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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
MURDERS Wife AND
MOTHER-IN-LAW
STORY OF ATTACK BY MOB SPREAr
BY C. P. CARPENTER.
Arkansan in Jail-Double Murder, He
Says, Work of Land Squattera
Motive Is a Mystery.

Blytheville, Ark.-With heads beaten
almost beyond recognition, the dead body
OF Mrs. c. P. Carpenter, wife of one OF
Mississippi county's wealthiest planters,
and that of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary
Davis, were found in separate rooms of
the Carpenter plantation, seven miles
south of here. Mr.. Carpente himself
was at first reported to be fatally wound
ed. The alarm spread, the crime be-
ing laid to the doors of enemies of Mr..
Carpenter, who are said to have threat
ened him before over titles to land
claimed by the so-called squatters to
be government land and claimed by Mr..
Carpenter as his own.
A dramatic climax in the tragedy came
when Carpenter himself was arrested and
placed in the Jail here awaiting the YER
dict of the coroner's jury. His injuries
were found to be but slight, and sus-
picion has fastened upon him, the author
tiles holding the theory that he com
mitted the crime himself and spread the
alarm to avoid suspicion.
A gruesome sight met the eyes of DR..
Frank Davis when he reached the Car
penter home. The body of Mrs. Davis
found in her room, and evidences
Of . force struggle were seen on every
hand. The body of Mrs. Carpenter was
ftalKason the bed in her room, but there
were fewer signs of a struggle here. Both
had been dead some hours. Carpenters
injuries were only slight. Several bruises
on his forehead that might have been
inflicted, physicians state, as long as
twenty.four hours before the crime was
were found.
The first feature fixing suspicion upon
Carpenter was the fact that, although
he slated he had been taken unawares
by u mob of men, three kinds of fire.
were in the room, and Carpenter
had every chance to defend himself. No
evidence was found that either the auto
rifle, shotgun or revolver in tn,
room had been fred recently.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
Uncle Sans Representative.

49," ssSfs
Senator John Sharp Williams tells
Of q negro lad in a southern town who
was not the least jealous Of Uncle
Sams servants. One day when the
mail bag for that town was thrown
from the train the pouch was caught
up BY this diminutive courier, who
started of. as was his wont, on q brisk
trot to the post ONCE,
As he was rounding q corner Of the
station be encountered a larger boy,
with the result that the little courier
was upset. When the latter got up
and readjusted himself he turned upon
the other cxclaiming:
Look heah! Yo' wants to be kerr
full bout dis chile! When yo' Jars me
20 jars de gov'ment of de Unitee
States. I carries do NALL"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
Chauffeur Is Held.

Louisville, ky.-That E. H. Morrison,
a chauffeur, was guilty of murder was
the verdict of a ~coroner's jury here,
when ten witnesses testified that Morri-
son, following a carriage course on the
wrong side of the street and exceeding
the speed limit when he ran down Mrs.
Charles c. McChOrd, wife of the inter
state commerce commissioner, and Mrs.
Ina B. Fennell in this city two weeks
ago. Mrs. Fennell died several days
later as a result of her injuries. Mrs.
AcChord will recover.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
REV, RICHESON
CONFESSES CRIME
ADMITS SENDE.G AVIS LINNELL
POISON AS MEDICINE.
Under the Lashings of Remorse Is SUI
fering the Tortures Of the
Damned.

