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! NIGHT EDITION SPORTS. The, Atlanta GeorgiJM AND NEWS VOL. VI. NO. 118. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY,; DECEMBER 20, 1907. UDTP17. In Atlanta..TWO CENTS. L J vJLAy Li . On Train*..FIVE CENTS. OFFICERS LED TO B001 OF SLAIN IAN 60LDFIELDT TR00PST0 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, Oa„ Dec. 20.—Dlecloauree In the lnveitlgatlon by officer* Into the chargee of Mr*. Hugh Wall, who had been eeverely beaten by her huaband, that he had murdered a negro, John Norrla. and hid the body away, made thla morning, reaulted In the arreat and confinement In jail of Hugh Wall and two negroes, Erneat Gray and BHI Hitchcock, on the charge of murder. When the offleera went to the acene. accompanied by Mrs. Wall, they found evidenced of a hole having been dug In the ground and. upon opening up the place, found the akeleton of a man. Wall then Implicated the two negroea. who are regarded aa notorious gam blers. and they were arrested ,and lodged In Jail to await trial. Committed Year Ago. Wall Is 25 years of age and Is re garded as a gambler by the people of this section. Mrs. Wall atated that the negro was killed In a gambling game on Friday night, August 21. U00. and that on Saturday night her husband forced her to aid In carrying the body to a lonely spot by the roadside, where he burled It She says she told of this to save herself; that her husband had beaten her and threatened to kill her. fearing that ahe would tell of him having killed the negro. It waa on her atatement that the In vestigation was made, and she con ducted the o(fleers to the scene where the corpse was exhumed. Beat Hie Wife. Wall has for several years been over, leer on the large farm of Colonel J. D. Matheson, two miles from Hartwell. Several days ago. It Is charged, he un mercifully beat hie wife, who was a Miss Cooper, of Elberton. On Wednes day he followed his wife to Elberton. where she had preceded him the day before. Her parents had him Jailed at that place. J. M. Cooper, father of Mrs. 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. Matheson went In search of the alleged burled body of the negro victim. The killing of the negro, It Is said, was accomplished with a shovel. It Is charged he whipped hie wife with a board and left home with the Injunc tion that she had better remain. She taught the train on the Hartwell road and Captain McCulpepper paid her fare on that road and on to Elberton. ILLICIT WHISKY 8ALE REPORTED AS CAUSE. Special The Georgian. Elberton, Oa. Dec. 20.—Upon the ac cusation of hla 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 the sheriff the place of burial of the victim, .a negro, John Norris. The Lady was found burled In a sand bar about 4 feet long, thte being surrounded Jv 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 WIH Hitchcock and Ernest Gray, negroee, claiming Hitchcock did the killing. Upon exhuming the body. It was f 'und that the back of the negro's head was crushed In end the face waa mutilated by whet Is supposed to be ax wounds. The alleged accusation of Mrs. Wall waa made supposedly on ac count of Illicit whisky soles which coupled her husband's name with them, and which resulted In a beat- lug. on account of which she left home und took refuge In Elberton, where she how le. Seye Many Are Not Trains*!, •“peclsl to The Georgian. ' harlotte. N. C., Dee. 20.—Dr. C. A. Mlsenhetmer. of the Mecklenburg bounty Medical Society, has stirred U P a sensation hare by a paper which he read before the Charlotte doctors. In which he charged that many young women were posing as trained nurses *•“> Were collecting trained nurses' ••at of |4 to 25 per day. whereas they "ore not trained nurses, but merely women who performed common labor, ■'urslng as best they could, but without 'he right to call themselves trained hsrses. ... Message From .Fleet Washington. Dec. 20.