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DYNAMITERS ARE FOUND GUILTY THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: ■ Fan- Saturday and Sunday. — 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. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit-GEORGIAN WANT ADS--Use For Results prdbeouth DFMYSTERV MMT SEEI 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. I 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 1 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 . — -• z — " = A —— 11 ' * < ' I I Il " % I ' ll - ; ! i «> I I I 11 = 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. I 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 73. C, __■ fl h y ' NA Wflp ■ ' -A&Ltx | * ]' 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 i > . . .. * 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 I Counsel for His Appearance at Money Trust Inquiry Cost $62,500. It Is Said. ’ i ’ \\ 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.