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W«th«r: ~,mi vuufrrs J,l rain tonight ,H*r; no sssrk- V- In lempnm- PRIGS: ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1907. AROUSED BY FLAMES, THORNTONS ARE SAVED, WORKS OF ART BURNED Alienist Is Irflro&io Into Trial fcf Evans Makes Admis sion on Witness Brothers. EVELYN IS ILL; HARRY NERVOUS In a Bra shortly attar t o'clock Fri day morning that damaged to the as lant or about 110,444 the 'handsome home of Albert E. Thornton. (It Peach tree street, president of the Etberton oil mills and vice president of the At lanta National Bank, Ur. Thornton and his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Austell Thornton had a thrilling and narrow escape from the flames In their night clothes, thw-blaslng residence having become filled with dense smoke, caus ing them to grope their war, to fresh air. The Are was discovered by Mrs. A. E. Thornton, who awoke about S:I0 O'clock and discovered that a gas jet (n an adjoining room bad become ex tinguished. Fearing some dhtttf* from this source, she started to Invastl- R ate and discovered that the entire ouse was filled with smoke. She awakened her husband, who In turn rnttsHil. Lesfry Arnold, solicitor of the crimi nal court, sfho lives next door, together with Bicycle Policemen Pearson and JamOaon, auccbeuw, 111 saving many valuable articles.. The officers aad Mr Arnold • braved the flames and smoke after bursting In the dining room door and saving several hundred dollars worth of silver plata. Valuable Portraits. Several portraits of tbs " Mr. and Mrs. Thornton a destroyed. They were pi Defense and P&pMcn ’ Lock Horn*. 6fowr Trial Is Stopped for Sev^n Minutes Till Thaw Recovers. parents of ire totally lead- very New York. March 1.—When Harry Thaw was brought Into tha trial room today he grew reetlve under the aharp scrutiny of three experts for the state. Dra Flint, McDondid and Mahon. That ba was more nervous than on any pre vious day of tha trial was plainly evi dent. Evelyn Neabtt Thaw was too 111 to day to appear at tha trial of har hue- f'ulpeper, Va., March fence in the trial of Strother for the nr Tha lire originated K the basement, but the cause has not yat been ascer tained. The northern portion of the house and the roots are almost com pletely destroyed. The library,.said to be one of tha moat complete private libraries In the ttty, le badly damaged. About IS6,000 Insurance on the struc- awakened his son aad daughter-in-law, all asleep on the second floor. After awakening her husband, Mrs. Thornton ran to bar dressing room and secured her Jewelry case containing about 11,000 worth of diamonds. The gems had been deposited Imthe box prepara tory to placing them In a vault Friday. When her else trie brougham called Special to The Georgian. Marietta, On.. March I —The jingling music of a banjo playing a plantation tune, the melody of a negro song and the shuffling of danc ing feet, floated through the barred doors of the locked Celle to the gal lows where John Bullard stood awaiting for his death. The silence which followed the awful thud of the trap was broken only by the barbaric music which floated from the cells. Man Porter, a negro, who Is himself to be tried for murder, was the principal musician, and half a iloien negroes aang and danced to the' music of his banjo, while John Bullard marched to the gallows. Thay sang and danced as he took his -land upon the trap; they sang and danc ed as his soul was released from the miserable body which b(ld It; they eang and danced and the banjo tinkled Its plantation ditty while John Bullard's body swayed at the end of the rope. Only the locked doors Into the corridors separated the negroes from the gallows, but tha maj esty of death made no Impression upon the black musician who may yet stund upon the scaffold for his own crime. for her at tha Hotel Lorraine today'to take her to the murder trial ah* was unable to-leave her bed. Clifford Hart- ridge, Thaw’s personal counsel, railed on her at the hotel, but he would say nothing as to har, condition. reached an effort was made to send In an alarm oveg the telephone, but for tome reaeon no response came, and, Austell Thornton, barafootsd and In only his night clothes, ran to the North Atlanta exchange at North avenuA. 