—A tflreleaa message received from the battleship ...nnectlcutt says that the Pacific- hllttlaaViln ller.t is-es u civ hsinrlpArl battleship fleet waa six hundred * north-northweat of St. Thomas. LEAVE Washington, Dec. 20.—Federal troops were this afternoon ordered withdrawn from Goldfield by the president. CRAVING 10 STEAL, IS CASH'S EXCUSE Will Plead Insanity and Kleptomania Before State Court. Inanity will be the plea of J. G. Cash, the self-confessed thief who hss been rob bing Atlanta's big office buildings for the past seven weeks, when arraigned before a Jury In tho criminal branch of the superior court. The prisoner was haled before Recorder Broyles Friday morning and his bond fixed at S10.000. Thru his counsel. Attorney F. M. Hughes, young Cash waived preliminary examination and was bound over In fifteen cases of Inrceny from the house. Ills case will lie considered by the Fulton county grand Jury at the January terra. Attorney Hughes, when queatlouod by a Georgtnu reinirter, declared there Is no Jury. to save him from the penlteutlary. himself Insists he Is not craty, but \ pie are confident his mania to atcal Cash the result of an abnormal or unbalanced brain. When asked why he turned thief, the pris oner responded: ' . "1 Just couldn't help It. The ap|ietlte to steal seemed to be almost consuming me. It was a craving. Just as my stomach would crave food. Ft seemed as though 1 had to steal to live." Cash states that be didn't steal as a mat ter of necessity, as he had money. He made no effort to dispose of mf of the stolen booty, using It In decorating his home. He ported with only two or three of the stolen articles nud these were loaned to friends. He esu account for the thefts In no other war except that he wits seised with an Irresistible Impulse. Tho young man s grandfather, w-ho is n prominent el tl sous of I.awreucovllle. will arrive In Atlanta fietfirfisj to Invention'. tlie .Use ana aid bis grandson ns ranvli nf |M ?»,«etlrrs l-ocktrart. Roberts. Dojral and T. II. L*itf«r<l arc still working on tho/Me In an, effort to nncrrtnln If any more of the sioleii goods hnve not lx>,n recovered. HON, WARREN LOTT ACCiOENTALLV SHOT WHILE HUNTING ’Was Crossing Fence When Gun Was Dis charged. Waycrona, On., Dec. 20.—Hon. War- ten Lott, ordinary of Ware county and former vice president of the Bank of Waycroee, wan accidentally killed whll-s out hunting this morning with Dr. M. M. Johnson. The accident occurred about one mile from Warenboro, near the home of Henry Mullls. Dr. Johnson was about thirty yards fiom Mr. Lott when he heard the let ter'll gun discharge. When he reached Mr. Lott the gun wan hanging on a ft nee, which he had Juet crossed. Mr. Lott epoke to Dr. Johnson, but he could not be understood. He expired almost Immediately. , . .. .. . No news received In this city he* ever caused more unlvereal sorrow than has Mr. Lott'* death Coroner Grimes left tor the scene of • he accident thle morning and an In quest will likely be held thin nf tern von. . w ■...l.nant Wnrrifi f.iltt Jl* . A non. Lieutenant Warren Lott. Jr.. i, at present stationed at Fort McPher- eon In Atlanta, and will arrive here to morrow. Lieutenant Warren Lott, Jr., of Comped* M. Keventenlh Infantry, who nne been sta tioned nt Fort McPherson, n AIIsnta. Is -a son of Ibo deceased. He received n tele- grero Friday morning epprteliig him of hie rather's death. and left op tho first trnlp for Wevcross. the family home. Coffii n Druce . ToBe Opened In Few Days Iondon Dec. 20.