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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIII., No. 262.
©IDT EOT
THiRTY YEARS
IH STATE
rn
LURED HIS AUNT FROM GER
MANY, MURDERED HER AND
WOUNDED HER
DAUGHTER
RECEIVED VERDICT CALMLY
After the Sentence Was
Prononneed His Aged
Mother and Father
Shook Hands
With Him
NEW YORK. —Gustave Eberhardt,
on trial in Hackensack for the mur
der of Ills aunt, Mrs. Ottlllle Eber
hardt. whom he lured from Germany,
together with her daughter. Miss Ot
tille. for the purpose of robbery, was
Wednesday sentenced to thirty years
In state's prison at hard labor.
This was done after Judges Parker
and Demurest had conferred with
Prosecutor Koester and Attorney
Stagg, representing Eberhardt, had
agreed to aeeept the equivalent of a
plea of guilty of murder In the sec
ond degree. Lawyer Stagg asked that
sentence be postponed, aa he wished
to present evidence showing Eber
hardt's mental condition, and an in
sane heredity.
Judge Parker declined to allow any
delay. He said he had been reluctant
*o accept the plea of the prisoner as
he fully believed that If the case had
t*one to the Jury there would have
been a verdict of guilty of murder In
the first, degree. He could see noth
ing, he said, that called for clemency,
ami he Imposed the maximum sen
tence of thirty years.
Eberhardt stood up to receive his
sentence and listened oalmly. His
nged father and mother were in court
and after sentence had been pro
nonued, both went over and shook
hands with him. Sheriff Brewster
then took him back to jail, and he
will be sent to the state prison at
Trenton.
Eberhardt persuaded his aunt to
sell her property in Vienna. Austria,
and come to New York with her
daughter, sending her glowing descrip
tiors of his own success and of the
ease with which money could be made
here. He was then employed as a
clerk in a grocery store In Harlem.
When his aunt and cousin arrlvod
Eberhardt took them to the Adelphl
hotel at Twenty-third street and
Tenth avenue, where he had obtained
a room for them. Mrs Eberhardt had
between *2,500 art# $3,000 In rash,
which she carried In the bosom of her
dress. On July 18 Eberhardt told the
two w omen he was going to take them
for a trolley ride In the country.
When they got Into New Jersey late
In the evening Eberhardt took them
to a lonely spot near Rochelle Park
p.nd tried to kill them both. He shot
Mrs Eberhardt to death and fired two
shots at the young girl. One bullet
was deflected by a ooraet steel, mak
ing a slight flesh wound, and the other
lodged in her hat. She ran and found
refuge In a farm house.
Eberhardt stripped the body of hla
aunt, and possessed himself of her
money, which he burled. He had been
in biding for several days when
caught.
SANTO DOMINGAN
KILLED PRIEST
NEW YORK —Enrique de Lara, g
1* year old Santo Domingan youth
•on of one of the weathleat merchant*
In the Island, and pollened of un
limited reaoureei for ihe gratification
of hi* pleasures, confoned In pollc
beadquartei last night to hi- lng she*
Artnro Amende, the Santo Domtngsn
prleit, who was found lying wounded
In Central Park on September 14, and
who died two day* later.
NO VERDICT REACHED
IN R. L. WILLIAMS CASE
Jury out for Over Eighteen
Hours. Mistrial Expect
ed.
UMMBRVILLK, Os.—The jury bai
* j-"t for eighteen hours and no
4 of a verdict In the caee of
L William, the white man charg
ed with criminally aaaaulllng the nine
year old daughter of Mr*. Hanson
A mistrial Is expected.
JAMES HAMILTON LOFTON
DIED WEDNESDAY MORNING
ATLANTA. C,a —James Hsmllton
Lofton. iged 74 a pioneer dealer in
re*] estate, died Wedneeday morning.
U* leave* * wife and two son*.
WANTED: Ml NAMED HASKELL,
APPLY TjjEODORE ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON —W. C. Haskell, sealer of weights and measures for
the Distrlot of Columbia, was hurriedly summoned to the white house
this morning for a conference with the president. The object of this
conference. It is understood. Is to unrav-T tin mysterv of the “Haskell"
who is involved In the Standard Oil bribery charge In Ohio.
Mr. Haskell would make no statement after the conference, but in
timated that the president may do so later.
