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MO VERDICT IN
ACTRESS’ CASE
Kan
Patterson’s Fate Is
Still Undecided
THE JURY LOCKED UP
Defendant Greatly Unnerved
by Delay
SCENES ON YESTERDAY
Crowd of Morbidly Curious, Including
Scores of Newspaper Men and Wo
men, Hung Around the Corridors of
Judge Davis' Court, Waiting Anx
iously for Definite News.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—The Nan
Patterson Jury was Anally locked up at
31:30, it being found Impossible to ar
rive at a verd'et. tonight. Court will
not reconvene until 10 o’clock tomor
row morning.
-The delay in reaching a verdict
greatly unnerved Nan Patterson, who
waited with her-father in "the pen."
She was said to be on the verge of
collapse when it was found at
o’clock* that an agreement had not
been arrived at up to that hour.
Nan Patterson spent an anxious
evening in the criminal courts build
ing awaiting the result, of the delib
erations of the twelve’men who short
ly after noon today were sent to a jury
room to decide whether she should be
branded as the woman who flred the
shot that killed Caesar Young, or lib
crated to Join her family.
She had expec^d a speedy verdict
and had even packed her belonging*
nnd left them in a cell which has
been her home for several months,
but evening came and the Jury went
to dinner, and returned to its deliber
ntions with no sign of what the verdict
would be. ,
The suspense of the' early days of
the trial when Prosecutor Rand put
witness after wltnessvm the stand to
complete a chain of circumstantial
evidence against, her, returned,
although outwardly Miss Patterson
seemed to maintain the same de
meanor that has characterised her
from the beginning.
Many Rumors Abroad.
As the afternoon passed into even
Jng, various rumors were spread about
the criminal building as to doings in
the Jury room.
s "The Jury stands ten to two for ac
quittal." .was one of these reports.
"One man Is holding out," was an
Other.
Some had the hardihood to name the
Juror upon whose refusal to acquit
bangs so much for the former ac
tress.
The fact that one of the jurdrs.
after the charge of Judge Davis today,
bad asked that he might take the re
volver with which Young was killed,
to the Jury foom, gave rise to stories
that the . Jjirymen were spending
much time in experiment, but all these
rumors wore but idle talk apparently,
for not an authentic hint reached the
crowds congregated in and about the
criminal courts building as to what
was actually taking place.
The great interest which the trial
of Nan Patterson* has attracted was
never evidenced In a more pronounced
way than this afternoon and evening.
Excluded from the corridors of the
court building several scores of per
sons stood outside the main entrance
In the slush and snow and cold to
night, waiting for word that the Jury
had at last agreed. It was a quiet
crowd but needed only the news of
verdict to start Into a frensy of ex
citement and cheering.
Newspaper Watcher*,
In th* coriidors of the building near
Judge Davis' court were a hundred
newspaper men nnd women, keeping
n constant vigil and picking up here
and there the scraps of Information
which f.Itered from no one knew
where, concerning Jury, defendant and
attorneys.
During the evening the lawyers
terested on either side of the case call
ed at the building, but did not remain,
having made arrangements to be called
In case an agreement was reached.
Miss Patterson, after the Jury
tired this noon, spent the afternoon and
evening between her cell in the Tombs
and what is known as the ‘pen* on
third floor of the court building.
Most of the afternoon was spent
the Tombs. As she was led from the
court after the Jury retired she wit
nessed a marriage ceremony between
two prisoners and congratulated them.
For a moment her face brightened as
though she had forgotten her own
troubles, but soon after resumed its
look of sad calm. While she was in
the Tombs this afternoon she opened
tonight, for the Jury, I think, will not
stay out all night."
When she said this her face was
tense with nervousness and in her hand
as the missive she had Just received
from her mother. It read:
Dear Nannie: We look for you to
morrow because father sent word that
tho Jury would set you free and* send
ou to me tonight. I dreamed last
night that you were with us again and
was Christmas day. God grant that
the dream comes true, Nannie and that
will coon have my little girl again.”
Watching Jury Room.
At 10 o’clock the crowd of morbidly
interested people about the court house
gathered on the White street side of
the building where they could see the
little room In which the Nan Patter
son Jury was sitting. Thl3 room is on
the second floor of the structure, and
though the curtains were drawn any
movement made on the inside was
plainly silhouetted.
Half of those gathered were women,
and for a time the people were quiet.
