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101 G. CARLISLE
DIES AT AGE OF /5
Was Senator. Secretary of
Treasury Under President
Cleveland, and Speaker.
WON FAME IN TARIFF FIGHT
Last Iliness a Brief One. His
Advanced Years Making It
Impossible for Him to
Resist Attack.
John <;. Carlisle. / Secretary of th*»
Trep^ury in the second Cleveland ad
ministration, died it the Hotel Woleoti
last night from peart disease, accom
panied by edema of the tain©*
Mr. Carlisle. 'who was seventy-five
years old. look <,-• his bed early last week,
mnTerlna; from acute indigestion. Ella
Bfarailj physician. Dr. Edward Gardiner,
•was away from ih« m city and Dr. Morris
Carpenter v.tis called in. Early ; .->:••■■-
day rrv.irr.sng he puffered a relapse and
oxygen war administered, after Dr.
Joseph T. T.ryar.t had been called ii. con
sultation;
Toward evening the patient rallied
ißOtn^tr3»l and regained cor.PciouFnes.*.
He sunk rapidly later, and Dr. Car
penter at S o'clock pave up all hope that
X <;. CARI BI.E.
I tai I : who died in
•ii ■ „:. • - I
his patient would live through the r.ie^t.
His daughter-in-lawr; Mrs. W. K. Car
lisle and tiro KranddauKhters, Mrs. F.
I^athrop Allen and Mrs. T. Sherman Pit
kin, v.-r-re wjtli him when ho died.
Long illness Last Spring.
Mr. Carlisle suffered for several
months last ring from indigestion,
which wns complicated by kidney
- trouble In the first two months •.: that
.-•^ljv-ss. when he was In St. Vincent's
Hospital. Mr. Carlisle's condition was so
serious that it was several times re
ported that hr could live only a feu
hours, but in spite of his age and pro
longed illness he showed remarkable
vitality. There v.-as a change lac the
better, and after that a slow but certain
Improvement. He was finally dis
charged from the hospital.
Although Mr. Carlisle did not regain
his oldtime vigor after this siege at St.
Vincent's Hospital, he tvas able to get
about, and his family and friends be
,-^u-ved that there v.ere many years of life
for him still.
h ll] ;•■ takei
T i Funeral trill
I
John Griffin Carlisle. Secretary of the
Treasury Tinder Mr. Cleveland and one of
the chief fr'eiv:? and advisers of that
President, had also to the credit of his
lone public career a seat in the United
States Senate and the Spes ers p of the
House of Representatives. He had been
Lieutenant Oovtrnor of his native State
r»f Kentucky and "••;■! a seat ir b'lth
ii«u?es of its Legislature. He was a Gold
J vmoerat. and his part recognized him
as leader on th<- question of taxation. In
ihe tariff debates he also won high stand-
V" ing wit!; the party for his advocac;,- of
lower schedules.
Waning: life In poverty, with a eagre
education, when he was admitted t-> the
bnr, in ISSB. after several year of teach-
JTic. be v,a^ only twenty-throe years old
fir.ii had ready piven promise of a brill
utr.t cswr. 11-: was bora in Campbell
County. Ky., in is".", the yriunp st son In
th* numerous family of Lil ben 11. i "ar
3;j=!e, a planter of X Virginian Ptook.
With The exception of ills early Instruc
tion ir. the «>->;r.mon schools, he was ri if
edacated. Wh<-u Le hjts bUH In ....
fv» ts'jpbt school His !c!fiure rime eav«>
him an opportunity to read law bo<jk?, and
n year or tv later br Tnov^d To Covlng
"'"-•. Ky, and • aine a. clerk It, •-■ la.-**
office of Governor -I. v.*. Stevenson.
Early Career hi Politics.
hen he was admitted -■ the bar he
-- already Instructed In politics, and
■pIM he was twenty- four he was <lerte<J
n. c.ember of th« lower house of the Ken*
lucky Legislature. He was re-elected four
'Atnr*. lv }«*•.■« be • :-r.r-<i to h<=- DOmt
tuAoQ as a Presidential r;iertor on the
r>rrr>ocra.tic ticket to cast a vote tiKainsl
•tie re-election '■* President Lincoln, and
:x»>G he was elected £ta.te Senator. He
•*l^ r»— ■e.lectc-d to the Senate.
