The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-15
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS
kLEEPY-HEADED 0UARDS ALLOW
PRIsONBRS 10 ESCAPE.
A Freight Wreck on the Seaboard Air Line
Grape Growers Making Heavy sh'p'
ment. of Delaware Craps.

RALEIGH. n. G., August 1L-Special.-
Five negro convicts, guarded by negro
escaped from the penitentiary THURSDAY
night BY cutting through tho Dars OF
window In the hospital wing, Ieluhs
themselves down by "a 80 feet chalh' ana
then getting over tho stockade BY means
OF a ladder. They are John Halliburton
life prisoner. John Johnson, ten years
John Richardson, one year 1ache sim
mons ono year; Rufus Gibson scFbn
years. This morning Halliburton ana
johnson were recaptuTcd In Durham
county by two young white men and re-
turned 10 the penitcnuary.
The guard who let these men escape
was dismissed. They got away either by
the grossest kind OF negligence or by
criminal carolossnoss. A female hospital
attendant saw them walking across the
grounds about II l.. NJ. The wonder IS that
under the present management convicts
do not get away by scores. The author-
ties Of tho prison will have trouble after
September LIST. when the last OF the Nete-
ran employees leaves. They do not rise
20 the height OF the situation. They do
not appreciate the danger that mcnaco5
every hour.
Yesterday afternoon a through freight
train, south bound. on the Sea Board
Air Line. was dcrailcd near Rockingham,
and willis Taylor. coorcd, brakeman.
WAS Killed. Six cars were utterly wreck
ed Early this morning a wrccking train
OF FIVE cars left here FOR tho scene. Near
Osgood the cabOose left the track ana
went down an ombankmcnt. Conductor
Davis was I'm the CabOose and was so
badly bruised he had to return here.
GRAPE SHIPMENTS.
Whiting Brothers, grape growers here,
have shipped 1000 crates entirely OF Del
aware grapes. and II. Bilyen has shipped
800 of tho same grape. They arc now
making unfcrmonted grape juice by new
process.
Joseph G. Brown, president OF tho cit
teens National Bank Of Raleigh. left for
Detroit to-day 20 attend the annual meet
Ing of the American Bankers Associa-
ton.
Judge Purnell. who has been at Ashe-
Niilo for nearly two months, returned
hero to-day.
Senator Butler announces that during
tho remainder Of the year ne will per-
sOnaly colt his paper here.
There IS Il notably large increase In the
number OF rolling Touring mills in this
state. These are using every bushel of
wheat grown IN the state.
In the matter OF finding OF true bill
against the two white COnvicts who con-
fcssed they caused the BOstian bridge
wreck I'm 1891. no less than five witnesses
were examined. two Of them from Kin
ston. y. G.. The conyicts told two
OF their fellow convicts. whose terms had
nearly expired. so they could get the
money they had taken from persons on
the wrecked train and had hidden.
The Governors Guard go 90 Ocean View
tomorrow, remaining until Tuesday. II
will not owing 10 its late sad experience,
take part in the sham battle there.
Two more cases Of outrage by negroes
are reported to-day, both Of negro chill
dren less than twelve years old. one
case IS near HcndcrsonVlle. the other
near Durham.
THU STATE FAIR.
Preparations for the state Fair here I'm
October are very active. AN indications
are that 90 will Doe ~ notably good one
from an agricultural point of view This
S. wonderfully prosperous year and the
people arc I'm the humor for such things
az fairs and other gatherings.
United states Marshals Of the class
known as Office deputies are within the
class protested by removal by the civil
service act Judge jackson I'm West Vir-
rinia holds that an Injunction will lie TO
prevent their removal
The Cumnock coal mines during July
sold 1000 tons OF coal. most OF Il 10 the
Sea Board Air line. This month it will
sell more.
ia. IT, Leo, n large cotton dealer. was
asked To-day his opinion of the cotton
crop. lie SAYS he never saw finer one;
that the plants viii actually have TO shed
over half the fruit now on them I'm order
that the remainder may mature that il
can shed two-thirds. and vet have a big
crop. Ho says that little later there
will be cry that cotton is shedding but
that no one need fear
Tho funeral Of ex-Chicf OF Police
Charles u. Hoartt was held this morn
ing. The Odd-Fellows were I'm charge.