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VOL. V. NO. 238.
ATLANTA, GA* MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1907.
PRICE:
DELMAS BEGINS SPEAKING IN DEFENSE Vote for the Water Bonds!
OF BARRY K. THAW MONDAY AFTERNOON;
COURT ROOM THRONGED WITH PEOPLE
Women of the Thaw’
Family Listen to
Argument.
VERDICT EXPECTED
EARLY IN WEEK
Jerome May Finish His
Statement to the Jury
on Tuesday.
Now York. April 8.—Lawyer Del-
phln M. Delmas, senior counsel for
Harry K. Thaw, began what Is ex
pected to prove one of the most re
markable closing addresses evere deliv
ered In a criminal case In Now York at
2 o'clock this afternoon.
The California lawyer has devoted a
/treat deal of time and care to the prep
aration of his Anal efforts to save'Thaw
from the electric chair,- or a.term in,
prison. In this he-has. been ably as
sisted by Thaw himself. The prisoner
has made coplotis notes of his ." own
views and feelings In the case, and all
of these he turned over-to Mr. Delmas
to assist him In his summing up.
The Thaw Jury had their, last threo
hours of freedom for perhaps several
days to come. Justice Fltsgerald an
nounced when ho adjourned court at 11
o’clock that ho would cause the Jurors
to be locked up and kept under guard
from the time the case was resumed
until they have rendered thejr verdict.
They were allowed to go to their homes
today during the recess to prepare for
their Incarnation. *
It Is expected that Delmas will de
liver a part of his address this after
noon and concludo tomorrow. Mr. Je
rome is expected to wind up the ease
tomorrow afternoon, and If sufficient
tlmo remains Justice Fitzgerald will
charge the Jury and give the case Into
their hands.
Should there be no disagreement
among the Jurors It Is possible a ver
dict may be had tomorrow night. This,
however. Is not expected either by
Thaw's lawyers or the prosecution.
The actual trial of Thaw came to an
end today, when 1-awycr Delmas de
clared that the defense rested Its case
at 10:50 a. m. Jerome followed with
a similar declaration on behalf of the
people. ,
Women Hear Speech,
Despite the earlier announcement
l hat the women would be excluded from
the court room, the women members pf
the Thaw family took their s«ts half
an hour before that set for the begin
ning of Mr. Delmas' address. It was
originally planned to not have them
present during Delmas' summing up be
cause It was feared they might break
down.
But this plan was changed. The
mother of the prisoner sat between
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and tho
countess of Yarmouth, while Mrs. ,G:
I- Carnegie and her husband occupied
'eats in the row In front. Edward
Thaw sat In the next seat to the
countess.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan.
Dan O’Reilly and all the lawyers for
■he defense hurried around Inside tho
room finding accommodations for their
friends. The friends of the prosecution
found chairs Inside the Inner rail, while
those Invited by the defense had to
take their chances of securing seats on
the outside. Miss May MacKenzie, who
In the early part of the trial was al
lowed to sit with Mrs. Evelyn Thaw,
was permitted no further than the en
trance from Justice Fitzgerald's private
PUERTO CORTEZ FALLS;
CEIBA TO BE STORMED
Mobile, Ala., April 8.—Private, ad
vices Just received by cable from Por
to Barrios, Guatemala, state that l’ucr-'
to Cortez, the principal port of Hondu
ras, has fallen and Is'in the hands of
the Nicaraguans. Details are meager.
It was also said that the Nicara
guan army and navy were now moving
on Celba-.to capture that port. There
have been no steamers from either port
since March 29, and Information from
Puerto Cortez Is received at Porto Bar
rios by boat ,.
room. She sat with Mfs. J. J. Caine
arid Mrs.-Plerce, of Pittsburg, who had
testified to signing, as a witness, Harry
Thaw's will.
Dslmss Bejjins.
Before Mr. Delmas began his sum
ming up address at 2:12 p. m., Justice
Fitzgerald began by ordering the officer
of the court to see'that order!was
maintained. Mr. Jerome was not pres-,
ent. ' i ft
Mr. Delmas said:
"If your honor please, and you, gen
tlemen of tho Jury, we have no more
right. If the real facts were known, to
bo hero today trying' the prisoner at
the bar than If It was prohibited by the
statute. Had you heard these words
from any Irresponsible persons, instead
of having heard them from an official
charged with a public duty, had you
heard them from, a man given to Irre
sponsible talk Instead ,of In this court
of Justice and solemnity, had the occa
sion on which they were uttered been
some trivial discussion about an Inslgj
nlflcant topic Instead of where tho dis
cussion Is ono of life and death, these
words might not have filled you with
amazement, but this was a statement
made by the district attorney.