—T. C. Drnco'e coffin will bo opened wtthlh a fortnight. Upon wbnt le found Inside will depend the outcome of one of tho most remarkable legal battles erer fought In England. By opening the coffin It might have lieen nettled at any time. Drives son. Herbert, refused to permit thla The roorts upheld him lie yields now because be wlshen to lay ir foundation for prosecuting those who maintain that T. C. Drnee wee really the AFT TELLS IF BIS TRIP Everything Points to Peace in Realm of Mikado. New York. bee. 20.—Secretary of War Taft arrived at this port today on board the eteamnhlp President Grant, completing hi* trip around the world. He took tho 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 an healthy as It Is possible for a man to look, and feeling the same way. He waa Interviewed on board the United State* cutter, which took him off the President Grant, by a Hearst News Service representative. "Now," he (aid, laughingly, "I hope you won't expect me to *ay anything on politic,. How can I? I lack In formation to euch a degree that I will have to read to catch up.' Contrary to expectations, Mr. Taft places all the .Importance of hit great tour on his. visit to the Philippines. He hod no crltlclnm to make of the election trouble* there, oqd appears satisfied with hie .Investigation 1n every manner. Talk* With Mikado. While In Japan, MrATaft met the lh\ mikado and talked with Jilin .a* some length on general topic*. The transfer of the fleet wan not mentioned In this discussion. but wan npoken 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 1110,000.000 worth of goods a year and a third comes to the United States. As most of these good* are the product of small manufacturers, peace In desir able to the.whole nation. "The appearances throughout Japan are In favor of the continued peace of the Island kingdom. The exports of the country to the United States are In themselves a powerful factor When saying that "appearances In Japan are for peace." .Mr. Taft halted hie sentence for a ntuilled Instant, and then continued, on another subject. It was plainly evident thnt he could have no desire to go beyond appearances. Mr. Taft found Cxar Nicholas a very able man and splendid conversational ist. Without Interrogation. Mr. Taft volunteered the Information that hla visit to the cxar mu absolutely with out political significance. As to Fleet’s Cruise. Coneernlng 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 os to order an army maneuver for practice, and there should be no dis tinction. In speaking of the reception accord ed Mr. TBft on the entire tour, one of the party said he wee welcomed every place with great cordiality. There were no great ovatldna because the party traveled quietly. Mrs. Taft will remain In New York while her husband goea to Washington to wait upon President Roosevelt. After he has formally reported, he will re turn, and together they will go to Wor cester. Maes., where Mr. Taft’s mother recently died. IUIIII AT RACES NEW ORLEANS. Fair Grounds Race Track, New Or* leans, Dec. 20.—Jockey George Moun tain. who had the mount on Light Note In the fourth race, was painfully In jured when his mount bolted Into the fence. Owner McMullen, who attempt; ed to stop the horse, which rah away four miles, was knocked down and trampled on. Light Note brpke his leg and was destroyed. d ■if Fair Grounds Rao* Track. New Or leans, Dec. 20.—The fourth and feature event of the day was won by Keator, tho odds-on choice, Hally Preston waa second with Coon third. After the many withdrawals tht* track conditions seemed made to or<H:r t w the f I'.