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JEROME BLOCKED STORY
TILL FOUNDATION LAID
Delmas Asked Expert Alienist
Record Breaking Hypo
thetical Question
Good as Speech
To The
Jury
NEW YORK. Feb. 11.—Answering a
hypothetical question, covering every
detail of the testimony up to this time.
In the Thaw trial, including Mrs. Kve-
lyn Nesblt Thaw’s narrative of her life
history to the defendant. Dr. Charles
G. Wagner, superintendent of the State
hospital for the insane, at Binghamton, I
New York, declared on the witness !
stand late today that, in his opinion,
Harry K. Thau did not know that the
t was wrong when he shot and killed I
Stanford White. Hr. Wagner stepped I
Aside for later cross-examination by I
District Attorney Jerome, and as court j
adjourned for the day It was announced j
that the defense would proceed ’ with |
the testimony of other alienists'tomor
row. The taking of Dr. Wngner’a opin
ion of a hypothetical question, the man
under co: .< idem lion being the author of
t .« leliers whl -h have been introduced
n; emanating from Harry Thaw, dur-
i-'K the period of his estrangement
from Evelyn Xesblt after their re
turn from Europe In 1903, followed a
day of almost continuous legal spar-
i ng between Delphln M. Delmas for
' the defense, and Mr. Jerome, for the
prosecution.
Jerome Blocked Evelyn’s Story,
Mr. Jerome effectually blocked the
> nmpletlor for the time being, of fne
direct testimony of Mrs. Evelyn Thaw
by insisting that before she should go
further competent testimony as to
Thaw’s unsoundness of mind should he
placed before the jury. Mr. Delmas
* tried to carry forward the young wife’s
story, hut the district attorney was
on his feet with nil objection fo every
question asked. Mrs. Tha w, had been
retailed as the third witness of the
day. One of her predecessors \va* J.
J'. T,yon, vice president of th“ Na
tional Bank of Pittsburg, who stated
that he had.received Harry Thao’s will
from the latter’s own hands sonictime
prior to April 1. 1906. and had held it
in a safe deposit hox until late in No
vember last, when he directed his sec
retary to forward it to .John R. Glea
son, of Thaw’s counsel. Mr. Gleason I
followed Mr. Lyon on the .stand, and
said he had received the will by mail I
on December 11. 1906. and thar nbso- j
lufely no changes had been made in |
the Instrument during the time it had
been in his possession. Mr. Jerome
ndmitted the progress of the will from
Mr. I,yon to .Mr. Gleason without the |
neressjtv of bringing the former's see- l
retarV as a witness. Mr. Delmas did ,
not offer the wilt in evidence today.
however 1 , owing to the fact that it has
rot In Its entirety been proved a.s
bating been legsUy-Vxecuted by Thaw.
Note Written by Evelyn.
IVben young Mrs. Thaw was called
to the stand she was dres c ed precisely
its when she oecupied the witness chair
last week. As she was taking her
teat. Mr Delmas turned to the dis
trict attorney, and renewed his <e-
tnai'd of Wednesday last that the note
which was passed by Mrs. Thaw to
her husband at the cafe Martin the
night of the tragedy, should be pro
duced. Mr. Jerome upon the occasion
of the first demand, had remained si
lent. Today he was on his feet at onoe.
saying he would send for the slip of
p iper. It was brought from his office
Was identified by Mrs. Thaw and then
read by Mr. Delmas. as follows;
’ The h — was here a minute ago,
but went out again."
The contents of the note caused a
surprise only as to the exact wording.
Jt had generally been supposed that
the note read: "The b is here."
Mrs. Thaw testified today that the
L——— “meant the blackguard." as
Thaw always referred .. to Stanford
White, whom she had seen on the
balcony nf the. cafe. .Only one other
pssential point Mrs. Thaw was allowed
to bring out" in her testimonv. which
was the. statement that the defendant
never rarried a pistol except in New
Ye
"When on the steamer, do you re
member whether Mr. Thaw told you
anything about a certain young girl
and what happened to her at the hands
of Stanford "White?"
"Yes.**
The court sustained another objec
tion by Mr. Jerome, and the witness
was not allowed to tall the story.
When did Mr. Thaw make his last
proposal of marriage to you. the one
which you accepted?"
"I think t was about April 1. 100a.”
"What did he say to you at that
time?”
Again the district attorney objected
and was sustained, a document was
shown .Mrs. Thaw who said that it was
first shown to her by Harry Thaw, in
January. 1. 1906. she thought Did he
make to you any declaration regarding
it at that time?”
Another objection was sustained.
