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WILKES-BARRE, PA.. SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1913.
en
TitE  TVEATHJER
.».ND
PRICE FIVE CENTS
7
IN CITY
DECLINED TO DANCE; OT IN STOMACH
Italian Selitlenient at Brodericks Scene of Another Shooting as Outcome of Wedding Celebration
VJCTIM    HAS    ONLY    A    FIGHTING     CHANCE
t\i.
Kcfii.?al to dance with a rtian whose identity is not known to the police at J:30 oViock this mr.rning i Sunday), led to .loseph Spina. tged2S years of Brodericks beinpr mortally wounded last night short¬ ly before midnight After shooting liim twion. hoth shots taking ef¬ fect in the stomach, the assailant fled. Tavo suspects are under ar¬ rest by the local police who took them to the West Side hospital where the victim of the shooting alTair is in a dying condition.
The dying laan in compan\ with a nuniher of fellow country- ^pen was attending a marriage celebration at the home of Salvatore ftata, ir. Brodericks. The fun grew fast and furiou.-t and soon the men were dauciiie with one another. The invitation to dance with \hc man who shot him down came and Spina declined.
Revolver For Music.
After he had finish.eil a dtince witii anotlier male companion he was called to the outside of the building and asked to explain why k' had declined the invitation to dance. What he stated is not kcowu but the other man whipped out a gun ostensibly to make the other dance to its music. Two shots were fired, they entering the .stomach of the man now at the hospital.
Police Act Quickly.
The scene of the shooting is but a short distance from the Lu- lenie borough line and Avithin ten minutes Chief KiUeen of that toASTi was on the scene. He was ]>receeded by a few minutes by Squire Hayden. of Swoyerville. Acfiug together they sent out the alarm and in thi.s city last niglit two suspects were arrested. They were hnmed to the West Side institution in the hope that the man could piek out his ass.-iilant.
One Man Held.
Jt iFe'clnck this morning the matter simmered down to ".Tim" Gorda heins held i'or the erini"^. He is in tho hands of Thief Kiileen at Lmmuc. The chief is conducting an investigation of the case hop¬ ing lo fasten the shooting on the prisoner.
HOW THE N. A. M. KILLED] LABOR MEASURES IN
are She Took
rtment
ration De- That
CONTRAST PICTURE OF SWEET
HEARTS AS SHOWN IN THEIR
LETTERS
WRITINGS OF MISS CRISPELL
"T don't care what Keloti Ray« about m*' or any onp pIsp; T will nevor do as I h;ivo ^aid before. I lia>o >aid itfor the la*t timo and will keep my word to." '
'1 wa-lipd tod.iy and 1 am tIrtMl tonisjlit and I will have to g«t up ear¬ ly. I don't cci oiian.-e to lijy to hoi till noon or three o'clock »n the afternoon. an>  mor«' and I don't wsiiit to."
'T r«'pl tetl 1ime<; b<Mter."
••Sony tn luvir the sl>ort< are j»<«    the wuiie."
•'T will neviT come o\er t4> -ce them any more ont drinking anj-way."
'•I wont to <-hiirch la,-i  nislil."
'•Oh yes. I went to chiir. h a't*^ f left you and the meetinc was flneu I wish yon c.tild of been wHh me. Weli may l)e the thinss will change after while."
EXCERPTS FROM JOHN'S LEHERS
"We have mily Sunday over here now s«'ven days a week preaching some. Veil T tuess but not for mc."
"O, eee. I icrsirt to t«'ll yon th.it Ibroke onl boo/inc ngBhi. bnf I am Kolns to cnt it out before it gets ili«^ best of me like it did before."
'•Thad a p^<<li of n shine on tbe  other niglit.'
"\an didn't cry or^r me did you? I d.in't thinL you <-are that much for me,  i\<>  ^on?"
••Milk i-^ the iH-st after all or a little ""ater. you know spriaa; water. Ha. Ha. I suc^-^ not."
Rcferins; to the I^aw and Order para<lc in this city he >ald: •Gee It cave me Ihc .-hilW thinkrtijr about all of tho-e sood i>e<>ple in the line and me nothinc but a bum. btit I may be  like  them some   day."
LEGISLATIVE HALLSiSIAIf
BY WM. HO.STKR
(Telegraph   to  Independent.)
Washington. July 1:;.—The trail of ^m. Barnes. Jr., was s^trui-k in the Benatfe iob'oy investigation today. In 1905 State Senator Page introduced M -ilbany a bill under th^ provisions of which tilt burden of proof was placed on the defendant in all actions of laboring men to recovpr dam^ge.s io which contributory negligence was offered as a defen?".
