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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-02-10

the back OF Mr.. Lincoln's head. When
he withdrew his hand 1t was filled
with the Presidents brain. which was
oozing out at the ghastly hole"
Cant Gatch's brother tod those in
the box that the wound was falkland
advised that the President be tken 70
a private residence near the theater'
and not 70 the White House as was
suggested.
A shutter was hastily secured as a
stretcher and Capt Catch and his
brother, with others raised the Presi-
dent from the floor OF the box and
carried him down the stairs and. out
of the theater.
The sobbing of the people and the
regiment which was hastily summoned
were TIA only sound ON the street.
Lincoln was tenderly carried TO a lit
tie house across the street from the
theater, and the great men Of the ma
ton called TO look at him before
death came. His wife too, was at
his side.
Capt Catch and his brother remained
In the house and when Lincoln died,
early the following morning they as
sisted in carrying his body to the flu
neral car which bore II away.
Catch and his brother then returned
to the theater and measured the dis
lance Booth had leaped from the
Presidents box to the stage. II was
fourteen feet
I'VE saw Booth fall on the stage,
the spurs on his boots having caught
in the folds of a flag which was drap-
ed about the Presidents box.
He brandishod dagger, shouting
The South is avenged"
Capt Catch and his brother obtain
ed the cuffs worn by Lincoln on the
night he was shot, but they were
stolen fifteen years ago. Catch works
on his farm every day, and lives alone
with his wife.
The events Of that night are burned
into my mind" he said.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-02-10
.BLUECOATS NAB
MANY NEGROES
Following score ofAssauIts
Upon Women.
PIT7sBURG PEOPLE EXCITED
Girls Are Wearing RevOlyerS
in Holsters Strapped TO
Lower Limbs.

Pittsburg, Penn, Feb. 5.-"Get ev-
cry negna w,o can't give good &c
cunt Ct tamaalf. Get aim somdlUw
but get him"
This WIS the order flashed Uut To-
nigar at s O'clock by dhlef q Police
n.rmas A. McQuafde, and, within 1C
minutes. three patrol wagons, kaded
with offiq rs, were speeding toward
the hill district wsere tire negroes
live.
At midnight several hundred ne
groes had been placed under arrest
charged with bling suspicious per-
sons. TIE cells ct TIE police stations
would hold 10 more md the police
were called off for Ire lime.
Assaults on whittl girls by negrces
caused d1Gs whclesalI movement on
ire blacks. Within ,UAe last three
weeks abont a score CT hold-ups and
assaults on wbirI girls by negroes
fhve taken place within three squares
Of the Pittsburg Central P-Mee Sta
tso=.
Tue last assault WIS a $50 o'clock
to-right, and this yves TIE onla d lat
caused McQuasde to issue prders for
Wholesale arrests.
Miss Ida O'Neill, a stenogrepH Ter,
living at 1872 Bedford avenue, wh.tn
On her way hume was neld up at Mer-
Ger street. and Bedford avenue, under
AZ electric lamp. by negro, vthio tore
{, ree rings from ter fingers and,
tlking her puraa, fled down an alley.
Miss O'Nkill tainted as help reao1ed
Ter and is in d serious condition to-
night
So bad have mad ers becttne in the
lie Il assaults in tie EEll district
that young women, We must go cut
in the evening st early in the morn
ing. rave aiken reviewers. Most Of
them carry t.7 guns in holsters
strapped to their legs below ire knees
w.lre they can re4dai them quickly
Several well Known young wrmen
buvs been called on u albCt already,
but ta,y invariably have proven p t1r
sl,LIs.
A. tie kingsley House, where might
classes for young women have been
conducted fer years, there is much
trouble ever TIRE negro problem. 1t
las been solved by tie fathers or
br-E1Lrs Of the young women accom-
panying them 20 the class and return
ing f-r taem wien tte class is done.
Several Of the fair students have been
assaulted on the street wi hin TIE last
few weeks.
Tee soorekeEpers Ct the Hill dis
trict held mass NEE ing late u1-nigh
and decided to organize Il vigihnce
committee armed with repeating shot
guns. Application will be made tN rte
police tomorrow f-r the right To car
ny guns.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-02-10

start taking to-day and oO-mor-
row you will actually brsg about
your beatty. strong stcmach, fer
ycn tte1 can eat aagn ing and
everything you want without tie
sig, test discomfort or misery. and
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tines is going to bacrrisd Rwny witt :
on. the use q laxatives or any other
assistance.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-02-10
PROGRAM for LiucoIn Day.

