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z MAMMOTH PROSPERITY BOOSTER EDITION READY NEXT SUNDAY All the Latset Telegraph News Irvdependent THE \m;\thi:ii. 1 \IR SlNOW i,«>< VI. iiMNs AT Mc.irr or. >foM>\v FOUNDED 1906 WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 19l'3. PRICE FIVE CENT5 FORMER BURGESS SON ON PLYIVIOUTH ST ERS L TRAINS IN A BAD WRECK John N. Thomas Shoots Down William, El¬ dest Child When Dared To - Father Claims Misspent Life Of Off¬ spring Led To Deed. PARENT IS 73TLAIN MAN 46 BOYS FORM BAD GANG " IViTil^h' T(mIiI.v*" UniHli At IMyiiioiidi I{r(>lv<'ii Ip B.v Officer. BOOSTER EDITION REAOy: TO APPEAR m] John M. Thomas, aged 73 years, former burgess of Plymouth Borough, shot and fatally wounded his eldest son, William, aged 46 years, on Main street, that town at 10:23 o clock last night. A. misspent life upon the part of the son, a neglect of his father culminating in his daring the aged parent to shoot him when they met last night is the motive assigned for the crime, the father, a prisoner in the Plymouth lockup, declaring last night to a group that gathered at his cell door: 'I was driven to it, that's all and the wonder is that I did not do it sooner. Is he dead." He then asked, continuing, "I heard some one say that ho died while another said he had been taken to the hospital. None of the group cared to face the task of informing the man whose few remaining locks are iron grey that the life he had given almost a half century ago had been taken by his own hand. STORY OF SHOOTING. Assistant Chie^ John Wagner, of the Plymouth force, tells a connected story of the affair and bears out the claim that there had been no violent quarrel between the two principals in the tragedy that has shocked Plymouth r.s never before in its histork. At 10:20 the police re¬ cords show that a report had been entered by Wagner from the box at the corner of Main street aad Center avenue. The officer stated that he had just closed the hox and was standing with his hack toward the street when the shot rang out. "It was more like the roar of a can¬ non, " he said, "and I ran at once for the other side of the street. There was Will on his back with the old man holding the smoking gun. What is the trouble Mr. Thomas, I asked. The aged man replied I shot Billy.' " "What was your reason,"asked the officer, "did he strike you."' "Fo," he replied, "but he was no good. I left the fire in his care but he did not look after it and I looked for him yesterday." By this time the officer had qxiietly removed the gun fnm the hand of his prisoner doing this without starting any trouble as by that time thc crowd aliout the little group had grown to mammoth proportions. Continuing the conversation the officer said: "I hope it isn't serious," whereat the father cahnly replied: "John I haven't had any good from him. he hasn't used me right. I think I got him near the heart." He was right as the lead pellet had entered near the seventh rib and glanced upward plowing through the heart and causing death twenty minutes later. With this conversation concluded the aged man over the three score and ten mark was led away to a cell at the town lockup. (('i»iUiini04l im^*:iC<'_2J «'i>mpii.«o(J ut" fift> member.", ji band f; .voiiths tlfsisn^tins thcrn.solvcs :!.¦< "Th" Terribl-^ Teddy nun<h." hii.x b. cn diseovered at Plymmith by TiiLint Offieer Henry .Tono.s. The al¬ leged leaders of thi.s >outhfti! band cliHrsjed by this same ofiicer .vith rob- 1 eries and goneral mi.siondiict were before Judge Fuller ye.-terday morn¬ inK in .Iiivenile Court. .