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VOL. XI. NO. 19.
C.CMSOI
OFWIRELESS
FAME OB
rail
Fatally Stricken as He Writes
to His Daughter of Hope of
Early Paroled
URAEMIC POISONING KILLS
AGED VICTIM IN AN HOUR
One of Last Acts Was to Aid
Guard Discharged for Allow
ing Him Privileges.
Stretched upon a cot in the morgue of
a local undertaker lies the body of
"Wireless" Wilson, financier, promoter,
convict. He died last night in the Fed
eral prison, an hour after he had writ
ten a loving letter to his daughter ex
pressing his hope of an early parole.
He had served one year and three days
of his three-year term.
The body of the aged man—he was 67
years old—is awaiting funeral direc
tions from the young stenographer he
married, after divorcing his first wife,
in order that she might not give evi
dence against him under the law for
bidding a wife to testify against her
husband, the same rule which kept Eu
gene H. Grace silent in the trial of
Daisy Grace.
Mrs. Wilson, whose marriage was
soon followed by enforced separation
when her agpd itu-band came to the
penitentiary, is living in the East.
Writing to Daughter
When Stricken Fatally.
Christopher Columbus Wilson, as he
was known before the magnitude of his
stock-selling operations caused him to
be called "Wireless Wilson," was writ
ing a letter to his daughter in the li
brary of the prison yesterday afternoon.
He was feeling well, despite his 67 years
and the strain of a recent trip to New
York, where he went under guard to
testify in a suit involving the wireless
telegraph company’s financial opera
tions. He had served a third of his
term and was eligible for a parole and
freedom. He had told several friends
recently that he was confident his name
would appear on the next parole list,
and he expressed this hope in the let
ter.
Suddenly one of the other prisoners
who had been granted the use of the
library cried out that something was
wrong with the old man. Guards rush
ed to the prisoner and found him suf
fering from a . serious attack, which
afterward proved to be uraemic poison
ing. He was taken to the prison hos
pital and the prison physician called,
hut in a short time he was df'ttd. The
end came in the same room, and within
a few feet of the bed where Charles W.
Morse lay so many weeks, apparently
dying, before he was removed to the
Fort McPherson hospital, given his pa
role and almost miraculously restored to
health.
Aided Guard Who
Had Befriended Him.
One of the last acts of "Wireless"
Wilson was one. of kindness to a man
who had befriended him. When he was
taken to New York to give testimony
in the stilt, he was under the guard of
Keeper Shea, of the Federal prison. For
a day or two the old man disappeared,
and it was reported in New York that
he had escaped from his keeper. It was
afterward learned that the guard had
permitted the aged man to stop at one
of the best hotels, take several trips
around the city, and otherwise enjoy his
stay in»the metropolis, though always
under a watchful eye. So much pub
licity was given the matter than when
Shea returned with Wilson he was dis
missed from the prison service.
Hearing of this, the wireless promoter
gained permission to write a letter to
Congressman "Jack" Beall, of Texas, a
friend of former days, and Beall ob
tained for the guard a position in Tex- j
as at twice the salary he had earned in I
Atlanta.
Wilson exhibited to a caller at the j
prison a few days ago a circular sent
out by the wireless company, announc
ing a dividend of 100 per cent
Cites Prosperity of
His Wireless Concern.
"There." he said, bitterly. "The coin
* pan) I promoted is earning double
monev for Its stockholders, and I. the
man who sold the stock, am locked In
prison foi selling It Ho you call tha'
Justice?"
\\ ilson was convicted In N* w York of
using the malls with intent to defraud,
methods of selling wireless stock
tilling to meet tie government require
ments H is sold Hint thousands of -mall
nnesloi- tost tlieli saving' through ill-
Cfnt'nued on Pago Two,
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
NEGROES IIP
MOIETO
OUST 81.
BACKER
Attempt Made at Executive
Meeting to Read Clark
Grier Out of Party.
'JACKSON LAUDED AS
REAL STATE LEADER
Hot Fight Threatens as Taft
Men Prepare to Punish Bull
Moose Sympathizers.
