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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
Officer Has Desperate Fight With
Safe Crackers.
GEORGE BARTON IS CAPTURED
Tennessee Dutch Makes Good His
Escape After Chewing Up Officers
Ear and Capturing His Pistol
Desperadoes Dynamited Jail to Ef-
feet Escape-Are Noted Post~office
Robbers and Wanted In Many Sec
tions of Country.

Asheville, N. c., April 5,-After a
desperate struggle with Garner Moore
alis Tennessee Dutch" and George
Barton. alias Chicago Army" the
two notorious yeggmen and post-offlce
robbers who dynamited the county
jail at Greenville, s. c., and escaped
Monday morning. Deputy Sheriff Ar
thur Rogers subdued and captured
Barton at Craggy station and sent
him in to the jail here yesterday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. Rogers who made a nervy fight
against both men at once was SO Sc
riously injured in the melee that he
had to have the care of a physician.
His hand was badly lacerated and one
ear was nearly chewed off by Ten
nessee Dutch" who in the encoun-
ter succeeded ia wrestling the Off
GERS pistol from him and making his
escape.
A small posse of officers, including
Deputies Jordan, Mitchell and two
or three officers from the city police
force, followed the trail of "Tennes-
see Dutch all the afternoon and far
into the night, but he succeeded in
eluding them.
Mr.. ROBBERS fought desperately, but
the two men were more than he
could manage, and finally after a ter
= Crh n hinh hn {ry,o l.
was badly lacerated and his ear al
most chewed off Tennessee Dutch"
got the revolver and immediately
took to the woods. Barton, the other
desperadO, also tried to get away, but
as he made his break for liberty, Mr..
Rogers caught him by the foot,
throwing him heavily. In a moment
the deputy was ON top of his man,
and the odds being more even now
held him securely until some of the
nearby residents came to. his assist
ance. Then securing his prisoner, he
telephoned to the sheriff's Office here
for help.
The yeggmen are two of the most
desperate and notorious criminals in
the whole history of safe cracking,
postoffice robbing, and other forms
of stealing. They have criminal
records not only all over this coun-
try, but they have operated in Eu-
rope as we'll. They were held in the
Greenville Jail on the charge of rob-
bing the Pelzer, S. c., postoffice on
the night of March 2. 1907, but there
are charges pending against them in
a dozen other States.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
CHAIN-GANG WOMAN ESCAPES.
Breaks Her Shackles and Saws Bars
of Her Cell.

Athens, Ca, April s. Kate
ODwyer broke the shackles that
forced her to work in the chain-gang
and escaped last night by saving the
bars of her cell.
She had been sentenced to the
gang for twelve months for disorder
ly conduct, but the sentence was sus-
pended on condition that she leave
the country and never return.
She came back a month ago, was
arrested and was ordered shackled
and chained day and night, as desper-
ate men convicts were. Her treat
ment became known when an attor
ney asked for writ Of habeas corpus
on the ground that no one can be con
demned to infamous punishment ex
cept by jury.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

ter fight for jurisdiction between the
woodworkers and the carpenters, in
which the carpenters charged that
union woodworkers had taken the
places of carpenters on strike.
Notice has been served on the Of
ficers of the Federation by the wood
workers delegates that an appeal
from the decision will be taken to
the American Federation of Labor.
That the ousting of the woodwork
ers will intensity the fight between
the two organizations is said to be
certain, as the carpenters, who have
the stronger union, will start a wal
of determination against their rivals
They have been prevented in the pas
from doing so because the wood
workers were recognized by the Chi
cago Federation of Labor and had it:
support.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE A DE-
LUSION.

Some Young Men I'm Party Because
They DO Not Know Just How Co
Get Out.
New York American
A Democratic editor OF North Car
olina said the other day that the
South was Democratic from princi
pie" What q foolish delusion!
The Democratic party In the South
was constructed entirely out OF the
pressing issues OF the Civil War.
That war Ii nearly fifty years behind
us. It's issues have faded. but the
old war party still hangs on to the
Organization simply because II does
not know how to let go.
The fathers Of the present South
| were part of them Wings and part OF
them Democrats from principle
The sons in the South to-day think
they are Democrats simply because
some of their fathers were Demo
Gratis, and because Reconstruction
forced them all into one party. They
Ido not know how to get out.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

Washington, April THE follow
ing bulletin has been issued at the
Weather Bureau:
Several days OF comparatively
cool weather are indicated for the
eastern half of the United States,
with frost In the middle and upper
Mississipp. and Ohio valleys, and the
Lake region and thence over the mid
die Atlantic and New England States
Frost Ia also likely to occur In the
interior of the gulf and South Allan.
tic States.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
Prominent Fairmont Farmer Commits
Suicide.

