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£i)c Atlanta Sciwual
VOL. XXV. NO. 151
BLACKENED RUINS
OF CALIFORNIA CITY
SEARCHED FOR OEM
Forty Injured and Forty-Five
Blocks Laid Waste in
Berkeley Other Cities
Menaced by Brush Fires
BERKELEY, Cal., Sept. IS.—A
search for bodies among the charred
ruins of the Cramont section of
Berkeley, laid waste by yesterday’s
disastrous fire, is being conducted
today, so far without result.
Acting Chief of Police Lee has
issued notice that all looters will
be shot and, it was announced, no
one will be allowed in the burning
area, Unaccompanied by a police of
ficer.
More than 2,500 homeless persons
are facing the task of reconstruc
tion. The latest revised estimates
place the property loss at $8,000,000
More than 1,000 houses have been de
stroyed and upwards of forty per
sons -were injured. There are un
confirmed reports of others killed.
The Berkeley fire department,
still augmented by portions of the
Oakland' department and hundreds
of volunteers, worked throughout
the night to keep the flames within
the burned area. They continued
their work today aided by the na
tional guard, members of the rex
serve officers training corps of the
city, and Berkeley and Oakland po
licemen and citizens sworn in for i
emergency duty to guard the ruins.
Forty-five square blocks of Berke
ley’s most beautiful homes from the
university campus up the hill
slopes, north and east, have been
devastated by the fire which is said
to be the worst experienced by any
California city since the San Fran
cisco disaster of 1906.
The problem of housing the home
less families and occupants of fra
ternity, sorority and apartment
houses is now occupying the atten
tion of civic authorities, the Red
Cross and other organizations. .
Prosperous Residence. Section
Hundreds of frenzied residents
fled from the burning area as the
f-re swept down the slopes of the
hills, burned its way through the i
closely settled and exclusive dis
trict and eventually died down to a
-mouldering ring of flames encom
passing the entire area which it
had devastated. The prosperous
Idential situation. a.
J "”-te.
The advance of the fire, which
coke out in brush in Contra’■ Costa
r \ rjnty, was heralded by ugly gray
hyjds of smoke which, swept over
~ '*:e brow of the hill driven by a
risk wind, and blanketed Berkeley
throughout the day.
The fire was one of a series of
tirest brush and grass fires, fanned
■ v strong northwest winds and fed
by undergrowth baked to a tinder
by the prolonged summer, which
raged in nearly every county in
’ northern California yesterday.
Gets Beyond Control
Several resorts and small towns
were severely damaged or destroyed
by the flames, which sprang up in
several instances almost without
warning and spread quickly beyond
• the control of national foresters,
state fire wardens and hundreds of
volunteer fire fighters.
Eldorado,small mining town in
Eldorado county, was virtually de
stroyed and the 150 persons resid
ing there were, forced to flee. The
inhabitants of Colfax, in Placer
county, also prepared to flee when
their town was threatened.
A fire in Sonoma valley destroyed
the Boyes Springs hotel and swept
on toward Fetters Springs and El
verano.
In the southern part of the state,
Forest Supervisor Chester Jordan
called for reinforcements for the
fire fighters in the Santa Ynez river
district in the Santa Barbara na
tional forest. It was said the sit
uation was the most serious since
the fire started on September 1.
More fire fighters were sent from
Los Angeles.
Woodacre, a picturesque little vil
lage ten miles from San Rafael, was
reported almost destroyed by a for
est fire which swept through Lucas
valley.
Sailors Aid Fight
One hundred sailors and marines
were sent from' Mare Island navy
yard to fight a forest fire that was
threatening the little town of Cor
delia, twenty miles from the navy
yard.
The various fires have burned over
thousands of acres of grazing and
timber lands and hundreds of men
are participating in the fight against
the flames.
The Berryman reservoir district of
Berkeley, was completely wiped out.
The fire then swooped down the slope
towards San Francisco bay and
north toward the University of Cali
fornia.
As the flames progressed and it
became certain that vast destruc
tion wotild result, all available fire
fighting apparatus in Berkeley, Oak
land and near-by cities was mobil
ized and hurried to the scene of the
conflagration.
