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DYNAMITERS ARE FOUND GUILTY
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia:
■ Fan- Saturday and Sunday.
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VOL. XL XO. 126.
38DYNAMITE 1
DEFENDANTS
GUILTY; 2
GO FREE
Herman G. Seiffert, of Milwau
kee. and Daniel Brickley. of
Davenport, la.. Acquitted.
JURY FINDS CHARGES
IN INDICTMENTS TRUE I
>N Di aNAPOLIS, Dee. 28. —Thirty-
; r the 40 union labor officials ae
,.f eutispi'.acy in the transporta
,<■ dynamite were found guilty by
>. riet of thV- jury returned before
:<lg. Anderson in the Federal court
-hortly before 10 o’clock today.
i ..r the accused men were acquitted.
;■ . a. ~ Herman G. Seiffert, of Mil-
' . and Daniel Backiey. of Daven-
■ lowa.
! sound of a pindrop could have
: heard when Judge Anderson asked
■ <■ jury:
<;, nil. ion, hi.ve jou reached aver-
The answer came:
\\ i have.”
report of the jury as read in
< ourt room follows:
W. In .eby find the defendants (then
... d is names. Frank Ryan lead
lloikin and Clancy following)
: ,-is charged in the indictment.
And tile defendants Buckley’ and
- .>!>■ t nut guilty.”
' .if. rt and Buckley were discharged
■ . and tin- eet toki to keep their
. pg and were taken in charge by
r : .:.‘d States deputy n::;' tr - and
.dr. . lathes men.
Women Sob As
Verdict Is Read.
. A i!i.. . .-uti announced court ad
ned until 9:30 Monday morning.
. a :• v, take up the matter of sen-
1 few i ;., defendant' paled no
,ba. hut ,i»t of them sat un-
,<.... !,,• women in the court
■ n addition to the screaming of
id in tin onto obby. heightened
. fuhi ss o' the scene.
s Senmii. ordered all tbe co:-
-• c ea .'d on the second floor pre
:o > to taking the prisoners away.
i . adjourned' at 10 a. tn.
defendants were singled out one
■ in', and they were put in the charge
ti "tivee.
. Rahl and Smith sat chatting
ugtdng as the other defendants
la- Iwj'ore court convened the en-
I’ront roti of spectators’ benches
rilled with city detectives. The
ne reported on its way to the
oom at 9:50 and the excitement
lhe court room became intense. The
rung c aned and leaned forward in
.■at'.dess expectancy.
Head of Iron Workers
First on List.
Those found guilty were the'follow
iTuiik ,\l. Ry an, president of the 111-
iiational Bridge and S ructural Iron
kers; John T. Butler. Buffalo, vice
■-idem of the association: Herbert
' Hockin. former sieereary of the or-
- - zaAioii. of Detroit. Mich.: Olak A.
' ■ Imo. San Francisco, secretary of
’ alif.-rnia Building Trades council;
Igen. A. Claney. San Francisco;
’’ '.':p <'ooley. New Orleans: Michael
■ Young. Boston: Frank J. Higgins,
Boston; J. E. Munsey. Salt Lake City: ■
tank F. Webb, New York; Patrick F.
iTell, New York; John H. Berry. St.
Louis; Paul J. Morris. St. Louis: Hen-
' \V. Legleitner, Denver; Charles N.
ileum, Indianapolis: W. K. Reddin. Mil
aukoe Michael .1. Cunnane. Philadel
‘liu: Richard Houlihan. Chicago;
lames Cooney. Chicago; James H.
Coughlin, Chicago; William Shoup,
i hieago; Edward Smythe, Peoria, Ill.;
Rimes E. Ray. Peoria ill.: Murray Pen
ell, Springfield. Ill.; William C. Burn
'! 't. Cincinnati; Wilford Brown, Kan-
City; William J. McCain, Kansas
it.'. Mo.: Frank K. Painter. Omaha;
Peter J. Smith, Cleveland, Ohio: George
Miderson, Cleveland. Ohio: Michael .1.
"• niton. Scranton Pa.; Edward E.
■’hllllps, Syracuse. N. Y.: Charles
' |' lltineister. Detroit; Frank J. Mu -
Detroit; Fred J. Mooney, Duluth,
linn.; Ernest G. W. Basey, Indianapo-
Fred Serman. Indianapolis: Hi-
11 'A. Kiiti.-. Munch. Ind., former or-
- i.im-r to, |u~t in . .io. d Carpen
■rt> and Joiners.
