Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-26
Scraps and faets.


the Frank case and which was to have
been heard on it's merits last Saturday
was postponed until this week because
of the absence of lawyers who are 10
represent the detectives in the matter
The detectives claim that the only
crime they have committed was TO eX-
press UNQUALIFIED confidence in the IN
nocence of Frank, and they claim that
they would not have done this except
for the fact that they had abundance
of evidence on which to base their con,
victions. The detectives are charged
with having paid money to dlnerent
people for perjured athdaVlts ana also
with having procured the removal OF
witnesses from the jurisdiction of the
courts.
Prevented from carrying out their
purpose in Georgia, by Mrs. l.. I.
Weatherbee, secretary Of the Savannah
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty TO
Animals and with a sheriff and depu-
ties waiting for them on the South
Carolina side, under instructions from
Gov. Cole L. Blease, Savannah Sports
men on Friday, anchored a chartered
steamer in midstream and then pulled
off unmolested a series or Cooking
mains, which lasted from noon until
midnight. Mrs. Weatherbee, VINO re-
Gently, single-handed, stopped COCK
fight which was about to take pace al
Kelly's farm, together with members
Of the Savannah Volunteer GUARDS, mao
personally communicated with GOV
please. asking him to stop the project
ed fight on the South Carolina side of
the river She herself was on hand to
see that the fighting was not done on
Georgia soil. The sports have since
been chuckling over the discontinue
of Mrs Weatherbee and the South
Carolina governor, and those VINO were
fortunate with their bets are adding 10
their bank accounts.
The senate last Saturday night
passed the agricultural appropriation
bill which carries about $l9,7OO,OO0, u
little more than the house provided.
Before it's passage Senator Smoot crit
icised it as q particularly bad measure.
The bill went to conference immediate
ly and on yesterday the senate took up
the naval appropriation bill, on when
Democratic leaders do not believe II
will take more than ten days to reach a
vote. An attempt was made by Sena :
tor West, Of Georgia, before the final
vote Saturday to reverse the agrlcul-
tural committee and the previous ac-
ton Of the senate and permit co-opera-
ton of the general education board,
established by John D. Rockefeller,
with the department Of agriculture In
farm demonstration work and work to
eliminate the boil weevil. 1t led to at
tacks on Rockefeller by several sena-
tors. Senator West answered by say
ing that nobody criticised the church
Cor receiving money from robbers ana
blacklegs and yet undoubtedly such
men had contributed to religious pur-
hn
church would accept the money Of a
robber or blackleg If they know who 1t
was?" asked Senator Reed. No, did
not" said Senator West. Senator West
withdrew his amendment.
New York, May %: Twelve men
today decided for the second time that
Charles Becker was the arch-consplra
tor responsible for the murder or Her
man Rosenthal, the gambler, which
nearly two years ago awoke New YORK
to a realization of corruption in the
police department and opened new
era of police reform. Becker, once a
police lieutenant, was found guilty OF
murder in the first degree. Only a par
don or interference again by the court
of appeals can save him from follow
ing to the electric chair the four gun
men who shot Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler, early on the morning OF July
l6, 1912. The jury today decided that
the gunmen were Becker's agents. The
fifth ballot decided Becker's fate. II
was taken almost Immediately after
the Jurors returned from luncheon at
an uptown hotel where they went when
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Sea-
bury had finished his charge. 1t was
unanimous for conviction. Tears
streamed down the foreman's face as
he announced the decision and tears
stood in the eyes of several other
iurymen. They had agreed that the
confederation which the district attor--
ney failed to present at the first trlal
to support the stories of Rose, Vallon
and Webber the three accomplices who
turned informers, had been furnished
by new witnesses at the second.
In his examination before the Inter
State commerce commission last Fri
dav. former President Mellen Of the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
railroad testified that he had taken an
Indictment for violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law, which indictment
belonged to ]. P. Morgan, and his rea-
son for taking the indictment was pc
lief that if Morgan himself had been in
dicted he would have died Of mortifica-
say that after the elder Morgan's
death, the son, ]. P. Jr., put him out OF
the presidency of the road regardless
of the sacrifices he had made for the
benefit Of the old man. He testified also
that he had agreed to sell the New
Haven's steamship lines to c. w.
Morse for $20,000,00C, and afterward
crawfshed because Mr.. Roosevelt, then
president, thought that Mr.. j. P. Nor
gan would be offended at the transfer.
c. w. Morse on being interviewed,
backed up all that Mellen had said, and
went on to say further that he expect
ed to go on the witness stand before
the commerce commission very shortly
and tell some additional things about
the whole matter Morse. the public
we'll remembers. is the man who was
sent to the penitentiary in connection
with the big financial war that culmi-
mated in the panic Of 1907. Morgan and
his friends are said to have had the
control of the courts and they sent
Morse to the penitentiary for the vio-
lation of laws that they themselves had
frequently disregarded. Morse says
that he has lots of things to tell that
will be as interesting as anything that
has been divulged by President Mellen.
Apparently convinced that the
United States will adhere rigidly to the
armistice agreement, says a Vera Cruz
cable, officials Of the Huerta govern
ment are preparing to replace the track
along the line Of the Mexican railroad,
torn up by Gen. Gustava Mass. The
general purchasing agent OF the Mexl-
can National railways called at Brig:
Gen. Funston's headquarters today and
asked If the American commander OBJ
iected to the restoration Of the lines.
He was assured that the Americans
would be glad to see the service re-
stored and was told the Americans
never were able to understand why
Gen. Mas considered it necessary to
tear up several miles Of the line. The
Mexican official declared that the work
of replacing the track probably would
be started Immediately. This action
follows the decision to arrange for the
exchange of mail with Mexico City and
interior points, beginning tomorrow. 1t
also gives prospect of clearing up the
congestion at the customs warehouses
of freight for the interior. American
officers hope within a week or two 70
see full trains going through the capt.
tai without change. The most rigid IN
spection of freight and baggage will be
maintained here to prevent arms ano
ammunition from being taken into the
interior The Huerta officials probably
will continue to search passengers and
TO demand passports of all foreigners
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