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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07

of administration granted to Louis r.
Shoemaker; bond, $100; attorney. Wilton
J. Lambert.
In re Ora NJ. Hobbs ct AL; order author
izing expenditure; attorney, c. +. Benja-
min.
Estate of Johanna Daily: petition for
letters OF administration filed; attorneys,
C.. B. Coffin and j. T. DAILY.
In re Austin S. Imirie; petition for al
lowance filed; attorneys, c. B. Coffin and
J. 7. Daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
Will Celebrate Appomattox Day.

Encampments Nos 90 and III. Union
Veteran Legion, will celebrate Appomat-
tox day at a joint meeting to be held t
the hall OF Encampment 60 sic 9th
street, Saturday evening. The principal
speaker will be Senator Heyburn of
Idaho. Patriotic songs will be sung by
the Hamline League Choir Club Of Ham
line Church, directed by Prof II. J..
Halter. Miss Ida O'Neill will sing The
Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07

and sister Spencer wore their pictures
in the locket which led to his arrest anu
Identification as the murderer or MISS
Blackstone.
Several LAWYERS have been asked by
friends of Spencer to take the case, Out
declined on learning of his confession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
Mother Stands by Him.

Mrs. WILDER l.. Spencer stated last
night she believed her son insane. She
was interviewed at the home of her son,
No. a Porter avenue. West Springfield.
Detectives had just searched the rooms
for jewelry and other valuables, which
Spencer is believed TO have stolen in
various places throughout the Connecti-
cut valley.
Among other things found was a ring
stolen from w. NJ. Smead an ex-
sheriff of Springfield, Mass. and which
since has been doing service on the
dining room floor. Tuesday detectives
carried off a trunk full of loot from
Spencer's house. All told 100 stolen ar
ticIes were discovered.
The mother of the youth is a sweet
faced woman, with broad. white fore
head. fringed with silver hair, eyes mild
and blue and gentle voice By her side
stood her daughter. Mrs Norman Puitz,
girlish woman of exceptional beauty.
who held her mothers hand as if to give
her strength.
with my daughter. l have just re.
turned from the cell where my son is
locked up said Mrs. Spencer with
duavering voice. ''Oh. 1t is terrible, ter
rible ! never dreamed that all this was
to come into our lives.
Il do not think that my son. Bertram
can be considered responsible for the
deeds charged against him. He did what
he did when he was practically insane
He did not realize what he was doing II
has frequently been found that men will
commit the most unaccountab BILE offenses
because of sort of mania, an uncon.
trollable desire, which overwhelms them
On other occasions tney appear perfectly
normal.
IT love my son as much as ever. Every
mother will understand why
Because Of his fondness for his mother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
Burglary His Mania.

II never knew just what house / was
going to tackle when 1 started out" he
said. Il would often wake up soon
after retiring and toss and turn until
1 was all in fever with the desire to
go out and rob. AS soon as l struck
the cool night air and knew l was in
the game again ! felt relieved. | can
not describe the fascination of the
sport When it once gets a man it
won't let go.
Il did not intend to rob the Dow
stone and shot Miss Dow in the head.
1 left home about o'clock, and walked
toward Round Hill. When i got to the
Dow house / saw there were only
women there, 1 decided to try it.
/ got through a bedroom window, pulled
out my searchlight and looked into "A
closet. There was nothing there but
Indian belt and the silver brooch
which Miss Dow identified yesterday.
put them in my pocket. and then
went into the dining room and leveled
my gun at the women in the next room
All I wanted was money. l would not
have cared how little they gave me,
SO long as they made no fuss"
The confession is now in the possession
of District Attorney Stephen S. Taft.
When his mother and sister visited
Spencer in his cell he broke down.
.'Oh. God, l had to tell" he sobbed as
he buried his head in his mothers arms
like child Il didn't realize what sins
had committed until they began to
question me. Then they all came up be-
fore me like SO many ghosts. They
frightened me, so I could not rest until
recognized them and said they were al
true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07

