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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
BENNETTsvnIE S. g. FRIDAY, APRIr l9, 1907
JOE EVANS HUNG
In Greenwood Friday For the Muir
der OF Another Negro.
The Murderer Confessed His Guilt
and Profcsscd His Entire willing
ness to Die for His Crime.

and Profcsscd His Entire willing
ness to Die for His Crime.
The first hanging in Greenwood
County passed of very quietly Fri
day. The negro, Joe Evans, appear
ed composed and resigned. He show
ed no sign whatever Of either fear O.
nervousness.
All the morning two colored minis
ters had been with him, praying ant
singing. These two preachers, the
Revs. j. G. Goode and John w. Swinl
remained with him until tho last.
| Evans did not eat any breakfast
although he ate hearty supper
Thursday night and slept we'll. Dep
uty Sheriff Dukes says Evans has re-
Trained from eating every Friday
since he was sentenced.
| Shortly before II o'clock Sheriff
McCaslan had Evans made ready to
leave tho jail and said to him: zoe
Evans, this is your last scene. 1t ie
| the state Of South Carolina that Is
going to hang you, and not the sher-
If OF Greenwood county. am going
to read to you my authority for hang
ing you
Tho sheriff then read tho sentence.
When he had finished Evans said (:
l"Yes. SIR"
Evans was calm and seemed per-
fectly resigned. He then made this
statement: II have made peace with
the Lord. am glad that He allowed
mo time to make peace with Him.
The march to tho scaffold was then
made Standing on tho platform
Evans asked the sheriff If he could
sing, andupon permission being CIV
en- he sang with steady voice q song,
one Of the songs used by negroes in
reyivals when feeling IL tense There
seemed no special beginning or end
Of It When he stopped the Rev.
prayer for the condemned man.
Evans himself prayed in low tone
all the time the Rev. Swink was pray
ing for him.
At the conclusion Evans offered
the following prayer Of his own: Il
am at peace with all men. am
guilty of tho crime. Lord, / thank
thee for the time You have allowed
me. Go with Thy people who are
standing around mo- am SO glad
am allowed this privilege to talk.
Oh, Lord, oh Lord. oh Lord,
brought my sins to You and You have
forgiven me-"
The hangman's black cap was then
lowered over his face, and at 1896
p. NJ. the trap was sprung and 12
minutes later he was pronounced
dead by Drs Hood and Owens.
The Rev. j. G. Goode, the colored
minister, who prayed for the negro
who was lynched for the attempted
assault on Miss Brooks last Summer.
was also on the scaffold with Evans
and had been with him during the
morning.
At 1850 Evans body was cut
down. His neck was broken by the
fall. H!sbody was turned over to
relatives, who carried 1t to his old
home, near CoroDaca for burial.
Evans was hanged for the murder
of his brotherinlaw, Hughey, Evans
attempted to assault his sister-in-
law, Iiughey's wife. IIughey came
to Greenwood and had warrant
sworn out for Evans Immediately af-
ter. That night Evans came to his
house, called him out and shot him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
FAILED TO A(sE2E:E
Only Five of the TllaW Jury Fa-
vored Acquittal.
WILL BE TRIED OVER

The Celebrated Case Ends In Mis-.
trial, the Jury is Discharged and
I Thaw ia Pemanded to the Tomi,s
Without Bail, Where He will Stay
Until the Second Trial Which win.
be Next Fall. !.
The jury In the Thaw case, which
has been up in the New York Court
for over ten weeks, has failed to
agree, standing fiye for acquittal and
seven for conviction. After forty
seven hours Of deliberation the Jury
ANNOUNCED that they were hopelessly
divided ald could not possibly agree
| upon verdict.
| % The twelve men were promptly
discharged by Justice Fitzgerald.
who declared that he, too. believed
their task was hopeless. Thaw was
remanded to the Tombs without bail
to await second trial on the charge
OF having murdered Stanford White
the noted architect.
The scenes attending the announce
ment by the jury Of its inability to
agree upon verdict were robbed OF
any theatricalism by the general be-
lief that after their long deliberation
ana reports OF wide division of som
timent the jurors could make no 9th
or report than one OF disagreement.
Thaw, surrounded by the members
or his family--the devoted, aged
mother, pale young wife, the titled
sister, the Countess OF Yarmouth
Mrs. George Carnegie and Edward
and Joshiah Thaw, the brothers re-
oeived the news In silence. But II
was plain that the verdict was q dis
appointment.
When 1t became known that the
jury was about to make It's report
and that the case would be disnased
OF Thaw called his wife to q seat hv
his side, and sat with his right arm
thrown about her until he was com
manded to stand and face the Jurors.
who mad just come in from the Jury
room.
Smiling and confident as he enter
ed the court room Thaw sank Imply
into his chair when ForemanDemine
B. smith, In response to question
by Clerk Penny as to whether a YER
dict had been agreed upon said: ave
NV. !HiS enueu Ine lOnB trial
which will all have to Ne gone over
again next Fall.
Thaw's counsel will apply for bail
for their client, but it is doubtful if
ne geta 1t, as the District Attorney
says he VIII oppose granting hff,i~S
ball. The standing OF the jury, seven
to five against the prisoner, will have,
Its influence in determining the mat
ter. Should he fail to get bail Thaw
VIII have to spend the long summer
In the city prison
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS.
To Win Next Time If They VIII Get
Together.

