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BECKER BITTERLY
K JUOGE GOFF
Convicted Policeman Prepares
for Transfer to Death Cell
at Sing Sing.
XEW YORK. Oct. 28. —Lieutenant
r;ftr.c Becker today bitterly attacked
]us John W. Goff in the course of
' rfV j. n of hie trial for the murder of
Hpiman Rosenthal. He declared that
~ Goff, instead of protecting him
s . , presiding judge at a murder trial
oU : had leagued himself with the
a ,. cu >.>rs of the policeman.
Beiker went minutely into the his
.,. of the vants leading up to the ver
dict pointed out numberless contradic
ts among the witnesses for the pros
eutlon and asserted that he had never
ever seen the four gunmen who did the
setuid shooting until he viewed them in I
the Tombs.
Only onoe during the long talk did
Becker show any signs of weakness,
was whn he referred to his wife.
Then he shook the ebars in a sort of
impatient grief, declaring that Mrs.
Bc'ker was expected to become a inoth
about the middle of January.
.■ G .... knows my position is bad
enough,” he said, with a break in his
voie e' -but Mrs. Becker is in far worse
She Is to become a mother in
January. God knows it is not a bright
ntlook for her. The husband and fa
ther of her child will by that time be in
the death house in Sing Sing prison, the
victim of perjury.
Lieutenant Becker today calmly
directed the winding up of his business
affairs and prepared for the short jour-
t, which will land him in the death
house at Sing Sing prison Wednesday
afternoon. He will be taken to Ossining
Immediately after Justice Goff sen
tences him to death.
An examination of the statement of
his financial condition given out by
Becker shows a discrepancy of almost
320,000 in his private fortune as ex
iJjiued by himself and the official rec
ord of his bank deposits.
Becker says that $15,000 was given :
to his wife by an old friend, John Fin- :
began, a newspaper compositor. Friends I
. f Finnegan declare Finnegan neve’ :
= sed more khan SIO,OOO in his life, [
J,. July 31, the night after Becker ■
s arrested for the murder of Rosen- |
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CHURCH SERVICES
\ID IN CAMPAIGN
ON TUBERCULOSIS
s. -ueoi'.e dies every three minutes j
P country from tuberculosis,'', was I
startling announcement read to a ’
■.imber of church congregations in »t- .
■.-into vesterday. “One-tenth of all ’h-j
people who die yeerlv die from this |
< tuse. The cost In do.'ars and c< n s is |
nor? than $500,000,000, or half as much
s<t the total expense '< running the I
United States government.” r
Vnong those who spoke on the white
’ iague were Dean C. T. a. Pise, of the
cathedral: Father Du Bo is, of the Sa
cred Heart church; Dr. S. P Wiggins,
of the First Methodist; Rev. Richard
Orme Flinn, of the North Avenue Pres
byterian; Dr. C. B. Wilmer, of St. Lukes
.Episcopal, and Dr. Hugh K. Walker, of
[the Pfirst Presbyterian, and It came
drom the National Association for the
■Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis,
■which Is fighting the "white plague” in
this country' and at whose request
$06,000 churches In all parts of the
•country yesterday sounded a warning.
"NURSERY PROVIDED
TO ALLOW MOTHERS
TO ATTEND CHURCH
A nursery for the children of church.
Koing mothers, who are ordinarily
•forced to remain away from church be
«ause of the children, has been pro
vided fey the Jackson Hill Baptist
’hutch at the corner of Jackson street
lend East avenue.
Dr Junius W. Millard is pastor of the
jOiiutvh and Dr. H. C. Risner, pastor of
rhe Broadway church of Knoxville.
Tenn., Is conducting a two weeks serv
4<i>. *tn order to allow the mothers to
•come in the afternoon. Dr. Millard has
prepared a room In the church for the
’ uldren and has placed two ladies in
• harge.
