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Georgian"
ATLANTA
1910
VOL I. NO. 53.
KILLS PRETTY WIDOW;
THEN HE BEGS AUNT
TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1906.
T>T?Tffl?. In Atlanta TWO TENTS.
X IVlVy-Ei. On Train* FIVE CENTS.
Refused He Turns Gun
on Himself, and
Fires.
WOUNDED AND BLOODY
MAN RUNS SEVEN MILES
Orimei, Wtaote Crime Resembles
That of Clark, Fled to
Dunwoody.
Special to The Georgian.
Dunwody, Ga., June 17.—Punued]
by a po««e of twelve men, with hie
face and clothing drenched In blood
which llowed from a fearful ecalp
wound self-lnfllctsd over hie right eye.
John Grime., 25 yeare old, arrived In
the railroad yarda here at 1 o'clock
thia mornlnif. nfter running all the
way from Roawell, In Cobb county,
7 miles illsisnt, where he had ahot
and Instantly killed Mrs. Evte Mc-
tilnness, a handsome widow of thirty-
live years, with whom he was madly
infatuated, and then tried to aulclde,
after vainly begging his aunt to kill
him.
Grimes carried in his hand a single-
barrel 12-gauge shotgun, with which
he had committed the tragedy.
Calls for An Officer.
In the railroad yards, he met Sec
tion Foreman Croker, who was start
ing to work, and nervously asked him
where he would And a sheriff, stating
that he wanted to surrender.
He waa told that no sheriff lived
there, but that the bailiff lived one-
fourth of a mile out of town.
Leaving hie gun, the blood-be-
•mlrched man ran on to the bailiffs
home, but when he arrived there he
found that the bailiff was away. He
then hastened back into town, and
went to the home of 'Squire William
Powel, who deputized Richard Nash to
take charge of the man. Nash search
ed Grimes and found on hts person a
pair of knuckles and some shells, load
ed with No. 8 shot. NaBh then asked
for a cope to tie the hands of the
prisoner with. Grimes answered back
that he need not go to that trouble;
that he came to surrender for a mur-
4er, that he had committed, and did
not Intend to run.
Tells Story of Trsgedy.
Grimes then related the stqyy that
he loved Mrs. McGlriness, with whom
he was bonrdlng, dearly. Sho cared
nothing for him, nnd had refused to
marry him. He had resolved that she
could never marry ony one else, nnd
had killed her, and then tried to kill
himself.
Called for Food.
Grimes asked for water to wash hla
face and hands, and It was given him.
After washing away the blood, he
called for something to eat, saying he
was tired and hungry. Breakfast wss
prepared and brought to the man, but
the sight of the food sickened him and
He pushed It away
he could not eat.
nervously.
Posts Pureued Men.
In a few moments,' a posse of twelve
n>en, who had pursued the fleeing
murderer, arrived and took him In
charge. He was taken to the office of
Hr. Puckett, where his wounds acre
dresieu. It was found that the wound
had been Inflicted with a shotgun, the
load taking afTert Just above tne right
eye and tearing, away the scalp up
toward the top of tho head. The shot
had glanced around the skulk the
wound being only in the scalp.
After the wound hed been dressed,
le prisoner was carried to Alpharet
ta. the county seat of Milton county,
where he was lodged In Jail.
He will recover from the wound.
Boarded With Deed Woman.
At Roswell, Grimes was known i
a worthless fellow, whose chief occu
patlon was dodging work. Ht work
ed at the woolen mills a mile north,
east of the town, where he committed
the tragedy, a part of the time, mak
ing money enough to subslet on, and
loafed about the rest of the time. He
Is said to be rather a dissipated and
debased character.
He boarded at the home of Mrs.
McGinness, the woman he killed.
Aeked for Money.
