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HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER I. 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ROOSEVELT
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President Knew and Appreciated
Wbrth of the Late Charles
Fitzgerald.
NOEL OFFERS REWARD
FOR SORSOY'S CAPTURE
Description of the Man Who Assas
sinated Officer Is Being Telegraphed
Broadcast Over the Country—Fu
neral This Afternoon.
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❖ Daily News Special.
❖ Jackson, Miss., October 1.—The ❖
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❖ "Washington, September 30.— A
Chas. Fitzgerald, care A
❖ United States Marshal Wilson: A
A* I am shocked beyond measure at A*
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A- five children. Inspector Fitzger- A
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A- "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. A
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Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., October 1.—All the
machinery of both the state and fed
eral authorities have,been put in mo
tion in the effort to capture Will Sors
by, the young Clinton postoffice clerk,
who shot and killed Postoffice Inspec
tor Chas. Fitzgerald Tuesday evening
while the latter was preparing to
board a home-bound train at Clinton,
ten miles west of here.
The following description of the fu
gitive is being telegraphed to the au
thorities all over the country:
Age 25, 6 feet 6 inches in height,
weight about 160, dark brown hair and
dark eyes, smoothe, round face, close
shaven, rather ruddy complexion, and
wore a dark grey suit.
Both state and federal officers and
detectives are out wltn posses in the
search, and it is confidently believed
the fugitive will be captured within
the next twenty-four hours.
Governor Noel has offered a reward
of $200 for his arrest, and this will
doubtless be supplemented by other
rewards, in addition to which there is
the statutory reward of $100.
GOVERNOR NOEL
OFFERS $200 REWARD
Governor Noel has issued his proc
lamation offering a reward of $200 for
the arrest of Will Sorsby, who on
Tuesday evening shot and kyied Post
office Inspector Chas. Fitzgerald at
Clinton, as the latter was boarding
his train for this city, and who, after
remaining around town in Clinton for
an hour or two, procured a horse and
on it made his escape.
Although the Jackson Sanitorium,
where Mr. Fitzgerald was taken im
mediately after his arrival in the city
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Washington, October 1.—For Missis
sippi: Fair tonight and Friday.
Sorsby Seen Near Satartia;
Officers Hot On His Trail
Jackson, Miss., October 1.—Will Sorsby, the assassin of Postoffice In
spector Charles Fitzgerald, has been located. He was seen early this
morning crossing the Yazoo River at Satartia, In Yazoo County, having
abandoned the horse on which he left Clinton Tuesday night,
animal was found grazing by the roadside a,short distance from Sa
tartia.
Those who saw Sorsby at Satartia say that he rowed across the river
in a skiff and left the boat to float down the river. This excited
suspicion and the matter was reported to citizens of the town who
familiar with the details of the tragedy, and who knew Sorsby. The de
scription of the man was so accurate that Sheriff Tom Harris was noti
fied by telephone and announced that he would send deputies from
Yazoo City.
It is believed that Sorsby secured a horse on the opposite Bide of
the river and that he fs now headed for the Mississippi River in the
vicinity of Rolling Fork.
Posses from the United States marshal's ofTIce in Jackson left at 10
o'clock for Satartia. Another batch of officers has been sent to Rolling
Fork. It is believed 1 that Sorsby w ill try to cross the Mississippi River
near that place, and that it is now a matter of only a few hours until he
is in custody.
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and where he died two hours later, is
located just across the street from the
governor's mansion, and there was a
good deal of excitement there from 7
until 10 o'clock, the governor did not
learn of the murder until the next
morning, when he went to the union
station with his wife, who was taking
an early train for Crystal Springs to
attend 'a funeral, and when he saw
some of Mr. Fitzgerald's relatives get
off the train.
That the governor was following the
old maxim "Early to bed," etc., on that
night is again demonstrated by the
fact that the biggest Are that has oc
curred here in the past three or four
years was burning during all the early
part of the night near the union sta
tion, and this, too, escaped his ob
servation until the following morning.