The Richmond Times Dispatch
says there Is ground for suspicion
that the alleged conspiracy against
Mr.. Roosevelt Is pure invention for
political purposes only. Whether so
or not. the news from Washington Is
that the President is making good
use OF into line. All Republicans
must now stand up and be counted,
and he who halts Is damned
The president VIII call the roll,
and those who do not answer will be
set down as members of the conspir-
acy. The black flag has been hoisted
and all who fail to enlist and march
in the Roosevelt army will be num-
bcred with the transgressors and
punished as they deserve.
The big stick will be welded with
unusual force, and every head that
falls to nod to the Presidents wink
will be Knocked Evidences multiply
that Theo. Roosevelt IS not only q
politician, but giant among politi-
cal bosses Get togethCr. Democrats,
get together! Opportunity Is ham
mering at your door.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
FELLED BY MANIAC.
ParO!ed Lunatic Attacks An Old
Lady and a Man.
Tho Old Lady Struck In tho Head
And tho Man Assaulted With an
A$o and Knife.

A&o and Knife.
While in 1T of violent insanity
and thinking, as he said, that some.
one was trying to kill him, Joseph w
Hagood Saturday made murderoue
ATTACK upon Mrs. Eugenia Smith
with On axe, fracturing her skull
and with long knife stabbed Mr.
John ]. Riley in the back in Colum.
bia. Mrs Smith and Mr.. Riley are
now Nnder care at the Columbia hos
pital and some doubts are entertain.
cd as to their recovery.
The state says Hagood has been on
parole from the insane asylum for
Just 80 days and up to his tragic
deed Saturday has been conducting
himself commendable since his re-
lief. But Saturday morning he was
seized with terrible malady and get
ting an axe he went to tho house oc-
cupied by Mrs. Smith, Mr. Riley and
others, and battered down the door
OF the room In which the helpless
was. With blow he felled Mrs.
Smith across the bed, inflicting n Ser
ious fracture OF the skull, and then
he went to the room where Mr.. Riley
was in bed
Mr.. Riley, q one-legged man, hear
ing the, noise in the back part of the
house got out Of the bed and started
to leave the house when he was seen
by Hagood. The maniac gave chase
to Mr.. Riley and soon overlook and
overpowered him, dealing him blow
on tho hip with the axe and then
stabbing him In the back with a knife
near the backbone.
About this time general alarm
had heen given by Mrs. A. Andrews
who was In the house at the time,
and Mr.. j. II. Faulk and others over
powered the maniac and after sum-
moning tho police patrol placed him
In the wagon, whore he was carried
to the station and locked up.
Dr. G. f. Williams. the city physi-
clan, who Is attending the injured
people, said he can not say Just yet
what will be the outcome Of their in
very serious nature and may prove
fatal. Mr.. Riley will probably get
we'll, unless tho knife penetrated into
tho lung, which the doctor fears.
Both parties were resting well late
Saturday night. Saturday afternoon
the unfortunate man was remanded
to the State hospital for the insane
again.
He was carried to the hospital In
the pa;Sol wagon and was very order
ly an, quiet, the only thing that
seemSt to worry him was that he.
feared gome one would at any time.
d~ HARM, At seems. Hegood is3a
:, s'ks.,r by'5uade and Is married.
His wife saw part Of the sad affair
and tried to control her husband, but
could not She seemed not to be
afraid of him, as she had seen him
undergo spells at other times
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
TRYING ORDEAL.
a Young Woman Sees Surgeons Cut
Of Her Legs.

