Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, February 06, 1907, Image 1
and News
VOL. v. NO. 186
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1907.
price:
WITNESS SWEARS STANFORD WHITE
THREATENED LIFE OF HARRY K. THAW
Delmas Is in Charge
of the De
fense.
LAWYER GLEASON
TAKES BACK SEAT
The Other Thaw Attorneys
Threatened to Strike
9t Once.
Ocoooooooooonoooooooooooog
o WOMEN IN THAW CASE
O OCCUPY PRIVATE ROOM. O
New York. Feb. (.—Mr*. WII- O
o <m, accompanied by the count***
O of Yarmouth and Mr* George L. O
□ t arnegi* hta slaters. arrived at O
o the criminal court building abort- t>
O Iv before court opened - today. O
o o*in* to the fact that they are o
O m be called a* wltneaae*. they O
o were not permitted to enter the O
o court room, but were uahered Into O
0 an adjacent room, which ha* been O
O turned over to them. All three O
O women were heavily veiled. O
aoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
New York. Feb. (.—Attorney Delphln
in abiolute charge of Harry K. Thaw**
n*ht for life. He waa (elected after the
big array of logal talent (truck again*'
the continuation of John B. Gleason a*
chief active counsel.
At a stormy conference Deltna*,
o’Rellly, Hart ridge, Penpody and Me-
Pike threatened to. withdraw from the
rase If Gleason was not relegated to a
position of leas'Importance.
In consequence, he will act In future
tlmply In an advisory capacity.
Gleason Is Critlolsed.
Gleason waa acvsrsly criticised for
the manner In which he ptoeented the
irgument tor the defense to the Jury.
Ills action in permitting Dr. Wiley to
l* stje^foned, as an expert was aleo
commented up
upon. Instead of proving
to be a gobd witness for the slayer of
HtanTord White, the expert turned out
to be less than a material witness
The meaner,In which District Attor
ney Jerome gritted him on ernes,exam.
mutlon turned the part he played In
the trial Into a fiasco. Hla testimony
it Is believed. Injured Thaw severely In
~ he Jufor*
»y*s qf the
A second conference of tbe lawyers
i- held at Mr. Hnrtrldge's office prior
me opening of court today. Mi
• ■i.on was the ft ret to arrive. None
f those Interested would discuss the
DISTRICT AT
He has demonstrated that hs Is t
3RNEY JEROME.
’ bit a match for th* learned esunsel
meeting, but It Is said It was for the
burpore of outlining the future plan of
action.
Calibrated as Lawyer. •
Lawyer Iselmaa la one of the nost
celebrated attorney* of the West. Ho
l* known as a great advocate of the
"unwritten law” as a defense In cer
tain Instances, and has been unsuully
successful In defending some exceed
ingly difficult criminal cases.
He hits rarely met with failure, and
In- resource* seem limitless. HI* very
milliner Is Impressive, and he has the
reputation of possessing one of tlt-
keenest minds In the legal profession In
tid» country.
" lien It was announced that he hit I
been employed In the Thaw case It wo*
I'i'irteil he was to receive a fee of
ll'io.ofio. He took up hi* residence In
New York several months ago In order
lout t,e might devote hi* entire lime to
preparing himself for the Thaw trial.
Harry Thaw Surrenders.
Jim before the trial betfan today
luiwcera. Hurt ridge and Peabody left
tin curt room hurriedly and croaaed
by a private untrance to the
Tomb* to consult with Harry Thaw.
It I- said that they carried Thaw an
ultimatum from Mr. Delmaa to the ef
fect tb*t he (Delmaa) would under no
J irummtancee play second fiddle to
lawyer Dleuaon or any other member
or the naff of counsel,
h appear* that Mr. Delmaa and his
laic. Mr. McPtke, decided that
'icv would have to be th* dominant
lot'I* of Thaw'B defense or els* they
• II 1 retire from the case. Thl* was
t ,1 to Thaw and the prisoner agreed
Mr. Gieaaon as chief attorney.
