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DAILY
FORTIETH TEAK.
STAR WITNESS
IN WADE CASE
15 Df TDDAV
EXPECT THAT MRS. YEARTIE
HOWELL WILL TESTIFY THIS
AFTERNOON CASE PROBABLY
WILL END THURSDAY.
The first witness this morning was
P.. D. Winchester, who swore that on
the day of the murder he saw Wade in
Leslie with a big roll of bills.
W. T. Anderson Leslie bank cashier,
later swore that after August 15th, two
days before the disappearance of Wade,
the young man neither deposited nor
withdrew any money.
E. L. Green swore to selling Wade
gas. and R. T. Crabb corroborated
Green’s statement that E. H. Stewart
was in the iparty.
D. M. Lowrey, former policeman,
swore that he saw Walter Johnson
about two o’clock in the morning, and
that Johnson was then looking for
Henry Harp.
Eva Heys testified that she talked
with Wade in her house ‘‘in the bot
tom” between eight and eight-thirty
the fatal night, and that he said his
baby had been *born dead. The baby
was actually born after Wade had died.
Cecil Cordell swore that he saw
Wade in Eva Heys house after the ten
f< rty train the same night.
Andy Jackson, night watchman,
swore that he saw the auto with Dr,
Chapman i n it, Mrs. Howell and Wade
and Charlie Chapman, Jr., pass his
place about 8:10 o’clock. The witness
was later unable to identify Mr. Hollis
Fort, about twenty feet away, and
could not read a large calendar ten
feet from him.
Harvey Holloway testified to having
seen the E. M. F. auto and the Ford
pass him on the Dixie Highway near
the city limits the night of August 17.
Mrs. Yeartie Howell, star witness
for the state, will be the principal wit
ness at the afternoon session of the
trial of Warren I. Johnson in the Su
perior court this afternoon.
It is conceded that it was the testi
mony of Mrs. Howell that contribute !
more than anything else to the convic
tion of Dr. C. K. Chapman on tho
charge of killing Walter Wade, and as
her statement also involves Warren
Johnson great interest is felt in he?
appearance on the stand again.
So far none of the attorneys for the
defense have been able to break down
Mrs. Howell’s testimony, and there is
much speculation as to whether W. D.
McNeil, of Macon, leading counsel for
Johnson, will be successful in that re
spect.
Mrs. Howell is the only witness put
up by the state who claims to have
seen the actual homicide. Her state
ment i s that she and Dr. Chapman and
Warren Johnson were on the back
seat of the automobile at the time of
the tragedy.
The morning session today was al
most without feature. The state offer
ed witness after witness, mostly to
establish Wade’s ■ whereabouts and
movements on the day preceding the
murder on August 17, 1916.
Judge Thomas believes that the case
will be concluded Thursday.
At Monday’s late afternoon session
some new evidence was introduced,
but in the main the complexion of the
testimony was the same as that heard
in the trials of Dr. Chapman.
* The principal development of inter
est was the statement by Attorney
Hixon that the state will not contend
Warren Johnson was a principal in the
first degree, but in the second degree
only. It is the contentions of the
state,” he told a reported, ‘‘that W. I.
Johnson was present at the actual
killing of Walter Wade, aiding and
abetting in the crime, and that a con
spiracy’ existed between all the de
fendants to murder Wade previous to
the actual killing.”
E. D. Bigham, who came to Ameri
cus together with Wade and two n-e
groes the afternoon of the murder. He
told of seeing Wade before the party
left Leslie, and of Wade having his
car washed and cleaned by a negro
who later accompanied the party to
Americus .He was positive there were
no bloodstains either on the floor of
the car, the seat or the horn, at the
time he last saw Wade, near the post
cffice in Americus. He sa'd he wait
ed for Wade to return, intending to
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
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TRADE BOARD TO
CHANGE OFFICES
The Chamber of Commerce will
move its offices on the first of the
month, locating in the courthouse in
the office now occupied by Supt. E. J.
McMath.
The county commissioners have
granted the Chamber of Commerce the
use of this room free of charge.
The transfei will mean a saving of
about S6OO a year to the trade board,
ride with him from Americus to Les
lie, until he saw people going toward
tiie Seaboard depot about time for the
night train to leave for Savannah,
when he decided Wade would not re
turn, and went home by train.
