Pittston Gazette |
Previous | 1 of 8 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
-Ditto on M He WEATHER. CONDITIONS. ALIi THE HOME NEWS. Forecast Until 8 p. in. Tomorrow toi For the People of Pittstoii and Eastern Pennsylvania. Vicinity. Fair tonight and Friday, except light snow in northern portion; colder tonight and Friday. -■» THE HOME PAPER. 57TH YEAR. | WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1850. I DAILY EST. B* THBO. HART 1882 PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY, FEB. 14, 1907. TWO CENTS A COPY. I Q TJ \ ('i VC! FORTY CENTS A MONTH. f O XJIUXEJO. THAW CASE STOPS PRESENCE OF MIND SAVED MAN'S LIFE DEATH SHIPLANDS ! field secretary of tlie Salvation Army I in the United States, said the loss of ten of the officers of the organization j in the sinking of the Lurchmont was the most serious blow of that Uinil the ! army had received during its work in this country. To the narratives of personal suffering has been added the charge of one of the passengers who asserted that in the awful hour of peril, when death stared all in the face, helpless i women were thrust aside by men who | cared only for their own safety. Tlie grave charge of cowardice was made by Fred Hiergesell, an elghteen! year-old lad of Brooklyn, lie said (hat not only were the unaccompanied women left to their fate, but that Captain McVoy left the sinking ship in the ! very first lifeljpat, that some of the ship's employees filled the boats to the ! exclusion of the passengers and that at least one boat was without oars when It was put over the side. Captain McVey's Denial. Captain McVey, commander of the steamer Larchmont, when seen at his home in this city In regard to the statement made by Hiergesell admitted that it was probable that his lifeboat was one of the first, if not the first, to leave the sinking ship. He explained, hoyever, that this was due to the fact that a seaman standing on the liurri| cane deck cut the davit rope. Even j after Ihe boat was in the water he re| mained by the ship until she went down, sakl the captain. DRESS UNIFORMS Rounding up "Black Hand" Clinging with both hands to the revolving axle of a Lehigh Valley locomotive, Nat Pitcher, of Sayre, was dragged for a distance of 100 feet, yet escaped injury. The locomotive was standing just outside the Sayre round house. Pitcher was under the front part of the locomotive packing the boxes of the axles of the pony truck. A hostler who was not aware that repairs were being made to the engine climbed into th6 oab and opened the throttle. When Pitcher felt the ertglne moving over his head he realized that the machinery under the boiler was in danger of crushing his life from his body. He reached upward and caught one of the axles of the pony truck. Clinging to this, in spite of the fact that it was revolving in his hands, he was dragged over the snow and ice between the tracks, through the door of the round house and then on the round house turntable. There the hostler stopped the engine and, much to his surprise, saw Pitcher emerge from his perilous position. Juror Bolton's Wife Died Steams Into Providence Stewart's Long Cherished Today. With Corpses. Plan for Guardsmen. Wholesale Arrests of Brown* HUSBAND WAS ABSENT SURVIVORS' STORIES $500,000 FOR ARMORIES Captain Denies the Coward- town Italians Made Today Court Adjourned This Afternoon Till Monday. Measure to Retire Guard ice Charge. Officers at 65. by County Officers, Assist* ed by State Constabulary Providence, R. 1., Feb. 14.—Not less llian 2,000 people assembled along the water front as the Joy line steamer Kentucky, bearing the bodies of the dead and the survivors of the collision between the steamer Larchinont and the schooner Harry Knowlton, cuine slowly up the Providence river. New York, Feb. 14.—The Thaw murder trial was interrupted again today on account ol' the deltth ol" Mrs. Bolton, wife of Joseph XI. Bolton, juror No. 11. It is feared that the result of the interruption will bo a mistrial of the case, making it necessary to go through all of the preliminary proceedings again. Harrisburg, Feb. 14.—Adjutant General Stewart, in a bill introduced in both the Senate and House, disclosed his long-cherished plan to provide dress uniforms for the 7,500 men comprising the National Guard. Only two regiments, the First and Third, of Philadelphia, and the City Troop have dress uniforms, and they pay for them by individual subscription. Whenever the National Guard turns out the only fault found with it is the monotony of dress. The adjutant general proposes to do away with this by asking the Legislature to permit him to spend for this purpose the balance of the biennial appropriation to the National Guard and the money received from the sale of old material. Many Arrested at i n The Kentucky, which is apparently an old vessel held in reserve by the Joy line officials, presented a strange spectacle. Her siiles bulow the deck railing were yellow with rust, her paint, once white, was dirty and faded, and so generally battered and decrepit was her appearance that she truly looked like a ship of death. Along her lower deck on the starboard side lay fortynine bodies, all covered with white sheeting. Inside were eighteen survivors of the accident. .Miss Sadie Ualtup of Boston was in such a serious condition when the Kentucky arrived at Block Island that ft was considered dangerous to move her. She will remain on the island until she can be returned safely to her home in Boston. The survivors were taken to hospitals. Court convened at 10:30 and was in session only 15 minutes when Mr. Bolton received a note stating that his wife was dying. Court was at once adjourned until 2 p. m. and the juror hastened to his wife's bedside. Before lie could reach home, however, Mrs. Bolton has passed away. THRILLING EXPERIENCE Various Collieries Mine Inspector Walsh's Graphic Story. Prisoners Taken to IVilkes* As soon as tin- news of Mrs. Bolton's (Hath readied tile court house, Assistant District Attorney Garvan announced that court would convene at U o'clock only to adjourn until Monday.and Thin plan of the adjutant general is contained in a new section of the National Guard appropriation bill, which was introduced in the House by Representative Asher Miner, of Luzerne, who is now colonel of the Ninth regiment.I Barre This Afternoon While Touring the Wanamic Mine lie Iliergesell's statement was not confirmed by any other survivor of the terrible tragedy, but notwithstanding the fact that there was none to corroborate him he held steadfast to his story. Committed to Jail De* Now York, Feb. 1 Not one indication that Harry Kendall Thaw was insane wns brought out by all llie phys- and Ills Party Were Overcome by in Black Damp and Finally Sank ieal tesls lor mental derangement offered to liini in the Tombs by Dr. Brittou D. Evans, superintendent of tiie New Jersey State asylum. Tluit^faet— deemed of immense importance by tiie prosecution — was the most striking point to which Dr. Evans testified when he returned to the witness stand in the criminal branch of the supreme court, where Thaw is on trial for the murder of Stanford White. Exhausted, Being Dis- it provides an appropriation of $800,000 for the support of the guard for the next two years, A like sum was appropriated two years ago. The section providing for dress uniforms fault o/ Bail. covered and Carried Number of Wreck Victims. Out Fourteen A careful compilation shows that 138 lives are known to have been lost as a result of the collision. It is