Georgia Historic Newspapers

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VOL. IV.
MILLARD LEE SANE;
MURDER TRIAL NEXT
Slayer of Lilia May Sut
tles ’Declared To
Be of Sound
Hind.
MUlkrd Lee !» sane.
Such is the verdict of the Jury, retwhned
Immediately upon the convening of 'court
yesterday afternoon.
The trial on the indictment of murder
. will be taken up this morning at 8:30
•’clock. when the question of Lee’s sanity
at the time he killed Miss Lilia May Sut
tles will be a feature of the trial.
The verdict of sane was reached within
* minutes after the Jury retired.
The special plea of present insanity
Bonnot be appealed as a separate issue,
and the case will go on, the special plea
being regarded as an integral part of the
whole trial. In case the final verdict is
Unfavorable to Lee. then the whole case
may bo appealed, and with it the special
Olea of present insanity.
Lee was not in court when the verdict
was read, his presence having been
.... ‘waived.
Old man Lee, hto father, was there,
kowever. bending his gray head forward
to catch the fateful words, for it looks as
though no mortal power can save Millard
*l>ee now. A touching incident was the
‘fact that the old man could not compre
hend the cold verbiage of the verdict,
couched in its legal terms, and seemed to
beg piteously for some one to explain to
SUm what it meant.
He knew in an instant, however, for
Candler said:
“Call the case of the state against Mil
liard Lee. charged with murder.”
Upon representation that Attorney Reu
ben Arnold was ill. the court postponed
<he case until this morning.
At the afternoon session of the court
Monday the defense continued its work
begun in the forenoon, first seeking to
*’• Jgbow by the introduction of testimony
from friends and acquaintances of Lee
that the man had always been mentally
afflicted. The first witness. V. S. Ar
nold. testified that Lee was peculiar in
ills manner and actions, and said he
thought the man lacking perception, al
though he would not positively say that
he was of unsound mind.
William Avery said he had always re
garded Lee as a peculiar character “He
couldn’t hold a conversation. We always
treated him like a grown up child. He
Dever laughed—Just grinned. He could
never look you in the eye. He would sit’
at my house and pull his hair and twist
his handkerchief for hours at a time. His
mental capacity was limited, but to what
extent I couldn't say. He was of a weak
mind, but I couldn’t say his mind was
either sound or unsound.”
e . wZmiAmw ha had. sense enough to buy
land?** asked Mr. HilL
"Yes. sir. I bought some old wire from
him. too.” replied the witness.
Mr. Avery then said he met Lee Just
after the shooting. Lee was crying, aad
told him he had to kill the girl because
he loved her so. He said he wished he
was dead. too.
Tom Lee, a brother of the prisoner, tes
tified that he had always considered
Millard of a weak mind, an idiotic kind of
a boy.
In order to legally establish the fact
of the murder, the defense then put up
W. D. Oliver, an eye witness, who de
scribed the shooting in much detail, and
concluded by saying that he had never
| . observed any difference between Lee and
other boys.
The medical experts then took the
«*and. the first being Dr. EM Griffin, who
testified that be considered Lee an im
becile. He had examined him three times,
and was of the opinion that be was at
times Ignorant of what he did. The phy
sician went on to say that he considered
Les afflicted with a form of mental
epilepsy. ,
Dr. T. V. Hubbard testified that he had
-examined the prisoner, and found him to
be of weak mind and low intelligence.
Dr. Robert Westmoreland testified that
he considered Lee a paranoiac, and con
sidered him of very ordinary intelligence.
WITNESSES SWEAR
THAT LEE IS INSANE
Popular interest in the Millard Lee trial
Mamed on the wane when court opened
at IJB Tuesday morning, for only a
small crowd was present when J. T. Win
ters was called to the stand by the de
fense. though later In the day a larger
crowd collected.
Winters testified that he had known
Lee for years.
“1 always considered him an idiotic
fallow with hardjy enough sense to get
around. He couldn't carry on a conver
sation I always considered him a man of
unsound mind, and I thought everybody
else thought the same thing."
“Well, tell us what kind of a man he
was.”
"He alius had a cur’yus way to me.”
said the old man. "He aever could tell
you what he wanted you to do. He was a
good hand when be worked, but he never
would work long at a time. He’d just
work a little an* then go on away. I nev
er see anybody work like him. Once we
wux cuttln' grass, an' he'd just cut a
little here an* a little yonder. Once at the
ginhouse, when the fire didn’t burn to
, suit him. he just took up a piece of wood
urn* hit the engine a lick with it an* went
on away. I just thought he was crazy. I
never did think he had good sense.**
Dr. T. L. Thomaaotf. on taking the stand,
swore that he had examined Lee tvrice.