Finally, however, becoming impatient,
various cries were set up, directed at
the Jurymen, and this was continued
for a long time. The Jury began its
work of considering the evidence about
o'clock the twelve men
were escorted to a Park Row rostau
rant for lunch and an hour afterward
again took up the case. At 7:30 o’clock
court officers again opened the Jury
room and the men went to dinner. The
men were solemn looking lot and
during the meal there was little con
versation and fewer smiles. It was
over an hour later.
Today’s proceeding consisted of the
charge to the Jury by Justice Davis,
lasting something over an hour,
outlined the law. and then sent the
Jury away. The judge adjourned his
court late in the afternoon, saying that
verdict was reached before
clock he would return to the building.
The Judge’s Charge.
Justice Davis in his charge informed
the Jury that It was not his duty to
interpret the evidence which had been
placed before them. He would In
struct them only as to the rule of the
law to the end that they might arrive
at a careful and Just conclusion. Re
ferring to the alleged failure of the
prosecution to show that Miss Patter
son had any motive which might lead
her to kill Young. Justice instructed
the Jury, that, while It is not always
necessary for the prosecution to prove
motive, It is Important in connection
1th the other fucts. "In circumstan
tial evidence." he said, "the question
of motive often becomes Important;
but it must not be a motive that la Im
agined: it must be proved”
Referring to the several letters
which have appeared in the case,
knowledge of which was denied by the
defendant, he said that the testimony
of the witnesses must be carefully
weighed. If Miss Patterson was be
lievod the letters must be excluded en
tirely from their consideration; if not.
they must be taken at their face value.
In this connection he' said the Jury
must give careful consideration to the
question "whether it is possible that
the witness for the prosecution may
have lied for the'^urppee of aiding the
prosecution or tho defendant. On the
other hnnd, again you must consider
whether the defendant was Influenced
by any motive to tell an untruth about
the letters."
Smith'* Absence.
Of the absence of J. Morgan Smith
and his failure to appear in the trial,
he said the jury should take no cogni
zance. The defendant was to be
Judged by her own acts and not by the
acts of others.
The rule of law regarding missing
witnesses did not apply in this case, as
It had not been shown that it was with
in the power of the defendant to pro
duce Smith as a witness.
Judge Davis said that if the defend
ant flred the shot without premedita
tion she would be guilty of murder In
the second degree. He then explained
that she might be found guilty in the
first or second degree of manslaughter,
If not 6t murder, but added that If
there was a reasonable doubt of her
guilt in any of the degrees of homicide
the Jury must acquit htr.^Hl^l
In the long hour and a quarter occu
pied by the Judge's charge to the Jury,
Miss Patterson bore herself well. The
pallor of five months in the Tombs
wss touched with a clearer white by
the strain under which she labored,
but only that and the sustained rigor
of her attitude Jtetrayed th*» tension of
her nerves. She was gowned In black,
the only touches of color being a pur
ple pansy-tipped with diamonds, which
she wore on her breast and. peeping
from the black collar of her dress,
narrow white ruchlng.
Once when Caesar Young's name fell
from the judge’s Ups she quickly placed
one black gloved hand on the table,
gave a little start and then with a deep
quivering breath that seemed to ex
pand her whole slight frame, she fell
again Into her wonted fixed and
strained positions.
Sir Chas. Wyndham, the English ae-
tor, who occupied a seat inside the rail,
was pointed out to her by her father,
and she stared curiously at the man
who stands for so much in that world
In which she had once so briefly flut
tered, and once he turned and bent hia
gaze on her, his big glasses seeming to
shine with benevolence and cheer.
MOKE POSITIONS
FOR BESIEGERS
Japanese Take Important
Positions
DESPATCHES DECEIVED
Occupation of Mikado’s Men
Is Secure
AT 203-METRE HIM.
General Kuropakin, in Telegram to
Staff Headquarters, Say8 This
portant Point Has Been Recaptured
by Russians—Weatlior at Front is
Reported Sunny.
TOKIO, Dec. 22. (4 p. m.)—Tho Jap
anese troops have captured some im
portant positions on Pigeon Bay.
From Port Arthur.
TOKIO, Dec. 22.—A dispatch received
by telegraph today from the Japanese
army before Port Arthur says:
"The right column of the army at
5 o’clock this morning taking advant
age of the enemy’s excitement drove
the enemy off an imminence north of
Housanyentao on Pigeon Bay and oc
cupied the position and at 7 o'clock
dislodged the enemy from a height on
the peninsula west of Housanyentao.
which we occupied, capturing one small
gun. After the Japanese occupation of
the positions the enemy made a counter
attack but was immediately repulsed.
