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•THE LATE SAMUEL SPENCER■”
DR. WYETH’S JEST PROVED
SAD PROPHECY OF DISASTER
SKETCH OF THE LIFE
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
rill’KSDAY. NOVEMBEH 29. 1906
HOME FOR FRIENDLESS GAINS
NICE SUM FOR HOLIDAY
OF PRES, SPENCER
Continued From Page One.
Peculiar Coincidence
in “Reading Proof’
on Georgian.
and Verona Mitchell Spencer. He re
ceived hi* schooling at Columbue. after
which he attended the University of
Georgia, being graduated In a class of
1S67. • He took u post graduate course
at the University of Virginia, leaving
i •harlottesvllle In 1869.
He married at Columbus, Ga., In Feb
ruary, 1872, Miss Louisa Vivian Hen
ning, the daughter of Hon. H. L. Hen
ning.
After leaving the University of Vir
ginia he began railroad work ns a
member of an engineering corps. He
applied hla brilliant Intellect ami Ills
tireless energy to this work, and In n
short time attracted the attention of
the leading railway men of the South.
In 1887 he was made president of the
Italtimore and Ohio railroad, holding
this position two years.
When the old Richmond and Danville
railroad failed In 1893, Mr. Spencer was
made receiver of this along with the
Hast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
rallrdad, and wound up the affairs of
the two great roadn which have since
been welded, forming the backbone of
the present Southern railway. From
1891 to 1894 he was rapid transit com
missioner of New York.
Mr. Spencer is by common consent I
Known as the ablest and most Intellec
tual of American railway chiefs. In the
recent national agitation against the
railways, and the action In congress to
reform existing conditions, he has been
the mouthpiece of all the railroads of
the country. Ho has not achieved hist
fame so much by grasp of the meehnn-1
Iml details of railroading and railroad
construction—although he was by no
means deficient In these branches—as I
by his ability as an executive officer In
building up a capable administration,
and In handling the higher financial
problems.
He Is considered the greatest of the
so-called captains of Industry that ever
came out of the South.
His Railroad. Career.
He was graduated as a civil engineer
from the University of Virginia In July.
1869. He entered railway service In
August of tho same year, since which
time he has been consecutively to July,
1872, rodman, leveler, transitman, resi
dent engineer, and principal assistant
engineer on the Savannah and Mem
phis railroad
He was clerk to the sui>erintendent
of the New Jersey Southern railroad
from July, 1872, until December of the
same year. From December of 1872
until May, 1873, he was assistant super
visor of trains on the first division of
the Haltlmore and Ohio, and from May
of 1873 until April, 1877, he was super
visor of the same road.
He was- made superintendent of
.transportation of.the Virginia Midland
railroad from April, 1877, until Jan
uary,, 1878. During the years of 1878
and 1879 he was general superintendent
of the Long Island railroad. The next
two years he was assistant to tho presi
dent of the Haltlmore and Ohio.
President Spencer was made general
manager of the tmnH-Ohlo divisions of
the Haltlmore and Ohio road and short
ly afterwards was made third vice
president. He served successively as
second and first vice presidents until
December, 1887.
In 1887 President Spencer wus made
president of the Baltimore anti Ohio
tnd served ns such until 1889. when ho
went with J. P. Morgan & Co., of New
Vork, and represented their Interests
until June 18, 1884, when he was made
president of the Southern railway.
He was made president of the Oeor-
t.1.i Southern and Florida November 6.
1895, and October 8, 1899, he was made
the executive head of the Cincinnati,
.New Orleans and Texas Pacific, which
positions he held until his death. He
was also president of the Alabama
Great Southern and was a director In
the Chicago and 8t, Paul, Central of
Georgia, Erie, Old Dominion Steam
ship Company and the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
He came to Atlanta in 1892 to Inspect
the old Richmond and Danville termi
nals, ns n representative of J. Plerpont
Morgan. It was after Mr. Spencer made
his report on this Inspection that this
road and tho old East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia was absorbed by the
southern.
Hi» War Record.
He got his first education at the old
military school at Marietta, Oa., where
he was known as a hard worker. He
wns studious and took especlnl Interest
In matters military. .
When the civil war liegan ho left
with the cadets of the Marietta Mili
tary School, who distinguished thein-
o*lves as among tho best soldiers In
the Confederacy. He fought bravely
for too South through the war and
came out with signal honor.
