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Atlanta SjftaMßfdclii Mortal.
VOL. IV.
HARRY TRACY, NOTED OUTLAW,
HELD ATBAY,COMMITS SUICIDE
’Wounded in Desperate
Fight For Life. Tracy
Sends a Bullet Into
His Brain.
SURROUNDED BY POSSE
TRACY DIES BY OWN HAND
Most Remarkable Flight and Pursuit In
Criminal History—ls Brought to
/an End by Suicide.
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1 TRftCY’S UICTIHB |
Pi f i KILLED. ♦
+ Breese. E. E_. deputy sheriff. ♦
+ Jones, S. R. T.. prison guard. *
+ Rawley. Neil, deputy game war- ♦
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+ Raymond. Charles, deputy sheriff. ♦
* Terrell. Frank 8.. prison guard. ♦
+ Tiffany. B. F.. prison guard. ♦
+ David Merrill, his partner. ♦
+ SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. ♦
+ Anderson. Carl, rewspaper re- ♦
A porter. ♦
+ Williams. John, deputy sheriff. ♦
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SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. C—Defiant to
the death. Henry Tracy, fugitive convict
and outlaw, blew out his brains this
morning at 4 o’clock when he saw his
capture was certain.
The self-inflicted wound that caused In
stant death was not made until the des
perate fighter knew beyond all doubt that
he had played his last card tn the most
daring game of life in criminal history.
After a terrific battle with rifles. In
which the odds were eight to one. Tracy
fell wounded. His ammunition was gone,
his energy spent and hope had fled.
His antagonists, ignorant of the despe
rate condition of their prey, continued a
galling fire while rushing messengers for
reinforcements.
Tracy deliberately placed a revolver at
his head and pulled the trigger. The offi
cers soon withdrew, fearing to make a
rush upon Tracy, whom they thought was
silent for a moment of rest. It was after
daylight before it was known that Tracy
had committed suicide during the night.
Tracy was surrounded last night and
for four hours a terrific battle continued.
He was located In a swamp when the fight
began, but changed locations as he sent
bullets at his pursuers. The fighting was
on ths farm of Dddy. eleven miles south
east o? Creston. Tbs posse was headed
by Sheriff Gardner.
The news was brought to Creston by
Jack McGinnis. a liveryman, of Harring
ton, who to a member of Sheriff Gardner’s
posse. McGinnis proceeded at once to
Davenport for reinforcements.
A telephone message received from Dav
enport early this morning states that 25
armed men have already left in wagons
for the scene of the battle.
Sheriff Doust, of Spokane county, also
has gone to the scene.
His leg was broken by a bullet and an
artery Wed profusely.
He crept Into a wheat field and tried to
tie up the artery.
Becoming desperate he put his revelver
to his head and fired a bullet Into his
brain.
At dayligt*. this morning his body was
found already cold.
How Tracy Was Found.
He had baffled the officers of two states
and had made a wonderful flight across
Oregon and Washington. Tracy was
hunted down by four little farming
crowds at Creston and a sole deputy
sheriff.
Sheriff Gardner and posse arrived in
time to guard the Wheatfield through the
night, but the deed had already been
done. The farmers will share the reward.
They are as follows:
C. A. Staab, deputy sheriff; Dr. E. C.
Lanter. Maurice Smith, attorney; J. J.
Morrison, railway section foreman, and
Frank LUlengen.
. These men. armed to the teeth, set out
from Creston yesterday afternoon about
2 o’clock. They were working on the in
formation of the Goldfish youth, who had
been forcibly made the companion of the
convict for ever 24 hours at the ranch
of Ia B. Eddie, on Lake Creek, about
three miles south of Fellowes. a station
on the Washington Central railway. The
party made all possible haste in getting
to the ranch. When within a few hundred
yards of the farm they encountered Farm
er Eddy, mowing tn one of his fields.
While engaging him in conversation
they haw a man issuing from the barn
doof.
“Is that Tracy?” asked one of the party.
“It surely to.” replied Eddy. The party
separated. Lanter and Spdth accompany,
tag Eddy tn the direction of the barn,
while the other two men swung around
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to the other side. Two of the man-hunt
ers stepped behind the barn on a slight
eminence from which they could watch
everything that went on and Eddy con
tinued on up to the door.