The witness then went Into a long dis
cussion in which medical terms were
. prominent He said he also examined
him mentally and that he would class him
as a feeble minded person.
"Does he know the difference between
right and wrong?" asked Mr. Hill.
"Tea. sir."
Mandy Owens, a servant at the Lees',
paid Millard had been feeble minded ever
Since he was a little boy.
The State Begins.
The first witness for the state was Dr.
J. B. Baird. The witness said he had
> taught mental diseases in a medical col
lege. He said he had examined Lee while
in Fulton county jail.
♦Tito physical condition, under the cir
cumstances, was normal." said Dr.
Baird.
asked if examination was thorough, to
which the witness replied in the affirm
ative.
Colonel Arnold then put a long hypo
thetical question, describing Lee's condi
tion and asked if this was not compatible
with approaching epilepsy, to which the
witness replied that it might be.
Mr. Hill then described the scene in the
church, and asked what it indicated, to
which Dr. Baird replied that it‘seemed to
be a series of acts planned and carried
out.
"Might not a man love a girl, meet
her. offer to go home with her. be refused
«nd shoot her for her refusal, and all this
be perfectly compatible with sanity?"
“Certainly.”
Dr. J. J. Knott testified that he had
examined Lee thoroughly on two occas
ions.
"Was his condition, mental and physi
cal. normal or abnormal?"
found it normal."
’ . x'S he know right from'wrong?"
“My opinion is that he would."
Dr. W. P. Nleolson testified that he ex
amined Lee at the jail, and that he found
him mentally dull.
"It was hard to get a great deal out of
him," he said, "but I got a fairly intelli
gent Interview with him. I am disposed to
think he would know right from wrong at
that time."
"Do you say this is a man of normal
mind?” asked Colonel Arnold.
"I certainly do not.”
"Do you not consider him a dull im
becile?”
Colonel Arnold put his long hypotheti
cal question to Dr. Nleolson and asked if
the witness would not consider such a
man insane?
"Very close to it,” was the reply.
"Toy can hardly reconcile it with sani
ty, can you?"
"Hardly.”
Dr. B W. Bissell said he had examined
Lee several days ago.
"In your opinion, would he know the
difference between right and wrong?"
asked Mr. Hill.
"I think so. at that time.”
"Did you see any signs of dementia?"
"No, sir."
"Or of idiocy, or imbecility, or mania,
or insanity, or incipient epilepsy t*
The witness said incipient epilepsy was
too much for him.
Mr. Hill then recounted the story of
Lee’s killing of Miss Suttles, and asked
the witness if these actions would indi
cate that he knew right from wrong, to
which the witness replied that he thought
Lee had a dear idea of self-preserva
tion.
"Were there signs of hereditary com
plaint in this man?"
"No; I did not see any."
"Doctor, do you say that flight Is a
sign of insanityT* demanded Colonel Ar
nold.
"No; not necessarily.”
Dr. S. G. C. Pinckney said he had
found in the prisoner no Idiocy, de
mentia, imbecility, mania or insanity, but
thought he knfew right from wrong.
"Is he not of a low order of intel
lect?" asked Colonel Arnold.
“I should say so.”
Cross-examined by Mr. Hill:
"But the man knows right from
wrong?"
"Yen”
"He knew it when you examined him?”
"Yes. and I think he does now.”
Dr. Bates Block testified that he had
examined Lee and considered him while
not perfectly sound, still above the border
of Imbecility.
Deputy Sheriff John Jones took th*
stand next. He said he was present when
Lee was captured and that thirteen car
tridges and $88.83 was taken from Lee.
"What was his appearance?" asked Col
onel Arnold.
"He looked stupid and bad. He had been
crying."
"Henry Thomason swore that he went
to school with Lee; that Lee was just like
other boys and that he never heard any
body say anything about Lee's being weak
minded until after the murder.
Marvin Winters swore that he went to
school wUh Lee and that he never no
ticed anything peculiar In him.
John Sheets testified Lee was a curious
sort of fellow, and would talk very little.
Sheets said he had written several notes
and letters to Miss Suttles for Lee.
Prof. Kimberly, who taught Lee at
school, said he was slow In most things
and peculiar about some things.
