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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
DAYS OF PIRACY
Are Not Passed Yet According to
Now York Police.
"A Small sIoop Captured Which
Made Business or Robbery Along
The Atlantic Coast for Years.

Il dispatch from Newport, r. I,
says sensational Developments are
likely to follow an expected arrest OF
Henry a. Jackson, Of Tauton, owner
of the sloop Dorado, which was cap
tured In the bay on Saturday after.
noo1 and found full of loot. She Is
nof called the Pirate sloop and Jack
son, the Pirate Skipper. Although
earch has has been made In several
cities In New England for him. mo
clew has been obtained.
1t Is thought that when persons he.
gin to claim articles in the Dorado
there will come to light a STARTLING
series of thefts from houses and
yachts along the coast from MARYLAND
to Rhode Island. There is, too. q
suspicion that aome thing very like a
clew to the shooting of Mrs. Walter
Q, Morrill,, In Greenwich, Conn.,, will
develop. Chloroform, dynamite and
nito. gll csrine are aboard the Dorado,
and 1t has been suggested that the
sloop may have figured In bank rob.
oery In Bridgeport, Conn.
Sheriff Anthony hopes the owner
OF silver marked Arbuckle will claim
IT., aud that tho owner Of solid silver
hand mirrors marked 'E. Ell. A." Will
call for It,, and linen marked Julia
M. Wood" and Mrs. Fl. r. Tool, .
also has been found.
The sheriff has learned that the
owner Of the catboat Jessie, In which
one OF Jackson's supposed associates
came to Newport last Saturday even
Ing, is Q. Burlingame, OF the e 1ge
Held Yacht club, Of Providence. An.
chors, chains, and other trappings
were taken from boats of the Edge.
wood club and charts from Henry II.
Hammond Of that club.
Many pawn tickets indicAteu that
the pirates sold cheaply what they
took, great amount of stuff going to
pawn shops in Now York. Bills OF
wine Of all kinds indicated that they
lived we'll, Among papers was found
the bill Of sale Of the Dorado to Jack.
son, dated December 16, 1904, show
Ing the sloop had been sold to him by
Frank Oliffe, Of st. Helena, Md, fol
$50. 90.
Another paper WAS recommends.
tion OF Jackson as q steady, indus.
trious and reliable man written by
F. p. Lowering, of No. sc West 10th
street, New York. 1t was on paper
of the New York Telephone company
and Is dated January 80, 1905.
There also are pictures Of Thomas
Foley. q leader Of Tammany He'll. II
Is apparent that jackson entertained
%, - y, rom loney Iel&nd In She asIra.
mer III Ia Hin N n ~ ,Ir
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Oniy a Cow.

Five trainmen were killed at Seaton
Ill, when O. heavy double header
freight train on the Iowa Central
Railroad struck cow, says the Chi.
cago Inter Ocean. The locomotives
and eleven freight cars loaded with
grain aud lumber, were piled in heap
beside the track. A COW was lying
on the ties between the rails and was
hidden from view by other cattle
standing about 1T. AS the sound OF
the whistle OF the approaching train
the standing cattle scampcred away
but the forward locomotive struck
the cow lying down. The animal wa.
crushed under the wheels Of the pilot
truck and rolled along the bies for q
hundred feet. Its blood made tho
rails slippery and pieces Of bone threw
the front locomotive from the track
The derailed locomotive rolled down
an embankment, drawing the second
locomotive into the ditch, where the
two machines piled up, crushing the
engineers and the iiremen.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03

SUICIDE AT SONS FUAERAL.
Grief Stricken Father Shoots Him.
eelf at Conln's Side,

II cannot let him 40 alone" cried
Herman Schultz, Wednesday after.
noon as he fingered beside the body of
his son, Otto, who killed himself by
inhahag gas on Tuesday. The funer.
al services were In progress at the
Schultz home, 233 WycEoff avenue,
williamsburg, New York. Before
any one could divine his intention
the old man seized revolver and
shot himself through the head
Ever since his hon's tragic end the
father had refuSedNto eat and had
slept little. He sat constantly by the
dead boys side sobbing anu praying.
Before the time set for the funeral
this afternoon Schultz had apparently
composed himself and was resigned
The boys body was placed In the par.
lor where q large number of relatives
and friends Of the family gathered.
Mrs. Schultz, her three daughters and
two sons were at the head OF the coffin
with the father.
Prayers and the singing of hymns
had ended and long line of persons
filed by the coffin taking q farewell
look at the face Of the boy. Schultz
was the last. He fingered until I'm
dertaker Peth began to draw the lid
of the coffin over his sons counter.
ance. Then he shot himself.
Most Of the women Ia the house
tainted or became hysterioal. DR..
Moore came with IAN ambulance from
the German hospital, but he said
that the old man had died instantly.
After hasty conference with mem
bers OF the family the funeral o.
young Schultz was postponed. Father
and son will be buried together.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
a littIo HnY iAillnd.

