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. t advertisers USE THE GEORGIAN FOR RESULTS The Atlanta Georgian. If You are an Advertiser and Want Results, Test Us.' YOL. 1. NO. 201. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY DECEMBER 17, 1906. PRICE: STRANGE MAN WHO FLED WANTED BY POLICE AS SUSPECT IN TRAGEDY Woman’s Story of Dodgen’s Death Is Discredited. BAILIFF’S BODY WAS FOUND AT DAYLIGHT Three Women and a Man Held at Station for Killing Dodgen. The three women held In connection with the death of Bailiff John O. Dodg en, of Justice O. H. Puckett's court, who was killed early Sunday morning In a house at 620 1-2 Marietta street, were put through a course of systemat ic sweating Monday morning In the of fice of city detectives, but It Is under stood nothing of Importance was devel oped. The detectives believe that possibly others are Implicated In the tragedv and every possible effort Is being made to unearth tangible Information, search Is being made for a mysterious man who was seen to flee from the scene of the shooting, but so far he has not been apprehended. Four prisoners are behind the bars of the police station, suspected ot com plicity In, the killing. They are: Rob ert A. Jordan, of 1270 Marietta street, a bailiff for Justice of the Peace Virgil Jones: Mrs. Willie Stamper, who con ducts the house where the tragedy oc curred; Mrs. Bessie Gary, of 16 Bush ' operative, of BS Tennlllo street, all of whom were present In the house at the time of the shooting. 8ays She 8hot Him, The Stamper woman admits that she fired one pistol shot through a door, as serting that the person she fired at was endeavoring to fore* an entrance Into her house Sunday morning shortly be fore 1 o'clock. Whether thlB Is the shot that killed Dodgen Is not known. The dead body of Dodgen was found after daylight Sunday morning lying on a small balcony Just outside ot the door, through which the Stamper woman says she fired and which bears one bul let hole. The scene of the tragedy Is a , . two-story,brick structure and the en trance to the Stamper apartments, on the second'floor, faces on this balcony, the balcony being reached by long stairs extending from the sidewalk. The plnce bears an unsavory reputa tion with the police. Detectives discredit the story of the Stamper woman. They are working on the theory that Dodgen was shot to death by a man during a quarrel In the house. Detective Spradlin, who ha* 'been Investigating Into the mystery, expresses the opinion that Jordan fired ahe fatal shot. A Coroner's Inousst Coroner Thompson held an Inquest Sunday afternoon In the undertaking parlors of Harry Q. Poole A Co., the Jury recommending that the quartet of prisoner* be held for further Investiga tion by the grand Jury, Witnesses say that more than one shot was fired in th* Stamper house and this fact leads the officers to be lieve that the true story of the killing lias not come to light. O. B. Peterson, a siwclal ofllce for the Southern rail way, wns In the railroad yards near by, at the time of the shooting. He states that l\e distinctly heard two pistol shots and saw the flash of the gun,at the Inst shot. He statea further Hint he saw a man run down the steps to Marlettu street and vanlth. It Is this unknown man whom the sleuths are now seek ing. He says he heard no outcry and made no Investigation. TU'd—STRANGE MAN Frank I,awrence, a negro, who con ducts a restaurant on the first floor of the same building, testified he heard three pistol shot*. He said he looked toward the balcony, but saw no one. Fight In the House. Atjother feature developed Monday by the detectives, and which causes them to believe Dodgen was murdered, the statement that a fight occurred In the house prior to the shooting, street railway employee being beaten severely In the face. Whom this man "as fighting with has not been ascer tained. The trio of women, under fire of the detectives Monday morning, de nied that such a fight occurred In >the house. tiodgen was shot In the back of the head, near the left ear, the bullet rang ing upward. The detectives declare that hud the bailiff been standing on the balcony the bullet that went through the door would have gone fully ■our Inches above his head. From the Switch Was Thrown and Engine and Cars Derailed. Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, Dee. 17.—News of a fatal wreck on the Texas and Pacific, the second In two days, reached here this morning. The wreck, occurred at Waterport, 32 miles from New Orleans, at 9 o'clock last night. Wreckers threw a switch at that point and passenger train No. 61, west-bound, plunged from the track. The loaomotlve turned over and the baggage and mall care piled up on It. Andrew Meyers, the fireman, was killed. Engineer Charles J. Link was terri bly scalded and the baggagemaster and a negro Injured. The passengers were badly shaken up, but none seriously hurt It Is said that several times recehtty rockers have thrown switches on the Texas and Pacific, but In other In stances the trainmen have succeeded in avoiding accidents. The body of P. D. Allen, the mall clerk who was killed In the wreck near Geary, La., was In the baggage car of a Texas and Pacific train wrecked to day at Waterford. The corpse, had been shipped to Mr. Allen's former home In Webster par ish. It was not despoiled by today’s wreck. About seven people were Injured be sides those killed. NOT YET, SAYS LOEB; R UCKER HOLDS PLA CE SLASHED THROAT FELL FROM FERRYs IHD DRIVER Body of Young Walraven Not Recovered From Etowah River. HARRY STILLWELL EDWARDS. Postmaster at Macon, who has been mentioned at the successor of Hen ry Rucker as Infernal revenue collector. Financial Reverses Cause • Business Man to Suicide. Once more the Big Stick hands Dame Rumor a lemon, and thla time the oft reported change In the ofllce of revenue collector In Atlanta has been given a knockout, and from' an authentic source-lt I* learned that; Henry;Rucker, the negro collector, will retain'his po sition, and will not bo removed to mako way for Henry Stillwell Ekl- wards, of Macon. , . - The reports have been coming thick and fast from Macon and from the Washington pi* counter that Postmas ter Edwards would at no late‘date take from Rucker the position he has held since August, 1 1897. The reports ap peared to have the official stamp, and savored the president’s approbation. But again pptnes a gentleman, direct from Washington who has spoken with Mr. Loeb, the secretory to the presi dent "Mr. Loeb says there is not going to be any change In that Atlanta col- lectorablp for some time,” said he. "The private secretary says there's some- Kpe-lsl to Th* Georgian. . Sylvester. Go.. Dec. 17.—T. K. Hein sohn, for the past eight years one of the leading business mtn and heavy cotton buyer, took his life by cutting his throat with a razor yesterday morn. Ing. Poor collection! and threatened financial reverses , are given as the cause of the deed. He waa also Interested In the India Fruit Company, which own extensive peach orchards In this section. Mr. Hclnsohn came to thla city from Muncte, Ind., and at once mode himself prominent In business and social clr cles. He was a member of several of the most prominent secret fraternities. His reihnlns will be carried to Muncle for burial. He Is survived by bis wife and one cHIld, a boy II years of age. 00000000000000000000000000 0 0 BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT O WATQH YOUR PLUMBIN 0 Look out for the water pipes!. 0 The weather man adys these 0 O sloppy melancholy days will give 0 O way to .crisp cold weather and 0 0 Tuesday morning the mercury 0 0 will be snuggling below the. frees- 0 0 Ing point. The drop will be 34 0 O degrees or more, so you’d better 0 0 carry a good lot of coal up stairs 0 O tonight. and get ready' for the 0 0 freese. , 0 Forecast: O "Clfiring and colder tonight: fair and much colder Tuesday: 0 O morning.' 0 Monday's temperatures: 0 7 o'clock a. m.. ,. 91 degrees. 0 '8 o'clock a. rt) 91 degrees. 0 9 o'clock a. m.. .. ...91 degrees. S 10 o'clock a. m.. ., ..92 degree*. 11 o'clock a. m. . .. ...92 degrees. 0 12 o’clock noon., ..83 degrees. 0 1- o'clock p. m.. ,. ..,81 degrecn. O 2 o’clock p. m 80 degrees. 