known that there were not less than 157 persons on board the Larcbtoont. Of that number only nineteen survived. Seventy-one bodies have been recovered, thirty-eight of them having been identified. There are still 100 passengers who are either missing or unidentified. Hours Later, Dead Frozen Stiff. reads County Detectives E. J. Maekin and IUchard Jones. Chief of Police Eoftus and Captain Page and the State constables joined forces and started today a fierce onslaught on the Italian secret society known as the "Black Hand". The officers have determined to wipe this nefarious organization out of existence in this section, and as a starter arrested 18 men this morning and took tliem to Wilkcsbarre for hearings. Captain Page and 45 of his troopers did the main part Of the work, acting under the officers who had been working up the attack on the organization for the past several weeks. Joe Ritz, whom several Italians tried to assassinate a few weeks ago, was the chief informant against the men arrested. they were arrested and taken away. The second squad, under the command of Sergeant Walsh, consisted of ten mounted and ten plain clothes constables. It went to Browntown and searched the house of 15 suspected members of the society. In these houses 30 weapons, from a rifle down to a revolver, were found and confiscated. Three Italia \,s were arrested and held with those Uiken at Barnum, most of whom were from the Browntown section. Among the houses visited was that of Joe Grow, who is reputed to be a leader of the society, and he was taken a prisoner. The officials believe that it was, at Crow's house that the plans of the organization were hatched. Joseph J. Walsh, formerly of this city, who now holds the responsible position of mine inspector in the N'anticoko district, told a Wiikesbarre Record reporter a graphic story of the experiences of himself and companions in the Wanamie mine," where thej were overcome by Mack damp and nearly perished before a rescuing 1 arty found them and brought them out. The dead, still frozen in strange positions, were placed in undertakers' baskets and carried to a nearby morgue, where they were arranged so that all who desired might pass in an effort to identify them. Physicians who had i: 11 opportunity to examine the bodies expressed the opinion that in many cases death had been caused by the cold weather rather than by drowning. "Any portion of the appropriation remaining unexpended at the close of the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1907, or of the appropriation made for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1 905, remaining unexpended, or any moneys received by the adjutant gi-aeral, from the sale of obsolete, condemned or unserviceable ordnance or quartermaster stores, may, under the direction of the State Military Board, be expended in procuring dress uniforms tor the National Guard of Pennsylvania, of such design as the Governor and commander-fn-chief may approve, the same to conform as nearly as practicable to the dress uniform of the United States army." Dr. Evans' utterance was considered to be all the more important because he had previously asserted that his examination of Thaw in the Tombs had convinced him that the prisoner was unsound of mind. When his direct ex- Reports from Block island say that after the survivors of the wreck had been carried tenderly to the steamer Kentucky, which was to convey them to Providence for medical treatment, the island had a brief respite from the scenes of horror. As the vessel steamed out of the harbor those who were left on shore returned to their homes to recover from the fatigue caused by their long vigil on the beach. The life savers returned to their stations, which but an hour before had been filled with the dead and the nineteen who had escaped with their lives. Mr. Walsh is not spreading his story troadcast, neither are any of the members of the party, for among miners these heroic exploits in efforts to rescue men whose lives are in danger are taken as common occurrences and as a part of the ordinary run of their lives and not worthy of any specia' A glance al these victims showed the effects of the tumble cold to which they had been 'subjected. One of them, a man about iift.v years old, had apparently been a member of the crew. His white beard was incased in ice. Ilis left arm, frozen rigid, was raised as if to ward off a blow. A woman alKMit thirty-eight years of age was placed ou a slab, and as lief head rested on it her hair, frozen solid as a piece of marble, stretched out and touched the floor. On her right hand were two wedding rings, and ou tlie third linger of the left hand was a diamond ring. On the left arm was a bracelet. Adjutant General Stewart said it would take $57,000 to equip the National Guard with dress uniforms. Chief of Police Loftus, Lieutenant Liumb and a number of constables went to No. 4 and No. 7 shafts, Pennsylvania Coal Co., and they were afterward joined there by Captain Page. As the men came from the mine tbe suspected "Black Hand" men were taken prisoners and held in an abandoned building. Up to 1 o'clocll this afternoon live men had been taken at No. 4 and three men at No. 7. It was intended to make other arrests at these collieries and a force of men was left at each. mention The force of officers and constables worked in squads and covered several different sections. They worked simultaneously in all sections and the Italians were taken altogether by surprise. One squad rounded up prisoners at Barnum colliery and another at the same time working in Browntown. Still another was making the rounds of the lower end collieries and taking In tow the suspects. All the men were taken to Wilkcsbarre this afternoon for hearings before Alderman Carkhuff. While showing maps of the route taken to rescue the imprisoned man, if still alive, however, certain statements were made which illumined the story of their struggles to save the missing workman and then to save themselves, from winch the following record of the progress of the party is deduced. The party of four nrcn, consisting of Mine Inspector Walsh, of Wilkesbarre, George Kramer, assistant inside superintendent, of , Plymouth; Foreman James Kelley, and Acting Fire Boss Daniel Tgo. entered the mine at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, working their way through some old headings to tin' so-called second opening. Before entering the mine, however, the inspector arranged to discontinue the Hushing of culm in on the lire, to change the air current after a certain time and to start rescue parties into the mine if the party did not make its appearance at the surface by 4 O'clock. Duplicate bills were introduced i'i the Senate and House by Senator Rulings, of Venango, and Representative Cochrane, of Armstrong, to appropriate $500,000 for the erection of armories for the National Guard. Two years ago the Legislature appropriated $250,000 for this purpose, when it created the State Armory Board. The Kentucky's smoke was still visible across the sound, however, when a little fishing schooner came hurrying in before the wind with her flag at half mast. A moment later a second fisherman was seen heading inshore, also flying the signal of death from tier masthead. A third schooner and then a fourth sailed in. each with a half masted flag. When the vessels reached shore life savers and natives were waiting, tired as they were, to care for the dead as they had cared for the living and to prepare for shipment to Providence the additional victims. •».