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Newspaper Page Text, f The Macon Daily Telegraph WEATHER FORECAST FOR UKOKGIA: PARTLY CLOUDY TUESDAY! l-ltOHAIH/Y SHOWERS WEDNESDAY; JIODERATE, VAIIIAULK WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1S2S. MACON, .GA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1908 DAILY, *7.00 A YEAR. HAVOC WROUGHT BY EARTHQUAKE; MANY THOUSANDS REPORTED DEAD IN MESSINA AND REGGIO, ITALY Greater Portion of Messina Is Destroyed By the Shock. MESSINA IS CAPITAL OF PROVINCE OF SICILY water front Into .... Where tho Kiiilors could pet nshore, both* of all kinds were aban doned. Tho waters came and left confusion and damage on every hand. I*, is not yet nown whether any lives were lost. A number of Ashing boats were swamped and three steamers In port were more or lesB damaged. An Austrian stiamor, tlie lhulatv-*. was nearly overwhelmed. Much merchandise piled on tho docks was washed away. Brief reports have been received here Details Are Meager, But Gravest Ap prehension is Felt for Other Cities— Great Tidal Wave Sweeps Into Port of Catania as Result of the Seismic Disturbance—Steamers Suffer by the Tidal Conditions—Whole of Southern Italy Disturbed by Shock—Centered in Sicily* ROME, Dec. 28—The three provinces of Coeenza, Catanzaro and Reggio 1)1 Calabria, comprising tho department of Calabria, which forms the southwest ern extremity of Italy, or “tho too of the boot," were devastated today by an earthquake, the far-reaching effects of which were felt almost throughout the entire country. The town of Messina, In Sicily was partially destroyed and Catania was inundated. In Messina hundreds of houses have fallen and many persons have been killed. Owing however to the fact that teicgruphic and telephonic communications were almost completely destroyed. It is im possible to obtain even an approximate idea of the vast damage done. The fate of entire regions within the zone of the earthquake Is unknown, but reports received here up to a late hour tonight Indicate the havoc has been great and the destruction tQ-llfe and property more terrible than Italy has experienced In many years. The uncertainty of the situation for many thousands has filled all Italians with th,» deepest distress, for tin y still have fear that the clay may com.* when that part of the country, which seems to have been most blessed by nature, will he destroyed by the blind forces of that game nature which nearly nine teen centuries ago overwhelmed Pom- pell and Herculaneum. AH reports show that the present catastrophe embraces a larger area than the earthquake in 1905. The tidal wave which followed the earthquake on the eastern coast of Plelly sunk vessels and inundated the fewer part of Catania. It Is known that a number of people were killed at that place, but tho rushing waters carried everything before them and caused such an Indescribable confla gration that it will be Impossible for some time to estimate the damago and the-lives lost. For a period the town of Messina and the whole province of Reggio were completely Isolated through Interrup tions to the telegraph and telephone and landslides that obstructed the rail ways. Absoutely nothing was beard from F/Ogg’.o throughout the day while tho first news from Messina came In tho form of a dispatch which a tor pedo boat, flying at full speed along the coast of the peninsula, carried from point to point, always finding the wires down, until It reached N'.cotera. where the telegraph lines were found to he Intact. From this point the dis patch Was sent. City is Ruined. ROME, Doc. 28—Tho latest dispatch er received hf-iv from M*ssin;i, Italy state that two-th'.rds of tho city was destroyed by the earthquake. Many people were killed and In jured. The gravest news also has been re celvod from Reggio, where the earth - quake wrought great havoc. Details, however, ar (? lacking. Messina in the capital of the pro vince <»f S'clly, and has. a population of 78,000. Tho province embraces area of 1.7SH square miles. Reggio Is a seaport town In Reggio dl Calabria province, with a populatlo 24,000, Heavy Death List. LONDON, TV-. L’s A .ilr-M* t« li r« <-< i\ < >1 here bv a news bureau Mutes that thr*-e hundred presons were killed ns tins result of the earthquake at Messina. Southern Italy. (m and tho churches , a small town 100 t anla. several houses scenes of panic Felt In Washington. longed was recorded by the weather bu reau Instruments last night. It la esti mated that the great force of shock was felt 4,800 miles away. Boats Damaged. LONDON, Dec. 28.