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VOL LXIL-No. 162
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Met His Death Last
"Oh New
South Front Street
kt the Hands of
Saver Iir JJail-Af
ifair f Created liuch
Excitement.
Gannon Fulford, thirty,, jars of
age and a son or Mr. ana. Mrs.
Daniel Fulford who reside faf No.
309 Speneer avenue, Ghent, was al
most, instantly killed on Netf-South
Front street at 8 o'clock, Jaatl veil
ing when he was stabbed 'with a
knife in the hands of JeSse); Creel,
sixty years of age and whose home
is at No. 3 New South FfbnVsteret.
The wound was in FulfordV throat
and the eartroid artery was' teyered,
Creel was placed under atjjest by
Chief of Police C. Lupton a Bhort
time after the afEait and incarcer
ated in the Craven eountyjail. The
body of the slain man was "carried
to the home of his parents whe're it
will remain, until tomorrow, morn
fng when the funeral service will be
conducted and the remain interred
in Cedar Grove cemetery. ' ' . . ' '
The Start.
There were several versions' of the
origin of the murder and rumors were
rife on the streets last night. How
ever, a Journal reporter was on the
scene a few minutes after the kill
ing and succeeded in getting an in
terview from each of the parties most
interested. W. E. Brock, outside
of the murderer, probably told a
more comprehensive story before the
coroner's jury than did any of the
others examined..
- Mr. Brock stated that a short
' time before eight o'clock last even
ing he was coming down New South
Front stree and when he neared the
home of Creel, he saw Gannon Ful-
' .ford standing on the sidewalk. Creel
and his daughter, Laura, were also
on the sidewalk and there was some
eursing going on. Mr. Brock then
said that he went over to. Fulford
and said: "Come on away." He
v - then grasped Fulford's sleeve and
the two started on down the street.
About this time Creel broke away
from -his daughter and called Fulford
" a' vile name. w When the latter heard
; this he broke away from Mr." Brock,
saying that he would not ".take that
from, any man, and walked back to
Creel. As the two men met, Fulford
struek at Creel but failed to land and
came near falling . Again he struck
at Creel and it was then that the
- latter struck the fatal blow with his
pocket knife.. ' Fulford fell to the
ground and lay there. Mr. Brock
said that he did not know at that time
that Fulford had been stabbed but
, that - he had struck ' the pavement
such a blow that it had killed him.
" The Murder.
Mr. Brock then declared that he
walked 'over to Fulford, turned, him
over on his back and discovered that
, .blood was gushing out of a wound
in his throat,' He then ran across
.. Spring 'Street , to Ben Fonville, col-
1 " oredfi.placev of v;businefiiid Jtele-
phoned' to ' Dr. ' Waited Watson, ' the
coroner, : and was back beside the
.. "body in about three minutes and that
-. 'at that time, Fulford had ceased to
" breathe' ,
' Dr. Walter Watson secured a jury
; of David Henry;, tf, IF Rhodes,' D.
': M.' Roberts, . K. Bowden, II. K.
- . Land and 0, .A..'. Kafer as secretary,
" and at once went to the soene , and
:- -viewed the body after which they re
' turned to the coroner's office and held
, the inquest. ' ' -
. The Inquest" " 1
- In addition to the examination of
". Mr. f Brook, whose statement ap
r pears above, W. J. Disoswayi who is
t connected with the Home Bakery,
' '-was placed on the stand.' Mr. Disos-
" way said that he was ouft delivering
' orders and that as he came down
Spring street and reached a , point
WOODMEN MAKE
NUMEROUS GIFTS
Forty Houses Visited By
Them Yester
day Many hearts were made glad in
New Bern yesterday afternoon by.
the local eamp of the Woodmen of the,':
World. This order has for the past I
few weeks been making an investi-j
gation as to the number of worthy i
families in the city and as a result
forty homes were visited by the com-!
mittee and packages containing food
of all description was left at those
places. I
The local Elks also contributed
to the Christmas cheer of a large num
ber of worthy people last night by
distributing useful gifts.
FIVE PERSONS DIE IN THIS
FIRE.
New York, Dec. 24.- Five members
of one family were suffocated as the
result of a fire which started in the
basement of a five-story tenement
here today.
just in front of Mrs. Charlotte's
home, some one called to him and told
him not to run over a dead man
lying in the ditch. Mr. Disosway
then stated that he got Out of the
wagon and looked at the man and dis
covered that it was Gannon Ful
ford. The Verdict.