Fairmont, N. c., April &C. A.
Ammons, who lived near Fairmont,
near Frank Faulk's, committed sui
eide Friday night at barn near his
home by shooting himself in the head
with a shotgun. His body was found
Saturday morning. 1t was evident
that the deceased had placed the
muzzle of the gun against his chin
and pulled the trigger with his toes.
The load entered under his chin and
came out on the left side of his head
tearing his left sear off.
His widow, who is a daughter OF
the late J. B. Lewis, survives. Mr.
Ammons was a man of considerable
means. No cause is assigned for the
deed except that he had been drink
ing a great deal lately.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
INCREASE IN ILLICIT DIsTiLLING

Revenue Officials Say That Recenl
Reports Indicate Greater Acsivit,
Among the IAwiess Element La
North Carolina. Alabama ans
Georgia Than in Many Years and
Blame IL Placed on ProhIbitior
Law.
Washington, April 4.-OfacIals oi
the Internal Revenue Bureau of the
Treasury Department are OF the opin-
lon that the temperance movement
which has taken such strong.
hold of certain sections of the coun-
try. particularly In the South, has
resulted In increasing the number oi
violations OF the internal revenus
laws In the distillation Of Illicit
whiskey.
Recent reports indicate that IN
many Southern States. especially In
Alabama. Georgia and North Caro-
lima, there has been greater activity
on the part of the lawless mountain
element. who always have been
troublesome to the revenue agents,
than in many years. These three
States now have laws prohibiting
distilleries from operating within
their borders. In Alabama the Law
went into effect on July /. 1908: In
Georgia on January /, 1908; and In
North Carolina January /. 1909.
Many legitimate distilieries have
moved to Florida and other States
where the inhibition does not exist.
Whiskey being more difficult to OBJ
tain in a legitimate way has greatly
increased the result that the activi-
ties of the internal revenue bureau at
this time is largely directed towards
the mountain sections of these three
States.
In 1908 there were 1,130 Illicit
stills destroyed; in 1907 there were
1,139, and in 1906 there were
1876, but the returns for the nine
months of the present fiscal year
show a decided increase in the num-
ber destroyed. the number so far re-
ported this year being 1,O17, with
the probability that by July /. that
number will have been increased to
approximately 1900.
The section of the South where
there is the most activity among the
so-called "moonshiners" embraces
the Atlanta district, where II IL re-
ported 1870 stills were seized and de-
tsroyed in December last. The Ashe-
vile, n. c., district is another sec
tion that has to be constantly looked
after, as do those OF Columbia, 8.
c., and Louisville, KY.
At Atlanta the collector has seven
teen deputies; at Asheville fifteen
and at Columbia, twenty-eight, most
Of them constantly employed In raid
ing work. In addition nearly eight
hundred possemen have been employ
ed from time to time in the last few
months, with a number of guides.
The records OF the last eight years
show that casualties to officers and
men employed in raiding was only
IL, four of the raiders having been
killed. During this same time 800
persons were arrested, and a large
proportion of them sentenced to pris-
on. Since July l there has been only
one casualty, that of Deputy Marshal
]. c. Mullins, of Kentucky, who was
killed during a raiding exposition on
Chrias uay, 1908.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

white man passing heard some oIs
say: "Don't cut me any more" Up
on Investigation dead negroes wiah
blood sim nowtng. rarors and guns
were found on the ground. present
Ing horrible spectacle.
The surviving eomhatant L. terri
bly, cut up and wounded and haz
small chance OF reeovery. Peter
Perry's remains were brought here
to-day on the steamer Guide. He
was shot through the heart
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
Actor Who Saw Lincoln Assassinafet
Follows His Wife In Death.