Accordinsr to ?.lulhall, the onfe.-ss- ing agent uf the Xational .Association of Manufacturers. Marsha! Gushing, tht secrtiary, decided that this was tile sort of measuro that should Ik* killed and he tent .Muihall to -AHjiny to make the killing.
"What did you do?" asked Sena¬ tor Cummin.?.
"I saw several leaders in .Mbany," replied Mulhall. 'V.-ell I did not have '0 ste many people up there," Mul¬ hall. continued. ".All I had lo do "¦as to see boss Barnes ^ery well."
".Kr.ti you saw him?" ."Ves."
"Did you tell him you were repre- «*nt;ng the X.  .\.  M.?"
"Ves."
"And you told him it was to his Interests to have the bill defeated?"
of this investigation to ask innocent- I.v; "KnLsliten me as to this—In so small a place, how could there pos¬ sibly be a memheriihip of yoo In a bartenders union?"
How   the   defeat   of   Wm.    Hughes, now a feenator from Xew Jersey, then; ; a   representative    in    Congres.<<,     waa j : encompMS-std  oy  the secret methods of ; X.  A.   .M.   with   .Mulhall  holding    the strings, was put into the record today ! 1).\-  mtan.s  of the   Mulhall  letters and, I the  w:tn>.-p'  fiun  cynical  expliination. Il   is   another   story   of   the   work- '¦ l inKm.in J^old   out.
Hughes    was   obj-^ctionnble    to   the ' y.  .\.  M.   bei ause  he  had   introduced labor  Ivills,   which   brought  aboul   hia : defeat. i
.Mulhall again was shown working, ; hand in hand with that well known | ; reformer, Senator Foraker, m the ; ' intere<!ts of Wm. H. Taft, In Oh:o, ' .\non, Mulhall w.is in Maine, then | , back once more in   Maryland,   then In ¦
ILL SIGNED BY IfNER
(Tccgraph  to  Independent.)
Harri.sburg. Fa., July 12.—The bills for the municipal coun and for state wide primaries are now laws. These hill.si passed li>- the legisalture just adjourned were signed tonight by Governor Toner. The law now fully enacted for the municipal court pri- vides for a President Judge at an an¬ nua! .salary of .';fi,,iOn, and for eight a.'^sociate judges at annu.a.1 salaries "f J6,000      This  crnrt  will  h.ave original
left    with     the    magistrate
jurisdiction  In   civil cuits  in  amounts up   to   $l,,".0O.     Original   crimjnal   fic¬ tions     is courts.
The state wide primary law dfi?s away with nil state convention.s. .Ml elective officers mil be nominated directly hy tho people throue-h the primarits. This applies to officers from L'nited States Senator and r}nv- ernor down  to minor .state officers
The appropriation bills h.ive not been   reached.
Johns CEaiins He Was At
Night Sweet- Reported As
Seen
me un ieart Is Havin^
Been
In This City
f STERY DEVELOPMENTS
I knew him 1 Penn.sylvania—always,    according    to j his own story, working under the sur- i face,     bribing     tni.sted   l.ibor  leaders, I selling out  hLs     friends,     distributing the    money    of    the     manufncturera where it would do the most good—-or the greate.st harm. . .   Tlie X. .\.  -M. a Great  Factor. P.y this story of .Mulhall,  the N'. .V- -*^- ' i il.  has   for the    past      decade     been
The    measure   never   was   reported i one   of  the   mofit  powerful   factors  in "''t    of     ihf     judiciary     committee. • American   civilization.      It   hap   made "hough  it   was   a   bill   primarily   in¬ tended   for   the   advantage      of     the *orkin?man,  Mulhall.  the  friend    of the woikingman, saw to its slaughte "Did   you   oppose   the   bill,"   aske senator      Cummins,     "because      you thought it a bad thing for the work "igmen?" "Xo."
^The.a for what reason?" "Cushing did   not  want   It  passed,' tiD'.'.ed  .Mulhil! Four Gunmen in ><¦«  York Orlve the
Aldrkh and   the Bartenders. .Audience   Injo  the  Street,
Bemprt   K'"   '"^•''"^^sting    picture     pre- j (Tclepraph  to Independent.)
uea by Mulhall was that of for-; xew Vork. July U'.—Four gunm-n Rhori I*""" ¦'^•''^O" '^^'' AWrich ofj,vho stated later that thev had been X-'nit^ if"'^"'^' ""•" ^""« ^"«s "f th«ihired by rival labor leaders, this af- thfe 1, "¦^ Senate, appealing over I ternoon, broke up a meeting of the tendpr °°T^- ^° '^'^'^ ^^"^ "^ ^^^ ^'^'¦¦' ln'5u.=trial Workers of the World and "^r3    Lnion   m   Providence,   R.   1.., drove   the   audience   into   the   street.
