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W. A. Ellis Gets Freedom
Following Application
of Habeas Corpus.
W. A. Ellis, former Griffin res
ident and aged Confederate vet
eran, who had been jailed in
.Atlanta on a charge of lunacy,
preferred by W. E. McAllister,
superintendent of the Old
tiers’ Home, was given his free
dom yesterday afternoon follow
ing application for a writ of
habeas corpus, filed by his at
torney, J. A. Drewry, of Griffin.
Mrs. G. B. Williams, who was
Miss Alford, of Griffin, a rela
tive of the late J. D. Boyd, with
•other members of the U. D. C.,
-and also Nat E. Harris, of Ma
con, former governor of Georgia
and now state pension commis
sioner, offered their assistance to
Judge J. A. Drewry in represents
ing Ellis. .
Today’s Constitution carried the
following story regarding the
case:
(I W. A. Ellis, aged Confederate
veteran, was released from Ful
ton county tower Friday and re
turned to the Soldiers’ home.
I • The old soldier freedom
was
given him Friday afternoon when
Major W. E. McAllister, superin
tendent of the home, informed
Sheriff Lowery that he had de
cided not to press lunacy proceed
ings which had been instituted
against Mr. Ellis/
u The change in the situation
came when Major McAllister re
ceived a letter from the veteran
assuring the Superintendent that
his conduct would be “orderly 1>
in the futui-e. Mr. Ellis set out
ir. his. letter that jie had not in
tended to be boisterous nor to
give, cause for Major McAllister
to fear violence at his hands.
u You may rest assureri^that
you
will be in no danger from threats
or violence on my part,” the aged
soldier wrote.
ft Acting under instructions
from the trustees of the home,
Major McAllister had made for
mal application for a writ of lu
nacy in the Fulton county ordi
nary’s court Tuesday. Mr. F.Uis
was already confined in the tow
er, having'been arrested Wednes
day evening, upon Request of R.
D. T. Lawrence, chairman of the
LOVE FOR WIFE SO GREAT,
COLLEGE PROFESSOR GIVES
HER UP TO ANOTHER MAN
Chicago, Oct. 18.—To enable his
wife to marry another man. for
whom she confessed a “perfect
passionate love,” and with whom
she, it was said in evidence, was
living in Evanston, 111., for more
than a year, Dr. Alfred Law
rence Hall-Quest, director of the
University of Pittsburg exten
sion work and noted lecturer,
has obtained a divorce.
Man’s Name Guarded.
Every precaution was taken to
guard the name of the man, the
cultured love letters telling of
her infatuation for him having
been copied into the record with
his name carefully deleted. In
her letters the wife pleaded for
her freedom so that "social laws
might sanction her life with the
other mart," for whom she said
she was ready to “give up every
thing else in the world. ft
After the signing of the decree
here by Judge Harry A.
every effort was made to
Dr. Hall-Quest from
and precautions were taken
prevent the proceedings
public.
Princeton Man.
Dr. Hall-Quest, 44 years
was educated at Princton.
married Miss Shirley Ivy Knox,
Minnesota, in 1908. In 1923
said in evidence while he was
professor at Columbia, she
his home in Cincinnati and
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SHENANDOAH TO TIE
UP TO MOORING MAST
THIS AFTERNOON
Tacoma, Wahs., Oct. 18.—(By
the Associated Press.) — The
Shenandoah sent a message to
her mooring mast at Camp Lew,
is just before 9 o’clock tips 'morn
ing that she would be unable to
moor without valving helium
and would nt tie’ up until 4
o’clock this afternoon. The ship
was in sight here at 7:10 in a
heavy fog, according to Camp
Lewis officials, and was delayed
on account of the mooring.
board of trustees, on a charge
of having become violent and
threatening at a meeting of the
trustees. ^
“Friday afternoon, prior to the
announcement that Major McAl
lister was agreeable to dropping
the lunacy proceedings, Mr. Ellis
filed habeas corpus proceedings
in Fulton superior court in an
effort to gain his release. He
charged he was being held with
out cause, and described his in
carceration as “humiliating and
much against his health, ri The
habeas corpus petition was sched
uled to come up in Judge E. D.
