KIDNAPED BO! IS
GIVEN TO FATHER
ASDUCTORS PUT LAD ON STREET
CAR AND SENT HIM TO
CLEVELAND HOTEL.
ATTEMPTED TO DISGUISE BOY
The Father Recognizes His Son in
the Hotel i obby, Grasps Him in
His Arms and Smothers
Him with Kisses.
Cleveland, O.—Little Willie Whitla,
who has caused the police of
the entire country endless worry
since he was kidnaped from school in
Sharon last Thursday, was returned to
his father at the Hollendeu hotel here
last night at 8:30 o'clock.
In compliance with an agreement
entered into between the kidnaped
boy's father and an agent of the kid
napers here yesterday, the boy was
placed on a car 011 the outskirts of the
city and started to the hotel shortly
after 8 o'clock. Two boys, G. W. Ram
sey and Edward Mahoney, recognized
the lad on the car and taking him in
charge conducted him to his father,
who was in waiting according to a pre
arranged plan which he had followed
at the dictation of the kidnapers.
Boy Wandered About Lobby.
Tlie boy wandered about the hotel
lobby unannounced for several min
utes asking bell boys for his father
before the latter knew his son was in
the big foyer. The moment the
anxious parent heard that a strange
boy was in the hotel sauntering in
aimless fashion, he rushed across the
lobby, grasped him in his arms and
smothered his face with kisses.
An attempt had been made to dis-.
guise the lad. He wore a pair of
smoked glasses and a large tan cap,
which was pulled down over his ears,
and the father said it would have been
difficult to have recognized the boy in
such a garb had he passed him 011 the
street.
Was Well Treated.
Willie is in perfect health. He says
that lie has been well treated and ever
since his capture has been constantly
indoors. lie believes lie was taken
from Sharon to Warren and thence to
New Castle, Pa. It is his opinion, ex
pressed in a happy schoolboy way,
that lie was in Ashtabula on Saturday
night at the time his father was to
Jeave his SIO,OOO in Flatiron park.
Whitla senior refused to state
whether he had paid the ransom or
not. lie said that he received a letter
yesterday from the kidnapers at his
home in Sharon saying that if he
called at a confectionery store in the
East End of Cleveland he would be
told how to secure his boy unharmed
and "well fed."
Father Makes Trip Alone.
Shortly after noon lie left Sharon for
Cleveland. He was unaccompanied.
His immediate family and the private
detectives he had in his employ he
apprised of the proposed secret meet
ins. but insisted that he make the trip
alone. Every one of them was warned
that he must be allowed togo unaided,
and no attempt at th 3 capture of the
kidnapers would be made. Whitla
was certain that if he spoiled the
plans of his son's captors last night he
would never see the lad again. His
experience at Ashtabula served as a
warning.
About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
he went to a candy store in the East
End. With him he carried the SIO,OOO,
expecting that it would bo demanded
of him there. He was met by a
woman who detailed to him the
terms of the kidnapers. AV'ith all
the eagerness of a distracted
parent Whitla agreed to them
immediately. Detectives in his em
ploy say that he paid the money, but
on this point the father declines to
commit himself. Half an hour later he
returned to the Hoilenden hotel and
awaited developments.
Prepared for Return.
<n the meantime little Willie, the
kidnaped boy, treated kindly by his ab
ductors. was being prepared for his re
turn to his father. The woman at the
candy store had done her duty. She
communicated with the captors of the
boy and told them that the father had
made no attempt to trap them. The
kidnapers were satisfied. Whitla
senior declines to name the woman in
charge of the confectionery store.
So the boy was brought from his
hiding place—where, no one knows—
to a car line in the east end of the
city which would bring him down
town quickly. Just before the boy was
put on the car, the man who had
charge of him put a pair of smoked
glasses on the lad. The boy was then
put on the car and the mysterious man
paid the lad's fare and disappeared.
A Young Detective.
