Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1923, Page 1

FIVE SLAIN, VILLAGE IS RAZED ; e ' ‘Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Saturday, except snow in extreme north port on; | ‘ . Warmer tonight in east and south: TORCH APPLIED TO TOWN AFTER BLOODY. BATTLE Florida Village Is Quiet! Following Night of Race Rioting. OTTER CREEK, Fla., Jan. 5. —(By The Associated Press.) — One white man, two negro‘ wo- men and one negro man are known to be dead while it is be- lieved there are many other casualties as a result of race trouble Tast night and early today at Rose- ‘wood, 12 miles from here. ‘With the exception of three bufld- ings, the entire village was burned by & mob shortly after day break, ac- cording to available reports here. A party of citizens of Sumner went to. Rosewood late last night to inves- tigate reports that two-negroes sought in connection with an attack upon a young white woman at Sumner Mon- day were concealed in a house there. Upon the approach of the party the negroes without warning opened’ fire, killing outright two persons and wounding four, one of them probably fatally. It later developed that 21 heavily armed negroes were in the home and citizens immediately established a! cordon around it and opened fire with every conceivable kind of firearm, At four o'clock today, according to information “here, the ammunition of the attackers became exhausted and) the deperture of many for fresh sup- plies gave the ‘besieged negroes an opportunity to escape. Their de- parture was discovered at daylight. The vacated house contained the) bodies of two negro women and one negro man who had been killed by ‘bullets which penetrated the walls or ‘windows. Blood stains indicated that several of those who escaped were wounded. Immediately, according to word re-) ceived from the scene, the mob began! firing the buildings {n the village and every structure except the grocery store, the residence of the grocer and the residence of another white man ‘was destroyed. While the village was in flames, it is said members of the mob fired upon negroes fleeing from their homes. The result was not learned here. About twenty. families resided in. ‘Rosewood, many, if not the majority being negroes, The known dead are: { Polly Wilkinson, of Sumner, 45, a merchant. Henry Andfws, 43, of Otter Creek, superintendent of a lumber company. Sylvester Carrier, 42, negro, “Bertha Carrier, mother of Sylvester. ‘The negro house was burned to the ground shortly after daylight. Sheriff ‘Walker ordered all the negro mill! workers at Sumner to remain in their! homes. ‘Wilkinson and Andrews were shot to death when they attempted to en- ter the negro house late last night| in search of Sylveser Carrier, a no negro woman, ro. The dead negro {s a brother of the; man in jail in connection with the attack upon a young white woman! several days ago. Jesse Hunter,,an (Continued on Page Nine.) TROOPS STAN ~ CASPER, WYO., DAY, JANUARY 5, 1923. Le FINAL DITION. NUMBER 75. — PENS DGUARD AS KLAN HEARING SUMMARY OF ° NIGHT NEWS PARIS—French military author- ittes at Mayence Were reported to have ordered all troops to remain in thelr barracks ready for eventuali- ties after the Breakdown of the premier’s conference in Paris was announced. NEW YORK—A resolution re questing congress to provide means whereby the world war debt funding commission might consider a plan for the rmyment of foreign debts to America, over a period of 100 years, was referred to a committee of the local chamber ‘of commerce. LONDON—The Daily Newnsfhia the engagement of the Prince of ‘Wales to the daughter of a Scottish Peer, will be announced within three months, WASHINGTON — The senate banking committee reported a bill to legalize taxation by the ‘state of shares of federal bank stock. WASHINGTON — The treasury department reported that receipts from !mport duties at the ciisfom houses during 1922, negregated $458,000.000 or $153,000,000 more than for 1921. WASHINGTON—A justice of the District of Columbia supreme court sustained the right of the inter. state commerce commission to re- fuse representatives of railroads ac- cess to its valuation records. PLYMOUTH —Tady Astor was ordered by her physicians to take a complete rest. BERLIN—The cost of: living tn Germany increased 53.8 per cent. irr ‘December. FORT LOGAN, Colo.