"Did you ever hear Mr. Thaw refer
:o statements he had made to the So
ciety for the Protection of Children or
for the Suppression of Vice?”
Evelyn Temporarily Withdrawn.
Mrs. Thaw was not allowed to an
swer. Mr. Delntas then announced that
as the court's ruling prevented him
from going further into these mat
ters because of a lack of preliminary
foundation, he would ask leave to with
draw the witness for the time being
and proceed along other lines, reserv
ing the right to recall Mrs. Thaw ia-
ter.
District Attorney Jerome agreed to
the temporary withdrawal of Mrs.
Thaw.
After compelling the defendant to go
into Ihe taking of expert testimony as
to Thaw's insanity by his objections
to Mrs. Thaw's testimony. Mr. Jerome
next proceeded to block the testimony
of Dr. Wagner as to the results of his
six visits to the defendant in the
Tombs and his tests as to the latter's
mental condition.
Dr. Wagner was not allowed to go
into the conversation he had had with
defendant nor the conclusions he had
reached from these-conversations. He
was confined by Mr. Jerome's continu
ous fusillade of objections to stating
what he actually observed and he de
clared his observations were so close
ly interlaced with his questioning of
the defendant that he did not knojy
if he could separate them.
A long argument over the point re
sulted in Mr. Delmas withdrawing any
further questions as to the tests, con
tenting himself with asking Dr. Wag
ner to give his opinion on a hypotheti
cal question covering the evidence in
the case. The question was almost
record breaking in length—a compre
hensive resume of the entire case, in
cluding Mrs. Thaw's personal narra
tive.
As a basis for a portion of bis hypo
thetical question Mr. Delmas handed
Dr. Wagner ail the letters written by
j Harry K. Thaw which have been ad-
■ mitted in evidence. It was deemed
I best by both Mr. Delmas and Mr. Je
rome that ;he witness should refresh
his memory by roatling all the letters
Dr. Wagner's examination of the let
ters required more than a half-hour.
"Have you examined these letters
as to their tendency to show the men
tal condition of their author? asked
Mr. Delmas."
“I have."
Mr. Delmas then proceeded with his
hypothetical question. "I will assume,
doctor." he began, "that the author of
these letters on .Tune 23 last, was in
his thirty-sixth or thirty-seventh year;
that one of his uncles was insane: that
when lie himself was a child he had
suffered from the usual children's dis
eases. including St. Vitus' dance; that
he was always of a nervous tempera
ment: that he slept badly and often
required the attention of two nurses:
that in 1901 he met a young woman
of between sixteen and seventeen years
of age: that he paid honorable court
to her and had gone to her mother
professing his love and his desire that
the girl should become his wife; that
the young woman, having undergone
a serious operation, the man went to
her bedside, knelt and respectfully-
kissed her hand: that after her recov
ery he arranged to take her and her
mother to Europe: that in Europe dur
ing her period of debilitation follow
ing the operation he nursed her ten
derly. carrying her to a carriage and
up all stairs in his arms: that in June.
1903. he made formal offer of his hand
to this young woman, lils social po
sition at that time being one. of af-
CORRALED CO CALLER TWISTED CRESCENT CITY
SAVANNAH. Ga., Feb. 11.—“Unfortu
nately, your honor, my clients were not
very sagacious business men." said An
ton P. Wright, attorney for Simon &
Sternberg, to Judge Speer this morning.
In the hparing of a petition for a re
view of the finding of the referee in
bankruptcy, who refused to allow Jacob
£ Ain berg, one of the partners, a home
stead out of the assets.
"They seem to have been sagacious
enough to corral a large amount of money
belonging to others," was the terse reply
"It appears like a deliberate attempt
to swindle from the beginning,” said At
torney P. J. O’Conner, representing the
creditors, a few minutes iater in the
course of his argument supporting the
finding of the referee. Judge Speer seemed
to thoroughly agree with this opinion of
the attorney. After looking over the
report of the referee a short time. Judge
Speer, speaking with unusual emphasis
and with much deliberateness, said:
"Fraudulent bankrupts will get no com
fort or consideration in this court. 1
am much inclined to think that counsel
for the creditors In this case will not do
his full duty if he does not interview
the United States District Attornev on
the situation, while the grand jury of
this court is in session. '
The firm was well jtnown in jewelry
business in Savannah.
