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‘ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY, MARCH 12,1907.
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COURT SUSTAINS MIMAS’
OBJECTION AND EVELYN’S
TESTIMONY WILL STAND
Jerome Foiled in At
tempt To Contra
vert Evideuce.
Nett York. March 11.—Harry Ken
dall Thaw, on trial for klllng Stanford
Whit**, nos amused and amused this
aftem«»on when Police Captain William
Hodfflnu. called as a witness in re
buttal for the prosecution, testified that
on the night of klltng Thaw’s ’’actions
were rational but his looks were just
they are now; he had a stare In
hi* eye.”
hrhn.'i* moved to strike out the ans
wer and was sustained. The question
wa» put In another form and the wlt-
nfw testified that. In his opinion, Thaw*
was more rational than Irrational.
Henry lllalse aald Thaw* appeared
rational. Myer Cohen, the song writer.
that when he saw* Thaw the latter
*PPfared rational. At the time of the
kiling he and Blaise were sitting at a
tible together. Thaw’s face, he said,
was pale. Thaw’s eyes, he suld, look
ed i at tonal to him. They were not
bulging out.
Chemist Is Csllsd.
iTofesor K. A. Wltthaus, the chemist,
was t-alUd by Jerome.
The calling of this,, witness caused
surprise. It was evident that Jerome
meant to controvert the testimony of
Evelyn Thaw about being drugged by
White.
‘NVhat Is toxycology? the doctor was
Mketl, "The science of poison.” said
Will you describe to the Jury your
edmatlon? A. I studied In Berlin and
Paris
Vf 1 will ask you a hypothetical
question. Assume a young woman of
K-. who has been acting In a theater
ut 39th street and that she went from
there to the studio of a man In West
‘.’♦th street and that she took but one
glaxs of chumpagne and passed Into
another room In which there was a
►mail table on which thaee was a small
bottle ..f chumpagne to which she sat
down and then she became Interested
in pictures and painting In the romm
•nu that the man with her. poured
out a glass of champagne and urged
taste*! as all’ other champagne, to-wit:
bitter; that she tasted the champagne
and thnt in a minute ehe had a pound-
tng in lie rears and barfcme Insensible,
that she awakened In a stae of alurm
in a comparatively short time, and that
tin* man escorted her to her hotel,
snd that she sat there all the rest
"f the night gating out of th* window
until this man came Into the room.
- there any drug known to science
that will produce Insensibility with the
ten.very Indicated that wayT’
Delmas Offsrs Objection.
(Minus i»bjected on the ground that
• made no difference whether or not
Evelyn Xenblt Thaw had told, ^he truth
m h* r story to Thaw In Paris. Jerome
*ntu*d that he had no opportunity to
c»r»»radlct the fact that the story had
ttartaed to Hary Thaw.
I‘ I** only fair to believe." said Mr.
"that If no drug powerful
* it-'h to produce this state of coma
* known t«* science, then It Is fair
• ' the p«*..p!o to ahow that the event
■•** it** d never took place." said Je-
• Tf.i district attorney argued that
r * dnig which would produce the coma
•!**•* ib.-d hy Mrs. Thaw would weiy
m such a time as to allow her to
' '_■••• t" her senses so soon.
•d; I Minna read again the minutes,
'" no’s agreement not question the
ini-h or falsity of Evelyn Thaw’s
Stanf.-rd White is dead and the
of invv does not allow us to con-
tr*«v*Tt any of these statsments." de
' o-d hoiinns. from an argument of
th# - district attorney at the time her
' was told.
Fitzgerald: "The caae cited
district attorney Is no author
ax against the decision In this
* Uu I "untaln the objection.”
White’s Relative Testifies
I ' • fMinch Smith, of 8mtthmown,
* • ••»d to the stand.
You are a brother-in-law of the
is * Stanford White? A. Yes.
Q Y .u are a lawyer? A. Yes.
