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VOL. X. NO. 249.
CHUBCHMEN
WMO
HERESY
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Georgia Moderator Quells Hot
Discussion of Briggs Case in
Presbyterian Assembly.
SABBATH-BREAKING IS
OUR GREATEST CRIME
Waashington Sets Country Ex
ample of Irreverence More
Than Drink.
LOUISVILLE. KY., May 17.- When
Rev Dr. Mark Allison Matthews, the
new moderator and former Qeorgia
pastor, called to order the Presbyterian
general assembly today there came up
for settlement th° old 'Briggs feud be
tween the church governing body and
- Union Theological seminary of New
York.
The special eominftt.ee of the assem
’ bly made public the report of its nego
tiations. showing that the university
had expressed a willingness to agree to
the terms demanded by the assembly
before, it would renew the cordial rela
tions broken off at the time the church
expelled Dr. Charles Briggs, of the
Union faculty. The committee submit
ted to the assembly a second paper out
lining 'ts unanimous decision as to the
conditions witli which the university
must comply before the church will take
it back wholly to the fold.
Discussion over the matter became so
her tod that, th'’ moderator was forced
several times to rap vigorously for or
der with the gavel made for him of
i wood from the Lincoln cabin and the
home of Henry Clay.
In response to the second paper. It.
U. Ogden, president of the board of di
rectors. said the importance of the mat
ter made him unwilling to take further
action without communicating with the
full board and that the interval before
the assembly was too brief for this.
Briggs Case Put
Over for Another year.
The assembly committee reported
, that it is in accord with this and ex
pressed its willingness to carry on ne
gotiations under a renewal of trust for
another year.
The special committee on Sabbath
observance, of.which John Wanamaker
is a member, made an interesting re
port. The committee urged the assem
bly to express its disapproval of all
secular uses of the Sabbath, all games
arjd sports in civil life, as also in the
army and navy, all unnecessary travel
ing and all excursions, and urges em
ployers to recognize the need of the
laboring man for his weekly rest day.
The committee said that Sunday
sports blight character and that nine
tenths of those who e.iter prisons start
ed that way by Sabbath breaking,
largely through Sabbath sports. The
committee says 100,000 caddies are
kept from Sunday school, by golf and
that even church members are some
times offenders.'
The committee reports negotiations
carried on with the head of one of the
largest concerns in the country which
requires thousands of employees to
work seven days a week, twelve hours
* or more a day. These negotiations were
taken up with the heaviest capitalist
interested, "a Christian and a very
benevolent gentleman." There has
been extended correspondence, but no
change and the employees, discouraged,
still cry “how iong. oh. Lord, how
long?"
■ Washington Seat of
Sabbath Breaking.
Lack of Sabbath observance in
Washington was deplored by the com
mittee as having reflex action on the
* whole country. There is no Sunday law
P there, the committee says: stores are
F open and building operations carried on
as during the week. Many government
offices are open. Social functions on
the Sabbath have very much multiplied
and their publicity and patronage by
prominent officials and Sunday leaders
are tending to debauch the public con
science on the whole subject.
■ The committee urges the assembly to
F recommend to its members that they
buy nothing on the Sabbath, and that
taev pay employees and servants on
Saturday in time to arrange'their Sab
bath buying. For this reason general
Saturday half holiday is urged.
New Moderator Is
Former Georgian.
Rett. Dr. Mark Allison Matthew s, the
new moderator, is a native of Georgia.
He was born at Calhoun, Ga„ and
served his first'pastorate in that town
rears ago. After six years with the
Calhmm church, lie spent three years
n'ith ,i church at Dalton and six years
at Jackson. Tenn,, before going to Seat-
C, Wash.. ten years ago. He is pastor
* ri f the First Presbyterian church of
Seattle, ihe greatest institutional
church" in the Northwest, and one of
the largest Presbyterian congregations
c,e world He Ims a staff of 25 as
ministers, pastors, missionaries
pt,rl - portal workers, and hi« chut ' b ami
■ one represent inxe'-tment of IW.
pen Dr Matthew defeated Dr lames
W ttcC'lure of t'lcago D: I raftk II
* ..npcrl, of Pittsburg, and Dr J. Frank
SmiiiL of Dallas, for moderator.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
Lawyers Force Big
Fees from County For
R + R- Tax Victory
The state supreme court has decreed
that Taliferro county must pay Attor
neys S. H. Sibley. ,1. A. Beasley and
Hawes Cloud $1 4,751.42 in commissions
for collecting taxes from the Washing
ton branch of the Georgia railroad for
the years 1896 to 1909. inclusive.
