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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
Mrs. Richard Lane, a Young
Woman, Passed Away
Early Last Evening.
TRIPPEO OVER HOT PLATE
WHICH WAS ON THE KITCHEN
FLOOR AND THE UNFORTU-
NATE WoMAN's CLOTHING I'M
MEDIATELY CAUGHT FIRE.

Suffering intense agony for two
weeks from burns received while at
tempting to place a hot plat on the
kitchen range at hec home, Mrs. Rich
ard Lane, aged % years, of 1927 North
A street, died last evening about I
burns. the case was considered fatal
from the first and no hope was enter
tanned for Mrs. Lanes recovery.
In some manner. about two weeks
ago, while Mrs. Lane was working
over the kitchen stove, her dress came
in contact with the fire. Almost in
stantly her body became enveloped in
flames. She rushed frantically out
into the back yard, calling loudly for
help. Her husband. hearing the cries
hastened to her aid and finally extin.
guished the flames, but not until her
body was terribly burned
Flesh Was Cooked.
The flesh on the woman's back was
literally cooked while her right arm
and practically every portion of he1
body above the knees was so badly
burned that death was expected any
time. Mrs. Lane exhibited remarka-
BILE vitality, but last evening, from
sheer exhaustion, resulting from alb
sorption from the wounds, death came
to the woman's relief.
The deceased is survived by her hus,
band and two small children, aged
and 2 years. The case is an unusual
ly pathetic one, as Mrs. Lane was deter
mined to live for her children and her
gallant fight for life was bitterly con.
tested. The funeral will take place
Thursday afternoon at 30 o'clock
from the home. There will be further
services at the Second Presbyterian
church at , o'clock. The burial will be
in Earlham cemetery. Friends may
call "Wednesday afternoon from to )
and Wednesday evening from Z to
o'clock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
Deaths and Funerals.

Deaths and Funerals.
CAREY-The funeral of Mrs. Eliza.
beth Carey will take place Thursday
morning at 9 o'clock from the St
Mary's church. The burial will be in
St. Mary's cemetery. Friends may
call any time.
ELOFF-The funeral of Edna Mary
Eloff. the four year old daugh- OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Will Eloff, will Ike
place Wednesday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock from the home, S11 South
Ninth street. Further services will
be conducted at 2 o'clock at the First
English Lutheran church, the Rev
Howard officiating. The burial will
be in Lutherania.
LIENEMANN Magdeline Liene
mann. aged 40 years. died Monday
evening at her home. SO7 South
street. Death was due to tuberculos
is. She is survived by her husband
Albert A. Lienemann and five child
rem, Josephine E.; Annis NJ: Esther
Anna Bell and Albert J. Lienemann
The funeral arrangements have moi
been made.
SCHARFF- Carl F., the eigh,
months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
| ward Scharff, died this morning a,
the home of his parents. PIG Soutf
Second street. The funeral announce
ment will be given later.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
HAD GAME BANQUET
And County Sportsmen Dis
CuSSed Affairs of the New
Association.
PROGRAM EXCELLENT ONE

The first annual feast of the Wayne
County Fish and Game association was
held last evening at the Odd Fellows
hall and was attended by about one
hundred men, including members of
the association and invited guests. Fol-
lowing a banquet several toasts were
given, in which statements were made
as to what would be benefits to the
association.
1t is the intentions of the associa-
| tion to have a hatchery and brooding
place for game fish in order that the
wathers of this county may be restock-
ed. The methods by which this could
be done was considered last evening.
1t is probable that nothing final will be
done until the February meeting. held
on the second Monday. The new Off
GERS will be elected at that time.
William H. Kelley. prominent at
torney, and president of the associa-
tion, presided as toast master at last
evenings affair. He discussed what
the club anticipated doing. He was
followed on the program by Judge Lu-
ther c. Abbott and Perry j. Freeman.
These two. who have few equals as aft
er dinner speakers told several
"fish' stories.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
MEREDITH IN RACE

Linus Meredith. sheriff of the coun-
ty. announced his candidacy for chair.
man OF the county republican central
committee this afternoon. Mr.. Mere
dith held off for several days. refus'
ing to announce. but he received such
urgent requests from his many friends
that he was impelled to do SO. Harry
Penny and Frank Howell have been
mentioned several times as probable
candidates for secretary. Mr.. Penny
is county clerk while Mr.. Howell is
foreman of the composing room of q
local newspaper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
RHOO|US FIGHT ON
Contest Over the Estate of De-
mented Millionaire Be-
gan Today.
AN INJUNCTION IS GRANTED


