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BLAZE WIPES OUT
Ancient Remains of Constanti
nople Are Destroyed
by Flames.
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REACTIONARIES BLAMED
Five Thousand Buildings Are
Burned and Ten Thousand
Are Homeless.
Conetantlnople, July 24.—After racing
for twelve hoar*, dating which It wfped
oat th* old Stun bo al quarter of the
city, th# Or# which originated yeeter-
day afternoon during the celebration of
the anniversary of the eonatltutlon, died
eat early today after It had exhausted
all the fuel upon which It could feed.
Fire thousand building* were £e
strayed, causing damage eatlmated at
11,000,000. At leaat 10,000 are homeleaa
and many are mlaalng. The Are, which
.originated from a myaterfoua ,aource
near the mini*try of war, waa driven
by a high wind, and, after darkneae had
fallen, aotdlani had to be uaed to pre
vent pillage by mob* of vandala.
The Stamboul a action la the oldaat
and moat picturesque In tbe city. Prac
tlcally all of th* dwelling* were of
wood and the fir* sweot with rabid fury
among th* tlndar-Ilko building*.
The regular fire-fighting force waa
now erica* to check the ruth of the fire.
Fold tars reinforced tbe firemen, but
oven the additional fire-fighter* were
unable to atay the conflagration, owing
to the meager and antiquated method*.
Adding to the handicap* of the fire
men the terror-atrlcken resident* of the
fire ravaged section broke thru the
line* of troop* tnd attempted to *ave
effect* from their home*.
So lntenee waa the heat that atone
etrncturea In the path of the flam**
war* leveled. The fire roared up to an
Immense height, casting a clow over
the entire city during the night
The fire broke out simultaneously In
three places In the very heart of the
Stamboul district and It la charged
that reaction art**, dissatisfied with the
rule of the Young Turk*, are responsi
ble for the conflagration.
Seen* of Desolation.
Tho fire waa the greatest that Con
stantinople has known since 1U0 and
th* scan* today In the ancient quarter
of the city la one of woe and desolation.
Th* general staff collage la In ashes.
W. T. Stead, the wall known London
Journalist, who la In Constantinople,
waa an aye witness of th* fire, and to
day told a graphic atory of the scant*
he witnessed.
-The spectacle waa sublime In Its
magnitude." said Mr. Stead. “The
ainoke hung like a lurid pall over the
city. I hired a conveyance and an In
terpreter and while the flames were at
their fiercest proceeded as near a« I
could to th* heart of the disaster. I
was told that Mabmond Schrfkrt, for
mer minister of war. was seriously In
jured. but was unabl* to learn the ex
tent of his hurts,
"Tbe fire grew into two raging can
ter* about a mile apart, between which
waa a continuous line of fire. At In*
tenrols buildings toppled with resound
log crash**, sanding up ahowera of llv
Ing sparks. Th* Psra palace and th#
European quarter, with Ita gaily deco
rated bouses, were thronged with sight
seers. Thar* seamed to ho thousands
of foreigners, among them many Eng
II ah and American tourists, upon th*
straet*. Across th* Holden Horn chil
dren ware playing with fireworks, ob
livious apparently to tjie fact that part
of th* city waa being destroyed. The
great amphlthaatar of hill* about the
harbor waa Illumined and en tele, while
Stamboul biased like a gigantic funeral
pyre.
"Sseoheny, head of the Constantino
ple fire brigade, wag In pergonal charge
of th* fire-fighters. Ha told me that on
the previous night fiv* fire* had broket
out In various portions of the city.
Bakers Didn't Care.
"There were scenes of terrible die
trees on evary hand, and It waa Intl-
matad that America would be aaked lo
extend her charity to the homeless
Turk# But there were also scene* of
an oppoelte nature. At one place where
a bakery waa threatened tbe furniture
wae being removed while the bakers
went unconcernedly on with their labors
aa tho such devastations ware common
vtilt&tion*.
“The minister of war took a strong
hand to psevent disorder* and ordered
out largo numbers of soldiers from the
barrocko.
"It was ludicrous to watch the poor
efforts of the firemen. In vain they
worked their wretched hand pumps and
poured buckets of water upon that rag
ing holocaust, which could hardly have
been stemmed by the modern appliances
of a British or American city.
