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WEATHER: FAIR. COTTON: MIDDUNG PREVIOUS CLOSE ... ATHENS. GA., FRIDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 20, 1922. New Angle To Double Murder Why Were Bodies h^und in Double Cross? Conservatives Pr e p a r e For Election Following Resignation of Lloyd George’s Ministry. cabinetImay be FILLED AT ONCE Much Speculation As' to Who Wilh . Get Places. ’-George and. Asquith May Combine. • \ ■’A LONDON.—(By" the "Associated Press.)—Andrew Bonar Law ap peared to be m a hingrapid pro gress Friday in forming a cabinet to replace the fallen coalition gov ernment. _ i .* ; This »was evidenced by the an nouncement that. Marquis Curzoh and the Earl of"Derby, both men of- influence and . experienced cabinet ministers, have agreed to setve under him .in. any capacity. Mr ;. B°r) a r Law.cannot, officially announce the formation, of a min istry until he ia- elected- head of the -Uninoist ‘'party-* -to ' succeed Austen Chamberlain, hut ; it is gen- : %tally conceded that thai election [will be only a formality. Althoucrh thfi snlit: in TTn_ New Information Which Shows Ill Feeling Exist- - ed Between Two Women May Be Clue. SAID THETONCE CREATED A SCENE • • . . j Letters Written By Slain Lovers Sustain . Belief That Feeling Was Not Good. ined and Combination Photo-^iaoram. S SnSf arfi &EW BRUNSWICK. ,N. jl—BtuV nd Sam- d^nts of psychology have dise^« r- thnn a ed a new problem in the HaD-lVtiV^ murder case. carefully I What qmirk.of the criminally in T tfect that flamed mint*. they nsk. dictated the rw of the ! careful laying out of; the bodies of 11, Tectar | the two victims^—ip the form of , a St. John cross? Eleanor j. ^ double cross! The man and wo-, igenjwho j nan lay aide by side, hats covering i ergyman, J their faces, he with his left arm -he "alls and she with her right thrown out vacation a t right angles; his right arm and ili-fPAl n? l8^Jn\ertt^fned, so that;tb$Jr* hands rested against each others* sides, ; Why iQ the form of a cross? Mad it any connection with the fact that Hqv. Hall-; was a church rector and Mr.f. ^IlHs a choir singer? • The psychologists point *signifi’. cantly to the fact that a cross while a Christian symbol was once an instrument of torture.- i Detectives have pointed out .the 'certainty that the bodies were-ar ranged carefully—that the victims throat? PJ| j C He Declares H i uHLLu| Lost Lo Ve ^ MM] Him $25,000 selected for the trial at The prosecutor fought to have Mrs. _ , , _ iRosier’s baby, shewn in her arms, . i„ vi-C> P.I Pn. *. EDENBURG, Pa.—George Abra ham, ' Franklin, grocer, says In a treachof promise suit filed here Friday that his love affair wrecked, his “physically and financially.” Ho set tout? In his petition, asking for $25,000, that he used two motor T\yTr. «T, T'Uivvlr Qnf for $25,000, that he used two motor , _ . ~T _ Many irapers imnK c>6t- ] cars an( j nearly aii of his time in Majority of the London Yemeni; of E u r c.p e’a; g Newspapers Are Anti- SSJ 111 i SSS Coalition and Hence Re- easier JNOW. * which she now refuses to return. 101C6 At Overthrow. prove a saner administration. The Times believes the effect will everywhere be beneficial. It de clares the country “wants to re- turn # to the normal ways of life and To feel that its welfare is in .the hands of men of sound judg ment, less ——, —„ .. desire to shine than to merit confidence as faithful war dens of the public good.” %. The Morning Post regards Thurs day’s events as a considerable vic tory. i “The coalition is dead and gone, ulations, a number giving greater News. “The first, reeling of the men of almost all parties will be one of relief. Whatever government succeeds the coalition it could not hplp but be an improvement.” SEES CLEAN POLITICS . The Westminster Gazette coin-, ments; *‘The coalition has been a thorough imposture. Wo lopk to the country to carry us back to clean er, sincerer policies.” The Daily Express calls for a strong (Conservative government to terminate the period of costly adventure abroad, foster economy and encourage trade. The Daily Herald calls upon , la - ain has had.' no niore unpopular 1 administration than the coalition since the days of Stuart's and that the resignation will be a relief. The Daily He aid calls upon la bor to prepare itself for the elec tion. It repudiates the charge that labor is associated with the ex treme type of revolutionary social ists and says it is merely revolu tionary in the sense of “desiring I to tackle the causes of social evil and build society on a sounder OMAHA.