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Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
Taken from Oklahoma Jail and Strung Up to
RafterS of Barn
MOB WORKED QUIETLY AND RAPIDLY
The Executed Men All White and were Suspected
of Completely in Assassination of Former United
States Marshal Bobbitt, who Shot from Ambush
on Feb. 9th Last-Mob of Prominent Citizens.

bers of the mob fell against the@door,
breaking it. Inside one of the party
dealt the sheriff a blow with his re-
volver, telling him. The mob then
completed its work
Walter Peeler IT years old, a
nephew of Miller, confined in the jail
for completely in the murder, was not
molested. He turned states evidence
a week ago and was being held as a
Murder of Bobbtt.
Bobbitt was killed Feb. 27. 1909. He
was shot from ambush. The assassin
rode away. There was no evidence
save the shoes on the murderers horse
which had been removed a few miles
from the crime. Miller and his COM
panions were suspected of knowing
who committed the crime.
Two weeks ago the prisoners were
placed under arrest at Fort Worth for
the murder and brought to Ada for
trial. Miller had his preliminary hear
ing last Friday and was held without
bail The authorities allege that Allen
and West. who were wealthy cattle
men of Canadian, Tex, hired Miller to
kill Bobbitt, Murrell paying Miller the
money. Allen, West and Bobbitt were
neighbors in Seminole county and the
trouble is alleged to have been due to
an old disagreement.
No One Seemed to Know Who Par
tieipated.
Ada, Okla, April 19.-The county at
torney said no one in Ada appeared 70
know who participated in the mob's
work and that he knew. of no one him
self
west was the only prisoner who re-
sisted effectively, and he fought des-
perately Later if was learned that
there were two guards at the jail and
both were knocked unconscious. Afte:
disposing Of the guards, the mob drag
ged the prisoners from the cells. Sher-
iff Smith did not arrive on the scene
until 7 o'clock, too late to make any
arrests. He at once had the bodies cut
down. Uhe friends of Bobbitt were so
numerous and his popularity so ex-
tensive that when a number of them
gathered last night they agreed among
themselves that the prisoners would
never be convicted and that lynching
was the only way to avenge Bobbitt's
death.
Verdict of Coroner's Jury.
A coroner's jury this afternoon re-
turned the following verdict: 1--WE
find that Jim Miller. B. B. Burren. Joe
Allen and Jesse West met their death
by being huns up by rope and that
the death of each was caused by
produced by the ropes
placed about their necks by parties
whose names to the jury are un-
known"
No Prosecution.
The county attorney today declared
that he would investigate the lynch
ing, but asserted that there was no
evidence Of identity and that there
probably would be no prosecutions.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
TARIFF DEBATE IN SENATE.
Measure Discussed at Length by SEN
ators Aldrich and Daniel.

Washington, April .19.-The tariff
debate was opened in the senate to-
day when Senator Aldrich discussed at
length the pending measure which
had been reported from the committee
on finance. There was practically no
interruption of his remarks, which
were listened to not only by every SEN
ator. but by Speaker Cannon and
members of the house of representa-
tives who visited the chamber for that
purpose.
The republican leader expressed en-
tire confidence in the proposed meas
ure as a revenue producer, estimating
that, by the fiscal year 1911. the new
bill, together with a policy of cur
tailment, in unnecessary government
al expenditures, would leave a surplus
in the treasury for the year of $780,
100000.
In concluding his speech Senator
Aldrich vigorously attacked the prop
osition to levy an income tax, or a
tax on dividends.
In opening his speech, Senator Al
drich served notice on the senate that
he would move at the earliest oppor-
tunity to proceed with the reading of
the bill for amendment
Senator Daniel, the senior minority
member of the committee on finance,
followed Senator Aldrich and laid
down the general line of opposition
that will be made to the, pending
measure by the democrats. He also
received careful attention.
Senator Daniel promptly took the
republicans to task for their self-cou-
fessed extravagances. He attacked the
tremendous expenditures for war pur-
poses and dealt with war "scares" Wig
orously. He also criticised them for
the manner in which the tariff bill was
rushed through that body.
The senate adjourned to meet daily
hereafter.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
COCAINE-CRAZED NEGRO
RUNS AMUcK WITH PISTOL
Subdued After Desperate Fight with
Richmond Police.