This morning. Just . after daylight'
Mrs. McGinness was In the kitchen
preparing breakfast, and her little boy
was near by. Grimes went to the
small back porch spd took a seat Just
outside the open kitchen door, laying
his gun across his lap. He called to
Mrs. McGinness and asked her t
him some money. This she refui
do, when Grimes lifted hie gun and
flred the fatal shot. The load took ef
fect In the right side of Mrs. McGIn
ness* head, back of the ear, and the
top of her head was almost blown off.
She sank to me floor and died
stantly.
Cared Nothing for Grlmea.
While Grimes had been about the
home a great deal, and she had often
talked with him, Mrs. McGunnls cared
nothing for the man, and waa not
aware of him loving her so madly. The
rash act of the man was not expected
and came without warning.
Begs Aunt to Kill Him,
Seeing what he had done. Grimes
fled to the home of his grandmother,
one-fourth of a mile away, nnd there
related a story of the crime he had
committed. He waa greatly excited,
and pleaded with hie aunt to kill him
to save him from the galtowa. This
she refused to do and tried to quiet
GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES
WITH BIG RUSH OF NEW BILLS
nlm.
Attempt! Suicide.
Seeing that lile efforts were vain.
Grimes turned his gun and fired a
shut Into his head. He was stunned
for « moment, hut. recovering from
the shock, fled to Dunwody, 7 miles
distant, leaving a bloody triill, nnd ar
riving In about an hour nfter he left
the homo of his grandmother.
A posse of citizens of Roswell was
quickly formed, and they pursued the
man, tracking him by the bloody trail
he left in his flight.
It will be remembered that Clarke,
who committed a shocking tragedy at
Chnmblee, some time ago, fled to Dun
wody; arriving there In the early
morning, and there Is a similarity In
the two cases. ....
Both were types of the degenerate,
and both tragedies grew out of a love
for persons who cared nothing for
them.
GRIMES AND CLARK TRAGEDIES
HAVE A STRIKING SIMILARITY
TO TELL JURY
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Scene in the Lower House at the Opening Session of the Georgia General Assembly.
She Aids Lawyers in
Outlining the
Defense.
MILLIONAIRE TO SAY
HE WAS DRIVEN MAD
Both Branches Get Down to Business With
out Delay—Eight New Bills in Senate, 38
in House—Four New Faces in House.
Bill to Reduce Passenger Fare to 2 Cents
Per Mile.
With practically tho entire member
ship of both branches of the general
assembly present Wednesday morning
at 10 o’clock when President West and
Speaker Slaton rapped for order, busi
ness started off with a rush.
Preliminaries were eliminated. Tho
senate was In session 5B minutes and
had eight new bills submitted. The
house got down to the grist with a
vengeance; and thirty-eight new bills
ere poured Into a hopper In the two
hours* wsxlnn.
If the opening day Is to bo taken as
a criterion, this fast session of the gen-
tha Introduction of
lispensed with, and
sent to the clerk’s
call of counties f-
new business wm
nil new bills wer
desk by pages.
.Messrs. Stovall and Anderson, of
Chatham, Introduced a Joint resolution,
which was passed by the house, invit
ing Hon. Waller Q. Charlton, of Sa
vannah, to address tho general assem
bly at on early dnte on tho life and
services of General James Oglethorpe,
founder <>f Georgia.
The following new hills nnd resolu-
t lot '
To
oral assembly will bs fruitful In good flM* a portrait of General James Oglo-
Strangcly coincidental In many sal
ient features, as well a* In geographical
Identity, It the Roewell tragedy of Wed
nesday morning with that which only •
little more than a month ago stirred
northern DeKslb county to a frensy of
excitement
John A. Grimes, erased by an unnat
ural love, ehoota dead a woman nearly
twice hla age, trlea to commit euletde
and then flees to the little hamlet of
Dunwody.
Jamee H. Clarke, on the evening of
May 14, erased by an unnatural Jove
for a 14-year-old child, attempted to
kill an entire family at Chatnblee, only
a few mltea from Roewell. and then
fled to tha same little village of Dun
wody, where he killed W. J, Cheek, a
merchant waa later surrounded In a
grove and met hie death by hla own
hand.