At the IJensocratic National Convention
J.»>!d is I hi city In IMS Carlisle made his
::r;;j, appearance In th«; arena of national
politics as a o"elef»ate-at-larK*s from Ken
tucky. Horatio Seymour was nominate
Tor ttM Presidency at this convention.
ilr. ■ .r. ;.-.•- Uii»- J-ieutensuit Governor of
$2.50
TO
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Wednesday, August 3, 1910
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! A. K. MtARTHV. CHIEF OF POLICE OF QUEBEC.
I Who arrested Dr. Crtppen and Miss Le neve on the steamer Montrose yesterday.
j (Photo copyright, 1910, by The American Press Association.)
I Kentucky from 1«71 to 1,875. A year later
i he was otic of the alternate Tllden Elec
; tors-at-large from Kentucky.
When Mr. Carlisle was elected to Con
gress, in I 8"«. Samuel J. Randall, whom
he was to overthrow, was a power in the
i lower ':•-■■ This was the 45th Congress.
He was five times re-elected by large ma
jorities and Perved»as Speaker for three
! terms. lie was an authority on parlia
mentary law, and when the House seemed
' inextricably involved his clear, judicial
terms straightened things out and brought
calmness out of the apparent chaos. His
expositions of the abstruse principles of
parliamentary and constitutional law, de
livered thus extemporaneously and in
stantly, read like studied treatises, He.
was never given to rhetoric, political bom
■ test and trained arrangement of periods
which have characterised the studied ef
forts of other leaders.
Mr. Carlisle won his spurs In Congress
on the Carlisle Internal revenue bill in the
46th Congress. Prom that hour he be
came the recognized leader of his party
on the question of taxation. He was the
lif*» and soul at the 3 per rent bank bill.
T'n*» measure afterward passed the Senate,
but was vetoed by President Hayes.
Figured in Tariff Debates.
It was on the great tariff debates which
ratn<> later that Mr. Carlisle won his high
est standing;. When the result of the
commission was before Congress ho took
the loading part. He not only led the de
bate, hut he led his party. He was a
member of the Tariff. Committee of on
ference and fought the protectionists inch ,
by inch, paragraph by paragraph.
Mr. Carlisle stepped from the House into
the Senate in IST«\ when be was chosen to I
fill the linexpired term of^Jaraes B. Beck. ;
whose service was brought to a close
by bis death. He was recognized as a
icader in the three years that he served
in the Senate before the President called
him tn tfcr ■-.'■••■■
He was asked at one time if he had not
written President Cleveland's free trade
message . but said that beyond consulting
with his political friends, himself among j
them, th« President was? the sole author'
of the message and deserved all the credit |
for taking a broad stand for tariff reform. j
Mr. Carlisle remained in Sir. Cleveland's!
Cabinet during the latter'? entire second
term.
In " ; f's he was af)mitte«l to the bar of
- prei le Court of this state. At the
time his son, William K. Carlisle.
on. At one time Mr. Cai
lisle was accused of being in fnvor of the
free roi: age of II er, Ist 'Ik 1 r . t < r actions
■ ..■• this accusation was not ti u<\
to 81l the chair of presi
• Lawyei ; Sound Moth y 1 !am
paii;:i Club in 1900, and also served ;is
•resident of the 4ntl-Imperialist
I^-.ieue of Boston.
Returned to Law Practice.
In the later years of his life Mr Car
lisle devoted his time exclusively 10 his
law practice. He was counsel for many
l3rge concerns. In ]S«O2 he went to Cuba
to negotiate for placing a loan for the city
of Havana.
He wns the father of two sons, Slogan
and William K. The former ■ was his
father's secretary during his life in the
Senate and as Secretary of the Treasury
Mrs. '""arlislo was Miss .lane Goodson. jr
member of an old Kentucky family, Siic
died eight years ago. She was a leader in
Washington society for many years.
Since ISP7 Mr Carlisle bad been In pri
vate practice in this '-•'
Mr. Carlisle was a man of • more dell
cttt* physique than the 3vcraee native of
Kentucky. He- was slightly stoop Fhoul
6rtred. Although be was not an orator by
any means, ho had a strong, clear voice
that .could be heard all over the House. Mr.