D: Risner preaches both at afternoon
* : id night. He has conducted revivals
• - ' ny of the principal churches of
th? South and is well known.
father drops dead
HOLDING TWIN BABY:
CHILD ESCAPES HURT
TV:, .
one of twin babies in his arms, ’ .
‘ r ' st on. of .36 Redford place, dropped
J a *’ yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock
•‘ Rt as he was entering his home after
• n outing with his wife and children
n failure was the cause of death
■iby was uninjured.
Hr Preston had been in the general
offices of the Southern railroad for
*"Vh. ee n years. He was a Virginian, and
1 ! < 1 -oining to Atlanta was connected
'he old Richmond and lianvillr. at
-’•••nd. Besides his wife and the
~J s who arc thirteen months old. Mr.
"ti is survived by two brothers and
, r 'rhe ' tuneral arrangements will
■“ '■••uncDti later.
T - R. TAKES LONG STROLL
ABOUT SAGAMORE HILL
"‘'’•STKR BAY. L. 1.. Oct. 28. —Colo-
F 1 •■ >osevelt went out walking again
J” for the second time since his re
from Chicago to recuperate from
ullet wound. He argued with Dr.
' er I (Gilbert when the physician
<J down from New York nd finullj
Permission to iambic about
‘‘r- n [fill for an lioui
U- S> Naval Captain
Victor in Clash With
Testy Mexican Admiral
Threat to Sink Feder
al Fleet Saves Vera Cruz
From Shelling-.
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. .’B. -Details of
a flasa between Captain Hughes, com
mander of the United States cruiser
Des Moines, and Admiral Azuiate. of
the fleet of Mexican gunboats in t; le i
Aera Cruz harbor, whil. fighting be-I
tween federals and insurgents was go- :
ing on in Vera Cruz last week, reached !
the capital today. When Capta’n I
Hughes saw that fighting was inevita
ble he sent word to the Mexican ad
miral that he mus respect the neutral
ity zone.
If you lire a Silo: into the city widen
injures a foreigner s- a foreign proper
ty. or if you shoot into a foreign ship
in this harbor. I will sink your flfeet,"
was 1 ne warning sent by the American.
W hat if 1 should sink the Des
| Moines?" was the message sent back
by Azuiate.
1 l.at is up to a better man,” re
sponded Hugiies. The Mexican gun
boats did not fire a shot.
During the fighting in Vera Cruz the:
Des Moines occupied a position between
the Mexican and the shore with
her 22 guns trained on the Mexican
gunboats.
SHEfIMM M
CONDITION M
UTICA, N. Y. Oct. 28. Vice Presi
dent James Sherman is in an extremely
critical condition of health and the
outcome can not be forecast.
His physician, Dr. Peek. today ad
mitted the gravity of ;he vice presi
dent s condition, bat denied it was
hopeless. Mr. Sherman is suffering from
a complication of ailments, which have
induced a weakness in the heart action,
and lie experiences considerable diffi
i culty in breathing. Several days ago
I the vice president, who lias been in a
| more or less serious condition since lust
I spring, suffered a relapse, due. it is be
| lieved. to overexerting himself in leav
png home to regist'-r.
1 His condition Saturday was peritsp
i more alarming than it ’tad previously
: iteen, nut yesterday iie was easier and
was able to sit in and wall; about his
■ nonie. Last r.ig'.r was not a restful
■one for Mr. Sherman, im.t his physician
I stated at. noon today he was resting
I more comfortable and be believed, the
i erisis in his relapse had been passed.
Manning rumors have been current
Ihfie today regmtiing M l '. Sherman's
•'■o'., i-ion, but e’r. Peri: says they are
tlarge'e exaggerai-d. However, as to
| the d:st inguislted patii ut’s illness his
i physician makes no attempt to mjni-
I mize its gravity.
SPRAINS AN ANKLE
CHASING ELOPERS.