\t first the judse directed that they he tnUen to reformatories I)ut the pleas of moth¬ ers made with tonrful emphasis led to the eourt ohangins this to a parole under the strictest of gu.ird. The defendants were sriven to elearly un¬ derstand that at the first digression fi( ni thi- path of duty ana proper conduct they would be committed. r>fli<-er Jones discussed condition.s at IM> mouth with The Inaependent <'OUrt reporter yesterday and stated that this band had friV'n l.inV ron¬ siderable trouble for tlie past year. Petty thefts would be reported and the indieations generally jiointed to the Kuilt of this band but he eould r.ever .=eeure any evidence against them. T'nder the lead of ^';ck Bu.s- l:nrt. .l(7tin McnadonsUi. Frank Matal- anis and Joe .Mar ilonis a large crowd of boys, numbering fvilly half a hun¬ dred, were- roaming the tov.'i. refus¬ ing to attend y(-hool sessio-.-i.s <)wing to his activity against them he al¬ leges that the boys have threatened his life unless he gave up th-^ htmt for 1 them. The lAt^t Kolilxry. The capture of the boySj liowever. was elfected beoause of the VoT>bery of the Ciuod sioresju-ihe PUlllps Jjuild- |. ing on Main slrtul, Plyawiuth. This j l.s a je-welry estalilishment and early j in the present month an enlrrnee was, (< DiitiniKMl on Ta^e 2) > Final Details Worked Out For Biggest Publica¬ tion of Kind in History of City- Some Fine Illustrations a Feature. By Gcji'^e Ilai'ri-, Donoliiio Onc «cel-. more and the PI'.OS- PF^UITV MUtKSTKl: KDITIO.V O::" THK IXDEfPJXDKNT will be i-.-ady for your iiLjpcctiuii. At the or.-s'jat time the pi.turj idates and mr'.s.-i ot descriptive matter iir<- in tiu! hands of the make-uii men wht'se Utiiy it is to .see tha'. the finest pj;(.);:pi:ritv BOOSTl-:i: r;DI- TION ever co;r.pi!'-<! in this section of thc .State i.s prof.-erly put together- rnd alih.iu.,'h it will mean working Might ant; day froji' no^v on until nc.Ml i-'u.-'day m.n-:i'ng, yet THI3 JXUE-) I'liXUKNT will come out on schedule time, and wli.-a you see it you will de¬ clare thai our effort has at leas; some merit in it. It wa.s origin.i!'..- intended to pro¬ duce the PRO;SI-KRlTY BOO.STER ] KDITIOX .5undj.y .January 12th,—bui right at the time when we thought e\ery feature had been thoroughly covered it wjis discovered that 'here ¦na-s still a • olume of matter whicn had been entire'y overlooked and in order to .icrommodate several score of interes;ed ;.;<»Ot;TERS it was found necessary to halt operations and prac- tit-ally bef^in -iM over a.gain. Xow. however, ihe work is conclud¬ ed and outsiJe of a few ¦f--caltering de- tiil.s ever-tiling :^ ready for the i om- j)tIation if 'he < dition which -^^hen r-roduced next i-unday mornirtg wi'.'^ conclude he woric oi the BOOt^TERS iajpoKtect .wra '.Vilkes-Barre feighl v.-eek ago. Inciden ai:.-.-. If there ever ^•..¦,s a town thiit reeded BOQSTTXF..— \\ ill^es-B; ri-..—is the pla:-e, Tl e :.\- eragc busins-.s msn here seeii\s t > imagine that this i.s the most c:;icn- sively adverMs-?-] town on the fa.-e of the map. v.hen r:.-: a matter of fatf, the real fame of Wilkes-Barre is cen¬ tered in the minds of the people who live here. Some day perhaps, tliere will be an awakening, an.! :hi- really inerit^-nous features jf Wllkes-Barre may oe wafted to disti;it parts and theu per- hiips a group of real live oapitT-isLi-3 wires nmy di:icc er Wilkes-Barre and come up here and take a look.—but after talkinsf with the repre.sertativp business men of this city for the past two nionths I i;m convinced tha' l)e- yond the na:i:'n.,l circulation w nicti | the IXDEPE.VDEXT will have next; Sunday, \Vilk->s-Barre will be per¬ mitted to Iro 3 b.-!ck into her old ru'. —and the .) Id jiait of it all is. thci the represent lli >e business men. are rather proud of that fact. .Somebody told me the other day that a pe'.ino'i v-mid be circu'.ate 1 shortly asking the railroads to e )uip their trains with rubber tires, in or¬ der that the gerci-al peace and r^-ilfui ¦"juiet of '\Vilkc?3-Barre might not iie hampered, ali of which i.s a most pleasing idea .is tr.king it for granted the railroad c- i-ipanies -will hasten t') comply wil'n the i>etitioners reaueat. :.hen some ot your representaiive Irusi- ness men \« Hi ba-* e the long sought 'or opportunity of enjoying a perpet¬ ual snooz.e. However, 'this rioes not mean thp.t al! the bu.