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-RICHmono, VA-, TgURBP AY, APRIL ST, 1910.
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BILL WOULD MIKE
CIWMII PUPPET
Fowler Takes Step “To In
sure Absolute Freedom
of House.”
WOULD STRIP POWER
TO NAMi COMMITTEE
Han Plan for Dividing Country
Into Districts According to
Geography and Population.
Roasts “Uncle Joe”.
WASHINGTON, April 21,—"The
Anal step to Insure absolute freedom
of the House.” Is the way Representa
tive Fowler (Republican, New Jer
sey) summed up a sweeping reaolu
— tton which he introduced tn the
-——House to-day.—H adopted, tt will re
duce the speaker to a mere parlia
mentary puppet, stripping him of all
appointive power. It Ik an accept
-anew of Can non’« reiterated invitation
t* follow up the victory of the Insur
gents in the rules fight.
"The House wing of the Capitol
Was built as the fortress of the Amer
ican people, as the sanctuary of pub
lic opinion.” said Representative
Fowler, regarding his measure. "But
It has been converted Into a charnel
house of character. The dissolution
of the powers so arrogantly abuseu
by the speaker la absolutely essential
to the restoration of free; representa
tive government.
"We have already eliminated the
speaker from the Committee on Rules
Jt Is now time that we should strip
his office of the power to appoint
committees and limit Us functions to
the single duty of presiding over the
deliberations of the House.
"My resolution will establish the
principle of Just representation from
the standpoints of population, geog
raphy and the peculiar business In
terests of every section; and will se
cure to both the majority and the
minority the tight to select Its mem
bership on the respective committees.
Calls Speaker Autocrat.
"The centralisation in the spoaker
cf the right to appoint oommlttees
and to control legislation through the
committee on rules and the power o,
recognition made him the most per
vatlve and autocratic influence in
American political life. To say that
the consetjui e of these powers has
mads the o.... a gigantic machine of
political bin,* mail la only to state
what everybody now admits.
“How often have we seen men roll-1
lag In the dust of expectation be
fore this throne of political dispense-j
tion, or groveling In the mire of cow-!
surdice and contempttblllty before this
fuggfenraaut of brutal despotism.
"Wo have seen truculent sycophants
reap the rich harveet of their sub-;
•ervlency, while honest and brave
»nen have been put to the political
gword.
"Under the circumstances, I believe
that neither the Republican nor the;
Democratic members can alford to j
falter In the accomplishment of this
great reform, because the people are
now demanding something more than
mere slavish party service. They are
demanding a patriotic devotion to
duty without reference to party con
sequences, If, unhappily, party policies
do not seek the public good and con
serve the general welfare.
"What the people wont Is respon
sible, representative government; anu
they will repudiate every betrayal of
that expectation and trust, whether
It he on the part of the Republican
or a Democrat,
Division by Section*.
"Thu resolution creates two com
mittees of members—minority ant
majority, who are to elect the mem
bers of the standing committees of
the House. The measure directs the
head of the Census Bureau to draw
six parallel lines, running north ana
south, dividing the United States In
sofar as practicable into seven sec
tions, In each of which tha population
•hall be the same. The members with
in each section are to meet and elect
one of their number as a member at
the committee on comihittees, This
applies equally to the majority an
minority members, Tha proportions
representation between majority and
minority as it exists In the House shall
likewise appear on the committees.
The chairman of every committee
Shall be of (he majority party. The
•even l>eniocrats are to name ai,
Democratic committeemen, and the
•even Republicans all Republican
committeemen, acting separately,
Mr. Fowler introduced the resolu
tion when the House convened at
goon, The last section provides that
it shall be considered on May 2. Mr.
Fowler Is one of the most active op
ponents of Speaker Cannon, and was
one of the original exponents of the
revision of the House rules.
Mr. Fowler's resolution was read in
full hy the clerk, amid a deep silence.
