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DUFF GORDON,ON
STAND,DENIES
COWARDICE
Brands Story That His Wife
Refused Aid to Titanic Vic
tims as Absolutely False
L«NTM >N. May 17.—ST Cosmo Duff
Gordon, whose wife. Lady I niff Gor
don. has been accused in evidence taken
at rhe Titanic inquiry here of prevent
ing rescues of struggling men and wom
en passengers in the water after the
ship went down, took the witness stand
at the government Investigation tocia
and denied that either he 01 his wife
hfcd counseled against their lifeboa' •
turning to the scene of the disaster.
Rlr Cosmo swore that he had been
ordered into the lifeboat by an office)
He admitted that it was lews than half
full, but declared that he was so busy
caring for his wife, who was .“lek. and
’.hat he was so excited from the tragi'
circumstances of tin* situation that h»-
took no part in any discussion as to the
advisability of returning to the scene
to pick up drowning nien and women,
nor did he know of any such discus, ion
going on in the boat
Refutes Ugly Attacks.
Pu I'osnio virtually look tpe stand ,
in his own defense to refuteugly at
tack? upon himself and his wife nn i
had not finished when adjournni^t wa
taken fill Monday.
The government's Titanic tn
quirv was made the occasion
for a society gathering today in
expectation of a. sensational develop
ment relative to the part which Sit
i'osmo Puff Gordon and ills wife. Lady
Duff Gm don, play ed tn the great ocean
tragedy
The Puff Gordons were not present
at th" opening, but arrived later. The
throng of society light- who thronged
Scottish Prill hall were rewarded as
the investigation turned to tills phase
of the disaster immediately after the
sitting, were resumed.
Charles Hendrickson, a fireman on
the Tilanit. who was one of the crew
which manned lifeboat No. I, in which
the Puff Gordons were passengers, and
who had testified that, despite the fact
that the lifeboat was only partially
fihed. Lady Puff Gordon prevented him
from returning to tin scene of the dis
aster to pick up men and women who
were struggling in the water, was again
called to the stand. Hendrickson had
also testified that he. as well as the
other -(amen manning the boat, bad
be*.n rewarded with a five-pound note
( J25l In St'- I 'osmo.
Witness Unshaken
In His Story.
Hendrickson was recalled by Barris
ter Henry E. Duke. of counsel for the
Puff Gordons. He stuck to his prey ious
story and was unshakable by crost ■
examination.
The fireman swore that, although his
lifeboat was only a few hundred yards
away from the spot where the Titanic
plunged to the bottom, the seamen were
persuaded to row away from the scene.
Those in the boat could see men and
women struggling in the water, but
Lady' Duff Gordon insisted that the boat
would be swamped if they returned to
the scene, he said, and she was second
ed in this declaration by her husband.
Steeling their hearts to the scenes of
suffering and cries of grief behind
them the seamen pulled away with
their partially filled lifeboat, leaving the
victims in the water to sink to their
death.
"If w c go back we will be swamp
ed." was the declaration made over and
over again by Lady Duff Gordon, ac
cording to the witness
"When you received your five pounds
from Sir Cosmo, did you believe every
body on hoard the boat had done his
duty ?”
"Well, to a certain extent," replied
the w itness
"You (To " asked Mersey in
art-nri-e
"No. I don't believe they did." amend
ed Hendrickson
Hendrickson had testified earlier;
"After we were taken on board the
Carpathia, I met Sir Cosmo on deck,
and he offered me a cigar. Then he
said I am going to make a present of
five pounds to each of you men. to
make good your kits which roti lost on
the Titanic.'"
Symonds was in the partially filled
boat to help man ft He said that his
boat could have accommodated at least
eight more passengers.
"When the ship went down, we heard
shrieks of the people in the water, and
could see them kicking around but
thought it n' t safe to go back." he said.
JACKSON COUNTY NOMINEES.
TEFFERSON. GA . May 17. The pr -
mary for Jackson county held this week
resulted in the following nominations:
Chairman of roads and revenue. O P.
Braselton: ordinary. .1. A Willis: clerk
superior court. N. B. l.ard, sheriff Sam
iri C. Potts; tax collector, W T. Apple
by; tax receiver. Oble Hawks, treasurer,
George E. Smith; <ivii engineer George
Appleby; coroner, J. A Woods
j?o not neglect your
health —laxatives are nec
essary sometimes. Make sure
of the best —then go ahead.
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Janos
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CONSTIPATION
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On the left is a sketch of Richeson as he looks today. On
the right is a photograph taken shortly before his arrest.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS
IN RICHESON SLAYING
October 14. Avis Linnell found dead’ from cyanide poi
soning in hath room of Young Women’s Christian association.
October IS -Druggist llahan tells of selling Rev. C. V. T.
Richeson poison;
October 20- Home of Richeson's fiancee, Violet Edmands,
snrro’unded by police to prevent his escape.
October 21 Richeson surrendered and submitted to arrest.
October 2'» Body of Avis Linnell exhumed for autopsy.
November 1 Richeson indicted for murder in first degree.
November 2 Richeson presents resignation to his congre
gation.
November 13 -Richeson arraigned, pleads “not guilty.'’
Trial date set at January 13.
November 24- Resignation of Richeson as pastor accept ml
h\ his former congregation.
December 20—Richeson cuts himself with improvised tin
knife in cell.
December 27—Special venire of 275 called for Richeson
trial.
January 6—Confessed his guilt.
January 9—Sentenced to death in electric chair.
Experts Find Him Sane, and
Governor Refuses to Grant
Clemency.
Continued From Page One.
many fainting spells and dyspeptic at
tacks at different times.
Governor Foss' statement follows:
“Executive clemency will not be ex
tended In the case nf Clarence V. T.
