Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, February 08, 1907, Image 5

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lkK ATLA>: IA UidOHOiAN ANli !NEn o. FEBRUARY CLEARANCE kui whs mi TO MEET 33 y, Discount on all Overcoats and Roh Coats. 25 % Discount on all Winter Suits. Centinued from P«I* One., centurlee ehrad, I era Anlehed. With regard* sincerely. “H. K. .THAW." Nothing to Livo For. Another letter rood to follow*; "Door Longfellow: lneloood le check. Wuren le better, but le oufferlng from imaginary wrong*. Pleaoe tend at to. tnorrow'o writing a 110 bill and later (to. 1 have nothing to live for.” The neit letter waa la there word*, aaid Mr. Oelmae: "Found many Ptttaburgera on train. Mr. and Mr*. Carnegie ohottld be loving olater and brother-in-law. 1 am *o glad you aay dreaa la pretty. I wi»h I knew you would alwaya be ready to wear It. Please mall the ring quick I ahould wear It at Joe'a wedding. I have aomethlng Important to tell you. You are hypnotised, I think, but you meant no wrong. You are unlucky enough, but I don't want you to worry. I hope that If there la a heaven, your poor aoul.wlll go there. About the pres ent. 1 got It mostly for her. to please L THE GUARANTEE CLOTHING CO. 8 and 10 Peachtree Street. HOOD MAJORITY FOR PROHIBITION »:*.•:*> I" The GeorgiaD. ' _ ij-.u win, Go, Fah. I.—Terrell county ■ today numbered among the "dry" counties of Georgia. u result of the election held at til.- various precincts In this county Veterday. the famous "Terrell county dtsjiensnry" waa voted out of exlatence to » majority vote of 1(0 In favor of K'.hlbition. WeNT TO PAY WASHERWOMAN, BUT NEVER RETURNED. I pedal to The Georgian. Brletol, Tenn.. Feb. (.—Harry K. Kent, aged 15 yeara, and a member of a corps of engineers on the South and Western railway, has been missing from the corps headquarter* since January 27. He said he was going out to pay hta washerwoman w hen he left, having Just received his salary allowance. His personal effect* are all In th* I camp and his disappearance Is shroud ed In ‘ * * got ___ .. . know 1 have always been perfectly (jonegt with you. Tod know I have always treated you with respect and nlwaya believed you bonaaL—Now, you know J have never deceived, and your trust was never bvtrag*d.'iw» let your heart feel there Is :S«3nire: ,;~ "I-Never Lied to Yev.” ‘Now. you know something about ‘faithful unto death and' be young' would be good for both him and her. Give my regards to Roan and Edna. You begged me not to, so 1 have seen no young tfdtes. but I have seen a lot of men. Shall I till you something In three weeks you have got a reputa tion as ‘dangerous.’" Another letter read as follow*: "Tgke back about El IA Only 1 un derstand and therefore respect you th- same. You are going to places and In eight months will be gone morally, mentally and dishonorably. "Ob, you know I had never had any dope In my life. I-never lied to you. I to forget you should have Alone 1 can't settle flown Beside*. 1- have no one to live for. Twlebl bad to lews the table so they Identifies Handwriting. "Is Howard at school? Who pays? Your mother must true! her friend who ruined your birthright as a young lady, and made your father's honor a by word. 1 could have been your friend and would have stood by you loyally with- it expecting ahy reward." Mr. Jerome here showed peri of the letter to Evelyn. She scrutinised 1‘. carefully and Identlfled It ae In the handwriting of Thaw. Mr. Delmae then continued reading "Twice I had to leave the table so they could not see. I am not responsi ble. Every story le a fake except one. I saw those Itttere. They are hideous. ])ut I can t say 1 care one bit. You know me better-than anybody. If you don't trust me there le no hope for mu. "Don't Drink' Champagne.' am changed’now. but not In hon- eaty. not In truth, faithfulness nor courage. Promise ine one thing: Don't drink any champagne. I am too poor and must Jive at home. Of cows*, if you get In trouble I can get lota of money and that would do lots of harm.' This waa the end of the letter. After the reading of these letters the exami nation of Evelyn wee then resumed. She Told Thaw Everything. Mr. Delma* asked: g. Did you at any tlme^leUMr. Thaw Overcoats Fall and Winter 1906-1907 Models. The most pronounced and popular styles and newest fabrics now “selling at a saying’* of 25 per cent. Eiseman Bros. ’ Garments are the recognized Standard of Style. • This special mid-winter sale presents an economy feature at an opportune time. Light weight, medium and heavy -Overcoats and Cravenettes. A variety that makes choosing unconditional. 