Representatives Payne (Republican, at
New York) and Mann (Republican, of
Illinois) both registered a point of or
der against it as not being privileged.
At this Juncture Representative Hard
trick (Democrat, of Georgia) raised the
point at no quorum and Mr. Payne
gloved a call of the House.
IS OFFERED $25,000
TO TAKE LONG REST
Woman Supporter of Salvation
Army Presents Proposition to
Oen. Booth.
LONDON’, April 81.—General Wil
liam Booth had the unique offer of
126,000 made to him to-day, the only
condition being that he take a long
rest.
The offer was made by a woman
■qpporter of the Salvation Army, who
fears the General's Increasing Infirmity
Is due to overwork. The woman's
name has not been disclosed.
General Booth says he will try to
qualify for the gift by agreeing not to
work so hard. He will make only
three addresses during the remainder
of the week.
Militia Bleeta Officer*.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NEWPORT NEWS. April 21.—Com
pany C. Fourth Virginia regiment
(Huntington Rlffee, of this city held
an election last night for the purpose
of choosing a successor to First Lieu
tenant G. H. Huppert. resigned. Sec
ond Lieutenant T. N. Mansion was
elected to the position and First Ber,
geant Henry K. Valden was elected
Second Lieutenant.
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TENEMENT HOUSE
Sufferer in Anv&nced Stapes
Pound on Cot, Babe
in Arms.
NEW YORK. April 21.—That a
woman In the advanced stages of lep
rosy, pronounced a leper by physi
cians of Baltimore, had escaped from
Maryland and was in hiding in New
York, was revealed to-day.
Dr. Trask, from Bellevue Hospital,
found Mrs. Providence Mascarl in a
swarming tenement house at 203 First
avenue. Lying on a narrow cot. with
an atght-months-old baby pressed to
her bosom. In the squalid apart
ment were live children, besides her
own baby; a young woman and two
men and their wives. They have all
boen ministering to the slok woman
since she came to New York ten days
ago.
The woman's condition was report
ed to the Bellevue authorities by a
policeman, who did not know what
disease wa* afflicting her.
"I am 23 years old.” she said. "I
have been living In this country many
years. Three years ago the rash first
showed on my face. I went to a doc
tor in Baltimore, and my husband, a
fruit dealer there, paid him well. The
doctor treated the rash, hut It be
came worse. He could do nothing.
He told me 1 could never get well.
"Then I decided to come to New
York, where I could receive better
treatment. I left Baltimore two
weeks ago and went to the home of
my father, near Stroudsburg. Pa. Ten
days ago I came here to New York.
X haven't seen a doctor until the hos
pital doctor came to-day.’*
Mrs Marcarl could not remember \
the address of her husband's home
In Baltimore.
Dr. Trask refused to take her to
Bellevue, and the health authorities
will take steps to Isolate her.
FARMER KILLED
B. B. Epps, of Plato, Moots Hor
rible Death Near Booth
Boston.
(ftpoeial to The Richmond Virginian.)
SOUTH BOSTON, VA., April 21.—
B. P. Epps. a tobacco farmer reaid-:
In* near Plato, Halifax county, met a j
horrible death Wednesday afternoon
in a runaway,
Mr. Epps waa returning home from
South Boston, where he had sold to
bacco, and aa he neared Policot Creek
his horse became frightened and start
ed to run. Mr. Epps waa thrown from
the wagon, but one or his feet caught1
in the wagon body and he waa drag
ged several hundred yards. Hts body!
was fearfully mangled.
Mr. Epps was forty-live years of age
and is survived by a wife and several'
children.
M'KEES ROCKS STRIKERS
QUIET AFTER WILD RIOT
Many Employes in Pressed Steel:
Car Plant Return to
Work.
PITTSBUKO, PA., April 21.—Vlulet was
resumed at McKees' Rocks to-day when
*.*00 strikers returned to work at the
Pressed Steel Car Company's plant. It
la estimated that 2,600 are stin Idle.
