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] The Atlanta Georgian,
VOL. I. NO. 58.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 2, 1906
PRICE:
AMERICAN TOURISTS ARE SLAIN
WHEN FLYING ENGLISH TRAIN
QUITS THE RAILS AND IS WRECKED
Crowded Express Go
ing About IS
Miles an Hour.
IT CRASHES INTO
TEAM ON A SIDING
Twenty-Three Persons Meet Death
Others May Die—Inquiry Is
Started to Fix Blame.
By Print* Leased Win.
London, July 2.—England la appalled
by the deadly railway disaster at Salis
bury, In which the percentage of dead
(twenty-three passenger* out of forty-
two having been lulled, together with
four trainmen) is greater than In any
remembered catastrophe In British
railroading. Nearly all of the victims
are Americans.
Officials of the Southwestern rail
way admit today that the death list
probably will Increase to thirty owing
to the terrible nature of the Injuries
of twelve persons now In the hospitals.
Papers Demand Inquiry.
The London papers today are of one
voice In demanding Investigation of
the charge that reckless engine driv
ing, due to speed competition, caused
the accident. Representatives of the
United States embassy have gone to
the scene of the wreck to Inform them
selves as to the facts and to protect
the Interests of Americans.
The Inquest tomorrow Is expected to
develop a tangible charge that the Ill-
fated American line express carrying
from Plymouth to London passengers
from the steamship New York, was
speeding at the rate of 70 miles an
hour.
Sympathy is Expressed.
- The newspapers express deep sym
pathy with the relatives of the victims
and especially deplore the fact that
such a terrible calamity should have
overtaken visitors. ,
The London Times says: “The
Salisbury disaster Is of a kind to
awaken keen regret whatever the na
tionality of the sufferers, but that re
gret can only be Intensified when the
suffering Is confined almost wholly to
members of a race so near our own."
' The accident," asserts The Graphic,
"may shock tho confidence of the trav
eling public and the reflection thnt
most of the victims belong to a coun
try which we nre accustomed to re
gard ax the homo of great disasters Is
a wound to our national self com'
placency."
Curve Is Dangerous.
Salisbury, the scene of the catastro
phe, Is SS miles from the Waterloo sta
tion, and Is noted as the site of the
Salisbury Cathedral, which was con
structed In 1210.
A short distance out of the town be
gins n remarkable curve, which some
times has been described as the most
dangerous In the world, and which cer
tainly possesses elements of danger.
Not only doe* the line cover anil leave
the station on a curve, but It takes a
•light rise In order to afford suf
ficient headway to the dipping road
way below. It was near this point
thnt the engine jumped the rails while
proceeding at a terrific speed.
Crashes Into Milk Train.
At the scene of the disaster there
•re five lines of rails. Two are main
lines, two others are devoted to local
traffic and the fifth Is a aiding,
these five lines only two were occupied
at the time of the accident. A milk
train laden with empty cans was leis
urely entering the station In the op
posite direction from the express, while
r.t the entrance of the siding was a
solitary locomotive to furnish any ser
vice the milk train might require.
In the meantime the express which
was due to run through with an empty
line of rails on each side of her, came
pounding along, swaying heavily, ow
ing to the tremendous speed. The In
spector on the station platform watch
ing hard, followed her course with his
eye, and was horrified to see the train
leave the rails, jump to the vacant line
on the right and plunge Into the milk
train.
Hurled From Carriage.
A crash like the roar of artillery
awakened Salisbury. Within twenty
seconds the whole train became a cha
otic mass of wreckage. The ponder
ous engine first smashed the guards'
van of the milk train and then hurled
Itself against the bridge parapets.
while the underparts of the railway
•springes remained on the track, though
"n the rails, the woodwork of the
carriages projected over the bridge,
and the street below was strewn with
glass and splinters.
'>ne passenger was even hurled right
through the side of a broken carriage
t 'lrty feet to the embankment and
either killed and mangled by the fall or
him* 1 * ma ** ot wr ' clt s*e that fell upon
Women Especially Brave.