A test of strength of the Henry S.
Jackson and the Walter Johnson fac
tions of the Republican part.': in Geor
gia was begun today at a meeting of
the Republican state executive commit
tee in the senate chamber of the < api
tol. called to name Taft electors. Aftei 1
many private conferences, the meeting
was called to order at 12:30 o’clock, 30
minutes after schedule time, when Hen
ry Jackson, collector of internal reve
nues. and the leader of one faction,
nodded to Walter Johnson, chairman of
the executive committee and leader of
the other faction, to go ahead.
Jackson was indorsed as the leader
of Georgia Republicans.
Roscoe Pickett, of Pickens county, of
fered a resolution, indorsing Jackson
and opposing Clark Grier, former post
master at Dublin. Ga., and reading the
latter out of the party. Jackson and
Grier are ancient enemies. Jackson was
pronounced the final arbiter of Repub
lican affairs in the state.
The first test came when E. L. Col
lier. a negro and editor of The Inde
pendent. a newspaper, introduced a res
olution indorsing President Taft, the
Republican platform and the delegates
to the Chicago convention who sup
ported Taft. The resolution was con
sidered to be an indirect rap at Walter
Jolinson and Clark Greer, former post
master at Dublin, Ga., and again a can
didate for the place, because they sup
ported Roosevelt at the Republican con
vention.
Negroes Lead in
Denouncing T. R.
Roscoe Pickett called for an aye and
nay vote, wnich was seconded. Negro
delegates took the lead in denouncing
Theodore Roosevelt and the Bull Moose
party, and in indorsing President Taft.
A hot fight seemed imminent. ’
<’. P. Goree, a lawyer of Atlanta, said
that the negroes were treated as gentle
men at the Republican convention, but
that .tlifiy were not treated as gentle
men at the Bull Moose convention.
Henry L, Johnson, a negro delegate,
declared that the strength of the’Bull
Moose party lay in the charge that the
Southern delegates to the Republican
convention were not properly chosen.
He then proceeded to disprove this
charge by lauding the Southern negro
delegates.
He said I lie records of attempts to
bribe negro delegates, at the Republican
convention, will prove the negroes' in
tegrity.
The resolution was passed.
The object of the meeting is to name
the fourteen Geo gia presidential elec
tors. 'I here seems to be no doubt that
they will all be Taft men.
YOUTH ARRESTED IN
$3,000 TRAIN HOLD-UP
HAD SEVERAL GIRLS
Tlie arrest of E. F. Carr, the young
express messenger held in connection
with the $3,000 train robbery near Ashe
ville. N. C.. on August 11, has brought
sorrow to the hearts of several girls,
according to information obtained by
local Pinkerton detectives.
One girl told the Pinkertons that Carr
was known as a ladies’ man. She con
fided to the officer that she was his
sweetheart, but admitted that she was
not the only one.
Carr waived preliminary hearing in
Asheville Saturday afternoon and was
I released on bond of SI,OOO.
I Pinkertons charge that the hold-up I
of the train was a frame-up. and that j
the express messenger was In on the
job. They say Carr confessed this was
true, but later repudiated his confes
sion and denied all knowledge >f the
robbery. Search tor the hold-up man
still Is on.
MAN KILLED B~Y BOLT
IN CLOUDLESS STORM
MfL\VAt’KEE. WIS. Aug 26. Rich
ard Kh-lnert was killed, several houses
were strui k and damaged and scores of
telephone* put out of < by a
lightning Mtorm this morning Not a
• hop of tain fell. Th< #un ~ -dining
in all pait.w of th. <ii) whiit tin vice
trivttl fttunu puTC'd
U. S. Army Loses 2 Brave Little W arriors
“GONNA” FIGHT BAD INDIANS
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** 2k
John Rankhead (on the left), son of Captain H. Al. Bankhead, and Keith Bullard, son of
Colonel Leo Bullard. These Fort McPherson youngsters are very much afraid there won't be
any war for them to light in when they grow up.
Pastor-Matchmaker Is
Asked to Help Doctor
Win Vice War Leader
Wisconsin Man Falls in Love
With Girl Crusader When
He Reads of Her.