—A dispatch received hero from Catania, Sicily, nay* Swedish steamer Asta. the Auat Bteamer Budatwo and the Italian steamer Orseolo were damaged today by iquake and consequent tidal d ance at that part. Tho extent of t injuries to tho vessels Is not given. Continued on Page Six. BEAUTY MARRED BY STRONG ACID In Jealous Rage Atlanta Woman Attacked Her Pretty Friend. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 28.—Follow ing a few heated words, about what no one knows, Mrs. Alfa Gunter threw what is believed to have been a strong. acid in the face of Mrs. Clemma Long, in the doorway of the latter's home at 39 Glenn street last night. Jealousy is believed to have been the cause. Mrs. Long was called to the doov, where she met Mrs. Garner. They talked for several moments, when passersby were startled by a scream from the former. Mrs. Garner dashed away, and the police have not been able to since locate hor. Was Beautiful Woman. The -victim was found to be suf fering from serious burns on the face, the same having been caused by a strong acid. She was taken to the Grady hospital, where doctors could do nothing beyond- relieving her of the pain. She will survive any material injury beyond a mar ring of her facial beauty, which had previously been of rare order. The husband of one of tho women is said to have figured in tho ill feeling which brought about tho trouble. ■■ ■ ATLANTA 10 GEI BROWNSVILLE ffl - D ,v CHARGED THAT CONCERN PAID EX ORBITANT PRICE FOR INSUR- . ANCE STOCK. COLUMBIA, 8. C. t Dec. 28.—Today nt Choraw Judge Watts, of (he circuit court, uftcr hearing arguments by both cldcs, announced that he would appoint receiv ers for tho beminolo Sccuritlcu Company, the decision being on an application by J. C. Klugh, a stockholder of tho com pany, for a receivership.. It was alleged that the company had acted Illegally In purcluiMng the stock of the Southern Ll/a Insurance Company, of North Carolina, and that tho price paid for the insurance company stock was un duly high, and that excessive commis sions were paid to the agent who engi neered tho transaction. Judge Watts fixed the receivers'- bond at l&O.oOO. As yet no receivers have been named. The Bemfnolo Company is capi talized at $300,000. Former Georgian Residing There Says ’Twas Boom for Town. ATLANTA. Ga., Doc. 28.—(Tele graph Bureau, Kimball House.)—prof. L L. Candler, a native Georgian, but now a citizen of Brownsville, Tex., Is In Atlanta for the first tlmo in many years. Ho Is a brother of former gov ernor Allen D. Candler, and ho Is here to attend the educational convention which begins tomorrow. Great Thing for Town. "Yes. I was at Brownsville on tho night of the •shooting-up,’" Mr. Can dler said today. “My opinion Ig that it was tho beat thing that ever, hap pened to Brownsville. Tho unfortu nate features were the killing of ono man and tho serious Injuring of a policeman. But the occurrence adver tised the town to the world, and made its existence known to all the people of this country. Better still It brought about the elimination of the greatest nuisance tfc over had In that vicinity. I refer to the army barracks, where negroes won; often garrisoned. The Fort Brown garrison, where tho ne groes who did the shooting were quartered, has been abandoned by tho war department and Is now' used by the department of agriculture us an experiment station for cattle diseases. Affair Greatly Exaggerated. "The riot there has been greatly ex aggerated, as such occurrences usual ly are," he went on. "It was not so pretentious or so serious as ono would think .from the national controversies It has caused. It amounted to very little more than a drunken row and the "shooting-up" was confined to very small section. Ninety per cent of tho residents knew nothing of it until after it occurred. White Officers to Blame. "My private opinion Is that tho white officers were In secret sympa thy with the men, and their conduct, In my Judgment, was more reprehen sible than that of the soldiers. “There