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PICTURE FOR FRIDAY
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Continued From Pegs One,
HEADS CUT FROM BODIES ISHERMAN LAW IS 0. K,
OF FOUR IN ONE HOME
Italian Farm Hand Slaughters
Entire Family in a New York
Country Home.
Albany, N. Y„ Dee. 14.—Four head-
led* and otherwise mutilated bodies
were found burled In a cow stable back
of .{lie Morner farm this morning near
Blooming Grove, In the town of Green-
bush, Rensselaer county, last night.
The bodies were those of Mrs. Mary
Ann Morner and her three children—
Arthur. 28; Edith, 20, and Blanche,
aged 17.
An Italian employed as a farm hand,
who was known only by the name of
Ed. Is missing. A hatchet found In the
•table le believed to have been used by
the slayer.
A letter In Italian addressed to Ed
Dennis was found In the hired man'a
room. The room of the farm house
had been broken In. On a piano In the
sitting room waa a note, reading:
“Italian meat and American-made
sausage. Imported from Rome, Italy."
It Is the theory of the eherift that
the son was the first killed and that
the alayer waited at the door and
struck each woman over the head with
die hatchet as she entered. It la be
lieved that he then dragged the bodies
to the place where they and after mu
tilating them buried them beneath the
planks and rubbish. The crimes are
thought fo have been committed about
noon Tuesday.
The bodies were discovered by a
neighboring farmer, A. Sharp, who
wondered why his-milk had not been
delivered and drove over to the Mor
ner farm. Meeting no response to hts
knock at the farm house door, he went
Into the stable and noticed stains on
the floor. At the farther end he stum
bled over a hatchet' which bore evi
dence of having been used In the mu
tilation of the bodloa.
With the hatchet Sharp pried up a
loose plank and saw pmtudlng from a
idle of straw the trunk of n man’a
body.
The grewsome sight caused him to
drop the hatchet and run from the
•table. He aroueed neighbors and tho
authorities were notified.
When Coroner Strops of Poesten-
klll arrived, he tore up tho planking
for a space of about ten feet long and
two feet wide. In this space were hud
dled the trunks of the bodies, with
heads severed and mutilated arms and
leg-. For the most part the bodies
wore unclothed.
Sheriff Cottrell, of Rensselaer county,
formed a posse and early today began
a systematic search of the countryside
In an effort to find the missing farm
hand.
Altho the family was a wealthy one.
Sheriff Cottrell scouted the theory of
murder for robbery. More than 160 In
rash waa found In the house which the
murderer could easily have carried
away.
The two theories, most persistently
advocated, were that tho crime hail
either been committed for revenge or to
hide another crime. Physical examina
tions will be made of the woman's re
mains. (
A description of "Ed,” the suspect,
Was today telegraphed to all nearby
towns. Ha went to work for the Mor
ner.family last August. Mrs. Morner
has been s widow for two years. Her
family has lived In Rensselaer for over
100 years.
The body of Alfred Morner, one of
the victims, was not found until *
o'clock this morning. It was Imbedded
In the manure pit and had been care
fully covered up. Death had been
caused by a blow on the head with a
hatchet and Momer’s throat had been
cut.
Today It was reported to Sheriff Cot
trell that “Ed." the Italian farm hand,
had been seen near Stephentown, close
to the Massachusetts border.
Spinsters are probably unhappler than
married women because they have less to
worry about.—Chicago News.
STATES WICKERSHAM
Continued From Page One.
done by the members of his department
and of the long houra which they were
compelled to serve on account of the
extra work, the attorney general rec
ommends a retirement law of some
kind, with a pension. In this connec
tion he says: "The salaries paid to the
members of the classified civil service
are not large, and they have very little
opportunity to save. Some provision
should be made by congress by way of
a retirement law to secure, after faith
ful service over many vears, at least
the ordinary need under justice that
U coming to be recognised by all pri
vate employers as due under the cir
cumstances."
More than $2,120,000 has been collect
ed thru action of the department of
justice In customs house frauds dur
ing the past year, and In the southern
district of New York 38 criminal con
victions have been secured.
The white slave act which waa en
acted by congress on June 19, 1910, has
also been diligently enforced, and has
resulted In 76 convictions out of 145
prosecutions, with 45 cases still pend
ing.
