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SHD FREED
if SLAYING
ÜBER OF
ELOPER
Texas Banker Acquitted at
Second Trial For Murder
of Capt. Boyce.
HIS HOME DESPOILED BY
RIVAL OF FORMER DAYS
Five Tragedies Result From
Escapade of Couple—Young
Boyce. Too. Killed.
• CHAIN OF TRAGEDIES :
t SNEAD BOYCE CASE ’
• 1. r. plain A. G. Boyce, father of •
, VB eloi er, sljot and killed •
• John Beai Snead on January •
• 1912. - he was sitting in the •
« lobby of .1 hotel at Amarillo, •
• Texas. •
• : Edwartl Throckmorton, son of •
• a former governor of Texas and •
• principal witness against John •
• Real Snead, died after a myateri- •
• on.-- two-day illness on February •
• l. 191.. claiming he was drugged. •
• : Capt.i.n .1. T. Snead, father •
• of John B'al Snead, shot dead •
• >et stofflee at Amarillo •
• hy R i’. Hilliard, a former em- •
• ployee, on March 6. 1912, Hilliard •
• left a note stating that his act was •
• one of revenge. •
• l 11. C. Hilliard. Snead's former •
• ■ iploy . killed himself after mur- •
• tiering Snead. •
• 5. A Boyce, who eloped with •
• John Beal Snead's wife, was shot •
• and instantly killed by John Beal •
• Snead ai Amarillo on September •
• 14. •
• •
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Dec. 3.
John Beal Snead was found not guilty
"f the murder of Captain Boyce by a
jury this morning.
The case was given to the jury at 6
'A lock last evening. At 9 p. m.. as no
verdict was ready, Judge Swayne 6r
cered the men locked up for the night.
The verdict was received at the open
ing of court this morning.
Moved by the tears of her six-year
"l daughter. Mrs. T.ena Snead, wife,
whose elopement with Al G. Boyce. Jr.,
i ciphated the killing of both young
'">yco and his father by the woman's
husband, came to Fort Worth a few
oajs ago tn be near her two children.
he woman remained in her hotel. Her
at another hotel, and
his wife daily. Little six-year-old
Georgia Snead insists on being near her
Miss Ocea Snead, of Waco,
V" e o f j n ; ni g Snead, at whose house
the < hlldren had been
■- weeks, is the guardian
of the children.
" ''.en six-year-old Georgia Snead be
the court room Friday
"' lon after Jordan Cummings, for the
,a te. started his bitter denunciation of
she was taken to her moth
vas comforted and
v ought back to the court room.
Tragedy Result of
Elopement of Wife.
''me- of which Snead was ac
and tin- others which have been
s l|V the warring Boyce
laetions grew out of the love
-■> ,'f' 11 Snea<l antl Al Boyce,
. Boyce, who eloped on No-
'8 of ■ year.
' !, ad a a boyhood ad
.. Sl >'ml < w ife when she was
•’I J’-S I Opi'i J J i< i
bnyiler.a society belle of
1 '' “I'l I1 .
• ’■♦ •hi. however, won her
'Hit of Royce was not re-
Rurnme r of IMI, when
" Is '-''ing ill at her home
Here ~
'.di.r , . , was a frequent
" tachment was again
B ( ' Umax came when John
! ' '""nd Boyce holding his
H ( Hie side of her sickbed,
in.:,,,,,'. :".' ranfre(s tn have his wife
ilclv stat. 7 " l " i ’' lrilln ' l - and pub-
was suffering from
’Hon. In the sanlta
■ 1 h means of furthering
Nov < mbei 8, 1911, he
eluded the attendants
St;- ; ,.i ,' B".v< e alleged that Mrs.
h «-b;ind ' n ’’ ruelly treated by her
The e!o I)et ..
' ’trailed through sev
n Sta tes and were finally
1 ( ’anuda, where
' The suit against
"'l by the Canadian
't'*. Snead's attach
"hJj'»n ar last led
Continued on Page T wo .
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results.
SLOT DEVICES
MUST GO BY
THURSDAY
AT NOON
Beavers Issues Warning to
Saloons and Locker Clubs
Operating Machines.