The locomotive and tender rebound
ing from the parapet now hurled their
tremendous weight against the station
ery locomotive, which became a shape-
less wreck. Its boiler exploding and so
severely scalding both the driver and
i,, - fireman that the latter has since
,The express engine finally turned
turtle, broken backed. In the midst of
torn-up rails. The wreck was horribly
complete.
. .Literally, the station was like the
J™ of death. The work of the dls-
«as only too well done. The In-
jured were too heavily stricken to ut-
h,r„ a and those who were not
too dased to raise even a
murmur.
J'Vfct struck me most,” said a pos-
tai official. Who was among the reecu-
lh . _ a * the extraordinary bravery of
women. There was little scream-
I,' ‘“•fM to the horror of the sltua-
f.r?.,. T1> * wom *n endured terrible suf
ferings with dogged courage."
Injured Doing Wall.
Most of the Injured are progressing
Rivalry of Two Railroad Companies
Is Responsible For Disastrous Wreck
By Private Leased Wire.
London, July 2.—Last week the Great Western took a party of
German editors to London from Plymouth In 4 1-2 hours and established
a new record for the distance of 24t miles. The Southwestern attempt
ed to beat this, with the resulting death roll.
The distance from the start to the place of accident, ltd miles, occu
pied 147 minutes. The first part of the Journey from Plymouth to Exeter,
' Is over heavy grades, where the speed was necessarily lower. There Is
a straight run Of 12 miles before Salisbury Is reached and this was taken
ot a flying pace.
There Is a long, but not sharp, curve at the station, and It was In the
middle of this the train jumped the track. It Is clear that the speed was
not reduced and the comparatively light English engine and cars could
not stand the strain.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., MAN
WHO WAS IN THE WRECK
SAYS IT WAS PREDICTED
By Frlvnte Leased Wire.
London. July 2.—Walter ‘Bellatl, of
Jacksonville, FIs., who was uninjured,
tells a remarkable story of how a
young woman on the (rain who had
been reading the hands of some of the
passengers predicted the catastrophe.
"I was not a believer In palmistry,"
said Mr. Bellatl, "but the palmist said
I would come through terrible acci
dents shortly without hurt. I have
got the first one over. She told Mrs.
Cosslt, the bride whose husband was
killed, that she would shortly lose a
dear male friend In a railway accident.
I shall not be so skeptical ot palmistry
In the future."
In describing the scene following the
wreck, Mr. Bellatl said:
"My compartment was oscillating
perlously on the edge of the bridge nnc
It Seemed as If It would be pitched
Into the road at any moment The
groans of the Injured were fearful,
With the others who had not been In
Jured I did what little I could, but
number of willing helpers were soon on
the scene. The wonder Is, considering
the spot where the accident happened,
that any one escaped. I remained at
Salisbury for some time to comfort ami
cheer some ladles who were In sore
distress."
HERE IS LIST OF THE DEAD
AND INJURED IN BIG WRECK
By Priests Leased Wire.
London, July 2.—The dead as known
are as follows:
Pirst Cabin Passengers—
BARWICK, Walter, Toronto, Ont.
CASS1ER, Louis, Trumbull, Conn.
COSSITT, Fred H., New York.
EIlPHICKE, Mrs. C. W, Chicago.
JjARDINO, Dudley P., No. 21# West
Ninety-nfth street. New York.
HITCHCOCK, Mrs. L. N„ No. 2«1
Central Park, west, New York.
HOWKSON, M4*s Mary F„ No. 21
West Thirty-first street. New York.
KING, Rev. F. L., Toronto, Ont.
KOCH, Frank W, Allentown, Pa.
McDonald, John E., New York.
M’MEEKIN, C. F.. Lexington, Ky.
PIPON, c. A., Toronto, Ont.
SENTELL, Mrs. E. W.. Brooklyn.
N. Y.
SENTELL, Miss Blanche M., Brook
lyn, N. Y.
SENTELL, Miss Gertrude M., Brook
lyn, N. Y.
SMITH, Mr*. Walter W., Dayton,
Ohio.
SMITH, Miss Eleanor, Dayton. Ohio.
SMITH, Gerard, Dayton, Ohio.
WAITE Mrs. Lillian Hurd, 424 Fifth
avenue, New York.
Second Cabin Passengers—
GOEPPINGER, Louis, address un
obtainable.