FITZGERALD'S FUNERAL.
Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., October 1.—The
funeral of the late Chas. Fitzgerald
took place from the residence of the
family in this city this afternoon and
was largely attended.
BOARD WALK VICTIM
LEAVES HIS HOSPITAL
Baltimore, Md., October 1.—Charles
H. Roberts, the wealthy Baltimore vic
tim of the mysterious board walk
shooting, was able to leave the hos
pital today. He still refuses to dis
cuss the identity of his would-be as
sassin.
fV. L. Douglass Refuses
Gubernatorial Nomination
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Hearst News Service.
Boston, October 1.—The state Dem
ocratic convention In session here to
day Is characterized by few contests,
and everything is working fta harmony.
FLEET
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Hearst News Service.
Manila, October 1.—3 p. m.—A mes
sage from the American fleet this af
ternoon indicates that the ships are
less than 300 miles away and should
arrive early Friday afternoon. The
fleet will spend most of its time in the
Philippines at Cavitte, where the ves
sels will coal.
None of the sailors will be allowed
shore leave and the stop at Manila
will be cut as short as possible on ac
count of the cholera situation.
WILBUR WRIGHT
GETS HIS REWARD
FOR LONG FLIGHT
Paris, October 1.—The Aero Club
today sent a check of $1,000 to Wilbur
Wright for the longest trip over a pre
scribed course, the official flight be
ing one of one hour and seven minutes,
made on September 8.
flight of one hour and thirty-one min
utes was not considered, as it was
made after sunset.
The recent
W. L. Douglass will not accept the
nomination for governor and It Is
probable that the honor will fall to
State Senator James A. Vahey, a warm
friend of the ex-governor.
PRINCIPALS IN GIGANTIC NEW YORK BROKERAGE SWINDLE.
Below to the right Is Albert O.
Brown, and above to the left, Is Ed P.
Buchanan, two of the members of the
firm of A. O. Brown & Co., five of
whom have been arrested charged
with grand larceny on the complaint of
Miss Helen S. Abernethly. She says
that she paid the firm $1,804.38 for 25
shares' of Common stock of the United
States Steel Trust and 20 shares of
Common stock of Misouri, Kansas and
Texas Railway, which was never de
livered to her.
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Nek York, October 1.—Evelyn Nes
bit Thaw, who was refused admission
when she went to the prison at White
Plains to see her husband, will ask
the courts to issue an order compell
ing the sheriff to admit her.
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"I sup
pose this is the work of Harry's law
yers," she said, " or p erhaps another
one of Harry's freaTWUl
h notions."
Three Machine Companies
Enter Hattiesburg Territory
Deal With Watkins Machine Works is Closed and Bob Welborn Takes
_ Charge-Means Big Things For City of Hattiesburg.
Three large machinery and mill sup
ply houses of Chattanooga have
tablished a Mississippi sales depart
ment in this city and will keep
hand in Hattiesburg all material and
machinery needed in~ saw mill
struction and repairs.
This acquisition to Hattiesburg's
commercial circles is the result of the
concluding of negotiations which have
been pending for some time between
the Watkins Machine and Foundry
Company and the Wheelen Machine
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GIRL WAS
Picked Up In Park By Two Men
and Carried to House Where
She Remained Six Weeks.
Hearst News Service.
New York, October 1.—Miss Lena
Thorn was rescued by officers this
morning from a lonely house on the
East Side, where she has been de-*
tained as a prisoner for six weeks. The
girl was kidnaped from a public park
while selling flowers and carried to -the
place and members of her family and
the police had about given up all hope
of finding her alive.
Antonio Susse, aged 26, who was in
the house when the officers forced
open the door, attempted to kill the
girl. He was arrested.
Annlq Carle, aged 30, another inmate
of the house, was arrested, charged
with complicity in the kidnaping of
Miss Thorn.
According to the story of the girl, j
Works, Chattanooga, the Chattanooga
Machine Works, of Chattanooga, and
the Eagle Saw Works, of the same
city.