GOVERNMENT LOAN
TO EXPOSITION CO.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Officials
of the Jamestown exposition today-
filed with Secretary Shaw a contract
providing for the disbursement of
S1.000.000 loan by the Government to
the exposition company. Under the
act passed by Congress the loan is
to be secured by- the receipts of the
exposition at the gates and from con
cessions. The act requires that the
exposition officials execute a contract
with the secretary- of the treasury bind
ing the company- to the terms of the
law. Alvah Martin, first vice presi
dent. J. T. Wool, general counsel. C,
Brooks Johnston, chairman of the
board of governors and Barton Mey
ers, governor of ways and means and
exploitation, called at the treasury de
partment today and executed the con
tract required by the law. Secretary
Shaw accepted the contract and ap
propriation of Jl,000.000 (for the con
struction and completion and opening
of the exposition will be made imme
diately available. Tile money is to be
disbursed by the exposition officials
under the supervision of an official
of the treasury department. To super
vise the disbursement of the fund Sec
retary Shaw has designated Frederick
Grosscup. of Charlestown, W. Va. The
expenditure of the money will begin
at soon as Mr. Grosscup can reaefc
Norfolk, Va.. which is to be his head
quarters during the exposition.
OF SOCKET
EATOXTON, Ga.. Feb. 11.—The
death of Ruby Knowles, a 12-year-old
girl, yesterday- afternoon, was an un
usually sad termination of an accident
which occurred a little over two weeks
ago.
George Owens, a young man, while
visiting the child's elder sister, was
told some playful remark she had made
about him.
Calling her to him, lie began to twist
her arm, as is often done, trying to
make her take back or deny the re
mark. She would riot do so. and he
continued to twist Ijfer arm until it
was torn from the wte-ket and turned
around. Attending pbyiscians say the
leaders of the arm were literally-
wrenched apart
After intense suffering Ruby went
to bed, blood poison set in and as
stated above she died Sunday- after
noon.
George Owens, protesting thait he
was playing with the girl, was not ar
rested at first. After seeing her con
dition, he claimed to receive an impor
tant message calling him to Atlanta,
skipped out and has: not been seen
since. (
Sunday afternoon, while out riding
with ttvo young boys, one his uncle.
James Allen Clark, the two year old
child of Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Clark, fell
out of the buggy and was run over.
Fortunately no serious injuries beyond
a bad gash in the forehead have yet de
veloped, and the many friends of the
family are earnestly hoping none will
develop from the accident.
IIVAL
FOIL BLAST
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 11.—With
blue skies and the warm weather the
glittering Mardi Gras carnival pageants
wer* witnessed by fully' two hundred
tlihusand persons today.
Following the traditional customs of
■Rex. King Rex arrived via the Mis
sissippi this afterhoon. Tonight was
gfven up to Proteus and his mystic
Krew with twenty- gaudy floats, rep
resenting one of the Arabian Knights
tales, the masked band of Proteus pa
raded the streets.
The story- illustrated was that of the
realm of the queen of serpents, the
Ecen&s including the giant, the strange
fruits, the island of apes and the castle
of jewels.
Following the street parade, the
Krew held its annual masked ball at
the French opera house, after which
came the general ball, participated in
by- both the maskers and other society
leaders.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy- Tru
man H. Newberry, accompanied by-
Mrs. Newberry. Mrs. Victor H. Met
calf, wife of Secretary- of the Navy,
and naval aide to the secretary, Vree-
Iand, arrived here late today. They
were at once taken to the yacht May
flower. where they- will make their
home for the next few days.
STATUE OF GEN. SCREVEN
TO BE ERECTED AT MIDWAY
FATHER AND CHUN
WERE BURNED TO DEATH
ALLENTOWN. Pa.. Feb. 11.—Edwin
W. Reldnauer. a baker, and his four
children, Percy, aged S years. Fanny,
aged 6, and Arthur, 2 years, were
burned to death tonight in a fire which
destroyed their home. Reidnauer was
frying doughnuts when the fat boiled
over, setting the house on fire. The
children and their mother were asleep
in an upper room. Reidnauer endeav
ored to rescue his family, but was
overcome by smoke and before the
firemen reached the house all of the
inmates, with the exception of Mrs.
Reidnauer, had been burned to death.
The latter rushed from the burning
dwelling to summon the firemen or she
would have probably- have met the fate
of other members of the family.
II. s.
THE SHAH IS BESET
WITH TROUBLES
London, Feb. 11.—It was an
nounced in a special dispatch from Te
heran this afternoon, that at that time
Government bands had seized the am
munition stores at Tabriz and that fac
tion fighting was proceeding in the
streets.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—The fol
lowing statement was given out at the
White House today: ;
“The President has communicated
with Postmaster General Cortelyou, to
know whether It is feasiblo to bar from
the mails the papers that give the full,
disgusting particulars of the Thaw-
case. He .does not know- whether it is
feasible, buE "ff it is, he wishes it done*.”