FOUR SHOT DOWN
IN LINE AT PAY CAR?;
TtNORY ITALIAN USES 8UN
New York. Feb. 6.—Gabriel Ferrara,
an Italian aged 37. today 3hot. four
men who were standing In line outside
the pity car of the New York Central
road at Vanderbilt avenue and Forty-
flfth street Just above the Grand Cen
tral station. Ferrara was shovec. from
Ihr line in jest lie went home, got a
revolver and when shoved from the
line again, turned hla gun loose on the
line of men. He tired four shots and a
man fell at each shot.
A trainman named Jonea waa killed
Insiaktly.
Anthony Cenoty. aged :7, was shot In
the left shoulder.
Rufus Ayres was shot through the
kidney and died on Ihe way to the hos
pital.
Edward Tompkins, shot not located;
Is at Flower Hospital.
AMERICAN AGENT LEAPS
FROM CLIFF TO DEATH
Union. however. Thaw said.
HU be retained In an advisory
Following tbe delivery of
. - • UIO UXIIVSI J
,"Ultimatum" to Thaw, Daniel
Kl ■»>' announced that th# Californian
“'"‘i'. mivted Gleason today.
Jsroms Citss a Cass.
"""'let Attorney Jerome started the
>'"-"hug* by announcing the reault of
•it- researches over night In regard to
't'o'stbm of adducing evidence to
i 1 a- hereditary Insanity from the fact
' "uatn of the defendant's fath-
■ insane. He cited the case of the
•i ra Wood In tills Instance the
on- ,.f insanity was presented.
'"' nmn was on trial charged with
r 'he Aral degree. The de-
showed the prisoner was suffer-
a disordered mind because of
or turd received oa the head
.in in with which his father had
n i hopping wood.
''suits were not responilve to
the dletrict attorney, ra
nt ui ? case. “Symptoms of In-
, r " hu h had been claimed In olh-
, r "If found. Now, If your hon-
Ds | mss Offer* Interruption.
’ Url ’"“" l Jumpiftg to hie feet and
t.-ad instead of Oteaaon. In-
suggest that the • witness he
he stand and tha question
Continued on Pag* Four.
London. Feb. S.-The Central New*
correspondent at Vlennn any* 'hai a
dispatch from Constantinople an
nounces that a representative of Ihe
American consulate there commlAfed
suicide by leaping Into the sea from a
cliff. 100 feet high. The body has been
recovered, ; ! :
The suicide la supposed to have been
Felix Garbo, the consular agent of the
United Stales at Rons. Hla death by
a fall from a bridge was reported yes
terday:
JEROME BOMBARDS*EXPERT
WITH TECHNICAL PHRASES
New York. Feb. 6—Even the cloaeat friends of District Attorney Je
rome were amazed yesterday at his remarkable technical knowledge gf
medical matters, especially with respect to Ineanlty oases. While Dr.
C c Wiley, of Pittsburg, an Insanity expert, wa* on the stand for th#
lafnns,. Mr Jerome hurled volleys of technical questions at ths witness.
„ times - It mute, and nt other limes declared he could not answer,
nr gave evasive replies. The district attorney demonstrated the care
with which nc mm |..v,
Thaw's counsel have entered In his behalf.
WILL SAY HE SAVED
THAW FROM WHITE
.Mas*.. Feb. (.-A friend of
Walter Scott, better known «« "Hcot-
..... ,|„. Death Valley miner, has re-
.I’lvril word that Scott Is now on 111*
"... testify nt the Thaw trial. Scon.
u . h 'o I- expected to arrive In New lork
'day Is said to have been present at
Edison Square R.mf Garden Inst win-
ter. and. according to Ms story, waa
the means of preventing Btanfnrd
While from killing Harry Thaw, and
now has the revolver whlrh White In
tended to use. He elalma that While
appeared at the Ganlen one night, and.
meeting Hcotty. said he waa going to
kill Thaw. He claims he ha* two wit
nesses In New York who were present
at the time.
