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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
After Being Held in Captivity For
Three Weeks
BY new YORK POLICE
Parents Received Messages of Dis
tress from Her, and the Police Off
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. Recent,
the police has rescued young gir
from some men who had held her
captive for some time.
Aunt Sophie: For Gc1's 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 a low resort and locked
her in a small room. The rescue of
the girl was followed by the arrest
of the men who, she declares, i'll
treated and abused her.
Relatives Of the girl and the police
of 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
sue watched.
The men whom Miss Schick accuse
of abducting her said they were Will
liam Higgins. eighteen, Of 1SS 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. J. The home of her aunt,
Mrs. Sophie Fuuer, is at 4o 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.
Il thought they were taking me to.
the station" the girl said, but in
stead they took me to .Ae house
where 1 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 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. I scribbled the note
to my aunt got woman IN the
house to mail it for me.
When the girls aunt received the
note she turned it 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-
tectives to the house, at II Mermaid
avenue.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
LARGE SNAKE IN AIKEN.
A "Water Rather" Weighing Forty
Pounds, Killed Recently.

A real true snake story comes from
the Levels section, few miles from
Aiken. 1t is stated that a 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. ne
huge reptile was found by coioieu
man, who prevented it from escaprne ,oe
into a nearby pond. while assiS'snSe az
was called and the snake snot. ns
snake is said to he very u'Ne 80
one though it has no rattles as ehe
common rattlesnake mas O"' -
ally as poisonous.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
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, a little boy,
named Granville Rockmer, found a
bottle which contained piece o. pa
per and on which 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.
It was subsequently learned by
piecing the paper together that the
contents stated that the steamer
Momus had been lost in a storm at
sea. 1t was signed P. V. F., and re-
ouested 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. D. Maxwell, of aliami. II
told of the loss Of the steamer Am
Dersand on the west coast OF South
America many years before ~
matter was investigated through the
underwriters agency in New 1orh
ande it was learned that vessel o!
that name was missing and had never
been heard from.
Finally, Mr.. Maxwell received a let
ter from the widow of the captain O.
the Anpersand, which told the story
of the sailing of the vessel from al
English port 1t was the first near
ing she had of her husband S tate.
The bottle was fourteen years II
making its long Journey around Cape
Florida. 1t is understood the new'
about the Momus has been sent to
New York underwriters agency TO-
investigation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
SAME OLD STORY.
R,ames . Woman for His Being 8
Thief.

At New York Chester B. RunEan
the former paying teller. who stole
nearly s10O.OV~ in ~casn from tne
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 cnance
and visited he at her home sew
eral times. He told nel
that he had stolen several thous-
and dollars from the bank and sne
said: yours in bad now, why don
YOU take some more and have enough
foc yourself.
Runvan stated that alter he gave
Mrs. Carter $4,000 in $1,000 bill:
she Immediately left her hat, "nere
he was hiding. She returned VIII
rho nolice. who arrested him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
FIEND DLYNCHED.
BoastfuI Sheriff Fails to Carry
Out His Threats.
VICTIM CONFESSED.
Twenty Masked Men Boarded the
Nebraska Train, in Which the MUIR
derer Was Being Taken to Trial
and Executed Speedy Justice
None of the Lynchers We're Rec
ogniZed.
og1lized.

