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TRAGIC ENDING OF A FEUD
Three Prominent Kentuckians Killed and a
Fourth Wounded in a Frankfort Hotel.
BATTLE A TERRIFIC ONE
Principals Were Ex^Congressman
Colson of Middlesboro and
Lieut. Scott of Somerset.
A shocking tragedy iu which the
lives of three prominent men were sac¬
rificed and that of a fourth hangs by s
slender thread, while two others
miraculously escaped with painful in
pines, occonrred in Frankfort, Ky,,
Taef.daynt noon. The principals in
the tragedy being ex-Congressman
David G. Colson, of Middlesboro, and
Lieutenant Ethelbert Scott, of Somer¬
set, a nephew of ex-Governor Bradley.
Scott was almost instantly killed.
Lnther W. Demarree, assistant post¬
master at Skelbyville, an innocent by¬
stander, was shot three times and died
instantly. Charles Julian, another
bystander, was shot and died a half
hour later, and Captain B. B. Golden,
of Barbourvillo, commonwealth’s at¬
torney of the twenty-seventh judicial
district, was shot in the back aud is
not, expected to live. Colonel Colson
himself was shot twice in the arm.
Harry McEwing, of Louisville, was
shot iu the foot and W. O. Ridpath,
of Chicago, sustained a broken leg by
the lifeless form of Scott falling against
him as it rolled down the stairway.
The tragedy is one of the most sensa¬
tional in the history of “The Dark
»ud Bloody Ground.”
The killing occurred in the lobby of
the Capitol hotel, the principal hos¬
telry of the state capitol, the room be¬
ing well filled at the time with poli¬
ticians and others who are in Frank¬
fort attending the contests for state
ifficers before the legislature. Colonel
Colson wan placed in jail charged with
murder, but he claims self-defense.
The witnesses to tho affair were
taken ro much by surprise when the
•hooting almost began that most of them were
panic-stricken, and there are
tunny began. conflicting stories as to how it
Colonel Colson and a party of
friends, among whom was Demarree,
"ere sitting in the lobby engaged in
eonversation as Scott and Captain
bohlen came up the stairs from the
wroom. When they had advanced
•oont half way across the room, walk
la l?in the direction of Colson, the lat
• r , it is said, half rising from his
ehsir, fired at Scott, who instantly re
wned the fire. The shooting then
'ecame general and bystanders are at
"•nance as to the number engaged in
Demarree was stan ling slightly in
rout of Colonol Colson and youn
' cn tt is said to have crouched behin
um to ward off bullets from Colson’s
cvolver. Iq j> n instant Demarree
( ! 'iead, pierced by three bullets,
•plain Golden, who accompanied
!, ott ' reeled to one side, falling into
,; e “rme of ex-Governor James B.
i I “HCrearv.
sm °ke in the locality of the an
? ! msts became dense, but Colson
rn t0 preSsScott retreated
Wkward ’ ^bo
Colson Ehooting as he moved,
®®-cal\be i, emptied the chambers of a
R into r revolver and quickly brought
action. Scott by this time
‘ been “bot several times and as he
„ ^f^red back and
fell down the
^ a 5> Colson, who was within a
^ feat of him, continued to fire till
!tlw for_ 01 of Scott K rolled over and
ed that lif e was extinct.
6 Hootix o BECOMES
GENERAIj.
tip Wp? 16 '? attla was terrific _______________ and bullets
ra ' ue ^ through the lobby of the
pg.T seT eral of which went wild,
I [•flkehnj '"'rndow 8 glass ^ or imbedding
wa 8 an< ^ furniture
I lyS D erwa °C discovered rd Charles for several Jn
j 8 that
■ I H-i, ,° h few minutes later,
Wi and at first his wound was
I W b e onl J trifling.
I filling l .. Colonel Colson
ran
I I ‘"^VtErl 'Wep® 16 t Chief °* e ? and of Police harried to the
I Williams,
^,tM Urrenderad - was almost
I a Rn d as he entered the bouse
The Eockdale Banner.