IN MU
IS
Movement A g a i ,n s t
Great White Plague
Is Begun.
The movement for a great tuberculo.
•It sanitarium will be formally and
forcefully launched Thursday afternoon
at a masting of prominent Atlantans.
Dr. George Brown, president of tha
American Anti-Tuberculosls League,
realising the great need of action In
the cheeking of tha great plague, has
Invited twenty-five well-known clll-
sens of Atlanta to meet with him In th*
office of Mayor Joyner at 1 o'clock
Thursday sftsrnoon.
The purposu of this preliminary
masting la to start a movement tor
of tuberculosis patient* The first step
will probably be the calling of a msaa
mealing to b* held as soon as practica
ble. at which th* people, already
aroused to the necessity of action, will
decide on the methods of securing this
itanltarlum.
The alarming growth of tuberculosis
and lbs dread results, as well as th*
great and crying, need of definite Im
mediate action, were depicted In the
editorial columns of The Oeorgtan and
News several days ago. Thl* followed
by the call In The Georgian and News
for a sanitarium, has fully awaksnsd
ths people of this section to ths actual
conditions which confront them.
those who will attend ths
Mayor Joy-
ner ahd Dr. R. _
It Is Ihe belief of Dr Brown thot
Atlanta, on account of her high altt-
tude. la oa suitable a place for tha
treatment of tutarcploals as AahevlUt,
It Is belltved that the movement tot
a tuberculosis sanitarium will meat
with the Hearty accord and approval
of the whole state, and a sum can be
raised fit a few weeks by Intellla
effort of capable and trustworthy man
to build awl equip a sanitarium to
accommodate hundreds of patient*
The preliminary details will
worked out at the meeting Thursday,
and a call for a larger meet lag will be
made.
Girls Leaped
From Flames
Philadelphia, Pa., Fab. 6.—Twenty
glrla, employed In Isadora Weinberg**
■hlrt waist factory nt 2147 North 8ev*
•nth atreet. Jumped from the third
atory window* to enenne death In n
Are that wrecked the place today. AH
■uatalned alight guta and bruleea.
He Still Loves
Both Women
Rlverhrad. L. I.. Feb. ( James W.
Simpson, the dentist on trial charged
with the murder of his falher-ln-law,
Bartley T. Horner, denied on tbe stand
that he Intentionally shot Horner. H-<
waa rlranlng ths gun, he said, when It
was accidentally exploded.
Simpson said that In (pile of lilt that
has happened, he still loves hla wife
and his mother-in-law, both of whom
appeared on Ihe stand against him as
witnesses for the prosecution.
Snow Delays
Gotham Traffic
WANT ST A TE PROHIBITION
BUT ARE CONSER VA TIVE
CLAUSE IN SALOON LICENSES
• SHOWS FEAR OF PROHIBITION
That aaloon keepers In Atlanta fear that a prohibition movement
may close their places of business, end that they are guarding against
financial loss In such a contingency, Is shown by ths form la whlrh lasses
iif being drawn for itloorii.
To tha ordinary printed blank Isasa used for business property
In ths event that any prohibition law goes Into street in Atlanta the
lessee has ths right to cancel this lease by giving ninety days' notice."
SHERIFF HAS SKIPPED;
SHORTAGE OF $25,000
EMBARRASSES COUNTY
eperial IS tbs Oesrgtea 111.000. His whereabouts Is unknown.
Wilmington. N. c„ Feb. ••—Further owing to Aman's alleged defalcation.
Wilmington. N. c„ r#b. (.—Further
Investigation Into the affairs of A. W.
A man. tha alleged defaulting sheriff
and treasurer of Sampson county. In
dicates his shortage to bo In excess of
ths county Is unable lo meet Its cur
rent expanses end to pay the vouchers
of ths public school teschars
MOTHER KEEPS WATCH
OVER BODY OF HER SON
FOR A RETURN TO LIFE
Special to Tha Georgian.
