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VOL. XXV. NO. 149
CITY OF BARCELONA
- 111 STATE OF SIEGE;
' ALFONSO IN MADRID
Uprising Said to Be Directed
Solely Against Present
Cabinet —Battle Fleet Is
Ordered to Revolting Town
MADRID, Sept. 13.—(8y the Asso-
• ciated Press.) —Army officers at
Barcelona have revolted and mar
tial law has been declared.
A state of siege w&s proclaimed
in Barcelona at 11 15 o'clock this
morning, and the Catalan military
« authorities took possession of power
in the city.
The rank and file of the army
have joined in ®Tie revolt, but the
navy personnel is quiet.
The council of ministers held a
special meeting at 3 o’clock this i
morning after which the following ]
statement was issued:
“The captain general of Barcelona '
last night proclaimed on his own i
responsibility a state of siege in that I
district, seized the communications I
and invited other districts to support j
his action.’’
“In order to explain this step he i
published a manifesto to the coun- ;
try declaring that the army called ;
C upon the sovereign to save Spain i
and asking for the dismissal of the
• present ministers.
“In certain districts it appears I
[ the military forces are disposed to |
concur in this attitude of rebellion.”
“The cabinet is in permanent ses
sion and will maintain its position
which it will abandon only under
force should the promoters of this
sedition decide to follow up their
policy with all its consequences.
King Alfonso returned to Madrid
on the Southern express at 11
o'clock this morning. The station
was surrounded by troops and every
precaution was taken to keep unau
thorized persons away.
The government this afternoon
telegraphed Captain General Primo
Rivera at Barcelona, considered to
be the leading spirit in the revolt
movement, appealing to his patriot
ism and asking him to abandon his
“attitude of rebellion.T The captain
general replied with an unqualified
f denial of the request. The govern
ment thereupon decreed his demo
tion as military governor of Barce
lona.
it was announced this afternoon
that Foreign Minister Santiago Alba,
and the minister of labor, Jose Ro
sardo Gil, had resigned their port
folios.
MADRID ORDERS FLEET
TO BARCELONA FORT
PARIS, Sept. 13.—The Spanish
government has ordered a . naval
squadron to proceed immediately to
Barcelona, the Madrid correspond
ent of Le Temps telegraphed this
afternoon.
REVOLUTIONIST TROOPS
IN CONTROL AT BARCELONA
BARCELONA, Sept. 13.—(8y The
Associated Press). —A state of siege
was proclaimed here at 11:15 o’clock
this morning and the Catalan mili
tary authorities took possession of
power in the city.
It is stated here that several gar
risons, notably those in Madrid, Sar
agossa and Seville, have adhered to
the military movement which now
must be recognized as' a regular
t coup d’etat.
A document addressed to all Span
lards and signed by Captain-General
Riviera was published this morning
It criticises the present government
and stigmatizes the professional pol
iticians for seizing the power and
annihilating the will of the king.
Owing to this situation, the docu
ment continues, the military author
ities will take the direction and re
sponsibilities of the power to govern,
either direct’y or through civilians.
At the moment of declaring a state
of siege, the milit.ry authority de
, prived the present civil officials of
their pov/ers and assumed func
tions. It planned to seize all means
of communication and forbid circu
lation except for business or family
r reasons.
A communique issued by the mili
tary says proceedings will be
brought against the minister of for
eign affairs and the president of
the council (the premier), and that
» government will be established un
der the military authorities.
y The movement, the communique
[• declared, is loyal to the king, being
directed not against sovereign
but the government.
The actual beginning of the re
volt occurred when General Lossada
under orders from Captain General
Primo-Rivera, took over the govern
ment of the province f Barcelona,
dismissing the former governor.
In the other Catalan provinces
the military authorities have taken
possession of the government.
CATALONIA IS CENTER
OF SPANISH REVOLT
LONDON, Sept. 13. —The present
revolt in Spain centers in that hot
bed of Spanish agitation, the district
of Catalonia, with its populous capi
tal of Barcelona. This has long
been the scene of Carlist conspiracy
and revolt seeki :g to restore the
Carlist line.