At present our occupation of the po
sitions is practically secure."
203-Metro Hill Retaken.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 22.—Gen
eral Kuropatkln telegraphed to the
general staff that he has received a
report from Chinese sources to the
effect that the Russians have re-cap
tured 203-Metre Hill at Port Arthur,
with the guns mounted by the Jap
anese.
Kuropatkln’s dispatch, which inflated
December 21. also reports further re
connolssnnces of both the Russians and
Japanese but says they were not pro
ductive of important results.
The weather at the front is sunny
and tho thermometer registers 14 de
grees fahrenhelt.
A Jap Fleet.
SINGAPORE. Straita Settle m-
Dec. 22.—Two Japanese cruisers called
here this morning and left at noon.
They reported that two Japanese bat
tleships, two first class cruisers, two
second class cruisers and twelve tor
pedo boat destroyers were near by,
steaming west..
Jap* Dispersed.
MUKDEN. Dec. 22.—There was more
artillery firing from Poutlloff Hill
December 21. which resulted in dis
persing a party of Japanese who were
trying to entrench in front of that po
sltion.
Chinese report that Field Marshal
Oyama nnd his staff have established
headquarters ut Lino Yang and that
the Japanese are constructing new
forts around the city.
The Japanese are reported to be suf|
fering severely from cold and sickness
In the vicinity of Palaszandzl nnd Hhl
llkhe, where It Is snld they lost 2,000
men In a single week.
OPENING SESSION
Commission to Inquire Into North Sea
Affair Meets.
PARIS. Dec. 22.—The international
commission appointed to inqure into
the North son incident met at the for
eign office today. Rear Admiral Da
vis, U. S. N.. was present.
The commission unanimously elected
Admiral Huron Von Spann, of the
Austro-Hungarian navy, to be the fifth
member, completed the preliminary or
ganization and adjourned until Janu
ary 5.
The opening session was held in a
suit© of sumptuous saloons of tho
D’Orshy Palace. Admiral Davis arriv
ed in civilian dre*s accompanied by bis
aides. Lieutenant Commander Roy C.
Smith, the naval attache of the Amer
ican embassy, and Ensign Mm. F.
Bricker, U. S. N. Admiral Fournier,
the French member Of the commission,
in behalf of Foreign Minister Del
Cassee. who was »Ment from the city,
met the American admiral, extended
him a cordial gretftfbp and recalled his
Ited to the United Stales at the time
the Rofeheambeau mission. Admir-
Fernanler presented Admiral Davis
Admiral Kaznakoff, the Russian
member of the commlHsion. and Rear
Admiral Sir Lewis tf. Beaumont. Great
Britain’s representative, the group of
admirals Joining in an Informal chnt,
partly in English and partly in French.
The .admirals nnd their aides did not
wear uniforms, thus detracting some
what from the expected brilliancy of
the opening session.
SOMETHING WILL
BE DOING SOON
Kamimnra Goes to Meet the
Baltic Squadron
HAS POWERFUL FLEET
Big Battle Is Probablo in
China Sea
REGARDING SEVASTOPOL
LOUISE AT DRESDEN.
Former Crown Princ*«s Tried In Vain
to See Her Children.
DRESDEN. Dec. 22.—The former
Crown Princess Louise arrived here
unexpectedly today. Accompanied by
lawyer, she proceeded to the Tns-
chenbcrg palace nnd asked to be per
mitted to see her children. Her mis
sion. however, was peremptorily re
fused. The princes*. who had written
to the king that unless he granted her
oft-repeated request to see her child
ren she would attempt to see them
without his permission, arrived here
unexpectedly from Vienna last night
with a woman companion. She went
to the Hotel nellevue. where she was
immediately recognized. The police
were Informed and then ministry sent
„ telegram to the king at Plllnltz. who
directed that she should on no account
be admitted to the palace, but that she
shftuld not be arrested unless she be
came violent. The princess went
alone to one of the entrances of the
palace dressed In mourning. A lieu
tenant of police salute.i the prlnCeaa
nnd told her quietly that It would be
Impossible for her to inter the palace.
The princess returned to her hotel
nnd left the city this afternoon for
Lelpug. An immense cheering crowd
icorted her to the railroad station.
