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Atlanta Georgian and news VOL. V. NO. 187. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7,1907. pricb: traxmmt THAW’S PRETTY WIFE SACRIFICES SELF ON WITNESS STAND TO SAVE HIS LIFE Say* She Told Hus band She Was Unworthy. ( ON ( HALS NOTHING OF HER HISTORY She Nearly Collapse* After (Jivinfr Testimony Be fore Jury. By CHARLES SOMERVILLE. Vw' York, Feb. 7.—Evelyn Xesbit Thaw aacriOced herself on witnesa aUnd today that she might save the life,of her million aire husband, Harry K. Thnw.. It turn the supreme moment in the trial of Thaw. That he real- i Z od this more than any one else was indicated by the great beads „f perspiration which damped hia forehead as she told her story. As she spoke, the jurymen, as if bv n signal, turned to look at Tlmw. Hia clutching handa held his handkerchief, smothering his Taee. "ft suffering. Every man in the jury hox was compressing his lips, and lighting to hold back his tears. No man in the court room felt courage enough'to look upon the girl s agonized face. She swore that in Paris she had refused to marry Thaw, confess ing to him her unworthiness. And. as she related the inci dents leading up to the Roof Gar den tragedy, she found time to east assuring glances at her pa thetically nervous husband, more than once smiling to him as if to say that she was all right; that she wonld bear np through it all. The courtroom waa crowded. As Mrs. Thaw left the stand at the rlosp of the morning session -he tottered and almost fainted, she was caught by an attendant - and assisted to-a-chair; . QuMtlsnod By Dolmas. Mr* Thaw was questioned by Mr. Delman; Are you the wife of the defend ant. Harry K. Th*w? A. I Alii. y When were you born? A. De- temher 25. I sit. y On the eventna of June 25. ISOS, one you in the company of your hus band at the Cafe Martin? A. Yex, sir. U U'hu else was there? A. Truatun Beetle and Tn.tmaa McCaleb. Q Al.iut what lima did you get out Of there? A. o Uttle after s. V Where had you come trom Im mediately efter arriving there? A. tr-rn .Sherry's. (J Whet time did you leave the Cafe ■Martin’ A. After t. y Where did you go? . A. To Madl- ron Square Garden. y Kid you ao there directly without .topping any more'? A. Yes. y At the Cnfa Martin did you tee Stanford tVhlts? A. Yes, sir. y When did you see him? A. Some time niter v.e arrived. He was coming ,M " 'he dining room where we were Sitting. *»’ "id he remain In the dining room -lot he pasa through and go stntu- *™re else" A. Yea, he paaaed through ami went nut on a balcony. y Mow long did you aee him the nr-1 Ime when he came In? A. He >»me in from the Fifth avknue en- can’t eny how long I saw ‘ACQUIT HARRY THA W,’ SA YS SNOW SHOVELER TO THE THAW JURY NYw York. Fi b. 7. Whll" Hi" Thnw Jury tfP tu«* uat fioiu the Broadway hotel to conrt today. one "of n cmwtf of wow ahovriwra ahoatetl to them: **8ay. you fellows ought to acquit Harry K. Thaw.- Taptalu l.ynch, In char*" of the Jury, be- "tin" areally rxrlted, anil yelletl loudly to n pollrrtnnii n half block down the afreet: “Cotun up here and arreat that man!*' The officer did ao and followed the JUl^r with Ida prisoner in the rrlmlnat branch of the supreme court. There Captain Lynch |4a«HMi the offondlwr antm ahavcier under gunnl, with the Intention of arralfnlnf him for eoutemnt. Terluilcafijr, It was aald. aoch an art at that of the offender wonld disqualify a whole Jury, hnt the law records mention ho cate In which such a thin* baa horn done. It waa considered nrohahla, bowerer. that the guard of .the Jury would tie In- rreoaod and alt petsona wonh) ha kept at a dlatanrc. LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MOTHER AND SON; CHARGED WITH MURDER Special to The Georgian. Gainesville. Ua.. Feb. 7.