Walter Clopton, step-grandfather of
Wade and principal prosecutor in the
case, was the next witness. He told
of having seen Wade with a large
sum of money on Tuesday afternoon
before the murder Thursday night.
This was new evidence, and Attorney
McNeil, for the defense, questioned
the witness closely. He asked Clop
ton if he had been upon the stand be
fore and why he had failed to state
this fact in his previous testimony. He
also asked the witness if the testi
mony just brought out had been known
all along to Attorney Hixon, the reply
being jn the affirmative. When Attor
ney Hixon took the witness in hand
it developed Clopton had been examin
ed previously, but only upon points
touching his connection with the pros
ecution, and not before the jury, after
the taking of evidence in the case had
begun.
I. A. Perry, who lives at Leslie, and
knew Wade well, swore he saw the
dead man with alarge sum of money
on the afternoon of the murder, but
was not sure whether the bills exhib
ited by Wade were so large or small
denominations .He stated Wade was
a man in moderate circumstances as
related to worldly- goods and that he
bed seldom seen him with large sums
cf money.
Lige Walker, one of the negroes who
came to Americus with Wade, Bigham
and John Henry, the latter a negro, on
the afternoon of the murder, was on
i! «tnnperhaps, an hour, and re
-1 bis n y concerning the trip
tc America-. He said two stops were
made by the party, one some distance
out of the city, when Wade sought to
borrow a laprobe but failed, and paus
ed long enough to take a drink of
whisky out of one of the bottles he
had in the car. The other stop was
i t the home of Dr. Charles K. Chap
man, the negro swearing, as did Big
ham, that ‘‘Little Charlie” Chapman
rode upon the running board of the
car a short distance from the Chapman
home a short distance toward the city.
Walker said he washed Wade's car
before the departure from Leslie, and
that Wade told him he was going to a
dance. He also said he was employed
by Wade as a butcher, and that he fre
quently slaughtered cattle, using
Wade’s revolver for the purpose. Be
ing shown a revolver by Attorney Hix-
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 5, 1918
HATCHING TIME
COUNTRY CLUB
PROJECT SURE
TO BESUCCESS
Chairman Crawford Wheatley, of
the committee from the business coun
cil of the Chamber of Commerce ap
pointed to ocnsider the proposition of
reviving the Country club in connec
tion with a fair association and an
amusement park, reports that consid
erable progress is being made, and
that at an early date a definite an
n. uncement of general interest and
importance will be made.
It is believed that the subscriptions
to the bonds necessary for underwrit
ing the project will be secured wiht
out much difficulty.
on he said it looked like Wade’s but
was unable to identify it by any par
ticular or peculiar marks. He then re
lated the incidents of an alleged tele
phone conversation when Wade said:
“All right; I’ll be down there as soon
as 1 feed my niggers.” He said after
Wade left the restaurant where the
conversation occurred he never saw
hnn again. He and John Henry, the
other negro who accompanied Wade
and Bigham to Americus, then went to
a point on Lee street in front of the
courthouse and remained there until
they became frightened at the ap
proach of a policeman and left. He
said he heard a car which he believ
ed was Wade’s pass across Lee street
about a block away from the court
house some time about midnight. La
ter he saw Walter Johnson, one of the
defendants in the case, and Henry
Stewart, who met a violent death in
Lee county shortly before the arrest
of Chapman and the others now
charged with the murder, and accom
panied the two men to Leslie. He said
Walter Johnson and Stewart passed
the courthouse about 1 or 2 o’clock.
Mrs. Wade, wife of the deceased, was
then recalled and remained upon the
stand a few minutes. She was dressed
in a natty dress of plain black, wear
ing a sailor hat that had been drawn
into an attractive shape, with only a
band of ribbon about the crown. She
v as thoroughly composed and looked
squarely into the eyes of Warren John
son, the man accused of the foul mur
der of her husband, during the giving
of her testimony. She is a pretty lit
tle woman, possessed of an attract
ive manner, and her appearance upon
the stand won much sympathy among
the spectators. She Identified a Coat
as part of a suit worn by Walter Wade
c-n the afternoon of his disappearance,
| and said she had never received any
money said to have been taken from
the corpse after its recovery from
Flint river When she left the stand
she was accompanied by Mr. Clopton
who tenderly assisted her from the
court room, returning immediately to
a place beside conusel for the state.