is no doubt of the shooting having been done by members of tho Twenty-fifth infantry. That Is looked upon ns a settled fact in Brownsville. Privately, non-partlclpating members of tho battalion would admit that their companions were guilty. Only a small percentage of the troopers were In volved, but they mado such threats that the others were afraid to talk. "Tlio battalion was mqdo up largo part of Goorgla negroes, knew neveral of them before I left this state, and somo were reputable, reliable negroes.” Mrs. Julia Hammond Dead. ATLANTA. Ga., Dec. 1'8^-Mni. Julia Hammond, widow of Nathaniel Hammond, one time United States senator from Georgia, died hero this afternoon nt the homo of her daugh ter, Mrs. J. H. Gilbert. Several chll dron survive hor. Mrs. Hammond be longed to another generation, but during her active life w'as ono of the most prominent women in the state, as her hUBbftnd was one of Its lead ing lawyers. Supt. Slaton is Better. ATLANTA, Ga., Dee. 28.—Somo Im provement was reported in the condl tlon of W. M. Slaton, superintendent of schools, today, though he Is not yet beyond danger. Ho has been serious ly ill with pneumonia for several days. Poaehtroo street for soveral day*, more than slight Improvement was tlecablo In his condition today, and his friends and relatives are very uneasy. Children Bitten By Doa. ATLANTA. Ga.. Doc. 28.—Tho state board of health sent hydrophobia treat ment for two children to Dr. W. L. Fitts at? Carrollton this morning. Tho doctor reported that two children were bitten them Saturday by a mad dog which escaped. He stated that there wan no doubt of the animal having rabies ock* and shore front bv a tidal wave that Much damage was Details are lac IN SCANT ATTIRE FIEEJOR SAFETY FAMILY Or M. 8TINEBERG El CAPES FROM BURNING RES IDENCE JUST IN TIME. ATLANTA. Ga., Dee. 28.—Unless th( bonds of 88 tax collectors and 87 tax re ceivers who Itavo not been hoard from by tho comptroller general are on file at tho state capital by Jan. 1, that number of county offices inay be declared va cant ana new elections ordered by the governor. Homo claim that It Is mandatory on the governor’s part to order those offices vacated In caie those regularly elected have not supplied the proper bonds by the tlmo the terpu* begin? which Is tho first of the year. Pay for Tsachers. ATLANTA. Ga.. Dec. 28.—Warrants were drawn on tho state treasury this morning for sums amounting to $219,000 representing payments to tho school teachers of the state. It %vil1 be distribu ted among more than a pcore of couutles, and should he paid out by Jan. 1. The payment constitutes the second to be made within the past ten days, the two amounting to more than a halt mil lion dollars. More than that amount is still due. however, on the 1907 appropria ble f^ont. Soldiers hi WADLEY, Ga., Dec. 28 At 4:30 cloek this morning the alarm of fire , . ant-nrnl jal * ,VCI1 fl,Ul th « ^rlHng OCCUplCll l»J L.«- ir . rt ,b * CARRIES COAL SCUTTLE rovtneo of Syracuse dren came very near being cremated, ral houses were do- They lost everything except one trunk '*“* ami a few clothes they gathered *as they nin out of the houss. Even then jerty. The I ih °y not havo enough to protect Will Be Guest at Banquet in That City Friday, Jan uary 15. AUGUSTA, Go., Dec. 28.—Atlanta Is to P088QS3 President-elect Taft from o’clock Friday, January 15, to 3 o’clock on the next dny. Tho big feat ure of the visit Is to be a banquet Friday night, at which Mr. Taft will bo the chief speaker, About one hun dred representative southerners will attend the dinner, that every section of the south may be represented. The Taft visit is to be made the occasion of an elaborate celebration, when, It Is hoped, to give Judge Taft an op portunity tcrdelivcrra message to the entire south under appropriate condi tions. Theso arrangements were made here today upon tho visit to Judge Taft of Asa G. Chandler, of tho Atlanta Cham ber of Commerce: David Woodward, its vice president; Walter G. Cooper, secretary, and Charles W. Caverly. Week on isthmus. Mr, Taft said today that his stay on the Isthmus of Panama would be limited to ono week. While thero he will bo the guest of 0.1. Coollials, at his residence nt Culebra. Mrs. Taft will accompany her husband on tho trip and with him will also go