SURROUNDED BY TREACHERY.
Tracy came from the barn again and
began helping his host unhitch the horse.
He carried no rifle although he had bis
revolvers In place.
The fugitive finally saw the men car-
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rylng rifles, and turning sharply to
Eddy, said:
“Who are those men?"
“I don’t see any men," said Eddy.
Tracy pointed out’ the two men on the
hil.l Eddy informed his companion who
the men were and the outlaw made a
dash for the barn door. His pursuers
stepping a bit closer, commanded: "Hold
up your hands!”
Tracy’s Dash for Life.
Outlaw Tracy jumped behind Eddy and
then placed his horse between himself and
his pursuers. He commanded the farm
er to lead his horse to the barn and he
edged toward shelter.
Near the stable he broke and dashed
inside.
He quickly reappeared, rifle tn hand and
started on a dead run.
Turning on the two men nearest him,
the desperado fired two shots, but with
out his usual luck, neither bullet taking
effect.
without wajtlpg Jpr further fighting
Ttacy made aaash down the valley lead
ing south from the barn and headed for
the brush. In an instant the man hunters
were off in pursuit, firing as they run.
Coming to a rock, Tracy dodged behind
it, and. resting his gun. fired eight shots,
not one hitting its mark.
Tracy then bolted for a wheat field. At
the edge of thfc field he stumbled, fell on
his face and crawled into the grain on his
hands and knees.
It was growing dark and the pursuers
decided to surround the place and wait
for daylight.
In the meantime Sheriff Gardner, with
Policemen Stauffer and Gemmerlm, of
Spokane; Jack O'Farrell, of Davenport,
and other reinforcements, had arrived on
the scene, and they went into camp
around the field during the night.
TRACY KILLS HIMSELF.
Shortly after Tracy disappeared a shot
was heard from the direction of the
wheat field.
No investigation was made, however,
until thia morning.
As soon as dawn came an entrance
was made into the field.
Tracy's dead body w*as found lying amid
the grain with his face turned toward
the sky. His left hand thrown over his
head, held a revolver, which had in
flicted the death wound.
The thumb of his hand was on the trig
ger of the pistol.
His right hand, thrown across the low
er part of his body, firmly grasped the
barrel of the famous rifle.
Two bullet wounds on the left leg show
ed the cause of the man's despondency.
One shot had broken the leg between
the leg and the knee.
The other cut the tibial artery, which
of itself, was sufficient cause for death.
It is believed that both of these wounds
were received after the convict left the
shelter of the rock and made his break
for the wheat field.
TRIED TO SAVE LIFE.
The outlaw had taken a strap and buck
led it tight around his leg in an effectual
attempt to stop the bleeding, but prob
ably realized his hopeless condition and
ended the struggle.
He was dressed In blue overalls, a white
shirt and wore no coat or vest. He wore
a bicycle cap and a pair of rough shoes.
He had one rifle and two revolvers.
Sheriff Gardner, of Lincoln county, and
his assistants who arrived on the scene in
time to help in t he final discovery of the
remains, maintained, it is stated, that
they are entitled to at least a share of
the reward.
This is disputed by the Creston party,
the members of which maintain they did
the work, and to them belongs the re
ward.
Finally Sheriff Gardner wag allowed to
secure the body with the understanding
that he recommend that the reward be
paid to the men from Creston. The body,
effects and the horses of the notorius
man were taken to Davenport where they
will be kept pending the decision of the
final disposition of Tracy’s bodv.
RELIC HUNTERS UNDER GUARD.
Reports came from Davenport that wild
evcitement prevails. Stores are closed and
people are crowding around to get a
sight of the outlaw.
It is stated a guard is kept around the
morgue where the body is kept as well
relic hunters from tearing the clothing to
pieces and carrying away souvenirs.
An Inquest probably will toe held.
