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BOMB ARRIVES a DA Y TOO SOON;
ITS INTENDED VICTIM ESCAPES;
HOUSE WRECKED BY EXPLOSION
LITTLE GIRL FROM NEXT DOOR
PROVED HERSELF A HEROINE
IN RESCUING M’CAR THY TWINS
MRS. JULIA M’CARTHY.
Mrs. McCarthy opened the Inter
nal machine and was seriously
hurt. Her face and head, neck and
arms and hands were terribly torn
and bruised and her hair badly
burned.
Fred Bush Held in
Cell at Police
Station.
detectives hard
AT WORK ON CASE
Miss McCarthy’s Mothpr Is
Seriously Hurt by In
fernal Machine.
Fred Bush, held on suspicion as a
result of the explosion of an Infernal
machine at the homo of Miss Kath
ryn McCarthy, 447 East Georgia ave
nue, was confronted Thursday morning
with a negro, messenger boy aU
he received a box from a stranger In
North Forsyth street Wednesday night
The negro boy pointed out Bush from
the six or seven men In plain clothes
who stood In the room.
"That looks like the man.” he said.
Held Umbrella Over Head.
Then Bush was given an umbrella
to raise over his head, as the messen
ger had said the stranger had been
protected by an umbrella. The boy
looked again.
“That looks like the man," he re
peated.
Bush still Insisted that he knew
nothing of the Infernal machine which
**««<! the McCarthy homo and near
ly killed Mrs. Julia McCarthy, shortly
after 9 o clock Wednesday night. He
??,, 5 e , e " attested In his rooms at
mil-. Whitehall street about midnight
" e ohesday and locked tip on suspicion.
Went Doolittle Released.
Attorney Reuben Arnold has been re
tained by c. V. Doolittle, who was
locked in a cell pending an Investlga-
tlon He will ask that Mr. Doolittle be
uncharged, as he says there Is nothing
to connect him with the case, and If
this Is refused will begin habeas cor
pus proceedings.
Boy Calls on Bush.
Hugh Jackson, a 13-year-old boy who
lives at 79 West North avenue, went to
me police station shortly after noon
Thursday, and asked to see Bush. He
had a newspaper which he said he
.- tn * ,ve Bush, claiming to be a
ctose friend. On Investigation the pa*
found to hide a number of ob-
Rf,” futures. The boy-was held by
{£,f Jennings and closely questioned,
out Inothing was learned from him.
•"■■earthy •* how at a sanlta-
num In ( row street, where she Is rest
ing easily.
n . Found By Dstsctives.
»en.i* rey Battlnger, tho negro mes-
dav K n r ' ,ound By detectives Thurs.
, n ,',’. rnln g- He Is employed by "Num-
I,,,.' a messenger service bureau, of
cel IT u 1 * venu ®- He said that he re.
in ,h - Box from a man who stood
street 0 "' a 8tore Bt No ' 1 Forsyth
after*;!. at ® Wsdneaday afternoon and
“ST the "'ore was closed. *
Car,a. was taken to the Mc-
Poiire hou *5 By Ed MCGlll, the son of
volleeman McGill, who la also employed
me,J’ :fl "'' n * er - 11 was taken to the
and ,a nii,>r , ", ervlce Bureau by the negro
If th"" ,lellve " d by young McGill,
strum niestenger boy had obeyed In
ductions, it is probable that the ex-
MI8S KATHRYN M’CARTHY.
The pretty young woman who
was the Intended victim of tho In
fernal machine. She fvns attending
the performance at the Bijou The
ater at tho time of the explosion.
THE M’CARTHY TWINS AND THE BRAVE LITTLE GIRL WHO
RESCUED THEM.
. Reading from left to right, the children are Joseph and iMary Mc
Carthy, 12 years of age, and Mary Rosa Johnson, aged 13. Directly after
the explosion, while the house was filled with smoke and dust, the Johnson
girl smashed a rear window, climbed Into "
twins. She was painfully cut on the hand.
Pretty little X3-year-old Mary Rosa
Johnson, daughter of Mrs. I,. W. John
son. of 40 Pavilion street, proved her
self a heroine by bravely rescuing the
McCarthy twins, Mary and Joseph, 12
years of age, who were locked In the
house by a strange freak of the explo
sion.
While the two McCarthy children
were groping about trying to find a
means of exit In the darkened room,
which was filled with dust and smoke,
the little Johnson girl smashed the
glass from a window.. and., without;
considering the danger to . herself,
bravely climbed Into the-room,'seised,
the frightened children and tiffed them'
out onto the ground. As a result of-
the daring act, the little girl.was pain,
fully gashed-on the hand by the jagged
glass In the window..