Memphis, Tenia, Fsb. 1—With the
mourners assembled, tbs priest waiting
at tha church and ths undertakers
Iji irf imp! ^ cloee IhfBBlh lid btt Mb Tg1^~
forever, the funeral of Walter last*
who was found “dead" on Monday, was
Interrupted at his parents' horns this
morning.
“Ths funeral must stop. I do not
believe my boy Is dead,” cried ths
weeping mother, Mrs. Albert lsele, and
the burial was called off. Mrs. lsele
waa almost hysterical.
"I do not believe hs Is deed," she
sobbed, “and I could never rest easy
for the thought that hs might be buried
alive."
The undertaker persisted that the lad
was dead, but a family council was
held and supported the mother's de
rision.
Tha coffin remains la tha parlor
the lsele home on Mississippi avenue,
with ths mothsr sitting at Its elds, firm
In ths ballet that bar boy will return
to Ilfs
Ths boy, who was II years old, was
found Ufslsss ln a roomlnghouae on
Kiln street Monday 'morning. Dr. D.
1' Hall pronounced him dead, as a re
sult of asphyxiation, although a com
panion had slept with the boy and da-
dared this to b* Impossible. Young
Issls's flesh remained pink and tbs hue
of the face was that of a living par
son. Dr. B. O. Henning, a prominent
physician, conflrmad Dr. Hall's stats-
msnt that ths lad waa dead of gas
poisoning.
Bines then no change has taken place
In ths color of the boy's skin and there
Is no sign of decomposition.
The parents refuse to have an au-
r performed and tha body will be
until signs of death are observed.
— ,b«l|sve the W ta lying In a
SEABOARD’S MAN A GER
TALKS ABOUT M. D. & S.
Denies Knowlege
That Big System
Owns Little One.
W. A. GARRETT.
Vice president and (snsral manager
of Seaboard and director of M„
D. A 8.
New York. Feb. Cold feather still
holds Ihe city In Its grip. Lost nlghl
It turned colder, making the work of
removing the snow practically Impos
sible. Traffic I* yet delayed. All car
llms blocked and trains are running
behind time.
WAITED FOR CHANGE
AND COP GOT HI
,, u.<h1 of trying to pile" "
„ n Dr. Will Carnes, of the
*' h . nEIrv ilrtn of Carnes * Carnes,
voterln.t > „„ ,,hue man. was
W J , T'liv'rinV-d av inornlng by Pollr*
•« «>•
1 * ''' ... Is'lun."
v.iunx while man. wa*
;,|av morning by Police
police s'
The check wa* drawn on Ihe Neal
Loan anil Bunking Company and hare
the alleged signature of Elliott's fathc;.
Elliott presented the check to Dr.
Carnes to pay a debt of (MO.
Dr Carnes suspected something
wrong and told Elliott to wait In Ihe
office ur.tll he could go tu the bank
und get the check cashed, ptrjendlng
he had no change at hand. Wnll* El
liot waited, the bank officials pro
nounced the signature a forgery, and
officer Coker was summoned. Instead
of getting bis change, Elliot, who had
waited patiently, waa confronted by the
uniter and taken lo the police station.
WOODWARD TO REPLY
TO JUDGE HILLYER
Colonel Park Woodward, genet. >1
manager of the Atlanta waterworks,
will reply lo the atalemenls by Judg-
Oeorge Hlllyer relative lo the depart
ment made In a speech to council Mun-
day. at ihe meeting of the water boer I
at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
The board will go Into executive
session when ths reply of ths grneral
umnuzer Is made. Colonel Woodward
"If the Seaboard railroad owns the
Mnron. Dublin and ftavanndh road, I
don't know anything about It," said W.
Garrett, vice president and general
manuger of ths Rsaboard. who arrived
In Atlanta Tuesday morning from Ha-
vannah. together with C. H. Illx. gen
eral superintendent.
