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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

London. Sept -. - snnragefe
demonstrators are experimenting VIE
quilted jackets In which thoustad
OF pins are embedded. points OCT
ward They afforded considerable
protection and make the wearers
dangerous TO handle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

state Senator W. y. CoDD, OF RODE
son County, died Monday.
Durham Superior Court convened
last Monday with two hundred cases
on the calendar.
Mr.. John Sorrells was killed by
cave in while digging sand from an
overhanging bank near Waynesville
last Saturday.
Dir. ". E. White, who was nomi-
mated by the Duncan-Morehead Con-
yention for Corporation Commission
er, has written Chairman Morehead
declining to make the race.
The Progressives OF Rutherford
County held a convention last Satur-
day and named a full county ticket.
The Progressives are very strong in
Rutherford.
Governor Kitchin has ordered a
special term OF court for Mcdowell
county to begin October 81 and to
continue one week with Judge w. j.
Adams presiding. Only criminal
cases will be tried.
1T Charlotte Saturday afternoon
Claude Blackwell. of Lancaster, 8. c.,
was found guilty OF manslaughter
an sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary 10 rthe killing Of DR.. Fred
Misenheimer in a room at the Buford
Hotel May 20.
The Republicans of the Sixth Con-
gressional District met in Whining
ton Saturday and nominated r. w.
Herring, of Cumberland, to oppose
Congressman II. l.. Goodwin, Demo-
crat, for Congress, and named an
elector and executive committee.
Lester Horne, a fifteen-year-old
boy, fell from a scaly bark tree near
Peachland, Arson County, Saturday,
and was killed instantly. He was
alone but the body was found in a
short time. He fell a distance of
fifty feet and his skull was frac-
tured.
B. F. Vann, charged with killing
Oliver Layden, a youth, in Per-
quimans County last summer. was
convicted Of second degree murder
at Elizabeth City and sentenced to
twenty-five years in the State Prison.
Vann admitted the killing but plead
self-defence.
The Bar Association of Forsyth
County have petitioned the Governor
to call two special terms of court in
that county, one in November and
one in January for the trial Of civil
cases. There are $50 cases on the
docket. The criminal term of court
in Forsyth will convene next Monday
with seventy-seven cases on the dock
ct, including two murder cases.
Fire. believed to be of incendiary
origin, early Friday morning destroy
ed the large fertilizer plant of Pear
sail & Co., in East Wilmington, en-
failing a loss of upwards of 100000
with SAL 200 insurance. About the
same hour fire was raging in the
city, just across the river when the
naval stores plant of the George l..
Morton Company was destroyed. 1t
is said that there was no insurance
on the plant and the loss will be
about $4,000. The origin is I'M
know.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

Toxic. Sept 2s.-An appalling loss
OF life and property resulted from
the typhoon which swept Japan from
end to end last Sunday. according TO
reports brought by persons arriving
from the provinces. Tens OF thous-
ands Of persons are homeless and the
damage exceeded 100000. The
storm was the worst that has oc-
Cured here for over half a century.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

The flying machine startles but it
costs. There have been more than
200 victims of aviation since 1896.
In this country five have been killed
while operating machines since Au-
gust l and ten since January 1.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

