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The W»thw: Atlanta aad TW»l»jr: partly elaodg ,.ud Thursday. wltfc or- Atlanta Georgian (and news) VIL. V. NO. 204. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2?, 1907 PRICE: tUS&m WAS ACCIDENT, SAYS BULLARD, WHO MUST HANG ON FRIDAY Condemned Man Tells His Story For First Time. GOVERNOR will . NOT INTERFERE Hacked with Consumption,j Bnllnrd Hopes That Natural Death May Save Disgrace. * li TOCETEVANS MIXED AT ALL FISH IS GIVEN CHANCE 10 ANSWER HARRIMAN Harriman Wants to Control Roads of U. S. Insanity Expert Match 18ESs roTkUL A . I OF CERTAIN DEALS Tor The District By PAUL E. WILKE6. (Staff Correspondent e.) Marietta, Ga.. Feb. 27 — John Bullard, u the shadow of death, hah talked, thi* first time since his daughter fell feet in Cobh county near Pmv- • if-r Srrlrgw. on September 24,_Jji\ hnn t*»ld .he full Story of the crime for which the law has said he must pay I the penalty of death on Friday next. I Huddled on the floor of the Cobb) county Jail, close to a steam radiator, i hi- head burled In hit hands and tears mm -tiling down his wan cheeks, he to- I >..i\ t'dd a Georgian reporter In detail I _the crime .which sent his pretty ] n.ohl ilanahigr to her truvo amt; hicli caused a Jury of his pe • oiulemn him to the gallows. T loved her better than anything «»n • «»rth. and I would not have harmed a hair In her head. I aimed to tell the « »urt and Jury all my story, but my -’length failed me. Now | must hang. *»h. If they would only gfVe me a few more days of life, so that the Lord could let me die a natural death." And th* stricken man sobbed like u • hlld. It was an effort for him to calk. He Is near to death In two ways, for I «onsumption has marked him for anj early grave, and It Is doubtful if he would live two weeks longer. "I knew my fate and the fate of my eHHd, eight years ago. Th* I-ar*l Laid me about It, and at that time 1 plainly saw' that my daughter would be taken awpy from me and that I would Join her. But r Bldtfit think*f would be hanged for murdering her. *it Was An Aceident ” *T with my dying breath ‘hat the killing of that girl was an a« - tldent. ~T would have willingly given my~ HfaLfdy her. We had just finished • Treakfast and 1 took the pistol from under my pillow _to pyt It away. As 1 i'•turned to the room where we were eating, I was seised with a fit of cough ing. I clutched the barrel of the pistol with my left hand. Tnen I coughed Horse than you see me now. for then ! was not so near to death and had more »ilength. I was convulsed with the fit that was on me. 1 heard the pistol ex. plode, but I kept on coughing I went « ut of the house and as I worn 1 saw P.uby standing In the door. When 1 < ime back she was lying down. There hum blood on her face. I shook her and >he did not answer. Then 1 saw -he was d«ud. "Only the good Lord above knows my feelings an I looked noun on the dead Tue of my darling child. 1 was nenrlv < raxed. I then knew that in my lit of • nothing the pistol hud killed her, I Ktw my brothet Bob r.nd while hr went I-* l'owder Bprings for help. I went the ••liter way to tell of the awful tragedy." Great Physical Suffering. It took Bullard fully an hour to tell • •f the bloody deed for which he Ik con demned to die. He could speak hardly . hove a whisper and as he talked his face was burled In his hards, both propped on an emaciated kme which as thrust under .he chin. Every d »/• •n words he would stop and cough. It was necessary to almost touch him t<* near the words as they fell from his JOHN BULLARD. Who Shot and kiflod his young daughter, Ruby Bullard, last Septem ber in Cobb cdunty, and who is condemned to death on the gallows to Ma- «tta Friday unless consumption esusos his death before that timo. UNLESS NE W E VJDENCE, GOVERNOR WILL NO! MOVE Unions some entirely new evidence Is submitted. Governor TfrrtU