“This waa the fourth great fire since
the revolution and fully 15,000,000 dam
age has been done."
Stamboul waa the Mohammedan pari
of tbe city and waa Inclosed by the
Reodoelan walla. Th* principal moaques
and saraglo* of the sultans were with
in Ita confines. The existing remains
of ancient Constantinople were located
In this district and were wiped out by
tbe conflagration.
•uch materials so bought, for which
they shall claim and receive credit,”
Section 13 tells of the establishment
of a general expense fund to provide
for the prompt payment of all salaries,
rents and other expenses to be called In
as needed by the treasurer of the asso
ciation in proportion to the percentage
allotted to each member.
The admission of the agreement so
aensktlonally brought before the com
mittee was opposed by Counsel Llnda-
bury for the United States Steel Cor
poration. The lawyer declared that the
steel corporation had never been a par
ty to any such agreement and that he
was authorized by the secretary of the
corporation to say that no such agree
ment was on record.
Mr, Llndabury also’ denied Chairman
Stanley's Imputation that a similar
SMITH TO ACT
IN RATE MAHER
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Continued from First Page.
County Makes Money by Re
tailing It Instead of Ac
cepting Bid.
Pope Plus III.
Rome, July 34.—Pope Pius X was com
pelled to tgke his bed today on account
of an attack of cold and sore throat, and
all audiences were cancelled. Dr. Marchla-
Fava and Dr. Potacci. after visiting the
Fulton county saved 912,0(\p to $20,-
000 when the commissioners refused
recently to sell the old court house ns
Junk to the highest bidder. The high
est bid received for lr ns It stood was
91,600, the second highest bid being
only 91,000. ,
The commissioners have since been
agreeably surprised to And that a much
larger sum will he realised. As Is well
known, the commissioners contracted
to have It torn down by tho Mlckel-
Crawford Construction Company, pay
ing this Arm a percentage on the cost of
wrecking and sale of material.
The plumbing nnd heating material
and electric lighting Axtures have Just
been sold for 91.600 to the Winn Plumb,
ng Company, this Arm to remove It.
The public works committee now
believes It will obtain 915,000 for good
substantial brick, as there afe several
million bricks In the structure. The
contractor states that the old brick are
easily worth 95.60 per thousand. New
bricks bring 97 per thousand. The
committee Is deliberating whether to
sell tho brick or keep them. The main
difficulty In keeping the brick nnd using
them in th® new court house is to se
cure an available storage yard for them.
The timber and lumber In the old
building Is of the best hardwood mate
rial, and the committee has had many
applications from would-bo purchasers.
This Umber, secured many years ago.
was "heart timber” nnd Is a class of
hardwood rarely obtainable now, ex
cept at extraordinarily high price*.
The public' works committee Is now
considering the proposition ot an alert
Advertising Arm to pay 925 monthly for
the privilege of using tho fence around
the old building for advertising pur
poses.
There Is some talk that the date of
receiving the bids of contractors for
building the new court house In August
may have to be delayed on account of
the short time given for the speclAcn-
ttons. Two county policemen were sta
tioned at tho old building Monday.
Much complaint has been made to Chief
Rowan about brick and steel Aylng out
In the street, and he has assigned two
men to protect pedestrians and drivers.
mission. Is In some Instances charging
a greater rate per ton per mile on thru
freight on said railroad than the local
rates allowed by the railroad commis
sion for said railroad.”
In other words the commission held
that the road charged more per mile in
some instances for shipments that
crossed the Georgia line Into Tennessee
than It charged per mile for shipments
to points on the road within Georgia.
Governor Brown's Contention.
Governor Brown’s position was that
rates Axed for other roads for the same
distance entirely within the state could
not be applied by the commission for
shipments over the Western and. At
lantic Into Chattanooga, since the Chat,
tnnooga traffic became Interstate busi
ness the moment It passed the state
line and therefore was solely under the
agreement was Included In^YldencfiJ jurisdiction of the Interstate commerce
commission.
