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'VOL % NO. 44 CHARLOTTE. N. C.« SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 3, 1911 PRICE 5 CENTS
welopments In
Bribery Scandal
Aie Expected
Comment on The Mc-
Sancro Conjessions-Other
Ration May Fottow-mw
Bums Says Others
Z Equally Guilty.
Interest Centers in
entered by the McNamaras bad In any
way precluded bim from going ahead
with the other cases.
Fredericks Talks of Conference.
District Attorney Fredericks gave to-day
H full account of the negotiations
leading up to tbe pleas of guilty enter-ed
yesterday in tbe McNamara mur-der
trial. He declared ttbat in mak-ing
the agreement whereby James B.
.McNamara pleaded guilty to murder
. i..| John J. McNamara pleaded guilty
to dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron
Works, counsel for the defense, came
r...i.i,- A ]',0n?t\'' i" his terms and that outside influences
0i Franklin, Auegea did nol prevall upon blm_ I
\m
inbtr in McNamara Cast-m
Opinions by Labor
itadtrs.
elfevl on the attor-
Darrow Disheartened.
I
EWnnc • • , »nbi
K-Be-t H Krauklin. Di
I ' ... .!,* vranda
htnteu ai greater de-l
-Z n the scandal that has
KCuid overshadowed the trial (.
narrow was today a disheartened
.man. He read comments of labor lead-ers
on the pleas of guilty entered by
both James B. McNamara and John J.
Virtually admit-'McNamara, the latter secretary and
treasurer of the International Associa-tion
of Bride and Structural Iron
„ the defend consUtUtjd «"«! workers. He declared that labor lead-
,Ic.nana lor the.e,s wouW underBtand in due coarM
' *\rict At- tnat the Procedure yesterday was the
'* only solution of a vexatious problem
that had worried him for months.
"I cannot talk about it now," Dar-irxamsrs.
Though hej'™ declared, "but organized labor
.ur-pH after a half dozen J» JJ*
,!tatenients that threatened to g* 7
& «" ^aln" ^'homJ' ^f.l Edward Nickels, secretary of the
^ lDf btiben »«ndal ™ ™ Chicago Federation of Labor, who has
F,he &tB^"h"^'iinntno ddrraamMattiiccoprroomm^! beenin the city for two weeks, knew f 8ltuatIon and lB said to have
^k
BreH^hs attorneys who accepted the solution of yesterday as
^uTl^Janri who on Mon ^he only practicable one.
MM *N»^K,S1| Taken as a wnol«- the fear of ,ur-
^■OT-JC «ll a'^*J» thejSe ther exposures during the trial is said
Lit oC<* ' I Township Justice, ^^ JJJ JJ ^ 0OSltimumtl0o ^d lt
l,CJ!i --» Forcaa at Work lw»8 hinted that at some future time
"^TeveW« which it was itabor men would l-v the details.
■ -'•
hurt and the leaders would
6o bitter if they knew the
NEWS WANT AD FACTS
The Ad.:
wule to* time The business men of the city who in-stituted
the move to end the trial, it
was learned today would have been
satisfied with the confession of James
B. McNamara. They thought that
would be sufficient vindication for the
A MILITANT stJFpRAGETTE
Lady Constance Lytton, a grand'
daughter of the famous English novel
ist, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, who
wai sentenced in London recently for
window smashing as an evidence of
her sympathy with the militant suffra-gettes.
She was imprisoned before In
the same cause, and created a nationa
stir by trying to starve herself to
death.
THE MAN who took the wrong
rain coat at the reception at
Tryon St. Methodist church
Thursday night, please call
'phone 1206-J, or address 514
N. Poplar St.
Ths Result: ♦
♦
(Over the phone in The News ♦
office last night 9:30.) ♦
♦
116? Yes, sir. Not neces- ♦
sary to run the ad again. Man ♦
Just phoned me he had my ♦
coat. Saw the ad in Tbe News. ♦
'Nuf Ced. ♦
■araiesed would come at that
IHI to rationed with a continua-
Hrf tie hearing itself, the myste-
ISM torces that have worked under-
IW w brinp back "Industrial
\lZ* to iMi Angeles following the
Mflfht that ended in the destruc-> prosecution but the state official*
ass/the Iii» Angeles Times build-1 thought otherwise.
rT, Mi and t*o months ago. and The committee of business men ar-ea
in been carried on as bitterly gued and argued but District Attorney
A« H tbe denoum^nt in the sourt- John D. Fredericks was oburate. It
l^njeaterdav. are as eagerly work-.was a pica of guilty by both brothers
tsjacay to prevent the scandal from at thi stime that he contended for or
Ireping farther. a continuation of the trials.