The bureau of Investigation of the
department of justice has played an
Important part in collecting data look
ing to the prosecution of Individuals
charged with fraudulent use of the
malls. During the last fiscal year there
were 1,167 convictions for violations of
the postal laws, 118 acquittals and 343
cases discontinued, leaving 1,335 pend
ing up to July 1, 1911. The aggregate
amount of fines, forfeitures and penal
ties Imposed for violation of this act
wus 3246,609.93, as against $66,24.24 for
the previous year. The Important cases
mentioned under this heading Include
those of the united Wireless Company,
the Scheltels case, the Monroe case,
and the E. G. Lewis case. The total
cost of the Investigations made In this
class of cases by special agents nnd ac
countants of the bureau was $38,196.40.
The attorney general asks for an In
crease of $50,000 In tile appropriation
for this bureau, owing to the vnst In
crease In lls business. ,
Mention Is also made of the census
frauds which were reported In the
West. In this connection the report
says: "The Investigation has resulted In
the discovery of extensive frauds In a
number of places and Indictments have
been secured against census supervisors
and enumerators In Tacoma, Seattle,
Spokane, Walln Walla, Bellingham, Ho-
ttulam and Aberdeen. In the state of
Washington: Missoula, Havre and Bill
ings, In Montana; Portland, Oregon'nnd
Superior, In tho state of Wisconsin.
The greatest frauds, according to the
report, were committed at Tacoma,
where about 36,000 fictitious names
were ontered In the census slips.
Under tho head of public land’s di
vision, the attorney general's report
states that there were 809 civil rases
and 401 criminal cases pending at the
close of the last fiscal year. During the
yeur there was begun toy the United
States 543 new civil cases and 117 new
criminal prosecutions. During the same
period 404 civil cases and 338 crimlnnl
were brought to a termination. Of tho
civil rases 871 were decided,In favor of
the government, 11 were compromised,
63 lost nnd 69 discontinued. Of tho
criminal 108 wore won by tho govern
ment, 172 discontinued and 58 lost. The
government recovered judgments
amounting to 8282,692.97, with costs
amounting to 87,911.65. Fines In crimi
nal proceedings were Imposed to the
nniount of $36,311.53, nesldes $1,152.62
In costs.
The number of eases In the appellate
docket of the supreme court during
1910 was 1,095. an Increase of lid oVer
tho 1909 term. The cases disposed of
at the October, 1910, term were 455,
leaving 610 on tho appellate docket,
which, added to 10 on the original dock
et, made a total of 650 rases.
Under the head of new legislation,
the Bttomey general again urges tho
adoption of amendments of legislation
along the lines recommended In his
Inst report for the protection of public
land. He ulso recommends the enact
ment of a law empowering the eeore-
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ed his pride In the success of his pu
pils. The six end men rejoiced In extra
burnt cork, carmlned lips and the ear'
slicing collars of minstrelsy tradition
and had donned spotless white trousers
for the occasion, but the chorus was
clad In the ordinary blue uniform of
first-grade prisoners. t
“Alexander,” of Course.
Alexander’s Rag-Time Band" open
ed the performance, with a soloist and
the entire company coming In strong
on the chorus. Oh, my, how that little
sawed-off negro on tho end did sing.
“Come on heah, come on heah"—he
fairly reveled In it, his mouth stretched
to Its widest, his voice rattling the
glass In the big windows. Watch that
big fellow In the middle. His eyes
threaten to roll clear out of his head
with delight, and ho Is trying valiantly
to drown out tbs baritone next him In
the line. The negro prisoners In the
front rows are leanjng forward with
their black eyes snapping. The last
chorus ends—and then there Is a rip
ple of applause, hesitant at first but
swelling rapidly, which finally breaks
Into u cheer worthy of a football game.
The prison Is forgotten. They are all
at a minstrel show.
A Resl "Local Gsg.”
"Mr. Loccotty," asks one of the end
men. The Interlocutor bends forward,
patronizingly, after the fashion of all
Interlocutors, and recognizes Mr. Bones.
"Mr. Loccotty, what Is de dlff'unce
between Mistah McCluah and a jew
eler?" asks Mr. Bones.
Why, I don’t know,” responded the
middleman, graciously. "What Is the
difference ^between Mr. McClure and a
Jeweler?”
"Why, one he sells watches arid de
udder be watches cells,” responded Mr.