-Tit*-. The latter Indulged hi i field with the lead, coming away when ready to win with something to spare. The fight for the place was more exciting, Sally Preston getting the decision by 4 a whisker. w 'Jr Friday's Scratches* First Race—Senator Pay n ter, Melange, Truro, Brown Thlatlo. Firmament. Second Race—Mia* Affable, Lady Ethel, Alsono. .VIagio. Third llaceSUmn I>11 four, doubtful. Fourth Race—Hartlnsj, The Bear, Fan tastic, Handzarrn, Jack Atkina. Fifth Race— A penman-hen, Florentine, Miss Strome, Pcnrhyn, Foxhnll, Telescope, Bator. Sixth Race—Lucy Marie, Lady Vincent, Oberon. Weather wet; track sloppy! ; Today's Results. First Race—Lute Foster, 9 to 2, won; Ed Kane, 7 to 2 and 6 to B, second; Sussex, J6, 6, 5 to 2, third. Time 1:14 8-5. Second!Race—Alencon, 10 to 1, won; No Trumpor, 7 and & to 2, second; MUtlodes, 6. 6 to 2 and 3 to 2, third. Time 1:22 1-6. Third Race—Donna, 3 to 2, won; Jack Dolan, 30, 9 to 2, second; Light Nots, 18 to 5, 7 to 10 and out, third. Time 1:58 1-5. Fourth Race—Keator, 11 to 20, won; Sally Preston’, 5 and even, second; Coon. 85, .7 and 5 to 2, third. Time 1:21 1-5. C Fifth Race—Pride of Woodstock, It to 6, won; Adesso, fl and 11 to 5, sec ond; Fay. 10, 7 to 2, and 3 to 2, third. Time 1:87 2-6. Sixth Race—Rio Grande, 7 to 10, won; Warner Griswold, 2 and 7 to 10, second; El Fall, 10. 8 and even, third. Tlme l:»7 8-6. Saturday's Entries. Fair Grounds Race Track. New Orleans, Dee. 20l—Entries for Saturday: First Race—Five furlong*, selling: for * firm iMif-riTv iiiriuugN, peuing; lor -■ year-olds: xDIck Rose. 95; x Doctor .Stovall. 96; xMcGregor, 95; xDns. 96; xKnlchtlieml, 97; xFlorlda (lien. 98; C. H. Shilling. 100; Rlue Ban. 100; Bitter Man, 102:. Snlnesnw. 102; Tea Leuf, .102; McAtee, 103 ;Margnret TWO MEN NOW IN TOWER SUSPECTED OF BEING “YEGGS" J. P. EAKER. GEORGE BARTON. They ere confined In the Fulton Tower and are under auepieion of robbery of bank, and atores at Hapoville, Sharon and Dallas. Detectives who are working on .the cnee vt the alleged crackemen, J. P. Eaker and George Barton, think that possibly members of the same gang cracked the safe Thursday morning In the postofilce at Newnan. Eaker and Barton are still confined In tho Tower, nnd are believed to bo the men who dynamited the wife In a llapeville store a short time ago, the safe In the postofilce at Dallas and the safe in the Bank of Sharon. Detective Sergeant Lanford lx expecting to re ceive Information Friday or Saturday from the Order of Railway Conductors concerning Eaker, who professes to he a Southern railway conductor. Several conductors have already tested him and declared him a fake. Pictures and descriptions of the two prisoner* will be forwarded to other cities within a few day* In an effort to have the men Identified. JAMES OLIPHANT PRIVATE OFFICE Assailant Kills Himself Im mediately After Tragedy. iru *.“it 1, .iVfc, At _ 104; Bony lioj. 104; Cuernavaca, 104. Second Race—FIra ft year-olds: xOsninuda. 96; xkeep mu***, •», xThonm* CalheW Million tiding Elk. 98; xPnt Ornus. 99; xEthel Carr, 101; Padrone, 103; Mackerel, loi; Tackle. 106; Orlsndot, 106;-Brawn Thlatls. 108; Backet Brigade. 107; Isa Hocur, 110; Marbles, ]10; xKetdt 'Km Ike.; 110. Third Race—Six furlongs, purse; for all lifts: Tburlfift, 90; Ray TbotmMKiu. 98; Ilmalaya, 9f; Higginbotham, 101: Artful rm, iii||iiiuutHiini, iuj, Aruui ger, 101: Clara Huron. 101; Meredith, Lucy Young, 101; Halbert, 10S: Krtba K. 101; linaaell T, 101; Hawkama, 104; Gla mor, 104; I'ln toon, 108: Colt neat. 107. “ rth Race—Hit furlongs, the Prelim!