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POLICE WITHHELD |
LETTERS FOUND IN
GUN MEN'S ROOMS
t-Assjstant District Attorney
Says He Will Make Demand,
grr Department for the Let
; • ters at Once - •
(By AMoctoteA Pr**»Y
, ‘ NEW YORK. Sent. It—Harry Horo-
Mitx. alias "Gyp the Blood,’’ and "Lefty
Louie" Rosenzweig. preparing for their
arraignment today cn indictments charg
ing the murder of Herman Rosenthal,
the gambler, were no more willing to
five Information than yesterday, when
Assistant District Attorney Moss grilled
them- They declined to talk until after
they had conferred with counsel
» Letters and postcards found in the
rooms of the two men, beneath tha
boards of the floor and under carpets,
are regarded as important to the prose
rutton. . - .
District Attorney Moss was
prepared today to make a demand upon
the police department for these letters
He said he was unable to understand
why news of the finding of the letters
was withheld from him. .
THE ARRAIGNMENT
Harry Horowttte. alias "Gyp the
. Blood," and "Lefty Louie,” whose ar
rest on Saturday completed the roundup
sf the men connected with the murder
es Herman Rosenthal. were arraigned
this morning before Judge Goff in the
supreme court. At the request of coun
sel for the prisoners, pleading was ad
journed until Sept IX Farmer Magis
trate WalUe. on behalf of the prisoner*,
asked to enter teptaQVe ***•’ of not
gqßtp. wjtM leave to withdraw, but de
rided io w<H until nest Wednesday be
fore pleading- The wives as the pris
oners and Max Kahn, the alleged pick
pocket arrested in the flat occupied by
them, were held in C. 5« ball each as 1
material witnesses
Here wits and Rosens weig took a keen j
interest in the proceedings. They had
no. statements to make.
POLICE DENY LETTERS.
Erank Moss, assistant district attorney,
sought to obtain possession of the others
paid to have been found in the flat,
shortly *fMr the arraignment, but Dep
uty Commissior.er Dougherty explained
with some heat, that the lot consisted
principally of blank post cards.
"There were no totters found In the
a partmeat.” said the deputy cemmlssion-
anjT man who aays I found forty '
• tetters is a liar."
Hte< richer heated remarks were in the
nature es ah answer to allegations that
the police had uncovered evidence that
was being withheld from the district at
torney's office.
Citizens of Hot Springs
To Tell What They Know
(By Associated Press.)
HOT SPRINGS, Arkl. Sept. IS.—With
the arrival here today of District At
torney Whitman and Assistant District
Attorhey Rubin from New York, Hot
Springs was again expected to become
>ne of the centers of interest in the
Rosenthal case. Efforts will be made by
Mr. Whitman to secure statements, it
is understood here, with a view to.
strengthen the technical potttion of the
prosecution of Police Lieutenant "Becker,
.-barged with instigating the murder of
the gambler. Herman Roeenthal, in New I
York City ih July last. Fof this purpose
the district attorney will egamine citi
zens of Hot Springs who talked with
Sam Schepps after his arrest here in
August last and before Schepps left
here fcr New York In charge of Mr. Ru
bin and detectives to appear before the
grand jury.
ATTACKING SCHEPPS.
Counsel for the defense In the case |
against Becker have by legal moves in,
" New York attempted to attack Schepps’ ■
testimony by alleging that Schepps, while I
in Hot Springs, said or hinted to certain ,
persons that in his opinion Becker was I
the victim of a plot, the result of which |
was to fasten upon policemen * a crime
planned and executed T>y the gamblers
who were discomfited by the probability I
that Herman Rosenthal would reveal to
the grand jury a system of graft and
involve the gamblers in endless trouble.
Those to whom Schepps talked most
while in Hot Springs, declare that
Schepps made no such statement di
rectly or indirectly, nor did he speak
any word that might be construed as a
hint that such an opinion rested in his
mind.
