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VOLUME XIII., No. 199.
DREW MURDER MAY INVOLVE TRE
' PRETTY VICTIM’S SWEETHEART
District Attorney Obtains New Evidence and Postpones the In
quest in Hope ot Finding the Murderer
TROY, N. Y.—"My mind is made up concerning the murder of Ha
zel Drew. I know who killed her. 1 am certain that the murderer lives
in the neighborhood where the crime was committed. 1 have postponed
the inquest, because to be precipitate at this time might be fatal to the
ultimate bringing to justice of the perons responsible ' for this terrible
tragedy. The evidence so far in hand is circumstantial. The postpone
ment of the inquest is for the purpose of making complete every link in
the chain of evidence.”
This was the statement made today by District Attorney Jarvis P.
O'Brien, who, with a score of detectives, is tracking the person who
took the life of the pretty governess.
His statement leads to the belief that the case is in more satisfac
tory condition for the ultimate meeting out of justice to the murderer
than at any time since the girl’s bruised body was found in the dark
waters of Teal Pond, ten miles from this city.
Coupled with this declaration of the district attorney is the evidence
of renewed activity on the part of the detectives on the case. Not only
are they searching and researching every foot of ground near Teal
‘Pond, but the trails they have uncovered have led several to seek in
Schenectady a young man with whom it is declared the 19-year-oid girl
was seen a few hours before her lifeless body was thrown into the lone
ly pond.
UNSIGNED LETTERS TELL OF STRANGE
ACTIONS OF THE SUSPECTED MAN.
Anonymous letters which, despite their lack of signature, appear to
have been written in good faith by persons fearful of being dragged into
the case, have given the police this clue.
The belief of the polce is that Hazel Drew met her suitor by ap
pointment at the Union Station in Troy on the afternoon of July 7, ready
to elope. They believe he prevailed upon her to check her suit case
and go w-ith him for a drive in the country. That she accepted is evi
denced by the statement of Mr. O'Brien who admits one of the four anoy
mous letters contains the statement
"Hazel Drew met a man at the depot. They drove to Averill park. He
returned in a delivery wagon after midnight.”
Further than to admit this, the district attorney will disclose noth
ing of the contents of the letter.
Creditable witnesses have been found w-ho tell of seeing Hazel in
the streets of Troy on the afternoon of both July 6 and 7. District)
Attorney O’Brien says it is therefore reasonable to accept the theory
that Hazel spent the night of Monday, July 6, in Troy. Where she
slept IS a mystery. In its solution the detectives believe is a key which
may unlock the door before which the investigation now waits.
SOUTHERN FREIGHT ASSOCIATIONS MAKE
BIG INCREASE IN ALL RATES
NEW YORK.—Simultaneously with
the announcement -that James J., Itill
has agreed with E. H. Harrinmn, J.
T. Harahan and others that freight
rates should be increased, conies the
news today from Louisville that the
executive officers of all railroads have
decided to raise rates in the territory
south of the Ohio and east of the
Mississippi.
This territory is controlled by the
Southeastern Freight association and
the Mississippi Valley association,
and the decision was reached at a
meeting yesterday. The advance, it
was said, will be from 10 to 40 cents
a hundred pounds, and it is likely the
tariffs will "not be in shape for llling
before August 1. With the thirty
days required by the inter-state com
merce commission, it will be Sep
tember 1 before the new rates ar e in
forced.
The railroads, however, are con
fronted with a new danger, according
to Judson C. Clements, of the inter
Mllll IN CONTROL OF STRIKE
SITUATION IN ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The state mi
Mtia is in control of the strike situa
tlon at the mines in Jefferson coun
ty this morning. Three detachments
have been sent to Blossburg, which is
the center of numerous mining dis
turbances, and they will await the
signal of the sheriff. The militia will
not be called on unless Major Lucien
Brown, Commanding the deputies,
finds that he cannot cope with the sit
uation. Major Brown is chief de
GOVERNOR COMER ASS ERTS THAT HE WILL
ORDER OUT ALL TROOPS IF NECESSARY.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Governor Co
mer who yesterday afternoon, half
an hour after he had expressed him
self as seeing no necessity for the
use of troops in the mine strike, was
forced to order three military compa
nies in,to the field upon hearing of the
holding up of a train load of deputy
sheriffs, and the mortally wounding
of one of them, now regards the sit
uation as very serious, and declares
he will use the entire military powel
of the state if necessary, to preserve
order.
