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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
Willie Hotchkiss of Kingman
County Killed by Companion.
Rody Was Not Multilated as Told
in Early Reports.
WAS AFRAID TO TELL.
George Nichols Accidentally
Shot Boy Playmate.
When Confronted With Evl'
dence He Told All.

Wichita. Kan, April 9.-The story
which was sent out from Harper Iues-
dav to the effect that Willie HotchAlss
and a companion, George Nichols, were
attacked by wolves and the former was
killed and mutllated has been explooeo
nv confession of the latter that ne
accidentally killed his companion. 1ne
story was given great publicity aI Ing
time and the eastern papers played j.
,,n as an incident which might happen
at any time in the wild and Woohy
west.
ed as a fake as the wolves OF TINS pal
of the country are coyotes and the InosI
+inoId animals which inhabit the west
ern hemisphere. Willie Hotchklss ano
his COMPANION, each about III years VI
age took their guns and started oul
for a hunt Tuesday evening a,est
of their homes near Rago, and Just al,
ter shutdown George Nichols returned
TO his home and told a weird story OF
a fight with wolves which had Kllieo
his companion. Willie Hotcnklss; %
He went into the minutest details OF
the story, told how bunch or nEe
ekulking wolves followed them, Lnelr
eyes like big bright balls OF nre. HOW
he climbed through hedge renee anu
ESCAPED after a fight with the anlmals
during which he was scratched anu
bitten. He told how he saw his com
panion torn down and killed DeIore he
started for help
There were none of the essentials OF
a good story missing in the statement
which the lad made to his parents anu
the neighbors. The strange part Oh the
tale Is that it should have received Sc
much credence after an investigation
had been made by farmers living In the
vicinity of the Hotchkiss home.
According to the story sent out the
man who accompanied the romanclns
slayer of his companion to the spot
where the body was located found II
torn and mutilated by the savage
wolves who skulked away at the ap-
proach of the party. An investigator
proved that the body of the dead BOY
had not been mutilated as described by
his companion and this discovery leo &c
q confession on the part OF george
Nichols that he accidentally shot WINE
TIotchkiss and was afraid to tell the
truth about the occurrence.
The stories the Nichols boy told o.
the adventure with the coyotes did MOI
tally which first aroused the Suspicion
of the parents and others interested II
the case The body was not bitten as
though wolves had been at it. Nichols
now says that he and Willie Hotch'
kiss were on their way from the
Iotchkiss home to that OF Nichols
where Willie was to spend the mgh
and that while passing through some
fields they were using shotgun. The
gun was accidentally discharged, Mich
OILS says, and the load took effect in the
upper part of the body of the Hotchkls:
boy He says that he became fright
ened and ran home and told the story
that the boy had been killed by the
coyotes His imagination was called
snto use as he told of the fight he hat
with the wolves and his narrow escape
A short account of the incident wa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
ATTACKED BY VICIOUS HORSE
Fort Scott Man Grabbed by the Arm
and Badly Bruised.

Fort Scott. Kan. April 9.-While
passing on South Walnut street. w.
J. McNeal was attacked by a vicious
horse, which was hitched in front of a
shop The animal seized Mr.. McNeafs
arm between It's teeth and hurled him
to the sidewalk. He was taken by
surprise. but recovered from his
establishment in time to roll himself
out of reach of the horses hoofs. as
the animal made an attempt to tram
pie him under it's feet. Fortunately
he was not seriously hurt. his only in
jury being a bruised arm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
STARVING MAN EATS AND DIES.
Begged Meal and Death Follows
| From Ptomaine Poisoning.

Pittsburg. Kan, April 9.-Poisoned
by the food he begged at the doors of
kindly faced country woman was
the fate of c. Davis, who died at the
police station here. The food, con-
sisting of bread covered with jelly,
contained ptomaines, according TO City
Physician Boyle, who made a thor
OUCH examination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
BURIED HIS SURPLUS CASH.
Robbers Secured $4,000 and Owner
Offers 5000 for Its Return.

Clifton, Kan, April 9.-Robbed of
all his money, Hans Schaeder did not
know it until he returned home. He
does not know the exact amount, but
it must be two or three thousand dol
lars, for the parties interested were
known to have drawn two thousand
dollars out of the bank a few days
before. A 5000 reward is offered for
the arrest of the guilty parties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
YEGGMEN ROB RAILWAY DEPOT.
Thieves Show a Preference for Mis-
souri, Pacific Stations.