Carlisle never lowered himself to personali
ties, either in the Houeo or on the stui •
He was liked by both Republicans and
Democrat?.
It was Haiti of him that he had practi
cally no habits at all. He went to bed
when he srot ready, and got up about 9
o'clock* In the morning. He didn't care
much when be nte or what was served
him. His luncheon was usually a cracker
and a glass of milk. He never Look any
exercise, and his only recreation whs card
playing, of which he was very fond. So
daily lie was a delightful companion, a
chaining conversationalist, with a keen
i>'-u ■:•■ of hur.jor.
Direct, but Not Blunt.
One of the most Afreet of men, he was
nev*>r blunt. A friend ones said to him:
'You must have- been born where the
roads were winding?"
"Why?"
"Because •.<>.; always take the >rtest
cut ■< roaa fields."
HI« private secretary once paid him thin
tribute:
"I never knew htm to even spook un
kindly to an;, of his subordinates or to
any member of the House. Whenever he
could not recognise a member ':•• would
explain to him Just what the situation
m rj,.: why he c<>uJ<j not do what lie
v..-i:-,'*<T He was BO kind to everybody
that he would rather be Imposed upon
himself than to Impose upo others. To
my perwonal knowledge lie baa on two or
three occasions made as mui-h effort t<t
K-' ;>; > pool ma or woman ;i little Place
in the Government Printing Oilice ;>s he
ii.is to j;*t a personal friend ■ position as
foreign minister." ,
jsiJW-iuiiJv rr.YiLY TRlßtrrrE, MOitdaY, " Aucrusi : r, -1910.
VI CRiPPEN ARRESTED
< ontinurd from ttrsl paicr.
coherently. As he was being led away
to the captain's cabin, whither he was
transferred later to his own stateroom,
h<- said gratefully:
"Thank God the suspense is over, and
I am glad!*'
Crippen's arrest accomplished, Dow
hurried t<> .Miss Leneve'a stateroom,
where- he found her. still dressed as
"John Robinson, jr.," on the verge of.
nervous breakdown. Her appearance
when confronted by the detective and
t . ■. Irl that she was under arrest was pitia
ble. All control that she had fought so
hard t<» retain throughout the voyage
left her. She cried out hysterically and
became so faint that restoratives were
administered. Shut in her room and re
stored to woman's dress, she was closely
puarded as the vessel continued its IGO
milc journey up the river for fear tha f
she would take her life or collapse ut
terly.
Only Admit Identity.
Although neither Crippen nor the
typist denied their Identity, neltherad
mitted any connection with the death
of the woman.
Inspector Dews task was only to
point out tiio fugitives to the Canadian
police and after tlvir arrest bring them
back to England. Neither he nnr the
Canadians who made the arrest tried to
pr^t incriminating admissions from the
couple. Su''h efforts are contrary to
British law, and the prisoners volun
teered no information.
With the shock of arrest over, a stew
ardess changed the boy's clothing in
which the girl had travelled as Crip
pen's son for garments suitable to her
Bex. Then she collapsed again and lay
for more than an hour in her berth, her
features contorted and her body shaken
with convulsive sobs. In a separate
cabin, guarded by a detective, Crippen
sat in silence with his chin sunk on his
chest. On the deck near at hand a
group of French and Rumanian immi
grants were singing cheerful song?.
When the Inspector went aboard the
steamer to-day he felt certain that he
would find that Captain Kendall's sus
picions were correct, and his greatest
fear was that Crippen and the typist,
v.hen they saw him come aboard and
found themselves discovered on a ship
in midstream, would commit suicide.
Sim his arrive! her.- Scotland Yard had
been warning him to beware of such an
accident, and Dew himself had been
keeping the wireless hot with messages
to the captain of the Montro?e, urging
great care in guarding the two.
Army of Correspondents.
The small army of American, Canadian
and European correspondents that had
been waiting at Father Point to see the
end of one of the most exciting man
hunts in police history, arose at dawn
to-day, but Dew nnd the Canadian de
tectives were up before them. From the.
Gulf of the st. Lawrence, 160 miles
away, a fog had rolled up the river, and
it was impossible to see more than fifty
yards.