Boston, Mass.-The Rev. Clarence V.
1. Richcson confessed his guilt Of the
murder OF his former sweetheart, Avis
Linnell of Hyanis, in a document made
public by his counsel. The confession
declares that the accused is guilty of
the offensc of which he is charged" which
is murder in the FIRST degree.
Whether Richeson will pay the ex-
trcme penalty which, under the Massa-
chusetts statutes, is death in the electric
chair, no court official cared to predict.
The confession was as follows:
Boston, January 3, 1912.
John L. Lee, Esq, VIM. A. Morse, Esq,
Philip II. Dunbar, Esq:
"Gentlcmen-Deeply penitent for my
sin, and earnestly desiring, as far az in
my power lies to make atonement, |
hereby confess that | am guilty of the
olTcnse of which / stand indicted.
II nm moved to this course by no in.
ducement of self beneGt or leniency.
Heinous as is my crime, God has not
wholly abandoned me, and my conscience
and manhood, however deprave and
blighted, will not admit of my still fur
Their wronging by a public trial her whose
pure young life | have destroyed.
"Under the lashings of remorse I have
suffered and an suffering the tortures
Of the damned. In this | find a measure
of comfort. In my mental anguish |
recognize that there is still, by the mercy
Of the Master, some remnant of the di.
vine spark Of goodness still lingering
with me.
Il could wish to live only because
some PRISONS walls / might, in
mail measure, redeem my sinful past,
lelp some other despairing soul and, at
asst, find favor with my God.
"You are instructed to deliver this to
he district attorney Oh to the Judge of
he court. Sincerely yours,
CLARENCE V. T. RICHESON."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
LaFollette and BRYAN Meet.

Washington.--Col. William j. Bryan
u Nebraska and Senator Robert LaFol.
lette of Wisconsin had a conference Mt
the union station upon their joint arrival
~ the city, the former from the South
and the latter from the West. The
meeting between the three.times presi.
Dental candidate of the Democratic
party and the progressive Republican
was accidental, it is said. No sooner was
1t known that the progressive leaders
OF their respective parties had come to-
than tongues began to wag and
third'party talk flew thick and fast
about the hotel corridors.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
100000 FIRE
IN new YORK
EQUITABLE BUILDING BURNED: SIX
MEN PERISH.
President Giblin, Who Entered the Burn
ing Building to Save Securities,
Nearly Lost His Life.

New York.-The immense marble an,
granite home of the Equitable Life As
surance Society, covering a whole blocl
on lower Broadway, a historic Landmark
OF New York's early period of sky
scTaper buildings and one of the city'l
important financial c%enters, was Tuesday
destroyed by fire with a loss of six livel
and probably 100000 in property.
Valuable records, including the auto
biography of L. II. Hartman and two
priceless libraries which cannot be re-
placed, went up in flames, and the fate
OF millions of dollars worth of securi
ties, stored in safety deposit vaults, in
question, although it was believed fire,
proof construction had saved them.
The great structure, which, besides
containing the main offices of the Equit.
able Life Assurance Society, was the
home OF the Mercantile Trust Company,
the banking house of Kountze Bros, Au.
gust Belmont Il Co., the Hartman rail-
road lines, the Mercantile Safe Deposit
Company, the Lawyers Club and many
OF tho city's most prominent law firms,
stands a shell of ice-coated granite.
Of those who lost their lives, three
men were killed by jumping from a
coping or the roof of the structure, to
which they were driven by the flames.
They were employees in the building.
Battalion Chief William J. Walsh dis
appeared when a cavern occurred on the
third floor. No trace of his body had
been found.
Two other men, William Campion,
captain OF the watchmen in the Mercan-
tile Safe Deposit vaults, and Frank J.
Veider, a special officer, whose bodies
have not been recovered, complete the
list OF dead so far as known.
Among the injured is President vii.
liam j. Giblin of the Mercantile Safe
Deposit Company, whose rescue from the
basement vaults, where he was impris-
oned, after two hours work by fremen,
was a sensational episode of the fire. He
had gone into a vault to save securities,
and accidentally locked himself in with
an employe. Their cries were heard by
The firemen, who had to saw through the
steel bars of a door leading to the street
before they could rescue the imprisoned
men. Mr.. Giblin was removed to q hos
pltal, suffering from exhaustion and
smoke.
Fire officials made an inspection of the
vaults Of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, the Equitable Safe Deposit Com.
pany and the Mercantile Trust Com.
pany and found them Ill intact as far as
outward examination could determine.
The Equitable Life vault on the second
floor of the building is supported by six
steel piers and resisted the weight of
falling ruins from the upper floors.
Whether the contents were damaged bv
or heat will not be learned until
the vaults can be opened.
1t was roughly estimated that the
vaults contained over half a billion dol
lars worth of securities.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
AND DAVIS STATUES
Will Be Placed in the Hall of Fame by
Kentucky.