The ' utmost confusion reigned in
the fire zone and in the district for
blocks surrounding that laid waste
by the flames. - ..
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HARRISBURG.—One hundred and
fifty-five thousand anthracite miners
I go back to work in Pennsylvania.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.—Bridge
| span collapses and three men are
I plunged to death in Mohawk river.
I MADRlD.—General Primo Rivera
says Spanish government hopes to
sustain its most cordial relations
with United States.
SCRANTON, Pa. Anthracite
miners, in convention, ratify new
wage agreement and vote to go
back to work.
HONOLULU. —Steamship Presi
dent Pierce arrives from Yokohama
bringing many refugees from devas
tated regions of Japan.
f
NEW YORK. —Aiming S. Pratt
wins Democratic nomination for con
gress in Eleventh New York dis
trict.
NEW YORK.—Pressmen on news-
I papers go on strike. City and
suburbs are practically -without
morning newspapers.
PHILADELPHIA.—RepubIican or
ganization candidates for city and
county offices win sweeping victories
in Pennsylvania primaries.
GLOL’CESTER, Mass.—Jacob L.
Lease, Kansas City, Mo., chairman
of board of directors of the Loose
files Biscuit company, dies here.
MOSCOW.—:Huga Stinnes, Ger
man industrialist, is in Moscow’
seekinig to obtain agricultural con
cessions from Soviet government.
CHICAGO. George Kelly, of
Giants, makes three home runs in
three consecutive innings at Chi
cago, establishing unique baseball
record.
PARlS.—Stanley Baldwin, prime
minister of Great Britain, arrives in
Paris to confer with Premier Poin
care on German reparations situa
tion.
BERKELEY', Cal. Ten-million
dollar fire threatens to wipe out
Berkeley, Cal. Six hundred build
ings are destroyed and hundreds
made homeless.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.— Alabama
has returned whipping lash to its
prison system, members of state
Wonvict board and Governor Bran
ddn announce.
BERLlN.—Municipal tax on alco
holics is to be imposed in Berlin by
which city authorities hope to re
alize approximately three trillion
paper marks annually.
SUMMERVILLE, Ga.—Thirteen
persons, ten of whom are children,
are injured when auto truck
plunges down mountain side. Ma
chine turns over three times.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—William Z.
Foster is arrested after address here.
Police announce they arrested him
because they believed he is spread
ing radical, un-American ideas.
HIGH RIVER, Alberta. Lord
Renfrew, known in England as the
Prince of YVqles, helps farm hands
at his ranch fill silos with chopped
sunflowers, taking lead in chopping
silage.
HARRISBURG, Pa. Governor
Pinchot tells National Association for
Advancement of Colored People that
power of Pennsylvania will be used
I to maintain constitutional rights at
Johnstown.
BERLlN.—Ministry of finance
announces that bill now ready pro
vides complete severance of Reichs
bank from state finance and places
it in position to perform functions
of gold note banks.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. —Mayor Cauf
flcl, of Johnstown, Pa., sticks to his
ultimatum that negroes of less than
seven years residence in that city
must get out; mayor replies to Gov
ernor Pinchot’s request for explana
; tion of his order.
j NEYV YORK. Bishop Blake,
Methodist, on reaching New’ York
* from Paris, declares that Russian
. Soviet is at this time one of the
I most powerful European govern
| ments and must be reckoned with.
WASHINGTON.— Senators Pepper
and Reed, of Pennsylvania, after
talk with President Coolidge, say
they believe it unwise now to ex
press any choice between Mr. Cool
idge and Governor Pinchot for Re
publican nominee as president.
MADRlD.—Government officials
refuse to give any information to
newspaper's regarding Spanish situ
ation, and large number of govern-
I ment functionaries have given up
i positions, fearful of being ousted by
I General Rivera.
DENVER.—Moffat Tunnel coin
i mission awards contract for Moffat
tunnel through continental divide
west of Denver- to Hitchcock and
Tinkler of San Francisco and New’
I York. Consideration is to be $5,-
| 250,000 for 6.05-mile bore.
WHEELING, W. Va. United
I Spates district attorney w’arns West
I Virginia newspapers that they must
| print no more Dempsey-Firpo or any
■ prize tight pictures; indictment of
| papers for past actions will be avoid
. cd, federal official declares.
