*JIE DTHPATCH F0UNDED 18B0.
THE TIM1.S FOUNDED 1886.
WHOLE NUMBER 17,460,
RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1907.
PRICE TWO (SE.NTS.
15
Splcy Testimony Given
Onthe Final Day of
Investigation.
LIBRARY EMPLOYES
OCCUPY STAND
Bomc of Them Testify Against
Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Eggles
ton Talks at Length of
Book Prices ? Hot
Firing Toward
the End.
After a flery sesslon, lasiliig nearly
threo hours, Cholrnuui Byrd, ot the school
book lnvcsttgaUng commlttio, at 1:07 P.
M. yesterday, declared thu Inquiry elosed,
und all partles ln interest seemed re
llevetl, for tho performnnco has been
lndeed a strenuous ono.
The transcript of tiio evldence wlll be
got out us rapidly as possible by the of
Slclai Btenographer, and each member will
tlraw a separato report. They wlll then
meet here; eonipare notes and ugrce upon
their ultlihato .ihdlngs. Theso lindlngs
wlll dcul wlth the slngle Uiok question, as
Well ns wlth librury affalrs.
Tht. re)>ort wlll be unanlmously for
tlie slngb> book list. and indlcjitlons ure
thut It will not be favorable to'l.ibmrlan
Kennedy.
It Is possible that. on this bitter point,
whlch Ikjiiiiiio ii Ktiiklng one in tlie llnal
dnys of the Inquiry, thero wlll be a
dlvlsion, hut thls ls not at all certain.
H Uiern ls a dlvlsion, chances are that
it wlll be two to one against the libra?
rian.
Rumors of Shaking Up.
Tbe matter hon created a great deal
of Interest ln Hlchtnond. lt was rumored
yesterday evenlng that tho Elbrary
l.onrd would probably dlsmlss tho em?
ployes who have testllled against Mr.
Kennedy, but, of course, thls wns but a
ruinor, as tlie members of tho board
liavo not met j,'.nce the ? Investlgatlon
ended.
Hon. Charles V. Meredlth was seen
lust night und asked what would bo tho
probably courso of the board. He could
not say further tiuin that thero would
probably be a meeting withln tbe next
w>ek or ten dnys, when mnlters relat
lng to the Inquiry would ln nll likeliltood
bo consldered. ?
Under tho r.-solutfon creating the com
r.-lttec and putilning lts powers and
dutles, tho body ls direeted to report
only to the .Legislature. Tho committee
cn.i talte no nctlon further than to so
' report, Tho l.ibrary Board may, how?
ever, take t"ie matter up and act as lt
B'yes ht
May Be Two Months.
It will probably bo two months be?
fore tho committeo flnally drafts its
report. It wlll then bo given to the
press for publieation.
Hardly a sesslon of tho body has
been more Interesting than that held
yesterday. Four library employes,
Messrs. Evans, Berkeley and Torrenco
nnd Mrs. Mlnor, gave testlmony wlilch
tended to butter tlie armor of Mr. Kcii
jie.ly.
Mr. Evunn sworo posltively that Mr.
Kennedy told him lt was l'utnam who
had offered him a. sum of money to
write a history of Vlrginla.
Mr. Berkeley testlfied as to tho
alleged ovor charges on novels and
produced certain titles deslgned to
provo his contention.
Mr. Torrenco's testlmony related to
tbe Burk's History tratisnotlon. and
wub to tho effect thnt another sot of
the works was badly needed In the
library.
A Strong Statement.
Mrs. MhioV.8 stutenient wns clear nnd
Hlroiig. Mr. Evans had preyioiisly said
thnt Mr. Kennedy gnvo him orders not
t<j buy nny moro books from Bell, and
whon Mis. Mlnor camo on she went
further. She declared that sho was told
by tho librarian prnctlcally tbe sumo
thing, and thut nfter the Inquiry wns
over It was very llkely that tho library
would buy no moro books ln Itlchmond,
Tho real llury pnrt ot the sesslon, how?
ever, wus Mr. Meredlth's seurching
crosH-examlnulion of .Superintendent Eg
gteston, who testllled ut great length.
Mr. Meredlth wns persistent in hls man?
ner, and tho witness flnally grew Into
tho same mood.
They cross-fired ut ono anothor for
n long time, but It cannot bo snid that
Mr. Meredlth drew from tho witness
jiiiiny of what lawyers would cnll
"futnl admissions."
