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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
MONDAY, DECEMIiKK 3, Ifr
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NEGRO KILLED SUNDAY
BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF
SLAYERS OF JIM HEARD
John Anderson Kills
One and Wounds
Another. ~
As the result gf a row Sunduy night
shortly gfter 6 o’clock at the home of
John D. Anderson, a negro, 49 Wal
lace street, Anderson shot and killed
Arthur Asbury, a negro, and danger
ously wounded his brother, Ernest As
bury.
Thf Asbury. .brothers were regarded
by the police as bad characters, and,
after his arrest, Anderson declared they
had both boasted to him of having been
In the crowd of negroes that shot and
killed County Policeman James Heard,
In Brownsville, during the riot. John
Asbury, another brother, who Is
thought to be In Memphis, was ac
cused of assassinating Policeman Carl
Mills, In Whitehall street. In August,
1898, but was acquitted. Anderson
says the Asbury negroes had also
boasted that John really did kill Of
ficer Mills, but that It could not be
proven.
Anderson protests that he acted
Sunday night purely In self-defense.
Anderson's wife and the Asbury broth-
tors are related, and Anderson found
them at his home Sunday night, both
intoxicuted, he says.
He states that the negroes started a
disturbance and that when he Inter
fered Arthur Asbury attacked him with
u knife, slashing his coat just over the
left breast. Anderson then seised a
revolver, he says, and pushed Asbury
away from him. Anderson says As
bury made a second advabce, and that
he then shot him. He says that Ernest
Asbury also made a % movement as
though to attack him, at which he shot
him.
Arthur Asbury was shot In the lower
part of the neck, the bullet cutting the
JuRular vein. He bled to death within
a short time. Ernest Asbury was shot
twice in the abdomen and once In the
left arm. He Is In the Grady hospital
Hnd denies the story told by Anderson.
After shooting the two brothers An
derson summoned both the police and
the hospital ambulance. He said he
thought he was cut himself until after
his arrest. He was taken Into custody
by Bicycle Policemen Brftnnan, Norris,
Coker and Doyle.
Anderson is a porter at the shop of
the waterworks near the Tech school.
APPOINTMENTS REID
IN S, GA. CONFERENCE
Continued from Page One.
MAJOR WALTZ GOES
TO WAR COLLEGE
Major Millard P. Walt*, formerly with
the Department of the Qulf in Atlanta,
and who was assigned to the general
Juis been appointed secretary of
tne war college In Washington.
General Barry, who was formerly
head of the Department of the Gulf
here. Is president of the war college.
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Reynolds, E. E. Gardner,
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THE RENTING AGENT,
13 Anlmrn Avenue.
Both Phone 611.
Baconton circuit, c. \V. Jordan.
Horton circuit, N. T. Pattord.
Attapulgu. circuit, M. VV. Carmi
chael.
Pavo Circuit—Reese, GrRTln.
Brinson and Ml.alon, E. E. Rose and
Elijah Morrl. supply.
Hlllton circuit. D. B. MerrltL
Metcalf circuit, W, C. Embry - , .upply.
Hold Spring circuit, J. IV. Hlnea, .up
ply.
Grndy circuit, J. U Funderbuck, sup
ply.
Falrcloth circuit. 8. E. Grenfell.
Facevllle circuit, J. TV. Wells, sup
ply.
Thoinasvllle mission, O. S. Smith.
Secretary of tho Young People's De
partment, of the board of missions, Ed.
F. Cook.
Field secretary of the conference
Sunday school board, H. C. Jones.
McRae District.
E. F. Morgan, presiding elder.
.McRae, J. TV. Domingos.
Helena and Sumter City, J. W. .Wes.
ton.
Jacksonville, E. A. Sanders.
Abbeville and Mission, TV. T. Stew
art. •
Eastman, B. S. Sentell.
Alamo, H. C. Fentress.
Mt. Vernon, TV. C. Glenn,
llazlehurst and Mission, S. A. Hearn.
Springfield, C. C. Hines.
Rhine, J. B. Stewart, supply.
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Baxley circuit, H. C. Erwing.
Surrency, J. TV. H. Hunter, supply.
Rledsvllle and Shiloh, J. S. Jordan.
Hagan and Claxton, TV. M. Blltcli.
Glenvllle, Guy D. Moses.
Altamaha, F. A. Ratcliff.
Lyons and Collins, S. TV. Brown.
