The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01
WHISKEY DID THIS
Responsible for Suicide of a
Durham Man.
Moorshin Fire at House of Informer---Die d
From MOI quito Bit --.Judge Browns
Charge.
Especial to News and observer.)

Durham, N. c., August 31.-From the
terday Rev. r. c. Beaman. the pastor,
arraigned the nine saloons of Durham,
charging them were being directly respon-
sible for the suicide of w. r. Causey OH
Saturday night. In his arraignment he
gave notice that the campaign against
the saloons would soon be on and said
that the saloons would be blotted from
Durham.
did you hear that clear shot that rang
out on the still air last night?'' he asked
and then added: This morning Gods
sunlight shone on an upturned face, cold
and still in DEATH Continuing, he said
Il arraign from this platform today the
nine saloons of Durham and charge them
directly with that death. There is
red crime on their hands and a spot on
their souls as black as hell We are
going to rid Durham of this business of
damnation.
This statement was made in connection
with an announcement that Rev. George
r. Stewart, of Cleveland Tennessee.
would lecture on the temperance question
in Durham on September 18th. He said
in this line of work that is on the Ameri
can platform today" This will be the
beginning of the whiskey campaign and
the anti-saloon people say that the saloon
will be swept from Durham
The man Causey, on account of whose
death the charge of murder was made
/ against the saloons of this city, committed
suicide Saturday night. He first went
home and attempted to kill his wife, but
she escaped through window and left
home, gaining her escape by asking her
husband TO allow her to read a few pas
sages from the Bible before she was
killed. When she had left the home he
sent ball through his brain. His death
was instantaneous. Causey was about As
years of age and had lived in Durham sew
eral years. He came from Guilford coun-
ty, and it is said that he belongs to
good family in that county. The inter-
ment took place in the city cemetery yes
| terday afternoon.
| The moonshners in this section are
very defiant and do not try to
conceal their lawlessness to any great
extent A few days ago it was told in
| this correspondence that revenue Off
Ger had his buggy cut up while on a
raid and news now comes from the
northern part of the county that is of
more serious nature.
| 1t is reported that man by the name
of William Kimball was suspected of be
ing an informer on the illicit distileries
| in that section, A few nights ago a num-
Der of men, evidently illicit distillers,
went to the Kimball home and while they
did not find the head of the house at
home they fired twenty five or thirty
30 ,n{o 4l,n ,l.
Mrs. Kimball to death They then burst
open the door and notwithstanding the
fact that they were told Mr.. Kimball
was not at home they threw rocks and
pieces of timber into the house
Finally the men secured an oil can
and one of them went on top of the house
and poured the oil on the roof then APP
piled a match. Mrs. Kimball. however,
succeeded in stopping the blaze by poul-
| ing on a bucket of water in time.
The people in that section of the coun-
ty are very indignant over the occurrence
and will assist the officers of the law in
running down the moonshine distillers and
those who committed this outrage, 1t
could not be learned whether or not the
men who went to the Kimball home were
! disguised. Mr.. Kimball is between so and
60 years of age and has to walk with
the aid of walking cane.
| This story was told me this evening
| by a well known citizen, a justice of The
peace, who has visited the home and
seen the damage done.
This is court week IN Durham. and Judge
George r. Brown, who exchanged courts
4 with Judge o. H. Allen is presiding. There
are about one hundred cases on docket,
most of which are for small violation of
| the law There are few cases of import
ance. Solicitor A. L. Brooks, of Green's
boro, the able representative of the
State, is here looking after that end of
the docket.
In his charge to the jury this morning
Judge Brown called attention to the fact
that there has been great increase in
crime during the last few years, and while
| it was not the fault of the law as some
charged, yet they were perhaps correct
in saying that it was partially the fault
of the manner in which the laws are ad-
ministered. The increase in crime in this
country, he said, has been greater than
in any country on earth, considering the
| population. Speaking of homicides, he
said that the increase had been so great
as to be really alarming. In this State
last year, he said there were 2S5 homi-
| cldeS. only one state In the Union
showed a decrease, and that was Ken
lucky. In Texas, he said, there were
1,021 homicides during the past year.
More were killed in this country of peace
than were killed during the Spanish
American war and in the Philippines.
Continuing, he said that there had also
| been a great increase in the number of
bank wreckers, defaulters and the like,
there being $3.50 in this country last year.
| All other crimes have increased and in
| lynching also. Last year there
were eighty-seven lynchings in the
| South and nine in the North. He said
that he had been requested to speak of
| the new wliiskey law in this State and
he explained what the law is and how it
should be enforced
Will Strayhorn, a young white man.
died at his home a few miles from this
city Saturday night, his death being
caused by blood poison brought on by
the bite of a mosquito. 1t was two
weeks ago Saturday that the insect bit