Louisville, Ky.-Special dispatches
from Washington and from Kentucky's
state capitalvFrankfort-say the state
Legislature soon will have under formal
consideration a bill providing that the
blue grass commonwealth place in the
hall OF fame at Washington statues of
Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Kentucky, with its long list of notable
men, has no representative figure in
statuary hall. 1t is pointed out that in.
asmuch as the blue grass state was the
birthplace Of the two great leaders of
the Civil War, it could, with propriety,
place statues of both Lincoln and Davis
in the hall of fame.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
Negro Confesses to Crime.

Shelby, N. C,-John Ross one of a trim
81 negroes charged with the murder of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dixon of Cleveland
on December 10, confessed to the
duplicating Frank GLADDEN.. n
white man, who was employed on the
Dixon farm. Ross declared GLADDEN.
gave him 500 to kill Dixon, while Glad.
den simultaneously killed Mrs. Dixon.
Robbery was the motive
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
REV. RlCAESON SENTENCED
his Electrocution Set for Week Begin.
ming May 10,

Boston, Mass.-With the appearance
OF a man who had abandoned all hope
OF life, the Rev. Clarence V. 7. Richeson
stood Tuesday at the bar of justice, de-
ciared his guilt of the premeditated muir.
der OF Ills former sweetheart, Avis Lin.
nell, and without a tremor heard Judge
Sanderson sentence him to death in the
electric chair during the week beginning
May 10.
While displaying remarkable stoicism.
'ne young Nrginian appeared to those
who crowded the little court room as if
he were conducting his w funeral.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
FINED FOR SPANKING WIFE
Ihis Is a Free Country-Thought He
Had the Right.

Hammond, Ind. = Charles Bolouis
spanked his '1e-year-old wife and she
his arrest. Judge Frank Green
sentenced Bulouis to 100 days in Jail.
You got what was coming to you.n
his wife told Charles as he left the court
room. ana after he had told the Judge
thought this was a free country and
that he had a right to spank his wife.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
DEMOCRATS MEET BALTIMORE
June IS Named as Date for National
Convention.

Washington.-The Democratic national
committee completed the work here with
the selection of Baltimore as the con-
vention city. June rs was fixed as the
date of the national gathering when can
didates for president and vice-president
will be selected.
The Republican national convention 10
to be held in Chicago June IS.
The Democrats adopted a "permissive'
primary resolution in connection with
the call for delegates and such states
as have laws on the subject, or desire
to do SO, can select their representatives
in the national convention by direct
vote. There are 1914 delegates to b,
chosen.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
MENINGITIS OUTBREAK GRAVE
Churches, Schools and Picture Shows
Being Closed.

Dallas, Tex.-To consider the cerebro.
spinal meningitis outbreak in north and
east Texas the state board of health met
here. About 325 cases have been officially
reported to the state board and the un.
official list is not materially above this
figure.
DR.. Abraham Sophian, the expert on
handling meningitis serum, who came
here from New York City at the request
OF Dallas physicians, appeared before
the state board.
The closing of public schools at Mar.
shall, Tex, near the Louisiana line. was
recommended by officials of that city
and physicians there last night because
one case of meningitis had appeared at
Marshall The scho,ls will close.
Picture shows and schools have closed
at Temple, Tex, although not one case
OF meningitis has been reported.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
Would Show No Merry.

Mexico City.-Unless the permanent
committee OF congress acts adversely
upon the petition Of President Madero
and his cabinet, Emiliano Zapata and
his followers will be shot down after
being given a verbal trial on the spot
where they are captured.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

A Boston man. writing to a New
York paper on the subject Of football.
says the country Should not tolerate
90 dull and stupid a performance"
Probably he is 80 used 20 the excite
ment of croquet that an ordinary game
OF football doesn't appeal to him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
Simply Rlushina.