On His Mettle.
Mr. iSgglcston got on hls mettle to
?wtird tho end of the colloquy, and fired
pome hard shots ut Putnam.
Ilo deelnrcd with great eniphusls
thut the bld of tho Educatlonal Fub
llfihing Company was far below tlio
llgures ut wliluli Putnam hud funilsh
ed tho books to the library, and taklng
ln his hiind tho iiiucli-dlsoussod hnnd
pomo copy of "Snow Bound," wlilch
\vus put In tit $1,07, exclulined:
"Jlr. Kennedy lo be very tfrnul
wilh .nm, ( Mij- (luil I'litiiuin liail
no right lo put thls hook. <>IV ou
you .'when ;i Kcrvloriilile I'dlllon for
.ruvellUR' MCliool llhrni'It'H could be
liouKht for twenty centii. lt ls u
n-flcclIdii un y<ni, sir, nnd n re
llectloo on l'litnaiii,"
Alr, Eggleston flnally snid, however
thut ho did not hlnino Mr. Kennedy,
?ps he knew he wns prossod for time
nml could not pc-rsonully oxuuiine ul
tho titles.
Tho Inquiry eiosod wlth n loitg
wrangb) belwcon Mpasrs. Moredlth niu
Eggieston ovor tho prlces of hojl.s
hut llio latter stood by hls gun. aiu
never would udinlt that Putnnm'i
prlces wore nearly so low aa tlll'
llgures set out ln tlio bld of the Edu.
cutlonal Publlshing Company.
SESSION YESTERDAY.
jCommittee Hears More Witnesses
and Concludes Hearing.
Thn cominltlee met nhortly uftor lt
o'elnck, und -Mr. Meredlth mado a bjie:
Btiitomont. ln whlch he safd that ni
fnlr coni|mrl8oii botweon tho bld ol
tho Educutiouul Publlshing Compnuj
' . (Contiuued. ea Thlrd Puge.)
OIVES ROADCAP
FIVE YEARS IM THE
STATE PRISON
Killed Man With Knife Less
Than Three Inches in
Length.
| Upcoiu'l to Tlio T'lmea-Dlispatcli.]
1IARRIKONUURC1, VA., Kebrunry 8.?
Charles Roddcap was to-day found guilty
hy a Jury ln liiu Circuit Court of Rock
liighain, and sentenced to flvo yertrs in
tho pcnllcntlary, for killlng Philip Hilchlo
ln Brock's Oap Christnia*) nlght lost. The
trlal occuple.l flvo days, and tho Jury was
glven thc caac yesterday afternoon, und
ndjourned ovor untll thls mornlng. In a
druiiken brawl at tho home of Rltchie's
daughter, near Fulk's Run, Rltchle wus
Htiibbod ln tlie heart. Ritchlo liad ordored
Rnudenp to leave tho pronlsos, and the
two wero scuflllng, when Roadeap thrust
thc blude Into hls vlctlm's slde. Rltchle
chascd hls assallant some dlstancc after
ho was cut, and returned to tho house,
Whoro ho dropped on tho floor. Thlnkliig
that he was only drunk, hls daughter left
hlm lylng thoro untll tho next mornlng.
Roadcap admlttcd tho killlng to th-?
olllcers, and said ho was actlng ln self
dofense. A slngiilar featuro of tho case
wns that the blado of tho knifo wlth
whlch Roadcup said ho did tho cutting
was less than three "Inches In length,
while thc*, wound lu tho slde was two
Inches deep. Rltchla was cut through an
overcoat, corduroy jacket and two or
threo sults of underclothlng.
COMMITTEE NAMED
FOR NEW BUILDING
Annual Meeting of Board of Di
rectors of Y. M. C. A. Held
Last Night.
Tlie annual meetlng of tlie board of
dlrectors of the Young Men's Chiiatlun
Assoclation was held in the blue room
of tlie central bullding last night. and
many matters of importanco camo up for
conslderatlon.
Tho report of thn new-bullding cam?
paign commltteo was presented. showlng
that tho committee had ralsed $228,051.43,
Includlng tho donation of $25,000 by Miss
Helen M. Gould. Tho campaign commlt?
teo was tendercd tho unanimous thanks
of the board. and relleved of furthor duty.
A bullding committee, corisistlng of
President O. A. Hawkins, General Becre?
tary 8. K. McKee, Bullding Treasurer XV.