After the taking ot the evidence
had been concluded the jury ren
dered the following verdict:
"We, the coroner's jury, empanelled
this, the 24th day of December, 1914,
to investigate the cause of the death
of Gannon Fulford, do find that he
came to his death at the hands of
one Creel, by inflicting a stab wound
at the junction of the neck and chest,
dividing the common eartroid . ar
tery on the left side. We recommend
that Creel be held in the county
jail until the next term of Craven
county Superior Court without bond."
The Arrest.
Following the murder. Creel, who
wielded the fatal knife went ' in his
home. As soon as Chief of Police
Lupton was notified of the affair
he hastened to the scene and went to
the house, intent on arresting the
slayer. A young woman came to the
door and told Chief Lupton that her
father was not a t home and that she
did not know where he could be found.
However, the. chief was out with the
intention of arresting the man and
he was not to be bluffed in any such
manner. He went around to the
rear of the house and finding a door
there standing wide open and a small
out house nearby, he at once came to
the conclusion that Creel had sought
shelter here. Running over to the
door of this building the Chief threw
this open and stared down the bar
rel of a double barrel shot gun with
Creel sighting at him from the other
end. The Chief realized that some
thing must be done and done quickly
if he expected to prevent another
murder so he quickly grasped the
weapon and , jerked it from Creel's
hands and at the same time grabbed
the man by the collar and brought
him out on the street.
. To Jail.
Ad soon as possible Creel was taken
to the oounty jail and placed in a
cell.1' A Journal man reached the jail
a few , minutes after . the incarcera
tion and was allowed to interview
the" murderer. - Creel admitted kill
ing Fulford,' but claimed self defense,
He, realizes that he is , in, a serious
predicament but . believes that he
will bo able to eloar himself. The
story - he . told the Journal man c was
simple and full of interest, a story
which at times caused the old man's
eyes to fill with tears and one which
had- the ring of truth in it. Creel
said; " " . 1 .'t V
, Creel's Story.
"My name is Jesse C Creel. 1 1
NEW BERN, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1914
'XMAS EVEWAS
CELEBRATED HERE
Rain
Failed to Dampen
Ardor of the
Crowd
The day before Christmas and
Christmas eve in New Bern was a
momentous occasion in many ways.
Hundreds of visitors were in - the
city yesterday and these joined the
holiday throngs and the scene in
the business district was one. which
will long be remembered.
Everyone seemed to be imbued
with the holiday spirit and it was in
deed a cheerful crowd. Rain came
last night and this made it disagree
able for pedestrains and somehwat
cast a, blanket over the celebration
but this was barely perceptible and the
crowds seemed to be just as largo as
ever.
Today there will be services in
maily of the local churches and these1
will without doubt be well attended.
In the afternoon and night there will
be excellent shows at the theatres
and these will no doubt be well
patronized.
NEW BERN COTTON MARKET.
(By C. W. Taylor and .S'o.)
Middling 7c
Strict Middling 7 l-4c
Good Middling 7 l-2c
came to New Bern a year ago last
August from Seven Springs, N. C.
My. daughter, Laura, came with me
and we have been making our home
at No. 3 New South Front street.
I am sixty years of age and have
been performing odd jobs in order to
support myself and daughter.
"Tonight about 7:30 o'clock, Gan
non Fulford walked into my home.
Iwas not acquainted with him and
so far as I know he had never beep
there before. I asked him what he
wanted and he told me that it was
none of my business. 1 ordered
him from the house and he said he
would leave when he got ready. 1
noticed then that he was under the
influence of intoxicants and I start
ed to take hold of him with the in
tention of leading him out of the
building, and being a much stronger
man than I, he jerked! me around the
room several times before he left and
then pulled me out of the door with
him and on to the sidewalk.
"After reaching the sidewalk we
had some argument. Then a man
(Brock) came along and made an
attempt to get Fulford to leave.
He started bff and then came back
toward me and struek at me several
times. I do not remember striking
him and did not know that he was
dead until my daughter called at
tention to' the blood on my hands
and told me to wash it off. A few
minutes after this, Chief of Police
Lupton came and placed me under
arrest."
Before the Journal man left Creel's
cell he had unfolded practically all
of the history of his past life but this,
according to his story, has been
fraught with but few incidents of
importance. Creel acknowledges that
he had taken one drink, and it was
plainly evidence that he was not in
toxicated and his act was not that of
a drunken person.
