The times dispatch. [volume], May 23, 1912, Image 1

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COURTS TO PASS
ON LIME BILL
Constitutionality of
Former Measure Is
Called Into Question.
SEEK TO RESTRAIN
CONVICT BOARD
Circuit Court Asked to Enjoin
State Officials From Putting
Act of General Assembly
Into Effect, or From Ex?
pending Any Pub?
lic Funds.
lu nil effort to trni ihr ronM It la t lon
?>llt> of lb* "llmr Krlmllnic act," adopt?
ed h) the r*cent session of the General
An?c"'blj of % I re In In nl Ihr urKrnt re-;
uiimi of (lie Virginia I nrmrrn' Innll
tute, 11 chancery milt worn filed jester-'
day In the City Circuit Court, with n
prayer for nti Injunction to restrain
the "convict ilmc board" from pro-!
trillim; to put tbe act lulu election,!
nnd to rr*(raln the State Auditor and
Treasury front paying t?Ml any mnnr5
on account of the alleged uncoastttu
llonal act.
The ault itai filed lij twelve Ilmc
mcnufnclurcrs, nho claim that under,
the guise, of giving, employment, to]
Hmu-tcrni nnd dangerous convict*, the!
frlutc I* nbout to rmh?ik lu the bual-1
ui? of ? tuanufnclurluu Ilmc. for nolr,'
coulrary to the pruvlntoun of thr t'on
atltutlon of \ ItkIuIb.. .Notice of the
ault iraa served on Governor William
ll< ilgcn Miinn im cbnlrmuu of the con
Vlel l.lmr llonrd >c?trrduy morning by
L>?-pul> >herin Stephen Johnston.
A?k Hcatrnlnlntt Order.
'I be bill lu chancery tile.I by the
Ilmc ninuiifnf turrra "III be annnrred
I > thr Attornc)-ticnrriil on behalf ui
l be Mule. Judge Scott ban taken no
oeiloo an yet In rcKanl to the prayer]
lor a temporary Injunction. The bill
lakes elfecl June 1 !? b> which tlm- It I
1? nntlclpnted that some court order
?V 1*1 bale been entered enjoining tic
expenditure of no? lundit until the
enuMllutlonallty of the act abal! have
In en determined.
The suit ivas Mod by Attorneys
BinMon & Eggleston hp.I Richard Eve?
lyn Byrd on behalf Cf thu following
plaintiff*: The Bh'enandoah Lilnia Cbm
J...uv, U P. UUlpn, IMwnrd Ulllon. the
Kagle Kock L!mc Company, the War
ni Moore Dime Company, th? Blvcr
i.im-! Company, the Powhatan
L..U.- Company, Join; C. Braxtbn, trad*
Inn under the style of the Ilockdale
Lime Company, ana also under the
style of the Llnvlll? Inline Company:
the W. N. McAngc Co., Inc.; T, O. An-,
drewa & Co., inc.. Charles W. Prlddy ]
A- Co., Inc.; A. S. I?ee A Sons. Co.. Inc..
lor themselves and other tax payers
similarly situated,
I urmerx' Inklllii e Measure.
The lime. grinding act nas been the
pet measure for several years past of
thi Virginia Farmers' Institute. In?
troduced In the Legislature of 1910. it
failed <>f passage, and In many country
districts the lima issue Was a live one
in the election of the members of tho
l?i gtslature of 1912, many members
coming hero pledged to support, the!
request ?>f tl?" farmers for the grind?
ing of agricultural lime by the stat-j
ui cost. President Westmoreland Davis,
<>t the Virginia Farmers' institute, re?
mained In Klchmond during the entire
hi sslon of the last General Assembly
working In the Interests of tne lime
bill, which the farmer, asserted was
? ?f untold Importance to the agricul?
tural interests of the State, and the
passage of which, It was predicted,
would place Virginia in the forefront
of the agricultural States of the Union.
In the House of Delegates the bill
was amended to in^ei constitutional
objections, and as finally adopted It
purports to be a bill for the employ?
ment of certain dangerous or long
term convicts from the state Peniten?
tiary in certain lime grinding plants,
the by-product or reitrlt of the work
of such convicts to tie sohl to the
farmers of Virginia approximately at
cost. The bill created a board to bei
known as the Convict Lime Hoard, con?
sisting of tho Governor of Virginia, the
Superintendent of the Virginia Peni?
tentiary and the Commissioner of Ag?
riculture, which board has charge of
the selection of sllo.-i and the erection
of certain lime grinding plants in var?
ious sections of the stale, arjd the gen?
eral carrying out of the terms of the
act. Recently this board has adver?
tised for proposals for sites for the
location of lime grinding plants, one
to be in th? limestone section Of tho
State, and one. mar thj seaboard and
accessible to deposits of oyHte ? shells.
