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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
BELIEVED HER A NiICH
Because He Had Bad Luck Nearly
Killed His Wife.

Amelia Cyniano, believed by her
husband and neighbors to be a witch
is in dying condition at Adrian hos
pital, the result of punishment infiict-
ed by her husband, John. The hus-
band, in common with the neighbors
believed his wife was endowed with
power to work evil, and Saturday he
beat and kicked her almost to death
because his pay envelope did not con
tain as much money as he believed il
should. The State constabulary Is
searching for Cyriano.
The Cyrianos live at Wallston, Pa.
a mining town. Recently series OF
misfortunes befell the neighborhood
Garden truck did not come up to the
standard and cattle and poultry died
The people complained that Mrs
Cyriano was the cause of their mis-
fortune.
Saturday was pay day in the mines
Cyriano had bad luck and his ton
mage fell off, thus reducing his pay
He went home determined 20 drive
out the devil he believed possessed
his wife. Cyriano knocked his wife
down with his fists then kicked heI
until she became unconscious. She
begged for mercy. but her pleadings
did not save her.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
BOTTLE FOUND ON BEACH.
The Contents Tell of the Loss of "a
Steamer.

One Saturday last at Miami, says
the Maimi Morning News. while
walking along the beach, little boy,
named Granville Rockmer. found a
bottle which contained a piece of pa
per and on which a message was
written. Not realizing the Importance
of the find, the boy tore the paper in
to fragments. Some older persons
happened along just at that time and
gathered the fragments together and
proceeded to arrange them in order
that the message might be read.
1t was subsequently learned by
piecing the paper together that the
contents stated that the steamer
Momus had been lost in storm at
sea. 1t was signed p. V. F., and re-
quested that F. Gilman, New York
be notified. 1t is believed the mes
sage is genuine.
A similar find was made three
years ago near Cape Florida light, by
Mr.. r. ID. Maxwell, of miami. II
told of the loss of the steamer Am
persand on the west coast of South
America many years before. he
matter was investigated through the
underwriters agency in New York
and it was learned that a vessel by
that name was missing and had never
been heard from.
Finally, Mr.. Maxwell received p let
ter from the widow of the captain oi
the Ampersand. which told the story
of the sailing of the vessel from al
English port. 1t was the first hear
ing she had of her husbands fate.
The bottle was fourteen years il
making it's long journey around Cape
Florida 1t is understood the news
about the Momus has been sent to {
New York underwriters agency fol
investigation.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
COURAGE AND BRAVERY.
or Men on Dynamite Laden Ships
Prevent Disaster.

With enough dynamite, powder
and old explosives in her hold to
blow up the Rock of Gibraltar. fire.
whipped and famed by gales of hurri-
can forces. the steamship Eureka.
Captain Golightly on her voyage from
San Francisco to Seattle, Wash, bat
for the heroic fight of the crew would
have been blown up and every soul
| on board lost.
The Eureka left San Francisco on
August 3 with cargo of 900 tons,
including $50 tons of powder, 200
tons of gasoline. a large quantity Of
oil. and fifty-siX carboys of nitric
acid When off Mendicino Head
about . o'clock on the morning of the
| ] 9TH the gale was blowing fifty miles
an hour and the ship rolling
heavily. A carboy of acid, which
was Iashed on the upper deck, broke
loose from it's moorings and smash
ed.
The fluid came in contact with
wood and instantly ignited 1t. Like
flash the ropes binding the carboys
were eaten away 10y the flames and
entire cargo of acid was aside and
afiame on deck.
| Hands were summoned, the life
and death fight began. Man after
man fell upon the slippery deck, and
although at times nearly overcome,
would when revived. rise and fight
the flames like demons.
Their clothing took fire and Mate
William Reed had his legs badly
burned They kept their struggle
up until the flames were extnguished.
tCapt. Golightly asserts that no vessel
was ever in greater PERI and that
only the courage and bravery OF his
men prevented an awful disaster
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05