- »-- „ Story of Survivor. This board is composed of the Governor, the adjutant general and five citizens, three of whom must be members of the guard. It has'the management and care of all armories and supervises the erection of the new armories. By the act of 1905 tlie amount to be expended on armories was limited to $-0,000 for each company (jf infantry and $30,000 for each battery of artillery or troop of cavalry. In bills introduced these amounts are increased to $-5,000 and $35,000, respectively.The most thrilling narrative of the disaster was tliat told by Harris Feldmau of -iio Fast Ninety-ninth street, Xew York, who, with his wife, was saved. Keldman said that when the collision occurred he ordered his wife (o dress as warmly as possible. When she had done so Mr. and .Mrs. Feldmnn rushed to the hurricane deck. They had lDeou there but a moment, and the harchmont was then sinking so rapidly that it seemed that they must be lost. A mountainous wave struck the top of the steamer and ripped off a huge piece of (he superstructure upon which many of the panic stricken passengers were standing. As a piece of wreckage slipped oil into the sea many of the passengers either fell bacKward into the saloon of the steamer or were thrown forward Into the water. After all the men had been taken they were taken to Wilkesbaire. A squad of men remained on duty in the vicinity of the collieries and of Browntown to watch for other men who are wanted. Whether the officials hnye distinct charges against all the prisoners that can be proven in court is not known yet. They have been hard at work on the Cases for some weeks past and undoubtedly have strong evidence against some of (lie men taken. It is believed that enough of the then are known to have been implicated in lawlessness in this section to make the wholesale arrests justifiable. If the work of today results as the officials hope it will the The coup against the Italians has been ready for fully a week past. It was whispered about for several days that there was "something doing" with regard to the "Black Hand" and that it awaited only a favorable moment for being carried into effect. Up to last night it was not known whether or not the round-up would take place today. At a conference between the various officials it was determined to make the attack today and accordingly the officers and f. 5 members of the State Constabulary gathered here at "J o'clock this morning. The plans had been laid in advance and tho party divided into squads. Many of the constables were in plain clothes and the party worked so quietly that the general public was not aware that the constabulary was out in any number. MUS. CHAULKS .J. HOL.MAN. [Evelyn Thaw's mother.]. As soon as (he fishermen were within hailing distance the captains shouted their news ashore. The" little life saving stations were once more turned into morgues. The surf boats were run out. and the dead were placed on the animation was over District Attorney Jerome reserved the fight to cross question him at another- time. The witness then left the stand, and Dr. John T. Deemar, who was the family physician for the 'l'haws in Pittsburg and who had testified in regard to insane relatives of the prisoner, was re••ailed. Several Questions were put by John B. (ileason, but on objection by the district attorney they were ruled out. Adjutant General Stewart, who had the bills prepared, said it W'ould take $3,500,000 to provide armories for all the commands in the guard. New York, he said, had spent $40,000,000 for its armories, but this expenditure covered a period of 4 0 years. Pennsylvania started only two years ago to. construct its own armories when it created the State Armory Board. If the Legislature In this and the next two sessions were generous, ho added, every command would have its own armory within another five years. With Safety lamps in their hands the little party proceeded down the long second opening for a distance of almost a half mile, when they reached the end of the company's operations. At this point they turned and traveled right along the end of the workings until a point was reached where they again doubled back and after walking past several chambers came to the place where the men had been working when the fire broke out. From this point they traveled up to a point where the bodies of tli" three men were found, carefully searching all the places which had not previously been searched by the parties who found the six bodies. floor. Drown Instead of Freeze, The bodies brought in were, with one exception, fully clothed and in addition had life preservers strapped to them. This fact leads to tlie belief that (lie victims, unlike the others who drifted ashore, had remained on board the ill fated steamer long enough to fasten the life belts about them. It is prob- "Black Hand" will have been given a deadly blow. The present effort to wipe this band of Italian brigands out of existence is the most carefully planned and thoroughly studied of any police movement in this section in After the wreckage, which was in effect an immense raft, had been away from the ship a few moments Air. Keldman counted his companions. Besides himself and his wife, there were thirty-three on board, but they were crowded so badly that one by one ihe.v began to drop off'into the sea. Some of them, crazed by the cold, jumped from the raft and were drowned. Others, sitting near tlie edge, were swept away, and still others, frozen to death, dropped into the water. The iirst squad was headed by Detective Mack in and consisted of Joe KHz, a sergeant and ten members of the constabulary. It went to Barmim colliery and waited for workmen to come out. Kit-/, pointed out seven Italians as members of the gang and Wife of Juror III years. The Hearings, The trial was adjourned for a time because of the illness of a juror's wife. Justice Fitzgerald was informed that Joseph B. Bolton had received word that his wife was dangerously ili with pneumonia. The juror said he. must get home as quickly as lie could, and when court opened Justice Fitzgerald announced a recess to enable Bolton to visit his wife. able that in doing no they met death by drowning and thereby escaped n slow and painful death by freezing. Senator Godcharles, of Northumberland, presented a bill to retire every officer of the National Guard at 64 years of age, but exempts the major general, Gobin, and the three brigadier generals in the service. In all 1 !D prisoners were arraigned before Alderman Carkliuff, in Wilkesbaire, this afternoon at UioO. County Most of the bodies were found drift ing to the northward of the island. All were incased in ice and were kept on the surface only by the life preservers. The first of the schooners to reach port carried (he steering wheel of the steamer and six bodies, two of them women. (Continued on X'ago Three.) It was realized t|iat black damp and other dangers were accumulating, for its presence had been detected, but the little party pushed on, thoroughly searching every place where there was a possibility that the man might have crawled for safety. In doing this they misjudged their own strength and the effect of the black damp upon them, for when they at length gave up the search and began to make their way back over the route on which they bad come they began to get weak. When (hey readied the point where the miners themselves had been working when (lie (Ire broke out their hjiees began lo weaken and the men were