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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-11
NEGRO LVNCHED FOR
MURDER IN OHIO
LYNCHING FOLLOWED BY FEARS OF
RACE WAR.
TROOPS Ordered Out To Preserve the
Peace-The Situation Is Considered
Threatening.

Richard Dixon. negro, was shot
to death at Springfield, Ohio, on
Monday night by mob for the kill
ing OF Policeman Charles Coils,
who died to-day from wounds re-
ccived at the hands Of Dixon on
Sunday.
At II o'clock the negro, Richard
Dixon. was taken from the Jail and
shot to death in the jail yard, and
the body was taken from there to
the corner of Main street and Foun-
tain avenue. and hung to a tele-
graph pole where the mob spent the
next half hour riddling the body
with bullets from several hundred
revovlerS. The mob forced an en-
trance to the jail by butting in the
east doors with a railroad iron.
On Tuesday a race war in
Springfield was threatened and the
MAYOR ordered out eight conlpan-
les of the state militia to preserve
the peace. All the saloons were or
dered closed. Threats were made
bv a mob to burn the negro section
Of the city and a building was fired.
but the flames were checked. The
negroes were surlv and moody.
SITUATION on WEDNESDAY.
On "Wednesday the situation was
considered BY the authorities to be
more threatening than at any TIME
since the beginning OF the race
troubles. II was estimated that tul-
" $4,000 people thronged the
streets. The negro saloons and ne
gro quarters were ordered closed.
The mayor issued a proclamation
warning people to keep off the
streets and to refrain from congre-
eating in public places.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-11
In the Mayors Court.

The monotonv OF no cases IN the
navor's court yesterday morning
was broken by one case. John kel-
lex. coal black. was brought before
the bar OF Justice charged with
cursing and drawing a knife on a
negro woman. Mayor Earhardt
sentenced him to pay fine OF S.
or serve IS days on the county
chain gang.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-11
CHARGES OF CRUELTY
TO CHAIN GANG CONVICTS
INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY
F. Il. DOMINICK.
Testimony To Be Reported to Next Court.
Startling Revelations Made On
Wednesday.

revelations III the testimony taken
on Wednesday afternoon BY Rel
cree Dominick. in the investigation.
ordered BY Judge D. \. Town
send. of the charge of alleged
cruelty to the convicts on the
county chain gang, reported BY the
grand jury in their final present
ment at the last term of court. The
evidence will be reported to the
next court.
The reference. which was held
in Referee DominickS Office. was
begun at I o'clock and continued
for about two hours. at which time
an adjournment was taken until
one day next week. J. 3. Hunter.
Esq. appeared for the county su-
pervisor and the chain gang author
ities.
Three witnesses who had been
Subpoenaed BY Referee Dominick
were examined and then a number
of witnesses were put up at the re-
quest of Attorney Hunter.
Mr.. Ben. NJ. Koon. against
whom as guard OF the gang several
OF the charges of cruelty were made
in the testimony taken on Wednes-
day afternoon. died some weeks
ago.
The testimony taken is as fol-
lows:
ALBERT SCHROEDER.
who is farmer living about six
miles west OF Newberrv, sworn, on
direct examination by Mr.. Doni-
nick. said that while the chain
gang was working near his place
last summer. he had seen Guard
Ben Koon hit a convict twenty-five
licks. Then the convict who had
received twenty-five licks went and
gave another convict Seventy-hve
lickS.
200 L.ASHES ADMINISTERED.
Then the convict who had re-
ceived- the Seventv-hve licks. testl-
fed Mr.. Schroeder. went and got
John Jones. a third convict. and
Mr.. Schroeder had counted 200
lashes which had been given John
. lones when witness wife called
him and he left. 1t had taken four
negroes to whip John Jones. The
fourth had taken hold when Mr..
Schroeder left. Jones clothes were
removed and the lasles were on the
bare skin. Year before last he had
seen one negro whippd. He did
not known for what purpose the ne
sroeS were whipped. So far as he
could see the negroes were work.
ing very well. The weapon was Il
strap such as the convictS wore
around their waists. He had once
worked the gang two weeks as
guard and had never hit one.
On croSS-eNamination witness
said he was about $50 yards away
when he saw the whipping last
year. Mr.. koon was the only
guard present at the time. The
strap was about an inch or an inch
and half wide and pretty heavy.
He thought the whipping last year
took place about the latter part OF
October or the middle Of Noven-
Der.
On redirect examination witness
said it looked to him like the blows
were pretty heavy.
ARTHUR WILSON.
Mr.. Arthur Wilson. sworn. said
he il.I known a good deal about
';:< workings - I'll Sahe for scv-
cral years and had ired the engine
<:i ~ days last >t:r.nr", and he
had seen only one negro whipped.
and that negro was given abou;
fifteen laSheS with a leather strap.
not on the bare back.
PALMER DAVENPORT.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-11