Fleming, Kan. April 9.-Hoboes or
yeggmen burglarized and robbed the
Missouri Pacific depots at Carona and
Fleming, but they did not get away
with much loot.
At Carona the door was pried open
with a brake shoe and the money
drawer was pried open with the same
instrument.
There they secured a pair of gold
trimmed eyeglasses valued at $40, 10
cents in pennies and about 80 punches
of chewing gum which they took from
the slot machine in the waiting room
of the depot.
AT Fleming an entrance was gained
by prying up a window, and breaking
the catch on the top. Here they ran
sacked the money drawer but failed
to find anything
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
KANSAS FARM SELLS WE'LL.
An Eighty Acre Tract of Land Brings
S125 an Acre.

Hiawatha, Kan. April 81. X.
Porter has sold his 80 acre farm to
W. fallen. his neighbor, for $4,000.
This farm is across the road north
from the Peter Lands place. now
owned by Dave Morgan and there was
lots of fun poked at Dave when he
gave $4,000 for the quarter with big
brick house and other fine improve
ments. Mr.. Allen already owned the
north half of the quarter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
FORGOT TO HOLD AN ELECTION
Citizens Overlook the Fact That They
Could Change Administrations.

Uniontown, Kan, April 9.-Union-
town was supposed to have an election
Monday, but the proper officials forgot
that they had that right, or rather
they just didn't call an election, and
1t went by default. AS a result the
present administration will hold over.
Rev. Mr.. Cash was mayor, but he left
town. and since then j. w. Moore,
president of the council, has been act
ing mayor. He will continue in that
capacity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
LaHarpe Rod Mill to Reopen.

LaHarpe, Kan, April 9.-Superin-
tendent Hinchcliffe announces that the
rod mill at LaHarpe will be stan ted up
next week. Mr.. Hinchcliffe is endeav-
oring to open the mill by Monday. The
starting of the plant has been delayed
by the failure of some very necessary
machinery to arrive. The announce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
More Dogs Than Sheep in kansas.

Hiawatha, Kan, April "A B..
McCrerey, who lives near Powhattan,
has lost 80 head of fine sheep He
discovered dog sneaking from his
barn early one morning, and going in,
found four head of sheep lacerated
and dead and the IS have died since.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09

published in Wednesdays State Jour
nal under the caption probably a
Fake" An explanation following show
ing the likelihood of the falsity Of the
story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09

ment that this institution is to be re-
opened comes as the best of news to
the people of LaHarpe and vicinity
as it means employment for a number
of men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
ELECTRIC CARS FOR PARSONS.
Line Will Be in Operation Within
Four or Five Weeks

arasreseing fast on tba parsons or. rs -
trio street railroad system. owing to
the fair weather. and it now seems
that there will be nothing to delay the
Immediate completion of the line so
that cars will be running in little over
q month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
WOULD MAKE SURE OF DEATH
School Teacher Saturated Her Clothes
With Oil, Then Struck a Match.

Wilson. former school teacher. poured
coal oil over herself. set it on fire and
died. She was an orphan, % years of
age, and has been suffering with acute
mania.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Negro Boy Signs for White Man Who
Couldn't Write.

Gaffney, Aug. 14.-It is the Gus
tom of one of the Gaffney cotton
mills to pay off their help twice a
month, and the paymaster is accom-
panied on his rounds by negro boy,
who carries the box containing the
pay envelopes.
On the last pay day the paymas-
ter came to a fine looking young fel-
low, and when ne was asked to sign
the card acknowledging the receipt
of the money, was informed that he
could not write. One or two of the
hands in the vicinity were asked to
write his name for him, but for vari-
Gus reasons they did not do so,
when the negro boy took the pen
and signed the young fellows name
on the card. This illustration is a
forcible argument for compulsory
education, and can be used profitably
by those who are in favor of the
measure.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
Vanderbilt Lends to Negro Fireman

Asheville, N. c., August 1.-THE
soot-begrimed note of George Logan,
colored, found it's way into the pri-
vate car of George w. Vanderbilt,
where a missive from many person
of greater pretensions than a negro
fireman would not have been receiv-
ed. Furthermore, it brought George
$500 on account of old association.
George was stoking the engine
when he observed the Vanderbilt pri-
vate car, "Swannannoa," coupled on
for the run to Washington. The in
cident set him to thinking that he
needed $500 to pay for place he
was buying, and maybe Mr.. Wander
bilt would lend it to him, because
his folks had sold part of the Bilt-
more estate to Vanderbilt. He wrote
a note, which was taken by friendly
porter to the Vanderbilt car.
Later Logan had letter asking
him if he could get a pass and come
to New York. George did. He told
Mr.. Vanderbilt about the little home
he was buying and that he would
lose it unless he got $500. Mr.. Van
derbilt had inquiries made, which re-
suited in Logan being told that if he
called at the Biltmore estate office
Monday he would get a check for
$500.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
Arrested for Selling Whiskey.