compelled to go in pairs to assist each i- n1' Wa,sh wa,k,n& with Igo and Kelly Mith Kramer. They continued en through the dark and finally reached the gangway running along the real' end of the company's operations. Here the feaVful strain began t(. tell on them more severely and in order to lighten themselves of everything that might retard their progress to Dafoiv they threw away their outer garments and all other unnecessary materials, except the little safety lamps ontJ with th in their hands continued their painful progress. Walsh gave out first and began to sttimblu end stagger along soon after Uey had thrown away their coats, but was atifeted by Igo an 1 managed to keeo up with the rest. He gave' words of encouragement to his comrades, telling them to be of good cheer, that rescue parties would soon be on the way in to them and that they should go slowly and conserve every ounce of strength. \ Some Reflections I on Civic Duty. BOARDERS wanted at 322 Race St. All conveniences. ' f!4tf The Greatest luilicit ever served free in Pittstou at tho Sinclair hotel Saturday evening. There was an affecting meeting between the Boltons, and then word was sent to the district attorney's office that the trial probably would have to ho adjourned for two or three days, as it would be cruel to tear Bolton from the bedside of the woman whose death the physicians said was expected by them. An hour after the raft bad been swept from the top of the steamer there were but sixteeu persons 011 it, and of these only .eight were alive. Mrs. Keldman, who had found a place next to her husband, was slowly freezing to death when he begged her to move her hands and feet continually in order that she might keep her blood circulating. The woman did not wish to do so. paying that she would rather go to sleep, as she wanted to die. It was only by constant attention (hat Mr. Keldman was able to save his wife from death similar to that which came to others who sat near by. Captain John T. Haley of (he schooner Harry Knowlton, which collided with the steamer Larchmont. in a sworn statement made at Westerly, R. I., says that an unknown steamer was in the vicinity of the wreck and after showing her lights veered off and kept on her course without offering any assistance to the victims of the collision. Eat Bohan's bread and cakes. 1ii ,ne 'ieai'd HO much Jrom Thomas Law-son about the 'system" that the people have come to Q understand pretty thoroughly how it dominates the 0 finances of the country to the detriment of the in- 0 terests of the masses. What the "system" is to 0 financial circles, so the "ring" is to polities, its op- $ e rations are devious and far-reaching—so much so, 0 indeed, that frequently good citizens are inveigled i? into representing it at the polls, only to discover (} that, after they have been elevated to position, they are unable to tree themselves from its powerful in- 0 fluenee. A man elected by "ring" influence cannot C? be expected to fight against his master. The citi- 0 zens of Pittston surely desire to have in office cap- C able and honest men, entirely free from "ring" rule, and the opportunity is to be given to secure $ such. The election for city offices will be held on V I uesday next, Feb. 19, and every citizen owes it to Q himself and his city to vote as his conscience die- Q tates. It ought not to be a difficult matter for him to pick out and vote for the candidates who owe nothing to the political organization that has oper- Q ated as a handicap to municipal progress ever since the city was established. Vote for the men who \ can be depended upon to have no selfish interests to { serve and no masters to obey except the people K whom 1 hey represent. • In order to determine the exact condition of tiie juror's wife the district attorney sent Dr. Theodore E. .laneway to visit Mrs. Bolton. The physician reported that she was suffering from pneumonia and that her condition was highly serious. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Markots furnlabad by M. H. .Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. New York, Feb. 14, 1!)07. High. low. Close. 136% 11(4% 134% 75% 73% 73% 14 5% 144 144 44% 43% 43% 118% 113% 113% 50% 49% 4It % 97% 96% 97 46 % 45% 45% 104% 104% 104% 75% 74% 74% 37 35 % 35% 125% 123% 124 % 115% 114% 114% 51% 51 % 51% 86% 86% 86%, 150% 148% 149% When Bolton returned to the criminal courthouse he had another consultation with Justice Fitzgerald.- The juror said that, although ho was willing to continue to serve on the jury, he wished to be with his wife instead of being locked up in a hotel. With the consent of counsel on both sides the court directed that Bolton IhD permitted to remain at home with his wife. He will be in charge of two court of- Drifted Eighteen Hours. For eighteen hours the raft drifted about helplessly, and when the schooner Clara E. came alongside and rescued them every person on board Was covered with a coating of ice. Mrs. Feldman was the tirst to be lifted on (o the schooner; but. half insane, she leaped from the hands of her rescuers back on to the raft, screaming wildly that she would not be separated from her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Feldiuan Am Sugar .. Am Tjoco . . Am Smelter . Am Car & F Amal Copper C. F. I Poo Gas .. . U, S. Steel . U. S. Steel pfd B. It. T Erie Reading . . . R. & O C. & O N. P St Paul . . . . Felt tools aM Arctics at CUT PRICES ficers, May Be a Mistrial If Bolton's return to is long delayed it is feared that a mistrial will result. are suffering severely from frozen hands and feet. A pathetic stor.v of father and son sitting side by side in a lifeboat, one of them surviving and the other perishing, was told by James Flood, fortyfive years old. of New York. Flood entered a lifeboat, and at his side sat his son Nathan, twenty-four years old. The father picked up an oar and rowed throughout the night, occasionally stopping to beg his boy to move bis limbs aud stave off death. Nathan, however, seemed to be in a stupor, and while the father rowed the son, frozen to his sett, expired. Renewed attempts to introduce the will of Harry K. Thaw as evidence met with resistance on the part of the district attorney. In the end a compromise for tiie time l*Ding was reached, an early adjournment being taken on the assertion by Mr. Jerome that after reading the will he might allow it to be read before the jury. $2.50 kind . ..$2.00 N. Y. C 130 Pennsylvania . .132% Atchison com .,105 L. & X 136% C. P 186 O. W Ifii.4 s. p »r, V4 S. It. .... . . 27 % M. P 85% R. I. .. ... .. 27 Va K. T ,41% Wabash 33 U. P. .. .. ..176% T. I'.. jt» «•- .. 34 128% 131% 103% 135% 184% 15% !D4 26 82% 26 40% 31 175% 33 3 $2.(X) kind $1.75 Boys' Felt Boots...98c 135% Men's Arctics, $1.25 "J kind 98c 94% Men's Arctics, $1.25 ■■ 82% kind ... $1.25 6 C»% * Boston Sloe Store 32 I N. Main St. Pittston, Pa. J he party stumbled along* this way for some hundreds of foot but their kneos finally gave way altogether and they were reduced to crawling- along on their hands and knees. Over the rough and slimy bottom this was a terrible task and progress was neces- Mr. Jerome addressed the court, saying that counsel for the defense had alloyred him a full .written copy of the (Continued on Page Six.)] (Continued on Page 6.) Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Mclutyre,