GERMANY PROPOSES
END OF RESISTANCE
TO FRENCH IN RUHR
BERLIN, Sept. 19.—Germany has
capitulated.
After an important cabinet session
today, at which three proposals con
fronted tha government—sticking it
out; giving in gradually; and capitu
lating (although it w’as not called by
that name) —the Stresemann minis
try offeied through the Belgian am
bassador to cease passive res.stance
in the Ruhr.
Two minor conditions w’ere attach
ed by the government, namely, that
inhabitants of the Ruhr and occu
pied Rhineland arrested or deported
should be released, and returned to
their homes.
Regarding debentures it was
agreed by the cabinet in the proposal
submitted to the Belgian ambassa
dor, that these should go into the
hands of the reparations commission,
although they may only be issued by
the commission with Germany’s con
sent.
A mos| important feature of Ger
many’s capitulation w’as the offer
to consider paying reparations above
the sum of thirty billion, the sum
previously fixed by Germany's finan
cial advisers as her limit.
The proposals come at a time when
the Stresemann government is faced
with the gravest problems and pre
sumably represent what the cabinet
considers tremendous concessions.
It is believed the government, driv
en to desperation by the fall of the
mark, decided on the proposals only
as a final drastic move to save the
nation.
Presumably passive resistance in
the Ruhr will be continued, at least
until France and Belgium accept or
reject the German offers, as the gov
ernment last week agreed to support
the program for at least another
fornight.
All Germany knows, •• however,
that even a pretense of resistance
cannot be maintained much longer.
There is no money to meet the tre
mendous expense involved.
Rejection of the proposals, it is be
lieved, might mean the gravest con
sequences in Germany. Revolution
by both the communists and the
monarchist reactionaries is only
awaiting an excuse to break out
again. The red movement for the
past week has been held down only
by vigorous movement of the govern
ment, which has kept Berlin virtually
surrounded with troops for days.
Rioting of more or less importance
is being reported day by day from
nearly all of the nation,
while in Bavaria the monarchist
plotters are osmly flouting the gov
ernment.
All in all the new offer would seem
to be Germany’s last card. If it fails
the Stresemann government proba
bly will fall and after that anything
may happen.
This information was obtained
from apparently unquestionable
sources.
It comes as a considerable sur
prise, despite the diplomatic conver
sations which have been under way
during recent days.
dhe financial crisis, which has
reached most alarming proportions,
presumably is responsible fo>- the
government’s decision. It is not vet.
known here' whether rhe proposal
has been received in Paris, Brussels
and London.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS
THREATEN CIVIL WAR
By. Hiram K. Moderwell
‘ Atlanta Journal and
Liucauo Daily News—Copyright, 1923.)
BERLIN, Sept. 19.-—Germany now
laces another internal crisis, more
serious than any that has gone be
fore. This time she is threatened
not only with a series of local riots
but with civil war.
The Socialist deputies took stock
ot the situation on Tuesday and de
cided to make the sharpest possible
demands on the government to hurry
negotiations with France to the ut
most. All signs show that they arc
right advancing prices, unemploy
ment and the growing boldness of the
armed revolutionary groups.
In Bavaria, however, the insistence
of a speedy agreement with France
’? interpreted as “pressure by the
Socialists to complete the humilia
tion of the fatherland” and the Na
tionalist bands openly boast that
they will “liberate” the government
trom this
While* the Bavarian-prime minister
was uttering such a threat in a
speech Sunday, five thousand work
ing men paraded in military forma
tion through Leipzig and were greet
ed by trades union leaders as “the
first Leipzig regiment of the red
army.”
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LAWMAKERS PLAN
TO DEFY GOVERNOR
IN OKLA. DISPUTE
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept.
18.—(By The Associated Press.)—
■ A clash between members of the
state legislature and Governor J. C.
Walton over martial law was immi
nent today.
Despite the governor's warning
that he will jail any legislators that
attempt to convene themselves in
extraordinary session, the move
ment for an out-and-out test of the
executive's authority grew and took
I definite form.
Extension of absolute martial law
■ to Muskogee county, one of the more
I important eenters in the eastern halt
of Oklahoma, loomed today as Gov
ernor Walton's next military ma
neuver against the Ku Klux Klan,
which already has encompassed
j the entire state.
