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THK TIMES FOUNDF1D 1SSS.
trW DISPATCH FfOLWDEiD I'A
WHOLE NUMBER 18,307.
RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1910.
THR WKATHF.rt TO-RAV?Cloudy.
PRICE TWO CENT
TRAINS COLLIDE:
MHETEEH K1LLED
Flying Limited Crashes
IntoFreightat Mid
dletown, Ohio.
ACCIDENT TAKES
PLACE ON CURVE
I!
IV
Blame for Disastcr Is Placed on
Misunderstanding of Orders by
Engineer of Freight?Crash
Is Terrific, and Trains Are
Literally Tom to
Pieces.
S<
Mlddletown, o., Julj 4.?Mneteen per
|nm wrrr kllled otitrlnht, Ibree prnb
ajbly fntnlly lmrl nnd hnlf n dn/.en were
?rrloimlj tnjureil In n henrt-on rolllnlou
between n frelffhl nnd pnnnenger trnln
on the Clnclnnnll, llnmllton nnd Day
ton nnllronil herr to-dny. Ol the kllled
elshteen iirrr pnmaentreria, the other
\lctlm helnc n member of the pnrnien
Ker trnln crew.
Nearly all the dead nnd Injured were
from various parts of Ohio. .Southern
people injured were:
James U II. Kennedy. Loulsvllle.
Ky., right l?K nnd rlbs broken.
\V. fi. Erskine. of Memphls, Tenn..
back injured, ?orlo_sly hurt.
Wlll Lltzey. Harrodsburg. Ky.. badly
burneo. conditlon doubtful.
A. F. Dayton, Latonla. Ky., conditlon
eerloiu.
Krank Edwards, Latonla, Ky.
The trains were the Cinclnnatl ?ec
tlon of the Twentleth Century Llmlted.
on the Cleveland, Cinclnnatl. Chlcago
and St. Louls Rallroad (Btg Four), and
th" second sectlon of a frelght train
on ihe Cinclnnatl. Hamllton and Day?
ton Road.
The latter was attemptlng lo make
a sidlng to Stve the passenger train a
clear track when the flying llmlted.
travellng nfty mlles an hour. tlashed
around a <--;rve and crashed Into lt.
The "Big Kour" train had been de
teve'i to avold a blocked track on
that road at Genoa. a few miles gouth
o: here. caused by a frelght wreck
earller !n tho day.
?)rder? Mi?uuder?tnon.
. .-rstandtng of orderi eaused,
the dlsaster. which was one of the *
worst that thls sectlon of the country
has ever experlenced.
Pllot Engineer George Wald had re?
ceived orders to walt at I'ost Town, a
sidlng statlon three mlles north ot
thls city, accordlng to rallroad ofncer.?.
The frelght train was to have passed
hlm there. but was late in pulllng out
of Mlddletown. Instead of the seven
mlnutes" margln. whlch Wald thought
he had to reach Mlddletown. the tlme
was less than llve mlnutes. The Hrst
sectlon of the frelght train had taken
the sidlng here and Conductor John
Weaver, in chargo of the second sec?
tlon, tried to reach the north end of
the sidlng.
Before his train had cleared th?
Bwltch polnts. the pussenger train
rounded a curve acreencd by the thick
ly wooded lots on each slde of the
track. The englne crews had tlme to
Jump, and all escaped .?erious lnjury.
The crash when the trains met was
terrlflc. Tho frelght was made up of
gondola cars, llat cars and box cars
loaded wlth lumber.
Dlrectly behlnd the passenger loco
motive and the tender was a combina?
tlon baggage ancl smoklng car rol
lowed hy a clay coach ancl a chair car.
All the dead and Injured were ln the
Orst two cars, there belng slx passen?
gers ln the smoker and twenty-one ln
the day coach.
The englnes locked into a mesh of
smashed steel and Iron, the heavy pas?
senger locomotive telescoplng lts
?jmaller fellow as far as the cab. Flrst
In the frelght train was a steel car and
?. box car loaded wlth slx-tnch tlm
bers.
Down Knibniikiiirnt.
The heavy gondcjla car ripped the
tloor out of the combinatlon car and
tossed lt and the locomotive tender
down a ten-foot embankment into a
corn fleld.
The tlmbers ln the car following
were driven wlth terrlflc force Into
the day coach, which mounted the
gondola car and split lt in twaln.
