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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
VOTE GOOD ROADS BONDS
s120,OOO Issue is Carried at Culpeppel
Almost Unanimously

Culpepper, Va, April 2O.-By an al
most unanimous vote Saturday TINS
town and it's surrounding district de-
cided to issue $4,000 worth of bonds
to macadamize it's streets and roads
and to improve its bridges.
The residents Of Jefferson voted or
the question of issuing $4,000 worth
of bonds in that district, but the is
sue was lost by the narrow margin OF
1G votes.
Stevensburg township also voted to.
day to increase its taxes and exteno
it's system Of good roads. The issue
carried.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
FOR HouNT VERNON.
WASHINGTON SOUTHERN RY.
Schedule In Effect April Sth. 1912.

Trains leave Union Station:
For Washington. and points north
daily, at 5 0S, 90, and 10 IS a; m:
u ii, u 10, u 20. 9 80. $ u and II 3;
o. m Week days at 6 o. and l.
p. m; Sundays only, OF p. H.. md
For Fredericksburg. Richmond AM
10 % = m, IL lG. 40. 3 AZ, 2!
Gocal S 81. Q 81 p. m. daily; and ~
D. m. week days.
Accommodation for FREDERICKSBURG
train runs through to Milford.
NOTE:-Tlme Of arrivals and depart
ures and connections not gaaranleed
W. z. TAYLOR, Traffic Mgr,
Richmond. Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
RAILROADS.
Southern Railway.

PREMIER CARRIER OF THESOUTH.
I rains leave Union Station. Alexandra.
In effect Feb. 20, 1912.
N, B.-Following schedule fgur es pup.
shed only as information AND are not
guaranteed.
TAT A. M.-Daily local between Wash
ington and Danville delivers connec-
tion daily except Sunday ut Orange 10
c. & o. No. 4l5 for dordons7ille ana
Richmond.
SAT A. M.-Daily-Local for Harrison
burg and way stations. Parlor car.
9:l7 A. M.-Daily-U. 8. Fast Mail.
Stops only for passengers Tor points soutn
q. which scheduled to stop. First CLASS
ooaebes sleeping cars to BlrInins Jam
and drawing room sleeplng cars TO New
Orleans. Dining car service. Stops
at Calverton to let off Warrenton
Branch passengers.
11:17 A. M.-Daily-Mail train,
Coaches for Manassas, Warrenton,
Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Danville
and Greensboro. Sleeping cars from
Greensboro to Atlanta.
447 p. M.-Week days-Limited for
Warrenton, Charlottesville and Harrl'
sonburg.
49, p. M.-Daily-oirnIIngl lam spec
ial. Sleeping cars between New ork'
btlanta, Admission M birInlnghanl'
Through frstclass ouacnes between
Washington, ATLANTA and birmingham.
Dining car service. tvuI,sf 10 California
five times weekly.
3:52P. M.-Week days-LInireu Tor liar
risonburg and way stations Oh Manassas
branch, also for Warrenton. Pullman
buffet parlor cars.
5I2 p. M.-Daily-Looal for Warren
ton.
G:37 P. M.-Ths South ern's Southeas
ern Limited for Ash @ vile. Column
bia. Charleston, Aiken Augusta, Say
anEah and Jacksonville. Through Full
man drawing room, sleeping cars
1927 P, MISUNDERSTANDING ana
Chattanooga Limited (yia GyGcnpurgJ
First-class coach and sleeping ears Sf
Roanoke. Knoxville and Chattanooga
Sleeper to New Orleans, Washington K
Rcauoke. Dining car service.
lI:O2P. M.--DaiIy-New York, Atlanta
and New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train, club and observation cars TO New
Orleaps. Sleeping cars to Ashevllle
Atlaua. Macon and New Orleans. Sleep
ing cars to Charlotte Dining car service
92T A. M.-Daily-Mempbis special
Sleeping cars and coaches lor foahoke
Knoxville, Nashville, Chattanooga anc
Memphis. Dining car service: WASH
ng ton sleeping cars open lOO0 ;. M.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
WOODROW WILSON LIKELY
TO LOSE RICHMOND

