Newspaper Page Text
6 NEGROES LYNCHED - BY FLORIDA MOB Held at Lake City on Charge of Killing Lumberman. BODIES RIDDLED BY BULLETS CLOSE OF REUNION CLARENCE S.- DARR0W. J. A. MOON. A GREAT SUCCESS Chicago Attorney Retained to Defend Dynamite Case 8uepeots. Congressman Who Demands In vestigation o Poatoffloe Mattara. Grizzled Veterans Bid Good bye to 'life Rock. PLEASED WITH RECEPTION ' The Lynchers- Vlsitad the Lake City Jail During the Sheriff' Absence and Presented Bogus Order to Young Son to Deliver Negroes. Masquerading as officers of the law, a, dozen mn appeared before the county jail at 2 o'clock Sunday at Lake City, Fla., and presented a bogus telegram to the credulous 16- year-old son of the sheriff ordering the release of Mark Norrls, Jr., Jerry Gusto and four other negroes, who had been held for safe keeping on the charge of murdering B. B. Smith, a sawmill man, at Wadesborough, Leon county, and wounding another man, named Register, on May 12. Negroes Shot to Pieces. The men, who had come from Tal lahassee to Lake City in automobiles, carried the negroes about a mile out side of Lake City, compelled the ne groes to stand abreast, and about ten men commenced firing with Winches ters and pistols, until every one of the six had been riddled with bullets. The firing lasted about half an hour, and a few 'straggling citizens at daybreak found the negroes, butch ered beyond recognition, just after the automobiles left the scene of the lynching. Lynchers Traveled 106 Miles. The men who planned the execution of the six negroes came overland from . Tallahassee, a distance of 106 miles, and covered most of the dis tance at night. It is possible that the occupants of the two automobiles were never seen from the time they left Tallahassee until they eturned. The plans of the men were the most daring, and but for a curious combination of circum stances probably would have never been accomplished. The sheriff of Columbia county was out of the city, and left the jail in charge of the boy, who, aroused in the early hours of the morning, allowed the six negroes to be taken from the jail without knowing the sinister purpose of the mob. yv O, V '---i;'-v f: th 1 f n tf a : fs M f A STRANGE SUICIDE. Lynching at Swainesboro. Ben Smith, the old negro preacher who shot and fatally wounded Neal Canady, deputy marshal of Summit, was hanged to a limb and his body riddled with bullets by an infuriated mob. Canady was attempting to arrest Smith, for whom he had a warrant for shooting his wife. Before Canady could arrest him, however. Smith pulled out a pistol, shooting the mar shal through the bowels, inflicting a probably fatal wound. As Canady fell he fired a shot at the fleeing ne gro, which struck him, but did not totally disable him. LYNCHERS HANG MAN. Orkey Had Confessed to Committing an Outrage on a Woman. Praying vainly for mercy at the hands of , determined mob, John S. Orkey, a tramp, after confessing to having committed an assault on Mrs. Harvey James, wife of a miner, was hanged at Blueflelds, Va., to the cross .cn a little church in the suburbs of the city. It was in the shadow of the church where his body was hanged that he lay in wait for his victim. After Mrs. James told of the crime, dogs were put on the trail, and when he was identified he confessed the crime. The sheriff vainly tried to get the mob to give up the criminal. The man's prayers for mercy were cut short by the rope, which had been thrown over the cross of the little church. Father Requested Little Son to Pull Trigger of Gun. Lester Husted, 12 years old, told the authorities of Greenwich, Conn., that, at his father's request, he pulled the trigger of a shotgun, which blew the right side of the man's head eff. Frederick Husted, a wealthy farm er, was found in his home late yester day with his head partly blown off and a shotgun lying on a table. The boy said his father sent his mother away, called him into the' house and, laying the gun on a table, knelt so that his left eye was at the muzzle of the gun. Then he said: "Pull the trigger; it isn't loaded. I want to hear how it sounds." The boy pulled the trigger, the charge of shot blowing away the left side of the father's face and head. Repeated questions failed to shake the boy's story, and the medical officer decided he would have to call it a case of suicide. COTTON STATEMENT. Comparisons With This and the Last Two Years. Hester's cotton statement per New Orleans dispatch says: Amount in sight for week, 73,823 hales, against 74,381 