Every seat in thls coach was torn
from its fastenlngs, tho roof was
thrown to one slde and the heavy
weighirtif masslve timbejva hurled wlth
ewful force, struck among the mon
and women ln the coach. Even hefore
the crash came resculng partles were
runnlng to the wreck from the Mlddle
ton statlon o? the Cinclnnatl, Ham?
llton and Dayton, some three hundred
yards south of the accldent.
Every surgeon ln town was sum
mone.fi to the place, and calls for as
elstance were sent to Dayton and Ham?
llton.
Rellef trains were made up at each
of these places and the injured were
?laced upon them and sent to hospltals
n those cltles.
Coroner J. A. Burnett was summoned
from Hamllton and Immedlately began
an Inqulry into the cause of the wreck.
FIVE DIE IN WATER
Hunday Drownlng Accldenta ln the
Vlclnlty of Mnnhattnn.
Now York. July 4.?Flve deaths
from drowning occurred ln the vlclnlty
of Manhattan yesterday.
Whlle swlmmlng ln the North Rlver
a young Greek walter was drowned.
Another lost hls llfe by the capslatng
of a boat ln which a party of flve
were seeklng to escape from the heat
of the clty.
Three bathers were drowned at as
many different polnta in tho waters
bordering on Queens.
BODY TO BlTcREIVlATED
Afthea of Ove Gude Wlll He Sent to
IVorweglnn Home.
Washlngton, D. C July 4.?The body
of Ove Gude, late Norwegian mlnlster
to the Unlted States, who died sud
flenly at Whlto Sulphur Sprlngs, W.
Va., Frlday, was taken to Baltimore
to-day and will bo crematod at the
Louden Cemetery.
Because President Taft, Secretary
Knox and most of the dlplomatle. corps
ira away from the clty, offiolal cere
monleB here were omltted. Tha ashes
wlll bo taken. to Chrlstlanla, Nor-,
nT-kV, ....
OTS BREAK OUT
Iany Serious Race
Clashes Follow Jef
ries- John son Fight.
[OT LIMITED TO
ANY ONE SECTION
;veral Mix-Ups Between Sailors
ind Negroes in Norfolk, and
Marines Are Rushed to
Scene?White Man Fatal
ly Injured in Roanoke.
Trouble in Other Cities.
fSpeclal to The Tlmes-Dispatch.]
Norfolk, Va., July 4.?Repeated rows
lve occurred to-nlght between whltes
?id negroes, In the majorlty of In
ances the sailors being the wnites.
id twlce rlot calls have summoned
ie pollce reserve, ln order to restore
ulet. The dtsorder has heen some
llng tempestuous al tlmes, and the
onder ls that there are only a icw
rulserj heads to report.
The flrst trouble occurred on Plume
treet, and ls sald to have startfi
ihen some negro man began braggln?
bout Johnson's victory, and he wat
ttackcd by sailors and roughly han
led. Other negroes ln sight were at
icked, but serlous trouble was avert
d by the negroes taking refuge ln al
?ys and elsewhero. The pollce wer?
lso promptly on the scene.
Another row of rlot proportlons oc
urred at Church and Main Streets
ist after dark. ln which sailors bea'
p a number of negroes and clearec
rte street of the colored man.
Minor rows have occurred ln severa
ther distrlcts, but as yet there is n<
eport of serlous lnjury.
At 3 o'clock to-nlght the sailors lr
irge numhers paraded the streeti
.?lth horns, and were extremely bols
eroua.
Squad of Marlncia Arrlve.
Further trouble occurred to-nlgh
t 10 o'clock. and several negroes be
ng beaten up. Chlef of Pollce Kize
.ppeale.i to the Marine Rarracks offl
er?, and a squad of 100 plcked mei
?eached the clty at 11 o'clock, am
inder the guldance of the pollce, be
jan rapidly roundlng up the sailors
Ul shore leaves have been rewjkec!
t was thought that the presence o
he marines would end all trouble,
ln a large part ihe hegroea oi
Church Street and elsewhere are re
iponslble, being lnsolent when meet
r.g whlte men or women alone. Sev
?ral were forced to leave the side
.valks. Invariably thls was followe
ly the appearance of the sailors. an
lie starting of a row. In every in
itance the negroes havo been force
o seek shelter. As yet no weapon
ither than stlcks and rocks have bee
iscd.