Taliaferro county entered into a con
tract with the attorneys in 1905 to pro
ceed against the railroad for ad valo
rem taxes. The attorneys acted in con
junction with the state in suits brought
for the same purpose by the comptroller
genera). The United States supreme
court held that the railroad was ex
empt from taxation under its charter,
but the Washington branch could be
taxed.
The county* then contended that th,
lawyers were not entitled to commis
sions on taxes of 1906. 1907, 1908 and
1909. Tlie lawyers maintained tha’
they 7 were employed to establish tin
principle that the Washington branch
of the railroad could be taxed.
R + R. Men Accused
Os Aiding Bandits in
Big Train Hold-Up
NEW ORLEANS. May 17. Railroad
men working on the inside were respon
sible for the train hold-up near Hatties
burg, Miss, early Tuesday nmrnin<
when loot from $ 110,000 tn $250,000 in
value v as stolon, according to police of
ficials here today. Officials of the Npvv
Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
Company coincide with this view, an-1
are giving the police all the assistance
in their power io work nut the theory.
They declare that the robbery would
have born Impossible without Inside
help.
Union Pressmen in
Boston Refuse To Go
On Sympathy Strike
BOSTON, May 17. The Boston news
paper Web Pressmen’s union voted last
night that “there was mo occasion for
striking al present because of the Chi
cago situation.” The union reaffirmed a
recent vote to levy an assessment of one
day's pay each week for the benefit of the
Chicago strikers.
WILD WEST THREATS
CITED BY WOMAN IN
SUIT FOR A DIVORCE
W. H. Gilliland, of Roswell and At
lanta. is too much obsessed with the
Wild West idea, according to asser
tions in a divorce petition filed by his
wife, Mrs. Hattie H. Gilliland.
Gilliland's principal offense along this
line, so it is stated, was a threat to
shoot up the wedding party of his
brother-in-law, H. P. King. The shoot
ing never came off, because his wife,
hearing that it would happen If site
didn't leave the place, left promptly.
Mrs. Gilliland, who obtained a tem
porary order from superior court re
straining her husband from coming to
her mother's home In Roswell and ex
hibiting a long knife, destined, so Gil
liland told her. to he used on members
of her entire family, asks for total di
vorce, alimony and the restoration of
her maiden name. Hattie King.
TWO THOUSAND MEN
AND $500,000 NEEDED
TO MEND BIG LEVEE
NEW ORLEANS. May 17.—An ex
penditure of $500,000 and the employ
ment of 2,000 men. according to esti
mate of United States engineers, will
be necessary to mend the crevasse at
Hymelia. It is feared the water from
Hymelia will flood Gretna and McDon
oughville. just opposite s,'ew Orleans.
In the last 24 hours 10,000 additional
acres in the vicinity of New Roads have
been submerged.
LOT OF TROUBLE FOR
OFFICER WHO SHOT
IN AIR, HITTING MULE
MACON. GA.. May 17 Last week Po
liceman Pierce fired his pistol into the air
to attract the attention of a brother of-
I fleer to a gang of escaping burglars. One
of the bullets killed a mule on an adjoin
ing block. The owner of the mule has
Hied suit for damages against the city,
and Policeman Pierce will be tried this
afternoon for reckless shooting
LAWYER SWINDLED HER
OF $6,700. SAYS CLIENT
MACON. GA., May 17.—. John W.
Haygood, of Fitzgerald, a prominent
south Georgia lawyer, must show
cause in the United States court here
on May 23 why he should not be ad
judged in contempt ami liable to dis
barment because of the alleged fraud
he committed against Mrs. Caroline \
Kilgore, of Utah.