At Cleveland, Ohio, Miss Minnie
Gottschelk. eighteen years old, the
sole support OF big family, had both
legs amputated at Charity Hospital
Thursday. She was perfectly con-
scious during the operation and con
versed with the surgeons and nurses
while she watched their every move
The girl was recovering from pneu-
monia when the circulation In both
legs stopped. Gangrene set in, an
amputation Of both legs was impera.
tive. but she was too weak to take
ether or chloroform.
Cocaine was injected into the spi
nal cord, destroying all sense OF feel
ing below the point where the drug
was injected. Not the slightest pair
reached the girls brain.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Daniel ii. Chamberlain Dead.

Daniel II. Chamberlain, who was
governor Of South Carolina during
the turbulent times of the Recon
struction era, died Saturday at the
homo OF William G. Chamberlain
near tho University OF Virginia, at
Charlottesville. Va. He was taken i'll
OF cancer OF tho stomach last fall
upon his return from trip to Egypt.
He had recently disposed Of his prop
critics In view with view to locating
In Virginia. He was graduate Of
Yalo and Harvard law school and
was 70 years Of age.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
TRAIN WKECKERS
Arrested Before They Had Accom-.
pliShcd Their Iellish Design.

Detectives Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad landed In jail at GreonSburg
Pa, Thos. Oloughlin, and Thos Nc
Inath Of Allegheny who were taken
from m east bound freight train at
Derry Thursday morning. Track
walkers ut 1880 o'clock Thursday
morning came upon three mon tam
pering with tho tracks near Stewart
station.
One was captured there. and the
others two days later, after escaping.
The bolts In the rails had been loos-
ened. but the fish plates had not been
removed. The men were discovered
just before train No. % was due at
Stewart
1t 10 alleged railroad wrench was
found in their possession. The Clevc-
land flyer on the Fort Wayne division
struck an engine pole which had been
~edged with spikes between the rails
at I.owellville. o.. early Thursday
morning. No persons were injured.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
A FATAL FIGHT.
Quarrel Over Trivial Matter Ends In
Terrible Tragedy.

Terrible Tragedy.
The killing Of Charles f. Newbury
and the fatal shooting OF John Nc
Kinlay and D. M. Curry at the Citice
furnace Stag pile near Chattanooga,
Tenn, Thurdsay, afternoon created
profound excitement and regret In
the neighborhood Of the scene and
among friends Of the parties.
One OF the most pathetic incidents
in connection with the shooting is the
fact that J. A. Curry, father OF d. NJ
Curry, took his bleeding son and
placing him in the wagon which he
was using to haul Stag ond hauled
him to the hospital
The whole trouble seems to have
been the result OF q quarrel between
young Curry and q negro employe of
Newbury over trivial matter. The
father Of young Curry was beaten in
the face but was not seriously hurt.
He was clinched with McKinlay at
tho time OF tho shooting.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
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FOUND HALF STARVED
Boy Got on Train T',at Went In the
Wrong Direction.

Locked in boxcar standing on n
siding In the freight yards Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Belmont
and Glrard avenues. Philadelphia,
Julius Kenney, 12-year- old boy,
from Charlotte. N. c., was discovered
by a trainman who heard the boys
feble cries.
The lad. who was half starved,
was given hearing before Magis-
trate German. at the House OF De-
tention, and will be held until the
authorities at Charlotte can be COM
municated with.
Two weeks ago young julius ac-
companied hOrsedealer who was
shipping some horses from Charlotte
to Pittsburg. After the horses had
been taken safely to their destination
he left his employer and started out
to see thesights OF the Smoky City.
He soon got lost and. being unable
to find his friend, began hunting for
a means to get home He found his
way to the freight yard and crawled
into a boXcar. The boy was afraid
to make his presence known and was
soon on his way to Philadelphia. :.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
,.., ;. -. -.
KEPT GOOD STUFF.
President Harrisons Way of Telling
Good Presbyterian.

Col. Dan Ransdell, sergeant-at-
arms Of the Senate, and lifelong
friend Of BENJAMIN Harrison, says he
has known few public men more ab-
steminous than was the President,
but that on one occasion he was re-
quired to obtain a drink OF whisky
for the Chief Magistrate under cir
cumstances that were somewhat en-
barrassing.
He had accompanied the President
on trip to Cleveland, which they
reached in the midst OF a drizzling
cold rain. Mr. Harrison intimated a
desire for a glass Of something good
and Ransdell consulted the butler.
This dignified parsonage had been in
structed not to offer liquor OF any
kind to the President, whom the host
knew to be like himself, rigid Pres
byterian.
But Ransdell was not to be put of
and the whiskey was forthcoming.
Smacking his lips appreciately after
the generous drink, President Har-
rison said: Dan, l have always no.
ticed that the better Presbyterian a
man is the better whiskey he keeps
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
PLOT TO KILL.
Gun Powder Is Found In Auto that
Blew Up w. j. Jarvcy.