In a rlot on Cove Street to-night, 1
he generai melee, Kevlll Glennan, cit
iditor of the Vlrginian-I'llot, wa
uruck by aCBriek, thrown by an un
tnown negro, and hls collarbone wa
iroken. He llred once at hls aasallan
)ut missed the mark.
CIbhIion n| Honnoke.
TSpeclal to The Tlmes-Dispatch.]
Roanoke, July 4.?Slx whlte men ar
n jail, one whlte man, Joe Chockley,
mseball player, has a hullet wound I
he head that may prove fatal, and sl
teKroes have broken heads as the re
mlt of clashes between the races her
o-nlght. following the announcemer
>f the result of the prlze flght at Renr
Jhockley was shot by a negro, wh
nade his escape.
The trouble began on MarketSquar
when a negro who had just heard ti
newa of Jack Johnson's victory, n
marked that he guessed the whli
folks would now let the negroes alon
A white man who heard the remar
said, "No," and the negro and tl
whlte man came together. The polh
had dlfflculty landlng the negro ln Ja:
being compelled to draw thelr revo
vers. The saloons were closed a ha
hour earller than the regular hour.
Physlcians say Chockley may die b
fore morning.
Trouble .Nnrrowly Avert ed.
Atlanta, Ga., July 4.?Trouble b
tween the blacks and whltes, as t
outgrowth of the Jeffrles-.Iohnst
flght, was narrowly averted to-nlgr
when the police arrested half a doz<
whltes and one negro. The bla<
yelled "Hurrah for Johnson!" on
crowded downtown street. He held
knife ln hls hand, and ln an insta
several whlte men had struck hn
The pollce used thelr clubs freely, a
ter the whltes had chased the neg
Into an alley.
The streets were thronged wlth m
of both races ln a nasty humor, b
the pollce were vlgllant, and thoug
they could prevent trouble. The flt
dlsorder arose at the Grand Oper
house, where a mlxed audlence hea
the flght bulletins read. Later, boi
negroes . started a parade to celebra
the victory of thelr fellow black. Tl
the pollce stopped at once. On t
order of the Pollce Commlssion, t
mounted men, the reserves and the 6
tectlve force were called out, and't
downtown Streets patrolled.
DlMturhancea iu Houston.
Houston, Tex., July 4.?DIsturbanc
broke out Immedlately to-nlght f<
lowlng the announcement of the Joh
son victory at Reno. Three negrc
were badly hurt inslde of an hour t
ter the flash of the result, and the i
Uce were called to quell several mlr
dlsturbances, and to break up ii
fights.
Charles Willlams, a negro, was a 1
tle too vociferous ln announclng.t
outcome on a street car, and a wh
man slashed . hls throat from ear
ear, The negro almoBt bled to den
before ho reached the hospltal,
which he was hurrled.
XcKriifK Hold Up Street Cnra.
PlttBburg,\Pa? July 4.?Less th
half an hour after the decision of t
flght was announced here, three r
calls wore sent ln to two pollce precln
ln the negro hill, dlstrlct, Street ct
wero held up, ahel Insulttng eplttn
wero hurled at the, passengers. T
pollcebeat the erowdB back wlth th
olubs, to permlt the passage of str<
v .(.coBtlnufi* ?a*t- ewomV*****"
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER DIES
SUDDENLY OF HEART FAILURE
Career of Venerable
Leader of American
Judiciary Is Closed.
DEATH COMES IN
STATE HE LOVED
Famous Jurist Had Shown
No Symptoms of Illness and
Had Attended Church on
Previous Evening?Funeral
Will Be Wednesday and
lnterment in Chicago.
Sorrento, Me., July 4.?In fulfllment
of an oft-expressed wish that he rr.lght
end hls long lir-s in the very room
where hls wlfe breathed her last, slx
years ago, the veneratle Chlef Justlce
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, Melvllle XV. Fuller, dled sud
' dcnly of heart fallure early to-day.
>ot only dld the leader of the Amerl
! i _n Judiciary round out hls days in
I the same room where hls wif* passed
j*way, but lt waa In the State of hls
M'natlvlty. the State he loved so well,
1 j that hls long llfe ended. Chlef Justlce
;1 Fuller was seventy-seven years old.
1 Wlth the chlef Justlce when he dled
* I were hls daughter, Mrs. Nathanlel
* i Francls. of Washington; his grand -
- daughter, Mlss Aubrey Franolf, and
Rev. James E. Freeman, of Mlnneapo?
lls, a neighbor and friend of the fam?
ily.