00000000000000000000000000 body doom In Macon who fs’nfter Ed- and the only wav. He thinks Hb can get ft Jt to boost Edv dwards Into get II some other place. .—, - T i stajr where he Is for sotqe tlfft#." And thus, the matter will rest. ROOSEVELT HEAPS PRAISE ON ■MEN DIGGING THE BIG DITCH, THEN RAPS CARPING CRITICS Special to The Georgian. Calhoun, Ga., Dec. 17.—Luther Wal- raven, a son of Jasper Walraven, was drowned In the Oostanaula river near Ptalnvllle last • night about 8 o'clock, and the river Is being dragged for the body. . He drove on the flat and soon after starting- across hi* horse backed the buggy Into the river. The night was very dark and the ferryman could not render any aid. The drowned young man was the son of a prosperous farmer. The horse was also drowned. . FLIER IS Badge To Be Given Men Who Connect Two Oceans. the orrieeni belle,o that the first *»■ probably fired In the house, and [hat Dodgen then ran out onto the U.cony and fe I dead or was dragged th.-rc by some one on th# Inside. „ h,r statement to the detectives the ntanu>*r woman said: “Shot Through the Door,” "Between 12 and 1 o’clock some one came to my door and tried to force an 'ntrance. I asked who It was, and there was no response, except U com mand to open the door. I then tjireat- f ned to shoot If the Intruder did not leave, and when another effort was made to force th* door I fired one ehot through the door. I was afraid to look ‘•at, and the door was not opened until aftev daylight, when the body of Mr. Dodgen was discovered on the balco ny." Robert A. Jordan made the following statement Monday to a Georgian re porter: “I dropped In to see Mr*. Stamper Saturday night for a few minutes, and [he begged me to spend the night there, as She was nfmtd. She told me I could Pay her front room, and I agreed " Ight I w ’lay. Some time after midnight I was awakened by a Cutse at the door, as time. 0O0000000000000000000000OO * O 0 RAISULI 8AY8 FOREIGN 0 0 WAR8HIP8 MU8T LEAVE. 0 O 0 O London, Dec. 17.—A message O 0 from Tangier anyi thaLtho famous 0 0 bandit, Ralsull, has notified the 0 0 legations at Fex that all .foreign 0 0 warships must leave Tangier 0 0 within five days. 0 0 Ralsull also says that he will 0 0 not tolerate the presence of 0 0 French and Spanish residents In O O Morocco. 0 O O O00OO0O0000000000000000000 1 think I heard two voices outside. I heard Mrs. Stamper threaten to shoot, and a few seconds later I heard one shot. 1 did not get out of bed until the shot was fired. I did not open the door to see whether she hit any one. As tho pistol fired I .heard a noise outside, but could not tell whether It was made by, a body falling or by some one run ning down the steps.” Stamper Woman Known. The Stamper woman was ■ former); Willie Coins, and resided In Bus! street. She has been taken to the Grady hospital on one or two occa sions os the result of an overdose of poison. Mr*. Gan’, It will be remembered, had her husband sent to the stockade about a week ago on the charge of mistreat ing her. The Goss girl Is an employes of the Fulton bag and cotton mills. Dodgen resided at 121 West Pine street. On last Saturday he was rec ommended to the grand Jury for ap pointment as a Justice of the peace td succeed Justice Virgil Jones, who has resigned. The grand Jury had made no selection at the time of the tragedy: ' Funeral at Alpharetta. The body of Dodgen will be sent to Alphareta, Ga, for Interment, and the Piedmont lodge of Odd Fellows are re quested to meet at the undertaking par lors of Harry O. Poole 9k Co. at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday morning to escort tbs body to the train. A peculiar coincidence In connection with the tragedy Is the fact that a cousin of the dead man Is locked In the same ward at the police station with Jordan. Young Dodgen waa arrested Saturday night, suspected of knowing thing regarding the disappearance ... _ valuable pin. He slated Monday he had not seen Bailiff Dodgen tor some Smashes Into Freight at Canton Killing . Engineer. Canton, Ohio, Dec. 17 The New York bound fVnnsylvanla Flyer, the 19-hour train-, between Chicago and New York, composed of eight Pullmans, smashed Into a freight train ot the Wheeling and Lake Erie. road at a crossing here, and Engineer Ray, of the freight, was killed, and his fireman probably fatally Injured. The freight train waa hurled from the track and completely wrecked, while the locomotive of the passenger woe almost demolished. The passengers were badly shaken up and many of train In their night clothes. It I* said the engineer of the freight disobeyed signals. Washington. ' Dec. 17.