The petitioners in '.he bill bled yes?
terday assert that they are taxpayers
owners of property; that, with the ex?
ception of L P. and lid ward Dillon
they are owners of property engaged
and used in the lime-grinding business
as manufacturers of commercial agri?
cultural lime; that each and every one
Is engaged in the manufacture for sals
of commercial agricultural lime and
has large sums Of money Invested in
Bald business and is subject to all of
the provisions of an act of the General
Assembly of 1910 regulating the purity
of agricultural lime, designed to pro?
tect the farmers from adulteration and
Impurity In the product.
The complainants assert that they
are aggrieved and Injured by the op?
pressive and unconstitutional act
known as the "lime-grinding bill,"
which Is characterized as an Invalid
action and an unwarranted and unlaw?
ful expenditure of public funds, stich
funds having arisen from taxation ol
all the people. ? .
Legislature "Besieged."
It is charged that the Legislature of
1912 was "besieged" by certain rersons
In the interests of the lime-grinding
act, these persons being divided into
two classes: those who deslro to puY
chase lime cheaper than It can he man?
ufactured and 'sold at u reasonable
profit by private manufacturers, work?
ing under competitive conditions, and
certain political theorists, who desire
' .(Continued on Second rage.).
18 NOT IN POLITICS
Therefore it Should Not
Enter Fight Against
Romanism.
MINORITY TAKES
THIS POSITION
Both Reports of Committee Will
Be Threshed Out Before Gen?
eral Assembly of Presbyte?
rian Church Tc-Day?Docket
Well Cleared and Adjourn?
ment Near at Hand.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch. j I
Bristol. Va.. May The docket of!
tli<- General Assembly of the Southern'
Presbyterian Church has I.n chared j
with, the exception of th* report of
tin- adlnterlm committee on Romanism.
, This report will bo submitted "s the
special order for to-rnormw morning !
After the report of the committee has
been considered, which report I? signed
1 by Rev. T. C. .lohnson and Rev. A. M.
Praaeri the other member of the com?
mittee. Hon. Allen C Hall, will sub?
mit the following minority report;
"The undersigned, a member of the'
adlnterlm committee on Romanism,
charged with the duty of reporting to
this nss-Mnbly "some pra/"tie,-.l method
I of ad\!slng our whole people con'-'-rn
I Ing the dangers involved' In what the
I preamble of the Painter resolutions'
designates, 'the pernicious activity ot j
I that powerful polltlco-rcllgious orga
I nlzatioh known as th'- Itoman Catho-I
I lie Church- respectfully submits
I "Thiit any method devised to execute
the program contemplated by the
Painter resolutions would be imprac?
ticable, divert the church from its
proper mission of preaching th'' Gos?
pel nnd precipitate It Into political
controversies.
?'H is, therefore, recommended that
no further action be taken on the
r< solutions. (Signed)
"ALLEN G. HAT.I.."
After these reports have been acted
upon and other routine business rela?
tive to the closing; session has been!
i transacted, the assembly will be dis?
solved.
?'Mnnnt H?r" DUpoMCd Of.
The final disposition of the well
known "Slnnot case" was the princi?
pal transaction of the General As?
sembly duping; the morning session
of to-day. The report o (the Judicial
committee was ukeu up as unfinished,
business, and the ftetri of the report
regarding the Slnnot case which was
j adopted was as follows:
"The Judicial committee. In the mat?
ter of the memorial or sundry persons
and the overtures from the .Synod ol
Virginia and sundry presbyteries f->r a
rehearing of the complaint of the Rev.