Schepps. however. Is believed to have ■
talked to a great many other persons
ns he had been here three weeks be- .
fore he was taken in custody by Post- ■
master Johnsen and placed under guard
of Police Capt. George Howell. Interest
in the possible developments here will be
increased with the arrival also of John
F. Mclntyre, chief of counsel for Lieu
tenant Becker who,'ll is understood here, ’
plans to leave New York today arriving
Wednesday and remaining indefinitely. •
WHITMAN ARRIVES.
District Attorney Whitman and As- *
eistaat Hubin. of New York, arrived
heie today in connection with the K -a- f
cnthal murder case
Mr. Rubin immediately went into
conference with Aldrrptan Th* mas. J.
Pettit, who was acting mayor, of Hot
Springs at the time or the s i rest of
Sam Schepps.
It is understood that as a.result of
the conference the district attorney ♦ill
interview various persons before the
beginning of formal examination which
probably will be Wednesday or Thurs
day after the. arrival, of John F. Mc-
Intyre. chief of counsel for the de
fense of Police Lieutenant Becker.
Formal examlahtlbn trill be before C.
Floyd Huff, of Hot Springs, by agree
ment. _
U. S. SAILORS FIRED OH
111 NICARAGUAN PORT
Force of Marines Rushed to
Their Aid-Mob Is
Broken Up
(By Associated Press.)
BI IE FI ELDS. Nic.. Sep. 16. —Ameri-
can sailors from the gunboat Tacoma
were fired upon on the streets here last
night during an anti-American demon
stration incident to. the celebration of
anniversary of Central American
independence. • A mob •of excited Nic
araguans .was formed immediately and
for a moment bloodshed was threat
ened. e K -.a *
Prompt action by Lieutenant Lowell,
in command of the landing force ot
sixty marines, undoubtedly prevented
serious trouble. He rusned the ma
rines to the scene of the trouble and
dispersed the mob.
The entire force of marines pa-,
trolled the streets of tne city through-,
out the night and prevented the as
sembling of natives in groups.
The sailors who were fired upon by
unknown Nicaraguans were not hurt.
Quiet pre.-ails here this morning, but
it Is realized that the situation remains
critical. .'A strong anti-American feel
ing exists h«re and in otner parts of
th® Nicaragua and the action of the
mob last night did not come altogether
unexpectedly. .
Scurrilous articles denunciatory ot
‘Americans have appeared in the local
While Americans and the American
gov«fpmen,t have been the subject of
' rrltjtofrsm An the Spanish press here, the
Blußfftl'ig American, printed in Engliah
■ has recently published editorials favor
ing Intervention In Nicaragua by the
United States as “the only solution jf
Nicaragua's disorders."
Except for last night’s trouble, the
Atlantic coast of Nicaragua has been
Tree from disturbances of any kind
I since the begining of the present rev
olution.
THREE ARRESTED.
Two weeks ago the authorities here ar- .
1 rested th ret men suspected of revolu
tionary plotting and aent them aa -prls
oners-to Corn Island. The’prisoners, Julio
Monterrey, Onofro Sandoval and Joa
quin Estrada, denied their connection
with an anti-government conspiracy.
The anti-American agitators have
pertently cirulated the statement that
I they ultimately would be forced by |
■ the Amrican government to bear the ,
expense of maintaining marines to thia
I'oounfn-.
-
John L. Sullivan,
Ex-Prize Fighter,
On Stump for T. R.
(By Aiaeciated Frets.)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass , Sept. 16.—John L.
Sullivan, former world's champion heavy
weight pugilist, has notified Matthew
Hale, leader of the Progressives in Mas
sachusetts, that he desires to stump the
state for the ticket.
"I am very anxious to do what I can
to Insure the success., of. exrPresldent
Roosevelt anq the Progressive party," he
said.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
FOR ALABAMA SHOW
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 1«.-Names
of 100 Alabama citizens have been added
to the committee appointed to determine
the feasibility of holding an exposition
in some city during the year 1919 which
nould commemorate the admission ot
Alabama into the union as a state. The
■ new appointments were made by Gov
errior O’Neal yesterday, and Dr. Thomas
I M. Owen, chairman of the committee. Im
' mediately called a meeting for Oct. 23.
1 during the State exposition. Tentative
! plans will be made and another meeting
I will be called for. the early part of 1913.
