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HOMES OF FLOOD VICTIMS ARE LOOTED
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia:
Generally fair today and tomorrow.
VOL. X. NO. 241.
LOO I IN GEM
MYSTERY
• NOWILL
FOUND
Prisoner Captured in Mew Or
leans Is Being Brought to
Atlanta.
WIFE NOT ACCUSED:
REMAINS WITH HIM
Charge Dan Gestel Plotted to
Help Kaul Make Escape
After Theft.
Solomon Gilsey. the Cincinnati jew
elry salesman whose trunk containing
$25,000 worth of gems, was stolen sev
eral weeks ago in Atlanta, has SIO,OOO
worth of the sparklers in his possession
again, while the detectives are holding
SII,OOO worth in the safe at headquar
ters. They believe that not more than
S6OO of the gems will be lost.
A local diamond expert was called in
by the detective force to appraise the
value of the jewelry recovered. He
X said the amount recovered by the de
tectives is worth between $25,000 and
$50.000. and the e = timate published by
a morning paper. $60,000. is absurd.
Bringing Accused
Men io Atlanta.
George Roddy, who was arrested in
New Orleans yesterday will reach At
lanta tomorrow. Detective Doyal is
now on his way to bring the prisoner
home. Detective Starnes is on his way
to Mount Vernon, N. Y., to bring back
George Kaul, a third man involved in
the theft, who was arrested there yes
terday. Both men will return without
requisition papers.
Conrad von Gestel, a half-brother of
Kaul, is being held at the police sta
tion in connection with the case He is
believed to have worked with Kaul to
assist in the latter’s escape. Kaul left
his home In Williams street and went
to New York, leaving $12,000 worth of
jewelry cancealed in his home. A day
or tw-o later von Gestel arrived from
Mount Vernon. Kaul’s former home,
wearing a signet ring owned by George
Kaul, which he showed Mrs. Kaul as
evidence that he was acting for his
brother. Detectives believe that it was
von Gestel's plan to remove the stcften
jewels to a safe place, but he was ar
rested before he could get away, and
the gems recovered.
Mrs, George Roddy, formerly Mrs.
Effie Daniels, will return from New Or
leans with her husband, but there is no
charge registered against her. It was
the unusual display of diamonds on her
hands that led to her arrest, with Rod
dy. in New Orleans, defectives trailing
the couple through Montgomery. Bir
mingham and Mobile to the Crescen’
City, where they were about to leave
f'r Panama.
Ready
To Come Home
♦
NEW ORLEANS. May 9. —Carl O
Roddy pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned 'first city criminal court
on a charge of being a fugitive from
justice He was remanded without bail.
Roddy says he will not tight extradition
proceedings and Pinkerton representa
tives here say a deputy from Atlanta
will reach Now Orleans today and the
prisoner will Acre tonight for that city.
5 accompanied by his wife.
Airs. Roddy called at the parish pris-
I. on this morning to see her husband, but
she was with him only a short while,
■ just after he had been arraigned. On
being released Tuesday night, she went
to one of the hotels, wheie she regis
| " tered under an assumed name.
Roddy insists that he is innocent of
the robbery, and says he got the jewels
because he knew of t'he theft and didn’t
give it away.
"I knew ihe deal was coming off." he
related to the police, "but the time and
general working scheme I did not know
rhe first I found out about the actual
jobbery was through newspaper re
st ports.
,My complicity started by my asking
fni SIOO to keep my mouth shut before
,4 f robbery. After it happened I start
s out to look for the men who did it.
■t when refusing me the hundred, they
■ mfsed me a share of the spoils. So I
4-nt to Chattanooga, where I under
f r-d they were going to hide, and as I
Y-’.iV not find them there, continued to
\ ningham Yes, I was- posted about
\jk movements In Birmingham one
g -<c- he men —I will not say which or
rp ntlon names —handed me this box.'
The Atlanta Georgian
KEEN CONTEST FOR COMMANDER MARKS LAST DAY OF REUNION
DAZZLING BALL WINDS UP MACON FESTIVITIES
A Group of T exas Beauties. A Veteran and a Tiny Mascot at Reunion
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Party Trying to Cross Illinois
Lake at Dusk Lost When
Launch Capsizes.
FOX LAKE. ILL.. May o—Seven
persons, six of them Chicagoans, weie
drowned in a storm that, swept Fox
lake ami caspized the boat in which
they Mere seeking to' cross the lake.
Although the accident occurred shortly
after 8 o'clock, it was not until day
light today that the launch, bottom up.
was found floating on the Jake. Search
was at once begun for the bodies.
