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VOL. X.
13 KILLED; SCORES
BUST Os EXPLOSION
IN NEW YORK CITY
Electric Power House Blows
Up, Wrecking Building, De
molishing Street Car, and
Shocking Neighborhood
HEAVILY LOADED TRAINS
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
List of Dead and Injured Made
Up Mostly of Street Car
Passengers and Workmen
in the Building
(By A*«oeiat«4 Pr«M.)
NEW YORK. Dec. IS.-Thlrteen persons
were killed, two of them women, and
W were injured in a double explosion of
gas and dynamite in the new electric
power bouse of the New York Cen
tral railroad early Monday morning.
The dynamite blast picked up a north
bound Lexington avenue trolley car.
lifted It in the air. and eent it crash
ing down upon an automobile which
was passing along the other side of
the street. Four of the passengers were
killed and every one in the car was
injured.
Partial list of dead.
Following is a oartial list of the dead:
MARY D. POLK.
THOMAS STAGG, watchman.
C. MMORROW.
E B. LIVERMORE.
PATRICK JORDAN.
WILLIAM poetschke. \
EDITH OFFNER.
CHARLES ROBERTS.
JAMES RYAN, clerk.
The railroad services was only tempo
rarily interrupted. The new sub-station
power house, wnere the explosion oc
curred, is at 60th street and Lexington
avenue, which Is >half a dozen blocks
north of the Grand Central.
The explosion, which could be heard
for many blocks, partly wrecked the
fire engine house nearby and prevented
the firemen from getting their apparatus
into the street.
PRIESTS ADMINISTER RITES.
Monsignors La Pette and Hayes and
Fathers O'Connor, McQuade. Sinnott
and Byrnes, of St. Patrick's cathedral,
hurried to the scene and administered
the last rites of the church to the
more seriously Injured.
At a poet office sub-station nearby the
explosion slightly injured several clerks
and scattered the mail over the floor.
In the New York Nsrsery and Child's
hospital ceilings were partly shaken
down and the windows broken. Tffir n<sfie
of the JOO Children there was badly
Burt.
The power house caught Are after the
explosion and the interior was practi
cally burned out. Just what caused the
double explosion may probably never be
known.
TRAINS barely escape.
Fortunately for thousands of com
muters on the New York Central lines,
the force of the dynamite blast was
directed in an opposite direction from
the railroad tracks; otherwise, the sev
eral incoming trains, heavily loaded,
might have been wrecked.
Officials of the railroad learned that
there were many workmen in the build
ins at the Jme of the explosion and
that very few of these had been 'ac
counted for.
In the Bible Teachera' Training school
on Lexington avenue, directly opposite
ti e power house. 125 men and women
who w*re on- their way to breakfast,
were thrown to the floor by the blast
Many cf tl«em were injured and several
of th«m were taken to hospitals. All
the windows in the building were blown
in and the ceilings fell.
The damage to the power house and
ether buildings has not been estimated,
but It was stated that it would exceed
1500, WO.
RAILROAD S STATEMENT.
A statement issued from the offices
of the New York Central railroad at 9:30
o'clock is as follows:
At 8.10 o clock this morning an explo
sion occurred in an electric sub-station
building which furnishes power to the
third rail system to the New York Cen
tral railroad. The sub-station is located
at 50th street, adjoining the tracks of
the railroad.
'The explosion was of great velocity
and was immediately followed by Are.
The flat of dead and injured will ho
large. The number of aeriously injured
will probably reach M.
The employes of the railroad have
been unable thus far definitely to as
sign the cause of the explosion but It
is believed a large quantity of dyna
mite stored in magazines, close to the
sub-station, was responsible for the
greater part of the damage.
'The building was a solidly''built
Structure of stone and brick, six sto
nes in height, about 110 feet long by
*9 feet wide. The brunt of the explosion
was taken by the portion of the build
ing known as the battery rooms, which
were completely wrecked. The walls of
the building for the most part stood
but the partitions and woodwork within
the building were demolished.