“I am only a director of Ihe Macon,
Dublin and Bavannah. Mr. Walter,
president of the Seaboard, la also presi
dent of the Macon. Dublin and Bavan
nah. The management or that road is
entirely separate and dletlnct. and so
fsr as I know will remain that way.
James T. Wright Is still vice president
and general manager."
Grneral Manager Garrett was aske.l
about the reported Intention of con
necting Macon and Atlanta and th-
Macon. Dublin and Bavannah with the
Meabonrd. but he denied knowing any
thing of any such Intention.
•if It la true," said Mr. Garrett, "the
officials of Ihe Macon, Dublin anil Hn-
vannah would be Ihe only ones to an
swer your question."
The effort lo fleer up possible con
nection between the Heabourd and the
Macon. Dublin and Bavannah ended
here. Mr. Oarretl said thai hla visit
Mouth had nothing to do with the meet
ing of Ihe directors of the Mucon, Dub
lin and Bavannah In Macon Monday
afternoon; tbat he waa here merely on
one of his visits ami for Ihe purpose of
getting acquainted and looking Into the
condition of Ihe system.
Anti-Saloon League
Holds State Con
vention.
CARRY NATION
PAYS A VISIT
Delegates Gather Prom All
Over Georgia for Big
Meeting.
"Rabat, BtaUs, Anhsusar-Bu.ch,
Budwslser. Roosevelt—they are th*
great Immoral force* of th* age."
So stated Mrs. Carry Nation Wed
nesday morning at th* opening ot tha
tint annual convention of the Georgia ■
Anti-Saloon League.
With an attendance of something
over a hundred enthusiastic members
of th* league from all parts of the stats, i
President W. R. Hammond called th*
convention to order, In Wesley Memo- j
rial church shortly after 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
A ton* of uncompromising antago
nism to the liquor trafllo was praam- j
lent, but mixed with It * solid con-!
asrvatlam lo confer and (dries to-
gather as to the best methods of fight- '
lag. From ths general tenor ef tbs j
iUv ■ 011 VI Ml LYIHJ1
meeting, It la apparent that than la no
targe sentiment favorable to briafitag 1
—savuiMig tw pnngini *
on a general slat* B«sHs» - *---
Th* i
rid reading by Rev. M. J. Cotar, '(el-,
lowed with tha singing of th* grand I
old hymn, "AU Hall th* Power of Jeans'
Name." A tender prayer was offered
by Dr. A. T. Spalding.
President Hammond (peek*
In bis remarks President Hammond
-sill that the leo«uo should bend all Its 1
efforts to secure practical result* but'
that wisdom and conservatism should
be the guiding light* He said It waa
not always wise to jump Into a general t
prohibition election, nor beet to do only
what some might advocate.
He eeld that In hla JMsmeat ttas bast
-Tarn
i at this Ilia* i«
. . Ua* hot sinara-
i oa tha line laid down.
the solution of the qusetlon. bat ir not.
wo can go back to the battle with re-
centrals Itself on the effort to get I
next legislature to pass a bill to rill
tha saloons.
Mayer Pro Tam. Qullllan.
On behalf of the city ]
tlon In a short but rigorous address.
Hs said that Atlanta controlled the
liquor traffic better than any city la
the country.
"Wf are anxious lo retain tha saloon
keeper as a ctttasn, but wa would be '
glad to loss the business be ta la.
Everybody In Atlanta knows that If '
1 could abolish saloons with a stroke of .
my pen I would unhesitatingly write. ’
•Go.’" 1
Reports Not All In
But Damage Not
Feared.
That ragged edge of the bllsaard that
has the North frozen up I* still hang
ing over Atlantu. but so far the Indi
cations are that—
The peach crop's safe.
Weather Forecaster Msrbury doesn't
think the fruit that wasn't turned into
a lemon during the last frees* will b*
hurt much by Ihe present cold snap.
