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No. 17,505. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1908-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS.
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THE EVENING ST1P 1
WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION.
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ROOD SWEEKTOWN
Over Twenty Victims of New
Mexican Cloudburst.
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I HOTEL IS WASHED AWAY
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Many Still Missing and Definite1
News Meager.
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FOLSOM A DESOLATE SCENE
Bodies of Drowned Cattle and Horses
Seen on Every Side?Baton
Also a Sufferer.
TRINIDAD, Col., August 20.?Between i
twenty and thirty dead, nearly half the
town swept away, thousands of dollars
damage to property and great loss of
live stork tell briefly the story of yesterday's
flood at Folsom, a New Mexican
mining ramp of population, at the
foot of Mount Oapulin. forty miles south
f the Colorado line.
The identified dead are Daniel B. YVengfr,
proprietor of a mercantile company,
his wife and their daughter. Daisy; I,uey
Craighton. a young woman living with the
YVengers: T. \V. Wheeler, a mine operator,
his wife and two babies, and a sister-in-law
and her baby, living with the
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** inr*-ici l^riid nuunr. icicpiifiic
operator, who was washed away while
at his post of duty. Edward Wight,
president of the Trinidad National Bank,
who was visiting the Wengers, is missing,
and is thought to be lost.
Hotel Washed Away.
The hotel, in which five traveling men
were staying, was washed away and they
were drowned. The register has been lost
and their clothes were carried away. It
will probably be impossible to identify
these victims. The proprietor, George
Wenger, is also drowned. His body has
not been recovered. The town was blotted
out of existence.
Twenty-four hours after the disaster
the first definite news from the stricken
town reached this city, when refugees and
passengers of a stranded Colorado and
Southern train reached the city today.
Today the list of known dead yesterdayhas
been added to by many victims.
They are:
Charles Wheeler.
Mrs. Charles Wheeler.
Mrs. S. J. Rooke.
Antonio Salazar.
Miss Salazar.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Guenln.
Many Are Missing.
Many are still missing and several days
may elapse before a complete list of dead
is obtainable.
Residents of the town who lived on
higher ground and beyond the reach of
the torrent saw bouses containing families
crying for aid swept away before
their eyes, powerless to render them any
HcniBisiice. w ui uie uisasi^r
ell of seeing lights flickering for a moment
in doomed buildings, and seeing the
structures drifting in to the narrow
canyon, crushed against one another like
bitr of pasteboard.
An entire row of buildings was completely
swept away, and others were
found a shapeless mass a hundred yards
from their foundations. Everywhere are
seen bodies of drowned cattle and horsea.
Only stone buildings and those on
higher ground were left standing.
To Mrs. S. J. Rooke, a telephone operator,
who lost her life in the flood, many
residents owe their escape.
In the face of certain death she stayed
in a dooTi.ed building, sending alarms to
every resident who had a telephone. Her
own escepe was cut off by water.
Raton. N. M.. also suffered a severe
loss. Many homes were washed away
and several hundred Mexicans spent the
greater part of the night in the Catholic
t nurcn.
Fourteen Victims at Folsom, N. M.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. August 29.?From
the local office of the Santa Fe railroad
early today a statement was obtained
to the effect that the flood at Folsom,
N. M., had resulted In a death list of
fourteen. The flood, according to railroad
bulletins, commenced Thursday and
continued up to the time that communication
was interrupted.
SIXTEEN DEAD AT AUGUSTA.
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Property Loss of Flood Estimated at
Two Millions.
ATLANTA. Ga., August 29.-Sixleen
known dead in the vicinity of Augusta
with probably an equal number of deaths
in the outlying districts from which reports
have not been received, a property
loss of $2,000,000 in Augusta and vicinity,
n^rcnnfi hfimalpce QiimmorivPa tliA
pvi >j%.j i-u ttntia.i ?<*vo i iiv
situation in the Georgia flood district tliis
morning In the Carotinas, Spantanburg,
Greenville and other cities report today
that the floods have receded, but that
the damage is heavy, possible a million
dollars has been lost in North and South
Carolina because of the hi~h water.
The loss of life is comparatively small
in these states, warnings having been
given before the great sweep of water
shot over the cities. When the whole
situation has cleared it will probably he
found that the total death list in the
three states of Georgia. North Carolina
and South Carolina will be in the
neighborhood of seventy. Most of the
dead are negroes: In fact not a dozen
whites are reported as having lost their
lives.