' when the question will be discussed thor
oughly.
Every newspaper in Alabama is Vack-
I ing the proposed exposition, and ■ the
i name of the Alabama Centennial and
New South exposition has been suggest
! ed by several persons.
i In naming the additional members of
! the committee which was appointed sev-
■ eral weeks ago Governor O’Neal stated
that the movement had grown to such
an extent that each county should have
one or more representatives.
Four Alabama cities have started cam
paigns for the exposition, and it is prob
able Mobile. Montgomery, Birmingham
' annd Huntsville will be represented at
I the meeting by delegations In the inter
est of their applications for the si?ow
KNOX SAYS FAREWELL
TO JAPANESE EMPEROR
(By Associated Frees.)
I TOKIO. Sept. 16.—Emperor Yoshihito
11< day received Philander C. Knox, special
• representative of President Taft at the
funeral of the late Japanese Emperor
i Mutguhito, in farewell audience.
Mr. Knox will leave Toklo tonight for
i Monoyama. the imperial estate near
ii Kioto, to Visit the grave of the late Jap-
lanese ruler. He will return to the cap
ital Sept. 19. and two days later win
sail for the United States.
SHOT TODEATH BY
HIS-BROTHER-IN-LAW
s. (By Associated Frats.)
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Sept. 16.—Tom
Thomas was shot and instantly killed
Sunday afternoon by his brother-in-law,
Homer J. Hale, at 112 1-2 North" Twen
ty-fourth street. Relatives who saw
the shooting say that Thomas was ad
vancing on Hale with an axe when he
fired. Coroner Brasher states, however,
that Thomas has four bullet wounds
and that. all. of the shots, entered from
the back.
Carl R. Lowe was also arrested in
connection with the affair.
fIMEDM
AND OLD SID ALLEN
DU WEDDING NIGHT
Miss Maude Iroler, Betrothed
to Wesley Edwards, 1 Inno
cently Led Detectives to
Hillsville Fugitives
(By Associated Press.")
DES MOINES, IOWA, Sept. 14
Sidna Allen, leader of the Allen Clan,
which shot up the Carroll county court
house at Hillsville, Va.. Marcfi 14, kill
ing Judge Massie and others and his
nephew, Wesley Edwards, tonight are
manacled in cells at the city jail as
a result of love affairs which led de
tectives to them. Both have announced
their willingness to return to Virginia
without requisition.
Edwards, for the love of whom Miss
Ma-ude Iroler, of Mount Airy, N. C.,
11 had Innocently led detectives to Des
: Moines, was captured tonight as h$ was
returning to his boarding house after
having worked all day with a paving
gang. Just as he boarded a street
car detectives and officers surrounded
it. Edwards was trying to escape by
crawling through the front end of the
car when the officers caught him. The
arrest of Sidna Edwards was effected
earlier in the day.
A visit by Edwards to Miss Iroler
in her Virginia home about a month
ago and the accidental loss of a
letter, put the detectives on the trail.
The fugitives had been in Des Moines
since April 28. Allen, under the name
of Tow Sayre, worked as a carpenter,
and Edwards, under the name of Joe
Jackson, was employed with a city pav
ing gang. '
ON EVE OF WEDDING.
Allen was arrested at the home of
John Cameron ‘at. Eleventh and Lo
cust streets, where he and his nephew
had been rooming, by detectives Bald
win. Lucas and Mundy, of Roanoke. The
arrest was made a few minutes after
Miss Iroler stepped into the Cameron
home to meet Edwards, whom she was
to wed tonight, according to an arrange
i ment made»when he visited her in Vir
| ginia. Detective Lucas was at her
heels. Allen was In an upper ropm.
When informed that visitors wanted to
see him. he came downstairs.
COVERED BY GUN.
As he di<i so Detective Lucas cov
ered him with a revolver and asked
him to surrender. Allen hesitated, then
threw up his hands, saying as he did
so: "I guess I’m your man.” Allen
was hancuffed and placed under a guard
nf city detectives while Colonel Bald
win and Chief Jen next 'of the local de
partment. went In search of Edwards.
