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VOL. XXIII. NO. 27.
PHYSICIAN SAYS HE
KNOWS FULL STORY
HF SHMD CASE
Hearing on Applications for
Bail Set for December 7.
Garrett Does Not Now Ex
pect Further Arrests
BY ED H. BRADLEY
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal.)
MACON, Ga., Nov. 30. —"Os course,
I believe that Fred Shepard was poi
soned. Not for one minute would 1
doubt the word of those two At
lanta experts. But 'my wife over
there in that jail is absolutely uncon
nected with the plot, for I know the
full story.’’
The foregoing statement by Dr. F.,
Eugene Elmer, husband of Mrs. Pau
line Elmer, held in the Bil?b jail on
a charge of murder in connection
with the death of Mr. Fred Shepard,
Fort Valley "peach king,” has pro
vided the latest sensation in a sen
sational case. The Jacksonville
physician, who came here Monday in
order to assist in the fight for the'
freedom of his wife, also stated in
the brief interview as he lay in his
bed last night at a local hotel “that
■when the truth is known everybody
Will be utterly astounded. Develop
ments will come within a week that
Will shock all because of their dia
bolical nature.”
The third husband of the principal
Woman figure in the Shepard case
Is a picturesque character.of splen
did physique and handsome features,
»ot at all spoiled by his iron gray
Stair. ' His manner decidedly Latin,
he gesticulates emphatically as he
talks of the Shepard case and of
his exciting life in Mexico, where he
became a partisan of the Diaz regime
through attending Madame Diaz
when she became ill on the street
one day in Mexico City, where he
was practicing medicine, later be
coming her personal physician. After
that he fought and lived with the
revolutionists, he says. Once he came
near getting an appointment as gov
ernor of a Mexican state. "Today, i
merely live to get back to” Mexico,”
ha declared fervently. He predicted
that the Obregom regime will not last,
inasmuch as Obregon is anti-Cath
olic. His mother, the doctor said,
was from Holland, his father from
Madrid, and he himself was born in
Lima, Peru.
Dr. Elmer Sees Wife
. Dr. Elmer conferred Monday with
Charles M. Durrance, Jacksonville at
torney for Mrs. Elmer.and spent
one hour Monday afternoon, 2 to 3
o’clock, at the jail with Mrs. Elmer.
Following his arrival. General Wai
’ ter A. Harris was employed as as
sociate attorney for Mrs. Elmer.
Although important developments
are expected in the case today. So
licitor Charles H. Garrett refuses to
discuss the developments, and at
torneys for the four persons under
arrest have little to say. Application
for bail has been made for all, with
the exception of Mrs. Eldridge Cutts,
wife of a prominent Fitzgerald law
yer. who was taken into custody at
Fitzerald Monday by Sheriff Dormi
ney, of Ben Hill county, and brought
to a cell in the Bibb jail last night
at 10 o’clock Application for hail
for her likely will be made before
the day is over.
Just why Mrs. Cutts is held au
thorities refuse to say. but she is
known to be an intimate friend of
Mrs. Elmer, and it is understood that
she was present at the family gath
ering in Abbeville May 17. when John
S. Hopson was shot. It is also stated
that she had some connection with
the so-called annoymous will by
which Mrs. Elmer was left only $lO,-
600 of the Shepard estate and a $12,-
*■ 000 annuity. It was J. A. Turner,
overseer of the Cutts estate near
Abbeville, who shot John S. Hop
son, May 17, and it is expected that
he and Mrs. Turner, together with
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Peterson, tenants
will on the Cutts plantation, and
Miss Alice Player, who resides with
the Cutts, prove star witnesses for
the prosecution.
Solicitor General Garrett stated
today that information which hd®
has in hand does not involve crim
inally any other person, and at
present he does not expect any ad
ditional arrest in the case.
