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VOL. XL, NO. 18(>
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in jail by soldiers
Alleged leader ol the Mob That
Hanged Three Negroes From
a free Arrested.
VICTIMS VJTILHED BY RIOTERS
While Man Dying. Prom Wounds Rc
ceiveil Willie Trying lo Dreak Into
Prison Which ir. Wrecked-~Lycr
ly's Daughters See Oodles Hanging
From Limb?One Fellow Confessed.
(By Associated Press.?
SALISBURY. N. C. Aug. 7.?The
city is ijulet after the triple lynching
last night. Guorge lrvin and Henry
Glllesple ami the wile or Jack Dil
llngbam were taken tu Charlotte this
morning for sale keeping.
True hills for murder In the first
degree wore found by the grand
jury yesterday agulusi lrvin. Henry
Gilluspie and the DilHnghnut wo?
man hut tho mob did not disturb
them last night.
Henry Glllesple this morning stal?
ed I hat Dilllngbam had made a con
testiloii in Ihn Charlotte jail that he
and Nease ami John Glllesple mur?
dered the Lycrly family.
MOB LEADER IDENTIFIED.
Now Locked Up In Jail?Others to Be
Arrested.
HALP.Kill. N. C. Aug. 7?This uf
teruoon Governor Glotin received a
telegram from judge it. P. Long, al
Salisbury to the offool thai George
Hall had been Ideal filed as a loader
of Ihn mob thai lynched Ihc alleged
murderers of Ilm Lycrly family last
night am) ho has been placed in jail,
thai evidence was produced against
others ami the prosecution is being
pushed as rapidly and thoroughly as
possible.
The governor, at Ihc rei|lic?l of.
Sheriff Julian and Judge Long, tele?
graphed an oidei- lo the military
company at Charlotte, lo go lo Salis?
bury at once and guard Ike jail to
prevent the liberation of any alleged
lynchers who may be arrested.
Engineer a Rioter.
Today J. ('. McLendqn, the South?
ern railway engineer who was shot
In the mouth, is expected lo die al
Salisbury. Ilq leave;; a widow ami
four children. A peace officer i.<
said to have shot the engineer ns
be was battering a window. Others
say that he was merely a spectator.
NEGROES TORTURED BY MOB.
White Girls, Lycrly's Daughters, Sec
Bodies Dangling From Tree.
SALISBURY, N. ('., Aug. 7.?The
bodies of Nen.se Glllesple, Jack Dll
lingham ami John Glllesple, colored,
who wore taken by force from Rowan
county jail and lynched one mile cast
of Salisbury at midnight lnst night,
were today viewed by Coroner Dor?
set) and taken down from the limb
to which they bad been hanged by
an angry mob of about 1,000 per?
sons.
The mob had stormed the jail a I
11 o'clock and overpowered Sheriff
Julian, Jailor Krldcr and about, fifty
Officers and broke open the cells,
carrying the prisoners with great
haste to tlii! place of execution.
Ears Cut Off.
On (he way the victims are said
to have been horribly tortured by
the use of knives, ears and lingers
of each being cut off. After being
strung to the tree tho bodies were
riddled with bullets by the Infurlnl
ed crowd.
Before taking I lie lives of the vic?
tims. Hie mob allowed each lime to
pray and gave a chance for a con?
fession, which Is alleged lo have
been made by Nease Glllesple, lend?
er of the g.ing. The others prole.;t
ed their innocence to the last.
The jail Is today a wreck, with
the exception of the walls, the mob
having effected an entrance'by chop?
ping down the rear door, after which
the locks to the cells were broken.
Inmates Shrieked For Mercy.
The Inmates shrieked for merer,
NKWPC
but none was shown. Two other
prisoners^ 1011 Taylor (white) ami
Tom Brown (colored) escaped from
tjio prison during I he melee.
Engineer J. e. AlcLoudun, of Spen?
cer: Fireman Muuney nnd Urakemaii
Sells, of Hie Southern railway, who
were sind, are thought to he im?
proved today.
