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The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-01
THE LYNCHING.

.(Charlotte Observer August 2S)
New Bern, August 27.-John Moore,
the negro who brutally assaulted the
wife of Postmaster Geo. T. Eubanks,
at Clarks, with a meat axe Friday af-
ternoon, was taken from the Craven
county Jail at l 80 o'clock this morning
and lynched. The mob was composed
mostly OF cOuntrymen, neighbors Of
Eubanks, but there were citizens of
New Bern in the crowd. The farmers
arrived in town about midnight
They did not make any demonstra-
ton until after l o'clock. Sheriff Bid
die, who had been notified that an at
tempt to get Moore was about to be
made, went out on the street to pre-
vent the affair and was met by few
men, one of whom pointed revolver
at him and said: SHERIFF Biddle, we
like you and mean you no harm. but if
you go step further We'll kill you.
We want the keys to the Jail. We are
here for purpose and mean to accom-
plish it,
Biddle told them he did not have the
keys that Jailer Williams had them.
They kept guard over the sheriff, and,
upon tlieir return to the jail, crowd
of men had gathered around and call
ed Williams out on the porch. The
men demanded the keys, and, upon
his refusal to surrender them, held
him up at the point of the revolver,
secured the keys and made entrance
to the Jail, without making any undue
noise or disturbance.
MOB COMPOSED OF FIFTY MEN.
The number around the Jail at that
time did not exceed fifty men. During
this episode the alarm had been sound
ed and the naval reserves and cutter
crew were summoned to guard the Jail
but the farmers were too quick and
had made away with the man. The
general alarm, ten strokes of the bell,
announced to the public that something
extraordinary was taking place, and,
almost Immediately, the streets were
filled with people.
Having got possession of Moore, the
mob hurried him off to Neuse bridge,
hauling him roughly up Craven street
to the Neuse river bridge, about half
a mile distant, and hung him from one
of the iron cross pieces Of the draw
portion of the bridge, which is located
/ at the New Bern end. After he had
been hung his body was riddled with
bullets: at least fifteen holes were seen
in it. :
After the terrible execution the mob
dispersed. They made no noise during
the whole affair and the generalship
was perfect. The event. deplorable as
it is, was the result, not of sudden hot
headedness, but of long and serious
meditation. 1t is said that If the bond,
under which Moore was placed at his
preliminary examination, had been
made larger, the lynching would never
| have happened.
Justice harrington made the amount
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lot the bond only 300, an acf which en-
lraged the farmers greatly. and they
determined TO take the law In their
|own hands. feeling that. under the cir
|cunastances. the law could not make
the penalty fit the crime. This state
|meH Is made more prominent by the
fact that the neighbors kept EuDanks
himself from shooting Moore at the
time Of his arrest Friday afternoon.
Iand urged him To allow the law TO take
Iits course. The men brought Moore TO
1.-THE city and delivered him TO the sner-
Iin. ft is presumed that the parties of
1.-THE rescue and lynching. are at least a
Iporflon Of them, identical
Moors's victim is reported as I'M
Iproving. DIR. Street states that. unless
blood poison sets LIN. she has a chance
ito recover. but that she viii always
Isuffer from the wound and will always
Ibe disfgured The bones Of the face
land Jaw-bone are broken and the
wound varies from an inch To an inch
and half in depth.
The deed is looked on in different
lights today, mostly commendatory OF
the mob's work The ministers I'm the
ichurches referred to the awful crime
and expressed horror and indignation
THAT such thing should have been
committed in New Bern. They term it
IAN act of barbarism that should not be
Iallowed TO 90 unpunished. They ex-
pressed the hope that deep and full in
vestigation will be made; that the s,.i
ity men, at least the leaders, may be
discovered and brought to justice.
The Observers correspondent inter-
viewed several colored Eaen on the
subject and, without exception, he
found that they approved of the lynch
lins. Some of the strongest witnesses
against Moore were men of his own
trace. Those who approved of the
sort, but men we'll thought of in the
community and standing high among
their people. They believe the deed
will leave lasting impression on the
race. There is a disposition here
among those who disapprove Of the act
Ito criticise Sheriff Biddle severely for
mot resisting the lynchers more, but
the officer did all within his power. and
IAN attempt to defend the prisoner
lwOuld have been useless and doubtless
another murder would have been COM
United.
Jailer Williams was helpless in the
bands of many men who could have
loverpowered him if it were necessary.
THE failure to put guard around the
ljail is considered the worst lack of
Iferethought on the part of the sheriff
land the greatest, source Of censure.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-01
BoWser Tries
! A New Cure
Philosopher Concludes That He
VIII Sleep Out Of Doors
at Night.
CATS UPSET HIS PLAN.
They Start Fight Under Hammock In
Which He Reclines and Make
Things Lively.