The four men Injured during the riot,
last night between the strikers and po- ,
lice are expected to recover.
WAGE CONFERENCES
RESUMED BY MINERS
ALTOONA, PA., April 21.—The sub
wage scale committees of the miners
and operators of the central bituminous
coal district resumed their conference
here to-day. and If no agreement is
reached a strike may be deedared. in
which 40,000 men will be affected.
The operators say they are determined
not to accede to the miners’ demands.
JMmw Man Blind Tiger.
WADKSROBO. N. C.. Apr! 21.—B.
I, ~w.~ Bedfern, for many years a
business man here, and a man of con
ilderable property, pied guilty to a
violation cf the prohibition law in
one case, and fbuy other canes against
him none dismissed on the payment of
BWt . -fcodferar.. agreed ta-eiese his •
near-boer pluct, to-day, and sentence
was suspended until the next term of
cottrt on account of his physical con
dition.
cast. ,■ M.
PRIMARY ELEGTIOH
IS INJFjJU. SWING
Several Interesting Council
manic Contests Being De
cided by the Voters
INDICATIONS POINT TO
MR. POLLOCK’S ELECTION
‘Rain Keeps Many at Homo Early
jn the Morning, But Candi
da tea Get. Them Out
Later.
Under the rule* of the primary sys
tem, the democratic voter* of the
city are Thursday selecting those
whom they will elect to the board <>l
aldermen and common council In the
: June election.
Although the morning was raw and
rainy, a.-laOPtt- amnwntagu -nf. thu
total damocTatlo vote was polled, and
in tunui measure the general out
come of the many local Issue# was
Indicated.
Practically every voter In the city
la interested In the fight which Is
being made against Councilman Gil
bert Pollock, who is standing for re
election in Madison ward, but who Is
being opposed by a large element of
his former constituency, which de
clares that It will this year defeat
him.
Indloationa, however, at a late hour
In the afternoon point to Mr. Pol
lock’s election. In the second, third
and fourth precincts he seems to be
hold his own. while In the second pre
cinct, where the largest number of
vote* are to be cast, and where his
fate will probably bo determined, his
frlenfflj are more thau satisfied, as
they are confident that he will pull
through without danger.
In He* ward the fight of Interest Is
being made by Mr. Marx (lunst, who
Is standing for the Hoard of Aldermen
against the prese.nt Incumbents,
Messrs. T. II. Kliett and W. J. Oil
man. The sentiment In this ward
seems to point to Mr. Ourug's elec
tion, he having concluded a whirl
wind campaign, directing many of his
hottest shot against Alderman Kliett.
The friends of Mr. Kliett, though,
have been very active and are not
dismayed.
Clay ward la Interested in the con
test being waged between Mr. John
Mitchell and Councilman John V. Don
Heavy, who, with Mr. 8. M. Cottrell,
are out for the Hoard of Alderman.
Mr. Don Heavy's friends claim that
by reason of his long service on va
rious Council committee he will be
honored with a seat In the upper
branch of the city assembly, while
Mr. Mitchell's friends are using as
campaign material many of Mr. Don
Heavy’s acts as a member of the com
mittees, pointing to them as evidence
that he should not be elected.
bimetal Ticket Distributed.
In order to quiet as rar as poeatble
the campaign difficulties whi n have
arisen between Messrs, Don Heavy and
Mit, hell and to Induce the advocates
of the latter to vote for their matt
also, friends of Mr. Don Heavy dis
tributed a ticket in Clay ward, which
reads as follows:
For Board of Aldermen—John Don
Heavy and John Mitchell.
For Common Council—C. |*. Davie,
John T. Powers, W, F. Richardson,
Clarence Seaton and Jacob Umlaut
The name of the third candidate
for the Board of Aldermen —Mr, d
M. Cottrell—is omitted, while fo-r
councilman do not appear.