Justlce Fuller had not shown any
symptoms of Illness. Yesterday he at?
tended the Church of the Redeemer
1 (Eplseoflal). where Rev. Mr. Freeman
conducted the servlces. He retlred
1 last evening about the usual tlme, and
to all appearances, in hls customary
health.
Hls daughter, Mrs. Francls. heard a
call from her father's room early thls
mornlng. and, upon answerlng lt, saw
at once that her father was serlously
111. Summonlng Rev. Mr. Freeman. Mrs.
Francls sent hlm for a physician, but
when the physician arrived, the jus?
tlce was beyond asslstance.
-i Chief Justlce Fuller had been a Eum
1! mer resldent of Sorrento for seventeen
1 I years. He came here from Chlcago on
-'Junp 25 last. and sinre that time had
i ; bepn staylng at the "Mainstay," as his
1- summer home was called. I \
t ; The funeral services will be held at J
j the Church ot the Redeemer next |
i j "Wednesday afternoon. lnterment will
- be at Chicago. probably on Frlday.
Thlrd I,onKe?t Term.
To Chlef Justlce Fuller fell the honor
' of thlrd rank for length of servlce as
a presldlng Justice in the highest trlbu
d nal of the American government. tor
- twenty-two years he was Chief Justlce j
d of the Supreme Court of the United
, States, but Chief Justice Marshall pre
sided over the court for thirty-four
n vcars and Chief Justice Taney for
twehty-elght years. Wlth the future
n rests the determinatton of hls rank
y| among the eight Chlef .lustices of hts
B ! tory for abilltv and accompllshment.
Heforo Grover Cleveland sent hls
name to the Senate. Aprll .10. 1SS8, for
s conflrmation as Chlef Justice he was
:> I practlcallv unknown except to members
J of the le'gal professlon. In Augusta,
Me.. where he was born. February 11,
1833, he had been known as a well
bchaved, rather scholarly lad. He had
gone to Bowdoln College and, lncl
denta.ll>', there won most of the prlzes
for elocutlon. He had gone down to
Harvard Law School for one year.
Finally he blossomed forth as a full
fledged lawyer and politlcian of a high
minded sort in his native city of Au?
gusta. He became an associate editor
on a Democratic paper called the Age,
and about the same time was elected
president of the Cltv Council and then
City Sollcitor. Soon thereafter he left
Malne for greater opportunlties of life
in Chicago. There he continued in
the practice of his professlon, having
already, at the age of twenty-three.
dlsplayed remarkable ablllty as a law?
yer.
Ablllty Enrly Developed.
Hls engaglng manners, brllllnnt at
tainments and hls eagerness for hard
.i work soon brought hlm clients, and
,' wlthln two years he appeared before
l" the Supreme Court of Illinois. Hls
lf flrst case in the Supreme Court of the
United States was that of Dows vs.
Chicago, an attempt to restraln by blll
the collectlng of a tax upon shares of
the capital stock of a bank. Tho flrst
case that he nrgued ln person was that
of the Traders vs. Campbell, lnvolving
the Interesting questlon of a Judgment
against a bankrupt. Hls ability and
.,, loyalty to the lnterests of hls clients
lt were so fully recognized that he soon
acquired a large and lucrative nractice. i
., embraelng all branches of the law.
:K In commercial law and the law of
real property he was consldered to have
had no superior at tho Chicago bar,
and the impresslon he made on the
Jurisprudence of Illinois can be esti
mated by the fact that cases In which
he was Interested appear on more
than 100 volumes of the law reports
of the State. The most celebrated case
In which he was Interested was one
.ii, In which an eccleslastlcat counsel at
ht tempted to prevent Bishop Charles Ed
.?, ward Chaney. by reason of a charge of
canonlcal dlsobedlonce. from continu ng
a" to act as rector and from occupylng
ra the parsonage and using the house of
ne worshlp as such. Mr. Fuller appeared
.te in defense of the bishop. and ln the
ils trial dlsplayed a knowledge of eccle
he slastlcal law and a familiarlty with
k_ the wrltings of the ehurch fathers that
he was astonlshlng even to the learned
le- churchman before whom the_ case was
he tried. whlle his argiiments before the
Supreme Court of Illinois, to which
trlbunal the case finally went, has been
pronounced a masterpiece of legal ar
trument for forenslc eloquence.