Both tragedies, separated In time
only forty days, happened In a com
munity within a diameter of leea than
ten miles.
The maniacs In both esses were men
tally obsessed with a type of degen
eracy that caused them to lose perspec
tive of life. . .
Grimes was 22 years of sge. Clark
wss 24. Both were surly, aeclualve
sort of fellows. Neither had much ed-
ucatlon. Neither was able to paas his
leisure time In normal or healthful
manner. The one fell In love with the
child niece of the woman with whom he
boarded; the other fell In love with
the matronly middle-aged widow with
whom he boarded.
Both were repuleed; both ran amuck,
leaving death In their wake.
They are described os looking much
alike phyalcally. „
The real question for the peycholo.
*' Did* the one crime superinduce the
other? Was Grimes' weak mind set
aflame by brooding over the blood shed
by Clarke?
LOKGWDRTHS GREETED
THEY ARE TO ATTEND THE
KING'S DRAWING ROOM ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
By Private Leeeed Wire. .
London, June 27.—The Longwortba
arrived at Charring Cross late this evs-
nlng and received a demonstrative wel-
com#.
Mrs. Longworth told Mrs. Reid and
the ambaeaador and their friends who
met the Longworthe that Klri. the
kaiser and the yachting were
ful. Both Mr. and Mrs.
reemed to be In excellent health and
P They have a round of
of them. Tonight Is th.grsnd ban
Ambassador Reid's, and tomorrow aft
ernoon thay will attend the king's
drawing room at the palace.
RALEIGH AND SOUTHPORT
REPORTED SOLD TO 8. A. L.
Bpeetel to The Georgies.
Washington. D. C, Jnne 27.—The an
nouncement is made by President and
General Manager Mills, of the Raleigh
and Southport railr .ad, that the At
lantic Cua.t Line will
In competition for freight and iwaun-
gera within two weeks, special Joint
rates have been arranged by the two
roads. It le reported here this morn
ing that wot only hoi an Atlantic Coast
Line dosed alliance been formed, but
that the Coaat Line hM secured con
trol of the Raleigh and Southport.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
STATE LEGISLATURE
AND THE WEATHER.
Legislature Is pried open
Wednesday; douda Immediately
assemble on tha horizon; tem
perature rises; collars begin to
wilt and tempera to develop saw
edges.
Therg’ll be nothing dry about
this beautiful city of ours while
the gentlemen from Dads end
the gentlemen from Camden and
the gentlemen from oil counties
betwixt and between ore In our
midst.
Forecast.
Portly cloudy Wednesday
night. Showers Thursday.
Wednesday temperatures:
7 s. 71 degrees
I s. m 7* degree*
t a. 7* degrees
10 a. 7» degrees
11 a. 71 degrees
15 noon 7f degrees
1 p, *• degress
2 p. II degrees
Raleigh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
hard work, nnd, It Is to be hoped, some
good legislation.
In the liouso Mr. Perry Introduced a
bill providing for a uniform passenger
rate of 2 cents per mite; another lm-
yortant house measure appropriates
150,000 to the Technological School for
needed Improvements. A majority of
the other house measures were locaL .
In the senate Senator McHenry rein
troduced his bill providing for the re
leasing of the Western and Atlantic at
i:he expiration of the present lease;
Senator Steed’i bill to compel the
clerks of superior courts to print tha
civil docket ten day* prior to the con
vening of the court was the other Im
portant measuro In this branch.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The house of representatives opened
with a general handshaking before
Speaker Slaton rapped for order. Tho
members spent quite a while hunting
for their seats, nearly all of which hod
been changed In cleaning up the hall.
There were many vacant eeata In the
hall, and Mr. Felder, of Bibb, after, the
reading of the governor’s message,
moved that the house. adjourn until
Thursday on that account It was ten
minutes to 12 o'clock when adjourn
ment was taken. The governor's mes
sage was brought to the house by Ex
ecutive Secretary Blackburn.
