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PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKI
THEY WANT TAFI
Bareaa Sanding Oat Hot Air Favoring
C?rk and Hanacu
BUT FAVORS NEITHER
Morgan and His Gang of Wall Street
Allies Are Trying to Pool the Peo
ple Into the Belief That Taft is
Too Radical for the Trust Barons.
Morgan and his Wall Street gang
are trying to fool the people again
this year as they did some years ago
when he fooled the Demcrats into
nominating Mr. Parker with the
promise of good contributions to
their campaign funds. As soon as
Mr. Parker was nominated the Wall
street gang pulled for Roosevelt,
raising for him a huge campaign
fund, but they did not. raise a finger
to help Mr. Parker, who was too
straight a man for them, but who
was the most conservative Democrat,
in the race. They pretended to favor
him to mislead the people, which
they did.
Morgan and his gang are now try
ing to work the same old game. His
bureau at Washinton is sending out
much hot air about his being oppos
ed to Taft and favoring Harmon or
Clark. Of course he favors neither of
these gentlemen, but he wants to I
make out that Taft is to much op
posed to trusts to suit Wall street,
thinking that this kind of talk will
? restore Taft to the good graces of
the people, and that they will re
elect him. This, of course, is exactly
what Morgan and his gang want
done. They think that by making
Taft out a Radical the Progressive
Republican movement will be check
ed.
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The Morgan bureau at Washing
ton recently sent out a hot air re
port to the effqct that "Postmaster
General Hitchcock had returned
from the aviation mee: in New York
with the knowledge that if President
Taft's renominated ar.d reelected it
will have to, be in the face of the
House of Morgan. Not: only has no
tice been served on the Taft leaders
that they need not expect any finan
cial help from J. P. Morgan and the
men who are'actively allied w4tb?
Morgan in Big Business, but the
word has gone out from Mr. Morgan
himself to make war on Taft.
"From reliable quarters comes the
news that when Postmaster General
Hitchcock went to New York to at
tend the aviation meet, he sounded
certain of the lieutenants of Morgan
as to whether contributions would be
forth-coming to help reelect Taft
In stead of getting aid and comfort,
or the promise of any,. It ic declared
that Mr. Hitchcock was turned down
cold. In effect, the word has gone
forth from J. Pierpont; Morgan him
self that there is a time to make
peace and a time to fight, and now
is the time, to fight."
The report then goes on to say:
"It is not without reason that for
some days past strange rumors have
been flitting about in high political
circles here that Wall street has
turned against President Taft. So
far as the powerful influence of Mr.
Morgan is concerned this is true. Mr.
Morgan is displeased over the atti
tude of President Taft with respects
to the trusts and combinations. It
will be recalled that in recent months
men like George W. Perkins, Judge
E. H. Gary of the steel corporation
and others have urged persistently
that the Sherman law be amended,
and that legislation .be worked out
to permit great combinations of cap
ital to exist under the sheltering su
pervision of the government.
"In contrast President Taft has
not only said the Sherman law is in
no need of amendment but he has
gone further than this. He gives ut
terance in his Waterloo speech to
what is interpreted by Mr. Morgan
and his powerful allies as notice that
they must submit to reorganizations
of the combinations nhey control or
prosecutions will relentlessly be car
ried on Attorney General Wicker
sham has taken an uncompromising
attitude with respect to the rigid en-|
forcement of the Sherman law and]
is insistent that trust magnates who
violate it be thrown into prison.
"Under such circumstances, Mr.
Morgan and the men about him are
not only preparing to resist Taft,
.but they are giving attention to the
question of what man to put into the
Wrhite House to succeed him. They
They do expect to be able to prevent
the renomination of the President.
They do expest t obe able to prevent
his reeection.
Governor Judson Harmon is the
first choice of the powerful financial
group f which Morgan is the center
But it appears that this group has
done some casting about to ascertain
the strength of Harmon. Harmon iE
regarded as an ideal man for presi
dent. His record of enforcement of
the Sherman law when he was at
torney general is sufficiently devoid
of anything strenuous to satisfy Mr.
Morgan and his friends. But gov
ernor Harmon would be useless if
defeated and it is feared that the
progressive sentiment in the country
is so strong that Harmon would go
down to sure defeat.
Coincident with this, strange ru
mors are arising ths.t the Harmon
leaders are discouraged. At the'
isame time there is increasing talk)
of Representative Oscar Underwood
HOW JONES CAME OUT
HE BLOCKED MOVEMENT TO DE
FEAT GOV. BLEASE.
