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JURY 1CIIIS1. DILLON IH
SUPERIOR COURT THIS RFTEB1DH
VERDICT REACHED IN A VERY SHORT TIME AND ANNOUNCED
IN COURT IMMEDIATELY AFTER AFTERNOON SESSION OPEN-
KD CASE CONCLUDED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND All-
GUMKNT CONTINUFID THROUGH THIS MORNING—CHARGE OF'
THE JUDGE JUST BEFORK T IIE ADJOURNMENT FOR DINNER.
-liSi
TARIFF BILL
BEFORE JULY
IS THE PREDICTION' OP UNDER-
WOOD WHEN MEASURE CAME
UP TODAY FOR AMENDMENTS
AND CONSIDERATION.
“Not guilty” was the verdict of
the jury which decided the case
of Mr. James W. Dillon, Jr„
charged with assault with Intent to
commit murder. The case went to
the Jury at about one o’clock, and
as soon as the court opened at two
o’clock, the verdict was ready and
received by the Solicitor, who read
It. Mr. F. C. Ivey was foreman.
The Jrgument.
The argument on the case was
begun yesterday afternoon late a*ad
continued through this morning.
did not remember a pleasant saluta
tion from Mr. Dillon. He said he
saw the pistol the first time when
it was drawn on him; he didn’t ee®
Dillon drop the pistol, nor did he
see any gun on the pavement, and
he was also asked by Mr. Titus as
to the size of the horse ho was rld-
kig and how he was sitting when
shot.
It was here that Mr. Titus asked
Mr. Patterson to bare his breast,
and show, the Jury where the wound
was going in and where the bullet
came out in the back. Mr. Patter
son pulled open his ehirt and show
ed the Jury the scar left by the
bullet. Several ladies in the court
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, April 29.—Toe Dem
ocratic tariff revision bill advanced
another stage In the House today
when the reading of the measure
was begun.
Amendments are to be offered by
Republicans and Progressives, and
SUGGESTION TO WAIT FOR DI
PLOMATIC TREATY WITH JA
PAN BEFORE HILL IS PASSED
MAY BE ADOPTED IN CALI
FORNIA.
(By Associated Press.)
Sacramento, Cal., April 29.—ijhe
second day of the conference con
cerning the anti-alien land legisla
tion with Secretary of State Brygu,
re-inforced by President Wilson’s
uepuuiicauB ana rrogressives, a*»a unswer to his telegrams of yester-
some possibly by the Ways and da ^* was begun with the sentiment
Means Committee majority. * of Progressive Republican majority
The amendments agreed to by the virtually unchanged today.
BANAL TOLLS
Mr. Roscoe Luke began for the[ room left at that Juncture. The
'prosecution and he stopped at the
adjournment yesterday and conclud
ed this morning, after an hour’s
talk. The defense was then repre
sented in a lengthy argument, dis
cussing every phase of tho case and
the law by Mr. Theo. Titus. The
concluding argument was made by
wound,, he said, was in the right
side, just under the arm.
Mr. Patterson then, in answer to
further questions, stated that he did
not tell Meeks to go and kill Dau
Williams, stating that ho would r.t-
tend to Dillon. He said he brought
a pistol to town but didn’t know
who had the gun now.
Mr. Braswell on the Stand.
Mr. J. F. Mitchell, for the prosecu-j Mr. Braswell, the next witness for
tion. j the state, said that he was on Fein-
mu a. „ . .. T . berg’s corner, heard the shot and
The charge of the Judge v;aa very ran * lmmedlat ' eIy acr08s the s . reet ,
clear and plain and touched upon to where the two were. He <uw
every point of law Involved In the j Dillon on the ground and Patterson
case and as requested by attorneys i ° n the horee. ' v ^ e ^ he . ?ot
„ ... .. ... Dillon had his left nand on tho
on both sides, assault with lntcnt bridle of Patterson's horse and pi
to murder and shooting at another bis right hand a black pistol. He,
with a pistol where no murder was llraswell, grabbed the right hand
intended and not In self-defense was ln which the pistol was and told
Dillon to give it up. He said that
touched upon. I Dillon refused, stating,that he wou.d
Mr. Dillon, with his fa .her, was j not un (ji Patterson's gun was tak-
In court, when the verdict was read e n away from him. Ho got the gun.