—Mrs. Sue Drooks. whose trial was concluded In Hall superior court yraterdny. and went lo the Jury Inst nlahl. being ctmrged with accessory lo the killing of.Jack Collins, was this morning found guilty of murder and recommended to the mercy of the court. Judge Klmsev sentenced Mrs. Brooks to the peniten tiary for life. Her son. Foster Brook*, was last week also found guilty and given n life sentence. WILL SPEND $50,000,000 IN HEART OF AFRICA tuner Mm. Whits Want on Balcony. , ’"' n dM you lose light of him? a w h»n he reached the balcony, y After he had reached the balcony, u him no more? A. No. ^y Kid he remain on the balcony? A. y Kid >„u see him Inter? A. I saw Km i,lit. y_ln uhut direction was he going? ' •■ Aid the Fifth avenue entrance. Fifth avenue entrance, saw him merely paw ■ A Yes. d Hoa :ng a time had elapsed be- •*"' "me he Went In and came . , ,' Wu"e some time, y An hour? A. Yes, l think so. J 'you saw Mr. While, did you ! ■' pencil from anyone? A. I iii. r Caleb for one. y,"‘" "ere you aealed? A. Mr. ‘ 'AS nn my left, Mr. McCaleb on o f, tt "d Mr. Thaw oppoalte me. way was Mr. Thaw fac- ' , v 1 "ring me. ' '•*’! ask anyone elaa for e j. a 1 es, but 1 can’t remember !!!•.' >«u write anything? A. Yes. slth It? New Yolk. Feb. 7.—A cable dispatch from Brusse^ reveals that n company of American llmmclcrs lias just been formed for the purpose of exploiting. In wholesale fashion. King l.eupold's do main In Africa. The company, w I"' h is composed of Thomas Fortune KM". >"» James Augusta. Whitely. of Balllrnore. who Is his majesty's consul general here ,Free Stale, John l> Rockefeller. Jr. Simon "uggenhetro. senator fr.ou Colorado, the son or United 8tates Senator Aldrich, of Rhode laland. and others. Is to be known at the "Sorlete De Forreatler et Mlnrre du Congo." Tire Ryun-Rockefellet • Guggenheim Company ha* secured the letters of patent and will, within the neat few years, put S50.doo.noo Into the heart of Africa. A. Christie Realty, chief ex pert of the Gugge.thelm exploitation of the Congo's wealth, will be the chief engineer and an Immediate exploita tion of the Congo's wealth will be be gun. The company will build railroad*, house*, factories, furnaces and mills. A. I J»lAC ‘'hit did you do u .' >" Mr. Thaw. 2 , 1 \ ,r Thaw say,anything after L '•> "'Is paper? A. Ha looked ..Are you all right?" '"us your condition aa to ... . ,Wv nlfecttd or disturbed— I!.,, Anything In your condition L . ‘'muted agitation? -*> •u.uiied*' n “ d * by “ r ; ,,Trm * i*MhVi' , , ,hlre ""yhlng In your man 'airte.j 1 ' hy Mr - Jeroma and aus I S,H.,l.tl to The Georgian. Rome <!.«-. Feb 7.—The case of hi- charged*wKh V" to oVI.sk. Solicllur Oen- .IK ^ Y Vl .°'nn'hour and three minutes they 1“"' ' C verdict of not guilty, glt- i.i. Q ® u 0#*"»d Leaving. w tthout asking yon tho contents, Cent nund en Rage Rive. Fames* Correspondent III. ' 1 „lo„ Feb 7—Sir william How- i note,I uar corespondent, who M»rri. n«»i ' . Tltii"?* Hw* balllw* | nf’’lial.i’ki.tra AO'l'T'chA-l ‘iC* -'"»«> telly HI- COTTON MILL MEN Tlit* "iM-utlvs roiuintttpf* of tho tloorgla liuluHirlal A»w*.iatlon, ooropoaMl of ownora ami operators of aplnnln* mills lu this a tat**, mat In Atlanta Thursday moraine ami adopt«*d a rt nolntlnu Imloraln* tba artlon of Hon. Iaiii y. I.lvlngaton In hia flfht ou tho Nmk York • 'ittton Kkchan***. Th*» luoinhrn proaant (llarnaatsl th«* rhlld InUir lair and agirttl that It must bo atrtet- It tdiRTritil by rrorjr milt In the stall*. Tti" nni annual niootln* will Iw hrld la Wnrin Spring* nrxt June. Ha Ap^aala to tulton. i'onauntinopl#. Feb. 7.