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VOL- V. NO. 185.
F,
SAYS HARRY
WAS INSANE
Women Expected to
Testify Early in
Trial.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1907.
tight Edition
Race Results
The Name Atlanta News
NEW ORLEANS.
N«w Orleans, U, Feb. fc—Today'e
races resulted ■■ follows:
FIRST RACE—Oddness, It to 1,
woo; Rip Rep. t to l second: Futon
N. nE* ,d *' ,h,rd - Time >:«
SECOND RACE—Molo B, II; to i
Uttls W'allty, 4 to 1, second:
I. third. T - - -
Are bo, i to I,
Time till 4,1.
Fourth ratb—Krator. t t.
won; Oentlei, I to 1, second; Mind, 3
to I, third. Time, :tl 9-6.
„ __ HOTSFRINOS.
Hot Springs. Ark.. Feb. I.—Here i
the results of today's races:
FIRST RACE—Telephsthy, won:
Umerlck Girt, second; Mrs. Annie,
third. Nn time. No betting.
HE LOOKS TO THEM
TO SAVE HIS LIFE
t \ew York, Fob. I.—Dr. Wiley's tee
tunony was completed at t:&0 p.m.
Charles F. Blngmsn. the T|taw fam
ily phyalclan, was then called to the
stand.
New York. Feb. I.—Having
nounced Its intention to demonstrate
to me Jury that Harry K. Thaw was
Insane when he killed Stanford While
on Madison Square Root Garden last
summer, the defenaa today railed wit
nesses to maks good Ita declaration.
It la vary apparent that the accused
man depends to a large extent upon the
testimony of his wile to clear him. It
is Intimated that tha-story-she will tell
will be of a sensational nature.
It Is stated Mrs. William Thaw <s
anxious to give her testimony as to
hereditary Insanity. Strong influences
here been brought to bear to keep her
from allowing this lino of defense to be
followed, but she has definitely decided
a social leader
to sacrifice the pride of
to i he mother loro for her eon.
Edward Thaw, the prisoner's full
brother, and Joslah Thaw, hla half
brother, were the uly mam bars of the
Thaw family allowed In court today.
Both aat near Thaw.
The Harry Thaw of the days of the
jury choosing Is no more. Then he wee
alert and even half the time he was
smiling. Now his face shows queer
florid patches. Ha tame -forward al
ways with hla hands deeped In front
of him at the table, and ha no longer
has occasional chats With Lawyer Pea
body, who site next to him.
Dr. C. C. Wiley, of PltUburg, the
Thaw family physician, who Is connect
ed with the Dismount Insane Asylum,
was the flrat witness called to Uto
itiad. He was questioned by Attorney
Glass on, of nottaoal for the prisons^.
Had MMM Insanity.
Dr. Wiley said' he had devoteil. yean
s( hla life to the study of Insanity and
had asrvsd at aa expert In a number of
cases. Speaking of Harry Thaw, the
—witness detailed an incident wlBrh'oc
curred In the summer of 1905. Hs said
and acted
— Mr. Gleason propounded a hypothec
leal question - Ur Which ho outlined
Thaw's act of ahoottng White. Then he
asked t>r Wiley If hs could edpress sn
opinion on such an action committed by
the man he saw In- the car In Pitts
burg.
The wlineaa answered In the affirma
tive, and started to aay It was hla be.
Uef, when District Attorney Jerome In
terrupted with a statement that the
witness rould only express an opinio i.
■Then," replied Dr. Wiley, "my opin
ion. Is that the man who committed the
sit described was suffering from In
BIG BUZZARD RAGES
THROUGHOUT EAST™™
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOO 1 UllLIUI! Mill
New York in Grasp
of Great Snow
Storm.
Now York. Feb. I.—For more than
twenty-four hours New York has been
fast In lbs grip of a snow alorm. Ten
Inches <of snow fell In . twenty-four
hours.
snow driven by a gale 60 lo to miles an
hour, made this .morning one of ins
wildest of the winter on this coast.
Terrible Snow Storm.