It is charged by Mr.-. Kilgore, in a
petition filed here, that Attorney Ha\-
good old land" belonging tn her for
about ?9.nnn. and represented tn her
ihat tip sale nnH realp-ed >'. The
I order ,i f the unurt <alla upon him to
produce the cash difference on May 23.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAYS MAY 17, 1912.
KAUL'S OWN
STORY OF
JEWEL
THEFT
His Cnmnlntf' Cnnffissinn Lays
Rare All the Details nf Mys
terious Gem Robbery.
Kaul, former steward r»f the I
r>tAdmont hotel- who was brought ba« k |
from Npw Ynrk today bx DptecHx’p;
.John N Siarne?. made a full cnnKdnn ■
of bls part In the thef. on April 1 » j
$30,000 w«»rth nf diamondstand |pwfN|
owned by S. X- IL Gils*y. of <’inHnna! i. ■
Kaul admitted t r » Chief l.anford, of
the detective department. Det cel ive
Starnes and Pinkerton dete< HV< thm
he originated and planned the rnblwy ;
He Implicated George W renn ami (
Roddy, the rrvd trail students nlr‘-<d'. t
under arrest. declaring they -h.ired <
equally with him in tlm spoils. #
Kaul was confronted in the deter- |
fives’ office today wi’b .Wrenn un i I
Roddy, and, in their presence.' reitm*- ’
a ted his confession and the story of the ‘
pan he says they each played in thej
robbery . Wrenn, who was released)
yesterday from the Tower on bond of i
SSOO. was accompanied by bis attorney.
Judge George Gober, and declined io
make any statement at all. Roddy also
deuHned to talk, but In answer to per
sistent questions by ih* deteciix-■<, is,
said to have partlv corroborated Kaul.
$4,000 Worth of
Jewels Missing.
Chief Lanford says that $26,660 worth
of gems have been recovered, 272
pieces from Kau1,"177 from Roddy and
IX6 from Wrenn. About $4,600 worth
of tlie jewels are still missing.
Kaul and Roddy will probably no
transferred to the Tower this •afternoon
to await trial. Both of these men hav-,
already been indicted by the grand jury
for larceny. Officials say that as'the
offense tyas nothing more than simple
iarcenj, the trio can be punished only
for a misdemeanor, which means light
sentences for all three if convicted.
Kaul’s statement follows.
I have done my best to get away
with this job. but have failed, and
have decided that the best thing tor
me to.do Is to make a clean breast
of everything, and then let the law
do the rest. I needed the money,
and this bunch of diamonds looked
good to me. and that's why I tried
to land tltem. I originated the idea
of the robbery and did most of the
planning. I first planned It witli
another fellow, whose name I don't
care to disclose, but 1 got leary of
, him and dropped hjm. I was
afraid he would fall down.on me at
the critical moment and bungle the
whole thing and get us both in
jail. So I split with him. telling
him the jig was up. and leading him
to believe this man Gilsey had no
jewelry with him.
Got a Good Look
At Gilsey’s Trunks.
On the night of the robbery.
Wrenn was on watch duty in the
hotel. Roddy was a short distance
down Forsyth street, and I waited
in front of the Grant building. We
knew Gilsey was to send the trunks
away that night, and we had every
thing ready. I had our negro con
federate hid near me. As Wrenn
had already got a good look at the
trunks, he knew them when they
were sent down to the baggage
room, and kept his eye on them.
When they were loaded onto the
baggage wagon, and the wagon
started off. Wrenn came down the
street and gave Roddy a signal.
Then Roddy relayed the signal to
me. By the time the wagon reach
ed the Grant building. Roddy was
there and stopped the driver, ask
ing him if he could carry some
grips to the Terminal station. He
then enticed the driver up into the
building on the pretence that he
was going to his office for the
grips, i put my negro on the bag
gage wagon and he drove it away,
going to the home of Mrs. Morris.
87 East Gain street. 1 had already
engaged a room there. I walked be
hind the wagon, and when 1 got to
the house, the negro already had
one trunk in the room and was un
loading the. other. He then drove
the wagon several blocks away and
turned it loose with five other
t runks on it.
