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VOL. V. NO. 259.
Atlanta Georgian (and news)
spcrc uotxozt:
Liverpool, StonHy: *.5M.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 2,1907.
PRICE:
MABELLE GILMAN TOWED ON THIRTEENTH
Helper Killed, Messen
ger May Die and Pas
senger Injured.
fire broke out
IN SLEEPING CAR
Train Split Switch—Nine
Cars Thrown Against an
Embankment.
ns.
Special to The Georgian.
Orchard Hill, Ga., May 2,
Central of Georgia through pas
senger train, No. 91, known
the “Dixie Flyer,” which left
Jacksonville yesterday evening
6:30 o’clock, due to arrive in At
lanta at 7:50 this morning, was
wrecked in the yard here this
morning at 7 o’clock. The train
jumped the switch in the yard.
The dead:
JIM FITTS, colored, express helper.
Injured:
L. Jelke, express messenger, of Jack,
sonvtlle, injured In arm and head
may be fatally.
Mrs. G. N. George, of Jacksonville,
slightly Injured.
The Injured are being cared for at
this place, and the passengers are all
detained here.
Nine Cara Wrecked.
The train Jumped the track at
switch. In a slight cut. Nine cars left
the track and plied against an cm
bankment. A great many passengers
were In the sleeping cars' and were
thrown from their barths and a panic
followed.
Shortly afterwards Are hroke out In
one of the sleeping cars, but was ex
tinguished before any great damage
was done. It was only the work of
cool heads that prevented a' worse dis
aster from Are. It Is regarded almost
miraculous that there were not more
people killed and Injured than what
were. It was perhaps due to the cars
going against the embankment, which
prevented them from turning entirely
over.
A rail for a wrecking train from
Griffin was made and one wae hurried
to the scene. At once the work of
clearing and repairing the track was
begun.
The track. Is badly blocked and the
rails torn up. so that It will be eeveral
hours before traffic Is resumed.
Engine Not Wrecked.
Of the nine care which were wrecked
five were passenger and four were
express. The wreck occurred In the
east end of the yards, after the train
hnd passed the station. The first car
split the switch and left the track, and
the others followed. The cars broke
looae from the engine when It first left
the track, and the locomotive was the
only thing that remained on the track.
A, L the crew remained at their post.
The train from Atlanta arrived
shortly before noon and the passen
ger* and baggage were transferred and
taken on.
The train was running at the rato of
about fifty miles an hour when the
wreck occurred.
freight core standing on the
side-track were demolished.
Passengers Tell
Story of Wreck
Only two passengers, as far as could
, lettr ned, were Injured. One was a
minister, Rev. G. C. Pollock, from Min.
nesnta, whose right arm was crushed,
and the other. Mrs. D. N. Geyer. of
Fetosky. Michigan, whose back was
severely sprained.
ahl.o* *, raln ,ent out came In
filled' oct E, * ht coaches were
Ir.m.i5 1,h ,I' a **">K«>‘s- All were ex-
, MC ' ted - Miss Olive Lamb, of
ati.i ?' * u ff®red a severe shock
*™ Wl >» In hysterics.
M - Chapin, wife of the
lanm .1 representative In At-
the*AtUn? E ', Y - clark * were among
om ns . ln th « w "ck. Both came
ou uninjured. Mr. and Mrs. D. N.
rent. % °. f . 0a, ne»vllle, Fla., the pa-
IT " f •'"•«. C. B. Wllmer. of At-
*« * "("imlnjured! * he Wr * C, " d ,nUn -
uhl th ® express messenger.
2r Jured - He *■ from Jack-
who !!•« LI? ? ame of hie negro helper,
h . "as killed, was John Palm.