Ohoopee, C. E. Pharr.
Belleville, P. H. Crumpler.
Cobbtown, C. T. Buckley, supply.
Chauncey, T. D. Strong.
Valdosta District.
H. M. Morrison, presiding elder.
Valdosta Station, M. A. Morgan,
i Remerton Mission, TV. S. Heath.
Lake Park "circuit, U. P, Fain.
Quitman, T. M. Christian.
Morven circuit. Paul Kendall.
Hahlra circuit, J. F. Yancey.
Mllltown circuit, J. C. G. Broox.
Moultrie, J. H. Mathes.
Moultrie Mission, supplied tty Walter
Williams.
Norman Park circuit, J. D. Mathews.
Norman Park Mission, to bo sup.
plied.
Sparks and Nashville, J. T. Ryder.
Sparks Mission, J. F. Yancey.
Adel circuit, TV. G. Allabln.
Tlftoa, E. M. Whiting.
Humnec, G. P. Hendry.
Sylvester. TV. L. Wright.
Doerun, H. G. Graves.
Parkersvllle, D. L. Lastinger.
Ashburn, R. E. Bailey.
Ashburn Mission, to be supplied
Sycamore Mission, I* B. McMIchael,
Alapalia circuit, J. C. Grlner.
Huiucrvlllc circuit, A. B. Wall.
Sparks College Institute, (
Woodward.
Waycress District.
J. B. McGhee, presiding elder.
Wnycroes First church, J. A. Har
mon.
TVnycrnss. Trinity, B. E Whittington.
City Mission, J. TV. Lilly.
Nichols circuit. L. R. Kelly.
Douglas, L. A. Hill.
Broxton. Thomas V. Drake.
Ambrose Mission, R. F. Owens, sup
ply.
Jesup, H. c. Brewton.
LASTRAY OF HOPE FOR RAWLINS
DIES WITH GOVERNOR’S REFUSAL
Crime One of Most
Terrible in History
of Georgia.
TWO SONS MAY'FOLLOW
OLD FATHER TO SCAFFOLD
Unleu the prison commission interferes In Its special meeting Thurs
day, Milton and Jesse Rawlins will follow their father to the gallows on
Friday.
Apparently the commission has awaited until the eleventh hour to de
cide in order that an opportunity may be given for any confession Tues
day by J. Q. Rawlins or the negro, Alf Moore.
Old Man Rawlins has steadfastly contended that his boys played no
part fn the tragedy. Alf Moore has as firmly contended all the time
1 Jesse were present and aided In the butchers* of the Car-
that Milton and . _ ,
ter children. Nothing ha* moved him from that position.
. Will the shadow of death wring words from him that may mean life
to thc t boys? i
OLD MAN RA WLINS PREACHES
SERMON FROM JAIL WINDOWS;
OLD MOTHER WON’T COME
JOHN R. COOPER,
attorney who has fo
hard for J. G. Rawlins' I
OfTerman Mission, L. U. Pe.plcs.
Rluckshear, G. O. N. MacDon.ll.
Atkinson Mission. R. B. Rom.
Whlteoak and Woodbine, E. L. Pad-
rick. .. „ . _ _
St. Mary', and Klngstend, J. E. Sum-
Folkston and mission, TV. T. Clark.
Htiiexvllle. J. N. Tippetts.
VVIllacoochee, Oeorge P. Rlvl.re.
Pearson Mission, M. Booth,
TVareaboro, B. C. Prlckett.
Guy.tr and ml.alon, D. F. Mile, and
on« to be supplied-
Darien and Ludowicl, R. R. Norman.
Brunswick, Find church. • Robert
Kerr. ... . ,,
Brunswick, McKcndreo, J. tt. Sim
mons.
Brunswick
supply.
Mission. M. C. Austin,
Student to Vanderbilt, O. K. Hop
kins.
Dublin District.
Dublin, W. F. Smith. Georg* C.
Thompson, supernumerary.
Dublin Mission. J. L. Scruggs, sup-
By PAUL E. WILKES.
Valdosta, Go., Dec. 3.—Never before
In the history of Lowndes county were
the people so stirred to a high pitch
of fury as when news reached Valdos
ta on the morning of June 13, 1003,
that on the night before assassins had
aurrounded the bouse of W. L. Carter,
some ten miles In the country, and
had shot down in cold blood his two
children, Willie and Carrie.