Prof. W. H. Ferguson, another teacher
of Lee, testified that Lee was a dull boy,
but knew right from wrong.
John Wallace said he helped Prof.
Kimberly to get up some entertainment at
school at which Lee took part. He said he
thought Lee knew right from wrong. He
said he went to the jail to see Lee, and
Lee told him he was sorry he had killed
Miss Suttles and would not do it if he
had the time to live, over again.
H. H. Wallace swore that he saw Lee
the day before the murder at which time
Lee told him he was thinking of going
to Wesley chapel the next day.
LEE SCORED TERRIBLY
BY SOLICITOR HILL
The long shafts of early sunlight fell
across the court room yesterday as
Millard Lee, slayer of Lilia May Suttles,
tottered feebly to his chair and Solicitor
Charley Hill began his powerful arraign
ment in behalf of the state.
Attorney Lowery Arnold had made a
brief address for the iprlsoner Tuesday
afternoon, but as only two hours were al
lotted each side Mr. Arnold left the re
mainder of the defense’s time to hfs
brother, Reuben Arnold, who will close
for the defense after Mr. Hill has
spoken.
Lee sat on the northern aide of the
court room, his head resting on one skin
ny hand. He has sedulously avoided
shaving since his confiement began, and
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♦ MILLARD LEE, THE SLAYER OF MISS SUTTLES. . ♦
ON COAST OF GORA
PIRATES SWARM
UNNUMBERED
COMMERCE OF THE ISLAND HAS
BEEN GREATLY RETARDED ON
ACCOUNT OF CRIPPLED REV
ENUE CUTTER SERVICE.
NEW YORK. June 18.—The non-arrlval
of the U. S. consul general to Havana and
the consuls appointed to Mantanzas, Cien
fuegos and Santiago, has resulted in se
riously crippling commerce with the U. S.
says a Herald dispatch from Havana.
Since the evacuation of the island by
the United States forces, piracy and smug
gling alopg the Cuban coast have in
creased enormously. The collectors of
half a dozen ports are constantly request
ing the assistance of revenue cutters. The
chief offenders are smacks from Jamaica,
Nassau and Barbadoes. There are only
two cutters available to guard two thou
sand miles of coast line. Four others,
owned by the government, are at present
out of commission.
Six smacks, which were violating the
turtle fishery laws, have been captured.
Many others are under surveillance and
probably will be captured on the arrival
ofeasslstance. Several Instances are re
ported of actual piracy.
Many Cuban smacks have been over
hauled and robbed of catches of fish, pro
visions, water, etc., by foreigners, who
eventually are under the Impression that
the withdrawal of the Americans left the
Cubans an easy prey.
It is probable that examples will be
made of the captured, in which case, un
doubtedly, will be salutary.
It has been suggested by custom officials
that the cutter service be abolished as a
means of economizing, but the revela
tions of the last 48 hours have demonstrat
ed the absolute necessity of continuing
the service, if not increasing it.
Many diplomatic questions already have
arisen and the time of the United States
minister Is fully occupied therewith, not
withstanding the fact he Is compelled to
devote much time to American Indigents
of all parts of the island, who are seeking
aid or transportation to the United States
and the grievances of others.
yesterday his appearance was even more
haggered and distressing than at the be
ginning of the trial. His hair was un
brushed; his linen, such as it was, soil
ed; his tie illy adjusted; his clothes bag
gy and wrinkled. Every now and then
he would cast a long penetrating look
at the Judge, or the attorneys, and then
sink again into his attitude and aspect
of mental vacancy.
Nearly all of the witnesses for the de
fense have spoken at length of Lee's
habit of twisting his handkerchief and
biting his fingers; yet during the whole of
the trial Lee has never once manifested
either of these symptoms.
Mr. Hill began his argument by pay
ing a high tribute to Attorneys Lowry Ar
nold and Reuben Arnold, saying they
were not only dear to him, but were ex
ceptionally able men. Retiben Arnold he
declared, was even a better lawyer than
Tom Watson. And the defendant, as
serted the solicitor, probably heard this
tribute with open ears and sweet ap
preciation, for he knew and knew well
what men he had employed.
“Yet, gentlemen," he cried, “I consider
Rube Arnold's capabilities limited, just as
the capabilities of all mortal men are
limited.
"Gentlemen, if from the evidence you
have heard, be succeeds in making you
believe this man is Insane, then I will
ascribe to him powers not human, but
superhuman!”