"h(n"! n o 0t ‘feecrlbe my sensation
n . r ? , „ " aw eomethlng was
the wreck ** Mr *‘ < ' llai> * n ' ln discussing
•lAtalulrf kno ’?'* ), * e 1 K 01 of 11 was
f-L IKht of "moke — * “
and flamea coming
car - 1 mu«t have been the
th. '° *** It, for I reached
gmt.n-l _ afety teron any . o(
The porter wae Just
'h,front of me!
nearly'an rt „. ,, ;£ ,to before I had left,
ana ,h * care had turned over
•tain,, n They brushed
,r\ k n ' coal care when side-
r^ndwfni d ,K lh .* ? hat, *red the cars. It’s
f.„ rIul ,l>a t the casualties were
Rev
WITNESS STAND
TRACES LINEAGE
Believes Some of Ilis Ances
tors Were Afflicted
MI8S MABELLE GILMAN.
New -Tork,-May 2.—Mabelle Gilman,
the former actress - and. noted singer,
not superstitious and declares her;
wedding 'to ‘Millionaire. \V. E.' Corey
will take place"May; 11. J Miss Gilman
surprised everybody by stepping from
the liner Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grouse
yesterday afternoon.
G.S.&F. RAILROAD
MUST CUT RATESi
CLASS CHANGED
‘ “I must refuse to discuss my per
sonal-afTatrs. However Important you
may regard It for me to gratify the
curiosity of. friends and strangers, I
am afraid I.can.ndt.share your views.
But I will so far depart from this reso
lution to say that Mr. Corey , and I will
be married In thls.clty.on May 13, and
both Mr. Corey's family and-mine .will
be present. That'll all.','
Miss Gilman's coming here was un
expected until thirty-six hours before
her-actual arrival, ao quietly had the
former opera singer taken her depart
ure ffom Paris, ■ where. she ’ has been
living for several years.
Mr. Corey dined with his fiancee last
night.
BATTLES FOR HER CHILD
AFTER GOING TO JAIL FOR
RUNNING AWAY WITH HIM
Freight rates on the Georgia South
ern and Florida rollr.oad, running from
Macon to Jacksonville, via Valdosta,
were reduced' ten per cent Thursday
the railroad commission.
The road wae taken out of Class C,
which entitled a charge of twenty-live
per cent above the standard 'freight
tariff, and placed ■ In-Class B, which
allows a charge-abeve standard of only
fifteen per cent The road Is 260 miles
length, and. 1s an Important ■ line.
After considering the Increased bust
nese and earnings of the road,, the
commission came to the conclusion that
a Cut of- ten per cent was Justifiable,
and the order will' be' Issued at once.
The road Is now In the same class as
the Southern and Central.
No decision has been reached yet on
the Seaboard reclassification In freight
rates, but It Is believed that a similar
cut will be made In the rates of that
line.
minister of Litchfield, Minn., who was
on the wrecked train with hie wife and
daughter, gives high praise to Engineer
Wall, declaring the presence of mind of
the engineer prevented what might
have been a terrible catastrophe. Rev.
Mr. Pollock was In the men 1 * dressing
room at the time of the opcldent and
was slightly Injured on the hand.
"I would certainly like to have an
opportunity to shake the hand of that
engineer," said the minister after his
arrival In Atlanta Thursday afternoon.
By his bravsry and presence of mind
je avoided what promised to be a more
serious wreck. On discovering that the
train waa leaving the rails, he promptly
applied the air brake* and then, before
train had come to a stop, uncoupled
engine and shot It ahead, prevent-
,he coaches from colliding with It.
dre. Pollock and her daughter were
uninjured, but had a narrow escape.
They were In the ladles' dressing room.
In which apartment a gas tank ex
ploded. The coach caught fire, but the
flamec were quickly extinguished.
W O. Britt, -of Thomaston. who
transferred to the Atlanta train at the
scene of the wreck, stated that the
coaches were badly damaged, the whole
Ing l
Her eye* red with weeping, and fran
tically wringing her hands, .Mrs. Mat-
tie Richardson sat'In the court room
of.the DeKalb county court house
Thursday^ morning and heard lawyer*
and witnesses, declare she was not
proper, person, to care for tvsr only
child. , .