^ines? nien of '\Vil.-:es-Barre :ire dead up to their necks and .ibso- uiely unal'.ve to the mnltirude of op-| (Continued on Va^r 2) I Wooden Cars Fired And All Passengers Have Narrow Escapes i POLICEMAN IS KILLED (Trl«-grai>h to ln«lo|)ondciit.) Xew York. Jan. l',t.—.\t least one man wa.s killed and a dozen or mor<» of men, women and children, were injured at :;::!0 o'clock this afternoon. liy the craiUu of two elevated trains on the Third avenue ••!.'• structuie near 3 3nd street. Immediately after tho colllsiin flamea caused by a slinrt <-irc'j!t, burst out in the two wrecked -wooden ears and threatened the lives of the occupant.s. The motorman in the rear trHin wji.s badl.v burned and es¬ caped through a car wMndow just m time to save bi.s life. The ixwd. J. .M. Gleasf>n. tialiolman. The Injured. Jlich.-iel Hearn. "(^ years of agi», motorman. burned and (-ut aboui head and body. Mrs. Bessie .Soavardy, .•suffering from shock and legs cut. .Mis-s Regina Kupler, contusion.s of body. I-Yank .M. E. Strom, electrical en.gi- neer, contagion of le^s. .\1 Shu'tlesworth. cut about Iread - and legs. Gleason. who was a yotmg police¬ man and not in uniform, wa.s crush.'d between the motorinan's box ¦^nd the side of the first ear of the rear train. Identification was made by means of ' card.s and letters found in his poc- ' keta. A Brave Pri«»3t. Re\/ Father .Sinnoit. of St. Stephens Church, a short distance ,away, waa in hus study when he heard tho crash of the colliding trains. ¦Run¬ ning Lo the scene, he climbed to the structure by means of a ladder and making his way toward tho panic- stricken people in the burning ^trst ear of the second train shouted: ¦Be quiet. Move cpiickl.v. I ^liall i^ stay here until you are all out and (Continued on Va-j.o 2) mORlY'S ATTACKS ON ClERfiYlN IN NEWPORT CASE HALTS HEARINIi No Testimony Taken Ilntil Judge is at Hand To Rule on Questions- Question Jurisdiction. TERMS ACCraiE QUARTER CENTURY MANY NEW APPLICANTS IN WILKES-BARRE CITY Suoyi'isvillc .Mno Has I sual ()nola Desirous of IJihTinj; Liijiioi Trade—Ihc lAsi For lho KntiiM' Couiily. Declaring that th.* method.« em-j .statement upon the fact lhat tliey ha J Pioye.l by Attornoy T. 1). .Shea were unfair to his witnes.s Rev. K. V. Cor-, ,^,^^_^ ^^ ^^^, ^^^.^^ ^^.^^^ Griffith ,.s about the .same age as Mi.ss Craiar and her lestimony wa,s to the effect that she had been told by the defendant hearing in the '•^^vvport, ^l^__^ ^^^ ^^^^^ defendant* wa.s under nell of Xorth Main street this city. At¬ torney Em C Jones yes-.erday morn- ins hailed school toard injunction cxse until a judge eould be secured to rule on .he quesi;ons to be asked. Owing to ih'- aniiuni of work that confronted th.- jucigt.s the testimony in this case '.vas ^ireciet' to be taken by a. .«teno- Srapner. but .\ttorney Jones shortly i;«ine noon after the clergyman had l^cen on ihe ^.-lill for about half an hour called this form of procedure t.< a h:ilt and th.e '.'taring was continued 'inti! the :.;;err.oon. Ke\. Cornell anl the, lUtonie,- had rian.\ verbal clashe-*. At th:it .sij^.'-^on thc testimony of Sfvoral was taken in relation to the age ot a y..uug lady teaching in the town.'^;hip y.-hool.s and the habits nf another of the male teaeher.-i. Tb.- light ct Ilic local (ourts to deciile 'h':8 lasl matt, r was one of the items ¦'¦ltai-!;e,l b; Attoiney T. I), and Charles A. Shi a who app-ared for the ie.',chei.s aii'.l the school bo-^.r'!. ' H Wilkes-Bane city takes the lead I thi.s year in point of appMcation.s for new lirpior licenses, forty-three hav¬ ing been entered with ("lerk of the Court.s Keiser from the various wards i Iof the city. This is an unusual con-! ' dition and tbe fact that five of tbe wards are without an\- applicants! makes the conditions all the more! 