'There were only about It workmen
in the building at the time of the explo
sion. It Is likely that the name of every
one of these will be found in the list
of dead or injured.
STRUCK CAR BROADSIDE.
"The other dead and injured were pas
sengers In a Lexington avenue street
rar which was passing the building just
as the explosion occurred. The full
force of the blast appears to have
struck the street car broadside and many
of the passengers were injured as the
car overturned in the street.
"The force of the explosion was di
rected away from the tracks and the
train service in both directions went on
almost without interruption.
"Aside from the damage to the sub
station building the explosion caused
considerable damage to buildings in the
vicinity, particularly structures facing
the Lexington avenue side of tiie sub
station.
The police making an investigation in
the ruins are of the opinion, that the
explosion occurred in some gas tanks
which communicated, it is reported to
some dynamite, which one of the New
York Central officials Aa»d be understood
was stored in one of tlje powerhouses.
SAVED BY ROPE.
A scaffold on top of the powerhouse
on which a workman was standing when
the explosion occurred, was wrenched
from under him and as he fell he blind>
ly grasped a dangling rope. He hanged
there until rescued by firemen' .
Os the M firemen in the firs house
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Miles Over Country)
FBAJTX SCHROM.
Confedera.s veteran who is on a pil
grimage seeking his daughter.
PRESIDENT DIDN'T SIGN
“IM SCIRE” BMT
General Wood Wrote It and
Thought Mr. Taft Had Ap
• proved It
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO. Dec. 19.-A special dispatch
from Washington to the Tribune says:
Somebody's blunder was the casuse of
the “war scare" which has set official cir
cles topsy turvy for the last few days.
The disclosure of cross purposes in
connection with the report of the secre
tary of war was occasioned by something
that went wrong I- bureaucratic rou
tine.
The president was entirely ignorant of
the contents of the report sent to con
gress by Secretary of War* Dickinson and
afterward suppressed. Secretary IMckln
een understood thet w* yreeident bed
seen the report and approved its con
tent*.
The report was prepared by Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood durlrtg the absence of the
secretary in his trip around the world.
General Wood directed the submission of
the document to the president and sup
posed thjs had been. done.
It turned out the report never reached
the president's desk. Secretary Dickinson
returned, read the report and gave it his
sanction in the belief that its contents
were known to the president
<Not until the report had gone to con
gress a* a "confidential" document and
been returned did the president know of
its existence or Secretary Dickinson and
General Wood know that the president
bad not seen iL
MINORITY REPORT FILED
IN CASE OF LORIMER
Senator Frazier Says That
Others Cast Votes That
Were Tainted
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Dec. 19.
United States Senator James B. Frazier,
yho is at home for the holidays, stated
that the report* sent out from Washing
ton that the report of the sub-commit-'
tee In the Lorimer investigation was I
unanimous, was not corect; that he had ,
filed with the committee on privileges
and elections to which the report of the ]
sub-committee was made, a statement
of his views . and conclusions in writ
ing. In this he agreed with the other
members of the sub-committee wherein
it exonerated the election of Senator
Lorimer from the charges of corrup
tion.
He stated in the minority report filed,
that tn his judgement the proof estab
lished the fact that -four members of
the Illinois legislature who had voted
for Mr. Lorimer were bribed to do so,
they having confessed that fact, and
further thAt they were bribed by three
other members of the legislature who
had voted for Ix>r!mer. and that his
conclusions ns were stated in his report
that there were seven votes cast for
Mr. Lorimer which were corrupted or
tainted.
LOWER PULLMAN RATES
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.-Tentatlve
approval of the interstate commerce
commission has been given to the fixed
charge for upper berths in Pullman
cars at 80 per cent of the charge now
paid for lower berths.
The new charge is to become effective
throughout the United States on or be
fore January 20. 1911.
