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ANDERSON, S. C., MARCH 14, 1906. - (SUPPLEMENT.)
Militi men Cvjrawed Gang Which
Had Vowed To Avenge The Death
Of John Marion Ashley --No Fur
ther Trouble Is Expected, Troops
Gone Home-The Testimony
(ny Mi-David Horton.)
Honen Path. March 9.-(Special.)
Till? pretty, prosperous town, which
acquired unwelcome notoriety last fall
when the negro, Allen Pendleton, waa
lynched after shooting one of the Ash
ley clan, wa? thrust Into the limelight
again by the affray of Thursday af
ternoon.
.^Smouldering fires of passion Hared
nigh following tho killing of John
Marlon Ashley, who was believed t;j
?have been tho chief instigator and
.mover In the Pendleton lynching and
was Josh Ashley'? lieutenant in com
mand of the Ashley clan; an attempt
by the clansmen to tthd and lynch
Chief of Police White for olaying their
kinsman roused the people of Honea
Path, and only the timely arrival of
thirty-nine militiamen from Anderson
with loaded Krug-Jorgensens averted
a bloody riot.
BLOODY RIOT AVERTED.
Capt. MeCully was ordc-ed by tele
graph to put his company at the ser
vice of Sheriff N. R. Green. Within
thirty minutes he had his men aboard
a special train, which made the dis
tance of seventeen miles to Honea
Path In a little over twenty minutes.
Capt. MeCully formed his men In
single rank at tho depot and guve tho
command, "Load!" Sight of the long,
vicious-looking cartridges clicking Into
the magazines-six steel-jacketed bul
lets In each rifle-had a salutary effect,
and considerably tamed the hostile all
ot the crowd, principally composed of
Ashleys and Ashley sympathizers.
The soldiors had come at the critical
period. The situation was tense and
delicate In ?he extreme. The disturb
ing element, growing valorous with
liquor and numbers, was getting reck
less; the townsfolk were exasperated
and incensed beyond endurance, and
had about made up their minds to
clear tholr streets by force of arm?
Both sides were.well equipped with
weapons. I saw moro Winchesters at
Honea Path today than I ever daw
at one time before.
Capt. MeCully, Lieutenant Craig and j
Lieutenant Farmer marched the com
1 pany to the store where Chief of Po
, lice Wh'te. kept concealed by hU
friends, was in Imminent danger of
lynching by the mob gathered in
front. In column of fours the militia
men walked straight through the
crowd and went on guard. Patrols
were posted up and down the street,
and Officer White brought out and
m--m down iv ih* railway station m
the middle of a squad ot khakl-clal
young soldiers. He was placed on th?
eng'ne which had drawn the special
train,' and. carried for safekeeping to
Anderson, in charge of a deputy sher
iff.
SOLDIERS GONE BACK.
Sheriff Green took command, and
with his influence and the n oral effect
of the buslnesa-like soldiers slowly pa
troling the town, things began to re
sume normal status. At 2.80 o'c'oek
thia, morning the troops were taken
off the streets, but. have been kept
under arms in a hall on Main street
all day. It was decided this after
noon that lt would be safe to dispense
with them, and. they left Xor Ander
son at 4 . o'clock.
THE INQUEST.
Trouble was expected at the inquest
" t lt fulled to materialize. Ashleys
4>egsA.to father from all directions be
fore 'daylight. Representative Josh
Ashley was in the midst of them, and
was obeyed as serfs of feudal days
obeyed their overlord. He personally
retained for the prosecution Mr. W.
P. Green, of the Abbeville bar, and
busied himself m securing the namoi
of witnesses. He made an effort *.o
secure the services of Capt. H. H.
Watkins, of Anderson, but Capt. Wat.
kins had already been engaged by the
defense. " -
The inquest was held tn the small
building known as the mayor's office.
Coroner Pruitt was assisted by Magis
trate Wilson. First the jury went to
view the body, which was laid out
in a little rcom over the Cit lien's
Bank, so small that only the coroner,
the jury, the physicians and attorneys
and the newspaper men were admitted.
MARION A? .?LDY, VIKING.
S John Marion Ashley-and down here
;they say Ma-re-on-was a modernized
.Norse Vifcine in assearasee. Six feet
*n height, massive, athletic, ho had
Ik square Jaw and a protruding chin,
with the florid complexion, sweeping,
yellow moustache And straw < colored
bair characteristic of the family.
. Between his eyea was the bulgo alg
ol incant of dangerous, temper, while
bia chin waa long and eloquent ; ot
SERENE
RYING ORDEAL
:
doggiH.ness un'] tenacity. Th?; ?*??!?.. j
thln-llppcd tnuutti bore a ?li ist ly, <!<.
i slvu grin.
In Hit' chest, magnificent ??? lucu-ltli
and depth, ivor?' two ?Hil. blm-i im
ntvil holes that lolil i li<- M'?I.V. Kl'.iier
would have* proved monal.
Jo.SH ASH1.KV IM'SV.
When th?? Jury returned to Um miy
1 or'* ullin', iiii< hi'jijoi ^\.is taken up.
. A til?- I hy I hi* ijii>-.-i li .mill* of Mr. tireen
?lui (hi- i i 'i.-- ?? ?caminal lull of Cap'.
