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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-17
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Excitement Caused Among the
American Residents BY Dras-
tic Action Of Court.
ny Assoclat tod Press. J

HAVANA July American residents
Of the Issle OF Pines are excited overtime
Imprisonment In, the common jail at Neu-
va Gerono Of Miss Mile Brown, nine
teen years Of age; T.. 9. Giltner. post
master OF the town OF Columbia, and Wills
liam Augustine, all Americans,
Tho three, for their. own instruction and
amusement, had constructed q toy tele-.
graph line. 1900 feet LONE. from Gilner's
store to the residence Of the other two,
They were arrested without warning,
charged with tho violation OF an old
military order prohibiting Other than goY-
eminent TELEGRAPH lines. fled by,ai newly
appointed Judge and sentenced Jointly to
pay $500 fno or tofGf Joint term Of inprls-
onment OF 100 days a II refused ito SUB
nit ia the payment Of the fine and were
taken to }jall3 to serve SO days each. inc
jail has no facconmodat tons for female
prisoners. e Ia 81 Ny
The Cuban government has no report
OF the incident. which Is reported by
Americans who have arrived here from
the Isle Of Pines, A' K
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tSS sG ss ; rstb pEsbfb No. second so
M H,H4s svssiit to- be carried, $40 pounds
i saeond . Snyy fa dSs Est B fb5s
Corinthian Class. Ma
g The flrst prize offered by Mr. y ~ 4.
4 Nc Giass n. open To All hunters. Horses
must 81 " ridden 81 Snemibera q some
recognized hunt club IN hunt costume q
G iornanee over 3 fenees ier
sshss EIfss ptl.;s,t q, ,ldS; second SCI;
f1la Hunt Class.
Glass 4s-IIunt clubs. For teams OF three
HUNTERS sS5ss a' Sers
h hantsnan t Re HfR1 form ana to Be
shown reg,llatlonh nSo; Go
ments to count 80 per cent; conforma ton 81
and 90 per cent?; psrforma i,
Glass 4b-5Ilaties' Jumping class Must
times with recofnized pa p e
iiv over TIE regulation jumps Pro
f sssS'9nala as So rlbseS
s VII pts alass tho ha aay
s0 clsss s'yerE faRi The trial this
high jump VII q, at ! le e
bsRSt aa q fs'sfa e eras
lowed each horse at the different heights;
The Judges In making their, q wares WI ~
isrse lake i their jumps. Open TO MI.
Fist prize. ;ioo; second, SO; third, S.;
Class 5iHish Jump. The trial for this b :
Inches, and viii not be- Used to great t teg
ash s tS on de hesi
heights. The udges in ma King rs Il their n err
in which 1 the horses take their jumps ~ ;! !.
Gsn Fqst s. e 81,
so: third 326; N fourth, ribbon !, NJ
Class High jgnp. To :, the + ms horse I,
breaking ne world ser = eco re-. ieet5 y
'' elass mpionl elass light weight
Hint ers; up to carrying 10 q 16OI pouhots :
hunters; up TO carrying 4o to iGG, ponn,as %
AZ this or nnytreco show. The former
viii be post entries. the, lat nust De
made s s'ss,nS g SUI
viii be- jud on their 4I ana
conformlt ions En- trance zee. $lo'sSl h,'r s.
p.cr1I Class sMchSmp Class for mid and
heavy Vel gf { hunters; TO CARVING ",
pounds and over to- IDS. Open TO- a 9,
9sss &c hpk IS;
recognized show Thay PRIMER will be Post {
entries must he 2, ~ r rs Is
time Of the Of =, ~
FEE FEEL inches high and will be 5ldigsa
on their PERFORMANCE and Idn. aon
Entrance Fee SO. First prtE'e 500 u sec sec
I'd o Glass 4 55SDeep Run H unit club. For
horses owned IN the stat e$ Of NJ rnnd
hunted withythe Deep. hound N 81, o ~
Jumps at IA feet. First t. pr ze. W; secon
AZ Third. si5; fourth, ribbon. ~ fl .s4
10 RES close Septembers 22d. W. $500.
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MOTHER TO prove |
f.T.HAN' insane.
.(Contlnued from First Page.)