Among the thirty-eight new bills In
troduced was one by Messrs. Slaton
and Blackburn, of Fulton, to provide
for nn appropriation of 15.000 for
equipping the new Lytnnn Hall labora
tory, 110,000 for the maintenance fund
for 1105-07, and l.to.nso fur gen. nil im
provement* nn<l new buildings. A 2-
cent mileage bill waa Introduced by Mr.
Perry, of Hall.
House Gets Down to Buslnees.
Promptly at 10 o’clock Speaker Sla
ton called the house to order. Chap
lain Timmons . offered prayer, after
which there was the first roll call of
th* session by Clerk Rolfeulllet.
Mr. Anderson,, of Chatham, Intro
duced a Joint resolution that a com-
a the house and three
from the senate Inform the governor
that the general assembly had recon
vened and was ready for the resump
tlon of business. The members of thi
committee from the house were Mr.
Anderson, of Chatham; Mr. Felder, of
Bibb; Mr. Nowell, of Walton, and Mr.
Perry, of Hall.
Four News Members.
After reading a communication from
the governor transmitting certlflcstes
of the secretary of state of the election
of four new members; Associate Jus
tic* Cobb went to the clerk’s desk and
administered the oath. Tha members
*For the county of Ware: W. U. Buck
ansn, vice Hon. J. M. Bpence, re
signed. _
For tbe county of Sumter: James
Taylor, vice Hon. J. H. Lumpkin, ds-
For the county of Murray: T. P.
Ramsey, rice Hon. A. K. Ramsey, de-
For the county of Telfair: Eschal
Graham, vice Hon. D. C. McLennan,
dtCMMtL
Bryan Invited to Atlanta.
The Joint resolution of Mr. Conner,
of Bartow, to extend an Invitation to
William Jennings Brian to visit Atlan
ta In October, waa pasted unanimously
and transmitted to the senate.
The Arouee will meet at t o'clock
Thursday morning. In accordance with
a motion to that effect Introduced by
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, and passed by tbe
Deluge of New Bills,
tlon of Mr. Hall, of Bibb, the
thorpo In the capltol. Appropriations.
By Mr. Rucker of Clarke: pension
bill. Pensions.
Ry Mr. Mitchell of Thomas: Amend
msnt to tbe charter of the town of
Whlgham. Temperance.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond: To au
thorlze trustees of Academy of Rich
mond to surrender up the trust estate
to a corporation to bo formed. Cor
poration a
By Mr. Knight of Rerrien: An act
to repeal an act creating city court of
Tlfton. General Judiciary.
By Messrs. Wright, of Floyd, and
Hardman, of Jackson: To prevent
renting of houses which have contain'
ed contagious diseases until after
proper disinfection. Ilyglt
Ration.
By Mr. Butts of Glynn: A bill rel
ative to all garnishment proceedings.
Spselal Judiciary. ,
By Messrs. Hell nnd Blackburn of
Fulton: To Increase enlnry of Judge
of criminal court of Atlanta to $5,000.
Special Judiciary.
For Benefit of Tech,
By Messrs. Bln ton and Blackburn:
To appropriate funds for extending
campus and making other Improve
ments at Btate Technological school.
Appropriations.
By Mr. Perry of Hall: To moke It
unlunful for any railroad to charge
more than 2 cents a mile. General
Judiciary.
By -Mr. Hill of Dooly: Relative to
regulation of tho liquor traffic In pro
hibition countlss. Temperance.
Ry Mr. Moody of Heard: To amtnd
section of code of lift. Banks.
By Mr. Williams of Laurens:
Incorporate the town of Mullls, In Ihe
county of Laurens. Corporations.
By Messrs. Clark and Williams of
Laurens: To amend nn act tty create
a bonrd of commissioners of roads and
revenues In Laurens county. Corpora
tions.
By Messrs. Bell and Blackburn o|
Fulton: To amend an act fixing sat
nrles of Judge* of tbs city courts of
tti" Mute In countlss where there are
■ men having a population of not lesa
than 39,000 and not more than 75,000.
Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Lane of Jasper: To change
WHILE LITTLE GOLDEN-HAIR
EXPLORES MITCHELL STREET,
Blk PARTY SEARCHES FOR HER
Jasper county. Committee on coun
ty matters.
By Mr. Way of Pulaski: To amend
charter of Hawklnavllle. Corpora
tions.
By Mr. Smith of Calhoun: Relative
to tbe duties of th* ordinary of Cal
houn county. Counties and county
matters.
By Messrs. Nix and Wilson of Gwin
nett: -To create a new charter for
ths town of Duluth. Corporation*.
By Mr. Fraser of Liberty: To fix
the liability of railroads for ths kill
ing and Injuring of Uve stock on their
unlnclosed rights of way. General Ju.
dietary.
To Compensate Judges.
By Messrs. Blackburn and Bell of
Fulton: To regulate compensation of
superior court Judges for servlcss out
side their own circuits. Special Ju
diciary.
By Messrs. Nix and Wilson of Owln-
nett: To amend an act to establish
tho city Court of Buford. Special Ju
diciary. ,
By Mr. Fraser of Liberty: Rela
tive to the Jurisdiction of county
courts. General judiciary.
By Mr. Mllllktn of Wayne: To
prevent the future spread of Johnson
grass. General agricultural.
By Messrs. Knight, of Berrien, and
Hall, of Bibb: To establish th* city
court of Tlfton. General Judiciary.
By Mr. Fraser «f Liberty: Relative
Little Borah Wnrron Prentiss, who
boosts the maturity nnd nnvnlr fnlre
"f < > "in s an.I dainty little IU
nre Is crowned by glorious golden hnlr.
thinks that Atlanta folks are not near
ly so soclnblo ns tho people down nt
Quincy, Fla.
Hite Js also of the opinion that
Isn't going strolling very far away
from her home at 7 Carnegie Place
any more very soon.
Llttls HnrnH Warren Prentiss, pink
nnd perfumed. Just from hor bath,
dressed In her best bib nnd tucker
though, nn a matter of fact, sbe wore
neither l.lli nor tucker, to,t11 beimr an
tediluvian, ami nlmnst prehistoric In
njlorlal chronology -told her mamma
ibout A o'clock Tuesdai nvonlng
Bhs'witl going nernsk the street tn visit
Mrs. II. L. Harwell nt 25 t’nrnegl
Place.
But for some reason little Barnb
Warren Prentiss, ngo 4 years, didn't
stay across the street, but soon left
nnd non,lend nnd nnmlcied, .-ntlnn
"Kv'nlng" I'l III' looking "o n hum
Ing home. Bho sold "Kv'nlng" to some
men who were not ns nice ns they look-
C'l nnd who lud.dv Inn I III" III'!"
lady wllh her generous salutation. '
Bo little Sarah Warren Prentiss wan'
dered on and on.
Ivlded his time between
brushing away the night files and
smoking a villainous cigarette. He
was not cordial to Barah aa are her
Intimate friends, and. she passed or
a lunch stand, where she spied a "<
stick,” fried nice and greasy, and
she said "gno-goo-goo," right loud as
a consequence.
The Mitchell etreet denizens looked
askance at this diminutive piece of
aristocracy as she wandered here and
there, expressing her.opinion of their
shows, and even venturing to tell Vic
tor Constantino* that she didn't like
the looks of hts fruit ’cause It was
spoiled. A kind-hearted old man who
chanced along the. etreet noticed the
little tot hobnobbing with Ihe Greeka
nnd naked her where she lived. 8he
didn't know, se she had "dee come fum
Tlncy.” An officer wns called and the
child turned over to him. Sho woe
very much put out, was little Sarah,
with her taste for new friends unsat
isfied, but the cop waa too big to re*
alst, and he looked “dee like papa."
■■I 7 Carnegie Way, where Mr*. C.
Prentiss, Sarah's mother, . lives,
there wss consternation. Th* baby
SARAH WARREN PRENTISS.