Thomas’ division of superior
court this morning at 10 o’clock.
According to Major McAllis
ter’s letter to the sheriff, “he was
not 4t any time willing to do
anything which would bring trou
ble upon any old Confederate
soldier. He set out that, al
though he had been greatly
wronged himself, he was willing
for Mr. Ellis to go free under
the provision that his conduct in
the future would be orderly.
ti I have been informed that you
are' willing for the sheriff of Ful
ton county to release me from
confinement,’’ Mr. Ellis wrote Ma
jor McAllister, a upon assurance
from me that my conduct in the
future will be orderly, and that
you will be in no danger of per
sonal harm fran flie when re
leased.
.. I beg to advise that it is not,
and has never bee,n my inten
tion to do you any harm, or to
conduct myself is a boisterous
or disorderly manner, or to give
you any trouble in any way. You
may rest assured that you will
be in no danger from threats or
violence upon my part at any
time.
Mr. Ellis stated Friday, before
his release was effected,, that, he
wished to return to the home, al
though there were several places
in Atlanta where he would be
given good care.
t,o Chicago with the other man.
A few days after the elopement
she wrote to Hall-Quest a letter
which was introduced as evidence
in which she said:
. I wanted to show you, if’ pos
sible, that my going away with
-was necessary, not because
it meant a consummation of the
love that is between us, but be
cause it offered, as we saw it,
the only way for an upbuilding
made necessary by years of tear
ing down process.
* I That public scandal should- be
avoided for your sake, I can
quite realize, but and I
can and must take all the blame
that attaches to our decision to
live together and therefore no
secrecy was even contemplated
when we left.” •,
Other letters portrayed her hope
that freedom Would bring ease
of mind and reasserting her love
for the other man. The last of
the letters told how hopeless
would be an interview in the
hope of ending the situation.
Mrs. Knox Hall-Quest and
Frederick Williams Hart, divorc
ed by Mrs. Rosamond Hhrt, of
Cincinnati, last Monday, ■were
married at a hotel here last night
by Judge Denis E. Sullivan. They
left immediately afterward for
Minneapolis, home of Mrs. W.
Knox, Mrs. Hart's mother.
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AM PAPER
Takes Issue With Walker
oh Speech Made in
Kansas City.
Athens, Ga., Oct. 18.—The Ath
ens Banner-Herald yesterday
parted political company with
Governor Clifford M. Walker, bas
ing its action on the governor’s
confession of membership in the]
Ku Klux Klan, contained in an
address to* the national klonvoca
tion at Kansas City recently.
The Banner-Herald declared ed
itorially that it has supported the
governor in. all his campaigns
but it cannot follow him any
further, and predicts his defeat in
future contests with the Klan
support. • ,
The editorial follows:
There are thousands of Gov
ernor Walker’s warm supporters
in Georgia who read with keen
regrets the interview Jby,the gov
ernor in the Atlanta Constitu
tion in which the governor ad
mits he attended a klonvocation
of the Ku Klux Klan in Kansas
City. Included in that number is
the Banner-Herald.
“The Banner-Herald has here
tofore supported Governor Walk
er in season and out, but we can
follow him no longer. The Ban
ner-Herald is of the firm opinion
that no honest man can serve an
invisibl e empire and the state eL
Georgia at the same time.
The governor has two courses
before him. He can retire to pri
vate life at the conclusion of his
term as governor or he can seek
higher office with the klati’s po
litical support. In th <y latter
event he will have af>£a yed him
self against an overwhelming ma
jority of the people of Georgia
and he will certainly be defeated.
u Whenever a contest for office
in Georgia is held with all is
sues but the klan eliminated the
result will be the «ame as it was
in Texas—an ignominious defeat
for the klan candidate.