—President Roosevelt's third'message to the pres ent session of the fifty-ninth congress and his second Special message con cents Itself exclusively with the Isth mian canal. He gives the details of his recent trip of Inspection, his ob servations and personal Investigations ot that vast enterprise and the con clusions based upon them. The message Is unique in several re. spoets.' The most unusual feature Is the fact'that accompanying the message waa a lot of large photographs of views on the Isthmus, showing the work on the canal, the quarters of the work men, the physical conditions In the lath, mtan cities and the Improvements that had been, made by the Americans, What th* President 8aye. It Is In the concluding paragraph of hla message that the president gives the conclusion of the whole matter of the canal project end the result of his personal observations. He says: "Of the success of the enterprise I am as well convinced as one can be of Continued on Pag* Three. Lives of Tourists Not Thought in Dan ger. Kingston, Jamaloa. Dec. 17.—The big steamship Prlnxessln Victoria Lulsc. of the Hamburg-Amerlcan line, with over 1,090 tourists aboard, Is ashore on the rocks of Port Royal, near here. The Lulse went on the reef last night, a" leaving Kingston for New York. The German cruiser Bremen Isstand- ng near the stranded steamship to take ter passengers In case th* sea rise* and threatens the. safety, of the Lulse. The Lulse left New York on December 12'with a large party of tourists. NEW 0RLEAN8. New Orleans, Dec. 17.—Here are the results of the roses at New Orleans: FIRST RACE—Gentian, IS to 1. won.' Frontenac, even, second: Old Hal, 4 to I, third. Time, 1:181-5. Men Swim Ashore and Walk 26 Miles Barefooted. Special to The Georgian St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 17.—Minus their launch, shoes, costa and game and a goodly supply of provisions, Messrs. L. D. Davis, B. A. Carter and William Solano have returned from a hunting trip In the lower part of Ma- tansas bay. Their launch, a power craft with a capacity for fifteen passen gers, was blown up and burned Thurs day night about 10 o’clock. The hunt era were 28 miles south of town when the accident occurred. An electric spark. It Is believed, Ignited the gaso line tank, which exploded suddenly, with a deafening detonation. In an In ■tant the boat was a sheet of flames and the men had barely time to hurl them selves Into the water to escape Inciner ation. They swam to a marsh Island and In their water-soaked atid scaqty clothing remained there until dawn, when a passing boat rescued them. They were ferried to the mainland and walked to town, arriving here In a pit able plight. N.IMR1L Special Train -Leaves Rochester For the Scene. Rochester. N. Y.. Dec. 17.—A disas trous wreck Is reported on the New York Central at Palmyra, 27 miles east of here. A special train has Just been sent from thla city., Blood Shed in Russia 8«. Petersburg, Dec. 17.—Dispatches from Llpkany, Bessarabia, say that In running fight three revolutionists killed an officer and- three pennants. Later the officials shot two of the revo. lutlonlsts and the third committed sui cide. Witness Said He Saw Cawhern Kiss Mrs. Thomas. MOTHER WATCHES TRIAL OF HER SON Wife Who Is Said To - Bo Cause of the Trouble Is Not Present. ■with his aged mother seated at hla side, nervous and anxloua for. the fate of her son, Albert L. Thomas, chart,"''1 kith assault with Intent to murder Dr. William Cawhern, Is on trial In the criminal branch of the superior court Monday. Thomas’ wife, who the defense claim was one of the prime causes of the shooting, did not appear In court at tho I trial. Dr. Cawhern, the prosecutor, sat In his chair by Solicitor Oenenl |Hlll. In a highly nervous state. His roamed from prisoner to witness and to the Jury In rapid succession. 