THEN HE FORGIVES
HAMMOND. IND . Oct. 2SIK-Ar. elope
ment which caused a chase over five
states ended here when an automobile
tumbled into a ditch filled >ith muddy
water, near Huntington. The ditch also
was responsible for a reconciliation be
tween father and daughter and father
and son.
Several weeks ago Miss Randolph, age
sixtee.n. daughter of F. M. Randolph, and
Walter Piggs, age seventeen, both of
Moberly, Mo., eloped. The fathers of the
boy and girl chased them over five states
and a few days ago found them at Tren
ton, Mich., where they had been married
and the husband had obtained a job. All
started back to Missouri. The young peo
ple attempted to effect a reconciliation
with their parents, but tailed until their
automobile went into the ditch. The elder
Piggs suffered a sprained ankle. He and
Mr Randolph were soon in a forgiving
mood, and all started for home, where
the bride and birdegroom will enjoy their
honeymoon.
MUST FACE TRIAL.
ALTHOUGH HE PAID
BACK HIS THEFTS
PHILADELPHIA. PA . Oct 28 Al
though he has made restitution to (he
full amount of his embezzlement. Walter
H. Shourds. former superintendent of the
safe deposit vaults of the Merchants
Union Trust Company, who fled last Au
gust with $30,000 in cash and JI ,000.000 in
securities, will be prosecuted. Shourds
was indicted shortly alter bis disappear
ance in 1911.
Decision to start proceedings against
Shourds. who is a fugitive from justice
and who is believed to be in Germany,
was reached by Governor Tener.
i’tosecution will be brought under a
law passed in 1909. which provides that
■til eases of embezzlement from banks or
trust companies must be prosecuted, re
srardiess of whether restitution has been
made or whether officers of the bank are
satisfied to let the matter rest
CONVENTION BUREAU.
RECENTLY LAUNCHED.
BEGINS ACTIVE WORK
Tlte new convention bureau will meet
at the Chamber of Commerce this aft
ernoon at 3-30 o'clock, and fit that time
fl lH t ns toward making Ytlanta
the "Convention city" will be taken.
Thougli ti" organized work has ever
been done tov aid bringing conventions
to this city, the records for this year
show that more titan 100 conventions
will have beu i held by the end of the
year.
PREACHER GOES TO JAIL
FOR SERMON MATERIAL
HALED'>N. N J.. < »ct. 28 To get ma
terial for s sermon. "Behind the Bars,
whii I: >'e delivered cesterda: Ike War
ren A Coon, of the Cedar Clift M k
church, spent a night in jail
iHb A’l'liAMTA GWKGIAN AND NEWS. .MONDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1912.
With 2,000 High Class Pedigreed Fowls on Exhibition\
GEORGIA POULTRY SHOW IS ON
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.CREMATOR’/ PUN
Acting Mayor. Individually Op
posed to Scheme, Will Sign
Order Authorizing It.
Chief of Construction Clayton's re
visionsxof the clans for the new gar
bage disposal plant have been accepted
by the Destructor Company, of Nev.-
York, re cantractor, and work will be
gin on the plant within a few day-.
Acting Mayor Candler received a tele
gram from the company today, stating
that the changes in plans were satis
fatocry, and that an engineer was on
his way to Atlanta to take charge of
the work.
While Aiderman Candler, as an al
derman. opposed the plan until his vote
would have been merely a formal pro
test. he said that he would sign the
[dans ami see that the work was rush
ed as rapidly as possible, because .May
or Winn was mins, in favor of the
plan. i
As aiderman. .'Jr. Candler held up
the contract to teat* down the old cre
matory because the plans for the new
crematory, which is to be elected on
the same site, had not been approved.
He said the eonttai : to tear down the
old crematory* would undoubtedly be
approved al the next meeting of the
aldermanic board.
James G. Woodward, mayoralty nom
inee. has declared that tin contract for
the crematory is illegal. But the work
of bedding it will be under way be
fore lie takes his seat as mayor. It
would be a much more difficult mat
ter for him to stop the work titan to
preve.**, ibfrom beginning.