At is also the center of the sep
aratist movement, which seeks to
make the great commercial area
around Barcelona a separate state of
«■ southern ? : pain, . -tached from Mad
rid as the- center of northern Spain.
Catalonia also has been the main
rendezvous for the extreme - agita
tionist elements, including the Span
ish anarchist, and the so-called mod
ernists.
The attempt to assassinate King
Alfonso at the time of his mar
riage to Queen Victoria of Batten
burg originated* in that locality and
the would-be assassin came from the
anarchistic school developed there.
It is notable, from the dispatches,
that the ’ present movement is . bt
dynastic, as the manifesto issued by
Captain General Primo Riva is
rected against “professional politi
cians for seizing he power and an
nihilating the will of the king.”
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QUEBEC. —Prince of Wales leaves
Quebec on his way to ranch in Al
berta.
CHICAGO. Unseasonably cold
weather hits sections of west and
northwest.
PARlS.—ltaly agrees to evacuate
Corfu before end of September, of
ficial advices say.
ROME.—Pope Pius sends $20,000
to apostolic delegation in Washing
ton for Japanese relief.
WASHINGTON. Representative
Madden, ill from heart attack, is re
ported somewhat improved.
WASHINGTON. —Attorney Gener
al Daugherty rules navy cannot be
used legally to enforce prohibition.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal.—Two
more bodies were found at scene
of wreck of seven destroyers at
Honda.
DECATUR. 111.—Illinois Federa
tion of Labor, meeting here, declines
to sanction a labor party in Illinois
this year.
MEXICO CITY. —Confessed leader
of band which killed Francisco Villa
is sentenced to twenty years’ im
prisonment.
SAN FRANCISCO—The Dollar
Line buys seven shipping board ves
sels for ’round-the-world service
through Panama canal.
LOS ANGELES—TidaI wave is
reported to have wiped out small
fishing village of San Jose de Cabo,
on coast of Lower California.
ATHENS. —Full Italian army
corps is landed at Corfu, reports
dispatch from there, which de
scribes island as Italian base.
BERLIN. —Chancellor Sfcresemann
says Germany is ready to give real
guarantees to assure freedom of
Ruhr and admits passive resistance
has failed.
WASHINGTON.—CoaI exports in
August aggregated 350,169 tons
against 570,654 tons in July, accord
ing to survey published by federal
fuel distributor.
N. Y.—Mayor Hylan,
of New York, is declared to have de
veloped more disquieting symptoms,
but physician says he is not alarmed
at apparent setback.
HARRISBURG. Governor Pin
chot, of Pennsylvania, makes public
a letter from President Coolidge,
congratulating him upon settlement
of anthracite coal dispute.
WASHlNGTON.—Assurances of
support for President’ COolidge in
1924 campaign continue to reach
White House, when several Repub
lican leaders call on chief executive.
CHICAGO —Thirteen hundred bar
rels of alleged real beer and five
hundred barrels of near beer are
seized by federal prohibition .agents
at Joliet Products company brewery
in Joliet, 111.
W A SHI NGTON. —Fe de ra 1 reserve
board is a»ked to announce definite
policy with respect to branch bank
ing, forcing into open old contro
versy over whether should
be authorized.
MADRID. —King Alfonso of Spain
is reported at San‘Sebastian and his
probable action in Barcelona crisis
is unrevealed: General Primo Rivera
refuses to abandon revolutionary
movement.
CHICAGO. —Seymour Morris, Jr.,
prominent .clubman and insurance
broker, filed suit divorce from
his wife, Margaret Armour Mor
rsi, now living in Pasadena, Cal.
He charges desertion.
HOLLIS. Maine. —Ashes of Kate
Douglas Wiggin, novelist, who died
on Darrow-on-the-Hill, near London
last month, are scattered on the
waters of Saco river here, in ac
cordance with her wishes.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Governor
Walton, of Oklahoma, demands res
ignation of Tulsa county’s three
jury commissioners, Tulsa sheriff
and police commissioner, who, he as
serts, are dominated by Ku Klux
Klan. .