ALL FICTION SURPASSED
BY FLIGHT OF TRACY.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. «.-Thrllllng in
its details and more daring than any work
of desperadoes since the days of Jesse
James has been the flight of Harry Tracy,
alias Beveridge, who escaped on June 9,
from the Oregon penitentiary, at Salem,
together with David Merrill, and Ijps since
eluded capture. Every day during the
last week has brought forth some new
story of his exciting encounter with arm
ed posses and bloodhounds, who have
tried to capture him.
Three Slain at the Start.
In breaking jail with Merrill three
guards were killed. Both convicts then
made good their escape, but bad several
exciting encounters with militia and other
pursuing parties, who, however, were soon
left manj* hourfe behind. A most exciting
battle occurred on July 3.
On that day, Captain A. J. Clark, of the
big gasoline launch owned by the Capital
City Oyster company, arrived here with
the news that he had landed Tracy near
this city the night before. It was about
half-past eleven o’clock, when Tracy
stepped out of the launch and. With a
parting admonition to Clark to be care
ful, disappeared in the direction of Seat
tle.
The story of how Tracy got to Seattle is
one of the most startling and sensational
in the history of Pacific coast crime. It
was lawless and daring, and at the same
time cunningly planned. The success of
the remarkable fugitive astonishes the
oldest thief catcher.
Tracy appeared early that morning, ac
cording to Captain Clark's story, at the
residence of a man named Alting. Altlng
and . “Will" Langridge were preparing
breakfast when the desperado appeared in
the doorway, ’and, without the slightest
hesitation, introduced himself as Tracy,
the convict for whom the officers and mil
itia of two states have been hunting in
vain for nearly a month.
Not Even Looked Worried.
The Alting residence is at South Bay,
near Olympia, and from this it is reasoned
that Tracy passed through Olympia at
about midnight. He did not appear to be
worried.
The startled men had not time to reply
to his request for food before Frank Scott
and John Messegee walked into the
house.
Then Tracy was all action. Out came his
revolver and with a quick, sharp order he
compelled the newcomers to line up, with
hands over head, against the wall. He al
so made them face the wall.
This order was just completed when
Captain Clark and his son appeared on the
scene. Tracy took Ln the situation at a
glance and made the last two join the line.
Then he compelled Adair and Langridge
to cook his breakfast. After this was done,
he ate heartily, but not before he had
bound Adair and Langridge hand and
foot to a bed.
The four men In line were then marched
to the big gasolene launch and compelled
to bo aboard. Captain Clark was Instruct
ed to get up steam. As soon as this was
done, away went the pirate and his well
subdued crew. They followed the shores
of the sound and finally landed at Meadow
Point, which was formerly the sound pi
rate's home. ’ '
Captain Clark Immediately came to Se
attle and the hunt was commenced.
The voyage to Seattle from Thurston
county was marked by several exciting
episodes. Tracy wanted the boat steered
near McNeil's Island, so that he might
take a shot at the guards who happened
to be on the beach. He also wanted to kill
the captain of the tug Seafoam, near the
entrance to Tocoma harbor, because the
tug persisted in heading toward the
launch.
Says He Killed Merrill.
Tracy told his unwilling companions on
+ TRACY’S WIFE THINKS ♦
+ HE KILLED MERRILL. *
* TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 6 ♦
<• Tracy’s wife in Tacoma has been +
<<• located. She goes by the name of ♦
Ely, and lives in an alley In the +
* rear of Tacoma avenue. +
•> She has been following the ♦
•> newspaper accounts of the convict’s
flight, but declares that she has no ♦
•J< further interest in him. ♦
•> She says that when she read in +
<|< the papers the report that Merrill ♦
had secretly given information to «fr
■f* the police which resulted In Tracy’s +
+ conviction three years ago, she ♦
•J« knew that Tracy would settle with ♦
Merrill if the opportunity offered. +
♦ The fleeing convict's wife was <•
+ shown the statement of Mrs. Van +
Horn, of Seattle, at whose house +
Tracy stopped for several hours
•> last week. +
<• Tracy said to the Woman that a +
•>» few* days after he escaped a man +
‘J- met him on the outskirts of Port- ♦
«£• land and gave him a newspaper +
4 with the report of Merrill's du- ♦
4» pllclty. +
4< When this was read to Mrs.