Being Gotten Up by Till nun it es and
Antl-Tillmanites in Every County
in the State.
The Sparta.iourg Herald says it
learned Sunday from an authoritative
source that the announcement last
moiath of the candidacy of Chief Jus
tice Ira B. Jones, of the supreme
court, for the governorship suddenly
called a (halt on elaborately formed
plans for a conference of leading men
from all counties of the state, at
which a candidate .was to be chosen
to oppose* Governor Blease who would
be acceptable to all elements of the
opposition.
There had been much correspond
ence in regard to the matter, and ar
rangements had been made for a
meeting of delegates from nearly ev
ery county in Columbia during the
Reel Shirt reunion. At thi? meeting
it was proposed to discuss the situ
ation and make an attempt to con
centrate on one man. It was then pro
posed to build up an anti-Ble?se or
ganization in order to be i^ady for
an effectual campaign next summer.
The Herald's informatiu 1 was a
verse to the publication of his mat
ter, saying 'I would do no , ood and
might injure Justice Jones. He de
clared, however, that a "r.umber of
prominent men who h'.J previously
been on opposite sider of the polit
ical fence became disgusted with the
administration of Governor Blease
and agreed to forget their differences
and work in harmony to accomplish
his defeat.
The Herald's informant mentioned
the names of a number of those who
were in the agreement. There were
in the number Tillmanites und anti
Tillmanites, prohibitionists and local
optionists.
The leader of the movement, a
man prominent in state politics in
former years, found that it was look
ed upon with favor in all parts of
the state. It was thought to be the
only way possible to defeat Bease.
Just as the plans were maturing,
The Her a wasdni6umn (fu tnmbl
The Herald was informed, a certain
element became suspicious that it
was a plot to put forward former
Governor John Gary Evans, of this
city, as the champion of the oppo
nents of vBlease._.This -suspicion was
miT?unded, according to the Herald's
information, who said that sentiment
had favored Maj. John G. Richards
Jr., as the candidate above anybody
else.
The suspicious element ur?ed Chief
Justice Jones to take the field at
once and thus gain the advantage
and ward off opposi' on. There was
a conference with Senat -r B. R. Till
man. Justice Jones forwarded his
resignation to Governor Blease. An
emissary was hurriedly sent to him,
begging him to do nothing further
until the meeting during the Red
Shirt reunion was held. But the
next day Justice Jones announced
his candidacy and the well laid plans
went agley.
of Alabama, chairman of the ways
and means committee. It is said that
Mr. Morgan and his friends look on
Underwood as not only the right kind
of man, but that they regard him as
much stronger in ca.pacity to get
votes than Harmon. 'Besides there
is the question of the nomination.
The strength of Wilson is such as to
make it extremely doubtfu' Har
mon can be nominated, but w-^ nomi
nation of a man looked on a3 a com
promise is deemed possible.
Further than this, gossip here has
it that men close to Mr. Morgan have
been examining into the Champ
Clark situation. They are wondering
whether Mr. Clark would not be pref
erable to Wilson, and it is possible
that, if nothing better can be done
the Morgan influence and such con
servative democratic strength as this
influence can command, will be
thrown at the last moment to Clark.
If the Taft campaign canuot get
financial help from the house of Mor
gan, from what source are the sin
ewes of war to come?
"Information here is that the big
campaign contributions will be de
rived from the Guggenheims and that
Senators Smoot and Penrose will be
able to command large cont -ibutions.
Of course it is well unders;ood that
whatever cntributlons are made will
have to be made in such fashion as
to avoid conflict with the new cam
paign publicity law.
"Whether the hostility of Morgan
will help or hinder Mr. Taft remains
to be seen. In some quarters it is be
lieved the Taft managers will turn
this hostility to shrewd account and
use it for the purpose of gaining pro
gressive support."
Lion Mauls Young Girl.
Before a tent full of people at
Utlca, Miss., Tuesday Martha Razer,
twelve years old, a circus performer
was so badly mauled by a lion when
she entered his cage that she may
die. She had almost finished her act
when the largest of the two lions
sprang upon her. A constable shot
and killed the animal.
Twins Caused Him to Suicide.
At Mayesville, Ky., when bis wife
presented him with a pair of twins
the second in less than two years,
Lee Hay, 3 0 years old, committed
suicide by swallowing carbolic acid.
