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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19
Officers Clues All Point to and Thicker About
"PrOf' Hi|--More Evidence That Amelia St.
Jean Died at His Hands Secured by the
Po|Ce--Head Still Missing Factor.

any traces of blood on the shoes, they
announced the securing Of another
collection Of articles from Hills offices.
This included an operating chair. a
couch such as is also used in operating
and several buckets and pals. Pre-
yiolslv they had removed nearly eV-
crvthing else The Harvard professor
assured Acting City Marshal John
Fleet that he would have his analysis
OF the stomach ready within a few
days
Meanwhile the Tiverton police &u-
tholiti>s began another week by con-
tinunG their search for tie head of
| the girl whose body was found in the
! tliiokets. They spent much OF the dag
| in TIE vicinity of Mile road. 4 short
thoroushfare connecting EulgC rmarsh
! and Fish reads.
1t is the theory OF Chief of Police
! Manchester that the torso, found on
| Iulgermarsh road near the head OF
Fish road, was the last piece of the
body thrown from the vehicle used in
the distribution Of the dismcmbered
parts. This theory was materially
| ~lltiiS tllt III Il NtStFftdN. NHtli Il DoA
vas round y short distance down Fish
road With. unmiStalleahlr signs of
blood about ii and With q round red
ring on the inside of on" end. ndicat-
ing III" place where the top OF the
neck Of the dead girl rested. The torso
measured % inches and the inside of
the poX u.
| ba i,rct her he vi, :
committed had not been definitely settled
when the wheels OF the police depart
ment OF the city and the adjacent towns
| began to move this morning. One inspec-
tor expressed the theory Saturday even
ing that when the operation upon the St
Jean girl was unsuccessful the body was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19

taken to the shore of Mount Hope bay.
dismembered and the head thrown into
the water at that point on the shore.
This would make the affair Rhode Is
land crime. Another official thinks that
the scene of the murder was right here
in Fall River while still another has a
theory that the Remembering took place
down on BulgermarSh road.
\ police inspector stated late this fore
noon that he felt confident that the box
found off Fish road yesterday afternoon
came from the office of ''Professor'' Hill.
\ Greek who keeps a small store nearby
was taken to the Tiverton police station.
He said he was almost positive that the
box came from his store A close inspec-
ton of the box today revealed the pres
ence of several long. hairs. This disrov-
cry strengthens greatly, the police say,
the theory that the head was thrown
away in the vicinity of the Bugermarsh
road. Their opinion was that the arms
and legs We're packed in the telescope
bag and that the torso and head We're
put into the pine box Either Just before
or Just after the torso was disposed of the
head was thrown into the thic<et.
The medical examiner of TiVerton came
up to the city today and held long con-
ference with Acting City Marshal John
Fleet at the local police station. Shortly
after William f. Fuller. Jr., and William
c. Gray. counsel for Thibeaut. went into
an executive session with Justice john j.
McDonough of the police court. The con-
ference prolonged for over al hour.
1t is the opinion of Mr. Fuller that his
automobile could not have been taken
from his garage during the night without
his knowledge. The indications of the
speedometer and the quantity of the gas
oline, which he has noted carefully,
would also. he feels. diSpcl this theory,
advanced against Thibeault
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19
President Taft at His
Brothers Ranch in Texas.
For Once on The Trip, Will Do
Just as He P|eases.
A Strenuous Day at San Antonio,
Before Going to Gregory.

Gregory, Tex, oct. 1S-President
Taft arrived Knight to spend four
days on the ranch of Charles p. Taft
MS hrother. Reports as to the size
Of THIS ranch vary from 100000 to 2ol,-
geo acres. In either event it approaches
tho rropOrti ms of a principalitv and
during tle time here the President will
oc secluded f"oin local committees.
from the givers of banucts and from
the oncr1us duties OF public speaking
Asked today what he was going to do
on the "arch, the President replied
that he was going. for once on the trip.
to do as he plea Sed. This means that
he will go over every morning the links
laId out on the ranch. ride in the ar
terIOOn and may go duck hunting. al
though he does not pretend to be nucn
of a shot. Tie stay at the ranch will
he the first real rest the President viii
have, for even the Yosemite valley.
clad schedule of stage rides and carly
hours of rising.
Mr.. Taft was met at the Gregory sta
ton tonight by his brother and num-
Der OF hands from the ranch, which
lies about three miles east of town.
The ranch faces three BAYS on the
Gulf of Mexico. Fishing is favGrite
sport of this region, but it is doubt
full whether Mr. Taft will try his hand
at it
John Hays Hammond took his leave
of the President at San Antonio yes
teraay and buried back to New York
on business. He may join the party
for the trip down the Mississippi river,
starting Oct. % from St Louis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19