"I am sorry he would not let mo
alone. There were three of them
shooting at me. ”
Meauwhile the wildest excitement
prevailed in the hotel lobby, where
the killing occurred, and in the dining
room nearby where about 300 guests
had been seated at dinner when the
fusilnd© began. Men fell over each
other in frantic efforts to get to places
of safety, women fainted and it was
several moments before the awful
scope of the tragedy was fully known.
The dead were left lying iu pools of
blood and messengers were dispatched
in every direction for physicians and
nurses to care for the wounded.
Charles II. Julian, who was shot in
the leg, died shortly after reaching a
room, death being due to loss of blood
and the shock to his nervous system.
Captain Golden was removed to a
room and made a statement that Col¬
son was the aggressor.
COLSON A PROMINENT POLITICIAN.
Colonel David G. Colson,who killed
Scott, and who’is charged with the
killing of both Demarree and Julian,
and with shooting Golden, has long
been a prominent figure in Kentucky
politics. He served two terms in
congress and declined a renomination
at the hands of the Republican party
of the eleventh district in 1893 in or¬
der to accept the colonelcy of the
Fourth Kentucky regiment in the
Spanish war. Scott was a first lieu¬
tenant and Golden was captain of a
cavalry troop in Colson’s regiment,
and the trouble which led to Tuesday’s
tragedy began while they were iu the
volunteer army.
A feud sprang up between Col»on
and Scott while the troops were in
camp at Anniston, Ala., and in this it
is said by Colson’s friends that Captain
Golden was a warm partisan of Scott.
Colonel Colson sought to Lave Lieu¬
tenant Scott examined by a board of
officers and discharged for inefficiency.
The trouble between them at that time
culminated in a meeting between the
men in a restaurant at Anniston, Ala.
Hot words were passed and Scott
shot Colson, inflicting what was for a
time a serious wound. The regiment
was shortly afterward mustered out of
the service as a result of the feud be¬
tween the officers and the serious
charges and counter-charges which
they had made at Washington against
each other as officers. Scott was ac¬
quitted at his examining trial at An¬
niston, Colson failing to appear as a
witness.
Since then the parties had not met
until Tuesday and it has been general¬
ly believed that bloodshed would fol¬
low their meeting, for both were un¬
derstood to be looking for each otherr
WILLIAMS ORDERED TO JAIL.
Habeas Corpus Petition Denied and Emi¬
gration Aot Declared Constitutional.
R. A. Williams, alias “Pegleg”
Williams, was tried at Union Point,
Ga., Tuesday under a writ of habeas
corpus before Judge John C. Hart, of
the Ocmulgee circuit.
The whole case hinged upon the
constitutionality of the state emigra
tion act. Arguments were made pro
and con and many eminent authorities
were cited.
Judge Hart declared the act con
stitutional and signed an order denying
to grant defendant’s petition. Upon
motion of the defendant’s attorney
Judge Hart also signed an order
ing Williams in the Greene county
Si.St
pearance E™ *, at the March term of Morgan
court . for , trial. ...
superior
BRYAN BANQUETED.
At Same Time the Election of Blackburn
U Celebrated at Frankfort.
William Jennings Bryan was ban
qneted by the Democrats of the Ken
tucky legislature at Frankfort Tues
day night. The banquet was also a
celebration of the election of Senator
Blackburn.
Ex-Governor James B. McCreary
presided as tostmaster *t th^ ban
anet.
CONYERS. GA.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1900.
stflpsofl’s am
Coart Will Decide Whether He
Took Part In the Santiago
Naval Fight Or Not.
“And the attorney general avers that
all the herein above named vessels of
the king of Spain were sunk or de¬
stroyed od or about July 3, 1898, by
the libellant (Rear Admiral W. T.
Sampson), and the vessels under hia
command.”
This is an extract from the answer
just filed by Attorney (leneral Griggs
to the libel filed iu the supreme court
of the District of Columbia by Rear
Admiral Sampson, in his own behalf
and also in behalf of the officers and
enlisted force of the North Atlantic
station who took part in the Santiago
naval engagement against the Infanta
Maria Teresa and miscellaneous sailors
and supplies captured upon her and
other Spanish war vessels.
