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VOL. XI. NO. 14.
WIFE JOKES
OFSUICiOE
iO ENDS
HER LIFE
Disappointed in Marriage, Mrs.
Fiona Wynne Takes Poison in
Soda Water Parlor.
LAUGHS AND JESTS AS
SHE PENS LAST NOTES
Asks Her Employer if Persons
Who Kill Themselves Go to
Heaven.
Joking of death as she planned her
own. Mrs. Nona Wynne. 23-year-old
wife of Ernest L. Wynne, a painter, of
110 Walton streej, sought advice from
hr-i employer as to the best way of
committing suicide. Her husband de
termined her identity today immediate
ly after he had read liotv she drank poi
son and died last night in a soda water
parlor, while a dozen pleasure seekers
sipp W their cooling drinks at the ta
bles surrounding the one where the
tragedy was enacted.
Disappointment in her married life is
the ole explanation of her act. Her
husband, a painter and paperhanger,
protests that there was no trouble be
tween them "If she had any troubles,
they were of her own," was his 'laconic
answer when asked for explanation of
her deed.
Uncanny Plans
Ride For Suicide.
Her entire action, though, previous
to the tragedy indicated that trouble
had weighed heavily on her mind and
that the decision to conimit suicide
was not the result of sudden impulse,
but had been reached after careful, al
most nueannv consideration.
Shi hft ,i im: e, - appealing to the
husband for forgiveness. She left a
re piest as . , the future care of her
baby hoy. Th exact spot in the rem
otely, where she u i«h> .1 her remains to
rest, was indicated. Prayers for her
S' al were pleaded for. She had con
sidered he hereafter as a result of
he;- act. She had chosen poison as
her method after others had been con
st lered. x
Her married life had not been one of
en.-' ind pleasure. Five years ago at
Pell City. Ala., white she was born and
roa led. she w.-'s united to Wynne. A
hoy James T. Wynne, was born. De
s; in th' ipuher responsibilities, Mrs.
M nn<- went to work to aid in the sup
>" rt of herself and her baby.
Gay Questions
About Suicide.
Sit • was employed as a clerk in the
ret- grocei y •‘establishment of S. C.
Glass, 133 Marietta street. Her hours
were long. Still she was regarded as a
cheerful, willing worker and was pop
ular with her associates in the store
and its patrons
It was to the proprietor of the store
that .dir first gave intimation that she
intended to end her life, but so cheerily
vile the questions tn reference to sui
cl ii-la d him that he had no thought
th t his questioner actually intended to
profit by his advice.
There was no apparent change in the
girl's good humor yesterday in the
She waited on her customers blithely
and laughed and joked with her co
w rkers. It was during an afternoon
hill that she broached the subject of
<ni< lde to her employer.
She Didn’t Like
The Lakewood Idea.
"What do you think would become
of a girl who committed suicide?" she
asked There was a smile on her lips
ns she spoke. Her eyes twinkled. She
scented unusually merry.
*1 hardly think she'd go to heaven,"
Mr. Glass replied. The answer did not
affect her demeanor.
"Well, if a girl did. what would be
the best way?" she next asked. Plainly
the clerk was jesting, the employer rea
soned as be returned her laugh.
“Why, I think I'd ride out to Lake
wood and jump in,” he said.
“Oh. that wouldn’t do," she bantered
back. "Sorrtebody might pull you out,
and you would have had all your trou
ble for nothing.”
The conversation drifted to other
subjects.
Later in the afternoon Mrs. Wynne
asked to he excused from duty in the
store for a brief time. It was then that
she purchased the poison. She bought
2.3 cents worth of strychnine in a drug
sioie. telling the prescriptionist that
H.ie wished to use It in killing rats.
- i< then returned to the store and
i -u.m,| her work. Later she wrote
; t'er and showed the envelope to Mr.
(j'.i I'm not going to snow you
Continued on Page Two.
