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Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
LOSS OF LIFE is
CAUSED BY FLOOD
MANY TOWNS IN MONONGAHELA
VALLEY SUBMERGED PROP
ERTY LOSS HEAVY.
FIVE PERSONS ARE DROWNED
TWO HUNDRED PERSONS HOME
LESS AND THOUSANDS OF
MEN ARE IDLE.

Pittsburg, March lathe Mononga-
hela, Allegheny and Ohio rivers are
rising rapidly. A stage of twenty-five
feet has been reached in this city and
by today twenty-eight feet is antici-
pated This stage is six feet over the
danger mark and will inundate the
lower portions of the city.
Reports from up-river points are
alarming. Many towns in the Monon-
gahela valley are submerged and the
property loss is heavy. 1t is raining
heavily over Western Pennsylvania
and Virginia.
Three Trainmen Drowned.
The high water came SO rapidly that
little time was given persons in the
food district to prepare for it. A
bridge at Marmarsville collapsed, pre-
cipitating a freight train into the wa
ter and drowning three trainmen; resi-
dents in the flood district were res
Cued from their homes in Skiffs, and
thousands of men are idle owing to
the suspension of coal mines along the
river.
TWO Are Drowned.
Swept by the swollen current
against the pier at Lock No. 3 last
night the towboat Cruiser, owned by
the Monongahela River Consolidated
Coal and Coke company, was sunk and
two of her crew were drowned. Two
others were rescued, almost frozen,
after they had been in the water an
hour. Three of the crew clinging to
the bow of a submerged boat were
saved after a hard fight with the
heavy ice which fills the stream.
TWO Hundred Homeless.
Hamilton, Ohio, March IA. - Three
railroads we're washed out, a freight
train wrecked, two hundred persons
rendered homeless, one thousand
thrown out of employment and $75,0OO
damage caused by the sudden flood OF
the Great Miami river, following
thunder storm yesterday.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
AWFUL LOSS ON
FRENCH WARSH|P
POWDER MAGAZINES ON BATTLE
SHIP lena BLOW UP AT
TOULON.
DEATH Loss Is ABOUT 100
VICTIMS ARE HURLED THROUGH
AlR-HuNDREDS HORRIBLY
INJURED.

Toulon, March a. - The powder
ship lena blew up yesterday afternoon
and as result Capt. Adigard, the com
mander of the battleship Capt. Yer
ries, some of them horrible in their eX-
mean squadron. and from seventy to
eighty bluejackets are dead, while
Rear Admiral Manceron and hundreds
of other men are suffering from inJu-
ries. some of the horrible in their ex-
tent. Naval circles are aghast and the
public is stunned by the appalling ca
tastrophe.
Victims Hurled Through Air.
The entire after part of the lena
was blown to pieces. The bodies OF
the victims were hurled through the
air by succession of explosions, and
panic-stricken worl1men at the arsenal
fed for their lives from the vicinity OF
the dry dock. Scores of those On
board the lena jumped overheard onto
the stone quays and sustained serious
injuries.
The primary cause Of the accident
was the explosion of torpedo
Pride of Navy Destroyed.
What caused the explosion is not
known, but the powder magazines OF
| the lena were set on fire and their con-
tents in exploding practically destroy
ed what was considered one Of the best
vessels in the French navy.
The first shock was extremely VIC
lent and shook the vessel fore and aft
| 1t was followed instantly by other
shocks. The crew was thrown into a
condition Of panic.
The hundreds of men below deck
were in a fearful position, and while
| they CROPPED their way toward the exits
| they became the prey of suffocating
fumes which caused many Of them to
fall unconscious.
Survivors Go Insane.
| It will be impossible to ascertain the
exact number OF killed and wounded
until a roll call can be held, as many
| of the men were completely blown to
pieces, while others were incinerated.
| Many of those who escaped with
their lives suffered most severe in
| juries, and becoming temporarily in
sane rushed frantically around the vi
cinity of the dry dock until they fell
exhausted.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Personal.