Orangeburg, Aug. 15.-Alec Jen-
nings, who lives in the lower fork of
this county, about ten miles from the
city, was arrested here late yesterday
afternoon, after a warrant had been
sworn out against him by Magistrate
Brunson, on the charge Of selling
whiskey.
A man named Ayers, it is alleged,
gave young Jennings SIS with which
to buy him two half-pints of liquor
and the whiskey was obtained and de-
livered to Ayers. Jennings did not
return any change to Ayers, hence
he reported the matter to the police
department. A warrant was taken
out and the arrest made.
The whiskey was obtained, it is al
legged, from the Edisto Social Club.
The Edisto authorities alleged as
their defense that Jennings had this
whiskey in his private locker and
that the club had done nothing un-
lawful.
Jennings is now in Jail and will
probably have a hearing before the
MAGISTRATE in the morning. The Of
fense may prove beyond this jurisdic-
ton.
The police are on the alert since
the club raids on last Friday. There
was quite an amount Of drinking and
drunkenness here on Saturday and
things looked suspicious. All efforts
are being made to locate the "tigers," "
if any.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
VALUES KISS AT $4,000.
Mrs. McFadden Says Real Estate Maj
Stole One from Her.

Four thousand dollars is the price
MrsA Katherine McFadden, wife OF
DR.. George F. McFadden, dentist,
of 13 North Sixtieth street, Philadel-
phia, is demanding for one kiss, al
legged to have been forcibly stolen
from her by Everett Mock, a West
Philadelphia real estate dealer. In a
civil suit, he is accused of throwing
his arms about her and implanting a
smack on the right cheek, while
showing her suite of rooms he
wished to rent.
According to the petition filed,
Mrs. McFadden visited Nock's office
in search of apartments. The real
estate man took her to house lit
tie distance from the office. Then, in
a room on the second floor, according
to the plaintiff, Mock threw his arms
about Mrs. McFadden and saluted
her cheek. Mrs. McFadden screamed
and left the building. She told her
husband, and the dentist swore out a
warrant for Mock.
The real estate man, who is mar
ried and has a family, is indignant.
Its all nonsense" he declared.
81 did not kiss Mrs. McFadden; /
have no desire to kiss her, and, ii
you ask me right now, l wouldn't
kiss her"
Mrs. McFadden, who is the mother
of two children, is a very handsome
woman.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
Will Fight Two Cent Rate.

Roanoke, Va, August 16.-The
Norfolk & Western Railroad Com
pany will ask the courts to relieve it
from the operation of the 2-cent rate
law of West Virginia. Notice has
been given to Judge S. c. Burdett Of
the Kanawha circuit court by the at
torneys for the Norfolk & Western
that they will present their petition
to his court on August %, asking for
permanent injunction to restrain
the proper officials from instituting
criminal or civil proceedings against
the road, it's agents or officers for
failure to comply with the lower fare
law. Judge Burdett has held the
West Virginia 2-cent law to be un-
constitutional on it's face in the cases
of the Coal & Coke, the Chesapeake
& Ohio and the Virginian railways.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
COLUMBIA MAN IN TROUBLE.
Charged by Young Woman With
Criminal Assault.

Columbia, August 12.-That he
criminally assaulted her several times
was the accusation made against Dis
penser ]. c. McElrone in Magistrate
Fowle's court this afternoon by a
pretty little French maid Mr.. Thomas
Taylor has had employed, and who
came here from Boston. She says she
was formerly maid for Pierpont Nor
gan's sister-in-law, Mrs. Stephen Van
Ressler, in Boston. She admitted
however, that after she was assaulted
she repeatedly went went with Nc
Elrone and had criminal relations
with him, but denied that he was pay
ing her money. She says she has been
afraid to prosecute him. She claims
she was last assaulted following a
drive out last March when she was
drugged.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
NAMES CENSUS TAKERS.
Taft Announces Appointment of Su-
pervisors.