Hid His Loot;
Didn't Tell Wife.
I took my share of the loot to
my home and hid It tn the bottom
of my trunk, not even hinting to
my wife what I had done. Il was
my intention to leave it there until
I could get to New York, and then ,
have my wife join me there with ’
the trunk. .When I got to New |
York. 1 induced my half-brother,
t’ontad Von Ge.stel, to come her.
after my wife and trunk, but the
game was queered before he arrived
here. My wife had gone into the
trunk,, it seems, found the dia
monds. and z turned them over to the
detectives. And then she refused
to return to New York with Von
Gestel.
It was mv purpose to get 'the !
diamonds L. my possession in New
York, er,d. then take a steamer for
Eui-ipe and go to ni.' old loonie in
Germany. Once ther'-. I felt that I
would be safe. But, you I never
trot there, and. instead I am here
behlnrl prison b»i ilchi bark
her- I -o|. o I,,■>, , i tt wo
"■pin a tbnupli 1 bavo Jo-t brr-n
going round in circles. And 1 guecs
111 : taj here for a ’while, too.
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Richeson Learns He Must Die For Slayinq
HEARS HIS DOOM UNMOVED
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PLffl It BOARD
FDRWOMENONLY
City Officials Refuse to Act
on Commission With Fe
male Members'.
City officials declared today they are
perfectly willing for women to investi
gate vice and the “social evil" in At
lanta, but they decline to work with the
women in the Investigation. They con
sider the subject too delicate to be
studied Jointly by the two sexes.
The police committee, which consid
ered the petition of the Georgia Wom
an’s Christian Temperance union for
representation on the vice commission,
has decided to report to the council next
Monday that It. would be unwise to have
women serve on the commission with
men, but that a woman's commission
may investigate conditions if it likes
and submit a written report to the
man's commission on reforms to b<
made.
Mayor Will Refuse to Appoint.
Mayor Winn says that if the council
creates a woman's vice commission he
does not want the job of appointing the
members, as was his duty in the crea
tion of the.man's vice commission. He
says the council itself or some other
authority must Appoint the women. He
begs to decline the honor.
This petition of the women has
caused all the officials to sidestep ex
cept Aiderman James R. Nutting. When
it was considered at the meeting of the
police committee yesterday afternoon
Mr. Nutting, who is a. member of the
vice commission, said he was willing to
serve on the commission with the
w omen
"This is a great public sociological
: problem," said Mr. Nutting, "and it
| strikes me that women are about as
leapable of giving advice on it as men."
Chairman W G. Humphrey, also a
member of the commission, and- th'
other memhets of the committee laugh
ed, and said , they could not see Mr.
Nutting's viewpoint. They said they
thought if women wore placed on the
comtni* ion the men would be too mod
est to go into a really deep fnvestlga
t ion.
Ask "Square Deal” For Women.
i The woman's petition was addressed
[to the mayor and council, and signed
I by Mrs. Maty L. McDendon, Mis. D. <).
| Dough'-riy, Mi s. K. 1.. Reeves,'Mrs. J.
i A. Adkins and .’lts, G. A. Cochran, all
j office's of th<- Frances Willard chapter
of the Georgia W. ('. T. I' They say
they want representation on the vice
commission, "to give a square deal to
the women -who will be arrested, perse
cuted. prosecuted and punished by laws
lilt which they had no part in making.'
The man's vicecommission, an out
growth of tin- M'm am! Religion For
ward Movement, liar already begun it?
work, with the aid of a poll' e officer
'and the recotils of other cities ('hair-
Iman .1 A. 'I-'C'otd .-xpo-ts to call an
other meeting next Friday to hear the
tlrst ipps i- nt int ora igat ion and study.
Whate-cr the • || ma dr- jd.e about
't h t 'x r> 11 ;11 - prl ,t i nr» 1h f ’ l • « ■Otnm '" -
ioq -rq-h ,|)1 i<r-.| al l
tn br |..r; Itt tftf moling? 311'1
offer advi« e.
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The upper cut shows Richeson. on the left, being taken by
his spiritual adviser from the .lames street jail. Fhe lower
shows him on descending the steps on his way to the death eel),
the arrow pointing to rhe condemned slayer.