Mr. Hill began to take up the evidence of
the defense piece by piece. He ridiculed,
he sneered, he laughed, he dismissed with
waves of his hand. He took the crowded
courtroom from pathos to merriment, un
til the bailiffs rapped loudly for order.
“A jury in kilts would know better than
this!” he cried.
The solicitor rehearsed one business
transaction of Lee after another, and de
clared that he challenged a refutation of
the assertion that Millard Lee was equal
in Intelligence to any of his family.
"Is this the idiot? Is this the imbecile?
Is this—pardon me, gentlemen—ls this in
cipient epilepsy to keep a store, to cut
wood and sell It, to buy land, to farm, to
be a partner in a threshing venture, to
hire men and control them and pay them,
to give cotton and take out the tool, to
play catcher and first base on a baseball
team? There’s the evidence!”
Then Mr. Hill got mad. He pulled out
his red bandanna handkerchief and wav
ed it.
"Gentlemen, I can stop with their own
witnesses and show that this man Is not
crazy now and never wast
"Lee lent a negro money and took a
land deed as security. He charged in
terest. He held the deed as collateral. Is
that an evidence of incipient epilepsy! Oh!
how crazy he is! What a shame not to let
him kill anybody he wants to, and then
send him to the asylum!”
As Mr. Hill spoke Lee's frame quivered
with emotion. His face was still buried
in his hands.
“The legal test of Insanity is: does a man
Continued on Page Two.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1902.
RECIPROCITY
FOR CUBA
FAILS
ROOSEVELT FINDS THAT HE
HAS USED THE PARTY WHICH
IN VAIN AND NOW FACES DE
FEAT.
I
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WASHINGTON, June 18.-Even the
most faithful of the adminlstratlonists
now admit that there is no hope of pass
ing the Cuban reciprocity bill at this
session of congress.
The conference to be held tonight will
undoubtedly decide to drop the whole
matter except that ft may authorize the
president to negotiate a reciprocal treaty
with the islands. *
The failure to pass the bill will be the
greatest defeat of Roosevelt’s political
career and it is believed will seriously
impair his strength in those republican
states which do not raise beets and
which have therefore been in favor of
reciprocity.
PLATFORMFI9OO
MAY NOT BE
NOTFCEO
»•* 4-*-
B. 8. MILLER ,OF itUSCOGEE, SAYS
FREE SILVER IS A DEAD IS
SUE IN THE UNITED
STAGES.
1-
When the state convention meets here
on July 2d it is very probable, in fact al
most a certainty that ft will ignore the na
tional Democratic plgtform at Kansas
City in 1900. Hon. B. 8. Miller, of Mus
cogee, who is a delogate to the conven
tion from his county, announced at the
capital yesterday tha|, any effort to re
vive the Kansas City platform, so far
as free silver and several other things
were concerned, would be vigorously
fought, and that as $e understood it, a
new platform, making new issues would
be adopted. ,i a,
According to by Mr. Miller,
he has conversed wltiFmany delegates tb
the convention and the consensus of opin
ion seems to be that the Georgia conven
tion will relegate free silver to the rear,
come out squarely for Cuban reciprocity,
and other things of national importance.
The policy of the national government in
the Philippine Islands will be strongly
condemned so it 1b said, though it is un
derstood that some few of the delegates
so far named, favor commending in part
what the administration has done and ft
is being hinted that a resolution to that
effect will be introduced in the conven
tion.
It is not thought .that the putting of lo
cal option in the state platform will go
through without a fight, although ft is be
ing strongly urged that the late primary
settled the question forever in Georgia,
and that to make a certainty of tfce mat
ter the party should declare for local op
tion.
Many of the state capitol officials are of
the opinion that the free silver plank of
the Kansas City platform should be left
out of the state platform, and that new
issues should be made. Chairman Ed T.
Brown, while declining to be interviewed
on subject favors leaving out the silver
plank. There is much interest evinced in
what the convention is going to do regard
ing a platform, and before the convention
meets on the 2d of July it is said a meet
ing of the leaders of the party will be held
in Atlanta to outline a plan which will
be submitted to the convention on the
following day.
Speaking of the free silver plank yes
terday, Hon. B. S. Miller said:
“The convention, will, in my opinion.
Ignore the Kansas City platform altogeth
er, and any effort that will be made to
bring up the issue will meet with a vigo
rous fight. Free silver is a dead issue, as
are several other things in the Kansas
City platform, and I do not think we
should waste any time on them. What we
need is something new.”