NEGRO WAS SHOT
DEAD IN ALLEY
DR. CHADWICK AND
WIFE ARE INDICTED
CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 22.—Dr. Le
Roy 8. Chadwick and his wife, Mrs.
Cassle L. Chadwick, were Jointly In
dieted by the county grand Jury this
afternoon on the charge of having
forged nnd uttered a $5,000,000 noto
signed Andrew Carnegie.
Dr. Chadwick Is now on his way to
New York from Paris and is expected
to land next Wednesday. As soon as
the Indictment wss returned Sheriff
Barry, of this county, made plans to
secure Dr. C!\adwlck’s extradition. He
will meet the steamer on its arrival.
This Is the third time that Mrs.
Chadwick has been Indicted by the
county grand jury, but It Is the first
Instance of her husband's name ap
pearing in legal proceedings in the
case. The Indictments already re
turned against Mrs. Chadwick are
similar to the one voted today, except
they cover notes of $250,000 and $500,
000 signed Andrew Carnegie.
lira. Chadwick was reclining on
couch before her cell In the Jail when
she was informed this afternoon of th*
action of the grand jury. 8he appeared
not the least concerned and naked only
If there had been any one else Indict
ed. mentioning the name of a person
who has figured In the case to some
extent. She declined to make any
Vice Admiral Togo Reports That Con
dition of Warship, Ono of Moat Pow
erful in Russian Navy, is Such That
it Cannot Bo Restored to Fighting
Trim.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 22.—A squadron
of powerful cruisers under Admiral
Kamlmura has gone south to the China
non to meet the Russian second Paclflo
squadron.
Slayer Escaped After Com
mitting Deed
BODY NOT IDENTIFIED
Young Negro Supposed to Bo John
Wood, a Central Railroad Section
Hand, 8hot through tho Head by
Another, Supposed to Bo Harry
Boynton—Coroner Postponed Inquest
Until Today—No Arrests Mado.
A negro was shot nnd killed last
night at 8 o'clock on Poplar street at
the entrance of an alley between Third
and Fourth streets. Neither the dead
negro or his slayer Is known to any
one who was near by ut the time of
the shooting. The dead negro Is sup
posed to be John Wood nnd his slayer
Harry Boynton, both section hands.
Pedestrians passing along Popular
street heard some ono call for an of
fleer and the report of a revolver,
group of negroes had gone Into the
alley and stopped In the darkness:
From evidence gathered a scuffle had
taken place. This was quickly follow
ed by a report from a revolver and
those who turned to see what had hap
pened, saw a negro fall fat* downward
towards the entrance:
A shot had passed through his head
and his brains were oozing from the
wound. The ball had entered the right
forehead just above the eye and made
its exit above the left ear. He wsa
dead when reached and his slayer had
fled down the alley In the darkness.
On the ground near the dead negro
lay a bag of apples, some walnuts and
a broken bottle of whisky. There was
slight evidence of a. scuffle between
the dead negro and his slayer and the-e
was nothing other than the bottle left
by which the officers are to work out
the name of the perpetrator of the
deed. There were no mark bn the
The Sevastopol.
TOKIO. Dec. 22. (Evening.)—A re
port received from Vice Admiral Togo
at 10 o’clock last night says:
"A prisoner taken by our fleet, Who
is considered to b© reliable, reports
that ns the result of our attack since
December 13, eight torpedos struck tho
net of tho battleship Sevastopol and
that at least one took effect on her
hull. This seems to have occurred on
the night of December 15, or early on
the morning of December 16. The Se
vastopol's crew was seen to be In a
slate of confusion and n hawser h*om
tho shore was attached to the battle
ship.
'The torpedo which struck the hull
of the Sevastopol took effect on the
port side, damaging about eight feet
along the rivet lines.
"The Sevastopol, la now headed to
ward the outer part of the entrance to
the hnrbor, with her stern aground nnd
her gun pdrts amidships almost awash.
"The ship Is listing to &iitrhonrd and
the side lights in her lower deck are
submerged.
Working on Warship.
"There Is one torpedo boat to the
starhoard-nof the Sevastopol nnd one
pumping vessel to port, together with
one vessel resembling a mine layer, all
of which are busily engaged In pump
ing, but It will be difficult to restore
the seaworthiness of the warship.
'On the night of December 16 ono
of our torpedoes struck the bow of a
Russian torpedo bont destroyer and
that vessel in now nground."
