SIMMONS. United 8tataa , 8anator Aor tiv In Anti-trukt Mevamant. DEATH H MOT TELLS ANOTHER STORY PROBE OF FAIRMOUNT PARK CROSSING CRASH CONCLUDED BY COMMITTEE NORFOLK, July 22. W. K. At kinson, motorman in charge of the motor car and trailer which crashed into a Virginian Railway freight train at Fairmouht Park grade crossing ear ly last Friday morning, killing seven persons and injuring 89 others, made a second sworn statement yesterday morn ing at St. Vincents hospital before judge William Rhea of State Corporation Commission, and Inspector A. H. Ad- ams of Interstate Commerce Commiss ion. ' " ' Replying to questions asked by both Judge Rhea and Mr. Adams, the in jurea motorman declared ne was worked down and . in need of sleep, which he said he could not get because of the hours he was required to work. In closing his statement he declared "I could not get off to rest, and could not get relief." Just what recommendation Judge Rhea will make to the Corporation Commission, or what will' be the sug gestion of Inspectors Adams and John son in their report to Interstate Com merce Commission, is not known, though it is reported that an overhead crossing at. this point may be required as result of Friday's disaster. It was said f$a$rther subject had been dis cusse!n.4fiat. the cost of elevating the.Ttrac;f Jine qf the other of the lines .would tie in the neighborhood of 1 Folfowinfe he;taing of the testi- mony oi iviocorman AtKinson yesreraay mornine. Judee Rhea' left for Rich - mond, decalring just prior to his de parture that his report to the Corpor ation Commission would be made Just a soon as all the evidence bad been typewritten and hehad secured an op portunity of again going over it care fully. 7 ' - ' ;. Inspector Johnson did not visit the motorman yesterday mornine at time testimony was taken, but conferred later with Inspector Adams and Judge j-Rhea.in regard to the statement ihati had been. made. The inspectors will remain in Norfolk probably until to morrow or Friday. '.''-" ' j DELIGHTFUL' SAIL Given in Honor Of Visiting Young .Lady. , . A delightful sail was. given Tuesday night by Andrew Purifoy. and E.. J. Bayliss, Jr., in, honor of Miss Elizabeth Hart, of Winston-Salem. " Among those participating ', in : the enjoyment of the evening, were Misses Elizabeth ' Hart, , of Winston-Salem, Lucy Cahoon, Sophia $y man, Cather ine Jackson, 'of . Washington, N. C, Miss Dixon and Miss Kelley, of Wash ington,, and. J.-O. Lee, R. L. Taylor, Andrew Rock, Andrew Purifoy-and E T. Bayliss, Jr.. Mr.-and Mrs. I. C Brooks chaperoned the party.: - Miss "Minnie Oxfey left yesterday afternoon for a visit to New port. ; - .Miss Kate Oglesby, jof Rivjew was'a Visitor to the city yesterday. - J; L, Sauls, of Fort Barnwell, was a v' r o Cat city yesterday. . . . v . a DRllil An Investigaflon Shows New Bern Fairly Treated Serious Charges Against Fire En gine Makers. PROVED TO BE FALSE ThisXity Was Not Charg-ed Exorbitant Price For Machine. an Several weeks ago the city of New Bern placed an order with the Ameri can LaFrance Fire Engine Company for a high power combination fire en gine, agreeing to "pay nine thousand dollars for the same. Some time later a man in Alabama wrote to Mayor Bangert, stating that another town had purchased an engine from that company for a smaller price. After receiving this letter the Board of Aldermen decided to hold up on the purchase until this report was investi gated and a committee was appointed to investigate. This they did and at a special meeting last night rendered the following report which exonerates the company from any such dealings was intimated in the letter from the Alabama man. The Report. The undersigned committee, appoint ed by the Board at the meeting held Ju ly 14, to investigate the price charged for the fire apparatus pur chased from the American LaFrance Fire Engine Company, Elmira , N. Y., respectfully reports as follows. The contract tor the apparatus was executed June 24, 1914. The price to be paid was $9,000, of which $1,000 was to be paid 1st of January, 1915, and the balance in equal installments, one, two three, four and five years, with 5 per cent, interest from the day the appara tus was accepted. The first cpmmuni cation suggesting that the price was more than the company charged other cities was from Wm. Drysdale in a let ter dated Selma, Ala., July 9, 1914, and addressed to the Mayor of New Bern. This letter was received July 11, and stated that the company was then try ing to sell Montgomery, Ala., a ma chine, the same as this city ordered, for $8,000, payments one, two, three, four, five and six years with three per cent, interest. Immediately upon re ceipt of this letter the Mayor wrote to Drysdale requesting him to give further information. At the mjeting of the Board held. on the 14th of July, Alderman McCarthy suggested