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VOL. VI. NO. 41.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1907.
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Chief Torturer Makes
Startling Confession
to Chicago Police.
MAY EXHUME
MANY BODIES
Mitchell Says When Demons
Seize Him He Must
Crush Human Life.
Chicago. Sept. 21.—Harold Mitchell
chief torturer In tho grewaome death
of Mrs. Letltla Greenhaulgh, at Zion
City last Wednesday, today made the
most remarkable and sensational con
fession ever made In a murder case In
this part of the country. He confessed
that when the demons seise upon him
he must grip the throat of a human
being, crush It until life Is extinct and
the bones crinkle under his mighty
"Voday he Is locked In a cell with
Walter and Jennie Greenhaulgh. son
and daughter of the murdered womnnf
Mitchell's wife, a high priestess In the
Order of Parhomltes, to which Uejy all
belong, and a Mrs. Louise Smith, an
other adherent of the sect. They all
now claim to have had more revela
tions In which they see the error of
their ways.
Another Revelation.
Another startling revelation came
from Undertaker A. J. Hopkins, who
embalmed the body of Mrs. Green
haulgh without reporting the death. "It
has not been our custom to report such
deaths," ho said. .
That statement Is the basis for the
prnbuM.t exIiumsMnn of dOMM Of
bodies. .Tho pMfae believe that tha
j’nrham rtt'-i have been admlnlsture^l
to many, and that Mltcheirs cruel fla
gers may bo found to be the agency of
death lntomny cases.
Coroner Taylor and State’s Attorney
Hannah both declared today that they
ere getting evidence that dying persons
have been tortured to death and their
bodies kept for days In tho hope that
prayers, chanting, the "gift of tongues'
and Incantations would restore them to
Mrs. Mitchell, wife of this remarkable
man, today mnde this statement:
Mitchell’s Wife Talks.
"When we started for Mrs. Green'
hnulgh's house a radiant light as the
Holy Ghost led ua We got there and
the devil himself came and fought with
the good spirits. There was a great
struggle and the devil won. The good
spirits and all of us lost"
Jennie Greenhaulgh, lying face down
ward on a benoh In her cell, moaned:
"If I could but die, I would be happy.
Poor mother: they bent her legs until
they cracked. Mitchell put a pillow
over her face when she tried to call us.
When they tortured her we Ignored her
cries. They held her down and pulled
her head until they broke her neck.
She never wanted anybody punished
and she would not want them punish
ed now. We forgive them. 8he for
gives them. Let them go their way and
repent.'
MAY SEND SAFFORD
TO SANITARIUM
An effort will be made to send
Charles Hardy Salford, the man who
f.*r the third time attempted suicide
Friday morning by cutting his throat
with a raxor, to the state sanitarium
In Mlltedgevlile.
Dr. T. D. Longlno. a member of coun
cil and chairman of the committee on
hospital and charities, requested the
city warden Saturday 'morning tr
make this effort as soon as the would,
be suicide Is able to leave the hospital.
Dr. Longlno knew the father of
Soffow well and he says there was
never a more perfect gentleman. The
father died about IS years ago.
Race Results.
GRAVE8END.
First Race—Tom McGrath, 1 to i.
won; Fleming. 6 to 6, second: Robin
Hr«*l, 4 to t, third. Tims 1:10.
Second Race—Gus Straus, II to 10,
won; Dr. Keith, 7 to 10, second; Bluo
Pigeon, out, third. Timo 4.07 1*8.
ToflONTTO.
First Race—Stanley Fay, 6 to 1, won:
Fir Edward, 6 to 8. second; Purslaln,
Pigeon, out, third. Time 4:07 l-B.
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P » o’clock a. m. 71 degrees O
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P 10 o'clock a. m. 76 degrees O
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WANTEDJY POSTAL
Former Secretary of Base
ball Club Charged With
Embezzlement.
John Robert Petrlch. former secre
tary of the Atlanta baseball club in the
days of Abner Powell, has disappeared
from New Orleans, where he waa man
ager of the Postal telegraph offices,
and It Is charged that he is short to
the extent of 84,048.28. A telegram
from New Orleans states that he can
not be located, and that the shortage
may reach 810,000.