He had been out of work some time
and the rapid increase in his family,
It is supposed, discouraged him.
ORANGEBTJ]
DENIES CHARGE
Richard Afaernathy Says He Did Net
M?rder William A Abbott.
HE RECITES HIS STORY
Abbott Was Killed in the Old Smuts
ville Section of Spartanburg Coun
ty, But Abernathy Claims That
?
He Did Not Murder the Man Or
Know Who Did.
Free for thirty-two years, but
charged with taking the life of a fel
low man, Richard Abernathy occupies
a cell at the Spartanburg County
jail and officers and relatives of the
man, who, it is said, was murdered
by Abernathy, are endeavoring to
secure evidence that will send this
old man to the gallows or confine
him in prison for the remainder of
his life, for a mistake that he may
have made in the year 1879.
Speaking of.the case The Journal
says:
James Abernathy lived near Spar
tanburg until four years ago, ac
cording to statement made by them
to a reporter through the heavy iron
bars that stand between him and his
home, where he makes seats for
chairs, out of peculiar kind of woo
ihairs, out of peculiar kind of wood
He said that the reason he moved to
Blacksburg from his former home,
near this city, four years ago, was
that there was no more of the par
ticular kind of wood in this section
and he had to go where he could get
other.
Abernathy stoutly asserts his inno
cenice, and all efforts to make him
vary his first statement were fruit
less. He has told his story and it is
thought that he will stick to it. He
is charged with the killing of Wil
liam A. Abbott, on a Sunday in 1879.
It is alleged that after killing the
man, he put the body on the railroad
track and a train passed over it. It is
also said that the body was cold when
the engineer jumped from his engine
and examined it. ,
Prom what can be learned of the
killing from older residents, William
Abbott was returning from a camp
meeting service, which was held at
Cannon's Camp ground. He was rid
ing horse tack. The last seen of him
alive was when he rode from the
meeting, and when next hea^d of, his
body was found immediately after
being run over by the train and was
cold in death. It is claimed that there
was a party of men on the road to
Spartanburg and that these killed
Abbott because he had improper re
lations with a woman named Dora
Abernathy, the wife of a cousin of
the accused man.
Some history of that section of
Spartanburg County will be interes
ing at this time. Of course, it has
changed entirely from what it was
In 1879, and a resident returning
would not know it. The name of the
section was Smutsville. Its reputa
tion as geing a bad place extended far
far and wide. Strangers dred not pass
through Smutsville at night, and few
went through it during the day. It
is said that there have been numer
ous murders committed at or near
Smutsville in y->ars gone by.
There were three families who
lived in Smutsville, but there were
several branches of each family. The
names were Satterfield, Abernathy
and Finely. They have all scattered
now, but in recent years many Aber
nathys came to Spartanburg and sold
home made chairs and "lightwood."
There is not a resident in Spartan
burg who has made this city their
home for ten years, who is not fa
miliar with these people. The only
other occupation that he had besides
selling chairs and firewood was beg
ging and raising children. The Ab
ernathys were past masters in both
of these arts and for years it seemed
that a new Abernathy child would
appear at the doors of Spartanburg's
homes each month. There was one
more resident of Smutesville, besides
these families. He was Will Hines, a
negro, who was somewhat of a "king
pin" in that community. It is not
known whether or not he is dead or
alive. These people did not live in
houses made of wood or of brick, like
the other surrounding homes. Their
abodes were constructed of brush
piled up and covered over with mud,
which, when hardened by the sun,
made a warm house but devoid of
the comforts of the modem home.
Abernathy, who is now in jail, is one
of the three brothers. One of his bro
thers was shot and killed. The son
of the dead man was tried for the
crime but was not convicted. Much
could be written Oi the history of
the Sattorlields, Fiuleys and Aberna
thys.
A reporter talked to Abernathy
in his cell at the county jail. Ho is
an old man and has long grey whisk
ers. He is not tidy, his clothes are
dirty, his hair and beard are disman
tled. His eyes are small grey eyes
and he glares at one until the stare
is returned. Ho then looks away. He
talks rapidly. Asked his ago ho says
that he don't know, but he does know
he is forty some odd; he says ho was
born since the war. Ho told of Ab
bott's death as follows:
"I was at the Hardin place, about
two miles from mud cut, on that Sun
day afternoon and heard the whistle
of the train blow. I thought that the
train had killed one cf father's year
lings and I went up there to see. I
saw the Hankies pass ,by the mud cut,
IG; S. C, THURSDAY, OCTC
HER THROAT CUT
FEMALE DOCTOR FOUND DEAD
IN HER APARTMENT.