Cabins Washed Away.
Negro cabins flanking the river banks
4:id setting in the lowlands were washed
away like so much driftwood. The water
rose so rapidly that many of the oci upants
of these cabins never had a char.ee
to even escape from the rooms in which
they slept. In Augusta reports were received
this morning that bodies had been
seen floating down the river, but only
sixteen bodies had been recovered in the
city limits of Augusta. The country districts
report a number of casualties.
PKia oftarnnnn a rnl inf tral? *??? ? l
ft ??.*. iiuwk ?? ????v ft it aid ui DTvn di
cars left this city for Augusta. The suffering
was reported Intense among the
poorer classes whose homes were swept
away.
Today water was turned on in the city
rrains at Augusta, and this has relieved
some distress. Power was also turned
on at the electric light plant this morning.
Systematic arrangements are being made
for the care of the poor, relief having been
ottered from several cities. The newspapers
were able to resume publication today.
Virginia Floods Subsiding.
NORFOLK, Vs.. August "J9.?The water
in the Appomattox river having subsided.
traffic over the Norfolk and Western
railroad between Norfolk and Rich- ;
mond was resumed today. The water j
which jesterday submerged the Atlantic
Coast I.ln? bridge over the Appomattox at
Petersburg and entered the union depot
there ha* receded. Mayor Kuiin of the
Kngineer Corps of the army left ?oday
t?> inspect the government work now in
p'ojrres* in the Appomattox river to as- j
vrrtain what damage has been done bj |
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Ihe flood. With the coast storm at an
end many sailing vessels passed out from
Hampton roads today for the north.
The executive committee of the American
Red Cross Society has authorized
Charles L. Magee, secretary of the societv,
to issue an appeal to the public |
through all branch agents for funds j
for the flood sufferers for the south. The t
need for aid over a large area of the 1
south is declared to he very pressing. !
Mr. A. C. Kaufman, president of the
South Carolina branch of the Red Cross
has telegraphed: "Millions lost. Knd
nor yet."
An appeal has been made to the War
Department for aid on behalf of the
sufferers from the floods in Georgia.
Secretary Wright was in receipt today
c-f a telegram from Representative Thns.
W. Hardwick of Georgia, requesting that ;
such assistance be rendered the suffered
cf Augusta. Ga . particularly, as might
be possible in the circumstances. Rep- |
tesentative Hardwick's telegram, which I
was dated at Atlanta, yesterday, is as
follows:
"City of Augusta, fia., has just been ;
visited with an awful storm and flood, in- :
volvlng heavy losses of life and property !
Many people are destitute, homeless and j
suffering for food. Cannot the War De- |
partment render emergency aid? Whatever
is done ought to be done quickly. Answer."
By direction of Secretary Wright a
telegraphic order was sent immediately
to Gen. Ramsey D. Potts, commanding
the Department of the Gulf, at Atlanta.
Ga.. directing him to detail an officer to
proceed at once to Augusta to make the
necessary investigation and to render such ;
aid as may he possible within the ap- .
proprlation available for sucli purpose. A i
leiegrani also was sent to Representative j
Hardwick informing him of the action of
the department.
TRAGEDY SEQUEL TO QUARRELS
Rejected Suitor Kills Woman and
Then Turns Revolver on Self.
BELLESVILL.E. 111.. August ID.?Anger- ,
ed because she refused to receive his at- 1
tentions. A. G. Summers, twenty-six years
old. a brewery wagon driver, last night
shot and killed Mrs. Eva Neinntnger.
thirty-four years old. and then turned
his revolver on himself, inflicting a fatal
wound in the head.
The tragedy was tihe culmination of a
series of quarrels that began almost Immediately
after the woman separated from
.her husband, Frank Neinninger. a glass
'blower of Kansas City, Mo., six months
ago.
MANY SEEK HER HAND.
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Novel Situation of Woman Who
Holds Place for Land Drawing.
DULUTH. Minn.. August 2ft.?Nearly 500
offers of marriage have been received by
Mrs. Anna Rowe. who is holding a place
in line for the drawing at the Fond du _
Lac reservation opening, which will take ~
place here September 15. Through an I
error. St. Paul. Minn., and Duluth papers I
published that she was unmarried. I
Immediately the offers began to come in
from all parts of the country. Mrs. Rowe
has had nearlv 500 offers during the past
two weeks and they are still coming. Her _
husband Is enjoying the popularity of his f
wife. She is holding the place In line for
her husband.