At the Third precinct in this ward
many of the slips were given out ear
lier In the morning by ParKkoeper
Eugene Walton, while Mr. dlonewal)
Jackson Wright, one of the City Hall
janitor:* was greatly In evidence so
liciting for Mr. Don Heavy, although
friends of Mr. MUchcll re -ently com
plained that this very janitor was con
trary to political usage campaigning
against a city candidate, while himself
being an employe of the city.
Anonymous Ultra.
Hundreds of Madison ward vote,a,
and voters In other parts of the city’,
continue to receive anonymous let
ter* asking that for the good of the
city the names of Mr. Polltck and
Mr. Burke be scratched, while lh«
friend* of both these Candida es are
openly rejoicing. It being shown that
many doubtful votem who might have
voted against both these men have
now voted for them, declaring the t
such eleventh hour method', were
cowardly, and that as the letters are
not signed, the senders were evident
ly afraid or ashamed to sign their
names, and hence the advice is wor
thy of no consideration.
In Henry ward the fight has nar
rowed down to a contest between Mr.
H. W. Gl&zebrook and Squire A. H.
Vonderlabr. candidates for the Com
mon Connell, the other four men be
ing Incumbents standing for re-elec
tion, with more than equal chances of
being returned. The friends of the
squire are confident that the returns
will seat him In the city assembly, al
though ho was forced to conduct his
entire campaign by proxy, being out
of the city on improtant business.
Over In Kut End.
In Marshall ward interest centers
In the fight being made by Mr. George
Rogers for the Common Council, this
candidate having had the distinction
of leading the ticket In the last elec
tion, and hts friends declaring that he
will repeat the performance this
time.
Messrs. Nelson, Grimes and Spence
are running neck and neck for th,
Board of Aldermen, but Indications
point to the election of the first two
but by a small majority, Mr. Nelsen
probably leading.
WICKEBSHAM WCHSPT
ANSWER' IMPUTATION
WASHINGTON, D.C_ April 21.—in
answer to a question whether he had
noticed the charge that Me Investiga
tion Into the cotton pool.trad been
started at the instances of “bear op
erators.” Attorney-General Wicker
sham said: '1 have seen that Intima
tion; hut I guess I can bear up under
the Imputation' Implied. This fa the
Etepartment of Justice; and -while I am
at its bead l shall endeavor to see that
Justice Is administered whether it hap
pens to hit the bulls or the bears ta
the stock market.”
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. ’, K .in ».: v r ’,--i v,a v l,r V
REAOYTO MEET
ANY CIREE HIDE
Mr. Sebrell Not Advised of
Charges Made Before Board
of Education
''BOARD ISSUES ORDER
FOR A SETTLEMENT
; Afte r Hearing Complaint it Di
rents Superintendent to Take
Prompt Steps at Work on
Book Lists,
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; 'Special to The Hlchjtnn.l Virginian.)
C’Ul'KTIiANO. VA.. April 21.—
1 have burn advised of no i-iinrgv*
against me before tlu> State Hoard
of Education. Am prepared to
moil mty fly llladu.
i ( wU) I told all legally iwponriWo
for any Improper or unwarrant
ed reflections un me.
jjio. n. seiihku,, si.
i -
i This telegram from Mr. Sebrell was
‘ In reply to one sent him by The Vlr
] glnlan ad vising him of the charges
; made against him la-fore the Board
of Education Wednesday night and
inviting a statement from him in re
ply to same.
Facing a task almost as Herculean
aa cleansing the Augean staides, the
State Board of Education met in the
Capitol for its second session Thurs
day morning at 10 o’clock.
The board baa before it the stu
pendous duty oX selecting the high
school text books to be used through
| out the Slate for the next five years.
It is a task unenviable at best, and
necessitating a great amount of time
and labor, \Vhlle a number of the
old text books may be continued in
use, it is understood that many new
one* will be adopted, because they are
more up-to-date or concise. The board
1 will award contracts to several score
! book firms. Each one has it* rep
resentative or representatives on the
ground. Whatever way the hoard may
decide in the case* of histories, gram
mars geographies. Spanish, Batin.
