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THE WEATHEB.
The Atlanta Georgian
and news
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1907.
OFFICERS LED
ID BODY OF
sum MAR
/
Skeleton of Murdered
Negro Found in
. Lonely Place.
FORCED WIFE ,
TO AID IN BURIAL
Negro Killed in Gambling
Row and Body Buried
During Night.
Special to The Georgian.
Hartwell, Go:, Dec. 80.—!>l«cloaure*
In the Investigation by oUlcere Into tho
chargee of Mrs. Hugh Wall, who had
been severely beaten by her husband,
that he thad murdered a negro, John
Norris, and hid the body away, made
this morning, resulted In the arrest
and confinement In Jail of Hugh Wall
ajid two negroes, Ernest Gray and Bill
-Hitchcock, on the charge of murder.
. When the officers went to the scene,
accompanied by Mrs. Wall, they found
evidences of a hole having been dug In
the ground nnd, upon opening up tho
place, found the skeleton of a, man.
Wall then Implicated the two negroes,
who are regarded as notorious gam.
biers, and they were arrested and
lodged In Jail to await trial.
Committed Yesr Ago.
Wall Is 25 years of age and Is re
garded as a gambler by the people of
this section.
. .Mrs. Wall'stated that the negro was
killed In a gnmbllng game on Friday
night, August 28, 1909, nnd that on
Saturday night her husband forced her
to aid In carrying the body to n lonely
spot by the roadside, where he burled
It. She says she told of this to save
herself; that her husband had beaten
“*her nnd threatened to kill her. fearing
that sho would, tell of him having
killed the negro.
It was on her statement that the In
vestigation was made, and sho con
ducted the officers to the scene where
■ tflo corpse was exhumed. >— !
Beat Hie Wife,
A wnrant for Wnll was sworn out
warrant for Hugh Wall was sworn out
and officers will go to Elberton nnd
bring him to Hart county, on the charge
•of murdering a negro, John Norris.
. Wnll has for several years been over,
seer on the large farm of Colonel J. D.
Mntheson. two miles from Hartwell.
Several days ago, It fs charged, he un
mercifully beat his wife, who was a
Miss Cooper, of Elberton. On Wednes
day he followed’ hie. wife to Elberton,
where she had preceded him the day
before. Her parente had him Jailed at
that place. J. M. Cooper, father of
Mre. Wall, was In Hartwell yesterday.
Cooper swore out a warrant charging
Wall with wife beating. Chief of Po
lice J. O. Harper and Colonel J. D.
Mntheson went In search of the alleged
burled body of the negro victim.
The killing pf the negro. It Is said,
was accomplished with a shovel. It is
charged he whipped his wife with a
board and left home with the Injunc
tion that she had better remain. She
caught the train on the Hartwell road
nnd Captain McCulpepper paid her
fare on that road and on to Elberton.
ILLICIT WHISKY SALE
REPORTED AS CAUSE.
Special to The Georgian.
Elberton. Ga., Doc. 20.—.Upon the no-
cuaatton of his wife, Hugh Wall, a
white renter of Hart county, on the
--place of J. D. Matheson, about 21-2
miles from Hartwell, was arrested and
charged with the murder of a negro.
The accused later agreed to point out
to the sheriff the place of burial of the
victim, a negro, John Norris. The
body was found buried In a sand bar
about 4 feet lotlg, this being eurrounded
by sage grass, and might never have
been discovered without an eye witness
to the deed, as a searching party only
yesterday dug within 4 feet of the grave
without results. Wall accuses Will
Hitchcock and Ernest Gray, negroes,
■ claiming Hitchcock did the killing.
Upon exhuming the body. It was
found that the back of the negro’s
head was crushed In and the face was
mutilated by what is supposed , to be
.ax wounds. The alleged accusation of
Mrs. Wall was made supposedly on ac
count of illicit whisky sales which
coupled her husband's name with
them, and which resulted In a beat
ing, on account of which she left home
nnd took refuge in Elberton, where she
now Is.
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CRAIG TO STEAL,
IS CAWS EXCUSE
Will Plead Insanity and
Kleptomania Before
State Conrt.
J. G. CASH, i
He asserts that he Just couldn't
help stealing when Impulse came.