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, February 14, 1907 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1907-02-14 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, February 14, 1907 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1907-02-14 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGZ_19070214_001.tif |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | -Ditto on M He WEATHER. CONDITIONS. ALIi THE HOME NEWS. Forecast Until 8 p. in. Tomorrow toi For the People of Pittstoii and Eastern Pennsylvania. Vicinity. Fair tonight and Friday, except light snow in northern portion; colder tonight and Friday. -■» THE HOME PAPER. 57TH YEAR. | WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1850. I DAILY EST. B* THBO. HART 1882 PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY, FEB. 14, 1907. TWO CENTS A COPY. I Q TJ \ ('i VC! FORTY CENTS A MONTH. f O XJIUXEJO. THAW CASE STOPS PRESENCE OF MIND SAVED MAN'S LIFE DEATH SHIPLANDS ! field secretary of tlie Salvation Army I in the United States, said the loss of ten of the officers of the organization j in the sinking of the Lurchmont was the most serious blow of that Uinil the ! army had received during its work in this country. To the narratives of personal suffering has been added the charge of one of the passengers who asserted that in the awful hour of peril, when death stared all in the face, helpless i women were thrust aside by men who | cared only for their own safety. Tlie grave charge of cowardice was made by Fred Hiergesell, an elghteen! year-old lad of Brooklyn, lie said (hat not only were the unaccompanied women left to their fate, but that Captain McVoy left the sinking ship in the ! very first lifeljpat, that some of the ship's employees filled the boats to the ! exclusion of the passengers and that at least one boat was without oars when It was put over the side. Captain McVey's Denial. Captain McVey, commander of the steamer Larchmont, when seen at his home in this city In regard to the statement made by Hiergesell admitted that it was probable that his lifeboat was one of the first, if not the first, to leave the sinking ship. He explained, hoyever, that this was due to the fact that a seaman standing on the liurri| cane deck cut the davit rope. Even j after Ihe boat was in the water he re| mained by the ship until she went down, sakl the captain. DRESS UNIFORMS Rounding up "Black Hand" Clinging with both hands to the revolving axle of a Lehigh Valley locomotive, Nat Pitcher, of Sayre, was dragged for a distance of 100 feet, yet escaped injury. The locomotive was standing just outside the Sayre round house. Pitcher was under the front part of the locomotive packing the boxes of the axles of the pony truck. A hostler who was not aware that repairs were being made to the engine climbed into th6 oab and opened the throttle. When Pitcher felt the ertglne moving over his head he realized that the machinery under the boiler was in danger of crushing his life from his body. He reached upward and caught one of the axles of the pony truck. Clinging to this, in spite of the fact that it was revolving in his hands, he was dragged over the snow and ice between the tracks, through the door of the round house and then on the round house turntable. There the hostler stopped the engine and, much to his surprise, saw Pitcher emerge from his perilous position. Juror Bolton's Wife Died Steams Into Providence Stewart's Long Cherished Today. With Corpses. Plan for Guardsmen. Wholesale Arrests of Brown* HUSBAND WAS ABSENT SURVIVORS' STORIES $500,000 FOR ARMORIES Captain Denies the Coward- town Italians Made Today Court Adjourned This Afternoon Till Monday. Measure to Retire Guard ice Charge. Officers at 65. by County Officers, Assist* ed by State Constabulary Providence, R. 1., Feb. 14.—Not less llian 2,000 people assembled along the water front as the Joy line steamer Kentucky, bearing the bodies of the dead and the survivors of the collision between the steamer Larchinont and the schooner Harry Knowlton, cuine slowly up the Providence river. New York, Feb. 14.—The Thaw murder trial was interrupted again today on account ol' the deltth ol" Mrs. Bolton, wife of Joseph XI. Bolton, juror No. 11. It is feared that the result of the interruption will bo a mistrial of the case, making it necessary to go through all of the preliminary proceedings again. Harrisburg, Feb. 14.—Adjutant General Stewart, in a bill introduced in both the Senate and House, disclosed his long-cherished plan to provide dress uniforms for the 7,500 men comprising the National Guard. Only two regiments, the First and Third, of Philadelphia, and the City Troop have dress uniforms, and they pay for them by individual subscription. Whenever the National Guard turns out the only fault found with it is the monotony of dress. The adjutant general proposes to do away with this by asking the Legislature to permit him to spend for this purpose the balance of the biennial appropriation to the National Guard and the money received from the sale of old material. Many Arrested at i n The Kentucky, which is apparently an old vessel held in reserve by the Joy line officials, presented a strange spectacle. Her siiles bulow the deck railing were yellow with rust, her paint, once white, was dirty and faded, and so generally battered and decrepit was her appearance that she truly looked like a ship of death. Along her lower deck on the starboard side lay fortynine bodies, all covered with white sheeting. Inside were eighteen survivors of the accident. .Miss Sadie Ualtup of Boston was in such a serious condition when the Kentucky arrived at Block Island that ft was considered dangerous to move her. She will remain on the island until she can be returned safely to her home in Boston. The survivors were taken to hospitals. Court convened at 10:30 and was in session only 15 minutes when Mr. Bolton received a note stating that his wife was dying. Court was at once adjourned until 2 p. m. and the juror hastened to his wife's bedside. Before lie could reach home, however, Mrs. Bolton has passed away. THRILLING EXPERIENCE Various Collieries Mine Inspector Walsh's Graphic Story. Prisoners Taken to IVilkes* As soon as tin- news of Mrs. Bolton's (Hath readied tile court house, Assistant District Attorney Garvan announced that court would convene at U o'clock only to adjourn until Monday.and Thin plan of the adjutant general is contained in a new section of the National Guard appropriation bill, which was introduced in the House by Representative Asher Miner, of Luzerne, who is now colonel of the Ninth regiment.I Barre This Afternoon While Touring the Wanamic Mine lie Iliergesell's statement was not confirmed by any other survivor of the terrible tragedy, but notwithstanding the fact that there was none to corroborate him he held steadfast to his story. Committed to Jail De* Now York, Feb. 1 Not one indication that Harry Kendall Thaw was insane wns brought out by all llie phys- and Ills Party Were Overcome by in Black Damp and Finally Sank ieal tesls lor mental derangement offered to liini in the Tombs by Dr. Brittou D. Evans, superintendent of tiie New Jersey State asylum. Tluit^faet— deemed of immense importance by tiie prosecution — was the most striking point to which Dr. Evans testified when he returned to the witness stand in the criminal branch of the supreme court, where Thaw is on trial for the murder of Stanford White. Exhausted, Being Dis- it provides an appropriation of $800,000 for the support of the guard for the next two years, A like sum was appropriated two years ago. The section providing for dress uniforms fault o/ Bail. covered and Carried Number of Wreck