In declining to act on*the matter and
In returning the Ale of correspondence,
etc., to the railroad commission. Gov
ernor Brown wrote Chairman Hill In
part ns follows:
“If, instead of the language used, the
lease act had provided said lease com
pany shall charge no greater rate per
ton per mile on their freight on said
railroad than the local rate allowed and
Axed on similar freight by the railroad
commission for a like distance on rail
roads within the state of Georgia oc
cupying the name class as the Western
and Atlantic railroad, then there could
be no question hut the lease company,
under the facts presented, would be
violating the terms of tho lease act.”
And further In hlv letter Governor
Brown wrote:
The lease company denies that It Is
charging a greater rate per ton per mile
on thru freight on said railroad than
the local rate allowed and Axed on sim
ilar freight by the railroad commission
for said Western and Atlantic railroad.
Until It Is shown that some legal and
obligatory local rate has been Axed by
the railroad commission betwean At
lanta nnd Chattanooga and that the
rate per ton per mile on thru freight
charged by the lease company is great
er than the local rate so Axed on said
railroad between the points named,
then It would seem that no case has
been made out against the lease com
pany showing a violation of the terms
of the lease contract.”
Here Is a chronological summary of
the course taken by the Atlanta Freight
bureau’s complaint:
How It Was Started.
Complaint of discrimination In fa
vor of Nnshville over Atlanta was made
by the freight bureau on September 9,
1910.
Hearings were had by the railroad
commission on the complaint during
the fall of 1910, when extensive argu
ments were made nnd briefs Hied by
opposing counsel. The commission de
cided that the rates In some Instances
were higher per ton per mile than local
rates Axed for the Western and Atlan
tic road, but the enforcement of the
lsase contract provision to Hocure rate
reductions was a matter for the govern
or and not the commission.
Chairman Hill, on December 2, J910,
transmitted the record In the rase, to
gether with a legal opinion by Judge
Hides, to Governor Brown. Judge
Minos' opinion was advising the com
mission it was beyond the province of
the commission to act on this matter.
Governor Bfown, on December 17,
wrote Chairman Hill asking for a more
complete record as to rates nnd classl-
Acatlons. %
Chairman Hill wrote Governor
Brown'on December 20 that the nddl
tlonal Information as to rates and clas
slAcatlons would be prepared and sub
mitted.
George F. Montgomery, rat© expert of
the commission, on JanuarV 5, 1911,
submitted to chalrmun Hill a state
ment of rates nnd classifications, which
was transmitted to Governor Brown.
Early In the year the. matter was
submitted by Governor Brown to At
torney General Hall for his legal opin
ion as to the contention.
Attorney General Hall, on March 14,
replied to the governor that the state
hud the right to enforce the lea*© con
tract provision In this Instance.
In Govsmor’f Hands.
The matter remained in the hands of
Governor Brown from March 14 to June
22, when the governor returned the Ale
to the railroad commission with his
letter declaring that In his opinion the
lease contract had not been violated.
The railroad commission Anally con
sidered the matter in executive session
on Friday, July 21, and passed an or
der that the Atlanta Freight bureau
be notified of the commission's opin
ion that It did not have Jurisdiction
and of Governor Brown’s opinion that
there was no ground for legal action.
Secretary Moore of the freight bu
reau received this letter on Saturday
and made it public late that day.
THEIR ENGAGEMENT CLIMAX
TO A ROMANTIC COURTSHIP
Policeman in Plain Clothes
Watches Members of Atlanta
Club From the Inside.
From
Id the southern pert of Formosa grove
# tree shout ten feet In height, haring
lens leers* which possess the property
of th* nattl* and produce * maddening
Irritation of ths shin when Inrautlouely
touched. The natlces call H chlan-Jen-
kou. meaning "man biting dog." Mr. To.
kutaro Ito. of Tokfo. who has recently
nude s botanical exploration In Formosa,
suggest* th* name “viper tree" as s mors
distinctly warning till*.
Thar* la another spectre of "stinging
tree" In Australis which stulns s height
of fifteen feat and ths effect of whoa*
touch appears to be even more madden
ing to men and animal.-" Horse, slung
by It her* to be shot and dogs when af
fected by th* poison of the learee run
about Whining and biting themselves.
K
£1
. Many a spinster Insists tliat she Is trus
to th* msraonr of her first love, who was
ta^tb# good-dls-young class.—Chicago
The Atlanta club la the center of s
mystery that for several days has wor
ried the management and the police.