,who was to be at work in the
] western part of the city. Apparently
Edwards hedrd that his uncle had been
captured, because he was not to be
tound until tonight.
Miss Iroler arrived at Des Moines
this morning unaware that on her
same train were detectives who want
ed her sweetheart. She went straight
tp the Cameron home, having previously
• been provided with the address, and
j the officers followed.
WHAT GIRL SAID. '
’’Wesley was down 'home a month
ago,” she said. “We were to be married.
He gave me the money to.come to this
city and this address. I had no idea
that anyone was following-me.”
Sidna Allen, in his cell tonight talked
freely of' the events of the last few
months, but declined to say much con
cerning his movements immediately
after the courthouse tragedy. He and
Edwards remained in the mountain
country of Virginia and North Caro
lina for about a month, and then go,t
. over to Kentucky, going to Louisville,
where they spent several days. Their
next stop was in St. Louis, where they"
remained a week. They had sufficient
money for their {feeds and traveled as
first-ciacs passengers.
“I don’t know why we came to Des
Moines,”, said Allen, “unless I thought
we would be safer here. Several years
ago I was in the Klondike and 1 fig
ured that the officers would think I
had gone back there. So I came to
Des Moines and I got work as a car
penter and expected to- remain here
until It was safe back home.
AS TO HILLSVILLE.
“I would have given myself up long
ago if I had thought we could get a
square deal. But see what they have
done to Floyd, my brother, and Claude."
Allen declared that the courthouse
tragedy was the fault of the officers,
who. he said, began the shooting.
"We heard a few days before Floyd
Alien's trial began that Sheriff Webb
had bought a hundred rounds of cart
ridges and had made the remark that
he was going to show that Allen gang
some ’real court’ but we did not expect
trouble that day and there wouldn’t
have been any if the officers had not
begun IL’’
DENIES THREATS.
Allen denied that after, the tragedy
he had’ ever sent threats to the offi
cers.
"The trouble in the courthouse came
as unexpectedly as anything ever
; could," he continued. “Floyd Allen was
'on trial. The evidence was over
whelmingly In his favor. Yet they con-
I victed him. , * . •
“I started away from Hillsville the
night of the trouble. The officers were
‘ once within fifteen feet of Tne, but
they did not know it. 1 thought for
a while I would go back, but when 1
heard there were orders out to shoot
me on sight, I decided I'd better get
out of thflt country.
’’l was Writing when the detectives
came txda_v. I had heard that Wesley
and the girl were to be married and
that she .was coming here. If he hadn't
beecn a blamed fool and gone back to
Virginia 'and dropped that letter we
k wouldn't be In this fix tonight. I
don’t blame the girl. I don’t know
her, but her mother, Mrs. Frank Oriler,
was en«p my sweetheart. , r
Allen was much Interested as.to what
woul<J be the reception of himself and
Edwards when they returned home. The
I two men were subjected to the Bertll
lon measurements tonight.
Drowns at Pensacola
(By Associated Press.)
PENSACOLA. Fla., Sept. 16.—Luts
Rarcaz, of Pensacola, was drowned and
William Strobahr, a business man of
Montgomery, Ala., had a narrow escape
from death Sunday afternoon when they
ventured too far out while surf bathing
near Santa. Rosa island.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 10)2.
TIS SWEET TO DREAM
J II
BL Ii
'■/
I/ /F / wlw /J If
i■ Jr ] '
'i f \ I j j ,
n BWEITHS BODI
TO i MEDICAL COLLEfiE
But His Teeth, Toenails and
Fingernails Must Be
! buried
(By Associated Press.)
TOKIO,. Sept, 16.-The will of General
Count Maresuke Nogi, who, with his
wife, the Countes6 Nogi, committed sui
cide at the moment that t.ie body of the
late emperor was started cn its journey
to the tomb, was publlsned here today.
, The Japanese warrior says that he fol
lows the emperor because his services |
are no longer required in this world. He
had often sought to die. he ados,' ahd :
chooses as .-the occasion for ids departure
frorp life the. present great national ca
larulty under -which the country is labor- I
Ing. • . ’ .
