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Th© non-advertising merchant tan no more compete with one who advertises than the old c ranklln hand press can com pete with the modem wet>-per fecting cylinder press. VOLUME XII., No. 235 THUNK MYSTERY IS BEEHIEMO MRS. BONNIE ROSENBLOOM CONFESSES THAT BODY FOUND AT BELLE MAWR WAS HER HUSBAND MURDERED BY SON Father had Quarreled with Daughter and Son and Latter, Continuing the Affair Had Killed Old Man. BALTIMORE, Md.—The Camden trunk mystery was solved this morn ing 8; the Baltimore police. Shortly before noon Mrs. Bonnie Rosenbloom and her daughter, Eva Rosenbloom, confessed to Captain of the Detectives Humphrey and Detectives Atkinson a’d Brennan, that the body found in tne trunk at Belle Mawr, near Camden, N. .1., on August 16, was that of her husband, Samuel J. Rosen bloom, of Winber, Pa., and that he was killed by her son, Alexander Ro senblocm, at their home in Winber. l'a. on or about November 16 last, -he woman said the cause of th*' murder was that her husband has) b?aten them. Mrs. Rosenbloom, ,WbO is 57 years Oid, and her daughter. Eva, who is 16, were arrested by Detectives At kinson and Brennan shortly after 10 o’clock this morning at their home, 156 East Baltimore street. Mrs. Rosenbloom and her daugh ter livid In a flat at the East Bal timore street house since July 15 last, having come to this city from AVinber. the scene of the murder, be cause the sou. Harry Rosenbloom, had employment at the Anchorage, Broad way and Thames street. The woman and her daughter did not seem at all surprised when the two detectives, after knocking at a door' of the apartments, stepped into the room and informed them they were under arrest. Eor nearly an hour Mrs. Kosen bloom and her daughter were "sweat ed" by Captain Humphrey. Ah first Mrs. Rosenbloom said that she knew nothing of her husband beyond the fact that he had disappeared from their home and store i*i Winbei* Pa., on November 12 last, after having a quarrel with herself and her two chil dren, Eva and Alexander. Girl Broke Down. Then Kva Rosenbloom was close ly questioned and, becoming nervous, broke down and told the detectives enough to make them still more close ly question the mother. Finally Mrs Rosenbloom also broke down and made a statement which was taken down by the headquarters stenog rapher. Mrs. Rosenblqpm said she was 45 years old and the mother of eight children, all of whom are living. Oh the night of the murder Mrs. Rosen bloom said, her husband quarreled with her and with her son and daugh ter. She and her daughter, she said, went up stairs to their room. They heard loud words In the store beneath. In the morning when they came down /Pairs her husband was not there. Mrs. Rosenbloom said her son said to her: “I have killed father because he quarreled with all of us and beat you and Eva.” Mrs. Rosenbloom says that she did not know of her son concealing the body of his father in the trunk, and that neither she nor her daughter ever asked him any questions. They sold trunks In the store, she said, and she supposed that her son placed tie body in one of the trunks and carried the trunk and body into the stable in the tear of the store, where he kept it until he was ready to take It away. Mrs. Rosenbloom said that she did not know of her son’s whereabouts and that he went away a few days after November 12. The mother and daughter are now held at detective hpadquartera, but will be taken to the Central police station this after noon, where they will be held for the Pennsylvania authorities. SOUTHERN TRAIN WRECKED UK BOVS BI’FORD, Ga.—The New Orleans- Washington limited, northbound, on the Southern railway was wrecked near here yesterday afternoon as the result of a bolt being placed on the track by some boys. Fireman Watkins and Engineer * ewberry were caught under the en gine and -rushed to death. No others were Inr-led. The train wag going 35 miles an hour at the time. The engine left the track but ran 01 the crossties for 300 yards before It toppled over, carrying with It the tnaii and baggage cars, which broke tooae from the other coacts*. SCENES AT THE HAINS-ANNIS INQUEST These pictures are from flashlight photographs taken at the night inquest held by the Coroner in the Hains-Annis tragedy. In the upper picture, No. 1, is Coroner Ambler; N 0.2, Po lice Capt. Rothenberg; No. 3 (indicated by arrow) Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., in tears; 2nd arrow points to his brother, T. Jenkins Hains, hidden behind wit ness; No. 4, Dr. W. C. Frey, on the witness stand; No. 5 District Attorney Darrin; No. Q, John F. Mclntyre, counsel for the Hains brothers; No. 7. Eugene M. L. Young, associate counsel