will not Interfere with the decision of the p*im>n commission to deeding Jo ftmimute or respite John Bullard, announced exclusively In The Georgton Tuesday afternoon. The papers went to the governor Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, but the chief executive will not i»aas on them until late Wednesday aft- ernnon or Thursday morning, lie holds,the papers out of deference to the ret,nest of Interested parties who will confer with him Wednesday after- hoou. — "W’HIioih new heatings on the eH*e I will not interfere_wlth Ahft_exs^ cut foil' of inc'inw/* said -Governor Terrell Wednesday moftHng. Attorney. YOUNG MRS. THAW BARREL FROM ROOM lOtto Kuhn Is Called as Wit- j ness at Wednesday’s Probing. Garvan Doesn’t Want Her to Sit Beside Her Husband. HUSBAND DISAPPEARS JUST BEFORE INQUESf Death of Mrs. E. W. Pettis U’j Followed by Strange Developments. Following the death of Mr.. E. W. New Turk, Feb. 27—E. H. Hurrlmu.i. who lute yesterday afternoon revealed lil> boundlen ambition by declaring j Fell la. of 24 Bradley .treat, Tuead.y to the Interatjiie cmumerre cnmmlaaloo I morning, and the myaterlou* disappear that he would buy up the Atchison.! ance of her husband, B. W. Pettla, Just North.ni Paclltr, Great Northern and i previous to the Inquest Wednesday nearly uverythln, in sight If such were i morning, the police have bMn aak.d to not contrary to law, waa again called Investigate the clrcumatancea of Mn. to the atand at the opening of the see alon this morning. It could not lie learned whether Stuyvesant Fish will appear before the • ommlaaloit CS refute, or explain, the QOOOOOOOOOOOO ooooooooo noo .1 o © ©18 EVELYN'S FATHER 0 © ALIVE IN SCOTLAND? O O O 0 London, Feb. 27.—Xewapopera O _ ml O non print a atmy fronv Edlii- Oj would t( , (lven „„ opp „ r , u nlty to do O burg to the effect that th*» ole- O’ 0 toviry h»D» ooen mode that Kve- O Pattla* death. Dr. C. E. Stone, called to tnapect the body of Mr*. Pettle, has refused Issue a certificate of death by natural causes. made yenierduy.—Member, -of-—Eettix. lt _li .clg|m*d,__went to the 0 lyn Thaw, wife of Harry Thaw. O 0 now on trial lu New YoiU for thr © 0 killing of Stanford White, waa O 0, born in n toll houat- on the Queen- O 0 bul l- rood near Edinburg 0 Tile stories any tnnt her fa,ner. O CLn-ho la a railway plate layer. Mill 0 O lum In Midlothian. tier mother-© O went to America - Ian y'WU'l* ago. © O taking Evelyn with bet. Before © O i hie Evelyn attended a vlllnae O O echnol and the teacher remem- O O her. her an a bonnle. fulr-halred © O girl, with beautiful feature,. The O O villagers remember Iter nlu >. O 0 O O00000©©©©000©000©00©000©« New York. Feb. 27.—After Evelyn Nesblt Thaw's alx days on the witness stand and the completion of her re markable story. •« developed today that the defense has planned a startling coui> In testimony to show that Stan ford Whits, as he waa pursuing young Mrs. Thaw In 1»05, was trailed ovtr Europe byThaw’s Iteuths. W.ACARRETT c Thai Bollard loved hie daughter there a- liulr doubt The mention "f her name and her denth would bring terns » the condemned man's eyes and it '•"Uld take hint several minute* t«* re- "vet- himself. He pi’wcntul a patliet- picture, huddled oh he whs "it the centert Hoot of the Jail with baldly • ii"ugh strength to lift hi* head I Haven’t the strength t that is why I didn't tell the I have told you. But what t** 1 ? I ant going to tile, hut I die in bed. I don't care for my No One Elected to the Vice Presidency ot Road. Now York. Felt. 27.—At today's meet ink' of tin- directors of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Com pany. William A. (Jarrctt was ,.|,H-tfd president to succeed the late Alfred Waller, who died re- cent I v in this city. No one was elected to the vice i;T"taik amt I presidt of the road, the place court what I ni „i|c vacant hv Mr. tiarrett’s pro- is ihi-| iin , | motion. PRESIDENT GARRETT. Ha was electsd h«ad of 8. A. L. at mtatinB of diractors Wednesday. I rare for myactf. fci i TWQ NEG ROFS LOCKED UP Lor.1 wlll.