And when more details of the crime
became known this fury increased. The
people of Lowndes demanded that the
murder of these children be avenged.
They wanted the guilty parties caught,
and they were In a state of feeling
to deal awlft Justice to them when they
were caught. ■
Evidence aa to who committed the
crime was soon forthcoming. W. L.
Carter, father of the. children whose
lives were snuffed out by assasslps'
bullets, came to town and the story he
told led to the arrest of three sons of
Carter's neighbor end bitterest enemy,
1th a negro, Alf Moore.
Special to The Georgian.
Valdosta, On., Dec. 3.—J. G. Rawlins,
Lowndes county's most noted prisoner,
delivered a regular sermon Sunday to
a large crowd of people who assembled
around the Jail. His cell overlooks the
street and he can see and easily con
verse with people standing on the aide-
walk end In the’street. The burden of
his remarks was a warning to young
men. In wblch he stressed the point
that mere goodness or morality would
not save them front the torturea of the
damned, that they must Join tho church
and be baptized. He spoke of the un
certainty of life, nnd said:
"I have only forty-eight hours to
live, but some of you standing out there
may not live even as long as that. But
If you live forty-eight years, or a hun
dred years, what does that amount to
compared with eternity? I ask you
eternity? That Is the question
of all questions, nnd you had better be
giving It your serious thought."
A number of ministers who have been
nttendlng the South Georgia confer
noon, accompant . ...
and a few of the brethren undertook
to minister spiritually to the con
demned men, but with absolutely no
success.
One brother asked hint: "Don’t you
believe that God Is merciful and will
leged wrongs done him by TV. L. Car
ter. the prosecuting attorney and other
officials connected with his trial, and
wound up by saying: "Now, If you
together will
The story of the feud which led up
to the killing Is a- long one and ex
tends back to a time when J. O. Raw
lins and his family lived In Coffee
county. He had for Ms neighbor there
TV. L. Carter, and a series of Inci
dents led to a bitter feeling between the
two.
Then Rawlins moved to Lowndes
county, near Valdosta, and It was not
long before he was doing well. He
owned his farm, bad a good house and
FJirnd* In the county he had
hundred, nnd many a time parties of
these friends would visit bis place and
these friends would visit bis place s
partake of his generous hospitality.
One day Rawlins found he had
new neighbor, and further Investigation
Ay.
Brewton, F. L Stokes.
Wrightsvllle circuit, TV. M. Cnnsey,
lupply.
Rlddleville, to be supplied.
Davtsboro, TV. A. Brooks.
Bartow. J. P. Dell.
IVadley, J. N. Pencock.
l-nulsvllle, TV. TV. Reals.
Adrian. C. G. Earnest.
Adrian circuit, TV. C. Davis.
Hwalnsboro, H. P. Myers.
Swatnsboro circuit, f. K. Chambers.
Rockledge. J. A. Sconyers, supply.
Vidal la circuit. A. TV. Rees.
Hllllmore, C. TV. 8nuw.
Bulloch Mission, R. S. Stewart.
Uraymont and Monte, V. P. Seville.
It. M. Wesley, supernumerary.
Garfield, E. C. Willis, supply.
Empire, A. P, Began*.
Dexter, J. P. Bross.
Cochran, J. P. Chat Reid.
Cedar Grove, C. C. Lowe, supply.
Mldvllle, T. B. Kemp.
Nannie Lou Warthen Institute, TV. F.
Qullllan, president.
cs," returned Rawlins, "I know God
merciful, but He will not save me
unless I get rid of the malice In my
heart and forgive those who have
wronged me, and I can't do that.
"1 Just want'to ask you a few ques
tions, minister,” he continued, and then
launched out Into a recital of the ah
showed him that this new neighbor was
his old Cofree county enemy, TV. L.
Carter.
Old Feud Renewed.
It was not long before they began
having trouble. The first clash came
when people to whom Rawlins leased
part of his land for turpentine pur
poses encroached on Carter's land. This
was followed by. other thlnge which
caused the bitter feeling to increase
and both men were constantly In court
with their disputes.
Both Rawlins nnd Carter were
preachers—Rawlins being connected
with the Baptist church and Carter
with the Methodist church. But It was
Rawlins who had the friends and the
Influence. His sons, Leonard, Milton
and Jesse, knew this, and In taking up
their father's fight with neighbor t’ar
give and forget
Knows the Bible,
Rawlins knows the Bible almost by
heart, and waa quick to combat the
pleas of the preachers with some pee
sage of Scripture which he contended
doomed him to eternal punishment. One
minister finally told him that If he be
lieved ns he said he did (the preacher)
thought, too, that he was eternally
lost.