—Five mill: tary prisoners unier sentence for desertion from the United States army escaped from the guard here by climbing through a ventil- RENO—The plant of the Nevada State Journal was serlously dam- aged by a fire that started In the basement. ‘WACO—R. B. Spencer, 64, who owned 30 Jumber yards in Texas arg Oklahoma, died. MILWAUKEE — More than a score of physicians and specialists ‘were unable to awaken Meyer Perl- sca, 19. who has been sleeping since December 28. BOSTON—America has enriched foreign countries to the extent of $8,000,000,000 in the last seven years because of a short sighted at- titude toward the shipping industry, according, to Commissioner George ¥. Chamberlain of the United States shipping board. fifty-six prisoners will be released immediately under an amnesty de- cree issued by President Obregon. LOS ANGELES—Three bandits went to the home of C. A. Hamme! by appointment to discuss of! burn- ers and robbed him of diamonds valued at $30,000, NEW. ORLEANS—Rear Admiral Frederick Singer, U. S. N. retired, Who wan injured In an accident, died. ) WOP", BANDIT BIOUX CITY, Towa, Jan. of six men sought as suspect: attempted bank robbery at Mi Towa, early today were in custody this afternoon. Two were caught near Me- Maurice, Iowa, near Sioux City at led by Sheriff Hugo Synhorst Orange City. of OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 5.—Shorift Synhorst of Sioux county, Iowa. was among three officers’ wounded in a fight with bank bandits at Maurice, Towa, early today, according to a spe clal dispatch received: by the Omaha World Herald from Orange City, Iowa, Which added that it was reported that ® posse had surrounded the bandits in some timber land near Maurice. The sheriff recetved 17 buckshot in the arms and legs while Deputy Sheriff Dykstra and Dr. Vern Fisher of Orange City were also wounded. The fight started after the bandits raided a hardware store for arms, and then attempted to rob the Sioux County bank, but were interrupted after exploding one charge of dyna- |mite in a fruitless effort to enter the i vault. BANK ROBBERS SURPRISED AT Byron S.Hute Bank From Burning Ship Examiner, Clark To Receive. Labor Post CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 5.—(Special to The Tribune. )—Gov. | William B. Ross this week will announce the appointment of Byron | S. Huie of Casper as state bank examiner and Frank Clark, also of Casper, as commissioner of labor and statistics, according to ad- vices obtained in well informed circles. Other appointments said to be pending is that of W. G. Harris, | who will be renamed-for work in child Mr. Hufe is regarded tas highly effi and animal protection, and Geneve clent/in his vocation, capabie in every | Brock, state librarian, Who Is regard- way of d:recting tho work of the stato ed as an unusually capable woman office, and will be reappointed to her pret! Frank. Clark, probable state. labor ent position. Mr. Harris was former-| commissioner, attained local promin:| y in Salvation Army work in Chey-'ence during the shopmen’s strike. Ho enne. jw@s directing head of Policies which As state bank examiner ‘Mr. Hule attended the walkout in Casper and will succeed Rudolph Hoffman in a deserves much credit for the orderly position which pays $8,600/a year. {manner in which !t was conducted. The commissioner of labor ani sta: Mr. Clark was an active supporter of tistics draws a salary of $2,500 a year Governor Ross during the late cain-| and the new Incumbent will succeed patgn. | | Harry C. Hoffman. oe EXCITEMENT IN LOUISIANA TOWN HIGH AS DEATH PROBE 1 BEGUN State and Federal Evie dence in Masked Band Kidnaping and Murder Case to Be Presented. ; BASTROP, La., Jan. 5.—J, ©, Nettles, who found the headless bodies of Watt Daniels and T. F; Richards in Lake La Fourche was called this afternoon as the first witness in the open hearing to de- termine responsibility. for alleged: masked band outlawry in Mdrehousg parish and specifically the kidnap- ing and slaying of Daniels and Rich+ ards by a masked band. Byron 8. Hule, declared in the above Qispatch to be Governor Ross’ selec: tion for state bank exam'ner, {s an expert Casper accountant and auditor BASTROP, La., Jan. 5.