1 blocks away, to turn la- the alarm. Finally, howaver, 16 mlnutea after dis covering tha. Are the alarm was sent In over the telephone from the adjoining residence of Thomas M. Clark. Lace Harris a colored butler, ran to the lire alarm box and to Courttand street street, three blocks away, la aa effort to send In the alarm, < The tom up condition of Peachtree street, because of the relaying of .the asphalt pavement, prevented the Are w-aguna from makingra**ftMm* end the delay from -this source let the flames get considerable headway. Only one side of Peachtree Is open to traf,- GOV. TERRELL TELLS WHY HE REFUSED TO GRANT from Mr.'Thornton's home. leged. attempt to Assort «| Vlolg, within an hour after rlage, today called Dr. CM an allenlat from , the gevqja pltat.iar.tlia tnaane at TUa the witness stand. thuajflgi the-.defense will not rexUw the "unwritten law," ', After relating the htetfr Husband and Father Seeks Life of Whole- Saloon Licenses Taken Key Ordinance Gives Up by Police Corn- School Children Htmther family. teUlag.^f'th* confession and.hie alleged attempt ah' desertion. Attorney Moors said; Keith Makes OfcJetMdW. ' i "These being facta, docter, hoW-| would you charaetariat the act ef homicide r Prosecuting Attorney Keith objects* ■ rnittee Friday, Bloomington, III., March 1.—Thomas Baldwin, the rich Colfax farmer who killed four persons In an effort to hide an offense which he Is charged with, against hie wife's little niece, faces death at the hands of an avenger. Simon Else man. whoee wife and 14-year-old daughter were two of Bald, win's alleged victims. Is here trying to gain admission to the Jail and avow. Ing to kill Baldwin. Many of Baldwin's neighbors are try- Ing to stir up a mob to lynch him. It Is said the defense will be Insanity. , Continued on Page'five. iper. Va_ March 1. a are members of the fSf la O the Strother murder ease: O Asa A. Sheets. K. M. Bnehong, O M. A. Price, Daniel LIcklttsAW. O C. Lents, Joeleh Wiseman. J. O. D Bolt. Charles O. Keller. P. M. O Jarrett, J. C. Towns#. W. B. D Fleming and W. W. Bird. ■»■ ' JOSEPH B. LIVELY. Atlanta Is In the front rank In tha march for growth and prosperity— quietly and at greet strides—setting a pace of sufficient s wift esse to at tract the attention of observant people throughout the land. Atlanta's growth Is not. nor has It aver been, spasmodic It sever par takes of "boom" methods From Its ashes age It has grows. Just a natural, healthy growth, the result of the Indomitable end harmoalnaa energy of Its publlc-eplrtled dtliens. Its prospects grow brighter wNh the starting of earh year, all lines of business showing enormous la- creases over the year preceding. I’nmparieone of the clearings and the report of the butldtnc leeeagtor for the month of February, IM7, with the month of February, SNA Wfil give some Idea a* to what la being done la the bhitkln# and butMhm.MMa. Floorings month of February. 1*0, $21.11S.TK1 Clearings month of February, 1MI —U.7MM* Building permits February. IM7 .t HOLMS \* Building permits February, 1104 HI.I4S— MMA Total Increase - StlfMEMf For only two Items In Atlanta's many llnee of buelaf wSl remarkable showing. •' DEVELOPMENT AT 8EN0IA. ja wSSBlJ Hanoi* la experiencing quite a boom along all bualnasa Hi" past f, w- weeks, and prospects urc fur a most l«uaMMnd9|£S'K town si - ’ MfJt.. tWnL, urCTl The First National Bunk of Henola opened for kMMMHHfllHlHI with S76.UOO paid In capltnl They will build a nice A twentv-ronm hold Is Just bring completed by C. F, MkMBflBfl''Wj will he opened to the traveling public within a few days. • - • At a meeting of the directors of the Henola Oil Mltf a h# dfMKjjHBL* they decided n, begin at once the erection of sultaM* bCMMhMMf jflMf^Ugl In a fertlllxer plant for next season. '■ r s "‘> A new 17.000 Methodist parsonage ha* Just been compMaA . ‘ ifjSf? ■ Thu Bank of Senoln opened Its tl.tort for buelnesa MswpfijLrgMHjflk three honks for Smoke This hank has a strong Hona'lMMlnHl have a nice building, which has Jusl been eompMtri). "7^ rBg? ) A tiling plant will also be put up here at owe*, aad It taHHflHfeiHH fn.nt „f many of the store* walks will be laid with tiling, e JOBlWsYjK', Omaha. Neb., March 1.—A special from Pedra, Wyn.. say* that six men were killed and a number seriously in jured In a collision between a Burling ton freight and a work train near that station last night. The work train was standing on a siding and the switch had not been thrown to clear the main track. En gineer Hhepis'rd. of ttherldan, and five unknown laborers, word killed. Protested to the Last That He Was Innocent. "tVAS ACCIDENT,” LAST STATEMENT Judge Gober Refuses to -Recommend Reprieve and Governor Signs Warrant. By PAUL E. WILKE8. Marietta, Ga., March L—"I'm going home to rest. I have confidence In God." Within less than a minute after these words were uttered John Bullard was shot Into eternity. The murder of hie pretty 17-year-old daughter, Ruby, had been avenged. But to the last John Bullard Insisted that the death of the daughter he loved ,o