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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, .1907.
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io Trains: mi
PRICE:
Brothers and Friends
Beg Chief Executive
For a Respite,
BULLARD DYING
OF CONSUMPTION
Believed Governor Terrell
Cannot Refuse Mercy For
Suffering Man.
SHERIFF W. J. FREY.
CebbXounly Official WHo*a Duty
It It to Spring the Fatal Trap Un-
der John Bullard Friday.
The Westher:
a .i,bu -art VWalty:
toolffct ai
what warmers
,mi colder Friday.
VOL. V. NO. 205
LAST APPEAL FOR MERCY;
BULLARD TO HANG FRIDA Y
UNLESS A RESPITE COMES
James Strother Gives
Some Graphic
Details.
HE AND PHILLIP
FIRED THE SHOTS
Heard Body of Sister’s Hus
band Fall ou Porch
Roof.
f'ulpeper, Va., Feb. 28.—In the trial
murder of William Bywater* on De-
iember 15 last, because of his-treat
ment of their slater. Viola. Defendant
James Strother went on the ntand to
day and pave his version of the killing.
As he took the stand everyone began
to stir and after some moments settled
down to hear the story of the shooting.
Witness said he was 3? years old. a
lawyer, and a member of the West VIr- j
Kin la state legislature. He has a wife*
«nd two children. His residence Is in
Welch, W. Vo.
Brother Had Told Him.
James said his brother Phil tuhl him
r f having seen Bywater* leaving Viola'*!
room. Witness said he took the matter J
up with Viola, but she swore that J
everything was right imd proper. He}
met French Strother nnd the two came,
to Culpeper and were Informed that!
Hrsfde Strother had received a leUe* I
from viola, saying she WHS III In Wash- {
Tngloiff Two days Inter Vloht-eame i-»j
a ulpeper hVuT* WPffl t n '■“jcmrtimrnmt. u •
James talked with her about th.-i
-LtuUlylit-jmflplClunM ttnd her visit to Dr. j
Walker’s office In Washington. She!
denied having been there. Jnitu .-!
f"iind her in what he thought was a’
d• Ing condition. She was crying ami.
• nfessed to James.
Defendant said he had a very dls- !
' • Wing Interview with VIoIp on S.n-
’ 1 iv. He went fully Into the nature
"■ the relations to ascertain If TJ> - *
" iters’ Intentions were honornh’e. j
I told her llywaters cared no more j
f *r her than he did for a rag. but was
tiding her for his own selfish purpose*
•*tid ought to be killed. And I told h*»t
• "Ught to be killed, hut she begged {
't ai lie Ik* spared and Ik* made to mar-
tv her. I told hint we wanted him t »;
ii iity that day ami that we meant l»
Helped Pay Minister.
“lie did not have flu to give the
*• mister. I helped him make it up ,
Ti e wedding took place. Viola ua* j H USIXU1U
v ing all the time, end she looked pit I - j
tally toward me. I bent down and'
i--*ed her, shook hands with Hywnter*»J
ai went down stairs with Mr. Ware |
After the ceremony Bywaters want-
"t to leave the house to tell his mother -
•‘.'•out the marriage. I told him he:
’ii'l not. He was sitting on the side i
t ill*- lied with my sister's arms urouu-l j
'' to He jumped up. Jerked her vio- ,
i* ntly out of bed and run. i it-
Me was brought buck Into the room, j tu
I* it tried to escape by darting out of a tin. - .
'"•low. Phil and 1 advanced on him' In tin opinion ot c.uintv »
M'l ,began tiring. I tired from in** {J. \v. Hurt. II W Petttis. the I
•m and then shot several mote times
u -m the ground. 1 heard him fall to
• io.,f of the porch and then nil was
pome, and not morphine
cause -f Mrs. Iv W. Pol
onium to the verdict of
it v Tliui«*da\ morning.
Physician
husband
lously disappeared after
an investigation was decided upon by
rot oner Thompson, had nothing \ hnt-
, v. I to do with the death of his w If •.
But In the opinion of Detectives
|.orkhart and T H latndfoid, who
huve lie* n at wmk «*n the case, there
is something wrong about Petrus and
they belhve in was doing the Jek.vll
a nil ID d*- a.t In Atlanta. This opin
ion is held (
8tory It Convincing.
The story was w.ell tohl, the w lines
' 'king It dramatic and Impresslvi
by those who heard It. James 8t rot her'
•‘'•"iint of the killing Is generally a<
‘•■i't«d as true.
