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Fair today and tomorrow.
VOL. N. NO. 249.
NCHEM'S
ME FJILS
IS DOOM IS
FIXED
Told That He Must Meet Death
tin the Electric Chair, Baptist
Minister Breaks Down.
j
HAD HOPED TO LAST
TO SAVE HIS LIFE
Governor Foss Says He Will
Not Present Pardon Appli
cation to State Board.
BOSTON. May 17.—Clarence V. T
Richeson. former Baptist clergyman
was told today that he must die in the
electric. chair for the murder of his for
mer sweetheart, Avis Linnell. In fear
that he would collapse, two physicians
were detailed to the Charlestown state
pi Ison.
The killer of Avis Linnell was not
prepared to hear that he must die him
self. It was a staggering blow. The
first news was taken to Richeson by
his spiritual adviser. Rev. Herbert S.
Johnson, pastor of the Warren Ave
nue Baptist church, and by William A
Morse, of the Richeson counsel.
Preparations to guard against col
lapse of the condemned man were made
upon advice of his spiritual advise:.
• Rev. Dr. Herbert S. Johnson, who fear
ed that Richeson would be utterly pros
trated by the new s that his fate had |
been finally decided and that his last |
hope w as gone.
! He Still Loves
Violet Edina nds.
• f 1-1- ie an ome facts narrated bv the
"alienists who examined Richeson. made
cubit'' today, as throwing a light on
nite strange character of the man.
Riche-on love: Violet Edmands, and
believes that sin- still loves him. Her
letters to him have been hi* greatest
comfort during the days in jail.
Richeson declared to the alienists
that Avis Linnell bad repeatedly re
fused to ma try him. first pleading her
musical career a;. an excuse, and after
ward declaring that sh« would wed him
if lie would leave the ministry. All
thought of marriage between them.
Richeson declared, was abandoned over
a veai before be poisoned the girl.
Richeson believes Moses Grant Ed
mands is hit; b r t friend.
Says Lawyers
Made Him Confess.
Richeson wanted his case tn com r to
trial up to the very time of Ids confes
sion. he declares. did not want to
eottfess.
Finally. moved by the arguments of
Ills attorneys, he w rote a confessioij do.
( Idling that he had given the poison to
4 ■ ><. but with no intent to kill hm
This confession his attorneys tore up.
he said, and wrote another, which they
persuaded him to sign and then gavt to
the court.
Richeson declared that members of
th« i.innel! family wore bitterly op
pe-od 'o the idea of Avi marrying a
Baptist minister.
Richeson. a< cording to the alienists,
had several accidents when he was a
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! Decatar Street All
Worked Up as Peace j
Justice Fight Ends
Decatur street is in a turmoil over
coming election. It is being fought in
every store and shop in that neighbor
hood. Decatur street isn’t especially in
terested in the tight between Taft and
Roosevelt, or the Clark-Underwood-Wil
son contest. It is all worked up over the
election of the justice of peace for 1231
district, which comes off tomorrow’.
The tifcht is among two Confederate vet
erans and one blind man. (me of the vet
erans is a national Republican and the
other a Democrat heart and soul, but
they are all working today to be suc
cessor lu the late Justice Landrum.
Automobiles and telephones are being
brought into play. The candidates are
i calling those registered to vote in that
district over the phone and visiting those
who have no phones. They have offered
the use of autos to carry voters to the
polls tomorrow, and are using ail In
fluence possible to impress the voters with
the importance of the election.
The voting place is 43L7 Decatur street.
'l'he candidates are Fred Powers, a blind
man, and <’aptain S. XV. Seidell and Judge
Robert L. Rodgers, both Confederate vet
erans.
R- R* Men Accused
Os Aiding Bandits in
Big Train Hold-Up
NEW ORLEANS. May 17. —Railroad
men w orking on the inside w ere respon
sible for the train hold-up near Hatties
burg, Miss., early Tuesday morning
when lout from $140,000 to $250,000 in’
value was stolen, according to police of
ficials here today. Officials of the New
Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
Company coincide with this view, and
are giving the police ail the assistance
in their power :o work (Alt the theory.
They’ declare that the robbery w ould
have been impossible without inside
help.
Union. Pressmen in
Boston Refuse To Go
On Sympathy Strike
BOSTON. May 17- The Boston news- I
paper Web Pressmen's union voted last
night that “there was no occasion for
striking at present because of the Chi
cago situation.'' The union reaffirmed a
recent vote to levy an assessment of one
day s pay <>a<h week for the benefit of the
Chicago strikers.