The American people are not
in favor of any secretly controlled
government, Whether, by the
corporations or oil interests or
the Ku Klux Klan.”
GEORGIA MARSHAL
GETS LONG SENTENCE
FOR FALSE ARREST
Vi.
Perry, Ga., Oct. 18.—A. J.
Seals, town marshal of Byron,
Ga., was sentenced to 12 months
on the chaingang late yesterday
following his conviction of the
charge of false arrest of a wom
an. He gave bond pending an
appeal of the case.
Seals is‘one of five men indict
ed in the case which reveals • a
midnight raid on the home of
Mrs. T. Brunson Brown, three
miles from Byron, August 12.
The.indictment charges that with
out warrant Mrs. Brown was
placed in custody of the five men,
carried to Byron, and later to
the home- of her father at Elko,
Qa., and her small child was ta
keh from her ’ he hus
band 8uspected infidelity.
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IS ACQUITTED DF
MURDER CHARGE
Convicted in First
Degree in Connection
With Crime.
Philadelphia, Oct. 18.—-(By the
Press.)—Violet Dick-’
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19 year old mother, was
acquitted of the charge of
Louis Hirsch, aged store
last November.
The jury, after hearing evi
all week, retired late yes
The girl was accused jointly
Charles Offinger, who was
a separate trial and con
victed of first degre murder,
with it the death penal
ty.
His appeal is before the state
supreme court.
The girl and Oeffinger accused
each other of having fired the
shot that killed Hirsch.
PEONAGE TRIiVL STOPS
AT DEATH OF WOMAN
Macon, Ga., Oct. 18.—Examina
tion of witnesses in the case of
Forrest L. Dyal, Jr., on trial in
United States district court on a
charge of peonage, was halted
yesterday morning when Thomas
S., Felder, attorney for the de
fense, was notified of the death
of his sister, Mrs. JJulia Everett,
in Montgomery, Ala.
Dyal is accused of having held
Charlie Jackson, negro, in a strfa*
of peonage.
The case will be resumed Mon
day.
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GOOD
The 1924 Griffin-Spalding Coun
Fair is drawing to a close.
The hustle and general rush that
Wednesday, Thurs
and Friday is now growing
and/quiet will prevail at
fair ^>unds tomorrow.
Each concession is doing its best
the crowds leave, but many
booths are totaling receipts
making reports, and the shows
are gradually packing up.
The Fair Association officials
were well pleased with the fair
as a whole, as was everyone who
attended.
Friday it was estimated that more
than 6,000 attended, when the
school children had their inning.
C WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia—Fair Saturday and
Sunday, with little change in tem
perature. Moderate northeast
winds.
Temperature for 24 hours end
ing at noon Saturday:
Maximum 82
Minimum 56
Mean 69
WATER STILL HIGH
ON FLORIDA ROAD
Orlando, Fla., Oct. 18.—At
eral points over a stretch of
yards of road immediately
of the St. Johns river bridge
tween Sanford and DeLand,
water reaches above the
board of the average
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CLEARED B1 JURY
DF CHILD’S DEATH
Witnesses Declare Acci
dent Unavoidably; Girl
Ran jn Front of Car.
Atlanta, Oct. 18.—Mrs. Asa G.
Candler, Sr., was exonerated by
the Fulton county grand jury Fri
day of blame in the death of 5
year-old Elisabeth Lunsford, who
was fatally injured when she was
struck down recently by an auto
mobile driven by Mrs. Candler.
Several witnesses were examined
by the grand jury, which failed
to return the indictment prepared
by Assistant Solicitor Ed A.
Stephens, charging involuntary
manslaughter on two counts.
The first Count set out the
charge that Mrs. Candler was
driving faster than 30 miles an
hour. The second count held Mrs.
Candler responsible for the child’s
death because of alleged careless
and reckless driving in “utter dis
regard for human life.
The fatal accident occurred
Wednesday afternoon of last week.
