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The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
.BECKER'S NERVE RETURNS;
WILL MAKE NOiSTATEMENT
CONVICTED POLICE LIEUTENANT
TO BE ARRAIGNED ToMoR-
ROW FOR DEATH SENTENCE.

New York, Oct. 29.-Lieut. Charles
Becker, who has shown signs of a
hysterical collapse during the past
two days, had regained his nerve to-
day and was the same collected, quiet,
calm man Of iron he was before he
heard himself pronounced guilty of
murder in the first degree. His Bit
terness of yesterday had disappeared
he was ashamed of the impetuous
statements which he had allowed
himself to make.
Il am sorry he said, that was
impelled by impetuosity to issue state.
ments in contradiction to the orders
Of my counsel, John F. Mcintyre.
have nothing else to say
becker tomorrow will face an or
deal just as trying as his task of u.s.
tening to the verdict when he is ar
raigned at 1890 o'clock for sentence.
Yesterday Becker declared that when
he was asked if he knew any good
reason why sentence should not be
passed upon him, he would tell the
whole story he had planned to tell
on the witness stand in his own de-
fense.
Becker's changed attitude makes it
almost certain now that he will make
no such address to the court. The
strongest advice OF his counsel Ia
against it,
Jack Rose, Sam Schepps, Harry VaL-
Ion and Webber, the four informera
and chief witnesses in the Becker
case, are likely to spend the next year
possibly the next two or three years
in Jail. District Attorney Whitman
has decided they must be kept under
lock and key until the Becker case is
closed.
The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
! YOUNG BANDITS ROBBED
TRAIN AND ESCAPED
SPECTACULAR FIRING OF BRIDGE
,..... AND ELAGGlNG OF TRAIN
BY DARING ROBBERS.

Muskogee, Okla. Oct. 29.-Three
masked men, little more than boys,
[ held up and robbed southbound Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas train No. 8
early today at Wirth, Okla, six miles
south of Eufaula.
The bandits tagged the train as it
rounded a curve on to small tres
tie which they had set on fire. I'm
coupling the engine, express car and
baggage car from the other coaches,
they ordered the engineer to run a.
half mile further south, where the
express safe was blown and ran
sacked.
Express officials declared today that
they could not tell the amount of loot
but expressed the belief that it will
amount to several thousand dollars.
The robbery was one of the most
spectacular hold-ups committed in
Oklahoma in recent years.
The robbers had timed their work
almost to the minute Number was
running on time, and as the train
made the curve the bridge was in
flames. Three masked men standing
"rby tagged it.
While one robber held the line the
other two uncoupled the engine, bag
gage and express car from the
coaches. They then forced the train
men into the cab and ordered the
engineer to open the throttle. The
engine, pulling the two cars, shot
ahead over the burning bridge. What
remained of the trestle fell into the
water a minute or so after the cars
had passed. The passenger coaches
were left standing by the brink of the
stream.
Half a mile on the other side of
the bridge they ordered the engineer
to stop. The safe in the express car
was dynamited and ransacked. Four
charges were necessary to wreck the
safe. The express car was badly
damaged by the explosions.
Their work completed, the men put
their loot into sacks and fed to the
wood-covered hills. The country that
skirts the scene of the hold-up is
heavily timbered.
The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
GOLF GAME YESTERDAY.
Some Good Scores Made on the Local
Links.

A large number of the members OF
the local golf club were out on the
links yesterday afternoon to take part
in the tournament and some unusual
ly good scores were made by various
members.
The total net scores of those who
participated in the handicap were as
follows:
J. P. Harrell, 80; F. Fl. Mallard,
81; T. j. Wright, 81; J. C. Stiles, "a;
E. c. Hyer, So; A. J. Nicholson, S5;
w. D. Bailey, 92; George Blanton, SO;
p. M. Nightisgale, SO; c. Dart "a;
c. B. Conyers, SO; F.. d. Aiken, 81;
). M. Ralston, 81; C. C. Vaughn, 100;
l.. J. Leavy, Jr., 100; s. T. Cars
well, 1O5; w. H. Parker 1O7; C, IL.
Sheldon, 1O7; J. H. Hopkins, 1O9;
e. G. Butts, 10; H. F. du Bignon,
119; Geo. H. Smith, 116.
First prize for net score was won
by DR.. J. P. Harrell; second prize
for net score won by F. Fl. Mallard;
second prize for handicay score won
by p. M. Nightingale.
DR.. Harrell also won first prize for
handicap score, but has placed the
four golf balls with the club to be
played for at future date.
The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
MISS SINGER AN HEIREss.

