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,, summarising
Execution of Mrs. Nobles Prevented
by a. Court Decision.
A WRIT OF ERROR GRANTED.
The Latest Phase of the 1\Iost Celebrated
Case In the History of Georgia
Criminal J urisprudence—The
Story of the BIurder.
Jeffersonville, Ga., April 24.—Mrs.
Elizabeth Nobles was not hanged to-
day. As a last resort application was
made to the supreme court for a writ of
error in order that the execution might
be stayed. The court granted the stay
'and the most famous case in the his-
tory of Georgia criminal jurisprudence
was thereby further prolonged.
Mrs. Nobles’ Awful Crime.
The crime of Mrs. Nobles was com-
mitted in June, 1895. The Nobles place
was about 12 miles below Jeffersonville.
Here the family, consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. Nobles and their two children,
Debby, 18, and Jack, 10, lived. They
were 'typical Georgia crackers of the
' most pronounced backwoods type, know-
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MR's. ELIZABETH NOBLES.
Ing and caring nothing about the
world outside, the course of their life
revolving in its narrow orbit, each day
a reproduction of the one before, with
the drudgery of work in the fields be-
ginning before sunrise, continuing all
day long and rounding up with the set—
ting of- the sun.
.,The family life may or may not have
been harmonious. Opinions on that
point are widely at variance, as Mrs.
Nobles claims that her husband cruelly
mistreated her, while the neighbors
maintain that exactly the reverse was
true. She was far below her husband
in every respect, and it is more than
probable that many disagreements were
the outcome of the ill assortment of
the pair.
Living on the place in the capacity of
farmhands were Gus Fambles, a former
Macon hackman; his wife, Mary Fam—
bles, and fDalton Joiner, all negroes.
,These were the participants in the hor-
rible tragedy of that June morning.
Mrs. Nobles was accustomed to labor
in the field as a. common “hand.” One
day, while working by the side of Gus
Fambles, she began to complain most
bitterly of her husband’s ill treatment
when Gus, with brutal frankness, asked
why she didn’t get rid of her trouble
by putting the old man out of the way.
When Mrs. Nobles answered him with
her question as to how it could be done,
the first step toward the commission of
the crime was taken.
During the three weeks which follow—
ed the plans for killing old man Nobles
were developed, and it is surmised that
in the making of these plans Debby No-
bles, Mary Fambles, the wife of Gus,
and Dalton Joiner materially assisted
the two chief conspirators. Very early
one Sunday morning, while all the
world was still dark, Mrs. Nobles roused
her husband, telling him that some one
was stealing the corn from the barn.
As several of these robberies had taken
place on his farm, the old man readily
fell into a trap and started out to hunt
the robber, unprotected by any weapon,
Mrs. Nobles having taken the precau-
» tion to hide the gun behind the ward—
robe. Out into the darkness he went,
stealthily seeking the thief. Even more
stealthily came Gus Fambles creeping
up behind him. \ With a swing of his
powerful arm he struck the old man on
the head with a heavy ax, and he fell
to the, earth in mortal/agony.
She Dealt Him a Second Blow.
Like an evil spirit out of the dark-
ness, Mrs. Nobles appeared, and, fear—
ing that the murder might be only half
done, picked up the ax, and, with more
of the feeling of a demon than a wom-
an, dealt a second blow.
But all was not finished yet.
idences of their guilt must be covered
up. Between them they carried the
body to the edge of the lot, and there,
digging a grave, they buried him,
scarcely cold as he was, and perhaps
with a faint spark of life still breathing
Within. . -
_.'When breakfast came and the old
. man did not ,come, little Jack Nobles
began to beg for his father, and finally,
when he continued to fret, his mother
suggested that he take Gus Fambles
and go hunt for him, as she said he was
in the fields. Of course, under such
leadership the search resulted in noth-
ing, and then, when the inquiries of the
neighbors began to come in, Mrs. No-
bles told them her husband had gone to
Danviile, a neighboring town, and
would return home at dark, which nat-
urally was a satisfactory explanation.
But on the following morning, when
he had'not yet made his appearance,
some alarm ,began to be manifested,
and searching parties were organized,
which resulted in finding the body. Ju-st
why suspicion should have pointed from
the very beginning to Mrs. Nobles is
not known, but she was arrested, to-
gether with Gus Fambles and his wife,
Mary; Dalton Joiner and Debby No-
bles.