WASHINGTON. Conviction of
judges, attorneys, federal and state
officials, and millionaires among
most found guilty of violating pro
hibition laws is detailed in report to
President Coolidge by Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty.
MINEOLA, N. Y. Lieiftenant
Hraold J. Brow, U. S. N., pilots a
navy Curtiss racer to victory m
smashing a world’s record for speed,
by driving 244.15 miles an hour, or
more than four miles a minute,
over a kilometer course at Mitchel
field.
WASHINGTON. Federal coal
commission reports to President
Coolidge that operatiin of coal in
dustry is possible to insure depend
able supply of fuel to the public,
adequate wages to the miners and
reasonable return to the operators.
MADISON, Ga. —Three men are
sentenced to life Imprisonment for
murder of Jim Marakes, of Madison,
on June 9, last. They are Dick
Morakes, John Morakes and John
Patros, all of Madison. Verdict of
guilty is returned after nine hours
of deliberation.
ROME.—Stefani agency, semi-offi
cial news bureau, reports that no
ultimatum was handed to Jugo
Slavia by Italy in regard to status
of Fiume, but that September 15
was set by Rome and Belgrade gov
ernments as date for exchange of
decisions reached by mixed Italo-
Jugo Slav commission.
LONDON.—Dr. Gilbert Murray,
member of League of Nations inter
national committee on intellect-ual
co-operation, describe Fiume situa
tion as very dangerous, in dispatch
to London, and predicts general hos
tilities involving Italy. Greece, Ser
bia, Bulgaria and Hungary on Sep
tember 16, unless there is interven
tion. ,
MRS. MS, FREED
BY JURY. RETURNS
TO GIRLHOOD HOME
Acquitted Thursday night of the
charge that on the night of August
30 she murdered her husband, W.
W. Evans, Atlanta policeman, Mrs
Hazeline Evans would not go back
to the DeKalb county jail even for
her few possessions with which she
had been making her cell comfort
able for the preceding two weeks.
Instead, she climbed into the car
of her father, J. C. Cobb, w' had
sat at her side throughout the trial,
and with her two little daughters
rode to the home 7 of her parents
near Wesley Chapel, in DeKalb
county, where she was born and
reared.
Mrs. Evans’ acquittal was the
culmination of two intense days of
evidence and argument in the su
perior court at Decatur. The t r
dict that set her free w. brought
in at 11:10 o'clock by the trial jury
after an hour and a half f deli .ra
tion. It was received with cheers
and applause by spectators whom
Judge John B. Hutcheson, presiding,
twice had complimented upon their
decorum. The judge rebuk/d this
outburst and immediately adjourned
court.
The entire defense of Mrs. Evans,
conducted by Attorney W. Paul Car
penter, of Atlanta, had consisted of
the defendant's statement to the
jury and of cross-examination by
which the attorney succeeded in
wringing from the state's own wit
nesses before they left the stand ad
ditional testimony which qualified
their evidence against Mrs. Evans
or brought out additional evidence
in her favor.
Many Women Present
■ Four lawyers argued the case.
Having submitted no evidence, the
defense was entitled, to opening and
closing arguments. Pierce K. Burns,
who had assisted Mr. Carpenter,
opened for the defense. Robert C. W.
Ramspeck, solicitor of the city court
of Decatur, followed him. Solicitor
General Claude C. Smith closed for
the state, and Mr. Carpenter con
cluded for the defe: :e. Recess for
supper intervened, then Judge
Hutcheson’s charge was read, and
the fate of Mrs. Evans rested with
the jury.
Throughout the two days of the
trial the courtroom at Decatur was
crowded beyond its capacity, a large
proportion of the audience being
women.