Women Held Incommunicado
Attorney Eldridge Cutts went to
the jail this morning to see his wife,
but was refused permission by the
jailor, who said that he was acting
on instructions. Finally, Mr. Cutts
succeeded in getting an order from
the solicitor general, countersigned
by the sheriff, which gained him ad
mission to the jail. Mr. Cutts, it
r Is understood, will employ local
' counsel some time today, and appli
cation for bail on behalf of his wife
then will be made. It » expected
that December 7 will be set for the
hearing in common with the action
taken in the case of the other tnree
prisoners.
Both Mrs. Elmer and Mrs. Cutts
are held incommunicado, except to
persons given special permission to
see them.
The first showdown on the evi
dence in the case is expected De
cember 7, when the hearings on ap
plications for bail on behalf of the
four prisoners will take place. At
torney Cutts claims that his wife is
being held on insufficient grounds,
as do attorneys for Mrs. Elmer, Mrs.
Henry and Ernest Hopson.
General Walter A. 'Harris, retained
as associate counsel for Mrs. Elmer,
and Charles M. Durrance, the El
mers’ Jacksonville lawyer, held a
long conference this morning, when,
It is understood, the case was dis
cussed from all angles. Attorney
Durrance has stated that he will not
take part with the counsel in the de-
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U. 5. M MEXICO
OPENNEGOTIATIONS
FOR B TREATY
Secretary of State Colby
Proposes That Commis
sioner Representing Both
Nations Consider Question
WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—A for
mal proposal from Secretary Colby
that commissioners be appointed by
the United States and Mexico to
draft a treaty upon which can be
based resumption of full diplomatic
relations between the two govern
ments has been taken to Mexico
City by Roberto V. Pesqueira, Mex
ican confidential agent in Washing
ton.
This was disclosed last night when
the state department made public
Mr. Colby’s answer to Mr. Pasquei
ra’s recent letter urging recognition
by the United States of the new gov
ernment of Mexico. It was handed
to the Mexican agent before his de
parture Thanksgiving day to attend
the inauguration of President-elect
Obregon, of Mexico, December 1.
Referring to his conversations
with Mr. Pesqueira, Secretary Colby
in his letter said that they served
to leave no reasonable doubt "of the
high and enlightened purposes that
actuate the present government of
Mexico.”
As to Article XXVII of the Mexi
can constitution, long a stumbling
block to complete understanding be
tween the two governments, Mr. Col
by said the statement in Mr. Pes
queira’s letter that it is not and
must not be interpreted as retroac
tive or violative of valid property
rights” should “allay the fears of
those who have acquired valid ti
tles” in Mexico, adding:
“I can conceive of nothing better
calculated to correct thi£ misunder
standing.”
"It only remains,” Mr. Colby con
tinued, “to give these understand
ings a form which is usual in deal
ings between friendly states, and I
have the honor to suggest
that commissioners be promptly des
ignated by both Mexico and the
United States to formulate a treaty,
embodying the agreements which
have been reached as the result of
your successful mission.”
Mississippi Senator
Urges Quick Relief
For U. S. Farmers
WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Senator
Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, de
clared in a statement today that the
situation among the agricultural
classes was "desperate” and some
nfeasures affording immediate relief
must be enacted by congress.
Senators from the cotton-growing
states,__he said, were ready to join
with those of the western states in
seeking relief for farmers. He de
clared there were .several plans un
der way in the south, one of which
was the organization of export com
panies under the Edge law, which,
he thought, should be organized in
eacff section of the country.
Senator Harrison said he f.ivored
reorganization of the war finance
corporation and the law so amended
that allotment of various sums could
be loaned to agricultural interests.
Under present law, he said , the war
finance corporation has no discretion
in loans.
If this cannot be done, he said, he
would favor congress passing a law
"taking 51 per cent of the stock of
the various corporations being or
ganized to carry on export trade.”
Snuff Replaces Booze
At Banquet in Boston;
Coolidge Takes Pinch
BOSTON, Dec. 1. —The cup that
cheers was replaced by the snuff
that exhilirates, when the Scots’ chari
table society revived an old custom
at its annual banquet last night to
take the place of anti-prohibition
toasts. Scotch snuff from a silver
mounted ram’s horn, was passed
about the tables.
