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BILLIK WILL
NOTJiE HUNG
DEATH SENTENCE OF ALLEGED
POISONER COMMUTED TO
LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
JERRY VZRAL SWORE FALSELY
At Billik's Trial—As Conviction Was
Based on His Testimony, Par
don Board Recom
mends Action.
Springfield, 111.—Gov. Charles S.
Deneen on Friday night commuted
to life imprisonment the sentence
of death which had been pro
nounced on Herman Billik of Chicago,
condemned to be hanged for the mur
der of Mary Vrzal, whom he poisoned
with other members of the family, it
was charged. The commutation is
made 011 recommendation of the state
board of pardons, after the supreme
court had refused to interfere, saying
that the record showed no reversible
error and affirming the judgment uf
the criminal court of Cook county.
The state board of pardons in making
the recommendations to Gov. Deneen
for commutation of sentence, says
that, after the final action of the su
preme court, .Jerry Vrzal, brother of
Mary Vrzal, and one of the principal
witnesses for the state at the trial if
Billik, appeared before the state board
of pardons at the hearing of the peti
tion for Hillik's pardon and swore that
all his testimony at the trial against
Billik was false except in some unim
portant facts. The state board of par
dons is of the opinion that, owing to
the statement of the jurors that they
were influenced to inflict the death
penalty by the testimony of Jerry
Vzral as to certain facts, which were
not testified to by other witnesses, the
jury would not have inflicted the
death penalty if Jerry Vzral's testi
mony had been eliminated during the
trial, instead of afterwards.
The trial judge, in a communication
to the state board of pardons, recom
mends commutation of the sentence,
saying that the enforcement of the
death penalty, under the circum
stances of Jerry Vrzal's recanting his
testimony at the trial, would not, in
his judgment, meet with general ap
probation.
Gov. Deneen several months ago
granted Billik a reprieve until the su
preme court could review the case.
Last month Lieut. Gov. Sherman, in
the absence of Gov. Deneen at Wash
ington, granted Billik another reprieve
until January 29.
Chicago, 111.—The legal battle of
Herman Billik to escape the sentence
of death first imposed on him on July
IS, 1907, is without parallel in criminal
records of Illinois. Six times Billik
was granted respites or stays of ex
ecutions. the reprieves coming twice
within four days of the dates set for
his execution and once when the death
march to the scaffold was about to
start.
The crime for which Billik was con
victed was the poisoning of 22-year
old Mary Vrzal. Indictments accusing
him of causing the deaths of six mem
bers of the Vrzal family, alleged to get
their life insurance, had been returned
and he was convicted on the first of
the charges.
The revelations of the poisoning of
the Vrzal family startled Chicago fol
lowing the arrest of Billik 011 Dec.
4, 1906. The suicide of Mrs. Hose
Vrzal, Billik's alleged co-conspirator,
preceded his arrest by a few hours.
Bilik later was accused of inducing
the woman to commit suicide. The
man was an itinerant fortune teller
and admitted swindler who lived upon
the credulity of Bohemian residents of
the western section of the city. Billik
came from Bohemia to the United
States in 1886. Fcr several years he
resided in Cleveland. 0., where his
mother, Barbara Billik, had been a
fortune teller for years and where she
died recently, broken-hearted.
DISASTROUS FLOODS IN AFRICA
I Many Lives Lost and Much Property
Damage by High
Water.
Johannesburg, Africa.—One hundred
and seventy-three persons are known
to have lost their lives 011 Friday
as a result of the floods, which are
general throughout the Transvaal col
ony and northern Natal. Great dam
age also has been done to property,
mining plants having suffered heavily
and houses and railway bridges being
swept away or inundated. The floods
are the result of heavy.rains that have
fallen recently and all the rivers have
been converted into roaring torrents.
By the bursting c-f Knight's IJam,
the Witwatersrand gold mine, in the
southwestern part of the Transvaal,
was flooded Friday, and ten white
men and 150 natives were drowned
in the mine.
World Quashed.
New York City.—The subpoenas
calling for the appearance before the
federal grand jury of J. Angus Shaw,
secretary of the Press Publishing Co.,
publishers of the World, and of Will
iam H. McLoughlin, sporting editor of
the World, "to testify all and every
thing which you may know generally
on the part of the United States," the
validity of which had been questioned
by the attorneys for the World, were
set aside anil quashed Friday by a
decision handed down by Judge Ward
in the United States circuit court.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY JANUARY 28, 1909.