The boy gazed about the car for a
familiar face. He saw no one he knew.
Presently Edward Mahoney, who is a
17-year-old boy of jolly visage, came
into the car. He sat down in the seat
Newspaper Career Ended.
New York City.- A long 'and in
teresting newspaper career'- was
closed yesterday with the s\dden
death of Joseph Swan, for nearly. 40
years connected with the Associated
Press as marine reporter. Mr. Swan,
active to the end, dropped dead in his
chair at the ship news office at the
Battery. A moment before he had
been talking with his fellow reporters.
For the month past he had not been
a well man and had been warned not
to over exert himself as his heart was
signs of weakness.
with the boy. Mahoney, like most
every other person in Cleveland last
night, was looking for litLltS Willie
Whitla. the kidnaped boy. So when his
eyes lighted on Willie he started a con
versation.
"What's your name?" he queried.
"Jones," answered Willie, true to his
kidnaper friend.
Hut Mahoney was r.ot to be fooled
He called liia friend Kamsey over from
another part of the car and showec
him Willie. He suggested that it
might be the missing child. Then
Willie showed them his transfer slip,
saying that he should be put off at the
Hollenden hotel, and they were con
vineed that they had accomplished
more than had all of the sleuths in the
country.
The boys, now willing companions,
took Willie to the hotel. He skipped
through the doors of them and inti
the lobby. The boys partly lost trac'
of him in the crowd so anxious was the
youngster to catch a glimpse of a fact
he loved. And then again Mahoney
and Ramsey were not sure of theii
abilities as sleuths when they got in
view of an audience.
Looked for His Father.
Willie didn't see his father, mother
or sister in the lobby. Walking over
to the clerk he said:
"Have you seen my papa?"
"Who is he,- hoy?" he was asked.
"Oh, I'm Mr. Whitla's Willie," he re
plied.
The crowd nearest the boy who
heard the words rushed in around liiin.
The lad was shoved up against the
hotel counter and the scene closely re
sembled panic.
Across the lobby the father, his eyes
red from weeping, heard the piping
voice of his son. Frantic with joy at
the sound, he rushed through the of
fice corridor and in a moment was
lighting his way through the specta
tors. Plunging and squirming, knock
ing bystanders right and left, the fren
zied parent made his way to the be
wildered boy in knickerbockers stand
ing solemnly with automobile goggles
in front of the clerks'desk.
The kidnaped boy saw his parent
coming. He opened his lips to speak.
The words were never spoken. Grasp
ing Willie in his arms the happy father
lifted the boy into his arms and
planted a score of kisses on his lips.
"Its my boy, my darling Willie!" he
cried.
Tears rushed from his eyes. He
pressed the child to his breast and
hugged him tightly.
Willie smiled a little, lie was glad
to sea his papa. Rut lie didn't realize
what all the fuss was about.
HOMECOMING OF WILLIE WHITLA
Whole Borough of Sharon, Pa., Turns
Out in Big Demonstration.
Sharon, Pa. —The whole borough
of Sharon turned out, last night
and participated in the demonstra
tion over the homecoming of Wil
lie Whitla who. with his father, ar
rived here soon after noon yesterday.
A big .parade was led by the Buhl In
dependent Rifles, a national guard
company and the lluhl Rifles band,
both named for Willie's uncle, and
thousands of persons marched behind
them through the principal streets of
the town to the Whitla home, where
fully 5,000 persons assembled 011 the
lawn and 111 front of the house, cheer
ing and giving every evidence of the
public participation in the family joy
over the recovery of the little wan
derer.
The band took a position on the
front porch of the Whitla home and
played several selections, while the
whole crowd cheered frantically. In
a front room, visible through a win
dow, were the Whitla family, Willie be
side Detective Ward his father and
mother behind the boy.
When calls were made for a speech
Mr. Whitla appeared on the porch, ac
companied by Rev. Albert Joseph Mc-
Cartney, of the First Presbyterian
church, who spoke briefly expressing
the joy of all the Whitla neighbors
and fellow citizens over the recovery
of the boy.