It is now only two weeks until the con
vention meets. The railroads have notified
Chairman Brown that a rate of one fare
for the round trip from all points in Geor
gia has been granted for the delegates and
others to attend the convention.
Chairman Brown has not yet received
the consolidated returns from all the coun
ties in the state. He requests that the
executive committees send in the returns
as fast as possible as ft is now only a few
days before the convention will be called
to order.
TROW”
POISON AND PISTOL
THOMAS BROOKSHIRE, OF CHAR-
LOTTE, GROWS WEARY OF LIFE
BUT FAILS TO FIND RELIEF.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., June 18.—After
telling his mother good-bye over the
'phone and taking enough laudanum to
kill three men, Thomas M. Brookshire
shot himself in the office of Long Bros.’
store on South College street, at 11
o’clock last night. The bullet entered the
right breast above the lungs, but did
not make a mortal wound.
He declares he Intends to die by his
own hand and ‘that he will kill himself
at the first opportunity.
“I have wished to die for three days,"
he said. "Trouble? Yes, I have a great
deal of trouble. Everything has gone
wrong, and I am just tired of living.
You needn’t try to pull me through this,
for I shall kill myself sooner or later.”
, There was difficulty in getting a doc
tor. All the city physicians were attend-,
ing the meeting of the medical society
at the city hall. Brookshire was told
this.
"Oh, I knew that,” said he. "I planned
the whole thing before hand, and I am
surprised even that any one heard the
shot outside the door.”
GEO. PEABODY GIVES
GENEROUSLY TO
A SCHOOL
DONATES $13,000 FOR EDUCA
TIONAL PURPOSES AT ATHENS
AND TRIED TO KEEP GIFT A
SECRET.
Despite his desire to keep secret his ben
efaction, it has Just been learned that
George Foster Peabody, of New York,
who visited Athens this week, had arrang
ed to give $13,000 for the building and
equipment of a "practice school" in con
nection with the State Normal school.
Mr. Peabody gives SIO,OOO for the build
ing and $3,000 for the equipment of the
school. The state school commissioner is
to provide three teachers for the institu
tion, which is to have seven grades, and
to accommodate 105 pupils.
The school will be conducted on the
most advanced ideas, and while the John
Dewey school, in Chicago, is something
on the order of the new school to be
erected in Athens, the new school will in
clude many things which the Dewey
school has not taken up.
Mr. Peabody is a member of the gen
eral educational board, whieh recently
gave $19,000 to the State Normal school
and SIO,OOO to the Tech, but he has taken
a great deal of Interest in the State Nor
mal school, and his individual gift of $13,-
000 is in addition to his share in the gifts
of the general educational board. Mr. Pea
body left last night for New York.
MR. CLEVELAND’S LETTER
TO HON. W.L WILSON
LEXINGTON, Va., June 19.—At the
graduating exercises of Washington and
Lee University, Hon. Isidor Strauss, of
New York, delivered the address at the
unve.llng of a monument to the Hon. W.
N. w ..son, late president of the universi
ty, and in discussing Mr. Wilson’s work
in regard to the Wilson tariff bill read a
letter sent by President Cleveland to Mr.
Wilson. Mr. Strauss said the letter had
never been made public. It is as fol
lows:
"Executive Mansion, Washington, Aug.
13, 1894.
“My Dear Mr. Wilson:
"I suppose a man very much depressed
and disappointed mya write a word of
sympathy to another in like situation.
We both hoped and wrought for better
things; but now that we know our fate,
I shall not let a moment pass before I
acknowledge the great and unselfish work
you have done in an attempt to bring
about an honest and useful result.
“Much has ben developed which has
shocked and surprised you and me, and I
have within the last hour found myself
questioning whether or not our party is
a tariff reform party. This, however, is
only teeiporary and such feettirg iB quick
ly followed by my old trust in democratic
doctrines and the party which professes
them.
“But I only intend to express my sym
pathy with you, and my gratitude for the
fight you have made for genuine tariff re
form.
“I hope now that you will be mindful
of yourself and that you will try and re
pair a strained mental and physical con
dition by Immediate care and rest.
"Yours very sincerely,
“GROVER CLEVELAND."
Hon William L. Wilson.
CHICAGOGRAIN PIT
THRONGED BY MOB
CHICAGO, June 18.—The corn pit was
again the scene of a turbulent mob of
grain speculators today. Prices soared
skyward under the manipulation of the
crowd that has cornered July options and
as quickly dropped with a thud.