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W oman W atches Fatal
Duel of Suitors: She
And Survivor to Jail
Consenting to Wed Victor, She
Looks on as They Draw
Guns and Fire.
‘ WILKESBARRE, PA., Aug. 20.
Charles Williams, of Hazelton. Pa., died
today in a hospital from a bullet fired
by Edward Raebler. Raebler is under
arrest charged with murder, and a wom
an who caused the quarrel also is locked
up.
Both men were suitors for the wom
an’s hand and both met at her home.
With her consent, the police say, they
agreed to fight it out, the victor to
take her. The duel was fought at mid
night. Each man. armed with a revolver,
stepped off ten paces. They fired. Wil
liams fell with a bullet in his brain.
The authorities have so far withheld
the name of the woman.
WOMAN, ON TRIAL FOR
HER HUSBAND’S DEATH,
COLLAPSES IN COURT
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—Mrs. Florence
Bernstein collapsed in court today
while Attorney Patrick H. O'Donnell
was pleading for her liberty.
The woman is accused of the death
of> her husband.
As her attorney reached his perora
tion the strain was too great for Mrs.
Bernstein! and she broke into hysterical
shrieks and sobs. She was led from
the court room and quieted. It was
many minutes before the trial could
go on.
RUSSIAN DEPUTY WHO
DEFENDED STOESSEL
KILLED IN ARGUMENT
ST. T ’ETERSBURG. Aug. 20.—Dur
ing a political argument today Deputy
Syrtlanov of the Musselman group in
the'diima, was shot and killed at the
residence of Major General Sheikhali
by one of the officer’s friends.
Syrtlanov was one of the foremost
lawyers In Russia. He defended Gen
eral Stoessel when the latter was tried
by courtmartial for the surrender of
Port Arthur to the Japanese.
AUTHORITIES,FEARING
SUFFRAGETTE WOULD
KILL SELF, FREE HER
DUBLIN, Aug. 20. Because the au
thorities feared that she would carry
her fanaticism to the point of suicide,
Mrs. Baines, the suffragette who was
recently sentenced to seven months for
her connection with a plot to burn the
Theater Royal and who led a hunger
strike in jail, was today liberated after
serving two weeks. Another suffragette.
Leigh Evans, is also refusing to, eat.
The officials did not try to feed the
woman forcibly.
SOLDIER, PUNISHED FOR
BREACH OF DISCIPLINE,
KILLS RUSSIAN PRINCE
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20. -A Cos
sack who had been detached from hl’s
troop for some breach of discipline en
tered the apartment of Prince Tumanoff
today and shot that nobleman dead.
The slayer continued to discharge his
revolver, wounding the princess and an
orderly, other soldiers, who were in the
building, aroused by the sound of shots,
rushed in and shot the Cossack dead.
GENERAL BOOTH SINKS:
BELIEVED TO BE DYING
LONDON, Aug. 20.—General William
Booth, founder of the Salvation Army,
is believed to be dying. Colonel Kitch
en, private secretary to General Booth,
said late this afternoon that the gen
eral sank into a state of coma and his
family feared he would not. live many
hours longer.
FIFTY DRINK WOOD
ALCOHOL; TWO DIE
MONTREAL, Aug. 20.—Two em
ployees of a railway here are dead from
drinking wood alcohol and several oth
ers are in a hospital in serious condi
tion. Fifty altogether, all of them
Russians, were poisoned.
TOO ROUGH FOR YANKEE
GIRL TO SWIM CHANNEL
DOVER. ENG., Aug. 20.—Rose Pitl
noff. the American girl who came here
to swim the English channel and who
was to have started today, could not do
so on account of the roughness of the
water.
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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1912.
LT. BEGKER IS
INDICTED AS
GAMBLERS’
SLAYER
Police Officer Named in Con
fession and Six Others Held
by Grand Jury.
SCHEPPS’ STORY TOLD
TO INVESTIGATORS
Paymaster of Slayer Tells of
Running Errands Between
Officer and Rose.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—The grand
jury this afternoon returned to Judge
Mulqueen, in general session, a blanket
indictment against seven men named
as generally responsible for the mur
der of Herman Rosenthal.