-.l It etgle TWO NEGROF-b MURD£R CHARGE. "I -WON’T SETTLE MY SUIT AGIST PLATT-WOOD Sjivs Slit* Has Letter Inti- the commission sakl that Mr. Kish. unilartakln* establishment of Barclay A Brandon, where the Inqueat waa to be held on Wednesday morning, anil while there gave hla name aa E. P. Wingfield. Ha was with Mrs. Pettis - father, who Insisted that hla aon-ln- law’a name la Pettis and not Wlng- ao If hr drslred. but that the matter was a private squabble and one Into which thr commission had no desire to enter, though II would not deny Mr. Kish thr privilege of testifying If he requested It. He Sold the Block. Attorney Kellogg began proceedings by Taking uii the Sr. Joseph and grand Island ralln-ad matter. Mr. Harriman leallfled that the Union Parlflc had purchased ihe itock of that company irnm him personally rlncr July, 1. not, for 12,022.540. The nllnesa declined to spue Ilia price at which he secured the slock or Ihe time when he did so. He raid that he did not consider the road u parallel and competing line with the Union Pacific. The New York Central stock pur chased by the Union Pacific since July I, Us|. Mr. Harriman stated, wee bought In the open market. He - Re clined to answer the question as lo whether any of the directors of the Un. Ion Pacific ware interested la Uw par tu-ui^'^r agaegg-fc' ^ 1.. k. ,Wk I .... merrers. bought by.the Union 1 Pacific. Harriman Quite Stand. Reverting to the Chicago and Alton Jeal. Mr. Kellogg asked If that lit.800.. 000 said by Harrtmnn to have been ex panded on the properly Mik-o the ayn. dlcatr arquiretl II,-did not Include 12.- 274,00*1 ear trust ccrtlflcatea and II.0Q0,- 000 borrowed from Kubn. Loeb A Co. The u ltnesa com ailed this to be correct and also that this amount waa not de rived from the sale of Uhlcagn and Al ton securities noted ns represented tn thr 1127.000,000 capitalisation. This concluded Mr. Hnrrlmnn's tes timony and Olto H. Kuhn, of Kuhn. I.ocb & fa. was called to the stand. Thinks It Has Stopped. Features of yesterday afternoon', session of the commission were at tempts by-thc government to show thut the Union Pacific charges unfair rate*. Biles competition In the vast terrl lory traversed by Its lines, and that It. roads themselves." I must die. The _ *'-ars ago. But I hate to 111'*o |te*,ple | ell my brother that a member ally died on the scaffold." of Ills muting Wishes of Sen ator. | Special to The aaorglan. i .-J :"k.~.-7:sL-;i.; f • Uolumbus. Da.. Feb. 27.—John and I HtOf. -halt known him from boyhood and “ J* • a,u .^..mil williams both negroes and broth- had always been of tt buoyant. "’I ‘ h * the i. null here ,-haige.l with the! ■ value temperament. Hut at that On, - over into tho bony ham's an the i.mis err. ...e In Jail 1 Mother negro. 1 found him depressed and ailing ba.l wnlng** Fw flf*4n mlnites Uni- t‘l,. proitahly fatal wounding of ' olott. Mich.. Feb. Jt.-Henatot ! Thaw Waa Irrational, trtl could not uttTr a wopl. i \v»ll fooks. Thomas C. Platt wonts to settle Miss g. |„ iso«, afler June, while he w. I have pleaded with tto.1 ubotit this I ■ — | Mae Wood - * suit against him out of p, .he Tombs, did you see him? and He has never condemned me That's . ^k_»»_ ftl4O oooQ©0a0©©08000© i rour t and us tiulelly us possible, so ’ yes. I saw him on August |7. I me all ihe way we have of knowing. Jt;'" 1 1? 0000 ° © Miss WimmI soys. i him also on September lo. knows the taking away of my durllni! o t r E8T from RAIN: 0 I am In possession of n leiler from! g. will you tell the condition I «as an accident ami ,. o SHOWERS COMING AGAIN. 