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10 POISON WITNESS AGAINST BEGKER Former Wife of Slain Gambler Was Near Death and Feared to Report It. NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—1 t was learn ed today that an attempt has been made recently to kill Dora Gilbert, first wife of Herman Rosenthal. She is expected to be an important witness for the state when the trial of Lieutenant Charles Becker, the police official indicted for Rosenthal's death, begins Although the attempt to kill Mrs. Gil bert by poison was made at her home, 151 East Twenty-seventh street, some time ago. It was not until today that Jt was known. The woman was taken to Bellevue hospital for treatment, and for three hours her life was despaired of. Mrs. Gilbert believes that poison was placed in her food. She suffered two attacks, being attended by a physician the first time, but the second was so serious that she had to be taken to the hospital. The attempt made her so fearful that •he did not report the case to the po lice. Representatives of Becker secured an affidavit from Mrs. Gilbert against Ros enthal before the gambler was shot. CRAZED NEGRO HOLDS LOUISVILLE’S POLICE AT BAY FOR 6 HOURS WnSVILLE. KY., Hept. 27—Jim .Taekaon. a cocaine crazed negro, held fifty policemen at bay from 10 o’clock last night until 4 o'clock this morning, when he barricaded himself In his room, after terrorising the ' neighborhood. Jackson was heavily armed and hundreds of shots were fired In the battle, officer J. C Plappert was shot and dangerously wounded The police finally rushed the place and captured the negro, after shooting anoth er negro who was in an adjoining room and who tried to stop them. Thousands of persons watched the fight. SAYS HE WAS TO GET SIO,OOO FOR CONFESSION DENVER, Sept. 27. T>eclarlng that upon the promise of a reward of SIO,OOO he had accused himself falsely of a mur der so that another man might be par doned from the penitentiary, Jacob S Krasno, a Russian youth, is under ar rest here today, following a chase last Ing six months. The search led from lowa to New York and back to Denver. Krasno confessed to murdering Mrs Mathilda Hermsmeier, a rich recluse living near Newton, lowa, who was found dead In her farm house February 25, 1911. She had been shot through the temple and (ier house had been robbed. BAN ON RIDING REAR WHEEL OR HANDLEBAR KANSAS CITY. Sept. 27.---No more riding on handle bars or estride the rear wheels of motorcycles. An ordi nance passed by. the upper house of the cotnwil prescribes a fine of SIOO for that offense And it Is an offense, Alderman Taylor told the house; also r danger. • The aiderman did not way his sense of propriety was shocked by the sight of young women on the handle bars or aatride the rear wheel, but he was sure the man operating the motorcycle was tinable to exercise proper care, or dis cretion when so hampered. GOING TO ROAD CONGRESS. BRUNSWICK, GA., Sept. 27.—S K. Brown, E Mason and J. Hunter Hop kins will leave next week to attend the American Good Roads congress, which la to meet at Atlantic City, N. J The delegation will represent Glynn county We Are Leaders In Popular Price Tailoring Over 500 fine new pure wool fal] fabrics to select from. Any Suit To YOUR Order Made Union to Your g| Label Individual JL in Every Measure Garment Choice of Over 560 Patterns Corner Auburn Ave. and Peachtree St. I 727 Stores From Coast to Coast LOOO NOW DEAD, 2,000 MISSING AND 200,000 HOMELESS IN JAPAN TOKIO, Sept. 27.—Every official dis patch received today from the quarters of Japan swept by the g"eat typhoon increased the magnitude of the disas ter. At least 1,000 persons are dead and twice that many are missing. About 200,000 are homeless. The dam age Is estimated so far as today's ad vices show at about $50,000,000. though it will undoubtedly be much greate’ when the full extent of the damage Is known. Heavy storms are still raging off the coast and vessels in the Chinese service reported seeing a number of small craft in distress. Owing to the high seas, no aid could be given. Coast guard sta tions have been warned to keep a sharp watch for passenger ships In distress Three hundred thousand dollars is needed to supply the immediate needs of typhoon refugees. Because of the heavy expense entailed by the funeral of Emperor Mutsuhlto. the government has not enough money to provide for the needs of the occasion. However, everything possible is being done. A public subscription has been started. The superstitious Japanese declare that the typhoon was an act of Provi dence and a warning because the mod ern leaders are deserting the ancient standards of Japan. It is said that in the Ayama cemetery nearly every tree was blown down and shrines ware wrecked save those standing about the grave of General Nogi and his wife, who died by hara-kiri for the late em peror. ITALIAN KING VISITS MARCONI IN HOSPITAL SPEZIA, ITALY, Sept. 27. —Gugliel- mo Marconi, the wireless inventor who was injured in an automobile collision Wednesday, continues to improve King Victor Emmanuel