♦ Tracy she said: "You may put It +
+ down for the truth that Tracy kill- +
+ ed Merrill just as he said he did." +
+ It is reported here from Boston, ♦
+ Mass., that Harry Tracy, the es- +
4» caped convict, who is leading the 4>
state of Washington officials such +
4 a chase, was eight or ten years ago ♦
4> seen about the Castle street district ♦
•;« of thqt city, when that district was ♦
one of the toughest sections of Bos- +
ton; also, that it is understood he «|»
served time in the prisons of that ♦
<|< state. +
4< No confirmation of this report has +
+ been obtained here. +
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1902.
the voyage that he killed his partner,
Merrill, because of some differences with
him. Something that appeared in one of
the papers annoyed Merrill and Ue threat
ened to kill Tracy. The latter challenged
him to a duel.
Each was to walk ten paces from a
certain line and then turn around and
fire. In the duel, Tracy said, he Rilled
Merrill.
When Clark told his Story posses start
ed in all directions to catch Tracy, and on
the first day of this renewed search, July
3, Tracy ambushed one of the posses,
killed Deputy Sheriff Charles Raymond
of Snohomish county, perhaps mortally
wounded Deputy Sheriff "Jack'’ Williams
of Seattle, and then escaped after a duel
with two newspaper mgn.
For the first time sinee he escaped from
the Salem penitentiary he became face to
face with the pursuers*, but with deadly
results for the latter. I
This battle was short and decisive. Tra
cy escaped unhqrt. His pursuers were
Deputy Sheriffs Raymond. Williams, L. L.
Nelson, Carl Anderson and Louis B. Se
frit. They walked down the railroad track
toward Woodenville, where they met a
man whom they mistook for the’ criminal,
and held him up.
They then went on dbwn the track to
ward ‘Seattle from this place until they
were a quarter of a mile west of Wayne.
They met Deputy Sheriff Brewster and re
ported back to Bothel. I They heard that
Tracy had been seen near Wayne.
They doubled back or their tracks from
Bothel and entered a anoe on the west
side of Wayne.
Here the party decides to make a search
as it was an ideal hl< Ing place. Sefrit
noticed a path running down to a cabin
near the railroad track. It bore the fresh
imprint of a man's so t.
"This is our place,” 8 rid Raymond, and
stepped forward to lea, 1 the posse to the
cabin. Nelson and Br wer were on the
east side of the cabin Raymond, Sefrit
a- 1 Anderson on the w st.
The men marched tovi ird the cabin with
their rifles and revolver i ready for action.
The rain was falling « Imost in torrents.
Suddenly from a stump about thirty feet
away Tracy's face anti neck shot into
vk»vr. At the same moment he flung his
Winchester rifle into pbsitlon across the
stump. The report came almost simulta
neously with the appearance.
He nred point blank |at Anderson, the
bullet grazing his face. Anderson tumbled
healdong into a ditch, pirtly stunned. The
cold water into which he fell revived him,
and he was on his feet in an instant.
As he rose Tracy again fired twice, and
Raymond, who had just crouched to shoot,
reeled backward and against Anderson and
dropped to the ground stone dead. As
Raymond reeled back Sefrit fired at Tracy
and the convict turnedehis attention to
him. Sefrit fell to thefcround and fired
again at the convict, i
Tracy again shot savagely in quick
succession at his assailant. Anderson
meantime had plunged through the brush
to flank the convict. He met Nelson and
Brewer.
Before they could mave a step Tracy
fired three times, and a igeond later Will
lams crawled out of’ iv brush OT his
hands and knees into the opening around
the cabin, showing severe wounds. He
was shot three times under the heart,
and even he appeared to view lurched
to one side and stretched out unconscious.
As Williams collapsed Tracy disappear
ed. The whole adventure had hardly ta
ken more than two or three, minutes. Ray
mond lay dead, still clutching his revol
ver. Williams had his gun still firmly
grasped in his hand.
The smoke from the battle had not
drifted from the scene before the survivors
were working over the dead and wounded.
Tracy fled through the forest. The pur
suers had no chance to follow him.
