Bluefield evening leader. [volume], May 16, 1908, Image 1

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TERRIBLE
TRAGEDY
KNTIRK FAMH.I MrRIlFKFI) IX
+ cdui itLon.
Mat tea wan. x. J.. May ic.—A
tragedy was discovered on the farm
I
of W. P. Shephard, mar the village
of Wickatunk, today, when Shep
hard. lii:t wile, and servant, named
Jennie Handy, and ten-months-ald
thlkl or Shephard's were found dead
in a farm house. All were literally
riddled with bulletH. The |K>sltion
o* the bodies and general olrctim
* lance point to brutal murder. A
'arm hand ‘mployod on the place is
missing and the entire countryside
! being hunted by hundreds or
farmers. The entire family was shot
i own in cold blood. The motive
for the crime Is not yet apparent as
'< Is not known whether robbers ha I
I een invited to the place by reports
ef large sums of money hidden on
the premises. The baby was not
wounded as badly as the other and
lived for some time after the trage
'"v, but died as geon ns help ar
rived.
MRS. eUNNESS IS
DUD
I.APOItTK WOMAN WIIO LlTtF.D
DOZKN I’KItSONK TO Til KID
DKATIIS CKKMATKD — JAW
HONK IDKXTIFItifl liV »| KK
OLD DKXTIHT.
w _
Import®, Ind., May 1C. —“Identl
fcation of tin* piece of Jawbone
* Icon from the ruins or the Gun
£*•*•» farm house as a portion of
n\ Hull tiiiiiiKoi' skull, b<ars out
i lost conclusively the contentions of
t ie state regarding the identity of
t ie bodie.- found in the cellar on
/ pril 28. it Is tin* clinching bit of
< vidonco which should set at rest
t ie rumors that Mrs. Gun ness had
r reaped.”
This at at mient was made by
Knlph N. Smith, prosecuting attor
r ‘V, last night, following a report
f 'uni I »r. (’. P. Norton, a dentist,
v ho found that the piece of charred
IlKLMnvT nil’.
Daily.
Full Course Dinner*.
12 to :t p. iii.
r»Oc.
H. I>. MASTIN', Proprietor.
A. G. SIMS, Manager.
bone presented characteristics which
h« ha i observed while working on
her teeth. Only two natural teeth,
a cuspid on each side of the lower
jaw. had remained in the woman's
utouth and tb>» piece of twine found
yesterday shows that all teeth ex
cept the cuspids had been extracted
from the Jaw of the skuil to which
| It belong'd.
The first of the Gunnels victims
to be t.tried with Christian rights
was hurled by lantern light last
"Ight in a cemetery In the outskirts
of I,a|H>rte. The corpse was that of
Andrew K. Ilelgeleln, of Mansfield.
S. IV. the Inst nxpit to meet his death
in the trap to which Mrs. Cunnrss
lured her victims.
The starch of the Gunness pret't
jNi-s v>dtu icv- hd II ‘ e *• ,:i.j
Ia tie© The »i•con.nt *! c Vo*
produced several lilts of bone, but
none of them is ofsufflclent sir.* er
well enough preserved to rurtiish
proof of ‘.heir origin.
oeciMs
TESTIMONY
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I
KKKI’KItS OF TOMBS SAY THAW :
WAS PKRFKCTLY RATIONAL_
.1 FRO MB WORSTFI > RY BRAIN- !
STORM K.XPKRT.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. May It;.—
The morning session of th.» Thaw
hearing opened at it o’clock. Michael
Cummings and Lawrence Creary,
k.*ep**rs at the Tombs prison, testi
fied that whll» Thaw was in their
charge he was always perfectly ra
tional. I)r. Britton D. Rvhiih, Je
rome’s old foe. testified that he had
examined Thaw nine times before
the first tria^ and h;«A carefullf
watched bint during court proceed
ings. He declared that the testl
monf of Drs. Flint and McDonald In
regard to Thaw’s mental condition
during trial was entirely wrong.
“Thaw was sometimes nervous, but
never irrational.’' he s&ld. J)j.