Asked If he knew of any other Haskell who might be the man
named by former Attorney General Monnett as having been concerned in
the attempted bribe, the sealer of weieths and measures replied: "There
is a preacher named Haskell, but of course he is eliminated. There is
also another Haskell, whose full name I don't know, who resides In
western Ohio. I know 1 nothing of him or his connections whatever.
Mr. Haskell was formerly Uniu-d States marshal for the northen dis
trict of Ohio, being appointed by President Harrison. He was retained
by President Cleveland. He is generally understood to be of the Hanna
rather than the Eoraker school ot republicanism.
ROOSEVELT
IS SILENT
THUS FIR
WASHINGTON.—President Roose
velt was at his desk at about 10
(o’clock and took up the morning’s
work.
The telegram of William J. Bryan
to the president regarding his Infor
mation In the Haskell incident was
one of the matters that occupied Mr.
Boosevelt’s attention early in ths
day.
The president is preparing an an
swer to Mr. Bryaß'a telegram, which
will be somewhat lengthy and prob-
Vibly will be made public late this
afternoea.
ONE HUNDRED AND
TENWEREDROWNED
ONLY TWENTY-SEVEN OUT OF
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
SEVEN SAVED
SURVIVORS BROUGHT BACK
They Had To Build a Fire
on the Shore With Kero
sene To Keep from
Freezing.
WRANGLE, Alaska. —One hundred
and ten out of a total of one hun
dred and thirty-seven persons aboard
j the cannery ship Star of Bengal were
drowned Sunday afternoon when the,
! vessel was torn from the hold of
protecting tugs and dashed ashore at
Helm Point at the southeast end of
: Coronation Island
The news was brought by the tug
Hattie Gage, Captain Parrer. which
carried the survivors, 27 in all. The
survivor*, bofore leaving Coronation
Island, burled the bodies of fifteen
white men on the beach.
The cable ship Burnside, which
left for the scpne of the wreck at
midnight Monday, as Boon as the
news waa received, returned Tues
day evening with news that the Star
of Bengal was a total wreck, only
I the ends of masts showing above the
:water.
balTimorelohio
BRIDGE COLLAPSED
WTLMTNOTON. Dal.—The Eastern
span of the Baltimore and Ohio
bridge over the Susquehanna river at
Perryvllle, Ml., collapsed Wednesday
morning while an eastbound extra
'freight train from Baltimore to W!1
: mington was paaslng over It and the
.locomotive and fifteen cars dashed In
:to the river below Engineer Lynn
and his fireman were drowned
So far as can be learned at this
time no other trainmen on the Ill
fated section were Injured.
The section of the bridge which
gave way was being repaired at the
time and this fact is thought te have
been in a measure responsible for the
accident.
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH BY
MAN FOLLOWING HER
NEW YORK —Frightened by a strange man following her In Eighth
avenue from the home of a sick friend Mrs Ella Conover, of 62! West
135th street, dropped helpless early Wednesday In front of a store at ,
Eighth avenue and died before an ambulance could be railed The wo
man was 40 years old and suffered from S', op I*-), James Kellly wa»
closing the store and with Policeman Maher carried the woman Inside.
Bhe was barely able to speak and soon died. The man ran away when
ate (sU.
Local Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Thursday
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1908
COMMISSION IS
AFTER FIGURES
Prominent Atlanta Busi
ness Men on Stand Wed
nesday. Hinton Called.
ATLANTA, Ga.—The interstate
commerce commission resumed its
session this morning in the federal
court rooms of the custom house.
Attorneys for the complainants
continued the method of examining
witnesses for the purpose of showing
comparative prices of grain, lumber,
cement, packing house products and
other commodities, wages paid, ton
nage, labor, traffic and other sta
tistics for the past five or ten years.
This examination was for the pur
pose of showing comparative figures
and prices before and at the time the
I recent advance in freight rates into
the sou.neast -was made effective,
August 1.
H L. Dunning and V. H. Kfiegs
haber, both prominent Atlanta busi
ness men, were examined in this con
nection. Their testimony was to the
effect i ..at the recent financial de
pression had occasioned a general
drop in prices on all commodities.
Chairman E. H. Hinton, of the
Southeastern Freight Association, was
then called to the stand. He was
cross-examined by Judge W. D.
Weakley, representing the Alabama
railroad commission.
The interchange of questions
threatened a recurrence of Tuesday's
tilt between the two gentlemen, but
this critical period was finally passed
without any harsh words being spok
en on either side.
Augustans Return
Messrs. John E. Murphey and \V A.