- Jtrlyr handicap; for 2-year-olds; 11,500 and Angeles, Bnrlew and Chapultepec a O'Neill enter.' B. T. Shipp and Plnkola, Flier entry. Fifth Race—One mile and one sixteenth, selling; for S-yenr-olda and upwarda: xHla- ter Folly, 98: Grenade, 101: xMouacordor, 101; Light Note. 101; Dainty Belle, 109; Mur- tlboy, 104; Jungle Imp, 104. With Race-one mile nm! a quarter, aell- lug; for a-renr-obla and upward: xFnnao- luca, 94; xl.erna Rod, 94; sradre. IT; xFoot- Ughta Favorite, M; xl.ady Oaklond, 98; xAmbcrlack, 101; Grace I .a r sen, 102; tit. Noel. 108; Rellevlew, 103; Agile, 110; Dr. Mrl'lnae 111 OAKLAND. First Race—Macbeth. 5 to 1, won: Lnmpadrome, 9 to 2, second: Red Era, 7 to 1, third. Time not given. LOS ANGELES. First Race—Lalonde, I to 6, won: Tea Cross, 5 to 2, second; Belaxco, 60 to 1, third. Time not given. Little Son of Railroad Com missioner Passes Away. H. Guyton, Jr., only son of tlr. and Mrs. S. G. McLendon, died at the Pre*. byterlan Hospital Friday morning at 4 o’clock. Hla death resulted from pneumonia, following quickly an operation for ap pendicitis. The operation for appendi citis was entirely sqccessful, and Ouy- ton was rapidly recovering health and strength, when leas than a week ago a virulent attack nt pneumonia seized him. Still weak from the effects of the operation, the brave little fellow could not combat hie new trouble. He grew rapidly worse, and, altho the beat medi cal ikltl was brought to bear, death came Friday morning at 4 o'clock. Guyton uaa just 14 year* 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 students end teachers of the Georgia Military Acad- Centinued on Page Five. 300 FLEE FROM FLAMES IN N. Y. York Dec. Yfi.-over 100 peo- trora the present duke. The home office fple. scantily clad, were driven and car- . — - homes into the cold while three fires raged. iSVtf „ „ r, ! Twenty.three f.mlUe., ^numbering who.were on trora the present duke. The home office | pie. scantily * iau K"C-^i'1h« h, L 0 «*n* r ,. n "^.n’ r ^5^!f'«| *«« lhe 'r, mYssloocr. ran fie earned foi undurt tbr in-j early today whll vvsttgatton. , Twenty-ltirae — If Hm* coffin crmtalna lead G. II. Drocni abn*.* niahty oeraona, wara H ^•rra^'l."n2g’thw %r hi I firatnen. who ^ wh'.lraote prosecution, of hi* witnesses. ' the scene wfthJn a few minute#. EOH MAJOR CURRY The funeral services of Major Manly B. Curry, pnymaeter of the department if the gulf, whose death In an nutomo. MIc accident occurred Thursday night, will be conducted from the First Bap tist church Haturday morning at 10 O'clock. Rev. Dr. \V. W. Landrum offi ciating. The pall-bearer* will be offleera of the department of the gulf and the funeral wjli be pertly military, with an escort of soldiers from Fort McPher son accompanying the budy. Dr. W. W. Landrum, who will conduct the services, Is a life-long friend of thi family end accompanied Mrs Curry Tnuraduv night when the went to the Gradv Hospital to the side ol her hus band, who was fatally Injuredf At main 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 Mnjor curry, arrived Friday morn ing and went Immediately to the late teeldence of Major Curry, where the luiK-ral uirungemeijts were decided upon. kin. curry, the three children. Sen ator Bacon nnd other memben of the family and friends will accompany thi lody to Arlington. New York, Dec. 20.-James H. Ollpbsnt. of the New York Stock Exrhnure firm df J. 11. Ollpbsnt & Co., was shot this after noon In Ids private office, The inan who did the shooting Immediately turned tho re volver on hlm.elf nud died In n few mlu moved to the Hudson-st. hospital In nn am- bUMUSg. 11 ■ tr ’’ Tho man who shot Mr. Ollphant la C. A. Geiger.