The progressive forces IN South
Carolina will hold . convention in
Columbia tomorrow.
Mr. w J. Harahan. the newly
elected President o. the Seaboard Air
Line, will have his headquarters In
the company's Offices in Portsmouth.
4 street car conductor named Nc
Namara vas beaten 10 death in New
York Monday by three disgruntIed
passengers because he was trying TO
enforce the rules of the company.
The United States will withdraw
all forces from Nicaragua as soon as
complete quiet is restored. the revo-
luton practically having been broken
up with the surrender OF Granada
andt he capture OF General Mena.
The fire department OF Augusta.
Ga, was ordered out Thursday night
to dispense a mob of strike sympa-
thizers who gathered at the street
railway plohls III Catching fAOicuSS
to strike-breakers. Two business
men of the town were shot by guards
when they crossed what was known
as the dead line. These men did not
know such a line had been estab-
lished.
Under the hallucination that he
was losing his mind and also fearing
that he was a burden to his family
because of his physical condition.
George Riley, twenty-seven years
old, of Baltimore, and brother of
Mrs. A. E. Cole, of Fort Barnwell, N.
c., drank a large dose of carbolic
acid Monday morning. He was found
in a dying condition at his home by
one of his sisters.
Two more lives were sacrificed to
aviation at the United States army
aviation field, College Park, Md,
near Washington Saturday when an
army aeroplane suddenly fell thirty
five feet to the ground instantly kill
ing Corporal Frank S. Scott and so
seriously injuring Second Lieutenant
Lewis G.. Rockwell that he died a few
hours later. Hundreds of people, in
Guiding fellow army officers attached
to the aviation school, breathlessly
witnessed the tragic accident.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03
State News.

State Senator W. s. Cobb, of Robe
son County, died Monday.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

Durham Superior Court convened
last Monday with two hundred cases
on the calendar
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03
General News.

The Progressive forces In South
Carolina will hold = convention in
Columbia tomorrow.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

Mr. w ]. Harahan. the newly
elected President o. the Seaboard Ali
Line. will have his headquarters In
the company's Offices IN Portsmouth
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

Mr.. John Sorrells was killed by a
cave in while digging sand from an
overhanging bank near Waynesville
last Saturday.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

4 street car conductor named nc
Namara vas beaten 10 death in New
York Monday by three disgruntlet
passengers because he was trying Il
enforce the rules Of the company.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

Dir. ". E. White, who was nomi-
mated by the Duncan-Morehead Con-
vention for Corporation Commission
or, has written Chairman Morehead
declining to make the race.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

The Republicans of the Sixth Con-
gressional District met in Whining
ton Saturday and nominated R. w.
Herring, of Cumberland, to oppose
Congressman H. l.. Goodwin, Demo-
crat, for Congress, and named an
elector and executive committee.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

Governor Kitchin has ordered q
special term OF court for Mcdowell
county to begin October FL and to
continue one week with Judge w. j.
Adams presiding. Only criminal
cases will be tried.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

The Progressives OF Rutherford
County held a convention last Satur-
day and named full county ticket.
The Progressives are very strong in
Rutherford.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

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to anybody that wants So So she@ n
forx and long service. l N RO2L
the best shoes ever saw.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03