JANESVILLE, WIS., Aug. 26.—Dr. A.
P. Burrus expects today to receive an
answer from Rev. G. I, Morrill, of Min
neapolis, who has promised to intro
duce timid swains to maidens with
whom they fall in love. Dr. Burrus de
mands an introduction to Miss Virginia
Brooks, the West Hammond Joan of
Arc and crusader against vice. Dr.
Burrus timidly says that he has fallen
in love with 11» young woman. She is.
he says, his ideal.
Although he has never seen her, he is
certain from what he has read of het
work in cleaning out the West Ham
mond dives that she weighs’about 130
pounds; that she doesn’t have a pug
nose and thick lips; that she doesn’t
havd lop ears; that* she docs have a
well developed chin, and that she is a
good cook and nurse.
These are part of the doctor's speci
fications for his ideal. In addition, he
has a great admiration for Miss
Brooks’ work, and, he says, he would
be willing to go to West Hammond to
help her.
THREE ARE KILLED
AS TERRIFIC GALE
HITS CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND. OHIO. Aug. 26. —Three
persons lost their lives during a tot
rifle wind and rain storm that swept
over the city today.
Virgil Bellow s, aged 23 years, one of a
party aboard the yacht Redhead, was
knocked overboard by a swinging boom
and drowned.
Michael Scheer, aged 40 years, was
struck down in his tied room by a bolt
of lightning as lie closed a window.
John Mulnix, aged 66 years, was kill
ed by lightning on his way to work.
Trees were blow n down and much
property loss suffered.
PRISONER ATTEMPTS
TO SLAY DETECTIVE
DECOYED INTO CELL
MONTGOMERY, ALA. Aug. 26. -On
the pretense of making a full confession
of recent burglaries in Montgomery.
I John D. Sellers, a «.egro. induced City
| Detective Avant to enter Ids cell today,
stabbed him in the back with a ten
penny nail, wrenched the officer’s pistol
from him and tried to kill him.
Detective Avant grabbed the muzzle
of the weapon am! two shore ranged
upward into the ceiling. Other officers
in the cityjiarraeks, hearing the pistol
shots, hurried to Detective Avant's res
cue.
HOT AGAIN IN CHICAGO.
t'Hlt'AGtt, Aug 26. Heat killed one
person in Chicago today and another
person was overcome. Lee Cmvhake
shtzwi, aged right, died after several
hours uncoii-emu n -* H.it i > Grat , a
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A LANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1912.
I "
Fort McPherson Juveniles De-
cide Dress Parades and Mili
tary Balls Aren’t Thrilling.
John Bankhead and Keith Bullard,
Fort McPherson juveniles have de
cided that they won’t go into the sol
diering business because it's becoming
unfashionable to go to war. John and
Keith are the respective and respectful
sons of Captain H. M. Bankhead and
Lieutenant Colonel'Lee Bullard, of the
Seventeenth.
A little earlier In their sturdy careers
both of them had consuming ambitions
to-be soldiers. They wanted to fire
guns and wear swords and fight In
dians; but as the years went on they
heard less and less about fighting and
more about dress parades and military
balls. This led John to remark:
"I believe it’s getting better to be a
cowboy than a soldier.”
To which Keith responded: "Yes, in
deed; I heard father say the other night
that there wouldn't he any more big
wars.”
John Is Disgusted.
“Now, ain’t that awful," said John,
disgustedly. "What use is the army if
there ain't going to be any wars?”
“I don’t know," said Keith: “but
there’s got to be dress parade, you
know. And you can’t have dress pa
rade without soldiers.”
"I don’t know about that," said John
dubiously shaking his head. “I heard
| the preacher say once that it certainly
| was a pity the way thfe women in At
lanta went on dress parade.”
"Well, I don’t see how the women
could go on dress parade," said Keith,
startled by this new* information,
"without guns and a brass band."
Keith Wants to Fight.
“Well, tljat’s what the preacher said,
anyhow."