0 my attorney." she says. "Indicating « which you found him on Augo-' ' •lemn me for It. When I_first enterni w O desire on the senators part not to have l.pd the conversation you had this jail I never thought for n moment - rhl . mantiKement of tin- rain O the case cunto to trial, hut I have anf- him. A. He was nervous, not having !o foundry hit J I’luve with a time O : f,.red loo much at his hands In the' ,|,.., t well He referred to publl. ogl- 1 ' * "" I pn«i nve yearn to be Intluenred by u Hals, who said were conspiring ngslnst It Is.asserted that a report draw n up by Harry V. Dougherty, a private de tective. who w»a hired by Harry Thaw to track White, will be offered. Dough erty had been aubpenaed by Dlalrlct Attorney Jsrome. but hta report wilt he made use of by, the defense to corrob orate statements that White did not glve~inrim pursuit of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw- afler her marriage. When. White sailed. 11 Is alleged. Thaw's detective was on the same ship. Evstyn Denies Story. • As Clerk Penny called "Harry K. Thaw to the bar." Daniel O'Reilly, one of Thaw's counsel, whispered to young Mrs. Thaw- and she and another young woman, who had been eeated near her. Immediately arose and left the room. Jerome explained lo the court that he Imd overlooked a very Important line of quest Inning when cross-examin ing Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, and with the consent of Mr. Delmas. the prisoner’s wife w-hs recalled lo the stand. Questioned by Jerome: Q. After you returned from Europe In 1903 .lid you see your brother. How . arrt'.' A. Yes. at the Navarre. Q. Did you tell him. In »ubstance, j that while you were abroad you had bee. brutally abused by Thaw? The witnessed replied with a look o'j mingled anger nml contempt: • i did not." she said scornfully. j Thaw Phyaioian Calltd. Q. ,'nd did you say that you had been compelled at a pistol point to tell | the stories against Thaw? A. 1 did no. Q. And the stories were lies? A. I did not tell hln. that. Q. Did not your brother tell you you ought to have a revolver, and did no. yon buy one? A. No. he did not. Q. Did you give hint.money to buy a revolver? A. I did not. This ended Mrs. Thaw's croee-exam- In.-illon, and she went lo the witness room. Daniel O'Reilly explained that j Jerome had given III" l>ermlsalon . have Mrs. Thaw sit by her husband *' Side, but Hint Frank (lurvan. his asslsi- ant. had said that he (Carvani did nm ami for that reason she was not showed In Ihe court room. Dr. Hlgaman. Thaw's family physl--.., ,, g ti .. 1 1 i clan, w-ns called to the sianil and was [ A\ OllIttH I CUS OI IICl i.OVCj questioned by Mr. Deltnos. Q. Where did your examination "f j I llarvy Thaw on November l«, I sol, | i take place? A. At his mother's hnus- In Pittsburg. i dividends of 10 per cent and Its expen diture of 1240.000,000 of betterments rsme ffoiir airmtf Ir^tnft mrttx patrons and an assertion that the purchase of Southern Paclltr by the Union Pacific had given the Routhw-eat ten years' ad vantage In development: that the fail ure of the Union Pacific to secure the Northern Pacific left the Narthweet ten year* behind where It would If control had been obtained. There wae an Interesting roloquy be tween Commissioner Lane and Mr. Harriman. Mr. Lane wanted tn know when the absorption of other lines was going to stop. Harriman said he thought It had stopped. He said the commleilon would appeal to the Blfer- itrmer field. Before the arrival of tha Prills left the undertaking aa rnent and walked acroee the street, has not bean seen since by the coroner or the undertaken. The Inquest waa deferred, until he could be located. —, Coroner Thompson le said to have found a letter In the Pettis home ad dressed |o Pettis and signed "Tour lov- Ing wife," by a woman whose'Identity I* unknown. Pettfi was married but a a short time ago to Ihe woman who died Tuesday. Pattla la a te hla wife waa Uk While a neighbor waa latlendlng to tha tick woman and had gone to a neighboring telephone. Mn. Pettis died suddenly. Pettis claimed Wednesday that hla wife had been ad dicted lo themes of morphine and must have taken an overdoao. PATHETIC APPEAL BY PRISONER'S WIFE Mrs Holmes Wept Piteously. When Husband Was Sentenced. Special te Tha Georgies. Savannah, 0 a.. Fab. J?.