1T Charlotte Saturday afternoon
Claude Blackwell. of Lancaster, 8. c.,
was found guilty of manslaughter
an sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary 10 rthe killing Of DR.. Fred
Misenheimer in a room at the Buford
Hotel May 20.
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We're three others with him. He didn't
remove the string because he saw a.
person approaching. Heard him talk
ing in his sleep about the murder
about going back and taking the cord
off the girls neck"
Witness found a letter in his clothes
from New Jersey. Had talk with
Mrs. Lowell after her brother was
buried.
How did he happen to shoot him
self?"
Thought every strange person was
an officer and WAS frightened of the
officers
was your brother drunk the day he
committed suicide?" asked County At
torney Williamson.
He had been drinking but he wasn't
drunk"
Witness did not recognize Detective
Hartnett as the man who talked with
her after the suicide of her brother
Did he tell you that he and three
other men got out of the Auburn jail
before being at the Hackett place?
He didn't tell me- ~
Did he tell you that he was arrest
cd in connection with the murder?
Il don't remember
The matter didn't make any impress
sion on her until after her brother
committed suicide, the witness said.
Her brother didn't make any statement
to her about the murder for some
days before he killed himself
Witness denied that her brother was
fighting drunk and that ne shot him
self when she went for an officer but
afterward admitted that he was. sCrazy
with rum and didn't know what he
was DOING Admitted that harrbroth
er had frequently told her stories after
he was II of big things thata be had
done that wasn't So
did you ever talk withs Deputy
Sheriff stevens of Lincoln and some
other gentleman you didn't knew about
the matter2' q
Mrs. Laura NJ. Lowell of Lincoln tes-
tilted that Mrs Dolley came Ato her
home after the funeral and said that
her brother was one of the -tramps
that helped to kill Matte HaclSatt. She
wrote a letter to McGillicuddy and
Morey in Oct. 1912, about the matter.
thinking that it might help them about
the case. -
Mrs. Elizabeth Jipson Of Lincoln.
mother of Willie Hurd, testified that
the night before the murder her sor
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main fact to be proved, and so loSi-
cally connected with each other. that
all taken together they may have the
weight and efficacy that will be accept
ed as conclusive.
But before il is deemed sufficient to
warrant conviction in a criminal case.
its safiiciency and accuracy must be
negatively tested by inquiring whether
it excludes every other hypothesis than
that of the defendants guilt 1t is not
sufficient that the circumstances are
all consistent with the defendants guilt
and..raise a strong probability OF it.
They must also exclude, beyond q rea-
sonable doubt. the hypothesis OF his
innocence; and be incapable of explain
alton upon any other reasonable hypo-
thesis than that of his guilt.
I Recognizing the fact that crimes arc
not committed by sane persons without
a motive, the State contends that in
this case the defendant was actuated
by the motive OF jealousy. An evil
motive is not only the essence of guilt,
but the source and spring of criminal
action. But whether motive Sug-
gested can lie deemed an adequate one
in Il given case must depend upon the
moral character OF INC person accused
With respect to persons of high moral
character and pure and honorable lives
no motive would be deemed sufficient
to induce them to commit the crime OF
murder.
But the law does5net require proof OF
a motiye if the crime is fully establish
ed beyond Il reasonable doubt without
regard To the motive, IL considering
however, whether the evidence in 1
given case. especially cireumstantia
evidence, is sufficient to prove guilt
we instinctively inquire, and it is very
important that we should inquire. What
motive could have impelled the defend
| ant. to commit the crime charged.
In support IF it's claim that the de
PENDANT VAS actuated by jealousy the
State introduced a witness who testifl.
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OPENED FOR BUSINESS AUGUST II. 1905

bridge, and the woman who murdered
Matte Hackett.
On the other hand, it is earnestly
contended on behalf of the defendant
that the circumstantial evidence is not
even consistent with the theory of the
defendants guilt, and that it utterly
fails to prove beyond reasonab BILE
doubt that the crime was not commit
ted by tramps as suggested by the de-
PENDANT
They say, in the first place. that
there is strong moral improbability in
the States theory, and they ask You
to consider the evidence showing her
good repute from her childhood up to
the time of the murder, in both Turner
and Readfield. 1t is said that her
good name was never questioned either
for truthfulness or for peaceful de-
meanor.
Second. it is confidently insisted that
she had no adequate motive to destroy
the life of Matte Hackett 1t is de-
MED that the conditional threat to kill
her if she ever crossed her path was
ever made, and that, even If it had
BEEN it is urged that it ought not TO
be seriously considered as evidence of
any deep seated hatred or malice. 1t
is said that there is no evidence that
Matte Hackett ever did cross the de-
fenoant's path, and no evidence of any
unfriendly words between them, or
any occasion for jealousy from that
time down 70 the time of the murder.
1t is next contended that it was ply
sically impossible for the defendant to
have travelled from her home to the
Hackett house and to have committed
the crime charged in the brief period
of time in which it, must have been
done according to the evidence, if done
| by her
Again the defendant says it is physi-
cally impossible that the defendant,
alone and unaided, could have stran-
gled Matte Haekett in the manner
claimed by the government, or in any
other manner. 1t is suggested that
there We're no marks whatever on the
neck or throat of the deceased show
ing that she had clutched' at her
throat as the cord was being drawn
and knotted around her neck, as she
would have done if she had the use
of her hands and arms. 1t is con-
tended that the same person could not
have drawn and tied the cord and held
the arms of the victim at the same
time.
1t is further argued that there is no
conclusive or reliable evidence that
this defendant was at the Hackett
house - on the Nickerson road at all
that night; that the foot prints made
by a woman's shoes on the edge of
the cornfield are not shown to have
been made by the defendant that no
witness has identified this defendant
as the woman who was seen walking
up Nickerson Hill or the woman who
MAS seen returning that night.
1t is further suggested that there is
no evidence that the defendant knew
that Matte Haekett was alone mt her
fathers house that night 1t is
claimed that she knew that the other
members of the family were about
home and must have deemed it prob
able that she would see some other
members of the family beside Matte
If she called there To invite her to go
to walk with her. and that it is highly
improbable that she would expose her.
self to certain identification in that
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CHAIR THAT GIVES FATHER TIME
THE LAUGH"

