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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1907.
BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY TRAINMEN MEET NEXT WEEK
A group of officers of railway Trainmen’s convention zi Htw Kimball next Tuesday. ...
Reading from left to right, the first picture is that of P. H. Morrisey, grand master; the second, W. G. Lee, assistant grand master; the third,
T. R. Dodge, first vico grand master; the fourth, A. E. King, grand secretary and treasurer.
On Huuday Uip advance guard of the dole-
gates to the Idonnlal convention of the
llrotherhnod of Hallway Trainmen will lie-
gin arriving in Atlanta, and by Tuesday,
when the convention will be called to order,
fully 800 delegates are expected to be In the
city.
For over n week now the claims commit
tee of the organisation lias tiecn busily en
gaged In passing upon tdnlins Involving
some $250,000, and It' Is probable that all will
have been passed upon by the time the con
vention Is called to- order.
Members of the organisation from every
section of the United States and from Can
ada will Im» In attendance upon the conven
tion. Most of these delegates will receive
their railroad transportation from the vari
ous lines over which they travel and iu
addition each delegate Is allowed $5 a day
for expenses by the organization!
This amount, however, ns pointed out by n
member of the claims committee, does not
begin to cover the money that will lie ex
pended In Atlanta. It Is figured that the
delegates will leave about I175.C00 of their
money here by the time the visit of teu or
twelve days Is over.
headquarters.
The following are the officers of the or
ganization: I*. II. Morrissey, grand master;
W. (2. l**e. uRsigtunt grand master; T. It.
Hodge, first grand master; Val Fltx-
G n trick, second vice grand master; \V. T.
cwiiuiii. third vice grand master; James
Murdock. fbnftft'Yfce grand master, and A.
K. King, secretary and treasurer. The
headquarters of the nutlonal organization
are In Cleveland, Ohio.
OLD KIMBALL CORNERS
MARKED WITH BLOOD;
4 MEN MEET TRAGIC END
THALUCC0, LAST OF THE W0MP0N0AGS
:.j
By LOTTIE B. BURTZ
Scene of First Shoot
ing Was in Peach
tree Street.
Its four corners almost exactly
marked off by the stain of blood that
flowed after fatal shots were fired, the
old Kimball House, which stood on the
big lot now occupied by the new and
modem hostelry of that name, stood ns
one of the most tragically marked
buildings In the world.
It Is doubtful if any other hotel In
the country could have it said that its
four comers presented scenes of death
by violence.
With the exception of one corner,
every boundary mark of the old Kim
ball House lot was almost accurately
defined by a point where a man bad
fallen a victim to a fatal shot. And
this one exception marked a point that
was not far from the comer described
In the record book at the Fulton county
court house.
This spot was the first of a scries of
four tragedies that surrounded the fa
mous old hostelry with tales of death
by violence.
It was In 1866, just after the war had
ended, when Gaines Chisholm emptied
both barrels of a musket Into the body
of Charles Sheppard In front of Ixw
Smith’s saloon. The scene of this first
of four tragedies was In Peachtree
street, then called Whitehall, almost
at the railroad. The boundary corner
of tho Kimball was on Wall street, near
Feachtree, and between that point and
the killing there was a vacant lot.
How Sheppard Was Killed.
There are many Atlantans who re
member that* killing, and at least one
who was a witness at the trial which
resulted In Chisholm’s acquittal. There
had been a quarrel the day before,
when strong word# were passed. Shep
pard was standing In front of tho sa
loon when Chisholm came across the
lot from the Kimball House. When
near his victim he opened up with both
barrels. It was claimed at the trial
that Sheppard tried tercet a. gun out
and that Chisholm shot in self-defense.
He was acquitted.
And a coincidence of this tale of
death Is that the same man—Gaines
Chisholm—who was tried and acquitted
for the first of these four killings, was
the same man tried and acquitted for
the fourth killing on the fourth comer
of the Kimball House property. .
After this first tragedy the three oth
er killings occurred that accurately
marked the comers of the hotel.
Alley, the Next Victim.
After the war. In 1868, Moncll W.
Rasbury was a policeman on the At
lanta force. Dangerous and trouble
some times were those, and a policeman
had to be quick on the trigger if he
would stay on his Job. If he were not,
he stood a fair chance to lead a slowly
moving procession, the recipient of
many flowers from sorrowing friends.
