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Tennessee Mob Inflictß Summary ,
Punishment On Negro Ravisher.
|1 ET HIS FATE LAUGHINGLY
laid He Killed Mr*. Williams Because
He Had Nothing Else To Do—State ;
Officials Pleaded With the Mob, But j
It Was In Vain
Chattanooga. Tenn., Aug. J6. —Henry j
Moles, a negro, was yesterday burned i
by a mob 112 6.000 citizens for erim- |
inally assaulting and shooting to Heath |
Mrs. Charles Williams. wife of a prom- ;
inent farmer, near Winchester, Tenn., I
last Friday. Admitting his crime and j
asking his friends to meet him in |
glory, he met his fate without even a
groan.
He was Raptured early yesterday ,
morning at Water Tank, near Cowan, I
Tenn.. and was taken to Winchester 1
by his captors and placed in the county \
jail. Sheriff Stewart made haste to j
barricade the jail and protect the
prisoner. Soon an angry mob of sev- ;
eral hundred men gathered, but As- .
sistant Attorney General Matt. N. j
Whittaker appeared and made a
speech to the crowd, urging them to
assist him in allaying excitement and
upholding the majesty of the law. He ;
promised to reconvene the grand jury i
today to indict the negro promptly and ;
have him speedily tried at the present
term of court, assuring the crowd that |
his conviction and legal execution ;
wore a foregone conclusion. This ap- !
peal was supplemented by Judge J. :
,T. Lynch, Captain W. P. Tolley and j
others. No sooner had their appeals
been made than several hundred citi- j
zms from the neighborhood where j
the crime was committed came up and |
augmented the crowd to thousands.
They swept forward upon the jail. ;
ovei powered the sheriff and his depu
ties. took the prisoner and started at
10.15 a. m.for the scene of the crime, !
12 riiles distant.
The mob was determined, and it \
seemed that almost the entire popula- J
tion for miles around had turned out ;
to see the fate of the wretch. The
procession followed the mob to the i
Williams home. Arriving at a point i
in sight of the scene of the crime, the
negro was placed upon a stump and j
given a chance to make a statement. !
He mounted the stump stolidly and
laughed as he began his statement. He ;
said:
"Tell all my sisters and brothers to i
meet me in glory. I am going to make
that my home. Tell my mother to
meet me where parting will be no
more."
"Why did you kill Mrs. Williams?" ;
was asked.
"I just done that because 1 had noth- j
ins else to do."
He was taken from the stump, bound j
to a tree by chains and his body sat- ■
urated with oil. At 1.40 p. m. a match
was applied, and instantly the quiver- j
ing body war. enveloped in flames, j
F.-nce rails were piled about the burn- 1
ifig body, and soon life was extinct. j
History of the Crime.
Lying on the floor of the family
room, her face splashed with clotted j
blood, Charles Williams found his |
wife on Friday afternoon when here- i
turned to his home. A bullet had j
gone through her head, life was ex- i
tinct and her two baby children were
crying in grief and fear. The oldest
boy, aged 5 years, told what had oc
curred. The young mother had been j
shot and killed by Henry Noles, a ;
negro hand upon the Williams place.
As the mortally wounded woman sank j
to the floor. Noles shot at t.he boy, I
the bullet grazing the child's head, i
Then he fled to the woods.
It is reported that the motive was
robbery, and that S2O was obtained ;
by the murderer. Mr. Williams is a '
farmer, well-to-do and one of the most
prominent residents of his section of
Franklin county. The dead woman
was a member of one of the oldest and
most respected families in the county. j
The two children, the oldest just 5
years of age, were the only witnesses
of the tragedy.
NEGRO PORTER "SHOT TO DEATH.:
Lony Standing Feud Between Railway
Employes Ended Fatally.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 2fi. —L. C. Merri
wether, a baggagemaster on the Geor- ;
gia Southern and Florida railroad, shot
and killed Will Freeman, a negro por
ter on the same train yesterday morn
ing shortly after the train left Val- j
dosta. ,
Hud blood had existed between the
two men for some time which caused j
the railroad officials to place them on 1
different runs. Yesterday the two men
accidentally met en the "Shoefly" i
train. A few minutes after the train I
left Valdosta the negro entered the
baggage car and uttering an oath, ex
claimed: "I have got you where 1 want
and I am going to throw you out of j
this car." The negro sprang upon Mer- |
tiwether, who is a small man. A tus
sle ensued and Freeman was shot
through the head, dying instantly.