Twenty masked men held up
train near Bancroft, Neb., last week
and took therefrora Loris Roy Hig
gins, a white man, and hanged hin
from railroad bridge one mile from
the scene of the hold-up. Higgin.
had been in prison in Omaha since
he killed Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Copples
near Rosalie, Neb., last May.
He was being taken to Pender fol
trial by Sheriff Young and two dep
uties, when the masked men entered
the train and eXacted from Higgins
the punishment for his awful crime
While in prison he had made clean
breast of the murder and confessed
all the facts relating to the crime.
Despite the boast of Sheriff Young
that he would "shoot the can off OF
any man who mclested his prisoner, y
the 20 masked men rushed from be-
hind grain elevator at Bancroft.
One party stopped and uncoupled the
engine. The engineer was instructed
to run ahead one mile. A second
party kept the passengers in the
coaches and the third took the pris-
oner from the baggage car, where he
was found handcuffed to two deputy
sheriffs. Sheriff Young offered no
resistance on behalf of his c1soner.
Higgins was quickly unshackled and
dragged from the car. Then he was
placed in a wagon and hurried to
the railroad bridge, where he was to
be hanged.
The murderer seemed unconcerned
during the entire proceedings. So
calm was he that his lynchers became
angry and tried to start some resist
ance. Higgins was given chance
to make statement as he stood on
the railroad bridge. He availed him
self of the opportunity, saying that he
had long ago repented of the awful
deed and made his peace with God,
and that he was ready to pay the
penalty for his crime.
He had no excuse to offer and
stated no motive. he asked God to
care for the seven children who had
been made orphans by his crime, and
then asked that a note be sent his
parents telling his end. The impa-
tient lynchers pushed him off the
bridge before he had finished his
statement.
Then all unloosed their revolvers
and riddled the body with hundreds
of shots. The lynching was commit
ed in daylight, but there is not a sin
gle person among the hundreds Of
witnesses who admits having recog-
nized one of the lynchers.
The crime for which Higgins was
lvnched was the killing of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. L. Copples, near Rosalie. on
May IT. The murder was committed
at night. A shot from a rife was the
first warning Of the crime. Then a
cry was heard from the father" You
have killed me-" The children next
heard the shrieks of their mother,
who was being dubbed to death by
Higgins.
When they rushed from the house
they saw the hogs fighting over the
bodies of their dead parents. Hig-
gins escaped. but was captured a
few days later and imprisoned IN
Omaha until the day of the lynch
ing
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
SULTAN MURDERED.
Morocco Is Now In Danger OF EciSh
of Anarchy.

Danger of reign OF ans ~: u,
Morocco is imminent anu
a7is has been assassinated. The re-
.a.1 A1.z 4s' is generally g credited as it is
oa';ua5 poar - that the followers of the new
svItsI'o s,,1tan nave a powerful incentive to
nut Abdul Aziz out OF tne "a a. aN
hid for the favor of the newly pio-
claimed ruler.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
MOTHER AND son DROWNED
Youth Tries to Save Parent " hen
the Boat Upset.

In a double drowning accident IN
Base Lake, near Pentwater, Mich.
Mrs. George Grove ana son, Ray
mond. aged seventeen, OF -~,so,
met ,Aeir 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
tase. A sudden gust of wind over
turned them.
Young Grove, who was good
swimmer, dived after his mother and
never came up again. Mrs. Hender-
son, and ner son succeeded in gain
ing the overturned boat and clung te
it until rescued.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
DEADLY CROSSING.
Four People Perish When Train Hits
Their Carriage.

ST Alliance, Ohio. Mrs. Byron hen
dericks. her six-year-old grandcnild'
Hazen Bouther. and Arthur bowers
the driver Of their carriage, were Kill
ed there when a Fort Wayne passeh-
ger train crashed into their carriage
at \ crossing Just outside the city;
Mrs. Hendericks was 60 years old.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04