The document tears date of the night of
Sept. 12, twenty-four hours previous to
the taking ot his life, and it indicates
that the death-of the countess had not
been decided upon when the instrument
was prepared.
.General Nogi distributes his property ,
.ajnong his wife and friends and makes’
donations to a nupiber of public institu
tions,, tie says that while his wife lives
,the house of Nofgi may be maintained,
but that after he rdeath the line will be I
extinct. - ‘ . I
. The Port Arthur hero suggests that his
body .be given to a medical college, re
questing that only his teeth and finger
annd toe nails be buried in the grave.
POSTOFFICE MEN
IN MEMPHIS
(By Associated Press.)
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Sept. 16.-Delegates
to the annual convention of the National
Association of Supervisory Postoffice
Employes began a three days session in
this city today.
At the forenoon meeting addresses of
welcome and responses were delivered
and committees appointed.
Prominent among the visiting 'post
office officials are Ernest Green, presi
dent, Baltimore: A. E. Trout, vice presi
dent, T°l e< io. O.; Judson F. Vodges,
chairman of the organization committee,
Philadelphia; G. W. Born, chairman of
the finance committee, St. Louis; F. M
May, chairman of the topic committee.
Dayton, O.; George H. Reiter, Cincin
nati; Georgy H. Fleming. Baltimore.; J.
J. Fields, secretary. Louisville, and Jo
seph S. Vick, treasurer. Rochester, N. Y.
FEARING BLINDNESS?
HE SHOT HIMSELF
i
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16—Fearing that i
he was becoming totally blind. Drover
A. P. . Tannert, a wool importer, com- 1
mitted suicide last night. ’ Hearing a
taxicab, Tannert ordered the chauffeur,
Clifford Lee, to drive through Central :
Park. Twenty minutes later Lee heara ,
a shot and glanced inside the machine ’
to see Tannert’s body lurching against .
the door.
Tannert, left letters explaining that :
he was "totally blind in one eye, ana I
,thq other almost useless." Six pairs :
of eyeglasses were found in his
pockets.
BIG BEAR IS KILLED
IN ALAPAHA SWAMPS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
NASHVILLE, Ga., Sept. 16.—Messrs.
Dan McClelland, John McSwain and Joe
Luke killed a bear in Ten Mile bay.
which is near Alapaha. A portion of
the bear was brought to this city.
Other bears are thought to be In the
same locality, as tracks have been seen.
FIIE HURT WHEN TRAINS
HIT NEAR DOUGLASVILLE
Freight Trains Collide. Head-
On-White Fireman Seriously
Injured
- •’■ . . - '
J. R. Huskey, a fireman on engine No.
634, of the Southern road, lies-»at the
Grady hospital at death’s door, while
four of his companions are badly Injured
as the result of a head-on collision be
tween two freight trains a mile west
of Dauglasville, Ga., at 5 O’clock Mon
day morning.
I Track forces have been at work at
the scene of the wreck since early morn
ing. but the traffic will be tie<k*up until
midnight. Passenger trains are being de
toured via Rome.
. The collision occurred at mile post 673.
train 773, castbound, meeting train 75,
westbound, while the two weie going at
the rate of about twenty miles an hour.
The shock scattered sixteen cars along
the track and smashed the two locomo
tives considerably. It is said that the
collision was the fault of the nigbt oper
ator at Douglasville, who confused his
orders. «
The five injured men were brought to
Atlanta at 11 o’clock and rushed tn Pat
terson’s ambulance to the Atlanta hos
pital. Only three of them were seriously
hurt, W. J. Nation, a brakeman, of Bir
mingham. and V. W. Dewitt, a fireman,
of Birmingham, both white men, es
caping with nothing more than a few
bruises.
Joe Huskey, a white apprentice fire
man on engine No. 634, had both his legs
crushed and his recovery is doubtful.
Robert Forbes, of Plum street, Atlanta,
conductor on train 773, had one leg brok
en, but is doing well. The third man was
Henry Martin, colored fireman, of Bir
mingham. Ke was bruised around the
body and head.
