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1 THE MORNING PQST, THUHSDAT AUGUST io; IQOS 1 dence. Mr. R. R. Boyd took down all CAROLI A TRUST; QOM PAN CONFESSION OF FRANK MOORE BANKING TRUST DEPARTMENT Accepts trusts BOND DEPARTMENT Pays 4 er cent pouna semi-annually.

SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT-Boxes. $2 a 7 Four per cent Interest paid on deposits A. J. RUFFIN, Pres. ear in 6 of every description.

Interest on savings deposits. Son and unwardL Savings department. LEO. D. HEART, Vice H.

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These pianos are of splendid makes, but lit tle used, in fine condition and are un doubtedly rare bargains. See or write us at once. DARNELL THOMAS, Raleigh, N. C. the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance HARTFORD, CONN.

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ACCIDENTALLY KILLED Jesse Blake Shot by His Companion, Willie Finch Jesse Blake, a i seventeen-year-old white boy, living near Tiper's X-Roadsv six miles from Raleigh, was accidentally shot and killed Tuesday evening by his companion, Willie Finch. The boys were out hunting squirrels when the storm came up and they sought shelter in an old house. Finch was examining his gun when It went off. and the entire load of shot entered Blake's stomach. He lived about an hour.

The shooting was purely accidental and no inquest was held by the The funeral occurred from the home in the country yesterday after noon. Chamber Reoganization The reorganization of the Chamber of Comrnerce and Industry will be per fected on Thursday' night, 17th inst. The business and professional men of the city are cordially invited to co operate in this movement for the general good, and those who have, not al ready handed in their applications areJ requested to do so at once. Any mem ber of the committee will receive them. All applicants are invited to participate in the meeting Thursday night.

The annual dues will be. $10.00. One hundred and twenty-seven nqmes were reported at last meeting. This assures the, success of the movement. Jos.

G. Brown chairman; George Allen, W. J. Peele, W. N.

Jones; B. F. Montague, Jos. E. Pogue, Thos.

S. Fuller, Howell Cobb, Frank T. Ward, J. H. Cutler and W.

B. Mann, committee Davis' Watchword Durability My house was painted in May of 15599, six years ago, with Davis 100 per cent Pure Paint, and today, 1605, it looks very good. I can cheerfully reo-ommend it to those who want paint, J. B. WISE, Berlin, Worcester 18-05.

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10 MO MRS. WINSL0WS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used by Millions of Mothers fo their children while Teething: for over Fifty Years. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. TWEJiTY-FIVE CENTS A 30TTXE. isn't half as much a matter of never dollars WITH sense.

From now on and SUMMER riERs, I DISTRIBUTING DEPOT FOR scene of until .7 clock, when. I wemhome. i aiSO Ktnta rion of my own free will, and not under threat or coercion of any sort. lgned) FRANK MOORK witnesses: W. A'Rnntt t.

wl tenburg," C. M. Walters vw. Sworn and suhsrrihi hflfna 21st July, 1905. I 1 1 J.

R. YOUNG, Insurance MooreY First Story The preliminary trial set for last week, but' was continued me request of the prisoner's counsel in order to have Detective. Pit man of the Baldwin agency here as mey aesirea to ask him if he male any promises or threats to Moore when me latter first stated that the knew something about the crime. ine Baldwin detective swota day that he made no offer or promt ise to Moore. While he was here at the July term of court Moore tbM him have the solicitor ask the negro John Burch, who was then on the wit ness stand, where he was the night the Standard Oil warehouse was barn-ed.

The detective later met Moore outside of the court room and the lat ter told the story that he was at home on the morning of the fire, but heard tne alarm, reached the scene about the time the fire companies did and claimed that he saw Earl Jones and George Williams jump on the- mall train which passed about this time. Furthermore he asserted that he knew where the pistol carried by the mur dered watchman now was. Mr. Wil liam B. uones heard Moore tell this story to the detective.

Detective Pitman reported what he had found out Insurance Commissioner Young and his detective, Capt. W. A. Scott. Moore later conducted the two detectives to store on East Davie street where he had the storekeeper to shdw pistol left there by a negro.