The coal operators renew their in
tention to maintain the open shop at
all hazard* Eight small commer
cial mines have signed the union
wage scale.
The vicinity of the mines bristle
with the camps of the union miners
who walk around with shot guns on
their shoulders, Great tented vil
lages contiguous to mine property
house the strikers who are well fin
ed, well clothed and have plenty of
ammunttloA To while away the time
the tented villagers are having arbor
meetings, revivals, baseball tourneys
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
state commerce commission, who, de
clared in Washington that the pro
posed general increase discussed in
New York would be a violation of
the Sherman anti-trust law, an 4
would render all the railroads con
cerned In it liable to severe penalties.
James J. Hill, just back from a
Hires weeks' fishing trip In Canada
says: "Railroad rates must be ad
vanced or the country will stop. If
the railroads do not secure an ad
vance they will be unable to expend
the $600,000,000 or so a year for new
rolling stock and facilities, without,
xvhich they must go behind.”
He points out that their losses of
$600,000,000 would be felt by tbo peo
ple generally. He Is against cutting
wages.
From Chicago comes word that the
national committee of shippers is to
ask the railroads for a conference and
from Indianapolis news that a con
certed movement is on to resist the
proposed raise.
j puty sheriff of the county, and has
j ben ordered to keep in close touch
with the mines near Blossburg,
Governor Comer ordered the mail
tia to the scene yesterday when a
crowd of strikers attacked and rid
dled a train bearing strike breakers
as it arrived at Jefferson tunnel. In
the melee Manor Dodge was severely
wounded in the face, and Deputy
Gardner probably fatally shot. A
dozen others were more or less In
jured.
and picincs.
The strikers are perfectly comforta
ble.
The strikers, having scored many
points of advantage, are optimistic.
They claim to havq added 8.0(10 men
to a nucleus on July 1, of 4,000, Not
since 1894 when Govenor Jones
brought the entire military forces of
the state here, has the mine situation
been as critical. One half dozen
deaths hav e already occurred. The
strikers or their amypathlzers have
searched all trains for strike break
ers at violation.
Before the expiration of 21 hours
it is improbable that every military
company in Jefferson county, and the
entire Alabama calvary squadron, wlil
be patrolling she mining regions in
an efTort to preserve order after the
violent outbreaks of the last two
days, and the critical suspense which
was everywhere evident FnHj night.
The sheriff has asked the governor
to order the calvary encampment o'
the Alabama squadron transferred
(Continued on page six.;
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 18, 1908.
Scenes Connected With the Recent Sensational
Shooting of Dr. J. V. Simpson by his Mother=in=law
The upper snapshot, is of
Dr. J. V. Simpson, taken as
he was being, escorted from
train on his way to Roose
velt Hospital after being;
shot down at door of Long;
Island home occupied by
his wife and mother-in
law. At the left is a photo
of Mrs. Bartley W. Homier,
who is charged with shoot
ing Dr. Simpson, and is out
on five thousand dollars
hail, furnished by the phy
sician's wife. In the centre
is a diagram sketch show
ing; how the tragedy occur
red, according; to the story
of the victim. At the bot
tom is Mrs. J. W. Simpson,
who testified against. her
husband when he was on
trial charged with killing
her father.
CHEROKEE COUNTY
FARMERS HOLD RALLY
Congressman Lever and
Commissioner W a t s o n
Among the Speakers.
COLUMBIA, S. C. Congressman
Lever and Commissioner Watson
spoke today at a big rally of Chero
kee county farmers iii Gaffney. This
was the first meeting of the kind held
in the up-country. Similar meetings
have been held recently in George
town and Sumter. Others who spoke
were Messrs. Brodie, Styles, Rawl and
Goodrich, of the United States de
partment of agriculture, and Dr. J. N.
Harper, director of the state experi
ment station at Clemson.
