Iron County register., 1897-09-16

proving some, however, and Monday
evening had been sitting up for a
while. Suddenly, though. she suffered
a very severe attack, rendering her
unconscious and ia few moments was
dead. 1t is thought that the rupture
OF a blood vessel in the vicinity of the
brain was the immediate cause of
death. The remains were taken to
Cincinnati for internent on the follow
ing day. DIR. Lowry and his estimabIe
family have the sincere sympathy of
the community in their bereavement.
Troop Il" Sd L. S. Cavalry, gave a
complimentary Farewell Ball at the
Academy of Music Monday evening.
There were in attendance about forty
| couples and to say that all enjoyed
| themselves immensely doesn't convey
any idea OF the genuine success of the
occasion. The hall had been tastily
and fttiugly decorated for the occasion
and presented an appearance decided
| ly u Ia militaire. The stars aud stripes
were in abundance on the walls, while
a painting of an immense horse shoe
with the words Farewell" the guidon
of the troop and a liberal display of
flags rendered the prOscenium unusual
ly attractive. The famous Anheuser
band (lately reorganized) furnished the
music for the occasion, and the dancers
seemed well pleased Herewith. Mon
sieur Blemel of the Blue Store fur
nished the spread which was a most
delightful one. The grand march in
augurated the festivities al nine o'clock
an6 h.
hours of morning the dance went gaily
aud steadily on! Everybody present
declared the farewell complimentary
ball Of Troop s'I'' decided and com
plete success. First Sergeant John
Ouellette and his able corps of assist
ants are to be congratulated on the
happy results attending their efforts.
The REGISTER last week told of the
finding of the dead body of George A.
Withers, Cashier of the Piedmont
Bank, in the railroad yards at Pied
mont on the morning of September Sth.
On the 9th Henry and f. X. Max of
Piedmont were arrested on the charge
of having murdered Withers. The
Makes are both employed in the rail-
road yards at Piedmont as car repair
ers. They are brothers of G.. f. Max,
the station agent there, who is we'll
known here, having lived in this cOun
ty ten or twelve years ago. The evil
dence thus far secured against the
Makes is wholly circumstantial, but
the chain seems to be complete one.
On the morning the body of Withers
was found, evidence was discovered of
a terrific struggle having taken place
the night before in front of one of the
business houses on the main street in
Piedmont. There were blood stains
on the pavement and on the door steps.
From there buggy tracks were traced
to the lower end of the railroad yards
where the body was found. This fur
nished conclusive evidence that muir
der had been committed and that the
death was not the result of a railroad
accident, but that the body had been
placed on the track by the murderers,
in the hope of covering up the crime.
From the railroad track the buggy
was driven to the creek and washed
off, probably to remove blood stains
and other evidences of the killing.
With these facts in their possession the
officials at once began a search for the
perpetrators of the crime, and soon Sc
cured evidence the Prosecuting At
torney deemed sufficient to place Henry
and +. X. Max under arrest. As stat
ed they are employed in the railroad
yards as car repairers. 1t was noted
they were absent from their work for
some time about the hour the tragedy
was enacted. Although they always
wore overalls, the next morning after
the tragedy it was observed that one
OF them had on a new pair, and the
other wore none at all,-the supposi
ton being that the overalls being
blood-stained had been destroyed.
Hammers used by them in their work
were also said to have been found the
next day covered with blood. Other
evidence, but all circumstantial, of an
equally damaging character is also
said to have been discovered. The
motive alleged for the killing is that
one of the Max boys was under indict-
ment for haying seduced a girl under
fourteen years of age. The girl was
an orphan who at enc time made her
home with Mr.. Withers and he was
pushing the prosecution. 1t is said
Max had often threatened that he
would hurt Withers. The feeling in
the vicinity of Piedmont over the mat
ter is intense. The coroner's jury is
still investigating the affair, delaying
their verdict, it is thought. until the
excitement somewhat subsidies. The
murdered Withers' friends are thor
oughly aroused and it is rumored here
that had the eoroner's jury returned a
verdict, duplicating the Makes lynch
ing would certainly have followed.
For this reason, it is thought the au-
thorities are Withholding the verdict.
Mr.. Withers, it will be remembered,
was in Ircntou on Tueseay of last week.
He boarded the train at Arcadia that
night for home. and it was shortly af
ter reaching Piedmont that he was
killed.
Luter.-The eoroner's jury returned
verdict Tuesday, duplicating the two
Max boys The accused stoutly main
tain their innocence, and say they ex
pect to establish it when the prelimin-
rv examination is held on the 22d.