Another report from Admiral Togo
received at 11 o’clock last night l«
foils:
"After personal observation outside
Port Arthur, I found that the Sevas
topol, which was struck by our torpedo
flotilla, Is now anchored In the shal-
lows about four hundred yards from
the shore of Chengtuo mountain. The
Russians rue engager] in pumping hut
the Sevastopol Is listing at least ten
degrees with her bow slightly sunk.
There can bo no hope of restoring tho
vessel to fighting trim, considering tho
present ronditlon of Port Arthur and
I Judge she has been completely dis
abled. I ulso observed that the ene
my’s destroyer, which wns torpedoed
by us, has been destroyed."
SPEAKER MORRIS !N
REPLY TO OSBORNE
Marietta Man Addreato Lively Com
munieation to Savannah Solicitor
General.
es. Now If the corporations, through
their mercenaries could whip 103 mem
bers of the ‘ house into line against
the will of the people to vote for me
for speaker, why could they not whip
them into line to defeat these meas
ures that they were so bitterly oppos
ed to? 1 supported every one of these
measures with all the vim and energy
1 could command. When the franchise
lax bill passed the house the year be
fore I was elected speaker I made a
speech in favor of Its passage. I made
three or four speeches during the seven
years I was a member of the house in
favor of the bill to domesticate foreign
railroad corporations. You were also
present, ‘Billy.’ when tho franchise tax
bill passed, but were there as one of
those ©operation mercenaries described
In your letter, trying to defeat Its pass
age. This same house also passed the
Australian ballot bill; the convict
lease bill; the hill limiting state tax
to 5 mills; the bill to allow rural school
districts to levy a property tax for the
support of their schools; ,a bill increas
ing the number of counties; a bill in
creasing tho pay of the governor and
Judiciary of the state; tho uniform
text book bill. They Increased the ap
propriation to free schois $200,000, and
passed a number of other bills of great
importance to the people of the state.
"And stilt theso men who played
such a prominent part in the passage
of these bills that are of vast Import
ance to the grant masses of the people
of the etatt are arraigned nnd de
nounced by you. Who are you any
how, ‘"Little Billy," who turn your
rath on corporations, corporation
mercenaries, lobbying nnd ring politics?
The answer is plain: You are now and
havp been for n number of years at
torney for the street railway of Savan
nah nVid tin* Southern railway com
pany. You have asked about as many
fjivora of the legislature for the past
seven years as uny man that I can
rocall. You have fought all along the
line, from tho local bills to earnest
mercenary work, against the franchise
tnx bill, nnd you haven’t confined your
tnercennry work to the general
sembly of Georgia alone. Only a short
time ago you extended It to Washing
ton, D. C.. and lobbied a bill through
congress for the Seaboard Air Line
railway company to authorize them to
erect a railroad bridge across the Sa
vannah river nt Savannah, which
would have cut off the boats of the
Central Railway nnd Steamship com
pany from Its wharves. My informa
tion is that you got a five thousand
dollar fee for this mercenary work, and
the bill was so unjust that the secre
tary of war would not approve of the
construction of the bridge. And now
"Little Billy’’ you hnve turned state’s
evidence on your brother mercenaries.
There never #'na anybody who had
respect for n man that would turn
stnto’a'evldence. except a solicitor gen
eral. You were a member of the house
for four years. Take your record nnd
ahow us what you did against railroads
and lobbying. What,did you do for the
children you now writ*- nlmni. m f..i
|»ni|i11>111hi ‘ N 1111 \ "ii i !K ili.nit i ing
J "III H . ' Y«111 > I ill III.- 11. "I "I Hi'
BrtlMt political ring today In Georgia,
and It i* through this machine the) two
big railroad attorneys from your
tunty will he in tho next house. You
havo done as much, if not more, to
orrupt Democrat!© politics In thi
state than any man tn;It of your age.
But since you have turned state's evl
dtnee It Is to be hoped that you will
discharge ypur duty us solicitor gen
oral, and make some effort to tarnish
the managers of the last stute election
in Savannah under your machine that
voted nearly four thousand people that
Were not nt the polls, and did It so
boldly that they voted thorn alpha
betically as their names appeared
the registration list. It Is true that
there was no opposition to the nomi
nees of the Democratic party, hut grave
constitutional questions were voted for
at this election. And you might do a
little against the gambling bells of Ha
vummh that your ministers preach so
fulthfully against. You further statu
In your letter as follows, to-wit:
new general assembly has already been
■elected." You may be sure the mer
cenaries are already at work. The cor
poratlons have their choice for presld
Ing officers. Who are they? Let the
people begin to Inquire. Who do tne
corporations want for president of the
senate? Find this out and beat him.
