Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 14, 29 February 1908 — Page 1

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DASTARDLY ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO END THE LIFE OF ARCH HINDMAN, ONE OF THE TOWN'S MOST RESPECTED CITIZENS, BY PETE BOLDEN, A NEW CASTLE COLORED MAN.

PEOPLE WENT MAO WITH ANGER WHEN APPRISED OF DEED Crowded Into the Town Jail And Demanded of Marshal Dixon and His Deputies the Person of Bolden. OFFICERS STOOD FIRM PROTECTING PRISONER. They Were Condemned for This by Many People, But Cooler Heads Sanctioned The Work of the Officers. BOLDEN BROUGHT HERE. BY CLEVER RUSE, MARSHAL AND A DEPUTY SLIPPED NEGRO OUT OF JAIL AND HE WAS BROUGHT TO RICHMOND. tilNDMAN BETTER TODAY. He Is Able to Talk to Visitors and Says the Man Attempted to Murder Him, But This the Prisoner Denies Stoutly. Hagerstown, Intl., Fib. -V. Last evening a frenzied mob, which incluJd nearly every man and boy in town imwle an attempt to lynch Pete Bolden u New Castle negro, who had. in a drunken fury, attempted to murder Arch Hindnmn. the veteran auctioneer (iild hotel keeper of this place. After Bolden and his two associates, .Mrs. Wisy Boon! and Mrs. Betty Scott, colored, and also residents of New Castle, had been arrested by Marshal liixon and two deputies at the home of George Calamese. a negro living in tho north end of town. the mob. which quickly formed on hearing of the attempted murder of Hindman. followed the officers and their prisoners to tne jail, making vigorus threats to lynch the negro. Some member of tho mob secured a rope ami it was brandished about in a threatening manner. Dixon and his deputies succeeded in keeping the prisons from tho clutches of the mob -while escorting them along the streets to the jail. Forced Into Jail. After the three negroes were placed In the jail, howling citizens surrounded the building and forced their way nto the jail, demanding that the prison be turned over to them. Men who ere usually conspicuous for their sound judgment and coolness in business affairs, seemingly lost their senses, and for a time the situation was grave. All that was needed to fan the already heated sentiment into a lynching bee, was for some one to take the initiHtive. Cooler heads, however, finally prevailed and the building was cleared of the crowd and the doors locked. Still the crowd hovered around the outtide seemingly intent of wreaking vengeance upon the man who had so brutally, and without cause, assaulted one of their fellow citizens. Sheriff Takes Hand. The sheriff was advised of the situation. He instructed the officials to ts.ke the man to Cambridge City, saying he would meet them there and bring the prisoner on to Richmond for safe keeping. A clever little ruse was worked by Marshal Dixon, and his depVty. Charles Smith, who secretly spirited the prisoner out of the back door nd down a dark aley two squares away, to a rig that was waiting for them. The officials were out and gone lit least, a half hour before it became generally known ro the mob that the object of their vengenme was out of their reach. Officials Criticised. The officials were severely criticised 1y some of the people for taking the man away from town and not turning him over to them to be severely deait villi. Hut the cool-beaded citizens I.iihly commended the officers in up-