His father-in-law. General Henning,
of Columbus, was one of the greatest
generals In the service of tho Confed-
■ racy. General Bennlng enrneo the title
"f "Kid Rock" by his stubborn work
• f defense during the civil war.
Besides his wife. Mr. Spcncor Is sur-
vived by two sons and one daughter,
one of tils sons Is an attorney In New
Vork city of no little distinction. The
■oher, Harry Spencer, until a few weeks
■go. was general manager of the
Southern. He Is still an Imporant of-
delal of the great railroad, with hoad-
ouarters In Washington. His daughter
is married. The home of the family l» j
in New York and has been for about j
26 yea is.
Mrs. Frank E. Callaway, of-Atlanta,
is his half sister. Mrs. Crawford and
Miss Btnnlnr. of Columbuu, arc slater*
•f his wife.
“Samuel Spencer was a irreat man.
alii an Atlantan who had know'll him
•*. y* arn and who wa» close to him in
! ‘l* business life, Thursday morning.
Uls life, notwithstanding what
iufap politicians said about him. was
■i*voted to the upbuilding of the South.
hich he loved, and loved, I believe,
1 “'tter than he did his own life.
“If yon com® down nnd travel on tift -
kouthern railway, tho railroad of the late
Nftinuel Spencer •* k
"Here; this Is wrong." cnllisl a proofread
er In Tlic Georgian composing room Tlinrs-
■Iny morning. "Spencer Isn't dead.”
I lie proofreader wns "rending copy" on n
speech delivered In New York by l)r. John
II tu, ‘ Hontherp Society.
,,w ' "h>8e" unit picked up
‘K.S2S of J™JV underneath. It announc'd
d^tsT'MnS" 1 '" 1 1,1 ,he «*•
{Mf'inge coimidenco. Isn't It?
lolV. lo “IH-cch he referred Iniigli-
, the liiti- Samuel Spencer," Inti-
Southern trains were always
dreatncsl'by his jienrers.* pr ° pUc,,c W “ uot
SPENCER'S SON NOT
FAR FROM THE WRECK.
Herbert B. Spencer, sixth vies presi
dent of the Southern and son of Presl-
aent Samuel Spencer, passed through
Atlanta Wednesday afternoon en route
to \\ ashlngton, and it la expected that
h, £. t L aJ . n waa not * ar from the wreck In
which bis father was killed Thursday
morning.
Vice President ifpencer came into At-
lantA from the West and was en rijute
to Washington on business. It is
thought that lie expected to meet-his
father Thursday somewhere In Virginia
before proceeding on to Washington.
CILLETTESAYS
HE PLANKED
10 WED CIBL
HAPPY GROUP OF CHILDREN WATCHING THE CROWD.
All dayTY^dneaday the b/g corner window at the Charnberlln-Johnson-DuBose Company waa the center of
a crowd. The children of the Home for the Friendless were In the window until late In the afternoon. . J. Lee
Barnes, who ‘spieled” at the corner, drew many a dollar from the pockets of passers-by.
COUNSEL AND JUR Y
REPLY TO COURT’S
REMARKS ON VERDICT
Counsel for J. H. Crutchfield and the foreman of the Jury which ac
quitted Crutchfield Wednesday after noon are indignant at the remarks
made to the Jury by Judge Roan Thursday morning. They have Issued
statements In which they declare that the verdict was according to law
and was Justified by the evidence.
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JURIES OF FUTURE
IletilNMi It. Artiohl nml Van A*l«»r Batrhe-j II. F. MH'ouiit*||. n lending irerehaut siM
(’4>mis«d for J. if. Crutchfield* gave out ! buitiuess man of the city, foreman of the
tin* following stntemeut to the pro
“We hive tho gn'tttest respect for Judge
Honn, who is in every Way n model Judge,
hut we (hfuk he made n mistake nnd Iran-
scencd his authority when he undertook to
rfttefse ilitf verdfet of this Jury -Ju 'open the pitiful spectacle of
Window Full of Chil
dren Drew Crowds
‘ All Day.
Herkimer, N. Y. f Nov. 29.—When
Court opens tomorrow morning it is
highly probable that Chester Gillette,
on trial charged with the murder of'hla
sweetheart, Grace Brown, will be sub
jected to a searching cross-examina
tion. f
Gillette was on the witness stand in
his own defense yesterday afternoon at
6 o’clock, when Judge Devendorf ad
journed court over. Thanksgiving. At
that time the district attorney was
firing questions at the prisoner, and
Gillette was evidently confused.