"To show the falsity of that. It will
be necessary to call upon all the energy
in my power to reach a conclusion. I
shall make no attempt to Inflame your
passion, nor appeal to make your feel
ings warp your Judgment.
"I shall rely on no such unstable
thing as the supposed unwritten law. I
will base the fate of this defendant on
the law of this state—the law of the
books, the written law.
Continued on Page Three.
IN SELF-DEFENSE PRICE
DECLARES REDI8H WAS SHOT
Special to The Georgian.
Columbia, S. C., April 8.—James
Price, who shot and killed William
Redlsh, near Colleton postoffice, In'Col-
leton county Friday, when the latter
went to see him about Price's alleged
cursing of Kedlsh’s sister, was caught
yesterday at Blackvllle. and by In
structions from Governor Ansel, was
sent by Charleston to Jail at Waiter-
boro In order to prevent the possibility
of his being lynched.
Price says be killed Redlsh in self-
defense.
TELLS HIS STORY
“Why. I qjilt my Job as a cabinet
maker to come Southjand unload lum
ber for 81.25 a day” would be an ap
propriate title for ono chapter In the
lifo of Arthur Johantohn, a German
who was placed on the stand Monday
by the government in the'peonage cases
now being tried In the Federal court.
Similar titles might be applied to the
experiences of Phillip Bend and Paul
Arlt, who also hail from the land or
William and who were put up as wit
nesses.
Johansohn could not speak English,
but ho epoke German overtime to In
terpreter Wedemeyer. He' not onIR used
plenty of words and ■ emphasis, but he
gesticulated wildly and grew excited
In telling .of his alleged wrongs.
The government closed Its case with
the witness Bend and the defense began
Its. fight; The first witness put on the
stand was Louis R. Robinson, of the
Southern Immigration Bureau in New
York, and one of the defendants. His
story was a denial of what several of
the Immigrants had testified and he
said the nature of the work had been
thoroughly explained to each man.
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—The Georgian has advocated an issue
of municipal bonds that would not only cover
the improvements in our city water system, but
enable the city to build its own electric light and
gas plants. The special commission from council
has shown that the electric light and gas plants
would pay for themselves very quickly and be a
source of large revenue to the city.
—Unfortunately the report of this com
mittee was not finished before the bond election
was called. We believe the water improvements
are needed so badly that it is not safe to delay the
matter to try to include the lighting plant, and
rather than endanger the health of Atlanta in any
way, We advise all to use their efforts to make
the water bond election a success.
—The reports of experts on the light
ing and gas plants confirm the practical tests of
municipal ownership of public utilities already
successfully made in the water-works. The
value of the latter plant as the pioneer in the
movement for municipal ownership makes our
duty so plain that Atlantans have but one thing
to do:
Vote for the Bonds!
E
E
Chief Turner’s Men
Hold Jobs Indefi
nitely.
THREE OFFICERS
• ARE DROPPED
Commissioners Will Adver
tise County and Secure
New Bridge.
WHERE IS T. A. BOONE?
HE CAME TO ATLANTA
THEN HE DISAPPEARED
Dr. J. W. Lee to Ask
the County For
$100,000.
As the result of recent articles writ
ten exclusively for The Georgian by
Dr. J. W. Lee, pastor of Trinity Meth
odist church, the movement to establish
an Industrial farm fig the criminal
class of negro boys of Fulton county,
crystallized Monday morning at a
meeting of the Methodist ministers ol
the city In a\motlon calling upon the
board of county commissioners of Ful
ton county to Immediately take steps
looking to the establishment of such on
Institution.
The motion provided for the appoint
ment of a committee consisting of Drs.
Lee, French and J. H. Eakce, to confer
with tho board of county commission
ers, and urge upon them the necessity
of establishing some kind of home or
training school for the youthful negro
criminals of Fulton county.
Dr, J. W. Lee, who has made an ex
hauettve Inquiry Into the cost of crime
In so far as this county Is concerned
and who published the result of his
Investigations In two special articles In
The Georgian, Introduced the subject
to the ministers, and by conclusive ar
gument, showed the urgent necessity
for Immediate action. Dr. Lee's articles
were entitled "The Cberclon of Had-
nese” and appeared In the Issues of the
last two Saturdays.
Visited the Jails,
"I recently visited the Jail,” said Dr.
tee, “and I was astonished to see
twelve or thirteen little negro boys
confined there. Many of them were so
young that they hardly knew what they
were in Jail for. Numbers of them are
being arrested every week and besides
those that are in Jail there are 2,500, I
unedrstand, now running loose upon
the streets, free to engage In crime
without restraint or hindrance.