COL. ROOSEVELT
Him emu
Has Narrow Escape From In
stant Death When Machine
Is Smashed in Collision.,
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO May 17
Colon* ! Roosevelt had a narrow escape
from injury here today when an auto
mobile tunning rapidly around a cor
ner crashed head on into the machine
in which the ex-president was riding.
The auto in which Roosevelt was rid
ing was badly damaged, but he es
caped witli a severe shaking up. An
other *-ar was rushed to the scene, in
which he. proceeded to the place where
he was to speak.
Colonel Roosevelt campaigned in a
rainstorm today, but the rain failed to
dampen either his enthusiasm or that
of the crowds 'vho listened to him. In
his speech here he made the flat
charge that an attempt was being made
to steal the nomination from him.
"Mr. Taft's managers In the state of
Washington are trying to steal the
fourteen delegates from us," he de
clared. "They won't get them. If w.
are cheated out of our delegates by
such high-handed methods, they are
going to hear something from me. Let
them think it over.”
Four thousand persons cheered the
speaker.
At Ironton the Colonel declared his
intention to establish a bureau to in
vestigate labor conditions if elected,
thus making a direct appeal to the
large number of workers In the au
dience.
Discussing the tariff, he said:
"I want the tariff fixed so that the
workman will get some of the benefit.
Tlie manufacturi-i is not entitled to it
all."
The i-rowd , heered w bin the Colonel
cont hided
■ We are going to win. we've won al
rcady. Eleven state-' have held popular
primaHe.’. if " r could have bad 3 1
-tater tlie tight e nyld ha* e beep over
*-. r. rnontli- ago. The people have de
clared for ue
Governor Foss Says He Will
Not Present Pardon Appli
cation to State Board.
BOSTON. May 17.—Clarenre V. T.
Richeson. former minister and slayer
of his sweetheart. Avis Linnpll. was
told today ihat he must die In the
elec/ric chair by his attorney. W'illiani
A. Morse. Mr. Morse and Rev. H. S.
Johnson entered the death coll togeth
er. Ri’hesmi was sitting on his bed
in his shirt sleeves.
“Mr. Richeson. ’’ said Mr Morse. ‘T
have some bad nov. s for you. The gov
ernor will do nothing. \Vn have done
all we can for you. Mr. Johnson will
look after your interests until the end.”
After the first terrible shock, Riche
» son was unmoved Hi face, did not
blanch. He appeared no more affected
than if had tol(1 him it was a
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pleasant day and the sun was shining
outside.
Richeson Remains
Calm Throughout.
Mr. Morse and the Rev Mr. Johnson
remained with Richeson more than an
hour Richeson talked mostly with Mr.
Johnson, affirming his belief In immor
tality and discussing the life hereafter.
He retained his calmness throughout
the Interview.
Preparations to guard against col
lapse of the condemned man were made
upon advice of his spiritual adviser,
Rev. Dr. Herbert S. Johnson, who fear
ed that Richeson would be utterly pros
trated by the news that his fate had
been finally decided and that liis last
hope was gone
He Still Loves
Violet Edmands.
Here are some facts narrated hv the
alienists who examined Richeson. made
public today as throwing a light on
the strange character of the man.
Richeson loves Violet Edmands and
believes that she still loves him. Her
letters to him have been his greatest
comfort during the days in jail.
Richeson declared to the alienists
that Avis Linneii had repeatedly re
fused to merry him. first pleading her
musical career as an excuse, and after
ward declaring that she would wed him
if he would leave the ministry. All
thought of marriage between them.
Richeson declared, was abandoned over
a year before he poisoned the girl.
Richeson believes Moses Grant Ed
mands is his best friend.
Says Lawyers
Made Him Confess.
Richeson wanted his case to come to
trial up to tlie very time of his confes
sion. lie declares. H* did not want to
confess.
Finally, moved by the arguments of
l>is attorneys, he wrote a confession de
claring that he bad given the poison to
Avis, but with no intent to kill her.