V u * r» on the garden the night of
’ * tr.,y,..iy? a. | was seated there
DELMAS BLOCKS
JEROME’S EFFORTS
New York. March 11.—At the re
sumption of the Thaw trial today Mr.
Jerome began, Ijf* rebuttal by calling
Frederick A. Loug fellow. one time at
torney for Harry K. Thaw.
Q. When Miss Nrsbit. us s))«* then
was. came to New York In 1903, at
what time did she urrivi .* A. 1 do not
remember exactly. To I he best of niy
recollection the ship dot Red In the aft
ernoon.
Jerome asked the d<
they would not concede that it
3:30 p m.
"That.” said Jerome. "Is the nearest
I can arrive at It from the records »f
the steamship company."
Msmory Not R«fr:;hsd.
The defense refused to concede this.
Did MIsh Nesblt give you a letter .’
A. I do not know.
Jerome then got out photogruphlc
copies of letters In evidence to have
him Identify the one In question.
After looking over a hunch of copies
Longfellow said that exhibit H might
he the letter Miss Nesblt had given
him. However, he aald he could hot be*
pertain of It.
Q. Does not the subject matter of this
letter, of which this ts a copy (showing
a tyi>ewrlttcn copy! refresh your mem
ory as to letter B? A. tAfter reading
er carefullyl Nothing in the letter
refreshes my memory.
Q. For how long a period, prior to
June 25. had you been acting as attor
ney for Hurry K. Thaw/ A. Since
about 1902.
Delmas Is Overruled.
y You were counsel for Harry Thaw
In the suit of Ethel Thomas?
Delmas objected and wus overruled.
"My firm was." replied the lawyer-
witness, "the firm of Delafleld A Long
fellow."
Q. Were the papers in that suit
served on the defendant?
Objected to by Iielmus.
"You will recollect that Miss Nesblt
was shown h signature In the office of
Mr. Hummel and that this signature
was that of Miss Ethel Thomas In her
suit against this defendant," said Je
rome. "I want to show that long be
fore the first bruin-storm In Paris In
1903 these stories In which two men
friends of Stanford White figured w#|re
told to this defendant before the date
of that mental disturbance, that he
knew of these stories In 1102.
Why It Was Allowsd.
"The only reason the conversations
the wife hud with other persons relat
ing to Thaw's alleged conduct were ad
missible. was solely because they* might
whether tend to show what had caused this
bruin-storm and made It possible for
his counsel to describe him as so over
wrought by psychic explosion as t<
make him like u rudderless ship."
Delmas, answering the district at
torney. suld:
"I will beg leave to call vour honor’i
attention to the matters the district
attorney refers to as they appear In
evidence; hirst, the witness wss de
tailing what she had told Thaw; the
district attorney said, ’this would not
*>o allowed unless It were to show* the
condition of the mind of the defendant
at the time the story was told. The
people would not have been allowed to
produce any evidence to question the
truth or probity of the story.
Delmas Makes Objeetion.
"And your honor ruled£> continued
Mr. Delma*. "that the district attorney
tmd taken the correct position In the
matter.”
' Mr. Delmas continued reading th*
evidence until he came to the point
where the defense hod offere 1 the peo
ple the opportunity of rebutting Evelyn
Nesblt Thaw’s story.
"And you now refuse that privilege,”
said Jerome.
’’You are doing now what you sol
emnly sold the law prohibited you from
doing then," answered Delmas.
"It !e perfectly true that I can not
go Into the truth or falsity of the suit
of Ethel Thomas,” said Jerome. "This
poor girl who Is now dead.”
”1 object to the learned district at-
Continuud on Page Nine.
dr MONCRm
FROM COX COLLEGE
Rev. A. J. MoncrJef has tendered his
resignation as president of fox Col
lege. at College Park.
Announcement to this effect was
made Monday morning by Dr. Mon-
crlef and by \V. 8. Cox. business man
ager Of Cox College.