bales last year and 1 1 4,887 bales year before. In sight since September 1, 11,243, 357 bales, against 9,799,700 bales last year and 12,870.553 bales year before. Overland for week, 12,215 bales, against 9,968 bales last year and 14, 909 bales year before. Overland since September 1, 885, 484 bales, against 741,767 bales last year and 1,123,725 bales year before. Southern consumption, 29,000 bales, against 35,000 bales last year and 45, 000 bales year before. WROTE FAREWELL NOTE. Then Macon Man Took Dose Which Ended His Life. The funeral of Charles Bailey, who killed himself last night by taking morphine, was held from Hart's chapel, Macon, Ga. His brother, from Americus, who is said to be quite wealthy, was In attendance. Bailey was a gambler, It Is said, and recently went broke. When his room was broken into, a note to his mother and one to his brother were found. He had written to his moth er: "To My Dear Mother: Taking all things into consideration, I think this Is the best way, so good-bye. I'll meet you in the sweet by and bye." To his brother, Walter Bailey, he re quested that his death be made cer tain before burial. Bailey was 46 years of age. SOUTHERN BAPTISTS. BACKS WOMAN MAYOR. Attorney General Will Invoke Laws to Carry Out Her Administration. The whole power of the state Is backing up Mrs. Ella Wilson, mayor of HunncwcU, In hor fight on the city council and the police department, which have refused to obey her orders and the law, says a Topeka, Kan., dispatch. This was announced in a letter to her from Attorney General Dawson, who declared that he would invoke the laws to see that her administra tion is carried out and that her rights will bo protected. In the letter Attorney General Daw son advises her to "smile and do not take too seriously the comment made by citizens." "All the doings of a public officer occupying the high position of mayor are the subjects of free comment by free citizens," he wrote. NEGRO LYNCHED. Taken From County Jail Twenty Mln utes After Victim Dies. At 11 o'clock Saturday night, twenty minutes after Deputy Wood, his vic tim, died. John McLeod, a negro, was dragged from Emanuel county (Ga.) jail and hanged by a body of men, orderly but determined. The body was suspended from a tree and rid dlid with bullets. There was no excitement to speak of. Hidden keys to the jail were found and the victim quickly strung up. Following the lynching, all par ties disappeared. The identity of any one is unknown. The coroner's in quest found death caused by "un known parties." Two Thousand Attend Jacksonville Convention. Delegates to the Southern Baptist convention met at Jacksonville, Fla., this week. It iB believed that there will be fully 2.000 in attendance. There are several candidates for the presidency. Dr. B. D. Gray, of At lanta, it is said, wil 1 probably be elected. There are several cities bidding for the next convention. It will probably go to some city west of the Missis sippi river. At Central, S. C, T. M. Norrls' automobile ran over two little chil dren, aged six' years each Johnnie Pnrkett wak killH almost InRtnnllv The other child, Grace Kelley. is still j h" '"" FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT. David Upchurch Meets Instant Death When His Car Goes Over Bluff. David Upchurch was Instantly killed and his companion, Dick Hall, probably fatally injured at Selma, Ala., when their automobile ran over the embankment of the Alabama river at the foot of Church street in Selma. Both young men belong to promi nent families at Uniontown, Ala. Witnesses to the accident declare the machine struck a second bluff in its descent, turning a complete somer sault, and was crushed to splinters by the fall. Upchurch's body was so badly crushed as to be unrecognizable George Dubois, aged 13, died 'In New Orleans at a lecal hospital from lockjaw as the result of running a Convention of the United Confederate Veterans' Association Comes to an End at Little Rook Most Success ful and Enjoysbs Rsunlon. Friday the last of the grizzled vet erans of the lost cause laft LltUe Rock, and the gathering passed Into history. The convention of Confederate vet erans ended with the grand parade and the annual Confederate veterans' ball. All the old soldiers who remained In the city were escorted to their trains and presented with baskets of lunches by the Daughters of the Con federacy. It Is remarkable that the parade was attended with bul few aocldents and no fatal results. There war ser eral of the war-worn soldiers who