well was an accident. In answer to a queetlon by Mr. Dobbs. -It m an accident. It happened Just s* I have told before." In nine minutes more he wrae corpse. His neck was broken and after the fatal trap was eprung he never moved a muscle. Weak from the disease which was rming with the law to match him away from life, but nervy to the last, Bul lard began the march to bis death at 11:15 o'clock. For twenty minutes previous to that time he had remained lying on hie cot, lovered with a blanket, while the two ministers prayed and read verses from the Bible |Q him. Frequently while talking to tha mlnleters Bullard would he seised wUh a coughing lit and each of these left him weaker. Pro tea ted Hit Innoeenee. Again god. again during his last morning In Ufa he repeated that tha troty of tbs crims-ba told taa acorgmn reporter Wednesday 1 wu the truth, mil st often did he dsbltte hie lave for the child Tar Whose iminfler hs ws-wsi. demned to die. After he stood upon the trap hs again ntado these statements and ashad for the newspaper men present to step closer so they could hear. him. Never for one Instant did hit nerve fall him. He held out his hands for Sheriff Frey to handcuff and he watched while his feet were fastened. only once did he murmur a protest. When Sheriff prey started to adjust i h " black cap Bullard objected and JOHN BULLARD AND HI8 DAUGHTER. It was for the murder of Ruby, hie 17-ysar-old daughter, last Ssptsm- her, that John Bullard wee executed et Marietta Friday morning, aftar protesting that the shooting wee an accident. TINKLE OF THE BANJO CAME FROM NEGRO CELL AS BULLARD WAS HANGED Governor Terrell Friday Issued s statement carrying Ida reasons for not respiting John Bullard! " this statement he reviews that case and states why he came to tho conclusion not to Interfere with the execution of the law. During Frldayj morning Governor Terrell received scores of telephone messages, both lq- jal and from other points, beseeching asked If he could not die*without It. hint to respite Bullard, Hut when the sheriff explained that ihl» was impossible, Bullard quietly ac quiesced. L'ntii the last moment neither John Butlurd nor his friends had given up l"pe. A last appeal waa made to Gov ernor Terrell Thursday afternoon, but he refused to grant a reprieve unless •luilxe George Gober. the trial Judge. -ImuM recommend It. Judge Gober re mained silent and John Bullard, almost living uf consumption, strengthened by •' fiery stimulant, managed to walk to ilie scaffold and stand upon the trap until It fell from beneath him. Prayer With Prisoner. At 10:56 o'clock Revs. C. E. W. jiul.hs, of the Raptlst Thurch, and \V. Pearce, of the Methodist church. ■Hied at the jail und were admitted to tile 1 ell. They prayed for a little while, ■•ml ihen read a selection from the hcrlpture*. At 11:16 o'clock Sheriff \V. - *■ rev entered the cell. Fume on, John." he said, kindly. •Bullard arose, steadied himself a "against his hunk, and followed 'he sheriff from tho cell. He was able ' ' Mnn, l and walk unsteadily. It was ' M In the corridor and Bullard trem- " hm he faced the draft. But his , in rvc never failed him for a moment. * ’'" " 'be corridor on tho second floor gs-v death march began. At the end hi.? 1 '.’ ,ir 1' ,or . which separates the ir * / r " m I hose occupied by ne- KS'i ,h ® kkUhws. a permanent affair bu tt into the structure of the ap Bu ttr< * took hie etand upon the -I Am Not Afraid." hnvo made peace with God." he L "I have accepted Christ. I am afraid." I" Dobbs asked him several times If ' w ould not make a confession. I do not wish to doubt your word m-i*t mat you wera guilty, Dobbs, "but you know this Is an ml time." ,, 1 •'» v « nothing to confess,'’ repeated "T... ” ,t w “ an accident. All that ‘>•1 Wednesday was true." >ou have no confession to make?" •7'-l the minister. 1 •'»»• none.- said Bullard. "I am - •■>>« home to rest. I have confidence '"• riff W. J. Frey pressed the lever released the trap. Bullard s hotly downwards Hla neck was broken tie waa pronounced dead In » r *lex. Two Brothers Present. Dr. C. E. Dobbs called upon ondemned man aatiy In the mnrn- ■' *nd talked with him for anme time. lw " brothers Malachl and Patrick 1 'Mard, also had a talk with the prls- Hundmls called up The Georgtnn office and anxiously Inquired If Bul lard hail been respited. Friday morning Judge J. P. Denton, a Justice of the |»>ace front Paulding, called on the governor. "What are you going t Bullard?" he asked the govern "Let the law take Its reply. "God bless you. gm doing right. Bullard I ought to he hanged The governor's statement tn full Is ns follows: Governor's Statement, Bullard was parlor