Watkins, ('HIMIHT Pruitt ca*ri?*U Ul?
.-ill.iii amii? '..ii i-f illly tait without los
<if Uni?-. .In.^li Ashley was tin- JiioM
inii-i'-sifi| looker-on. He behaved wwii
I today, i believe that h 1M presence liad
ji.niii'i- a '(Uleling effect UIHIII his ad
herents. Til? Klint of tia* bayonets
may have convinced h I TH of th? wu**
.lum of this pollfy.
Winn I ur rived <jn the morning
train from (J nen vi ll?', I went uptown
willi Mr. J. C. Milford, who had teen
summoned lo aid tho townsmen an 1
his nerve and well kim wu prowess, .md
Mr. \V\ li. Janes, ?if thin city, who was
needed a.s an officer to take the place
of Chief of Polite White.
Mr. Jones was soon sworn in and
within twenty minutes had convinced
the disturbing element that he was n i
Joker. His quiet, confident bearing
made a most helpful Impression.
"The Ashley gang" ls a sore point
with Honeu Puth people now. They
say that they were determined to put
up with no more invasions of their
town and that lt was fortunate the
soldiers arrived and spared thom the
necessity of a riot to expel the gang.
Jahn Marion Ashley was about 48
or 50 years old. He leaves .i large
family, most of them being grown.
He was a quiet enough citizen when
sober, but was addicted to drinking
and when under tho influence of whis
key was disposed to be troublestime
Policeman White is about 28 or 30
yeiura old. He ls a native of Ninety
Six, and nerved on the police force
there before coming to Honea Path.
He is well liked by those who know
him, and ia ?aid to be a fearless, ef
ficient officer.
An elderly man named Ricketts was
standing near when tho shooting took
place. A bullet struck tho pa vernen;
and glanccu and struck Mr. Rickett
in tile foot. His shoo was torn open
and the skin on his foot was broken
but no other damage resulted. Th?
bullet rebounded and tie!! to the ground
some distance away.
While the town la still full of people
I do not apprehend uny trouble to
night.
ASHLEY'S FUNERAL. TODAY.
After the postmortem examination
this morning, the body of John Marion
Ashley waa prepared for burial and
taken to his late home, three miles
from Honea Path. The funeral will
take place at 10 o'clock this morning
at Keowee church.
BAIL? FOB WHITE.
Application will bo modo to Judge
Prince in Anderson today for an or
der admitting White to bail.
Only two witnesses besides the thres
physicians were examined. One of
these was a nephew of the dead man
tho other a -more distant kinsman.
Charles MV-cialn, sworn, said: "I
live three miles from Honea Path, in
Anderson county. I knew John Marl
on Ashley and saw him yesterday af
ternoon. He, with Jim Bob Ashley,
who ls his son, Jap Ashley and
Moore and myself were coming from
the livery atable toward the Citizens
Bank. We met Chief White and n
negro-I think his name is Charlie
Moore-at the bank comer.
"Mr. Wlhits says to John Marlon
Ashley,
" 'What's your trouble f
"John says, 'Nothing, what's your's?
"Chief White saya, 'you hit thiB ne
gro.'
"Jim Ashley says. 'I have not. 1
.have not bother nobody.'
"White says, 'You are drunk, and you
must get'out of town right now.*
"He says, 'I alnt drunk, and I aim
bothered nobody.'
"White snyp, 'Yes, you got to go.'
"Jim Bob Ashley says, 'I don't guess
he win go till he get* ready.'
"Chjef Wthlte struck at Jim Bab
then. Jim Bob threw up hie arm and
knocked the billy out of his hand, and
John Marlon Ashley caught hold of
Jim Bob.
"White stepped back and shot John
Marlon, then run to Traynham's store
door and shot back at John Marlon,
as John Marlon was laying on the
ground. Three shots were fired. Chief
White fired two. I don't know who
fired the other. Chief Wthlte waa fac
ing John Marlon when he shot. He
was ten uteps away when he fired
the seco ntl shot. I didn't see John
Marlon shoot at White."
Cross-examined by Capt. Watkins:
"When the first shot was flre?, '/
was standing about four stops to Joh)
Marion's right. The loat (shot ft) d
went off about the time I saw tte
shoot last. I don't know wi... tired
the last shot. It came from John Ma
rion's right side. I waa looking at
White when he fired tho first ai.d
second shot?, but can't say whether
be fired the last ?hot. I saw no cause
at ali for White to shoot ..tm. I could
not swear that more than three ?hots
were fi rod. John Marton fell on his
back ?nd was lying there when ahot
the second time.
"I was not drinking;. I can't say
whether any of the others were drunk.
I saw John Marlon Ashley have bli
nil t nt in. b's right hand as ho lay *n
tne ground-saw lt then for the ftrut
time. I don't know what became of
tt. * .'? '
"Several persona were .on. the street
nearby, but I did not recognize any
other?. Jim Bob Ashley, waa .doing
nothing when White hit him .With the
billy. I don't know whether White got
' . " i $5'>:?
his billy o n k. Jim I!..!? go' 1'. '
lliink. I don I kie?w whether in- ha>l
lt when Whit?' to??k liol ! ol' him."
