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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
EIGHT WITH BRIGANDs.

Two nights ago band of brigandS
setti on this line. Choosing the hour
of midnight they approached the sta
ton, which is desolately situated, and
commenced their attack on the dwell
ing of the telegraph clerk, which
stands some 200 yards from the STA
ton itself. ~
This official possesses a savage
watchdog, but the brigands silenced
it by throwing to it dead fowls stolen
from the adjacent shed. Then they
proceeded to force an entrance by a
back window, thinking they had an
easy task, the only inhabitants being
the clerk and his wife.
They reckoned, however, without
their host, for hardly had they begun
to force the window when a door was
thrown open and shot from Mar
TIM rife stretched one bandit dead.
This threw the others into disorder.
They rushed from the yard, the
clerk following, but seeing he did not
fire again (having recklessly advanced
without loading) they turned on him
with the knives and axes with which
they were armed, and for moment
his death seemed certain, when his
courageous young wife ran forward
and fired with shotgun with which
she had armed herself, and another
brigand fell wounded. Picking up
their companion they, fairly cowed,
now took to their heels. The clerk
and his wife, loading, followed them,
but unfortunately both fell in the
dark, the band making their escape. :
The gendarmeries have already ar
rested some members of the band,
known criminals, lately come into the
district. They have confessed their
completely, and say that being bur-
dened with the wounded man and
afraid if they left him of his denounc-
ing them, they threw him, still living.
into deep well, where his body has
been since discovered. Corre-
spondence London Chronicle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

eight times and related in every de-
tail the death of her brother-in-law.
She told of DR.. Hyde's visit to the
house, OF Colonel Hunton's death, OF
Colonel Swope's death a few days
later and OF her son, Chrisman's
death. Then she related the story of
the typhoid which attacked every
member OF the household.
A curious feature of the case was
that Swope millions were used both
to prosecute and defend the charges
against DR.. Hyde The executors and
heirs OF the Swope estate are sup
plying money TO aid the prosecution.
while Mrs. Hyde has mortgaged her
inheritance to fight for the liberty
OF her husband.
Most Of the members of the family
who testified against DR.. Hyde were
alleged to be victims of his typhoid
fever germs. Evidence was adduced
before the coroner's inquest that
Hyde had visited the Office Of the
City Bacteriologist and, as a reputa-
BILE physician, had no trouble in get
ting a typhoid fever culture, suffi-
cient for the incubation of hum
dreds.
The following were the charges
against DR.. Hyde:
Murder of Colonel Thos H. Swope,
millionaire uncle by marriage. Died
October 8, 1909.
Murder of Chrisman Swope, neph-
ew Of Colonel Swope, and legatee
under his will. Became i'll December
8, 1909; died December 6.
Manslaughter, in connection with
the death of James Moss Hunton,
cousin of Colonel Swope. Died Octo-
Der 1, 1909.
Poisoning with disease germs:
Margaret Swope, niece of Colonel
Swope, became i'll with typhoid fe-
yer December /, 1909. Legatee un-
der Swope will.
Sarah Swope niece of Col Swope,
and legatee under his will; became
became i'll December 8, 1909.
Lucy Lee Swope, niece of Colonel
Sowpe and legatee under his will;
became ill with typhoid fever De-
cember 81, 1909.
Stella Swope, niece of Colonel
Swope, and legatee under will.
Georgia Compton, dressmaker for
the Swope family.
Nora Belle Dixon, governess in the
Swope household.
Leonora Copridge, negro servant
in the Swope household.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
a LABRADOR RESCUE.