The mystery grows out of th* dlaap
pe(trance from the club of a lot of
whisky, and Is augmented by the fact
that not only once, but two or three
times, lately quantities ot liquor havo
vanished outside the usual way and no
clew can be obtained as to where It
want.
All of this has resulted In an appeal
to Chief Jennings nnd the stationing of
a policeman. In cltlsena' clothes. In the
club rooms to watch and endeavor to
•olve the mystery. Despite this con
stant vigil, however, no trace has been
obtained as to the Identity ot the liquor
purlolner.
The management of the club has sus
picions, It Is understood, but It has been
found dlfltcult to prove these suspi
cions correct.
In the meantime the club's supply of
liquors la being closely, guarded and
every precaution Is being taken (o nab
the thief, should *n attempt be made to
add another to the series of thefts
The exact amount of liquor that has
vanished Is not known, but It Is thought
to be considerable.
PIEDMONT GRAPHITE CO.
TO INCREASE ITS STOCK
The Piedmont Graphite Company has
filed a petition In the superior court to
Increase Its capital itock from 1250,000
to 1150.000. Thla company was char
tered March 25, 1*09. with authority to
Issue 25.000 shares of stock at |10 each
It' Is now proposed to Increase the
shares to 15.000 In number.
Mr. North Went South.
After striking C. H. Tindall, of 55 Col-
qultt-avo. In the eye with his fist and
robbing him of a walrh on the Peters-st.
viaduct 8unday morning at 1 o'clock. Jne
North. Jr., w(to has figured In police cir
ri** before, .was chased five blocks hy
Policeman w llbanka and finally captured
The w%lch was Isken from him by th* of.
North waa arraigned Monday morning
before Recorder Broyles and waa hotnid
over to the etate courts on th* charge of
robbery. Bond waa fixed at 11,DM.
When a man begins to sympathise with
MmsMf It's a slan he ha* ouUlved his
usefulnae*. —Chicago New#
BOMB CREATES A PANIC
ON CROWDED FERRY BOAT
Ntw York, July 24.—A -bomb placed In
the milk wagon of Joseph Slragusa A Co.
exploded today on board the ferryboat
Lackawanna, when the boat was in mid-
showered milk bottles and crates of fowl
over the bust and a panic followed.
The police believe that the bomb was
placed In the wagon by business rivals
THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE
WOVEN IN 1RDERST0RY
Continued from First Pag*.
Harry Payne Whitney announces the engagement of his sister. Miss Dor
othy Payn# Whitney, to Willard D. Straight, of Oawego, N. Y., formerly
United States consul gensral to Mukden, Manchuria, and at present con
nected with th* Morgan-Kuhn-Loeb and National pity bank alliance.
Th* wedding will take place in th* fall and la expected to be an elaborate
affair, befitting a young woman who is worth more than 56,000,000 in her own
right. It will follow * romantic courtship, which began in China, where the
young people met several years ago whon Mis* Whitney was making s tour
of ths world. Young Straight is said to have been refused th* hand of tho
daughter of E. H, Harriman, th* railroad wizard who died a year ago.
EVANGELIST AND GIRL
ARRESTED IN HOTEL
With a wife and six children at bis
home In Greenville. 8. C.. B. I*. Padgett,
99 years of ago, who Bays.ho In a Wes
leyan Methodist ovangelist. was taken
Into custody hy the police Sunday night
in a hotel in the Terminal station dis
trict In company with a slxteen-year*o!d
girl, also of Greenville, and who admits
she ran a wav from home several days
ago. The girl Is Corrio Stockton, whose
father, she says, is a cotton mill boss In
Greenville.
hotel as his niece, nltho she al
no relation.
Tadgett denies that be ran sway with
the girl or that he Induced her to run
away and meet him. He says he acci
dentally met her In th© street here; that
•he Informed him she had run away from
home, and that he merely took her to the
hotel to care for her until her people
could be notified* ..
girl's mother, but received nn
did get a telegram later, he
the girl's sister, informing bin
come to Attunta.