The Columbia Record says Hllkon
Sims, white boy about ten years old
was shot and Instantly killed thismor
ming A little negro boy, Hal Cor
don about nine years old is responsible
for his death Young SIMS with
Oicar Forde and Alvin Sims about
the Same age we're In woods near
Benedict institute. They had with
them a single barrel shot gun. Some
OF the boys had sling shots, and they
ali laid aside the gun and were shoot.
Ing at birds with their slingS While
they were engaged In this the little
negro came up and began handling
tho gun, the other boys not noticing
him, Suddeulyi the gun fired, and
shot from 1t penetrated young Sims
chest, striking the heart and killing
h!n instantly. The other boys irnm-
cdlatly alarmed the neighborhood,
but nothing could be done for the un-
fortunate boy. 1T is presumed that
the killing Was purely from careless.
ness ana ignorance on the part OF the
little negro. The coroner was duly
notified. The dead boy was the son
OF Mr.. Jack Sims, who 10 employed at
Southern railway shops, and vino lives
In the carstern suburbs on the Two
Notch road.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Foraker's Gloom work.. Busy

Senator Foraker ts certainly entit-
led TO the championship b, 1t as the
greatest republican gloom discover.
or" Of the day. 1t was Senator For.
aker who discovered that vote against
the corrupt Cox machine in Ohio was
q menace to republican supremacy In
the nation. 1t was Senator Foraker
who discovered that If the rotten Dur.
ham republican machine is defeated
In Philadelphia 1t will threaten re-
publican supremacy in the nation.
Defeat Herrick and you threaten the
welfare of the American Workingman,
shouts the excited senator from Ohio.
"Defeat the republican city ticket in
Philadelphia and cur republican insti
tutions totteT TO their falll' he shouts
in excited tones. according to the
exciGed senaJOr the dereaJ Or Yfe z iois
will wipe out the pension bureau,
break down the tariff walls, destroy
the gold standard, reduce the olrcula
Ting medium and create great finan.
cial panic. All this would be wonder
fully interesting ii true, but being
only laughable the senator adds to
the ga'ety OF the times by his frantic
declarations.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
AT NIoroY OF Robborp.

Burglars early Wednesday morning
blew open the safe In the bank OF
Ridgeville, and stole 1000, and after
running battle with a posse OF citizens
In which the cashier and Two citizens
were wounded the burglars escaped
For more than an hour the town was
practically at the mercy Of the rob
bers, who openly walked the streets
shooting at everything, apparently
taking cneir time In leaving town.
Two charges of dynamite were explod.
ed before the safe gave way. a sec
ond blast aroused Cashier r.. r. iran
som, who ran into the street. AS soor
as he appeared the robbers opened
lire. This aroused other citizens. There
were seven In the cracksmen's partv
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03

Burncd In a Hotel.

At Hot Spring, Ark, six bodies
we're taken on Thursday from the
ruins OF the Railroad Hotel, corner OF
Elm and Olive streets, which was
gutted by fire. Two are unidentified,
charred beyond recognition. The dead
alo: Harry Bradley, a waiter; Edward
Snyder, porter; Mrs. Mack, q mus.
clan; a. l.. Mann q railroad conduo.
tor, believed to be from Denver, Col, +,
and the two unknown mon. There
may be other bodies in the ruins. The
hotel was g two story frame building,
containing thirty rooms, all but one
Of which wero occupied by from one
to four persons. 1t was patronizsd by
invalds and cripples, who were under
treatment. The fire is believed to bavc
been caused by an exploding lamp.
There was only ono narrow exit, that
being a stairway, and dozens we're
compelled to jump from the second
8tory. One man, Fred Owerson, OF
Hot Springs, was probably fatally In
iured
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
BOY Bienmiaf:

The youngest bigamist on record
reached the Mississippi penitentisry
Friday In the person Of William Gray.
Gray is only seventeen years of age
and has been married more than a
year, and leaves two wives and o baby
In his home county of Tlppah. He
will not rejoin them until 1907 In
the same gang was Gus Stack also OF
T1pnah county, eighteen years old.
sentenced to twelve years in the pen.
ttentlary for avson and robbery, and
VIII Jones, Of Marshall county, who
although only twenty. one Is serving
his second term In the penitentiary.
this time for burglary. The three
are said to constitute the youngest
penitentlary gang ever known.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
TEMPTED AND FELL.
This is the Confession iot Edward
George Cunliffh

Edward George Cunliffe, the Adams
Express employe who disappeared
from Pittsburg, Pa, Withi SOL, 900
In cash, was arrested at Bridgeport,
conn.
lie made confession and express.
ed his willingness to return at once to
PittSburg. He declared that the
money which no took is intact and
that 1T could be recovered, but deolin-
ed to tell until his return to Pitts
burg, where 1t is hidden. On his per.
son when arrested, the detectives
found 1890.
Detectives traced Cunliffe to Bridge.
port. All the hotels were watched
carefully, but Cunlifre was not arrest.
ed until late In the forenoon, when he
was seen walking down Middle street.
Cunl. Re made no attempt to deny his
Identity and offered no resistance.
Eve minutes after 1 took that
money l was sorry" said Cunliffe,
but 1T was too late to do anything.
What can you expect from O. man get.
ting a salary Of $65 q month and
handling thousands of dollars = dayP
| was tempted and / fell. I have
handled larger sums. I remember
once when l had &250,O00 in cash, l
was tempted, but l thought 1t over.
and decided to be honest,
The night l left Plttsburg, rode
In sleeper on the way to Now York
and l stuck my head out of my berth
and saw Slater pass by. Slater is our
local manager in Plttsburg. / thought
then that l would turn back, but
knowing that he did not see me and
that l had the money with me In
cash, thought would take the
chances.
l want to go back to PIttsburg,
restore the money ~ d .hro~ myself
upon the mercy OF die cnuits.u
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Indecent Poatoard.

George Mcdowell, the Spartanburp
youth who mailed an indecently sug.
gestiVc picture postal card to young
woman was CONVICTED recently in the
United States district court at Green.
VILE. Tne card which elnbroiled
young Mcdowell with the federal au.
thorities was offered In evidence. 1t
bore no writing save the address, but
when IL was handed to the Jury with
the other papers In the case they re-
CURED only few minutes to find q
verdict OF guilty. In the indictment
u ~as described as too Indecent to
oe spread upon the records of the
court"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Compiimontou by Proeidont.

The little girl referred to in the
following from the Charlotte Chron.
icle lives in Spartanourg with hel
parents on South Church street. Mr..
Matthew Is a travelling man. When
the president turned to take his seat,
Miriam Matthew, agreat granddaugh.
toT OF the Squire Benjamin Boyd oi
Charlotte and daughter of Plnckney
Matthew Of Spartanburg, S. O., ad-
vanced and presented him with q tire.
mendous bouquet OF flowers. The
president bowed, picked up the little
girl, flowers and all, and held her IN
nigh In his arms. Here Is the best
product, he said.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
A Young Man Killed by Another
at Union Station.
HAD BEEN FRIENDS
A Seemingly Playful Affair Ends In q
Tragedy, Both the Men We're
From LeesyilIe, and We're
8 Good Friends Before the
Fatal Shooting.
Fatal Shooting.