And while she,wept and listened, lit.
tie Wesley i Richardson, the flve-year-
old youngster, over whom such a fight
la being waged, remained in.the DeKalb
county Jail and cried for hie mother.
Mr*. Richardson’s startling recovery
of the little boy from the-home of Its
grandfather last Monday, and the chase
which resulted. Iniher capture and con
finement over-night In the. DeKalb
county Jail,’ will. bo remembered by
readers of The Georgian.
The hearing! of * the . habeas corpus
proceedings Instituted by W. H. Rich
ardson to secure the child, whom the
mother took away from the Richard
son country‘home, commenced before
Ordinary. James • R. George Thursday
morning and for several hours the le
gal battle was waged. Judge John 8.
Candler and R. L. D. McAllister ap
peared for the grandfather of the little
Plea Qf Self Defense
Is Entered by
Him.
KILLING OCCURRED
IN DECEMBER 1905.
Graham Says Richardson
' Attacked Him Without
Any Cause.
boy, while Mrs. Richardson's side was
handled by Attorney L. J. Steele, of
Decatur,-and Attorney Beverly Wall, of
Atlanta.
Mr. Richardson testified and declared
that his daughter-in-law was not a,—.- ...— — — -
proper person to care for llttlo Wesley I by the coat and struck me In the face.
All during the proceedings the mother I As he did so one of the men with him
Charged with the murder of George
Richardson, a machinist formerly In
the employ of the Van Winkle Machine
Company, Walter Graham, 23 years of
age, and a switchman in the employ of
the Georgia Railway Company, waa
placed on trial In the criminal division
of the superior court Thursday morn
Ing. The defendant is represented by
Attorneys Arnold nnd. Stephens, and
the plea of self-defense Is employed.
The crime with which Graham li
charged was committed on the night of
December 22, 1905', on Jenkins street.
Since that time, until Ills arrest a fen-
weeks ago In South Georgia, Graham
has been out of Atlanta.
The first witness for the state wo*
Robert Clay, a painter, who, with S. R.
Watts, was ln the company of Graham
on the night of the killing.
The witness stated that he, .Graham
and Watts were passing along the
street when someone suggested that
they crossover to the other side. Some,
one objected, saying that negroes lived
on that side.
8to'ry of Killing,
Oh, well, damn them,” he stated
Graham replied, and the trio continued
their walk down the street.
Immediately after Graham's ejacula
tion with reference to the negroes, said
the witness, they passed three men. One
of the men called Graham back. He
heard, a few words passed and saw one
of tHe party strike Graham, and then
heard two shots fired.
The testimony of Watts was along
the same line. He heard one of the
three men who passed them aay some
thing to Graham about "butting In" und
saw him knock Graham against tho
fence. After the shots were fired, the
witness stated that he and Clay ran
from the scene.
Officer Dorsett stated that he went
to the scene of the killing and found
that Richardson was dead. He found
hat and overcoat near the scene of the
shooting.
Miss Odessa Jnhnsnn testified that
she spent the night with Graham's sis
ter and that Graham came to the house
for a hat and told them he had shot a
man.
LeRoy and Collier, who are said to
have been with Richardson on the night
of the killing, were not put on the
stand as they have stated that they
do not know anything about the af
fair.
Graham Testimony.
When the state rested Its case At
torney Arnold outlined the defense,
after which Graham took the stand.
‘Just after we passed the three
men," said Graham, "one of them called
me hack and said something about
butting In. 1 had never seen him be
fore and did not know him. I pre
sume he had overheard the remark
had made Just before and thought 1
had reference to him or his friends. Hs
said ‘that Is the man,' and caught me
Mentally.