that the price which this city had agreed to pay was in excess of that charged other cities and the Board appointed this committee to investigate the mat ter and ordered the clerk to notify the company to hold back the construc tion of the appartus until further no tice. On the 15 of July, the City Clerk advised the company of the action of the Board and notified it to hold back the construction of the apparatus until further notice, and on the same day the Mayor and committee addressed let ters to the Mayors of Atlanta, Ga., Raleigh, N. C, and Montgomery, Ala. A letter was received from the Mayor of Atlanta stating that his city had purchased apparatus similar to that sold to this city, with the exception of the chemical part of it, for the sum of $8,250 cash, and that the city of Atlan ta agreed to buy two engines and there by secured the reduction; that the com pany's bid was practically on a $9,000 basis ami that concessions were made subject ' to the buying of two at one time. ' 'The ''chemical apparatus . cost $500. On the 21 of July Mr S. P; Blanc came to this . city and told the committee that he had learned through newspaper reports that the investiga tion was being made and furnished the committee with a printed list of all the citiej and towns which had purclJ apparatus from the company durjgbe last several years and offered to pay the expenses of ascertaining from any of the cities or towns the price they had paid for apparatus like this city had ordered. Telegrams were sent to the Mayors of Montgomery, Ala., .Nasheville, Tenn., Danville Va;, Charlotte, N. C, and An. dover, Mass., and replies were, received frcn ell or,'"'r d each'of thei stV el t ' at the pi s paid Tor the apparatus, f ) this ci;y had 6rdered,ra $9,000.' . - Mayor 'of t. Montgomery;' -Ala., ' V -t r' tlty-had nqt r"11'?? "-,musv'but P (, nY- V.to sell tha same for x t00i "i five per c$nt, o e .. .This telr-' i s i d. ctcon...!.' hthes'a ..nc. tde - Ccntln; . J tc ae ?v : SEARCH FOR THE NELMS SISTERS IS BEING WAGED Scene Now Shifts To Texas. Town in WILL QUESTION RELATIVES. Believe That They Know of Where- BBXx Girls. ATLANTA. GA.. Tnlv 22 " Search for the missing Nelms sisters today centered about the City of Divine, Texas, about 30 miles from San Anto nio and among the relatives""bf the wife of Victor E. Innes, whom both Innes and his wife visited in June. Sergeant A. D. Luck, member of the Atlanta police force and a relative of the Nelms family, arrived in San An tonio today and proceeded on to Devine a few hours later. He is said to have apparently reliable informa tion that one or both of the sisters are being held here. Other important developments of the day were the finding of a s alj in Hay's Lake, near YVinnsboro, La., J thought possibly the scalp of Beatrice whom Eloise in the death note was represented as saying she had killed; the receiving by Mrs. J. W. Nelms of a mysterious postcard that she be lieves is in the handwriting of Beatrice and the report to Chief Beavers from a Western town that the missing woman had been located there almost beyond chance of mistake. Scalp in Lake Mystery. Advices from Winnesboro, La., said the finding of the s':alp in Hay's Lake, near there, could not be explainei by any recent tragedy. The hair was blonde and the scalp had apparently been in the water a month. It was found by negro fisherm ;n who were terrified at their discovery. Dyna miting failed to brin up the body. After dragging Hay's Lake for sev eral hours, searchers reported that no portion of the borly from which the woman s scalp ana hair is supposed to have been pjllel co.ill be fo.inJ. The hair and the scalp had been in the water so lonj; an 1 were s thoroughly covered with m id an 1 sr-i" that the color could not be determined. The presumption is that the b ly had been in the water three wee'is or a m ath, and that the recent freshets had washed the bo:lv into the creek that eads from the lake. This creek will be thouroughly dragged for the b ) ly. There is no one missing from that section of the country, anl o fi nals are inclined to believe the womin mjst have fallen from a passing train into the creek, and the body found its way into the lake, as the North western Railway crosses the creek two miles above whree the hair was found. Also Seen In Sherveport. Shreveport today was added to the growing list of cities where the Nelms sisters have "positively been identified." Pictures of the missing women were seen there by ceveral persons who "recognized" them as the likenesses of two strange young women who had been there a few days before. Mrs. H. D. Jackson, wife of hotel proprietor, was positive in her assertion that Eloise registered there June 19. Dispatches from San Antonio say that Sergeant Luck is expected to in vestigate the visit in June of Innes and his wife to Devine and