and there wae no domonstratlon of how r ever, after Dillon had said, ''O.
anv kind d— you, you will have to bo quicker
' ' ____ than that." Dillon was moving
....... .. , with the horse as It turned around,
lesterday Afternoon Proceedings ofj and a , I>parently attempting to get at
the Case, Told in Detail, i Patterson, who was on one side of
The afternoon session was opened! the horse, trying to get off.
with a resume of the examination of i Braswell said he then heard somc-
Mr. Patterson by Attorney Titus. | b ° d >' say. "He has got another pis-
Mr. Patterson, ln answer to a quee-! tol,” » n<1 found that Dll.on had
tlon, stated that he had seen Tharlti Ihji'tJ'-two Pearl handle gu-.i In his
at dinner, but didn't remember any 'oft hand He took that away from
conversation relative to trouble. If' hlm - ® uns * ere pr ° du ®® d m
he met Mr. Dillon. ^otU being 8. ft W„ thlrty-
,, „ .. „ ....... itwo calibre, one with a full cham-
n.» ““‘w® n,7 i the black gun with one shot
Dan Williams near Mr. J. W DU-l gono The com . t ordere(1 that tU e
* ,to ™ that day, but that hoj Jun4 be unloaded before an examl-
dldn t ask the negro If Mr. Dillon, nat | on ot tlle man -ner in whlcb they
*? the More. He did not tell Dan | Were held could be gone Into by the
jhat he intended to kill Mr. Dillon.: de f enda n t ’s council, on the cross
He ahio stated that he told Dai examination. RrasweP. said that
what he thought of him and' cussed D ,„ 0II sald that Patterson had a
him out. He denied having stated, p| S tol and that he had seen It wh'lo
t Y °m ifii. oo^hlng hut a negro, bu . they were trying to get the long
I will kill your d boss. He said barrel black gun away from nlm.
he dldn t tell Tharln at dinner that jj r Braswell said he also saw tho
he was going down town and that If affalr a t the depot some mon.h6
tin nnit Til linn mnt “■nmnnnilv wmil.l l • n . .
Democrats will bo voted upon later
as a whole, when the bill Is reported
to the House aa a formality from
the committee of the whole House,
the parliamentary status of the
House at the present time.
The consideration In the House
Itself will be brief and a very quick
consideration of the bill and Its
amendments will he followed by its
final passage.
Unless the currency legislation Is
taken up, says Representative Un
derwood, the tariff bill could be
passed by both houses, signed by the
President and Congress could
Journ by July 1.
When the reading of the bill for
amendment began. Majority Leader
Underwood confied the discussion
strictly to the paragraphs under con
sideration, and objected to all
quests for extension of time for de
bate.
Amendment after amendment,
proposed by the Republicans, was
rejected with rolling choruses of
■Noes' 1 from the Democratic side.
Dissatisfaction with the prlncl. n'<
plan for the solution of the alien
land problem, as put forward by
Secretary Bryan, was expressed by
both Republicans and Democrats.
Secretary Bryan has suggested;
that the state permit the matter to'
be taken up by the diplomatic corps
and settled possibly by a now trea
ty.
President Wilson Interested in New
Treaty Arrangement.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, April 29.—Secretary
Bryan’s proposition to California to
suspend the passage and appllra-!
tion of the Japanese legislation, un-j
til President Wilson has had an op-|
portunlty to negotiate a treaty with
BY VOTE OF’ THIRTEEN TO ONE
THIS MATTER WILL RE SET
TLED AT THE REGULAR 8E8-
SION NEXT DECEMBER.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. April 29.—By a vote
of thirteen to one, the Senate Cana'
Committee today decided to put
over to the regular December ses
sion of Congress all queotions of
Panama Canal tolls, including Sen
ator Root’s amendment to repeal
the free passage provision.
The overwhelming vote on the
question today, was taken to Indi
cate that there would be no action
on the tolls question for seveia'
months, unless President Wilson
choose to exert his influence to
re-open the matter.