It forecasts the purpose of the de¬
partment of justice to support the
contention that the armored cruiser
New York actually participated fleet, and iD that the
battle with Cervera's
her addition to the force made it supe¬
rior to the Spanish squadron. It is
expected that the court of claims and
the diftrict supreme court will deter¬
mine the question of whether the
New Y’ork took part in the battle, and
by its decision an end will be put to
the controversy which has been agi¬
tating the nnvy and Ihe country since
the battle occurred.
BERRY BANTERS BEVERIDGE.
Call. Imlianlan To Ta»k Vot Remark,
Made In Imperialistic Speech.
In the senate, Monday, * Mr. Berry,
, . ..
of Arkansas, had read the resolution
offered by Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, and
also of Mr. Beveridge, of Indiana,
Those who desired to discuss the
Philippine question, be said, were met
bv the objection that they were aiding
those who were in arms against the
United States and were responsible
for the loss of life among our soldiers,
He regarded this position as absolute
lv unwarranted, and declared that no
man who was a man would be deter
red from speaking by charges that
were absolutely unfounded by facts.
Mr. Berry believed that the two res
olutions which he had had read from
the desk fairly represented the views
of the two great parties in this coun
try He was certian that the resolu
tion of Mr. Beveridge reflected the
out the country.
The resolution had been endorsed
he said, by the administration leaders,
yet it conferred an authority power
upon this country as absolute as was
possessed P by 7 the czar of Russia.
“What is imperialism,” Mr. Berry
“if it be not the assertion of
such a power as is asserted by the res
olution of Mr. Beveridge?” He de
dared his unalterable opposition to
such a declaration, and believed the
people of the United States would not
approve so plain a violation of the
constitution of
Mr. Berry referred to that part
Mr. Beveridge’s speech in which the
Indiana senator had asserted that God
had selected the American people as
| His trustees, whose appointed work
was to extend to the Philippines and
: the Filipinos the civilization and lib
erty with which the American people
as His chosen children were to en
lighten the world. Mr. Berry did not
; admit that the American people Philip- were
the trustees of the Lord in the
pine matter. He said that when men
asserted that they were the trustees of
^present*..™ Gale, of KentncUy Sworn
I ! In—District Bn»lne»» Taken Up.
Jnne w Gale ot Kentucky, who
_
| was elected to succeed the late Evan
1 B. Settle, appeared at the bar of the
boage Monday and was sworn in.
Mr Cannon> of Illinois, from the
comm jfct ee on appropriations, reported
^ be deficiency appropriation would call
b jjj and g ave no tice that he
n p f QT consideration Tuesday,
jj r Babcock, chairman of the com
! ! ittee District of Columbia,claimed
m on
tb@ dfty f or consideration of District
Columbia business,
BRITONS’FEARS
NOT RELIEVED
By the Arrival In South Africa
of Lord Roberts.
THE WAR OFFICE IS SILENT
Movements of Buller a Mystery
and Suspense Is Great Regard¬
ing Safety of Ladysmith.
A London special under date of
January 15th says: Lord Roberts’
enigmatical announcement, “Nc
change in the situation,” does nothing
to allay public anxiety or to explain
the mystery surrounding General Bui
ler’s movement on the Tugela river,
and although there Is a disposition to
regard the dispatch as disposing of
Saturday’s adverse rumors, the week
kas opened in a state of suspense, al
most equal to that of last week, be
cause it is recognized that failure in
General Buller’s present attempt
would seal the fate of Ladysmith. sit
Presumably “no change in the
nation” refers to previous dispatches
sent to the war office, which have not
yet been revealed to tbe public. Ex
cept the announcement of the seizure
of Potgleter’s Drift, and of the ad
vance of General Warren, there has
been no news from the Tugela for
a week. A ray of hope is in the fact
tbftt t ^ e B ii e nce prevails from the
jj oer B ide. Thus it may porliaps be
fairly inferred that General Buller has
not yet met a serious check.