(American News Service)
Indianapolis, Dec. 21.-The fight for
Geo. Rhodius's million dollars worth of
property began today when a tempo
rary restraining order was issued by
Judge Remster. against the filing by
Attorney John w. Claypool of a pape-
purporting to be the will. Hearing in
the matter was set for December 18th.
Application for restraining order was
made by VIM. Lenhert, who argues
that any will made, by Rhodius in the
past ten years is void because Rhodius
probably was insane during that Pc
Rod
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
GENERAL ESTRADA
: CONTINUING WAR
Rebel Leader Defeats Govern
ment Troops, Whose
Commander FIeeS.
MADRIZ IS INAUGURATED
STREETS OF MANAGUA WERE
THRONGED TODAY AND DISORD-
Err WAS RIFE-MILlTARY PRE-
VENTS RlOTlNG.
(American News Scrvice)

Bluefields, Mic, Dec. 21.-Gen. Es.
trada. leading the rebel troops has
driven back the government troops of
Gen. Vasquez, commander of the Eel
ayan army, and Vasquez has left his
followers and hurried to Managua.
Gen. Estrada reports the insurgent
victories and capture of three hundred
soldiers after sharp fighting. The
flight of Vasquez, is regarded as sig
inficant.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21

The state railroad commission OF
Massachusetts, has q knotty problem
to solve just what are the rights Of
a drunken man on a public conveyance.
The question has been put to the board
by q transit company that has had
more than its share of troubles and
suits over elected tanks
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
A CHRISTMAS EVENT
palladium Specially

Greensboro, Ind, Dec. 21.-The M.
r. Sunday school will give an enter
tainment. and Christmas program
Thursday evening, and the Friends
Sunday school will render a short
program and have a Christmas tree
Friday evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
FAMILY IS KILLED
(American News Service)

(American News Service)
New York, Dec. 21.-Tneodore H.
Fredericks, thirty-seven years old, his
wife and three children. ranging from
nine years down, were suffocated by
smoke in a fire which DESTROYED their
home in Yonkers this morning.
Twelve other tenants were rescued hy
the heroic work Of dyemen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21

ed that arguments would be made to
Judge Fox who is trying the case.
The plaintiff wishes TO recover . piano
which . relative sold to the defendant.
but which the plaintiff ayers he had
no right to do.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
INSANE APPLICATION

Application has been made for the
admittance of Charles Mettendeck to
Eastern Indiana hospital for insane.
1t is alleged by the physicians holding
the inquest that he is suffering from
melancholia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
PIANO IS INVOLVED

The case Of Maud Elvord versus
BENJAMIN Shuck was brought to some
what of sudden termination this morn
ing in the circuit court. The witness
es who had not been examined were
discharged and the attorneys announc-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
DEATH TO PIGEONS

Tho cupalo OF the court house has
been a regular trap for pigeons which
have been driven within in order tn
obtain protection from the cold wealth
er. in the past week or 90. The win
dow panes in the cupalo were shot out
last fall and never replaced. Pigeons
could get inside. but could not get out
again and many starved to death. This
morning the windows were stopped up
thus preventing further slaughter Of
the innocent"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21
City Statistics
Marriage Licenses.

Walter Robbins, Wayne county, "a.
farmer, and Miss Alice Elizabeth Oil
yer, Wayne county, 21.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21

Cost of all living increased, so buy
Mrs Austin's pancake flour. A good.
hearty breakfast for little money.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-21

The word "mikado'' signifies some
thing like the sacred gate" or the
sublime porte.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-17
MANY ORDERS PASSID
DURING PAST WEEK
Railroads Required to Build Several
Depots and Make other Improve
ments for the Better Convenience
of the Travelling Public.