MEXICO CITY
TO
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he and Djllon met “somebody would before and that there was some lit-
set hurt. He also stated, in in- tie hard feeling. He said that Pat-
a < * ,,est * oa ’. **J at he d,d n’t terson was in a falling position
.ell Hicks that he had cursed Dil- when he got to the horse and fnat
Ion for everything that he could he didn’t see anything in .Patter-
.hink or and that he took it Ilk? a son’s hand at the time. The black
man and it was a good thing that he gun waa 0 f a 8 ix-inch barro’. The
did for he had the stuff to make him state then rested their case,
take it. (This referring to tile Mr. Titus Explained the Content ions
conversation at the depot seven • Q f the Defense,
months before thing happened.) The contentions of the defense in
Mr. Patterson stated that they the case were then explaind in a few
were in business together for some words by Mr. Titus, who said that
time in Florida, but had sold out the defense expected to show there
and both Had come home. He said had been trouble between the two
that when riding down tho street about a negro account, and that Pat-
on the day of the shooting with * —
Chief Milton, of tho City Police, h« (Continued on Pago 4.)
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CALLED TO ATTENTION OF
WASHINGTON.
(By Associated Prees.)
Washington, April 29.—Guatema
la's minister here has directed the
attention of the State Department
to Great Britain’s renewed pressure
for satisfaction for the claims of
British subjects. ... —
The Anal outcome of these claims
Is exipected to develop an Indica
tion of the Administration’s policy
toward the Central American Re
publics and their foreign debts.
A loan of twenty to thirty million
dollars by American bankers has
been under way for some time but
never consummated, which was in
tended to pay Guatemala’s British
debts.
Debts of Ismg Standing.
(By Associated Press.)
London, April 29.—-The British
Government today denied the pub
lished report that it had sent aa
ultimatum to Guatemala. At the
Foreign Olfl.e it was said that all
which had been done so far was the
presentation of Great Britain
gent demand for the payment
ATLANTA MURDER MYSTERY
Still Deepens Although F'our Men
Are Arrested Pending F'urthcr
Investigation of Case.
Atlanta, April 29.—The detec
tives have reached the point'-Ms
morning ln the Mary Phagan mur
der case where they are convln 'ed
that the crime wa. committed .ijr a
white man. Ther believe, further
more, that ln J. M. Gantt, who was
arrested yesterday at Marietta, they
have the guilty individual, though
they are by no means ready yet to
assert it positively.
The. thing that looks worst to.
Gantt at this moment, ts that ha
has not been able to give a satisfac
tory account of what he was doing
Sunday night. He declared at first
that he was at home In bed in his
boarding house at 384 East Linden
street, when the crime occurred. But
the landlady of the hoarding hone?
swears that Gantt not only was nnt
there Sunday night, but that he i
hasn't been In hts room for weeks.
City and another battle there may
be expected at any time, according
to Mexican and American refugees
who arrived here today.
The tension between President
Huerta and General Felix Diaz Is
described as being so threatening
that an open rupture is believed to
be imminent In Mexico City.
(By Associated Press.)
.....„„ „ ..New Orleans, La., April 29.—Life
Japan, Is believed to be the ultimate I®
concession which Japan is willing
make ln deference to public feeling
ln California.
The Secretary's statement,
which he said he would be obliged
to do everything possible to Tnlnf'
mlze any ill-feeling that may b<
aroused," if the bill Is passed, it
regarded here as marking the pur
pose of the Government to become
an interventor with the Japanese In
any suit they may bring before the
Federal courts to nullify the action
of the California Legislature.
President Wilson and John Bas
sett Moore, counselor of the State
Department, were ln early consul
tation for more than an hour to
day. consulting over the prospects
of framing a new treaty for Cali
fornia and Japan, within a reasona
ble length of time.
FOB SOME ACTION BY THE
POWERS AGAINST MONTENE-
GIIO, AND WILL ACT ON HER
OWN HEHAI.F SHORTLY.
(By Associated Press.)
Vienna, April 29.—The Austrla-
Hungarlan Government Is dlssatls-
fled with tho failure of tho confer
ence of Ambassadors In London to
Initiate any decisive action against
Montenegro, and is continuing its
preparation for Independent acMon.