Mr. Whitla then addressed the
throng. He extended his thanks to
all the officials and individuals who
had assisted in the search for the boy
and expressed the gratitude of himself
and family for the sympathy of the
people which he said had done so
much to help the family bear up dur
ing the darkest hour of their sorrow.
He suggested that children be taught
by their parents to fear strangers and
to make an outcry whenever any
stranger should attempt to induce chil
dren to accompany him.
Great Chance to Get Rich.
New York City.—A dishonest man
holding the position of police com
missioner in New York City easily
might become a millionaire in a few
months, so great are the opportuni
ties for illicit gains, according to a
statement made by Commissioner
Bingham. During Mr. Bingham's
first year in the office, he said, a
single bribe of $600,000 a year was of
fered him if he would protect certain
criminal interests. "Compliance with
the conditions of the offer," he added,
"would have been entirely of a nega
tive matter—all they wanted was to
be let alone."
To Dissolve the Standard.
St. Louis, Mo. Nineteen type
written volumes, containing 25,000
pages of testimony and 1,500 docu
mentary exhibits, were filed in the
United States circuit court here yes
terday as the record in the govern
ment case to dissolve the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey. The doc
uments represent the results of hear
ings held by Special Examiner Frank
lin Ferris in New York, Chicago and
other cities. The testimony will be
reviewed and arguments made in St.
Louis on April 5.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY APRIL I, 1909.
DDI IDENTIFIES •
HIS ADDUCTORS
WILLIE WHITLA RECOGNIZES
MAN AND WOMAN CAPTURED
BY POLICE.
WILL BE TAKEN TO SHARON
1
A Woman, Who the Police Say May
Have Been an Associate of the
Kidnapers, Commits Suicide
by Taking Poison.
Cleveland, O. —Following the posi
tive identification of James Boyle
and his wife Helen as the kid
napers of Billy Whitla, yesterday, the
woman finally broke down and admit
ted her part in the entire affair. When
first arrested by Capt. Shattuck and
Detective Wood Tuesday night Mrs.
Boyle was defiant and refused to give
up even her name. Yesterday, how
ever, this mood entirely disappeared.
Boyle still maintains stolid silence.
Cleveland, O.—Willie Whitla yes
terday identified the man and wo
man held 011 suspicion by the
Cleveland police as the persons who
kidnaped liiui from the school at
Sharon, Pa., last Thursday, and held
him for the SIO,OOO ransom, which
was paid by his father. Attorney J. P.
Whitla, Monday. Willie said the
man, who gave the name of James 11.
Doyle, was the one who took iiim from
school and carried him through a tor
tuous route to Cleveland, then to Ash
tabula. back to this city and placed
him in the house in the East End
where he was held until the money
was paid. Willie also declared that
the woman was the one who cared
for him at the house where he was de
tained and who acted the part of a
nurse.
Man's Name is Boyle.
Boyle said the woman is his wife.
The police have no other identifica
tion of the couple Mian the names
given. So far as the man is con
cerned the police believe the name is
correct. Boyle is said to reside in
Sharon and is a plumber by trade.
The woman, who is accredited \*,tli
being the wife of Boyle, declared soon
after her arrest that her identification
would cause a sensation in Sharon.
When the identification was com
pleted Mr. Whitla would say nothing
regarding the woman. lie said lie
knew Boyle slightly.
Attorney Whitla, accompanied by
Mrs. Whitla. their son and daughter,
Willie and Salina, a boy schoolmate
of Willie, Harry Porker, a brother of
Mrs. Whitla. Janitor Sloss, Chief of
I'olice Crane. Detective Kenipler, Dis
trict Attorney Lininger. Former Dis
trict. Attorney Cochran and Detective
Ward, all of Sharon, arrived here at
I o'clock yesterday.
immediately after Willie Whitla
had seen the man and woman at the
Central police station they were
taken to the county courthouse and
there appeared before the grand jury.