KEELER, Jules, address unobtain
able.
THOMPSON, W. H.. address unob
talnnble.
FOUR RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.
INJURED.
Crlcheli, Robert S., Chicago.
Griswold, Miss I. A, address unob
tainable.
Hitchcock, Miss M., New York city.
Koch, Mrs., Allentown, Pa.
Koch, Mis* Anna E., Allentown, Pa.
Rask, Miss M., address unobtainable.
GOING 75 MILES AN HOUR
TRAIN LEAPED THE RAILS
By Trieste Leased Wire.
London, July 2.—The speed of the
wrecked train at the time of the acci
dent Is said by some to have been sev
enty-five miles an hour.
George E. Strachan, of Boston, one
of the survivors of the wreck, tells n
graphic story of the scenes attending
It. Mr. Strachan has arrived here
with his aunt, Mrs. J. H. Whltton.
"Just before the crash I remarked
to my aunt that we were traveling too
fast for safety," be said. "The speed
was terrific. We had rushed through
the darkness with bewildering speed.
The train rocked eo violently that It
was with great difficulty we ate sup
per. We had all got well acquainted
on the ship, and we were nearly all In
the dining car together.
"There was much talk about the
speed of trains In America, and we
were willing to admit that we had few
trains to equal the one In which we
were traveling. The conductor pass
ed through, and I asked him If he
thought It was safe for us to be going
at such a dip. He laughed and said
we were a minute or two behind the
schedule, and that along seevral
stretches of the track 70 miles an hour
was reached.
"When the crash came I was thrown
forward, but my head luckily landed
In the softest part of the cushion back
of the seat directly opposite. I was
rescued and revived by the firemen
who played water on the wreck. My
aunt and I were Imprisoned for about
two hours. I hardly think we could
have had a worse wreck In America.
On a similar run In the states all of us
would have been In Pullmans and I
believe few lives. If any, would have
been lost. The construction of ths
coaches was too frail, as I saw when I
Inspected the wreckage."
BRIDE ON HER HONE YMOON
TELLS OF HU SB A ND'SDEA TFI
Continued on Page Three.
IIj Print* TsMied Wire.
London, July 2.—Under the care of
a physician, at the home of J. E. Du-
ven. No. 27# Park lane, Mrs. Frederick
Henry Cosslt, the bride whose husband
was killed In the wreck while they
were on their honeymoon tour, told the
story of the accident. Mrs. Cosslt Is
a daughter of Justice Dugro, of New
York. .
"We were the only occupants of a
carriage," she said, "and I was lying
on a seat with my head on my hus
band's knee. Both of us were asleep.
Suddenly I found myself in another
part of the carriage, which was upside
down, and saw my husband was fear
fully Injured.
“I Insisted on his being dragged out
of the window first, and then I was
pulled out."
Mr. C'osslt's skull was fractured. He
died soon after being taken to the hos
pital.
Mr*. Cosalt propose* to return to
New York next Wednesday. Beyond
the severe shock to her system shs was
not Injured.
BasebalMacing
No Local Game Monday—Rain
A «hort but decidedly wet rain which
fell during the middle of Monday after
noon put all rlmnces of baseball on
the blink and the players and tlje few
fans who hnd ?«red forth gave It up
and came back home.
In consequence of the postponement
It Is probable that the ttro teams will
play the game Tuesday afternoon. Ac
cording to the schedule Tuesday was
to have been an off day, but the post
ponement Monday gives the Crackers
and the Flnnltes a game to play off
Tuesday.
Sparks and Chinn, who were
have opposed each other Monday, will
undoubtedly be on the slab Tuesday.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia 000 000 000— 0 5
Boston ..000 000 010— 1
Batteries: Pittman and Dooln; Pfef
fer and O'Neil.
Cincinnati 000 00 100— 1
Chicago 000 000 000— 0
Batteries: Fraser and Livingston
Overall and Kline.
Pittsburg.. .. :..20l 001 000— 4 12
~ „ Louis 000 000 62X— 8 15
Batteries: McFarland and Gibson
Brown and McCarthy.