W. I. Slnnott against the Synod of
North Alabama, recommends:
"I. That the prayers of said memo?
rial and overture* be dented, on the 1
ground ?hat the case of \V. I. Slnnott
against the Prcsby.tery of North Ala?
bama ??? finally adjudicated by the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian;
Church in the United Mates, sitting at
bewlsburg, W. Va.. May. 1910. and the
Judicial deliverances of that assembly
or. memorial and overtures to rehear
the case decided by the former c*.urt.
and on the further gruind that the
General Assembly, sitting in Louisville,
Ky.. May, 1911, after consideration of
the petition of Rev. W. I. Slnnott for
a rehearing of said complaint, disal?
lowed the petition and denied Its
prayer, for "the Judicial deliverances of
the General Assembly, of Lewlsburg,
W, Va., are not revlcwable by a sub?
sequent General Assembly upon peti?
tion to rehear the case decided by the
former court.'
??J. That In response to the overtures
from sundry presbyteries touching the
Judgment of the General Assembly at
Lewlsburg, W. Va.. 1910, the General
Assembly reaffirms Its adherence to our
Confession of Faith, as an forth in par?
agraph four, chapter 31.
"3. That the General Assembly ap?
proves and reaffirms the deliverances
of the General Assembly at Louisville.
Ky.. May. 1911, touching the petition of
(the I5;-v. \v. I. Slnnott for a rehearing j
of his complaint against the Presbytery
of North Alabama. (Signed i
?WIIddAM R. DOBYNS.
?Chairman."
Aakfl Adopt Inn of Taper.
Before the adoption of tho 'report
Rev. Allen G. Hall, a member of the
committee, addressed the assembly und
said that after the report of the com?
mittee regarding this case had been
adopted he desired that a paper which
he held in his hand should h-> adopted
also, and he read the paper, lit- made
the further explanation that he had
been In conference with the complain?
ant. Mr. Slnnott: 1. M. Paine, his attor?
ney, ani Rev. YV. P. McCorkle, who pre
sented the memorial signed i-.y the
Synod of Virginia, and sundry Individ?
uals, requesting that the case be re?
opened, and what the paper contains
Is satisfactory to each of them. Mr.
Hall said further that he desired to ac?
knowledge publicly the splendid spirit
shown by these men In the conference
and In their acceptance of the sugges?
tions set forth In the paper. He med'
the further statement that by enterlni
into this agreement, neither the men
just named nor any member of the
assembly would surrender any private
opinion nor would it disturb the law
of the church; that he felt. In Justice to
Mr. Slnnott, this paper should be adopt?
ed by this assembly.
On motion, the report of the judicial
committee relative, to this case was
adopted. Mr. Hall then read again the
paper which lie had presented, nnd oi
motion the paper was adopted. This
paper is as follows:
"Resolved, by the General Assembly/
sitting at Bristol. T>nn.. May. 1912.
that In the matter of the memorial of
sundry persons and overtures from the
Synod of Virginia and from sundry
presbyteries asking for a reopening of
the case of the Rev. TV. I. Sinnoit
against the Presbytery of North Ala?
bama, that It approves the flndtjlgs of
the Judicial committee ns to the reopen?
ing of the said case, but feels that the,
assembly can. with propriety, express
(Continued on fecond Page.X
Roosevelt Maintains His'
Overwhelmi g Lead !
in Ohio.
FIGHT NOW GOES
TO CONVENTION
President's Managers Claim They
Will Control and Give Him the
Delegates-at-Large?Whirl?
wind Campaign in New
Jersey Will Start
To-Day.
Columbus, Ohl?. May 12.?According
to returns In hand to-night from ap?
proximately i;5utl of the 5.19! prec'ncts
In th.- State. Colonel Theodore Roose?
velt s delegates to the National Repub?
lican Convention carried yesterday's i
Ohio primary b>' a plurality of about I
25.000 voten u now seems scarcely
possible that final result? from the pri?
mary will change the number of dis- j
trtct d degates for cither side by more
than one or two. Th? best figures
available to.night show that Roosevelt
has thirty-two of the forty-two district
delegate* selected yesterday, and that ?
President Taft has ten.
