Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-02

the announced purpose Of the commits
decide for itself whether or not he ap-
peared to be sane. The examination
sought to develop Thaw's object in va
rious notes to his counsel. His an
swers are said to have been very sat-
isfactory. He showed himself pos
sessed Of both shrewdness and judg-
ment. The understanding is that Mr..
Jerome is not at all pleased with the
result Of the examination. 1t is ex-
pected that the commission will prob
ably report tomorrow.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's indictment
and trial for perjury committed to
save the life Of her husband, says a
New York dispatch, probably will be
the most sensational and startling af-
termath of the Thaw trial. Certain
covert moves indicate that 1t is Dis
trict Attorney Jerome's aim not to
spare the young woman punishment II
she must be sacrificed to vindicate
Stanford Whites memory. The incl
dents in the mirror room Of one OF
Whites retreats she swore took place
on the night subsequent to the day
upon which she had posed for certain
photographs. By the photographs, the
day Of the month when the pictures
were taken was ascertained. Although
he could not introduce 1t as evidence,
Jerome aided by Whites friends, has
proof, it is not doubted, that White on
the night named by Evelyn. was in his
apartment in the Madison Square tow
er, receiving election returns.
The cotton boil weevil, says a
Baton Rouge, La, dispatch is unusu-
ally numerous and destructive this
year, according to a report by DR.. w.
d. Hunter. in charge Of the boil Wee
vii investigation for the United States
department of agriculture. He says:
The conditions throughout the past
winter have been unusually favorable
for the Information Of the boil Wee
vii. The two critical conditions for
successful Information, temperature
and dryness, have been as favorable
as they will probably ever be. The
mild winter and spring is having the
effect Of causing an unusually early
emergence. The conditions clearly
indicate that weevils will be unusual
ly abundant in the cotton fields, and
that great damage Is to be expected.
Some conditions, for instance, dry
weather during June and July after
the cotton plants are we'll started,
may serve to check the insect"
They are having the boss graft in
vestigation in Harrisburg, Pa. A state
house that cost $4,000,000 was furnish
ed at the expense Of the taxpayers Of
100000 and the investigation now in
progress is to show how come" The
disclosures are interesting. A fellow
named Sanderson had the furnishing
contract One man gave evidence that
he furnished the bootblack stand In
the senate lavatory to Sanderson for
$50, and he estimated that the total
cost of the stand, including two chairs
and other furnishings, was $125. The
auditor of the commission showed that
Sanderson had been paid s1,61s by the
state for the stand. He further said
that the desks in the senate chamber
were worth $65 each and those in the
house from $40 to SIS each. The au-
ditor testified that the state paid San
derson $264.60 each for the senate
desks and $2S5.72 for the house desks.
The auditor Of the commission pro-
duced the official records which show
that the state paid $62,4S6.40 for the
work for which the contractor paid
$6,145. The state also paid $3,256.S0
for the mahogany case in the senate
barber shop, which was supplied for
1926.
Duluth Herald: Down in Indiana
they have passed a new horse trading
law that would make David Harum
shake his head and ask what the
world was coming to-" said T. c. Sta
cey Of Indianapolis. 1.-The men who
have been getting fun and money out
of trading horses feel that the new
measure treads upon their rights as
free American citizens. 1t has always
been the rule in the past, since the
foundation Of the world that when
people traded horses they traded only
for what they could see, unless a spe-
cial guaranty was demanded and CIV
en-. And the horseman who would
point out a defect in his own horse
would lose caste Immediately, unless
he merely pointed out one defect to
keep the purchaser from noticing
greater one. The new Indiana law not
only forbids the use Of drugs or any
article to conceal the fact that a horse
is sick, lame or defective, but requires
the trader to run down his horse. by
telling intending purchaser Of every
defect and disease with which the
creature is afflicted. If he fails to do
this he is subject to a fine Of $500, to
which may be added Imprisonment in
the jail or workhouse not longer than
six months.
A case of much interest was on
trial at Carmen, n. Y, last week. The
case was Of interest because 1t involv-
ed the question of a crime committed
by a person while insane. Several
months ago nurse girl by the name
Of Jennie Burch. gave the child she
was attending a poisoned peach and
the child died from the effects of the
poison. The Burch girl had been
raised in the family Of Mr.. Herbert
Winship. the father of the poisoned
baby, and so far as could be learned
there was no motive whatever for the
Burch child to commit the crime. At
the trial last week Mr. Winship agreed
for a verdict by the jury to the effect
that the deed had been committed by
the girl while suffering from insanity,
and in consequence Of this the jury
brought in a verdict of not guilty, by
reason of insanity" The court then
ordered the prisoner to be committed
TO the Mattawan asylum for the GRIM
inally insane. After the court had