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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA.. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 9, 1906.
NUMBER 169.
IPIEB'S nilS DEATD
m IE EITHER I
DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF STATEN ISLAND
STOPS FUNERAL TO HAVE AN AUTOPSY.
New York, May 9.—It is reported that Attorney Ken
ney, of Staten Island, refused to allow the funeral of Chas.
L. Spier, who was) killed mysteriously on Monday night,
until a complete autopsy was had to determine whether
he was murdered or had committed suicide. Mrs. Spier
objected to the mutilation of her husband's body, and no
autopsy had been held. Spier was killed in his home, it
was alleged; in an 'encounter with a burglar. 1 he police
yesterday insisted that it was a case of suicide, while the
coroner said the wound was impossible to have been self-
inflicted-
room where the tragedy had occurred
the body had not been disturbed. It
lay on the edge of the bed in a half
recumbent position, the feet on the
floor and the head and shoulders on a
pillow.
The bedding was blood soaked be
neath the head and body and a ghastly
pallor o’erspread the face of the
corpse. A bullet hole in the right
temple and a revolver just under the
dead man’s right hand told their trag
ic story even before an Investigation
of the case began.
The shot which sent Ira Spring’s
soul into eternity was fired about 9:30
o’clock. It was heard by several per
sons, one of whom was a negro wo
man occupying the adjoining room, but
who was at the time in the yard.
The only eye witness to the tragedy
was Vlrdelle Smith, a negro girl about
20 years old, who occupied the room.
She left the place after telling several
persons that Spring had shot himself.
Later in the morning Sheriff EdwardB
found the girl and took her Into cus
tody pending further inquiry into the
case. She endeavored to elude the
officer, but was caught at the home of
her father-;^ ?lie denied responsibility
'for"of"c^liOToii with the killing, de
claring thpt the fatal shot, was fired
by Spring.
A note which had been written on a
leaf from a memorandum book was
found on the floor by the bed. It had
been torn into three pieces, but when
these were placed together the fol
lowing was deciphered:
An Unfinished Note.
"Say, Ivey, all our papers are'&ted
to save you and Ed. Don’t think I do
this—”
The last sentence was never fin
ished. It is probable that the young
man was laboring under some great
mental strain, and was so intent upon
self-destruction that he could not wait
to finish the note. Tearing It Into
strips and throwing it to the floor, he
seized his revolver and sent a bullet
into his brain.
The body was fully dressed when
examined !>y the sheriff. One cham
ber in the cylinder of a 32-calibre re
volver was empty, none of the other
cartridges having been exploded.
The names mentioned in the note
are those of two brothers of the dead
map, Messrs. Ed. and Ivey Spring, one
of whom lives In Worth county, the
other being at present in Albany. The
latter viewed the body of his brother
this morning, and the deep grief he
manifested was touching.
Ira Spring had spent most of his
time in Albany for several years, and
was endowed with many qualities
which won him friends. He was for
a time In the employ of Mr. Henry
Solomon. Recently he had engaged
in business with his brothers at Pou-
lan, where they Buffered a loss by fire
about a month ago. It is not believed
that this had any connection, however,
with the snlcide.
An inquest will probably bo held
this afternoon.
Young Man Well Known in
Albany Took His Own
Life in House in East Al
bany This Morning.
With a great pool of blood beneath
it and the face pallid In death, the
body of Ira Spring, a young white man
well known in Albany, was viewed this
morning by scores of curious persons
as it lay in one of the apartments of
a two-room cabin in Bast Albany.
It seems to have-been a case of sui
cide, though a thorough investigation
of the circumstances connected with
it is being made by Sheriff Edwards.
The house in which the suicide oc
curred is one of many of its kind in
East Albany. It is a short distance
beyond the factory -of the Brown
Guano Co., and but -a few feet from
the main high-way.
When a Herald man'entered the
Mill Supply
Department:
Genuine Gandy
Belt, Atkin 1 s Cir
cular and Cross
Cut Saws, Marsh
Steam Pumps.
Implement
Department:
Harvesting Ma
chinery, Thresh
ing Machines in
stock, all sizes.
SOLID CAR
Twine,
Twine,
Twine
Sufficient to bind all
the oats in this sec
tion. ,
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Albany
Machinery
PHOTOGRAPHING RUINS
OF SAN FRANCISCO
FROM BALLOONS.
San Francisco, May 9.—The signal corps^ of the
United States army is photographing the San Francisco
ruins from balloons. A series of pictures is being taken
for file by the V<ar Department in Washinton. Sev
eral hundred exposures have already been made of differ
ent buildings, aijd panoramic pictures will be made from
»the different views.