In the first ten minutes advances of 11-3
were made.
In the next hour prices slumped 3 cents.
All sorts of conjectures were made as to
the final outcome of the corner. Private
elevators are making contract corn as
fast as possible in order tb grade in and
overcome the congested condition. Coun
try markets are rushing corn here to take
advantages of the "prices," but opposed
to this movement is the bull operator who
is buying up cash stuff and selling it at a
discount to prevent large arrivals. Ef
forts are even being maue to ship to Mil
waukee to grade in that market. July op
tions control the market.
At the closing hour the manipulators
pushed July options down to 65 3-Bc, a loss
of 3 5-8 c from the opening high prices. Old
traders say that in a market that is being
played as corn is now, irrespective of its
commercial merits, just such pranks as it
played today may be expected from day
to day.
The dose was comparatively weak, July
selling 2c under yesterday’s close at 65 l-2c.
FLEMING FIGHTS
FOR CIRCUIT COURTS
WASHINGTON, June 18.—Representa
tive Fleming has demonstrated the fact
that his recent defeat in the primary has
not in the least diminished his zeal when
matters of interest to his constituents and
the people of the state in general are con
cerned.
At yesterday’s session of the house
judiciary committee, of which .he is a
member, he succeeded in getting a favora
ble report on the senate bill providing for
the holding of sessions of the circuit court
at civil appeals at Atlanta.
A considerable amount of opposition of
a certain sort developed, Representative
Clayton, of Alabama, attempting to tack
an amendment onto the bill providing for
the playing of the court at Montgomery,
and Representative Latham making a
similar effort on behalf of Ft. Worth. Mr.
Fleming stated that he had no objection
to courts being held at the. two places
named, but said he did object to having
his bill loaded down with the amendments
suggested. The committee upheld him in
this and favorable report .on the original
senate bill was ordered.
Mr. Fleming and the other members of
tlie delegation will do everything in their
power to secure the early consideration
and passage of the measure.
NO ARRANGEMENTS MADE
TO BORROW FOR TEACHERS
Governor Candler has not yet made the
arrangements to borrow $150,000 to pay the
school teachers of the state the balance
that is due them.
The banks want an unusually high rate
of interest for the amount desired by the
governor and so far the chief executive
has refused all the four per cent offers.
Last year the governor secured money for
two per cent but this year the various
financial institutions desire four per cent.
Unless the governor can get the money
for less than four per cent ft is hardly
probable that he will make any loan at
all. . , . . '
HALF MILLION MEN
MAY GO ON STRIKE
JIM GROIN GAR LAW
GETS BACKSET
BY MISS LEE
THOSE WHO OPPOSE PASSAGE OF
SIMILAR LAWS IN OTHER
STATES ARE USING HER AR
REST AS CAMPAIGN MATTER.
•WASHINGTON, June 18.—The arrest
of Miss Custis Lee, daughter of the Con
federate chieftain, for violating the Vir
ginia law relative to separate accommo
dations for the races in street cars, has
been seized upon by the class that can
see no good in the southern enactments
on this subject to justify their conten
tion. They claim that this case demon
strates that the separate car laws must
ever be impracticable and a source of
trouble. The Incident is not only re
grettable by reason of the personality of
Miss Lee, but ft comes at an especially
inopportune time, when the Louisiana
legislature, after a bitter struggle against
the street railroad syndicate of New Or
leans and its allied interests, is about
to enact a separate car law for that and
the other Louisiana cities.
The friends of separate cars, however,
should not be discouraged by this inci
dent nor can any deductions be drawn
from it that would apply to any other
city in the south. There is in fact no
place in the union where such a law
could be subjected to so unfair a test
as right here in Washington. This is a
veritable negro’s paradise. There are
85,000 of them within the limits of the
city and a black fringe beyond the bor
ders. Republican hypocrisy, long en
throned here, has pandered «to them to
such an extent that they have become
intolerable. They can enter the bars,
restaurants and places of amusement, if
they choose, and while the southern peo
ple who predominate here have managed
to keep all but the boldest within their
places, in spite of federal encourage
ment, it was determined to find relief
from the local conditions beyond the
Virginia border. A condition was thus
created that exists nowhere else. If the
darky enters the car hare in the District
he is entitled to any seat he finds va
cant, but after traveling a few blocks
and crossing the Potomac river he is
compelled to change his seat if he has
thrust amanr Wfcitea ai**
find accommodation in that part of the
car reserved for his race. On the other
hand, if he begins his journey at the other
end of the line, in Virginia territory,
he is assigned to a place among his own
people at the start and can only gratify
his ambition to mingle with the whites
after the long bridge has again been
crossed and the car is near the end of
its journey. As the line upon which this
unhappy incident occurred is no longer
than the average city street car line,
ft will be seen that • there are conditions
surrounding ft that could not be found
elsewhere.