Smith, who went to Atlanta to present
the side of the Augusta wholesale
grocers In the hearing on Increased
rates on grain, meal, meats and flour,
now In progress before the Inter-state
eommmerce commission have return
ed to the city. Their claims were
presented to the commission and a
hearing will be given later. The argu
ments now being presented to the
commission requests that body to
permanently restrain the railroads
from putting on an advance of two
cents per nundred on the products
named above and the different i».l
question as regards Augusta is not
being considered.
Augusta would be one of the points
affected by the advance if the roads
were allowed to fmt on the increa ■,
but merchants here did not object to
It provided It was made general and
that the differential basts bo es
tablished. It is yet a question of
doubt as to whether the differential
rate will be allowed, or whether the
roads will be allowed to put on the
Increase.
When Messrs Smith and Murphey
left Atlanta all the evidence of the
part of the merchants and different
commercial bodies of the state had
been presented to the commission.
The railroads are now putting in their
olalms for the advance. Nearly all
the larger cities In Georgia were re
presented through coinmerleal organi
nations, except Augusta.
SHERMAN BEGINS FRIDAY
NEW YORK —The first speech of
this campaign that Congressman
James 8. Sherman candidate for vice
president on the republican tirke ,
will make In New York city, will bo
Friday nooh
REGISTRARS MEETING
The Board of registrars, composed
ol Col. M. P. Carroll, Mr George H
Conklin and Mr. Ft W. Harrow, began
work Tue day on the registration list
to get it In readiness for the fall
election. The board will be at th--
work about a week.
WOMAN ARREYrue
l.leut Hritt arrested Annie Wilson
Wednesday nw,-ntng for fighting In
Hrtdwell’s Bottom. The woman's
face war beaten up considerably.
GERALDINE BRUCE, DIVORCEE
oe & ije
SHOTABOUISOUC CHICKENS
Geraldine Brace, the di
vorced wife of H. A.
Emelke, who was shot in a
row over some Plymouth
Rock chickens at Congers,
N. Y. Emelke sometime ago
brought suit for fifty
thousand dollars against
Griffith Scott, a million
aire of Havcrstaw for
alienating the affections
of his wife, who was a
Florodora girl.
BRYAN ASKED ROOSEVELT
TO DROVE INSINUATIONS
Knew That the Republican
Party Win Aided By the
Trust, and Fails to
See Where Dem
ocrats Are
• Benefited.
COLUMBUS, O.—" Bryan's message
to Roost veil calls upon Roosevelt to
make good lie insinuation that the
Standard Oil company Is backing :n--
national democratic campaign," said
Frank 8. Monneft, ex attorney general
of Ohio last night "For, If tint be
true, not only tn; self but thousand.*
of others would not be content to let
trapped by any such alliance.
We do know that John I) Arnhhnld
ot the Standard Oil company; Du
pout of fh< Powder Co anil Reg
.,nd Rockefeller have In en allied her'
tonni with the republican pari, tin
furnished He money to elect Mc-
Kinley and Hoot'tnell, ami If there has
been a dlvorc*' without a'lmont, we
would like to have tins rceord of the
decree Up to date | have seen noth
; lug that warrant* iii<- assumption thu 1
I the democratic party has been award
-d the custody of these children of
I the trust.
"There woo'd have been no doubt
;s 'o the Identity of h's- nlmo-d
bribers, and there would have hewn
no doubt as to tie truth of fslxll of
the statements made by Charles It.
Squire in Smith W Bennett and my
self, had Judge John A, Hlianek, pres
ent candidate for a third term on the
Mute supreme bench, not trsnteti th
request of the Standard Oil attorneys
-Larry Neal and Ham II TUP r to
compel me to stop taking depositions
that would have completely dostd u,i
this whole affair
"I never saw Charles N Haskell in
my life, and the only evidence 1 have
ihut he was implicated In the iitiemp
in bribe me wits In the statement of
Charles It Squire, of Co-veland. vht-n
he called upon me and said thiil lie
proposition hat! been made with the
Authority of F. 11. Squire, Frank
Rockefeller tnd ('. \ llaskdl, now
governor of Oklahoma."
OKLiOiTIN
WIPED BFETHE IP
OKLAHOMA CITY If whs r -port
cd ht-rt las- night that King fisher,
a town of 3,01)0 people, was wiped
off the map lasi night by a storm.
