Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-01
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south, where the express safe was
blown open and robbed. Express off,
cials believe the loot will amount to
several thousand dollars. The young
bandits had timed their work to the
minute. No. 8 was running on time and
as the train rounded the curve the
bridge was in flames. Three masked
men tagged 1t, but the engine ran upon
the trestle before it could be brought
to a stop. Although the flames threat
ened to destroy the bridge before the
bandits completed their work, at which
they proceeded deliberately. The en-
gineer, fireman, Conductor ]. A. Dolan
and a negro porter all were covered
with a revolver by one of the bandits.
The other two uncoupled the engine,
baggage and express cars. They then
forced the trainmen into the cab and
ordered the engineer to open the throt-
tie. The engine pulling the two cars
shot ahead over the burning trestle.
What remained Of the trestle fell into
the water just after the cars cleared
it. Half a mile south of the bridge the
train was stopped and the safe in the
express car dynamited and robbed.
When their work was completed the
bandits fled to the wood-covered hills
with the loot in sacks. A few minutes
later Conductor Dolan instructed the
miles south.
Showing no physical evidence of
the shock of his attempted assassina-
tion in Milwaukee October IA, Col.
Roosevelt on Wednesday night faced
for an hour and 20 minutes Progress
sive political rally which gave thous-
ands of his fellow New Workers a
chance to accord him an uproarious
welcome. For AZ minutes after his en-
trance into the crowded Madison
Square Garden, Col. Roosevelt stood at
the edge Of the high speakers platform
unable to make himself heard above
the din Of cheers, songs and band mu-
sic His gestures to the crowd for ST.
lence served only to intensity the noises
and when after 20 minutes of cheering
Col. Roosevelt, determined to begin
his speech the immense audience was
swung off into another period of
cheering by the beginning of the
chant: I'VE want Teddy! We want
Teddy" Col. Roosevelt then refused to
sit down or to leave the rail that edged
the fiimsy platform. Senator Dixon
and Gov. Johnson urged him to be
seated, but he maintained his standing
position throughout the entire demon
stration and when opportunity finally
came for him to begin his speech, he
began it with a request to the police
to maintain order. The attention and
silence that greeted the address by Col.
Roosevelt was as marked as the dem
onstration that preceded it. At the
first attempts to interrupt with ap-
plause, the Progressive candidate
motioned with his left hand for ST.
lence, and he accompanied this with a
shake of the head which made the
crowd realize his desire to be allowed
to speak without interruption. The
immense garden was crowded to its
doors and thousands Of persons were
turned away. Gov. Hiram Johnson,
Progressive candidate for vice presi-
dent, and Oscar s. Straus, candidate
Col Roosevelt.
New York, October 80: Charles
Becker, former police lieutenant, con-
gambler, Herman Rosenthal, was to-
day sentenced to die in the electric
chair at Sing Sing during the week Of
December 9. Sentence was pronounc-
ed by Justice Goff. The prisoner and
his wife, accompanied by the sheriff
and deputies, left the Grand Central
station for Ossining at 11.55. Mrs.
Becker bore up bravely. Becker's exc
cution will be stayed by a notice Of ap-
peal, soon to, be filed by his counsel,
which may require a year to determine.
1t was said tonight in the Office of the
district attorney that at least six
months will elapse before the appeal
by Becker's counsel will be heard by
the court of appeals. The average
time for a reversal when a convicted
murderer has fair chance, is thirteen
months. In one case since the intro
duction Of the electric chair, it was re-
called five years elapsed before the
execution of the sentence. Becker heard
himslf condemned without any show of
emotion other than the closing of his
eyes and the compression Of his lips.
]. F. Mcintyre, Becker's chief counsel,
who suffered a nervous collapse after
the close of the trial, was unable to be
in court today. His condition is seri-
Gus, though not critical. Red Phir'
Davidson, slayer Of big Jack" Zelig,
the gang leader, will escape the elec-
trio chair. At the opening Of his trial
today he withdrew his former plea of
not guilty and pleaded guilty to Sec
ond degree murder. The penalty may
be life Imprisonment. A jury was OBJ
tained in record time. Justice Goff
then called physicians. who had exam
ined the defendant and on their testi-
mony that he was weak mentally, the
cepted. Sentence was deferred.
Six sisters of charity sacrificed
their lives at San Antonio, Tex, in sue
cessful efforts to save 100 orphan chill
dren on last Wednesday morning when
fire destroyed st. Johns orphanage,
one of the largest orphan institutions
in the state of Texas. In the confla-
grafton and destruction of the building,
but two children are known to have
lost their lives and two others are
still missing. They are probably dead.
Five of the sisters were burned to
death while the sixth was killed in
jumping from an upper story. She,
with one orphan, attempted to jump
into the life nets provided by the fire.
men, but her head struck the railing
Of a second-story window and she died
several hours later. Two employees,
both girls, were badly injured, but the
physicians say they may recover. The
origin of the fire is yet unknown.
Eighty seven orphans, ranging in age
from 2 to II years. were in the orphan
age The death of Mother Superior
Mary of the Cross was a demonstra-
tion of unparalleled courage. She re-
turned to the dormitory when she heard
the cry of little forgotten child in the
hurry and excitement. A few moments
later She appeared at the front WINDOW
with the child in her arms. Fire Chief
Wright attempted to save her but fail
ed. He scaled up the ladder, but she
disappeared as the flooring burned
away. Her body was found. Sister
Mary Kostka Farrell, who fell from the
window, died this afternoon, the last
victim. While one child is known to
have perished, another is missing and
it is feared it, too, is dead. Father
Hume, and Right Rev. Bishop ]. w.
Shaw gave valuable service in rescue
work Many of the children they
brought out of the burning building
were mere babies unable to help them
selves. Even the older children, just
aroused from slumber, could not move
rapidly and were assisted to safety.
Three hundred Turkish officers and
men have been executed in connection
with a panic among the Turkish troops
at the taking of Kirk Kilisseh by the
Bulgarians, according to a Constanti-
nople dispatch. According to narra-
tives told by refugees from that city,
the troops at Kirk Kilsseh were COM
posed almost entirely of reservists.
They were under -officered, i'll trained
and badly fed. Several of the regi-
roantC ho tipoa Of tho fOhtinp had