- He was nn the Ollphant firm's hooka for a considerable account. Ollphant refuied a demand which Is •aid to have been for an advance on account for a small amount. Gslgsr Is declared to be a friend of George H. Brouwer, formerly manager for Ollphant, and now serving a term In Bing Sing for embeutement. It Is not known whether the dispute between Oelger and Ollphant Involved Brouwer, When a surgeoi) made a rapid exam ination, ha declared that Mr. Ollphant might die at any moment, so grievous was the wound. Hospital attaches say he will live but a short time. VESSEL SINKS WITH HER CREW W>»fbrook, Conn,, Dae. 20.—An unknown two-mnated acboonnr, Imuml mat. waa cap- Mixed and sunk two mile* off this place to day and It li thought that every man of the crew periahed. 190? CHOP SHORT 1,831,703 BALES; CENSUSREPORTOUT All Were Huddled in Shanty of Pit Boss in Mine. THIRTEEN IN ALL ARE TAKEN OUT 650 Victims of Mine Horrors For 19 Days of Clirist- mas Month. 9,281,077 Bales Compared With 11,112,789 of Last Year. Washington, Dec. 20.—A bulletin Is sued by the cenauii bureau today show* 9,881,077 bales of cotton, counting round an half bales, ginned from the growth of 1907 to December 18, com pared with 11,112,780 for 1808. agelnst 9.297,819 for 1905. The number of round bales Includ ed Is 187,485 for 1907 and 248,096 for 1906, and 262,187 for 1905. Sea Island Included 65,145 for 1907 and 4^9,361 for 1906, and 90,886 for 1905. The number of active gins re- orttnf tor 1907 was 27,152. The figures by states are aa follows: Alabama Arknnass ... Florida ... Georgia Kentucky Louisians *... Missouri ... ... New Megleo ., . North Carolina Oklahoma Hotith Carolina 982,022 ::: ::: 8 2?$ ...1,832.496 1.103,000 MHM 1,119.244 T.917 0.078 rglnta rite distribution of the i for 1907 by states Is: Florida Georgia ... South Carolina ... ... ... ...1.014.711 ... 204.287 .. .1,987.791 .. 22.400 .. K.994 .. 9.681 THIS IS HOW THE FLEET LOOKS TO THE JAPS Acetylene Explodes. Indianapolis, Jnd., Dec. 20.—In a fire following an explosion at the plant of the Pres-To-Llte Company, makers of acetylene gas automobile lamp** Elmer Jessup was probably fatally burned and twi> others were slightly Injured. A similar fire occurred at the plant sev eral weeks ago. (Front The New York Worlds tiaooooooooooooociocKKKHjooao O BILL FOR RELIEF O O OF MINE SUFFERERS. O 0 O <* Washington, Dec. 20.—As relief O O for the widows and orphans of O 0 mine explosion victims and those 0 C- permanently Injured In such dJu- 0 O asters. Representative Loimhun, O a of Pennsylvania, has Introduced a O ; O bill calling for a tax of 1 per 0 ; 0 cent a ton on nil coal mines. To O O each family made 'dependent by O O the death of a miner, or his In- 0 | 0 Jury. 11.000 out of the revenue so O 0 derived is to be paid. 0 00000000000000000000O0OOOO . Jacobs Creek, Pa., Dec. 20.—It Is a faint hope that any of the 250 miners entombed In the Darr mine here are living, but all work Is progressing on the theory that some of the men may hnve 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 re'lable estimate places the figures at 130. There may be 259. The condition of the bodies found-lay- rescuers Indicates an 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 the mine, two hours after the work of rescue had begun, the first bodies were found. Right at this point is located the shanty In which the pit bos* make* his headquarters while in the mine. As It hove In view It pre sented an uncanny appearance with grave-like stillness about It. Here within the four walls of this JJttJe wooden ‘ structure were huddled five idend bodies. The rescuers stood aghast at the sight. The coal company is doing all possi ble to get out nil of the bodies of the unfortunate miners. Superintendents I 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 flnt nineteen days of Christmas month to upward of 650 bodies.