found that they were not able to withstand the tiresome treadmill of the parade, and succumbed to the heat, but they were speedily oared for, and all soon recovered. - While bands played wartime airs. the soldiers of the old south marched BRIBERY CHARGES. Illinois State Senate Is Not Through With Lorimer Election Scandal. A Springfield; 111., dispatch- says: through the streets of LltUe Rook lnl The charges of bribery in the election their twentv-nrer annual nararta ' William Lorimer to the United Their commander-in-chief, Gen. Geo. 8tBte 8enate wiU be Pushed the W. Gordon, of Memphis Tenn., was tate Mnate to the llm,t- fowln8 confined to his room by 'the order of the adoDtlon of ft resolution In that physicians. As the line of march body- whU:h ted that the seat passed the hotel, the veterans saluted. a" """'ned by bribery and corrup- Th rnvlBwin .t.nrf ih.t h.n... '. The resolution passed by a Intended for officers, was given over Tote of 39 to 10- and recommendation to aged and infirm veterans, although wai made to the United States sen- many were in line who had lost a lu vuaa luo "'vesugauon wun au leg, an arm or were lamed from J8818' Evwence which was gathered wounds received at war. Governor by tho Btate 8enBte investigating DnnAirhfiv f irv.n... ith hi. n,. committee recently, connecting Ed- derly and private secretary, occupied ward"lne8't,h lumber mnaire, carriage in the parade. ,nd Edward TUden' head of the beef The last event of this year's re- "u" l" " union was the Confederate ball, "u OI n "B8ea iuu.uuu corruption which was given at the auditorium, '"nd; wb cb was U8fd to buy vote8 ln attended by those who remained for Jbe le8slature, will be presented to that purpose and who Included dlgni- 8enate:, tarles of the United Confederate Vet- Pr'nC pa"' theT 'eMt de" erans and kindred organizations. mauds that the United States senate The next reunion will be held at " . . , . .? , 1, H7 Macon Ga uusung iurimer. Aauea to mis, me resolution emooaiea a reouxe to Judge Edelor Petit, of Chicago, who VICTORIA MEMORIAL. relieved Tilden and two of his asso ciates from testifying or producing Unveiling Marked by Scenes of Pomp documentary evidence demanded by And Spl6ndor I vuiuwuioo uu .a nui vi uauaae The Queen Victoria memorial was .pu"' , , . , ... . unveiled at London amid scenes of " w ,aeclarea 81 opringneia, in. pomp and in the presence of British lnal lne nmm committee wouia use and German royalty. King George very mean8 ln ,ts Power to PunIsh and Queen Mary of England and Em- T,lden for contempt in refusing to ap- peror William and the empress of Pear be'ore Germany walked from Buckingham " ,s ProoaDle e win oe iorcea to palace to the scene of the unveiling "uow UOOKS u,e m,1aura while a multitude cheered the mon- f tne part played ,n the bribery by archs. State Senators Broderlck and Pem- Tho rnval nartv wiud fmm th.l berton. who are alleged to have been grand entrance in the quadrangle to lUB 8-uelween8. the grounds of Buckingham palace through the central archway and the COTTON SHORT. new gateway to the statue. A guard of honor was drawn upon the quad- Bull Leader Declares That There Is rangle and the royal route was lined Not Enough to Go Around, with soldiers and marines drawn up "There is not enough, cotton to go with presented arms. around," declared Frank B. Hayne, A squad of mounted polios rode prominent bull leader and local cot- through the streets wherein the royal ton buyer, of New Orleans. He party was to pass, while the "surveil- caused excitement ln the New Or- lance squad" of Scotland Yard, under leans exchange by offering to buy personal command of Superintendent 200,000 bales of May and July at the Frost, kept a sharp lookout for an- market price, then going one better archlsts. by offering an eighth of a cent higher The royal party ascended the steps than the exchange quotations for all of an especially constructed dais on the cotton ln the city the palace side of Victoria gardens, I "We know how much cotton we where they remained through the cer- will get between now and September emonles. The scene was brilliant and 1. he continued. And there is not Inspiring. The mighty multitude upon enough to keep the mills running, the Mall made a brilliant setting with and some of them must close down the gowns of the women and the unl- For the last two years the world has forms of the soldiers and sailors. needed 27,000,000 bales, and all it will The privileged guests passed be- get will be 22,500,000 bales, or 4,500, tween line