French, i.cmaan aand English text
books, and the various others to lie
use*.I in the high schools there is sure
to be smnr loud objurgations trorn
many quarters, for all the tirms can
not be awarded contracts.
The board will have before It the
| bids from each firm for furnishing
single and multiple lists of text hooks
and copies of the hooka The tack of
selecting the books may be concluded
by Saturday, but probably not be
fore.
t barge* Again** District Olork.
After the routine business of the
board had been transacted Wednes
i day night, a delegation of citixens
1 from Southampton county, hooded t>.v
[ Hubert \V. Withers, and Attorney T.
I 11. Birdsong, appeared to file charges
against John N. Slbrell, Sr., clerk of
; the District School Board.- of Jerusa
lem Magisterial district, of the coun
! tr.
i Mr, Sebrell was charged with hav
i ing collected money; and failed to r«
- furn it to the county: with refusing
! to allow his books to be examined or
l audited, although repeated demands
had been made by citixens; and with
; neglect to make the legal settlement
| of his account*.
Mr. Withers mercilessly arraigned
Clerk Sebrell, declaring that the
school official had successfully resisted
efforts to remove him from office or to
show his books, although both mat
ters were taken into court, and that
he. was obnoxious. Mr. Withers said
he did not think a local examination
of Mr. gebreir* books would suffice,
because the latter, he oharged. "would
tlx them up and show what he wanted
and nothing else.”
The complainants declared that Jl,
*00 had been traced to Mr. Sebrell’s
hands, although It had not beau hoard
of since, and he declined to account
for It. They further charged that fees
charged for extra classes at the schools
In the district and money paid by a
lumber firm for timber cut from school
property had not been accounted for.
That Mr. Sebrell excluded from the
extra classes the children of his op
ponents because the fees bad not been
paid, and granted favors to the chil
dren of his friends, was another
charge made. The complainants also
quoted Mr. Sebrell as saying that he
had destroyed a number of books
which would have shed some light on
his accounts.
His Side Not Heard.
Mr. Sebrell's side of the case w:
not heard, as did neither he nor ar
of his friends appeared before tt
board, nor was any defense In wrttlr
before the board.
lifter the complainant? conelud*
fifing hoi shot Into Mr. Sebrell. tl
board Instructed Division School Si
perlntendent W W, White to tai
prompt and decisive action again
Mr. Sebrell and compel him to mal
a settlement of his accounts at one
Mr. White was authorised to empi<
an expert accountant to go over M
Sebrell's books. In conclusion, t
was told that If he and the expe
could not get a complete settlemer
to report the matter to the Sta
: board for action.
l>r. Page Electee.
Dr. J. M. Page, of the Caiverslty
Virginia, was elected a member i
the board to succeed Dr. Charles t
Kent the latter having resigned at
gone to Europe after announcing h
intention of retiring.
With Dr. Page all the membe
were present—Governor Mann, Atto
ney General William*, Superlntehde
of Public Instruction Eggleston, Dr.
! U Jarman, of the State Female No
mal College at FarravlHe; Colonel ]
B. Tucker, of the Virginia MUttaa
Institute: Professor M. M. Lynch. -
Winchester: Professor S. JL McChe
ney. of Bristol, and Secretary A. i
; Steamer
COL. TERR WILL KDIT
STAVHTON DISPATCH AXO NEWS.
(Special to The Hlchmond Virginian.)
STAtnfrOK, VA., April 11.—Tha Dt«
^rtch^and^ Newman nouncss this morn
Col. K. & Turk xa adltor to begin next
| Sunday. Col Turk owns and edits the
Spectator Vindicator. His paper was
against local option in the election
tea
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LAST CHAPTER IN POST OFFICE ROBBERY.
Eddie Fay and Richard Harris plead guilty to the indict
ment against them.