'startling. i ) In proportion to the populalion. j however. .Swoyersville again heads I 'the list with thirty-tour applications j j from the west side town. I'or the j past few years that municipality has' occupied a pro:niiient position in the affair." of the license court. T'lis \earl is to be no exception. Plains town ship also has a large list of ncw ap plicants while Plymouth, which wa ' mix-oH vcsto.-,!.,, I .1 . !i!ways well U)) In the li.-'t of town mixed ye.sierda\ ov tli'-t-e iuriir^Q r.r . .. ..'., I, • ¦ '^^ toages olj,,.,p |,„f three applicants. Wilkes I thc county bench in disposin.sr of the j Rarre townsh,p is also a thir.sty .sec had children born at about the sa"'e i p|.jj^j)H(.|'j^ j|) J^oCal ("OllllS tinu-. They had been life long neigh-1 (ivi Seven' Senlef^res. (Xhers Paroled. •Mercy and severity wcr» oddly t;;rhtecn years. Jr. relation to Barrett, tlie board hat. refused to hear testimony th<at covered the period prior to tho open- :"^te«Ly'?i:e'ba:^'-re"e?':;ol:^a:d I numerous prisoners that had heen ition judging fr ,he fact that twenty ]-• Chief Wind: and Patrolman Robert.s vi .Nanticoke. testified to his having of Xanlicoke, gave damaging tetimony .\s .stated owing to the dispute ov.^r the jurisdiction of the court the d<-- < ision for or against an injunction asj.p rity were on th"ir way b.i prayed for hiis been withheld until jaji. to depart from there < onvicted during the last week of,, ,. , <,„,.,:„„ criminal court, (.ver a score of pris-{ ^'"""^ '^'' ^"" oners were marshalled, in the various i court rooms, yesterday morning, all to receixe sentence. .\t noon the ma- k to the for the one applications have been enti-rcd next week. Judges Fuller and j Kastern PenifentiiT.v. while their more j Strauss are .-.cling in the cano. j fortunate .-onipan-...ns had been given ^ I ! the benefits of the T>arole act and had | l\ .Ml^>l<^ll^¦ < ••' Bl'HN-'^- j been returned to their families. u|ion j III honor of the l.-4lh anniversary j j,romi.se to do betler in tbe futur". | of the birih of Kobert niirr.«. the Cal-• Hcspite the numerous par-Ies thus I edimian Club of this eity held a ba.li-j -iven. the minimnni sentences im, | (iuet at their hall on South f'nmklin | posed upon tho;:;- judged guilty of of-j .«;rci-t liist nighl. The menu was ap-j tcn.ses that should be imni-hed. ag- • by thei '^•i.s cia iiieii tl.at the peiiiioiicr. II. Voung had another remedy at law forj petizimt ami was served Daughters of .Si!oll.and. Tho program carru-d out was as fol- this matter : rid that th.- courts :iad!,i„w.s: in right to take up the c,a.so j Remarks . .James Lindsay, Caliirman A.i a Ksull the decision has be-n j clansman Jame.s .M. Cranston loJtiKned until next week at whi( h : Chaplain till!,' it IS < <p< cted that a final hear- I'n^viil i-.e li«.ld and a decLsion reu-"h- f-OS to v.-.iothd or not the injunc:i>n hiSiieC, lo ie;.;train the teachers from -being allowed to enter their school '¦ooms will be eiiher granted or re- f'.KWi. IliM ory of Ca-^'. The ui^itlei-!;. involved in this suit- Were hefore the school board some, .Song—.Selected Toastmaster Judge John M. Garman "Unmin Ttobin," David Wilson 'The Day We Celebrate,- Dr. Outhrie "J-'low C.entl.\ Sweet .\fton" gregate over a iiuarter o*" a century, or twent.v-Pive y(-ar.s and six months, while the maximum terms will re:M h over twice that period. Tiio SexrroM niow 11 was iipf.n Slanle.\- .Sboema l.i^r. convicted of causing the depth of :\Ii- < hael Woodp. that the seve; est blow lell. His attorneys tried to secure .'i stay of sentence on a motion for a new trial, alleging improper remarks "The Land We upon the part of District Attorney Bigel.iv,-. In this, lhey failed -is Judge ..Miss .