After the battle the convict held up a
farmer, informed him that he was a dep
uty sheriff on the trail of Tracy and im
pressed the farmer into his service. They
took the road to Ravenna, it being the
convict's intention to proceed straight
down to Seattle.
Kills Two More Men.
That same evening Tracy was located In
the home of Mrs. R. H. Van Horn at the
southwest corner of Woodlawn Park, in
Fremont. The news was conveyed to Fre
mont by a butcher's boy, who broke the
intelligence just as Sheriff Cudihee drove
into the suburb from Bothel.
The house was quickly surrounded, but
Tracy again exemplified his unprecedented
luck and iron nerve by deliberately fight
ing his way through the guards, killing E.
E. Breeze, a deputy, and Nell Rawley, a
game warden, and disappearing into the
brush toward Ravenna park.
Sheriff Cudihee twice had a bead upon
the desperado, but was unable to Are for
the reason that the fugitive had taken the
precaution to walk between two impressed
men whose lives would have been imper
iled had the sheriff opened Are.
It was 9 o'clock at night when a de
livery boy went to Fremont from this city
to deliver some groceries at the home of
Mrs. Van Horn, which is a two story
house situated on the Richmond Beach
road.
He was met at the door by Mrs. Van
Horn who cautioned him to keep quiet.
She hysterically whispered in his ear that
Tracy was at that moment eating his
dinner in a room adjoining the kitchen.
The boy tore from the premises post haste,
soon gave the alarm and the posse sur
rounded the house as quickly as possible.
What followed was best told In the
words of J. J. Knight, an insurance man,
who participated in the thrilling encounter
which Immediately followed.
Story of a Participant.
•‘Wo got the boy to direct us to the
house,” said he, “and stationed ourselves
around it. I was hiding within six, feet
of Tracy’s team. Tracy and two men
came out, the desperado walking between
the two. They approached the horses
from the side opposite where I was con
cealed and passed within six feet of where
I was crouching.
"It had grown dark, so that ft was only
a matter of conjecture as to the exact
position occupied by the three men.
Breeze arose and called ■ out 'Drop that
gun, Tracy!' just as the middle man pass
ed around where I lay concealed.
“No sooner had the words left his lips
than two shets rang out In quick succes
sion and by the flash of the last one I saw
Breeze reel and fall to the ground. I did
not know at that time that one of the bul
lets had also found a target in Rawley,
who I could see by the flash had stood
within a few feet of Breeze. I am certain
that Breeze also tired before he fell to
the ground. Here I arose from my place
of concealment and fired two shots at the
retieating murderer.”
It appears that Sheriff Cudihee saw
Tracy and his companions from the mo
ment they left the house until the duel
between Breeze and Tracy occurred. He
was helpless to act, however, for the
desperado was constantly moving and
kept in a position where to have opened
Are from Cudihee's position would have
placed the lives of two Innocent men in
imminent peril. As Breeze fell to the
ground Cudihee jumped a fence, behind
which he had been stationed, and fired two
shots in quick succession at Tracy, who
Continued on Page Seven.
KING EDWARD
IS EN ROUTE
TO LONDON
GREAT ENTHUSIASM PREVAILS
ALONG ROUTE AND BIG WAR
SHIPS ARE BOOMING SA
LUTES TO THEIR KING.
LONDON, Aug. 6.—The royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert, with King Edward on
board, left Cowes at 1:30 this afternoon
for Portsmouth.
The harbor station at Portsmouth was
reached shortly after 2 o'clock.
A special train to convey his majesty to
London, awaited his arrival at Ports
mouth.
The royal yacht bearing the king was
moored alongside the dock yard jetty at
Portsmouth.
Two Japanese warships fired salutes and
were followed by all the commisslbned
ships in the harbor.,
The king was officially received at the
landing place by Admiral Bir v Charles
Frederick Holham and General Sir Hake
Creed Russell. A guard of honor was
mounted on the dock yard jetty.
CORONATION CROWDS
FLOCK TO LONDON.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—A revival of ani
mation on the streets is one of the ear
liest signs of close approach of the coro
nation, says a London dispatch to The
Tribune.