copyright, 1906. by r. E McClure.1
T was hot, sultry evening, and aft
er dinner Mr.. and Mrs Bowser
and the cat took places on the
front steps TO get all the air pos
sible. Mr. Bowser had been reading
the paper and smoking for a quarter of
an hour when pedestrian came along
and gave him good evening. The salu-
tation was returned, and with an ejacu-
lation on his lips Mr.. Bowser laid aside
his paper and went down the steps to
the gate. There he held conversation
with the man lasting for twenty min
utes, and when he returned to his seat
he said:
by George, If / hadn't seen it with
my own eyes l wouldn't have believed
itr'
What is it?' asked Mrs. Bowser.
why, when / saw that man, whose
name is Thompson, last spring he
didn't weigh 100 pounds and didn't
look as if he would live a week. Now,
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A Negro Pays the Death Penalty foI
His Crime.
A Murfierous Assault With q Meat
Axe ON q Lady for Purpose Of Rob-
berry The Fiend Caught and Placed
i'm JaiI-TaIxen out Early Sunday
Morning by an Orderly Crowd and
Hanged-His Victims Condition Se-
rfOuS

lSew Bern Journal August a6.l
One Of the most atrocious attacks
that has ever been attempted i'm this
section was made by a negro named
John Moore, and claiming LAGRANGE as
his home, at Clarks yesterday. The
man was desperate or he would never
have made SO bold an attempt to rob.
Moore went to the store of George
I. Eubanks i'll Clark which is general
store, yesterday morning about IL
O'Clock and demanded some money of
Mrs. Eubanks who was keeping store
and was temporarily alone The lady
refused TO give him any and he told her
ii she didn't hand over some money
and do it-quick he would kill her. She
was terribly frightened by him and
feared that the man would carry out
his threat and started to turn around
apparently to get some money for him
ana While she was facing him he grab
bed meat axe and struck her a terri
BILE blow on the head cutting a cash
IL.
fractuling the bones of the head and
face and breaking the jaw bone, the
wound extended down the neck. She
was rendered unconscious and at late
hour last night she was in critical
condition.
After committing the deed the negro
ran of without endeavOring to get any
money and as he left the store or very
shortly thereafter the clerk discovered
Mrs. Eubanks and quickly raised the
alarm. Happily some one observed
Moore as he came running out of the
store and they noted the way he ran,
when it was known what had been
done big crowd of men and boys took
after him, Moore coming toward New
Bern. He had about five or ten minutes
start and was able to get quite a dis
tance away. After running several
miles he took refuge in a swamp near
the Oaks farm where he was found by
some of his pursuers at half past four.
Mr.. Eubanks had shot gun with him
but refused to use it, although some
of his neighbors urged him to do so.
The man was held and his hands
tied securely behind his back. Mr.. Eu-
banks brought the man to the city and
delivered him to Officer Griffin who
turned him over to Sheriff Biddle and
he is now in prison.
He was taken before Justice of the
Peace harrington who set his case for
trial this morning. Moore protests
innocence but his guilt is clear as he
was seen lettering around the store a
short time before the attack and was
seen to run out Of the store. He can
be positively identified by half dozen
or more persons. He is an evil looking
negro and the extreme rigor of the law
will be invoked as it was a most un-
provoked attack
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-01
A Touching Story

Is the saving from death. Of the baby
girl of Geo. A. Eyler. Cumberland
Md. He writes: "At the age nf II
Imonts. cur little girl was in declinine
Health. with serious Throat Trouble
and two physicians gave her up. We
were almost in despair. when we re-
solved to try DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for CONSUMPTION. Coughs and
IColds. The first bottle gave relief;
latter taking four bottles she was cur
ed. and is now in perfect health.
Never fails to relieve and cure a cough
or cold. At r. r. Bellamy's drug store:
I5oc and S1.0C guaranteed. Triaf bot
tile free.
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down twenty fcot embanknienr into
q railroad cut while the attendant was
arrived
Or. Nckes said he Ind thoroughly
INVESTIGATED the matter anil found no
evidence that there was any uuneces-
saiy force used In retakinx ths patient
\ few minutes after tho above state
msnt was made 70 The Post over the
tetefsheEe DIR. Mckee called IN and
said that after talking with one of
the attendants WI. took part IN the
affair hc found that tho cut on the
heed was not inflicted when the two
men relied down The sweuty-faot en-
tsankmcnt. but was made when tho
raticnt ran through n oarhed wire
fence near the cuicrcd eensstsry He
saist there were few. IL auv. bruises
ahcut the mans be.Iv.-Ra5eIgh Post
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-01