court for victim was ter, upon wimsi wounds w l(h a trial It was sugg fensa that hi proof was forth net to. requesting of thqm an Inveetl- gallon of Bullard's physical condition, tu the end lhul It might be ascertained If Bullard was now In exlreml*. I am Just In recslpt of the report of there physicians which la to the effect that 'neither the emaciation nor the debll Ity la extreme." \ No Power to Act Through Pity. Slay the governor In the exercise of th j power conferred upon him by the constitution to commute, respite pardon, properly atay the proceedings of the court and await the natural death of the convict? Th* flrat Im pulse of a kindly heart la to lean to the suggestion that It la a human* thing for the executive to do. Th* gov ernor, however. Is not empowered to act purely from a sense of pity, and urse," was tho 1 "idle ’..* may temper Justice with mercy, he has no authority to thwart Justice by In effect setting aside the Judgment of a court. The argument that the convict may probably die at no distant bite, and for this reason the sentence of the taw ah- Diet .-bate, la unsound. It Is In effect an argument that a man afflicted with an Incurable disease may commit crime so far ae the law Is concerned, with Impunity. It It of course sail and disagreeable to execute the taw by the lnl!lctlon or capital punishment on n matt so dla- agteeable to execute the Ian by the Infliction of capltnl punishment on a man so diseased that In the course of events would probably die a natural >d tlini Bullard j death nt no very distant date. It Is r, you are ul man anil said Judge Den- Irted In Fobb *u- uffense of murder. 17-vcar-old dnuglt- y ha Inflicted four car. When put on id by way of rte- impalred and and msumptl live but a short while, dined to entertain evldc probable length of time would live or rather th.' within W hlch lie would dl •nuses. The Jur he court ile- human being being In the vigor of vc as to the health und with the prospect of long that Bullard ‘ life before lilm. This furnishes no tuf- irohable time; tlclenl reason why the law should not from natural be executed. The law recognises no convicted Bullard I difference In the punishment of mur- enuses i llt i,, n mid the Judge der on account of the fact that the without rw'onimemlatlon ami ine juuge m „ r(|er# r himself le In an enfeebled up«'n hln> * n u » phyplcol condition. It la’ a ertraefor (lent ll. Ill* I'HHI Wat- ” • * 1 * *,( 1e- (ten alolf > > r va- o 11 In kill an<l (lire death. HI" *«»' . , .,„,i after I either the sick of well to kill, and the supreme court of woriti I )aw recognises no distinction In the In- argument and < ansldeasllon th- i t j i „ (ft|on of punishment. The law takes the court the Judgment ' " ' '„ no delight In punishing either, but In Application was made n ti g . flh ta punishment for the protection of or to have physicians appointed t n „,„.|ety. since society demands protec quire into the pr-sent santts of t u-| - .. . . . . lard. The physicians wen dul> np pointed anil hav lard was no then I'ullanl slept hut little during hta 1 night an earth. Between II and i: 1 " k hs took a nap, but soon awoke. Continued en Pago Thirteen. ported tlmt Bill- AppUc>itl<m wn* mm ...- r* emor, which wa« referred to the imnlon board, mutation of the sentence, in board after considering the i dined to S.I recommend. A Final Precaution. Application Is now made fo upon the ground that Dullard but a short wi an act of mere stav the 'hr court and await death, the natural result of the disease with which he Is afflicted out Of abundance of precaution I have this morning appointed mission consisting of jw si clans. Dr. Jsme Inntii. and Dr pardafl • respite can live longer ami that ss vullve should - eminent phy- Baird, of At- E. lteynohls. of Ma- tlon from the criinlnal class Irrespec live of the physical condition of the criminal. Without Authority. It Is munlfeilt there U no warrant or uuthorlty In law for th* governor to stay and defeat the judgment and len ience of the courts of th* country for the reoson that th* guilty ha* an In curable disease which may shortly re sult In the doath of th* convict. The duty of the governor Is Io see that the lane are executed and the responsibil ity of the Infliction of punishment tor crime Is plsced upon th* courts and juries end should not be modified ex cept for tome reason which, the law recognise*. It Is therefore ordered that th* pe tition for respite be, and th* same Is * * — ease * J. I PHYSICIANS MAKE REPORT ON BULLARD'S CONDITION In older that he might Anally kh"» John Bullard's physhul Governor Terrell requested ■'''■ •'" lies II. Huird to go to Marietta enrty Fri day morning