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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29

by The assistant attorney Sencral loi
the postoil!ce department. Ihe
charges involving the Office OF the Is,
sjsfapt attorney general and d lawyer,
formerly connected with that Office
were ventilated very generally at that
time and an investigation WAS ordered
s,v the postmaster general. 1t was
really the inception Of the investiga-
ton that has spread into every part
OF the department.. The complaints
cryStaliZed into nation, signed by
Postmaster General Payne, on Marc!
9tn last. MIR. Tlner had been in eX.
ceeGingly bad health for a long Tins
and had visited the Office at only rare
intervals, leaving the office entirely
in charge of his assistant for months
at a time. He is suffering from ar
unusually severe case Of paralysis
and in consideration of this fact the
request for his resignation was baSec
on his i'll health. Mr.. Tyner then sent
in his resignation, to take elect May
lst, and it was accepted.
The announcement OF these develop
ments were made by Postmaster Gen
eral Payne late Thursday afternoon to
a large number Of newspaper corre~
pondents. In a voice that tremblec
With emotion lie said be regretted t
have to say that he had found IL neces-
sarv to remove from office the aSSlS-
tant attorney general for the depart
menU. and after speaking in 4 general
way about the facts that had develop
ed said the story was best told IN the
correspondence, which he then read
in most feeling tone. Then he an
nounced that he would say nothing
further on the subject and that be
preferred npt to be asked any CUES
tioas. He was asked il any arrests
would he made us a result OF the 40
straction and if any one else III the
Office was Involved. He said that
this he could not discuss; thatit rest
ed With the attorney general, TO
whom the papers would go as soon as
the record of the case could be copied
anG submitted. The case, however,
he added, will be in the hands OF the
department OF justice Friday, and
what further steps will be taken will
be decided by the attorney general.
He did not care to venture any pre-
diction as to the outcome.
Mr.. Tyner has been in the govern
nent service, in various important
capacities, for many years. He IS
from Indiana. He was at one time
postmaster general. He is one OF the
best known men in official life in
Washington He and Mrs. Tgner and
President and Mrs. Grant were lnti-
mate friends.
Mr.. Tyner is in very weak and al
most helpless condition from is long
sickness. He remains in his room
most Of the time and sees very few
callers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
KILLED HIS SON.
a White Man Goes to the Peniten.
tiary for Five Years.

II the conviction of white men in
this State continues we will soon have
a material decrease in the number Of
murders. So far there has been one
white man sentenced to be hung. two
to Imprisonment for life, and several
to terms Of Imprisonment from five to
ten years in the pententiary since last
January.
Last week j. ". Boddiford was con-
victed at Kingstree for the murder OF
his son and sent to the penitentiary
for i've years. Outof the four homicide
cases up at this term CT court, there
were three convictions and one ac-
quittal. The sentences were four and
i've years, and one for life imprison-
ment. This ought to hold up the free
use Of the pistol in Williamsburg
county for while at least.
It seems that Boddiford met several
members of the Gains family not far
from his home on the night of the
day Of the murder, and a quarrel en-
sued, being superinduced probably by
unfriendly relations which existed be-
tween the above named parties. Both
parties resorted to firearms, both pis-
tol and gun, and general melee fol.
lowed. 1t was discovered after the
shooting that young Boddiford, son
Of the defendant, was lying dead with
bullet in his head. The father, it
seems, did not know that his son was
anywhere about the place Of the
shooting.
Most Of the testimony brought out
showed that it was general combat
between the several Gainses on one
side and Boddiford on the other. The
bullet in young Boddiford's head was
the same size as the other bullets that
the defendant fred and it was testi-
fed that this was the only pistol Of
that calibre in use. After the testi-
mony was all in, the arguments heard
and thejury charged, the jury retired,
returning in about two hours with
verdict Of mansfaughter. Judge Gage
sentenced Boddiford to FIVE years in
the penitentiary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
TEE TILLMAN CASE.
Considerable Surprise 1T It's Being
Continued is Expressed.

