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SMELTER robber
MAKES CONFESSION
jsPromised Immunity . ana .
.gewacd of J 25 000.
REVEALS HIDINii PUCE OF GOLD
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Accompanied By Officers, Self
.Confessed Thief Fishes Treasure
,From.D:ep Mud of the Bay.
,A :San Francisco dispatch says:
^melting works : robuery, has confess
,ed and so far $130,000 worth of bullion
has been recovered from the bay
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For rthree days the detectives tried . ,
all sorts of persuasions to make Wlc
;
ters confess, but apparently without
effect. Finally Winters asked to see
Superintendent .Ropp, of the Selby
works who, he ^said, was the only
•friend he had.
In his conversation with Ropp, Win
ders indicated that he knew where the
gold had been hidden. Ropp told Win
ters that they had a strong case
against him and that he would he sent
to prison :for thirty years.
Winters finally weakened and told
Ropp that he had taken the gold and
would take him to the spot where it
was hidden. Winters, in company
with Superintendent Ropp and a force
.Of detectives, 1 left -on a tug Friday
night for Crockett. They waited there
,-all night for low fide. Winters point
ed out the place at the end of the
railroad :bdhm:d the coal bunkers at
iihe head of-the Vallejo Terry slip. At
that point ?at low tide the mud is about
tour feet fisqp, covered by a foot of
water.
Saturday morning Winters got in
the mud and water up to his neck and
for an hour and a half groped for the
missing bullion. Up to 10 o’clock
$130,000 worth had been (recovered.
This included the four bars of fine
gold. The deep mud finally put a stop
to operations and it was decided to
build a cofferdam before trying to re
cover the rest at the treasure.
Winters had put some of the bars
5n hags. He said one of the bags had
broken and some -email bars had drop
peanut _ It fe , now only , a question of _
careM search to find the rest of the
$280,000.. Winters claims he did the
job all alone. He -says he made four
teen trips from the -vault to the wharf
from which he the
Winters told the officers that he
planned the robbery long ago with mi
nute detail. He had been two or three
months working on hi* little tunnel.
It had taken two nights’ labor to cut
through the brick wall o£ the smelter.
Most of the boring in the bottom of
the vault had ben done in the night
when the gold was taken.
He carried the plunder, which was
very heavy, from the vault to the wa
ter and deposited it. The distance
from the vault to the cache was about
a quarter of a mile and he made four
teen round trips. Winters on his last
trip had perceived that dawn was
breaking. Not daring to complete
the trip, he laid on the shore the two
bricks which were found Tuesday
morning at the point where the rob
bers’ boat was supposed to have land
ed. The trail of red pepper ending at
that point had been a blind.
In view of the fact that promises of
clemency were made to Winters in
consideration of his unearthing the
gold, it is thought that his punishment
will be light.
Detective Gibson is quoted as say
ing that it was promised Winters by
President Ralston, of the Selby Smelt
ing Works, that he should not only
not be prosecuted, but should receive
125,000.
"Winters cannot be prosecuted,”
said Detectiv-e Gibson, “for there is no
evidence against him. All that has
been drawn from him was'secured by
detectives under promise that it
would not be used against him. Un
der such circumstances it would be
extremely difficult to secure a convic
tion.”
DETECTIVES HOLD DIMMICK.
Mint Clerk Is Charged With “Misap
propriating” Sum of $30,000.
Chief Hazen, of the secret service
department, that has received information
Walter Dimmick. formerly chief
cl erk at San Francisco mint, has been
Crested there upon two charges.
One was preferred by Secret Ser
Tice Agent George H. Hazen, charg
es J 0 Dimmick in gold from with the the United theft of $30,
States
®> r -t in San Francisco. The other
arge w as made by Superintendent
j each, accusing Dimmick of misap
h'Opriating funds placed in his hands
or the purchase of supplies.
A CALL-DOWN FOR ROBLEY.
^ ear Admiral Evans Is Censured For
Strictures on Chandler.
The navy department has acted upon
j he c °mplaint made by the Hon. Wil
"“ m E - Chandler against Rear Admi
^ a ] ‘ ^°bley D. Evans. It has repri
manded ^at effect the admiral and a letter to
has been addressed to him.
•‘ r - Chandler was also notified of the
apartment’s action.
MANVQBEY ORDERS.
<Girenit.M >sts of Steel Strikers Lay
©own Their Tools Quietly at
the Appoi t:d Hour.
The general order of President Shaf
^ ^ itho .Amalgamated association.
inaugurating the great steel strike,
became 'effective Saturday, and thou
;sands of workrs left their places to
.return at .some indefinite time in the
ffuture, either victorious over the iron
masters or .in humble defeat.