The two Misses l.yerly who es?
caped dcnlli on the night of the mur?
der lat.e last nighl visited the scone
of the lynching and viewed the bod?
ies of the victims dangling in the
moonlight.
TROOPS GUARD JAIL.
Soldiers After Lynching, Carry Guns
Loade-i to Kill.
C11AKL?TTK, N. C. Aug. 7? To?
night three companies uf the North
Carolina National Uunrds, one com?
mand from Stutesvllle, a cbmpituy
of Infantry and a ballery of artil?
lery from Charlotte, surrounded tho
jail at Salisbury, while sentries with
landed guns and with orders to shoot
to kill patrol the lour streets that
llauk Hit! prison.
Thon? have been threats and ru?
mors of threats nil day. but there
has been no demonstration?only the
general feeling of disquietude and
unrest.
George Hall, the ex-con vici from
Montgomery county who Is supposed
to have led the mob which lynched
the three alleged murderers of the
Lyerly family lasl night, is in the
jail?the plan to rescue him from
tlie clutches of the law, rumors of
which caused Governor Glenn to
hurry troops to Salisbury, has not
materialized. The surviving negroes.
Henry Leo, George Krvln and two
women, uro ??it"" in tin- jail ill char?
lotte and there Is no danger of vio?
lence lo I hem.
CIHL IDENTIFIES NEGRO.
Kentucky Hau a Case That May
Cause Lynching.
MAMSMNVILI.E. KY., Aug. 7.?
Miss .Myrtle >Kugntu, who was an
saulted by a negro last Friday, Idoii
tilled as her assailant John Gtiahen
hcrry, tin. negro who i.i under nr
resl charged with the crime. Ciishen
herry'a examination is sei tor to?
morrow.
BATTLESHIP FOR TRIP
President lo Select Louisiana lo
Take Him to Panama.
CONNECTICUT NOT YET READY
Armored Cruiser May Act as an Es?
cort When Roosevelt Goes to Sea?
Illinois and Alabama Must Be Sent
to Yards For Repairs.
(By Ansuclaled Pres*.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. ".?A
controversy has arisen as to what
ship shall bo selected to take the
President to Panama and petitions
have been filed at Oyster Bay on
behalf of both the l?uislana and the
Connecticut.
The Connecticut ha.; been fitted up
for a fleet llagsuip and offers more
room than does the Louisiana but
it is not certain that she can ho com?
pleted in lime to go lo Hie Isthmus
in November.
There has been a suggest Ion that
either the Washington or the Ten?
nessee should take the President to
the Isthmus, bill If now seems prob?
able thai a battleship will he chos?
en, although It is possible that one
of the cruisers will be sent along
as a consort.
Battleships Badly Damaged.
WASHINGTON, l>. C, Aug. 7.?
The navy depart men I has been ad?
vised that both the Illinois 'and the
Alabama, the BUipa that 'were recent?
ly in a collision while in n log oil'
Breton's Reef, will have to go Into a
yard for repairs.
Missouri Sailors Win Race.
NEWPORT. It. 1.. Aug. 7.?Fea?
ture-! of I hi- carnival here today
were the races between crews from
the battleship:-. The twelve oared
cutter race was won by the Illinois
and the Prince of Baltenhurg cup for
1C oared boats by the Missouri boat
)RT NEWS, VA., WE
INFANTICIDE CHARGED,
WOMAN TAKES POISON
Young Man Who is Accused of
Murder Depends on Her Evi?
dence to Clear Kim.
MANY FATALITIES IN THE FAMILY
Crazed by Love, Girl Who Was Being
Adjudged a Lunatic Gets a Pistol
and Shoots Herself Through the
Heart?Goes to Cemetery, Where
She Ends Her Life.
(Bpccinl to the Dully Press )
ROANOKK. VA., Aug. 7.?Mrs.