I “It is regrettable,” the governor
' said in a telegram to The Mus
j kogee Phoenix, “if, as my secret
| agents have reported, your coni
[ munity is dominated and controilel
iby an organization that would
j usurp all the powers of the civil
authorities and courts in lieu ot
which citizens both innocent and
guilty are summarily seized upon
maimed, beaten and, we believe i‘i
some cases, murdered by hooded
masked mobs. ... I am afraid that
in order to clean up your situation,
we ■will have to take your county
under complete martial law.”
Fairs Threatened
Tn the same message, Govern*)'
Walton spread consternation to
many hearts*by declaring it wornd
be necessary to put off for a time
the annual state fairs at Muskogee
and Oklahoma City in order to»
properly enforce military rule. Pub
lie gatherings of such scope would
entail a violation of military regu
lations under which the cities are
governed which cannot be allowed
the governor said.
Thousands of farmers and dwell
ers in rural communities who make
‘ fair week” their only holiday of
the year will be deprived of their
favorite diversion if the governor’s
threat is carried out. Not only this,
Ralph Hemphill, secretary of the lo
cal fair associaion, said, but finan
cial losses amounting to hundreds of
thousands of dollars will result.
A move is said to he on loot among
business men of the city to attempt
to persuade the governor to refrain
from promulgating an order suspend
ing -the fairs. The local exhibition
is scheduled to start this week, while
that at Muskogee is billed for Octo
ber 11. A military court of inquiry
was launched in Oklahoma City to
day and investigation begun of
masked activities here and in. other
parts of the state which is expected
in some quarters to lead to a demand
for records and other data from state
headquarters here of the Ku Klux
Klan. Governor Walton, in his dec
laration of state wide martial law de
clared that the head and foot of the
organization was in Oklahoma City
and that in order to stamp out the
organization it is necessary to stamp
out its source.
Klan Records Reported Gone
A report said today that records of
the klan have been spirited out of
the state but this found no confir
mation. State officials have main
tained silence since martial law was
proclaimed for the state. Meanwhile,
troops of the Oklahoma national
guard continued to command affairs,
although the civil authorities and
courts are not being interferred
with. Regulations commanding ali
traffic and pedestrians to be off the
streets between midnight and 5 a. m.,
and guards stationed at the state
capitol herfe are the only outward
signs of military occupation.
Machine guns wnich were trained
on the city hall and the county
court-.iouse were struck down late
yesterday when the military returned
jurisdiction over the police depart
ment to the constituted civil author
ities on demand of Mayor CargiL
But few soldiers, and these with
inconspicuous side arms, have been
seen on the streets. Strict censor
ship of all news concerning troop
movement has been ordered here by
the commanding officer.
Creek county, included with Tul
sa and Oklahoma counties in /Gov
ernor Walton’s declaration of abso
lute martial law, has not yet re
ceived official notification that it is
under military rule and no troops
have been mobilized.
Governor Walton is expected to re
turn to Oklahoma City today from
Okmulgee and Henryetta, which he
visited unexpectedly yesterday to
make tko speeches. In both address
es, ne reiterated his intention to
stamp out masked activities end ex
ported his hearers to gather to his
support. He was received enthusias
tically.
"SHOOT TO KILL,’ IS ORDER
FOR POLICEMEN IN IDAHO
LEWISTON, Idaho, Sept. IS. —
The Lewiston city council has
ordered the chief of police and his
men to “shoot and shoot to kill,”
any persons wearing Ironds or garbs
hiding their identity when found in
vading home&-Qr molesting citizens,
in case they resist arrest.
Baby Given Poison
For Candy Is Dead
LAWRENCE, Mass.. Sept. 18.—
Baby George Fahmy, 21 months old,
died today as a result of .being fed
a number of poisonous tablets by
his 4-year-old sister Mary, the little
girl mistaking them for candy, ac
j cording to the police.
The Weather
I Forecast for Thursday; Y’irgini.v
Cloudy and unsettled; no change in
j temperature.
| North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia: Possibility local showers;
no change in temperature.
Florida: Local showers.
Alabama, Mississippi: Cloudy with
local showers; no change in tem
perature.