Dr. Moncrlef stated that he was per-
feetly satisfied with his work and with
the school, but that he had felt called
other than a determination to re-enter
the ministry."
Dr. Moncrlef succeeded C. C. Cox
ns "resident of Cox college last June,
following the death of the latter well-
known educator.
Mrs. Wiflfls’ Purchase.
In this connection It Is announced
that Mrs. Walton H. Wlggs has bought
an Interest In Cox college. Mrs. Wlggs
has contributed largely to the support
and upbuilding of Mercer college and
f
IRE CUT OFF
FI
AROUSED FROM SLEEP,.
SEVEN ESCAPE DEATH
Public’s Indifference
Decreases Mail De
livery/
Does the South want rural mall de
livery? .
From the indifference sffpwn In aoihe
sections It would seem otherwise. For
a part of the service wtt) be cut off
In u few weeks. Just because of the at
titude of residents on the #outes.
Route No. 2. served frjfo Fort Mc
Pherson, and route No. 7sjferved from
the Woodward station, ai* to be dis
continued on April JO. After that the
people In that terrltory-Jbr most of
them—will have to go to*the nearest
poktofflce for their mall.
These are Just two Instances of what
Is likely to happen on a large scale.
Government officials u*ve Investi
gated and report that
enough people In this
get their mall througl
to justify the conttw
Part of the territory
In the new* routes, bul
will be left out.
Hundreds of persona who desire the
rural route service will be unable to
secure It—Just because thftlr neighbors
are Indifferent.
Borne people say they would like to
have the rural delivery service. They
think It’s a fine thing and a fl
ventence, but—
Paying for Mail Box.
They refuse to put up a mall box
according to government requirements.
Borne of them don’t like to pay for the
box. Borne nay the government-ought
to pay.
A standard box costs from one dollar
to $1.6u. It should be worth that much
to any man to have hla mall brought
to his door ever>* day.
But these persons who aftfuae to put
up a box and accspt the {(eH** 1 ? Mr
vice are preventing of"
routes from receiving
Uncle 8am qin’t tend a
— --- ----- OQ £ or t~
THE BOND FAMILY.
Mrs. Band and her five children were all dangerously III as
suit of ths fumes from iht gss which filled thsir horns.
i great con-
Tof
upon to return to th«» ministry. He i Monroe college, among other educa
was pastor of the First Baptist church j tlonal Institutions, and her active In-
at Brunswick prior to taking the presl-j The fox’s are n famous family of
dency of <’ox college last Juno.^
trained teachers, born to the work
'Mv resignation will go Into effect In and tied to It through years of de-
* “ ‘ * votlon and experience. With the addi
tion of Mrs. Wlggs' strong person
ality and her wise Judgment, the pros-
nects for the noted Institution appear
brighter than ever before In Its his
tory.
June," stated Dr. Moncrlef.
"The college Is doing splendid work,
and It Is because of no dissatisfaction
that I resign as president and quit
most pleasant associations. 1 have
made no definite plans for the future
■ u x ho wed the diagram to the
mu... ami asked him to Indicate
1 • where he came In and sat. The
1 n t.<" did so.
W lM l he recognise you? A. He
* tod to by Justice FUtgeraltl.
! ' !x Mbuttal?” By Jerome; "The
!**■•* has put In a great many con-
ions to show the defendant was
conversations with his wife,
'her nnd with a number of oth-
i i Klttgeald: I am trying to
' i 'he admission of evidence which
'* f- '.A direct and the throwing open
* doors which would probably
k ” r ’ w« here weeks and weeks longer.
Serve Mrs. Eddy
When Convenient
• 'Hi. N. »!.. March ,11-Following
r.!rr.nre between Mr. 8tre.t,r and'
I'-My Homettme today th, flr»t
■ mwtlnc will b» twld between
••' f"r the petitioner, and the re-
"itv Attorney Nathaniel Martin
"**t General Sltweter and ar-
• ! t (he deposition of Mr,. Eddy,
i <■ of summon may, In courleay.