First to take a cautious pinch was
Governor Calvin Coolidge, vice presi
dent-elect, who was the chief guest.
From him the h.orn went down the
banquet board. Sneezes followed,
and handkerchiefs were quite gen
erally displayed.
Soon afterward Professor Charlton
Black, of Boston university, related
an anecdote directed to despondent
victims of the eighteenth amendment.
It was the warning of an old Scotch
man to his son against too liberal
use of snuff, with the statement
that "I’ve been drunker on sneezum
than I ever was on whuskey.” The
guests sneezed again, and then the
speakers had their say.
Excessive Weight
Is Fatal to Woman
KENTON, Ohio, Dec. 1. —Compli-
cations resulting from excessive
weight caused the death of Mrs. Hat
tie James, who weighed 650 pounds.
Her casket was removed from the
house through a window and hauled
to the grave on a large truck at the
funeral today.
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OF BRITAIN GUARDED
AGAINST HITS
Cork City Hall Set Afire.
Irish Village Burned Fol
lowing Murder of Sixteen
Policemen
LONDON, Nov. 30.—That the Sinn
Fein parliament has formally de
clared a state of -war with England
was the belief today of many olficials
of the Irish office.
The Irish office has no direct in
formation that war has been declared
by Dail Eireann, the Sinn Fein par
liament, but evidence is accumulating
to indicate that such a step has been
taken.
Backed by that formal declaration,
Sinn Fein forces have leaped to a
renewal of the attack on British
forces here and in Ireland.
The Dublin murders, the attacks on
police patrols culminating in the
slaughter of sixteen black and tans
at Kilmichael, were accepted here as
the work of ir.sn who regarded them
selves as carrying on a legalized war.
The Sinn Feiners who surrounded
the two police lorries at Kilmichael
killing all but one of the patrol, wore
uniforms and steel helmets, accord
ing to dispatches today. This was
regarded as an attempt to conform
to the regulations of civilized war
fare. Never before in any such at
tack have the Sinn Feiners appeared
in uniform.
Arning documents pointing to a
declaration of war was a Dail Eireann
decree printed in the Freeman’s Jour
nal in Dublin. It instructed physi
cians that British soldiers “wounded
in action” should be cared for. This
was supposed to be another effort to
observe the rules of warfare.
Sinn Feiners heretofore have spok
en of their efffforts as acts of war,
but it was believed here they are go
ing..to greater lengths than ever be
fore, supported by a document to
legalize their actions.
British officialdom moved today in
fear of a second Guy Fawkes plot to
blow up the house of parliament.
While government offices functioned
as usual, the work was transacted
behind a screen of guards and only
in the presence of persons who had
proved their identity and their loy
alty to the government.
In the houses of parliament many
plain clothesmen circulated with the
crowds. They were expert marks
men, ready for action.
These sentries occupied every point
of vantage in all government build
ings but particularly the houses of
parliament. They were ordered td
shoot to kill if an emergency arose.
Members of parliament known to
lean toward the Sinn Fein were warn
ed by outsiders to.remain away from
the buildings. This was taken by
fnany to mean that a Guy Fawkes
plot was patching, its instigators de
siring to save their friends.
The warning was disregarded by
all the Sinn Fein sympathizers. They
took part in the sessions as usual
and without a sign of nervousness.
The Liverpool fires and the threat
of incendiarism was reflected today
in London by a great rush for fire in
surance. Lloyd’s reported an un
precedented demand of policies.
Although no fires of consequence
occurred last night the guard here
was strengthened and additional
squads went on duty in Liverpool,
Southampton and at other ports. For
some reason it was believed plotters
were especially anxious to cripple
British shipping. A strong guard
was organized in Glasgow also.
An incendiary bomb in the ware
house district here last nifeht caus
ed trifling damage.
Bodies toppled from the motor
trucks and were still further mutilat
ed by rifle bullets as they lay in
the dusk. Only one of the detach
ment of seventeen escaped death.
He was'missing, probably a prisoner.