In his work among the people of
the Labrador coast DR.. Wilfred T.
Grenfell has often imperiled his life.
One such instance is given in his
book, "Ardift on an Ice-Pan," in
which is told the story of his remark
able escape from death. What fol-
lows-an account of the rescue-is
all the more impressive from being
told in the homely words OF one of
the rescuers.
One day about week after DR..
Grenfell's return two men came in
from Griquet, fifteen miles away.
They had walked all that distance,
although the trail was heavy with
snow. 1--WE just felt we must see
the doctor and tell him what 'twould
"a meant to us if he'd been lost" said
George Andrews.
Twas even when us knew e was
on the ice, George Davis seen un first.
e went to tn cliff to look for seal.
e got is spy-glass an made out a
man an dogs on pan, an knowed
it war the doctor.
''Us had a good strong boat an
four oars, an took a hot kettle of
tea an food for a week, for us
thought 'ud have to go far, an
p'r'aps lose tn boat. di'n't hope to
find the doctor alive, an kept lookin'
for a sign of un on tn pans. 'Twa'
no. easy gettin' to tn pans wi big
sea runnin'.
us saw tn doctor about twenty
minutes afore us got t. I'm. e was
wavin' is flag, an I seen i'm. e
was on pan no bigger'n this foe,
an / dunno what ever KEEP un fro
goin' abroad, for 'twasn't ice, twas
packed snow.
9TH pan was away from even tn
slob, floating by hisself, an tn open
water all roun', an twas just across
fro Goose Cove, an outside o. that
there'd been no hope.
81 think tn way tn pan held Co
gether was on account o. tn dogs
bodies meetin' it, ant froze hard dur
ing the night. e was level with tn
water, an tn sea washing over us all
tn time.
e 'ad ripped the dog harnesses an
stuffed the oakum in tn leg o. is
pants to keep un warm. e showed
it to we. An e cut off tn tops o. is
boots to keep tn draft from is back.
'E must "a worked ard all night.
'E said e droled off once or twice,
but tn night seemed wonderful long.
"Us took un off tn pan at about
half-past seven, an 'ad ard fight
gettin' in, the sea still runnin' Ugh.
e said e was proud to see us. comm
for I'm. And so e might, for it grew
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
FIVE COMPANIES OF STATE MILITIA
SENT WHERE STRIKE is IN PROGRESS

ers living here, who went to Ilasco,
were ordered to remain on the train
and return to this city.
The strikers drove everybody they
considered against them off the
streets and the county authorities
fearing riots appealed to Governor
Hadley for protection.
The present trouble is the out
come of strike year ago when
the foreigners demanded higher
wages.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
THIRTY-SIX CONVICTS LOST THEIR LIVES
WHEN STOCKADE WAS DESTROYED

Centerville, Ala-Thirty-s ne
gro convicts lost their lives when the
stockade of the Red Feather Coal
Company at Lucille mines, Bib
county about Is miles north of Cen
terville, was destroyed by fire which
was set by one of the prisoners in
an effort to escape. Thirty-five of
the convicts were burned to death
and another was shot to death by
guards while trying to escape.
A convict, in trying to escape
from the stockade set it on fire and
ing. On account of the extreme dark
ness the building was rapidly con-
sumed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
HUNTED TURKEYS FOR LIVING

=
Henry CARTS and Bill Tilghman in
the '70s and early SOS supplied the
Northern and Eastern markets with
deer and wild turkeys. In time they
dealt mostly in turkeys, for the rea-
son that deer, usually weighing
more than 100 pounds, brought only
SIS carcass, while turkeys, averaging
from ten to twelve pounds each, al
ways sold readily at 81 apiece.
1T was our rule" CARTS said, "nev-
er to fire into drove of turkeys in
daylight, as to do so would brighten
them and cause them to leave that
part of the country. The result of
this kind of hunting was that we al
ways had an abundance Of turkeys
within reach--we often rode within
forty feet of a big drove of turkeys
without their taking flight.
Persons who never hunted in the
Southwest in the old days scarcely
can imagine the enormous number of
turkeys that ranged the country.
believe the greatest turkey range on
earth was in what we called the Red
Hill country, now embraced in Woods,
Majors and Alfalfa counties, Oklaho-
ma. have seen ten and twelve acres
at time black with turkeys; actual
ly the ground itself seemed to be
alive. After the turkeys had passed
their scratching made the ground
look as If it had been gone over with
rakes. The turkeys fed on small
acorns and often flew into the hack
berry trees for berries, their weight
stripping the trees of their smaller
limbs 1 know of one gobbler sold at
Dodge City that weighed forty-five
pounds, and we killed many that
weighed thirty-five or forty pounds.
''The worst scare ever got in the
west country was while hunting tur-
keys one night, even though we had
an occasional brush with the Chey-
enne Indians. Tilghman and l.,
though partners, always hunted alone.
We started out one night in search of
a roost, Tilghman going down a big
canon, while l went up the canon.
Our recommending finally led both of
us into a heavily timbered creek bot
tom. Each was moving stealithily
along with gun cooked, taking step
at time, doing our best to penetrate
the darkness and locate turkeys on
their roost.
9TH wind was blowing from the
south and it was difficult to hear foot
steps or the breaking of twigs. Sud-
denly we backed squarely into each
other in the darkness, neither sus-
pecting the presence of the other. l
am confident that I jumped ten feet
into the air, my hair on end and my
finger on the trigger of my gun. BY
the time l came down Tilghman had
regained his composure-he had been
too startled to shoot me on the wing
while l couldn't shoot with my feet
off the ground. Both of us lay down
and painted a while to get our breath,
and then each cussed the other for
soaring him. Guthrie Correspond
ence Kansas City Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