"l in h.r-caa, and the time be*
"•■nice may therefore be reported.
Soldier Is Given
Chance to Plead
Before Committee
FILED A0AIN8T CC
Balnbrldge. (In.. March 11.—Damage
suits amounting to S85.O00 were filed
against the Atlantic (’oast Line rail
road In the city court on one day this
week. All the*” cases were removed
to the United Btates court because of
the defendants being non-residents.
tory. Under the readjustment fol
lowing the discontinuance of the routes,
the distance covered will be but 192
miles. Twenty-seven miles of rural
delivery will be cut off and hundreds
of taximyers Inconvenienced—because
some of the people In Fulton county
are nqt alive to the advantages offered
them.
Fewer Carrier?— Less Money.
This means fewer carriers and less
of government money to be expended
In Georgia.
The postofflre department pays In
salaries for rural delivery In Georgia
$75,000 a month. Under the new law
Increasing salaries this will be aug
mented by about fifteen per cent after
July 1, next. That means a monthy
payroll of over $85,000 a year In Geor
gia alone. It’s worth while to help)
that grow, instead of permitting It to
decrease.
Will be Tried in Carolina.
gpeclsl fo Tin- Georgian.
Norfolk. Vo.. March 11.—Marshall
Davis, colored, arrested here for the
murder of Elliott I,ewis. whose head
was severed with u ratm, was today
carried to Tnrboro, N. (*., for trial.
Will Evans, also tinder arrest hero
nnd accused directly of the crime liy
Davis, was not carried hack ten
iinent had beet
He will be he
Investigation in
Gas Filled House From
Pipes Cut by Un
known Person.
VICTIMS POUND
ALMOST DEAD
Murder or Robbery Object
of Someone Who Cut
Gas Pipes.
O known burglar who narrowly ea- 0
O raped death by aepbyxlatlon early 0
0 Sunday morning: 0
O Mr*. Lula Bond. 0
0 O.car Bond, It year, of age. 0
O Fannie May Bond, 14 years of 0
0 age. ■ 0
S Roy Bond, 11 years of age.
Iran, Bond. 1C yean of age.
O Georg. Thomas Bond, t yean
New York, March 11.—Two men were
two mortally Injured, a number
hen more .ur lee, eerlouely In-
v N. J- wasTtaeken
Jack,on, Ky.. Mnrrh II.—citizen, of
the feud-tldden city were startled out
killed,
of olhi
en”threitiewd with many flreetoday
when Ihe boiler of engine No, 11*4, of
the Pennaylvanla railroad, exploded
while drawing a long fnlght tnln
through the town.
The dead:
E. FISHER, of Newark, engineer
of the tnln.
ft. r. SMITH, heed bnkeman of
Scranton, Pa.
The name, pf the Injured could not
be learned by the Metuchen police.
They reported that the fireman of th#
tnln would certainly die and that ona
brakeman was not expected to live.
Other, of the tnln crew were also In
jured. some of them sertoualy.
Store. Set on Fire.
The train rolled out of Jereey City
for the West last night, and at 1:04 a.
m. had reached Metuchen. The engine
wan making good headway with Its
big load, when Juat opposite the depot
there came nn explosion that waa liken
ed to the roar of many cannon.
Htt, of broken Iron and ateel and
nre were hurled hundreda of yards
away.
Hans' drug atore, two block, from
the depot, caught Arc. At the lime
Instant McCutcheon’, pharmacy, a
block from the station, buret Into
flames
People Flee From Home.
Half-clad men and women ran from
their home, to the street. There waa
Washington, March 11.—The senate
committee on military affairs resumed
the Inquiry on the Brownsville case to-
day. Senators "oraker: Warner. War
ren, Hemingway, Lodge, Overman, Fos
ter. Hulkely, Pettus and Scott were
prenent. _ _
Private Howard, of company B. one
of the men arres'ted a few days after
the shooting at Brownsville, was ex
amined at length. On the night of the
shooting, he snld. he was on post duty,
anti heard two ahota on the road out
side the quarters, ami about thirty sec
onds afterwords heard something like a
fusillade from the direction of the town.