No deaths as a result of the re
prisals were reported today. The
round-up of Sinn Fein leaders con
tinued uninterrupted today. Activ
ity here was marked last night by
raids on the newspapers as well as
the Sinn Fein bank.
FUNERAL OF POLICEMEN
NEAR ASHES OF VILLAGE
DUBLIN, Nov. 30. —Smouldering
ruins in the neighborhood of Ma
croom today marked the funeral
rites of sixteen police murdered in
ambush last Sunday night.
Immediate reprisals on the popu
lation resulted in the burning of cot
tages, creameries and other build
ings. The countryside was lighted
last night by huge torches as thatch
ed roofs suddenly blazed. Citizens
of Kilmichael and nearby villages
either remained hidden in the fields
or fled to other sections.
Word her was that Sir Hamar
Greenwood, chief secretary for Ire
land, did not propose to check the
police too severely in punishing Sinn
Feiners for the ambuscade that re
sulted in the slaughter of two lorry
loads of police.
Reports of the ambush today said
that from 80 to 100 men, securely
hidden, poured a solid leaden tire into
the lorries.
The motors were halted at once
and the police, firing without a tar
get. had no chance.
CITY HALL OF CORK
SET ON FIRE TUESDAY
BELFAST, Nov. 30.—The city hall
at Cork was set on fire this morning,
and reports from that city state the
Thomas Ashe Sinn Fein club and the
Charlotte quay are ablaze. Much
damage has been done, it is stated.
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Handsome Man
Smiles on Woman s Jury
And Gets Guilty Verdict
NEW YORK.—Jack Segal is a
young man • who had illusions about
women until yesterday afternoon at
3:26 o’clock. He lost them at that
moment, when Mrs. Everett Colby,
chairman of the woman jury in
Orange, N. J., reported that her
eleven collaborators had found the
young man guilty of practicing den
tistry without a license.
Throughout his trial Segal, who is
just twenty-one years old and pos
sessed of rosy cheeks, brown eyes
and curly black hair, had sus
tained himself by a faith in the ten
der-heartedness of women.
“I am glad to have a woman jury
try this case,” he said. “I believe
that women will be more lenient to
me than a jury of men would be.”
The twelve women, however, ap
parently applied their tender hearts
to sympathizing with the witnesses
who accused Segal of having depriv
ed them of their teeth.
There were eight of these wit
nesses, a girl of ten, five women and
two men. All testified that Jack Se
gal, who is a fruit peddler by trade,
had employed his time after peddling
hours in pulling teeth.
Edison’s Wife Zs Excused
The woman jury which found him
guilty after sixteen minutes’ delib
eration —during which it took two
ballots—was the second in the his
tory of Jersey justice, but the first
to hear a criminal case. Judge
Daniel Dugan, presiding magistrate
of the Orange district court, was so
well pleased with the performance of
the first woman jury in a dress
maker’s pattern case last month that
he summoned women again to serve
in the dentistry case.
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, wife of the
inventor, was the first woman sum
moned, but she telephoned Judge Du
gan yesterday morning that her hus
band had a severe cold and that un
less it was a great breach of judicial
eiquette she would like to be ex
cused from jury duty. Mrs. Ever
ett Colby, wife of the former state
senator and a prominent suffragist,
took her place as forewoman of the
jury.
“Certainly, I believe in women on
juries," she said. “We women have
won the right to political power. We
must be equally willing to take our
share of political duties.
"I should be glad to see women
serving on the jury, not only in
minor cases, but in the great crim
inal proceedings as well. A mixed
jury would be best, I think, as the
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Ponzi Pleads Guilty
To Fraudulent Use of
Mails; Gets Five Years
BOSTON, Nov. 30.—Charles Ponzi,
promoter of the “gct-rich-quick”
scheme in which thousands of per
sons invested, millions of dollars be
fore it collapsed last .August, plead
ed guilty to using the mails in a
seneme to defraud, in the federal dis
trict court today.