Piccadilly and Pall Mall are again filled
with handsome equipages, Whitehall is
crow’ded with sightseers watching the
work of the decorators, carpenters and
hawkers are selling flags, medals and cor
onation toys for the first time since that
melancholy June day when the holiday
crowds were paralyzed by the tidings of
a postponement of the festival.
Seat speculators have been content with
moderate prices and the stands along the
route of the procession will be well filled.
A large force of workmen is now employ
ed in replacing the stands and hangings,
and the route will not lack decorative
treatment, although the brilliant effect of
color attempted in June will not be re
produced.
The environment of the Abbey is dis
figured by police barricades for which
now, as then, no deconative scheme has
been devised.
FIRST REHEARSAL HELD
THIS MORNING IN LONDON.
LONDON, Aug. 6.—The Arst rehearsal
of the coronation ceremonj’ was held in
lyestminster Abbey today. The partici
pants included all the chief actors in the
qeremony save their majesties.
The king's company of the Grenadier
guards was posted at the Abbey annex
and the peers and peeresses and the royal
pages all assumed their robes in the dress
ing room in the annex. The gorgeous
coronation carpet and tapestries were un
covered and the procession and the entire
ceremony except the annointing were
gone through with. The proceeding lasted
an hour and a half.
BY KLUTLUY BAND
THREE MEN ARE BEATEN
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 6.—A telegram
to The Times from Horrodsburg, Ky.,
says: <
Thirty masked men. mounted, on swift
horses and heavily armed, caused a reign
of terror in the neighborhood of Perry
ville, ten miles from this city, last night
and severely flogged William Goodnight,
George Russell and Roy Bottom, residents
of that section.
They rode into Perryville from the direc
tion of a large cave north of town, which
was a rendezvous of the toll gate raiders
who terrorized the community several
years ago. They dashed through Perry
ville at a terrific speed and proceeded to
the house of Goodnight on the Mackville
pike. Quickly, but quietly, surrounding
the house, they called for him to come
out or be cremated, as they intended to
burn the place If he refused.
When Goodnight appeared in response
to their summons, he was securely bound,
after which several members of the party
plied the lash unmercifully. He was then
ordered to go to work, leave the county
at once or get a rope the next trip.
Leaving Goodnight, the whitecaps went
to the home of George Russell, in the
same neighborhood, and gave him a severe
beating.
They then called on Wallace Bottom,
whom they served in like manner.
Goodnight says he recognized several of
the party and some arrest may follow.
Some time ago notes, purporting to be
from whitecaps, were left at the door of
several citizens, but they were treated
as a joke.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Daniel Barry, a
daring climber, known as "Steeple Jack,”
fell 98 feet while working in the city hall
tower and was instantly killed, says a
Philadelphia special to The Herald.
Barry placed the electric lights around
the brim of the statue of William Penn,
NEGRO CONGRESS IS
NOW IN SESSION
NINE MEN HURT IN
STEftNI SHOVEL
ACCIDENT
WORK TRAIN CREW JERKED OFF
CARS BY ROPE ATTACHED
TO A STEAM SHOVEL
NEAR AUGUSTA.
AUGUSTA Ga., Aug. 6.—Near Vancluse,
on the Southern railway, an accident hap
pened to a work train yesterday afternoon
by which nine men were injured, several
of them quite seriously.
The injured men are:
White: J. E. Sharp, foot mashed; E. A.
Drake, internal injuries; L. H. Matthews,
hand crushed; H. S. Gregory, leg broken
and internal injuries; very serious.
Colored: A.oert Schley, Andrew Sanders,
Alfred Ropley, John Lee. Tom Ross,.
The train was hauling dirt for filling
in, the cars being loaded by a steam shovel
and unloaded by a big plow which was
pulled by a rope attached to the engine.
The cars were loaded, the men riding on
top as the train was running and the rope
caught in some way. Before the engineer
was aware of it and could stop the train
the men had been jerked off by the pond
erous plow or the rope.
The injured were placed on a car and
brought to Augusta, where they were put
in the hospital. They are all doing well
today.
on wriFof lunacy”
TO TRY MRS. SHOTTER
SAVANNAH. Aug. 6.—Tomorrow after
noon at four o’clock Mrs. S. P. Shotter
will be tried before a jury from the ordi
nary’s court for lunacy. The hearing will
take place at the home of her cousin, Mr.
