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Twice- a-Week x>: ; 'fk; ;V - i’ v • '. * i Twice-a-Week TUB VALDOSTA TIMES. VALDOSTA. iy 4 WANTS PARDON AFTER FIFTY- TWO YEARS Connecticut Wife Slayer has Served Long Time OVER HALF A CENTURY IN PRIS ON FOR CRIME, AGED MAN NOW WANTS TO SPEND LIFE OCT OF CONFINEMENT. Hartford, Conn., Dee. 7.—Among the thirty-eti convicts at the State prison at Wethersfield, whose appli cation tor parole or pardon will b» considered hy the State Board oI Pardons when that board meets here next Tuesday, is John Warren, the Oldest inmate ot the prison, who has ■pent fifty-two years ot his life In that penal Institution. In the fall of 1869 John Warren was convicted ot the murder of his wife and sen tenced to life Imprisonment. He entered the State prison at Wethers field November 14th, 1869 and has Temalned isolated from the outside world ever since. Several times he ..appealed to the Board of Pardons for h's release, but In every case his appl'catlon was denied. This year he . has again petitioned for a pardon and : his friends confidently expect that thlB time U19 Board of Pardons 'will 'be less obdurate. The history of Warren's.crime * Tather unusual. In the early Bum mer of 1869 John P. Warren, then only twenty-one yeijjrB old,_ and hts 18-year-old wife lived on a small farm in WUlington, a little town lit Tolland county, in the northeast- part of Connecticut. .On a warm rrntng In July of D*et, woods. It waf hot and when they came to a Ibrciok not far from their farm, Warren proposed that they take oft their shoes and etochings and bathe their feet In the eool waters of the brook. His wife con sented. having taken oil her shoe# and stockings, waded Into the brook. Warren sprang at her, threw her down and held her head under water nnttl his wife was dead. Juet what fury or paselon animated Warren 'and prompted him to commit the coldblooded and apparently unpro voked crime, has never been ascer tained. Warren himself, although he confessed the crime, has never given' any explanation ot his action or the motive of the deed. He se creted the .body of hts wife In the woods, where It was soon found. Warren was arcsted and put through the Third Degree. He confessed hla crime, but refused to make any ex planatory statement. After a preliminary hearing War ren’s case was set for the Septem ber term of the Tolland county su perior court. On the night of Wed- whlle confined In the Tolland county Jail, Warren managed to obtain pos session of a big butcher knife,, with which he attacked Jailer Griggs. Warren managed to eecape, hut wee caught shortly afterwards in Eastford, near Wllllmanttc. The trial of Warren was short. The prisoner pleaded guilty and hie attorney confined himself to a strong appeal tor the life ot hla client. The appeal was successful and Warren was acntencad to Imprisonment for life. From the very beginning of his term in the State prison at Wethersfield Warren was a model prisoner. He pbeyed the prison rules strictly, gave no trouble to the War den and the other officials of the prison snd tried to make himself useful as possible under the condi tions. After a number of years the War den, who placed unusual trust In Warren, relaxed the vigor of the prison rules to a great extent so far as Warren was concerned. The pri soner wna made gardener and for many year# he took excellent c & rv of the flower garden of the prieon and of the grounds surrounding the official residence of the warden When the present warden, Garvin, came to Wethersfield prison about fourteen years ago, he continued to allow to Warren the privilege which the former warden had granted him and not only retained him as garde ner, but also placed him In charge of the furnace of the warden’s resi dence and made him a sort ot gen eral helper about the house. For many years Warren had the privilege of pasting unchallenged through tho prison gates and fre quently he would epend all day out side of tho prieon in the pursuance of hi# garden work, but never did he make an