Fall River, Mass, oct. 1S.-OficialS
If the Tivcrton, r. L.. ana Fail River
nolice who have been working in con-
junction to solve the mystery sur
rounding the finding of verious por-
lions of a WOman's body in TiNerton
during the past week held a confer
ence here this evening ut which they
rehcarsed the developments and shaped
their case it is understood. Their
basis lies in the identification of the
body, as yet minus the head, as that
OF Miss Amelia st. Jean. Developments
to the contrary would result in a start
afresh.
While not officially announced, ii
was understood tonight that the shap-
Ing of the case rclegated one OF the
two men in Wilfrid Thibcault
from consideration as q participant
In the actual murder and from partici-
pating in the disposition of the body.
in fact, it is thought Thibeault will
soon be released and regarded only as
an important witness.
Eliminating Thihcault from the
criminal responsibility, the police have
settled upon Prof" Frank Hill as be
ing the closest connected with the case,
SO far as the evidence thus far uncoV-
cred has shown. Their energies planned
generally have brought them in thu
way of many points tending - show
.Hill's connection. scarcely day hay
t1ng passed since he was first taken in
10 custody without some new tie to
Jind him to the case.
l When the police had lessened the
popular opinion of Thibeault's connec-
lton by announcing that Prof. Wait
{ney OF Harvard University, To whom
had been submitted for examination
the dead Woman's stomach and Thi-
heault's shoes, had failed to find
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, oct. 1S.-A portion of
the Western storm has moved east
ward. causing rains in the lower Lake
region. Ohio valley and middle and
north Atlantic states. The lowest
Barometer is in the southwest The
cold high area has removed directly
-southedstward and now covers the
Central portions of the country. The
tropical disturbance while not de-
Vrlopin% to any extent mas continued
its movement westward and is now APP
parently central south of Jamaica.
Following the rains in the Atlantic
f:atos Tuesday morning, generally fair
ma cool weather will prevail for sew
"raI days in Eastern and Central dis
trictS. The winds alonS the New Eng
lang coast will be moderate to brisk
northwest; middle Atlantic coast. mod
hradte to brisk northwest to north.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19
A WEEKS SHUTDOWN
Of the Amoskeag Co.'S. Cotton Mills at
Manchester, N. ri.

Manchester. n. H, oct. 1S.-Tha
numerous cotton mills of the Amos
keag Manufacturing Co, were shut
down tonight until oct 25. About H.
GOO persons are affected. Agent Her
man +. Straw said of the closing:
"A general curtailment in production
seems now almost certain to be forced
on all cotton mills and it seems much
better for the Amoskeag to shut down
this week when we are obliged to run
at Il great disadvantage owing to the
recent accident in the boiler house
and to low water in the river than "a
wait until later
Agent Straw further explained that
while work in the cotton departments
would be stopped during the ensuing
five days, the worsted work would b.
kept running.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19
Flies IS Miles from Juvisy to Paris, Maneuvres
400 Feet Above City and Then Scars Over Top
Of Eife| Tower and Returns to Juvisy--
0ni|e Wright App|audS Performance.

o'clock today covered with ice, afte-
making the 80 miles from Fitchburg,
hours.
The balloon was piloted by j. s.
panied by H. Helm Clayton of Canton
and J. w. Flagg of Worcester The
trip, being the 10th for Mr.. Clayton.
fulflls his qualification as pilot of the
Aero Club of America. 1t also marked
the eighth trip for each Of the other
passengers, who are qualifying as
pilots.
The mercury stood at so degrees
when the ascent was made and at tho
height of 400 feet the bulb showed but
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19
MoAYS JOURNAL CONTENTS
Page One.

Page One.
-, TEl.EGRAPII-Dc Lambert Makes
Thrilling Aeroplane Flight in France-No
Action Yet Taken by Students at l.. of
M-EX-Pres Roosevelt Has Narrow F,S-
cape from Deatn-ProgreSs of the liver
Ton Murder Case.
Page Two.
TELEGRAPH
Page Three.
Page Four.
SPORTING AND FINANCIAL-Boxin
Football and Baseball News-The Market
Quotations.
Page Five.
l.OCAL-Municipal Court Matters
city Government Meeting Local Briefs
Modern Woodmen Hold Public Meeting
entertainment at City Hall.
Page Six.
,EDITORIAL-The Kind Mother Made
All Suffer for the Folly of One-ISriefs-
Name Gossip-Press Comments.
Page Seven.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
Page Eight.
>STA'TE-Bowdoin College News and
kets
Page Nine.
, LoCAL-State House News-Kennebec
Saeadahoc and Somerset County News
Page Ten.
,LoCAL-Real Estate Transfers-L.oca
Amusements-Br Briefs.
Page Eleven.
,,LoCA.-PleaSiug Entert ainment at the
move Schoolhouse--Local Briefs-Man-
CHESTER News
Page Twelve.
TEL Ecp1DI1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19
THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY.