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holding the law and . prolactin t he prisoners in their charge. Women in Sweat Box. After Bolden was ren oved to Richmond the women were taken into the vouncil room, where Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. Joshua Allen put. them through the sweat box for about half an hour. Their testimony in the main corresponded to the story told by Mr. Hindman, but. their statements were somewhat conflicting. They claimed that they had never been in trouble before, and that they were sure that. Pete Bolden did not have any weapon about his person. When the prisoners were searched, nothing was found upon them, but it is the opinion of the deputy prosecutor that the weapons were thrown away in the flight to the home of Calamese. From the stories told by Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Boone it appears that they and Bolden were invited to Hagerstown by Calamese to spend the evening and that today they all intended to go to the home of John Williams, colored, near Economy to spend Saturday and Sunday. One of the women stated that she had never seen or heard of Hagerstown before, and "if de good Lawd would let her get away from de place alive she'd nevah step foot inside de town again as long a-s she lived." Mrs. Boone stated that neither she nor any of her companions were related to Calamese, but that they called him Lucie because he was so good and kind. Mrs. Boone stated that Pete Bolden was a boarder' at her house and that her husband was a hostler in the employ of Heruly, the race horse mau of New Castle. The statement that was made by Betty Scott that she had never seen Hagerstown before was found to be false, because she was finally recognized by several as having attended the fair here last summer. All three of the colored people were very much frightened. and Bolden heaved a sigh of relief when he was placed in the carriage that was to take him to Cambridge City. Mrs. Boone told the more consistent story of the two women, but owing to fright or a lapse of memory. Betty Scott could not tell the same story twice, except that she was "nevah so wared since tho day she was bo'n." Story of Assault. Mr. Hindman was at Muncie yester day crying a sale, after which he went I to Anderson on an interurban car to make connection with the Pennsylvania train for Hagerstown, which arrives here at six-thirty p. m. When the train reached New Castle, three negroes boarded the train, one a man and two were women. When Hagerstow n was reached. Mr. Hindman together with Mr. Mahlon Lannard. whom Mr. Hindman had met on the train, alighted. The colored people did the same, going north on Washington street, quite a little in advance of Hindmaa and Lannard. When about, midway betweeu the depot and Main street ou Washington, the negroes stopped and appeared to be quarreling among themselves. A few seconds later Hindman and Lannard came up and in attempting to pass around the negroes, one of the women made the following remark, presumably addressed to Mr. Hindman: "Say. Mr. Whiteman. please make this man stopping fighting me," to which Mr. Hindman replied in his usual jovial manner. "Now girls be good and don't cause any trouble." whereupon the man struck him in the back of the head, which for a moment stunned him. The men then clinched and a lively scramble ensued, in which Hindman was severely slashed about the head and shoulders with some snarp instrument thought to be a razor. Clored People Ran. After seeing what was done the colored people ran north and Mr. I Unman was assisted to his home by his companion. Mr. Lannard. leaving behind them a trail of blood. A physician was immediately called and attended to Hindman's injuries, it was found that there was a very deep scalp wound on top of the head about four inches deep, and similar wounds at various places about the victim's

face. On his coat there w as nine dis-j tinct gashes, and a hole through the ; ' side of the garment, winch was sojfjhio Leaders Say It Is Necesclear cut that it hive evidence of be-;

ing made by a long sharp instrument, j News Spread Rapidly. l" i" si'ie.m iin-v ou fire, and it was but a few moments until almost the entire town was on uie Mien, mating tnreais oi vengence against the negro. It was at once teamen tnai uomen and tne women had fled io the home of George Calamese. The city marshal immediately swore in a few deputies and followed by a howling mob, went to the negro's domicile, where the three negros were found, and taken into custody. They made no resistenee. The three gave their names to the police,' and were recognized as persons who:

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TAKE LIFE have been in trouble before, although they vigorously denied ever having been in the toils. Mr. llindman is resting easy this morning. Many citizens have called at his home to see him. To all Mr. llindman states that he believes the negro intended to kill him if possible. Mr. llindman is a very prominent man of Hagerstown and well known over three counties. At. one time he made the race for sheriff and came within a few votes of winning. MAN LODGED IN JAIL. Prosecutor Jessup Stands by the Mob Leaders. 1'. Bolden, the colored man whose life an enraged Hagerstown mob sought last night, for a murderous assault on Arch Hindmari, tho veteran hotel keeper of that place, now rests behind tiie bars of the Wayne county jail. After Marshal Dixon had placed Bolden in the town jail at Hagerstown he telephoned to Sheriff Meredith at Richmond and asked him to come immediately to Hagerstown. "Get here in ten minutes if you can,'' said Dixon. .Meiedit.ii told him that it would be impossible, owing to the condition of the roads, to get to Hagerstown in less than three hours. He then instructed Dixon to smuggle the colored man out of the jail and drive with him to Cambridge City. "I will meet you there, take Bolden in custody and get. the last ear back to Richmond," said the sheriff. Acting on the instructions he had received from the sheriff Marshal Dixon and deputy, wilh a maddened crowd in the office of the jail building shouting "lynch the nigger," "kill him" and "string him tip to a tree," secretly took Bolden out of the rear entrance to the jail, escorted him down an alley and then placed him in a rigr alter which they drove with him to Cambridge City. There Sheriff Meredith took Bolden in charge and brought him to the county jail. On the car Bolden said to the sheriff with a grim smile. "Well I was scared, but riot half as scared as that town marshal was." He refused to discuss tho cutting affair other than to say that lie did not use a razor on Hindman. "I did not even have as much as a jack knife on me," he said. Amusing Incident. There was one amusing incident connected with the capture of Bolden. Before he was taken out of tho Hagerstown jail. Marshal Dixon placed a pair of antiquated handcuffs on the man. In his hurry to get the man out of town Dixon left the keys to these "bracelets" in the jail. When the sheriff had placed Bolden in the county jail it was necessary for him to file 111 two tlle handcuff chain. It was not until about noon today that the keys to the handcuffs arrived. No Prosecution. "Will you take steps to prosecute the leaders of the mob that attempted to lynch Bolden?" Prosecutor Jessup was asked this morning. "You can positively and emphatically state that I will not prosecute any member of that mob. When a drunken negro makes a cowardly and murderous assault on an aged man who is attempting to act as a peace maker it is only natural that his enraged fellow citizens give vent to their feelings like those men at Hagerstown did last night," was his vigorous reply. At noon today Prosecutor Jessup and Sheriff Meredith went to Hagerstown to thoroughly investigate the affair. THAWS WILL 10W ELIMINATE EVELYN She Herself Told Phase. of This Xcw York, Feb. 29 Evelyn Xesbit Thaw was interviewed today and she admitted she had not seen her husband for some Time and believed that the Thaw family had decided to eliminate her. She denied a conference to make a the stories of settlement. STATE PLATFORM TO HAVE TEMPERANCE PLANK sary. ! Wash ntrl rm r r rru on t niaUon given out here is thatW Ohio ! republican platform will contain a ; temperance plank. Leaders an, compelled to do it. say thev THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Rain Saturday night; Sunday colder, probably local snows. OHIO Snow in north, snow or rain in south portion Saturday niqht: Sunday, snow or rain and colder.

PROSPECTS FOR GREAT ART SHOW ARE ROW BRIGHT

Meeting of Local Art Association Last Night Gave Evidence of Enthusiasm Over This Years Event. MUNCIE AND RICHMOND TO JOIN HAND IN HAND. Expenses of Exhibit There and The One in This City Will Be Shared Jointly Will Have Many Bright Features. The Richmond Art Association, at its regular meeting in the Garfield building Friday night, decided- to hold its annual exhibit June ! to S.',, and to co-operate with the Muncie Art association as it did in last year's exhibit. There was a good attendance and after the meeting the members expressed themselves as enthusiastic over the prospects. Mrs. M. F. Johnston, president of the association, said: "We never had a brighter prospect tnan this year. Everybody seems in terested and all indications point to a good display in every department of the exhibit." One of the principal questions- before the meeting was co-operation with the Muncie association. Last year the two associations worked together and succeeded in getting better pictures than formerly and at the same time reduced the expenses about one-half. This vear the association received a letter from Miss Anna Goddard. chairman of the Muncie organization, offering to co-operate on the same terms and it was promptly accepted. Each association bears a part of the local ex- ! iienses and the tost of obtaining the 1 pictures, express charges, rents and inj surance is shared by the organizations. The Muncie exhibit occurs in May and the pictures will be shipped from there directly to Richmond. Mrs. M. F. Johnston has entire charge of the arrangements of the two exhibits and she has already completed the outlines of her plans. I'aiutiugs will be secured from New York. Chicago. Boston. Columbus, Cincinnati and other large cities. The Indiana exhibit will include work in oils and water color by the most famous and promising artists of the home state. ' Richmond is regarded as an art center of Hoosierdom, and Indiana artists are proud to have a place in the local exhibit. A large collection of color prints have been secured and these will be arranged by Mrs, James Morrisson. A special feature of the exhibit will be a display of Richmond hand work. China, stenciling, woodwork, leather work, artistic, needlework, etc.. of real merit, will be given a place. The management desires as many entries in tnis department as possible, but the work must be really good and showpromise, to be admitted. One room will be given over to the Daughters of the American Revolution, who will arrange a special exhibit of colonial things. The choice and arrangement of this exhibit will be in charge of Mrs. William Gaar. In addition to this there will be a general collection of old things of interest. These will be in the nature of heirlooms and furniture of former days. j loaned to the association by the resi dents of Richmond. In the sculpture department there will be a small collection of casts and bronzes brought from other cities. The cost of shipment and danger of breakage, prevents this department from being as large as desired .however. The photographic exhibit will again be in charge of Messrs. Faul Ross and Herbert McDivitt. These men made this a record exhibit last year, but they will endeavor to excell it in June. The sketehers' room will again be a feature. In this room will be hung the best work of Richmond artists. It promises to be very complete. The drawing department of the public schools will again be given a place and in addition to this, .there will be a display from the manual training department. Mrs. M. F. Johnston goes east Monday to collect the paintings and sculpture for the exhibit. She will visit New York. Boston and Philadelphia. WOMAN AND THREE . CHILDREN CREMATED Several Others Had Very Narrow Escapes. Pittsburg. Pa.. Feb. 29 Mrs. Carolina Yiack and her three children w ere cremated by the burning of their home this morning. Several others had narrow- escapes.