25 Per Cent Reduction also applies on Men’s, Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s mixed color suits. All departments in the “Big Store’’ are marshalled into the price reducing rank, including Underwear, Neckwear, Shirts and Hosiery. EISEMAN BROS. 11-13-15-17 Whitehall, Baltimore, Md. ATLANTA. Washington, D. C. Agonts in Atlanta Haas Sheas for Man and Boys. Dr. Deimtl Linen Meeh Underwear. Stuttgartar Sanitary Undarwaar. and hla disappearance la anroua- - , (f , th w (,ich mystery. Foul play le suspected. | of the episode in )our me ONE YEAR OLD == STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF TheCenlRilBaiilcailTrustCbrpDratiMi At the Close of Business February 5, 1907. RESOURCES. leans and Discounts .. .$1.46:1,420.33 Demand Loans 132,204.59 Furniture and Fixtures.. 7,296.83 Stocks and Bonds 85,406.83 Overdrafts 1,015.67 CASH— 1" Vault.. . .$170,618.69 With banks. 597,550.18— $768,168.87 $2,457,512.63 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock $<>00,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits (net) 50,369.46 DEPOSITS— individual.$1,109,647.18 Banks 797,495.99—$1,907,143.17 $2,457,512.63 We have everv facility for conducting a modern Trust and Banking busi- iud by following our usual broad and conservative policy, expect to large ly increase our first year’s record. ... . . Wc invite you to call and discuss banking arrangements. Hour per cent compound interest paid deposit* in our Saving. Do- Our W S «“ d —» •» toe Same OFFICERS: W-H. PATTERSON, Vice A !res?dent D^OWENS^AM^CMh JNO. S. OWENS, Vice Pres. ___ Wm ’ D ' 0Wt 8 ’ A *• TRUSTEES: 1 v •A0* l NORMAN C. MILLER. EUGENE .R v BLACK. . D - JONES, B - DANCY, ISAAC H. HIRSCH, WMVM. NIXON, J. P. WILLIAMS. CHARLES G. CO( OR. J. SCOTT TODD. ASA G. CANDLER. WM. H. PATTERSON, JNO. S. OWENS. The Central Bank and Trust Corporation. Mr. White waa connactad from Novem ber. IMS, when you arrived In New York, down to Christmas eve. of the same year? A. Not then. Q. Did you ever tell him of It? ... I came In October from Europe near the end of the month. Q. Did you ever tell him about any thing that related to Mr. White and Ir. Hummel? A. No, not at that time. Q. Did you tell him at any time about ?, A. Oh yee. > White Still Pursued Her. Q. Be kind enough to state what you told him In the early pari of 11(1? A. I told him that one day shortly after 1 arrived 1 waa driving dAwn Broadway with my maid and we met BtanMnl White. When he eaw me he got nut of hla cab and Into ours and aaldi “Oh little Evelyn," with a very surprised look on hie face. He called me on the ‘phone later end asked me If I would not see him. I eald “No." I did not know what to say. He wanted to come and see me at one*. I said l could not see him. He eald he was having a great deal of trouble with my family and I said 1 would go to the Savoy to **Q. h \?'hat did he do? A. He triad to klsa me and I would not let him. 1 told him I had only come because he had told me he had trouble with my family. He Talked About Thaw. Q. What else did he aay? A. He told me Harry Thaw took morphine and I eald he did not, and he said he knew he did. Then I eald: "No, that Is not so." We talked a good deal more, but I don't remember about what. He also sent people up to.see me and they told me stories about the bath tub. g. Tell us what you told Mr. Thaw that these people told you? A. Those are the stories that had been told me about him and that I have already told. g. Had the people been sent by White? A. Not dlreetly, but I toll Mr. Thaw that Mr. White could send people, to me who could tell me of Mr. They Went to See Lawyer. g. Tou told him that after that. Ml'. White had called repeatedly at your hotel? A Yes, and I told him that I did not want to sea him any more. Then Mr. White telephoned to me aome time about the first of October, 1(05, to drive down Broadway to Twentieth street, and »hcn 1 got there Mr. White got Into the currlage. He said he was going to see a great lawyer, whose name was Abraham Hummel. He eald he tdas the slickest lawyer In Nett York city. We drove to Mr. Hummel's of- flee. ' ”1 think hr went In by a aide en trance and a man showed ue Into Mr. Hummel's office," eald Mrs. Thaw "After a few moments. Mr. White went away and Mr. Hummel told me how be got divorces for people. Thrti he aaked me to tell all about myaalf. He aeked me how I had met Harry Thaw In Parle. I told him I was very 111 and had gone there with my mother. The doctor had told me I could not dan.