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WOMAN TOSSEs
3200000 WILL
INTD BONFIRE
Now Court Fight Over Estate of
New York Man Hinges on
, Memory of Atlantan.
Mrs. Ephie A. Williams, of No. 173
Oak street. niece of the late James E.
Tate, of Atlinta and New York, said
Thursday she is prepared to g 0 be
fore a commission from the Supreme
Court of the State of New York and
tell what she knows of the will of
Dudley Jardine, over whdse $200,000
estate a fight is now being waged by
his only daughter, Mrs. Anita Faithful
McCarthy, of New York.
Mrs. Williams said she was in
formed about ten days ago by Daly
Mason and Hoyt, attorneys for Mrs.
McCarthy, that a commission would
come to Atlanta soon to take her affi
davit and get her own statement of
how the will of Jardine was destroyed
by her own hands whefi ghe threw it
in a bonfire in the back yard of her
home snortly before last Christmas
Mrs, Williams told in detail Thurs
day the .\'7(»1‘)" of how she came in pos
wession of the will of the late Dudley
Jardine, who was sometimes known
as William Smith on the Bowery, and
whose life was a remarkable mystery.
Will Among Uncle's Papers.
“When my uncle, James Tate, com
mitted suicide in his room in a New
York hotel, he left for me a bundle of
papers, among them bonds, securities
and the will of Dudley Jardine, be
gan Mrs, Williams. “I was made ad
ministratrix of his estate, and when 1
ran across the Jardine will I was atan
utter loss to know what to do with it
1 had never heard my uncle speak of
the Jardines. o
“On my return from New York-aft
er the death of Mr. Tate, 1 kept the
will, along with other documents, here
in my home for probably two months.
With the aid of my lawyers and
brothers, I attempted to find out the
parties to whom this will applied. No
one could get trace of the ‘principals
mentioned in thne will. |
“Late in the month of December,
when my house was being renovated,
I destroyed practically all of the old
documents left me by my uncle
among them this will. The papers,
with the will, were burned in the
back yard of my home.
Recalls Will's Provisions.
“Several weeks passed, and one day
1 was informed that inquiries were
being made by the lawyers of Mrs.
McCarthy as to this will, It seems
one of the witnesses to the will told
the attorneys that my uncle also was
2 witness, and in this way they lo
cated me here, and have now asked
for my story of what I recall in the
will,
“Mrs. Williams said she clearly re
membered the will was that of Jar
dine, and that it hequeathed haif of
the estate of Mr. Jardine to his
daughter, Mrs. McCarthy, equal por
tions to his nieces and nephews, and
some substantial cash 'sums to Sev
eral private charitable institutions in
New York City.
“All of my family are still at a loss
to know how it came about that my
uncle was mixed up in the signing of
this Jardine will and how it was in
his possession at the time of his death
in the Grand Hotel in New York.
“My uncle was very eccentric and
our general belief is that he met this
Mr. Jardine in some section of lower
New York and their acquaintance
ripened into triendship.
Thought Paper Valueless.
“] had no idea the will ever would
be of value to anyone, since it was
several months after my uncle's death
before any search was made for it,
and because of this delay, I destroyed
* it, thinking there would never be in
quiries for it’
“1 can readily testify as to the na
ture of the will, as I cJearly remem
ber who were named in i
Colombia Ready to
Accept U. 8. Treaty
A
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georglan.
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, May 28—
The Panama Canal treaty between
the United States and Colombia by
which the American Government will
pay the Colombian Government $25,-
000,000 and grant other valuable con
cessions was called up in she Senate
for third reading to-day. It passed
the second reading yesterday by a
vote of 23 to 8.
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To Quit Mayor’s Job
And Become Farmer
GADSDEN, ALA. May 28.—T. W.
Willson would rather be a farmer in
Alabama than a MaMyor in Ohio.
Mr. Willson, who is Mayor of
Frankfort, Ohio, has purchased a
1,600-acre farm in Etowah County,
and will resign his office and come
here this summer. A large colony
of Northern farmers will probably
come here next fall
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Republican Governor Coufident of
Election to Third Term—Has
Eye on Senate.