Mrs. Evans’ statement was im
pressive. At the start she appeared
self-conscious. As she progressed
with her story, however, she became
engrossed in it, and without con
scious effort poured forth her ac
count of the events leading up to the
night of the tragedy and the details
of those few final moments when she
and her husband were alone in the
dining room of their home at 49
South Mayson avenue, Atlanta. He*
voice was clear and soft-toned
throughout the recital. She spoke
for 50 minutes, ending at 4 o’clock
Thursday afternoon; and when she
concluded most of the women and
not a few of the men in the court
room were crying.
Tells of Girlhood
Mrs. Evans began with her girl
hood, spent at the home of her par
ents in DeKalb county within five
miles of the courthouse where she
was on trial for her life. She de
scribed meeting W. W. Evans, him
self a DeKalb young man, at
Wesley Chapel and church, where
her father has been superintendent
ever since she could remember, she
said. A few years later she met him
after he had become a street cat
man of Atlanta. He courted her,
and they were married when she was
15 and he was 23 years of age. Later
he was appointed on the Atlanta po
lice force, she related. Some time
after that the work of policewoman
was created, and she applied and was
appointed. Their combined earnings
enabled them to get many things
they 7 had wanted —a house, a car
and other things.
Mrs. Evans said her troubles be
gan when the police committee dis
missed all policewomen in January
of this year. This left the family
dependent on Evans’ salary alone,
she said. That was not enough to
meet the notes on the house and
the car. She got tempprary work
from time to time, but stiTl they got
further and further behind with
their payments. Evans
ried, and then began drinking stead
ily, se said. It became a nightly
occurrence for him to come home
with whisky, which he drank before
going to sleep. She remonstrated
with him, but he grew worse instead
of better. He was a changed man,
she said. He claimed he not
sleep without drinking.
First Threat Comes
Mrs. Evans told of Evans threat
ening her for the first time.
“I looked at him in astonish
ment,” she said. “We had lived to
gether all these years, and that was
the first time he had ever talked
like that.”
She said she went to see Chief
Beavers, telling him Evans was a
changed man. She went to see At
torney Carpenter, whom she had
known in her work as policewoman,
and he advised her to go on; that
Evans was worried, and everything
would come out all right-. That was
but a short while before the fatal
night.
Describing the night of August 30,
after telling of going to the theater
that evening with Evans and her
niece, Mrs. Christian, and of going
out with Evans when he insisted on
getting some more whisky, Mrs.
Evans said they arrived home the
second time about 12 o’clock. She
told of Evans' being in a morose
humor, and of the Christians re
tiring. She said Evans insisted he
was going to spend the night in the
chair.
Fatal Shooting Recounted
“I cam e back and he had propped
his feet upon the table. I took off
his collar and tie. to make him more
comfortable, and went on into my
room again and sat on the bed think-
(Continued on page 6, column 4.)
HOM VERGE I
OF DECL® MO I
IMII
I
Bulgarian-Slav Border Is
*
Closed —Belgrade to Make i
Reply to Mussolini Ultima- !
turn on Saturday
LONDON, Sept. 13.—possibility of >
an Italo-Jugo-Slav war within 72
hours was agitating the chan
cellories of Europe today while they i
awaited anxiously for the terms of j
Belgrade’s reply to the ultimatum i
of Premier Mussolini of Italy, de- I
manding acceptance of Italian I
thesis for settlement of the Fiume I
controversy by’ Saturday.
It was understood the Jugo-Slav
reply already has reached Rome and
is being studied by the Italian for- I
eign office. The decision for war or j
peace will depend on the Italian ;
view of the communication.
JUGOSLAVS CLOSE
BULGARIAN FRONTIER |
ATHENS, Sept. 13.—The Jugo- '
Slav government has ordered I
closing of the Serbo-Bulgarian fron- !
tier following extensive invasions of j
Jugo-Slav territory 7 by 7 large bands j
of armed Bulgarians, a telegram |
from Belgrade said today.
BULGARIA IN FEAR
OF ARMED UPRISING
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 13. —A
number of Communist leaders here
have been arrested and the Com
munist clubs have been closed by
the authorities. The government ac
tion was taken because of a report
that preparations were in progress
for an armed uprising.