—United 8tntr» Ambassador Lelachman la urv- in* the settlement of the American school (juratL>n b> api»r.nllnf directly ihe sultan. COMPANYIS FORMED TO BUILD ARMORY SITE IS ACCEPTER At a meeting of the etockholdere of the auditorium-armory on Thursday morning at II o'eiock. at the Chamber of Commerce Headquarters, permanent organisation was effected and the sec retary was authorised to call for the payment of the first lo per cent of the capital stock. On motion of Hon. Clark Nowell, the committee of twenty-five dtlsens wsa annolnled aa the .board of directors of the auditorium-armory. The following officers Were elected: James R. Gray, president: John E. Murphy, vice president; Walter O. Cooper, secretary, and R. F. Maddox, treasurer. The Incorporators first met. presided over by Mr. Gray. Colonel Clifford L. Anderson, representing the charter committee, reported that the chart sr had been secured. The charter was read and duly accepted. The subscrip tions to the stock were accepted. The secretary reported that more had been subscribed than -y originally planned and the Incorporator* recommended that the directors stake the subscrlp- tlone conform to the amount needed. The Incorporators adjourned and the stockholders met. On motion. It was derided to have a committee of three draw up by-lawa to govern the bodv, the committee to. report back to the stockholders at a subsequent meeting. The following committee was appoint ed: J. J. Hpaldlng. chairman: Clifford I, Anderson and John E. Murphy. The Gllmer-Courtland site for the auditorium was accepted, and the di rectors were authorised to make the purchase. Messrs. Spaldlnc. Anderson and Murphy were appointed as a com mittee to draw up resolution* authoris ing Ihe Issuance nf bonds, which will be submitted to the stockholders at a meeting to be held neat Wednesday morning at Jl o'clock. Ten per cent of Ihe stork subscrip tion* must be made before February 15. MAY REJECT BID OF W. J. OLIVER t Roosevelt _t aad the Raw. with sll requests with WMel he has doe. the prsthalnuy work taste* It ap parrntJj Impossible far the adalnlstrettun to atvr the contract to MsrArtbnr It Gflte. tile, the .ole!set Ursa syudlrsts. Oll-er offer* t* da the work tar spent . . THREE ABE KILLED IN WRECK OF TRAIN OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCKJO O crowded btriet car o O HURLED OVER BANK. O 0 O O Pittsburg, Pa. Fab. 7.—Twenty O O persons were Injured, five serl- O O otisly, last night, when an electric O O car on the Pittsburg Railway O O Company's line between East O O Pittsburg and Trafford City. O O Jumped the track and plunged -O O ovei a- 15-foot embankment near O O Wuldrldge. O O O ooooaooooooooooooooooooooo Chicago, Feb, 7.—Three men were hilled i or men aiiipu "rir tin- raimn>r, urr- man and tagga*** itftnt. Tbs rnflna and h«||B|F rar, whlrb mia n**it to It, woro aliuoai niuiplaiply dmoollshiHl. Tba train TEX LOSE LIVES IN A HIGH SEA flpeclal to The OeorgUn. Norfollt Va.. Fab. 7.—The three- masted schooner reported ashore nn Diamond Rhoals. off Cape Hatterae yes. laaday. went lo pises* last night and nlr trace of her ran be seen thle morn ing. The crew has In all probabtlUy pertshed. There were no lees than ten to die. The wind continued very high with a very rough sea all bight, and there was no possible chance nf the llta-aav- era reaching the deemed reaeel. There Is nothing hnnwn aa to Iter name or destination, and no Identity can be given that would lead to any solution of these qusatlons. except thnl front her position In atrlhlng on the shoals she was evidently bound inutli- ward, probably to some Georgia port. i» load lumber. DRANK MORPHINE; WILL RECOVER Walking Into a down town drug store Thursday morning at II o'rtork, Har vey H. Griffith, of lit Angtar avenue, a clear salesman, purchased 10 rente wurth of morphine, obtained a glass of water et the soda fount, and then swallowed ihe whole amount, ten quarter grains. x After swallowing the poison. Gilf-i nth calmly asked Ih* dark behind Die soda fount to send for a friend ut the Uoodrum Cigar stort, at Peachtree and Marietta streets. Tha young man then walked to the rear of the