Washington, oct. 1S.--Forecast for
New England: Partly cloudy Tuesday.
Wednesday fair, continued cool. mod
crate to brisk north to northwest
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19
TWO GOOD FLIGHTS.
Curtiss Does Good Work With Biplane
At Chicago.

Chicago. Oct. 1S.-Glenn H. Curtiss
made two flights in his biplane yester-
day in a wind averaging Is miles an
hour. The first flight was made at 3.15.
Aviator Curtis started at the SOUTH
western edge of the track, in field, and
circled the lake. He flew directly over
the rail at the three-quarter post and
Continued on Page Two)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19

san Antonio, Tex, Oct. 1S-Presi-
dent Taft spent a busy seven hours in
this city today before leaving for his
brothers ranch near the southern fin
END Of the state. where he is TO spend
four days resting Charles P. Taft has
had a golf course constructed on the
ranch, and letween this favorite spor,
and horseback riding. the President
expects t. have a good time and to
get in splendid condition for the re-
mainline three weeks of his trip. g.
Continued on Page Two.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19
Boston Forecast.

Boston, oct. 1S.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Tuesday clearing
weather. Wednesday fair and some
what colder; brisk northwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19
COVERED WITH ICE.
Balloon Boston Lands at Woburn After
Cold Trip From Fitchburg.

Woburn, Mass, Oct. 1S.-Having
passed through two snow storms, the
balloon Boston landed here at 43o
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19

20 degrees. the clouds splitting snow
at two different stages of the journey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-19

10c. CIGAR.

10c CIGAR.
output upwards of 100000 weekly At
t n OF 2o,ooo000 annually. Factory, Man.
CHESTER. n. II.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-26
KILLED HIS BRIDE
To Whom He Was Married Four
Days Only and Himself.

Days only ana dInSe1.
That L. H. Worley killed his bride
of four days and himself, was as
serted by the police tonight. The
bodies of Worley and his wife, who
woas Miss Ruth Leroy, of Lincoln,
Neb., were found on Worley's farm
near Redmond, Neb. Last Friday
and Saturday the house was closed.
1t was burned on Saturday.
Worleys letter addressed to a
neighbor follows:
"It is all mistake. Ruth asid
this morning she did not want TO
live with me and said she was going
back east again. She robbed me OF
all my money and was going to leave
me. 1 could not stand it any longer,
so think We both are better dead.
Before God, just found my purse
in Ruth's stocking with ali my money
and she denied it. This is more
than I can stand.
(Signed) IL. H. WORLEY."
The tragedy was discovered by'two
men who went to the Worley farm
to deliver a wedding present. On
the barn door they saw this sign:
Find me in the stable"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-26
HELD IN A SHACK
FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS
By THREE BAD MEN.
The Terrible Experience of a Young
Lady Slum Worker With Ruffians
Near New York.

Miss Emma Trotter, missionary
| for the Florence Crittenten circle at
Asbury Park, New York City, re-
lated her remarkable experience as
prisoner OF three men, VINO after
having captured her, had brutally
beaten and drugged her, holding her
for three days.
Following her escape Wednesday
night from the shack Of her captoTs,
Miss Trotter made her way to the
Flor, ace Cri,tenten mission at As
bury Park and was then so weak
that she was sent to a hospital.
A telephone message requested
Miss Trotter to call at a certain house
in a good district of Asbury Park
early Saturday night in connection
with her work as a missionary. As
the door was opened she was grabbed
by three men who dragged her into
the house.
There she says that the men de-
manded knowledge of the where
abouts Of Charlotte Graves, girl
who had been taken from them a
week before by the Florence Crit
tenten circle and sent to home.
When she denied them the in
formation they demanded, she said,
one of them threw his arm about
her neck and opened her mo IN
while another poured drug down
her. throat.
1t was not until Monday night
that she recovered consciousness.
Miss Trotter reported, and then she
found herself alone in the shack on
the outskirts of the city with one of
her captors She prayed with this
man and caused MIN to so repent
that he permitted her to escape late
night.
The police after hurried inves-
tigation and visits to the location,
described by Miss Trotter, said that
there was no doubt that Miss Trot-
ter was telling the truth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-26
MURDERED By HER HUSBAND.
Crecps Into Wife's Room and Cuts
Her Throat.