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MRS. HERBERT ASQUITH. Rumors come from the other side that Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman is to be retired from the Premiership and that he will bo sue ceeded by Mr. Herbert Henry Asquith, now Chancellor of the Exchequer. The picture shows Mrs. Asquith, who is herself a power in English politics, and her baby.

CENTRAL COMMITTEE ISSUES THE OFFICIAL CALL FOR MEETINGS Congressional and Legislative Conventions Will Be Held at the Same Time, March 16. APPORTIONMENT OF TOWNSHIP DELEGATES. Richmond Has the Greater Number Time of the Various Delegates' Selection.

Today the executive committee of the Wayne County Republican central committee, issued a call for ward and township meetings on March 16. The call, which follows, denotes the placed where these various meetings will be held. To the Republicans of Wayne County, Indiana: Pursuant to the call of the district chairman, the republicans of Wayne county will meet in their respective wards and townships Monday, March 16 for the purpose of electing delegates to the congressional district convention to be held in Shelbyville. Ind.. April P. Iftft. They will also at this time elect delegates to the legislative convention of Wayne and Fayette counties, which will be held at the same rime and place as the congressional convention. The delegates to the legislative convention w ill t leci a candidate for joint-representative for Wayne and Fayette counties in the state legislature. The legislative delegates may be the same or other than the congressional delegates. Attention of the various ward and precinct meetings is called to Rule 14. adopted by the Wayne County Central committee, which is as follows: Candidates for Congress. 14. All candidates for congress residing in Wayne county shall have their names on the ballot. The one receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared the nominee of Wayne county and be shall have a voice in the selection of delegates to the congressional convention, which delegates shall go uninstrueted beyond Wayne county's preference. In accordance with the district call Wayne county is entitled to 24 delegates, aprortioaed as follows Aiing-

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ton and Hohton townships. 1 delegate and 1 alternate, meeting place Boston: Center township I dele-gate and 1 al termite, meeting place Centerville: Clay and Harrison townships 1 delegate and 1 alternate, meeting place Greensfork; Franklin township, 1 del egate and 1 alternate; Dalton and Per ry townships, 1 deleirate and 1 alter nate, meeting place Economy; Greeiu and Webster townships. 1 delesraf and 1 alternate, meeiing place WM liamsburg; Jackson township. 2 delegates and 2 alternates, meeting place Cambridge City; Jefferson township. 1 delegate and 1 alternate; New Garden township, 1 delegate and 1 alternate; Washington township 1 delegate and 1 alternate; Wayne township outside of Richmond, 2 delegates and 2 alternates, meeting place court house; First ward. Richmond. 1 delegate and 1 alternate; Second ward Richmond, 1 delegate and 1 alternate: Third ward, Richmond, 1 delegate and 1 alternate; Fourth ward. Richmond 2 delegates and 2 alternates; Fifth ward, Richmond, 2 delegates and " al ternates; Sixth ward. Richmond. '. delegates and 2 alternates; Seventh ward, Richmond 1 delegate and i alternate; Eighth ward, Richmond, 1 delegate and 1 alternate. The various town.-diip meetings shall be held at 2::'0 o'cUxl; in the af- ! ternoon of Monday, March in, and the : ward meetings, in the city of Rich- ' mond at 7:;i(J o'clock in the evening. in the usua' places. The Batnc apportionment shall govern fh" eleMo!l of d!'"'ttrS to the !f gis'.; : e eon- .-ntion. ;-s H effective for t tie -..!ig:---.ioh;i5 cnv-r.' ioa. LKWis s. r.'AVMW Ch-,; man. EDWARD F. WAUrEL, Secy. JEFFERSON'S OLD HOME A NATIONAL PARK General Sherwood Have It So. Would Washington. D. C. Fell. 2'. General Sherwood today introduced a reso lution providing for the purchaw of j Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's form- ; er home, in Virginia. The b.Va is to open it as a govenrment memorial j park. BRUTALLY MURDERED ON NEW ORLEANS LEVEE j Robbery Was the Motive for Killing Kempie. New Orleans, L?, Feb. Captain Frank Kempie, commander of the steamship Antilles, was murdered and robbel on the levee this morning. There is no clue to the idvntity of tho murderer. ...