Rvans concluded direct examination
by declaring he believed Thaw >o
be sane today. Jerome was worsted
lu the first verbal bout with the
“brainstorm" expert. I-ater he In
sisted that lie bad succeeded In for
getting all tb* evidence at the for
mer trials. “Will you sw’ear to
that?" asked Jerome. “I will,” said
Rvanp.
IJ MBKR MILLS ClAISF
ON ACCOUNT OF STRIKF. i
Pensacola, Fla., May 10—A strike
at tli ' big mills of the German- |
American Lumber company, at Mill- I
vllle, east of Pensacola, is on, and
the plant haH closed down. The
strike Is claimed to be due to a sec- |
on.l cut of wages by mill owners.
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III,UEFIELD JVEST VIRGINIA
MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
METHODIST
CONFERENCE
CONVKXKH IX KAI.TIMOKK—
PltKMIlIKXT HOOSKVMI/r A XI*
VICK Pf<Ktt||*K\T FAIKUAX KS
AIIDRHHK liKUXIATKS.
Baltimore. Md„ \Ja.v 16- The
general inference of the Method Iftt
Kplscopal church o|>ened at 8:30 a.
in., with Bishop Win. Burt presid
ing. Delegates left for Washington
at 11 a. tu*. where* they will remain
during the afternoon as guests of
the American University. President
KooScvelt and Vice President Fair
banks will make addresses. Bishop
Karl Cranston will also speak.
WYOM1XCJ FOR Hit V AX.
Plat form Favor* Fleet ion of Heim
tor* by Popular Vote.
i
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Cheyenne. W.vo.. May 16.—The
Democratic state convention has se- 1
lected delegates to the national con-j
ventlon and instructed for William j
J. Bryan.
iii" Duke of WtMtmlnstor Intend*
i i come to Anie.rirn to recapture
* ie Noulidfr trophy for motor boats
'hlch wan carried oft tiy the Dixie.
»ii V filer lean bout, in l ;i()7. in tin*
plduro ure shown the Dnk • an I the
I u< hess of West minster, till, wire.,
r ii'el tin* Wolsny-Dedderiy boat,
which the Duke will steer himself
in the com I hr International race.
A TURBULENT
CONVENTION
Mercer County Republicans Meet and by the Use
of the Gag Force Through the Ticket as
Forecasted in Yesterdays Leader
The Convention Was Largely Attended
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%X IXI»KI»KXI>KXT CANDIDA Tl!.
The party that "does thlnga"
held a convention today and did a
few more tiling* 00me of which
were not on the progrnm. Th •
country people attended the conven
tion today in conalderahle number*
and they had a voice In the con
vention. a loud voice, but the chair
waa a little * deof" anil did not hear
them. The alate went through aa
forecasted In yesterday’« Leader,
hut mot without some pridty big
cracka In It that a**ure* it* aniash
Ing In November. The writer has
attended aome pretty rank conven
tion*; he ha* Been a chairman over
ride the will of the convention, but
never In all hi* experience has he
*ecu one to equal today'* perform
ance for audacity and plain violation
of all parliamentary procedure.
The convention wa* called to or
der by ffon, Isaac T. Mann, county
chairman, who called to the chair
Hon. .1. (\ Pack, of nramwell. W.
(\ Hedrick and .1. ip. Morgan were
made secretaries and the temporary
organization wa* made |**rmanont.
The voter* were divided by district*
and elected their district chairmen
and secretaries.
On re-n**omb1lng the chair an
nounced that the convention was
ready Tor nomination*. The flr*t
nomination* went through with a
rush. W. P. Hawley waa named fo?>
the legislature by Judge Sander*
and bln nomination wa* made by ac^
clam-atlon. A M. Sutton presented
the name of R. 0. Lilly and he was
also nominate I for the ’egisiatiire
by acclamation. .1. H. dollehon
nominated A. M. Sutton for prose
cuting attorney in a very neat
speech In which h‘ showed that he
had not yet recovered from a little
drubbing administered his partv In
niuefleld a few day* ago. Mr. Ool
lehon didn't want a thing of that
kind fn happen again ko h* look a
e< nrre that Itk pretty certain to
bring iff about jraitlie/r |mu| Judg*
inient. Mr. Hutton's nomination win
jalxo made tiy acclamation, on mo
jtlon of J. p. D. Gardner, the col*
;oied attorney of Hramwell.