Lou Carr. of Floyd county, who is be?
ing bold for Infanticide, has al
tempted BUtoldo by the use of'.a.ila
nmn.
She Is being carefully guarded,
l?< tiding rc> every, when she will l?0
linken tu Fl>yd county Jail, wher-i Isor
nephew, .lohn W. Ricbnrds, Ilia young
Bchotd teacher. Is confined on I he
charge of murdering Maurice T.
Francis, of Roauoko, In uriibuhli, h.st
July a year ago. Hot Ii men Were
suitors for the hand of Miss Gi'ticlo
Link.
Mrs. Carr, who Is the moat Import
ant witness for Richards In his at?
tempt to prove mi alibi. In reported
to he In a critical cumlllioii ami may
not live.
In the event of her dentil, four of
the family, including the young limn'H
fat her, mother ami brother, will hi'.ve.
died since the trial.
Tho last trial resulted In a lrmg
jury, (lie same as the first, hut in tin
event of-Mrs. Carr's death, u would
he Impossible to prove an ulihl ill an?
other trial.
INSANE GIRL KILLS HERSELF.
Bullet That Pierces Heart Dcatroyo
Lov-ir'a Photograph.
AUGUSTA, OA.. Aug. 7. ?While i
commission of lunacy was consider?
ing her mental capacity. Miss Cnl
houu, nleco lo Roy. ('. M. Wilkin?
son, u Baptist divine, escaped irom
McNniighlon'.s private sanilnrium,
stealing Dr. McNnnghton's plflLd.
The girl, who was IS years old.
walked a distance of two mile., to
W.nslvlew cemetery, where she firod
a bullet through her heart. The bub
lei passed through fi pliologrnpsi of a
young man. which the girl hil be-1
ueath her clothing next to her body.
Letter Caused Suicide.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.. Aug. 7.?
Krank Jacobs, of Bay St. Louis Miss..
75 years old. shot and killed himself
at that place today under iinusir.il
circumstances. He had written to a
company hero ordering drugs, which
the company replied If would not
send, a-j there was u .drug house In
Bay St.. Louis.
Jacobs then wrote a letter to the
manager of the company here. He
was arrested on the charge thai this
letter contained objoctlonable matter,
ami his suicide followed.
Jealous Man Commits Suicide.
LEESBURG, VA.,. Aug. 7?After
attempting to kill bis sisteriv-law.
Oscar C. James tried to commit, sui?
cide by shootiii); himself with n pis?
tol. It Is said he became jealous ot
Miss Blanche Brabham, the sister of
Iiis dead Wife, because men had paid
attention to her.
Kills Fellow Who Curses Daughter.
BLUFF SPRINGS. FLA.. Aug. 7 -
In the presence of his daughter, i
W. Union, n farmer, shot and killed
Sim Mason, a young man. who had
apparently gone to call on the girl.
VVnen Linien gave himself up to the
notice he said that Mason had begun
to curse the girl.
Despondent Man Kills Himself.
GAINESVILLE, GA.. Aug. 7.? R.
F. Knight agon: for tie: South-in
railway at Now Holland, commit.e. I
suicide by hanging. Giiei over tbd
death of his Wife wci leltnoiisible tor
the act.
Woman Sentcnc^n to De Hanged.
STOCKTON, CM... Aug. 7.? Mri?
Emma LeDoux was fieiit.ciiccd today
to be hanged October M, on eiilivlc
tion for the murdm- of Albert P. M.CJ
Ivor, a miner with w'ioui she hu-1
been living. The case will be ajH
pealed.
Fatal Fight on L. and N. Tram.
EVERGREEN, ALA.. Aug. 7.?F.
II. Youro. of New Orleans was killed
ami two negroes were wounded, one
probably fatally, in a fight today be?
tween a crowd of men beating their
way on a Louisville and Nashville
train and peace officers.
l)NK8l)AY, AUGUST
sin boxes looted
BY BANK'S OFFICIALS
It Is Openly Charged That Money
Has Been Abstracted From
Private Vaults.