"That 13 the gun the dead man had," said Moore. The Pistol Clue Proves False Capt, W. A. Scott, when was examined, told about the circumstances under which Moore made his confession." The witness was also asked about that, pistol and stated that he found afterwards that it was probably not the one Nightwatchman Strickland had since the dead man's brother-in-law. J.

S. Bundy, could not Identify it. "Where is Mr. Bundy?" demanded Col. Area The state's counsel said they did not know when to the surprise or ail a man stepped forth and answered, that he was J.

S. Bundy. He; was sworn and said that the pistol brought to him by Capt. Scott was not the one Night-watchman Strickland carried. In fact, Bundy had loaned Strickland his pis tol, it was nickel plated whereas the one shown him by Scott was blue steel and broke in a different way- from that on the dead man.

Capt. Scot was recalled and asserted that the pistol he secured was so rusty he could not tell whether it was blue steel or nickel plated. The Detective's "Sweat Box" Detective Wattenburg told In detail how he secured the confession from Moore. He offered no inducements whatever to the defendant, he claimed. When Colonel Argo questioned him Closely if he did not read.

a telegram td Moore saying that Earl Jones had been located and Moore was implicated the detective, after some hesitation, said that he did have a telegram" received by Insurance Commissioner Young which read "Earl Jones located. Implicates Moore. Details by letter. (Signed) Bennett' and he showed- this to Moore. He knew else about the telegram, and If the details came by letter he did not know it "After putting Moore through the sweat box he broke down and confessed," said the detective.

Colonel Argo demanded that the winess tell what he meant by the "sweat box." "It is simply this," said the detective, "we take the first statement a man makes, pick it to pieces, show him that he has lied thus penning him so that he will finally teli the truth. When Moore came to the office of the insur ance commissioner colonel xoung, Captain S.cott, Deputy Walters and myself-were there. I went over the matter with Moore. He had told us falsehoods about the streets the fire companies went on in going to the fire, and this I proved to him. Then I said, 'Will swear that you saw Jones and Williams jump train No.

34 while the warehouse was Moore said 'I will. Then I proved that that train passed there five minutes before the fire was discovered and I exclaimed 'My God, Frank Moore, what were you doing there before the fire was Then he broke down and said I want to encnlr in VOU a We went into another room and he me if I or Col. Young would keep him out of jail if he told everything. I said that we could not, we were sworn oniceis. Then he made his statement and swore to it.

I wrote it out for him. Moore Admitted Confession Later Deputy Sheriff Walter said in his testimony that Moore reiterated to him after he was In jail that his confession was true. The witness also declared that he warned Moore before his confession was made that; it might be used against him. Col. Argo Inquired if Mr.

Walters did not go to Norfolk after Earl Jones, find him in jail and discover that the court records showed that he was In jail two days before the fire here. The deputy said this was true, and he added that he told Frank Moore' of that fact and Frank's reply vaaFtatarojl at thlA li a man weus Yarborough House on a certain day ana you saw him somewhere else which would you believe, your own eyes or the hotel register Moore said further to the deputy that, the Norfolk magistrates had a way of dating back com-j mitments so as to increase the Jail fees. 7 Tilts Between Lawyer The three hour, hearing was spent largely in tilts between the opposing counsel, the defence making its principal fight to show-that illegal influences were used to extort Moore's confession, and fhat it was not competent as evi- the testimony inshort hand, and it will be examined by Magistrate R. G. Reid before his decision on this point is announced.

This was satisfactory to both sides. The state was renresented by Solicitor Armistead Jones and Mr. S. G. Ryan, while Messrs.

and Shaffer were the prisoner's counseL W' H. Moore, father of the prisoner, and twg of the latter' brothers were pres ent: throughout the hearing as were also several "relatives of the murdered watchman. Policeman Caused a Day's Delay All were anxious for the hearing to be concluded yesterday, but it devel oped from the testimony that Policeman C. W. Creighton of Raleigh had investigated' the pistol clue and Col.

Argo expressed a desire for the state to place Officer Creighton on the stand. It was ascertained that the policeman had gone home, on Oakwood to his dinner. Mr. Ryan sent a messenger 1q a carriage to Mr. Creighton's house to bring him to the magistrate's court room.