FEMALE BAFFLES NABBED.
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Young Woman Charged With Lar- f
ceny Suspected of Many Bobberies.
PITTSBURG. August 29.-Mrs. Ruth
Nell of Sewiekley, a suburb of this city, ?
Quietly arrested yesterday, has be$n- held
for court on charges of larceny.
At her home. It is charged, the authorities
recovered much valuable plunder and
a great number of pawn tickets for jew- j|
elry and allverware. In a trunk many
letters were found, indicating she once
operated a matrimonial bureau. These _
letters are from different parts of the *
country, and begin: "Enclosed you will
find $1." Another letter Indicated that
Mrs. Nell had been arrested at Harrisburg.
Pa., and that while out on bail had
left town.
It is alleged the woman conducted extensive
operations throughout the east,
and several accomplices are expected to
be arrested. b
Many robberies have been committed c
recently In the fashionable Sewiekley district.
Yesterday two officers encountered fi
Mrs. Nell walking along the street carry- gj
lug a package under a cloak. Asked
wnat the package contained, she an- t<
swered that it was laundry. Not satis- f,
fled, the officers investigated, and the
washing proved to be a valuable Jardiniere.
Her home was then searched.
THAT SUBTREASURY JOBBERY.
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That Employe Took Cash. w
CHICAGO. August J9-The Record Herald
today says: I
A story came to light yesterday which, c
if proved. Is expected to establish tlie
contention that an employe of the subtreasury
committed the $175,000 theft for
which George W. Fitzgerald is under ar- j
res:.
The day of the robbery a package containing
$500,000 was received at the subtreasury.
From certain clues which have
been found it is believed that the thief
took $200,000 from this package and
changed the figures on the wrapper from
$.vm,a>o to $KHMI"0. For some reason, it
is said, be took $".17,000 from his stealings
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ar.u mfsra u uno im- ci*m? iccvipis mi
tli#1 day.
When 1 ho day's cash receipt* were!
counted this Jf> of excess cash was j
found. It could not l>^ accounted for.
The mystery surround inn the finding of
the cash was not dispelled until the theft
of the S1T*,0m? was discovered. Then the
wrapper on the package of .?r<fct.t?M? < ante
to light. Tt was seen that tli~ markings
had been changed.
THAW WANTS NO DIVORCE.
Sure His Wife, Now in Sanitarium.
Will Not Sue.
POI7GH KEEPS IK. N. Y.. August Jit.- j
Harry K. Thaw today denied unc.uali- j
fiedly the report that he intended to bring
suit for divorce against Evdvn Thaw.
He said the report was false in every
detail. He added that his wife is at T
present in a sanitarium taking a rest v
cure, but lie refused to divulge lier s
whereabouts.
Thaw said he knew positively that his
wife was not contemplating bringing pro- p
ceedings for a separation. ^
Orchestra Leader Killed by Auto. 0
COVINA, Cal., August 2t>.?Prof. Fitz- f
gerald. formerly of Chicago, a teacher of r
music In the public schools and known ^
throughout the United States as an orchestra
leader, was fatally Injured by an
electric car yesterday while crossing the r
tracks in his automobile. He was hurled f
125 feet by the concussion and was found
in the ruined top of his machine in an
, unconscious condition, in which he re- 1
I mained until death came twelve hours
, latar of (hs VtACTti t a 1 It
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j PITTSBl'RCJ. August 29.?F. D. S. i c
Bethurie of New York, who disappeared;
mysteriously from Buffalo early this,?
week, is believed to be in this city. Word ; i
was received lat? last night from the east ' c
to this effect, and the authorities are con-! f
i ducting a thorough search of tlie city for >
I him today. I a
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High Spirits?His Wife a ]
Newspaper Woman.
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Word was received at the District
uilding today that Peter Thompson j
toyle, an inspector in the assessor's of- j
ce of the District, was picked up be.