To Swim From Boaton to New York.
Boston. Aug. 26.—T0 swim from Bos- :
ton to New York is the feat that Peter
S. McNally will attempt, making the
start next Sunday, the entire distance |
to he covered within 30 days. The
swimming course will be very little
less than 400 mileß.
One Killed In Washout Wreck. 1
Columbia, S. C.. Aug. 26.—The Flor- j
iiia and Metropolitan limited train of 1
the Seaboard Air Line was totally !
•wrecked on Saturday night at 10.25 j
o'clock, seven miles south of Cheraw, I
8. C., due to a sand bank washout. The
fireman was killed.
SMUGGLING CHARGES NOT TRUE
Collector Hoey Denies Complicity In
Alleged Chinese Importation.
Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 26. —William M.
Hoey. collector of customs at Nogales,
has left for that place on a call
from Lemoore, special assist
ant to Attorney General Knox. It is
understood that holds war
rants for the arrest of Hoey and B.
F. Jossey, Chinese inspector, charged
with smuggling Chinese from Mexico
into the United States. When shiiwn
the Washington dispatch stating that
a big conspiracy for smuggling Chi
nese, in which he and Jossey are im
plicated. had been unearthed, Hoey de
clared that there was no truth in the
charges.
"I have not been arrested and do not
believe I will be," said he. "No smug
gling has been done through Nogales
during my term. More Chinamen have
been deported from my district than
#ny other, with one exception."
The implication of Hoey caused a
big sensation. It has long been known
that Secret Service officials were labor
ing to stop the smuggling of China
men but with little success. Several
Chinamen have been captured and de
ported, but many more, and many Chi
nese girls, have been brought across
the border. There has been no public
opinion that the customs officials were
implicated.
AERONAUT'S PECULIARACCIDENT
After Falling 300 Feet, Mosquitoes Al
most Stung Him to Death.
New York. Aug. 23.—Benjamin Ben
jamin. an aeronaut, fell from his
balloon while making an ascent yes
terday at the Hoboken, N. J., Schuet
zen Park. Benjamin fell possibly 300
feet into the Hackensack meadows,
and this probably saved his life, as
he landed in mud and water, sinking
up to his neck. His injuries arose not
only from the shock of the fall, but the
onslaught of myriads of mosquitoes
which attacked him as he was stuck
in the mud. and whose sting made his
features unrecognizable.
MEDICINE FAKIRS ARRESTED.
Mrs. Post Claimed to Cure Everything,
Including Los 6 of Sight.
Haytona, Fla.. Aug. 24. —Helen Post,
her husband. Colonel C. C. Post, and
her son-in-law. C. P. Burgman, were
arrested yesterday on information
sworn to by Post Office Inspector Fred
D. Peer, charging them with using the
mails for fraudulent purposes. The
offense alleged consisted in sending
through the mails circulars professing
to cure patients at a distance by means
of mental scienc. Mrs. Post claimed
to be able to heal all kinds of diseases,
even restoring the blind to sight, hold
ing that no disease was incurable by
her method of treatment.
MORE SOLDIERS FOR MANILA.
Will Be of Use In Case of Another
Uprising.
Manila, Aug. 26. -In the city of Ma
nila there are now less than 1.000 effec
tive soldiers, and it has been decided
to increase this number by four com
panies of Infantry. The official reason
for the increase is that the guard duty
is teo heavy for the present force. As
a matter of fact, however, there is a
fealiHg that, although there is no ap
parent prospect of trouble, neverthe
less, in the event of an uprising in
the future such as is always possible
among the Malays, it would be better
to have a sufficient body of troops
available for such an emergency.
Russian Forest Fires Blamed On Jews.
London. Aug 26. —"The total losses
from the recent forest fires, which
have partially destroyed several towns,
are estimated at £10,000,000," says a
dispatch from St. Petersburg. "The
fires have been mostly incendiary and
are attributed to the Jews. It is es
timated that 250,000 acres of forests
have been destroyed and 187 villages
completely or partially wiped out."