This Is because there hasn't been
enough warm weather sine* that time
lo help bring out the bud*
Of course there will probably be
some damage, but a wholesale slaugh
ter of the crop Is not likely at pres
ent.
has understood certain statements of
Judge Hlllyer to rrfiect on ihe com
petency of the men tn charge of Die
waterworks, end he will reply accord
taxi.’.
Buie Entomologist R. 1. Hmlth has
not yet heard from all sections of lha
state regnrdlng the present freeze, but
reports he Has received do not Indicate
that considerable damage has been
done.
It ulll probably not be warmer until
Thursday, and even then II will be
something like freealng, unless Ihe
weather g<als have put up a Joke on
Forecaster Marbury. In hie official
forecast he says:
"Partly cloudy Wednesday nlghl
ant Thursday: warmer Thursday."
At ( o'clock Wednesday morning the
thermometer registered 21.7 degrees
and It will he below freeilng Wednes
day nlghl. From prtsenl indications It
does not look as If (here will be tiny
of those balmy day* of January com
ing litis nay for awhile, anyway.
The temperature* Wednesday were;
..23 degrees,
degrees.
lock a. m.
s o'clock a. m..
# o'clock a. m.
0 o'clock * in..
1 o'clock a. nt..
I o'clock noon..
1 o'clock p. in..
2 o'clock pm..
.. 25 degree*.
. .21 degrees.
..32 degree*
..It degree*
.. !• degree*.
.. 39 degrees.
Marquand’t Daughter Weds.
London. Feb. (.—Alan, the son of
Admiral Bir John Fullerton, was mar
ried at 8t. Margarets church. West
minster. this afternoon, to Alice, the
daughter of the tale Frederick Ma"-
qtmnd, of New York.
For the churches of th* city Rev. C. t
C. Jarrell dellvsred a moat eloquent
*dtires* He qoutefi Henry Grady at ,
length. Mr. Jarrell arid that In a
communication solicited by a local pa
per on th* riot question th* blue pencil I
we* used freely where he attacked the i
whisky Interests.
Georgian Standa fer Right
Mr. F. U Seely, proprietor of The
Georgian and Newt* waa unavoidably ,
detained by buslnes* but Colonel John ;
Temple Graves spoke tor the Atlanta ,
business men. Colonel Graves ax- I
pressed regret at tha clrcumstanoea I
that prevented Mr. Beely from bring ,
present, bnt ha wished to extend to the
league the assurance tbat Th# Oeorgtan
and Newa stood for the htghsr. cleaner,
purer thing* of life. That whlta the
paper might disagree with them In
eeme thlnge advocated, that lie columns
were always opan lo any communica
tions submitted.
"And." turning toward Mr. Jarrell.
“I assure you that tha blue pencil will
never be used on any solicited com
munication In any paper of which 1 am
editor, because It advocates prohibi
tion."
This remark met with vigorous ap
plause.
Mr* Carry Nstisn Appsar*
While Colonel Grave* was speaking,
Mr* Carry Nation, under the eecott of
a young man, walked Into the chapel
and took a east well toward the front.
The delegatee to tha convention eyed
her askance at flraL but when on Invi
tation she are** to make a few remarks
■he waa cheered. Mr* Nation drove
straight to th* point. She doesn't waste
any time In preliminaries or getting at
the meat of things. Among other
thing* aha arid:
"God Almighty Is a politician. There
nr* Juet two parties—God's and the
devil's. Too are althar on one side or
the other. I love tha word prohibition
because the devil hates tt.
"My business ta to be a terror to evil
doers, and you will have to admit that
I am tolerably active at It.
"I am a prohibitionist. 1 am also an
annlhllatlnnlat ' r —
"There ta a work* man than the tar
keeper. It ta th* man behind th* tar
keeper.
Wen Mush Applause.
"Thu bitterest foe to th* country la
the Republican party" here she squelch -
ed an Inclptant bit of a pi pause by add
ing. "but th* Democrats would be just
as tad It they had the same opportu
nity. jv &jA
"The ballot box la a public telephone
through which you tell the people of th*
Continued eit Peg* Feu*