VICE-PRESIDENT IS A PRISONER
Warrants Are Issuer! For His Father,
the President, and the Cashier,
t
Who Have Skipped Out to Canada
?Seventy Cents on the Dollar For
Victims of Corrupt Financiers.
(Oy Associated I'lraa.)
CHICAGO. ILL., Auk. 7.?Theodore j
Btonsland, vice preeldunt of Um Mil?
waukee Avenue State Hank, wes ar-,
rested Unlay on ii ohargo of violating
the bunking lawn of the Slate. j
The ItiHtltutloii today was placed
la the hands of a receiver ami Paul
o. Blemdnnil, president of the bank,
and rather or the yleu president, lb-1
got her with Cashier H?ring, were
officially declared fugitives from Jun
Hue and their personal description)!
placed In the hands id the polleo
throughout ihe country.
Bank In Horrible Si/ape.
This action was taken by the nil*
Ihorilleii alter dovolupiiiriifa today
had showed thai the lluancea of the
lulled Institution wer? In a i|eplor-j
able condition and hud been so for
many JjlUU'H. |
Mcsldes th(< discovery of many lr>
regularities In tho iiiauagompui of
Hie bank. It was also found that even
the safety dopoi'll boxes owned and
routed by the hank, had been tam?
pered with and rifled.
The specific charge on which The
odi re Stenrlaud was arrested was ?
Ibiil of having accepted deposits at
the bank vvhon he knew tho insiliu-.
lion to be insolvent. The a ires I was'
made III the Ofllco of Chief of Pp.
lice Collins, where Stunslaml hud
?gone to confer With the head of the
police deparlment.
Seventy Cent:, on the Dollar.
Probably seventy cents on the dol?
lar will he paid in the final adjust?
ment to depositors.
The affairs of the bank are Bald
to be In an almost hopeless tangle
, ami new Irregularities are being ilir.-j
closed as the cxnrnluors go farther
Into the bank's affaire. President
Stonaland loaned money to hlnvsejf,
il Is alleged, by the subterfuge of
having employes sign tho notes.
Specific Instances came to Ugh!
during the day of Hie looting of
safely deposit boxes. One in pai
tlcnlar to which the attention of tho
police was called was that of Mrs
Lydia Herman, who declared that
$150 of her funds had been taken.
Deposit Boxes Looted.
Tho call Tor additional police was
catued by fear that depositors and
their friends would storm the bank
and precipitate a riot when rumors
spread that the contents of souk- ol
the safety deposit vaults had been
tampered with. Persons with money
in the vaults were said to have
found their suvlngs gone.
Those rumors originated In thy
butcher shop of Otto Blnura, who said
his sister had $200 In the vaults. Ho
said Hint when she went to get if
the money was gone, other st"-'
of alleged tampering with the con?
tents of boxes were passed through
the crowd and helped to excite the
bank's patrons. . ..
$l2b,000 Stolen From Bank.
TORONTO, ONT.. Aug. 7.?Clin
ton Wray, secretary of the Union
Trust Co., of Plttsburg, Pa., was ar?
rested here today accused of having
stolen $125,000 ot the company's
funds. Wray consented to return
and stand trial. "'IBSS
CITIZENSHIP FIXED.
Rio Conference Settles Vexatious
Question,
(flv AFPnelntPil It?h*.>
RIO D$ JANEIRO, BRAZIL. Aug.
7.?The International American Con
grej? at it's sesslou today, unaui
8, 1906.
limit ly adopted the arbitration pro?
ject
Kipipjihuiilu Forloln, the Argentine
delegate, withdrew temporarily today
rroni lllu conference, to roeolvo Sec?
retary Hunt at Buenos Ayrca,
The iinturallxnlloit treaty hits boon
npprovud In coinmltloo, ami will come
In a vole at the next Moan Ion of Hie
Pun-American Congress. T1ie treaty
provides that If a native born clll
/en nf any country, who ban been
nnttirnll/eil elsewhere, returns to the
country of hla origin he reuumcN lila
urlglunl nltlxenaliip upon the tlocJara
lion or his Int?<iilInn to remain and
that this original eltl/.enshlp Is as?
sumed without, declaration arter a
two years' residence In the country
of bis origin.