“Well, I know one thing, anyhow,"
said Keith, returning to the original
subject. "I don’t want to be any sol
dier if all they do is go on dress parade.
I want to fight. If we just had some
Indians, it might be better.”
Then John made a suggestion. "We'll
do this," he said. “When we grow up
we'll go <»ut West and get a job ridin'
Lows and fightin’ Indians."
"All right,” said Keith.
I And this being agreed upon, they re
sumed their game of handball.
TRIES TO SHIELD HER
HUSBAND. WHO SHOT
HER; BLAMES SELF
CHICAGO, Aug. 26. Mis Elizabeth
Guenteit. lying dangerous!.' wounded
at a hospital here, has confessed that
her elaborate story of burglars enter
ing her home, driving her Into the yaid
and shooting her because there was no
money In the house, is false Ih r hus
band shot her. she says The hus
band, Emil Guente t, confessed first
police discovered so many dis< repan
cles in Sils story that th< locked him
Up. Then he said he bad come home
after Im had been drinking and his wjf«
iSpbialded him. He i>e> ame angi\ and
shot hi i
It WH« 111' fault ' .".lid th. Wulllided
I wiiimin. l should not iiaie angered
I mt husband,'
Finds Wife Is Bigamist
When Another Brings
Action to Divorce Her
Woman Prominent in Society
and Church Sued by Man She
Deserted to Rewed.
CHICAGO, Aug 26. —John G. Coon, a
traveling salesman, served papers in a
divorce suit on his wife. As a conse
quence, the home of Emerson H. Nich
ol) in Evanston, has been closed and
Nicholy and his wife have disappeared.
Mrs. Nicholy. according to the divorce
complaint, is Mrs. Coon, and the'paper
further alleges that she deserted her
husband and her six-months-old baby
boy in 1909.
Since that time Coon has been seek
ing her. His detectives located her in
Evanston.
The Nieholys were society leaders,
members of the choir in St. Matthews
Episcopal churefi. and noted among the
"younger set" for their delightful en
tertainments. Mrs. Nicholy was visit
ing her husband's parents in Jersey
City when the papers were served on
her
When news of this reached her hus
band. he closed their home and disap
peared. The woman is also said to have
left Jersey City.
TENNESSEEAN, AGE 76,
DIES ON GALLOWS FOR
KILLING HIS NEIGHBOR
NASHVILLE. Aug. 26.—George W.
Rose. 76, was hanged in the state peni
tentiary this morning for the murder of
James M. Millerj a farmer and neigh
bor, in McMinn county. He was pro
nounced dead two minutes after the
trap fell.
All day yesterday' the aged murderer,
in fury, cursed Governor Hooper for
refusing to pardon him. Rose, it is said,
begged his son to shoot Sheriff Hart,
of McMinn county, who arrested him.
A few hours before his execution»he
became penitent.
NEW ORLEANS GRAFT
SCANDAL IN WAKE OF
VISIT OF BURNS MEN
NEW ORLEANS. Aug 26. Following a
report that detectiveß under Wm. J.
Burn« have been working here for months
and have uncovered efttensive municipal
corruption there was a hurried meeting of
( Ity officials today. This meeting was to
discuss the situation and for the purpose
<>f serving the public with a statement
that any graft charges that might be
made will he promptly probed
KENTUCKY GIRL OF 15,
JILTED, SHOOTS SELF
MT ■ #ll
Iva H Tuggle fifteen, of Wincheater,
who 1,.i- been visiting at the home "f
lloirer D. I’m-ons, in this city, ehot mid
killed lu-iM.-lf late last night In Mi Par
aiins* y ard. The kii I used a revolver
Mr and Mrs ParaortH weio away Horn
bom. ami a non found ul<li i -h<h| i.i
IMi Paia ifi-, atated that »hi whm In
on win. h Ulm Im -tel and Ue u<ji j
I lillrd het.
IF RODSEVELI-PEIRDSE
■BOLU DO NOT TELL
!■, I WILL- HEARST
"Penrose’s Explanation of s2s,oooCheck
Not Quite Accurate, Not Altogether
I ruthful—-I Have Documents to
Prove My Assertions,” He Cables,
“Senator Should Take Warning of Fate of
Foraker When He Attempted to Explain.