Sppclnl to The Georgian.
nirmlnghntn. Ain., May 2.—For two hours
today Walker Percy, a'prominent attorney
«*f IIIruiIngham, told of the confession of
Alexander It. ('hUolm, charged In tli« fed
eral court with embezzling funds of the
First National bank. Mr. Percy was the last
and moat Important witness for the govern-
r 1 I** case when he bad
T
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Th.
hided
c first witness for the defense put on
itflflll tl'fla Ilea llnl. A Hft Jll. I ,. - 5 ■ a. _ _
th*. , «" , l"„ Mrs. Holm? t'hlso'im mother
S 'ioiattii.. fai-yrSJKjjBfwt
tile United States ...
family of Smith Cnrollnn. -declnrli
.iT„. "corn loroiuin, declaring
thnt the former Justice died Insnue nnd
his grandson, who. she aitld, hml a mania
for horning houses.
Chisolm's defense |, inssnlty nt the time
the 3100,000 from the flank,
ihe chief witness at the afternoon ses
sion yesterday wits llnnk Examiner 8. H. L.
'"•'.moiiy brought out the
fnet that I hlsolui during the course of his
opornthins had turned in 1137,000 to the bank
and bad taken away 3233.000.
to being present when bank
and
lie testified _
ug Chisolm,
,, saying:
< ooper, they* bnve got nto nt their
inerev: that money was thhre when I left."
tbs moos ** Kly i " t 10 Mr ‘ "I took
,<if the child wept and nervously looked
from witnesses to attorneys and It was
with an effort that she kept from
breaking down entirely.
After old Mrs. Richardson had given
her testimony and had retired to the
room for the witnesses, the strain of
testifying proved too much for her and
she fainted. A physician wss hastily
sent for and the trial was delayed until
she revived.
Colonel Harry Silverman was a wit
ness for the defense, and he told how
young Mrs. Richardson had worked ns
a waitress In his restaurant, and he de
clared ho had never heard a word detri
mental to her charactsr^MI^^H
Mrs. Richardson was accompanied to
court by Mrs. Charles Williams, her
friend, who remained In Jail with her
when she was arrested on the kidnap
Ing charge.
At 1:30 o’clock the hearing was ad
journed for luncheon.
ONLY SOFT DRINKS
TO BE GIVEN VETS
Special to The Georgian.
Colombia, 8. C., May 2.—TJhe Richland Ue-'
mortal Association has adopted s resolution
which condemns the giving of beer or any
other totostesnt to the veterans of ths re-
union to be held here, and recommends In
stead the plentiful supply of coffee tad
•oft drtoki.
Tbs most InSaentlsI women In the com
munity are members and the resolution will
likely respected.
a - hi- Pollock, a well-known side of tho express car being torn away.
Cooks’s Wift Gats Letter.
Hartford, Conn., May 2.—Mrs. Jere
Knode Cook, wife.of tbo Long Island
minister who Is believed to have eloped
with a young heiress, received a letter
here today at her parents’ home from
the prts*.ag minister. Hhe said It did
not help his position any. it was mailed
from Baltimore on April 2<k
ALL REMAIN OPEN
Valdosta, Ga., May 2.—Valdosta's ten sa
loon* opened a* uiual this morning, deiplte
the action of the city council yesterday In
lit night.
Mayor Kohcrta baa not signed the reso
lution, and the chief of police has not ao far
enforced it.
PRIEST SAYS LET
ROOSEVELT DIG CANAL
Chicago, May 2.—After returning
from a four months’ trip In Panama
and countries of (South America, Rev.
Edward A. Kelly, a Roman Catholic
priest, says:
"Let Theodore Roosevelt become
chairman of the Panama commission
and dig the canal for us—he’s ths man
to do 1C
struck mo ln the Juw.t Richardson then
shoved a gun of some kind ln my face
and snapped. When It did not fire
he Jabbed me In the fare with it. About
that time the other man turned mo
loose and Richardson caught me by
the throat. I Jerked away from him and
os he rushed on me again I shot at
him twice. I did not know that I had
hit him and I ran to get away from
him."