..| )?.-n! t'hief ssiy thal he ?..>ii!l
''III John M:II ? . ? ri Ashley, Jo* li Ashby.
John A ! . < ; ;? 11 J t. IM. J ? ?li ns i < m .ml .l'!;ii
Him ist.-r, and look ?il them .uni laug'i
.is th.y dh-d. This was before ('..n-'
mas. .il th" barber shun. I don't I?
m?.inr.?. r ?my of tb.- I'MWII I? I-?t-? m
lo:l Wall Trussdl. Whit-- was ebb-r
? ?I" ?M?I.... then. 1 wa? not very mti
in.it.. willi iibn."
Josh Moore, ;i liej.bew ?.f I he lite
John Marion, was <w??rn. ???' MM:
"I live in Abbeville lounty, thr.e
inil?v> fnuii Hoin-a 1 'at h. I wa? In
I ?oneil l'util yesterday afternoon and
saw the difficulty al the cornel ol
the bunk.
"An I .'mdt! John. Jim Hob Ashley.
?'harlie McClain und 1 wen- cii.ntng
>11> the street from the livery s'alilc
towards tin- Citizens Hank and wetv
near the corner of the hank, wv m'ei
Chief White and a negro hy lin- name
i?f Chut-h-* Moore. W.hite says to
Undo Jolin. 'What's your difficulty
Uncle John Hay? lie alni ?ol nm.
ind White says, 'You are getting
Irutik. (Jet out of town righi a.c.v.'
I'm le .loan says, 'I alni'drunk, fiel
on away from me. I aiut bot heil II*,'
nobody.' Jim Hob Ashley tobi White
l iarle John Marion would go when h
<ot good and really.
"Then Chief White struck at Ji n
Mob with his hilly. Uncle John run
n between them and I grabbed i 'ucl"
John. Then White hot him. Ho shot
h'm while I had ho' ! of him. and sh t{
him after he fell. White ran in Trayn
ham's store and shot him again. Uncle
John shot at While after he fell.
Cross-examined by Capt. Watkins:
"White shot twice before Uncle John
mot. Und? John wa" doing nothing
*o be shot for. He "as lying Hat on
his back when he was shot the second
lime. White was live feet away
.vhon he lived the second shot."
"There were four shots tired.
Wlhtte fired three and Uncle John Mil
lion one. No one else shot. Whit?
;JU1ICI1 lils pistol as Jim Hob grubbed
als billy. 1. don't know what becoim
jf the billy. John Marlon grabbv
Jim Hob and I caught John Marlon.
"After the first shot was (Ired, Unelo
John fell, and then Chief White jump
ed and shot him again. He didn't ge
to Traynham's store until the thir I
shot was fired. He was standing di
rectly off to tho left and at rlgh'
angles. The second shot hit Ulick
John also. I saw Uncle John's pisto'
first as he was lying on the ground.
He shot across his chest toward White,
who was on his left. Nothing wn
sald. I was standing over Uncle John
.vhen the third shot waa fired b\
White. I don't know where the res.
.f the crowd were. I tried to stoi
the row. Jim Bob was not makin?
at White."
JJrs. W. C. Bowen, J. R. Haney, ant:
J. F. Shirley performed nn autopsy
Dr. Bowen waa the medical spokes
man, tho other physicians concurring
in his testimony. He described th?
..ourse of tho balls and said amoiu
jlher thinga:
"Either of the two wounds whlcl
ve found was sufficient to product
loath. The second In point of tim
may have aceelorated death."
THE VERX1Cc.
After* view of the body and exam
nation of McClain, Moore and th?
bree physicians, the Jury expreesec
itself as satisfied with the evidence
ind retired, returning shortly witt
his verdict:
"Upon view of the body of Johr
Marion Ashley, "of the county of Ab
.evllle and the State of South Caro
ina, then and there being dead, we d;
nay by our oaths that the said Johr
Marion Ashley came to h 1B death b?
i pistol shot at the hands of J. B
White."
Opposed to the testimony of McClaii
md Moore, 'both acknowledged Ashlej
.lansmen, ls that of Policeman S. A
Haynes. Mr. A. "W. Stepp and tw?
if th? leading business men of th?
own, who do not wish their name
ised until the trial, for obvious rea
ions. Their dispositions, however
.vere taken before a botary public, nf
er the Inquest*, fur use in the bail pro
seedings. I was permitted to tak
chem down, and they are reproduce?
here, just as they were dictated to th
Uenographer.
The first follows;
"I was standing yesterday afternooi
In front of J. B. Callahan's store li
Honea Path, when the difficulty oe
curred between Chief of Police J. B
White and the Ashleys. I first sav
Chief White and Charlie Moore, col
ored, coming up the street In fron
of. Miss Ida Brock's storo. Charil
Moore was talking very earnestly t<
White. They met John Marion am
Jim Bob (J. R,, C. Ashley) n?ar th
front of the Citizens* Bank, They be
gan talking with each other, and
was watching John Marion Ashle;
particularly. He seemed to bo great
ly excited- Next I saw him with hi
pistol in his hand, raised,, and try int
to get at White, over his son .JU
Bob's shoulder. There seemed to h
some Interference with his getting a
White, and he roached over his son'
arm or shoulder and shot in White'
direction. Some one was betwoe
them at the time.