—J. F. Holmes, who has been on trial for tw» days In ilia United Staffs court bn itto * chart* of embexxletnenk withdrew IBs - Putt Stem* on Road*. "But If you will let us,” said Harri man, "1 will go and taka tha Santa Fe tomorrow." In answer to a question, he said he would also take over tEo'KeithenrVa- elite and Oraat Northern It permitted. Harriman declared that there isno .... ... * country In tha wflfg~wha*r* tl»* b6«- *>*«* tQ(toy * pd » P’— pQBb nets Interest! are so antagonised by the government at In the United States. Mr. Lane wanted to know It It wasn't true that every regulative act upon tha railroads Is the result of aom* policy pursuad by the railroads thamaalvea. "I believe you are right," replied Har riman. "I think the railroads them- aelvee are more to blame than any one factor for the conditions which exist today, the antagonism between the peo ple and the legislatures and the rail- Judge Speer sentencod hlm to aerv. ^ four years In the Atlanta penitentiary. Mrs. Holmes created quite a scant In tha court room, making a pathetic appeal to tha court for mercy and clemency. 8h* wept coplouily and hung upon, the Judge’* bench. , Holm** waa trustee for McArthur Bone A Co. and erabexxled ILM0 of the bankruptcy flrm't funds. BRIDE OF AN HOUR BRANDS HUSBAND TO SAVE BROTHERS Is Mrs. By waters I Carried Into Court Room. I UNWRITTEN LAW LIKELY TO WIN for Bywaters, Who Was Slain. look advantage of her love for and con fidence In him. She salt! he told her he would always be faithful and true, but he would not listen to her suggestion of marriage. She Protected Him. Mrs. Bywaters explained that she de nied everything to her family because tact him. ''I did not want my I to suspect him," explained tha wit- neaa. fiha and Bywatara want to Washing ton. She explained that Bywatara waa suspected before she went to. Washing ton. thnt I would not be aet tree. I thought j ‘here waa Justice In our courtI dulii t ‘here waa Justice In our court*, j t on . j? . \v. iim -iluv and ho tc ""•an lo harm my daughter and I onto 1 0 . nf( , n \ amt Inn. Other hlnk the law would punish a man for I hl , r!4 ,,f wwither r.mIh fra ' "nothing he didn't aim t*» d Begs to Die to Bed. "But from the way Jt ha* nil turned •ut It aeems as If the Lord wanted tm laughter and made me the Instrument "f taking her life. It s His will and I •un resigned. But li seems hard that I "hould not be allowed to die In hed. It III only be a tew days more before toe Lord calls me and I hnto t*» *»" l ; »nged for the sake of my brother* If Bullard had had Ihe strength to Continued on Pago Throo* mem- o frateml- O hutt In again. O vc.ilher man. He O O Wednesday night O with occasional O O The temperatures: 4-k n«v»n c k p tn. ck p. m. .43 degrees 0 . .43 degrees O . .44 degrees O . 4t» degrees O . 4» degrees O . . '.4 degrees O . ..'7 degrees O . .^1 degrees O O him th it hoot- little money.*’ . jj e sa |,| they uunted to h.i Miss Wood says she Is Platt's legal I H .»nt to nn Insane institution »■ wife «ml wonts u divorce, naming six- , lM . trU e story of the forts or the teen co-respondents. | )nR cu uld not become public. . —“TT—■ ;* g Judging from Ills early childhood JAMAICA TO ASK ‘and comparing his condition a- you I © a t V \n %• knew him then, with hi* conduct .is * o. rU!\ sMUAhY , >..u found him at your later visits - would you say he was on thr latter Kingston. Jamaica. Feb. 27.