ITALIANS DECLINE
SWISS MEDIATION
GENEVA, Sept. 13.—The Italian
government today notified Switzer
land it cannot accept arbitration of
the Fiume dispute between Italy
and Jugo-Slavia by the Swiss presi
dent, “owing to difficulties which
might arise later between Italy and
Switzerland.”
ITALY TO EVACUATE
CORFU WITHIN MONTH
PARIS, Sept. 13.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.)—ltaly has agreed to
evacuate the Island of Corfu before
the end of the present month.
New Negro Residents
Barred From City by
Pennsylvania Mayor
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Sept. 14.
More than 2,000 negroes have left
Johnstown since Mayor Joseph Cauf
fiel declared a week ago that only
negro residents in the city for sev
eral years would be allowed to'-re
main, the mayor said today in out
lining the reasons why he had taken
action against them. More are go
ing, he added, and it was his inten
tion to see that no more were
brought here from the south.
Mayor Cauffiel said two policemen
were killed and four others so badly
wounded last week that one of them
has since died and two others are so
dangerously hurt their deaths may
be expected at any time. This was
done by a negro who had quarreled
with his wife.
“I was away,” the mttyor said,'
“and when »I came home and found
the city 7 tn it ferment I decided that
the only thing to do was to send |
these newcomers out of town and |
keep them out.”
Russia’s Girl Judge
Freeing Many Prisoners
As Jails Overflow
MOSCOW, Sept. 13.—Citizenness
Anna Gluzman, the girl judge of the |
Moscow district court, is releasing I
prisoners from jail instead of sen- 1
fencing them. She has been en- i
trusted with the supervision of a I
special commission whose duty is to
relieve the congestion in the prisons
of Moscow and nearby districts.
“I am working now in the
provinces,” she said. “I regard my
task as important, for the recent
campaign against bootlegging and
bribery 7 has resulted in the impo- j
sition of heavy sentences, needing j
some correction. 1 have already es- '
fected the release of 500 persons
from provincial prisons.”
She added that after a fortnight ;
she hoped to return to her bench.
Wooed on Promise of I
Gold 1 eeth, Bride Gets
Silver; Asks Divorce
CHICAGO, Sept. 13*.—Her hus- I
band- of a month wooed and won I
her on the promise he would have ■
gold fillings put in all of her front '
teeth, Violet Volk told the social |
service department of the court of i
domestic relations here. When she j
looked in the mirror and found that i
silver fillings had been used instead [
she applied for separation and ali- :
mony.
“There are some things that a I
woman cannot grin and bear,” she |
told court officers.
The Weather I
Forecast for Saturday:
Virginia—Fair and cooler.
North and South Carolina, Geor- ;
gia—Saturday fair. ’
Florida—Local showers in south I
i portion.
Extieme Northwest Florida, Ala- |
bama, Mississippi—Generally fair |
I moderate temperature.
Tennessee. Ken t u c~k y Partly I
cloudy, no change in temperature.
Louisiana Partly cloudy, not
much change in temperature.
Arkansas —Partly cloudy.
Oklahoma, West Texas —Partly
cloudy.
East Texas—Partly cloudy, local
showers near the coast.
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BAINBRIDGE Mi
DISAPPEARS; BODY
SOUGHT Isl RIVER
BAINBRIDGE, Ga., Sept. 14.
“All men take warning. Respect
and love your wife. Leave other
women alone. (Signed) I’erkins. ’
This message, pinned to the hat
of H. E. Perkins, storekeeper for
the Georgia, \Florida and Alabama
railroad, who disappeared here Tues
day night, together with a letter
to his wife, received late yesterday
afternoon, form the onlj 7 clues upon
which friends and relatives are
working upon to determine his
whereabouts.
Whether or not Perkins com
mitted suicide by drowning is prob
lematical and opinion is divided upon
this score. The rver Will be dyna
mited this afternoon by those who
have been dragging its bottom since
yesterday.
No one knows just what the miss
ing man was referring to when he
wrote the note, pinning it to h's
hat, which was found on the river
railroad bridge.