If the announcement of General
Warren’s movement be correct, it ii
evident that Getters! Buller’s forces
are spread over a very wide front-
perhaps twenty-five miles—and in the
event of a sudden fall of the river his
operations might be full of danger. It
is believed that General Buller has no
good survey map of the district. This
will add to his difficulties. General
Charles Warren’s advance probably
means an attempt to sieze Hangwane
hill, the main post of the Boers south
of the Tugela. Upon the success or
failure of these operations depends
the whole future of the campaign,
The news from other points is of no
great importance. Boer accounts tell
of another sortie from Kimberley,
January 9th, in the direction of Kara
f e rs dam, with a brief exchange of
firing, but no result. A heavy detona
tion was heard on January 8th within
Kimberlev dispatch
A to The Daily Mail from
Modder river, dated January 10th,
gives a rumor that Kimberley was be
ing bombarded.
Bastards Nek, mentioned in Lord
Roberts’ diipatch as the locality of
reconnaissance, is northwest of Coles- j
berg. beginnm to be raised .
Doubts are
whether it will be pos ble to get to
getker anything like 10,000 yeomanry.
Only a very small percentage of the
applicants satisfy the standard of rid
ing and shooting. A large number of
officers from the Egyptian army have
just left Cairo for South Africa to re
p l ace those killed and wounded.
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NEWSPAPER MEN „ SHOT.
Denver Atto ney „ |
, 8 not believed that either was mortal
lv injured. ob
It is understood that Anderson
jected to something that had appeared
in The Post and demanded retraction
and that Bonfils and Tammen both
attempted to put him out of the office,
Then he commenced to shoot.
Frenchmen Take Possession.
The steamer Elf Branch brings news
from Shanghai that French warships
have taken possession of Kwong-Cahn- !
Wah bay, where a boundary dispute
has been pending for several months, i
CASHIER WAS INSANE
Capt. Murphey Kills Bookkeeper
Shutze and Suicides.
BLOODY TRAGEDY IN COLUMBUS, GA.
Viet 1 m of Demented Man Was Led To
III* Death Unaiupeothiffly-Both
Parties Were Prominent.
At Columbus, Ga., Tuesday morn¬
ing, Captain John W. Murpliey, cash¬
ier of the Third National hank, while
in a state of temporary aberration shot
and killed P. T. Shutze, head book¬
keeper of the hank, and then commit*
tod su i c i{Je.
Murphey ealled Mr. Shntze into his
pr i va te office for the purpose of getting
him to write a letter. He then looked
tbc doo , aa wa „ blH custom, to insure
perfect privacy. Mr. Shntze had seat
ed himpelf at his typewriter aud had
t a [ {en hold of a piece of paper when
Captain Murphey, seized by some in*
sane j m p U | ge , drew from his pocket a
thirty-eight caliber Smith & Wesson
pi B tol aud shot his bookkeeper twice,
b 0 Uj balls took effect in the bead,
either one of which would have proven
fatal.
Before those within hearing of the
reports could realize whence they
came) Captain Murphey turiiod the
sm oking revolver upon himself, plac
j„g the mu *zle in his mouth, and
p U lled the trigger. The ball went to
a v j ta i spot and death was instanta*
ne ous.
Shutze probably never knew what
struck him. Wben found he was still
j n n lifeless position, sitting in the
chair, his hand still clutoliiug his pa
per, only his head was slightly dropped
on hi* shoulder. Wheu President G.
Gilnby Jordan unlocked ail outer door
au d entered the room a few minutes
] ater he could hardly boltove he was
dead and called his name. But there
waR no response. Almost within
touch Mr. Jordan observed Captain
Murphey lying in a puddle of blood
an d brains, a horrible sight.
T he homicide and suicide created
the most intense excitement and shock
e d the city profoundly. Both men
we re prominent and popular, and the
news could not at first be realized, as
it was known that the personal rUla
tions of the two had been most pleas
Murphey h.,1 be« .niter
the business affairs of the bank. It
ba d been evideut for several weeks
that his mind was not right.