Meanwhile the court sat patiently waiting, for it was then nearly one o'clock. In half an hour the mes senger returned, saying' that Officer Creighton refused to come unless a subpoena was sent for him. Mr. Ryan remarked to the court that in all his experience- he had' 'never, before known an officer of the law to demand a sub poena before he would testify in Magistrate Reid promised to-havo tne necessary papers served on" Policeman Creighton, and in order to so do he adjourned the hearing until ten o'clock Thursday. CHANGED HIS SENTENCE George Crossan Escapes the Roads by Paying a Fine George Crossan, the young negro man who was tried in the municipal court Tuesday afternoon for an assault with a deadly weapon upon Zack Smith, colored, and sentenced by Trial Justice Badger to four months on the roads, will not have to work for the county after all.

Justice Badger yesterday changed the sentenced to a fine of $10 And costs, amounting altogether to $14.15, upon payment of which he was released from custody. case attracted more than ordi nary attention by reason of the fact that the defendant had previously paid the costs in a case growing out of the same offense, by submitting his case to a magistrate, amounting to $3.25. Yesterday counsel 'for Crossan asked the trial justice to change the sentence tov a fine and'offerdd to withdraw the notice of appeal if this was done. Justice Badger and City Attorney Snow had a consultation and in view of the fact that, there remained some doubt as to whether Crossan did any of the cutting, although he was un doubtedly one of the participants in the assault, the sentence was changed as stated above. It will be remembered that one negro, Will Snow, is.

now on the he having been convicted just after the assault took place last month. Zack Smith, the victim of the assault, was badly cut in the throat and head and spent some time in Rex Hospital as a result of his injuries. The only other case in the police court yesterday was that of Elbert Andrews; a colored boy, charged with an assault The evidence was hot sufficient to convict and he was discharged. Sell Big Tract of Swamp Prof. Wallace Riddlck of the A.

and M. College, civil engineer and surveyor, Mr. 9, F. Mordecai, dean of the Trin ity College law school, Senator T. D.

Warren of Jones county, Mr. Frank Thompson of Onslow, Mr; Jcnes Fuller of Durham and Mr. Ludford of Eliza beth City have been in Charleston, S. C. for several days conferring with counsel there who.

represent a syndi cate which desires to purchase 300,000 acres of swamp lands in Jones and Onslow counties. The sale has not been completed. All of the party returned- yesterday except Prof. Riddlck, who has gone to Jones to finish a survey of the land which is no wowned by the state of North Carolina. FURNITURE FOR PANAMA A Solid Train Load From the White Factory at Mebane Greensboro, N.

Aug. 9. The first solid train load-of goods of one order ever shipped by a southern factory passed through here tonight, containing the first, instalment of fur niture" for the Panama Canal, contracted for the government with the White Furniture Company of Mebane. This solid train, including engine and caboose, was provided through the courtesy of Superintendent Coapman and Trainmaster Fallsis of the South ern and the consignment is direct to Panama. A United States inspector completed his examination of the goods Monday, not a single article being condemned.

The train is handsomely placarded, prominently billed and elaborately decorated. i The White Company has just received notice of the awarding of another competitive contract for a different line of furniture by the Panama Canal commission. Fife's Gold. Mine Fraud Charlotte, N). CL, Aug.

Special. Information has been received here of a suit filed in the circuit court at St. Louis for a receiver for the Great Western Gold Mining Company', which. -P. Fife, erstwhilev evangelist, promoted so extensively throughout North Carolina about- two years ago.

The suit is brought by two western stockholders, Ralph Bruicker of Chicago' and Willard F. Snyder of Salt Lake City, who allege that while the prop erty of the concern is wort hA it is capitalized at twelve millions, and; that stock' to the amount of several times that sum has been sold. sold stock all over the state, promising, fabulous returns," and soma of the leading business and professional men of Charlotte hold si VHH VWQ ESsi ink fl XSh HH B9h 019 1HHI 3 PIT I SbUKUH mtrtU I v. i His Lasers. Deny Is Evidence That It HECISION IS RESERVED State ReUep Upon Moore's Confession, Which He Now Repudiates, to Convict Him of the Standard Oil Crime Here Pistol Clue Proven False The preliminary hearing granted Frank Moore, the young- whit man charged with, participating in the Standard Oil murder-robberyi-arson hero, tvaa begun yesterday before Magistrate R.