Beverly, Mass, August 15.-1n a
letter addressed to-day to Secretary
Nagel, of the department of COM
merce and labor, President Taft serv-
ed notice that any man engaged in
the taking of the census of the United
States who engaged in politics in any
way will be dismissed Immediately
from the service.
At the same time announcement
was made of the appointment Of 1874
additional supervisors.
Outside of casting their votes the
president believes that census super
visors and enumerators should keep
clear of anything that savors of poll
tics, national, State or local.
In his letter President Taft orders
that the secretary of commerce and
labor and the director of the census
embody in the regulations governing
the taking of the census the rule so
forcibly laid down in letter.
Mr.. Taft says that in appointing
census supervisors it has been found
necessary to select men recommended
by senators and congressman in their
districts. He says he realizes that
this method of selecting might easily
be perverted to political purposes
and it is to take the census out of
politics, so far as the actual work is
concerned, that he has explicitly ex-
pressed his desires as to the regula-
tions.
The census supervisors announced
to-day were as follows:
A.1v ~ ut
Thomas Breckenridge; second dis
trict, Charles G. Henery; third dis
trict, Elisha E. Ammons; fourth dis
trict, Robert T. White; fifth district,
Tom D. Brooke; sixth district, John
W. Howell; seventh district, Samuel
Rogers Young.
Georgia-First district, Francis
Xavier Douglass; second district, Eu-
gene Leigh Reiney; third district,
George Ernest Hickey; fifth district,
! Alonzo NJ. Brand; sixth district,
Chas. Ackerman; seventh district,
Louis Hanley Crawford; eighth dis
trict, VILLAS Beauregard Adams;
ninth district, T. R. Allen; tenth
district, Jos. N. Lee; eleventh dis
trict, Alex P. Perham, Sr.
Louisiana-First district, John
Wogans; second, Walter Y. Komper;
third, Raymond Thurston Clark;
fourth, George T. Reilly; fifth,
Charles Henry Trousdale; sixth, Orin
Medicus Grisham.
Mississippi-First district, Sam'l
D. Chamberlain; third, William A.
Shelby; fourth, James E. Landrum
sixth, Nathan Van Boddie; eighth
James B. Yellowly.
North Carolina district
Josiah C. Meekins, Sr.; second, Jas
NJ. Newbern; third, H. Frank Brown;
fourth, William Claudius Pearson;
Sixth, Irwin B. Tucker; seventh, A.
Turner Grant, Jr.; ninth, J. Y. Ayes
KILN.
South Carolina-First district
William ]. Storen; second, George
Waterhouse; third, William Walker
Russell; fifth, Robert Leroy Doug
las.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
Destroy Distilling Plant.

Greenville, August 16.-One OF
the finest distilling plants which the
revenue officers have run upon for a
long time was destroyed yesterday
by Officers Merrick, Scruggs, Corn
and Campbell. The plant was on the
top of Panther mountain, about 35
miles from Greenville and within a
half mile of the North Carolina line.
The outfit was destroyed, about 220
gallons of beer and mash were pour
ed out and 50-gallon barrel of whis-
key was brought back to Greenville.
The officers ran upon the outfit
Sunday morning about 10 o'clock,
but signal shots had already been
fired, and the moonshiners escaped
before the officers arrived upon the
scene. The outfit was one of the
finest and best the officers have de-
stroyed in a long time. The raiding
party got back to Greenville about 2
O'Clock Sunday night, bringing with
them the 50-gallon barrel Of whis-
key.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
Barnwell's Distinguished Sons.