Insanity wilt be the plea ,of J. G. Cash,
the self-confessed thief who has been rob
bing Atlanta's big office buildings for tho
pnst seven weeks, when nrralgned before a
jury In the criminal branch of the superior
court
The prisoner was haled before Recorder
Rroyles Friday morning and his bond fixed
at $10,000. Thru his counsel. Attorney F. M.
Hughes, young Cash waived preliminary
examination and was hound over In fifteen
cases of larceny from the house. His case
will be considered by the Fulton county
grand jury at the January term.
Attorney Hughes, when questioned by a
Georgian reporter, declared there Is no
doubt but that Cash la a'Confirmed klepto-
innulac. and irresponsible for his thefts.
vtVheh the young man la arraigned before a
Jury, Insanity will be pleaded In an effort
to savs him from the penitentiary. Cash
himself Insists he Is not crnxy, but his peo
ple are confident his mania to steal Is the
result of an abnormal or unbalanc * *■
When naked why he turned thief,
oner responded:
I just couldn't help It The appetite to
steal* to .life.”
' Cash states that he didn't steal as a mate
tor of necessity, 1 as he had money. Ho
made no effort to dispose of any of tho
stolen booty, using -ft in decorating his
home. lie parted with only two or three of
the stolen articles nnd these Wero loaned to
friend*. lie can account tor the thefts In
no other way except that he was seited
with an irresistible Impulse.
The young man's grandfather, who Is a
prominent citizens of Lawrenceville. will
arrive In Atlanta Saturday to Investigate
tho case and aid bis grandson ns much os
possible.
Roberts, Doysl and
" "king on the case
any mors of the
stolen goods have not been recovered.
Uetectlrts Lockhart. Roberts,
T. B. Lnnford are still working <
In an effort to ascertain If any t
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
.E
Was Crossing Fence When
Gun Was Dis
charged.
Waycron*. Go., Dec. 20.—Hon. War
ren Lott, ordinary of Ware county and
former vice president of the Bank of
Waycroae, wa« accidentally killed while
out hunting' thle morning with Dr. M.
M. Johnson. , .
The accident occurred about one mile
from Waresboro, near the home of
Henry Mullle.
.Dr. Johnson woe about thirty yards
from Mr. Lott when ho'heard the lat
ter’s, gun discharge. When he reached
Mr Lott the gun was hanging on a
ft nee, which he had Just .crossed. Mr.
Lott spoke to Dr. Johnson, but he could
not-be understood. Ho expired almost
Immediately.
No news received In this city has
ever caused mere universal sorrow
than has Mi'. Lott's death
Coroner Grimes left for the scene of
•he accident this morning and un In
quest will likely be held this afternoon.
A son. Lieutenant Warren Lott. Jr.-
la at present stationed at Fort McPher
son In Atlanta, and will arrive here to
morrow. .
Lieutenant Warren Lott. Jr., of Company
51. Savententh Infontry, who baa been ste-
for Weycroas. tbe family home.
TAFT FELLS
IF OIS TRIP
Everything Points to
Peace in Realm
of Mikado.
New York, Dec. 20.—Secretory of
War Taft arrived at this port today
board the steamship President Grant,
completing his trip around the world.
He took the 1:45 train for Washington,
thus rounding out the last few hours
of a voyage occupying 120 days. Sec
retary Taft came to port looking as
healthy os it 1 if possible for a man to
look, and feeling the same way.
He was Interviewed on board the
United States cutter, which took him
off the President Grant, by a Hearst
News Service representative.
"Now," he sold, laughingly, "I hope
you won’t expect me to say anything
on politics. How can 17 I lack In
formation to such a degree that I win
have to read to catch up.”
Contrary to expectations, Mr. Taft
places all the Importance of his great
tour on his visit to the Philippines. Ho
had no criticism to make of the-election
troubles there, nnd appears satisfied
with his Investigation In every manner.
Talks With Miksdo.
,While in Japan. Mr. Taft met the
mikado and talked with him at some
length on general topics. The transfer
of the fleet wns not mentioned In this
discussion, but was spoken of In dif
ferent conversations the secretary had
while In Japan. Concerning the senti
ment In Japan for or against war, Mr.’
Taft said:
“Everything Is In favor of continued
peace In • Japan. The. people are
friendly with us. They export about
2180,000,000 worth of goods a year and
a third comes to the United States.
As most of these goods ore the product
of small manufacturers, peace Is desir
able to the whole nation.
