The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-09-21
LETTER FROM RALEIGH.
Interesting News Items Picked Up BY
Our Regular Correspondent At the
State Capital.
GORMAN News BUREAU,


The ''otiicial" investigation int,
the insane asylum sensation ha.
not been concluded, the board OF Iii
rectors after being in session tw,
days having adjourned to meet again
the last of this week, when they vii
formulate their report to the Gov
ernOr.
In the meantime the four asylum
attendants who were arrested ant
committed to jail on the charge q
killing the patient Thomas Nall, las
month, under such sensational anG
distressing circumstances. .lave beel
admitted to bail in the sum of 81 ,0O(
each. They were released from prison
last Saturday evening, the solicitor
of the Superior Court agreeing to tn,
acceptance of bond after steps hat
been taken to bring this case befol,
Supreme Court Justice today
Their release on bond is due to the
expert medical testimony given last
week before the asylum directors. by
several Raleigh physicians, to the eff
feet that according to the lights be-
fore them the patient Nails death
was not due to the clot of blood on
the brain presumably produced by
Il blow from u club or clubs i'm the
hands of one or more of the attend.
ants), but to heart distensiOn, .
caused by excitement, overhead and
Over-eXertiOn in his race to escape
from the asylum
The coroner of this county, DR.. r.
NJ. Jordan. and DR.. Taylor of Chat
ham, who made the autopsy. had de-
clared that death resulted from the
blood clot on the brain and the coro-
ner's Jury SO found, after hearing the
evidence of the witnesses who swore
to the rough treatment the patient
received at the hands of the four at
tendants Hence their arrest for
murder
They will be tried at the October
term of Wake court, but probably on
a minor charge. There appears to
be no doubt of their having treated
the Nall patient inhumanly, in cap
turing and subdueing him and re-
turning him to the asylum. 1t is
claimed that Nall was unconscious
when several witnesses saw him, lust
after the clubbing in the woods, and
that he never again regained con-
sciOusness. Some of these witnesses
have not appeared before the asylum
directors, but it is stated that they
will voluntarily appear and testify
to what they know in court next
Governor Glenn and party will re-
turn from their New England trip in
a few days. Gov. Glenn had a mar
row escape from fatal automobile
accident in Massachusetts last Fri
day. Two of the party in the auto
preceding the one containing
the Governor were seriously hurt by
the car falling through a bridge.
The opponents of the dispensarv
here who have been working for three
months to secure another election on
the liquor question, with u view of u
restoration of the saloon system.
have not yet succeeded. The board
of aldermen recently refused to order
the election and counsel for the sa-
loon people applied for Il mandamus
to compel the board to order the
under the terms of the Watts
law. The hearing of the mandamus
has been set for next week
There is much interest manifested
in the coming of President Roosevelt
to Raleigh four weeks hence on Thurs
day OF Fair Week. The Indications
are that the crowds at the State Fair
this year will break all records.
The colleges here all opened last
week under the most favorable con-
ditiOns. Kings Business College. the
leading institution of its kind in
North Carolina, opens with over one
and fifty students No col
lege in the State is growing faster or
giving more general satisfaction to
its patrons.
Trinity College at Durham opened
with the largest attendance in it's
history. The entering class is much
larger than last year and the old
students have returned in larger
than ever before. The total
shows a marked increase
over last year: in fact the dormitorv
of the college is taxed this
wear with students.
October Bird is set apart by the
srustees OF Trinity rs ii holiday. and
on that day public exercises will be
held and a list of all the donations
during the preceding year will be an
nounced, the object being to cultivate
the spirit of benevolence and give rec
Dgnltion to the generosity oft he con
tributOrs to the college. The address
this year will be delivered BY Hon.
Henry A. Page. Trinity graduates
are forging to the front in the educa-
tional world Recently the following
Trinity men have been elected to the
positions named: X. \. Law, in
structor in English ut Harvard Uni
versity; W II. Boyd, professor OF
history at Dartmouth College: b. r.
Payne, professor in Curry School of
Pedagogy, University of Virginia.
and Others
The theatrical season has opened
and Manager Upchurch oi the Acad-
amy Of Music has booked many of
the finest productions. Three fine
plays this week-A Bunch of Keys.
Tuesday: Human Hearts, Wednesday
and THE Office Boy" Saturday
night. Many patrons from nearby
towns attend the Raleigh theatre.
Euryth