Brooklyn 220 obo 002— 7
kw J'nrk 010 000 000— 1
Batteries; 8irirlii.il and Bergen
Taylor, Ferguson and Bowcrman.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Firs# Gams.
New York 000 010 030— i‘ 12
Philadelphia.. ..101 200 010— 5 7
Batteries: Newton and McGuire
Plank and Powers.
St. Louls-Chlcago gams postponed.
First Gems.
Boston 002 ool 010— 4 12
Washington.. ..100 200 000— 2 7
notaries: Young and Armburstcr:
Smith and Wakefield.
Second Game.
Washington 2S3 412 0—17 15
Boston 000 100 2— 5 2
Batteries: Winter snd Peterson,
Falkenburg nnd Heydon.
Game called In the 7th by mutual
agreement.
EASTERN.
Rocheeter ... .001 000 000 00— 1 2
Toronto 000 100 000 01— 2 7
Batterlea: Cleary and Stelman: Mo
Cafferty and Taft. Umpire—Kelly.
Sscond Gams.
Rochester .. .000 000 200 00— 2 2
Toronto 000 000 120 01J 4-10
Batterlee: Case and Cariach; Me
Glnley and Doran. Umpire—Kelley.
Buffalo 000 100 000 2— 3
Montreal 000 000 100 I— 2
Batteries: lloser and Wood; Pap
pnhtu anil Dillon. Umpires -McManus
and Raub.
Second Gams.
Buffalo 001 010 ooo— 2
Montreal 010 000 000— 1
Batteries: Brackett and Wood; Mat
tern anil Dillon. Umpire*—Milligan
and Pappalau.
Detroit ..100 100 010— 2
Cleveland 002 000 11 •— 4
Batteries: Eubanks and Warner
Hess and Clerk.
Providence .. .. 000 001 000— 1 #
Baltimore .. ..000 100 10* 1 #
Batteries: Hardy and Cdoper; Ad
kins and Hearne.
RACE RESULTS.
8a!*m.
Salem. N. H., July 1.—Th# races
its afternoon-resulted as follows:
FIRST RACE—Axellna, won: Bllck
away, second; Colontl Bartlett, third.
Time 1:21.
THIRD RACE—Ktllochan, won.
Tanagdr. second; El Monte, third.
Time, 1:02.
FOURTH RACE—Oxford, won; In
cantation, second; Broadcloth, third,
Third. Time, 1:15.
FIFTH RACE—Neptunus, won: Ju
dtx, second; Bowling Bridge, third.
Time. 1:41 1-5.
SIXTH RACE—Katronla, won; Ab-
Ington, second; Mariposa, third. Time,
02
THAW-WHITE CASE MENTIONED
BY TWO PASTORS IN SERMONS
By Prlrata Uawd Wire.
Columbus, Ohio, July 2.—"One lea-
eon ought to come home to ua, taught
by these fetal revels In the house of
mirth—the peril of lawlessness," salJ
Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, In his
sermon at the First Congregational
church yesterday, after referring to
the White murder and declaring the
character of Thaw to be the logical
product of "multl-mllHonlsm.”
At one point, when speaking of the
dangers of great accumulation of
wealth, he mad* what many hearers
took to be a thrust at Chancellor Day.
of the Syracuse University, declaring:
"It seems strange to m< that political
philosopher* and colli t* president* social leprosy."
who know somtthlng about history
should Ignore this fact.
REFERS TO THAW CA8E
IN FAREWELL 8ERMON
By I'rival* Leased Wire.
Louisville, Ky., July 2.—Rev. V. A.
MacMillan, for a number of yiar* pas
tor of the Oak Street Presbyterian
church. In preaching his farewell ser
mon took occasion to refer to the
Thaw-White tragedy. He said:
"We need a revival of pure home
life. The shocking tragedy In high
social life within the last few days
should be the occasion of sounding a
note of social reform that would sweep
over this lead now blighting with such
By J. S. A. MacDONALD.
Race Trsck, Hheepshead Bay, L.