\nnetta Maijon (i-Royle refused the new trii' and at: heft" once imjiosed a senten.-e of not le.ss I .. Capt. Janies .Mo.r| than six years and not move thanj . ... Will. I-ivingstonj ,v^-eivc years in the Kastern Peniten. i 1 1 I 1!^ I'll 1 1 I 1 1 1.". 14 ¦1 10 10 1 IS l« time and the teachers under fire are] -The ban<l of loir Adoption tiary. The case will earried to ¦Bonnie I'atriek Barrett and T.eah .May Craig, j ^ .. I^ connection wiih the age of tn'.>|.Song 'aifer. Mrs. Kdgar Itodger.s, .Mrs. Kd-| '¦arfl noViiiis I'nd Mi-s Margaret! "What I Think of Burn.s". 'Grifith si.i;efl th.U thev had alwaj-sj ''-I'MI the r.;--- o' fb-- sirl nnd that; i-^on.- •¦'¦^ v,-:i-, ui.l.M- :-i.:> ¦.•;;'.1 liiiiit ror)Mir-j '^ t)y i:ic -:odc They ha.Kjd this "Tii-- Selc. ted lx.s.sie' Daniel Ke'lihigh court nn the strength .if the re- .Sweet Bess" j marks alleged to have been made by Ceorge Perry! ^i^o district attorn.>>-. l,«K-al Siiibhiiis Ci-e. Iieiie Kelteii. the iie'.;re.-s v.ho .'id¬ niitted stabbing PJchard .Iohi>-on. was ; ^i\en .1 ch.ince '"to .-ool her hot (Coiiliniicd on I'ag-e -> .... Dr. P. T-aylor Miss IloIclICi- ITaC::<t.i.- J udsc Garman Th.' I,i^l. I Ye'-.e|-ii;;y the I ndepr-iuiciii re-j porter secured access lo the records in the otfi-.-e of the clerks wilii thc result that the following list of the number of ai'l'licant.-^ from the vari¬ ou.s municipalities was secured: .\shley . 7 .\VOCH T Conyngham To" nship ;; "Courtdale "¦Tialla.'^ Tovv usiiip Dorrance Township l>ui-;.en lOdwardsville l-:xeti r Kxeter Township I'orty Kort l-'o.'^ter Township Hanover Tcn\ nship !la;;letoii Ilir/.le Townsiiip , 11 ugliesto-5\-n .lenkins Township K;ng;--tin l.ake Township K-irksvilb- l.uzerne Miner's Mill.-; ' .\;intif-oke Xewpori Townshi-,1 Parsonr^ T'laitis pitt.ston Pittston Tiiu iishi) Piyiiiontb Plvuioiiih Township Pvinglc . s;ilckshinn\ *>locum Township .^ugarloif Townsliip Sugar Xotch .«woyer.'iville Warrior Hun Wesl Wyoming Wilke:-Harre Township .. Wright Township Wyoming •. . Wilkefkitiirre t'ity Ist \\ ard .'ml Vrard :;rd \Aard tnh Ward llth W'ard ICth Ward i:'.ih Ward 1 tth" Ward 1 .'lib '\'ard ! (1th iN'ard Some I'orc«iste. T!ii.« indicates that there will be some liveb- times aheaii for the judges as far a.s the remonstranie end of the session is concern(-d. l-'or instance, Kuzcriic Horougli has always rc>;ulied in a jirolcst against nejiv place.s and itne large number from that R':'Clioii will natur.-illy bring the tempi ranco f".'-.-ces into court as usual. Jn thisj city the lower cntl section of the city l has always brought in a delegation ofi the fei-.iab- chur.-h workers to enter! their protest againsl such a move upon | the part ol" thc court. Despite a dc- ; feat received last year it is undoi.stood' that the t sual remon.strance will be; j tiV-d this .\ear. In the township sec-I ! lions, however, the protest is not soi ! Iironounced. with the rc-sult th it ¦ tliere ean not be much trouble in that: ! direction. .\mong the strange fea-i j tures of tie ses.'^ion this year is the I fact th!!' I'reeiand horough u-uially i marked l-\ a lon.g list of new appli-! i cants, does nol have a single new one i .\ear. ^ CITY SKELETONS ARE RAniED BY LENAHAN Li^hl ('ompany Fijjht Resiilts in Heviviiiij Fhiiioiik l>nber.> Case—Deei sioii Kxpeefed Fiom Judge Gai'iuaii Tomorrow, That electric light v.ire fight cime. {)ef'i.'c the court yesterday morning for a hearing and in opposing tbc! light of the Wilkes-Barre Ijight Com- 1 my (new company) to cro.=s South iV-j.shington street. .Mtorney John T. Lenahan rattled a few (ity and com- o.iny skeletons. He was al his best •n the .sarcasm line and declared tha'. the plaintiff in the action was the I'ompany that had brought the name :.nd fame of the city-into disrepute through efforls at bribery. He also claimed that the move now on foot AV.