Petrlch waa secretary of the team
In 1004, but he resigned following dif
ferences with "Uncle Ab" Powell, and
went to New Orleans shortly after. He
was bookkeeper for tno Western Union
offlees In Atlanta for two years.
Petrlch was popular among the fans
In Atlanta. He was a "good mixer,"
about 26 years old at that time, arid
made many friends among tha sporting
fraternity.
The New Orleans telegram follows:
New Orleans, Sept 21.—Mystery still
shrouds the whereabouts of John Rob
ert Petrlch, former manager of the
local office of the Postal Telegraph
Company, and the amount of nil short
age is a matter of conjecture. An af
fidavit was Issued against him yester
day. sworn to by W. A. Porteous, dis
trict superintendent of the Postal Com
pany, charging the specific embexsle-
ment of 84,048.26, but. according to the
statement of N. J. Petrlch, father of
the missing man. Mr. Porteous claims
that the defalcation will reach more
than 810,000.
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NOT STOP FLEETi
BOARD WILL MEET
Washington, Sept. ll.-Yldmlral
Dewey and the general board of the
navy will bold a meeting next Tucs.
day for the purpose of formulating
plana of strategic importance to the na
tion. These plane relate to the more
efficient protection of the country and
to lta lnterosts In all parte of the world,
especially In the Pacific.
The admiral advocates the holding
of the archipelago, not only because
of the value of the Islands themselves,
but because If this government should
part with them every gateway to
China would then be In possession of
one or more strong military poi
which are commercial rtvais of
United States.
Strong pressure has been brought to
bear upon the president to cancel the
order of the fleet. This will not be
done. While Admiral Dewey doea not
say so, there Is no doubt In well In
formed circles that acquisition of the
American archipelago la the underiy
Ing purpose of Japanese strategy.
Those Islands are needed by Japan
not only for commercial and military
advantage they will give her over the
West, but becauss of her appreciation
that the time may come when It will
be necessary for her to protect herself
;alnst the activity of a modernised
SENTENCED
TOM
New Trial Denied De
fendants by Trial
Judge.
Special to The Georgian.
Eatonton, Ga, SepL 81.—The ver
dict In the case against Albert and
Porter Jonea, rendered this morning at
8:80 o'clock by Jury, after remaining
out all night, wee guilty, with a rec
ommendation for mercy.
Attorney Cooper made a motion for
a new trial.
Judge Lewis sentenced the boys to
98 years’ Imprisonment and fixed the
date for hearing the motion for a new
trial on the third Monday In October
next, at Grays, Jones county, Ga.
He stated In passing sentence that
the evidence against Albert was not
altogether satisfactory. A new trial
will necessitate a change of venue, as
the Jury box of the county waa almost
exhausted In making up the Jury for
this trial.
Court adjourned this morning.
The trial waa called In the Putnam
superior court Wednesday and Intense
Interest waa manifested by the people
of the community In the verdict Every
ilon of the trial was attended by
large crowds.
Judge Gray Lewis and Solicitor Joe
Pottle presided at the trial.
The prosecution was represented by
Judge W.F. Jenkins and Son, Judge W.
B. Wingfield, Colonel S. T. Wingfield.
Judge Joseph S. Turner, Mayor 81. F.
Adams and Colonel W. T. Davidson,
every member of the local bar.
' The Jones boys were represented by
John H. Cooper, of Macon.
Was Family Food.
WOULDN’T IT EXASPERATE YOU?
Copjrlfbt, 1907, by America u-Journal Examiner.
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STARR KEALHOFER
SERIOUSLY HURT
The Information which waa received
In Atlanta Saturday that young Starr
Kealhofer, the 18-year-old eon of H. 8.
Kealhofer, secretary of the Montgom
ery Freight Bureau, had been serious
ly Injured by a Southern passenger
train at Norcroas, waa the cause of
great regret among the many friends
of Mr. and Mrs. Kealhofer, who are
well known In Atlanta.
ROOT TO LEAVE
FOR MEXICO
Washington, D. C., Sept 21/—"I am
able to look at life from the natural
aspect at last,” was the reeponee Sec
retary of 8tate Root made when he
wae welcomed back to hie office today.
Thoroughly Muldooned, the aecretary
hee a clear eye, a ruddy face and a
firm grip. He will leave September 3
for Mexico.