The coroner’s jury, after a thorough
investigation, returned a verdict that
Captain Murphey killed both Mr.Sliutz
an d himself while irresponsible for his
acts.
Captain Murphey was sixty years of
a ge and had been cashier of the Third
National bank since it was organized,
He was born in Harris county. He
represented that county in the legisla
t ure two terms. He was a captain in
the confederate service. He was
assistant state treasurer under J. W.
Renfro a number of years. Politically
he was very prominent.
Mr. Shutze was thirty-eight years
0 f age. He was born in Greenville,
G a ., a nd had been in Columbus eleven
years. He possessed business ability
of the highest order. President Jor
dan spoke of him as one of the most
reliable, painstaking, competent, con
scientions men he ever saw. Mr.
Shutze was also secretary of the Co
lumbus Power Company and treasurer
of the Interstate Building and Loan
G „ Qne , tloned .
Representative Evans of Edgefield,
has introduced a resolution in the
Bouth Carolina legislature, providing
for inquiry into the right of the South
ern to acquire control over the
Carolina and Georgia under the state
law prohibiting purchase or lease of
competing lines. The South Carolina
road operated a spur to Edgefield,
which is on the Southern. Mr. Evans
afiirms that since the lease or purchase,
rates from Edgefield to Augusta have
advanced from 90 to J60 per cent.
7 5 7 Official ty. The County. Has Organ Largest of Rockdale Circulation t oun- In i
MANY BODIES AFIOAT
Vessel Sunk In St, Mary's Bay
Difficult to Identify.
WORK OF RESCUE LONG DELAYED
Photograph Washed Ashore Kepre»ent» m
Seaman lyonting a Cap Upon ITUloh
Are the Letter* “S. IVf. 8. Ffblk*,"
Advices from St. Johns, N. F., un¬
der date of Sunday were to the effect
that the gale had not yet blown itself
out, aud the sea was still too rough to
allow boats to get near the wreck in
St. Mary’s bay.
As yet there is nothing to show the
namo of the vessel. Ten bodies have
been located among the rocks and
others «an be seen floating about,
thego ftg g00u fts tbe wefttber permit.,
#nd j t may tben be possible to get at
the name of the steamer from pieces
of boats wedged in the clefts of the
rocks. f
A photograph which had been Mash¬
ed ashore, apparently from the wreck,
represents a seaman wearing a cap
upon which arc the letters “S. M. S.
Falke.”
It appears that the ship’s funnel
was banded red, white and black with
a white diamond. This funnel could
not ho that of the Falks, as she, being
a North German Lloyd liner, would
have a yellow funnel. It is also
thought that the photograph might be
one of a seaman on the German war
.hip Falke. or one taken white the
owner was on the other Falke.
j that The of funnels the wreck mo#tclosely those resembling of the
are
American Petroleum company, which
are banded black, red, white and
black, and the vessel certainly had a
Jot of petroleum on board, ns the
ocean is covered with it, causing hun
dreds of birds to perish. the
It is believed in New York that
wrecked vessel is one of three oil
steamers chartered or owned by th*
Standard Oil company.
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LONDON WILDLY PATRIOTIC.
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Bepartnro «r Volunteer. Made the Ooca
O"’ 1 **
Remarkable scenes of patriotism
were witnessed in London Saturday
ning after a sbor t service held for
«» voln.tc. i. St. F.ui: <*«..,M.
troops for the front during recent
months, this outburst of patriotism,
| on the occasion of the starting of tha
London volunteers, was quite unpre
, cedented since the jubilee. di«
j T he vast audience was slow to
perse. Ladies stood upon the chairs
1 beckoning and calling to brothers,
sons and friends in the ranks, the lat
, signaling back. A of
ter scene grea
animation ensued. Ihe organist in
troduced a few bars of the nationuU
anthem The effect in of concluding this magical. the voluntary. First |
was j
the volunteers took the and strains then the and congrsg.- the vast j
j tion up
cathedral was filled with enthusiastic
, »ong. renewed
These demonstrations were
by immense crowds outside. Mt.
Paul’s churchyard and Ludgate Hill
were black with people, and it was
impossible for the volunteers to mareU.