Below is Capt. Hains and brother T. J. Hains. with bowed heads in the court. NIB. KERN WILL BE NOTIFIED TBESBif INDIANAPOLIS—The transporta tion companies have planned to ac comodate the great crowd tomorrow which it in expected will be attracted here by the occasion of a formal noti fication of John W. Kern, the demo cratic candidate for vice president. Hon. WAlllam Jennings Bryan, Chairman Mack, of the National com mittee; Chairman Lloyd of the Con gressional committee; Chairman Bell, of the Notification committee. .Mem bers of the two committees and other national party leaders will roach the city this evening and will be given a reception at tbe hotel owned by Thomas Taggart, a former national chairman. Mr. Bryan and Chairman Mack will be entertained at the home of Mi. Kern. Tomorrow morning a hand concert and an informal reception will be given at the hotel and alter luncheon the visitors in 24 automo biles will be driven to the state fair grounds four miles north of the ho tel, where the exercises will be held. The doors will be opened at noon and it is expected that th building will be filled to overflowing. All the speeches with the exception of that of Mr. Bryan will be brief. Thomas Taggart will call the meet ing to order then turn the gavel over to Chairman Mack, who will intro duce Hon. Theodore E. Bell of Cali fornia the chairman of tin- at Hi i tion committee. He will then deliver the notification speech and will be followed by Mr. Kern Mr Bryan will deliver his speech on trusts. The official party will be entertained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Kern. A special train front Louisville will bring three hundred democrats in cluding the uniformed Kentucky Col >■ nets, a marching organization. LEAGUE MEETING PUT OFF TILL AFTERNOON Special to The Herald The meeting of the South Atlantic League club owners, scheduled for Monday morning, went over till three o'clock this nfternoon because of the absence of representatives from Co lumhia and Jacksonville. It Is h lleved they wl'l arrive du-lng the af ternoon. Chattanooga and 'Vllmlnt; ton have representatives here who will try to get their cities tatir-n Into the Irirr The ibneral belief Is that th< sl»< of the league will be Increased so as to take In two more cities The pen nant will be awarded to Jacksonville this afternoon. Forecast so r Augusta and Vicinity— Showers tonight and Tues day. AUGUSTA, GEORGI A, MONDAY AFTERNOO N, AUGUST 24, 1908. ' 111?. HAINS BROTHERS^ Acctiscd Taken to Court Handcuffed Together and to Officers— Crowd of Men and Women Sur rounded Them. NEAV YORK.-Captain Peter C. Hains, handcuffed and in the full uni form of his rank as a United States army officer was, with his brother, .. Jenkins Hains, taken from the Queens county Jail to the Long Is land city court today for examination before Magistrate (lilroy on the charge of in ■'■dering William E. An nls. The leave of absence on which Cap tain Hains was when he shot down and killed Annis at the Ilayslde Yacht club a week ago Saturday, expired to day. The army officer therefore sent to Fort Hancock for his uniform, be ing under the delusion that he would be taken back to the reservation to day. The two brothers were handcuffed together and again to Deputy Sheriff: ! Deßragga and O’Brien as they wen taken from their cells. The captain, ! in his uniform, attracted considerable attention as the party, accompanied j by the Hains counsel, John F. Me . Intyre, waited for a Jackson avenue I car. At the court there was a crowd i of men and women who closed about i the army officer when he and his ! brother were brought into the build ing- Mr. Mclntrye told Magistrate fj||. roy that he tiad had a conference with District Attorney Darrin of Queens county after the latter learn ed that the defense was not willing to waive preliminary examination. me district attorney, he said, want ed time to get his witnesses to court, and as the defense’s lawyers had no objection, adjournment wa„ taken. PASTEUR EXPERT’S SELF TREATMENT Making Every Effort Known to Science for the Wonderful Treatment. CHICAGO - Four days have pa < I sine, the deadly g< rrrts of hydropho ! bla fastened upon Dr. Antonio Lugo rlo. As yet there are no symptoms d‘- veloped. The physician Is treating himself heroically, more rigorously, perhaps than ever any patient wa treated before He Is selecting hi Instruments and Is Injecting Into his own system the most powerful anti toxin known to science. Awarding to every precedent, he must continue this for three weeks at the end of which time he will ,kuow whether he is to Uve or die. m STERiIC DIES Ell CANCER Ambassador From Ger many, Member of Tennis Cabinet Passed Away today in Heidelberg