Gillette Becomes Exhausted.
He started out bravely enough to tell
his story to the jury, but as the day
wore along he became exhausted and
his voice rtropiicd lower and lower until
his counsel had to ask him to speak
louder, so that the Jurors could hear
him.
.When the district atloVney asked Gil
lette point blank: “Didn’t you kill that
girl?” the prisoner said “No.” with em
phasis.
Gillette said he and Grace Brown had
never spoken of marriage. He assert
ed that in none of the letters she had
written him did he sec evidences that
the girl wanted him to marry her. Then
he testified that he left Cortland to
wed her.
He Wanted to Tell.
He said he and Miss Brown had been
talking about what they had better do.
He said he hud told the girl it wns
not wise to continue as they had, and
suggested that her parents be told of
her condition.
“She said she was afraid to tell her
people, and I said I would tell her fa
ther, and that the necessity of doing
so,” said the prisoner. “Then she stood
up In the boat and threw herself Into
the lake.”
8ayt 8he Leaped Overboard.
The ride on the lake, he said, had
been a pleasant one, up to the moment
they began the discussion of what was
best to do about telling her folks of
her condition. Then, he said, she Hung
herself overboard without final appeal
or a farewell word.
Hearts, that could not be touched by
the sight Wednesday in one of the big
windows of the Chamber!In-Jolfnson-
DuBose Company were surely v hearts
of stone.
And purses that were not loosened
by that sight were those of stony
hearted persons.
For there, Just ns innocent as could
be, entirely Ignorant of the sad circum
stances and conditions that placed
them there, were fifteen or more little
tots—Inmates of the Home for the
Friendless.
These little tots, to whom the care
of a loving mother was a strange thing,
drew crowds, big crowds, and of those
who stopped and saw them few Indeed
there were who did not move toward
the box at the corner of Whitehall and
Hunter streets and drop a coin in to
help these tots along.
For what could a Thanksgiving day
be with the thought that you might
have helped give these little waifs a
boost in life and didn't?
All day long these crowds watched
at the windows, and all day long the
coin? dropped In that box.
Lee Barnes as “Spitler.”
To keep the people in these crowds
from forgetting the money part of the
proposition, J. Lee Barnes, proprietor
of the Aragon hotel, stood at this box
from, morning mntll-night and the talk
he gave was a good one.
“Everybody’® got sympathy for these
tots,” lie would say, “but it’s not sym
pathy they want They want money.
They m**d it. M They "don't need'sym
pathy.”
This talk did the work. Every mo
ment or two a coin would be deposited
in tho box, and some of these coins
were dollars and some of the contribu
tions were made of paper with large
figures engraved upon them. Those
with fat purses Just couldn’t help loos
ening up.
It was money well spent. For out In
the Home for tho Friendless at 226
Highland avenue a good work is being
done, and Atlanta couldn’t do without
that home now. True, it has been a
hard struggle tho good ladles who or
ganised it hud for some years to keep
it going. But they have made good,
and many a child has been kept from
the runks of crime by the influence
of the home.
Many a poor mother, too, has* been
given a lift and had her children, taken
car© of at the home until, she got on
her feet and waa able to take car© of
them. Many a little waif—left on a
door atep possibly—has found a home
there, with tender hands to care for it
until some child-loving people adopted
it.
FEARFUL THANKSGIVING DAY;
MRS. YOUNG WAITS IN DREAD
OF ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS NOTE
With three more days of lifo left to
.her according to the letter she received
last Thursday, Mrs. W. H. Young spent
her Thanksgiving day beside tho tire
In her parlor, fully expecting more do
velopments in the mysterious problem
which she has nnked the police to solve
for her.
Each knock at the door brought bet;
to her feet with quickened pulse, and
before the door was opened, a glance
through the curtains was made to see
whether or not the caller was a ]>ost-
man bearing another letter with
death sentence.
All day long Mrs. Young was
pectlng another letter. When the facts
in this most mysterious case were told
exclusively In The Georgian Wednes
day afternoon, the victim of this plot
felt certain that the assassin scheming
to take her life would take another step
toward carrying out the terrible threat.
“You will be murdered before ten
days.”
# Counting the Hours.
Those words kept ringing In Mrs.
Young’s ears, and try as she would, she
could not keep from counting the days
—even the hours—-until Sunday,' when
tho sentence, of death according to the
letter would be carried out.
