Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-19


man interest than that of any of the
five men who were arrested some
time ago at Van Wyck and whom he
helped to convict at Raleigh last
week. AS Odoudrell, he was sentenc'
ed to the United States penitentiary
at Nashville, Tenn, eight years age
for 22 months for cracking the safe
at Edenton postoffice. He served hi:
term and soon afterwards dynamitet
safes in a store at Littleton and a
Wilson, and was sentenced to the state
prison at Raleigh for fifteen years
Eighteen months later he escaped II
the day time, getting some citizen:
clothes and passing out as visitor
He next cracked the safe in New
Jersey postoffice, was sent to the
Federal prison and became church
member and was pardoned by Pres
ident Roosevelt. While a convict
there he was utilized by the postottice
department in attending trials anc
illustrating safe cracking methods
He went to Boston, has since been or
it's police force and also a special de-
tective for an express company, also
aiding the postoffice department anc
making a fine record. He was arrest
ed at Raleigh by Warden Fleming
of the state penitentiary, who identi'
fled him, but in a few minutes In
spector Gregory telephoned the cir
cumstances to Governor Glenn who
ordered McCarthy's release and M
left for Boston that night.
Charlotte Observer: The mex
wonder of science and invention
Answering a recent question of oul
own before it is cold, we point TO the
noiseless rifle, an arm perfected anC
demonstrated by Hiram Percy Max
i'm. This inventor has high-poWel
gun whose discharge is no louder
than the dropping of nail upon the
floor and cannot be heard room
away. 1t makes only hollow PUNK
yet does work as deadly as any. Reg
ular ammunition is used without
change and any rifle will give the re-
suit after a slight re-modeling. Pend
ing tests to be made by the ordnance
department Of the United States army
the inventor has demonstrated his
device before the board of managers
of the New York Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Animals, send
ing a fiat-nosed bullet from an ordi-
nary 32-calibre Winchester through
six inches of city directories practi-
cally without noise. This demonstra-
ton was given in pursuance of re-
quest made by the s. p. G. A. that he
furnish a weapon for butchering an
imals more humanely than is possl-
BILE with the somewhat haphazaro
hammer method, and the officers
present agreed that their require
ments had been fully met They
now have a gun capable of driving a
bullet into a steers brain without
frightening the other animals lined
up behind. Efforts to persuade OF
compel its extensive use will come
next. Thus a shooting device which
can hardly fail to play a great part
quite different purposes. Its invent
ors achievement doubtless means
that the next great battles Will mol
only be smokeless but noiseless as
well. Without losing any of their
deadliness or tremendous range, fire.
arms will no more fill battleheldS
with flame, smoke or sound than sc
many bows and sings. Men will fall
by thousands without knowing
whence death comes OF course
military tactics, which have been
continually readjusting themselves as
weapons become more deadly, must
necessarily make further re-adjust-
ments-few now believe that war viii
ever become extinct through sheer
deadliness; but H. P. MaXim's inven-
ton will at least increase the dithcul'
ty of already formidable problems
If some restraint isn't laid upon the
Maxim family, in fact, war may get tc
be such a very serious business thai
nations will think twice before rush
ing into it.
The most striking development OF
the Republican national convention
Wednesday was the remarkable ova'
ton that was given TO Presiden'
Roosevelt 1t was during a eulogis'
tic speech that was being made by
Senator Lodge, the permanent chair
man. The speech of course, had beer
tn all nnGSl.
BILE contingencies and this particular
part of it was for the purpose OF
heading off a movement to make
mix-up of Taft's fortunes by putting
Roosevelt in nomination. After speak
ing in the most enthusiastic endorse
ment of all that Roosevelt had done
Mr.. Lodge told how the president
contrary to the desires of his fellow
citizens who would be glad to retain
him, positively declined TO continue
in office. That man." said Mr.
Lodge, lis no friend of Theodore
Roosevelt, and does not cherish his
name and fame, who now, from any
motive, seeks to urge him for the
great OllSS 4lC ilSlS iliiSNAiS NNN''''~N>'
Further on in his speech, Mr.. Lodge
said, The president is the best abused
and most popular man in the United
States today" This was the long await
ed signal Instantly shout broke from
the galleries and was echoed back
from the 1oor-at first only a tenn
pest of detached yells and catcalls
and shouts of Teddy" but gradually
gathering force and volume until II
swelled TO a whirlwind of sound and
motion, as delegates and spectators
rose en- masse, mounting chairs, wav-
ing flags, newspapers, anything which
could be seized upon to add turbu-
lence to the scene. Amid the tumult
the band struck up, but the clash OF
brass and drums was completely lost
in the bable of sound which swelled
up from 1000 thrOats From the
first minute Senator Lodge stood
waiting TO proceed, occasionally rails
ing his hand for silence, only to
awaken d defiant yell twice louder
than before Five minutes passed,
and instead of abIting the uDrOaT