Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
between President Taft and Theodore

Ebetween President Taft and Theodore
Roosevelt? VIII either of these lead
ers make an effort to patch up what
is generally regarded as the beginning
OF split in their friendship OF long
standing?
These question asked by politicians
today are the result OF certain facts
that were allowed to leak out by per.
sons close TO Roosevelt.
THAT there will be break II things
continue as they have for the last
year is the confident prediction OF
those who have had opportunity to &C
quaint themselves with the state of
mind of Roosevelt"
RUSK. Tex. June 21.-An investiga-
ton has been started in an effort to
apprehend the leaders of the mob
which last night burned Leonard John
son, a negro, at the stake The work
! of the mob was done quietly and after
the negro was dead all disappeared
to their homes No arrests are ex-
pecied
johnson was taken from Sheriff Nor
| wood after he had been arrested, sus-
I pected of Staying Miss Maude Redding,
| whose body was found along a lonely
road. with her throat cut from ear TO
ear. Johnson was taken back near
where the body was found, and con
fused to the murder. He was quick
ly tied to stake. and after brush
had been piled about him il was set
OH fire. The negro begged for mercy,
but was burned to death within half
an hour.
Miss Redding left her home late in
fhe day to go TO Lonestar and was
attacked on the road. Johnson was
arrested shortly afterward. Sheriff
Norwood was en- route to Rusk with
his prisoner when overtaken by the
mob.
| LANCASTER, Pa, June 21.-Walter
and Benjamin Aston, cousins. were
hanged together In the county Jail here
today for the murder of Alfred Hall
man in Pequea township in January
| 1903. Mailman and his aged wife lived
in novel and we're known to have
money
| DENVER, June 21.--Crazed with
champagne. Harriet Frazer, an inmate
Of Rosa Lees notorious resort in Arap.
ahoe street, attempted to kill herself
by shooting early this morning. She
sent q bullet through her breast, in.
flicting serious wound She is now
in the county in critical con
dition.
While participating in an orgy a,
the resort the girl suddenly left the
room. She reappeared few minutes
later flourishing a revolver. Calmly
she announced to the men and women
present she would kill herself Ef.
] forts to take away the weapon were
| unavailing. By pointing the revolver
straight at those who sought to dis
arm her she kept them all at n re.
spectful distance. One of the men in
the house called mp police headquar
tiers, and asked that an officer be sent
to the house, While an officer was
on the way, Miss Frazer ran from the
house and threw herself upon the lawn
There she shot herself.
| NEW YORK, June 21.-Isaac Pol
! lock, snitmaker of this city, who
! came over on the same steamer as did
| ex-President Roosevelt, is under cash
| bail, pending examination before the
| United States commissioner as to why
$4,000 worth of jewelry found on his
! person by the customs inspector was
| not declared. His explanation is an
| unusual one. He says there were ex.
citing times on the steamer all the
way because of Roosevelt's presence
on board and being of an excitable
Temperament he forgot to declare his
jewelry.