TWO KILLED
IN 1.0. WRECK
Paducah, Ky, Sept. 21.—In a wreck
on the IUInola Central at Fulton, Ky„
this morning Pat Grogan, engineer,
and R. A. Robertson, fireman, of
Reldavtlle, N. C„ were killed. None of
the passengers were seriously Injured,
although they were severely shaken
up. ‘
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HIS CONDITION SERIOUS. O
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„ Princeton. N. J., Sept. 21.—As 0
O a result of a dispute between the O
a physicians, former President Ore- O
O ver Cleveland has. been put In the O
O hands of a new specialist. Dr. O
O Banks, of Now York/ Dr. Banks, O
O who had been hurriedly sum- O
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O Mr. Cleveland’* condition It *e- O
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murder_of”Rnbert F. Adams, a jjrell
am plautor and memb
county's oldest and
ono of
on* of the
families.
The crime wad. It Is
the moet brutal In the
of Georgia A family feud of several
years' standing was ths cause of the
murder. In which two boys. Porter
aged 19, and Cme, 28 yean of age, were
conylcted.
About five years ago ....
brother of the Jones boys, was commit
ted to the Insane asylum at Mllledge-
vllle, losing his mind on account of
business reverses. After a few month*
he waa patroled from that Institution
as harmless. Soon after hie return
home. It Is charged, he began to threat,
en the lives of a number of Putnam’s
best cltlsens, In revengs for his loss of
property.
He attacked Calhoun Adams and was
In the act of murdering him when Rob.
srt Adams, who bad been told of the
attack on his brother, happened to come
j, and shot and killed Cuyler to save
s young brother's life.
Adams was declared Justifiable In the
act. The Jones family. It Is said, vow
sd vengeance.
Robert Adams, though repeatedly
warned by friends, hoped ths feud
would die out and In every way tried
to be friendly.
The arrest of Wild Bill, In that
neighborhood In May, and tha sensa
tional trial of ths noted Illicit distiller,
caused the Jones boys to be Involved
In the case, and they. It Is claimed,
accused Adams of being an Informant.
On the afternoon of June **
■ I 17. 1807,
Adams, while at work In hla farm, waa
shot from ambush and died In a abort
while afterwards. His wife end child,
who wars asleep In the house, were
aroused by the shots and outcries of
the cook. Seeing the mule standing
still In ths field, they Immediately aua-
pected trouble, and also heard ths cries
of the wounded man for help, coming
from the rear of the garden fence. The
young wife, aaslsted by the cook, car.
ried her husband Into the house.
She asked her husband who did the
shooting and he answered twice, "Cree
Jonea" She asked why. Ho replied:
■Nothing." HU only words.
Only a short while before the shoot
ing Porter Jones passed ths house and
stopped at Adams' well. He said to
the cook: "I suppose nobody Is at
home." She replied: "Miss Pet to In
the house asleep, and cap U In the
n< Soon afterwards, at a neighborhood
store, Porter Jones appeared seeking
for cartridges. He asked the clerk If
he bad beard anything from up tho
road, and when told of Robert Adams’
death. U said to have replied: “Thank
God, 1 killed him."
Jury 8sng.
Tho Jury was out seven hours. Be
fore reaching a verdict lost night at 10
o’clock they were singing, "How Firm
a Foundation.'' and "He Lcadeth Me."
The prisoners displayed no emotion
over the verdict, other than blanched
face* and a nervous twitching of Por-
tC Last l ni’ght they were In their cells
playing their guitars and whistling,
expecting to return to their homes to-
^The boy* consider the Rawlings boys
as great heroes, and say that old man
Rawlings would not hare been hanged
If he hod not told so many Its*.
LUSITANIA OFF
FOR WORLD RECORD
New York, Sept. 81.—Ths giant
steamship Lusitania started on her re
turn trip to England today, bent. If
possible, on breaking the excellent rec
ord the made on her maiden voyage
over. As soon a* she gets out of the
new Ambrop** 1 channel she will start for
orld*s record.
After you had seen ■ policeman relentlessly and fearlessly raid ths Monopoly Lodge gang, and you had enthusiastically cheered ths noble officer
In the performance of hie duty—If you happened to glance In at Monopoly Lodge shortly afterwards and saw this? Wouldn't it make you peevish?