Graham's story of having his face
beaten, was verified by W. M. Mitchell,
a farmer living In DeKalb county:
Homer Kimball, a yard conductor of
the Georgia railroad, and B. F. Cauley
and an engineer. Both the railroad
men stated they saw Graham after the
shooting and that his face wbs beaten
almost beyond recognition.
Mr. Mitchell stated that Graham
came to his house on the following
morning and that his faco was badiy
cut up and swollen..
Coroner Thompson testified that a
doubled-barreled derringer, with one
cartridge snapped, was found on the
person of Richardson.
The case will probably be concluded
Thursday afleVnoon.
GEORGIA TO GULF
IS ROUTE PLANNED
Money Bag Empty
and Ring Taken
From Finger.
CHILD STUMBLED
ON DEAD BODY
R. T, West Shot in Street as
He Was Going to Store
in Columbia. . *
.i*S>
Savannah and Southwestern
Is Given Charter
by State.
A 27,000,000 railroad—the Savannah
and Southwestern—running across the
lower part of Georgia nnd Florida^ to
the Oulf of Mexico, a distance of 330
miles, was granted a charter Thurs-
day morning by the secretary of state.
The Savannah and Southwestern will
begin at Savannah and run In a aouth-
westcrly direction through Chatham,
Bryan, Liberty Tattnall. Appling, Jeff
Dai la. Coffee, Berrien, Colquitt, Thom,
as, Grady and Decatur counties, Geor
gia, and Leon. Gadsden, Liberty, Frenk-
ijh' Calhoun and Washington counties,
Florida.
Tho capital »tock Is placed at $7,000,.
000 and the bonded Indebtednemi l*
limited to $20,000 per mile. Th© prin
cipal office will be In Savannah, and
the Incorporators are: D. O. Purse
L. JJcNutt, J. C. Rowland, K. M. Frank,’
J- H. H. Entelman, J. J. McDonough,
(.hatham; H. R. Brown, Bibb; C. W
Deen. Appling; J. W. Quincy, Coffee;
W. R. Roddenbery, W. A. Walker,
Grady; J. A. Carlton, Colquitt.
UNGLAUB HEADS
BOSTON BALL TEAM
Boston,
May 2.—Bob Unglaub has
been chosen as the successor of George
Huff, ns manager of the Boston Ameri
can baseball team. Ho Is popular with
the players and Is expected to prove a
great success.
MAN SHOT DEAD
IN CHICAGO STREET
Chicago, May 2.—Charles I.lndlcy was shot
dead In the atreet this ninriilng. mid three
•*!?'", "?* ."J ",' om °" n Kortlxleh, who la
anld to he the alayer. are under arrest. It Is
said a wonina Is the rauae uf the crime.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbia, S. C., May 2.—R. T. West-
cott, 15 years did, wno conducts a meat
market at 1608 Taylor street and re
sides tn Waverly suburb, was shot
through the left temple at 6 o'clock this
morning as he waa passing around the
corner of a school house, two blocks
from his home, on his way to his stors.
HI* 16-year-old son stumbled over the
corpse as he passed along half an hour
latef. Neighbors heard one shot fired.
It was Westcott'a custom to carry his
money In a shot bag between his store
and his residence with his revolver in
his hand. His weapon was found lying
by his side unflred. It Is not known how
much money he carried this morning,
but only 60 cents was found ln the shot
bog, and his diamond ring had been
stripped from his finger.
Well-trained hounds from the peni
tentiary would follow the murderer's
tracks only a few feet, a large crowd
having gathered on the scene by that
time. Weatcott leaves a widow and
four children.
FATE OF BADDNESS
IN JURY'S RANIS
New York, May 2.—It Is expected
that the Jury will give a verdict before
night deciding the fate of Baroness
Louise DeMassey, on trial charged with
murdering Gustav Simon, the million
aire shirtwaist manufacturer.