Richmond, April 21.-Candidates
qualified Saturday for the city pri-
mary election, to be held April 80, at
which delegates to the State Demo
cratic convention will be elected. Only
one more candidate than the number
or delegates required is announced
and the supporters of Gov. Wilson are
.said to be in the minority.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
NEWS OF THE OLD DOMINION.
BRIEFS FROM VIRGINIA

Lynchburg, Va.-The Montgomery
Presbytery decided to hold it's next
fall meeting at Bramwell, W. Va
Rev. P. B. Hill of Roanoke was ordain-
eda missionary to Korea. Rev. A.
Rowbotham of Roanoke, w. M. Nc
Mutt and J. C. Hunt wers elected del
egates to the general Synod, at Bristol
May &c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Fredericksburg, Va.-The election
on the issuing of bonds of 100000 for
the improvement Of Stafford county
roads, which resulted Friday in ma
iority of 14O in favor of the bonds has
an Importance which extends to be-
yond the limits of the county and ev-
en- the state. A part of the road is!a
connecting link in the great automo-
bile highway from Quebec, Can. to
Miami, Fla. The campaign was a
whirlwind one. 1t lasted only fe"
weeks and the interest of the people
did not relax.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Fredericksburg, Va.-The Gravatt
property in this city was sold at auc'
ton in conformity with the terms OF
q friendly suit. The residence, car
rage factory and brick garage were
purchased by Mr.. Herbert H. Gravat1
and a frame house and vacant LOT
were purchased by L. R. Colbert. The
property brought about $4,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Fredericksburg, April 20.-News
has been received here of the death
Friday, in Paris, of Mrs. Mary D.
Brown, widow Of George Franklin
Brown and mother Of Of Mrs. Vance
wife Of Capt. R. Conroy Vance, OF
Mansfield Hall, near this city. Mrs
Brown, with her daughter, Mrs. Vance
Capt. Vance and family was travelling
abroad when striker. The body vii
be brought to this country and buried
by the side of her husband at Boston
Mass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Heathsville, Va.-The annual convo-
cation of the Episcopal churches OF
the Rappahannock Valley will be held
at Christ church, about two miles
From Kilmarnock. 1t was completed
in 1880, having been built by Robert
("King") Carter, and is one OF the
best preserved colonial churches m.
Virginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
NOTICE.

BY order of the Honorable Corpor-
alton Court, all applications for Ii
quor licenses must be duly filed with
the clerk of said Court on or before
April 25th, 1912.
CHARLES H. CALLAHAN,
Commissioner of Revenue.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Fredericksburg, Va.-James Clark
William Seal and Charles Schools, OF
Essex county, were killed by boiler
explosion at the sawmill of II. L. New
bill & Son on Friday Charles Bagby,
a negro is expected to die from his in
juries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Fredericksburg, Northumberland
Mills, of this city was fined $50 and
costs and required to give bond in the
sum of $500 for good behavior by JUS
tice Henry Dannehl here for the ILL
cit sale Of liquor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
Norfolk and Wa shingtou
Steamboat Co.