CATASTROPHE IN CHICAGO GRIB
53 WORKMEN PERISH BY EXPLO
SION, FIRE AND WATER.
Powder Store Lets Go, Flames Follow,
and Many Leap Into Icy Waters—
Injured Men in Hospitals.
Chicago, 111. —Blown to pieces by
exploding powder, burned to death
by the resultant fire, or drowned in
the icy waters of Lake Michigan, was
the late Wednesday of 53 workmen
who were working on a submarine
tunnel at a wooden crib a mile and a
half from shore. The crib was used
in the construction of a new sub
marine water tunnel connecting with
the South Side shore of the city at
Seventy-third street. It is known that
95 workmen were employed in the
crib and the connecting tunnel at the
time of the explosion, which started
the fire and blew or drove men inti
tiie water. The work of the destroy
ing elements was begun unexpectedly
and reaped its harvest of dead and in
jured with swiftness. All the South
Side hospitals are filled with injured
men.
Owing to the difficulty experienced
by small craft in reaching the crib
during the winter, most of the work
men employed on the work, particular
ly those who had no families, slept in
temporary bunks at the crib. It was
just as these men had been awakened
for the day's work that the explosion
and subsequent fire caused the pande
monium which resulted in the great
loss of life. As nearly as the investi
gators have been able to ascertain, *he
explosion occurred in a small powder
house situated about 100 yards from
the crib structure proper.
The dull detonation, muffled as it
was by the crunching of floating ice
against the crib and the atmosphere
laden with heavy fog, simply aroused
the at ten' ion of the workmen, accord
ing to survivors, and it was not until
the heat of tiie flames and the stifling
smoke penetrated the so-called "liv
ing room" of the crib and the tunnel
beneath the waters of the lake that
the full import of the disaster dawned
upon the workmen, cut off from quick
succor. One of the workmen made his
way through the smoke to a telephone
that communicated with the shore
station. "The crib is on fire," lie said.
"For God's sake send help at once or
we will be burned alive. The tug"—
At this point communication ceased.
FOUR KILLED BY DYNAMITE
Explosion in Dupont Works that Shook
Country for Miles Around —Ten
Are Injured.
Newark, N. J. —Four men were
killed and ten others injured, one
fatally, when several tons of dynamite
in one of the buildings of the Forcite
Powder works at Lake Hopatcong blew
up late Wednesday. The detonation
of the huge mass of explosives shook
the country for miles around and blew
the building containing it to atoms. Of
the 14 men working in it not one es
caped death or injury.
The explosion occurred in a one
story frame building where sticks of
dynamite were stored. While it prob
ably never will be definitely known
just what caused it.it is presumed that
one of the sticks of dynamite piled in
the structure was jarred from its rest
ing place and exploded, detonating the
whole mass. There were three or four
tons of dynamite in the building and
the force of the explosion was terrific.
The bodies of the men killed were
mutilated beyond recognition. Several
of the other workers in the building
were blown considerable distances and
it is considered remarkable that only
one of them. James Boyle, received
fatal injuries.
There was some delay in getting as
sistance to the injured, as it was feared
that others of the buildings at the
works might blow up. When it was
seen that the danger was over those on
the scene hurried to the relief of the
living victims. Physicians hastily sum
moned treated the injured, who were
removed as fast as possible to the
company's offices.
Tiie Forcite Powder works belong to
the Du Pont Powder Co. and manufac
ture blasting dynamite.
THEiR HAVEN WILL BE SPOILED
Many American Criminals Who Have
Taken Refuge in Honduras Must
Move When Treaty Comes.
Washington, I) C.—Through a fa
vorable report made to the senate
Wednesday from the committee on
foreign illations on an extradition
treaty \. ith Honduras, steps were
taken to break up the last remaining
asylum of persons who commit crimes
in the United States. When this
treaty is ratified and proclaimed by the
president of the United States, extra
dition of criminals will be possible
witli all governments of the world.
The treaty with Honduras is partic
ularly important because of the fact
that there is in that cqnntry a colony
of fugitives from justice who have
gone there from this country.
Cloudburst or Earthquake.
Manila, P. I. —Brie. I.spatches from
Tayabas province on Wednesday give
but a confused idea of a disaster
said to have been experienced Tuesday
night and still leave undetermined
whether it was a volcanic eruption of
Mount I.agnas or a cloudburst that
caused consternation.