The girl corroborates the story of
Padgett, asserting she has known him for
years.
will be held for her parent—
She says her father and mother have
been separated for a year, ami ebe ran
CITY HALL GOSSIP;
IN THENEW BUILDING
Alderman John 8. Candler occupied
the executive office Monday, Mayor
Winn having gone on his vacation.
A number of callers were In evi
dence, Including delegates from th©
Atlanta Federation of Trades, as Aider-
man Candler i« chairman of the com
mittee that has In charge the eight-
hour work day, and a number of coun-
cllmen and other officials.
When tho council mot Monday aft
eraoon the first ceremony was the ded
ication hy Bishop Warren Candler,
There waa a smile of satisfaction
on all faces over the fact that the
council was at last able to use Its at
tractive new hall. ‘
These arc turbulent times around the
city hall. The agitation for commls-4
ho says from 5,on government nnd the numerous at-
him •he’would ' * ac * <M ,hat have been made on officials
BRICK YARD SETTLEMENT
GETS BAD REPUTATION
Th© negro settlement In and about the
Chattahoochee brick yards, where the old
prison budding Is located. Is one of the
most lawless places In Fulton county.”
said a member of the county police force
Monday. "This Is especially true Satur
day nights and Sundays. Rarely a Sun
day passes but we have trouble down
there. Several murders have occurred.
On Sunday a negro woman slashed a
negro man with % knlJV and he may die
from the wound.”
Officer J. W. Williams arrested
woman.
Officers Jessie Walters and J. T. Swords
at 4 o'clock Monday morning captured a
negro. Will Dent, for slashing John Grif
fin. another negro, and attempting to rob
him Sunday night near the Inman yard
at Hoekdale. The left side of the victim's
throat was cut. and he sustained other
gashes that may cost him his life. The
wounded negro had 934.50 on his person
which the bla«'
And.
ack highwayman failed to
J*
nearly 3,000 acres of the beautiful and
historic forest of Font&lnebteu. was still
burning today, but at noon was under
control after a desperate battle with the
flames by troops which had been ordered
out to fight the conflagration. Two sol
diers were aevcrel)* burned In battling
with Are.
CAMP MEETING TIME
IS NOW IN OUR MIDST
The good old ramp meeting time In
Georgia Is at hand. For over a hun
dred years the native Georgian has en
joyed camp meetings In August. Camp
meeting time in th® country conies
along Just as regularly o« the water
melon and peach crops.
The Marietta camp meeting, about
twenty miles from Atlanta, Is sched
uled for the first Sunday in .August.
On the second Sunday the Mount
Gilead camp meeting, near Ben Hill,
ten miles from the city, 1m to begin
The third Sunday will And hundr»*ds
of people concentrating at Sandy
Springs, fourteen miles out on the Ros
well road, for the annual meeting.
Sh© Wants th© Men«y.
Superior Court Judge \V. D. Kills
Issued an order Monday morning that
A. C. Beshers show cause before Judge
Pendleton on July It, why an attach
ment for contempt of court should not
be Issued agatn»t him. Eliza Beshers
filed a petition alleging that on May
23, 1911, the superior court ordered
Beshers to pay her 917.50 monthly nit-
rqony and 96 per month for five months
for attorneys fees until 925 had been
paid on the latter. The money was to
be paid the 10th of e.-tch month. She
says Beshers paid promptly on June 10.
but In July has failed to come across,
wherefore ahe prays that an attach
ment Issue.
have riled many. There |g an evidence
of restrained expression when Impor*
tant matters are brought’up, and most
of them are being agreed upon in pri
vate.
”W.e are avoiding the sensational/*
©ay* one councilman.
And yet there Is a brutal frankness
in the opposition to commission gov
ernment. Most of the usual tact and
policy Is dropped when thla question It
brought up.
SAVANNAH POLICE SAY
SPEER IS A FORGER
Savannah, Ga., July 24.—Harold ...
Speer, alias John 8. Jewett, for whom
the police of Savannah are searching on
charges of forgery, is said to b« also
wanted In Atlanta on aimlllar charges.
The young man is said to have cashed a
check on a local bonk at the Atlanta
ieung Mens Christian association. The
police believe that Speer Is a professional
hotel bear. He was accompanied by his
wife and child while In Savannah.