JACKSON, Miss, June 1.-THE rail
road commission has completed its
labors and adjourned till the first
Tuesday in July-the second June
meeting being pretermitted Follow
ing business was transacted:
The Mississippi Central was author
lied to take up it track at what is
known as Watkins Siding.
Plans for the new depot at Aber'
deem were received and filed. This is
to replace the building blown down
few weeks since, and in which two
prominent citizens were killed.
The order adopted on the 4th of Nav
relating to demurrage and storage
charges. was rescinded. The order was
an agreement to hold up the suit
AGAINST the Yazoo and Mississippi Val
lev for failure to obey the order ot
the commission as TO demurrage
charges. until some agreement could
be had with the Car Service Associa-
ton. Having failed in that compro-
mise it is presumed the attorney
general will be requested to reopen
the case.
The snur tracks at Roland were
discontinued as to L. c. L. freight.
The consolidation of the Mississippi
Central and the Natchez and Eastern
was agreed to, the new company to be
known as the Mississippi Central. and
to be Mississippi corporation.
The proposition of the Yazoo and
Mississinpi Valley to build a new de-
pot at Natchez within one year With
out orders. was accepted.
The depot at Greenville was ordered
to open for business every morning
at o'clock and close at p. M, with
one hour for dinner, except on Sat
urdavs. when the closing hour shall
be p. m.
The Yazoo and Mississippi valley
was authorized to stop trains on llaS
at Castleman on request of the Alex
ander Lumber Company.
The Illinois Central having rem
stalled a telephone at its Hazlehurs'
depot that case was dismissed.
The petition of the citizens of NC
Calls Creek for a depot on the Mis-
sissippi Central was continued.
A depot was ordered established al
Newsom on the New Orleans Great
| Northern.
The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas
CITY and the Frisco were cited to ap
near here at the next meeting of the
commission to show cause why they
should not build a union depot at New
Albany.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-17
THE MILITIA HAS
Been WITHDRAWN
The Company Will Return MONDAY
to Guard Prisoners During the Pre-
liminary Hearing, Which Will Be
Held Before Judge Wilkinson.

MEADVILLE, Miss, June 17.-Be-
cause of the feudist troubles which
two shooting affrays in
the past seven weeks a number of bus
mess men who aided in the develop
ment of this section have evacuated
and chosen new fields for thir endeav-
ors. Some have gone to Monroe,
short distance away and others have
moved out of the state. A partial list
Of those who left follows: Oscar
Cough, poolroom operator; Louis Hol-
linger, dry goods; Dug Butler, publish
er of the Advocate and proprietor Of
the Meadyille pharmacy. Others who
are preparing to leave are Glen Null
Inns, John Cygon and Giles Halford.
The latter had trouble with Dr.. New
mon some months ago, and declared
then that he would leave. Postmaster
T. w. Sullivan. it is said, declared that
he was going to resign and leave be-
cause he was at outs with Dr.. New
man.
The Town Still Remains Quiet.
The military police were withdrawn
yesterday and the village drifted back
into it's monotonous existence. The
order came from Ariutant General
Fridge at Jackson, after he had held
a lengthy conversation with Sheriff
Jones, of Franklin county, who de-
clared he was capable of coping with
the situation. The soldiers will return
on Monday, to guard the prisoners dHI
ing the preliminary hearing to be con
Quoted by District Attorney Hugh
Wall, before Judge Wilkinson, act
ing as Justice of the Peace.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-17

get through with her she will be where
she can't appear against me-
On the cross examination the Albert
Farley killing come in. Attorney john
son asked the witness If he was moi
mad with Sy Garner because Sy had
tried to get RogerS indicted for the
killing. The witness replied:
mo, I didn't know that Sy was in
terested.
Two witnesses giving different To-
cations, testified that Gxner without
ceremony had put this connndrum to
them:
"Have you heard the latest?"
Each said he had not and asked,
'What is the latest"
Gamers answer was:
"Well, I've had old Emma Holston
arrested and as Tucker didn't know
her l pointed Emma out to him"
This was in the case where Emma
t1OlSIOu Idu DtSn lSoICo Oh odL
ners affidavit charging vagrancy.
Garner also told the witnesses that
he had given Charlie Gordon $13 to
give her to leave Hattiesburg, adding
that the next time he saw Emma she
had on new silk shirtwaist, and 20
see Emma spending his money for
clothes it made him mad enough to
kill her.
One witness brought out the fact
that Garner had said he could do what
he wanted with Eddie Akens and
John Akens. Eddie, he said, had al
ready left town on his (Garners) ac
count. Policemen Rainer and Benns
had arrested Eddie in a case of the
charge brought against Barner for
selling cocaine. After Garner's arrest
Eddie Akens left Hattiesburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-17
Some of the Testimony.