QUEEN 3MOKE8 CIGARETTE8.
Englishwoman Forcen Her Court to
Do Likewise.
(Ily Associated I'rrnfl.)
MADRID, Aug. 7.-The custom iif
MiioMitg Turkish cigarettes has been
generally taken ii|t by aristocratic
Spanish women ami the introduction
of the habit among them Is laid to
Queen Victoria.
I When the new ipicen first cniutt to
Madrid, Ihe eouii Indies were shock?
ed at Victoria's use of the Turkish
'cigarettes. ,
When King Alfonso heard that Ihev
did not approve of his wife's habit, be
| sent each of the court ladles 1,001)
cigarettes asking them to Ural them.
| und to boo If smoking wan really
stiifn).
ZION CITY TO PAY DEDT8.
Dowle'a Former Followers Are $0,000.
000 in tho Hole,
(rty Associated Prcnn.)
CHICAGO, ILLS.. Aug. 7.?The
first detailed Htatement of the In
dull ted IIUHS ot S5l0n City has been
given to the Investors at a meeting
ill the college building at /Ion City.
The tables showed a total id ItOIII'iV
$G 000,000, which It wan prnopsod by
I Overseer W. 0. Vollva to pay by
I funding the entire Indebtedness for
eighteen years ami to Ihhuu Imnitu
hearing ? per cent. Interest.
Indians In the Navy.
WASHINGTON. 1). C. Aug. 7.?
Among the recent recruits for Mm
navy have been n number of young
Indians who were educated at the
Carlisle Indian school in Puii lisy I va?
ult!. Cd win d M. Hills, a grand?
son of Red Cloud, the ruinous SIOUX
chief Is one of these. He Is II yoiiy
officer.
SAILORS BET BAD MEAT
Secretary Bonaparte Finds That
Conditions Are Corrupt.
NORFOLK YARD IS INVESTIGATED
It Is Learned That Contractoro Fur?
nish Stuff That Is Not Up to the
Requirements?Same Trouble Ex?
ists at New York Station.
_(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D.'C, Aug. 7. ?
Secretary Bonaparte Iihh received a
preliminary report concerning the
sii| ply of fresh meat und bread at tJid
Norfolk navy yard und similar condl
lions to those existing in the Now
Vork navy yard has been found.
The contractors have, failed lb fur
r.lsli these articles in us good coudl
lion as till' depart incut deniuiioV It
is probable) that the contracts will lie
cancelled.
Tho report, on bad meats supplied
for both ihe New York and No-folk
yards was made by Captain Little
field, id the bureau of supplies h i I
accounts, whit litis Investigated tho
conditions in both yards.
No action has yet been tak'-n by
Secretary Bonaparte because the offi?
cial reports containing nil the dati
have just arrived at Ihe depnrtme.it
and he has not yet had time to sjo'l
over them, but the verbal repoi's
were sufficient to convince him tii.it
drastic, action was necessary and, iu)
If^ss Ihe contractors immediately (alto
sleps to remedy (he conditions and
furnish meat ami bread according to
Hi'' terms of their contracts these
Conlrarts are to be cancelled and sup?
plies secured elsewhere.
The conditions at both Norfolk ami
New York are said to be equally
bad. It is pointed out that the mut?
ter relates to fresh meat only sup?
plied by the contractors locally nnd
has nothing Co dm with meat condi?
tions elsewhere In the navy.
Bloodless Duel Fought,
illy Associated Prim?)
PARIS. Aug. 7.? Generals Andre
and Noggin fought a duel with pistols
today in the park surrounding the
residence of Prince .loachlm Murat.