The Lunsford child died the fol
lowing morning at the Piedmont
sanitarium. She was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Lunsford. The little girl wa«
struck down immediately in front
of her home, when she attempted
to cross the road.
In a statement to investigators
from the solocitor’s, office, Mrs.
Candler declared the accident was
unavoidable and expressed deep
regret. She stated that the child
ran into the roadway so quickly
that it was impossible to avoid
striking her, although she was
traveling at a moderate rate of
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TELEGRAPH BULLETINS |
V.
DAVIS SPEAKS IN
ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI
. Davis Special En Route to St.
Louis, Oct. 18.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.)—After three days
of intensive campaigning in Illi
nois, John W. Davis returned to
day to again lpead his cause to
the people that border the states.
With a farewell address on Illinois
soil this afternoon at East St.
Louis, he planned one of the major
speeches of his campaign, it was
stated, at Bt. Louis tonight.
COOLIDGE TO DISCUSS
FARM CONDITIONS
Washington, Oct. 18.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—President Cooiidge
plans to call a conference on agri
culture in the near future aa the
first step in his proposed investi
gation of farming conditions by a
special commission.
TWO RUM RUNNING
BOATS CAPTURED
New York, Oct. 18.—(By the
Associated Press.)—Firing more
according to a bulletin issued by
the Florida Automobile Associa
tion at noon yesterday. Cars are
negotiating this road, however, by
careful driving, the bulletin says,
but there is danger of flooding the
motor.
VOL.
.
IN
Fighting Being Ci
on With Increasi
Intensity.
Peking, Oct. 18,~(By tM
sociated Press.)—Fighting
tween invading Manehbrian i
and resisting armies of th<
king government are being
ried on with such increasing
lence and added intend
Shanhaikwan that observers
the outcome may decide the
ner of the conflict and conti
Central Chinese government
Neither/side has gained a
tage thus far. % * .
Casualties Heavy, |
Mukden, Oct. 18.— 1 Treme
casualties have been caoK
the fighting around Shanfaej
through the use of subterr
mines by the central Q
government forces, it wai
clared here today. It was
daily stated the Manchurian
tend Shanhaikwan yesterd*
The subterranean mines w
said played an important pi
the desperate fight. 5
To Disband Troops.
Shanghai, Oct. 18.—Plans
disarming and dispersing
more than 8oldier * 4
defeated Chekiang province I
now encamped in and |
Shanghai, were discussed al
all night conference between 1
ing Chinese merchants of^the
and Chekiang army n
tives without any agree:
ing been reached.
X.
FAIL TD
INDICT!
Mount Vernon, 111., Oct. 1
(By the Associated Press.)—
tionB to quash the murder ^
ments against Lawrence
Hight, former clergyman, x
Mrs. Elsie Sweeten, coni
poison plotters, were ovei
today. m ■
Mrs. Sweeten pleaded not
tyx
The formal arraignment
Hight was postponed until 1
than a dozen rounds of
tion from a machine
today captured two rum n
boats in the lower bay and *:x
a third on the rocks off Bre
after a 20-mile chase in the J
Seven prisoners were taken jj
650 cases of whiskey and
seized. 'fig
WOMAN AND GIRL ■
KILLED BY TRUCK
Wesley, N. Y., Oct. 18.—
the Associated Press.)—Mr*, I
Bragg, 36, and Mabel Smiffl
were killed and the two-nun
old son of Mrs. Bragg, it ia tm
were fatally injured when t
were run down by an unidenti
truck near here laat night.
FRENCH AMBASSADOR
TO U. S. RESIGNS. 1
Paris, Oct. 18.—(By th* A
elated Press.)—Hie retirement
Jutes Jusserand, French amb*
dor to the United States, vyj
P*st he has held sine* 19
the submitting of the nm
Emile Dneschner to the Wi
ton government aa hia su<
has been announced.
Washington, Oct. 18—-No
ment in official circle* h
made regarding the Frei
bfssy announcement.
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