W. C. Sullivan, Jr., was the next
witness, and he told of a visit to
Dr. Chapman's home in company with
Edwin Giddings, saying someone call-
WOMEN VOTERS
ARE IN CONTROL
NEW YORK, March 5.—-Women in
four congressional districts in which
special elections are being held today
cast their first votes. Added to the
historic importance of the day to wo
women is the fact that the actual dem
ocratic majority in the house of rep
resentatives hinges on the outocme.
Political leaders confess they are puz
aled over the outcome.
ed at the Chapman home while he and
Gididngs were there. He did not see
Wade at that time, but said he saw
tb e dead man later jn Windsor avenue,
where Wade conversed with Emmett
Sherlock, a member of Sullivan’s par
ty. AH were drinking, witness stated
Wade did not join Sullivan's party, and
afterwards Sullivan, Giddings, Sher
lock, Emmett Denham and Charles Un
derwood, Jr., went to a pftrt of the city
said to have been visited later by
Wade, Mrs. Howell and others in the
alleged “murder party.” Sullivan ad
mitted he was “pretty full,” but swore
l.e did not see the defendant there.
Upon the conclusion of Sullivan’s
testimony, Judge Thomas ordered a
recess until this morning at 9 o’clock.
ENEMY PROPERTY TO
BE PLACED ON SALE
NEW YORK, March 5. —All enemy
property represented in business con
cerns, either partly or wholly owned
by German residents, and involving
millions of dollars and vast interests,
will be placed on sale in private, be
ginning today, it is announced.
Among the properties taken over are
those of the Countess Szenchenyi, for
merly Miss Gladys aVnderbilt, of New
York, and the Countess Bernstorff,
formerly Miss Jeanne Luckemeyer, of
New York.
CHARLESTON, S. C„ MAN
DECORATED BY CLEMEN (E Al
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, in
France, March s.—Among the Ameri
cans decorated by Premier Clemenceau
yesterday was Lieutenant William
Coleman, of Charleston, S. C.
Japs Feeling Out Allies.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March I.
The Japanese move to develop feeling
among th e Allies toward a proposal
for joint military operations in Siberia
to keen the vast stores at Vladivostock,
a’-d along the trans-Siberian railroad
out of German hands was widely dis
cussed today among diplomats and of
ficials. All refrained from giving
opinions for publication, but it is
known exchanges of opinion ore go
ing o n with the object of perfecting an
understanding between the
United States, Japan and the other co
belligerents.
GERMAN ADVANCE
OH PETROGRAD IS
IN PROGRESS YET
NARVA, ONE HUNDRED MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CAPITAL, HAS
BEEN TAKEN PETROGRAD IS
NEXT TO FALL.
LONDON, March 5. —Narva, one hun
dred mile s southwest of Petrograd, has
been captured by the Germans, and
the enemy is reported continuing his
advance on Petrograd, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Petrograd, dated Monday.
ENEMY WHARVES TO
BE SEIZED BY U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 5.
President Wilson intends formally
taking over the Hamburg-American
and North German Lloyd Steamship
companies’ wharves and deppts at Ho
boken, N. J.
He arranged today with Senator
Martin, the democratic leader, for an
amendment to the urgent deficiency
bill giving him such authority.
The government has been using
these properties since the United
States entered the war, but it is now
deemed necessar yto take over the le
gal titles. Arrangements have been
mad to take up the urgent deficiency
bill in the senate today, ahead of the
war finance corporation measure.
SEIZED LIQUOR
WORTH SIOO,OOO
BRUNSWICK, Ga., March 5.—A
United States- patrol boat today made
the biggest capture of whiskey and
beer yet reported along this coast,
when five large launches, all heavily
loaded, were caught while en route
form Florida to Savannah. The
launches, together with their cargoes
and crews, numbering about fifteen
or twenty men, were brought to this
port late yesterady afternoon and last
night the launches with the men on
board were under heavy guard, while
the commander of the patrol boat is
awaiting further instruction from na
val headquarters at Charleston.