Speer I* said to have worked several
forged checks on merchants nnd guests
at tbe Martinique. The party remained
at the Martinique about ten days.
The party did not carry any trunks.
BABY FRANCES STOCKS /
DIES ON HOME TRAIN
The funeral of Franceg Eleanor
Stock*, the six-year-old daughter of
Mr. nnd Mr*. Thomas F. Stock*, of 93
Nelson-st., who died Sunday night on
the train coming from Oliver Springs,
will he held at 4 o’clock Tuesday aft
ernoon from the family residence and
the remain* Interred at Oakland. The
liule girl was taken III several week*
aim with meningitis and as she got no
better h*r parents decided to bring her
bom*. Her death raise while en route
for Attunta on the Louisville and Nash
ville train near Marietta.
of death, of wrecked homes, of blighted
hopes, of relatives bowed In shame and
sorrow: ,
\Mrs. Louise Owens Beattie, a bride of
a little more thaiFa year and a rebent
mother. Ilea in a new made grave.
Her husband, apparently care-free,
strumming a guitar, smoking countless
cigarettes, gages thru the bars of the
Richmond Jail.
Adjoining him. In another cell, Is his
cousin, Paul Beattie, who says that a
few days ago he bought for Henry Clay
Beattie the gun with which the latter;*
wife was killed.
Acfoes the corridor, sobbing much,
but shedding few tears, Is Beulah Bln-,
ford, the "other wajnan” In the case*
Bhe says she had rather confess to the
crime herself than see Henry C. Beattie
go to .the electric chair.
A few miles distant, at Manchester,
Va.. Is the father of the accused hus
band. Trouble has com* In his advanc
ing years, and, tho he Is loyal to his son,
the furrows in his face have grown
deeper, hi* hair has become grayer, and
he's grown older by ten years within
the past seven days.
' The Innocent Victim.
At the parents! home, too. Is a six
weeks-old Infant. It la the offspring of
the now dead woman and her accused
husband. But Its cooing does not bring
the happiness that ordinarily should
dwell in a grandfather's heart, and the
old man can not promise much for "the
boy."
There's still another home where sor
row holds undisputed sway today. The
mother and sister of Beulah Blnford
are domiciled here. The "other woman”
Is of their flesh and blood.
A blithesome, happy girl, despite her
Indiscretions, was Beulah Blnford until
yesterday. She is but 17 years old. She
was a mother when scarcely 16, and she
has said that Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.,
was responsible for that motherhood.
The same destiny that led to her undo-
ling was responsible for the death of the
Illegitimate child, and perhaps ‘twas
better so.
She says she loves Henry Clay Beat-
tie still—this "other woman." His love
belongs to her first, says Beulah Bln
ford.
Promised To Leav*.
Henry Beattie had married "a society
K lrl.” Louise' Owen was one of the
ellea of South Richmond. Beattie was
the son of a respected banker, merchant
and business man.
Beulah Blnford went away—but life
Is filled with accidents and fates are
decided by little things. A month ago
Beulah Blnford and Henry Beattie met
by accident on the streets of Norfolk.
The girl confessed that the old longing
came over, her; perhapri If the man
bares his heart he will admit the same,
but that la neither here nor there. She
returned to Richmond In order that
she might be near the man who might
have married her, but who didn't.
The action of the story—If* a tragic
drama from real life—moves rapidly
here. There were clandestine meetings
between Beattie and hie girl of former
day*. Womanlike, this "other woman"
takes to herself the blame for many of
these meetings. The girl mother, uni
recognized by ceremony or law, wanted
a part of the time, the attention and
the love of the man who waa the father
of her nameless child.
“I will get a home of my own,” said
Beulah Blnford, according to the pa
thetic story she told the coroner. Henry
Beattie acquiesced, and gavejter 111) to
start the payments upon the furniture.
The plan meant the beginning of a
double life. It was not for Beulah Bln-
Steals March on Competil
in Great Aviation
Race.
FRENCH OFFICER SECO
Vedrine Flew 240 Miles
Four Hours and Forty-
five Seconds.
ford to think of the mase of const
quencea, for she waa selfish, arid It w«
not for the real wife to know.