attempt to escape or to violate. In any way the confidence which the warden oty the Institution had .placed In him. The compara tive freedom which he enjoyed, had a beneficial effect upon Warren’s physical and mental eondltt • touch heJe. ly-lwo years of sfte.ffr is still acfiive end energetic and looks scarcely more than fifty. His hair Is turning gray, but he stoops hut little and hie step Is still elastic. In case tho Board of Pardon# should reloeae Warren, h« two younger brothers of Wllllmantlc and hla nephews and cousin#, all peopls of excellent standing In their respec tive communities, are prepared to take care of the old man, who, un less hla health should unexpectedly fall, seems fully sble to take care of himself for some year# to como. MADE STARTLING STATEMENT Witness In Lorimrr Investigation Tells of Blackmail Plot. Washington, Dec. 7.—George Gloss, a witness In tho Lorlmer In vestigation committee, startled the members today by testifying that j Frank Seams, a friend ot Charles A. White who made the first alleged, exposure of the Lorlmer case, told him. ho an 1 White were preparing tn blackmail Lorlmer for 8100,000. The magazine refused to buy It, “LITTLE JOE” B MAKES A CL HE CARRIES MORE COUNTIES TH. DIDATES COMBINED— HAS 1 ANOTHER CANDIDATE OF T1 SLIDE FROM THE MOUNTAINI RED CLAY TO CALLAHAN. Countlos. Joseph M. Brown 86. rnp e Brown 39. Dick Russell 18. Two counties are doubtful; on? coi The latest returns from the elect! Joe" Brown got a greater vote than estimates before the election. It seems to have been a veritable being the Pope Brows figures. It bei former governor a neck and neck Until late last night, his campaign result was In doubt, but the Atlanta Joni tlcn two hours after the polls closed, and Morning News gave Joe Brown 69 count! 10 o’clock, claimed that he would get mo dhlates combined. The figures early this morning Indies! counties with 204 electoral votes. Pope Bn electoral votes and Dick Russell gets ,18 coi Two counties are still doubtful gnd th. Macon—which has two electoral votes, the Savannah Was ■Sr Negro. r JJoc. 7.—Marla Oman, Is lq here suffering by a deluge ot *er her yesterday ’he man and wo- I tn a boarding id he nayn the epithet to him .ay emptying the , pot of coffee over oulders. in unable to appear ro In police court rase was continued, dtplacs near the kbond election md created a TWENTY HURT burns is HOT AFTER GOMPERS —~ The Detective Declares That President of Fed eration is one of Men “Higher up.” j Now York, j Doc. Iw Buriy? 1 l'_rp-ff''fHrl—IT thru “PreeldAt Compere, of the American Federation of La bor, la one of the men higher up In the McNamara dynamiting case.'' "I am satisfied” said Burns, "that Compere knew at the time the first piece of the Struetual Iron Worke was dynamited la 1908, who wa# re sponsible for It” It became known today that the federal government I# closely watch ing the movements ot President Gom. pen. It Is reported from Washington today that a warrant has been Is sued for Frank Ryan, president of the Struetual Iron Workers. Uciolvo Gompers is Innocent, Washington, Dec. 7.—Stanley Finch, chief of the bureau Investi gation of the department ot Justice, today. delclor?d hla belief that Com pere had no guilty knowledge ot the McNamara dynamiting. Cotton Market Today. New York, Dec. 7.—Cotton wan Peady and unchanged to 3 points igresS ,ys‘ session was sent In by t Taft, in it thd President reviewed the relatione of the Unltod States with foreign nations. He knve the first official expla. nation of the movement of 20,000 troop# to the Mexican border. He urge/,the senate to ratify the gen. eral arbitration treaties' with Eng land. France end a loan arrange ment with Honduran and Nicaragua. He suggested legislation to strengthen the world trade and also Informed congress that negotiations are nnder way concerning the refu sal of Russia to recognize the pass ports there by Americans of the Jewish,faith. In explaining the dispatch of troops to the border, he followed In a letten.to Major Gen. Wood, chief