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Examination of Stomach of
John Perkins To Be Made by
State Chemist.
LANDLADY TELLS OF
VEILED WOMAN IN CASE
An investigation, based on a suspi
cion of foul play, was begun today into
the death of John Perkins, the man of
mystery who was found dead on Christ
mas night.
An examination of the stomach will
be made today.
Perkins’ brother-in-law. J. J. Alex
ander, of Hillsboro. Ga., is in Atlanta
and declares he will probe the death of
the old man to the end.
The statement of Miss Martha C.
Yeargin, who conducts the boarding
house at 23 Washington street, where
Perkins died, was one of the things
which led Alexander to decide on an
investigation and an autopsy.
“On Christmas day a veiled woman
came to my house to see Perkins.” she
I said. "She grabbed him by the coat
and I persuaded her to go away. I be
lieve she was the woman who was for
merly- his wife and who afterward was
divorced.”
Coroner Advises
Holding an Autopsy.
Coroner Paul Donehoo was \ isited by
j Alexander today and stated afterward
that he believed an autopsy advisable.
Steps will be taken at once toward
holding a second inquest, removing the
stomach from the body lying at Harry
Poole’s undertaking establishment and
sending it to the state chemist for
analysis, which will show whether poi
ison was responsible for Perkins’ death.
Perkin,s had registered at the board
ing 'nouse some weeks ago at Moses,
and it was only as he was dying that
he revealed his true identity
Said He Came to
Kidnap Her Son.
Mrs. H. B. Wingard, of -lb Capitol
avenue, called to see the body and de
clavred it was that of John Perkin-,
the husband from whom she had been
divorced four years ago.
Mrs. Wingard declared he belief
that. Perkins had come to Atlanta to
meet and kidnap their little son. Rob
ert, aged twelve years. She said Per
kins had met Robert several times on
the way to school and had talked with
him. She said Perkins had taken away
their older son. Paul, two year.- ago.
Paul is now living with his aunt. Mrs.
Alexander, at Hillsboro, Ge-
Perkins died suddenly on Christmas
night, apparently- of acute indigestion,
in bis last moments he gave his real
name and said he lived in Nashville,
Tenn, where he had an intere-t in a
chair factory.
NG TRACE FOUND
OF VESSEL SEEN
BURNING AT SEA
NEWPORT. R. 1., Dec, 28. The I lut
ed States revenue cutters Seneca ai .l
Acushnet searched the sea today h
tiie vicinity of Block Island f" ' surviy
ors of the unknown four-masted
schooner which burned last night. No
sign of the crew »' of any wreckage
wa- sighted during the early forenoon
and it was thought that the blazing
ship bad gone down and tiai. her crew
was drowned by the upsetting of tile
lifeboats in tin terrific sea that was
raging.
The schuuiier took lire eari\ in the
evening about twelve miles off Block
Island. The Seneca, answering calls
fur help, hurried to the scene, but was
unable to get near the boat.
When dawn came traces of the
schoone. were gone.
OROZCO WILL HELP
U.S. WITH HIS MEN IF
TROOPS CROSS LINE
EL PASO. TEXAS. Dec. 28. — Pasqual
Orozco. Mexican rebel leader, will join
forces with the Americans if the I'nit. i
States intervenes in Mexico.
This intimation was given today by
i friends of the general, orozco says he
would willingly place hi:- men at the
.lispora! of the American troops as
s outs. In tin past orozco declared
that intervention would be the signal
tor uniting rebel and federal forces.
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Macon's Wealthiest
Family Gives House
Party for Servants
Two Dozen Negroes Entertained ■
With Eggnog and Music at
Fashionable Johnston Home.
MACON, GA., Dec. 28—Holiday call
ers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam McEwen Johnston, on Georgia
avenue, were amazed when informed at
the door that the host and hostess were
entertaining at a party in honor of
their ten negro servants and fourteen
of the latter’s friends. The parlor and
reception hall were thrown together and
decorated appropriately- to the season.