J. Whitehurst, Mr. John B. Mlnor and
Mr. F. T. Sutton, was appointed to' take
chargo of -matters peruiining' to the se
curing of an archltect for plans for the
erectlon of a bullding.
The commlttoe was requestefl to report
to tfio board of dlrectors at a ealled
meeUng to be held next Friday nlght
The new bullding commltteo's ofllce ls
now in the blue rooraof tho contrai bulld?
ing, and wlll be open from 9'to 3 oven*
day. The flrst lnstalment of pledges ls
due. on Morcti lst. and all moneys wlll
Ik; "recelved whenever' peoplo are ready
to&send them in. Chccks aro to be
made payable to W. J. Whitehurst, treas?
urer of the new-bullding committee.
Tlie annual election of oflicers was gono
Into, with tho followlng result: Mr. O.
A. Hawkins, president; Mr. W. J. Wliite?
hurst, flrst viee-president; Mr. Jolvn B.
Mlnor, second vlce-presldent; James Lew
is Anderson, thlrd vice-president; Mr.
Ollver J. Sands, treasurer, and Mr. S.
K. MJcBT.ee; general secretary.
DECIDE TO SPEND
TEN THOUSAND
Presbyterians Prepare to Make
Elaborate Exhibit at James?
town Exposition.
(Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA.. February S.?
A commltteo of thc Norfolk and Han?
over Presbytertes, whlch has in charge
tho movement for a denomlnatlonal bulld?
ing und exhlblt at tho Jamestown Expo?
sitlon, held an all-day sesslon hero to-day.
It waa declded to spend $10,010 on the
bullding and exhibit, and tho chalrman,
Rev. E. T. Wellford, of this city, wlll
go to tho Expositlon Grounds to-morrow
to select a sit". Thc educatlonal and hls?
torlcal exhibits will bo made ln the Ex?
positlon bullding set aslde for tliat pur
pose, only Instltutional exhibits golng
in the Presbyterlan bullding. lt iH the
purpose of U)e committeo to interest the
Presbyterlan Church of tho world ln
thls project, and with that end ln view
tho chalrman wlll start to-morrow on a
trlp to New York, Baltlmore, Pittshurg,
Phlludciphia, Washington nnd other
cltles.
Those attonding tho meetlng to-day
wore; Rov. Isaac Campbell, D. D., Rev.
\V. W. McG. Shields, Rev. J. E. Thackor,
Rev. R. A. Robinson and F. F. Ferguson,
of Norfolk; Rov. XV. XV. Moore, S. II.
llanes, Rev. R. B. Eggleston nnd R 10.
M'nglll, of Richmond; Rev. C. F. Ranklin
and J. W. Crmty, of Portsmouth; Rev.
E. T. Wellford and Rev. W. M. Hunter, of
thls city.
UNCLE SAM PAYS
OVER THAT MILLION
Contract for the Loan to the Ex?
position Exccuted in Norfolk
Yesterday.
fKi'eclal to TJio Tlrnos-Plspntoh.)
NORFOEK, VA., February 8.?Tho
contract for tho loan of $1,000,000 to
tho Jamestown tlxposltlon by tho gov?
ernment was executod ln tllOj expositlon
olllces hero to-day, tho llon. Willlani
M. Ueddes und W. W. Eudlow, tho lat?
ter tho chlof clork of tho Trcnsury
IJcpaT-tineiit, representlng tlio govern
nieiit. Tlio loan ls payable as follows:
On tho passugo of tho act, $250,000;
durlng the month of Jnnuiiry; $250,000;
durlng the. month of Fobrunry, $200,000;
durlng tlie mouth of March, $200,000;
durlng tlie month of Aprll, $100,000.
POUCEMAN REST0RED
SPEECH T0 "DUMB" BEGGAR
Robert Forboa, a whlto man, uhout
twonty-two years of age, waa arrested
yesterday by Olilcer H. 'W. Tomllnson
on tho charge of bogglng In the BtreotH,
felgulng to bo deaf and dumb. Aftor
belng talcon to tho Second Pollco ata
110)),-- Forbes rugaluud tho uso of hls
longuo and cars, und informed tlio
pollco that ho wus from North Caro?
lina. Ilo wlll appoar in tho Pollco
Court thla mornln*"; to answer to tho
cliurgc ut' rilm-flu.'umlns, .
?El.. FOR
I
Has Heard Demands for
$1,500,000 More Than
the Revenue.