LAWYER SWINDLED HER
OF $6,700. SAYS CLIENT
M AC< >N . '; A . May 17. John W.
Ha \ good, of Fitzgerald, a prominent
south Georgia lawyer. must show
cause hi tip' United States court here
on May 23 why hr -hntild not hr ad
judged in eont» > mpt and liable to dis
bartnent because of the alleged fraud
he committed against Mrs. Caroline A
Kilgore, of Utah.
| It is t barged by Mis. Kilgore, in a
petition Hied here, <ha \ttorn. v Ha;
goo'l sold lands belonging to her for
about s9,o'io. and represented to her
that the sale only realized The
order of th” i nnri '«11>» upon him
nrodure the » diffm-rr. »■ nn May 23.
CHRISTENS RABY “TITANIC.”
BUT THE NAME IS Bl JETTED
BUD \PI 1. HUNG ARV, May 1? A
living ~t Mrid to have
hi- infant danght r rh» o-t. nor] Tttani* .
as the child was horn llm day th;H
Miip sank. As there js no saint by ih.ti
name the registei refused-.
• ATLANTA. GA., FRIDAY. .MAY 17, 1912.
MAY 26 SEES
REFORMED
SABBATH
BATHING
Park Board Reverses Its For-
mer Action Closing Park ’
Lake by Vote of 9 to 3.
MAYOR'S AMENDMENT
SEPARATES THE SEXES
Several Ministers Join People’s
Plea for Recreation and Few
Councilmen Aid Cause.
Sunday bathing begins in Piedmont
park lake on Sunday, May 26. The de
cision was reached by the park board
by a vote of 9 to 3, after a city-wide
discussion and a public hearing at
which all citizens were given the privi
lege of expressing ’.heir views.
The Sunday swim is to be governed
by these restrictions: Only'women anil
children will 6e allowed in the lake
from 6 to 8 o'clock on Sunday mornings
and only men and boys between 3 and 6
o'clock on Sunday afternoons.
The gates will be closed at other
times, and the police department* has
pledged sufficient officers to enforce
good order.
The meeting of the park board yes
terday afternoon, when the final vote
was taken, showed the intense feeling
that has been moused over this issue.
I R. J. Guinn charged that th'- park board
was rushing matters without giving the
church people opportunity io express
t heir views.
Gwinn Delivers a
Red Hot Address.
The people of this town love fair
play,” he cried, “and don’t ynu believe
i hat I his matter won’t bp ultimately
taken to the people.”
As Mr Guilin is unite a figure in pol
itics his statement caused a stir among
f hnse p esent.
Mayo. told the hoard that he
< <»uld !-oc no moral wrong in a Sunday
plnnge. ’nd that the recreation in Pied
mont park was not a violation of the
state law. But. he said, he was unal
terably opposed to any m h conduct as
that s-hnu n at Piedmont lake lasi sum
mer mi Sunday > IL then introduced
the amendment. which wa> fmall.y
sdnptpd. providing for a segregation of
the spx.cs al the lake.
Mayor Winn's aim ndment Lt the
segregation of the • xp; does not apply
to bathing in the park during the week.
The lake i t.o b p open on all wppk <Lix -
from n'rioi'l; in thp morning until 7
ti’clock in the evening. beginning next
T'jpsd.iy. An has been pre
xided exclusively for women and chi'
'iren. I'very nne must wear a txvo
r>u bathing suit with short sh oves
.-’ome of th* members of the board
m’pdiet that the strict F-unday regula
tion* xx ill end the popularity of th‘
ak*\ osopciallx for morning uso, u Imn
only women and children xvill bo per
mitted t<» bathe. Rut they sax they will
i.\ out thes rides in good faith No
further opposition to the Sunday bath
i- e\]>ecied from council.
UNCLE TRUSTY!
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“William, while yon and Theodore arc enlaced in ;i deadly yyapple for .supremacy here in
Ohio, whih fearless politicians are dyino- for their country~ maybe while the air is filled with
the coarsest ( anti most unpolished lanifnaye. I will lake a rest in the trenches- itsafer! By the
ivay. that gentleman in tjio distance who is liealiiiv it for the primeval forest is Dr. Spitzka,
the famous brain exper). He came out with a statement claiming that woman will never be the
mental equal of man.’’