Individual members were pulled °“*
of the ranks by their friends and ad
mirers who raised them on th«r
shoulders and thus carried them down
Floet street to the temple, ihose who
escaped hositing proceeded slowly, j
j cheering people.
ROUND BALE DISCUSSED.
Th« Coimnluionen of Agrlonltare W.r*
j spirited Divided debate On the Question. resolution
A on a marked
' f BVO ring * the round bale the
finaI se 8ion of the Cotton States’ A
(, ac i a tion of Commissioners of Agri
culture at New Orleans. The sssocia
t j on declined to commit itself to ap
pr0 val of the round bale, but adopted
resolution so far as it appeals for
improved methods in handling ootton.
NO. 1.
NO CHANCE
FOR ROBERTS
Committee Denies Utah Man’s
Right to a Seat.
THE DECISION VERY EMPHATIC
Two Members Favor Seating Him
and Then Having Him
Expelled.
A Washington dispatch says: The
committee of the house of representa¬
tives to invostigate the ease of Brig¬
ham H. Roberts, of Utah, reached a
a final conclusion at Wednesday’s ses¬
sion. On tho polygamous status of
Mr. Roberts tho committee was unani¬
mous and agreed upon a formal state¬
ment of facts. On tho question of
procedure to be adopted tlie commit¬
tee was divided.
’ The majority, consisting of all the
members except Littlefield of Maine,
and DeArmond, of Missouri, favored
tho exclusion at tho outset. Messrs.
Littlefield, Republican, and DeAr¬
mond, Democrat, will make a minority
repiort favorable to seating Roberts on
his prima facie rights and then expell¬
ing him. The majority were Taylor,
Frear, Morris and McPherson, Repub¬
licans; Lauhain ami Miers, Demo¬
crats. The statement of facts found
by the committee Is ns follows:
“We find that B. H. Roberts was
elected a representative to the fifty
sixth congress from tho state of Utah
and was at the date of his election
above the age of twenty-five years;
that he has been for more than seven
years a naturalized citizen of tho
United States and was an inhabitant
of 8 V* t ® of
We further find that ..wnwu abou •<
married Louisa Smith, his first am
lawful wife, with whom he as ever
since lived as such and who, since
marriage, has borne h.m six
cb dr en /
“™ l . 100 _ . . uf , ..
, at «“»« ““
plural , wife Celia Oibble, with whom i
he has ever since lived as such who
since such marriage, has borne him
six children, o whom le a.. ‘
after his said
inK0 » C.Hn Dibbl. be,
lived in the habit and repute of mar
riage. Your commit ee is un.w o o x
the exact date of this marriage It does
not appear tlia e 16 '
before January, _ .
wife . , -
fore that date she held him out as Lei
husband, or that before that date they
were reputed to be husband and wife,
“That thosei facts were generaUy
known in . P Y8 ■
against him <i g P ‘J 5
eleefaon and were not denied by him.
lhat 10 * m-efenco
these facts was t
of Mr. Rob«rts an l hat he fully fullv cross crosH
xamined the• witnesses, but■ deoUned
to place himsd
rUlV A ifiDEAT UIVCA1 m OS YST ill- IW
Directors of Raleigh . . and . fia Uaston . tnn
Provide For Merging of
Other Lines.
Great progress was made at . Rale R , . gk, ,
N> c ., Wednesday toward the consum
mation of tbe p] ans 0 f the greater
geaboard Air-Line system.
Meetings were held of the directors
Northern railroad, the Carolina Cen
Northern , Railway, ,, flarnlinn,
rXoad the’ Palmetto
ranroau and au I the Chesterfield and Ker¬
sbaw ral ‘ r °“ ’ de for
“f Ta “ g ®“ . re a!so ma
tne 1SB . *"• «=-, 000 ’’ 000 first mort
“ d G
b f,^TrL«tils . • b
ton P ’ including ° its
.
ow y “ niJer , th P Yln^jonted all the tfon^d phvs
“th-old^companies . . above men
railros P will be forthwith
acquired by r* Gaston,