"The appearances throughout Japan
are In favur of the continued peace of
the Island kingdom. The exports of the
country to the United States are In
themselves a powerful factor for
peace."
When snylng Hint "appearances
Japan ure for peace." Mr.
Bi Taft
his sentence for a studied Instant, and
then continued on another subject. It
was plainly evident that he could have
no desire to go beyond appearances.
Mr. Taft found Czar Nicholas a very
able man nnd splendid conversational
ist. Without Interrogation. Mr. Taft
volunteered the Information, that his
visit to the czar was absolutely with
out political significance.
* As to Fleet’s Cruise.
Concerning the transfer of the At
lantic fleet' to the Pacific ocean. Secre
tary Taft says no one could take of
fense at such a movement. The pres
ident had the same right to order the
cruise as to order an army maneuver
for practice, and there should be no dis
tinction.
In speaking of the reception accord
ed Mr. Taft on the entire tour, one of
the party said he was welcomed every
place with great cordiality. There were
no great ovations, because the party
traveled quietly. * „ _.,
Mrs. Taft will remnln In New York
while her. husband goes to Washington
to wait upon President Roosevelt. After
he has formally reported, he will re
turn, and together they will go to Wor.
cester, Mnse., where Mr. Taft's mother
recently died.
Druce Coffin
To Be Opened
In Few Days
London. Dec.-20.-T. C. Druce'e coffin will
be opened within s fortnight. Upon wbet
is found Inside will depend the outcome of
one of the most remerksble legs! buttle,
ever fought In England.
Ry opening tho roflln IS might hero been
•ottled et sny time. Druce', son, Herbert,
refused to permit this. Tbe courts upheld
him! lie yields now because be wishes to
ley I foundation for prosecuting those who
ilnteln thet T. C. Draco wee reslly tbe
fifth duke of Portland end sought on thet
ground to teke the Portland title end estate
from the present dtike. The home office
promptly accepted his offer end will* fix u
date for opening the coffin ns soon as com
missioners can he named to conduct the In
vestigation.
If tbe coffin contains lead O. II. llrace
will hero established an overwhelming case.
If Druce'e corpse Is Inside there will be
wholesale prosecutions of his wltncaaet.
SCHOOL’S OUT, PUPILS SHOUT;
BOOKS TO REAR, XMAS HERE
..t 2 o’clock Friday afternoon the
bell In the school homes of Atlanta tap
ped for the last time before the Christ
mas holidays and thousands of happy
children hurried homeward for twelve
days of fun and frolic.
For the past two or three weeks time
has hung heavy on the hands of the
children- nnd U seemed to past on
leaden wings, so slowly did the days go
by. but all the anxiety and the weari
ness ' of waiting woe forgotten when
the teachers gave the expected signal
Friday afternoon, and for the little
folk Christmas hod come at last.
The students of the Georgia “*ch
were also given their freedom Friday at
noon, and the campus was all astir with
preparations for the departure-of those
who will spend the holidays at their
homes In other cities. At various hours
during the day all the other educa
tional Institutions In tbe city cloud
their doors and text-books mill bo rele-
gated to the shelves until Christmas of
1907 has passed Into history.
Both the depots In the city present
a busy scene. They are thronged with
students coming home, students going
home and students passing thru on
their way from other schools to homes
In other places. College cap* are much
In evidence, and tbe merry laughter
of the happy school girls brightens the
railway stations tike a ray of sunlight.
THIS IS HOW THE FLEET LOOKS TO THE JAPS
(From The New York World.)
JAMES OLIPHANT
IS SHOT DOWN IN
PRIVATE OFFICE
Assailant Kills Himself Im
mediately After
Tragedy.
I unit
AT
Little Son of Railroad Com
missioner Passes
New York, Dee. 20.—James II. Ollphnnt.
of the New York Htoek Exchange firm uf
J. II. Ollphnnt * Co., was shot this nfter-
noon In Ills private office. The mnn who
■llil the shooting Immediately turned the re
volver on himself snd died In it few min
ute,. Mr. Ollnhsnt wns Immediately re
moved to tbe lluilson-st. hospital in nn nut- j
hula nee.
The man who shot Mr. Ollplmnt Is C. |
A. Geiger. He was on the Ollphant;
Arm’s books for a considerable account. |
Ollphant refused a demand which Is
said to have been for an advance on
account for a small amount.