Tennessee, Kentucky: Unsettled
with probably showers; no change
in temperature.
Louisiana. Arkansas and East
Texas: Partly cloudy, probably scat
tered showers.
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy.
YY’est Texas; Probably cloudy.
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Two Women Killed,
Another Hurt as
Auto Strikes Group
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 18.—Mrs.!
Florence Deboe, 35, and Miss Pearl I
Bushart, 18, were fatally injured,’
and Miss Clara Shearon, 17, was j
less seriously hurt when an au:o-l
mobile said to have been traveling at |
a high rate of speed, plunged into I
a party of women and children re- [
turning from a church near Raleigh,'
a suburb, last night. W. W. Arick I
and L. A. Gilbert were arrested to- I
day and placed in jail to await in- j
vestigation of the accident. Both !
denied Jhat they were in the car j
which struck the women. Mrs. De-1
boe was almost instantly killed. I
Miss Bushart died today. |
According to persons in the party, |
the automobile, after striking the |
three women, turned and repassed I
the crowd on the roadside with its |
lights off. Deputy sheriffs traced the j
car by the tread of the tires in the ;
road for some distance and early |
today placed Arick and Gilbert under |
arrest at Raleigh.
Government to Sue
Bethlehem Plant for
$2,500,000 on Ships
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Failing 1
to reach a settlement by negotiation. I
the shipping board has instructed its j
legal department to prepare suit
against the Bethlehem Shipbiulding
corporation for recovery of about $2,-
500,000 alleged to have been overpaid
under that firm’s war contracts.
If sustained in the courts the point
raised by the board may throw open
for legal reiew scores of war con
tracts involving hundreds of millions
of dollars. In brief, the issue is said
to be whetrer the government can not
limit the amount of profits to be
taken by a corporation or individual
in return for emergency services.
Woman in Perfect
Health Buys Casket;
Then Death Comes
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19.—Mrs.
Kuna Grace, 47 years old, made al!
possible arrangements for her fu
neral two months ago when in per
fect health. The funeral was held
yesterday.
One afternoon in July she set :
out on an unusual shopping tour. 1
She called at an undertaking es-1
tablishment and purchased a casket,
asking the undertaker to keep it ■
until it was wanted. Then she weir,
to a. cemetery and arranged for a
crypt.
Relatives said they believed she
had no thought at the time that
her funeral would be held so soon.
But death came to her, after a
short illness, a. few days ago.
Racing Plane Travels
266 Miles an Hour
MITCHELL FIELD. New York.
Sept. 18.—Crashing through space
as 266 miles an hour, Lt.-Al Wil
liams, navy airplane pilot, set what
is claimed to be a new world’s speed
record in a Curtiss baby racing I
plane here today.
Goodyear Raincoat Free
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Kansas City. Mo., is making an offer to send j
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Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, September 20, 1923
fy— —
Bfiiid Hero Begging
On Streets, Gets Aid
From Belgian King
BRUSSELS, Sept. 18—The blind
i man wearing the ribbon of the Cross
of Yser and the Order of Leopold
j who for some time this summer stood
' on a busy corner asking passersby
I for alms, begs no more.
One day a tall, light-haired man
: with a pronounced stoop of the shoul
j ders and mild blue eyes that hid
I behind thick lenses, stopped to chat
i with the beggar.
“Where were you wounded, com
rade?” he was asked. z '
“On the Y’ser,” he said. “Perhaps
| you were there, that terrible spot
I near the ferryman’s house.” (La
| Maison du Passeur.)
i “Indeed,. l was,” said the stranger
I sadly, “for four long years driven
j from my home and country I was on
' that front and I know every metre
1 of it. But I have better luck than
you. I found my house intact, al-
I though somewhat soiled, upon my
! return, and some of my fortune was
j saved from the wreck. Take this,
i go home and rest for a few weeks.”
Pressing a thousand-franc note in
-1 to the hand of the veteran the man
I walked away.
A few days later, Monsieur Fort-
I homme, minister of national defense,
received a letter calling attention to
the ex-service man’s distress. The
communication led to prompt ac
tion. It was signed: “Albert, King of
the Belgians.”