Highland Light, Mass., Fab. 5.—The
worst snow storm of the winter pre
vailed with a gala of (0 miles an hour,
thick snow tying up.traffic on land and
The wavea are running high and
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOCi
O GET YOUR 8LANKET8)
O MIGHTY COLD TONIGHT. O
O Jupo Pluve has sklddooed for
O keeps, ditto prospects for the O
O "white and fleecy." Mercury slip- O
O pad down as low as St Tuesday O
O morning eiirlj. and the Outlook O
S seems promising for It to go as O
low aa St Tuesday night. O
O Weather msn aava: ‘ O
o Weather man aiy-a:
O ‘"Pair Tuesday night and Wed-
O nesday Colder Tuesday night."
o J o'clock a. m.. - . .at degress.
O t o clock a. m St degruas.
O t o'clock o. m SO degrees.
O It o'clock a. tn SI degreea.
O 11 o’clock a. m SS degrees.
there Is considerable anxiety for shin-
Pil'd- i, .
Blixxard In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Fab. 6.—The snow
storm has developed Into a bllsxarri,
the worst since February, ISIS M -re
than twalre Inches nf snow has fallen
•nd the high triad has drift'd U In
places to a depth of four last. .
FIVE PERSONS KILLED
BY A BAD EXPLOSION
witty Hutson Lae. tfatenrer for tNb
" atm' Is the
Thaw entered ’g'street car In Pittsburg
sd In a vary irrational manner.
sanity. 1
Q. Is the question of heredity an Im
portant factor? A. Tea, air.
I). In referring lo the question of
hereditary Insanity would you regard
the Insanity of relatives of tho defend
ed, who traced thetr origin to a com-
mol: eource, as Important? A. 1 would.
Mr. Jerome objected. "Hereditary In
fluences have nothing to do with the
question." he said.
I'mai-esamlned by Mr. Jerome:
q. You call hereditary Insanity a leg-
icy—are you ccqualnted with the form
of nn-ntal aberration which, the laws
of this stale allow as an excuse for
crime' A. I am not fully acquainted
with It.
Not Allowed to Explain.
U. Yuur <■ *—ml nn tht hr
pothetlcal uuestlon put to you. Is R notf
A. That is all a man can baae an opin
ion on l must explain—
"You need not explain." said Jerome.
"Simply answer yes .or no."
q. Ami you. an eapart, a man call-
ins yourself an expert—
"hog pardon," said the wltneea, "I
so not call myself an expert."
Q Don't you call yourself an expert'
we don't know you and you must know
* helper you are one? Your opinion
based entirely upon what you. on-
In Pittaburs
htsht. observed In a car
»nd upon the facta aa pratonttd In the
hypitheitcnl uuestlnn Just propounded
to you by the defendant's counsel? A.
Yes
q Does the profession consider you
»n expert? A. Yes.
q As an expert, do you believe the
“hndsnt was Insane when be killed
Btsodford White? A. Yos.
Here the re-direct examination waa
“!' by Lawyer Olaaann.
q In Vi ur expert opinion the defend.
f? 1 41 >he time he commlttad this scl
he dij 1 ““ vrroa * 7 A. 1 don't think
Didn't Knok it Was Wrong.
, * °. b levt." shouted Mr. Jerome. “An.
.,v > ** or not"
enewered Mr. Wllsw.
questioned by Mr. Jerome-
thlr'i , 1 uk »ou. It whan you said
Set may have not known the
i.w.** "fona—
f| JJscUon by Mr. Olaaaon on the
i had not tsstt.
objection waa
Jouad iy ,b. KUntu
"*o to f. Jb for, wl.
overrul,'/ U ™
'h?n^, u n r '“. , k 0 ! wr P" rttrt R' *»U
W* act. yet may ba awaot
tloa-i. ft* morbid Influence or emu-
that i, ..l h4t Your boUsf? A. Toss
q. I
that
1 rlshL
•»?dow?1> ynu 10 uu 11 » mao I*" 1
J? the* nlalm aW. - * •
I
Wheeled"^ ‘i 4 - too* with Ms wife,
etthoui 1'* 1 * 'braa thou at a man
above i!|Jh V * 1 ord * •“A *»«% the ffistol
rest ' *•'">•» »ubmlttad to ac-
™ ** h « went down tho alevator
Cam:
"usd tn Page Sevan.