Every day in the year Tor, Fort Mon
roe, Norfolk, Newport News and ipoints
south, via superb, powerful steel palace
steamers.
Leave Washington, 6.a5 p. ~
Leave Alexandria 100 p. m.
Arrive Fl. Monroes 7.0Oa. In.
Arrive Norfolk 500 4. M.
Arrive Portsmouth S.00a. n.
Leave Portsmouth 500 p. ~,
Leave Norfolk 600 p. IN.
Leave f.. Monroe 100 p. m.
Arrive Alexandria $50 a. m.
Arrive Washington 7.0Oa. nj
Through connections made at Norfolk
with steamers Of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company for New York and
MSrchants' and Miners Steamships for
Boston
General Ticket Office, TO 18th SIN. w.
Bond Building, Washington, ID. q.
Phone Main 1920.
Seventh street wharf. Phone Main 3,uJ
Alexandria wharf foot OF Prince street
w. II. GALA HAN
april " General Passenger Agent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Our low shoes are beauties and pro-
nounced so by good judges. Examine
our line before buying elsewhere. Jno.
A. Marshall g. Bro. advt-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
TRAINS ON RLUEMoNT BRANCH.

Leave Alexal driai wv. u y. Stationl
week days at $40 A. NJ, 3. So and "a %
p. Nj. for PluemoLt; G33 z. NJ. week
days for Leesburg; 4:45 p: NJ: daily Tor
BlIlemont. 923 A. NJ, local, on sun
days only for Bluemont.
For detailed schedule figures. tlckets,
Pullman reservation, ETC., apply 10
WILLIAM G. LEHEW,
Union Ticket Agent, Alexandria, Va
E. II. COAPMAN, Use Pres &Ge Mgl
s. Fl. HARDWICK, Pass Trrf. NJ or.
II. F. GARY, General Passenger Agent.
L. S. BROWN. General Agent,
Washington. d. G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Spring, gentle spring, is just the
thing that you have been yearning
for, except that you should have the
Gold Seal Rubbers ready to meet the
April showers-sold by Marshall.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
Suburban For Sale.

BEAUTIFUL RIVER PROPERTY
Commanding a beautiful view OF
river and county. High, and near
station, 3 miles from Alexandria
A. C. Slaymaker,
With ALEXANDER SUFFER-,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

We can say without fear of contra
diction that we have the niftiest line
of footwear to be seen anywhere. Jno.
Marshall g. BRO. advt-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Lynchburg, Va.-At Rustburg Bis
que Hutter, for years chairman Of the
Campbell county Democratic Commit
tee, resigned and John w. ellis was
elected to fill the vacancy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

By an order issued yesterday by {
branch United States photographic Of
flee at New York, the lanes of Allan
tic liners are moved $50 miles south
ward from that which was being pur-
sued by the Titanic when she ran aga
inst the iceberg Sunday night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Another bright Sunday is ON its
way as time keeps up its march. Are
you prepared to meet it with a sml'-
ing face and beautiful dress and the
other essentials? Red Cross Shoes
for Ladies, sold by Marshall.
advt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
John Ahern & Go.

Corner Prince and Commerce Street.
WHOLESALE RETAIL CROCERs
and dealers In
PURE WINES AND LIQUORS
Country produce received daily. Our
stock of Plain aud Fancy Groceries en-
braces everything to be had in this line
we hold largely in United States bond
,d warehouse and carry in stock yarious
!. rands Of the best
Pure RYE AND MALT WHISkl ES
made. Have also in store superior grades
of Foreign and American
WINES ALES BROWN, STOUT, &c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
EIPST Of SEASON.

FIRST OF SEASON.
Fried CLAIMS 30c dozen. Clam Soup
Monday, Wednesday and Friday. And
Oysters all the summer.
C. h. ZIMMERMAN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

Roanoke, April 2O.-Mrs. Susie
Davis, wife of Samuel H. Davis, died
last night. Besides her husband she
is survived by two brothers and two
sisters. She was a daughter of the
late Mayor Carr, of this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
DEATHS In VIRGINIA

Christianburg, April 20.-Captain
Issac Powers, town sergeant Of Cam
bria dropped dead Saturday. He was
60 years of age, a native Of Ireland
and was for some years conductor
on the Norfolk and Western railway
and yardmaster at Radford. He is
survived by his wife and two sons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
Washington-Virgin
Railway.
In effect November l, 1911
iIRAQE ALEXANDRIA,


