New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1914, Page 5

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Broad and High Streets. JOHN J. McBRIARITY, M. MINATSIGIAN. Drugeist, Fruits & Confectionery, 720 Stanley Street. 113 North Street. 1c a word r:i day pr:y"t fm danifie'tl.:tdv. in the Herald. You get s. hat's you J FOR EIGHTH TIME Alsbam? Negro's Cass Withou! Parallel in American Courts. Anniston, Ala., July 15.—Probably without a parallel in the annals of, American courts is the remarkabls case of Ervin Pope, the Alabama negro who has just appeared in court and for the eighth time listened ‘to the reading of the death warrant and heard the date set for his execution. For five years the negro has been in Jjail under conviction for the murder of J. B. McClurkin, a white man liv- ing near the town of Oxford. He has been convicted and sentenced to hang five times; the case has been before the supreme court and reversed four times, and eight different days have been set for the execution. Through it all the negro's nerve has never been shaken. From the day of his arrest he has maintained his inno- cence of the crime charged against him and has expressed confidence in his ultimate acquittal. Murdered in 1909. The murder of McClurkin occurred on the night of April 19, 1909. About midnight the victim was awakened by the noise of someone robbing his cotton gin. He got up, saddled his mule and followed the robber's wagon toward Oxford. The next morning his body was found hor- ribly mutilated in a cotton patch on the edge of the town. In an alley in a negro settlement he had evident- ly been hit in the head with a heavy club, and his skull beaten in with a large stone. Ervin Pope lived .in the town .of Oxford about a mile from where the body was found, He owned a little farm in the country and also ran a little restaurant in town. It was proved that on the afternoon preced- ing the murder Pope was at the mill owned and operated by McClurkin and had exchanged corn for meal. The principal witness for the state was a negro, John Body, in front of whose door the murder was commit- ted. Body testified that on the night of the murder he was awakened by the sound of screams and blows in the alley. He claimed to have gone to the door, opened it and looked out, and swore he saw two men strug- gling, and heard. a voice say “Ervin, Ervin.” A blacksmith testified that he discovered the track of a wagon leading from the scene of the murder to Pope's house. . Later 'a pair of shoes sald to show traces of blood were found in an out-house in Pope's yard. On this evidence, all of it cir- cumstantial, the negro was tried and convicted. Body Makes Escape. John Body, the negro in front of whose house the murder was com- mitted, was arrested and held on suspicion. After Pope’s conviction, Body was released. He immediately abandoned his crop and family and ran off, and all trace of him has been lost. The state and the defense have both made efforts to find him, but they have failed. The lawyers for Pope have con- tended from the start that Body was the guilty man. Their theory is based on the seeming improbability of Body’s story and on the fact that the murder was in front of Body's door; that the club with which McClurkin was killed came from a wood pile in Body’s yard; that the murderer had taken pains to drag the body away from Body's door; that Pope had no one-horse wagon, while Body had a wagon which exactly corresponded to the tracks found at the scene of the crime; that barefoot tracks were found at the scene of the murder, as it Body had gotten out of bed and committed the murder; and that the cotton seed which was stolen from McClurkin’s gin on the night of the killing was fourid in an out-house just tack of Body's house. Must Pay Penalty. At the first trial the court per- mitted a negro witness to describe his own conduct and actions as proof that Pope was gullty. 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He is under sentence to be executed on the twenty- first day of next month. City Items Special sale of white Damon’s Shoe Shop.—advt. James Rogers is camping on Long Island. Miss Barbara Moore leftl today for a visit to Chicago. Harry Coholan is spending a few weeks at Block Island. T. W. Wilbor Jr., left today for a short stay at Edgartown. Mrs. Frederick St. Lawrence ot Summer street has gone to Hayden- ville, Mass., for a visit. James J. Neehan and Terrance Ril- ey will go tomorrow for a two weeks trip to Old Orchard, Me. Mr. and Mrs. R, W. Hadley. have gone to Tuxis Island, Madison, for the summer. The Ladies’ German Rifle club had an outing at Lake Compounce yes- terday afternoon. Extensive line of trunks, bags, suit cases, Ryan's, 43 Main street.—advt. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hatch and Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Chamberlain will go for a two weeks’ motor trip to Can- ada early in August. The Baptist Bible school will hold their annual picnic Saturday, July 18 at Compounce. Special cars will leave the triangle at 9.52 a. m. If too stormy the Baptist bell will ring at 8:30 a. m.—advt. An aluminum shower in honor ot her approaching marriage was given Miss Elizabeth Case of Grove Hil vesterday afternoon at the home ot Mrs. S. M. Hunt of Park Terrace. Among the guests were Mrs. Joseph Hance, Mrs. Ralph B. Wainwright, Miss Eleanor Bodley, Mrs. Valentine B. Chamberlain, Miss Clarissa Lewis, Miss Agnes Middlemass and Miss Hel- en and Miss Claire Smith of Portlana, Me. Excellence of quality and workman. ship are combined in the Farmer cigar.—advt. footwear. AUSTRIA LAND OF STRANGE CONTRAST Empire is a Constitutional Mok archy Formed of Three Kingdoms. ‘Washington, D. C, July 15.