The killing of Fulford created a
sensation which was equal to the
killing of young Will Avery by Baker
Bryan three years ago during the
Christmas holidays, and within a
few , minutes after the report had
reached the throngs on the streets,
several hundred persons ' were on the
scene and viewed the body.
' The affair is a regrettable one, one
which has .' caused great sorrow to
the hearts of a number of persons and
has for them ruined the holiday sea
son - Creel will be kept in the oounty
jail until the next torm of court and
J will aVthat time be .placed on trial
, for 'his Ufa. . - f " "
THAW TO SPEND
A QUIET XMAS
Will Not Celebrate the Oc
casion Very Vociferously
New York, Dec. 24. Harry K.
Thaw has prepared to spend a quiet,
old-fashioned New England Christ
mas. A big turkey dinner has been pre
pared at the North Elm street home
and he will spend the day there.
His mother did not arrive today.
Ex-Governor Stone of Pennsylvania
and Philander C. Knox of Washing
ton, with other counsel, are expected
before New Years. Thaw main
tains his silence.
MANY ARTICLES
BEING SECURED
Exhibit Being Collected By
Chamber of Commerce
Is Worthy One
The New Bern Chamber of Com
merce is doing a good work in col
lecting an exhibit of agricultural
products of this section which will
be placed in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms as soon as it is secured.
In an article in The Manufacturers
Record, Secretary George Green has
the following to say about this ex
hibit: "New Bern has no textile manu
facturing plants, its principal manu
facturing industries being .lumber, of
which millions of feet are shipped an
nually to Northern cities.
"There are also located here several
large guano factories, the factory of
the Pepsi Cola Co., a cotton-oil mill,
a carriage and buggy factory, several
woodworking plants and two iron
foundries and machine works. The
shops of the Norfolk-Southern Kail-
road are also located in this city.
' "New Bern is the center of the
bright tobacco belt, and the heart of
the trucking section of Eastern Caro
lina, and as a market for tobacco
equals any in the State.
"The Chamber of Commerce of
New Bern is constantly on the alert,
and actively and enthusiastically sup
ports every movement looking to the
establishment of new industrial plants
for which a more favored location
than New Bern cannot be found any
where.
"A complete exhibit of the agri
cultural and manufactured products
of this section is now being collected,
and will be installed at an early date
in the Chamber of Commerce room."
ENTERTAINMENT AT
THE TABERNACLE
Appropriate Exercises to Be
Held There To
night The Tabernacle Baptist Sunday
school will have their Christmas en
tertainment tonight, -at, the church
and a rare treat is in store for those
who attend. An old tiitfe Christ
mas tree has been erected in the church
and the ladies were busy most of
yesterday attaching the various gifts
to the tree. Every member of the
Sunday school will be remembered
with a Christmas gift from this tree
and those who are not members of
the school will not be slighted as
fruits are to be passed through tho
congregation ior everyone in at
tendance. ", '-,'
There will also be & number of
recitations, dialogues, etc., by the
children of the school and a splendid
musical program. , Everybody is given
a ; cordial invitation to. attend this
entertainment and are promised an
evening of genuine pleasure and help
ful amusement. : Tie exercises begin
promptly- at :w p.v.tn,
THE FRANK CASE
IS UP AGAIN
Supreme Court of U. S.
Asked to Make An
other Decision
Washington, D. C, Dec. 24.
Louis Marshall of New York, today
made application to associate jus
lice Lamar of the Supreme Court,
for a certificate of appeal of "proba
ble cause" in the Frank case.
A decision on this is expected to
be handed down on Saturday morn
ing. The gas freight boat Ruth C.
Watson was in yesterday morning
discharging a cargo of wood.
YOUNG WIFE
COMMITS SUICIDE
' Shoots Herself In the Heart
With A Re
volver Washington. N. ("., Dec. 23.
With a pistol lying beneath her
body, Mrs. Jodie Harding was found
I dead yesterday afternoon near the
home of Mr. Fred Von Eberstein at
Chocowinity. X. ('., about, sunset by
a colored man. The alarm was im
mediately given and her father. Mr.
Simpson Taylor sent for. He ar
rived within a short while and car
ried the body to his home.