For Washington, from corner Prince
and Royal streets, week days, at 90, 5 40,
6 O5, 6 %, 6 30, 6 40, 6 IS, 05, Is, 3D. ;
50, co. Is, 8 Is, 8 IS, 50, TO- 49, 5! 49,
A., IL 10, II %, u 80, ~ 80, 10, %, I3O'
1 50, 2 TO- ? ., 30, . SO, 3 o5, IS, s., 90
1 10, 4 g. 80, 40, S., 5 10, IS, IS, 90 30
05, 6 20, 6 80, 45, 7 90, Is, Is. s 90, $50 &,
CO. 80, 10 90, 10 80, II 10 and IL IS p: m.
Sunda vs. 90, 80, 10, $ 20, 8 Az, w.
20, 40. 10 90, 10 20, 10 90, II 90, II ~ %
II 90 a. M, IL 90 M, II %, u 30, W, l'2O'
! 10, ; 90, : 20, 40, 90, 8 %, 10, 90, 70,
40 5 90, 20, 40, %, TO- %, 90 O. 20;
40, 8 90, 80 800, go. 100 10 80 and
II 10 p. M.
FOB MOUNT VERNON.
Leave Alexandria for Mount Venom,
week DAYS, at 535, 6 66, 1856, ISL, 10 25,
II 81 a. M, 122 %, / Is, Q IS, 8 80, 10, ) 80,
6 30, , IS, s 80, 9 50, 10 50 and u 50 50 p m;
~, u &c, 80, 80. 8 80, so. 5 30, go I
s46 and 10 l6 pm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

MIR. Business Man, you can think right
now of hundreds of instances where
Day Letter or Night Letter would have
saved the expense of trip, captured
doubtful order, flashed an important
inquiry and brought back the intor-
nation on the jump.
Analyze your territory and you will find
that Western Union Day Letters and
Night Letters will add to your efficiency,
multiply your customers and increase
your sales.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
Maryland Delaware and VIr~
Qinia Railway Company.

Steamers OF this line leave Alexandra
on and after May II, 1910,
Every MONDAY, "WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY at 80 p. m.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL TUE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine aud appointments unexeelled
Freight for Baltimore, Philtdelphia
and New York solicited and handled
with care. Through rates and bills OF
!ading issued. ,
Single fare to Baltimore, $3.50; round
trip, $3.50; staterooms, one way. Sl.1'i
Meals, soc.
REARDON & GRIMES, Agents
Foot Of Cameron street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

The freight steamer FL Sud OF the
Morgan Line, and the passenger boat
Denver of the Mallory Line, crashed
together in dense fog late Saturday
night, off the Galveston bar. TWO
lives were lost, those of deck hands
who were knocked overheard, and one
negro deck hand Of the Ell Sud was
badly hurt. There were about lOI
passengers on the Denver and a ere"
Of 10. There was wild Iush Tor
life preservers and the life boats OF
the Denver after the crash, but, Capt
Charles f. Staples, First Officer Lamb
succeeded in quieting the passengers
The FL Sud was beached.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22
NEWS OF THE DAY

Temperatures this week will ave-
rage above the normal in the south
arn and eastern states, and near or
below the normal with frosts in the
middle west. Rocky mountain and
Plateau regions, according to the
weekly bulletin of the weather bureau
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

JOHN 2. ROBINSON, q Eo. >. FRENCH
President. secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-22

-advt.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
HARRISON.