Louisville, KY, Fhb. 5.-WitT The
announcement Of he official program
all arrangements are complete, for bSe
Lincoln centenary celebration at DE
little farptead near Hodgensville, in
Larue county. where TIE President
was b1rn on February IL, 1899.
The following program has bep an
nounced:
northumberland Gibbons.
Introductory Remarks-Gov. Folk, o
Missouri, president Of the lincoln
Farm Association.
Laying of the corner stone and dedi
cation Of tas fsrm-President Rose
welt
Address on behalf od KeDtucly-Gov
ernor Wilson
Address on behalf OF the Federal
army.-General Luke E. Wright, Secre-
AddrSss on beiaaif cf taeConfedarate
army-General Luke E. Wright secre-
tiry Of War.
Benedictipn- Bishop Galloway, Of
Tennessee.
It has bsen arranged ID have a larg
ten, with a selting capacity Of 1000
pitched en- ire scene fer shelter in
csae Of incls ment wea1- er. CHARLES F..
Miner, special representative Of ROB
ert ]. Collier, has arranged for ON
yeyanos for the Presidents party
from Hodgenville 70 d e Linc-ln' farm.
farm
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-02-10

ONO OlrcUlt OouTt, heuluChg.
Mary c. Luck, Plaintiff,
VS..
A. P. Vcyles, &C, Defendants
BY vir ue Ct a judgment and order
Of sale Of tbs Ohio Circuit Court, rem
dered at ire November term, 1905, in
ire above cause for TIE purpose Of
dividing the proceeds amongst he
parties in interest and paying the
casts te-ein, l will offer for sale by
Public Auction ar lis court El1use
DIOR in Hartford, on Monday. tire LIST
day Of March, 1909, about rme O'Clock
p. m, upon credit of six and twelve
months the fclhowing described pnJp-
erty, fowl:
A trnc. or parcel of land lying mast
ly in Ohio county, Kentucky, on lie
waters Of PantEtr creek and bounded
as folb.ws: Beginning at black rak,
corner % MarCha Tcilip's; thence S.
SO E. IA poles % black jack, gum
and dcgw1pd in tAo hollow; thence
n. 10 E. SO poles to a kich7Iy and
dogwocd on C.erlgB Philips line:
thence n. III w. SO poles parallel
viii. ire county line 10 a Wllte rllk;
thenoa S. 80 w. 80 poles to TIE be-
ginning, containing SO acres more cT
Ices and same hand decided by Martha
Stou. to Eva Dcyies and Mary c. Day
and recorded in pGr r 'ge
20, Oha1 County c Crc ,..
The pure. user VIII ( fe' C
execute bond wiz. -. e:Ir y
immediad ny after 81 G
This Sth day Of Fc-. -l-s /.
7
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-02-10
HE SAW BOOTH
SHOOT LINCOLN
And Gives Vivid Descrip-
ton of Tragedy.
TOLD BY CAPT. OLIVER CATCH
Says Booth Leaped to Stage
and Shouted South
is Avenged"