In Sing Sing for embezzlement. It Is
not known whether tho dispute between
Geiger nnd Ollphant Involved Brouwer.
When a surgeon made a rapid exam
ination, he declared that Mr. Ollphant
might die at any moment, so grievous
was the wound. Hospital nttarhes say
he will live but a short time.
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1,291,712 BALES!
CENSUSREPORT OUT
9,821,077 Bales Compared
With 11,112,789 of
LaBt Year.
FOR MAJR CURRY
Body Will Rest in National
Cemetery Near Wash
ington.
The funeral services of Major Manly
B. Curry, paymaster of the department
}f the gulf, whou death In an automo.
bile accident occurred Thursday night,
will bo conducted from the First Bap
tist church Saturday morning at 10
o’clock. Rev. Dr. W. ff. Landrum offi
ciating.
The poll-bearers will be officers of
the department of the gulf and the
funeral will be partly military, with an
escort of soldiers from Fort McPher
son accompanying the body. '
Dr. W. W. Landrum, who will conduct
the •ervlces,.ls a life-long friend of ths
family and accompanied Mrs. Curry
Tnursdav night when she went to the
Grady Hospital to the side ot her hus
band, who was fatally Injured.
At noon Saturday the body will be
sent to Arlington, the national ceme
tery near Washington, over the South
ern railway. The Interment will take
place there on Sunday.
Senator A. O. Bacon, father-in-law
of Major Curry, arrived Friday morn
ing and went Immediately to the late
residence of Major Curry, where the
tunera! arrangements were decided
upon.
Mrs. Curry, the three children. Sen
ator Bacon and other members of the
family and friends will accompany ths
Lody to ^Arlington.
Race Results,
NEW ORLEANS.
First Race—Lute Foster. 9 to 2, won;
Ed Kane. 7 to 2 and 6 to 5,-second;
Sussex. 15, 6, 5 to 2, third. Time
1:14 3-5.
S. GUYTON M’LENDON, JR.
He was the only son of Chair
man McLendon of the railroad
commission.
S. Guyton,' Jr., only son of Mr, and
Mrs. S. G. McLendon, died at the Pres,
byterlan Hospital Friday morning at 4
o'clock.
His deatl; resulted from pnebmonla,
following quickly an operation for ap
pendicitis The operation for appendi
citis was entirely successful, and Guy
ton was rapidly recovering health and
strength, when less than a week ago a
virulent attack of pneumonia seised
him.
Still weak from the effects of the
operation, the brave little fellow could
not combat his new trouble. He grew
rapidly worse, and, altho the best medi
cal skill was brought to bear, death
came Friday morning at 4 o'clock.
Guyton waa Just 14 years of age, the
only son of Chairman McLendon, of the
railroad commission. He was a hand
some, manly little fellow. He was es
pecially popular with the studotts and
teachers of the Georgia MilitaryTtcad-
Continued on Page Five.
VESSEL ITlNKS
WITHJBER CREW
Westbrook. Conn., Deo. 20.—An unknown
two-msated schooner, bound east, wn* cap
sized sud sunk two miles off this place to
day snd it Is thought that every muu of the
crew perished.
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0 NEW DIRECTORY SHOWS 0
0 160,563 POPULATION. O
O o
O The new Atlanta directory for O
0 1908 Is out Friday. It gives 50,- O
O 174 names. Using the usual mul- 0
O tiple of 3 1-5, this gives the popu- O
0 latlon of, Atlanta as 160,663, or O
0 an Increase of 2,538 over the dl- 0
0 rectory for 1907. The list contains 0
0 names of 17,000 wives. 0
0 More than 1,000 negroes, float- O
0 Ing population, are omitted. Us-' O
O ing the same multiple, the In- 0
0 crease In population will show O
0 about 5,138.
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Washington, Dec. 20.—A bulletin Is
sued by the census bureau today shows
9,821,077 bales of cotton, counting
round as half .bales, ginned from the
growth of 1907 to December 13, com
pared with 11,112,780 for 1906, against
9,297,819 for 1905.
The number of round bales includ-
167,485 for 1907 and 243,096 for
and 252,137 for 1905.
Gea Island Included 65,145 for 1907
and 49,361 for 1905, and 90,836 for
1905. The number of active gins re
porting fof 1907 wns 27,152.
