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ebc Mtato Svi-WccKlji So uvnal VOL. XXIII. NO. 26. Liverpool Fires Follow Trail of Sinn-Fein Torch Irish War Is Carried to Eng lish Industrial Center and Many Buildings Are in MACROOM, County Cork, Ireland. Nov. 29.—(8y the Associated Press.) Fifteen auxiliary police cadets were killed and one cadet mortally wound ed as the result of an ambush by be tween 70 and 100 nien hear Kil michael, southwest of ftere. last evening. Another of the 7 cadets is missing. DUBLIN. Nov. 29. —British offi cers at Londonderry in anonymous letters today were threatened with assassination if they do not leave Ireland at once. A repetition of the killings in Dublin was promised if they remain. Irish office officials declared gun men from America had arrived in Dublin to co-operate with Sinn Feiners,. Coincidentally with incendiary outbreaks ’ n England came reports today of renewed Sinn Fein activi ties in Ireland. Determined attacks were made on police and military patrols; threats were sent to "‘British army officers, end mail cars were robbed. Irish office authorities declared j mail pouches had been rifled fre quently in the. last week. The theory was that Sinn Fein leaders were making an attempt to obtain information to aid them in future attacks. Several post offices were ransacked. The Irish office de nied anything of value had been missed in these mail Jobberies. Week-end attacks in Ireland in cluded the shooting of Constable Quirk 4t Waterford by three Sinn Feiners. At Bradford, Mortimer Duggan was shot dead when he ignored a sentrys challenge. A riot broke , out in Mullingar when uni formed men bombed the town. Win dows were broken and other prop erty damage done. A small boy was wounded before a military patrol arrived to arrest the police of fenders. Comment on the "outbreaks in Liverpool and London was with held by the Irish office here. The attention of authorities was Concentrated on reports of the ar-' rival of foreign gun men in Dub lin. It was believed arrests would be made shortly. Meanwhile the prison camps built here and at New Castle for Sinn Fein suspects were approaching completion. Temporary cell rooms here crowded, but patrols continued bringing in prisoners. I SINN FEIN CHARGED WITH LIVERPOOL DOCK FIRES LONDON, Nov. 29.—Edward Shortt, the home secretary, declared in the house of commons this afternoon, in reply to questions regarding Satur day night’s incedniary dock fires in Liverpool, that there seerrfed no doubt that the fires were the result of an organized conspiracy in which mem bers of the Sinn Fein party were en gaged. Damage done in Sinn Fein’s fiery attack on English property was fig ured in millions of dollars today. Extra troops were assigned to Liv erpool where dock fires still smoul dered. Police and soldiers mounted guard here following the almost, ac- I cidental breaking up of an arson plot j in a secluded lumber yard. Police, expecting some such attack, I Were surprised when so many fires • broke out at once. Gangs of four j and five men, armed with their house-breaking tools, crept along the darkened ■wharves Saturday night. Gaining entrance to the buildings, they ignited paraftin-soaked sacks, which they tossed in among the 'in flammable goods stored there. Within a few moments flames were bursting through the long shed buildings. The water of the harbor was lighted by the red glare. Jhe gangs, dodging and twisting | k through the dancing shadow’s cast j by the flames, w r ere no easy prey for j the police. Instead they “winged” some of the officers. Several police- | men today exhibited holes in their . clothing, indications of their narrow I escapes in pursuing the men. Only three participants were known to | have been captured. ‘ In Bootle there were seven ware- I house fires in that district through- ! out the night, but no injuries or deaths were reported. One man was killed in Liverpool. ’ He was Daniel _W ard > a nineteen- ■ year-old boy who assisted police in ’ surprising one of the incendiary bands. In London an arson plot was be lieved disrupted yhen a policeman stumbled across six men loitering in the neighborhood of the Red Lion i market. Upon being questioned the men fled, leaving behind rags soaked 'with paraffin, revolvers and quanti ties of waste paper. One of the men was arrested later and Sunday he was questioned by police who declared there was no doubt a Sinn Fein plot had been frustrated. The market is in the center of (Continued on Page 7. Column 7) Beats Gas or Electricity Sew Lamp Has No Wick. No Chim ney. No Odor. Most Brilliant Light Known. 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Write him today.