—Fred' Brown. Omaha “chain man” Friday faced a sen tence of life imprisonment for kid napping with intent to assault Mrs. Jean Jenkins, 21 years old. In returning a verdict of “guilty as charged” late Thursday after 44 hours’ deliberation and recommend ing life imprisonment, the jury end ed one of Nebraska's most spectac ular criminal cases. Brown's ability to elude appre hension when apparently in escap- ably cornered, attracted wide inter est. In his pursuit Nebraska offi cers employed every available metb # SUPPOSE you wanted' to. find out if a barrel was just exactly half filled’with water, and you had nothing to meas ure it with. What would you do? That's the first .of \the* puz zles which will appear daily in the Athens Herald. It's oh page 4 toady, and the answer will appear tomorrow. George Johnsop, Fletcher How ard'and Jim (Rowe, degrees, are to be tried fo* the theft of an jtfito from Mr. Hugh Price. , ^The case against Jesse James, charged with stealing auto parte and tires from E. C. Fields, is still t0 Wime Bowles, negro, indlctedlor Involuntary manslaughter tn ej ection with the death of John Mer iwether, another negro, when Bowles* car - ran him down on fhomas street last January.wlHbe 81 The "Bafdy" Langford case on .a ch.iree of assault with intent to murder. R. A, Save, Sr., prost-cutor. BRAIN TWISTERS DAILY IN THE HERALD NOVEL BUCKLES Buckles for pumps increase in size as the season advances. Fre quently shirrings of ribbon are used to frame the buckle, particularly j on very fancy models. 1 Investigate Today I To Regular Subscribers of $1,000 Accident Policy Froo* VOL. 11, No. 45 Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service. +•* *•* *•'* . *•* 4,4. Young Wife’s Maternity Hoax Defended By Her Girlhood Friends •v ❖•■i 1 +•+ .{.••], SOLUTION OF MURDER Facing Trial For Slaying Two SfflD TIME, SHE When Only 16 Years Old Mrs. McNally Is Said to Have Successfully "Mothered” Dolls. HUSBANDSAYS SHE KILLED TWINS Unusual Trial in Which Woman Denies Giving Birth to and Murdering Babies Proceeds. HAMMOND, Ind.—Two Chicago women who knew her as a child, Friday went to the defense of Mrs. Hazel McNaliy, accused by her hus band of killing the twin babies he says were born to her last Decem- The. maternity hoax'with Which Mrs. McNally said she deceived her friends and relatives by “raothr- | ing” two dolls, was. if true, a‘ rep- | ♦ tition of a similar deception she worked when she was 16 years old, • hose women said. . . , Hazel Hill, the name by which , Mrs. McNally , was known as a child, possessed a mania for playing 'mother*”’ according to Mrs. G. , A. Kuhne. The girl actually fooled her closest friends, Mrs.| Kabne \ said, made them believe she was to become a mother and later ap peared with “twins” which at length 1 turiied out to be only dolls. uiSh'bwaarhV hl^intocourt on *»*•*«'*«**'“—''■ ~—;'' exciuueu uom LUCI w«ri *wm uu. daughter of the slain choir leader., •i .liaiEe^l murdcr Hazel carefully sier (above) charged with slayin« the ground it would unduly preju-j Mls | North told .reporters that a! kept the f.-ceH of her “twins” con- t her husband and his stenographer, dice the jury. |?cene had taken place between Mrs. wak-d from her friends, Mrs. 1 * Kahne said. Another w itness waiting to tell of Mrs. McNally’s pronounced “moth er instinct” was Mrs. G. Azzato, a girlhood chum, whose story w f as similar to Mrs. Kqhne’s. According to Frank McNally, the husband, who took the stand Thurs day. his wife gave birth to twins December 8. 1921. A few weeks la ter they disappeared- he said. Mrs. McNally explained she had taken them to a hospital Id Chicago. The "dummies” were sub8|Uuted, he said, for the benefit of curious neighbors. t wftS expected ‘° Briggs Carson, Charged MSHIMIS WATCHING BRITISH CASE ARE HEARD POLITICAL SITUATION GA.T0SS. CAME With Murder, Will Not Be Tried Before Monday Morning. : 'v Fall of Lloyd George Gov- . eminent Holds Close At- tentiqn of U. S. Diplo matic Circles. Mills and the reactor’s wife at ~ camp maintained bv the church \ at Point Pleasant on the Jer< j coast last summer. Reference was I made to the quarrel in a letter writ ten by Dr. Hall to Mrs. Mills, she said. i Tbr aliened trouble arose at the ; time