No particulars can I a learned, it* nil
the wires are down.
ii Tinii
DIED WEDNESDAY
NKW YOHW. A It; *ll pfMbml
f»n<* of Harr Ttoaw’M ehl<*f coun?*<*lk>rtf
f»nd n prominent youri# lawyer, dl< d
of piieijjiionlt ;t♦ hIM Runiruor horn* u»
Babylon, I*. I. foday, H»* had boon if!
for about two wwkK.
Mr. Peabody wan a native of New
York and prominent uocittily an well
um la legal circ.ua.
DAILY AND SUNDAY SO.OO PER YEAR.
THEMESEUT
PRESTISE 111
PACIFIC
TOKIO. -That maritime* enterprise
will bo the life of the empire and that
the Japanese must keep progress with
the United States it' it wants to main
tain its prestige in the Paoilie, was
the gist of a statement today iasueu
through the columns of the Hoohi oy
fount Okurmi, one of Japan’s fore
most economic students.
Commenting upon the reported ut
terance of President Roosevelt, that
America is the future world power of
the Pacific ocean, the count declares
that the United States does not pos
sess a sufficient number of ships to
consummate supremacy; neither, says
he, art* tin? American seamen the
same {cartels navigators that the Ja
panese are.
Japan, looking to the future, is mak
ing extensive Improvements In the
Yokohama harbor. The entire scheme
of Improvements will not be com
pleted until 1912. Plans are In a
tentative state for other work along
the 10,000 mile coast line of Japan.
SPRINGFIELD RIOT
TESTIMOSY REID
Al>c Reymcyer’s Testi
mony, Before the Mili
tary Tribune, Was Read
Tuesday.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills. Abe Reymey
cr’s testimony given before tin* mili
tary tribunal which on August 18-20
investigated the rare riots and lvneh
ing of colored men hen* August I I
and 1T». was read by Assistant Stale's
Atlorue* W ynne at He,*, mover's trial
Tuesday. While he denies entering
the house of William Dnunegun, the
colored man lynched on the night of
August ir», or oi usslHlipg In the lynch
ing or the leading of lie* mob. he
admits Millie’.; to the mob »>t I’v »uiy
second et to ' cone* on” though
he sets he does not know why he
did ho, and that In witnessed tin*
lynching party.
The bio( <1 .stained shirt which Roy
mayor wore on the night of tli *
lynching of Dmmegmt and which was
taken off him at the jail was ad
mlttcd in evidence.
MILITARY PRISM
son (sits
TRIAL
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. Major
John H. Ht.oiie, chief surgeon the
military prison, In under arrest In his
quarters In Riverside avonuc, Fori
I/’ttVfnworth. Ho is awaiting court
! martial,
I Major Hlavens cm mi* hero in May
to tako up tin* work of commandant
of tho military prlHon. Major Htone
cam© in AiiKUHt. Major Hlaveris wan
not plmi »*d with tho conditions
around tho prison honpltai, and or
dered Major Htone to "t U-nn up” cor*
tain places and pul in a ro w system
of water 11 It ration Major Stone nak
ed Major Hla vena to kindly reduce it,
to writ lug. When Major Htone re*
turtied it) tho hoHpltul after luncheon,
Ih< was ordered to report to the corn*
; mnndaiit’a office and it in wild that a
• Hub ccjnent interview between the
I two majors ended In Major Hlavons
grabbing Major Stone and throwing
him out of hia office,
brrakfa6t food co. breaks
CHICAGO The FggoHi-c Unreal 1
comps , manufacturer* of cereal pr»
ducts, haw been placed in t||c* hands
! of a committee of creditors.
Liabilities are s(}J P i,o(o* area* arc
valued pi the company at $1,500,000
and by the creditors at equal, the
indebtedness.
Hie Danger of Mediocrity
The real Satan that people have lo fight Is not wickedness, bill
mediocrity, Thai Is th*< grant enemy, the rial tempter, There Is
usually u vitality arid vigor In downright wlckt duetts which goes
a long way in its extenuation. This l» recognised Instinctively In
Hit admiration we always accord to the (lashing vllllans and the bore
dom with which we contemplate the virtues of the Sunday school
hero. It is not, as the moralists of an older day would have de
clared, bt cause the human lu-itrl naturally Inclines to sin. Wit ad
mire the vtlllnn In spite of his wickedness because he Is "up ami
tlolfig and wt lose Init-rt-si In Ihe virtuous young min not at ad be
came he is virtuous, but becaure lie Is anemic. As Hie liynm has
It— ,
"'Tin life, not death, for wnb'h wt pant;
More life, and fuller, that we want "
Vigorous dashing, timing, conquering virtue ban nothing lo fear
from the mou attractlvi vice
—Will B. Wilder.