NtwTurn in Franklin Case. "That was my ultimatum," said the
Lie* turn was given to the Frank- district attorney today, "and the com-mittee
of business men who were prac-tically
the go-betweens, persuaded
the defense that it was the last straw."
Though many statements purport-ing
to have come from the McNamara3
have been current, counsel announced
todav that the brothers had not been
|« that if he chose he might retire
interviewed since they left the court
Ike tie TOom yesterday and would not be un-
[ liia !t *i» learned, in the most dip-
tu after sentence was pronounced on
Tuesday next.
Men of standing in the community,
he said, had been "up against him."
with pleas that in the interest of
peace and society James B. McNamara
be allowed to plead guilty and that the
case against his brother. John J.. be
jrneys *ould be;dropped. q^ese pleas, he said, he
ie off his hands. ll„, _.-..»*..««i» ™.u«-t
Light on Mystzry of
Maine s Destiuctwn
Itublr late today.
hat: Governor Henry T. Gage, an
lamy who is known for bis fighting
Iprittos and wbo has never allowed
Ik dents to plead guilty, was ap-
|waded by attorneys for the defense
la* lot McNamara brothers and was
I •.» case The matter was put
riin. it « Ifcca'.! manner, lie was told that bis
|a:'.zg to the rescue when the attor-
I Ki for the defense were so crowded
Istft work that it was impossible for
||tffi lo go ahead with the Franklin
Issuer. »a» bighl) appreciated, but
Ittattto untency nf the case had pass-
1*1 m that these attorneys would be
[Mlliij ;o take the i (still steadfastly rejected.
I Fredericks declared that since July
he had had an offer from the defense
to let James B. McNamara plead guil-ty
to save John J. McNamara.
Former Effort to Compromise.
"A month ago Darrow and I were
talking in court half seriously about it.
Tbe court stopped proceedings so we
quit." be said.
"That afternoon Darrow came to
me and made virtually the same offer
and I refused to accept it."
"If you ever change your mind let
me know." narrow said as he left.
" "I never will,' I replied. Then Dar-row
and Lincoln Steffens got together
and Steffens went down town to get
men to come to me to urge me to
agree to Darrow's proposal. The mat-
|taj» refused point blank.
■: governor 16 re
Ifoned I the men who ap-llKMhad
bin' thai they need trouble
I •■Mire* no turthm We intimated
w tien tba> lie had undertaken to
Meid franklin and that Franklin
MM >u the only man who could in-
!*■*him to withdraw from the case.
'i» to a late hour tonisht Franklin had
'DM* so such request. II is believed
|Mb« will not do so and that he will
W«r to taki Hi chancM and go
|MMdTtth tbn trial.
border thai he be held for trial it
££WM,,rj' ,hal 'he district attorney
"Coat tbe evidence he has against
evidence. It is re-
?• 'bat ni;iv he embarrassing to
■■•btrter up in the McNamara de-
» h ! fcW" broadly intimated to-.o«icc w u»ru« o IMU|IUBOI. IUU mav-inai
had the change taken place, !ter was put to me but I refused to con-
New York. Dec. 2.—Something to-ward
unfolding what seems still to
persist in the mystery of the de-struction
of the battleship Maine m
Havana harbor was contributed by
Congressman John J. Fitzgerald,
chairman of the committee on appro-priations
of the house of representa-tives.
"Additional appropriations had
been urged upon congress under in-definite
heads, like 'Lights and Har-bors
for American Ports.' Wc were
going to Panama for you see its
better than a committee c-f congress
should go to a place than that offi-cers
in charge of the work of that
place should be summoned before
congresd, as sometimes these officers
could ill be spared from their work.
"They have at Hanava the entire
work of the Maine uncovered. It IS
impossible for a layman to tell
whether, from present appearances,
the ship was blown up by an ex-plosion
from outside or inside. That
will remain for the expert naval
board sent there to pass upon.
"One turret of the vessel has dis-appeared.
They think they have lo-cated
it some distance away, 36 feet
down in the mud. But recovery . ot
that will mean nothing.