Exchanges of views are proceed
ing between Austria-Hungary and
Germany.
T
T STOP
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, April 29.—Tho action
against "smut songs" resulted last
night ln the Introduction of an or
dinance forbidding the singing of
"any song, the words of which are
suggestive of indency or immorality."
El
AGAIN ACTIVE
SUSPECTED OF "SQUEALING,"
MAN IS SHOT BY GANG NEAR
PLACE WHERE ROSENTHAL
MET HIS DEATH.
(By Associated Press.) •
New York, April 29.—3usp»ctel
of "squealing” to the District Attor
ney, Jerry Malda, who was known
as "Jerry the Lunchman,” met his
appointed death today from gang
sters' bullets, not two blocks from
where Herman Rosenthal was killed
last July.
Five men, who are alleged mem
bers of the famous Paul Kelly band
of gangsters, have been arrested, In
connection with the killing.
UNWRITTEN EAWJOT HEEDED
Flea of Darden Did Not Avail and
llo Wan Convicted of Voluntary
Manslaughter in Atlanta.
of
GO TO TOE PEN
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, April 29.—A verdict
voluntary manslaughter was re
turned late yesterday afternoon ii
the case of Klmer T. Darden, on
trial in the Superior Court here for
the murder of C. M. Goddard. Dar
den, who shot Goddard in the
crowded waiting room of the union
station here March 13, 'last, admit
ted the killinj, but entered a plea
guilty under the ‘unwritten
iring the trial yesterday, he
. Goddard with intimacy with
j Mrs. Darden. *
Irish Horse Traders Have l>erided j No witnesses were called by the
on Atlanta Aceepta- defense during the trial,, which be-
hie l’lr Funeral. {gaa this morning. Darden read be-
Atlanta,
markable funeral ceromoTiy tha
enacted anywhere on the Amerj an
continent had its yearly recurrence
here this morning, when the O’Hara
(’lan, the band of .nomad Irish horse
traders, gathered to bury seven
4ft ll L
Th . • fore the Jury a prepared statement
t m . v e• j declaring that he had killed God-
j dard because the latter had broken
up his home. The state called as
witnesses several persons who wit
nessed the killing.
Sentence was deferred. The cri ao
women of their company who had' of Darden was found guilty,
died during the past 12 months.; ^ Punishable by from one to twenty
Several hundred men, women and 1 >’ ears ’ imprisonment,
children, coming from all parts of
North American in their big cabins
on wheels, arrived in Atlanta last
week for the funeral rites.
Atlanta was selected years ago as
vicS^r:.:: , '^r u o n f.h°e r c , 1 hec 1 , r n
L u mbe r and Deveiopment Company ^
FederaJ^Court "jUtdge "JLTUi 1 ^ " tZ’
. ,t__ balraed here and kept in a tern-
*““® d ' 4t * ly sentenced the ruea **, porary vault until tho time for tho
roitows. j annual funeral. This year tho
John R. Markley and Isaiah Mil-, tribe’s members followed seven eof-
ler, of Chicago, the promoters of i fl n8 the cemetery. Four of the
the company, were fined ten thou-[ dea j were young girls, two were ma-
sand dollars a^id sentenced to flf~. ture women and one a 19-year-old
teen months imprisonment each; W |f e , Mrs. Mamie Nelson. The fun-
William H. Armstrong, Jr., of Phil- (era i services were conducted in the
adelphia, former business manager, J church by Father Kennedy ln the
and Charles R. McMahon, of Phlia- Church of the Immaculate Coacep-
delphia, former secretary and treas-| tlorK and from the church the tribe hundred were found
urer, two thousand dollars and two ma( j e | t8 way to Oakland cemetery' uiake this excuse.
years each; Alfred C‘. Stewart, af where the ceremony was concluded "
Mason City, Iowa, one thousand dol-: at the lot which the tribe owns. The M.WOlt GKNKRAL WOOD MARKS
lare and one year in the federal I funeral procession was unique l.i TOUIt OF IIOKDKK OUTPOSTS,
prison. • 'the fact that Instead of riding in (By Associated Press.)