They were examined for the purpose
of aiding the jury in its attempt to
find an indictment against the two
prisoners. The charge, under the laws
of Ohio, against the man and woman,
if an indictment was found, will be
blackmail. This is based upon the
payment of the SIO,OOO ransom paid
by Mr. Whitla. As Boyle and his wife
■ire held by the police on suspicion
only an indictment will afford a means
of placing them under arrest formally
and they can be held indefinitely.
Leave for Sharon.
Immediately after leaving the grand
jury room Mr. and Mrs. Whitla, Willie
and the janitor of the Sharon school
which Willie attended, left for Sharon.
As t lie prisoners have not waved
extradition they will be held here for
two or three days until the necessary
papers for their removal to Sharon
can he arranged between the gover
nors of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Woman Commits Suicide.
A woman, known as Mary Diener,
who the police say may have been an
associate of the kidnapers, or was im
plicated in the plot, committed sui
cide yesterday by drinking morphine.
The woman drank the poison while
standing in front of a drug store in
the East End. not far from the house
in which Willie Whitla was detained.
Kidnapers Caught.
Cleveland, O. A man and a
woman, whom the police say they are
positive are the kidnapers of Billy
Wnitla, are behind t.he bars. Nine
thousand eight hundred and fifty dol
lars in currency, which was found on
the woman, is locked up in the station
safe. This currency was tied in SSOO
packages with pink tape bearing the
imprint "Lawrence, Saratoga, N. Y."
When told of this fact, J. P. Whitla
exclaimed immediately: "That is the
money. The money I gave had tin*
same pink tape around the packages,
with the same imprint on the tape."
"Well, you've got us. There'll be
to pay in Sharon tomorrow," 'said
the woman when arrested.
Mining Promoter Killed.
Kansas City, .Mo. —Leon 11. Brady,
a mining engineer, yesterday shot
and killed ,lo::eph Flanagan, a
mining promoter. Tli< shooting took
place at the Brady home. Flan
agan's home is in Cleveland, 0.,
where his family lives. Brady, when
arrested, told the police that Flan
ngan attacked Mrs. Brady in the hall
of their home. While Mrs. Brady was
struggling to free herself Brady ran
to her aid, IK? said, and killed Flan
agan, thereby saving his wife from
the man.
SOCIETY LADY SUICIDES
WIFE OF TOBACCO MAGNATE IS
FOUND DEAD IN BATHROOM.
DEATH SHOCKS WASHINGTON
Members of Family Declare Mrs. Lor
illard Died of Heart Failure In
stead of Taking Her Own Life
Washington, I). C. Weary of the
gay whirl of society and face to
face as she believed with years of
physical suffering, Mrs. Pierre Loril
lard,'jr., aged 4M, wife of the tobacco
magnate, committed suicide by as
phyxiation at her home near the fash
ionable Dupont circle in this city yes
terday. Her tragic death has shocked
the first social circles of the Capital
as nothing else in years. In spite of
the coroner's certificate of death by
suicide, members of the family do
ciare that Mrs. Lorillard died of heart
failure.
The death was made more dramatis
by occurring only a few hours after
Mr. and Mis. Lorillard had been the
guests of Mrs. Townsend, 011 Massa
chusetts avenue, at a dinner given in
honor of Lady Paget. In fact it is be
lieved that as soon as Mrs. Lorillard
arrived at her home at 2030 Hillyer
Place, shortly after midnight, yester
day morning she began to prepare for
her death. About 8:30 o'clock yester
day morning the butler in the Loril
lard residence detected an odor of gas
permeating the rooms. With little
difficulty the origin ol' the fumes was
traced to Mrs. Lorillard's apartments.