“Many of these negro boys can be
saved and taught to live right by sep
arating them from the older and more
hardened criminal class with whom
they are allowed to associate, and It Is
time we were taking some action in
regard to the matter."
Dr. Lee stated that he had recently
visited the industrial farm at Hape-
vllle and found that at least 75 per cent
of the boys who are placed under the
care of ProfesBor Means are, sent away
entirely reformed and become useful
business men and worthy citizen*.
To Cost $100,000.
As stated In his article In The Geor
gian. Dr. tee Is of the opinion that
8100,400 will be sufficle'nt to establish
the Industrial farm, and that after its
establishment It will only be a question
of time until H will be self-supporting.
suggestion that * the Methodist
ministers of the city agitate the propo
sition of having the state establish a
school for training feeble-minded chil
dren was made by Dr. H. L. I’rumley
at the .meeting Monday morning.
Dr. Crumley stated that he had In
vestigated the matter ami Is satisfied
that a great portion of the crime com
mitted in this country 1s traceable to
No Trace of Well
Known Tennessean
Is Found.
Did the earth open up and swallow
Thomas A. Boone, of Wauhatchie,
Tenn., In Atlanta last Tuesday?
Mysterious disappearances have oc
curred since the beginning of time, but
few with more puzzling features,
well-known official and business man
vanished from under the eyes of hie
friends, leaving absolutely no trace be
hind him.
Last Tuesday morning Mr. Boone and
Attorney Henry P. Fry came to Atlanta
over the Western and Atlantic cn route
to Savannah, from where they Intended
taking a steamer for New York. On
arrival here 'Squire Boone, os, he Is
known, immediately called on Colonel
Walter P. Andrews. They were boys
together In North Carolina, and had
been life-long friends.
"Say,’ you can't guess who this Is,”
said a voice to Colonel Andrews.
"No, who Is It?”
"Remember Tom Boone?"
"Sure. Where are you, Tom?”
When Informed that Mr. Boone was
at the old car shed. Colonel Andrews
hastened there, where greetings took
place. Then the party walked down to
a new building on Marietta street that
Colonel Andrews Is having erected.
Colonel Andrews and Mr. Fry walked
Into tho building, leaving 'Squire Boone
standing outside. When they came out
'Squire Boone was to be seen no whore.
They waited there, over an hour, but
the missing man never returned. As
tho'party was to lunch with Hon. John
Temple Graves at noon, Colonel An
drews and Mr. Fry left, thinking
‘Squire Boone would be at Colonel An
drews' law office. But he wasn't, so
the party had lunch without him.
About 3 o'clock the same afternoon
Colonel Andrews' 'phone In the Equlta
ble building rang, and when ho an
swered It the following occurred:
'That you, Walter/ What did you
fellows run off and leave me for? ThlB
Is Tom Boone."
Colonel Andrews assured him that
they watted over an hour. Ho ascer
tained that 'Squire Boone was at the
old station, and went .there at once.
Mystery again! No trace of 'Squire
Boone could be found. He had van
ished completely. Attorney Fry then
decided to return to Chattanooga.
Mr. Fry believes 'Squire Boone went
on to New York alone and will be
heard from later. Nothing has been
heard from him at his home or at Chat
tanooga.
.JEWS FLEEING
FROM RUSSIA
HOKE SMITH VISITS
PRES, ROOSEVELT
AT WHITE HOUSE
Says Next President Will
Be Representative of
People.
Washington, April 8.—Governor-elect
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, on his way
to Europe, called on President Rooze
velt today.
When he emerged from the white
house, he was asked for an expression
of his views on national politics.
"1 have nothing to say,” he said, "ex
cept that the next president of this
country wll be a man who represents
the Interests of the masses of the peo'
pie."
THREETR1S CRASH;
IS HURT
Berlin, April 8.—According to statis
tics compiled by the German Jews'
Association 250,000- Jews left Russia
during 1906. Eighty per cent of them
came to tHe United States.
the fact that Georgia does not care
properly for that portion of her popula
tion which Is feeble-minded, and make*
no provision for training such minds
carefully at.a time when they might l>e
susceptible to training.
Dr. Crumley expressed his intention
of agitating the question of establish
ing a school for fecblermlnded children
until some action Is taken by the state,
and urged the ministers of Atlanta to
assist him In the work.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 8.—A freight
train of tho Cincinnati, Now Orleans and
Texas Pacific railroad crashed Into another
freight on tho same road early this morn
ing! A moment Inter freight train No; 17,
on the Western and Atlantic, crashed Into
a mass of wreehsge which had been thrown
upon Its track, which runs alongside.