six civil etiglneorp, the selection of which Is now made «nd will be announced at the white house. * A special train will be at the dis posal of Mr. Taft and party while on the isthmus. He expects to spend much of his time at tho site of the Gatun dam, ns the. principal work of the engineers with him”Is to ascertain* the adequacy of the natural foundation for this structure. Minor tangles of administration which may bo found to exist, will bo ironed out by Mr. Taft, who will also make it a point to give Impetus to tho general work on tho ditch. Departs From Charleston., Tho departure will bo made from Charleston and the landing at Now Or leans. From the Crescent City Mr. Taft will go direct to Cincinnati, where he is to be the guest of honor nt n banquet on February 19th, given by tho promoters of the Taft Citizens’ Club. His next engagement Is at Phil adelphia, February 22. Mr. Taft was photographed today for the medallion to be used ut tho in auguration. i Frank H. Hitchcock is expected here tomorrow. Upon Inquiry Mr. Taft-said tonight that former Land Commissioner Bal linger, of Seattle, had been mentioned to him for a cabinet place, put .tU^tj. no decision had been reached. Will Banauet at New Auditorium. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 28.—A commit tee representing the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce left this morning for Au gusta, where thoy called on President elect William H. Taft, this afternoon pnd formally Invited him to visit and speak In Atlanta. A banquet will be given him when lie comns. The committee was headed hy Asa G. Candler, president of tho chamber, Walter G. Cooper, the secretary; C. E. C«verly and David Woodward were the other members. If the building Is completed 1n tlmo the dinner will be given nt tho new auditorium now In tho last stages of erection. Several hundred prominent men, many from other cities, will bo Invited to attend. CANNING PLANT FORjAVANNAH Chatham and Neighboring Farmers Subscribe $100, 000 in Stock. SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 28.— Eighty truck farmers in Chatham and surrounding counties had a meeting In Saynnnnh this morning and agreed to build n cunning plum here to tan fruits and vegetables. Tho capital Btock will ho *100,000. In addition to tho farmors a num. ber of Savannah business men nro Intorested. contract was ordered awarded by a committee of tho farmers for tho speedy erection of tho plant, and It was stated that dirt would be broken January 1. KNOX TO VISIT TAFT NEXJ WEEK Will Be Consulted By Pres ident-Elect on Cabinet Selections.. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2*.—Senatur Philander C. 'Knox, of Pennsylvania, who will head tho Taft cabinet us secretary of state, expect* to ]earu Washington on January 4 or 5 for Augusta, Ga., for a conference of soveral days’ duration with Presi dent-elect Taft. Mr. Taft Is desirous of consulting with Mr. Knox beforo definitely making aany other cabinet selec tions and he requested tho senator from tho Koystono stale to como to Augusta at the time tho tender of tho portfolio to him was made. Definite announcement of tho lection of Georgo W. Wlckersham, of Now York, to be attornoy-general Is expeted to follow close upon Mr. Knox's arrival at Augusta. TAKES HIS LIFE IN were lout. their es- is re- them from the cold. How the fire orlg- I.lndual mated no on« knows. This Is th*firth I dwelling destroyed by fir® hers with- round*-'! ln l * lc P*** three months. Improperly <fu 'tbs constructed stoyg flues caused all of re been | th(l former fire* and It Is tho opinion succor. J of every on# that (ho fire this morning • to tear in chargeable to the same thing. .: DELEGATION OFF AFTER TAFT FOR COLUMBUS FULL OF SILVER TO BANK COLUMBUH. Ga.. the Columbus banks «,»*,..«<* -•••» ■ ing after having been cloned for three YOUNG KENTUCKIAN FANCIED days they received an avalancho of family disgraced BECAUSE Christmas money from the merchants. I Ono dime store man had so much coin I that he carried a b'g coel scuttle full I noPKINHVlLLB. Ky.. Dec. 2*.— linjodlng over tho faml**t dlegrar* to his FATHER WAS WHIPPED. if ftllV fan • his fat HOTTENTOTS ON WAR PATH MURDER TWO EUROPEANS Pr« i*»*l been whli rs, Roy Rogers, tin T Itogi 11: r * - nt 20 THORNTON HAINS IS CONFIDENT THAT THE EVIDENCE INTRODUCED CLEARLY PROVES HIS INNOCENCE SENATORSHIP MAY GO TO DARK HORSE STATE HOT AFTER NEARJER TAX Vigorous Steps to beTaken to Round Up the De linquents. ATLANTA. Go.. Dec. 28.