"As soon as Ashley shot, Whit
roached around the other man an
fired twice ai Ashley In quick succ?s
ulon. Ashley staggered backward
crying. I am killed!' He fell to th
ground, still holding the pistol in hi
hand.
"I noticed only three shots. Whe
Mr. Ashley fell, I turned to speak t
some one and did not notice who too
Mi pistol."
Tho second affidavit ls as follows:
"I was standing In tho door ot J. I
Callahan's store, -opposite the Cit
sens' Bank, yesterday afternoon, whe
I saw Chief White talking to ?Ich
Marlon Ashley, but could not bo?
what was being said. John Mario
Ashley walked off and had go tte
about three steps away, when I tur:
ed to look, at'i something else. . Wh*
1 looked again. I saw White s tr ll
someone with a billy, very* lightly. Ii
stantly John Marlon Ashley, who wi
three or four steps up tho street, turi
ed and carne back at White, with h
pistol raised In both hand?, over Jil
Boo Ashley's shouiCti?, I don't thin
White saw him until he sot right c
'' : . k<?) -, ..-.viv.r y.-;V:V>
>*,;?.?.*. ?..'H:v'vv<.??,'^?J?\;%
Iiiiii. Ashley's pistol llroJ immediate
ly. White, in <iuick succession, shot
. it Ashh y annual Jim I Job Ashley's
liiick. There v. ?re several reports
.-.'.,-.. together.
?.'li:'. next 1 retnember Ashley was
lying ?.ii lils baek, with his pistol in !
his righi hand, t ry 1 iii? to work it.
White w.is standing near the door j
of Ti IN iibain'd sion-, and threw up
his pistol to shoot, again. I hollered
lo him not to shoot. He seemed to
ri cognize my volee and dropped his
pistol at his side.
"Three men were standing against
??ie well while Ashley was lying on
his baek, willi his ?liri in his hand.
'Hie nf them stooped down, took the
lilsinl out of John .Marion Ashley's
hand nod dropped it In lils own OVer
eonI pocket. 1 think thl.S W.IS Jilli Hob
Ashley. I'olieein.in Haynes came up.
shoved While into Traynham's store
and ehi.a i 1 he door.
"Sworn and subscribed to before me.
iliis ninth day of March. 1900."
Policeman S. A. Haynes, when ques
tioned .(hunt !h>- shooting, said:
"I, Was on the street a hundred yards
away. A negro ran up and said,
"Chief While is about to get "into
i rouble down yonder.' So I ran down
thef". When I had gotten within
about thirty steps, three shots, as well
as I eau recollect, were fired. John
Marion Ashley fell, and was holding
HONEA PATFH
They Have Vanquished th<
cated the Good Nai
(By MeDavld Horton) I
linnea Path, Mareil 10. (Special)
.Vow that John Marion Ashley is bur
ietl Ills slayer .-.a le I y removed to An
lei son the troops gone and the town
??citied down again to its normal con
ni lon of busy industry, they are re
joicing over the passing Of the Ashley
lan.
It ls said that several years ago.
Ahile Mr. J. C. Milford, now of Green
ville, was Intendant, John Marlon Ash
ley had a light in the town with his
?wu brother, and blt off his ear. John
Marion lied then to the safety of tho
\Killey country, around Keowee churci,
iut Mr. Milford determined to arrest
mil try him.
Ile met John Marion coming along
be road. In the buggy with him was
fosh Rigby, afterward killed by John
Medalia. John Marlon would be con
demned anti go to a much warmer ci 1 -
nate before lie would submit to *?**
.est. After a little parley, during
.vliiell Milford held the bridle of Ash
ey's lwir.se. John Marion* wavered a
ittlu and seemed half disposed to sur
render.
Mr. Milford .seized the psychological
noment, Ile turned the horse's head
.uck toward the town and climbed into
.he buggy, seating himself In John
Marlon Ashley's lap. The muscular
iiant promptly grasped him In an em
uaee of steel, and said to McGaha.
"Now we've got him, let's take him out
into the woods and kill him."
The man who told mo the story says
ie docs not doubt that they would have
carried out the threat, had Mr. Millford
mown the slightest uneasiness. He
imply overpowered them with a
irongor will, saying
"Here, boys, I don't want any fool
ishness about this. I've got to get
jack to town- and try you fellows' In
time to catch tho train." i
He brought his prisoners Into town, I
crlod and convicted them and fined
John Marlon ?4Q. McGaha's offence
ind the amount of his fine I did not
'.earn. "
THE CLAN'S CLAWS CLIPPED.