Since his disapearanee his ac
counts have been checked at the
railroad office and found to be m
excellent shape. He owed no debts,
had money in the bank and was
considered one of Bainbridge’s best
citizens.
The letter received by the wife
indicates despondency, but gives no
reasons for it. He told her that he
bad paid t>p all debts, had left her
some money in the bank and that
he “could not face the conse
quences.” He continued that he macle
a mistake and it was too late to
correct now. A few months ago. he
said, he could have corrected it,
but “acted foolhardy.”
Just before he left Wednesday
night, stating that he was going
to Savannah, asked his wife for
his Shrine pin. tie was very active
in Shrine and Masonic affairs her 7 -.
At midnight Wednesday he was
seen in a restaurant, where he
cashed one of several cheeks be
fore he disappeared. All of the
checks were good.
The next that was heard from the
man was when his hat, pistol and
valise was found by a night watch
man on the railroad trestle.
Perkins has a wife and four
children in Bainbridge. His small
est daughter is very ill with typhoid
fever.
"Record Flight” Ends
After Three Miles;
Propeller Damaged
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 13. The
initial attempt of Parker D. Cramer,
Ellington field aviator, to break the
non-stop record of Lieutenant Scotty
Crocker, failed Thursday wheti the
propeller of his machine became en
tangled in weeds as he was taking
off, and disabled the ship.
Cramer took off at 6:14 a. m., for
Clarion, Pa. The plane was forced
to land about three miles out. A
definite date for a new start of the
flight has not been set, but Cramer
expected to have a new propeller
within the next week. -
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, September 15, 1923
SATTERFIELD MOST
HING FOR MOHDEH,
JURY'S DECISION
———-
J. B. Satterfield, a Californian,
zwas found guilty of the murder of
his brother-in-law, R. H. Hart, by a
Fulton county jury at <» o'clock on
Thursday afternoon, and will be
sentenced to hang, as the jury made
I no recommendation fro mercy. Sat-
I terfield slew Hart- on an Atlanta
| street on December 27, 1921, follow
ing a quarrel over family matters.
Murphy M. Holloway, attorney for
Satterfield, spoke for one hour and
thirty minutes in concluding the
case for the defense. He contended
that the defendant could be guilty
only of voluntary manslaughter, Jf
convicted, and that no criminal re
sponsibility should attach to him,
as he was laboring under a mental
delusion at the time of the slaying.
Solicitor John A. Boy
k'n and Assistant Solicitor Ed
Stephens argued vigorously for the
prosecution, demanding the extreme
penalty of the law covering murder
in the first degree.
Federal Prohibition
Law Fines More
Than $12,000,000
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13—Con
' victions of judges, attorneys, federal
I and state officials and millionaires
among the host found guilty of vio
lating the prohibition laws was de
tailed in a report submitted to Pres
ident Coolidge by Attorney General
Daugherty.
A synopsis if the report, made
public with the assent of the presi
dent, reviewed the federal judiciary’s
work in administering the prohibi
tion law in the first forty-one months
of its operation. It showed that
since the statute went into effect
January 16, 1920, more than 90,000
cases had been terminated in United
States courts with 72,489 convictions
and fines aggregating $12,46« '6O.
There has been a constant yearly in
crease in prohibition prosecutions
the report showed, while jail sen
[ tences for the past 23 months have
totalled more than 3.000 years.
Girl, Chased Through
Woods in the Night,
Escapes and Elopes
; YALDOSTA, Ga,, Sept. 15—A re
port from Brooks county tells of the
torchlight search of the neighbor
, hood for Miss Elizabeth Simpson,
daughter of Jack Simpson, a well?
' known farmer, Tuesday night, when
! the young lady, who is seventeen
years old, disappeared from home
' intending to join Shearer Folsom, of
near Quitman, and elope.
The purseurs got so close to her
■ that she took to the woods to evade
them, and became lost, but later
in the night she reached the road
again and was joined by the young
man. They went to Thomasville
! and were married that night. The
| couple returned to the home of W.
IR. Folsom, father of the groom,
I where 4hey are temporarily residing.