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ide the radroa<4 track between Wilming>n
and Philadelphia with his skull badly i
ractured and with apparently little '
hanee of recovery. 1
Tin ?.-!? on bis wav to Atlantic Pitv' (
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aving left Washington on the .midnight (
rain. It is supposed he - fell from the' <
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rain anrl was crushed beneath the1'
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heels. , '
Mr. Coylc had been connected with the '
)istrict service more than four years,
'lerks of the assessor's office had been'
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Thompson Coyle.
ritli him last night on some special
roVk. He was in excellent health and
howed the best of spirits, and was actolly
boyish in Ills enthusiasm over his
rospective trip to Atlantic City, where ',
e was to have Joined his mother. ..
When the work was completed at 10:30
iVlock he shook hands with a number of
el low clerks. Say In? he was going dl- j
ect to the station and take a sleeper..he ?
lurried from the building. ^
News of His Death. .]
The information of his mishap was first. I
ecelved by the police. It came in the
orm of a telephone message from the
ailroad authorities at the Union station. .!
"he mesrage said: * ! .
"A young man with letters and papers
n his pockets bearing the name of Peter
"hompson Coyle was found beside the
B. and W. railroad tracks with-skull
rushed. Uittle chance of recovery."
Mr. Coyle is a native of Baltimore, Md., v
md as a matter of fai t has always re- 1
ninerl Ins retririence there, although he
tad worked in thin city. He would often i
;o to Baltimore in the gfternoon after. '!
iniahing; hi? work and would return to J
A'ashingtnn early the next "njorninif." He ]
ilways went to Baltimore Saturdays )
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war was an ensign in ine united estates
Nfcvy. He has always been active In
athletics and outdoor snorts and has
llgured prominently In the base bait teems y
connected with the District government.
He played on the team representing the
assessor's office last year end several
yefcrs ago managed the District .team.. V
His wbrk In the assessor's office had to
Ho with transcribing real estate records,
and In dolhg this, spent much time at
the city hall. Mr. Coyle rented a room,
which he used on the nights he did not
to to Baltimore, at 119 19th street north- er
west.
Tells of Coyle's Death.
WILMINGTON, Del , August 29.?P. T. S
2oyle, aged thirty-two years,. of Baltimore,
Md., leaped from the window of a
Pullman sleeper on the Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington railroad at
Stanton, near this -City, today and sustained
fatal Injuries.
The train was stopped and the man removed
to-a local hospital, where he died J<
shortly afterward. The motive for the m
nct^.is not known. o!
Mrs. Coy 16 Notified. s,
BALTIMORE, ifd., August 29. ? The r<
man killed near Wilmington today is. b?- la
lieved here to have been P. T. Coyle of i s|
this city, who was.-empioyed in the office
>fthe District Commissioners Of Washing- ai
ton. "His wife lis Mrs, Louise Cralgen r<
2oyle of the Baltimore News, whoi writes b(
under the pen nathe .-of 4 "Leonore Calrerl."
Mrs. Coyle received word that her ^
lusbanit had .been injured at Wilmington a>
md left for that^ity on the Hist train. ' tl
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RETAINS TENNIS CHAMPION- J
SHIP IN NEWPORT CONTEST.
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NEWPORT, R. I., August 1?.?William *
A. Larned of Annapolis, Mfh. success- n
fully-, defended the title of national tenuis
champion. on the Casino tennis courts
today by defeating Beals O. Wright of *
Rps?on.* the tri'nner of the all-comers'
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tournament, in straight sets. The scores ^
were 6?1. ?-6. bi
VevAr has a more brilliant r>vhihi?i<sn r.t v..
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tennis beep seen on the Casino courts tl
than the game played by Lamed today, f
His playing -was well nigh perfect.
Wright tried both ground balls and lobs, a
t?uL the champion returned neatly every t<
hall. Lamed lost only two service.games Jj
in the entire match, while Wright lost
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six. The weather and courts were nearly t<
perfect. The points: - . w
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First set? o;
Owned...". 14 4 4*5 4-26 h.
tVrlgUt. 4 1 3 1 O 3 3?13 h<
Second set? hi
turned - 4 1. 3 4 5 4 4 4-2# tl
tVrtght 1 "4 5 2 3 2 2 * 1-20
Third set? . n,
[>*rne<l .1 2 5 4 .5 1 4 2, 5 1 4 ? 5 H?43 "
Wtlglit. 4 431 3 4143 4 143 4?43 '
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SAN DIEGO, Cal.. August 29.?Eugene tt
Semple. former governor of Washington at
territory, died here yesterday of pneu- k
monia. Gov. -8en\ple was a; son of the n,
late'Justice Sample of Illinois and was
born in 1840 at the American legation at o'
Bogota in the .United-States of Colombia, J*
where his father was then the American c,
minister. President- Cleveland appointed n
htm. governor of Washington, then a territory.