The dead: Mr. and Mrs. Louise Han
sen, Chicago; Jack Hoefer, Chicago;
Lewis Truschke. Chicago. George Rus
sell, Ingleside. Ill.; Mr. and .Mrs. J.
Hume, Chicago.
The party set out from the Lippin
cott hotel to cross the lake to the Bay
view hotel. A storm came up and the
lake became extremely rough. The
heaviKla’den launch was soon swamped
and sank. Persons on the veranda of
jhe Lippincott hotel heard screams.
They gave the alarm and searching
parties were sent out. They were un
able to find any trace of the boat in the
darkness.
SIO,OOO DEFICIT HALTS
INCREASE IN STATE’S
MILITIA INFANTRY
Governor Brown has decided to deny
further requests for the formation of
infantry militia regiments in Georgia.
The governor's decision is based upon
the facts that the. state’s military fund
is facing a deficit of SIO,OOO and the
Federal government has asked that no
increase be made in militia infantry.
Adjutant General Obear said today
that the deficit was largely due to the
$7,5'00 appropriated from the military
fund by the legislature to send the Sec
ond regiment of infantry to Macon for
.the reunion.
The United States government pays
about $5 for every dollar spent by Geor
gia for the maintenance of the guard.
The government wants more cavalry
and artillery, but needs no more in
fantry.
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
ATLANTA, GA.; THURSDAY, MAY 9. 1912.
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Toxas claims it has just as pretty jzirls as Georgia or Kentucky, nr anj Southern state, and
submits the three typical Texas beauties above as proof. From left to right they are; Miss
Roberta Wright, of Dallas; Miss Lena Hughes, of Dallas, and Miss Kathrine Weems, of Houston.
Behov. Colonel B. M. Washburn, of Montgomery, is pointing out the queen in yesterday after
noon’s coronation parade to little Marjorie Castagnino. of Memphis. Marjorie is mascot of the
F>rst Tennessee regiment. I . C. V.. and is a great favorite with the old soldiers.
Bv THOMAS B. SHERMAN.
MACON. GA.. May 9. But a few
hours more and the Macon reunion will
be but a memory. The last day of fes
i tivities is well on its course. The vet
erans are shaking each other by the
hand, many of them for the last time.
’ and are wishing each olher good luck
wherever they go. The day closes with
a grand parade. Everybody will bo in
line. Hoary veterans will walk in the
wake of youth and beauty. Bands will
play and a prodigal display of color will
be made.
In the effort to put a blazing finish to
’ the week. Macon has outstretched her
self. Every, known color blend, every’
. little artistic trick has b<=-en turned in
the. decoration of floats The flower of
the South s womanhood stands out in
all her freshness and charm. But be
hind ail the gayety and all the hurrah is
a sadness, in the minds of every- one is
the thought that next year's parade will
not catry quite so many of'the veterans
in its midst. Even now the ranks are
filled with soldiers with but a few
months' grip on life.
The Last Reunion
. For Many Veterans.
It is the last reunion for many and
they are telling all with whom they
come in contact, “Good-bye, until we
me°t again in Heay en. " This thought
was uppermost at the, morning session,
when the assemblage rose and sang,
“God Be With Us Till We Meet Again.”
There was many a tear coursing down
the roughened cheeks
The veterans in gray will be worn
and fatigued when they climb aboard
the special trains which will Dave Ma
con almost every minute tonight.
The election of officers, the grand
parade and the annual ball are the chief
features of the day.
The final session of the reunion con
vention began at 9.80 o’clock with the
perfunctory transaction of routine busi
ness. So reports were on the
commander’s desk that the indications
at the opening hour were that U would
be 11 o’clock before voting beyan on the
election of officers. Nominating speak
ers were restricted to two minutes each.
In order to insure an orderly meeting,
and. In fact, a meeting, it was deemed
expedient to station a company of mlli-
Continued on Page Three.
EXPERT REPORTS
NIMIME
Governor Foss Now to Decide
on Application for Commu
tation of Death Sentence.
BOSTON, May 9.—Dr. L. Vernon
Briggs will today make his report to
Governor Foss on the mental condition
of Clarence V. T. Richeson. condemned
to die in the week beginning May 19
| for tfie murder of Avis Linnell, Dr.
1 Briggs’ report, it was learned on the
' best authority, w ill be to the effect
i that Richeson is not a sane man.
Upon this report Governor Foss will
i at once make his decision, and It is ex
i pected that he will call a >pecial meet
ing of the council and present to
them Richeson's plea for commutation.