-e for a year and I had to stay abroad for my health. Then he asked me where I had traveled with Harry Thaw and I told hint In London and other parte of Europe. Then he shook hla head ami said: ‘You are a minor and you should not be away from your mother.' I lol.l him I loved Mr. Thaw. Then he ask->d me about our trip end I told him as much ae I could remember. Wanted Thaw Kept Away. He said Thaw was a very bad man and he had had a case against him In hla office for several yeara. He told me' the woman In the rase wee a bail woman." g. Did he give you Ihe natffi< of that woman? A Yes >•» told me about It. Then he told me again that lttiry' Thaw waa a very hod man, and that I. waa necessary for him to keep Harry Thaw out of New York. He was anx ious to keep him out of New York, so he eald I must be guided by his advice. Then he called In a man who sat down at the desk. I cried—I think I did. "Then Mr. Hummel dictated to lil< man and he made me say 1 was carried off by Herr>' Thaw against my w III and made me hold up my hand." Jerome objected to tailing about the affidavit, but the wttnaaa was allowed to continue. g. Proceed with w|mt was done at Mr. Hummel's office, but only In so far v.,u told It to Mn Thaw. A. I told him Mr. Hummel said a lot of things about my being carried ofr by Mr. Thaw against my will and con sent and without tho consent of my mother, and that I waa III treated t>y Thaw and all that stuff that was not true. Gave Lawyer Thaw's Letter*. She said that after she went home she received a letter from Hummer.' who aaked If she had any letters from Thaw. White had told liar to do a* Hummel advised, so she sent a bundle of Thaw's letters to the lawyer. Hum mel pul (hem in an envelope, sealed them up and. so the witness declared, aald he would hold them over Thaw's head. Hummel, she said, advised her.to sue Thaw for breach of promise. She aald It would be unfair, as he had not pro posed marriage. Hummtl said tliare would be lota of money In It If she sued Than-. When aha told all this to Thaw he asked her If eh* bad signed any paper. Bhe eald she had not. Thaw went m *e« Attorney l-ongfeltow and Lonrfellow said the whole thing waa crooked. __ Called Hummel a Shyster. Thaw had told her of his auplclons and that he Intended seeing Longfel low. He called Hummel a "shyster," and said no decent lawyer In New, York would touch eucli a case. Thaw aald’. Hummel waa a blackmailer. Thaw told her the fact that Whit* had Hummel for his lawyer showed whet kind of man White was. She aald White cam* to the lintel Navarre one night. He walked the floor and tore his hair. He wanted to know what she had told Hummel. Bhe said ''nothing." White said Hummel had Just ‘ squeesed" 11,000 out of him, and “was going to suuaese more." Thaw told her It served White right. I.sler, she found she had signed I* gal papers In Hummel's office and dt mandril that thsy be burned. Bhe aald Hummel burned them while ah* and White were present In White's office, where she went by appointment. Thaw Wat Very Attentive. When her health broke down Thaw sent her to Europe. Thaw's valet ac companled her and saw to her com forts. g. In what manner did Mr. Thaw ehow h>s love for you? A. He waa el ways attentive; carried me up and down etalre, because 1 could not walk, and carried me to th* carriage when we went out driving In the afternoon. He also gave me flower*. After their marriage she and Thaw went to Ban Francisco, but returned to Thaw's mother’! home. She aald Thaw had p.’related In hla offers of marriage and she refused him till about April l. Bhe said eh* had refused him be- auee of her reputation and what many people thought. "I knew It waa a good thing for me. hut not him," said ihe. "He would be cui ofr from hla family, and 1 thought enough of him to refuse him because of whai would follow. I told him I might be tempted to marry hint." While In England ahe visited Thaw's slater, ihe countess of Yarmouth, and was received graciously. Bhe said Thaw's mother had visited her shortly before the wedding. Jerome mad* sev eral objections to prevent the wttneae telling of certain happenings and con versations. Whit* Tried te See Her. g. Did you Inform your husband of several attempt* of Mr. White to visit you while on vlalta to New York after your marriage? A. Yes. g. Will you tell what you told Thnw about this? A, I told him 1 saw Mr. White while passing In a carriage. Th* ornate passed m» quickly, but I heard Mr. While call out. 