atore and bhi down In a chair. One quarter of a grain la considered a dose nf the drug, and when II be came known Griffith had swallowed ten quarter grain*, the Grady hospital was promptly notlffed and Griffith hurried there In nn ambulance. HI* condition la not considered serious. Griffith lias a wife and two children. I IS‘L0RD DOUGLASS’ HERB AND WHERE IS HIS BRIDE? * Lord Douglass," alias John C. Cavendish, alleged bigamist, and Miss Josephine Hood, the Asheville girl who was duped by him into a marriage at New Iberia, La. The mother of Miss Heed believes that they are iq MUTINY ON CRUISER TENNESSEE LEADS TO MURDER OF OFFICER Philadelphia. Feb. 7.—A rigid Investi gation will be mad* Into conditions aboard the armored cruller Tennesaee, which resulted In mutiny yesterday and In the killing of one patty officer, the wouiulliic of Bwnthar hv m anrifw! seaman and the wounding of the sea man. Those shat were: Chief Maeter-at-Arme James Doug las. bullet penetrated brain and two other wounds. He died. Msster-at-Arms William McCoM, flesh wound In face and arm. Harry Burke, aged 24, seaman, shot through the arm. The wounded men are all resting placed In Irons and two othara, Lunnua and Dean, are also In tha brig, charged with being accomplice*. NEGRO BOMB THROWER SETS OFF EXPLOSION Figures in Asheville Sensation Looked For Here. Hprrfat to The (Jeorglan. Chattanooga. Tetin., Fell. “.—A terrlAc ei- plosion aronaod the neighborhood In the southern part of Chattanooga this,morning. A frame part of C MMt la ms literal! which _ . i* osii] rurml waa literally blows to pi* — L-f)km nplootou oc- res. Aa US Sad * collection of bomb* and other et E re*, and was evidently trying to inauu ire some kind of n dniis-ruua Iwaiti. Iiul for skat purpose Is not known. The eonple hod bnt recently removed In the neighbor hood sod their strange, actions had lieen - matter of < urn meat among the neigh bora - Igyssal ------ the osc nelghbora" prevented another, TUBERCULOSIS PA 71EN1S • MIGHT BE TREATED AT HOME hOR INCURABLES Tor all Ut* bulldlnga-jdaa- t Is necessary la to feat the of the public In the matter BRIDE’S MOTHER HAS A DREAM Thinks “Lord Douglass*’ Called at Her Home on East Fair Street. An the result of a Strang* dream, closely followed by a remarkable coin cidence, the police have started a sys tematic search In Atlanta for the no* torloua "Lord Douglas*," tha professed English nobleman and alleged biga mist, who llttl* more than a year age married Miss Josephine Hood In New Iberia, La., and at which tlm* tha couple rayatartouuly vanished. .It will be remembered that Uit case created atY Intense sensation In A*he- vllle. N. C„ former home of Mis* Hood, where aha waa regarded aa one of th* moat popular and pretty girl* In th* city, and for months police and detec tive* throughout tho United State* and In Mexico havo bean searching for th* couple. A reward of 1500 was sub scribed by Ih* citizens of AthevlUe for the arrest of Lord Douglass, and tha slat# of Louisiana also offered a reward, following the receipt of Information that h* had The United Btataa govsrkmaat «u in terested In th* case, through the ef forts of Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, and th* matttr was officially taken up with th* government of Mexi co, In order to Indue* a thorough starch. Mother it Hare. Mr*. John H. Hood, mother of tha missing girl who moved with bar fam ily to Atlanta from Naw Iberia about n month ago. and who Is now residing at 57 East Fair atrett. Is convinced that th* alleged bigamist I* In this city. Bhe was Influenced In this belief by a dream - and by subsequent developments which tallied with the dream.' A short Urns ago lira. Hood, who has jiivor ijg^j d from j|ayaiiiaf tha marriage, dreamed that Ihe girt and her husband were In Atla ' that th* daughter was ui la-a lent Friday, abort Iv BMMI dream. Hood horns, Inquired of I that th* latter was til in a hospital.’ Th* stranger bore a striking resem blance to the badly-wanted Lord Doog> Instead of building a new sanitarium for th* treatment of tuberculosis, a movement may b* launched to Incor porate this feature Into an Inatltutton already established In Atlanta, and which has and still Is doing a wonder ful amount of good. This Institution I* Ihe Home for In curables. and at the meeting Thursday afternoon of those Interested In the establishment of a tuberculosis sanita rium the proposition of helping out this Institution and at the same tits* ac complishing the purpose Intendfed will be made. At present the Home for Incurables has twenty patients, but It ha* room for forty, If only the money necessary to take care of thla many was on hand. At present th* only Income outside of the little given the Inalttutkm by the city and county I* that which th* good ladle* who manage the home gat together from those charitably Inclined. It Is now ptanned by the ladle* to build two additional wards at Ih* In stitution. one for tuberculosis patients and another for children. The ward for consumptive* will be surrounded almost entirely by glass, and It' Is C tanned to build It on the line* found; y experts to be beat suited for tbs treatment of tbls malady. The home Is situated on an excellent tract of ground at Woodward avenue and the Boulevard, and there Is plen- mt work-. All tnss* ed at the meeting In Mayor Joyner's Ibla that efforts will ty of room for ned. All that ' co-operation and whan thi Atlanta have a Horn* ..... but. In addition, a sanitarium for con sumptives. - . At present th* city give* th* hom< 2175 a month, while th* county pay* 14 a month tor each county patient. Th* balance of the money necessary to run the home Is raised by the good ladles In charge of th* Work. Ail tha** facta wlU be recited * Thursday afternoon li office, and It Is possible be mad* to help the home, A meeting for the purpose of discuss ing tha establishment of a tuberculosis iiospltal In Atlanta will be held In the office of Mayor Joyner at the city hall al 2 o'clock. Many prominent Atlantans Interested In the subject have been Invited, and Dr. Georgs Brown, president of th* American Anll-Tuberculoala Hoclety. will make an address. The following are among those Invited: Dr. R. H. Klme, Mayor Joyner. Jamas R. Gray, F. L. Beely. John Tempi* Gravte and Clark Howell. ■ Joseph E. Maddox la at th* head of th* movement, and It la proposed to ee. tabllah a sanitarium In Atlanta, surh aa have been erected In several other rltlsa of the country. SIMPSON CHEERED WHEN EXHONERATED >»■ York. Feb. i.—Dr. James Wen dell Simpson Is again a five man After three hours' deliberation the jury today tiled Into the little court ,Mtni ui Rlvarhead. L. I., bringing a erdlct that eaonerated the Fifth ave- lUe dentist of all blame for the killing of 111* rather-ln-law. Hartley T, Horn er. on the night of December 2*. 1505. Mr* Julia Simpson, the strange wife, who for a year has fought hard- set to .-end her husband In the electric clmlt. «as not In court nt the moment „f .his triumph. Her husband's ac quittal to her brought only disappoint ment The townspeople from the first have stuck to the prisoner, and when the verdict was announced broke Into cheers. BANKRUPTCY SUITS FOR BIG AMOUNTS A ;>etltlon to place the Hentward Lumber Company, of Atlanta, In bank- rupfev was filed In Ihe Federal court 'Thnrsdnv. The Atlanta creditor Is the I’hcnlx Finning Mill end other creditors on- In I'n.ittanouga and Havnnnah. A petition waa also tiled to place the Dixie Glass I'oqtfsny, of Tallapoosa. In bankruptcy. Among the Atlanta creditors ate Lsmsr A Rankin, Beck It Gregs. National Paper Company and u. "v itimon. 