Those named in the indictment are
Lieutenant Charles A. Becker, William
Shapiro, who was driving the gray
"murder automobile;” Louis Rosenberg,
known as "'Lefty Louis;” Harry Horo
witz, known as "Gyp, the Blood," both
of the latter are still at large; Frank
Muller, known as “Whitey Lewis;’’
Frank Cirocci, known as "Dago Frank,”
and Jacob Reich, known as "Jack Sul
livan.”
Schepps, the first witness called, is
reported to have given complete evi
dence to the plot by which Rosenthal
was killed. Schepps was brought down
to the criminal courts building from
the West Side police court prison a (let
he. Jack Rose and "Bridgey" Webber
had made additional statements to Dis
trict Attorney Whitman.
The efforts of counsel at paving the
way to the quashing of the indictment
against Lieutenant Charles A. Becker
were thwarted for the second time
when Judge Mulqueen in general ses
sions today denied the motion of -Beck
er’s attorneys that he reconsider his
previous denial of their motion to in
spect the minutes of the grand jury.
Was With Becker
At Time of Killing.
Schepps is said to have told Whitman
that he was with Police Lieutenant
Charles A. Becker at the tiilft when
Rosenthal was being shot to death, and
afterward acted as messenger for Beck
er when the latter wanted to communi
cate with "Bald Jack" Rose, who was
in hiding in the home of Harry Pol
lock, the sporting promoter.
It was said at the district attorney’s
office that the present session of the
grand jury would probably conclude the
Rosenthal investigation so far as it con
cerns directly the murder of the be
traying gambler. Subsequent investi
gation will delve into the police sys
tem.
Summonses were made out for Wall
Street brokers who were wanted to tell
about Becker’s stock dealing transac
tions. Schepps is expected to prove
the state’s strongest witness when the
cases are brought to trial.
Among bank accounts in Becker’s
name enough has been found to bring
his total deposits in banks up to $60,-
615. Becker banked all this money with
in ten months on an annual salary of
$2,250.
Seelig Surrenders;
To Be State Witness,
Big Jack Seelig, gang leader, wose
henchmen are alleged to have killed
Gambler Herman Rosenthal at the be
hest of Lieutenant Charles Becker, sur
rendered himself to District Attorney
Whitman today, and it is understood
that he will become a witness for the
state. Seelig was at once taken before
the grand jury.
CHASES THIEF WHEN
WIFE GIVES ALARM;
HOUNDS ON TRAIL
Awakened by a noise in her bed room
early today. Mrs. R. J. Spiller, of 596
Capitol avenue, discovered a burglar mak
ing his exit through an open window.
Mrs. Spiller, without screaming, quick
ly awoke her husband, and the latter,
seizing hfs pistol, gave chase The in
truder leaped from the window, however,
and slid down a high embankment and
vanished before' Spiller could get a shot
at him. He got away with sll in Spil
ler s trousers and threw the trousers
away, overlooking a watch
* 'hief of Detectives lairiford we.s sum
moned to the scene and put his blood
hounds on the trail The dogs took the
scent and followed it for some distance,
Call of a Mother to
Her Wandering Boy Is
Scrawled on Box Cars
"Barley—Come Home" Is Mute
Appeal Carried Over Country
on Freight Trains.
Rolling through the land is a message
from a longing mother tn her wander
ing son. The message was in Atlanta
today. It may be miles away tomorrow,
but its tender pleading stays wherever
It has been seen.
Chalked on the trucks of three freight
cars, now parked in Inman yards, are
the words. "Ballex . Come home to moth
er." And though the letters show signs
that the* have traveled far. there has
been no car inspector to wipe out their
message. The cars will continue to bear
the plea until time has effaced the chalk
marks or Bailey comes hdtne.