T'.ut the wireless had Mabtv-.j jt ? way
through the mlFt. brinsrlnj? word that
the Montrose was only thfrt; miles
away. <~>n account of the fop she felt
her way cautiously, and it was 7:1.">
before her black rinsed funnel was vis
ible down the river. At that thru, the
fog lifted a little, but It was still dense
enough to aid admirably the purpose of
the detectives which was to get aboard
without arousing the couple they hoped
to arrest.
An accident occurred as Dew and his
Ciiuadhiii assistants wire donning their
j.iiot uniforms to board the Eureka.
Den slipped on the deck ami nearly
knocked Denis overboard, but both re
covered their balance, fortunately, and
nu on" was injured.
After they had Btepped Into the tender
alongside Dew ordered the sailors who
wen- rowing to make for the starboard
bow ol the Montrose. Twenty minutes
later be was aboard and Crippen had
been ai rest< il
Details of Arrer.t.
j » : - Stuart, who stood beside th« fugi
tive OS he was iiik<'ii Into csaftody, gave
the following account :
"I Was walking on the promenade deck
about 7..'!"> o'clock this morning when
Crippen, who was in the habit of rising
at 1, '.'A* oVIoe . each morning, joined me in
in • walk". He talked 011 various subjects,
and ijeiVniwi Indifferent to the fact, of
which he was .-«w;u-. . that the pilot was
putting; oat in a boat at that time and
might be accompanied by detectives. He
remarked, however, on the number of
men aboard, saying: 'There seems to
REAR OF THE HOUSE, 39 Hi
Whrrw T>r. Crippen and his wife lived, In
that of Belle E
he- too many pilots aboard.' Then we
resumed our conversation.
"The detectives climbed awkwardly up
the rope ladder, Dew first, followed by
McCarthy, thpn Denis, and finally Fran
cois Gauvreau. the official pilot, who was
to take the liner to Quebec.
"As Dew stepped aboard Crippen and
myself were standing on the lee side of
the vessel, v little forward of the main
companion way. .T. Shaw, the purser,
waited at the top of the ladder, and
pointed out the dentist to Dew. The In
spector walked quickly up to him, and
in a moment it was all over."
Another eyewitness described the ar
rest as follows: When Dew reached the
companionway he turned on Dr. Crippen
and said:
"Are you Dr. Crippen?"
Crippen replied, "Yes," and Dr^w said:
"You're arrested on h charge of murdi r
and the mutilation of the body " f an
unknown woman-**
Detective McCarthy stepped forward
and snapped the handcuffs on the den
tist's wrists as a safeguard, even though
Crippen made no resistance. Ho ap
peared dazed, and with a brief remark
that he was glad it was all over walked
quietly to the captain's cabin.
Inspector Dew's question. "Are you
Dr. Crippen?" was purely perfunctory,
for he had recognized his man instantly.
• Crippen's face was clean shaven and
deathly pale, and tli»r<- was no resem
blance in the huddled up figure, with its
scanty hair, thin eyebrows and no mus
tache, to the photographs of the doctor
that have been appearing lately. The
only jaunty touch in his costume was a
light-colored necktie.
Detective Denis gave the most inter
esting account of How Miss Leneve was
trapped In her cabin. "As soon as Crip
pen had been taken in charge by Me
Carthy," he said, "Inspector Dew and
myself went to Cabin 6, where we were
Informed that Miss Leneve was reading
a magazine. Dew gave instructions for
a stewardess to stand ready with a glass
of brandy to he administered in case the
girl fainted; then hi entered the cabin,
followed by myself.
"Do you recognize me?" he asked of
the girl, who rose to greet him.
" 'No,* she replied bluntly, as the color
left her face.
Girl Collapses.
"'Well, 1 said he, 't am a detective of
Scotland Fard and I have here a war
rant for your arrest on a charge of imir
df-r and mutilation of the body of an
unknown woman.' H<^ used the sain.
words with which he had addressed
frippep, taking them from, the wording
of th>> warrant.
"The magazine fell from the girl's
hand and she sank back on the sofa and
fainted. Then the stewardess entered at
a word from Dew and forced a little of
the liquor between her lips. Breathing
heavily, she lay back on the .sofa, with
her eyes closed. She was not hand
cuffed."
The glri was clad in a boy's suit of
brown material, but even !n this ill
fitting attire she showed signs of beauty.