Chicago, April 5.-Earl Stirling.
who was a member Of the company
that played at Ford's Theatre the
night Abraham Lincoln was assassi-
mated, died yesterday.
A few months ago he was playing
at a Chicago theatre while his wife
lay dying In a hospital. There was
no one to take his place and he was
forced to go on
After the performance, when he
learned that his wife had died. he
collapsed. He never recovered from
the shock. The immediate cause OF
his demise was erysipelas.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
Six Perish in Flames nj Fort
Worth.
PROPERTY LOSS $500, 900
Fire Breaks Out In Fashionable Res
Control In o Few Minutes. and II
Only Checked by Use Of Dynamite.
Assistance Rushed 10 Fort Worth
From Neighboring Towns on Spe-
cial Trains - Homeless Seeking
Shelter

Fort Worth, Texas. April s.
Famed by a stin wind. a fire which
originated in barn at Jennings Ave
nue. and Peter Smith Street, In the
southern portion OF this city this af-
ternoon swept over an area OF ten
blocks In length and seven In width.
destroyed property roughly estimated
in value to be in excess OF $1,000
900. and caused the death OF six per-
sons.
The fire, which broke out In a
fashionable residence district. was
beyond all control within fifteen min
utes after it started, and was not
checked until dynamite was resorted
to, four hours later.
The local fire department being
unable to cope with the situation, as
sistance was rushed from Dallas and
Weatherford on special trains, but
even with these reinforcements the
spread of the flames was not checked
until they had eaten their way to
the Texas and Pacific Railroad reser-
vation on the east. On the south the
fire was checked at the Texas and
Pacific passenger station, this steel
and stone structure forming a bull
wark that saved the wholesale dis
trict of the city, which at one time
was in imminent danger of destruc-
ton.
The Texas and Pacific round-house
and twenty engines, the repair shops,
four churches, two public school
buildings and Walkers Sanitarium
were the public buildings destroyed.
them new and pretentious, in the
most exclusive residence section of
the city. So rapidly did the flames
spread that people living within a
radius of three blocks of the place of
origin had no time to save anything
except the clothing they wore.
A patient whose identity has not
been learned, perished in Walkers
Sanitarium and three men were cleo
trocuted and their bodies burned to
cinders in the Sawyers electric plant.
Herbert Stacy was fatally burned in
an endeavor to save his dwelling, and
a fireman fell from a house-top and
was killed.
The Rev. H. o. Cowan, assistant
pastor of the Broadway Presbyterian
church, is missing. The burned dis
trict tonight is being patrolled by
troops to prevent looting and it is
estimated that 500 families are home
less. Many of these have gone to
Dallas, where shelter has been Of
fered.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
MISSING PREACHER LOCATED.
Rev. A. c. Rund, Who Disappeared
From His Indiana Home, Found
at Macon, Ga.

HIS 1Aufhu6 IkOIHC, rouNu
at Macon, Ga.
Macon, Ca, April 3-Rev. Albert
C. Rand, who has been strangely
missing from his home In Ws--w
Ind, was discovered at a hotel In
this city to-day when Deputy Sheriff
Charles Moon arrived to accompany
him to his home.
The minister left home on March
4th for Wabash, Ind, where he was
to conduct a meeting. He did not
arrive at Wabash and had not been
heard from until his wife received a
special delivery letter Wednesday
stating he had become rational here
after his wandering and asking fol
some one to accompany him home
The letter was written in Macon las
Sunday, at which time the minister
stated he came to himself. The OF
ficer stated his family believed hi
temporary mental arrangement wa
due to overstudy.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
Constable Killed by Negro Near
Whiteyille.

Wilmington, N. c., April 6.-News
reached this city to-day of the killing
last night of John Long, a constable
and store-keeper, near Whiteville, n.
c., by Sam Watson, negro whom he
had under arrest, and with whom he
was on the way to jail
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
THREE NEGROES MURDERED.
Negro SWANS of Columbia, Tyrreii
County, Resents Calls on Their
Damsels BY Outsiders and q Bloody
Rattle Follows.