Commissioner announced today
that the Pullman company had accepted
the conclusions of the commission ■in
what is known as the lower cases that
the rates for long distances on lower
berths and on all upper berths should
be reduced.
Train Kills Brakeman
ADAIRSVILLE. Ga., Dec. 19—The
barn and contents, including two horses,
of M. M. Cunningham was burned last
night, with no insurance. The loss is
about $1,500.
opposite, only one man was injured,
though in adjoining buildings, scores
were thrown from their feet and in
jured.
A little school girl was about to enter
a candy store on 51st street, when the
blast came. She was picked up bodily
and carried through the plate-glass door
of the store and dropped uninjured in
front of the candy counter. There was
not a scratch on her.
There were many rescues by the police
and passersby. Six men were hauled
from * smoking hoi* by a paXrolmM.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 20, 1910.
PLEA FOB EDUCATION
OF THE FARMERS IS
MADE BY HOKE SMITH
Governor-Elect Makes Sug
gestion for An Appropriation
by State Legislature for Ed
cation Along Certain Lines
BETTER AND MORE
PRODUCTIVE RESULTS
Says Prosperity of the State
Depends Upon the Succcess
of the Cultivation of the Siol.
Gives Interview
Governor-elect Hoke Smith today has
given out an interesting interview sug
gesting the next legislature make an
appropriation to conduct a line of edu
cational work among the farmers of
the state. His idea is that the state can
gather information and send it to the
individual farmer and carry on a line of
state college of agriculture and experi
mental station extension work.
“Scattered all thrdugh the state,” de
clares Mr. Smith, "we And farmers who
are making over a bale of cotton to the
acre and from 50 to 100 bushels of corn
to the acre.”
Mr. Smith wants the members of the
legislature to study the question as to
what agencies should be put in action
to produce similar conditions, or even
better conditions, on every farm in
Georgia.
HIS INTERVIEW'.
The following Is the Interview In
full:
"Can we not take a Christmas holi
day away from partisan politics and
consider some qeustions connected with
the welfare of the state which may
come before the next legislature?
"We all agree that our educational
problems are most important and we
are striving to build up our rural school
system, our high schools and our col
leges. Is there not a pressing need in
Georgia for education which applies to
those who have passed the school age?
“The prosperity of the state depends
largely ’upon the successful cultivation
of the soil and the net profits which
come from agriculture.
“Scattered all through the state we
find farmers who are making over a
bale of cotton to the acre and from
50 to 100 bushels of corn to the acre.
“How do‘they do it? If a few can
do it why cannot all the farmers do it*
“If every acre planted in cotton in
Georgia produced upwards of a bale and
every acre planted in corn produced up
wards of 60 bysbels. does not every one
realize the t.eTfcewdous progress Which
the steie at would melee and the
blessings would come in many lines tb
our people?
WHAT STATE CAN DO. •
“Cannot the state gather information
and send it to the individual farmer and
carry on s line of state college of agri
culture and experimental station exten
sion work among the farmers which will
cause this knowledge to be carried to the
individual farmer and thereby largely
contribute to bring about a result so
much to be desired?
“Should we not find the best way to
conduct this line of educational work and
make appropriations*n»xt summer to be
gin it at once? s
“I have just read an extract from the
books of Thomas G. Scott, a Monroe
county farmer, who kept books on his
farm and made the following net profit:
From 67 acres planted tn cot-
From 55 acres planted in oats.. 1,239.20
And then from 38 acres of the
same land the same year in
peq vine hay.. .. “2.25
From 27 acres of corn 514.8-
Total net profit from 149 acres
of land
“In addition to this he raised side crops
and hogs, the profits of which are not
stated. , . ,
“Will not the members of the legisla
ture study the question as to what agen
cies should be put in action to produce
similar conditions or even better condi
tions on every farm in Georgia?
“Will not all the newspapers of the
state, as many are now doing, take hold
of this work? It is far more important
than any of the partisan political ques
tions now under discussion.