Time was when tho Ashleys had their
own wild way in Honea Path. About
avery other Saturday a hundred ' or
nore of them would gather along Main
street, heavily armed, and shoot up the
Lown in true Western style. Now' and
then some foolhardy townsman would
-?how himseir on tne streets during
hose little social diversions, and get
more or less shot up.*
The thing ceased to be a Joke. Hopea
Path became a city, with -cotton mills,
banks, real estate offices and an op?ra
house. Six or eight determined ihenv
All leading citions and substantial bus
tiicss men, formed themselves Into a
kind of vigilance committee. They
purchased Smith and Wesson and Colt
revolvers-not the little, pearl handled.'
thirty-two pocket affnirs^but big -blue
business like forty-fours and U?rfy
-jlghts-and kept them handy. ' ; j
Tho next time the Ashley clan came
In to whoop 'em up, there waft a'eur*
prise party of the most effective kind,
sta fd business men, who had hean
wont on previous occasions to iclose
their at?*cs and seek'safety in the *dlm
cloistered atmosphere of the cellars, i
stood in their doors and systematically I
sent solid slugs singing down tho treet, I
methodically reloading and firing cool
ly arid carefully. The Ashleys retired,
bag and -baggage, carrying their
..-minded with them. It: was & rout
complete and Ignominious, . '
' But one dose did not suffice, '. When
the lesson had been half-forgotten,
they tried it again, with the same, re
sult. No lives were lost, hut it .was .*
miracle. '* ' -.
For instance, John McGaha, one of
the worst, with two notchesMili his gun,
came in one day alone. .'He-was full'
Ot liquor,'had two pistols and a box
of cartridges and was In his' *upi fif t
mood.. He held up an unfortunate ne*,
gro and compelled him to get into his
Suggy and drive; for-hUn,
Then lie toro down Main street tak
ln s pdt shots right and left at peaeuble
el ti ne ns. Thc vigilance '.; committee's
forty-fours appeared again... No fewer
than fifty shots were fired ot McGaha.
, Ono sent his hro'ad-hrlmmod black
hat spinning, another 'ripped a loris
rent Inj hu? coat and another'iCurrowod
M?3*c?iceS< while tar?is'/ pcxrC?f5?vS(' th?f
? back of the buggy,: ?*one; grase?the
negro, and. MoGaha seemed .to bear, a
rharmed life* for he did'riatC receive Sk
terlous wouad. ;*' \ v ,'.
The lesson was-not . finished. It. vtraS
.almost.enough* .however, "?rid H?ne$
Path bre^the-V a long slgtt- -??''rt]Ui&
when John Marion Ashley carno to an
his pistol up In his hand, pointing
across lii.s chest and trying to fire it.
White stepped back to the door of
Traynham's atore. I pushed him back
.some trouble with the Ashleys and
Moores, and asked for protection.
White and the negro went on down
the street together und X caine along
behind them and crossed to the other
side. I saw White and Moore meet
John Marion Ashley, Josh Moore and
several others nearly in front of the
Citizens Bank. They talked there for
wiveral minute? and seemed very
much excited. John Marlon Ashley
turned and walked up the street two
or three steps and turned. As he
turned I noticed the pl?tol In his
right hand. He advanced on White,
who raised his billy as though to
strike someone. While he had it
raised the first shot was fired by John
Marion Ashley. It looked as If the
billy or his hand had been struck, for
he dropped his hand and the billy
dropped to the ground. He then pulled
his pistol, and reached around Jim
Hob Ashley, who was between them.
There were two shots in rapid succes
sion. John Marlon fell to the ground,
still holding his pistol. He reached
across his body in the direction of
White, who raised his pistol to Are
again, when some one hollered at him
to stop. Then he dropped his pistol to
his side and started up the street."
3 VIGILANTES.
3 Ashley Clan and Vindi
ne of Their Town..
early death Thursday afternoon. The
town deplored the tragedy, and no one
regretted lt more than Chief of Police
Wlhtte, who fired the fatal shot, but
liverybody is thankful for the riddance
of Ashley.
It is the opinion here, backed up by
the affidavits of Ave reputable business
men, against the testimony of two Ash
ley clansmen, that Mr. White did not
fire until his club had been shot from
his hand and two big men, one with
ihe smoking pistol raised In both hand's,
were advancing upon him.
Honett Path ls determined that Its
orderly and industrious citizenship
mall not again be disturbed by row
'dles of the Ashley or any other clan.
Por some time every flagrant breach
if the peace has been punished by
lines ranging from $40 to $100, and the
Ashley clansmen have been mado to
realize that their heyday , ls past.
Twenty years ago no man dared ar
rest one of them, for fear of the ven
geance that would be meted out. Now
Hionea Path has a police foree, and
i good one, backed up by an Intend
ant who has decreed that Ashleys or
iny other people who violate his ordi
nances shall 'be arrested and punished.
If lt takes a military company and
bloodshed to do lt.
Mayor J. B? Humbert ls ian ideal man
for the placo. Behind him are such men
as the Monroe brothers, C. E. Harper,
P. W. Sullivan, J. R. Collaham and
M. I. Brock.
Mr. J. C. Milford, now of Greenville,
was formerly one of the nerviest of
the vigilantes, and he still holds him
self ready to help In the good work.
He was summoned by telegraph after
the tragedy, Thursday, and went on
the first train.
As he stepped from the car, tall,
stalwart, confident and commanding,
there was a whisper and a sudden
movement in the crowd. 'Nearly all of
them were Ashley wm, and their 'be
havior showed that he was a man
marked for their enmity. But they
opened their ranks and .stood aside,
while he strode carelessly. through
them..
He and all the others mentioned hive
been notified: that their tenure of life
would be short. Chief of PoMoe White
and Officer 8. A. Haynes were also
blacklisted, but no man fears the Ash
leys any moro. . . . '
Th??i c?a wa have been clipped, it ls
believed. Certainly they will never
shoot up Honea Path again. Tlje
town has outgrown that sort of. thing,
and the lesson? enforced by repeated
rebiiffs at point of pistol, was fully
impressed' * when their chieftain waa
slain Thursday hy the very official Vjho
had been marked Mr slaughter himself.