Leaders in World of
•L’k'^efSs'See No
Indications.
MINERS DRIVE JAPANESE
FROM SOIL OF CANADA
Ssattle, Wash., SepL 11.—Fifty-seven O0000OO0000000000000000000
Japanese coolies were rounded up and
driven from the Atlln district last night
by 290 white miners. Atlln Is In Brit
ish Columbia and ths draatlo measure*
employed by the miners has greatly
surprised the authorities.
According to the meager telegraphic
details of the afTalr, the Japanese were
driven aboard the steamer Gleaner,
whose officers were told that they had
to ship the Japanese out of the coun
try at once.
The orders were compiled with and
the Japanese are expected to reach
Ska. way from White Horae, whence
they took a steamer last night. Once
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 11.—A.
2S. Fowler, secretary of the Se
attle Antt-Aslatlc Association,
has been a rested at Bellingham,
charged with Insanity. Fowler
look part In the anti-Japanese
riots at Vancouver, a week or
so ago, and many claim that
he Incited them.
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before the white miners rose and drove
the Japanese out of the Atlln district
New York, Sept. 21.—Leaders In ths
world of buslnsss and finance /vho
have kept In close touch With the In.
dust rial situation ths past year can
see nothing to Indicate the Imminence
of a panic. The general opinion Is
that times will continue good.
The following Interviews show what
leading financiers think of the Indus
trial situation:
Charles H. Flint, senior member of
the firm of Flint A Co., and well
known In the financial world, said
that this country was In a position
to withstand a natural contraction. Its
wealth, h* said, has never been so
great as It Is today, and while the big
fortunes attract attention the bulk of
the money of the country le widely
distributed. Our wage earners, he
pointed out, have the great deposit In
cash of over 81.600.000,000 In the sav
ings banks and h* expressed the opin
ion that w* hav* reached ths limit of
a healthy prosperity and In some re
spects have gone beyond IL
Cash Limit Rsached.
"The cash limit," said Mr. Flint, “was
reached, there not being enough money
to continue Increasing business actlV'
Ity and sustain proper'reserve*. The
labor limit wae reached when labor
became so Independent that discipline,
which every leader of organised labor
recognises as necessary to success, was
being undermined.
“We had reached a point where the
man who had received the largest com.
pensatlon for Industrial-leadership, re
marked: ‘You can sell mining shares,
but you can't sell bonds.’ The great
business of the country'goes on and
thoee who have faith .Ini our country's
prosperity, are ns sore to win the fu-,
ure as those who under’lrss favorable
conditions have won In the past."
Buslnsss Is Sound.
Frank Til ford, president of the Lincoln
Trust Company, and (president of Park
A Tllford, who la In close touch with
banking and mercantile conditions both
In New York and all'oyer the coun
try. thought the business condition of
the country was sound without a
doubt. Collections In the country dis
tricts, he said, were good.
As president of the Lincoln Trust
Company, the View* of Mr. Tllford on the
money outlook are Intereetlng. He be
lieves there will be a good market for
money at a fair rate, but foresees no
decided stringency.
Passed Through Crisis.
Dumont Clark, president of the
American Exchange National Bank,
la of the opinion that we have passed
through a ■ riilcal financial period, but
that tho sltimtlon has Improved great
ly and there Is now no fear of a se
rious business, disturbance. Mr. Clark
comes In touch with the financial world
through somel thirty corporation* with
which he Is associated as a director
or trustee.
"There Is ■*. decidedly belter outlook
than there wag two or three weeks
ago,” said he. "I sse no evidences of
a widespread business depression.
There Is no foundation for such a feel.
Ing Indications pointing to serious
disturbances. If then are any, have
passed away.”
Harry S. 1 ick. president
United 8tat. - Realty
Company, said: ,
-There Is ' business depression at
the pf> -n' .line, and there I* evegy
Indication ■ a business curtailment
throughout tin country." «.
of the
’ and Improvement
MEN WHO WILL RECEIVE
THE VISITING SPINNERS
The reception committee for the In
ternational Conference of Cotton Grow,
ere and Manufacturers, which will bo
In session In Atlanta Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, October 7, 8 and 9,
was announced Saturday morning by
Charles M. Roberts, Joint chairman of
the committee on arrangements. The
committee Is headed by Dr. J. D. Tur
ner, chairman. and Is composed of mors
than a hundred representative cltlsens
of ths city.