W. D.  Haywood. Carl Tresco, Glo\an-
1 ni  Kttai and several others prominent
.-ribed   a  membership  of' =''   *^"   ^    ^^'    '^'-   ^'«re   on   the   plat-
*""  to  thi.s union inProvldence which ' ^''''" "^'^'"^ '^* meeting was .ailed to
prompted Senator Xel.=on_ ^ho'i= .»t-^\^.«"" ''•  '''^'".^f^/ h^'",  The audience
I vhich    consisted   mainly   of   garment
KILLED BY CAR: ODY TifiLED
American   civil
(Cointlnued   on   psRe   10)
iLW.WJEETING BROKE UP
Jacks Necessary to Remove Weight Frcm Body of Man Struck While Asleep on Tracks at Miners Mills
While asleep on the s'reet car I wrecking car "f the traction company tr.tcks at Miner.> Mills shortly before ' was rushed to th" scene and after an 10 o'clock last right, Patrick (iibbons, I hour of hard work th.° car was hoisted ag»d    .^2    vears    was   In.stantiv    killed U"  '=>"^'i  '^  f"^icht  that  it   was  possible
"Ito  takp  the  bodv   out.      The  remains when  the car  ran over his body.      His
clothing became entangled in ;he gear of th*'  rear truck and it was nece.ssary
wt re  removed  to the  morgue of Cor¬ oner .Marley at East End. this city. Gil>lion.«   was   well   known    in      the
Alice Crispell was seen alive in this city, at 9:30 o'clock, Saturday night, July Sth, 1913. This is ahnost twenty°four hours after the time she was supposed to have parted from H;?rbert Johns on the lonely road at Harvey's Lake from where her body was drag¬ ged last Monday morning. It is the most startling development in the case that has proved so mysterious. At least five clerks of the Bon Ton store, corner of South Main street and Public Square, are positive in this statement, as they waited upon her and took particular notice of her, because her breath gave forth the odor of liquor.
BODY EXHUMED AND BROUGHT TO CITY
Afiother development of the case yesterday was the order to exhume the hody as haniled nown by the court. This task was performed yesterday afternoon by Undertak¬ er Hany Mooney, of Kingston, who accompanied by an Independent reporter and iwo laborei 5 journeyed to the scene in an automobile. Constable Chris Johnston who lives near the cemetery called on the party during the progress of the work but when shown the court order made no objection. The body was removed to this city. Details of this gruesome task wili be found elsewhere.
JOHNS SPENT SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME
Johns at the county prison last night in reply to a question as to where he spent one week ago last night, the one on which his dead sweetheart was reported to have been alive anJ in this city staled that he had been at his home on Wyoming street. He stiD felt the affects of his outing of the day before. In this he is corroborated by the other membf rs of his family. i
STORY OF GIRL'S MOVEMENTS,
bv  th-  It d.'pendent    court
¦I
report pr i
„„, .....rnin^ tb« ban- "^^ ^^^^ ^' ^^® ^^^ '^^^''^^ ^" ^^^ ^ocal storo as told to tlwr
for inforr-.tion concerning tbe hap J ^^^^^^^^^ .^ convincing and nngs true.    They state that last Wed^'
id  th, . 1"®^'*''^^' J^'^V 2nd, the cne on which the girl left her home on the farnx; ""   •     "jback of Outlet, never to return, a girl entered the dress department' ,ie a,- the matters ¦ o^he second floor.   Her brePih rcckcd With the odor of iiquor audi y settled upon and ig.i^i. ijj^g^ ^^^ ^^g waiting on h^r conveyed the fact to the others.
•  -       thej        This centered the attention of every occupant of the department,
^''" I on the girl and as a result the identification of the pictures producedi
'before them is unanimous and numerous as well.   Manager Charles-!
peninps o
as It was tbis was hnd not '¦. might he order wa, said, how
to send to this city for hydraulic Jacks ; ;vi:ners  section.      He  lived  on  the ex with  which  to lift  the car ivefore  the j treme en^ of Ea.st Main street on the
[or fupport in  his  campaign  for re ^lulhali
inProMdence which , Senator Xelson. who Is get-
"ng more fun than anybody else out
UnteD—Girls   and   boys   to   work
auring   vacation;   must   be   over   14
¦*^rs  of  age   and   have   working   pa-
2^f.   Appl-,- at Planter'^ Xut and Cho-
str! ! J^^'"^l^"^'--     121     South    etate ""•set, Vvin;es-Earre. Pa.
".v',rker= from .all parts "f the city, I ¦\if-re about to be addressed by Mr.! Hayv.rod,    when    the   four    gunman
rw.=e frcm  their seats in the front row L.f,]yjj,g wheels so wedged the body in and   drawing  revolvers   pointed   themLj,^   rimning  gear
at   the   speaker.     In   less   than   two 1,.^^,^ ^^, ^^^.^ ,1,^ ,,ar without further ni:nute-:   the   ha:i   was   (?!ear'>d.     The!" i,unmen     followed     the    flying labor | into    the    street,    disappearing a  nearby  sa.Iocin.
remains could  bp  removed.