of soldiers and took up 000 bales short of the amount re their stations. Both King George and quired, and what would have been Emperor William wore the uniforms I used had the staple been grown. That of British field marshals, and their is the situation. I believe cotton will breasts were covered with medals, go higher.' They walked side by side, followed by the English queen and the German empress. Close behind the royal con sorts walked Princess Victoria oil Prussia and other members of royalty. SANGUINARY BATTLE. SWALLOWS DIAMOND. Streets of Cuautla Reported to Be Choked With Dead Bodies. A sanguinary battle was fought at Cuautla, twenty miles southeast ol Cuernavaga, Mexico, between the fed- Wllkesbarre Tsllor Tests His Dlges-I eral garrison, under Colonel Mungula tlve Organs. Harry Fassen, a jeweler, of Pitts- ton, near Wllkesbarre, Pa., was open-1 and a force of rebels, commanded by Colonel Zapata. Fugitives arriving state that the streets of Cuautla are ing a consignment of unmounted dia- ,trewn with dead and mounded, monds. when Mu Marmia a ullnr A commission left for Cuautla car- having a shop nearby, strolled in. ry,nS news of the iatice, which, it "Here are some fine diamonds " said 18 noDea- wl" DUl an ena lne nSnt' Fassen, spreading them out. "That's a beauty," admitted Mar- ing.. General Flgueroa is leading 3,000 rebel troops from Igualaga, pre alive, with a chance of recovery G. W. Kompf, aged 30, a traveling mnn, from Nashville, Tenn, was killed at Clarksburg. W. Va., by a freight train while crossing the tracks. His home is believed, to be In Lexington, Ky. The first of the fourteen-year lo custs have been heard at Acworth, Ga. Quite a number war reported from different sectloaf vt tha community. As he was motoring Into Elberton. fla., Overton Lowe, of Washington, ran over a 14-year-old negro boy, who, during the dny. died from the Injuries. It is said the negro ran ln front of the car. Judge W. ,. nickson quashed the perjury Indictment against George B. Cox, the republican boss, of Cincinnati. cus. Dtckina- un one of the lara.sL H sumably en route for thlB city. remarked that it must be easy to steal Cuernavaca is the capital of the stones like that from the diamond Btate of More,os' and 18 forty miles mines by swallowins them south of Mexico City. Cuautla is a "Why, I'll bet I could swallow that town of about 8000' ln MoreIos' easily," he said. "It will cost you $50 if you do," said Fasseu, laughingly. "That s a go," explained Marcus He popped the diamond In his mouth seized a glass of water and, with a I MEETING PLACE CHOSEN. 4 Baptists Name Oklahoma City for 1912 Convention. Oklahoma City has been chosen as gulp, both water and diamond went the next place of meeting by tha down his throat. Before Fassen had recovered hit voice. Marcus had thrust $50 at him end walked out. Fassen says the dia- ineud cost him $150, but be can not go back on his word. Southern Baptist convention, which has been ln session at Jacksonville, Fla.- The convention unanimously in- dorsed President Taft's plans for In ternatlonal peace. I.awrenr A FelHer r,f Oonr.i. h. Bu"s county, Georgia, will likely been made first lieutenant in the nied- baTe a frmers institute this summer, leal reserve corps of the army, accord- , be conducted by Professor J. E. ing to Washington advices. "lte- ' the State Agricultural col- ,A . . , , icgo. me waiter wm oe lanen up Dy President Tart has formally nomi- tho Fllrmor.. , ,vol. nated to the senate Henry L. Stlm- U)eetlng gt Jck Q on u fl ' son, of New York, to be secretary of Friday In June war. ....'"..: captain jonn n. uibbons has as sumed the superlntendency of the Sick headache results from a disorder-1 United States Naval academy at A li ed condition of the stomach, and can be I napolis. Captain John M. Bowyer was cured bytheuseof Chamberlain's Stem- forced bv ill health to rllnm,lah .h ach and Liver Tablets. Try It. For pog, . sale by ait dealers. - - - -- ...... PAIATKA EWS Job )eoartmeet is equipped to do all kinds of Book and Commercial Print ing of a high character at a minimum of cost. Whenever we have, been placed in competition with Jack sonville printeries our bids have been accepted and our work em inently satisfactory. Send to us for estimates on anything in the line of Printing. You: .Maine is not on our list of subscribers, it is probably an oversight. We make a specialty of HOME NEWS. Send your name and One Dollar to pay for A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION to the Palatka News