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LOS:ANOEr,ES. Cal., August 20.-Fred h
Fookey, vice presidant of the <Randsburg t)
branch of- the Western Federation of
atiher*. wli*6* wan recently arrested on a 0)
charge of' conspiring to blow up W ith, m
dynamite a pipe line of th*^ Yellow Astor w
Misting Company, of Rapdsburg.~ was released
from custody yesterday after his w
preliminary he,arfng-gt Randsburg, no one tc
appearing to testify against him.
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HAT JUDGE TAFT WANTS i
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to spend Sunday. He was married about a
five years ago, and his wife and mother M
live together at l&n N. Calvert street. I]
His mother is the widow of a former na- J
val officer, and hia wife is engaged in
newspaper wofk- in Baltimore.
Base Ball Enthusiast. / -r
Mr Coyle is aboutr thirty-three years '
old and during the Spanish-American
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mULD SHARE HIS FATE
et Baby's Future Requires Her t<
Iare Apart for Its Sake.
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Leader, Delicate Woman Beady t<
Sacrifices Herself?Thankful
for Kindness.
Dazed as from physical shock, Mrs
?hn R. Early, wife of the leper, re
lained all of today In the sitting roon
P Adjt. Wiseman of the Solvation Army
emingly utterly unconscious of her sur
>unding*. Since visiting her liusbam
ist night she has slept little and ha
poken hardly a word.
She arrived in Washington yesterda;
nd was taken to the Salvation Arm;
>om*. ; Both she and Mr. Early havi
een in Salvation Army work. Althoug!
[rs. Early's health prevented furthe
ctivitiea t^vo years ago. they are still 01
ie" rolls of .the army.
Adjt. Wiseman and his family have ex
jaded to Mrs. Early every possible com
>rt and sympathy. Adjt. Wiseman sail
>day that hia Christianity would be of i
rail sort if he could not help Mrs. Earl;
1 this trial.
Tne Salvation Army people receive<
[rs. Early and her baby and Mrs. Ear
to, her mother, and will see that the;
re properly looked after in the city a.
>ng as they are here, or until other ar
mgements have been made.
Sweet and Refined .
Mrs. Early is a delicate, slender womar
ith a pleasant face and light chestnu
sir, brushed hack from her foreheac
iven the sadness that naturally overcast
er face since she has learned of her hut
and's misfortune cannot hide the simpl
eauty and natural refinement of her fea
ires.
?v? have a clear, steady gaze
here In written upon her indelibly th
let that she is the kind of woman wh<
a* made a good wife and a good mothe
nd who. even in the face of the .mos
wrible impedimenta, will be a wife^jf th
loet wonderful and valuable kind untl
le end of her days.
I^ast night, when the doctors came t
ike her out to see her husband, the;
>ld her in the gentlest manner that i
ould be inadvisable for her to go nea
im. That meant that after all the week
f absence the one she loved wouli
ave to remain many l'eet away, while he
eart and soul, hungry for caresses, wouli
ive to go without that great sstisfactioi
lat comes from a happy meeting.
She had said to the doctors she care<
thing for fterself. and. if it were po6
ble. would live with her husband to th>
nd of her days, going with him to an;
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inn ei a coiony or one ?uu?
it pose herself to the disease, and al
trough lier Intense love and devotion.
Yet there is her baby. She has no
le right to expose that little one. Am
ie knows it. And so she is placed be
seen love and duty, with both tuggini
t her with ever-tightening grip.
She wants to be with him. And shi
news that by doing so her child wll
ever have even a chance in the world.
80 she sits in the little sitting room
ver the 8alvation Army headquarters
ever saying a yord. She hardly hear
ie few questions that have bean put t<
er; and, in fact, does not want to talk
Talks Unwillingly. .
It was the hardest kind of an interview
>r the newspaper men. In fact, ther
?s not one of thejn who would no
gve gladly welcomed anything else h
ie world. ,
Adjt. Wiseman introduced a little grou]
r tifem to Mrs. Early, in the embarrass
lent of the moment not a single won
as spoken.