School Full of
Girls in Nicaragua
Suffer From Famine
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—American
bluejackets and marines have been call
ed upon by Minister Weitzelman. of Nic
i aragua. to rescue from famine a college
j full of girls at Granada. The girls have
I been isolated for forty days and are
! facing an empty larder. The college is
, under French control and many of, its
■ inmates are foreign residents.
The American minister appealed to
Admiral Southerland, .of the American
: fleet, to send a rescue party with some
lof the food supplies sent by the Red
Cross from the canal zone.
HAYWOOD, OF I. W. W.,
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
(By Associated Press.)
LAWRENCE, Mass.. Sept 16.—Wil
liam D. Haywood, general organizer of
the Industrial Workers of the World,
pleaded not guilty before Judge John F.
Quinn in the superior court here today
to two indictments charging him with
conspiracy in connection with last win
ter’s textile strike in this city. He
was held for trial under 31.00 C bond.
Nc date for the trial was sat
GOV. MARSHALL SPEAKS
IN KANSAS GIH MONDAY
Is Scheduled to Make at
Least Five Speeches Dur
jrfg Day
(By Associated Press.)
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 16—Governor
Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana, Demo
cratic ylce presidential candidate, ar
rived here early today and immediately
went to Kansas City, Kan., where a re
ception had been planned for him and
where he was to make the first of his
campaign speeches in this section. He
Was scheduled to make at least five
Speeches in the two Kansaz Cities. His
prirteipal one will be at Huron park,
Kansas City, Kan., this afternoon.
It had been planned for him to address
the Croatian national convention, which
is in session on the Kansas side; the
packing house employes at Armourdale,
and the Kansas ‘ City Live Stock ex
change.
After his speech at Huron .park, Gov
etnor Marshall • will depart ‘Tor St. Jo
seph, Mo., where he will speak this
evening.
LIVES AND PROPERTY
LOST IN BIG STORM
(By Associated P-e*».)
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. 16.—N0 trace
has as yet been found of Mr. and Mrs.
O. H. Madison, of Syracuse, who were
conoeing on Seneca river yesterday after
noon about Wie time a' cyclone swept
over Onlanda lake and the town of Sa
lina, killing four persons and damag
ing property to the extent of about
3500,000.
Samuel Smith, of Syracuse, was fatally
hurt by a trolley car as he was walking
to the city from a lake resort after the
storm. He was found near the track
early today with his skull fractured and
right arm severed at the shoulder.
The tornado’s duration was but a min
ute. Trolley service between this city
and Oswego and between South Bay and
Syracuse was paralyzed. Poles carrying
telephone, telegraph and electric light
wires were swept down by scores.
COAL, BUT NO GOLD
IN FROZEN BAFFIN LAND
(By Associated Press.)
ST. JOHNS, N, F.,
great hardships in the frozen north,
Captain J. Bartlett, of the steamer Nep
tune of this port, who headed a gold
hunting expedition to Baffin Land, re
turned to this harbor, reporting last
night the loss of one of his ships and
the discovery -of extensive coal deposits,
but no gold. The pealing steamer Al
gerine of the expedition was lost in
Ponds Inlet.
After she was crushed in the ice the
ship's company walked forty miles over
the floes to land and found a cache left
by Captain _ Bernier. ,F6r two weeks
they subsisted -on four crackers each
per day while they worked their way
to Button Point, seventy degrees north
latitude, where they were picked up by
the Neptune. The party, was unable to
t>enetrate far Into the interior owing
to ice and Unfavorable weather condi
tions.
Captain Bernier, who deposited the
cache located by the Algerine party, left
Quebec July 30 in the schooner Minnie
Maud with seven men. He planned to
be gone two or three years in search
of gold'. He refused to give bls des
tination.
CHILD IS DHMEu
lIMK OF MOTHER
US MIS KILLED
Ambushers, Who Shoot Malt
Hughes to Death, Crush
Child’s Head With Blow In-' x
tended for Woman
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MINERAL BLUFF. Ga., Sept. 16.
While his wife, with their child in her
arms, heroically sought to drag her hus
band from out of the range of ambush
ers’ bullets. Malt Hughes, a well known
citizen of Rock Creek district, was shot
to death, as he lay outside of his home's
door, by parties unknown to the of
ficers. according to information vhieh
has reached here.