Sheriff Passmore received a letter
yesterday from J. a. Rawlins’ aged
mother, who lives at Jacksonville. In
Telfair county. In reply to one he had
written at Rawlins' request. The mcih-
cr was acquainted with the day and
hour set for the execution of her son,
and was asked If ehe had any wishes
as to tho disposition of his body, or
desired to attend the execution.
She wrote that she waa so old and
so feeble and heart-broken that she
would not make the trip here. She In
structed the sheriff that If Rawlins'
wife did not carry the body to Coffee
county for Interment for the sheriff to
see that It was given a decent burial In
the cemetery here. Rawlins' mother
Is more than 80 years old.
Sheriff J. F. Passmore received a
message from Hahlra today informing
him at the sudden death of his brother,
Is a brother-in-law of Sheriff Pass-
more, of Lowndes county, and this
made the case all the more sensational
The arrest of Milton, Jesse and
Leonard Rawltne followed Immediately
and these arrest* were followed by that
of Alt Moore, the negro. Old man
J. G. Rawlins was In Valdosta the
nlglit of the killing and remarked to
Sheriff Passmore while In town that If
Carter and his family were burned I
death that night he would be charged
careful,
with the crime. He was very
too, to see several persona and have
the time noted In order to prove in
alibi.
Alf Moore's Confsssion.
After his arrest, the negro. Alf
Moore, made a full confession and de
clared old man Rawlins had hired him
to kill the Carter family and bad sent
his three sons with him to assist In the
Job. The negro said Rawlins told him
to kill Carter and his wife, set fire to
the house and as the children ran out
of the house to deal death to them.
According to his confession, neither he
nor Leonard fired a shot, but It showed
that the bloody work was done by Mil-
ton and Jesse.
Except for the statement made t>y
Carter that Tim McDonald and his son
were with the assassins, Alf Moore's
confession tallied wtlh what Carter
swore on the witness stand. The Mc
Donalds, however, were never Indicted,
although Carter's statement and that
of his family Implicated them.
When all these bloody details became
known the people demanded a speedy
trial and for a time It was feared that
the entire crowd would be lynched.
They were Indicted and tried at
special term of Lowndes superior court
In July, ltof- and convicted. Old man
J. G. Rawlins and his sons, Milton and
Jesse, and Alf Moore were sentenced
to hang. Leonard was recommended
to mercy by the jury and got a life
term In the pen.
Then It was that Attornsy John R.
Cooper, who haa made such a strenu
ous fight for the lives of Ills clients,
began his hard work to sagSitiism from
the noose. He appealed fhb'ckkes of
the father and three sons to the su-
1303. that tribunal affirmed the de
cision of the Lowndes superior court.
Attorney Cooper then sued out a writ
of error and carried the cases to the
United States supreme court In Wash
ington. That court affirmed the de
cision of the Georgia supreme court In
April, 1301, and once again the old man
and hla sons heard the sentence of
death passed upon them.
A Fight for Life.
But even then Attorney Cooper did
not give up hope. It was- old man
Rawlins himself who Came to his at
torney's rescue this time. He made a
confession. He admitted that he had
hired Alf Moore to kill Carter, but he
denied that the negro received instruc
tions to kill any other member of the
family, and h* denied, too, that hla
D. TV. Passmore, one of the leading cltl-
sena of the county. No dealle were
e was walking In his yard be had
fallen and died. The deceased was a
prominent farmer, and had served a
number of terms on the board of coun.
ty commissioners of thla county.
To protect himself Carter hod Rawlins
placed under a peace bond. This hap
pened a few days before the tragedy
for which Rawlins paid the death pen
alty and for which Milton and Jesse
are under death sentence and Leonard
to a life term In the pen.
Night of the Tragedy.