Her light brown hair is cut short and
parted in tho middle, after the English
boy fashion Her eyes are gray and
large and heavily fringed, and her com
plexion is clear. Her face Is oval and
her expression winning Her eyes are
her most charming feature. She Is short
in stature, but her shortness does not
detract from her physical winsotneneas.
It was more than four hours after she
faced the detective i that the girl was
able to sit up. Even then her condition
was pitiful, and no one saw her except
the ship surgeon and the stewardess. At
times her moans could be heard in the
passageway outside her cabin. After
satisfying themselves that there was no
weapon in her room the officers did not
return until she was instructed to pre
pare for leaving the vessel at Quebec.
Crippen was attired i:i a travelling
suit of blue serge and tweed overcoat.
Gold rimmed eyeglasses rested on his
nose, and from behind them his eyes
looked out dully. His face was pale and
drawn.
In a belt strapped ai»iut bis waist ti»<»
detectives found five diamond rings and
v diamond i>in. h it cur. be proved thai
these jewels belonged to th> prisoner's
wife the police think they will have gone
fax toward establishing their hypothesis
of murder on a firm basis. Careful
search of his person revealed no weapon
of any sort, nor did his cabin disclose
any.
Passengers Get the News.
With both man and woman under ar
rest, the Montrote'a whistle sounded
hoarsely, a signal to the waiting Ifiureka
that Inspector i>i>\'- ; search was ;it an
end. iniiiiHii;iiii> the pilot boal came
alongside! and the newspaper men and
photographers swarmed aboard. <'rip
!>■ n the) loiuid Handcuffed in bis state
LLPROP CRESCENT, LONDON.
the cellar of v.iii.-h the body believed to bo
nu ire was found.
room. No. s. and Miss Lenere under the
care of a physician 'n No. ■">.
The news by this time ha'i spread
among the passengers, who had been
ringed throughout the voyage by the
bogus clergyman a.ml his retiring, effem
inate Captain Kendall had kept
from them the Identity of the two mys
terious passengers, ami. although there
cent bombardment of wireless messages
h;iri aroused their suspicions, none on
board besides Llewellyn .Tones, the wire
less operator, knew that the two were
}>r. Crippen and his prirl companion.
HASTY TRIAL FOR CRIPPEN
London Authorities May Have
Case Up Within Three Weeks.
London, July 31.- : -Scotland Yard ofn
rijti.-i to-nisrht did not have any exact. in
formation as to whether Crippen would
he deported or extradited, imt. they
expect deportation, in which rase, it
was stated, Crippen would be p'.aeed on
trial vithin throe weeks. So tha? there
mieht be no delay, the officials made ar
rangements to-day fof the prompt d!s
patch to Quebec of Sergeant Mitchell,
should thnt be necessary.
The Crippen. case is looked upon by
the police here as one of the most
dramatic they have ever hnndled. Cer
talniv it Is many ynr:< since the public
mind was so stirred by ;i crime.
Ethel Leneve's relatives to-night are
relieved that their loner suspense is
ended. Thej have hem apprehensive of
some untoward fate, and are convinced
now that the woman can prove her In
nocence. Tier mother, in an interview,
said she was certain that Crippen had
hypnotized her daughter; otherwise she
-.■.,1)'. 1 never have donned boy's clothes.
Hi ' ' ither equally believes that she 1 •
the dupe of < rippe.;.
It is suggested here that Crippen may
claim American citizenship as a means
of delaying the course of justice.
Mrs. Leneve to-day cabled a pathetic
appeal to her daughter, imploring her to
tell the police everything and not to al
low her affection for Crippen to stand in
the way of her duty to herself and to
her family. Th" cable dispatch con
cludes: ' * a di
"Be brave,, little girl, and have no
fear; we are confident of your inno
cence."
LONDON GETS EARLY NEWS
Special Editions of Sunday Papers
Furchased Eagerly.
London, July 31. Ixradon. eagerlj wait
ing, s"t the first newb of Hi" identification
and arrest of I>!'1 >! ' Hawley it. Crippen
in. companion. Ethel Leneve, through The
Associated Press dispatches, which wen;
received here far ahead of Bcorea of other
dispatches announcing the dramatic event.