Who made a voyage of dlsoovery
Tuesday night.
waa missing, and could not bo found
high nor low.
Such a search aa was Instituted by
tho people along Carnegie Way! Kv-
ery nook nnd corner, sewers and alleys
"i I 'I In 11," le, r fin,ling
little Barah slyly peeping out to say, "I
spy you.” But no Barah was to be
found. Pollro headquarters was called
Up and (he search woe ended, for n
■cnr-old child had been picked
up on Mitchell street, nnd the descrip
tion of the lost baby and that of little
Barah tallied exactly.
■There woe great rejoicing when
Borah returned, though she didn't
teem to understand tns equoa ef lit
great Jollification.
anywhere In Quincy, where we Mwi
up until two weeks ago,” said Mrs.
Prentiss Wednesday morning, "and sho
of course didn’t think any towns were
larger than Quincy. We tind a great
scare,' but she was not perturbed tn the
least Th* Old gcnltenian wlm |,l. k. >1
her up said she was having a lot of
fun, and wo* making many friends
among th* peopl* nn Mltcholl street.
Bhe said this morning that ahe knew
where there was a big watermelon, be
cause she had seen It last night.”
WITH SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH,
MYSTERIOUSLY AFFECTED MAN
OVERPOWERS FOUR POLICEMEN
Continued on Pago These,
Attacked by. a strange malady that
suddenly rendered him wildly delirious,
Welter Parker, II year* of sge, of II
Church etreet, early Wednesday morn
ing developed superhuman strength,
and tha combined effort of four police
men end two cltlsen* was required to
get him to the Grady hospital.
After hla arrival there, th# hospital
f thyslclans had considerable difficulty
n handling him, hut after a time he
wss quieted. The patient then fell Into
a stupor and remained In a comatose
state for three or four hour*.
It was announced later that he had
regained consciousness, but was still
very elck, ■
Th* case 1* one of th* most puzzling
with which local medical science has
Had to deal In some time, the physi
cians os yet having been unable to at-
certain the cause of the remarkable af
fection. It appear* to have In some
manner temporarily affected tha brain,
causing th* patient to loss conscious
ness and producing abnormal strength.
Parker became III In the etreet only a
few blocks from the hospital. He waa
noticed acting In a queer manner and
the police station was notified. Call
Officers Dunton and Gallsher respond
ed and were soon Joined by Bicycle
Policemen Pate and Mashbum. Th*
officers at once realised that th* men
wss III and started with him to the
hospital. Parker, however, began to
manifest his strength and ths quartstts
Qf stalwart officer* were unable to do
anything with him.
wo cltlsena, who were near by.
cam* to the assistance of th* police;
but even then difficulty . was expe
rienced In getting th* patient to the
hospital. Aftqr much effort, he was
Anally gotten to Ihe Institution and
turned over to th* physicians
Prisoner Examined Wednesday in
Secret by Experts on Dis
eases of tbe Brain.
Ily Private I/*xsrd Wirt.
New York, June 17.—A conference at
which the lino of defenso of Harry K.
Thaw waa determined upon was held
todny by Evelyn Netblt Thaw, Fred
erick DeJaflold, a representative of tho
law Arm of DIack, Olcott, Gruber &
Bonynge, and ether attorneys who have
been retained t.. look after the Inter
ests of the young prisoner.
It will bo shown In Thaw's defense
that he was goaded Into the killing of
Stanford White by the farnniiN archi
tect's persistent persecution of Evelyn
Nesblt Thaw. White's malignant con
duct toward Mrs. Thaw, It will be con
tended, drove the young hubnnd In-
sune anil in a maniacal outburst ho
slew the man whom he deemed rexpnn-
*<lble f• • i the tinhappIne.NH of hla wife
and himself.
Will Tell Her Story.
The conference wos hold today that
tho defense might he outlined In ad
vance of the inqueat, to be held tomor
row, and the grand Jury Investigation
to follow on Friday. Young Mrs. Thaw
will not testify at the inquest, and no
effort will be made by the coroner to
prove the motives for the killing.