"It would appear that the destruc-tion
had been due to whateved ex-ploded
the forward magazine of the
ship. I can't speak for the commit-tee,
but I'm inclined to believe
that the $250,000 asked for to contin-ue
unearthing the Maine will be
favored.
"You know the Cuban government
has begun to restore the Havana har-bor
to a 36 foot depth and the wreck
should be lifted."
INDICTMENT
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 2.—Because of
the collapse of the Ail-Night and Day
Bank of thiB city and the arrest of
several of the bank officials, announce-ment
was made today that the Federal
grand Jury in the United States dis-trict
court late yesterday returned in-dictments
against all of the accused
men charging them with using the
mails to defraud.
The indicted men are: B. L. Hen-drey,
president, now in jail unable to
furnish bond.
Q. F. Toengcs, cashier, also in
jail. ,
J S. Chick, Attache of the bank.
J. H. Brooks, another official of
the institution.
The bonds of the indicted men were
placed at $5,000 each.
leachers Assembly
Elects Officers
to
■•
have been asked tolsider it and they did not urge me.
Mtu an understanding! "I said I knew I had the goods," he
Tk '•Menca i>e imposed. continued, "and did not propose to lie
J» man accusH of having paid Ve- down. I asked two or three others,
fcu'D rv^so y i.oekwood $500 to also of the same crowd, if they
Edi.\„- mri' Jl,ry atld ,0 havc thought I'd made a mistake and they
told me they thought the case was
perfectly saie in my bands. Mean-while
I had talks with Darrow and
Davis and stood pat tbat both men
must plead guilty.
The mbatter of punishment did not
interest me but I knew and counsel
for the defense knew hat if J. J. Mc-
Namara wanted to save the life of
Houston, Texas, Dec. 2.—The fol-lowing
officers were elected by the
Southern Educational Association
here today:
H. L. WbitfieW, Columbus, Miss.,
president; M. L. Brtttain. Att**ta,
Oa., first vice-president';" 'a: '>»''*"M1-'
lett, Beaumont, Texas, second vice-president;
Mrs. J. D. M'atlock. Bir-mingham,
third vice-president.
The new directors include:
George A. Lynch, Gainesville, Fla.;
E. C. Branson, Athens, Ga.; W. N.
Walker, Chapel Hill, N. C; C H.
Zigler. Alken, S. C: Charles G.
Maphis, Charlottesville, Va.
The secretary and other appointive
officers will be announced later. The
directors will select the next annual
meeting place.
' FIGURES IN STOKES TRIAL
From left to right are Miss Ethel Conrad and Miss Lillian Graham, on
trial in New York for trie shooting of Millionaire W..E. D. Stokes. The pho-tograph
was taken of the "shooting show girls" as they were about to en-ter
the court house where their trial is in progress.
Tobacco Trust Begins Process
Of Dissolution in Accordance
With Decree of Federal Coutt
THE WEATHER
Washington, Dec. 2.—Fore-cast
for Sunday and Monday:
North and South Carolina, fair
Sunday and Monday.
I of Captain C. E.
n the
White to be
wl»hen tho confessed U\nan\iter of
2 h«J'f ,!""ldln8 wa* acquitted or
«Ki!ed
T
t
h°ea8rC'1 l8 DOt U"der
bim
complaint lodged
la an affidavit of iuforma-
" make it good,
»8. setting as a coramit-
' hear enough evi-|rh"e' brother he could help "by coming
" o courses are open.
Vco-., " nej lnav' withdraw
I a^, ^'WWJSC tue evidence must
through.
"On Wednesday night the citizens
had another meeting; I knew all along
•
Develop™,,,,, Expected_
0 was some development
ise, how-
Tb«
X!L**»..E-miJtt^ed.Kr:,,,kMn ™
»«.^Lma.- he a Win—I." he
, ^_, *"i a readjustment In that
1whaii he meant by the state-
**»„, ™a(,p °ne of the most sig-
* matter ,B ln """Motion w'«>
""tobrtn^ ,ha,,m*d« it impera-
•■M ' !tth11 -,:nal to a" '8Bue have
[ Complaint A* ,u' _.. "~," . nau aimiiifi uut-iiii^. ■ i»uc — ".~-r.
Other. Vth„ l".may "leadJthat the proposals were Darrow's and
the ev.dence must!, knew that I had the goods. Thurs-day
one of them called me up and said
some of them might come to see me.