?es b Vn thls ca?e Mr. Fuller held, and waa
3l" supported by the court ln hls posltlon.
n- that the church soclety held lts proper
les tv subject to no eccleslastlcal judiciary
Lf- or 'governlng body, but solely for tho
.? use of tho soclety or congregation, and
to declde otherwlse would be tO'over
10r rule the utatuta under which the so
'st cletv wns formed and to ignore the
coriiorato body which the law Inter
It- posed between church and state that
he they mlght be separated as wldely as
iif, posslble.
; Slngulnr Colneldenee Keculled.
t0 Mr. Fuller had an extonslvo practice
an ln the Fodoral courts early ln hls, ca
to roer. It ls a slngular colncidonce that
ln tho flrst caso hoard by tho lato Chlof
Justieo Walte, whon ho aasumed tho
dutles of hls offlco In 1874. Mr, 1'uller,
hls successor ln tho offlce, was counsel,
-n Mr. Fuller dlBtlngulshed hlmself ln
?)? the celebrated lake front' case bofore
lot Mr. Justloe Harlan and Judge Blodgett,
cts in whloh ho successfully represented
i.rs tha vaat Intereeta of the clty of Chl
?ta cago. It waa a great logal contest
.hft and tho conduct of the caso altracted
j\Z wlde attentlon.
, In hla thlrty-three veara' practice at
in tha Chlcago bar Mr. Fuller rose grad
TsUi ^ iCU?UliU_M?V^?ltft*eftl^5a^L^3
CHIEF JUSTICE ME1,VIM,E W. FULLER.
tfEGRO WITH PISTOL
DEFIES AN OFFICER
STEAMER BALTIC
ARK1VES IN PORT
3ig Liner Was in Collision, and
Passengers Were Badly
Scared.
New York. July 4.?With a stx-foot
hole ln her slde the White Star llner
Baltlc docked to-day whlle her pas?
sengers hurrled ashore and congrat
j-iated themsclves on thelr escape from
what might have been a fearful mid
sea dlsaster. The big Baltlc ln the
black of nlght laat Thursday Jammed
Into the oll tank steamer Standard,
bound from Phlladelphla to Copen
hagen. The shock of tho - impact
aroused the sleeping passengers, who
hurrled to the decks ln grave apprc
henslon. As the Baltlc lay rolllng ln
ii swelllng sea and the water swashed
Into the Jagged wound In her bow,
Captaln Ranson and his offlcers went
nmong tne passengers and quleted
them. No help was a_Jtcd for by the
oll tank, which driftc-d off and dis
appeared in tlie mlst. Some of the
passengers of the Saltic thought tho
oll tank was maklng water.'
Repalrs were made ancl a patch was
place over the hole in the Baltlc's bow.
After a delay Of more than two hours
the Baltlc steamod away on her course
for New York. A seaman was reported
mlsslng after the accldent, and it was
thought that he was knocked over
board by the Impact.
FLAMES SWEEP TOWN
L-liplodlng Flrecracker Stnrts Ula/.e
Thnt Dentroyia Benton, Pn.
Bloomsburg, Pa., July I.?A flre
whlch dld damage amounting to ap
proxlmately $300,000, destroyed slxty
buildlngs, made thlrty famllles home
less, and wlped out the business and
residential sectlon of Benton, Colum
bla county, occurred to-day. An ex- .
plodlng flrecracker, thrown among tho
straw in tho barn of George Cross
ley, was the cause of the flre.
The fire broke out about 3 o'clock
thls afternoon, and lt was not untll
late to-night, after ald had been sent
from thls place, that the flames were
under control. Fanned hy a hlgh
wlnd, trte flames swept through a
residential street, and soon reached
the business sectlon of the town, lay
lng waste everything in thelr path.
RECKLESS RACER KILLED
llrenkn Hls Xeck Tnklng Denpcrnte
Chnnce on the Track,
Denver, Coi., July 4.?"If I'm kllled,
wlre my wlfe ln Fresno," laughed W.
XV. Thorpe, a motorcycle racer, when
cautloned agnlnst reckless rldlng at a
local amusement park yesterday. With
in flve mlnutes he was dead.