George W. Owens, who brought her from
Macon Sunday night. A jury has been
especially chosen to hear the case.
Mr. W. W. Gordon, Jr., of Savannah,
has been communicated with by Mr.
John R. Cooper, of Macon, to represent
Mrs. Shotter’s interest. Mr. Cooper has
also telegraphed the ordinary to let him
know when the case is to be heard as he
wants to come to the'trial. He has been
advised and it is believed he will be here
tomorrow morning.
Mr. Owens is alleged to have said that
Mr. Cooper was employed by Mrs. Shel
ter's friends to represent her in the habeas
corpus proceedings before Judge Speer
and not before a lunacy jury and that he
cannot appear at the trial.
Tomorrow's developments gje
aptly awaited. Mrs. Shdliter »eiiifflnli at*
Mr. Owens' home.
WEETOTIROWING
FAST AND MUCH
STRONGER
Walter Joel Ekrldge. the smallest beby
in Atlanta, continues to thrive. Though
weighing only a few ounces over three
pounds he appears in good health and Dr.
J. W. Mitchell, who was present at his
birth last Saturday, says he is beginning
to grow.
The young American is the son of Thom
as Ekrldge, a grocer. The father is a
strong man, measuring six feet in height.
Ine mother weighs 135 pounds.
Walter has received many visitors, all
of whom unite in saying he is a great
boy.
RAILROAD AND STATE
TRYING TO AGREE
No axreemMit was reached between the ar
bitrators for the Southern Railway Company
and the state of Georgia at the meeting held
yesterdav. The morning session of the meet
ing was devoted to bearing testimony given by
H. W. Miller, assistant to first Vice-President
A. B. Andrews, of the railroad company.
The arbitrators are Judge Spencer R. Atkin
son. J. J. Strickland, of Athens, and Howard
Thompson, of Gainesville. Comptroller General
Wright, of the state of Gefirgia, and Judge
Hamilton McWhorter, advisory counsel of the
Southern, were present at the meeting.
which caps the city hall tower, 540 feet
above the pavement and occasionally
would lower himself over the edge of the
hat and hang In mid air by his hands.
When he met death he was engaged in
the prosaic occupation of painting the in
terior of the dome.
Thousands of Negroestlere
To Attend the Greatest
/Meeting of Its Kind
Ever Held in U. S.
The great negro Young People’s Chris
tian and Educational congress, perhaps
the largest gathering of negroea ever held
in America, convened yesterday afternoon
at 2 o’clock in the auditorium at Pied
mont park, with an attendance estimated
at 7,000, and the most praiseworthy move
ment ever headed by negroes was begun.
The immense agricultural building was
packed to its utmost capacity, and scores
stood about the doors and windows.
At 3 o’clock the great song service, un
der the direction of William Roseborough,
of Nashville, Tenn., was begun, every ne
gro in the building taking part in the
singing. After the song service the vast
audience was led in prayer by Rector C.
H. Parrish.
Bishop Wesley J. Gaines, of the African
Methodist Episcocpal church, and presi
dent of the congress, then delivered an ad
dress, outlining the objects es the con
gress. Its aim, he said, is not to institute
any new departures from the established
agencies, but to quicken and invigorate the
churches, Sunday schools and auxiliary
societies, and other organizations whose
efforts are directed toward the moral ele
vation of the negro race. It was to urge
Aggressive work among the youth of the
negro race; to consider the growing Indif
ference of the youth toward the church:
to consider the question of crime among
the negro race and what system of train
ing should be used to prevent crime: to
urge the negro to morality, and to en
deavor to make for the negro race a name
among the peoples of the earth.
The program for the afternoon was aa
follows: ,
Addresses of Welcome.
On behalf of the state—The governor,
Hon. Allen D. Candler.
On behalf of the city—The mayor, Hon.
Livingston Mims.
On behalf of the city churches—Rev. P.
J. Bryan, pastor Wheat Street Baptist
church.
On behalf of the schools and colleges—
Prof. W. H. Crogman. Clark university.