Sentence of five 'years in the Ply
mouth county jail was imposed by
Judge Hale. The court took into
consideration only the first count of
one indictment of forty-three counts,
in which it was charged that Ponzi
had represented falsely that he was
able to pay interest at the rate of
50 per'cent in forty-five days from
profits made in international postal
reply coupons. ,
point of view of both men and wom
en is necessary.”
The second jury of women was not
able for its political connections.
Most ot the pillars of Orange society
were represented and there* was one
present who is a pillar in her own
right, Mrs. Jennie C. Van Ness, the
new member from East Orange of
the New Jersey assembly.
The wife of the mayor of Orange,
Mrs. William A. Lord, was the third
member of the jury; the wife of the
police commissioner was next, Mrs.
Isaac Shoenthal. Behind her sat Mrp.
James D. Moriarty, wife .of the post
master, and next to her Mrs. Edgar
E. Lethridge, wife of the former
speaker of the New Jersey assembly.
Mrs. Hannah Fell, another of the ju
ry, is president of the First Voters’
League.
The other jury women were: Mrs.
Frank G. Coughtry, Mrs. Carl Hen
neke, Mrs. Augusta H. Smith, Mrs.
Joseph F. Gasner and Mrs. George
Naulty.
At the close of the trial Judge Du
gan thanked the women for having
performed their “disagreeable duty”
so cheerfully and promised them
that they should not be called upon
again this year. The sergeant-at
arms, John H. Gallagher, who is also
the official dispenser of icewater and
ringmaster for moving picture opera
tors when there are women on the
jury, indignahtly denied that he made
the statement in connection with the
first trial that “the women made an
awful lot of work.” He bowed low
as he handed the jurywomen little
yellow enevelopes with their 75 cent
fees.
GIRL’S QUICK WIT
PROVES DOWNFALL
OF 3 HIGHWAYMEN
WINONA. Miss., Dec. I.—The
quick wit and prompt action of an
18-year-old girl today resulted in
the capture- of the three alleged
highwaymen who murdered George
Reeves, Shelby county jailer, at
Memphis, in a pistol fight, and
afterwards made their escape.
Clyde Hamilton was shot" and
killed when he resisted arrest.
The sheriff of Winona shot Hamil
ton to death when the three band
its were cornered in a freight car
at Winona. The other two E. B.
Kelly and A. F. Shaw, then sur
rendered without resistance.
The bandits were on a southbound
Illinois Central railway freight train.
The freight stopped at Winona,
Miss., 122 miles south of Memphis.
Three men got off the train and went
to the home of H. T. Dodd and
asked for something to eat. Miss
Mary Dodd, in the house alone,
recognized them from pictures
of the fugitives which had appeared
in a daily paper. She gave the
men something to eat, then went to
another room and called the sher
iff’s office.
Sheriff R. L. Smith and City Mar
shal A. A. Glenn went to Mrs.
Dodge’s home, but the bandits had
left for the freight train.
The sheriff and marshal came upon
the armed fugitives in an box
car on the freight train. Without
hesitating, they climbed into the car
with the murderer and his compan
ions and ordered them to surrender.
“Hamilton at once pulled a gun,
but we beat him to it,” Sheriff Smith
said. "Marshal Glenn and I fired at
the same instant and Hamilton
dropped dead. I don’t know which
of us killed him. The other two at
once surrendered.”
The two men are held in Mont
gomery county jail awaiting the ai
rival of Tennessee officers.
Plot to Overthrow
German Government
Fails, Report Says
BERLIN, Nov. 30. —It was an
nounced authoritatively yesterday
that a plot to overthrow the German
government had been frustrated.
A number of former officers in the
German army were arrested. A
house-to-house search Is under way
in many towns in Bavaria as a re
sult of the discovery.
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PRESIDEHTWILSOHS
BOLE OF MEDIATOR
IN MU CASE
Lithuanian Armistice Ar
ranged By League of Na
tions —Japs Not to Seek
Social Equality at Present
WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. — (By the
Associated Press).—President Wil
son has accepted the invitation of the
League of Nations to act as mediator
in the Armenian situation.