:.',G lv IA seen the Hh"r Sb'".
,Ir:,' a!,uut TIC :aSt "t i?st \uy@li!-
~: when it was ,car II, place. I|c
had seen negro. Henry Johnson,
-:iv:,n ,;,,"t Scventr-tile laslc> Oh
his bare back. Witness was :?"rH;
/ 81 yards diStal?: when this whip
ylns occurred. The negro wnr: cd
all day afterwards.
CrosS-eNanlined: witness said
Mr.. Ben koon was present when
whipping took place.
FOR THE DEFENCE.
Referee Dominick announced
that the above were all the Wit
neSSeS he had Subpoenaed so tar.
but that he would be glad to have
testimony taken from any wit
nesSeS the defensc might desire to
put up.
TIL: COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
County Supervisor John NJ.
Schumpcrt. sworn. on examination
bv Mr.. Hunter. said that last tall
T. ?. Richardson was general SUI
perintendent OF the gang and
McsSrs. Ben Koon and NJ. B. Chal-
mers we're guards. 1t was never
reported to him that Mr.. Ben koon
had cruelty treated member Of
the gang. II it had so been report
ed to him and he had found it to
be true, he would have discharged
any one guilty Of such cruel treat
ment. His instructions had been
to give only a few lashes it neces-
sary to make negroes work.
Cross-examined By Mr.. Do,nl-
nick. he said he knew OF John
Thomas. convict on the gang, dy-
ing. but he knew nothing of his hav
ing been whipped seriously. He
had sent Thomas to jail when the
negro was sick. but on the advice
of County Physician Mccullough.
the negro had been sent back to the
gang. The negro had died a short
time after. the same week or the
next week or something like that.
No inquest was held. DR.. Sem
pronounced heart failure the cause
of death. That was last fall. during
the time Mr.. Richardson was in
charge the negro was in jail ser-
eral weeks before being sent
back to the gang. Witness said he
went to see the negro while III jail.
The negro didn't say what was the
matter with him. just that he was
sick. He was one of the grandeSt
scoundrels on earth. Mr.. Schum-
pert said he had told County Ply
sician Mccullough that the negro
would play off on him if he could
and to send him back to the gang
as soon as he could.
T. p. RICHARDSON.
who was superintendent OF the
gang last fall and until January I
of this year. on direct exan1lna-
ton bv Mr.. Hunter. testified that
the supervisor had instructed HIM
IN case OF serious matters to whip
the convictS in order to make them
work or to have one Of the guards
do it. He knew nothing about the
whipping OF convicts when they
were given 200. and Is lashes each:
TODAY was the first time he had
heard ANYTHING about the whipping
below Mr.. Schroder's place. Mr.,
koon had worked three negroes
below Mr.. SchroderS house only
one day.
Cross-exanination by Mr.. Doml-
nick. witness said some OF the ne
eroeS were whipped pretty often:
From ; to : to as many as IS and
20 lashes were given. He knew
nothing about the whipping Mr..
Davenport referral to. He dldn t
think = laslcS with a strap such
as the convictS wore around their
waists. an inch and an inch and a
half in width. administered on the
naked back as heavy as It was us
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-11

The result OF the operation on
his throat today is very gratify-
ing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-11

Mr.. Croft was a native OF New,
berry county. having been borl
December 20. 1916. His early ed,
ucation was at the common school:
in Greenville. He was at the Cita.
del when the cadets of that insti.
tuition were placed in the Confed.
crate arnv and Mr.. Croft contir.
ued to serve there until the close
Of the war.
He subsequently studied law un,
der B. F. Perry. at Greenville. anC
was admitted to the bar in 1860
and in 1870 located at Aiken where
he has continuously practiced hi:
profession.
Mr.. Croft served two terms il
the house Of representatives OF this
state and also served in the state
senate. He was twice president OF
the South Carolina Bar association
He was elected to the Fifty.
eight Congress (the preesnt Con
@rrSS}.
lie was a law partner OF the Hon
lanes II. Tillman and was the
leading counsel for Mr.. Tillnan il
his trial for murder in the killing
81 Editor y. e.. Gonzales. in which
trial Mr.. Tillman was acquitted.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-11
HON. GEO. ". CROFT
DIED IN WASHINGTON
REPRESENTED THE SECOND DISTRICT
IN CONGRESS.
The End Came Yesterday horning-He
Had Been III For Eight Weeks-A
Native of Newberry.
Special to The Herald and News.

Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia, March 1o.-Hon.
George ". Croft. representative
in the national house Of represen-
tativcS from the Second District Of
South Carolina. died at his resi-
dence in Washington at 7.oS this
morning.
Mr.. Croft had been suffering
from blood poison. with conpli-
cations of stomach trouble and
heart failure. due to protracted
illness. Mr.. Croft'S illness dated
back about eight weeks. when he
experienced sharp pains running
through the base OF the thumb. His
niece examined the hand and pick
ed from the thumb minute splin-
ter. For time the inflammation de-
creased and Mr.. Croft was
able to attend to his duties at the
Capitol. However. it became acute
again and the whole right arm was
affected.
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18

commenced for a separation from her
husband she complains that he will not
let her daughters friends call in peace
and comfort. Both mother and daughter
present aftidavits that Greenhouse is
cruel and inhuman in his conduct.
He gets uneasy the minute he hears
the bell ring" said Regina, in discuss
Ing her sad state, land he peres over
the stair railing to see who it is.
when am asking caller to be seat
ed one can hear him upstairs saying, o,
that's Mr.. So and So; what's he doing
here? Can't he find another place where
there is light and warmth? :.
Before 9 o'clock he shouts out, It's
late and keeps it up. Leaning over the
stair railing or lying in bed he will keep
repeating, Regina, it's late
If this does not drive off the caller
he will come downstairs and walk into
the room and turn off the gas, leaving my
caller sitting with me in the darkness.
If turn the gas on he turns it off again.
Turning off the gas usually discour-
ages me, but if persist in entertaining
after he turns off the gas he rolls his
bed into the parlor and prepares to I'M
dress. This is too much for anyone, and
have to bid my caller good night"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
CANNIBALS DEVOuR
EIGHT MEN AND WOMEN
All Of the Crew But One Of a French
Ship Slaughtered by
Savages

Paris.-The last number of the France
Australe publishes the account given
by M. Blandinieres, captain of the French
sailing vessel Julia, OF horrible drama
which took place on board the coasting
ship Petrol, at Ditarara, in the island
of Aurore, in the archipelago of the
New Hebrides.
According to the captain, he was
aroused by a signal of distress coming
from the Petrol, and on approaching that
vessel found that of a crew of nine
persons only one, a native, was alive,
while the bridge and the captains cabin
were covered with blood, giving evil
dence of terrible struggle. The lone
survivor explained how few days be-
fore they were attacked by band of
cannibal natives, who killed the captain
and two women on board with hatchets
and then assaulted and murdered all the
other members of the crew when they re-
turned from fishing expedition.
1t is the opinion of the Julia's captain
that the bodies of the murdered people
were eaten afterward by the cannibal
population, as no trace of them could
be found. 1t is expected that a punitive
expedition will be sent by the French
government against the natives.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
fook BoY'Ss SUGCEsTIo .
Rlowboy Came Out of the Field a1d
\ Told Railroad ers How 80 start
I ! Stalled Engine.

a travelling man relates that while rid-
Ing on thk new orient line between Harper:
and Anthony 4 few days ago, one Of the
side rods Of the engine broke, and the other
sid4s stopped on q "dead CENTER" 80 that
when the repair was made,it was impossible
to start again. According to the Kansas
City Star he says: ~ ~ f
/. "The engineer, the conductor, and al
the passengers took turns going over the
thing and trying to devise way to make
it run. finally boy came out of the field
where he had been blowing 10 see what was
going on. He crawled through the wire
fence and sat down on the bank and famed
himself with his straw hat. If you'd back
that last car up the GRADE an let 'er come
down gerchunk, that 'ud start 'er, he final
~ suggested, deliberately. S@. S
The railroad men shifted contemptuous.
", but the passengers aided with the boy.
Finally the conductor gave orders that the
rear car be uncoupled. No less than SO pas
sengers caught hold and pushed the car up
the grade. Once at the top the car was
let 60. The loose coach gained momentum
as it came down hill, and in spite of the en-
gineer's admonition to let her come down
easy the emergency battering ram crashed
into the train with tremendous thump.
The engine was bumped off center al
right" @.... 49,. II,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
A MODERN COMEDY OF
ERRORS AND LOVE.
A Pair Of Belgian Elopers Worry tho
Police Of Four European
Nations.