Will Not Resign Chilian Ministry.
Santiago De Chili, Aug. 26. — Henry
L. Wilson, United States minister to
Chile, yesterday formally denied the
report that he would soon retire and
devote his time to commerce, repre
senting several American firms.
CORNING IN AN UPROAR.
Woman Covered With Blood Ran Inlo
Club Room.
Corning. N. Y., Aug. 24. —Passengers
on the Erie limited. No. 5, had a lively
experience between Elmira and Corn
ing last night. After the train left
Elmira a woman started running
through the train screaming that some
one was trying to place her under an
anaesthetic. She fought off her im
aginary foe with a big jack knife. With
her were her two sons, aged 14 and
17, who were afflicted the same as the
mother. The passengers were terror
ized, and the trainmen had the great
est difficulty In restraining them.
When the train reached here the wom
an made a dash, and with her hand
smashing the large plate glass In the
car vestibule, she jumped from the
train, followed by the two boys. They
ran a block and then rushed into the
Corning Club, where the woman, bleed
ing and bruised, screamed for help.
The clubmen, believing that murder
was about to be committed, scattered
in all directions The woman and her
two sons were finally caught by the
police and a doctor dressed her nu
merous cuts and bruises. She gave
her name as Dr. Nellie Poor, and
said her sons' names were Henry and
Robert. They lived, she said, at 618
Kimbeck avenue, Chicago. They were
detained at. police headquarters until
the afternoon, when they were allowed
to go. The woman and her sons ap
parently had taken some strong nar
cotic, which crazed them temporarily.
They were apparently all right and
proceeded to Chicago today.
SCI JAN mill) DOWN I
French Ambassador Secured De-'
mands Iu Five Days.
CONSTANS' BLUFF WORKED WELL I
Sultan's Promises Regarding the Pur- ,
chase of Quays and Settlement of
Disputed Claims' Broken. English
Critics Say "Only a Paper Victory." .
Constantinople, Aug. 26—M. Con- '
Btans, the French ambassador, sent a
note to the porte last Thursday to the
effect that he would leave Constanti- j
nople August 2<i unless the French
claims were settled. Thereupon Tew
fik Pacha, the Turkish minister of
foreign affairs, called at the French j
embassy and informed M. Constans
that the porte had abandoned the idea i
convinced that the purchase would be j
THE SITLTAN OF TURKEY,
of purchasing the quays, first, because
a bad speculation for Tur.key, and.
second, on account of the financial dif
ficulty involved, as the Ottoman gov
ernment had no hope that the Paris
market would take up a loan to cover
the purchase. M. Constans then gave
the Ottoman government until Mon
day (today) to issue an irade granting
the quays complete full rights and in
deminty for the two years during
which the company had been deprived
of those rights. That M. Constans'
bluff was successful is shown by the
haste with which the sultan issued the
irade on Saturday, two days before the
time limit expired.
The whole story of what caused the
sultan to give up so quickly is told in
these two dispatches:
Constantinople. Aug. 22—The French
ambassador. M. Constans, has notified
the sultan's first secretary that all
diplomatic relations between France
and Turkey are broken off, and that
the ambassador has informed his gov
ernment to this effect. M. Constans
communicated directly with tiie sul
tan. because the latest negotiations
were transacted with the sultan per
sonally.
Two questions have caused the
break between the two nations. They
have been pending for sonw time. One
is the affair of the French Quay com
pany (M. Constans). on behalf of his
government, demanding that Turkey
purchase for 40,000,000 francs the
quays built by the French company.
The other is the claim of Frenchmen
against the porte, the amount of which
was fixed and payment promised long
ago.
Paris, Aug. 23. —The French cruiser
Cassara has sailed from Toulon for
Turkish waters, and four other war
ships are under orders to follow her
immediately. The foreign office will
give no formal confirmation of the re
port that the ships are to menace
Constantinople.
In spite of this fact the approaching
visit of the Czar to France over
shadows the interest taken in any pos
sibility of war with Turkey. The.
apathy of the public is reflected in the
newspapers. Generally the view is
taken that the matter will soon be set
tled to France's satisfaction.
FRANCE'S VICTORY IS EMPTY.
Brisish Theory Is That Turkey Was
Gold Bricked.