It was In this year that Officer Ras-
bury had trouble jvlth a young man
named Robert Alley. There were
threats made that came to the police
man’s ears and friends told him to be
careful. The expected trouble came on
Decatur street a few days later. It
came at the northwest corner of the
hotel. Officer Rasbury and Alley met.
There was a reach for guns and the
officer got his first. Robert Alley died
and his blood marked the second comer
of the old hotel property.
But little did Officer Rasbury think
when he shot Robert AllejrtO save his
own life that four years later his own
blood would mark another corner of
the hotel.
Slayer Follows Victim.
In 1872 Officer Rasbury was on his
beat on Decatur street and he reached
a point at the corner of Pryor, when
there was" a flash, then a groan and
then Officer Rasbury’s blood dyed tho
sidewalk red and the northeast corner
of the hotel property was given its
crimson mark.
Penh Bedell walked from behind an
Iron post at the comer, a smoking pis
tol In his hand. Officer Edward C.
Murphy, Officer Rasbury’s partner,
placed Bedell under arrest. Mr. Mur
phy Is now living at 176 Stewart ave
nue, and he says Bedell had to be cov
ered with a gun to prevent another
shot.
There was a trial, but Penn Bedell
was acquitted. But while the law did
not punish him for the fatal shot, ho
received a death sentence Just two
years later when his own blood stained
the fourth corner of the blood-sur
rounded property.
The man tried for tho first of the four
killings wus tried for the last, but It
was never shown that he dealt death
to Officer Rasbury’s slayer. **
Bedell and Chisholm had become In
volved In an argument, which termi
nated In a fight. They were stopped
by the police, and both were taken to
the old police headquarters on Pryor
street, where they were given copies of
charges. Chisholm left headquarters
first with his brother, John, and they
stopped at the southeast comer of the
Kimball House. Shortly afterwards
Penn Bedell passed by. When he
reached the fatal comer there was a
flash and a report and Penn Bedell fell
dead. His blood made the fourth fatal
stain.
Gaines Chisholm was tried, denied
the shooting and was acquitted. His
brother, John, disappeared after the
tragedy. . .
The boundary In tjlood w as then com
plete.
The old Kimball’s comers had re
ceived their crimson baptism and it
sto<Jd out among hotels as one most
tragically unique.
IALUCCO’8 home has been In the
laud of - the Ysmasces for many
months, but he was « young brave
of pure Womponoag blood. Ills
father was the oldest son of the eld chief.
Muswissolt. the great flrend of the early
aettlera of Massachusetts. Thalnceo himself
bad no love for the paleface. Ilia father
had been tried by a Jnry of the rolonlsta
and put to death. To avenge this. King
Philip. Massaasolt’s second soli, had Induced
the neighboring tribes to Join him and
bring war upon the whites. This war was
waged with fury for months, but In the
setts were destroyed, King Philip was killed
snd his wife tuid son were taken captive.
Burning with the wrongs of bis people,
yet powerless to avenge them, the only liv
ing repreaentstlve of the royal family of the
WomnonoftgA, Thnluc«*o. Red from the home
of his fathers and Joined* the war-like
trlhca of the south.
Tall and powerful In form, and of a com
manding presence, none could send the ar
row more true to !ta mark nor hurl the
tomahawk with deadlier aim than he, and
lie found favor In the eyes of his adopted
tribe and became one of their leading
braves.
Home years after he had linked his fate
with the Ynmassees n council of the chief
men of the notion was called for the pur
pose of considering some strange news
which had reached them from the fnrsw’ity
Astec land, and selected Thnlueeo to go
snd Inquire Into^ the truth. Fleet ns n
deer, with feet said to no shod with si
lence, snd Innurcd to hardships and dan
gers. they could have selected none more
soltnble for this purpose.
The council adjourned at midnight; nnd
even nt that silent hour, as the waning
moon eaat Its ghostly shadow’s over the
woodland, he act out upon hia mission.
Nature was calm nnd at peace when he
disappeared In the primeval forests stretch
ing southward; but on the third evening of
his journey clouds rolled up from the east
and n heavy rainfall began. For days It
continued—a steady, ceaseless downpour:
but In spite of the storm which lieat about
him the Intrepid Indian pushed forward.