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
received the ic-tter from President
Roosevelt, but he declines to discuss
the matter or to ind'eate what, if any
action, will be iaker>-'.»y the depart
ment. The President's letter will be
referred to Assistant Attorney General
Goodwin of the Postoffice Department
for a legal opinion. It is expected that
the legal division nf the postoffice de
partment will expedite the matter and
that if action is to be taken by- the de
partment it will be done soon.
..... 1 I i'll.*- uenif; uiie. oi ai-
Ineludinx man? fluence and flis family being a family
in. hiding many stories she of po5itioil . both , n thls country and
• lrionc them jr ur opc. which might be generallv
termed enviable; that she declined his
suit, and when pressed for a reason
informed him that when she was about
sixteen years of age. a certain man
in New York introduced himself , into
her life in the guise of a benefactor,
expressing the utmost solicitude for
her welfare: that this man displayed
before her childish fancy- she hav-
7 j ing been brought up in poverty, ali
i ims: ions, including many stories she
]■ :.] dis- ussed with Thaw, among them
the alleged fate of a girl known to
them as ' the pie girl" a; the hands of
St inford White, but Mr. Jerome block-
r 1 every question with a sustained ob
jection.
May McKenzie Mentioned.
Taking up another line of question
ing Mr. Delmas said: “Mrs. Thaw.
Ihe name of May McKenzie has been
mentioned a number of times in thi
Will you state when you firs
met her?"
"I think it was 1n loni.-
"Did y >tt ever tell Mr. Thaw of a
Visit to May *M Kenzie when she was
sick in a hospital and when Stanford
Writ!to was present?"
plendors of apartments sumptu
ous In their fittings and furnishings,
and after thus establishing himself
in her family he had persuaded the
mother of the child, her only- natural
protector, her father being dead, to
absent herself front New York anji go
on a visit to Pittsburg, her former
home: promising to care for the child
ns though he was her father, protect
her from all harm: that one day he
invited her to his apartments, and
there by means of drugs, rendered her
insensible and ravished her; that this
"State what you told Mr. Thaw."
Mr. Jerome objected, claiming that
tis was niYother case of piling up
jmulativo evidence without the cssen-
al fact being first shown.
"The defendant under this ruling ts
i an unfortunate condition." said Mr. . . . , ..
elm "Wo too trvine to n-nvo the revelation made to the young man who
tental-"condition of the do*dint ’ v ) Iia<1 oiTered his hand, plunged the suit-
- look- and acts and de ’a-’V-ionr : c ” into the utmost grief, causing him
e was momentarily insane and we to walk the floor in an a sr’ :tated man-
re trving to prove it by a series of i ner and e * elaim —'Oh. God: oh. God';
■ that he remained a long time with the
young woman, bemoaning what had
1 happened to her: that after their re-
|vpr _ j turn from Europe the young man was
bfm . told that the man who had ravished
j this girl had so blackened his charac-
r mid stan- I tcr to tne Kirl that she would no-longer
married and I see him: lhat heard the man had
TEHERAN. Feb. 11.—The Shah to
night sent a message to parliament
granting all the popular demands, in
cluding formal recognition that the
country- is under constitutional Gov
ernment. This message was tele
graphed to Tabriz, where the people
had seized the arsenal and closed the
Government offices. All is now quiet.
Justt
d declarations
Insane and w<
by- a series o
na after this occurrence.’
tgorald sustain’d the oh-
’..aid yoi
->tSr husb:
’tr marr
d. sta
tppily with
•ome's object
Mr. D
Jur husband, j
Jerc.rts's Ob’eciion Sustained,
that Evelyn Thaw did not state that
she was drugged, but that the wine
tasted bitter and that in two minutes
at the outside she’ became uncon
scious. Both of these points were
changed to agree with Mr. Jerome’s
demands. He also objected to saying
that White was attempting to renew
relations with Mrs. Thaw. He said
that this had not been shown in the
evidence. Mrs. Thaw hud seen White
but twice and that there was nothing
to show that White had attempted to
renew relations. In reforming his
question Mr. Delmas said that Mr.
■White's cab turned around and follow
ed her on the second occasion that she
saw him. Mr. Jerome produced the
transcript of the testimony. “There is
nothing in the testimony- to show that
both cabs were not going in the same
direction." said Mr. Jerome, "nothing
to show that Stanford -White was not
building a house in that street at the
time."
After considerable argument, the
question was amended to conform with
1 the testimony.
"Now doctor.” said Mr. Delmas.