visited the royal navel hospital today and extended his sym pathy to the injured Inventor. At the same time Queen Helena, who had mo tored with the king from Florence, vis ited Mrs. Marconi anti expressed her hope that the noted inventor would soon recover with bis sight unimpaired. PLAN TO BUY COTTON ON STREETS IN COLUMBUS i'<d,l'JlHl'S. il A . Sept. 27. \ movement is on foot to buy cotton on the streets of Columbus off the wagons that bring it to market. Cotton was formerly brought to this city on wag ons and sold on the street, but In later years haw been purchased at the ware houses and the receipts for Home rea son have dropped off The merchants are of the opinion that If they will put buyers on the streets again the receipts will be much larger. ■GOOD FELLOW’ POLITICIAN IS SHORT $14,050 TO BANK CINCINNATI, Sept. 27. “Politics and being a good fellow brought about tn.v downfall," said William H. Kruse, aged 36, teller of the German National bank, Covington. Kv., when he admit ted a defalcation of $14,050 of bank funds, for which lie was arrested by a Federal deputy- marshal at the bank. Kruse was released on SIO,OOO bond. He has a wife and five children. Kruse was recently defeated for city treas urer of Covington. ENGINEER IN WRECK THAT KILLED 39 HELD CORNING. N. Y„ Sept. 27.—William Schroeder, engineer of the Lackawanna train which crashed into a passenger train here July 4, with a resulting loss of 39 lives, was arraigned today on a bench warrant following the finding of a sealed indictment charging him with manslaughter In the second degree by the grand jury two weeks ago. Schroe der was later arraigned for pleading before Justice S. Nelson Sawyer in su preme court. See Nat Goodwin in Oliver Twist at the Forsyth. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1912. ORTIE M’MANIGAL IS BROUGHT TO TESTIFY AT DYNAMITE TRIALS INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 27—Ortle McManigal, the confessed dynamiter in the McNamara case and chief gov ernment witness against the 51 defend ants in the dynamite trials which open Monday, Is safely lodged in the Federal building. This announcement was officially made by the United States Marshal's office today. McManigal, it was an nounced, arrived in the city some time during the night and was secretly taken to the quarters that had been fitted up especially for his occupancy in the poatofflee building NEW $3,000,000 BOAT LINE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PITTSBURG, Sept. 27.—A company, capitalized at $3,000,000, that will build new and enlarged steamboats for freight and passenger service, with Pittsburg as the home port, according to well defined reports 1n river and club circles, has been organized with a num ber of leading manufacturers In the di. r ectorate. The plans embrace daily arrivals and departures of steamboats to and from this port within eighteen months to terminal cities south and west, Includ ing Cincinnati. Ohio; Louisville, Ky.; Memphis, Tenn.; Cairo, Ill.; St. Louis and New Orleans. DC I n OF I AIV We are sllowill S a large, handsome and select line gpj —■Bssai KE AD DEL V it of GOOD Furniture for your most critical inspection I"I IIP [1 AP at 5 7.9.11 Whitehall. 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SINGLE BULLET WOUNDS TWO YOUTHS IN DALTON DALTON, GA., Sept. 27. —A single bullet from a 22-caliber rifle claimed two victims here, passing through the hand of Earl Bridges and entering the neck of Lester Youngblood, Inflicting a serious wound. The two youths were hunting with the rifle, when in some manner it was discharged. Physicians probing for the bullet, found it lodged in the back of Young blood's neck, near the spinal cord. His condition is critical. The bullet passed directly between the main jugular vein and artery. MIDDLE WEST CORN CROP DAMAGED BY FREEZING WEATHER CHICAGO, Sept. 27.—Killing frosts were reported today throughout the middle West and Northwest. At Minneapolis and St. Paul the thermometer fell to 33 degrees and there was a heavy frost. Killing frosts were also reported at Mill banks,- S. Dak., Moorhead and Winne bago. Minn. At Bottineau, N. Dak., a temperature of 21 degrees was reached. IJght snows were reported in some points in Michigan. The corn crop in lowa is believed to have been damaged by the frost and un expected cold. At Keosauqua, lowa, the lowest temperature for the state was re ported. 28 degrees. In Chicago and Illinois points the cold continues and a light frost is reported. WIFE FIRES AT BANDITS HOLDING UP PAIR IN AUTO ALLIANCE. OHIO, Sept. 27.—While he was traveling in an automobile from Al liance to Cleveland last night, two high waymen In an automobile attempted to hold up Dr. Von K. Tressel, surgeon for the Pennsylvania Company, of Alliance, and his wife. Mrs. Tressel fired at the highwaymen. The bandits returned the fire, a bullet pierctng Dr. Tressel's arm. His wife ran the car to Cleveland, where she collapsed. See Nat Goodwin in Oliver Twist at the Forsyth. FEEL FINE! LIVER RIGHT. 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