HIGH PRAISE FOR
TWO DEPARTMENTS
Mayor Declares Present Chief of
Police Is Most Efficient He
Has Ever Known Here.
Notable Work oi\
the <Fire
, Fighters.
The Finunce Committeo of tho Council
Is now nearly ready. to. mako up the
annual budgot for the year and to up
portlon tho revonues of th0 clty among
tho varlous deparlrnonts und. sub
dlvlsions of the munlclpal government.
In brief, It may be stated that tlie ostl
mated revenues available wlll be ? about
$2,300,000, and the draftH of tho varlous
departments und branches upon tho funds
for thc year 1007 oggregate appioxlmately
$3,807,000, or un excess of approprlatlons
over revenues of about $1,500,000.
Mantfestly it .wlll be Imposslble for the
clty to supply all lts estlmated needs, and
lt alwayB Is. Many pf the departments
havo Included re'commendatlons of oxpen
dltures. whlch they havo. small expocta
tion wlll. b8 Tealized" thls year, and
nceessurlly some scallng down is always
done. ln some of tbe estimates the ncods
of the annoxed 'terrltory are embraced,'
and ln others approprlatlons ar0 asked
whlch have been sought for severa] years
ir. valn. In somo cases, as In the mat?
ter of the Health Department, stre'ss has
been lald upon th. fact that tho estl?
mate 1H not intended to be sealed. but
ls a bona fldo" close approxlmation of
actual roqulrements.
The EIro Departmont's draft om
braces several large demands for ap
paralus and mpn for the annexed ter?
rltory, and. 'the educatfonnl demands
also embrace provlslons for tho.
schools brought Into the clty. A'large.
proportlon of tho street cleanlng d?
partment'n estlmate Is to provlde fa
cilltles for fthe new terrltory equal tb
that oXtho bld. The flgures for chari
tles and almshou-io are.last yoar's r'e
producod, wlth the amount for new
negro almshouse dedufcted. Thls year's
llguros will -probably exceed thls es
timate. -;:
Session Last Night.
The Finance Committee'held a rn.i'et
Ing last nigrit tb heai. reprosenti..tivo_:
of the Fire Hopartment, Police De?
partment, Street Cleanlng Department
and varlous other branches of the clty
government In advocacy of their de?
mands upon tho budget. Nearly nll
tho more Important departments had
already made tholr demands.
The Streot Cleanlng Department was
represented by Dr. E. G. "Willlams, a
member of tho Council, and by Super?
intendent Henry 3. Cohn; -Fire Com
missloners Levy, Frlschkorn and Lecky
spoke in behalf of the Fire Depart?
ment, and spoke effectlvely.
Commlssloners Landc-rkln, "Welsh nnd
Duke, Clerk Georgo Pollock, Mayor Mc?
Carthy and Chief of Pollco Werner ap?
peared for the tfclico Department. These
gentlemen explalned the needs of their
departments clearly ond strikingly, and
made earnest pleas for the approprla?
tlons asked. Tho Fire Commlssloners
had estlmated for a 10 per cent. Increase
ln salarles of tho men in their draft on
the budget, but the point was made
that ^S would havo to be provWed for
by ordlnanco before the Finance Com?
mitteo could take Lho matter up. '
'i ho hearing beforo the committee was
marked by two very strlklng statements
mado by men whose dellberate utter
ance_i carry welght and lnfluence, nnd
both the statements were hlghly com
plimentory to the clty government and
to the departmonts effected.
In. explalnlng tho neccsslty of the $10,
000 appropriation asked for placlng fire
alarm wiros undorground, Mr. Robert
Leclcy, Jr., an nuthorlty on lnsurance and
a flro commissioner who makes a close
study of conditions and needs, stated
that if the flro alarm wiros had not
been underground ln tho vlclnlty of Nlnth
and Cary Streets, it would havo bp__n im?
posslble to turn ln nn alarm, elther for
the fire at the "Whltehurst lumbor-yard
or for tho moro serlous and dangorous
one at Tenth and Cary. He Impressed
tho lmportance of oxtendlng thls proonu
tlon to othor sectlons of the clty. ln
concludlng hls vory Interesting statement
Mr. Eeclcy declared, In testlmony of the
cfticlency of the Richmond department
undor adverso conditions that ln forty
years only one flro had destroyed nny
othor building tluui that ln which lt orlg
innted.