Emphatic denials were made at New
port News, Va, of a rumor published
in Richmond to the effect that Charles
NJ. Schwad. the steel magnate, had pur-
chased the plant OF the Newport News
Shphuilding and Dry Dock Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April 7.-Ber-
tram G. Spencer. who yesterday confessed
that he murdered Miss Martha Black
stone, shot Miss Dow and committed
many burglaries. says he thinks his brain
is affected In his confession he said:
Il killed Miss Martha Blackstone in a
fit of anger Then I shot Miss Harriet
Dow. 1 did not know what l was doing.
When the women screamed l lost all con-
troll of myself / would not have harmed
hair of their heads if they had kept
quiet.
II have been robber since I was a
child. ! stole knives out of grocery
store when | was only nine. Thieving
has had an irresistible fascination for
me. have broken into houses in almost
every city where 1 have lived. In
Springfield in the past year / committed
more than a dozen burglaries. l would
get out Of bed and go out and rob. After
the deed was done my mind seemed to be
relieved. and l could sleep.
Received Blow on Head.
II think my brain is wrong. My father
hit me on the back of the head when l
was a boy with the butt of whip. 1t
left a big dent. Since then my temper
has been uncomfortable. Nobody has
been so afraid of me as myself. / did
not run away from Springfield after the
murder because L enjoyed reading about
the excitement and the foolish efforts
of the police to find a clue. | never
dreamed they would get me until l was
arrested.
Spencer told how he had travelled TO
many different parts Of the world on a
training ship. His relatives had thought
naval discipline would curb him. as his
father had failed TO do so. But he re-
turned, he said. with the same love for
thieVing and temper as uncontrolled BILE
as ever.
AT the time of the San Francisco fire.
he said, he acted as a public guard The
report that he had been a member of
the burglar bands which terrorized the
city was not denied by the police.
In Springfield Spencer said he had
broken into more than a dozen homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07

nection with the Panama canal There
are nearly eighteen hundred marines in
that vicinity at present
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THE COURT RECORD.
Court of Appeals.

Present: The Chief Justice. Mr.. Justice
Robb and Mr.. Justice Van Orsdel.
No. 2131. Southern Railway Company
agt. Hawkins; placed at foot of special
calendar.
No. 2132. District Of Columbia agt. CO.
burn; placed at foot of assignment.
No. 1854. Waters agt. kopp: mandate
stayed until further order on motion of
Mr.. D. w. Baker, on behalf of counsel for
appellees.
No 2145. Semmes-Kelly Company agt.
Sanitary Grocery Company; docketed and
dismissed.
No. 2121. Mcnamara agt.> Washington
Terminal Company ct al; argument con-
tinued by Mr.. j. W. Yerkes for appellees
and concluded by Mr.. J. w. Cox for ap-
pellant.
No. 2O54. Waters agt Kopp; motion for
allowance of severance and appeal to
United States Supreme Court denied UNI
der authority OF Morgan agt. Adams, 2l1
No. o05s. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington Railroad Company agt.
Tucker; judgment affirmed with costs;
opinion by Mr.. Justice Robb.
Patent appeal. No. 623. Matley agt.
Republic Metalware Company; decision
of commissioner of patents reversed
opinion by Mr. Justice Van Orsdel.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06
KILLED HIMSELF
IN A HOTEL
Young AsheyiIle Physician Com.
miiied Suiciee In New York

New York, Oct. with his moth
err frantically endeayoring to restrain
him, DR.. Hubert Gudger, a young
physician from Asheyille, n. c.. com
mitted suicide Sunday by cutting his
throat with a razor in room at the
Grand Union hotel. DIR. Gudger was
graduated from the school of medi-
cine of the University OF Pennsyl-
yania in June last and returning TO
his home, broke down from over
work. II had been intended to place
him in a sanatorium today.
Both father and mother accom-
panied the young man 10 this city.
During the afternoon Mrs. Gudger
persuaded her husband to 90 for a
walk. leaving ner alone on guard
She must have dozed, for the next
she knew she heard her son moving
about in his room.
With q scream the mother rushed
10 her sons side, but he pushed her
away, and though she still chung to
his arm. he raised his hand TO mis-
throat and slashed himself with such
force that the blade OF yhe razor
snapped. He died in 10 minutes.
Asheville, Oct 3.-Dr. Hubert b.
Gudger! who committed suicide in a
New York hotel today, was the
youngest son Of ex-Congressman ].
N. GudgerA Jr., who Is the present
democratic congressional nominee
from the tenth district. The de-
ceased, who was &c years old. left
this city, where he spent The sum
mer with his parents. last Friday
evening. accompanied by his parents.
II was the latters' intention to place
their son in a New York sanitarium.
He had been suffering from nervous
troubles, superinduced. 1t Il thought
b. hard study and overwork.
The deceased is survived By his
parents. one brother and one sister
The former is Emmett Gudger, pay.
master on the battlesnip Idaho. His
sister Is Mrs. John W. Langley, wife
Of Congressman Langley, Of Ken.
lucky.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06
One Hundred and Twenty Six
Cases on Docket
JUDGE LYON PRESIDING
Among the Things TO Take up Time
of Coart are Mr. Holton's Usury
Changes Which are up on ap-
peal-Stray horn. Woods Land
Suit on Trial.