Richmond, Va, April 19.-Everett
Royster, a negro. crazed by cocaine,
felled James B. Lacy and his son
Charles today in the formers wood
and coal yard and fired three shots at
DR.. James p. McDonough. After be-
ing wounded by the latter, who was
armed with a shotgun, he jumped in
a victoria. and at the point of a pistol
compelled the driver to race madly
down Broad street in an effort to es-
cape to the country He was thrown
to the ground by the vehicle dashing
into a telegraph pole and was only
subdued after a desperate fight with
Police Officer Carter. whom he at
tempted to kill, and by Officer Perkin-
son telling him with his night stick,
which. was broken by the blow
Royster entered the wood yard and
began praying and exhorting. When
ordered out by the Lacys he struck the
younger man down with a stick of
wood andswhen the elder grabbed at
him he met him with a like blow.
Royster then took pistol from the
pocket of - younger Lacy and start
ed on his mad flight. DIR. McDonough
saw him coming and emptied a load
of birdshot into his abdomen. The
negro. after firing three shots at Mr..
McDonough, went to a livery stable.
where he got the vehicle. Standing
in the victoria with the pistol at the
drivers back, Royster was driven
madly down the street until the car
riage overturned. Then the battle
with the police occurred.
Both LaeyS were seriously injured
but will recover. Officer Carter was
badly injured by being struck sew
eral times by the negro. and Garland
Fl. Clark, merchant, was also
wounded. The negro was not badly
injured.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
SHYLOcK OUTDONE
BY TWO BLACK HANDLERS
Agreed to Give Up $500 After His
Flesh Had Been Carved.

Pittsburg, April 19.-Alleged to have
outdone Shylock in having actually cut
portions of flesh from the breast Of a
man who refused them money, Salvatnr
Roberto and Nicolo Gigliotti were held
for court today without bail at Brad
dock, a suburb.
With his Wo lnds bandaged, but
weak from the loss of blood, Joseph
Gugliotto appeared at a Braddock bank
with the two foreigners and asked to
be allowed to draw out $500. The tell
er called an interpreter and was told
the story which resulted in the arrest
of the two men.
At a hearing before Justice of the
Peace L. F. Hoffman of Braddock,
Gugliotto repeated his story, saying
that he received several Black Hand
letters demanding money, but ignored
them. He said he was aroused from
his sleep to find the two accused men
standing over him. He said they de-
msnded $500 and that when he refused
one Of them held him while the other
slit his arms and face with stiletto.
He said he still refused to comply with
their demands till one Of them began
carving pieces out of his breast. Then
he promised to get the money tomor-
row.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
Cincinnati Pastors Condemn Patten.

Cincinnati. April 19.A-Despite the
fact that ]. A. Patten is building a
gymnasium costing $150,000 for the
Northwestern university. a Methodist
university. of Evanston, Ill, the Gin
cinnati Methodist ministers nassed
resolutions today condemning 'the ac-
ton which cornered wheat In Chica-
CO."
Columbus, o., April 19.-The Column
bia Biscuit company today announced
it had determined to close down it's
bread department indefinitely because
of the high prices of flour due to the
corner" of wheat in Chicago. The
company employs forty men.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
THE DEFENSE is INSANITY.
"Unwritten Law Not to Figure in
Trial of Captain Peter Hains.

Flushing, n. Y, April 19.-That the
''unwritten law win not figure in the
trial Of Captain Peter C. Hams, Jr. U.
s. A, for the murder of William z.
Annis at the Bayside Yacht club last
August, was the positive statement
made today by John F. Mcintyre, chief
counsel for the defense, at the opening
Of the trial before Justice Garretson
in the supreme court today
Our defense is one of insanity, pure
and simple" Mr.. Mcintyre said that
he would not call any alienists to show
that his client was insane. but would
leave it to the jury to decide as to
his mental condition at the time of the
shooting.
District Attorney Dewitt of Queens
county. who is prosecuting the case,
announced that he had retained three
alienists to combat any testimony of
insanity which the defense might offer.
The first days session closed after
some fifty talesmen had been exanlin-
ed, with only two jurors in the jury
box.
The first juryman accepted today
was August Sundling, a tailor of Coro-
ma, L. l. George H. Higbee. a. real
estate dealer Of Springfield /. l., took
the second seat in the Jury box
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
Two States
Want Mrs. Boyle
LEGAL CONTEST BETWEEN OHIO
AND PENNSYLVANIA.
SENSATIONS LOOKED FOR
In Connection With Identity of Wom-
an Mixed Up in the Kidnapping of
Willie WhitIa-Her Counsel Alarmed