We are just about as old as ne LOOK
People Judge us, by the way we LOOK.
The man or woman with grey hair is be-
ginning to get in the "Old Timers Glass. 4"
This Twentieth Century does NOT want
GREY hairs-itwants the energy of Youth.
The big things are being done by the
YOUNGER generation.
= There's a sort of HAS Been" look
about those Grey Hairs. There is always
one to criticise and smile scornfully.
Father Time is stern disciplinarian.
Get the best of him. Give him the laugh.
Do not be "Has Been. It's unnecessary.
Use HAYS HAIR HEALTH {
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4
manner. 1t is }also said that the knot
ted cord used in this case was the
strangers Knot peculiar to the work
of professional criminals; and that the
defendant had no knowledge of such
an instrument of torture and DEATH
and was utterly incapable of making
or using onf
Finally, III is contended that the de-
PENDANT has done nothing and said
nothing since the murder that must
necessarily! be construed as indicating
a eonseioilsnes of guilt upon her
part.
1t is incumbent upon the government
to prove beyond a reasonable doubt all
of these facts and circumstances nee
essary to the conclusion of guilt
claimed by the State.
| Consider carefully the evidence re-
lating to each of these several propo-
sitions set up by the State, and wheth-i
| er they are proved beyond reason
able doubt; and consider carefully
whether, taken together and consid-
cred as whole. they are consistent
with and render probable the hypothe-
sis of the defendants guilt. Then you
apply the negative test to which
have already alluded, whether these
| facts and circumstances also exclude
| beyond a reasonable doubt every other
| hypothesis bpt that one. If they give
| you full satisfaction of the truth of
the charge, $50 that you feel in your
consciences that you are doing the
defendant no Injustice in rendering a
| verdict of Guilty" it is of course
| your duty to | say so. On the other
hand, if in YOUR minds the evidence is
not sufficient dnd fails to prove the
+, charge beyond la reasonable doubt, the
| defendant is entitled to the benefit OF
your doubt, and your verdict should
be Not GUILTY.
The duty imposed upon you is a SOL
emn one. and THE responsibility is a
| momentous one. This responsibility
has been imposed upon you by law,
and has not come to you by your
seeking. But it ih responsibility of
which you cannot be relieved, and
from which you will not shrink. 1t is
a duty which you'll will not leave lightly
unperformed.
Chief Justice Whitehouse completed
his charge at lO.3e, the exhibits of State
and defendant Were given to the jury,
the officers in lcharge sworn and at
1896 the jury retired
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0fci ~ ~ WI
Chief Justice Whitehouse in his
charge 10 the jury said in substance
Tie prisoner at the bar is charged
with an offence involving The highest
possible injury which one person can
do TO the rights of another in this
world; she is charged with the highest
crime known to the laws of nature
and civilized society,-the crime Of will
full murder.
Murder is the unlawful killing of a
human being with malice aforethought,
express or implied. The term malice
aforethought' means that there must
be deliberation sufficient to form a
purpose and design to commit the act.
No definite or considerable period of
deliheration IS required. So rapidly
does the mind act in forming its pur-
pose, and so swiftly does the hand
move i'll obeying the will, in executing
the purpose of the mind that it may
be sufficient If single moment inter-
vene between the formation of the pur-
pose and its execution.
W. cannot look inte~the hearts OF
men and see what their secret motives
or designs are. We car only ascer-
tain their motives by reference to their
declarations and their acts. Every per-
son of a sane mind acting upon mo :
tive. is presumed to intend the natural.
necessary. and even proper. conse-
qucnces of his acts.
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The Comfort and Economy Of
Tourist Sleeping Cars in Trav-
cling to the Pacific Coast.