The .order to strike was generally
obeyed wherever the workers were
.organized ;and enrolled in the lodges
* of the Amalgamated association.
The policy of the American Feder
(other element of uncertainty to the
situation. The action of the executive
.board .of the mine workers at Indian
apolis Saturday in resolving to sup
;PQirt tthe strike cheered the Amalga
mated men and they are confident
that the Federation will aid them to
the .fullest extent.
The closing hours of labor and the
topening ihours <of the strike lacked
^peotacular ;aotion. Pittsburg, Pa..
which is the strike center, was calm
sind undisturbed. There was no ex
citement or violence and the pulse of
the community was normal. The po
lios officials Issued an order suspend
ing ;for the time being the vacation
system. They do .not anticipate trou
ble, :but 'want to have every man on
hand nearly ;for duty in case it should
c®ane. They say that President Shaf
fer has counseled peaceful methods
and they hope the strikers and their
sympathizers will heed his advice.
Trust Officials Confident.
A speeiai from Pittsburg of Sunday
night stated that the iron masters are
claming victory in the great steel
strike. They base their claims upon
the refusal of the Amalgamated men
at South Chicago, Joliet and Bay View
to obey the general order of President
Shaffer, and their success in maintain
ing operations in other plants where
it was anticipated there would be se
rious trouble.
The strike leader* meet the claims
of victory with the assertion that their
cause is making satisfactory progress,
and that they will show themselves
masters of the situation before the
contest has progressed much further.
They do not conceal their disappoint
ment at the refusal of their western
brethren to Join with them in the
strike, but none of the leaders would
discuss the defection. President Shaf
fer refuged to meet ^ newspaper
men who sought him Sunday and kept
within the seclusion of his home. The
other leaders who were seen intimat
ed that there would be developments
throughout the week that would mate
rially change the situation. They
would not say, however, what they
hM in mind, or how their cause was
to gain strength. It was said they
were counting upon strong aid from
the American Federation of Labor and
other organizations of union labor,
though those bodies have not yet giv
any public indications of what they
will do.
DEATH CLAIMS CRISPI.
Noted Italian Diplomat and
Stateinan Passes Away at Naples.
Signor Crispi, leading Italian
man, died in Naples Sunday evening.
The news was immediately telegraph
ed to King Victor Emanuel and Queen
Helena. The body will be conveyed
by steamer to Palermo, where the
municipality will arrange for a greaj
public funeral.
It is rumored that Signor Crispi’s
will aithorizes a prominent Italian
politician to examine his papers and
to publish his memoirs.
VALUABLE GOLD BRICK LOST.
Was Shipped From Seattle to ’f risco
and Fails to Arrive.
A telegram received by Captain
James Carroll, of Seattle from tlxe
Apollo Mining Company, of San Fran
cisco, states that a gold brick, valued
at $20,000, which was shipped from
Unga. Alaska, via the steamer New
port,about July 20th, has not arrived
in that city. The treasure should
have reached San Francisco several
days ago.
STATE FUNDS TIED UP.
Closed Bank at Austin, Texas, Was
Commonwealth Depository.
The special committee appointed by
the Texas legislature to investigate
the heavy deposit of the state of Texas
in the First National bank when that
bank was closed by a receiver August
4, held its second meeting Thursday
behind closed doors. State Treasurer
Robbins testified to the fact that there
was $358,208.89 tied up in the bank,
the same being money collected by the
bank for the state treasury on checks
sent in to cover taxes and money due
on state lands.
ALL WILL BE PAID.
Phillips, “Corn King,” Reassures His
Army of Creditors,
George H. Phillips, speaking for his
firm, which recentl-y suspended opera
tions on the Chicago board of trade
because of confusion of accounts, has
declared that every customer having a
claim against the company would be
paid in full. Notices cf their accounts
will be mailed customers within a day
or two.
IN ROARING FLAMES
NEGRO RAPIST DIES
To Stake Mob Chains Cul
, prit an( j Applies Torch.
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VICTIM FULLY IDENTIFIES HIM
Law-Abiding Negroes of Neigh
borhood Approve and Take Part
In the Horrible Tragedy.
At Way£ Station, Ga., eighteen miles
south of Savannah, on the line of the
Seaboard Air Line railway, the char
red trunk at the body of Joe Washing
ton, negro assailant of Mrs. J. J. Clark,
is all that remains to tell the story of
a dreadful tragedy Saturday night.
Washington was captured at Liberty
City Saturday afternoon and carried
by his captor to Ways Station, near
which place his crime was committed.
He was positively identified by Mrs.
Clark as the negro who had assault
ed her. The proof of his guilt was ab
solutely conclusive, and includes cir
cumstances that can scarcely be hint
ed at in print.
