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VOL. 1. NO. 181.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1906.
PLOTTED TO POISON;
EXPOSED BY LETTER
LETTER OPENED BY MRS. FOOTE
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J. J. Foote and His
Family Escape Great
Danger.
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LITTLE BOY FINDS HOME;
STORY IN GEORGIAN GIVES
HIM CHANCE FOR HEALTH
O The following l» the address on O
a the envelope containing the plot O
O to. murder / the family of J. J. Cl
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A trio of negro women are held prls
• n»r» at the police elation euepected
having attempt^! to poleon the family
•i .1. J. Foote, the well-knotyn Ala
bama street trunk ami bng itianu-
fio turer, whose home In at l*Jl South
ITvor etreet, corner of Bnss.
'rii»- plot to iHileon wae exposed
through a letter uddreeeed to Nellie
Halley, a recently dlecharged eervant
from the F«»ote home, and
which accidentally fell Into
the hande of Mre. Foote. According
t<* this letter, one attempt, hae already
been made at wholeeale poisoning of
th* family, but It wbm uneucceeeful.
The poisoner* were figuring on another
■ i tempt at the time the plot came to
light.
Tiih suspected prisoners are Nellie
Hailey, Fannie Smith and .Minnie
• ’lurk. Detectives Starnes and f'onnal
H, who are working on the case, are
•till looking for a fourth suspect, a ne-
kio man, who la believed to be iinpll-
< uted.
N>!llc Bullcy wan employed as a
>"rvant In the Foote home for about
two week*, but left there the latter part
"f last week. The tell-tale letter was
" <eived through Iho mall at the Foote
>"'me on Monday.
A simple mistake In the addressing
this letter la responsible for the ex-
l»»-'ure of the plot.
Instead of addressing the letter to
"Fannl* Bailey, care J. J. Foote,” the
writer addressed It to "W. A. Foote.
<are of Nellie Bailey.”
Letter Expotee Plot.
"n receiving the letter Mrs. Foote
■'"linosed It was Intended for her, and,
11 raking It open, read It. To her hor.
>"i\ she discovered It contained a de
liberate plan for the poisoning of her
'"tire family.
Mrs. Foote promptly turned this evl-
nee over to the detective department,
with the result that the three negro
"omen were arreeted. The letter was
tinned merely with the name "Fannie.”
1 annle Smith, who Is a close friend of
■Nellie Bailey, Is supposed to hove
written It. Minnie Clark Is also a
f' lend of these two women and the de-
1 relives believe ehe Is connected with
Ibe Plot.
The case of Nellie Bailey and Fannie
Sl »lth was called for preliminary hear-
j' X In police court Thursday afternoon,
nut was postponed pending the arrest
f Minnie Clark. She was taken Into
■ustody later In the afternoon. It may
i hat the trial will be resumed Frl-
uny afternoon.
Letter to “Nellie."
The following is the letter received:
"Atlanta, ga november II, IMS nellle
told me last night that stufT you
nut In the coffee did not hurt them you
"t int put a nough In you put about a
R i* spoon full In and It will kill every-
wlr and git that Jewelry and me and
u will go where we Wae talking
"'nut and you Can git them other
■Mugs and keep your mouth and dont
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Little Benny la going to have a show
In the world after all. He won't have
In spend tVe ret qf hi* day* within
factory walls with his life constantly
endangered'by having those awful epi
leptic fits. , ,
His pitiful story, told. In The Geor
gian Thursday afternoon, has had Its
results.
It's fresh air and life on a farm now
for Henny. and tho doctor secured by
Secretary Logan, of the Associated
Charities, said he would get well If he
had this. ,
Within a few days lie will leave At
lanta and the poverty he has been ohly
loo Intimately acquainted with all his
short life of fourteen years for the
fresh air of Pike county. There he will
get those three square meals a day the
doctor told about and there he will get
a short rest after those square meals,
and then enough open air work to get
rid of those terrible flti..
He Is going to Bamesrltie. when* he
will be given a goad home and be taken
care-of by Mis* Annie Ulnlbck. And
this .will be ah Ideal spot for the af
flicted lad. Miss Blalock Is a success
ful scientific farmer and besides being
this, she has a big warm heart and
wants to give such lads ns Benny a
show—and. that's all he needs besides
the fresh air.,
Miss Hlalofck believes that If- you
give a lad o 'chance to make good, he
will do so.- Anyway, Benny will have
that chance, and he will have It on a
farm that Is successful and one on
which Miss Blalock has been able to
retain Unit equilibrium between main
tenance and expense, and which Is self,
sustaining.
There Is a chance for Benny yet.
SHEKILLSMANIIHIEVESKILL
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Murder and Suicide
Occurs in Chicago
House.