'If you have any influence with
them tell them to run along and 'lend
to their own business,' I said and they
did not come. Darrow and Davis
came again and said they could not
agree to a joint confession. ( told
them In that case I'd go ahead with
the trial and that I'd rather proceed
with it anyhow.
"Finally they said they would take
my terms and both men pleaded guil-ty.
That la the history of the nego-tiation."
Asked if it were true that the state
had obtained from the prospective
witnesses money supposed to have
been given them in such quantities
that the total practically equalled the
amount of the rewards offered by the
city, state and county, in all about
$50,000. Mr. Fredericks said it was
"more or leas true."
That prosecutions would end by the
McNamara confessions, however, has
been the hope of counsel for the Mc-
Namaras and tacitly they have be-lieved
the state would lay down its
arms.
"The citizens committee. I should
Continued On Page Four
"' district attorney said.
',n"nx of the McNamara
' '' *$ Wl ,hat we 'do
"rtherwitb it just, now.
f*!* i acted with it
:,C0B>«a un « a |,"1-!P"neuient when
i ionda> I have no doubt
?J|» rca,i^nted- ' «>•«* "here
.** tX^TV- olher attorneya
' i Wit V:^ the defen«e."
£*"><" MhU ■*r,,,ve nurn»' Btat«-
e.*»Dlic-uv i»\u ''° nrosecuted
HTW)J .,he des"-uction of
i>"*»bew^fully ^tended to
fi*» Partial anPrehending oth-
5g «l«l the plea, of gulIty
h
Fighting Continues
At Amoy, China
Special Cable to Tha, News.
Amoy. China. Dec. 2.—Fighting be-tween
disorderly bands continues spas-modicaly
in the northwestern quarter
of Amoy, causing considerable uneasi-ness
in other parts of the city. The
United States monitor Monterey has
been hit several times by bullets.
Several bands of marauders, rep-resenting
themselves as revolutionists,
are traversing sections of the adjacent
country and holding up the inhabi-tants
of villages. A band tof 400 ruf-fians
demanded enrollment as revo-lutionaries
here today, but were re-fused
and are now threatening trouble.
William Monroe
Painfully Huit
Special to The News.
Durham, N. C. Dec. 2.—Suffering the
wounds of a whole load of a shot gun
and following an operation tonight
William Monroe, living with every
proise of recovery. Mr. Monroe came
here from Blscoe yesterday and rep-resented
that institution in the decla-mation
contest in which three states
were entered. He started hunting
this afternoon and his companion, a
son of \Monroe Hall, handed him a gun
which l|red the whole load into his left
side.
8OC.AL,STBERGERPG1H«DSLOEN8I
Washington, Dec. 2.—Confident that
the American people are tired of tar-iff
tinkering and that they prefer sub-stantial
legislation. Victor L Berber,
the socialist representative, announc-ed
today that he will introduce in
congress a woman's suffrage amend-ment
to the constitution.
He will alBo introduce, he says,
bills providing for the nationalization
of railways, express companies, coal
mines, telegraphs and telephones.
Holiday
Shoppers
Can save much tiresome
walking and hunting by care-fully
reading the advertise-ments
in The News. The
mostprogressive merchants in
Charlotte are telling every
day through these columns of
bright, new, seasonable mer-chandise
and attractive
prices tbat prove conclusively
that this is one of the beet
markets in all the south.
Make up your mind that
whatever you want you can
get in Charlotte. Our mer-chants
are progressive and
reliable, their stocks are
large, well selected and seas-onable
and their prices lower
than you will find in other
large markets.
Read their advertisements
In The News every day. Do
not miss one of them for they
are all full of suggestions
that mean satisfaction and
saving to the buyer.
New York, Dec. J.—Another trust
today submitted to the beginnings ot
the government penalty of disintegra-tion.
It Was the tobacco trust, whose
arcana was at No. til Fifth avenue.
No. Ill Fifth avenue is still there—
not a sign in the whole place read-ing
'.'No smoking"—and tbe swinging
door showing no evidence of baving
been overworked by the hurry to
send its constituent parts to where
they originally came from.
Vet at 6:»2 this evening there did
depart on a- special train for St.
Louis, C. C. Dula, who has been des-ignated
to be president of the Llg-f:
ctt and Myers' Company, previous-y
one of the arms, or zoologically
speaking, one. of the suckers of the
octopus, to there maintain a physical-ly
separate existence.
Said Mr. Dula:
"It is an absolutely physical sepa-ration.