Falsely the Reason for Which Certificates of
Deposit From Mr. Archbold Were Received.”
LONDON, Aug. 26.—1 have read in the foreign papers accounts
of the explanation that Senator Penrose has given of his receipt of a
certificate of deposit for $25,000 from the Standard Oil Company.
I have also read Senator Penrose’s statement of the purpose for
which this secret certificate of deposit was intended and the use to
which this sum of money and other sums of money from the Standard
Oil Company were put.
Senator Penrose’s explanation Is not quite aocurate. His state
ment is not altogether truthful. He is in part saying what is true
and in part saying what is false.
I have the documents to prove my assertion.
Senator Penrose should take warning of the fate of Senator For
aker and the predicament of that gentleman when he attempted to
explain falsely the reason for which his certificates of deposit from
Mr. Archbold were received. I was able to produce promptly the
documents which showed that Senator Foraker was not speaking the
truth and that the certificates were received for other purposes than
the ones stated by him.
Should Remember Archbold and Judges
Senator Penrose should also remember the difficulty into whihh
Mr. Archbold got himself by making false statements in regard to
some of the letters published inculpating certain Pennsylvania
judges. Mr. Archbold said that he had interested himself in the se
lection of these judges without their knowledge. I thereupon pro
duced more letters of Mr. Archbold’s, in which the judges were shown
to have requested him to interest himself in their behalf.
I advise Senator Penrose, therefore, to adhere to the exaet facts
and to speak the whole truth, for the whole truth will surely be
brought out in the present series of articles now appearing in wv
magazines.
The September issue is already on the press, and I can not. aJter
that to include a reply to Senator Penrose, but in the October issue I
shall deal with Senator Penrose’s use of the Standard Oil funds,
and also with Mr. Roosevelt’s relations with the Standard Oil Com
pany and their agents. I shall, moreover, not make any statements
that are not substantiated by documentary evidence.
None of the Interesting Documents Produced
It is a notable fact that Senator Penrose, confines his statements
to allegations unsupported by legal proof. It is also worthy of note
that Mr. Archbold does not produce any of the interesting documents
that he has in his possession to establish the truth of his utterances.
He quotes Mr. Bliss, who is no longer there to question the ac
curacy of his statement, but he does not produce any letters to or
from Mr. Bliss, to or from Senator Penrose, to or from Mr. Babcock,
or to or from Mr. Roosevelt.
Mr. Archbold’s word needs documentary support. That fact
has been proven heretofore, and Mr. Archbold has already been con
li onted by the evidence of bis own letters and those of his agents and
confederates in political life and public plunder.
As a matter of fact, various Republican campaign committees
solicited Standard Oil money and accepted Standard Oil money and
employed Standard Oil money in tne campaign of 1904, and various
Democrats received Standard Oil money then and later.
Roosevelt, Too, Should Open Up
Mr. Archbold has told part of the truth, but not all of it. Let y
him tel) all of it and produce the interesting documenta that encumber
his files.
Mr. Roosevelt, too. should tell of the visits of Mr. Rogers and Mr.
Archbold to him in Washington, of Mr. Sibley’s activity in bringing
about these meetings of the “perfect understanding” that existed
and various other matters of interest and importance to the nation.
All of these things will appear in due time, and Mr. Roosevelt might
as well relate them now.
II must be said of Mr Roosevelt, however, that although he re
eeived the financial and political support of the Standard Oil Com
pany. he repudiated that institution after he was elected.
Why Not Tell Whole Truth Now?
In the same manner Mr. Wilson received the financial and polit
ical support of Senator Smith, of New Jersey, and repudiated him
a ft er elect ion
Mr. Roosevelt can boast of a belated honesty, so why not he <'om
pletely frank with the public and tell them the whole truth! Why
should not Senator I’enrose and Mr Archbold and Mr. Roosevelt am
Mr SihJe) all tell the whole truth, particularly when they can he s<
i confidently assured iliot if they <|o not, I will!
W. R HEARST.
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