She;wbuld laugh to herself and say;
she, was foolish for placing faith In
an anonymous note which contained
such dreadful words, and for a time
she would forget the whole thing.
But not for long. A knock at the door
or any unusual sound would again
cause the remembrance of tho letter
- to pass through her mind.
Negroes Greatly Exeited.
The news of the Black Hand methods
employed to strike terror to Mrs.
Young’s heart spread with great
rapidity among negroes In the neigh
borhood and Wednesday night and
Thursday dozens of negroes in the
vicinity, asked Mrs. Young whether or
not she suspected them. Each and every
one of them assured her that they
bothered with the business of none but
themselves.
One of the first to call Thursday
morning bn Mrs. Young was her wash
er woman, an ante-bellum negro, and
with tears in her eyes she asked the
victim of the plot whether or not she
was suspected. Some of the negroes
In the neighborhood told this old wom
an she was suspected of sending the
letters and It was not until Mrs. Young
reassured her that she felt satisfied.
But while many negroes told Mrs.
Young tho letters were an outrage and
they had nothing to do with their send
ing, there was one negro woman who
said nothing. In fact, she was not seen
by Mrft. Young but once, and ns soon
seen she quickly, withdrew Into her
house.
Then, too. It is reported by some of
the neighbors that his negro woman
came to her home late Wednesday
night in a closed hack.
Mother’s Strange Dreams.
Although she paid no attention to It
at the time, Mrs. Young now remem
bers a letter she received from her
mother In Statesboro a day or two ago
nnd in that letter the mother told of
peculiar dreams she was having.
This letter told of fear for Mrs.
Young’s life and said the mother has
been repeatedly warned In dreams that
an attempt was to be made on her
daughter’s life. Thursday morning
Mrs. Young mentioned this letter, but
cvep though her every action betrayed
nervousness, she. declared the letter
from her nioCher to be nothing more
than a mere coincidence.
Friends Flock to.Her,
, After It became, known ..that Mrs.
Young had been'sirigled out by assas
sins using Black Hand methods, several
friends who knew her In Statesboro
called at her home and offered to assist
her in tarty manner. Home urged hereto
uso the greatest caution nnd advlsod
her to leave Atlanta for a while and
visit her people at $tatesboro. This,
howover, Mrs. Young bravely declined
to do and she said If anypne wanted
her life, all she could do would be to
give It up.
A feature of the case which Mrs.
Young did not think to mention until
Thursday is that both letters were
mailed at the same time. Both were
mailed at 10 o’clock at night, and the
first one came by special delivery mes
senger. The other—tho one with the
death sentence—arrived in. tho morn
ing.
The police are .still at work on the
case, but so far huve been unable to gst
any clew.
Jury in tin* (•ruMitl.Iil «•«*»•, gave ont tbs
following statement:'
• I was foreman *»f llio Jury which found,
flu* vmlli*t of ‘not guilty' (u the Crutch- 4
fluid rase. While nil men nr** human anil
woman (
court. The Judge bus no more right to ( nml two young children left penniless anil
-rittclse tin? verdict of the Jury tliun tin*! no one to provide for their Wants would
Jury would have to criticise the Hrnrge of (almost <ip|H>nl to u mint of atone, I feel It
court. Kaeh baa Its separate function to mjr duty, lu view of tho adverse criticism of
perform. This Jury had Sovereign JurfsdJc the presiding Judge, to say that ttie Jury
tlon over the finds of the ease. They hud i to a iniiu agreed that no such eomUdsratiou
abundant evidence u|s>n which to acquit.; should enter into our deliberations.
Mr. Crnti-liUflri. The state did not have it “We were sworn to render n verdict nr-j
Mingle eye-witness to tho shooting. The two j cording t«* the evidence and the law, Tha
persons who claimed to have seen the last f Judge charged us the law, that wo muse
part of It were in hopeless conflict as to I he couviuc«*4l by tin* ovldauce beyond a reo-
whether any blow was stricken Mrs.! aonable doubt of the guilt of tne acousmi
” t'rutchfleld. Airs, j before we could Iind him guilty. Tho state-
mm * *nii to J meat of the defendant as to how tho shoot-
• <ht j Ing happened, coupled with tho* ttstl-
nu assea ms acquittal, mo was |
Indue to didernilnc trhnthnt- (*rti
field
Mrs. ('rutchflehl nnd the two little children I did uot produce n single eye-witness to thtv,
would have been left lu a destltuto comll- shooting, nnd the Jury considered that they
tlon hud Crutchthdil Iwen locked tip in the could not, under their oaths, supply tho evi-i
penitentiary. The people who Were cbtfU- j (fence which was lacking. The r<\-u-onahl+~<
oclng to have rrttfchfleld convicted wen* 1 ««•** snd plausibility of tho defendant’s,
not willing to supnort this helpless woman | statement, coupled with the lack of erl-
uud these two chfldreu. What « mockery deuce on the part of the atute, brought nat
have beau g| ** Urig *- — —
- . mltcntlnr.
leave these helpless
Crutchfield has always taken goml cure of
his funtlly nnd provided well for them.