_ The excitement was intense. The un-
usual heinousness of the crime and the
unique character of the criminal made
it a remarkable case, for such uttr",
stolid indifference as Mrs.Nob1es sho -
ed, such an insensibility to the terrible
nature of her deed, such an entire ab-
sence of any‘ knowledge apparently of
right and wrong has never been wit-
nessed in the annals of crime in Geor-
gia. . 9
At the trial of the case, which occur-
red a few weeks after the murder, 8‘
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THE. Ev vz'NiNG' GA ZE'FTE
verdict of guilty was brought in with-
out any recommendation t'o the mercy
of the court and Mrs. Nobles and Gus
Fambles were sentenced to be hanged
Aug. 16, 1895. Dalton was successful in
proving an alibi, was acquitted and im—
mediately left the state. Debby Nobles
was acquitted. Mary Fambles was sen-
tenced to life imprisonment and it is
one of the peculiarities of the case that
she is the only one of the- five impli-
cated who has as yet paid any penalty
for the crime, she having been at work
in the coal mines since her sentence.
As the date set for the execution ap-
proached a new factor appeared upon
the scene. From all over the state there
came a mighty voice of protest from
the women that such a horror as the
hanging of a woman sl’fluld not be al-
lowed in Georgia. These women band~ .
ed themselves in a united effort to save
Mrs. Nobles and pledged themselves to
be responsible for all the expenses.
Subsequent events proved, however,
that the enthusiasm and sympathy
were the extent of the capital that ap-
peared. For 19 months the legal strug-
gle continued, and that without even
the formality of a trial. At the first
and only trial Mrs. Nobles ever had the
plea of lunacy was not offered at all.
From the time that Attorneys W. C.
Glenn and Marion Harris presented the
petition for a trial to Judge Smith in
August, 1895, until the mandate from
Washington put upon Judge Smith the
necessity for resentencing the prisoner,
there has been in progress a legal battle
without a parallel in the legal history
of the state. The case has been heard
in the United States supreme court.
the supreme court of Georgia, the su-
perior court, the federal district court,
the ordinary office, the sheriff’s court in
Twiggs and the Jeffersonville court.
Decision after decision was rendered
in favor of the state, until finallythe
United States supreme court passed
upon it, and a couple of weeks ago the
prisoner was resentenced to be hanged.
SCHEME 0P ZELAYA.
Plan to Unite Nicaragua, Honduras and
Salvador lIIay Cause \Var.
New York, April 24.——Advices from
Managua, Nicaragua, state that the Of-
ficial Gazette declares that President
Zelaya of Nicaragua has written re—
cently to President Guterrez of Salva-
dor, urging a compact union of Nica-
ragua, Honduras and Salvador, instead
of the loosely associated “republica
mayor” now existing.
If President Guterrez will agree, there
appears no question about the consent
of President Bonilla of Honduras, a
protege of Zelaya.
Then the latter will lvccme president
of the three states, ano civil war may
result between the government and a 1
large percentage of the more intelligent
and wealthy of the people opposing a
combination of the three so called dic-
tators, Zelaya, Bonilla and Guterrez,
and the people, it is stated, will be prob-
ably assisted by the governments and
people of Guatemala and Costa Rica.
President Faure Invited.
Paris, April 24.—-The United States
embassador, Mr. James B. Eustis, has
handed to the French minister for for—
eign affairs, M. Hanotaux, the invita-
tions of the Philadelphia municipal-
ity and the Cincinnati society request-
ing President Faure to attend the in—
auguration of the Washington statue.
Mr. Homer, a delegate of the society".
brought the invitations to Paris.
Murder and Suicide.
Chicago, April 24.—John H. Rapp, a
wholesale liquor dealer, was shot and
killed today by his former secretary
and confidential clerk, J. W., Breun-
schweig, who afterward put the revol-
ver to his own temple and killed him~
self. The murder and suicide occurred
in Rapp’s private offices.
Ellsworth Bill Shelvéd.
Albany, April 24.—The Ellsworth an-
tiportrait bill. which, was so much
changed in the assembly by a vote of
107 to 14, can be brought out again only
by a motion to reconsider the vote on
the amendments and by the right about
face of a majority of the 107.
