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4 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. . ) 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 THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS. HOOPER, HERE,DEFIES HIS TENNESSEE FOES ePS ; 5 : b ' i Gt e s R % e ; : N e 3 B st G -y : G B el s e“Q 8 iEO e i e e o 2 * = N e X R 4 -,n: s o oy L T e B ol 3 TSP S e ; 2 e e, T o 5 g ; .“,1 ¥ ASt Y R 2 R AN \ % ’ - ¥ & . > i 3 1 A Y fiid: % e L - ) I R\ /4 A & . p 5 &% g g S 4 T RN ' eo N '\\ 7/' './y "a‘gi‘ : v:';:.:.,:;‘,. * A u'é/ \. \44\ \‘} ———— 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. B e ig Here's & § 0 chance to ) / to make $8 a day & and over. Just out, nothing else like it. Startling, astonishing, tremendous sel ler. A long-felt want filled. Knormous ] 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 So convenient, so cheap. SBhow it, fi’xr_“s."n B sell them all. 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