At Atlanta, Ca, Mrs. George
Burge was murdered early Monday
by man who crept to the side of
her bed while she slept and cut her
throat with a razor. Her husband
is under arrest charged with the
killing.
A remarkable feature of the case
is that the slayer, after killing the
woman, picked up her 13-months-
old baby from its cradle and fervent-
ly kissed it before running from the
room. 1t is alleged that Eurge, who
had separated from his wife, threat
ened her with violence if she did
not give him custody of her baby.
Three other children of Mrs.
Burge-all step-children of Burge-
were asleep in the room al the time.
Frank Britton, the eldest of these,
was slightly cut by his mothers
slayer, whom he claims he recogniz-
ed as his step-father. Burge was
arrested at his boarding house. The
police claimed that he had blood
on his shirt sleeve, but he said it
was merely dirt. He said that he
could prove an alibi-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-26
FOUND GUILTY
YOUNG WHITE MAN CONVICTED
OF MURDER.
He Claimed That He Was Insane
From Drinking Blind Tiger Whis-
key With Cocaire in 1t.

|
At Anderson last week Webb Sim
mons, a young white man. wa:
found guilty of murder, withou
recommendation to mercy, eor thE
killing of United States Deputy J
B. McAdams on February 20, last
The jury retired at 5:45 o'clock anc
at II returned with the verdict o1
guilty. The accused heard the yer.
dict calmly, seeming unmoved by
his terrible situation.
Counsel for the defense at once
made a motion for new trial, and
argument on the motion was begun
It had not been completed when
court adjourned until Monday. One
of the bases of the defense's mo-
ton is the allegation that one OF
the jurors is over SIS years old.
The arguments by Attorney Dag
nall for the defense and Solicitor
Bonham for the State and Judge
Dantzler's charge were completed at
5:45 o'clock in the afternoon, when
the jury retired with the case. Be-
fore leaving the court room Judge
Dantzler instructed Sheriff King to
notify him at any hour during the
night in case OF an agreement.
Webb Simmons is white man of
about % years Of age and was en-
ployed at Orr cotton mills. While
he was in drunken condition and
while terrifying the mill village
Deputy McAdams, sworn constable
under Sheriff King, attempted to
quiet. and later arrest him. Sim
mons resisted and fired several shots
with shotgun, one load taking eff
feet in McAdams' body, resulting
in death shortly later. Simmons
was brought to the county Jail, where
he has rested until now, no attempt
being made to get him out on bond.
The case was called for trial
early Friday morning and Friday
and Saturday 40-odd witnesses testi-
fed, about half being for the State.
The defense was based on tempo
rary insanity, caused by cocaine in
the whiskey, of which he was under
the influence at the time of the
shooting. Dr.. Parker Of Charleston
testified that the whiskey contained
a large quantity of cocaine. Many
expert witnesses took the stand for
both sides.
The trial of Simmons has created
more interest at Anderson than any
trial in recent years. The court room
has been overcrowded at all times
and Judge Dantzler caused theidoors
to be guarded and locked to keep
out an overflow.
Simmons mas held up extremely
well. When the jury retired he
chatted merrily with his young wife,
who sat at his side during the entire
trial.
He claims not to have known any
thing from the time he took the
whiskey on the morning of the fatal
day until he awoke under arrest
in the Jail at o'clock that night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-26
ATTACKED A NEGRO
J. Fl. SPIRES STABBED AND Sc
RIOUSLY INJURED.
The Georgia Farmer Was Savagely
Assaulted Because He Tried to
Collect a Debt.