Tho reception committee and the
other committees which have been ap
pointed to look after the entertainment
of the delegates to the conference, are
as follows:
Reception Committee—Dr. J. D. Tur
ner, chairman; Samuel A. Carter, Os
car Elsas, W. M. Nixon, B. T. Scott,
W. R. B. Whittier. F. L Stone. C. M.
Candler, George P. Howard, B. L
Willingham, Asa G. Candler, Jr.. IL E.
Fischer, Harvte Jordan, C. 8. Barrett,
John Hill, J. D. Cloudman, E. Chap
pell, W. R. Tonnlson, E. H. Inman,
W. L. Peel, John E Cay, E. S. Ehney,
J. T. Jennings, Harry Fisher, Thomas
B. Blake, I J. F. Dickinson, J. J. Dlsos-
way, H. SeydelL W. R. Joyner, Joseph
Hlrsch. E. C. Peters, J. N. McKachern.
A. Qullllan, A. L. Curtis, James L.
Key, J. Sid Holland, H. 61. Beutell, W.
H. Terrell, A. H. Baskin, E. W. Martin,
L. P. Huddleston, C. L. Chosewood, C.
W. Mangum. -E. E. Pomeroy, B. E.
Pearce, 8. C. Glass. I. F. Styron, W. A.
Taylor, John W. Grant, W. A. .Han
cock, T. D. Longlno, Charles M. Rob
erts. C. E. Harman, J. Wills Pope.
Joseph T. Orme, David Woqdward, F. J.
Paxon, R. L. Foreman, Forrest Adair,
Harry L. Schleslnger, L. A. Ransom,
W. H. Duncan, E. C. Callaway, C. E.
Caverly, W. G. Cooper, J. K. Orr. L. H.
Beck, IL J. Lowry, J. O. Oglesby, Bam
D. Jones, R. F. Maddox. J. R. Gray,
Clark Howell. F. L. Seely, J. K. Ott-
Iey, W. D. Ellis, Jr.. Asa G. Candler,
Frank Hawkins, C. E. Currier, Morris
Brandon, Colonel Clifford L. Anderson,
E. H. Thornton, W. T. Gentry, W. G.
Humphries. Dr. R. B. Ridley, Thomas
Egleston, John A. Murphy, J. Lee
Barnes, W. V. Zimmer, H. N. Dutton,
Ralph Van 'Landlngham, Ernest
Woodruff, Thomas B. Paine, George W.
PorrotL Joseph Jacobs, P. 8. Ark-
wrighL Walter P. Andrews, John J.
Woodalde. Harvey L. Anderson. Ed
ward O. Miles, II. H. Cabanlss. R. 8.
Weasels, James M. Wright, Harvey
Johnson, M. L. Brittain.
Committee of Arrangements.—Charles
M. Roberts, Joint chairman.
For the City.—Charles M. Roberts,
chairman; H. 81, BeutelL John
Grant.
For the Chamber of Commerce.—F.
Paxon, chairman: E. C. Callaway,
H. L. Schleslnger, W. L. NeeL E. II.
Committee on Functions.—W,
Peel, chairman: J. W. Pope. E.
Peters, C. E. Harman, F. J. Paxon.
Committee on Barbecue.—W. R. Joy
ner, W. L. Peel, H. L. Schleslnger, H.
C. Stockdell, W. O. Cooper.
Press Committee.—Harvey Johnson,
Dan Carey. Buford Ooodwln, Lauren
Foreman.
Committee on Distinguished Quetta
—Mayor W. R. Joyner. J. W. Pope, C.
M. Roberta, D. Woodward, F. A. Qull
llan, R. J. Lowry.
H F. HEMPHILL
Charge They Altered
an Indemnity
Bond.
J. W. Gotueke, of 104 South Pryor
street, un archltoct, with offlees at 408
Temple Court building, was placed un
der arrest late Friday afternoon by of
ficers of Fulton county and turned over
to officer* of Baker county and taken
to Newton, tho county seat, to answer,
a charge of forgery. His bond was set
at 830,000.
