Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 184, 11 May 1909 — Page 1

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t; AND SUN-TETjTCGR AM. VOL. XXXIV. NO. 184. RICHMOND, rm., TUESDAY EVENINO, MAY 11, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS.

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IGNORE CHARGES MADE BY BOYLE Oil BEEBLE CASE

Youngstown, Ohio, Authorities State the Evidence of The Kidnaper Has No Weight in Their Minds. MO INVESTIGATION OF CASE TO BE MADE General Opinion Is the Whole Story Is a Fabrication Boyles Have Touching Prison Farewell. Youngstown, Ohio, May 11. It was authoritatively stated today that In the absence of any better evidence than he word of James Boyle, he kidnaper, so official Investigation of the alleged mystery surrounding the death of Daa Heebie, junior, fourteen years ago, will te made. The general opinion is that the whole story is untrue. HER STOICISM FAILS. Pittsburg, Pa., May 11. The doors t)f the ; Riverside penitentiary closed tipon Mr. and Mrs. James Boyle, the convicted kidnappers of Willie Whitla, the Sharon boy, today, shutting them apart for evermore. The stoicism which has marked the woman since the day of her capture in Cleveland, fell from her as the walls of the pris on closed them In and she threw her self into her husband's arms, sobbing and pressing impassioned kisses upon &is lips.'1 ' Simultaneously with this scene Har-n-y .Forkner, the brother of Mrs. J. P. iWhitla, was hastening to deny' in Sb& on the - sensational statement which 03eyle had made after 4eiflg.eateaced An Mercer.' Boyle Issued a statement from the Mercer jail in which he alSeged that Forkner was involved in the death of Dan Reeble, Jr., in Youngsttown, Ohio. some, years ago, -and that "he was really responsible for the ' kidnaping of the Whitla boy. Boyle admitted blackmailing Forkner s for a number 'of years, securing money from him whenever he was hard up. It was in March of this year when Boyle had demanded $5,000, according to his statement and confession, generally 'discredited, that Forkner had propo3red and planned the kidnaping of the 1oy. Forkner's Statement. When the contents of the statement ;vere shown to Forkner and the father fof Willie Whitla today both protested togalnst Its truth. Forkner said "Boyle never saw me bending over the form of a dying man or gathering flip letters from the street . where the man lay. I have never paid him jhush money. I nave never spoken to Ihim. He has never received a cent tfrom me. I never knew a thing about khe kidnaping of Willie until after it Iliad taken place." i "Whitla, Sr., was so indignant that he jcould scarcely talk. He character izhed the statement as the "vaporing of la felon." : "I never: received any leiitere from Boyle." aid he, "nor had any jdeallngs with him save those connectied with the kidnaping , of my son. There is no scandal our family wishes to conceal. I don't believe the charges against Forkner and I never promised Boyle that I would not prosecute Iklm." CHARGES FORKER. Mercer. Pa., May 11. James H. IBoyle, who, with his wife, was convicted of kidnaping Willie Whitla, issued a statement just before he was Itaken from here to the penitentiary au Pittsburg late vest erday afternoon. Boyle alleges that Harry Forker, (brother of Mrs. Whitla. mother of the kidnaped boy, was implicated in the nnurder of Dan Reeble Jr., in YoungsMown, O, in 1895. Boyle declares he saw Forker over the prostrate form of Reeble, with a 'bundle of letters in his arm: that two of the envelopes, containing four letters, were dropped ; that Boyle secured them and demanded ransom for their surrender. Boyle says the money was not paid, after repeated efforts to secure it. and that last March he received a letter, unsigned, but supposedly from Fork er, suggesting the kidnaping of the Whitla boy and the division of . the ransom with Forker. Fund to Pay Kidnaper. ; This, Boyle alleges, was - because Forker could not raise the ransom for the Youngstown letters otherwise. and Porker's share was to pay the person who Hid the real kidnaping and delivered the boy to Boyle at Warren, Ohio. Boyle psserts that he surrendered the alleged incriminating Youngstown letters to Whitla on payment of the if 10,000 ransom for the kidnaped boy (and is without documentary evidence Ito prove his assertions. . Boyle's allegation are declared false iby Whitla and Forker, who declare toothing occurred as related by the Ufflirfwrrtaf MdaasO, --- t ; ;

Charlie Taft Stars As An Actor

Charles P. Taft, son of the president, took the part of Eva Webster in ; "The Private Secretary" in a school theatrical performance at Waterburg, Conn. Picture . shows the president's on as he was made up in the play.'