51. L. Sterne, of M. L. Hterne It Co. Atlanta, nied bankruptcy paper*. He shows liabilities nf gI4.ISt.4A and nn easels. Joseph Lii-ai'. or the Joseph l-nsenr Cigar and ftoxte Company. Atlanta, filed bankruptcy papers. He has lln- Idlltlr- of 52,321.17 mid axeata nf 21.701. CZAR SENDS ADMIRAL NEBOGATOFF TO PRISON FOR SURRENDERING Nt. Petersburg. Feb. 7 -The caar hs* confirmed Ihe sentence of fen rears’ Imprisonment upon Vice Admiral Nebogatoff for surrendering his xhlpa to the Japanese. Nelxigatolt tailed with a fleet ef three practically unseaworthy vessels, accepted an lll-assortad and Ignorant crew, with gunner* who knew nothing of markmanshlp. He effected juncture with Rojestvensky'a fleet arter a long voyage and fought the Japanese until hta ships were alnklng. Then he surrendered and will nmv serve tan yean' Imprisonment for It. stranger ’appeared at IS* iq, la East Fair street, aad JfTgJted If he could reat r himself and wife, stating on her &Mt J or three times, but she I fled that the stranger and th* aliened nobleman were one and the same. Mrs. Hood waa unable to 1st him have th* room h; that time and he never came back. She then reported the matter to th* police and effort* commenced to find the stranger, all of which have proven unsuccessful. •.?■• . *f?V "Believe* He la Dsuglaa*" "I am satisfied I he man who cam* to rny house and applied for a room I* Lord Dougtaee." said - the distressed mother Thursday morning. "He re sembled Douglass very much and 1 atp convinced h* la tbs man, becaas* hia Kory so mrnngly coincides with the f-nlure of my dream. ! dreamed that Lord Douglas* and my .daughter were In Atlanta, and thnt she was sick in • hospital. When this stranger aaked me to rent him a room, he aald he wanted It for himself and hia wife, and stated that hit wife was In a hospital I did not know Douglas* very w*U. and. of court*, could not say poalttve- ly that he and the stranger are the same. But from all of the circum stances of the dream and th* visit I believe It was be." "Lbrd DoucUia" spent contUtnblt time In Asheville and while there was regarded as h man of great wealth. He wooed and won Miss Hood and la aald lo have hesulled her with many prom ises of wealth and patacas. In Louisiana. Mrs. Hood later moved to New Iberia and th* wedding occurred there more than a year ago. Nhortly after th* marriage, Mrs. Hood received a letter from a woman In Texas, asking for a — _« <141x1 Douglass." Mrs. er shocked to receive In- formalion that this woman waa the wife of th* alleged nobleman. This wgs followed by other Information of a like nature, various women declar ing "Lord Douglass" had married them and had then forsaken them. Th* rase was (ban turned over to th* authorities, but no trace has evet- been obtained of tb* altered bigamist It waa learned that "Lord Douglass" had purchased tickets for himself and bride to New Orleans, but beyond this nn tree* was found. Mrs. Hood has never recalved any word from her daughter and this (act adds mystery to the already strange case. Mrs. Hood and thi nolle* have gone through the various hospitals at tb* city, but the missing daughter was not found. Other places are being search ed and no aton* will D* left untamed to bag th* allsgad bigamist If be Is any where In (hia section. • CALHOUN ST. SCHOOL WILL VISIT OBOKOI4N The Cslhou attest school will be tile vis itor to The Oeerglau tad News plant Fri day. Fir* schools bare already peM a visit I* the most modeiyi newspaper pleat In the ■oath, hhd ho Aar* latrraeteC set nf hey* aad girls was ever area than those wha strutted through the vartoox departsisats «f Th** ilroratan asd Xews. Tha seveath aad eighth gvadvs vrtlt vail upna their favorirt newspaper Friday altera,xm st 2J* o'rlark. lx ttss* t» bn .-ref) upentlou raausrvsd with aahllah- Isg Ihe paper. The tree-hen, ef the let* grade* sill be lu rbergv of the rhlldrem el- . - e - -