the deputies and TRUSTEES, put double
bars on all the entrances to the pris-
on, and had the entire police force
stationed about the Jail. The prison
er was taken from his cell and hidden
in remote corner of the prison Gel
lar. After waiting until day for the
arrival of the supposed lynchcrs, the
officers were dismissed.
The murder of Shuman was most
| foul. The policeman had heard OF
the negro insulting woman I'm
lonely section of South Bethlehem.
and went to that quarter to make an
| investigation. He found Handy, and
| when he attempted to place him un-
der arrest the negro opened fire. Two
bullets entered the policeman body,
and he died.
Policeman McCue found Handy in
a board yard and jumped upon him
before he could get his revolver.
| which had been reloaded, into action.
A crowd of angry men surrounded
| the prisoner and he was badly beaten.
He was rushed to jail in an automo-
| bile. Handy pretends to be ignorant
of the happenings of Monday night.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
CAUSED A PANIC.
A Lion Attacked n Lady at Pitts
burg Resort.

Torn, bruised and suffering from
snock, Mrs. Anna o. .1ucken, sixty
five years old, of Pittsburg, Pa, lies
at her home tonight in a precarious
condition, as the result of an attack
by lion at Luna park, summer re-
sort. Thursday.
The park was crowded with women
and children, when. without warning,
the lion appeared from behind one of
the buildings and with a roar, sprang
upon Mrs. Hucken. The woman
screamed, and soon screams of the
hundreds stampeding for the exit,
were added to Mrs. Hucken's cries.
w. A. Downing, chief of the park
police, emptied the chambers of his
revolver into the beast. Others secur-
ed rifles from the shooting galleries
and from the concessionaries, and
soon score were pumping lead at
the lion, which stood over the pros
trate woman, gnashing his teeth and
lashing his tail.
Finally the beast turned and rush
ed towards the show known as the
Mystic River" and here he sue
cumbed, turning over on his back
and with a few kicks he died. His
skin was completely riddled will
small calibre bullets.
Mrs. Hucken was bourne to the
park emergency hospital, where heT
injuries were dressed.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
STARVED HIMSELF.
Wife and Children Left Him Because
of His StEnginess.

George Gould, 65 years old, of New
Rochelle. n. Y, died in hospital
there last week of starvation and eX-
posure, according to the physicians.
Gould, who had acquired fortune
of 100000 in the plumbing business.
and in real estate, lived alone in a
house in which he allowed no person
but himself to enter. His wife and
children left him years ago because
of his alleged stinginess.
Gould had been sick for days and
neighbors who forced an entrance In.
to his home found him helpless from
the lack of punishment and expos
ure.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
KILLED LITTLE BOY.
Because a Pretended Prophet
Said He Was an Anarchist.
Man, Who Claimed Supernatural
Power. Persuades Parents of Lad
that He is an Anarchist.

A terrible story comes from Mos
COW, Russia. In the village of Sy-
| soeva, Mogiloff government, there
lived peasant called Michael Kol-
chevosky. who called himself a
prophet" and always gave out that
he was mot of this world"
On July 20 Michael told his fell
low-villagers he had had a revelation
from heaven to the effect that all
earthly misfortunes proceeded from
Antichrist and that it was necessary
TO Kill Antichrist, who had become
incarnate in the person of two-year-
old boy, the son of peasant called
Grobotchevsky.
The parents of the child were per-
suaded to concent to the sacrifice, and
the mother having pointed out the
exact spot wnere the child had been
born, the prophet" laid the victim
there and began to press him to
death with his feet. In a quarter of
an hour the child was dead, but to
make sure the prophet" gave him 20
blows on the head with an iron ham
mer.
The body was then cut in two
halves by the prophet" who alter
ward again divided each part in two,
praying fervently all the time, the
villagers looked on reverently. At
last Klotchevsky put the fragments
OF the body in a sack, tied the sack
to the tail of horse, mounted the
horse himself and rode through the
village, followed by the inhabitants,
who bore lighted candles, 1t being
now night. The child was then bur
led. while the mukhiks sang songs of
praise.
At daylight the prophet went
home to sleep, after inviting the peas
ants to come at s O'Clock in the even
ing in order to see him ascend tO
heaven from the roof of his hut. But
s o'clock found him asleep in bed,
and after waiting patiently for a long
time the villagers resolved to wake
him. Klotchevsky was in one of
his lucid intervals, however, and af
ter hearing what had happened The
night before he attempted to explain
the ascension to heaven could not
take place just then because the per-
mission of the nearest priest sho, til
have been obtained before Antichrist
was put to death.
Finally the peasants began to beat
the prophet" who would probably
have been killed had not some of the
local police inspectors happened to
he passing within earshot. The
prophet is described as man of 23
lies in the village-thirty-tw men
were then arrested and will he triH l..
Among the accused is a man 1v2
years of age, who took an active pare
in the murder of the child. The
prophet S described as a man of 25
years of age, but looking much older
with an intelligent face, long flowing
hair and restless eyes.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
SAME OLD STORY.
Blames Woman for His Being 1
Thief.