adam RESTED AT NIGHT UNDER TREE" I"
as you saw for yourself, he weighs at
least $50 pounds and seems good to live
for thirty years. l never saw such a
change in man in al my life"
And what does he say brought it
aboutt"
The simplest thing in the world He
has been sleeping out in the night air
in hammock"
"Humphr'
What 10 you mean by 'humph?'
u mean that he was giving you a
yarn. His sleeping out could not pos
sibly have any such effect. He has
probably quit chewing plug tobacco
and drinking poor whisky
Look here, woman, do you mean to
insult ae!" demanded Mr.. Bowser.
"Of course not, but you do get such
silly ideas"
SILLY be hanged! Do you suppose
the man would lie to me? If he was
otherwise cured wouldn't he have said
so? By John, but you have always
got a chip on your shoulder, and no
matter what I say you are ready to
call me q liar. The man not only told
me the truth, but advised me to do
the same thing for my own health"
"And what's the matter with your
health?'
1.-THE matter? There you go again!
II we weren't out here in public I'd
knock that yaller cats two yaller eyes
into one"
'The cat isn't to blame. If there is
a healthier man in town than you are
I'D like to see him."
81 don't say that my health isn't
fairly good, but do say that I am
liable to be knocked out by the next
hot wave. I got through the last one
by close shave. What I must guard
against is heat apoplexy."
"And the long and short of it is,"
said Mrs. Bowser, after moments
silence, that you want to sleep out
doors in q hammock"
II had been advised to by two Of
the best doctors in town, and now that
] see what it has done for Thompson
think I shall try the remedy"
'And it will be a preventive against
heat apoplexy"
Certainly it will. It gives one a
free circulation of air and the night
dews will act as a sort Of tonic. Com
mon sense tells US that man was not
born to sleep in bed in the house.
Adam rested at night under a tree; so
did all other men for hundreds Of
years. Wherever you find the hardest
men you find men who are in the open
air day and night. We coddle our
selves altogether too much, and am
going to quit 1t for one"
"Well, when you have a sore throat,
q cold in the head and rheumatism in
every Joint, perhaps you'll keep on cod
ding" observed Mrs. Bowser as she
heayed long sigh. "Any doctor who
told you to sleep outdoors at night in
this climate simply hoped to make a
bill against you"
That's you again. I might have
known you wouldn't talk sense I
never start in to better my health but
what you oppose me. II you are hoping
I'll collapse on the street and be
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Made an ASS of Himself.

There has drifted into The Sun of
fee, by the grace of Uncle Sans mail
an obscure publication, seeking noto-
iety, that is pleased to belittle this pa
per, because we did not take to some
pet plan it had to do the publishers.
1t is always the way, however. Those
New York schemers will send down
here some little squirt, who knows
more than was ever created or happen
ed, and because you do not see fit
to jump into his arms, goes back, and
makes an ass of himself-Durham 81 n
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-01
DEATH FOLLOWS cApTuRE

Esaued Ffun Raleigh ASYLUM
Caught Near CaraIeigis-A DcSpcr-
ate Sfrussie-Carried Back 70 Asy-
nsm Nith Cash TN Head. Died n
Few Hours Affcruarsi-Oscrpo
ed I'm tlsc Woods by Four Attend
ants
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-01

Peaee-p0rridge hot: peace-porridge
cold Peace-porridge cools LOT when
twelve days old.-Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-01

Eczema, scald head, hives. itchiness
Of theskin Of any sort. instantly re-
I.eved, permanently cured. Doan's
ointment at any drug store
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-28
DATE OF CUBAN TREATY.
appraisers Declare Presidents Ten
Dag Delay Unauthorized.

