The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-13
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IJnited States wi II ache for the
sInotheE and father of the little Ital-
II ian boy carried away by the mem
2ssbgrsSof he sBIack Hand The child
IS como denim ed to- death unless his
father; Wincenzio Mannino, will pay
"a large ransom The letter from the
child s one of i he most pathetic
ssepistles ever writ ten. Mayor 5McC1en-
Ian has q great opportunity to act in
this case. The kidnapping of chill
taren is bad enough, but the murder
sssof them by professional assassins
cannot be tolerated in this commu-
d III. Let the Mayor summon
special meeting Of the Board Of AL
dermen and offer a reward of $4,000
necessary for the capture and con-
yiction of these scoundrels! No tenn
porizing VIII suffice. The Mafian
m ethods Fof Sicily must never take
root here. Special laws must be
{ passed to cover such outrages. Gov.
sernor Oden could not do a more pop
MAR act than to call special ses-
sion of the Legislature to deal with
his aIannino case. The stealing of
IA young child by a stranger ought to
punishable by death.
Judge James NJ. Mason, of Charles
town w. Va, is in the city. He is son
Commissioner Mason, who, with
ssSIidell, was taken from the English
@steamshipTrent by one of the siren
nous Federal naval sofficers-an act
that threatened to enbrou the North
4ins a war with Great Britain. He is
~ fine gentleman of the old school.
TheSJudge was a brigade commander
during the civil war. and was holding
san$simportant point on the line of
communication between Nashville
and Memphis in the spring of 1864
when large lot of cotton was
through in as contraband. The own
appeared and said his name was
SSsT1.T Fi1son; convinced the General
that he was Confederate, and the
cotton was allowed to go forward.
Il Mr. Wilson, the banker, tells this
man th en-, and j was very much
afraid The cotton would be con-
demned, said he. when. 1 went into
the presence of the Confederate Off
Ger who had all the authority in the
case took off my hat, with feel
ing that might placate him by my
show of Difference. To my surprise
4 his first words were, Put on your
hat, damn you!' put it on and
have made it point to keep it on
SaxhenI had a favor to ask
Judge Mason went down into Wall
street yesterday, and, as he was en-
sterings Brown Bros. banking house.
was their first encounter in 40 years.
getting$ himself in his joy at rec
4egnizing the Confederate officer who
had saved his cotton for him. R. T.
Wilson raised his hat and bowed
on your hat." fairly shouted
the Judge, recognizing the financier
AT once. The two men shook hands
4 our act IN 1864 saved my fortune,
and the money made in that case
became the foundation of all that I
8 have to-day said Banker Wilson.
most graeiously He was leaving for
newport and would have been glad to
n have taken the Judge with him.
fudge Mason is a close friend of Sena-
( tor Daniel Banker Wilson is the
farhers of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Lady Herbert, widow of the late
Engiish Ambassador, and Mrs. Ogden
SGoelet, hose Jewels have been re-
covered
sS neatrow is brewing between two
ladies Of the high literary world. |
Judged, -I}tiddg by success the young lady is
1 one of The coming American novelists,
#but the elder woman asserts publicly |
that one whole chapter in the big
Her. Of last year is taken bodily
/ from aVolume of hers. 1t is highly |
acrimonious quarrel at present. and
n positively refuse TO become involv-
ed IN it---eyen though asled TO state
both sides of the controversy In |
the language Of Richard Garlic. Fade |
away little girl"
r. Lewis Nixon, lately president
;ofa58the United States Shipbuilding
Company, viii arrive in Sebastopol