"The man who can help accomplish this
result will do more, for Georgia than
can be accomplished any other way.
“Let us study out the way to give
the educational knowledge to the Indi
vidual farmer which a few of the most
progressive have acquired.
“Let us seek to Inspire a willingness
to use the knowledge. L*t us make next
summer the necessary appropriation for
the work.” \
GOOD WEATHER WILL
LAST ALL THE WEEK
Conditions Favorable for Xmas
Shopping as Rain Is
Now Over
Tuesday, acocrdlng to the weather
prospects, will be clear and cool, just
enough crispness in the air to make fast
walking pleasant and Christmas shop
ping a thing of joy.
During Sunday night the clouds that
had made the day anything but a nice
one passed away ahead of a brisk north
west wind, and Monday got a good
start. The weather that followed the
rain and slush of Sunday is a sample
of what may be expected during the
remainder of the week. In other words,
unless something not now anticipated
breaks into the weather plans, clear skies
an an even temperature will prevail.
Monday at noon the temperature was
45 with little prospect for anything low
er than that naturally coming with night
fall.
The country pretty generally is clear
and conditions settled. The shop early
folks, of course, got the best of the
buying argument, but the late ones will
have good weather to be thankful for.
Tex., Population
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—The popula
tion of Marshall. Tex., is 11.452, according
to the 18th census statistics announced
today, compared with 7,855 in UOOI
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CHRISTMAS
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MORE A VIA TION
VETERAN WALKS 1 1,000 MILES K
IN SEARCH OF HIS DAUGHTERS
Left pennllMZj homele§i-MML Without
relative* by Galveston flood and
since forced to live on the charity of
friends Frank Schrom, a Confederate
veteran 98 years of age, reached At
lanta from Mobile. Ala,, Sunday after
noon en route to Jacksonville, Fla., In
search of two daughters, the only two
members of his immediate family who
were not drowned in the flood.
The aged veteran is now en route to
Jacksonville where he hopes to locate
his two daughters, for whom he has
sought since the flood He recently ob
tained information that his daughters
were now i-n the Florida city and at
once set out from New Orleans to try
and find them. Having no money' he
walked to Mobile, Ala., and from there
came to Atalnta, walking the major part
of the way. He will be in Atlanta three
or four day* before resuming his trip.
Schrom, old as he is and greatly ham
pered by rheumatism, probably holds
the world’s record for walking for a
man of his years. Besides having the
distinction of walking from New Orleans
to San Francisco and return, all of which
was in search of his daughters, he has
walked to many other cities, covering
over 11,000 miles during his many trips
in an effort to again see his only two
daughters.
It took the aged walker just II
months to make the trip from New Or
leans to the Pacific coast and return.
He walked practically the entire way,
being given a “lift” only a very few
WOMAN FRIGHTFULLY GORED
BY COW MAY DIE OF WOUNDS
Mrs. G. R. Hopkins, wife of a well-to
do farmer of Wallace, a small station
on the Seaboard, about six miles from
Atlanta, is in a ward at the Atlanta
hospital ifi a critical condition as a re
sult of frightful injuries sustained Sat
urday morning when she was gored by
a cow.
Saturday morning, after her husband
had left home for the city and when
she was entirely alone on the place. Mrs.
Hopkins entered the cow lot to look aft
er the comfort of a new-born calf which
she feared might be affected by the
weather.
Without any warning the mother cow,
which had hitherto watched the admin
istrations to her offspring in passive
silence, ducked her head and made at
Mrs. Hopkins with a vicious lunge. One
of the cow's long, sharp horns caught
the woman in the abdomen, and tore an
ugly gash of ten inches.