In a decision handed down by Board No 3 of the
United States General Appraisers yesterday the
question as TO whether President Roosevelt pos
sessed the legal authority postpone for days
the time when the Cuban reciprocity treaty should
go into effect was discussed The board held that
he had no such authority, but pointed out that the
clause in question was doubtless inserted because
OF the confusion In dates, which was inevitable
under the circumstances.
The exchange of Publications occurred on March
81, 1893. The United States Senate however in rat-
flying the treaty, inserted amendment that il
should not take effect until approved by Congress.
That not done until December IT, 1903. and the
President issued his proclamation that date
Judge Somerville wrote the opinion of the board
in the present case in which the importers the
Walton Company, maintained that the treaty went
into effect on the exchange of notifications, and
protested against the imposition of the full duty
consignment. He held that the amendment
made by the Senate much part of the
treaty though II had been originally inserted
and that its validity could not be challenged be-
fore the courts.
Judge SOmerville called attention to the language
of the Presidents proclamation and inferred there
from that the convention should have become Inn
no constitutional authority which would authorize
the Executive to postpone its operation day after
this time. ut would seem that he could no more
postpone the operation of a treaty, duly ratified
than he could that of q statute duly enacted" the
opinion declared Judge SOmerville pointed out
that the action of the President was clearly at
treaty itself and the confusion of the dates which
BY the terms OF the decision one protest for
goods entered on December IL. 1903 sustained
and the others. for goods entered prior to De-
cember L. were overruled Under the treaty a
reduction Of 20 per cent in the duty is allowed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-28
BROOKLYN BENCH SHOW
Many High Priced Dogs To Be Ep-
hbited This Week.

careful estimate of the total value of the dogs
entered in the third annual Brooklyn Dog Show
which will open tomorrow in the Clermont Ave-
Rink and win last the rest of the week has
been made by the officials of the show and the
total has been found to be upward of S5O0OO In
class alone there six dogs whose value is
estimated $780, and it is doubtful if they could
be purchased for even this This class is the
variety class. for champion dogs or bitches and
the entries NJ. w. Robinson's Boston terrier
Colonel Monte champion OF the recent New-Yorl
show; Mrs Jack Brazier's Scottish terrier The
Laird, second at New-York; the Sabine Kennels
smooth coated fox terrier Sabine Victory, Ransom
Caygills rough coated st. Bernard Columbia $
Hope and Miss A. A. Marks Baby Beautiful, also
a ST. Bernard.
Each OF these dogs is valued at $4,000 or more
and it is doubtful If double that amount would buv
either Colonel Monte or The Laird. The highest
price placed by exhibitor upon his EXHIBIT is
$4,000 which is the entered value of +. D. Walsh
bulldog The Baron. C. G. Hopton's bulldogs Rod
ney Smasher and Rodney DIeadnaught are valued
by their at $1,000 each, and the same value
is placed by B. F. Lewis upon his greyhound Ians-
downe Hallstream A large number OF the dogs are
few Of the thousand entries are valued al less
than $1,000.
The show will be open daily from 10 A. m 10 Ii
p. and in addition to the Judging OF the various
classes which will begin early tomorrow morning
there will be several performances daily by a
troupe of, performing dogs. while on SATURDAY.
evening there will be series OF whippet races
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-28
DIED MARTYR TO MOTHER LOVE.
Calmly Endured Starvation That Her BABY
Might Live.

Ida Fletcher as she was known the voung
woman who. with her seven-rnonths-old infant
was found in an emaciated and starving condition
In a squalid at No 221 East 125tb-st an
March 4 and was taken to ST Joseph's FosnitaI
'lled there Sunday Her death was practically dine
10 starvation, for her stomach was in slch q CON
dllon. through her sef-denial for her babv's sake
that she could not retain food of any sort When
the young woman's condition was discovered bv
Mrs. McAuley, probation officer in the Harlem
police court it was found that for twenty DAYS
the sole sustenance of mother and child was one
can or condensed milk day most of which the
young mother gave to her baby.
me young woman came here from Bridgeport
Conn year and a half ago. and her real name il
appears was Levi. Her brother and father who
live in Bridgeport, saw the newspaper story of
the girls suerings, and came to this city to care
for her.
When the girl died Sunday three young women
former companions. We're at her bedside. They
were greatly affected by the scene and Expressed
penitence for the life they had led promising
reformation Although the young woman was
JeWess by birth, she a Roman ca thoIic
in religion, and a priest administered eYfreme
JUNCTION at her deathbed. Her child is in foundIing
asylum The relatives have arranged for the buria1
of the body. A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-28
4 MARRI4GE SVENGALI.
Girl Bride Declares HIS Eyes and
Grin Ruled Her.