—(Advt.) 1920 STATE TAXES NOT AFFECTED BY COURT DECISION I - The mistaken impression seems to be abroad throughout the state, ac cording to Comptroller - General Wright, that the recent decision of the United States supreme court in validating one section of the Geor gia tax equalization law had the effect of relieving all property own ers from the payment of state and county taxes. * “Tax collectors in many counties have informed me,” said Comptrol ler Wright, “that property owners are serving notice upon them of their intention not to pay taxes, up on the ground that the United States supreme court decision in validates the tax equalization law. The tax collectors have asked for instructions as to the course they should pursue. “My reply to all inquiries has been the same—that no property owner is relieved of the payment of his taxes, or of any part of his taxes, by the supreme court decision. Fur ther. I have directed the tax col lectors to issue fi-fas against all property owners whose taxes have not been paid by December 20, which is the limit allowed by law, and to proceed thereafter with executions in every case where necessary. Savannahians’ Yacht Found Tied to Buoy* NEWBERN, N. C., Nov. 29. —The yach Endeavorer, Philadelphia to Savannah, was found tied to a sea buoy off Bogue I.ilet. N. C.. coast late Sunday afternoon. A small boat, supposed to have contained the crew who are believed to have lost their bearings And who were probably at tempting to take soundings, was found overturned some distance away from the yacht. Life-savers believe the small boat was overturned in a rough sea and that the crew was lost. No trace of the missing men has been found. The owners, according to the En deavorers’ papers, are N. A. Scar corna and Frank Sinanica, of Savan nah, Ga. The yacht was about 40 feet in length and completely out fitted for sea-going purposes. The papers indicate that the Endeavorer was formerly owned by an Atlantic City man and that She was just re cently transferred to the new own ers at Philadelphia. Cotton Exports Nearly Double Those of Last October, Figures Show WASHINGTON, \Nov. 29.—Cotton exports last month were nearly dou ble those of October, 1919, the total last month being 583,725 bales, val ued at $91,307,498, as compared with 352,231 bales, valued at $60,732,867, in October, 1919, it was announced today at the department of commerce. Subchaser Men Patrol Cable Laying Scene MIAMI, Fla., Nov. *27.—Armed jackies from a subchaser patrolled the beach all night to prevent any attempt on the part of the Western Union Telegraph company from land ing its South American-Barbadoes cable ot this port. The men. were from another subchaser which' arriv ed from Key West late in the after noon, making three subchasers now on duty here. » $60,000 in Jewels Is Taken From Messenger ) NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—David Say lor, messenger for a jewelry flrm, from whom four men, in a hold-up this morning took diamonds valued at $60,000, was arrested tonight charged with being a party to the plot. The messenger was leaving the Pacific bank. Seventh avenue, at For ty-ninth street, when attacked. He carried the diamonds in two tin boxes. His assailants escaped. North Carolina Woman To Be Deputy Sheriff ASHEVILLE. N. C„ Nov. 29.—A woman will be deputy sheriff of Buncombe county when the newly elected officers assume their duties on December 6. / according to an nouncement made here by J. A. Ly erly, sheriff-elect of the county. Mrs. O. R. Keith, a widow with five small children, will be given the posi tion. Mr. Lyerly states. BARGAIN NO. 1! [—“ ~ ~ “ BARGAIN NO. 2! 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No \ Tut your own name and address here. ** ■ ■ ■' FOffIEOMIIM WINS OUT IN DUEL WITHKEEN RAZOBS I Dr. John McElroy and Ralph Burkhart Wage' Twenty- Minute Affair in New York Hotel NEW YORK, Nov. 27. —After a des perate battle with a razor, lasting twenty minutes over an affront said to have been directed at a nurse, two men are under arrest today charged with felonious assault. One of the men. Ralph Burkhardt, is in a serious condition in St. Vin cent’s hospital. He has a deep stab wound in the neck and may die. Detectives are investigating the story of the fight which occurred last night in room 651 of the Hotel Albert, 42 East Eleventh street, which has bet*n occupied for three months by Dr. John McElroy, of At lanta, Ga., now on the staff of the Post Graduate hospital. Dr. McElroy was released under $2,500 bond. The stories told by the two men conflict on several points. The tele phone operator at the hotel, Miss Mary Hannigan, discovered that there was a fight in progress upon receipt of a signal from the telephone in room 651. Making a connection with the room, Miss Hannigan listened on the wire but no voice sounded. After waiting a few minutes the operator went in on the wire again and Then heard sounds of a desperate struggle. Voices of two men were shrieking