—Vigorous steps will be taken during the present work to roqnd up tho near-beer dealers doing business in tho stato. for the pur pose of compelling payment of the spe cial levied under tho Wise act. cording to rumors at the capltol. The authorities, It Is stated, a satisfied with returns so far received by reason of the law. Unless they improve, tho hopes for a largo fund with which to carry out plans for the now penitentiary system will be only partially rcnllzcd. Tho situation is an odd ono, as the au thorities ure In doubt aa to tho stops that may Bo taken to enforce the law. It Is Incumbent on county ordinal len to col lect the tax. Inasmuch as they nro ul Proper demands have been made by tho comptroller general on the ordinaries. INSIST ON DUTY ADOPT RESOLUTION CALLING ON REPRESENTATIVES TO MAIN TAIN PRESENT RATE. HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 28.—No compromise in their fight to maintain the existing duty on tobacco was the position taken by soveral hundred growers of tobacco who were assem bled In mass mooting nt tho capltol today. Th© object of tho gathering was to discuss with the senators and con gressmen from this stato the proposed tariff revision on -tobacco. A resolution was unanimously adopted calling upon "our representa tives and senators to use ovory legiti mate means In their power to main tain the present rate of duty on all tobacco Importod Into this country nnd to defeat any means looking to tho free introduction of the Philippine tobacco TO TRAIN WRECKING HAD HIS PLANS NOT MISGAR* ItlliD GREAT LOSH OF LIFE WOULD HAVE UK- SUI/TED. OHIO SITUATION BADLY MIXED- THREE LEADING CANDIDATES ARRIVE IN COLUMBUS. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 28.—With (he arrival of Senator J. B. Foraker this evening thp three leading candi dates for tho United States senatorshlp are here. It was said today that Sena tor Dick would como tomorrow. The belief obtains among observers of the contest that there ]« little chatted for a dark horse to be elected. The arrival of former Lieutenant Governor Hard ing started rumors that the Tuft sup porters might go to him rather than see tho prize won by Burton If tho latter seemed to gain strength. State Oil Inspector Phipps, n lead ing Tuft supporter, called on Mr. Bur ton today by request. As a result of their conversation, It became known that tho question of state patronage Is to figure In tho outcome. As Mr. Burton Is friendly with three state senators from Cleveland, his home, through them ho wields an influence, which If used, could bo made to bring to his support the recess appointees of Governor Harris, who nro to como beforo tho senuto at Its coming ses sion for confirmation. Mr. Phipps Is ono of theso recess appointees, hut is not innking anv effort to retain his place. The question of his attitude on tho United States senntorship, there fore, will not bo changed bv an Inti- mutton that his confirmation may be held up In the senate. He so Informed Mr. Burton today. Twenty members of tho legislature wero hero today nnd wore In confer ence with the senatorial candidates. . BARTLETT IS OFF FOR CANAL ZONE With Eight Other Members He Will Investigate Conditions. CM A HLEBTON. B. IMW 28.—Nine members of the house commute** jut in terstate «nd foreign affairs*.* Representa tives Hepburn, IUchSrdson, Gabbard. Knowland, Stevens, Sac h. Cuehmun. Bartlett umt Kmti-.ly, left Charleston nl 4 o'clock this aftrnoon on the steamship Alllartcs, bound for Colon, which port they expect to reach Saturday, afternoon. They will spend a wsek or more Inves tigating conditions In the Panama canal zono with a view to fram.’ng a code of laws for tho permanent government of the sono and providing tor me adet/uato policing of the canal. Tho party, whioh numbered about far ty ln all. Inuhidlug, besides the mem tiers of the cnmmlthtce, a number of other representatives in congress nnd members of their families, reached Charleston cnrly this morning nnd wero entertained during tho uuy wlin a visit to the navy yard boro ami a trip around the harbor. FLETCHER WILLIS DIES JN GALLOWS MAKES NO 8TATEM2NT FURTHER THAN THAT FORMERLY MADE A8 TO KILLING. Defense Scores Two Strong Points at Yesterday’s Hearing. ATTEMPTS TO SHOW REASON FOR VISIT TO BAYSIDE CLUB nOANOKE, Va., Doc. 28.