At IP o'clock
..«> .v.-w.-a gu • -» > a , - *f’-« ASy,
DURING 1 BOAT RACE
Bp*rUI lo H»f fiWNKttl.
CHattoneoga. Tame, Fab. Sc—Bui let lit—In a. rata with Uts steamer Pat
ten on the Tannasaea river, the dtssmer Parker exploded and burned jks the
water's odgo si 11iS0 o’clock IHio morning. -
Five poroChl werS
MPS. NATION SEES
A FEW PASSENGERS
ONTRAINFORHELL
••You're
n the lobi»*Ban f*»r h#ll,
Keep It up and you'll aoon
young man.
get there.”
Thla th«* salutation given by
Mrs. Carrie A. Nation to u pool player
In a down town poolroom Tuewlay and
It resulted tn the object of her remarka
getting sore and wanting to have Mrs.
Nation arreatad.
But he didn't. Too. it la »»*i«l he drew
back hi* cue u* If \*> hit the old lady
•who la cruaadlng agalhat the nAlDOll.
•‘Kill me.” ahe retorted hotly, "If you
want to. But every drop of my blood
wilt make another t’arrU* .Nation rlae
that will a weep thla country.”
••Qo rail a cop." he anld to a porter,
"and have her put out ”
But thla didn't acare Mrs. Nation.
••Yea.” ahe replied, "tin call a po-
I Iceman ami have me arrested. I am
not afraid. Threat- like those do not
scare me. I Imvcncrn knocked down
and kicked and beaten by people like
you. but even that does not stop my
work." . . ,
Mrs. Nation also visited the gal 'n
the fountain" In the Piedmont bar and
looked at It -cornfully
••And no." phe remarked, "the gover-
nor of Georgia own- this, does he?"
and she .talked out of the room Just
■■ «he was leaving, oome one In the
pinposely dr-.nk ,i glass of "his-
kv and Mrs. Nation saw him
k> - U up.” she sold. It's taking
hell, and you'll -..on g't here
i at other plaees " r "'
._.s— ..sv.i in i*ne building sn
r Mopped 1m*-
»>f the pnNNengers Insisted -tn
cigarette.
WHITNEYDOCUMENT
BEING HELD DOWN
SAYS Afl'ALLISTEf)
—was added to THE GEORGIAN
for legal and business reasons. Some of our friends
who have not felt kindly toward The News in the
past have complained to us because of the change in
name. We wish to assure you all that though The
News exists as a part of The Georgian and News,
there will be no change in our policies, and we hope
. Tn<
to make the paper better even than in the past, me
News, you know, had friends too, for we found about
12,000 of them taking it. None of them, however,
has complained about the change.
F. L. SEELY, Publisher.
OLD SUIT IS DUG UP
AGAINST W. J. OLIVER;
EFFORTTO QUEER HIM?
Evidence Taken
ship Case.
Alleged expense accounts for J.
Dnrgan'a trip to Europe wore placed In
evidence Tuesday morning by the at-
torncys for the pctttlonare sMklng Mr.
Dargan’a removal as co-rscolvsr of the
Atlanta-BIrmlngham Fire Insurance
Company.
The second day's hearing of evidence
by Special Commlsslnncr Henderson,
United Elates court stenographer, waa
lama.'
Black, representing Biesiwr D.trgan,
made an explanation ngardlara check
for 1446 placed In the rare of Holden
Lee aa agent. It developed that Mr.
Dargan did not here the US" of the
money at any time; that thle money
- eneree-ot fYadsilal etock tn order that
all of the stock might be sold If necee
aary, but thla necessity did not arise
and the money was not used.
The croat-examlnatlon also showed
that Mr. Dargap'a December salary, aa
well aa all the other employees, includ
ing the office boy. wet* paid in advance.