WATER FEM
FOUND HOT fill ILTY
IN TROUTON CASE
NEWNAN, Ga., Sept. 13—Walter
Feltman, last of the six defendants
to be tried in Coweta'' superior
court in connection with the kidnap
ing and murder of Millard Trouton,
was released from custody this morn
ing when Judge C. E. Roop direct
ed a verdict of not guilty in his case.
Attorney Fred E. Harrison, assert
ing that the state had failed to make
out a*case against his client, askea
the judge to direct a not guilty ver
dict, and his request was granted.
Claude Washington and Charlie
Joiner, held as accessories after the
fact, have been indicted on misde
meanor charges, and will be tried in
Newnan city court the third Mon
dav in October.
Court adjourned following Felt
man’s acquittal.
J. W. Minter, father-in-law of
Trouton, was convicted last week
of first degree murder and sentenced
to hang next month.
Grady Minter, his son, was con
victed the following day and sen
tenced to life imprisonment.
Floyd Weldon, a son-in-law, yes
terday was found guilty by a jury,
with recommendation for mercy, and
Was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jeff Minter, another son, and Leon
Goodrum, another son-in-law, were
also tried yesterday. They entered
pleas of guilty to involuntary man
slaughter, and were sentenced to
three years imprisonment, according
to Solicitor General W. L. Atkin
son.
Trouton, whose decomposed and
mutilated body was found by a ne
gro woman floating in a creek sev
eral days after he had disappeared
from his home, was alleged to have
had recent difficulties with his wife.
Minter’s daughter. It was reported
that his efforts to effect a recon
ciliation angered the elder Minter,
and that he plotted with his two
sons, two sons-in-law, and Feltyian
to kidnap Trouton and punish him.
During the trial, Grady Minter
testified he did not know his father
was planning to kill Trouton and
that he pleaded with him to "give
him a good whipping” and turn him
loose.
Trouton, according to testimony
brought on in the various trials,
was kidnaped about 100 yards from
his home on the night Feltman was
alleged to have asked him to accom
pany him on a walk, taken to near
by woods in an automobile, given a
summary trial by his abductors,
bound with a plow line and with
the body weighted down with a rock,
cast into the creek alive.
University Student
Killed in Accident
HICKORY, N. C„ Sept. 13.—Mr.
Allen B. Councill, twenty, state uni
versity student and son of former
Judge W. B. Councill, was killed,
and Prentiss George, of Cherryville,
N. C„ was badly injured when a
motorcycle they were riding collided
with an automobile late Wednesday
on the central highway near here.
The automobile was driven by Miss
Inez Yoder, of Newton, accompanied
by B. B. Osborne, of Raleigh.
4
5 LEM* A COPY,
81 A YEAR.
MROOGH DENIES
KifflGE OF Ml '
MACOR FLOGGINGS
Macon Dentist, on Stand
Late Friday, Denies Any
Part in Wielding Lash at
Central City
MACON, Ga., Sept. 14.— (8y the
Associated I’ress.) —With the state ’
expected to introduce only a few
rebuttal witnesses and the defense
a number in sur-rebuttal,. it was ex
pected at the opening of city court
here today that the trial of Dr. C.
A. Yarbrough, charged with rioting
in connection with the flogging of
R. F. Mills, would reach the jury
♦ate this afternoon. It was regard
ed atthe time court opened as prob
able that taking of testimony would
be concluded at the morning ses
sion and that arguments tothe jury
would take up all of the afternoon
with the jury getting the case
around the closing hour of 6 p. m.
Each side will argue two and one
half hour.
The defense yesterday concluded
its direct evidence with a prepared
statement by the defendant in which
he entered a general denial of all
charges. He admitted that he was
a member of the Ku Klux Klan
and explained that the order does
not countenance flogging or other
lawlessness and asserted that he
knew nothing of any flogging and
never had had a hand in any. He
’asserted that he had worked for
the good of the community ever,
since he had been in Macon and
always had stood for law and order.