Mi's. Early spoke in so low a voice i
as hard ro hear her. She did not wan
> talk and shrank from it visibly.
She said the first news of her husband'i
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condition was blurted out to her by Mr.
Early's brother. who came rushing Into
the house with a Nashville paper containing
an account of the discovery,
cooled from a Washington paper.
"I could hardly believe It. The whole
thing was so sudden. For a while I did
not take it in at all."
Later she received communications
from Washington which confirmed the
newspaper account. Even then she hardly
realised the fact that It was her husband.
She appreciates everything that has
been done for her and Mr. Early In
Washington, and said so.
"I am so thankful that this has hnp'
pened in Washington. People have been
| so kind and so considerate of m.v husband
j and have done so much for him. I have
learned that other cases have been treated
by communities in almost barbarous
fashion. But God lias certainly been good
to use here."
That was about all she would say.
The Salvation Army people told a Star
! reporter that she has said but little to
\ them.
After returning from her husband last
night she went Into her room and. kneel(ncr
of ilia cf/lo n f lion Karl ramalnarl In
111(1 ni i HV/ oivivi \J K iiv. i vvv? tvifiwittcu
silent prayer for a long time. She Is a
deeply religious woman and is calling
upon all of her faith to help her over
this present period of trial.
Last night it was nearly dark and the
lowlands along the sluggish Anacostia
rivers were shrouded in a mist that shut
out entirely from the view of John R.
Early. the District's leper, the outline of
the hills to the east.
He was standing at the door of his
tent, taking his farewell of the day. wthen
the tired guard got up from his chair
under a nearby tree and approached to
the "de&d line."
"Mr. Early." he said.
"Yes, what is it?" The voice was not
bitter, but kindly.
"I have been waiting until you came
out."
"You want to speak to me about something?"
"Yes."
"Well, here I am. I have nothing to
do but talk and read, you know. I am
especially glad of a chance to talk."
"Mr. Early, your wife is here. The
doctor just telephoned. He will bring her
out in his auto in about an hour."
"My wife! My?Oh, thank you very
much. I shall be ready to see her."
Makes Toilet for Visit.
Without another word the leper went
Into his tent. There was water in a
wooden bucket at the rear. He washed
his swollen face and hands. Then he
smoothed out his rumpled shirt and reaching
into a box drew forth a collar and
a necktie, which he carefully put on. Then
he combed his hair neatly, brushed his
trousers and coat and went outside. Placing
a chair near the door of his tent and
a lantern beside it, he sat down and
waited.
It grew so dark that without the aid
of his lantern he could not distinguish his
; hand held at arm's length from his eyes.
_ There were no stars, and it was cold.
- But he did not go inside. Twenty feet
I away the tired guard sat beside his
lantern looking off into the night.
"When did you say she was coming?"
The guard looked up hurriedly.
"The doctor said in an hour," he replied.
"It has been longer than that already."
"Yes, it is nearly
Arrival of Wife.
A few minutes later a light was seen
bobbing down the rogd toward the river
It was an auiomoDiie mat was Dumping
. over the rough irtace* In the road, pick
ing its way slowly. The leper stood up.
A woman and a man alighted from the
machine and advanced toward the tent.
"Your wife has come," said the doctor.
) A frail llttlte woman clad in a long coat
hurried toward the tent. Only affection
was in her face. It is certain she would
not have stopped "until she reached the
leper had not the big guard interfered.
"These trees, Mrs. Early. You can't go
t any further."
But she hadn't heard. She was looking
at her husband. His hands were raised
before him. He was motioning her back.
' It seemed almost as if he was saying:
"Unclean! Unclean!"
"Lottie, I am glad to see you?awfully
glad?but do not come nearer."
The doctor placed a chair under the
tree. The guard put a lantern on each
side of the chair. Mrs. Early sat down.
Twenty-flve feet away sat the leper on
his chair. His lantern was in his hand.
The doctor took, the guard by the arm.
i Together they walked down the road a
few paces and turned their backs.
In twenty minutes the interview was
over, terminated by the doctor. Mrs.
i Early was too nervous, he told her huss
band, to stand the strain any longer. Besides
it was very damp, and she might
,. catch cold.