Bones. A cheer whloh rattled the raft
ers goes up from the crowd, and one
negro prisoner toward the front nearly
falls off his seat In rupture. Mr. Mc
Clure, the guard thus singled out for
notoriety, blushes visibly and tries to
look unconcernd, for all the audience
has transferred Its attention to him.
That waa just one of the "local gags.”
One Jokesmith's reference to his going
to his "room” gained a round of ap
plause, and when he referred to his
bed, and described Its specifically as a
’’folding" bed, the reference to the bunk
which hangs against the wall was
given the tribute of a shout- There
were cross-fire references to certain
bad habits which had caused certain
persons’ presence In the company, and
theHe never missed their mark. But
there wasn’t an element of sadness vis
ible—so far.
, Some Dancing There.
Then came the buck dancing. Talk
about your George Cohan or your Doc
Quigley—there’s a raw-boned corn
field negro out at the Federal prison
who Is hung on springs. He sallied Into
the midst of a dancing duo when he
could keep bis seat no longer and fair
ly danced his two rivals Into shame.
His big feet cluttered up the whole
stage and his long arms swung awk
wardly In his way, but, gee, how that
man did dance. Only the prison rules
kept the spectators from standing In
their chairs when he got warmed up to
his work, and even Jake Matthlesson,
who has pounded the box for forty
thousand dancers, woke up and looked
like ho enjoyed It.
There were tenors and baritones and
a falsetto who climbed up Into the flics
and had trouble getting down again;
there were duets and quartets and a
banjo monologulst whose turn could
hardly be described. They sang "That
Mysterious Rag” and a parody on It:
they sang "That Lovin’ Traumeri" and
had to do It again. Sometimes there
was a reference to chicken or pork
chops, nnd then a ripple of satisfaction
swept over the darker portion of tho
audience.
A Song of Other Days.
Then a tall tenor took the center, of
tho stage and began a ballad of the mu
sic halls, one of those "home and
mother" ditties which give you and mo
a desire to go out and wait for the
acrobats. He did not sing like a Caru
so and his make-up and costume did
not fit the song, but as he sang of a
dream, of a girl so far away, of a little
home In the country, a bush came over
the blue-clad crowd, a silence broken
only by the clear tenor of the singer
and the soft wall of a violin. Who
knows how many girls of other days,
how many little homes and green fields
were floating before the eyes of the
hundreds who listened. Somewhere in
the audience a man cried out. Involun
tarily, as In sudden pain: from the fur-
ther'eorner came something suspicious
ly like a sob.
Then the Interlocutor arose and an
nounced:
ladles and gentlemen, the , entire
company will now* close the perform
ance with a grand dancing chorus."
And a rioting, joyous bit of song and
buck dancing rang down the curtain on
the first minstrel nt The Federal. But
It won’t be the last.
Never Saw a Trollsy.
From The New York American.
Patrick Kleman. the "model prisoner."
who was sentenced to Sing Sing prison
25 years ago for killing a man In a Long
Island City saloon, waa liberated on pa
role at the same hour as the doors of
Auburn prison opened to Mrs. Ellen R.
Peck. 83 years old. whose sentence to ten
years’ Imprisonment was commuted by
Governor Dlx. Mrs. Peck, who Is said to
have made much money by Illegal means,
had served three years.
Klernan. who was sent to the peniten
tiary for life, was never reprimanded by
the prison officials and nevar spent a day
In the hoepttal. He left Sing Sing filled
with curiosity to see for the first time
the skyscrapers, the trolley Tars, and the
subway system. When he went to prison
horse cars were In use and lofty butld-
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Bargain in Farm and Timber Land
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good tenant; houses; plenty of water; railroad through this;
within one mile of the station. Will cut 6,000 cords of wood,
Thia wood alone will pay for the land. Price, $57.50 per acre.
Are you looking for a bargain 1 Then here it is.
B. M. MORRIS
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WAILS OF WOMEN STILL
ECHO IN ERSCUERS’ E
Continued From Page One.
order was vlgoioua They claim that
It has been the custom from time Im
memorial In Atlanta to conduct whole
sale. raffling In the holiday season.
The dealers. In a body, led by their
attorneys. Batchelor & Higdon, deter
mined to wait upon Mayor Courtland
S. Winn, enter tliclr protest, and obtain
an Indication of the city’s attitude upon
tho matter.- Mayor Winn received the
entire delegation In his office at -11:15
o'clock.