—In- | vestigations at an open court SHOUP URGES who directed the destinies of the APPOINTMEN esse of the sealed band de« i ‘eq | Democratic campaign in Natrona predations in Morehouse parish French amet, Gematantinap‘e when shevrectived | county auting .the August: primaries | : : ; feet tas pou wr oes tment Gelict nec cane eee aera | saa atowemsber ‘slecton Rocce 1 and® ‘specifically the kidnaping to the decks of the small ot 14. | County, returned a jarge majority for $ and taken to safety. Twenty perso}: the heads of the Democratic ticket. FIRST APPOINTMENTS -NATR AND OFFICERS Nally, Iowa, and two at Hawarden, Towa, according to reports received here. One robber and three members of a posse were wounded in a fight that followed the robbery attempt. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Jan. 5.—One bandit and three officers were wounded in a fight between bank robbers and officers at 2:30 o'clock this morning. The bandits, who raided the Sioux County bank failed to get any loot. The posse surprised them while at work and opened fire, a running MADE BY NA. COUNTY BOARD | Hospital Staff ment of Physicians; John Kiel and. the county was appointed this morning for the county hospital on East Second street by the board: of county commissioners. The staff will be under Dr. T. A. Dean, head of the hospital, and the attending physicians will rotate, the term of each one in each divi- sion being one and a half months. The staff will meet officially once a month at the call of the chief| Reichenbach with T. A. Dean as con- of staff, | sultant. The complete medical personnel !s) thternal medicine—T. J. Riach, G. as follows: |M. Anderson and J.C. Kamp with Chief of staff—T. Dean. |F.S. Luckey as consultant. Surgery—I. N. Frost and N. C. Gels!” “Hiises of children—c. L. battle following. The wounded bandit escaped. The posse was Bishop Thomas To Spend Year Abroad CHEYENNE, Wyo, Jon, 6.— Bishop N. 8. Thomas of the Ep'sco- Pal diocese of Wyoming, accompanied by Mrs. ‘Thomas, will sail: from New York in February on a trip around the worll. They are now visiting in. Iinois. Prake t ae DIVORCE, ASKED. Maudie M. Carlson has ted suit for absolute divorce from A:thur It; Carlson. charging him with fatlure to provice. The counle were marrjed ‘on June 20 1921, at Billings, Mont., and bave one child aged eight months. The plaintiff asks custody of the|pared for The Wyoming Radio cor- ebild the return of her maiden name,|poration's concert tonight. Attorney's fees, costs and other equit- able. relief, WIFE iS HELD FOR | KILLING HUSBAND Mrs. Lillian Knox, Millionaire’s Widow, Refuses to Give Bond and Is Kept Under Guard at Texas Home HEMPHILL, ‘acest Jan. 5.—Indignantly refusing to make the $25,000 bond set by Judge W. H. Pratt, Mrs. Lillian Kn ready today to carry her fight against the charge of slaying her OX, Was millionaire husband to the court of District Judge A. V. Stark, in the neighboring town of San Augustine. The two day examining trial of Mrs. Knox at Hemphill came to % dramatic close yesterday afternoon when Justice Pratt ordered the widow Justice Pratt's decision came after make bail. a stormy hound, over to the grand jury on. a|attorneys demanded that letters. wri seasion in wh'ch defens: once the frinocence of thelr client The county attorney refused to pro- duce the letters and was sustained in his stand by the justice of the peace. A negro servant in the Knox home testified yesterday ashe had heard the aged m'llionaire declare that he was/ “going to keep Chester Collins away! from my home or kill him." { Follgwing the hearing Mrs. Knox, was escorted by Sheriff T. W. Na- tions to her home where she has been | kept under guard each night except one since she was arrested. Sho showéd Iittie evidence of worry. |their client would not attempt to, T. Arnold was recalicd he stand and sald he found to Knox chargé of murder, with bond set at|ten by the slain man said to be in poa-|lying on-h’s left alde, that there was $25,000. The action today at San Au- ings, session of the county Susting wasia habeas corpus proceed: | produced tn court. attorney, They A NOU ORE 15 TN AF NE OT A IL III