Thorp, who rode under the name of
Ben Brazee, was warmlng hlmself up
before a race when he took the chance
whlch proved fatal. Runnlng slxty
mlles an hour, he attempted to pass
between XV. P, Mlller, another rlder,
and the track fence. Hls wheel seemed
barely to touch Mlller's, sllde suddenly
frem "under hlm. and he struck the
track, splnnlng llke a top. He skldded
twenty feet along the ground, struck
a fence post, nnd was pleked up wlth
hls neck hroken and hls Jaw fraotured,
. INDIcf^ENTS^ETURNED
Heimilt of Grand Jury'n Probe luto Al
Ickimi Jewelry nwlndle.
Montgomery. Ala,, July -l.?Ten In
dlptments wore returnod to-day by
tho Fodernl grand jury whlch invnstl
gatod the iillogod glgantlc Jewelry
Mvindle. ln eonnootlon wlth tho bank
ruptcy pro'ceecllngs of the Clty Joyolry
Company. Those agalnst whom In
dlctmontB wero returned are:
Oeorgo H. Shrove, joase H. Shreve*
Reuhen.T. Shreve, Joseph E. Shreve,
Archie C. Shreve, Daniel H. Shreve,
HUlian. C Shreve. Uuher N. Johnson,
_A_^cJMlcWoc Aa^^pt^Klaa*^,- '
Levels His Weapon at Breast of
Lieutenant Hardy, ot
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Indignation Among Virginia
Troops Over Act of Regular
Army Man.
BY ALEXANDER FORWARD.
Camp of Itiatructlon, Uettyarburg, Pn..
July 4.?AVIth a drawn Plntol ln hla
hnnil, Private Thoninn Carroll, a negro
member of the Wnr ColleK* detnch
ment, tblN nfternoon detleii -.reutennnl
l.rucut M. Hnrdy, of Compai-y R? Fl"1
Mruliilu, of lUclinion'd, nnd^ flngrnntlj
dlaobeycd the ordern of CorpotJ-1 E. A
llownrd, of the xuiiic conipany,',and ol
Corpornl J. E. Truehurt, ot A ? Com?
pany, also ot Hlchniiiiiil,
The utnib'st IndlKiinilon relgn* to
niubt ainong the Vlrglnla troops ln
ctiiiip, but there In conlldence that tht
reKiilnr army olllclnla wlll glve tfc-r ne?
gro juNtlcc. It la liclleved thnt he^wll
get n heavy prlnon nentence.
Lleutenant Hardy was actlng as offl?
cer of the guard of the Flrst Vlrginia
for the day. The negro trooper left
the main East-West camp road and
attempted to cross the camp ground ol
tlie Flrst Vlrglnla to tho east of Col?
onel Perry's headquarters. PrlvaU
Calvert, of Lynchburg, was the sentry
at that point, and he commanded the
Intruder to halt. Carroll proceedod or
hls way.
Lleutenant Hardy saw the situatlon
from tho front of headquarterB, and
called to Corporals Howard and True
hart, of the guard, to dctaln the man.
They commanded hlm also to halt, bul
ho lnsolently deflccl them, saylng;
"You had hetter make me stop." Lleu?
tenant Hardy then told the corporals
to lix thelr bayonets. True hart dld
so, and advanced on the negro. How?
ard had no bayonet. Seelng True
hart's actlon, tho Jilack soldler drew
hls pistol, and presented lt to the cor
poral, who, undaupted, contlnued tc
advance. The offlcer approachlng, Car?
roll polnted hls wdapon at Lleutenant
Hardy's breast. In tho dlschargo ol
thelr duty, the Vlrglnlans kept aftei
the negro, who retreated Into hls owr
camp, near that of the Flrst.
Hnd PUtol Ilrnwn.
Flrst Sergeant Marcus L. Klncald
colored. was ln temporary command o
the negro detachment. He came to the
door of hls tent and Inqulred as to thi
trouble. Klncald said to-nlght tha
Carroll unquestlonably had hls plsto
drawn when he eama Into camp, thi;
belng tho most damaglng evidence
The first sergeant gave tho man up ti
Lleutenant Hardy without demur, upoi
the latter's demand.
Carroll was placed ln the Flrst Reg
lment guardhouse. Later an offlcla
report was made to Camp Adlutant C
C. Carter, who sent provost guard
after tho man. He was placed In th
guardhouse of the Twenty-nlnth In
fantry.