The convict who set the building
on fire was burned to death and "a
OF his fellow convicts shared a like
fate. 1t was with much difficulty that
the remaining 70 convicts were pre-
vented from escaping.
All the prisoners at the Lucille
mines are state convicts leased to the
Red Feather Coal Company for the
purpose of mining coal.
The financial loss will be several
thousand dollars. Those who early
arrived at the mine declare that
where once stood the stockade the
scene presented by the pile Of half
consumed bodies almost beggared de-
scription.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

Hannibal, Motive companies of
state militia arrived here under or
ders of Governor Hadley to go to
Ilasco, four miles south of here,
where 1900 foreign workmen are
threatening to damage the $4,000
600 plant of the Portland Cement
Company and injure American labor
ers. The men struck and forced the
company to shut down, throwing 2 :
100 employees out of work.
Several hundred American labor
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Wire Flashes.

It is reported that the Louisville
and Nashville will erect quarter
of-a-million dollar depot in Pensa-
cola, Fla.
President Taft in letter to Chair
man Nelson, of the Ballinger inves-
tigating committee, takes full respon-
sibility for the letter Of Sept. 1S,
A series of earthquakes shocks Wis
tied Los Angeles and surrounding
territory.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Medical Board Deny Charges.

Inquiry regarding the matter OF
alleged pressure being brought to
bear upon members of the State
Board of Health to influence the Ii
censing of medical applicants, seems
to confirm the belief that the case
has been perhaps too strongly stated.
1t Is admitted that members of the
board have been strongly urged by
interested persons to carefully watch
the grading of papers and to see that
applicants have justice done to them
Complaints have been made in the
past by applicants that they get the
worth of the examination grading on
account of haste, rsor otherwise.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
HYDE is CONVICTED
GETS LIFE SENTENCE
The Doctor Was Charged With Numbering Three
Persons and Poisoning Nine Others

Kansas City.-Dr. Hyde was con-
victed Of murder in the first degree,
and life Imprisonment was recon-
Inended.
Hyde took the verdict with mo-
tionless composure, but his wife
bust into tears and was taken into
an anteroom. Hyde was permitted
to accompany her, with a marshal
guarding the door. Hyde's sisters
broke down.
Judge Latshaw said Hyde will be
remanded to jail without bail. and
will be treated like every other con-
victed man. Mrs Hyde. will be al
lowed to visit her husband only on
regular visiting days. Meals may be
sent him but no luxurfes.
The Hyde trial began April IL. He
was charged with numbering Swope,
although ten other charges stand
gainst him..
The case was one Of the most bit
terly fought in the history of Mis-
souri,. Colonel Swope was one of the
"OAAIAAOo| e1A0 1uOOJ 1O0PCCLCu CIL1~
zens Of Kansas City. He died at his
home October 8, 1909, but two days
after Moss Hunton. life long COM
panion had died in the same house.
Hyde had attended Hunton in his
last hours and the death of Colonel
Swope followed the administration
OF capsule by nurse, who later
went to look for the box from which
DR.. Hyde had taken the capsule and
could not find It, Following this
eight members Of the Swope family
were stricken with typhoid fever.
Colonel Swope's body was placed in
the family vault but, at the request
Of the executor of the estate, the vi
tai organs were removed and sent to
Chicago, where they we're examined
by scientists. They reported that
strychnine was in evidence in great
quantities ia the stomach and liver.
The coroner's jury then held Doctor
Hyde responsible for Colonel Swope's
death and later the grand jury re-
turned indictments against him, not
charging him with the death of
Swope, but of Chrisman Swope, his
nephew and James Moss Hunton, as
well as the poisoning by disease
germs of the members Of the house
hold stricken with typhoid.
In the course of the grand jury
hearing, every member of the Swope
FN
Hyde and his wife, appeared and
testified. Mrs. Logan Swope, sister
in-law of Colonel Swope, appeared
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Mississippi Brieflets.