The negro’s positive identification
by his victim sealed his fate. There
was a mob of 400 men who clamored
for his life, but thd leaders of the
mob, numbering less than a dozen,
carried into execution the plans of
vengeance they had formed. The rest
of the mob was kept at a distance and
was not permitted to come within 100
yards of the place where "Washington
met his death. This was at a spot a
few feet from the railway track and
not 500 yards from the house in which
the negro committed the crime for
which he pajd a dreadful penalty. He
walked to his death without a tremor
and met it without a prayer or an ap
peal for mercy. He admitted his guilt
of crimes incident to the principal one,
but to the end he stubbornly refused
to acknowledge that he had assaulted
Mrs. Clark.
Along the side of the railway track
a crowbar was driven into the earth.
To this Washington was forced, and
was bound to it in a sitting position.
His legs were extended straight in
front of him on either side of the bar.
a chain held him fast around the
waist, while a heavy rope encircled
the bar and his neck. Washington’s
victim had been asked by the leaders
of the mob to apply the torch to the
pyre, but at this office her soul revolt
ed and she declined. Her husband
was selected in her stead.
Victim’s Husband Applies Torch.
Washington looked straight into the
eyes of Clark, but the latter stooped
down to apply the match to the wood
which was rich, fat pine and was sat
urated with kena–ene oil. The flames
leaped hungrily toward Washington’s
body. The man showed no signs in
his face of the agony he must have
suffered, and met death without a
groan, as seemingly as he had faced
it without a fear.
The leaders of the mob watched
the work of the flames until Washing
ton’s head fell back upon his shoul
ders and he died. For some few min
utes longer they waited around the
stake and then without a shot having
been fired, without myise, and without
undue excitement, they dispersed.
The negro citizens of the section of
Bryan county in which the tragedy
took place were almost a unit in ap
proving it, and very many of them
were members of the mob that carried
into execution the plan of vengeance.
MULLS FOR BOER WAR.
Rritish Government Spends a Million
Dollars For Our Horseflesh.
Colonel Skinner, of the British ar
my, one of the English officers who
has been stationed in the United
States since the outbreak of the Boer
war, buying horses and mules, re
turned to Kansas City from New Or
leans Sunday. With the shipments
just made from Kansas City to Cape
Town, the British government has
spent $1,000,000 in Kansas City for
horses and mules for services in South
Africa.
OLDEST P1IOTGRAPHER DIES.
At Age of Ninety-Four Josinh Hawes,
of Boston. Passes Away.
Reports have been received from
New Hampshire of the death of Jo
siah Johnson Hawes, of Boston. Mass..
who is supposed to have been the old
est photographer in the world. He was
in his ninety-fourth year.
When M. Gounod came to Boston in
1841 to tell about Daguerre’s discov
eries, Mr. Hawes made his acquaint
ance and took the American agency
for the process of which Daguerre was
the inventor. Later he built the first
skylight erected for photographic gal
leries in America.
DAVID TIRES OF CARRIE.
Old Man Nation Sues Notorious Cru
sader For Divorce.
David Nation, of the state of Kan
sas, through his attorney, has brought
suit for a divorce from his wife, Mrs,
Carrie Nation, the temperance crusad
er. He is now visiting in Iberia, O.
He alleged that his wife held him up
to public ridicule, neglected her family
duties and abandoned his home.
VENEZUELA INVADED.
Larjj; Force of Columbians Make
bold Move Against Castro’s
Oo> eminent.
The Venezuelan government an
nounces that a new Colmbian invasion
occurred Thursday near Colon. The
invading force is commanded by the
Colombian minister of war.
The situation in Colombia and Ven
ezuela continued to occupy much of
the attention of officials at Washington
Friday, and while it was not felt that
affairs had reached a serious aspect,
yet it was appreciated that both the
official and unofficial advices iudica
ted a condition of affairs which might
mean war between Colombia and Ven
ezuela, complicated by revolutionary
outbreaks in both countries.
During the day the state department
received a rather lengthy mail com
munication from Consul General Gud
ger, at Panama, and though this was
dated nearly a month ago, it told of the
landing of a revolutionary expedition
and expressed the current belief held
at Panama that this would be followed
by other expeditions. The depart
ment also received a letter from M. J.
Edward Simmons, of New York, presi
dent of the Panama railroad, confirm
ing his communication of Thursday
relative to the trouble on the isthmus,
and stating that the superintendent of
the road advised him as to the depre
dations of an insurgent band, which
did not number, however, over 50 men.
The more serious aspect of the
matter was presented in a press dis
patch from Willemstadt, Island of Cu
racoa, stating that the Colombians had
invaded Venezuela.