ACTING MAYOR ORDERS
ENFORCEMENT OF LAW
Recorder Declares He Will Give
All Violators the Limit and
Revoke Licenses.
Under instructions from Acting
Mayor John S. Candler, Police Chief
Beavers today ordered his police cap
tains to notify the proprietors of all
establishments in which slot machines
are located that all tne gambling de
vices must be out by Thursday noon.
Chief Beavers said that after that
hour he would make a case every time
a nickel was played in a machine. He
said the machines were cunning but
insidious gambling devices, and that
he would enforce the law against them
to the letter.
Recorder Nash Broyles declared to
day’ that every violator of this new
ordinance would be punished with the
limit of the law. The law' provides that
offenders can be fined- SIOO and sen
tenced to 30 day s in the stockade and
that the license of any' pool room, lock
er club or near-beer saloon convicted
of operating such a machine shall be
revoked automatically.
Candler Sets Time
For Removing Machines.
Acting Mayor Candler said that he
would approve the ordinance of council
barring the machines and that he had
decided .upon 12 o’clock Thursday as the
hour for the law to go into effect.
“The influence of these machines is
for evil and there is no doubt that they
should be prohibited," he said.
This gambling scheme which has net
ted profits reaching hundreds of thou
sands of dollars was ordered stopped at
the meeting of council yesterday after
noon without a note of protest. It is
said that all the machines are owned by
a big Eastern corporation.
The local representatives sat with
their attorneys in the audience of coun
cil yesterday, helpless to prevent the
wiping out of the source of their har
vest of "blood money .” They appealed
in vain to a number of members in
council to block the action.
Deny Injunction
Will Be Sought.
It was reported that an injunction
against the order of council would be
sought. This was denied by' represen
tatives of the company. Several mem
bers of council declared that if the sa
loon and club proprietors and the own
ers of these machines were wise they
would obey’ the mandate of council
without delay. They' said that further
agitation of the slot machine evil would
give every saloon tn Atlanta in which
they were located a bad reputation.
One week ago The Georgian began an
exposure of the fraudulent gambling
system perpetrated by these nickel slot
machines. It showed how the percent
age of yvinnings always was in favor of
the machines. No one who played them
ever had an opportunity to gain any
thing but a very doubtful advantage,
which usually meant a drunk. And no
one ever stopped when the gamble was
in his favor.
No Chance for
Player To Win.
The machines are fixed so that a big
per cent of the nickels put in are clear
winnings—for the gambling contri
vances. Conservative estimates put the
cost to the city at from $200,000 to
$500,000 a year.
The police officials were hands off in
the matter because of an agreement
between the city’ attorney and the at
torney' for the owners of the machines
that no cases would be made until the
courts decided the exact legal status of
the machines. Chief Beavers said his
hands were tied by the agreement be
tween the attorneys.
The committee of council on legisla
tion then took the matter up and unan
imously decided to ask council to bar
them from all pool rooms, locker clubs
and near-beer saloons, regardless of
whether they w'ere gambling devices.
Members of the committee declared it
was quite evident that the machines
were swindles. A number of the larger
beer saloons had them taken out vol
untarily. Other saloon proprietors sail
the only reason they tolerated them was,
mi account of competition.
ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1912.
UNCLE TRUSTY!
Copyright, 1912, Intern ational News Service.
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has suggested an idea to me! I'm going to pension all the ex-senators and ex-congressmen that-I've had on
my pay-roll! They've worked hard forme, and they deserve it! Johnny Archbold will take your place at
the window when you go to lunch! Johnny is the brightest office boy I ever had!”
TURKS’ MOTIVES
UDE QUESTIONED
Negotiations For Armistice Are
Hanging Fire While Allies
Wrangle Over Terms.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 3—Un
certainty prevailed here today over the
outcome of the negotiations for an
armistice which have been approved
by all the governments of the Balkan
league except Greece.
Many reports as to the outcome wer.
cu'rent. The report most pleasing to
the Turkish government was that Bul
garia and Servia had decided to sign
the proctocol of armistice and begin
peace negotiations irrespective of the
attitude of Greece.