Tho statement, lmpresslvoly nnd do
libcrately mtido nnd basod upon closo
study of tho dopnrtment's history, mado
a profound lmpression upon tho com?
mittee.
A llttle later Mayor McCarthy pre?
sented tho lmportance of havlng tho
twelve niountod men nsked for ln tho
annexed torltory und of thn value of
tho patrol-box systoin. Incldentally he
showod tho great area whlch a pntrol
mati in any portlon of thu clty ls re?
qulred to cover, and polnted out thut
tho boxes unerrlngly toatlflod that tho
ofllcers did cover theso boats ns best
they could.
The Mayor attributod tho exeellont
order ln thls clty nnd tho nbsenco of
stiirtllng crlmes to tho elllcleney of
tho police to a groat oxtent, and es?
peclally commonded tho porsonnul of
the force as now constltuted. Tho
cllmax of hls statement wus tho
voluntary tosllmony tliut In hls Judg?
ment Major l.ouls Wornor, tho
present chlof of police, iu tho most
efllclont head ot' tho dopnrtmolit the
clty hus hnd ln tho llfe-timo of tho
speaker. Tlio statomeut aroused a
rlpplo of applnuso from tho Finance
Committee, nnd was acknowlndgod by
Major Werner wlth a profound bound.
Tho stuteiilent wns unoxpoctcd to
overybody, but dollberutu.
Fire Department,
Tho demandi. of tho Fire Departiuont
embraced the followlng items: Combliia
tlon house to quurtor un onglho, book
nnd ltuldor truck and 1100083110' hoso ln
ncrtheust poi'tlon of city; len/inon for
englne company iind bIx l'or truci..
Englne-house, onglno und clicmlcul 011
? .CoaUiiuud an Seventh 'Pago.j
PORTRAIT GF MRS. HARRY THAW AS SHE SAT IN WITNESS CHAIR
HT IN
LIVEIICI
President Diaz, of Mexico, Using
Every Effort for
Peace.
U. S. SENDS DOWN WARSHIPS
Marietta on East Side and Chi?
cago on West to Protcct
U. S. Intcresls.
MEX1CO CITY, Fobruary S.?Tho State
Department made publlc tho followlng
note:
"President Diuz, acting on tho direct
suggestion of President Roosovelt, has
sent a nolo to the govermnents of Costii
Rica, Salvndor and Guutcmala, asking
them to use evory effort to prevent an
armed closli between Nioaragua and Hon
duras, wlth tho intlmation that past
treaties must bo llved up to, and that
their dlsputo must bo referred to nn
arbitrntlon board."
Warships Sent.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February S.?
Carrylng out tlio wlshea of tbo Slalo Do
partnient thut a couple of Amerlcan na?
val vessels he kept in Central Amerlcan
wuters, tho Navy Department has dis
patche.l tho gunboat Marlotta from Guan
tnnanio to Groytown, on tlie Qulf coast
of Nlcaragua, ln u.ldltlon to tho crulser
Chlengo, whlch has been sent down the
west coast to Acujulta, llonduras, so that
wlthln a duy or two thero wlll be an
Amerlcan warshlp on each sido of tho
sceno of thrmitoned trouble. Tho York?
town, now nt Muro lslund, is not to go
to Central America.
It is stated 'hut tho purposo of send
Ing theso shlps ?> Central Amerlca Is
simllar to thut s/iieh Insplred tho order
n* tho MarblolieaU last year, nnmoly, to
have a shlp at tho dlsposui of tho Ainor
Ican mlnlsters if thoy should flnd it noe
essury to truvel up nnd down tho coast
tn these eoiinlries whoro eonituunloatlon
by regular channels is so llmlted. Also,
they wlll, of course, jir.oteot any Amerl?
can proporty that nmy bo ondangered if
dlsorders break out.
War Inevitable,
Consul Wllllani F, Algor, at Togucl
gnlpu, llonduras, coniniunlcatod yestor
day wlll) Amerlcan Mlnlstcr Coinbti in
Guntoiiiiila City Cl)o belng also accredlted
lo llonduras) iliat tlm opinlon at Tegu
elgulpa wuh that war between Hondurns
and Nlcaragua was almost inovitahle.
The olllclals hero, however, do n?t take
any such pusalmlstlo vlow, and believe
that tho coiiibined orrorts of Mcxlco ;uid
Amorlca. wlll, without offondlng tho prido
of tho Cuiitrul Amerlcan ropubltcs, re?
sult ln couvlnclng. them that their
dlfforonees can bo settled wltliout ru
oourso lo anns.