COAL DEALERS Iti A NEW AGREEMENT Issue an Edict That Henceforth Coal Will Be Sold Only for Cash. ALL CREDIT EVERY COAL DEA1 CITY HAS SIGNED MENT TERM iMC RESENTED BY T Another i "working aqgeaent", has been promulgated by the coal dealers of the city. This time it provides for cash sales only. On of the firms signing v the agreement stated today it is only for the protection of the business. ; Every dealer in the city has signed. The local coal dealers resent they hare a combination. They declare all have to pay tne same price for "coal and . all, sell it for the same price. What such', an agreement Imay mean in the way of restraint of trade to pre vent competition Is a question that has been agitated in this city . frequently.' The ."understanding" among the . dealers . is so effective, it is al leged, that rate cards are published and , at stated . intervals when , advances are made in the prices, not one firm but all make the advance. DROPS FIVE CENTS. Lima, Ohio., May 11. The Standard Oil company has announced ' anothe? nickel a barrel reduction on crude oils. BRAZIL 4 WETS" HIT. Brazil. May 11-Judge Rawley today made permanent the injunction against County '.'.v?. Auditor ' Burns restrainins him from issuing a liquor license to Powers, as the county is "dry" for two years." . - JOSE CAPABLANCA CUBAN CHESS SHARP 4 .t.-.. .. .. - K

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BE GIVEN PAROLE Young Man With Complication Of Troubles to Get . His Liberty. WOMEN CAUSED DOWNFALL BECOMES INVOLVED WITH A FAIR ' ONE, ' MARRIED HER YES TERDAY AFTER HIS WIFE HAD SECURED DIVORCE. It is probable that James Townsend, who is now serving sentence in the county jail in default of payment of a judgment of $400 against him, will be released on parole. Judge Fox so in timated today after consultation with Townsend's attorney. But the court said be will release Townsend absolutely, under no consideration. He is willing to let the man have a chance but can not condone his offense. Townsend was married yesterday afternoon to Miss Essie May Steele. The marriage was performed in the offica of the sheriff.' Soon after the ceremo ny is performed -Townsend was tak en back to jail. Townsend's marital and .other troubles have been unusu ally complicated. . Was Married Man. , He was a married man when paternal "proceedings "were instituted against him by the state in behalf of Miss Steele. Townsend brought suit for divorce, but his wife beat him to it Her attorney entered a cross complaint and charged adultery. Miss Steele was brought into court to testify against the man , whom she expect ed .to marry, her if the other woman was out of the way. The wife was granted a divorce. ' ; As the outcome of the paternal case Townsend was ordered to pay $400. He was unable to do so and went to jail in default, . Miss Steele's mother said these proceedings were instituted to cause Townsend to marry her daugh ter. The Townsends were divorced Saturday and the former Miss Steele is now Mrs. Townsend, but the prison bars separate her from her husband Townsend's attorney has appealed to the court to release the man. but the court believes he would be taking chances. It is held that Townsend may. have . been, consistent .when " he married -the girl, but that it may have been done In the hope of escaping his jail sentence. If he be release dand desert his young wife, "she can , have further recourse to law and prosecute him on a criminal charge. Town send's attorney says he believes the man will straighten up and lead a proper life. He is an excellent ma chinist and could command, good wag EXCELLENT PROGRAM. The annual commencement of the public schools of Cambridge City wiM be held Friday evening. The exercises will be conducted by the class. An excellent program has been prepared. AGED SLAVE DEAD. Syracuse, JT- T.. May 11- Joseph TerrfH. aged lea, and a former slave. Is dead at his heme here. Re always claimed that hie locxtrity waa da to Ala abaCaer XjsfS3K'