Russell J. Simms, infant son of Rev.
and Mrs. Simms, died at the parsonage
here last Thursday afternoon after long
illness. The remains were taken &c
Fruitland, Md, on Saturday for inter-
ment. 'Budded on earth to bloom in
heaven.
! & Mrs. George A. Rust is convalescing.
! Mrs. Frederick Vaughan is improved
at this writing.
/ Mrs. Hester Virden entertained last
Sunday Edward Martin and family, c..
A.sDavidsOn and family, and Clarence
! Virden.
Charles r. Davidson has greatly i'm
proved the appearance of his new house
/ by moving the old one back.
Quite a number of our young people
attended the party on last Wednesday
evening, given by Miss Lydia Sockrider.
All present reported fine time.
Mrs. Marvie Martin gave party to a
number of friends last Saturday evening,
in honor of Woodrow Wilson being elect
ed as President. Friends, she is as good
as her word. Try her again.
A party, consisting of Ernest, Alfred,
and Elsie Mcgee, Noah and Granville
Bryan, Sallie Veasey, Agnes Bryan,
Thomas Elliott and George Bryan, made
an auto trip to Peppers Church Sunday
afternoon.
We are having summer time again.
A. H. Mcgee, George and Granville
Bryan made an auto trip to Philadelphia
on Monday.
Theodore Jarvis has resigned as sta
tiOn agent here.
Miss Blanche DOdd entertained jolly
crowd last SUNDAY evening
Theodore Jarvis lost a fine COW last
Saturday night, caused by her getting
into the corn crib and over loading her
stomach with corn.
Farmers are busy harvesting their
corn crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Veasey spent
Sunday with her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Carpenter.
A Patrons Society was organized at
the HarbesOn School last Friday night.
The meetings are to be held once
month. The date of the next meeting
will be December 9Th.
Misses Edith Kelley, Sallie Veasey,
Ottie PettyjOhn and George johnson
spent Sunday evening with Miss Blanche
DOdd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Veasey and fam
lily visited Lewes Sunday.
There will be Box Social at Harbe-
son, in Mr.. Thompson's store honse, on
Friday evening, November 22nd. If
stormy Saturday evening, November
23rd. Proceeds for benefit of the school.
The public are cordially invited to at
tend.
Our teachers, Misses Florence Carey
and Matte Trice, spent Saturday and
Sunday at their respective homes-in
Del, and fredericksburg, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
leaves 81 .ooo. 600 to Charity.

BY the will of Mrs Mary Packer
Cummings, of Mauch Chunk, Pa, an
estate of $1,OO0,0OO is dis isributed,
mostly to charities.
Mauch Chunk gets the Packer man
sion and grounds to be used as a pub
lie park and known as the ASA Pack
er Park" For the maintenance of the
park 100000 is set aside.
To the school boards of Mauch
Chunk and East Mauch Chunk are
given $4,000 and $4,000 respectively
for the advancement of schools. st.
Johns church, Jacksonville, Fla, gets
$4,000 and a house for the establish
ment of a home for children. To the
Y. M. C. A. is given $4,000 and the
Church Home for Children at Jones'
town, Pa. gets $4,000.
The Robert Packer hospital at
Sayre gets all real estate owned by
Mrs. Packer there, which has already
been transferred, and $4,000 goes to
the rector, church wardens and vestry
Of the Church of the Redeemer, at
Sayre, Pa. To the Protestant Episco-
pal Divinity school in Philadelphia Is
beQueathed $4,000.
Other bequests are: St. Marks
church, Mauch Chunk, $4,000; mis-
Bions in St. Marks parish and in the
diocese, $4,000; parish Sunday school,
$4,000; Mauch Chunk Cemetery as
ISOLATION, $4,000, already paid; fund
for the Relief of Widows and Orphans
Of Clergymen of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church. $4,000; Clergymen's
Retiring Fund, $4,000; Dimmick Ne
mortal Library, Mauch ChunB, $25,OO0;
st. Johns church, East Mauch Chunk,
$4,000; Protestant Episcopal church
ef the diocese Of Delaware, $4,000 for
st, MichaeIs Day Nursery and Hospi
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
Corn crop Breaks Racord.