She didn’t seem to mind the .gashes
and the pain, however, arid’ Thursday
morning laughed and joked about her.
injury ns’though she counted It noth-
'"iiary Rosa Johnson Presides directly
in the rear of the McCarthy home, her
homo frontlng-on Pavilion street, and
she was attracted by the explosion.
Rushing Into her back yard, sho heard
the frightened screamy of tho McCar
thy children in the house, and, realis
ing they Were In danger, proceeded,
without hesitation, to break Into the
house and get them ouL
A peculiar prank of tho explosion
caused the children to bo Imprisoned
In their room. When they retired
Wednesday night they left the door
open and a light burning In the room.
Tho concussion. frouK the explosion
Instantly extinguished the- light and
blew the dbor shut with such forco as
to lock It.
. Awakened by the explosion and the
screams of their mother.,the children
leaped from bed and • rushed' through
wlldered children' were groping about
the room and crying out- with fright,
the glass In the.rear window fell out
with a crash and little* Mary Rosa
Johnson sprang Into the room to the
rescue.
GIRL PHONES FIREMEN,
BUT PERISHES INFLAMES
-Mls» Aurora WIttebort, the second, victim
of the flames which destroyed the University building yesterday afternoon.
Kansas City, Mo., May 9.-
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was raging and tell the firemen where she was. The efforts of the fire
men to reach her were unsuccessful. The loss on the building was
1600,000. The other victim was Charles DeMare, a portrait painter.
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DOUGLAS PLEADED
GUILTY TO THEFT
OF 0VERS110,000
District Attorney Will Use
Him Against Dennett,
the Broker,
New York,»May 9.—William O. J)oog!n»,
the aaalstant loan clerk of the Truet Com-
llty>I»
Continued on Psgt Three.
LOVE LETTER GOES WRONG;
MINISTER IS BETRAYED
Harrington, Del., May 9.—Admitting
his Infatuation for a young woman
member of his congregation, although
he had been married thirty years to a
highly respected woman and has one
gon, Rev. D. M. Carpenter, aged 66,
until yesterday pastor of the Holiness
church here, left town, he says, for
good.
An error In sending o letter Intended
for Miss Della Goodrich, aged 33, to
the recorder of deeds at Dover, resulted
In the exposure of the preacher’s ro
mance. , , -
Before leaving, the preacher explain
ed he had learned bis wife was not his
affinity Immediately after Jhe ceremony,
but discovered his affinity when he met
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Miss Goodrich.six years ago. 'Carpen
ter says.lt Is.hard for people to under
stand the ways of Heaven, bo he did
not mention the matter to his congre
gation. • >
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O 10 o'clock a. m *7 degrees.
RAGE RESULTS,
By J. S. A. MacDONALD.
Belmont Park, L. I., May 9.—In spite
of the rain which fell practically all
night and most of the day, rendering
the track heavy and detracting enor
mously from the pleasure of going
a-racing. an enormous crowd saw the
Metropolitan handicap run here this
afternoon.
As a result of the altered track con
ditions Roseben's price has gone from
11 to 6 to 4 to I.. Over 8100,000 was
wagered on Roseben’s chances In the
future books promoted by the club
house commissioners and the book
makers.
First Raea—Oraeulum, 3 to 1, won;
Jack Atkin, 8 to 6, second; Athlete, 1
to 4, third. Time 1:14.
VIEW OF THE PARLOR IN THE WRECKED M’CARTHY HOME.
This room adjoins the Hallway where the explosion oocurred. Furniture was demolished, the door wsi
_.vsy, and a lot of debris hurled into the room from the hallwt
but the plate glass front of a fine bookcase wsi shattered into bits.
HALLWAY WHERE THE INFERNAL MACHINE EXPLODED.,
This view shows whsre Mrs. McCarthy stood when she opened the
deadly box. The destruction here wet complete. A great hole wee torn
through the floor, the walls were ehsttered, and the woodwork torn into
■malt bite. .
SHOOTS WIFE AND FRIEND,
THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
LABOR CHIEF
L
FORjffi LIFE
Haywood Formally
Arraigned For Mur
der of Steunenberg.
Special to The Georgian.
Wilmington, N. C\, .May 9.—In a fit
of anger Henry Hamilton, a private
In the Nineteenth company. .United
States Infantry, stationed at Fort Cas-
well, at. the mouth of, the Cape Fear
river, yesterday evening shot his wife
and Corporal Watson and then, killed
himself by firing a bullet Into;his left
breast. Of late Hamilton had frequent
ly quarrelled with his wife, It Is said,
and yesterday attacked her with a mur
derous Intent. After shooting her twice
he turned his pistol on Watsoh, who-
had Interfered. He then fired a bullet
Into his own heart.