According his wife, sixteen years Old who was
Miss Madeline Gilderseeve. Edward w. Stewart.
arraigned in the Butler-st. court. Brooklyn, yes
terday on a charge of abducting her, has an ire
sistible influence over her.
Il was simply putty in his hands, she said. i
did not seem TO have the power to resist of
his suggestions. l never thought of mar
riage.
She says that Stewart had a habit Of gripping
her arm whenever he wanted her to do anything,
and that this force, with the power of his eyes,
led her to act as he wished They met by chance
in the street on Sunday she says, and after going
to Manhattan, went to Flatbush and were married.
Stewart on the other hand, declares that the
girl visited the Clarendon Hotel twice on Sunday
to beg him to marry her He told her, he says,
that she was too young, but she replied she was
willing TO swear that she eighteen years old.
and that her mother had consented TO the mar
riage Walter S. Taggart, at whose home the mar
riage took place, said that Stewart was chance
acquaintance who had answered his advertisement
for a partner TO go into the ink business with him.
Had he known that the girl young, he
would not have granted Stewards request to per-
nit the marriage 10 take place at his house
Stewart was held in bail for further examination
tomorrow He declared that he ready to buy
an $4,000 house in Sth-aVe. for his bride. Re-
gardng the alleged worthless check that /. j. AS
sin the contractor, accuses Stewart of giving &c
hin, Stewart saws that he tcad Assip that he had
deposited some checks in the Union Bank TO open
an account but that his personal check on the
prospective account would not be good until the
bank had formally opened the account
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-28
TUNNEL CONTEST ROWS
Interborough and Surface Companies
Watching ALbany Bills.

The rivalry between the forces represented by
August Belmont. the hand, and the New
York City Railway, the other is becoming ex-
tremely bitter over the prospective advertising Of
routes for subways.
The Belmont say that the Ryan-Mc Donald
Vreeand buffing and will make bid for
certain subways in order to compel the Belmont
interests to buy them out. This, they declare they
never viii do. The New-York City Railway men
retort that all any to do is to wait for the
bids and that then it will be that they will
get the major portion of the they have asked
for-three In all, with four tracks TO each line
Meanwhile, both interests are narrowly watching
fail of passage, then the contracts will have to be
the builders and operators of the tunnels will
tunnel as a railway system the equipment
that the New-York City Railway people have asked
for tunnels that will involve expenditure of
$3.50 100000 without including the of equip
ment, which would be $50000,0D0 more. Messrs.
Orr. Grout and Smith, the contract committee, are
hard at work every day considering routes that
will cover the transportation phase of the S1tua-
ton, and at the same time prove attractive to the
prospective bidders.
In Wall Street all sorts of knocks are being
handed around by the friends of the rival inter-
1t comes to the final showdown the surface com
pany will not be able to satisfy the Rapid Transit
Commission that il has the resources with which
to build three fOurtra tunnels.
August Belmont sent q letter to the commission
yesterday saying that the PETERBOROUGH engineers
would be ready Wednesday to present argu-
ments support of the routes outlined by Mr..
Belmont in his communication to the board last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-28
CORONER HERO OF THE MOMENT.
Aids Arrest, Prevents Riot, Threatens In
quest, Attends to Things Generally.

Coroner Scholer composite hero yesterday.
He assisted in an arrest. prevented a riot and
threatened an extra self-arranged inquest. At
least that is how it looked at first.
Pat" a Waterman at the Hotel Aston, a
negro pick up package the 46th-st. side of the
hotel and walk away.
Ha. A bold robbery.
Pat" called him back and summoned Patrolman
Lynch of the West 47th-st station. crowd gath
cred. A young in the crowd tried TO discuss
the arrest. The negro noisy insisted that mis-
take had been made Lynch tried to keep both
quiet.
Enter Coroner Scholer.
The situation became more complicated.
I'm hold the negro while you arrest that young
man." announced the intrepid Coroner
He grabbed the negro while Lynch started for
the young man, who Immediately became absent in
the direction of Broadway. Many remarks were
made in the crowd, not all complimentary. Some
thing had to be done at The quick witted
Coroner did ii. Deliberately pinning his gold badge
his coat. he announced in awe inspiring tones:
The first man that tries any funny business with
this prisoner is dead one and I'll hold the in
quest "
Then Lynch returned empty handed. and an as
sistant manager of the hotel gave the Information
that the negro had delivered the package to the
hotel but was taking it back TO his employers as
mistake had been made. -
Exit hero and rHbble