Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

tradition is asked. thereupon became
the main prop of the defense. Pend.
ing the decision by Judge Blair, Charl.
ton was again returned to Jail. Today
, Is the young prisoners 22d birthday
Evidence introduced as to his citizen.
ship showed that he was born in
Omaha, Neb.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 22.-That
tale of buried treasure in the Phil
ippines induced private F. w. Brooks
of the United States hospital corps
to liberate William Spillman. negro
trooper under life sentence for the kill.
ing of fellow soldier, and that both
men are in hiding somewhere about
the city waiting chance to make
their way to the islands and dig up the
gold, is the theory now adyanced to
explain the disappeal alce yesterday of
the prisoner patient and his guard
from the general hospital at the Pre-.
sidio.
1t is stated by soldiers who knew
Spillman before he was brought back
from the islands to ans cr for the
crime he committed there. he boasted
of knowing of the whereabouts of a
treasure in plate and money buried
by Spanish family du ing he Philip.
pine insnrrection prior 10 American
occupation of the island. Spillman
was member of Troop b, Tenth cav.
airy, when stationed at Camp Wallace.
La Union province.
1t is stated that the quarrel which
led to the killing of his follow trooper
at the camp arose over the treasure
which they were planning to recover.
Brooks and Spillman knew each other
in the islands and when the negro
was sent home for examination as to
his sanity Brooks came on the same
transport. 1t is supposed that the ne.
gro revealed to him the story OF his
treasure and lured him with promises
Of sharing the spoils into opening o
way to liberty when chance made him.
Spillman, custodian at the hospital.
LOUISVILLE, Miss, Sept 22.-Swin-
ton Permenter, Il young white man,
is lodged in jail to await trial, charged
with the murder of jamie Sharpe, aged
is. An armed posse of deputies to.
day guards the jail building to resist
an attack from mobs. II is reported
that state troops stand ready to enter
Louisville should the court call upon
the governor to assume control OF
the situation.
Permenter was brought into Louis.
vile from Winona, Miss. late last
night after hundreds OF men had guard.
ed the highways and railroad station.
vowing their intention of killing the
prisoner. The youth was brought from
pale and trembling, was the signal
for mobilizing at the station of fully
n thousand persons, the leaders arm
ed with Winchesters and numerous
stretches of hemp rope Never before
has the town of Louisville seen such
q scene of intense excitement. A
lynching was narrowly ayerted and
only after a fierce clash between the
deputies and the mob were the author.
tiles successful in placing their pris-
oner in a closed back and under heavy
guard, landing him in the Louisville
jail
GoRHAM, Me, Sept 22.-The police
are searching for a tin trunk contain
ing $1,000 in bills, which was mys.
teriously stolen from the ticket office
at the county fair grounds here yes.
terday. Although the treasurer of the
fair and three clerks were working in.
side the office and five policemen
were on guard outside, no one saw the
thief. 1t is supposed he slipped into
the office and spirited away the trunk
while the clerks and police were oe.
cupied with the crowds
NEW YORK, Sept. Philadelphia
and Reading fast freight, bound for
Jersey City crossed Morris Canal
bridge at Bayonne, N. j., yesterday al
a speed which caused Fireman Her.
man Sohner to look over the arch OF
the Camelback locomotive to see
whether or not Engineer Henry Olin
had gone mad. The fireman's heart
nearly stopped beating when he saw
nothing but a vacant seat, the engi
neer was gone and the train was run.
ming wild. At sixty miles an hour
and gaining headway it would proba.
bly, have jumped the track. The fire.
man brought the train to a stop with
a suddenness that nearly upset the
crew. Then he brought the engine
back and Olin's hat was found upon
the other side of the bridge. Blood
spots were found there and traced to
the canal into which Olin had fallen
Men were searching for the body
| when word came from Jersey City
that Olin had been found under pc.
culiar circumstances. Injured, as he
was, he evidently crawled from the
Morris Canal bridge to Ocean avenue,
Jersey City, a distance of nearly a
mile. There he had fallen unconscious
and was picked up by policeman and
sent to Jersey City hospital.