We are carrying oiit as speed-ily
as we can the decision of tne
court only three "weeks ago,' and this
is an important step;
"I am going out as president of the
Liggett and Myers Company. Haying
been here .since. 1899, i%' is some-what
of a wrench, this breaking up
of a happy family, and-we all feel
it deeply. ."
"Yes, of course, there are friend-ships
and social connections that will
suffer—and, yes, my family feels tne
break up.
But St. Louis is a great place for
manufacturing and distribution. It is
obvious what a central organization
meant, it meant that it' had right at
hand men to consult. There's no
doubt. hut that the aggregation of
talent is a good thing. Some men
would come it, who seemed import
ant, but, like water, they would find
their level. '■*••''
"Administering the different con-stituent
properties, I think additional
clerk hire will not be necessary. It is
to the credit of the president, J. B.
Duke—I say this impersonally—that
be surrounded himself with men who
have capacity, men who in this .emer-gency
are fit to take up the admin-istration
of the several companies.'"
There are to be four companies, as
the International News Service al-ready
has pointed out—the American
Tobacco Company, the Liggett &
Myers Company, the P. Lorillard
Company and the R. J. Reynolds To-bacco
Company. Liggett & Myers
Company is to have 27.82 per centage
of the business in cigarettes, 20.05
per cent fn "smoking tobacco, 33.83
per cent in plug, 41.61 per cent in
fine cut, 43.78 per cent in little ci-gars.
Capitalization of the Liggett *
Myers Company is placed at $67,-
447,499. Disintegration was brought
about by selling $115,000,000 of the
property of the American Tobacco
Company to the newly formed Lig-gett
& Myers and P. Lorillard Com-panies
for cash and securities and Dy
distributing to the common stock-holders
of the American Tobacco
Company, the two-thirds of the stocK
of the R. J.' Reynolds Tobacco Com-pany.
. •
EU UBGES
BUSSIA TO MODIFY
UlTIMITUM
Sudden Reversal of EngUmds
Position Thought to Be Due
to Desire to Retain America's
Good Witt And Friendly
Feeling.
Feared That American Public
Would Show Resentment if
Shusier Did Not Get Fair*
Deal-Persia's Reply Not
Public.
London, Dec. 2.—The Brtish foreign
cflice today sent a long dispatch to
the Russian government urging the
Czaj to modify his ultimatum to Per-sia.
This move is a complete rever-sal
in England's position, as the gov-ernment
yesterday cabled the Persian
government to accept the demainds
contained in Russia's ultimatum. Eng-land,
it is understood, desires to re-tain
the good will and friendship of
the American people at large and
fears that the American public will
show resentment if it 1B decided that
Shuster is not getting a "square deal."
The opinion prevails in official circles
that the Czar will consent to modify.
hlB ultimatum, as England is Russia's
most powerful ally in the entente.
Persia's Reply Kept Secret.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 2.—The reply
of the Persian government to the ulti-matum
sent by the Czar in the Shuster
case has not yet been made public
here. It is understood, however, that
the reply rejects the Russian demands
although the Persian government in-timates
reasonable satisfaction. Per-sia
also asks that some time be grant-ed
in which to formulate proposals and
that meanwhile the Russian forces at
Resht, should not be permitted to ad-vance
beyond Kasbin.
The newspapers of St. Petersburg
urge precipitate action and take the
occupation of Teheran by the Russian
troops as granted.
Excitement Intense.
Teheran, Dec. 2.—The excitement of
tbe populace at the news of the Rus-sian
advance on the capital is intense.
The streets are filled with crowds.
The walls of the city and the legations
are covered *his morning with red pla-cards
"death or independence."
Pessian Po4m«lan* KHred.
Two more Persian politicians were
assassinated today. Hadji Mohmad
Tagi, prominent a reactionary, was
killed In the capital this morning.
Prince Firaan Firma, at one time min-ister
of justice and later governor
of the province of Azerbaijan, was as-sassinated
at Kasbin, a town ninety
miles northwest of Teheran.
Noted Author
Gels Divorce
ENTRIES FOR.RACE*-,-.
AT COLUMBIA.
Columbia,-S. C, Dec. -.—Entries for
Monday: •'
First race, 3 year old and upwards,
5 1-2 furlongs, selling: Elizabeth 0,
109, Helen Scott, 103; Tiger Jim 111;
Leon B, 111, Sir'Miricemeat, 111; Doris
Ward, 103; Dandy Dancer 111; Teddy
Bear 11; Starboard x 106.