During the evening a musical pro- I
gram was rendered, and eggnog and |
other refreshments were served. The
party was in progress for several hours,
with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson actively
acting as host and hostess and seekihg
to make their guests happy and at
• home.
| As the Johnstons are the wealthiest
ot Macon’s social families, and occupy i
the most magnificent home on Georgia '
avenue, their party lias created no lit- '
tie surprise, but they explain that they j
merely sought to duplicate the “befo- .
de war” entertainments for the serv-j
ants, us given by “marster and missus." I
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HEARING OF APPEAL
OF WREN, GEM THIEF,
IS DELAYED 3 DAYS
> Judge Price Edwards, of the Tala
poosa circuit, has given George Wren
a three days respite by postponing the
. hearing of Wren’s motion for a new I
, trial. Judge Edwards had set the hear-|
ing for today, but announced last night ■
that he would not come to Atlanta uh- ,
til Tuesday.
Wren, last of the trio to be convicted
of complicity in the Piedmont hotel dia
mond robbery, is said to be in Birmlng- .
ham attending a medical college. H
was released shortly after his coir
tlou on what is said to have bet:. >■
unauthorized s'upercedeu bmh
attorneys assert that ;■ .’ll ,
before Judge Edwards on 'I .
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President-elect Woodrow Wilson and Mai-j Baldwin seminary, the big Presbyterian girls’
school at his birthplace in Staunton, Va.. where he will hold a reception this afternoon for the
people of the town. His father was pastor of the Slam ton Presbyterian chur.-h when the pres
ident-elect was born 56 years ago today.
RELATIVES DIVIDE
ESTATE OF SUICIDE
AND WIFE HE SLEW
'' < Ol.l'illil S, GA.. I>> ■ 28. -Tull..lX I
.in agreement reached by attorneys re] -
. senting the parti** interested, the
Robarts will contest <»is< was brought
to a close yesteida. when Ordinary
William Redd signed mi order allowing
' attorneys representing Mrs. C. M. Bar
low to set up a will to her sister's prop
. erty.
Last August Mi> Blanche Robarts.
sister of Mrs. Barlow, wag shot and
killed by her husband, who also shot
himself, dying later from the wound.
Just before Mrs. Roliart" died, she made
; a verbal will, iu which she gave he
i pioperty to her sister, Mrs. Barlow.
Mrs. Barlow, through her attorneys,
undertook to set up this will, which
was contested by members of the Rob
arts family.
The agreement reached between the
contesting factions give* Mrs. Barlow
a house and lot and automobile which
' belonged to her sister, valued at SB.OOO,
w hile the insurance on the life of A. M.
I Robarts goes to the Robarts heirs. It
i amounted to 84,500.
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EUGENE A. POOLE. PAINTER. DIES.
PITTSBURG Dee Eugene A.
Pool*?, 72. widely known as a paint, r of
autumn landscape-. is dead at his home
■ here today a.- afi. suit of pneumonia.
[ He has been In )|r»ur health fur several
* month-: but Ins daath wan sudden.
ATLANTA. GA.. SATURI) AY. DECEMBER 28. 1912
FIG HT IS STARTED TO SAVE
MRS. KING FROM GALLOWS
Sleeps in the Bed in Which He IVas Born
WILSON AT BIRTHPLACE
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President-Elect Greeted on His
Birthday by Old Townspeople
at Staunton. Va.
STAUNTON. VA., lie. >. Pr. si
dent-eleet Woodrow Wilson awoke to
day in the same room in which lie was .
’ boim 56 years ago. tithough still pale .
froil the effects ot ui- lee. 11l I oil the
president-elect said he was feeling bet- '
ter and did not think that the enter- 1
tatnments provided for bis birthday .
would have an\ bad . fl. • on his
health.
Practically all of toda) s progiam
watt given over to a renewal of the ,
boyhood ties of Mr. Wilsoij anil his i
visits included calls upon three aged ;
women who used to nurse th< presi
dent-elect in his babyhood.
! The first visit was made to a sani
tarium where Mrs. Elizabeth Kayser,
now a paralytic, is an inmate. Mrs:.
I Kayser was mi intimati friend of the
Wilson family and used to assist the
president-elect's moth., in "minding
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the baby.
The other two nurses of "Little '
' Tom," as Governor Wilson was known
when he was a little boy. art Mrs. 11.
L. Hoot er and Mrs. Amanda I'ultz. The
latter Is the mother of David Eultz. now
• a Nt w York lawyer and a former
• baseball and football star of Brown
f universitj.
t| Mi’. Wilson also met for the tl st time
• i i)i many t ears Prank T. Wan < foi .o. r
11 s rvant in the Wilson mil\.