Baltimore, Oct. 29.-Sophia G. Sim
ger, who was found murdered in a
Chicago rooming house, was the
daughter of the late Frank A. Singer
of Baltimore, and her family Is well
connected here. She lived with her
mother in Lennox street, in an at
tractive neighborhood in North Bal
timore.
Her brother, Frank 7. Singer, Jr, Is
a building contractor
Miss Singer inherited $4,000 from
her fathers estate. When she left
Baltimore in the early part OF this
month she is known to have had with
her several thousand dollars worth OF
jewelry and about a thousand dollars
Ia money
The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
FARMER FOUND DYING
NEAR CUMMINGS, GA

Cummings, Ca, Oct 29.--D. w. Ell
lott, a wealthy Forsyth county far
mer, was found in dying condition
beside the public road near here last
night, his head crushed by assailants
whose identity and motives are un-
known.
Elliott has never regained consci-
BUSINESS. Coming closely after recent
race troubles in this county. the at
tack resulted in considerable excite
ment.
The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
LEWIS NEssELoulEsT DEAD.
FuseraI Services at $50 A. M. Today.
Died In Birmingham.

The funeral of Lewis Nesselquiest,
who died in Birmingham, will be held
at $50 a. m. today from the home
Of his father, John Nesselquiest, on
Glynn avenue. Interment in Palmetto
cemetery.
The deceased was a member OF the
Knights OF Pythias, who will attend
the services in body.
The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
FLORAL OFFERINGS DELAYED.

A sad feature of the death and bur-
ial Of Mrs. M. ]. Forbes was the fact
that the beautiful floral offerings sent
by friends and relatives in Montgom-
cry did not reach Brunswick until
after the funeral.
The flowers were shipped from
Montgomery by Southern Express on
Sunday evening, but on account of
express service were held in Way
cross all day Monday, reaching this
city over the Atlantic Coast Line at
s.15 D. m.
The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
INJUNCTION ISSUED.

Judge Max Isaac, referee in bank
ruptcy, issued an injunction Mon
day, upon application of Attorney F.
w. Butler of Jacksonville, restrain
ing the sale of the Montgomery Lum-
Der company, of Waycross, which was
to have been sold today by the re-
ceiver of the state court.
The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
DEATH OF BALTIMORE GIRL IN A
CHICAGO BOOMING HOUSE
SEEMING MYSTERY,
An EARLY WEDDING PLANNED
Wharthen's Story that Money and
Jeweiry is Making Seemingly lndi.
Gates Robbery as the Motive With
Murder Following to Hide Deed.