Governor Ben W. Hooper. of Ten
nessee, Republican, accompanied by
a party of officials and friends, is
making an automobile tour of the
Fulton County convict camps, with
an eye to recommending some exten
sive changes in the Tennessee system
of convict control,
Incidentally, a big Democratic row
is on Wednesday in Nashville with
an eye—or several—to nominating 2
candidate to pit successfully against
ihe Governor in the fall elections.
The Governor apparently isn’t
weérrying a little bit about that cir
cumstance. Anyway, he says he isn't
—and he looks. the part!
‘He refused several times Thursday
to discuss Tennessee politics, not
withstanding persuasive and subtle
suggestions from various newspaper
men that that would be about the
proper thing to do. ¢
“They won't ‘get you’ this time, will
they, Governor?” asked a Georgian
reporter.
“They will not,” emphatically re
plied the Governor, but with the
ficker of a smile. “They have tried
it twice—and I am still Governor. 1
can only serve one more term, under
the Constitution, then I must step
aside. 1 think' I will get the other
term.
Eye on Senate.
“How about you and United States
Senator Luke Lea? You used to be
most friendly political bedfeliows,
didn’t you? ‘
“Senaior Lea is in Nashville, fight
ing for his political life, and-—but
I'm not going to talk Tennessee pol
itics to vou, and I am not going to
discuss Senator Lea,” replied the
overnor. -
“Senator Lea has two years (o
serve yet?”
“Yes, but——"
“Jt has been suggested that at the
expiration of that time you might
consider the \question of that Sena
tership. How about that?”
“I won't talk about Senator Lea.
At present, 1 am a candidate for
Governor, with two nominations. 1
am the regular Republican nominee
and the Independent Democratic
nominee. It is rather a comfortable
A AAP NININIINNININININIIN N @
Governor Ben W. Hooper
feeling to be so many different kinds
of a nominee-—and I have found that
it works out very salisfactorily in
Tennessee!”
The Governor was smiling pleas
antly through all of his running talk.
He knew he wasn't saying f£o very
much, but he was determined to be
pleasant about if
He is a slight man, very clean-cut!
in appearance, and rather unimpos
ing. He looks as if he might be a
Jrosperous business man—there is
rothing at all spectacular about him.
He is, nevertheless, the most pic
turesque political figure Tennessee
has known in many days,
He is one of the plain people--he
says so himself-—but he might be an
aristocrat of aristocrats, so far as
one could judge from his personal
appearance. )
He knows the Democrats are after
his'scalp' in Tennessee—but he seems
supremely confident that they will
not get it.
The Governor and his party reached
Atlanta Thursday morning, coming
direct from Nashville. They will be
in Atlanta all of Thursday, and ex
pect to visit several sections of the
State before returning to Tennessee.
Their visit likely will continue the
remainder of the week.
Studies Convict Plan.
Chairman Robert Davison, of the
Georgia Prison Commission, is escort
ing the Governor on his trip through
Fulton County, and probably will go
with him to such other points in the
State as he visits. State Geologist S.
W. McCallie also is with the party.
He and the Governor were reared In
adjoining Kast Tennessee mountalin
counties,
Tennessee works its convicts large
ly in the ccal mines owned and oper
ated by the State now, and the Gov
ernor is considering ‘' the matter of
putting them on the roads. It is with
a view to getting an idea of the oper
ation of that plan that the Governor
is in Georgia. Tennessee has only
about one-half as many convicts as
Georgia, and a much larger percent
age of them is white. The problem
of control there is, therefore very
different from the Georgia problem.
Accompanying the Governor are A.
H. Perdue, State Geologist of Ten
nessee; (. C. Menaler. of Chattanooga,
secretary of the State Board of Char
ities, and Joe B. Weems, of Dixon:
F. N. Smith, of Clarkesville, and Jere
Whitson. of Cookeville, business men
and political friends of the Tennes
see executive,
Defense Cites Federal Constitu=
tion Provides Equal Rights for
Al Citizens ip Various States.
