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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
2
In Wytheville Virginia special reports detail Floyd Allen relatives and others facing conspiracy charges after a Hillsville courthouse shooting. Witnesses discuss bankrolls, armor claims, and family clannishness while courts probe deposits and alleged plans and Floyd Allen’s courtroom behavior.
Testimony describes shots at Foster in the courthouse tragedy. Witnesses include Quesenbury and Walter Pettit seeing a shooter, Jasper Allen testifying about Friel Allen, and Jack Allen detailing visits to town and kin relations. Prosecution questions whether the shooter was Friel. The courtroom atmosphere and witness demeanor are noted, with limited definitive identifications.
Boston report confirms Dr L V Briggs will say C W T Richeson, condemned for Avis Linnell murder, is not sane. Governor Foss may call a special council meeting to consider commutation as Richeson wins a first point by staying in his Charlestown jail cell. Three alienists examined the prisoner, with Dr Lane, Dr Briggs, and Dr Gilbey providing opinions shaping the final decision. Sheriff Quinn will keep Richeson in jail until fate is decided.
In Trenton federal court Judges Gray Ballington and McPherson denied an injunction against United States Steel Corporation and affiliates to preserve books and papers for the government’s case to dissolve the steel trust. In New York Richard Lindaburg and Jacob Dickinson clashed during the hearing at the customs house over wire pools and related testimony involving James A. Farrell.
Special report from Mexico City notes 34 dead and half of Zapatalan destroyed on Mount Colima slope. Ciudad Guzman records 16 deaths while 13 are seriously injured. Guadalajara reports twelve shocks and Cuartel suffers extensive damage including a large church. Colima volcano erupts first since 1806. Observers warn of more quakes in Mexico City within twelve hours. Jalisco bears the brunt. Guadalajara sits on the Mexican Central Railway.
New York special report on the Lossing manuscript sale shows ownership disputes with Virginia over documents alleged to have been obtained in 1862 for a Revolution book. Virginia claims no proper legislative authority existed to dispose of the letters, which auction firm withdraws pending a definitive ownership ruling.
Washington DC report notes the House passed a measure to abolish the Commerce Court with a 120 to 40 vote. The item cites Democratic prospects this fall and cautions against assuming any Democrat can be guaranteed victory against Republicans as reported by the Ledger Dispatch.
Judge Robert W. Archbald of the Commerce Court is likely to testify in his own defense before the House Judiciary Committee as it weighs charges he used office to secure favors from Erie Railroad officials. The hearing resumes tomorrow with witnesses including W. P. Boland and Captain W. V. May.
State troopers swarm the anthracite region armed with rifles and revolvers as miners allege operators back riots and seek militia deployment to clear non union work. Mine leaders dispatch organizers to urge peace after a fatality at Minersville and multiple injuries.
Richmond Va Special. The State Department of Health reports more than four times as many people received anti rabies treatment this year compared with 1911. A public warning urges muzzling dogs until rabies vanishes from the state. Evidence from the state laboratory and reports indicate a greater prevalence than last year. Rabies can appear at any time and is not confined to a season.
About two hundred convicts were deployed to combat floods in Louisiana. One hundred left for Evergreen plantation near Plaquemine and 150 were sent to Iberville. Plancheville faces a torrent from the Torras break threatening destruction.
New Orleans special reports five levee breaks along the Mississippi and its tributaries in 24 hours. Torras crevasse expanded to 3000 feet threatening West Baton Rouge Iberville Avoyelles and St Landry parishes with widespread flooding. About 7000 people evacuated by boat as railways fail and sugar crops suffer major losses.
Speaker Richard E. Byrd of Winchester reports over 100 delegates elected and instructed for Wilson, claiming strong support in city and county selections. He promises a fierce fight at the convention, noting Richmond and Albemarle counties headed delegations for Wilson while some areas refused instructions. He denies seeking to bind Virginia's delegation and says a preferential resolution will reflect public sentiment.
Tom Mann, famed British labor agitator, was arraigned on charges of sedition under an old law. He allegedly ordered soldiers to refuse to bear arms against strikers during the violent dock strike last year.
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