Her Body Was Found by Her As
* aistanj}, Who Delayed Reporting
It For An.'Hour.
At Indianapolis, Ind., Dr. Helen
Knake was Sfound dead, her body
cut and bruised, in a bed room of
her apartment Tuesday. The police
are satisfied she was murdered. Dr.
Knc.be's body was found when her
.assistant, Moss Katherine MjcPher
eon, entered the apartment.
The body and the bed upon which
it lay were covered with blood but
jio weapon was found in any of the
rooms nor was it apparent a robbery
had been committed. All the win
dows were closed, though the physi
cian, who wtis devoted to physical
culture, habitually slept with the
windows open;
Dr. Knabe was last seen alive by
Miss McPherson, to whom she had
said late Monday that she intended
spending the (evening in studying.
She lived and {had her office on the
ground floor of an apdrtment house
in a prosperous and quiet neighbor
rood. No persons, so far as has been
learned, heard, sounds of a struggle
in Dr. Knabe's apartment Monday
night.
Augusta Knabe the physician's
cousin, and the la-.ter's stepfather,
Franc Kropp, told the police that
Dr. Knabe had no enemy so far as
they knew. She was 35 years of age
and a graduate of the Indiana Col
lege of Medicine.
The police put aside the theory of
suicide when they examined Dr.
Knabe's body and saw that though
the throat had been slashed, there
was no blood on the dead woman's
hands and when no knife was found
in her rooms. She was in her night
gown.
Reports of Dr. Knabe's death were
not made to the police for an hour
after her body was discovered. .Dr.
Knabe, though 6he had a wide ac
quaintance, is said not to have had
an intimate friend among the men
she knew.
Jefferson Haynes, the negro jani
tof of the apartment houst in which
Dr. Knabe lived, waB taken to po
lice headquarters to be questioned
as to his whereabouts at different
hours Monday night and whether
or not he saw any one about the
Knabe apartment other than Dr.
Knabe. '' 7v *~
COW TAKEN FOR YEGG.
GrassviUc Has Nothing on Sleuths in
Sheridan, Pa.,
The good people of Sheridan, Pa.,
have been troubled for months by a
gang of safe crackers. Extra police
men have been appointed and 30 odd
citizens have been deputized to re
spond at the call of an alarm bell,
jump into their 'hoots and shoot to
kill the first prowler they see. Last
week an officer saw a dark object
walking toward the door of the First
National bank.
"Safe blowers, by heck!" he solilo
quized.
The dark figure tried to force
open the bank door.
"Halt!" demanded the bluecoat.
There was no reply. Without wasting
another moment, the police ran to a
fire engine house and rang the 'bell.
Thirty deputized citizens and police
responded to the signal.
"There be is, trying to get into the
bank," shouted the policemen who
gave the alarm.
Thirty shots rang out simultan
eously, and the robber at the bank
door fell under the shower of bul
lets. The sleuths had killed Pete
Shaughnessy's Jersey cow.
but did not see the body of Abbott.
The train had gone by the time I
got there. I had never seen Abbott
but once or twice and don't know if
I would know him in the street. Dora
Abernathy was nothing to me. I did
not care about her. It did not make
any difference to me what Abbott
did. She was my cousin's wife. And
that is all I know about it."
George A. Abbott, brother of the
man who was killed thirty-two years
ago, heard recently that Abernathy
had made statements in Blacksburg
that he committed the crime. He at
once began an investigation. He
employed J- C. Duncan, formerly
chief of police at Gaffnoy, to work on
the case and when the prosecuters
thought that sufficient evidence had
been secured. Abernathy was arrest
ed. Solicitor Otts has stated that he
has six witnesses of Blacksburg who
heard Abernathy state that he killed
Abbott. It is thought that Abernathy
talked too much when he was pos
sibly intoxicated or when he had been
drinking.
From Fnrm Life to an Earldom.
W. Joseph Eldrldge, former Brit
ish cavalry officer, now a farm hand
cn his brother-is-law*s farm near
Garmonimo, Okla., has just received
words from a New York attorney who
came to Lawton that ho is sole heir
to the title and $1,000,000 estate of
the late Earl MyerB, of Castle Craig.
near Glasgow, Scotland. Eldridge is
a bachelor, 3 2 years old.