Signor Gallo, the Italian minister OF
Justice, died of syncope.
Samuel H. Laethe, an octogenarlan
and reputed millionaire, died at MS
home in St. Louis.
Ada L. Howard, first president OF
Wellesley college, died from pneumo-
MIA at Brooklyn, n. Y.
DR.. J. r. Foster, one Of the best
known dentists in Wisconsin, died at
his home in La Crosse.
I. C. Broeksmit. one of the pioneers
in railroad building in Iowa. died at
his home in Cedar Rapids.
Floyd K. Whittemore, former state
treasurer of Illinois and prominent in
politics for many years. died at Spring
field, III.
John w. A. Scott, probably the Old
est artist Of note in the country, died
at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He
was ninetv-twO years of age.
Mrs. Musicdore Morgan Sayre, sister
Of United States Senator Morgan, died
at Montgomery, Ala, aged ninety
years. She had been a resident OF
Montgomery for seventy-fve years.
Mrs. Francis Paca Peter, aged nine
ty-one, died at her home about seven
seven miles from Lexington, Ky. She
became angry at the people Of Lexing-
ton before the war and vowed that she
would never visit the place again. She
kept her vow and has not been in Lex
1ngton for forty years. She was rel
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Foreign.

Eighty-fve persons have been bur
led by a landslide of about fifteen
square miles on the mountain side,
near Sedrata.
The resignation of Gov. Swetten-
ham of Jamaica has become an ac-
complished fact, and he will leave the
island as soon as his affairs can be ar
ranged.
Fire broke out in the officers quar-
tiers at Camp Columbia, near Havana.
Two houses, occupied by s1Xty-hve
officers, were destroyed. Lieut.. Will
helm and two privates sustained in
juries.
The ketch Esmeralda, with a large
quantity of gunpowder on board, was
towed into Holyhead, Wales. She was
found drifting in the Irish channel in
the path of the American liners. Her
appearance suggested the hurried de-
parture of the crew.
Advices from Central China report
famine conditions becoming worse.
Middle-aged women are being sold for
from SO to SIS and children for So to
"a. Complaints have been made that
officials are delaying shipping of flour
sent by the foreign relief committee.
Beckman Winthrop. governor OF
Porto Rico, has announced his ap-
pointment as assistant secretary Of
the treasury at Washington. This
news came as a surprise and the gov
ernor received a number Of kilograms
expressing regret at his departure.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
COW ATTACKS MAIL MAN.
Carrier is Knocked Down Twice, but
Dog Saves His Life.

Rosemount, Mimi, March 14.-John
Johnson. carrier on Rural Route No.
2, from Rosemount, was severely in
jured by a vicious COW. Johnson was
walking across the barnyard when,
without any provocation, the COW at
tackled him, knocked him down and
tried to gore him with her horns. He
struggled to his feet and started TO
run to a place Of safety, but he was
overtaken and again was struck down
The Infatuated animal would have
killed him had not his dog come to his
assistance
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
WOMAN DANCES TO DEATH.
Drops Dead Near End of Final waltz

Drops Dead Near End of Final waltz
in Program of Twenty-four.
Philadelphia, March 14.-Dancing to
the music of a waltz, which brought to
a close a ball, Mrs. Annie Schearer
collapsed in the arms of her partner
and fell over dead on the ballroom
floor
A physician who was summoned
said the young woman had danced her
self to death by overeXertion.
There were twenty-four dances and
not one was missed by the young
woman.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Hard Blow to Defense.
NEW RATE RAISES FARE.
Wisconsin Cut Unpopular With Mer-
chants


La Crosse, Wis, March IA. = The
new PIP cent passenger rate which
lust went into effect on Wisconsin
railroads is raising storm of protest
from merchants of La Crosse, on the
theory that while it will be benefit
to the merchants of Milwaukee and to
travellers going the entire distance
across the state, it works to the disad-
vantage of La Crosse merchants by in
creasing the railroad fare from near
by villages and towns.
Many instances have been found in
the new tariffs published by the rail
roads in which the fare from towns
within a radius of fifty or seventy-five
miles Of this city has been increased
since the adoption of the 2 IL cent
rate.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
FORM COMPANY TO FIGHT VICE.
Corporation With 100000 Capital Is
Planned

La Crosse, Wis, March 14.-Follow-
ing sensational reports by spies hired
by the La Crosse Pastors union to in
vestigate vice in La Crosse, the organi-
cation of the Civic federation, with a
capital stock of 100000, the object of
which will be to force the suppression
of evils which have been revealed, has
been announced. 1t is stated that a
number of leading citizens will sub
scribe principal portion of the stock.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
REWARDS RUNAWAY GIRL.