At New York Chester b. Runyan
the former paying teller, who stole
nearly 10000 in casn from the
Windsor Trust Company last June,
told in the Court of General Sessions
the story of his downfall
He charged that Laura A. Carter.
now on trial charged with receiving
some of his money, led him astray.
Runyan testified that he met Mrs.
Carter on the street by chance
and visited he at her home sew
eral times. He told her
that he had stolen several thous-
and dollars from the bank and she
said: Yours in bad now, why don't
you take some more and have enough
for yourself"
Runyan stated that alter he gave
Mrs. Carter $4,000 in $1,000 bills
she Immediately left her fiat. where
he was hiding. She returned with
the police, who arrested him.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
LARGE SNAKE IN AIKEN.
A "Watcr RATHER" Weighing Forty
Pounds, Killed Recently.

A real true snake story comes from
the Levels section, few miles from
Aiken. 1t is stated that water
rattler," which is related to the rat
tlesnake. was killed in that section,
that measured six feet and tipped
the scales at forty pounds. and was
almost six inches in diameter The
huge reptile was found by colored
man. who prevented it from escaping
into a nearby pond, while assistance
was called and the snake shot. the
snake is said to he very dangerous
one. though it has no rattles as the
common rattIesnake has, but is equ-
ally as poisonous.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
FORT MILL, S. c., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1907
A STRANGE STORY.
Young Lady Left by Herself Short
Time Disappears.
Later Her Body Is Found Floating
I'm Nearby Lake by Some


strange story comes from Dover
N. j. Five minutes after her arrival
at Nolan's Point, Lake Hopatcong,
Saturday night in company with her
cousin, Charles Mcguire, of Dover
Miss Agnes Mcguire, a public school
teacher, of Brooklyn disappeared and
no trace of her was found until her
body was discovered in a nearby lake
Wednesday. Their destination was a
cottage known as Camp Looy, where
Charles Mcguire who is clerk i'm the
Dover postoffice. had been spending
his vacation.
Whether the case is one of foul
play or accidental drowning is yet to
be determined.
Miss Mcguire, who was a daughter
or Mr.. and Mrs. John --aguire. of
NO. 26 Second place, Brooklyn, came
up on Thursday with her father and
mother, intending to spend some time
at the home of her uncle, Bernard
Mcguire, at Marysville. Her father
returned to Brooklyn that evening,
Mrs. Mcguire remaining with her
daughter who is recuperating from a
long illness.
Saturday evening Miss Mcguire s
cousin proposed drive to Camp
Looy, his purpose being to get some
personal belongings. Miss Mcguire
consented and they started at 1890
! O'Clock, when the heavy storm of
that night began they were near the
cottage but could not get up to the
place on account of a steep declivity
Tying his horse to a tree young Ma
Suire bade his cousin stay in the
buggy while he went after his suit
case. promising to be gone only a
few minutes.
He was back in less than ten minu-
tes and to his great CONSERVATION
found the buggy unoccupied. In
great alarm, for 1t was dark as pitch,
he shouted his Cousins name and
when there was no answer he ran
back to the cottage, thinking that,
becoming frightened at the storm,
she had started for the house and
passed him unnoticed In the dark
ness.
When he found she was not in the
| cottage he and several men began
securing the woods in the vicinity.
The alarm spread quickly to neigh
boring camps and cottages, and soon
scores were engaged In the search.
While some of the searchers continu-
ed the hunt in overwhelming circles
on shore, several took to boats. Sam
uel Hopkins, of Boonton, plunged in
to the lake and dived in search of
the young woman's body, for it was
feared. that, becoming bewildered.
Miss Mcguire had walked into the
water and drowned. All night the
search was kept up without result.
BY morning hundreds had heard OF
the affair and took up the search. At
Hurdtown, few miles from Nolan s
Point, there are abandoned mines
and it is quite possible for any one
wandering about in the darkness to
fall down some unprotected shaft, of
which there are a number.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
TURKISH OUTRAGES.
Many Persian Villagers Slain and
Much Property Wrecked.

