The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-28

To BE Announced This Week-A Peni.
Tertiary Guard Killed by an Escaped
Convict Excited Over the Ashpole
Riots.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, N. c., October "a.

Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, N. c., October "a.
Great interest is felt here in the news
of the race wal at Ashpole, Robson
county. The newspapers published ex-
tras this morning.
The superior court devotes this week
to appeals from the Fifth district.
At the agricultural department it is
learned that the sales Of tonnage tax
tags for fertilizers are even larger
than they were last autumn.
The state today granted a charter
to the Goldsboro Hardware Company,
with $4,000 capital, stockholders G. A
Norwood and others. It will manu-
facture household, builders and ma
chinists' supplies. A charter is also
granted the Crabtree Creek Mica Com
pany, of B~akersville, Mitchell county,
capital $780, 900, ". G.. Woodruff, Rich
ard Foster Inc Frank d. Foster Of
Washington, D. c., and d. A. Glenn,
of Bakersville stockholders.
Populist State Chairman Cyrus
Thompson says the fusion judicial
ticket will be announced this week.
He and Republican State Chairman
Holton have entire charge of the nam
ing the ticket; in other words can take
down OF put up any persons, as may
suit their ideas of party interest.
A few officers and clerks remain
her finishing the muster-out rolls OF
the Second regiment. Company K, OF
Wilmington was the first to complete
it's rolls, having sent them in last Fri
day.
Saturday night at z Or 8 o'clock M.
F. Moore, a desperate white convict, Of
LumbertOn, made his escape from the
convict quarters on the Cape Fear n
Raleigh railway, fifteen miles south of
here. He was what is illegally known
as a "trusty", and was employed out
at night. There he slept much during
the day. He contrived to get a guards
shotgun and a dozen cartridges each
loaded with sixteen buckshot. He also
took a quantity of iodoform, thinking
the latter would prevent the blood
hounds from trailing him. He went
for ! 900 feet along a barbed wire fence,
crossing it each twenty-five or thirty
feet and then retraced his steps most
of the distance, suddenly striking out
luIOuSH Tie WOOuS o"dlu jill liz
was missed. the roll was called, the
eleven ~blOodhOunds were put on his
trail and seven guards followed. The
dogs brought him to bay at IL o'clock
that night. He was in the shade of .
tree and partially hidden by a fence.
He began firing, shooting six times.
Each time he threw himself down as
soon as he had fired. Charles D.
Shaw, a guard, aged % years, from
Weldon, ran up in fifteen yards of him.
Moore shot him in the breast, II buck
shot striking a place over the heart
not larger than ones hand. Shaw died
instantly. A volley was fired at Moore
as he turned TO run. He stumbled
and fell, breaking his gunstock, and
the buchshot passed over him, that is
all save one which hit him in the neck.
Making only a slight wound. Moore
began the firing. He had planned the
escape two weeks, and had food in his
pockets. He was leading for Lumber
ton. He is a man of 40 years of age,
and is serving a five years sentence.
Governor Russell had promised to par
don him at the end Of four years., n
that time was near at hand. Moore
was taken back to camp and cody peel
ed and ate a roasted sweet potato he
had in his pocket. He said he intend
ed to go home and thence go to Cali
fornia, then write the governor where
he was and tell him his whereabouts
and that if his escape was not charged
against him he would return. All this
was a %falsehood. Moore's mother is
so years of age, and not long ago came
to see him. Habeas corpus proceed
ings were begun against Moore today,
to take him from the penitentiary and
place him in Jail, so he can be tried
for the murder of Shaw. The body
of Shaw was sent to his home at Wei
don today.
The number of arrivals of visitors to
the state fair is very large. The
weather is perfect and everything is
suspicious. A great deal of work was
done today, arranging exhibits. All
space in all departments is AIKEN.
Nominally the fair opened today; real
ly it opens tomorrow.
The revenue collectors force is this
year making few seizures of illicit dis
tilleries. 1t is claimed that there is an
abatement of moOnshining.