The five boats carried a total of 1,-
800 cases of whisky and 175 casks of
beer, some of it said to be‘unusually
costly liquor. At retail it is estimat
ed that it would be wortli more than (
SIOO,OOO.
MR. AND MRS. FURLOW
TO ADOPT BABY BOY
Legal steps are being taken by Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart Furlow, of Lumpkin,
to adopt a son. This boy is none oth
er than the baby recenly left by a t
woman in the depot in Macon when |
she asked T. M. Furlow, of Americus, i
to hold her baby till she could secure •
a ticket. The woman disappeared. Mr. ■
and Mrs. Furlow have named the baby 1
Timothy Mack Furlow for Mr. Furlow
of Americus, with whom the baby was
left. The bajiy is a fine boy, and ap
pears to be about eighteen months old.
FERTILIZER FIRMS
SAID TO BE UNFAIR
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5.
Complaints were made totfay by the
Federal Trade commission against the
American Agricultural Chemical Co,
■ of Connecticut, and the Brown Fertil
' izer Company, of New Jersey, charg
j ing the use of unfair methods in the
. manufacture and sale of fertilizers
Both are charged with purchasing raw
materials at prices prohibitive to their
small competitors, thereby punishing
the latter who had refused to enter in
to a working agreement with the two
companies.
UiTi
EDITION
ALLIES AGREE
FOR JAPAN IO
TAKE SIBERIA
QUESTION OF JAPANESE INTER.
VENTION HAS BEEN SETTLED,
LONDON ANNOUNCES—SENATOR
LEWIS SAYS NOT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5.—.
Discussing reports of possible action
by Japan in Siberia, Senator Lewis,,
democratic "whip” of the senate, toady
declared there exists no agreement
or understanding between the United
States and Japan on the subject.
London Says Question Settled.
LONDON, March s.—The Evening
News asys the question of Japanese
intervention in Siberia has been set
tled. All the Allies, including the
United States, have agreed upon im
mediate action.
SAYS PROHIBITION
WILL AID THE WAR
, CHICAGO, March 5. —A demand for
immediate, nationwide prohibition as a
war measure was voiced by Virgil G.
Hinshaw, chairman of the National
Prohibition committee, in an address
delivered at the opening of the thir
teenth annual convention of that party
here today. More than a thousand
delegates are attending.
Chairman Hinshaw declared in his
address that if all the prohibition
forces of the country could be pulled
together, war prohibition could be se
cured within ninety days, and in con
clusion he said: "The difference be
tween national prohibition twelve
months from now and three years
from now might mean the loss of the
conflict between the Allies and the
Germans.”
LEVER TO IOPPOSE
SENATOR TILLMAN
COLUMBIA, S. C., March s.—The
announcement that Senator Tillman
will be a candidate for re-election, is
expected momentarialy, and this will
be followed immediately by an an
nouncement that Congressman A. F.
Lever will be a candidate for the sen
ate, according to information received
here from Washington today.
RUSSIAN STATUS
WORRYING JAPAN
TOKIO, March 2.—(Delayed by cen
ser.) —The Russian situation is com
pletely absorbing the press and public
here and there are frequent meetings
of the Japanese cabinet to discuss the
entire question, apparently with full
realization of the serious nature of the
responsibilities involved.
SAVANNAH WANTS NEW
CHARTER AMENDMENT
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 5 —A move
ment started a year ago to extend the
city limits ha s again bobbed up in city
council, this time being headed by
Aiderman Herbert L. ay ton. It is ex
pected the Chatham delegation will be
asked to introduce a bill amending the
chai ter of the city so as to permit the
increase of the city limits. This step
is tftcessary on account of the start
! ling expansion here along commercial
j and industrial lines during the past
yea.".
Gordon Ordered to France.
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 5.—C01. G.
A. Gordon, a prominent Savannahian
who has been interested in Red Cross
work, has been ordered to France to
serve for six months. Col. Gordon
goes at his own expense and will take
up the work behind the lines. He is
the first Savannahian to see volunteer
service in France of this type.
NUMBER 55.