Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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Rather Than be taken to an asylum
where it had been de,ided she should
be sent for time as the consequence
CT q recent illness, Mrs. George Z.
Hankins, wife of a prosperous aarmer
at Sassville, near Lakewood, y. J /,
burned herself to death in her home
Thursday morning, pouring Kerosene
over her clothing and touching
imatch to the oil-soaked garments. Her
husband, rushing in from the dooryarG
where be had been working, dashed
water over her and wrapped her II
a blanket. She had been fatally burn
led, however, and died after gasping
out the explanation for her ACT.
Two white men and two negroes
convicted of murder in Montgomeiy
county, Ala, were hanged YESTERDAY
The first of the condemned to mount
the scaffold was Walter Jones:
waite, convicted for the murder G
Sloan Rowan in railroad train. The
trap was sprung at 6:1S O'Clock, bat
the rope slipped and Jones was nc;
pronounced dead until until &c mir-l-
tes lsIter. Persons who witnessed tlt
execution said deputies were compellc<
to hold Jones body away from tao
floor. The trap was sprung On ArnGl;
Gilmer, white, at 7:18 o'clock Sever!
minutes later physicians pronounce
him dead. Gilmer was condemned loi
the murder of Mrs. Lucille Tippetts Oh
December %, 1911. John Adams, a re
gro, who killed a Montgomery patrol
man, was pronounced dead 4 minute.
after the drop was sprung, SiXteer
minutes were required for Tire g !;ecu'
ton of Coleman German, negro WAC
killed his wife.
! ice WILDER, light weight OF
Binghanpton, N. Y, was knocked OIL;
in the fifth round by frankie Nc
4 Cam, of Scranton, BEFORE the Men
4 pariel Athletic Club last Tuesday
/ night, and has retained a" attorney
4 10 press claim for injuries recciT'
\ ed in the Knockout. WILDER rece'v'
/ u a beating that he claims had
= .cssitatod his staying at home ever
s,s. II demands pay for the at
/ o~..>nce s. physicians, nurse, time
! =. an! Inc cost Of medicines.
Che japanese government has LODGED
/ formal protest with the State Depart
ment against the protest enactment
! by the State of California, what j;
. considers anti-Japanese legislation the
/ measure prohibiting the alien owner
ship Of land in California. The Sec,
4 rstary OF State may send communl'
! cation from the Secretary, OF State tc
! the governor of California directing
I his attention to the international cues
tions involved in the proposed actions
! Of the legislature.
Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, Mrs. Henry
3. Harris, and Mrs. George Thorne-
al widowed by the Titanic disaster
4 will pay a wonderful tribute to the
I memories of their husbands on the
anniversary Of the sinking of the huge
liner. The three, accompanied by as
many other women similarly beref'
as find it possible to go, will sail from
Pos; on for Europe, early on the morn
ing of April IS, and according to the
rlars now under way, will be on the
scene of the disaster about 2:l5 on the
/ morning Of April 15-the time and
! !ate of the calamity. Baskets OF flow
! err: will be tossed out into the night
a3on the water where the most fearful
4 chapter in the lives of those WON hr
vas written.
4 Mrs. Mary ollins Walton, wife OF
Lloyd J. Walton, of Carmichaels, pa.
wealthy coal operator, watched hef
husband as he dismounted from his
ar'o, in which was Mrs. Mary Green
walt, widow, young, blonde. and
pretty, at drug store Thursday night,
Mr.. Walton entered the store. Mrs.
Walton ran out to the car, and, draw
ing whip from her under her cloak
;ashed Mrs. Greenwalt on THE face and
arms. A crowd gathered, and cheered