Second race, 3 year olds and .up, 6
furlongs selling: Mason .ill; Grace
Kimball 111; Angntor,; -108; J. H.
Barr x -106;' Danceway x 106; Ca-troke.
Ill; Sabo Blend,.Ill; Sir Ed-ward
114; Dune Campbell 108..; .
Third race, two year olds, 5 fur-longs
selling: Loathly Lady x 92; Lady
McGee .100; Shreve 108; . Stelcliffe,
100; Excalibur 103; Christmas Daisy
97; Sergeant Kirk x-95; Charlie
O'Brien 107.
Fourth race. 3 year olds UP and up,
1 1-8 miles, selling: Dolly Buliman
x 108; Spring Frog x 100; El Oro 111;
Golconda. x 100; Naduz 108; Hatteras
x 95. ■'■■,.-
Fifth race, 3 year olds and up, .6
furlongs: selling: Pajorita, 115;' Ear-ney.
Igoe.113; Cawl 110; Bertts 113;
Hoffman, 118; Donald McDonald 115;
Casque, 116; Sig Levy 110.. <
Sixth race, 3 year olds and up, 5
1-2 furlongs, selling: Premier x 103;
Clem Bleachy x 106;. Mark Anthony
U x 106; Thrifty 108; Chilton Squaw
103; Dominica x 106; The Moat, 111;
Tippy 103.
X—Apprentice allowance claimed.
First race at 2:16 each day.
New York, Dec. 2.—George Ran-dolph
Chester, creator of "Get Rich
Quick Wallingford," and other ttc-tion,-
characters, was divorced today
from Mrs. Elizabeth M. Chester, Su-preme
Court Justice Guy granted a
final decree in favor of Mrs. Chest-er,
awarding her the custody of their
two children.
Mrs. Chester named Mrs. Lillian
Deremo in the divorce proceedings.
When the interlocutory decree was
granted last August Chester and Mrs.
Deremo were In Europe. They were
married abroad and returned to New,
York before the "final decree was
granted. Although the divorce was
not effective in New York state until
after the ' marriage ceremony was
performed Mrs. Chester, the first,
stated tbat she did not care to
bring bagamy charges against her
husband.
Shanghai, Dec. 2.—The surrender of
Naking to the revolutionaries gives
them control' of the waterway from
Shanghai to Hankow with a fleet of
twenty warships.
. The. total revolutionary, armed force
available to the south of the Yangtse
Kiang' river now- approximates thirty
thousand men with more than 400
guns.
The capitulation of Nanking was
very tame.
Plans of the - revolutionaries are
kept secret but there is evidence that
they are preparing to reinforce Wu
Chang with guns and men from the
fleet.
The revolutionaries say the Man ehus
must .be eliminated before they day
down their arms. 1
Set of Fins Stolen
Fwm Little-Long's
Yesterday afternoon a set of fuW
valued at $75 was stolen from the
store of Little-Long Co. A negro, sus-pected
of the theft, was arrested but
the furs have not been found. One of
the salesladies at the store was show-ing
a set of furs to a customer. She
left the furs on the counter while she
went to the telephone to answer a
call. A negro man was standing by
when she left and when she returned
the furs and the negro were gone.
The police were called. About an
hour later the clerk pointed out to
tbe policeman a negro standing in
front of the store, as the one who was
standing my the furs when she went
to the phone. When the policemen
started toward the negro he ran, but
was overtaken and arrested. He gave
his name as Howard Maloy and claims
Greensboro as MB home. When ques-tioned
as to his business in the store
he said that he was wanting to meet
a woman there who had gone, first to
another store. The police regard the
actions of the man as suspicious and
are holding him until investigations
can be made.
FINE SUORT ON
FIRST HUNTING DAY.
Atlanta, Dec. 2.— Eleven «ne
bucks, and nobody knows, how many
hundred birds and rabbits were tne
prizes won. by Atjantians on their
first hunting day afield. .
It is estimated that fully 500 peo-ple,
with, dog and gun, left Atlanta
yesterday for various parts of the-state.
Many returned this morning.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT OF
CONVICT TO ESCAPE.
Atlanta, Dec. 2.—Just a few minu-tes
after, he had been sentenced to
the penitentiary for robbery, Charlie
Johnston, a desperate young white
man, who was being taken from the
court room to the jail, knocked down
one of the deputies who had him in
charge and made a bee-line down a
side street.
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