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Atlanta.—Disregarding his plea that
he is. mentally unbalanced at intervals
as thei result of Injuries received over
seas, a jury in Fulton superior 'court
convicted George L. Lawrence of as
sault with intent to murder his pretty
young vfife,. Mrs. Gladys Lawrence,
j Lawrence was given a sentence of
from five to Beven years. His attor
ney, B. P. Gambrell, at once asked
for a new trial. The request will be
heard on January 21.
v In,his statement Lawrence told the
Jury he*' had received injuries from
Shrapnel while in Europe.
“My niihd was blank when the shoot
ing occurred,” he said. “I remember
nothing except that I met v my wife,
.requested that she return the photo
graphs of mine she had, and went with
her from the bar line to where she
jroomesd. .It is evident that I shot her
and then myself, but I remember noth
ing about it.”
After shooting his wife^p the neck,
during the late summer, the world war
veteran turned his revolver to his own
temple, lodging a bullet in his Jbead
which has never been removed. It
has destroyed the vision Jn his right
eye.
The couple remained in a very serious
condition for several days after the
shooting.
Mrs. Lawrence, in her story to the
Jury, said that she had met her hus
band as he alighted from a trolley at
Gordon and Peeples streets, shortly af
ter dark. Reaching their -cottage, she
said, Lawrence fired at her as she
reached for the doorknob to enter the
house, and then shot himself.
She could attribute no cause for
the shooting, she claimed. They were
separated; she stated, 'and Lawrence
was calling ait her home for some pho
tographs of his parents.
Following the shooting, Lawrence was
adjudged insane and committed to the
asylum, at MiUedgeville. Later he was
declared sane and returned here for
trial.
T10NAL ROBBERY
ONE FEOERALjTuARD KILLED
One Federaj Guard Is Killed—Bandits
Make Good Their Escape—Rob
bery Over Quickly
CENATOR LADD INTRODUCES RES.
' CLUTION SEEKING TO INVEST,I-
GATE AFFAIRS OF NATION
' i Appeal To Court In Eleetlon Row
Savannah.—Formal beginning of rule
nisi and mandamus proceedings in the
superior court by attorneys for the J.
M. Rogers party, which was defeated
by a declared rhajorlty of nine in favor
of Murray M. Stewart, mayor of Sa
vannah. against the old city executive
commi/toe which has adjourned sine
Denver, Colo.—Masked bandits, heav
ily, jarmed and withput regard for bu
rn tin life, Btaged the largest and most
sensational daylight robbery in police
annals on the doorsteps of the United
jStates mint here.
Charles Linton, a guard for the fed
eral reserve bank, was killed by a rain
of bullets from the guns of the bandits,
who escaped with two hun/dred thou
sand dollars in curency. * .•
Armed guards in the Second story
of the mint building poured a fusil
lade of bullets at the bandits as they
fled in a touring car. One of the
robbers—even more daring than his
confederates—who stood on the run
ning board of the speeding automobile
and fired a final volley - at the mint
guards, was wounded. He was drag
ged into the speeding bandit car and
waB carried away.
The whole robbery occupied not more
than one minute, according to mi|t of
ficials. , Police officials estimated at
the time at less than five minutes.
Police expect'to be aided in their
search for the escaped bandits by the
fact that one waB shot.
An automobile carrying seven men,
two wearing masks and one drooping
over the edge of the machine, bleeding
profusely, was reported to police as
having been seen speeding northward
out of the city shortly after the robbery.
Police riot cars have been dispatched
in pursuit of this car.
The disregard of the bandits for hu
man life marks- the robbery,. according,
to police, as one- of the most determin
ed In police annals. With sawed-off
-shotguns two of the bandits bombard
ed the front door of the mint as they
leaped from their automobile. Fifty
government employees, summoned by
an alarm, seised shotguns and\raehed
to the doors or windows of the mint,
shooting at the hold-up men, who re
turned the fire and, at the same time,
calmly proceeded to load the fifty pack
ages of currency into their own car.
jftisilades of shots riped through the
buildings across the streets and spat
against granite walls as the guards and
bandits .exchanged shots.
According to witnesses, two or three
men carrying guns leaped frt>m- the car
and with a shout, '‘Hands up!" opened
fire, j
C. T/ Linton, according to informa
tion obtained by the police, attempted
to throw the money into the grilled hack
die, against the newly elected executive^ compartment of the reserve track at
committee, which was named In the pri” .-j *****
V I
inary being contested and Which has
not met nor organized, and against the
34 managers of the primary election fea-
tured the legal action In the contest
which is the fl*st ever in Savannah
municipal politics. *
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Kansas City Youth Goe« To Prison
Kansas City, Mo.—Carl Caraway, 19
year old, was sentenced to one year
ih Jail and fined one thousand dollars
for striking^his mother. Caraway was
arrested on a charge of vagrancy, the
second time within two weeks. He was
also charged with striking his mother.
“Did you strike your mother?” Judge
George West demanded. “Yes, but I
• had a good reason,"-the prisoner came
back. “There is no circumstance that
Would justify such action. “One year
anc} jail and $1,000 fine,” was the re
tort oi the court. ‘
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Germany Must Not Expect Any Loan
New York.—J. P, foforgan & Co.' has
issued a statement declaring that com
pany has notified the German 'ambas
sador to-this country “that it was im
possible for us to discuss or consider
a-l<5an to Germany unless and until the
reparation question has been settled.”