n not knowing the ride fof the prison. upon
seeing the door opened rushed forward
to her SON.. In nm instant both her arms
were clasped around the neck OF her son
while he, with bent head clasped his
mother Ito his breast vt. Tears streamed
from the eyes Sot both other and son
1, There ensued a few, minutes silence
broken only by the mothers cry Of y ny
boy, my boy Siaa Il NJ:
Keeper Smith stood with his back.
turned for a short time, and then in
formed Mrs Thaw that the prison rules
allowed visitors to talk to prisoners only
with bars separating them The mother
stepped out OF the cell while Smith shut
.tl1e door and turned the key once more
on ;Thaw. 3 A small stool; was then placed
in front OF the cell. and Mrs. Thaw took
her seat on It, and continued talking 70
Iher son for about half an hour. She then
kissed n him through the iron bars and
was taken downstairs, where she was
Joined by Josiah 9. Thaw, who had been
waiting Tor her in the consulting room.
Ignored by Mother.
While the elder Mrs. Thnws was In con-
tversation with her son, his wife Evelyn
iNesbit Thaw,s remained II seated In Y tho
corridor. about fifteen feet away. from
the cell, where she could SEQ mother and
son without being seen. 5s5.
After the mother's departure young
Mrs. Thaw spent a few minutes with her
husband. and then hurried to the Office
OF Mr.. Hartridge. wherega counsel was
held, 3 Is5 81 "A d! b
Mrs. Harry Il. ThnW returned to tho
,Tombs later. accompanied by Mr.. Hart
ridge, and called on. her husband. The
attorney remained only O. short time. but
Mrs. Thaw remained Sat the cell about
an hour.
G Thaw to-day declinedR an invitation by
the warden AZ to exercise In the prison
yard; IIes said to the warden: u,
IIts seems to be cooler In d here. and II
1t does not make any difference Ifwould
not care to be mixed up with that COM
ipany,n a3 IA 81 a
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Child Labor Bill Passed

N ATLANTA. GAA July 1e.--By Q vote Of
1876 to q the lower branch OF the Georgia
Legislature to-day passed the 3so-callcd
child labor bill,
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Il ,rommv Hamilton. the released Rich
rnond player who drove out homo! run
for Lynchburg while three men were
on bases, was given a very nice purse
BY the Shoemaker fans. Tommy is play
INK third base. and is making good. He:
nevertheless made q costly error In Sat -
surday's game. .8E
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5{$ II Will give twenty-five dollars out q
my salary to win both 81 these games
said Manager shaffer Saturday. Just be- PC.
fore he started in for the double header t
rame, and the visitors went away with
Il. 5Bus8 the Lawmakers were swinging
to two " the three gnmes played. " = his
record will send them UP the ladder
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$500 for tearing down tho Old Market
Hall to tho first floor, and placing new
roof thereon, The Council not long ESQ
referred the resolution 70 me HI flnanee,
committee. The latter body nos praotlea!-
N -conpleted Its work for tho present
session, II will hold hut one more meeting
prior 10 the coming in Of the new Cou 's-
oil,
Routine Business.
Tho Water Committee met last nlgat
and disposed OF pay-rol|s and other rou-
tine business
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Let The Times ID ispatcl, be sent you
.Whereycr YOU 60 this summer. Don't
forget to order 1t before leaving.
Address changed as often rs desired.
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let Tho Timcs-D Dispatch be sent YOU
wherever you 90 this summer, Don't
forget to order It before leaving,
Address changed as often - desired
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s Hicks is playing % great game ~ bnll
at third base.& He has q" found's his ", M.
and the way he Is sending hot ones ~ cross
the diamond is great for tho inns u lcRs
has played every position on 2 team no t'.
side pitch, ana recently ios has been prac-.
sticing throwing O 8curvc. g }5S
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Il Roanoke, In Roan Ike. wi II get q try at
Richmond this week, and the I4nwn1aker1Hs
believe that they can Ian two 3 OF the ne.
3threa ames. 9B All i Of the pitchers were
taken with the team. 3alvs will likely
open, ana Still may pitch one Of tile
games. 3;s5 l5st !5; 3s
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mrs. 81 rank sst wi fe Of the tsolonels
from Ken tucky, / left last week for her
home IN Carlisle. Ky Az 3,
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Titman, who was released from the
Richmond team and signed by Harley.
]Kain, Of Portsmouth, IS lending his team
in batting. In Saturdays game he Wps
at bat four times and received three safe
singles! Jack Anthony. who has been
signed by portsmouth,, also ts picking
up in hitting. IA ;iy93i III 5
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Green Hunters.