July 2.—The king and queen of the
three-quarter stretch, Halifax and
Hamburg-Belle were down on the card
here today as contestants In th* Equal
ity stakes for three-ysar-olds and up
and as a result many a discerning
race enthusiast came down to the track
attracted by the prospect of seeing the
two fleet sprinters together. Early In
th* meeting trainer Joiner predicted a
mile better than 1:22 for Hamburg-
: Jells over the new hard surface of the
local course, something the handicap-
pen expected here, for th* Belle has
been working better then at any time
since her two-year-old form.
Though threatening weather pre
vailed, a big crowd enjoyed the racing
this afternoon.
Shsspshead Bay.
Bhepehead Bay, July 2.—Here are
the results of today’s races:
FIBST RACE—Fer Weet, 16 to 1,
won: Rye, 2 to I, second; Sir Russell,
THIRD RACE—Botanist, 10 to l.won,
to I. won: Orourke, S to 1, second
to I, third. Tim* 1:10.
Woodsmen, 20 to 1, third. Tim*
1:24 2-1.
SECOND RACE—California King,
won; Nolle B. Owln, second; Bleter
Belle, third. Time 1:42 1-4.
THIRD RACE—Botanist, 10 to 1,
won; Misgivings, 4 to 1, second; Royal
Breese, 2 to 1, third. Time, 1:07 1-6.
FOURTH RACE—Hamburg Belief! 2
to-'*, won: Halifax, 10 to 6. second;
Fancy Bird, 0 to 1, third. Time, 1:20.
Only three starters.
FIFTH RACE—Jaunty, 7 to 1, worn;
Miss Blrome, 4 to 1. second; Barlngo,
I 1-2 to 1, third. Time, 1:02.
StOXTH RACE—Lancsstraln. 2 to
t, won; Our Sister, 4 to >, second;
Samson, 2 to I, third. Time, 1:42.
Kenilworth.
Buffalo, N. Y„ July 2.—Th* race* at
Kenilworth track this afternoon result
ed as follows: •
FIRST Race—Laselle, 7 to 5, won:
Cadlchon. even, second; Saldln, 4 to
I, third.
SECOND RACE—Sweet Kitty, 2 to
., wont Black Flag, ( to 1, second;
Reins Hwlft, 12 to I. third.
THIRD RACE—Anita Lady, 2 to 6.
won; Richard. Jr., 4 to I, second; Min
nie J, 2* to L third.
FOURTH RACE—Silver Skin, 2 to t,
won; Tbomold, * to L second; Bir
mingham, 6 to 1, third.
FIFTH RACE—Workmald, 6 to 1,
won: Blondy, 2 to 1, second; Plaud, 6
to 1, third.
SIXTH RACE—Hyperion, 4 to 1,
won; Embarrassment, 2 to 1, second;
Monlcaonl, 4 to 1, third.
Windsor, Ont.
Windsor, Ont., July 2.—Here ore the
results <>f this afternoon's races:
FIRST HACK Itueleho, 7 to I-, won;
Mognolln, 2 to 5, socond; Fargo, 1 to
2. third.
SECOND RACE—Mis* Cesearten. 4
to I, won; Tom Ollroyfl 8 to 5, second;
Wahnsh Quern, even, third.
THIRD RACE—La Purelle. 7 to 10,
won: Hans Wagner, 2 to 6, second; Re
ticent, 2 to 1, third.
FIFTH RACE—Restoration, 7 to 10,
won; My Bessie, 0 to 5, second; Tim
othy, out, third.
SIXTH RACE!—Captain Bush, 0 to
6, won; J. K. F., 7 to 1, second; Bitter
Brown, 0 to 6, third.
Latonls.
Lntonln, Ky.. July 2.—The races this
afternoon resulted as follows:
FIRST RACE—Margie, 5 to 2, won;
Camp, 8 to 1, second; John Kauff
man, 3 to 2, third.
SECOND RACE—Reveille, 10 to 1,
won; The Laurel, 40 to 1, second;
Lochglel, 6 to 2, third.
THIRD RACE—Charley Mitchell, 8
to 2, won; Selene B. 4 to 1, second;
Blrmlnghnm, 5 to 1, third.
FOURTH RACE—Hardin, 7 to 2.
won; Mcllvoln, 3 to 1, second; John
English, even, third.
FIFTH RACE)—Ethel Day, 4 to 6,
won; Nonnlc Lucille, 7 to 1, second;
Hllona, 6 to 1. third.
