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I VOL XXV NO 150 PADUCAH KY THURSDAY EVENING JUNE 24 = 1909 TEN CENTS PER WEEK I
l George Freeman T Cheats Gallows By Swallowing Dose of Morphine Last Night I
J P HASKELL
SUCCESSOR OF
McD FERGUSON
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oov APPOINTS BIECKIN
k 1 JUDGE MAN COMMIS
SIONER
i SUPERINTENDENT CRABBE
MAY SUCCEED PROFES
SOR ROARK
Frankfort Ky June 24 Special
Governor Wlllsoa today appointed
John P Haswcll of Breckcnridgo
county railroad commissioner from
the Pint district to auccced tho late
MacD Ferguson lie will bold the
office till the election In November
Haswcll was floor leader of tho Re
publicans In tho last bouio of repro
f sentatives I
PatnUVIllo Ky Juno 2fH fa >
staled on Rood authority that Pro
Cesar Crabbe superintendent of pub
tic Instruction will resign to succeed
the late President iRoark of Eastern
Kentucky Normal school
Waat Any Industry
Ixuilsvllle I Juno 24 SpeclalAt
a mwtlng of tho board of trade to
adopt resolutions urging whisky In
terests In prohibition states to locate
In Kentucky n resolution was adopt
ed asking all Industries without refer
race to any special kind to locate
4here
4 v Against l roliH > ltlon
At a meeting of tho Commercial
club last night resolutions were
adopted against statewide prohibi
Ii tion
j + Ocean to Ocean
Seattle Wash Juno 24Shew
mut second ln Uyjoe afii to ooean
race arrived shortly after midnight
It was delayed by snow In the tae
cade mountains near feeattlo Ford
I number one Is expected to finish third
ttoday A Ford was first
Ckelera ia I Russia
SI Petersburg June 40Ilclal
figure place tho number of cholera
cases hero at 313 but careful ellI
mates of those la a position to know
show fully a thoumnd They are In
creasing a hundred per day The all
t < uatlon soon will be as bad as lad
4lrar 4 About onethird of the caeus
Grove fatal Tho city Is becoming
panic stricken Tho dUeaso Is
prradlng In the province
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CHUNG SIN STANDS
FIFTY HOURS QUIZ
Mew York Juno 24FortiO hours
the third degree was administered
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to Chung Sin practically without re
suit except to convince the authori I
ties that Chung knows all about tho
murder of Elsie Slgcl l and wont tell
4 Every stsry ho has told so far has
been disproved by the officers or ad
mitted by the Chink to bo false
Chung Sin under tho strain of the
heartbreaking third degree method
4applied by his captors almost con I
4 stantly during tho fifty hours which
have elapsed since his arrest supple
mented hla previous confession pin
who was Leon Lings roommate now
admit that his hands were on the
ipulso of Elsie SIgel when tho last
sign of life flickered out Quan
Wick Nam the Chinese interpreter
who wnjng from Chung Sin the first
known details of how General Franz
8 1 gels granddaughter was murdered
informed Chung Sin that ho could
not expert the aid ot tho Chinese un
4been ho told the whole truth The
s fact that his own countrymen bad do
4cartedhim greatly disturbed Chung
v Sin
FFor more than an hour before this
information was reported to him tbo
wily prisoner had told a dozen lies
t about what transpired on the morn
Ing of Juno 9
Linns Tong Active
Chicago June 24Thirty mem
bers of Hip Sing Tong of which
Leon Ling was a member aro said to
have come here shortly after tho
Slgol murder and authorities are
searching hoping rOt a clue to Lings
a whereabouts
whereaboutsFeared
Feared tie Would 8d
San Francisco Juno 2fSecrotly
informed that Leon Ling was In Oak
landj and might attempt to noon
1the steamship Manchuria today offl
1 Dots went bofd to examine Chinese
pawtengars ChlnNe1
T a
Sen Bailey Denounces Free Raw
Material as UnDemocratic and
a Burden on Ultimate Consumers
IWEATJlER
WEATIIERFAI
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irptwitily fair ami gift ljnued warm
Wftthri < > nlght and Friday HlglirM