Not content with the assassination of,
Hughes, the ambushers crushed in the
head of his child with guns, when they •
struck at Mrs. Hughes, who was battling
for her husband’s life. The child is not
expected to live. 5
The ambushers made their escape, aft
er threatening death of Mrs. Hughes if
she made any report of her husband's
death. The woman, who is prostrated’ ; -
by the tragedy, claims to have recog
nized members of the parte, but is
afraid to -give any information.
Sheriff Jenkins and a large posse have /A
been at the Hughes home since the kill
ing and are endeavoring to capture the
ambushers.
The only reason that can be assigned
for the killing of Hughes is that he |
was believed to have been responsible -
for activities of revenue officers who
recently confiscated a number of Illicit
stills in this section.
An attempt was made Sunday night •
week ago to kill Hughes, but only a
part of * a load of shot struck him in
the hips. The second attack resulted in ||
his death. He was called to the door
of his home at night, and a shot enter
ed his neck under the chin. Hughes fell
outside the doorway, and attempted to
crawl back into the house. Mrs. Hughes. ■
with her baliy in her arms, rushed to
Hughes’ side and was trying to carry
him back into the house. One of thd
party struck at Mrs. Hughes with his
rifle, but the blow landed on the baby’s
head, crushing the skull. v
Three men then dragged Hughes into
the yard, where two more volleys wore
firrd Into his body. _
Two mei) are reported to have been
Monday for Hughes’ death,
while it is said warrants have beer
issued for five or six others.
Dog’s Bark Starts
Wholesale Murder
(By Asaociated PreM.)
SHREVEPORT. La., Sept. 16.—Johg
Mondello, Sr., a wealthy farmer of Pow
hatton, Natchitoches parish, is dead, and . ,
his wife and two sons, John, Jr„ and
Sam, are in a Shreveport hospital witk
serious injuries as the result of a whole
sale attempt at murder Saturday night.
George and Joe Penina, also Italians,
of the same neighborhood, are being
sought by the authorities.
A dog lan to the fence as one of the
Peninas passed and barked at him.
Later thto boy. with a brother, returned,
both armed with shotguns, and opened _
fire on the Mondello family as they sat
on their front porch. The senior Mon
dello fell, riddled with shot, and died in
a few minutes. Joe Mondello was shot
through the lungs and will probably die.
Mrs. Mondello was shot in the
and one side of her cheek torn awt-v
Sam Mondello received a fracture -•
er jaw.
TALLADEGA ORGANIZES
WILSON MARSHALL CLUB
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
TALLADEGA. Ala., Sept. 16.—The
; Wilson and Marshall club will be for
mally launched at a meeting to be held
in the court house at 2:30 this after
noon.
It is hoped that 500 members will en
roll at the initial launching of the club, J
and that it will be increased to twice
that number within a few weeks.
SOUTH CAROLINA PROBE
WILLJMEET SEPT. 24
<By Associated Press.' 1
COLUMBIA. 8. C.. Sept. 16.-Announce
ment hag been made that the subcommit
tee of the Democratic state committee ;
appointed to*investigate charges of frau-i
in connection with the recent Soutn vas
oUna primary of the party will meel
in Spartanburg, S. C., on Sept. 24.
W. F. Stepben«on, chairman of the
subcommittee, said the meeting would
be held there on account of the ex
tensive charges of fraud made in ths g
Piedmont counties in thia section of the
state. Governor Blease was renominated
by a majority of 3.000 votes on the face ' i
of the returns.
PARENTSWILL PROBE
DEAD BOY’S. HAZING
(By Assoc ated Press.)
SMITHFIELD. N. C., Sept. 16.—The
parents of William Rar.d, the University
of North Carolina freshman, who died
on the university campus at Chapel Hill,
N. C.. early Friday morning as the al
leged result of hazing, have announced
that special counsel has been employed
to assist the state in the prqsecutieis
of the four sophomores held rcsponeibte
for the death.
The fuenarl was held here Sunday. The
Executive council of the university will
meet in Raleigh tomorrow to consider
the case. 1 e
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