from Effects of Operation. BERLIN. —Baron Speck von Stern berg, ambassador from Germany to the United States, died today in Heidelberg, following an oprration for malignant cancer, from which he had boon a sufferer for ten yearn. He wan on of the most progressive and popular officials in the diplomatic service, and had achieved distinction in many posts of great responsibility. The Baronens von Sternberg wan for inerly Miss Lily Langham, one of a group of famous Kentucky beauties. The haron met her when he was charge d'affaires at Washington, af ter the Spanish American war, and I they were married in 11)01. Their ■ marriage was h love match, as Miss Langham was not an heiress in her | own right, although her family is wealthy. While in Washington Baron von Sternberg enjoyed the Intimate per sonal friendship of president Roose velt. He was a frequent caller at the White House, where he played tennis with the president, and was on terms of social intimacy with the family. He did much to cement the cordial p lat lons between the two nations. NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR BERLIN Among those rnenHoned as the successor to Baron Speck von Sternberg is Baron Mu nun von Hchwarzeiistein. the ambassador to .la pan. The emperor remarked In Janu ary that he would be next ambassa dor to Washington, but feeling against his appointment siiiiscquenUy arose in the German diplomatic service and this may cause a revision of the pre vious decision. was a military attache in Washington from 18'Jtt to 1900. PRESS HUMORISTS MEET DENVER, Polo. Joe Miller's Joke book ha b» cii relegated to trie attic, the village cut-lit# tuts been suppress ed for a week ami Denver is pr» part'd to grab off handsfnl of real humor for future use, since the sixth annual convention of fh' American Press Humorists opens in this city LoU4w , i CAPTAIN HAINS 1 PLEJUNSAIITT THEORY IS THAT WRONGS AGAINST HIM OVER BAL ANCED HIS MIND ARMY OFFICERS SYMPATHETIC His Brother Officers Raise Money for Defense. NEW YORK lu tho .hTense of Captain Piter Conover Haiti:-:. U. A., charged with the murder of VVll Mam K. Amur, lib: lawyers will -tale nil on a plea of insanity. There will he no appeals to the so-culled tut written law, no "dementia Amori caita,’’ no proffer of an argument of .lustitlciittoii. bet it straight legal do feme that Captain llama was of un bound mind when he shot down the man lie held responsible for llte v.recl; ing of his home. This was tin' statement today of John F. Mclntyre, chief of the army Officer.! defending lawyers. The ditect theory will lie advanced that the knowledge of the wrongs which hud been eommltteod against him by Annis, so worked upon the mind of Captain Hains tliflf his men tal balance was destroyed. The brothers will bo arraigned m the magistrate’s court today, nut a poatponment until Thursday has been agreed upon. The outlay for an array of Insanity expert: is so considerable that a large fund will tie required to meet this item of the defense's expenditure In this connection there was publish id today the statement that officers of the United States army had nl ready subscribed $ 1 (>O,OOO from their private purses to aid 111 tile (Intense of their brother officer and that morn would be raised It it becalm) lie cessary. The report Included the statement that army officers Imd called upon General Gains with offurs of financial aid and expressions oi deep sym pnthv. Uni .s ihc present plans are changed, the trial of Captain lluin:: and his brother, T. Jenkins llalns, vlll lack nothing In those stage de tails which seem to have become ne cessary to modern murder trials. Cap tain Hiiltci ha- bad IBs dress uni form sent to IPs cell and lias express ed a desire to wear the regimentals during his appoaraneo in the court room. As Ills father Is a general, and his older nrother is a major, their pres ence u,t the sessions of the trial In full uniform would give a military as pect to the proceeding::. The at tendance of other army officers, friends of Captain Hains, would add color that would rival the costuming of the chief witness of the Thaw trials. T. Jenkins Hains Is making the (lost of his time in the Qnoi ns coun ty inil by employing his abilities as a writer He is writing a detailed ac count of the Ilayslde tragedy, which lie will turn over to Mr Mclntyre for use at the trial. lie Is declared to have requested that lie be placed mi the wlt in sr, stand, uh he is con fident that he can make a pronounced ly favorable Impression on the Jury by telling what he knows of (lie dr runistaees leading up to the killing. If 'I Jenkins Hains Is pinned on j the stand in Ills own and ills broth I er’s defense and Mrs. Claudia l.lbbei i