Chicago, III., Nov. 23.—J. fl. Dela
ney, president of the American Ship
ping Company, 2»7 Broadway, New
York, was shot and killed this after
noon In an apartment at 480 La Salle
avenue by a young woman, who then
Bhot and killed herself. !f Is said the
woman was hi* wife. ... ,,
It Is said the woman had been liv
ing there for some time, and Denaley
arrived In Chicago a» few days hgo
and went to live there also, and was
Introduced as her husband.
How the shooting occurred the police
do not know. When the bodies were
found the body of Delaney was cold as
though he hod been dead for some
time. The woman evidently had been
dead only a short time. Her body was
still warm.
When the police broke Into the rooni
the woman’s body was lying on the
floor. There was a bullet hole In her
ward the top of her hea
In bed with a bullet through the back
of his head.
Both Delaney and the woman were
young, apparently not more than 23
“'According to occupants of the house
the. young- woman waa visited yester-
day by her mother and she had two
sisters, all the member* of the family
being resident* of the neighborhood.
A. E. Franklin.
Bandits Attempted to
Rob Safe
Hostelry.
in
Arkansas City. Ark.. Nov. 23 4 —Wil
liam Goff and 8. C. Hatpin were shot
and killed today when two masked men
entered the ofllce of the 8t. Charles
hotel and attempted to rob the safe.
The robbers were amateurs.
Before the men could throw up their
hands, the robbers shot them to death
and then escaped. A posse Is searching
for the bandit*. Goff was night clerk
of the hotel and Halpln was a member
of a theatrical company showing here.
FOR! INSULT
Singer Held To Be
Guilty es Was
Charged.
HANNAH GRAHAM
DDNT APPEAR
Metropolitan Opera House
Tenor • Subjected to
Many Searching
Questions.
New York. Nov. 28.—Eurlclt Caruso
was found guilty and lined tltt In the
Yorkvllle police court today on a charge
of Insulting a woman In the Central
Park xoo.
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New York. Nov. 23.—Intimations that
startling developments would-come to
day In the examination of Caruso
were majle before the case went on In
the Yorkvllle police court, by former
Judge Dlttenhoeffer, the tenor's law-
yer. Mr. Dlttenhoeffer said:
"I inuy call another witness today.
It detwnds upon what the prosecution
does. ‘ I expect they will try to plan
something new on me. In that event
I shall play the strongest card I have,
evidence which was kept secret up to
this.”
Caruso Not Chtsrcd.
large crowd walled for Caruso
to enter court. He was not cheereq
as he was yesterday.
Mrs. Hannah Graham, the missing
complainant whom Caruso Is alleged to
have offended In the monkey
house In Central Park, was not pro
duced In court today'h'y the' prosecu
tion. lie Mntliot admitted that he
was unable to bring the woman face
tu f«'-p w ith ' 'at iisu.
Woman Out of Town.
Graham has been found,” said
He to Magistrate Biker. “I can say
that we Itkve been successful In this.
She WAS found about 2 o'clock this
morning In a place 40 miles from New
York and outside of the jurisdiction of
this court. We requested her to come
here and testify against the defendant,
but she refused. She said she could
not stand the notoriety. So wo could
not get her here.” i
Caruso Wouldn't Swssr.
Q.—Do you.remember being at a re-
ceptlon held In a fashionable house on
Fifth avenue and Thlrly*slxth street, or
one or two blocks from there, on the
Sunday after last Thanksgiving?
A-—No.
q.—Are you prepared to swear you
were not there?
The tenor turned toward Ills counsel
and grew very' nervous. After smile
hesitation he anawered, "I am not.’
Q.—Do you recnIB leaving that re
ception at about 6:30 In tbe evening
and being asked by a lady, one of the
guests, to step In to her automobile,
that she might take you to your hotel?
As to an Auto Rido.
Lawyer Dlttcnhoeffor’s objection to
the question was sustained.
Q.—Were you, while In that automo
bile, on your way up Fifth avenue when
In front or the Union longue Club,
charged by that lady with taking cer
tain liberties with her?
most-strenuously object to this
question,” began DlttenhoefTer. “It la
done simply to get the matter Into the
press. You know the court would not
allow that question,” shouted Caruso's
lawyer, shaking his fist at Mathot.
“Do you object to the question?”
asked Judge Baker.
"I do,” sold Dlttenhoeffer.
8lng*r Stems Relieved.
"Then it Is sustained.” said the mag
istrate.
Caruso appeared much relieved when
he heard the magistrate's decision.
"I want to make a statement In Justi
fication of the request I made to have
thp healing adjourned until today,”
begun Commissioner Mathot. “I re
ceived Information that a Mrs. Oraham,
whom I believe to be the women In
question, was In this city. I had every
reason to believe the Information was
authentic. I expected to be able to
have the woman In court at this. time.
I later received Information that our
missing witness left the Jurisdiction of
this court. She was asked to come
here, but declined because of the no
toriety the Case has received.”
Declares Woman a Myth.
”1 don't bellevs she has left the juris
diction of the court.” shouted Dltttn-
hoeffer. "I .don't believe this woman
exists except ns a confederate
Cain.” *
"The woman left the state at
o'clock this morning." gold Mathot.
she has returned, as you say, you must
know where she Is now.”