Thereupon he sounded the alsrm and
tired hla gun three times to attract the
attention of Ihe guard.
On the croae-cxamlnatton Senator
Foraker read to the witness £a formal
charge, which hod been filed against
him st the time he was arrested, al
leging participation In the riot.
"Have you ever had a chance to plead
to that charger; asked the senator.
"I never have," replied Howard.
"Then I will give you a chance now.
said Senator Foraker. "Are you guilty
'’TiiP'not guilty." repU4d Howard,
looking the senator squarely In the eye.
"And you have always Insisted that
y0 .q "always‘sa'ld a. every oppor-
tunlty*hat I had nothing to do with the
affair and knew nothing about It. re-
r "'ttnd were'ymii t&hng the truth when
you aald It?" demanded Senator h ora
ker,
"And' are you telling It non-T'
"I am.'!
large congregations
HEARD MISSIONARY'S SERMONS.
Waahlngton. Oa.. March II.—At the
First Baptist church Sunday l>r. A. u
Dunstan. a returned missionary from
tin,ill occupied the pulpit both morn-
Ingsnd evening. Large congregation*
LOUISVILLE RIOT
heard hi* discourse, upoa the progress
v, nr k which had been ac
complished In South America through
STSSS of the Baptist foreign mis-
•Ion board.
OOO0OO0OOO0OOOO0O0OOOOOOOO
O HERE ARE DEMANDS 0
O OF STREET CAR STRIKERS. O
O O
O Louisville, Ky., March 11.— 0
O Here are the demands on which
O Ihs strike of about *00 employee* .
O of the !,oulsvllle Railway Com- O
O pany Is based: O
O A ten-hour working day. with 0
O 23 cents an hour pay. O
O Forty-fly* minutes for meals. O
O Pay for extra Work to begin O
O when report for duty Is made. O
O Time and a half for overtime. O
O Subsequent employees to be al- O
O lowed to Join the union. O
0 A board of arbitration. O
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Louisville, Ky., March 11.—The afreet
railway enmpany haa jUst announced
the suspension of all service with th*
following statement:
“The city Is in the hands of a mob.
The railway company haa enough
men to Tunlta cars. ‘hut li haa no potter
protection, and Ihe live* of loyal men
and pssiengers are endangered. There
fore, no effort will be made to run care
until this rioting Is supprened."
Reserves Called Out.
Police reserves were called out today
to quell a riot growing out of the
•trike of «o« union employees of the
Louisville Railway Company, which be.
gtn at 6 a. m. yesterday.
Since that time not a street car haa
moved In the city, with the exception
of the I'nlted State* postal service cars,
but stones and other missiles from un
ion sympathisers halted them. Team
ster, blocked the tracks and nn prog
ress was made.
All aorta of vehtclaa, from automo
biles to delivery wagons, are being used
for Jransportailon at fares ranglni
frorfr I# to 24 cents. Boys put 8hetlam
nonles In the business, and one enter'
Ing youth us< '
I passengers.
Louisville, Ky., March II.—Every
body walked In Louisville yesterday,
owing to the strike of about *04 union
employees of (he Louisville Railway
Company. '
With the exception of suburban line,
entering the city end s few cars carry
ing United Htatrs mall to and fronrths
postoffice sub-stations, not a street car
moved Sunday.
Strike Early 8unday.
The strike beesme effective at
o'clock Sunday morning. At that hour
the "owl" cars, which had been In
operation during the night, ceased run
ntng. and none of the union mqp
showed up at the barns to begin their
day’s work.
Although there were left nearly 100
employees out of a total of 1,100, who
wars not members of the union at the
ttm* the strike was called and part of
these showed up for work, the company
made not the slightest attempt to run
passenger cars.