A man who saw Abraham Lincoln
fall from the assassin's shot gives
the following account of the tragedy:
He is Capt. Oliver c. Catch, now in
his seventy-third year, a retired far
mer whose home is near Cincinnati.
He was the first man to enter Lin
coins box in Fords Theater after John
Wilkes Booth had fired the bullet that
st:.led the heart Of the great emanic-
pator.
Until recently Capt. Catch has been
reticent upon the subject With even
his closest friends he refused 10 dis
cuss the great tragedy. Recently how
ever he Was prevailed upon 10 give
an account Of the shooting. and the
history-making incident be witnessed
on the fatal night
Capt. Catch and his brother. Dr..
Charles Catch, now dead, left Wash
ington during the excitement follow
ing the assassination OF Lincoln with
out giving the names 20 the authori-
ties and it never occurred TO them that
their testimony was wanted. 1T wasn't
necessary" says Capt GaUh.
Capt Catch while hardly more than
a boy enlisted in the army, and was
captured by the Confederate troops
and imprisoned until March, 1864 when
he escaped from his captors and re
turned TO his home, which was then at
Milford. near Cincinnati. There he met
his brother. Dr.. Catch. Together they
went 70 Washington on official bust
ness. On Friday night, April II 1866
Good Friday-they went 20 Fords
Theater attracted thither by the an
nounceme-t that President Lincoln
was 70 be guest.
Our seats were in the balcony, and
had We desired We could have touch
ed the sentry stationed 1t the entry Of
the box 10 be occupied by the Presi-
dent" Catch declares. IN fact, We
were so close 10 the Presidents box
that We could hear him chuckle at the
jokes Of the play, but we couldn't sc
him"
During an inte-mission in the play
which was the e.der SoutheTn's great
success. The American Cousin" Capt
Catch and ais brother, cramped from
sitting in one posture, Stretched them
selves. As they did so they noticed
a handsome young man watching the
show from a position against the wall
near Lincoln's box. 1t was John
Wilkes Booth, who murdered Lincoln
Il saw him edge toward the box"
Catch says. Suddenly he entered the
passageway. \ few seconds later We
heard a shot. Bedlam reigned in the
audience.
"a man-Major RathbOne, Lincoln's
guest 1t was-rushed from the Presi
dents box and shouted; Get a doctor
Ny brother said he was a physician,
and he and l were dragged into the
Presidents box. My brother raised
Lincoln's head to probe for the bullet
and the index finger on his left hand
came in contact with a jagged hole at
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-02-10
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Master Commissioners Sale.

Ohio Circuit Court, Kentucky
larry c. Luck, Plaintiff,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
VICTIMS FATHER AND
BROl HER-lN-LAW ACCUSED
Daniel coble and Hiram Elliott on
Trial for Murder at
Greensboro.
~ Associated Pressl.

GREENSBORO. n. C.. Dec. 10
The trial OF Daniel Coble and Hiram
Elliott. indicted for the murder OF
Simpson Coble. son and brother-in-
law of the accused, was begun mere
today. three hours being consumed IN
securing a jury. The case probably
will consume a week and the out
come Is awaited with much interest.
Simpson Coble was found lying IN
conscious a month ago in a gully
within twenty feet of Elliott's resi-
dcncs and died the next day. Daniel
Coble admitted knowing that his son
lay in the gully all night when ar
rested. The trouble which result d
in the murder originated at a block
ade" distillery.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
FUNERAL SERVICES
TO Be HELD SUNDAY
Members Of Mer's Bible Class
Will Act as Honory Pail Bear
ers of Mrs. Schmelz.

Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia
Hickman Schmelz viii be Conducted
noul The Ai>mOIial Baptist church
sunday aiternoOn at 2.JO o'clock by
rev. Carter a. Jenkins. 1t Is ex-
pvcted that MIR. JENKINS viii be assist
ed ia the servic by prOminent'b.'p-
list ministers from all Sections OF the
state.
The mems Bible class, OF which Mr..
Schnelz is the lead, r, and which was
organized through the suggestion Oh
AIRS. Schmeiz, viii attend tne iuneiai
in body, and the members VIII act
as honorary paiiDs arsrs. The young
men II the class for several years
taught by Mrs. Schmelz Will be tne
flower bearers, ana members of the
official beard OF the ohaIcb, several
close personal friends of Mr.. Schmeiz
will lie the active pallbearers. The
lnterInent Will be made in st. johns
cemetery.
The mems Bible class will meet IN
the Memorial church at 1880 o'clock
this evening 10 complete the arrange"
m Mt, for attending the funeral ser
vices and to adopt suitable resoiu-
tons.
the announcement CT the death OF
Mrs. Schmelz, while not unexpScted,
caused grt at sorrow to her hundreds
Of admiring friends and acQuaintunces
on the lower peninsula. The SchmeIz
home was visited by many friends,
who called to offer their sympathies
10 the family over the death o. The
mother and wife. kilograms were
rcs iyed throughout the day by Mr..
Schmelz from his friends from ali sec
tons OF the State, many pruminent
bankers i'll other states sendlng mes
ST. ges Oh sympathy and coincidence.
AL the time OF Mrs. Schmelz's death
her children, husband, brothers and
sisters were ut her SSdside, and Tie
md came most peacefully.
The list OF paiiuears, ctner than
| the membt rs oil the Bible class and
omc. al board of the church, is gwen
| bsiO~:
Actiye-Messrs. Frank Lee, Frank
| w. barking, Nelson s. Groome. X. l.
Mason, X. V. Richardson, vi. c. Ran
sone, J. W. Frost, John b. Kimberly,
JAMES Mitchell, Il. 81 Bianton, kinott
NJ. Braxton and w. H. Snackelford.
Eouorary--MersTs John NJ. Willis,
IT. A. Cooke, RI. X. BookerA IL. ii.
kimberly, w. w. Woodward. Robert
Marcus. Jesse S. Jones, George l..
Adams, CT Hampton; ID. S. Jones, l.
4. Stearn<s S. Robert Z. Holt, j. Win
stoE Read, ]. ID. G. Brown. X. Nj. Lett,
! j. Il. Cooke, X. w. Reynolds, o. ID.
Bachelor, and d. G. Smith. of New
port News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY.
Mrs.. Emily Lindsey vietira Of Heart
failure