an elopement was blighted by bru-
tai murder here today when Miss
Sophia G, Singer, an attractive Bal
tlmore girl, was found dead. Several
hundred dollars in money and jewelry
brought from her Maryland home to
grace her wedding tomorrow to Will
liam K. Wolthen, a street car con-
ductor, was missing. Robbery has
been accepted as the motive for the
crime.
Worthen found the girls body when
ne returned home after midnight to
the suite ovvupied by them and two
vaudeville performers in a rooming
house on Indiana avenue.
Miss Singer had been bound and
gagged and struck with a billy.
The two vaudeville performers
Chas. B. Conway, high diver, whose
right leg has been amputated below
the knee, and his wife, who also is
known as Beatrice Hall and May Mon
te-are being sought by the police in
connection with the crime
The body of Miss Singer was found
on bed in the room occupied by the
Conways. The couple had been in the
house during the evening, but no trace
of them had been found since the
discovery of the murder.
+ According to Worthens story, Miss
Singer was an acquaintance Of Mrs :.
Conway, who was known to her as
Miss Rial. Worfhen said it was
through Mrs. Conway's invitation that
he and his sweetheart, who we're to
be married tomorrow, went to room
at the same house. The four moved
into the rooms where the murder was
, committed only yesterday. Worthen
told the police he had paid the ex-
penses of the Conways as well as
those of himself and Miss Singer at
the rooming house since joining
them.
Worthen declared that before leav-
ing the house last night he gave his
fiancee $58 in the presence of the
Conways and then went down town.
1t was after midnight when he went
to the house and found the hallway
spattered with blood. He aroused 9TH
ers in the house by repeated pound
ing on the door leading to the Con-
way room, after finding that Miss Sin
ger was not in her own apartment.
A key was finally furnished by the
opened Further investigation showed
keeper of the house and the door was
the money he had given the woman
was missing, as well as several arti-
cles of jewelry, revealing robbery as
a probable motive for the tragedy.
A Trail of Blood.
A trail of blood lee 10 the kitchen of
the apartment. There was found
billy" which Worthen said Conway
had once exhibited to Miss Singer
with the remark, This is what l
knock 'em sout with"
According to Worthern's story, he
met Miss Singer in Baltimore several
months ago, where he was employed
with a street car company. He said
her mother was in comfortable cir
cumstances and that when he decided
to come to Chicago Miss Singer ex-
pressed the desire to accompany him.
He allowed her to do so. He told the
police that he had spent most Of his
life on a Maryland farm near Balti-
more with his father, who still resides
there. He is 26 years of age.
Whorten will be held pending the
outcome of the coroner's investigation
today.
The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
COTTON SHIPS SAIL.
The Merci&n Leaves Port With the
Record Cargo for Season.

The Mercian of the Leyland Line,
consigned to the Strachan Line, sailed
Sunday for Liverpool with over $4,000
bales of cotton, the record cargo of
the season. The Gafsa consigned to
the same firm sailed Tuesday for
Bremen with 1880 bales of cotton,
which makes about $4,000 bales of
cotton to leave this port within two
days
The Brunswick news., 1912-10-30
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEETS

A meeting Of the board OF trade
membership was held yesterday aft
ernoon to devise ways and means for
securing new members. An active
campaign will be started in the near
future.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15
FOR NEW WATER MAIN
Committee Recommends Tint Council
Set Aside $4,000 for Work,

special appropriation OF So. 900 to lay a
'hlfty-inch water main from the New Res
ervoir along Mulberry Street TO Broad. and
Gown Broad SJeet to Bowc, the work 10
pc done before the street west OF Harrison
- paved. was recommended 10 the Council
last night by the Council Committee on
water. For the past three years Superin :
a at,1Ll Davis has urged an appropriation
sunTcient TO lay large new main from
the Reservoir to the central part of The
city, but no action has ever been taken
and merdocrs of tho committee were
doubtful now whether action could be So
cured before the new paving. which Is now
under contract. is completed. In order to
avoid the later charge of tearing up new
IF.paYed streets. the committee placed IT.
self OH record. however. although doubt
was expressed whether final action would
office
The committee agreed to meet Tuesday
afternoon at O'Clock Mt the Marshall Res
crVoir 70 inspect work in progress
there. aud to consider plans FOR lining the
leaks which. II is held make tho cmbank-
inent dangerous. aud may by undermining
the walls, lead to general break which
might cause heavy damage.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15