A Gilman man. It Is related, has Q
very red nose. and recently a very In
quisiuve person said to him: "Pleass
don't take offense. but I'm curious to
know why your nose is always red?''
And this Is the reply the inquisitivs
got: MY nose is merely biushing
with pride over the fact that It has
never butted into any ones business"
Fort Smith Times-Record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
WANT TO SHIP CATTLE SOUTH
Colorado Stockmen Fear They Will Be
Frozen to Death.


Pueblo, Colo.-Stockmen of Southeast
'rn Colorado are wondering whether they
may make shipments to Southern states
without violating the federal law.
Intense cold and lack of food, killing
hundreds of cattle, have caused stock
men to declare themselves ready to take
chances on violating the law governing
quarantine and dipping of cattle.
1t had been reported that the govern,
ment had agreed to allow cattlemen to
ship their cattle to Texas and other
warmer sections, while present weather
conditions prevail.
However, DR.. !. B. Powell, government
veterinary inspector for Pueblo, declared
no such order had been issued.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Girls In a Los Angeles high school
are taking a course In matrimony Yet
u Is more than likely that scientific
methods will be discarded when II
comes to the critical point, and the
SQUIRTING will be done in the same old
way.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
HELD FOR KILLING HER CHILD
Ohio Woman Alleged to Have Poisoned
Food,

Lancaster, 0.-Mrs. Nancy Hall, aged
90 years, mother of 12-year-old Ruth
who died after eating pancakes, was ar
rested charged with having put poison
in the food. Her husband, w. T. Hall.
and two daughters, Bertha and Mary.
had been seriously ill but are recover
ing. Each member of the family carried
life insurance and Mrs. Hall had collect.
Cd 5000 on the death Of her daughter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

st. Petersburg.-A bill for the extern
sion OF the growth of cotton in Turke
stan has been drafted by the minister
OF agriculture. His desire is to make
Russia independent of foreign cotton.
especially from America.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Fatfootedness will be in the future
among the defects which will bar
would-be teachers from the Gotham
public schools. Yet ability to come
out fiat-footed for anything or any.
body has hitherto been regarded as an
important part of educational training.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
Confessed to Theft.

Macon, Cap. II. Smith, the union
station agent, who was found bound and
gagged in his office and reported tina,
he had been robbed of about S., 900, con.
'essed to the theft.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Mr. Wilson Robinson, 7N Nessle 81,
Toledo, Ohio, writes:
i feel like a new person. I have No
more heavy feelings, no more pain, DONE
belch up gas, can eat most anything
without it hurting me. / want TO- b:
working. all che time. I have gained
twenty-four pounds.
People that see me now and saw me
two months ago seem astonished. ! tell
them Peruns did it, I will say it IL
the only remedy for spring and al other
ailments"
ASK Your Druggist for q Free Peruns
Almanac for 1919.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
browns Chasing Rabbit.

Paducah, Ky.-Chasing a rabbit on
to the ice that had formed over a slough,
Murray A. Knight ventured out on the
thin coating, which broke, and he waa
drowned in seven feet of water.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
NO TURKEY TROT FOR THEM
View York Suffragettes Also Put Ban n,
"Grizzlv."

New York.-New York s~uffragettes
viii have none of the "grizly bear" the
turkey trot," the Chicken reel" or apv
other accepted dancing from which Is
not IN perfect accord with the stri,test
Ierpsichorean morals. Mrs. Harriet
stanton Blatch, president of the Wo-
mans Political Union, made this plain
at a meeting held to arrange a program
Tor a dance to be given on February 8.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

A historian tells us that Sappho
was a woman OF good repute. but It Is
. safe bet that some scandaious
things were said about her in Greek
sewing circles.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

A sudden shock will sometimes
change the color Of the eyes. C
ting to a London highbrow. II depends
On the force OF the blow whether the
eye IL turned black. blue or green.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

New York Jury upheld the defendant
m Q breach OF promise suit brought
BY a "kissless" girl. It is not neces.
sary to marry an iceberg even II one
promises to do It.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19
DR.. Webster Pleads Guilty.