Chas. K. Moore, wellknown deal
or in automobiles In Boston. caused
n sensation by declaring that he had
stumbled on murder plot in connec-
ton with the explosion OF one OF his
automobiles In the town of Auburn,
Mass, last Friday afternoon in which
Wilfred j. Javery, Of Boston, was SO
severely injured that his death Is i'm
minent.
Moore says that he removed the
sparker box from the wrecked auto
mobile, and upon examination found
in 1t two tablespoonfuls Of gunpow-
der. Further, he found as much
more In the oil. He believes 1t was
placed there by some one who wished
to cause Javery's death. for 1t was ex-
ploded by the sparks.
Jarvery is the man who holds the
mile record CAS- secondly, and knows
of no enemy who would attempt to
encompass his death.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Why did IIe1

The Macon Telegraph asks: "Why
did the president mark his letters to
Hartman strictly confidential" If
he merely wanted to talk to him on
railroad matters? He insists on talk
ing from the housetops on that quos-
tion, as railroad presidents who re-
Gently visited him found to their dis
comfort"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
OWES FOR BOOzE.
Anderson Six Hundred Dollars in
Debt to State Dispensary.

A dispatch from Anderson says
County Treasurer Payne has received
q letter from Mr., w. F. Stevenson,
the attorney for the state dispensary
commission which says that accord
Ing to the books Of the commission,
Anderson county owes the state dis
pensary $669.2S, which amount was
advanced by tho state dispensary for
the enforcement of the dispensary
law in Anderson county, since 1t be-
came dry county.
Mr.. Stevenson writes that the total
amount due from all the countiea
Will aggregate $4,000, and that tho
| commission is anxious to got the
money Treasurer Payne wrote Mr..
Stevenson that there Is no levy in
this county for the enforcement OF
the .dispensary law and therefore he
has no funds for that purpose
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
CERTAIN COSTUMES TABOED
lnd Cincinnati Women Arc Told Not
TO Wear Them.


The State says Cincinnati has n
now and splendid possession in the
form Of CHIEF Of Police Milliken. One
Of tho first things Milliken under
took was tn" regulation Of women s
apparel. He Is an authority judging
from this statement which he has Is
sued:
The kimona must not be worn on
tie streets. The high heel must
go when accompanied by purple
stockings or other gaudy ankle In
easement. Skirts must not be held too
high. no matter how rainy the day.
Yopng girls must not wear fascina-
tors.
He has coo people to assist him,
and has told them to arrest any per
son appearing on the streets, dressed
I'm clothes which would not look well
In church With all his policemen
to help him Milliken has tackled q
big iOb
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
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HAD TO PAY FINE.
New York Herald Pleads Guilty Tt
Printing Obscene Matter.

After u plea Of guilty OF printing
obscene matter sending same througg
the mails had been made Wednesday
fines totaling 5000 wero asses.
ed against James Gordon Bennett
and the New York Herald Company
The fines Of $1,000 against w. II.
Gillian, manager OF the Herald; So
600 against the Herald corporation
and $4,000 against James Gordon
Bennett were paid In the court room.
Tho cases were the outcome Of the
famous personal and "redlight'
column, which was feature OF The
i.erald for years.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Would Bo In IiinbO.

The Kansas City Star says: IF
President Roosevelt could send a
United States Senator to prison mere
ly because OF pcrsosal prejudice
does anybody suppose that Foraker
and Tillman would be going around
as clipper as they are?
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
BRYAN REPLIES.
Can't See His Way Clear to Nominate e
Roosevelt.