o the Editor of The Times Dlsnatcb.
Silt have read recently two letters
IN inc Times Dispatch. written by por-
sons proposing q campaign OF English
SSp"rroW killing. similar to thu. present
%! kiIIlnE contest. in which prizes would
be offered and children allowed to com
pete. wonder IL "Swuttcr'' has
tnouEht OF tho morah effect OF making
nutchers OF children? | do not think
thht any result. however dcslrn bio
could compensate for the brutailzInr
erect on tho minds and hearts OF Inc
.,nllaren by allowing and encouraging
mem TO slaughter defenselcss creatures.
l very much disapprovc OF the present
ny Killing contest" being engaged i'm
pY children. II II is necessary 10 Xiii
tihEs. IL possible, children should NOT
DC allowed to see the Killing much loss
TO participate in the act. There rs such
ming as paying too hlgh nrIcn
SOMETIMES even for what seems most
desirable MRS. BEN AUGUST
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15
SCHOOL
PUPILS GO HIGHER

Graduates o. the district schools who
are qualified 10 enter the High School
at the beginning of the next session
we're announced at tn, school Board
neAuquaEtors ycstc ;piay for all except
four OF tho white schools. yyhtc.e the
examiners have not yet turned in the
papers. The Chools not yet rcportcd
on as 10 their ful! graduates are Chin
hora"o. RUNNER. Madison and Stonewall
jackson.
Tins following have received cer,tn-
Gates or graduation IN the 3. IL grades.
en- u4nS tnem TO entrance TO the joan
Mars nall iHgh school in September:
William Fox School-Thel,na Brock
FRANK BdNSkclski. Leah Binsw7angcr
Lucy BIount. Celeste Carleton, Maben
E'arke, Henry Cohen. Elliott Dr!nard
norman Destz, Merrywcather Fry. cole
man llackeut. ALVIN inte. Alloy Hobsou
i-acy William Lawrence. Bertha Nash.
Lnr!sne ,Nuckois. Lawrence Newman,
Na!ph Rotbschlld. Dorothy Rheutan
Mary Sav!l!e. Louise Sale. Helen Samp-
son. Louise Stanneld. Doris Werner.
Nicholson SchOol-Jessie Atkinson,
Dew'Ay Gottwald. Louise Kerr. Hazel
andrews. Af!ce Gale. Lucille Solomon.
Woodall, Rosa Taylor. Eddie Andrews.
Irene Dyas. ClaXencc Eiu., Ben Ray
mond.
Springfield schooI-Frank Say. Alan
Hardie. Lille Snecd Allie Pace, Dallas
Burrows, Joseph I,eonurd Irwin En-
roughly. Idly Wheelhouse. Aubin Wit
share. Martha Egglestot, Beatrice Jones
Wilson.
Paramount schooI--ALbert Cosby.
Myethle Tyson Elsie Harper. walker
letter. Virginia Strange, Norma ely
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15
THE PIVOTAL POWDER RAG.

= delegation to the Chicago con-
vention missed the train yesterday be-
cause the wife OF one of the delegates
stopped TO powder her face. II that
delegation had been delayed, and by
missing the train had missed the CON
vention. that powder rag might have
cost some deserving, but unfortunate
man tho presidency of the United
states. That little dash of talcum III
such a contingency might nave kick
ed Roosevelts hat out Of the ring or
knocked the Taft candidacy into a
cooked hat. Tina, bit of preening
might have been the pivot upon which
a presidential election hung.
The appearance of the powder rag
In political history is suggestive Of
what may come when women secure
the ballot. Convention halls with white
clouds Of powder arising viii re-
semble real bat,iehelds. and the wo-
man who is nominating Anna Jemima
smith-Green for the presidency Will
he interrupted disas,rously in the
midst of an eloquent speech by the
whispered - finch OF powder" No
woman VIII be elected to the chief
magistracy unless she is for the re-
moval ef the tariff on powder rags.
for government ownership OF the tai
cum industry, ana for the dissolution
of the whalcbone trust. NY king
dom for horsol" may No chorooa .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15
to wipe out the congressional mileage