A corn crop said to amount to 8.
169,137000 bushels, or S1.921, 900
bushels more than the greatest crop
Of corn ever grown in any country OF
the world, is the feature Of the coun-
try's most remarkable ag. icultural
year in history, according to the No
vember crop report Of the United
States department Of agriculture.
This great crop of corn was wor' b
on Nov. to farmers s1,S5o. o.77502d
The acre yield was 2l.3 and quality
1O1.1.
The enormous sum Of $4,171134,000
represented the farm value on Nov.
of the United States crops Of corn.
hay, wheat, oats, potatoes. ba ley, fax
seed, rye and buckwbeat Wi the
value of the growing cotton crop and
the crops Of tobacco, rice ana apples.
the aggregate value of these princi.
pal farm products will amount TO well
beyond $5,OOO,OOOOOO.
Upon the preliminary estimates of
production and prices announced, the
value of the crops figure out as fol-
lows Corn, S50,776,000; hay, 1884,
615 5000; wheat, 5000, ,O39,O00; oats,
SAG, 900; potatoes, $1SS.5O1,OOO;
barley, $12O,S45.OOO; Haxseed, $685.
900; rye. $24,37O.OOO; buckwheat. $12,-
526, 900
Record crops Of corn, potatoes, fax
seed, oats, barley, rye and hay were
this year. The governments
official estimates of /, III, value of the
various crops and its hhli esIm9tes
Of total production will be announced
In December.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
Burns Rnnsevslt pletnre.

An exclusive social and Republican
organization in Meriden, Conn, the
Home club. is in a chaotic state as the
result of the action of some Of the
dyed-in-the-wool Republican members,
who destroyed the photograph Of ex-
President Roosevelt, which was pre-
sented by him to the club with his au-
tograph, when he was president.
When the election Of Wilson was in
dicated late Tuesday night the pic
ture was taken from a prominent place
on the wall of the clubroom by one
member and thrown to the floor An
other member thrust his foot through
the canvas. and then it was taken to
the lawn in front Of the club building
and burned
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
carneoie swears on Taxes.

Andrew Carnegie will pay no per.
sonal property tax to the city of New
York.
fhe iron masters personal property
was. assessed at $1O,OO0,0OO, but he ap-
peared before the presidetn Of the
New York tax department and made
affidavit that this was erroneous.
Mr.. Carnegie swore that the value
Of his effects in the city did not eK.
ceed S9,5OO,OO0. while his debts aggre-
gated $S, 100000. Accordingly, the as
sessment against him was Cancelled.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
Fear Lynohing; Rush Men to Jail.

Fear Lynching; Rush Men to Jail.
Women living i'll tie vicinity of
Kenuett Square, Chester county, Pa,
are considerably relieved because of
the capture OF three colored men,
Thomas Matthews, John Crone and
William Asbury, who are accused of
having broken into the house of AL
ban Dilworsh two weeks ago and at
tacking his daughter, fifty years old.
Matthews is alleged to have con-
fessed. The attack was so brutal and
the ire Of the residents were stirred to
such a pitch that the au horities
quietly arrested the men and had them
in the West Chester prison before let
ting the public know OF the capture,
for they feared a lynching might be
attempted.
On Halloween, at about midnight,
three masked men went TO the house
of Dilworth in a secluded spot near
Rosedale. Diwor,h is eighty-seven
years old and his wife is more than
eighty. They knocked on the door and
asked that Miss Emma DilwOrth come
downstairs, as her sister wished to-
see her. The family suspected some
thing amiss and Miss Dilworth decid-
ed not to 90 to the door.
The men were enraged and stoned
the house, shattering nearly every
window. Then they broke in the door,
went to the room Of Miss Dilworth
and pulled her out. The three occu-
pants of the house fought the intrud-
ers and the daughter broke away, only
to be seized again and dragged out to
the barn. where she was terribly beat !
en- and abused and left almost dead. |
In the scuffle she was shot in the
head over the eye and may lose her
eyesight. Mrs. Theodore Woodward. q
sister, found her in the barn ext