The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-23
ESCAPED FROM CONVICT CAMP
Harry Clark, theafair Fakir, Cap
tured at YoungSiIIe !
Taken Back to Raleigh-Special Re-
Raleigh-Hon. 4. j. Montague Will
Address the State Summer School in
Raleigh-War ON Houses Of H.
Fame-Other Raleigh News Notes.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, y. C, March 20


Raleigh, y. c., March 20.
Harry Clark, alais Fred Morris, and
1.-The Jew" the fair fakir who was
convicted and sent 10 the roads OF
Wake county for the shooting affair
in the union station in Raleigh last
October, late last night effected his es-
cape from the convict camps at Neuse-
The man was again brought into prom
inence some weeks ago when il was
discovered that he had tried to bride
a steward connected with tn camp,
which was foiled by the w~atchfulness
of other officers. So far Clark has
not been ~apprehended, and there IS
seemingly no trace of his whereabouts.
Men mounted on horses were put in
pursuit of tn fleeing convict and dogs
were also brought into reQuisition.
Clark was captured at YOungsVllie,
n. C. His apprehension was tele-
graphed by the mayor Of Youngsvllle,
and later telephoned the sheriff OF
Wake county that Identification was
made by a witness in the case lately
tried in this court. Your corresFon-
lent talked with Clark. He stated he
was suffering with rheumatism on &C
count of during last nights
bad weather. His clothes, worn over
stripes showed hard usage. The prls
oner was brought 10 Raleigh TINS al
ternoon secured with ropes.
DR.. Samuel Chadwick, the distin-
| guished English preacher, has arrived
in Raleigh to conduct special services
| here. While in the city he will be the
| guest of the Evangelical Alliance at Inc
| Marlborough house. This notable divine
| has had a varied and eventful life II
| the way of spiritual matters. Services
| preparatory to these meetings nav
| been held in the Raleigh churches,and
| and the ministers of the city are lock-
| ing forward with graf expectation 70 q
| wide religious awakening in Raleigh,
Victor S. Bryant, referee in bank
| ruptcy. has zone to Hamlet, to attend
( the first meeting of the creditors IN
| the matter of S. T. Hooper, Jr., bank
rupt.
It has been definitely decided that
the annual meetings of the North
| Carolina Library association will be
held in Raleigh April ~, and -.
While no official program has yet been
prepared, it is known that many prom
inent speakers, together with mem
hers of the Raleigh WOman's club
will participate.
J J. Manor, who is at the head of the
! order of Knights of Gideon, in Norfolk,
Va. has called a meeting Of the in
terested negroes of North Carolina 70
effect the reorganization of that order
under a commission from the state III
surance department.
Hon. A. J. Montague, ex-governor OF
Virginia, has accepted an invitation to
address the state summer schoo ln
Raleigh. the date having been fixed
for the evening of June Is. This DIS
tinguisbed iurist and scholar is dean
Of the Richmond Law school, and has
won great reputation by the educa'
tional campaign he. has waged in tn:
state of Virginia. Coupled with DR.
N. G.. Schaeffer, president OF the Nat
iona1 Educational association, and sup
erintendent of education in PennsEl
vania. this is a foretaste Of the spiri
of real instruction that Will obtail
throughout the summer school.
A wide and great commotiOn is rigid
" at work today all throughout TIL
civ of Raleigh by reason of the step
) taken in regard to the operation .
certain houses of i'll fame in the east
ern part of the city, and there wa
: hep7,n today such action that awakene
5 what was nearly CONSERVATION /! l
sta,ed that more than two hundre
subpoenas have been issued u .ha
rhe involvement will carry with
the personalities of some men OF n'rh
cd prominence. Three women ar
brought into the case who seem
have won most of the %notoriety IN In
neiohhorhood adiudged i'll and uncann
.e to the city.
al Governor Glenn has ordered a sp'
cial term of court in Surry county 1e
= the trial of cases both civil and Grim
nal. beginning April 80, and lastin
' one week. Judge r. 3. PEBBLES WI
preside.
h Letters from Hon. r. B. Lacy, sta
81 treasurer. are to the effect that ne ";
= return to mis- Office within a few DAY
as he will leave Solomonville, Az
4 March 21, and it is supposed that !
will come straight home. Mr.. Lacy
re jennings would seem to lndlca
:. that he is homesick for Caroi!n
Y, though the benefit to his asthmat
&c trouble has been wonderful.
!. The supposed sensational poil
I'd court trial, involving testimony
many prominent Raleigh men, v;
e. not so wide reaching, as developed
s. a long hearing. The case against I,
:, first woman of the i'll repute distrl
~ was dismissed, and two others We
continued indefinitely. Several III
were put upon the witness stand al
t. spoke by constitutional privilege
did the women by legal instructor
Contentious were strongly made
ed the city attorney and defendant o
s. sci. The city court room was PACK
to from wall to wall by all classes
rs males. The police justice threaten
is once to clear the room because
TX laughing over contentious.