/ would like to explain TO YOU, just
what Tourist Sleeping car Is. what
conveniences and comforts they have.
and how you can save money by joining
one of our through parties, which so to
the coast every week in one of these
cars. escorted by a special conductor
employed by the burlington Route" 10
look after your comfort. For many
Years the Burlington Route Personally
Conducted Excursions to California have
been widely known for the excellence OF
the service provided, and the Character
of the employees IN charge. The whole
idea of these parties Is to provide a way
for people of moderate means, to- make
the California trip comfortably and In
thoroughly good hands and al the same
time at an expense that is not pfohibi-
tive Please call at the office or write--a
postal will do Alex Stocks, New Eng
land Passenger Agent. G.. b. & O, r. r..
ga Washlnaton Street, ;pston' Mass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-28

Banking by Nails very simple. Any
one anywhere Gan use our banking
facilities as easily as though they lived
in Augusta.
We would be glad to add your name to
our list of regular patrons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-28

Savings and business accounts are So
licited. We pay per cent interest
compounded quarterly on Savings Ac-
counts and 2 per cent on daily balances
subject to check.
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of price and Dealers name. Send Zoe for trial
5ohis.-Phiio Hay Spseiaftiss Co.. Nepsrk. N. j.
Murphy; bowuItcn. Wooster q Co. !;
Coughlin; Kenney. Gardiner. Beanes
Drug Store. Ward.
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The Willie i4urd Confession.

The testimony in regard to the con-
fession Of THE tramp. William Hurd,
was taken Out in the courtroom before
Chief Justicet Whitehouse during the
absence of fie jury, in order that It
rn'~h' be preserved as matter Of
records svslw r 4 sssx ] llsIki q HI I'D
Stella M Dolley of Lincoln. Penob-
scot county. sister of William Hurd
testified THAT her brothed died at her
home. jury 50. 1906. He shot himself in
the head He was 20 years of age At
the tineI
"Whatl did he tell you. If anything.
abort the murder ~ Matte Hackett
by tranlips on Kent,s Hill on the night
of Aug. II, 1867" Attorney Morcy
asked.
nc arrived home in Sept. 1905 and
hadn't lpeen home more than Two days
when hSs began to talk of the murder
He eia4med he went back after the
string, he said, didn't say who put i
over the girls neck. He said there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-28

A TlZ foot bath draws out the poisons
that lodge in the foot pores; next day
YOU, will be looking at other sufferers
instead of being the object of commits
serat1on. sCornS are gone, bunions are
reduced, feet are smaller, shoes fit fine.
And II you have never tried this Won
der. TIZ, write to Walter Luther Dodge
& Co., 1928 s. Wabash Ave. Chicago,
ILL.,, for free trial package. or get a
25-cent box at any. drug store. depart
inent or general store. You Will
never know real foot comfort until you
ishaHe used FiHs t~ees IN ,es :oOs.e:I
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You Limpers!
You Need
Puts Life, Vim, Energy Into Tired
Feet, Limbs, Spine, and Is Won
der for All Foot Troubles.

Free Trial Package Brings Joy.
If your feet feel as if they were stuck
in the mud--if they feel as If each steI
were trip-hamnner blow-Set box oil
TIZ from any druggist, % cents.
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mot GUILTY"
Continued From Page one.)
Charge to Jury.

Chief Justice Whitehouse with the
closest attention.