This statement-is issued, it is learned
by newspaper men', to set at rest what
were described as “highly fantastical
stories” which have been published re
garding the possibility of the flotation
of an interna tichal ’loan to Germany,
estimated as high as $1,500,000,000.
the hold-up’s command, and he was shot
by the leader pi the bandits. Linton
fell to the pavement, dying instantly.
P203E PROPOSED BY SENATE
Attacks American, Buslnsss Interests
And General U. 8. Policy Toward
Central American Republic f
—
Washington.—A senatorial investiga
tion to ascertain “the true state of af
fairs”; in Nicaragua was proposed in
a resolution introduced by Senator Latld
(Republican) of Nor,tli Dakota.
Under the resolution, fjie senate for
eign relations committee would inves
tigate tiie facts concerning American
occupation of Nicaragua in 1910; why
American forces are still quartered
there, and “the connection between cer
tain New-York commercial houses and
the Chamorro clan” of the republic. ’{
The resolution set forth various crit
icisms of the American policy with re
spect to Nicaragua, declaring that "no
state of war exists between the United
States and Nicaragua which would jus
tify the permanent quartering of our
military forces” there; that the execu
tive department has no "constitutional
bowers to maintain such invasion” and
that such permanent occupation “is in-
imical to the continuance of friendly
and harmonious relations with Central
American republics.” .
Reference also was made in thei
measure to resolutions adopted at a
mass meeting in Managua which, it
was said, accused Dr. Maximo H. Ze
peda, a Nicaraguan delegate to the
Central American 1 ' conference now in
session in Washington, of being “a
traitor to his country,” and “Rwarrior
of Wall street bankers against the legit
imate interests of this country.”
Another charge was that “while the
United States marines still remained in
control of the Nicaraguan capital” af
ter 'thV Occupation of 1910; and while
“United States naval officers virtually
dictated the^policies of its nominal
president, the United States government
consummated an important treaty with
Nicaragua.” An attempt to enforce the
terms of this treaty, the resolution add
ed, “has created disputes between the
United States government and certain
other Central American nations involv
ing territorial grants for a naval base
and commercial concessions.”
> Spalding Moonshine Still Dasttoyad
- Griffin.—Federal and county agents
destroyed two'stills, in this county and
poured out ele>en hundred gallons 1 of
beer, and destroyed two large six-foot
worms recently. The operatives had
left the still,-and consequently no ar
rests were made. Local officers are
making energetic efforts'to enforce the
prohibition laws here and many viola
tors have been caught., Those making
the raid were Federal Officer Trumie
Nelson, Deputy Sheriff Hugh Sams,
County Policeman Joe Weaver and Bat
liff Arnold Wallen of Lamar county.
Jail Terms For Convicted Strikers
Valdosta.—Found guilty on a charge
of violating the federal court Injunc
tion forbidding interference* with per
sons working for the railroad in con
nection with the recent shop strike at
Waycross, fiye men were sentenced by
United States Judge William H. Bar
rett/ G, W. Haddock was given a fine
of $500 and four months in the Ware
-county jail, E. S. Carter $500 and four
months in jail, S. A. Toomer $500 and
two months in jail, he having already
served four months awaiting trial; J.
B. Moore $500 fine and four' months
in jail, and T. C. Chauncey $1, the case
against 'the last-named being regarded
as largely technical. 1
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Births In France Decrease In 1922
Paris.—Vital statistics for the first
six months of this year show a de
crease of 25,000 births and an increase
of 39,000 deaths over the correspond
ing period in 1921. The excess of births
over deaths, which last year was 73,
000, is only 9,000 this, year. Births
and deaths from January to July of this
year numbered 396,000 and 387,000, re
spectively.
. * Panic Reigns In Pool Rooms
Atlanta.—The tranquility of the poq]
hall 'and lunch room at 114 Decatur
street was blasted the other night when
one of the patrons carelessly tossed a
match in a bundle of fireworks. Loung
ers along the wall puffed at cheroots,
and j:ue enthusiasts intent upon their
pocket billiards suddenly were confront
ed with a mighty/ problem—how to get
out of the place without having to pass
through a barrage of booming Fourth
of July salutes, spouting /roman candles
and whizzing skyrockets.
160-Year-Old Printer Froze To Death
j 'Chicago.—Harry T. Graham, a 60-
■ ^ear-old printer, was found frozen to
death in a downtown alley in the 3?
below zero cold the fether day. Gra
ham was an unelp of J. L. Graham,
cashier of a bank of Spencer, yenn.,
who was notified of the death by the
j police. It'.is . thought he may have been
; driven out of his home by one of the
seventy fires that drove many families
from their homes.
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Dog Gives Life After Saving Family
Clev.elhnd, < Ohioi—“Puppy,” just a
mongrel dog, is dead after his barks
had saved his master, mistress and
their eight-months-old daughter. “Pup
py,” aroused by smoke early in the morn
ing, barked iUbtil Mr. and Mrs, Anthony
Gramm were awakened'. After the dog
-saw them safe in "the hom^ of a neigh
bor, he dashed back into the,"house and
.was trapped in the flames. '£