The mother evidently knows that wher
ever the son is the box car is his meth
od of transportation as he wanders. It
is her hope that .some day. as he pre
pares to slip through the side door or
mount the bumpers, or lie on the rods, he
will see the message and will heed its
call It may be that the message is re
peated whenever sell has opportunity to
send her freight train plea, and scores of
cars are muteli j ell jar him to turn his
face homeward
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Defender, Who Has 888
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CHINESE SMUGGLING
THROUGH CANADA BY
AUTO IS UNCOVERED
NEW YORK. Aug. 20.—A wholesale
system of smuggling Chinese across the
Canadian border into the United States
is believed to have been uncovered in
the arrest today of Arthur Pierce, Ber
tron Eranks and five Chinamen who had
come to New York from Buffalo in an
automobile. The arrests were brought
about by Policeman Cornelius O'Con
nell, of the Alexander avenue station,
in the Bronx. Early today O'Connell
while on duty at Willis avenue and the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad yards, saw a big red touring car
pass through the neighborhood several
times. The chauffeur’s actions aroused
O’Connell's suspicions, and he stopped
the car and found the Chinamen hid
den under some heavy blankets.
ASSIST IN
CHECKING SCARLET
FEVER AT MOULTRIE
State aid will be given Moultrie, Col
quitt county, in its fight to stamp out a
scarlet fever epidemic which threatens
the town.
Ten cases have been reported in the
last few days, and citizens sent re
quests for the co-operation of the state
board of health that the epidemic lie
checked before it gains more serious
proportions. It is believed systematic
work can stop the advance of the epi
demic In a few days.
Sei retary Ha iris annoum ed the hoard
is ready to act with the Colquitt au
thorities at ant time.
ATTORNEY ACQUITTED
OF BRIBERY CHARGE
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ADAMSON SAYS TAFT’S
PANAMA RESOLUTION
HAS BEEN PUT TO BED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The pro
posed joint resolution urged by Presi
dent Taft in his message on the Pana
ma. canal bill, whereby this nation
would declare that it has no intention
of violaing the Hay-Pauncefote treaty,
has been “put to bed,” according to
Representative Adamson, of Georgia,
chairman of the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce, to
which the president's message was re
ferred.
Most of the members of the interstate
and foreign commerce committee have
left for their homes, it was learned to
day.
WOMAN IS BURNED
BADLY WHEN S H E
POURS OIL ON FIRE
Mrs. Pearl Hornsby. living near East
Point, was burned badly about the face,
head and arms today as the result of
an explosion of oil. while she was at
tempting to start a fire in a stove, adding
another to the loqg list of similar acci
dents within the past few weeks
The oil can exploded as Mrs. Hornsby
hold it near the stove, preparing to pour
oil <>n the fuel
RABBIT’S BLOOD SAVES
LIFE OF 6-YEAR-OLD BOY
EOS ANGELES. Aug.* 20. By the
transfusion of rabbit's blood into his
veins, the life of Emerson Mair, a slx
year-uld boy, has been saved here.
DARROW’S ATTORNEY
ASKS DISMISSAL OF
SECOND INDICTMENT
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.—Late to
) day Judge George tl. Dutton will rule
on the motion of the defense for the
dismissal of the second charge of jury
bribing pending against Clarence S.
Darrow, of Chicago.
1 The second indictment charges brib
ery of Robert F. Bain, a sworn juror
, in the McNamara case, 'and charges
also an attempt to Influence a court
officer. Darrow’s attorney demanded
' dismissal when the question of setting
a date for trial came up yesterday.
They argued thq,t the evidence was the
same as that in the first case, that a
verdict of acquittal in the former trial
showed there was no basis for the al
'eged conspiracy to bribe and that the
case had not been brought to trial
within sixty days after the indictment
was returned, as is required under the
. California statute. Judge Hutton ruled
that he had no right to fnquire into the
evidence. He said, however, he would
; look up carefully the record regarding
the sixty day rule.