The main intent and purpose the
evidence sought from the witnesses
for the state this morning was to
stronger get the meshes of the lay
around Sy Garner.
The first witness introduced was
Will Rogers, whom Sy Garner had
had a conversation during the early
part of the June term of circuit court
which held two indictments against
Garner. One against Garner individ-
uallv and one against Garner and Char
lie Gordon Jointly indicted. The CON
versation had direct connection with
a warrant served on him.
Garner said Emma Holston had 1t
in for him and she was at the bottom
of it. Garner told Rogers that he want
ed him to go to see Emma to get her
to leave Hattiesburg, Garner saying tc
Rogers:
"She will have to leave or I viii
have to make other arrangements. Il
she don't when me and Paul johnson
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-17
WAS DRUNK ON
BOARD YACHT
PROMINENT BROKER TEsTIFiEs
THAT MRS. GOULD DRANK
Said While Guest On the Niagara Saw
Her Under Influence of Liquor
and She swore "Like
Sailor"

NEW YORK, June 17.-Melville Il.
Chapman, a broker who had been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gould
on their Yacht Niagra on several trips
in 1905, was one Of the principal wit
nesses today in the Gould divorce pro-
ceedings. He said he had frequently
seen Mrs. Gould under the influence
of liquor.
Several of the crew of the yacht
testified to the same thing. They said
that under these circumstances Mr..
Gould made every effort to console
Mrs. Gould but that she stormed and
swore like a sailor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-17
GORDON IS DISCHARGED
No EVIDENCE Shown
To Connect Him With the Killing of
Emma HoIston-Further Attempts
Made to Bind Sy Garner to the
Crime.

Join AIKEN and Sy Garner were this
%ernoon remanded to Jail without
Id to await trial on the charge OF
tie murder of Emma Holston. Char
lev Gordon, the other negro was dis
charged.
The defense sprung a surprise IN
the case Of the State VS.. John Akens'
Sv Garner and Charlie Gordon, when
tha nrincipal defendant, John Akens
was called to the witness stand.
Attorney Johnson asked his client
Tohn Akens, a few questions and then
turned John over to the state. Thc
district attorney had not progressed
far in questioning John on matters
which we're not brought out in the
direct examination when Attorney
Johnson rose and made vigorous
nrotest against the state instituting
a nroccdure of this kind, raising the
ouestion Of the right of the state com
,,o1linq John to answer questions
which would tend to incriminate John
on the crime, declaring that John haa
certain rights under the constitution
of the United States, under the con-
sitution of Mississippi and under the
laws of the state which the court was
NtNnd to respect.
r&ttpmey Johnson had first emphat
icall3 advised John not to answer ce"
tain Alestions and adding that if John
did not answer when asked, the could
could send John to Jail
District Attorney McLaurin inter
iected the remark "and if somebody
else didn't go to Jail"
The combat got hot, the attorney
for John saying several times that II
all his life he never before saw trla
conducted as this one was and declaf
ing that although his client was I
moor. ignorant negro" he would SCI
that Johns rights were protected
District Attorney McLaurin read
section of the code and a MISSISSIPPI
Supreme Court decision to sustain
the very fundamental principle ina
when a defendant went voluntarily o.
,Abe stand he took the same posltioI
If any other witness and subject
[anv cross examination to which al
other witness was subject.
Attorney johnson read from tn
state constitution the clause whic
said no defendant could be compelle
to 20 on the stand and testify againS
himself.
The court was handed the constlt'
tion to read the section and the coul
did so.
Mr.. McLaurin said that John ha
NOT been compelled to go on the star
but he voluntarily took the stand
his own behalf
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-17
TURNED OUT HE HAD |
S35 in HIS POCkl
Several Persons Who Saw Exhib
of What Was Supposed to E
Large Amount COLLECTED From
Railroad" Are Under Suspicion

BOGALUSA, La, June IL
Sewers, a saw mill hand employed
a local lumber Company, yestef
displayed what appeared to be Ia
roll of bank bills. declaring, at
same time, that he had won a dam
age suit against a railroad. Sewers
friends say that as matter of fact
there was only $S5 in the roll, which
had been made to appear large by
winding the bills around some small
article.
Today Sewers body was found in
a nearby swamp with all Of his poclx-
cts turned inside out and the S35 miss.
ing. The body bore several shotgun
wounds. Several persons who watched
Sewers when he was displaying the
money are now under suspicion and
it is probable that arrests will follow
shortly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-17
AKENS AND GARNER
SENT BACK To JAIL