The Columbia State says James
Trotter, o young unmarried farmer O.
bhe LeeSville section was shot through
che heart at the Union station In that
city at 4.a5 O'Clock Thursday after
noon by Wilmer Mitchell, about the
same age and also Of Leesville, the
two being fast friends. DR.. Smith OF
Wards, who happened to be present
at the time Of the tragedy, pronounc
ed life extinct in the wounded man in
less than ten minutes, death result
ing from an internal hemorrage.
The weapon used was O 38 calibre
che bullet entering straight from the
'front.'. Trotter had been drinking
but the arresting officers say Mitchell
was perfectly sober. He gave as al
excuse for the shooting that Trottel
continued to slap his face, after he
had several times WA ned him to oult
and after walking sw.ay from him
ESe witnesses say tho ,wo men ap.
peared tn be jesting, Troster striking
at Mitchell In play, as the two were
waiting for train home. A woman
relative was the first to Trotter's s
side.
Mitchell gave himself up promptly
TO plain clothes rnsn, and was car
ried to jail In the hurry up wagon
He appeared to be not the least dis.
concerted. His family is about tho
most prominent and influential In
Leesville. He is the son Of Mr.
Orowell Mitchell Of that place. Trot.
ter was unarmed, Both bear good
regulations.
The killing occurred In the presence
of large number of people, the sta.
tion being crowded inside. on the yer.
andas, In front and under the sheds
downstairs. The shot was fired on
the veranda overlooking the sheds
Immediately In front of the colored
waiting room. Perhaps two thousand
people we're at the station waiting for
special or regular trains home.
Young Trotter was cousin Of AL.
( derman ID. l Trotter Of this city.
nhe Inquest will be held at, the un,
Z fderGaking establishment OF Funder3
burk and Matteson at 10 o'clock this
morning Those who saw the shoot.
Ing and who were summoned az wit
nesses are DR.. w. b. Bates, John
McCuller, II. j Brown, Willie Ballard
George Finn, White Smith, George
Btheredge and Others may be called
upon TO testify.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
N:Elery DeAth shower.
tie Thinks of New York.

At Chicago, H., five tons of mol
ten metal exploded at the Joliet plant
OF the Illinois Steel Company Wed.
nesday falling In q shower OF deabn
on band of workmen about o. CONVEX.
ter. One man is dead, three are tat
ally burned and half o dozen are jnju-
red 80 badly that they may die. The
accident came without warning. The
explosion shook the whole plant, sen.
ding panic into every corner OF the
great works. Half O hundred men
were within range OF the liquid metal
and many suffered severe burns.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Cruci Soionoo.

Now comes DR.. Valentine Malpassc,
oi Paris, who says 1t Is dangerous to
shake hands on account of microbes.
Only the other day another celebrated
physician announced that kissing is
dangerous for the same reason. If
these scientific doctors don't let up
they will destroy al the pleasna of
courtship. Just think Of c0urting a
good looking girl with kissing and
playing hands eliminated
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
PieasAnt Incident,

AT Mobile, Alabama, Judge Som
mes, son of the great Admiral Raph-
ael Semmes, commander Of the ALA.
bama" In the Civil war, Presented
Roosevelt, In behalf of the citizens
With d gold badge. In responding, !,
the president said that one of his
uncles was ar 0filces on bhe "Ala.
bama" and another uncle built the
vaapel
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Crazy Onioer.

At Madrid, Spain, a naval officer
named Omedo who manifested owl
dences of insanity lately, has been re-
moved to an asylum. O.medo was
attempting to raise o great military
force to invade the United States
Olmedo served aboard the cnlser
Oquendo lost In the battle Of Santligc
and it Is believed his mind was unbal.
anCed at fhab time.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
Used Mail Bags.

The Belgian government discovered
aome time ago that the leather bags
used for the malls In the Congo Free
State were often stolen. Investiga-
tion proved that natives In the postal
service took them, cut the bottoms
aud gave them to their wives to be
worn as clothing.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03

half mile wide at that point. Instead
OF this, the Magnolia hauled to port
and the two vessels collided. The Es,
parta struck the Magnolia on the port
side about 20 feet abaft the boats and
considerable damage was done the
MagnOlia,n
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
steaner Lost

A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohios
says oil hope for steamer Kalyuga has
been given up by the owners. 1t la
supposed to have gone down with the
crew Of seventeen in the recent storm
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-03
E,pht Drowned.

a steam launch containing ten
Phiiadeiphians coilided !n the Dele.
ware on SunGay with barge and was
sunk, seven Of the party being
drowned.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-10-13