the camo was breaking up. ac- I cording to Miss North. Mrs. Hall, 1 who had drove to husband, started to after the car and demanded of Dr. Hall if he intended to take her with him. He invited her to get into the car and she rode to New Brunswick with them. After Mrs. Hall re » Georgia-Tennessee football will be played here Satur- WASHIGTQN—Developments in the British political situation fol lowing the fall of the Lloyd George government c6: tlnued to hold close I Arguments by defendant’s counsel ahd Solicitor General Dean w'ere to be * heard in the Pnrvin Thornton case which had reached the third day of trial when superior court convened here Friday morning. It at iention in both governmental and was thought the case would go to .diplomatic circles here Friday. Out- This w ill be the first major game i the jury by noon. | aide of the immediate^ effect al- of tue season bringing together* with several important criminal j rQ gdy felt in Washington of the t"o teams efually determined t0 : cases still on the docket to be tried, i postponement of the coming to this forbear the bitter sting of defeat. | announced intention j country of the British debt commis- IMeat to the Bulldogs 'is «aid to and witu tue a^nouncea | 8ion< the possibility of any further invar, but one thing—hopes blighted I of the solicitor not to call uie. regult ag concerning the relations lor another Southern championship. Briggs Carson case until Monday, , of the two governments it was said ictory for Tennessee • means a October term will extend over Midden-born distinction that: the,] . . third week men of Banks cherish teflnfteiy'. Into the third weeK. IMea. to thera may MA N Y CASES ON tneir coiiect i _ OR TR| morale in the run Of a stiff .DOCKET FOR TRIAL e that Is just beginning with I ahedule boast“stars 8C Or CALIBRE In Stevenson the visitors wilf a guard of the first mhgni- ide, in size, power ‘ and 8Kiu. 1.1 • 1 v T ; Yl l -•***#>Ob WIIlLU O | m Coalition and Hence Re- leader will b e ’ elected to succeed which ahe now refuses to return! ioice At Overthrow. [ Austen^Chamberlairi. It is under- ▼*_ *•*— i««* * . * stood that the Garlton club, which wilu tuctu. Auot nun. r.ttn ro- PARm fRv tb^ As^opiatctl i . A , ^ ■ j ; LONDON.—(By the' Assbciated 1 \ of Kngland fI she and Mrn*MU 1 s”spoke r ’ r ess)—The -lominaOng note in the Cendant for her pleasui-e and conve’- Press)—The majority of Londmi's' the choice of his successor; 6 toeach otheruerfunctorilv bStlt French press comment on the fall, nlence,” 12,000. morning papers being anti-coalltloil xhe eleetionofAndrewBonar. was evident there was no friend- of the Lloyd George cabinet In Eng. , Di a mo n de n ga ge m en tr i n g 0. 'Law is a foregone conclusion, and sh,n ^between them. Miss North, j no&^ on JSSnSMT f VSSFSt SuS??* o^a Wf jSf ha," ment of Europe’s nroblems easier. Disaopolntment and loss of health government whose policies they k e ®n registered he will be in a po- To the maiorily of the papers it is $15,400. . > have 30 long condemned and open- sition to begin formation of a ’ ’— * cabinet to succeed the reaigned ■Lloyd George ministry. Rumor will be overworked in the next few days filling, the various cabinet posts. Some of the polit ical writers in the, morning news papers have already started spec ulations, a number gviing greater prominence to the name of Lord Salisbury tjian might be expected \n View of his previous political activities. ■ MAY COMPLETE ^abinet at once It is believed in Consevative [quarters that the cabinet will be , completed before the end of next- week. The prediction ignores dark? hints from some coalition rourccs of the difficulties which : Bonar Law may perhaps encounter. Prominence is given the Stery that . Lloyd George proposes tp form a , center party with Mr. Chamberlain and the leading coalition union ists. Others scout this as wholly groundless, declaring Mr. Cham berlain. aiid his . followers will I make no attempt to obstruct Mr. Bonar Law in his work. The political experts of tho Wetminister Gazette, anti-Lloyd George newspaper Wirts at the possibility of the incoming prime minister taking a course which Will compel, an immediate elec tion. '. 1 “Much will depend” he writes on Mr. Lloyd George’s.speech at Leeds. If this is a challenge to the Conservative party in its new independence, an attempt to sow more dissention in that party, dis- Turn Page Two