1t was hot set-to, but as Attorney
Johnson declared he was familiar with
the code and decision which the dis
trict attorney had read, but he added
two or three lines during his talk to
the declaration
"But know what I am doing"
answer the questions, John,' was
the ruling of the court.
The district attorney continued the
questioning, but not without objec-
tions, side remarks and SO forth which
had their effect.
The sum total of John Akens' tes-
timony was an impeachment, and the
conviction of perjury of all the other
witnesses who had testified against
him.
Excepting ul;on some immaterial
points Johns memory was blank.
John evidently had apprehended just
such an emergency and he told
tale Of innocence with wide open eyed
astonishment. Some of the district
attorneys questions were beyond
Johns comprehension as his mind
failed to conceive how it was posi-
Bile that Mr.. McLaurin could ask him
such questions about which he could
not possibly know anything about.
John told his story and so far as his
memory served him he killed the
states golden goose and smashed all
the eggs in the basket.
John said he never was in Tom
Sims store at the time, nor no where
near the time, that Tom Sims had
sworn he was. John never got a
pistol from Tom Sims. John never
gave Sy Garner a pistol so he said. He
with emphasis. said he was not with
Sy Garner on Mobile street on that
fatal Tuesday morning,( that Sy Gar
ner was not with him, that Sy Garner
never went to the train with him thai
same fatal Tuesday morning.
John acknowledged that he was il
Make Tuesday morning but wnere he
was and what he did till he was cap
tured his mind was hazy. He never
asked about any church of any kind
He never asked anybody anything
about a woman or about preaching ol
lecturing anywhere. He admitte'
talking with some of the witnesses
who swore against him, but to none o
them did he ever say anything about
| church or a woman. He did not know
Emma Holston was in Make or th'
mill quarters until somebody told hin
that a woman from Hattiesburg ha'
been shot Then he asked who tn
woman was and he WRs told it wa
Emma Holston.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-17
Yesterday Afternoon Session.

Forging a chain of evidence, link
by link. that would directly connect
and bind Sy Garner with John Akens
in the assassination of Emma Hol-
ston by District Attorney McLaurin
before Justice of the Peace Bolton
in the county court house court room
yesterday afternoon, for over four
hours kept the nerves of the large
audience made up mostly of men and.
women of the same race and blood
or the defendants to an intense ten
sion and when the hearing was ad-
journed at 6:30 the relief came as
the snap of an overstrained wire.
The first links of the evidence came
from witnesses from the mill quarters
of the Griffin Land and Lumber COM
panv about one mile north of the
town of Make and near the little ne
gro school house which was used
for church purposes. where the crime
was committed.
BY way of explanation, it should be
said here that not ore Of the witnesses
from Make knew John Akens, but
each one identified Akens in the court
room as the man who had been seen
by each under different circumstances
Hence, to save repetition "the man"
referred to by the witnesses will be
referred to as John Akens.
John Akens was first seen as he
got off the train by woman who he'd
gone to the train to meet relative.
John stopped to ask her if she knew
where Rev. Worthy lived. Rev
Worthy is the pastor of the congrega-
tion of the mill quarters church. John
wanted to know if a negro woman
was going to preach there. The next
seen of John was when he came
where Ella Lockett was busily engaged
in looking for "sawyers,' which she
explained to Attorney Paul Johnson
for the defense was "a worm on d
log" Ella was after fish bait as she
was going fishing that night. John
asked where was the church a woman
was going to preach. They were il
sight of the church and Ella pointed
the church out to John. This wa
about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Rev
Worthy then told of John coming t.
, him in the field where he was pillow
ing. John told Rev. Worthy that hi
name was John Akens and that h
lived at Virgins. John left to go :
the mill quarters.
The next seen of John was when h
passed George Tatum who was on h
way to the church. Tatum W.
passed by "a long, tall man. in blu
overalls, about 100 yards of II
church. Tatum had gotten within
or 80 steps of The church when
heard the shooting and went on to II
church. After the shooting Tatu
saw a man running toward the G. &
@ I. tracks. John here passed close
If Emma Holston. where she fell aft
she had been shot.
= Following the chain of evidenc
II next physical evidence of the wheI
l. abouts of Akens was the deep impre
r of a shoe heel in the soil of the ma
IS country road, found by Mr.. w.
}. Yates, of Make, the day after Il
n $50
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-17
AMERICAN TEAM WINS.

LONDON. June 1.-THE Meadow
brook a.. ~ polo team defeated the
Beauchamp Hall team, 7 to 3 yester'
dav afternoon, in the first of the semi
finals of the open cup tournament. Fox
hall Koene and l.. e. Stoddard played
on the defeated team.