The . dribbled In from various points
from half an hour to two houra la;.-r,
and i ; "a- nearly four hours before i-eot
ihtki Yard received an official message of
confirmation.
Special editions of the Sunday papers,
.. j,i. Th« Associated E*resa dispatch, were
issued by the thousands, and were eagerly
bought up It is a long tmw dlnce tha
: ... v bo lad 'I'-li •' harve ■.
CAUGHT BY WIRELESS
Story of Dramatic Chase of
Crippen and His Companion.
The remarkable detective 1 base acre s the
Atlantic, with wireless telegraphy contrtti
utlng for the first time as a derisive factor
In aiding the police, made yesterday's capt
ure of Dr. Crippen and his companion of
extraordinary interest to people of two con
tinents.
The circumstances of the finding oC the
body supposed to be that of Belle E3mor<
are of recent occurrence the salient feat
ores being as follows: Dr. Crippen and his
wife, known by the stage name of Belle
Elmore, had for tlie last two years occu
pled a cosey house at No. 39 Hilldro!»
Crescent, North London. He was an
American dentist, born at Coldwater, Mich.,
educated in Indiana, pursuing medical
studios later in Michigan, California, Ohio
and New York City. He had managed a
patent medicine business In Philadelphia
and In Columbus, Ohio, and had appeared
at many other points— Detroit, Sun Diego,
Salt Lake City, St. Louis and Brooklyn.
Belle Elmore was a well known vaudeville
actress, about thirty-five years old, for
merly of Brooklyn. She was an attractive
woman and an officer of the Music Hall
Artists' Guild, of London. With the Crip
pen pair at Ililltlrop Crescent lived Miss
Lcnove, .1 young typißt, who served as»
amanuensis to Dr. Crip] 1
Mrs. Crippen disappeared from her ac
customed activities last February. To her
1 ends Dr. Crippen explained that «ho hail
••on.' to California; I>ater an advertise^
mt'nt . ppi art 'l in the London papi : • say
inj; she had died In California. Rut Belle
Elnibfe'a form* r actresa rieiiriM in London
and A" 1 - ■ ■ ■< doubted ihH statement and
biK.m i" Investigate, Their inquiries ird
•,! Uio belief that Mrs, <'rippen had not
died in t'alil'onda. Their .suspicions were
communicated' to the police.
Tin* clews of Scotland Yard gradually.
l^san to *ncircl<rr>T. Crippen early In July.
sir Melville MacNaiighfon, chief of th«
Criminal Investieatlnh r>f>par«m<Tt took
th»« matter personally in hand, and then
for the first time appeared on the scene
Inspector Daw.
It was flew who subjected Crippen to
the ordeal of minute cro.^B-oxumlnation.
The doctor finally admitted that his wife
had not gon*- to California, but asserted
that »he bad run away ac a result of
family bickering. Th*> sua\-ity of '■ ripp*-r.
'of) th«* police to s:lv»? cr>n<lltiofial credit to
his statement, and they took his word of
honor that he would remain subject to call
until th« story could be verified. This -was
on July 52.
The npTt day Dr. Crippon and the pretty
youne typist. Miss I^:if>v«», dtaappeawwd,
loavinc no trac«» of their whereabout*.
The house at HilMrop Crescent wax hastily
searched. This time Inspector Dew and
bis staff ransacked cellar and parrrt. In
the cellar a miFplaced brick ted to a K'na^t-
It discovery. Beneath the floor »•»■< found
the battered body of a human being. It \
had been placed in quicklime and wn-» j
burned beyond recognition. Even Ihe wtx |
was undeterminable by the do. tor-- .-.• flr-t. \
although it was finally established that the j
body was that of a woman.
Immediately a sear of almost -world- !
wide scope bepan. at first Ii! London and
England, then through France and Conti'
nental points, and finally to America.
Many false clews were followed to a. fruit
less end.
1 >r. Crlppgn and his typist appeared to
have vanished completely. Police descrip
tions were cabled throughout the world.
One circumstance of the tIU-i t proved to
be i;-.r.st important, Baaoaly, Dr. Crippen
purchased a suit of boy's clothinsr. evident
ly for the purpose of disguising hi com
panion as a boy in th"jr flight.