TO wipe out the congressional mileage
graft.
The present appropriation is only
Tor the purpose OF enabling gather
ihGs at county fairs TO have as an eN-
hihit tho President OF the United
states" as Mr. Page so APPLY puts it.
No useful or necessary purpose is
served by this perpetual travelling Of
the President. who ough, to remain
in the capital at work. No head of
great business corporation could
hold his job if lie ran around the
country as continually us does the
Chief Executive of the United States.
Ills tunketing is waste of money
and loss OF valuable time. The
President is not employed to swing
around the country in private car,
but 10 perform certain specific duties.
which. i; property attended to. will
leave no opportunity for presidential
joy riding at the public expense. The
people pay this superintendent of the
be run like business corporation
$4,000 a year to attend to his bust
ness. they do not hire him to so
pottering over the land, making rear
platform talks and palmng of mcaly-
mouthed platitudes about the desira-
hility Of happiness and the beauty of
honesty. Nor is the taking Of si,5oo
out OF the fund for the suppression OF
counterfeiting and the protection of /
the President to supply guard for
him when travelling desired by the
people. /;
Travelling over the country is no, /
a presidential function In no way 1
Goes it further the discharge OF the .
duties of the President; IT rctard- .
them. because months OF time are lost /
What has the present chief aIaets.
tsnte gained by touring the nation?
Nothing; and the people are not de- (
sirous OF seeing, him or hearing him
1t will be years before the country
RECEIVERS from the disgusting effect OF
seeing a travelling President engage
q travelling ex-President, who never
paid his railroad bills when he was
President. The President is using
$4,000 OF the public money to pay
hts travelling expenses in his cam
paign for denomination. He is using
the public money for his private pur-
pose. That is unfair TO other cand-
iaies for the presidency. and the fact
hat it has the sanction of law does
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15

borne. Clarence Jones. May Johnson.
Carey Gr2cnstrce EIma Johnson
gladys Siuaroc Myrtle Beck. Myrti,,
nonSon, Nerrell hughes. Herman APP
bellevue sehooi-santord Thorpe.
lanes lanes Gary. Clayton McSpagwan. Ruth
Mo2wen., sarah Johnson, Mnwood
nell. May Balen. Willie Acrf, Julian
Trn5 nnln.
Jeherson Schooi--John Rorn,y. B.rdl.
Sporn. William Levy. Wexford Brail,.r
Zoe Herman. Anna My Pearca. I.al-rt
iner Brandi. Louise Mills. Rosa Rubin.
iIsnor. Edward Mcintryc Marguerite
Robins. Sophie Taylor, blanche IA.
glesmnn. Merton Billups. Sarah not
k!ns.
Powhntan schooI-Ruby. Elder. Ahr,-
nam iiankins. Beatrice Brewer. Else
Lee Moore. Ellen Bowen. Albert Nor
us. Gertrude Jones, Rcbccca Williams
Raymond Cheatham. Leonard phtii;ns
Eiolse Pollard, Edward Redford, Cay,
Elbn SchoOi-I.ouise Ingersoll Rain,
Wo!f, Isador Gold. Grace Franklin XIII
Bownan, Edwin Mer:ydew. NIagdalen.
Rose. Percy 1Nnlbcrlake, George RatrI,
SIMON Cohen, Thelma Lucas. Winston
Rob!neau. lnez Wooda!l Abe Rosen
thai. Edith Tupman AyliI. ,r!gnor
Leslie Garden. Jake We!nsteiu. Lillian
Burruss '''a1
Randolph schooI-Eyclyn Harrison
ElZab-i Coles. Freda Hoffman, Ber-
Inard Lacy. f.uc!an Thomas. Raymond
Lucy. Eva Mnson. Grace Garnet. Henry
WOOD, Mood. John Light. Alice Boltz. Edith
fiouchens May TURNKEY. Ethel Cole.
Louise Hoffman. Charming walden
FLOYD Parrish, Bessie R!ddeli. CLAWS
Snider. John Jackson
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15
lis One Drawback.