A Dowager Duchess Dead.
London, April 24. ——The Dowager
Duchess of Bedford died here today.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
_ Exchange.
NEW YORK, April 23.—Money on call nom-
inally at llaallvé per cent. Prime mercantile pa-
per, 8}§a4 per cent. Sterling exchange steady,
with actual business in bankers’ bills at $4.83a
4.88%, for demand and at 84.86%“.86fi for 60
days. Posted rates, $4.87a4.87% and 34.88%a
4.89. Commercial bills, 54.85%. Silver cer-
tificates, 6178:1629“. Bar silver, 613/40. Mexican
dollars, 48%0. Government bonds firm. State
bonds quiet. Railroad bonds firm.
Closing prices:
Atchison .......... 10
Bur. & Quincy. . . 72
C., C., C. & St. L. 28%
Chesapeake & O. . 16%
New England. . .. —
N. J. Central...... 1
North American. 4
Northern Pacific. 12
Chicago Gas ...... 81% Do. pref..- ......... 34%
Cordage ........... -— N. Y. Central. . . .. 987/5
Cotton Oil ......... 10% Omaha ........... 57%
Del. & Hudson. . . .105% Ontario & West. . 13%
Distillers’ Trust... —— Pacific Mail ...... 26%
Erie ................ 11% Reading ..... ..- ..... 18%
General Electric.. 30% Rock Island ...... 62%.
Hocking Valley. .. 2%; Silver Bullion. . . . ' 6:139
Lackawauna, . . ...150% St. Paul ........... 717/8
Lake Shore ....... 163 Sugar Refinery. . .112?/§
Lead .............. 221/2 Texas Pacific. .. .. _ 8
Louisville & Nash 43% Union Pacific ..... ’ 5%
Wabash pref ..... 121/2
Western Union... 79%
Missouri Pacific. . 15%
Northwestern. . . ..1031/2
General Markets. '
NEW YORK, April 23.—FLOUR—State and
western was steady, but. quiet; city mills pat-
ents, 35.103535; winter patents, $4.60a4.85; city
mills clears, 34.85%; winter straights, $4.20a
4A6.
WHEAT—No. 2 red opened strong on bad
crop news and steady cables, sold off under re-
alizing, but recovered at. noon 'on war news;
May, 80a81léc. ; July, 78 3-16a79y4c.
RYE—Steady; No. 2 western, 38%a383éc.
CORN—No. 2 was quiet, but generally firm;
May, 29%a299éc. ; July, 31%a31%c.
OATS—‘10. 2 were inactive; track, white,
state, 249.300. ; track, white, western, 2422300.
101:3)RK—Quiet; mess, $8.75a9.50; family, $103.
LARD—Quiet; prime western steam, $11.37}§
nominal.
BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, 133.160.; state
creamery. 133.170.
CHEESE—Quiet; state, large, 9a12c. ; small,
9a1234c.
EGGS—Firm; state and Pennsylvania, 9949.
100.; western, 9%u10c.
SUGAR—Raw quiet; fair refining, 2%c.; cen-
trifugal, 96 test, 3340.; refined quiet; crushed,
5%0. ; powdered, 4940.
TURPENTINE—Steady at 30c.
MOLASSES—Quiet; New Orleans, 23a300.
RICE—Quiet and steady; domestic, 4%a6}§c.;
Japan, 4%al%c.
TALLOWE - Easy; city 3 3-16c.; country.
3 5-‘16c. ° ' '
HAY — Quiet; shipping, 5531500.; good to
choice, 703.750. ‘
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And rest for tired mothers in a warm bath
with Curicum So.lr,andasing1e application
' of CUTICURA (ointment) ,the great skin cure.
CUTICURA REMEDIES afford instant. relief,
and point to a speedy cure of torturing, dis~
figuring, humiliating, itching, burning, bleed-
ing, crusted, scaly skin and scalp humors,
with loss of hair, when all else fails.
Bold throu hout the world. PO‘ITBB DBDG AND Cuxu.
. 8 I o 3., Boston.
cg?- '“ Igoew cl) 81m Skin-Tortured Babies,” tree.