There has been some surprls
throughout the state at the some
what unusual manner in which TIL
trial Of j. II. Tillman tor the nlur
! der OF n. g. Gonzales was continued
to the July term OF court for Rich
| land County. 1t is customary to give
/; he defendant the benefit CT an,
doubt that may exist as to the pro
priety of continuing (. case Of Sucf
! gravity as d murder case. but thj
one seems to have been continued OF
remarkably poor showing. if indeed
the rules Of court have not been wLOi
lv disregarded.
An analysis Of the proceeding:
shows that 4 continuance vas grant
ed on the statement that two wit
nesses we're absent. One Of these
witnesses, j. A, White, made affidavit
that he saw a man talking to ONT
Holsonback and heard him say he hac
made Tilyman show tile white feather
and would do SO again. White dlt
not know the speaker, but liolSenback
asserted that the person VINO made
the alleged threat was \. q. Gonzales
The defense showed by affidavit
that White was il. Nothing was
produced from White to indicate
when. il ever, he coulI appear as a
witness. but counsel, bv contend!nS
that the rule had been complied with
and that it was their desire TO have
these witnesses confront the jury, in
timated the purpose of the defense to
produce them. The court, however,
did not require the usual showing on
this vital point.
The other witness because Of whose
absence the continuance was asked
was Miss Roper, yonng klnswoman
Of the prisoner, who is a trained
nurse. Miss Roper, according to attl-
davit, is willing to testify that while
employed in her professional capacity
by MIR. Gonzales to minister at the
death bed Of his uncle, she heard Mr..
Gonzales say to his stricken relative
that he had made Tillnan show the
white feather or would make him do
so. The defense demonstrated that
Miss Roper was not at her home in
Spartanburg, and although it was
known that she was al a hospital in
New York, there was no exhibit to
show that she had been communicated
with by her relatives or that she mad
receiTed request to be present iD
Columbia when the case was to be
called, and only the counSel's belief
that she would be present at the next
term.
In order that there might be no de-
lay, the prosecution, as usual in such
cases, agreed to admit that these alb
sent witnesses would. if present, swear
to the allegations set forth in their
attidavits, but to this the defense
would not consent declaring thai bolh
witness had further declarations to
make to the jury.
On this showing ard against the
protest Of counsel for the prosecution,
who cited the rules O. court as evil
Geuce that the whole proceeding was
unusual in practice ald violation OF
those rules the continuance was
granted.-Spartanburg Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
TIE GOEBEL MURDER.
Youtsey Says Gov. Taylor Said Death
Plan Was Good.

The evidence brought out in th
trial of James Howard for the murde
of Governor Goebel, Of Kentucky, a
Frankfort in that State, fastened th'
guilt for the dastardly deed upon th'
Republican Governor. who was in Of
fce when it occurred, as much as i
does upon any ore else. Henry Yout
sey, who confessed the other day thai
he planned the assassination while or
the witness stand, was recalled or
Wednesday.
Youtsey was asked if be did not re,
fuse to tell Assistant auditor Frank
johnson where be was when Goebel
was shot. He said Johnson asked him
the question, and he told Johnson's be
was in a safe place. Johnson said that
was not sufficiently definite, as the de-
tectives had called for particular data
as to where all employees of the office
were when the shot was fired.
Youtsey then told him he was in the
toilet room in the basement Of the
executive building. Youtsey denied
that he had ever told General A,
Leads, prior to the shooting, that Goe-
bel once beat him out of fee and
that he depised him. He admitted
that he told R. H. Witherspoon and
other Relatives that the newspaper
reports that he had named jim How
ard as the man who fired the shot were
without foundation.
1T was my defense at that time" !"
said Youtsey, that Howard and me
were strangers, and I told everybody
I had never seen Howard till we met
in JAIL"
Further along in the Interrogation
Youtsey declared that from and after
the shooting of Goebel, all Of the
others engaged in the killing conspired
together to clear themselves and
throw the entire responsibility Of the
crime upon him.
Responding to questions as to ne
gotiations with DR.. johnson to kill
Goebel, Youtsey said be went to see
Senator Deboe, and told him Johnson
and others were willing to do it. Sena-
tor Deboe, according to witness, re-
piled that enough Democrats were go
ing to vote with Taylor to retain him
in Office and it would not be necessary
to kill Goebel.
Deboe said it must not be done.
Witness went back and told johnson
what Deboe said. Johnson told him
not to pay any attention to Deboe,
but to go and see what Governor Tay-
lor said about it. He went to see
Taylor and told him him what John
son said, and Taylor raised no objec-
tion to the plan Of shooting from Sec
retary Of states office.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
In Hard Luck.