NR SCH ED dea wound three inches back of declared) and that he gripped firmly but that these letters would establish <t\a pistol in one hand. is ear ight'y He said ‘he did; v mars sneea UH SS eee not look for powder hurns the first day but.on thesecond he did and that he found none, Former Sheriff J. W. Alford testi. fled that he noticed the screen was open and the window rained from tho! ath’ room opening to Knox's room| and that he found two fresh footprints under the window. i The former sheriff stated that the pistol fired at a distance of seven or eight inches from the head would| leave powder burns, The detense put on four witnesses Her,in the afternoon. Mrs. T. C. Carson, attorneys announced Immediately that|wife of Mrs. Knox's secretary said) he maw the body of Knox at 42. m.! the morning after he met his death and that she saw powder burns in his hair. JW. White. 77. an ol ime fr of Knox's declared that m Ilion aire had to:d him he was despondent and that he wished to end it all. Eye, ear, nose and throat—George peneniiant, with G. Barger as con- Obstetrics—M .C. Keith ana H. a./ Smith TONIGHT WILL FEATURE MUSIC | hospital. An excellent program has been pre- Road Superintendent Named. John Kiel, long time resident of Natrona counpy ot county roads for the last eight years, position. Alfred Brile will have charge Casper mountain, particularly fitting him for the position, “Spec” Bailey, old time ‘cow: many years connected with the CY ranch west of Casper, was named brand inspector for the county. Since ing plant the work of thie depart- ‘i ment has Mrs. Sidney Morrison sing| portions. “The Spirit, Flower," by Campbell! will Organized With Appoint- Alfred Brile Named on Roads : Avstaff of 17 physicians who will donate their services free to | county| Heved by the authorities to have been And superintendent |“utomobile, according to was reapponited to the same|!t had been hired to-the men for alee of all mountain roads in the county, /#0rt. his construction of the highway up! puncher and rough rider and for| the construction of the Casper pack-| the local police who increased in large pro-|/them declared at least three of the ‘and slaying of Watt Daniels and T. F. Richards, citizens of Mer Rouge, was inaugurated before Judge Fred DENVER, Colo., Jan. 5,—Governor|l- Odom of the sixth Louisiana judi> 0. Hf. Shoup today sent a telegram to |! district here today. A declaration President. Harding endorsing on be-|ffom the brench by Judge Odom half of the citizens of Colorado, Rep.| Warned againet disorder or intimida- | resentative Frank W. Monde’) of} ton of witnesses and declared that - .,| “every right thinking, law abiding bi soa cua oaeeaire NEB eat 96 ata, {citizen of the parish wants to see the P sie. present tslayérd of Daniels and Richards tive Mondell was a candidate for the ice United ‘States renate. from Weoming | rouent beara ine eae * aes 2 y Getonted by Sesator Kenarick, » "srjBagaibls. afford ts going! to be extended Governor ‘Bhouys telegram sald: | tthe state's officers in this probe, “To His Macsliency, the President: | Sucse fom declared.’ hued tae “Upon behalf of the citizens of| Pr Colorado I endorse Honorable Frank rind iy jot its pel peilaeehern ni Boe LOE AuPPe Re 94 94%) teen osita (ibn. oeastcooen -taasbacens Fetary of the interior. . Mr. Mondell’a| Syncs tthe court room ee Fee ae a ene CRAP UBETET =: Deter isthe: opaninpy matenent) cote Bie ae Ge eae eee ereT One TORK | s-Sened ‘Until 2 p. ms The courtrooms him one of the most completely quatl-| isnot ware than half flied. tied men for that important position) "9" "P “Donscie \ tather of Watt in coy theater feet most earnestly! Daniels, and a delegation of Mer Btn’ sonerreati te Rouge citizens, some of whom were RH. SHOUP, || kidnaped and flogged at the timo Watt Governor." | Daniels and Richards were seized by path Baie? 2 SS a masked band last summer were among the spectators, Department cf | D ; justice agents, who conducted the in« vestigation, also occupied seats among | After court recessed Sheriff Carpen: the spectators. > Judge Odom announced that thé recess was ordered after a conferen with A. V. Coco, state attorney gen: eral, who ‘will direct the state's legal forces, Wills ter swore in 11 special deputies to en> with L. C. Smith as consultant. : Gynecology—Allan MeLellan. ang|*?4 J. R. Hansard with M. C. Keith’ 5 1ox ROUGE, La, Jan, 5.