Good Men on Jury.
“The Jury which trie*! this ense wns com
posed of good men. They were not Influ
enced by putdlc clamor, but they hail tin-
courage to do iheir duty. lVe very rntteh
fear that, lust cad of this verdict having the
effect to encourage crime, ns Judge llonn
Intimates, the criticism of the Jury by
Judge Honu will have the effect of intimi
dating Juries for weeks nnd months to come
in this county, and intimidating them to
such an extent,that Innocent men cannot
get Justice. We think the Jury was entitled
to protection when It acted upon the evl-
dence And In this case the Jury not only
had abundant evidence to base their ver-
diet of acquittal upon, hut there wns
really no evldeuco Introduced by the state
to contradict it. It would have been non*
atrous to convict this man with hl« wife,
who was the Injured party, and hla two
helnlojM children pleading for Ids acquittal.
It Is an extreme hardship for a business
man to servo on a Jury and do his duty us
It wotih! have been to lock Crutchfield up
in the penltcntinry for several years and
these lie!pier
quickly to our verdict.
“We have done our plain duty at w® saw
it. and I speak for ovary member of the
Jury. It la poor encouragement and In-,
cell five to a business man to quit hi®
business at great personal sacrifice, and
thea be subjected to* criticism for the hon-j
eat discharge of the duty Imposed upoai
him by law.
“Tho verdict at least receives the plaudit
am! the approval of onr consciences. W*
would find It again upon the same evidence^'
though we confess wo would not relish a]
second admonition from the court.”
best he can, and then get lectured by tbef
within hla province. If it Is —
which a new trial can be granted, let the
grant a new trial, hut If It Is a esse
. .. ... ( juHsT
which he has no Jurisdiction, as Jn tbl:
to, hi? ought to respect an act of the
Jury Just ns much ns he would a decision
of the supreme court, or any other tribunal
trial Is that Crutchfield has not even „
speaking acquaintance with a member of
tbls Jury.”
JUDGE ROASTS JURY
ON CRUTCHFIELD VERDICT
Continu.d From Pag. On*..
New York, Nov. 29.—One of tile It ret
things brought out when the trial of
George Burnham, Jr„ for the larceny of
37,600, wan resumed In the supremo
court, criminal branch, wan the etatc-
ment Hint 340,000 was paid In 1898 by
Frederick A. Burnham, president of th-i
.Mutual Reserve Life Inauranco Com
pany, which wan then tho Mutual Re-
eerve Ae.irclntlon, to Lou Payne, for
mer Mate puperintendent of Insurance,
Horn, for Friendl..., •
At present there are In the home
about 86 children, ranging In ago from
two weeks to 17 yeare. They come and
go, but they never go while they need a
lift. They are never turned out to
shift for themselves unless they are
capable of doing so. And even If they
are, tile good ladles of the home keep
•-) touch with them and see that they
et assistance if they need It. They
re nursed If little tots, and It older
rey arc educated, and all are well fed
nd clothed.
One of the children now in the homo
was reared from infancy, and Is now
being educated by the home. Miss A.
T. Mitchell, the matron of the home,
was with the children in the big show
window Wednesday, and she saw that
they received every attention.
While there was a crowd of these
Children In the window nil day, differ
nt ones were placed there from time
to time, so that they would not become
tired, and they seemed to enjoy it. The
crowds looking In ut them, crowds thut
packed the sidewalk and made naviga
tion dlllleult, seemed to amuse them.
It was something like an outing to
Cl7 Y GIVES THANKS
FOR YEAR OF PLENTY
•f the alleged banquet t
as sus
talned by Justice Qresntmuni.
In order that the company might make
a report showing that It was in 8 0o< U them'\\nd. then, the pretty things they
*hape. .... saw In that big store! The toy* caught
William Rand, Jr., counsel for }hei ;i of every now and then when
Burnhams, objected to thejmroductlon j tb * at the p ao k of the window
.1— . ■ - would Is* opened were sights enough to
make joy leap Into their young hearts.