1IIII, while the prisoner Is defended by aVttorney Madison Bell. The Jury was secured shortly after 9 o'clock, and Dr. Cawhern took the stand for the state. Dr. Cawhern said that about 7 o'clock on the morning of December I, the day of the shooting, THomas called at hla home with a receipt for “bonus money" to the amount of 860 on proper ty which Cawhern had aold him. Thom as wanted Cawhern to refund the money. When asked If he did not want the property, Thomas said: No; my wife left me this morning and I have no use for the property." Dr. Cawhern stated he promised Thomas he would refund the money. Thomas left and he made arrangements for \he'prisoner to secure the 3B0. At 4 o'clock that afternoon Dr. Qaw- hern was returning from his practice. As witness entered Marietta street from Bellwood avenue, he saw Thomas, tit thought Thomas had come to see about the money again, so walked toward tho prisoner and said: "Did you get your money matters ar ranged all right?” • "No, doctor,” aald Thomas, "you've disappointed me again.” Thomas, according to witness, then milled a revolver from his pocket and I red five times, three of the shots tak ing effect In witness. Dr. Cawhern said he then got up and left. Dr. Cawhern admitted under cross- examination that he had waved hla handkerchief at the house where Mr*. Thomas lived, but said he was waiving at the children. Dr. O. Y. Pierce testified that Thomun entered his drug store, 790 Marietta street, Just after the shooting, and stal ed he shot Dr. Cawhern because the physician had ruined his home. "I saw Dr. Cawhern and Mrs. Thnni.it on her porch,” declared C. IV, Watts. "Dr. Cawhern had hla nrm about Mrs. Thomas' neck ten minutes and he kiss ed her once." On a question from Colonel Hill, Mr. Watts stated he thought It was his business to report any parsons he f.mn I . kissing and hugging one another. Col onel Hill produced much laughter by asking witness It he had any other business. LIARD WICK’S REMEDY IS THE BLOCK SYSTEM P. S. “It may interest you to know that N. W. Ayer & Son, who gave us this contract of 17,000 lines for the National Biscuit Co.’s Advertising, has never before, except in one instance, recognized a paper under a year old.” SMITH & THOMPSON, Representing The Georgian in New York and Chicago. Georgian Introduces Bill to Lessen Danger of Wrecks. Washington. Dec. I7.-Mr. Hardwick, of Georgia, Introduced a bill In the bourn* to- nud the loea of life on tha railroad# of th country. Ilia bill provide# that all railroad# engaged In Interatata commerce matt the telegraphic block ajretem of oignaltng In the operation of nil trnlna ami that all gnipli operator# engaged In handling bl«»» k alguala nlm 11 Ik* examined aud llceuaed l»y the Interetnte commerce commltalon to In- mire their fltn'M for the work. It la nlao provided that the Interatate commerce comratMton elmll have power to determine the number of boon the'•* men akall be kept on duty. \ tolatloo of the law la made punlahatde by a 11,000 fine or Ini- prinonnieut for oue year, or both. BURNHAM IS GIVEN TWO YEARS IN PRISON New York, Dec. 17.—aeorge Burnham, Jr., president of the Mutual Reserve Fund Insurance Company, ho* been sentenced to two years In Sing Sing. WANT BIG SUM TO CHECK BOLL WORM IN COTTON BELT Washington; Dec. 17.—Repreeentatlve Shepard, of Texas, Introduced a bill In the house today appropriating 110,009 to be used, by the secretary of agri culture for further experlmentatlo reference to the cotton boll worm for devising, a suitable method for venting the cotton wilt or root rot ease. SPENDS $1,000,000 TO REACH GOAL Denver, Colo. Dec. 17.—Ten year* of patient plodding, coupled with the ex- ed State* senator to aucceei pendlture of a sum not lees than 3L- tereouu 904,000 and perhaps a great deal naira will result In the gratification of the ambition of Millionaire Simon Guk- genheim when, before the 19th of n-xt month, the legislature elects him t'nlt- M. I'at-