Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-28
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up the work or protecting soSio'S,
The bankers had invited Burns 10 tmalA m
banking institutions from ourelars
and his reference to the Mcnamara
case was incidental.
-. Atlanta, Ca, November 27: Fres-
ident Charles S. Barrett Of the Nation
al Farmers Union, today gave out q
statement relative to the advices from
New York that banking interests had
agreed to finance a cotton holdlng
movement to the extent of $5O.OOO.-
600, He said: "I know personally
and esteem several of the gentlemen
participating in the conference which,
" Is said looks to the placing ol
$4,000 900 in the south to promole
the holding of cotton until 1t reaches
a figure that represents lts value "
the world. But I am apprtsed OF the
nIan which must necessarily affect
several hundred thousand farmers,
only by newspaper reports. and not
in the intricate details essential 10 SO
tremendous a movement. 1t woulu;
therefore,. be unjust to all concerned
TO express definite opinion In ao-
vance of full information. MI. Bar
rett stated that reports snow tnet cUt-
ton is being held and Will oe hel9. ne
said he was lust in receipt or ietter
from C. E. Howard, secretary OF tne
Southea stern Cotton Buyers associa-
tion savinp Farmers are now hold
inc q greater amount Of cotton than
ever before"
Springfield, Mass. November 20:
Pertram Spencer was convicted TINS
morning on the charge of murderins
Miss Martha Blackstone OF this CITY
several months ago. and he Will even
tuaIly die in the electric chair. Spen-
cor was a "Jekyle and Hyde" artist IN
real life. During the day he was re-
spectable clerk, at night he was a
gentleman burglar. One night, rev
months ago, he attempted TO roo
the home of Miss Blackstone, ana ne-
ING discovered he murdered her. The
crime was finally fastened on MIN py
the police and he at once began TO lay
his plans for an insanity defense ana
worked the insane dodge to hnlsh
During the time preceding the trial ne
adopted all the ways OF the genuine
maniac and while the trial was IN pro-
gress he still played the part as a
finished actor: but all to no avail
Alienists for the prosecution declared
Spencer sane and those for the de1ense
swOre he was crazy. When the jury
retired Friday night they at once re-
iected the plea Of insanity and atter
verdict of first degree murder. which
carries a penalty Of death In the elec-
tric chair. But sentence was not pro-
nounced and will Sot be for six months
or more as Spencer's lawyers at once
filed motions for a new trial ana set
forth sixty exceptions. which will not
be heard until April. The condemned
man did not show tremor when the
verdict was announced and accepted II
with the remark: ut had to be: l am
HAdy to take my medicine. I'll take
what's coming to me without Wnlm.
per- I ask no favors and Will accept
none"
Released by time from an oath
not to talk on South african affairs
or reveal any of the inside" Of events
leading up to the Boer war for a pc
riod Of years, John Hays Hammond,
who was conspicuous in that war,
broke his silence for the first time
Saturday night at dinner or the
Glover club in Boston. Mr.. Hammond
said the Jameson raid was the result
of the activities of a reform assocl-
alton formed at Johannesburg, and
consisting largely of Americans. i
want especially" said Mr.. Hammona,
Ito correct a misunderstanding. II
has been said we were acting under
sympathy has been wasted on Dom
Paul Kruger. He was opposed to
progress, believed the world was fiat
and that the devil had q tall HIS
impositions were such as no man OF
the Anglo Saxon race would have toll
Grated. The reform movement against
Kruger was not an English move
menI. Jameson came into the fght
against our wishes and against the
I,-fk fe1 oh c.
sioner. l sent word to him to go
back, and when he persisted the only
thing to do was to bluff Kruger into
believing that we had more arms than
we really had. We did SO, and Kruger
sent over an olive branch to Johan-
nesburg. They agreed to all but two
things, and that was that no contract
should be accepted with Catholic or
a Jew. This we fatty refused. kru-
ger played false with the reform COM
mittee, after the Jameson raid, broke
all his promises, and after he had Sc
cured the arms in Johannesburg
through Sir Hercules Robinson, he ar
rested the entire committee. He gave
the men to understand that if they
pleaded guilty they would be let off
with a fine Instead they were SEN
fenced to be hanged within twenty
four hours. A dispatch from Secre-
tary Olney caused Kruger and the
Boer council to hesitate, and after
an all night session the council voted
to commute the sentences to life i'm
prisonment."
- Lincoln Centre, Kansas, Novem-
Der "a: Two Of the three men charg-
ed with completely in the tarring OF
Miss Mary Chamberlain, a school
teacher, John Schmidt and Sheriff.
Clark, today were found guilty Of as
sault and battery by jury in Judge
Growers court, while A. y. Simms, the
third defendant, was acquitted. The
jury was out nearly thirty hours. Sem
tence was deferred to permit attor-
neys to argue motion for new trial.
Earlier in the day the court imposed
sentences of one year each in jail, the
extreme penalty. on Everett G. Clark,
Jay Fitzwater, Watson Scranton and
Edward Ricord, confessed aSSallants
of Miss Chamberlain. The four con-
fessed before the present trial began.
The court ruled that the men must
pay the cost of the prosecution. Ric-
ord already was in Jail, having been
surrendered by his bondsmen seventy
seven days ago. Both the convicted
and the confessed asSailantS took their
cases calmly. The four who confessed
expressed themselves as glad that the
long period of waiting was over. None
of the men who confessed offered any
reason why he should not be sentenc-
ed. The court made no comment on
the crime. The aged father Of Jay
Fitzwater, a preacher, widely known
in this part of Kansas, saw his son
arraigned. He is greatly downcast
over the boys sentence, but has no
harsh feelings against the officers for
enforcing the law. 1T was shocking
crime" he said. II so expressed my
self before l knew my son was impli-
Gated" The most surprising feature
of the verdict to those who have fol-
lowed the case closely was the convic-
ton of Schmidt. He is a quiet little
farmer against whom. it was thought
by all, the state made weak case
Mrs SimmS. who has been constant
court attendant. remained with the
two convicted men until after court
adjourned. Her husband, highly elat-
ed over his acquittal. smiled broadly
and congratulated his attorneys. Mary
Chamberlain was not present. 1t was
said she. too. thought a verdict impos-