Predicts Woman Suffrage.
Gov. Mann expressed the opinion
recently that the women of Virginia
will have equal suffrage within ten I
years. Said the Governor. "However
distasteful it may be to some of us]
we might as well face it and pre-j
pare for its coming."
)BER26, 1911.
DENIES REPORT
Blcase Says There is Ne Friciiia Be
tween Him and Tillmaa..
EXPLAINS THE MATTER
In a Speech at Barn well Tuesday
Governor Blease Said that He Has
Never Implied That Senator Till
man is Opposed to Him, and W ill
Not Fall Out.
In a speech at Barnwell on last
Tuesday Governor "Blease made the
following statement in reference to
the report that he and Senator Till
man had fallen out, and that he
would oppose Senator Tillman In the
senatorial race. Here is what the
Covernor said, as furnished by him
to the dally newspapers of the State:
And, while speaking of newspaper
rumors, I desire to make the follow
ing statement, which I have reduced
to writing in order that I may not be
misquoted, and will, from this point
today, mail a copy to The News and
Courier the Columbia State and the
Columbia Record, in order that they
may not say that it was not forward
ed to them, and that they will have
no excuse in not correcting the false
hoods which they have published,
and to show to the world that the
editorials which they have written in
connection with this matter were
founded upon falsehoods.
They already know th6se things
and have acted in concert in giving
publicity to what they know is false,
and have founded their editorials
upon the hope that they might bring
la breach between Senator Tillman
and myself; and, while it is hardly
necessary, yet, I wish to state to you
people today that the desperate ef
fort they are now making to cause
Senator Tillman and myself to fall
out will not succeed.
I stated in a speech at Orange
burg that I did not believe that the
people of iSouth Carolina would de
feat Senator Tillman for reelection
and that I hoped he would be a
candidate, and wuhout opposition. I
will .be a candidate for reelection as
governor, regardless of what Sena
tor Tillman may or may not do. If
I am living in 1912, I will be reelecv
ed governor.
I have never stated that I believ
ed that Senator Tillman had any
thing to do with bringing Jones into
the race for governor. I did say that
I believed that there was something
in the fact that a conference had
been held at Mr. Richard's house.
Senator Tillman and Mr. Richards
both assure me that this was only
an informal dinner, at which parties
were invited as friends of the sena
tor; that it had no political signifi
cance, and that the candidacy of Mr.
Jones was not discussed, and, that
it was a surprise to them when a
third party came in and mentioned
thf fact that Jones would be a cand
idate for governor; and that no con
ference was held there in regard to
Jones' candidacy.
I further have the assurance of
Senator Tillman that he "is not
backing Jones in his race," and that
he "has not seen him this summer,"
and that he "does not know who
persuaded Jones to enter the race.
These gentlemen, making lhese as
surances, 1 know that the. are true.
I do not believe that the people of
South Carolina are going to elect any
man governor who is brought out
and supported by newspaper
trust, and large stockholders of cor
porations, and who, if elected, will
submit to newspaper dictation.
Of course I would be glad to have
Senator Tillman's vote and influence
in my race, but I do not believe that
it is absolutely necessary to my suc
cess, because I have not yet reached
the point where I believe that any
one man can dictate to the people
of South Carolina who they shall
or shall not have in office; and, from
information received from all parts
of the State, I am satisfied that I will
be reelected, regardless of who may
oppose me, and I suppose that if Sen
ator Tillman should see fit to write
a letter in support of me in 191*
some: parties connected with
newspapers would go to him and
try to dissuade him from publishing
it as I am informed they did in 1910
when he was about to publish one in
support of me in preference to my
opponent in the secend race.
I hope that this will put at rest
the dirty cowardly lies that are being
circulated and will show to the peo
ple of the State that Senator Tillman
and myself have no differences. I
have recently received an invitation
"to visit his home at any time," and
your house, which is now being tem
porarily occupied by me, is always
open, and the senator will always
find a hearty welcome; and we both
today can well say, "Let the heathen
rage.''
This race, however is giving me
no concern at present as I have be
fore stated, there are many men liv
ing today who will be dead before
that time and many children born,
whose parents have not yet married.
Besides this, when you Iook at me
today, you see the happiest man in
the world and why should I not be.