Pennsylvania’s Two
Senators Withhold
Support for Coolidge
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Sen
; ators Pepper and Reed, of Pennsyl
| vania, accompanied by Secretary
I Mellon, also from Pennsylvania, an
nounced after a conference with
President Coolidge today that they
could not at this time commit them
selves to the support of Mr. Cool
idge for re-nomination in 1924 in
view of the fact that Gov. Pinchot
of Pennsylvania might also become
i a candidate.
In a carefullj’ worded formal
j statement given out upon leaving
; the White House, the two Pennsyl
; vania senators said that they would
I not express their views until they
had seriously considered “what is
I best for the country, what is best
for the state and what is best for
the party.”
Mr. P. W. Pullin,
Banker, Is Dead
1 M’DQNOUGH, Ga.. Sept. 18.—
i Mr. P. W. Pullin died at his home
; at McDonough Tuesday morning at
ill o’clock at the age of 76. L was
I president of the Bank of Henry
' County, having been associated with
I this bank since its organization in
1896. He was also one of the larg-
I est and wealthiest farmers in this
• section.
The funeral will be at McDonough
YVednesday,
Blizzard Cuts Off
’Phone Communication
With Cripple i Creek
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., Sept.
19.—Telephone communication with
the Cripple Creek gold camp, which
was cut off from the outside world
Tuesday by a sudden blizzard, may
be restored today, company officials
said. Three crews of workmen, num
bering one hundred in all, have been
sent into the mountains to repair
the lines put Z out of commission
when 300 poles went down in a
heavy snow storm.
Snow already ha'd fallen to a con
siderable depth in the higher areas,
and it is proposed to lay temporary
lines across the drifts. The town of
Victor, across the gulch from Crip
ple Creek, also was without telephone
communication Tuesday and Tues
day night.
Travel to the summit of Pike’s
Peak was suspended because ot
huge drifts. A rotary snow plow
reached the top late in the day over
the cog road. Drifts more than four
feet deep were encountered.
Former Governor
Os South Carolina Is
Indicted in Bank Case
CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 19
YYTlson G. Harvey, former governor
of South Carolina, and his brother.
H. Lee Harvey, Tuesday were indict
ed by the Charleston county grand
jury on charges of violating the
state banking law in connection
with the failure of the Enterprise
bank here more than a year ago.
Former Governor Harvey was an
officer and director in the bank and
his brother was a director.
The indictment against former
Governor Harvey contains three
counts and that against his brother
four. ’The former governor is charged
with loaning more than one-tenth
of the capital and surplus of the En
terprise bank to a corporation in
which he was personally interested;
borrowing $7,500 from the bank with
utit good security, and approval in
writing of two-thirds of the directors
and loaning money illegally to H.
Lee Harvey.
The indictment against H. Lee
Harvey alleges similar violations of
the law, including a loan to a cor
poration of which he was an officer
and director.
Jacksonville Chosen
As Convention City
Os I. 0.0. F. in ’24
CINCINNATI, 0., Sept. 18.—
Jacksonville, Fla., was selected to
day as the meeting place next year
ot the Sovereign Grand Lodge, I.
O. O. F., and affiliated organiza
tions.
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WOMANCARRIEO ■
STIGALLTO KILLING. 1
WITNESS STATES
Others, on Stand for Prose
cutor, Testify That Hanies
Was Shot While Trying to
Escape '
With his attorneys bitterly contest
ing every move of the prosecution,
Policeman E. C. Stigall sat in Fulton,
superior court YVednesday, during
the second day’s session of his trial
for the murder of W. H. Mames, a
I private detective, and heard numer
ous state's witnesses testify that he
shot Hames down as the latter was
j running away from him, firing a
bullet into the stricken man’s back.
At the morning session the state
I used its every resource in an attempt
Ito prove that when Stigall met
I Hames, J. H. Kirk and Ernest Stan
ton, at Courtland and Houston
streets, on the evening of August 17,
he had in his mind the deliberate
purpose of killing one or all ot’ them.
In support*of this theory the state
put W.- H. Lancaster, of Decatur, on
the stand, to testify that after the
I shooting Stigall said to him:
“Three met on
| this corner to frame me. I think I
I got one of them, but I wish to God
I had got them all.”