Before Mrs. Hopkins could drag her
self to the lot gate and escape from the
“DIAMOND" ENGAGEMENT RING
PROVED TO BE ONLY GLASS
After a honeymoon that, lasted only
18 days, during most of which time
she was forced to help support her hus
band, according to the allegations of
a divorce petition died Monday morning,
17-year-old Mrs. Georgia Lou Miller
awoke to the sad realization that the
S2OO diamond ring" which her hus
band had given her as a token of his
undying affection was only a worthless
piece of glass.
The revlatlon that the pretended dia--
mend was paste came, according to Mrs.
Miller, as the culmination of a series
of dlsillusjonments equally if not more
painful.
To begin with, says the girl bride she
was forced to marry Frank Max Miller
by violent threats that he would kill
her and commit suicide if she refused.
He was a violent and dangerous man,
and was In a very wild mood when he
made the threats, declares Mrs. Miller, i
and gave her every reason to believe i
be would carry it out 1
timgs on the Journey. At times he was.
forced to stop at small towns for day*
to recuperate from rheumatic attacks
while at other he was forced to make
stops to secure food enough to keep him
alive. When he left New Orleans he had
only a loaf of bread, can of coffee, smok
ing material and 50 cents in cash.
MADE FEW STOPS.
Schrom returned to New Orleans on
November 19 and Immediately set out
for Mobile, his first stop en route to
Jacksonville. He made the trip as far
as Atlanta with but 1 few stops, walk
ing most of the w«y.
At the time of the Galveston flood
Frank Schrom was one of the best
known baker* and confectioners in the
city. He and his family, composed of
himself, his wife and five daughters,
had an excellent business and lived In
the best part of the city. The flood,
however, brought him ruin, flooding his
business, tearing away his SB,OOO resi
dence. drowning his wife and three
daughters and taking away his entire
fortune.
Two of his daughters, Miss Frances
Schrom, now 35 years* of age, and Mrs.
Josephine Fleischkump, now 49, were the
only members of his family who were
not drowned. Since then he has heard
that they were in different sections of
the /country and his many trips have
been in search of them. He is confi
dent of locating them in Jacksonville,
and if he does not he will continue to
search for them in other cities.
onslaughts of the Infuriated cow she
had been gored about the limbs and
back. With great difficulty she reach
ed the house some distance, away and
threw herself on th* bed where she re
mained without assistance or treatment
of any kind until her husband returned
from Atlanta about 6 o’clock In th*
evening. The fire went out in the
meantime and when found Mrs. Hopkins
was not only suffering agony from her
wounds but was numbed with cold.
Drs. Johnson and Patterson were sum
moned from Wallace and they in turn
telephoned to Atlanta for Dr. Frank Es
kridge, who hastened out to th* Hopkins
home in au automobile. An Immediate
operation was found nec*ssary,
which Dr. Eskridge performed by the
light of oil lamps. Sunday morning
Mrs. Hopkins was brought to the city
and taken to the Atlanta hospital. She
is 64 years old and weighs 200 pounds.
The internal Injuries sustained by
Mra Hopkins are such that her physi
cians are alarmed over her Condition.
They were married. says Mrs.
Miller, on November 18, and on
December 6 the newly wed husband
departed ostensibly for Columbia, S. C.,
and he hasn't been seen since.
During their brief married life, says
Mrs. Miller, she did his every bidding
and feared for her life. "He was stlH
wild in his manners and cursed like a
trooper in her presence.” Mrs. Miller
further complains that she and her
mother had to help support her newly
acquired lord and master.
It was after Miller’s departure, that
Mrs. Miller carried the ring to a jew
eler of avunclar proclivities to borrow
money on it, and there learned the
cruel news that her wedding cake was
dough.
Mrs. Miller naively adds that she has
no father or brother to protect her, and
therefore, in her tender youth, was much
more likely to fall a victim to the ma
cLination* of designing men.