Opening the door of the bath room,
just off of her suite, the butler was
horrified upon finding the body of the
mistress of tlie house stretched out
lifeless on the floor. Her face /as
turned to the mat on the floor. The
alarm given by the butler 1 iught
Mr. Lorillard from his apa, merits
across tlie hall. Together they car
ried the limp body to Mrs. Lorillard's
room. Panic stricken the servant was
dispatched for a doctor while Mr. Lor
illard attempted to revive his wife by
means of artificial respiration.
Mrs. Lorillard was subject to fre
quent attacks of despondency, it is
said. Last night Mr.'Lorillard stated
that in his opinion the death of his
wife was not due to suicidal intent,
but was the result of an accident.
CARRY GOSPEL TO THE ORIENT
Large Party of Christian Workers
Sails from Vancouver on an Ex
tended Revival Tour.
Vancouver, B. C. —X arly a store
of zealous Christian workers have
sailed from this city with the
intention of making a revival tour
that will include the islands of the
South Pacific, many lands of the Ori
ent and Australia. The party is head
ed by Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman and
diaries M. Alexander, and includes
evangelists, gospel singers and per
sonal workers. The itinerary includes
Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand.
Tasmania, China, Japan, Korea and
the Philippines. The tour will take
about nine months, of which six will
be spent in Australia.
Dr. Chapman is accompanied by his
son and daughter, and Mr. Alexander
by his wife and his secretary, E. H.
Bookmyer. Other members of the
party include Robert Harkness, the
hymn writer; Dr. Ford C. Ottman,
evangelist pastor; Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Asher, who will conduct special
services in prisons; Ralph C. Norton,
who will have charge of the personal
workers in the revival campaigns;
Mrs. Ralph C. Norton, who conducts
services for young people; Ernest W.
Naft.zger, and Frank Dickson, singers;
Mrs. E. A. R. Davis, and George T. B.
Davis, who has charge of the Pocket
Testament league.
PRINCE STEPS DOWN AND OUT
Crown Prince George, in a Lettter to
the King, Renounces His Claim
to the Servian Throne.
Belgrade.—A cabinet council last
night decided that the premier
is incompetent to receive a direct
communication from Crown l J rince
George, who is subject only to his
father's authority. The premier will
therefore return the letter which the
crown prince sent to him, renouncing
his right of succession to the Servian
throne and will advise the prince to
address himself to the kins.
Recently a bitter press campaign
has been waged against the crown
prince. Ho has been accused of being
implicated in the death i one of his
servants, a man named Kolakovits,
and it is now learned that the prince
took this action because of a threat
ened interpellation in the national as
sembly on this subject. The prince
now declares that before leaving the
country h<* will await the final result
of (he pending political situation and
will join the volunteers as a private
in the event of war.
To Form Consulting Board.
Chicago, 111. A special dispatch
from San Francisco, Cal., says:"The
statement is made in exclusive rail
road circles that K. 11. Harriman is
preparing to form in the near future
a (onsulting board which will have its
headquarters in New York."
Explosion Caused Death.
El Paso. Tex. —One man was
killed, two fatally injured and four
other', seriously hurt by an ex
plosion in a slae it at the El Paso
smeltei yesterday.
HER IDEA
KNOCKED OUT
PROOF ESTABLISHED THAT MRS.
CULBERTSON TOOK HER
OWN LIFE.
YOUNG WOMAN SAD HEARTED
She Had Arranged an Hysterically
Dramatic Situation to Throw the
Murder on Another
Woman.
Vincennes, Ind. —Mrs. Jessie Lee
Overton Culbertson, young woman
of mystery, sad hearted though a
brido of ttiree months, was not mur
dered. She slew herself after ar
ranging an hysterically dramatic sit
uation to throw the murder on an
other woman. Her husband and rel
atives tearfully acknowledged yester
day that their suspicions that she was
killed at the instigation of another
woman for jealous revenge were un
founded. The body of a miniature
skeleton which had been attached to
a skull found in the pocket of Mrs.