Dr. C. A. Styles, of the office of farm
management, department of agricul
ture, has come to South Carolina to
inaugurate an entirely new line of In
qtiiry to be conducted by the depart
ment. Dr. Styles will have headquar
ters in Columbia. He will designate
a station in each of the seven con
gressional districts for his work, and
at each station will Inaugurate on tip.
farms of ten progressive planters sev
eral lines of experiment and demon
stration. There will be two stations
in the Seventh district, making eight
stations and eighty experiment farms.
Dr. Styles has selected his first
farm. It is one near the city, belong
ing to Mr. A. E. Gonzales, publisher
of “The State." Dr, Styles, Mr. Kawl
and Mr. Goodrich, with Commissioner
\»atson, will inspect the property
Monday.
CAST HER BREAD
UPON THE WATERS
PLYMOUTH, Mass—A cup of cof
fee, given by one woman to another,
in a Boston railroad station years ago.
has been rewarded by a gift of
*3,600.
Mrs. B. Lllley, a wealthy New York
woman, is the benefactor. The good
Samaritan was Mrs. Henry Bartlett,
of Wellesley.
Mrs. Bartlett was in the Kneeland
Street station, of the Old Colony rail
road, when an elderly woman, a total
Btranger to ner, attracted h< r atten
tion. The latter appeared to he ill.
Mrs. Bartlett quickly slipped out to
the lunch room and got a cup of
coffee.
Several days ago Mrs. Lllley sent.
Mrs. Bartlett s*,ooo tn good paying
stock In a New York manufactory.
ARMY OFFICER ABBA3BINATED
SALONIKI, European Turkey.-
Gen, Osman Pasha, commander of the
Turkish forces at Monastlr, was as
sasslnated In the barracks at. Mon
astlr by an officer connected with
1 the “Young Turkey" movement.
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STRANGE SUICIDE
OP HENRY W.
ICON
COLKBROOK, N. H.—Henry W.
Vaughan, former New York clubman
and wealthy merchant, has plunged
the residents of Colebrook Into mys
tified speculation oy ills strange sui
cide, the details of which became
known today.
Six years ago Vaughan began to
manifest his eccentricity, while sill!
In business In New York. It was
then that, he declared, when called
before Recorder Goff to serve as a
Juror, that his faith would not permit
him to serve. He quoted the Bibli
cal injunction “Judge not that ye
be not Judged." He said he would
not expeel to tie punished for any
transgression of earthly laws, but
even In the face of punishment he
could not Judge another. Recorder
Goff excused him.
For six years he had lived the
life of a iacluse, estranged from his
wife and children. lie was deeply
religious arid was never seen without
his Bible, He was a prey to melan
cholia, and li was this which drove
him to shoot himself in a field near
Colebrook.
BIG FAILURE IN DETROIT.
DETROIT, Mich With a crash In
volving liabilities of half a million
dollars In excess of assets, the big
brokerage firm of Cameron Currie A.
Co , went to the wall this morning. In
volving banks, Investors and specula
tors generally. The firm was the
largest In this section of the country.
(
THITI CHURCH IS
111 I SUIT FOR SIX
HUNDRED MILLION
NEW YORK. Henry Stone, of
York, Pa., representing several hun
. died constituents, has brought a suit,
aguiust the rectors, church wardens,
and vestrymen of Trinity church, and
William Joy, attorney for the Trinity
corporation, which Involves more
than *1100,000,0110 real esate In what
Ih considered the closest of corpora
tions.
The suit, In which a lis pendens
was filed in lhe county clerfl's office
on July 11, seeks to ejeel the defend
ant from property at Nos. 70 77 King
street, and asks *IO,OOO damages with
the restoration of the, premises to
desoendents of alleged heirs to prop
erly which the Trinity corporation
iibh held for nearly two hundred
j years.
CROKER TO AID BRYAN.
NEW YORK On the authority of
« close friend of the Crokor family,
It Is aserted that Richard Crokor will
reverse his decision not lo re-enter
politics, and will come t.O New York
for the special purpose of lending the
weight of his Influence toward the
election of Bryan.