Roosevelt.
In an interview at Norfolk on Fri
daythc Hon. William jennings Bryan
was asked for an oppression on the
suggestion made by John Temple
Graves, Of Atlanta. at n banquet on
"Wednesday night at Chattanooga.
that Bryan nominate Roosevelt for
President Mr. Bryan said:
81 said at the banquet In Chattan-
oogn all that at present | can say.
then said: AZ at present advised.
cannot soc that 1t is my duty to nom
mate Mr.. Roosevelt. In both Of my
campaigns stated that I would not
be candidate for a second terDi II
elected and as have endeavered to
secure constitutional amendment
making President Ineligible for a
second term | could not conscient'
iously urge the re nomination of MIR
Roosevelt for n second term even II
there were no other rasons."
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Cut to Pieces

II !s stated Con Leo Christmas,
the American officer in the service
Of Hunduras, has been cut to piccos
by Nicaraguan soldiers Informa-
tion was contained in a letter that
there was no hope for tho Bonila
government and he was doomed to
death If he did not get ont OF the
country.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
SHOULD NOMINATE BRYAN
Hendricks Club Makes Better Suggcs.
itOn Than Graves.

itOn Innn GfnVcS.
The Hendricks Club, OF Evansville,
Ind. the largest Democratic organi-
cation in tho state while celebrating
the birthday OF Thomas Jefferson,
the other night adopted the following
resolution and tclegraphcd 1t to John
Tomple Graves, of Atlanta, Ga.
THE Hendricks Club. Of Evans
vile. believes that, in the interest Of
u square deal, Roosevelt should
nominate Bryan for President In
1908. as there is now no doubt that
Bryan was beaten In 1896 by the
contribution Of money from insur-
nnce companies. railroad companies
and tariff protected monopolios, and
that President Roosevelt knows this
to be fact: and that Bryan, in 1896
stood on the platform on which
Roosevelt now stands on railroad
regulation
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
TranlDs Killed.

Tho westbound Oregon Railway
and Navigation passenger train was
wrecked In the Umatilla river bottom
Thursday Two tramps we're killed
the fireman Is missing and15 passen.
gers were hurt.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19

ROOSEVELT HAS CHANGED
He Championcd Once Some Things
He Now AntngOniZcs.

Hon. w. j. Bryan, while in Norfolk
last Friday, in n interview spoke of
the Hartman Roosevelt episode, say
ing:
"The President seems unduly OK
cited over tho alleged $4,000, 600
raised by Wall street to prevent his
reelection. If Wall street Is opposed
to any doctrine hold by President
Roosevelt. 1t is certainly not Re-
publican doctrine. When we came
up against the corruption fund in
1896 we found no more ardent
champion OF these special interests
than Mr.. Roosevelt"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
MADE A HAUL
Chicago Paper Says Sub-treasury
Mystery Is Cleared.
"A Negro Woman Stole the Ono Hun.
drcd and Seventy Three Thousand
nOIIorp

The mystery surrounding the thoft
OF hundred and seventy-three thous
aha aoila~s from the United States
subtreasury at Chicago has been
cleared
The thief ia said to be q negro
scrub woman, whom the secret SER
vice ofilcers have In custody and
from her trying to get trace OF tho
missing money.
The clew was secured by tho dis
play OF q thousand dollar bill by n
negro In saloon.
a search warrant has been issued
ana the ohicers are to search the
house of the washerwoman.
The money was stolen some weeks
ago, and the detectives have been
working on the case ever since.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
MANY WILL STARVE
Before Another Crop IL Made II Not
Given Food.

a letter from London says Dr.
Kennard, commissioner of the socic
ty OF Friends sent to investigate the
Russian famine. writing from ga
mara, In the famine district, SAYS
that there are at least 10000 900
people In the Southeastern provinces
Of Russia who are without aid and
can not live to see another harvest.
In Samara he says thousands are
dying and nearly 100000 are starv-
ing. or tho lattor only $4,000 are
getting relief. dole Of ono meal in
twenty four hOurs
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
Fifteen Missing

Nine adults and six children are
missing, as a result Of the wreck on
tho Canadian Pacific, west OF Chap
leau, Ontario, Thursday.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-19
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FRAUD ORDER.
The Mails Closed to the Concord Pub
lshing House.

Alleging hundreds Of women in the
United States and Canada have been
defranded OF money, the postofice
department recently issued q fraud
order against the II. w. b. Conrad
Publishing company. Bible and book
publishers OF Philadelphia, denying
1t the use Of the mails. 1t is claimed
that. by advertisements, letters and
circulars, women In half the states Of
the union were induced to pay dol
lar to register with the company for
writing letters for It, None was paid
for work. and to few money was re-
funded, 1t is charged
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-20
SIS FOR BRUTAL
ASSAULT ON PASSER BY

CHAVEZ Paw tp tor Privilege of
tirhIu. tuuuttuIu,C of i-ttNuu
t,rri- Appeals the ta~c-poiir'
NrNa HI nuR.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-20

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