They didn't know why they were
there, rand Atlanta' purses should not
bo so tight that their presence there
whs' necessary. Hut even though those
contributions were not thought of until
the poor, little faces were seen peering
out through the glass windows or the
little feet dancing about Inside the
window, Atlanta people who did see
enme across with the money.
Yes, It wus a sight to Inject pity anil
a desire to help Into the stoniest of
hearts.
Boston. Nov. 29.—It Is feared that
the yacht Kingdom, rallying the Rev.
Frank W. Sanford and thirty of his
EXPRESS CO. ROBBED
OF $3,000 AT NOLA
Front the homblest snd poorest to the
richest nml most prominent of Atlanta's
people Tliurwliy was n day of rejoicing,
feasting anil thanksgiving.
Everybody hail something to he thankful
for. Grouches were few Indeed snd the few
who had a grouch couldn't keep It.when
mingling with others. They were sure to
have the spirit of Joy and thankaglrlng lu-
Jeeted Into their hearts.
hike Mrs. tviggs of the Cnbbsge I’steb,
the poor of Atlanta figured It ont that
things might hnve been worse, snd for that
reason them should be rcasoti to be thank
ful.
Good dinners there were In nliundam-e.
and hundreds there were who had the beat
dinner of the year Thursday. If anybody
weut hungry It wns not known, for any
one with the price of a dinner left over
would have gladly I or rust It loose to help
somebody leas fortunate. That a the way
Thanksgiving day makes a g'aid Atlantan
**Ali over the city it was a day of rejoicing
and feasting and enjoyment and thanksgiv
ing. Home folks hit the trail at the break
of day with guus amt dogs, bent upon till
ing game bags, others there were who
ninteuted themselves with rcmaluliig at
home around cheerful dresldes with families .
until the dinner bell sounded, when turkeys (giving day la being
and good old-fashioned trimmings were de- mere were special
retired so - thoroughly that there waan t ,. hllrrhf , , hl „ mnrn
enough left to make hash for supper.
Thanksgiving at Churchas.
Still others there were who observed tbe
day like the Purkalia of old anil visited the
vnrlous churches where Thanksgiving day
services were held anil then* gave thanks
to Him from whom all blessings flow.
Special services with .musical features
were carried out, and feeling lietter for
having given thanks, hundreds of Atlantans
journeyed to their homes to spend the Iml
the poor. The stores were closed In
the afternoon.
Two games of football are being
played between the Grant University
and Twelfth cavalry teams and the
High School and McCallle School
teams.
The Chattanooga Golf Club picked
teams are playing on the local links.
SERVE TURKEY DINNER
TO HUN8VILLE POOR.
Special to The Georgian.
Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 29.—Thanks
giving services were held today at the
First Cumberland church, Rev. R. 8.
Gavin, the nctv pastor of the First Bap
tist church, preaching the sermon.
The Union Charities arc distributing
clothing among the pom' nnd hunts
men are enjoying themselves In the
quail and squirrel regions. Turkey
tnent nnd other good things to eat are
pletnllul throughout the city.
:ti|tir*-s>4 wan iNIrrmi by Iter. Hr. Wicker,
tho noted Bouton eraogelUt.
SiM-t-Ial #**rv|4*4** wen* nliM> n<*lu at tht*
('ahltol Avenu** Bapilut chun b. when* short
Thanksgiving day »ihlre**e* were made bjr
l»r. Jtillen Uodfem, Dr. J. K. Vsov. robin**!
W. W. Dnlnea and T. A. Teawlah*. There
was al*° an excellent mualeal program.
Io xeveml other ehurrbe*. too. there ——
large
flTonleV to - give employee* an upportuultjr
enjoy themxelre*. most i»f the stores and
followers In the Holy Ghost and United
States Society, front Boston to Pales
tine. lias foundered. The Kingdom
was an old b.trk, known as the Rebec
ca t YouelJ, which hnd been used In ...
the merchant service before being j hu»lne** bvu*«*s elo****! at l
bought last summer. bn If-holiday waa general. T
At the local headquarter* of the sei’L an 11
‘the elder in charge. Mr. Spence, denied l f” r .
! the report.- and said he had recently
; heart I from some of the party In Joppa.
I He would not suy who had written and
■ would not give date*.
UNION 8ERVICE8
HELD AT CHURCHE8.