I have got everything on this earth
that I have ever wanted; I have al
ways had plenty to eat and of the
best; I have always had plenty of
clothes to wear and of the best; I
have for my wife today the one wo
man of my life, the only one I want
ed to marry, and I am well satisfied
with my choice after an experience
of upward of 20 years.
I have always enjoyed the best of
PLEA FOR OLD VETS
GEN. BROOKS URGES THAT THEY
BE GIVEN PENSIONS.
The State Should See to It That None
of Her Old Heroes Wont the Nec
essaries of Life.
The following plea for the old sol
diers of South Carolina is made by
Gen. U. R. Brooks throughout the
columns of The State:
To the Editor of The State:
There is a class of soldiers now
70 years old and upwards who can
not go to the Soldiers' home, be
cause their wives are living, and, as
the lav/ does not provide a place for
these noble women, their husbands,
no matter how feeble they are, can
not and will not desert them. I know
some who are renting land that have
lived three score and ten, and yet
they plow; and their wives, who
were 'tried and true during the war,
and by this time, 50 years after that
terrible struggle, tired and worn by
the fatigues of the farm. What can
be more pathetic? It is reasonable
that these old soldiers have at least
$11 a month, and that thsir widows
receive the same amount.
Old soldiers, the State owes it to
you for service rendered. You stood
by the constitution of the United
States as it was during the bloody
days of the war. The Northern sol
diers rebelled against it. You did not.
You fought, and have received no re
ward. You carried on points of your
uaynoets vistory over many bloody
fields, winning the plaudits of your
enemies at the time. You represent
the true type of the American sol
dier. You are now unable to work.
You need rest; you need comfort in
your derlinlng years.
Our great State, the greatest old
commonwealth in the Union, Is able
and willing to give every Confeder
ate soldier what was paid to him
during the war, $11 per month. Sure
ly, the noble men of our general as
sembly will not refuse $11 to those
of us who have reaohed Ihree score
and ten, especially the ones who
live by manual labor. They stood the
cold, the heat, and frequently fought
as long as three days without food.
In their nakedness they won battles
and ate the food that was prepared
for the Northern soldiers, after driv
ing them from their luxurious camps
The world has never produced bet
ter soldiers than the men who for
lowed the great Robert E. Lee.
Our Confederacy died aid battle,
its life'erushed out by tread of over
whelming numbers. Its memories are
its own. Soon all who fought for the
Stars and Bars will be beneath the
sod. Our dead are imperishable mem
ories of what is left to us of the
dead nation.
Comrades, your valor has been
told in song and stor:. The principles
for which you fought will never die.
Eternal right, though all things foil,
can never be made wrong.
"Ah, Muse, you dare not claim.
A nobler man than he,
Nor nobler man hath less of blame,
Nor blamless man hath purer
name,
Nor purer aiarae hath grander fame,
Nor fame?another Lee."
"Hushed is the roll of the Confeder
ate drum,
The sabre's sheathed, and the can
non are dumb;
And Fate with pitiless band has furl
ed
The flag that once challenged the
gaze of the World."
U. R. Brooks.
health, with the exception of a hard
spell of sickness last fall. I have
held every office that I have asked
Newberry county for, and they have
been stepping stones, for today I am
the governor of the grandest State
in the American Union, made up of
the noblest and most gallant men,
the purest and most beiutiful wo
men, and am enjoying perfect
health. With these things, why
should I be worrying over an event
which is to take place 12 months
hence. No, my friends, not in the
least.
I can truly say what few men liv
ing today can say, and I believe few
have ever lived could have said, viz:
that I have received everything on
this earth that I have ever wanted,
and what more could a man wish for
to make him happy? If I can be suc
cessful in obtaining tho same degree
of peace and happiness in the world
to come that I have had in this, the
equal of it will never be excelled,
and when my body is laid to rest, it
can be truthfully inscribed upon my
tomb, "Here lies the body of a man
who got everything in life that he
wanted," and. if along with that, it
can be truthfully written, "and who
was true to his friends" I will have
received even after my death, all that
I wanted so far as this world can
give.
Cole L. Blease.
Wirdes* Leaps Across Pacific.
Wireless communication between
San Francisco. Cal., and .Japan, a dis
tance of ?,00(i miles, was established.
This is tho first time that a wireless
message has been received across the
Pacific Ocean.
Hundred Horses Burned.
At Milton, Mass., one hundred hor
ses and forty thousand dollars worth
of hay, harness and wagons were
burned last night in a fire which de
stroyed the Winslow Contracting
company's plant.