to as certain if it could have had any bearing on the disappearance of Eloise and Beatrice. Mrs. Innes' daughter by former marrigae is Mrs. Moore, wife of a physician of Devine. Seargeant Luck was preceded to San Antonio by an Atlanta newspa per reporter who bears letters, from Chief Beavers, Marshall Nelms and Mrs. J. W. Nelms, requesting the po lice of different cities to assist him in the search for the missing sisters.. Chief . V Beavers received a letter from a man in a Western city who was positive he had located the missing Nelms girls, He had pictures of Eloise and Beatrice, and said that their ap- pearance corresponded 'exactly to the photographs. t Chief Beavers would not give out the name of the city until . Wi . 4f' .-. '. '!. " ' i tie naa lurtner ventiea toe ,repprt. TheNgirlJre said to be living very quietly- M their seclusion.' , v -v . i Miss y"-a.,Perkins7 left yesterday afterno forehead City to spend several isitng relatives.. i K GU LEA IS AR II fl HIGH COURT Justices Take Case Under Consider ation. GRICE MAKES APPEARANCE. Argument Revolved Around Iden tification of Strand of Hair. ATLANTA, July 22. Attorneys for Leo M. Frank trained the biggest gun of the defense and utilized their final re serve of legal ammunition in the effort to save his life today, when the Georgia Supreme Court heard the appeal for a new trial on an extraordinary motion denied by Jml-e Ben Hill in the Fulton Superior Court. However, for all the determination and the desperation of the final clash neither defense or prosecution sprung lines of efforts that weretnotably new. The arguments in a large measure were tedious, based for the most part on a detailed review of the intricate evidence that has become familiar. Luther Rosser, for the defense, o pened the argument, and Attornev General Grice and Solicitor Dorsey answered for the State. Reuben Ar nold closed the hearing. Chief Justice Fish a i l Justice Lumpkin and Beck heard the arguments. This was the first appearance of Attorney General Grice in the case. Attacks Harris Edivence. Luther Rosser dwelt for sxn: tim; on the statement of Dr. Harris, of the State Board of Health, mide subsequent to the trial of FranA", that he ws not postive the hair fo in 1 in the lathe ro).' of the Nation l! P.-a:il Factory was the hair of M lry P la ;an. Disputing the contention of the State that certain s. lis:overe 1 on the secon I iloor T t i? factory were blojl stains, an 1 oruen ling tha- no evidence was there to prove it was the blood of the m irdere I girl, if in lee 1 it was blood, the defenling la.v.e- atti:'cel one of the mm imoortant lines in the State's chain of dr.- im t.ri 'e. Tne 1 .en-ie e n i isie I it-; ch.irgs of prej I'liee a:i I ev'ke n'K ! w'lici ti: atm cohere of the trial court was color- e i to Frank's detrim vir. Attorney G.-ivi; j :i soi'ce bat briefly in ) ;v i ; tae S. u j's a -; i n Mt. He declare 1 the cue wis n k o.ie fir an eKtra ordin iry m ao l, anl thit tha present aooei! to the S i re:n; Co art could be trace I to the indefatigability of the clefen ling counsel. Prefioaily Decided, He Says. "The points of law im-olvei are sim ple anl plain," he slid, "anl have all been settled by previous de -ision of this Court." The argument of Solicitor Dorsey was lengthy an l analytical. He reviewed the case from the start, relatinar the evidence in detail, and tracing the cir cumstantial evidence which he claimad. even without the testimony of Jim Con ley would have been sufficient to con vict Frank. The State denied before, in the presence ot this court, and in the trial, that any prejudice, and excite ment existed," he said. "This ques tion has been settled by the trial judge, and does not rightly belong here. The State had a perfect and ir- restibte case, even without Conley's testimony. Cut him out, and then see what we have," - i Hints at Bribery. V Continuing he outlined the circum stantial case, basing ' it upon the State's allegations of Frank's evil character, and building it upon the testimony of various witnesses. An swering Mr. Rosser's argument con cerning the blood stains, he cited the testimony of the city chemist that there were a tew blood corpusles found on the stained wood. 4 Throughout the argument the So licitor hinted at bribery and ; attempt ed corruption on the part of the de- ; fense, bringing in the names of Al-' bert and Minola Mc Knight, D. B. Dalton, C. W. Burke, and several young women. 'vUSi --; The closing argmentt toy Reuben Arnold was as lengtyfres'' aft? that , . NEW FRAN had gone before,- tlnifconsisted in painstaking, efjjorfc to, impeach'. various -WtfVe'Swtfteati in j ihteVre!tatns',.pf ; ,rBmbr 'of . cir- " ctinistances i-i,.'rj'ran1t favor whfcb had been drawn against him by the State. The Court look the case under oonsideration.
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