"John, good-bye.'*
f "GOod-bye, dear. Don't worry about
e me, mind you."
x And it was over.
r Wants to Care for Him.
a " This morning the leper told a Star reporter
that he expected to see his wife
again today. He did not know that she
was too prostrated to come to him and
I that the doctor had ordered iter to rest
a until tomorrow, when she might possibly
y be able to visit him again.
All the leper would say about the brief
(j interview of last night was:
"She wants to come and take care of
y me. She doesn't think about herself.
a But. of course, it is Impossible. 1 would
_ not think of it for a minute."
e hesitated a moment, and then added:
"If I have to stay here, I think she
and her mother and the babies will come
, and live in Washington. I would want
j them to, for I like it here."
\ NEGRO HANGED BY A MOB.
I
Tennessee Crowd Take Prisoner
e
From Sheriff and Dispatch Him.
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. August 29.?A ne'
gro named George Johnson was hanged
? by a mob at Murfreesboro, thirty mites
r : south of here, about 9 o'clock last night.
t The negro had attempted an assault upon
e a Miss Morris, seven miles from Mur11
frcesboro. He was captured and taken
to Murfreesboro. where the young lady
0 identified him and he confessed. All day
y there was much excitement and talk of
t violence, and soon after dark a large
r crowd surrounded the Jail. Sheriff rrimm
s had a strong force on guard, but when he
1 learned of preparations to dynamite the
r jail he attempted to get his prisoner away
i to this city in a buggy with two depua
ties.
About 400 yards from the jail the offli
cers with the prisoner were overtaken by
- the mob. the buggy was overturned, the
e deputies overpowered and the negro
y swung up to a nearby tree. Two shots
1 were fired and it is understood a member
l of the mob was slightly wounded.
t NO HOPE FOR MISSING CREW.
g Rowing Barge Picked Up Suggests
- Drowning of Five.
* SAN FRANCISCO. August 29.-Tbe
finding of the rowing barge in which the
. Ave missing members of the South San
Franelsco Rowing Club set out for a
b jaunt on the bay Wednesday, the party
0 not' having since been heard from, has
dispelled the last hope that the lads
might still be alive. The barge was picked
up in a battered condition on the
v Berkeley shore of the bay last night,
s A Strong ebb tide was running st the
t time the boys set out, and it is supposed
. that they could not make headway on
their return trip. No theory to account
for the condition of the boat has bean
? advanced."
The Ave boys. Bert Fry. Frank McGutre.
1 Owen Heal>v Parker Ashford and Robert
Haslett. all between the ages of sixteen
t and eighteen years, were last seen TVe4t
nesday morning, heading across the bay
from the naval training station on Verba
s Buena Island.
Weather.
Fair tonight and Sunday;
warmer. Light cast to southeast
winds.
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lllll I 1 I ?A AI IAAPATPA
williams mm
Detectives in Baltimore to
Probe His Alibi.
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ROBERTS EXPECTED TO DIE
; Discrepancies in Statements oi Mr?.
Williams. Police Assert.
STORY TOLD BY CHAIR-PUSHER
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Clubman Said to Feminine Companion
Before Attack: "You Have
Broken My Heart/'
Special Dispatch to TTi- ftar.
ATLANTIC CITY.. N. J.. August 20 There
was no improvement this morning
In the condition of Charles B. Roberts,
the Baltimore victim of the wheel chair
shooting of Wednesday night. His death
was still regarded as probable at the At|
lantie City Hospital.
His physicians refused to let any of his
1 relatives see him.
It was reported that this measure, at
i first undertaken at his request, was coni
tlnued on account of lils weakened ? ondl.
j tlon.
Mrs. Roberts and other members of the
I family are still here, however.
Detective Wilson, who went from Atlantic
City to Baltimore to question \V.
8. G. Williams, the husband of Roberta'
companioH of Wedne day night, reported
that up to this morning he had had no
Interview with Williams, hut he expected
to have one some time today.
Until the investigation in Baltimore ia
complete, the case cannot be cleared up.
No warrant, however, has been issued
Letters Accuse Williams.
The Atlantic City police received two
anonymous communications this morning
in women's handwriting. One was a
letter from Baltimore. It gave what
purported to be Information regarding
Roberts and Mrs. Williams. Several addresses
in Boston and elsewhere were
given.