The figure* by states are ns follows:
Alnhjtnm 962.022
ArknUsuis 572,106
Florida ... 47.747
Georgia 1,632.495
Kentucky UOfcOOO
Lou fain llil 502,091
Mississippi 1,119.244
Missouri 23.674
New Mexico 55
North Cnrollnn 522.917
Oklahoma 686,078
South Cnrollnn 1,014.711
Tennessee 204.267
Texas 1,987.781
Virginia 6,787
The distribution of tbe sea Island cottou
for 1907 by states Is:
Florida .. *. -. 22.400
Georgia ... ... 32.994
Honth Carolina 9.661
All Were Huddled in
Shanty of Pit Boss
in Mine.
THIRTEEN IN ALL
ARE TAKEN OUT
(550 Victims of Mine Horrors
For 10 Days of Christ
mas Month.
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0 BILL FOR RELIEF 0
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0 Washington, Dec. 20.—As relief O
0 for the widows and orphans of O
0 mine explosion victims and those O
0 permonentfy Injured In such dis- O
0 asters, Representative Lenahan, O
O of Pennsylvania, has Introduced a 0
0 bill calling for a tax of 1 per 0
0 cent a ton on all coal mines. To O
O each family made dependent by 0
O the death of a miner, or his In- 0
0 jury, $1,000 out of the revenue so 0
0 derived Is to be paid. 0
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Jacobs Creek, Pa., De6. 20.—It is a
faint hope that any of the 250 miners
entombed In the Dorr mine here are
living, but all work Is progressing on
the theory that some of the men may
have places of safety. The fan used
to drive fresh air Into the mine has
not been injured.
The system under which miners
work makes It Impossible for the com
pany to say just how many men were
In the mine at the time of the explo
sion. The most reliable estimate places
the figures at 190. There may be 250.
The condition of the bodies found by
rescuers Indicates un explosion of such
terrific force that It seems Impossible
that any of them have survived It.
Thirteen In all have been taken out.
Five thousand feet from the entrance
to tho mine, two hours after the work
of, rescue had begun, the first bodies
war* found. Right at this point Is
located the shanty in which the pit
boss makes his headquarters while In
the mine. As It hove In view It pre
sented ah uncanny appearance with
grave-Uke stillness about It. Here
within The four walls of this little
wooden structure wero huddled five
dead bodies. The rescuers stood aghast
at the sight.
The coal company Is doing all possi
ble to get out all of the bodies of the
unfortunate miners. Superintendents
from almost all of their mines are here
engineering the rescue work.
The mines at Monongah, W. Vo., are
In the same belt as the local workings.
Yesterday’s catastrophe swelled the
number of victims of the deadly mine
gas for the first nineteen days of
Christmas month to upward of 650
bodies. . . • ’ . .
300 FLEE FROM
FLAMES IN N. Y.
New York, Dec. 20.—Over 300 peo
ple, scantily clad, were driven and car
ried from their homes Into the cold
early today while three fires raged.
Twenty-three families, numbering
about eighty persons, wero carried
down ladders by firemen, who were on
the sce^ie within a few minutes.
TWO MEN NOW IN TOWER
SUSPECTED OF BEING “YEGGS;"
J. P. EAKER. * GEORGE BARTON.
They are confined in the Fulton Tower and are under suspicion of
robbery of banks and storss at Hapeville, Sharon and Dallas.
Detectives who are working on the
case of the alleged cracksmen, J. P.
Eaker and George Barton, think that
possibly members of the satpe gang
cracked the safe Thursday morning In
the poatofflee at Newnasi.
Eaker and Barton are still confined
In the Tower, and are believed to be
the men who dynamited the safe In a
Hapeville store a*short time ago, the
safe in the postofllce at Dallas-and the
safe In the Bank of Sharon. Detective
Sergeant Lanford is expecting to re
ceive Information Friday or Saturday
from the Order eff Railway Conductors
concerning Eaker. who professes to bo
a Southern railway conductor. Several
conductors have already tested him and
declared him a fake.
Pictures and descriptions of the two
prisoners will be forwarded to uher
cities within a few days In an effort
to have the men Identified.
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Liverpool, ensler, 6.10; Atlanta, quiet,
1H4; New Orient)*, quiet, ID'S: New
York, steady, 11.80; Savannah, steady,
1114: Augusta, steady. 1114; Mobile,
steady, 1U4; Charleston, steady, 11H.