SKIN SDALP “tu‘iféo‘ifféigidob’
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ALL SIZES
POULTRY -=~WIRE,
{Cut or by the Roll.
rices Right. -
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Pure Ready Mixed Paints, White,
Lead, Oils, Turpentine, Bennie-
Puliy, Glass, Kalsomine,
Whiting.
FINE LINE OF PAINTER?
WHITEWASII BRUSHES
H. H. filliams,
I 7 MAIN STREET.
Schullzg’spliarkel.
5 RAILROAD PLACE AHD X XX X
WASHINGTON ST. BRIDGE x ->< ><
A few of Our Bargains for
This Week:
Leg Lamb, 12c
Buck Shad, Sc
Roe Shad, 10c
Round Steak, 12c
Sirloin Steak, 150
Try our 8c Rib Roast.
either of our Markets will
convince you that we know what
people want and our prices are
always RIGHT. .
FRESH FISH OFl’ALL KINDS.
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Paul Schultz‘s, Jr
Fairfield Ocuniy National Bank‘
VI‘HIS IS NOT ALL, 3. visit to
44 ‘ Wall St., Norwalk,fi€onn,
pol—h“
INCORPORATEDJISM.
EDWIN O. KEEun,‘ President.
DAVID:B . MILLER. Vice-President.
L. C. GREEN. Cashier.
Capital, 200.000
EDWIN O. KEELER, Mosszs H. GLOVEB,
DAVID E . MILLER, A. J .iMEEKER.
F. ST. JOHN Locnwoon, TnEononnlE. SMITH,
IRA COLE, CHAS. F. TRISTRAM.
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Accounts of Manufacturers, Merchants. and
Individuals solicited. .
S afe Deposit Boxes fee to Depositors.
CENTRAL NATIONAL Bill.
26 WALL ST.‘ NORWALK.
CORPORATED SEPT. x. 12375.
CAPITAL. - - a - - $100.00:
GEORGE M. HOLMES, President.
E. L. BOYEB, Vice-President
W1LLIAMA.CUBI‘IS. ashier
DIRECTORS :
GEORGE M. HOLMES,
P. L. CUNNINGHAM,
E. L. Bonn,
H. E. DANN,
J. T. Pnowrrr
S. H. HOLMEs,
J. Cousms. J n.
Olscounl Day. Saturday.
Mrs. MEANS...
Mscnoon
NOW OPEN.
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APPLICATIONS
For admission shoal
made at Hillside.
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MEEKER‘ COAL CO,
COAL, woon, BRICK,
LIME, CEMENT, IllEI’IPE.
curios WITH c. WARD'SELLECK‘
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NORWALK, CONN.
A nlcchE cnvav
AWAY sn-
DBDAY, mm. 24.
ANOTHER -’ BlcchE I l
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SATURDAY, um I". ,,
In another week Winter Garments will be laid away, for every
one will meet the most beautiful month of the'year in New Spring
Apparel. Miss X will have a. Heliotrope Serge Suit, With straw
hat, chiffon trimmed, to match. Mrs. X. Will have. a tailor-made i”
Broadcloth Suit of Light Olive, with hat and ribbons to match.“
Miss X’s friend will have a Combination suit of Check and Plain
Suiting. Mrs. X’s friend Will have a Brown Etaime Suit, trimmed
with small braid, and Will look neat and natty, and so will hundreds
of ohter ladies that have purchased costumes frOm the Boston
Store, Where they display taste and knowledge of What is right and
proper in the dress and silk-Goods line. N eW York is great and «l
harsh, Boston grand and refined, as the taste of the Boston women ”I
in “my (11135898 Show.
CAPEs. ,
‘ SPEClAL SALE.
LADIES‘SUMMEHIIUSIIHYANDUNDERWEARWHAT AWUNMHWLUM
8 Faille Silk Cape ', chiffon Coll d'J t- - I ,
is Emu.I spice, they go at $5.15, at an e ’ thls cape
O 0 0t Capes, tan heliotro ‘ ‘
shades, 15cm $1.00. ) pe, brown and mode
. SATURDAY, APRIL 25.
100 dozen Ladi~s’ Egyptain Ribbed Vests and Pants,
lisle in white and com, all Sh'lpeS, sizes 3 to 7, regular
vane 390 ; for this sale, each, 256. ———___
Ribbed Vests, in black, cream, pink and maize, regu- . A . .
