Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, February 08, 1907, Image 5
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
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Models.
The most pronounced and popular styles and newest
fabrics now “selling at a saying’* of 25 per cent.
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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.
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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
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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.