ttHtwraturo t yesterday 88 lowest to
day M
KANSAS r NATIONAL BANKS
PROTECT THEMSELVES
Topeka Kac Juno 24 Insurance
policies will be issued In Kansas after
todays meeting of tho directors of
the Bankers Guaranty and Surety
company a half million dollars cor
poration organized by national bank
ers to counteract the effect of the
bank guaranty law Only state banks
are entitled to the advantages of the
Ouarantyp protection and national
banks arefoclnR business as the ro
sqlt Thdhjcw concern will protect
lcpofltor pf national banks against
losses V
Klfclit l postponed
pUUtmrgn Juno 2fowlng to
tho Illness of Frank Klaus the fight
scheduled tBr laatr l > aiBht hotw4en
Hco Kelly and Klaus waa postponed
until Friday evening
Fameus Held Burns
Schncclady N Y June 240Id
Fort WlllUm Henry one oftho most
noted summer hotels of Lake George
was burned today
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Bryans Son Weds
Grand Lake Col Juno tA
childhood romance dominated today
In the marriage of William J Bryan
Jr to Helen Berger of Milwaukee
The Rev Harry Huntington of Grate
Neb a personal friend of tho bride
groom performed tho ceremony un
der tho stately pines on tho shore of
Grand lake Miss Edna Baker ot
Lincoln and Sam Borgor brother of
tho bride were attendants Only the
Immediate relatives were present
The honeymoon will be spent here
and tho party will leave late In July
for Tucson MIL The I bjldo Is In
frail health
ill
Beveridge Hazed This Morn
ing by Aldrich and Hale
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While Making Attack on
Tobacco Trust
Washington Juno 24Senator
Bailey Ina speech In tho eonato to
day denounced the doctrine of freo
raw materials as unjust and unDem
ocratlc It is not the traditional
policy of the Democratic party Free
materials takes tho burden of taxa
tion from the manufacturer and
places it on the consumer Discuss
Ing the Iron are tariff ho attacked
tho steel trust It ehould bo dissolved
ho said and Its officers prosecuted
criminally
ThinkStatement
Bank Statement
Washington June 24Tho comp
trollor calls for statements of the
condition of patlonal banks at tho
close of business June 23
Try to Haze IJevcrldgc
Washington Juno 24 Special
Senator Beverldgo made a strong
speech In the senate attacking tho
tobacco trusts methods Aldrich
Hale and the reactionaries tried to
bate him by leaving the senate
UNKNOWN I DEAD 31 AN MAY
WE A CITIZEN OF CAIRO
Chief of Police Collins received a
letter yesterday afternoon from Cairo
asking for a detail description of the
unknown man who was found dead
at Epperson ten days ago The writer
Is B McGee and ho wroto In behalf of
a poor woman who 10 l confined to her
bed Tho woman thought It was her
husband who left Cairo some time
ago The letter gave a description
of her husband as being 53 yean old
5H r feet tali with fair complexion
blue eye and all bis l teeth nut but
two Tho man found Is about Sly
feet in height and he appeared not to
have any teeth A description of the
unknown man will bo sent to Cairo
Immediately
ImmedlatolyCivil
Civil War Imminent
ft n1 Y
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Constantinople Juno 24i Turkey
Is facing another revolution In the
opinion of close students of national
affair Friction between Young
Turks and military party led by Chef
I tlk Pasha is expected to result In a
clash In tho near future Young
Turks are said to be planning to over
I throw Mehmed V whom they con
con11lder
They would substitute Prlnco Yusiuf
Bzzodln heir apparent who Is a
pronounced liberal Chcttlk Is pre
pared to declare martial law at the
first sign of hostility
Mexico Juno Tho Ato
maim cotton mills at Guadalajara
burned It night Loeg llOMOOOO
Moro than 2000 workmen arc thrown
out of employment
Hot Tdmale and Ice
IICream II Cone Venders
Police headquarters today was via
Red by hosts of excited knights ot
the push carts who want to know
what Is I wanted of thorn Chief knowI I