—West Grubb, a noKro wanted for attempt ing to wreck passenger trains on tho Norfolk nnd Western road on three different occasions within the past week, was urrested yesterday near Wythovllle,'not far from tho scene of the attempts. Grubb was brought to Roanoke, ho fearing violence at the hands of enraged citizens. Ho made a con fession hero and told how ho hnd placed spikes on tho rails one night, piled crossties on tho rails on two other nights and returned a fourth time to try to wreck tho snme train, the Chaltnnooga and Washington limited, when he saw a track walker and went away. The nttompts, had they proved successful, undoubtedly must have caused a great loss of life. OruhU gives a grudge he holds Hgalnst a section foreman as his reason fer seeking to destroy the trains. tu-MBi.-a. os it* n i 1 .di-ii t. M ■ ■ i4eM i t .rs, >, left t..„ . i; t"r , an Imli.tf „ („ W ... t C-dun l.u*. ar.d I —>»>'J to ex- *•*'“**: [«•» *•*«••« s'-t.n t-elect Will. iloti.ntMj. There fit -t Aftins are „*a!n on ..i hi raamtl* raldad ""SiSK SL Nam«d O c of, Coadjutor, tPMiy liitBwiB Dmm poor l *M«l|iiior ns«h'ip ir * iY | i", V\ V, ‘ INTERVIEWSJGRAND VIZIER CONgTANTINOPLlC. Dec. tt.-~4?ount Pallavlncinl, tho Auatrlan ambaMOilor to Turkey, today had Intorvlewa with tho grand viator and Taw Ilk Pan ha, Urn mln-i later of foreign affaire, lie found them both totally oppoKed to tha orcaptanro of Auatrla'a auggnMIona for a until* meat of I n.* HoniiIa and Hcrxcgnvln* gumtlon. The count waa informed, however, that th« Ottoman mnbaaoMdor at Vienna l nd j been Instructed to open negotiation* with I ttaron Von Aehrenthal. the Austro-Hun- I tartan foreign minister, and the opinion wan *«press**! iluil with the good will of both ahtea a satisfactory agreement! I It la understood that the Boris will { ••h'.rthr Invito Jfi.-Mifa to send delegate* to rathni*t negotlstlcna u r a jattlemrui iu the Tuikg v.'»d*'“. PERRY, Ga.. Dec. 28.—Fletcher Willie E uld tho death penalty on tho gnllowH ere today for tho murder of Jutnen If. Hall, a well known young merenant of thin county. Tho trap wan sprung shortly after l 1 o’clock and Bhcrlff Cooper rut tho rop» seventeen mlnutea later, physicians pro- Mincing fho man dead. Willis maintained Ids Innocence .... through his trial and made no confession on tho gallows. He would have no minister to look after Ids spiritual welfare and was Insolent and abusive of tho officers to the end. Ho stated that a woman killed Mr. Hall. DOPE FIENO IS ARRESTED FINED BYJHE RECORDER Mary Davis, a -negro'woman, was ar rested Sunday afternoon by Officer Wor ker. when she was carried to the sloilon should sbe had all tpe appearances of being under tho Influence of some ding, or In other words "doped.” On appearing before Recorder Urqu- Iwrt yesterday morning, Mary atrenu ouidy denied that she nad taken a drui of any kind, and declared that she dh not know what "dope" was. Notwithstanding her violent protests, and updn hearing the testimony of the officers, who stated that she was In an almost helpless condition when brought to tho station houso, a lino of 15 or 16 days waa Imposed. Concrete Manufacturer Teatifies to Having Cauaed the Hains Brothers to Visit Place of Tragedy to Inspeot Real Estate—Witness Sobbed as Ha Related tho Incident. Stating He Felt Responsible for Sending tho Brothers or\ the Mission That Caus ed Killing of Annls—Relates Con versation With Capt. Hains and Testifies to the Captain's Irrational Actions in Speaking of His Wife'g Conduot. FLUSHING, N. Y., Dec. 28.—Tho de- fenso scored two material po'.nts In th© evidenco developed In tho trial to day of Thornton J< Ilalns, wht-.M tho defendant's counsel assert, disprovo tho charge that tho author was a princi pal with his brother. Capt. pater C.' Hains. Jr., in the killing of Wlllla.n . Annls, nt the iBayald© Yacht Club In Little Neck Bay. An exhausting cross-examination of the two wit nesses for tho defense left tho main points In the'.r testimony unshaken, and Thornton Ilulns returned to the Long Island Ja!