Saloon Licenses Are
Granted in Formida
ble Number.
OWNER REFUSED; .
BARTENDER WINS
Council Grants License on
Applications Formerly ;
Turned Down. -
b the city council of 1*07 going to
undo everything that waa done by the
_ council-of 1606 in the way of rettriet.-
Ing saloons?
From the way the new council has
started. It appears so to quite a num
ber of those who hare watched the
progrrae of events for the last tew
It will take only a short time, at the
rate It baa been going, for Atlanta to
have just as mapy saloona as there !
were before the riot. At the first meet, -i
granted, and the halt
having been set a-rolllng, et the seat
session, that of Monday, three new II-
cetuos were granted, one tramterrad
and one changed from white to oot-
ored. y
Borne of these licenses were _
those revoked by the council of __
When the application for renewal west
made they were turned down by the
special police committee which thor
oughly Investigated the matter, and
later by council also.
bus Kline's Baleen?
— - * nUUi!
first, that of. Sam Klim, at tbs
of rantral avehae and Daoetur
was turned down by the corn
iest year, although repeatedly
_ »» ii. Tba arv “ -—
out at the box,
At the next met thaw, that, of 'frnflri
of this week, the foTlowtng action ml
Eve applications w<
A; B. Pitts, 164 Peters street, license
M white sslo. ..
_ ' Decatur, llcftuta
Yr for oohxnd dUoan Mated.
-W. H. Mitchell. II North Di
for _
.... . , . U« ...
allowed to change from
Ha Filed Lewiset Eld lo Oil
WILLIAM J. OLIVER.
In Dio tbs Panama Canal for 1
Suit,Is.Dug Up Against Him.
the Oovemmsnt—Old
t'anton. Miss.. Feb. 6.—In an Itner-
vlew today with a representative of
the Hears! News Service, William R.'
McAllister said: "Ortaln dose friends
of Hon. John Bharty Wllllame,' under
the leadership of Congressm^i Bow
ers. of this stale, have endeavored by
"clever tactics" to "hold down"' a docu
ment I mailed last week to Southern
senators and congressman entitled ‘So.
lutlon ot the negro problem by the late
William e. Whitney.' The mason for
this 'hold down’ of the Whitney docu
ment Is that If It comes Into the lime
light-II la certain lo clip the sails of
Hon. John Sharp Wllllanuwwt the ne
gro question and will ejdR'raaa him
In the pending Mlstlasffln senatorial
contest. Mr. Williams attempts to
dispose of the Whitney document In
thla 'clever style.'
"It has nothing to do with the negro
quratlon In Its present shape. It waa
written by Mr. Whitney before any of
the Southern states adopted their pres
ent constitution.
"The first page of the Whitney docu.
inent shows that It waa written In
March. 1491. The Mississippi consti
tution was adopted four yearn before,
tn tK9M. From this It would seem that
In Ills seal to sidetrack the Whitney
document Mr. Williams has forgotten
hen tils slate constitution waa adopt
Was Sued by Woman
Who Claimed To
Be Wife..
i
The C.000 Item waa paid to President
Dargan because of hla construction of
the provisions of hie contract with the
company that he would have six
months' notice of termination and that
the IS.oao and the two expense ac
counts came within 1*6 at hla six
months advance salary. Thla was.post
ed under the heed ot "advenes agency
contract."
Mr. Lee testified that It waa custo
mary for PreildanP Dargan's expenses
to be i>sld by the company while hr
waa away on trips In tha Interest i.t
the company. The defense showed
that Mr. Dargan's trip to Europe war
to confer with the president of a Phila
delphia company concerning the re
insurance of the Atlanta-BIrmtngliam J JjiddeC - for CoiUll Contract
LAWYERS SEARCH
COURT RECORDS
Company's business. Other trips were
taken tn different places on business,
Including Memphis and California.
Pras'dent Dargan went to Ban Fran
cisco efter the earthquake to ascertain
the true condition of affaire.