Complete lines of all goods manufac
tured and carried in stock by the three
large concerns will be kept at the
plant and warehouse of the Watkins
Machine and Foundry Company, in
this city, and Mr. Bob Wellborn, for
merly salesagent in this territory for
the Wheelen Machine Works, of Chat
tanooga, will be in change of the sales
she was passing through a dark nook
in the park, when she was suddenly
seized by two men and carried to the
house where she was found today. The
doors were kept locked and she
allowed to communicate with
on the outside.
was
no one
TEDDY WILL
HUNT ALONE
Those Who Expected to Ac
company Him to Africa Are
Doomed to Disappointment.
Hearst News Service.
Washington, October 1.—It
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made plain today that those trappers
and rough-riders who had hoped to
accompany Roosevelt on his hunt for
big game In Africa would be disap
pointed. He will be accompanied by
none but his son, Kermit. Two taxer
dermists of the National Museum will
go along, but they will not he Invited
directly. The President has asked the
museum to detail two men who will
stuff such specimens as the museum
may desire for preservation or dis
play.
.department of the combined stocks.
The advantage of this deal to the
Hattiesburg district is that it will
able saw mills in the district to get
their repairs and supplies which they
have been buying from these houses,
without delay and right at hand in
stead of having to place orders and
wait for the goods and parts to be
shipped from Chattanooga. A nigh#
force will be on hand at the Watkins
Works so that orders received at night
will be filled immediately.
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IS
SINKING FAST
St. Petersburg, October 1.—The 1
gravest apprehension exists over the
health of the Czarina, as her recent
sea trip has not brought about the im- |
provement hoped for. Her physicians
agree that anxiety over her husband
and children is the main cause for her
condition.
A.
IS IMPROVING AT
BATTLE CREEK
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News from Mr. R. W. Thompson,
who Is in Battle Creek, Mich., state
that he is Improving and doing nicely.
Mrs. Thompson, who is with him, will
return home soon, If he continues to
Improve, Mr. Thompson will remain
there several months.
Mr. O. F. Grantham, of Oxford, Is in
Hattiesburg today on business.
Manufacturers of Railroad Equip
ment Report Decline of 75 Per
Cent in Their Business.
POLICY OF ROOSEVELT
CAUSED THE TROUBLE
Association Organized to Combat Fur
ther Harmful Legislation—Capital
of $500,000,000 Is Represented
Meeting Held in New York Today.
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Hearst News Service.
New York, October T,—Manufactur
ers of railroad equipment and material
are said to have formed an association
for the purpose of combatting legis
lative assaults on the railroads.
The companies represented have a
capital of $500,000,000. George A. Post,
president of the Standard Soupler
Company, is president of the organ
ization.
The fact was developed at the meet
ing that the business of the car ma
terial and equipment concerns has fal
len oft 76 per cent, during the past
year, and this remarkable decline is
attributed to the policies of President
Roosevelt and the anti-railroad legis
lation enacted by several states.
It is the policy of the new organiz
ation to combat antagonistic legisla
tion and to assist the railroads in a
general revival of business along safe
and conservative lines.
The association Is not in the form
of a trust or a combine, but a general
merging of interests as a means of
self protection.
MT. OLIVE
An accident yesterday at the Mt.
Olive compress has put that plant
out of commission for several days
until repairs can be made in the ma
chinery.
The Mt. Olive press is an old style
Campbell press and the two big cog
wheels were both wrecked yesterday,
rendering the operation of the press
impossible. No one, so far as could
be learned, was injured in the acci
dent.
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THREE HURT
I Auto Crashes Into Moving Street
Car and the Occupants Are
Horribly Mongled.
Hearst News Service.
Cleveland, O., October 1/—Captain
John C. McConnell, wealthy capital
ist, Is in a critical condition and his
son, John C., Jr., and Miss Cecelia
O'Mally, are dangerously injured as
the result of a collision between a
street car and the carriage In which
they were riding. Fred Green, tha
driver, was Instantly killed.