Samuel O'Neale and Florence Red.
niger were married at ChaneTille,
Penn. After the ceremony while the
bride and groom and several others
were en- route to the groom's home,
in swcHen stream the wagon upset
and the bride washed 100 yards down
the stream before she was rescued.
The groom bought wagon load OF
furniture. While going home the
straw in the wagon bed became ignit-
ed from a lighted cigar which cause a
can OF oil to explode, which set fire to
the furniture. O'Nell was seriously
burned ond everything except the
horses was consumed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
Found Dead in Bed.

A dispatch from Charleston to The
State says William Alexander Blair, a
travelling man Of Asheyille, \. g.,
was found dead in his bed at the
Pavilion hotel Tuesday morning. He
had been here about week and 1t is
said he had been drinking heavily. a
half-tilled bottle of whiskey was found
in his room. 1t was at first thought
that he had committed suicide, but a
uosr-mortem examination showed that
his death vas due to natural causes.
His body will be shipped to Asheville.
OF which city he was once mayor and
a well-to-do citizen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
What g. Mess.

A dispatch from New York says
Oliver Harrisman, Jr., brother OF Mrs.
Lewis Morris Ruthford, admitted
Tuesday at his residence that his SIS
ter will marry VIM. K. Vanderbilt,
but refused to state the time. Mrs.
Ruthford is going to marry Mr.. Van
derbilt," he declared, land THAT'S all
I care to say" Mr.. Vanderbilt has
gotten permission from Justice Gelge-
rich to wed. The decree Of divorce OF
his ex-wife, now Mrs. 0. H. T. Bel
mont. prohibited his re-marrying.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
Touched Him Heavily

E. j. Kennedy of Greensboro, n.
c., who arrived at Norfolk on Wednes-
day on a Roanoke and Southern train,
claims he was robbed of a wallet con-
tanning 81, ,76l in cash and a railroad
ticket from Winston to Denver, Co.
Kennedy recently sold out his mercan-
tile business at Greensboro and start
ed for Colorado. So far there is no
trace Of the missing money.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
Wanted to Lynch Him.

Henry Scruggs, colored, of Frank,
lin, Tenn, charged with numbering
Simon Jones, another negro, neal
Franklin, Saturday, had narrow es-
cape from a mob Of his own race Tues
dav night. Sheriff Tucker Of William
son learned Wednesday afternoon
that a mob was rapidly forming the
the purpose of lynching Scruggs. The
negro was secretely removed last night
to the Jail in Nashville. The murder
of Jones is said to have been most
brutal one
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
Murder and Suicide.

Daniel Dove, a prosperous farmer
of Columbus, Ark, Tuesday shot and
killed Mrs. Zan Dove, the wife OF his
brother. Immediately asterward he
rode to his home and killed himself.
1t is thought that difficulty over a
land matter between Dove and ms
brother caused the killing of the Wo-
man.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
4 Town PillaS;ed.

\ dispatch from Tangier, Morocco,
says rribesmen have attacked and
pillaged MeQuinZ. Thirty-seven in
habitantS Of the town and l3 tribes
men were killed in the fighting
MeQuinz is about 50 niles west by
south OF F'eZ It has a population Ct
about 10000. Some months ago a
number Of American missionaries were
located at Mequinz, but during the
recent disturbances in Morocco the,
are reported to have left there 10!
FeL.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
INTENDED NOTHING WRONG.

After being notified of Postmaster
Genera! Payne's action Mr.. Iyner
called into consultation r. Ross Perry
and I. T. Michener. who are intimate
friends, regarding the matter. Ihe
gentlemen later made d statement
saying that Mrs. Tyner had no
thought OF wrong doing in opening
the safe, that the papers removed
were the private papers OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Tyner, with the exception OF one
bundle not relating to department
matters. These papers, the state
ment SAYS. will be placed at the dis
posal Of the proper authorities OF the
,r0Ternnnnt
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
Chinese Horror.