The first real clew came on the sailing
of the Canadian Pacific steamer Montrose
from Antwerp on July 29. Two persons of
straagje appearance took hasty passage on
the. steamer two hours before It sailed.
They -aye the names of the Hew John Rob
inson un<l John Robinson, jr.. said to l«
father and bod. Two daya out Captain
Kendall, of the Montro..<\ had his .suspi
cions excited. He became convinced th.i:
the younger Robinson ■w:u> a woman, and
then that the pair were those for -whom
London and the outer world had b«*«n
searching in vain. By wireless be ••ommu
nieated his suspicions to Scotland Yard. A
minute description of the pair, sent by
wireless to the ship at pea, confirmed Cap
tain Kendall's suspicion. The two were
kept t:nil r surveillance.
Then began the sensational detect! v-s
chase which culminated yesterday. in
spector I>e», balked in his first attempt, M
apprehend Crippea, hurried to Liverpool,
whore he caught the White Star steamer
Laurentic. She was faster than the Mont
rose, and both were beaded for the same
destination. ■ The Laurentic overtook an<l
passed the Montrose at pp.i. and two •lays
agro Inspector Dew landed at Father Point,
on-" of the remote outposts on the St. Law
rence, and awaited his quarry.
Meantime the wireless had been busy
in furthering the work of detection, so thai
the identity of ihe pair as Dr. Crippen nnd
Miss Leneve became practically assured is
the Montrose drew nearer th" waiting offi
cers. The sequel is told In the dispatcher
of yesterday siring the identification and
arrest
CRIPPEN'S FATHER SURE OF HIM.
Los Angeles, July St.— Myron A. Crrppen,
father of pr Crippen. was il! In bed when
reporters informed him '■' the arrest of his
son a.nd the tetter's rompanion to-day. The
aged man has been hi poor health, and In
his weakened condition the intelligence
produced a visible effect upon him.
"Hawley may have been arrested, but he
has not been convicted yet," he remarked
after recovering his composure. "1 cannot
believe thai my son committed the awful
crime bid at his door."
RECENT LETTER FROM CRIPPEN.
nttsburj:, July 31.— A circular letter dated
July 12, 1310, with "H. H. Crippen" boldly
penned at its conclusion, was exhibited to
local newspapers by private detectives t"
night as evidence that Dr. Crippen was at
his London office and doing" business on
the day previous to the discovery of ■ body
in the cellar of his bouse.
The letter, which bore D 5 Crippen -
orate!] engraved bostoess beadteg and re
plicv-i to an American's inquiry abort
advertised cure for deafness, ipveared us
tnistakablj genuine The recipient, •
Dame is not disclosed, turned th« letti -
over to the detectives here foWowinj t
licity of the caw
MANY POSSES SEEK NEGRO
Lynching Believed Sure if Wom
an's Assailant Is Found.
Mobile, July 31.— Many posses have been
scouring the woods around Axit\ Ala., eigh
teen miles from Mobile, since shortly after
1 o'clock this morning for "Bill" Walker,
a negro, who had been loafing around the
mill town, and who assaulted Mrs Nettie
Gibson, thirty-one years old, wife of J. O.
Gibson. superintendent of 1 truck farm.
The negro told Mrs. Gibson a friend was
dead, and that ho had been -'"' to ac
company her to the bouse, where she was
wanted to help prepare tlie bod Froceed
in? a few- hundred feel from the Gibson
homo the negro began using his knife and
later accomplished his purpose. The woma
n is badly cut. Tier eight-year-old broth
er, Clarence- Howell, hearing her screams.
ran to the scene anil tried to protect his
sister Howell was also cut by the negro
Walker, after forcing Mr-. Gibson to give
him what money she had, started for the
homo of Jesse Brown, another negro. He
clipped up to Brown's Window .i"'l shot him
while asleep. Walker then forced Brown
wife to accompany him. Walker and Mrs
Brown have not been found. Citizens of the
community say thai the la-« win not be
needed if Walker is caught.
Mrs. Gibson ami her brother are not
fatally cut, but Jesse Brown will die
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X. T. ASSOCIATION FOH IMPROVING
THE CONDITION' OF THE POOK-
Sheriff Places Palestine Deaths
at from 15 to 20.
INNOCENT PERSONS KILLED
Two Deputies Working with
Rangers and Situation Be
lieved Under Control.