Hon. FI, K Keller call»d attention
| to the Importance of the office of
assessor and named for the position
I'SouIre (Jeo. P. ffylton. of ftrani
weii. JVm Worley second'd the
nomination and It went fl,r»ugh
with a whoop. W. r. Ifedrirl;
placed f. j. Rlllson in nomination
for sheriff. Mr. pm,on Wa„ n )f))N
nated »»y aoctamation.
•Fudge ,f. Prank Maynard in a
speech of half an hour in which he
"pointed with pride” to ‘verythlng
the Republicans had ever done, and
denounced everything the t»-mo
< rats had done and many thing*
Hi >y had never even thought of do
ing. told of the glorb of the party
that had given u* Oranf. and Hanna,
Roosevelt. Hooker Washington and
Judge .Maynard, had put down the
rebellion (the ex-Ponfe| • rates for-,
got to rhecr>, and created the great*
e*f financial system In the world
f which eongr.s* in now trying to
amend), named F I,. How man for
county clerk. There were loud calls
of Hentz and some one nominated
dilm. Hi* nomination was seconded
■«> several people. Home one- *rl *d
to place I,. A. lewder before the
convention, but the n dse was too
great for him to b<* heard. K,dward
Cooper moved that »)>.* nomif.ation
of Howman be mad ) by arciamn; »o«,
and the rhalr declared the motion
carried while at least sixty per cent,
of the eonv *1)1101) was shouting for
Hentz. Hentz went up to flu* chair
man and shaking hi- fist in hi face
denounced his n* ion and the chair
agreed to call the matter lip and let
S. 'ntz'H name l»o. presented to the
convention, l>n» at the clone of the
convention, when Mr, Sent/, and Mr.
Bowman were called up, -the matter j
wan submitted to the county com
mittee for I?h action, and on the re
fusal of .Mr. Itowman to withdraw
hls nomination and allow a vote, the
matter was declared cloned. Mr.
Sent/, thereupon announced himself
an Independent candidate,
Kdward foop.T then nominated'
W. M. Hmrakcr Tor rirculf clerk and
hls nomination went through with-4
out opposition.
And now ramo the real battle of>
the convention. Judge Sanders
nominated the ring candidate for
county eoniinlsHloner. Davis Thorn.4
nnd hls nomination was seconded
amid loud cries for Thorn. Itev.
T. Boyd Book then toyk the stand
nnd placed in nomination K. Wetd»
Hale. J. B D. Gardner, James VVI- i
ley seconded the nomination for !
(Thorn. IMward Cooper moved that ,
Thorn b nominated hy acclamation,
hut his chairman weakened mi him
and allowed the convention to take
a vote. The convention divided hy
districts and In flock district there
was about th«* most turbulent con
vention you ever saw to have only
f»ne or two little flghfx'in It. It was
plain to ■ c tiiat lisle had the great
est majority of the district, hut the
ring was determined to nominate
Thorn. The vote was announced by
districts a follows;
Thorn Heaver Bond. 34 sfl
1 laths! l(oek, 24; Hast Itlver, if 1-3
[Plymonth, ft-10th* of one vote;
Jumping Branch. 1-1% of a vote.
Hale Ho k. 37: B«aver Pond,
lb 29-1 I .Mbs; Kasf Itlver, f» 2-3:
I Plymouth, s 1-10; Jumping Branch, j
! f H -1 r,.