Mrs. Emily Lindsay, aged 20 years,
cropped dead in her home in North
King street at 11:to O'Clock iasi
light Death was due to a sudden
attack OF heart disease. The funeral
have not Jet been CON-
pleted. but the body viii be sent q
the former home IN Lyrchburg and IN
termcnt wiz be made in that city.
Mrs. Lindsay was the widcw Of the
lite J. W. lindsay and had lived IN
Hampton FOR the past eight years
with her son. Mr.. J. J. Lindsay.
manager Of the Savoy theoter. she
vas a Miss Daniel and was bora in
Campbell county. Besides the son
here. Mrs. Lindsay IL survived ~
sncther son. J. ". Lindsay. q Lynch.
burg.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
Football Championship De-
cided on Armstrong Field.
HARD FOUGHT CONTEST
Elevens From the Kansas and Mis-
souri, Battle to the Finish for Hon
ers-poIlsrd One OF the Champions
FLEET Back In the Roads.

In one OF the most stubbornly
fought and brilliant eonterts ever
pulled of here the football eleven OF
the United States ba,tieship missouri
defeated the team OF the Kansas by
score OF To 0 on Armstrong
gaidiron yesterday afternoon ana
thsseby won the title CT champions
Of the Atlantic fleet. The contest was
witnessed by 5000 tars from NE
ships Of the fleet and a number Oh
local football enthusiasts.
The ships returned to Hampton
Roads at IL O'Clock yesterday morning
and II was Immediately agreed that
the Kansas and Missouri would settle
their differences on the football neld'
as the Nebraska, which was ordered
TO New York on account OF the dam
ase received IN the collision with the
gecrsia wsll moi become a member or
the flest again until the close OF the
rtdiron season. The two elevens and
TIE tsrs from the ships got 20 Ann
ssrougs grsdiron shortly before 2:S0
O'Clock and the game was started a
few minutes later.
The first half was a nick and tuck
fight, with the bah kept in the center
OF the field. 1t was tough battle
and when the half ended the cohert5
IL the two elevens were confident
Of yictcey for their favoiites in the
closing session.
As was expected the second nair
Also started off with intense bitter
ness and hard-fghting. Pollard, the
Former University of Virginia star,
made run Of sixty yards for the Mis-
souri, and 1t looked Ike he would lsnd
behind the goal, but the Kansas man
downed him and In turn finally car
ried the leather back some distance
This see-sawing continued for some
minutes. when Nelson. right halfback
fer the Missouri. made try for q
neId goal from the forty-five yard line
ana the ball sailed over the goal OF
the Kansas with the accuracy OF O
sifie shct The Supporters of the MIS-
court went wild with enthusiasm ana
the game ended with the score :
10 in favor Of the Missouri.
II was also the means of giving the
Missouri the feet and navy champion
ship.
Leave Here Tuesday.
The entire feet steamed back into
Hampton Reads shortly after ii
O'Clock yesterday morning and viii
remain here until next Tuesday. when
the ships win sail fer New York mar
bar, unless orders to the contrary
are received between now and Tues
day from the navy officials.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17

fCR SALE
acres Ia Sale avenue --..--.sl.1IS
lets lone corner lct) Mellon 81.
Phocbus $500. .---- -...-.-sl lSvs
Lots zo-feet front, East Hamp-
ton, ..... $3.50. -.--.ts0 10 s9v'-
800 per week
Acre lots 81 Buckroe on car
line ...-. 49,. .$2s5 20 SfsV-
Easy terms.
Lot on Academy 81. Hampton. fae-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
Leave Here Tuesday.
viii eeturn Home Tomorrow.