TO MEN IN SHOPS
BY GEORGIA ROAD
«Ml
cau
cauHP on
nmoktnif
tl the elevuto
Northern Pacific
May Lose Charier
•I received from Bnuthern congress
men and nrwapa«>era and senators let
ets of the tilchest commendation of
he Whitney document, urging me to
continue Its circulation, which I shall
do until at least loo.ooo copies are dls
trlbutrd throughout the Union'.''
Marlborough to
Get $100,000
y_M- lleyburit
Washington. Feb .
offered a resolution In the -male today
calling for the appointment of a
mines of five member- t
th«*
rifle
con^reM r••l•*' u,
the vointnitt
Investigate
,f the Northern Pa-
„ xicw to having
barter It Went to
on PacIO* railroads.
laindon Feb. t.—The duchess >f
Marlborough, formerly Mlae Conaurio
Vanderbilt, and her two children, led
Vanderbilt. Jr- today for
Ith W. K. ...
Beaulieu. It la said the children will
spend )is months yearly with each tw-
rent I nder the new arrangement the
duchess’ father will allow her and‘the
dukv each 9109.90# a year.
Htrikcrti' Claim Was Given
to Prevent Sympathetic
Walk-Out.
Special to Tb# OorfUa-
Aufuntn. Oa . Feb. k—Thero aro n
proapectH In >l||ht for the Mttlement it
tho car worker*’ "trike
Notlcca were- poated In the ttrorgia
railroad machlno. blackamlih and boll-
ermakem' nho|*« today announcing that
tha pay of all the man In then* depart
ment* have been Incroaood. Right per
cant la the amount of tha Incraanc, and
It will cauae the salary of niont every
man to be Increasod 25 canta per day.
The Increase in pay will affect about
«lfhty-‘men ami was granted without
any demand* being made by tha union*
of which the men are mambora
prominent machinist in the Ocor-
Figuvod in Suit for
Heavy Damages.
gte railroad shops says that the In-
“ of a surprli
creese wee very much _
only a few machinists ashed for It. Tbs
striking car workers allege that tha
railroad raised the wages of the Iron
worksn In order to prevent a sympa
thetic strike.
An old. suit In which W. J. Oliver,
the lowest bidder.for the Panamu ca
nal contract, figured several years ago
In Atlanta la now being dragged from
the daaty (Ilea of tho Fulton county
court house.
Admissions nude by Ullrer In answer
to a sensational suit by n woman al
leging to bo hie wife have been careful
ly noted by Atlanta lawyers and cnple-
of this suit and Olivet's answer in It
have been prepared In send. It Is snltl.
lo other lawyers In Washington, ■> i
Anti further, It Is declured 'by Iho-e
n a i-ialtlon to know, that all this re
iving of an old scandal which,
the ghost of Bamiun, will not down. I-
solely for the purpose of preventing Ol-
from securing the contract with
the government to build the canal.
This suit was filed In Atlanta nn Muy
13, 1905. by Nannie Oliver, who alleged
that -he wae Oliver’s wife, claiming ilr
serilnn and asking for tllit.OOO. Il was
first filed In Knox county, Tenne—re.
hut was thrown out of court there for
the reason that the plaintiff was said
lo Is' a resident of Georgia.
Wee Not Wife.
Il dragged along In the Fulton county
engrt and finally Ollvfr won. It was
decided tha woman eestut htegsrtfe
and had no claim upon him.
In her petition the woman alleged
aha was married to Oliver on March >6
1991, and said that before that time her
name waa Nonnle Cross. Her case waa
handled by Westmoreland Broil, and
the defeadaat's Interests wefe looked
after by Jack J. Hpaldtng.
It Is known that the orialnul suit and
the answer therein have been secured
from tha office of the Fulton county
clerk and that copies of these two pa
pers were made. II Is know n, loo. that
particular Interval was attached by the
obtaining these coplVe to those
ns 0? Oliver's answer.In which he
admissions concerning hla rela
tions with the plaintiff from 1196. before
the death of hie flrat wife, until 110!,
before he married the second time.