"considering *. the amended question
what is vour opinion as to whether the
man who committed the act complain
ed of. knew it was right or wrong?”
Thaw Didn't Know It Was Wrong.
“My opinion.” replied Dr. Wagner,
with much deliberation, "is that he did
no; know the act was wrong."
"You base your opinion on the fact
that he must have been suffering from
such a defect of reason as to not know
the act was wrong?”
"I believe his reason was so defective
he did not believe the act was wrong,”
came the reply.
"That is all.” said Mr. Delmas.
During a break, in the proceedings
for Dr. Wagner to examine the origi
nals of the letters. Thaw sat engaged
in lively conversation with Mr. Pea
body. of his counsel. He seemed ex-,
ceptional'.y bright, smiling from time
to time, nodding his h“ad in.emphasis
now and then. After conversing with J
Mr. Peabody for about fifteen minutes.
Thaw turned and talked with Dr. i
Evans, one of his alienists. Dr. Evans j
always sits at the defendant’s right.
tme object
return front Euro
him: that h
threatened his iife: that durin_
period of his estrangement with the
:1 . ?0 j girl, he wrote letters which have been
\ introduced in evidence and which you
vlth I have read: that he persevered In his
;n j suit through the intercession of friends
v ;!_ i and finally, on April 4. 1903. married
j the girl; that upon the occasion of a
subsequent visit to New York the man
the I ’•'•'ho had accomplished rhe girl’s ru:t
nfid i sought by means that have been tes-
titled, to re-establish communication
:ur- l wi,h her—"
an- ! M>'- Delmas continued to narrate the
e, t : events leading up to the Madison
r.,y Square Gatden tragedy, and asked Dr.
Wagner t ■ state his opinion as to the
| mental condition of the man who shot
tf) „ j Stanford White.
i Jerome's Objections,
j Mr. Jerome was at once on his fe°:
vss { with many- objections. He objected
t first on the ground -hat the question
in < embodied several matters which he j but to no avail. Th
i n j- declared were not in the evidence. He | had direct orders this
;he | said the evidence did no: show that i them implicitly. As a.
’ one of Thaw’s uncles was insane, but we;--- empty benches in tl
tiia'- he was of unsound mind, and ! all day.
Should Be Barred From Mail.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—President
Roosevelt has received a nuvhber of
protests from persons who think that
the newspapers printing the fuil de
tails of the Thaw case should be pro-
i hibited transmission through the mails.
1 One of these was a long telegraphic
protest from a newspaper the name of
which, however, was not given out at
the White House. The recent discus
sion of the quostion in Canada notably
in the Canadian parliament and the
statement of the postmaster general «t
Ottawa, who was reported to have said,
that any newspaper publishing such
evidence as that given in the Thaw
case last Thursday would be guilty of
a misdemeanor under the Canadian
law, was brought to the attention of
the President.
Newspapers to Be Prosecuted.
NEW YORK. Feb. 11.—United States
District Attorney- Stimson, of this city,
today served a notice upon the publish
ers of all the principal newspapers of
this city- that he intends to bring be
fore the United States grand jury for
criminal prosecution ail violations of
the federal laws against the ’clrcula--.
ticn of obscene matter in reporting the
Thaw trial. Stimson's notice read
as follows:
“Information has been brought to me
indicating that some of the newspapers
of this city under the guise of re
ports of the pending Thaw trial, have
been sending through the United Staets
mails, lewd, lascivious and obscene
matter, in violation of section 3S93 of
the revised statutes. I beg^ to advise
you that the mere fact that such mat
ter purports to be an account of judi
cial proceedings furnishes no excuse
for a violation of the statute in ques
tion in regard to the mails, and that I
propose to bring before the federal
grand Jury of this district for criminal
prosecution all such violations which
mav occur.”
SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Feb. 11.—Dr.
F. J. Comb. Mayor of Brownsville,
Texas, testified before the court-mar
tial today that after the raid he made
his way- to the post with an escort of
soldiers, who had come up with Capt.
Lyon. witness saw Major Penrose and
told him the troops had shot up the
town. Penrose expressed surprise, say
ing lhat it had been reported to him
that citizens fired on the post, Capt.
Macklin came up. saying he had been
asleep. On cross-examination of H.
T. Dominiguez. it developed that the
.police at the time of the raid wore
khaki uniforms, similar to those of the
soldiers. G. E. Starck, a customs in
spector at Brownsville said the gun
shots sounded like the crack of high
power gnns. Bullets went through his
home. He saw a policeman that night
dressed in khaki.