Mr. F. L. Marshall. manager Of the
HAMPTON, Phoebus and Fort Monroe
Gas Corporation. who has been at
tending the annual convention of the
National Association of Gas Men in
New York city. is expected to return
&C. the city tomorrow.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17

Clerk - the Courts Harry n Holt
Yesterday issued parers Of admins
tratlon % sheriff Robert II Curtis
cn ne estate q the late Jscrb stein
ritz. Messrs. 7. " Ciddinzs. T l.
Scisier and John W. Biackmore we're
named ~ he appraisers.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
Mrs Raltzelie Here,

Mrs. Ethel Schmelz Baltzelle, OF
Miami, Florida, reached the city yes
terday morning and is the guest o,
her father, Mr.. Henry Lane Schmeiz,
IN East Queen street. Mrs. Bait
zelle was summoned to Hampton On
account Of the illness OF her aunt, the
late Mrs. G. A. Schmelz.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
SOCiAl-PERSONAL
AsmptOn's Best Store.

Thursday afternoon Miss Gertrude
Candy left for Newport. Kentucky.
where she win spend the winter with
her sister, Mrs. Grapes.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-17
RURGES-MlTCHEll.
Pretty Wedding in Which Hampton
Man Claims Pnoebus Girl as Bride.

StaitttS fNe~bAS VII 90
MIR. Charles Francis Burgess. j., a
well Known young Hampton man. and
Miss Rumy Mitchell, the daughter o.
Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Mitchell, Of Pnoe-
tus. were quietly matrisd in the
hcme OF Rev. Carter A. jenkins, pas
tor of the Memorial Baptist church.
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. The
ctaemOny was Witnessed by the men,
bers OF the families OF the young
couple.
Following the wedding Mr.. and Mrs
Bcrges were rendered a wedding re-
ception and dinner in the home Of the
gooms parents. Mr.. and Mrs. c. p
Burgess. ST., in King stre e,, and later
they left Cor trip CT several weeks
N the South.
DIR. Burgess is conducting a motion
picture show IN Phoebus and is well
known here. Mrs. Burgess is account
ca one Of the most attractive young
girls in Phoebus. She is graduate
Of the Phot bus graded schools.
Among the guests at the reception
were Mr.. and Mrs. A. Tyler Hull. Mr.
and Mrs. william o. Kohler, Mr.. l..
Z. Basbum. Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Burgess,
Sr., and Mes Gladys Mitchell
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-20

in the same portions of Africa which
Mr.. Roosevelt will visit, will be val
liable asset to the expedition. Mr.. Hell
Ter has had large experience in ami
NAL collecting in Alaska, British Co
lumbia, the United States, Mexico, Cen.
trail America and South America. In
the year 1898 he made collecting trip
of eleven months to Galapagos is
lands, starting from San Francisco.
He Is an enthusiastic collector as well
nlso the author of scientific papers on
animals, birds, reptiles and fishes. At
present he is assistant curator of the
museum of vertebrate zoology of the
University of California.
Another member of the delegation,
]. Alden Loring, is n field naturalist
whose training comprises service in
the biological survey Of the depart
ment of agriculture and in the Bronx
geological park, New York city, as well
as on numerous collecting trips through
British America, Mexico and the Unit
cd States. He Is about thirty eight
years old. of ardent temperament and
intensely energetic. In August, Sep
tember and October, 1898, he made the
highest record for travelling collector,
having sent to the United States Ma
tional museum 900 well prepared spec
linens of small mammals in the three
months journey from London. through
Sweden. Germany. Switzerland and
Belgium.
The other representative Of the
Smithsonian institution who will ac-
company the president is Major Edgar
A. Mearns. medical corps. U. s. A., re-
tired. Major Mearns will be the physi-
clan of the trip. He has had twenty
five years experience as an army doc
tor and Is well known as naturalist
and collector of natural history speci-
mems. He Is a dead shot. Major
Mearns is about fifty-three years Of
age and is the oldest member Of the
party. For this reason perhaps he has
the honor Of having charge Of the
Smithsonian portion Of the delegation
While each and every one or the party
including the presidents son Kermit
official photographer, has special du.
ties assigned him, all will naturally
act together in many respects. and II
Is anticipated that the scientific results
Of the expedition. in view of the un
usual opportunities offered, will be OF
much value