Postal Cars Are Run.
Only the postal cars bearing Ihe
signs "United Slates Mall" were oper
ated, and this being Sunday, sufficient
force to nun them was apparently se
cured without difficulty. The men op
erating them were not molested In any
way. The details of police at th* barns
had nothing to do.
Pickets were active In an Inconspicu
ous way. and the union leaders an
nounced that over a fourth of the re
maining non-union employees had bsan
won over and Jolaad tbs union.
of their dlnp early today by shooting
iiuch an seldom baa tuen heard her*;.
Two ahota wen* fired Into tho homo of
Judge Jamex Ilarxltt accuard of com*
pllolty in connection with the aaeaan'-
nation of James B. Marcum.
Others wore fired Into the store of
Hargis Brothers, In which June Jell,
brother nf Curtis, nos sleeping, but ho
was unharmed.
The home nf Deputy Town Marshs)
Bmlth also was hit. The firing was
continued fur forty minutes Curtis
Bmlth has bem arrested on the charge
that he was concerned In the ahootlng.
not a whole window light within two
blocks nf the station, and the people
were of tbc opinion that an earthquake
hud shaken the town. The flres In the
two drug stores were threatening ad
joining pr»|ierty when Ihe firemen ar
rived. Every window In the office waa
broken and the walls of the building
were cracked.
Not until the frightened people bad
■rot close to the depot was It learned
that the boiler of the engine had blown
up. Then the cries of the Injured at
tracted attention.
Freight cars piled one above the oth
er. There waa hnrdly anything left of
the engine except Its wheels, and th*
tracks on both sides were torn up.
GOTHAM BANK MESSENGER
RUNS OFF WITH $25,000
Sew York, .March 11.— Detectives are
•earthing today for William Glaehy, a
meescnircr for tho National Park Bank,
at Broadway and Fulton street, who
haa disappeared with collections »al<l
to amount to at least $25,000.
Glaahy Is 23 yearn old, good looking
and ha* a roving disposition. Bix
months ago he catne to New York from
t.'anada. Ho immediately obt.*tlned a
position ns messenger at the National
I’ark Bank.
After (llssby had been with the bank
a week lie sent for his stepbrother,
George Reed, who was In 81. Louts,
nnd nut of Workt Glashy hod made
the acquaintance of two pretty girls
snd Introdueed Reed to nno of them.
Reed Instantly fell In love, (llssby was
already In that fix. It 1s believed the
four have gone away together.
Roosevelt Plans
rp n T - ?
Secretary Taft
1 one-open Lanas
Ductus Question
A^ashlngton. Mnrrh II.-As so Itiimisllstr
rritilt of the ttttltiw! nttiuk which UVilFrn
seusti>m recently made on thi* public Un«l
pollric* of Ibi* ndmlnUtratlon, President
ItiNOwvHt wIR shortly reopen t*» rntrjr snd
MPtllcmcnt miw«* than half *»f the present
util lion sere I'uipln* which lie him with
drawn In thr Inst few- month*.
Thb* not Imimlc nny of the format
lamia. It raistes only to tbr rowl Issds
withdrawn lest year.
NVwr York. March ll.-Hccrciary Tsft sr-
rival here twlny. lie room i«» attcml the
cmivcntlon uf the l'rl«4in Martyr* Moiiutnfiit
Aaaoclntlnn at the rlty hull.
heervtary Taft Wa* a*k'd a* t«* the re*
port from Wnslilngtttn that Chief Juatlre
Puller hail lutlniatnl that be *ouM rrulgn
April 1, amt that Prcaldrut lbM»M>*rit hail
urged Hccrrtary Taft to take the poaltlon.
Mr. Taft auillnl ami mIiI
"Of rourar. you kliowr | CSB But talk
tiwut such reports.”