Culbertson's apron when she was dis
covered gagged in a shed near her
home last Wednesday after swallow
ing carbolic acid, was found late yes
terday near the shed beneath a pile
of debris. This toy skeleton Mrs. Cul
bertson had in her possession months
ago.
Proof that the suicide wrote the
anonymous threatening letters to her
self was also established yesterday.
A letter she wrote to her husband at
Bridgeport, 111., is inscribed 011 sta
tionery just like that on which was
penned the anonymous notes.
It was Mrs. Etta Longwell of Chi
cago, formerly of Vincennes, whom
the Culbertsons charged with knowl
edge of the death of Mrs. Culbertson.
Now they are anxious to have it un
derstood that they were mistaken.
Chief of Police Evans yesterday
read the last letter written to Cul
bertson by his wife before they were
married. This letter displayed the
despondent nature of the girl.
FAVORABLE CROP CONDITIONS
Tariff Discussion in Congress Bears
Heavily Upon Many Trades
Throughout Country.
New York City.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Favorable conditions in nop slow
ing sections promise well for the fu
ture and the seasonable weather gen
erally prevailing is helpful to trade,
advices from the northwest being par
ticularly cheerful. The tariff discus
sion in congress bears heavily upon
many trades.
Whatever progress is making in iron
and steel is mostly confined to struc
tural lines. The recent slight im
provement in this division is being
maintained. A better inquiry is re
ceived from the railroads, the tonnage
pending aggregating a good volume.
Business in steel rails is limited, al
though several small contracts are
noted.
AM ALLEGED KIDNAPING CASE
Young Lad of Flint, Mich., Has Been
Missing Since February 27
Baffling Mystery.
Chicago, 111,—An alleged kidnap
ing case developed yesterday. The
alleged victim is Harold Moon, 10
years old, son of Lyman H. Moon of
Flint, Mich. He was stolen, it is
said, from his home on February 27.
Mrs. W. H. Frost, a friend of the
Moon family, called at detective head
quarters and said that there was rea
son to think that the child was hid
den in Chicago.
Flint, Mich. —The disappearance of
ten-year-old Harold Moon on Feb
ruary 27 has proved a baffling
mystery, despite wide publicity given
to the case. A boy answering the de
scription of the missing lad was seen
in the outskirts of Detroit soon after
his disappearance and was traced to
Pontiac, but there the clew was lost.
NOTED NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD
William H. Brearley Was One of the
Founders of the American News
paper Publishers' Association.
New York Citji—William H. Brear
ley, journalist, author and one
of the founders of the American
Newspaper Publishers' associaition.
died here yesterday after a lingering
illness. Mr. Brearley was 62 years old
and a veteran of the civil war. in
the early 70 s, with .James F. Seripps
he started the Detroit N*ws and later
purchased the Detroit Journal.
He was born in Plymouth, Mich.,
but for the last 15 years had been a
resident of this city. He was one of
the founders of Detroit Museum of Art.
O'Brien Quits Parliament.
Cork, Ireland.—A sensation was cre
ated here last night by the appear
ance of a letter from William O'Brien
announcing his resignation as Nation
alist member of parliament for Cork
anu his retirement from politics.
Attell Knocks Out White.
Dayton, O. —Abe Attell, feather
weight champion of the world,
knocked out Frankic White of Chi
cago in the eighth round of what was
to have been a 20-round bout here last
night.
NEAR THE SOUTH POLE
ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION GETS
WITHIN 111 MILES OF IT.
SUFFERED NO LOSS OF LIFE
Results Attained by Explorers Throws
Much Light Upon the History of
the Antartic Continent.
London, England.—Lieut. E. H.
Shackleton of the British navy, com
mandant of the Antarctic expedition
which returned on the barkentine Nim
rod to Invercargiil, New Zealand, yes
terday, although he did not achieve
his object, succeeded in getting within
111 miles of the pole.