Oregon, Hl,-Dr. Harry Elgin Web.
ster, OF Chicago, facing trial for the mur.
der OF his wife, Bessie Kent Webster.
pleaded guilty to the crime of which he
is accused
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

An old church in Minneapolis has
Been turned into a laundry. which. 40
cording TO the old adage. 10 just one
removed from goodness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

A scientist claims that he has dis.
covered q way to obtain gold from
q bassr metals. but there 10 nothing
new In the goldbrick game.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

The Indiana citizen who was given
eight years for stealing chickens prob
ably would have been given life II he
lad been caught stealing fresh eggs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Taiiors aro planning a system to BE-
paid regularly like the butchers and
bakers. Still. there is no such thing
as customtmade bread.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

An exchange tells US that a great
many Japanese women are pearl div.
srs. Evidently the Japanese dairy
lunch foundries believe In employing
women.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

The beauty doctors are prescribing
two carrots a day for the complexion;
which looks to US like the high cost
Of. color.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

That tho Fllipinos are capable Of q
high degree Of civilization Ia indicat-
ed By the interest they take in base
ball.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

A health expert tells US that candy
y an aid to beauty. Likewise 1t IL
m aid to young men who are paying
a~ttsntion TO beauty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Andrew Carnegie says that $25 a
week b enough to get married on.
ANDY wants to die poor, but not
None.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Before the women get on an equal
FOOTING with the men" they will have
to come down from their French
heels.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Probably when the modern heroine
Sshrinks into herself" she merely
draws in her claws.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

The stealing Of pictures from French
art galleries continues. Dealers In pic.
ture pest cards should take warn
ING.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

With q reform league Of some kind
meeting every week this country
should BIO saved. provided It requires
saving.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

II people would only wear concrete
Sswelry and carry concrete money the
Aold-up man would have to turn to
come lighter occupation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

And sometimes the girls father for.
bids a young man the house, when
1t wasn't the house he wanted.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

CATARRH
RELIEVED
mPERUNA
My Husband Also Uses
Peruna.

Mrs Della
May Sam
ueb, h
t &C
companies this
sest j m onial
and who re-
sides ct $50
N. Condo St.,
Upton, Ind,
writ 0 The
Peruna Co., as
follows.
"EiOht hot.
ties OF Peruna
mp lie tely
cured me Of
systemic ca.
tarrh Of sew
eral 8
standing, and
II my
feels badly or
either Of US
catch cold WA
at once take
Peruna."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

A Boston preacher has quit the pull
pit to go into the coal business. Con-
einuing to make II hot for the sinnerH
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Several Cincinnati school girls have
proved that they can live on seven
cents q day. But will they?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

We ara told thai 5000. 900 Russians
are on tho verge Of starvation, but wa
have not noticed that tie car ID los
ing his appetite over It.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Another Austrian archduke drops
his title. All. II some Americans
we're only allowed TO pick them up!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

AS Mocha coffee is grown in Brazil.
che Italian bombardment OF that city
won't stir up your coffee.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Perhaps you think you know how to
pronounce Delhi. but It will do no
harm for you to look II up.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Suit for 10000 damages growing
out OF events started by kicking a cat
shows how terribly that animal can
come back.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

Almost any many can live to be 100
pears old II he can dodge the butcher.
The baker and the candlestick maker.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-19

The man who used dog hairs in
making counterfeit bills might be
cured by a bite Of the dog.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-01-30

convincing proof OF al. the dying foe
had thrown away hayersacks hiled
with rations of corn pone and bacon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-01-30
BACK GIVES OUT
plenty Of Redwood Falls Readers Have
This Experience

You taxi the kidneys overwork
them
They can't keep up the continual
strain.
The back gives out it aches and
pains; urinary troubles set in.
Don't wait. longer take Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Redwood Falls people tell you how
they act.
Mrs. 5. 8. Goodrich. Mill St., Red
wood Falls, Mimi, says: I was
troubled for two years by lameness
across my back and mornings when
| first got up. the complaint was
more severe. 1t was hard for me
to lift and my kidneys caused me no
end Of annoyance. While in that
condition. Doan's Kidney Pills were
brought to my attention and were
so highly recommended that | pro-
cured box at drug store. Since
using this remedy my back has been
strong and free from pain and my
kidneys have not bothered me. "
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.