Man) time" 1 bad chi. U>ii).
Tom’ ami w heeled him in his little car- ’
riage." said Ware. "He was always a •
good boy and never gave any trouble
to those who nursed him."
Political lines are forgotten her. in
the celebiation of the coming of the
distinguished ti st citizen. One of the
foremost members of the committee on
arrangement.'. .1. S. Collins, who de- I
signed the arches fur tin street deco
rations was a Tati man during the
campaign and worke. agan:.-i Mr Wil
son, and 111. Rev. W. \l l-'razer, a
classmate of Mr Wilson, was selected
to deliver the spec, li of welcome. Rev.
Mr. I'Tax. is pa-tor of . i.- I'irst Pres
byterian . hurt ", will. .i ..us formerly
the eliureh of the president-elect's fa
ther.
When M. Wii-oo i.irm-d that ipi’uor
ceremonies would in iu Id i). he iT ipel
in which ht a- baptized lie smil'd as
he ran his band over nis mad and re
marked: I haven't mueli mor hair
now titan I had then.'"
Bonfires Lighted
Way of Train.
Hug. piles o. resinous nine, built
upon the Virginia hills tr< in Alexan
dria to Staunton, lighted President
elect Wilson's special oti the last lap of
its trip from I’rimu ton o ill.- Wilson
birthplace here last nig n.
As soon as Im- special crossed tne
Virginia lin< tin-. . up fires flashed
out their in sag. to tile waiting thou
sands who had pre pa rd to welcome
tile now famous Io mei <■> -idem hack
tq ills o\ n mini
In Staunton its. i inrm, st ■. nt*>ed
. round ta nmin ii i. io. a I rectory,
lute Ml; Wilson v.a.s born.
Brother of Woman, Who Confessed
Plotting Husbands Death, Employs
I .avvyer to Defend Her—Slain Plant
er’s Brothers Engage Attorneys.
Nick Wilburn Expects to Hang, But Begs That
Woman Be Spared—-Infatuation For Farm
Hand Breeds Hatred For Rich Husband.
Planned to Spend Insurance on Honeymoon.
MACON. UA.. Dee. 28.—Mrs. .lames King’s complete confession
> m the Jones county jail <ll (frays lasi night, that she had prompted
.Nick Wilburn to kill her husband on December 12. was follotyed by
j the immediate employment of lawyers by her relatives, who only hope
io sgve her neck and procure lor her a life sentence in the peniten
. liary. I’be brothers ot the man whose death she inspired ha,ve also
engaged attorneys and will assist the state in the prosecution.
In her little cell last night Mrs. King broke down and told the
I whole story of the crime, taking all the blame on herself and asking
■ lor mercy and sympathy only for her six children, four of whom are
I under sixteen years of age. She said that love for Nick Wilburn, a
1 farm hand, was the motive which caused her Io plot the death of het
ausband. Janies King, a wealthy Jones county planter.
Admitting close friendship with
Wilburn for the lasi nine months,
Mrs. King said' that she so domi
nated the young man that she had
no difficulty in persuading him to
her husband's life, especially
' after she offered to marry him
and to spend the $2.00(1 life in
surance. which they expected to
collect, on a honeymoon trip
Tlie confessions of Mrs. King and
Wilburn corroborate in detail, only the
I latter spared the woman as much as
possible. Mrs. King says Wilburn
should have died before confessing,
Wilburn Expects
To Give Up Life.
Wilburn frankly says that h« expects
>to giv his life in return for the one
I which be ended in cold blood in his
| cell in the Bibb county jail today, after
reading Mrs. King's confession, he re
j marked that he "guessed" they would
"both hang together."
"I hope they will let her go up for
1 life." he added, fit says it was a part
:of the plot that King should lie killed
, with his own gun.
.fudge .lames B. Park, of the Ocmul
■ gee circuit, will be asked by Solicitor
I. I'i Pottle to call a special session of
the Junes county grand jury and to
convene an early term of the superior
court. I'nder the law. it will be neces
sary for a jury to consider capital
eases, notwithstanding that pleas of
guilty may be entered, and it will also
be up to the jury to say whether or not
Mrs. King shall hang for plotting hejf
husband's death.