CnSuspecting Workmen Are Swept to
Their Doom by Collapsing of Halt
Of Long Bridge Over the St. Law.
renee Riyer-Aien Had just Quit
Work for the Day-Grinding Crash
Proceeded Falling of Structure.
A section of the new bridge across
the ST. Lawrence River, five miles
below Quebec, Carada, collapsed
late Thursday, carrying scores Of
bridge workers and mechanics into
the water. 1t is estimated that the
loss IS more than sixty and may eX-
ceed that number by twenty.
The bridge was about mile and
a half in length and half Of it, from
the south shore to mid stream, crum-
pied up and dropped into the water.
Ninety men were at work oa this sec
ton of the structure and the whistle
had just blown at $50 for the men
to quit work for the day, when there
came a grinding sound from the
bridge mid-stream.
The men turned to see what had
happened and an instant later the
cry went up, The bridge is falling.
The men made rush shoreward, but
the distance was too great for them
to escape. The fallen section OF the
bridge dragged others after 1t, the
swapping girders and cables booming
like crash of artillery.
Terror lent feetness to the feet OF
the frightened workmen as they sped
shoreward, but only. a few Of them
reached safety before the last piece
of iron work on the south shore was
dragged into the water.
Near the shore the wrechage s'f the
bridge did not go below the surface
of the water and eight wo1Smen'
were rescued and taken to the hospl-
tai at Lewis.
The steamer Glenmont had just
cleared the bridge when the first Sec
ton fell. The water thrown up by
the debris went clear over the bridge
of the steamer.
The captain at once lowered boats.
The small boats piled backward ana
toward over the suaken wreckage Tor
half an hour, but there were no signs
of life. The twisted iron and stee!
had its victims in terrible deaIa
grip. A few floating tlmoers anu
broken stems of the bridge toNa"o
tbe north shore were the only signs |
that ANYTHING unusual had happeneo.
There was not a ripple on the
smooth surface of the St. Lawrence
as it swept along toward the gun.
All the men drowned were employees
of the Phoenixvil:e Bridge COMPANY
and sub-contractors Of QuebeDc ana
Montreal.
At ten O'Clock Thursday night 10
bodies had been picked up and the
men in the hospital two are not eS-
pected to live throughout the nlgnt-
The Quebec bridge was begun
.bont seven wears ago and it was to
be finished in 1900 Subsidies mao
been granted by the Federal ana Sro-
yinicai Governments and the CITY o.
Quebec and the estimated cost OF 'ae
work was s10,00O,o0o.
The Phoenixville Bridge Company,
Of Pennsylvania. had the contract 10,
the construction Of the bridge ano
we're working from both sides Oh inc
river.
The horror of the situation IS IN
creased by the fact that there ara
number of wounded men pinned n
the wreckage near the shore. Iheir
sroans and shrieks can be ne%Eo
plainly by the crowds Who have gain
ered at the waters edge, but nothing
50 far can be done to relieve thelT
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
BURNED HIS MONEY
rho, Killed Himself in the Presence
of Crowd.

snecial from Webster City, Iowa. Iowa.
a,s pecord-Herald says: In Nslght
10 on n astonisued crowd Carl PRESLEY
IN actor, maze bonfire IN the stteee
~ ,'f' his paper money; threw his 3eWely
~ tho sewer and then announced TO
q group of friends that he was gong
~ kill himself. He drew revolver
from his pocket, walked across the
street and, calling to a number OF
nersons in the vicinity to watch MIN
die fred bullet into his brain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
DOZEN PLOTTERs CONVICTED.
Three Russians Sentenced to be Hang
ed For Conspiracy.


The Courtmartial, which has been
irving the eighteen persons accused
of plotting against Emperor Nicholas
and the Russian Government last
Nav, has found three of them, Mkt
tenko, Smisky, alias "Purkine, and
.Naumoff, guilty of organizing plot
and sentenced them to death by hang
ing.
Four others were found guilty OF
organizing a plot to overthrow the
existing form of government. Three
of these were sentenced to eight years
imprisonment and one to four years
penal servitude.
Five of the prisoners were con-
victed of having Supported con-
spiracy," and we're condemned TO
banishment and the loss of civil
rights, while six persons. including
NJ. Foedossieff, lawyer and his WIZ
were acquitted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
BOILER EXPLODEs.
r,,,oe Men Killed Outright and One
Badly Hurt.

Three men are dead and afourth
is diving as the result of a saw-mill
boiler explosion at lumber camp IN
the track of timber on the Hayett
farm, about eight miles north of
Hagerstown, Md. The body OF the
foreman of the saw-mill was hurled
400 feet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
Jail Guards at Easton, Pa, in:sar
of a Lynching Mob.
FOULLY MURDERED.
Hearing Negro Had Insulted Woman
in Lonely Section Of South Beth
Iehem Officer Went to Investigate
and Was Slain When he Tried to
Arrest Negro-Iron Workers Very
Much Wrought Up.