Although later returns on the Liem- ,
ocratlv presidential preference primary ?
vote give Woodrow Wilson a lighting
chance for one or two more delegates,
the N,-w Jersey man's exact standing ,
will not be known for several days ;
when certain belated tural returns'
have been secured fom dilatory election
Officials, who failed so < omplete the
count before taking a night's sleep. |
llow.tver. Governor Harmon practi ally
is assured a delegation of forty-eight j
delegates to the Baltimore convention, i
[?Also it is said that the convention will!
provide for the unit rule, which will
force the Wilson delegates selected by
districts yesterday to vote for the Ohio
Executive.
i nrt< Fight to Confentlou,
The dele^ate-'it-laree situation In
the Republican party win not be known
or sallied until the State Republican j
Convention is convened here. The Taft
leaders claim that they will control the
convention and name the delcgates-at-j
large for the President. But tbl
Roosevelt managers declared that late
returns show the number of Taft del?
egates to the Stale convention to be
dwindling inst?ad of Increasing, as was
announced early to-day. There Is no
question but ?iitvt the Tuft-Roosevelt
light win be carried ?nf? tlie iloor of
the state convention when the linnl
struggle In onto will be made for the
half-do7.cn deh-gates-ai-large.
In only lwenty-thi?<?? of the eighty
eight counties in the Slate were del
gates to the Stale convention chosen.
In the remaining counties ihe delegates
will be named by county conventions
Kv>n in the matter of district dele?
gates an official count will be neces?
sary to determine the exact results.
An Instand of this sort arose to-day
j In the Thirteenth Congressional DiB
j trlct (Sandusky), where, late return:!
I Indicate that the district will be dl
l vlded almost evenly between Tall and
Roosevelt delegates and Harmon and
! Wilson. Early figures gave the tw ,
I delegates In this district on the Re?
publican ticket to Mr. Taft. Colonel
i Roosevelt may now g?i cne of the del?
egates and thus Increase his total of
district delegates to thirty-three. Thi?
would leave Mr. Taft nine delegates.
An analysis made to-night of the re?
capitulated R.ooseveli vote shows thai
the Roosevelt strength was not con?
fined to any particular section of the
State or to any particular class of
citizens He carried mining and Indus?
trial sections, such us the Hocking
Valley, as well as some of the oloV?t
and most conservative urban communi?
ties in the state. Added to these was
much strength among ihe farmers. In
Adams county, where more than 1,500
voters were disfranchised not long ago
for vote selling. Roosevelt had a con?
siderable plurality. A town with a
prophetic name, White House, In Lucas
county, gave Roosevelt twenty-one
voles and Taft fjve. Roosevelt mana?
gers seized upon this incident as a har
I binger of gjod fortune
Tritt Still Confident.
I Washington. May 22.?Claiming that
I he has 570 delegates to the Ch'cago
convention. or thirty more than
I enough to assure hint the nomination,
j President Taft, in a statement to
I day, declared he was "going into New
I .Jersey to make assurar.ee doubly
sure." l-u will leave Washington for
Philadelphia at T o'clock to-morrow
morning nnd make his first political
speech at Camden in the evening.
Tho President's statement was is?
sued after a day of activity at the
White House Roiitlcni conferences
with his managers and appointments
with members of the Cabinet were
i followed at I o'clock by a meeting
of tho full Cabinet. It was stated
j later that this meeting was devoted
I to "routine business." but members of
'the Cabinet admitted that the poli?
tical situation had been reviewed In
considerable detail.?
"Our opponents quote from a state?
ment of mine, mad? .In Cleveland, th.it
[the fight in Ohio, my home State, much
j to my gratification, would be the de?
risive one," said the President, in his
statement. "and would sMlle the
question of my nomination. This is
true. 1 shall have at least seventeen
votes from Ohio, including the dele
gatcs-at-larget for we have every as
! surance thnt we shall control the
Stnto convention.
Claims Clear Majority.
"This will constitute a clear ma?
jority In the national cnventlon. In?
deed, in addition to the votes from
Ohio, delegates elected for me from
other States, of which I have been
advised since my Cleveland statement,
give me, at the most conservative
estimate, :"0 out of the 1,0.78 voes in
the. national convention, thirty more
than the number necessary ro nomi?
nate.
"I am going to New Jersey to talce
part in the coming campaign their for
the same reason that I went to -Ohio,
~~ (Continued on Tenth Page.)
BOLEN CONFIDENT
CLAUDE IS GUILTY
He Saw Defendant Firej
Shot at J u d g e
Massie.
RETELLS STORY
OF FATAL AFFRAY
Witness Has Tried to Persuade
Himself That He Might Be
Mistaken, but Retains Be?
lief as to How Judge
Went to Death at
Hillsvillc.
< Speeta: From a .Staff Correspondent.)