Mercer, Pa, April ia legal con-
test between the courts of Ohio and
Pennsylvania over the right to try
Mrs. James P. Boyle. charged with the
abduction of Billy Whitla, seems to-
night to be in prospect. Former Judge
f. H. Miller, counsel for Mrs. Boyle.
left tonight for Cleveland, Ohio. Aft
er his departure it was said that he
went to institute habeas corpus pro-
ceedtngs in the Ohio city to get the
woman out of the custody of the
Pennsylvania courts.
Mrs. BoyIe's Lawyers Nervous.
1t is said that the former feeling of
assurance which the defence manifest
ed in the case of Mrs. Boyle has dis
appeared and that the vigorous prose-
cution begun by the state has alarmed
them.
She Has Plenty of Money.
1t is understood that Judge Miller
will apply for a writ of habeas corpus
tomorrow morning on the ground that
as Mrs. Boyle was in Ohio at the time
of the Kidnapping in this state, she
should not he held in PENNSYLVANIA.
The prosecution in this county will op-
pose this contention and will leave no
effort untried to bring the woman to
trial here. She is said to be well pro-
vided with money and the opinion is
expressed here tonight by lawyers that
the case will not stop short of the SUI
preme court of the United States.
Sensations Expected
Sensations in connection with the
womans identity are expected to de-
velop soon.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20

Ada, Okla, April 1e-Four promi-
nent cattlemen were taken from the
city jail here today and lynched by a
mob Of one hundred citizens. The vic
Inns are:
]. B. Miller Of Fort Worth Tex.
b. Is. Burren of Duncan, Okla
Jesse West of Canadian, Tex.
Joe Allen of Canadian, Tex.
Well to Do Texans.
West and Allen were well to do
Texans and cattle owners. The mob is
said to have organized in the Com
raercial club rooms and marched to the
Jail at o'clock today. Only one man
stood guard at the prison and he was
quickly overpowered and the four
prisoners seized, taken to nearby
barn and hung from the rafSers. The
bodies were cut down about 9 o'clock
today. There was little excitement
curing the lynching.
Accused OF Murder.
The men were held on a charge Of
completely in the murder of former
United States Marshal A. l.. Bobbitt,
near Ada, last February. Bobbitt was
shot from ambush on HIS way home.
An examining trial was held last
Thursday, but no Indictment was ever
returned. Miller, one of the victims,
leaves a wife in Fort Worth. He had
klIleQ SIX men III uiS LlIuG d4lu was d
"chum" of the late Pat Garrett, the
famous man hunter, and was with
Garrett when he was killed at Las
Cruces.
Prominent Citizens in Mob.
The mob was composed of many Of
the prominent citizens Of the city. and
only a few were masked
The authorities were powerless to
prevent the lynching as the early hour
placed them at a disadvantage. The
entire formation of the mob and the
lynching which followed was perform
ed in the most methodical manner.
So intense was the feeling during the
preliminary hearing of the men that
Judge Brown prohibited the publica-
tton Of the evidence. Burrell was
nephew of Miller and turned states
evidence against Miller and told of
complete plans of West and Allen to
murder Bobbitt, a longtime enemy of
both. No arrests of the lynchers have
been made.
Lynchers Work Quietly.
The mob worked rapidly and quiet
ly. nothing being known Of the lynch
ing until daylight The victims were
taken to a barn near the Jail Bring
q rope" the leader shouted, and one
by one the men were hanged. The
mob first tore down a high fence
which enclosed the jail. AS soon as
the mob was inside the enclosure the
leader pounded on the jail door.
SHERIFF, we mean business" he called
20 the officer inside. You might as
well go home, boys" the sheriff an
swered. 81 will never open this door.
Duty Is duty. I am here to observe
the law and protect these men,"
For reply three or four sturdy mem
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
$124,ooo ON DEBIT SIDE.
Senator McCarren to Turn That Sum
Over to Brokers' Receivers.

New York. April Ex-senator P. H.
McCarren of Brooklyn, at a conference
with the receiver for the insolvent
stock brokerage firm of Ennis & Stop
PAM, agreed today to turn over at
once the sum of $124000 which the
DO ks of the failed firm show on the
debit side of his account The receiv-
erI on his part, agreed to deliver to
the senator a number Of stocks which
the latter purchased through Ennis
& Stoppan, but on which delivery was
not made. AS result Of the settle
ment between the receiver and Sena-
tor McCarren. the later will not have
to appear tomorrow in the bankruptcy
proceedings.
According to an announcement to-
day the liabilities of the firm, which
were at first believed to be in the
neighborhood Of s1.000,000, may not
exceed $500,000. The receiver is con-
fident that he will be able shortly to
pay a substantial dividend to the
creditors
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
BOSTON FEELS HEAT WAVE.
Thermometers Go Up to e4-War;nest
April Weather Except Once.