Without admltting the nooinaey nf
tho statement from tho City of Moxleo,
thut at tho instuneo o l'tho Washing
ton governineiit, tho Moxican diplo
miitlc reprosetitatlvoH ln Central
Aniertoa hud been iiislriietud to brlng
(Contlnued on Secund Page,)
YS DUHUII
Position New to Him, However,
and Cannot Say What
They Are.
DR. FOSTER NOT TALKING
Says Transfcr of Managemcnt
Was Made as Quietly as
Possililc.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA., February
8.?To-dny has marked tno end of
tho long drawn out flght by Dr. L.
S. Foster for tho retentlon of autlior?
ity a3 superintendent of the Eastern
State Hospltal. Tho decislon of tlie
.Supreme Court yosterduy was, of
course, tho reul end of the flght, but
possesslon of tho asylum wus no'.'
taken forinally by Dr. O. C. Brunk
untll thls morning. Dr. Fostor arrlved
here Into yesterday ufternoon, nnd at
once offered to surrender tho koys to
Dr. Brunk. Dr. Brunk deelined. how?
ever, to take ehuige ns ho hnd not
qunlll'lea. Thls morning Dr. Brunk
took tho onth of ofllce and rit.3UR.oa
chargo of tlie Institutlon,
Dr. Brunk when quostloned by your
corrcspbndoiit to-nlght hs to nny
changes in tho asylum ho intended to
mako, stutod that ho hud nothing to
say along thls line, 'I am yet now to
the place, and have not sufllclontly
fiimlllnrized myself wlth tho institutlon
to stato doflnltely nny of my plans,"
sald Dr. Brunk. "Tho fact ls changes
wil bo made, but I do not yet know
what thoy wlll bo mysolf."
Dr. Foster when lntorvlowed, snid
he hud nothing to givo out concernlng
hls future plans.
"Everythlng rolatlng to tho surrcii
dcring ot' autliority has passed off us
quietly ns posslblo," snid Dr. Fostor.
"[ arrlved hero on the 4:0C train yes
torilay afternoon und ut onco offered
to Kiirronder llio keys of the Institu?
tlon tu Dr. ISruiik, who, howover,
would not take charge untll thls morn?
ing, us lt wus too lato to quallfy thou.
"I havo nothing furthor to glve out,"
EvorytbhiK ls qulet now after the iv
cont uphoaval, nnd ihe ufl'iiirs of tho in?
stitutlon ure onco moro sottling down In'o
tholr usual chnnnel. Willlnnisburg, nftor
huvlng been a oontrnl objoct of attentlon
for nino months, hns once moro sottled
down to lts wonted cahn, and hus agaln
i.saumod lts tltlo of "tho unclent litllo
clty of Vlrginla," uiidlsturbed by tho
strlfes und dlssenslons of tha oulsldo
world.
wanamakFrVhousT
burned; loss a million
PHILADELPHIA, Fobnuiry K.?Lvuil
hui'st, tho country homo of John Wtinn
niukoc, ii t Junl.lntown, noav thls clty,
Was compkitoly destroyud by flro to
nlght, Tlio losa wljl renuh nearly $1,
I voo ooo,
TRtPLE HMKIIE
ok Mrs
One White Man and Two Ne?
groes Pay Ex.treme
Penalty.
EACH MAKES CONFESSION
Before Going on Seaffold Men
Said They Were Guilty and
Deserved Penaltv.
North Carolina. hud a trlplo hanglng
yestorday. A double executlon occurrod
ln Durliam, and 0110 othor man paid tlio
heavicst penalty in Greensboro, Thls Is
tlio lirst .record or tho klnd, it is bolloved,"
tlie Old North Stato has known.
(.Speclal to Tho Ttmes-Dispatch. 1
DURJIAM; N, C, Februury 8.?Tlio dou?
ble hanglng to-day, In whlch John &t
Ilodges, the convlcted wife-murderer, and
Freeniun Jones, tlio negro who was con
vleted of hurglnry und attempted crlmlnal
iiHsault, an'swored to iho penalty of tho
law, marked an opoch ln tho hlstoiy of
Durliam county, and wns thu lirst hang
ing of its klnd lu North Carolina ln
years.