The Augusta Chronicle says Mr.
J. H. Spires. one Of the most promi-
nent white farmers Of Lincoln coun-
ty. Ca, was savagely attacked by
Albert Aiken, a negro farm hand,
Thursday and seriously if not fat
ally wounded.
Mr.. Spires was on his way to see
his mother, who lives about a mile
from his own plantation, when he
met the negro who was riding a
mule. Mr.. Spires was on foot and
stopped the negro to ask him about
a small debt.
Aiken became enraged and used
rough language and when Mr. Spires
approached him he jumped off his
mule an6 began staboing Mr.. Spires
with a large knife, indicting a deep
wound and cutting an ugly cash
foot long in the back, laying the ribs
and spine bare.
Mr.. Spires called for help and was
heard by his brother, ]. G. Spires,
who was plowing in field nearby,
but who arrived too late to lay hands
on the negro, whom he saw riding
rapidly off. He picked his brother
up from where he had fallen in the
road and carried him to his home and
gave the alarm.
A party of fifty men quickly form
ed, but Sheriff Wright got in ahead
of them and caught the negro in a
swamp where he had hidden. For
safe keeping the negro has been sent
out of the county, for owing to Mr..
Spires prominence feeling runs high
and lynching is feared.
Late Thursday night the physic-
ia2 announced that there IS not much
hope for Mr. Spires. Two of his
ribs are in two, one lung is carved
in half, and there is a long cash in
his stomach, two inches deep, in
addition to the terrible cash down
his back.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-26
Names OF THOSE
IN CHARGE OF THE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS.
List of State Medical Associations
Committee Chairmen in Various
Counties Of South Carolina.
To the Editor Of The State:

To the Editor Of The State:
I have just received from the
chairman OF the anti-tuberculosis
committee of the South Carolina
Medical association the names of one
medical gentleman to represent each
county in the State.
1t is matter. of credit to the
South Carolina Medical association
that it has taken up this work so
thoroughly and in such an organized
way, that the method of fighting
tuberculosis has been taken note of
in many States in the Union as well
as the national capital. When fight
ing diseases Of this character, it must
be under medical supervision, it must
be organized. This the association
Of the South Carolina medical men
has determined, and while it calls
to its help the civic leagues, the
women's clubs, the report of all the
work done is made at the annual
meeting of the association, the faults
or the failures of the counties are
known and reported and the work
goes on in each county with improv-
ed methods. While there may be
several associations in the county,
all doing good work, it is only prop
er to say that the official work of the
State Medical association is done
under the direction in each county
of the following named gentlemen:
Charleston, j. L. Dawson; Able
vile, G. A. Neuffer; Anderson, w. H.
Nardin; Aiken, Fillmore Moore;
Bamberg, H. P. Hoover; Barnwell,
R. c. Kirkland; Beaufort, Gregorie
Elliott; Calhoun, ]. K. Fairey; Cher
okee, B. B. Steedly; Chester, w. B.
Cox; Chesterfield, T. E. Wannamak-
er; Clarendon, w. M. Brockington;
Colleton, Riddick Ackerman; Dar-
lington, William Egleston; Dorches-
ter, E. D. Tupper; Edgefeld, R. A.
Marsh; Fairfield, S. Lindsay; Flor
ence, B. G. Gregg; Georgetown, L.
B. Ward; Greenyille, Davis Furman;
Greenwood, G. a. Neal; Hampton, c.
A. Rush; Horny, G. P Norton; Ker-
shaw, J. W. Corbett; Laurens, T. L.
w. Bailey; Lee, R. o. McCutchen;
Lexington, R. H. Zimmerman; Mar,
ion, A. NJ Brailsford; Marlboro,
w. ]. Crosland; Newberry, P. G.
Ellesor; Senica, E. A. Hines; Or
L. c. Shecut, Pickens, j.
I. Bolt; Richland, A. E. Boozer; Sa-
luda, D. B. Fronts; Spartanburg,
L. Rosa H. CAN'T; Sumter, Walter
Cheyne; Union, Crown Terrence;
Williamsburg, E. T. Kelley; York,
E. W. Presley:
WALTER CHEYNE,
Secretary South Carolina Medical
Association.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-26
HARD on THE MAYOR.
Must Face Charge Of Selling Jamai-
ca Ginger.

The preliminary in the case of
the State against Dr.. D. o. Rhame.
Of Summerton, was heard by Magis-
trate Dickens in Inning Thursday,
and after the testimony was all in
and arguments made. Magistrate
Dickens sent the case to the Court
Of General Sessions.
This is the first case of the kind
coming up under the Carey-Cothran
law. Dr.. Rhame was charged with
selling and keeping for sale Jamaica
ginger, which cont-ins Is per cent
of alcohol, and when used as a bev-
erage the sale is contrary to law.
j. McSwain Woods, Esq, appear
ed for the prosecution and Capt. W.
C. Davis, Of Davis & Weinberg, for
the defence. Considerable interest
is taken in the matter and the out
come will be watched eagerly, as
Dr. Rhame is prominent citizen,
and is at present mayor Of the town
Of Summerton.