Papa Is So Glad She Is Found He Says
She Can Be Married.
Ottumwa, Iowa, March IA. = Nora
Baker, the young high school pupil
whose disappearance from her home
in this city gave rise to rumors that
she had met with foul play has been
found at the home of her sweethearts
parents. Her father was so overioyed
at finding his daughter alive and we'll
that a reconciliation followed and he
gave his permission for the wedding.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
CHAMPION HUSKER DIES.

Strain of Feat With Corn Ears Proves
Fatal.
Sidney, Iowa, March Hills vitall-
ty exhausted by the strain of his sue
cessful effort to break the worlds corn
husking record, Ora Haskins, formerly
of this place, died at a hospital In
Lincoln, Neb. On Nov. 20 last Has
kins performed the feat of husking 2l7
bushels Of corn in ten hours.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
THAW SANE NIGHT OF MURDER
Whites Brother-inLaW Tells of Talk
With ThaW Before Tragedy.


New York. March IA. = The end or
the Thaw trial at last seems to be IN
sight. Tentative plans for the final
stages of the trial were agreed upon
yesterday by opposing counsel. DIS
trict Attorney Jerome has at last
burned behind him all bridges leading
to a lunacy commission and has lrreVo-
cably pointed his course to proving
that Thaw was sane when he shot
Stanford White, and that being sane
his crime constituted murder in the
first degree. Within ten days or two
weeks the case should be in the jury S
hands.
Played Strongest Card.
Mr.. Jerome played yesterday pro5a-
bly the strongest card he holds-eV1-
dence which came to his knowledge
but few days ago and which I'M
doubtedly caused him to abandon the
idea of sending Whites slayer to a
madhouse and to try for a straightout
conviction under the criminal statutes.
The evidence came from Mrs. Stanford
Whites brother, James Clinch Smith,
who told remarkably clear, succlnct
story Of the events of Madison Square
Garden the night White was killed and
of a long conversation he had with
Thaw Just prior to the shooting.
Thaw Talked Like Sane Man.
It seems that Thaw sat for some
time with Smith during the tateful
first performance Of "Mam'selle Cham
pagne' and discussed with him va
riety of topics in manner, Mr.. Smith
declared, such as any sane man would
talk.
Attorney Delmas, for the defense,
bitterly fought the Introduction OF this
testimony for nearly two hours. He
declared that Mr.. Smith was properly
a witness in chief and should not be al
lowed to testify in rebuttal. Mr.. Je-
rome replied that he had known only
for a few days the real value OF Mr..
Smiths testimOny-the conversations
with Thaw.
Hard Blow to Defense.
Justice Fitzgerald held that, in the
interest of Justice, the jury was ent1-
tied to all the facts. 1t was one OF
the most serious blows the judge has
dealt the defense since the trial be-
gan.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
HOSPITAL TAKES FIRE.
Damage to Milwaukee lnstituation is
$4,000.

Milwaukee, March lathe Mil
waukee hospital, formerly known as
the Passavant hospital, was threaten
ed with destruction from fire which
started late yesterday afternoon in the
operating room on the fourth floor or
the west wing of the structure. For
tunately the blaze was subdued after
damage to the extent of $4,000 had
been wrought by the fire and water.
No one was injured.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
MAY SETTLE STRIKE.
Louisville Street Car Trouble May &c
Arbitrated


Arbitrated.
Louisville, March IA settlement
of the strike of the union employees or
the Louisville Railway company is In
sight. AS the result of strong pres
sure brought by business interests, es-
pecially the directors of the Greater
Louisville exposition and the CONNER
cial club. a conference was held yes
terday afternoon.
The proceedings were kept secret,
Int it was learned on good authority
when the conference adjourned to
meet again this morning, that the com
mercial bodies confidently expect the
strike to be in process of arbitration
and car service fully resumed by TO-
night.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Storm Does Heavy DAMAGE,

Marietta, Ohio, March 14.-Marietta
was yesterday visited by one of the
worst electrical storm in years. Over
two inches of rain fell, small streams
overfiowing their banks and the dam
age will be heavy.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Conscience Aches. Paws

Springfield, ILL.,, March 13.--Impelled
by an aching conscience, t. E. Tim
mus has turned over $475 to the local
passenger agent of the Illinois Cen
trail, explaining that he wanted to pay
for ride which he had taken last
July on another mans pass.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
]. J. Hill Gives $4,000.