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Fountain City Man Today Announced Himself as Seeking Democratic Nomination For State Statistician. WILL HE GET SOLID DELEGATION FROM WAYNE. There Is Some Doubt About This as He Has Many Political Enemies in His Own Party Effect on Others. George It. Harris, of Fountain City, democratic chairman of Wane county, today announced his candidacy for thf office of Mate statistician. Hefoie making the announcement he received much 'iicouragt merit from party men in various counties of the state and as at present he has a clear field, it is declared by his friends that tho chairman will land the nomination, the Democratic state convention meets in Indianapolis March 2" and -i. thus giving Mr. Harris a month in which to I nward his candidacy. In that time, he wi.Il push the construction of hii political fences at a lively rate. I In may have some of them to repair from time to time, however, for it will Iklememberer that he has many enemies in his home county. Mr. Harris is known over the state principally as the man who organized the Sixth district against James E. WaUon in the Sixth Congressional ejection, and tame near defeating him. It is on the strength of this fight that Harris w ill make his race. The supporters of Harris claim for him a solid delegation from Wayn county, but that assertion is by no means au assured fact. If the administration forces of the city of Rich- " Hii-iiii tall in line and support Harris, . it will be only to get him out of county politics, for there la no love between the two factions In Wayne county. The delegates will be chosen for the .-late convention Saturday, March 7. Just what effect the Harris candidiy will have on the Rev. T. II. Kuhn's -race for th gubernatorial nomination is a matter of speculation among the !atters friends. It is pointed out that with the election of Stokes Jackson of ' Greenfield as democratic state chairman and Rev. Knhn's candidacy, the Sixth district already has its share of' political honors and aspirants, without any more entries in the iolitital field JUDGE FOX RULES Says That Rental Agent Can not Be Termed Agent in Full Sense of Word. HARSH CASE DISMISSED. Tho case of Abraham Harsh of thi city against Edwin M. Campfield, of Jefferson county, was again brought up in circuit court, this morning. Mr. Harsh claims thai Camp field owes hint $222.Mj tn account for coal furnish'-tt the latter for use in the Colonial building on Main street, hich Mr. Campfield owns. Sonic time ago, John E. Rupe as counsel for CampheM moved to d'snti.ss the action ou th ground that the latter docs not livrt here. Charles E. Shiveiey. counsel for the plaintiff, asked that this motion be overruled on the. grounds that Vr Campfield h?s an agent In this c'ty who collects his rents. Judge Fox ruled that an agent who collects rents and is not an asrent in any other sense cannot be alleged to be an agent In full, and so dismissed the case from the Wayne county docket. REUTERDAHL TO TELLHIS STORY Was Forced to Leave Evans Fleet. Washington. D. C, Feb. 2' Henry -Reuterdahl who criticised thn eon- -struction of American battleship and . ! stirred up an investigation, and who is with Admiral Evans fieet, has been, called to Washington by the Senate committee on naval affairs to testify. Reuterdahl left Callao yesterday for Washington. A STRANGE FATE.. Madin, Ind., Feb. 2 Two weeks g. .Mr. and Mre. Peter Kremer eeje. i brated their golden wedding. Sir?. ' Kremer tiieU the next week 8nd" her . husband followed hr toJay. fie was ; v years of age, and a civil war veter an

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