SUFFERING FROM A COMPLICATION OF AILMENTS
FOLLOWING ATTACK OF GRIPPE.
METHODIST METES DF FRITH
TO BE OF ECOMEIIICI
HEAVY STORM
ON LAKE ERIE.
One Schooner Sunk and Three Persons
Believed to Have Been Drowned.
Cleveland, May 9.—The schooner
Algeria sank two miles off the harbor
this morning, aud it is believed that
three men were drowned. The schoon
er Iron Queen was in a sinking condi
tion and life saving men took off the
crew of eight. A heavy storm on the
lake last night and today is a menace
to shipping.
The straw hat is .rendered useless
on a day like today. The wind makes
COMMITTEE OF GENERAL CONFERENCE TO HAVE
REPORT READY IN FOUR YEARS.
Birmingham, Ala., May 9.—Bishop
Warren A. Candler, of Georgia, pre
sided at the business session today of
the general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South.
After the opening devotional exer
cises, conducted by Rev. John R. Nel
son, of Texas, the special committee
named to consider a new statement of
the Methodist faith and doctrine re
ported recommending the adoption of
the resolution proposed, with the un
derstanding that the preparation of
such statement be undertaken only
when such cooperation by other rep
resentative bodies of ^Methodism shall
be secured as shall give the statement
ecumenical character and make it the
expression of world-wide Methodism,
It is proposed to have the report of
the committee ready in four years.
Routine business of the session in
cluded the adoption of a report re
garding the boundaries of the North
Georgia conference, which are to be
fixed by the conference, subject to
ratification by the general conference.
The boundaries of the HolBton confer
ence were disposed of In the same
manner. Other committee reports
were received and considered, but no
final action was taken on them.
YOUNG LOVERS
Eloping Couple from Elber-
toii Failed to Get:Married
Before Being Overtaken
by Stem Parent.
Washington, May 9.—Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of
Maryland, is critically ill at his home here. He has ngt
been in the senate for many months. Within the last few
day? he had a severe sinking spell, and his life was despaired
of. His sickness began several months ago, with grippe,
and it is now learned that he is suffering 1 from a complica
tion of ailments which give no promise of recovery.
FILES l'DILL
I TIE
Washington, May 9.-The attorney-general announced
today that the government had filed a petition for injunction
against what is known as the Drug Trust. The parties de
fendant named in the bill are alleged to have _ combined to
control the prices of proprietary me'dicines in violation-of the
Sherman anti-trust law.
James Johnson Knocked
From Centra 1 Freight
Train Early Today.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., May 9.-*-”I love Mr,
Pulliam. He is the only man I ever
loved, and I want to marry him. They
may take me hack home, and try to
keep me from him, hut I won’t stay.
He wants to marry me, and I will be
his wife.”
This statement was made yesterday
by pretty IB-year-old Jennie Parham,
whom J. Edward Pulliam, an employe
of the Southern railway, is charged
by the girl’s father with kidnaping.
The Parhams live about eight miles
from Elherton. Miss Jennie was tak
en there yesterday by her father who
came here to get her. Her lover will
be taken to Elherton to face the charge
of kidnaping as a warrant has been
taken out by the Irate parent of the
young woman. Before Bhe started
home in the custody of her father,
Miss Jennie made the declaration
that she loVed Pulliam and would
marry him in spite of anybody. They
came here together and were to have
been married yesterday. The stern
arm of the law, however, gathered
them in, and they were held until
Papa Parham arrived on the scene to
take his daughter hack to the home In
Elbert county.
A BANK FAILURE
IN PITTSBURG.
Doors of the Columbia Savings and
Trust Company Closed.
Pittsburg, May 9.—The Columbia
Savings and TruBt Company, of this
city, was closed today by prder of the
Commissioner of Banking.
Former Mayor 'William J. Diehl is
president of the bank. The capital
stock is one hundred and forty-five
thousand dollars. Deposits, two hun
dred thousand. Loans, two hundred
and ninety thousand. Surplus, sixty
thousand.
JAY GOULD WINS
in tennis Game
it altogether too troublesome. p
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Over Eustace Miles, English Amateur
Champion.
London, May 9.—Jay Gould, of Lake-
wood, N. J., won the first set of tennis
this morning in the championship
play against Eustace Miles, present
holder of the English amateur cham
pionship.