; Palestine. Tex.. July 31.-At least flftsen.
: perhaps tv. - »-nty. nefcroeF. all of th^m prob
ably unarmed, wi-r» hunted down and Kill* 3 **
, by a mob of from two hundred to three
hundred men in the Slocum and Deni?ott
| Springs neighborhood of Psjasstlni ia. <!f
night and yesterday, according to Sherift
P.lack. who r»tumfd early thL«? mornins:.
! after twenty-four hours in that district.
He •„.• of a flerr* man-hunt in the -wood?,
of riddled bodies found on lonely road* anri
of the terror among the inhabitants la til"* :
i^oiithf^stvrn part of Anderson County.
Sheriff I<iack says kin r>tlmate of ■•'["•
dead is conservative. He marie a i-arefnl
Investigation, and after telling of Its re
sult.-* added:
"We won't find some of th« bodie* unttt
the location '■* now to v* by the bur- ;
zards."
"I fotind the frr*«at«»iir excitement ■prev«!l
ina: throughout that section of th« cotn>
try.*" confinu^fl the ?hertff. "Men ■&■?** go-
In? about and killing negroes, as fast as
they could find then-. and as fax as I «■»
able la ascertain, without any real cause. I
[These negroes have done no wronj? that I
could discover. There was Just a hot
headed sang hunting them down and kill
ing them.
"We found eleven bodies, but from -what.
I have heard the dead must number fifteen
or twenty. We came across four bodies In ;
i one house on a marsh between Denlso*
1 Springs and Slocum.
•I don't know how many there were M ]
the mob. but I think there asnat have been:
[two hundred <r three hundred. Some «C
[then cut the telephone wires.
"■Wher«» wo found th«» four dead bodies
one negro had br»*n killed thi nlscht b»
fore. Three nngr«%a were sitting up wttr%.
tho l>o<ly, one of them being an old and
v.hite haired negro. These three wen*
killed where they ■-• •-<■
"So far a-« I can learn Ins n*-ap-o*»? wer*
not armed. I sent two deputies* out throuatv
that county to collect all the arms they;:
could find fn the houses of the nasjassn.
They made a thoraog sonret of th«
hwmn. but found onTy nine filni:le-barrelle«t
shotsuns. none of vrhieh ?»-«>m*»d to liavn
been • red lately, and about thirty shell?.
all loaded with small snot,
"I am led to believe that the trouble »a.'
due to a controversy ov r a promissory,
note. R. Alford. a wh!t«* man. wfco is »
crtpple. had cone on a negro's T»ote. Th«»
note came due. 1 r:d be pot after the nagan
la renew It or to pay It or something of
the kind, and the nesjrs refused nad envansl
him. Tlie incident caused bad feelin?. ThU
n«>trro was killed, aadl then they went to
killing them all ov - the country. They;
hunted the ne;jro«s down like sheep.
*'! have ... . deputies working In conjunc
tion with the ranger! , and T think the. situ
ation is row under control*"
REV. W. J. M'CAUGHAN ■ DEAD-
Belfast. July •"'.- '.-,.- pastors of all th-»
Presbyterian chnrcltfs ftere to-diy «
incased de"p recrets M the drath «in Bbv
crday night of • •--- n- "'i"i John 3ic-
Caughan. The K^f. Mr. leCaagBBBB vsjs.
...... of the Main Street Church. Hi was
at on** tiro** a resident of Chica^ou
Dunn? a flr** in th^ Hotel Kelvrn en th»
nisht *>f July -*>. Mr. MeCusjlißii and hi*;
B or<- causht oti an upper floor. "■.--.'
wfr" badly burned, awl finally jumped ' ri> 1
a window. ■>■- McCawß^ian^i snail mi
..... suffered severely from
the fall, but, ir i? fhoncltt. will recover.
eC^r
\b ( rpporttmit} oi ■ " r -
MICHAEI IS* ROHM \NS vjOCK
oi 2,000 dozen English al! Linen
I liars
While ' vcn.
Rom $5 : • doscm
About 3,000 four-in-hand Scarfs
— while they h^t — 55c. Reduced
from $1.50 arid $150.
Sale .it MichacHs Pirhnrnsf
Store. No. 24 Wesl . ; 4th St.
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