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HAnlS FOR HI Last Act in the Tragedy of Army Captain Was Staged Today. MAY BE SENT TO ASYLUM IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT EVEN IF DEFENDANT IS ACQUITTED HE WILL BE PLACED IN INSANE INSTITUTION. Flushing.' U I., May 11. The fate of Captain Peter Conover' Hains, charg ed with the muprder of Wil liam E. Annis, was given to the jury at noon. The jury deliberated half an hour and then went to dinner at a restaurant across the street. A speedy verdict is generally looked for. The closing arguments of the state and the charge .of the judge to the jury were delivered this morning. ' A striking feature of the judges charge to the jury was the statement that he believed in fairness and justice. Mrs. Claudia Hains should have had her day in court. It was otherwise clear and eminently fair to all. The judge made it plain that if he was acquitted on insanity plea Hains would be sent to Join Harry Thaw in Matteawan asylum. ' Gregg for the State. when the court convened this morning, Assistant District At torney, George A. Gregg, resumed the summing up for the state in the trial of Captain Peter C. Hains, charged with the murder of William Annis, and demanded the life of the prisoner as the vengeance of justice. At the same time it became known from the highest possible authority that Capt. Hains will not be with his mother by nightfall, even should the jury return an immediate verdict. For, according to this Informant. H Service Ends. While John F. Mclntyne chief connsel for the defense, ha riven all of his time to the troubles of the Hains fam ily since Aug. 17, two days after the slaying of William E. Annis, he has let the family understand that his ser vices will not be available if an effort is made to get Peter out of the insane asylum. While Capt. Hains has no dangerous form of mental derangement, there is every reason to fear that the captain will 'put to a terrible tragedy to the capstone on the pile of sorrow that his parents have had heaped upon them Today was a day filled with apprehension for the old general and hi wife. The last act was being dis played in the old townhall and in the big court room which until a few days ago, served aa the town theatre. On the very dias where aat Justice Gar retson today, many a comedy, melo drama and tragedy has been given in imitation of the real events of life. wis under mm Muncie Police Found the Man They Wanted Was in Jail. WAS HELD FOR A WITNESS Muncie, Ind., May 11. When Ernest Campbell (Ernest. Bell) was tried at Munoie on the charge of murder one of the strongest witnesses of the state was Walter Jones a friend of John Cook, the man Campbell murdered After Campbell had been convicted cf manslaughter and sentenced, the Delaware county sheriff discovered he had a warrant for Jones' arrest. - Jones had been held in jail as a witness since the night of the shooting.- The warrant asked ' for Jones's arrest on the charge of obtaining goods under false pretense. . , .. The man who had been the state's witness was ' put under arrest, on a state charge. An investigation was made and evidence was found against him. Jones confessed the affair and entered a plea of guilty to the charge in court. Thereupon the prosecating attorney interposed, a! jbm foi clemency. Jones was sentenced to a term of from two to fourteen years but after a lecture and a promise from Jones to behave he waa released. TO CHAIN GANG. j Atlanta, Ga-. May 11. T. C. M. Weaver, alias Professor West charged with operating as a clairvoyant, was yesterday sentenced to a year on the chain gang and six months io Jail. ! TRAlfJMEf SESSION. : Columbus, Ohio. May 11. The ninth i-eania! convention of the National Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen opened here today. There were eight aundrea delegates present. The ques tion of mcfaasinajthe insn meats win be the area