Attorney Higdon was the first
spokesman. He asserted there Is be
tween $200,000 and $300,000 of goods in
the hands of the dealers, they having
purchased them with tho view of raf
fling them to the public. The allega
tion was made that the past custom of
raffling had lulled the dealers Into
such a sense of security that they had
piled up these stocks, expecting to raf.
fie them off in the usual way. The
stop-order was a hardship and meant
large losses to the dealers. Attorney
Batchelor also spoke at some length
protesting against the stop-order.
Raffles in the Churches.
One of the dealers said that raffling
was usual at church fairs, sociables and
In business circles; that It was harm
less, and the dealers should have the
privilege of raffling off all their stocks
thru the holidays.
"The city will certainly not do any
thing antagonistic to the state author
ities." said Mayor Winn, in replying’to
them. "You have come to the wrong
place. As I understand it, the grand
Jury started this action, and 1 have
nothing to do with that body. You
should wait upon the solicitor general
and enter your, protest and plea there.
"But so far as the city Is concerned
It will not antoganfxe the state. If this
Is a bad law the thing to do Is to re
peal It.”
Mayor Wlhn said that personally he
saw little or no harm In the,raffling,
and he knew It had been allowed for
many years In Atlanta, without moles
tation. The custom has been to Ignore
or overlook It, In the past.
"What will be (he attitude of the
city In case we can get tile state au
thorities tp allow us to raffle thru the
holidays? We know of course If a
case was made. It would first come In
the recorder’s court,” asked one of the
dealers.
No Promises Made.
"I would not undertake to commit the
city until the Btate authorities had
acted,” said Mayor Winn. The mayor
kept his slate clean all during the con
ference, refusing to Indicate any favor
able action whatever, and putting the
whole matter up to the state authori
ties.
The Recorder’s Opinion.
When asked Thursday for an opinion
as to the Christmas raffles, Recorder
Broyles said:
"These raffles are a violation of the
state law against gambling. In the
eyes of the law raffles constitute gam
bling, whether conducted In a church.
In a cigar stand, a saloon, or any-
tary of Interior to determine when .t'f* 11 lg al * 4he 8ame ' Any ‘
Ings were not a reality.
"I think you’re etrii
those care that have n
them,” eald Kleman. "I won’t believe
that they exlat until I aee them.
T have a nephew who wax bom alnce
how the world turna.”
grants of land or easements shall be
forfeited for breeclt of conditions; an
amendment of the act of March 23,
1906, making It a misdemeanor In the
District of Columbia to abandon or
willfully neglect to provide for the
support and maintenance by any person
of his wife or of his or her minor
children. In destitute circumstances, so
as to confer upon the Juvenile court
jurisdiction to hear and determine cases
under said art. A general Immunity
statute; a law authorising commit
ting magistrates to Issue search war
rants when stolen property of the gov
ernment Is believed to be concealed: a
law looking to the regulation of gam
bling in Alaska, and a law looking to
the establishment of more reformato
ries for youthful criminals are other
Important measures urged in his re
port.
thing that contains the element of
chance Is a gambling proposition.
”1 hardly think the city law would
cover a raffle, as this law Is directed
against wheels, or other like gambling
devices. The state law. however, clear
ly rovers the situation, and any cases
made by officers for the conducting of
a raffle would be dealt with accord
ingly."
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From The New York Press.
The best cure for baldness la fiery red
hair.
A woman takes the most interest In
men. except for babies.
A girl knows • man Is In love with her
by the way she pretends she- Isn't with
him.
If It's a child a woman hates to make
a fool of It, and If it’s a man ahe hates
not to.
from afar appeared like the whistling
of the wind thru trees. As he neared
the mine the sound Increased In vol
ume, now sounding like the roar of tho
ocean; then like the muffled blowing of
factory whistles.
A short while later he discovered the
source of the sound. Up and down a
spur of track which ran In front of tho
mouth of the mine he saw a moving
mass, which, on closer examination,
proved to be women and children,
walking to and fro, wringing their
hands and piercing the air with their
heart-rending walls. His arrival and
the arrival of other strangers did not
attract attention or arouse the curios
ity of the stricken women and children,
who, without a glance at them, con
tinued walking up and down on the
track, first crying and then praying
that "their map" might be brought
safely from the mine.