Grand Forks, N. D., March lathe
Commercial club Of Grand Forks yes
terday received from President Hill or
the Great Northern Railway company
a check for $4,000 as his contribution
toward the new st. Michael's hospital.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Kills Self in SLEIGH.

Thief River Falls, Mimi, March II.
While driving in from Kratka to
Thief River Falls, Lars Brandon was
shot and killed by the discharge of his
gun. Circumstances cause suspicion
of suicide.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Nav Have Burular Pair.

Billings, Mont, March 14.-vigilant
work on the part of the police of this
city has resulted in the arrest OF two
of three men who are believed to have
committed numerous burglaries here
during the last week.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Two Killed in Wreck.

Waterloo, Iowa, March IA. = Engi-
neer Kellogg and his fireman were
s;illed last night in q wreck on the
Chicago Great Western railroad. A
car on a west-bound train jumped the
track while passing an east-bound
train
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Miner Killed.

Deadwood, S. D.. March 14.-While
drilling in the 80O-foot level in the
Homestake mine at midnight, Ernest
Niva was caught under a falling rock
and instantly killed.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Duel Likely to Follow.

Paris, March 14.-Henri Rochefort,
the well known editor of the In
transigeant, and Michael Pelletier,
lawyer, probably will fight a duel in
consequence of an exchange of re-
examinations in the law courts.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Fifteen Hurt in Trolley Crash.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 14.-F1t-
teen persons were crushed or other
wise injured when a Southern Pacific
freight engine crashed into a Maple
avenue street car at a crossing.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Fire at STAG Party.

GAINESVILLE, Mimi, March 14.-An
attempt on the part Of A. E. Keffier to
make a Welsh rarebit for party OF
Friends resulted in a fire which de-
stroyed his residence, entailing q loss
estimated at $4,000.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
SELLS WYOMING RANCH.
ArbuckIe Says Uncle Sam Has Taken
Pasturaqe.

Cheyenne, Wyo., March IA. = John
Arbuckle, the New York coffee king,
has ordered the manager OF his Dig
"P. O." ranch, containing $4,000 acres
and lying north of this city, to be sold
at once, together with the stock. which
consists of $125000 worth of cattle
and horses.
The sale is due to the recent action
of the federal government in forcing
Arbuckle to tear down forty-tive miles
of fences erected on government lands,
and in the absence of a land leasing
law Arbuc6le has no place to range his
live stock. Arbuckle' has been offered
$500 900 for the property.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
is CAUGHT IN PULLEY.
Mans Mangied Leg Is Amputated and
Shock Nav Be Fatal.

Albert Lea, Mimi, March 14.--H. A.
Spencer was caught in a pulley and
before he could be released he mad sus-
tanned a shocking injury to one leg,
the bone being broken and the flesh
terribly mangled. 1t was found neces-
sarv to amputate the limb. Fears are
entertained that he will not recover.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
13 Killed in TransVaai.

johannesburg, March IA. - March
Adam Jameson, ex-commissioner OF
lands, was killed with twelve other
persons at about midnight in the
wreck of a train.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
LAND FRAUDS IN IDAHO.
Government Will Sift Them to Bottom
and Punish the Guilty.

Government Will Sift Them to Bottom
and Punish the Guilty.
Lewiston, Idaho, March IA : Hints
from Boise as to startling land fraud
disclosures at Lewiston tend to con-
firm reports from authentic sources
that the government has for a year
considered the land frauds in Idaho
more gigantic than in either Oregon,
Montana or Washington, and that it is
the intention of the government to sift
them to the bottom, bringing guilty
ones to trial and then bringing re-
entrance proceedings after conviction
to secure re-possession Of the lands
fraudulently secured from the United
States.
Means Ruin for Many.
This latter step will mean great
financial loss and perhaps absolute
ruin to private individuals and bank
ing institutions, which are or have
been, it is asserted, directly or indi-
rectly connected with the handling or
ownership Of lands said to have been
fraudulently acquired. 1t is known that
the few indictments secured at Mos
COW at the last two terms of court are
but beginning. There are, it is said,
other indictments to follow, which are
to bring into the pale of the law men
high in all walks of life, and whose
names so far have not been even sug-
gested.
It is asserted that evidence has been
secured which, when presented IN
court, will prove astounding to the
general public.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Dies in Street Car.