Before the vole could b»* declared
If wae seen that Hale had a majority
atwl .lumping H ranch announced
through J. ||. Uadd that her vote
had not been correctly reported,
j Mr. Uadd announcvHl It as 2 t-17 for
Thorn and 2 16-17 for Hale. This
r.h\o the nomination to Thom by a
very amall margin. At this juncture
jRock district contested the vote an
announced. The chair directed
Hock to take another vota. and
| after an hour of wrangling the iee
I rotary announced the vote (the
chairman having disappeared) and
i In spite or the protests of the Hale
followers, the loudest or whom was
tins I'alfee, the vote as read by Kd- 1
ward Cooper was received and Thorn
declared the nominee by a vote of
S3 60-100 to 63 60-100 for Hale, the
I vote of Hock on the. second ballot
i reading 34 77-100 lf<* Thotf» and
26 23-100 for Hale.
J H. Gadd nominated Forrest
Walker for county surveyor. Ills
nomination was math* by acclama
tion.
The ‘•ring” master. Kdward Coop^N
cr. nominated Hon. I. T. Mann for
county chairman, and he was eleety
ml by acclamation. '
Judge Handera nominated W. i0
Hawley for secretary and he was
also elected by acclamation. *
The committee to select delegates
to the several convention* report*
d. and the selections were endorsed
by the convention.
I h<* committee on resolutions
innde its report.-which was adopted.
J. M. Sanders was endorsed for
stale committeeman, and tho course
of H. I. Shott as a committeeman
was endorsed.
■The delegates to the state con
vention are uninstructed, and free
to vote as directed.
The Republicans of Heaver Pon.l
district nominated for Justices J. L. i
Kersey and K. IP. Godbey; for con r
stables, W. II. Pennington and F. i
0. Haley; for member of the Hoard !
of Kklucatlon, Qeo. \. Hhlrey.
ItiH'k district Republlcana had to 1
do some pretty rapid counting do j
prevent the nomination of a negro 11
I district ticket. The negroes wuro
iclearly In a majority, hut the white *
I Republicans of the district were the1!
ASSAULTED
UNFORTirNATK AFFAIR TOOK
Pl.AC'H I.ANT NltJHT AT UlCAIi
HOTKI^-FKANK HlH’TTI.K*
WORTH STRUCK HC'llKRR.
Clarksburg. May i«.—A very re
RroHablo affair took place In the
lobby or a local hotel laat night.
While Arnold C. Schorr, candidate
ft»r the Republican nomination for
gowrnov. waa engaged In a couver
aatIon with Homo friends he waa ac
cented by Prank Shuttleworth In an
abrupt manner. Some words fol
folewd the Interruption of the con
versation but the altuatlon waa not
['onaldered at nil serious.
Suddenly Shuttleworth struck Mr.
Kchcrr and knocked him down and
before the bystanders had time to
Interfere he had at ruck the proa
irate man three times and finally
kicked him In the face.
M bile Mr. Schorr beam « number
M painful brulscH the Injurlea are
not at all HorloiiH,
Shuttleworth ia a Swisher sup
porter hut would not have acted aa
ke did had It not been that he had
icon celebrating the visit of many
’rlepda hero yesterday.
litewedent counters. Mac Perdue
tiid Kim us Itallny were nominated
or JimtleeR and C. P. Thompson and
him Tabor for constables. F. R.
ennlngs waa nominated for the
loard of Education.
A com promise w aa effeeted by
> gracing to appoint negro trustees
vherever n vacancy occurred In a
ebo<»l district In which the negroes
iro In a majority.
q> efc3
Hot Weather
Ye>» it Ir hot, but the good
looking Chap” opposite, doe^s I
not look uncomfortable.
WIIY? :
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yesterday and bought a light !
I weight Summer Suit, made by
Brandegce, Kincaid and Wood. <1
The suit suits him,
We are fitting and satisfying j
other well dressed men with ;
Brandegee, Kincaid and Wood j
suits, then why not you, to-day?
I o day you can select a suit ;
Ironi out wide range of patterns jj
including : Tans, Bkowns, ;
Oi.ivks, vSmokhs, Okkvs and
Bums.
Do you prefer a single or a ji
double breasted suit, two or three l|
piece, two or three button sack, i
the coat lined, half lined, or i
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I Famous Hopkins* Straw Hats
I In Stiff and Soft Brim
Famous Nettleton Oxfords ij
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