Judge Waddill sentenced them to serve 10 years in the At
lanta Federal prison, and pay fines of $6,000 each.
The court sentenced on the third and fifth counts of the
indictments.
The third charged breaking into the post-office.
The fifth charged robbing the poet-office safe.
The prisoners will leave Richmond within the next three
days.
Both refused to say anything as to why sentence should not
be imposed upon them.
They received the verdict stoically. -
!SEE PLOT WIET
CDHON EXCHANGE
' Political Plot Charged to Admin
istration Against South Be
cause Democratic.
THINK PROBE SUBTERFUGE
Allegations Against Individual
Brokers Declared Means to End.
Growers in Jeopardy.
NEW YORK. April 21.—Wbwi
1 the Federal grand jury Investigating
i the charges against the so-called cot
| ton pool rf convened to-day a dozen
witnesses wore on hand to testify.
Most of them brought books and prl
: vate accounts and St was rumored
that follow ing their evidence the gov
| eminent officials mil coll the directors
I of the Cotton Hx change.
There was a general feeling on the
' cotton exchange to-day that, while the
eubpoenaen are dinted “to testify In
the inquiry of the government against
WtUiam F. Brown. F, B. ilaybe, or
New Orleans; James A. Fatten, oi
Chicago, and Eugene F, Bca lee, or
| Texas, charged with oouspiraey to ad
! vance the price of cotton future in
violation of law," the real plan of
the government is to put the ootton
exchange out of business.
Because of this belief Henry W.
Taft, Irotnor of the president and
counsel fur the exnnange. is watching
the situation very closely. If it becomes
probable thut the entire exchange Is
to be involved as an organization, Mr.
Taft is expected to apply for an In
junction to protect the trading body.
C. I. Hudson, head of C. 1. Hud
son A Company, with branches
throughout the country, said to-day;.
Politics Charged.
"The presentation Is political, pure
and simple, and the cotton indus
try Is to be made tbs butt because
it lies in the South. The adminis
tration in Washington Is republican.
The Souh is democratic. Tlmjre has
been much said lately against the high
coat of living but the grain and flour
corner has been immune from legal
assault. The middle West, where the
grain and flour Industry Is strongest,
is republican, so the hands of the
administration are tied there.
"But It can and Is attacking cot
ton. Southern democrats cannot hurt
the republican party and a show of
activity against cotton dealings Is ex
pected to stave off much newspaper
criticism and general attacks on the
tariff and the high cost of living."
One of the ahlcf witnesses before
the grand jury to-day was IJavld H.
Miller. He Is believed to have pro
duced a copy of the alleged agree
ment between the promoters of the
cotton peed whereby they were to
keep the staple out of the market
until Nov. 1 next.
E A OIK i GIVES BOND
AND NOT SENT TO JAIL
MttrewHua E&chu. who was before
the polloe court on Tuesday, was not
rent to Jail as reported In Tho Rich
mond Virginia. He was required t'*
give bond In the sum of $100 and this
was furnlahed by a friend some little
time after the cose was heard but
before the prisoner was taken away
from court.
Each denies that he drove his wife
out in the rain or that his mother was
unwilling to go on hta bond.
TREASURE TRAIN
NEARLY WRECKED
Coach Carrying Members of Pi
rate Baseball Club Collides
With Freight.
PITTSK1RU, PA- April il.—Bal
timore and Ohio passenger train No.
OS, bringing the Pittsburg Pirates
from Cincinnati, collided with a work
train 20 miles west of here to-day.
but no one was injured. Because of
the wreck the Pirates did not arrive
until nearly noon.
Mayor Magee will pitch the flm
ball at the opening of the season this
afternoon, following a brief ceremony
in which the members of the two
teams will raise the world's cham
pionship pennant,
[ MOTJER KILLED
Four Year Old Girl Sees Man
Blow Out Parent’s
Brains.