Advices from Teheran, Persia says
Gen. Samson Dowle and other Per-
sian officers, according to reports,
have been killed by the invading
Turks, after having been taken pris-
oners.
Many inoffensive Persian villagers,
including women and children, have
jeen slaughtered. Women have been
carried off, church has been defiled
and much grain and other property
aiken or destroyed.
Turkish regular troops with artil-
ery were within four miles of Uru-
miah on August Is. There were no
signs of the withdrawal of the Turks
from Persian territory.
Another report says the Turks
have occupied Merivan in Persian
Kurdestan east OF Sulemania.
In telegram asking for help, the
clergy and inhabitants OF Merivan
add that if the Persian government
is powerless the people must beg
Russia
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
TARGET FOR BULLETS.
Revenue Officers Shot at BY Moon
sinners in Georgia.

C. ID. Williams and E. ID. Hinton,
attached to the once of Revenue
Agent II. V. Sans, of the Atlantic
division, have just returned from
North Georgia. after an exciting ex-
perience. They refuse to give the
location, but they went up in the
mountain part of the state to destroy
still which had been located
In this mission they succeeded, but
as they were returning, they were
ambushed, supposedly by party of
moonshiners, who fired upon them as
they drove along ,ae road. The horse
of one of the revenue men was struck
five times. being shot from under
him. In the darkness the two men
managed to get away without being
struck.
The matter, IL is understood, will
be taken up with the department OF
Justice, with a view to ascertaining
who the guilty parties were and
bringing them to trial.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
CONVICT CAPTURED
North Carolina MansIayer Caug
In Greenwood.
Had Settled at Hodges Und
Another Namme and Stood W.
With His NcighbOrs.


A dispatch from Greenwood to Th
News and Courier says Sneriff M,
MILAN captured Thursday afternoon
man very much wanted i'm North Ca,
DINA. This man, J. B. Watson, wa
sent up from Vance county. Mort
Carolina, for twenty-five years. I'D
the killing of Joe Baskins In 19O|
Watson served only six months of hi
sentence in the penitentiary and the
made his escape. The North Care
lima authorities offered rewards fo
his capture, but he was never located
About year ago " atson went I
Hodges with his family. He wa
known as j. E. Brooks. He ha
been living near Hodges ever sine
and has made a good reputatio
among his new neighbors. Sherit
Mcmillan located his some time ag
and Thursday, when he came in wit
load OF watermelons. he and DEBUT
Sheriff Dukes arrested him.
Watson offered no resistance. II
was said to be desperate and dan
gerous man. but he made no move t
escape. He acknowledged his iden
tity and is willing to go bacA to ~.
Carolina. He has wired an uncle 1,
Elberton, Ga. and another in Rows
ton. Ga, and asks to remain here un
til these two men can come.
Sheriff Mcmillan is a very aler
officer and keeps lookout for escap
ed criminals as much as he did whe,
he was the efficient chief of ponce o
Greenwood.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
GIRL RESCUED
After Being Held in Captivity For
Three Weeks
BY new YORK POLICE