Mr. Lancaster’s testimony came
; just before noon and had been pre
ceded by statements from a number
of eyewitnesses to the effect that
Stigall had shot Hames in the back
as the latter was running away from
him and in a crouching position,
holding his hands above his head.
Death threats against the three
men, alleged to have been made by
i Stigall on the morning of the day
lof the shooting, were testified to
Iby Ernest Stanton when he was
Placed on the stand just before the
j noon recess.
“I met Stigall in Cleburn avenue,*
j Stanton declared. “He accused me
of trying to frame him, and said he
saw nie with Kirk and Hames at a
negro house in Fraser street the day
before. 1 admitted I was there, and
told him I knew nothing of any ef
fort to frame him. ‘You are a liar,’
Stigall told me. ‘The next time I see
the three of you, I am going to kill
every one of you.’ ”
Surprise Sprung
Testimony to the effect that a
‘hght-haired woman” drove the
closed car in which Policeman E. C.
Stigall rode to Courtland and Hous
ton streets just prior to the fatal
snooting of Hames, was given by
Mrs. George Glazner, of 81 Houston
street, the first witness galled at the
second - day’s session pf 'the Stigall
trial Wednesday.*
Mrs. Glazner said she saw s
closed car drive up In Houston
street and saw a man get out and
cross to where three other men
were talking on the corner. She
said the man who left the automo
bile did the shooting.
"The woman driver had light hair
and wore no haj,” Mrs. Glazner
testified.
Do you know if her name was
Dora Battey?” Solicitor Boykin
asked.
Question Ruled Out
Judge Humphries refused to allow
the witness to answer this question
when defense counsel objected on
the grounds that it was leading.
Mrs. Glazner testified that she
only saw the last shot fired, al
though she heard the others. She
said the last shot was fired into
Mr. Hames’ back, while the other
two men were running down the
street.
Dr. O. B. Bush, of the Grady hos
pital staff, was the second witness.
He testified he examined Hame/
body and that the latter was shot
three times, once in the head, once
I in the back and one bullet .Went en
tirely through his body”, ranging
from the left side to thgj’iright.
On cross-examination,” Dr. Bush
said he judged the second shot was
fired into Hames’ back'by the.rela
tive size of the wound where the
bullets entered and feft the body,
testifying that the opening at the
front was the larger of the two.
Widow in Tears
Solicitor Boykin asked Dr. Bush
i to identify a blood-stained coat as
i the garment worn by Hames when
jhe was brought to the hospital. As
| the garment was exhibited Mrs.
Hames, the widow of the dead man,
wept softly.
Dr. W. Hancock, also of Grady
hospital staff, corroborated Dr.
Bush’s testimony as to the nature
and location of the three wounds.
George T. Billings, of the Lamar
i & Rankin Drug Co., testified that
Ihe saw the whole affray from a
| street car window. He swore that
I Stigall killed Hames as “Hanies was
' running away from him in a
I crouching position, holding both
I hands to his head as if to protect
I himself.”
Billings testified that after Stigall
i fired' six shots as fast as he could
I pull the trigger he again leveled his
: revolver at Hames and snapped it
Says Stigall Reloaded
; YVhen the gun did not fire, h«
; said, Stigall reloaded it. As the pis
i tol was reloaded, he testified a
: young man stepped up to Stigall
I and patted him on the back in a
I congratulatory manrer.
Solicitor Boykin then called J. M.
I Wallace, an automobile salesman,
I into the cqurtroom, and Wallace
■ was identified as the man who pat
i ted Stigall on the back.
On cross-examination Attorney
j Howard tried to shake Billings’ story
i that Stigall fired into Hames’ back
as the latter was running away.
I The witness, however, stuck tp his
I original statement.
That Stigall was anticipating trou
ble and had threatened within thirty
minutes prior to the shooting to use
his pistol was testified to by G. C.
Lankford, manager of a drug store
at 110 1 atur street, only a short
distance from the scene of the shoot
ing.
Lankford said that Stigall came*
into his drug store in company with
j a young man between 5 and 5:30
o’clock the afternoon of the shootin.
He said he heard Stigall, in a con
versation ..ith the young man. say:
"These threA fellows framed up and
sent three men lo the chair ig, lut
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