Charleroi, Belgium.-An extraor-
binary elopement has been occupying
the police of four nations of late and
has ended in the most unexpected man
ner.
A young man named Charles Robert
eloped last August from this place with
Mile. Berthe Poinboeuf, daughter of
local police magistrate. The young
man left behind him note saying he
was taking with him sum equivalent
to $4,000, and that he and Mile. Poin-
boeuf were going to London to be mar
ried, after which they would commit
suicide.
= A week after her daughters depar-
ture Nine. Poinboeuf received a postal
card from her from London bearing the
one word, Farewell" M. Poinhoeuf set
off at once for London to advise Scot
land Yard, but no trace of the young
people was to be found in London. He
rushed over to Paris and set the French
police to work, but there, also, met with
no success.
Next, the grief-stricken parents re-
ceived notice from Marseilles that the
bodies of the young people had been
picked up in the harbor M. Poinboeuf
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
THlRT TEEN ABLE
!. ONE DIES SUDDENLY.
County Commissioners Charles Brewer,
= Recallai the superstition-HeArt =.
Disease Fatal to Him. +

Meriden, Conn. County Commissions
er Charles Brewer, who was one Of tho
most popular men in the state, was tho
chief guest at a dinner here, He seemed
to be in fine health and certainly was
in good spirits and the life of the dinner
until it was half over. Then he discov-
cred that 13 persons were at the table.
I'm not very superstitious," said Mr.
Brewer laughingly, "but: ! do believe
that if 13 sit down to table something
unlucky will happen to one of them,
and I would not have sat down had +
known would be the thirteenth here"
Mr.. Brewers mood changed; from
being lively he grew grave, at which
one OF the diners exclaimed: >
Cheer up, Brewer! Here's charm
or a charmer against bad luck"
Calling pretty waitress, he coaxed
her to eat at the board A.
I'm afraid it's too late" said Mr..
Brewer, but he did cheer up, and the
dinner ended merrily.
This is related only because Mr..
Brewer died very suddenly at his home
in Waterbury the next morning. He
was only 4S years old. When he retired
at night he appeared to be in perfect
health. The physicians say he died Of
heart disease.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
ASKED 4 PERSONAL FAVOR.
Lawyer Wanted Judgeto Relieve Him
Of Somewhat Danger
-- GUS Duty.

One Of the most picturesque figures of the
New York bar was the late Thomas Nolan,
4 lawyer, whose witty retorts furnished
subjects for merriment at many I lawyert'
gathering. Now, Nolan was at one time
counsel for poc- widow who was suing
construction company for the death Of her
husband, relates Success. The case bad
been placed upon the "day calendar" but
had been frequently postponed, and Mrs:
fifth cali, was in an exceedingly disturbed
frame of mind, consequently the tones Of
Nolan's rich brogue were more than usual
~ fervid as he fought against the sixth ad-
journment. II
Il am sorry" said Justice Dugro, ''but
your opponent has shown me good cause for
the adjournment, Mr.. Nolan, and the case
will therefore 60 over until Tomorrow"
very well, sor," said the barrister,
vor of this coortT
Certainly, sir, with pleasure"
"Wi!l your honor kindly stheP down to
you have adjourned the case?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
FATHER R KEEPS |.
CALLERS MOVING No VI |
MOVES HIS BED INTO PARLoR
j. AND PREPARES TO uNDREss.
THEN THE COMPANY GOES
New York Girl Appeals to the Courts to
Stop Action Of Her Unruly
Parental Cupid Dis
courager.

New York.-Miss Regina Greenhouse,
a pretty black-eyed girl of 10, declares
that as discourager of Cupid her father,
Nathan, is even beyond the limit"
When young men call at the coy parlor
of the Greenhouse home, No. sc Mont
gomery street, her father lies in bed up
stairs and shouts cts late" If this
gentle hint is not taken various degrees
of persuasion adopted by Nathan to free
the parlor are most remarkable. They
consist in pushing his bed into the
parlor and preparing to undress for the
night.
Mrs. Rosie Greenhouse sympathizes
with her daughter, and in an action just
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
Snakes in Cabbage.