. District Attorney Job,, D. Freder
icks said that if the indictment were
dismissed, It was likely another would
be asked from the gland jury. •
ATLANTAN HURT IN WRECK,
MORGANTON, N. lug. 20. -N. L.
Hummel, of Atlanta, was among those
injured when Southern railway passenger
and freight trains hll<l a head-on collision
near this place. Hummel was bruised
about the fae.. and body. None of the
injured is fatally hurt. The list com
prises seven passengers and three train
crew.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p m a o ß e°
SLATON ftfl
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UNBIASED
cimss
Estimates of The Georgian’s
Correspondents Put Alexan
der Second, Hall Third.
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131 COUNTIES CONCEDED j
TO FULTON’S CANDIDATE!
Alexander Given Ten Counties!'
and Hall Five by Impartial/j
Prediction by Experts. / :
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In an effort to obtain an accurate
forecast of the probable result nt
morrow's gubernatorial election. Th<*
Georgian instructed its
in every congressional district to make
a careful study of the sltuation.and for
ward conservative estimates.
According to the reports furnished,
John M. Slaton will be elected governor ;
by an unprecedented majority over
Hooper Alexander and Joe Hill Hall.
Figuring out as nearly In detail aa
possible. The Georgian’s reports Indi-’
cate that Slaton will carry 131 counties,/
with 328 vote® in the convention; Alex-,
ander will carry 10 counties, with 2®-’
unit votes, and Hall will carry 5 coun
ties, with 14 unit votes.
The Georgian does not, of course,
guarantee the figures presented. They
are merely given just as they were re
ported for whatever of authentic,lnfor
mation there may be in them.
Reports Fair
And Unbiased.
The primary Is to be held under a
county unit plan, the candidate receiv
ing a plurality vote in each county to
receive the' county’s electoral vote in
the convention.
The Georgian s correspondents were
required to forward fair and unbiased
reports from the various congressional
districts. They were cautionetf that,
The Georgian wanted only the exact
truth, as nearly as It could be ascer
tained.
Unless these newsgatherers are at
sea, Slatop will carry every congres
sional district handsomely, and well upr
to 130 counties, as units.
From various counties come reports
that Alexander will get a "good vote,”!
ind that Hall will “be remembered by.
many friends,” but with astonishing
regularity comes the report that Slatoi*:
is to win.
Joe Hill Hall
Slated to Show. j
In its general aspect, ft looks as if
Alexander Is to get a fairly good vote!
throughout the state, but scattered s<J
badly as to be relatively Ineffective. Joe;
Hill Hall seems listed for third place—e
but not far behind Alexander, at that.
According to reports, Alexander ought
to run second and Hall third, but both?
so far behind Slaton as to make theig
combined strength Inconsequential.
Mr. Slaton himself claims 120 coun-«i
ties, but The- Georgian’s
go him a few counties better.
A rather curious phase of the situa-<
tion seems to be that while the cong res-,
slonal and state house races cut intcn
one another badly here and there. In'
the main the governorship race stands’
by itself—a runaway for Slaton.
Little Interest
In Some Counties.
The division of the popular vote will
show a closer standing between ths
candidates than will the electoral vote,
if the situation adjusts itself finally asi
The Georgian’s reports seem to indicate
that it will.
There will be counties where both
Alexander and Hall will run well, even
though Slaton wins out.
Basing the probable vote of the state
at 150,000, Slaton should, if the reported
proportion holds, receive approximately
100,000, the division between Alexander
and Hall to run about 30,000 and 20,000.
In many counties there is admittedly
small interest in the governorship race,
b'ut in practically every instance, such
county is reported safe for Slaton, with
the acute political interest centered in
local fights.
Interesting Battle
In Fulton County
The eve of the state and county pri
mary finds all the candidates in Ful
ton confident and aggressive.
Tit" fight between Slaton and Alex
ander for Fulton's six electoral votes in
the guberjiatorial convention is sharp,
but not particularly bitter.
The legislative contest and the con<
test for the succession to Judge Potth