L llNE fll SILK wmsu.
‘ 60 dozen Ladies’ black Stock ings, fast dye, double
sole, extra. fine gauge, worth 170, per pair, Iz‘lc, '
40 dozen Ladies’ Fine German Hose, in tan, black,
plain and fancy Richelieu, lisle ribbed, value from 35!: to
45c; special, 25!:-
TAILOR-MADE SUITS.
TOWELS.
\Ve have Great bargains this week A f '
a . _ . ew of .th :
Extra large 1 urkish Towels. If the Turks used tllglm
they would let Greece alone, IDO-
'lhe best Large sized Linen Towel that we
- , ever sold
Ladies’ All Mixed Suits, $1.50. ‘ it 200a ”318 week, ”do. " .
Ladies’ All Wool serge Suits, Eton and Fly From 30 dozen mce Damask Towels, worth 500. For this
Jackets lined with Silk and Percaline, sumo, ~ week. 25c.
Combination Suits, Et n Jackets, all wool, made to fi'
perfect, $I2.00. . . - LINE ‘
Etaimes Cloth Suits, braided and trimmed W1th Silk. NS. 0
I 0 _ . NV , 2': ‘ I - - . . ‘
slg'i‘l’le‘Whip Cord Suits that are beauties, notinng likr iid tfigegwi allgbddngfttfigflfiigfih Egaltlcs' I.f they
thim in town. $20-00- idvance of linens about 20 per bent. lsBfigmiotvc;
- before the advance.
J ACK ETS 54 inch Scotch linen, Dingley bill price 31c, now, 259'
54 inch Irish linen, Dinglev bill price 500 no 3
54'inch full bleached Irish line D' ‘ ’ W’ 1%"
63c, now 500- 11, ,mgley b1Il price
58 inch full bleached Irish linen,
$1.12 now, 89c. -
1151528 in‘ch full bleached Irish linen,
. . 5, now, .
SEPARATE SKIRTS. 98° ~ .
INDIA‘ LINENS. ".
‘ We have just received through our im orters one o
of White India Linens They contracteld for 500 03.22: .
before tire Dmgley bill gets to work, that; was too many
They sent us a case on consignment. ’lhis Week they
will all so at half price, We to 23c. You have paid 190
ind 45c tor the same. '
IQ of the cutest Children’s Jackets you ever saw, “.25.
8 Beauties for the little ones, $l.15. ‘
75 Ladies’ J ackets, black and covert cloths, also tans,
made right and lined W1th Silk, $2.50 to $9.00. Ingley bill pncg
Dingley bill price
“76 have the greatest assortment of Separate Skirts
in Connecticut. . _ .
50 Black Brillianiine Figured t-kirts that eas1ly bring
$4.00 in New York, $2.15. _
15 Large Figured India. Silk, $6.98. , ..
10 Black and White Checks. $I.25.
25 Black Mohair Skirts, $l.25.
30 Fancy karts, Novelties, etc., $3.98 and $4.98.
DRESS AND SILK GOODS. ” *
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44 inch Silk and Wool Suitings, direct from Paris, 52 inch Etaime in “Cafe
' and olive colors, 756.’
$I.OO per yard- 38 inch J ' '
0 . ' . ‘ - . amestown suitm s, b the W
45 1301131311113? mixtuiei that make up beautifully know this mill's goods. _ TEIS mlll has f3: {fglggliythll‘lgf
with separate skirt and. fly front Jacket, SLOO. - ears worked night and day,uud then could not fill their"
38 inch mixed suiting in twenty different colormgs orders. This is pl‘Ol)f of the superiority of their goods,
when made up can't tell them from the dollar ones, 509. 39G-
Salurday evening, at IO o’clock, we shall give another first-claSs'BIOYOLE away.
The lucky one can have his or her choice at Lady’s Man’s or Juvenile Wheel. Ooupon
given With every twenty-five cent purchase. . '
IH USIUN STORE Cor. Main and Wall 8 s.
au lait”, shade, Hussar blue
a.
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PLAT E GLA ss ‘
Mitual Plate Glass Insurance Company
OF. CONNECTICUT,
.‘At HALE THE RATE charged byother stock companies
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