TORTOISE TURNS OVER
LAMP: CHURCH BURNS!
DENVER, COL.. Oct. 28. A tortois.
fire to St. Marks ’Episcopal church
here considerable damage resulted arid 25
tortise’ lives were lost. X tortoise kicked
over a lamp : n a box where he and 24 I
others made their home. Tn? box wa •
kept in the guild room of the church ami
the lamp Was put in the box to keep the
animals warm. 'They wer»* the property
of the Rev. John H Houghton, rector of
St Marks, who had collected them from
l various parts of the world
STEVE JOHNSTON BETTER
i The friends of Steve n. Johnston,
Jr., will be glad to learn that he is
: now convalescent after A serious ill
ness. His father, Steve R. Johnston
Sr., said today that he was much bet
ter. Mr. Johnston has bc< n in bad
health for some time.
P. 0. INSPECTOR ON VACATION.
Postal Inspector Tom Baine has been
called to take the place of Chief In
spector Sutton, of the < leorgta -<‘aro-
lina division, while Mr. Sutton is- away
on his vacation. Inspector Baine will
probably be in Atlanta several weeks.
I Atlanta Has Opportunity to See
the Finest Birds Ever Shown i
in the South.
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Witbithe* finest yolleeiion f high
grade chickens thut was ever housed]
under one roof, the ninth annual exhi
bition of the, Georgia. Poultry associa
tion opened Its doors today.
It is announced that the price'of ad
mission for its show this week will be
a dime. This is an unusually low price.
It is a fact beyond all chance of con
tradiction that no first-class show In
America, outside of Atlanta, ever threw
its door.- open at any such price. The
usual rates for admission to, first-class
chicken shows run front 25 cents to JI
The express companies unloaded two
thousand of America's finest fowls at
the Auditorium-Armory yesterday, and
over 500 more were delivered by vehicle
and by hand at the Auditorium this
morning.
Superintendent Frank Coll and his
gang of helpers were on hand all day
Sunday and early this morning, and by
quick work it was possible to get all
birds um rated and placed before *lr
doors were formally thrown open.
All lay Sunday the Auditorium was
ci'ovded with people who were out ■
| get a glimpse of the birds as they were
placed in their exhibition quarter.-. Es
pecial interest was felt in the miniatur ■
pond and the inclosed pen of Asa G.
Candler. Jr.'s, exhibition on the stage,
but none of the fancy slock w as placed
there until today.
It did not take lung after the birds
began to arrive to determine just tin
amazing amount of class that this show
possesses.
Owens Farm to Show.
For one thing, the Owen Farm, of
Vineyard Haven. Mass., is represented.
To anybody who knows a Brahma from
a Bantam this means that America’s
greatest poultry farm is exhibiting.
And that they are exhibiting in most
impressive fashion is evident from tin
fact that they have sent 64 birds, under
I the personal i hinge of M. F. Delano, to
the local show.
The Owen Farm exhibit consists of
Buff and White Orpingtons, White Wy
tndof.es. Barreil Plymouth Rocks,
White Plymouth Rocks and Single and
Rose Comb Reds. These birds have
be* n shown at the Nashville and Mem
phis shows, where they picked up 54
first prizes.
To those who follow national poultry
show.-. it will b*- recalled that lust year
the Owen Farm made the most amaz
ing swi-eji in th i lasses.it entered in
the national show ever known In poul-I
irv show history It took 27 firsts out ;
■' I'i * nances, ami did It tn ...
where the competition I- -ii.
treniely torrid —ami in the greatest
poultry show in la ■•*
Square ' Jardell.
Candler's Birds Strong.