Upon examination il was found
that she had shot herself in the1
heart and that death almost i mined-'
iately followed. On. her breast was
pinned a note which .'ated that it,
was the desire of the deceased to be
kept until Christmas eve, as she
wanted her brother, who resides in
Tennessee, to be present, at the fu
neral. When she was shrouded an
other note was found pinned to her
clothing. The contents of the sec
ond note has not as yet been divulg
ed. Mrs. Harding was the wife of Mr.
Jodie Harding and before her marri
age was Miss Fannie Taylor. Dr.
Joshua Tayloe, the county coroner,
viewed the body. Why she should
commit suicide has not been ascer
tained. Her married life was a
happy and joyous one and nothing
out of the ordinary has been notic
ed by her friends and relatives re
cent 1 v.
GERMANS DROP
BOMBS ON DOVER
Aeroplanes Slip Up On Brit
ish Ports and Do
Damage
London, Dec. 24. A German aero
plane today dropped bombs on the
British port of Dover. The uiis of
the fortifications fired upon t lie hostile
craft. The latest reports indicate
that the aeroplane probably escaped.
This was really the second attack
upon Dover by German ueroplanes.
Mail advices before told of the ap
pearance of two aeroplanes over Do
ver. Bombs were dropped, but fell
upon the outer fortifications. The
guns of the forts fired upon the aero
planes. The aviators who escaped
were awarded tho Iron Cross by the
Kaiser.
A heavy fog prevailed today, and
aided the, German aeroplane to make
its escape A British machine pur
sued the enemy but failed to overtako
the hostile craft. No damage is re
ported. Beginning at 9 a.' m. (New York
Time) England will turn its attention
to the celebration of Christmas and
will receive no war news. The Brit
ish papers will not publish on Christ
mas Day.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
FATAL ACCIDENT
NEAR VANCEBORO
Chancey Bright Killed By
His Compan
ion An accident which east a gloom
over two families oceuredr at Vance
boro yesterday morning a little be
fore eleven o'clock, when a shot gu
in the hands of Paul Jacobs wer
discharged into the body of Chancy
Bright resulting in instant death-
The deceased was the son of J. L.
Bright, a prominent merchant, of
that place and was about fifteen
years of age. The Jacobs boy wa
only twelve years of age and is th
son of W, J. Jacobs, a contractor
who moved there from Kinston a
few months ago. The boys had start
ed hunting and were going aeros
the campus of the Farm Life school
when the Jacobs boy in crossing a
ravine fell in such a manner as to
discharge his gun. The entir- load
of shot entered Blights back and it in
thought penetrated the heart.
Sheriff Lane was at once notified,
the informer stating that il was pure
ly an accident. As a result of this
information the Sheriff stated that
the family of the deceased desired that
the coroner hold the inquest lie would
allow the body to be moved. later
he communicated with the father
of the dead boy who slated that he
was satisfied thai the tragedy wan
the result of an accident.
Mr. and Mrs. C. I). Morton, of
Morehead City, after speuding Wed
nesday night in tho city with friends
left yesterday for Hubert to visit
relatives.
KINSTON AFTER
LEWD WOMEN
Lenoir Capital Says That
They Must Get Out
At Once
Kinston, N. C. Dee. 24
Lillian C. ray, formerly proprietress
of a South street- resort, was arrest
ed by the sheriff Wednesday night.
The woman came here on a visit from
New Rem. She had fled from indict
ment for operating a disorderly house
some months ago. and evidently was
under the impression that she would
not be molested now if she returned.
The sheriff, who states emphatically
that he will allow none of tho women
w ho have run away from prosecution
here to remain where he can get his
hands on them, took her on the old
charge. She is in jail. The Gray wo-
I man was some years ago the head of
an establishment in another towrn
i where two murders of prominent peo
ple occurred. A Boston youth named
Stone, brother of a noted army offi
cer, fell a victim to a revolver in the
hands of an inmate, and the brother
to one of the leading physicians of the
State was murdered by a youth now
doing thirty years in State's prison.
NO MONEY FOR
A LARGER NAVY
Japan Believes She Has
Enough Fighting
Ships
Tokio, Dec. 24. Parliament today
rejected tho request of the Cabinet
for an increased appropriation for
a larger navy.
It is believed that the Cabinet will
dissolve Parliament tomorrow. '
The gas freight boat Adele arrived
in port yesterday morning from
Adams Creek with a cargo of tountry
produce. i , i