According to the story told accident, the ca;- which was in charge of .Motorman Charles McGroarty who has been in service on that line for .''ome time left 'he .Miners terminal a !-;hort tim.e befoi-e the accident. Gib¬ bons was a-slieeii on the tracks and the headlight did net reveal the fTm un¬ til about tifieen feet distant from it.
As the car "'"'s ""  the do^n  grade at  the  time   the  application     of    thei brakes   failed   to   check   its      onward j progress   until   the   front   truck*   had | pass.^jj   completely   o^er  the   body badlv   mangling   it   that   death   mustj ......,,
have been  instant.      The car failed to I was   indirectly   learned   by   the   Inde- pass   completely    o\ er
iro.nd   to   the   Hend!,er   quarry.     He   is of the ' «!,]rvi\ed hy a wife and one daughter.
JUDGES mn
STORMY TIME
a mighty matter   at i; would    n< 1 the   m.atter
;he ses.^lon. T.ell  known  ho w( i*npo."<sible .. .«n   full\ •hanged   again   before
finally handed  down. ' .>r. that he would  be filing-
. r^ns paper roncerning th" I ]y[arvin nlso join.- in the confirmation as will be related ^ater
that   in   view   of   this   he
purchas.es lavender and blue dresses.
care   to   talk   concerning'
\ppointces   I'p.
.>  it   was   tbe  old   bone   of
  ; same runu r failed of accomplishment
There was another  session  of  Lu-i mainlv   tlitiugh     the     oppositloti   of zerne   county judges    yesterday    andj Judge  Gar-^an.
sn I while  the entire four remained  silent;  ' * ' '
' as   to   the   details   that   transpired    it '
Her purchases at that date consisted of a lavender lawn dresa Of rou;>-" it was the oin none oi with a white coUar and a biua lawn dress with a white coUar. The' -ontentioi. appointments that was "P'former vai size 4G and the latter 38, a perfect fit for the girl As a' [ra;!e"eTv;"e toZ f'iZ'.anr:;,;^^^'^^^ the Laver.rter dress h-ad to be left at the store for alteration, filled by 'hr. judges. Rumor also had jThis rcsuitsd in an alteration s-lip being prepared. The girl was ask- it that an effort was under w-iy to | ed for kcr name and gave it as Miss Crispell but no given name or ad- secure an :2dditionai court offic-r for j jj^ggg ^^ ^^le time a mistake was made in the Tjrice, it beino- 2i%'«n i IftfcaTTii-'''ni"g vvMiT'stTik? wJ" Z't! ^ $4.49. wherea.s it should have been 34.99. She paid for both dresses, i diFcio='ed,   The effort according^to the , taking the blue drcss with her.
YOI 1 n rs r.TTARPr^iTKn.
Sh.irnn    ^a.,   July the   refer rt^atorr   on
—Just   out   of parole,   after
j nicn I into
him    and    the j Pendent   last   night   that  the  split   in elothine catching in the backward re-I the   judicial   ranks   was   not   by   any
ciotning n.n„ ...    l^pans cliaed  up as a  result. Onlnions   spmding   ,-.v-ra!   month."   for  numer
that  it  was  impos-l^ill   l^e   handed   down   tomorrow   set-1 ous   burg; ¦.¦ies    committed   In   PI-aron
Sible to move the ^ wUh^uf Meriting forth certain  matter,  but Judge, ^|;;i ^^:^^^^^t.5^;c?.v^^h-;^d
.mangling the body. i uarman s   hammer  will   be swung '-nl   ..^.^   oomr'dcitv  in   the  robbery  of  a
Thi-  thp crew   det lined  to do     and i the   ^hspe   of   a  dissenting  opinion.      | xjies.   O,    -ewelrv   store.     Brush   was
ithe order for jacks was sent out.   The!     Judge Garman was asked jesterdiyjtaJcea ba.<:k to Xilaa toda^- for y:-*!-
i RETURNED FOR GARMENT SATURDAY EVENING.
I She was not seen again by any of the store employees until the I time stated. She then came to the second floor and again the odor lof liquor was detected on her breath. O'wdng to the mistake in tha price as given to her, Manager Marvin was called and talked with her. He then noted the odor of liquor and also closely noted the ' appearance of the girl. iBe joins with the g-irls in claiming that tha ! pictures which reporters took to the store were a remarkable like- i cess of the girl that was at the store on thai night. This picture was itaken last October and/the clerks declare that while it shows the