Durango, Colo., July 2.—Leonard
Boat, his wife and six children were
drowned this morning at 8 o'clock
while crossing tho Animas river nt
Graves toll bridge, near Cedar Hill, N.
A. Boat and his ontlro family were on
heir way to Durango lo participate in
he street carnival t'l-re Despite
earning*. Boat attempted to cross the
river al the ford Instead of o-i the loll
bridge and as a result th* entire ram
i' wi‘» wiped out.
electTonb OUIET At COLON.
Colon, July 2.—Tha election* here
pAnserl quietly, the government win
ning by 290.
Tho eloctlona also passed off quietly
at Panama. Tho compromlso ticket
was elected.
TO DEVELOP INTO
HARDIMBATTLE
Both Sides Are Prepar
ing to Fight to
Last Ditch.
SUICIDE WAVE
Dy Private Loosed MTIre. ,
New York, July 2.—It became known
today that a secret battle, backed by
millions on each sldo, has begun as a
ult of the effort to send Harry Ken
dall Thaw to tho electric chair for tho
killing of Stanford White, the famous
architect.
White's relatives and his several In
fluentlal friend* have been In consul
tation with tho most noted and high
est-priced attorneys In tho profession,
who have been retained to push the
case against Thaw.
Hide Their Identity.
These lawyor* have In most cases
succeeded even In hiding their identi
ties thus for, and will say nothing In
regard to the case, but It became
known that they have already exam
ined a number of persons who will In
all probability become the most Im
portant witnesses for ths prosecution
when the trial begins.
On the other hand, the lawyers re
tained to defend Thaw, also among the
most prominent In the country, have
not only succeeded In getting the com
plete Mfo history of Kvelyn Nesbit
Thaw t-* pruM.'tit t<. the Jury that will
sit In judgment upon the prisoner, but
they have found a score or more of
other Important witnesses, many of
them former girl friends of White.
8tate Prepares Case.
While this secret war between oppos
ing counsel was going on today the
district attorney's office began an earn-
<"4t preparation >>f tin* Htate'n rnnf
against Thaw which the prosecutor*
expect to mako sufficiently strong to
;<■ ' UP* < "IivtiHull.
*‘No matter how loud the outcry may
be from certain quarters," sold Assist-
• nit 1 1 1111' t Attorney (larvin tinlay,
"we aro confronted with one all Im
portant necessity In this case, and that
Is to spare no possible effort to sco
that Justlco Is dnno and tho majesty of
tho law upheld."
To Be Startling Trial.
It was virtually decided today, after
consultation between Attorney Jerome
and Assistant District Attorney* Nott
and Garvin, to phut Thaw on trial In
tho criminal branch of tho supremo
court early In October.
From the number and character of
tho witnesses already examined or or
dered to appear befofe the district at
torney, and also because of the decis
ion of the defense's attorney*-to place
Four Women Try Self-
Destruction in
One Day.
ONLY ONE ATTEMPT
PROVED SUCCESSFUL
Grady Hospital Physicians Work
ed on Three Oases of Poison
ing at Same Time.
SCRAPPY WOMAN USED
BED SLAT ON
BLOODY FIGHT DISTURBED HO
TEL QUE8T8—BELLIGERENTS
ARE FINED $50.73 IN COURT.
Aa the reault of a bloody fight early
Sunday morning In th* Central hotel
In West Mitchell street, near th* Term-
Inel station, Vivian Grubb, a young
while woman, and E Small, a lumbar
dealer of Tenneaaee, were arraigned
Monday morning before Recorder
Broylea end each fined 160.76. Th*
fines were paid.
Small appear* to have gotten consid
erably the wont of th* scrap, hla fee*
being badly bruleed: According t<
statements, th* young woman pum
meted him over the head and face with
bed alal, which she found In a hall
way. The women le said to have also
Indulgad In a lot of loud talk and pro
fanity, arousing th* other inmate* of
the hotel, the hour of the ecrap being
about 8 o'clock In the morning.
The woman Informed Recorder
Broyles she came her* recently from
Johnson city, Tenn., at which place
she met Small.