•U yesterday afternoon’s session *
1 *urt Mrs. Gaines told of llywaters' m hi
ntioductlon Into the Strothers home, of ; has a grown
■ love which her sister, Viola, had ■ I* *\
1 hltn, and of the circumstances lead- ' . ,.i
"•< up to the killing of Bywaters by
two brothers.- While sin- spoke,
intense feeling against llywaters
' manifested.
• s he was of the opinion that her
, *«her Philip fired the flfst shot is
l-v waters rushed out of the room.
•*te, hut a short time before, he had
'' u wedded to Viola. The witness j
I of llywaters' utter Indifference to!
suffering of his glrl-wlfc. Mrs.
'• ones was an eye-witness to the trng-!
' lv - hut said she had but little recol- j
tlon of It, as she was too excited at ■
• time to remember any conversation j
u -‘dili took place.
Asked (or Protection.
White on the stand In the morning ? JV' t Vhr womMii * *,ue to lipr death from
'Ifs. Vbda Rywaters, widow of the man .‘nation "f the $ tmitach, ami this was
'■-‘in by her brothers, testified that she ||,„,.mghly ngnosl to by the jury.
2 Id one of her brothers of her relations Has Re turned to Macon.
with llywaters In the hope that It® # | f|l «; r orgl.m.
’iil.l protect her from public acorn, j ''j,p-..as.—Clement C.
raid she had pleaded Vvlth her| n ,.y |, hi Mncnn and will
connected with the lllbh
_ in Unit It
a wife III Hay 'tench,
K t.1 II letter thnt »«»
fleets. nnd hi-cauaa bt
„ „ n nnd daughter.
Ii wan shown conrlualvely by the
witnesses who sau the wnntrtii die thnt
.It,. was • .nsclous shnrtlj before Him
,.ii.I -in.l It was polnteil out by J. M.
Warren of Marietta, n brother-in-law
• if the lienil woman, thnt whenever she
...oiM not get mortihlne nfter getting
from under the Induenee of It. she
suffered itrent |inln and always fenred
.i.-.itii This was -the opinion held by
l„ Hurt after hearing the evidence.
In fact he snl.l If the woman had
.hoi m Ren tin; some more mor-
fhla,.. she would probably have been
plenty
rldenc* to
confirmed morphine
u"er anil mnnv empty bottles that Im.l
1 onlillned the drug were found.
After nillaa his opinion of lie case.
1„. Hurt wrote a verdict to the effect
RUBY BULLARD.
Whom Her Father Shot Down at
Braakfaat Table Latt September.
Exonerated
of Blame by the
Coroner’s Jury.
With death leia than 24 hour* away.
If the decree of the court la carried out,
the question of a respite for John Bul
lard nlllt ream with Governor Terrell
undetermined tlnully.
Bullard s pitiable physical condition,
un outlined so clearly In The Georgian
or Wednesday, has aroused widespread
sympathy and Interest.
Thursday at noon two brothers and
other eltlsenn of Haralson and Cobb
eountlen appeared before the govern n:
to plead for a few days' respite for the
man who Is near‘death from consump
tion.
Governor Deeply Moved.
Governor Terrell ts naturally a man
of sympathetic nature, and the etory of
Bullard'a condition has moved him pro
foundly. But the action of the pardon
board, the inah'g-bimal Cl line and tie
absolute absence of excuse or extenu
at Inc circumstances, has kept blm
adamant In hewlnc to lines of action.
Thursday at noon Governor Terrell
cave audience to a small but atrooc
delecatlon that came to appeal for the
staying of the law's Insatiate hand un
til death could claim the man who alts
In the Cobb county tall, a huddled heap
of almost inarticulate and terribly ema
ciated humanity.
Brothers Appeal.
In the party won Dr. M. K. Phillips,
of Bremen: Colonel Kd Griffith
Buchanan; Mally Bullard, clerk of the
court of Haralson county, and a brother
of Liu: condemned man, nnd Pat Bui-
lard, of Cobb county, another brother.
Frair-Athmta come W. D. (.'pshaw and
did not approach Ilia bod Wednesday
Rev. R. L. Motley, pastor of Central
Baptist church.
They appealed to the governor on
ptirely humanitarian lines. John Bul
lard Is near death from consumption.
The gallows would claim him only
few days or weeks before the dreid
disease Hint convulses nia frame
The Final Hops.
AlsHli* a..,, nine any.. Iti.m rcapert-
fill hearing, lie told them that sleep
night, nnd thnt lie had given the mat
ter dee|iest ihnught. But he did not
give the words I her craved and sought
—respite for John llullard.
They nsked another audience and at
.1 o'clock they are appealing to him
ngnln. One thing stands between John
Bullard nnd the gallows—that Is the
recommendation of Ihe trial judge—
Judge George Goiter. If he recom
mends a respite for the man the gov
ernor will yield.