All Good Americans,
, But with ft all. Bays Mr, Logan, there
was an air of awe and respect above it
all. There was not the excitement that
marks most mine disasters, where the
employees arc mostly foreigners—Slavs,
Huns. Bohemians and Poles. For there
was not a foreigner employed at tho
Bricevllle mine. Every one of the men
and their wlvqs were natives of Ten
nessee or Kentucky, and except for the
"tries of the women and children a spirit
of reverence that the presence of death
must bring existed.
There were no excited rushes to the
mouth of the mine when one,of the re
lief crew, after Its allotted two hours of
work, ascended to the surface. The
men would stand respectfully to one
side as a dead or mangled body was
carried out, and the women would stop
their saddened patrol’ of the track to
ascertain whether the recovered bodies
were their relatives. After the bodies
had been Identified and turned over to
members of the stricken family, the
women would resume their walking up
and down the track, while the next re
lief crew would make Its way Into the
mine. But the walls and cries, says
Mr. Logan, never ceased.
“A Light in tho Window.'
The little mining settlement, of about
400 houses, nnd which had been com
posed of 1,600 souls before the terrible
disaster, presented a woeful appear
ance. Scarcely one of the little factory
style houses had been left untouched
when death passed thru early Saturday
morning. In the windows of some of
the hSItses, says Mr. Logan, lamps and
lanterns burned as tho to guide the
head of the house to his abode, should
he come safely from the black depths.
Other houses were tightly shut up, with
curtains drawn and shutters closed, as
tho the bodies of those who had gone
down Into the mine on the fateful
morning, lay In respectful state In tho
little parlor.
The mine company had placed the
commissary stores at the disposal of
the widows and dependents of the
miners, but few of them thought of eat
ing, prefering to remain day and night
at the mouth of the mine, waiting to
hear the report of. each outcomlng re
lief crew.
Stevenson Keeps Faith.
An air of suspense predominates at
the scene of the disaster, says Mr. Lo
gan. But one person of those on the
scene does not believe that only dead
nten will be taken from the mine when
the relief workers clear away the debris
and reach the Innermost portion of the
cavern. He Is President T. J. Steven
son, of the mining company which
operates the wrecked mine. He clings
to tho belief that the explosion was
merely one of dust, and that the ma
jority of the miners will be found alive
In a clear section of the mine.
His belief Is shared, however, by no
one else, as the condition of the bodies
recovered, terribly mangled nnd crush
ed, In many cases beyond recognition,
shows clearly thnt If the dreaded black
damp has not done Its work, the force
of the explosion has been Instrumental.
Yet with this relief, the women are
clinging to the hope that the bodies
of "their men" will be brought from the
mine, and that they will aee them de
cently burled.
Afraid to Dig Graves.
The burial of the dead Is proving a
sore subject with the authorities at the
mine, says Mr. Logan, for the workmen
engaged in the rescue work, who, with
absolute disregard for their lives, are
going far Into the Innermost chambers
of the Ill-rated mine, hesitate with al
most supernatural aversion to digging
graves for the bodies of their fellow
workmen.
Mr. Logan cites an Instance of moth,
er love In. a woman who had lost her
husband, her father, a brother, uncle
and cousin In the disaster, hut who
was determined to cling to her four lit
tle children, the oldest of whom Is nine
years of age. The woman's father-in-
law, who had not gone down Into the
mine on the morning of the explosion,
had attempted to take the children
away front her, and she, herding them
together, had rushed them away from
him. Seeking out Mr. Logan, she asked
him to communicate with her brother
In Kentucky, asking him to come to
her and help her keep the children from
being taken from her by their grand
father This woman had absolutely no
means of support, yet she wanted to
keep and protect what waa left of her
family.
\ More Help Is Needed.
Those living In the locality of the
mine, and the people of Knoxville, says
Mr. Logan, are already raising money
to take care of the widows and children
of the victims of the disaster until they
cun become established with relatives
or secure positions, hut this amount
will be Inadequate to accomplish them,
and outside help Is sadly needed.
As to the finding of any more men
alive In the wrecked mine, Mr. Logan,
ns an inexperienced witness, says no.
He agrees with those still at the mine,
that those who ptay be found will be
dead from the explosion that caused
the disaster.