The two chief objections of'Giecce
are against the proposed territorial ap
portionment and the provisioning of
Turkish cities which are now unde
siege. The Greek government evidently
fears a trick on the part of Turkey, fo 1 '
one high official in the Hellenic govern
ment is credited with the prediction
that Turkey, after making further wa
preparations during the life of the
armistice, will reject peace terms and
resume hostilities under more favorable
conditions in the future.
Austria Completes
War Preparations
VIENNA, Dec. 3. —By quick and se
cret troop movements. Austria has
massed 100.000 soldiers around Senilin,
Hungary, which is across the Danube
river from Servia.
This practically completes Austria's
preparations for war with Servia.
All the tioops are equipped for active
service. Troop trains which are mov
ing southward from Austrian military
depots contain heavy ordnance.
For the first time today it was inti
mated that European diplomacy may
have been exerted through hidden
channels to start dissension among the
Balkan allies and weaken their
strength and prestige. This, it was
pointed out. may have been responsible
for the dispute between Greece and
Bulgaria over armistice terms.
The press of Vienna contained a
great amount of comment today on the
speech of Herr Vonßethmann-Hollweg.
the (.Herman chancellor, in the reichstag
yesterday when he declared that Ger
many will draw her sword if any of her
allies are attacked. This was agreed in
a number of quarters as an attempt to
soothe Austria with strong words
rather than a declaration from the of
ficial spokesman of the triple alliance
as to the attitude of that group.
While the matter of concluding a
general armistice between Turkey and
the allies was hanging fire on account
of Greece's protests, indications rose to
the surface that Roumania. the only
neutral Balkan state, may prove a big
factor in the final peace terms.
Roumania has declared that she will
secure some of the spoils of the Balkan
war as »he price of her neutrality "if
she lias to take up arms to get them."
Marist Riflemen Torn From Mazes of (i Trot
SOLDIERS SEIZED AT BALL
Five members of the Marist Rifles,
Fifth regiment, were whirling their
■ chosen ones in the mazes of the turkey
I trot last night at Knights of Columbus
hall. Down at the Auditorium-Armory
their company was ready’ for drill. Five
names were missing on the roll, and
one loyal private knew where the miss
ing ones were. And he squealed.
The band was just breaking into
"The Telephone Rag" when Lieutenant
J. L. Harrison, Jr., entered the hall in
full uniform, a sword and a frown. In
his stern presence the music faltered,
hesitated, stopped.
“Report to the armory at once," com
manded the officer. But the bandmas
ter raised his baton, the ragtime floated
out once more, the girls looked at their
partners—and the dance went on.
Then Lieutenant Harrison telephoned
for a squad of men. They came, double
time.
"Arrest these men and take them to
SENATOR NORRIS TO
BE WITHOUT PARTY
IN COMING SESSION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Senator
elect Norris, of Nebraska, faces the
possibility of being a man without a
party when he enters the senate after
March 4. according to his statement
today’.
"I do not believe,” said Representa
tive Norris, “that there will be any ne
cessity of my joining a political party,
lam going to vote for such legislation
as I deem wise, whether it be Demo
cratic, Republican or Progressive.
There seems to be no need of declaring
political allegiance."
HUNTER LOSES LEG FROM
WOUND CAUSED BY HIS DOG
CORDELE. GA., Dec. 3.—Because
blood poison had set in from a gunshot
wound in his foot, it became necessary
to amputate the right leg of John Nes
bitt. a prominent young man. who was
wounded here Thanksgiving day. The
limb was taken off half-way between
the knee and ankle.
Mr. Nesbitt, who formerly lived at
Albany, has been connected with the
Georgia Cotton Company here for|sev
eral years. Thanksgiving day he went
hunting with a friend. While holding
his automatic gun between his legs,
reprimanding the dog for flushing a
covey of quail too soon, the dog in
some manner discharged the gun. The
load mangled the young man's foot.
63 DOGS IN BAGGAGE OF
ATLANTIC CITY WOMAN
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 3. Included in
the belongings of Mrs. N. Bramber, a
wealthy widow who arrived from Atlantic
City, were sixty-three barking dogs, one
horse, sixteen trunks, five bundles of golf
sticks, five gross of canine food and pho
tograph and tennis equipment
the armory," commanded the lieuten
ant.
“Oh, what a shame!” said the girls.