R. E. Upchurch 1* h*r attorn*/.
THIS WHOLE ISLAND IS
SWALLOWED Hl QUAKE
\ —•
Ninety Person Believed to
Have Lost Lives Off San
Salvador Coast
(By Associated
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 19.—A special
dispatch to the Time*-Democrat from
Port Limon, Costa Rica, says that *
small island off the coat of San Salvador
disappeared last Thursday following a
series of earth shocks, and it is believed
thlt 17 families, or about 90 persons, lost
their {lives. j i
The dispatch add* that* San Salvador
was repeatedly shaken by earthquake*
last week and the series of Thursday
night was especially severe.
“The people on the little, Island. Ilo
pango, were observed giving signals of
distress late Thursday afternoon,” says
the dispatch, “but it was out of th* ques- (
tion at that hour, because of the excita
ble condition of the people of the Salva
| dorean shore to send them relief. The
’ earth shocks continued until past mid
night Thursday and Friday morning the
island had entirely disappeared.”
Washington Seismograph
Recorded Heavy Jars
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Professors to
the astronomy department of George
town university said tonight that reports
of an earthquake at Costa Rica on Thurs
day or Friday were probably true, as the
seismograph here recorded tremors be
i tween 10:27 and 11:50 a. m., on Friday.
I Tremors were recorded on both the hor
izontal and vertical machines, and the
I distance from Washington was estimated
at 7,500 miles. No other shocks have
been recorded since.
Island Is Located
In Dopongo Lagoon
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Reports her*
last night place th* seen* of th* disaster
on a small island In the Dopongo lagoon,
. southeast of San Salvador.
I It is asserted that about ITO of the In
habitants were killed. Th* Island 1* said
to have sunk following a serie* of earth
quake shocks last Saturday.
There is mo conflrjnation of the rumors.
MAN FOUND DEAD
WIFE IS ARRESTED
Francis Kniffen Has Head
Split Open, and Axe Is
Found
DETROIT, Dec. 19.—FraaoA* Kniffen
was found dead in bed at hl* home here
today with hia head spilt open. His
widow, Nellie Kniffen, wa* taken Into
custody by the police. A bloody axe was
found In the wood shed.
GERMANS WIITcOACH
BRAZILIAN ARMY
BERLIN. Dec. 19.—Twenty German
j army officers headed by a major will be
selected from a number that have volun
, teered to go to Brazil and give military
instructions to the Brazilian army. Ths
officers thus delegated will resign their
I commissions they now hold at home.
Brazil requested the services of Ger
man officers as a result of popular dis
content with the present training of its
army and navy.
Car Inspector Hurt
COLUMBIA. 8. C.» Dec. 19—Car In
spector John Mims, aged 38, wa* run
over by an A C. L locomotive at Sum
ter this morning, both legs being cut
off at the thigh. He is not expected to
recover. He leave* a wife and several
ohlldrea.
DRUG STORE BANDITS
IB HANDS OF POLICE.
THEIBJ/ICJIMS SAY
Men Charged With Holding Up
Dr. McMillan and Clerk and
Who Fired on Dr. Shirriff
Arrested
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3 VICTIMS IDENTIFY
ALLEGED HIGHWAY
Also Strong Circumstantial
Evidence Against Knox and
Sutton-Hood and Gorman
Made the Arrests
Two of the most daring criminals who
have operated in Atlanta In years—the
“drug store bandits*’—are now in the
toils of the police, according to a state
ment made by Officers Hood and Gorman
on Monday morning.
The two men are A. R. Knox, of
Nashville, and Charles Sutton, of Bir
mingham, both 21 years of age. While
neither has confessed under cross-ex
amination, they have both been identified
by four victims, and the police have
woven a strong chain of circumstantial
evidence, which seems to point conclu
sively to the two men under arrest as
the daring highwaymen who have ter
rorized the north side of the city during
the past few days.
A gold watch, belonging to one of the
victims, was found on Sutton, and a
revolver, which looks to the victims very
much like the one which was shoved in
their faces, was found within 20 feet
of the point where Knox and Sutton
were placed under arrest. The police
state that the testimony of the vic
tims. the finding of the watch and re
volver, will undoubtedly establish the
guilt of the two young men in the
courts.