and their yells were broken occasionally by the crashing of furni ture and glass. Summoning the man ager, E. D. Fowler, Miss Hannigan informpd him that she heard two men threatening to kill each other. The manager hurried,, to the room, accompanied by two negro bell boys and Dr. Thum, the house physician. Upon entering the room Manager Fowler, according to his story to the police, found Dr. McElroy bleeding from wounds and with his clothing covered with blood standing in the center of the room. Sprawled on the bed was Burkhardt, who was bleed ing freely from a deep cut in his neck. Admits Cutting Mr. Fowler said he asked: “Did you do this, doctor?” “I’m here to tell the world I did,” he quotes the physician as answer ing. “I would have shot him if I had had a gun; it was his life or mine.” The story attributed to Dr. McEl roy by the police was that he was using the telephone when his room door opened and Burkhardt entered. The physician denied, the police say. ever seeing Burkhardt before, but said that thp apartment house super intendent announced that he “would get” the doctor. The police say that Dr. McElroy charged Burkhardt drew the razor, the physician struck him and then the fight started. Burkhardt's serious condition has prevented him from saying very much about the struggle, but his story told to the police at the hos pital disagrees with Dr. McElroy’s explanation of ttye fight. The in jured man told the police he went to see the doctor because the latter had twice insulted a girl friend of his. a trained nurse. Warning the physi cian to let the girl alone, Burkhardt says Dr. McElroy took the razor and attacked him. Dr. McElroy, who is a member of a prominent Georgia family, told the police he served with the British army at the start of the war, enlisting in the Gordon High landers. When this country entered the war he was transferred to the American army aqd rose from a lieu tenant to a major. Big Black Opossum Is Captured in Trap Set to Catch Rats Determined to rid himself of a plague of rats at his home at SO Bedford place, C. A. Kitchens in vested in a trap guaranteed to hold the biggest rat that ever dragged a tail. Mr. Kitchens set the trap in his basement Sunday night. On Monday morning he found that the trap had sustained its reputa tion and had captured a five-pound black opossum which had in some way gained access to the house. Mr. Kitchens is arranging a gustatorial function at which the opossum w’ill be the guest of honor and the piece de resistance. War Veterans Form International Body PARIS, Nov. 29. — (By the Asso ciated Press.)—An international council binding together the war veteran's associations of the allied countries was organized here yes terday by the delegations represent ing the United States. France. Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Greece. Jugo slavia afid Czecho-Slovakia, and was joined later by Portugal. Poland and Rumania. , The council will be composed of one mem W*r from each country and will probably meet in Paris as often as necessary. The organization con templates membership of all nation al veterans’ associations. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1920. Police Are Investigating Shooting of A. B. Smith Sunday, by Citizen Officer Investigation of the killing of A. B. Smith, of 13 Corput street, by M. V. Ragsdale twenty-two years offl, of 208 Payne street, member of the citizen police, at Corput and Mariet ta streets Sunday afternoon, was continued by the police Monday. Ragsdale claims he shot in self-de fense when Smith attempted to es cape arrest and turned on him in the attitude of drawing a pistol. Ragsdale will be given a hearing in the recorder’s court Wednesday morning. In the meantime he is be ing held at the police station with out bond. W. B. Smith, a brother of the dead man, has engaged the services of Attorney Hamilton Lee to assist in the prosecution of Ragsdale. Ragsdale went to the police sta tion shortly after the shooting and surrendered to the chief. Written statements were obtained from both Ragsdale and Hutcheson and a num ber of witnesses , were interviewed. Patrolman Hutcheson’s statement corroborated that of Ragsdale in ev ery way. Mrs. Smith, wife of the dead man, was not at home at the time of the shooting. When she returned a short time later she was met at the car by a number of neighbors who in formed her of the tragedy. She was so overcome she had to be carried into the house. Mrs. G. C. Moon, who is said to have requested the investigation, suf fered a nervous shock following the shooting and had to be taken to het home, 91 Plum street. Smith j survived by his wife, two children, Reuben Smith, twelve years old, and Travis Smith, ten years old; two brothers, E. L. Smith and W. B. Smith, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Smith, and