Genernl Andre fired without hitting
his opponent and General Negglo de?
clined to fire.
t V < i? Iii?ili'
THE WEATHER.
Thunder 'showers ort
rVednesday and Th?rs
Jay; light to fresh
louthwest winde.
PRICE TWO CENTS
AS LEITER WRITER
Respondent's Counsel Asserts Ijiat
Millionaire Attempted to Black?
en Wile's Name.
.- " n -?
RESPONSIBLE FOB CONSPIRRCY
Lawyers End Sensational1 mid Scan?
dalous Divorce Suit by Implying
That Each Other Has Lied During
Trial?Judge Rebukes Them and
Says He le Glad Hearing Is Over.
(Uy Associated L'rnsa.)
PITTSUURO, PA.. Aug. 7.?The
August tin Hartje dlvorco case has
boon closed with a brief and Impa.i
idonod address by Attorney J. Scott
Ferguson, lib; curtain dropped today,
hill urn heforu Mr. Ferguson's word
was declared to lm falsu In open
court by Attorney John M. Freeman,
senior counsel for Mrs. Hurt Jo, thu
respondent.
Ai the close of Mr. Ferguson's
brief argument. Mr. Freeman advanc?
ed to the rail and -tald that bo want
id io correct Mr. Ferguson's ac?
count of a conference In Attorney
Wilson's oftlee.
Lawyers Wrangle Like Rowdies.
"What you aay tooh place ?1 If 1 not'
take place," ho shouted ?t Mr. Fe*
[ tuition, -who colored apd cried .out:
"Thai's a matter of Veracity?*bet*i1
I ween us, I'll put my word ugnlnst
yotirs any day."
"Gentlemen, you know we enn't ?
permit this," unld Judge Frazler ami
this Incident closed the trial.
Imuiedlately Mrs. Hart Jo was mir
roumiud by attornoyu and friends.
Hartje Gets Tongue Lashing.
Hart je sat In the court today un?
der a storm of biting, stinging criti?
cism from Attorney Freeman, who
made Urn closing argument for Mrs,
Hnrlje.
Hail Je, who showed emotion > ok
lerdity when the children worn re?
ferred to, sal stolid aa an Image to-1
day when Freeman ncctMCd him of
being the author of the allnged love
Idlers from Mrs, Mary Scott Hartje
to "Tom" Madliic and the mainspring
of the alleged conspiracy to blacken
Is wife's name.
Judge Glad Its Over. '
Aa Judge Frazler stopped down
from the bench he said:
'I'm glad It's over. When this
case started, I I bought It would take
no longer than a week. 1 had no
Idea It would be mo long, i am coing
on my vacation now and wou't be
back until the Saturday heforu the
llr.i of September. I will ta|<e up
this case after that. My decision
may not ho given until late In the
fall."
Tv/o Detectives Arreoted.
Herman Staub and John Anderson,
the two detectives who were charged
with having stolen papers and other
articles from the trunk of "Tom'
Madinc, during their search for evi
I deuce prior to the Hartje divorce .
I case, waived hearings today in the
conn of Alderman F. M. King.
Attorney Edward Hartje, who de?
fended them, furnished bonds In the
sum of (2,000 for each man.
Balloonist Has Fatal Drop.
(By ..daoclated Press,)
HTICA. N. Y., Aug. 7.?WIlHam
Johnson, a balloonist, mnde an aa
|cciislon in connection with a street
fair In Little Falls today. In Com?
ing down with a parachute the.appa?
ratus failed to work and Johnson
fell upon a railroad track, receiving
fatal injuries.
U. 8. 8. Washington Commlosioned.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.. Auv. 7.?
TORRID WAVE OVER,
today put In commission %t the
League Island navy yard.
Officer Dorgan Leaves.
Officer Dorgan, of the Columbmv
O., police department, left yesterday
with Frank Brady, alla-? Price, who
Is wanted In Columbus for murdering
Mini her negro.