tins gave orders to his men this morn
tag to notify all hot tarnalo peddlers
batbacued meal vender and ice
leolcrOOm
cream cone purveyors to appear at
tho city ball this afternoon Before
the gathering of cart pushcfrs Mayor I
Smith Dr H P Sights health offi
or Dr Ed Fancy milk and meat In
spector and the board of health ap
Iteared and made an effort to find out
how theso peddlers mix up put to
other and prepare the stuff they
soil It Is probable that the peddlers
will bo offered their money paid for
licenses and ordered to keep off the
itrcets or conform 10 J sanitary regu
lations Dr B P Forley has boon
INJUSTICE TO STROWE
OF BENTON CORRECTED
Denton Ky Juno 24 Special
Through some unfortunate Inad
vertence Tho Evening Sun wan made
to say last night In connection with
the Model store suit In this city that
Mr E A Strowe had taken tho
bankrupt law That IB an orror
which does Mr Strowe an Injustice
He neither took It nor contemplated
It nor was bis credit queatloaed
making an Investigation ot tho homes
and work chops of come peddler
One tamale nfatt told Mayor Smith ho
couldnt do enough business to buy a
license The mayor offered to buy
him a ticket to some other locality
snd tho man agreed but he walked
to Smithland and secured fG for e
license
Black Hand Convicted
Chicago III Juno 24Joroph
Dertucchl found guilty of participa
tine In the black hand plot resulting
nlhe killing of a wealthy Italian
was sentenced to 20 years In the pen
itentiary During the trial ono of the
states witnesses refused to continue
his testimony when an unknown Itaf
Ian In the court waved a red hand
kerchief
kercbiefShooting
Shooting Contest
Chicago Juno 24The grand
American handicap begins today
Four hundred and seventy marks
men expect to compete Gilbert and
Crosby are favorites Rube Wad
doll Is an entrant Mrs A D Top
perweln star of tho preliminary
events tlad BevoraV others breaking
06 out of loGO She hive made tho
high professional average yesterday
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CONDEMNED MAN IS DYING AND HIS
WORDS OF YESTERDAY ARE RECALLED
ttf AS REFERRING TO SELFDESTRUCTION
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i HAVENT BEEN HANGED YET i JIAVE SOMETHING
QVKItiH HOURS TO LIVE AND LOTS COULD TAKE PIACE
IN THAT TIME Prophetic words of GeOlic Freeman lo are
porter for The Evening San yesterday A knife and carbolic acid
were found In ills ccH a few weeks ago and ho had previously
Chmitrned to end his own life after hope of mercy was gone S
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Dr Horace RIvers aldal2lf
this afternoon that Freeman may
linger until midnight but there Is no
hope for him Oxygen was applied
and slightly rallied him v
Goorgo Freeman condemned tb bo
hanged tomorrow for the murder or
E lsio Cobb took a heavy dose of
morphine which was somehow
smuggled into his cell at tho Me
Crackcn county Jail
Freeman was found In hls cell be
tween 5 and C oclock this mqrnkig
with only a spark otllrb IB his body
Deputy Jailer P tJ Klf was PS
duty last nIght and trcqtiently via
itod tko cell during tho night but
reported that Freeman WM sleealBg
soundly He snored as uual f and
there was nothing to Indicate that
poison tad been taken About 1010
Deputy Kirk talked with Freeman
whoBoemod as cheerful s9 usual At
230 oclock this morning Jiir Kirk
retired and Deputy Jailer Joe Pur
chase began the watch and visited
the cell several times < 81jortlyafter
5 oclock he noticed Freeman was
not breathing right nno unlocked
the colKy All efforts to awaken him
failed and hurry calls for phyfll fans
woroBont t r
DrCE Young coI1lttipk1Sklon
was tho1irst to reagl Fregsaane
side and lie said Wi h en2 r ached
him he was totally unconscious was
breathing about six or aeven dries a
minute The poison bad tak iritho
full effect on his bal be 7 was
barely alivet it
Dr J T neddUk and Dr1I race
Rivers rearbed the Jail a short t1hio
later and tee work of iglylng anti l
dotes was continued t 1 >