A dispatch from Easton, Pa, says
there was much excitement about the
county jail at l o'clock Tuesday
morning, due to a rumor from South
Bethlehem that party of determine
ed iron workers had left that borough
in an automobile to come to the coun-
.ty seat and take William Handy, a
South Carolina negro, from the Jail
and lynch him.
The negro was arrested several
hours earlier for the murder at South
Bethlehem Monday night of Police
man Shuman. Warden Collins took
no chances ard aroused and armed all
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
sr was taken from his cell and hidden
in remote corner of the prison eel
lar. After waiting until day for the
arrival of the supposed lynchers, the
officers were dismissed.
j u6 VI SuoWdA Weo .iAAC9e
foul. The policeman had heard of
the negro insulting woman in a
lonely section of South Bethlehem,
and went to that quarter to make an
He found Handy, and
when he attempted to place him un-
der arrest the negro opened fire. Two
bullets entered the policeman's body,
and he died.
Policeman McCue found Handy IN
a board yard and jumped upon MIN
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.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
STARVED HIMSELF.
,Yife and Children Left Him Because
of His StinginesS.

George Gould, SIS years old. of New
Rochelle. \. Y, died in a hospital
there last week Of starvation and eA-
,osure. according to the physicians.
Gould, who had acquired fortune
If 500, 600 in the plumbing business
and in real estate. lived alone III
house in which he allowed no person
bnt himself to enter. His wife and
children left him years ago because
Of his alleged stinginess.
Gould had been sick for days anu
neishbors who forced an entrance III
70 his home found him helpless from
the lack of punishment and expos
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
DRUGGED GIRLS.
4 Man Arrested on Description Given
By Victim.

At New York Abraham Brakeman
was held on 500 bail IN Cones IS
land court. He is charged with be,
ing one Of the men who drugged and
attacked Adele Roberts and Anna
Rnssel The girls were picked up IN
the roadway unconscious Brakeman
Voc arrested On a description given
by the girls and was poslti'elS loeh-
tilted by them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
CATS BITE KILLS WOMAN.
Dies of Hydrophobia in Seven "cek'
After Infection.

Mrs. Rachel D. Barry. wldo" OF
Amos C. Barry. who was bitten ny
cat seven weeks ago at her Eastoh-
town boulevard home, Long lsiano,
died early Wednesday, victim OF
hvdrophobia. sne was dying ior
hours. Her spasms were so severe
that she had to be strapped IN BED.
Mrs. Barry was forty-siN years olo
and the daughter Of the late Jonn
Cullom, of Oxford, Pa. she 'ieaFes
6ve children, daughter and foul
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
DIED IN HIS BERTH.
Locomotive Salesman Found Dead III
Pullman ut Norfolk.

James Lawrence Minetree, aged
20 wears, of Washington, D. C.,
locomotive salesman. representing a
Eow York house, was found dead in
the berth of Pullman car upon the
arrival of the Norfolk and Western
train from the West at Petersburg,
Va Thursday. MI. Minetree' who
had been subject to heart trouble
boarded the train at Roanoke, Va,
Wednesday night apparently IN Gooo
health
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
BRIDGE FALLS.
Carrying Sixty or Eighty Persons
to Thei! Death.
TERRIBLE DISASTER.

CnSuspccting Workmen Are Swept to
Their Doom by Collapsing of Half
of Long Bridge Over the St. Law.
renee Riyer-Aien Had just Quit
Work for the Day-Grinding Crash
Proceeded Falling of Structure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-19
EuRoPEAN PRODUCE MARKET.