This confession his attorneys tore up,
lie said and wrote another, which they
persuaded him to sign and then gave to
the court
Richeson declared that members of
the Linnell familt were bitterly op
posed to the idea of Avis marrying a
Baptisf minister.
Richeson, according to tlie alienists,
had several accidents when lie was 11
boy. When he was seven, io- was in
jured In a horseback accident. An
.other time he fell downstairs and a
bump was ral. *'l. wbieh is still to be
>een upon his head. Again bi-' brother
threw a ha.mo*cr and '-trit''k him on tlie
b.'-ad
Richeson bad. be told the alienist:
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Leader of Court House Slayers
Found Guilty of First Degree
Murder by Virginia Jury.
JURORS WRANGLE ALL
NIGHT OVER A VERDICT
Soqig Stand Out for Lesser
Penalty, But Finally Give In.
Story of the Case. ,
WYTHEVILLE, VA„ May H.—Hovd
Allen. leader of the Carroll county rang
which shot up the court boose at Hills
ville on March 14, causing the death of
five persons, was today found guilty of
murder in the first degree. The verdict
of the jury carried with It a penalty of
death and *he will be electrocuted
The jury retired at 12:45 o’clock yes
terday’ afternoon and the verdict of first
degree murder was reached only after
hours of deliberation, in which some of
the jurors stood out for a lesser pen
alty.
Floyd Allen was placed on trial on
April 36 for the tragic court house fight
In which Judge Massie, Prosecutor Fos
ter and Sheriff Webb were killed. Two
other persons died subsequently of their
wounds.
Allen Turns White
I As Verdict Is Given.
The court room wa.s crowded with
spectators at the opening of court to
day. and In anticipation of a verdict ex
tra precautions had been taken by the
court attendants to prevent any out
break
Allen, the prisoner at the bar,
watched with a sort of grim curiosity
the members of the jury ajs they filed
into their seats.
The specific charge on which Allen
had been tried was that of the murder
of Prosecutor William L. Foster.
"Gentlemen, have you arrived at a
verdict?" asked the judge.
"We have,” solemnly answered ths
foreman, arising in his seat.
Allen leaped forward to hear every
word. As the foreman read the pro
nouncement of the jury Allen leaned
forward still farther in his chair and a
wave of white parsed quickly over the
tan of his rugged and weather-beaten
features.
The verdict returned today made the
state's lawyers confident that they
would also secure convictions In the
trial of Victor and Claude Swanson Al
len, selected as the next to be tried.
Both are sons of Floyd Allen and were
captured in the mountains after they
fled from the Carroll county court
house. Sentence will not be pronounced
on Floyd Allen for the present. Thia
action was taken at the instance of the
prosecution, who will use Floyd Allen
in the case of his sone, Claude and Vic
tor Allen, whose trial will start on
Monday,
Prank of Boys
Started Trouble.
The causes that led to the shooting
date back to the arrest of the Edwards
boys, Floyd Allen's nephews, for caus
ing a disturbance in a school house at
which Sunday services were to be held.
The Edwards boys were summoned to
court and appealed to Floyd Allen to go
their bond.
Allen started to Hillsville in compli
ance with the request and met an offi
cer of the law with the boys in tow.
He requested to see the papers per
mitting the arrest of the young moun
taineers in North Carolina, a neighbor.
Ing state, and upon the officer’s refusal,
took his gun away and was later ar
rested on a technical charge of resist
ing an officer.
Before the trial of Floyd Allen on
these charges, those connected with the
prosecution —Judge Thornton L. Mas
sie. the commonwealth’s attorney and
the sheriff—-received many letters
threatening violence, if the mountaineer
was convicted. "He will never serve a
jail sentence," said the ominous notes.
Sentence Signal
For Opening Fire.
On the day that sentence was to b c
pronounced. March 13, the Allens and
their henchmen filed solemnly intc
town, tied their horses in front of thf
little court room and thronged Into the
building. Judge Masai*- arose, looker
steadily at Floyd Allen standing in tht
dock and pronounced a sentence em
bodying a prison tern; nf ope year.
According to eyewitnesses, the sen
ten,,- war the * tgrtai for the shooting
Fl-'yd Allen, reaching for his gun as
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