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™. Atlanta Georgian (And news) EXTRA VOL. V. NO. 284. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1907. pDTpTi' # In Atlanta: TWO TENTH. X iUGJj, o n Trnlna: FIVE CENTS. FRED H ACQUITTED OF ASSAULT TO MURDER Jury Returns Verdict in Case of . Fred Bush, Charged With Send ing an Infernal Machine to the Home of Mrs. Julia McCarthy, After Trial Lasting Two Days. The jury in the case of Fred Busli, charged with assault with intent to commit murder, by sending an in fernal machine to the home of Mrs. Julia McCarthy, on May 8, returned a verdict Friday afternoon of not guilty. Tho argument In the case of Fred T SB. DANIEL Bush, charged with assault with Intent to murder, was concluded at 12:45 o’clock, Attorney Luther Z. Rosser for the defense making the closing speech. At 2 o'clock Friday afternoon Judge Roan began his charge ftnd at 3 o’clock the case was In the hunds of the jury. Counsel for both the state and the detense made unusually strong speeches for and against the prisoner, and the intellectual battle between Solicitor Hill and Attorney Luther Rosser was an almost unprecedented display of logic, eloquence and wit. In one of the most Impassioned speeches ever delivered In the Fulton criminal .court. Solicitor Hill presented to the Jury the case for the state. For one hour and a quarter Solicitor Hilt held the speltbflund attention of the great audience which packed the court. room, and thj tension was only broken' at. times .when with ridicule and sar casm, he attacked the position of the defense and referred to the "rotten ’crutches on which they were trying to hobble to a verdict of acquittal.” The speed) of Mr. Hilt was frequently Interrupted by Attorney Rosser, who declared that the prosecuting attorney was not holding to the evidence In th<) case, and many spirited tilts between the twqf attorneys followed. . - "Has no Counterpart.” . In opening the argument, Mr. Hill said: "Oentlemen of tho Jury, this case has' no counterpart In all the past, and I trust to God It will have no parallel*In all the future. "The youngest child living today will not outlive the evil effects of a wTong verdict In this case. "This was a most diabolical crime. It was a horrible crime, and the man who committed It, whoever he was, was a diabolical and a cunning flend. Oh, TO BE GIVEN Railroad Commission to Pass on Passen ger Rates. It may be stated authoritatively, barring any hitch not now foreseen, that the railroad commission .will ren der a decision Saturday on the pas senger reduction case. Chairman -Warner Hill Is attending the Georgia bar. meeting at Tybee, but is expected In the city Saturday morn ing. Commissioners Brown and Ste vens stated Friday that If Chairman Hill arrived and that no hitch occurred, the decision would be handed down Saturday. The commissioners themselves are Temperance People in Bartow Organize For Campaign. depths of Infamy, open deeper still to still preserving absolute silence as to receive this cunning monster, that he the decision now practically agreed may not shame the faces of the damned | U pon, but It is learned from a reliable ’ who now Inhabit your labyrinths.' At great length Solicitor Hill viewed the evidence In the case and all the circumstances connected with It. and after he had summed up the evi dence, he said: > , "Not a Missing Link.” "There Is not a missing link In this case, Every linger points directly at this defendant. It is In evidence that he had the motive, that he had the ability, that he had the opportunity, and that he had made the threats.” Solicitor Hill concluded his argument by a brief resume of the evidence. Mr. Rosser’s Speech. Attorney' Luther Z. Rrisw-r followed Mr. II1II with the concluding argument for the defense. “Gentlemen o< the Jury." said- Mr. Rosser, "my friend. Mr. Hill, has made this same speech t™ a thousand Juries. I have heard the same thing before. "But coming to this case, there Is not a particle of evidence to connect this defendant with this crime., "The only ’threat’ that he Is shown to have made Is that he ’would not be re sponsible for what happened unless Doolittle stopped going with this young woman.’ and that Is as far as they have gone.. He has In no way been connect, ed with this crime." Scoffed at Theory, Mr. Rosser. scofTed at, the kVa that Bush Is a moral pervert and that he exercised a baneful Influence over Charlie Doolittle. ' ' , ,, Mr. Rosser referred to the streys laid by Mr. Hill upon the evidence that Bush “had mechanical knowledge" and that he Was an "expert on dynamite. •The testimony that Bush knew all about dynamite was ruled out. Charlie, said Mr. Rosser as he turned to Sir. •Hill. “but. you didn't know It and you went on arguing. It to the Jury. ’The fact that Bush knew something about dynamite In now way connects him with this cate." Attorney Roeser reviewed all the ev-; idence at length, taking it all up as It ■was delivered and applied It to Bush s •case. In the effort to show th* Impos sibility of fastening the crime upon his client. He made a powerful plea In behalf of the prisoner and made a most forcible presentation of his case. An adjournment was then taken 'until 2 o’clock. The Morning Session. At 10 o’clock Friday morning b ith the prosecution and the defense an nounced that all the evidence In the rise of Fred Bush, charged with as- sourre that there will be no 2-cent rate. But there will be a reductldn affect ing the trunk lines, the maximum being 2 1-2 cents per mile, with a minimum of 1 rents, perhaps, under certain condi tions. It developed from the Investiga tion that only two roads' In the state could stand a flat reduction to 2 cents— the Atlanta and West Point and the western and Atlantic. One of tin commissioners, so It goes, favored placing the rate for those two lines on a 2-rent basis, but It -met with the opposition of the other two. and the rate on these lines will probably lie 2 1-2 cents, as upon the other big trunk lines. • Makes Careful Study. It Is understood, also, that the de- Islon will be very comprehensive In Its scope, and will go Into the question very fully. For almost two months Commissioner Brown has devoted him self almost night and day to a study of the question. He has compiled a mass of figures and data. In all thlf he has received the active co-operation of his co-workers on the commission. The sliding scale of rates has been considered, but will not be applied In any extensive way. The small Inde pendent lines will probably be undis turbed. though a few now allowed to chArge a 6-cent rate may be cut down slightly. ’ • The Anal decision will be awaited with the keenest Interest by both the general public and the railroad peo ple. 8peels| to The Georglsu. Carteravllle, Ga.. May 31.—Despite a heavy downpour of rain, which looked as though It would defeat the plane of the prohibitionists, there was a large and enthusiastic audience gathered at the First Baptist church' of this city last night, ,ln attendance upon the first public meeting that haa been held by the, temperance people Ih the present campaign In Bartow county. The meeting, which was called for the purpose of effecting ah organisa tion. was presided over by Rev. Walt Holcomb. The meeting was very enthusiastic, and It was apparent that the friends of prohibition have entered the contest with the determination to tight to the blttqr end. ', The work 'of organisation consisted of the appointment of a number of committees, composed of some of the most prominent then In the county, which committees ure to- act In con junction with those appointed Wednes. day afternoon by the Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union. Mr. Holcomb stated last night that the county was being flooded with the literature of the liquor people, nnd that this literature contained arguments from several prominent divines over the country who had declared adverse ly to the prohibition cause. It was also stated by Dr. Holcomb that some of the circulars contained an article point ing out the reasons that Governor Pat terson, of Tennessee, gave In his veto meessgo when he refused to sign the fatnou* ontl-Jug law that was passed by the legislature of that, state. With the womeit thoroughly organ- I red and the men determined upon their course, the temperance people are highly optimistic at to the result of the coming election... Legislator Talks. Hon. W. J. Neel, a member of the coming Georgia legislature. In speak ing of the present comnalgrt In- Bartow county said the following: ’ . Bartow was one of the Hr"counties In Georgia to drive whisky qtit. That was nearly a quarter of a century ago. Rev. Ram Jones and Dr. Headden led that fight. It was a battle royal and victory came by the narrow ma.aln of two majority. Since the courts have decided our local law to be void, ,lt He roines ' neces*vv to light the Lattle over again. One would suppose the whisky gang to be dead or dls irann- Ixed by this time and that victory would MAN’S BODY IMPALED ON PICKET FENCE BY FALLFROM HIGH PORCH Cold Rain Keeps the Ex-Confederates Under Shelter. GEORGIANS ATTEND over 600 Strong Heroes of the Lost Cause Be ing Royally Entertained in Historic Richmond. Richmond. Va., May 31.