EX-GOVERNORHEYWARD
WILL SOON LEAVE
THE HOSPITAL
j
| COLUMBIA, S. C. Ex Governor D
I C. Heyward, who recently suffered a
1 general nervous break down that ne
cessitated his withdrawal from the
race for Culled Hiatus senator at a
time when lie seemed assured of elec
tlon, has commenced to Improve rapid
ly. He haH been In a hospital ut
Philadelphia for more than a month
and will likely remain there for some
j time The family Is at Blowing
Rock, N. C A letter from Mrs. Hey
ward says she Is advised of a turn
for the better and now hoims he will
be able t.o Join her In the mount'l'ni
about the flrsi or middle of Heptem
her. He will not return lo Colurn
lila, even though his convalescence
be rapid, until well Into the fall He
Is net allowed to see or to write let
I tors.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR~
FLEET ASSEMBLES
TO PRACTICE AT
HAMPTMAQS
Ships Will Defend Washington
Against Sham Attack
NORFOLK, Va. Assembled in
Hampton Roads and adjacent waters
are the offensive and defensive tleets
of the practice war game which is to
commence today or tomorrow. Nitn
vessels are to take part in the man
oeuvres.
The auxiliary cruiser Yankee, with
the District of Columbia naval reserve
aboard, and the torpedo boats of the
third flotmS. composed of the Ting
loy, Thornton, Delong and Barney,
will compose the attacking fleet.
In the defensive lleet will he the
auxiliary Prairie, with the North Car
olina reserves aboard; the Isle do
Cuba, bearing (he Marylanders, and
the Sylvia and Vixen, with the Penn
sylvania reserves.
Captain Marsh will command the
defending vessels. Lieutenant W. {!.
Mitchell will direct the attack. Should
the defensive succeed In keeping out
the attacking fleet, it will do more
than most experts here expect. The
object of the attack will lie to defend
Washington. Baltimore, Norfolk and
Newport News, li Is more than like
ly that most of the lighting will lie
done at. night, and searchlights will
play a conspecuous part In it.
BOOSTERS’ CLUB
WILL NT MEET
TONIGHT
Previous Engagement of
Secretary of Chamber of
Commerce Will Prevent
Meeting; Being; Held.
The proposed meeting anil organi
zation of the Augusta. HoopterV ■dub
which wan to have been held { ight
has been postponed until next .urn
day or Friday and constu ntly
there will lx* no meeting a. the
Chamber of Commerce thin evening.
'Phis course was decided upon by
the* promoters on account of the fact
HeciPiary E. S. Johnson liaK been
called away on an engagement which
could not be deferred and th<> promot
ers called off the meeting in defer
ence to his wishes o that he could be
present, when the organization meetH
to perfect Its plans.
HUNDREDS DEFRAUDED
BY AN AUSTRIAN
BANKER
NEW YORK Frank Zottl, an Aus
trian banker, at 108 Greenwich street,
Is under arrest charged with the lur
cony of $221! from Mlko Elian. Ac
cording to Assistant District Attor
ney Appleton, he Is accused of stea.-
Ing $41)0,000. So far 200 complain
ants have appeared ugalnsl him, the
district attorney says.
For some time the postoftic-e de
partment has been Investigating the
affairs of Zottl A Co. Complaints
had been made Dial money given lo
Zdttl for remittance to persons In
Europe had nol been received. On
Tuesday Judge Hough, of the U. S,
district court, appointed a receiver
for Zottl'* bank, and an investigation
of the hooks Is now being made.
Zottl says he Is a victim of a con
spiracy on the part of the Bank of
Pittsburg and the steamship com
pales.
Y. M. C~A. RACE.
BATAVIA, N Y. The relays of the
2,000 Y. M. C A hoys, who are carry
ing a message from New York to
Mayor Busse of Chicago, are speed
Ing here from Rochester, which they
reached at 7.25 o'clock today, eight
hours and fifteen minutes ahead of
tlyic The boys have done better
than was expected, except last mid
night, when two boys lost 22 minutes
in a mile swim across Cayuga lake.
“Be A Booster”
Krom "The Hoo*t«r.’*
Tlh bolter Jo boost for tomorrow.
in a glad, irrepressible way,
Than to frame up a compact with sorrow
And hopelessly hammer today.
