The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-02-04
Tar Heel Topics.

Proof Of the guilt OF William Allen.
TIC negro in Jail in Raleigh charged
NTH numbering the wife of Bob Bridg-
ers, and one Of her children, is now
uill live, and this child says: He
oiled mama; he struck her in the
hDusc; she ran; he ran after her and
Ailled her in the cotton patch, then he
Killed sister in the house and struck
me" 1t is found that of the eight ne
groes who went with Deputy Sheriff
Daniels to capture Allen, only two
stayed by him, the others leaving when
4he murderer was found barricaded In
n house. Allen swore he would kill all
*ho entered. Daniels kicked the door
open and Allen struck at him. Volleys
#Hcre then fired through the door, and
Daniels forced the window open with
pole and got view Of the murderer,
gho then said he would surrender if
Ihey would spare his life.
81 The largest and most valuable cargo
es cotton ever shipped out Of Will
Ellington for foreign export was clear
evening aboard the British steamship
1Oceano." which sailed Tuesday for
IiverpOOl with 1908 bales valued at a
6llliOn and a quarter dOllors. The
1Dading Of the cargo in the face OF ap-
Sparently insurmountable difficulties,
the great scarcity of cotton, with an
Excited and irregular market, is re-
garded as one of the most remarkable
nj of hot
81 Charles Holcombe, nine-year-old
lad OF Asheville. died Saturday night
as TIE result Of an injury received
while out skating two weeks ago.
y Oung HOlcOmbe, in company with
: numerous others went to the ponds
sand lakes about Asheville during the
Extreme cold weather the first of jan
harry and while skating he fell, strik-
lng his head on the ice. The boy was
#rendercd unconscious by the fall, and
zwas taken 10 his home, where he has
lain In an unconscious condition until
klast Saturday. when death ensued.
News reached Wilmington Monday Of
gan attempt by label Register to escape
from jail at Whiteville during Friday
Snights storm. The prisoner had saw
s ed nearly through one of the bars Of
his cell with pieces OF steel, which he
had secreted between the lining of a
g ratchet to which he had access, and in
#the sole of one shoe, when the jailer
was awakened about midnight by the
! knocking of another prisoner, who de-
sired to inform the authorities Of the
4 attempt.
The survey for the Durham &
4 SOutht IN Railway has begun This is
:he road which Mr.. B. N. Duke and
others CT Durham will build from that
s place to Apex, which Is the present
northwestern terminus Of the Cape
z Fear G. Northern Railway, which ex-
s. tends from Apex to Dunn, on the At
j lastic Coast Line. The Cape Fear &
Northern and the Durham & South
8 ern will all be one road.
Bud Bell, white man, was found
dead in Maccle's field near TarborO,
Sunday morning at o'clock. He was
j killed the night before. His head was
bloody, showing signs of blow just
above the right ear The coroner's
) verdict was to the effect that he came
10 his death at the hands Of parties
unknowh No clue as to who commit
ted the crime has yet been found.
MT. j. +. Wlnelm, former proprietor
of hotel at Monroe, was shot and
killed Wednesday morning by Mr. H.
N. Eubanks. in the store Of the Heath
Lee Hardware Company, at Monroe,
where Eubanks was employed. This
was a sad elimination Of previous
trouble. Eubanks was married on last
Sunday. Wilhelms leaves a wife and
three children.
Melvin King. white, aged Il, last
seen drunk Tuesday afternoon, was
found dead Wednesday morning near
the track of the Raleigh & Cape
Fear Railway, half a mile from Raj
eigh. He and a companion were seen
in few yards of the place where he
was killed. The body was frozen.
The skull was split. He was hard
drinker