two sisters, Mrs. W. B. Wilson and Mrs. Alma Hutcheson. Ragsdale’s Statement Ragsdale’s statement to the chief of police is as follows: “About 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon I was in the Moon service filling sta tion. Mrs. Moon wanted a case made against a drunken man. She told me about it. In a few minutes Mr. Hutcheson came in and we walk ed out on the sidewalk. Smith came out of a house on the corner of Cor put and Marietta streets. He had an ax in his hand. Some ■ lady on the porch and a girl wrestled with him and took the axe from him. He came down on the steps and across the street to Mandy Pannell’s store. He hung over there and she told him she was fixing to close up in order to get rid of him. Then he went back home. We went over to his house an<j told him he was un der arrest for being drunk and dis orderly. He wanted to know if we wanted to look for any liquor. Mr. Hutcheson told him yes. We found some in a grape juice bottle, about a teacup full. I found a tin can with a small amount in it, and a gallon jug with about a tablespoon ful in it.” Jerked Loose “We went with him to his closet to get his coat, then came back through the house to the front and when he got in front he jerked loose and ran back into the house, slam ming the front door, and ran into the front room and out to the back yard in between the houses. I ran in the front to the side of the house and hollored to him to stop. In place of him stopping he drew his hand back toward his hip underneath his coat and started toward me. I then hollered to him to stop and slipped just about the time I shot. I did not know where I hit him. “He ran back between the houses on Marietta street, then back toward me on Marietta street. I still did not know I had hit him. He fell at the corner of Marietta and Corput streets. I guess he lived for about five or six minutes. He never spoke after he fell. After he fell I un fastened his shirt and looked all over his chest and body for a wound, but could not find any. I did not know where I hit him. Mr. Hutcheson went to call for a wagon and a big crowd gathered around. I did not search for any weapon. I brought a cupful of the whisky in a grape juice bottle down here that I got out of his safe drawer.” Ragsdale was formerly a bailiff in the justice of peace’s court in Cook’s district. On April 3 he shot and killed a negro on a street car on Marietta street. He claimed self-defense, stating that the negro advanced- upon him with a knife, and the case was nol prossed in the superior court. $2,000 Pearl Found In a Mussel Shell MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Nov. 27.—A pearl weighing forty grains and val ued at $2,000 was found today in a mucket shell, a variety of fresh wa ter mussel, in the Tennessee river, at Savannah, Tenn. The gem was found by a worker of the Blumenfeld company, Memphis dealer in mussel shells. x KELLOY DENIED NEW TRIAL; HIS LAWYER APPEALS GRIFFIN, Ga., Nov. 27.—Judge W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., today denied the motion for a new trial filed by Attor ney H. A. Allen, of Atlanta, on be half of Jack Kelloy, convicted last September of the murder of Leroy Trexler, .an Atlanta taxicab driver. Following the denial of the mo tion, Attorney Allen gave notice that he would file an appeal with the su preme court. Kelloy was convicted at a special term of court, and sentenced to hang on October 29. The sentence was suspended, however, for the hearing of his motion for a new trial. The second trial was originally set for October 26, but the court reporter of the Flint circuit was kept so busy handling current cases that he had no opportunity to prepare the brief of evidence until this time. The case has attracted wide atten tion, and a lumber of spectators thronged the court room here Satur day morning when .the hearing be gan. Attorney Allen, counsel for Kelloy, contended that the defendant is not guilty of murder, and should not hang. John Henry Hardin Refused New Trial for Attempted Bribery John Henry Hardin, formerly a leading farmer, merchant and capi talist of Cherokee county, who was found guilty of attempted bribery in the United States court last month and given two years in the peniten tiary, was refused a new trial by Judge Samuel H. Sibley Saturday. Herbert Clay, attorney for Hardin, announced that he would take the case to the United States court of appeals. The trial of Hardin was sensa tional. Evidence was introduced by the government to show that the de fendant offered to buy protection from raids on large stills in the mountains of north Georgia, and that he actually paid SSOO to Federal Pro hibition Ageist E. E. Dixon. A care fully laid trap in the Wilmot hotel enabled prohibition officers to arrest Hardin while he was in the act of paying the money over to Officer Dixon. A dictograph, which had been planted ip the room, enabled the officers to hear the entire con versation between Hardin and Officer Dixqn. Officer Dixon and other govern ment agents worked on Hardin’s case for several months before they finally were able to obtain positive evidence against him. Woman, 15-Year-Old Boy, and Blind Man Are Caught at Still KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Nov. 27. —A woman was captured at an illicit still in Greene county early this morning by reveniie raiders just as she was starting the furnace fire. A fifteen year-old boy and a blind man also were captured at this plant by the raiders. Deaths Result From Powder Explosions MILAN, Nov. 27.