The fight started by the Police
Commission against the Burns De
tective. Agency ultimately will find its
way into the United States Supreme
Court, according to plans being for
mulated Thursday by the defense (o
appeal to this highest tr punal in the
land to determine the status and
standing of private detectives in
Georgia. i
Following the conviction before Re
corder Broyles of Dan Lehon and
three other Burns aides, Judge Arthur
Powell, counse| for the agency, sald
Thursday that if th~ State courts up
hold the Police Court decisions all of
the cases will be carried to the United
States Supreme Court.
This means that many months will
elapse before it has finally been de
cided whether the Burns detectives
had a legal right to work on the Pha
gan murder case in Atlanta without
having obtained the approval of the
Police Commission or Chief Beavers.
Defense Sees Grave Error.
The FKFederal questions were com
prised in the demurrer and special
plea of not guilty offered for his cli
ents by Juige Powell and which were
incorporated in the record when these
papers were formally filed.
The binding over to the State
courts of Dan Lehon is held by the
defense to be contrary to the (‘onsti
tution of the United States, in that he
was dealt with under the Sate law
that prohibits non-residents from op
erating as private detectives in Geor
gia. The defense contends tnat under
the Federal Constitution, insuring
equal rights to citizens of the several
States, Georgia can not enforce a law
to exclude a citizen of another State
from engaging in business in this
State.
The fine of $100.75 imposed on Le
hon in the city case of operating W ith=-
out being passed on by the Pdlice
Commission, also will be carried
through the highest State courts.
City Ordinance Attacked.
The Federal question involved in
the cases of W. W. Rogers, C. C. Ted
der and L. P. Whitficld, the three
Burns operatives fined $106.75 each
and bound over in §s2oo by Judge
Broyles Wednesday afternoon, is the
alleged unreasonableness of the city
ordinances that required them to be
approved by the Police Commission.
Under the contention that Burns
detectives were engaged to investi
zate alleged illegal and improper
methods of the police in convicting
L.eo Frank, the detectives will aver
that the prisoner's rights would se
riously have been jeopardized had
they been forced to co-operate with
the police department and ask the ap
proval of the very body being investi
gated.
This alleged unreasonableness is
one of the main points stressed by
Judge Powell, and will figure largely
in the future efforts to annul the Po
lice Court verdict in all of the cases.
Sears and McWorth Freed.
The cases of Charles E. Sears, who
was manager of the local Burns agen
cy, and W. D. McWorth, one of the
operatives, were dismissed following
the conviction of Rogers, Tedder and
Whitfield Wednesday afternoon.
This action was taken at the re
quest of City Attorney Mayson on the
egrounds that Sears was operating un
der a legal license from the city, and
that McWaorth's approval some time
ago as a Pinkerton operalive was
never l&t'ind(‘(l after he left that
agency to go with the Burns office.
The Rev. C. B. Ragsdale, the min
ister under indictment by frhe Grand
Jury on the charge of receiving a
bribe for his signature to a false affi
davit in the Frank case, was in Police
Court as a witness for the prosecu
tion of the detectivés, but was not
called onl to testify.
iana’s Rich
Indiana’s Richest
Woman Succumbs
SOUTH BEND, IND., May 28—
Mrs. James Oliver, widow of the well
known Indiana plow manufacturer
and known as the State's richest
woman, is dead at her home here.
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chance to ) /
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demand—wanted in every home. Carry
it right in your pocket. Always ready. | ‘
Beer in concentrated form. A cooling .
sparkling glass of beer now for every-
B body. You supply the demand with
“AMBREW."” Saves the brewers 272
enormous expenses and profite. S F
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B sell them all. Wanted everywhere
dry or wet—strictly legitimate. Think of the
many who want a cooling giass of Lager Beer.
Thia is your big chance. Quick, easy sales.
- It takes them by storm. They simply
[S=wcas®) can't vosiet. Territory being enapped up.
t }l Spend one cent to make thoussnds.
% Act quick—send no money—just & postal
[B3l> 1L for our Free trial proposition.
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