’TIs better to Jolly misfortune,
Fourflushtng a heartful of Joy,
Than to rail and bewail and importune
Till, oven your God you annoy.
Get out and get Into the game, lad;
Draw cards, am sit In with ui„ hunch,
For the man who Is hopelessly iatne, lad,
Is the chump with the pessimist hunch.
Join The Booster Club.
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SENATOR CLARK COLLAPSED.
CHICAGO. —United States Senator
Clarence D. Clark, of Evanston, Wyo
ming, collapsed with nervous prostra
tion last nighl In his rooms at the
Auditorium Annex hotel, and for sev
eral hours his life was despaired of.
The physicians early this morning
said they expected him to recover.
DROWNED BY FISH.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Drawn Into
the river by an enormous flounder
which seized tils hook while he was
fishing from a wharf last, evening,
John Kline, 7 years of age, was held
under water by the line which ha
fastened to his wrist. His body was
recovered.
KILLED BY**UGHTNINQ.
DAYTO . O.—Clyde Zar, aged HO,
and Walter Cnwitz, aged 14, were kill
ed by lightning on a farm near Van
dalla yesterday afternoon. The hoys
had taken their horses Into a barn
and Zar laid down on the hay Innide
tlie barn, while Cowltz stood outside.
TO INSPECT’MILLS
COLUMBIA, K. C.—Headed by Mrs.
Joseph Medlll McCormick, a commit
tee of high-born women from the gen
eral federation of women's clubs will
late in September visit South Caro
lina to spend a week Inspecting the
cotton mills and other plants employ
ing women. With Mrs. McCormick
will lie, among others, Mrs. J. Borden
Morrison, vice-president, and Mrs. S.
Thurston Ballard, treasurer of the
women's department of the federa
tion.
WATSON SPEAKS.
COLUMBIA, S. C. Col. E. J Wat
son, the state eommlHsioner of agri
culture, commerce and immigration,
speaks twice at Union Monday. In
the morning, with Land and Indus
trlal Agent M. V. Richards, of the
Southern railway, he will address the
i fanners of the county. 11l the evening
lie will speak lo the business men of
Union, under the auspices of the
Chamber of Commerce.
COULD SUIT SECRET.
NEW YORK. With efforts to con
ceal every step, plana are being made
to advance the hearings of Mrs.
Frank Jay Gould's divorce action
against her husband. The supreme
court yesterday sanctioned the selec
tion by counsel for Mr. and Mrs.
Gould of Edward G. Whitaker, a law
yer of No. 45 Broad atreet, as referee
to tak,. testimony.
FATAL EXPLOSION.
CHICAGO Two men were Instant
ly killed, and ten others seriously in
jured today by an explosion of hot
metal In the blaat furnace of the Wis
consin steel mills In South Chicago.
The explosion occurred while the fur
nace was being tupped.
WILL INVESTIGATE IT.
ATLANTA, (la. Georgia's convict
system Is to lie subjected to legisla
tive Investigation. This morning the
lower house of the legislature unani
mously concurred in the senate’s res
olution providing for this Investiga
tion.
MAKING GOOD TIME.
CLEVELAND, O. The Y. M. C. A.
runners arrived at PalnesvlUs, 0., at
it: 17 this morning.
DENTIST CHARGED
WITH MURDE.R
CHICAGO.-After having 'our teeth
extracted by a traveling dentlat. 14-
year-old Stuart Messier was taken
violently ill and Inter died.
James Fowler, who has been sell
ing toothache remedies at a tent lo
cated at the corner of Twenty third
Place and Leavitt street, was ar
rested.
WHILE HER HUSBAND
WENTFOR MEDICINE
WIFE KILLSHERSELF
SAVANNAH.- Mrs Peter G. Deist,
wife of a barber killed herself early
Rilh morning at her home In West
Savannah. She had been suffering
great pain recently from neuralgia
and her husband left her shortly be
fore 11 o'clock for Ihe purpose of
coming Into the eity to get a remedy
to relieve her. He hurried back home
as quickly as possible, but wnen he
got there he found his wife dead In
bed with blood (lowing from self In
flicted wound In head. The pistol
used was one Mr. Leist kept tinder his
pillow as protection from burglars