1DOSEXT REALIOE TRAGEDY
Tells Police “Mamma is Sick on
.Floor ami Won’t Get
Up”.
.NORTH ri.ALNriJ£LI\ X. J„ April
*1-—Information con\«yed oy a four
year-oid child led to the discovery of
the murder of Mrs. Frederic* j
Coverly in the dining room of her j
board in a house at IT Somerset Place, I
j shortly before noon to-day* The wo
man was found stretched upon the
floor and the walls of the room were .
spotted with her blood.
Chief of Police Wilse. of this place.
I and Chief Kioley, of Plainfield, with
I about a hundred men are making a
j search of this vicinity and toward the
watching mountains in automobiles.
I hoping to run down John Grant, who
j boarded with Mr*. Coverly and whom
: the children a couse of slaying their
: mother.
Chief WTtee was tn hta office when
! four-year-old Marlon Coverly walked
| In and cried: ‘'Will you please come
and see my mamma ? She la sick on
the floor and won't go* up."
Brief questioning convinced the
thief that something serious had oc
curred and he" hurried with the little
girl to her home. On the floor of i
lie dining room was the prostrate
body of Mrs. Coverly. with her brains:
spattered about on carpet and wall. j
| According to the story related to j
1 Chief Wilse, Marion Raid Grant and i
I her mother were “talking loud." She j
raid she and her sister stood tn one
corner when Grant drew a revolver
and blew (Hit the woman's brains. I
Injuries Prove Fatal.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian. 1 1
ROANOKE. VA„ April fl_—Ham
G. Tankersley, a brakem&n on the
Virginian road, who was Injured at I
Seneca severay day s ago, died in the I
Roanoke hospital Thursday morning. !
He was struck by an engine while the
train was taking switch and his arm;
and leg crushed He was twenty-one .
years old and unmarried.
HYDE mi PROCEEDS I
BEHIND LOCKED ODORS'
Defence Jubliant Predict Bcvereai;
on Decision in Case o£
Conviction,
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KANSAS CITY. MO., April !t.—
With court room doors locked and ail
[ curiosity seekers excluded, the trial'
! of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, accused of j
poisoning Col. Thomas Swope, wan
continued to-day. Hyde and his at-1
i tomeys say the decisions of J udge j
Latahaw against the prisoner are In j
the “reversablo error" kind, and pre
dict a conviction would be reversed
even If one was found.
The fact that the defense is lit pos
session of the prosecutor's notes, the
grand jury minutes and the reports j
of the experts has stunned the prose- j
cution, which does not know how the ;
defense got them
Attorneys Lucas and Walsh, for the j
defense, said just before the drat wit
ness was called: ~
“Prof. Haines la expected to swear
that cyanide of potassium caused
death. Ho swore differently to the
grand Jury, and If he sticks to his
grand Jury testimony he ends the
State’s case."
MEETS HER DEATH
THROUGH ACCIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April *1 —
Mrs. Jane L. Flag*, 82 years old,
widow of Lieu tenant-Colonel James
Fagg and a cousin oi Senator Boa
Taylor, of Tennessee, - was accidentally
asphyxiated by Illuminating gas to
day at her home hera
Her death was due to an old style
gas fixture In her room on which there
waa no stop for (he thumb screw. U
haltmTirt ‘WfhstA ill «i rmtlim d tagit •
night she turned the screw too far
after extinguishing the tight- She
wee found dead when one of her
daughters went to the room to ceil
Am* $m " '
te - -msmk
Fay and Harris, Sentenced on
Two Counts of Indictment
Against Them, Receive
Fate Unmoved %..i
LEAVE FOR ATLANTA
BY END OF THE WEEK |
Great Crowd Hears Motoric
Groks Admit Their Guilt and 1
Take- Their Medicine JStoicaW
I'enalty Lutlit for- SucF
Offense.
counts. The cowt
on the third and
third count chant
Ph~adrng grjttrr to the mote
charging them with robbing the Kbits*;'
mond pi«st-ofUce on March 28, Jbiddtti J
Fay hi id Richard Harris, two of that
most notorious cracksmen In l
Frilled States, wvr« sentenced
serve ten years each in the ARant*
Federal prison anil to pay line# of:";
$6,000 each by Judge \V add ill, of tha
United States District Court, Tbuiit*
day afternoon.