So thla was the condition of things
when on the night of June 13 Carter's
house was attacked. On that night he
heard a noise In Ms yard and the two
children who were killed went out >o
ascertain the cause. As they went Into
the yard a shot rang out in the still
night nnd Willis Carter fell to the
ground with a groan. His sister, Car
rie, ran to his side with a cry and as
she bent over her wounded brother
there were two more flashes, two more
their father's light with neighbor far- there were two more flashes, two more
ter, they depended on him to get them| h , d lhc . mtJe Rir , ftl , OV e r dead,
out of scrapes they might get Into. '
And he generally did.
with his nelghl
gain ground in public sympathy. Their
differences Increased and a scries of
squubbles. In which both Rawlins and
hla boys participated, resulted In war
rants being sworn out for the old man
and Ms sons. This was the stale of
affairs when. In the spring of 1303,
Carter was shot at from ambush and
FRENCH TRAINING SHIP
VI8ITING ORLEANS PORT.
Hpc-ial lu The (tcurxlan.
New Orleans, Dec. 3.—Tho French
training sblp.Duguay Trouln has ar
rived In port on a visit, coming from I “"as 7 rasuit of this attempt' on
when shot and Rawlins told
that he had at last killed Carter. He
said further that Carter hod been look.
Ing for him with a gun, but he shot him
ftret. ,
Carter was found where he fell, but
no gun was there. He told his side of
the story, which showed he had been
shot from ambush, and this caused
more of the friend* of Rawlins to de
sert him. They began to believe now
that he was determined to kill Ills en-
Santlago >le Cuba. The Trouln In- Carter's life, a warrant was sworn out
tended visiting Havana, but tile yellow against Rawlins charging him with a»-
fever there brought about a change In I aault with intent to murder. This only
tho plan* and the Cuban capital w.is j Increased Rawlins’ anger and he made
cut out of the list.
As these two shots were tired Carter
opened the door to call his children and
saw them. He taw assassins were at
tacking his family and he barricaded
the bouse. Some time later the wound
ed lad crawled to the door, begged ad
mittance nnd was dragged through. He
lingered through the night and died the
next morning.
It was a nlgbt of terror that Carter
und his family spent. Every now and
■ben a shot would ring out and a bullet
would bury itself In the side of tlw
house. Another daughter Inside the
house came to her father's help—for
he was still crippled from the wound he
had received when shot by Rawlins
from ambush—and tearing a board
from the kitchen, poked a gun through
for her father to use. He tired a shot
und this caused tho attacking party ;o
leave shortly afterwards. This was
about midnight, but until daylight the
family remained behind barricaded
doors watching the life of young Willie
Carter pasa away, wMIe the body if
the little girl stiffened In death in the
yard.
In telling his story Carter declared
thut he saw the sons of his enemy 'n
the attacking party, and he also named
d Attorney Cooper made an extra
ordinary motion for a new- trial on the
grounds of newiy-discovered evidence,
but Judge Mitchell, of the Lowndes su
perior court, refused this motion, and
once again the supreme court of Geor
gia affirmed tbs “ "
court.
The nsxt step In th* legal battle was
when Attorney Cooper asked Judge
Emory Speer In the United States court
In Macon tor a writ of habeas corpus
on the ground tbst preachers had been
excluded from the jury Hat when Raw
lins was tried and It was declared that
thla was class legislation and uncon
stitutional.
Judge Speer refused the writ and an
appeal was taken to the supreme court
In Washington. This court affirmed
Judge Speer's decision In November of
this year. In th* meantime Attorney
Cooper had made an appeal to the pris
on commission asking clemency tor
Milton and Jesae and to have their sen
tences commuted to life Imprisonment
while for Leonard he aekad a pardon.
A final etep In the fight w-ae taken
when at the November term of th*
Lowndes superior court Attorney Coop
er asked Judge Mitchell for a new trial
on the grounds that the reconla of the
court did not ehow that either Rawlins
or his counsel were present when sen
tence was passed. Thla was refused
and Judge Mitchell refused to sign the
bill of exceptions which Attorney Coop
er took to his rulings. Attorney Coop
er then asked the Georgia supreme
court to compel Judge Mitchell to do
this and thla was refused. In one of the
most Important decision* ever render-
CURTAIN IS RUNG UP
UN SESSION OFCONGRESS
Continued from Page Ont.
resign later. 1 The other new members
succeeded to vacancies caused by death.
Two vacancies remain, those caused by
the deaths of Representatives Ketch-
sm, of New York, and Hoar, of Massa
chusetts.
After appointing the usual commit
tees, as was done In the senate, and
adopting resolutions In memory of the
late Representative Hitt, of Illinois, and
other members who died during the re-
the house,adjourned until Tues
day.
To Read Message Tuesday.
The flrst business. to be transacted
will be the rending of the president's
message.