G. Reid and the justice will render his decision in the matter th.ia afternoon or tomorrow. Frank Moore was confronted with his confession, wherein he swore that he took part in the commission of this capital crime, and he offered no evidence In bis own behalf. However, his counsel, Messrs. Argo and Shaffer, stubbornly fought against the admission in evidence of the confession, which.

Moore now claims is absolutely false. "Whether this confession is corn- petent evidence is the which Magistrate Reid uroru main point has to pass The state, denies that any threats pr promises were made to Moore and contends that he gave his affidavit without any undue influence being exerted. The defendant's lawyers, on the other hand, maintain that Moore was actuated through fear and, being put through "the sweat box," led to swear to a In. addition the defendant will claim two statements in the prisoner's confe3 si on are untrue on their face. These are the statements, first, that Earl Jones took part in the crime when the Norfolk county records show that he was in jail there for two days prior to the murder second, that Moore remained at the of the fire until 7 o'clock in the morning when it can be proven, it is that he was working at Harden's stable shortly after 5 o'clock that morning.

The examination of witnesses, Detectives A. Rv, Pitman and L. Wat-tenburg, Deputy 'Sheriff M. Waiter and Capt. W.

A. Scott, brought out no points not already given in this paper. However, Frank Moore's confession, row repudiated by him, was for the first time made public and this -ras the feature of the trial. Frank Moore's Confession, The following Is the confession verbatim: Frank Moore, of 306 S. Bloodworth street, do hereby make the following confession regarding the fire, robbery, and murder at the Standard Oil works, which occurred on May 20, 1905, at 2:35 a.

m. Burke Burch, Earl Jones and George Williams met by appointment at the Academy of Music at 11:15 p. May 19, 1905. We then went to the Standard Oil together. Arriving there.

Williams remarked: "I will go and get the tools, where I have hidden them in a culvert." He then returned with a long coal' chisel, a spike hammer, and a short chisel about six inches long. We were then in the neighborhood of the telegraph poles that were lying on the ground near the tool house. We 'then proceeded towards the works, and Williams and Jones went around and entered the works 'by some back way which I could not see. I was then waiting at the front door of office on the street, and Burch was at office door on the inside of the plant. Williams and Jones came into the rffice from the, rear of plant.

Williams said: "Boys, I have killed the night watchman. We are all right riow if we don't get caught any other way. I hit him with a piece ot Williams had the. tools under his arm, and Jones had the spike hammer, and they then proceeded to batter open the safe. Jones was sitting fiown holding the long' chisel, while Williams used the spike hammer.

It took them about one-half hour to open the safe. Williams took the from the safe and put It in hi3 pocket. I do not know how much he got, but he gave me nothing, though the proposition was to divide equally. Jones and Williams then left the office, and went out through the yard by the back way, and must have started the Ere on their way out; just when I cannot state, as I remained in the front ill the time. Williams told Burch and me to, meet him and Jones at the 'Melrose knitting jnills to divide the proceeds.

Burch nd I went there, but Jones and Williams did not put in an appearance. Burch went to Johnston stieet to see If-Jones and were there, and I did not see him after that. I however, saw Jones and Williams jump on Io. 34 at the tool house. One jumped! up ana caught the hand rail to the tender, and the other jumped on a coach.

I then walked to j6hnston street to try and get hold of Williams Jo get my- share of the money, but when I arrived there the train, had pulled out. If: did not see, Jones or Williams, nor Jiave I seen them since leaving Johnston street. went to corner of Halifax and Jones streets, when I heard the alarm sounded and aw the fire. I waited about ten: or fifteen minutes and then returned to to to a ALL GALVAHIZED STEEL FIELD, FAHM AND HOG FENCING. THE OIILY ELECTRICALLY WELDED FEHCE.

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