It is not to be supposed, however, that
Owen Farm will have any walkover,
•■specially in the Orpington classes. Fo
Asa G. Candler Jr.'s, birds represent
very nearly the last word in Orping
tons These birds were gathered to
getner by this millionaire lunch-; with
no thought of expense. He wanted the
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’•:ti ids. Vineyard Haven. Mass.,
. i-riticall.v examining one of his
While Orpingtons. ,\i the left,
i'M. E. Morris, one of Georgia’s
i leading fanciers.
best, and lie went over the American
and English market with a comb. Never
before in Dixie’s poultry histoiy has
any one man spent as much for birds.
The money was well spent, too, as his
| winnings in Macon indicate, and he w ill
give the Owen Farm stock an awful
chase for first honors.
Aldrich Birds Here,
Nor will these two hr* eii rs have any
monopoly in the Orpington division.
For one thing, George J. May. manager
of the Aldrich Poultry Farm, is here
with fourteen White Orpingtons, the
variety raised exclusively on tile Al
drich farm in Columbus Ohio. Mr. May
is showing two rocks, two cockerels,
two hens, three pullets and one pen,
and they ate wonders. The Aldrich
stuck repesenls the best of the famous
Kellerstra-s line Mr. .May was for
merly with Kellerstrass, and when hi
left he gpent $5,000 for Kellerstrass
brids. As a result he has some won
derful stock. Th* Aldrich Orpingtons
have been shown a few times this year
already. They took four out of live
firsts at Allentown. Pa., including the
Grand Championship Futurity for cock
erel and pullet, worth $l2O cash. They
alffo won first pullet at Hagerstown.
Aid., and first pullet and some specials
at Glasgow, Ky Judged from past rec -
ords and pr* sen* appeai.*T\* **, thus*
birds will inak* it interesting for the
Candler and Owen strings.
Another strong Orpington showing
w ill be made by Bi uCe &■ Abbott. O.
M. Abbott, manager, is here with 27
fluff Orpingtons, and expects to take
back a fair share of prizes to White
land, Ind. At the recent Indiana state
fair at Indianapolis, this firm took ali
firsts, all seconds and all but one third
for Buff Orpingtons. Lust year at New
Orleans they won four firsts and ten
specials.
Ups°n Birds Wonders.
Another Orpington exhibitor who will
In- abb* to show birds that class right
with any of the top-liners will be Mrs.
L. L. Upson. of Athens, Ga. Mrs. Up
son has birds that rival anything ever
shown in America, and It is a safe pre
diction that she will win her share of
prizes, even In the present show, where
the Orpington competition will be the
warmest that was ever known in Dixie
Ip the other divisions there will be
good competition, too, and, all in all.
the show will stand unrivalled in the
history of Southern shows. It does not
lead In the number of birds, but it is
free from barnyard stuff and Junk. The
present exhibition is a showing of
| America's best birds
ELECTION POSTPONES
SUPREME COURT CALL
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Antioui.* ement was made at the* api
tol today that, because of the national
election on Tuesday. November 5, the
call of the supreme court set for No
vember 5 will b* postponed until No
vember 6. and that the * all of tin* c ourt
• ot appeals set for Monday November 4
i will be |.oßtpuned to Monday, Novem
s her 11.
Georgian Story Gets
*Blue-Eyed Husband*
Back to Longing Wife
Head of Family, For Whom $25
Reward Was Offered, Found
in Florida.
Mrs. Virginia Barker Jones, of Rut
ledge. Ga., offered a reward of s2'> last
j Wednesday for tne t eturn of her “neatly
i dressed, blue-eyeil husband,” Charles F.
■ Jones, and her offer was published on
tile first page of Tin- Georgian. The
; story found the missing husband, and
I lie is’“back with iiis family,
Jones was located at Sprav Fla.,
; where he was working for the Dundee
■ Naval Stores Company, under the as
| sumed name of J. A. Castleberry. A
I reader of Tile Georgian recognized him
I from the description, notified Jones' fa
ther-in-law. A. A. Barker, and cinninu.
i ideation between Jones and his family
was reopened. He said he was willing
to go home, resume his real name and
woi k to pay his debts.