Character Witnesses
Witnesses endeavoring to break
down the credibility of other, Wit
nesses for both the state and de
fense occupied most of the time ol
the court yesterday. A number of
defense witnesses either admitted
they were or had been klansmen,
had made application for member
ship or declined to answer ques
tions as to whether or not they
were members. Among these was
one minister and two physicians.
All other flooring cases, in which
eight men besides Dr. Yarbrough
are accussed, were set over until
next week at yesterday's session
when Judge Gunn excused all wit.
nesses until Monday. There art
six other charges against Dr. Yai •
brought, remaining to be tried an{
prior to starting of the present frit/
City Solicitor Roy W. 'Motyre state)
that each case would be pressed.
Dr. Yarbrough, in his defensi
statement, said that Mrs. LynwooJ
Bright made two or three visits t<i
hio office. . t
“One of them,” lie said, “was td
thank me for securing an attorney
for her in this city. And the second
was to thank me for going on hei
bond when she was served with
bail trover.”
Dr. C. A. Yarbrough took the stan<(
in his own behalf late Thursday afti
ernoon. His statement was read t)
the jury.
Dr. Yarbrough declared he nevei
saw Mills, his accuser, until the da’
he came into court. He said he wa
a Klansman and that he always ha'
stood for law and order. He denied .
knowing of any whippings.
Asked to Whip Wheeler
Dr. J. H. Heard, of the Bibb count
ty commission, after testifying that
Dr. Yarbrough was of good characf
ter, was asked on cross examination
about a visit Dr. Yarbrough and J,
P. Durkee, Ku Klux Klan organizer,
had made to him some time ago. hL
said they brought tin anonymous less
ter addressed to the Ku Klux Klan
about a man named Wheeler, whd
was charged in the letter with wash
ing his mother’s property and lomfi
ing a prodigal life. He said he toltf
his visitors that he thought the mat)
ought to be “whipped half to deatlt
and run out of the country.” Hd
said botlj men said that was not theis
policy.
“What has become of the man,’*
the solicitor asked.
“He picked up another man’s wifd
and left.” . '
“What did Dr. Yarbrough do t<j
him?"
“Nothing I know of.’’
He said that Mr. Durkee said that
if Wheeler was whipped the Kit
Klux Klan would get the credit. Aski
cd by the defense what had been*
done, he said Mrs. Wheeler’s estate
had been taken out of the hajids o|
her son and put in the hands of Dr,
Heard's brother.
Asked who suggested this method,
he said Mr. Durkee suggested it.
Dr. Heard stated on the witnes.)
stand that he is on the bond of
Durkee, who is also charged witlj
rioting. s
A. B. Sheffield, a dental labors*
tory worker, was asked about tlui
reputation of W. W. Arnold, and test
tified it wtts bad. He was exeusej
when he admitted having made api
plication for membership in the K*
Klux Klan.
J. F. Yarborough, who said he wai
not related to Dr. Y'arbrough, testfe
fled to the good character of thij
witness, and then in reply to tlitj
question, “are you a Klansman?” re< t
plied, "I am.” He then was
The defense at this point am
nounced completion of its testimony,
and asked a 30-minute recess, aftel
which Dr. Yarbrough took the wit,
ness stand in his own behalf. Hi|
was not sworn, and read a prepare)
statement to the jury.
State Reopens Case
The state was permitted Io re*
open its case after the defense had
closed, and A. H. Delaney, a type,
writer expert, whose testimony wa)
ruled out, recalled. Three anony*
mous letters and one written on Dr,
Yarbroughs typewriter were reintro,
duced. Mr. Delaney expressed th)
opinion that all the letters were writ,
ten on the same typewriter. Th)
Yarbrough letter was not formally *
introduced, aud will not go to thd
jury for its examination. The de,
sense objected, because they did no(
have time to procure another ex*
pert to examine them. The objec,
tion was overruled.
Defense attacks on the charactef
of the state s witnesses and introduce
tion of testimony in defense of Yar*
brough continued Thursday.
Dr. VV. A. Little, a physician with)
(Continued on page 6, column 8.)