It was stated at dlvlsion headquar
tors- to-nlght that a court martla
wlll be had wlthln the next fewvdays
Probably flfty men saw the negro ro
fuse to oboy the command to halt, aiv
draw hls pistol, conaoquently ther
can hardly bo a doubt of his eonvletlo
of a serious mllltary offense. Colont
Perry was one of the oyo-wltnepiai
All bellevod that Lloutonnnt Hard
was ln doadly perll, und they say tha
ho ancl tlio corporals comported tlion
selvos llke soldiers,
Maklng a showlng as good ns any I
the llne of march,' tho Vlrglnla trooi
to-day paHsed in rovlow before aotln
Secretary of War Robert Shaw Ollve
General Nelson A. Mlles, retlred, ar
General XV. XV. Wotberspoon nnd stai
Over the two-mlle courae the hoj
from the Old Domlnlon won not on!
UTTERLY CRUSHED,
JEFFRIES PASSES
ASA BROKEN" IDOL
Battered to Earth by Giant Black, Friends*
Pleading Saves Him Crowning
Shame of Being Counted
Out.
HELPLESS BEFORE TERRIBLE ATTACK
OF THIS DUSKY WORLD'S CHAMPION
His Vital Power Gone, Leaving Him But a Shell ?o_<
His Former Self, Once Mighty Fighter Goes ^
Down Before Youth and Science of Jack John-'
son. Who Makes Him Look Like "Green"
Man?Ring's Greatest Demonstration o_ Pugil
ist's Failure to "Come Back"?Retired Cham
pion Never?Had Chance to Regain His Title.
nenoi Nev., Jnly 4?John Arthur Johnaon, n Tc_n? tietrro, son of an Amer?
ican alnve, to-nlght ta the undinptitcd laeavywelght chnmpion puurHlst oi *_?
???orld.
Jnmen .1. Jeffrlea, of Callfornia, wlnner of twenry-t?? champlon flghta, ?t_
mon ? bo never waa lirnnaht to hla kneen before by n blow, to-nlgbt P"??I'
Into hlstory ?n a broken Idol. He met ntter defent nt the hnnd* of the BlaaUc
chormplon In the flfteenth round.
Whlle Jenrriea uiii not actually counted out, he ?n? aaveai only ?rom tWa
cro?-lng dharne by hla frlends plendlna; ?ith Johnaon not to hlt. the fallen maat.
njtnln, and the to?el wns brought Intra the rln_ from hla conaAr^ .A* t^e, end ^
ot the nfteenth round Heferee Ter Rlefcnrd ralsed the black mna|'a**rm,{)M*:_?aiy
great crowd flled ont, glum and sllent. '. .f%{ ?&?$'*' \
Jeffrles was dragged to hls corner, bleedlng from nose-and ,tt?^*nif^?'.
doien cuts on the face. He hnd a black, closed eye and swoilerl>t*%wi^'ktiA ^
he held hla head ln hls handa dazed. " ^ ^
Champlon Bears No Mark of Struggle.
Johnson walked out of the rlng wlthout a mark on hls body, except tv
sllght cut on hls llp,-which waa the openlng ot a wound sUftered ln tralnlng.,
Rlng experts agree that It wa6 not even a champlonahlp flght. Jeffrles
had a chance ln the second round, perhaps, but atter the slxth lt was plain
that he waa weakened and outclassed in every polnt. After tho eleventh.
round he waa helpless. It was the greatest demonstration the rlng haa ever
seen.of the fA.ll.ure" of a fighter to "cost* back". after yeara of retlrement
The'youth ktiiis-rre.ie.5bl- trv>' oiKfk. iriRr. rtiriue ?' Jeff rj'ea .ro./li... . _.r--.'?
man. The great Jeffries was like a log. The revlled Johnson was llke a black
panther, beautlful In hls alertness and defenslve tactlcs.
Jeffries fought by instlnct, it seemed, showing his gameneas and hls great
fightlng heart ln every round, but ho was only the shell of hls old self. The
old power to take a terrtble beatlng and bore in untll he landed the knockout
blow was gone.
Trents Whlte Opponent nn n Joke.
After the third round, Johnson treated his opponent as almost a Joke. He
smiled and blocked playfully. wardlng off the bear-Ilke rushes of Jeffrles wlth
a. marvelous science. now tucklng a blow under hls arm, agaln plucking lt out
of the alr as a man stops a baseball.
Out of the sea of oplnlons and arguments that bolstered up thla flght, and
made lt the talk of the world. these plnnacles of fact have been cast up:
The Ught was on the square, Of that there was no doubt after the flrst
round.