Without II, there Is alight hope for
him
John Bullard lived In Haralson coun
ty for years before he moved to Cobb.
He Is well known there and a brother
|s clerk of the court In that county.
Dr. Phillips Talks.
Dr. M. K Phillips, of Bremen, knows
him well, and Is ncqualated with the
man's hlntory. He suhl Thursday:
"To my mind John Bullard Is un
doubtedly crony. Years ago he waa
shot through the lung, nnd that wound
started the disease whleh will soon end
Ills life—If Ihe Imngmnn does not.
"He hns not been right since he waa
Invlgled Inio marrying the woman from
whom he separated six months after
wards. His personal habits would be
conducive to both Insanity and destruc
tion of physical manhood. His days
are numbered, and he ought to be res
pited on a simple question of human
ity.”
Bullard I* to die on the gallows In
Marietta Friday between sunrise and
noon—If the governor does not respite
hltn.
la Raady To Die.
Special to The (Jeorytaa.
Marietta. Ga., Feb. 28.—John Bul
lard, who Is sentenced to hang here .u
11:30 tomorrow, (s spending the day
qulellv In his eell/'Rough he aeema to
he under a considerable nervous strain.
He is very eroas and quarreled some
this morning beeauae hla cell waa cold.
"Kvery man has one time to die,”
snl.l lie, anil this waa hla only com
ment < n lila approaching execution.
Bullard' attorney. It la stated to-
dnv. will mcke no further effort to ae-
cure executive clemency and the exe-
cutlon will be made at 11:10 o'clock
Friday morning.
The execution will be private and
the trigger will be pulled by Blierlff W. J.
The trap was tested today and
id i
Thia akatch of Evalyn Nssbit Thaw waa mada by-Artlat Cany In tha court room, and thews the wife of the slayer of Stanford White as she ap-
peered whan aha facad tha tarriblt ordeal of Dittriot Attorney Jerome's cross-examination, which dragged from her the socrats of her past Ufa. >
DID EVELYN WED
THAW IN PARIS?
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Nina Farrington Said|§ rain Thursday night; §
° 0 CLEAR AND COLDER FRIDAY. 0
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O Shower slicks may he relegated O
O to the rack after Thursday. Go- O
O Ing out tonight, however, you had O
O Iiest take It nlnng. Forecast: 0
O "Rain Thursday night and O
O somewhat wanner; Friday claar- O
O Ing and eoliler.” O i
Thurailay'a temperatures: O
noose tied and adjusted.
Death Is Close
To Dan Sully
thers. when they knew all, noth | . b|v model with me itiun
"Mhlng to By waters. , r ., h . \ anufmtii ing I'ompany. Mr. Cheat-
F. Brother, one of her broth- Manun i ,.„ nn ecte,l «lth a liuxl-
testlited that no harm was meant |n«> Atlanta far the past three
testitted that no hurin
1 “aters after he had married the sis
“ r unill Bywatera tried to desert her.
To Have Been a
Witness.
ALIENIST EVANS
BACK ON STAND IS
0
o
District Attorney Is Plan
ning to Send Thaw to
the Asvhnn.
''dock h. m.
H oVIiM-k h. m.
9 o’clock a. in.
0 o'clock a. ni.
1 o'clock n. m.
2 o’clock noon .
1 o'clock |>. ni. .
J o’clock p. in.
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him out. Just what effect Mr. Jerome
hope* t<» bring about from thl« move
lio decline* to ptute.
"You Aro Saved."
"You arc eaved," mi»I*I *»n** of llarry
TIihw’m lawyer* to him today when hi* j
New York, Feb. 28.—-It In now be
lieved to he but a quentlon of hours
with Daniel J. Bully, ihe ex - kirn of cot.
ton. f
III* condition I* so tow ttdAy that
oxygen continue* to b* administered.
Mr. Hully’* wife, two daughter* and
hi* Infant son arc at 111* bednlde. When
oxygen wt* administered he revived
Homewhitt under Its Influence.
Mo. Bully ray* thdt Although h*r
husband 1** only 43 yenr* old. worry,
toeulttnjf from ffnanclsl traubles, ha*
wtakcnvd hi- constitution.