WythevlHe. Va.j May 22. _"Though
I I've tried to persuad. myself that 1.
might be wrung. I can't escape the con- j
elusion that it was Claud.- Allen who'
tired thr Ilm shot that stru k Judge*
Masstc. When i take into account,
what I saw and what 1 heard, 1 can't
e.. ape that conclusion.'
Thes.' words, spoken by Judge I?. W.
Holen, first witness for the Common- j
wealth. to-day. in the trial .jf Claude
Swanaon Allen for the murder of Judge
T..K Massif in Hillsvllle lust March,
form the slronff"St link in th- chain
t: ai the prosecution t* trying to forg-i
that shall convict the younger son of
! old man Floyd Allen, ivho Is now un
der suspended sentence of death for
slaying C'omm nwealth s Attorney Wil?
liam M. Foster.
Wlun Judge Bolen made this stale
; ment there was a noti-cable hush over<
Ith?.ariroom where the trial In pro-:
greasing before Judge Waller R. Sta-j
, pies. The defense's counsel wero si?
lent: the prisoner fingered his uhderlip
nervously.
Dnmngcs His Cause.
Another statement on the witness
stand to-day was extremely damaging!
to the cause of the twenty-t wo-yeal
! old defendant. Attorney \V. D. Tofnp
1 kln.>-, who was In the courtroom w-nen
the shooting broke out. thin d 'scribed
Sldna Allen's appearar.ee as the tiral
.--hots were fired: "Sidn.i Allen had :i
1 Miiile. a fierce smile, on his face as I
turned after the first two shots and
saw hltn shoot again. He had a wlckid]
j look."
I The witness said he could not see
I ciearly. hut he stated that he saw both
I Sldna and Claude standing on the benc h
In the northeast corner of the court
; room as the first shots rung out. and
: that their pistols were trained on Judge
? Mansie.
A featur! of f,-'..iy's proceeding*
! hi fore the court, Out apart from the
actual trial of Claude, was the rcleas
? Ing under JI.oqi) bond, furnished by
j himself, of Byrd Marion, one of the
I six prisoners In ths Wytheville lull
j held for complicity In the Carroll
? County Courthouse murders. The State
I has had little evidence to connect Byrd
1 with the shooting in the courtroom.
' and his only implication with the Allen
.gang, so far as has been foti'.d. wa<?
1 the fact that he went to the stable
, where Floyd Allen and the others ran
i after the shooting. Byrd w as arrested
the next morning at the Elliott Hot"1
by Baldwin-Kelts detectives, when they
? also took into custody Floyd Alien.
I Victor Allen and J. C. .Strickland.
: Strickland was released a few hours
: later.
Marlon will leave for his home In Car?
roll county to-morrow. Ills wife has
'been 111; and his reteaaa was secured
! through the efforts of the Baldwin de
I tectlvea and with the full consent of,
I the prosecution. Byrd expressed groat
I relief at being out In the open air
j again. He will be required to come to
j Wythe Court July S. but it Is more
j than likely that the charges of murder
against him will he dropped.
The Jury Completed.
The testimony of tilt Commonwealth
was b.gun this afternoon, after the
Jury had been completed at the morn?
ing session. The twelve jurors finally
selected to try Claude are H. IC Pix, J.
B. Williams. Charles C. Neff. M. F.
MLiltz, A. V. Dixou. B. C. Muddle. C. C.
Crockett, F.. O. Vaughn, M. Lu Lindsey,
W. I* Neff, John T. Baugh and W. W.
Fast wood.
When court convened at 9:30 this
j morning there remained two talesmen
to be chosen before the striking off
of four from the panel of sixteen
Thirteen vcnlremon were examined be?
fore Cieorge A. Callahan was accepted
temporarily; then two more wer? ex?
cused, and Eastwood was taken on.
I The defense conferred briefly, and thei>
the following were ordered stricken Off j
th-s panel of sixteen: William 7.. Jonasi
i A. M. Copenhaver. S. O. Fisher and j
i Heorge A. Callahan.
! Attorney Joseph C. Wysor made thft
opening address for the Commonwealth
and outlined the case the State will \
attempt to prove against Claud'i Allen,
n, llolman Willis's opening speech for
the defense was featured by an attack
upon the press of the state, which, he
declared loudly, had sought to bring;
? about the conviction of the Aliens.
"They have printed lots of untruths
j about the case." he aaid. "but then it,
Iis their business to sell as many a?
j they can."