Liverpool. March ls-Closng: wHEAT-sPot steady:
biSd: futures quiet: March 4Ssd May. 6s 2i July
Gs SLd t'ORS-Spot. American. mixed. easy, IS
mixed, old. So: futures steady
March As AID; MAY, 4s 5isd. Professionalism steady.
Ra sid FI.OIR-St Louis fancy winter duh, IS "a.
Hops in London Pacific Coast. steady f38f3 Us.
BEEF-Extra India steady. STs Cd POItK-I'rims
,1ess Western quiet. cd HA5IS-Short cut. IA TO
is n arm. 5Gs BACoN-cumberand cut. 20 10 80 70.
staadv sos rib 10 "a 10. quiet OPS ca; long
clear light % 70 ga 10 quiet. 52s; long clear
heavy IS 20 10 quiet. 51s Cd; short clear
backs iG 10 20 no steady bellies 10 10
oet SIS shoulders. II IL 10. dull ais. LARD
PRIME western tierces. weak. 46s American. refined
in pals weak SOS o. 'TiEEsE--Canadan finest white
Canadian finest colored firm. 61s I'd TAI
TDXvNPriu1e city strong S5s Ga TURPENTISE-
Snirtts steady 52s. RoSIN-Conmon firm los 3D. Pc
TROIFI'AI-Rehned quiet cad LIESEED OIL. steady.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-19
OTHER MARKETs-sY TELEGRAPH.

Chicago. March &c TTT-E. Receipts abea. :: oec
ttcHdY. plain 20 best steers - @aGS6 -
heifer- 81 -. cows s. :5aso bulls s. 2agSt 81
fDCiS-Rscetpts. about COCO bad market &c lower,
choice heavy shipping SIS 7paSE - ghf butchers 81 ~
QSr mixed So I0itS6 70 cr2ce Light So 900
sales i-GSG 20 SHEEP Receipts about - oo6 head
uIlr6e sheep. $41$65 50. year'inSs SS1$ lambs
fsncnnat Mar-a ls-HoGa lower. butchers ard
10 sd shippers - 5pRsS 20 common. 81 25slS& -
SHEEP strong - 5oGS5 so LAMBS strong az - '5g
East Buffalo Marcr IL -CATTr.E-Receipts 400
head choice TO- lower prime steers y -
dSG shipping S5QS5 so butchers s. 50GSJ ~; he!fers
So JeaSS -. S4dSl e. bulls 81 HUS% 10 stockeiS
and feeders 81 25dS4 SO stock hefers 81 1888 20 fresh
cows ard srrugers DUH and lower
A. S20E So VEALS- Receipts. Loo had market ac-
tie ana stead 81 2J1ss ~ Receipts 10 500
head. uIlrket active light. slow heeyy heayy
roughs SO 3OdS0 40 stays St 1888 *. SHEEP AND
head. market active and higher;
lambs s5aSS so yearngs, SO 5egSI BOZ wetheTf 80 S'f
Sc 80: ewes s. 75Qs6. sheep, mtyed. $3aS6 -,
had ircludirg Goo Southerns. steady So y
choice EXPORT dressed beef s. inSB -; fair
~ aeod So 25lS5 Western fed $fGS5 81; stock
ers and 81 65$5 southern steers 81 SU$0 10
befsrs SO 354S5 bulls 81 256S4 To- calves 81 OqS
yJ0GS-Recepts. $500 head. market 1Oc lower. TOP
81 GO: bulk OF SO 55aS6 80, heavy So o11S9 COZ
arkers So 50qS6 pigs lights IS 5OdS6 co SHEEP
Receipts II head market strong 20 Zoe higher; top
lambs 81 81 lambs 81 95dST s.. and yearltngs s.
ass 20 Western yeaIliags ST @a0S6 10, Western FED
sheep SS6SS 90: stocSers and feeders. So SO0$5.
pittsburc March 1R--CATTLE-ReceiptS fair; market
lower: choice TOa$6 prime So 50gS5 Is: veal calves
SsTsS - SIEFP-Supply light: market active; prime
ethers S6d$6 Is culls and common SS9fSi: lambs SHD
Trns heayies 81 To- mediums workers 81 Is; pigs
az. rolRhs SGdl$6 60