TWO CENTS PER COPY.
GOT RIGHT MAN
Chain of CVcomslanlial Evidtr.c<! Being
Drawn Auand Pastoir
HE GAVE GIRL POM
It is Claimed That He Dined With
Miss Linnell a Few Hoars Befoire
Her Death, and That Then He
Gave Her the Poison that Ended
Her Life,
To strengthen the chain of circum
stantial evidence upon which the
Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson was ar
rested for the alleged murder of Avis
Linnell, the Boston police concentrat
ed their efforts to ascertain definitely
j whether it was Mr. Richeson or an
i other person who dined with the
! young muEic student the Saturday af
ternoon, a few hours before she took
the cyanide of potassim from which
she died.
The police now claim" that they
i have evidence indicating that Mr.
j Richeson was her companion. They
I have worked on the theory that the
I man with whom Miss Linnell diaed
I was the person who gave her the fa
I tal powder, which she took, believ
j ing it would remedy her physical
I condition. Several persons have les
: tified that they saw Richeson and
j Miss Linnell together on the fatal
I Saturday, and the girl herself told
her roommate that she had dined
with the preacher that day.
That the police have discovered
the restaurant at which Avis Linnell
lunched Saturday, and that Mr. Rich
eson was the man who accompanied
her, was reported from headquarters
late Saturday. It was said that a
young woman at the Young Women's
Chirstian Association building fur
nished this information. This witness,
who is believed to be the last per
son who talked with Avis Linnell be
fore she took the fatal dose, says the
unfortunate girl declared: "I dined
with Mr. Richeson."
Pursuing this line of investigation,
the police say they learned from a
Cambridge man that on Thursday of
last weep the minister was overheard
to make an appointment by telephone
to lunch Saturday with some ; irsoa
at the Young Women's ChrhJ?an As
sociation. " ~Thus~.trie chain of cir
cumstantial evidence is being slowly
but surely drawn around the Rev.
Mr. Richeson as the murderer of the
yonwg women he had deeply wrong
ed.
Police attempts to obtain from
the rooms in Cambridge occupied by
Mr. Richeson some article which
might further connect him with the
poison, were frustrated, unexpected
ly. Jhief Inspector Joseph Dugan
declared that when his inspectors
went to the pastor's rooms they
found everything in a state of chaos,
the result of a general ransacking
which occurred prior to the police
visit. It is not known who was re
sponsible for this.
It is said that Miss Linnell believed
up to the hour of her death that
Richeson intended to marry her, and
that is why he found it an easy mat
ter to induce her to take the poison
he gave her, telling her it was a drug
intended to relieve her of the em
barrassing position her criminal in
t.ineary with him had placed Iier. It
is supposed he gave her the poison
while they were dining together, and
the girl went home, took the sup
posed medicine, and died in a very
short time afterwards from its ef
fects.
The minister was visited Saturday
by Moses Grant Edmands, father of
Miss Violet Edmands, his finance, at
whose home, at Brookline, Mr. Rich
eson was arrested. With the bars be
tween them, as a grim reminder of
the events which necessitated the
postipouement of the wedding set for
October 31, the accused clergyman
and his prospective father-in-law had
a long talk. Tticheson claims that
he is innocent, but the police say they
will convert him of the awful crime.
Shoots His Own Father.
W. P. Darnell, aged 35, was shot
and killed by his 18-year-old son, at
Pooataligo, Ga., Tuesday . A quar
rel between the two was renewed at
the dinner table, when the son sud
denly rushed into an adjoining room
and, returntng with a pistol, opened
fire on his crrent.
FelJ Under Car Wheels.
At Gnlfp-ort, Miss., upon receiv
ing a telegram from hi? wife in New
Orleans that his little daughter was
111, B. W. Thompson, aged 24 years,
made a dash for a departing ftain,
fell .beneath the wheels and sus
tained injuries from which he died
within a few hours.
Coyotes Feast on Pig*.
Near Palous; Wash., coyotes are
breaking all records. They invade
farms, asd in one week they killed
117 pigs and ver 2PJ chickens
There is a bounty of Sg on coyotes,
but even this does not seem to keep
?down their numbers.
Launch Sinks, Three Perish.
Three persons, two girls and one
man, were drowned in Ferry lake,
seven miles northwest of Moorings
Port, La., in the Caddo oil field last
night when their gasoline launch
struck a stump and capsized. One.
man escaped.