ANDY WITH PISTOL,
WOMANJHODTS TWO
ODESSA BANK8,ARRE8TED HERE,
ACCUSED OF SHOOTINO
TWO MEN.
Odessa Ranks, a young white wo
man formerly of Atlanta, but more
lately of Birmingham, was arrested on
Sunday In the Cannon hotel by Detec
tive Sergeant Lanford on Information
that she le wanted In Birmingham In
two esses of assault with Intent to
murder.
The young woman la accused of
shooting two men on different occa
sions In th* Alabama city. Th* names
of these men ere not known here. The
prisoner was taken to Birmingham on
Sunday night to stand trial. She was
known hare under th* name of Lex
Lanier.
LITTLE AND COLLINS
L08E TO ENGLISHMEN.
Special Cable.
London, July 2.—In th* fourth round
1 the mixed tenls double* at Wimble
don, Miss May Sutton of California
Thompson and Powell by a score of «
- 2 end ( to 2.
In the doubles, semi-final round,
lasallet end Simon defeated Raymond
3, Little and Krelgh Collin*, Ameri
cana. by th* score of 2-2; 7-8; 4-8;
oner, on tho stand, the Thaw
day promised to become the most sen
rationally startling and romnrknble
New York has ever witnessed.
Witness** Are Summoned,
Among th* other principal witnesses
called by ths district attorney's of
fice today were James Lawrence
Broese, member of ths Drook Club, of
which Whits wns nlso a member, end
a close friend of White.
W. Gould Brokaw and Truxton Beale,
of Ban Francisco, are also expected to
furnish testimony which will tend »«*
prove thnt Thaw had threatened
White's Ilfs before the night ot th*
shooting.
Dr. Ward's Annlvsrssry.
The fourteenth nnnlvc snry of th#
pastorate of the Rev. A. C. Ward was
celebrated at ths Temple Baptist
church Sunday by services of an ap
propriate nature. Th* pnetor wa* as
sisted by tho "blacksmith preachsr"
and a sarles of meetings Is being car
ried on. In his sermon Sunday Mr.
Ward touched upon the recent Tnrrey
discussion, saying that It had brought
out the reel friend* of th* evangelist
and shown thslr strength.
Along with the terrific heat of Rate
urday and Sunday, a suicide wave hit
Atlanta. Four attempts at self-<le-
structlon were mads, all by women,
threo of whom were white. The ne-
gress died.
They were:
COHINNE EARNEST. 20 King street.
MRS. T. 0. THORNTON. 138 West
Mitchell street.
JEB8IE DORSEY, 115 1-2 Decatur
street.
ELLEN TOLBERT, negro, Decatur
nnd Courtlnnd streets.
The Grady hospital physicians were
Sunday working on three of the roee.-i
at the same time.
Case of Mrs, Thornton.
Taken to the Grady hospital Sunday
unconscious. Mr*. L. L. Thornton, wife
of T. O. Thornton, of 122 Woet Mitchell
street, Monday morning declared thnt
her condition was due to an overdnao
of morphlno administered hypodermic
ally Sunday morning by a physician In
nn effort to rollevo pain.
The name of this physician both
Mr*. Thornton nnd her husband de
cline to divulge.
Mrs. Thornton ha* been III during
tho post fow ilnys and Sunday morning
Is said to havo been suffering Intense i
pain. Three physicians wore with her 1
during the morning nnd one of these la
said to hnvo given her a hypodermic
Injection of morphine In tho arm.
The poison nffortled tho deslrad re
lief. hut na the nufferlng left her Mrs.
Thornton lapsed Into a comatose state.
Efforts to revive her proved futile and
realizing thnt her condition was serious
the husband notified the hospital and
had her taken there.
After much work on the pert of ths
physicians, she wan revived and Mon
day was rep-tried mil of danger
When seen Monday morning Mrs.
Thornton said:
"1 have been 111 of late and vesterdav
morning wns suffering considerably.
My husband during the morning hnd
three physicians with me. One of the
doctors Injected morphine Into my arm
to relievo tho pain anil this is what put
mo In tho hospital. I could feel myself 1
growing ensler and (hen I remembered
nothing innro- until I awoke here In
the hospital."