—Rain, cold, drlaxly rain, began falling this morning as the men In attendance on the Con federate veterans' reunion began to ap pear on the streets. The rain has been steady and the veterans hard, been forced to keep under shelter most of the d*y. Less than a score of the old men have fallen out of the ranks and been taken to the hospitals. None of the cages Is terlous. The veterans were addressed today by Senator John TV. Daniel, who waa given a rousing welcome, and by Cap tain Robert E. Lee, Jr., of Fairfax, a grandson of General Lee. When the veterans heard the name of the man who was to make an address they rose as one man and made the Immense building shake with cheers. The program mapped out is being fol lowed closely and there will be a grand ball tills evening, followed by fireworks. Two among the many women here attracting the greatest attention and the most profound testimonials of de votion are Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, widow of the famous fighter, and Mlsa Mary Cuatls Lee, daughter of General Robert E. Lee. ' There are fully 10,000 ex-Confeder ate veterans In the city. The camp Is on the site of the great camp estab lished In 18*1. when troops were being hurried to the front from all the Sbuth. era states. Two Heroes Meet Many curious reunions already have taken place. Thomas Egerton, of the Twelfth North .Carolina, and Edward C. Draper, of Florida, are the heroes of one of the most curious. They got ■ sea dj- min nine una inn victory would . *° swapping w»thlnlory aa thw hiMtion" " alk ‘° lh * ^ Pr "' w *, Special to The Georglsu. Carteravllle, Ga., May 31.—While talking with some friends, B. C. Pe ters. an employee of the Southern Bell Telephone Company, pitched - over the baluster of the second story porch at the Bell Hotel at 9:30 o’clock last night, and ae he dropped toward the ground his body became entangled In a clothes line, was swung outward and .Impaled on a picket fence. Two of the pickets passed through the body. The man was quickly lifted from the fence nnd he died an hour later,• without regain ing consciousness. The body was removed to an under taker's establishment and an effort Is being made to locate the relatives of the deceased. Peters, who was about 35 years of age. came here from Atlanta with force of men three weeks ago nnd had been boarding at the Bell Hotel. It Is stated Ihnt ho lias relatives nt the Rand Hotel. West Forty-ninth street. New Tork, but so far they have not been located. A letter found In his pocket from B. D. Kerns Indicates that hla parents reside somewhere In Virginia. B. C. Peters came to Atlanta In No vember from hla home In New York. He had been In tfie employ of the .Southern Bell since hla arrival, travel ing with a force of men over the state. His headquarters were In Atlanta, but he had no relatives here. Officials of the Southern are trying to communicate with relatives of the dead man. O00OOOOO0OOOOOOO0OOO0O0OO0 O ’ 0 O UNSETTLED WEATHER O 0 STILL PREVAILING. O O , • iff O Unsettled weather remains vlst- O D ble until Saturday afternoon, when O O clearing Is to He followed by cool- O O er. It Is safe to predict that sum- O O mer will be along some old time. O Forecast: ' . O O "Rain Friday night, 'Saturday O O showers followed by clearing: O O slightly cuoler Saturday after- O O noon." O Friday temperatures: ■ O O 7 o'clock a. m (I degrees. O 0 g o’clock jl m 83 degrees. 0 9 o'clock a. m. C 10 o’clock a. m.. 0 11 o’clock a. m.. 0 12 o’clock noon.. O 1 o'clock p. m.. 0 2 o’clock p. m.. .70 degrees. .. 72 degrees. .. 74 degrees. . .73 degrees. ..77 degrees. ..72 degrees. C:ntinued on Pago Six. It Is expected thst a large gathering of people will be present at the Taber nacle next Sunday, when the lemper- ance people will hold an all-day rally. Rev. OAorge'R. Rtliart will preside' nt the afternoon meeting, and will at ’hut time deliver his famous address .n temperance. There will, he a number of prominent speakers present, and a bas ket dinner will be served on the Taber- nude grounds. GIRL AS C0N0UCT0R OF BROADWAY CAR Claims Slit* Worked ill Dis guise Without Being Deteeted. that both were wounded in the famour 12th of May light In the Bpottsylvanla court house. They were shot - down FREELY FOR Fund to Take Soldiers to Expo. Swelled by Gifts. 00000000000000000000000000 0 . O O CONTRIBUTIONS *480) . O TOTAL FUND NEEDED, $1,500 O 0 O R. M. Rose Company 1100 O 0 Atlanta Brewing and Ice Co.. 100 0 0 Chninberlln-Johnsnn-DuBose 0 Co... 5 0 Southern Bell Telephone Com-' O puny 6 O George Muse Co 2 0 Craig Cofleld 2 O W. H. Kiser 2 O Frank Hawkins .. 