Special Charlotte Observer
Elizabeth City. April 2.-One of
the bloodiest brawls that has ever
been known in this section occurred
last night at Columbia, Tyrrel Coun-
ty. in which three negroes were kill
ed and one terribly wounded. The
dead are: William Plaeger and Les
ter Harrell, of Columbia, and Peter
Perry, of this city. The wounded ne
gro, James Bryant. this city, lis lock
ed up in Jail at Columbia.
The trouble, 1t is reported. arose
over the two negroes from this city
calling on Columbia damsels which
was resented. The two Columbia ne
groes laid In ambush across the
bridge and when the Elizabeth Cit,
negroes passed fired into them. The
visitors were well supplied with guns
and razors and a bloody battle. fol
lowed. Nothing was known OF tn
ttrouble until this morning when
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
Nebraska Populistic leader any

more"
Declaring that the people who as
sumed to speak for the South were
not entitled to that right, Mr.. Clark
said: II am sick and tired of hear
ing my Southern colleagues talk of
the poor men of the South | want
to do something TO take them out of
that class The factories of the east
are going to the South where the raw
material is to be found, where living
is cheap. so that we can soon defy the
world in the cheapness of their man
ufactures -
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

we're killed and one terribly wound
ed. The dead are William Plaeger
and Lester Harrell, of Columbia, and
Peter Perry, of this city. The wound
ell negro, James Bryant, of this city,
is locked in Jail at Columbia.
The trouble, it is reported, arose
over two negroes from this city call
ing on Columbia damsels, which was
resented. The two Columbia negroes
hid in ambush across a bridge and
when the Elizabth City negroes pass
ed. fired into them. The visitors
were evidently well supplied with
guns and razors and bloody battle
followed. Nothing was known OF
the trouble until this morning when
white man passing heard some one
say, Don't cut me any more" Upor
Investigation the dead negroes with
| blood flowing, and razors and gun:
were found on the ground where
they presented a horrible spectacle
The surviving combatant is terri
bly, cut up and wounded and ha'
small chance of recovering.
Peter Perry's remains wer'
brought here to-day on the steanne
Guide. He was shot through tn
heart,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08

London d a Great City-The Lead
ing Seaport Of the Worid-Eng-
land n Nation With n Countless
Populafion-The Real Secret Of
Her National Strength-Engiish
Foresight and Method Of Assimi-
latson-The Major Tells Something
Of the Engiish-Boer War and the
General Result.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
CHICAGO UNIONS AT WAR.

Federation of Labor ExpeIs Amalga-
mated WOodworkers' Locals.
Chicago, April 5.-The Chicago
Federation of Labor has expelled all
the locals of the Amalgamated Wood
workers Union.
The action is the outcome of hit
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
NEGRO LYNCHED NEAR JAIL.
Had Stabbed Policeman to Death
Was Hanged and Shot.

was f1duBcV WA0 C1@'
Pensacola, Fla. April 5.-Dave
Alexander, a negro, was lynched early
to-day for the murder Of Policeman
Canton, whom the negro stabbed to
death early Sunday morning while
resisting arrest.
The police station was compar-
atively deserted, when twenty-five
men, at the point Of revolvers. took
the negro from his cell and hanged
him from an electric light pole. hall
a block from the jail.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
THREE NEGROES KILLED IN 4
FIGHT.
A Bloody Brawl Near Columbia,
Tyrrell County.

Elizabeth City, N. c., April a.
One of the bloodiest brawls that has
ever been known in this section oc-
Cured last night at Columbia, Tyr
rel County, in which three negroes
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-08
Florida Senate

II will tell you what I want the
country to understand" he said de-
liberately I'VE don't intend, so far
as I am concerned, and I believe the
people l represent, to follow your
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-22
"Commencement Days"

One of the most striking novelties OF
the season is promised for Commence
ment DAYS" the comedy of college life
bv Virginia Frame and Margaret Mayo,
which will be the attraction at the
Keylor Grand soon. Local theater go
ers are already familiar with plays
dealing with boy college life, but Com
Days is exceptional in that
it is the eonly one whose interest re-
wolves about girls college.
It is difficult To classify Commence
ment DAYS" While the authors call 1t
q "plav of college girl life in three
acts" several musical numbers are de-
veloped during the action of the play,
affording Frederick B. Bowers, who is
featured. a great chance to display ms
vocal abilities. Despite the music 1t
has dramatic story tlat is simple,
direct convincing and consistent which
is something that cannot be said of
the ordinary musical comedy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-22