The case against the woman waa
based entirely on circumstantial Evi
dence which waa weak’ In points. The
baroness contented herself on the stand
with a general denial of the charges.
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CAPT. GEO BASON
DIES AT CHARLOTTE
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., May 2.— Captain George
F. Bn son, of Gaatonln, formerly of this
city, died lost night following a brief III-
nett*. The deceased wm attorney for the
Bouthern railway and former amlatant dis
trict attorney. He tlao served In the state
senate.
TWO NEW PARTIES
ARE PREDICTED
, Chicago, May 2.—J. Hamilton Lewis, for
mer corporation counsel, of Chicago, In
nu address before tbe Cltlxeusblp Club, of
the Young Men’s Christian Association,
predicted that tbe next presidential cam-
nalgu will sec l»otb tbe Republican ami
Democratic parties • dismembered, nnd su-
Growth and Progress of the New South
narcb of ths South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
w k-*** °* nr * la and ■ Alahama Industrial Index aaya In Its Issue for this
.. .' The K™ 1 dlv( « lt > r “ w !" »» magnitude of manufacturing plants
that are being established In Georgia and Alabama Is Illustrated In
ports to The Index for the past seven days, showing the variety of re
sources In the two states that can be developed with profit. If any such
demonstration of progress as Is being made week after week In the col
umns of The Index for Georgia and Alabama can be made for any other
states In the Union, It Is not being done, and It Is to be doubted If there
Is equal development In any other section. The recital of numerous In
stances of the exercise of that commercial faith which Invesu large
sums of money, and of highly profitable returns from Investments pre
viously made. Is In the last analysis the moat attractive, effective and best
method of advertising the magnificent resource* which await develop
ment In the two states.
"The Index reports among other things this week: Three thousand
spindles to be added to cotton mill, Winder, Ga.; cement plant for which
400 acres of land have been purchased for site at a cost of 140,000 De-
mopolls. Ala.; 260,000 plant for manufacture of patented grate' shaker
Birmingham, Ala.: wagon factory, Augusta, Ga.: electric light plant’
Headland, Ala.; 230,000 saw-mill company. Sparks, Ga.; oil mills, Jasper,’
Ala, and Heflin, Ala; machine shops, Anniston, Ala; power plant, whlcli
will furnish electricity for power and lights to cities and towns within a
radius of 50 miles, to be established on Short Creek. In Alabama: elec
tric railway between Gadsden, Ala. and Scottaboro, Ala.; mining opera
tion! to be enlarged, Smy the, Ala: 19 new corporations with total mini
mum capital stock of 2621,000 ; 2100.000 fire Insurance company. Cedar-
town. Ga.; 2600,000 life Insurance company, Birmingham. Ala: five-story
office building fop which site has been purchased at cost of 218,000, Sel
ina. Ala; business building for which site has been purchased at co-t of
212,000, Montgomery, Ala; three-story hotel, Jasper. Ala: fire church--
Including one at Mobile. Ala, for which site has been purchased at cost
of 221,000. and which will be one of the finest In the South; school build
ings, Including 210.000 building, Ashland. Ala., and buildings for ln-Mtu'.>
Cedartown. Ga. paving plana In three cities, club house. Savannah <7,.
warehouses, waterworks system and three bond Issues for municipal im
provements, Including 220,000 of paving bonds, Elberton, Ga.
"Among the contract awards noted are: Five-story ofilce build me
Tlfton, Ga.; 220,000 sales stablea Birmingham, Ala., and 216,5"0 c m hall'
Hawklnsville, Ga A number of land deals are reported. A Jl.n
lumber manufacturing company nt Thomasvllle, Ga, Is equipplnz *.,« .
mill with machinery to cut 60,000 fest per day, another to i m
feet per day, establishing planing mills, remllllng plants nnd dn kilns
and has ordered steel rails for building 36 miles of railway. In puimi.m,
of plans previously noted In The Index."
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