Advices by the steamer Express OF
China. tell Of the crucitiction OF a
Chinese desperate in kwang Tung,
who confessed to sixty murders: When
he confessed it was decided that de-
capition was too lenient as punishment
and ne was crucihed. He was nailed
by his hands to a wooden cross and
placed in public place as warning
to malefactors. lie fingered for three
days before he SGccumbed to his terri
BILE suffering
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
Many LETTERS OF REGRET.

Letters of regret from Richard
Ciney. Senator German, Senator Car
mack. W. B. Hearst, Tom L. johnson,
Edward N. Shepard, D. s. Hill, Sena.
tors Daniel Clark. Of Arkansas, ana
Bailey were read. The letter OF John
son and Hearst raised tumult or ap'
plauSe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
officer a Suicide.

Gen. Davis cabled the War Depart
ment Wednesday that Lieut.. Coz.
Henry W. Sprole Of the First Cavalry
committed suicide at Manila shooting
himself through the head. Sprole was
appointed from New York.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-29
Postmaster General

4SSG1IcLSCSA NSAASte-.
Mrs. Tyner came to the office Of the
assistant attorney general on the fifth
floor OF the postoffce building, at 3.45
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon and remain
ed there exactly an hour. When she
arrived Acting Assistant Attorney
General Christiancy, who has had
charge Of the Office for months past
in the absence Of Gen. Tyner, who has
been in poor health for long period.
was in the office. The clerks were at
their desks. Mrs. Tyner passed from
the public room into the private office
and closed the door behind her. Be
ing then alone in the Office she stepped
to the door opening into the public
corridor and, by previousarrangement
admitted Mrs. Barrett, mother OF
Harrison J. Barrett, the former law
clerk o. the postottice department, and
G. G. Hammer, safe expert.
An inspector discovered Mrs. Tyner
in the Office and reported her presence
to his superriGr officer, Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Bristow. Post
master General Payne was also notl.
fed. Mr.. Bristow asked authority to
have Mrs. Tyner elected from the
office. The authority came too late.
When the Inspector returned Mrs. Ty-
ner and her party had left. The safe
on being examined was found to be
empty The affair created much ex-
citement among the Investigating Of
6cials. but the news was concealed
carefully from the public. Two in
spectors were dispatched TO the Ty-
ner residence to recover the papers.
Mrs. Tyner refused to give them up.
saving that she was acting under the
direction of her husband. She told
the inspectors. 50 they reported, that
they had q right to the papers ;ls Nr.
Tyner was still assitant attorney gen
eral. and, moreover, insisted that the
papers were all Of a private charac'
ter. The inspectors reported that
Mrs. Tyner declared the papers De-
longed solely TO them and she an,
nounced emphatically that she dlo
not propose to have her papers sub
mitted to the scrutiny Of the inspec-
tors.
It is suspected at the department
that the papers have some connection
with the recent conduct OF the olh:e,
Some weeks ago turf Investment
concern, whose affairs were aired ir
court, alleged that its operations anc
working methods hac been sanctioned
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
WITH THE AMATEURS