*—Thu occasions rational or Irratlonnr A. British government HtalMed on n guar-! Irrational anto«> before lending tH.oeo.OdO for re- j Waiting To Be Convinced, building the Island, according to ad-j g What did lie say on this vi-it * A. vices here. Surprise*, humiliation and) tie hud entwined newspapers between indignation was a result, nnd a coni- ihe bars of Ids cell to prevent thv wind ndttee Is being organlxed th appeal to OPOOG080000000DOOPOOODDQOO in« ihe l»lai:d, tho A met loan people for aid It* rebuild- (Continued on Pag* Three.) Culpeper, Va., Feb. 27.—It Is the prevailing opinion here that the Jury In the Htrothers murder trial will re turn a verdict of not guilty on the ground of Justification under the "un written law.” The prosecution has heen^utuible to •th ] bring out any other reason for the Klllln* of William By w aters by Janies and Philip Htroihers than that alleged by the defense, namely, that By waters wae ahooi to desert their sister, a bride of an hour. .Mrs. Bywaters today waa carried Into court In a big chair. Attorney Lee. fort the defense. Interrogated her. Hhe said she was 23 years of age last November. Hhe met Bywaters when a little girl. Rywater*. *he said, wae like a broth er to her prior to her father's death. After her father died, she said. Bywa ters became more attentive. The wit ness snld she regarded him as a broth er. She declared she loved him and he Growth and Progress of the New Sonth The Georgina records here each day tome economic fact In reference to the onward march of the Koutb. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. Tin- Ororgta und Alabama Industrial Index aaya In Ita taau* tor thla "Th* inagntliul** ami grrai valus or the pine timber Intsrtetg In (iP'irglu ami Alabama are Illustrated by large transactions reported this week. In u aerilon adjacent tn Wayrros*. Oa., 200.000,000 test of timber have In-rn purchased by Georgia and Florida capitalists who will estab lish one nf ihe largest saw-mills In (he country and build a railroad Ihi-.iugh Ihe Iran. Alabama and Uhlrago capitalists have consummated a ileal For 100.000.000 fret of pine limber which In located about ISO miles north or Mobile. This ulll be developed. A 11,000,000 lumber company at Thomssvllle. Ga.. has purchased a railroad seventeen mile* In length ami will extend It flttefn. possibly Forty-live, miles. "An Important development le ihe projection of a railroad from the Birmingham. Ala., district down Ihe l.'ahsba to Belma, Ala., from whence It Is proposed to operate a river bargi capitalists ure Inking nn Interest In thl railroad Forty-live miles In length bet vide. Aid. through a rich mineral ant veya For three new railroads are progressing actively. "A Philadelphia. Pa., company has purchased a cotton mill at OxFord. Ala., and will quadruple Its rapacity; at.Gadsden, Ala., a gas plant will In* built nl a i-osl of tlOO.OOO: ut Huntsville, Ala„ $40,000 will be expend- I Mobil*. Ala. Northers It le proposed to build a llameburg, Ala., and Flae- aactlon. In Georgia cur ed In Imprmin* a power plant: a >20.1 tiihllshed at Albany. Ga.; capncliy of i Ala., will be doubled; *t0«.#00 plant wl lo develop an extensive deposit of Kul will be enlarged at a cost of about II* land anil Improvement company has be been organised at neasemer. Ala., to for the manufacture of brick and sewer trdgevllle. Oh. "Among other things reported are: torles. coffin Factory, hydraulic brick 1122,Ilou to bore for oil. coal mining company, tour hotels, two city halls, two theaters, apartment house, auditorium, two light plants, paving plans in two cities, municipal bond Issuss. business buildings and remits Mention Is insde of the Issuance of a permit at Mobile. Ala. for Ike *t run Inn of a ll.ooo.hoo hotel reported by The Index In Heptember 1 and Ills plant will be ee- power plant at Anniston, ibllshed near Mobil*. Ala., h: hotel at Augusta, Ga.. Amerlcua. Oa_ a il(k*00 Ised; >32.000 company has ure vehicles, and a plant II tfe established at Mil- factory, two fertlHotr fae- tnpaliy with capital of