Richeson today won the first victory
in his fight for life when he was al
lowed to remain in his cell at the
Charles street jail. Under his sentence
he would naturally have been taken to
the state prison in- Charlestown before
dawn today.
In the action of Sheriff John Quinn in
holding the prisoner in the jail the at
torneys for Richeson see a hopeful
sign. They beiieve that Governor
Foss refrained from sending Richeson's
plea, to the council at its regular meet
ing hot because he had decided to al
low- rhe sentence of the eou«t to be cast
out. but because he had received a hint
of Dr. Briggs' opinion.
Three Have Examined Prisoner.
Three alienists, have now examined
Richeson. Dr. Lane made the first ex
. amination for the defense attorneys;
Dr. Briggs, the second, and the third
was made by C. G. Glllrey.
While awaiting the final reports of
these men. which will largely- govern
his decision, Governor Foss, the de
fense attorneys believe. requested
: Sheriff Quinn unofficially to keep Rich
eson in the Charles street jail for the
. present Sheriff Quirfn'said today:
“I shall keep Richeson here til! his
fate is finally decided, whether that be
in a day or two, or not until next
! Wednesday The council meets regu
ularly then, and it is believed that they
w ill be called on at that time to de
cide.”
EXTRA
PRTCF.- On Trains. FIVE CENTS,
x Atlanta. TWO CENTS.
J MORE DIKES
SMASHED;
VANDALS
ACTIVE
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Homes of Thousands of Reto*
gees Robbed While Victims
_ Flee From Rising Floods.
HALF OF DISTRICT’S
SUGAR CROP RUIPO
Loss of Life Is Growing Dally.
Seven Hundred and Fifty
Rescues From Crevasse, j
NTW ORLEANS, M*y ftr-TOth five
breaks In the levees along the Missis
sippi river and Its tributaries in the
last 24 hours, the flood situation to
day was more serious than It has been
at any time since the waters began
rising
Fourteen hundred feet of levee have
been swept out In the last 24 hours at
Torras. widening the crevasse to 3.00 n
feet. This will Inundate West Baton
Rouge and Iberville parishes gnd add
greatly to the,.flood damage in Ponte
Coupee
Vandals In skiffs, who have been
looting deserted dwellings tn the flood
section, have been ordered shot, on
sight.
Two breaks occurred at Moreauville
and one near Long Bridge, In Bayou
Des Glases levees. These crevasses will
flood the most populous section of
Avoyelles and portions of St. Landry
parishes Half of Moreauville is al
ready under water, and the Cboupique
and Bayou Jacques regions will eoon be
flood-swept. Then the waters will
work down Into other parts of St. Lan
dry. and as the swamps and small wa
ter courses are already full to over
flowing. the flood will form a junction
with the water from the crevasse in
the west bank of the AtchaJalaya and
drive backwater into Melville.
Sections of Avoyelles affected are so
thickly populated that the country
looks like a continuous string of vil
lages. Heavy loss of life is feared
throughout this region, as all flood
warnings have been ignored. Fifty per
cent of the sugar crop win be lost.
People Threaten To
Tear Up Tracks.
Open threats were made today of
tearing up the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley tracks where they cross the
protection levee south of Baton Rouge.
All other gaps In the protection levee
have been closed, and residents of
Lutcher and other points south have
demanded that this cut be cloe'ffa "a! r o. •
Melville authorities took drastic
steps to stop speculators trading upon
the fear and misfortune of residents
across the river by ordering that live
stock shall not be ferried across If In
charge of a trader.
Water reached the outskirts of New
Roads today. At Morgansea so much
of the town was flooded that all the
residents fled and the levee guards were
compelled to desert their posts, leav
ing the dikes unprotected
At Ravenwood, six miles from Mel
ville. the inhabitants have been forced
to leave their homes, and the last ref- * -
ugees were taken away by boat.
Loss of Life Will
Surely Be Heavy.
The,number of deaths caused bv the
flood is not yet known. It is believed
that the loss of life has been heavy.
Three new drownings of white persons
have been reported near Torras.
At New Roads many refugees hav»
been brought in. Cattle speculators,
anxious to buy the live stock brought
In by the relief boats, have been so
active that Lieutenant Weeks,
United States relief corps, has ordered
them from the levees. Thev approach
ed the flood-stricken farmees almost be
fore the boats landed with offers to
buy the stock that had been saved.
Hope To Rescue
Many Refugees.
In spite of the new menace caused
by a break in the levees at the junc
tion of the Mississippi and the olc
channel, miles below Torras that
let a new flood sweep over the sugar
plantation country, it was believed to
day that rescuers would succeed in
bringing in all the marooned persons
.