Sioux City, Ia.-There is sorrow
hereabout. for the lateness of the frost
has made the sauerkraut crop a fall
ure, and the Dutch centers refuse to be
comforted. 1t was the largest ever raised
in the state.
After the unprecedented yield of cab
bage had been minted it was discovered
that little, Shiny, white snakes were
all through the kraut. Some of them
are a foot long. !.
Prof. H. F. Summers, state entomolo-
gist, being appealed to, declared the
sauerkraut snake harmless. But folks
at Mount Ayr, Kellerton and Truro, who
didn't think he knew, ate some of the
snakey kraut and triumphantly became
very sick. The snakes are very slender,
not often so large as a match and the
longest IL inches. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
BEARING ONE WORD FAREWELL. .

hurried to that city and identified one of
the corpses as that of his daughter. He
obtained permission of the authorities
to remove the bodies to Charleroi, and
this he did, arriving there with the cof-
fins day or two ago.
Upon reaching home, however, he
was handed telegram from the German
police saying the young people had been
traced to a little villagenear Lake Con-
stance. A relative promptly went there
and had no difficulty in recognizing
Charles Robert and his BRIDE
Meanwhile, the bodies of the Marseilles
suicides are at Charleroi awaiting the
formalities for being sent book to the
French port for burial.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
She Spanked Her Husband.

Hoboken, N. IA large and angry
woman who came from Easton, Pa, told
the police that her husband, Samuel
Brown. had deserted her and fed here.
She asked the officers to ind him. q
She had last seen him 4 week ago.
when he came home with too much hard
cider aboard, and she, after her usual
custom, placed him across her lap and
inflicted sound spanking. -. = &
He left the house Immediately and
she has had no word from him Stree.
a friend told her he had started for.
Hoboken. .s s.. !: :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
Cow Dashed Into the House

Wooster, O.-As neighbours COW was
being driven past the home of John
Swank bulldog attacked her, and Sc
cured a strangle hold on an ear. TN
able to shake off the dog, the cow be-
came frantic and dashed into the house.
There is charged about in its effort to
shake of the dog till the furniture was
all demolished and the room frescoed
with blood. When the owner of the
dog finally arrived and called him of
the COW was almost dead.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
Unlucky Thirteen.

Summit, N. Jas Mrs. Charlotte
oConnor was talking with neighbor
It her home in Summit avenue and
slipping q cup of tea she suddenly gave
a cry of pain and dropped unconscious
from the chair. When the physician
arrived she was dead from heart disease
She was one of club whose member
3hip has always been kept at IL.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
Santa Fe Engines at Worlds Fair,

All the world loves locomotive. There
is something ifelike about the iron mon
stel that whisks us at mile minute
Pace across the country. It seems to be
2 person. not a thing. The crowds who
Santa Fe engine No. 5O7 "a Baldwin Of
rs tons weight) in Machinery Hall,
Worlds Fair grounds, St. Louis, will
testify to fascination unexplainable. Not
merely the size, nor the wheels going
around, nor the throbbing steam-but ali
these and more. The engineer at tho
throttle and the fireman at the furnace
door share the general admiration.
prairie type used by the Santa Fe in haul
ing it's fastest passenger flyers represents
the, best achievement of modern engine
building.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18
Best in. the World.

Cream, Ark, Nov. Especially .-After
eighteen months suffering from Epilepsy,
Backache and Kidney Complaint, Mr.. w.
Il. Smith, of this place, is well man again
health unbesitatingly give ali the credit to to
Dodd's Kidney Pills. In an interview re-
garding his cure, Mr.. Smith says:
had been low for eighteen months with
my back and kidneys and also Epilepsy. l
had taken everything knew of and moth
ing seemed to do me any good tin friend
Of mine got me to send for Dodd's Kidney
Pills. find that they are the greatest
to work and am in fact as stout and strong
as before I took sick"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kidneys.
Cured Kidneys cleanse the blood of all i'm.
purities. Pure blood means good health.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. fhos.
Robbins. Norwich, n. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18

Some men are SO anxious to avoid doing
wrong that they neglect to do right.-The
Commoner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-18

A convincing orator is one who has sense
enough to shut up before his audience &C.
quires that tired feeling.-Chicago Daily
News