Montgomery. Ala., Nov. 29.—Thanks.
observed here and
services at many
churches thl* morning and there will
be more tonight. The lurgest congre
gation wbm at the First Baptist church,
where there wiw a union service, and the
Thanksgiving sermon was preached by
Dr. Bailey, acting pastor of the First
Presbyterian church.
There whs practically nothing doing
at the capltoi and city building today.
IN CITV STREET
ti».
Hock uud
hank* went
nt open their
>|hm-Ih| to The Georgian.
lui-ksmt. Miss.. Nov- 29.--The fcrtithrru
Ltpress office nt Sola, hi south Missis-
'•1*1*1. mas roMsHl last night of |3,0&V The
Ail It
safe was kniM-kc
titer, stolen from u l*bH-k«nitli uliup.
thief escaped on s horse, which u.i*
In the neighborhood*
CHATTANOOGA OB8ERVE8
THANKSGIVING DAY.
K|M><-fuf to The Georgian.
Chattunooga. Tenn.. Nov. 29.—
i,„„ i TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION Thanksgiving day la Iwtn* ip m-rally
The MTBAYKD FIB HI I^T LEE NT.. WfiXT f observed In this city. AM the c hurches
toU-n I mum colored Jcrwjr com. Bernard; held services and nil the charitable in-
'if returned.
.tiiutbm* gave big turkey dinners to weapon*.
Chicago, Nov. 29.—One man was
shot to death and four were seriously
Injured In n desperate battle with re
volver* early today, following a wed
ding ceremony In a house on Western
avenue.
John Janla received a revolver bul
let In the head, dying Instantly. More
than 50 shots were fired by friends of
the murderer at the police.
When the police reached the house
n urrlfh* butt in was in progress In
which m -re than a score of
engaged with kltiv
the eonditislon that ybu did. I am glad
to hear that you were pot influenced
by sympathy.”
Hill Is Satisfied;
Colonel Hill said lie had no J quarrel
with the jury.
"They had tho right," he aald. “to
find the verdict they did, If they be-
lleved It wee an accident. It seemed,
however, to be a Jury easily and pro
foundly Influenced by accident. I do
not question the honesty of the Jury,
but 1 do not see how It could have
been an accident, when two shots were
fired, one lick made over the head that
required three etltches to fix up and
when the husband left the scene Imme
diately after the trouble without of.
ferlng any attention to his wife,"
Mr. Hill said he thought that Reuben
Arnold's statement that Mrs. Crutch
field said the shooting was an accident
Influenced the Jury. The foreman, how
ever, said the jury discussed that point,
but they found their verdict on the
ground of the range of the shot.
Judgf Roan, then declared Crutch
field wae a free man and court was
adjourned. Crutchfield manifested much
Joy over hla acquittal.
Verdict Came Late.
J. H. Crutchfield, charged with as
sault with Intent to murder hie wife,
Mrs. Halite L. Crutchfield, was given
a verdict of "not glulty" late Wodnea.
day afternoon by the Jury which tried
his case before Judge Roan In the
criminal branch of the superior court.
The caie went to the jury about 4
o'clock after Instructions by Judge
Roan, . Tfiey made .their decision In
about, an hour and a half. Judge
Roan ‘ retired from the court room
about 6. o'clock and Itft word for ono
of the bailiffs In his court to receive
the verdict. The Jury accordingly re
ported to one of the officers at 5:30
o'clock.
Crutchfield was removed from the
court room at 6 o'clock. He waa con
fident of acquittal and left word to call
him up at the Tower ae soon as a
verdict was reached.- Van Astor
Batchelor, one of the prisoner's attor
neys, lingered at the court room until
the decision of the Jury was received,
when he notified his client. Crutch
field took the menage with much Joy.
declaring that he could now spend a
real Thanksgiving, as a result of Ms
acquittal.
Charge to Jury.
In Ills Instructions to the Jury, Judge
Roan stated that the prisoner might
be found guilty of three rrimm on the
bill of Indictment. If the Jury believ
ed he .shot Mrs. Crutchfield with intent
to kilt her, then they should nnd the
prisoner guilty of. assault, with Intent
to murder: hut If the evidence, showed
heralId. not Intend to kill her, but only
to Injure her, the Jury would he au
thorised to Unit Crutchfield guilty of
shbotlng ut nnother. If, on the evi
dence, ;the Jury did not think this
charge ..was warranted, they might flnd
defendant guilty of ‘assault nnd bat
tery. It there was a reasonable doubt
In. their minds as to the defendant’s
being guilty of any of these charges,
the Jury might acquit the prisoner.