Jolin llo.iges..v,'us hanged almost on
tho anniversary of tho murder ho com
mittod, thls belng onacted in Fobruary,
I'JOti. lludges aud his wife hud had
several petty cases ln court, aud he
hud buen fined heavlly for heating his
wifo. Flnally; she had a pcaco war?
rant served ugainst him, an.l ut thu
siiiiio tiinu iustltuted dlvorco proceed
lngs. A few days aftor thls, Hodgcs
went t.t his wlfo's houso near iiiiil
night nnd broke into hor room. After a
short conversutlon wltli lier ho pulle.l
her from tho bod and siiot her at hls
feet, whllo sho plcudud for mercy. Tho
older son Interforred, btit ho wns
knocKed down, llodges wns convlcted
at tha May term of court, I'JOti.
On tlio seaffold to-day ho niiule n short
statenient, saying that he held no malloo
agalnst any one; thal he was reiidy to
dle, and warned ineii not to ho cruoi to
their wlves and not to drink whiskey.
Tho ilrop fell ut 10:22, ancl ho wus pro
iiouuci'd deu.l iu twenty niluiites.
Freeinan Jones confeasod on tho seaf?
fold to-day that he was gullty of the
orlmo chnrgeil agalnst hlm, Neither one
of tbe con.Ueiined men sliowcd any fenr
or wero tlio lenst iiervoiis, an.l met death
liravely.
Jones was hanged nt 11:311, aud was
proiiniiiii'o.l ijotid at ll:fi2.
Doputy Hlierll'f llnrward hanged both
men, Several huii.irml peoplo giithereil
nruuiKl the Jail Ihls inoriilng, Init only
vory f.'w wero ndtiiltted,
Bohannon Confesses.
| Ki>.!.:lul to Tho Tlnioa-DIspatoh. I
tiUI-'KN.HUORO, N. C, Fobruary b.~
Krurilc liolmnnyii, colorod, dlu.l on tho
scul'fold here to-iiay foi- kllling R, ix
lioutoliiuun, a foroman, under whom he
workoil i)i double-trucking the. Soiith
erri Rallway,
At 11 o'clock. HiIh mornlng Iho Rev.
(Coutlnuca ou Tliird Pugo.*)
TSTTl. OF THE
TfflpiN"
Jerome SoDescribes Mrs.
Thaw's Pathetic Story
of Her Past Life.
PURSUED HER
AFTER MARRIAGE
Prisoner's Wife Says That White
Slandered Thaw and Mado
Her Sign Certain Papers
Which He Purported
Later to De
stroy.
NEW YOIUC, Fobruary 8,?Evelyn
Nesblt. Thaw ugatn to-day waa tho
central llguro ,at hor husband'a trlal.
Sho 'was still on tho stand?hor dlrect
examlnatlon unfiniahed?when tfeft
usual wi.ok-end adjournment untll
Monday morning waa taken.
Plcklng up tho threads of her Uf*
whoro sho had dropped them the ovon
ingr before, the glrl-wlfo of the de?
fendant?always, sho declared, telllng
her slory Just as sho had related lt
to Harry Thaw from tlmo to time ?
brought tho narratlvo down to her'
wedding ln Plttsburg. on Aprll 4, 1905,
and tholr roturn to Now York follow?
lng a honeymbon trlp In the West,
.Sho declared she. had heard Whlte call'
to her ou tho street once after thls,
und. that on another occaslon whon
sho pussed him ln a(cab sho notlced >-.
hls cab turn around and follow her
in tho directlon of a doctor's ofllce,
whero sho was going to havo her
throat treated.
Will Testify Monday.
Mrs. Thaw had taken up the story
at the time of her return from Europe
ln October, 1903, followlng her rot'usal
of Thaw's offer of marriago, on the.
grounds which she related yostorday
On Monday sho may bo called upon to.
flnlsh the relatlon of tho evonts whlch,'
lt ls clulmcd by tho defense, brought
on the exploslvo Impulse ln tho dls-.
oased brain of the defendant and1
caused tho kllling of. Stanford Whlte..
AVhllo to-day's testlmony was lack
Ing in tho personal quallty which mado
yesterday's rocltal so drnmatlii, so im
pelllng, enthralllng and pathetlc, it
served to clear away some ot the
doubts and interonces which remalned
from tho Incompleto detalls. as to tlio
full extent of tho revelntlons sho claims
to have made to her huablind.' .-'
There wero ropotltlons, too, at tho.
stiggestlon of counsel, and lnoldcnts.
whlch had not been gone over ln tlie
first years of Jlrs. Thaw's acqualnt
anco wlth Stanford White wore brought;
out in completion of tho life story.