SS Hoih her, anu the fOI1ce O1f-
GERS Finally Locate and Rescue
Her From the Men Who Were
Holding Her as Prisoner on
Coney Island.
New York has had her full share
of criminals this summer. Recently
the police has rescued young girl
from some men who had held her
captive for some time.
Aunt Sophie: For Gods sake
come and get me out of here! / am
In Coney Island, but God alone knows
what house they have locked me up
In. can't describe it to YOU A man
is abusing me terribly
With this not as their only clew.
the police rescued seventeen-year-old
May Schick, of Newark, n. j., after
she had been held captive for three
weeks by two men, who, she SAYS.
lured her to low resort and locked
her in small room. The rescue of
the girl was followed by the arrest
OF the men who, she declares, i'll
Relatives of the girl and the police
or three cities have been searching
for her ever since she disappeared
but not until five days ago did she
succeed in getting the note to her
aunt out of the house, so closely was
sne watched.
The men whom Miss Schick accuse
Iof abducting her said they were Will
liam Higgins, eighteen. of 1888 Bal
tic street, Brooklyn, and Frank Mar
tin, who said he lived at South Fifth
street and Bedford avenue, an ad-
dress that does not exist.
May Schick lives at S07 Park street
Newark, n. ]. The home of her aunt,
Mrs. Sophie Funer, is at 40 Montrose
avenue, Jersey City, and the girl Of
ten visited her.
Three weeks ago May, with Lille
Conklin, of 474 Chestnut street, Ar
lington, N. j.. went to Coney Island.
During the evening they became
separated, and May, asked two stran-
gers to direct her to the cars. The
man, who she says was Martin, said
he would show her the way. Higgins
accompanied them.
II thought they were taking me to
the station" the girl said, but in
stead they took me to Tie house
where / have been held prisoner.
Martin told me he wanted to get
something out of room and asked
me to go up with him. When l did
he locked the door.
Il screamed for help, but I was
gagged and thrown into a closet. The
men said they would kill me If /
screamed any more. They kept close
watch on me, but one day last week /
was left alone. scribbled the note
to my aunt. l got woman in the
house to mail it for me-"
When the girls aunt received the
note she turned 1t over to the police.
Detectives made a house to house
canvass of the resorts till man was
found who recognized the description
of the missing girl and he led the de-
teclives to the house. at II Mermaid
avenue
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
FINED FOR HUGGING.
Pittsburg Swain Caught i'm the Act on
the Street.

Thou shalt not kiss or hug on
the street"is the latest commandment
laid down by the authorities of Pitts
burg, Pa, and it is being enforced.
Paul Carr, a young man of Mellen
street, was fined $40 and costs for
hugging his girl on the street Wed
nesday night.
He was also told by Magistrate
Walker that he would be sent to Jail
If 1t occurred again. DO your kiss
ing and squeezing at home, not on the
street." said the court to the down
cast lad
This order fallows another issued
in Allegheny some time ago by May
or Kirssher to the effect that there
should be no more love-making in
the city parks, and instructing the
proper authorities to place electric
lamps to shine in all dark corners.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
MOTHER AND son DROWNED
Youth Tries To Save Parent When
the Boat Upset.

In a double drowning accident in
Base Lake, near Pentwater. Mich,
Mrs. George Grove ana son, Ray
mond, aged seventeen, of ~--~dgo,
met ,heir death.
Mrs. Grove and son were sailing in
a rowboat with Mrs. Henderson and
son from Chicago. who were guests
of the Groves at their summer cot
tage. A sudden gust of wind over
turned them.
Young Grove, who was a good
swimmer. dived after his mother and
never came up again. Mrs. Hender-
son, and her son succeeded in gain
ing the overturned boat and clung tC
IL until rescued.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
CATS BITE KILLS WOMAN.
Dies of Hydrophobia in Seven Weeks
After Infection.

Mrs. Rachel ID. Barry, widow of
Amos G. Barry, who was bitten by a
cat seven weeks ago at her Easton-
town boulevard home, Long Island,
died early Wednesday. a victim of
hydrophobia. Sne was dying for 8
hours. Her spasms were so severe
that she had to be strapped in bed.
Mrs. Barry was forty-six years old
and the daughter OF the late John
Cullom, of oxford. Pa. She leaves
fve children, q daughter and -four
sons.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-05
SULTAN MURDERED.
Morocco Is Now In Danger of Reign
of Anarchy.

Danger of reign of anarchy
throughout Morocco is imminent and
a report has it that Sultan Abdul
Aziz has been assassinated. The re-
port is generally credited as 1t Is
realized that the followers of the new
sultan have a powerful incentive to
nut Abdul Aziz out of the way and
bid for the favor of the newly pro-
claimed ruler.