HESS' CARRIAGE
RAH OVER LIULE BOV
BERLIN. Feb. 11.—A little boy ran
under the hoofs of the horse? attach
ed to the carriage of the young
Princess Victoria Louise, daughter of
Emperor William, while she was out
driving at Potsdam today. The child
was run over and the princess left the
carriage and was following a person
who was carrying the child into a shop
when a policeman harshly ordered the
princess to move on. As she looked up
in astonishment a servant told the po
liceman that he had been speaking to
the princess and she was allowed to
take the child home in her carriage.
The boy was not much hurt.
Oil Mill Burns at Anderson.
COLUMBIA. S. C.. Feb. 11—The
People's Oil Mill at Anderson, this
State, was damaged by lire today to
the extent of about $27,000. The loss
is practically covered by insurance.
The fire is supposed to have been
started by- a spark from a big locomo
tive.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The Sen
ate today passed tile army appropria
tion bill carrying $S1.600,000. Tha
amendment which permitted the Gov
ernment to a.-cept .reduced rates on
army supplies and permitted officers
and enlisted men P> a ■cev; reduced
transportation "as dvi'caP’d on a point
of order interposed b\ Senator Mo-
Cumber.- after the day had been spent
In discussion.
An amendment offered by Senator
Dick increasing by 20 per cent the pay
of officers and enlisted men was de
feated by a point of order made by
Senator Hale. Amendments were ac
cepted to build monuments to revolu
tionary officers a? follows:
To Gen. John Stark, an equestrian
statue at Manchester. N H., S-tO.nna.
A statue to Gen. James Screven, at
Guilford Court House. X. C.. $13,000.
A Statue to Gen. James Scrlvon. at
Midway. Ga.. $54,000.
In the debate on the amendment
allowing'reduced rates. Senator Spoon
er took the position that the Govern
ment was not bound by the rate bill,
and that if it was so contended tha
present amendment ought to be ac
cepted to clear away any doubt on that
point.
Senator Aldrich opposed the amend
ment. Incidentally he brought in the
discussion of tariff on importations for
the Government, which led Senator
Spooner to remark:
“While I am as good a protectionist
as any one. I have thought for some
years the tariff should be revised."
Senator Beveridge took issue with
Mr. Spooner In a statement that there
was “no United States commerce." Mr.
Beveridge argued that there was
commerce of the people" which was not
a state commerce, and which was in •
all essentials national In character.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
FELT IN VIRGINIA
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Vfl.. Feb. 11.—
An earthquake of considerable violence
was felt throughout this section at S: 12
o'clock this morning. In Charlottesville
dishes were rattled at the breakfast
tables. The shock was recorded at
the University of Virginia by Frederick
W. Reed, assistant u> Professor Or
mond Stone, director of the Lcandcr
McCormick Observatory. The tremor
lasted about twenty- seconds.
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
AGAINST TURPENTINERS
HAYTI DOES NOT
T
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Believing in
the justice of its position, the Haytian
Government does not expect any serious
difficulty with Germany, growing out of
certain transactions of Hermann & Co..
German bankers of Port Alt Prince, and
a syndicate of Hayiians. Germans and
others who have received considerable
sums from Hayti in cash and bonds, ac
count of various public improvements.
Mr. Leger, the Havtien minister to the
United States, has been kopt fully in
formed as to the facts in the case, which
is an old one and which lias been before
the Haytian courts, Hayti in both in
stances being sustained in her conten
tions. The trouble arises out of the alle
gations on the part of Hayti that the
syndicate and Hermann &r Co. received
sums in excess of those to whicli they
were entitled on account of an alleged
conspiracy which, it is stated by Minister
Lemer, involves a former minister of.
finance.
After the case was tried in the Hay
tian courts, the Hermanns were ordered
to refund a part of the moneys received
by them, as well as to pay $5.00<* damages
and a fine of $800. but it is stated that
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Feb. 11.—Indict
ments were returned In the United
States Court this afternoon against the
following persons and corporations for
I violation of the anti-trust laws:
S. P. Sliotter Company. Patterson-
[ Downing Company. Atlantic Invest-
j ment "Company, Standard Naval Stores
Company! Globe Naval Stores Com-
I pany, Antwerp Naval Stores Company.
| National Transportation aanl Terminal
Company,
I And Spencer P. Shatter, president of
the S. P. Sliotter Company, now chair-
man of the board of directors of the
! American Naval Stores Company: J. F.