2 0 Julius L Brown 1 O Judge John R. Wilkinson.. .. II O A Friend to Colonel Ander- 0 son l< 0 Miss Daisy Matthews 21 C The Georgian 21 O O Total 241 One Fatally Hurt and Seven in Danger ous Condition. Both a Mass of Fire When She Re turned. ; EIGHT OTHERS BADLY BURNED Father Rushes Into Burning Home to Awaken Oc cupants. TRACTION CAR ; i RAN OVER CUR Motormau Rubbered to See Dog and Failed to See Car Ahead. body Atlanta Is responding nobly to The Georgian’s csll for funds to send the Fifth regiment to Jamestown on Geor gia day. llnrdly had The Georgian’s message reached the street Thursday afternoon until the first response came. Judge John R. Wilkinson's voice came over the phone, contributing Jin to the fund. Frid.l? ,0l, °’? d by ” ve ™' others. On M..I M... ; rlday "honing Colonel Clifford An- H «... .. u „* „„„ within u few feet of each other, a t' oer * l>n , commander of the regiment re I looking to see how badly It was in- we retaken ?™h% rame hos$M a^h2^n?known ^me,Vm b a r ' PM °,?* d ‘, h “‘ * h * C " name time, poMrtbly In the name am-1 fuml . " men; swelling the ahead hid stopped. Fuerndelner Jump- bulance; both mm attended by the n> **veraj hundred dollar*. The ad before the praeh and ran. Elyria, - Ohio, May II.—Seven per sona dead, another fatally Injured and seven In a dangerous condition Is the result of s rear-end collision last night between two Cleveland, Southwestern and Columbus traction cars. G. N. Fuerndelner, a motorman. la today held on a charge of manslaugh ter. All of the dead lived here. Several had one or both feet ampu tated, others had their legs crushed. The dead and Injured were caught on the rear platform of the forward car. The motorman, who, escaped, was threatensd with mob violent-, after the crash, and was located at hla home to day. A special grand Jury will Investlgsta the wreck. Motorman Fuerndelner de clares he had run over a dog and In Norfolk. Va, May 21.—A young worn an giving her name aa Miss Grace Wal- J morui same surgeon; both recovered from their wounds about the same time, and both resumed business at the front about the same ,day and fought the balance of the war out very near to each other, and yet thla waa the first time, so far ns either of the men knew, they had ever met. To ure their own language, both were "high-heeled pri vates In the rear rank." Missouri headquarters are at Mur phys Hotel. Major Gensral John B. Stone, who commands the Missouri di vision of Confederate Veterans, Is at the head of the delegation. Among the officers on band were Captain John Bhaull, of Vernon county: Colonel W. C. Bronaugn and Captain H. C. Gregg, of Kansas City. North Carolina headquarters at Ran ger hall Is a scene of constant liveli ness. The oM boys were In from all parts of the old Tnr Heel Rtate. Georgia Delegation. Tonight the North Carolina contin gent will be tendered a reception by the North Carolina Boclety of Rlch- lace. who claims to have been employ* | ‘ a conductor on a Broadway trolley "VI™ 00000000000000000000000000 ■ PCSnUlC* car for two months without her sex being even suspected, was In Norfolk today. ' She said: "It's the easiest. thing In the world to be a man. Why, I told hundreds of New Yorkers to step lively. In a voice that sounded nothing at all like a man’s. They never suspected me of be ing a woman, ana don't know the dif ference today. I may go back to work on the can-after I visit my mother and slater.” Mias Wallace la a very pretty fvnman. She la anything but masculine In up- down, came In from Montgomery,” said Captain C. C. Craw, ’’and I reckon be fore the boys get' through arriving we will have as many as 80» Alabamans at thla reunion.” Captain Crow la the commander of Gordon Memorial ramp at Anniston. aeorgla headquarters are at the Me chanics Institute, and a large number from that state have registered, poeel- bly 700. Hpecfal trains from Atlanta, Havannah and Macon reachad here yea. terday. Among the Georgians registered Is Continued on Page Three. subscriptions obtained by him are In eluded In ,he Ha, published It is no can for charity the Fifth reg. Iment Is making. Georgia should be represented at the Jamestown Espoal- Hon op the state's own day and the soldier boys who go to add to the glory of Georgia and Atlanta ahould not be forced to bear their own expenses. But the fund Is yet far from the amount needed to pay for the trip. Col. nnel Anderson places the total'amount needed, exclusive of the 21,000 gfven by the city, at 21.500, and bellevee that there will be no difficulty In securing the sum. Certainly there should be no trouble, If other Atlantans respond as generously as those whosae names are given above. < - Mr. Brown's Lettsr. Julius L. Brown has struck tbs key note In a letter to The Georgian, In closing a check for hla contribution to tha fund. - Hera Is hla letter, a clarion