—| force the court's orders. He planned A Kimball with VY. C. Daken as) ®* consultant. to post men at each entrance. Baton uy - ‘it sali. pieces trey were hold!" Judge Odom explained that he did ed in uniforms of American mane, not anticipate any disorder during the ; Taercan marines nearing but that the order was iesutd jand the fifth in civilian clothes, Aa Ah eatan tonal sekance z Among the instructions given was fed t that no one be permitted to stand in “ =i @n- the court room during the hearing fenlo New Orleans ‘chauffeur, whowo and that the alsles be kept clear at Et 1 the chaut-/ times, = four’s story, was commandeered after be- |the quintet who Wednesday |kdnaped and robbed Joseph Daniels and Richards wero said to ve been tortured to death. ‘Their bodies were bound, weighted and thrown into Lake La Fourche to be last | blown from the bottom Wy unidentified |dynamiters two weeks ago. while the lake was being dragged under statp military supervision. Two New Orleans detectives arriv- ed here at noon from Mer Roygp the kind of unl-| where they are sald to have left with was explained by) the military commander certain ex: said that Danto-|hibits to be introduced in connection nio ‘in reporting his abduction to; with the testimon yof patheologis who examined the bodies of Dan! i {Continued on Page Nine.) | visit to a New Orleans suburban re- The men were arrested early night near Clinton, La. Two women who accompanied the men from New Orleans are also beiny held as material witnesses the police} sald, The confusion in form the men wore imen were dressed in French uniforms. Tipton, and ‘From the Land of the| Sky Blue Waters,” by Cadman, She will be accompanied by Mrs. Beyer. Mr. H. I. Bottoms will sing “Mother Machree” by Ernest Ball RECOVE and “When Song If Sweet” by Sans Souci. Mrs. ToYburst will accompany him. | Mrs. William fi. To¥burst will then) play “Trofka” by Tschaikowsk!, also) one of her. own compositions by re- quest. Mrs. John TAnd wil) God for a dey” by Riego, “Love's In My Heart” py/ Huntington Wootman. Mrs. Edna ‘bomas will be her accompanist, “Thank Teresa Del sing More Bankrupts File Petitions land, Police Sergeant Charles C. jthe Portland police department \List of Missing Unchanged After 36 Hours Search for Victims of Big Disaster | as Kelso, Washington | KELSO, Wash., Jan. 5.—Chief of Police L. V. Jenkins of Port-| «GRAPPLERS LABOR FOR RY OF 23 BODIES THAT REMAIN IN RIVER ! | : |own tekle and will comb every inch of | the river bottom. KELSO, Wash., Jan. 5.—An inquest to fix responsibility for the death of two known victims of the collapse Wednesdny evening of the old Cow- Utz river bridge will be held accord ing to announcement today by W. D. Van Note, deputy coroner, who will D 4 jassume office as coroner January 8. Klingensmith, veteran grappler of | Meantime the river was belng drage and Portland's entire police staff |#°4 today to recover bodies of missing . . num! ng 23, according to the latest of river grapplers at daylight today took over the problem of the |check. Portland grapplers, ansisted CHEYENN®, Wyo. Jan. .—Mr.| Cowlitz and its dead. Kelso, numbed in. grief, looks on. by a crew of local men. were at work and Mrs. Albert F. Anthony, “the) former giving Moorcroft, Crook coun-| ty, as his home, and the latter Upton, from the turbulent stream where the Only two dead had been recovered. They were taken alive all along the between the sc tches of the stream ene of the disaster and of the Cowlitz and the mber company here, are Weston county as her home, filed sep-, Wreckage of Wednesday's bridge 4! te petitions {n hankrupt in the aster today forms a web of planking. } rema fat porary trestle United States court for Wyoming on! smashed omob dies and The t s of the ne Wednesday, Each lists identical iia | pipe, but died later 0. Me-|are-somewhere betw 80 an 6 struction slose bilities, and assets—$10,968.81 of the Donald) of Vancouver, and " ies a former an¢, $6,800 of the latter. Harry Kr, an employe of the Long: t a : beng |The Portland grapplers breught + ' bi if] FRRRREES Hf eK J