Cooper Myers, vice-president and gen
eral manager of the S. P. Sliotter
Company: J. E. Driscoll, domestic man
ager of'the S. P. Shot ter Company,
now with tile American Naval Stores
Company; Herman V’eibert. Savan
nah. manager of the Antwerp Naval
Stores Company: H.. A. Sdiroeder,
manager of the foreign department of
the Paterson-Downing Company; Har
ry H. Bruen. formerly of the Patterson-
Downing Company, but now with the
American Naval Stores Company:
Alexander Knight, of London, of the
firm of Xicoll & Knight: E. H. Tro*-'
dale, of Savannah, and Karl Moler, of
Jacksonville, Fla. A11 the defendants
who could be reached were notified, ap
peared and made bond. In the sums of
$10,000 each. But one Indictment, eon-
taining eight counts. was returned
against each of the def/-ndants.
Rid SUPPED FACE
OF HUSBAND III CM
ATLANTA, Ga.. Feb. 11. -The record
er's coprt room was the scene of an tut-
usnal occurence this afternoon when Mu.
B. A. RpMltson slapped her hueblnd In
the, fate, following the decision of Judtfe
Broyleer to give the custody of thWtr child.
Morris. 5 years old. to the fathe.r, pending
the adjudication of a divorce suit now
of tile in the Superior Court. The
mother was alleged to be an unfit woman
to care for the chlhl. After her attack
on her Tniaband. she was arrested for
contempt of court.
IMMIGRATION SAID TO BE
EFFECTED BY PROHIBTION
Held Many Offices
of Honor and Trust
the Haytian Government, in a spirit of
conciliation, remitted three-fourths of
both the damages and the fine. TTip
amount which the court ordered the bank
ing house to pay back was $135,000 in
cash, hut the Haytian Government ex
pressed its willingness to take one-third
of it in cash, and the rest of it in cer
tain Government bonds which had been
turned over in payment for the work.
This offer the Hermanns refused to ac
cept and made a counter proposition
which has been declined. Hermann &
Co. then laid the matter before the Gov
ernment minister and the whole subject
is being threshed out by the two Gov
ernments.
Was Attorney-General of Geor
gia During the Reconstruc
tion Period,
ATLANTA. Ga.. Fe.b. U.—Col. Henry
Pattilio Farrow, who was closely con
nected with the most stirring political
history of South Carolina and Georgia,
died here late Sunday, aged 73.
Colonel Farrow came to Georgia
from South Carolina in 1856 and in
1360 was a delegate to the national
Democrati • convention in Charleston.
During the civil war he was superin-
and the two seem to have established I tendent of the Confederate States
;i v.-a-m friendship. Thaw's manner nitre and mining bureaus in Georgia,
toward Dr. Evans is always cordial ! South Carolina and Alabama. He was
Women Barred From Court.
A new rule by Justice Fitzgerald
barring from the court room all women
not engaged in active newspaper work
went into effect today. Many of those
who. bedecked in gay costumes, rad
occupied front seats heretofore, were
hrigrr ana early this morning.
court officials
me and obeyed
Attorney General of Georgia during
tiie reconstruction government, and
was later appointed United States Dis
trict Attorney for Georgia by Presi
dent Grant, which office he held eight
years. He was Collector of Customs
ir. Brunswick, then postmaster of
Gainesville. During bis life he fought
one duel near Augusta, and almost en
gaged in a second one. Before the
:-sul: there j war he was a supporter nf Stephen
Douglas for the Presidency of the
court room j
United
08R ISSUES STATEMENT
TO THE POtICy HOLDERS
NEW YORK. Feb. 10.—A circular letter
issued to policy-holders by Alexander E.
Orr. president of the New York Life
Insurance Company, was made public to
day. Mr. Orr declares the company's
affairs are being: economically conducted.
Mr. Orr declares the company’s repre
sentatives, were forbidden to use the
policy-holders' funds or to take up time
of salaried employes in business hours
and that to fho best of his knowledge
“Not a dollar of the policy-holders
money was Improperly spent." also
stated that the ehargre against the com
pany of impeding- the progress of the re
cent elections ot trustees is equally un
true.
Mr. Orr says that in 1906 there was a
heavy shrinkage of bonds of unexception
able quality, but the company suffered
little as a result, because its statement
placed the bonds at their book value. Not
withstanding: this depression, he asserts
that the assets have increased nearly
539.000,000 in 1906 and the gross excess
of assets over legal liabilities is nearly
510.0no.000 more than it was at the close
of 1905.
President Orr concludes: “If my wishes
are observed, and I think they will h**.
my connection with the company in any
official capacity will be short.”*
BERNE. Switzerland. Feb. 10.—An
tlre family of seven persons perished to
day fn a conflagration at the Morerentha!
brewery at Steinbnch. Lhkf Constance.