Victims. Out Fourteen A careful compilation shows that 138 lives are known to have been lost as a result of the collision. It is known that there were not less than 157 persons on board the Larcbtoont. Of that number only nineteen survived. Seventy-one bodies have been recovered, thirty-eight of them having been identified. There are still 100 passengers who are either missing or unidentified. Hours Later, Dead Frozen Stiff. reads County Detectives E. J. Maekin and IUchard Jones. Chief of Police Eoftus and Captain Page and the State constables joined forces and started today a fierce onslaught on the Italian secret society known as the "Black Hand". The officers have determined to wipe this nefarious organization out of existence in this section, and as a starter arrested 18 men this morning and took tliem to Wilkcsbarre for hearings. Captain Page and 45 of his troopers did the main part Of the work, acting under the officers who had been working up the attack on the organization for the past several weeks. Joe Ritz, whom several Italians tried to assassinate a few weeks ago, was the chief informant against the men arrested. they were arrested and taken away. The second squad, under the command of Sergeant Walsh, consisted of ten mounted and ten plain clothes constables. It went to Browntown and searched the house of 15 suspected members of the society. In these houses 30 weapons, from a rifle down to a revolver, were found and confiscated. Three Italia \,s were arrested and held with those Uiken at Barnum, most of whom were from the Browntown section. Among the houses visited was that of Joe Grow, who is reputed to be a leader of the society, and he was taken a prisoner. The officials believe that it was, at Crow's house that the plans of the organization were hatched. Joseph J. Walsh, formerly of this city, who now holds the responsible position of mine inspector in the N'anticoko district, told a Wiikesbarre Record reporter a graphic story of the experiences of himself and companions in the Wanamie mine," where thej were overcome by Mack damp and nearly perished before a rescuing 1 arty found them and brought them out. The dead, still frozen in strange positions, were placed in undertakers' baskets and carried to a nearby morgue, where they were arranged so that all who desired might pass in an effort to identify them. Physicians who had i: 11 opportunity to examine the bodies expressed the opinion that in many cases death had been caused by the cold weather rather than by drowning. "Any portion of the appropriation remaining unexpended at the close of the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1907, or of the appropriation made for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1 905, remaining unexpended, or any moneys received by the adjutant gi-aeral, from the sale of obsolete, condemned or unserviceable ordnance or quartermaster stores, may, under the direction of the State Military Board, be expended in procuring dress uniforms tor the National Guard of Pennsylvania, of such design as the Governor and commander-fn-chief may approve, the same to conform as nearly as practicable to the dress uniform of the United States army." Dr. Evans' utterance was considered to be all the more important because he had previously asserted that his examination of Thaw in the Tombs had convinced him that the prisoner was unsound of mind. When his direct ex- Reports from Block island say that after the survivors of the wreck had been carried tenderly to the steamer Kentucky, which was to convey them to Providence for medical treatment, the island had a brief respite from the scenes of horror. As the vessel steamed out of the harbor those who were left on shore returned to their homes to recover from the fatigue caused by their long vigil on the beach. The life savers returned to their stations, which but an hour before had been filled with the dead and the nineteen who had escaped with their lives. Mr. Walsh is not spreading his story troadcast, neither are any of the members of the party, for among miners these heroic exploits in efforts to rescue men whose lives are in danger are taken as common occurrences and as a part of the ordinary run of their lives and not worthy of any specia' A glance al these victims showed the effects of the tumble cold to which they had been 'subjected. One of them, a man about iift.v years old, had apparently been a member of the crew. His white beard was incased in ice. Ilis left arm, frozen rigid, was raised as if to ward off a blow. A woman alKMit thirty-eight years of age was placed ou a slab, and as lief head rested on it her hair, frozen solid as a piece of marble, stretched out and touched the floor. On her right hand were two wedding rings, and ou tlie third linger of the left hand was a diamond ring. On the left arm was a bracelet. Adjutant General Stewart said it would take $57,000 to equip the National Guard with dress uniforms. Chief of Police Loftus, Lieutenant Liumb and a number of constables went to No. 4 and No. 7 shafts, Pennsylvania Coal Co., and they were afterward joined there by Captain Page. As the men came from the mine tbe suspected "Black Hand" men were taken prisoners and held in an abandoned building. Up to 1 o'clocll this afternoon live men had been taken at No. 4 and three men at No. 7. It was intended to make other arrests at these collieries and a force of men was left at each. mention The force of officers and constables worked in squads and covered several different sections. They worked simultaneously in all sections and the Italians were taken altogether by surprise. One squad rounded up prisoners at Barnum colliery and another at the same time working in Browntown. Still another was making the rounds of the lower end collieries and taking In tow the suspects. All the men were taken to Wilkcsbarre this afternoon for hearings before Alderman Carkhuff. While showing maps of the route taken to rescue the imprisoned man, if still alive, however, certain statements were made which illumined the story of their struggles to save the missing workman and then to save themselves, from winch the following record of the progress of the party is deduced. The party of four nrcn, consisting of Mine Inspector Walsh, of Wilkesbarre, George Kramer, assistant inside superintendent, of , Plymouth; Foreman James Kelley, and Acting Fire Boss Daniel Tgo. entered the mine at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, working their way through some old headings to tin' so-called second opening. Before entering the mine, however, the inspector arranged to discontinue the Hushing of culm in on the lire, to change the air current after a certain time and to start rescue parties into the mine if the party did not make its appearance at the surface by 4 O'clock. Duplicate bills were introduced i'i the Senate and House by Senator Rulings, of Venango, and Representative Cochrane, of Armstrong, to appropriate $500,000 for the erection of armories for the National Guard. Two years ago the Legislature appropriated $250,000 for this purpose, when it created the State Armory Board. The Kentucky's smoke was still visible across the sound, however, when a little fishing schooner came hurrying in before the wind with her flag at half mast. A moment later a second fisherman was seen heading inshore, also flying the signal of death from tier masthead. A third schooner and then a fourth sailed in. each with a half masted flag. When the vessels reached shore life savers and natives were waiting, tired as they were, to care for the dead as they had cared for the living and to prepare for shipment to Providence the additional victims. •».