On behalf of the people—William O. Mur
phy, Atlanta.
On behalf of the young people's socie
ties of the city—R. T. Weatherby, colored
Y. M. C. A.
Original poem, written for the congress
—Rev. D. Webster Davis, Richmond, Va.
Music—“ The Educational Congress,”
written by Anna G. Goodwin. Atlanta.
Responses.
On behalf of the board of directors—
Prof. I. Garland Penn, Atlanta.
On behalf of w the denominations in the
congress—Rev. E. W. D. Isaac, Nashville,
and Rev. E. W. J. Jones, Charlotte, N. C.
On behalf of the young people’s societies
in the congress—Rev. B. W. Arnett, Jr., of
Springfield, O.
at WRWk
the race—Rev. W. H. Weaver, Pittsburg.
Pa.*
Fraternal representatives of the Method
ist Boise opal church—Bishop John M Wal
den. Cincinnati, 0., and Bishop Isaac W.
Joyce, Minneapolis, Minn.
Fraternal greetings—Bishop John M.
Walden, Cincinnati, O.
Announcements.
Adjournment.
The program for the congress last night
was as follows:
General Theme—Young people and the
church.
Devotions lead by J. D. Gordon, pastor
of the Mt. Olive Baptist church. Atlanta.
Address—“ The Duty of the Church to
the Young,” Rev. J. A. Whltted, Raleigh.
N. C.
Address—The Young People's Societies
as a Religious Force in the Church, Rev.
J. S. Caldwell. Philadelphia, Pa.
Address—The Baptist Young People’s
Union, Rev. E. W. D. Isaac, Nashville.
Address—Epworth League, Bishop Isaac
W. Joyce, Minneapolis, Minn.
Address—Young People’s Societies in
Christian Endeavor, Rev. W. B. Johnson,
Montgomery, Ala.
Address—The Necessity of Seeking th©
Early Conversion of Children, Rev. J. W.
Luc&ett. Hopkinsville, Ky.
Aadress—Good Literature In the Home
as an Aid to Christian Piety, Rev. W. D.
Chappelle, Nashville, Tenn.
Announcements.
Adjournment.
Great Gathering.
It is probable that there has never been
such a great gathering of negroes at any
place in this country as that which oc
curred yesterday at Piedmont Park.
Every car going there was packed to the
running boards with negro delegates to
me congress, and there is deep interest
among the race in these meetings.
Ever s.nce Monday every train coming
into this city has brought a large number
of negroes to attend the congress, and
the trains which came in this morning
were every one crowded with negroes.
The scenes on Wall street and about the
car shed yesterday have never been
equaled in the history in Atlanta. Every
train coming into Atlanta was crowded
with members of the congress. They were
met at the train by a large committee of
Atlanta negroes, each whom wore a white
cap. on which was printed “Registration
Committee, N. Y. P. C. C.” and were con
ducted to the registration headquarters
of the congress, at 44 Wall street, where
they were registered and assigned to
boarding places in. the city, large num
bers being sent to the dormitories of each
of the negro colleges about Atlanta,
where they will be entertained during their
stay in Atlanta. All of Wall street was
packed with negroes and the passage of
wagons and carriages through the street
was almost impossible.
The sessions of the congress will last
until next Sunday night, being held in all
of the negro churches in the city.
On Monday there will be an excursion to
Tuskegee, where the negroes will be taken
through the great school of Booker Wash
ington.
ON CAPITAL AND LABOR
MARKHANNA TO SPEAK
CLEVELAND, 0., Aug. 6.—Senator Han
na left today for Urbana, 0., where he
will deliver an address this afternoon be
fore the Chautauqua assembly at that
place, his subject being “Capital and La
bor.”
The senator will address the Chautauqua
association at Lake Chautauqua, N. Y.,;
next Saturday when he will again discuss
the labor question.
JUDGE BYNUM DYING,
END RAPIDLY APPROACHES
GRiEENSBORO. N. C., Aug. 6.—Judge
John Gray Bynum, injured by fall down!
stairs Monday, has been dying since six
a. m. Physicians say he may live through
the night. Relatives freea all parts of the
state have arrived.
NO. 94.