of staff,Ithat he would not hesitate to send ^hem Into Mexico If Ameri can life and property were In dan ger and If congress should so dl reef. He suggested .a central chamber of . commerce to look after foreign commercial opportunities and he ad vocated more (laws for the advance ment In the 1 diplomatic consular seivlce, according to merit, rather than political preference. It Is reported that Judge Whip ple. of Cordelo, will retire from tbe l*oi'H. Noble Soul Cable All the Way From Washington to Do So. Atlanta, Dee. 7,—United States Senator Hoke Smith arrived In At lanta this morning from Washing ton at 10:30 o'clock over the South ern, and at about 11 catt hts vote for Pope Brown In the gubernatorial primary. There was Iota of cheer ing by the Pope Prown men ae ie appeared at the polls, for the form er governor's Intentions had been previously made public. Morn Trouble for Standard Oil, Findlay, O., Dee. 7.—A $100,000 damage suit brought by Attorney General Phelps of.the state of Ohio agalnet the Standard Oil Company was called for trial In the common pleas court here today. Phelps al leges that by manipulation In the price of oil be, thon an Independent operator, wns defrauded out of I $100,000 by tho Standard Oil Com pany. Selecting Packers Jury. Chicago, Dec. 7.—Counsel In the case ot the ten Chicago packers on trial for violating tho Sherman anti trust law, struggled today to obtain a Jury. The Indications are that Passenger Train was De railed Near Helena ENGINEER LAKE8TRAW, OF MA- CON, AND FIREMAN SUTTON, OF LUMBER CITY, WERE KILL ED INSTANTLY. Helena. Oa. t Dee. 7.—Two train men were killed and nearly a score it Injured, tbre* seriously, jtternoon when 9onthern train No, 18, run- .ota and Bruns- Tt near here In a ''Engineer R. H. vn, Fireman Sutton, rlouely injured are; Mrs. .’and, of Haslehunt; Engineer md Fireman B. J. Campbell. j train was being gulled by two s and was said to be two and forty mlnutea late at the the accident. Both engines of the coBChee left the track, 'ginos plunged Into the side ot , it. Among those Injured are: *« Messenger B. Z. Sheldon, rs.'J. T. Reynolds, of McRae, and | others more or less. Burled Under Engines* I The bodies of Engineer Rakestraw and Fireman Sutton ape burled un der the wrecked locomotive*. Their bodies cannot be obtained before morning,, though wreeklng crows from Macon are on the scene. I Mrs. .hand appears to Us the only passenger who vua norlously in jured! / She Is suffering from hem orrhages and le bolng cared for at McRae. According to Southern offlelals who are on the scene the wreck prob ably was caused by the spreading, of tbe rails under tbe weight of the two locomotives, AFTER TBE PISTOL TOTSRS. Jndgo Charlton, of Chatham, Chargee Grand Jury on the Evil. Savannah, Dee. 7.—The grand Jury of th# superior court which went. Into session yesterday after noon, listened to a very In treating charge from Judge Walter CHpSharl- ton. The Judge spoke of the grow ing habit in Georgia of carrying con cealed weapons and eald much ot the crime of the state could be traced to this evil. He urged the grand Jurors to be diligent in making Inquiries Into the aralre of tbe eonnty, and especially to be prompt In making their pre sentments snd explicit tn what they bad to say In them. Gary Comes to Suggest Plans. Washington, Dee. 7.—Elbert H. Gary, the head of the United State# steel corporation, returned here to appear before the senate committee only a few days will be taken In. to euggeet plana for corporation con- H I $ r A 1 PLENDI "IT II LI T G HE TO STOVES! SELECT FROM —1 ... — 1 Elegant Upright Heaters for sitting hot fire and burn anything. Splen< church or school. Fine Nickle/pil I Wall Protectors, Etc. : 1 — . room and parlor# Sheet Metal Heaters* did for small rooms. Cast Iron Boxwood Heaters, Stove Pipe Elbows, Stove Mats 1 • , • • P • • • • • ••»•••• that give a quick, ! Heaters for store, wire Place Closers, * • • • • • • [ A QLEYS 1AI\ ARDWARE WHITE PINE SASH, DOORS AND MANTELS. J GEORGIA. VALDOSTA, V r.FORniA