Robert F. Hemphill, president of tho
Atlanta Fireproofing Company, waa
Indicted on the same charge, but ha
has not been arrested. He la not In the
city, It Is reported, and the officers were
unable to locate him.
A copy of the Indictment received In
Atlanta charges that Gotuck* and
Hemphill did alter a bond of the Aetna
Indemnity Company bearing a dale of
8tarch 8, 1900, of the amount of 860,000,
to make It read 8Iay 1, 1908,."with In
tent to defraud the gounty of Baker
and the Aetna Indemnity Company."
Oolucko and Hemphill had been' en-
gaged In the building of the Baker
W. ^county court house, which was not
completed. It Is stated, at the time
called for In the contract.
Sheriff Perry, of Baker county, ar
rived In Atlanta Friday afternoon and
after a consultation with local officers
ths warrant was served oif Golucke.
who denied that he was guilty of any
wrongdoing and who went to Newton
with the officers. (
From Indemnity Company,
Attorney Eugene Dodd, representa
tive of the Aetna Indemnity Company,
stated Saturday morning:
'The Aetna Company went surety for
the Atlanta Fireproofing Company on
a bond for the erection of the Baker
ASSASSINS MAKE A 7TEMPI
ON LIFE OF COUNT IOLSIOI
Moscow, Sept. 21.—An attempt waa
made today to assassinate Count Tol
stoi. Several rifle shots were fired
through a window of his home and It Is
reported that the great Socialist nar
rowly missed being killed. Three ar
reals have been made. Count Tolstoi
Interfered In the esse of one of the
IK PHILLIPS CASE
Cleveland, O, Sept. 21.—The coro
ner's Jury in the case of John J. Phil
lips, the banker and broker, who was
shot and killed nt his home September
2, rendered a verdict to the effect that
Phillips was shot with a gun In the
hands of some person within hts (Phil
lips') residence, with Intent to mur
der.
Coroner Burke, after the verdict was
rendered, recelvod Information that
caused him to delay signing IL Mrs.
Phillips Is under.bond, walling action
of ths grand Jury on the charge of
slaying her husband.
prisoners and caused his discharge. The
other* were held. Thle was the eecond
attack made on the country estate of
the author.
Fearing a repetition of the flret at
tempt, which proved tgultless. police
were secreted about the eetate and
when the eecond attempt was mode the
arrest followed.
TWO FOUND DEAD;
WAS SUICIDE PACT?
New York, Sept. 21.—Through what
the police believe to have been a death
pact a man and woman killed them
selves with gas today In a room In the
Easton Hotel, near South Ferry. T?ie
couple registered lost night as "Mr. and
Mr*. D. Clefan." The man and woman
wsro found on tho floor clasped In each
others’ arms.
a contract accepted by the county i
mleslonere of Baker county on 6!arch
1908.
'For some reason this contract was
declared void by the county commis
sioners. On Mfiy 1 the Atlanta Flrc-
profing Company entered Into a second
contract with Baker county for the
erection of the court houae. By chang
ing the dates, the same bond which
we Issued for Alarch 8 was used for
the contract of May 1. Thla waa done
without our knowledge or consent.
Moreover, the second contract differed
materially from the first.
The court houae, I understand. Is
about one-fourth finished, the work
having Hopped last October, when the
Atlanta Fireproofing Company went
Into bankruptcy. Baker county,
through King, Spalding & Little,
brought ault thla summer against the
Aetna Company to recover a part of
the money It had paid the contractors
for the erection of the 826,006 court
house. We filed an answer, denying
that the second contract to which the
altered bond was made to apply was
made with our knowledge or that wo
were responsible for IL Moreover, we
asserted that we would not have gone
surely for the contractors under the
terms of the eecond contract The
civil suit Is etlll pending In the Fulton
county superior court."
Mr. Golucke Is not responsible for
the altering of the dates.” said ono of
his friends Saturday: "he waa merely
the architect for the building and prob
ably. acted ae a sdrt of advisor to the
county commissioners. The Atlanta
Fireproofing Company had the con
tract. It I* probable that Mr. Oolucke
will make the 320,000 bond.”
Although In custody of the sheriff.
>lr. Oolucke will not be lodged In Jail.
He waa taken to Newton until other
arrangement could bo nude