Defamation of the Dead.
.District Attorney Jerome, who had
throughout sllcntly llstened to the.
young wifo's statement, sent a thrill
of excltement through tho courtroom
late In the day by jumping to his feet
and vigorously protestlng against "thls
defamation of the dead."
"Is thoro no llmlt," he exclaimed.
"to tho asperslons that nre to bo cast'
upen this man? Your Honor well
knows that 1 cannot, under tho law.
controvert any statement thls witness
uiijHit mako against tho memory o?
Stanford AVhlte."
In tonos bilterly sarcastlo, Mr. Jeroma
spoko of "thls tattlo ot tho tonderloln."
and declo/ed thnt tho court had the right
to llmlt such testlmony "untll competent
evidenco has been adduced hero to show
that thls man Is, or was, of unsound.
mind. Wo don't know whether this de?
fendant e.vcr was lnsane,," ho declared.
White's Other Victims.
The question whlch called out the
vehement protest from tho distrlct at?
torney wus addressed to Mrs. Thaw by
Mr. Delmns, nnd Us purport was whether
or not Hiirry Thnw had at any tlmo
told hor about "othor girls who had
met a rato slmllar to yours at the handsr
of this mnn."
"What man?" suapped Mr. Jerome.
"Stanford White," replled Mr. Delmas.*
with llio coolnoss of volco nnd manner
char.ieterl.sUo of him, and thon he added,
in tho same. low tono: "Wlio elso?"
Justico Hts.geriild held that tho distrlct
attorney's suggeution was a good one,
und ho thought tho defenso should lay U
broadcr foimdatlon to show Insanity be?
foro proceedlng uloug tho lines suggested
by Mr. Delmns's niiestioh.
"We wlll proceed to do thls as soou
as posslbla," announeed the attornoy.
Jlrs. Thnw declared to-day tliat Stan?
ford WHto, ? rhirli-.g thu year whiih' fol?
lowed lier experlciicn ln tlio room of the.
mirrored wiills, repeatcdly sought to. havo
her vlslt him alonc.
White Urged Second Visit.
"I told llurry," sho snid, "that Mr.
White had liegged me, hud plecided and
ci-i.-d und seolded, and dono ovexythlng he
could to muke me como to soo him ulono..
1 refused, und ho told me 1 was cruel
aud that I was us cold ns a flslt and not
u hunian belng. I told Mr. Whlto I did
not care to trust him."
After her return from Europe, nnd dur?
lng tho months sho -would not see Hnrry
Thaw, "becauso of tho drendtul thing*
Mr. Whlto und hls friends told ma aboot
him," sho declnrod Thaw nccusad Her nf
havlng impi-oper telatlons wlth tho archl?
tect.
"I told him it wan a Ilo, nnd thut I
hiul not," sho testltlod, wlth nn eiiiphtitto
show of foellng.
"Jack" Barrymore.
Tho defenso had Mrs. Thnw tell
of nnolhor iucldc-iit whlch hns boon
cltcd ln hor llfo?her aci.itulnlance
wlth "Jack" Itarrymoro, tho uctor. Mr.
Hnrry mo io wns In the courtroom iin.
dity durlng tho cnrly part of thn Irlnl.
at tho liislnnco of tho distrlct attornoy,
lt waa snid. Mr. Dolmas nsked Mrs.
Thaw tn-duy'to tell what sho lmd told
.Mr, Thaw ot hor ac.uuulutauca wlth
tho uctor. Sho sald sho had llrst niot
Hnrry moro ut a party given by Stan?
ford Whlte tho year followlng her In
troductton to tho architoct,
"I thought him vory nlce," him
franlcly snid to-dny, "and one day
at Mr. Whlto's studlo ho su-fd 'Kvelyn.
wlll you nuu-ry muV. I sald: T don't
know.' Ho nsked mo a Morond tlnu.,
and uguiu I italil: '1 llli,l't Knew,' and
o very body linii.lu-d.
"Mr. AVhltu told ino I would bo very
foollsh tu niiiity Mr. Itarrymoro, aud
my nioilior tutlil ?o, too, und we all
guu.-ri.Jl-U' uud thu uoaliot ot tliti ivUul?