and make n nation of the condemned In Marietta Dr. Ilnlnl Dr. H. V. Reynolds waa mau • cx-iml » Mw‘1 *»> xainlnHtl'»n ("o'clock Friday morning. At III o'clock Ihclr report was person ally delivered to Governor Terrell In his office by Dr. Halrd. WUh Ibis statement before him. Gov ernor Terrell finally determined nol to Interfere w ith the death sentence. Th* tlndlng of the prison commlsslan In the ,aso..wtis approved by the governor Continued en Pegs Thirteen. The police ctHamltfee of eonnell held on- other serret session Tborsdsy sfleneiou suit sited on severs! more sppllrstloas for llqnnr license*. The commute* flrat heard the argument* for and afalnst Ike application* and then retired In the privacy of the rlook r-smi to take action. The committee refused Iv give oat what they did. Komehow t leak was sprung nsaln, and a few lilts of. these secret doing* managed tu Dial their way lo a representative of The tlcuiglan. Just as similar lilts did at the previous meeting. There ws* the application of Mlnblnnet A lisrlly for n negro saloon nt ■ Decatur street. Fonalderulde discussion resulted— A favorable report .. peters street, for th* transfer from Brure to them uf a nrgro saloon, aud srsgban, I . Brldwetl. . Marietta street, for s transfer from a white ed adversely The application of Jartetia street, for a lo a colnted saloon, wss The commute* conllaneil the pollrr of not allnwlns any negro tanas as loon by tarn lag down the application of Frank W. Johnson, a negro, for a negro saloon at 10 Ivy street. Personaly, Jobnaou hail strong Imloraemeola. The sppllratton of t'nok k Morris for a while beer aalonn at IK IVra street waa The application of J. T. Hworda for a n* gro aaloon si K> Deealur alrccl was slaU reported unfavorahly. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo o RAIN, RAIN. RAIN, RAIN, O o rain And then some, o a o O Just make sp your mind lo slosh 0 around In the dampness a while 0 yet. O O Going to be occasional rain as 0 O far ahead si ths weather man can 0 O see. So don't growl—Just galh- 0 O er raincoat, rubbers and umbrella 0 O and tare forth. Forecast: O O "Occasional rain Friday night O and Saturday, no marked change 0 In temperature." O Friday's temperatures: O i'rk>ck a. m. * o'clock s. m. » o'clock a. m. 14 o'clock a. in. it o'clock a. m. O II o'clock noon O I o'clock p, m. J o'clock p m. B ... .44 degrees O .... 44 degrees O .... 44 degrees O ....47 degrees O ....47 degrees O ....41 degrees O ....I* degree*.O ....41 degrees O D OOOOO&OOO0OOOOOOOO&OO0OOOQ Heavy Less From Fire. Hpeclsl to The Grorftnn. Fhaltanuoga Tena, March I.— Moore A Jones grocers of Khelbyvlll*, Tenn., suffered r 14,404 lose from fire las: night an-1 the slock of J. K. Wil liams. grocer, waa completely destroy- The buildings belonged lo Misses Caine; a and sere partially losnrta'. Eight street car fares for a quarter. Street car fare fur children, two for a nickel. Fare for those not provided with seats, I cent.’ These are the three provisions which Alderman Key sill ask th* commit!' on freight rates and transportation to embody In an ordinance to be recoin mended to council for passage. The committee met at 1:10 o'clock Friday afternoon to take further ac tion on the original ordinance of Al derman Key, making It prohibitory for the street car company to charge more . cent fare for strap hangers, officials of the Oeorgla Railway and Electric Company having submit ted a new schedule, providing for number of additional can and for Im proved service on many of the streets. It was decided to hold up action on the ordinance by Alderman Key. "My plan I* this," explained Alder man Key Friday morning. "The company proposes to add cars In order that there may be no strap hangers. If Ihta la the case, then an ordinance enforcing a I-cent fare for atraphangers ran not hurt the com pany. The ordinance, It will be pro vided, sill not go Into effect until some future definite date, far enough remov ed from the present to allow th* com pany lo fulfill Its pledges "I think children should not be charged more than 2 1-7 cents fare when going to and rom|ng from school. This will not make any deep Inroads Into the company's revenues, and. be- aldea, the children would ride much more If the fare was cheaper. "In like manner, the company ought to sell about eight tickets for a quar ter. tn be used In rentaln hours; when going tn and coming from work, and on Hundays- This sill encourage buy ing fares In larger quantities and there sill be more riding done. 'These reductions w|ll he a great bene lit to the putfllc, add. at the same time, sill not work a great hardship on ths romimny." Six Are Killed In Train Wreck