K Glass <s--For horses that have never
wor, a blue ribbon previous TO- 1905 COM
Formation to count 70 per cent. perform.
ance oyer fences 4 feet high to count "
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!. Glass S3s-Ponies.& not exceeding u hands
s15 inc M "a be 81 own at a walk, trot and
canter First prize, $50; second s2b THIRD y
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Class 27--Pair5 Of horses that have never
son q prise n t8any5 recognised Horse N show
ut side the state otSVirgina. First prize,
100; second, 10; third, rs fourth, ribs
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wagon. First Prize slbo: second $50;
third, $25; fourth, riBbotii
Clhsa 3--Mafe Or gsldiilgl md thest q p-
f.tnd rig Tits z prize, sl00; sec.
dnu, 40 third, sp5 fourth rlbboti \. &,
The following scalsgS Dk Eol nts WIN
gcytert ,deIps Sass Mgrsss q s
cent; robes Blankets and l,ipysS 9 per
tott.: general nppolfitnierts. st We, etcs
IL ber cent. S,Jee1 Sis Essen tinl 4 ggft
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-19

Ban. Houston. and Lyter Ball. one
OF trss bullets pierced the hat OF sheF-
~ Ball
As-t0 the warrant re0uisition papers
etc. Governor Beckham wired Cover
nor Swanson as soon as he knew that
sherin Johnson had started after Ball,
asking him 20 instruct tle civil au-
rhariries in hls state 10 render all as
sistance possible 90 the KeutucAians,
and Governor Swanson Immediately
sent kilograms directing the Judge OF
fnaU circuit. IHs attorney for the COM
m1YrweaIth and Lee county. and the
sheriff NJ the same county, 90 do all
that was necessary 20 effect the arrest
and safekeeplnR Of Frank Ball. until
roe reauLslJI0u could ua obtained from
the governor of Kentucky.
Meanwhile Johnson was holding his
man ora the Virginia border. waiting
frr ur0uor papers To authorize his re-
moval into Kentucky. and Governor
Reekham had notified Governor Swan
son that requislr.an papers would be
ISSUED AZ once. But when the party
reached Hubbard Springs Ball told The
men who had him ia charge-lh@y
were al Keuuckiaus-that he was
Wiling 20 20 to Kentucky without
regulsIri1n. and the posse az once went
across the mountains into Kentucky
As for the charge founded iu the fact
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that tyvo-thsrds OF the shsrin's posse
were members OF the 8nddlsD 20 mili-
TIA company. that Virginia was inyad-
cd by Kentucky militia, tuat IS secuted
I'm Governor swanson's office. A cap
tain thev saw. would not take bis COM
muud into another state witsout the
permission ~ tle governor and certain
lv Dee would not 60 on a mission Ike
that I'm connection with the capture Of
Ball unless ordered. and then the con-
sent ~ the governor Of the state IN
vaded would have % he obtained.
While the members OF the posse may
have been members or "a 5ildlesboro
military organization. they did not
come go that capacity. and the COM
many as a whole certainty did not
come So that while there IS great exc
element fin Lee county. it Is hardly
likely that serious trouble VIII result
from the efforts of KenTuvEy officials
On capture Ball Meanwhile Sheriff
BAN Is breathing vengeance and ready
90 call down FIRE from ueaver. or In
volve his state iu war with Kentucky
if necessary. But aside from the
uaz=faI- Indictment of memosrs OF the
enerif-'s uosse for the murder Of Lee
nothing fe likely tn happen. Meanwhile
zaurg BAH Is safe iu Louisville and
IouisviIe IS a long way from Lee
county Va
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n1LLsd u - UetectIIes

For three weeks before his capture
EhcrIr Rice IS. Johnson, OF Bell coun-
". Ky. where the original murder for
which BAN was sentenced was COM
mItted. had two of the shrewdest de-
teetives iu the country engaged ia
locating the murderer who was known
10 be somewhere En- Lee county. Va.
lie made q careful survey and maps
OF the immediate vicinity where Gs
was Iu hiding. and elaborated detailed
plans for the desperate undertaking.
They learned that Bah and a number
OF his friends were stationed I'm the
house Of Rufus BAH. which IS dcscTib-
ed as practically q log fort on
Hardy creek, among the rugged foot
hills OF the Pine mountains AT W-lleu. 9
Ridge
after carefully planning his route
and his attack Sheriff Johnson and
sixteen deputies started cut from
Plneviue 20 capture BAH. They fear
ed that Balls friends and relatives
might go 90 his aid. SD they asked for
re-eufarcemeutsa and about thirty mem
bers OF the MlddI-buro militia COM
pauy volunteered ass deputies. So that
Il was with "a force Of nearly sixty
men that Sheriff Johnson and his
special train crossed the Virginia Dor
der 20 RJsehu ln Lee county Va
Lee county Doe Il observed is the BALI
wick Of Sheriff +. y. Ball, father o.
the fugitive. and he viii do his best
o. make trouble for the sheriff and
HIS posse who Invaded his terri
tory from an adjoining State 90 ar
rest his son. From E0sehiu the Ken
tuckiaus. mounted two ou a horse,
rode 20 within half a mile OF Balls
place Of refuge. and then. dismount-
Ing. made the remainder OF the dis
tance on foot across Wallens Ridge.