They say that Esperanto is
y language that's beyond compare:
But one thing that has been over
looked
In Esperanto one can't swear.
There does not seem Ihe slightest
doubt
This language new, will fail right
VIII Esperanto ever do
for him who gets up IN the night.
To marathon with a sque..inr kid
Who kicks and squirms with all It's
might?
His English will tome back, all
right.
How Will the chauNer ge. along
""en Win final whcezo and
His car gives olt n.ne miles from
home
Which is not an unheard-of stunt?
WIZ Esperanto he his choice
OF language? Indeed. it won't.
The ultimate consumer. too.
Is one whom We must nor forget
When he finds that his grub is gone.
And higher prices must be met.
Can Esperanto Ger sutncc
TO voice his burning thoughts .
Not yet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15
CUT IN FIGHT

Negro boy Unable to Tell Police MIME
OF Iiia AssnIInnt
In q free-for-ali dght last riyh,
o'clock. in North Seventh Street
nn'etween Two gangs" OF negro bows
Nv ware Stutely. fifteen years old. OF
~ Nortn seventh street. was stab
pea IN the breast. When the boz. fril
10 the pavement with groan the
crowd quickly dispersed In was
,ts ~ several negro men. VINO no
4. Hawkins. ambulance surgeon, re-
sponded. He removed Stuteiy to tha
nospltal for treatment While serious
~ wounded. II was said that he would
recover Stutcly was unable TO tell
Inc me name OF the boy who stabbed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15
PRESERVE TIE roRrIrIcA1IoN.

There is a remnant Of Confed-
crate fort!hca,!on. on Monument Ave-
nne near the .Btyis Monument which
should be preserved for an time It
IS small part OF the innermost for
tiAcat!on thrown up to protect the
city during the war and it Is an OBJ
ject Of great historical! value. Il -
OF great interest not only to the peo-
pie OF Richmond but also to visitors
who pass II In a section Of the city
which is peculiarly devoted To Con-
federate memorials. 1t is visible
testimony Of the great connic,. and
Is almost unique. because It is not
merely site where something once
stood or once happened, but is the
Thing itself. Monuments seem but in
direct memorials. but here is some
thing which was material part OF
the Confederacy
OF the original earthworks. little
is left. Richmond's three lines OF de-
Tense are fast disappearing. The po-
sIt!on OF the remnant referred to is
such as 10 make It's preservation a
SOLEMN duty which the city owes 10
pfesen; and future generations. The
foFi!acation is rapidly yielding to the
tavages of tin,,, and something should
be done TO insure its preservation. II
should not be RACED but left lust
rs II is. as mute evidence Of a
great war, "a which the attitude Of
NtyRf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15
According to uuclc Nbncr.

Next TO the mustard plaster. tho
dog is mans best friend
outside of the innammatory rhcu-
matisn. about the hardest thing in
TINS world to get rid of is Il sew
ing machine agent.
Hod Peters drinks whiskey in the
summer to cool him OF, and in the
winter to warm him up In the
spring and fali he drinks It for med
icinal purposes.
l see the State of Massachusetts
mas abolished all public drinking
cups They could do that in our
town and nobody would ever find it
out.
When two rival music teachers get
70 talking about technique and meth
ou It Is time for the innocent by
s'ahuers to steal quietly away like
thief in tho night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15

an officer of the law. The influence
and Importance of the offender
amounted to nothing in his eyes.
Reckless automobile driving is
peril which the law curbs with little
SUCCESS. If drivers, after repeated
oiiehses' were jailed without discrIm-
NATION as to their social or financial
position. speeding would be unlimited
and the law recognized
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15
On the Spur ofthe Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
And Then Somc.

And Then Some.
The blazing sun will cease to SHINE:
The planets VIII fall out OF Inc.
The moon will cease 10 shed her
beams;
The poet cease to dream his dreams !:
The seven seas will MI be dry,
The stars be missing from the sky:
me warning nations will shake
hands.
And peace will reign IN foreign
lands:
The busy mills will cease 10 grind
And palsy strike all human kind:
Ali nature will be upsid, down
Inc KIND trade places with the
clown:
The biackbirds they Will all be white;
All VIII be wrong and nothing right:
The whole world will be up the
spout
Long ere L. r. is down and out