While this primarily was the cause of
the trouble ft is to be borne in mind that
Miss Lee was totally ignorant of any
such law and had to deal with a con
ductor who was not only rude but whose
conduct toward her warranted his dis
charge. That the average Washington
conductor is inclined to be a boor has
been repeatedly illustrated of late. The
case in which Senator Money of Missis
sippi figured only a few weeks ago will
serve as an example. They do not treat
their passengers with the courtesy that
is exacted and freely given further south
and this was undoubtedly the cause of
all the trouble.
judgTbenneh
HAS RESIGNED
BRUNSWICK JURIST SURPRISES
BAR AND PUBLIC GENERALLY
BY RETIRING.
BRUNSWICK., Ga.. June 18.—To the
great surprise of the citizens of Bruns
wick as well as to the members of tha
bar, Judge Joseph W. Bennett, this after
noon announced at a called session of the
Brunswick Bar association that he had
tendered to Governor Candler his resigna
tion as judge of the Brunswick circuit.
Every one present expressed deep regret
at Judge Bennett’s early retirement and
passed resolutions of commendation for
the valuable services he has rendered, the
unerring wisdom he has exercised, the
great personal qualities of the man and
his unquestioned abilities as a jurist.
Judge Bennett retires to again enter the
practice of law and will associate himself
with Messrs. W. E. Kay and C. B. Con
yers, the firm to be known as Bennett &
Conyers.
The bar association will meet again to
morrow afternoon to nominate a successor
to Judge Bennett for the unexpired term.
MOB lITviNCENNESriND.,
’ WANTED TO USE A ROPE
VINCENNES. Ind.. June 18.—Great excite
ment was occasioned here at an early hour this
morning by the report that a mob was on Its
way to the jail to secure possession of William
Edison, who has been in custody on charge of
assaulting three-year-old Irma Pfohl, June 1.
For several days there has been talk of lynch
ing among the Irresponsible element and it has
only been through the efforts of cooler heads
that the feeling against Edison has been kept
in subjection. Yesterday those who were the
most outspoken quieted down and no further
trouble was looked for, but early this morning
a crowd of &0 or 75 men and boys assembled,
but without apparent leadership.
The police were notified and the word was at
once passed that an effort was about to be made
to lynch Edison. To add to the excitement some
one turned in an alarm of fire. This was done,
it is believed, to draw a large crowd to the
streets to swell the mob on Its way to the jail.
Half an hour after the first a second alarm was
turned in. but the police were on the look out
and nipped any tendency toward violence In ths
bud.
The mob was finally dispersed and.no actual
attempt was made to enter the jail. At 2:80
o'clock the police were on watch but believed
no further demonstrations would take place.
Edison Is a bad character, having spent 14
of his 37 years in the reform school, and the
feeling Is very bitter against him. ■ |
Indications Are That All
Soft Coal Miners In
United States
Will Strike.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., June 18.—The
long expected call for a special national
conference of the United Mine Workers of
America was Issued today by President
Mitchell at strike headquarters to be held
at Indianapolis at the earliest possible
date. The date of the convention will be
fixed by W. B. Wilson, national secretary
of Indianapolis.
The convention will be held for the pur
pose of discussing the advisability of in
volving all the soft coal miners in the
United States in the struggle now going
on in the anthracite coal fields. Under
the constitution, five unions must request
action before the national president can
issue a call for a national convention.
President Mitchell has had the consent of
the necessary five districts for some time,
but for some reason did not see fit to is
sue the call.
President Mitchell was extremely un
communicative as to what the probable
action of the convention might be. If the
delegates should decide to inaugurate a
national suspension of coal mining every
body at strike headquarters believe ft
would have a disastrous effect on the in
dustries of the country. The supply of
coal would become so short that large and
small industrial establishments would be
compelled to suspend operations and many
railroads would also seriously suffer.