The October term of the superior
court for the trial OF civil cases was
lopened in this city this morning by
Judge c. c. Lyon, of Elazabethtown.
Judge Lyon presided over the last
term Of criminal court in this conn-
ty and made very fine impression
on the members of the bar and the
citizens generally by his businesslike
methods on the bench
The term that opened this morning
is a two weeks term and on the docket
for settlement are 126 cases. Sixteen
Of these are divorce cases, the most in
tersting Of which will possibly be that
of Mrs. Hilman High. who ask for
a divorce from her husband. The
girl is niece of the man, and the
parents claim that she was induced
to marry the man, VINO has a pretty
bad reputation In these parts il is
said.
The much talked of usury cases,
which have been in the hands of nr.
S. 81. Holton are on the docket for
this term. They have been fought in
the lower courts and both Mr Holton
and Mr.. Fulford have appealed from
the decision of the magistrates. The
majority OF the defendants in the eases
are ignorant negroes.
There are two small suits against
the city of Durham and numerous
personal injury cases, which are Of
little interest outside the circle of the
parties In the case. The larger part
OF the time this morning has been
taken up in the trial of the case OF the
executors Of the Strayhorn estate
against Mr.. Joe Woods. The old LADY
Strayholn sold M. Joe Woods some
land near the old home place in tho
northern section OF the city. She
las died since that time and the rela-
tiyes ask that the land be returned to
the estate. They claim that the old
lady was not in her right mind when
the deed was made and ask for 4 .e-
covery on this ground. Judge Nan
ming Was her attorney but she sold
the land without letting him know
anything about it. He was on the
stand for quite a while this morning
Postmaster Giles and Messrs. Bry.
ant and Brogden represented Mr.
Woods. and the Strayhorns are rep
resented BY Attorneys Foushee anC
Foushee and Bramham and Brawley
The evidence was not all in at th'
noon recess.
Three other cases was taken up this
morning before the Strayhorn case
They took very little time, however
as the contending parties agreed OF
a compromise judgment There cases
were. Thompson IS Moore, Banc VI
Durham and Southern. Jones " tht
Telephone company. and Reams u
Everett.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06
REPUBLICANS TO RALLY
NEssRs. SETTLE. BLAIR AND POS
sIBLY BUTLER no CONE.

The republicans have announced
that they VIII IRE some OF the radical
big guns next Thursday night at the
Academy Of Music. when Hon. Thomas
settle. Or Asheyille aud candidate for
the legislature. ID. II. Blair Of Winston
will speak.
Mr.. Settle Il well known III this
city. his reputation AS a sfnmper
ranking him as one 81 the most for
madible In the state.
There il also talk Of bringing Sem
ator Marion Butler, Of repudiaied
bonds fame. 10 the Bull City. How
ever. the political gossips say there
Il some opposition TO this, as there
are MANY republicans in the city tina,
think this would not be a wise thing
70 do.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06
i.n,lnrn. Rnnie ;.