Rtcheson. The prisoner was sentenced
upon his own confession for a crime
which appears impossible that any nor
mal man could commit.
"After bls confession and sentence a
plea of insanity was set up by his
counsel and strong!?, supported by affi
davits extending over his life The
character of these affidavits left no
other course for the governor than to
submit these, and the prisoner himseif
to an examination by our leading alien
ists. in order to protect the common
wealth from the charges that the man
was actually insane when the deed was
committed as well as at the present
time.
"The evidence shows that Rk heson s
familx is heavily afflicted with insan
ity : that he himself is a neurotic, a
somnambulist and a neurasthenic: that
he is subject to extreme emotional dis
turbances marked by loss of memory,
which two alienists have diagnosed as
hysterical insanity, one physician add
ing the alternative term of hysterical
d. iuium. and the majority opinion indi
cating that the attacks are hysterical
attacks marked by emotional distur
bances of brief duration, with loss of
memory during the attack and for a
varying period following it.
Not Insane When
Committed Crime.
The evidence, however, while clearly
ieveaong these attacks, indicates that
in« crime was not committed by him
bin Ing such an attack Therefore, while
there >s some divergence *>f opinion!
■.■.ions »i • alienists is to « hether th*.•»
attacks indicate actual insanity the:*
iffi. .ent ground for the cop- usion
op i ar miniate* for b’- crime and
that 'he exercise of cx-cutive ikmeniy
.HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY, MAY 17. 1912.
in this Instance would be (ontrary to
the public good
"The affidavits and medical evidence
us Io Richeson’s unfavorable heredity,
his lapses of consciousness and his at
tacks of delirium are too voluminous Io
include in this statement and are not
suited to publication.
"The alienists referred to are Dr Ed.
ward B. Lane and Dr. Isidor H Coriat,
mting for the defense; Dr I, Vernon
Briggs, acting at the personal request
of the governor, and Drs. Henry R.
Stedman, George 'l'. Tuttle and Henry
P Frost, acting as a commission for the
commonwealth."
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30c Coffee 22c lb.
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ALLEN. GDILTY,
TO DIE IN CH Al Fl
First Outlaw to Go to Trial Is
Convicted of Murder in the
First Degree.
Continued From Page One.
soon as the words had passed the
judge's lips, opened fire, his clansmen
following suit. With the first volley,
the judge, prosecutor, sheriff and clerk
of the court fell, either dead or desper
ately wounded. The Allens then turned
their attention to the jurors, who. w'ith
the first pistol shot, hurriedly left their
box and bolted for the door, all, with
the exception of one or two, escaping
injury.
Then followed a pistol duel across
the court house lawn, in which Floyd
Alien was wounded, and the dash
through the town to their mountain
fastnesses, where th£ men hoped to
evade capture.
Only Two of
Band Uncaught.
The hunt for the outlaws began on
March 14, when the operatives of De
tectives Baldwin and Felts began pour
ing into Hillsville, Va.. and Mount Airy,
N. C.. from the southern mountain dis
tricts. These men. organized into
posses, procured the services of sea
soned mountaineers and began to scour
the mountain thickets for their quarry,
upon whose heads were set rewards
amounting to thousands of dollars.
The search was necessarily' long.
Each cove of the mountains was
searched thoroughly, a man being left
to guard against the return of the out
laws. The posses hunted by day, set
ting pickets and resting by night, and
gradually' driving the mountaineers far
ther and farther from their sources of
supply till one after another, all except
two, they gave themselves up. recog
nizing the impossibility of continuing
tlie game of hide and seek against such
odds. Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards
are the only members of the band un
captured.
Reward For Bandits
In Big Train Robbery
Increased to $3,000
HATTIESBURG. MISS.. May 17.
The two or more bandits who held up a
New Orleans and Northeastern pas
senger train and secured $150,000 early
Wednesday morning have apparently
made a successful getaway, as the small
army of detectives, officers, railroad
men and express officials in and near
this city have lost all trace of them,
E. M. Smith, general manager of the
Southern Express Company, has ar
rived here and taken personal charge
of Hie man hunt. He has increased the
reward offered by the company from
$-.000 to $3,000 for the capture of the
two bandits, or $1,500 if one of them is
apprehended. Pinkerton and Burns de
tectives are working on the case, in
addition tot he express company's own
detectives and local officers.
Tt has been ascertained that four sus
picious characters boarded a local
freight train at a blind switch near the
scene of the holdup and left it before
the train reached this city.
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA,
• May 17. 1912.)
Judgments Affirmed.
Lester Book and Stationery- Company
vs. Massee et al.: from Bibb superior
court—Judge Felton. West & Dasher, for
plaintiff in error. Roland Ellis. R. K.
Hines, contra.
Fowler, administrator, vs. Wood; from
Gwinnett —Judge Brand. I. L. Oakes,
for plaintiff in error. O. A. Nix. contra.
Judgments Reversed.
Thompson, executor, vs. Stephens: frws»
Campbell—Judge Roan. Moore & Pome
roy, W. W. Hood, for plaintiff in error.
J. F. Golightly. contra. (Affirmed on
aross-biil of exceptions.)
Jordan vs. Callaway & Company; from
Tattnall—ludge Sheppard. James K.
Hines, E. C. Collins, for plaintiff in error.
W. T. Burkhalter. Way & Burkhalter,
contra.
Cloud et al. vs County of Taliaferro;
from Taliaferro—Judge Walker John C.
Hart, for plaintiffs in error. William H.
Fleming, contra.
General Supply Company vs. Toccoa
Plumbing Company et al.; from Elbert —
Judge Meadow. Z. B. F.ogers. B. F. Davis,
for plaintiff in error.