There are approximately about 450,000
coal miners in the United States. Os
these about 360,000. Mr. Mitchell says, are
affiliated with the union and an additional
50,000 comply with the constitution of the
miners’ organization. It is entirely im
possible at this distance to forecast what
the national gathering will do. because not
one delegate has yet been elected.
The anthracite delegates will go into the
convention ■sath 142,000 striking hard coal
miners at their back for a general strike.
The West Virginia delegates will have
approximately 25,000 behind them for a
strike and in Michigan where the union
has had trouble the delegates will also be
instructed for a national suspension.
Central Pensylvania will contribute a cer
tain number of delegates who will want
a general strike, as will also Kentucky.
It remains for Western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Illinois and Indiana to offset thia,
as it was unofficially understood that th*
miners in those sections are not very en
thusiastic for a general stoppage of coal
production.
There is a strong belief here that Pres
ident Mitchell has a plan to submit to the
delegates and this belief is strengthened
by the fact that he delayed the call so
long. He had a conference with President
Patrick uL.th*. Pepgyly-
vania bituminous district, on Sunday and
has been in frequent communications with
other district leaders in the west
The barrier to be drercome in the cam
paign for a national suspension is the
yearly wage scale agreement that many
ol the soft coal miners have with the
companies. These agreements are looked
upon as contracts, and a large percentage
of miners in the west are rather averse
to breaking them. The principal bone of
contention in the anthracite region is for
a yearly wage agreement Those who are
opposed to a general strike use the argu
ment that if the soft coal miners break
these contracts and go on strike to help
the anthracite men they would be losing
in the west what the hard ooal miners are
fighting for in the east.
It is not improbable that the conserva
tive men in the convention will be able to
prevent a general suspension and carry
through the convention some sort of a
compromise.
One plan that is talked of is to have
only the Central Pensylvania and West
Virginia men help the anthracite workers
and another plan is to have all the soft
coal miners work only a certain number
of days each week. Failing to gain any
thing by either of these two moves then
as a final card, stop the production al
together. All the coal that is now com
ing out is from Eastern Pennsylvania,
West Virginia and Maryland.
STRIKERS AND POLICE
HAVE STREET BATTLE
NEW YORK. June 18.—A meeting of the
striking dyers' helpers,-held in Paterson,
N. J., today was followed by a riot, in
which one policeman and one of the riotera
were shot.
The wounded policeman, Charles Robin
son. received a bullet wound in the arm.
The wounded striker was shot in the
neck. He was carried away by his com
rades and the police have not learned his
name. The trouble did not last long and
the mob soon dispersed and quiet was
restored in the city. The dyers' helpers,
angered by the apparent failure of their
strike, decided to send delegations to the
mills of the city to order the men out.
The program was successfully carried out
at all the mills, with one exception. When
a big detail of the strikers, accompanied
by hundreds of sympathizers, arrived at
the mill of Banfer Brothers the men there
refused to go out and trouble immediate
ly began. The strikers hurled volleys of
stones at the mill, smashing every pane
of glass in the building and then forced
their way through the main entrance and -
drove out the employes.
The two policemen who were on duty
in the vicinity of the mill were powerless
and the mob carried everything before ft.
Police reinforcements were quickly sent
to the scene. They were received with
volleys of stones and several shots were
fired from among the mob one of Jhe bul
lets wounding Patrolman Robinson in the
arm. The police returned the fire and one
of the rioters fell. He was quickly picked
up and carried away by comrades. The
action of the police dispersed the mob,
which sytfttered in ah directions.
One grrest was made. The prisoner, an
Italian named Tony Nast, had an open
knife in his hand when arrested.
WAGES OF EMPLOYEES
VOLUNTARILY ADVANCED
WASHINGTON, June 18.—Jones and
Laughlin, iron and steel manufacturers
have voluntarily advanced the wages of
all their employes excepting the tonnage
men. The increase affects over 8,000 men
and the increase will average 10 per cent.
Laborers who are paid $1.35 will in the fu
ture receive $1.50 a day. The furnace em
ployes of the Carnegie Steel company
have been advanced during the past week
and it is understood that all the day la
borers in the mills of this company will
be treated in a similar manner as those
employed by the Jones and Laughlin*.
The advances have been wholly on ac
count of the general prosperous condition
of the steel trade and the Increased power
of the plants.
Newnan Man Getz Patent
WASHINGTON, D. -C.. 'June 17.—A patent
for a baling press was today Issued Francis
M. Chappell, Newnan. Ga.
NO. 80.