Eight other tamilies narrowly escaped a
similar late*
ATIiAfNTA. Feb. 12.—Probably un
conscious of the fact, or possibly with
a full knowledge of what they are do
ing, and believing: that the end justi-
Ties the means, the people who are tak
ing a leading part in advocating the
cause of prohibition in this State, are
iiot helping along the movement to
bring immigrants to Georgia, and make
them satisfied with their surroundings
. after they get here.
I The average European is as much
I opposed to intemperance as he is to
* prohibition. All of them want their
! mug of beer or their glass of wine,
I just as the average American wants
i his, cup of coffee. They see no more
harm in drinking a mug of beer or a
glass of wine than in tossing down
their throats a potion of buttermilk,
or some soft drink common to them at
home. . . .
Their . mode of disposing: of their
liquid refreshments differs vastly from
that of the American. They drink
slowly and have something to say as
a sort of period to every swallow,
while the American quite frequently
gets rid of his drink in a single ef
fort. Now it can just be put down
! as a settled fact, that immigrants are
not going to be satisfied in Georgia If
I they have to live in a community where
it is considered a crime to wish for a
bottle of beer or a glass of wine. As
soon as they get the lay of the land
they will pick up and go to some other
State, where they will have more free
dom. An Atlanta man who visited
Germany some years ago. in discuss
ing this subject with The Telegraph's
correspondent, said lhat it was quite
a common sight to see a mechanic
make his mid-day meal on a bottle
of beer and a loaf of brown bread, and
feel perfectly satisfied.
These people will expect to find con
ditions here as good, or better, than
at home, and as soon as they are giv
en to understand that . certain inno
cent things they are allowed to do at
home are outlawed in this country,
they will simply pick up and leave,
advertising Georgia wherever they go
as a good State to keep out of. Does
anyone believe that the great and pop
ulous Western States would be what
they are today under the banner of
prohibition?
The first immigrants when they
went there, found things to their lik
ing. and these soon brought others, the
result of which has been that this sec
tion of the Union has outstripped the
South in point of wealth and popula
tion. Georgia has the climate, the soil
and numerous resources, and presents
an inviting field to industrious immi
grants but they will quite likely want
something else, and when they find that
they can't get it. they will leave and
go where the surroundings are more
•to their liking.
IN RUNNING EIGHT
HIGHWAYMEN DEFEATED
SOUTH BEND. Ind.. F*b. 11.—In a run
ning: fight. In which shot nft^r shot was
exchanged, four men who attempted to
hold up a Lake Shore and Mississippi
Southern freight train were captured to
day near Terre Coupe. 12 miles w r est of
here. The men boarded the freight train
While, it was passing* Terre Coupe, and
proceeded to throw merchandise from the
train. The train was stopped and the
crew' remonstrated, but to no avail. The
citizens of Terre Coupe and New Car
lisle hastily formed a posse and engaged
the robbers in a running: fight, in whl eh
both pursued and pursuers flr«»d a. l^rg«
number of shots. Finally exhausted by
the chase and out of ammunition, th®
robbers gave up.
$25,000,000 of Public Loan of
1907 Will Be Purchased.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11.—Tha Sec
retary of the Treasury has modified
his offer of December 10 and will now
accept $25,000,000 of United States
fours of 1907 at 101.5 for both regis
tered and coupon. Official notice re
garding the attitude of the Treasury
Department is as follows:
"The Secretary of the Treasury
hereby gives public notice that he will
purchase United States registered and
coupon 4 per cent bonde of the pub
lic loan of 1907 to an amount not ex
ceeding $25,000,000 and will pay there
for 101.5 flat. Holders ol the bonds de
siring to avail themselves of this op
portunity to sell their bonds to the
Government should forward them to
the Secretary of the Treasury, division
of loans and currency.
“Registered bonds must be assigned
in due form to the ‘Secretary of the
Treasury for pure base.’ and the assign
ment must be dated and witnessed by
one of the officers indicated in the note
printed on the back of the bond. Where
payment is to be made to any person
other than the payee, the assignment
.should be to the "Secretary or the
Treasury for purchase for account of
. (Here insert the name of
the person to whom payment is to lie
made.)”
JACK GOLDSWAIN KNOCKED
OUT PAT DALEY IN FIFTH
LONDON. Feb. 11.—-Tn a twenty
round boxing contest for rhe light
weight championship of England for a
purse of $1,500, at the National Sport
ing Club tonight. Jack Goldswain,
London, knocked out "Par" Daley, ar>
American, in the fifth round,
iftTWfir mu