Bail had az first taken refuge in
his fathers house. but several days
before his capture had realized that
be was being Swallowed by detectives,
and retreated 10 his brothers home
en- the mountains. where he would be
harder 90 get aL II was after dark
when the sheriff and his party ar
rived at the house, and so quiet had
been their approach that BAH and
the four friends who were with him
were completely surprised and were
NOT aware of the deputies approach
until the officers had them. covered
with their Wholesalers and called
upon them 20 surrender.
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Possibility of Interstate
Complications

Whether or not Ball IS a quiet man,
there can be no rw0 opinions as 90 his
father The sheriff OF Lee county IS
the noisiest thing in Virginia just now.
He's fairly screaming with rage Ele
declares that every man who accom-
panied Sheriff Johnson into Virginia
will be charged with murder. II IS al
legged by the Virginia authorities mat
the Kentucky officers did not have
warrant for Bali or requisition papers.
Lee. the man killed al Rufus Ball s
house, where Frank Ball was captured.
WIS a respected young farmer or Lee
county. and NOT a Harlan county fnEi-
tive. 5s first reported. He Is wei o'n-
nected in Lee county and his many
relatives there are highly Indignant.
claiming th.u the Kentucky Officers
had no right 20 FIRE on them.
II is said further that unknown
parties fired from ambush at Sheriff
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ITe says that his only reason for sur
rendering was the fact that his sister
in-law. Mrs. Rufus o. Ball. at whose
house Pc was hiding was 81 and The
noise and excitement was threatening
her health
Then again. 7 saw that Lee had
been killed. and I didh't want anyone
else or myself 70 be killed I am "a
peaceahIe man. ar 4 all this noto-ietv
that makes me look IKE a desperate
Is dist8stera 70 me. I never fred q
shot at the posse when they came
after me. and all the shooting was
done 0u the other side our house
was completely riddled by bullets. and
fearing that ] was keeping myself at
liberty AT the expense of the lives Of
others. and possibly that OF myself. I
surrendered"
Ban really look the. "peaceabIe man"
he SAYS he is. He does not IN the least
look the desperate part he has been
playing His appearance suggests the
small farmer. He is small and slender.
with frank. open face. and quiet
demeaud0r. and one feels inclined "a
believe him when he reiterates: i
am a quiet man and have never
sought trouble. have wife and
three children, and have always AZ
tended 20 my little farm, witHolt
b0thering anybody. IA that man had
not started at me. I would never have
shot him. I hope that I viii be clear
ed. and then I viii 80 back TO my
farm and family
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PreciDftated a Battle

Ball ignored their invitation and a
battle eusued The house was riddled
with shot. ana john Lee. one or B3lrs
associates. was killed. before Bail
finally yielded
BAH was disarmed and haudCuffed.
and taken 20 HaEsu. Va. where the
sheriff and his posse boarded "a train
with their prisoner and took him back
TO Kentucky IL was decided that IN
any of the border counties there was
danger Of q rescue party being organ
lied. SO Ban was taken across the
State To- Louisville To- await there the
action Of the court of appeals on his
case. Passing through MiddIeboro. the
scene of his crime, Ball made a speech
from the rear platform of his car tell
ing OF his hopes for the future even
though ne was a prisoner The gist OF
his remarks was summed mp ia the
last sentence. And don't you auforget
that I'm not i'm the peuitentIary yet,
by a id sight
Ball was giveH a life sentence at
BarbourviIIe early in the spring for
the murder Of Jack ROlin. the barben
al NIddleh0ro. more than year ago.
He was taken 10 Richmond for safe
keeping while his case was carried 20
the court OF appeals. Here he made
his escape last May Since thar time
he has been a fugitive from Justice in
Virginia. where he considered himself
safe from the arms of the law. BAR g
relatives are wealthy and the best
leRsI talent of eastern Kentucky was
employed 20 defend him. B0lin was a
respectable and popular barber and
MS FOUL and cowardly muTier caused
powerful public sentiment against
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Continued from E0lTln Ea8cJ
Comm round all right, now. suhy-'
said the learned-looking porter. 'Wil
YOU 90 20 the Calumet House, as
tssuzl subj CaIage waitlu'. II you
feel well enough 20 move. subj
'Tsm quite well" said Nlr. Amiton.