Mrs. Hamilton and Corporal Watson
are seriously wounded, but are alive.
Hamilton was a native of Columbus,
Ga., and Is said to have come from a
IS KILLED
AND THREE HURT
IN OHJO WRECK
Engineer Was Unable to
See Signal Because
of Fog.
family of Influence and prominence In
southern Georgia. •
By J. S. DUNNIGAN.
Bolso. Idaho, May 9.—William D.
Haywood, accompanied by his Invalid
wife and two daughters, appeared In
tho district court tills morning to stand
trial for tho murder of former Govern
or Frank Bteunenberg. After many
months of Imprisonment the big sturdy
man appears In robust health and good
spirits.
Twenty-five term Jurors, a large
corps of newspaper men- and a com
paratively few spectators, • most of
whom are men from distant points, are
In attendance at 'tho opening of the
trial. ’
Before proceeding to tho examination
of jurors tho defense made a last effort
to penetrate'the secrecy which shields
the state's case. A demand that tho
Idaho statute requiring the filing of tho
names of tho witnesses to be called by
the stato was mndo by Attorneys Dar-
row and Richardson.
Should' It happen that tho state is
compelled to fllo the names of all tha
witnesses to be colled It'will then be
Continued on Page Three.
O 11 o'clock a. m..... ..70 degrees.
O 12 o'clock noon 71 degrees.
O 1 o'clock p. m 72 degrees.
O 2 o'clock p. m 73 degrees.
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Templar who addressed the con
clave Wednesday night.
Hamilton. Ohio. May 9.—One man waa
killed nnd three Injured In a wreck ns the
i‘ln,dnn*tl, llnmllieu nnd Dayton railroad
dz mllea etmth of hero today. A pnaaenger
train crashed Into a freight. The engineer
waa uunlde to ace the stgusl on account
at the f.tg-
The Georgian records here each day corns
economic fact In reference to tht onward
march of the South. ) ’
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
Special to The Georgian.
Newberry. S. C., May 8.—The Newberry Building and Loan Associa
tion, with a capital stock of 3100,000, has been organized In Newberry.
More than three-fourths of the stock has already been subscribed. The
following directors have been elected: - George B.- Cromer, K. K'. Illpp, c.
J. Purcell, J. D. Davenport, George Johnstone, M. L. Spearman, W. a.
Houseal, H. L. Parr. F. N. Martin. ^
Rockmart, Oa„ May 8.—The Mansfield Brick' Company, capitalized
at 141,000, Is now ready to begin the manufacture of brick. The output
of the plant In operation Is 60,000 brick per day.
Huntsville, Ala.. May 8.—The Hamilton & Sons’ Manufacturing Vo.,
with a capital stock of 1600,000, has been organized In Chicago under
the laws of South Dakota, for the purpose of manufacturing the Hamilton
cream whip egg beater, cake whlppen and Ice cream freezer. The com
pany will have several factories, the main one of which will be located
In Huntsville, where the head offices of the concern will also be located.
C. R. Hamilton, a resident of Huntsville, Ala., IS the inventor of this won
derful patent that Is wholly In a class by Itself. The Huntsville factory
will have a dally capacity of from 300 to 600 dozen of the goods. Mr.
Hamilton haa associated with him Coloiiel J. W. Casey, one of Chic.-,* , .
wealthiest financiers. The output of several of the plants to be operated
by the company have already been contracted for by Chicago houses. Mr.
Hamilton will be president of the company. In a telegram to hla friends
here Mr. Hamilton saya he' will save some of the stock of his company
for his Huntsville friends, but the bulk of It has already been arranged
for In Chicago. The Hamilton & Sons’ Manufacturing Co. Is the first to
locate here since Huntsville started out on her big substantial boom.
The secretary of state has received for record the charter of Incor-
t poratlon of the Mississippi Cotton Harvester Co., domiciled at Greenville.
Miss., and capitalized at <260.009. The Incorporators of the company are
mostly citizens and cotton planters of Washington and other delta coun
ties. The purpose of the company Is to manufacture and sell cotton
picking machines. The models already made and tried for the plant for
two years past have. It Is stated, proved successful, and It Is believed .that
the labor problem has been solved as far at the big cotton farms of the
South are concerned. It la always the csss that planters make more cot
ton than they can harvest and great losses are annually sustained on
that account.
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