| tonight declaring that tho evidenco proved his Innocence. Reason of Bayside Visit. Tcstlmonv that Thornton lining did not go to Bays'.do to kill Annls, but to look at property won testified to by Charles R. Weaver, sales agent for tho Hains Concrete. Mixer Company, who further'declared that It was at his Invitation thit tho lining brother* on August 15 prepared a tr r» at Randy Hook, nnd went to Bayside to Inspect real estat 0 there. Weaver aim)*, sub bed on tho stand when he mid that he felt responsible for sending the Hains brothers on the Journey that eqdod In tho death of Annls. Tho men tal condition oLCjWt. Mains previous- to the shooting Nvnk testified to by Mr; .Weaver, whorfisgertod from the action* of tho army captain ho believed him to bo Irrat'onal. . The second material point brought out hy tho defenso today was drawn ‘ from John Tierney, a garbage coll-»q- tor, who snld he was an eyo-witness to tho tragedy. -Tierney declared that Captain Ilalns had ceased firing before his brother ran down to the tlont and that tho defendant did not draw h(» revolver until Charles Roberts, n chib member advancod toward Capluin Hains with the captain’s revolver In his hand. Tierney said Thornton Hains did not point his revolver at any -one on tho float, but called for an officer to arrest hts brother. He dll not geo Mrs. Annls on tho float. Annis Not Mentioned. A severe cross-examination dhl not make Tierney waver In the essentials of his testimony. Joseph A. Shay, of counsel for Hains. was called to tho stand when court opened. lie told of his Interview with Martin Bkura. tho Rflyslde cabman, who drove the Ilalns brothers to the yacht club. Shay said that Skurn told hint In the presence of Young, associate counsel for tho defendant, that the name of Atmlii wait [■ ■ "li.-n* -! * I ii ri nn th<- trip t-> the yacht club, nnd thnt no one asked, hint to follow close behind the stug* In which Mrs. Annls was driving. . Mr. Bhay said that neither he nor •» Mr. Young represented themselves to Hkura ns newspaper men. The witness further declured thnt he was near • Thornton Hains the night of the coro ner’s Inquest and that thn defendant hnd no conversation with Herman Fallon, who testified that Ilalns said to him thpt he -wished ho "Could go down Into hell and get Annls and kill him again.” * Conversations With Capt. Hains. Charles R. Weaver, who knew tho Hains brothers and their wives, was called and asked to relate conversa tions he had hnd with Captain Ilalns. Prosecutor White objocted to any con versations that tho witness hnd with Capt. Mains. Mr. McIntyre Informed Justice Crane that he desired to Incor porate In a hypothetical question to be S ut to the experts certain conditions tes- fled to by the witness. Mr. White ob jected to the Interrogation, declaring that tho question of Copt. Ilalns’ sanity wax Irrelevant. Justice Crane said there were two questions Involved, one of law and ono or evidence. Mo ruled that as n Jus tification of law tho defendant could not hide behind the acts of an Insane man, and that if he aided the Insane shooting. As a question Justice Crane held that tho matter Capt. Hains* sanity was admissible bearing on the attitude of his bmt at the tlm** of the shooting. The evlde being admitted. Mr. Weaver re*ui ids testimony. Very Affectionate One-. COLUMBIA. B. C.. Dec. 28.—Gen. Robe. Reid Hemphill, editor of the Abbevlllo Medium, flb-d this morning at his home, In Abt;evlll«». Gen. Hemphill wus in his sixty-ninth year and was one of the best-known newspaper msn of this state. | )fq served wftn distinction In the Con federate army and had represented l.ls county In both branches of the kglMla-1 uire. At the time of his doetli C< u. I Hemphill was clerk of the state senate. I lie Is survived hy hts wife, thi end three daughters. departure of! X captafi tptfr Capt. Ilalns showed no Irrational aid tho witness. Acted Like Midmi •k.'.l -A retche-1. it* If II- I*.<>ke*1 -l-.wi iSd 1 Capt. Hughes Meets Death. HUN l 51VII.I.K. Ain . In - :h M II ie - ■ itoii it 'i . *n-l t|.« w. »uhl. -t I. alii* n: of city, died today *- a result **r .* * of spo/iUzy, wb'rli (Mijsrd him I frtin i* wi.d story wind<>.\ «» MSUS, 'IK:

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Macon daily telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1905-1926, December 29, 1908, Image 1