Boston. April 19.-Not since 1876 has
such a heat wave swept over New
England as that which reached here
from the south today.
At noon the street Thermometers
stood at "a, or within one degree of the
warmest weather ever known in this
city in April. High temperatures were
reported from many other cities in New
England
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
IlTITZ, Pa BANK CLOSED.
Said to Be in Difficulty Through Back,
ing Local Industrial Schemes.

Lancaster, Pa, April 19.-The Lititz.
National bank of Lititz. Pa, failed to
open its doors today. 1t has a paid up
capital of 100000.
No statement of the banks condition
has been prepared, ard the only infor-
nation so far vouchsafed is that the
institution had made some bad inveat-
ments. These investments are under
stood to be connected with certain To-
cal industrial enterprises which the
bank backed
at the office of the comptroller that the
Lititz National bank recently met with
heavy losses which greatly impaired lis
surplus and capital. At the date of its
last report the bank had a capital of
Sos 600, a surplus of $4,000, undivided
profits of $S,776, and deposits of 1884,
non
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
PROHIBITION IN VIRGINIA.
Temperance Crusade Against Cities
That Have Remained "Wet."

Richmond, Va. April ta-With
ninety out of one hundred counties in
Virginia already dry" the prohibition
forces are preparing to attack Rich
mond. Petersburg, Newport News,
NJ rfoik and Portsmouth, the only re-
naming license cities in the state. In
fact, the campaign has already opened
in Petersburg and the tidewater cities.
An effort will be made to close the
saloons in the cities named by means
of local option elections, falling in
which the temperance crusaders will
endeavor to pass a state wide proh.5i .
ton law.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
Prisoner Punched His Body Full of
Needles to Kill Himself.

Meadville, Pa. April 19.-John Gro
min, a jail prisoner, awaiting trial for
the murder of Harry Winters. has been
trying to kill himself by punching his
body full of needles. He has pushed
seven ordinary needles into his abdo-
men and one just below his heart. so
close that the lining was perforated.
He is in critical condition and is
suffering the most intense agony.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
HELD FOR TRIAL.
New Haven Man Pleads Not Guilty to
Charge Of Arson.

West Haven, April 19.-Edward VIII
son of this place, who was arrested IN
connection with the fire which last
night destroyed the II. II. Richards
lumber yard and RACED number Of
adjoining buildings, doing damage es-
tiinated at between $4,000 and $.5,0Ua
pleaded not guilty in the borough court
today to the charge Of having set the
fire. He was held for the superior
court in bonds of $1,000, in default Of
which be was taken to Jail.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
HUNDREDS or BRIDGES GONE.
Great Rain Storm in Western Michi-
gan Does Much Damage.

Grand Rapids, Mich, April 10
Heavy damage was done last night by
q terrific rain storm in western Michi-
gan. Hundreds Of highway bridges
were washed away,
Detroit. Mich. April ia bolt of
lightning shot down through the YES
tipule OF the Methodist Episcopal
church in the little town of Mead,
Macomb county, thirty miles north
west Of Detroit. yesterday afternoon,
and, although about fifty persons We're
crowded together, only five were in
jured. A peculiar feature of the ac-
cident was that the lightning did no
osmage to the church
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
BOMB AT oSTER BAY.
Barroom Wrecked by Explosion and
Two Frame Buildings Burned.

Oyster Bay. April 19.-Fire which
followed an explosion, thought to have
been that Of bomb, did some $4,000
worth Of dar,age here this m1ning,
Just before II o'clock. The explosion
could be heard in all parts of the viii
lage, and brought a big crowd, which
found the building on fire and the
flames already leaping to another ad-
joining. Both buildings burned with
their contents. despite hard work on
the part of the firemen.
The explosion was under the bar
room of Thomas O'Keefe Of Audrey
avenue, rot far from the town clerk 5
Office. This was in a two story frame
building. 1t was much frequented by
Italians and other foreigners. The
rooms above were used for sleeping.
Adjoining the hotel was the grocery
and general store of Sidney McCoun.
This was a three story frome building.
The two upper floors we've devoted to
storage of hardware and farming i'm
plements. There was a large stock of
this on hand.
The bartender was seated on the
front porch when the explosion took
place. The whole building rocked and
the detonatiOn could be heard all over
the village.
A year ago an Italian grocery in the
village was wrecked by a dynamite
bomb.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
TROOPS TO ENTER CITY TODAY.
Garrison to Be Disarmed and Sent to
the Provinces.