The president’s acceptance is con
ditioned upon the use of moral in
fluence. He explained that he is
without authority to employ force
without the consent of congress.
The invitation to mediate between
the factions in Armenia was extended
to the president last week through
Paul Hymans, president of the league
assembly. Mr. Wilson already has
consented to fix the boundary lines of
Armenia and he now has before him
several reports on that subject. There
had been no indication, however,
when he will complete this work.
The president’s reply follows:
I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your cabled
message setting forth the reso
lution by the assembly of the
League of Nations requesting the
council of the league to arrive
at an understanding with the
government with a view to in
trusting a power with the task
of taking the necessary measures
to stop the hostilities in Ar
menia.
You offer to the United States
the opportunity of undertaking
the humanitarian task of using
its good offices to end the pres
qnd tragedy being enacted in
Armenia and you assure me that
your proposal involves no repe
tition of the invitation to accept
a mandate for Armenia.
While the invitation to accept
a mandate for Armenia has been
rejected by the senate of the
United States, this country has
repeatedly declared its solici
tude Tor the fate and welfare of
the Armenian people in a manner
and to an extent that justifies
you in saying that the fate of
Armenia has always been above
special interest to the American
people.
I am without authorization to
offer or employ the military
forces of the United States in
any project for the relief of Ar
menia and any material contri
butions would require the au
thorization of the congress which
is not now in session and whose
action I could not forecast. 1
am willing, however, upon as
surances of the moral and dip
lomatic support of the principal
powers and in a spirit of sympa
thetic response to the request of
the council of the League of
Nations to use my good offices
and to proffer my personal medi
ation through a representative
whom I may designate, to end
the hostilities now being waged
against the Armenian people and
to bring peace and accord to the
contending parties, relying upon
the council of the League of Na
tions to suggest to me the ave
nues through which my proffer
should be conveyed and the
parties to whom it should be
addressed.
ARMISTICE ARRANGED
BY LEAGUE BODY
LONDON, Nov. 30.—The League of
Nations commission of control has
arranged an armistice between Lith
uania and General Zellgouski, the in
surgent commander at Vilna, accord
ing to a Kovno dispatch which reach
ed London this evening.
0. C. Fuller, Clerk of
U. S. Court, Struck by
Auto and Badly Hurt
Olin C. Fuller, clerk of the United
States court, northern district oi
Georgia, was knocked down by an au
tomobile in front of the Winecoff
hotel at 12:30 o’clock Wednesday aft
ernoon and was taken by Poole’s am
bulance to St Joseph’s infirmary.
The first examination revealed a
possible fracture of the skull, ana
the surgeons prepared to make an
X-ray examination before operating,
should that prove necessary. Mr. Ful
ler was conscious and able to talk.
Former Kaiserin
Is Close to Death
DOORN, Dec. I.—Physicians have
abandoned hope for the recovery of
the former Kaiserin Auguste Vic
toria, it was announced today.
The former empress continued un
conscious today. She was unable to
recognize members of the family,
who gathered about her bedside, yes
terday. The former crown prinep
arrived today. Other children pre
ceded him.
5 CENTS ▲ COPY.
$1.50 A YEAR,
ME POWERS GIVEN
five years’term.
ON LARCENY CHARGE
First Man Convicted of In
terest in Alleged “Gamb
ling Syndicate,” Gets Lim
it of Law
The jury returned a verdict ot
“guilty” against Abe Powers Wed
nesday for larceny after trust and he
was sentenced to five years in th®
penitentiary, the maximum penalty
allowed by law, Powers’ attorneys
announced that they would make an
appeal.
A sensational development in the
trial of Abe Powers, on charges of
larceny after trust, came Wednes
day afternoon as the case neared its
end, when one of Powers’ attorneys
in his argument to the Jury, frank
ly admitted that Powers had been
engaged in a swindling scheme, but
declared that the offense of his
client only amounted to simple lar
ceny, and not larceny after trust.