! Mr. Wilils was interrupted In his dla
I tribe by Attorney W. A, Poage. for the
I State, who objected to the nature of
jthe remarks. Mr Willis ended with a
I reference more conservative in tone t?I
I a Boanoke paper.
Judge Bolen's testimony was in the
main the sum- as given by lllm in
Floyd's trial. He said he had not seen
Victor Allen with a pistol. He stated,
tinder cross-examination, that he haef
never heard or seen anything In his re?
lations with the Aliens to cause him
to suspect a conspiracy' against tho
court officers, lie said that at the
time of Floyd Allen's trial last March
Jthe defendant was under three indict?
ments, each charging him with sepa?
rate offenses In rescuing Sidna and
Wesley F.dwards from a d?puty sheriff
and lr. assaulting the deputy. He said
that Floyd had asked him several limes
before the trial if !>e was likely to be
sent to prison if he were conlvcled,
and that h- expressed the hope that
j he would not. for his son's sake..
I Judge Holen ib scribed how he had
j seen Clftjldc's pistol pointed toward
I Judge Massie and had seen the lint tly
from the .jurist's ?? >at shoulder an ln
' {^oiitXriued on Fifth Page.)
Favored jor Permanent Chairman
CHARLES UV. MORSE
BACK FROM EUROPE
Former Banker Return?, Look?
ing Better and Stronger
Than Ever.
;EXPECTS TO LIVE LONG TIME
I -?
j Financial World Deeply Inter
' ested in W hat He Will Do
With Mis Future.
Now York.' May ?Despite tho
J countless reports from Europe that
I Charles W. Morse waa near death's
door, and In striking contrast to his
condition when pardoned by President
I Taft, the former hanker to-day re
: turned from England, looking better
? and stronger than he ever did.
Mrs. Morse was with him and both
! were much surprised when they dls
| covered thru their presence aboard
1 was known. Their names on the pas
' Benger list won- given as "Mr. Mor
! rls, Mrs. Morris."
To watch Morse's ?ye and to hear
. him talk no one could have suspected
j that he had been so ill in Atlanta
j prison that only his release would
[save his life. When he sailed from
(here four months ago he was taken
j on board secretly at night and would
see no one. It was implied that he
j was going abroad to travel a little
until death overtook him. He said
at that time that he did not expect
to live long.
The Morse of Old. ?
The man who returned to-day -was
the man who ran hundreds into mil?
lions In such short time that even
Wall Street gasped.
When steamship companies are being
j formed every week and the eye 'of
every American slilp owner Is"turned
I toward the Panama Canal, the return
' of C. W. Morse is hailed by steam
I ship men here as slightly Significant
I of things to happen.
While the steamer was proceeding
I up the North River, Mr. Morse an
1 nounced that he would be pleused to
j see newspaper men.
During the interview he held his
hat and at times, when he hesitated
I in 'answering a question, his grip
tightened on the rim. His head was
I erect nnd his eyes sparkled when he
j learned for the first time that the
'citizens of Bath. Maine, hud planned
! to give him a royal welcome.
I "That's the 11 rat lime I've, heard of
j, ?? hi said; "I've not planned to go to
? Bath just vet. I am going homo to
No 127 West I'ifty-eigr.th Street ns
! soon as the. ship is docked.
"You can see from the tan On my
'cheek thai the trip has benefited me.
\\ hen I sailed from New York on the
j Amerika on February 14 last I was
unable lo walk across the room. Since
1 we left Southampton 1 linve taken ex
j,,,.,,. i,i the gymna3ltlin and have
walked on deck every day.
I "We spent four weeks in Wiesbaden,
I and tho rest of the time was divided
between Italy and Kngland. \Vo
tiavclcd by train principally and not
bj motor. I have done nothing but
[leaf ai.d have tried to regain my
bralth.
! "The doctors have, toUV me. not to tax
' myself, and have promised that if f
rrefrain, from undue exertion I shall
! live quite a long whiK. That's the
j h. St I can get."
Ho was asked whether Ii was true
! that It had cost him ?200,'dOO to obtain
i hie release from prison, and whether
! he hud paid 31 oo.'um to an attorney in
Atlanta toward this end.
"You hod better consult the attor
! neys on that matter." he replied.