TOW Cftjncso* Crista.
'pondon, March IQ-According to fate
cprteapondent at Pekin of The Tribune
tho chinese crista ls entering upon a
constitutional phase. Yuan Shi Kal. the
correspondent ?ey?, commanda >all the
approaches to pekin and yesterday de
spatched by train tho seventh: army,
division to Shuntetu. ': His eon com
mands the arny.- outside the wall op
posing the.b?adris,
Hc?trst'a ?ao?es to b-? Ile-opened. .
Washington, Varch S.-The. . case
William Randol/A Hearst against th?
anthracite con* carrying railroads toV
day wa? 1 ordcreo. by ; the Inter-State
Commerce Commission *c be requeued
and waa assigned - for ro-argutnen t ' In
this city on the 85Uk Instant
Tho action of tho commerce :voa bas
ed on th? recent decision of the Su
premo Court of th? UnKed States iii
the cases of the Kew york, New Haven
& Halford, and ChesrApoako Ohio
Railroad Companies, construing/. the
provisions of the act to regulate com
merce, the statement. being, snade that
that declaion has an important hearing
on tho issue involved in tho complaint
9f'Mr> :Hearat.-, "; -,: m.
Providence, R. I.,VMa^h''l?.~A-wi?i^:
nlflrent bronze ?rouo. modeled bv Zut
son BorglUiriTthe sculptor, and" coin?
missioned hy. Jamoa SUUman, presi
dent o? tho National City Bank Of
Kew- York., has Just n??n completed
W the works of the Gorham Manu
rapturing1 Company In this city. Th?
group, which ia entitled "The Horaei
of Dlomcdos," ?a Intended by Mr.
Stillman- ss e. - gift ? to the Metropoli
tan Mus?um of Art In New York. Th?
&?\>U?> mm?i?k?, ft?jrk xii art S^?rfl??%?
tfrer ^ e?Whtv'.?wtr? ! 'in vow - ?n : ?w^^t,
by fe* .f??t one inch, by: ftve :jw
fdurJnct^R ?*PT*?l2*^&
in* nalrea u> th? ba?b of on* of ah
devouring steeds In tho vain hope o
escaping.from th* others, five Itt nnto
?.ber,.?hat-y^f^-'JOim^hAm:--: *n? -be
side ?li?i? with rearing rhoda -;*nd. opal
Jaw.r-.-v':-v; ^
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..>.' -V . ? . t t ? ??: ? . ?*
HE HAS TOO MUCH 31 ON EY.
Young Mr. Patterson Believes In a
Division of Thia World's Gooda.
New York Times.
There is n split In the Chicago house
cf. Patterson. The tale tberof waa
told at the Holland House yesterday.
Robert W. Patterson, editor of The
Chicago Tribune, io conservative tu
the marrow. His eon, Joseph Medill
Patterson, until three days ago Chi
cago's commissioner of public works,
is an advanced Socialist. Even Junk
London's speeches have no terrors for
him.
The son reached tho Holland House
Friday, bringing1 his views with him.
He came Bast to attend the four-day
Socialist conference called to meet at
the Connecticut home of J. G. Phelps
Stokes, and h? came loaded.
The father arrived in New York yes
terday morning on his way to Chicago.
He was accompanied by bis daughter,
and the profound conviction that So
cialism and fanaticism walk hand in
hand. Neither father nor son had the
slightest hesitancy in discussing their
beliefs.
Joseph Medill Patterson is 37 years
old and was graduated from Yale In
1901. He is a grandson of the late
Joseph Medill who made The Chicago
Tribune what lt is to-day. His father
married Miss Medill, and bas since
looked after the Medill Interests.
After leaving college young Mr. Pat
terson entered The Tribune office as a
reporter. For BIX months he accepted
the assignments glvt-n him by the city
editor and saw the blue pencil run
through his copy ju3t as all other be
ginners do. Then he weht into thc
Sunday staff, writing special articles
for tho magazine section. After sla
months of this he was made an edito
rial writer.
He wasn't dependent on what h<
made. He had money of his own anc
if be hadn't any his father had enough
for both. He married Miss Alice Hig
glnbotham, a Chicago girl of wealtl
and social prominence. Related as h<
ts, to the richest fomilies in Chlcagc
and a cousin of Harold McCormick
who married John D. Rockfeller'i
daughter, he was something of a Chi
cago society man himself.
Even while he .was in college thi
Socialistic bee buzzed in his bonnet
Ha began newspaper work an arden
advocate of .municipal ownership am
something more, and when he realize*
policy he didn't think so well of th
newspaper business.
When Mayor Dunne was runnin
for office on the municipal ownershl
ticket the junior Mr. Patterson fei
that it was time for him to asset
himself and ho resigned from Th
Tribune's staff. After tho election c
Mr. Dunno he was made commissions
of public works. This place he held
year. Three days, ago, while In Wast
ington, he resigned stating that hi
experience in public office "had taugt
him that municipal ownership woul
by BO means solve the social probleir
which confront the United States.