Examinations for medical licenses
were held last week at Jackson.
Rev DR.. w. l.. G. Hunnicutt, n
years old, died at Jackson last week.
DR.. w. S. feathers was elected
field agent and bacteriologist of the
Mississippi Board of Health.
Mrs. James Seigler, of Hatties-
burg, was drowned while making a
visit to the grave of her child.
Three men were arrested on the
charge of buring the saw mile of
Williams & Bonds, near Meadvilre.
The Mississippi Retail Hardware
Association, at Columbus. elected Of
ficers and selected Gulfport for the
next meeting.
The Mississippi Kings Daughters
Convention at Greenwood elected Of
ficers and selected Meridian for the
next meeting
A negro colony purchased 1900
acres of cut-over pine lands near
Mcneil, Miss. to establish farms,
factories and stores.
The contract for a new meat pack
ing establishment was let at Nat
chez. The building and machinery
win cost $4,000.
Major Thomas Harrison, 65 years
old, brother-in-law of the late Cen
eral Stephen D. Lee, was found dead
in hotel at Columbus.
R. E. Bost, who has been award
ed the contract for the Natchez meat
packing plant has sublet the con-
tracts for concrete, tin and iron
work.
William H. Smith will resign as
superintendent of Holmes County to
become inspector of elementary
schools in Mississippi under the Pea
body fund.
The merchants of McHenry have
combined and planted 100 beautiful
water-oaks on the principal business
streets there, and expect to plant
more next winter.
Mrs. Tracey Green, who deserted
her husband and three children at
Columbus month ago, was located
at Sapulpa, Okla, where she is en-
ployed in a restaurant.
From present indications, every
railroad touching Mississippi will be
represented at the statewide immi-
held at Jackson next month.
The day is not far distant when
the Mississippi farmer, as a class,
will not only raise all his meat and
dairy products, but have some sur
plus stock to sell at renumerative
figures, to less provident or fortu-
nate neighbors.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
BURNING JAIL MISTAKEN FOR COMET;
PRISONER IS ALLOWED TO PERISH

Some OF the colored population
thought that the comet had struck
town ahead of time, and would not
leave their houses.
The building was erected last year
at cost of about $1,000. The town
did not carry any insurance.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
VAN CLEAVE DEAD.
Leader of Fight Against Boycott
Victim of Heart Attack.

st. Louis. w. Van Cleave, for
mer president of the National Man
ufacturers' Association, died of heart
disease at his home here.
His death was a shock to his rela-
tives and friends who had been
hopeful of his recovery for the last
ten days, during which he had shown
marked Improvement.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Textbook Commission Selected.

Gov. Noel has just completed one
of the most delicate and difficult of
his official duties, and one which
more vitality and generally affects the
people of the state-the selection of
of the textbook commission, which
will be empowered to make con-
tract for the textbooks to be used in
the schools throughout the state for
the next five years.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

Morganza, lathe town jail
burned here, and Shoat Dixon.
negro prisoner, was cremated. He was
locked up last night and evidently
set fire to the building, thinking he
would be able to make his escape.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Boy Kills Brother With Pistol.

During the absence of their grand
mother, Mrs. ]. P. Stay of Lorman,
from home, three young boys named
George and Lawrence Stay and Johu
Edwards, obtained an old revolver
and in some unaccouatable way,
while in the hands of Lawrence Stay,
it was discharged, the bullet taking
effect in the back of his brother
George, who died from the wound.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Truckers Shipping Cabbage.

Two cars of cabbage have been
shipped by the Fosters Mound Truck
Growers Association this season and
other shipments will be made from
time to time. Most of the acreage
in that section is devoted to Irish po-
tatoes, and the yield this year will
amount to about 200 cars, the first
of which will move about June 1.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

wonderful cold in tn day, and tn sea
so Ugh the pan couldn't a lived OUT
side.
e wouldn't stop when us got
ashore, but must go right on, an
when 'e' 'ad dry clothes an was bit
warm us sent I'm to st. Anthony with
a team I"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Carroll Hotel to Change Hands.