Jsssle Dorsty.
Jessie Dorsey, a young while woman,
wns found unconscious Sunday after
noon In her room at 116 1-2 Decatur
street, ns tho result of an overdose of I
morphine.
Rhc wns taken to the Grady hospital
In an ambulance, where her life was
snved.
Whether the poison wns token wlih
suicidal Intent Is not known. It l-<
iin-P-i -I I lie- \.mug w'-unnn lias been
addicted to the drug habit nnd It Is
generally believed sho accidentally
swallowed nn overdose. Bhe was still 1
In a partial stupor Mondny and was
unRhlo to talk Intelligently of her con
dition.
Elltn Tolbert.
As the result of an overdose of mor
phine, Ellen Tolbert, a negro woman
of Decatur and Courtland streets, died
Sunday night at the Grady ho
spiral.
PRETTY GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
BECAUSE SWEETHEART FAILED
TO WRITE AFTER QUARREL
Despondent end moroee because her
sweetheart fled from her two week*
ego In a fit of anger, following a lovers'
quarrel, end because eh* had not seen
nor heard from him since, Miss Corlnne
Earnest, a pretty girl of 18 yean,
whose bom* Is at 20 King street, late
Sunday afternoon swallowed an over
dose of landanum In an effort to ynd
her life.
Bo determined wee eh* to die that
the glrL as soon a*. the Orady hospital
woe notified, slipped out of her home
end ran through the near-by streets
for several block! In an attempt to
escape tha doctor*. She was chased
and finally caught by hsr brother-in-
law, Joseph Ray, who took her bock to
th# house. Th# girl screamed when
caught and begged her brother-in-law
to let her alone and allow th* poison to
do Its work.
A few minutes later an ambulance
arrived and th* death-seeking girl was
hurried to th* hospital. After working
with her for some time the physician*
brought her out of danger and she was
able to return to her home Monday.
John Franklin th* Men.
The young man about whom tha girl
tried to kill herself Is John Franklin,
of Greenville, B. C, who worked in At
lanta until the quarrel with his sweet-
heart. On quarellng with the glrL
Franklin 1* eald to have returned to
Greenville, since which time he has
sent her n«y word whatever;
Madly In love -with young Franklin,
the girl brooded over the quarrel and
the absence of her lover until shs
could stand It no longer and deter*,
mined to end her troubles In death. Pro
curing a buttle of laudanum. Miss
Earnest swallowed the contents ns she
rat upon l In- fr--b' porch at her hnmu
lata Sunday afternoon. A younger ala ■
noth •- I her drinking fr-.m the bottle
and ran to Infotm Mir Itav. another
•" I ' • lo 11 el lok- -1 Mira c dime
what she had done anil the latter
promptly Informed her. Mrs. Ray then
ran to the telephone and summoned an
lombutanc*. fTmlng nee elffi*i i iim
for assistance. Ml-- ' ■ n Inn., ruahe.l
from th* house nnd ran through the
streets until caught by Ray.
When seen Monday morning. Mls«
Earnest at first declined to dlt. oar th.
attempt on her life, but flnallv declared
It was prompted by love for young
Franklin.
Nothing Left in Lift.
“1 have lovsd him dearly for two
years," said tbs girl, "and I have sim
ply worried myself Into despondency
over his absence. We had a little quar
ry! two week* ago and he left mo In
anger, returning to bis home In Oreen-
vllto. He baa not written to me nor
sent me any word and this was more
than I could stand. It Just seemed n<
though there woe nothing left In life
for mo and I wanted to die. Without
hla love everything looked dark and
gloomy and I simply preferred death to
tlrls continued worry and mental tor
ture."
When asked if she still loved Frank
lin, she replle<L with a faint smile.
yes, 1 love him. but It Is Im
material to mo now whether he ever
write# or w hether I over hear from him
In any way."
Before she left the hospital. Miss
TSarnest promised her sister, Mrs. Ray,
sho would never make another effort to
commit suicide. Later she remarked:
"If 1 ever do try again I w-|ii make a
cress of It. I won't make another
bungling job like this."
Earnest Is an orphan and IWe 1
rlth her grandmother, Mrs.
I .inn, 2d King struct.