Larceny after trust is punishable
by from one to five years. Simple
larceny is punishable by one year
or SI,OOO fine.
"Gentlemen of the jury, I am un
der oath like you,” said Samuel D.
Hewlett, one of Powers* j,ttorneys,
in his argument. "I am not trying
to hide anything from you. I am
not trying to tell you that this man
did not commit a crjme. I am go
ing to tell you the facts even If it
hurts my client. This case Is pure,
simple larcen'yand should not be
treated as anything else. Holley
was as deep in the mud as Powers
was in the mire. Wade Lamar was
trying to skin somebody and Powers
was trying* to trim them both.”
More State Witnesses
Before the arguments started Wed
nesday morning the state introduced
several additional witnesses: H. G.
Green, of the Western Union Tele
graph company, and G. W. Oliver, of
the Postal company, who testified
that Powers neve rreceived any mon
ey by telegraph from November 12
through November 16.
Oliver N. Confer, clerk of the Ox
ford hotel, 161 Whitehall street, testi
fied that Powers stayed there from
October 30, until Jjis arrest, with a
woman whom he said was his wife,
and who always paid the bills, and he
testified further that a maid at the
hotel who was to have been called as
a witness left Atlanta suddenly at
midnight Tuesday for Washington,
D. C. Another witness was N. L.
Davis, of Indiana, who testified that
he saw Powers operating the tele
graph wires at the West Peachtree
“exchange,” where he said he was
fleeced out of $5,000.
In closing for the state, Solicitor
Boykin introduced various parapher
nalia confiscated in his raid on the '
West Peachtree place, including
wrappers for money, chalk, black
board, eraser, bogus money, letter
heads of the turf exchange and al
leged corporations and telegrams ex
changed between Powers and Lamar
and Holley.
The defense’closed with an addi- •
tional statement from Powers in
which he declared that his right
name was F. Powers, under which
he registered at the Oxford hotei,
and that the reason he took the name
of Abe was because Lamar and Hol
ley being religious and prominent in
their home towns suggested that
make names be used by all of them.
Two wealthey farmers of Alkin,
S. C.—Wade* Lamar and H. C. Hol
ley—described to a ury in Judge
John D. Humphrey’s court Tuesday
how, as they claim, they were swin
dled out of SII,OOO by a gang-of wir®
tappers in Atlanta.
Their testimony was the feature
of the trial of Abe Powers, charged
with being a ring leader of the gang,
whe nthe trial opened Tuesday in
the Fulton superior court.
Lamar was on the witness stand
throughout the morning session, tell
ing how he and Holley were invei
gled to the so-called turf exchange
on West Peachtree street, where, he
claims, they were fleeced out of their
money by a clever scheme to bet on
the races. Holley, who was the
principal witness at the afternoon
session, corroborated Lamar’s story.
Solicitor Boykin, who is prosecut- ,
Ing the case, had in the courtroom
an oilcloth blackboard, packages of
bogus money, telegraph instruments
rigged to storage batteries, and other
paraphernalia of the sort confiscated
in the West Peachtree raid.
Power’ attorneys sought to defend
him with testimony that he himself
did not take the SII,OOO. They fur
ther sought to show that Holley al
lowed his money to be bet on the
races and went so far as to go back
to his home, and.return with a check
for $84,000 in an effort to win more
money. ®
An interesting phase of Solicitor
Boykin’s examination came when he
brought out from Holley and Lamar
the statement that they could not
find the West Peachtree place wheW
they went there with city detectives
but that It was discovered most eas
ily when they went there the next
day accompanied by Mr. Boykin.
. Lamar was the first witness at the
trial of Powers, who was indicted for
larceny after trust, the indictment
being based upon the accusations of
Lamar and Holley.
Powers’ trial began at 9 o’clock,
i It took mfire jthan an hour to se
lect the jury.
How He Met Powers
“I am a farmer and live stock man
of Aiken,” said Lamar in opening his
testimony. “About two weeks ago last
Saturday I was in Atlanta and met
a man who called himself Tom
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