There was never any charge of mis
conduct against Jones, but lie had b«
come involved in a heavy load of debt,
and a short time ago disappeared. He
says lie wanted ui get away from asso
ciates and eat n enough money to pay
off ills debts. II ■ va> trying to do this
when lie wa-' located in Florida.
NORTH SIDE STIEL
LOYAL TO TRINITY
Hundr**' * ot ‘ noi th aiders' manifest
ed their loyalty to the traditions of old
Trinity church yesterday by pledging
tjoir support at the dedicatory exer
■ ist s of the handsome now Trinity that
lias recenth been erected at the corner
»>f Trinity avenue and Washington
, street.
In the eariiei da>s of the city many
I ’Ople now of tin north side attended
' Trinit> as »outh»ide reeidents. and
rossing the railroad tracks seems to
ave caused few to transfer their as
, filiation*. Hundreds of “south sidera”
• were also there, and the oc«aB;on was
; pronounced a great surbesF.
! Bishop Warren A. Candler offered tile
I dedication prayer. Judge W R. Ham
i iiiond having first formally presented
| the edifice.
Three programs were tendered—
: morning, afternoon and evening—and
in all the organist, Charles A. Sheldon,
i Jr., and the choir, composed of Mrs.
Sheldon, soprano: Mrs. Arthur ('revis
ion, alto Howard tenor, and Jo
seph Hubbri'd, basso, were heard in
beautiful selections.
Dr. J. W. J.ee, Dr. Elam Dempsey, of
Milledgeville: Dr. 'l', R. Kendall, of Au
gusta. and Dr. Walker Lewis, of Rome,
former pastors, made short addresses
at the gfternoon service, and letters of
welcome were read from the Second
Baptist and the Central Presbyterian
I churches.
Dr. Lee preached at the night service
on the subject of 'The Mission of the
Church.” He took up the question of
city growth and crime in the United
States and declared that something
must lie done “to bring this country
back to sanity and spiritual health."
TECH BOYS CHASE
HIGHWAYMAN WHO
SANDBAGGED MAN
Robert Garrison, of 48 Spring street,
is today recovering from the effects of
a sandbag wound received at the fiands
of two negro highwaymen who held
him up in front of the Kappa Alpha
fraternity house. 460 Spring street, and
took a small amount of money from his
pockets.
Garrison was knocked unconscious
and a bad gash cut In the back of his
head. He was discovered by Eugene
Drummond, who sat on a front porch
i across the st. el playing a mandolin
[ and the Tech boj s at the ehapXer house
■4. IV, chase to the negroes, but were too
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$50,000 IN CASH FOUND
IN A “POOR MAN'S” HOME
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.. Oct 28 Au ex
amination r»f the home of Beniamin
Birkle, who died at the age of 70. <up
r>osedJ> u poor man, revealed $50,000 in
currency secreted in out-of-the-way
places. A fired showing that 1 e owned
1,000 acres of valuable farm land in Ver
milion and Iroquois counties was also
discovered
It is estimated that the value of his es
tate is $250,000. A will made a month
ago bequeathed all the money and prop
erty to his sister
DOG CATCHER IN JAIL:
THEFT OF PUP CHARGED
MACON. GA., Oct. 28. —Dewitt C.
Harp, the city dog catcher, was ar
rested today on a warrant sworn out
by Cornelius O’t'onnell,-charging him
with the theft of a pointer pup. Un
able to give bond, he is now in jail.
Low Price—BUT- High-Grade Quality
A combination that can’t be beat—and found only in
BBS Irak Ink jlljF KfR
1 lb. 20c.—X lb. 10c.—X lb. sc.
All (ood Gr«c«r( sell it or will Jot it for 700.
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FOES DESPERATE,
: CLAIMS MTONIBS
Democratic Chairman* Warns
Party Not to Relax in Last
Week’s Campaigning.