entry public lands which Secretary
on the ground. I am informed that
there was no specific law for Garfield's
action. According to common report,
President Taft himself directed Secre-
tary Ballinger to re-withdraW from en-
try certain lands which originally
withdrawn by Garfield. Ballinger had
restored to entry. Any intimation,
therefore, that Garfield was not acting
within the law and was not buttressed
by legal authority when to save pow
er sites he withdrew the lands which
Ballinger afterward restored, is of
course, a reflection on the president.
1t is unfortunate that very frequently
the efforts of one kind of legal auth
ority 'buttressed" the efforts of those
who desire to grab and monopolize coal
lands and power sites. 'Buttressed
by legal authority, Garfield, in order
to prevent the monopolization of power
sites. withdrew from entry millions OF
acres of public lands. Ballinger also
thus 'buttressed' restored these lands
to entry and by so doing gave the mon
opolists an opportunity To ply their Vo-.
cation
Eat the irrigation congress l read
a copy of a letter approve,i by Secre-
tary Ballinger, thus making it his act
directing that over million acres 81
lands, previously withdrawn by Car
field to save power sites from Delng
grabbed. should be restored TO entry
And this was but one of the several
similar orders approved by Secretary
Ballinger.
BaIIinaer Forced Recommendation
..The president mentions but one or
der of Ballinger's restoring to entry
only one million and half acres. he
saws that Secretary Balllnger mace
this order of restoration upon the rec
onmendation of the reclamation serv-
ice. 1 have seen documentary evidence
that the reclamation service argued
several times with Secretary EalliEgsr
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-22
"The Treee Twins"

JOS. NJ. Gates. will offer at the
Keylor Grand, September %, the mu-
steal comedy success, Three Twins
which had run of five months at the
Whitney Opera House. Chicago, and
one year at the Herald Square theatre,
New York.
Three Twins received the univer
sal press endorsements on its opening
in New York which stamps it as a
high class attraction, and Mr.. Ash
ton Stevens of the New York Journal
said, Three Twins" is a credit to
Broadway.
There are more novelties in Three
Twins" than in all the other musical
comedies CONFERENCE.-The Dancing
lama Yama Chairs the wonderful
Photograph. and the gigantic electric
Aerial Swing
Mr.. Gates has spared no expense
in costuming this attraction and the
gowns are said to be the handsomest
in America The music is the most
fascinating ever written, and the mu-
steal numbers are deliberately staged.
The .Cuddle Up a Little Closer. Low
ev Mine" showing the seven ages OF
cuddling is the most pathetic stage
picture ever produced.
The company is tremendously
large one, and is headed by victor
Mosley. who created the title role
when the play was produced in Chi
cago. and includes Bessie Chf1ord'
Florenz Kolb, Eddie p. Bower, Frank
Smith. Ida POetZ, w. H. WoodSlde,
and a chorus of SO people.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-22
WHITNEY cORRCBoRATEs
COCKS STORY OF POLE
New Haven Sportsman Writes Letter
To Mother Telling That Cook
Reached Pole.

NEW YORK. Sept. 22-Harry Whit
ney, the young New Haven sports
man. upon whose testimony the north
pole controversy largely hinges has
been heard from, and in effect supports
DR.. Cooks contention that he reached
the north pole according to a story
published here today. According 20
the New York Herald Mrs. Whitney,
his mother received letter September
in which Whitney says:
II met DR.. Cook at Etah He has
accomplished great thing. He is
bound to become great man. lie
claims to have reached the north role
and from evidence, / believe he has.
The gist CT the foregoing was give.
bv Mrs. William S. Blodgett of Fish
kill, N. Y, sister OF Mrs. Whitney
Whitney is the man to whom DR..
Cook says that he entrusted some az
his instruments and confided the So
cret that he had reached the. north
pole.
Whitney subsequently Joined fbs
Peary party but left on a side trip Up
the Labrador coast on hunting ex-
petition.
Commander Peary has said thai
Whitney spoke no word OF Cooks dis
covery and this has been used largely
to Cooks discredit. Whitney's tes-
timony, therefore, has been eagerly
awaited.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-22

has placed more splendid production
of Irish dra ina on the stage than any
man in the word, has spared neither
nance the finest one of it's kind. and
there is a wealth of beautiful scenery
1t almost spectacular The songs
composed for Ragged Robin" by Mr..
OlcOtt are said to be gems of melody
and among the most popular of any
he has vet written.