"I believe," he wrote, "that the owr
e rah lp from which money spring
should be invested in the whole con
munity. In other words as I undei
stand it, I am a Socialist."
The foot-looso officeholder sie]
until il o'clock yesterday mornin
The first thing he asked the cler
when he carno down stairs, Wi
whether his father and sisters had a
rived. He got an affirmative answ.
and spent the morning with thei
tn the afternoon, after the elder M
Patterson's . departure for tho Wei
the son explained his views.
"It Isn't fair," he said earnest]
"that because my grandfather. worki
hard and left money I should ha'
everything and so many people shou
have nothing. Here I am, living
tho Holland House, going to the ope
and the theatre and with the facilltl
for doing generally what I please',
have a groom who touches his hat
me and sayn 'Sir* when he brirga i
polo pony around, . That groom kn o
more about horses and more about p
to than. I do, and yet he cannot dri
or ride or play because ho was bo
poor. That isn't as it should be.
"All sources of production should
vested In tho people. Roekfoller li
no earthly right to ' control the Qt
given oil springs. Alfred Vanderl
and others like him are not entlt!
to tho share they receive of other pi
pie's earnings. $ . .
?'Do you believe that, all the wea
tn the world should be- equally div
ed?" li? was asked. '
"No. I believe that there should I
no monopoly of the natural scurcss
wcaltlf or of wealth-producing ag'
des, and. I don't think wealth shoi
be inherited, I think I was a Soc!
list before I left colege. After my ci
version; If you may call lt such, I K
Jack London and other Social 1st wi
era. I have toked, too;, into tho sin
tax Idea. It did not impress me gre
ly."; . . . ' .-.-jr- > * fkpf.
-''Why did yon* resign from.' Ma;
Dunno's cabinet?" :\ ?":P
"There - ls a campaign coming
and tho Socialist ticket '.9 tho om
want to support. Municipal . owr
?hip ls only Socialism akin, deep,
Socialist all the way thimrsh.'*
' "Will you be a candidato on the
stallst ticket?"
"I don't, know* 1 haven't made
my mind yet a* td. my. future, . I ii
go back 'into ther newspaper ? ga
After th?* conference with Mr. Ste
I'm ?bing back to Chicago.^.
Mr. Pattern etna talking. and <
lng luncheon at the same time.
sister Joined, him at thia Juncture
listened : foterably. to what ha sa td.
A'/Do you regard the alight prog?
rr.ad? in . Chicago in. achieving mi
clpal owttorsChlp aa " any " argun
against the poUcrvf ? bo;vas aM^;
I'Moat assuredly not. There lo
chance to make faster at?ide>:'?:; ;''
entire system of: laws la framed
protect so-called vested slimts.
whole, scheme of tbs' IaW; ls ta ?
property aa against the commun!
io protect.': the . prlvefieged -. f*w
against th* many.- Tf^^c-?rs^?i?Bran
f ?.vWtaS?dpal/ownership; Vis. a* rnov<
the right direction. Thia has '%?
proved. iTttke, the Chicago wa berw
I know, something about theale
tangible property bat?nared t ; ?ot
water em tem ls cosily worth W
Mfc$ Iteoatftf^OOO.' Thfyre - are
?S,300,OCS ia bor,** oui standia*. - S
bonds represent the enttrd actual
of tbs system in Chicago.
"It; the : water wenopoly of CW
was-owsied hy a corporation it v?
ba bonded for kl?f*?st:?t6^Mt?o;
interest would h?v? to be paid bij
people on these bonds, cn tho COR
etOck<-and on the preferred. Aa
they are "all ' eto<>^t?er&V dre
posible.*The rest?enmof Rogers
right alongside CUtago people
payins 20 cents tor ivfcat their jo
bora ?et for ?d/' . . ???''%OBf?m
^ *^^o7 b^?ye that jBoctattarf;
"Certainly I do. 1 count ott U
gent selfishness to bring: ab'.-ut the de
sired results. If a majority of the peo
ple had riches they would be fools to
support Socialism. The majority of
the people, though are poor. If. they
don't win belter, more equable condi
tions for themselves, it ls their ov-n
fault."
Rolrert W. Patterson disagrees with
his Ron.
"My son Is of age," the editor de
clared, "and has a rght to an opinion
of his own. He has served ono term
!n the Legislature and part of a term
as commissioner o? nubile works. I
am a firm believer In letting every
body think as ho pleases, including my
son.
"Personally I believe that Socialism
is the wildest kind of fanaticism, and
that municipal ownership, os practiced
in Chicago, is a flat failure. Why they
can't even run tho city pound with
out graft. Joe got a taste of practi
cal politics as commissioner. He
didn't like it and got out. Politic
ians asked him to do things for which
he could have been indicted, and nat
urally he didn't do them.
"If your son runs for office on the
Socialist ticket will The Tribune sup
port him?"
"It most certainly will not, if I am
still on the paper. It didn't support
the municipal ownership ticket when
he was occupying a place on it."
A story was sent out from Chicago
last night to tho effect that the ex
comr.ilssioner would be tho candidate
for mayor on the Socialist ticket.
There was another story, also of Chi
cago origin, that they proposed to
found a magazine in New York for the
spreading of the doctrine of Socialism.