Berlin. April ia rumor. emanat-
ing from Vienna, says that the sultan
has expressed his willingness TO abdi-
cate in favor of Mehemmed- Rechad
Effendi, the heir-apparent to the
throne.
A despatch to the Lokal Auzeiger
from Constantinople says that IL is
rumored that Mehemmed- -Rechad Ef-
fendi has been acclaimed sultan at
Salonica. 1t is authentically stated.
however. that the sultan showed re-
markable calmness In the Yildiz XII
osk when informed Of the runlor. and
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
Methodist Missionary Died in ceyIon.

New York, April 19.-News of the
death at Colombo, Ceylon, of the Rev.
o. A. Carlson, formerly of Brooklyn,
was received today in a cablegram to
the board of foreign missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church here. Mr.
Carlson was missionary of the Meth
odist Episcopal church in Java. East
Indies He entered the foreign mis-
sion service in 1897.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
ALABAMA RATE LAW UPHELD.
Railroads Must Now Allow the Two
and One-Half Cent Fare.

New Orleans. April 19.-The United
States court of appeals at New Orleans
today denied rehearing in the rail-
road rate cases of Alabama recently
decided in favor of the state. The
state fixes the rates on 110 commodi-
ties and makes passenger fares two
and a half cents a mile
The railroads figuring in the case
are the Louisville and Nashville, the
Western Railway of Alabama, the Cen
trai of Georgia, South and North Ala
Kama, and the Nashville. Chattanooga
and st. LOUIS railroad companies.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
Brooklyn Man Shot and Killed by His
Daaahter.

New York, April 19.-John Wallace,
a s. year old sawmaker, of Brooklyn,
was shot and killed tonight on Stuy-
vesant avenue near his home His as
sailant who was made captive imme-
diately afterward by two passersby,
was his daughter, Agnes Wallace The
motive for her act is not definitely
known, although she exclaimed hys-
terically to the two men who seized
her and handed her over to the police
His cruelty killed my brother"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
FRENCH RoYALIsTs UGLY.
Say Beatification Of Joan May Stsrt
Movement for Overthrow of Republic.

Paris. April 19.---Many royalist and
clerical newspapers profess to believe
that the beatfhcation of Joan, of Arc,
which occurred at Rome yesterday,
marks the beginning Of a movement
which will overthrow the republic.
The Gaulois says: The moment when
the destinies Of France are threatened.
the Church of Rome. which has been
prosecuted calumniated and despoiled
by the radical republicans, ereCts altar
20 the sanity girl who once saved
France, and our bishops pray for her
intercession to- cause another miracle
which will deliver and restore the
fatherland"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
NOT TO DISCIPLINE OFFICERS.
Navy Department to Take No Official
Action Regarding Movement of Nine
Officers at Philadelphia YARD.

Washington, April 19.-No official ac-
ticn is contemplated in connection wirh
the movement originating with nine
naval officers at the Philadelphia navy
yard to circulate pamphlet ariticisiqo
the present plan of naval adninistra-
tioT and forming an association of line
officers to collect and disseminate in
formation regarding existing and pos
slble systems of navay administration
Beekman Winthrop, assistant secretary
of the navy today said there was nc
intention to courtmartial any officers
in consequence of the printing of the
pamphlet.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
Million Acres Restored to Public Do.

Washington. April 1s.-More than
million acres of land were today re-
stored to the public domain by Secre-
tary Of the Interior Ballinger. OF the
total acreage restored four hundred
thousand acres are in the Billings and
Bozeman land districts in Montana
250.000 acres In the Bozeman, Great
Falls and Helena land districts. also
in Montana. and $4,000 acres in the
Evanston land distEiGt in Wyoming.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
GOV. LILLEYs CONDITION.
Practically No Chanse-If Anything,
Trifle Weaker.

Hartford, Conn, April 19-Dr.
Charles c. Beach, who is attending
Governor Lilley, stated tonight that
there was practically no change in the
governors condition, but that he was,
if anything, a trif1e weaker. He said
that he had passed a comfortable day
and was able to take the required
amount of nourishment
DIR. Frederick g. Graves, who has
been attending the governor, returned
to his home in Waterbury today. and
will not come back here unless there
is g. change for the worse in the gov
ernor's condition.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-20
Banana Concession Granted American
Company.

Managua, Nicaragua. April 19.-The
Nicaraguan congress, which was con-
vened in extraordinary session to dis
cuss a banana concession granted TO
American company. approved the con-
cession with certain notifications to-
day. The debate was heated one. At
its conclusion the session came to an
end