1pe Fairviews defeated the Island team Tor
the second time this season by the score OF "a
to g. The winners YOU'D for snhday Address Marx
Rognas, 2O17 Washington avenue y. ~
The Haywood Manufacturing company ana the
Minneapolis st. Louis Railway eoR P1 R GaSs
grounds. Neither side scored until tue seventy "
fnning The final score was q to IN IaVor ~
the Heywoods The Heywoods now claim al
rights the leading amateu team and o. are Wiling
to defend the title For games adaress e e. ..
Mauren APO Third street N. Both phones , 9o a1a
The Harrison Smith oaseoah + tean avsnine at
an ice cream social and dance TINS evening a.
Plymouth and Emerson avenues n. -
rhe Great Westerns defeated the W1lmots no on n
the Willnots grounds by score Of rs 10 IL th
city for next sunday. Fairyiews Or g. Aanins
preferred. Address J. A. Ward, lo1f twenty
seventh street g.. 4 s,,n
day in a scrappy game. by the score OF to o. :,
according to the manager of the Tigers. Inc
manager of the Palace team says the score was
to in favor Of his nine Take your sh,1 p'ck Was
played between the Harrison & Smith ana MOP ~:
kins teams at Hopkins, the former winning ~ T d
score of to 3 in ten-inning contest. o, Tue
at Second base who accepted thirteen chances u;e
and the batting of Roberts, who mace tour nus.
For games with the winners address Emil LlssaA'
The Jayas defeated the Pv team by score OF
6 to 4, Olsen's play was a feature. He coVeren
short without an error and made TWO IWo-Dase
hits. Batteries-McDonald and Fryer; La ram
and Anderson. Teams wishing games win me ,
Jayas address James L. Fryer, 95 Eighteenth
avenue NE, or telephone Northwestern, Main
= The Bachelors defeated the reorganized vii,
liams team without difficulty, by score OF
III to g. the Williams team making all their
scores in one inning. Batteries-Bacheior DeA-
ter and Page; Williams, Cloutier and McNulty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
MINNESOTA IS DEFEATED
North Star Cricketers Lose Their
First Game to Strong St.
Louis Team.

Pittsburg and st. Louis were the win
ming teams in the opening games OF the
Northwestern cricket tournament played
yesterday at Chicago on the grounds of
the Wanderers Cricket and Athletic club
at Parkside. The former won from Chi
cago by 81 runs and the latter defeated
Minnesota by II runs on the first Innings.
While the weather was al THAT could
be. desired, the wickets had not recovered
from last weeks rain and were on the
slow side. To the players used ito fast
pitches this was a great handicap
Pittsburg's defeat of Chicago was
somethingsof a surprise and much credit
lis due to- Captain MacPherson's men for
their success. st. Louis and Minnesota
were weak at the bat In the first innings.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
BASEBALL.
NEW PARK OPENED
st. Paul Fans Can Attend Games
Now Without Going Into the
Wilderness.
Kelly's Men Celebrate the Dedica-
ton by Handing the Millers
a Hard Wallop.

The 1000 fans who helped to dedicate
their new baseball park yesterday Went
home satisfied. for the saints walloped
the millers by score of IL to 3.
The new park promises to be success
financially, but otherwise it can hardly be
commended. Aside from the small size
of he grounds-they approximate the di-
mansions Of billiard table-there are
other Objectionable features. Chief among
these Is the location Of the grandstand,
which Is in the northeast corner, the
bleachers continuing along the north and
east sides This arrangement enables the
SO centers as we'll as their more impecun-
ious brethren, to take a two hours sun
bath whenever they attend a game.
On such a small field, it Is not to be ex-
pected that a team can play as good base
ball as at grounds like Nicollet or Licking
ton There are compensations, however.
The front Of the grand stand Is within
twenty feet of the home plate, so that the
fans can fully understand and appreciate
the repartee when a player calls the UNI
pire crimson crustacean, and the ump
responds with ''five,' or Jump the fence, .
as the case may be.
Yesterday the infeld was very rough,
and the outfield was worse. This resulted
in some ragged fielding. Probably the
grounds will be put in better shape within
the next week.
The opening of the park was marked by
the upsual ceremonies. Mayor Smith made
a few brief remarks which no one in the
stands understood. Being brief they gave
entire satisfaction to the 1000. Then his
honor threw the first ball over the plate.
That is to say, he aimed at the plate.
The ball really went nearer the players
bench.
This little formality over, the real game
proceeded From Minneapolis stand
point the details are uninteresting. The
milers started off well, Denny Sullivan
opening with a base hit and Spooner drop
ping the sphere in a convenient spot just
outside the short right field fence. The
thrill of satisfaction felt by the handful of
Minneapolis fans lasted about a minute
and half. The saints made four in their
half Of the round, and added to the total
until they had the cabalistic number OF
eleven. The millers stopped with the orig
anal two
Pa Yeager returned to the game after
protracted absence. He played in right
garden, Elmer Smith taking Lally's place
in left. Dan is laid up with an injured arm