—Aus- tria Hungary, toward which the eyes of the world are now turned because of the recent assassination of Arch- duke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the dual monarchy, and his consort, the Duchess of Hohenberg, is a land of strange contrast, according 10 a statement issued by the National Geographic society, at Washington, D. C. “In spite of its important position, both geographically and politically, but few people realize exactly what tria-Hungary, and to many the words Austria and Hungary seem inter- changeable terms for the same coun- try,” reads the statement. ‘‘What, then, is Austria, what is Hungary, and why are they always bracketed to- gether? Constitutional Monarchy. “The Austrian empire is a constitu- tional monarchy, formed of three kingdoms, Bohemia, Galicia and Dal- matia, two archduchies, Upper and Lower Austria, and a collection of duchies, countships, and margraves of princely rank; all of them united in the person of the Emperor Francis Joseph. The adjacent and entirely in- dependent kingdom of Hungary, in addition to Hungary proper, includes Croatia, Slavonia and Transylvania, countries formerly independent, but now, through intermarriage, conquest end inheritance, .all possessions of the apostolic king of Hungary, who hap- pens by a purely historic chance to be also sovereign of the Empire of Austria. The possession of a unifying link in the person of their common Tuler has led to the Ausgleich, or ‘compromise,’” whereby the two coun- tries for mutual eonvenience, have agreed to join forces in maintaining joint diplomatic and naval and mil- itary services. Beyond this the two countries are entirely independent, each having its own constitution, leg- islature and administration. Many Diverse Tongues. “No country in Europe except only Hungary, contains within its borders so many diverse nations ana tongues as the Austrian empire. Each of the three great ethnic stocks ‘of Burope is represented—the Latin, the German and the Slav, with the latter predominating, as to it belong 15 out of the 26 million people in- habiting the empire. The Hungarian, or more properly, the Magyar, is per- haps the keenest patriot in Europe, and he manifests his enthusiasm by seeking to impose his language and customs upon his Slavonic fellow- citizens with a persistence that neither opposition nor passive re- sistance can diminish. Variety of Religion. “In these lands, so mixed . In na- tionality and language, there is no less a variety of religion; Roman Catholics preponderate, but Greek Orthodox, Uniat Greeks, Lutherans, Calvinists, Jews and even Armenian Gregorians, are found within their borders. The customs-union between Austria and Hungary has rendered these countries a commercial unit; but, roughly speaking, Hungary is the agricultural and pastoral coun- try, while Austria is industrial Hungary is also the richest country in Europe in mineral deposits, the range of which is singularly wide. Austria is, after Switzerland, the most mountainous region in Europe, more than four-fifths of her vast territory being over 600 feet above sea level. Mountain-climbing is the great national game, like baseball in the United States. Old, young, middle-aged, all take a keen interest in it. “Even Emperor Francis Josepn is an - enthusiastic mountaineer at more than eighty years of age. In his UNSIGHTLY PINPLES ON FACE AND NECK Itchy, Burning, Red and Inflamed. Came to a Head, Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, In One Week Face and Neck Clear —_—— 52 Pine St.; Waltham} Mass.—" My sldn’ affection began with pimples, my face and neck being affected. 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Skin Book. Address post-card N ticura, Dept. T, Boston.": /- | time he has scaled most of the sreat peaks of his country, “Vienna, the Imperial capital of Austria, owns her own electric and gas light, street rail- ways and omnibuses, ice manufactur- ing plant, warehouses, stock yards, brewery, wine cellar, all the pawn- shops and even the undertaking es- tablishments. Budapest, the capi- tal of Hungary, formerly two citles, Buda and Pest, is Paris, Vienna ana London in one, a combination of the gayeties of the capitals of the world, with a little distincttve Hun- garian paprica spice thrown in. “Even in the remotest corners bof Austria-Hungary the strong arm of the law is ever present, the river stretches and the back country be- ing policed by a heavily armed con- stabulary.” City, the ELECTION. 16.—Gov. for GOVERNOR ORDERS Richmond, Va., July Stuart yesterday issued an order an election of Sept. 22 on the ques- tion of ‘state-wide prohibition. This action followed receipt of a certificate from the acting secretary of the com- | monwealth showing that 69,936 voters they mean when they speak of Aus- had signed a petition asking for the election. LOSSES ABOUT $250,000. Charleston, W. Va., July 16.—The Kanawha valley was swept during last night and early today by storms which caused losses estimated at $250,000. The Masonic temple In Charleston was damaged to the ex- tent of $35,000 by lightning and sev- eral other buildings were blown down and telephone and telegraph wires crippled. » pose: ] INSURANCE CONCERNS INTERESTEDIN. RO. ' " Illinois Companies HoldStocks Bonds of New- Haven.Amoun ing to $6,007,000. | Springfield, I, July 15.-] the sensational developments in government investigation imto the af. fairs of the New Haven railro comes the report of Insurance Supers, intendent Rufus M. Potts showing th extent to which insurance compani dolng business in Illinois are affec ed. 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