But the officer was obdurate. Tears
nor smiles could move him. He ran
his ej’e over the men.
“Frank Malone. Gregory Murphy, Joe
DiCristlna, Ernest Bell.” he called.
“Say, where’s John McGee? He was
here a minute ago."
Sergeant John McGee was missing, a
deserter in the face of the enemy. He
had hidden, it was reported, behind the
wraps in the dressing room.
The squad marched away, but Lieu
tenant Harrison was a wise old fox. He
waited in the hall. Presently Sergeant
McGee, rejoicing in his foxiness,
emerged from concealment and sought
his fair one again. The lieutenant
nabbed him and marched him away.
And five disconsolate, man-less maidens
burst into tears as the band switched
suddenly into "The Girl 1 Left Behind
Me.”
WOMAN SHOOTS SELF:
CLOTHES TAKE FIRE;
BLOOD SUBDUES BLAZE
PARIS, TENN.. Dec. 3.—Miss Annie
Conway, a beautiful young society
woman, committed suicide while she
lay in bed by shooting herself through
the heart. Her gown was ignited by
the flash of the pistol, but the blood
from her wound extinguished the
flames.
Edwin F. Conway, her brother, an
employee of a bank in Mexico City, w as
recently found dead in bed from a bul
let wound.
iE. T. LAMB DIRECTOR OF
OLD DOMINION TRUST CO.
RICHMOND, VA.. Nov .I.—E. T.
| Lamb, manager for the receivers of the
! Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic Rail
-1 road Company, is listed us one of the
directors of the Old Dominion Trust
Company, which will soon open its doors
in Richmond.
According to official announcement
of the plans made by President William
M. Habliston. the new company will
have a capital stock of $1,000,000 and a
surplus of $1,000,000.
COLUMBUS POULTRYMEN
TO FEAST SHOW VISITORS
COLUMBUS, GA.. Dec. 3.—The mem
bers of the Columbus Poultry associa
tion will tender the visiting poultrymen
a banquet Wednesday night at Carpen
ter's case, in this city. Among those
who are on the program for short talks
are the judges, H. B. Lansden, of Man
chester, Tenn., and F. J. Marshall, of
Cellege Park, w ho are judging the birds
in the show, and Percy Cook, of the
firm of William Cook A- Sons, of New
Jersey, the originators of Orpington
chickens. Mayoi Chappell will be
toastmaster.
VRNBIVER COURTS
TRIAL US SLAYEH
Once eWalthy Montgomery
Man. Arrested Here, Blames
Enemies For Trouble.
Waiving extradition proceedings, Henry
F. Vandiver, once wealthy and a member
of one of Alabama's most prominent fam
ilies. prepared to return to his home in
Montgomery this afternoon to answer to
the charge of murder, for which he was
arrested last night as he dined at the
Piedmont hotel. The Montgomery sher
iff was expected to arrive in time for
the pair to take an afternoon train.
Vandiver is accused of having plotted
the murder of Sloan Rowan, a farmer,
of Benton. Ala., with whom he had bit
ter business troubles. Walter Jones, an
other Benton farmer, did the actual k |l
- He now is under sentence of death,
and is said to have made a confession im
plicating Vandiver The killing occurred
last June.
Glad He Was Arrested.
At the Tower. Vandiver declared that
he was glad he had been arrested, as he
wanted the opportunity of clearing his
name. Business enemies, he said, caused
his arrest.
He is son of the late W. F.
Vandiver, for years one of Alabama's
foremost men and a leader in the Indus
trial progress of the South. On his
father s death, Vandiver succeeded him as
head of the Vandiver Grocery Company,
large wholesalers, and was an officer and
chief owner of the Alabama-Georgia
Syrup Company and other big business
enterprises.
Spent fortune Quickly.
In a few years he practically spent the
fortune and was put In bankruptcy last
summer. He has been in Atlanta for two
months and declared he was going into
the banking business here January 1.
At the time of the trial of Jones. Van-’
diver was his chief friend and defender.
Feeling was so bitter at the time of the
trial that a noted Alabama gun man was
hired as a personal bodyguard for Van
diver. I' was shortly after Jones’ con
viction that Vandiver Al\|itK.