Fireman Torn lllaek hud Ida right leg
broken, and was otherwise Injured. The
three engines were badly damaged, nnd slz
ears loaded with merchandise were totally
destroyed. The loss Is estimated st sliout
875,000.
There will be no more annual elec
tions of members of the county police
force by the board cf county commis
sioners.
Henceforth all members of the force
will be placed on their good behavior,
with no fixed time of service, and sub
ject to discharge at the will of the
board of county commlslsoners, When
any Infraction of the rules occurs.
This radical change In the rule gov
erning the election of members of the
county police force, predicted by Tho ■
Georglnn on Saturday, was taken by I
the commissioners at a called meeting
held Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
The resolution providing for tho In
auguration of the civil service system
In connection wth the county police
was Introduced by Commissioner Clif
ford L. Anderson, For a number of
years the board has followed the cus
tom of holding an annual election at
which time the whole force was elected
for another year, with changes In the
line-up, whenever a change was deem
ed advisable. In future, according to
the resolution of Colonel Anderson,
which was unanimously adopted, them
will be no election whatever except In
cases where an officer resigns or is
discharged and hie place must be filled, i
Chief Turner will hold his position at
the head of the county police without
any other election until he resigns or
the Marti decides to elect a successor.
Three Men Dropped.
After adopting tho resolution the
hoard went still further nnd dropped
three members of the county police,
thla taking effect May 1. The officers
who were dropped are J. H. Buran, S.
R Hathcock and W. H. Dunn. Ail
three of the men were recently elected
to the police force and no reason was
assigned by the board of commission
ers for their discharge.
J. O. Casey, Arthur Colley, IV. A. Ri
ley, L. 8. Swords, J. A. Hancock an.I
J. L. Driver were elected to places on
the force to fill the vacancies caused
by the dlschnrgo of three officers and
the resignations of others.
During the meeting of tho board the
question of entering Into tho advertis
ing plan recently proposed by the
Loulsvilel and Nashville railroad was
dlscusesed and favorable action tnken.
On motion cf Commissioner Anderson
the board voted to purchase two thou
sand copies of the booklet advertising
Fulton and which Is titled "North nnd
8outh.” The cost of the booklets will
be 8200 and they will be used In an
effort to Induce desirable immigrants
.to settle In Fulton county. .
A resolution condemning the wooden
bridge across the tracks of tho Sea
board railway on Peachtree road was
Introduced by Commissioner Anderson
nnd unanimously udopted by the board.
The resolution directs the railway to
at once remove the old bridge and sub
stitute a bridge of steel, reinforced
concrete or other substantial material
to be approved by the superintendent
of public works. The bridge In ques
tion Is located on tho Peachtree Mud
beyond Brookwood.
MRS. AGGIE MYERS
TO KNOW FATE SOON
Kansas City. April 8.—Final action
In tho cases of Mrs. Aggie Myers and
Frank Holtman, under sentence of
death for the cold-blooded murder May
II, 1906, of the woman’s husband, Clar-
enco Myers, an expressman, will be
taken today by Governor Folk at Jeffer
son City. t ; L
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tbe Georgian records bars each day some
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
Since January 1 plans for 122,468 additional spindles In the Southern
textile Industry have been made, says Tbe Manufacturers' Record.
A conservative estimate of the cost of the 122,468 spindles announced
between December 31, 1906, and April, 1807, Is $3,000,000. Of this amount,
about 81.000.400 Is for additions to established plants and 82,000,000 for
the new mills.
Following Is the number of new rplndles and established mllLs enlarg
ing, by states: • . - ;
Alabama - 8,500 spln.ll.-s
Georgia 17,000 spln.lles
North Carolina 29,366 ei.ln.ll>>*
South Carpllna 66,6...) spindles
Tennessee ' 11,000 spindles
Total ..122,466 spindles
The annual pay roll at Greenville, 8. C„ aggregates 82,300,000, not
Including the businesses of a number of small contractors ami firms and
Individuals employing email numbers of day laborers. Thl- But was
brought out at the quarterly meeting of the (Greenville Board of Trade
laet week, at which the committee on statistics showed that botw. cn i960
and 1906 the assessed value* of property In Greenville county had in
creased from 17,177.555 to 811.913,570. and In the city of Greenville from
31,560,225 to 82.414.310. In the calendar year 1906 the railroads handled
17,149 ear loads of freight from Greenville, an Increase of 2,'J37 ear loads
over 1905, and building permits were issued to the value of ISU7.363 In
that year.