New York. Feb. 28—District At
■y Jerome ha* Information In hi* i
*e**lon. It wa* learned today, by wnlcli ? trial'"for’ilie murtler of Mtanf in) White
can prove that Kvelyn N’eabit be- waa icmimed "We arc content t
cams the wife >*f Harry Thaw before the .as,, g,, in the jury' nt the \
ahe related the story of the wrongs she odviirate. Daniel O Reilly, rontlnued
.offered a, the hands of Htsnfer.t i t]"""*'
White. The murrlage was performed i „| m . Y ,„. v <ud nol , n form I
In Pari* on the ffrat visit of the t «»u|»Ic
there In ItOl.
on" of ihe wlUjeF*e* wan Nina Far-
rington. an actre**, who mad*.- pirMl'
the detail* of the wedding through a
letter ehr sent to a friend In New York.
Thaw denied It ftt the time, thnt he
might return# to America and g*
advocate. Dattlel O'Reilly.
Harry Thaw aHMimcd
yed to
him,
that Mr. Jerome *1111 hit* hope*
of getting Ihe celebrated llumincl alll-
before the trial won resumed to
day it \tn* said that Thaw- Itiid *|**nt
more than two hour* last night writing
a statement touching upon the case,
hlch h«- hope* to give to the new
Ills paper iften. It I* probable, however,
faniny s forglvensas bsfnr, hy arKnnnI. j r‘„,V h "ywMf,"™
rdgsd the young woman as hts wlf»».
It Is the prosecutor's Intention to put I f 1 1 '
witnesses on tha aland who will bcuc /Ctn'.ir.t cd «ti Five.
Growth and Progress of the New Soith
The Georgian records here each day eorae
economic fact In referenco to the onward
march of tho Booth.
■Y
JOSEPH a LIVELY.
ifait yenr the Routh, which la less than IS par cent .of tha eras of the
t’nlted States pro|>er. contributed more than 20 per cent ot the country's
export trade, t'otton was the largest single Item, but thara waa not a
Staple In the long Hat of exports In which the Bouth did not have fair rep
resentation. not only In raw materials, but In manufactured goods.
The commercial growth of the Bouth In tha last twenty-live years has
liven little ahort of phenomenal. Tile figures for It, given herewith, are
taken by The Houihern Field from h speech delivered In congress on June
?U, 1*06. by Representative Joseph T. Johnson, of Bouth Carolina.
From i2l>7.u«o,000 invested In capital for factories In 1684 to fl.M4.004.-
non in 1*05.
tFrom 1457.000,110(1 yearly value of products of factories to ll.Tt4.000.-
Clio.
From 821.000,000 rn|iltnt Invested In cotton mills to I21S,000,004.
From 1.713.000.aim annual value of cotton crop to 1410,444,440.
From 225.000 bales of cotton used In Houthem cotton mills to
143.000.
From S7S.000.000 yearly lumber product to 1254.044.440.
From 797,000 tons of pig Iron produced to 3.100,044 tons.
From 3201,000,000 yearly vnlue of exports abroad to 1386,440.400.
From 366o.noo.ono yearly value of farm products to 81.780,004,044.
From 20.600 miles of railroad to 40,000 miles.
From 179.000 barrels of petroleum produced to 42,4*6,000.
From 45 cotton oil mills to 7lo ’
From Hoo.ooo capital Invested In cotton oil mills to 864.444,404,
From 667.000 spindles In cotton mills to *.206,000.
From 211,777 tons of phosphate mined yearly to 1,017,421. I,
From 797.776 tons of coke produced yearly to 4.344,186.
From $3,031,000,000 assessed property valuation to 84.674,444.044.
WILL DOUBLE CAPACITY.
The Kincaid Mills, at (irlflln. Ga.. which la.now one of the most up-
to-date mills In the country, will have Its capacity doubled aa noon at the
nork can lie done This addition will give the mlllaJO.OOtk which la con
siderably more than the present cti|iarlty of the Griffin 31111s, now '.be
largest In ihe idly. The owners are contemplating an addltloual Invest
ment of 1300.0110, hut this 1s regarded as a good move, as Griffin's six
cotton mills arc all doing a pruiltablc business.
COTTON MILL FOR AMERICU8.
At s meeting of the Board of Trade of Anrark'us, Ga.. tha board
considered at length a cotton mill proposition submitted some time ax'>
and referred to committee for Investigation. This la the proposition where
in a mill man prop me* to subscribe 173.000 Jo c company capitalised at
3123.000. citizens of Ameiicus to subscribe the remaining. $80,000. After
discussion, the matter was once mole referred.
ATHENS TO HAVE NEW MILL.
The Houthem Manufacturing Company at Athena. Oa, has 'let the
contract for n new cotton mill nr 4.00a.spindle capacity that alll be built
within the next four months. The machinery has already been ordered
and will he Installed ns soon as the building la ready far It. This addition
will give the cnmisiny two mills of a totalaplndls rapacity of u.sao spin
dles. Fifty new operatives' houses will be erected ay tha tdgMany at
asms