To induce the jury to ecommend her
to the mercy of the court, W. S. Sim
mons. of Macon. Mrs. King’s brother,
has already hired lawyers. H< is grief
stricken and dumfounded at the un
expected developments. l>ul is deter
min'd to .lid his sister as far fls potvsi-
I hie
Mis. King Askb To Be
.Near Her Children.
I M - King was in an automobile
bound for Macon late yesw- day after
noon when she begged Sb> iff Roberts
to return with her to the Jones county
Jail
I I w mt to be near my children. '■ she
j sobbed, and she declared that if taken
back to the jail of her own county she
would tell the truth about the affair.
Tin- sheriff assented, ami Mrs. King
fulfilled her promise, confessing tn th
presence of tin sheriff. Detectives
Moore nnd Kim. of Macon, who worked
up the case against her. and seveia.l
friends. She said that in October they
put strychnine in Mr. King’s posion.
but that when he became violently sick
site gave him an emetic and saved his
life.
Nii k Wilburn declared to ne so
much that he dldWmt have a friend in
the world that 1 felt sorry for him and
then 1 fell in love with him. and then I
began to hale my husband." was lite
woman’- statement. She the inotliei
of six children. Her older daughter
married frank Wilburn, a brother of
Nii k Wilburn.
Tito King that.'allot:, near Round
.<'.1,,. is on- '>■ i ■.■ - , [;-i ■. . in lie
cuutity.
EXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ c
PROBE EXPENSIVE
FOR J. P. MORGAN
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Counsel for His Appearance at
Money Trust Inquiry Cost
$62,500. It Is Said. ’
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\\ vSHl.Nii’l’t iN. Dec. 28. .1. Pier
pont Morgan, who came to Washington
to testify before the Pit jo money trust
investigating committee. backed by
nine lawyers, paid *62,500 for their
services In fact, among' his counsel
were some of the highest paid lawyers
in the I’nitetl States ami they had lit
tle to do before the committee. But it
became known today that they hud
consulted with tile llnaneiet regarding
his testimony for two weeks prior to
his appearance.
The amounts t. id the Morgan coun
sel. as estimated today by a well known
lavvyct of the Wall Street district and
by a financier friendly to Morgan &■
. <Jo., wer. as follows:
, Joseph H Choate, forinet amhassa
d<>r to England. *2tl.iH»ti; Francis Lynde
Stetson, s|t),<ioit; .1. <'. Spooner, form,
senator from Wisconsin, Slu.oot): Wil
liam K. Sheehan. s.’.,nou. Delaney Ni
col!:- s‘.,<>oo; Richard V. Lindabury.
, $5,000: <’. A Soy rance. $3,500. and
$4.<100 between George 11. t'hse ami G.
’ H Hackus.
BUILDING PERMITS OF
YEAR $38,000.00 SHORT
OF $10,000,000.00 MARK
.i chance for some good loyal
’ Afianian m make ;i hii uith his fellow
citizens
Rui.'-i:JIK llmi’• ■ .«> i«t \ tula t 19,962,«.MP».
’lii 'M .m- three more working days in
flip >•■;» today. Monday and Tuesday
and I la* building pc mils should
to $1o,o(Hi.Ooo if p< s#ible.
' At the rate of advance in the last few
da they will slop a few dollars short,
i»oAe\ei and this is.the opportunity
oft* - d -oin '•nif i<. Xthiigpin- to
pm in api-i. atim: •> < right
1 !<pii<l- foi (‘Tonig to cow. th«- defi
ciency.
Who’ll •■<»ni- t'u '.umi with an apa t
; nit nt house or a hotel ?
CHICAGO PREACHERS
'! JOIN IN DENOUNCING
WIDE-OPEN NEW YEAR
i < lib'AGO, Det . 2*. One thousand
ministers in Chicago have been asked
> by the Anti-Saloon league to join in a
i crusade tomorrow against a wide open
' N< \ Y' ir s <■< It bration. Most of Hit
I niinistt.t s have consented anti tomorrow
tie -c’miiic of celebrating the Neu
Ye.ii by drinking in saloons ami cases
will be denounced from every pulpit in
r Chicago.
| In addition, th, itinisiers w ill Join tli-
1 a tit,-saliionisi s u. . tight against tllliti,:
’ j tin lid. Tlu y will demand that the 1
v clock "hi: "idimtm e be enforced.