There was no official confirmation as
to this, but if it proves correct, there
seems little chance of avoiding an
open conflict between these two coun
tries, as such an invasion by Colombia
would in itself be an act of war. But
the United States authorities prefer
to take a conservative view of the sit
uation until the official advices are in
hand. When inquiry was made as to
why our officials at Bogota and else
where did not send full information on
the subject, it was stated that these
officials were not there to communi
cate news, but only to advise this gov
ernment as a preliminary to any which
becomes necessary.
At the navy department no further
steps were taken toward sending ships
to the isthmus.
Mr. Herran. the first secretary of
Colombian legation, who is now in
charge during Mr. Silva’s absence,
points out that Colombia has a popula
tion of 5,000,000 against 3,000,000 of
Venezuela, and an army of about 40,
000 men, who have been for the most
part in active service against revolu
tionary bands for the last year. He ex
pressed his earnest hope that a condi
tion of actual war would not result
from the present troubles, but believ
ed his country to be fully able to take
care of herself in that emergency.
If traffic on the isthmus should he
stopped it probably would bring about
an inquiry by the United States gov
ernment to the government of Colom
bia as to the ability of the latter to
cope with the situation, for the prl
mary duty is on Colombia and only
when she fails will the United States
step in. When a similar trouble arose
in 1885 the United States did not act
until the Colombian government re
quested action, making it plain that
the trouble had got beyond the power
of its authorities.
SUFFRAGE ARTICLE PASSED.
New Provision Is Now Part of Ala
bama’s Constitution.
After a lengthy controversy tho
section of an article passed Thursday
giving women the right of suffrage
was reconsidered in the Alabama con
vention Friday by a vote of 87 to 2.
The committee on engrossment re
ported that the suffrage article had
been engrossed and was ready for final
passage. The article was then read
for the third time and adopted by a
vote of 92 to 19.
This finally disposed of the article
and it now becomes a part of the con
stitution.
Five thousand copies of the engross
ed article was ordered printed and dis
tributed.
WAS BRESCl’S ACCOMPLICE.
Anarchist Under Arrest Admits Tliat
He Helped Kill Humbert.
A dispatch to The Patrie (Paris)
from Rome says the anarchist, Luigi
Gianotti, who is charged in Milan with
being an accomplice of Bresci in the
assassination of King Humbert, has
confessed to his complicity in tho
crime. He admits that he left Pater
son, N. J., in company with Bresci.
Gianotti started a street row at Mon
za the day of the murder in order to
distract the attention of the police
while Bresci attacked the king.
Hundreds Die In Flames.
According to a dispatch to the Lon
don Daily mail from St. Petersburg,
in the recent connagration at
Whitebsk 1,000 houses were destroyed
and 100 lives lost.
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Hunting For Heirs to Fortune. !
searching Agents are for the in Knoxville, heirs of William Tenn . j
Pelham Humphreys, who owned land
in the Beaumont oil territory said to
be worth over $2,000,000.
Vienna Drug Co.
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
VIENNA, QA.
We have opened up the best and most complete stock of
Drugs, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals
etc,, ever offered in Vienna. Our stock was bought with
special regard to freshness and purity, price being a minor
consideration, though We we ’specially are selling everything in our
line at Macon prices. solicit the patronage
of the physicians. We are well prepared to handle their
trade, having a full line of Merck’s fine chemicals, Mer
rell’s, Sharpe – Dome’s fluid extracts, pills, elixers, etc.
which we offer at wholesale prices. Careful attention will
be given to orders sent.
JOB PRINTING Of All Kinds Neatly
Done at This Office.
G OTTON—bOTTON—COTTON
To My Former Patrons
and Friends.
I thank you most cordialy for your libera! pat
since I have been in the Warehouse Business
Cordele. I will still be in shape to handle your
the coming season, but at another stand. I
have fixed up a warehouse in rear of Juiien Perry’s
stand on 12th avenue. Bring me your cotton and
I will see that you get highest market price for it.
yards and stables free. Thanking you again
I am the farmers’ friend.
Q.H. TOMMEY, Cordele, Georgia
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And the public is politely informed that this firm has
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buy at yours. We’ve got them on hand and they must
he gotten rid of at some Price.
Remember'also that our store is Headquarters for
Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Feed stuff, etc., and for Dry
Goods. Gents’ Furnishings, in fact everything that a man
wears. We have nice summer suits, Mens’ shirt waists,
suspenders, shirts, shoes, summer pants, summer coats,
Etc. Etc Our Mr. W. M. Kennedy will take pleasure in
quoting prices. See us Tinware, Crockery, etc.
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