According to the official report that
Mr. Logan forwarded the Red Cross
society, 87 men, at an average of 30
years, will be the death toll of the
catastrophe, and 66 widows and 154
dependent children will be left desti
tute.
His Official Report.
Mr. Logan sent the following report
to the Associated Charities:
Messrs. Robert J. Lowry, John L Hop
kins, William T. Newman, George
W. Parrott, P. M. Inman:
Dear Sirs—I was on the ground at
the mine disaster In Bricevllle, Tenn.,
as the representative of the American
Red Cross part of Sunday and Mon
day, and later was in conference with
the Chamber of Commerce committee
of Knoxville, which Is leading the
movement to raise funds for the relief
of the stricken women and children.
1 have Just finished an Interview over
long distance with the representative
of the Red Cross who relieved me. As
near as can be learned, 83 men, aver
aging about 34 years of age, were killed
by the disaster. These men leave 61
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Owen Gilbert - Breaks in Door
and Uses a Club on His
Wife’s Employer.
Divorce and alimony proceedings re
cently Instituted by Mrs. B. N. Gilbert
against her husband, Owen Gilbert,
manager of the Scherrer restaurant on
Poaehtree-st., took a sensational turn
Wednesday shortly before midnight,
when Gilbert opened the door to Mrs,
Gilbert’s apartments, in South For-
syth-st., and, using a heavy stick as
a weapon, severely beat and Injured A.
Cohen, a merchant at 61 East Mitch-
ell-st., employer of Mrs, Gilbert. With
blood gushing from several wounds on
his head, Cohen made hit escape from
the house.
The three principals were all later
arrested, and will be tried Friday morn,
lng before Recorder Broyles. Cohen
gives his residence address as 62 Well-
st.
The attack on Cohen formed the cli
max to detective work by the husband,
who has been living apart 'from his
wife for several weeks, and was fol
lowed by a series of dramatic Incidents
leading up to the arrest of the trio. The
little drama began when the husband
determined to shadow his wife. Taking
up a lonely, but determined vigil, he
saw his wife come to her apartments
Wednesday night wjth..a. male escort.
He bade Mrs. Gilbert good night at the,
door and left her.
When she entered the house, Gilbert,
who was crouching close by. noticed,
he says, that she left the door unfas
tened. Seizing this opportunity, he
told the police, he then slipped Into the
house, where he could obtain a better
viewpoint. After getting In the house,
he said, he saw his wife go. Into the
room of a man, who has an apart
ment In the house, and take a drink.
A few minutes later, he said, there
was an alarm at the door, and Mrs.
Gilbert admitted her employer, Cohen.
The husband made no outbreak, but
continued to watch, and declares he
•aw them go Into Mrs. Gilbert’s apart
ment.
It was then but a few minutes until
Gilbert started hostilities. With a
football rush, he landed against the
door, and open It went, precipitating
him Into the room. What followed 1s
related In silent hut graphic terms by
the wounds on Cohen’s head.
Aroused by the melee and the fran
tic cries of a woman, neighbors tele
phoned to the police station. - Call Offi.
cere Watson and Anderson made a hur
ry run on motorcycles, but when they
arrived found everything quiet and the
house closed and locked. A trail of
blood was found on the porch and steps
and leading down tha sidewalk.
Efforts were made to get into the
house, but there was no response.
Fearing that a tragedy might have been
enacted and some one might be dead in
the house, the officers telephoned for
Captain Mayo, of the morning watch.
This was shortly after midnight. A
few minutes later, Assistant Chief Jett,
Captain Mayo and Officers McHugh
and McWilliams were on the scene.
Captain Mayo rang the door bell vig
orously, and then, all of a sudden, the
sound of the bell ceased. This further
convinced the police that some one was
In the-house, and one of tho officers,
producing a skeleton-key, opened the
door. Shut up her room, pal|ld. and
trembling with fear, Mrs. Gilbert , was
fount! Investigation showed that she
had slipped out and cut the electric
wires while Captain Mayo waa ringing
the bell. .... ...
In the meantime, the; police tele-
ph6ned to Grady hospital and requested
the officials there to watch out for a
wounded man—to let them know im
mediately If aucti a person appeared
there to have wounds dressed. A few
minutes later, a telephone message
came from the hospital:
"A man has just come In with wounds
on his head. He la here now," was the
message.