at is wonder we didn't see it the
hrst thing" said he.
at is a wonder" said Mr.. Hamil-
ton, taking the pistol and looking it
over. There is no mark on it,"
mo; but if l don't mistake that PTS
toll belongs to Dan Fry" said Mr..
Green. 81 sold him one like it not
long ago."
"You don't think Dan shot him?'
said Mr.. Carter, aghast.
mo, don't; l think he shot him
self"
"Well, I am sorry to have had it
occur here" said Mr.. Hamilton, glanc-
ing at his wife's terrorstricken face.
Hitherto she had not spoken, but
now her tongue was unloosened.
"Why don't some of you see if he is
really dead?" she cried. Because a
man is shot it is no reason for think
ing that he is dead"
Mr.. Hamilton quietly knelt and laid
his hand on his breast.
at beats feebly. He may rally. 1t
is not cold here. We will not risk
disturbing him until the doctor comes.
Help me with the harness, Green"
Working together, one of his horses
was quickly harnessed, and the quar-
ter of a mile distance to DR.. Peck's
quickly covered.
The doctor was at home and re-
turned in the buggy, and in a few
minutes was kneeling beside the re-
cumbent figure.
"The wound is bad one, but not
necessarily fatal" he said, after he
had examined with great care the
hole made by the bullet in the tenn
pie. HE will have to be taken some
where"
HE boards at Mrs. Fry's." said Mr.
Carter.
VERY we'll. He must be. removed
there at once" said the doctor, land
then l will probe for the bullet"
A soor was taken from its hinges
and four men carried the insensible
form to his boarding-place, where he
was tenderly cared for by Mrs. Fry
The bullet was extracted by DR.. Peck
and the wound thoroughly attended
to. Then the physician left the house
saving he would look in at his patient
in an hour or so.
Meanwhile an excited group of mer
we're searching the grounds and
woods about the Hamilton place FOL
traces of a would-be murderer, sup
posing the affair not to be an attemp
at suicide. Many declared IL mos
certainly was that. the inclination o
the wound being upward proved tina
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-10-13

/ his own hand fired the shot, unless 1t
was done by some person who stood
near him at the time.
On the other hand, the river was
near, and there were indications OF
boat having been lately drawn up
among the alders that fringed the
bank, and later one was found little
below the village, where it had come
to natural moorage under an over
hanging limb of an immense tree. The
river was much shaded; it was not
impossible for a person to have es-
capped that way while attention was
being paid to the wounded man; and in
that case he had most likely taken to
the woods after leaving the boat.
These surmises and the search kept
the persons engaged in them from OBJ
serving the great agitation OF Mrs.
Hamilton and her husband. They
soon entered the house together,
where Mrs. Hamilton suddenly faced
him and asked, excitedly:
do you know how he was shot?"
"Assuredly | do not, Constance. l
heard the shot and jumped out OF bed
at once. Being quicker than Mr.. Car
ter I reached the spot moment
earlier. but l saw no one, and | was
sure from the first that he shot him
self"
But the pistol! 1t was not in his
hand"
Doubtless he threw 1t before he
fell to the ground"
But you were angry to have him
come here"
II was angry, and l told the man
only yesterday to keep away But he
came this morning, it seems. Served
him right"
But he is different from other peo-
pie. and he meant no harm, am con-
vinced."
Primus Edes did not die. Indeed,
he began to mend rapidly, though his
mind wandered, the direct result of
the injury to his brain. Constance,
though she felt much anxiety, never
went near him, nor to the house, but
Mr.. Hamilton called each morning,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-10-13
sLEps IN SUMMER CLINICS.
Strange Kind of Vehicle Used in tho
Island of Madeira.

At Funchal, in the island of Madeira
the traveller finds one of the strangest
kinds of vehicles that the world af
fords. He sees waiting quietly near
the wharf a number of sleds, with
sleek, dun-colored oxen yoked to each.
It is always high summer time in Ma
deira and to see a conveyance which
he has ever associated with snow and
ice and zero weather is at first dis
concerning. The stranger rubs his
eyes and asks what those things are
for. but he soon finds that they are
the public hacks and that unless he
cares to walk he must step inside,
ensconce himself on the cushioned
seat and wait for the driver to prod
his slow steeds with the goad that he
always carries. Very soon the vehicle
begins to slip, very slowly to be sure,
but surely, over the smooth little cob
blestones with which the streets are
paved. At any particular difficult
turn of the road or when coming
to a rise of ground the driver places
a little bag of grease under the front
of the runners which makes it compar
atively easy for the sturdy steers &c
pull the sled.
Even up long steep hill these oxen
will slowly make their way. In coming
down again no such tedious process is
used, but, getting into wide, finely
upholstered sled with wicker Sides
the passenger trusts himself to the
tender mercies of two more or less
villainous looking guides as steers
men. Each one of them holds a rope
tied to the back of the Sled and when
the toboggan. as it is often called,
gets to jumping and bounding too
hilariously the guides jump of and
pull with all their might at the ropes.