Whe Wants Information? ,
Just who the lawyers In Washln.
ration, tha
are who desire thla Informs 1
Atlanta lawyers engaged In securing It
declined lo stele. But It was hinted
that these lawyers were acting for In-
tere:ta which desired to prevent Oliver
from boasing the digging of the ditch.
Thera was nn Intimation, loo, that
possibly the government wanted to turn
dnwn the contract with Oliver In order
lo do Its cwn bossing and canal dig
ging.
The plalnllft In the suit Is told to ba
her mother.
now living In Allanla-wlth hi
and lo have been employed same time
ago In an Atlanta restaurant ae a wait
ress.
Bo far as being the husband of the
plaintiff was mhrarned. Oliver was ful
ly vindicated by the termination of tha
litigate '
ion In hie favor. But It la said
that the admissions be made In his
answer are what the Washington at
torneys are seeking.
SUBPENAS ISSUED
BY FEDERAL COURT
IN TURPENTINE CASE
i Broad stroet, 3
W. W. UcNInch * Co- 1»
Street, allowed lo transfer license to
W. U BrldwalL
Borne Past History.
To give an Idea of how council looks
upon tha work of *1906 tn reetrictlna
aad resulatlng saloons, the following
facts about one of these licensee may
be of Interest:
In the city directory of 1941, opposite
formation that he operates a saloon
at II North Broad streeL Mr. Brown’s
application for the renewal of hhrlt-
cehse, just after the weeding out fol
lowing the riot, was turned down br the
special police committee and br coun
cil.
In the.same directory, opposite the
name of W. H. Mitchell, appeera thle
Information: “Bar tender It North
Broad street."
Council has adopted an ordinance,
saying that the person who obtains a
license must own or have a lease on
the property. The application of the
owner or 1N6 was turned down, but
tha bar tender to that oifner secured
the license in his name tn IN? and at
the oame place that the owner bad for-
msrly applied for.
I'a Hurried Aetlen.
- I Ur uwtya the
place, or la the medium through which
3rown gets a renewal of license. Ii Im.
material, but the very fact that coun
cil would not postpone action until thla
could be Investigated, but granted the
license on the spot. Is significant
Alderman Key. who wna a member
of the special police committee ot IHf.
slated on the floor that he thought that
Mitchell bod been a bar trader for
Brown, whose application had bean re
fused. He. therefore, wanted action
postponed until after an Investigation
could be made. Council granted the
■oi[3jo>!i .n|,|. ni n'i—!b
Savannah, G4- Feb. 5. -In the I'nlted
Slates court toilay eulipi'nas were Is-
-ucd f.n many naval stores n|s>ralors
and fneiorles In ennne. linn with the In
vestlgalltm of the ullegeil turpentine
trust
Aiming those summoned nns Fresl
deni Nash, of the Amerlean Naval
Stores I'nmpuny. '
The grand Jury will he -summon'd
tills week hv Judge Rniory Hpeer.
Briggs to Get
Dry dens Toga
TrenWit, X. J-' Feb. 5.—Frank O.
llrlggs has been nominated in succeed
Senator Dry-ten as senator from New
license without the Investigation.
■ J»r
Tiio members of the police committee
have go other courao open to ll\«m but
to report favorably on all applications,
against which no objections ran be rail -
od. »a there la no law under which they
can iptrate differently, and tha com
mittee. os far as ran be learned, did
nut know tl-t circumstances cbout this
Council did have the atatemeat of a
member that hla recollection was that
Mitchell had been a bar tender for a
saloon proprietor whose application bad
been turned down, but took favorable
■ml Immediate aetlen without further
Investigation.
Incidentally. Mitchell after Brown
had been turned down, applied for a
ilceiute last year aad was granted one,
which, upon reconsideration at the
same meeting, was taken away.
Japs Consider c -
U. 5. Telegram
Toklo, Fob 6.—Prince Ito. whe was
summoned fnug Seoul, preaided today
at the meeting ot the council consider
ing a lengthy telegram from the United
States gwiriainl • v ‘£2Sw c
It Is reported the message concerns
United States.
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