You Can Reach More People in One Day Through
The Herald Than You Can Talk to in a Year.
FRANK 111. PERRINS
MTSJIIIOBCE
PROMINENT NEW YORKER
SUING HIS WIFE FOR DI
VORCE AFTER BEING
MARRIED THIRTY
ONE YEARS
MINISTER CO-RESPONDENT
Alleges Indiscretion Was
Committed By His Wife
Thirteen Years Ago
NLU YORK Frank W. Burkina, a
prominent members or the New York
Athletic Club, where ho also lives is
lima Ills wife, Neill.) F. Perkins,' to
whom he has been married thirty one
veins, for a divorce, Mr. Perkins
I'iises tils suit on an alleged ludlsore
lion committed by Ids wire over thl>-
teen years ago, the fact of which hav >
only Just come to lilh knowledge. He
minion an co-respondent a minister,
Urn Rev. Thomas Newton Owen.
, Mr. Owens Prominent
Mr. Owens, who Is at present resld
IriK on I of the state, Is a college man,
possessing the master of arts degree,
lie was described by Home one who
knows him wel.l, as being "a magni
ficent specimen of a man, with
thoughts and tile uh clear, clean and
pure as crystal water,"
In the summer of 1893 the Per
itlma s wen- staying at their summer
home in Long Island. One day to
ward the end of June, Mrs. Porkltts
made a trip to Itnckaway Park. She
was att rai led by a meeting which was
being held in the opt n air and which
was heir, conducted by the Hot.
Newton Owen, who wu. then a then
logical student.
According to the evidence given bo
fore the referee, Mrs. Borklns l>
ounte aeiptalnled with the young stn
•lent, who was Invited to her home.
The acqmitntniici grew Into friend
ship with Mr Owen, Iroqtient visitor
to tin Perkins lionu .
Be,ardor Star Witness
In the sniuteer of 1895, It was te,
Htbd. Mrs Bin ,1 11 h amt her daughter
returned to steers cottage p Am in ■
Long Island Another hoarder in t)j
boil: <• WHO Gttv ll up ': . Ml u; s t M
principal witne a itir Mr !’-rl;l:w ail
it Is solely, atmo t, oil Ids evidea; 1 •
Unit the court will lie ivi- mimoii'l 1
In the referee to dissolve tin mu
rlHgo.
Dempsey t< i,tile d thill one night,
lifter retiring lie hail occasion In ;o
down stafrs to a ertaln room in tie
bouse for I tie purpose (if getting ;
glass et water t rying thi door es
the room lie found ll licked. His tn
I'litmn was nilraeted, however, by a
rav ot light pi airing through tie key.
bole arid (here by the tight of an oil
'•'nip. l-e saw Aire I*. rk(its and Oweu
together,
Kopt Silent Marty Years
Demi sey ti Rifled that he spied on
Mrs Perk In* and the young clergy
•nun for a w "k Tlpm came the ques
tion wltii him uh to what tils duty
v.'hh Should lie inform the husband,
or remain silent. For 13 years ho
In Id his peace, hut was then corn
pelted to tell his story by order of
the court In reply to a finest toil as
in why Ip did not Inform Perkins of
ivhal he had Been, Dempsey sun! ho
was afraid Hint had he done so, Per
kins would have killed the pair,
A large number of witnesses* were
' munlr.ed on both sides, but despite
the denial of both Mrs. Perkins and
sir. Owen, the referee has decided
.'.gainst them.
MATCH FACTORY BLOWN UP
MEXICO CITY A dlsnatch rrorn
Merida says that the largo I&lporvenlr
match factory at that place, owned
by Nicolai Camara Lujan, was Ifiown
up with dynamite and destroyed. Thu
loan was' $J 00,000.
The act was committed by a work
man who wan dissatisfied because hi*
wage* had been reduced. Hit* body
wan blown to piece© In the explosion.
TO CONTEST PARKMAN WILL
HORTON, Man* The will of
Georg * F Hark man, who letr about
$8,000,000, will he contested by hi*
cousin, Francis Parkman, of New
York, The testator left the hulk of
his estate to the city of Ronton for
the Improvement and maintenac© of
the common and parka.