You will be doing Democracy an ever
lasting benefit. The mercenaries want
to control this high office. It will give
them u strangle hold on legislation.
Don't let them get It. Democrats should
get busy—the humbler tho Democrat
the greater Is his personal Interest In
this selection.
INTERESTING
COMPARISONS
Ollicial Canvass of Votes
Cast Nov. 8
DIVISION OF BALLOTS
Decrease of 100,078 From
Four Years Ago
THE GEORGIA RESULT
Parker Received More Support in Em
pire State of South Than Bryan-
Wonderful Gain of Socialist*—Con
tinental Labor Party Made Pitifully
Sho
ing.
numerous telegram and letters from. .. . . . _
relatives and friends mngr.itlating t When * u<1 ge h . a ^ concluded his
her upon her defense nn.l Mpiwln* charge and the u*iml forpinmie., gone
the hope and trltti that her freedom **"»«*> ® ■»«>«» *° *>«
was near at hand. One of the mes- 1 .
sages was from her mother, who has I Where do I go. she almost whls-
not been able to attend the trial,
said she hoped to have her daughter
home for Christmas. ’ /
With Her Father.
This evening after her dinner she
was taken to the ’pen' where she was
Joined by her father, who has been con
stant In his support of his daughter
since she
pered tn a plaintive voice.
’’Upstairs," ho said reassuringly, and
down the aisle and into the room where
she has passed the long moments of
waiting.
Escaped Murderer Captured.
COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 22.—J. H.
s ’ first accused of the | Adams, who was convicted of the mur-
crime and who has been her faithful I der of James Jacques of Colleton coun-
ally and companion every day In court.
No one else saw Mis* Patterson dur
ing the evening and the fact that she
was taken from the Jail to the court in
dicated that she stUI expected a ver
dict. notwithstanding that the Jury
had consumed hours in discussion
without reaching a finding.
One of her counsel was about the
building this evening, but did did not
see his client
The abiding faith of the young wo-
turn was shown shortly after 6 o’clock
.t- night when she expressed the opinion
that the Jury would acquit her.
"J almost feel sure I will leave here
ty and sentenced to be hanged and
who escaped some months ago. has
been captured by Sheriff Owens and
a posse in Colleton county. A reward
of $1,000 for the capture of Adams
Was offered. Governor Heyward re
ceived the following telegram from
Sheriff Owens:
"Adams captured last night by posse
and myself. Now in JaiL Won’t you
allow me to transfer him either
Charleston or Columbia for safekeep-
A reply was at once sent to the
sheriff to bring Che prisoned to the
penltcntUo in Columbia,
comment,
"It will do mo no good to discuss my, body of the dead negro which showed
*««•— ir» evidences of the fight and only one
shot was flred.
affairs in the newspapers. There has
been so much misrepresentation that
I have decided to do no further talk
ing and I am also acting on the advice
of my attorney In this respect."
"There are many things which Dr.
Chadwick will have to explain and I
hope he will do so,” said Prosecutor
Keeler thia afternoon. "Dr. and Mrs.
Chadwick may be tried on the indict
ment separately or together Each
has a right to trial singly if it is de
sired,
"The Jurors w‘ll finish their work
Saturday with the Chadwick Investi
gation as far as this Jury is concerned
Is ended. But I cannot say that this
concludes our inquiry into this mat
ter. It la possible that there may be
no other developments."
The grand jury has spent more than
two weeks In its Investigation of the
Chadwick affair. It is understood that
it was mainly on the testimony of
President Beckwith of the Citizens’
National Bank of Oberlln. Ohio, which
failed recently, that the Jcurors voted
to indict Dr. Chadwick.
Nathan Looser, receiver for the
Chadwick property, who :< trying to
j locate assets for the benefit of cred-
j Itors. said today that he had obtained
I information concerning 'hr where
abouts of the trunk an I ?afehel be
longing to .Mm. t’agdwirk snd which
were taken from the Holland house in
Nev York during her stay there. He
expects to - recover them, hut does not
(know if tfc*> com.,in valuable*
SEVEN SUFFOCATED.