- »-- „ Story of Survivor. This board is composed of the Governor, the adjutant general and five citizens, three of whom must be members of the guard. It has'the management and care of all armories and supervises the erection of the new armories. By the act of 1905 tlie amount to be expended on armories was limited to $-0,000 for each company (jf infantry and $30,000 for each battery of artillery or troop of cavalry. In bills introduced these amounts are increased to $-5,000 and $35,000, respectively.The most thrilling narrative of the disaster was tliat told by Harris Feldmau of -iio Fast Ninety-ninth street, Xew York, who, with his wife, was saved. Keldman said that when the collision occurred he ordered his wife (o dress as warmly as possible. When she had done so Mr. and .Mrs. Feldmnn rushed to the hurricane deck. They had lDeou there but a moment, and the harchmont was then sinking so rapidly that it seemed that they must be lost. A mountainous wave struck the top of the steamer and ripped off a huge piece of (he superstructure upon which many of the panic stricken passengers were standing. As a piece of wreckage slipped oil into the sea many of the passengers either fell bacKward into the saloon of the steamer or were thrown forward Into the water. After all the men had been taken they were taken to Wilkesbaire. A squad of men remained on duty in the vicinity of the collieries and of Browntown to watch for other men who are wanted. Whether the officials hnye distinct charges against all the prisoners that can be proven in court is not known yet. They have been hard at work on the Cases for some weeks past and undoubtedly have strong evidence against some of (lie men taken. It is believed that enough of the then are known to have been implicated in lawlessness in this section to make the wholesale arrests justifiable. If the work of today results as the officials hope it will the The coup against the Italians has been ready for fully a week past. It was whispered about for several days that there was "something doing" with regard to the "Black Hand" and that it awaited only a favorable moment for being carried into effect. Up to last night it was not known whether or not the round-up would take place today. At a conference between the various officials it was determined to make the attack today and accordingly the officers and f. 5 members of the State Constabulary gathered here at "J o'clock this morning. The plans had been laid in advance and tho party divided into squads. Many of the constables were in plain clothes and the party worked so quietly that the general public was not aware that the constabulary was out in any number. MUS. CHAULKS .J. HOL.MAN. [Evelyn Thaw's mother.]. As soon as (he fishermen were within hailing distance the captains shouted their news ashore. The" little life saving stations were once more turned into morgues. The surf boats were run out. and the dead were placed on the animation was over District Attorney Jerome reserved the fight to cross question him at another- time. The witness then left the stand, and Dr. John T. Deemar, who was the family physician for the 'l'haws in Pittsburg and who had testified in regard to insane relatives of the prisoner, was re••ailed. Several Questions were put by John B. (ileason, but on objection by the district attorney they were ruled out. Adjutant General Stewart, who had the bills prepared, said it W'ould take $3,500,000 to provide armories for all the commands in the guard. New York, he said, had spent $40,000,000 for its armories, but this expenditure covered a period of 4 0 years. Pennsylvania started only two years ago to. construct its own armories when it created the State Armory Board. If the Legislature In this and the next two sessions were generous, ho added, every command would have its own armory within another five years. With Safety lamps in their hands the little party proceeded down the long second opening for a distance of almost a half mile, when they reached the end of the company's operations. At this point they turned and traveled right along the end of the workings until a point was reached where they again doubled back and after walking past several chambers came to the place where the men had been working when the fire broke out. From this point they traveled up to a point where the bodies of tli" three men were found, carefully searching all the places which had not previously been searched by the parties who found the six bodies. floor. Drown Instead of Freeze, The bodies brought in were, with one exception, fully clothed and in addition had life preservers strapped to them. This fact leads to tlie belief that (lie victims, unlike the others who drifted ashore, had remained on board the ill fated steamer long enough to fasten the life belts about them. It is prob- "Black Hand" will have been given a deadly blow. The present effort to wipe this band of Italian brigands out of existence is the most carefully planned and thoroughly studied of any police movement in this section in After the wreckage, which was in effect an immense raft, had been away from the ship a few moments Air. Keldman counted his companions. Besides himself and his wife, there were thirty-three on board, but they were crowded so badly that one by one ihe.v began to drop off'into the sea. Some of them, crazed by the cold, jumped from the raft and were drowned. Others, sitting near tlie edge, were swept away, and still others, frozen to death, dropped into the water. The iirst squad was headed by Detective Mack in and consisted of Joe KHz, a sergeant and ten members of the constabulary. It went to Barmim colliery and waited for workmen to come out. Kit-/, pointed out seven Italians as members of the gang and Wife of Juror III years. The Hearings, The trial was adjourned for a time because of the illness of a juror's wife. Justice Fitzgerald was informed that Joseph B. Bolton had received word that his wife was dangerously ili with pneumonia. The juror said he. must get home as quickly as lie could, and when court opened Justice Fitzgerald announced a recess to enable Bolton to visit his wife. able that in doing no they met death by drowning and thereby escaped n slow and painful death by freezing. Senator Godcharles, of Northumberland, presented a bill to retire every officer of the National Guard at 64 years of age, but exempts the major general, Gobin, and the three brigadier generals in the service. In all 1 !D prisoners were arraigned before Alderman Carkliuff, in Wilkesbaire, this afternoon at UioO. County Most of the bodies were found drift ing to the northward of the island. All were incased in ice and were kept on the surface only by the life preservers. The first of the schooners to reach port carried (he steering wheel of the steamer and six bodies, two of them women. (Continued on X'ago Three.) It was realized t|iat black damp and other dangers were accumulating, for its presence had been detected, but the little party pushed on, thoroughly searching every place where there was a possibility that the man might have crawled for safety. In doing this they misjudged their own strength and the effect of the black damp upon them, for when they at length gave up the search and began to make their way back over the route on which they bad come they began to get weak. When (hey readied