1t was definitely announced at
Vicksburg that George L. Keene will
take charge of the Hotel Carroll
June 10, instead Of next October, as
formerly agreed, the present man
ager G. B. Duy, having decided to go
to Birmingham, Ala, before the ex-
piration of his lease
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Escape of Convicts Thwarted.

Twelve county prisoners at work
on the public roads north Of Biloxi
made an attempt to escape by filing
away a piece of iron that held long
chain to which they were fastened.
The noise was heard by the guards
men and an examination revealed
the fact that in a few minutes more
they would have been gone.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Good Roads Association.

The Pike county Good Roads Asso-
citation met at Magnolia, in the coun-
ty court house Monday. Some i'm
portant business was transacted at
this meeting.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
TWO-HEADED CALF AT LEESVILLE
HAS TAILS OF DIFFERENT COLOR

calf was brought to town by J. L.
Hunt, a Vernon parish farmer The
animal was born on his place and
was dead when found. The animal
was placed in cold s. orage to await
the arrival of a glass case, when it
will be placed In alcohol and exhibit
ed throughout the state.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Killed While Trying to Escape.

Geo. Thomas, a negro convict who
was serving a term in the peniten-
tiary for manslaughter, and who was
sent up from Kinds county, pre-
ferred death to incarceration in the
prison, and, he got the former alter
native and was killed while making
his fourth break for liberty within
period of three days.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

Leesville, LA freak of nature
was displayed in the way of a calf
that had two fully developed heads
and necks branching out from the
shoulders. The body and legs were
normal, but the animal had two tails
one red and the other a roam. The
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

The oldest settlers of McHenry
and that section of Mississippi do not
recall a drought that equals the one
of this spring in point of duration.
Two small showers in two and one
half months breaks the record there.
The two showers combined probably
amounted to one-haIf inch of rain.
1t has been too dry. to plant any
thing for a month The fruit crop
is promising, especially peaches, figs
and strawberries, the latter having
already given a rich harvest.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
State Fair Premium List
On Diversified Product

= The management of the Mis- %
y sissippi Exposition Company u
= is taking advantage of it's fl %
= nancial condition to broaden n
y nancial condition to broaden n
= the scope of the big State d
= Fair, which will be held at b
= Jackson next fall from Oct. %
= &c to Nov. 5, inclusive. It d
= is the purpose of the manage d
= ment to make the fair from %
= now on as educational in it's %
= features as possible, with the %
2 view to cooperate with the %
p government in its work of IL d
= Illustrating and introducing d. %
2 versified agriculture into Mis- %
= sissippi To this end the pre- d
= MUM list on diversified agri- d
= cultural products will be D
2 greatly enlarged and broad %
= ended. This season a special ;,
2 feature is being made of corn d
= culture, through the corn d
= clubs organized in the various d
2 counties of the state. ID
= d
D. SIS. 80. 81 h2~l. =;
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

The colony of Barbary apes. on the
Rock OF Gibraltar, is the only one Of
its kind in existence, and is being
protected by the British Government
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

The writ of mandamus in the al
legged election fraud case in the mat
ter of the formation of Walthall
County was heard at Columbus.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

The Mississippi Bankers Associa-
ton, while in session at Natchez,
adopted resolutions declaring New
Orleans to be the logical point for
the Worlds Panama Exposition.
Charles Janvier, of New Orleans, de-
livered an address in favor of in
creasing the statutory limits on land
holdings in Mississippi.
The book containing allegations
of fraud and debauchery in the Mis-
sissippi senatorial contest makes 500
printed pages.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Locusts Appear in Large Numbers.

The people of Woodville and the
surrounding country have more To-
Gusts than they know what to do
with. Bushes, vines, trees and any,
thing a locust can sit on are thick
with them. From daylight until dark
they keep the air filled with a noise
like escaping steam. Many are afraid
that they will eat young vegetation
while the darkies think berries and
plums are poisoned by them. Some
hope they will show fondness for
boil weevil and prove blessing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19
Alexander a Candidate for Senate,

Mr.. c. H. Alexander, of Jackson,
has formally declared himself a can
didate for the United States Senate
against all corners in the general
Democratic primary election to be
held next year.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

The Mississippi Pharmaceutical
Association, at the closing session at
Natchez, decided to draft a code of
ethics. DR.. o. w. Bethea, of Meri-
dian. resigned as secretary to locate
in New Orleans.