Soon after the body was found Cor
oner Young was summoned and em
panelled a jury for an inquest. He had
not gone far when he found no evi
dence could be gathered and he post
poned the Investigation until 11 o’clork
this morning.
The dead negro !« supposed to be
John Wood, a section hand on tho
Byron division of the Central railroad.
A barkeeper remembered having sold
four negroes some whisky during the
early part of the night and also cashed
a check for each of two. The dead ne
gro appeared to be one of the two for
whom he cashed checks from the Cen
tral railroad for small amounts when
they made their purchases. There
were four negroes In the group, but
only one seemed to be the companion
of the dead negro. If the dead negro
proves to be John Wood, the negro who
Is supposed to have don<* tho shooting
is Harry Boynton, another section
hand on the same division.
The label* on the whisky’bottlek are
Identified aa coming from the saloon
where the four negroes made their
purchases and th* Office™ think the
slayer will be revealed as Harry Boyn
ton. Officer* have the description of
Boynton and ere nwt ’tv & search So
one was arrested lest night and the
killing is yet to b* worked out.
The dead negro la small of stature
and black. He app*-,»r-i u* be about
[ 22 years old*
Former Speaker N. A. Morris of the
house of representatives, has given out
the following reply to the recently
published letter of Holteltor General
W. W. Osborne, of Savannah:
'•MARIETTA, Oa., Dec. 1804.
"W. W. Osborne, Savannah, Oa..
"Dear Sir—I feel that I owe it to
myself and every member of the last
house who voted for me for speaker to
reply to certain portions of your most
remarkable letter published last Sun
day by a number of dally papers in
this state.
"Your letter Is an Insult to every
member that voted for me. You do
not give a single one of them credit
for voting his choice In that light, hut
claim that they were whipped Into line
by corporation mercenaries. In referr
ing to the speakership fight, you charge
that ’it makes a black page in Demo
cracy’s hlntory.’ ’That Its memory
shames where Democracy is loved.'
You ask, "Did It not write "Democra
cy’s shame?" '
”1 was elected speaker by 23 majori
ty. Now, let us take the records of
the house for the past three years and
ace what it is that you base these
charges upon. I never missed over
three or four roll-calls during iny three
years' administration as speaker. I
presided during the consideration of
almost every hill of general Import
ance, and out of the thousands of rul
ings that I had to inuks ths house never
reversed me but one time during my
three years us speaker, and then they
reversed me by a close vote. You
were present at the time and told me
I was wrongfully reversed; that my
ruling was unquestionably right, and
that you tried to get the ‘young Geor
gian.’ whom you speak of In your let
ter to sustain me. I have In my pos
session now a letter from Hon. A. A.
Lawrence, the lawyer of your firm,
stating that I ruled correctly, and was
wrongfully reversed. There was never
ns much ns one hour's fllilbusterlng
under my administration. This same
house that elected me speaker by 33
majority. In spite of the fact- that you
led the opposition against me. passed
the franchise tax bill; the bill to make
the llotitherri railroad Incorporate un-
der the law. of GeoritU; 111.- bill to I f'* 1 **— c T n *** r Ctl»tt»noog.i
prohibit the .upreme and .uperlor | Yw'.mb. r te'Hl
court Jud«e* from rldlnf on free pa,.. ! rordrart c-»ll» I
e«; a hill creating a board of ...cor,I an hoar. She already
» ration i; !rty for U- 117.J fcbOU IP, * prtliu.iu.rj
clay, mini! of the Kaese-Hamtnond Fire- .
brick Company, near here. The victims
with Australian*. There were about twen
ty-five men In the mine, and ail but seven
were rescued, though they wero all In
bml shape and likely to die.
The cause of the disaster was most
peculiar. A small building, about 16 by
2o. burned down at the mouth of the mine.
The air shaft from the working tn the
surface, some distance In the mine, acted
as a sort of fine and drew Into the drift
the head and smoke from the fire, thus
suffocating the men. whose escape was
shut off by the fire at the opening. As
■bon aa It could be done, tne burning
shanty waa torn away and rescuers
rushed into the mine, but already five had
succumbed to the hear mna smoke, nnd
others were In a dying condition. One
morn died while on the way out, snd
another after they had reached the fresh
sir.
The men were not burned In any way.
Practically all of the men In the mine
were foreigners and those killed were
Australian*.
Tho property loss Is trifling, not
amounting to more than a couple of hun
dred dollar*.