James Johnson, a negro train hand
employed by the Central of Georgia
Railway, was knocked from his train
at the Klnchafoonee creek bridge this
. , _ .morning. He was prdiijLflly instantly
And Vote in the Democratic-iimea when h [ S hea d struck one of
Primary August 22—- the heavy beams of the bridge, but if
M , . . not he was drowned in the creek, I}e- ,
Meeting Ol Leaders in At“l noa fn whose waters he quickly disap-s
lanta Yesterday.- Ipem-eci. I
■ ] Johnson left Albany at 5 n. in. on | money will be transferred to the Pres-
frelght train No.
I r
By the Viceroy of Canton
for Buildings and Per*
sonal Property of Ameri
can Missionaries.
Hong Kong, May 9;—The viceroy of
Canton has paid the American consul
$00,'000 as indemnity for the mission
buildings' arid pdyfcQfiM;'prdperty of
■ missionaries as the result of the de
struction of property'during the riot
ing at Lien Chow last October. The
Special to The Herald.
bound for Macon, byterian mission at Lien Chow,
The Klnchafoonee creek bridge is
Atlanta, Ga., May 9. A number of a i, out tt ml]e [roni the c i t y and
leading spirits in the People’s Party
met In the office of Judge J. K. Hines
here yesterday and decided to accept
the rules adopted by the Democratic'
State Executive Committee and take
part In the primary which Is to he
held In Georgla'dn August 22, at which
time a governor will be nominated.
After the conference Judge Hines
stated that the meeting was only, an
Informal conference and should not
be taken as official action by his par
ty. It was the opinion of those pres
ent that a division of whites at this
time might Jeopardize white suprem
acy in the state, and'they thought the
welfare of the Btate would be best
served by taking part with the Demo
crats.
Among those present were Gen. A.
C. Williams and A. C. Talley, of Cobb
county'; Dr. S. B. Lee and P. B. D.
Stancell, of Campbell county: Messrs.
Burdett and Moore, of Polk county;
Rufus C. Guthrie, of Forsyth county,
and several others.
the train was moving rapidly os it
passed over the stream. Exactly how
the accident occurred is not positively
known here, but Johnson must have
been leaning far out from the train,
His head struck one of the heavy iron
beams of the bridge, and he fell out.
There are blood marks on the bridge
showing where the unfortunate negro
fell before his body Anally shot down
ward into tile creek.
The conductor of the train tele
graphed back from Leesburg, giving
a brief account of the accident, and
Agent S. H. Stanley made arrange
ments to have the creek dragged for
the purpose of recovering the body.
Body Recovered.
The negro’s body was recovered
about 11 o’clock, a fpw feet below the
point where it struck the water.
Johnson’s home was in Macon.
Huyl
uyier s
QUARRELED WITH WIFE,
THEN LEFT HOME.
And Now Lee Leslnoky’s Wife Would
Like to Know Where He Is.
Special to The Herald/
Atlanta, Ga„ May 9.—During Easter
week Lee Leslnsky, aged 45, a well
known piano tuner, disappeared from
home and has not been heard from
since. The police have been asked to
find him, and have been hard at work
on the mystery. Leslnsky’s disappear
ance followed a quarrel with his wife.
The nature of the quarrel has not de
veloped. After the quarrel Leslnsky
put on his hat and left the house, giv
ing no Intimation as to where he In
tended going. His wife Is anxiously
awaiting news from him. The city has
been searched from limit to limit, but
the missing man, If he Is in Atlanta,
has covered up his trail so effectually
that not a vestige of a clue has been
found by the detectives detailed to find
him.
HHHhHIHdHHhH
A good sized orowd of men went
over to Cordele on the special train
yesterday. Another special was run
today, leaving the depot at 2 o’cloc'
SAVANNAH POLITICS
BEGIN TO WARM UP.
People’s Democratic League Opens Up
Against Citizens’ Club.'
8peclal to The Herald.
Savannah, May 9.—The People’s
Democratic League, that political or
ganization that is opposed to the Cit
izens’ Club, which is now in control of
city and county affairs, held a hot
meeting last night at the Catholic, Li
brary Hall. There were some speech
es that fairly Bizzled. They will be
replied to at the next meeting of the
Citizens’ Club. ,
The campaign is taking on extra
life now that the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of the county has been
called together for Saturday night to
arrange for a primary. The candi
dates for the legislature and county
offices will soon be making themselves
known, and then each day will add to
ithe heat of the battle. So far the Is
sues have been a little clouded. The
opposition has been fighting the city
administration In a county campaign.
The mayor takes the position that It
Is not for him to defend his adminis
tration until the city campaign starts,
and many agree with him. The Cit
izens’ Club has a hard fight in Its own
ranks for the county treasurer nomi
nation. Mr. C. H. Carson and Mr. R.
J. Stewart are the opposing candi
dates. ,
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les,
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