On nnd on, miles nnd miles he traveled,
until two moons, the time pet for half his
Journey, had gone. On the first day of the
third moon Just about sunset he reached
the luinks of a mountain stream which the
far below.
While trying to decide how he was to
cross to the other aide nn object .upon the
opposite margin of the water attracted bis
altenion. Upon rlose ohservnlon be saw It
was some one In n small etinoe who was !>c-
for a few momenta, the little boat shot
bold I v out Into the stream. Skillfully dodg
ing the Hosting logs swirling past, the rower
some unknown force, ctrae down tho river
ami Tlialucco lost hope for the stranger.
But the bostmnn saw It as soon as he, and
by a few dexterous strokes turned down
the current at such an angle as to dart
shove the oncoming flood, speeding again
for tho oppoolto shore.
Thnlueeo felt a straL„_
the fate of the oarsman,
grunt of relief which changed to s stare of
wonder as the unknown sprang on the shore,
and an Indian girl stood before him. Grace
ful ns s young panther, the red on her
cheeks gleamed through her clear brown
skin, nnd her black eyes shone with the ex
citement of her straggle.
■ Hhe started tiark on seeing him 9* if to
take to the waters again, but something in
hia face evidently reassured her.
“Who are you. and how came you here In
y father’s land?”
■.Wondering what the strange spell was
that made him do her bidding, Thalucco
I told his mission nnd the canse of his long
Journey. Then he asked qalckly as If he 1
feared she would go a way:
“Who la your father, nnd where does he
build his campfires tonight?”
“My father's name ta Autoexec, nnd our
w’lgwams nre over the hllla yonder.”
“Then you are the child of one great
chief and Thnlueeo the son of another. Ilia
father la In the happy hunting grounds, Imt
he has Joined another war like ilcnplc. Lot
him take you to hia wigwam, beautiful
maiden. It has no squaw, and Tlmlucco
swears, now he has seen your face, that It
shall have none but you.' 1
“Ktohee la between us.” she answered.
“Antossoe has sworn it; but 1 fly from hint.
That Is why I mil here.
“Go with Thnlueeo, end you will see
Ktohee no more.”
“I can not.” said the girl. “I point tho
arrows which my father shoots In battle,
and I nm queen when he is on the warimth
or on the loug chase. Her people love
Nnuua nnd she loves them. Ktohee Is to
lie chief some time. f«fr Naunn has no
brother to taka- An lessee's place, but she
does not lore Btoliee. Hhe does not wish
to he his queen.”
“Then go with Tlialuero; go, Im» Ills
queen.”
“No,” she said again. “Nnunn’s heart
heats strangely at Thalueeo’a words, but If
she weut away the old chief’s heart would
ache for her. lie could not 1m* consoled. If
Thalucco were only Ktohee to whom her
father Idds her go, Xu unit's heart would re
joice, but
See, they come! Ktohee nnd the chief.”
it a single Inmnd she renrhed a clitmn of.
hushes near by; hut she wns too late—Kto
hee had seen her. He had no IkmiI, hut he
sprang Into the river nnd struck bravely
scro:is Hip raging stream, the older man
shouting wildly after him to warn him of
the drlftlug ti miters.
Soon he reached the swiftest part of the
cufraut. not far above the falls; nut! It
s«*emed Ills mlght.v strmgtU *nd the power
of his love would carry him thronrh the
eddies in safety. But when neurly out of
danger a cramp or faintness seemerf to seise
upon him, nnd like a wounded nnlmnl he
dragged liliuself upon one of the drifting
log*.
The Clicrokee maiden dbl not love him. -
He had caused the only trouble that had
ever darkened h?r wild life; Imt she could
not see him did/‘ a 8he sprang Into the Imat,
nnd. like nn arrow,-the little craft shot out
again Into the current where the waters
boiled and foamed. i
Boeing IJio maiden coming to hls resene.
Ktohee leaped Into the wnter nnd struggled
to meet her. But they never met. Becom
ing entangled In the timlwrw which floated
beneath the aqrfnce, hia dark head was
drawn under and he was seen uo more.
Although 'when he lived alio hnd no love
to give him, bis tragic death made a deep
Impression on the gentle-hearted Nauna,
and the moaned hint many moons.
sluera went on with hls Journey, and
accomplished the mission for which he wna
sent; but before the winter snows fell on-
the mountains again he came beck to the
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