"It Is predicted that von wilt place
i yourself at the head "C the Hudson
Navigation Company, which at present
i is trying to break into the day pas
si nger and freight Dllilncas on the
Hudson River," he was (old,
He listened intently lo the question,
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RECOVERED HERE
Richmond Police Secure It From
John Adcock, Cousin
Of Dillon.
DECLARES HE IS INNOCENT
-
Dillon. W ho Committed Suicide
After Murdering Girl, Will
Be Buried To-Day.
The last bit of mystery surroundingl
the Los Angeles. California, "Bungalow
Murder" wan cleared up last nlgtit with
the recovery in Richmond of the
jewels of the dead woman, Minnie
Wulnn. of Chicago.
It was ^conclusively proven by the
Chicago police on Tuesday that Miss
Qulnn was murdered L>> C. C. Dillon,
of Richmond, who was killed Saturday
night by a passenger train In Chicago.
The body of Dillon arrived In Rich?
mond yesterday afternoon at 3:30
O'clock by way of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Hallway, and was at once turned
over to an undertake.-.
About half an hour before the ar?
rival of the train the following dis?
patch was received by Chief 01 Po?
lice Werner from Captuin of Detectives
John J. Halpln. of Chicago:
"John Adcock, -with body of C. C.
Dillon, will arrive your city 3:30 P. M.
I Adcock is live feet eight or nine inches;
sli uder build; smooth face. Diamond
ring, gold bracelets, watch and chain,
with Initials M. K. Q. on watch, prop
I orty of woman murdered in Los An?
geles, have turned over to your officer.
Property given to hi mby Mrs. Dillon.
Kxpress to me."
Detective-Sergeant Bailey hurried to
the Main Street Depot just as the train
bearing Dillon's body and Adcock ar?
rived. Adcock was not to be found.
Says He Im Inniiceiil. ,
However, with Dctcct'vc-Sergeant
Helton, Detective Bailey later locutedj
Adcock at his home, 1413 West Main
Street. The latter n; once admitted
having the Jewelry und did not hesi?
tate to turn it over to the detectives
lie denied that it had been given him
bj Mrs. Dillon, but says It was handed
him by John Dillon, i brother of the
oead man, who lives at 17o;t West Main
Street, with his mother and slstors,
Adcock. who Is a cousin or the Dil?
lons, left Saturday with John Dillon
tor Chicago to return with the body.
Accoidltig to his story, Mrs. Dillon
turned the jewelry over to John Dillon,
and the latter gave it to Adcock to
bring to Richmond with Instructions to
give It to his mother. .Mrs Sarah D.
Dillon, of 170?, West Main Street.
Mrs. Dillon was not permitted to fol?
low the body of her husband to Rich
mbnd, and John was .iis.. detained,
This was the result Of her statement
to the Chicago police that her hus?
band had given her the jewelry be?
longing to the victim of the bungalow
murder. At several points between
Chicago and Richmond the police of
the former city attempted to have Ad?
cock stopped, but owing to a faulty
description of him he was not located
until he reached his home In this city.
lie was perfectly frank concerning
the matter and offered to aid tho detec?
tives In any way possible. The local
police say that he Is not Implicated
In the affair In any way, but was mere?
ly acting as a friend in bringing the
property to Richmond.
Mrt>. Dillon'* Confession.
Mrs. Dillon told the pollcp on Tues?
day that after her husband's return
from the West he gave her the low'olry,
and shj was of the opinion that he had
bought It as a present for her. She is
said to have add^d that she gave the
jewelry to Ad.'ock, but the letter's
statement on this point does not agree.
With the exception of the missing
jewelry, the Chicago police Anally
?olved the problem attached t- the I.o.
Angeles murder, which took pla< c
about a month ago, after it ha 1 baffled
the California and Denver police. It
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'Organization\' Smiles
at Assurance of Jersey
Man's Followsrs.
BYRD MAY NOT GO
TO BALTIMORE
Believed That Speaker of House
and Wilson Leader Will
Not Be Elected Delegate
Chances of H. M. Smith. Jr.,
Diminishing?Hay for
Permanent Chairman. i
Smith Withdraws;
Ayers Takes Field
Norfolk, Va.. May ?In the
hope of helping Hie Woodrovt \\ 11
aun Cime; II. St. Smith. Jr., of llleh
mimd, withdrew at midnight ub n
candidate for pormnnent ohuirninii
?>f the convention. A nioveroeut
wh* nt once begun tn"-ani Cicuvral
Hufun A. Ayera, of H l?r, dm the
Wilson ennrllilnte fur chairman, In
the belief thnt General Ayera will
get Southwest vole* nnd thnt the
convention villi not turn lilm down
while a candidate for Congress. He
Trill oppose CiinErrn.tinnn Janei
llii?, the nrKHnlzntton eiimlldnte.