the point where the miners themselves had been working when (lie (Ire broke out their hjiees began lo weaken and the men were compelled to go in pairs to assist each i- n1' Wa,sh wa,k,n& with Igo and Kelly Mith Kramer. They continued en through the dark and finally reached the gangway running along the real' end of the company's operations. Here the feaVful strain began t(. tell on them more severely and in order to lighten themselves of everything that might retard their progress to Dafoiv they threw away their outer garments and all other unnecessary materials, except the little safety lamps ontJ with th in their hands continued their painful progress. Walsh gave out first and began to sttimblu end stagger along soon after Uey had thrown away their coats, but was atifeted by Igo an 1 managed to keeo up with the rest. He gave' words of encouragement to his comrades, telling them to be of good cheer, that rescue parties would soon be on the way in to them and that they should go slowly and conserve every ounce of strength. \ Some Reflections I on Civic Duty. BOARDERS wanted at 322 Race St. All conveniences. ' f!4tf The Greatest luilicit ever served free in Pittstou at tho Sinclair hotel Saturday evening. There was an affecting meeting between the Boltons, and then word was sent to the district attorney's office that the trial probably would have to ho adjourned for two or three days, as it would be cruel to tear Bolton from the bedside of the woman whose death the physicians said was expected by them. An hour after the raft bad been swept from the top of the steamer there were but sixteeu persons 011 it, and of these only .eight were alive. Mrs. Keldman, who had found a place next to her husband, was slowly freezing to death when he begged her to move her hands and feet continually in order that she might keep her blood circulating. The woman did not wish to do so. paying that she would rather go to sleep, as she wanted to die. It was only by constant attention (hat Mr. Keldman was able to save his wife from death similar to that which came to others who sat near by. Captain John T. Haley of (he schooner Harry Knowlton, which collided with the steamer Larchmont. in a sworn statement made at Westerly, R. I., says that an unknown steamer was in the vicinity of the wreck and after showing her lights veered off and kept on her course without offering any assistance to the victims of the collision. Eat Bohan's bread and cakes. 1ii ,ne 'ieai'd HO much Jrom Thomas Law-son about the 'system" that the people have come to Q understand pretty thoroughly how it dominates the 0 finances of the country to the detriment of the in- 0 terests of the masses. What the "system" is to 0 financial circles, so the "ring" is to polities, its op- $ e rations are devious and far-reaching—so much so, 0 indeed, that frequently good citizens are inveigled i? into representing it at the polls, only to discover (} that, after they have been elevated to position, they are unable to tree themselves from its powerful in- 0 fluenee. A man elected by "ring" influence cannot C? be expected to fight against his master. The citi- 0 zens of Pittston surely desire to have in office cap- C able and honest men, entirely free from "ring" rule, and the opportunity is to be given to secure $ such. The election for city offices will be held on V I uesday next, Feb. 19, and every citizen owes it to Q himself and his city to vote as his conscience die- Q tates. It ought not to be a difficult matter for him to pick out and vote for the candidates who owe nothing to the political organization that has oper- Q ated as a handicap to municipal progress ever since the city was established. Vote for the men who \ can be depended upon to have no selfish interests to { serve and no masters to obey except the people K whom 1 hey represent. • In order to determine the exact condition of tiie juror's wife the district attorney sent Dr. Theodore E. .laneway to visit Mrs. Bolton. The physician reported that she was suffering from pneumonia and that her condition was highly serious. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Markots furnlabad by M. H. .Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. New York, Feb. 14, 1!)07. High. low. Close. 136% 11(4% 134% 75% 73% 73% 14 5% 144 144 44% 43% 43% 118% 113% 113% 50% 49% 4It % 97% 96% 97 46 % 45% 45% 104% 104% 104% 75% 74% 74% 37 35 % 35% 125% 123% 124 % 115% 114% 114% 51% 51 % 51% 86% 86% 86%, 150% 148% 149% When Bolton returned to the criminal courthouse he had another consultation with Justice Fitzgerald.- The juror said that, although ho was willing to continue to serve on the jury, he wished to be with his wife instead of being locked up in a hotel. With the consent of counsel on both sides the court directed that Bolton IhD permitted to remain at home with his wife. He will be in charge of two court of- Drifted Eighteen Hours. For eighteen hours the raft drifted about helplessly, and when the schooner Clara E. came alongside and rescued them every person on board Was covered with a coating of ice. Mrs. Feldman was the tirst to be lifted on (o the schooner; but. half insane, she leaped from the hands of her rescuers back on to the raft, screaming wildly that she would not be separated from her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Feldiuan Am Sugar .. Am Tjoco . . Am Smelter . Am Car & F Amal Copper C. F. I Poo Gas .. . U, S. Steel . U. S. Steel pfd B. It. T Erie Reading . . . R. & O C. & O N. P St Paul . . . . Felt tools aM Arctics at CUT PRICES ficers, May Be a Mistrial If Bolton's return to is long delayed it is feared that a mistrial will result. are suffering severely from frozen hands and feet. A pathetic stor.v of father and son sitting side by side in a lifeboat, one of them surviving and the other perishing, was told by James Flood, fortyfive years old. of New York. Flood entered a lifeboat, and at his side sat his son Nathan, twenty-four years old. The father picked up an oar and rowed throughout the night, occasionally stopping to beg his boy to move bis limbs aud stave off death. Nathan, however, seemed to be in a stupor, and while the father rowed the son, frozen to his sett, expired. Renewed attempts to introduce the will of Harry K. Thaw as evidence met with resistance on the part of the district attorney. In the end a compromise for tiie time l*Ding was reached, an early adjournment being taken on the assertion by Mr. Jerome that after reading the will he might allow it to be read before the jury. $2.50 kind . ..$2.00 N. Y. C 130 Pennsylvania . .132% Atchison com .,105 L. & X 136% C. P 186 O. W Ifii.4 s. p »r, V4 S. It. .... . . 27 % M. P 85% R. I. .. ... .. 27 Va K. T ,41% Wabash 33 U. P. .. .. ..176% T. I'.. jt» «•- .. 34 128% 131% 103% 135% 184% 15% !D4 26 82% 26 40% 31 175% 33 3 $2.(X) kind $1.75 Boys' Felt Boots...98c 135% Men's Arctics, $1.25 "J kind 98c 94% Men's Arctics, $1.25 ■■ 82% kind ... $1.25 6 C»% * Boston Sloe Store 32 I N. Main St. Pittston, Pa. J he party stumbled along* this way for some hundreds of foot but their kneos finally gave way altogether and they were reduced to crawling- along on their hands and knees. Over the rough and slimy bottom this was a terrible task and progress was neces- Mr. Jerome addressed the court, saying that counsel for the defense had alloyred him a full .written copy of the (Continued on Page Six.)] (Continued on Page 6.) Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Mclutyre, |
Tags
Comments
Post a Comment for Pittston Gazette