The physicians say troy jlo nor
know what poison ho fooic because
of tho slmiUr action gt several
drugs The general opinion f is > s that
Freeman took morphine
Hyperdernil injection cocaine
and other antidotes wecosIVIJrt sad
at 10 oclock Freeman had ralUcH I
silently His breathing was strong
er and his resplralloa qulgkepdto I
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about 20 to thO minute at 11 oclock
Hot Irons were placed to his feet
and when slapped there won a slight
response Freeman responded to
the aT lpg of his name by moving
his arms and opening Ills eyes
slightly I
Dr Roddick at 10 oclock said
Freeman would bo dead by 3 oclock
aa ho entertained no nope after the
first visit Tho other physicians
holdout hope and worked with him
They admitted the chances were
against him
AH attempt was mado to us6 oho
stomach pump but the poison had
been In his system so long that it
was useless It was the opinion ot
t
tlM physicians that Freeman had
taken the drug about midnight <
Dr Young said ho would make a
request of the county to have tho
stomach analyzed and ascertain
what was taken County Jailer
James Baker said ho was unablo to
account for Freemans possession of
the poison All visitors were watched
by the Jail officials to prevent tho
passing In of anything
Hiram Smcdleys cell Is within a
fow feet of Freemans Smcdloy
keeps morphine tablets In his cpll
and has the access to them at all
times Only one trusty was allowed
to visit tho cell of Freeman
lrlest Visits Cell J
Tho Rov Father H A Connoijy
was ono of the first notified ot Frgfr
mans condition and ho arrived at
the Jail about 7 oclock Seeing that
tho man was In a critical condition
tho sacrament ot the extreme UHC
lion was administered This sacra
mont is administered only wJien the
Catholic Is dying aa the result of Ill
ness and pn tho scaffold It would
not have been possible to administer
It Father Connolly was shocked by
tho news and said Never was I
more impressed with him than yes
terday afternoon about 530 oclock
my last Visit Ho was more hopeful
than Usual Preomnn told mo of the
trouble yesterday and said ke shot
In selfdefense but that ho would
walk out and face death like a man
When found Freeman was on his
bunk and dressed in his under cloth 1
ing Scattered about his cell were
newspapers and religious papers
County Physician L E Young Pa 1
trol l Driver Thad Terrell and tho Jail
officials worked with him but at
noon his condition was weaker 4
Free 1ns breathing was heavy
Mj Leaves a Note
That It I was a caeo pf sol dostruc
tlgn Is Verified by a letter which was
found In his note book and probably
was the last written by Freeman I
He wroto Paducah Kr Juno the
1909 Dear Friend Ino i I am a 4
Child of God and i am prepalred to
I go but i am not getting and before I
I would be hung Iwl1l 1 leave In this
manner nnd God zi cs I lam not get
ting Justus my life Vras raise sworo
away by three witnesses that did not
like me at all and 1 I wag telling the
truth about It and made out a lye
but dad noes I was tolling the truth
about what tsead t Friends 1 am
goad to a place of rest ml life was
herd away but t 1 am due bound to
po aplcco of rest and hope tho ones
that swore my life away will meet
mo in hoven for i BO J i am going
there
theroThere
There Is a difference among the
doctors as to the done of tho poison I
that Freeman took Dr Young be
I lieves that ho took a large dose Dr
O n Kidd said someone evidently
well acquainted with tho > do90o
morphine gave It to Freeman The
physicians woro unable to make
makofr
o Respite 4
Several attempts are bolngmade
to t have the governor grant arcsplto
pf tho death sentence This morning I
Attorney T N Haiellp who defend
ed Freeman pont o telegram to the
goyernor asking that an extension
pf timevbo granted Dr J D Pend
i jey has written Governor Wtll on and
seeks to haVo the execution put off
until no can present new evidence
which ho says has been found Dr