-.ji not for the purpo.s.i of permitt-! ing thc residence of Dr. Sweeney to ke lighted but to give the new con- '¦:rn ar entrance inlo the block aa th-j southerly side of the street namel .= 0 tiiat the residents in lhat se-:tion < ould be supplied with current. OiH'ning cif Battle, It 'vas- an interesting gathering :n Court Jloom Xo. 2 at lOilTi o'docii .vesterday morning when Judge Gar¬ man called the case. Attorne.vs Tres- o-3tt and K. <;. Butler appeared for t;ie new company which had named: thc city and Mayor ,fohn V. Kosek I as the defendants in the action. At¬ torney McMugli aupeared for the ?iiy| an.l Mr. Jjpnahan for Hie mayor. Before the case was started Attor- ¦ n.-'V Ijcn.-ihan attacked the right of. the plaintiffs to bring the action he-| fl.re Judgo tlarman. This was biised; on a court rule to the effo-.-t that the' 1. otion judge for thc -week sh-iuld- hear all motions. It was claimed iViat ivrant thi;t the proceedings should have been started before .TitdjjB O'Boyle who had luen as.signed that work for the past -w-eck. Jvdge Gar-«i r.ian luled, however, that it was a matter ir equity and that while t'no rule had been e.stablished it had b«en for the sake of conveni(-nce and that he had never as yet If possi':3!» refu!<- ed a motion in equity prixieedinss. He cautioned attornejs. however, against disregarding this rule of the court. Stopy of Case. With this preliminary skirmish dis-- liosed of and honors with the new- company the battle opened In r«al. earnest. Attorney Trescott outline'l . the conditions surrounding the man¬ ner in which the pipe had been drivea under .South Washington street. Briefly his claim was to the> effect that Vt. Sweeney and Dr. Mayock, owner.s of properties facinir each other on that street -were o-wners :n fee simtile of the land to tho center of the street and that therefore they had the right to drive the pipe in the nianner that marked their opera¬ tion.s. The story of how the mayor. personally directed the c-ity forei* that* forcibly entered the home nt Tir. ¦ Sweene.v, disconnected the pipes, etc., was also told. 1i<MUi1iAn's MtJM-lL. WlT^n this had been concluded At-^ tl rney I.,enahan was to tho front. 1ti» I at once attacked the new comp.-my' by saying that "the real plaintiff in, '• this c.if.e is that company -which ha.s bl ought di.sgrace upon the fair n-amn and fame ..f tiii.-^ < it>- through efforts (Contimirrt on race 21 I this iKIIX.II WhBP.KR OIP FOR NKW I li-!J,l»S - tl 1 Ifl 1 (Tele^iapli to ln<le|M>n(leii(.) .New VmU. Jau. L'"..- "Hr i-gi " Wel.ber. who has been living in s:*- clusion foliowing his testimon.e in tlie Jtosenthal murder case. dis.Tppearcd mysteriously Thursday evening. (m Ihi' follow ng da> h.^ took- a ^ti:'mer for Panantn. To several oM friends he eontidc ! lhat he was geing to open a gaiiibling house a* i'olon. ; Webber pl ins to invest $-.'.'i.On.:i iu I luxurioii.s cuarter.s. Ile b:is inte! este.l ' I.ther weiilthy gamblers in the Schema I OXYGEN PUMPED THROUGF[ COAL SAVED MAN'S LIFE (Teiearaph lo lnile|M'iiil<>nt.> Plii!;«<le!nlr». .lan. -•'»,—To" laiik< of ox.\gcii pum(K-<l througl ton* of coa' under wlii<-li U*' wa< buried, ^ineil the lifc of .lo-^epli KcioiestPT, a laborer at a league Ulaiul power lion-e today. stationed at an oi»"ii cliuli- Ilirougli wliii ii coal wa» ]ia-.iing. 1'ore-^ ter mi»><'<l hi- f'loliiig and -Ild imo the iiitma.^. \ workman -;iw liini drop and calleil for iicl| . Tlic «-.-ml was ^liut ofi' fmin uImim- hut not I <ifore much had pounded <lo«n upon roerc-ter- Ixidy. « illinni Itiler. ciiief ho.pilal -Icward. had .- niic inch iron pip<'. capped "ilh a piei-c of jiaste- board lo Ue«-p out the ga-. driven I'liougli Ih'- <c,al unli! il was jiiileeii il nni-t !unc reai bed locn-ler. The pa-t«lioanl wa- Ilicii piiiiifurcil with H piece of wire aud wliile workmen dug llie coal out of llie biiiik- .Ts oxygon «as pumi>"l 'lirongli the pipe. I'.cifsicr w.n- laken oul im- .tMiM-iou- but ali^e. No hone- were lu-oken. i