National Lumbermen's Convention.
Minneapolis, Minn.—The national
lumbermen's convention opened Wed
nesday with mere than 300 delegates
in attendance.
BILLS AGAINST
JAPS HALTED
PRESIDENT'S INFLUENCE BRINGS
TRUCE IN CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE.
GOVERNOR STANDS WITH T. R.
In Endeavor to Head Off Hostile Leg
islation—Both Believe Japan Is
Sincere in Deterring Im
migration.
Sacramento, Cal. —President Roose
velt has taken a hand in the
anti-Japanese legislation now before
the California legislature and has
asked the governor to take steps
to have all legislation held up until
the president can be heard in the mat
ter. In a telegram sent Saturday this
request was embodied and a letter is
en route to Sacramento which will
give the chief executive's views and
wishes in the matter of legislation
against the "little brown men."
According to a statement made
Tuesday night by Gov. Gillett there
will be no legislation against Japan, at
this session of the legislature. The
governor authorized the following:
"After conferring with the leading
members of both branches of the leg
islature I am convinced that no legis
lation directed against the Japanese
will be enacted. I am satisfied that
the people of California and particu
larly the members of our legislature
appreciate the efforts being made by
the federal government and the rep
resentatives of Japan to stop immigra
tion to this country of Japanese labor,
skilled and unskilled. There can be
no doubt that the Japanese govern
ment is acting absolutely in good
faith in its endeavor to prevent its
people emigrating to our country and
in my judgment it would be a serious
mistake, while they are so doing, to
enact any laws directed at the Jap
anese people. This question is one in
which the federal government is par
ticularly interested and its wishes
should be carefully considered and
will be, I am sure, by the people of
this state."
Washington, D. C. —That President
Roosevelt feels sufficiently concerned
about the proposed Japanese legisla
tion in California to write an im
portant letter to Gov. Gillett of that
state, is admitted at the White House.
The president strongly feels that the
objection to Japanese immigration to
this country is fast being settled by
the agreement in existence between
the United States and Japan, under
the terms of which the president
points out, 2,000 more Japanese have
left America in the last six months
than have come in.
MESSINA SWEPT BY FLAMES
Refugees Suffering From Cold—Great
Need Is for Protection From
the Weather.
Jf ess in a. —Messina was swept by
by a bad fire again on Tuesday. For
nany hours soldiers and sailors
worked heroically to keep the flames
from destroying the last remnants of
the town and eventually they succeed
ed in getting the lire under control.
The extent of the damage cannot be
estimated, because doubtless much of
great value was burned up in the
ruins. The small force of firemen was
augumented by detachments cf sol
diers and sailors from the warships
and pumps and lines of hose were
brought ashore from the vessels.
The survivors of the earthquake
have been rendered more helpless by
the Intensity of the cold. The hills all
about are white with snow and the ref
ugees are suffering greatly. Many of
them are still living in tents and with
not sufficient clothing to protect them.
The constant cry is for lumber for the
construction of huts and the govern
ment is doing everything possible, but
the need is most urgent.
In the Halls of Congress.
Washington.—The salary of the
president of the United States was
011 the 19th fixed at SIOO,OOO per
annum, so far as the senate
could fix it, and salaries of the vice
president and the speaker of the house
of representatives $15,000 each. The
salary of the chief justice of the LU
preme court of the United States was
increased from $13,000 to $15,000 per
annum, and those of associate justices
from $12,500 to $14,500. Various pen
sion bills were passed. Disposing of
the speech of Representative Willett
of New York attacking the president
by referring it to a special commit
tee, the ln>us,e of representatives
proceeded to take up the various ap
propriation bills that have been re
ported within the past few days. The
pension and urgent deficiency bills
were passed.
Earthquake in Turkey.
Smyrna, Turkey.—So far as can
be ascertained eight persons were
killed Tuesday by a sharp earthquake
which occurred at Phocaea, 25 miles
ncrthwest of this city, and at other
neighboring towns. Considerable dam
age was done to buildings at Phocaea.
Steel Magnate Dies Suddenly.
Pittsburg, Pa —William G. Park,
chairman of tiie executive committee
of the Crucible Steel Co of America,
died suddenly at his home here Tues
day cf apoplexy.
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