I.ondon, Aug. 20—Although the
French papers hail Turkey's yielding
as a great triumph for France, more
especially as it was largely believed
that the sultan's obduracy was due to
the supposed friendship between Ger
many and Turkey, it is felt in London,
despite considerable satisfaction over
the affair, that there is a grave doubt
as to whether France has achieved
more than a paper victory.
The British theory is that M. Con
stans really wished to force Turkey to
purchase quays which are notoriously
unremunerative. The sultan has avoid
ed this, thus securing the practical
results, while leaving to M. Constans
the empty congratulations.
WESTING HOUSE TALKS.
Says He and Yerkes Are Friendly—No
Antipathy to Americans.
New York, Aug. 2G. -George West-
Vnghouse who, on his return from Eng
land Saturday, refused to discuss the
affairs of the District Underground
Railway of London, of which Charles
T. Yerkes is in control, rnanged his
mind yesterday, lie said that there
were no differences between Mr. Yerkes
and himself and that Mr. Yerkes had
awarded to the British Westinghouse
company the contract for 30.000 horse
power engines and generators for his
Metropolitan District railway enter
prise and will require much more' ap
paratus. the manufacture of which in
England will be advantageous to his
interests. He said that while there
was a natural desire to see Englishmen
conduct London railway enterprises
there was no particular antipathy to
Americans doing it.
STATK CAMPAIGN iIANS
Chairman Reeder Arranges To In
augurate The Coming Canvass,
THE CLUB LEAGUE CONVENTION
Young Republicans All Over the State
Are Preparing for a Great Meeting
of Delegates at Scranton On Sep
tember 17 and 18.
(Special Cor respond en re.)
Philadelphia, Aug. 27.—General
Frank Reeder, who has just been re
elected chairman of the Republican
state committee was In this city yes
terday arranging for the formal open
ing of the Republican state campaign.
General Reeder says he expects to
find the party reaping the benefit of
the exhibition of harmony given at the
state convention last week and that
he counts upon the enthusiastic sup
port of Republicans of all factions in
behalf of the state ticket.
The headquarters of the state com
mittee are being fitted up and soon
the machinery of the organization will
be working night and day to get the
canvass under way.
What will practically be the formal
opening of the fight will be the annual
convention of the State League of Re
publican Clubs which will be held at
Scranton on the 17th and 18th of Sep
tember. There lias been a wonderful
interest manifested in the workings
of the league and the prospects are
very gratifying for a large attendance
of prominent Republicans at this gath
ering of the elans. The City of Scran
ton is noted for its hospitality and
there is reason to believe that excep
tional arrangements will be made this
year for the entertainment of the dele
gates and other visitors to the con
vention.
J. Hampton Moore, president of the
State League of Republican Clubs, has
just issued his call for the convention.
As usual, the league will have the
honor of opening the Republican cam
paign in the state. Steps will be tak
en at once in Scranton and on the
part of the executive officers to ar
range for a convention that will not
only be pleasurable to all attending,
but highly beneficial from a Republi
can point of view.
There will probably be a lively con
test this year for the various offices.
There have been several candidates
suggested for the presldeni v of the
league, among them Deputy Attorney
General Kred W. Fleitz, of Lacka
wanna; Postmaster Isadora Sabel. of
Erie, and ex-Mayor Crosby N. Black,
of Chester. While there has been no
one slated for this honor, the indica
tions seem to favor the election of Mr
Fleitz, a talented young Republican,
who lias done splendid work upon the
stump in several campaigns The fact
that the league will take a conspit nous
part in the next gubernatorial cam
paign makes this year's convention
one of special importance.
STORE ORDER TAX.
As the citizens of Pennsylvania re
flect upon the work of the last legis
lature they will discover that there
was much done by that body, which
Is entitled to commendation.
The demand from the working men
i>f the state for the passage of a law
which would break up the in
iquitous store order system, under
which employees have been paid their
wages in orders on company stores
Instead of cash, was recognized by the
Republican members of the legislature j
In the passage of the bill taxing store
orders.
The corporations which have been i
affected by this legislation are already
seeking to get around the act and thoy
have appealed to the courts to help
them.
This is one of the acts endorsed by
the United Mine Workers' legislative
committee.
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