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | The Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1913-01-26 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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Month | 01 |
Day | 26 |
Year | 1913 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | The Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1913-01-26 |
Date Digital | 2007-10-27 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 300 dpi. The original file size was 38065 kilobytes. |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free 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. |
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 19l'3.
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John N. Thomas Shoots Down William, El¬ dest Child When Dared To - Father Claims Misspent Life Of Off¬ spring Led To Deed.
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John M. Thomas, aged 73 years, former burgess of Plymouth Borough, shot and fatally wounded his eldest son, William, aged 46 years, on Main street, that town at 10:23 o clock last night. A. misspent life upon the part of the son, a neglect of his father culminating in his daring the aged parent to shoot him when they met last night is the motive assigned for the crime, the father, a prisoner in the Plymouth lockup, declaring last night to a group that gathered at his cell door: 'I was driven to it, that's all and the wonder is that I did not do it sooner. Is he dead." He then asked, continuing, "I heard some one say that ho died while another said he had been taken to the hospital. None of the group cared to face the task of informing the man whose few remaining locks are iron grey that the life he had given almost a half century ago had been taken by his own hand.
STORY OF SHOOTING.
Assistant Chie^ John Wagner, of the Plymouth force, tells a connected story of the affair and bears out the claim that there had been no violent quarrel between the two principals in the tragedy that has shocked Plymouth r.s never before in its histork. At 10:20 the police re¬ cords show that a report had been entered by Wagner from the box at the corner of Main street aad Center avenue. The officer stated that he had just closed the hox and was standing with his hack toward the street when the shot rang out. "It was more like the roar of a can¬ non, " he said, "and I ran at once for the other side of the street. There was Will on his back with the old man holding the smoking gun. What is the trouble Mr. Thomas, I asked. The aged man replied I shot Billy.' "
"What was your reason,"asked the officer, "did he strike you."'
"Fo," he replied, "but he was no good. I left the fire in his care but he did not look after it and I looked for him yesterday." By this time the officer had qxiietly removed the gun fnm the hand of his prisoner doing this without starting any trouble as by that time thc crowd aliout the little group had grown to mammoth proportions.
Continuing the conversation the officer said: "I hope it isn't serious," whereat the father cahnly replied: "John I haven't had any good from him. he hasn't used me right. I think I got him near the heart." He was right as the lead pellet had entered near the seventh rib and glanced upward plowing through the heart and causing death twenty minutes later. With this conversation concluded the aged man over the three score and ten mark was led away to a cell at the town lockup.
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Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19130126_001.tif |
Month | 01 |
Day | 26 |
Year | 1913 |