Last Tuesday night Henry Clay
Beattie, Jr., and his wife went for an
automobile ride along the Midlothian
pike. Their baby of a few weeks was
left at home. *
Th# Tragedy.
The roadvwas dark and lonely,
the return journey, when a few miles
out of Richmond, Beattie says he was
halted hy an unknown man In a buggy.
With an oath, according to the ac
cused husband, the supposed farmer de
manded the larger share of the 1 road.
A moment later, still quoting Beattie,
there was the flash of a shotgun. The
husband Jumped out of his car, grap
pled with the assailant, and received a
blow upon the head which rendered him
momentarily unconscious.
When Beattie recovered Jte says the
murderer had fled. With his dead wife
by hts side the young man- speeded to
Richmond, where the crime waa made
known.
Bloodhounds, detectives, policemen
and posses went early to the scene of
the crime. Hundreds scoured the
woods In the neighborhood of the
crime.. The bloodhounds—the best In
the state—refused to take the scent.
The dogs walked around and around
the hlpod-stalned ground where the
tragedy had been enacted, but never
did they show any Inclination to take
the direction In which the supposed
murderer had fled. Bloodhounds are
generally Infallible, and these were
eager for the scent, hut alt the keen
ness of the canine nose failed to de
velop a clew,
Mrs. Beattie was burled. The hus
band went to the grave apparently
grief stricken J)ut composed. Suspicions
flHed the air. Oosslps became busy.
For several day* the police and detect
ives working on the case said little, but
promised sensational developments.
They came. /
The husband was arrested. He stoutly
protested his innocence, and smoked a
cigarette. Paul Beattie, a cousin, made
an unexpected confession that several
days ago he had purchased a gun at
the behest of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.
Troubled Conscience.
A conscience that gave him no real
and a woman's pleading are said to
have been responsible for the confes
sion of Paul Bea'ttle. He told his wife
of the purchase of the gun which, he
says, he turned over to Henry Clay
Beattie. Realizing that the recovery of
the gun might mean the Implication of
her husband. Mr*. Paul Beattie begged
him to tell all. HI# aged grandmother
was consulted.
•Tell the truth, boy. and trust in the
Lord,” was the tearful advice given him
by the old woman. At the Inquest he
told the story of th* gun and then col
lapsed. While Paul Beattie fainted,
Henry Clay Beattie smoked a cigarette
and looked cynically upon a scene al
most unparalleled In the criminal his
tory of this or tny other state. Phy
sicians, newspaper correspondents, offi
cers of the law ran to and fro. Henry
Clay Beattie smoked on. professing to
know nothing of the purchase of the
gun nor th* Identity of his wife's mur
derer.
Then came the story of th* "other
woman" In th* case. She admitted her
infatuation for the young husband. She
told, with downcast eyes, ot her own
mistake# of ths child she had borne for
Ihe man about whom the net ot circum
stantial evidence was fast closing. Did
Edinburgh, July 24.—Stealing a mi
on his competitors In the great avia
race for the 560,000 prise offered by
Dally Mall, Perre Jules Vedrine. t
ner of the Parls-to-Madrld flight »
his machine across the border of E
land today and arrived here taf
covering the 325 miles from H»nc
England. In seven hours, at an aver
speed of.46 miles an hour.
The program for today called fn r
stopping qf the aviators at Hard
gate, England, whence the aviators
oufi shortly after dawn. Vedrine. h(
ever, finding his machine In fine c
dltlon, decided to continue on and c
ered what was regarded as the we
part of the l.OIO-mlle route.
Lieutenant Conneau, the French o
cer who files under the name of An
Beaumont, followed Vedrine Into Ed
burgh, reaching the central station h
without mishap.
Conneau decided to proceed to t
city after learning that Vedrine I
flown the limits of the day’s stage
More than 25.000 persons, who und
went the discomfort of arising bet
datvn, cheered a farewell to the slxtt
aviators who left Hendon on the u
ond stage of the flight today.
The weather conditions were Id*
The air was warm and the light brei
which prevailed was not sufhclen
strong to Interfere with the machln
There were a number of unlmporta
mishaps, but none of the airmen w<
seriously Injured.
Vedrine made a -remarkable flig
from Hendon to Newcastle, doing t
240 miles In 4 hours and 45 secom
thus maintaining an average speed
60 mile* an hour.