_ The two crooks listened JUl_
fate stoically, but their laces wen*
trifle iMilUd. *1
After sentenoe had been pronounce^
Attorney Harry M. Smith, who wall
engaged to represent the prisoners,
asked that they should riot be takea
from Richmond before forty-elglgf ,
hours had elapsed, because they had
certain clothing and business matteSW,'
to arrange." The court agreed
this, and instructed Marshal Smith",
era to remove the prisoners to th)%,,J
Jail, and within the next three
transfer them to the Atlanta pentoaif ..
tiary.
Maximum Fcualty.
In sentencing the prisoners oa
third and fifth counts and
lng sentence on the first, second
fourth counts. Judge WaddUl made
it plain that he war not responsible,
for the leniency of the law, which,
limited the terms of imprisonment “
ten years.
He Imposed the maximum penattar
provided by the United States tor ' *
two offenses charged in tha third \
fifth co|nta—breaking into a
office and robbing a post-office,
teuco on th* other counts was
pended by Judge Waddlll
they were so similar to the two
which he did sentence the pr'
and because the crime charge
them was also oharged In the
and fifth counts.
The plea of guilty, marking tha <
of one of the most notorious,
and high-handed postofflee robb
in this country .and the theft of
largest amount of money ever
loualy taken from a postofflee
came somewhat in the nature
surprise, but not entirely so to
who have kept In ciose touch with 1
case.
Humored Pica of (iuilty.
lymg before court opened It USM
rumored that a plea of guilty would
be entered. This, however, seemed th.t
tie contradicted by the regularly, o#e
derly and legal way in which tha,
prosecution and defense counsel
ducted themselves, and by the
that on Tuesday Mr. Smith refuse
plead guilty for his clients In
unless the penalty was fixed at
years.
The cnlmlanUon of the famous <
which threatened to be of Mi
days' duration and b« waged on
nical grounds, came after the voi
inous indictment was read to the :
oners by Clerk Brady, of the court.
The prisoners had stood twe
minutes with downcast eye*, llstenll
to the reading of the indictment
were asked to plead.
Conference Is short.
Attorney Smith asked that he
given ten minutes to confer with
clients. .This was granted. At
expiration of three minutes be
the prisoners re-entered the
room and Mr. Smith announced
readiness to plead.
“You have heard the Indie
against you. how do you plead?” :
ed Clerk Brady.
Pay's face became white. He
ed his feet nervously. Ills left
went to bio face, and he rubbed
cheek. In a low voice ha
“Guilty."
Harris twisted from side to side i
eyed Mr. Smith. HU eyes
askance a moment and hoait
about replying.
“Both of you plead guilty,'*
Mr. Smith, looking at the pr
Booking off through the
window of the court, Harris
"guilty.’’
"And how a boat you?” asked C
Brady, addressing Fay, whoa*
ho had not heard.
"I plead guilty,” replied Fa*,
sentences Panned.
The prisoners then sat down
Judge Waddlll called for the
book. After examining the
providing penalties for such
and conferring with Assistant
trtet Attorney Talley, Judge *
dill commanded the prisoner* i
stand up.
Attorney Smith said he had
one request to make. That was
the prisoners not be removed
Richmond within forty-eight
The court acceded to this reqti
“Have you anything to say
why sentence should hot
pounced upon you?” Ml
Brady. '
"I have nothing to hay,”
somewhat feebly and
Harris ' remained m
•hook hie hea<T ta the
Judge Pusses 8*
‘•you have been an
indictment and (rieadwj
Judge Waddlll,