recent writer spoke of old Barnwell
county as gopher county," Of course
the reference was made also to the
portion of old Barnwell county now
forming Bamberg county. The writer
now lives in the State of Texas, and
has made that part of the country his
home for many years, and doubtless
is not informed that the best portion
of the old county is formed into a
county, making one of the most pro-
gressive counties in the State, with
it's capital at the thriving little town
of Bamberg. l don't mean to reflect
on old Barnwell, the mother county,
for there is plenty of progress and
thrift to be found over there, and
some of as good land as to be found
in the State.
spoke of Barnwell as the mother
county. We citizens are proud to
claim this distinction, and true it is
distinction if heritage and patriot
ism means anything. We have only
to trace the record of South Caro-
lina's history from her infancy and
see therein the "beacons'' character
lied in her noble sons, of which lives
and of such are vital to the nations
cause. And in scanning it's pages
from the first recognition of freedom
cy the feeble colonies we turn the
zearchlight upon old Barnwell district
and we find celebrities and though
somewhat provincial or circumscrib-
ed, these lives add to help make vital
the nations stern stand for freedom
against the British crown.
We see neighbors fighting neigh
bors (the so-called Tories) for. the
perpetuation of the declaration of in
dependence. We behold Tarleton
Brown, of Revolutionary fame y
crossing the Savannah river in a
bateau under fire from the Tories
from the river banks. His friends,
two in number, lying fat in the boat
to secure themselves from the bullets
falling thick around, while Col.
Brown fearlessly steers the boat in
safety, only to receive a few bullet
punctures through his overcoat.
And before turning upon the dawn
of the present we behold a record OF
noble sacrifice made by heroic sons
in the great civil strife Of 81 to IS.
Hardly these sufficiently renowned to
be disclosed in the pages Of South
Carolina history save Gen. Hagood,
he being the distinguished character
who once adorned the Office Of chief
executive of our great common
wealth.
But with qualification we recall
Captain Lancaster and Col. Can't.
These names alone serve synonym
for bravery! The latter named have
answered the call of the great COM
mander of the skies.
''The boast of heraldry, the pomp OF
power,
And all that beauty, and all that
wealth ere gave,
Await alike the inevitable hour,
The paths of glory lead but to the
| grave"
| w. A. HAY, JR.
Govan. s. c., August 10, 1909.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
STORIES OF LONDON.
How Capt. Wilson Filled that Breach
and Won the Victoria Cross.

The scene is the Soudan. At the
village of Ell Teb, thousands of black,
yelling, fanatical followers of the
Mahdi have gathered to oppose the
further progress of the British force
marching to the relief of two besieg-
ed garrisons.
In a large hollow square, one side
of which is formed by the naval bri-
gade and two other regiments, the
Britishers press forward, Jack quick
ly silencing the enemy's guns, which
are mounted on earthworks thrown
up round the village. Suddenly, as
the square sweeps down on the
Arabs, the latter cease their rifle
fire, leave their shelter, and pour
down upon the square.
Hundreds are slaughtered by the
machine guns of the Britishers, but,
needless of shot and shell, hundreds
more continue the reckless charge,
and with such impetuosity do they
hurl themselves on that part of the
square formed by the naval brigade
that it is broken. Then occurs an in
cident unparalleled in the history OF
warfare. A number of Arabs rush
ed through the gap. Many Of the
gunners were in extreme danger, and
Capt. Wilson, seing one of his men
about to be speared, went to his as
sistance and ran the black through
the body.
Such was the force of the thrust,
however, that blade of his sword
broke off near the hilt. Instantly
the Arabs closed on the captain, and
he seemed doomed. But with his
fists he bowled over the enemy like
ninepins. The blacks were amazed
at the nature of the attack. Try as
they would they could not break
through these powerful arms or
avoid the flashing fists, and ere they
could recover from their surprise they
they were cut down by soldiers who
rushed to the help of the gallant cap
tain.
His action undoubtedly saved
many lives. He filed the breach at
moment critical in the extreme, for
had the Arabs succeeded in enlarging
the gap there would have been a diff
ferent tale to tell of the battle of El
Teb, which ended in such a splendid
British victory. Since those days
Capt. Wilson has won many honors
and risen high in his profession, but
although he is now an admiral, en-
titled to place many letters after his
name, it is doubtful if he is so proud
of any of them as the "V. c." won
with bare fists.
1t is a curious fact that the three
senior officers in this battle, Sir. D
Graham, Sir. R. Butler and Sir. w
Hewitt, R. N, all won the Victoria
cross.-Tit Bits.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-19
Swallows His Teeth.

Few physicians ever operated up
on a man with the same object as
did the doctors at the Adrian hospital
at Punxsutawney, Pa, on Saturday,
when an abdominal incision was
made ON Peter Jackson, white man.
Jackson, while drinking bottle of
pop at his home, dislodged his false
teeth and swallowed them.
A physician, unable to recover the
molars, forced them into the mans
stomach and then rushed him to the
hospital, where the operation was
performed. Jackson is in a critical
condition.