Vedrine arrived at 1<H 69 si
Beaumont reached the aerodrome
11:19. Vedrine had left Hendon at
o'clock, while Beaumont had departi
nine minutes earlier, but the latter d
not maintain the same speed as h
compatriot. s,
Scenes'of great enthusiasm attend!
the arrival, of, the men here. U'h<
word t\'es flashed that Vedrine wi
nearing-the city the crowds which ha
alreafly gathered at the control Static
were augmented until fully 60,000 wfi
on tho scene.
Charles T. Weymann, the only Amei
lean contestant, was unable to get aw«
from Hendon until 1:05 p. m., becaui
of a broken propeller. He finally dr
parted with the cheers of 40,000 spei
tators ringing behind him. He was tl
seventeenth to start.
YOUNG WOMAN SUSPECTEI
OF HELPING MURDEREI
New York, July 24.—Three hundrt
and fifty of Now York's best detective
who arc seeking the murderers i
Adolph Stern, shot and killed at III
door of his uncle's store at 8lxth-.iv
and Thlrteenth-st. on Saturday nigh
the slayer escaping In a taxicab wit
diamonds valued at 35,000, continue
their efforts today to run down a pretti
stylishly dressed young women who I
believed to have -been a confederate «
the highwaymen.
Th* young woman entered the Jewel
ry store of Joseph Jacoby, uncle nf th
slain man, on Saturday night Just a
the shop was being {losed for the night
She told Jacoby that she wanted a net
pair of glasses. She kept the proprl*
tor at the rear of the atore by trvlni
on many pairs of glasses while the rob
hers were at work, and during the ci
cltement attendant upon the shootlm
the escaped.
Says Sh* Stole Witches.
In the arrest of Lula May Brown, an nit
negro woman whom they found beggitv
In Peachtree-st.. Detectives Fain and
rls believe they have run to earth I
smooth watch thief. Evidence wan no
tamed to show that twice she ha» stole!
watches from tho Greenfield Compsnf
" Peachtree-st., and on tho strength o
..... evidence she was bound over to tw
■tat* courts Monday morning by Recoriui
Broyles.
she love him still? She angwered, will
all the dramatic effect with which Eve
lyn Neeblt Thaw told her remarkaM
story upon the witness stand severs
year* ago:
"Love him? Rather than see him ft
to the electric chair, I wpuld confect
that I myself killed Mr*. Louise Dwrt
Beattie."
And Henry C. Beattie let his »>'«
hteet her* for a moment, and then
lighted another cigarette.
Th* Coroner's Verdict.
Saturday night the coroner's Jury re
turned a verdict that Mr*. Beattb’ h«4
come to her death from a gunshot
wound Inflicted by her husband A f'j
hour# later Paul Beattie and ReuUJ
Blnford were placed under 15,000 hall t*
be held as witnesses. They could »*]
furnish the,ball, and the three of th'jj
went to adjoining cells In the Rlrhmona
Jail. ,
That’s about the story—stripped J"
Ita more sordid detail*. The eternal tri
angle ha* brought sorrow and toma
to humanity since the world came in'
existence. Wrecked homes, dlv't ”
and murders have all been the Iron*!*
man's Infatuation for “the other w m
an, or woman's Infatuation lor to
other" man. .
Granting that the verdict of the eon)
neris Jury Is correct, that Beattie i.
his brlds-wlfe. the question, come*
*"\Va#"here not s more humane rtelb;
od for th* breaking of the marlt t. ti
Was It necessary that murder * - -
be done, and done In this brutal *»•
On the other hand, one must fn»“J.
ber that tbe husband 1# a* nonchalant
under charges as before they were P
ferred; that he strums a guitar In j”
Richmond Jail, and that be'»;f"
puff* of a cigarette h* look# thru
smoke and says
“Don’t worry, father. It will 'emj
oat all right. I had nothing to d- ■ *"
tne purchase of tne gun and I
kill my wife." ,
And. again, Virginians rememb-r t^
McCue cass, and the day that »£« »*>.
of Charlottesville, hitherto ***??; ^
citizen and. church wsrksr, dsn* 1 " 1
th* end ot # rope.