—Twenty persons were reported to be dead or missing as a result of the powder explosions in the village of Vergiate, which be gan yesterday and were continuing today. The dead were said to include five soldiers, members of the relief par ty. The violence of the explosions caused a panic in nearby towns. The explosions were reported to have started while workmen were unloading airp-fane bombs. NEW LAMP BURNS'94 PER CENT AIR Beats Electric or Gas A new oil lamp that gives an amazingly brilliant, soft, white light, even better than gas or electricity, has been tested by the U. S. Govern ment and 35 leading universities and found to be superior to 10 ordinary oil lamps. It burns without odor, smoke or noise—no pumping up, is simple, clean, safe. Burns 94 per cent air and 6 per cent common kero sene (coal oil). The inventor, E. V. Johnson, 609 W. 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Boykin: First, the arrest of Powers’ wife and her declaration that her husband, instead of being a ring-leader in the “wire-tapping syndicate,” was a vic tim of the syndicate and himself was fleeced out of thousands of dollars; Second, the assertion of Solicitor Boykin that Powers’ friends, men “higher up” in the gambling world, are trying to crush the case against him and have gone so far as to offer to H. C Holley, principal witness against Powers, a bribe of SII,OOO, the amount of money Holley claim!? Powers and his associates swindled from him. Powers’ trial was postponed un til Tuesdayi, His attorneys argued they hadn’t ihad time to prepare. It was in the course of his objections to the postponement that Solicitor Boykin made his charge of attempt ed bribery. Judge Humphries in formed the solicitor that if he can show the grand jury the bribes were offered in Fulton county, indictments would be returned against the “high er ups.” Though granting the post ponement till Tuesday, Judge Humphries declared the case would be the first on the calendar and no further continuance could be per mitted. Mrs. Powers Arrested Mrs. Powers had come to the courthouse to attend the trial. She was arrested by City Detectives Jones and Whatley, who acted on orders of Chief Poole, who in turn acted on the request of Solicitor Boy kin. She was taken to police sta tion, with the blanket charge of “suspicion” against her. "I have no evidence yet to connect the woman with the gambling syn dicate,” said Solicitor Boykin. “I am simply having her held so I can question her.” . The detectives, according to Chief Poole, located Mrs. Powers at a downtown hotel several days ago, in formed Solicitor Boykin of their dis covery and, at his request, arrested her. , , . Mrs. Powers, a good-looking bru nette of twenty-nine, with dark hair, gray eyes and slightly acquilme nose, told her story to newspaper men in the matron’s ward at the po lice station . She, had been crying, she said, but after accepting a ci garette from a reporter and taking several puffs, she announced she felt better. Her dress was blue silk, her hat was blue silk, she wore a stylish tan coat, tan slippers and woolen stockings in the mode. No jewelry adorned her save a plain gold wed ding ring, but she carried a silk umbrella of deepest crimson with a horn handle also of crimson. “I have been married to Mr. Pow ers about a year,” she said. “He was in the stocks and bonds business in New York, but a few weeks ago he decided to sell out and move to Houston, Tex., his native home. He left New York with a big sum of money—l don’t know how jpuch, for I don’t mix with his'businesk affairs, but some thousands of dollars. 1 was to join him in Atlanta, where he stopped off on his way to Texas. “Well, I got here a few days later and what did I find?