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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. 11 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