The Nimrod expedition left England
in July, 1907, and after reaching the
ice fields and making the most elabor
ate preparations, the main expedition
started on a sledge journey which oc
cupied 126 days and traversed 1,708
miles southward. The explorers
reached latitude 88.23 and longitude
lfi2 oast, which was estimated as 111
miles from the pole. At the point
where the expedition was compelled to
turn back the land was 9,000 feet in
altitude, trending southward in a vast
field of snow. The expedition suf
fered no loss of life.
The narrative of Lieut. Shackleton's
achievements shows that the expedi
tion endured the greatest trials and
privations. The motor car, which was
useful in the preliminary expeditions,
failed on the uneven surface of the
barriers of ice. Briefly summarized the
results of the expedition are that a
point was reached within 111 miles of
the south pole; the magnetic pole was
also reached; eight mountain chains
were discovered, and 100 mountains.
Mount Brebus, 13,120 feet in altitude,
was ascended by the party; a new
coast and high mountain were located
running west from Victoria land, and
coal measures were discovered in the
Antarctic continent. The theory of
the existence of an area of atmos
pheric calm around the south pole was
disproved.
TORNADO VISITS TEXAS TOWN
One Person Wis Killed, Four Were In
jured and a Great Deal of
Property Damaged.
Laredo, Tex. —According to a dis
patch received over Mexican Federal
Telegraph one person was killed, four
others were injured and property dam
age estimated at $75,000 was caused
by a tornado which swept through
Laredo and vicinity last night de
stroying all wire communication to the
north of Laredo.
The casualties occurred when the
round house of the Mexican National
railroad was demolished. The orphan
age of the Sisters of Guadaloupe, sit
uatetl on Lonia Vista heights, was also
destroyed, but the occupants escaped
from the falling walls and were res
cued from the debris unhurt. The res
idences of Messrs. May, McCulloch,
Barnett, Andrews, Moore and Scoville
were blown down and many other
houses were damaged. The storm was
felt as far south as La Jarita on the
National railroad.
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER LETS GO
Engineer and Fireman on a Lehigh
Valley Freight Near Corfu,
N. Y., Killed.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Engineer Henry
Kabel and Fireman John Gest, cf
an east-bound Lehigh Valley freight,
were almost instantly killed yesterday
afternoon near Corfu. The boiler of
the engine exploded. Henry C. Mey
ers. a brakeman, was blown from the
top of the string of cars by the force
of the explosion. He landed in a ditch
and is internally injured. The mem
bers of the crew all lived in Buffalo.
The engine, which is one of the
larger type, was puffing along a level
stretch of track at a fair rate of speed
when suddenly there was a terrific ex
plosion. The engine trucks fell ontr:
the tracks 50 feet away from the rest
of the train and the boiler, splitting in
half, crashed in a heap of bent and
twisted boiler plate and pipe in a
ditch about 'M feet away from the
trucks.
MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD
A Young White Farmer in a North
Carolina Town Killed on Eve
of His Wedding.
Wilmington, N. C. —On the eve
of his wedding, Jerry Bigford, a
young white farmer and storekeeper,
was murdered in cold blood near Free
man's Columbus county. His body
was found lying 011 the floor of his
home near his store where he lived
alone, a shattered window pane giving
evidence that the assassin had fired
from without.
Cleveland and Stillmore Russ, broth
ers, one of whom is said to have been
the victim's rival for the hand of his
bride-to-be, a Miss Squires, have been
arrested and are being held pending
the coroner's inquest.
Postoffice Inspector Drops Dead.
Chicago. 111.—Robert W. McAfee.
GO years of age, a veteran post
office inspector and known as "The
Anthony Comstock of Chicago,"
dropped dead of heart disease while
walking in State street.
Three Counties Vote "Dry."
Indianapolis. -Montgomery, Green
and Benton c uities voted dry ia
county option elections yesterday.
This makes 57 of the 92 counties of
Indiana dry, 35 by county option ele
tlons and 22 by remonstrances.
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