—Abe in jail charged with swindling and his name all over the papers. I talked to him over the telephone and I wrote to him, and he wrote back telling me all about it. Left Him Only 92 “He hadn’t swindled anybody—.but they sure had trimmed him. He al ways was something of a gambler, liked to play poker and all that. This gang of wire-tappers took every cent he had except $2 they found on him when he was arrested. “So I didn’t know what to do. I tried to get a room in two or three hotels, but as soon as they saw the name Abe Powers, they wouldn’t let me stay there. Finally 1/ i-egistered at the Wilmot as Miss P. J- Monette. That’s my maiden name. I was a Canadian girl.” Mrs. Powers refused to give the name of her' father and mother, who she said were living in Canada, or their address. She declared they’d get the Atlanta papers and she wasn’t going to cause them any sor row. “I didn’t have any money,” she continued. “I pawned a diamond ring I had —it was my engagement ring. And I tried to get work. But I never did work in my life and I couldn’t find a job anywhere. “That’s all, I guess. No, you can’t take my picture—l’m not go ing to have my father and mother find me on the front page for being in jail.” While Mrs. Powers was telling her (Continued on Page 7, Column 4) Three Are Held On Murder Charge In Shepard Case MRS. F. EUGENE ELMER, who was taken to the Bibb county jail at Macon on a charge of murder, following the verdict of a Houston coun ty coroner’s jury that her for mer husband, Fred D. Shep ard, died of bichloride of mercury poisoning. •. .• ■ '• ad MILLS B. LANE ■ TAKES $135,000 OF BANK’S STOCK In a letter to Robbert F. Maddox,, campaign chairman for the state/ Mills B. Lane, president of the Citi zens’ and Southern bank, has sub scribed for $135,000 of the capital stock of the Federal International Banking company. The subscription represents 3 per cent of the capital and surplus of the Citizens’ and Southern, which operates large bank ing houses in Atlanta, Savannah, Ma con and Augusta. Mr. Lane’s letter follows: “I am in receipt of yours of the 26th Instant, and in reply beg to say that the Citizens’ and Southern bank will subscribe 3 per cent of its capital and surplus to the Fed eral International Banking company. It is the writer’s desire to do every thing he possibly can in aiding you and others in the organization of the company, with the hope that it will be of great value to this section in the marketing of the various crops we produce.” Mr. Lane was in New York at the time of the state bankers’ meet ing at Macon, otherwise the subscrip tion of the Citizens’ and Southern bank would have been formally an nounced along with others at Macon. At the convention, however, W. W. Banks, vice president of the Citizens’ and Southern, stated that the bank would subscribe its quota, and the action of Mr. Lane confirms the pre diction of Mr. Banks. Other subscriptions announced Monday included the following: Citi zens’ bank, of Shady Dale; Realty Savings and Trust company, of Sa vannah; Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank, of Fayetteville. Aviator Is Held For Complicity m $3,500,000 Theft MUSKOGEE, Okla., Nov. 29.—Keith Collins, aviator, wanted in connec tion with the $3,500,000 mail train robbery at Council Bluffs, la., sev eral weeks ago, was under arrest at Westville, Okla., today. Collins was arrested at the home of his uncle after a struggle with postoffice in spectors. Authorities said Collins made away with the loot from the train in an automobile. Six men are already un der arrest in Council Bluffs. They are said to have confessed. Counterfeiters Taken In Act of Producing Spuriotis Bank Notes CINCINNATI, Nov. 29.—Following information given by a woman, three policemen entered a room here yes today and arrested two men who were drying the ink on more than $3,000 worth of $lO Dank notes which had been printed from copper plates. The counterfeiting outfit was seiz ed and police say it is one of the most complete which has ever been found in Cincinnati. The prisoners were registered as Martin Hamman, 47, Cincinnati, and Charles Schwibbe, 25 years old, Vincennes, Ind. 5 CENTS A COPY. $1.50 A YBAR. Widow, Stepson and Sistei in-Law Are Arrested Afteit| Verdict of Death byl Poison 1 MACON, Ga., Nov. 29.— The sheriff at Fitzgerald is on his way to Abbe ville with a warrant charging mur der for the arrest of Mrs. Annie Cutts, wife- of Attorney Eldridge Cutts. The warrant was sworn out in connection with the death of Mr. Fred D. Shepard, wealthy peach grower, of Fort Valley, whose death was caused from bichloride of mer cury poison, according to the verdict of a coroner’s jury at Fort Valley Saturday night, and for which Mrs; F. Eugene Elmer, wife of Dr. Elmer, of Jacksonville, and Mrs. lone Henry and Ernest Hopson, sister and son. respectively of Mrs. Elmer, are held by authorities on the charge of mur der. FORT VALLEY. Ga.. Nov. 2$ - \ Following the verdict of a coroner’s \ jury here Saturday afternoon decli..