Hains, the wife of tile cap'aln and the central figure of the tragedy, Is j utilized as u witness by the preseeu Hon against the writer, the pining of j Mian against woman will add to the ; sensations with which It is now pr* dieted the trial will nl ound. SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARIES TUESDAY COLUMBIA, S. C tin TimSdc tho state democratic primaries will to held to select the nominees for tlr various county nod state offices Bo the in) rnli'TH of coner ss atm for tie United HBiti : senate The chief Interim center,! In the contests for senator and governor For governor, tie- c.tnd da *, J an Gov, M. K. An >d, and Kta e Hern tor Hlnase. The candidal! r for United HtHtox t eiiHtors ai‘ lion, Georg* b'bl* top' Hon. It Goodwin Ithett, lion. K D Hmlth, of Florence; Ex Governor leva ns, State Hupt Education Martin, Hon. W. W. Lumpkin and Hon. John I*. Oruee. Th#* nomination by the democrat I#* party In this state Is equivalent, to election. MATTRESS CATCHING FIRE CAUSE AN ALARM About \ o'clock Mondn m 'nilpk hox IN whh pulled Thu firemen found ;• mat res s on fir** nt No. 6**B in #tr«H Tho bonne Ik owned by Mr. floury Mott, and w;»h occupied Nuiacy Clark, colored. { DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR. Trying to Pass SI,OOO Bills Tiizgerald Gave Plain Clue To Sub-Treasury Thief WHEN VICTIM SHOWED FIGHT THEY THREW HER IN FRONT OF CAR WHICK MASHED HER THOUGHT IT HORSEPLAY Mon Who Saw Attack Thought, it Was Freintlly Struggle Until Woman Was Hurled Directly in Front of Car. NEW YORK.—Two highwayman on robbing u well dressed woman at Ninetieth utreet and .Ymutordum aveuue, at 12:15 a. in., today, bo vam,. so Infuriated when Hhe screamed and trlod to light that tlu»y drugged her from the sidewalk and hurled her in the path of a trolley cur. Ah the cur ermihed tin* life out of her, they cneaped, Th ( > woman, who appeared to be about 35 years old, wan seen walk ing fast through Ninety llrnt. street, apparently coining from the subway station at Nlnety-flrsl. street and Broadway. In her right hand sho carried a reticule and she seemed to )>,< hurrying home. Sim turned south nt. Amsterdam avenue and was walking past a va cant. lot enclosed by a fence ten feet high. As shu reached the corner tlm men sprang out at her. One mdsed her handling and tried to wrest, it from her grasp, while his companion heat her in th<* face. The woman fought the men off and screamed until the man behind be gun choking her. Still Him fought with her free band, bolding the bag with the other. The woman was soon struggling and hoard scream Ing by sonic men at. Eighty-ninth street. At first they be lieved the men and women were en gaged in horn*.play. An Amsterdam avenue car came whizzing down the grade between Ninetieth and Ninety* second streets in eliurg,. of Motor man Thomas King, and John Meehan. King saw the struggle on the side walk and saw the men drag the woman over the curbing, .lust as Ids car got almost opposite thorn, one of the men seized the woman by the shoulders while the second man, huv ing forced the handbag from her, seized her wrist and pulled her for ward. As the car came upon the trio, the two men lifted th, woman from the ground and hurled her across the trackh. Tin. fender passed over the woman and she was caught under the guard. The car could not. he stopped, such was its momentum, until it. had reached Eighty ninth street. The woman was then fast under the wheels. MURDERERS ESCAPED. Conductor Meehan and Hovenil pan* Mongers bad witneHW d tho inurdor. Tuny sprang from t.h<* our and whon { the two iiioti began run ouhl. through | Ninetieth hi root, tli,. conductor and the panto ugors followed om* of the I i men whh Keen to i irt<*r the roar door 1 lof a saloon nt tho southeast corner. Whon Met ban trlod to get into tho place the door wuh locked. Tho hoc* j ond man continued to run and wan : hocii to outer i in l stable of Phillip 1 Wagner and Boiih. Several man run ; Into tho Htfiblc and then waited the j arrival of tho police. When the woman whh attacked Policemen Blanton, Ryan, Hnyder and Toohey hoard her scream, and were running toward tin scene when the car oruHliod out her life. They fol lowed the conductor and pHHHongcrH, and at the rear entrance of the sa loon they boat in tin door. At the entrance they found tho 1 womanV. reticule. |t contained $2.50 , and a handkerchief, on which wuh the initial II Thu handkerchief wuh not cheap, and Iho Initial wuh ! hand-embroidered, No on,, whh found In the saloon, and when (lie police 1 reserves calm- they surrounded the i block. On entering the stable tho police, found the passengers talking with it 1 man wlio nuid lie wuh James Dunn, i 22 yearn old. A