Georgian Pictures of
Themselves Shown On
Screen Tickle U.C L
Th* 3 I'nit* 3 d Common la • Travelers
sH’v tlvmsch-p- "11 tlu- picture scroll
at the Forsyth lart night wlim'lhey at
tended the show in a body 2.»0 .<ai:
having been reserved for them pre
viously bv W <’. Patterson. wlm has
handled every convention held in At
lanta since Um lon\ th was hud’ The
pi< tuies -bowed th»* drunirrmi - corning
up Peachtree street in parade, stand
ing in front of the Piedmont < heering.
and snapshot.; of various li\e wires
among them.
The photograph- and lantern Mides
w . i r made ami presented to the show
by Th” Georgian. The.' were taken
during the morning and afternoon. and
reproduced at th* Forsyth last night.
WILHELM SHAKES
“MAILED LIST” AT
ALSACE-LORRAINE
PERLIN. Mav 17. Ml German} is ring
ing with the kaiser • latest imliscret iorf.
which is nothing le s than a threat to
•ma-b the < mist ii nt ion of Al a<-p Lor
taino. d’h • remarkable declaration was
made at a luncheon given the kaiser by
Karon Zorn vmi Thdaeh. secretary for Al
sace-Lorraine. Referring t" the political
agitation in the province, the kaiser said.
“Look her*, gentlemen; if this cop
tinues I will destroy your mnstitn
tion. So far you have only known me
on my good side Yon will kmoy my
other side before long. Things <an
not continue as they are now I
will simply smash the constitution
ami make Alsace Larraine into a Rus
sian province.’’
The emperor s anger L dm* to the fart
that the \lsace parliament pa -ted a vote
of censure of the goxernment because
the latter boycotted th-- locomotive works
at Grafe-iadcti on the* ground that the
manager showed French sympathies.
Schooner Hit by Ship
In Fog Is Believed to
Have Sunk With Crew
HALIFAX, May 17. The steamer A.
W. pe» n . bound for Boston from Hali
fax collided with an unknown schoon
er last night in a fog. ,
'The i ho'»n»T is believed to have stink
with all on hoaid, at no trace could
be found of her by the Perry’s boats
early today.
ASKS CUSTODY OF DOG
BUT MOT OF HIS CHILD
SAX FRANCISCO J| aj 17. Philip
N Zurin. defendant in a divorce suit,
asked for the custody of a pet dog, but
not of his child.
.EXTRA
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On Trains. FIVE CENTS.
In Atlanta. TWO CENTS
PRICE:
ALLEN BAND
CHIEF 10
DIE IN
GiR
Leader of Court House Slayers
Found Guilty of First Degree
Murder by Virginia Jury.
JURORS WRANGLE ALL
NIGHT OVER A VERDICT
Some Stand Out for Lesser
Penalty. But Finally Give In.
Story of the Case.
WYTHEVILLE. VA„ May 17.—Floyd
Allen, leader of the Carroll county gang
which shot up the court house at Hills
ville on Match 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
fitath 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.
I'loyd Allen was placed on trial on
April 30 for the tragic court house fight
in which Judge Massie. Prosecutor Fos
ter and Sheriff Webb were killed. Two
oilier persons died subsequently of their
w ounds,
Allen Turns White
As Verdict Is Given.
The court room was crowded with
spectators at the opening of court to
day, and in anticipation of a verdict ex
tra precautions had been taken by the
••on I attendants' to pievent any out
break
Allen, the prisoner at the bar,
watched with a sort of grim curiosity
the members of the jury as they filed
into their seats. '
The specific charge on which Allen
had been tried was that of the murder
of Prosecutor William L. Poster.
"Gentlemen, have you arrived at a
verdict ?" neked the judge.
"We have," solemnly answered ths
foreman, arising in hts seat.
Allen leaned 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 passed quickly over the
tan of his rugged and weather-beaten
■ features.
1 The verdict returned today made ths
! state's lawyers confident that they
would also secure convictions In ths
trial of Victor and t'lande Swanson Al
len, selected as the next to.be tried.
Both are sons of Floyd Allen and wore
I captured in the mountains after they
fled from the Carroti county court
> house. Sentence will not be pronounced
on Floyd Allen for the present. This
action was taken at the instance of the
prosecution, who will use Floyd Allen