There was no evldence or hlnt of the famous "yellow streak" on the part
of Johnson.
Johnson proved hlmself so absolutely Jeffrles's master that experts. such
as Corbet-t, an Australlan aportlng and rlng expert, declared that Tommy Burns (
had put up a better Ilght against Johnson, and that the black man was only <
playlng wlth tho other man. *
The end was awlft and terrlblo. It looked as though Johnson had beetr
holdlng hlmself under cover all the rest of the tlme, and now that he had
measured Jeffrles in all hls weakness, he had defermined to stop lt-quickly.. j
Sent Stnggerlnar td the Itopea. ~*
" ' Jeffrles had lost tho power of defense. A serles of rlght and left upper
cuts delivered at wlll sent hlm staggerlng to the ropes. He turned and fought I
back by instlnct. as though he were, dylng hard. I
' Wlth the oxcoptlon ot a few fast rounds. the fight was tame. -Jeffries dldj
not have the power in hls punch to hurt Johnson after he had recelved blow,
'after blow on the Jaw. and hls vttal power was ebblng. But even before thla j
stago came. Jeffrles could not reach tho black. The blows. almost al. of tnem. j
land-d wlth all the speed taken out of them. It was llke hlttlng a punchlng bag.
Tho TeffHes crot'eh was ln evldence at tlmes. but during most of the fight
Jeffrles was found standlng stralght and worklng somethlng of hls old aggres- ,
''"Th?flfteenth round started wlth a cllnch. after Jeffries had falled to land
on the body. Johnson then tore loose, and before the spectators were prepared
for the finish. he had sent Jeflrles down wlth l.ghtn.ng left and r ght blow.
to tho paw. Jeffrles reelod and fell half-way through the ropes j
on the west side of tho rlng. Those near hlm saw that he had lo-t aense ;
of hls surroundlngs,and the faces at the ringslde were a blur to h m Hla
Ume had come. Ho was feeling what he had caused others to feel in th?(
days of hls youth and power.
? Johnson went over to the spot and stood polsed over hls adversary, hl- ?
body ready for a left hook if Jeffries regalned hls feet.
Pleads Not to Hlt Hlm ABnIn.
Ilm Corbett who twlce hnd gone down before Jeffrles's blows. and who
_ * . TL iVirries's corner all during this flght telllng Johnson what a, fool
neVa's and hotT. w.-Tfor the greatest beatlng of hls life. now ran forJ
ward wlth outstretched arms, crying.
"Oh! go *"*;:?*???" hlm.' Hia had ^ hu
Jeffrles painfull ralsed hln??? : d b,ood_ w(th tr6mbUng.
eyes were nearly .hut, and his fac & ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ &
SriflTright nfashT'tho aw. followed by two left hook. He went down
agaln Jeffrles's physlclan and other frlends Jumped into the ring.
"Ston lt" thev crled. "Don't put the old fellow out."
Sam Berger. jeffrles's manaser, ran along the rlnS calling to Bob Arm
Btr?"BrlnK that towell you know what I mean; don't let hlm get hlt:"
From Johnson's corner hls seconds wero calling to him to qult. Then the
referee stopped the timekeeper. nnd lt was all over.
The aoothlng Mnulda were aPPUed to the fallen champlon's brulsed face,
hut his heart wns somethlng that could not bo reached. As soon as he re
galned hls aense of place and of the rapld-tlro events that had pushed hlm Into
obllvlon, he took his head ln his hands and groanod.
"I waa too old to como back."
Corbett and Joo Choynskl nnd Brother Jack and the others were ready to
cry but, they united ln trylng to cheer tho defonted man.
"It's nll off wlth you," snld Corbett, "but you did tho best you could."
"Cheer up; wo'U go llshlng to-morrow." sald Frank Goich, the wcestlln?.
champlon.*
Hlng Stamneiled h>* Wlld Throng.
In an Inatant after the ctowd reallzod that the flght was over, tha, rln?t
'waa stampaded by a wlld throng. Tho short-end bettlng men were hlla,rtou??'
but .ln tha great mass of spectators thero was a feeling of personal lo**,;
Hopa had llved ln thousands of breaata untll the last mlnute, and now thelr
Idol had crumbled and thls black man stood peerless. They could not helpa
,. .(CopUnued^ oh, Twelfth. Pus*.),