DR. SHIRIFF A VICTIM.
Dr. George R. Shirlff, proprietor of
Shlriff’s pharmacy at 99 West Alexander
street, was the victim of the second
hold-up, which has caused the increased
activity among the police. The druggist
was alone in his store shortly after 10
o'clock Sunday night, and was in the rear
filling a prescription, when the voice of
a man in the front of the store asked
him to come to the front
-The druggist walked along behind his
counter, and one of two bandits, who
were standing near the counter, com
manded him to “throw up his handa”
The command was repeated, and st 1 11
the druggist hesitated. The command
came a third time, and the bandit opened
tiro.
With rare presence of mind, the drug
gist ducked, throwing himself under the
counter as a tiny flame flashed from the
muzzle of a long revolver in the man'*
hand. Three other shots were fired In
quick succession by the highwayman,
who smashed with his bullets a number
of bottles, which were on the shelf behind
the druggist, but his crouching figure
was not touched. . ’<
The bandits then fled, going up Alex
ander street in the direction of Mari
etta street. Dr. Shiriff immediately noti
fied police headquarters and a call offi
cer rushed to the scene.
The hold-up of the Shiriff pharmacy
was similar in style to the hojd-up an
Saturday evening of Dr. G. M. McMillin
and Carl Morgan, his clerk. The two
had Just closed the drug store at Ponce
de Leon avenue and Boulevard, and
were walking up Ponce de Leon together,
when they were suddenly halted by two
armed men, who secured the purses, con
taining their keys, a few receipts but
no cash, ail of the money having been
left In the pharmacy.
Following the second hold-up. apparent
ly by the same two men. Assistant Chief
of Police E. L. Jett, detailed four call
officers. Hood, Gorman, Bailey and John
son, to scour the city on their wheels
on the lookout for the men, of whom
they were furinished descrip
tions by the victims.
IDENTIFIED FURTHER.
Knox and Sutton were placed under
arrest shotly before midnight on
Sunday at the corner of Orme and
Harris streets, where they were seen
lurking in a dark alley. The two of
ficers. thinking that the men were sus
picious characters, immediately jump
ed from their wheels and went over to
Investigate them. The men answers!
the description given by Dr. Shirriff
and were both sent to police head
quarters, but no weapon* were found
on them, the search at police head
uqerter* developing nothing except a
watch and a gold, bracelet.
However, in the morning a* the day
wa* dawning. Sergeant Chewning and
Officer Gallagher went to the scene of
the arrest and after searching for a
few minute*, they found a revolver
where Hood and Gorman placed th<>
two suspects under arrest.
Shortly after the arrest of the men.
Dr. Shirriff came to police headquar
ters, where he positively identified -s
Knox as the man who had fired or
him. He was not so certain about
Sutton’s being the other party.
However on Monday morning Dr.
McMillin and Mr. Morgan appeared at
police headuqarters. Both identified
the watch and chain as the ones taken
from Dr. McMillin, and when led baefe
to the prisoners’ cell Dr. McMillin
picked the two men out from a crowd
of five prisoners. Mr. Morgan was
also positive in his identification.
Officers Rood and Gorman are re
ceiving the congratulations of tha
members of the force on the "catch,"’
which is considered one of the moat
Important of the year. The men will
be arraigned before the recorder on
Tuesday afternoon. . 0
While no report has been made at po
lice headquarters, it is said that two
young men. answering the descriptica
of Knox and Sutton, attempted to boh!
up a gentleman and his wife, who»»
names have not been learned, at the
corner of Ponce de Leon avenue and
North Jackson streets about 8 o’cioc’r
Saturday night.
The attempt was frustrated by t>*
presence of mind of the man. who
crossed the street about ten paces la
front of the two men. one of whom had
backed against the wall, while the other
stood waiting at the edge of tb* cnrK
No. 26.