i Pendloy declined to give out the In
formation t but says it Is sufficient to
reduce the penalty from the qxt eme
to Imprisonment t for life So says the
witness Is on the dodge and does not
bear the boat reputation but by the
testimony he says It can be proved
that Freeman was in a Jealous rage
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BAWDY HOUSE
FIGHT WINDS
UP IN COURT
ALTA ROGERS WOULDNT
BAIL ONE INMATE WHO
PEACHES
CHAIOESLIQUOR WAS SOLD
IN HOUSEWOMAN IS
FINED
Alta Rogers of Eighth street and
Blederman avenue was arreeted this
morning about 2 oclock for keeping
a disorderly > hohse and was fined 1 25
In pollpe court ithis moriilng Alta
sad two girls Miha French and Flor
ence Everett who live with Alta
Rogers and two men Harvey Keel
Ing and prentlco dor were arrested
this morning about 2 oclock by Pa
trolman Morris and Vfck for being
drunk 4ndBfigaEtng I I in a fight using
pr0tasffJtoJCTfek t B and riittag dl or
der Jt T a gewllii > tried be
fore ridge C wps 1111 afternoon
Alta Rogers gaVe bond last night
and also gavo bond for Florence
Everett Mina French who could
not glvo bond was locked up in the
city Jail Alta Rogers accused Nina
French of starting the fight and be
ing tho oae who used the profane
language l She also claimed that the
French girl was compelled to leavo
Cairo because of her bad character
Mina French turned tables on Alta
by saying that AUa Rogers sells beer
at her house on South Eighth street
The police department Is malting
a thorough Investigation of tho con
dition of affairs at tho Rogers
house aids claimed by Mina French
Mlna French Is a girl abont 17 yean
old and claims Cairo as her home
Corm Terak injured
Washington June 24TCeamtAlex
ander Torak ah attache of tM Aus
trian embassy hero was injured
probably fatally as the result of a
fall from a trolley car wale he wasi
to board
atemptlng
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BtIOUQiIT
SUITS MUST BE BROUGHT
TO DRAIN THB NORTHWEST
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City Solicitor Campbell and County
Attorney Berkley agree that the only
way the drainage of that section of
the county west of the city can be
undertaken aa a public project Is to
bring suit to assess the cost OH prl
vato property and the county Any
ono Interested In the drainage may
bring cult Thla disposes of the prop
Dsltlom ot the county and city Joining
In doing tile work and dividing the
cost
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t i Brandy TesUlleso
tow rkijuno a4 Broughton
raad Bfearg today testified to details
of his Alleged negotiations with
Grove Cleveland for the publication
ot a aerie s of articles on the cam
palgs the sale of the first of which
resulted la Brandenburgs indictment
lo cafe ke offered Cleveland 2000
rtlltee articles BraKdenburg to
keep all over this sum that he ro
jlvei from newspapers or magazines
Ia March be saw Cleveland at his
Jke aad received the matter which
te later embodied In SB article and
published over Clevelands signature
Ftrnums Story
New York June 24rFar uraV
story of his acqualntasceAlp with
Mrs Gould was read IB l court today
arnum is ill at a Maine resort His
deposition gives his profeaslon as
supposedly an actor He said he
first met Mrs Gould six years ago
when he appeared in a charity play
They next met In 1904 when he vii
Iced Castlo Gould with May Robsort
The third meeting was la 1906 when
he went to her apartments at the
St Regis hotel to disease plans for
her desire to return to the stage
Elijah Sells her cotttln was to be
present but did not arrive until Far u
sum was leaving
Farnums deposition says he noter
bugged and kissed Mrs Gould Ho
always addressed her as Mrs Gould
lie never used endearing tones and
swore he nevr was guilty of Imp ro
prlcty with her and never was aloud
with her In any apartment
Chicago Market
July High Low Close
Vheat 114 11SH 1J3H
Corn 70 89 Vi B3i4
Oats 50U H 49V
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