The second message was merely a postal
card. It came from Camden. N. J. It
had scrawled across the back the words:
"He Is the right man."
In spite of the fight against publicity
made by the assembled members of the
Roberts and Williams families, now gath!
ered in Atlantic City, facts that are too .
big to be suppressed are coming out hourly
which give the shooting of Roberts
the air of an attack inspired by personal
hatred. .
The written statement made by Mrs.
Belle Williams, the companion of Roherts
at the moment when he was shot, has in
particular been impeached on several important
points.
Capt. WTialen of the detective bureau
gave out a statement this morning to explain
why he at first withheld details o'
the -case and drew about It such a veil of
secrdby.
"I am not trying to hold back anything
or to protect any one." he said this
morning. "My attitude so far has been
assumed for the best Interests of all concerned."
A policeman who questioned Mrs. Williams
this morning reported that she said,
in answer to repeated questions as to who
did the shoo.ing:
"Mr. Roberts ought to know who shot
him."
When asked to explain this unpremeditated
remark, she was dumb.
But Mrs. Williams' formal statement is
on record to the effect that her companion.
summoned out of the wheel
chair by the assailant, advanced toward
him. offering him money, on the supposition
that he was a robber, just tas he
was shot. This is the part of Mrs. Williams'
statement that least agrees with
other indications so far learned.
Hat in Evidence.
Jesse Jackson, the negro chair-pusher,
the only witness of the shooting besides
the principals, told Chief of Police WoodrufT
of Atlantic City that Roberts, instead
of running or moving toward the stranger
-befoye the shot was fired, made no aggressive
action whatever.
And there is further indication, mote
convincing than the word of the negro
that Roberts was shot as lie sat. without
having made the slightest move thai
might have provoked a robber to shooting.
The straw hat of Roberts is now in the
possession of Dr. John King, the first to
i attend lite wounded man after the sl.oot!
ing. The hat is a new one. with Roberts'
: initials. G. B. R . inside the crown. A
clean-cut .32-caliber bullet hole is In the
brim.
The position of this hole is peculiar. It
is located as if the hat. set up oil edge,
had been used as a target. The shot, instead
of hitting the crown, the bull's-eye,
landed Just outside of it. not half an inch
, from the ribbon and just at the bow worn
j on the Teft side of the head.
It made a clean puncture in the straw,
going straight through, with a slight an|
gie toward what would have been the left
I ear. had the hat been on the head. The
i wound in Roberts' right breast showed
that the hat must have been interposed.
I ? i ? t At _ I. .11 A *' 4 V. I rt f -i w- m at it el
nrid in me ihmhjw ??i ?nr ?*-i? ntm. *??*
1 covering the upper right of the body.
It was the position in which a man
! might hold !:is hat when riding in a wheel
I chair with a woman, but not the attitude
! that a man would take when held up.
either in offering the robber money, advancing
upon hint to resist him or raising
with his hands.
The hat with its peculiar bullet hole ia
almost a certain indication thai Roberts
| was shot as he sat. before he had lime to
move. The wotmd of Roberts' substantiated
these indications.
The bullet entered between the second
and third ribs, near the right breast. It
took a sharp downward course and wa?
located by the physicians in Roberts'
liver. It was evidently fired from sin h
a distance above as would indicate that
the victim still sat or crouched in the
low wheel-chair.
Robbery Not Motive.
Despite Mrs. Williams' formal statement
it therefore appears that Roberts was shot
before he had made any hostile or doubtful
move. It appears certain now that
the unknown man shot his victim from
no mere motive of ordinary robbery.
After the failure of his subordinates to
make any effort to find out the truth
about the shooting Police Chief Woodruff
yesterday took personal charge of the
ease.
"This case is too big to op nusnen up
he announced. ' i mean to get to the
bottom of it and find the man who did
the shooting."
Under direct orders of chief WoodrufT,
detectives under Sergeant Wiiaon are
working in and around Baltimore upon
the alibi furnished by William' S. G.
Williams, the husband of the companies
of Roberts.
The story told by Dr. John King, physician
at Hotel Westmont. the first physician
to treat Roberts, gave a careful account
of the appearance and actions of
the wounded man. which would seem to
furtlter contradict the story of -Mrs.
Williams. v
Dr. King said he was called from his
room to attend a wounded man. about
o'clock Wednesday night, some time
later than the hour which Mrs William*
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