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Reported Lives of American Tourists Are in Grave Danger. CARRIED OFF BY NATIVES? London, May 11. The lives of a par ty of American tourists are in peril to day in the Agadir section of Morocco, according to dispatches received here from Mogador, on the Atlantic coast, and published in The Daily Telegraph. An effort is being made to establish the identity of4the tourists. Accord ing to the meager information obtain able, the party were carried off by na tives. Agadir or Santa Cruz is a sea port town. PICE OF C0UI1TRY MAIIITMIIED HERE International Marriage Proves Failure for Petro and Jennie Tarara. CHASED HER FROM HOUSE ITALIAN HUSBAND THREATENED AMERICAN BRIDE' AND AFTER TWO MONTHS OF MARRIED LIFE ABUSED HER. Another international marriage as attempted in Richmond has gone astray. In this respect it is no differ ent from those that hajre been heralded as society events in the larger cities. And just a3 in the "upper ten" a divorce proceeding has been in stituted and there are all kinds of claims of cruel treatment on the part of the man from over the seas. Jt , was in FeruajTjoflast year ; that this city provided Petro Tarara with a bride in Miss Jennie Taylor. Petro is a native of sunny Italy and . h been aa ardent wooer with all the Dassion of his race. That was la ac cord with the stories when Miss Mil lion Dollar married Count Muatachio. Jennie was won. But after the nuptial knot was tied it was only two months until troubles began la the Tarara household. The complaint in the di vorce proceedings eaya that after these first etent weeks had - rolled around Petro began to abase Jennie Since then, things hare progressed backward. Jennie says Petro has driv en her from the houne. He has call ed her all kinds of aboshra laacaai Jennie avers Petro has been cruel and inhuman inasmuch as he has chased her abeut with a knife threateninK to take her life. She aama he la subject to fits of violent anger, and when ired is liable to do almost anything. - DOCTORS WERE WKJKERS The "doctors Markley and Harold, won the series In the two man tourna ment at the City Bowling alleys y terday from Murray aad Olotn. Seerea were: Markley-Harold. 39. 284 aad 315; Murray and Gloin, 321, 276 aad 370. CASE DISMISSED. The ease of Oliver Plammer vs. the Schneider Carriage company was dis missed in circuit court this moraine. The plaintiff in the ease held, a claim against the defense. The plaintiff is deecased and the heirs to the estate did not care to prosecute , the case further. . OBJECTION IS MADE Adverse Comment on ; Repair Of North Ninth Street Wrth Crushed Stone. CLAIM WILL NOT LAST Bather cheap economy on the part of the administration is the way some of the business men of North Xinth street characterize the improvement by resurfing the street between Main and A. While not versed In road "f"f the objectors claim that the street should ' have been picked up and the crushed stone agreed over It and then rolled. Instead the old surface was rolled first and then the stone placed on it and rolled with the result that there will be two surfaces or crusts. The top surface Is not bound 'to the1' old. In case water seepa through the three laches of crushed stone which compose the ' top layer and " freeses. some beUere the , pressure will crack the upper surface and the- heavy hauling will soon put it in

II HANDICRAFT PRIZE

Art Association to Encourage This Work Among Wayne Countians. RULES OF COMPETITION A prize of $5 has been offered by the Richmond Art association for the best piece of handicraft work by a resident of Wayne county. China painting, - metal work, "embroidery, stenciling and other kinds of hand work may be entered in the competi tion. Designs - need not be original but such work will rank higher. Those desiring to enter the competi tion should communicate with Mrs. James Morrisson. All material entered in the competition should be sent to the residence of William Dudley Foulke, Eighteenth and South A streets, either Saturday." May 15 or Monday, May 17. The judges willbe announced later. HEARTY WELCOME TO THEJ7RIGHTS When Noted Aeronauts Ar rived Today in New York Roundly Cheered. ACCOMPANIED BY SISTER AS THE BIG LINER ENTERED THE HARBOR, ALL THE 8HIP8 NEAR BY SENT UP THEIR SCREECH I NG "WELCOME HOME." New York May 11. A stirring we! come was given to Onrille and Wilbur Wright, the noted airship inventors, when they arrived in port today in the steamaaip. Krea Prinxsssln Cecelle. Wilbur Wright has bean in Europe for nearly a year, during which time he has startled the world with his aeroplane demonstrations. Onrille, who was Injured In the airship trials at Fort Meyer, joined him In France several months ago. The- brothers were accompanied today by their sister. Miss Katharine Wright. Greeted at Quarantifia. .. Whan the steamship stopped at quarantine, It was boarded by a delegation of American aeronauts. - - At the same time all of the craft, near the liner luted the Wrights with a chorus of whistles. The .delegation that greeted the dis tinguished aeronaut Included Acting President Holland Horbss of the Aero club of America; Dr. William J. Ham mer of the Aeronautic Society and Robert Lee Morrell of the Automobile club of America. BOTTLE OF BEER in connEfiSTonE Ptsssd There inj Ucmory o "Extinct" Devcridge. Bvaasville, Ind.. May 11. A bottle of beer was placed In the cornerstone of the new town hall at Gary, Ilia, to day, just before the ceremonies start ed. An enthusiastic prohibitionist placed the bottle filled with the amber fluid in the niche of the cornerstone and church people generally objected to this until they learned the inscription on the bottle. The Inscrip tion read as follows: "At one time the contents of this bottle was used as a beverage by the people, but the beverage waa destined to become ex tinct-' JOAN OF ARC FROM A NEW M0MUUEN