In n statement tn-nlcht. Speaker
Djrnl further thrown do? n IiIh ile
flaure to the "machine," ?a; Ins
thnt the Vleniorrat* of the State arc
at competent to express their
Choice for President n? arc n few
polltlelnna. He nnnouneen thnt he
will flu Ii t to the last ditch to-mor?
row.
BY ALEXANDER FORWARD,
Norfolk, Va.. Slay ?"Wo have tho
convention for Woodrow Wilson."
[jubilantly announced Richard Evelyn
Byrd, Speaker of tho House of Dele
i nates, at the conclusion of a mo'-tlng
I of the New Jersey man's followers
held to-nigh*, at his headqitartcra at
the Monticello Hotel. There was en?
thusiasm in a marked degree, and the
I gathering was largely attended. It
was rather slgniiicant. however, that
although the roll of counties and
cities, was culled to ascertain the Wil?
son strength, no announcement of the
result was made.
"I think we can say," said one of
the. secretaries, "that we have the
l-'irst, Second, Seventh and Tenth dis?
tricts by good majorities, and wo have
strength In all.
Speaker Byrd. who presided over
the meeting, explained that no re?
sponse was had from some Wilson
counties because their delegations
have not yet arrived.
Smile nt Wllaou Claims.
Organization leaders smile at the
rdalni that Wilson followers will con?
trol the Slate Democratic Convention
when ll meets to-morrow. They are
as confident as ever that the delega?
tion 10 Baltimore will be untnstruct
I cd, and that no resolution of any sort
will be passed favoring the candidacy
I of any one.
The speech made to-night at the
[Wilson mooting by H. M. Smith, .Jr.,
of Richmond, may cost him his seat
In the Baltimore convention as pun?
ishment for his temerity. He mani?
fested a good deal of bitterness re?
garding the way In which Wilson
sentiment, as he sees the situation,
j has been stilled in this State.
'The development of the past few
: months in Vlrgnta," shouted Mr*
[Smith, "have convinced me of tho de?
sirability of presidental preferential
primaries."
The Wilson men yelled their' ap?
proval.
'.More than that." said Mr. Smith,
"I announce my conversion for tho
first time to the principle of the re
[ call."
The evident allusion to party leaders
wus loudly cheered. Mr, Smith said
later he didn't, of course, speak of
judges in his reference to the recall.
Remarks of this kind attributed to tho
Richmond lawyer as having been made,
during tho day Iwve caused party
leaders to talk as if he will not bo
made a delegate to Baltimore even, al?
though the application of tho unit ruin
would prevent the easting of Iiis vote
for Governor Wilson.
Other speakers at the Wilson meat 4
Ing were Speaker Byrd. Marry St.
George Tucker and W. G. McAdoo. pC
New York. Wilson managers, On ,ul
lo?rntnenl, the Wilson people marched
to the lobby, shouting for their fa?
vorite.
To avoid a fight, organization men
have made numerous overtures to day
In deference to the WlUpn Strength.
One of these, apparently coming from
Representative II D. Flood, was tc.it
the Tenth District delegation be di?
vided electing eight men With half V
vote each and giving Wilson four.
In fact, it is for the sake o. !..->
mofty that Mr. Flood would bo willing
to stVp aside as a delegato-ttt-targo and
permit speaker Byrd. the Wilson Kad?
er, to go In his stead.
Proposition* t'aat Aside.
All propositions were thrown to th?
winds by the Wilson meeting to-night;
\ 'motion offered by former Senator
Vubrey R strode, of Amtierte. o>?l
adopted with i whoop, was that -no
aim for Wilson be carried Into every
district meeting to-morrow. It Wll
be war to the last ditch.
Half ? dozen Wilson men on thej
Virginia delegation to Baltimore ? >nl?
b.V of no effect if the majority is op
? th.. view Jersei Governor
C tlme.hono,edOWruie of= the Vir?.
, democracy l* that the dolcg.Ml9i?
shall vote as a unit on .Hl matten..
1 u seems very doubtful now u sp-wE.
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