As tha result of what may have beta
a dastardly attempt at wbolsaal* mors,
der, or at least an effort by an un
known burglar to rob tho gas meter la;
tbs house at t Hill street some time
during Saturday night, aaven people,
five or them children, ware almost snf- .
focatad by escaping gas and had a nar- *
row escape from death.
Mrs. Lula Bond, a widow residing
In tha second story of the house, which
Is a large two-story frame structure,
end three of her children were rendered '
unconscious. The remaining two chil
dren were made III, aa were also Mr*.
Llisls Davis, a widow residing across
the halt from Mrs. Bond's apartments,
and Edward A. MeRee, who occupies
apartments on ,tbe drat floor. Mrs.
McKee wss absent tram home, spdad-
Mg IS* night with a relative, and this
fast.saved her.
Cut Oas Pipe*.
During the early part of Saturday
night the house was entered by some
unknown person, who, with seme kind
of sharp Instrument, cut tbs connecting
gas pipe, severing It a few Inches from
ths meter. This permitted the gas to
escape In great volumes, and It was but
a brief spare of time until the whole
of th* house was filled with tb* nau
seating fumes.
The motive of the marauder In cut
ting the gas pip* Is a mystery. Whether
he Intended to commit wholesale mur
der or whether the Job was merely aa .
attempt to rob tbs meter ts a matter
of speculation. Tho meter waa not
molested In any way, and If robbery
waa the motive th* criminal must have
become frightened and fled from the
house before he had time to break Into*
the meter.
The police are working on the myn-i
tery, but so far have failed to find a,
satisfactory solution. Inmates of that
house declare they know of no one who!
would want to slay them, and express!
the belief that the burglar Intendad
oifly robbery.
Th* mttar I* situated In Ihe hallway
on th* first floor, directly behind that
front door. It was easily accessible
from either the front or back doors.
No Claw to Criminal.
After cutting the pipe, ihe marauder
left without leaving the ellgbteat claw
aa to hie Identity or motive. The act
waa one of the moat daring brought to
the attention of the police In eons time,
as the burglar operated In the aariy
part of tha night, whll* numbers of
people were In the house. Whether ha
entered by meane of the front or back
door Is not known, aa neither of the**
had been locked and aa both were found
cloood.
' Although tho Intruder made hla visit
early, ths slumbering Inmates of ths
house were not affected until the early
hours of Sunday morning, (he crime
being discovered about I o'clock. At
that time the strong fumes of gas had
permeated ths entire bouse and th* air
was alckenlng and euffocatlng.
1 Mrs Bond and two of bar children..
Fannie May and Roy, after discover
th* gas, did not have sufficient stren
to gat out of tb* bouse, and swoonai
Oscar Bond, on being awakened,
reeled and staggered from bis room
and started In search of a physician.
He succeeded In getting down the stairs
and out onto the sidewalk, but had gon*
only a few steps farther when he sud
denly fell unconscious to the eldewalk,
striking and painfully bruising hi* fore
head. *
Found by Policemen.
Stretched out prone on th* sidewalk
with hla head hanging over th* curb*
Ing. the youth waa discovered by Bicy
cle Policemen Gallaher and Adams,
who were passing on Ihelr bicycles.
Hurriedly giving him attention and
reviving him. the two officers hurried
to ths house and at once set to work to
resrue th* suffocating Inmates.
Rushing up stairs, tbs poll
found Mrs Bond and Fannie May and
Roy In a comatose state—Mrs. Bond
on her bed and th* two children on the
floor. As quickly as possible th* three
victims were taken down stairs,
together with Oecar, were stretched
out on the front porch In the fresh air.
Mrs. Davis and McKee were awake and
were found aMt to stir, although Lola
had been badly affected by th* gas.
After rendering nil possible tempo
rary aid, tha officers went In search of
e physician. Within a short time all
of th* victims had hern rssus,-ttated,
but were left In a terribly weakened
and sick condition. They had all prsc>
i Monday, altbt
very nervous.