It is supposed that the fire waa started
by a miner, who went out to the shanty
tn eat hia dinner. He Is thought to have
upset a lamp and ignited some oil.
Strike May End.
FALL RIVER. Dec. 22.—Many per
sons now* believe that the end of the
cotton mill operatives strike Is in sight
The union members state tbat the con
test will not be terminated until the
owners nnd strikers reach an under
standing of some sort. Still, It is said,
by persons well Informed upon the
matter that assurance by the manu
facturers that wages will be restored
under favorable conditions and
minor grievances. Independent of the
reduction will* be remedied, will en
strike.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—The official
canvass of the votes casj November s.
for presidential electors was completed
today, when the result waa announced
In Minnesota, North Dakota and
Washington. The Associated Press
therefore able to present the first table
giving the official vote of all the forty-
five states. The to&.« Is 13.508,496;
against 13.060,57« in 1000—a decrease
of 460,078.
The ballots were divided as follows:
Roosevelt. Republican, 7,627,832.
Parker, Democrat, 5,080.054.
Debs. Socialist, 891,587.
Swallow, Prohibitionist, 280,303. ,
Watson, People's Party, 114.637.
Corregan, Socialist Labor, 33.453.
Holcombe, Continental La bur. 830.
Roosevelt received over ell 1,746.76?
nnd over Parker 2.547,578.
In 1900 McKinley hud 467,046 more
than all the other candidates nnd 859,-
084 more than Bryan.
The vote for Roosevelt was 409.822
more than for McKinley, while that
for Pnrker was 1,277,772 less than for
Bryan.
Where McKinloy Boat Teddy.
McKinley polled more voten than
Roosevelt In Alabnmn, Georgia, Ken
tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland.
Mississippi, New Hampshire, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tsnnsss-o,
Texas nnd Vlrglnln. Roosevelt got
more thnn McKinley In tho other thir
ty-two states.
Pnrker received more votes Hum
Rrynn In Delaware, Georgia. MIms'.s-
Ippl. New Jersey, New York. Rhode
aland. South Carolina nnd West Vir
ginia, whll«* Bryan got more thnn Par
ker In the remaining thirty-seven
The Republicans m:id«* gains
their vote of 1900 In thirty-two
states and tin* official figure* show
I*e» In thirteen. ' '
Th«* lots I gnlii-i of the Republic ms
were 722,048, nnd the total lou u 312,-
249; net gain 419,799.
The Democrats polled more vole* in
eight states than In 1000, but Ich* in
Their totnl gains were 30,702. nnd
the totnl losses 1,291,401; net losses
1,260,600.
Roosevelt carried 82 states against
28 by McKinloy, nfid has 3S6 eh - r i
under the apportionment of 1900.
McKinley hud 292 under the apportion
ment of 1880, there hnvtng been an ad
dition Of 20 by tho last apportionment.
Pnrkop and Bryan.
Parker carried 18 states against 17
by Bryan, and has 140 electoral vote*.
Bryan hod 155 under the apportion
ment In force In.1900.
Watson received his largest vote tn
Georgia, the total of that state. 22,634,
with 20,508 In Nebraska, being nearly
ono-thlrd of his aggregate, 114,657.
Parker polled 50>21ft in 1900.
The prohibition vote In 1900 was
208,791; In November 260,203; u. gain
of 51.512.
Four years ago tho Socialists had m
electoral ticket In 32 states nnd po!D--i
87,769 votes. This year they had a
ticket In 45 states, nnd the Debs vote
was 391,587. In 1100 over 5,000 v..t.*
were polled in only California, Illinois.
Massachusetts, Missouri and New
York. In November Debs got over flv ?
thousand in California, Illinois, Indi
ana, Iowa, Kansas. Mns^a'husctt*.
Michigan, Minn ota, Missouri. Mon
tana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Oregon. Pennsylvania.
Utah, Washington and Wisconsin -
the largest number, 69,22 ., in Illinois.
The vote of Ii.-- Socialist Labor p.r-
I ty in 1900 was 39,944. This ysur it v. >s
33,453.
The Continent '! Lah<
adherents In only in
Chicago, where 820 vote;
The following table si
dal vote vote In each sia
principal candidate*;
Official Tab!
Colorado ...
Connecticut
De'aware •.
Florida ....
Idaho
Illnols
ndlana ....
Kansas ....
i.'d
inoia really
v. *-re polled
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