Officers hurried.to the hospital and
found Cohen. He appeared badly- hurt
After his wounds were dressed, how
ever. the physicians said he was able
to leave the hospital, and he was lock-
widows and approximately 150 orphans’
They were all white Tennesseeans or
Kentuckians, most of whom had lived In
the Coal Creek district for many years
The funds so far raised for the relief
of their families Is Inadequate, and I
can most positively assure you that fur
ther funds are needed and will be put
to good use. Respectfully yours,.
JOSEPH C. LOGAN.
INCOMEBONDS SOLD
Illinois Central Railroad Is to
Take Over Securities at
Quite a Discount.
New York, Dec.-14.—Two commit
tees representing the Central of Gem--
gla railway’s three classes of income
bonds have agreed to sell to the Illinois
Central railroad, which controls the
Georgia line, all of the bonds which
committeemen own personally and all
of those’ which the committees repre
sent.
The purchasers have agreed to pay
96, 92 1-2 and 90, respectively, for tin-
three classes of bonds, the Interest
heretofore unpaid and a part of the ex
penses of the committees. All certifi
cate holders will be required to pay
one per cent toward the expenses of
the committees and bondholders who
have not heretofore deposited their
bonds with the committees and who
wish to avail themselves of the offer
will in addition be required to pay two
per cent, two and one-half per cent
and three 'per cent: respectively, on the
first,, second and third Income bonds.
The. committees will turn over to the
Illinois Central between 34,006.001) and
$6,000,000 In all classes of the bonds.
Since 1904 there has been a steady fight
on in the courts for the payment of In
terest on these bonds. Not long ngo a
case was decided which was ■uppired
to have more or less settled that Ion:,
drawn out controversy.
ed In the police station.
While officers .were still l n »“ 4 «?L
lng the Forsyth-tt. house, nnd «
r search ivax-on for Gilbert, a messien-
ger boy appeared at the door with-
note for Mrs. Gilbert. It was imm
Gilbert; written hurriedly. In the not .
Gilbert Is reported to have asked nit
wife ’’If she Intended to stick by him
in this affair.”
Boy Leads Polled to. Man.
The police promptly took the ro»
senger boy In hand and comman
him to take them to the man who
sent the note. The boy then led th
officers to a hotel In Broad-st„
Gilbert was found and taken Into tu
* GBbert later obtained his releaw by
putting up bond of $100. He had h
gone from the police but a short tl
when he returned and put up bond
lido.for the release of his wife. Cohen
was left In the Jug. He was let out on
bond later In the day Thursday.
The case was called for trial Thur
day morning, but on request of L™-_•
who said he wanted to get his la» >'■
In court to defend him. "a* continue.’
until Friday morning. Mrs. Hilbert 1
peored In court stylishly attired, anl
wearing a picturesque purple hat.
When Cohen was called out or in'
prisoner’s room, he wore a long ot
toat. pulled close about his throat t
whole- top of his head was encaro
bandages. His coat and hat were fount
by the police In Mrs. Gilbert’s home.
A regular session nt,
laOta Lodge, No. 78, j
O. of Elks, will he J em
this, Thursday
December 14th, n
• 7:30 - o'clock. InltIs']™',
at New Home, 40 E. LIU
"WALTEB P. ANDREWS’
Exalted Ruler.
THEO. MAST, Secretary-
Fulton Lodge, No, 3$: Independent or ‘ r
of Odd Fellows, will confer the In* 4 '*!? 4 -
degree on a club of candidates rmrn-,
night of this week. In Utehall. corner «
Moore and Decmtur-stt. The memben 1
‘ ‘ * - b« present.
' I'm.' me uegree mm. Members of' ot’ e
lodges In the city and visiting b ™’dUil
from other cities are extended * cor
welcome, F. A..SMITH. Noble Grand
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Atlanta Council. No. 110. Bn -
num. will hold It* annual elretlon nr
cers In tltelr hall In the Kfser bulldln*-
corner East Hunter and
at 7:80 o’clock, p. m., this (Tbursd»> .
December 14. 191L All members are cat
neatly requested to be present
T. C. TUPPEU. Regent.
J. F. THtBADEAU, Secretary.
NOTICE TO MEMBERS. ,
The Herbert 8. Stone AasorWtlon
Engineers will give an anniversary din ,
at Fotsom’a Friday. December IS.
p. m. There will be vaudeville sj
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