"I am really undecided as to my fu
ture," he said, when asked to say
which of the stories, if either, was
correct. "I do not know that I will
re-enter politics. I do not know, how
ever, that I ohalf not make my home
in New York. For the presi-.nt I shall
probably rest. I have been working
very hard for a long time and I think
I have a rest coming to me."
-#
SWELLS AND STICKS.
London's Silly Set's? New Styles In
Cones.
London Mail. ' ?
The sticks that Beau Brummel and
his brother beauxs whirled with such
verve and grace a century ago are
again appearing In the hands of our
modern dandies.
It is just that touch that il nish?s
the perfectly dressed man, giving him
an air of distinction ad a grace of
?esturo that mere empcy hands cannot
attain. It is as yet only a recent re
vival in London, but for some time
Continental dandies hav flourished a
lalnty evening carie with all the grace
of a famous beaux of Bath and Tun
bridge Wella.
The cane is of light malacca, with a
boss o reid or sliver on the head,
though often ivor or jewels are set in
gold instead. It ls, curiously, almost
.dentical with thc stick that our Eng
lish dandy twirled with such gay and
dght-heai'tcd- fcraee up till sixty years
igo, though some very curious fash
onn have Intervened.
There was in early Victorian days
the impressive but feather-weight
palm-leaf stalk with a studded head
and tasKei9, in appearance dike an
antediluvian saw in a museum.
Then, again, the plain malacca
(lashed its delicate .path along Bond
itreet-this time with a little clinging
snake of gold curling round its length,
rashlon, carefully selected for perfect
mupe and surface, but without tho
glitter of polish that the earlier dan
dy flaunted.
The. crutch handle came In thirty
years ago-a spocies which has pro
duced by far the most expensive sticks
jver made. An. Indian prince ordered
some from a fashionable ? Jeweller not
long, ago, . studded with stones? and
worth at least $300, which he presented
to various members of the royal fam
ily as a graceful. token of loyalty.
Then the light, malacca resumed Its?
reign, -ffashing along Pall Mall with* '.;...>
(ts golden boss In the same graco?ui :
circles as it did about -100. years ago.
And now lt ls sliding into soirees andi.
theatres as the ncc*asary finish of the
fashionable maa. : O
The greatest luxury is a cane of rhl- .
nocerous horn, which through tho rar- ;
Ity of sufficiently long arid perfee. '
horn demands fancy prices. : As 'much
?s $25 must be paid for a plain cario
of four-fo?t length at the present time,
. .lt ??TCti" ' ?JC^?u?tiiO?iV? iv ?weer(IMO ;? .
what women think of these prices- '
women who have for so lons been :
preached at for extrava?acce in dress.'
But tho dandyism, of tho modern man
does not ?top .shortly: at: the cane.
H? . is adopting many oC vtho beauty
treatments - so far reaervad for women;" ; <
Effeminacy In a mau Is a . charac
teristic that women despises. . Hor
ideal hero ls a.' being whbv to -riss her .
own1 expression,; ls *!abovo" such pal
triness a? malw-p,-boauty cuU?ro attd :
like slsns of/weakness. Judge? : then,. -
of her horror; wheu she ] reads tho oto- . .
ry of a man's effeminacy here and now
to be unfolded. S
- Washington;Mar?h ' i?.^The: ;tr?as^v
ury ?n^ials: li?v? taken measures to"/' .:
prevent a recurrence of the yellow. :
fever epidemic la thb\Southerri :St?toa?.!. ?r.
At: the request pf a committee of oltt? : <..
sena 'C-onv New;?OrIeans, six. surgeon?
hav? ?ten designated to; visit the par?
Ishea adjacent to that city...to'alssi -j\'jto?^-r
State, authorities in aitch ' measures :** :
may. bo. deemed necessary to prevent v
the Iritrod?ctJorVof yellow feyer during
th?'coining Wf?IPII^^??^^^^^|?^
; ; With tho same end in view,. tho'<
pnrtment has designated 9 : pribll?
health and 'riVarlpe; hospital r surgeons:{r
l& 'gQ to tho prraclpat fruit shipping
eitlen of South1 ' ?rid -i Central >. Amejica * \ > ?
tQ':"oyersee the shlpmerito fpom . trios?.
^^shlnglon^MarcH -1 ?O.-rA: "confer
ance was htld yesterday between rop
rosehtaUves ot railroads operating oiMfc?
miUoa?ot-?hip
w%H?s*i?*%?ih^
tiorC .resaf4lriar: the question of ?QUIP*
merit i ?t flat cars With ?tafees W?th;
which to b?ld th? luinber ' in placo.<;.
while in'.transit.:;-??^< ?:???:
The ;who)e question, .waJ|-lMdWm?ft> t?>%
a. comrailtw of mgr.t o? n?iica "ff. r.
power ^p^rtment of tho Pennsyt?*- %
n?a RaOr^ad is chairman, wlthjristruo-,
fflk? to iepqrt at a ,meettnril*o **
held in Chlbaigo on, Marchy^pdwv -,
tent that^^v'^
and unnecessary danger, lt *s hoped,
ww W e?mto tho do
^fov^"confrfronce by : President An
gel!, o? the University Of Mi?bls^u. ,