On Friday, however, Mrs. Thaw will
tell the story of White’s persecutions to
the grand Jury. That body Is expected
to return an Indictment against Thaw
for murder In the first degree.
Examined by Expert*.
Mrs. Thaw Is staying at thn Hole
Lorraine, In Fifth avenue, with Mr.»
Mrs. Carnegie. After the grand lorf
hearing sho will go with them to their
•untry home In Roselyn, L. I. Hhe de
sires to he out of Now York and yet ,
nenr enough to visit her husband In
tho Tombs hh frequently as their law
yers will permit.
Thaw wns taken from his cell in the
Tomba today ncrosa the hrldge of sighs
nnd to tho now court room on tho top
floor of the criminal courts building, '
'where a formidable array of physi
cians were Jn waiting to subject him to
an examination to determine his mental
condition.
Work Done in 8ecret.
The exports present wore Hr. f’arloa
McDonald, Dr. Austin (J. Flint, I)r,
William Mahon, Tombs Physician Mc
Guire, Dr. Foster nnd some others. As
sistant District Attorney Garvin, lr»
charge of the homicide bureau, was In
charge of the Inquiry.
'Hutu seemed perfei tly self-possessed
and * aim. lie wan apparently quite
willing to answer all questions and
submit without protest to a lengthy >
examination. The examination
secret.
FEAR-STRICKEN MOTHERS
CLOSE 8 GOTHAM SCHOOLS
By Private Leeeed Wire.
New York, June 17.—Eight schools
In ths Jowtr East Bids wert closed to-
day because of disorder created by
mothers who feared that their children’s
throats were to be cut.
hie apprehension arose aa the retail
of alight operations for throat troubls
performed by physicians upon some of
the pupils of a school In Clinton street
yesterday. The news spread and ter
rorised the children and their parents.
Tne mothers stormed the school to
day and caused so much trouble that
it was necessary to call out the police
reserves to suppress them.
WHITE HAD PERSECUTED
WIFE OF HARRY THAW.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Juno 27.—Out of all the
circumstances and rumora surrounding
the Thaw-White tragedy, one striking
fact stands out prominent today. It
la the cause that actuated Harry K,
Thaw when ho thrust a revolver Into
the face of Stanford White ami shot
him to death in the presence of 1.000
persona at the Mndlaon Square roof
garden.
Thaw’a wife, persecuted by White,
told to her husband the story of how
White waa still persecuting and fol
lowing her. Added to this waa a let
ter written by White to Mrs. Thaw
within a week asking her to make an
engagement with him.
Thought He Did Right.
Thaw was desperately In love with
his wife and believed he waa doing a
Juat act when he put White out of the
world. HU mind was Ailed with the
single idea that White was striving to«
take his wife away from him, and that
In killing him he was doing only what
any husband should do.
.Supporting this declaration as to the
sole cause that Impelled Thaw are sto
ries of three meetings between Thaw
and White. One meeting took place In
Paris. Hhortly after the Thaws arrived
III Paris, it Is stated, they were In the
Hotel lutz, when Mrs. Thaw* became
greatly agitated and fainted.
Confessed to Husband.
Afterwards she told her husband that
she had seen White, and also told him y
about her former relations with White,
T*f% If is asserted, was the first
Thaw knew anything about White,
Thaw saw White speaking to Mrs.
Thaw and later, when he learned the
man waa White, he hunted him up and,
rushing up to him, told him that If h
ever troubled his wife again or dare
to speak to her, he would drive Wh
out of the United States. White la i
leged to have replied that Thaw h
better look out for himself and that h#5
(White) never wonted Thaw to dare
speak to him again.
“Go, and Be Carefui."
The second meeting was after Thaw
found the note written by White Uk
Mrs. Thaw.
Thaw, the police have learned, tela-
phoned to White to meet him at Burns*
restaurant on Hunday night. Whit#
went there, thinking he would moot
Mrs. Thaw
There was an excited talk betwco*
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