Some are predicting frost in a few
days. while Others contend that "old
Jask" will not bit ii bis appearance
until about the middle of the month
ana our farmers. who silll have to-
bacco on the hlI, hope be VIII keep
his destructive hands on until they
can house all a heir weed.
Mr. n u Roger III moving to The
farm he recently purchased near
hoimans bridge We hope ne may
BE- pleased with bis new farm and
succeed veil Ii &c cultivation.
The owners of Raffons mill are
making necessary arrangements FOR
the construction 81 cement dam
and alsO f0f tie INSTALLATION Of o
steel oversize atef uheei. when
these Improvements IRE completed
the property Wii " forth several
times III present Yalae. one expert
claiming ,hst the dam alone viii be
worth $s.d00
Rcy william Davis Las recently
suffered iHD hfhages of thu
stomach. 81 DIS attending physician
gives hop. u bis aHsl recovery.
Mr. Frsak Rogef purchasing
the matsfs I'LL Ne new residence
which Nc etpetts VI erect soon.
Master l.sfhs TaFp confined q
bis bed sith something like dipth
iberia. Ne hoIe however, that tn,
trouble LAY pfpfs ii he some othei
disease
Mr Il F0asL 1T Roxbaro. Il
tie democratic nom Tor the oiflc,
q treas fef Of pel county. SIR
Folsle ~ I'D f. 4 true gen
'iemaa aud nuh citizen. AM
shpii elected II We ron fol
him lie eleeiaf ike neighbour
rollin Hs be wII s.
IL H NathaH Thomson. 8
Rosie passed thla ! few daYl
ago ig III after l. iticai fences
The Hiaf es-sbeHH i again
candid foF that once. and III.
prcsft ef his election n sosem
her hfiRhics eath day
ROPER.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06
MORE DYNAMITE FOUND
LOS ANGELES POLICE ACTIVE IN
SARCH FOR CULPMTS.

! Los Angeles, Oct EVERY effort
is being made today by private dctec-
tiyes, secret service men and police
officials to run down the person or
persons responsible for the explosion
that destroyed the Times building and
causing many deaths.
II is practically certain today that
Metro glycerine was used to blow 4 b
the building and that itswas not an
explosion of gas as at first reported
The Times management has an
ANNOUNCED that is now appears 20
persons were killed ,..ose.
Squads OF detectives are guarding
the home of General Otis, owner OF
the paper land Harry ChandlenI the
general manager. sle ali n
The policei announcedrtodayi that
they had found four sticks Of dynamite
near the plant of the Maier Brewing
company which has been threatened
recently with dynamiting.
| 1t. cannot bee determined at this
writing whether the police think there
is any connection between the finding
of this dynamite at the brewry and the
blowing up of the Times building,
but it is assumed that sucn is the case.
The police refuse to give out any in
formation however, and the officials
will not express an opinion.
I Earl Rogers. attorney for the Times
company and a dynamite expert are
following this clue with the police
Rogers thinks the dynamite used In
blowing up the Times building must
have weighed at least $50 pounds.
Union labor bodies all over the
state are offering every assistance to
the police in running down dynamite
ers. f
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1910.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.
Congressional.
For Congress: Chas, N. Stedman
OF Guilford
judicial
For Solicitor: Samuel NJ. Gattis
OF Orange.
Senatorial.
For Senators. Maj. John W Graham
OF Orange.
DR.. Jas. A. Hurdle, easwell.
County.
For Representative; Jnlian 5. Carr,
For Clerk Superior Court; c. B,
Green.
For Sheriff: John F. Harvard.
For Register OF Deeds. Mat. G
Markham.
For Treasurer: Simeon Bowling.
For Surveyor: Ed. c. Belvin.
For Coroner: DR.. f. G. Jordan.
For County Commissioners Luther
B. Markham. Maynard Mangum. ]
d. Hamlin, Theo. Belyin, Fietefev
Tilley.
Township.
For Constable: Raymond Hall.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06
Spent The Day in
Passing Accounts

Both the county commissioners and
the county board 81 education spent
thu day III passing On accounts The
board 81 education spent the entire
morning auditing the accounts Of the
treasurer and ordering The payment
of bills that had been contracted By
the authorities III he running 81 The
schools.
Chairman Luther Markham n the
commissioners thinks that the board
will not likely take 10 any very in-
poftant matters II this session. The
Soad work that IL nov under con
sirucsion viii BE- Finished before any
new work IL ordered aud this VIII
take sometime.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06

The republicans are geeting more
bold. They have actually come out
with an announcement Of a public
speaking tonight,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06
ROOSOveIf'S Luck Has
Not Deserted Him

oyster Bay, Oct. 4.--Iloseyelt
luck was never better exemplifed
than here today, when a horse, rid.
den BY the colonel, was struck i
gIancing blow BY an automobile
and thrown into a ditch. Colonel
Roosevelt was thrown sideways. bat
managed TO ret,.in bis seat IN the
saddle and to keep the horse on III
feet. The colonel rode away smiling
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06

San Francisco. Oct. 4.--The police
are almost certain today that three
men giving their names as Leonard.
Morris and Bryerson. who purchased
800 pounds OF dynamite at Oakland,
on September q. are the men respon-
sihle for the blowing I'D of the Los
Angeles Times building Saturday
last
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06

The Federal Pie Eating brigade
standing b. Butler? Why. certainly,
for in him they live and move and
have their lpoliticall being
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06

Rochester, MINI. Oct. - Senator
Robert q. LaFolIetse. d Wisconsin,
Was successfully operated on today
for ga1 ~ the bladder. an affection
which has been troubling him foI
years.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-06
EDITORIAL sQrIBs.