-- ing that Mr. Fred D„ Shepa-’’d wealthy fruit grower of this cPv. came to his death from bichlori'v poisoning, three persons were placKu under arrest charged with his mus- • der. They are Mrs. F. E. Elmer, of Jacksonville. Fla., his former wife: Mrs. lone Henry, of Perry, Ga.. sister of Mrs. Elmer, and Ernest Hopson, son of Mrs. Elmer by a former hus band. All three arrests were made ar the instance of Solicitor Genera; Charles H. Garrett, of the Bibb cir cuit of the superior court, who, for several weeks has been conducting an investigation of the circumstarice.- surrounding the death of Mr. Shep ard on June 1. after an illness of four days. Crandall Poisoned, He Says Fred R. Crandall, nephew of Mr. / Fred D. Shepard, who filed bail trover proceedings against Mrs. Elmer Sat- 1 urday afternoon, has made a state ment in the presence of other peo ple, including Solicitor General Gar rett and Dr. M. S. Brown, Fort Val ley physician of the Shepard family, that he believes he was poisoned by a drink of liquor which he took out of a bottle which was taken from the automobile in which Shepard was brought to a hospital here May 31 last when he was suffering from his fatal illness. Crandall says that when he arrived in Macon, he asked Ernest Hopson for a drink, and that Hopson went to Mr. Shepard’s automobile and brought back a quart bottle which was half full of liquor. He says that he took a drink and soon afterwards experienced peculiar sensations which continued until the next day when he went to bed with dysentery and acute abdominal pains. “I am convinced that I was poisoned by the liquor,” Crandall is quoted as say ing. Solicitor General Garrett, declined to discuss-the statement, although it was said at his office that the mat ter was being investigated. Mrs. Elmer, who had come from Jacksonville to attend the coroner’s inquest, was arrested as she was about to board a train for Macon, She had just given bond in the sum of $120,000 in a bail trover proceed ing taken out by Frederick Crandall, nephew of the dead man and a bene ficiary under the terms of a will discovered some time after Mr. Shep ard’s death. It vfras at first thought that Mr. Shepard had died instate and Mrs. Elmer nad taken charge ot his estate. Mrs. Henry and Ernest Hopson were taken into custody at their home in Perry. The death of Mr Shepard occured at the Henry home. Mrs Elmer has been taken to Macon for incarceration in the Bihb countv jail, as the Houston county jail at r erry is not equipped to accommo date women prisoners. Mrs. Hem-' was allowed to remain at home unde guard: while Hopson was taken to the Bibb county jail. Mrs. Elmer’s Statement Counsel for Mrs. F. E. . Elmer, of Jacksonville, arrested lat 6 today at Fort Valley and charged with the murder of her former husband, Fred D. Shepard, wealthy peach grower, made public on arrival here tonight a formal statement by Mrs. Elmer, which she made at Fort Valley short ly after her arrest. Mrs. Elmer's at torney preceeded her here. ’“I am heartbroken becouse of this terrible affair,” Mrs. Elmer’s statement said. “Heartbroken be cause of the insinuations againut me and the terrible things that they have done. "The sad part of it is that my own family should attempt to sell their mother and sister for pieces of sil ver. Mothers can understand how I feel. The stakes were too high for them. Thousands of dollars have been spent to discredit me in the eyes of my friends.. “If they were allowed to take *ll that was rightfully mine In the way of wealth, it could nevnr hurt me like the awful things which they have said and done. They have bought the natural lov< and affection of my family; they have gone all over this country with a great num ber of detectives trying to find all kinds of things about my life, and when they could find nothing, they came back and dug up my degd hus band and now I am accused of this awful crime. "I sometimes wonder if death would be any relief from this night mare.’ ’ Only Three Witnesses The coroner’s inquest Saturday af ternoon came as the climax of a serie of sensational developments that have stirred this section to in tense interest and excitement. The hearing had been postponed one week to allow experts to make chemical, pathological and physiological analy sis of the viscera, taken from the body of Mr. Shepard on the second exhumation of the remains on No vember 17. Only three witnesses testified at the hearing. Dr. John Funke, a path ological expert of Atlanta; Dr. Edga» Everhardt. chemist for the state board of health, but in this case working in his private capacity, and Dr. M. S. Brown, a practising physi cian of this city, who attended Mr. Shepard in his last illness. Dr. Funke testified that upon mak ing an exhaustive analysis and ex amination of the viscera, he founa the tissue of the alimentary canai badly inflamed throughout its entire length, although there were no per foration of the intenstines or other evidence of disease. This inflamen condition, he said, evidently was (Continued on Hag’s 7, Column 5)