MINT IS MAKING COINS
THAT SANTA WILL BRING
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3.—For the time
being the United States mint in this
city has been converted Into a veritable
Santa Claus work shop, for the manufac
ture of hundreds and, thousands of shining
gold pieces that will nestle in the toes of
many stockings at Christmas time.
Immense numbers of bright eagles and
double eagles are being turned out to
meet the Christmas rush.
5 1-2 MONTHS OLD. WEIGHT
35 LBS., NEVER HAS CRIED
CHICAGO, Dec S.—Marvin Hurler Pi
lot. months old, weighing ,15 pounds,
champion heavyweight of babyland for
his age. has a record of never having
cried
IXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P ( & R I J°
2 BILLIONS IN
SECURITIES
ISSUED IN II
MONTHS
All Records Broken by American
Railway and Industrial
Corporations.
BUSINESS EXPANSION
CALLING FOR CAPITAL
With Six Nations Begging For
Money to Pay War Debts.
Money Demands Price.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—For the first
time In history American railroad and
industrial corporations have issued in
one year a total of $2.000,n00,00b neU
bonds, stocks and notes.
Since January 1 the output has beer
$2,013,150,000, an Increase for the eleven
months of $273,000,000 over the total for
the whole of 19JJ. The final aggregate
for 1912 probably will be $400.,000.00u
above the previous high record—sl,74o.-
000,000 in 1911.
November’s Output
Was Great.
November’s contribution, despite dear
money, reached $234,128,000. or $120.-
972,000 in excess of the same month
last year.
Maturing obligations, it should bf
explained, have been very heavy, and
no small part of recent financing has
been applied to meet current and im
pending maturities. The net additior
to the country's outstanding capital wil
be very much less than $2,000,000,000 for
the current year. The short term notes
falling due before tlie end of 1913 atom
were $300,000,000,
Competition for new capital withit
the next twelve months, both here an<
in Europe, will be keener than the
financial world has yet known. The
price of the sinews of industry can not
fail to go up.
Enormous Borrowing
Necessary.
After a lull In the spring, due to tarifi
changes, general trade in this country,
in ail probability, will reach unprece
dented proportions in the second half
of 1913. Enormous borrowing, especial
ly by the tailroads, will be necessary.
Many roads have held aloof from the
money market in the hope—latterlj' for
lt>rn—that conditions would become
more favorable for raising funds.
Not a few railway managers cher
ished the idea that, were things showr
to be tery bad. the interstate commerce
commission would reconsider applica
tions for higher freight rates. The
prospect of succor from this source ha?
become dim.
And now. spurred by a constant!.'
swelling volume of traffic, the railroads
are forward with extensive
loans. The need for enlarged facilities
is recognized as imperative, and. al
though the monetary situation Is not
favorable, further delay is regarded as
dangerous.
Six Nations
Seek Loans.
The first come will be best served. A.
reading of the international outlook
leaves no doubt on that point.
The demands for capital abroad wil>
be abnormally heavy. Loans will have
to be floated by Italy. Turkey, China.
Spain, Bulgaria and Servia.
A terrible war debt has been piled up
Those "economists” whp talk of the
benefits of war should return to school
—to the A B C class. Destruction ot
wealth to the extent of five hundred or
a thousand millions is not helpful to the
world at large Somebody must suffer
And the truth is that everybody does.
Increases Cost
To Everybody
The competition t'o money thus en-.
tailed raises the cost of capital to every
merchant, every manufacturer, every
farmer, every importer. To replace
what has been destroyed, an extiaordi
nary demand for materials arises and
prices are forced up. Then the burdens
of all taxpayers In the countries visited
by war become more onerous. The
natural production of foodstuffs is cur-->
tailed and scarcity ensues.
Everything, therefore, points to un
usual demands for money abroad.
Hence, the exportation of gold to the
United Stati s will be combatted. If we
insist upon extensive shipments, an
adequate price will have to be paid lit
some form.
“Does Europe Owe
Money To Us?"
“Doesn't Europe owe us nwne.v'”’
testily asked one of the principal New
York money brokers in criticising a
suggestion made in The New York
American last week that our bankers
should not precipitate heavy imports of