“I don't know and never did • know
where she was,” anawered Dlttenhoef
fer.
"Wall. It WIU be news to you to hear
that she was forty miles away at 2
o'clock this morning," answered Mathot.
THE SCALPER SCALPED
VANDERBILT 4, CARLISLE INDIAN8 0.
FOUR NEW DISTRICTS PROPOSED
FOR NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE
Great Progress Made
in Church Extension
Work.
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0 Rev. S. B. Belk. Augusta; Rev. O
O W. R. Branham, Jackson: Rev. H. O
O F. Branham, JefTerson; Rev. W. T. O
0 Caldwell, Bolton; Rev. F. D. Can- 0
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A 7LAN!A WORKING GIRLS'
HOME MAY BE BUI LI
By REV. W. 0. BUTLER.
Mllledgevllle, Ga., Nov. 23.—Rev. Dr. Walker Lewis, Held secretary for
the Crlttenton rescue work In the South, Is attending the conference.
He was appointed to this work at the last session and It la very likely
that he will be similarly assigned for 1907 by Bishop Ward. Dr. LewN
propose* the inauguration of a work In behalf of the working girl* of
Atlanta—adding to their comfort* and anlelloratlng their condition*. If
there 1* a proper response on the part of Atlanta to the enterprise It will
be put on foot as soon as possible. Dr, Lewis says one man will give
31,000 to that work.
At the First Methodist church next Sunday-Dr. Lewis will preach In
the absence of Dr. Dowman at conference..
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Continusd on Psg* Fiftssn.
ALDERMEN GO OVER
VETO OF MAYOR
A* wax confidently expected, the al-
dsrmunlc board Thursday voted unau-
Inously In favor of granting a fran-
'' e to th* Atlanta and Carolina Con-
ctlon Company, over the veto of
Mayor Woodward.
The company will build an Inter-
urban line from Atlanta to Conyers t.nd
from Attanio to West FnlnL
By REV. W. 0. BUTLER.
Mllledgevllle, Ga., Nov. 23.—The sub
ject of homes for the womout preach
ers was a prominent feature of yester
day's proceeding*. Rev. J. W. Nor
ton, of the North Alabama conference,
was Introduced and addressed the body
In behalf of the veterans. He said his
conference was the first one to. pro
vide homes for superanuated preach
ers.
Bishop Ward appointed the following
ministers and laymen to start the
movement In this conference: Rev. W.
A. Parks. Dr. C. E. Dowman. Dr. J. W.
Qullllon, J. V. Davenport. C. W. Smith,
B. T. Thompson and J. O. Lester. They
will report some plan and there may be
an agent placed In the field In behalf of
the matter. One Georgia lady has al
ready offered to give a good home to
one of the old preachers—g six-room
house, at Demores.t.
Names far New Districts.
If four new districts art made It is
proposed by some that they be called
Thomaston and the Toccoa
The Georgia Baptist convention In
session at Cartersvllle telegraphed Its
greeting to their Methodist brethren
here by text: Ephesians, sixth chapter
iintj 23d and 24th verse*. The con
ference secretary was Instructed to
respond to the greeting. ,
Rev. M. J. Cofer, assistant editor of
The Wesleyan Christian Advocate, ad-
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FOR HIS LIFE
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Gillette Expected tojMan Meets Peculiar
Dodge Death Sen
tence.
Herkimer. N. Y., Nov. 23.—Woven
with the warp and woof of circum
stances that all point toward guilt, the
strength of the state’s case against
Chester K. Gillette, on trial for the
murder of Grace Brown, may force the
defense to Interpose a plea of guilty of
murder in the second degree.
Reimrt had It early today. that coun
sel, for Gillette had seriously consider
ed the advisability of asking that a plea
for a lesser degree of'murder he ac
cepted. It is doubtful If District At
torney Ward would consent to accept
such a plea nt this time.
“Gillette Is Guilty."
'Gillette Is guilty and we have proved
It,” said the district attorney today.
Medical testimony will be produced
to show that Grace Brown was either
dead or nearly so when Ihs body was
thrown Into the water. Her head was
fearfully battered and bruised, which
III he testified to by those who
Death in Cigar
Store.
SpecUl to The Georgian.
Dalian, Tex.. Nov. 33.—Henry A.
Smith, aged 36 years* met with a pe
culiar death here yesterday. While
standing In a # cigar store he had an
epileptic fit and 'fell In such a mann*--
that his head went through a glass
cigar case. The glass broke and his
throat was cut from ear to ear, Smith
dying In eight minutes and before med
ical aid could be summoned.
brought her b'fdy to the strrfa
Moose lake and the physicians
performed tbe autopsy.
She Was Struck.
There were hemorrhages In the l
and these could only have come
blows administered while the girl
living. District Attorney Ward
tell the Jury that Grac*- Brown
f Bis
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