Fargo, March 14.-While returning
home from a card party Mrs. James
Chesley was stricken with heart fail
ure while riding in a street car and
died before her home was reached.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Two Hurt in Runaway.

Eau Claire, Wis, March 13.-Willis
E. Kent was seriously injured as the
result of a runaway accident Ephraim
Lampman, his companion, escaped
with SLIGHT iniur es.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Bow Badly Bitten.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, March lathe
little son of August Langren of this
city is in a very dangerous condition
as the result of being bitten by dog.
The dog has been killed by the police.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
BEAT WITH EAR TRUMPET.
Wife Asking Divorce, Declares Aged
Husband Treated Her Cruelty.

Husband Treated Her Cruelty.
Chicago. March IA. - Averring that
her husband, to whom she was mar
ried before the war. beat her most I'M
mercifully on occasions, and even
at times resorted to his ear trumpet as
an instrument Of torture and lavished
many painful whacks upon her person.
Mrs. Julia Dawson, sixty-five years
old, filed a bill for divorce in the cir
cult court.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Gives $4,000 TO HOSPITAL.

Winona, Mimi, March 14.-It is an
nounced that A. B. Youmans of this
city has made donation of $50 600 to
the Winona general hospital.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Poorhouse Burned.

Sault Ste. Marie, March IA. - Fire
destroyed the Chippewa county poor
house, twenty inmates barely escaping.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
GIRL DIVES FAR TO DEATH.

Leaps From Top of Thirteen-story
Building, Hundreds Viewing Act.
Cincinnati, March IA. = Leaping
head first from window ledge on the
thirteenth floor of the Traction build
ing, Gertrude Hanish, aged twenty
years, a stenographer, committed sui
eide in the sight of hundreds.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
Presidents Son Still Improving.

Washington, March 14.-lt was stat
ed at the White House that Archie
Roosevelt is steadily improving.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
JEROME LOSES EVERY POINT
cEASELESS BATTLE BET w ZEN
PROSECUTOR AND ATToR-
NEY DELMAS.

New York, March 13.-On the first
day of the states case in rebuttal at
the trial of Harry Thaw, District At
torney Jerome yesterday came to a
temporary standstill against the prac-
tically solid wall the rules of evidence
have built around the story OF Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw. Mr. Jerome began to at
tack this story as soon as court open
ed. There ensued a well nigh cease
less battle between the prosecutor and
D. M. Delmas, the leading counsel for
the defense, at the end of which JUS
tice Fitzgerald upheld the rule laid
down at the beginning of the trial
that Mrs. Thaw's story was admissible
only as tending to show the effect it
might have had in unbalancing the de-
PENDANTS mind and it's truth of falsity
is not material.
Mr.. Jerome tried to avoid this rule
by declaring he was endeavoring mere
ly to show by inference-by circum-
stantial evidence as to facts and de-
tails in the story-that Mrs. Thaw
could not possibly have told the story
to her husband. Although he will
doubtless be blocked by the same
rule when the time comes, it is said
the district attorney may attempt III
the same way to prove an alib1 for
Stanford White on the night he is al
legged to have maltreated young Miss
NeSbit
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
is DROWNED IN WELL.
Boy Slips and PIunges Headforenost
into Water.

into Water.
Deer River, Mimi, March IA. -
While playing about well, the curb
of which was coated with ice, the old
est son of John Wall of Marcel slipped
and fell headfOremost into the we'll.
The hole through the ice being too
small to permit him to turn, the boy
drowned before help could reach him.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
WEBS HER DEFENDER.
Woman's Midnight Marriage in Court
Follows Murder Trial

Shreveport, La, March 14.-At mid
night last night, in the court room
where he had five minutes before been
declared not guilty of murder, Lee
Brock was married to Mrs Hattie Kel-
", the woman in defense of whose
reputation he did the killing which
caused the trial.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-16
DeImas Wins Every Point.

Nine-tenths Of yesterdays sessions
were spent in argument, and in nearly
every instance when the smoke OF con-
flict cleared away Mr.. Delmas had won
his point as to law, while Mr.. Jerome
in the very argument itself had got
before the jury a perfect knowledge as
to what his witnesses would have tes-
tilted to had they been permitted. The
district attorney called ten witnesses
during the day, but aside from draw
ing the states witnesses to the TRACE
dy the opinion that Thaw seemed "a
tional the night he shot and killed
White, little real hearway was made.