All of the evidence In the case wae
In before 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon. The argument of counsel was
then begun. Van AstoY Batchelor
opened the argument tor the prisoner,
ami was followed by Solicitor General
Hill, for the prosecution.
Argument For State.
Colonel (fill argued that Crutchfield
went to the hoUse where Mrs. Crutch*
Held was staying with u Winchester
murder her. He declar.
ed the statement of the prisoner was
ntirely false. The prisoner was not
egulred by law to make his state-
asms under oath, Colonel Hill said,
hairs and other [and Crutchfield merely concocted the
theory that the gun which shot Mrs.
CrutchfleU. wen. off by accident, for
the purpose of clearing himself. He
said he did not blatne Crutchfield very
much for concocting such a story. It
was a natural thfng for the prisoner to
do.
Colonel Hill then reviewed the testi
mony of tho witnesses.
Mrs. Annie Barnett, 26 Luckle
street, swore on the stand that Crutch
field hod declared to her that he was
going to shoot his wife's legs off. L.
A. Baldwin, who lives across the street
from Mrs, Crutchfield, gave evldenco
that Just after the lost shot was Itrod.
of which he saw the Hash, Crutchfield
went away from the house toward
Alice street. Witness said that ho went
across to Mrs. Crutchfield's home; h*
found her lying on the floor of thn
front hall, bleeding profusely. He said
that when Mrs. Crutchfield wae placed
on a bed a few minutes afterwards,
she declared "It wss a low down, cow
ardly act" W. H. Baldwin, who had
Crutchfield arreeted, said he saw the
flash of the last shot nnd then saw
Crutchfield strike Mrs. Crutchfield otg.
the head with one end of the gun. |
“Would Hive Been Murder.” I
If Mrs. Crutchfield hnd died from the!
wounds which Crutchfield inflicted.,
Colonel Hill argued, he would certalnlj-
have been guilty of murder, and If the
wounds which might have produced
murder did not result In death. It would'
certainly be an Intent to murder. His ■
declarations to Mrs. Barnett showed i
that he Intended shooting Mrs. Crutch
field. If Crutchfield did not Intend
killing Mrs. Crutchfield, If tho shooting
waa an accident. Colonel Hill declared,
why did Crutchfield, Immediately after
the ahots were fired, leave hla wife ly
ing on the floor bleeding profusely, and
In what, for all he knew, might he a
dying condition?
Tho argument tor the prisoner was
closed by Reuben Arnold. Mr. Arnold
argued that there was certainly no In
tent to murder Mrs. Crutchfield, for
Crutchfield had every opportunity to
do so If he had been possessed with
such Intention. There was no one there
to hinder him. If he had wanted to kill
Mrs. Crutchfield, all he would have had
to do was to place the gun against hot
brains and blow them out The evi
dence. he said, showed that the gun
was pointed down when the shots wers
fired, as Dr. J. N. Harris testified th*
range of the shot was downward. Hs
reviewed the troubles through which
Crutchfield claimed his wlfo had
dragged him and his two little hoys,
and declared that Crutchfield had a
perfect right, knowing how Immorally
his wife was acting before the boys, to
go to the place to shield his children
from such disgrace. Crutchfield, he
said, waa possessed of an Insane love
for Mrs. Crutchfield. Hearing that one
of her men friends was at the place
with her,' he had done as any other *
manly man would have done, gone to
the house to prevent further ill-grace
to his sons.
Argument wae finished about 4
o'clock, after which Judge Roan
charged the Jury. In an hour and a
half the jury brought In lu verdict, an
announced In late editions of The Geor
gian. The verdict came as a surprise
to many who had lingered around the
court room to hear the Jury'e decision.
ROME EXPRESS
W. and A. R. R.
Commencing Sunday, November 13.
the Western and Atlantic railroad
will re-establish the "Romo Express,’*
train leaving Atlanta 5:10 p. m. dally,
arriving Romo 7:56 p. m. Returning,
leave Rome at 7:00 a. m.. arriving At
lanta 9:45 a. m. Tbla train takes tho
place of the Marietta Accommodation.
The Marietta Aec ommodatlon, here
tofore leaving Atlanta 13:10 p. m. trill
lie discontinued. . i
CHARLES E. HARMAN,
General Pasenger Agent