policeman nelzed Dunn and de manded that he explain bin prewem «# in the htable. “I'm employed here,” Maid Dunn. "I have not oft the stable tonight, and have not neeri a Htranger enter. I know ahHolutcly nothing about thin I only wl*h I did.” The police took Dunn to the Htn tion houHo and looked him up on huh ptciou. A Hearefi of every house on I th,. block wan then made, hut no huh piciouM parnon found. All this, will!, the body of tin woman wan pinned under tho car while men strained to lift It from the trucks. A wrecking car wan. culled and Iho body wau rid cased tU Advertising Is the motive powor of business. Stop adver. tlslng and your business will be as dead as an engine without steam. Former Assistant Teller in Chicago Believed to Have Stolen $173,000 in Bills of Large Denomination— Has Been Arrested. CHICAGO.—Georg O W. Fitigorald, former assistant toller of the United States sub-treasury, who is In the county jail charged with the theft ((. the $173,000 which disappeared February, 1007, from the Chicago sub treasury, will be arraigned today be fore Judge Chalaln, when an attempt will be made by the prisoner’s lew yer, Edward R. Litzlngar, to have him releused on $50,000 ball. The bail of $50,000 was fixed by Judge Chalaln who, when the war rant was issued, said he would re quire SIOO,OOO bond. Astor a plea by Attorney I.ltzlnger, tho smaller amount was agreed upon. The prisoner’s lawyer accuses “men higher up” of n plot to make Fitz gerald the scapegoat. Attorney I.ltzlnger, in explaining away the charges made against his client, makes accusations against United Htales Treasurer Botdenwock, whose removal, h u says, he wtU de mand. Fitzgerald will plead not guilty and will demand an Immediate hearing on tho charges against. him. Two prominent Chicago men ar« Htild to face arrest as ailoged oonfed eratei of th« former teller. Herbert F, Young, general manager of the Young Deteotlvo Bureau, who worked np tHo ease, declared that one Of Hie two moil under simpleton has made a purtlal confession of his com plicity lu the crime und that this con fession has implicated the other man. Other arrests urn expected today af ter Fitzgerald’s arraignment in court. The announcement that John E. Wil kie. chief of the United States secret sortlce, would arrive today from Washington to represent the govern ment. lent a now aspect to tho caso. The goverimioni has not yet Indicated what course It will pursue In the prosecution of Fitzgerald, but thtß will Ini cleared by the arrival of Chief Wil kie These urn the chief points made by the prosecution itgaliist Fltagur | aid: rie began speculating with eggs within two months lifter leaving the gov* rumours service, und at u time when tie hud not more Thun $1,700 altogether, and that the speculations Involved over .$25,000. That lie proposed to dispose of two sl,ooo’ bills to Coi. Harry C. (lano for SSOO each. That $e expressed ability to put up $50,000 on application to buy dock age rights ul South iiavon, and a lake steamer. That he recently bought a dwell ing valued at SO,OOO. Mrs, Fitzgerald, wife of the pris oner, Is in it hysterical condition In her new SO,OOO home. Released on Bond. CHICAGO. George W. Fitzgerald, wlio was arrested on a charge of steal ing $173,0tt0 from tho local sub-treas ury eighteen months ago, was releas ed from Judge Chetlnin’s court today under SIO,OOO bond, signed by five friends, and the trial was sot for August 31. The suet that the cone plaint was signed only hy u private detective caused the court to reduce the bondH from $50,000 to a minimum sum. tinned States sub-Trensuror Bold onDcck and a secret service man wore lb,, only government representative* In the court room. FOUR POLICEMEN FOUND NOT GUILT! Cases Dismissed Against Quartet Accused of Hav ing Taken Drink in Blind Tigers. At n called meeting of the police commission, held today tii 12 o'clock, cusea of neglect of duty iigalnst Prt vut*■ h liohler, Eldson, Johnson and Martin were dismissed. Their ruses were tried Friday night and imlgmen reserved Specific al legations brought against tho officers were thut they each and every one drunk whiskey purchased In bllnj tigers and fulled to report the same. Martin anil Johnson were lined $2 So aplcc, for contempt, beea-iga they übttseu Joe Hightower, "star witness," nt the hearing, ter half mi hour. The pollc,, then ar rested Motorman King, who hail col* lapHinl, and made it technical charge of homicide against him. Conductor Meehan was held as a witness. There was absolutely nothing about the woman by which she could he Identified except the letter "II” on her handkerchief. Her clothes were clean and well made, and the suggestion was mud u that she Was a trained uursa.