CHICAGO. Oct. 28.—1 n a statement
, simuitam ousiy issued in Chicago and
New York today.' Chairman William F.
McCombs today declared that Woodrow
Wilson would sweep the country at the
coming election. McCombs predicts
■ that President Taft will be third in the
presidential race and Roosevelt second.
Thousands of Republicans, he says, will
vote for Wilson.
"What in reason could be antici
pated from a Roosevelt administration
except turmoil and strife,” the state
ment says. In another place it refers
to Wilson as “all that is best, most
rational and attainable."
The statement says:
“It becomes my duty as chairman ot
the Democratic national committee a:
the beginning of the last week of the
campaign to convex two messages to
the millions of citizens who are striv
ing to uphold the principles of popular
government by electing Woodrow Wil
son president of the United States
"The first is of good cheer. A pains
taking. unprejudiced examination of
reports from all sources fully justifies
the expectation of a sweeping victor’’
i on November fi.
, ".My second message is not one of
apprehension but of warning. We must
expect the desperate situation in which
our antagonists now find themselves
will incite them to extreme measure*
as they approach the end of their re
sources. There should be no relaxa
tion of effort in these last few days at
any point in the line.”
CHAUFFEUR HELD AS
AUTO THIEF DROVE
BEATTIE DEATH CAR
C. H. Richardson, the young ciieut
feur accused of stealing an automobile
in Jacksonville, Fla., and driving it
through the country to Atlanta, for a
long while was chauffeur for Henry
Clay Beattie, the young Richmond wife
sla; er who was electrocuted several
months ago.
Richardson, who ftad driven Beattie
and his wife on manj of their outings
in the "death car” in v hich the slayet
carried the body of his slain wife into
Richmond the night of the murder, wa*
present al the trial as a witness, but
was not called to the stand. He left
Richmond five weeks before the trag-
■ edy.
Beattie was a fine, good-natured
i young fellow, and I could never bring
myself to believe him guilty of mut
f dering his wife until lie confessed, just
■ before the execution.” said Richardson.
EIGHT BADLY HURT IN
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DINING CAR BURNED
KNOXVILLE, TENN.. Oct 28
[ Louisville and Nashville passenge
train, due in Atlanta at noon today, was
struck by a Southern railway local
train from Maryville, on a grade cross
ing in this city early this morning, as it
was departing for Atlanta. The Louis
ville and Nashville dining car was
thrown down a steep embankment and
was burned. The Southern locomotive
was damaged.
[ Alex Finlej. L. and N. diner con
ductor. of Louisville; R. N. Goodard.
Southern engineer, of Knoxville; J. W.
■ Lyle, Southern fireman, of Mary ville,
i and two negro cooks and three negr>'
: waiteis, of Louisville, were injured, but
none fatally. No passengers were in
I the dining ear at the time.
17 NORTHERN STATES
SAFELY FOR WILSON,
LEADERS ARE TOLD
NEW YORK, Oct 28. —Democratic
i national headquarters received reports
i from 17 Northern states, declaring tiiai
the ticket headed by Governor Wilson
would be successful in those states
Among the callers at headquarters
was Congressman William F Murray,
of Massachusetts who told National
Chairman William F. McCombs that he
is confident the Democrats will secure
1 six new congressmen in his state.
“We are sure to re-elect the four we
1 now have, and with the six others thai
I we feel confident of. the Democrats will
have tlie ten out of the state's quota of
i fourteen in congress,” said Mr. Murray.
“KILLED MY WIFE: COME
BEFORE I KILL MYSELF”
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 38.—“ I’ve
just killed my wife.” said a voice over
. tlie telephone to police headquarters
"You'd better come get me in a hurry
before I kill myself."
At the address given the police found
Mrs. Alice Currier dead on the kitchen
floor. George, her husband, told the
police that his wife, in a delirium re-
I suiting from typhoid fever, had attack
’ ed hint with a knife and a pistol and
that he had shot her in self-defense.
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