The men used the mails and news- u ver | e d carriages behind »ho hearse, No sales \riz April 29 Major-
paper advertisements to se’l stork I the tribes of the clan followed in the General Leonard Wood, uiief of
in Mexico, and their scheme, *he road warons, which are their homes 's’aff of the United States army wlta
Government charged, was fraudu-' The tribe is popular!®* rted *o Brisradier General Hugh S. Sco.t,
^ en *‘ | * ,e very wealthy, and f ^pe-n^rt left todav for Tuscon, Ariz., to com-
— , were spared at the funeral.
First Flea of This Kind Kntcred in
Recent Years in Fulton County.
Darden from the first admitted that
he followed his wife’s paramour to
kill him, and he pleads solely and
simply the unwritten law. Thft is
the first time in many years that
the defendant in a murder case hi
Fulton county has based hia plea foi
acquittal purely and simply on the
unwritten law grounds.
One of the unusual features of the
case on the opening day waa the
drawing of the Jury apparerf.y
showed a growing opposition to
criminal punishment among Fulton
county citizens. 18 of the 48 jurors
declared that they were opposed to
capital punishment, while. a year
ago scarcely more than 4 or 5 of a
who would
MONTENEGRINS SBEET PRIME
the hearses were luxuriantly fitted, Washington.
out and the floral tributes were par-! ’
rfcularly beautiful. Immediately wor | ( | that can b P remotely likened
Guatemala’s"Indebiednees*^ the*^bulk 1 The P° ,,co are lookin R for * he nHwiio Came Home to Hand to King' after , the funerni the tribe mom- to that of the O’Hara Clan is the
of- which she has been owing for ? Kro J anitor ‘ w,th tho ,dea that hc ! Nicholas tile Keys to the For- \ hm began to disperse to the four annual meeting of the Ruron%an
the past twentv-flvo vears (knows some things he hasn’t told, tross 0 f Scutari Recently corner® of the continent, not fo meet Gypsies in the little church of St.
! but they have abandoned the Idea! Captured. Ingain until this same time next year. Marys, on the banks of »he Medl-
that he is actually guilty of taej (By Associated Press.) ; when they will return to Atlanta for terranean, near the mouth of
crime. | Cettlnje, April 29.—An ovation n ,M,r,,OSP similar to tha® which Rhone, where they come once a year
Arthur Mulllnax. the handsome j greeted Crown Prince Danielo whew brought them this year, _ to pray for their dead and to chooso
Tad, who was identified by E. 3. 3en ihe arrived here today to hand to! The one other gathering in the a queen,
tell, as being with Mary Phajtan; King Nicholas the keys of tho for- j
Sunday evening, and who was im- j tress of Scutari. The Queen and
PREFERRED DEATH
TO
From Children and Woman Convict
ed of Iaarceny Was Turned Loose
in a Pennsylvania Town.
I York, Pa., April 29.—Declaring
{that she preferred death to separa
tion from her two children, Mjs.
Martha E. Ettie, who was commit
ted to Jail last Saturday on a charge
of larceny, won her release yester
day by a “hunger strike."
Mrs. Ettie had taken her chil
dren, aged six and ten, to Jail with
her, but they w'ere removed by a
Children’s Society.
mediately arrested, is apparently
the victim of a terrible mistake.
Nothing has been discovered to c >n-
nect him with the crime, and his re
lease is momentarily expected.
The case, ln addition to its ele
ments of horror, is one of the most
pitiful Atlanta has ever known.
Mary Phagan was a child In short
dresses, a playful, innocent little
girl.
Another Arrest Made Today,
(By Associated Pre*® •
Atlanta. April 29.—l.»on M.
Frank, Superintendent of the Xa-
each of her ladies gavq their arm
to a wounded soldier in tho proces
sion to the Cathedral.
tional Pencil Company factory, where
14-year-old Mary Phagan was found
dead early Sunday morning, was
taken to the police station this af
ternoon. for additional questioning.
No charge was made against him.
but Detective Chief Langford inti
muted that Frank would be detained i
for his own protection. ‘The town*j
seems to be thoroughly wrought ui
over ®h»* murder, and I think this i
the wisest course,’’ he said.
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