Before, during and after the brief
session uf the house today, bills and
resolutions In great number were
poured Into the hopper, gobbled up by
the clerks, run through the stamping
machln'e and chucked away In pigeon
holes, many of them to remain there.
They covered every variety of subject
from simplified spelling and the dis
missal of the negro troops, to the Pan
ama canal and the currency question.
They do things differently In the sen
ate. every bill and resolution being pre
sented In open session by the member
fathering It. As the rules of th* sen-
forbld *n:
ate i
l any business of tills chnrac-
dent's message, the
senators will not be revealed to the
public until Tuesday afternoon.
Unfinished Bueineee.
The list of unfinished business wblch
w-snt over from the flrst session of the
present congress Is formidable. Here
It Is:
Immigration restriction (In confer
ence).
Santo Domingo treaty.
Isle of Pines treaty.
Morocco treaty (upon which a vote
will b* taken on December 13).
Decision In Senator Hmoot'e case.
Campaign fund publicity.
Prohibiting corporations to contrib
ute to campaign fund. «
Ship subsidy.
To make Porto Ricans United States
citizens. , '
Reduction of tariff on products of
Philippine*.
United States io own Its embassies
■nd legations abroad.
To build government powder factory:
Appalachian and White Mountain
foi-est reserves.
Copyright Revision.
Copyright revision. ■ ye «
Copy-i _..
Modification of Chinese exclusion
law.
Prescribing punishments on
high
Codification of revised statutes.
Navy to have biggest battleship
;edsion of the lower! afloat.
: Removal of custom* duty on works
of art.
Swamp reclamation similar to Irri
gation statute.
Cable to Guantanamo and canal zone.
Antl-lnJunctlon bill.
Klght-hourlaw.
. Nominations of Isthmian canal com
missioners.
Army and navy dental surgeon corps.
Increase of artillery corps.
To punish Improper use of Stars and
Stripes.
Retirement nt superannuated Federal
clerks .•
To establish .postal savings banks
mud parcel* pozt.
Limiting working hours of railway
employees.
FRANCE AND II, S,
WED BY JAPAN
Paris, Dec. 3.—La Presse devotes two
columns to an inquiry Into the proba-
w H bllltles of a Japanese-American war.
ed by the Georgia supreme court. The w „ h i nt . rv | e , v whi< a, |„ (
tsss.l onneLlai- »h*x llvaa ixf Wl111 Wllllll I HUM* Ull*
court had to consider the live* of fount■ ...... ■
men on the one side and on the other M* not *“■***> comlnclng.
the enforcement of the law and the The writer encountered a man wh
ending or litigation. The court took the he described e* n compatriot of 1’
latter '
Th* Last Card.
The last card was played Saturday
when Attorney Cooper asked Governor
Terrell to respite Raw lins In order that
his sanity might be tested and at the
same time lie petitioned the prisoti
commission for clemency.
The trial of old man Rawlins and his
sons was Intensely dramatic at times.
At one stage of it Mrs. J. G. Rawlins,
the mother of th* condemned buy*,
asked Sheriff Passmore to bring her a
hand satchel she carried with her and
In this satchel the sheriff found a re
volver. He entered court flourishing
this gun und dramatically exclaimed
that he had found It in Mrs. Rawlins’
satchel. The owner explained, how
ever, that she had come from her home
In the country alone, that her husband
and nil her sons were prisoners and
that she carried It for her own protec
tion.
All during the trial Mrs. Rawlins has
seen devoted to her husband and boys
and she has presented a pathetic plc-
dent Roosevelt, a* a well-informed -li|
lomat. accredited to a nelghhoiina po
er. This diplomat, according to i..i
Presse, explained that th* Mltuutloo
was as Important to France as
America. He sgid that Japan bad
menaced France before, but gave rref-
ere,ice to Russia. ’ Japan 1 had her bat
teries ready to attack and take Indo
china. i !
open threats to take the Ilfs of Carter. Tim McDonald and his son. McDonald tur* all tba wav through.
dpctinl to The 'Georgian..
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 3.—Geon
convicted by a Jury and given
In the penitentiary under tha I
ginla law for conspiring to
wife for divorce evidence, .-if:- r In-
bad married Hugo, to save* him from
serving ten years In the penitentiary,
was today set free. •
Judge lianckel decided that the evi
dence was Insufficient to warrant s
conviction of conspiracy and the ,uti
ha«l no new evidence. •