call to Atlantans to give freely to their mvn regiment: To the Editor of The Georgian: You are right. The soldier boys ought by all meana to go to Jamestown. But you don't put the case strong enough. Atlanta would be disgraced If we failed to send them. They go not for a Junket but P> represent Atlanta and Geor gia. Let the Atlanta people remember what these soldier boys did las. winter and not prove ungrateful. It affords me pleasure on this, my llth birthday, to contribute my mite to aid them. I herewith Inclose my check for 210. » Yours truly. I . . JULIUS L> BROWN. - , • Tha Daad. , * HENRY M. HILLINGS, aged 80. W. C. AI.I.EN, Lakg Shore claim agent., DONALD 8ALA. EDWARD O'DONNELL, CHARLES B. HORTON. HOMER ALLEN. EUNICE W. WUR8T. The Injured. Marguerite Butler, aged 15, Elyria, one. foot amputated, other, heel crushed. Mabel Dean, aged 16. Bouth Amherst, both feet amputated. Arthur Cattfett, noth feet amputated. Jack Leslie, Carlisle, left foot am putated. • . . } Mrs. J. H. Sale, Elyria,; one leg crushed and severe Internal Injuries; will die. Will Savoy, conductor of the first car, both feet amputated. George W. C. Chamberlain, aged 20. Madison, compound fracture of both legs. , > 0000000000000000O00O00O0O0 o o O ROOSEVELT TALK8 0 0 ABOUT THE BABY CROP. 0 0 President Roosevelt. In Ills 0 0.speech at Lansing. Mich.,, today 0 0 tells the farmers of. the United O 0 States that tha "baby crop Is the O o beet crop of all" to raise on the O o farm. Ills talk Is about "The O O Man Who Works With His O O Hands." 0 I O For story, see page o i p0V00C0O<jv0oao<jooO0o 0000OO Long Branch, N. J., May 21.—Fire destroyed the costly cottage of Jacob Rothschild, In Ocean avenue today causing four deaths. Injuries to right other persons, some of whom will die nnd for a time threatening to wipe out a large part of the settlement. The Rothschild cottago has been oc cupied by,the family of Walter Schlf fer. secretary of the Unlled cigar Man ufacturers’ Company of New York The dead: Marlon Schlffer, 10 years old, tiled from Inhaling flames. Ruth Schlffer. 14 years old. body found In ruins. Tlllle Notson, servant, body found In ruins. Mary Bllger, servant, body found In ruins. Burned: Walter Schlffer, hands and badly burned In making rescues. Mrs. Walter Schlffer, hair burned off; face and body scorched; will prob ably die. * B. Cltcren, B. Brlecer, guests, and Ivan Relton, Katie Murray, Mina Schlark, Josephine Hottman, servants, minor Injuries. War# Playing Whist 5Ir. and Mrs. Schlffer and their two guests were playing tvhlst when they smelled smoke. As Mr. Schlffer passed Into the kitchen to Investigate the smoke the room bufat out In flames. Mrs. Schlffer tried to find her way through the dense emoke to their rooms occupied by her children and Miss Schlark, the governess. She was overcome by the smoke and fell heav ily against the door of the governeas’ room. Miss Schlark opened the door, her own room was then being tilled with smoke, and tried to lift Mrs. Schlffsr. . Failing, she passed a roped sheet about her body, nnd dragged her to a window. The fresh nlr revived Mrs. Schlffer and ehe darted back to save . her children. Mother's Heroic Act. 'The mother lore which prompted that Act of heroism may cost her her life. The flames were then bursting through the floor and as she passed them, her garments caught Are. Dashing I nth the- room occupied by little Marion, she grabbed her up from the bed which waa then burning and ran down the stairs and out onto the lawn. The night gown of the child waa then burned off and Mrs. Schlff- er*a clothes were aflre from her feet to her neck. 1 * * A'dozen men relieved the frantic woman of the child and rolled her In “ e damp grass smothering the Haines. Father Falls Exhausted. Mr. Schlffer fqUgflt th* Man..-* and ftiahed"through fhe house getting out the occupants until he fell from ex tinction, his clothes ablaze, nnd was carried to the Helmendinger cottage. > When the Marne* were at their height the wind spread them to the handsome residences adjoining, one owned by the Simon Sternberger es tate, and the other by Jacob Cohn. Iloth’th»- \V"!f** and i ‘ din families got out safely though they had narrow es capes. It was estimated that the dam age to them was almost equal to the toes of the Rothschild villa. The loss will reach 1250,000 on the three build ings. . Machinists Out. Special to The Georgian. « Anniston, Ala., May 31. Following the action of the mechanics in Louts- vllle, Birmingham. Decatur, Mobile, Montgomery and other places, the Loulsvfle and Nashville machinists, nine in number, walked out of the local shops yesterday, because President Mllto •tnlth and ognlr L