'Evelyn.' ~'g What was the snd of the Incident? A. He made me promise that when I again saw Blanford White I must tell him Immediately. g. When did you next see Blanford While? A. 1 waa In a hansom on Fifth avenue and he wee also In a haneonp He stared and stared at me Ilk* title vindicating). When I get out I ran up th* etepa end rang the belt When th* man answered th* bell I was frighten ed as he crowded up agalast me In th* hallway when I went Inside. g. What did Mr. Thaw say when you told hint? A. He '-nr excited and bit his nails. Harry Thaw Got Angry. g. Did you tell him of other occa sions when Mr. White tried to see you? A. No. these were the only two occa sions. g. Did you tell Mr. Thaw why you went to school In Jersey: and did you tell him how tho name of a young man named Barrymore wa* associated with your going? A. Mr. Thaw said ho could not undaratand why I was sent to school. I told him Mr. Wblto used to aak me why I <lld not love him. and when I refused to allow him to make love to me. be would aay: ’Yon'r* as cold as a Ash' and 'You haven't any feeling or you would come to see me.' Mr. White would get very angry. 1 was with th* "Wild Roe*" at th* Knickerbocker theater and Mr. White gave a dinner party and t went and met John Barrymore there. (Bhe gave the names of the other members of the party to Jerome.) Recess was then taken until I o’clock p. m. When the afternoon session- begun Mr*. Thaw, was requested to -stand aside for th* time being, while a young woman named Frances®. Fcarce. took the aland. . .. AFTERNOON SESSION. Great Crowd Present. A great crowd we* present when the Thaw trial wa* resumed yesterday aft ernoon. When Mr*. Thaw wa* recalled to the Hand she and her husband ex changed glances. A. letter written by Thaw to Frederick W. Longfellow, lawyer, was Introduced to show Thaw's etat* of mind. In this letter Thaw said Mr*. Neeblt thought he had kidnaped her daugh ter. Evelyn. ‘‘Before ahe lands (In New York) she will know that I have alway* done the beet I could," the let' ter read. "The child can not be with her mother." This letter said that when Evelyn was 16 2-1 years old "a blackguard” hsd wrecked her girlhood. Mr. Delmaa tried to Introduce several other letters, but as they were dot dat ed, Mr. Jerome objected. Wouldn't See Him Alone. Mrs. Thaw, when questioned, aald that aha left France for home In INI ■gfld that before leaving ah* had a talk with Thaw. Thaw told her be would aek Mr. Longfellow to meet her at the pier. Bhe had a letter for Longfellow from Thaw. It waa a month after Thaw's return from abroad that ab* saw him. Bhe refused to see him alone, always i Instating that soma on* else bo proa- I ent when he called. He asked bar In [ the preeonc* of another man why she treated him In this way, and ah* re- ' plied that It was because ahe had heard things about him. 8ha told him aha , had heard he put a girl In a tub and poured boiling water on her. Bhe had also heard he had tied another girl to a post and whipped her. Bhe had Men told Thaw waa a morphine flend. Found Starlae Not Trim. ,.4* He said hie enemies bed bean mak- Ing a fool of bar. He kissed her hand and aald she would always be hla "an gel." He objected to her going on Ihe stags. Later, she waa convinced that the atorles aba bad heard about Thaw wart untrue and had been started by Stanford White. She told Thaw ahe had changed her opinion of him. Attorney Longfiltsw want on th* stand and iwore to receiving several letters, which he IdentUUd,-two years - before Whit* waa killed by Thatr. He said ha communicated the contents: of the** letters to Mrs. Thaw. A lengthy letter from Thaw to Longfellow waa read. This referred to hie plan ta mar ry Evelyn and again referred to -black - guards who were blackmailing her" (evidently meaning Evelyn). In sev eral places h* mad* reference to "that blackguard.'* Urn aald he expected row (by hie family over his plan to wed Mia* Neeblt). He also referred to an unmarried woman as "a trickster and echemer." — - “Reiss nad Whan Child.” The letter contained these senteao**: "Pool 1 gtrl. ah* was poisoned when ahe was 161-4 years old." "Remember that It I die. my property le all to go to my wife, but In the event of her death, must not go to her rela tives. Her wretched mother must not receive anything. I would provide for her brother, however. "Poor glrl, If I die, she may not live to be 21." I Third District SohoeL Thr Gresham Manufacturing Com pany waa awarded the. contract for erecting two bunding* fer the agri cultural school In th* third district at the meeting in Americas Thursday. The bid wa* for about 120.0(0. - A board was appointed to select the prin cipal. SKATES Big Line 75c to $7.50 Per Pair. \ V £ FLASH LIGHTS 75c to $1.00 Batteries, 30c and 35c. SWEATERS Big reduction right now for we are greatly over stocked. They run from 50 cents np and we will sell you any one in the house from 331-8 to 50 per cent discount. Better come quick. <1 King Hardware Co. 53 Peachtree Street.