rbough he dia not look it. "and VIII
20 20 the - what hotel did you say
Calumet. sub; know you make u
yo' headquahtahs thah.'
quite rlgHt. said ar. Amidoni 'ot
course. where's the carriage and my
gr.ps2"
FIe had never heard Of the Calumet:
but he wanted more than anything
else then. privacy in which le might
collect his faculties and get himself
I'm hand. for bis whole being was III
something Ike chaos. on the way.
he stopped the cab several times 10
r,5y papers. All showed the fatal date
He arrived az the palatlal hotel in
cab filled with papers. from which MS
bavfl7ered C5uutenauce peered form
like that Of a cauary-bird iu the nest
ing season. He was scarcely with ID
the door. when obsequious servants
seized hts luggage, and Wed with one
another for the privilege Of waiting on
him.
why. how DO you do?" said the
clerk. in manner eloquent or delight
ed recognition your old room, / sup
pose9'
yes. I think So said NIr. Amidon.
The clerk whirled the register
around, and pointing with his pen,
said:
"RlEht there. Mr. Brassdeld.'
Mr.. Amid0n pen stopped midway
I'm the downward stroke u "a capital T.
Il think. said be, THAT I'll not regis
Ter az present Let me have checks
for my luggage, please may not
er1v more than an hour or so.
"As YOU please" said the clerk. "Bu
the room IS entirely al your service,
always. you know. Here are some
teIesrams. SIN. Came this morning.
He took and eyed the yellow enve-
Ionez with "E Brassheld' scrawled
on them. as IL they had been Internal
machines: but he made no movement
toward opening them. Something in
the clerks look adm0uislad him that
his own was extraordinary. lie felt
that he must seek solitude To he
called by this new and strange name.
90 have thrust on him the acting OF a
part I'm which he knew none Of the
lines and dared not refuse the charac-
ter. and all these circumstances made
dark and sinister by the mysterious
maIadiustment Of time and place; the
possession Of another mans property
thu haunting fear that In It somewhere
were crime and peril-these things, he
Thought. would drive h!m ont Of his
senses. unless he could be alone.
IT think III take the room" said he
e. eff any one calis2" queried the clerk.
I'm not in." said AM don. gathering
up the kilograms. ct do not wish 10 be
disturbed on any account"
Five years What did Il mean?
There must he some mistake. But the
break in the endless chain of time. the
change from summer 10 winter. and
from the dropping 20 sleep at Elm
Springs Junction Co the awakening in
the car-thcre could he nc mistake
about these. He sat iu the room 20
which he had been shown buried IN
the immense pile in the stra 1Ee city
rs quiet as n heron IN a pool perhaps
the most solitary man on earth. these
thoughts running In q beWilderiug cir
Gle through his ndnd- TIE dates OF
the papers--mght they not have been
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But it was not quite so simple as II
sounds.
'It was about z O'Clock" ne says,
and with me fin the tier were jim
Savior and Steven and Jim Turner. al
OF whom were awaiting trial for Diff
ferent 0neuses. The Jauer came into
the tier FOR some purpose. and at
prearranged signal we all jumped
upon him and overpowered him. Leay-
ing him iu the place where he had
been. We escaped. as the door was
stil open None of the deputies We're
about and we escaped into the
woods. SayI0r and I stuck together.
while the Turner boys left us. We
struck across country aiming 20
reach R0sehul where my relatives
lived. We slept during the day, and
travelled az night We tramped and
rcrawied about 100 oi the l50 miles be-
tween the two places. II took us six
DAYS 70 do fl, and we We're nearly
starved We got two cooked meals
on the whole trip, and as for the rest
picked uu whatever we could find IN
country crossroad stores We had
some money with us. and were able
10 obtain some canned foods. We did
not average "a meal a day. however.
The suspense ia travelling through
the country. expecting every moment
20 be captured. was terrific We man
aged 10 ind concealed places to sleep
IN during the day. and travelled along
the shadows OF the trees and through
the woods al night. ] do not know
how many DAVIS we were ahead OF the
sheriff, but it could not have been
many. for the alarm must have been
given as soon as we left. We arrived
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az my brothers home in a very eE-
Lauerad condition. and my feet were
SD sore that could hardly walk. My
shoes had been worn completely out.
Contrary tn what has been said. my
vie and ur. Gibson had nothing. 70
do WITH cur escape Il had been said
rEgr the jan delivery was effected by
1I-s. Ban holding Turnkey J. W
leads az he opened the door OF the
jail 90 let her out of the cell, where
she had been spending the evening
with her husband.