The republicans are geeting more
bold. They have actually come out
with an announcement Of public
speaking tonight.
49,
Tom Settle and Candidate Blair
will be heard al the court house
tonight by a good number of demo-
Gratis, who will listen to what they
have TO say and then 20 on and vote
for Blair's opponent on election day.
Assistant Postmaster John +.
Pope says he will give s25 for the
list of names OF first voters who are
said to have enlisted in the Durham
County Fist Voters club which was
organized Saturday night. Wonder
II John T. thinks the democrats
would sell the information they have
gained for so small sum, or at any
price. for that matter.
"A Butler man from the soles OF
my feet 20 the crown of my head
so declares q Durham republican OF
Z himself. Well, al Fc can say is,
with all the infamy attached 20 Mary
Ann Butler and Butlsrism in North
Carolina the man who openly admits
himself Butlerite Is certainly not
lacking in brass. even II il might be
said that be Is deficient in brains.
The Federal Pie Eating brigade
standing By Butler? Why. certainly,
for IN him they live and move and
have their lpoliticall being
Some OF the republicans say that
Butler is TO come 70 Durham for 9
speech during the campaign. They
will doubtless lie their biggest guns
in this district. But L win not avail
them.
Blair Is he creature Of Butler &C.
cording 10 tie pre-conyention state.
ments Of the republican organ. The
Greensboro News. and since this Il
the case Il Is entirely fitting thai
Butler should stump the district II
bis behalf
Evening journal., 1910-01-13
MISSION FOR
CITY ITALIANS
West Presbyterian Church
Officials Endorse Project
and Work Will Start

The erection Of a chapel for the Italian
Presbyterian Mission at Seventh and
Scott streets, awaits only the approval Of
the congregation OF West Presbyterian
Church, under whose auspices tho mission
is maintained.
Al a Joint meeting OF the elders, deacons
and trustees OF West Church. last night
the proposed chapel was discussed and the
project unanimously approved.
with this approval. tho idea viii be con-
sidered by tho congregation Of West
Church two weeks hence Details OF tho
plan will be studied and means Of raising
funds for the building will be suggested
The favor OF the congregation is practs
oallyy assured. since most OF the money
required has been obtained.
A plain stone building costing probably
5000 is contemplated. The mission, which
was organized by the Rev. Alexander Ali
son, Jr.. pastor of West Church. four
years ago, now has nifty enthusiastic
members.
A Sunday School Of 125 members is
maintained in connection with the mis-
sion. and there are classes in English and
domestic science. which meet every week.
The Rev. Thomas De Pamphilis is the
missionary In charge.
Evening journal., 1910-01-13
VETERANS TALE
TOUCHED JUDGE
Old Soldier Walks Miles to
See Mother Before
Death Comes

After tramping to Philadelphia from
Wilmington in order 20 see his dying
mother, James Thompson, war veter-
an. was arrested last night on the
charge Of vagrancy. and detained until
today. The Philadelphia police were
ignorant OF his situation until this
morning, when Magistrate Briggs
drew a tale from the veteran that
brought tears 20 his eyes.
Thompson Is sixty-siN years old and
an inmate OF the Soldiers Home at
Hampton Roads. Va. He received a
telegram from Philadelphia a few days
ago saying that his mother, Mary
Thompson, eighty-eight years old, was
dying and wished 20 see him. The old
man got permission from the authori-
ties at the home to como TO Philadel-
phia, but he had money enough 10
take him only as far as Wilmington
Here he was obliged 10 get OFF the train
and foot the rest Of the way.
The sympathy of Magistrate Briggs
who is a veteran himself. was aroused
and he provided Thompson with money
for his breakfast and carfare 60 his
mothers house. The police viii raise
enough money among themselves &c
send the old man back home, when h,
is ready TO go.