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COUIICIL VOTES

TO PURCHASE A WEST SIDE SITE By a Unanimous Vote, Lots at Lincoln and West Fifth Streets Acquired for the New Hose House. wsnaunsMsas. JGHTH WARD PEOPLE Entered a protest However, Chief Miller of Fire Department Argu Seventh Ward Local Council Acts. By a unanimous vote, council, last evening, appropriated $52S to purchase two lots at Lincoln and West Fifth streets to be used as a site for the proposed west side hose house. When the' ordinance came up for final passage Councilman Burdsall at first voted In the negative, but later changed his vote, making it unanimous. It was expected that the discussion of the hose house site ordinance would . result in a sensation, but this failed to materialize, other than a statement made by a delegation from the Fairview Civic League, including William C. Lantz. W. C. Wells and J. P. Ev ans, denied that; at a meeting between city officials and residents of the seventh ward, an agreement waa entered into to locate the hose housa at Lincoln and West Fifth streets. Loaded for Bear. Mr. Burdsall came loaded for bear with a protest signed by hundred residents of the eighth ward, against locating the hose house at Lincoln and West Fifth streets, in preference to a site on West Second street, either at Randolph or Lincoln streets. The protest had little effect os the other coon cilmen. when the question came' to a vote, except that they said everyone could not be pleased, no matter where the hose house waa located. . The sentiment among the eighth ward people, according to Mr. Burdsall. Is that the residents would prefer the location of the hose bouse la the center of the seventh ward, and that the residents of the, eighth ward would try and secure a sixth hose house for themselves. Miller Explained. Not until after lira chief MlUer explained to council , that the site at West Fifth and Lincoln streets was the most desirable, were a number of the councilmen ready to rote for the appropriation. If r. Miller stated that considering the fact the city was grawtag steadily to the west, the sits picked out would be the beat. Ha denied that companies one and two could get to a fire la northwest Fairview quicker than m company located at Fifth and Lincoln streets. He declared that while the committee of the Falrview d vie League did not agree to the site selected; at the Joint conference several weeks ago.' they Implied that they were aaUsaed with it The lots will be purchased before May 13 wbea the option explr ft BLOODY FIGHT OCCURS AT --." , s - ' - " -. Samuel Skrs Almost ' KCs John Mann in Dcfcnss Of HbiscJf. WEAPON A PICK HANDLE MANN RESENTED AN ORDER TO REMOVE RUBBISH . FROM IN FRONT OF HIS HOME AND THE TROUBLE RESULTED. - ' Eaton. O.. May lL-John Uaaa eff this city Is lying at the point of oeatt as a result of aa alleged drunken attack he made last evening oa Easnel Eiders, with- a pick handle, eiders? la slightly injured. It to stated that Mann's death Is only the matter of a few hours. It Is Improbable that Elders will be arrested, aa it Is allseed he acted In self defense. . . not Over Rubbish.' - Mann. It la stated, was aagered because Eiders, who Is connected with the street cleaning department ed him to remove a pile which was in front of his home. -' It la alleged that last evening Xlxaa, ar2 under the Influence of driak, vtat to see Slders aad attacked fclsa wh a pick handle. The two aaaa cl inched aad Biders succeeded fa wrcS? tie weapon . from his oppoaeafa kaads, whereupon he attacked Maaa. almost beating his brains out.' ; Both principals in the fight are well la Eaton and tha bloody mzzziT the

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