Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-03

rorrens titles, approved in due form
and guaranteed by the state, nave
hawked them around unsuccessfully
TO secure loans. These title companies,
II is charged, make 1t Impossible 1or
an owner OF property registered un-
Ger The new law to obtain mortgage
loans on that property until tney
Withdraw the registration under the
,rorrens law. According to Hawes,
this state of affairs has gone so far
as to amount to a monopoly. The fur-
ther charge Is made that certain Oh
the old title insurance companies
having been defeated in their enortS
TO prevent the enactment OF the Tor
rens law, and having been exposed IN
tnelr tactics to hinder and opstruct
the suits brought to register ttles'
have now, in their desperation, con-
spired together to prevent owners from
nronerties after registration by refus-
ing TO issue policies Of title insurance rance
ON any nroperties wit ~ '---' :, 5'ss
on any propS p pS..s.si the Torrens. BY
: wsIy OF finding a remedy for this con-
dition of affairs, 1t Is proposed 10 Pc
tition the legislature to appoint
special committee to investigate the
operations of the title insurance COM
panies in the state Of New York, with
a view Of ascertaining in what re-
spect the law is being now violated,
dlsregarded, or nullified, and to make
recommendations as to further re-
medal legislation.
Indianapolis, December 80: Sen
tences varying from seven years IN
the rederaI prison at IeavenWorth 10
a wear and a day and suspended SEN
fences today were imposed upon
tnirty-eight labor officials conVlcteo
in the dynamite conspiracy cases. The
prisoners receiving terms VIII Dc
laken to Leayenworth propaply To-
night. Frank Ryan, as the head OF
the UNION, received the heaviest pen
atty, seven years. Clancy, Tveitmoe.
Young, Cooley, Hockin, Butler and
Munsey all got six years. Frank
Webb, of New York, also was given
six years, John Berry and Peter
smith four years, Paul Morrin, Hen
ry Legleftner, Charles Beum, Mich
ael Cunnane, Edward Smith, Murray
Pennel, Wilford Brown, George An
derson, Michael Harmon, Ernest Ba-
sey, william Mccain and William
Redding, all three years each; Ed
ward Clark, of Cincinnati, confessed
dynamiter, Patrick Farrell, James
Cooney, James Coughlin. Hiram Kline
and frank Murphy, suspended sen,
tences. Others received two years and
a year and a day sentences. The
court after 1t had sentenced the men
read from the bench statement In
which he said: 1.-The evidence shows
..,.e of these defendants guilty OF
murder but as they are not charged
here with that crime, the court can
not punish them for It." A remark
able scene was enacted In the court
room in the struggle Of the wives OF
81 nric 70 raanh fnarr husbands.
All spectators were cleared from the
the room. The prisoners were per-
mitted to see members of their fami-
lies. Some of the men plead Tor
mercy, others wept in the arms OF
their wives. -McManigal, another con-
fessed dynamiter, was not sentenced
this time.
Only fifty-two lynchings, known
to be such beyond doubt, occurred In
the United States in the year now
closing. In previous years the num-
Der has been much larger, 100 hav-
ing been recorded in 1884 and 17O In
the following year. The past ten
years the number has been steadily
decreasing. Only one year, however.
produced fewer lynchings than 1912.
In 1907 the record shows 81 lynch
ings, one less than this year. In some
southern states there were fewer
lynchings in 1912 than in almost any
previous year. The decrease Is at
tributed largely to the efforts made by
governors and prominent citizens to
prevent mob violence. Many Of the
governors have acted promptly and
energetically to prevent lynchings,
with the declared policy Of giving the
law free opportunity for the punish
ment Of all alleged offenders, white
hlorH AOoin In fha record of
former years, more lynchings occur
red in Georgia than any other state.
Louisiana and Florida come next in
the list. South Carolina, whose gov
ernor has gone on record as unop-
posed to lynchings In certain cases,
had six cases of summary execution
this year as against only one in the
year 1911. Kentucky, with eight
lynchings in 1911, had a clean slate
this year. Oklahoma is another state
with a clean record for the past
Iwelve months. The figures for Texas,
Tennessee, Florida and Arkansas show
fewer lynchings than in 1911. In
Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana
the number slightly exceeded that of
last year. The states outside OF the
south where lynchings occurred in
1912 were West Virginia, Wyoming,
Montana, North Dakota, and Califor-
MIA By states the record is as fol-
lows: Georgia, IA; louisiana, 8;
South Carolina, s; Florida, 5; Ala
bama, 4; Arkansas, 3; Texas. 3; Mis-
sissippi. 3; Tennessee, /; Wyoming, /;
West Virginia, /; Montana, L; Cali
fornia, l, and North Dakota, l. In the
fifty-two lynchings, the victims of all
but two were negroes. Three negresses
were included in the list. Alleged
crimes against women or girls and
murder of white persons account for
practically all Of the cases. A singular
feature is found in the lynching Of the
two white men, both of which occur
red in the far north. In each case
the victim was accused of murder. In
the town Of Joppa, a short distance
from Rosebud, Montana, Harry Heff-
ner alleged slayer Of Mrs. William
Merrill. was taken from the county
jail by a crowd Of masked men and
hanged, despite the efforts Of the sher-
iff and his deputy. The second lynch
ing occurred at Steele. y. D.. where
George Baker, charged with the MUIR
der Of his wife and father-in-law,
was taken from the Jail and hanged
by a mob. The lynching was the first
recorded in North Dakota in more
than a decade. The lynching in Wy
oming was one Of the most sensation
al of the year. Frank Wigfall, al
negro. who confessed to having made
criminal attack on Mrs. Esther Hig-
gins, an aged woman known as the
prisoners friend" was lynched by
the convicts of the state penitentiary
at RawlinS. In the West Virginia
lynching the victim was Walter john
son, a negro accused of assaulting
young white girl in Mercer county.
California's one lynching was out of
the ordinary. 1t occurred on the
desert. some thirty miles from the
town of Mojave. The victim was an
unknown negro accused of having at
tackled a 6-year-old child. He was
hanged by men alleged to be en-
ployed on the Los Angeles aqueduct.
The three negresses who fell victims
to mob violence were Ann Boston,
who murdered the wife Of planter at
Pinehurst, Ga; Mary Jackson, who
was lynched in Pamela county, Texas,
for alleged completely In the murder